London 2016

Jesus: The Way Out

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

Program transcript

Participants: Pr. Richard Daly (Host), Pr. John Lomacang

Series Code: 16LON

00:10 I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send,
00:14 and who will go for us?
00:16 And I said, Here am I; send me.
00:34 Three Angels Broadcasting Network and the South England
00:37 Conference present
00:43 Well good evening once again.
00:45 Here in Croydon we are partnering with Three Angels
00:50 Network Broadcasting Company to present the word of God
00:55 here in the city of London.
00:58 And not only Croydon, but we have a number of venues of our
01:03 own churches around this area of London that are presenting
01:09 messages even as we speak tonight.
01:12 It's good to know that the church of God is working
01:16 together for one purpose, and that is to win
01:20 souls for Jesus Christ.
01:22 And so tonight we are really grateful that at Croydon Church
01:26 we can just be part of something really big here in
01:31 the South England Conference.
01:33 We're happy to have the 3ABN team with us, and we're happy
01:37 that we have with us as our guest speaker, Pastor Lomacang,
01:43 one who is renowned for his word that comes
01:48 from God, his singing.
01:50 But you will know that as he presents the message
01:53 to us night after night, that he is truly someone who loves God,
01:57 and desires to be used by Him for His service.
02:01 And so as we prepare ourselves for tonight's message,
02:05 and as we allow the Spirit of God to truly move upon our
02:10 hearts, that we may be receptive to the word that God
02:14 would want us to hear.
02:16 Let us pray for our speaker, that God will use him,
02:20 and that God's will will be done here in Croydon church.
02:24 Before he comes we're happy to have our pianist,
02:28 also from 3ABN, Tim Parton as well, he's gifted in music,
02:35 loves music, passionate about ministering
02:40 through the gift of piano.
02:41 We welcome you here today as well, and may God use you now
02:45 as you bless us, and prepare the tone for Pastor Lomacang.
02:49 Thank you.
03:03 I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus,
03:11 Since I've found in Him a friend so kind and true;
03:19 I would tell you how He changed my life completely.
03:26 He did something that no other friend could do.
03:35 All my life was full of sin when Jesus found me,
03:43 And my heart was full of misery and woe;
03:50 Jesus came and placed His loving arms around me,
03:57 And He led me in the way that I should go.
04:09 No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
04:21 There's no other friend so kind as He;
04:33 No one else can take the sin and darkness from me,
04:47 O how much He cared for me.
04:57 No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
05:05 There's no other friend so kind as He.
05:14 No one else can take the sin and darkness from me,
05:27 O how much He cared for me.
05:39 Oh yes, He cares, I know He cares;
05:48 His heart is touched with our grief.
05:57 When the days are weary, the long night dreary,
06:09 I know my Jesus cares.
06:56 Sing that verse with me.
06:59 No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
07:10 There's no other friend so kind as He;
07:21 No one else can take the sin and darkness from me,
07:32 O how much He cared for me.
07:48 O how much He cared for me.
08:14 Wasn't that wonderful? Amen.
08:16 Thank you Tim. Thank you so much.
08:17 It's so good to be here tonight on this opening evening of a
08:21 fourteen night series that really is all about Jesus.
08:26 Can you say Amen? Amen!
08:28 You know, when we get together and we talk about topics that
08:31 may interest us, if Jesus is not the center focus
08:35 it's just good information.
08:38 And so tonight we want to thank the Lord that He's opened this
08:43 door to be here in London, to connect the United States
08:47 with the United Kingdom.
08:49 And the United States and the United Kingdom is connected
08:53 to the eternal kingdom. What do you say?
08:55 Well welcome to our guests, as well as our friends.
08:58 And we want to take the time and use it as wisely as we can.
09:02 So bow your heads with me as I open the word of God tonight.
09:06 Loving Father in Heaven, this is Your opportunity.
09:11 Take it, Father, that You may be glorified.
09:14 In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
09:17 Tonight the message is entitled, Jesus, the Way Out.
09:21 What's the title? Jesus, the Way Out.
09:25 I could conclude easily that there are people living in this
09:30 community, living in this country, living in countries
09:34 all around the world, on every continent, in every condition
09:37 that day by day wants to find a way out of something,
09:42 whether it is a difficult situation,
09:45 whether it is declining health, whether it is a failing
09:49 relationship, or lack of financial freedom.
09:52 Every day somebody wants to find a way out of something;
09:55 a way out of prison, a way out of a difficult situation.
10:00 There is a text tonight I'd like to use that is the springboard
10:03 that shows us that there is a way out: Matthew 1:21.
10:09 I'll read in your hearing Matthew 1:21.
10:14 To me it's one of the most profound Scriptures in the
10:16 Bible because it talks about the introduction of the way out.
10:20 When Jesus came into the world the Bible says:
10:29 What is His name tonight?
10:36 Tonight come with me to the laboratory where the most
10:41 dangerous chemical agents known to humanity are devised.
10:45 In a scientific article titled, The Ten Most Dangerous Chemicals
10:50 In the World, this top ten list of substances known as killer
10:55 drugs were given the title, The All Star Team Of Death.
11:01 It was a fascinating article.
11:03 As I read through that I was amazed that these substances
11:07 are readily available on a day by day basis to people on a
11:10 common level of life.
11:12 The scientist that compiled this study said, We've got historical
11:17 poisons that have claimed the lives of millions
11:21 in a sinister manner.
