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COMING TO YOU TODAY IN THE ALL-POWERFUL NAME,
JESUS!
FRIEND, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR YOU TODAY,
A WONDERFUL MESSAGE,
GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
BUT IF THERE'S A NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE TODAY;
GET READY TO RECEIVE
BECAUSE GOD IS READY TO MOVE FOR YOU!
STAY RIGHT THERE; DON'T YOU DARE GO AWAY!
(announcer) FROM STUDIOS IN AKRON, OHIO,
WELCOME TO THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB
WITH YOUR HOST,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
♪
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM,
YOU'LL ENJOY GREAT MUSIC AND SINGING
BY THE CATHEDRAL TRIO,
THE SINGING MEN'S QUARTET,
AND MORE!
♪
BRINGING YOU REPORTS OF HEAVEN'S MIRACLES
THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING ALL OVER THE WORLD
THROUGH THIS JESUS WORLD OUTREACH MINISTRY.
AND NOW YOUR HOST FOR THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
♪
YOU ARE SPECIAL!
AND YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
I'M THE REV. CHRIS MACHAMER.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR
AT ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL,
AND I WILL BE YOUR GUEST HOST
FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY.
WE HAVE MUCH IN STORE FOR YOU.
BUT AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING,
IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE.
PHONE COUNSELORS ARE ON DUTY
READY TO TAKE THAT CALL.
AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
I'LL BE TAKING YOUR REQUESTS
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE.
TO GET THE PROGRAM STARTED,
IT'S ANGEL'S GRACE CATHEDRAL CHOIR SINGING,
"DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD."
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CATHEDRAL TRIO,
AND THEY'RE SINGING, "THE LIGHT SHINES."
AND THEN THE SERMON FOR TODAY
BY THE REV. STEVE MILLAR;
AND THE TITLE OF HIS MESSAGE IS,
"DO ALL THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY FIT YOUR HEAD?"
IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
WE MUST USE OUR TALENTS FOR THE LORD
IN THIS FINAL HOUR.
♪
[choir speaking] DEVIL, YOU'RE A LIAR!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A CHEAT!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A ROBBER
AND I'M BRINGING YOU DEFEAT!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A LIAR!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A CHEAT!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A ROBBER
AND I'M BRINGING YOU DEFEAT!
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA SILENCE YOU WITH A FLOOD ♪
♪ WITH GREAT POWER FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME TO TORMENT ME ♪
♪ [TO TORMENT ME] ♪
♪ I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SEA ♪
♪ IN LIVING WATERS YOU CANNOT FLOAT ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ SATAN, YOU SET YOURSELF UP ♪
♪ HIGH UPON A THRONE ♪
♪ BUT GOD ALMIGHTY CAST YOU DOWN ♪
♪ AND TOOK AWAY YOUR CROWN ♪
♪ DEVIL, YOU DEFEATED ADAM AND EVE ♪
♪ WITH YOUR LIES AND YOUR DECEIT ♪
♪ BUT JESUS CHRIST CAME DOWN TO EARTH ♪
♪ WITH DIVINE BLOOD FROM HIS BIRTH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA SILENCE YOU WITH A FLOOD ♪
♪ WITH GREAT POWER FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ AND WHEN YOU COME TO TORMENT ME ♪
♪ I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SEA ♪
♪ IN LIVING WATERS YOU CANNOT FLOAT ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪
♪ AFTER 33 YEARS THE SON OF GOD ♪
♪ GAVE HIS LIFE ON A CRUEL TREE ♪
♪ HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR YOU AND ME ♪
♪ SO ALL MEN COULD BE FREE ♪
♪ DIVINE BLOOD SAVES LOST SOULS FROM SHAME ♪
♪ AND HEALS THE SICK AND LAME ♪
♪ SATAN, BEFORE IT YOU CANNOT STAND ♪
♪ AND IN THE PIT YOU SOON WILL LAND ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA SILENCE YOU WITH A FLOOD ♪
♪ WITH GREAT POWER FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ AND WHEN YOU COME TO TORMENT ME ♪
♪ [TO TORMENT ME] ♪
♪ I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SEA ♪
♪ [IN THE SEA] ♪
♪ IN LIVING WATERS YOU CANNOT FLOAT ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA SILENCE YOU WITH A FLOOD ♪
♪ WITH GREAT POWER FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ AND WHEN YOU COME TO TORMENT ME ♪
♪ I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SEA ♪
♪ IN LIVING WATERS YOU CANNOT FLOAT ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ AND WHEN YOU COME TO TORMENT ME ♪
♪ I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SEA ♪
♪ IN LIVING WATERS YOU CANNOT FLOAT ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪ WITH GREAT POWER FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA DROWN YOU ♪
♪ IN THE BLOOD... ♪
[choir speaking] DEVIL, YOU'RE A LIAR!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A CHEAT!
DEVIL, YOU'RE A ROBBER
♪ AND I'M BRINGING YOU DEFEAT ♪
♪ THROUGH THE BLOOD... ♪
♪ AND WE DROWN YOU ♪
♪ IN THE BLOOD ♪
♪♪
[applause]
♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ LET'S PRAISE THE LORD ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ YOU'RE FREE! ♪
♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DARKNESS LEAVES ♪
♪ PROMISES FULFILLED AND SINNERS SET FREE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEVILS FLEE ♪
♪ JESUS IS OUR LIGHT ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE LAME CAN WALK ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEAF CAN HEAR ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE BLIND CAN SEE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT IS OUR LIFE ♪
♪
♪ JOHN SAID THAT JESUS WAS THE LIGHT ♪
♪ SENT FROM UP ABOVE TO BRING US LIFE ♪
♪ HEALING AND DELIVERANCE IN HIS WINGS ♪
♪ AND HOLY GHOST POWER TO MAKE US JUST LIKE HIM ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DARKNESS LEAVES ♪
♪ PROMISES FULFILLED AND SINNERS SET FREE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEVILS FLEE ♪
♪ JESUS IS OUR LIGHT ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE LAME CAN WALK ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEAF CAN HEAR ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE BLIND CAN SEE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT IS OUR LIFE ♪
♪
♪ THE LIGHT BRINGS DOWN POWER FROM ON HIGH ♪
♪ TO GUIDE AND PROTECT US IN THIS LIFE ♪
♪ IT WARMS OUR HEARTS AND PURIFIES OUR SOULS ♪
♪ AND GIVES US POWER TO SHINE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ♪
♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DARKNESS LEAVES ♪
♪ PROMISES FULFILLED AND SINNERS SET FREE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEVILS FLEE ♪
♪ JESUS IS OUR LIGHT ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE LAME CAN WALK ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEAF CAN HEAR ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE BLIND CAN SEE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT IS OUR LIFE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DARKNESS LEAVES ♪
♪ PROMISES FULFILLED AND SINNERS SET FREE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEVILS FLEE ♪
♪ JESUS IS OUR LIGHT ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE LAME CAN WALK ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEAF CAN HEAR ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE BLIND CAN SEE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT IS OUR LIFE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DARKNESS LEAVES ♪
♪ PROMISES FULFILLED AND SINNERS SET FREE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEVILS FLEE ♪
♪ JESUS IS OUR LIGHT ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE LAME CAN WALK ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE DEAF CAN HEAR ♪
♪ THE LIGHT SHINES AND THE BLIND CAN SEE ♪
♪ THE LIGHT IS OUR LIFE ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ LET'S PRAISE THE LORD ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ [THE LIGHT SHINETH] ♪
♪ YOU'RE FREE! ♪
♪♪
[applause]
GOD BLESS YOU.
ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER AT THE BUFFET,
ONE OF THE WORKERS
WAS CLEANING THE DISHES OFF THE TABLE,
AND MY WIFE SAID TO HIM,
"YOU SURE DO WEAR A LOT OF HATS."
SHE SAID THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS IMPRESSED
ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT JOBS THIS PERSON DID.
HE WORKED IN THE KITCHEN.
HE WORKED AS A HOST SEATING PEOPLE.
HE RAN THE CASH REGISTER.
HE CLEARED TABLES;
AND HE WAS ALSO A SUPERVISOR.
BUT WHAT REALLY IMPRESSED MY WIFE,
AND IT ALSO IMPRESSED ME,
WAS THE ANSWER HE GAVE HER
WHEN SHE TOLD HIM THAT HE WORE A LOT OF HATS.
HE SIMPLY AND HUMBLY SAID,
"YES, AND THEY ALL FIT."
SO THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE
IS IN QUESTION FORM:
"DO ALL THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY FIT YOUR HEAD?"
NOW FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND
AND KNOW FOR SURE
IF ALL THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY FIT YOUR HEAD,
YOU MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE HATS ARE.
I TAKE YOU TO THE PARABLE
IN MATTHEW'S GOSPEL,
THE 25th CHAPTER, VERSES 14-30.
NOW IN THIS PARABLE,
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS COMPARED
TO A MAN WHO IS TRAVELING
INTO A FAR COUNTRY,
AND HE CALLS HIS SERVANTS TO HIM
AND HE GIVES THEM GOODS, OR TALENTS,
TO MANAGE WHILE HE IS GONE.
ONE SERVANT HE GIVES FIVE TALENTS,
ANOTHER HE GIVES TWO TALENTS,
AND THEN THE LAST SERVANT HE GIVES ONE TALENT.
NOW I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE
THAT EACH TALENT REPRESENTS A HAT OF DUTY.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN VERSE 15 OF THIS CHAPTER,
THAT HE GAVE TO EVERY MAN
ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL ABILITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, EACH SERVANT RECEIVED
WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF HANDLING.
THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY ARE ALWAYS THE RIGHT SIZE.
JESUS WILL NEVER GIVE US A HAT...
THAT WE ARE NOT CAPABLE OF WEARING.
IF IT DOESN'T FIT,
THE PROBLEM IS NOT A HAT;
THE PROBLEM IS THE SIZE OF YOUR HEAD.
[laughter]
LATER THE MASTER RETURNS,
AND HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW HIS TALENTS WERE MANAGED.
THE SERVANTS THAT RECEIVED THE FIVE
AND THE TWO TALENTS WERE FRUITFUL,
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THEIR TALENTS.
BUT THE SERVANT THAT RECEIVED JUST ONE TALENT
WAS FULL OF FEAR,
AND HE DECIDED TO BURY HIS TALENT.
IN OTHER WORDS,
HE TOOK HIS HAT OF DUTY
AND HE PUT IT ON THE SHELF TO COLLECT DUST.
CHILD OF GOD,
I WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO YOUR SPIRITUAL CLOSET TODAY
AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY
SITTING ON A SHELF GETTING DUSTY.
IT DIDN'T MATTER TO THE MASTER
HOW MANY TALENTS EACH SERVANT HAD.
BOTH THE SERVANTS THAT HAD FIVE AND TWO TALENTS
WERE PRAISED EQUALLY
BECAUSE THEY WERE FRUITFUL.
THE MASTER SAID,
"WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT;
"THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS,
"AND I WILL MAKE YOU RULER OVER MANY THINGS:
ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD."
BUT THE SERVANT WHO BURIED HIS TALENT
OR PUT HIS HAT OF DUTY ON THE SHELF
BECAUSE OF FEAR
WASN'T PRAISED, BUT PUNISHED.
HIS TALENT, OR HAT OF DUTY,
WAS TAKEN AWAY AND GIVEN TO ANOTHER.
AND THAT WASN'T ALL THAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
HE WAS THEN CAST INTO OUTER DARKNESS
WHERE THERE SHALL BE WEEPING
AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
THE BIBLE LETS US KNOW IN THIS PARABLE
THAT IT DOESN'T PAY TO BE AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT.
THERE WAS NO VALID REASON
WHY THAT SERVANT COULD NOT HAVE MULTIPLIED HIS TALENTS.
THE HAT HIS MASTER GAVE HIM WAS THE RIGHT SIZE.
REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
HE GAVE TO EVERY MAN
ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL ABILITY.
BUT BECAUSE HE LET FEAR TAKE HIM OVER,
HIS HEAD BECAME TOO SMALL FOR HIM TO WEAR HIS HAT.
WHENEVER WE FEEL LIKE WE LACK THE ABILITY
TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD,
WE NEED TO REMEMBER IN PHILIPPIANS 4:13
THAT "I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME."
MOSES WAS A GREAT MAN OF GOD.
HE WORE MANY HATS OF DUTY,
AND HE DID MIGHTY THINGS FOR THE LORD.
BUT WHEN THE LORD FIRST VISITED MOSES
AT THE BURNING BUSH, AND TOLD HIM--
GOD TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS TO GO BEFORE PHARAOH...
TO TELL PHARAOH TO LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO,
MOSES DIDN'T THINK HE WAS THE MAN FOR THE JOB.
AT THE TIME, MOSES' HEAD WAS TOO SMALL
FOR THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY,
AND THAT HINDERED GOD'S DIVINE PLAN IN HIS LIFE.
IF YOUR HEAD IS TOO SMALL
TO WEAR THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY,
YOU CAN HINDER YOUR CALL OF DUTY.
WE CAN'T ALLOW LOW SELF-ESTEEM
TO CAUSE US TO DOUBT THAT GOD WILL HELP US.
WE MUST TRUST IN THE LORD WITH OUR WHOLE HEART.
