¤ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN'S FALL
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CAMP MEETING, HOMECOMING 2017. ¤
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>> FEATURING INSPIRED
MESSAGES FROM YOUR 3ABN FAMILY.
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¤ >> AND FEATURED SPEAKER, JOHN
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BRADSHAW. ALL TO
PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR
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THE COMING OF THE LORD. >>
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THURSDAY
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EVENING OF OUR 3ABN
FAL HOMECOMING 2017.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT
EACH ONE OF YOU ARE HERE.
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HAVE WE BEEN
BLESSED SO FAR? AMEN.
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AND WE'RE SO GLAD YOU HAVE
JOINED US FROM HOME, TUNED IN
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FROM AROUND THE WORD. MY
NAME IS JIL MORIKONE, AND
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WE'RE JUST
DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE HEAR.
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TONIGHT'S MESSAGE WILL BE
BROUGHT TO US BY ELDER JOHN
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BRADSHAW. MY
HUSBAND AND I HAD THE
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PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING BROTHER
BRADSHAW, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 25
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YEARS AGO IN SCHOOL.
HE WAS JUST AHEAD OF US IN
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SCHOOL. AND EVEN
THEN HE HAS A FIRM
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GRASP ON THE WORD OF
GOD. HE WAS A MAN OF GOD.
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A MAN OF PRINCIPLE, AND JUST
A WONDERFUL WARM PRESENTATION
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STYLE. SO WE ARE
SO BLESSED THAT HE IS
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OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND OUR
FEATURED SPEAKER ALL WEEKEND
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THIS WEEKEND. HIS
TITLE TONIGHT WILL BE
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SACRIFICE, AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WHAT GOD IS GOING TO
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DO IN AND THROUGH HIM. HE
IS NOW THE SPEAKER DIRECTOR
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FOR IT IS WRITTEN, THAT'S
AN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA-BASED
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MINISTRY, AND WE AIR THAT ON
3ABN, AND I KNOW IT HAS BLESSED
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PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HE HAS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE
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WORLD SHARING THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST, PREACHING
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EVANGELISTIC SERIES
ON OVER SIX CONTINENTS.
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I GUESS MAYBE THERE IS ONLY SIX
CONTINENT, SO MAYBE THAT MEANS
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HE HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE.
HIS WIFE MELISSA IS A PRECIOUS
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WOMAN OF GOD, AND
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN.
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AND WE'RE SO BLESSED
THAT HE IS HERE TONIGHT.
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BEFORE WE HEAR HIS MESSAGE,
WE'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED BY
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ANOTHER PASTOR, MY
PASTOR, PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG.
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AND HE IS ALWAYS THE WORLD
EVANGELISM DIRECTOR FOR US HERE
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AT 3ABN. AND THE
SONG THAT HE WILL BE
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MINISTERING IS
SHEPPARD OF MY HEART.
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AND PASTOR LOMACANG SINGS,
TH NEXT VOICE THAT YOU WILL HEAR
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WILL BE THAT OF
PASTOR JOHN BRADSHAW.
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¤ ¤ MAKER OF
THIS HEART OF MINE ¤
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¤ YOU KNOW ME VERY WELL ¤
¤ YOU UNDERSTAND MY DEEPEST
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HEART MORE THAN I KNOW MYSELF ¤
¤ SO WHEN I FACE THE DARKNESS ¤
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¤ WHEN I NEED TO FIND MY WAY ¤
¤ I'LL TRUST IN YOU, SHEPHERD OF
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MY HEART ¤ ¤ KEEPER
OF THIS HEART OF MINE ¤
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¤ YOUR PATIENCE HAS NO END ¤
¤ YOU'VE LOVED ME BACK INTO YOUR
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ARMS TIME AND TIME AGAIN ¤ ¤
SO IF I START TO WANDER, JUST
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LIKE A LAMB THAT'S GONE ASTRAY ¤
¤ I'LL TRUST IN YOU, SHEPHERD OF
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MY HEART ¤ ¤ YOU
ARE THE BEACON OF MY
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NIGHT ¤ ¤ YOU'RE
THE SUNLIGHT OF MY
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DAY ¤ ¤ I CAN
REST WITHIN YOUR ARMS ¤
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¤ I CAN KNOW YOUR LOVING WAYS
¤ ¤ SO LET THE COLD WINDS BLOW ¤
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¤ AND LET THE
STORMS RAGE ALL AROUND ¤
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¤ I'LL TRUST IN YOU
SHEPHERD OF MY HEART ¤
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¤ GIVER OF THIS LIFE OF ME ¤
¤ YOU ARE WHAT I'M LIVING FOR ¤
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¤ FOR ALL MY
DEEDS OF GRATITUDE ¤
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¤ YOU LOVE ME EVEN MORE ¤
¤ SO AS I WALK, LISTENING FOR
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THE MASTER'S CALL ¤ ¤
I'LL TRUST IN YOU, SHEPHERD OF
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MY HEART ¤ ¤
YOU'RE THE BEACON OF MY
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NIGHT ¤ ¤ YOU'RE
THE SUNLIGHT OF MY
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DAY ¤ ¤ AND I
CAN REST WITHIN YOUR
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ARMS ¤ ¤ I WILL
KNOW YOUR LOVING WAYS ¤
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¤ SO AS I WALK THROUGH
THE VALLEY, LISTENING FOR MY
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MASTER'S CALL ¤ ¤ I'LL
TRUST IN YOU, SHEPHERD OF
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MY HEART ¤ ¤ YES,
I'LL TRUST IN YOU,
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SHEPHERD OF MY HEART ¤
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>> AMEN! >> AMEN!
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>> WERE YOU AS BLESSED BY
THAT AS I WAS, DO YOU THINK?
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AMEN. THANKS, PASTOR LOMACANG.
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
FANTASTIC TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS
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EVENING. THANKS SO
MUCH FOR BEING PART OF
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THIS CAMP MEETING. JUST SO GLAD.
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THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
GET AHEAD OF THE GAME A LITTLE
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BIT, AND LET YOU KNOW TOWARDS
THE END OF OCTOBER, I'LL PRESENT
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A SPECIAL NINE-PART SERIES
DEALING WITH THE REFORMATION.
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I MAY REMIND YOU ONCE OR
TWICE, BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND.
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THIS MARKS THE 500TH AN VERSE OF
THE FOUNDING OF THE PROTESTANT,
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WHEN MARTIN LUTHER NAILED THOSE
PROTESTS, AND HE CHANGED THE
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WORLD. GOD
CHANGED THE WORLD THROUGH
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HIM THEN AND NOW. I WANT
YOU TO BE WATCHING OUT ON
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3ABN FOR 500, BROUGHT
TO YOU BY IT IS WRITTEN.
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IT IS REALLY A TERRIFIC, A
TERRIFIC SERIES OF PROGRAMS.
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>> CAMP MEETING,
REASON YOU GLAD ABOUT THAT.
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SACRIFICE, HIS AND OURS.
THAT'S OUR THEME THIS WEEKEND.
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I'M GOING TO BE ATTEMPT
TO BE FAITHFUL TO THAT THEME.
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SO TONIGHT THE
SUBJECT IS ENTITLED SACRIFICE.
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I'M GOING TO PRAY AND ASK THAT
GOD WOULD BLESS US AS WE OPEN
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THE BIBLE TOGETHER.-SO LET'S
PRAY AND EXPECT THAT GOD WOULD
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SPEAK TO US. OUR FATHER IN
HEAEN, WE COME IN THE NAME OF
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JESUS. THERE IN THE BIBLE YOU
-- YOU SPOKE TO US, AND YOU SAID
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OPEN YOUR MOUTH
WIDE AND I WILL FILL IT.
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SO WE COME TO YOU WITH
OU MOUTHS WIDE OPEN TONIGHT.
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WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FEED
US WITH THE BREAD OF HEAVEN.
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WE PRAY THAT YOU
WOULD SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
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WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE
FILLED THIS PLACE WITH YOUR
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SPIRIT. IF THERE
IS EVEN ONE HEART HERE
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THAT IS NOT FILLED WITH
YOUR SPIRIT, I PRAY THAT YOU
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WOULD -- YOU WOULD PROD
-- YOU WOULD PRY IT OPEN.
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BRING TO BEAR ON THAT HEART,
THIS GRACE, SO THA THAT MAN,
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THAT WOMAN WILL SAY
OKAY, LORD, FILL ME UP.
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TAKE OUR MINDS, OUR FOCUS, BLESS
US THAT WE CAN BE ATTENTIVE TO
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THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU IN
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JESUS NAME.
PLEASE SAY IT WITH ME.
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>> AMEN. >> AMEN.
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AMEN. IT WAS
WORLD WAR II, THE DOER
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CHESTER WAS A U.S.
ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP.
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AND IT WAS
TRANSLATING -- TRANSLATING -- IT
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WAS TRANSPORTING HUNDREDS
OF U.S. TROOPS TO EUROPE.
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IT WAS A DANGEROUS TIME, AND
FERRYING U.S. MILITARY TROOPS
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, AND ON
TO THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT WAS A
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DANGEROUS BUSINESS. AND
NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT, AS
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THE DORCHESTER WAS TRAVELING TO
GREENLAND IN A CONVOY OF SHIPS,
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IT WAS TORPEDOED AND
SUNK BY A GERMAN WARSHIP.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
SHIP WAS NOT NEARING HAWAII.
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THE SHIP WAS
NOT NEARING MOROCCO.
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THE SHIP WAS NEARING --
WHAT NATION DID I TELL YOU?
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GREENLAND. WELL,
A PART OF DENMARK.
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I THEY IS RIGHT. IT
WAS HEADING TO GREENLAND.
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IT WAS TORPEDOED, AND IT BEGAN
TO SINK, AND DO YOU KNOW THE
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WATERS IN THAT PART
OF THE WORLD ARE FRIGID.
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EVEN WHEN THE WEATHER IS AT ITS
MOST HOSPITALABLE, THE WATER IS
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COLD. AND DOWN THEY WENT.
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AND THERE WAS CHAOS -- I
DON'T MEAN DISORGANIZATION.
