1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,480 Dennis Canther: Coming again. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,520 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming again. 3 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:07,200 Dennis Canther: Do you believe it? 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,200 Dennis Canther: Can you b uh do you believe it? 5 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:14,460 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming again. 6 00:00:14,460 --> 00:00:17,340 Dennis Canther: Marvelous message we bring. 7 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:19,180 Dennis Canther: Wonderful word of the King. 8 00:00:19,180 --> 00:00:21,020 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming again. 9 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:22,780 Dennis Canther: Are you ready? 10 00:00:23,740 --> 00:00:26,220 Dennis Canther: Title of the Sermon, Are You Ready? 11 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:31,020 Dennis Canther: Let's turn in our Bibles to 1 Thessalonians 5. 12 00:00:31,020 --> 00:00:33,500 Dennis Canther: First Thessalonians 5 13 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,320 Dennis Canther: We're gonna be using our Bibles. 14 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,080 Dennis Canther: If you don't have one, it's not gonna be on the screen. 15 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,080 Dennis Canther: There's power in God's word. 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,520 Dennis Canther: Did you know that? 17 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,600 Dennis Canther: There's power in opening God's word right here. 18 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,360 Dennis Canther: And I don't care what translation you have, whatever touches your heart 19 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,680 Dennis Canther: That's what's important. 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,039 Dennis Canther: So you open it up. 21 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:01,399 Dennis Canther: If you don't have a Bible, you need to look find one. 22 00:01:01,399 --> 00:01:04,119 Dennis Canther: There's one in front of you on the pew. 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:10,720 Dennis Canther: Open it up because I think you'll find that it's good to get into God's word. 24 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,360 Dennis Canther: Let's study it this morning. 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,759 Dennis Canther: Okay, 1 Thessalonians 5. 26 00:01:15,759 --> 00:01:17,360 Dennis Canther: Have you found that? 27 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:23,259 Dennis Canther: It's in the New Testament, 1 Thessalonians 5, and verses 2. 28 00:01:23,659 --> 00:01:29,659 Dennis Canther: Starting with verse 2, it says, You know very well 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:37,400 Dennis Canther: That the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,640 Dennis Canther: Does Jesus come like a thief 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,120 Dennis Canther: Does he come quietly and secretly? 32 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,200 Dennis Canther: How do we know that? 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,480 Dennis Canther: You look up just a few verses. 34 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,000 Dennis Canther: Verse 16. 35 00:01:51,340 --> 00:01:53,820 Dennis Canther: Verse 16, 516. 36 00:01:53,820 --> 00:02:01,820 Dennis Canther: For the Lord himself with come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel and the trump of God. 37 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:06,380 Dennis Canther: Uh yeah, the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first. 38 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:09,340 Dennis Canther: Does that sound like it'll be secretly? 39 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:09,820 Dennis Canther: No. 40 00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:11,740 Dennis Canther: It's gonna be a lot of noise. 41 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:14,580 Dennis Canther: Gonna be a lot of trumpets, a lot of angels singing. 42 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:20,740 Dennis Canther: Jesus is gonna come with a loud trumpet blast, and everyone is gonna hear him, aren't they? 43 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,079 Dennis Canther: They sure are. 44 00:02:22,079 --> 00:02:24,400 Dennis Canther: And then let's continue down. 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,879 Dennis Canther: Uh first Thessalonians five. 46 00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:35,360 Dennis Canther: It says, While people are saying peace and safety, destruction will come on them. 47 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,000 Dennis Canther: Suddenly, it will be a surprise. 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,880 Dennis Canther: It's the timing we're talking about. 49 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,080 Dennis Canther: Not how he's gonna come, but the timing 50 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:52,519 Dennis Canther: Uh as suddenly as the labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 51 00:02:52,519 --> 00:02:55,799 Dennis Canther: So when Jesus comes, it'll be what? 52 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:59,260 Dennis Canther: Yeah, it'll be suddenly. 53 00:02:59,260 --> 00:03:01,500 Dennis Canther: It'll be surprisingly. 54 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:06,860 Dennis Canther: But the problem is it will only be a surprise for certain people. 55 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:10,660 Dennis Canther: It'll be a surprise for those who don't believe Jesus is coming. 56 00:03:10,660 --> 00:03:11,940 Dennis Canther: You believe that? 57 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:16,900 Dennis Canther: It will also be a surprise for believers. 58 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:18,500 Dennis Canther: Now hear me close. 59 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:31,280 Dennis Canther: It will be for believers who have so many priorities or are not prepared for Jesus to come. 60 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:37,640 Dennis Canther: It's important that you ask yourself, are we ready? 61 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:41,799 Dennis Canther: But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness 62 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,320 Dennis Canther: See? 63 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,880 Dennis Canther: You don't have we and we know what's going on. 64 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,920 Dennis Canther: So that this day should not surprise you like a thief 65 00:03:50,459 --> 00:03:54,140 Dennis Canther: You are the children of light and the children of the day. 66 00:03:54,140 --> 00:03:57,420 Dennis Canther: We do not belong to the night and to the darkness. 67 00:03:57,420 --> 00:04:02,700 Dennis Canther: So then let us not be like others who are what? 68 00:04:03,980 --> 00:04:05,340 Dennis Canther: Sleeping! 69 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:07,900 Dennis Canther: Is there anybody sleeping this morning? 70 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:10,540 Dennis Canther: Not yet. 71 00:04:10,540 --> 00:04:11,500 Dennis Canther: That's good. 72 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:13,180 Dennis Canther: You're still awake yet. 73 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:21,260 Dennis Canther: That's good because it says we need to be awake and sober. 74 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:23,900 Dennis Canther: You know what the word for sober is? 75 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:33,380 Dennis Canther: It's a Greek word for sober called naphom, and that word literally means to be self-controlled. 