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Old Age Is Good

Creflo Dollar

February 15, 2021

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announcer: Coming up nexton "Changing Your World."
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Creflo Dollar: It's just alotta folks that you've seen
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dying lately like neverbefore, and I mean it's, like,
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you know, he'shaving a field day,
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but that is going--that's gonna change.
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That just like inthese times of old,
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death is gonna lose its gripon both the young and the old.
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♪ This is your world, ♪
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♪ so let's vow to makeit a better place. ♪
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♪ Let every heartthat needs to know ♪
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♪ your love is here to stay. ♪
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♪ Oh, it's time welive a new life. ♪
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♪ Oh, let his loveshine bright in you. ♪
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♪ Oh, we're savedby his grace, ♪
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♪ so we embraceyour love today. ♪
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♪ We are changed. ♪♪
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Creflo: Well, God blessyou and welcome to an amazing,
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amazing day that God hasmade, and it's gonna be good.
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We've been in a series onlearning how to connect with
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long life, learning howto receive long life,
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achieving the promise that hasbeen given to us of long life.
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And it's so important--
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and I've said thisover and over again--
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that you understand that longlife is not a special offer.
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It is a covenant right.
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And for peoplewho are born again,
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you are a part of thecovenant of Abraham,
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and as a part of the covenant ofAbraham you have a blood-bought
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right to long life.
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And it's one of those areaswhere we have suffered the most
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defeat as Christians becausewe've not heard about it.
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And faith cometh by hearing,and hearing by the Word of God.
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We know that grace has alreadymade lots of things available,
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but you have to takepossession of it through
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and with your faith.
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So, tonight I wannatalk to you about--
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and I call this"Old Age Is Good."
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It's not bad.
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And maybe worldly peoplelook at it as a bad thing,
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but it's good.
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It's a promise.
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Abraham died in agood old age, amen.
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And Isaac died ina good old age,
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and Jacob died ina good old age.
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And everybody that was a partof the covenant of Abraham,
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they died in a good old age, solet's begin now with Zechariah
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chapter 8, verse 4, and let'sgo ahead and get started.
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Zechariah chapter 8, verse 4.
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He says, "Thus saiththe Lord of hosts;
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There shall yet--
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there shall yet old men and oldwomen dwell in the streets of
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Jerusalem, and every manwith his staff in his hand
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for very age."
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Now, this is important becausejust as it was in the time of
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old, so shall itbe in the end times.
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And this is just a Word.
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You keep your eyes openfor this in the end times.
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That death will lose its gripon both the young and the old.
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It's just a lotta folks thatyou've seen dying lately like
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never before, andI mean it's, like,
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you know, he'shaving a field day,
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but that is going--that's gonna change,
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that just like inthese times of old,
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death is gonna lose its gripon both the young and the old.
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And we've seen the young and theold die even in the midst of the
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pandemic and stuff, but I'mtelling you death is going to
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lose its grip on theyoung and the old.
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And I don't know.
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Part of this teaching mayhelp us see that come to pass.
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Now, let's lookat Genesis 15:15.
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Once again, old age is good.
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It is good, and verse 15says, "And thou shall go
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to thy fathers," how?
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"In peace."
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Nothing missing,nothing broken.
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I'm gonna go to my father,
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you're gonna go toyour father in peace.
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Whole.
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That means whole.You're gonna go whole.
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Nothing missingand nothing broken.
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"Thou shall be buriedin a good old age."
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He calls old age good.
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You're gonna be buriedin a good old age.
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How about you receivingit by faith right now?
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Say out loud, "I receive thatby faith right now in the name
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of Jesus."
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So, let's look at 1Chronicles chapter 29.
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I wanna try to get in asmuch as I can tonight.
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1 Chronicles chapter29, verse 26 through 28.
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And tonight I wannajust talk to you.
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I wanna encourage you thatold age is good and don't
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let anybody talk youinto, "Oh, you're old.
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Poor, little, old,fragile thing."
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Uh-uh.It's good, man.
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Look what he says here,verse 26 through 28.
