I heard the voice of the
Lord saying, Whom shall I send,
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and who will go for us?
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And I said, Here am I; send me.
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Three Angels Broadcasting
Network and the South England
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Conference present
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Well good evening once again.
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Here in Croydon we are
partnering with Three Angels
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Network Broadcasting Company
to present the word of God
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here in the city of London.
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And not only Croydon, but we
have a number of venues of our
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own churches around this area
of London that are presenting
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messages even as
we speak tonight.
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It's good to know that
the church of God is working
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together for one
purpose, and that is to win
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souls for Jesus Christ.
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And so tonight we are really
grateful that at Croydon Church
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we can just be part of
something really big here in
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the South England Conference.
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We're happy to have the 3ABN
team with us, and we're happy
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that we have with us as our
guest speaker, Pastor Lomacang,
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one who is renowned
for his word that comes
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from God, his singing.
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But you will know that
as he presents the message
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to us night after night, that he
is truly someone who loves God,
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and desires to be used
by Him for His service.
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And so as we prepare
ourselves for tonight's message,
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and as we allow the Spirit
of God to truly move upon our
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hearts, that we may be
receptive to the word that God
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would want us to hear.
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Let us pray for our
speaker, that God will use him,
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and that God's will will be
done here in Croydon church.
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Before he comes we're
happy to have our pianist,
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also from 3ABN, Tim Parton
as well, he's gifted in music,
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loves music,
passionate about ministering
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through the gift of piano.
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We welcome you here today as
well, and may God use you now
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as you bless us, and prepare
the tone for Pastor Lomacang.
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Thank you.
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I would love to tell
you what I think of Jesus,
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Since I've found in Him
a friend so kind and true;
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I would tell you how He
changed my life completely.
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He did something that
no other friend could do.
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All my life was full of
sin when Jesus found me,
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And my heart was
full of misery and woe;
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Jesus came and placed
His loving arms around me,
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And He led me in the
way that I should go.
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No one ever cared
for me like Jesus,
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There's no other
friend so kind as He;
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No one else can take the
sin and darkness from me,
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O how much He cared for me.
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No one ever cared
for me like Jesus,
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There's no other
friend so kind as He.
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No one else can take the
sin and darkness from me,
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O how much He cared for me.
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Oh yes, He
cares, I know He cares;
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His heart is
touched with our grief.
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When the days are
weary, the long night dreary,
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I know my Jesus cares.
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Sing that verse with me.
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No one ever cared
for me like Jesus,
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There's no other
friend so kind as He;
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No one else can take the
sin and darkness from me,
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O how much He cared for me.
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O how much He cared for me.
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Wasn't that wonderful? Amen.
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Thank you Tim.
Thank you so much.
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It's so good to be here tonight
on this opening evening of a
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fourteen night series
that really is all about Jesus.
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Can you say Amen? Amen!
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You know, when we get together
and we talk about topics that
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may interest us, if
Jesus is not the center focus
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it's just good information.
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And so tonight we want to thank
the Lord that He's opened this
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door to be here in London,
to connect the United States
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with the United Kingdom.
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And the United States and
the United Kingdom is connected
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to the eternal
kingdom. What do you say?
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Well welcome to our
guests, as well as our friends.
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And we want to take the time
and use it as wisely as we can.
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So bow your heads with me as
I open the word of God tonight.
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Loving Father in Heaven,
this is Your opportunity.
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Take it, Father,
that You may be glorified.
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In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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Tonight the message is
entitled, Jesus, the Way Out.
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What's the title?
Jesus, the Way Out.
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I could conclude easily that
there are people living in this
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community, living in this
country, living in countries
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all around the world, on every
continent, in every condition
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that day by day wants to
find a way out of something,
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whether it is a
difficult situation,
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whether it is declining
health, whether it is a failing
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relationship, or
lack of financial freedom.
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Every day somebody wants to
find a way out of something;
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a way out of prison, a way
out of a difficult situation.
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There is a text tonight I'd like
to use that is the springboard
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that shows us that there
is a way out: Matthew 1:21.
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I'll read in your
hearing Matthew 1:21.
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To me it's one of the
most profound Scriptures in the
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Bible because it talks about
the introduction of the way out.
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When Jesus came into
the world the Bible says:
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What is His name tonight?
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Tonight come with me to
the laboratory where the most
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dangerous chemical agents
known to humanity are devised.
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In a scientific article titled,
The Ten Most Dangerous Chemicals
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In the World, this top ten list
of substances known as killer
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drugs were given the title,
The All Star Team Of Death.
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It was a fascinating article.
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As I read through that I
was amazed that these substances
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are readily available on a
day by day basis to people on a
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common level of life.
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The scientist that compiled this
study said, We've got historical
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poisons that have
claimed the lives of millions
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in a sinister manner.
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But even more frightening than
that, even more frightening than
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the compilation of this list,
is the inescapable fact that
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these, and I
quote, are chemicals that
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might be in your home,
might be in your closets,
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chemical compounds that
you will come in contact with
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during your lifetime; killer
compounds on the top ten list
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of The All Star Team Of Death.
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Let's go ahead and
begin with number ten.
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I'm not going to
go through all ten.
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I'm going to cover about six of
them just to wet your appetite,
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to let you know
that we are living in a
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world that is dangerous.
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Do you agree with that? Yes.
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Maybe I'll ask another question.
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We live in a dangerous world.
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On the top ten list
is one called digoxin.
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Say that with me, di-digoxin.
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A purified extract,
the article writers say,
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of the foxglove plant.
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They also say in proper
quantities, digoxin increases
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the efficiency of the heart.
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Not a bad thing at all.
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If you have a bad
heart you you need digoxin.
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It also helps make
the heart beat stronger.
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If your heart is
weak you need digoxin to
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strengthen your heart.
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It gives you a more
regular heart rhythm.
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Digoxin is also used to
treat atrial fibrillation.
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If your heart is out of rhythm
you get a dose of digoxin,
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and your heart can be
kicked back in rhythm.
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However, you may remember
that I introduced this as
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The Top Ten Most
Amazing Poisons In the World.
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You may not have heard of
digoxin, but you most likely
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heard of a man that's been
described as the angel of death.
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Charles Cullen, a nurse
that used pharmaceutical grade
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digoxin to kill over
forty of his patients.
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This heart healing
compound, when altered,
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can take your life.
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It can heal, but when altered
and used for the wrong purposes,
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it can take your life.
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9. On the list:
hydrogen peroxide.
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Have you heard
about that before?
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If you have say Amen. Amen!
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Most of you have that
in your closets at home.
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Hydrogen peroxide
is practically water,
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with just one more oxygen atom.
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Water is H20,
hydrogen peroxide is H202,
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or just 6% of pure oxygen.
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And most of us have used
hydrogen peroxide in our lives,
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have we not? to maybe pour on a
scar, or a sore, or maybe use to
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clean our counters, or maybe
as a household disinfectant.