GOD HAS A DIVINE PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
IN THE BEGINNING,
YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND HIS PLAN,
BUT UNDERSTANDING CAN WAIT,
OBEDIENCE CANNOT.
IN EXODUS,
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 10, I READ,
"AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD,
"O MY LORD, I AM NOT ELOQUENT,
"NEITHER HERETOFORE,
"NOR SINCE THOU HAST SPOKEN UNTO THY SERVANT:
"BUT I AM SLOW OF SPEECH,
AND OF A SLOW TONGUE."
IN THIS SCRIPTURE,
MOSES REFERS TO HIMSELF AS A SERVANT,
BUT THEN HE EXCUSES HIMSELF BECAUSE HE IS
SLOW OF SPEECH.
WHEN WE ARE GOD'S SERVANTS,
WE NEED TO SERVE HIM IN EVERY CAPACITY
THAT HE WANTS.
WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE HOW WE SERVE GOD.
GOD RESPONDS BACK TO MOSES BY ASKING HIM,
"WHO HATH MADE MAN'S MOUTH?"
GOD GOES ON TO SAY
IN EXODUS, THE 4th CHAPTER, THE 12th VERSE,
"NOW THEREFORE GO,
"AND I WILL BE WITH THY MOUTH,
AND TEACH THEE WHAT THOU SHALT SAY."
HERE MOSES HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO BE TAUGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD;,
BUT INSTEAD OF YIELDING TO GOD'S WILL
AND BECOMING GOD'S GREAT MOUTHPIECE,
MOSES WANTS GOD TO CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE TASK.
GOD FINALLY GIVES IN AND CHOOSES AARON,
MOSES' BROTHER, TO SPEAK BEFORE PHARAOH,
BUT AARON ENDS UP HINDERING GOD'S PLAN.
GOD DOESN'T WANT US
TO GIVE OUR HAT OF DUTY TO SOMEONE ELSE
BECAUSE WE ARE INSECURE
OR BECAUSE WE THINK SOMEONE ELSE
CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
WHEN GOD CALLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM,
HE WILL GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
ALL YOU NEED IS TO BE A YIELDED VESSEL.
WHEN MOSES WAS CALLED TO DELIVER THE ISRAELITE PEOPLE
OUT OF BONDAGE,
GOD SAID, "CERTAINLY I WILL BE WITH THEE."
IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
SO ARE YOU WILLING TO USE YOUR TALENTS
AND PUSH SELF ASIDE
SO GOD CAN INCREASE THOSE TALENTS?
IF YOU BURY YOUR TALENTS,
YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT,
BUT IN THE LONG RUN
YOU'LL REALLY BE MAKING IT *** YOURSELF
AND OTHERS.
GOD NEEDS PEOPLE TO BE INSTRUMENTS FOR HIM,
TO HAVE ON THE HAT OF OBEDIENCE.
IF YOU'RE IN YOUR PLACE FOR THE LORD,
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY,
"I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME."
WHEN I WAS CALLED TO PREACH,
I HAD TO TRUST THE LORD ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT,
NOTHING DOUBTING.
AT THE TIME, MY WIFE AND I OWNED A BUSINESS,
AND I PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE GROWTH OF THAT BUSINESS.
WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE GOOD EMPLOYEES,
BUT I FELT A RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF I STOPPED BRINGING IN THE SALES?
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON OUR STAFF?
IS THE BUSINESS GOING TO FAIL?
I KNEW I HAD TO BE IN MY PLACE WITH GOD.
I HAD TO TRUST THAT HE WAS GOING TO WORK IT ALL OUT.
I NEEDED TO WEAR MY HAT OF DUTY FOR THE LORD.
WHEN YOU'RE IN GOD'S DIVINE WILL,
HE WILL PROTECT YOU.
HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU NEED TO WEAR YOUR HAT OF YOUR CALLING.
WHEN I ACCEPTED MY CALLING, I FELT SO UNDER-QUALIFIED.
I DIDN'T GROW UP IN THIS MINISTRY,
AND MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
THE BIBLE WAS SLIM AT BEST.
BUT GOD DOESN'T THINK LIKE MAN.
IT WASN'T NECESSARY FOR ME TO BE A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR
TO ACCEPT MY CALLING.
I JUST NEEDED TO BE OBEDIENT
AND SAY, "YES, LORD,
I WILL WEAR THE HAT THAT YOU WANT ME TO WEAR."
AND THE LORD PROVIDED ME WITH TWO WONDERFUL TEACHERS:
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND REV. ANGLEY.
[applause]
PRAISE GOD, REV. ANGLEY DIDN'T REFUSE
TO WEAR HIS HAT OF HIS CALLING.
HE'S BEEN PREACHING FOR OVER 70 YEARS,
AND THE LORD HAS BEEN GIVING US
POWERFUL MESSAGES THROUGH HIM,
NOT TO MENTION THE MANY BOOKS THAT HE HAS WRITTEN
ON THE BLOOD, HEALING, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
PLUS THE NEW BOOK ON END-TIME PROPHECY,
"ARMAGEDDON,"
ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF GIANT LITTLE BOOKS
AND HOLY GHOST MAGAZINES.
I'D HATE TO THINK WHERE MOST OF US WOULD BE TODAY
IF REVEREND WOULD HAVE PUT HIS HAT OF DUTY
ON THE SHELF AND SAID,
"NOT ME, LORD; CALL SOMEONE ELSE."
REVEREND HAS THE RIGHT SIZE HEAD
TO FIT THE MANY HATS
THAT THE LORD HAS ASKED HIM TO WEAR.
SO WHAT ELSE WOULD CAUSE YOUR HEAD NOT TO FIT
THE LORD'S MANY HATS
BESIDES FEAR AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM?
WELL, IF YOUR HEAD IS TOO BIG
FOR THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY,
THEN YOU MAY HAVE SOME EGO
OR STUBBORNNESS,
OR MAYBE EVEN SOME SELFISHNESS
IN YOUR SPIRIT.
OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD ALWAYS BE,
"ANYTHING FOR YOU, JESUS."
WE CAN'T THINK THAT WE ARE ABOVE ANY JOB FOR JESUS.
WHEN YOU START TO THINK THAT YOU'RE OVER-QUALIFIED
FOR THE LORD'S WORK,
THEN YOU'RE WALKING A FINE LINE
OF BECOMING UNDER-QUALIFIED
TO MAKE IT INTO HEAVEN.
MANY PEOPLE START OFF
WEARING THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY,
BUT LUKEWARMNESS SETS IN
AND THE DEVIL STARTS TO FEED THEIR EGO.
WHEN THIS HAPPENS,
THEIR HEAD BEGINS TO BECOME TOO BIG
TO FIT THE LORD'S HAT.
