Hello! Good afternoon
and we welcome you once again
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to 3ABN Camp Meeting,
our Fall Homecoming version
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2014. It is Friday afternoon
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and we are
anticipating the Sabbath.
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But for now we are praising
the Lord to be in His house
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once again. Our
speaker for the afternoon
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is our president and
our pastor, our friend
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Jim Gilley. It
was about 8 years ago
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I suspect that he and Camille
came to serve here at 3ABN
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and they have been
a blessing ever since.
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First of all, they're
wonderful Christian people.
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Camille is the consummate house-
keeper and an excellent cook.
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And Jim is just a good
friend. We were backstage
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exchanging pleasantries.
I told him how much
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I appreciated him. He said:
"No I appreciate you more. "
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I said: "No Jim, I
appreciate you more. "
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He said: "No, I
appreciate YOU more. "
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I said: "No Jim, I
appreciate YOU more. "
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And I really appreciate him
today because I was scheduled
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to preach this afternoon,
but my surgeon warned me...
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As you well know, we had
six bypass surgery just a few
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weeks ago, and this
is my first week back.
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And Jim was kind enough to say:
"Since you're not allowed to
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preach I will preach in your
stead. " So I appreciate him
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more than he appreciates me
because he is going to speak
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for me and I appreciate that.
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My surgeon said:
"Certain things you cannot do.
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You cannot carry anything
heavier than a jug of water.
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And he said: "And
you can't preach. "
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He said: "I've seen you black
guys preach. You sweat and you
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run all over the place.
You're not allowed to preach. "
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So Jim is going to preach for me
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and I thank him
so very very much.
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His sermon is: "Nothing
but the Blood of Jesus. "
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You can't do
much better than that.
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You can't find a
better topic than that.
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As I said, he and Camille
have been such a blessing
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to this ministry. He has
served in so many capacities.
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What you may not know is that
Jim is one of the preeminent
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evangelists in the Adventist
church. He's held many many
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many meetings and some very
successful meetings in Russia.
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Served in the
North American Division.
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Pastor, evangelist, businessman.
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Good head; good committee man
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and just a really neat guy.
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We love him so very very much.
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And I appreciate him
more than he appreciates me!
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So we are
praising the Lord for that.
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Just before he
comes I want to do a song.
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I had to go through my
repertoire and find something
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that doesn't allow
me to push too much.
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My doctor said: "You can't be
breathing and holding out long
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notes. You've got to
sing something simple. "
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So we're going to attempt
to do... Whoo! What's the name
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of the song? Also, this surgery
also plays with your brain.
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You forget things
and nothing tastes good.
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I'll Tell the World
That I'm a Christian
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is the song. We'll have prayer,
we will sing, and then the next
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voice you will hear
will be that of our pastor,
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our friend, the
president of this ministry
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Jim Gilley. Father
God, we just praise You
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and thank you so very much
for the privilege of speaking
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a word for You. We ask that
You would give Your servant, our
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wonderful friend, meat in due
season for our thirsty souls.
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But more than that, make
us receivers of that Word.
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And we thank you
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'll tell the world
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that I'm a Christian.
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I'm not ashamed
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His name to bear.
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I'll tell the world
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that I'm a Christian.
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I'll take Him with me
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everywhere.
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I'll tell the world
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how Jesus saved me
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and how He gave me
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a life brand new.
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And I know
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that if you trust Him
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that all He gave me
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He'll give to you.
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I'll tell the world
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that He's my Savior.
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No other One
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could love me so.
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My life, my all
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is His forever.
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And where He leads me
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I will go.
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I'll tell the world
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Jesus is coming
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and it may be near
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or far, far away.
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But we've got to live
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as if that coming
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could be tomorrow
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or today.
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For when He comes
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and life is over
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for those who love Him
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there's more to be.
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Eyes have never seen the wonders
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that He's preparing
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for you and me.
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Go tell the world
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that you're a Christian.
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Don't be ashamed
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His name to bear.
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Just tell the world
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that you are a Christian
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and take Him with you
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everywhere.
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I'll tell the world
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how Jesus saved me
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and how He gave me
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a life brand new.
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And I know
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that if you trust Him
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that all He gave to me
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He'll give to you.
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I'll tell the world
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that I'm a Christian.
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I'm not ashamed
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His name to bear.
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I'll tell the world
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that I'm a Christian.
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I'll take Him with me
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anywhere.
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I'll take Him with me
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anywhere.
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Amen!
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It's sure good
to see you out here.
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Great to have him back.
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You cannot
imagine how we missed him.
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And he's supposed to
be preaching right now.
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Did he tell you that? Yes.
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I've been
hiding out in the back.
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So I'm filling in for him
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and that is not easy to do.
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Let's bow our heads.
Father, as we open Your Word
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we just pray that
You'll open our hearts.
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Help us, Father, to have
the message that You want
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for us today. In
Jesus' name, Amen.
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Want to take
you on a quick trip.
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This is a trip
through scripture.
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If you have your Bibles, you're
going to use them, all right?
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We're going to start off
with Exodus the 12 chapter.
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Now by the way, I'm going
to go through these real quick.
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You just go to John 6 and stick
around there for a little bit
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and I'll be at
John 6 in a minute
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'cause I want to move
through these pretty fast.
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I'm going back to Exodus
12 and we're talking about
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the blood of Jesus Christ.
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We're talking about
the sacrificial gift
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of life eternal
that comes through Him.
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And I know that this is
a subject that some people
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don't like. The
devil doesn't like it...
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I can tell you that right now.
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I've been overseas,
I've been places where
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we have come face to face
with demons. People that were
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possessed by demons.
Seen it in this country, too.
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And when we prayed for them
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in the name of Jesus,
when you mentioned the blood
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they were gone.
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When you talk
about the blood of Jesus
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the demons cannot
stand to be in the presence
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of the blood of Jesus
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or the mention of His blood.
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Remember that if you're...
plead the blood of Jesus
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in your own life. Exodus 12:13:
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"Now the blood shall be...
" And this is the Passover...
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"a sign for you on the houses
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where you are and
when I see the blood
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I will pass over you. "
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When I see the blood.
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Exodus 24 verse 8:
"And Moses took the blood
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and sprinkled it on the people
and said: 'This is the blood
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of the covenant which
the Lord has made with you
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according to all these words. "
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Now remember those words
because you see them again
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when Jesus utters them.
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Matthew the 26th
chapter... here it is.
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It says: "And
then He took the cup,
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gave thanks, and gave it to
them and said: 'Drink from it
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all of it for this is
the blood of the new covenant
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which is shed for many
for the remission of sins. ' "
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Jesus. And when
you take that communion
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you're not... You're
drinking juice, of course,
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but it symbolizes
the death of Jesus Christ
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on the cross... His shed
blood for you and for me.