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Theoretically you can drink
it and not be harmed by it.
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But try to convince the families
of the fifty-two victims killed
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in 2005, when a rogue forest
detonated a 70% pure hydrogen
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bomb in the London subways
killing fifty-two people.
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Or try to convince the survivors
of more than 80,000 families
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that died in 1945 when a
hydrogen bomb was released
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on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Try to convince them
that hydrogen peroxide
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is not a deadly poison.
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When altered that
which becomes good for you
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can become extremely deadly.
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8. On the list, ethylene glycol.
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Now those of you that have cars,
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you know this as antifreeze.
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Fairly harmless. Used to
keep your vehicle in good,
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cool running condition.
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Yet because of its sweet taste,
the scientists say, it has been
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linked to the death of numerous
animals, that after lapping it
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up they died
within seventy-two hours.
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Ethanol glycolene,
something used for the
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radiators of your car, when
altered and used for the wrong
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purpose, it can take your life.
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Going down to 7. on the list.
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You've heard about this one.
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It's called nicotine.
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What is it called? nicotine.
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Now this is not a health talk.
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It's called nicotine,
a 3% oily compound found
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in every cigarette, but if
altered and taken in a liquid
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form, can cause
your death within hours.
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When altered that which was
harmless in smaller dosages,
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can take your life
in a matter of minutes.
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Number six on the
list is sodium cyanide.
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They say that this a
routine industrial reactant.
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But one false step in
altering this results in
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the smell of almonds.
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And when you
begin to smell almonds,
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you'll be dead within seconds.
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It's often used in gas chambers.
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It was used by the
Hitler army to take the lives of
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millions: sodium cyanide.
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The compilers of this list
conclude that in spite of the
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known dangers to human
life, these all star chemicals
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of death have not
been banned from daily use.
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Now I would say to you, I
can guarantee to you that after
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this brief explanation of
their diabolical impact on human
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survival, that from this
night on you will never look at
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these chemicals the same again.
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Can you say Amen? Amen!
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When you see antifreeze,
or nicotine, or any of these
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list's elements that I've
mentioned, you will never think
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of them on the same level again.
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But allow me to take
you to another level.
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Allow me to take
you a step further.
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If after the meeting tonight
I gave you these chemicals
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to take home for free, I can
almost guarantee you that you
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wouldn't touch it
with a ten foot pole.
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Because you are now aware of
its danger, and the impact on
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your life if it's introduced
into your home, and even more
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than that, if it's ingested
and introduced into your life.
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But follow me carefully, there's
one more deadly compound that
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did not make this
list, but its impact on
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humanity has been recorded.
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Every four seconds a child dies
from this compound, twenty-one
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thousand children a day, over
one million children a year.
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The scientists say that when it
is inhaled it radically alters
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emotions by
unpredictable mood swings.
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That is when it is inhaled.
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When its fumes reach the impulse
center of the brain any number
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of unpredictable, and
uncontrollable behavior follows.
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For example, people
make offensive remarks
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that they later
regret when this is inhaled.
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Others demonstrate
unnatural affection,
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unseen even among animals.
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When inhaled, people
falsely accuse one another,
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others become fierce.
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Scientists have said
people become despisers of those
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that are good, when they simply
inhale this deadly compound.
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Its constant use, they
say, has been linked to an ever
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increasing murder rate.
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Reporters say for no apparent
reason when it is in constant
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use, for no apparent
reason, people just feel
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like killing somebody.
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They become brutal and fierce.
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Laboratory data revealed that in
living environments where this
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is present, where this
complex compound is present,
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it produces
distrust in the community,
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instability in the marriage,
and disrespect among siblings.
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Parents have complained
that when this is used,
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and present in their
home, their children become
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disobedient,
unthankful, and unholy.
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Spouses report the experiences
that they have had when this
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compound was
present in their home.
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They say that their spouses
become unloving, unforgiving,
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and they have a
headstrong disposition.
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But the information continues.
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The impact on
businesses and relationships
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have also been noted.
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Follow me carefully.
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People become covetous, heady,
high-minded, lovers of pleasure,
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lovers of themselves,
lovers of money, boasters,
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proud, and traitors.
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The impact on places of worship
has also been documented.
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Follow me carefully.
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Some are now lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God,
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and they say wherever this
compound is present and inhaled,
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they have a form of Godliness,
but deny the power thereof.
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Now if you are wise at all, you
know by now that I'm not talking
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about a scientific compound.
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I'm talking about sin.
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.65
Come on, say
Amen somebody. Amen!
00:20:22.68\00:20:24.25
Our world has been infected
by a compound called sin
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that has been among human
society for thousands of years,
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and thus far nobody has found
an antidote to get rid of this
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compound called sin.
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So far preachers have preached,
and from the Garden of Eden
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to the present every one
that has risen up against this
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compound has become a victim
of it, because everybody that
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has ever been born has died.
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Researchers have decided to
find out where this came from.
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Inquiries have been made about
the one responsible for this
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deadly effect called sin.
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Listen to what the
Bible says tonight.
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In the book Ezekiel 28:14,
15, notice what the Bible says.
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It will appear on the screen.
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God created a perfect angel.
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What kind of
angel did He create?
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And I say that because some of
us blame God when things go bad,
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and we praise God
when things go good.
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But tonight allow me to
set the record straight.
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God never created sin.
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Somebody ought to say Amen.
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God never created anything
that's deadly to humanity.
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Each one of us, tonight we still
have it, each one of us has the
00:21:54.38\00:21:59.05
freedom to
choose our own destiny.
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But why would
anybody want to choose death?
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It's beyond me. That's
why tonight's topic is,
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.79
Jesus, The Way Out.
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.16
Why would anybody
having two decisions to make:
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life and eternal joy on
one side, and death and eternal
00:22:11.06\00:22:15.96
destruction on the other.
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Why would anybody want
to choose the road to death
00:22:17.37\00:22:19.00
and destruction
when you can have life,
00:22:19.03\00:22:21.10
and have it more abundantly?
00:22:21.14\00:22:23.10
But sin has made
its mark on society.
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You see, the Bible not only
tells about this fallen angel,
00:22:27.18\00:22:30.85
this anointed cherub that
once walked back and forth
00:22:30.88\00:22:33.25
in the presence of God, but
the Bible also gives his name.
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His identity has been revealed.
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Isaiah 14:12, notice with me
there what the Bible describes.
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The Bible says:
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When my wife and I travel,
we've been now on about sixty
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different countries,
various places in these
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different countries.
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Every place we go we
find people that are weak;
00:23:01.88\00:23:05.11
people that have
attitudes and tempers;
00:23:05.15\00:23:08.08
people that are struggling
with sin, and difficulty,
00:23:08.12\00:23:12.15
and hardship; people that
are trying to find ways out of
00:23:12.19\00:23:15.16
their difficult lifestyles;
people that have become
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comfortable with
their addictions.