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I DON'T MEAN THAT THE
MILITARY MEN LOST THEIR WAY.
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THERE WAS CHAOS.
PEOPLE ARE RUSHING HERE AND
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WILL. FOLKS ARE
GETTING THEMSELVES
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INTO LIFEBOATS.
PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO
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POSITIONS OF SAFETY. THE
SAILORS AND THE MEN ON BOARD
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WERE LOOKING FOR LIFE JACKETS,
AND IT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE
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HU HUBBUB, THAT THERE WAS NOT
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ENOUGH LIFE
JACKETS TO GO AROUND.
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THERE WERE FOUR
CHAPLAINS ON BOARD THAT SHIP.
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ONE CATHOLIC, ONE
JEW, AND TWO PROTESTANTS.
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AND THEY DID WHAT YOU
WOULD EXPECT CHAPLAINS TO DO.
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THEY ENCOURAGED THE MEN.
THEY HELPED THEM TO GET TO THEIR
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PLACES. THEY
URGED THEM TO BE SAVED.
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THEY ADVISED THEM TO GO WITH
-pGOD. AND THEN THEY DID ONE
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LAST THING.-THEY TOOK OFF THEIR
LIFE JACKETS AND GIVE THEM TO
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SOLDIERS WHO HAD NOT A
LIFE JACKET OF THEIR OWN.
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WHAT WOULD THEIR
FAITH BE? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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THEY WEREN'T GOING
TO CLING TO A LIFEBOAT.
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THEY WEREN'T LIFEBOATS ENOUGH.
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO SWIM TO
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SAFETY, NOR WOULD THEY TREAD
WATER LONG ENOUGH FOR HELP TO
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ARRIVE. THEY
SANG AND THEY PRAYED
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TOGETHER. AND THEY
WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP
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INTO THE FRIGGED
WATER, AND THEY DIED.
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THEY HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED,
THE FOUR CHAPLAINS, THE FUR GAL
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LENT MEN WERE EVEN FEE
CHAIRED ON A STAMP ISSUED BY THE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
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THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT WASN'T WRITTEN IN THE TERMS
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OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, IF TH SHIP
IS GOING DOWN, MAKE SURE YOU
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GIVE YOUR LIFE JACKET AWAY.
THIS WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE
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CALL OF DUTY.-WHAT WAS COURSING
THROUGH THEIR VEINS?-WAS ONE
THINKING, I HOPE THAT
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GUY CHANGES HIS
MIND? I DOUBT IT.
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THESE WERE MEN -- OF THEIR OWN
UNDERSTANDING, THESE WERE MEN OF
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GAD. THEY HAD
GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO
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SERVICE. AND THEIR
LAST ACT WAS AN HEROIC
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ACT. IT WAS AN
ACT OF UNSELFISH LOV.
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IT WAS AN ACT OF SACRIFICE,
AND THEY GAVE THEIR LIFE JACKETS
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AWAY. THINK ABOUT THAT.
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WHAT SORT OF A DISPOSITION
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO
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TAKE A LIFE JACKET OFF AND GIVE
IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND SAY,
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HERE, YOU GO
FIRST. IMAGINE THAT.
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YOU KNOW WHAT IS FASCINATING
ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT IS THAT HUMAN
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CHAPLAINS WHO DID SOMETHING
SELFLESS FOR THEIR FELLOW
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COUNTRYMEN. I'M NOT
MINIMIZING WHAT THEY
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DID. IT'S AMAZING.
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IT'S ENORMOUS. BUT
AT THEN OF THE DAY, THEY
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SHOWED LOVE FOR THE
MEN WHO WERE ON THEIR SIDE.
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NOW I DON'T MEAN IN ANYWAY --
I WANT TO STATE THIS AGAIN -- TO
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TAKE AWAY FROM THE
ENORMITY OF WHAT THEY DID.
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BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT
THAT ENORMOUS SACRIFICE AND
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THEN -- AND THEN PUT IT
UP AGAINST WHAT JESUS DID.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 5:8,
THAT GOD DEMONSTRATED HIS LOVE
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TOWARDS US IN THAT
WHILE WE WERE YET, WHAT?
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SINNERS. CHRIST DID WHAT?
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DIED FOR US! FRIEND
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU, WHO
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LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR
HEART. HE ALSO DIED FOR THAT MAN
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HANGING OUT AT A
CRACK HOUSE TONIGHT.
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HE DIED FOR THT MAN
STEPPING ON HIS WIFE.
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HE DIED FOR THAT WOMAN THINKING
OF ENDING A MAR AGE, EVEN THOUGH
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NOBODY IN HER
FAMILY DID HER ANY WRONG.
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HE DIED FOR THE CRIMINALS,
THE MAFIA, THIEVES, PEDOPHILES.
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THE BIBLE SAID THAT GOD
DEMONSTRATED THE KIND OF LOVE HE
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HAD FOR US, IN THAT WHILE WE
WERE YET SINNERS, JESUS DIED FOR
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US. AND SO WE
THINK OF THIS THEME
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SACRIFICE. HIS AND OURS.
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LET'S THINK ABOUT HIS.
THINK ABOUT THIS JESUS.
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WHO WAS JESUS? JESUS
WAS, IS, THE CREATOR OF
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THE WORLD. JESUS
WAS GOD IN HUMAN FLESH.
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IT WAS CHRIST WHO
COMMANDED AND THINGS STOOD FAST.
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HE SPOKE AND THINGS WERE DONE.
IT WAS JESUS WHO SAID, LET THERE
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BE LIGHT, AND
THE LIGHT APPEARED.
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IT WASJESUS WHO GOT DOWN IN THE
DIRT AND FASHIONED INTO THE FORM
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OF A MAN THE BODY OF ADAM,
AND THEN HE GOT DOWN CLOSER YET,
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THEN VERY INTIMATELY BREATHED
INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF
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LIFE. IT WAS JESUS.
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WE ARE THE WORK OF HIS HAND.
IT WAS JESUS, THE WOK OF GOD
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WHO CAME TO EARTH. AND
THROUGH SOME GREA MIRACLE
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THAT WE REFER TO AS THE
INCARNATION BEGAN TO GROW IN THE
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WOMB OF A WOMAN. HE WAS
FORCED INTO THIS EARTH AS
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A BABY. AND GREW AS BABIES DO.
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JESUS -- CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CON
DISSENSION -- JESUS THE CREATOR
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COMING DOWN HERE TO LIVE
AND DWELL WITH THE CREATION.
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IT'S A MARVEL, AND THE PROPHETS
WROTE OF THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
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THEY WROTE OF THE MISSION AND
THE MINISTRY OF JESUS BEFORE IT
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TOOK PLACE. AND WHAT
THEY WROTE WAS TOO MUCH
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FOR SOME PEOPLE TO COMPREHEND.
YOU KNOW THAT PHILIP WAS LEAD BY
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THE HOLY SPIRIT OUT INTO
THE WILDERNESS SO THAT HE COULD
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ENCOUNTER AN OFFICIAL OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ETHIOPIAN
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QUEEN, QUEEN CANDACE.
THIS WAS MAN WHO HAD BEEN SKER.
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ING THE SCRIPTURES, AND
WAS WANING TO KNOW MORE.
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ISN'T IT WONDERFUL WHEN YOUR
HEART IS TOWARDS GOD, GOD WILL
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MOVE PEOPLE INTO YOUR
LIFE WHO WILL BRING YOU LIFE.
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WHEN YOU ARE SEARCHING GOD WILL
ORCHESTRATE CIRCUMSTANCES TO
00:18:33.01\00:18:38.85
GIVE YOU THE
BEST POSSIBLE EXAMPLE.
00:18:38.85\00:18:44.05
THANK GOD FOR GOD. THIS
ETHIOPIAN UNCK, IS READING
00:18:44.05\00:18:51.33
IN THE SCRIPTURES, AND HE
SAID TO PHILIP, I PRAY THE.
00:18:51.33\00:18:57.10
OF WHOM SPEAKTH
THE PROPHET THIS?
00:18:57.10\00:19:01.74
OF HIMSELF OR OF SOME OTHER MAN?
AND THEN THE BIBLE TELL US THE
00:19:01.74\00:19:05.61
PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE
WHERE HE READ WAS THIS.
00:19:05.61\00:19:08.98
HE WAS LEAD AS A SHEEP TO THE
SLAUGHTER, AND LIKE A LAMB DUMB
00:19:08.98\00:19:15.52
BEFORE HIS SHEERER, SO
HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH.
00:19:15.52\00:19:19.75
IN THAT IS WORTH INVESTIGATING
IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
00:19:19.75\00:19:23.43
HE WAS READING
FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.
00:19:23.43\00:19:29.03
ISAIAH WROTE IN ISAIAH 53,
SOME SHOCKING WORDS ABOUT JESUS.
00:19:29.03\00:19:35.24
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO
READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT LET ME
00:19:35.24\00:19:39.21
START IN ISAIAH 53:1.
WHO HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT.
00:19:39.21\00:19:44.65
AND TO WHOM IS THE
ARM OF THE LORD REVEALED?
00:19:44.65\00:19:48.48
FOR HE SHALL GROW UP AS A TENDER
PLANT AND AS A ROOT OUT OF A DRY
00:19:48.48\00:19:53.09
GROUND. HE HAS
NO FORM, AND WHEN HE
00:19:53.09\00:19:55.42
SHALL SEE HIM, THERE IS NO
BEAUTY THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE
00:19:55.42\00:19:58.99
HIM. THIS IS
REFERRING TO THE EARTHLY
00:19:58.99\00:20:02.20
JESUS. THE JESUS
WHO IN ISAIAH'S DAY
00:20:02.20\00:20:05.30
WAS YET TO COME.
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS CHRIST THAT
00:20:05.30\00:20:07.90
YOU WOULDN'T PICK OUT IN A
CROWD AND SAY THERE IS SOMETHING
00:20:07.90\00:20:10.64
SPECIAL ABOUT
HIM. YOU JUST WOULDN'T.
00:20:10.64\00:20:12.87
HE WAS JUST
ANOTHER FACE IN THE CROWD.
