In a world
surrounded by darkness.
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There is a voice that
whispers to every young heart.
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Urging them to find
The Treasure of Truth.
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Those who follow the
path will discover eternal
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riches beyond
their wildest dreams.
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Join us now for
an Amazing Adventure,
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a Journey for Life with Jesus.
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Good evening friends,
welcome to Amazing Adventure,
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a Journey for Life with
Jesus. My name is Jean Ross,
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I will be your host for
this Bible study experience.
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I would like to
welcome all of those who are
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watching around the
country and around the world.
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We have people watching
as far away as Australia,
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South Africa,
India, all over the world.
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And we want to welcome
all of you to this very
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special program. We're
coming to you live from
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Richardson, Texas. And
I'd like to welcome our local
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audience here as well.
All of the children that have
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joined us here. And
you can notice they're all
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wearing some very
nice T-shirt, T-shirts that
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say Amazing Adventure.
For those of you who are
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watching, if you
would like to get a T-shirt
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for your site. I'd
encouraged you to go to the
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amazingfactskids
website, amazingfactskids.org.
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We also have some very
exciting lessons that go
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along with the presentations
from night-to-night.
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This evening's study is
entitled, The Treasure Map.
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And there is a lesson
that goes along with this
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presentation. For
those of you who are watching
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you can get more
information on the study
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material at the
amazingfactskids website.
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And we're gonna hand
this out at the end of the
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program, you can go
home, fill in the answers
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bring back the
answers, and at the end of the
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program you will
receive one of these beautiful
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children's Bible. And
those of you who are watching,
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if you would like more
information about these
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children Bibles, put
together by Review & Herald,
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then to go the
amazingfactskids website,
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and you will be able to get more
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information on that as well.
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Well, friends we
believe in prayer,
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and here at our
local site in Texas,
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we're gonna be
praying, there is somebody
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who wants to
come to this program,
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but he is not
invited, his name is Ike.
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Well, Ike's not a real
person, he's actually a
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hurricane. We have a
hurricane that's bringing
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the Gulf, making its
way towards the coast
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and probably tomorrow
we'll begin to feel the winds
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and the rain from
the hurricane Ike.
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Those of you who are watching,
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please pray for us,
we're praying that they won't
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be power outage. So
that we'll be able to do
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tomorrow's program. We
also would like to at this
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time invite our
singers to come forward;
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we have a special
theme song that we'll be
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singing throughout the program,
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The Amazing Adventures singers
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will lead us in our theme song.
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Please stand, and lets sing.
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Life is an
adventure Following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
Makes us want to sing
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Walking in the
spirit He will lead the way
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With His word to guide
us Glowing deep inside us
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Nothing can divide
us Following the King.
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Life is an
adventure Following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
Makes us want to sing
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Conquering with
kindness Everywhere we go
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Voices we are
raising Jesus we are praising
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Life is so
amazing Following the King
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Life is so
amazing Following the King
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Now, some of you
are hearing this for the
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first time. Now, if you
want to learn a new song,
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you've got to sing it a
couple of times and since
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this is short. Why
don't we do that one
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more time would
that be okay Kelly?
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Life is an
adventure Following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
Makes us want to sing
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Walking in the
spirit He will lead the way
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With His word to guide
us Glowing deep inside us
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Nothing can divide
us Following the King.
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Life is an
adventure Following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
Makes us want to sing
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Conquering with
kindness Everywhere we go
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Voices we are
raising Jesus we are praising
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Life is so
amazing Following the King
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Life is so
amazing Following the King
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Please remain standing,
as we have our scripture
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reading this evening, if
you look in front of you,
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you will see a Bible in
the pew. You can take out
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that Bible and turned
to Psalm 119, verse 105.
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And Manasseh
Emanuel will be reading
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our scripture
reading for us tonight.
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"Your word is a
lamp unto my feet and a
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light unto, and a
light unto my path."
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Read that one more time for us.
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"Your word is a
lamp unto my feet
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and a light unto my
path." Thank you, very much.
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I'm gonna ask you
to bow your heads for
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prayer as, Ashera
brings us our prayer.
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Bow your heads as we
pray. Dear, God thank you
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that the people that
are here were able to get
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here safely. Please
help us to understand
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and learn more about
you, in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen, amen. Well, I'd
like to welcome our speaker
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Pastor Doug Batchelor,
president of Amazing Facts.
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Pastor Doug, we are
so excited about this,
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I know we've been working
on this program for quite
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a while, and it's
finally here. You can sit also.
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Oh! That's right;
you don't have to stand
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through the whole program.
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You're a very
obedient group, thank you.
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Alright, well, let's
take a few Bible questions,
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as we get started
in the program tonight.
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Part of each program,
we're gonna give you an
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opportunity to ask
questions about the Bible,
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we're beginning the most
important adventure in life.
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This adventure,
successful leads to eternity.
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And so nothing can be a
more important than that.
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And so, we want to
encourage all of our friends,
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who are here at our
local church, and all of our
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friends who are
watching around the world,
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if you got questions
about the Bible or about God,
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we'd encourage
you to send them in.
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We've got a few that
have been pre-recorded
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for the first nights
program from Sacramento.
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And we want to
give you an opportunity,
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some of you might email
a picture of yourself with
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the question.
They've got the technology;
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maybe they could even
send a little video real quick.
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They know how to
do that on YouTube.
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And we want to get
your Bible questions,
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but tonight I think
we're priming the pump a little
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because we got a few prepared.
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We do, we have two
video questions this evening.
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So, if all the
equipment works correctly,
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we'll roll that
question right now, alright.
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Where is the
original Bible? Okay, that's
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Nathaniel in
Sacramento who is asking,
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where is the original
Bible? This whole program
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tonight is about
the Bible. And it's The
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Amazing Treasure Map,
that's our study for tonight.
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Some one might want
to know where is the
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original Bible? Well,
the Bible originally was
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given by voice, it was
the word spoken by God to
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Adam and Eve, and
then Adam and Eve passed it
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onto their children.
Do you know Adam probably
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had a photographic
memory. He could remember
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everything, but as
man began to get weaker
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because of sin, his
memory started being affected
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by that. And pretty soon,
they began to write it down,
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do you know, some of the
first of the Bible that was
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written down was
written by God when he wrote
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the Ten Commandments.
And Moses wrote of course
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the books of Genesis, and
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
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Deuteronomy. Do you
know, you see that Bible,
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we got here on the
stage. Anyone want to guess
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how old that Bible is?
Go ahead, you call out,
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what's, what's your
guess. Two thousand.
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No, it's not
quite 2,000 years old.
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But it's almost 200
years old. This Bible is 1816,
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1812, oh 1812. But still
almost 200 years old, 190,
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but anyway the Bible's
been around a long time
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1500 years. But we
talk more about that
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in our lesson tonight.
Alright, well Pastor Doug
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I have got a Bible
question for you. Here it is.
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Tell me how old are
you? Can I sneak in,
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these questions
are reserved, okay,
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I'm 12 I can get in.
Alright, here is the Bible
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question. What is
the best way to read
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and study the Bible?
That's a very important
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question, let me see,
how many of you have a
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Bible at home? Our
friends that are watching,
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I hope you have all got
Bibles, most of you look
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at that. All most of you
kids have Bibles at home,
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that's right, very good.
Did some of you bring your own
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Bibles tonight? Good
for you and we hope you're
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bringing your
Bibles to the meetings.
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We're very thank, well
Review & Herald provided
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some Bibles here
for our local meeting.
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So, the kids that
come at least seven nights,
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you get to take that
Bible home with you at the end
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of the meetings. Okay,
in case you got to attend.
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What was the question
again? Oh! The best way
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to study the Bible.
That's right, the best way to
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study the Bible is to
start little-by-little,
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you might begin in the
beginning with Genesis.
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And if you find out
that it gets a little bit
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difficult
sometimes, you can jump to what
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they called the New Testament.
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The Bible's divided in
a couple of parts here.
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Three quarters of the
Bible is the Old Testament.
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The New Testament
begins right about here;
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this is the part of
the Bible written before
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Jesus was born,
the Old Testament.