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Because the Bible says that when
Satan fell his presence was the
00:23:19.93\00:23:24.83
introduction of the nations
of the earth becoming weak.
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And I must say, I would suggest
no matter how successful London
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is, no matter how
financially strong it might be,
00:23:31.77\00:23:35.01
this also has been
affected by this rogue angel.
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Can you say Amen? Amen!
00:23:38.45\00:23:40.12
He weakened the nations.
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You see, when Lucifer became
dissatisfied with his position
00:23:42.65\00:23:45.99
he began a rebellion
in a perfect environment.
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And if a rebellion can
begin in a perfect environment,
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how susceptible are we
in an imperfect environment?
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If a war could begin where
there was never a war before,
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if a rebellion can rise in
an environment completely free
00:24:01.87\00:24:05.87
from sin, how safe are we?
00:24:05.91\00:24:07.84
Notice what John says in
the book of Revelation 12:7-9.
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The Bible says:
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Where? in heaven.
Read that with me.
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.69
And there was
war where? in heaven.
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.65
They did not win.
Come on somebody, say Amen.
00:24:28.36\00:24:30.90
They fought against Michael,
that is Christ, and His angels,
00:24:30.93\00:24:33.94
but they did not prevail.
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What kind of
dragon? great dragon.
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And when you think of all
the people that have died,
00:24:44.05\00:24:45.75
what a dragon he was. He...
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Tonight, walking the streets
of London, are evil angels.
00:25:00.30\00:25:04.80
Tonight breaking into homes,
and marriages, are evil angels.
00:25:04.83\00:25:08.90
Tonight coming to your
children through corrupt music
00:25:08.94\00:25:12.37
and
entertainment are evil angels.
00:25:12.41\00:25:13.78
Come on somebody,
follow me tonight.
00:25:13.81\00:25:15.44
Tonight somebody is going to
be motivated by an evil angel to
00:25:15.48\00:25:18.98
take somebody else's life.
00:25:19.01\00:25:20.35
Tonight somebody's going to
be motivated to lose their mind,
00:25:20.38\00:25:25.15
and snatch another
human life into eternity.
00:25:25.19\00:25:28.16
Tonight this city is
rampant with evil angels.
00:25:28.19\00:25:31.76
But I want to tell you
they're in New York too.
00:25:31.79\00:25:33.40
They are in the Caribbean.
00:25:37.33\00:25:39.53
There are some evil angels
in Trinidad, and in Jamaica.
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They are also in Saint Lucia.
00:25:49.01\00:25:51.55
No matter how
beautiful the Caribbean may be,
00:25:52.81\00:25:56.22
it is infested with evil angels.
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Come on somebody tonight.
00:25:58.49\00:26:00.09
I would suggest to you that
even tonight while we're sitting
00:26:00.12\00:26:03.59
here in this beautiful
sanctuary, evil angels are
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.76
contending for the
attention of our minds.
00:26:06.80\00:26:09.40
Some of us are sitting here
as the words of God are going
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.77
forth our minds are distracted.
00:26:12.80\00:26:14.54
Why? Because evil angels want
nothing more than to keep you
00:26:14.57\00:26:19.01
distracted from hearing
what God wants you to hear.
00:26:19.04\00:26:21.84
A very real battle: parents,
out of control children.
00:26:21.88\00:26:28.08
Why? Because evil angels have
found a way into their minds.
00:26:28.12\00:26:31.35
Evil angels, let me go even a
step further, have found a way
00:26:31.39\00:26:35.82
into our entertainment.
00:26:35.86\00:26:37.53
They're on our televisions.
00:26:37.56\00:26:39.79
They're in the
music we listen to.
00:26:39.83\00:26:42.06
They may be even at work
with us when we go to work
00:26:42.10\00:26:45.00
on Monday morning.
00:26:45.03\00:26:46.37
We might meet
them in a traffic jam.
00:26:46.40\00:26:49.07
They might say something
to us if we drive too fast.
00:26:49.10\00:26:52.71
They might wave at
us in an unusual way
00:26:52.74\00:26:56.08
from another vehicle.
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.45
Evil angels are everywhere.
00:26:57.48\00:26:59.18
Their influences have
been felt ever since Satan
00:26:59.21\00:27:02.22
fell to this earth.
00:27:02.25\00:27:03.59
And I want to say that because
anything you see that's evil
00:27:03.62\00:27:06.65
in the world, God has
nothing to do with it.
00:27:06.69\00:27:09.99
I'm always amazed when
people say, God took my mother,
00:27:11.53\00:27:14.26
like God is some
kind of assassin.
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.67
Or God needed another
angel, so He took my child.
00:27:16.70\00:27:20.94
I'm going to make it
clear tonight that God
00:27:20.97\00:27:23.47
does not kill and bless.
00:27:23.51\00:27:25.14
God is the giver of every
good, and every perfect gift.
00:27:25.17\00:27:30.41
Can the church say Amen? Amen!
00:27:30.45\00:27:32.25
And so if you've come here
tonight to try to figure out
00:27:32.28\00:27:34.32
what's wrong with the
world, let me tell you
00:27:34.35\00:27:35.72
clearly, it is not God.
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.45
It's not His Son Jesus.
00:27:37.49\00:27:39.15
It's this rogue angel called
Satan who came to this earth
00:27:39.19\00:27:42.92
with one, only one aim.
00:27:42.96\00:27:45.66
What he lost his estate his
number one aim is for every one
00:27:46.13\00:27:49.63
of us to lose our estate.
00:27:49.66\00:27:51.10
Tonight God is offering a
way out, but Satan is saying,
00:27:51.13\00:27:54.04
You don't need a way out.
00:27:54.07\00:27:55.40
He even says to some of
us, You don't have to worry
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.71
about eternal life
now; you've got time.
00:27:57.74\00:28:00.14
Let me tell you all the
time you've got is tonight.
00:28:00.18\00:28:03.35
Yesterday is a cancelled check,
tomorrow is a promissory note.
00:28:03.38\00:28:07.65
All the money you've
got is when? tonight.
00:28:07.68\00:28:10.49
The world is in the
condition that it is in because
00:28:10.52\00:28:15.09
this fallen angel,
once named Lucifer,
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.99
he once meant
son of the morning.
00:28:18.03\00:28:19.83
Now he's called Satan.
00:28:19.86\00:28:21.60
That's serpent of
old, called a dragon.
00:28:21.63\00:28:24.07
I've never met anybody
that named their son Lucifer.
00:28:24.10\00:28:28.04
Now don't go
looking on Facebook either.
00:28:29.80\00:28:32.17
Because what it means, it
still means son of the morning,
00:28:33.98\00:28:38.18
but what it became connected
to after his fall was anything
00:28:38.21\00:28:43.49
but an angel of light.