00:20:12.87\00:20:16.11
AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE
BIBLE -- SORRY WHEN HE CAME TO
00:20:16.11\00:20:20.22
THE EARTH, THE BIBLE SAYS
IN 53:3, THE BIBLES SAYS HE IS
00:20:20.22\00:20:32.09
DESPISED AND REJECTED OF
ME. HOW MANY OF US HERE TONIGHT
00:20:32.09\00:20:36.73
ENJOY BEING HATED?
HAVE YOU EVER FEL REJECTION?
00:20:36.73\00:20:40.97
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN REJECTED,
THAT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD.
00:20:40.97\00:20:44.51
NOW, AGAIN, WHO WAS THIS?
THIS WAS THE MAJESTY OF THE
00:20:44.51\00:20:49.91
HEAVENS, AND THE PROPHET SAID
HE WOULD BE HATED AND REJECTED.
00:20:49.91\00:20:54.12
JOHN WROTE IN JOHN 1, HE CAME
UNTO HIS OWN AT HIS OWN -- DID
00:20:54.12\00:21:01.99
WHAT? RECEIVED HIM NOT.
00:21:01.99\00:21:05.59
IMAGINE THAT. IMAGINE
COMIG HOME TO A FAMILY
00:21:05.59\00:21:08.86
REUNION, AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THE FAMILY FOR THREE OR FOUR OR
00:21:08.86\00:21:12.47
FIVE YEARS, AND YOU CAN'T WAIT.
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MOM AND
00:21:12.47\00:21:17.54
DAD, AND YOU CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND
00:21:17.54\00:21:21.48
MY, YOU ARE GOING TO SAY,
HOW YOUR CHILDREN HAVE GROWN.
00:21:21.48\00:21:26.21
AND YOU PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
AND NOBODY EVEN LOOKS OUT OF THE
00:21:26.21\00:21:29.68
WINDOW. YOU GET OUT
OF THE CAR, AND HUNK
00:21:29.68\00:21:31.79
THE HORN, AND NOBODY
COMES OUT TO MEET YOU.
00:21:31.79\00:21:34.59
AND YOU WALK INTO THE HOUSE,
AND THEY ARE SITTING ARRANGE THE
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.79
TABLE, AND THEY ARE ENJOYING THE
FOOD, AND NOBODY EVEN LOOKS UP.
00:21:37.79\00:21:41.40
AND YOU SAY, HEY, Y'ALL, I'M
HOME, AND EVERYBODY CARRIES ON
00:21:41.40\00:21:46.94
LIKE YOU WEREN'T EVEN IN THE
ROOM, AND THIS DOESN'T CHANGE
00:21:46.94\00:21:50.31
ALL WEEKEND. THIS
IS A HOPELESSLY SMALL
00:21:50.31\00:21:55.31
ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT REJECTION
MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR CHRIST,
00:21:55.31\00:21:58.75
WHO MADE THE UNIVERSE. HE
CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND YET HE
00:21:58.75\00:22:03.28
WAS DESPISED
AND REJECTED OF MEN.
00:22:03.28\00:22:05.45
HE WAS A MAN OF SORROWS
AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF.
00:22:05.45\00:22:10.56
WE HID AS IF IT
WERE OUR FACES FROM HIM.
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.83
HE WAS DESPISED,
AND WE ESTEEMED HIM NOT.
00:22:12.83\00:22:17.10
WHAT HAPPENED? SURELY
HE HAS BORN OUR GRIEFS
00:22:17.10\00:22:21.24
AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS?
00:22:21.24\00:22:26.07
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH
THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE.
00:22:26.07\00:22:31.01
THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS WENT
TO. WE DID ESTEEM HIM STRICKEN,
00:22:31.01\00:22:40.46
SMITTEN OF GOD AND AFFLICTED,
BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR
00:22:40.46\00:22:44.89
TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS
BRUISED FOR OUR INEQUITIES.
00:22:44.89\00:22:52.77
AND WITH HIS
STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
00:22:52.77\00:22:57.74
BRUISING AND STRIPES, AND MORE
BRUISING, AND HE WAS WOUNDED
00:22:57.74\00:23:03.11
BECAUSE OF OUR SIN WHILE WE WERE
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
00:23:03.11\00:23:08.62
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
REALLY CALCULATE, I THINK -- I
00:23:08.62\00:23:13.09
THINK, EVEN APPRECIATE THE
ENORMITY OF THE SACRIFICE THAT
00:23:13.09\00:23:17.89
JESUS MADE FOR US.
IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
00:23:17.89\00:23:22.26
I HEAR MYSELF TALKING ABOUT
THIS, AND I THINK I'M NOT DOING
00:23:22.26\00:23:26.23
IT JUSTICE. I DON'T
THINK SHAKESPEARE COULD
00:23:26.23\00:23:29.17
DO IT JUSTICE. THE
CRUCIFIXION OF THE DESIGN
00:23:29.17\00:23:33.11
SON OF GOD WHO DIED SO THAT
SINNERS, SINFUL PEOPLE MIGHT
00:23:33.11\00:23:37.61
LIVE. AND HE
CAME TO THE EARTH AND
00:23:37.61\00:23:40.45
WHAT DID HE GET? I
WONDER IF YOU WOULD TURN WITH
00:23:40.45\00:23:45.79
ME TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 23 -- 27.
AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THIS JUST
00:23:45.79\00:23:52.29
A LITTLE BIT. YOU
KNOW THE CRUCIFIXION STORY
00:23:52.29\00:24:01.00
IS KIND OF A LONG ONE.
BUT WE'LL BEGIN IN VERSUS 22,
00:24:01.00\00:24:05.41
WHERE IT SAYS PILOT, PILOT SAID
TO THEM, WHAT SHALL I DO, THEN,
00:24:05.41\00:24:11.45
WITH THIS JESUS,
WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST?
00:24:11.45\00:24:14.25
NOW -- NOW, WHERE WAS
JESUS? CAN YOU TELL ME?
00:24:14.25\00:24:19.49
WHERE WAS JESUS
WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON?
00:24:19.49\00:24:21.76
HE IS IN PILOT'S JUDGMENT HOLE.
WAS THAT A MILE BACK INTO THE
00:24:21.76\00:24:26.23
[ INAUDIBLE ] LIKE A SECRET
GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION IN
00:24:26.23\00:24:30.07
COLORADO? WHAT DO
YOU THINK THE JUDGMENT
00:24:30.07\00:24:32.80
HOLE WAS IN RELATION TO WHERE
PILOT WAS WHEN HE CALLED OUT TO
00:24:32.80\00:24:37.14
THE JEWS. JUST BACK THERE.
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.94
SO PILOT WALKS TO THE DOOR, AND
HE CALLS OUT TO THE JEWS, JESUS
00:24:39.94\00:24:49.52
IS IN THE ROOM. WHAT
SHALL I DO WITH THIS MAN?
00:24:49.52\00:24:52.49
YOUR LIFE IS IN THE
BALANCE. LET'S SAY THAT IS YOU.
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.96
YOU HEAR THE QUESTION,
WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS MAN?
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.79
AND YOU ARE THINKING, YOU ARE
HOPING, I WAN THEM TO SAY, WHAT?
00:24:58.79\00:25:04.77
RELEASE HIM. THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.07
THESE ARE MY FELLOW
COUNTRYMEN OUT THERE.
00:25:07.07\00:25:10.57
I HEALED SOME OF THEM. I
HAVE MINISTERED TO THEM IN
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.81
THEIR STREETS. I HAVE
NEVER DONE THEM WRONG ON
00:25:13.81\00:25:17.98
ANY LEVEL. WHAT
SHALL I DO THEN WITH THIS
00:25:17.98\00:25:21.78
JESUS? WHICH IS
CALLED MESSIAH, AND
00:25:21.78\00:25:27.12
THEY ALL SAY UNTO HIM,
IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
00:25:27.12\00:25:38.27
LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED. AND
I DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THE
00:25:38.27\00:25:45.34
ALL OF THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS
OF CRUCIFIXION WITH YOU, EXCEPT
00:25:45.34\00:25:51.61
THAT WE KNOW IT WAS CALCULATED
BY THE WICKED PEOPLE OF THAT DAY
00:25:51.61\00:25:56.18
TO CAUSE MAXIMUM PAIN, AND
TO PRODUCE THE MOST UNIMAGINABLY
00:25:56.18\00:26:05.06
GRUESOME OR AWFUL DEATH.
THEY SAID PUT HIM TO DEATH.
00:26:05.06\00:26:09.63
DON'T SHOOT HIM.
DON'T BEHEAD HIM.
00:26:09.63\00:26:12.93
DON'T HANG HIM. NAIL
HIM TO A CROSS SO THAT
00:26:12.93\00:26:17.27
THE -- THE -- THE AFFECTED
NERVES CAUSE PAIN TO SHOOT
00:26:17.27\00:26:21.54
THROUGH HIS BODY.
PAIN HE CAN'T ESCAPE FROM.
00:26:21.54\00:26:25.55
AND LEAVE HIM THERE. HANG
HIM ON THAT CROSS FOR DAYS.
00:26:25.55\00:26:29.15
IT WILL TAKE DAYS
FOR THIS MAN TO DIE.
00:26:29.15\00:26:33.05
IN FACT WHILE HE IS STILL DYING
BUT TOO WEAK TO CHASE THEM OFF,
00:26:33.05\00:26:38.96
BIRDS WILL LAND ON HIS BODY AND
START PICKING AWAY AT WHAT THEY
00:26:38.96\00:26:43.63
CAN FIND. DO THAT TO THEM.
00:26:43.63\00:26:45.80
AND JESUS IS STANDING IN
THE JUDGMENT HOLE, AND HE IS
00:26:45.80\00:26:49.10
THINKING TO HIMSELF, WHAT DID
I DO TO YOU THAT YOU WOLD WISH
00:26:49.10\00:26:54.98
THAT UPON ME? THE
GOVERNOR SAID, WHY?
00:26:54.98\00:26:59.38
WHAT EVIL HAS HE DONE
IN LET'S TRANSLATE THAT.