YOUR ATTITUDE STARTS TO CHANGE,
AND OBEYING GOD'S WORD
ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU ANYMORE.
THIS HAPPENED TO KING SAUL.
HE WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN,
WHICH WAS THE SMALLEST TRIBE OF ISRAEL;
HIS FAMILY WAS THE LEAST OF ALL FAMILIES.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN I SAMUEL,
THE 9th CHAPTER, THE 2nd VERSE,
"AND THERE WAS NOT AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
A GOODLIER PERSON THAN HE."
SAUL WAS GOD'S BEST CHOICE TO WEAR THE CROWN.
THAT HAT OF DUTY WAS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR HIS HEAD.
SAUL WAS HUMBLE IN THE BEGINNING,
AND GOD USED HIM TO BRING GREAT VICTORIES.
BUT WHEN SAUL GREW OVERCONFIDENT,
HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GET TOO BIG FOR THAT HAT.
WHEN YOUR HEAD GETS TOO BIG FOR THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY,
YOU'LL START TO DO THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO.
GOD TOLD SAUL,
"NOW GO AND SMITE AMALEK,
"AND UTTERLY DESTROY ALL THAT THEY HAVE,
"AND SPARE THEM NOT;
"BUT SLAY BOTH MAN AND WOMAN,
"INFANT AND SUCKLING,
OX AND SHEEP, CAMEL AND ***."
UNFORTUNATELY, SAUL DIDN'T LISTEN.
HIS HEAD WAS TOO BIG
AND HE WANTED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY.
HE SPARED THE KING OF THE AMALEKITES,
HE SAVED THE BEST ANIMALS,
AND SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AFFECTED THE LORD SO MUCH
THAT THE LORD TOLD SAMUEL THAT,
"IT REPENTETH ME
"THAT I HAVE SET UP SAUL TO BE KING:
"FOR HE IS TURNED BACK FROM FOLLOWING ME,
AND HAS NOT PERFORMED MY COMMANDMENTS."
SAUL'S HEAD GOT TOO BIG
FOR THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY TO FIT ANY LONGER.
SAUL KNEW THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD,
BUT HE WANTED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY.
WHEN YOU DO THINGS YOUR WAY AND NOT GOD'S WAY,
THE LORD'S HAT OF DUTY WILL NOT FIT YOUR HEAD.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMEONE
WHO'S BEEN BLESSED BY GOD GREATLY,
BUT THEN THEY STOP COMING TO CHURCH
BECAUSE THINGS AREN'T BEING DONE THEIR WAY?
IT'S SAD HOW PEOPLE FAIL GOD.
MAYBE IT'S EVEN SOME OF YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.
AT FIRST YOU GRIEVE FOR THEIR SOUL,
BUT OVER TIME GOD LIFTS THAT BURDEN.
SAMUEL WAS SO GRIEVED OVER SAUL
THAT HE CRIED ALL NIGHT.
WE HAVE TO PUT OUR LOVED ONES
IN THE HANDS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT;
HE CAN DEAL WITH THEM DAY AND NIGHT.
WHEN SAMUEL APPROACHES SAUL
AND SAUL TELLS HIM THAT
THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED,
SAMUEL COULD HEAR THE SHEEP MAKING NOISE
IN THE BACKGROUND.
SAMUEL QUESTIONS SAUL, "WHAT MEANETH THEN
"THIS BLEATING OF THE SHEEP IN MY EARS,
AND THE LOWING OF THE OXEN WHICH I HEAR?"
SAUL HAD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A REASONABLE RESPONSE.
"THE ANIMALS WERE KEPT TO BE OFFERED
AS A SACRIFICE TO THE LORD."
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE HEAD,
YOU WILL THINK WRONG THOUGHTS.
YOU WILL TRY TO JUSTIFY YOUR DISOBEDIENCE,
AND YOU WILL THINK YOU'RE RIGHT
WHEN YOU ARE DEAD WRONG.
SAMUEL LET SAUL KNOW
THAT IT IS BETTER TO OBEY THAN TO SACRIFICE.
SAUL SINNED BECAUSE HE FEARED THE PEOPLE
AND OBEYED THEIR VOICE.
BECAUSE SAUL REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD,
THE LORD REJECTED SAUL FROM BEING KING OF ISRAEL.
SAUL LOST HIS HAT OF DUTY,
AND THE LORD TOOK HIS HAT AND GAVE IT TO ANOTHER,
JUST LIKE IN THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.
THE LORD CHOSE DAVID TO TAKE SAUL'S PLACE
BECAUSE HE HAD A HEART FOR THE LORD,
AND THAT GAVE DAVID THE RIGHT SIZE HEAD.
SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE SHOWED THAT HE COULD NOT BE TRUSTED
AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR GOD'S WILL.
ALTHOUGH SAUL WAS ALLOWED TO REMAIN KING
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE,
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DEPARTED FROM HIM.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT OBEYING THE LORD,
THE SPIRIT CAN LEAVE YOU.
THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO DO YOUR PRAYER TIME EVERY DAY.
GOD SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST IN YOUR LIFE.
BEING PRAYED UP AND HAVING A FRESH ANOINTING
WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
WHEN THE SPIRIT LEFT SAUL,
DEPRESSION AND JEALOUSY MOVED IN,
AND EVENTUALLY HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
WHAT A SAD ENDING FOR SAUL.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL,
BUT HE DIED A FAILURE IN THE LORD.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE CHOSEN BY GOD FOR A GREAT TASK
DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T FAIL.
IN I CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 12,
"WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT THINKETH HE STANDETH
TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL."
THE LORD HAS MANY HATS
THAT HE NEEDS HIS OBEDIENT CHILDREN TO WEAR
SO WE CAN GET IN THE HARVEST
AND GO HOME.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE HEAD,
YOU WILL HAVE DIVINE HUMILITY
IN ALL THAT YOU DO.
YOU'LL HAVE THE NINE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
WORKING WITHIN YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE A VISION FOR THE LOST,
AND YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPLETE MIND OF CHRIST.
SO HOW CAN YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD THE RIGHT SIZE
TO FIT ALL THE HATS
THAT THE LORD WANTS YOU TO WEAR?
YOU MUST FEED IT THE RIGHT THINGS.
THINK ON THE SIX THINGS
THAT ARE MENTIONED IN PHILIPPIANS 4:8,
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING,
FAST OFTEN, AND STUDY THE WORD DAILY,
AND DON'T NEGLECT TO SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.
IF YOU DO THESE THINGS,
THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST,
AND YOU WILL HAVE THE PERFECT SIZE HEAD
TO WEAR ALL THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY IN YOUR LIFE.