76 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:39,400 Dennis Canther: We need to be control ourselves and choose Jesus. 77 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,040 Dennis Canther: Have you chosen Jesus today? 78 00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:50,620 Dennis Canther: Praise God, because it's a relationship with Jesus that will help you to be ready. 79 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:54,460 Dennis Canther: And you will be ready if you choose Jesus. 80 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Dennis Canther: I'd like to have you turn to Luke Twenty One. 81 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,280 Dennis Canther: Luke Twenty One. 82 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,639 Dennis Canther: Luke 21. 83 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:09,160 Dennis Canther: I really love seeing you all open your Bibles. 84 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,000 Dennis Canther: Praise God for that. 85 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,360 Dennis Canther: That is wonderful. 86 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,960 Dennis Canther: That's power right there. 87 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,240 Dennis Canther: The Holy Spirit. 88 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:28,860 Dennis Canther: will send us power as we step out to either tell Jesus about love, the love in our heart for Jesus, as we tell someone else or share someone else, the Holy Spirit supplies power 89 00:05:28,740 --> 00:05:33,780 Dennis Canther: As we open God's word and we study, what does God supply? 90 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:38,180 Dennis Canther: The Holy Spirit to give us power as we study his word. 91 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:50,800 Dennis Canther: So, Luke 21, 25, 21, 25, and it says here, there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars, and on the earth nations will be in anguish. 92 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:54,420 Dennis Canther: perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 93 00:05:54,420 --> 00:06:03,220 Dennis Canther: People will be terrified, worrying about what is coming on the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. 94 00:06:03,220 --> 00:06:03,860 Dennis Canther: And then 95 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:13,340 Dennis Canther: You will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory 96 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:20,300 Dennis Canther: And when these things begin to take place, what things are we talking about? 97 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,240 Dennis Canther: What are the things that are going to take place? 98 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,400 Dennis Canther: We just read about 'em, all these tossing the sea, people scared. 99 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,440 Dennis Canther: I mean, we've had the peace and safety. 100 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,320 Dennis Canther: We're now living in the time of sudden destruction. 101 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:46,000 Dennis Canther: And so when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh. 102 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:53,600 Dennis Canther: There are fifteen hundred prophecies in the Bible about the second coming of Jesus. 103 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,600 Dennis Canther: For every prophecy that foretells Jesus' coming, 104 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:03,520 Dennis Canther: There are eight prophecies that foretell his second coming. 105 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,000 Dennis Canther: Is God trying to tell us something? 106 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:19,020 Dennis Canther: Did you hear about all those verses all through the Bible that tell not only about Jesus' first coming, but about a surprising amount of them for God's 107 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,240 Dennis Canther: Jesus' second coming. 108 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,040 Dennis Canther: Ellen G. 109 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,560 Dennis Canther: White says, sin and separation from God has almost reached its limit. 110 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Dennis Canther: Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. 111 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,080 Dennis Canther: The end is very near. 112 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:46,400 Dennis Canther: God's people should be preparing for what is to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise 113 00:07:46,980 --> 00:07:53,220 Dennis Canther: We are in a temporal world that is passing away. 114 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:54,900 Dennis Canther: There was a woman 115 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:02,320 Dennis Canther: who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. 116 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,800 Dennis Canther: Well, as she was getting things in order, she contacted the pastor 117 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:14,240 Dennis Canther: and had him come to her house to discuss to him certain aspects of her final wishes. 118 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:19,520 Dennis Canther: She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she liked read 119 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:22,520 Dennis Canther: what outfit she wanted to be buried in. 120 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,840 Dennis Canther: She also requested to be buried with her favorite Bible. 121 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,520 Dennis Canther: Everything was in order 122 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:35,560 Dennis Canther: and as the pastor was preparing to leave, when the woman suddenly remembered something very important to her. 123 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,960 Dennis Canther: Wait there's one more thing, she said excitedly 124 00:08:40,419 --> 00:08:41,699 Dennis Canther: What's that? 125 00:08:41,699 --> 00:08:46,660 Dennis Canther: This is very important, the woman continued. 126 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:54,980 Dennis Canther: I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand. 127 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,680 Dennis Canther: Did you know you got those little packages for something, didn't you? 128 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,520 Dennis Canther: That wasn't toys. 129 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,040 Dennis Canther: That sermon illustration 130 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:06,399 Dennis Canther: Okay. 131 00:09:06,399 --> 00:09:10,480 Dennis Canther: I see some of you are taking them out, and that's a good thing. 132 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:16,720 Dennis Canther: Because the pastor stood looking at the woman, not knowing quite what to say. 133 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:18,900 Dennis Canther: Now that surprises you, doesn't it? 134 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:20,020 Dennis Canther: the woman asked. 135 00:09:20,020 --> 00:09:23,060 Dennis Canther: Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request. 136 00:09:23,060 --> 00:09:31,220 Dennis Canther: After the woman explained, the pastor's eyes welled up with joy, tears of joy as he hugged the woman goodbye. 137 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:35,560 Dennis Canther: He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. 138 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:45,560 Dennis Canther: Well, at the funeral, people were walking by the casket and and as they passed they saw the Bible. 