11:24 But even more frightening than that, even more frightening than
11:28 the compilation of this list, is the inescapable fact that
11:32 these, and I quote, are chemicals that
11:35 might be in your home, might be in your closets,
11:40 chemical compounds that you will come in contact with
11:44 during your lifetime; killer compounds on the top ten list
11:49 of The All Star Team Of Death.
11:52 Let's go ahead and begin with number ten.
11:54 I'm not going to go through all ten.
11:55 I'm going to cover about six of them just to wet your appetite,
11:58 to let you know that we are living in a
12:00 world that is dangerous.
12:02 Do you agree with that? Yes.
12:04 Maybe I'll ask another question.
12:07 We live in a dangerous world.
12:10 On the top ten list is one called digoxin.
12:14 Say that with me, di-digoxin.
12:17 A purified extract, the article writers say,
12:21 of the foxglove plant.
12:24 They also say in proper quantities, digoxin increases
12:29 the efficiency of the heart.
12:30 Not a bad thing at all.
12:32 If you have a bad heart you you need digoxin.
12:34 It also helps make the heart beat stronger.
12:38 If your heart is weak you need digoxin to
12:41 strengthen your heart.
12:43 It gives you a more regular heart rhythm.
12:46 Digoxin is also used to treat atrial fibrillation.
12:52 If your heart is out of rhythm you get a dose of digoxin,
12:56 and your heart can be kicked back in rhythm.
12:58 However, you may remember that I introduced this as
13:01 The Top Ten Most Amazing Poisons In the World.
13:06 You may not have heard of digoxin, but you most likely
13:09 heard of a man that's been described as the angel of death.
13:13 Charles Cullen, a nurse that used pharmaceutical grade
13:18 digoxin to kill over forty of his patients.
13:21 This heart healing compound, when altered,
13:25 can take your life.
13:26 It can heal, but when altered and used for the wrong purposes,
13:32 it can take your life.
13:34 9. On the list: hydrogen peroxide.
13:38 Have you heard about that before?
13:39 If you have say Amen. Amen!
13:41 Most of you have that in your closets at home.
13:42 Hydrogen peroxide is practically water,
13:45 with just one more oxygen atom.
13:48 Water is H20, hydrogen peroxide is H202,
13:55 or just 6% of pure oxygen.
13:58 And most of us have used hydrogen peroxide in our lives,
14:02 have we not? to maybe pour on a scar, or a sore, or maybe use to
14:07 clean our counters, or maybe as a household disinfectant.
14:11 Theoretically you can drink it and not be harmed by it.
14:14 But try to convince the families of the fifty-two victims killed
14:19 in 2005, when a rogue forest detonated a 70% pure hydrogen
14:25 bomb in the London subways killing fifty-two people.
14:29 Or try to convince the survivors of more than 80,000 families
14:33 that died in 1945 when a hydrogen bomb was released
14:37 on Nagasaki, Japan.
14:38 Try to convince them that hydrogen peroxide
14:42 is not a deadly poison.
14:44 When altered that which becomes good for you
14:49 can become extremely deadly.
14:51 8. On the list, ethylene glycol.
14:56 Now those of you that have cars,
14:58 you know this as antifreeze.
15:00 Fairly harmless. Used to keep your vehicle in good,
15:05 cool running condition.
15:07 Yet because of its sweet taste, the scientists say, it has been
15:12 linked to the death of numerous animals, that after lapping it
15:15 up they died within seventy-two hours.
15:18 Ethanol glycolene, something used for the
15:22 radiators of your car, when altered and used for the wrong
15:25 purpose, it can take your life.
15:27 Going down to 7. on the list.
15:29 You've heard about this one.
15:30 It's called nicotine.
15:31 What is it called? nicotine.
15:33 Now this is not a health talk.
15:34 It's called nicotine, a 3% oily compound found
15:40 in every cigarette, but if altered and taken in a liquid
15:45 form, can cause your death within hours.
15:48 When altered that which was harmless in smaller dosages,
15:54 can take your life in a matter of minutes.
15:58 Number six on the list is sodium cyanide.
16:03 They say that this a routine industrial reactant.
16:08 But one false step in altering this results in
16:13 the smell of almonds.
16:14 And when you begin to smell almonds,
16:16 you'll be dead within seconds.
16:18 It's often used in gas chambers.
16:22 It was used by the Hitler army to take the lives of
16:25 millions: sodium cyanide.
16:30 The compilers of this list conclude that in spite of the
16:34 known dangers to human life, these all star chemicals
16:38 of death have not been banned from daily use.
16:42 Now I would say to you, I can guarantee to you that after
16:46 this brief explanation of their diabolical impact on human
16:50 survival, that from this night on you will never look at
16:54 these chemicals the same again.
16:55 Can you say Amen? Amen!
16:57 When you see antifreeze, or nicotine, or any of these
17:01 list's elements that I've mentioned, you will never think
17:03 of them on the same level again.
17:06 But allow me to take you to another level.
17:09 Allow me to take you a step further.
17:11 If after the meeting tonight I gave you these chemicals
17:14 to take home for free, I can almost guarantee you that you
17:18 wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
17:20 Because you are now aware of its danger, and the impact on
17:24 your life if it's introduced into your home, and even more
17:27 than that, if it's ingested and introduced into your life.
17:31 But follow me carefully, there's one more deadly compound that
17:35 did not make this list, but its impact on
17:39 humanity has been recorded.
17:42 Every four seconds a child dies from this compound, twenty-one
17:50 thousand children a day, over one million children a year.
17:55 The scientists say that when it is inhaled it radically alters
18:00 emotions by unpredictable mood swings.
18:02 That is when it is inhaled.
18:04 When its fumes reach the impulse center of the brain any number
18:08 of unpredictable, and uncontrollable behavior follows.
