"I heard the
voice of the Lord saying
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who shall I send
and who will go for us.
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Then I said here am I. Send me."
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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and the South England Conference
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present London 2016.
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Last night, campaign
speaker Pastor John Lomacang
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made an appeal to us
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and he invited us not
to miss tonight's message.
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In fact, he said that
a few times so it's good,
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this evening that we
have responded to that appeal
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and we are here this
evening to hear another message.
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In fact, last night's message
was washing away the past,
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washing away the
sins of our past,
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and we were reminded
that regardless of our past
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and regardless of the greatness
of the sins of the past,
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we serve an even greater
Savior who is willing to forgive
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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And when the enemy tries
to remind you of your past,
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what do we do?
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Remind him of his future.
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And so this evening,
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we will be
hearing another message,
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part two of following on
from last night's message
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on get connected,
getting connected.
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May God truly bless
us as we hear the word
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that comes to us tonight.
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Before he also does
have a word of welcome
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as we know these
messages are streamed live
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throughout the world
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and we have someone by
the name of Andrew Whittaker
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who was watching from
New Hazelton in Canada.
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And he wrote in to
say what a program.
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"I'm so blessed to
hear these messages.
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We are taking the message
to the ends of the world.
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Soon Jesus will return."
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And if there's anyone
else watching around the world
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and you want to
give your greetings,
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then you can do
so via the website
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and we can
mention your name as well.
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We're going to ask him
to inspire us once again
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as he plays the
theme of his message
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is "He Touched Me."
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I was shackled by a heavy
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Burden
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Beneath a load of guilt
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And shame
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But then the hand of Jesus
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Touched me
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And now I am no longer
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The same
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For He touched me
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Oh, He touched me
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And oh, the joy
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That floods my soul
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For something happened
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And now I know
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Jesus touched me
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And made
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Me whole
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Now since I met
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This blessed Savior
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And since He's cleansed and made
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Me whole
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I will never cease
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To praise Him
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I plan shout it
while eternity rolls...
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Sing it with me if you know it.
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He touched me
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Oh, He touched me
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And oh, the joy
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That floods my soul
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Something wonderful happened
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And now I know
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He touched me
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And made
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Me whole
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He touched me
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Jesus touched me
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And made
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Me whole
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Amen.
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Can we say amen again? Amen.
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I'm glad he invited us to sing
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'cause I was
singing with you already.
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What a beautiful song.
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Wasn't that a
wonderful song? Yes.
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Wasn't that a
wonderful song? Yes.
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I knew you were here
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but maybe you
just didn't hear me.
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The message is clear.
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The difference between
who we are and who we can be
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is a touch from Jesus.
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Thank you, Tim.
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I might even have us join again
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and sing that on
the end together,
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'cause that's a
beautiful message.
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The message and song
really connects to the message
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from God's word tonight.
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I'd like to invite you
to bow your heads with me
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as we go and open
God's word together.
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Loving Father in Heaven,
this is Your opportunity.
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I am Your servant.
We are Your people.
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Send your Holy Spirit.
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In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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I remember when I got
my first desktop computer,
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you know, back then, when...
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the Apple computer
wasn't even a thought,
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back then when the characters
on the screen were small
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and almost unrecognizable.
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If you are a PC user,
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this is not meant to
be offensive to you at all
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but back when the DOS,
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which is an abbreviation
for the disk operating system,
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was the most common thing
that is found on a desktop
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and when you
turned your computer on,
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you just saw the
small little blinking light
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just sitting there.
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We were living
up in the mountains
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of Northern
California when my wife told me
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to make decision
between keeping my motorcycle
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and buying a computer.
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And I wanted both, but she said,
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"Now which one do you think
you will live longer with?"
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Ah, okay, I
can't argue with that.
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I'm still alive today.
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I got rid of my motorcycle
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but I've had many
computers since then.
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And so I took this
computer out of the box,
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I was so excited, I connected
the keyboard to the tower,
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I connected the
monitor to the tower,
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I made all the connections
that I needed to make
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and I reached up and
pressed the power button
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and nothing happened.
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And I took out
the manual and I said,
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"Now that seems
to be pretty simple
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what could be the problem.
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So I went through the pages
how to connect the monitor,
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yeah, that's it.
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Connect the... Yeah, that's it."
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Pressed the button
again and nothing happened.
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And after about a few attempts,
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I decided to call the company
that I bought the computer from
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because in my mind
I thought to myself,
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"How dare they sell
me a dead computer?"
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And I got tech support,
it was a very nice lady,
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she said, "Sir, what
seems to be the problem?"
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I said, "Well, this
computer you sent me
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just doesn't work.
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I mean, it just doesn't
work. That's the simple fact.
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I connected everything,
it just doesn't work."
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I was kind of flabbergasted,
to say another word,
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I was frustrated.
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And she said, "Sir,
did you plug it in?"
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Did I plug it in? Hold on.
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And I got on my knees.
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I journeyed under the desk
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only to find out
I didn't plug it in.
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Well, I came back on the phone
with ever so sheepish a voice
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and said it in small
soft apologetic tone,
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"Thank you," and
hung up the phone.
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And I came to discover
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the Lord in my
early days of ministry...
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That was my first
solo Church I got.
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My Church was so small
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that if you came in
on a Sabbath morning
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during Church service,
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I say this not to be offensive
or to be too descriptive
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but you can take a
shotgun and shoot out
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on the
congregation and hit no-one.
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I have a picture to prove that.
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I keep saying to my wife,
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"I've got to carry
that picture with me
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because when I
make that statement
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people don't believe it."
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It was empty.
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But by God's grace,
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when we left
there 22 months later,
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it was standing room only.
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With all my black
here and all my enthusiasm,
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I preach my heart out.
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I said things I
shouldn't have said
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and the members God gave me
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really helped file
me to who I am today.
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But I discovered
something very powerful
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that you can have the
most beautiful exterior,
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you can look so
amazingly polished
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but unless you get
connected to Jesus,
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there is no power to
do anything in your life.
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I've learned, so from now on,
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the first thing I do before
I complain to tech support
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is I check to see if
I'm connected to the power.
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Let me suggest to you,
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if you've been
coming from night to night,
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you know that in order for
us to reflect the glory of God
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for Jesus to be
seen in our lives,
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for our light to
be able to shine,
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we've got to get
connected to Jesus.
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What do you say? Amen.
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John 15:5, Jesus
made it very clear.
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Look at what he
says in His word.
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He says,
together let's read this,
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"I am the vine,
you are the branches.
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He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears," what,
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"much fruit."
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Together "For without
Me, you can do," how much,
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"absolutely nothing."
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I've seen polished individuals
struggle with trying to reflect
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and reveal the
character of Jesus.
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And they've said to me,
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"Pastor, I've been
trying really, really hard.
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What's wrong?"
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I said, "You're not connected."
They say, "What do you mean?
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I've been in
church all my life."
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I said, "Being in the building
does not mean you're in Jesus.
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You've got to get connected
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to the source that
knows absolutely no failure."
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That's why belief in
Jesus and following Jesus
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requires an action.
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Following Jesus is a lot
more than an intellectual idea,
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an intellectual exercise.
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Jesus, following Him begins,
what word did I just say?
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Begins. What did I just say?
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Begins a life
transforming journey.
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That's what
tonight is all about.
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You see, last night was
about washing away the past.
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When the past is gone,
how do we begin where we are?
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How do we start to move
in a different direction,
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think different
thoughts, live a different life,
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do different things,
have different desires?
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You see, baptism
is simply a symbol
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of disconnecting the old power
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and connecting to the new power.
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It is also the act of
putting Adam's nature to death.
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As long as Adam's
nature remains alive,
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we will always do
what we have always done.
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Let me say that again.
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As long as Adam's
nature remains alive,
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for you to understand
what I mean by Adam's nature,
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when we are born,
we are born in sin,
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shapened in iniquity.
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As lovely as we
look on the outside,
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unless Jesus moves in,
we are all destined to die.
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It's just a simple fact.
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There's only two destinations
at the end of this journey
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and I said this
a few nights ago,
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there's a smoking seat
and there's non-smoking seat.
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I wanna be in
the non-smoking one,
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what about you?
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There is the
destruction of the fires of hell
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and there are the
golden streets of heaven.
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I wanna walk on the
golden streets of heaven,
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what about you?
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But I want you to understand
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is when you go from the old life
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and you accept
Jesus to do justification,
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that means, as
I said last night,
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that is just as if
I had never sinned.
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But now all of a sudden,
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this sinful past
that has been washed away
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has to be
replaced with a new life.
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I asked somebody
the question once,
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matter of fact, a family member,
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I said to him,
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he was struggling
with a lot of things,
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he's still
struggling, he's praying,
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and oftentimes he leans
more toward his human nature,
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but I asked him
the question, I said,
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"Can you live under the ocean?"
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He said, "Uncle,
what are you asking me?
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I said, "Can you
live in the ocean?"
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He said, "Absolutely
not." I said, "Yes, you can."
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He said, Well, how is that?"
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I said, "Have you seen
deep sea divers before?"
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He said, "Yes."
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I said, "Well, how do
they stand at the water?"