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The New Testament was
written after Jesus was
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born. And so, you can
also go to the New Testament
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and read about
the life of Jesus.
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When God became a man,
if you can't read a lot
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or all at once,
start with little verses.
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The best way to
get a good beginning in
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Bible study is to
have a Bible of course.
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And you use the
study guides that go
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with this series,
that will really help you.
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Alright, well Pastor
Doug, I think we have another
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video question for
this evening, alright,
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so be ready for
that. Did the miracles in
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the Bible really
happen? Okay, Shenelle from
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Sacramento is asking,
did the miracles in the
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Bible really
happen? Let me ask you,
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what do you think?
How many of you think that
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the miracles in the
Bible are true? Oh! I knew
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we had a faithful
crowd here tonight.
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You're absolutely right.
The miracles in the Bible
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are true, and you know
God still performs miracles
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today. Did you know
that? Everybody alive is a
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miracle, life is a
miracle. We're surrounded with
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miracles all the time.
But I believe in all the
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miracles of the
Bible, I really believe that
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Jesus walked on water.
I believe that he could
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raise the death that
he could he heal the sick.
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I believe that Moses,
when he stretched out his rod,
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that the, the sea
parted. And all these miracles
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really happen. You
are gonna be hearing more
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about this. By the
way, we're praying for a
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miracle right now at
this series of meetings that
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the Lord will
bless these meetings,
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a thousand things
have to work together,
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that he'll bless the
weather for our friends
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who are watching all
different parts of the
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country. And that God
will pour out his spirit.
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I think we're
gonna see some miracles.
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Amen, we believe
so. Well, Pastor Doug,
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we have a special
music at this time.
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I'm gonna invite
the Amazing Adventures
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singers to come forward.
And you will get to know
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this group quite a bit
over the next few nights
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together, as we sing.
The song that they will
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be sharing with us
is, "From a Child."
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From a child, from a child
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Thou hast known
the Holy Scriptures,
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Which are able to make thee wise
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Wise unto salvation.
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Salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
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From a child, from a child
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Thou hast known
the Holy Scriptures,
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From a child, Thou hast
known the Holy Scriptures,
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Which are able to make thee wise
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From a child, from a child
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Thou hast known
the Holy Scriptures,
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Which are able to make thee wise
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Wise unto salvation.
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Salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
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From a child, from a child.
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Thou hast known
the Holy Scriptures.
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Amen, thank you very
much, that's a perfect
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song for tonight
'cause we're talking tonight
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about the Bible,
The Treasure Map.
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Now, this series
Amazing Adventure is
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talking about the most
important thing in life.
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Life is an adventure,
it's the adventure of learning
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how to follow Jesus and
get into that city of gold.
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In order to make the
trip, you need a map.
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And so, we're gonna
talk about that map.
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And I want to remind
our friends that are here,
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and our friends that
are watching because this is
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the first program, we
got ten programs dealing
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with this Amazing
Adventure. You can
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bring your friends
to come, still not too
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late to invite your
friends, right? Maybe you have
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some friends at
school, or in your neighborhood
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that you like to
talk to and say, Wow!
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We're having a
great program at this home
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or this church invite
them because you want them
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to find that city of
gold that we're all going to.
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Well, tonight we're
gonna talk about the lesson
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number one, The
Treasure Map. How many of you
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have ever looked
for treasure before?
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You ever find,
yeah. I used to go digging
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in my dad's
backyard; we have dug a tunnel
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one time, looking
for treasure. Of course
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I don't know why we
just dug in the hillside,
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we never did find
anything, but it was fun looking
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for the treasure. A
lot of people pretend that
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they've got treasure maps
and they're just not real.
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But some people have
found real treasures in history.
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Back in 1947, some boys
living in the Land of Israel
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were looking for a
lost goat. And they saw a
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little cave up against
the hillside, they took a rock
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and they threw the
rock up in the cave just
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wondering if their
goat had wandered in there.
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And they heard a
breaking sound like,
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breaking glass. So,
they scrambled up to the cave
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and they looked in
there. And they saw that there
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were some jars, and
in the jars were a bunch
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of scrolls. And they
could see they were very old
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scrolls. They thought
Wow! This is like a treasure.
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Nobody's been in
this cave for maybe a
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thousand years. It was
more than a thousand years.
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And so, what they
did is they said, let's,
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let's take some of
these scrolls down and let's
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take them to
Bethlehem. Sell them see what
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their worth. They
sold some of them for $30.
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Do you know how
much they were worth?
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Way more than $30
million? They had found the Dead
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Sea scrolls; it was
the oldest segments of the
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Bible in existence.
These boys out there looking
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for goats, found
treasure. And they didn't even
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know what they found?
You know, the Bible is a
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treasure, and the
most important thing I want
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to share with you
tonight is that, you can know
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how to live forever
because, if you follow
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this map of the Bible.
This map will tell you,
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how to get to God's
kingdom, it will guide
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you through this life,
it gives you everything
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you need for
happiness and eternal life?
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Now, in our study we
are gonna be going through
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the lesson and we're
gonna do it in like a question
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and answer format. So,
I'm gonna go right to the
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lesson, let's look
at question number one.
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Someone might have
told you that the Bible
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is just a fairytale;
any of you ever hear that,
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no you can't believe
the Bible, it's just fable
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fairy tales. But can
we trust that the Bible
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is true? How do we
know, we can trust the Bible
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is true? What does the
Bible say about itself?
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If you got your Bibles
you can look these verses up.
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Matter of fact, we'll
be giving you a lesson here
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after the program.
In the Bible it says,
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All Scripture, how
much? "All Scripture is given
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by inspiration of God."
That's Second Timothy 3:16.
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The whole Bible is a
message from God to you.
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Any of you ever get
a letter in the mail.
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You excited to get
a letter in the mail,
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you want to open it
up, you wonder what it is?
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And sometimes our son
Nathan, he gets a lego
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magazine in the mail.
He's so excited about that
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magazine, he pours over,
he takes it up and goes to
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bed with it. And
he'll be here later in the,
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in these series, you
will see Mrs. Batchelor
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and two of the Batchelor
boys. What if you had a
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letter from God? How
valuable would that be?
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The Bible is a love
letter from God to you.
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And you know, it's
especially interesting now
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because right now
you and I can buy Bibles
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and we got the
whole word of God.
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They used to have to
carry around all these camels.
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I remember reading
at one time about the
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Grand Vizier of
Persia. He had a library with
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about 400,000 books in
it. And he had hundreds
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of camels that
carried his library with him,
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wherever he went.
Hundreds of camels to carry his
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library. Now, you could
put it all on a little laptop
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computer. We're lucky
to have all of the word of
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God together for us
to study. First book ever
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printed on a
printing press was the Bible.
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That was by
Johann Gutenberg in 1456,
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up till then they
used to have to write the
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Bibles down by hand. And
the Bible's written on paper
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of course, and that's
where you get the word paper
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comes from "Papyrus,"
it came from an ancient
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Phoenician city
called Biblos. And they made
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some many books out
of the Papyrus in Biblos
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that they started
saying, well that's a book.
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And booker Biblos
meant a collection of book.
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And so we can get the
word Bible, it's a Latin
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word that means it's
a collection of books.
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The Bible has got a lot of
books in it that tell about
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God and our
relationship with him.
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And so that's a
little bit of the history.
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I told you they
used to print by hand,
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and then they were able
to do it on a printing press
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and now Bibles it's
the number one book being
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printed in the world
today its the best seller in
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history. And some
countries that not allowed
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to read the Bible.
Mrs. Batchelor and I once
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went to Russia. And
we gave away hundreds
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of Bibles there and
the people were so excited
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'cause they hadn't
been able to read the Bible
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in 70 years, and they
were stroking and petting
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the Bible. One of the
most valuable Bibles is the
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first Bible printed
on a printing press,
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which was the Gutenberg Bible.
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And I think, I've got a
picture of that right there
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on the screen for
you. How much do you think
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that would be worth?
Be valuable, but you know
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it wouldn't be a
worth as much to you.
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Because you can't
read German, I don't think
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most of you, some
of our viewers can,
00:19:51.64\00:19:53.75
but you can read the
real Bible in English,
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or your Bibles in
English. And so, take
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advantage of this
precious book you know;
00:19:59.93\00:20:01.72
right now they're
having a presidential election.