18:12 For example, people make offensive remarks
18:15 that they later regret when this is inhaled.
18:18 Others demonstrate unnatural affection,
18:20 unseen even among animals.
18:24 When inhaled, people falsely accuse one another,
18:27 others become fierce.
18:30 Scientists have said people become despisers of those
18:34 that are good, when they simply inhale this deadly compound.
18:37 Its constant use, they say, has been linked to an ever
18:42 increasing murder rate.
18:43 Reporters say for no apparent reason when it is in constant
18:48 use, for no apparent reason, people just feel
18:51 like killing somebody.
18:53 They become brutal and fierce.
18:55 Laboratory data revealed that in living environments where this
19:00 is present, where this complex compound is present,
19:03 it produces distrust in the community,
19:06 instability in the marriage, and disrespect among siblings.
19:11 Parents have complained that when this is used,
19:14 and present in their home, their children become
19:18 disobedient, unthankful, and unholy.
19:21 Spouses report the experiences that they have had when this
19:26 compound was present in their home.
19:28 They say that their spouses become unloving, unforgiving,
19:33 and they have a headstrong disposition.
19:36 But the information continues.
19:39 The impact on businesses and relationships
19:42 have also been noted.
19:43 Follow me carefully.
19:44 People become covetous, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure,
19:51 lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters,
19:55 proud, and traitors.
19:57 The impact on places of worship has also been documented.
20:01 Follow me carefully.
20:02 Some are now lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
20:06 and they say wherever this compound is present and inhaled,
20:10 they have a form of Godliness, but deny the power thereof.
20:14 Now if you are wise at all, you know by now that I'm not talking
20:19 about a scientific compound.
20:21 I'm talking about sin.
20:22 Come on, say Amen somebody. Amen!
20:24 Our world has been infected by a compound called sin
20:30 that has been among human society for thousands of years,
20:36 and thus far nobody has found an antidote to get rid of this
20:40 compound called sin.
20:42 So far preachers have preached, and from the Garden of Eden
20:45 to the present every one that has risen up against this
20:47 compound has become a victim of it, because everybody that
20:51 has ever been born has died.
20:53 Researchers have decided to find out where this came from.
20:59 Inquiries have been made about the one responsible for this
21:02 deadly effect called sin.
21:04 Listen to what the Bible says tonight.
21:06 In the book Ezekiel 28:14, 15, notice what the Bible says.
21:12 It will appear on the screen.
21:32 God created a perfect angel.
21:35 What kind of angel did He create?
21:36 And I say that because some of us blame God when things go bad,
21:42 and we praise God when things go good.
21:44 But tonight allow me to set the record straight.
21:47 God never created sin.
21:49 Somebody ought to say Amen.
21:50 God never created anything that's deadly to humanity.
21:54 Each one of us, tonight we still have it, each one of us has the
21:59 freedom to choose our own destiny.
22:01 But why would anybody want to choose death?
22:04 It's beyond me. That's why tonight's topic is,
22:06 Jesus, The Way Out.
22:08 Why would anybody having two decisions to make:
22:11 life and eternal joy on one side, and death and eternal
22:16 destruction on the other.
22:17 Why would anybody want to choose the road to death
22:19 and destruction when you can have life,
22:21 and have it more abundantly?
22:23 But sin has made its mark on society.
22:27 You see, the Bible not only tells about this fallen angel,
22:30 this anointed cherub that once walked back and forth
22:33 in the presence of God, but the Bible also gives his name.
22:37 His identity has been revealed.
22:39 Isaiah 14:12, notice with me there what the Bible describes.
22:44 The Bible says:
22:55 When my wife and I travel, we've been now on about sixty
22:58 different countries, various places in these
23:00 different countries.
23:01 Every place we go we find people that are weak;
23:05 people that have attitudes and tempers;
23:08 people that are struggling with sin, and difficulty,
23:12 and hardship; people that are trying to find ways out of
23:15 their difficult lifestyles; people that have become
23:18 comfortable with their addictions.
23:19 Because the Bible says that when Satan fell his presence was the
23:24 introduction of the nations of the earth becoming weak.
23:28 And I must say, I would suggest no matter how successful London
23:31 is, no matter how financially strong it might be,
23:35 this also has been affected by this rogue angel.
23:38 Can you say Amen? Amen!
23:40 He weakened the nations.
23:42 You see, when Lucifer became dissatisfied with his position
23:46 he began a rebellion in a perfect environment.
23:49 And if a rebellion can begin in a perfect environment,
23:52 how susceptible are we in an imperfect environment?
23:55 If a war could begin where there was never a war before,
24:01 if a rebellion can rise in an environment completely free
24:05 from sin, how safe are we?
24:07 Notice what John says in the book of Revelation 12:7-9.
24:12 The Bible says:
24:15 Where? in heaven. Read that with me.
24:17 And there was war where? in heaven.
24:28 They did not win. Come on somebody, say Amen.
24:30 They fought against Michael, that is Christ, and His angels,
24:33 but they did not prevail.
24:41 What kind of dragon? great dragon.
24:44 And when you think of all the people that have died,
24:45 what a dragon he was. He...
25:00 Tonight, walking the streets of London, are evil angels.
25:04 Tonight breaking into homes, and marriages, are evil angels.
25:08 Tonight coming to your children through corrupt music
25:12 and entertainment are evil angels.
25:13 Come on somebody, follow me tonight.
25:15 Tonight somebody is going to be motivated by an evil angel to
25:19 take somebody else's life.
25:20 Tonight somebody's going to be motivated to lose their mind,
25:25 and snatch another human life into eternity.