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He said, "Well, they get
air from somewhere else."
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I said, "That's the point.
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When we enter this new
relationship with Christ,
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this new life, we
are in an environment
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that is hostile to our old life.
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We enter a realm that we
have never been in before.
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It almost
leaves us incapacitated
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because we don't know
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how to live in
this new environment.
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But if we make the mistake
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of leaning on the
old way of doing things,
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we will never survive
in this new environment."
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So what has to happen?
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Look at Roman 6:3,
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Adam's nature has
to be put to death.
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That's what Baptism is.
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Roman 6:3, the Bible
says, "Or do you not know
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that as many of
us as were," what,
00:16:02.09\00:16:05.33
"baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into his," what,
00:16:05.36\00:16:10.57
"into His death?"
00:16:10.60\00:16:12.10
Now, I'm gonna pose a question
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that I'm gonna answer
later on in the message.
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The question is why
did Jesus have to die
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since He never sinned?
00:16:18.64\00:16:21.04
Why did he have to
die since he never sinned?
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Hold on to that.
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I'm gonna answer that
later on in the message.
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One of the things that we
have to be very clear about
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is when Jesus
came into the world,
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He was very God and
very man at the same time.
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Amen.
00:16:39.29\00:16:41.26
But what He did was
He could not use any...
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What word did I just say?
00:16:45.77\00:16:47.77
Any of His
divinity to live humanity.
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Had He done so, every one
of us would have been lost.
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He could not use
any of His divinity
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to live His humanity.
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So to prepare Him
for that, He had to come
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and face the world
and face temptation
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and face
difficulty the very same way
00:17:07.72\00:17:09.92
that we had to face difficulty.
00:17:09.96\00:17:12.09
And to do that, He
came and He took on
00:17:12.13\00:17:14.90
the nature of
Adam after the fall.
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Now tonight, I'm
teaching, I'll preach later on.
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He took on the nature of
Adam after Adam fell in sin.
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So in order to be our Savior,
00:17:27.84\00:17:30.95
Jesus had to replace Adam.
00:17:30.98\00:17:35.35
Jesus had to be
subject to the same power
00:17:35.38\00:17:38.79
that Adam was subject to
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and then He had to
overcome in the very same way
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that we have to overcome.
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Are you following
me? Say amen. Amen.
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Look at what the Bible
says, 2 Corinthians 5:21,
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that's why the Bible says
this, "For He made Him, that is,
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God made Him, Jesus, who
knew no sin to be," what,
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"to be sin for us,
that we might become
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the
righteousness of God in Him."
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In other words,
Jesus had to come down here
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and put on our garment.
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He had to walk where we walk.
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As you know, we've said
until you walk in my shoes,
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you don't understand.
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You heard that phrase before?
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People say until
you walk in my shoes,
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don't judge me.
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Until you walk in my shoes,
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you'll never know
how difficult it is.
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Well, the fact of the
matter is Jesus came...
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This is some good news.
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Jesus came to walk in our shoes.
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Heaven saw the urgency.
Heaven saw our condition.
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Look at Galatians 4:4.
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The Bible says,
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"But when the
fullness of the time had come,
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there was a time God
set, God sent forth His son,
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born of a woman, born under,"
what, "born under the law."
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Now, let me just...
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I'm really in a
teaching mood tonight
00:19:01.30\00:19:02.67
but I wanna, I
want you to get this.
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I want the new people to get it.
00:19:05.87\00:19:08.44
I want the old
Christians to get it
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.11
'cause if you don't get
this, you'll fall into the trap
00:19:11.15\00:19:14.68
when people have
bad attitudes in church,
00:19:14.72\00:19:16.92
you'll end up saying
that's how she is, amen lights.
00:19:16.95\00:19:22.66
We got some folk that after
30 years of being a Christian
00:19:22.69\00:19:25.99
still live like
they never met Jesus.
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And they always say,
this brother so and so,
00:19:30.50\00:19:33.10
he always had a bad
attitude, just ignore him.
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If it doesn't work for
you, how can you expect somebody
00:19:36.20\00:19:39.41
who has not been a Christian
to expect him to work for them?
00:19:39.44\00:19:43.68
You got to be
able to show the world
00:19:43.71\00:19:45.91
that Jesus can work for you
00:19:45.95\00:19:48.08
for them to want
Him to work for them.
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If it ain't work for you,
you are bad advertisement.
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You ought to go
work for the devil.
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No, don't do that.
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I'll give you some hope tonight.
00:19:59.13\00:20:00.46
Amen, somebody.
00:20:00.50\00:20:01.83
But Jesus came,
00:20:01.86\00:20:03.53
He came in the same
nature that Adam came in.
00:20:03.57\00:20:06.63
He was born of a woman,
took on the human flesh.
00:20:06.67\00:20:10.01
That's what happens
when a woman births a child,
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.01
he has human flesh.
00:20:12.04\00:20:13.48
He was born under the
law, now when people read that,
00:20:13.51\00:20:16.11
they think that,
"Well, was He born
00:20:16.14\00:20:17.98
under the 10 commandants
00:20:18.01\00:20:19.35
or was He born
under the ceremonial law."
00:20:19.38\00:20:21.72
While He was born under both,
he was born underneath her.
00:20:21.75\00:20:27.16
You got to think tonight.
00:20:27.19\00:20:29.06
When Jesus was born,
00:20:29.09\00:20:30.66
the 10
commandments was in effect
00:20:30.69\00:20:32.79
and so was the ceremonial law
00:20:32.83\00:20:34.63
but that's not what
the scripture means.
00:20:34.66\00:20:36.97
When the Bible says He
was born under the law,
00:20:37.00\00:20:39.87
it means He was born under a law
00:20:39.90\00:20:42.84
that controlled our nature.
00:20:42.87\00:20:45.17
He was born with a nature
00:20:45.21\00:20:47.34
that if He did not
trust in His heavenly Father
00:20:47.38\00:20:50.25
for deliverance, He would
have fallen just like Adam.
00:20:50.28\00:20:55.08
That's what He prayed so often.
00:20:55.12\00:20:57.39
We're talking
about that on Friday.
00:20:57.42\00:20:59.55
Can you hear me now,
00:20:59.59\00:21:00.92
what it means to pray
for power and strength?
00:21:00.96\00:21:05.23
That's why He spent time alone.
00:21:05.26\00:21:07.53
That's why He
sweated drops of blood,
00:21:07.56\00:21:11.40
that's why the devil
dogged His footsteps.
00:21:11.43\00:21:14.67
The devil would have
never sought to tempt Jesus
00:21:14.70\00:21:17.27
if He couldn't sin.
00:21:17.31\00:21:21.81
He would never
have been maligned
00:21:21.84\00:21:23.65
if He did not
have the possibility
00:21:23.68\00:21:26.11
of losing His temper.
00:21:26.15\00:21:30.59
The Pharisees and
scribes would have never said
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.85
what they did to Him
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.22
if they did not think
that they could push Him
00:21:34.26\00:21:37.33
over the edge.
00:21:37.36\00:21:40.70
But I'm here to tell you tonight
00:21:40.73\00:21:42.26
that Jesus can keep you
00:21:42.30\00:21:43.67
from being pushed over the edge,
00:21:43.70\00:21:46.57
he can keep you from
losing your mind in church,
00:21:46.60\00:21:50.71
saying things you shouldn't say,
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.77
doing things you shouldn't do,
going places you should not go.
00:21:52.81\00:21:56.34
But so often we think
00:21:56.38\00:21:57.71
that this Christian
life is a second chance
00:21:57.75\00:22:00.32
to do what we could
not do the first time.
00:22:00.35\00:22:02.48
But the reality of it is,
00:22:02.52\00:22:04.12
when Jesus was born
under the law of sin,
00:22:04.15\00:22:07.62
the law of sin is just
as effective as gravity.
00:22:07.66\00:22:12.59
You don't think it's effective?
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.63
If I dropped, if I
let go of this mike,
00:22:14.66\00:22:16.13
what's gonna happen?
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.10
How do you know that?
00:22:18.13\00:22:20.00
Because gravity
says if you let it go,
00:22:20.04\00:22:22.17
I'm pulling it down.
00:22:22.20\00:22:24.31
The law of sin pulls us down.
00:22:24.34\00:22:28.14
That's why when
Jesus comes back,
00:22:28.18\00:22:29.51
we're not going
down, we're going up.
00:22:29.54\00:22:30.88
Amen, somebody. Amen.
00:22:30.91\00:22:32.51
He's gonna
suspend the law of gravity
00:22:32.55\00:22:34.22
on behalf of his children.
00:22:34.25\00:22:36.72
But the law of sin pulls us down
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.55
in that natural direction,
00:22:38.59\00:22:39.95
which means the law of
sin is a controlling law.
00:22:39.99\00:22:45.93
That's why we do what we do.
00:22:45.96\00:22:47.86
But don't miss this next point.
00:22:47.90\00:22:51.07
We are first sinners by nature
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.34
before we are sinners by action.
00:22:54.37\00:22:56.64
I want you to get that.
00:22:59.87\00:23:02.61
You see, when you see a
little baby in the crib,
00:23:02.64\00:23:05.01
let me use a very
stark illustration.