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When the president is
elected, he's voted into
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office, he places his
hand on what book? The Bible.
00:20:07.08\00:20:10.91
The Bible and he makes
a vow. It's such a sacred
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book and it's got
this history that goes back
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for hundreds of years.
The Bible is the map that
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tells us about life; it
tells us how to follow Jesus
00:20:19.25\00:20:22.62
and where to go?
Now, you know, more,
00:20:22.65\00:20:24.29
more-and-more of
the cars have something
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very special. During our
series every now and then,
00:20:26.87\00:20:29.59
we're gonna take a
look in our mystery chest.
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This up here's a
mystery chest, we're gonna have
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some surprises in
here night-after-night.
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I'm gonna grab
something out of here,
00:20:36.09\00:20:37.57
out of the mystery
chest here for a second.
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Lets see, what we
got going on in here.
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Who knows what
this is? This is a GPS,
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and my GPS here, let
me see how I turn it on?
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Looks like the
batteries have gone out on me.
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When you first turn
this thing on, what it does
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is it says, it's acquiring
satellite. How many have
00:21:00.29\00:21:03.80
you have cars you
know they get GPS in them.
00:21:03.83\00:21:06.04
Now, when I travel
I take one with me.
00:21:06.07\00:21:07.78
And then it's got a
map, but before you can use
00:21:07.81\00:21:10.82
the map on the GPS,
it's got to get satellites,
00:21:10.85\00:21:14.14
not just one or two,
it needs three or four
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the more you have
the better. When you're
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trying to figure
out, what the truth is?
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You don't just read one
verse in the Bible to find
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out what God wants. Some
people confuse the Bible,
00:21:23.69\00:21:25.98
by just reading one
verse all by itself.
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You compare the
scriptures in the Bible,
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and it guides you like
a map and gives you the
00:21:30.87\00:21:34.12
right direction
that you should go.
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Someone once said,
that the word Bible
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B-I-B-L-E, it stands
for, it's an acronym.
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That means the words
represents something else.
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Basic Instructions
Before Leaving Earth.
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Can you say that with
me? Basic Instructions
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Before Leaving
Earth. How many of you want
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to leave earth and go to
heaven? The Bible is your
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instruction book, so
you can know how you get
00:22:00.70\00:22:04.21
out of this world
into the next one.
00:22:04.24\00:22:05.70
And you want to be
able to compare the
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verses in the Bible. So,
you can arrive at the truth.
00:22:07.50\00:22:10.12
One time, when Jesus was
been tempted by the devil.
00:22:10.15\00:22:12.93
The devil misquoted
the Bible to him to cause
00:22:12.96\00:22:16.26
confusion. And so,
you've got to know the Bible
00:22:16.29\00:22:19.55
because sometimes the
devil will try to trick you
00:22:19.58\00:22:21.71
and misquote it. Let me
give you an example of that.
00:22:21.74\00:22:24.28
I might need a volunteer,
let's come, come up here
00:22:24.31\00:22:28.01
for a second right
there Joel, you're on the
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front row, so you got
picked. You didn't know
00:22:29.33\00:22:30.78
I was gonna do this,
did you? You look like a
00:22:30.81\00:22:32.50
stout boy, so I wanna,
want you to do something
00:22:32.53\00:22:34.54
for me. Alright, fold
your arms, spread your legs
00:22:34.57\00:22:37.54
a little bit, okay, I
going to try and push you over
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with my finger,
don't let me push you over,
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okay. Okay. How
old are you? Eleven.
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He's pretty strong
for eleven. Okay, pretty
00:22:44.76\00:22:47.65
tough, can't push
away with one finger.
00:22:47.68\00:22:49.44
I don't know if I can
push him with my hand,
00:22:49.47\00:22:51.82
alright. Now, lift
up one leg, hold it up.
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See how easy that
is? Thank you, very much
00:22:58.92\00:23:00.90
and you know why I
said that? When you're
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discovering, and what
the truth is, you don't
00:23:02.82\00:23:04.73
want just one
verse of the scripture.
00:23:04.76\00:23:06.79
How much stronger
and more stable are you
00:23:06.82\00:23:08.66
with two feet than
one foot. So, read the
00:23:08.69\00:23:11.59
different verses in the
Bible and it's starts you to
00:23:11.62\00:23:13.75
under, help you
understand what the truth is?
00:23:13.78\00:23:16.46
Let's go to our next
question in our lesson.
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Question number two, how
can you know for yourself
00:23:18.83\00:23:22.18
that the Bible is
true? Oh! Maybe some preacher
00:23:22.21\00:23:26.49
say it, your mom and
dad hopefully tell you that,
00:23:26.52\00:23:29.63
but how can you know
that the Bible is true.
00:23:29.66\00:23:32.83
There is a verse that
says, in Psalm 34 verse 8,
00:23:32.86\00:23:37.57
"Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good!"
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Alright, I'm gonna
bring up another volunteer I,
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.07
I have already
asked Nathan, if he'd come
00:23:44.10\00:23:45.99
up here for a second.
And this is Nathan Nedley
00:23:46.02\00:23:49.10
here, you stand right
here Nathan. I'm gonna,
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are you getting hungry
Nathan, I'm just wondering.
00:23:51.44\00:23:53.99
Sure. You're a
little hungry? Yeah. Well,
00:23:54.02\00:23:57.17
you might get something to eat.
00:23:57.20\00:23:58.36
Let me see here, you're
not allergic to anything,
00:23:58.98\00:24:00.93
this is, this sock I
want you to know this nothing
00:24:00.96\00:24:02.83
wrong with this sock,
it's been at the bottom of
00:24:02.86\00:24:04.67
my laundry hamper for two years.
00:24:04.70\00:24:06.21
I know that it's
fine, okay. Could you see
00:24:06.24\00:24:08.85
anything? Nope.
How's your smeller work?
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.70
Pretty good. What
do you smell? An apple.
00:24:13.10\00:24:17.35
An apple, okay
just checking. Hang on a
00:24:17.38\00:24:24.38
second now, I want
you to trust me and open
00:24:24.41\00:24:27.38
your mouth, I put
something in, there
00:24:27.41\00:24:28.59
is a piece of fruit,
are, are you allergic,
00:24:28.62\00:24:30.49
do you have any
food allergies. No, okay,
00:24:30.52\00:24:32.50
good bite down, chew
that up, it be good for you,
00:24:32.53\00:24:35.15
what was that? A
grape. A grape, you know,
00:24:35.18\00:24:38.03
how do you know
that was a grape?
00:24:38.06\00:24:39.37
Now, let me show
you something that apple
00:24:39.40\00:24:41.41
that you just smelled
a second ago, isn't that
00:24:41.44\00:24:44.78
what he smelled?
The grape that you ate,
00:24:44.81\00:24:49.63
you can tell the
difference between the grape
00:24:49.66\00:24:52.77
and the banana because
you tasted it for yourself,
00:24:52.80\00:24:56.92
right? Thank you, very
much. Can you, let's give
00:24:56.95\00:24:58.34
him a hand.
Thank him for his help.
00:24:58.37\00:25:00.17
So, how we are gonna
know that the Bible is true?
00:25:05.01\00:25:07.64
We got to read it for
ourselves. I didn't grow
00:25:09.72\00:25:12.71
up reading the Bible
and I had to eventually
00:25:12.74\00:25:15.12
read it for
myself to find that out.
00:25:15.15\00:25:16.78
Question number
three, does God foretell the
00:25:16.81\00:25:20.38
future in the Bible?
Wouldn't you like to know what
00:25:20.41\00:25:23.69
the future is? Yes.
Listen to what it says,
00:25:23.72\00:25:26.49
in Isaiah chapter
46, verse 9 and 10.
00:25:26.52\00:25:30.17
God says, "I am God
declaring the end from
00:25:30.20\00:25:34.32
the beginning, and
from ancient times things
00:25:34.35\00:25:37.43
that are not yet
done." God sees all of history
00:25:37.46\00:25:41.50
together and he tells
the future many times in the
00:25:41.53\00:25:44.64
Bible. The Bible is filled
with incredible prophecies.