25:28 Tonight this city is rampant with evil angels.
25:31 But I want to tell you they're in New York too.
25:37 They are in the Caribbean.
25:41 There are some evil angels in Trinidad, and in Jamaica.
25:49 They are also in Saint Lucia.
25:52 No matter how beautiful the Caribbean may be,
25:56 it is infested with evil angels.
25:58 Come on somebody tonight.
26:00 I would suggest to you that even tonight while we're sitting
26:03 here in this beautiful sanctuary, evil angels are
26:06 contending for the attention of our minds.
26:09 Some of us are sitting here as the words of God are going
26:12 forth our minds are distracted.
26:14 Why? Because evil angels want nothing more than to keep you
26:19 distracted from hearing what God wants you to hear.
26:21 A very real battle: parents, out of control children.
26:28 Why? Because evil angels have found a way into their minds.
26:31 Evil angels, let me go even a step further, have found a way
26:35 into our entertainment.
26:37 They're on our televisions.
26:39 They're in the music we listen to.
26:42 They may be even at work with us when we go to work
26:45 on Monday morning.
26:46 We might meet them in a traffic jam.
26:49 They might say something to us if we drive too fast.
26:52 They might wave at us in an unusual way
26:56 from another vehicle.
26:57 Evil angels are everywhere.
26:59 Their influences have been felt ever since Satan
27:02 fell to this earth.
27:03 And I want to say that because anything you see that's evil
27:06 in the world, God has nothing to do with it.
27:11 I'm always amazed when people say, God took my mother,
27:14 like God is some kind of assassin.
27:16 Or God needed another angel, so He took my child.
27:20 I'm going to make it clear tonight that God
27:23 does not kill and bless.
27:25 God is the giver of every good, and every perfect gift.
27:30 Can the church say Amen? Amen!
27:32 And so if you've come here tonight to try to figure out
27:34 what's wrong with the world, let me tell you
27:35 clearly, it is not God.
27:37 It's not His Son Jesus.
27:39 It's this rogue angel called Satan who came to this earth
27:42 with one, only one aim.
27:46 What he lost his estate his number one aim is for every one
27:49 of us to lose our estate.
27:51 Tonight God is offering a way out, but Satan is saying,
27:54 You don't need a way out.
27:55 He even says to some of us, You don't have to worry
27:57 about eternal life now; you've got time.
28:00 Let me tell you all the time you've got is tonight.
28:03 Yesterday is a cancelled check, tomorrow is a promissory note.
28:07 All the money you've got is when? tonight.
28:10 The world is in the condition that it is in because
28:15 this fallen angel, once named Lucifer,
28:18 he once meant son of the morning.
28:19 Now he's called Satan.
28:21 That's serpent of old, called a dragon.
28:24 I've never met anybody that named their son Lucifer.
28:29 Now don't go looking on Facebook either.
28:33 Because what it means, it still means son of the morning,
28:38 but what it became connected to after his fall was anything
28:43 but an angel of light.
28:45 When Satan was cast to the earth he looked for others to corrupt,
28:50 but he could not infect man unless man gave him permission.
28:54 Let's change the scene.
28:56 Another very important thing to understand is man
28:59 had to open the door.
29:01 We had to do what?
29:02 The Devil cannot just come into your life.
29:05 He can tempt you, but you've got to open the door
29:08 for him to come in.
29:09 He can't make you do anything, unlike this famous
29:12 comedian many years ago...
29:13 Some of you are old enough to know who I'm talking about.
29:15 Maybe you heard about him here in London.
29:17 A man by the name of Flip Wilson.
29:18 Years ago he would say, The Devil made me do it.
29:21 The Devil can't make you do anything.
29:22 You've got to yield.
29:24 You've got to open the door to let him come in.
29:27 When Satan was cast to the earth he looked for others to infect,
29:31 but he could not infect them without their permission.
29:34 Another very important thing to understand, as I transition...
29:37 I'm going to read a text in Romans 6:23 in just a moment
29:41 that will lay the foundation.
29:42 A very important thing to understand is that Adam and Eve
29:46 were not created inherently immortal.
29:49 When God created our father and our mother thousands of years
29:55 ago, Adam did not possess immortality.
29:58 Neither did Eve. If they possessed immortality
30:01 they could not have died.
30:02 Immortality would be a gift based on their willingness
30:08 to yield to God's instruction.
30:11 God did not give them immortality.
30:13 The only way that they were sustained, they were sustained
30:16 by their continued access to the tree of life
30:18 placed in the Garden of Eden.
30:20 That's why when man fell God barred the Garden of Eden.
30:23 He barred the tree of life.
30:25 But before God would give the gift of eternal life
30:28 He had to test them.
30:30 Look at Romans 6:23.
30:32 You know it by heart, but listen to it carefully.
30:35 The Bible says, together:
30:46 Only two choices, only two destinations,
30:49 only two directions.
30:50 In the Garden of Eden God would have given Adam and Eve eternal
30:53 life, but they had to endure the test.
30:55 And the reason is very clear.
30:57 When the world was created Satan was cast to the earth
31:00 in the midst of this creation.
31:02 He made his choice.
31:04 You see, if God... I've often thought about this.
31:07 Sometimes I wish God got rid of the Devil in the beginning.
31:11 Come on, anybody else? Yes.
31:12 Some times I wish that, you know, if I were God I would have
31:15 said, Let's just deal with this now.
31:18 And since I am God I can clear the memory of all the angels,
31:21 so they won't know.
31:22 God could have gotten rid of Satan in the very beginning,
31:25 but we would never have served God out of love,
31:28 we would serve God out of fear.