00:23:05.05\00:23:09.82
When Adolf Hitler was born,
I doubt that his mother said,
00:23:09.85\00:23:14.16
"Oh, I can't wait until the
day he kills six million Jews."
00:23:14.19\00:23:18.09
Now that's an
amazing illustration.
00:23:21.46\00:23:23.97
I'm sure she should did not look
00:23:24.00\00:23:25.60
in the face of her
cute little baby boy
00:23:25.63\00:23:28.84
and think that
he would be listed
00:23:28.87\00:23:30.37
among one of the worst
tyrants that ever lived.
00:23:30.41\00:23:34.78
But why did he get that way
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.14
because his
nature was never curbed.
00:23:36.18\00:23:38.95
His nature was never
broken, he lived in that nature
00:23:38.98\00:23:43.12
that as one doctor said,
00:23:43.15\00:23:44.92
one of the reasons
why God allows babies
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.92
to be born so small
is because, he said,
00:23:46.96\00:23:49.26
and this is Dr.
Haddon W. Robinson
00:23:49.29\00:23:51.86
in a book called
Expository Preaching,
00:23:51.89\00:23:53.23
he said, "One of the
reasons why God allows babies
00:23:53.26\00:23:55.36
to be born so small
00:23:55.40\00:23:57.13
is because if they
were born at 150 pounds,
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.04
the mother's life
will be in danger."
00:24:00.07\00:24:04.61
That's why when that baby cries,
00:24:04.64\00:24:06.64
have you ever
heard a baby cry before?
00:24:06.68\00:24:08.38
They can bust your ear drum.
Add 149 more pounds to that.
00:24:08.41\00:24:15.35
I mean think about it.
00:24:15.38\00:24:16.72
You try, you miss changing
a diaper on a 149-pound baby,
00:24:16.75\00:24:21.02
you see what happens.
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.39
That's an image.
What do you think?
00:24:25.36\00:24:27.40
That's something to think about.
00:24:27.43\00:24:29.13
So this nature
that we all received
00:24:29.16\00:24:32.53
is a nature that is
definitely controlled by law.
00:24:32.57\00:24:35.30
So let me make it even
clearer, we are, in fact,
00:24:35.34\00:24:39.71
every day if we don't ask
for God to break that power,
00:24:39.74\00:24:43.35
see last night I
talked abut being saved
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.31
from the penalty of sin.
00:24:45.35\00:24:46.72
That's what
baptism is all about.
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.32
It takes us off of death road
and now puts us on a new road,
00:24:48.35\00:24:51.89
which now instead
of having to be saved
00:24:51.92\00:24:55.42
from the penalty of
sin, we now have to be saved
00:24:55.46\00:24:59.03
from the power of sin.
00:24:59.06\00:25:02.13
Let me ask you the question.
00:25:02.16\00:25:03.53
Is there still sin in the world?
00:25:03.57\00:25:06.20
Is the devil and
his angels still alive?
00:25:06.23\00:25:08.90
Have you been tempted
00:25:08.94\00:25:10.27
ever since
you've been a Christian?
00:25:10.31\00:25:11.64
Yes.
00:25:11.67\00:25:13.21
Glad you said yes to all three,
00:25:13.24\00:25:16.41
'cause I'm gonna
talk about how...
00:25:16.44\00:25:18.48
Thank you, Lord.
00:25:18.51\00:25:20.28
Thank you, Lord,
00:25:20.32\00:25:21.65
that you are not
done with us yet.
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.02
Come on, somebody
help me out. Amen.
00:25:23.05\00:25:24.75
You see, in order for
Jesus to offer us the victory
00:25:29.86\00:25:34.46
over the law of sin,
He had to win the victory
00:25:34.50\00:25:39.20
over the law of sin.
00:25:39.23\00:25:41.80
Remember, He was
born under that law
00:25:41.84\00:25:43.91
but the good news is
every sin that Adam faced,
00:25:43.94\00:25:47.74
Jesus overcame.
00:25:47.78\00:25:49.11
What do you say tonight?
00:25:49.14\00:25:50.48
Every test that we
must face, Jesus endured.
00:25:50.51\00:25:55.05
Every temptation
that we must meet,
00:25:55.08\00:25:58.29
Jesus met and overcame.
00:25:58.32\00:26:03.02
Somebody might
think, "Well, you know,
00:26:03.06\00:26:05.33
did they have
marijuana in Jesus' day or crack
00:26:05.36\00:26:09.40
or pornography or strange drugs?
00:26:09.43\00:26:13.40
Did they have that?"
00:26:13.44\00:26:14.80
Temptation only falls
into three categories,
00:26:14.84\00:26:18.37
the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes,
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.78
and the pride of life.
00:26:21.81\00:26:23.48
Together, the lust of the flesh,
00:26:23.51\00:26:25.98
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of, what, life.
00:26:26.01\00:26:29.48
Eve was tempted
only in three areas.
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.82
She saw the tree
that was good for food,
00:26:31.85\00:26:33.92
pleasant to the eyes,
00:26:33.96\00:26:35.36
and a tree
desirable to make one wise.
00:26:35.39\00:26:38.99
Satan only tempted
Jesus in three areas.
00:26:39.03\00:26:41.86
And then Jesus said in I John,
00:26:41.90\00:26:43.93
"All that is in the
world is the lust of the flesh,
00:26:43.97\00:26:47.00
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life."
00:26:47.04\00:26:49.94
All that is in the world.
00:26:49.97\00:26:54.34
Look at Isaiah 53:5,
00:26:54.38\00:26:57.58
even deeper than overcoming
everything that we must face,
00:26:57.61\00:27:02.62
Jesus provided a means whereby
every sin can be overcome.
00:27:02.65\00:27:07.76
Isaiah 53:5, Bible says,
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.83
"But he was
wounded for our, " what,
00:27:10.86\00:27:13.03
"our transgressions,
He was bruised for," what,
00:27:13.06\00:27:16.73
"our iniquities;
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.60
The chastisement of
our peace was upon Him."
00:27:18.63\00:27:22.37
And what else?
00:27:22.40\00:27:23.74
"By His stripes, we
are," what, "healed."
00:27:23.77\00:27:27.01
But look at what
is says, verse 6.
00:27:27.04\00:27:30.95
"All we like sheep
have," done what, gone astray.
00:27:30.98\00:27:35.25
We have turned,
every one, to his own way;
00:27:35.28\00:27:39.29
And the Lord has laid on
Him the iniquity of us all."
00:27:39.32\00:27:44.33
Let me answer the
question in two parts.
00:27:44.36\00:27:46.70
One of the first
reasons why Jesus had to die
00:27:46.73\00:27:49.30
is because every sin
that has ever been committed,
00:27:49.33\00:27:53.07
ever sin that
would ever be committed
00:27:53.10\00:27:56.14
was laid on the
shoulders of Jesus.
00:27:56.17\00:27:59.87
Now just to get that,
just to allow that to sink in,
00:27:59.91\00:28:03.38
what if you got a
call from Scotland Yard
00:28:03.41\00:28:07.38
and your house was surrounded
all the police in London
00:28:07.42\00:28:10.82
and they are trying
to break into your house.
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.85
And when you go
to the front door,
00:28:12.89\00:28:14.22
no, you haven't done anything.
00:28:14.26\00:28:16.39
You say, "Well,
what's all the ruckus about?"
00:28:16.42\00:28:18.56
They say, "Ma'am/Sir,
we just received a summons
00:28:18.59\00:28:24.30
to put you in
jail for 300 years."
00:28:24.33\00:28:28.74
And you say, "For what?"
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.17
And then they say,
"The courts have decided
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.14
that every crime
ever committed in London,
00:28:33.17\00:28:35.91
now you've got to
pay the price for it.
00:28:35.94\00:28:38.91
And you say, "Why?
I've done nothing."
00:28:38.95\00:28:41.02
He says, "That's not the point.
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.75
The courts decided to
lay the sin and the actions
00:28:42.78\00:28:45.75
and the crime of everybody
that ever lived in London
00:28:45.79\00:28:48.69
on you shoulders."
00:28:48.72\00:28:50.59
Now would you go
away peacefully and say,
00:28:50.63\00:28:53.96
"Sure, take me away.
00:28:54.00\00:28:55.53
No problem, I'll go."
00:28:55.56\00:28:57.53
Three hundred
years, well, I'll do that.
00:28:57.57\00:28:59.13
So do you understand
00:29:02.80\00:29:04.17
why Jesus was led as
a lamb to the slaughter,
00:29:04.21\00:29:08.81
yet he did not open his mouth,
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.38
there's only one word
I can give you tonight
00:29:10.41\00:29:12.78
that will tell me why
He did not argue, love.
00:29:12.81\00:29:17.39
We got to say
amen to that one. Amen.
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.55
He loved us so much
00:29:19.59\00:29:22.92
that He looked
down the stream of time
00:29:22.96\00:29:24.99
and saw everybody
sitting here tonight,
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.23
everybody in your
family, every young man born,
00:29:27.26\00:29:30.03
every young girl born,
every man, women, child,
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.33
every criminal that
will ever commit a crime,
00:29:32.37\00:29:34.90
and he said, "In order for
them to be with me one day,"
00:29:34.94\00:29:37.84
because the Bible does say
00:29:37.87\00:29:39.41
that he is not willing
that any should perish,
00:29:39.44\00:29:43.01
doesn't want anybody to be lost.