139 00:09:45,220 --> 00:09:54,660 Dennis Canther: She wanted to have there, and I noticed that in the Bible, she had a text that was actually highlighted here in Revelation 1. 140 00:09:54,820 --> 00:09:55,620 Dennis Canther: 7. 141 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:03,160 Dennis Canther: And it says, Behold, he comes with clouds, and every eye shall what? 142 00:10:03,980 --> 00:10:05,260 Dennis Canther: They will. 143 00:10:05,260 --> 00:10:06,300 Dennis Canther: That's correct. 144 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:10,140 Dennis Canther: And then she had one more thing highlighted in her Bible. 145 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:14,060 Dennis Canther: And this was Revelation 21. 146 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:22,079 Dennis Canther: Verse four And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes 147 00:10:22,140 --> 00:10:33,900 Dennis Canther: And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. 148 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,700 Dennis Canther: Won't that be a blessed day? 149 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:37,960 Dennis Canther: Amen. 150 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:45,560 Dennis Canther: It will be and they all noticed and they whispered to each other, So what's with the fork? 151 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:49,620 Dennis Canther: That's strange. 152 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:56,740 Dennis Canther: And that's and whenever the pastor heard them keep saying, people just kept going by what's with the fork in her hand. 153 00:10:56,740 --> 00:11:01,060 Dennis Canther: And he did they just kept going by and he just smiled. 154 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:08,880 Dennis Canther: And so when it came time for the message, the pastor said 155 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:17,199 Dennis Canther: Um during his message the pastor related the conversation he had with the woman shortly before she died. 156 00:11:17,199 --> 00:11:23,519 Dennis Canther: The woman had said in all my years of attending church fellowship dinners, I always remember 157 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:27,460 Dennis Canther: when the paper plates were thrown away. 158 00:11:27,460 --> 00:11:33,860 Dennis Canther: But somebody always says, keep your fork 159 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,800 Dennis Canther: Have you seen the desert table? 160 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,840 Dennis Canther: The desert have you that's where we live. 161 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,200 Dennis Canther: That's good. 162 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,320 Dennis Canther: Have you seen? 163 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,000 Dennis Canther: What am I supposed to say 164 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,519 Dennis Canther: Have you seen the dessert table? 165 00:11:46,519 --> 00:11:47,399 Dennis Canther: Thank you. 166 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:52,360 Dennis Canther: Velvety chocolate cake or deep dish apple pie with ice cream. 167 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,080 Dennis Canther: It all looks so wonderful. 168 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:04,160 Dennis Canther: So I just want people to see me there in the casket with a fork in my hand, and I want them to wonder, what's with the fork? 169 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:14,360 Dennis Canther: And then I want you to tell them, keeper fork, because the best is yet to come. 170 00:12:14,620 --> 00:12:21,180 Dennis Canther: How many of us here have loved ones who have gone to sleep and are waiting for Jesus to come again? 171 00:12:21,260 --> 00:12:23,339 Dennis Canther: I'll be all of us. 172 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Dennis Canther: The good news, Jesus is coming back. 173 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:34,400 Dennis Canther: The second coming is mentioned one time for every five verses in the New Testament. 174 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:42,040 Dennis Canther: We need to be spending time studying, praying, and telling others about the second coming of Jesus. 175 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,920 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back, and I believe it. 176 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:48,839 Dennis Canther: Can you say that with me? 177 00:12:48,839 --> 00:12:53,880 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back, and I believe it. 178 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,560 Dennis Canther: And I believe 179 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,860 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back. 180 00:12:58,860 --> 00:13:03,500 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back and wonderful. 181 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,100 Dennis Canther: And I believe 182 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:18,760 Dennis Canther: is coming back and hold up your fork the best is yet to come thank you for participating by the way I know it seems weird 183 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:20,380 Dennis Canther: But you know what? 184 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:25,900 Dennis Canther: Sometimes we have to step out of our little comfort zone and look a little childish, don't we? 185 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:27,420 Dennis Canther: Is that okay? 186 00:13:27,420 --> 00:13:28,940 Dennis Canther: The best is yet to come. 187 00:13:28,940 --> 00:13:30,459 Dennis Canther: Can you say that? 188 00:13:30,459 --> 00:13:32,940 Dennis Canther: The best is yet to come. 189 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:35,420 Dennis Canther: Praise God. 190 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:46,600 Dennis Canther: Have have some of you fallen asleep even before the the sermon is started? 191 00:13:46,820 --> 00:13:51,780 Dennis Canther: Jonah 1 6 says Jonah had fallen into a deep sleep. 192 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:56,180 Dennis Canther: Captain came to him and said 193 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:58,500 Dennis Canther: Wake up! 194 00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:02,660 Dennis Canther: How can you sleep at a time like this? 195 00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:08,100 Dennis Canther: There's a storm raging outside and you are fast asleep. 196 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:08,980 Dennis Canther: Wake up 197 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,560 Dennis Canther: And so God speaks to us. 198 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:17,720 Dennis Canther: Are you saying and thinking we've heard and read all this before? 199 00:14:17,740 --> 00:14:25,820 Dennis Canther: Are you feeling so full of the priorities of this life that you are no longer hungry for God's word? 200 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:33,920 Dennis Canther: Are you making it a priority to take advantage of every opportunity to attend Sabbath school, church? 201 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:38,600 Dennis Canther: Midweek study, prayer meetings, seminars, evangelistic meetings. 202 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:45,080 Dennis Canther: Do you take time to study God's Word every day? 203 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,400 Dennis Canther: Are you ready for Jesus to come? 204 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,560 Dennis Canther: Do you study your Bible every day? 205 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,160 Dennis Canther: Every day. 206 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,000 Dennis Canther: Fill your mind. 207 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:06,720 Dennis Canther: with God's love, with scripture, with reading the reading the Bible, and with prayer. 