31:30 Because somewhere along the way the news would have gotten out.
31:33 God got rid of Satan.
31:35 You'd better stand in line or you might be next.
31:40 God does not want us to serve Him out of fear.
31:44 God wants us to serve Him out of what? out of love.
31:48 God cautioned Adam of sin and its consequences.
31:53 Go with me now to Genesis 2, if you have your Bibles.
31:55 If not it will appear on the screen.
31:58 God cautioned Adam of sin and its consequences
32:02 if he chose to disobey.
32:04 Genesis 2:16, 17. The Bible says:
32:11 Of how many trees?
32:28 There was no doubt.
32:29 God made it very abundantly clear that when you touch this
32:34 high voltage fence you're going to die.
32:36 You can take the sign off of the high voltage fence;
32:39 you're going to die anyhow.
32:40 God said to Adam, You're going to die.
32:43 And what I want to emphasize about this text,
32:46 God gave Adam access to everything.
32:49 You know, sometimes people meet those that follow the Lord,
32:52 and they say, Is there anything you can do?
32:53 I want to tell you, I can do a whole lot in Jesus.
32:56 Come on, say Amen tonight somebody.
32:59 There's a whole lot that you can do without feeling guilty,
33:02 without feeling that you have disobeyed,
33:04 or have gone in the wrong direction.
33:06 The Lord gave Adam and Eve access to every
33:10 tree of the garden.
33:11 How many trees? every tree but one.
33:14 If I said to you, You can have every car in that
33:17 dealership but one, would you be satisfied? Yes.
33:20 Somebody's listening tonight.
33:25 If I said you could have every house in the
33:28 neighborhood except one, would you be satisfied? Yes.
33:31 If I took you to the bank and said, You can have all
33:33 the money in the bank.
33:34 Just leave one pound for me.
33:36 Would you be satisfied? Yes.
33:37 But God did something more than that.
33:39 See when we think about dollars and cents it starts to click.
33:41 God did something more than that.
33:43 God said to Adam and Eve, You can have every
33:45 tree in the garden.
33:47 And the caveat was, if you just accept My conditions
33:51 to obedience, I'll increase the gifts.
33:55 I'll not only give you access to the tree of life,
33:57 but you'll also have eternal life.
33:58 I am looking forward to the day when nobody will ever die again.
34:02 What about you? Amen!
34:04 But Adam decided, in verse 17, But of the tree of the knowledge
34:10 of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day you
34:12 eat of it you shall what? surely die.
34:15 So Adam knew. God said clearly, when you eat of it
34:18 you're going to die.
34:19 You see, the fact of the matter is nobody chooses to go in the
34:23 wrong direction without knowing the consequences.
34:26 Everybody has an idea that something can go wrong,
34:30 but you know what the problem is?
34:31 People don't believe that they're going to be the ones
34:33 that are going to get caught.
34:36 Am I telling the truth? Amen.
34:38 People take drugs and they say, Well I won't be the one to die.
34:41 I can tell you stories, numerous stories of people that decided,
34:44 I'll just try it once.
34:47 And they are no longer with us.
34:48 I'll just try it once.
34:50 Friends have suggested...
34:52 I remember growing up in New York City, growing up, and I was
34:54 down in the south where I was sitting in the car,
34:56 and the windows were closed.
34:58 And three of the young men were trying to get me
35:00 to smoke marijuana.
35:01 And the windows were rolled up, and the car
35:03 was very, very smoky.
35:04 And they said, Just try it!
35:06 And I said, I'm not going to try it.
35:10 I refuse to inhale that thing.
35:15 I'm in a car filled with smoke.
35:17 I refused to put it to my mouth, but I was breathing
35:21 the very atmosphere.
35:23 Follow me carefully.
35:24 You don't have to partake of sin to be affected
35:28 by its very atmosphere.
35:29 It's all around us.
35:30 We're breathing it day by day.
35:32 It's hard to walk down the street sometimes,
35:35 or look at a television program, or walk past a store,
35:38 or be in the mall without hearing something that is
35:40 willingly leading you in the wrong direction.
35:44 But the fact of the matter is Satan couldn't go
35:46 after Adam and Eve.
35:47 He couldn't run after Adam and Eve and say, Hey,
35:49 let me make a suggestion.
35:50 Adam and Eve had to go where he was.
35:52 God limited this rogue angel to just one location, Genesis 3:1,
35:58 but notice what He did.
36:00 When Adam and Eve questioned God's word, the next thing they
36:03 did was to test God's word.
36:04 Eve decided to stray away, and put God's word to the test.
36:08 Notice how the Devil was waiting for this bewildered,
36:13 and questioning young woman. He said:
36:23 Can you imagine having a conversation with the Devil,
36:25 not even knowing that it was him?
36:27 The beautiful serpent, glistening in the sun,
36:30 he said to her:
36:35 Did God really say that you can't eat of every
36:38 tree of the garden?
36:40 Notice how he began to twist that.
36:41 God said they could, but he said, Did God say you couldn't?
36:44 He began to suggest that God wasn't really fair.
36:48 But the conversation continues, verse 2 and 3.
37:10 God didn't say you'll die if you touch it.
37:13 God said, Don't eat of it.
37:15 You see, you might touch a bottle of alcohol,
37:20 but don't drink it.
37:21 You might pick up a corrupt movie, but don't watch it.
37:26 You might buy a packet of cigarettes, but don't smoke it.
37:30 Let me reverse it, don't even buy it.
37:33 You may be exposed to the temptation, but as long as you
37:37 don't partake, you're still on safe ground.