00:25:44.67\00:25:48.43
Let me give you some
examples, God told Noah
00:25:48.46\00:25:51.35
that there was going to
be a tremendous flood coming.
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.02
And some people didn't
listen; a lot of people
00:25:54.05\00:25:56.85
didn't listen. And they
suffered because of that.
00:25:56.88\00:25:59.84
Right now, while we're
doing this meeting there
00:25:59.87\00:26:03.22
is a lot of things
happening in the news that have
00:26:03.25\00:26:05.07
to do with weather,
right? And people who have
00:26:05.10\00:26:09.11
satellite cameras up in
the sky, up in the heavens
00:26:09.14\00:26:12.00
are looking down and
they see this great hurricane
00:26:12.03\00:26:14.86
heading towards the
Texas coast, and the people
00:26:14.89\00:26:17.48
get on the radio. And they
tell them in the newspaper,
00:26:17.51\00:26:20.01
there is a serious storm
coming, you need to move.
00:26:20.04\00:26:23.42
And I just before I
came to the program,
00:26:23.45\00:26:25.93
they said on the news a
lot of people aren't moving.
00:26:25.96\00:26:28.06
Now, those folks who
are looking from the cameras
00:26:29.80\00:26:32.38
in the sky,
they're not using prophecy.
00:26:32.41\00:26:34.98
They're using cameras
in the sky; they can see
00:26:35.01\00:26:37.20
what's coming
because of their prospective.
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.50
How much does
God know? Everything.
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.10
He knows everything.
And in the Bible he often
00:26:42.13\00:26:45.99
outlines the history of
the world. Do you know Jesus
00:26:46.02\00:26:48.62
foretold, he said in
40 years from A. D 30,
00:26:48.65\00:26:53.22
he said in 40 years
the Jewish temple would be
00:26:53.25\00:26:56.42
destroyed, there would
not be one stone left upon
00:26:56.45\00:26:59.95
another. And exactly
40 years later the Romans
00:26:59.98\00:27:03.59
came and completely
destroyed the temple,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.63
and they did not
leave two stones one on top
00:27:05.66\00:27:08.51
of the other. The Lord
foretold so many things
00:27:08.54\00:27:11.92
in the Bible. Matter
of fact, I'm gonna need
00:27:11.95\00:27:14.73
one more
volunteer here; let me see,
00:27:14.76\00:27:16.75
who am I get,
young lady right up here,
00:27:16.78\00:27:19.15
what's your name?
Gillian. Gillian, alright.
00:27:19.18\00:27:21.57
Tell you what, you want
to look in the mystery box,
00:27:21.60\00:27:23.13
and see if there
is a statue in there,
00:27:23.16\00:27:24.84
grab that for me. You
can pick them right up,
00:27:24.87\00:27:29.41
that's Ivan the idol,
maybe we called it Ike.
00:27:30.84\00:27:33.58
Okay, there is a
dream that Daniel has in
00:27:35.02\00:27:39.23
Daniel chapter 2;
King Nebuchadnezzar had a
00:27:39.26\00:27:42.37
dream of this strange
idol, because all the nations
00:27:42.40\00:27:45.67
of the word were
worshiping idols except
00:27:45.70\00:27:47.36
the Jewish back then.
And it had a head of gold
00:27:47.39\00:27:50.95
and arms of silver and a
belly of bronze, and legs
00:27:50.98\00:27:53.76
of iron, and the
feet were iron and clay.
00:27:53.79\00:27:55.93
And the King didn't
know what the dream meant?
00:27:55.96\00:27:58.22
So, he called for the
prophet Daniel finally,
00:27:58.25\00:28:01.19
he tried his
prophets, but they didn't know,
00:28:01.22\00:28:03.46
but the prophet of
God came in. And he said,
00:28:03.49\00:28:05.72
that dream that you
saw outlines the history of
00:28:05.75\00:28:08.96
the world from the
time of King Nebuchadnezzar
00:28:08.99\00:28:11.47
to the end of time.
And he said, the head
00:28:11.50\00:28:13.81
of gold represented
the Kingdom of Babylon,
00:28:13.84\00:28:15.91
I remember reading
about that when I was
00:28:15.94\00:28:17.89
in school and then
the arms of silver,
00:28:17.92\00:28:20.08
the Persian kingdom,
Medo-Persia would come.
00:28:20.11\00:28:22.43
And the belly and
thighs of bronze represented
00:28:22.46\00:28:25.49
the Kingdom of
Greece, and then Greece would
00:28:25.52\00:28:28.05
fall to the Romans, and
they were the legs of iron,
00:28:28.08\00:28:30.84
and the feet were
mixed iron and mixed clay
00:28:30.87\00:28:34.17
that was when the
Roman Empire fell apart
00:28:34.20\00:28:36.46
and got mixed up with
religion and Romanism.
00:28:36.49\00:28:38.97
And the divided Empire
Rome is where we're living
00:28:39.00\00:28:41.68
today. And then a stone
comes and strikes the image
00:28:41.71\00:28:44.82
and destroys all the
idols and false religions,
00:28:44.85\00:28:47.09
grows into a great
mountain and fills the earth,
00:28:47.12\00:28:50.25
that's the
second coming of Jesus.
00:28:50.28\00:28:52.06
Everything that
Daniel said in the prophecy
00:28:52.09\00:28:54.97
happened in the
history books, and he foretold
00:28:55.00\00:28:56.95
that long before it
happen. The next thing to happen
00:28:56.98\00:29:00.03
is that stone, Jesus,
the rock of ages coming,
00:29:00.06\00:29:02.42
we got a rock right
here, and it's gonna come
00:29:03.76\00:29:05.35
down, and it's gonna
hit this and it polarize
00:29:05.38\00:29:07.47
the image, it blows
away and the rock goes
00:29:07.50\00:29:10.28
into a great mountain
and it fills the whole earth.
00:29:10.31\00:29:12.83
God foretold that
everything in the prophecy
00:29:12.86\00:29:16.02
happened so far, how
many of you believe the
00:29:16.05\00:29:18.50
last part is gonna
happen where Jesus comes?
00:29:18.53\00:29:20.24
I believe that too.
Thank you, very much for your
00:29:20.27\00:29:24.24
help holding Ike for me.
Alright, so the prophecies
00:29:24.27\00:29:29.58
do come true. What
about science? Number four;
00:29:29.61\00:29:33.71
does science support
the Bible that it's true?
00:29:33.74\00:29:37.91
I believe true
science really does support
00:29:37.94\00:29:41.05
the Bible that it's not
true, that for instance.
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.50
Let me give you some
examples. You can read
00:29:43.53\00:29:46.18
in Job chapter 26,
verse 7, "He hangs the earth
00:29:46.21\00:29:50.31
upon nothing." Long time
ago, one of the first books
00:29:50.34\00:29:54.63
in the Bible was the
Book of Job. When you look
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.35
at the Book of Job, first
time I read it I thought it
00:29:57.38\00:29:59.05
said Job, because I didn't
grow up reading the Bible,
00:29:59.08\00:30:01.56
it's spell J-O-B, but
you don't call him job,
00:30:01.59\00:30:04.35
we call him Job. And
the Book of Job says,
00:30:04.38\00:30:07.93
God hangs the earth on nothing.
00:30:07.96\00:30:09.59
Well, you know, back
when Job wrote that many
00:30:09.62\00:30:12.78
of the nations of the
world had all these strange
00:30:12.81\00:30:14.72
superstitions, they
thought that the world rested
00:30:14.75\00:30:16.83
on the back of a
giant tortoise, they thought
00:30:16.86\00:30:19.57
that the world rested
on the shoulders of a man
00:30:19.60\00:30:22.02
named Atlas, they had
all these superstitions,
00:30:22.05\00:30:24.59
but the Bible said, no
the world hangs on nothing.
00:30:24.62\00:30:28.53
And when you look at a
picture of earth in space,
00:30:28.56\00:30:32.22
the Bible knew that way
back then that the world
00:30:32.25\00:30:35.32
hung on nothing,
you could also look in
00:30:35.35\00:30:37.59
Isaiah chapter 40,
verse 22, there it says,
00:30:37.62\00:30:41.61
"He sits above the
circle of the earth."