208 00:15:08,620 --> 00:15:10,300 Dennis Canther: John seventeen three. 209 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:12,460 Dennis Canther: Can we turn to that together please? 210 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,620 Dennis Canther: John seventeen three 211 00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:24,820 Dennis Canther: John seventeen three. 212 00:15:24,820 --> 00:15:27,940 Dennis Canther: Maybe you'll get there before I will. 213 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:32,660 Dennis Canther: John seventeen three. 214 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,480 Dennis Canther: Did you all get there? 215 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,080 Dennis Canther: John 17 3. 216 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,760 Dennis Canther: You gotta read it together. 217 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,280 Dennis Canther: Let's look at it together. 218 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,040 Dennis Canther: It says, This is eternal life 219 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:50,360 Dennis Canther: Okay, wouldn't we like to know what we need to do for eternal life? 220 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,000 Dennis Canther: This is eternal life. 221 00:15:54,040 --> 00:16:04,280 Dennis Canther: And then it says that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 222 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:08,540 Dennis Canther: We've heard this before, but look at it closely. 223 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:11,580 Dennis Canther: It says this is eternal life, that they know you. 224 00:16:11,580 --> 00:16:19,260 Dennis Canther: The Greek word here is gnosko, and what that literally means is an intimate knowledge. 225 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:23,639 Dennis Canther: An intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. 226 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:26,759 Dennis Canther: Do you have an intimate relationship? 227 00:16:26,759 --> 00:16:33,560 Dennis Canther: You can only do that if you talk to somebody every day and if you communicate. 228 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,560 Dennis Canther: Communication is the key. 229 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:43,160 Dennis Canther: And so that they know you, knowing Jesus so well, that when you talk to others 230 00:16:43,579 --> 00:16:47,660 Dennis Canther: It produces offspring. 231 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,380 Dennis Canther: Jesus wants you to produce 232 00:16:51,220 --> 00:17:02,500 Dennis Canther: Those that you have shared his love with, that you've shared the Bible with, that you've shared the love of Jesus with, and it produces others that come to Jesus. 233 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,520 Dennis Canther: And it says, know you the only true God. 234 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,040 Dennis Canther: And what did Jesus come to show us? 235 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,440 Dennis Canther: The love of the Father 236 00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:19,580 Dennis Canther: The true love of the Father, which included dying for us on the cross. 237 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:22,220 Dennis Canther: That's what God's love is all about. 238 00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:23,660 Dennis Canther: The selfless 239 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:31,820 Dennis Canther: Self-sacrificing love, unconditional love, something new that 240 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,640 Dennis Canther: They did not know before Jesus was sent here. 241 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,480 Dennis Canther: This is a new kind of love. 242 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,240 Dennis Canther: This agape love that's so close. 243 00:17:40,940 --> 00:17:49,100 Dennis Canther: that it produces offspring and to know Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 244 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:53,260 Dennis Canther: Do you have a growing personal relationship with Jesus? 245 00:17:55,340 --> 00:18:01,260 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back and very good. 246 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:03,500 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back and 247 00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:05,860 Dennis Canther: Very good. 248 00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:10,020 Dennis Canther: And I believe Jesus is coming back. 249 00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:11,539 Dennis Canther: Very good. 250 00:18:11,539 --> 00:18:11,860 Dennis Canther: And 251 00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:16,780 Dennis Canther: The best is yet to come. 252 00:18:16,780 --> 00:18:18,380 Dennis Canther: Can you do that with me? 253 00:18:18,380 --> 00:18:21,500 Dennis Canther: The best is yet to come. 254 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,460 Dennis Canther: Very good. 255 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:33,580 Dennis Canther: Wake up You're not gonna be able to sleep during this sermon. 256 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:35,179 Dennis Canther: Did you notice that? 257 00:18:36,860 --> 00:18:38,059 Dennis Canther: Thank you. 258 00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:40,419 Dennis Canther: Thank you, Brother Daniel, for helping us. 259 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:44,820 Dennis Canther: And yes, this message is for you. 260 00:18:44,820 --> 00:18:46,419 Dennis Canther: It's for all of you. 261 00:18:46,419 --> 00:18:49,779 Dennis Canther: I would like all of you to turn to someone right now 262 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,240 Dennis Canther: and say this message is for you. 263 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,400 Dennis Canther: You're doing it, praise God 264 00:19:01,019 --> 00:19:03,980 Dennis Canther: This message is for you. 265 00:19:03,980 --> 00:19:11,019 Dennis Canther: Some of you are so tired and I I I almost can't read this right now because most of you did it. 266 00:19:11,019 --> 00:19:12,620 Dennis Canther: So that's really good. 267 00:19:12,620 --> 00:19:12,940 Dennis Canther: See 268 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,840 Dennis Canther: I don't have to say this. 269 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:20,920 Dennis Canther: Some of you are so tired that you can't even turn to someone and say this message is for me. 270 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,040 Dennis Canther: You did that. 271 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,960 Dennis Canther: Praise God for that. 272 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:35,520 Dennis Canther: I know it's hard to share with others what Jesus has done in your life, to admit that you have made mistakes, and then share how Jesus makes a difference in your life. 273 00:19:35,620 --> 00:19:41,380 Dennis Canther: This is your personal testimony that you need to share with others. 274 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:44,580 Dennis Canther: It's hard to tell someone else about Jesus, isn't it? 275 00:19:44,660 --> 00:19:47,060 Dennis Canther: Why is that why would that be hard? 276 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,799 Dennis Canther: Why is it hard to tell someone else about Jesus? 277 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:53,679 Dennis Canther: You know, I think I know why. 278 00:19:53,679 --> 00:19:58,159 Dennis Canther: Because you're worried they're gonna ask you some question that you can't answer. 