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He says, "Thus David the son ofJesse reigned over all Israel.
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And the time that he reignedover Israel was forty years;
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seven years reignedhe in Hebron,
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and thirty and three yearshe reigned in Jerusalem.
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And he died," watch this,"in a good old age,
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full of days, riches, honor:
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and Solomon his sonreigned in his stead."
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And I'm telling you whenhe says you die in peace,
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you die whole.
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You die nothing missing andnothing broken in your life.
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You die full of days,you die in your riches,
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you die in your honor, andthat's what you're pressing
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in on.
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You don't wanna have no saddeath where just it's nothing
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like what God saidfor covenant people.
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And then, in Psalms 34:10--
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Psalms 34:10, ifyou wanna look at it.
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"So, you know, I believe you.
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I've seen Scripturesabout good old age.
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So now, what are some things Ican do to kinda approach that in
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my life?"
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And I'll neverforget Oral Roberts,
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who was 90-somethingwhen he died.
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I believe 92, 93 when he died.
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He said to me--and I waseven a younger man then.
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He said, "Don't wait tillyou get old before you start
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believing God for, youknow, living a nice,
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healthy old age."
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And I'll never forget it, andI carry it with me even now.
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He said, "Start workingon it right now."
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And so, notice hesays in verse 10,
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"The young lions do lack,and they suffer hunger:
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but they that seek the Lordshall not want any good thing."
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"They that seek the Lordshall not want any good thing."
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And that includes long life.
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When you begin to become thisChristian that lives a life of
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seeking God, then this covenantright of long life is gonna be
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given to you.
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See, if you seek the Lord,you will not lack long life.
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If you're seeking God,you won't lack long life.
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You shall not lack old agebecause it's a good thing,
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and it's for themthat walk uprightly.
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Long life is associatedwith the righteous,
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long life isassociated with good,
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and if you seek the Lordyou will not lack long life.
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What are you seeking?
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What has distractedyou from seeking God?
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What has distracted youfrom going after God?
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What has distracted you thatcauses you to put your Bible
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away, causes you notto get in the Word,
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causes you not to wannalisten to the Word
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like you need a break?
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No, man, it's gotta become life.
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Until it becomes a life, itwill never become a reality.
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And some people arenot understanding it.
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You're trying to take yourseeking God and turning it
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into some kinda religious thing,
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instead of allowingit to be your life.
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"This is my life.
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This is what Idelight in," you see?
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So, you have a choice.
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The issue of longlife is a choice,
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is something you have to choose.
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Look at Deuteronomychapter 30 and verse 19.
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It is a choice.
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You have to choose long life.
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Somebody says, "Well, I'mjust gonna wait and see
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what's gonna happen."
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No, you have tochoose long life.
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"I choose long life.
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I choose long life.
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I choose to live long and toprosper and to be whole and to
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be in peace.
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I choose a good old age."
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Praise the Lord.
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I mean, you gotta understandit's gonna be a long time
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before you see meoutta this pulpit.
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I have no retirement plan.
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I don't plan on quitting.
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I don't clam--planon slowing down.
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You know, just theother day I was praying,
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"Lord, show me a newmountain to climb."
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I'm ready to go on anew and a fresh journey.
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Praise the Lord.
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And I'm not ready tocurl up and just die.
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"Well, but you've beenin the ministry 40 years.
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Don't you thinkthat's long enough?"
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No, I'm gonna go for another 40.
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Hallelujah, praisebe to God, amen.
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That anointingneeds to be in here,
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and people need tosee good old age
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in peace, whole, nothingmissing, and nothing broken.
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And so, it's a choice.
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Deuteronomy chapter30, verse 19 says,
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"I call heaven and earth torecord this day against you,
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that I have set before youlife," watch this, "and death.
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I've set before you," watchthis, "blessing and cursing."
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He says, "Thereforechoose life."
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In other words, "If you'retoo dumb to know what to pick,
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I'm gonna give you ahint: choose life."
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"That both thou and thy seed maylive," so long life is a choice.
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I choose a long, prosperouslife, praise God.