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.68
Heaven's got room
enough for everybody.
00:29:44.71\00:29:46.72
What do you say?
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.28
Doesn't make any
sense to be lost.
00:29:48.32\00:29:49.98
So He saw us and He loved us.
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.99
As the Bible says in Jeremiah,
"With an everlasting love."
00:29:53.02\00:29:58.66
And His left for us
was so deep, He said,
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.26
"I would rather pay the price
and risk my life being at loss
00:30:00.30\00:30:06.84
than possibly ever letting
anyone of my children be lost."
00:30:06.87\00:30:11.67
Come on. Stay awake.
00:30:11.71\00:30:13.38
You can't miss this, it's
warm but you got to get it.
00:30:13.41\00:30:18.35
1 Peter 2:24 says it this way,
00:30:18.38\00:30:21.95
look at what He did
for us, the Bible says,
00:30:21.98\00:30:25.55
"Who Himself..."
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.62
How many people?
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.26
"Himself." What
did he do, he what?
00:30:29.29\00:30:32.19
"Bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we,
00:30:32.23\00:30:39.03
having died to sins,
might live for righteousness
00:30:39.07\00:30:44.84
by whose
stripes we were healed."
00:30:44.87\00:30:49.04
You see, Jesus
understands our weaknesses.
00:30:49.08\00:30:52.51
He knows what temptation is.
00:30:52.55\00:30:54.75
So when you leave here tonight
00:30:54.78\00:30:56.82
and you lose it on the way home,
00:30:56.85\00:30:58.79
He understands that.
00:30:58.82\00:31:00.96
When you have
difficulty in your family,
00:31:00.99\00:31:03.56
when you stumble along
the way, the Bible says,
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.63
"If any man sins, He has
an advocate with the Father,
00:31:05.66\00:31:09.03
Jesus Christ the righteous."
00:31:09.06\00:31:12.03
Just before the series ends,
00:31:12.07\00:31:13.40
I'm gonna talk
about the judgment
00:31:13.44\00:31:15.30
and how you can have
confidence in the judgment,
00:31:15.34\00:31:17.94
how you don't have to
be afraid at the knowledge
00:31:17.97\00:31:20.98
that Jesus is coming again,
00:31:21.01\00:31:22.98
how you can stand
before God and fear nothing
00:31:23.01\00:31:26.21
because you know that everything
00:31:26.25\00:31:29.22
because of His love.
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.59
Let me just insert this
00:31:30.62\00:31:32.25
so you can come back
at least the last night.
00:31:32.29\00:31:35.86
Do you know that the
courts had been rigged
00:31:35.89\00:31:38.96
in favor of the saints?
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.36
Did you know that?
00:31:41.40\00:31:42.96
Oh, let me tell you the story.
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.37
I was reading the
book of Revelation,
00:31:45.40\00:31:46.80
this is not in my notes.
00:31:46.84\00:31:48.40
I was reading in
the book of Revelation,
00:31:48.44\00:31:51.11
how in the roman
courts they had a jury
00:31:51.14\00:31:55.74
just like we have one today
and the criminal was on trial
00:31:55.78\00:31:59.11
and there was a judge
00:31:59.15\00:32:00.48
and there was
lawyer or an advocate.
00:32:00.52\00:32:02.82
And when the jury could
not come up with a verdict
00:32:02.85\00:32:06.32
as to whether or not
the accused was guilty
00:32:06.35\00:32:08.52
or innocent,
00:32:08.56\00:32:09.89
it was left to the accused
to decide his or her own fate.
00:32:09.92\00:32:16.50
Now let me ask you the question,
00:32:16.53\00:32:18.80
how afraid would
you be if you knew
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.67
that if you were
declared guilty by your own hand
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.47
that you'll be
hanged the next day,
00:32:24.51\00:32:26.27
how afraid would you be?
00:32:26.31\00:32:29.91
Kind of stay up late at night,
would that keep you awake?
00:32:29.94\00:32:36.48
But even worse than
that, how afraid would you be
00:32:36.52\00:32:39.09
when the judge
says bring the bag.
00:32:39.12\00:32:42.99
And they brought a
bag before the court
00:32:43.02\00:32:45.03
and they placed it
right in front of the judge
00:32:45.06\00:32:47.33
so that he can have very
clear vision of that bag.
00:32:47.36\00:32:50.27
And in that bag
were only two stones,
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.00
how many stones did I say?
00:32:53.03\00:32:54.37
Two. A white
one and a black one.
00:32:54.40\00:32:58.61
Wait, wait.
00:32:58.64\00:32:59.97
I see some of you
know where I'm going.
00:33:00.01\00:33:02.78
And just as the sinner was
about to reach his or her hand
00:33:02.81\00:33:06.72
in the bag to decide their fate,
00:33:06.75\00:33:11.32
the lawyer said wait, wait,
00:33:11.35\00:33:13.52
I'm gonna give
you a white stone,
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.10
this is a tic-tac.
00:33:20.13\00:33:21.86
I know you can't see it.
00:33:21.90\00:33:23.23
If I was thinking I had a
big old white stone up here.
00:33:23.26\00:33:26.60
The lawyer said,
00:33:26.63\00:33:28.30
"Wait, I'm gonna
give you a white stone
00:33:28.34\00:33:32.31
and a new name
is gonna be on it."
00:33:32.34\00:33:34.14
So before you put
your hand in the bag,
00:33:34.18\00:33:36.64
hide that stone in your fist.
00:33:36.68\00:33:39.91
So when you put
your hand in the bag,
00:33:39.95\00:33:42.05
you already got a stone
that's gonna exonerate you.
00:33:42.08\00:33:45.05
Come on,
somebody say Amen. Amen.
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.69
You already have a stone
00:33:46.72\00:33:48.62
that's gonna declare
you innocent and free.
00:33:48.66\00:33:52.36
How confidently
would you put your...
00:33:52.39\00:33:55.60
The judge would be
looking at you saying, "What?
00:33:55.63\00:33:57.87
Why does she
look so comfortable?
00:33:57.90\00:34:00.54
Why is he not perspiring?
00:34:00.57\00:34:01.94
Why is he not
vibrating with fear?"
00:34:01.97\00:34:05.07
That's why the Bible
says, "If any mans sins,
00:34:05.11\00:34:07.08
he has an
advocate with the Father,
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.51
Jesus Christ the righteous."
00:34:09.54\00:34:11.65
Amen.
00:34:11.68\00:34:13.48
He doesn't wait for
you to decide your fate,
00:34:13.52\00:34:15.48
he rigs the court
in favor of the saints.
00:34:15.52\00:34:17.95
Daniel 7, persecution was
going on but the Bible says
00:34:17.99\00:34:22.06
the time came for the
saints to judge the world
00:34:22.09\00:34:25.69
and judgment was made
in favor of the saints.
00:34:25.73\00:34:29.33
Hallelujah! Amen.
00:34:29.36\00:34:31.27
So I'm not fearful tonight.
00:34:31.30\00:34:32.93
When I kneel at my bed
00:34:32.97\00:34:34.30
and I ask for God to forgive me,
00:34:34.34\00:34:35.67
I've got an
advocate who loves me
00:34:35.70\00:34:37.87
greater than Satan can hate me.
00:34:37.91\00:34:43.21
Satan couldn't hate me
more than Jesus could love me.
00:34:43.24\00:34:47.72
He couldn't tempt me greater
than God could deliver me.
00:34:47.75\00:34:51.49
That's why the Bible
says in Hebrews 4:15,
00:34:51.52\00:34:54.36
he understands,
00:34:54.39\00:34:55.89
"For we do not
have a High Priest
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.46
who cannot sympathize
00:34:58.49\00:34:59.96
with our
weaknesses, but was in..."
00:35:00.00\00:35:02.23
How many points, church?
00:35:02.26\00:35:03.77
"All points tempted as
we are, yet without sin."
00:35:03.80\00:35:10.01
If you want to read
that story I just alluded to,
00:35:10.04\00:35:11.97
it's in Revelation 3:17.
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.48
Let me even go a step further
00:35:14.51\00:35:16.41
because that the
picture I just painted to you
00:35:16.44\00:35:18.48
made it look like
the judge was here
00:35:18.51\00:35:20.88
and the lawyer was here.
00:35:20.92\00:35:22.35
But did you not know
this is some serious stuff.
00:35:22.38\00:35:27.66
Did you not know
that in the judgment,
00:35:27.69\00:35:32.19
the judge and
the lawyer is Jesus.
00:35:32.23\00:35:35.93
Amen.
00:35:35.96\00:35:38.33
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.73
The judge and the
lawyer are Jesus...
00:35:39.77\00:35:44.04
is Jesus.
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.41
That may sound
grammatically incorrect
00:35:45.44\00:35:47.08
but they're one person.
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.58
The judge who judges our lives
and the one who vindicates us
00:35:48.61\00:35:52.91
by His
righteousness is the same Man.
