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GYC Southeast

GYC SE 2011 Seminar: Music

Dwayne Lemon

History Repeats Itself

God’s Instruction on Music

Music, the Sanctuary, and the Judgment

So what I'm going to do is I'm just giving you a tidbit here because it's all I can give you.

But at the same time, again, I think thus far we understand in Seminar Number 1, history repeats itself.

And therefore, what we want to do is we want to be mindful that we repeat the positive side of history rather than the negative.

We learned in Seminar 2 that there are some specific instructions and guidelines that God gives as it relates to understanding the utilization of music.

We know that the priests were the ones whom God used in a very mighty way to lead out in song.

And so it is that as a priesthood in the context of how we studied it, we should be the leaders when it comes to song and to music and understanding sacred song.

And therefore, we looked at several different principles, and we talked about everything from how a song is just like prayer.

Therefore, the same principles that govern prayer are the same principles that should govern singing.

And then we looked at several different points about the lifestyle of the individual.

The same way that those priests were holy people is the same way we should be holy people.

We should not look at Christianity as some part-time thing that we just go ahead and do and have some fun in it.

The life should be surrendered to Christ.

So that way we're not singing about a song that We know nothing of its experience.

And then in addition to that, we also saw that it's very, very important that we make sure that we understand the direction of the song.

When we're putting together lyrics, when we're putting together these things, they should lead us to reflect that image of God.

They should lead us to enter into a place where it is motivating me to want to be more like Jesus in all of the different ways that he worked his works and manifested his spirit.

So now we're looking at this topic, music in the most holy place.

So we're going to look at some principles as it relates to the most holy place, and then we're going to go ahead and go through the final steps of this presentation.

So let's pause once again for a word of prayer as we prepare to begin.

Father in heaven, we thank you so much, Lord, that you're helping us to really understand your words better.

And Lord, I know that there's so much more that we could learn, and that's why I'm praying more than anything else that our hearts and our minds would be motivated to study further, to look deeper, and to dig deeper, to go into your truth and to understand how music can even affect us, even in these very last days of earth's history and how we need to be ever so careful.

Please, Lord, guide our minds, we pray, for we ask all these things in Jesus' name.

All right, Let's go to the book of Daniel chapter 8, verse 14.

This is the coined Bible verse of the Seventh-day Adventist movement.

And remember, we showed you, oh, by the way, earlier today when I was doing Sabbath school, I said a quotation that I said was from manuscript release, book 1, page 295.

It is not manuscript release, book 1, page 295.

It is manuscript release book 1, page 228.

And in manuscript release book 1, page 228, it says very clearly that the whole purpose that God raised up seven-day Adventist schools, sanitariums, food factories, hygienic restaurants, and the list goes on, was to prepare a people to stand true to God in the judgment.

That is manuscript release, book 1, page 228.

So that is the reason why God even established our schools, our sanitariums, of course, you know, our hygienic restaurants, even our food factories, everything was to help a people stand true to God in the judgment.

Now, understanding that, let's go to Daniel 8, 14.

Now, we know Daniel 8, 14 very well, at least we should.

And in Daniel 8 and verse 14, the Bible clearly says, and he said unto me, what?

Unto 2, 300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Now, the sanctuary needs to be cleansed, is that right?

So the sanctuary started that, that cleansing work of the sanctuary started in 1844.

Christ, he moved from the holy place to the most holy place.

He's doing the first work in the plan of salvation or the final work?

He's doing the final work in the plan of salvation.

That final work is to blot out sin or to cleanse the sanctuary.

Now, let's go to Leviticus the 16th chapter.

Question, why hasn't the sanctuary been cleansed yet?

Talk to me, Why hasn't the sanctuary been cleansed yet?

All right, well, let's go to Leviticus 16.

Now in Leviticus 16, let's look at verse 16, and we'll take it from verse 16 to verse 19.

The Bible says, and he shall make an atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

This was a work that was done on the day of atonement.

It says, and because of their transgressions and all their sins, and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place until he come out and have made an atonement for himself and for his household and for all the congregation of Israel and he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord and make an atonement for it and shall take of the blood of the bullock and of the blood of the goat and put it upon the horns of the altar round about and he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger 7 times and cleanse what?

It and hollow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

In verse 30, same chapter, verse 30, it says this, for on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you to cleanse what?

You, that ye may be cleaned from how many?

In the cleansing of the sanctuary, is it 1 thing that's being cleansed or 2?

We see that the structure does have to go through a cleansing, but what has to be cleansed first?

The people, because we're the ones that keep causing it to be dirty, is that right?

So therefore, when the Bible says, unto 2, 300 days then shall the sanctuary be cleansed, The only way the sanctuary can be cleansed is when God can establish such a relationship with the people that they can love them so much that they would prefer to die than sin anything into the sanctuary that would make it dirty.

And what's the only thing that'll make the sanctuary dirty?

So God must develop a people that will get to a point in their love walk with him that we would prefer to die than sin against him.

You see, we're talking about music and all these other things, but brothers and sisters, I'm gonna tell you right now, No 1 will give up anything for real unless they love God.

Intellectual stimulation only lasts for a few moments.

So if all we do is leave it at intellect and just say, well, intellectually, I can see why this is wrong.

I can promise you I've never seen an individual get victory over any sin based on just simply an intellectual understanding of why it's wrong?

And the reason why is because God wants to get rid of sin outside of the action as well as in the heart.

So while we may not do the action, if we still love the sin in our heart, God says, I still have an untrustworthy person to let into the kingdom.

I got to get you and I to a point that we can literally overcome sin, yes, but at the same time, it's not just going to be from the externals.

We're going to need Jesus to come into our hearts.

We're gonna need Christ and His righteousness.

He must become first, last, and best in our lives.

That's the only way you will ever stop doing anything that the Bible calls sin.

You and I cannot think that just an intellectual assent to truth constitutes righteousness.

That was the great mistake of the Pharisees according to Desire of Ages, page 309.

She says they thought that an intellectual assent to truth constituted righteousness while they hated Christ in their hearts.

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GYC SE 2011 Seminar: Music

Music, the Sanctuary, and the Judgment

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Plenary

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