GYC 2016: When All Has Been Heard

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Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC)

Morning Devotional

Randy Skeete

Laughing Out Loud

This message was presented at the GYC 2016 conference, When All Has Been Heard, in Houston, Texas.

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And all the time let's try that again God is good and all the time Psalm 100 verse 5 for the Lord is good His mercy is everlasting and His truth endureth to all generations.

I love him as well so I'll raise both of my hands.

I thank God from the foundation of my soul for this sweet privilege and this holy honor to fellowship with you in this way and my prayer is that the Lord will tell me precisely what to say that your lives may be blessed but higher than that that God's name may be glorified can I have an amen before I go any further who is with us who is not a Seventh-day Adventist, raise your hand?

You are not a Seventh-day Adventist, raise your hand.

Raise your hand wherever you are and move the hand.

Just keep it off, keep it off, keep it off.

Now time flies quickly so I have to plunge into the message.

The title of this morning's message is laughing out loud.

Now for those of you who were born in the Facebook maternity ward of the social media hospital you know that laughing out loud is referred to as what?

I understand there's 1 called rolling on the floor laughing.

Yeah, there's another 1 you can't mention from the pulpit.

Before I go any further, you need to help me.

Now we're meeting for the first time so you don't know how to get along with me.

I want to see you walking to the hotel lobby with a Bible.

I want to see you walking on the streets with a Bible.

Someone may say to you, Are you a Christian?

The rest of you who don't, please repent and bring your Bible tomorrow.

You know them, don't play as though you don't.

I came into the meeting last night there was someone on the phone just you know God can kill you for that.

The Value Of Dirt

For other resources like this visit us online at www.gycweb.org I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth.

Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil.

17.15 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and even forevermore.

Say it again God is good and all the time.

Yes Psalm 100 verse 5 for the Lord is good.

When God answers your prayer, He is good.

When God does not answer your prayer, finish it for me, He is good.

And so I say again God is good and all the time without exception.

It is impossible for God to do anything mean.

So those of us who've had a beef with God, we need to apologize to God.

In the book Our High Calling, page 116, paragraph 2, Ella White writes, listen carefully, "'Your last thought at night, your first thought in the morning should be of him in whom is centered your hope of eternal life.

The servant of the Lord counsels us, fall asleep with Jesus on your mind, wake up with Jesus on your mind.

And I realize people are coming in so my initial remarks do not apply to them.

I was listening to the speaker last night and Wednesday night And there was a constant procession of people getting up, walking out, getting up, walking out, getting up.

And I said, Lord, do all these people have medical emergencies?

I told you last night yesterday morning imagine you're in the presence of an earthly judge.

And as you made a list of what you cannot do I told you apply that even more intensely to God.

Don't go just listen or you may go if you like.

The burden of the Word of the Lord to Malach...

To Israel by Malachi chapter 1 from verse 1.

I have loved you saith the Lord yet ye say wherein hast thou loved us?

Was not Esau Jacob's brother saith the Lord?

Yet I loved Jacob verse 3 and I hated Esau and laid his mountains and his heritage's waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Whereas Edom saith, we will return and build the desolate places.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, they shall build but I will throw down.

And they shall be called the border of wickedness and the people against whom the Lord hath indignation forever." God is saying when I'm through with you people will regard you as those with whom I have been angry all the time.

Verse 5, and you shall your eyes shall see and ye shall say the Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

A son honoreth his father and a servant his master.

Now I told you yesterday think of how you'd behave in front of a judge and think of how you behave in front of God.

God is saying if a son honoreth his father and the servant, Malachi 1 6, his master, if then I be a father Where is mine honor?

And if I be a master Where is my fear said the Lord of hosts unto you O priest that despise my name?

But ye say wherein have we despised thy name God says you disrespect me the people said how?

By getting up and walking back and forth during the preaching of the Word of God.

By getting up and walking back and forth in the presence of a holy God.

He offered polluted bread upon mine altar.

And he said wherein have we polluted thee?

In that ye say, the table of the Lord is contemptible.

Verse 8, listen to God, listen carefully.

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, Is it not evil?

A sacrifice was supposed to be without blemish.

They brought blind animals, lame animals, sick animals and God said if he offered the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?

And if He offered the lame and the sick, is it not evil?

Why are you bringing these animals to me?" Now listen to what he says, "...offer it now to thy governor.

Will he be pleased with thee or regard thy person, saith the Lord of hosts?" God is saying, if your governor, your mayor, your council person will not accept your behavior why are you bringing it to me?

Please don't regret that I was asked to speak.

Because of the purpose that brings us here.

God is present remove thy shoes from off thy feet for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

I remember you know I wonder what's happening to us and I'll take all my time don't panic.

I remember when you saw a ponytail you knew that was a woman.

Now you see a ponytail, you've got to walk around and look the person in the face to determine is this a man or a woman.

You know ladies make, you know ladies put a bun right of here a bun hot cross bun now men do that Remember you know ladies put something across here to keep the hair in place.

You know that thing that comes here You know what I'm talking about It has little teeth to stay in place.