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Romans the 3rd
chapter verses 23 to 25.
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"For all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God
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being justified freely by
His grace through redemption
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that is in Christ Jesus
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whom God set forth as a
propitiation by His blood
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through faith. "
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Romans 5 verses 8 and 9:
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"For God demonstrated His love
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toward us in that
while we were still sinners
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Christ died for us. Much
more then having now been
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justified by His blood
we shall be saved from wrath
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through Him. " Ephesians 1:7:
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"In Him we have redemption
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through His blood. "
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And then Colossians the
first chapter verse 20 says:
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"Having made peace through
the blood of His cross. "
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Hebrews the 9th
chapter and verses 11 and 12:
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"But Christ came as a
High Priest of the good things
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to come with a greater,
more perfect tabernacle not made
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with hands... that
is, not of this creation.
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Not with the blood
of goats and calves
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but with His own blood
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He entered the Most Holy Place
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once and for all, having
obtained eternal redemption. "
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And then Hebrews 9:22
says: "According to the law
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and almost all things
are purified with blood,
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and without shedding of
blood there is no remission. "
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I Peter 1:19: "But with
the precious blood of Christ
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as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot. "
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I John 1:9. I'm just reading
the portion of these texts now
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for time. "And the
blood of Jesus Christ
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His Son
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cleanses us from all sin. "
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Revelation 1:5:
"To Him who loved us
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and washed us from our sins
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in His own blood. "
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Revelation 5:9:
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"and to open its
seals for You were slain
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and have redeemed us
to God by Your blood. "
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Revelation 7:14... it
says: "These are the ones
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who came out of great tribu-
lation and washed their robes,
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made them white in
the blood of the Lamb. "
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It's amazing. You
take the white - the robe.
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You run it through
the blood and it's white!
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Pure... because it's been
cleansed by the blood of Jesus.
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Revelation 12:11... one
of my favorite texts now...
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"And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony.
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And they did not love
their lives unto death. "
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What a text! What a message!
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You know, this
afternoon this is a seminar.
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We are studying. We are
studying the Word of God.
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We open the Word and we
read it and we study it.
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We're not looking so
much for a sermon as we are
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"What does God's
Word say to me? "
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"What does it say to me? "
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And when Jesus talks about this
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you find that He
lost a lot of followers
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when He really
explained the blood.
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You look at John
the 6th chapter -
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and that's where I hope
we'll spend most of the rest
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of our time -
beginning with verse 51:
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"Most assuredly I say to you
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unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man
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and drink His blood
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you have no life in Him.
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Whoever eats My
flesh, drinks My blood,
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has eternal life
and I will raise him up
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at the last day. "
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One of the better
translations puts it this way.
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It says: "He that
appropriates his life... "
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eating the bread,
appropriating his life...
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"and claiming the
saving merit of His blood... "
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these are those that
receive life eternal.
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You know, this whole chapter
6 is such an amazing chapter.
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I probably have preached
more out of this chapter
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than any chapter in the Word.
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This chapter and Isaiah 43 are
the two chapters I've probably,
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my wife has heard so
many sermons from me on these
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two chapters and
she probably knows
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about what I'm going to say.
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But I'm going to change it just
to throw her off a little bit.
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But this is the
feeding of the 5,000.
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What an event! In fact,
this is such a dramatic event
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that all of the
gospels speak of this event.
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And you see, for us
now... We really, we just see
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this as one more
miracle that Jesus did.
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Jesus doing all these miracles.
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But not for them. You
see, the people at that time
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they saw this as
the real Messiah.
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This is the
Messiah. He can do something
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that no one else could ever do.
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He can feed us.
The sign that Moses
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was leading the
children of Israel out of Egypt
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was the fact that they
got manna... they had manna.
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Six days out of
the week they had manna
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and they were fed by
this wonderful bread...
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this thing that
came from heaven.
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You know, for years I never
knew what the word manna meant.
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It means "What is it? "
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And they were eating "What
is it" for all of those years.
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They didn't know what
it was, but it was good!
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And as they fixed it...
They could probably fix manna
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a hundred different ways.
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They had manna
pancakes or manna biscuits.
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Or they could have whatever
they wanted to out of it
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because it was
something that they could eat
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and receive nourishment.
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I think it was
perfectly balanced, too.
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I think that the Jewish people
have had a great deal of measure
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of health through the years,
and I think very much part of it
00:18:35.90\00:18:38.90
was the health reform
- the Leviticus message,
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Leviticus 11, but
also that they had 40 years
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of eating manna.
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And I think that that
kind of carried through...
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through from generation to
generation the health that you
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receive by being fed
with bread from heaven.
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But this bread when
Christ fed the five thousand -
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the miracle that took place
- they were astounded by this.
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They said: "We just... we
want Him to be our King. "
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"We want Him to
be the Messiah. "
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There was no way that this
could not be the Messiah now
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because He had fed
all of these people
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with nothing... just
a few loaves and fish!
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And see, they were all
focusing on literal food.
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We've got to be careful that
we don't focus on literal food.
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You see, food is
a very good thing.
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Diet is an extremely good
thing; health is a good thing.
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Somebody mentioned to me
the other day... They said:
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"Good health is a
slower rate of dying. "
00:19:52.28\00:19:56.45
Did you ever think about that?
00:19:58.49\00:20:00.24
That's about the best you're
going to get from good health,
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right? It's good! Now listen,
00:20:03.15\00:20:04.76
I've had bad health,
I've had good health.
00:20:05.06\00:20:07.16
Good's better...
I can tell you that.
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It's a whole lot
better every simple way.
00:20:09.92\00:20:14.30
We were talking a minute
ago and sharing some things
00:20:14.50\00:20:16.91
in the back. I was visiting
with Bruce, and we were talking
00:20:17.11\00:20:19.83
a little about health struggles.
00:20:19.93\00:20:21.41
We both have had them in the
past, and how thankful we are
00:20:21.61\00:20:24.76
that God
brought us through them.
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And He did! I know
that when I came to...
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and this was back in the
90's... I did not realize
00:20:32.59\00:20:37.52
how bad off I really was.
00:20:37.72\00:20:39.46
Later my general practitioner
doctor told me. He said:
00:20:39.76\00:20:43.80
"When I read your chart... "
00:20:44.71\00:20:46.54
he said, "I called my
wife. " He had a cell phone.
00:20:47.55\00:20:50.59
He said: "I
cried all the way home"
00:20:50.89\00:20:52.97
'cause he said: "Jim's not
coming out of there alive. "
00:20:53.27\00:20:56.56
And later on when
the Lord restored me
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I visited with my Catholic
doctor and I told him...