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And so, you live long bychoosing to live long.
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Have you made that choice?
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Do you recall the day whenyou chose to live a long life?
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Now, I've chosen tolive long on the earth,
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and, you know, I've gotlots of stories on that,
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when, you know, 20 yearsago I had a car accident
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in Sacramento, California, whereI saw angels coming across my
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path, because I knew thoseangels had to show up because
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every day I declare, "My lifeis redeemed from destruction.
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No weapon formedagainst me shall prosper.
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I dwell in the secretplace of the Most High.
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I'm Psalms 91 equipped."
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And long life was somethingthat I had chosen, and I got
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out of a wreck that manypeople in the area thought
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that nobody would live throughbecause I chose long life.
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Or when I was flyingover Pacific Ocean,
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and I lost an engine.
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The thought didn't come,"I'm going to die."
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I've chosen long life.I've chosen long life.
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It's like, "It can't happen now.
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It can't happen today," 'causeI have chosen long life.
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I'm telling you to dothe same thing here.
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Look at John chapter 6.
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Saint John chapter 6,verse 48 and 50.
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The minimum of 70, it's leftup to you to determine the max.
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It's the minimum age.
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I think I talked about, last,week the minimum age being 70
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because of the corruption andthe self-destruction,
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but it's really left up toyou to determine the max of
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how you're gonna live.
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Look at verse 48 through 50,
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and I'll look at thisa couple of time.
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He says, "I amthat bread of life.
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Your father did eatmanna in the wilderness,
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and," he says, "they're dead.
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This is the bread whichcometh down from heaven,
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that a man may eatthereof, and not die."
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And that bread's referringto Jesus Christ, you know?
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And when you begin to understandhow vital it is to have Jesus in
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your life, "And the Word becameflesh and dwelt among men,"
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and you get in the Word of Godand you get in a relationship
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with Jesus Christ,man, I'm telling you,
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you eat that breadand you will not die.
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So, yes, 70 is the minimum.
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Let's look at Psalms 90:10.
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Seventy is the minimum,but there's also--
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if it's the minimum, he'sallowed us, he says,
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with strength--if I'm eating Jesus,
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if I'm eating the bread of life,if I'm getting in the Word,
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if I have that relationship withGod and that Word's getting in
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me, he says that I candetermine the max of my life.
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I can live another plusyears, 80, 90, 100.
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He says, "The days of our yearsare threescore years and ten;
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and if by reason of strengththey be fourscore years,
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yet is their strengthlabor and sorrow;
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for it is soon cutoff, and we fly away."
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Let's look at that in the ESV.
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He basically says thatthe minimum is 70 years,
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but with strengthyou can live 80.
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He says, "The years ofour life are seventy,
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or even by reason ofstrength eighty."
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By reason of strength, how?
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The strength thatyou get from the Word.
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The strength that you getfrom your relationship with God.
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Says you can live to 80.
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"And yet their span isbut toil and trouble;
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they are soon gone--"
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So, when your life is filledwith distress and toil and
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trouble andself-destruction, you know,
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that's what's determining.
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Even if you'll--it willdetermine if you even reach
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the minimum, but it's soimportant how we live this
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life and the way we live it.
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So, 70 years, plusin addition 80,
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so life can be extendedbeyond 70 by reason of strength.
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And like I said, you buildstrength by continuing to
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receive the Word.
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You're building strengthinto your system.
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You're building up spiritualmuscles to enjoy longer years.
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Yeah, something about that.
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Go back to John 6.
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Let's look at 49 through 50.
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You're building upspiritual muscles.
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You're building upyour life in the Word.
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Verse 49 and 50 says, "Yourfathers did eat manna in the
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wilderness, and they are dead."
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But verse 50 says again, "Thisis the bread which comes down
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from heaven, that aman may eat thereof,
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and not die."
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So, communion with God and hisWord increases your strength
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for long life.
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Communion with God and hisWord increases your strength
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for longer life.
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You know, my mom makesit very clear that,
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you know, everybody needsto spend time with God.
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Everybody needs toget in the Word.