00:30:41.64\00:30:44.86
Now, you remember
the story of Christopher
00:30:46.07\00:30:47.40
Columbus. How many
of you have read about
00:30:47.43\00:30:48.96
Christopher
Columbus? Did some people think
00:30:48.99\00:30:51.29
that Christopher
Columbus was a little bit crazy,
00:30:51.32\00:30:53.41
do you know,
why? Because he said,
00:30:54.28\00:30:56.86
I believe that I
can get from the east,
00:30:56.89\00:31:02.02
from the west to
east by sailing west,
00:31:02.05\00:31:05.26
and he went and he
said, the world is round.
00:31:05.29\00:31:07.91
They said, Oh!
Everybody knows, science knows
00:31:07.94\00:31:10.36
the world is flat. If you
sail too far, you're gonna
00:31:10.39\00:31:13.50
sail off this great big
old water fall and dragons
00:31:13.53\00:31:15.97
will get you. They had
all these superstitions
00:31:16.00\00:31:18.59
that the world was a
big square flat place,
00:31:18.62\00:31:21.37
like a table. And the
Bible said, a long time ago
00:31:21.40\00:31:27.18
that the earth was round
and that it was a circle.
00:31:27.21\00:31:30.00
And so, all through
the Bible you'll find out
00:31:30.03\00:31:32.88
that the, the science
and the Bible is true.
00:31:32.91\00:31:35.58
You know, back in the
Dark Ages. Some people
00:31:35.61\00:31:42.45
were very
superstitious about cats.
00:31:42.48\00:31:44.43
And they got rid of
all the cats, they said
00:31:44.46\00:31:46.47
cats are evil,
they're with witches,
00:31:46.50\00:31:47.62
they're from the devil.
And they started killing
00:31:47.65\00:31:49.66
all the cats in
Europe, but do you know what
00:31:49.69\00:31:52.47
happened when there is
no cats around who knows?
00:31:52.50\00:31:54.56
Mice. Mice and rats,
and the mice and the rats
00:31:54.59\00:31:58.35
began to multiply
spread everywhere and they
00:31:58.38\00:32:01.10
carried these little
bitty fleas, bubonic disease
00:32:01.13\00:32:04.79
was on these fleas.
And people got something
00:32:04.82\00:32:07.26
called the bubonic
plague. And they all started
00:32:07.29\00:32:08.83
dying from this
terrible sickness.
00:32:08.86\00:32:10.54
And they didn't know
what to do to stop it.
00:32:10.57\00:32:13.35
Finally, some of the
church leaders looked
00:32:13.38\00:32:14.97
in the Bible and they
read what it said in the
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.67
Book of Leviticus about
sanitation and containment.
00:32:17.70\00:32:21.46
And the science from
the Bible is what finally
00:32:21.49\00:32:24.43
stopped the bubonic
plague from spreading.
00:32:24.46\00:32:26.79
So, the Bible is full
of very accurate science.
00:32:26.82\00:32:30.30
Let's go to question
number five, does the
00:32:30.33\00:32:34.11
message in the
Bible all fit together?
00:32:34.14\00:32:37.69
You know, it's amazing
about the Bible is that,
00:32:37.72\00:32:41.46
it was written about
40 different authors,
00:32:41.49\00:32:44.02
but these were not
just the average people.
00:32:44.05\00:32:46.42
You can read in Second
Peter chapter 1, verse 21,
00:32:46.45\00:32:49.56
"Holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by
00:32:49.59\00:32:54.01
the Holy Spirit."
These Holy men were inspired
00:32:54.04\00:32:58.42
by the Holy Spirit.
And they wrote what God
00:32:58.45\00:33:00.89
told them to write.
And even though these men
00:33:00.92\00:33:04.31
wrote from so many
times in history over a period
00:33:04.34\00:33:07.77
of 1,500 years. They
lived on three different
00:33:07.80\00:33:11.21
continents. Some of
them were poor shepherds
00:33:11.24\00:33:13.89
like King David, some
of them were educated like
00:33:13.92\00:33:17.56
the Apostle Paul from
all different backgrounds,
00:33:17.59\00:33:21.34
and yet when you read
the Bible, the message is
00:33:21.37\00:33:24.41
all united. So, it's
like someone one time the
00:33:24.44\00:33:27.05
Bible is many miracles.
One miracles, it's Miraculous
00:33:27.08\00:33:30.86
in its Harmony, it's
got the same consistent
00:33:30.89\00:33:33.86
message about God
and his love for you.
00:33:33.89\00:33:36.13
The Bible is
miraculous in his origin.
00:33:36.16\00:33:39.01
Do you know there is
several times in history
00:33:39.04\00:33:41.08
that people have
tried to destroy the Bible?
00:33:41.11\00:33:42.94
Some people have burned
them, mountains of Bibles,
00:33:42.97\00:33:47.40
they burned them,
they've tried to destroy
00:33:47.43\00:33:48.78
the scrolls,
emperors of Rome and Kings of
00:33:48.81\00:33:51.69
Europe have tried
to stamp out the Bible.
00:33:51.72\00:33:53.63
And yet God has
preserved this book,
00:33:53.66\00:33:55.81
that's why we
should be very careful to
00:33:55.84\00:33:58.32
respect the Bible.
Let me stop right here
00:33:58.35\00:33:59.83
and say something.
You know, when I'm doing
00:33:59.86\00:34:02.71
my program, you'll
notice I never set anything
00:34:02.74\00:34:05.01
on my Bible, because
the Bible is a Holy Book.
00:34:05.04\00:34:07.91
And in the
Batchelor home, we, treat the
00:34:07.94\00:34:11.03
Bible with respect. We
don't stuff it at the bottom
00:34:11.06\00:34:14.53
of a bunch of
magazines and throw the TV guide
00:34:14.56\00:34:18.06
on top of it, something
just doesn't sound right
00:34:18.09\00:34:19.77
about that, does
it? We treat this Bible;
00:34:19.80\00:34:22.50
this is the most important
sacred book in the world.
00:34:22.53\00:34:26.00
Remember those boys,
when they found the scrolls
00:34:26.03\00:34:27.71
in the cave, they
were worth millions.
00:34:27.74\00:34:30.03
I've been to the
museum where they have got
00:34:30.06\00:34:32.06
the Dead Sea
scrolls. And they've got this,
00:34:32.09\00:34:34.37
this great big three
and a half foot concrete
00:34:34.40\00:34:37.77
iron reinforced
vault over these scrolls,
00:34:37.80\00:34:41.77
it's protecting the
Bible because it's the most
00:34:41.80\00:34:44.57
important treasures
in Israel. So, we should
00:34:44.60\00:34:47.29
treat our Bibles respectfully.
00:34:47.32\00:34:48.55
When you turn the
pages, you want to be careful
00:34:48.58\00:34:50.20
to turn them carefully.
This is a sacred book;
00:34:50.23\00:34:52.88
'cause it's the
voice of God to you and me.
00:34:52.91\00:34:54.82
The Bible is
Miraculous in it's Accuracy.
00:34:54.85\00:34:58.45
It's amazing as you
go from cover-to-cover
00:34:58.48\00:35:01.33
in the Bible that it
never misdirects you.
00:35:01.36\00:35:04.47
You know, I got one of
these little GPS's in my car,
00:35:04.50\00:35:08.43
and GPS is really
great, but they are computers,
00:35:08.46\00:35:11.12
and sometimes
computers are dumb.
00:35:11.15\00:35:12.67
And, and sometimes
I'm following the GPS
00:35:12.70\00:35:15.95
and it's telling
me to go somewhere,
00:35:15.98\00:35:17.30
but the GPS doesn't
know that the road is
00:35:17.33\00:35:19.16
closed because of
construction or stuff
00:35:19.19\00:35:22.13
like that and,
and it doesn't know,
00:35:22.16\00:35:23.95
but God he knows
everything all the time.
00:35:23.98\00:35:27.24
He doesn't, his
computer never goes down,
00:35:27.27\00:35:29.06
does it? So, it's Miraculous
in it's Message as well.