BUT SINNER, BACKSLIDER,
YOU CAN'T WEAR THE HATS OF THE LORD
UNTIL YOU PUT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT HAT OF ALL,
THE HELMET OF SALVATION.
JESUS' HEAD WAS THE RIGHT SIZE TO WEAR ALL THE HATS
THAT THE FATHER WILLED FOR HIM TO WEAR.
JESUS WORE THE MOST DIFFICULT HAT OF ALL,
THE SACRIFICIAL HAT.
HE WAS OBEDIENT TO THE CROSS
AND HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND MINE.
BUT ARE YOU NEGLECTING
TO PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION?
IT TAKES HUMILITY AND A HEART OF REPENTANCE
TO PUT ON THIS HAT.
ARE YOU HOLDING ON TO THE SINS OF THIS WORLD?
IF YOU ARE HOLDING ON TO ANY GRUDGES OR RESENTMENT,
IF YOU ARE HOLDING ON TO HATE,
THEN YOUR HEAD WILL NOT FIT THE HELMET OF SALVATION.
YOU HAVE TO LET GO OF THE WORLD
AND ALL ITS SINFUL PLEASURES
AND ACCEPT JESUS INTO YOUR HEART,
AND YOU'LL BE A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
SO IN CLOSING, I ASK YOU THE QUESTION AGAIN,
DO ALL THE LORD'S HATS OF DUTY FIT YOUR HEAD?
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
[applause]
THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE!
WELL TAKEN BY US, DON'T YOU THINK?
[applause]
EVERYBODY SURELY FOUND SOMETHING IN THAT MESSAGE
FOR YOU.
I FOUND THINGS FOR ME.
I KNOW YOU FOUND THINGS FOR YOURSELF.
THE TALENTS THAT GOD GIVES US
ARE FABULOUS.
AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE COUNTRY BOY
WHEN THE LORD LAID A HAND ON ME,
CARRIED ME AWAY INTO THE HEAVENS,
BED AND ALL,
MARKED MY LIFE FOREVER;
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOD.
IT CREATED SUCH A MYSTERY IN MY LIFE.
I CARRIED IT FOR YEARS
AND COULD NEVER EXPLAIN IT,
AND NEVER TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO ANYBODY
BECAUSE I HAD NO ANSWER.
I TRIED EVERYTHING BUT GOD.
I DIDN'T KNOW GOD WOULD DEAL
WITH A LITTLE 8-YEAR-OLD BOY,
A LITTLE BAREFOOT 8-YEAR-OLD BOY,
PATCHED OVERALLS.
CALL HIM FOR SUCH A GIGANTIC TASK?
I WOULD'VE NEVER DONE THAT,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
BUT AT 18, HE LAID A HAND ON ME.
HE LET ME KNOW THAT I MUST SERVE HIM;
IT WAS A MUST.
HE WOULDN'T LET GO.
AND THEN HE LIVED WITH ME FOR DAYS
LETTING ME KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
IN THE FUTURE,
AND THAT I WAS CALLED OF GOD
AND WOULD PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD.
IT WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD.
I WALKED IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS.
I BOWED AS LOW AS A HUMAN BEING COULD BOW.
I HAD NO EGO AND STILL DON'T HAVE ANY.
EGO COMES FROM THE DEVIL;
IT DOESN'T COME FROM GOD.
IT COMES FROM THE DEVIL,
AND IT'S AWFUL WHEN PEOPLE HAVE EGO.
IF YOU HAVE IT, GET RID OF IT.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE;
IT'S WHAT GOD HAS DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I TELL PEOPLE:
GOD DID IT.
GOD DID IT; GOD DID IT.
I KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
WHEN I'M ON THE PLATFORM
BEFORE UNTOLD ACRES OF PEOPLE
SHOUTING THAT THE MIRACLE THEY'VE JUST SEEN,
GOD DID IT.
"WHO DID THIS?"
AND THEY CRY, "JESUS!"
WHEN I GOT THERE,
MOST OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW JESUS.
THEY WERE IN WITCHCRAFT;
THEY WERE MARKED BY THE DEVIL.
WE GO IN AND THE POWERS OF THE DEVIL
HAVE PEOPLE IN
AWFUL, AWFUL BONDAGE.
THEY'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING ELSE
BUT THE POWERS OF THE DEVIL,
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME INTO THE LIGHT,
THE LIGHT SHINETH, AND OH, HOW IT SHINES.
AND AS THE LIGHT SHINES, THE DEVILS FLEE,
THAT BLOOD LIGHT.
THERE'S A BLOOD LIGHT THEY CAN'T STAND,
AND I USE THAT BLOOD LIGHT
THROUGHOUT THAT CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE,
AND IT WORKS.
IT WORKS; IT WORKS.
YOU THAT ARE UNSAVED, COME TO JESUS.
YOU THAT HAVE COME AND ARE WASTING YOUR TALENTS,
GET BUSY.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
AND IF YOU DON'T DO THE LITTLE THINGS,
YOU'LL NEVER DO THE BIG THINGS FOR OUR LORD.
I DID EVERY LITTLE THING TO BE DONE.
WHEN I GOT SAVED,
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO FOR JESUS.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS.
I WAS READY TO VOLUNTEER ALL KINDS OF HOURS.
IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW HARD I HAD WORKED,
I WAS READY TO VOLUNTEER.
I WAS RIGHT THERE.
AND IN THE SERVICES, ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO,
I WAS READY;
AND I BECAME A REAL ALTAR WORKER.
I'D STAY ANY HOUR AND ALL HOURS
PRAYING PEOPLE THROUGH.
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO FOR JESUS.
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO, NO MATTER.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT,
I WOULD DO IT!
I JUST WANTED TO DO FOR HIM,
AND STILL I'M THAT WAY.
ANGEL AND I STARTED THE WORK THAT WAY,
THIS GREAT WORK
THAT'S SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,
GETTING BIGGER ALL THE TIME.
THIS REVIVAL STARTED 58 YEARS AGO,
AND IT'S STILL GOING GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE.
IT STARTED OFF BIG, NOT LITTLE, BUT BIG.
WE WERE SENT OF GOD.
WE SUFFERED MUCH PERSECUTION,
BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER.
IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE TURNED AWAY FROM US;
WE KNEW WE WERE TRAVELING WITH GOD.
WE KNEW WE HAD A TRUE CALLING OF THE LORD.
ONE THING I DIDN'T KNOW,
THAT I'D BE HERE
AND BUILD A WORK FOR HIM 58 YEARS;
BUT I'M HAPPY AND CONTENTED
BECAUSE I KNOW I'M IN THE WILL OF GOD.
I'M HERE.
THIS IS THE PLATFORM FOR THE WORLD.
AND THE LORD TOLD ME OVER 50 YEARS AGO,
"I'LL BRING THEM FROM THE EAST, THE WEST,
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH."
