FYI 2013 Mini conference - The Great Controvery: Fully Persuaded

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Florida Youth Initiative

Malcolm Douglas

Critical Mass

Lord, we do not want to proceed any further without your presence.

I believe that you have been here already.

Some ways it's odd to ask for you to continue, to ask for you to come here when I believe you've been here.

So Lord, we ask that you will come deep into our hearts, that you will dwell amongst us, and that we will, we will from this place not only become renewed, not only become changed, not only transformed, but leave this place fully persuaded.

Lord, we ask that your Spirit will be with us in the things that we study, we pray in Jesus' name.

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Proverbs chapter 4.

Proverbs chapter 4, we read a very striking verse.

We see what 1 of the most intelligent persons who ever wrote, 1 of the most best authors ever wrote says about the path of the just.

The Bible says in Proverbs chapter 4 verse 18, But the path of the just is as the shining light That shines more and more unto the perfect day.

I don't know if you've ever experienced Sunrise and the way we experience sunrise in Arizona Sunrise is beautiful It's it's 1 of those experiences that if you've never been awake for sunrise you guys are missing stuff but it's interesting if you ever come to my house I Would invite you all but I don't have room for all.

But if you ever come to my house, the room that I always put guests in is the sunrise room.

Sunrise, It sets on my side, much warmer, much warmer in the other side.

As the sun rises, it becomes brighter and brighter and brighter.

And if you're in Arizona, brightness is bright at like 7 a.m.

But the sun rises and it becomes brighter and brighter and brighter and brighter and brighter.

And God uses this illustration, God uses this demonstration to talk about God's people.

And His truth, it will shine brighter and brighter and brighter as critical mass increases.

At the same time, something else is going to grow as well.

I want to give you guys a view of 2 classes of people that will rise until the end of time.

Please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 11.

We see 1 class of people described in Hebrews chapter 11.

Hebrews chapter 11 we we are probably very familiar with some of these people.

But I would like to take you through history and demonstrate to you people who I believe were fully persuaded of the things that they believed in.

They were fully persuaded that what God had said, he was able to perform.

You read of people like Noah and Abraham.

I mean, You read of these amazing people.

But I want to start in Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 33.

The Bible describes a group of people that we do not often see in scripture.

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword.

Out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to fight the armies of the aliens.

Women received their dead raised to life again and others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they might attain a better resurrection.

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment.

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy.

And these all having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise.

The Bible says that there would be a group of people who were fully persuaded like Abraham, who what God said, he was able to perform.

What God promised, they would see, and they never saw it in their lifetime.

There are people who came to this earth, people who were so moved and persuaded and convicted of the word of God, people like Wycliffe.

You know, when you read the description of Wycliffe, not just in the great controversy, but in other historical writings, you see a person who is completely persuaded about his life.

He knew exactly what he was here on this earth to do.

The papist hatred could not be satisfied even when they had his bones buried.

They had to dig up his bones, burn up his bones, and his bones were then launched into a river.

1 person writes of this brook of which his bones that were burned up were laid into his ashes, conveyed into the Avon and Avon into Severn and Severn into the narrow seas and to the main ocean and so his doctrine sped with his bones.

For the path of the just shines more and more unto the perfect day.

The path of the just shines more and more.

It was through the writings of Wycliffe that rose up people like John Huss, a bohemian.

Have you ever read the description of John Huss when he passed away?

I've been to that site there and where they actually took him.

I saw the place where he was placed in trial.

And they took him out, led down the street, passed a little way and he walked just a few miles and they took him over to this 1 place and they stuck him in the middle of the street.

The historical record states that This goose was tied with ropes.

He was again unbound, then turned to the west and made fast to a beam.

They tied him to this beam with a chain that passed around his neck.

It is thus, said he, that you silence the goose, referring to himself because his name means goose.

But a hundred years hence, there will arise a swan who's singing you will not be able to silence.

He stood with his feet on the faggots, faggots just means a bundle of sticks or twigs, bound together as fuel, which were mixed with straw that they might the more readily ignite.

Wood was piled right all the way up to his chin, the historical records tell us.

Before applying the torch, Louis of Bereava, a marshal of empire, approached and implored him to care for his life and renounce his errors.

And Hush replied, what errors shall I renounce?

I call to God to witness that all I have written and preached have been with the view of rescuing souls from sin and perdition.

And therefore, most joyfully, will I confirm with my blood the truth which I have written and preached." At the hearing of these words, those 2 individuals departed from him.

And John Hus now Done talking with these men, the fire was applied.

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