00:21:01.63\00:21:04.53
I said: "I mentioned in
the book... " I gave him a copy
00:21:04.73\00:21:07.38
of my book. I said: "I
gave you and the Lord credit. "
00:21:07.58\00:21:11.53
He said: "You'd
better reverse that.
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.63
You'd better give
the Lord credit. "
00:21:14.03\00:21:17.10
He said: "I'd given up on you. "
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You know, when things
like that happen in your life
00:21:19.27\00:21:24.30
and you come to the
point where it could be over
00:21:24.60\00:21:27.58
just that quickly, you realize
00:21:27.78\00:21:31.34
how precious life is
00:21:31.64\00:21:34.45
and you thank God for
every moment that you have it.
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You appreciate it
00:21:40.35\00:21:42.16
and you want to
take care of your health.
00:21:42.46\00:21:46.05
But you don't want the religious
thing. You see, the devil...
00:21:46.35\00:21:49.39
the devil is like
a baseball pitcher.
00:21:49.59\00:21:51.97
I used to be a pitcher.
I had somebody this week
00:21:52.27\00:21:55.95
ask me: "How fast
was your fast ball? "
00:21:56.15\00:21:58.60
See, I don't care how
fast your fast ball is
00:22:00.57\00:22:03.35
if that's all
you're going to throw,
00:22:03.55\00:22:04.58
somebody's going to hit it.
00:22:04.78\00:22:06.06
So you have to have
something other than fast balls.
00:22:07.07\00:22:09.62
You have to be a
pitcher... not a thrower.
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.29
You have to keep
the batter off balance.
00:22:13.69\00:22:15.99
If he's looking for
curves, you throw a fast ball.
00:22:16.19\00:22:19.85
If he's looking for a
fast ball, you throw a curve
00:22:20.05\00:22:22.10
or a change-up or a
knuckle ball or a slider.
00:22:22.31\00:22:25.52
Anything other than
what he's looking for.
00:22:25.55\00:22:27.82
If he actually figures out
pretty much what you're going to
00:22:28.02\00:22:31.97
throw, he can probably hit it.
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.54
So you've got to throw
him something he doesn't know
00:22:35.64\00:22:37.77
is coming. Devil
does exactly that.
00:22:37.87\00:22:40.34
See, if the devil can
get you off the road on diet,
00:22:40.84\00:22:45.23
he'll take you any
way he can get you.
00:22:45.47\00:22:47.18
He'll do it.
00:22:48.37\00:22:49.91
He will... If he can get
you off into unhealthy living...
00:22:50.64\00:22:54.43
I've had people say:
"Well, you can't eat yourself
00:22:54.64\00:22:57.47
into the kingdom. "
No, I believe you can eat
00:22:57.67\00:22:59.45
yourself out. I think the Bible
is very clear about gluttony.
00:22:59.65\00:23:05.57
But you may not...
Gluttony may not be
00:23:06.07\00:23:08.80
the first in the facts...
battles of the weight battle.
00:23:08.90\00:23:11.88
Believe me. I know
some skinny gluttons.
00:23:13.13\00:23:17.09
I used to call myself... What
was that chuckle over there?
00:23:19.32\00:23:22.67
I thought I heard Murray.
00:23:24.96\00:23:26.74
But I have seen people
00:23:26.94\00:23:30.69
that could just eat and eat
and eat and never gain an ounce.
00:23:30.99\00:23:36.90
And I've seen people that
would just take a sniff of food
00:23:37.20\00:23:41.44
and gain 5 pounds, and I
happen to be one of those.
00:23:41.64\00:23:45.41
So I used to tell people I'm a
missionary to those that battle
00:23:45.71\00:23:50.14
the weight situation.
00:23:50.24\00:23:52.26
I know what your battle is
00:23:52.46\00:23:55.82
and I know that
it's not an easy battle.
00:23:56.22\00:23:59.48
And just because you see
somebody that may be battling
00:23:59.98\00:24:03.93
weight doesn't mean that
they... that they have a...
00:24:04.03\00:24:07.99
that they're gluttons.
Just doesn't mean that.
00:24:08.73\00:24:10.67
You cannot judge, my
friend. You cannot judge.
00:24:10.87\00:24:13.47
Now if you lived with them
for a while you might be able
00:24:13.97\00:24:16.14
to judge. If my wife
tells you I am a glutton,
00:24:16.24\00:24:18.48
then you'd better listen to her.
00:24:18.68\00:24:20.36
Ask her. I don't
think she'd tell you that.
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.31
I don't think
she'll tell you that.
00:24:23.71\00:24:25.70
Well lets get off
me and talk about you.
00:24:26.00\00:24:28.61
That's more fun for me anyway.
00:24:30.34\00:24:31.96
You see, if we get so
into thinking we can control
00:24:34.20\00:24:40.19
righteousness,
if we think that we
00:24:40.49\00:24:44.25
can somehow work
our way into heaven,
00:24:44.45\00:24:49.78
the devil's got us
right where he wants us.
00:24:50.08\00:24:52.68
He loves that.
00:24:52.98\00:24:54.88
He loves that.
00:24:55.28\00:24:57.18
You know, when Paul speaks
about the sin that so easily
00:24:57.58\00:25:01.07
besets us, if you will
read what that sin is...
00:25:01.17\00:25:05.45
it's the sin of
trying to save yourself.
00:25:06.75\00:25:09.84
Sometimes we look and we say:
"The sin that so easily besets
00:25:10.91\00:25:13.94
us" we think of our sin, but the
real sin that we have, folks,
00:25:14.04\00:25:18.96
is trying to be God and
trying to be our own Savior.
00:25:19.16\00:25:23.78
We don't want Christ to save us;
00:25:24.48\00:25:28.95
we want to save ourselves.
00:25:29.25\00:25:31.34
And He says:
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
00:25:31.64\00:25:35.53
the only way is
through the blood. "
00:25:35.83\00:25:39.66
It's the only way.
00:25:39.96\00:25:42.52
Now you see, so many times
00:25:42.92\00:25:45.74
and this is what it talks
about here when he talks about
00:25:45.94\00:25:49.24
the bread. Because
after He fed the 5,000
00:25:49.74\00:25:53.07
remember He disappeared. Then
the Bible says He comes back
00:25:53.27\00:25:55.92
across the sea. "And
they said to Him: 'Rabbi,
00:25:56.12\00:26:00.23
when did You come here? ' "
00:26:00.43\00:26:02.07
And Jesus didn't
answer their question.
00:26:02.37\00:26:04.59
He just skips right
over. So many times you'll find
00:26:04.79\00:26:07.55
they'll ask a
question. He doesn't even answer
00:26:07.75\00:26:09.87
that question. By the way,
you don't have to answer some
00:26:09.97\00:26:13.35
questions when people ask
you things either, all right?