00:35:29.09\00:35:33.40
The message of the
Bible is about God's love for
00:35:33.43\00:35:36.66
you and how he came
to save us from our sins,
00:35:36.69\00:35:40.58
to give us new hearts,
to transform us to be like
00:35:40.61\00:35:44.13
his son. The miracles
in the Bible are true;
00:35:44.16\00:35:47.35
it's the most
powerful book in the world.
00:35:47.38\00:35:50.27
And I'm gonna be
telling you a little bit
00:35:50.30\00:35:52.20
tomorrow night
about how you can use the
00:35:52.23\00:35:54.06
power of the Bible,
by reading it, and by
00:35:54.09\00:35:56.48
memorizing the
scripture. I want to encourage
00:35:56.51\00:35:58.83
you every night to
remember some of the Bible.
00:35:58.86\00:36:01.56
Who remembers, what
verse did we read tonight
00:36:01.59\00:36:04.53
as our opening
scripture? Our memory verse,
00:36:04.56\00:36:08.18
I know that he read
it, no you're cheating,
00:36:09.25\00:36:11.07
you read it, you
know, it. Someone else,
00:36:11.10\00:36:13.49
you know what it was?
"Thy word is a lamp unto
00:36:13.52\00:36:18.79
my feet. And a
light unto my path."
00:36:18.82\00:36:21.28
Psalms 119, verse
105. Could you say that
00:36:21.31\00:36:24.94
with me? "Thy word
is a lamp unto my feet.
00:36:24.97\00:36:29.15
And a light unto
my path." Psalms 119,
00:36:29.18\00:36:33.45
verse 105. That is a
very important verse for you
00:36:33.48\00:36:37.45
to remember because
God's word is gonna guide you.
00:36:37.48\00:36:39.57
Number six, still in
our lesson. What is one of
00:36:39.60\00:36:43.61
the greatest proofs
that the Bible is true?
00:36:43.64\00:36:46.86
What's some of the
most powerful evidence that
00:36:46.89\00:36:49.01
we can trust the
Bible? In Second Corinthians
00:36:49.04\00:36:52.08
chapter 5 verse 17
it says, "Therefore, if
00:36:52.11\00:36:55.66
anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation."
00:36:55.69\00:36:59.64
He becomes a new
creature. "Old things
00:36:59.67\00:37:02.95
have passed away; all
things have become new."
00:37:02.98\00:37:06.10
God makes us new
creatures, you know,
00:37:06.13\00:37:08.57
the greatest evidence
of the Bible is how the
00:37:08.60\00:37:10.53
Lord changes lives.
You know one reason that
00:37:10.56\00:37:13.95
I'm sharing this
seminar with you and this is so
00:37:13.98\00:37:16.25
important to me, and
this topic tonight is so
00:37:16.28\00:37:18.62
important to me is
when I grew up, my mom
00:37:18.65\00:37:22.43
and my dad they
didn't take me to church,
00:37:22.46\00:37:25.50
I know very little about
the Bible. And I got into
00:37:25.53\00:37:29.91
lots of trouble
because I didn't have the map,
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.98
and when you don't have the map,
00:37:32.01\00:37:33.55
when you don't have
a GPS, what happens?
00:37:33.58\00:37:35.38
You get lost. You get
lost, can you find the
00:37:35.41\00:37:37.64
treasure? No. No, when
I was finding everything
00:37:37.67\00:37:40.42
but the treasure. Matter
of fact, here is a little
00:37:40.45\00:37:42.78
picture I grabbed a
picture today of me,
00:37:42.81\00:37:44.58
is when I went to military
school, when I was about
00:37:44.61\00:37:47.30
12 years old, about
the age of you folks,
00:37:47.33\00:37:50.00
anyone here 12 years
old? Let me see your hands,
00:37:50.03\00:37:52.35
yeah we got a lot
of 12 year-olds here.
00:37:52.38\00:37:54.38
And I, do you know, I
went to 14 different schools
00:37:54.41\00:37:58.40
growing up. Lot of
the reason was because
00:37:58.43\00:38:03.33
I was getting in
trouble, my parents moved
00:38:03.36\00:38:05.01
a little bit, but I
went to school in Maine,
00:38:05.04\00:38:07.71
I went to school in California,
00:38:07.74\00:38:09.54
I went to school in New York,
00:38:09.57\00:38:11.06
I went to school
in Florida, I went to
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.88
school in Europe,
plus various public schools
00:38:12.91\00:38:16.37
and Catholic
schools and Jewish schools,
00:38:16.40\00:38:19.19
and I was all mixed
up, life didn't have any
00:38:19.22\00:38:21.79
purpose for me. I
didn't know about Jesus and
00:38:21.82\00:38:24.56
his love. And so I thought
like a lot of people in the
00:38:24.59\00:38:27.66
world, you live a
little while. And then you die,
00:38:27.69\00:38:31.53
and I believed in
evolution. And then
00:38:31.56\00:38:34.35
you just turn into
fertilizer when you die.
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.74
And I thought you
know, life doesn't bring very
00:38:36.77\00:38:39.58
much happiness,
what's the purpose of life?
00:38:39.61\00:38:41.39
So, I got in lots of
trouble. Now, my father was
00:38:41.42\00:38:45.74
a very wealthy man
that owned two airliners,
00:38:45.77\00:38:49.26
he lived on an
island in Miami Beach.
00:38:49.29\00:38:51.84
We had a butler and a
maid, dad had a private Learjet,
00:38:52.98\00:38:56.55
drove Rolls Royce,
had a lot of money,
00:38:56.58\00:38:59.51
but he wasn't very
happy. Every night he had to
00:38:59.54\00:39:02.36
drink alcohol to go
to sleep very unhappy.
00:39:02.39\00:39:04.84
He didn't have God in
his life. My mother thought
00:39:04.87\00:39:08.02
happiness came
from being famous.
00:39:08.05\00:39:09.65
So, she was an
actress, she was in movies,
00:39:09.68\00:39:13.18
she was a film critic,
she wrote songs for people
00:39:13.21\00:39:16.54
like Andy
Williams and Frank Sinatra,
00:39:16.57\00:39:18.87
and Elvis
Presley. And I don't know,
00:39:18.90\00:39:20.11
if you know any of
those people, I'm getting old.
00:39:20.14\00:39:22.82
But she was the
president of the film critics in
00:39:22.85\00:39:26.78
Beverly Hills, and
knew all these famous people
00:39:26.81\00:39:28.92
that came to our
houses, but they weren't very
00:39:28.95\00:39:31.69
happy. I know some of
them who are child actress
00:39:31.72\00:39:34.60
and everybody
knew who they were,
00:39:34.63\00:39:36.20
and they killed themselves,
rich, beautiful, smart,
00:39:36.23\00:39:40.15
but without God they got
lost. And they didn't want
00:39:40.18\00:39:44.39
live anymore. And I used
to think if there is no God,
00:39:44.42\00:39:47.32
there is really no
purpose in life. And so,
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.25
when I lived in New
York city, sometimes
00:39:50.28\00:39:52.67
I like climb up to
the top of these tall
00:39:52.70\00:39:54.85
apartment buildings.
And I used to think all
00:39:54.88\00:39:56.96
of those people
running around like ants down
00:39:56.99\00:39:58.75
there. They have
no purpose in life,
00:39:58.78\00:40:00.64
why don't I just jump
and kill myself? Amen.
00:40:00.67\00:40:04.40
I did, I used to
think about that.
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.14
My dad was so busy
with his work and my mom
00:40:06.17\00:40:08.87
was so busy with her
career, they didn't seem
00:40:08.90\00:40:10.57
to have time for me,
and I thought I don't even
00:40:10.60\00:40:12.55
want to live. And so, I
used to go to the top of
00:40:12.58\00:40:15.77
these apartment
buildings and I put my toe over
00:40:15.80\00:40:17.45
the edge and I
look down 20 storeys.
00:40:17.48\00:40:19.43
And I go like
this, and see how far out
00:40:19.46\00:40:22.36
I could go like
I'm doing right now.