HE TOLD ME NOT TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT CAME;
HE WAS GOING TO SIFT THEM.
HE WOULD SIFT THE BAD OUT AND KEEP THE GOOD.
I LEFT IT ALL IN THE HANDS OF GOD.
I LET THE LORD SET THIS CHURCH IN ORDER,
AND THE LORD DOES THE WEEDING OUT.
HE TELLS ME WHEN TO GIVE UP ON A PERSON.
HE'LL TELL ME WHEN A PERSON MUST GO,
THEY HAVE TO GO, THEY HAVE TO GO,
THEY'RE HINDERING THE WORK OF GOD.
AND GOD DOESN'T WANT ANY HINDRANCE,
NONE AT ALL.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST CHURCH,
I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART,
IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
WE HAVE--
[applause]
WE HAVE THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
WE HAVE IT PREACHED IN ALL OF OUR SERVICES.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ON SATURDAY NIGHTS,
THEY ALL PREACH THE TRUTH, DON'T THEY?
THEY PREACH THE TRUTH.
OUR MINISTERS, FOUR ASSOCIATE MINISTERS,
PREACH THE TRUTH, DON'T THEY?
[applause]
AND I STARTED WITH THE TRUTH,
PREACHING THE TRUTH AND NEVER LET UP ON IT.
I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT; I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT I'D STAND BEFORE KINGS AND QUEENS,
AND PRESIDENTS, AND SO FORTH,
BUT THE LORD TOLD ME I WOULD.
I BELIEVED IT AND I'VE DONE ALL OF THAT ALREADY.
PEOPLE DON'T INTIMIDATE ME.
EDUCATION DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE;
MONEY DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
BUT GOD MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS.
YOU HONOR THOSE LITTLE LAMBS.
WHAT THE WORLD CALLS "LITTLE PEOPLE,"
THEY'RE NOT SO LITTLE.
THEY'RE BIG PEOPLE IN THE EYES OF GOD
BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOD THE FATHER,
THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST,
AND THEY'RE BIG PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BIG PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE MANY MILLIONAIRES TONIGHT, DON'T WE?
HOW MANY MILLIONAIRES DO WE HAVE?
GOOD! GOOD!
LET THE WORLD KNOW!
AND NOW,
YOU THAT ARE IN TELEVISION LAND,
RADIO LAND,
WHERE IS THAT TALENT?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH IT?
I DIDN'T THINK I HAD TALENTS.
I DIDN'T EVEN COUNT THAT I HAD ONE TALENT.
I WAS JUST A CHILD OF GOD WHEN I GOT SAVED.
BUT THE LORD HAS ADDED THE TALENTS ALONG THE WAY.
WHEN YOU USE YOUR TALENTS,
HE ADDS;
HE DOESN'T TAKE AWAY,
HE ADDS.
HE HAS PLENTY TO GIVE US;
AND YOU REMEMBER
YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST--
YOU STAND ON THAT--
WHO GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH.
SAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER,
YOU THAT HAVEN'T BEEN OBEYING GOD.
LET'S MAKE IT RIGHT.
THIS OLD WORLD'S GOT A BIG HEADACHE
OF SIN, SIN, SIN,
SO MUCH SO THAT THE LORD IS ABOUT TO DESTROY IT.
WOE, WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH
THAT MISS THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD
THAT'S UPON US NOW.
ALL THE END-TIME SIGNS ARE POINTING THAT WAY.
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD THE TALK IS ARMAGEDDON,
ARMAGEDDON, ARMAGEDDON.
PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN THE PROPHECIES OF ARMAGEDDON.
THEY NEED TO LEARN WHAT ARMAGEDDON REALLY MEANS.
THEY NEED GOD'S MEANING OF IT:
IT MEANS MIGHTY DESTRUCTION,
MIGHTY DESTRUCTION.
SAY, OH, GOD! [audience repeats]
I AM LOST!
SAVE MY SOUL!
I BELIEVE IN CALVARY.
I BELIEVE IN THE *** BIRTH.
I KNOW, JESUS, YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD.
YOU DIED FOR ME;
I WILL LIVE FOR YOU.
AND I CONFESS
ALL MY SINS.
I CONFESS
I'VE WASTED MY TALENTS.
I'M ASHAMED OF IT ALL.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, LORD.
AND I BELIEVE,
OH, I DO BELIEVE
THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WASHES AWAY ALL OF MY SINS,
ALL OF MY SINS!
SAY, COME INTO MY HEART, JESUS.
COME ON IN, JESUS!
COME ON IN!
IF YOU MEANT IT, HE HAS COME.
IF YOU MEANT IT, JESUS IS YOURS.
AND NOW FOR THE HEALING POWER.
THIS IS HEALING FROM HEAVEN.
I'M NOT A HEALER.
THE WORLD CALLS ME A HEALER.
NO, I'M A WITNESS; JESUS IS THE HEALER.
THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE JESUS.
THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT HE BROUGHT,
AND HOW HE WENT TO THE WHIPPING POST
FOR OUR PHYSICAL HEALING.
WITH HIS BLOOD STRIPES WE HAVE IT;
AND THEN HE WENT ALL THE WAY TO CALVARY
AND GAVE HIS LAST DROP OF BLOOD
FOR OUR REDEMPTION,
OUR SACRIFICIAL LAMB,
THE SON OF GOD.
AND NOW YOU CAN BE HEALED,
BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY
FOR YOUR SALVATION.
GO ON AND GET THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT,
POWER FROM ON HIGH.
LORD, HERE THEY ARE, THE SICK AND AFFLICTED.
YOU HEAL AIDS.
YOU HEAL ANY KIND OF DEATH DISEASE.
YOU'VE HEALED UNTOLD MULTITUDES OF CANCER,
DIABETES.
YOU'VE RE-CREATED HEARTS.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING BUT FAIL.
YOU DO NOT FAIL.
HEAL!
IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD-NAME, JESUS!
HEAL! HEAL!
FEEL THAT POWER!
IT'S FLOWING ALL THROUGH MY BODY AT THIS TIME.
LET IT FLOW FOR YOU.
YOU TURN IT ON WITH FAITH.
EVERYONE IS GIVEN A MEASURE OF FAITH.
AND NEVER SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH.
THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU A MEASURE.
USE THAT MEASURE,
HE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MEASURE,
AND ANOTHER MEASURE, AND ANOTHER MEASURE.
KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
THAT'S THE WAY HEAVEN WORKS WITH EARTH PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE REASON WE CAN DO THE WORK OF THE LORD
AS HUMAN BEINGS.
HE MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
JESUS CAME AND BROUGHT DIVINITY
THAT WE MUST USE AND MUST HAVE.
