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Dustin Pestlin Weekend

Dustin Pestlin

How to be Victorious in God’s End-Time Judgment

Third Angels’ Message: Preparation for the Mark of the Beast

Dear God, as we open Your Holy Word this morning, Father, help us to be anticipating how You will lead us and guide us this morning.

Let this not just be another message, Father, but let us view this as You speaking to us the words of life.

And Father, be with me as I speak, and we pray You would let Your Holy Spirit guide us to a true understanding of what we encounter in this message.

Alright, it's wonderful to be here in California and as Carissa mentioned this was kind of the slide in case anyone would like to kind of connect with me, get involved in some way or another.

It's just a simple way to be a part of our ministry.

And not here, but at the other venue last night.

We're also gonna be at that same venue tonight at 4.

Last night, we were reminded that every period of history has a present truth.

It has a special message that God has given to His people for that particular time.

We know that in the days of Noah, what was present truth in the days of Noah?

What about during the days of John the Baptist?

What about Martin Luther and the reformers?

We are saved by grace alone through faith and not of works.

Those of us who are living in the final days of Earth's history.

What is the special message or mission that God has given to us?

In fact, last night we reviewed and we saw, and I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people.

The 3 angels' message, God's final warning to the world.

This is present truth for God's people today.

We can see that this is an urgent message.

We can see that it is a worldwide message.

And it is none other than the same everlasting Gospel that is seen throughout the Bible.

From Genesis to Matthew, all throughout Scripture.

Last night we considered God's seal, the Sabbath, and how keeping the Sabbath holy is the sign that we belong to God.

We also discussed how many people are good at remembering the Sabbath day, but many people struggle with keeping it holy.

We have to remember, and we have to keep it holy.

What else is contained in this message from this first angel of Revelation 14?

Please turn in your Bibles, if you have it, to Revelation 14.

I'll also have the Scriptures on the screen today.

And we read in Revelation 14, 7, saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come.

The first angel's message is also a call to repentance.

A call to get right with God because His judgment is here.

But does the Bible actually teach that we will be judged?

Much of the Christian world has doubts about that.

The Bible says, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that everyone may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." And when would this judgment take place?

We know for sure that the judgment would take place in the last days.

It's part of the 3 angels' message that says His judgment is here.

The Bible is even more specific about when this judgment would take place.

And I'm sure all of you are familiar with this verse.

If you'd like to read it with me, please join me.

And He said unto me, unto 2, 300 days then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

And this morning we will not explore this prophecy in depth in terms of all the dates and the times, but that's very important for you to be able to do.

We know that this prophecy concluded in 1844 and this is so critical that we understand how to explain this prophecy.

There was a soldier in World War II and he approached his commanding officer And he said, can I have the Sabbath off?

And the officer said, wait a second, Adventist, I know about you.

I attended a prophecy series back in the States years ago.

And I'll never forget a message about the 2, 300 days.

He said, yeah, I'll give you your Sabbath off under 1 condition.

I want you to draw me a chart of the 2, 300 days with all the trimmings.

He said all the trimmings, all the dates and events and all that.

And so it's important that we have an answer for our faith.

And friends, don't let anyone shake you from this doctrine of our church.

So whose cases will be determined in this pre-advent judgment?

We know that it will take place before the return of Christ to determine who will be saved or lost.

We read in 1 Peter, for the time has come that judgment must begin where?

Yes, it will be the professed people of God who will have their cases examined during the judgments.

What will be the benchmark that is used to test all people in this judgment?

So speaking and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

It is the 10 Commandment law of God that will be the standard in this final judgment.

The topic of the investigative judgment is also quite controversial.

In fact, did you know that it is really the only distinctive doctrine that we have as a church?

There's other churches that keep the Sabbath.

There's other churches that believe that the dead know nothing.

But it's really the only distinctive doctrine that we hold.

It also separates us as God's true end-time church, because it will be God's remnants who will be preaching the 3 angels' messages, including the judgment hour.

Our church has gone through many different extremes when it comes to the investigative judgment.

In times past, it was often viewed as a very doom and gloom situation, where God was just ready to strike those who did not meet up to His standard.

But you know, friends, something interesting has happened because over the years, the pendulum, if you will, has swung to the other side.

And many now view the judgment as something that's no big deal, that it's just good news for everyone.

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