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.35
When Satan was cast to the earth
he looked for others to corrupt,
00:28:45.39\00:28:50.23
but he could not infect man
unless man gave him permission.
00:28:50.26\00:28:54.26
Let's change the scene.
00:28:54.30\00:28:56.23
Another very important
thing to understand is man
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.43
had to open the door.
00:28:59.47\00:29:01.30
We had to do what?
00:29:01.34\00:29:02.67
The Devil cannot
just come into your life.
00:29:02.70\00:29:05.14
He can tempt you, but
you've got to open the door
00:29:05.17\00:29:08.18
for him to come in.
00:29:08.21\00:29:09.54
He can't make you do
anything, unlike this famous
00:29:09.58\00:29:12.21
comedian many years ago...
00:29:12.25\00:29:13.58
Some of you are old enough
to know who I'm talking about.
00:29:13.62\00:29:15.22
Maybe you heard
about him here in London.
00:29:15.25\00:29:17.42
A man by the
name of Flip Wilson.
00:29:17.45\00:29:18.82
Years ago he would say,
The Devil made me do it.
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.02
The Devil can't
make you do anything.
00:29:21.06\00:29:22.66
You've got to yield.
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.03
You've got to open the
door to let him come in.
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.10
When Satan was cast to the earth
he looked for others to infect,
00:29:27.13\00:29:31.87
but he could not infect
them without their permission.
00:29:31.90\00:29:34.50
Another very important thing to
understand, as I transition...
00:29:34.54\00:29:37.74
I'm going to read a text in
Romans 6:23 in just a moment
00:29:37.77\00:29:41.11
that will lay the foundation.
00:29:41.14\00:29:42.48
A very important thing to
understand is that Adam and Eve
00:29:42.51\00:29:46.21
were not created
inherently immortal.
00:29:46.25\00:29:49.92
When God created our father and
our mother thousands of years
00:29:49.95\00:29:55.19
ago, Adam did not
possess immortality.
00:29:55.22\00:29:58.06
Neither did Eve. If
they possessed immortality
00:29:58.09\00:30:01.00
they could not have died.
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.36
Immortality would be a
gift based on their willingness
00:30:02.40\00:30:08.14
to yield to God's instruction.
00:30:08.17\00:30:11.14
God did not give
them immortality.
00:30:11.17\00:30:13.24
The only way that they were
sustained, they were sustained
00:30:13.27\00:30:16.04
by their continued
access to the tree of life
00:30:16.08\00:30:18.68
placed in the Garden of Eden.
00:30:18.71\00:30:20.18
That's why when man fell
God barred the Garden of Eden.
00:30:20.22\00:30:23.72
He barred the tree of life.
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.32
But before God would
give the gift of eternal life
00:30:25.35\00:30:28.72
He had to test them.
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.16
Look at Romans 6:23.
00:30:30.19\00:30:32.56
You know it by heart,
but listen to it carefully.
00:30:32.59\00:30:35.13
The Bible says, together:
00:30:35.16\00:30:37.43
Only two choices,
only two destinations,
00:30:46.37\00:30:49.14
only two directions.
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.51
In the Garden of Eden God would
have given Adam and Eve eternal
00:30:50.55\00:30:53.31
life, but they had
to endure the test.
00:30:53.35\00:30:55.48
And the reason is very clear.
00:30:55.52\00:30:56.99
When the world was created
Satan was cast to the earth
00:30:57.02\00:31:00.66
in the midst of this creation.
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.02
He made his choice.
00:31:02.06\00:31:04.13
You see, if God... I've
often thought about this.
00:31:04.16\00:31:07.73
Sometimes I wish God got rid
of the Devil in the beginning.
00:31:07.76\00:31:11.17
Come on, anybody else? Yes.
00:31:11.20\00:31:12.53
Some times I wish that, you
know, if I were God I would have
00:31:12.57\00:31:15.67
said, Let's just
deal with this now.
00:31:15.70\00:31:18.17
And since I am God I can clear
the memory of all the angels,
00:31:18.21\00:31:21.28
so they won't know.
00:31:21.31\00:31:22.64
God could have gotten rid
of Satan in the very beginning,
00:31:22.68\00:31:25.38
but we would never
have served God out of love,
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.88
we would serve God out of fear.
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.49
Because somewhere along the way
the news would have gotten out.
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.56
God got rid of Satan.
00:31:33.59\00:31:35.66
You'd better stand in
line or you might be next.
00:31:35.69\00:31:39.96
God does not want us
to serve Him out of fear.
00:31:40.00\00:31:44.93
God wants us to serve
Him out of what? out of love.
00:31:44.97\00:31:48.30
God cautioned Adam of
sin and its consequences.
00:31:48.34\00:31:53.61
Go with me now to Genesis
2, if you have your Bibles.
00:31:53.64\00:31:55.88
If not it will
appear on the screen.
00:31:55.91\00:31:58.15
God cautioned Adam of
sin and its consequences
00:31:58.18\00:32:02.15
if he chose to disobey.
00:32:02.18\00:32:04.25
Genesis 2:16,
17. The Bible says:
00:32:04.29\00:32:08.62
Of how many trees?
00:32:11.59\00:32:12.93
There was no doubt.
00:32:28.24\00:32:29.58
God made it very abundantly
clear that when you touch this
00:32:29.61\00:32:34.02
high voltage fence
you're going to die.
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.18
You can take the sign off
of the high voltage fence;
00:32:36.22\00:32:39.05
you're going to die anyhow.
00:32:39.09\00:32:40.42
God said to Adam,
You're going to die.
00:32:40.46\00:32:43.36
And what I want to
emphasize about this text,
00:32:43.39\00:32:46.09
God gave Adam
access to everything.
00:32:46.13\00:32:49.56
You know, sometimes people
meet those that follow the Lord,
00:32:49.60\00:32:52.27
and they say, Is
there anything you can do?
00:32:52.30\00:32:53.90
I want to tell you, I
can do a whole lot in Jesus.
00:32:53.94\00:32:56.67
Come on, say
Amen tonight somebody.
00:32:56.71\00:32:58.97
There's a whole lot that you
can do without feeling guilty,
00:32:59.01\00:33:02.28
without feeling
that you have disobeyed,
00:33:02.31\00:33:04.65
or have gone in
the wrong direction.
00:33:04.68\00:33:06.61
The Lord gave Adam
and Eve access to every
00:33:06.65\00:33:10.05
tree of the garden.
00:33:10.09\00:33:11.42
How many trees?
every tree but one.
00:33:11.45\00:33:14.36
If I said to you, You
can have every car in that
00:33:14.39\00:33:17.43
dealership but one,
would you be satisfied? Yes.
00:33:17.46\00:33:20.00
Somebody's listening tonight.
00:33:20.03\00:33:23.50
If I said you could
have every house in the
00:33:25.63\00:33:28.04
neighborhood except one,
would you be satisfied? Yes.