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.18
Hallelujah! Now
what happen to my hanky?
00:35:55.22\00:36:00.06
It's good stuff.
00:36:00.09\00:36:01.42
I didn't come to
tell you how bad you are.
00:36:01.46\00:36:02.79
You already know that.
00:36:02.82\00:36:07.63
Amen? Amen.
00:36:07.66\00:36:09.16
I don't want you
to confess to me,
00:36:09.20\00:36:10.53
you better confess
to your heavenly Father,
00:36:10.57\00:36:11.90
I can't do diddly for you.
00:36:11.93\00:36:15.40
So allow me to
answer the question
00:36:15.44\00:36:16.87
why did Jesus have to die?
00:36:16.91\00:36:18.84
Roman 6:7, the Bible says,
00:36:18.87\00:36:22.41
"For he who has died
has been freed from sin."
00:36:22.44\00:36:28.05
When Jesus died,
00:36:28.08\00:36:30.19
not only did He take the
sins of the whole world on Him
00:36:30.22\00:36:33.82
but the devil knew
00:36:33.86\00:36:36.83
that when Jesus
approached that cross,
00:36:36.86\00:36:39.86
He was not just taking our sins,
00:36:39.89\00:36:41.83
he was taking Adam's nature,
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.77
the very thing that
devil did not want to die,
00:36:43.80\00:36:46.47
that nature that is controlling
as controlling as gravity is,
00:36:46.50\00:36:50.31
He took the nature of Adam.
00:36:50.34\00:36:51.81
That's what the devil tried
to defeat Him before the cross.
00:36:51.84\00:36:55.54
That's why he
tried to defeat Him
00:36:55.58\00:36:56.91
even on the cross.
00:36:56.95\00:36:58.28
He tried to get
Christ to drink alcohol
00:36:58.31\00:36:59.98
even on the cross.
00:37:00.02\00:37:01.35
He knew that if I
could get Him to sin
00:37:01.38\00:37:03.08
before He closes His
eyes, I have won and He lost.
00:37:03.12\00:37:08.89
But I want to tell you tonight,
00:37:08.92\00:37:10.93
as gloomy as the cross
was, even in His humanity,
00:37:10.96\00:37:14.10
when He said,
"Father, if it be Thy will,
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.26
let this cup pass from Me.
00:37:16.30\00:37:17.83
Nevertheless, not My
will but Thine be done."
00:37:17.87\00:37:20.30
Jesus approached the
cross not because, as they said,
00:37:20.34\00:37:24.04
if You are the Christ
why don't You save yourself,
00:37:24.07\00:37:26.47
come on down.
00:37:26.51\00:37:27.84
You know why
Jesus didn't come down,
00:37:27.88\00:37:29.21
He could not come
down and we go up.
00:37:29.24\00:37:34.02
So He went up and
got nailed to the cross
00:37:34.05\00:37:39.12
so we don't have to
get nailed to the cross.
00:37:39.15\00:37:42.69
But we do have to die,
00:37:42.72\00:37:44.06
and I'll talk about
that in just a moment.
00:37:44.09\00:37:46.53
He faced the death
that we should have faced,
00:37:46.56\00:37:50.23
that eternal
death, that eternal death
00:37:50.27\00:37:52.90
that is illustrated
00:37:52.93\00:37:55.00
in the fires of hell at the end.
00:37:55.04\00:37:57.21
He knew that for everyone
of us that was our eternal
00:37:57.24\00:38:00.84
and final
destination, the fires of hell.
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.85
And by the way,
let me say something
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.51
that you may not even understand
00:38:05.55\00:38:07.48
but you may not
have thought about.
00:38:07.52\00:38:09.08
Do you know Matthew says
00:38:09.12\00:38:10.45
that hell is prepared
for the devil and his angels?
00:38:10.49\00:38:16.22
Hell was never prepared for me
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.43
so why am I gonna try to
break into the devil's party.
00:38:18.46\00:38:22.50
Amen. Amen.
00:38:22.53\00:38:23.93
He is gonna die.
00:38:23.97\00:38:25.30
I don't wanna die with
him, doesn't make any sense.
00:38:25.33\00:38:29.14
But the devil as a kamikaze
who knows he has a short time
00:38:29.17\00:38:33.88
because of his hatred for Christ
00:38:33.91\00:38:35.91
and his hatred for
the woman, the church,
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.81
and his hatred for us,
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
he wants us to join him in
his final destruction party.
00:38:39.21\00:38:43.59
But by God's grace,
I ain't gonna be there,
00:38:43.62\00:38:46.69
what about you?
00:38:46.72\00:38:48.96
I tell you, I love it
when Jesus Christ came.
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.93
That's why baptism
is so widely important.
00:38:51.96\00:38:53.73
Look at Roman 6:3, 4.
00:38:53.76\00:38:57.63
Roman 6:3, 4, the Bible says,
00:38:57.67\00:39:02.84
"Do you not know that as
many of us as were baptized
00:39:02.87\00:39:08.04
into Christ Jesus were
baptized into His death?"
00:39:08.08\00:39:11.91
That's that death of Adam.
00:39:11.95\00:39:13.35
"Therefore we
were buried with Him
00:39:13.38\00:39:16.55
through baptism into death."
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.85
And here's the good news.
00:39:18.89\00:39:20.22
"That just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:39:20.26\00:39:22.82
by the glory of the Father,
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.23
even so we also
should walk in the..."
00:39:25.26\00:39:31.43
What, church?
00:39:31.47\00:39:32.80
"Newness of life."
00:39:32.83\00:39:34.17
The process of us being set free
00:39:34.20\00:39:36.97
is Adam's
nature is put to death.
00:39:37.01\00:39:38.81
He is drowned.
00:39:38.84\00:39:42.14
Then he is buried.
00:39:42.18\00:39:44.91
And I tell you what,
I've never been to a cemetery
00:39:44.95\00:39:48.62
where a buried
man followed me home.
00:39:48.65\00:39:52.45
He better not.
00:39:52.49\00:39:54.79
Some of you West
Indians still think that.
00:39:54.82\00:40:00.63
I had a West
Indian elder in California
00:40:00.66\00:40:03.53
and he said to me,
"When you come to my house,
00:40:03.57\00:40:04.97
knock three times."
00:40:05.00\00:40:06.53
I said, "Why?"
00:40:06.57\00:40:07.90
He said, "Because the
dead people knocked twice."
00:40:07.94\00:40:10.54
I said, "You want
to box, you know."
00:40:10.57\00:40:14.41
So I went and knocked
twice just to irritate him.
00:40:14.44\00:40:18.05
He wouldn't open the
door. I said, "Okay."
00:40:18.08\00:40:22.35
He said, "Pastor, was that you?"
00:40:22.38\00:40:23.72
He said, "Didn't I tell
you to knock three times."
00:40:23.75\00:40:25.42
I said, "You're an Adventist,
00:40:25.45\00:40:26.79
you know that the
dead don't know anything.
00:40:26.82\00:40:28.16
Why you still
believe in that foolishness?"
00:40:28.19\00:40:29.92
And then I told him, I said,
00:40:29.96\00:40:31.29
"Do you know
that the safest place
00:40:31.33\00:40:32.66
in this city is the cemetery."
00:40:32.69\00:40:34.03
He said, "You could
sleep in there, not me."
00:40:34.06\00:40:35.40
When Jesus went to the
cross, Adam was nailed there.
00:40:39.73\00:40:46.14
When Jesus rose from the grave,
00:40:49.28\00:40:53.58
Adam stayed in the
grave, and Jesus came forth
00:40:53.62\00:40:59.79
to extend to
everyone of us a new life
00:40:59.82\00:41:02.69
that we could never have had
00:41:02.72\00:41:05.16
outside of the provision
of His righteousness alone.
00:41:05.19\00:41:10.67
That's why when
we accept Christ,
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.03
notice Romans 8:1-2,
00:41:12.07\00:41:13.67
that's why when we accept Jesus
and we begin to walk with Him,
00:41:13.70\00:41:17.14
notice how the
Bible describes this.
00:41:17.17\00:41:20.74
Romans 8:1-2,
notice what it says,
00:41:20.78\00:41:24.41
"There is therefore
together now no condemnation
00:41:24.45\00:41:29.42
to those who
are in Christ Jesus,
00:41:29.45\00:41:33.15
who do not walk
according to the flesh."
00:41:33.19\00:41:36.09
That's that all Adam.
00:41:36.12\00:41:37.46
"But according to
the," what, Spirit.
00:41:37.49\00:41:39.39
For the law of
the Spirit of life
00:41:39.43\00:41:42.60
in Christ Jesus
00:41:42.63\00:41:44.50
has made me free from
the law of sin and death."
00:41:44.53\00:41:48.67
And by the way
when you read that,
00:41:48.70\00:41:50.41
the law of sin and death
is not the 10 commandments.
00:41:50.44\00:41:55.84
It is that Adam's nature.
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.75
It is that nature
that forever controls us,
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.28
that nature that if
we leave it unchecked,
00:42:00.32\00:42:03.25
if we leave that nature
to do what it wants to do,
00:42:03.28\00:42:05.39
it'll make the...