00:26:59.38\00:27:04.55
WHY? HE IS INNOCENT?
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.99
HE'S INNOCENT. AND
THE PASSAGE SAYS THAT THEY
00:27:06.99\00:27:09.69
JUST CALLED OUT THE MORE, THY
CALLED OUT THE MORE, LET HIM BE
00:27:09.69\00:27:14.30
CRUCIFIED. IT'S
LIKE IF YOU WERE AT A
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.67
STADIUM, AND THEY ARE SCREAMING,
AND YOU SAY WOW, IT'S LOUD IN
00:27:16.67\00:27:20.74
HERE, AND SUDDENLY SOMETHING
HAPPENS, AND THE NOISE LEVEL
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.74
GETS EVEN LOUDER. THEY
CRIED OUT THE MORE, JUST
00:27:23.74\00:27:28.74
CRUCIFY HIM. PILOT
REALIZES THERE WAS NOTHING
00:27:28.74\00:27:31.95
HE COULD DO. HE
WASHED HIS HANDS AND HE SAID
00:27:31.95\00:27:36.82
I'M INNOCENT OF THE
BLOOD OF THIS PERSON.
00:27:36.82\00:27:40.39
WASHING HIS HANDS
DIDN'T TAKE AWAY HIS GUILT.
00:27:40.39\00:27:43.29
AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SAID HIS
BLOOD BE ON US AND OUR CHILDREN.
00:27:43.29\00:27:49.10
THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
HAD MORE TO DO WITH NAILS.
00:27:49.10\00:27:53.03
IT WAS REJECTION. HE WAS
GIVEN UP FOR DEATH BY THE
00:27:53.03\00:27:57.47
PEOPLE THAT HE LOVED. I
DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T MEAN TO
00:27:57.47\00:28:01.81
STRETCH THIS TOO TERRIBLY FAR.
MAYBE THERE WERE RELATIVES IN
00:28:01.81\00:28:04.85
THAT CROWD. IT IS
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
00:28:04.85\00:28:12.65
THE BIBLE SAYS, IMAGINE THIS,
THEN PILOT RELEASED BARABUS UNTO
00:28:12.65\00:28:23.60
THEM. SO YOU ARE
JESUS, YOU HAVE MADE
00:28:23.60\00:28:25.43
THE WORLD, SO THAT PILOT AND THE
PEOPLE OUT THERE COULD BE SAVED
00:28:25.43\00:28:29.57
AND NOT LOST. YOU ARE
GOING TO GO DIE WHILE A
00:28:29.57\00:28:34.01
WICKED MAN IS SET
FREE IN YOUR PLACE.
00:28:34.01\00:28:38.01
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ESTEEMED
THIS MURDEROUS MAN MORE HIGHLY
00:28:38.01\00:28:43.75
THAN THEY ESTEEMED
JESUS. HIS SACRIFICE.
00:28:43.75\00:28:51.03
AND WHEN HE HAD SCOURGED
JESUS, WHIPPED HIM, SO THAT THAT
00:28:51.03\00:28:56.10
IMPLEMENT OF PUNISHMENT WAS
TEARING FLESH OFF OF HIS BODY,
00:28:56.10\00:29:00.60
HE DELIVERED
HIM TO BE CRUCIFIED.
00:29:00.60\00:29:04.54
THEY TOOK JESUS, THEY GATHERED
THE SOLDIERS, AND LOOK, VERSE
00:29:04.54\00:29:10.35
28, AND THEY STRIPPED LIMB.
THIS WAS JESUS, WHO LOST ALL OF
00:29:10.35\00:29:16.38
HIS DIGNITY, NOT
THAT HE WAS NOT DIGNIFIED.
00:29:16.38\00:29:20.76
THEY STRIPPED HIM.
CRUCIFIXION VICTIMS WERE
00:29:20.76\00:29:24.76
CRUCIFIED NAKED. THIS WAS JESUS.
00:29:24.76\00:29:28.10
AND HE WENT THROUGH
THAT. HIS SACRIFICE.
00:29:28.10\00:29:32.03
THEY PUT ON HIM A
SCARLET ROBE THEN.
00:29:32.03\00:29:34.54
THEY PLANTED A CROWN OF THORNS,
PUT IT ON HIS HEAD, THEY BOWED
00:29:34.54\00:29:42.48
BEFORE HIM AND MACHED HIM.
SAYING HAIL THE KING OF THE
00:29:42.48\00:29:50.92
JEWS. WHEN I WON'T
TO CHURCH THERE WAS
00:29:50.92\00:29:53.86
A CRUCIFIX. THERE
WAS A DOT OF BLOOD ON ONE
00:29:53.86\00:29:58.59
HAND ONE ON THE OTHER, AND
THIS WAS THE MOST SANITIZED
00:29:58.59\00:30:03.77
CRUCIFIXION THAT
YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE.
00:30:03.77\00:30:06.43
FRANKLY IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT BAD.
I WILL SAY THIS, THAT AS A KID I
00:30:06.43\00:30:10.91
WOULD SEE THAT CRUCIFIXION, AND
I WOULD SAY TO MYSELF, THIS MAN
00:30:10.91\00:30:14.41
LOVED ME. HE DIED FOR ME.
00:30:14.41\00:30:16.51
I COULD NEVER SHAKE
THAT OFF. IT SPOKE TO ME.
00:30:16.51\00:30:19.08
BUT THERE IS YEAST -- DO YOU
KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE -- HAVE
00:30:19.08\00:30:23.02
YOU EVER SEEN ANYBODY
GET A CUT ON THEIR HEAD?
00:30:23.02\00:30:25.95
IT LOOKS LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED,
BECAUSE IF YOU CUT YOUR HEAD, IT
00:30:25.95\00:30:30.69
BLEEDS LIKE CRAZY.
JESUS HAS CUTS ALL OVER HIS
00:30:30.69\00:30:35.83
HEAD, BLOOD POURED DOWN
HIM. IT POURED DOWN HIS FACE.
00:30:35.83\00:30:38.93
IT GOT IN HIS BEARD.
IT RAN DOWN HIS BACK.
00:30:38.93\00:30:44.71
JESUS WAS
BLOODY, COVERED IN BLOOD.
00:30:44.71\00:30:48.71
AND THEY SPIT ON HIM. HOW
MUCH CONTEMPT DO YOU HAVE TO
00:30:48.71\00:30:53.68
HOLE SOMETHING IN
ORDER TO SPIT ON IT.
00:30:53.68\00:30:57.62
AND THEY TOOK THE REED
AND WHACKED HIM ON THE HEAD.
00:30:57.62\00:31:02.99
NOW THESE THROWNS ARE
BEING DRIVEN INTO HIS SKULL.
00:31:02.99\00:31:06.09
AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS WENT
THROUGH FOR US.-IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
00:31:06.09\00:31:10.27
TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF
IT, BUT IT'S A IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:31:10.27\00:31:13.67
THINK ABOUT IT, AND THINK ABOUT
WHAT OUR JESUS WENT THROUGH.
00:31:13.67\00:31:16.60
AND AFTER THEY MACHED HIM,
THEY PUT HIS OWN CLOTHES ON HIM.
00:31:16.60\00:31:23.88
SIMON CARRIED THE CROSS,
THEY GAVE HIM VINEGAR TO DRINK.
00:31:23.88\00:31:33.36
THAT WOULD HAVE NUMBED
HIS SENSES JUST A LITTLE BIT,
00:31:33.36\00:31:36.76
ENABLING HIM TO ENDURE
MORE PAIN AND SUFFER LONGER.
00:31:36.76\00:31:39.66
IT THE END IT WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN GOOD FOR HIM, BUT IN THAT
00:31:39.66\00:31:44.10
MOMENT, A DESPERATE MAN WOULD
SAY BRING ON THAT TEMPORARY
00:31:44.10\00:31:48.97
NUMBNESS. BUT
JESUS SAID, NO, NO, THAT
00:31:48.97\00:31:52.24
NUMBNESS WOULD CLOUD MY SENSES,
AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
00:31:52.24\00:31:55.18
ME AND MY FATHER TO HAVE THAT
CLOSE CONNECTION THAT WE NEED
00:31:55.18\00:32:01.95
RIGHT NOW. HE EVEN
FORTOOK WHAT LITTLE
00:32:01.95\00:32:05.79
COMFORT HE COULD HAVE
HAD, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:32:05.79\00:32:08.42
BETTER FOR YOU. AND
THEN VERSE 35 SAYS, AND THEY
00:32:08.42\00:32:13.93
CRUCIFIED HIM. IT WAS DARK.
00:32:13.93\00:32:19.33
EVEN THE SUN WOULDN'T
SHINE ON JESUS IN THAT MOMENT.
00:32:19.33\00:32:23.07
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO
THE CROSS IN YOUR MIND?
00:32:23.07\00:32:25.51
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
THERE? IT WASN'T MAN CURED.
00:32:25.51\00:32:29.51
IT WASN'T LIKE A THESE
CEMETERIES WITH THE BEAUTIFUL
00:32:29.51\00:32:33.58
LAWNS -- MAYBE CEMETERY IS NOT
THE RIGHT IMAGE I WANT TO EVOKE
00:32:33.58\00:32:38.02
HERE.-IT WASN'T SOME PALATIAL
GROUNDS. IT WAS A ROCKY, SCABBY
00:32:38.02\00:32:48.63
LOOKING PLACE. NOT
A NICE PLACE TO DIE.
00:32:48.63\00:32:53.40
WHO WERE THERE? ONLOOKERS?
00:32:53.40\00:32:55.84
THE CURIOUS. THE
ACCUSERS, WAGGING THEIR
00:32:55.84\00:32:59.37
TONGUES AND REVIALING
HIM. JESUS IS ON THE CROSS.
00:32:59.37\00:33:03.85
HE HEARS HIS MOTHER WEEPING.
HE LOOKS IN THE SHADOWS FOR HIS
00:33:03.85\00:33:09.58
CLOSEST FRIENDS, BUT THEY
HAVE ALL FORSAKEN HIM AND FLED.
00:33:09.58\00:33:14.76
JESUS IS ALONE. WHAT
DO YOU HEAR AT CAVALRY?