279 00:19:58,159 --> 00:20:01,039 Dennis Canther: But did you know that that's not what they want? 280 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,320 Dennis Canther: They don't want to know that. 281 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:08,800 Dennis Canther: They just want to know why when I see you smile, does it look like you have the love of Jesus in you? 282 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,480 Dennis Canther: That's all they want to know 283 00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:15,640 Dennis Canther: They want to know what is the difference in your life. 284 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,160 Dennis Canther: They don't want to know the 2300-day prophecy. 285 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,760 Dennis Canther: They don't want to know all these things that we learn about all these. 286 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,840 Dennis Canther: They just want to know what does Jesus mean in your life? 287 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:28,560 Dennis Canther: Now. 288 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:34,000 Dennis Canther: When you bring them to Jesus and you say, Would you like to study the Bible with me? 289 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:40,720 Dennis Canther: And they say yes, then we can go into other things that are in the Bible and truth, truths. 290 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:40,960 Dennis Canther: But 291 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,500 Dennis Canther: Share with them the love of Jesus. 292 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:46,700 Dennis Canther: What makes your life different? 293 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:56,059 Dennis Canther: Romans 10 9 says, if you tell others that Jesus is Lord, if you tell others, if you share Jesus with others, 294 00:20:56,340 --> 00:21:04,659 Dennis Canther: And if you believe it in your heart that God raised him from the dead, what's the promise? 295 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:09,620 Dennis Canther: You will be saved. 296 00:21:09,620 --> 00:21:11,140 Dennis Canther: That's Romans 10. 297 00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:11,860 Dennis Canther: 9. 298 00:21:11,860 --> 00:21:12,820 Dennis Canther: Romans 10. 299 00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:15,060 Dennis Canther: 9, it's a promise. 300 00:21:15,019 --> 00:21:24,539 Dennis Canther: If you tell others that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 301 00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:28,900 Dennis Canther: Jesus said, tell others what Christ has done in your life. 302 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:31,539 Dennis Canther: Um I think we have time. 303 00:21:31,539 --> 00:21:32,740 Dennis Canther: We're gonna do one. 304 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:33,780 Dennis Canther: This is fun. 305 00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:34,340 Dennis Canther: Luke. 306 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:36,100 Dennis Canther: Let's turn to Luke. 307 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:39,059 Dennis Canther: Luke 18. 308 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:43,539 Dennis Canther: Luke eighteen. 309 00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:47,539 Dennis Canther: Can you find Luke? 310 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,200 Dennis Canther: Luke eighteen verse ten. 311 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,720 Dennis Canther: Neat little parable Jesus told. 312 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,400 Dennis Canther: Luke eighteen verse ten 313 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:05,740 Dennis Canther: Okay, you know the parable. 314 00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:08,140 Dennis Canther: Here's the first part, but I'm gonna change a little bit. 315 00:22:08,140 --> 00:22:09,500 Dennis Canther: You figured that, didn't you? 316 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:10,780 Dennis Canther: So here it comes. 317 00:22:10,780 --> 00:22:13,740 Dennis Canther: There's two men went into the temple, right? 318 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:20,800 Dennis Canther: And um, and they're gonna pray, and one of them was a what? 319 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,560 Dennis Canther: Was a Pharisee 320 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,200 Dennis Canther: Ferret only full up there. 321 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,280 Dennis Canther: Was a Pharisee. 322 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,160 Dennis Canther: Okay? 323 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,320 Dennis Canther: And the other was what? 324 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:32,880 Dennis Canther: Tax collector. 325 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:33,679 Dennis Canther: Very good. 326 00:22:33,679 --> 00:22:35,679 Dennis Canther: And so you know that part. 327 00:22:35,679 --> 00:22:39,519 Dennis Canther: However, I'd like to just define the word Pharisee to you. 328 00:22:39,519 --> 00:22:41,919 Dennis Canther: You know, a Pharisee was a leader in the church. 329 00:22:41,919 --> 00:22:43,200 Dennis Canther: You know that, right? 330 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:47,500 Dennis Canther: And they had studied the Bible since they were very young. 331 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:53,340 Dennis Canther: They had even memorized the whole Torah, all f first five books. 332 00:22:53,019 --> 00:22:58,380 Dennis Canther: And they l read all the prophets, everything that they could. 333 00:22:58,380 --> 00:22:59,980 Dennis Canther: They knew it all. 334 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:03,740 Dennis Canther: They were faithful churchgoers. 335 00:23:03,679 --> 00:23:05,519 Dennis Canther: They prayed. 336 00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:09,919 Dennis Canther: They did, they even gave tithe of everything that they got. 337 00:23:09,919 --> 00:23:14,159 Dennis Canther: Does that sound like they're a faithful church believer? 338 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,480 Dennis Canther: Okay, very good. 339 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,800 Dennis Canther: That's what I'd like to call this person. 340 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,720 Dennis Canther: This is the faithful church believer, okay? 341 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,080 Dennis Canther: Faithful church believer. 342 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,320 Dennis Canther: Now we have a tax collector. 343 00:23:26,340 --> 00:23:28,020 Dennis Canther: Well, I don't collect taxes. 344 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:29,299 Dennis Canther: No, no, no, no. 345 00:23:29,299 --> 00:23:31,700 Dennis Canther: It that's not what it's about. 346 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,740 Dennis Canther: The tax collector was usually chosen by the Romans 347 00:23:38,659 --> 00:23:42,019 Dennis Canther: And it was usually a Jew. 348 00:23:42,019 --> 00:23:47,779 Dennis Canther: Because who best to get money from the Jews than what? 349 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,440 Dennis Canther: A fellow Jew. 350 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,039 Dennis Canther: That's correct. 351 00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:54,400 Dennis Canther: And so that's who they would choose to get the money. 352 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,400 Dennis Canther: Now, it is true 353 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:05,120 Dennis Canther: that the only way the tax collector make money, because the Romans told them to do this, by the way, so it's not all their fault. 354 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:12,280 Dennis Canther: But they said you want to make money, you just ask for a little bit more than what we require, and that's your money. 