00:26:13.46\00:26:16.13
You can just skip right
over. We've got a good example
00:26:16.63\00:26:18.99
for that in the Lord. He said:
"Most assuredly I say to you
00:26:19.19\00:26:22.92
you seek Me not
because you saw the signs
00:26:23.02\00:26:27.89
because you ate of the
loaves and were filled. "
00:26:28.09\00:26:31.62
Then the key verse
here: "Do not labor
00:26:32.02\00:26:36.03
for the food which perishes
00:26:36.24\00:26:38.76
but for that food which
endures to everlasting life. "
00:26:39.16\00:26:43.28
Now if you're marking your
Bible, put in a little underline
00:26:43.48\00:26:47.80
under perishes and put a
little... that's verse 27
00:26:48.00\00:26:52.14
of chapter 6... and then
put a line under endures.
00:26:52.24\00:26:56.97
One of those
foods is going to perish
00:26:58.29\00:27:00.65
and the other
is going to endure.
00:27:00.95\00:27:04.40
And the food
that's going to perish
00:27:04.90\00:27:08.43
is our own attempt at salvation.
00:27:08.83\00:27:13.42
And that which is going to
endure is that which He does
00:27:14.61\00:27:19.38
for us and through us.
00:27:19.89\00:27:22.78
He says: "Which the Son
of Man will give you... "
00:27:23.28\00:27:27.09
He'll give you
that one that endures.
00:27:27.29\00:27:29.66
"because God the
Father has set His seal
00:27:30.57\00:27:35.27
upon him. " Now see,
they still didn't get it
00:27:35.47\00:27:38.62
because look at
what they say right next.
00:27:38.83\00:27:40.64
"Then they said to
Him: 'What good work
00:27:41.04\00:27:46.76
may we do and how shall we work
00:27:46.96\00:27:50.73
the works of God? ' "
00:27:50.93\00:27:53.12
And again, they
wanted to do something.
00:27:54.64\00:27:58.85
It's like the rich
young ruler when he came
00:27:59.35\00:28:01.80
he said: "What can I do
to inherit eternal life? "
00:28:02.00\00:28:05.72
He wanted to do something.
00:28:06.02\00:28:08.07
"Get me a list! If I get rid
of this and I get rid of that
00:28:08.37\00:28:13.34
and I quit doing
that and I stop doing this
00:28:13.54\00:28:16.52
then will I be all right? "
00:28:17.22\00:28:21.02
"Is that it, Lord? "
00:28:21.42\00:28:23.50
And here is what He said.
00:28:23.91\00:28:26.42
He says: "Jesus
answered and said to them:
00:28:26.92\00:28:30.25
'This is the work of
God: that you believe in Him
00:28:30.55\00:28:34.74
whom He sent. ' "
00:28:35.04\00:28:37.06
You see, that is
what it's all about.
00:28:38.03\00:28:40.74
I know people say:
"Well now wait a minute.
00:28:40.84\00:28:42.56
the Bible says that the devils
believe and that the tremble. "
00:28:42.86\00:28:45.77
Well, they believe He exists
but they don't believe in Him.
00:28:46.07\00:28:50.12
They don't accept Him.
00:28:50.35\00:28:52.95
They don't allow Him to
become the ruler of their life.
00:28:53.25\00:28:58.24
That is truly what
believing in Him is.
00:28:58.54\00:29:01.29
And He said
that's what we have to do
00:29:01.49\00:29:03.65
is to believe in Him.
00:29:03.85\00:29:05.87
And if we believe in Him,
00:29:06.27\00:29:08.69
then He says that is
what God wants you to do.
00:29:08.99\00:29:14.97
And when you believe in Him
00:29:15.47\00:29:18.48
and you move into the
experience that He starts
00:29:18.68\00:29:22.03
talking about here because, by
the way, this whole experience
00:29:22.13\00:29:25.54
it begins to
separate individuals.
00:29:25.84\00:29:29.22
And the cross of Jesus
Christ - the blood of Jesus -
00:29:29.42\00:29:32.69
will separate individuals.
00:29:32.99\00:29:35.89
There are those who
just cannot accept it.
00:29:36.29\00:29:38.67
I pastored a
church many years ago
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.76
where there was a
group of wonderful people.
00:29:41.96\00:29:44.74
Some of the... Some of my
best friends in the church.
00:29:44.94\00:29:48.63
The best
supporters, the best people.
00:29:48.83\00:29:51.17
And they were all
wet theologically.
00:29:53.04\00:29:55.97
They had one class together,
and I hope some of them are
00:29:56.37\00:29:59.34
watching today because
there are a few of them left.
00:29:59.44\00:30:02.25
I love them and they know I do.
00:30:02.55\00:30:04.57
And I would go into that class.
I would say: "Boy, am I glad
00:30:05.48\00:30:09.10
you're all in one place.
00:30:09.20\00:30:10.94
We've got all of the heresy
in the whole church right here
00:30:11.24\00:30:14.92
in this class. "
00:30:15.13\00:30:17.58
And then we would battle it out.
00:30:17.98\00:30:22.86
They were involved in
moral influence theology.
00:30:23.16\00:30:27.72
Do you know what that is?
00:30:28.02\00:30:29.34
Moral influence theology says
that Jesus came to just simply
00:30:30.34\00:30:36.32
show you how to live.
00:30:36.52\00:30:38.57
He's your example... and He is.
00:30:39.17\00:30:41.33
But that He... It
was never intended
00:30:41.83\00:30:45.63
for Him to die on the cross.
00:30:45.83\00:30:47.65
Now that's where the
heresy starts coming in.
00:30:47.85\00:30:50.86
It began being
taught about 800 AD.
00:30:51.75\00:30:55.94
It raises its
head every so often.
00:30:56.24\00:31:00.05
There was a great man - a
wonderful person - I loved him
00:31:00.35\00:31:03.60
very much -
professor on the West Coast,
00:31:03.70\00:31:07.39
not the one up North
but the one down South,
00:31:07.69\00:31:10.62
that taught this
doctrine. And by the way, folks,
00:31:11.42\00:31:16.43
he was a good man... good man.
00:31:16.53\00:31:19.57
Wrong but good.
00:31:19.87\00:31:21.69
And what makes it dangerous
is when heresy is being taught
00:31:23.26\00:31:26.68
by somebody who's a loving,
kind, and wonderful person.
00:31:26.88\00:31:29.59
If they're mean and ornery,
it's easy to oppose them,
00:31:29.89\00:31:33.51
but if they're really
nice... He called me one time
00:31:33.71\00:31:38.09
because these guys
wanted him to come to my church.