00:33:14.76\00:33:24.60
YOU HERE ONE THIEF
CURSING. YOU MIGHT HERE THE ONES
00:33:24.60\00:33:34.14
BICKERING
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
00:33:34.14\00:33:36.81
YOU HEAR JESUS MOTHER AND
SOME OF THE OTHER WOMEN SOBBING.
00:33:36.81\00:33:40.02
THERE IS A CROWD OF WOME
GATHERED AROUND MARY, THEY ARE
00:33:40.02\00:33:44.12
COMFORTING HER.
THEY ARE HELPING HER.
00:33:44.12\00:33:48.46
WHAT DO YOU SMELL AT THE CROSS?
WHAT DO YOU SMELL WHEN YOU WERE
00:33:48.46\00:33:53.53
THERE? DO YOU SMELL
00:33:53.53\00:33:54.63
THAT -- THAT -- THAT
SMELL OF A LOT OF BLOOD?
00:33:54.63\00:33:57.67
YOU KNOW I USED TO
WORK IN A HOSPITAL LAUNDRY.
00:33:57.67\00:34:01.20
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BLOOD HAD
A CERTAIN SMELL UNTIL I SMELLED
00:34:01.20\00:34:06.01
GALLONS OF IT AT A
TIME. IT'S NOT PRETTY.
00:34:06.01\00:34:11.98
NOW I DON'T MEAN TO
BE TOO UGLY ABOUT THIS.
00:34:11.98\00:34:14.58
BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
THE REALITY OF WHAT JESUS WENT
00:34:14.58\00:34:18.32
THROUGH. DID THEY
GIVE THE MEN O THE
00:34:18.32\00:34:20.69
CROSS BATHROOM BREAKS? AND
DO YOU THINK IN THEIR AGONY
00:34:20.69\00:34:23.99
THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM
00:34:23.99\00:34:28.30
THEMSELVES? WHAT CAN
YOU SMELL AT THE CROSS?
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.43
WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN
YOU LOOK THROUGH THE GLOOM?
00:34:29.43\00:34:33.47
WHAT DO YOU SEE? YOU
FWHOE -- KNOW WHAT I DON'T
00:34:33.47\00:34:40.08
UNDERSTAND. I WAS
IN LONDON, AND WHEN
00:34:40.08\00:34:44.81
EXECUTIONS USED TO TAKE PLACE,
PEOPLE WOULD FLOCK, THEY WOULD
00:34:44.81\00:34:48.28
FLOCK. WE'RE GOING
TO LIGHT A MARTYR ON
00:34:48.28\00:34:51.79
FIRE. WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE ONE OF THESE
00:34:51.79\00:34:54.49
CHRISTIANS AND
BURN HER TO DEATH.
00:34:54.49\00:34:56.12
THE PEOPLE
WOULD GATHER TO WATCH.
00:34:56.12\00:34:57.49
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I
WOULD BE TRAUMATIZED BY THAT.
00:34:57.49\00:35:01.60
I DON'T WANT TO SEE
SOMEONE BEHEADED OR BURNED.
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.60
I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT.
BUT THERE WAS A CROWD OF PEOPLE
00:35:04.60\00:35:07.67
AS THESE WERE BEING EXECUTED.
WHAT IMPRESSION DOES THAT MAKE
00:35:07.67\00:35:11.01
ON YOU? WHAT DOES
IT SOUND LIKE WHEN YOU
00:35:11.01\00:35:14.68
HEAR A NAIL BEING
DRIVEN THROUGH A HAND OR WRIST.
00:35:14.68\00:35:19.18
WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE WHEN
A LARGE NAIL IS DRIVEN TO THE
00:35:19.18\00:35:23.75
FEET. CRUNCH.
00:35:23.75\00:35:24.89
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING WHE YOU
SEE -- WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING
00:35:24.89\00:35:28.59
WHEN SOMEONE IS IN AGONY, AND
THEY ARE WRITHING IN PAIN ON THE
00:35:28.59\00:35:33.60
CROSS, AND YOU ARE WATCHING
THAT, AND YOU SAY, WOULD
00:35:33.60\00:35:37.00
SOMEBODY STOP
THIS! TAKE THEM DOWN!
00:35:37.00\00:35:41.57
BUT OF COURSE NOBODY WOULD,
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY DID
00:35:41.57\00:35:44.57
THINGS. AND YOU
ARE AT THE CROSS, AND
00:35:44.57\00:35:46.74
YOU ARE TAKING IT IN, AND
YOU ARE GOING TO END UP WITH
00:35:46.74\00:35:50.88
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER,
FROM HAVING WATCHED SOME OF THIS
00:35:50.88\00:35:55.05
STUFF. AND YOU
WALK AWAY FROM THE
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.12
CROSS. HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOU?
00:35:57.12\00:36:01.62
AND HOW IS IT AFFECTING YOU WHEN
YOU STOP AND THINK THAT WHAT WAS
00:36:01.62\00:36:06.23
DONE THERE WAS DONE FOR YOU
>> OF COURSE I'M MISSING THE
00:36:06.23\00:36:11.70
MAIN POINT. YOU KNOW I AM.
00:36:11.70\00:36:13.23
IT WASN'T THE SUFFERING OR
REJECTION, THE MAIN POINT, HE
00:36:13.23\00:36:18.67
WAS MADE TO BE SIN FOR
US. JESUS TOOK OUR SIN.
00:36:18.67\00:36:23.51
IT WAS SIN THAT KILLED JESUS,
NOT A NAIL, NOT A SPEAR, NOT A
00:36:23.51\00:36:28.48
CROWN OF THORNS,
NOT ABUSE. IT WAS SIN.
00:36:28.48\00:36:32.09
WE UNDERSTAND, IT HAS BEEN SAID
A THOUSAND TIMES, CHRIST DIED OF
00:36:32.09\00:36:36.56
A BROKEN HEART. HIS
HEART RUPTURED WITHIN HIM.
00:36:36.56\00:36:40.16
BECAUSE HE BECAME SIN FOR
US. THINK OF WHAT JESUS WENT
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.63
THROUGH. THE SPOT
LESSON OF GOD, WHO HAD
00:36:43.63\00:36:48.44
EXISTED FROM ETERNITY, AND NOW
HE FINDS HIMSELF 2,000 YEARS AGO
00:36:48.44\00:36:52.47
ON A CROSS, NEVER EVER COMMITTED
SIN EVEN BY A THOUGHT, NEVER
00:36:52.47\00:36:58.68
WANTED TO, AND NOW THE SINS
OF HUMANITY ARE HEAPED UPON HIM,
00:36:58.68\00:37:06.35
AND HE MUST BEAR
THEM AND DIE FOR THEM.
00:37:06.35\00:37:09.16
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO STOP AND
00:37:09.16\00:37:11.99
THINK, WHAT KIND OF RETCHED
PERSON WOULD DO THAT TO JESUS?
00:37:11.99\00:37:18.13
THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
CRUCIFYING HIM, SLAPPING HIM,
00:37:18.13\00:37:21.90
TUGGING ON HIS BEARD,
HITTING HIM OVER THE HEAD.
00:37:21.90\00:37:26.07
THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT
KIND OF PERSON WOULD NAIL
00:37:26.07\00:37:29.28
JESUS TO A CROSS? THAT
IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO
00:37:29.28\00:37:32.05
IS SITTING NEXT TO THE
PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
00:37:32.05\00:37:38.19
[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND
I DON'T MEAN TWO OVER.
00:37:38.19\00:37:42.36
YOU SEE IT WAS US WHO
NAILED JESUS TO THE CROSS.
00:37:42.36\00:37:45.83
ALL OF THOSE
THINGS HE WENT THROUGH.
00:37:45.83\00:37:47.76
HE WENT THROUGH TO
DEAL WITH OUR SIN, YOUR SIN.
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.70
I TELL YOU WHAT, SHOULDN'T THIS
JUST DRIVE YOU AWAY FROM SIN?
00:37:50.70\00:37:57.34
SHOULDN'T YOU SWALLOW YOU UP SO
THAT WHEN TEMPTATION COMES, YOU
00:37:57.34\00:38:05.31
SAY I DON'T THAT?
SHOULDN'T IT MAKE YOU LOVE
00:38:05.31\00:38:08.55
SOMEBODY WHO WAS
WILLING TO DO THAT FOR YOU?
00:38:08.55\00:38:12.15
JESUS CAME SIN FOR US, SO THAT
WE MIGHT BE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
00:38:12.15\00:38:16.79
GOD IN HIM. JESUS
WENT TO THE VERY DEPTHS SO
00:38:16.79\00:38:22.16
WE COULD BE ELEVATED
TO HEIGHTS UNIMAGINABLE.
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.87
THIS IS JESUS. HIS SACRIFICE.
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.74
AND THIS WEEKEND WE TALK
ABOUT HIS SACRIFICE AND OURS.
00:38:28.74\00:38:33.64
WAIT A MINUTE. WE SACRIFICE?
00:38:33.64\00:38:36.04
IN THE LIGHT OF THAT? DO
WE HAVE ANYTHING EVEN TO CALL
00:38:36.04\00:38:40.95
A SACRIFICE? WE'RE
GOING TO THINK ABOUT
00:38:40.95\00:38:43.32
ANYTHING WE SHOULD GO
THROUGH AS A SACRIFICE?
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.92
IT'S PRETTY HARD
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:38:45.92\00:38:50.06
JESUS DIED FOR US. HE
BECAME SIN FOR US, SO WE
00:38:50.06\00:38:54.83
MIGHT BE MADE THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.
00:38:54.83\00:38:57.80
JESUS SAID, I'LL TAKE THE
HIT SO THEY CAN WEAR THE CROWN.
00:38:57.80\00:39:03.27
I'LL TAKE THE DIRT,
SO THEY CAN BE CLEAN.
00:39:03.27\00:39:06.17
I'LL BE LOWERED, SO
THEY CAN BE ELEVATED.