355 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,200 Dennis Canther: So see, was it that bad? 356 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,000 Dennis Canther: Yes. 357 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:15,720 Dennis Canther: Okay. 358 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,039 Dennis Canther: But 359 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,840 Dennis Canther: They were looked down on by all the Jews. 360 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,360 Dennis Canther: They were the worst of the worst. 361 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:25,399 Dennis Canther: Kind of like 362 00:24:26,140 --> 00:24:34,060 Dennis Canther: If I can make the comparison, a homeless person that comes into your church and says 363 00:24:35,659 --> 00:24:43,980 Dennis Canther: I need some money because I'm gonna go to New York City and that's where my family is. 364 00:24:43,940 --> 00:24:46,820 Dennis Canther: And I'm and I've heard this before. 365 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:49,700 Dennis Canther: We we heard this in the last church we were in. 366 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:53,860 Dennis Canther: And they've got all these little cards with these pictures all on it. 367 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:57,139 Dennis Canther: It looks like they used it in every church they've gone to 368 00:24:57,060 --> 00:24:58,580 Dennis Canther: in their cycle around. 369 00:24:58,580 --> 00:24:59,780 Dennis Canther: But that's what they do. 370 00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:01,300 Dennis Canther: And they ask for money. 371 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,900 Dennis Canther: Oh I need gas. 372 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:08,180 Dennis Canther: My card I'm an empty and I just need a little more gas so that I can so 373 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,960 Dennis Canther: We help them out. 374 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,320 Dennis Canther: That's okay. 375 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:14,520 Dennis Canther: We help them out. 376 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,680 Dennis Canther: But they're still looked down on. 377 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,000 Dennis Canther: So I'd like to read this a little different. 378 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,920 Dennis Canther: So here's verse 11 379 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:27,780 Dennis Canther: The Pharisee stood by himself and he prayed. 380 00:25:27,780 --> 00:25:31,860 Dennis Canther: So I'd like to call it the faithful church believer, all right? 381 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:36,760 Dennis Canther: The faithful church believer stood by and they pray. 382 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,920 Dennis Canther: God, boy, I thank you. 383 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,440 Dennis Canther: I'm not like this homeless guy over here. 384 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:42,760 Dennis Canther: Um 385 00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:46,420 Dennis Canther: Boy, I fast twice a week. 386 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:49,700 Dennis Canther: Um, I give my tithe every Sabbath. 387 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:54,420 Dennis Canther: Um, I go to the temple, um, you know, but I'm not like him. 388 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:55,620 Dennis Canther: But meanwhile 389 00:25:56,120 --> 00:26:03,160 Dennis Canther: We look over at the homeless person, and the homeless person stands at a distance. 390 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:08,600 Dennis Canther: He wouldn't even look up, but he beats on his chest and he says, What? 391 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:15,720 Dennis Canther: God have mercy on me a sinner. 392 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:20,440 Dennis Canther: See, not so different from today's world 393 00:26:20,540 --> 00:26:25,900 Dennis Canther: We look down on these people and we say, man, I'm glad I'm not like them. 394 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:30,060 Dennis Canther: But you know, these are the people that are humbled enough 395 00:26:30,220 --> 00:26:35,260 Dennis Canther: to come to Jesus because they know they have a need. 396 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:44,860 Dennis Canther: The problem is is the Pharisee or the f a lot of faithful believers feel like they don't really we've heard all this before. 397 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,600 Dennis Canther: We've we've heard people speak that we've heard people preach on this before. 398 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,440 Dennis Canther: We've heard all this. 399 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:55,639 Dennis Canther: And they don't feel that need of the relationship. 400 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:56,620 Dennis Canther: with Jesus. 401 00:26:56,620 --> 00:27:04,780 Dennis Canther: The only reason to come to church is to receive the word of God, to learn more of God's love. 402 00:27:04,919 --> 00:27:15,880 Dennis Canther: To reveal the character of God's love to others, to encourage fellowship with other believers, and to have your life changed because God spoke to you today. 403 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,880 Dennis Canther: Did you hear all those things? 404 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,919 Dennis Canther: There's a lot of reasons to come to church. 405 00:27:21,919 --> 00:27:29,600 Dennis Canther: To receive the Word of God, to learn more of God's love, to reveal the character of God to others 406 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:37,580 Dennis Canther: to encourage fellowship with other believers and to have your life changed because God spoke to you today. 407 00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:41,660 Dennis Canther: There are only two reasons to be a Christian. 408 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,460 Dennis Canther: Did you know what those two are? 409 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:52,600 Dennis Canther: To love God with all your heart and help others do the same. 410 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,120 Dennis Canther: Everything else you do is maintenance 411 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,600 Dennis Canther: Maintaining a relationship. 412 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:10,560 Dennis Canther: But to be a Christian, you love God with all your heart, and you tell others of Jesus, help others to do the same. 413 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:19,280 Dennis Canther: Matthew 24, 13, if we keep holding on to Jesus or stand firm to the end, you will be saved. 414 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,000 Dennis Canther: And this gospel will be preached to all the world. 415 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Dennis Canther: And then Jesus will return. 416 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back. 417 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,720 Dennis Canther: Are you ready for Jesus to come? 418 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:30,580 Dennis Canther: Praise God. 419 00:28:30,580 --> 00:28:31,700 Dennis Canther: That was not bad. 420 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,060 Dennis Canther: I heard a few. 421 00:28:33,060 --> 00:28:35,060 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back. 422 00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:37,460 Dennis Canther: And very good. 423 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:38,820 Dennis Canther: Can you do that again? 424 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:40,980 Dennis Canther: Jesus is coming back and 425 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:49,960 Dennis Canther: Praise God, and I believe Praise God. 426 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:50,280 Dennis Canther: Oh 427 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,799 Dennis Canther: Vest is yet to come. 428 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,320 Dennis Canther: Do you believe that? 429 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,039 Dennis Canther: Hold your forecome. 