00:33:28.07\00:33:31.31
If I took you to the bank
and said, You can have all
00:33:31.34\00:33:33.51
the money in the bank.
00:33:33.54\00:33:34.88
Just leave one pound for me.
00:33:34.91\00:33:36.24
Would you be satisfied? Yes.
00:33:36.28\00:33:37.61
But God did
something more than that.
00:33:37.65\00:33:39.68
See when we think about dollars
and cents it starts to click.
00:33:39.71\00:33:41.82
God did
something more than that.
00:33:41.85\00:33:43.69
God said to Adam and
Eve, You can have every
00:33:43.72\00:33:45.85
tree in the garden.
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.22
And the caveat was, if
you just accept My conditions
00:33:47.26\00:33:51.36
to obedience, I'll
increase the gifts.
00:33:51.39\00:33:55.00
I'll not only give you
access to the tree of life,
00:33:55.03\00:33:57.27
but you'll also
have eternal life.
00:33:57.30\00:33:58.83
I am looking forward to the day
when nobody will ever die again.
00:33:58.87\00:34:02.84
What about you? Amen!
00:34:02.87\00:34:04.77
But Adam decided, in verse 17,
But of the tree of the knowledge
00:34:04.81\00:34:10.21
of good and evil, you shall not
eat of it: for in the day you
00:34:10.25\00:34:12.88
eat of it you
shall what? surely die.
00:34:12.91\00:34:15.55
So Adam knew. God said
clearly, when you eat of it
00:34:15.58\00:34:18.19
you're going to die.
00:34:18.22\00:34:19.55
You see, the fact of the matter
is nobody chooses to go in the
00:34:19.59\00:34:23.39
wrong direction without
knowing the consequences.
00:34:23.43\00:34:26.33
Everybody has an idea
that something can go wrong,
00:34:26.36\00:34:30.57
but you know
what the problem is?
00:34:30.60\00:34:31.93
People don't believe that
they're going to be the ones
00:34:31.97\00:34:33.80
that are going to get caught.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.17
Am I telling the truth? Amen.
00:34:36.50\00:34:38.54
People take drugs and they say,
Well I won't be the one to die.
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.38
I can tell you stories, numerous
stories of people that decided,
00:34:41.41\00:34:44.68
I'll just try it once.
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.35
And they are no longer with us.
00:34:47.02\00:34:48.68
I'll just try it once.
00:34:48.72\00:34:50.62
Friends have suggested...
00:34:50.65\00:34:51.99
I remember growing up in New
York City, growing up, and I was
00:34:52.02\00:34:54.66
down in the south where
I was sitting in the car,
00:34:54.69\00:34:56.83
and the windows were closed.
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19
And three of the young
men were trying to get me
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.50
to smoke marijuana.
00:35:00.53\00:35:01.86
And the windows were
rolled up, and the car
00:35:01.90\00:35:03.47
was very, very smoky.
00:35:03.50\00:35:04.83
And they said, Just try it!
00:35:04.87\00:35:06.20
And I said, I'm
not going to try it.
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.57
I refuse to inhale that thing.
00:35:10.11\00:35:13.91
I'm in a car filled with smoke.
00:35:15.58\00:35:17.81
I refused to put it to my
mouth, but I was breathing
00:35:17.85\00:35:21.68
the very atmosphere.
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.05
Follow me carefully.
00:35:23.08\00:35:24.42
You don't have to
partake of sin to be affected
00:35:24.45\00:35:28.02
by its very atmosphere.
00:35:28.06\00:35:29.39
It's all around us.
00:35:29.42\00:35:30.93
We're breathing it day by day.
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.86
It's hard to walk
down the street sometimes,
00:35:32.89\00:35:35.63
or look at a television
program, or walk past a store,
00:35:35.66\00:35:38.73
or be in the mall without
hearing something that is
00:35:38.77\00:35:40.87
willingly leading you
in the wrong direction.
00:35:40.90\00:35:43.10
But the fact of the
matter is Satan couldn't go
00:35:44.84\00:35:46.57
after Adam and Eve.
00:35:46.61\00:35:47.94
He couldn't run after
Adam and Eve and say, Hey,
00:35:47.98\00:35:49.44
let me make a suggestion.
00:35:49.48\00:35:50.81
Adam and Eve had
to go where he was.
00:35:50.85\00:35:52.75
God limited this rogue angel to
just one location, Genesis 3:1,
00:35:52.78\00:35:58.45
but notice what He did.
00:35:58.49\00:36:00.12
When Adam and Eve questioned
God's word, the next thing they
00:36:00.16\00:36:03.12
did was to test God's word.
00:36:03.16\00:36:04.79
Eve decided to stray away,
and put God's word to the test.
00:36:04.83\00:36:08.66
Notice how the Devil was
waiting for this bewildered,
00:36:08.70\00:36:12.97
and questioning
young woman. He said:
00:36:13.00\00:36:15.07
Can you imagine having a
conversation with the Devil,
00:36:23.55\00:36:25.91
not even
knowing that it was him?
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.78
The beautiful
serpent, glistening in the sun,
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.95
he said to her:
00:36:30.99\00:36:32.32
Did God really say
that you can't eat of every
00:36:35.82\00:36:38.79
tree of the garden?
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.16
Notice how he
began to twist that.
00:36:40.20\00:36:41.53
God said they could, but he
said, Did God say you couldn't?
00:36:41.56\00:36:44.87
He began to suggest
that God wasn't really fair.
00:36:44.90\00:36:48.50
But the conversation
continues, verse 2 and 3.
00:36:48.54\00:36:51.87
God didn't say
you'll die if you touch it.
00:37:10.03\00:37:13.70
God said, Don't eat of it.
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.20
You see, you might
touch a bottle of alcohol,
00:37:15.23\00:37:20.30
but don't drink it.
00:37:20.34\00:37:21.67
You might pick up a corrupt
movie, but don't watch it.
00:37:21.70\00:37:26.47
You might buy a packet of
cigarettes, but don't smoke it.
00:37:26.51\00:37:30.35
Let me reverse
it, don't even buy it.
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.11
You may be exposed to the
temptation, but as long as you
00:37:33.15\00:37:37.02
don't partake,
you're still on safe ground.
00:37:37.05\00:37:41.32
But I want you
to notice something;
00:37:41.36\00:37:43.06
how Satan introduced
the first lie by reversing
00:37:44.56\00:37:47.86
what God had said.
00:37:47.90\00:37:49.23
What did he say?
Repeat that with me.
00:37:52.70\00:37:54.37
Come on, was he a liar? Yes.
00:37:58.81\00:38:00.61
Is he a liar? Yes. Was
he telling the truth? No.
00:38:00.64\00:38:03.85
Was he lying? Yes.
Was he being honest? No.
00:38:03.88\00:38:07.15
Was he being slightly honest?
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.79
Was he being slightly?