00:31:38.29\00:31:41.27
And I said: "Well fine. "
And he called me and he said:
00:31:41.47\00:31:44.63
"Do you want me to
come? " And I said:
00:31:44.73\00:31:47.95
"You want me to tell you
the truth? " He said: "Yes! "
00:31:48.15\00:31:50.41
I said: "No, I don't.
00:31:50.81\00:31:53.47
I don't believe in
what you're teaching
00:31:53.77\00:31:57.04
'cause you're teaching
that the cross meant nothing
00:31:57.34\00:32:02.00
and the Bible teaches
the cross means everything. "
00:32:02.30\00:32:06.03
Amen! It means everything.
00:32:06.23\00:32:09.35
I remember one time one
of these guys said to me:
00:32:09.66\00:32:12.27
"I don't believe in this
slaughterhouse religion. "
00:32:12.47\00:32:15.87
I said: "What do you mean? "
00:32:17.17\00:32:18.24
Now these were intellectuals
by the way. These were guys with
00:32:18.44\00:32:20.52
PhDs. These are
guys who are scholars.
00:32:20.72\00:32:23.80
They were intellectual people.
00:32:24.10\00:32:26.40
And this is one of the
biggest... the heresy of the
00:32:26.70\00:32:29.93
intellectual is the
moral influence theology.
00:32:30.03\00:32:33.98
It's salvation by
works for the intellectual
00:32:34.18\00:32:38.40
is what it is,
00:32:38.60\00:32:40.09
and it's bloodless.
00:32:41.29\00:32:43.67
"Oh, " they say,
"the cross was an accident
00:32:44.17\00:32:46.77
but it had nothing to
do with your redemption. "
00:32:47.27\00:32:50.83
Oh, my friend,
nothing could be...
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.64
I cannot believe that any people
00:32:54.14\00:32:58.55
who understand
the sanctuary service
00:32:58.75\00:33:02.61
and understand
the whole situation
00:33:02.81\00:33:05.64
and the lamb that is
without spot and blemish
00:33:05.84\00:33:09.55
and the sacrificial
service of that lamb
00:33:09.76\00:33:12.72
how anybody could miss it.
00:33:12.92\00:33:15.79
How they could miss
all those texts I just read
00:33:16.88\00:33:19.73
and explain them away!
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.68
How can they miss that?
00:33:22.18\00:33:24.07
If you ever run
into that, just remember
00:33:25.59\00:33:30.51
to read some of
these texts we just read.
00:33:30.91\00:33:34.85
Go back and look at the
sanctuary service itself.
00:33:35.35\00:33:39.11
Go back there and
see what Jesus says about
00:33:40.07\00:33:44.58
His dying on the cross.
00:33:46.17\00:33:49.31
What He says about His blood
00:33:49.61\00:33:51.53
where He talks
about this so clearly.
00:33:52.03\00:33:54.86
Because you see those
people that had listened
00:33:55.16\00:33:58.79
and wanted to be fed by Him
00:33:58.89\00:34:00.39
and wanted to make Him their
King and wanted to make Him
00:34:00.59\00:34:04.65
their Leader,
now all of a sudden
00:34:04.75\00:34:08.37
He starts telling them
what this really means.
00:34:08.67\00:34:14.32
Oh, I tell you:
if you get a chance
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.28
read chapter 6. I don't
have time to read all of it
00:34:17.48\00:34:20.78
but I will tell you
that it is so full...
00:34:21.08\00:34:24.84
so absolutely full.
00:34:25.14\00:34:27.72
He says: "I... " in verse 51...
00:34:28.02\00:34:30.29
Let's go to verse 50.
He says: "This is the bread
00:34:30.49\00:34:34.24
which comes down from
heaven that one may eat of it
00:34:34.44\00:34:37.58
and not die. I
am the Living Bread
00:34:37.78\00:34:41.39
which came down from heaven.
00:34:41.59\00:34:43.25
Anyone who eats of this
bread... he will live forever.
00:34:43.55\00:34:46.79
And the bread that I
will give is My flesh
00:34:47.09\00:34:50.37
which I shall give for
the life of the world. "
00:34:50.67\00:34:56.53
And they missed what
He was talking about.
00:34:56.83\00:34:59.93
They started
arguing among themselves.
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.24
It says they said:
"How can this Man give us
00:35:02.54\00:35:04.41
His flesh to eat? "
And then Jesus says to them
00:35:04.51\00:35:08.33
what I read earlier:
"Most assuredly I say to you:
00:35:08.53\00:35:11.05
unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man
00:35:11.25\00:35:13.07
and shall drink His
blood you have no life in you.
00:35:13.37\00:35:17.11
And whoever eats My
flesh and drinks My blood
00:35:17.41\00:35:20.19
has eternal life. And I will
raise him up in that last day
00:35:20.39\00:35:24.11
for My flesh is food indeed
00:35:24.31\00:35:28.20
and My blood is drink indeed.
00:35:28.50\00:35:30.65
And he who eats My
flesh and drinks My blood
00:35:30.95\00:35:34.28
abides in Me and I in him.
00:35:34.48\00:35:36.45
And as the Living Father sent Me
00:35:36.75\00:35:39.49
and I live because of the Father
00:35:39.80\00:35:42.19
so he who feeds on Me
will live because of Me. "
00:35:42.49\00:35:45.97
Feeding upon
Jesus: the way to life.
00:35:46.27\00:35:52.03
"This is the Bread... " -
pointing to Himself - He says.
00:35:52.33\00:35:55.85
"that came down from heaven.
00:35:56.16\00:35:57.96
Not as your fathers
ate the manna and are dead
00:35:58.27\00:36:02.33
but he who eats this Bread
00:36:03.03\00:36:05.12
will live forevermore. " Amen!
00:36:05.42\00:36:11.35
Wow... what a message!
00:36:11.55\00:36:13.76
You know, He taught this
at Capernaum at the synagogue
00:36:13.89\00:36:17.53
in Capernaum, and
when I go over there
00:36:17.73\00:36:21.73
I cannot help, and when I
go to that particular place
00:36:21.93\00:36:25.97
right where that synagogue
was... It was destroyed
00:36:26.17\00:36:29.15
and another was
built right on top of it.
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.19
And those ruins
are left from later on.
00:36:31.39\00:36:35.16
But right on those very stones
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.87
is where He was
teaching this message.
00:36:38.08\00:36:41.10
And it always hits
me that Jesus, our Lord,
00:36:41.60\00:36:47.59
our God, was
willing to give His life
00:36:48.32\00:36:54.24
for us. You know, sometimes
we won't even give up something
00:36:54.54\00:36:59.35
for Him, but He gave
up everything for us.