00:40:22.39\00:40:24.00
Until I felt my
center of gravity
00:40:24.03\00:40:26.13
and I stopped
myself. And you know,
00:40:26.16\00:40:28.06
afraid of, I didn't
jump because I thought,
00:40:28.09\00:40:30.14
what if I jump
and I live through it,
00:40:30.17\00:40:32.71
and I'm all broken up and sick,
00:40:32.74\00:40:34.49
I didn't wanna do
that. And sometimes
00:40:34.52\00:40:37.78
I used to think, well
maybe if I just took pills;
00:40:37.81\00:40:39.93
I just take a whole lot
of pills and go to sleep
00:40:39.96\00:40:41.71
and never wake
up nobody will know.
00:40:41.74\00:40:43.52
Now, let me tell you something.
00:40:43.55\00:40:45.12
You know what they
called that? Suicide,
00:40:45.15\00:40:48.04
that's really murder;
it's when you murder yourself.
00:40:48.07\00:40:50.92
Is murder a sin? Yes.
Yeah, murdering yourself
00:40:52.03\00:40:56.44
is a sin too. Did
you make yourself?
00:40:56.47\00:40:59.05
You were created by
God, you are his property.
00:40:59.08\00:41:01.85
And some people
kill themselves because
00:41:01.88\00:41:03.97
they think; I just
want my problems to go away.
00:41:04.00\00:41:06.51
So they kill themselves,
but think about this,
00:41:06.54\00:41:08.99
if a person dies
and they're lost.
00:41:09.02\00:41:11.77
What's the first thing
they know after they die?
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.97
They wake up and
they're facing a lake of fire,
00:41:15.00\00:41:19.06
that's not very
good, does that solve their
00:41:19.09\00:41:21.40
problems or do
their problems get worse.
00:41:21.43\00:41:23.34
When you're alive
there's hope. And so don't ever
00:41:23.37\00:41:27.81
get so discourage you
think about something crazy like
00:41:27.84\00:41:29.57
that, that's what the
devil wants you to do.
00:41:29.60\00:41:32.19
So, I finally thought
you know, I'm not gonna
00:41:32.22\00:41:35.16
take pills and
I'm not gonna jump,
00:41:35.19\00:41:36.72
I'm just gonna try
and have as much fun as
00:41:36.75\00:41:38.41
I can before I die. So,
I started getting into all
00:41:38.44\00:41:41.80
kinds of trouble,
I started drinking,
00:41:41.83\00:41:43.62
when as I with my
dad I drink, and then
00:41:43.65\00:41:46.26
I started using alcohol
and I started taking drugs
00:41:46.29\00:41:49.81
and smoking pot. And
when I live with mom,
00:41:49.84\00:41:52.44
a lot of the people
in Hollywood use drugs.
00:41:52.47\00:41:54.29
And I was using drugs
and I was getting into
00:41:54.32\00:41:56.86
trouble. First time I
ran away from home I was
00:41:56.89\00:41:59.40
13 years old. I want to
just go live in the mountains,
00:41:59.43\00:42:03.06
I got arrested, I
was in jail several times
00:42:03.09\00:42:06.25
and big trouble by that
time I was 15 years old,
00:42:06.28\00:42:10.09
I left home for the
last time. And I was living
00:42:10.12\00:42:14.75
in Boston, I, by the
time I was 16 I had a
00:42:14.78\00:42:18.20
drivers license that
said I was 18 years old,
00:42:18.23\00:42:21.52
I was working as
a security guard.
00:42:21.55\00:42:23.19
And at night I was breaking
into homes and stealing.
00:42:23.22\00:42:26.48
So, here I had a job
guarding places during
00:42:26.51\00:42:29.29
the night actually it
was guarding things at night,
00:42:29.32\00:42:31.69
and I was
stealing during the day.
00:42:31.72\00:42:33.08
And I just wasn't
very happy, and I used all
00:42:33.11\00:42:35.87
my money on drugs. And
my father came to visit me,
00:42:35.90\00:42:40.70
and he said Doug. He
said, why don't you go to
00:42:40.73\00:42:43.90
this special
school, I found a school,
00:42:43.93\00:42:45.50
lots of adventure, it's
on a boat, it sails around
00:42:45.53\00:42:48.16
the world. And that
sounded pretty exciting,
00:42:48.19\00:42:51.09
I've always wanted adventure.
00:42:51.12\00:42:52.66
So, my dad flew me from
Boston, I was 16 to Europe
00:42:52.69\00:42:56.30
and I went to school
that was on a sailboard.
00:42:56.33\00:42:59.07
And there's a bunch of
boys and girls on this boat.
00:42:59.10\00:43:02.63
And it was like a high
school and they sailed around
00:43:02.66\00:43:04.40
the world, but then
I found that he sort of
00:43:04.43\00:43:06.74
tricked me, the boat
was something like a prison,
00:43:06.77\00:43:08.68
and they take away your
passport and they didn't
00:43:08.71\00:43:11.24
let you go anywhere
and, and I and most of the
00:43:11.27\00:43:14.72
people on the boat
didn't believe in God.
00:43:14.75\00:43:16.40
And I was thinking you
know, it's just no purpose
00:43:16.43\00:43:20.79
in life and this
didn't seem like much fun,
00:43:20.82\00:43:22.62
but I noticed something.
One day we were sailing
00:43:22.65\00:43:26.10
from Northern
Africa over to Spain,
00:43:26.13\00:43:29.82
it was winter time.
And during that trip
00:43:29.85\00:43:32.98
we got into a serious
storm out on the ocean.
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.92
And the boat was
rocking back and forth
00:43:35.95\00:43:38.92
in the waves were like
25 to 30 just great big
00:43:38.95\00:43:42.56
old waves and a lot
of waves were washing
00:43:42.59\00:43:44.87
over the front of the
boat. And things were getting
00:43:44.90\00:43:46.61
washed over board and
water was very cold cause
00:43:46.64\00:43:49.44
it was around Christmas
time. And the captain said
00:43:49.47\00:43:52.05
if you fall
overboard, we're not even gonna
00:43:52.08\00:43:54.52
turn the boat around
because we will never
00:43:54.55\00:43:55.84
find you. And all of
the people on the boat
00:43:55.87\00:43:58.93
said that they were
atheists. Until they got
00:43:58.96\00:44:02.99
in the storm and they
thought they were gonna die,
00:44:03.02\00:44:04.81
what do you think
they started doing,
00:44:04.84\00:44:05.98
when they thought
they were gonna die?
00:44:06.01\00:44:07.47
Praying. They started
praying, and they started
00:44:07.50\00:44:11.02
making promises to
God. Oh! Lord if you will
00:44:11.05\00:44:13.42
just save me; help me
get through this storm.
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.82
And of course we
survived the storm;
00:44:15.85\00:44:18.55
I wouldn't be here
to tell you, were they?
00:44:18.58\00:44:20.12
But God doesn't
want us to serve him
00:44:20.15\00:44:22.98
because we're
afraid. Well, I was soon as
00:44:23.01\00:44:25.85
I got home for
Christmas vacation,
00:44:25.88\00:44:27.58
I ran away for the last time.
00:44:27.61\00:44:29.17
Now, I thought
there must be a God,
00:44:29.20\00:44:31.92
too many
amazing things happened.
00:44:31.95\00:44:33.73
One quick story I'll
tell you. I was hitchhiking
00:44:33.76\00:44:37.47
you know you get on
the road and you beg
00:44:37.50\00:44:38.85
for a ride. I was
hitchhiking from Florida
00:44:38.88\00:44:42.34
to California like
4000 miles. I got stuck it's
00:44:42.37\00:44:47.76
still Christmas time
in Oklahoma, freezing cold
00:44:47.79\00:44:50.38
weather. I stood on
the road for hours begging
00:44:50.41\00:44:53.37
for ride, nobody would
pick me up. I got hungry,
00:44:53.40\00:44:56.77
I was a little bit
sick because I had been
00:44:56.80\00:44:58.57
drinking the night before,
alcohol can make you sick.