Those of you who are West Indians and African Americans, remember years ago, ladies would braid their hair just to keep it in place until they had time to really fix it.

Now men braid their hair and come to church.

As far as I can see the Bible tells ladies cover your hair in church.

A Tsunami Warning

For other resources like this visit us online at www.gycweb.org Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day, God ended his work, which he had made.

And he rested on the seventh day from all his work, which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Say it with me now, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

6 days shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.

167 In it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

For in 6 days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.

Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

And so I say God is good and all the time.

As they say in Kenya, and that's his nature.

It's alright, he has no grudge against you, he loves you.

Do you realize you and I are awake and alive now because of the mercies of Christ?

The Bible says in Him we live and move and have our being.

In Christ, in Matthew 5.45, the Bible says, "'For He maketh His Son to rise on the Evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Because of that verse, every day I ask God, be merciful to people who are suffering, even for those who don't follow you.

Because that exercise of mercy may lead them to follow you.

I ask God every day, be merciful to those who are suffering, including those who do not follow you.

Because your Word says, He maketh His Son to rise on the good and on the evil, He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

And as long as probation continues, you can pray for those who are suffering.

You can pray for the evil, for the evildoers and sinners because God's grace still extends to them.

Let me thank you for your cooperation yesterday.

None of you rebelled as far as I could see.

I complained about the constant walking around, and I believe you made a concentrated effort to stay in your seats.

I want you to repeat that, particularly on these holy hours.

Who is with us for the very first time since GYC began?

God bless you, God bless you wherever you are, and I mean it when I say God bless you, it's a word, a prayer made up of 3 words which I offer with my eyes open, God bless you.

Now, is there anyone with us now, You are not a Seventh-day Adventist, raise your hand.

Just move your hand so I can — ah, God bless you, God bless you.

You're not a Seventh-day Adventist, but you're with us.

And I mean that with concentrated seriousness.

Well confirm it by raising your hand again.

And Joseph explained to Pharaoh the dream was given twice, that it might be established of God.

So when you ask God for something and you think He's leading you in a direction, you say, God, confirm it.

In the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses, Every word shall be established.

If you think he said yes, Father, confirm it.

Our subject for this morning, a tsunami warning.

Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.

The humble shall hear thereof and be glad.

Oh praise the Lord with me And let us exalt His name together.

You can probably hear the effects in my voice.

But it was all good I believe, talking to God's people is a privilege, it's an honor, it's a blessing.

So remember to pray that the Lord will sustain me through this brief presentation.

Because I have to rush from the pulpit to a car to the airport to catch my flight.

So I will hurry without being too rushed.

Let me pause and express my gratitude to the GYC Sanhedrin for inviting me to be a part of this blessed experience.

I mean that from my heart and God knows I'm telling the truth.

I really thank you, and I pray and I hope that something I said smoothly or not so smoothly was a blessing to you somehow.

I also am very grateful for the quality of music, particularly the music that preceded my coming to this desk.

What very few people know is that the special music that precedes my sermons have a profound effect on me.

Will The person sing as though he or she is worshiping or as though he or she is performing.

So I'm grateful for those who sang prior to my coming and for those who played.

May God bless you and may you always commit your talents to His glory and to the blessing of your fellow man and your fellow woman.

For those of you who have been with us who are not Seventh-day Adventists, thank you so much for blessing our presence, or our gathering with your presence.

We are highly honored to have you, and we hope that you will continue to fellowship with us wherever you find us in your town, your city, or your village.

I thank Him for the honor He gives me to speak for Him.

While I have this platform, let me say in God's defense, God has never done me anything wrong.

All my problems I have brought on myself.

All my headaches, hardships, and hernia I have brought on myself.

So God is innocent in my life And I wanted to make that public statement.

Our subject for this morning, Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist.

Sister, don't rebel against God's servant.

Now an announcement, not announcement, a sign came up earlier, put your phones on silence.

Favor number 2, while I'm speaking, pray for me and say, Lord, put your words in that man's mouth.

I told you yesterday, I'll repeat it today, it is an urgent request.

When Peter stood, excuse me, on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2, the Bible says, and Peter standing up with the 11.

Peter stood, the Bible says, with the 12.

Now it was only the voice of Peter that was heard, but somehow those listening understood that the other 11 men were 1 with Peter in that sermon.

And so in verse 37 the Bible says, "'Now when they heard this, they were put in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?' So while Peter physically spoke, the other 11 were 1 with him.

When I speak this morning, I want to stand with the 11.

And so I ask you as a favor, ask God to put His words, where?

That's based on Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 9 Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth and the Lord said unto me behold I have put my words in thy mouth It's also based on 2nd Samuel 23 verse 2 the Spirit of the Lord spake by me and His Word was in my tongue.

I've often said, I'll say it now, if people would think we would not do the things we do, if we would think We would not drink the things we drink.

If we would think, we would not eat the things we eat.

If we would think, we would not date the people we date.

If we would think, we would not, let me change the pronouns, if some people would think they would not attend the churches they attend.

Here is what He says to you, come now, let us do what?

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