00:39:06.17\00:39:09.44
JESUS BECAME SIN FOR US.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT
00:39:09.44\00:39:14.32
SACRIFICE. WERE YOU
THERE PLACING HIS BODY
00:39:14.32\00:39:16.62
IN THE TOMB, PERHAPS YOU
WOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA.
00:39:16.62\00:39:19.75
IT WAS JOHN WHO CRIED OUT IN
JOHN 1:25, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF
00:39:19.75\00:39:28.33
GOD. JESUS UNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.63
MEANT. HE HEARS
JOHN'S WORD, AND HE
00:39:29.63\00:39:32.27
SAYS, YES, I'M
GOING TO THE CROSS.
00:39:32.27\00:39:34.34
I'M GOING TO
DIE, BUT I'LL DO IT.
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.67
I WILL DO IT FOR THEM. I
WILL DIE SO THAT THEY MIGHT
00:39:36.67\00:39:40.38
LIVE. IT'S NOT
EASY TO GET YOUR HEAD
00:39:40.38\00:39:42.74
AROUND, BUT WE CAN ACCEPT IT AS
FACT, AND ALLOW IT TO SEEP DEEP
00:39:42.74\00:39:46.25
DOWN IN OUR SOULS THAT JESUS
SACRIFICED EVERYTHING, WALKED
00:39:46.25\00:39:50.99
AWAY FROM HEAVEN WITHOUT ANY
GUARANTEE THAT HE WOULD SUCCEED.
00:39:50.99\00:39:54.42
LEFT HIS THROWN, AND CAME ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO THIS EARTH TO
00:39:54.42\00:40:00.60
DIE SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
THAT, FRENIEND, IS A SACRIFICE.
00:40:00.60\00:40:08.67
SO WHAT IS OUR SACRIFICE?
WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN, YOU
00:40:08.67\00:40:12.14
HAVE TO STOP
SMOKING AND DRINKING.
00:40:12.14\00:40:14.64
YOU HAVE TO GOT TO GIVE IT UP.
YOU GOT TO STOP RUNNING AROUND.
00:40:14.64\00:40:18.58
YOU GOT TO GIVE IT UP.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE AWAY 10% OF
00:40:18.58\00:40:22.42
YOUR INCOME. WHAT ELSE?
00:40:22.42\00:40:23.79
YOU GOT TO GIVE UP  DAY,
BECAUSE THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE
00:40:23.79\00:40:28.26
SABBATH AND YOU
GOT TO KEEP THAT HOLY.
00:40:28.26\00:40:30.46
IT ALL SEEMS
PRETTY SMALL, DOESN'T IT?
00:40:30.46\00:40:33.56
AND OF COURSE NONE OF THAT
SACRIFICE IS NOT SACRIFICE TO
00:40:33.56\00:40:36.13
TURN AWAY FROM SIN. IT'S
NOT SACRIFICE TO ACCEPT A
00:40:36.13\00:40:39.73
GIFT FROM GOD.
IT'S NOT SACRIFICE TO BE
00:40:39.73\00:40:43.14
FAITHFUL TO GOD, KNOWING THAT
HE-SAYS WHEN YOU DO THIS, I'LL
BLESS YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVEN
00:40:43.14\00:40:49.68
IMAGINE. HIS SACRIFICE AND OURS?
00:40:49.68\00:40:53.08
I'M LOOKING FOR
THE SACRIFICE. WE GAIN.
00:40:53.08\00:40:58.09
WE WIN. WE MAKE ON THE DEAL.
00:40:58.09\00:41:00.76
JESUS TAKES THE
BROKEN AND MAKES US WHOLE.
00:41:00.76\00:41:06.56
HE TAKES THE IMPERFECT
AND GIVES US PERFECTION.
00:41:06.56\00:41:11.57
THERE IS NO SACRIFICE ON
OUR PART, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE
00:41:11.57\00:41:16.07
SUGGESTION, AND I WOULD LIKE
US TO THINK IT THROUGH JUST A
00:41:16.07\00:41:19.27
LITTLE BIT. MATTHEW
9:13, JESUS SAID GO AND
00:41:19.27\00:41:23.04
LEARN WHAT THAT MEANTH.
I WILL HAVE MERCY AND NOT
00:41:23.04\00:41:28.82
SACRIFICE. WHEN
YOU READ IN MICAH 6, HE
00:41:28.82\00:41:34.52
SAYS TO DO JUSTLY, AND
WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.
00:41:34.52\00:41:40.10
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SACRIFICE,
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
00:41:40.10\00:41:44.43
ROMANS 12:1, I BESEECH YOU
THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR BODIES, A
00:41:44.43\00:41:50.97
LIVING SACRIFICE. HOLY
ACCEPTABLE UNDER GOD, THEN
00:41:50.97\00:41:53.74
IT SAYS BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS
WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY
00:41:53.74\00:41:58.98
THE -- COME ON -- BY
THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.
00:41:58.98\00:42:04.25
SACRIFICE? YOU
KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS?
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.22
HE WANTS OUR LIVES AND HEARTS.
THE SACRIFICE WE OFFER GOD IS
00:42:07.22\00:42:11.63
US. DON'T THINK
FOR A MOMENT THAT HE
00:42:11.63\00:42:14.46
THINKS THAT YOUR -- YOUR MONEY,
OR YOUR TIME, OR YOUR THIS OR
00:42:14.46\00:42:19.50
YOUR THAT SHOULD BE
REGARDED AS A SACRIFICE.
00:42:19.50\00:42:22.90
THAT COMES AS AN INEVITABLE WHEN
YOU OFFER YOUR HEART TO GOD AND
00:42:22.90\00:42:28.84
YOU LET HIM CLEAN YOU UP.
GOD SAYS WHAT I WANT IS YOUR
00:42:28.84\00:42:31.91
HEART. THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
00:42:31.91\00:42:33.95
THE WRITER OF PROVERBS SAID HEAP
YOUR HEART [ INAUDIBLE ] GOD
00:42:33.95\00:42:40.72
WANTS OUR HEART. IF WE
CAN GET YOUR HEART, HE CAN
00:42:40.72\00:42:44.49
CLEAN US UP AND KEEP US.
THERE'S NO SACRIFICE WHEN YOU
00:42:44.49\00:42:47.73
COME TO GOD. IT
DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING.
00:42:47.73\00:42:52.33
NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME WHO SAY HOLD
00:42:52.33\00:42:55.54
ON A MINUTE, YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH.
00:42:55.54\00:42:59.41
WE WERE IN MOLDOVA EARLIER THIS
YEAR, AND ONE OF OUR -- IT IS
00:42:59.41\00:43:04.81
WRITTEN TEAM WAS CONDUCTING AN
EVANGELISTIC SERIES, AND HAD A
00:43:04.81\00:43:10.52
TRANSLATOR WHO WAS NOT A
CHRISTIAN, AT LEAST NOT AN
00:43:10.52\00:43:15.16
ADVENTIST. HE FELT
IMPRESSED THAT HE NEEDED
00:43:15.16\00:43:17.43
TO SPEAK TO HER AND SAY, HOW ARE
YOU BEING AFFECTED BY WHAT YOU
00:43:17.43\00:43:21.70
ARE HEARING? SHE
SAID, YOU KNOW, IF I
00:43:21.70\00:43:26.60
ACCEPTED THIS MESSAGE, I WOULD
LOSE MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND WOULD
00:43:26.60\00:43:31.31
DIVORCE ME. MY
PARENTS WOULD AWES ARE SIZE
00:43:31.31\00:43:35.18
ME. BECAUSE THEY
ARE MEMBERS OF THE
00:43:35.18\00:43:38.31
ORTHODOX CHURCH.
LATER WHEN THEY WERE AT -- A
00:43:38.31\00:43:42.38
CHURCH MEMBERS HOME EATING,
THAT CHURCH MEMBER SHARED HIS
00:43:42.38\00:43:47.72
TESTIMONY. OF
COURSE EVERYTHING HAD TO BE
00:43:47.72\00:43:49.52
TRANSLATED
THROUGH THIS TRANSLATOR.
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.79
WHATEVER WAS ASKED
AND WHATEVER WAS ANSWERED.
00:43:51.79\00:43:54.03
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I
CAME INTO THE CHURCH, IT WAS SO
00:43:54.03\00:43:57.77
DIFFERENT THAT MY WIFE
THREATENED TO DIVORCE ME.
00:43:57.77\00:44:01.44
MY FRIENDS SAID THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME.
00:44:01.44\00:44:04.71
THE REST OF MY FAMILY
THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF MY MIND.
00:44:04.71\00:44:12.01
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH
THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE
00:44:12.01\00:44:15.45
DIFFICULT. AND HE
SAID, IT TOOK A COUPLE OF
00:44:15.45\00:44:18.29
YEARS, BUT MY WIFE
BEGAN TO JOIN ME IN CHURCH.
00:44:18.29\00:44:21.29
AND OUR CHILDREN STARTED TO SEE
THE SENSE OF WHAT I WAS DOING,
00:44:21.29\00:44:24.53
AND MY FRIENDS STARTED TO WARM
UP TO ME AGAIN, AND IT WASN'T
00:44:24.53\00:44:28.56
TOO LONG AFTER THAT, THAT
MY WIFE WAS BAPTIZED AND OUR
00:44:28.56\00:44:32.83
CHILDREN WERE BAPTIZED.
SOMETIMES GOD CALLS US INTO
00:44:32.83\00:44:36.67
DIFFICULT PLACES. WE
FEEL LIKE WE'RE SACRIFICING
00:44:36.67\00:44:39.21
SOMETHING, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS ALLOWING GOD TO WORK HIS
00:44:39.21\00:44:43.08
PURPOSES OUT IN OUR LIFE.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW GOD IS
00:44:43.08\00:44:46.08
GOING TO WORK, AND SOMETIMES HE
LEADS YOU INTO SITUATIONS THAT
00:44:46.08\00:44:49.75
YOU MIGHT RATHER AVOID SO THAT
THROUGH YOUR WITNESS IN THAT
00:44:49.75\00:44:52.82
SITUATION, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND
00:44:52.82\00:44:55.62
TO THE GO AHEADNESS
AND THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:44:55.62\00:44:58.89
I DON'T MEAN TO BE
INSENSITIVE.-I UNDERSTAND THAT
SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO THROUGH A
00:44:58.89\00:45:04.43
LOT. I WANT TO TELL YOU A
STORY ABOUT MY FRIEND TOMMY.