00:42:05.42\00:42:06.76
It'll make a fool out of us,
00:42:09.82\00:42:13.60
it'll make us do things
00:42:13.63\00:42:14.96
that our minds
could never have imagined.
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.13
I've seen people
that have made attempts
00:42:17.17\00:42:19.50
to live this
life and have failed
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.47
over and over and over again.
00:42:21.50\00:42:24.17
And by the way, let me
make it even make it clearer,
00:42:24.21\00:42:26.11
when you become a Christian,
this is not a second chance
00:42:26.14\00:42:28.48
to do what you could
not do the first time.
00:42:28.51\00:42:30.25
So when you're baptized,
00:42:33.55\00:42:35.25
that means you
are dying with Jesus.
00:42:35.28\00:42:39.55
To not be baptized
means you're dying without Him
00:42:39.59\00:42:43.06
because there's got
to be death somewhere.
00:42:43.09\00:42:44.86
You know why?
00:42:44.89\00:42:46.23
Because the
wages of sin is what?
00:42:46.26\00:42:48.13
Death. So somebody's got to die.
00:42:48.16\00:42:50.67
I like it a whole lot
better if my loving savior says,
00:42:50.70\00:42:53.77
"John, let me die in your half,
00:42:53.80\00:42:56.71
so you don't have
to die in your half.
00:42:56.74\00:43:00.41
Let me take the
persecution that belongs to you
00:43:00.44\00:43:04.31
and I'll give you
the joy and righteousness
00:43:04.35\00:43:07.02
that belongs to me."
00:43:07.05\00:43:09.95
What a Lord? What a Savior?
00:43:09.98\00:43:12.49
Romans 6:5-6...
00:43:12.52\00:43:14.16
I'm starting to hate
the clock by the way.
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.50
Romans 6:5,
00:43:25.50\00:43:27.87
"For if we have
been united together
00:43:27.90\00:43:29.84
in the likeness of
His," what, death."
00:43:29.87\00:43:32.57
What's the next word? Certainly.
00:43:32.61\00:43:34.34
What's that word? Certainly.
00:43:34.38\00:43:35.71
"Certainly," of a
certain, "we also shall be
00:43:35.74\00:43:39.55
in the likeness
of His resurrection,
00:43:39.58\00:43:42.35
knowing this, that our old
man was crucified with Him,
00:43:42.38\00:43:48.96
that the body of
sin might be done away
00:43:48.99\00:43:52.56
that we should no
longer be slaves to sin."
00:43:52.59\00:43:59.27
I told that to my mother.
00:43:59.30\00:44:01.44
When I met my
mother, she was an alcoholic.
00:44:01.47\00:44:03.84
Smoked two to three
packs of cigarettes a day.
00:44:03.87\00:44:06.88
I'll tell you
the story at the end.
00:44:06.91\00:44:08.64
I got it started off,
I'll finish it at the end.
00:44:12.88\00:44:16.35
"That we should no
longer be slaves to sin."
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.19
Sin is not only a law
00:44:19.22\00:44:22.96
but it is an enslaving power.
00:44:22.99\00:44:26.73
Have you seen people
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.60
that cannot free
themselves from sin?
00:44:28.63\00:44:31.57
Have you seen them in London?
00:44:31.60\00:44:36.10
They're on the streets.
00:44:36.14\00:44:37.47
Their lives look
worn and tattered.
00:44:37.51\00:44:39.71
The scent of sin
is all around them.
00:44:39.74\00:44:42.71
But I'm gonna say tonight,
no matter how bad they look,
00:44:42.74\00:44:45.38
He is able to
save to the uttermost.
00:44:45.41\00:44:48.15
Those who come
unto God through Him,
00:44:48.18\00:44:50.19
seeing that He ever liveth
to make intercession for us,
00:44:50.22\00:44:53.29
there is no pit too deep
that Jesus cannot reach down
00:44:53.32\00:44:57.23
and pull us out of it.
00:44:57.26\00:44:59.13
There's no sin too dark
that He cannot save us from.
00:44:59.16\00:45:02.10
There is no challenge so great
00:45:02.13\00:45:04.83
that Jesus cannot bring
us victory over that sin.
00:45:04.87\00:45:09.17
That's why he says in
I John 1:9 these words,
00:45:09.20\00:45:13.61
"If we confess
our sins, he is..."
00:45:13.64\00:45:15.04
What, church?
00:45:15.08\00:45:16.44
"Faithful and just
to forgive us our sins."
00:45:16.48\00:45:18.45
And to do what else?
00:45:18.48\00:45:20.22
Cleanse us from
most unrighteousness.
00:45:20.25\00:45:23.95
How much unrighteousness? All.
00:45:23.99\00:45:25.92
Say all. All.
00:45:25.95\00:45:28.22
Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
00:45:28.26\00:45:31.96
And I told you last
night, when He cleanses us,
00:45:31.99\00:45:36.13
He not only cleanses us
but He gives us a new name,
00:45:36.16\00:45:39.00
Revelation 3:17,
00:45:39.03\00:45:40.44
"I'll give you a white
stone with a new name on it."
00:45:40.47\00:45:43.07
Tim, He gives us anonymity.
00:45:43.10\00:45:45.34
That's why when He
met Saul, He changed Saul
00:45:45.37\00:45:48.18
and gave him a
new name called Paul.
00:45:48.21\00:45:50.05
When the Christians of
the New Testament church
00:45:50.08\00:45:51.98
saw him, they
said, "Wait a minute,
00:45:52.01\00:45:53.82
isn't that Saul who persecutes?"
00:45:53.85\00:45:55.62
"No, I'm Paul who proclaims."
00:45:55.65\00:46:00.32
He said to Peter the man
00:46:00.36\00:46:01.69
who couldn't get
his act together,
00:46:01.72\00:46:03.06
the man whose mouth
was slower than his mind,
00:46:03.09\00:46:06.90
who always denied His Lord.
00:46:06.93\00:46:08.33
He said, "Lord, I'll follow
you all the way to the cross.
00:46:08.36\00:46:10.47
But when they said,
"What's your testimony?"
00:46:10.50\00:46:12.37
He said, "I don't
even know that man."
00:46:12.40\00:46:15.07
And he cursed
to prove his point.
00:46:15.10\00:46:17.61
And Jesus said,
"When you are converted,
00:46:17.64\00:46:20.58
strengthen the brethren."
00:46:20.61\00:46:21.94
Do you know who preached
on the day of Pentecost?
00:46:21.98\00:46:23.75
Impetuous Peter.
00:46:23.78\00:46:25.15
The Lord finally got his mind
00:46:25.18\00:46:26.98
and his mouth
to be synchronized.
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.55
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:46:28.58\00:46:29.92
Some of us are just
as messed up as Peter.
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.02
Then there were
the sons of thunder,
00:46:32.05\00:46:33.39
James and John, they were loud.
00:46:33.42\00:46:35.26
You know anybody that's loud?
00:46:35.29\00:46:37.49
Don't look around.
00:46:37.53\00:46:39.46
Some of you
looking over your shoulder.
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.56
Loud.
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
Then there are some people
that just don't have any faith
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.30
like doubting Thomas.
00:46:44.33\00:46:45.67
There it is,
every day with Jesus.
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.84
He still doubted the capacity
and the ability of Christ.
00:46:47.87\00:46:51.57
And Jesus said him,
00:46:51.61\00:46:52.97
"Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet believe."
00:46:53.01\00:46:54.94
Thomas, you need help.
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.44
That's why Thomas is
not mentioned very much
00:46:56.48\00:46:59.45
in the proclamation.
00:46:59.48\00:47:00.82
He was still
working on his faith thing.
00:47:00.85\00:47:02.35
But I wanna tell you
this, when Jesus comes,
00:47:02.38\00:47:04.42
Thomas will be there.
00:47:04.45\00:47:06.86
He can fix
anything that's crooked.
00:47:06.89\00:47:09.56
I'll tell you,
friends, baptism is the ceremony
00:47:09.59\00:47:11.89
that signifies the
crucifixion of Adam.
00:47:11.93\00:47:14.03
Baptism is the means
whereby Adam's nature
00:47:14.06\00:47:16.46
is put to death forever.
00:47:16.50\00:47:18.47
That's why Romans
6:14 says it this way.
00:47:18.50\00:47:22.00
We always mess
this scripture up.
00:47:22.04\00:47:23.91
I'm always upset
when pastors twist this
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.91
to mean what it doesn't mean.
00:47:25.94\00:47:28.78
"For sin shall not
have dominion over you,
00:47:28.81\00:47:34.25
for you are not
under law but under," what?
00:47:34.28\00:47:36.79
Grace.
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.15
The law that Adam was under,
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.52
the law of sin that
Jesus was born under,
00:47:40.56\00:47:44.39
that very sin
nature that controlled Adam
00:47:44.43\00:47:47.40
after he yielded to
Satan's suggestions,
00:47:47.43\00:47:50.97
that very sin that condemned
everyone born after Adam,
00:47:51.00\00:47:54.94
that was the law
that all of us are under
00:47:54.97\00:47:58.27
until Jesus pulls us
00:47:58.31\00:48:01.71
by His grace
from under that law.