37:41 But I want you to notice something;
37:44 how Satan introduced the first lie by reversing
37:47 what God had said.
37:52 What did he say? Repeat that with me.
37:58 Come on, was he a liar? Yes.
38:00 Is he a liar? Yes. Was he telling the truth? No.
38:03 Was he lying? Yes. Was he being honest? No.
38:09 Was he being slightly honest?
38:11 Was he being slightly?
38:14 There's no such thing as slight honesty.
38:17 There's no such thing as a white lie.
38:19 It's either the truth or it's a lie.
38:21 Come on, say Amen.
38:22 You can't be slightly honest.
38:24 You've got to be honest or not at all.
38:26 He decided to reverse what God had said.
38:31 And once he planted the first lie, he followed it
38:34 up with another lie.
38:35 Notice verse 5. Notice verse 5.
38:38 Then he began. He continues his attack. He said:
38:50 Was he telling the truth?
38:53 Now one thing he was right about was when you sin
38:56 your eyes will be opened.
38:58 There's some things I've seen I wish I'd never seen.
39:01 Come on, anybody else?
39:02 There's some things that we have seen with our eyes that
39:06 many, many decades can pass, and every now and then they
39:09 flash their evil cells in our minds, even while we're praying.
39:13 Am I telling the truth?
39:14 Sometimes we hear a Christian song, and all of a sudden we
39:17 find ourselves in the midst of a sermon humming something
39:20 we have never heard before played in church.
39:21 And we wonder, where did that come from?
39:23 And we tie it back to the days when we walked with the world.
39:26 There are things we've seen, and things we've heard
39:29 that we wish we'd never seen or heard before.
39:31 He said, Your eyes will be opened.
39:34 And look at verse 6. And look at verse 6.
39:36 And so they took the plunge.
39:38 Adam and Eve had an afternoon meal at our expense.
39:47 But let me pause by saying that everything that
39:49 looks good is not good.
39:56 I can't do this for too long. I'm on the clock.
40:00 Everything that looks good, brethren, ain't good.
40:06 She might look good, but she ain't your wife.
40:08 Leave her alone. Amen!
40:10 Amen lights. It was good for food.
40:14 My brother earlier just said, What did he call it?
40:17 The products of mass production.
40:21 And some of us fall into that category,
40:24 because it looks good for food.
40:25 It was pleasant to the eyes.
40:28 I wonder what it tastes like? she said.
40:34 If I ate of this would I be smarter than I was before?
40:43 You know, sometimes I think about the conditions here,
40:45 because Eve was deceived.
40:47 The Bible made it very, very clear.
40:48 She did not walk into this with her eyes wide open.
40:51 Satan cleverly deceived her.
40:54 We are told she was deceived.
40:56 But Adam was not deceived.
40:57 Adam was told by God that when you eat of it you will die.
41:01 But here's where the problem came in, his love for her
41:05 was greater than his love for God.
41:07 Anytime anybody takes the place of God,
41:10 you are on the same ground that Adam was on.
41:13 Your eyes will be opened, but you might see what God never
41:17 intended for you to see.
41:19 Eve was deceived, but Adam opened the door, as Paul says
41:24 in Romans 5:12. Notice this together.
41:27 We are learning tonight.
41:29 Notice this together. The Bible says:
41:32 How many men? How many men?
41:43 How many of us?
41:48 Now, let me quality this very carefully.
41:51 When a baby is born, a baby is born not as a sinner,
41:55 a baby is born with a sin nature.
41:57 If you don't believe it, miss their feeding time.
42:03 One doctor once said that the reason why God allows babies
42:06 to be born small is, he said, Can you imagine what will happen
42:09 if your baby was 150 pounds, and you missed his feeding time?
42:13 He will pin his mother against the wall.
42:15 I told you to feed me.
42:18 They are born young because they need to
42:21 be molded and guided.
42:22 They are uncouth in every particular because they have
42:26 received what Adam gave them.
42:28 Death spread to all because all have sinned.
42:32 They were born with the wrong nature.
42:34 They were born alienated from God.
42:37 Sometimes we see babies, and my wife and I don't have children.
42:40 We have sheep. We've had sheep all of our lives.
42:43 We've pastored churches all of our lives.
42:45 Do you get what I'm talking about?
42:46 We've got sheep; no children.
42:48 And sometimes I say, I wish I had kids until I see one act up,
42:51 and I say, Lord, I'm so glad I don't have a kid.
42:56 The nature in the child must be molded.
42:59 That's why Paul, when he says, When I became a man,
43:02 I put away childish things.
43:04 There's some grownup children still today.
43:07 They may be old chronologically, but they want to
43:10 have their own way.
43:11 They have the mentality of a child.
43:13 Because all have sinned.
43:16 They still think like their Daddy, Adam.
43:19 When Adam sinned, a mortal plague was released on humanity,
43:22 because death spread to all men.
43:25 And something happened that man never expected,
43:28 and God never intended.
43:30 Look at Genesis 3:7, 8. The Bible says:
43:40 Now they were naked before they sinned.
43:41 It was no problem.
43:43 When they fell into sin they lost a covering that
43:45 God had given to them.
43:47 Their nakedness was covered by the glory of God.
43:49 That's why ever since man sinned all of us need to wear clothes.
43:55 I don't know if you agree with me or not, but think about it.
44:12 What did they do? They what?
44:20 They hid themselves.
44:21 Is there any place that we can hide from God?
44:24 Anybody here know how to hide from God, let me know.
44:31 There's no place hidden from the sight of God.
