Matthew 17:5-21 - "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness"

Highlights:

* Just because a person is perplexed does not mean that he is in a poor spiritual condition.

* Never write someone off because he is confused.

* In saying that Elijah had already come, Jesus was referring to the spirit with which John the Baptizer came.

* In the prophets, much more is said about John the Baptizer coming before the Messiah than is said about Elijah coming before Him.

* The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

* One of the deadliest things to your soul in this universe is the Bible -- as men understand it.

* Many a person is in hell tonight who trusted their souls to the Bible -- as they understood it.

* As we draw closer to the end of this age, faith in Jesus is going to be tried as faith has never been tried since the world began.

* If you stay full of the Spirit and keep your conscience clear, the Spirit will preserve your heart and mind, no matter what comes. You have nothing to fear.

* But if you are slack, and do not store up food for the coming winter, or have an extra supply of holy Ghost oil, you will certainly be deceived and weeded out of the kingdom of God.

* Isn't it obvious that if Jesus' own disciples, before they received the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, were evil in God's eyes and were not prepared to escape damnation, then, no one can be holy in God's eyes and prepared for the Final Judgment before receiving the Spirit?

Scriptures referenced in this video:
(Scriptures are from the PJV version, found online at https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_translation.html

Malachi 4:5-6
1Thessalonians 5:21
John 3:4
Luke 1:17
Isaiah 40:3-5
Luke 3:2-6
John 1:19-23
Malachi 3:1
Mark 1:2-4
Matthew 11:27, 8-10
John 5:39-40
Luke 18:7-8
Matthew 24:9-13, 24-25
Luke 7:33-34
Matthew 6:16
Matthew 9:14-15
John 4:31-32
John 6:32-35, 48-51, 53-58, 63
John 6:27