00:48:01.74\00:48:03.65
What do you say? Amen.
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.25
That's called justification.
00:48:05.28\00:48:06.65
He takes us off of death row,
00:48:06.68\00:48:08.35
which means we are
no longer under that,
00:48:08.38\00:48:10.92
we are under grace,
00:48:10.95\00:48:12.29
for by grace are
you saved through faith
00:48:12.32\00:48:15.06
and that not of
yourselves, it is a gift of God,
00:48:15.09\00:48:18.06
not a work lest
any man should boast.
00:48:18.09\00:48:19.79
In other words, you
couldn't save yourself.
00:48:19.83\00:48:22.36
It's a divine act to save us.
00:48:22.40\00:48:24.43
Under law, another
phrase for under means
00:48:24.47\00:48:27.04
dominion or power or control
00:48:27.07\00:48:29.50
or domination or
command or authority.
00:48:29.54\00:48:31.64
In other words,
00:48:31.67\00:48:33.01
when you surrender your
life to Christ through baptism,
00:48:33.04\00:48:34.84
the power of sin is broken,
00:48:34.88\00:48:36.71
Jesus is the power
that moves in then.
00:48:36.75\00:48:40.75
The control of sin is removed.
00:48:40.78\00:48:42.35
Jesus moves in
and takes control.
00:48:42.38\00:48:46.22
Sin no longer dominates you.
00:48:46.25\00:48:47.92
Jesus is the one
now calling the shots.
00:48:47.96\00:48:50.26
Sin no longer commands you.
00:48:50.29\00:48:52.46
Somebody told me
just a few weeks ago,
00:48:52.49\00:48:54.06
I was sitting
down with a young man
00:48:54.10\00:48:55.43
that was fighting with
sexual sin for 35 years.
00:48:55.46\00:48:58.80
He described to my
wife and I how he would sit,
00:48:58.83\00:49:01.50
he said, "This was a struggle.
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.71
I've been baptized three times."
00:49:03.74\00:49:07.84
Came to my house and said,
"Pastor, I want to tell you.
00:49:07.88\00:49:10.28
And, sister Angela, what
I've been struggling with.
00:49:10.31\00:49:13.25
He said, "I have been
struggling with sexual impurity
00:49:13.28\00:49:16.38
for 35 years.
00:49:16.42\00:49:19.29
Since I was a
five-year-old, I was molested.
00:49:19.32\00:49:23.96
And sexual sin
was my entire life."
00:49:23.99\00:49:27.10
He said, "Let me
tell you how bad it was.
00:49:27.13\00:49:29.33
When I began to pray
I was in my hotel room
00:49:29.36\00:49:32.50
and I was shaking
like a man on drugs
00:49:32.53\00:49:35.24
because I can hear the
pornography calling me.
00:49:35.27\00:49:40.24
It was fighting against me
00:49:40.28\00:49:41.81
and I was crying out in
the pain of this authority
00:49:41.84\00:49:45.01
that dominated, that
commanded, that controlled me.
00:49:45.05\00:49:48.28
And I was saying,
Lord Jesus, save me."
00:49:48.32\00:49:53.25
You see, he didn't
know what it's like
00:49:53.29\00:49:55.19
to fight with that.
00:49:55.22\00:49:56.56
He said, "But I kept on praying,
00:49:56.59\00:49:57.93
I kept on praying and
I've come over here to tell you
00:49:57.96\00:50:00.20
that now when I
walk past a woman,
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.26
I don't even see her no more.
00:50:02.30\00:50:06.03
Don't even phase me."
00:50:06.07\00:50:08.80
He said, "For the first
time, I could love my wife
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.44
as a natural man
should be able to
00:50:11.47\00:50:15.21
because that
power has been broken."
00:50:15.24\00:50:16.61
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:50:16.64\00:50:18.11
There's no drug
that can bind you
00:50:18.15\00:50:19.85
that Jesus cannot free you from.
00:50:19.88\00:50:22.75
The power is broken,
the control is removed,
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.25
it no longer dominates,
it no longer commands,
00:50:25.29\00:50:27.59
it no longer has authority,
00:50:27.62\00:50:28.96
Jesus is the one
with the authority.
00:50:28.99\00:50:30.89
That's why He says
in Matthew 28:18-19
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.09
these words.
00:50:33.13\00:50:34.93
He declared His status
when He rose up from the grave,
00:50:34.96\00:50:37.57
Jesus said "And Jesus
came and spoke to them, saying,
00:50:37.60\00:50:41.30
'All authority...'
00:50:41.34\00:50:42.67
" How much authority, church?"
00:50:42.70\00:50:44.04
"'All authority
has been give to Me
00:50:44.07\00:50:45.94
in heaven and on earth.
00:50:45.97\00:50:47.64
Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations,
00:50:47.68\00:50:50.08
baptizing them in
the name of authority,
00:50:50.11\00:50:53.52
in the name of the
Father and of the Son
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.25
and of the Holy Spirit.'"
00:50:56.28\00:50:58.89
That's the only authority.
00:50:58.92\00:51:00.26
Some people argue,
00:51:00.29\00:51:01.62
"Well, we should
Baptize in the name of Jesus."
00:51:01.66\00:51:02.99
Let me tell you what
it means when it says
00:51:03.02\00:51:04.36
in the name of the Greek word
00:51:04.39\00:51:05.73
there is
dunamis, the authority of.
00:51:05.76\00:51:08.10
The one that devil here,
God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit,
00:51:08.13\00:51:11.33
he's afraid of all three
because he's in authority.
00:51:11.37\00:51:14.40
When somebody knocks on
your door where a uniform,
00:51:14.44\00:51:16.81
you say, "Who are you here?
00:51:16.84\00:51:18.34
Who are you?" "I
am a police officer.
00:51:18.37\00:51:20.08
I am under the authority
of the Police of London."
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.14
He mentions his authority.
00:51:23.18\00:51:25.31
The authority of heaven
is greater and more powerful
00:51:25.35\00:51:28.45
and more commanding
00:51:28.48\00:51:29.88
than the authority
of hell will be ever be.
00:51:29.92\00:51:31.62
Praise God for that.
00:51:31.65\00:51:33.92
So now...
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.36
question is, baptized,
00:51:38.43\00:51:42.76
since who we were has died,
00:51:42.80\00:51:47.87
how could who we
need to become happen?
00:51:47.90\00:51:53.74
Since who he were has died,
00:51:53.78\00:51:55.78
how do we become who we can be?
00:51:55.81\00:52:01.12
There was a power
that held you there.
00:52:01.15\00:52:06.45
But there's a power
that's needs to be able
00:52:06.49\00:52:07.89
to keep you here
00:52:07.92\00:52:11.46
because once you're emptied
of that old sinful nature,
00:52:11.49\00:52:15.46
you've got to be
filled with a new nature
00:52:15.50\00:52:17.90
so that devil
doesn't come back in,
00:52:17.93\00:52:21.70
'cause I wanna tell you
this and you might know this,
00:52:21.74\00:52:24.84
those of you that may have
been a victim of recidivism,
00:52:24.87\00:52:27.54
that means repeat offenders,
00:52:27.58\00:52:29.14
everybody has
been a repeat offender,
00:52:29.18\00:52:31.01
you have sinned more than once.
00:52:31.05\00:52:32.81
Come on somebody, confess it.
00:52:32.85\00:52:36.08
Bu the reason why that
often happens with impunity,
00:52:36.12\00:52:38.99
and what I mean by that is
some people get to the point
00:52:39.02\00:52:41.16
where they don't
really care anymore,
00:52:41.19\00:52:42.52
they just keep on sinning
00:52:42.56\00:52:43.89
because they
think there's no hope.
00:52:43.93\00:52:45.26
They say, I've been
trying, I've been trying.
00:52:45.29\00:52:47.13
And that's just the
problem, you've been trying.
00:52:47.16\00:52:50.93
So how do you get to become
who God envisioned you to be?
00:52:50.97\00:52:53.97
Galatians 2:20, the Bible says,
00:52:54.00\00:52:59.71
"I am crucified with
Christ, nevertheless..."
00:52:59.74\00:53:04.31
What happens?
00:53:04.35\00:53:05.68
"I live, yet not I,
but Christ lives in me
00:53:05.71\00:53:09.75
and the life which I
now live in the flesh
00:53:09.78\00:53:13.92
I live by the faith
00:53:13.96\00:53:15.49
in the son of
God who loved me..."
00:53:15.52\00:53:17.36
And did what, friends?
00:53:17.39\00:53:18.73
"Gave Himself for me."
00:53:18.76\00:53:22.10
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:53:22.13\00:53:24.47
Christ liveth where? In me.
00:53:24.50\00:53:26.80
Say in me. In me.
00:53:26.84\00:53:28.60
In order for you to
be victorious every day,
00:53:28.64\00:53:30.11
you got to have the
power of Christ in you,
00:53:30.14\00:53:32.24
the power to deliver
you from the power of sin.
00:53:32.27\00:53:35.68
It's a constant
struggle, two powers,
00:53:35.71\00:53:37.51
but I wanna tell you,
00:53:37.55\00:53:38.88
the power of God is far greater
than the power of the evil one.