44:33 David said, If I go to the uttermost parts of the
44:35 earth You are there, if I go to the depths of the sea,
44:36 if I go to the grave You are there.
44:37 There's no place that they can hide from God.
44:40 But the symptoms of sin is this: it causes us to hide
44:44 when we know that we have sinned.
44:46 When I don't see church members come to church,
44:49 I know something's wrong.
44:50 And I go visit them and they say, Well, you know, I hadn't
44:52 been going very well.
44:54 And sin always results in us trying to hide.
44:56 But the other thing it does, it causes us to do
45:00 as Adam and Eve did.
45:01 They sewed fig leaves together.
45:05 They looked for a substitute of what God already gave them.
45:09 You know what sin is?
45:12 Sin is a substitute of the real thing that belongs only to God.
45:18 I mean think about it.
45:19 One of the reasons why people are addicted is because they're
45:22 looking for satisfaction.
45:23 And no drug can satisfy.
45:26 No illicit life can satisfy.
45:27 Only Jesus can satisfy.
45:29 What do you say? We can only find satisfaction in Jesus.
45:32 I'm talking to Christians that I hope know that for a fact.
45:35 We can only find satisfaction in Jesus, not on our I-phones,
45:41 and Facebook, uh huh.
45:48 But our world has so messed with our minds,
45:50 our world has so grabbed the attention that belongs to God,
45:55 that sometimes we can hear the truth plainly communicated,
45:59 and think to ourselves, Is that so?
46:02 Do I really have joy in Jesus?
46:04 I want to say this again.
46:06 There's only one that's original.
46:08 His name is Jesus.
46:09 There is no real lasting joy outside of what
46:12 only God offers us.
46:13 They sewed fig leaves together.
46:16 And what did God do?
46:17 He pronounced judgment on their actions,
46:18 and they lost His blessings.
46:20 Let's go quickly to Genesis 3: 16.
46:23 Notice what God said to Eve.
46:36 That's why women today, every time a baby is born,
46:38 and you're in pain, that's the result of Eve's disobedience
46:42 to God's clearly articulated will.
46:45 He said there's some consequence.
46:48 There's always a consequence to walking away from God's
46:52 proscribed manner of living.
46:53 What did He say to Adam?
46:55 Genesis 3:19, He said:
47:08 A little more than a year ago, I believe it was, my wife and I
47:12 were in Dubai, a massive, opulent city filled with very
47:17 wealthy people, wealthy people.
47:20 The cars, the police cars are Lamborghini's and Ferrari's.
47:24 Wealthy people. Money is like water.
47:29 The only thing they want to do is build something bigger
47:33 than what they've already built.
47:34 Seven star hotels, rooms laden by gold, mirrors plated by gold,
47:41 seven stars; beautiful!
47:44 But what I found out about that society was very interesting.
47:46 They said that no matter how wealthy you are, when you die,
47:49 what they do is they take you, they wrap you in a shroud,
47:52 take you out to the desert, dig a hole, put you in it and say,
48:01 See ya! Wouldn't want to be ya! and walk away.
48:06 No pomp and circumstance, no major long train
48:10 like we do in America.
48:11 When somebody dies in the U.K. they have long trains,
48:15 and they talk about their wealth and all they did.
48:17 When you die in Dubai they wrap you up, take you to the desert,
48:21 and in a matter of windy days nobody even knows
48:23 where you were buried.
48:24 All the... From dust you are, to dust you shall return.
48:30 That's why I'm so thankful that God always gives us an answer
48:34 out from that which is inevitable.
48:37 But I want to point out clearly, Adam not only affected himself
48:41 and his standing with God, he impacted every child that would
48:44 ever be born on earth.
48:45 His DNA of sin would always produce the same results.
48:49 Notice Genesis 5:5. The Bible says:
48:57 Do you know anybody that lived 930 years in your family?
49:12 And when the Bible says, As in Adam all die,
49:15 notice very carefully, Adam lived to be 930, his descendents
49:20 912, Enos 905, Mahalaleel 895, Methuselah lived to be 969.
49:28 Noah lived to be 950, but it began to drop.
49:32 Shem lived to be 600 years old.
49:34 His descendents to 200, and Nahor to 148,
49:38 until David the psalmist says in Psalm 90:10,
49:53 Can somebody say Amen?
49:55 If you make it beyond seventy, you'd better pray
49:58 that you have some good life.
50:00 That's why the health messages every night are
50:02 going to be significant.
50:03 If you want abundant life, you've got to prepare yourself
50:05 to be alive beyond eighty.
50:15 Nobody knows whatever happened to so and so?
50:19 They're gone. They're in the cemetery somewhere.
50:24 Nobody knows where they are.
50:26 Their names are forgotten, taken from the rolls.
50:29 They become just a statistic popping in our minds
50:32 every now and then.
50:33 But as I wind up tonight there is one verse that I reserve for
50:37 this point in the message, Genesis 3:9.
50:39 Listen carefully. To me this is the apex verse of the title of
50:44 the message, Jesus, the Way Out.
50:50 When Adam and Eve sinned, the Bible says:
50:58 At the darkest moment in the life of Adam and Eve God could
51:02 have said, I know where they are, but I'm not going to get
51:04 involved in that at all.
51:06 But at the darkest moment in their lives the good news about
51:08 the love of God is He does not leave us where we are.
51:11 He comes looking for us.
51:12 Somebody say Amen. Amen!
51:14 You see, tonight you can find a way out because God does not
51:17 leave you in your transgression.
51:18 He does not leave you in your disappointment.
51:21 He does not leave you in your failure.
51:23 He does not leave us in our brokenness.