00:45:04.43\00:45:09.14
TOMMY LIVES IN IRE -- IRELAND.
AND WE WERE FILMING IN IRELAND
00:45:09.14\00:45:18.01
FOR 500 THIS YEAR. HE
SAID TO THE BOSS, IF I TAKE
00:45:18.01\00:45:21.65
THIS JOB, I CANNOT WORK
FROM SUNDOWN FRIDAY TO SUNDOWN
00:45:21.65\00:45:26.22
SATURDAY, I JUST CAN'T DO
IT. BECAUSE I'M A SEVENTH-DAY
00:45:26.22\00:45:31.29
ADVENTIST. AND THE
BOSS SAID THAT'S NO
00:45:31.29\00:45:34.66
PROBLEM. TOMMY
GIVED IN GOLWAY IN
00:45:34.66\00:45:38.10
IRELAND. ONE
FRIDAY EVENING, THE BOSS
00:45:38.10\00:45:41.14
CONTACTED TOMMY AND SAID I NEED
YOU TO RUN DOWN TO LIMERICK.
00:45:41.14\00:45:45.17
THAT'S MORE THAN AN HOUR
AWAY. TOMMY I CAN'T DO THAT.
00:45:45.17\00:45:50.58
THE BOSS SAID I
REALLY NEED YOU TO DO IT.
00:45:50.58\00:45:52.98
IF YOU DON'T DO
IT. I'LL FIRE YOU.
00:45:52.98\00:45:56.52
AND TOMMY SAID, THERE'S
ONLY ONE THING I CAN DO HERE.
00:45:56.52\00:46:00.52
AND THAT'S OBEY GOD,
BECAUSE I -- I COULDN'T.
00:46:00.52\00:46:05.66
I WOULDN'T. HE CAME
INTO WORK ON MONDAY AND
00:46:05.66\00:46:09.00
HE WAS FIRED. AND HE
SAID TO HIS WIFE THAT
00:46:09.00\00:46:12.47
EVENING. WHAT DO WE DO?
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.27
AND HE SAID WE JUST TRUST GOD.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
00:46:14.27\00:46:18.34
AND THE NEXT DAY,
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
00:46:18.34\00:46:22.54
NOTHING. NOTHING HAPPENED.
00:46:22.54\00:46:23.38
[ LAUGHTER ] >>
NOTHING HAPPENED.
00:46:23.38\00:46:25.98
I KNOW I SET YOU UP
FOR THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:46:25.98\00:46:28.82
>> TWO DAYS LATER,
THREE DAYS -- A WEEK!
00:46:28.82\00:46:35.19
TWO WEEKS, NOTHING!
AND THEN THE PHONE RANG.
00:46:35.19\00:46:41.73
SOMEONE HE DIDN'T
KNOW SAID YOU ARE A DRIVER?
00:46:41.73\00:46:45.80
YES. WE NEED
SOMEBODY TO DRIVE THE
00:46:45.80\00:46:47.64
BIG MACHINE THAT SWEEPS THE
STREETS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
00:46:47.64\00:46:52.07
HE SAID I DON'T MIND DOING THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD DO.
00:46:52.07\00:46:55.88
AND I WOULD ENJOY. HE SAID I
CAN'T WORK SATURDAYS.-YOU WILL
00:46:55.88\00:47:02.05
NEVER NEED TO. BUT WOULD
YOU BE WILLING TO WORK SUNDAYS.
00:47:02.05\00:47:05.15
>> YES. >> YOU
DO KNOW YOU GET PAID
00:47:05.15\00:47:07.79
OVERTIME RATES
FOR WORKING SUNDAYS.
00:47:07.79\00:47:09.96
HE SAID I DON'T
MIND THAT EITHER.
00:47:09.96\00:47:11.49
THAT WILL BE OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:47:11.49\00:47:13.09
>> SO HE GETS A NEW JOB, EARNING
MORE MONEY THAN HE EARNED IN HIS
00:47:13.09\00:47:18.07
PREVIOUS JOB. BUT THE
STORY GETS REALLY GOOD
00:47:18.07\00:47:20.47
WHEN HE GETS DOWN TO RETIREMENT.
THEY CALCULATED HIS RETIREMENT.
00:47:20.47\00:47:26.01
HE WAS EXPECTING A LUMP
SUM PAYMENT AT RETIREMENT OF X.
00:47:26.01\00:47:30.08
THEY SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE WORKED
ALL OF THESE OVERTIME HOURS DOWN
00:47:30.08\00:47:34.75
THROUGH THE YEAR, SO YOU NOW
GET A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF 2X.
00:47:34.75\00:47:42.66
THERE WAS ANOTHER
ALLOWANCE COMING TO HIM.
00:47:42.66\00:47:45.19
THAT WAS DOUBLED AS WELL.
AND THEN HE WAS RECEIVING OTHER
00:47:45.19\00:47:48.33
INCOME ON TOP OF THAT.
CAN YOU SAY PRAISE THE LORD?
00:47:48.33\00:47:53.27
YOU SEE THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES.
IT WAS A TIME OF DIFFICULTY.
00:47:53.27\00:47:57.34
A TIME OF
SACRIICE. OF COURSE IT WAS.
00:47:57.34\00:48:01.21
BUT WITHIN WEEKS, GOD HAD MOVED
THINGS AROUND SO THAT HE WAS
00:48:01.21\00:48:05.75
DOING OKAY. AND
WITHOUT HIM REALIZING
00:48:05.75\00:48:09.28
OVERTIME HE WAS ACCRUING
THE MOTHER OF ALL BLESSINGS, THE
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SORT OF THING HE
NEVER EVEN IMAGINED.
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YOU SHOULD NOT BE
AFRAID OF STRETCHING FOR GOD.
00:48:15.22\00:48:19.76
YOU JUST SHOULDN'T. YOU
SHOULDN'T THINK EVEN FOR A
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MOMENT IF YOU OBEY GOD YOU ARE
GOING TO COME OFF SECOND BEST,
00:48:22.53\00:48:26.07
EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL.
AND I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT YOU
00:48:26.07\00:48:30.17
ARE GOING TO DO OKAY IN THIS
WORLD, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU
00:48:30.17\00:48:34.51
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO
OKAY IN THE WORLD TO COME.
00:48:34.51\00:48:38.25
AND WHEN JESUS COMES BACK,
WE ARE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT
00:48:38.25\00:48:41.88
WHATEVER WE WENT THROUGH, AND
ALL WE'LL REMEMBER IS THAT JESUS
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.92
IS HERE, AND HE HAS
COME TO TAKE US HOME.
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WE'LL BE GLAD OF THAT.
LET ME SHARE A STORY WITH YOU
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FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THE KING WAS 25 YEARS OLD.
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HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT
IN THE SIDE OF THE LORD, BUT NOT
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WITH A PERFECT HEART.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
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HE WAS IN DIFFICULTY.
HE WAS FACING WARFARE.
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IT SAYS IN VERSE 6, HE HIRED
100,000 MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR OUT
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OF ISRAEL, AND PLAYED
A 100 TALONS OF SILVER.
00:49:17.65\00:49:22.99
I'M SURE THAT IS
A GOOD SUM OF MONEY.
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.53
HE HIRED ISRAELI SOLDIERS, OR
SHOULD I SAY SOLDIERS FROM THE
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KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
RATHER THAN FROM JUDAH.
00:49:29.93\00:49:32.10
PAID MONEY. HE WAS
GOING TO BE SWEET NOW,
00:49:32.10\00:49:34.80
BECAUSE WITH ALL OF THAT
MANPOWER, THEY WOULD WIN THE
00:49:34.80\00:49:38.31
POWER. VERSE 7,
BUT THERE CAME A MAN OF
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GOD TO HIM, SAYING, OH,
KING, 2 CHRONICLES 25:7.
00:49:40.41\00:49:47.82
DO NOT LET THE ARMY
OF ISRAEL GO WITH YOU.
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FOR THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL
WITH ALL OF THE CHILDREN OF
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EFRAN. AND HE
SAID HOLD ON A MOMENT.
00:50:01.20\00:50:04.47
I PAID A HUNDRED TALONS OF
SILVER, IF I LISTEN TO WHAT GOD
00:50:04.47\00:50:10.14
SAYS, I'M GOING TO BE OUT.
I CAN'T AFFORD THAT KIND OF A
00:50:10.14\00:50:13.71
LOSS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
00:50:13.71\00:50:16.24
ARE YOU SURE?
NOTICE WHAT THE BIBLE SAID.
00:50:16.24\00:50:19.75
THE MAN OF GOD ANSWERED, THE
LORD IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU MUCH
00:50:19.75\00:50:28.06
MORE THAN THIS.
COME ON AND SAY AMEN.
00:50:28.06\00:50:30.39
>> AMEN! >> YOU DO
THE RIGHT THING FOR
00:50:30.39\00:50:32.86
GOD, THERE IS
NOTHING THAT YOU LOSE.
00:50:32.86\00:50:34.93
IF YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE MONEY
ON THE TABLE BECAUSE YOU ARE
00:50:34.93\00:50:38.43
CHOOSING TO HONOR
GOD, CLAIM THE PROMISE.
00:50:38.43\00:50:41.04
GOD IS ABLE TO GIVE
YOU MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.41
BESIDES IT'S NOT MONEY YOU
WANT, IT'S THE BLESSING OF GOD.
00:50:44.41\00:50:48.44
IT'S THE SMILE OF GOD.
IT'S NOT RICHING YOU WANT.
00:50:48.44\00:50:51.31
IT'S THE APPROVAL OF GOD.
IT'S THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING
00:50:51.31\00:50:56.15
YOU HAVE YIELDED IN
YOUR HEART TO JESUS.
00:50:56.15\00:50:59.75
YOU WOULD SERVE GOD EVEN IF
THERE IS NOTHING IN IT FOR YOU.