HE BROUGHT EVERYTHING WE NEED
TO MAKE US SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD,
AND WE CAN ALL BE READY.
SERVE THE LORD.
GET WELL NOW,
AND GIVE THE LORD ALL THE PRAISE,
ALL THE GLORY.
I NEVER HAVE HEALED ANYBODY,
BUT JESUS HAS HEALED SO MANY MULTITUDES
WHILE I WITNESSED HIS MIRACLE-HEALING POWER.
AND HE HEALED ME WHEN I WAS AT DEATH'S DOOR,
HEALED ME OF EVERYTHING.
SO MANY THINGS WERE WRONG WITH ME,
BUT WHEN HE LEFT THAT NIGHT,
HE HAD FINISHED HIS PERFECT WORK IN MY BODY.
IT HAS GIVEN ME HEALTH FOR OVER 90 YEARS--
HOW WONDERFUL--
OR I COULD'VE NEVER THE WORK OF SO MANY MEN,
NOT ONE, BUT MANY;
BUT I'VE BEEN WILLING TO DO IT.
I'VE TOLD THE LORD MORE TIMES THAN ONE,
"IF PEOPLE WON'T USE THEIR TALENTS,
"GIVE THEM TO ME
AND GIVE ME STRENGTH TO USE THEM ALL."
HE KEEPS ADDING TALENTS, TALENTS TO MY LIFE,
AND I USE THEM
NIGHT AND DAY, NIGHT AND DAY.
I'M A HAPPY PREACHER ON PLANET EARTH.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
I COUNT IT SUCH AN HONOR
TO BE A SOUL WINNER.
THAT'S MY MAIN BUSINESS,
A SOUL WINNER.
NO WONDER THE BIBLE SAID,
"HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE."
I LOVE SOUL-WINNING.
I LOVE TO PREACH IT,
TEACH IT, BUT ABOVE ALL,
I LOVE TO WIN THEM,
BRING THEM IN AND SAY,
"JESUS, HERE THEY ARE; MAKE THEM BRAND NEW."
AND IN A MOMENT OF TIME,
HE'LL MAKE THOUSANDS BRAND NEW
IN OUR MIGHTY OVERSEAS CRUSADES.
GOD BE WITH YOU.
WRITE AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU TODAY.
I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD TESTIMONY
FOR THE LORD.
(announcer) ARMAGEDDON IS A NOVEL BASED ON BIBLICAL FACTS.
THE LORD COMES ON THE FIRST PAGE,
THEN YOU WILL BE IN THE SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END...
428 EXCITING PAGES!
WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IF YOU MISS THE RAPTURE?
THIS WORLD WILL BECOME A PLACE OF OVERWHELMING FEAR,
TORMENT AND UNIMAGINABLE DESTRUCTION.
YOU'LL WISH YOU HAD BEEN ON THE ONE FLIGHT OUT
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE
FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEFT IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
REV. ERNEST ANGLEY SPENT MANY HOURS
IN PRAYER, FASTING AND LIVING IN THE WORD
TO RECEIVE THE PROFOUND STORY,
"ARMAGEDDON," FROM THE LORD.
THE END TIMES HAVE NEVER BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT
IN SUCH SHOCKING REALITY!
YOU'LL EXPERIENCE THE HORRORS OF THE TRIBULATION
AND THE TORTURE AND GRIEF OF EACH CHARACTER.
YOU MUST PRAY THAT YOU NEVER BECOME ONE OF THEM.
YOU'LL CRY AND PLEAD FOR MERCY WITH THE PEOPLE
WHEN THE GREAT BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON BEGINS!
IT'S THE WAR TO END ALL WARS,
AND YOU'LL TREMBLE IN FEAR WHEN JESUS,
THE RAGING LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH,
COMPLETELY DEVASTATES THE EARTH
NEVER TO RISE AGAIN!
THIS EYE-OPENING NOVEL PRESENTS
THE STARTLING REALITY OF NOTHING BUT SORROW,
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
AFTER JESUS TAKES HIS CHILDREN HOME.
YOU MUST KNOW WHAT'S TO COME
AND HEED GOD'S WARNING
OR YOU'LL REGRET IT FOR ALL ETERNITY!
(Rev. Machamer) OH, FRIEND, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS BOOK,
"ARMAGEDDON."
IT'S A 428-PAGE NOVEL BY THE REV. ERNEST ANGLEY,
AND IT'S BASED ON BIBLICAL FACTS,
DESCRIBING IN VIVID DETAIL
THE COMING EVENTS IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
THIS IS THE GREATEST BOOK
REV. ANGLEY HAS EVER WRITTEN,
AND IT'S JUST A $10 DONATION;
REQUEST OFFER B-30.
AND DON'T FORGET,
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK
FOR JUST AN $8 DONATION AT:
PARTNERS, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TITHES,
YOUR OFFERINGS,
FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS JESUS MINISTRY.
REMEMBER, WHEN YOU INVEST IN THIS JESUS MINISTRY,
YOU ARE INVESTING IN SOULS.
NO ONE LIVES HIGH AROUND HERE.
THE MONEY YOU PUT IN THIS JESUS MINISTRY
IS NOT WASTED OR NEGLECTED OR ABUSED.
IT GOES TOWARD WINNING LOST SOULS.
REV. ANGLEY IS VERY CAREFUL WITH GOD'S MONEY.
AND REMEMBER, EACH MONTH THAT YOU SPONSOR
THIS WORLDWIDE OUTREACH MINISTRY,
YOU WILL GET A NEW BOOK OF THE MONTH,
SO BE SURE TO INVEST.
YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT:
AND YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A DONATION SAFELY ONLINE
THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT ERNESTANGLEY.ORG.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC
AND SINGING COMING UP FOR YOU.
RIGHT NOW IT'S THE SINGING MEN'S QUARTET
SINGING A GREAT NUMBER,
"I'M ONE DAY CLOSER."
AND THAT IS THE TRUTH, FRIEND;
EACH AND EVERY DAY WE HAVE HERE ON EARTH,
WE'RE ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE,
ONE DAY CLOSER TO ETERNITY.
FRIEND, I HOPE YOU'VE MADE PROPER PREPARATIONS
TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR WHEN HE RETURNS.
LISTEN!