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And you know, she's81 and still strong,
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and I'm telling you it'sthat time in the Word.
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It's that time with him.It's eating him.
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It's communion with God,communion with his Word that
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increases the strengthfor longer life.
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Communion with God and communionwith his Word that increases
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strength for longer life.
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So, long life is a productof wisdom and understanding,
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which you get from communingwith God and his Word.
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Long life is a product ofwisdom and understanding,
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which you get from communingwith God and in his Word.
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Let me show you this.
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Proverbs chapter 3,verse 13 through 16.
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Proverbs chapter 3,verses 13 through 16.
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Now, notice this.
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He says, "Happy is theman that findeth wisdom--"
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Well, how many of youknow the wisdom of God
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is the Word of God?
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And wisdom is knowing what to dowhen you don't know what to do.
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When you get in the Word,wisdom of God comes your way,
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shows you what to do.
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"Happy is that manthat findeth wisdom,
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and the man thatgetteth understanding.
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For the merchandise of it isbetter than the merchandise of
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silver, and the gain isbetter thereof than fine gold.
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She is more precious thanrubies: and all the things
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thou canst desire are notto be compared unto her.
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Length of days isin her right hand."
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There you go.
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"Length of days arein her right hand."
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Wisdom will show you what to dowhen you don't know what to do.
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Wisdom will show you what to do.
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Wisdom will practically beginto talk to you about what to do.
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"Need to drink more water.You need to get more rest.
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You need to eatmore vegetables."
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Wisdom will tell you what to do.
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He says, "And in her lefthand are riches and honor."
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He says but length of daysare in the hands of the wisdom.
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Length of days.
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Now, look at Proverbs4:7 through 10,
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Proverbs 4:7 through 10,wisdom and understanding.
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That's the key to long life.
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"Wisdom is the principalthing; therefore get wisdom."
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And he says when you get wisdom,with all thy getting you're
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gonna get what?
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Understanding, amen?
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He says, "Exalt her, andshe shall promote thee:
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she shall bring thee to honor,when thou embraces her."
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That's that communionwith God and his Word.
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"She shall give to thyhead an ornament of grace:
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a crown of glory shallshe deliver to thee.
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Hear, O my son, andreceive my sayings;
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and the years of thylife shall be many."
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"O receive my sayings.O hear my Word.
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Receive my sayings.Hear my Word.
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Receive my sayings."
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And he says that "the years ofthy life shall be many," because
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you hear the Word andyou receive those sayings.
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So, since wisdom andunderstanding are what
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it takes to live long,let's ask the Lord for it.
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No, I mean right now.
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I'm gonna lead you ina confession right now.
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Let's begin todeclare that right now.
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Say this after me:
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"Help me, Lord, to find wisdom.Help me to get understanding.
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I'm trusting you for a uniqueinsight that will guarantee me
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length of days andriches and honor.
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Let it be, Lord, in my life,in Jesus's name, amen."
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Now, you believeyou receive that.
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Now, somebody says,"Well, why did you lead
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us in that confession?"
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I'm trying to show you how tolay hold of this right to have
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long life,
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that your faith is what takespossession of what Jesus has
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made available and what wehave as covenant people and
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a covenant right.
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Now, this--somebody says, "Well,how long does this last?"
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This last untilyou're satisfied,
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until you're satisfied,till you're satisfied.
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Look at Psalms 91.
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We confess this every morning.
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I just wanna bring to yourattention what you're saying.
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Psalms 91, verse 1,and then verse 16.
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He says, "He that dwelleth inthe secret place of the Most
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High shall abide under theshadow of the Almighty."
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Verse 16, "With longlife will I satisfy him,
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and show him my salvation."
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Somebody says, "How long?"Till you're satisfied.
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"Oh, my god.I'm not satisfied."
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How long?Until you're satisfied.
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God now talkingabout 110 or 120.
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I'm gonna livetill I'm satisfied.
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There may come a time, arounda hundred and something,
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I just look anddeclare, "Well, God,
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I'm satisfied," you know?