00:50:59.75\00:51:02.92
BECAUSE YOU ARE THINKING
OF JESUS HANGING ON THE CROSS.
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.93
PEOPLE YELLING, REJECTING,
BEATING, JESUS IS GROANING AND
00:51:05.93\00:51:14.04
WINCING AND WRITHING IN PAIN.
AND YOU SAY, HOLD ON A MINUTE.
00:51:14.04\00:51:18.11
THAT IS A SACRIFICE.
WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH, THAT'S
00:51:18.11\00:51:21.31
KIND OF NOTHING IN COMPARISON.
THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF THE
00:51:21.31\00:51:25.71
SACRIFICE OF CHRIST, AND
THEN IT SPEAKS OF OUR SACRIFICE.
00:51:25.71\00:51:29.35
GOD WANTS OUR HEARTS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN HE
00:51:29.35\00:51:32.05
HAS OUR HEARTS,
HE HAS OUR OBEDIENCE.
00:51:32.05\00:51:38.03
1 SAMUEL 15. WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT STORY?
00:51:38.03\00:51:40.50
SAMUEL SAYS TO THE KING, GO DOWN
AND KILL ALL OF THE AMALL KITES.
00:51:40.50\00:51:48.20
KILL THEM ALL. I WANT
YOU TO KILL EVERY LAST
00:51:48.20\00:51:51.14
ONE OF THEM. 1
SAMUEL 15, AND I'M GOING TO
00:51:51.14\00:51:54.61
CHECK A DETAIL TO MAKE SURE
I HAVE MY FACTS STRAIGHT HERE,
00:51:54.61\00:51:58.31
BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BE OFF.
HE SAID YOU GO DOWN THERE AND
00:51:58.31\00:52:02.05
KILL THEM. YES, IT
WAS THE AMALLAKITES.
00:52:02.05\00:52:14.66
THAT WAS SEVERE, BUT GOD KNEW IT
WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM TO BE
00:52:14.66\00:52:20.44
SLAIN THAN TO
BE ALLOWED TO LIVE.
00:52:20.44\00:52:22.27
SO DOWN THEY WENT.
AND THERE WAS A WONDERFUL
00:52:22.27\00:52:25.74
VICTORY. THEY RIPE
 -- WIPED THEM OUT.
00:52:25.74\00:52:31.91
IT WAS DECISIVE. HE
KILLED ALL OF THE PEOPLE, BUT
00:52:31.91\00:52:35.88
DIDN'T KILL THE
KING. AND THEY SPARED AGAG.
00:52:35.88\00:52:39.52
AND THE REST OF THE SHEEP,
OX -- ONNING SIN AND LAMB.
00:52:39.52\00:52:52.63
HAD HE OBEYED GOD OR NOT? >> NO.
00:52:52.63\00:52:56.44
>> HE KIND OF CLAIM
CLOSE TO OBEYING GOD.
00:52:56.44\00:53:02.38
KILLED EVERYBODY
ELSE, JUST NOT THE KING.
00:53:02.38\00:53:05.21
DESTROYED ALL OF THE
ANIMALS, JUST NOT THE GOOD ONES.
00:53:05.21\00:53:09.38
HE COME BACKS TO TOWN. I
IMAGINE PROUD WIVES, ANXIOUS
00:53:09.38\00:53:14.46
WIVES WAITING TO
WELCOME THEIR HUSBANDS BACK.
00:53:14.46\00:53:21.60
BUT GOD ALREADY S
SAID -- [ INAUDIBLE ]?
00:53:21.60\00:53:28.37
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEANT? [ LAUGHTER ]
00:53:28.37\00:53:30.97
>> FOR HE FOLLOWED
BACK FROM TURNING ME.
00:53:30.97\00:53:32.84
[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU
DID GOOD THE FIRST TIME.
00:53:32.84\00:53:37.11
NOT SO GOOD THE
SECOND TIME. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:53:37.11\00:53:41.45
>> IT REPENTHTH ME THAT I HAVE
SET UP SOL TO BE THE KING, FOR
00:53:41.45\00:53:45.65
HE HAS NOT
PERFORMED MY COMMANDMENTS.
00:53:45.65\00:53:49.39
IT GRIEVED SAMUEL. HE
CRIED TO THE LORD ALL NIGHT.
00:53:49.39\00:53:52.66
AND WHEN SOL ARRIVED BACK
IN TOWN, HE SAID BLESSED BE THE
00:53:52.66\00:53:57.03
NAME OF THE LORD. I HAVE
PERFORMED THE COMMANDMENT
00:53:57.03\00:54:02.70
OF THE LORD. AND
SAMUEL SAID I AM HEARING THE
00:54:02.70\00:54:08.48
BLEATING OF SHEEP.-AND SOL
STARTED SIDE STEPPING. THEY
SPARED THE BEST, BECAUSE WE
00:54:08.48\00:54:13.88
ARE GOING TO
SACRIFICE THEM TO GOD.
00:54:13.88\00:54:16.45
THE REST WE DESTROYED.
ULTIMATELY WHAT THE PROPHET SAID
00:54:16.45\00:54:23.09
TO THE KING WAS TO OBEY
IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.
00:54:23.09\00:54:28.50
AND TO HARKEN BETTER THAN
THE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF RAMS.
00:54:28.50\00:54:33.17
IF YOU WANT TO SACRIFICE
ANYTHING TO GOD, JUST GIVE HIM A
00:54:33.17\00:54:37.47
SINFUL HEART. THAT'S
ALL, AND THEN LET HIM
00:54:37.47\00:54:39.61
INTO YOUR LIFE. WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THIS MORE OVER
00:54:39.61\00:54:43.35
THE WEEKEND. OBEYING
IS WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR
00:54:43.35\00:54:46.55
LIFE WHEN YOU SURRENDER TO GOD.
WORK YOURSELF UP INTO A LATHER
00:54:46.55\00:54:51.39
TRYING TO BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN.
YOU SURRENDER TO GOD AND PRAY
00:54:51.39\00:54:55.19
AND DEMAND THAT JESUS DOES THE
WORK IN YOU, THAT YOU CAN'T DO
00:54:55.19\00:54:58.59
IN YOURSELF. SACRIFICE.
00:54:58.59\00:55:00.26
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO SACRIFICE FOR GOD?
00:55:00.26\00:55:03.26
A BAD TEMPER? NO, NO, NO.
00:55:03.26\00:55:07.17
YOU GAIN A KIND TEMPER.
SACRIFICE IMMORAL BEHAVIOR?
00:55:07.17\00:55:12.04
NO, YOU ARE GOING TO
GAIN DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT.
00:55:12.04\00:55:15.24
YOU ARE GOING TO
SACRIFICE AN ADDICTION.
00:55:15.24\00:55:18.48
SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE
TOUGH, BUT GOD IS TOUGHER.
00:55:18.48\00:55:21.58
AND IT'S NO SACRIFICE
TO BE CLEAN AND SOBER.
00:55:21.58\00:55:24.22
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ANYWAY.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN
00:55:24.22\00:55:27.89
GOING TO CALL A SACRIFICE.
JESUS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
00:55:27.89\00:55:31.36
COMING DOWN TO EARTH
AND BEING NAILED TO A CROSS.
00:55:31.36\00:55:35.30
THAT WAS A SACRISACRIFICE.
ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM HERE, THERE
00:55:35.30\00:55:41.34
WAS A MAN BORN AND RAISED
WHO -- WHO DID SOMETHING HEROIC.
00:55:41.34\00:55:48.11
HIS NAME WAS ARLAND WILLIAMS.
DOES THAT NAME MEAN ANYTHING TO
00:55:48.11\00:55:54.42
YOU? I DON'T EXPECT IT WAS.
00:55:54.42\00:55:55.98
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED 128 MILES
FROM WHERE HE WERE RIGHT NOW.
00:55:55.98\00:56:02.22
HE WAS ON BOARD AIR FLORIDA
FLIGHT 90, WHICH IN JANUARY OF
00:56:02.22\00:56:08.90
1982 TOOK OFF FROM WHAT IS NOW
REAGAN NATIONAL AND CRASHED INTO
00:56:08.90\00:56:15.04
THE POTOMAC
RIVER. NOW YOU REMEMBER.
00:56:15.04\00:56:18.27
YOU REMEMBER
BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY IN 1982.
00:56:18.27\00:56:21.61
IT WAS 35 YEARS AGO,
BUT THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.
00:56:21.61\00:56:26.68
EVERYBODY ON BOARD THE PLAIN
DIED EXCEPT FOR SIX PEOPLE.
00:56:26.68\00:56:30.75
THEY WERE IN THE ICY
POTOMAC RIVER, SIX PEOPLE.
00:56:30.75\00:56:35.49
A HELICOPTER
CAME TO RESCUE THEM.
00:56:35.49\00:56:39.83
IMAGINE HANGING ON TO WRECKAGE
IN ICY WATER FOR 20 MINUTES.
00:56:39.83\00:56:46.63
THEY LOWERED A FLOATATION
DEVICE, AND ARLAND WILLIAMS GIVE
00:56:46.63\00:56:54.88
IT TO ANOTHER ONE. HE
DID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
00:56:54.88\00:56:59.78
SHE GAVE IT TO A WOMAN, SHE WAS
TAKEN TO SAFETY, THE HELICOPTER
00:56:59.78\00:57:04.49
CAME BACK FOR HIM. BUT
THE WRECKAGE SHIFTED, IT
00:57:04.49\00:57:09.92
DRAGGED HIM
UNDERWATER. HE DROWNED.
00:57:09.92\00:57:12.06
THEY NAMED THE BRIDGE
AFTER ARLAND WILLIAMS.
00:57:12.06\00:57:16.13
TIME MAGAZINE WROTE THE MAN
IN THE WATER HAD HIS OWN NATURAL
00:57:16.13\00:57:21.94
POWERS. HE FOUGHT WITH CHARITY.
00:57:21.94\00:57:24.61
HE GAVE HIS OWN LIFE. HE
WAS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
00:57:24.61\00:57:30.18
¤
00:57:30.18\00:57:32.98