51:25 He came to Adam and said, Where are you?
51:27 He was not asking for a geographical location,
51:30 He was asking for the condition of Adam's heart.
51:32 Adam where are you?
51:34 And tonight God is concerned about the
51:36 condition of your life.
51:38 God is concerned about the pain you face,
51:40 the disappointment you have, the loss in your family.
51:43 God is concerned about the things you've done,
51:45 the transgression that haunts you,
51:47 the failures that you experience. God is concerned.
51:50 We begin this series by saying, In Jesus there is a way out,
51:54 no matter what you're in.
51:55 Somebody ought to say Amen. Amen!
51:57 That's why God sent His Son at the darkest hour to rescue
52:02 and show Adam and Eve the way out.
52:04 Oh the text of the night, John 3:16, 17.
52:10 I'm looking forward to tomorrow night, and the night after that.
52:13 We're going to build on this foundation.
52:14 We're just laying the foundation.
52:15 We're just laying the cement slab.
52:17 And the cement slab is solid, because its about Jesus.
52:21 He is the foundation that nobody else can lay but Himself.
52:25 John 3:16, the Bible says:
52:40 But I love verse 17.
52:42 Oh thank God for His love for us!
52:45 For God sent His Son to New York, and to London,
52:48 and to Chicago, and to Dubai.
52:50 God sent His Son into the drug houses,
52:52 into the places of ill repute.
52:54 God sent His Son to the broken families.
52:56 God sent His Son into the failed relationships.
52:59 God sent His Son into the broken marriages.
53:11 Anybody tonight need salvation in Jesus?
53:16 You received a card when you came in tonight.
53:18 Let me ask you a few questions very carefully.
53:20 Take that card out very quickly that you received
53:22 when you came tonight.
53:23 It's on the front pew.
53:25 Just pick it up very carefully.
53:26 Follow it very carefully.
53:27 I want you to fill this out because we have something
53:29 to give to you as a result of that.
53:31 But I want you to just give me some answers about
53:33 what this topic was tonight.
53:37 Tonight the topic was clear to me.
53:40 If that's the case just check yes, the topic was clear to me.
53:48 But 2. If you would like additional information
53:50 on this topic, just put a check mark next to 2.
53:54 Yes, I'd like to know more about it.
53:55 And by the way, tonight when you leave you'll receive a handout
53:58 on the topic that I just covered.
54:00 You will receive an outline to make it even clearer.
54:02 3. It is my intention to go to the right side,
54:07 my intention to accept Christ's invitation to follow Him.
54:11 You only have two choices: life and blessings,
54:14 death and cursings.
54:15 I pray that your choice is yes.
54:18 And finally, 4. I would like a visit to discuss my decision.
54:24 And if that's your desire, let me end by saying this:
54:26 Sin and Satan are on the team of death, but Jesus will always be
54:32 the champion of life.
54:33 Sin let us in, but Jesus will lead us out. What do you say?
54:38 You see, Jesus came down so that one day we can go up.
54:41 Jesus walked our road so that one day we can walk His road.
54:45 Hear me carefully.
54:46 He was arrested so that we can be set free.
54:48 He was declared guilty that one day we can be declared innocent.
54:52 He was condemned so that we can be pardoned.
54:55 He was treated as a criminal so that we can be
54:58 treated as royalty.
55:00 Somebody ought to say Amen tonight. Amen!
55:02 This not a common language.
55:03 This is not a common matter.
55:04 But we've heard it for so long that sometimes it bounces off
55:07 of us as though the good news has found a Teflon surface,
55:11 and can no longer penetrate our hearts.
55:13 He was stripped that we can be covered.
55:15 He wore our thorns that one day we could wear His crown.
55:19 Just think on that!
55:21 He suffered the shame of death so that one day we can share
55:24 the glory of His life.
55:25 I am so glad that Jesus came to show us the way out.
55:29 Friends, the good news is this: one day sin will be irradiated.
55:33 Can somebody say Amen? Amen!
55:35 Death one day will be terminated,
55:37 pain will be eliminated, sorrow will be terminated,
55:41 war will be assassinated, hate will be obliterated,
55:44 sinners will be extricated, life will be celebrated,
55:48 Satan will be annihilated, and Jesus will
55:51 forever be vindicated.
55:52 Tonight Jesus is the way out.
55:56 I've come to give you Jesus tonight.
55:59 But I want to pray for you this evening, because we're just
56:02 beginning the series.
56:04 We're just laying the foundation.
56:05 We want to leave here knowing tonight that as we leave this
56:08 place we know we have not left the presence of God.
56:13 If your desire is to find a way out, whatever you may be in.
56:16 If your desire tonight is to find a way out, I want you to
56:22 to bow your heads with me as we go before the only God who can
56:27 lead us out of the worst predicament that man has ever
56:30 been in, and that is the predicament of sin.
56:33 Let's bow our heads together.
56:34 Father in Heaven, we thank You for your Son Jesus Christ.
56:37 We thank You for the life that we find in Him, and Him alone.
56:41 We thank You for the joy and the freedom that He alone can give.
56:45 And in this great city, this great metropolis,
56:48 there is someone tonight that wants to find a way out.
56:50 But they don't know that there is even a way out available.
56:53 May we go forth with this good news, and shine as lights amid
56:57 this dark city, proclaiming freedom and liberty
57:00 found only in Jesus.
57:01 And finally one day we too, ourselves will experience
57:05 the joy of eternal life.
57:07 We thank You Lord Jesus tonight that You are,
57:10 and always will be the way out.
57:12 In Jesus' name we pray, Amen, and Amen.

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