00:36:59.55\00:37:05.06
He gives up life!
He gives His blood;
00:37:05.88\00:37:09.07
He gives His body. He receives
the pain that we deserve
00:37:09.28\00:37:14.45
for life eternal.
00:37:16.32\00:37:18.78
No, my friend, the
cross of Christ is everything.
00:37:19.09\00:37:24.62
Let him that says:
"What can wash away my sin? "
00:37:25.02\00:37:29.17
Nothing but the
blood of Jesus. Amen!
00:37:29.57\00:37:32.93
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
00:37:33.13\00:37:36.15
O! precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow.
00:37:36.55\00:37:42.27
No other fount I know...
00:37:42.67\00:37:45.65
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
00:37:45.95\00:37:51.28
And I believe that
we need to be preaching
00:37:51.58\00:37:54.97
the message of Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
00:37:55.17\00:37:59.14
I was reading in Gospel Workers
00:37:59.54\00:38:04.50
and over and over in
Gospel Workers and in the book
00:38:04.70\00:38:08.55
Evangelism... over and
over there's the message that we
00:38:08.75\00:38:13.62
are to preach the
saving power of Jesus Christ
00:38:13.82\00:38:19.78
through His precious blood.
00:38:20.08\00:38:24.43
There is no other
way except through Jesus
00:38:24.73\00:38:29.87
going to the
cross, dying on the cross.
00:38:30.10\00:38:33.76
This is some of those state-
ments. I'm going to read them
00:38:34.06\00:38:36.27
to you quickly. This is
from Gospel Workers page 315:
00:38:36.37\00:38:41.19
"The sacrifice of Christ
as an atonement for our sin
00:38:41.69\00:38:45.31
is the great truth
around which all other truths
00:38:45.52\00:38:50.88
cluster. In order to be rightly
understood and appreciated
00:38:51.08\00:38:55.57
every truth in the Word of
God from Genesis to Revelation
00:38:55.97\00:39:00.20
must be studied in
the light that streams
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.81
from the cross of Calvary.
00:39:04.01\00:39:06.90
I present before you the
great, grand monument of mercy
00:39:07.30\00:39:11.89
and regeneration,
salvation and redemption:
00:39:12.09\00:39:15.88
the Son of God
uplifted on the cross.
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.15
This is to be the foundation
00:39:19.25\00:39:23.07
of every discourse
given by our ministers. "
00:39:23.27\00:39:29.14
Amen! The
foundation of every discourse.
00:39:29.44\00:39:34.54
Then she speaks here
in the Review and Herald:
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.93
"Several have written to
me inquiring if the message of
00:39:38.13\00:39:40.25
justification by faith
is the third angel's message
00:39:40.45\00:39:43.81
and I have answered: 'It
is the third angel's message
00:39:44.01\00:39:48.22
in verity. ' " The
third angel's message.
00:39:48.32\00:39:51.95
That's the message that we
present over and over again
00:39:52.25\00:39:56.39
to a dying world.
It's the message of the
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.76
three angels, and right in
the heart of it is the cross.
00:39:59.86\00:40:05.29
Right in the
heart of it is Jesus.
00:40:05.63\00:40:09.04
She says here: "The
uplifted Savior is to appear
00:40:09.65\00:40:12.38
in His effacious
work as the Lamb slain,
00:40:12.49\00:40:15.70
sitting upon the throne
to dispense the priceless
00:40:16.00\00:40:19.12
covenant blessings... the
benefits He died to purchase
00:40:19.32\00:40:22.79
for every soul who
should believe on Him.
00:40:23.39\00:40:27.37
John could not express
the words... " she says.
00:40:27.77\00:40:31.88
And she's talking here
about John the Revelator -
00:40:32.18\00:40:35.85
excuse me, I
need a little water -
00:40:36.36\00:40:38.55
from the book of Revelation.
00:40:38.85\00:40:42.38
When we look at the cross
we see a number of things.
00:40:42.68\00:40:46.09
I told him if I started stammer-
ing to bring me some water.
00:40:46.59\00:40:49.57
Where is the water boy?
Oh, here he comes. All right.
00:40:49.97\00:40:53.28
Thanks
Terrance... I appreciate that.
00:40:53.58\00:40:55.66
We usually have a
little stand out here for...
00:40:55.97\00:40:59.40
I don't mean for this to
be a dry sermon... but...
00:40:59.80\00:41:03.86
mmm... but all of a
sudden I needed a drink.
00:41:08.16\00:41:12.01
But you know when
you look at the cross
00:41:12.41\00:41:14.45
you see so many things.
00:41:14.75\00:41:17.24
The apostle Paul say:
"Brethren, when I came to you
00:41:17.65\00:41:20.47
I did not come with
excellency of speech
00:41:20.67\00:41:22.81
or of wisdom declaring
to you the testimony of God
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.99
for I determined not
to know anything among you
00:41:27.29\00:41:30.21
save Jesus Christ
and Him crucified. "
00:41:30.61\00:41:36.53
He said: "For the message
of the cross is foolishness
00:41:36.83\00:41:40.08
to those who are perishing
but to us who are being saved
00:41:40.18\00:41:43.29
it's the power of God. "
00:41:43.49\00:41:47.15
I Corinthians 1:23: "But
we preach Christ crucified:
00:41:47.45\00:41:50.45
to the Jews a
stumbling block, to the Greeks
00:41:50.65\00:41:53.21
foolishness. " And
then he says in verse 25:
00:41:53.41\00:41:56.39
"Because the foolishness of God
00:41:56.59\00:41:58.37
is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger
00:41:58.67\00:42:03.55
than men. " And
then he says: "I glory
00:42:03.75\00:42:07.60
in the cross of Christ. "
00:42:07.90\00:42:10.29
Now there are many
things he could have gloried in.
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.42
He could have gloried in
the pre-existence of Christ
00:42:12.52\00:42:15.40
because Christ
never had a beginning.
00:42:15.60\00:42:17.26
He could have gloried in
the virgin birth of Christ...
00:42:17.86\00:42:21.18
the incarnation. You see,
when Christ came to this earth
00:42:21.58\00:42:25.83
this was not His beginning...
this was the incarnation:
00:42:26.03\00:42:29.29
His coming to this earth.
00:42:29.69\00:42:31.78
He could have gloried
in the teachings of Jesus.
00:42:32.73\00:42:35.15
Nobody ever taught
like Jesus ever taught.
00:42:35.65\00:42:38.48
Love your enemies. What kind
of foreign policy would that be
00:42:38.98\00:42:43.57
today? ISIS is active. Love 'em?
00:42:43.68\00:42:47.99
You know what I'm saying?
00:42:48.29\00:42:50.17
Those are
difficult things to do.