00:38:11.29\00:38:12.82
There's no such
thing as slight honesty.
00:38:14.62\00:38:16.99
There's no such
thing as a white lie.
00:38:17.03\00:38:19.63
It's either the
truth or it's a lie.
00:38:19.66\00:38:21.00
Come on, say Amen.
00:38:21.03\00:38:22.36
You can't be slightly honest.
00:38:22.40\00:38:24.00
You've got to be
honest or not at all.
00:38:24.03\00:38:26.43
He decided to
reverse what God had said.
00:38:26.47\00:38:31.01
And once he planted the
first lie, he followed it
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.01
up with another lie.
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.38
Notice verse 5. Notice verse 5.
00:38:35.41\00:38:38.71
Then he began. He
continues his attack. He said:
00:38:38.75\00:38:41.82
Was he telling the truth?
00:38:50.39\00:38:52.09
Now one thing he was
right about was when you sin
00:38:53.96\00:38:56.60
your eyes will be opened.
00:38:56.63\00:38:58.10
There's some things I've
seen I wish I'd never seen.
00:38:58.13\00:39:01.44
Come on, anybody else?
00:39:01.47\00:39:02.80
There's some things that we
have seen with our eyes that
00:39:02.84\00:39:06.21
many, many decades can pass,
and every now and then they
00:39:06.24\00:39:09.68
flash their evil cells in our
minds, even while we're praying.
00:39:09.71\00:39:13.21
Am I telling the truth?
00:39:13.25\00:39:14.58
Sometimes we hear a Christian
song, and all of a sudden we
00:39:14.62\00:39:17.52
find ourselves in the midst
of a sermon humming something
00:39:17.55\00:39:20.26
we have never heard
before played in church.
00:39:20.29\00:39:21.92
And we wonder,
where did that come from?
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.29
And we tie it back to the days
when we walked with the world.
00:39:23.32\00:39:26.59
There are things we've
seen, and things we've heard
00:39:26.63\00:39:29.43
that we wish we'd
never seen or heard before.
00:39:29.46\00:39:31.47
He said, Your
eyes will be opened.
00:39:31.50\00:39:34.07
And look at verse
6. And look at verse 6.
00:39:34.10\00:39:36.87
And so they took the plunge.
00:39:36.91\00:39:38.77
Adam and Eve had an
afternoon meal at our expense.
00:39:38.81\00:39:41.44
But let me pause by
saying that everything that
00:39:47.32\00:39:49.15
looks good is not good.
00:39:49.18\00:39:50.52
I can't do this for
too long. I'm on the clock.
00:39:56.73\00:40:00.10
Everything that looks
good, brethren, ain't good.
00:40:00.13\00:40:03.50
She might look good,
but she ain't your wife.
00:40:06.30\00:40:08.40
Leave her alone. Amen!
00:40:08.44\00:40:10.54
Amen lights. It
was good for food.
00:40:10.57\00:40:14.24
My brother earlier just
said, What did he call it?
00:40:14.28\00:40:17.85
The products of mass production.
00:40:17.88\00:40:21.85
And some of us
fall into that category,
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.99
because it looks good for food.
00:40:24.02\00:40:25.75
It was pleasant to the eyes.
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.42
I wonder what it
tastes like? she said.
00:40:28.46\00:40:30.43
If I ate of this would I
be smarter than I was before?
00:40:34.06\00:40:37.37
You know, sometimes I
think about the conditions here,
00:40:43.41\00:40:45.47
because Eve was deceived.
00:40:45.51\00:40:47.11
The Bible made
it very, very clear.
00:40:47.14\00:40:48.48
She did not walk into
this with her eyes wide open.
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.41
Satan cleverly deceived her.
00:40:51.45\00:40:54.12
We are told she was deceived.
00:40:54.15\00:40:56.22
But Adam was not deceived.
00:40:56.25\00:40:57.95
Adam was told by God that
when you eat of it you will die.
00:40:57.99\00:41:01.52
But here's where the problem
came in, his love for her
00:41:01.56\00:41:05.49
was greater than
his love for God.
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.40
Anytime anybody
takes the place of God,
00:41:07.43\00:41:10.67
you are on the same
ground that Adam was on.
00:41:10.70\00:41:13.30
Your eyes will be opened,
but you might see what God never
00:41:13.34\00:41:17.01
intended for you to see.
00:41:17.04\00:41:19.14
Eve was deceived, but Adam
opened the door, as Paul says
00:41:19.17\00:41:24.45
in Romans 5:12.
Notice this together.
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.95
We are learning tonight.
00:41:27.68\00:41:29.02
Notice this
together. The Bible says:
00:41:29.05\00:41:30.45
How many men? How many men?
00:41:32.19\00:41:35.06
How many of us?
00:41:43.90\00:41:45.23
Now, let me quality
this very carefully.
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.97
When a baby is born, a
baby is born not as a sinner,
00:41:51.01\00:41:55.31
a baby is born
with a sin nature.
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.81
If you don't believe
it, miss their feeding time.
00:41:57.85\00:42:01.12
One doctor once said that
the reason why God allows babies
00:42:03.42\00:42:06.32
to be born small is, he said,
Can you imagine what will happen
00:42:06.35\00:42:09.62
if your baby was 150 pounds,
and you missed his feeding time?
00:42:09.66\00:42:13.29
He will pin his
mother against the wall.
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.26
I told you to feed me.
00:42:15.30\00:42:16.73
They are born young
because they need to
00:42:18.70\00:42:21.00
be molded and guided.
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.57
They are uncouth in every
particular because they have
00:42:22.60\00:42:26.17
received what Adam gave them.
00:42:26.21\00:42:28.51
Death spread to all
because all have sinned.
00:42:28.54\00:42:32.38
They were born
with the wrong nature.
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.15
They were born
alienated from God.
00:42:34.18\00:42:37.32
Sometimes we see babies, and my
wife and I don't have children.
00:42:37.35\00:42:40.79
We have sheep. We've
had sheep all of our lives.
00:42:40.82\00:42:43.46
We've pastored
churches all of our lives.
00:42:43.49\00:42:45.39
Do you get what
I'm talking about?
00:42:45.43\00:42:46.76
We've got sheep; no children.
00:42:46.80\00:42:48.13
And sometimes I say, I wish I
had kids until I see one act up,
00:42:48.16\00:42:51.47
and I say, Lord, I'm so
glad I don't have a kid.
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.40
The nature in the
child must be molded.
00:42:56.20\00:42:59.84
That's why Paul, when he
says, When I became a man,
00:42:59.87\00:43:02.64
I put away childish things.
00:43:02.68\00:43:04.68
There's some grownup
children still today.
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.78
They may be old chronologically,
but they want to
00:43:07.82\00:43:10.42
have their own way.
00:43:10.45\00:43:11.79
They have the
mentality of a child.
00:43:11.82\00:43:13.52
Because all have sinned.