00:53:38.91\00:53:42.65
That's why the demons,
when they face the disciples,
00:53:42.68\00:53:44.82
when they faced Jesus,
one of the demons said,
00:53:44.85\00:53:47.26
"Have you come to
torment me before my time."
00:53:47.29\00:53:50.93
They know the name of Jesus.
00:53:50.96\00:53:53.86
There are no
atheists, by the way,
00:53:53.90\00:53:55.96
among the evil
angels, I wanna just say that.
00:53:56.00\00:53:59.03
Even the devil believes.
00:53:59.07\00:54:01.60
He's a believer but
he just does not believe
00:54:01.64\00:54:03.71
that he wants the
righteousness of Jesus.
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.47
He is too far gone.
00:54:05.51\00:54:06.84
But let me make an illustration
before I close tonight.
00:54:06.88\00:54:09.61
And I wanna tell you,
00:54:09.64\00:54:10.98
pastor introduced
tonight's sermon as part two,
00:54:11.01\00:54:13.65
let me introduce
Friday's sermon as part three.
00:54:13.68\00:54:17.65
I said to my wife today,
00:54:17.69\00:54:19.02
"Honey, I used to
have six page sermons.
00:54:19.05\00:54:21.32
Let me cut it down to five pages
00:54:21.36\00:54:24.23
'cause I can't
get through six pages
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.29
'cause I got to make it clear."
00:54:26.33\00:54:28.40
I wanna confess tonight, I
only got through three pages,
00:54:28.43\00:54:32.00
I got two more left.
00:54:32.03\00:54:34.67
But if it's clear,
that's all that matters.
00:54:34.70\00:54:36.91
You mind saying
amen to that. Amen.
00:54:36.94\00:54:38.64
Now Christ in you,
somebody gave me a glove,
00:54:38.67\00:54:42.28
it's a nice leather glove.
00:54:42.31\00:54:45.21
I only got one hand.
00:54:45.25\00:54:46.58
It's a Thinsulate,
40 grams, insulation.
00:54:46.61\00:54:50.52
This is you...
00:54:50.55\00:54:51.89
and here's the microphone.
00:54:54.96\00:54:58.49
This is you. Here
is the microphone.
00:54:58.53\00:55:01.36
I'm going to say to
you, pick up that microphone,
00:55:01.40\00:55:03.33
pick it up. Go
ahead, pick it up.
00:55:03.37\00:55:06.70
You've got five
fingers, pick it up.
00:55:06.74\00:55:10.17
Go ahead and pick it up.
00:55:10.21\00:55:12.47
Pick it up.
00:55:12.51\00:55:15.64
Let me check, I
got five fingers,
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.65
you have five.
00:55:17.68\00:55:19.01
What's the problem pick it up?
00:55:19.05\00:55:20.55
I think they sold
me a defective glove,
00:55:24.12\00:55:25.85
it don't do nothing.
00:55:25.89\00:55:28.76
Don't know why I have bought it.
00:55:28.79\00:55:30.79
Glad I didn't but you know what?
00:55:30.83\00:55:32.39
That's the sinner's life
without Jesus on the inside.
00:55:32.43\00:55:36.56
Without Me, you can do...
00:55:36.60\00:55:38.07
Nothing.
00:55:38.10\00:55:39.43
Without Me, you can do nothing.
00:55:39.47\00:55:41.07
Say to your neighbor,
"You can't do nothing."
00:55:41.10\00:55:43.84
You can fix it
grammatically if you'd like to.
00:55:43.87\00:55:46.51
The fact of the matter is
00:55:46.54\00:55:47.88
until Jesus
comes in on the inside,
00:55:47.91\00:55:50.75
here it is, are you ready?
00:55:50.78\00:55:52.61
Clean glove
that's justified, clean,
00:55:52.65\00:55:56.08
no spots on this
thing, smells really good,
00:55:56.12\00:55:59.15
but now I'm
going to sanctify it.
00:55:59.19\00:56:00.92
Jesus' gonna move in,
He's moving in, He's coming in.
00:56:00.96\00:56:05.23
Oh, he's coming in.
00:56:05.26\00:56:07.13
Yes, He is. Oh, yes He is.
00:56:07.16\00:56:10.23
Pick it up. All right.
00:56:10.27\00:56:12.63
Amen.
00:56:12.67\00:56:14.04
I can do all things
through Christ who does, what,
00:56:14.07\00:56:18.17
strengthens me.
00:56:18.21\00:56:19.81
Tim, get to the piano.
00:56:19.84\00:56:21.51
Somebody tonight wants
the power of Jesus to move in.
00:56:21.54\00:56:25.71
You've been tired,
He wants to touch you.
00:56:25.75\00:56:30.42
See, you can be right here
00:56:30.45\00:56:32.19
but if you don't
receive the touch of Jesus,
00:56:32.22\00:56:34.46
ain't no power on the inside.
00:56:34.49\00:56:35.99
I'm gonna ask tonight,
00:56:36.02\00:56:37.36
I'm gonna be
very straight forward.
00:56:37.39\00:56:38.73
Could you give me one of
those cards, young lady...
00:56:38.76\00:56:40.10
young man, sorry.
00:56:40.13\00:56:41.60
Thank you.
00:56:41.63\00:56:45.33
You want Jesus
to touch you tonight
00:56:45.37\00:56:47.17
to make a
difference in your life,
00:56:47.20\00:56:48.67
how many of you know that you
need the power on the inside?
00:56:48.70\00:56:51.54
Come on somebody.
Some of you don't know it.
00:56:51.57\00:56:55.11
Maybe you don't want
to admit it publicly.
00:56:55.14\00:56:56.61
Let me ask you a question again.
00:56:56.64\00:56:58.01
How many of you know
you need the power of Jesus
00:56:58.05\00:57:00.82
on the inside to
make a difference?
00:57:00.85\00:57:03.95
So tonight, I'm opening
the doors of this church,
00:57:03.99\00:57:06.96
don't have a whole lot of
time to tell you about heaven,
00:57:06.99\00:57:10.66
we'll talk about
that in another night.
00:57:10.69\00:57:12.99
But tonight, somebody
wants to say, Pastor John,
00:57:13.03\00:57:15.66
Lord Jesus, You
have done so much for me
00:57:15.70\00:57:20.44
that it doesn't make sense
for me not to accept the fact
00:57:20.47\00:57:24.47
that You wanna move into my life
00:57:24.51\00:57:25.84
and make a difference.
00:57:25.87\00:57:27.24
If there's somebody here tonight
00:57:27.28\00:57:28.61
that wants that difference,
00:57:28.64\00:57:30.11
I'm opening the
doors of the church tonight
00:57:30.15\00:57:32.51
to give you that opportunity.
00:57:32.55\00:57:33.88
If you wanna stand and
say, I want you to pray for me
00:57:33.92\00:57:37.92
that I can have
Jesus to give me the power
00:57:37.95\00:57:41.09
to live a victorious life,
00:57:41.12\00:57:42.86
I want Jesus to
move inside of my heart.
00:57:42.89\00:57:46.73
Anybody tonight?
00:57:46.76\00:57:48.20
If that's your desire,
just stand up where you are.
00:57:48.23\00:57:50.50
Just stand up.
00:57:50.53\00:57:52.07
Don't ask anybody,
they may not need it
00:57:52.10\00:57:54.04
but if you need
it, you stand up.
00:57:54.07\00:57:57.31
Now you might have
missed what I asked.
00:57:57.34\00:57:59.64
I didn't ask if you
want to be a church member,
00:57:59.67\00:58:02.74
I asked if you want
Jesus to move inside,
00:58:02.78\00:58:07.12
some of you might say,
"Well, I'm already a member."
00:58:07.15\00:58:09.18
I didn't ask you that
00:58:09.22\00:58:10.99
because whether
you're a member or not,
00:58:11.02\00:58:12.45
you need Jesus on the inside.
00:58:12.49\00:58:14.06
Amen somebody.
So let me ask again.
00:58:14.09\00:58:17.66
Now the reason why
00:58:17.69\00:58:19.03
this question is
so widely important is
00:58:19.06\00:58:21.36
if you leave here tonight
00:58:21.40\00:58:23.03
and think you're going to
go home and live victoriously
00:58:23.06\00:58:25.10
because you could
just really try hard,
00:58:25.13\00:58:27.64
you're gonna fail.
00:58:27.67\00:58:29.30
You cannot do anything
that God through His Son Jesus
00:58:29.34\00:58:35.44
is incapable of
empowering you to accomplish.
00:58:35.48\00:58:38.78
I'm talking about Jesus.
00:58:38.81\00:58:40.48
I'm talking about
the one who never failed,
00:58:40.52\00:58:42.88
the one who knows no failure,
00:58:42.92\00:58:45.12
the one who wants move
into our beautiful little lives.
00:58:45.15\00:58:48.49
It may be a torn
up and tattered life,
00:58:48.52\00:58:50.73
a mind filled with trails
and difficulty, but tonight,
00:58:50.76\00:58:53.53
the Lord wants to make
a difference in your life.
00:58:53.56\00:58:56.10
Allow Jesus to reach out
and touch your life tonight.
00:58:56.13\00:58:59.50