00:42:50.68\00:42:52.83
Love your
enemies. Turn your cheek!
00:42:53.23\00:42:55.63
He could have gloried
in the miracles of Christ.
00:42:56.13\00:43:00.30
Christ would go into cities
and everybody in that whole
00:43:00.50\00:43:04.09
little town would be healed.
00:43:04.19\00:43:05.93
He could have gloried
in that. He fed the 5,000.
00:43:06.53\00:43:09.15
He could have gloried
in the power of Christ.
00:43:09.55\00:43:12.29
He said: "Peace, be
still. " He stilled the waves.
00:43:12.79\00:43:16.99
He could have gloried in that.
00:43:17.49\00:43:18.84
He could have gloried in
the resurrection of Christ
00:43:19.04\00:43:21.33
because it's an empty tomb.
00:43:21.83\00:43:24.74
Christ is not in the tomb.
00:43:25.24\00:43:27.22
That's why if we have a
cross it's an empty cross
00:43:27.72\00:43:32.15
because Christ is
not still on the cross.
00:43:32.35\00:43:34.14
He's off the cross
and the tomb is empty.
00:43:34.44\00:43:38.59
Could have gloried in
the second coming of Christ.
00:43:38.99\00:43:43.14
But he said: "I glory
in the cross of Christ. "
00:43:43.68\00:43:49.47
Because, my
friends, the cross of Christ
00:43:49.67\00:43:54.27
is the focus of salvation.
00:43:54.47\00:43:57.60
That is where it is.
00:43:58.00\00:43:59.49
All those before the cross were
looking forward to the cross.
00:43:59.69\00:44:03.21
All of us who have lived
beyond the cross are looking
00:44:03.51\00:44:06.28
back at the cross. It is
the focal point of history.
00:44:06.48\00:44:10.20
When Hay wrote
his life of Lincoln
00:44:10.60\00:44:13.75
and he was dealing...
He wrote some 5,000 pages
00:44:14.05\00:44:17.50
on the biography of Abraham
Lincoln. And to the events
00:44:17.53\00:44:21.26
surrounding the death of Lincoln
00:44:21.46\00:44:25.20
he wrote only 25 pages.
00:44:25.40\00:44:27.93
One half of the book of John
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.34
one third of the other gospels
00:44:32.64\00:44:35.38
are devoted to
the events surrounding
00:44:35.58\00:44:38.82
the death of Jesus Christ.
00:44:39.02\00:44:41.46
Because He did not
come primarily to live.
00:44:41.86\00:44:44.57
He did not come
primarily to teach.
00:44:44.87\00:44:46.96
He did not come
primarily to perform miracles.
00:44:47.16\00:44:49.57
He came PRIMARILY
to go to the cross
00:44:49.77\00:44:53.94
and to die for you and for me.
00:44:54.44\00:45:00.15
And you know something? He
wants us to accept that gift.
00:45:00.35\00:45:04.39
He wants us to accept His blood.
00:45:04.59\00:45:07.85
And He was amazed, I believe,
00:45:08.45\00:45:13.32
at those who did
because so many didn't.
00:45:13.62\00:45:17.00
When you look at the
experience here in chapter 6,
00:45:17.50\00:45:21.00
you start with verse 60,
you find that there are three
00:45:21.20\00:45:24.45
types of individuals.
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.55
First of all, there were
those who openly defected.
00:45:27.11\00:45:32.25
The Bible says:
"Therefore many of His disciples
00:45:32.75\00:45:36.85
when they heard this, 'This
is a hard saying, ' they said,
00:45:37.05\00:45:40.92
'who can understand it? '
00:45:41.12\00:45:42.27
And when Jesus knew in Himself
that His disciples complained
00:45:42.67\00:45:46.24
about this He said to them:
00:45:46.44\00:45:48.01
'Does this offend you?
00:45:48.21\00:45:49.67
What then if you should
see the Son of Man ascend
00:45:49.87\00:45:53.13
where He was before. It
is the Spirit who gives life;
00:45:53.33\00:45:58.37
the flesh profits nothing.
00:45:58.57\00:46:01.60
The words that I speak to
you are Spirit, ' He says,
00:46:01.90\00:46:04.16
and they are life.
But there are some of you
00:46:04.36\00:46:07.47
who do not believe. '
00:46:07.57\00:46:09.41
Yet from that moment, "
it says that "many of them
00:46:09.71\00:46:14.63
left Him. " And
then that time it says
00:46:15.43\00:46:21.41
verse 66: "Many of His disciples
went back and walked with Him
00:46:21.52\00:46:24.90
no more. " And then
there was a firm determination:
00:46:25.00\00:46:29.10
"Jesus said to the twelve:
'Do you also want to go away? '
00:46:29.40\00:46:33.65
Simon Peter answered Him:
'Lord, to whom shall we go?
00:46:34.05\00:46:37.98
You have the
words of eternal life.
00:46:39.27\00:46:41.90
Also we have come
to believe and to know
00:46:42.20\00:46:46.07
that You are the Christ,
00:46:46.47\00:46:49.07
the Son of the Living God. ' "
00:46:49.38\00:46:52.72
That was the response.
00:46:53.84\00:46:55.95
And Jesus said
00:46:56.45\00:46:58.66
but then there's one
more subtle deception.
00:46:58.86\00:47:02.74
Jesus said: "Did I not choose
you, the 12, and one of you
00:47:03.14\00:47:07.00
is a devil? " He was
talking there about Judas.
00:47:07.10\00:47:11.38
Still walking with the group.
00:47:11.68\00:47:14.23
Still one of the twelve.
00:47:14.43\00:47:16.39
But there was a
deception taking place.
00:47:17.73\00:47:20.63
It would not be long before he
00:47:21.13\00:47:26.27
would be the one
00:47:26.67\00:47:29.03
that would do something
that you would never imagine
00:47:31.05\00:47:35.55
from a disciple.
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.50
By the way, if they'd have
been trying to pick out who
00:47:38.00\00:47:40.95
it would have been then
I don't think a single one
00:47:41.05\00:47:43.96
of them would have chosen Judas.
00:47:44.06\00:47:45.63
He was so trusted that they
allowed him to handle the purse.
00:47:46.03\00:47:50.42
They allowed him
to handle the money...
00:47:50.62\00:47:53.31
they trusted him that much.
00:47:53.51\00:47:54.89
And yet that was
a subtle deception.
00:47:56.38\00:48:00.41
You know, my friend,
we want to make sure...
00:48:00.71\00:48:03.32
we want to make sure that we
00:48:04.38\00:48:08.70
have made that full
commitment to Jesus.
00:48:09.20\00:48:12.01
You know, we may
be in the ministry.
00:48:13.32\00:48:14.67
We may be teaching a
Sabbath School class.