00:43:13.56\00:43:15.99
They still think
like their Daddy, Adam.
00:43:16.02\00:43:19.06
When Adam sinned, a mortal
plague was released on humanity,
00:43:19.09\00:43:22.76
because death spread to all men.
00:43:22.80\00:43:25.40
And something happened
that man never expected,
00:43:25.43\00:43:28.64
and God never intended.
00:43:28.67\00:43:30.07
Look at Genesis
3:7, 8. The Bible says:
00:43:30.11\00:43:33.91
Now they were
naked before they sinned.
00:43:40.18\00:43:41.95
It was no problem.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.32
When they fell into sin
they lost a covering that
00:43:43.35\00:43:45.65
God had given to them.
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.02
Their nakedness was
covered by the glory of God.
00:43:47.06\00:43:49.42
That's why ever since man sinned
all of us need to wear clothes.
00:43:49.46\00:43:53.33
I don't know if you agree with
me or not, but think about it.
00:43:55.46\00:43:59.30
What did they do? They what?
00:44:12.81\00:44:14.38
They hid themselves.
00:44:20.16\00:44:21.69
Is there any place
that we can hide from God?
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.73
Anybody here know how to
hide from God, let me know.
00:44:24.76\00:44:29.06
There's no place
hidden from the sight of God.
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.30
David said, If I go to
the uttermost parts of the
00:44:33.34\00:44:35.00
earth You are there, if I
go to the depths of the sea,
00:44:35.04\00:44:36.54
if I go to the
grave You are there.
00:44:36.57\00:44:37.91
There's no place that
they can hide from God.
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.18
But the symptoms of sin
is this: it causes us to hide
00:44:40.21\00:44:44.78
when we know
that we have sinned.
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.72
When I don't see
church members come to church,
00:44:46.75\00:44:49.05
I know something's wrong.
00:44:49.08\00:44:50.42
And I go visit them and they
say, Well, you know, I hadn't
00:44:50.45\00:44:52.89
been going very well.
00:44:52.92\00:44:54.26
And sin always
results in us trying to hide.
00:44:54.29\00:44:56.83
But the other thing it
does, it causes us to do
00:44:56.86\00:45:00.10
as Adam and Eve did.
00:45:00.13\00:45:01.46
They sewed fig leaves together.
00:45:01.50\00:45:05.30
They looked for a substitute
of what God already gave them.
00:45:05.33\00:45:09.94
You know what sin is?
00:45:09.97\00:45:11.97
Sin is a substitute of the real
thing that belongs only to God.
00:45:12.01\00:45:16.88
I mean think about it.
00:45:18.51\00:45:19.85
One of the reasons why people
are addicted is because they're
00:45:19.88\00:45:22.25
looking for satisfaction.
00:45:22.28\00:45:23.65
And no drug can satisfy.
00:45:23.69\00:45:26.22
No illicit life can satisfy.
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.72
Only Jesus can satisfy.
00:45:27.76\00:45:29.32
What do you say? We can
only find satisfaction in Jesus.
00:45:29.36\00:45:32.56
I'm talking to Christians that
I hope know that for a fact.
00:45:32.59\00:45:35.16
We can only find satisfaction
in Jesus, not on our I-phones,
00:45:35.20\00:45:41.00
and Facebook, uh huh.
00:45:41.04\00:45:46.07
But our world has so
messed with our minds,
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.75
our world has so grabbed the
attention that belongs to God,
00:45:50.78\00:45:55.78
that sometimes we can hear
the truth plainly communicated,
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.55
and think to
ourselves, Is that so?
00:45:59.59\00:46:02.02
Do I really have joy in Jesus?
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.93
I want to say this again.
00:46:04.96\00:46:06.29
There's only
one that's original.
00:46:06.33\00:46:08.26
His name is Jesus.
00:46:08.30\00:46:09.63
There is no real
lasting joy outside of what
00:46:09.66\00:46:12.23
only God offers us.
00:46:12.27\00:46:13.94
They sewed fig leaves together.
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.00
And what did God do?
00:46:16.04\00:46:17.37
He pronounced
judgment on their actions,
00:46:17.41\00:46:18.94
and they lost His blessings.
00:46:18.97\00:46:20.84
Let's go quickly
to Genesis 3: 16.
00:46:20.88\00:46:23.31
Notice what God said to Eve.
00:46:23.35\00:46:24.68
That's why women today,
every time a baby is born,
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.73
and you're in pain, that's
the result of Eve's disobedience
00:46:38.76\00:46:42.36
to God's clearly
articulated will.
00:46:42.40\00:46:45.77
He said there's
some consequence.
00:46:45.80\00:46:48.20
There's always a consequence
to walking away from God's
00:46:48.24\00:46:52.07
proscribed manner of living.
00:46:52.11\00:46:53.61
What did He say to Adam?
00:46:53.64\00:46:55.24
Genesis 3:19, He said:
00:46:55.28\00:46:58.68
A little more than a year ago,
I believe it was, my wife and I
00:47:08.99\00:47:12.09
were in Dubai, a massive,
opulent city filled with very
00:47:12.13\00:47:17.33
wealthy people, wealthy people.
00:47:17.37\00:47:20.64
The cars, the police cars
are Lamborghini's and Ferrari's.
00:47:20.67\00:47:24.71
Wealthy people.
Money is like water.
00:47:24.74\00:47:29.54
The only thing they want to
do is build something bigger
00:47:29.58\00:47:33.01
than what they've already built.
00:47:33.05\00:47:34.38
Seven star hotels, rooms laden
by gold, mirrors plated by gold,
00:47:34.42\00:47:41.39
seven stars; beautiful!
00:47:41.42\00:47:44.09
But what I found out about that
society was very interesting.
00:47:44.13\00:47:46.53
They said that no matter how
wealthy you are, when you die,
00:47:46.56\00:47:49.30
what they do is they take
you, they wrap you in a shroud,
00:47:49.33\00:47:52.57
take you out to the desert, dig
a hole, put you in it and say,
00:47:52.60\00:48:01.21
See ya! Wouldn't want
to be ya! and walk away.
00:48:01.24\00:48:06.05
No pomp and circumstance,
no major long train
00:48:06.08\00:48:10.02
like we do in America.
00:48:10.05\00:48:11.39
When somebody dies in the
U.K. they have long trains,
00:48:11.42\00:48:15.86
and they talk about
their wealth and all they did.
00:48:15.89\00:48:17.79
When you die in Dubai they wrap
you up, take you to the desert,
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.16
and in a matter of
windy days nobody even knows
00:48:21.20\00:48:23.43
where you were buried.
00:48:23.47\00:48:24.80
All the... From dust you
are, to dust you shall return.
00:48:24.83\00:48:30.31
That's why I'm so thankful that
God always gives us an answer
00:48:30.34\00:48:34.84
out from that
which is inevitable.