430 00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:01,980 Dennis Canther: It's just a symbol. 431 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:04,780 Dennis Canther: Just so you are making a commitment. 432 00:29:04,780 --> 00:29:07,580 Dennis Canther: The best is yet to come. 433 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:10,460 Dennis Canther: I'd like to have you take your little cord out now. 434 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:13,500 Dennis Canther: Little green cord that was in your bag. 435 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:16,460 Dennis Canther: Two things for the sermon this morning. 436 00:29:16,519 --> 00:29:19,159 Dennis Canther: Like to have you hear a love story. 437 00:29:19,159 --> 00:29:20,120 Dennis Canther: This Allen G. 438 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,720 Dennis Canther: White relates a dream and testimonies for the church. 439 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,279 Dennis Canther: Whoa 440 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,760 Dennis Canther: But it it saw me and rubbed my hands together. 441 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:40,860 Dennis Canther: Ellen White Relates a Dream and Testimonies to the Church, Volume 1, page 28. 442 00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:48,460 Dennis Canther: I seem to be sitting in despair with my face in my hands, thinking, if Jesus were here on earth 443 00:29:48,740 --> 00:29:53,620 Dennis Canther: I would go to him, sit at his feet, and tell him all my problems. 444 00:29:53,620 --> 00:29:56,420 Dennis Canther: Wouldn't you love Jesus to be here today? 445 00:29:56,420 --> 00:29:59,300 Dennis Canther: Would you go to him and tell him all your problems? 446 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:00,260 Dennis Canther: Yeah. 447 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:02,020 Dennis Canther: That would be lovely. 448 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Dennis Canther: He would listen to me, and he would help me, and I would love and serve him no matter what. 449 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:15,880 Dennis Canther: Just then a door opened, and a person of beautiful form and countenance entered 450 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,440 Dennis Canther: He said to me, Do you desire to see Jesus? 451 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:24,080 Dennis Canther: He is here, and you can see him if you desire it. 452 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,880 Dennis Canther: He handed me a green cord coiled up tightly 453 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:36,180 Dennis Canther: He directed me to take it out of the little bag I gave you. 454 00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:37,380 Dennis Canther: Did that? 455 00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:38,500 Dennis Canther: Yes. 456 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:40,500 Dennis Canther: And take the cord. 457 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,820 Dennis Canther: And he says, Take it 458 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:48,500 Dennis Canther: He directed me to place it next to my heart. 459 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:50,500 Dennis Canther: I am a pocket. 460 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,000 Dennis Canther: Next to my heart. 461 00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:00,559 Dennis Canther: When I wish to have Jesus come into my heart to take it from my pocket 462 00:31:01,419 --> 00:31:02,780 Dennis Canther: You did that? 463 00:31:02,780 --> 00:31:06,220 Dennis Canther: That's a the angels telling LGY to do this. 464 00:31:06,220 --> 00:31:07,980 Dennis Canther: That's why I have you doing it. 465 00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:11,020 Dennis Canther: I I think it's good for us to do this, don't you? 466 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,520 Dennis Canther: Look at this. 467 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,040 Dennis Canther: And then he says, he directed me to place it next by heart. 468 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:22,920 Dennis Canther: When I wish to have Jesus come into my heart, take it from my pocket and stretch it out. 469 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:36,480 Dennis Canther: He cautioned me not to let it remain coiled for any length of time, or it would become knotted and difficult to straighten. 470 00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:50,700 Dennis Canther: I place the cord near my heart and praise the Lord, telling all who I met how they could have Jesus come into their life. 471 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,880 Dennis Canther: This dream gave me hope. 472 00:31:53,880 --> 00:32:02,360 Dennis Canther: The green cord represented faith to my mind in the beauty and simplicity of trusting in God 473 00:32:02,740 --> 00:32:07,140 Dennis Canther: Gave me great courage and comfort. 474 00:32:07,140 --> 00:32:09,060 Dennis Canther: Let's take our cord out 475 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,240 Dennis Canther: Here we have it. 476 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,760 Dennis Canther: And what do we do next? 477 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,520 Dennis Canther: We stretch it down. 478 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,960 Dennis Canther: We gotta straighten it or it'll become knotted. 479 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,720 Dennis Canther: We don't want that. 480 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,880 Dennis Canther: Then we take the cord. 481 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,240 Dennis Canther: Okay? 482 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,280 Dennis Canther: And we put it this is not a magic trick. 483 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,720 Dennis Canther: I don't and then we put it put it in our pocket 484 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:35,380 Dennis Canther: Put it in our pocket. 485 00:32:35,380 --> 00:32:36,020 Dennis Canther: You did it. 486 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:36,500 Dennis Canther: Okay. 487 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,580 Dennis Canther: You tried to go through the you didn't have a pocket. 488 00:32:38,580 --> 00:32:39,539 Dennis Canther: That's okay. 489 00:32:39,539 --> 00:32:40,580 Dennis Canther: All right. 490 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:41,460 Dennis Canther: All right. 491 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,380 Dennis Canther: Put it in your pocket. 492 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:46,419 Dennis Canther: And what this represents right here. 493 00:32:46,780 --> 00:32:49,180 Dennis Canther: We learned this already in John 17, 3. 494 00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:49,980 Dennis Canther: Remember this? 495 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:55,420 Dennis Canther: This is eternal life to know Him, to know Jesus. 496 00:32:55,340 --> 00:33:04,299 Dennis Canther: This is to have uh to know Jesus through Bible study, prayer, fellowship, those things that keep us close to God. 497 00:33:04,299 --> 00:33:05,660 Dennis Canther: It's in your pocket 498 00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:07,940 Dennis Canther: Okay. 499 00:33:07,940 --> 00:33:11,620 Dennis Canther: Now, take it out of your pocket. 500 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:13,860 Dennis Canther: Stretch the cord. 501 00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:15,460 Dennis Canther: Just go through this with me. 502 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:17,460 Dennis Canther: This won't hurt you too much. 503 00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:18,419 Dennis Canther: All right? 