00:48:14.87\00:48:18.12
We may be a youth
leader. We may have been
00:48:18.42\00:48:21.43
born to parents who loved
the Lord and we may have been
00:48:21.63\00:48:24.53
as we say "In the
way" all the time...
00:48:24.93\00:48:27.67
all these years...
00:48:27.97\00:48:29.62
but have we
really ourselves said
00:48:30.02\00:48:34.26
"I want Jesus'
blood to cover me. "
00:48:34.56\00:48:39.11
Me. Not
preaching to somebody else
00:48:39.41\00:48:44.61
but to me.
00:48:45.01\00:48:46.96
You see, we are all sinners.
00:48:47.46\00:48:49.62
We get the idea sometimes
that there's something good
00:48:49.92\00:48:53.69
in some of us. The Bible says:
"There is none righteous...
00:48:53.89\00:48:56.60
no, not one. "
00:48:56.80\00:48:58.28
It doesn't say "There's
none righteous - no, not one.
00:48:58.58\00:49:01.00
Well, maybe Jim
and maybe C.A. but... "
00:49:01.20\00:49:03.49
No... there's none righteous.
00:49:03.99\00:49:06.81
No, not one. What does it mean?
00:49:07.11\00:49:10.61
When you look at Matthew 5
Jesus really expands and tells
00:49:10.91\00:49:15.17
us what sin is.
00:49:15.27\00:49:17.07
You know, I would say
if we look at this group
00:49:18.17\00:49:22.25
we're probably not stealing,
killing, committing adultery.
00:49:22.55\00:49:25.59
We're not doing that.
00:49:25.79\00:49:27.21
But you know
something? Neither was Satan.
00:49:27.61\00:49:30.20
He wasn't doing those things
in heaven but he was a sinner.
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Pride. And sometimes
we're told by the prophet
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it's religious pride.
In fact, that's exactly
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the pride that
the Pharisees had.
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They were good people!
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They were very good
people. I guarantee you that
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the Pharisees would be
officers in any church we have.
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They were faithful!
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They were tithers.
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They kept the Sabbath.
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They believed
everything right about scripture
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and like the rich young ruler
they felt like they had kept
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God's law always. They
were perfect in that sense.
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But there was
still something lacking.
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One thing is they
wanted to earn their way.
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"What good thing might I do? "
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"What work should I do? "
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We still want to be
the one that earns it.
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We want to get there
and have the Lord say: "Man,
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you did a good job. "
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You see: "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant"
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doesn't mean that you
were just so full of yourself
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and so perfect that God just
can't keep you out of heaven.
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That's not what it means.
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It means that
we realize His gift
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and we accepted Him
and we depended upon Him
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and we relied upon Him.
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We were faithful servants...
we were faithful to Him
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in our commitment and in
our trust. 'Cause Matthew 5
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Jesus tells us
all about that sin.
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He says: "You may think that...
that you're good just because
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you're not committing adultery,
but if your harbor evil thoughts
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you're a sinner. "
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He says: "You may think
just because you don't kill your
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neighbor that you haven't
killed, but if you're angry
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with him... " you see.
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And He gives us
a new look at sin
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and it really tells me
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that no matter who I think I am
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or what I think I am
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I am lost without Jesus.
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That His blood
must cover my sins
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always. I've got to be
completely surrendered to Him.
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That doesn't mean that
you're going to be perfect.
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You still may react wrong
when somebody cuts you off
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in traffic. We use that one
'cause that one doesn't touch on
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anybody's toes too badly. But...
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It still... You
may need to know.
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Or when you have a
disagreement in your home.
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And people have disagreements.
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Don't think that that
necessarily means that either
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one of you are sinners. Does
mean that we are living in a
00:52:48.07\00:52:52.57
world of sin where there's
a lot of disagreement. But
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it may mean that you're two
just very opinionated people
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and you may have to ask
each other's forgiveness often.
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And anyone who has been
in a marriage relationship
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for any period of
time knows that happens.
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It is often that people
have to say: "You know, I'm
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sorry. I made a
mistake. Please forgive me. "
00:53:20.84\00:53:24.31
And not just say
it... but mean it.
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Know it from the heart.
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But Jesus says: "I
want to change you. "
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"I want to change you. "
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And He can and He does.
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I read the story of a man
by the name of William Cowper.
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Spelled it Cowper.
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Cowper lived about the
same time that Newton lived
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that wrote Amazing Grace.
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But he was a little younger.
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His circumstances very similar.
00:53:56.85\00:53:58.62
His mother died
when he was young.
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His father was an attorney
and pushed him into studying
00:54:00.63\00:54:03.54
for the law. He did not
really want to be an attorney.
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When it came down to
doing his finals... he had
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finished all of his work...
he had a nervous breakdown.
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It was so
absolutely utterly vivid
00:54:13.49\00:54:18.12
that they had to
put him in an asylum.
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There was a man by the
name of Nathaniel Cotton,
00:54:21.74\00:54:24.56
Dr. Nathaniel Cotton... who
was a Christian physician there.
00:54:24.76\00:54:28.43
He began to talk to
this young man about Jesus...
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about the blood of Jesus.
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He read to him
Romans the third chapter.
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He read to him that
text about the blood of Jesus
00:54:44.27\00:54:49.18
taking away our sins.
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It took a little while, but
this young man began to accept
00:54:52.04\00:54:56.52
Jesus and pretty soon
he was able to be released.
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And they put him in a home
with a family that lived there.
00:55:01.28\00:55:05.77
And this family
were Christian people.
00:55:06.90\00:55:10.85
Dr. Cotton knew them and he
knew he'd be in good care there.
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When he got there, it
wasn't long afterwards that
00:55:16.41\00:55:20.30
the father of that family died.
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And so they moved,
and they moved to a town
00:55:23.90\00:55:29.81
where Newton was the pastor.
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And later on, these two
men wrote hymns together.
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Cowper became so
involved with the Lord,
00:55:42.14\00:55:47.26
he loved Him so much,
he appreciated so much what
00:55:47.56\00:55:52.80
Jesus did on
Calvary and he wrote a song
00:55:53.01\00:55:57.95
that expresses that.
00:55:58.25\00:56:00.58
John Newton and William Cowper
00:56:01.08\00:56:05.68
wrote what's
called The Olney Hymns.
00:56:05.88\00:56:08.21
There are 379 hymns in that.
00:56:08.41\00:56:12.89
Sixty-six of them
were written by Cowper,
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one of which There is a fountain
00:56:16.94\00:56:20.45
filled with blood
drawn from Immanuel's veins.
00:56:20.85\00:56:26.00
And sinners plunged
beneath the flood...
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Father in heaven...
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