♪
♪
♪ EYE HATH NOT SEEN ♪
♪ EAR HATH NOT HEARD ♪
♪ THE THINGS THAT GOD'S PREPARED FOR US IN HEAVEN ♪
♪ AHH... ♪
♪ SUCH WONDERS WE'LL BEHOLD ♪
♪ AS WE WALK ON STREETS OF GOLD ♪
♪ HOW LONG WILL IT BE 'TIL I GO HOME ♪
♪ [I GO HOME] ♪
♪ WELL, I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪
♪ MANY SAINTS HAVE LEFT THIS EARTH ♪
♪ AND THEY NOW WALK HEAVEN'S SHORES ♪
♪ FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO WERE SO DEAR ♪
♪ [SO DEAR] ♪
♪ THEY'RE WAITING FOR US NOW ♪
♪ I CAN ALMOST HEAR THEM SHOUT ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH! ♪
♪ WHAT A HOMECOMING DAY ♪
♪ [HOMECOMING DAY] ♪
♪ YES, I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ [FLY AWAY] ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS ♪
♪ YESTERDAY... ♪
♪
♪♪
[applause]
♪
♪ JESUS ♪
♪ JESUS ♪
♪ OH, THE NAME OF JESUS ♪
♪ THAT WONDERFUL NAME SET ME FREE ♪
♪ I WAS BOUND ♪
♪ AND UNDONE ♪
♪ 'TIL I FOUND GOD'S OWN SON ♪
♪ MY JESUS ♪
♪ HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ WELL, JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ OH, THE NAME OF JESUS ♪
♪ THAT WONDERFUL NAME [WONDERFUL NAME] ♪
♪ SET ME FREE [SET ME FREE] ♪
♪ I WAS BOUND AND UNDONE ♪
♪ 'TIL I FOUND GOD'S OWN SON ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ WELL... ♪
♪ I WAS LOST ♪
♪ TEMPEST TOSSED ♪
♪ FULL OF SIN ♪
♪ DEEP WITHIN ♪
♪ 'TIL THAT WONDERFUL NAME SET ME FREE ♪
♪ [SET ME FREE] ♪
♪ NOW I'M HAPPY, BORN AGAIN ♪
♪ LIVING FREE FROM ALL [FROM ALL SIN] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ YES, JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ OH, THE NAME ♪
♪ OF JESUS ♪
♪ THAT WONDERFUL NAME [WONDERFUL NAME] ♪
♪ SET ME FREE [SET ME FREE] ♪
♪ I WAS BOUND AND UNDONE ♪
♪ 'TIL I FOUND GOD'S OWN SON [ONLY SON] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ WELL, I WAS SICK ♪
♪ A-DYING QUICK ♪
♪ SOUL DOWNCAST ♪
♪ I WAS SINKING FAST ♪
♪ 'TIL THAT WONDERFUL NAME SET ME FREE ♪
♪ [SET ME FREE] ♪
♪ NOW MY BODY IS MADE WHOLE ♪
♪ FROM MY HEAD ♪
♪ DOWN TO MY TOES ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ WHOA... ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ OH, THE NAME OF JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ THAT WONDERFUL NAME SET ME FREE ♪
♪
♪ I WAS BOUND AND UNDONE ♪
♪ 'TIL I FOUND GOD'S OWN SON [ONLY SON] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ OH, THE NAME OF JESUS [JESUS] ♪
♪ THAT WONDERFUL NAME SET ME FREE ♪
♪
♪ I WAS BOUND ♪
♪ AND UNDONE [AND UNDONE] ♪
♪ 'TIL I FOUND GOD'S OWN SON [ONLY SON] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD ♪
♪ TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪ MY JESUS, HE'S SO GOOD ♪
♪ TO ME... [HE'S GOOD TO ME] ♪
♪
♪♪
[applause]
OH, FRIEND, ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH?
JESUS IS SO WONDERFUL INDEED!
THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER!
AND IF YOU ENJOY GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING,
WELL, FRIEND, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU
TO BE WITH US IN THE SERVICES THIS WEEKEND
AT ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL.
WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS:
IN CUYAHOGA FALLS AT 2700 STATE ROAD,
AND IN AKRON AT 1055 CANTON ROAD
IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
NOW IT ALL STARTS
WITH THE MIGHTY FRIDAY NIGHT MIRACLE SERVICE
AT 7 PM IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION,
MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING,
REV. ANGLEY MINISTERING TO THE SICK AND AFFLICTED.
PEOPLE WILL BE COMING FROM FAR AND WIDE
TO BE IN THAT GREAT SERVICE.
THEN SATURDAY NIGHT,
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL YOUTH SERVICE AT 7 PM,
BUT THAT WILL BE IN THE AKRON LOCATION;
AGAIN THAT'S 1055 CANTON ROAD
IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
WE HAVE A MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKER.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY'RE PREACHING,
TESTIFYING, SINGING, MAKING MUSIC FOR THE LORD.
AND THEN SUNDAY, TWO GREAT SERVICES
BACK IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION.
THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE AT 10 AM:
A SPECIAL MESSAGE BY THE REV. ERNEST ANGLEY
IN THE MAIN AUDITORIUM;
SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
ON THE UPPER LEVEL
IN OUR JUNIOR CHURCH DEPARTMENT.
AND OH, HOW THE KIDS ENJOY THEMSELVES
BECAUSE WE HAVE TEACHERS AND HELPERS
SPECIALLY TRAINED TO WORK WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
AND THEN SUNDAY EVENING AT 7 PM,
IT'S THE MIGHTY EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
WITH MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING.
SO FRIEND, YOU NEED TO PAY US A VISIT.
WE'RE INTER- DENOMINATIONAL.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO WORSHIP THE LORD WITH US.
WELL, IT'S PRAYER TIME NOW ON THE BROADCAST
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE CALLED IN TODAY.
I WANT YOU TO PLACE YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE
ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN IN AGREEMENT;
AND REMEMBER, JESUS IS THE HEALER.
I'M NOT THE HEALER;
I'M JUST HIS BELIEVER AGREEING WITH YOU TODAY.
LORD, I BRING THE SICK AND AFFLICTED TO YOU NOW,
THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED IN THIS DAY
WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST.
GOD, LAY YOUR HEALING HAND UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE,
AND IN THE HOLY BLOOD- NAME OF YOUR JESUS,
HEAL!
HEAL! HEAL!
I INJECT THE MIRACLE BLOOD-POWER
INTO THEIR BODIES.
I CURSE EVERY SICKNESS AND DISEASE.
LORD, LET YOUR BLOOD-POWER
BREAK EVERY BONDAGE AND LIFT EVERY BURDEN.
AND RAISE THEM UP AS A WITNESS
FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND AMEN.
AND FRIEND, YOU NOTICE IMPROVEMENT
IN YOUR LIFE EACH AND EVERY DAY,
AND GIVE GOD THE HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND THE GOOD LORD.
GOD BLESS YOU TODAY!
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(announcer) FRIENDS, WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO TAKE JESUS
TO THE WHOLE WORLD IN THIS FINAL HOUR!
WON'T YOU CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS MINISTRY
WITH YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCES
SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS LOVE MESSAGE
TO THE NATIONS?
WELL, 'TIL THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER,
REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
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