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Because when you getup in those years,
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you just kinda wonder, "Is thereanybody here left that I know,
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I grew up with," you see?
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And so, "With long lifewill I satisfy him."
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God's gonna satisfyyou with long life.
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Till you're satisfied.
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"Well, what's long life?"
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Till you're satisfied,praise God.
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Now, you can call, and you cancall and God will do something
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when you call.
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How many of you know that?
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You can call, and God willdo something when you call.
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Look at Isaiah 38,verses 1 through 3.
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I'll show you whatI'm talking about.
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You can call on God.
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I mean, even when your life isbeing threatened or death tries
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to knock on thedoor, you can call,
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and God will satisfy you.
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God will show up.
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Look at what he sayshere, verses 1 through 3.
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I wanna check this out.
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He says, "In those days wasHezekiah sick unto death.
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And Isaiah the prophet theson of Amoz came unto him,
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and said unto him,Thus saith the Lord,
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Set thy house in order:
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for thou shaltdie, and not live."
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Now, boy, I don'tknow about you,
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but what would youdo if God showed up,
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you know, said, "Setyour house in order.
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You're getting ready to die"?
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Now look at verse 2.
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All right, so what do you do?
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"Then Hezekiah turnedhis face towards the wall,
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and he prayed untothe Lord," 'cause,
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obviously, he's not satisfied.
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"And he said, Remember now,O Lord," he's putting God in
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remembrance, "I beseech thee,how I have walked before thee in
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truth and with a perfect heart,and have done that which is good
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in thy sight.
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And Hezekiah weptsore," all right?
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Now, I'm gonna move ondown a little bit more.
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I'll do this again, butlook at what happens here.
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Verse 4, "Then came theWord of the Lord to Isaiah,
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saying, Go, and say toHezekiah, Thus saith the Lord,
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the God of David thy father,I have heard thy prayer,
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I have seen thy tears:
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behold, I will add untothy days fifteen years."
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Wow, he called on God,and he didn't die.
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He called on God,and he didn't die.
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There are so manypeople, Christians,
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that are sittingin the hospital,
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just waiting on dying, insteadof calling on God and say,
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"God, I ain'tready to die yet."
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Well, you don't have to.
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Call on him, man.
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Look at this Scripture,too, in Psalms 91,
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verses 15 through 16.
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Psalms 91, verse 15 through 16.
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Verse 15 says this, he says,"He shall call upon me--"
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There it is again.
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"He shall call upon me,and I will answer him."
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I mean, we're confessingthat every day.
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Call upon him.
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"I will answer him: I willbe with him in trouble;
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I will deliver him.I will honor him."
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Look what he says.
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He says, "With longlife will I satisfy him,
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and I'll show him salvation."
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Call upon him.
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That's where it starts.
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Call upon him.
00:24:18.158 --> 00:24:19.493
If Hezekiah can doit, you and I can.
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Call upon him, andhe'll satisfy you.
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Praise the Lord.Glory be to God.
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Now, look at Acts.
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Acts chapter 7, verse 59 and 60,and then I wanna share a couple
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more in the time we have left.
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Acts 7, verse 59 and 60.
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He says, "And theystoned Stephen,
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calling upon God,saying, Lord Jesus,
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receive my spirit."
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Verse 60, "And he kneeled down,and he cried with a loud voice,
00:24:48.589 --> 00:24:53.260
Lord, lay not thissin to their charge.
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And when they had saidthis, he fell asleep."
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Now, notice what Stephen did.
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Go back to verse 59.
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Look at what he did here.
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They stoned Stephen, and thenStephen's calling upon God and
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saying, "Lord,receive my spirit."
00:25:11.345 --> 00:25:15.182
See, you can call upon God.
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Stephen said, "Go ahead andreceive my spirit, Lord.
00:25:17.551 --> 00:25:20.120
I'm ready to go.
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Go ahead andreceive my spirit."
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He satisfied.
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"Go ahead andreceive my spirit."
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He's calling uponGod, and then he said,
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"Don't charge anyof this to them.
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I'm ready to go."
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