504 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,760 Dennis Canther: Okay, may seem funny, but let's try it. 505 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,080 Dennis Canther: You got your cord? 506 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,320 Dennis Canther: Take the cord and stretch it from your heart out. 507 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:38,380 Dennis Canther: What this represents in Jeremiah 31, 3, that God says, I love you with a never-ending love. 508 00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:41,940 Dennis Canther: I draw you with never-failing kindness. 509 00:33:41,940 --> 00:33:48,179 Dennis Canther: This represents God's connection with us, our faith and trust in God. 510 00:33:48,179 --> 00:33:51,700 Dennis Canther: This is God's connection with us. 511 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,160 Dennis Canther: Then try this one. 512 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:55,840 Dennis Canther: I I see some of you smiling. 513 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,919 Dennis Canther: I know it seems silly, but you know what? 514 00:33:57,919 --> 00:34:01,200 Dennis Canther: We gotta do some things for God sometimes, don't we? 515 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,320 Dennis Canther: That may seem a little out of the ordinary. 516 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:04,520 Dennis Canther: So let's try it. 517 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,760 Dennis Canther: So hold that from your mouth going out. 518 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,840 Dennis Canther: This is Romans 10, 9. 519 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,320 Dennis Canther: We already talked about this one too. 520 00:34:11,059 --> 00:34:14,260 Dennis Canther: Tell others with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. 521 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:19,940 Dennis Canther: Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, and you will be saved. 522 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,000 Dennis Canther: Sharing our love with God to others. 523 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:22,560 Dennis Canther: Remember? 524 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,080 Dennis Canther: We are holding it from our mouth. 525 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,160 Dennis Canther: Why are we holding it from our mouth? 526 00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:29,120 Dennis Canther: Uh-uh. 527 00:34:30,899 --> 00:34:32,740 Dennis Canther: Yeah, exactly. 528 00:34:32,740 --> 00:34:34,020 Dennis Canther: Your mouth. 529 00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:36,820 Dennis Canther: Your personal testimony. 530 00:34:36,820 --> 00:34:40,579 Dennis Canther: Does it feel a little odd to do that sometimes? 531 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:44,659 Dennis Canther: Do you feel a little embarrassed to tell other people about Jesus? 532 00:34:44,659 --> 00:34:46,659 Dennis Canther: Just do it. 533 00:34:46,659 --> 00:34:48,419 Dennis Canther: Just tell Jesus. 534 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:50,820 Dennis Canther: Just tell them what Jesus has done. 535 00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:54,100 Dennis Canther: How he's made a difference in your life. 536 00:34:54,940 --> 00:34:59,740 Dennis Canther: Then if we take and hold the cord over our head, you do that? 537 00:34:59,740 --> 00:35:00,220 Dennis Canther: Good. 538 00:35:00,220 --> 00:35:01,260 Dennis Canther: How come this side? 539 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:03,020 Dennis Canther: Look at the look over there. 540 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,040 Dennis Canther: I want all of you to look over there. 541 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,320 Dennis Canther: Do you see these people? 542 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,920 Dennis Canther: They're actually doing it. 543 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,520 Dennis Canther: Yeah, so are you. 544 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:09,400 Dennis Canther: All right. 545 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,240 Dennis Canther: I think that's wonderful. 546 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:14,520 Dennis Canther: Even if it seems a little corny, that's okay. 547 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,640 Dennis Canther: We hold this 548 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:16,839 Dennis Canther: Cord overhead. 549 00:35:16,839 --> 00:35:18,599 Dennis Canther: This represents Matthew 3. 550 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,480 Dennis Canther: 17 when Jesus was baptized. 551 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:27,480 Dennis Canther: And he said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 552 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,319 Dennis Canther: This is Jesus' connection 553 00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:30,700 Dennis Canther: With his son. 554 00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:35,180 Dennis Canther: Jesus had a connection with his son the whole time he was here. 555 00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:38,620 Dennis Canther: He came to reveal the Father. 556 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:40,260 Dennis Canther: This is that connection. 557 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:47,300 Dennis Canther: And the very last one, I'd like to have you take and hook your cord to someone next to you. 558 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:49,220 Dennis Canther: You don't have to tie it. 559 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,640 Dennis Canther: Just just touch 'em. 560 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:51,360 Dennis Canther: That's all. 561 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,520 Dennis Canther: Just get it close, okay? 562 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,520 Dennis Canther: Just take your cord and have it close to another one. 563 00:35:57,359 --> 00:35:58,560 Dennis Canther: Colossians 3. 564 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:05,839 Dennis Canther: 12 says, the love which binds our family and loved ones to each other. 565 00:36:06,339 --> 00:36:08,420 Dennis Canther: In unity. 566 00:36:08,420 --> 00:36:12,260 Dennis Canther: This is the connection we have with each other. 567 00:36:12,260 --> 00:36:14,660 Dennis Canther: Praise God for going through that with me. 568 00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:16,420 Dennis Canther: And if you take them now 569 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,520 Dennis Canther: And you just make a little loop and you put it somewhere. 570 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,680 Dennis Canther: Or in your pocket. 571 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,400 Dennis Canther: Or wherever. 572 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,360 Dennis Canther: You know what? 573 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,360 Dennis Canther: Jesus says coming back and 574 00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:30,060 Dennis Canther: Very good. 575 00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:31,580 Dennis Canther: And you know what? 576 00:36:31,580 --> 00:36:35,980 Dennis Canther: I believe that Praise God. 577 00:36:35,980 --> 00:36:37,420 Dennis Canther: Very good. 578 00:36:37,420 --> 00:36:39,820 Dennis Canther: Are you ready for Jesus to come? 579 00:36:44,820 --> 00:36:49,620 Dennis Canther: God's love flows like a river. 580 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:57,040 Dennis Canther: And if you are broken and in need of a savior, then come and drink