00:48:34.88\00:48:37.05
But I want to point out clearly,
Adam not only affected himself
00:48:37.08\00:48:41.08
and his standing with God, he
impacted every child that would
00:48:41.12\00:48:44.22
ever be born on earth.
00:48:44.25\00:48:45.59
His DNA of sin would
always produce the same results.
00:48:45.62\00:48:49.42
Notice Genesis
5:5. The Bible says:
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Do you know anybody that
lived 930 years in your family?
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And when the Bible
says, As in Adam all die,
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notice very carefully, Adam
lived to be 930, his descendents
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912, Enos 905, Mahalaleel
895, Methuselah lived to be 969.
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Noah lived to be
950, but it began to drop.
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Shem lived to be 600 years old.
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His descendents to
200, and Nahor to 148,
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until David the
psalmist says in Psalm 90:10,
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Can somebody say Amen?
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If you make it beyond
seventy, you'd better pray
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that you have some good life.
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That's why the health
messages every night are
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going to be significant.
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If you want abundant life,
you've got to prepare yourself
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to be alive beyond eighty.
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Nobody knows whatever
happened to so and so?
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They're gone. They're
in the cemetery somewhere.
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Nobody knows where they are.
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Their names are
forgotten, taken from the rolls.
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They become just a
statistic popping in our minds
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every now and then.
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But as I wind up tonight there
is one verse that I reserve for
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this point in the
message, Genesis 3:9.
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Listen carefully. To me this is
the apex verse of the title of
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the message, Jesus, the Way Out.
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When Adam and Eve
sinned, the Bible says:
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At the darkest moment in the
life of Adam and Eve God could
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have said, I know where they
are, but I'm not going to get
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involved in that at all.
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But at the darkest moment in
their lives the good news about
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the love of God is He
does not leave us where we are.
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He comes looking for us.
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Somebody say Amen. Amen!
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You see, tonight you can find
a way out because God does not
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leave you in your transgression.
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He does not leave you
in your disappointment.
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He does not leave
you in your failure.
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He does not leave
us in our brokenness.
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He came to Adam and
said, Where are you?
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He was not asking for
a geographical location,
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He was asking for the
condition of Adam's heart.
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Adam where are you?
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And tonight God is
concerned about the
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condition of your life.
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God is concerned
about the pain you face,
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the disappointment you
have, the loss in your family.
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God is concerned about
the things you've done,
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the
transgression that haunts you,
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the failures that you
experience. God is concerned.
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We begin this series by saying,
In Jesus there is a way out,
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no matter what you're in.
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Somebody ought
to say Amen. Amen!
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That's why God sent His Son
at the darkest hour to rescue
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and show Adam
and Eve the way out.
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Oh the text of the
night, John 3:16, 17.
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I'm looking forward to tomorrow
night, and the night after that.
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We're going to
build on this foundation.
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We're just
laying the foundation.
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We're just
laying the cement slab.
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And the cement slab is
solid, because its about Jesus.
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He is the foundation that
nobody else can lay but Himself.
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John 3:16, the Bible says:
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But I love verse 17.
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Oh thank God
for His love for us!
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For God sent His Son to
New York, and to London,
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and to Chicago, and to Dubai.
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God sent His Son
into the drug houses,
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into the places of ill repute.
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God sent His Son to
the broken families.
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God sent His Son into
the failed relationships.
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God sent His Son
into the broken marriages.
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Anybody tonight
need salvation in Jesus?
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You received a card
when you came in tonight.
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Let me ask you a few
questions very carefully.
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Take that card out very
quickly that you received
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when you came tonight.
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It's on the front pew.
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Just pick it up very carefully.
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Follow it very carefully.
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I want you to fill this
out because we have something
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to give to you
as a result of that.
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But I want you to just
give me some answers about
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what this topic was tonight.
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Tonight the
topic was clear to me.
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If that's the case just check
yes, the topic was clear to me.
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But 2. If you would
like additional information
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on this topic, just
put a check mark next to 2.
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Yes, I'd like to
know more about it.
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And by the way, tonight when you
leave you'll receive a handout
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on the topic
that I just covered.
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You will receive an
outline to make it even clearer.
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3. It is my intention
to go to the right side,
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my intention to accept Christ's
invitation to follow Him.
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You only have two
choices: life and blessings,
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death and cursings.
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I pray that your choice is yes.
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And finally, 4. I would like
a visit to discuss my decision.
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And if that's your desire,
let me end by saying this:
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Sin and Satan are on the team of
death, but Jesus will always be
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the champion of life.
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Sin let us in, but Jesus will
lead us out. What do you say?
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You see, Jesus came down
so that one day we can go up.
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Jesus walked our road so that
one day we can walk His road.
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Hear me carefully.
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He was arrested so
that we can be set free.
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He was declared guilty that one
day we can be declared innocent.
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He was condemned so
that we can be pardoned.
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He was treated as a
criminal so that we can be
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treated as royalty.
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Somebody ought to
say Amen tonight. Amen!
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This not a common language.
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This is not a common matter.
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But we've heard it for so long
that sometimes it bounces off
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of us as though the good
news has found a Teflon surface,
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and can no longer
penetrate our hearts.
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He was stripped
that we can be covered.
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He wore our thorns that one
day we could wear His crown.
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Just think on that!
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He suffered the shame of death
so that one day we can share
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the glory of His life.
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I am so glad that Jesus
came to show us the way out.
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Friends, the good news is this:
one day sin will be irradiated.
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Can somebody say Amen? Amen!
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Death one day
will be terminated,
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pain will be eliminated,
sorrow will be terminated,
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war will be assassinated,
hate will be obliterated,
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sinners will be extricated,
life will be celebrated,
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Satan will be
annihilated, and Jesus will
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forever be vindicated.
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Tonight Jesus is the way out.
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I've come to give
you Jesus tonight.
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But I want to pray for you
this evening, because we're just
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beginning the series.
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We're just
laying the foundation.
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We want to leave here knowing
tonight that as we leave this
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place we know we have
not left the presence of God.
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If your desire is to find a
way out, whatever you may be in.
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If your desire tonight is to
find a way out, I want you to
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to bow your heads with me as we
go before the only God who can
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lead us out of the worst
predicament that man has ever
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been in, and that is
the predicament of sin.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Father in Heaven, we thank
You for your Son Jesus Christ.
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We thank You for the life that
we find in Him, and Him alone.
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We thank You for the joy and the
freedom that He alone can give.
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And in this great
city, this great metropolis,
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there is someone tonight
that wants to find a way out.
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But they don't know that there
is even a way out available.
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May we go forth with this good
news, and shine as lights amid
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this dark city,
proclaiming freedom and liberty
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found only in Jesus.
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And finally one day we
too, ourselves will experience
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the joy of eternal life.
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We thank You Lord
Jesus tonight that You are,
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and always will be the way out.
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In Jesus' name we
pray, Amen, and Amen.
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