00:44:58.60\00:45:01.24
And I prayed, and I
didn't grow up really knowing
00:45:01.27\00:45:05.12
how to pray. And I
prayed, the Lord I believe that
00:45:05.15\00:45:07.72
there is a God there
because I saw so many amazing
00:45:07.75\00:45:10.08
things happen. I said,
will you please help me
00:45:10.11\00:45:13.00
and I prayed that God
would give me four things,
00:45:13.03\00:45:16.47
I said please
help me get some money,
00:45:16.50\00:45:18.48
I had no money. Help me
get a ride to California,
00:45:18.51\00:45:22.24
had 2000 miles still to
go. I said, Lord please help
00:45:22.27\00:45:25.88
me get some food I was
hungry. And then I prayed
00:45:25.91\00:45:28.75
God please help me get a
ride with somebody normal,
00:45:28.78\00:45:31.07
because I was getting
picked up by very strange
00:45:31.10\00:45:33.11
people. As soon as I
finished praying, a van stopped
00:45:33.14\00:45:38.80
and pick me up; the man
took me 2000 miles right
00:45:38.83\00:45:43.33
to the door of where I
was going. He fed me all the
00:45:43.36\00:45:47.93
way out to
California, I didn't ask him to.
00:45:47.96\00:45:50.34
He gave me $40,
when he drop me off that
00:45:50.37\00:45:53.22
I didn't asked for,
something I didn't ask for,
00:45:53.25\00:45:55.98
I didn't ask him to
preach to me, all the way from
00:45:56.01\00:45:58.27
Oklahoma to
California. He was a Christian,
00:45:58.30\00:46:01.18
and he was telling
me all about the Bible,
00:46:01.21\00:46:03.42
I thought, Oh! Bible
is a fairytale, I mean
00:46:03.45\00:46:05.18
I believe in all these
different new age religions
00:46:05.21\00:46:07.07
and reincarnation and,
and he's telling me about
00:46:07.10\00:46:10.01
the Bible. And I had to
listen to him. Or jump out,
00:46:10.04\00:46:12.97
and then I said I'm
gonna try and find God
00:46:14.99\00:46:16.72
through nature. And I
moved up into the mountains
00:46:16.75\00:46:19.42
and I moved into a cave.
And I lived like a hermit
00:46:19.45\00:46:23.14
for about year and a
half up there in that cave.
00:46:23.17\00:46:24.85
And I never even wore
clothes because it was a
00:46:24.88\00:46:27.57
hot desert in the
mountain and I thought
00:46:27.60\00:46:29.22
I'm gonna be natural.
And one of the miracles
00:46:29.25\00:46:32.48
is once or twice a
week I'd come to town
00:46:32.51\00:46:34.64
and I beg for money.
One of the miracles was that
00:46:34.67\00:46:38.20
somebody had left
a Bible in the cave.
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.53
And I stared to read the
Bible and it changed my life.
00:46:40.56\00:46:44.61
And even though I was
living like a hermit back
00:46:44.64\00:46:47.93
then, now I'm
going around the world,
00:46:47.96\00:46:49.25
telling people about
Jesus. The Bible became the
00:46:49.28\00:46:52.18
map to truth for me,
and God has a big plan
00:46:52.21\00:46:55.22
for your life too.
Now, I took a lot of time
00:46:55.25\00:46:57.19
telling you my story,
but I wanted you to know,
00:46:57.22\00:46:58.96
why the Bible is so important.
00:46:58.99\00:47:00.48
Question number
seven, when we accept the
00:47:00.51\00:47:03.02
Bible as God's Word,
can we know things that
00:47:03.05\00:47:05.98
others are still
searching for? Oh! Yes, he can.
00:47:06.01\00:47:08.86
It says, in Psalm 119 verse 100,
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.85
"I understand
more than the ancients,
00:47:11.88\00:47:14.56
because I keep your precepts."
00:47:14.59\00:47:16.67
When you keep the
commandments of God
00:47:16.70\00:47:17.98
you are wiser than the ancients.
00:47:18.01\00:47:19.44
And again your commandments have
00:47:19.47\00:47:22.21
made me wiser than
my enemies, for they
00:47:22.24\00:47:24.81
are ever with me. God's
word will make you wise.
00:47:24.84\00:47:27.87
See the word of
God is a weapon that
00:47:27.90\00:47:29.65
we can use to
fight against the enemy.
00:47:29.68\00:47:32.31
It's like a sword, it's
like a shield, see we got
00:47:32.34\00:47:35.79
a sword up here right
under the Bible because
00:47:35.82\00:47:37.82
the Bible says that
the word of God is quick
00:47:37.85\00:47:39.63
and powerful and sharper
than any two edged sword.
00:47:39.66\00:47:42.28
Whenever Jesus was
tempted by the devil,
00:47:42.31\00:47:44.32
what did he do?
He quoted the Bible.
00:47:44.35\00:47:46.88
You know, I heard a
story we're not too far away
00:47:48.36\00:47:49.91
from Houston. And
you probably heard of Sam
00:47:49.94\00:47:53.43
Houston. Well, he had
a son Sam Houston Junior.
00:47:53.46\00:47:56.06
And something
amazing happened one time.
00:47:56.09\00:47:59.73
He was in the Battle
of Shiloh, and during the
00:47:59.76\00:48:03.56
midst of the battle he
got shocked by a bullet,
00:48:03.59\00:48:06.23
got knocked down, and
when he picked himself up
00:48:06.26\00:48:09.36
and he recovered, he
realized that the bullet
00:48:09.39\00:48:11.65
hit his backpack, and
when he finally got out of
00:48:11.68\00:48:14.50
that midst of the battle
he pulled out his backpack
00:48:14.53\00:48:17.13
and he found that
there was his Mother's Bible
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.13
that was in his
backpack is what the bullet hit.
00:48:19.16\00:48:21.67
And you know, inside
that Bible, the bullet stopped
00:48:21.70\00:48:25.26
right on the verse, it
said the word of God is like
00:48:25.29\00:48:27.73
my shield and my
protection, that's right
00:48:27.76\00:48:30.52
where the bullet stopped.
God's word will be a shield
00:48:30.55\00:48:33.58
for you. It's a sword,
it's like Jesus used to protect
00:48:33.61\00:48:36.39
him from
temptation, it will protect you.
00:48:36.42\00:48:38.79
See Jesus is like the
Bible. Bible says Jesus is bread
00:48:38.82\00:48:44.40
and the Bible is bread.
Jesus is the light of world;
00:48:44.43\00:48:48.98
the Bible is the lamp
and light unto my feet.
00:48:49.01\00:48:51.47
The Bible tells us that
the word of God is eternal,
00:48:51.50\00:48:54.94
it says, Jesus is
eternal. Everything you find out
00:48:54.97\00:48:58.70
about the word, you'll
also find is true about Jesus.
00:48:58.73\00:49:01.36
So, when you read the
Bible? Jesus is the word,
00:49:01.39\00:49:04.62
you're getting to
know him, the son of God
00:49:04.65\00:49:08.62
and he wants a
personal relationship with you.
00:49:08.65\00:49:10.57
So, how can we
understand the Bible?
00:49:10.60\00:49:13.19
We got to read it.
Taste and see that the Lord
00:49:13.22\00:49:17.51
is good. I'm just
wondering, how many of you know
00:49:17.54\00:49:20.18
how to read? What's
the most important thing
00:49:20.21\00:49:23.84
you should read? The
Bible. Bible. It's the map
00:49:23.87\00:49:27.39
to the treasure,
to heaven, everyday
00:49:27.42\00:49:29.37
we should read the
Bible; it will completely
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.84
change your life. You
know there is an amazing
00:49:31.87\00:49:34.78
story in history,
some of you have probably
00:49:34.81\00:49:36.75
heard this story about
the Mutiny on the Bounty.
00:49:36.78\00:49:39.14
Back in 1779, there was
an English ship called the
00:49:39.17\00:49:45.72
Bounty. The captain was
a very difficult man named
00:49:45.75\00:49:48.57
Captain William Bligh,
and his crew got so tired
00:49:48.60\00:49:51.14
of him they
Mutinied. They put him and some
00:49:51.17\00:49:53.83
of the officers into a
boat and pushed them away,
00:49:53.86\00:49:56.51
but then they knew
they would have the entire
00:49:56.54\00:49:58.62
British Navy looking
for them trying to hunt them
00:49:58.65\00:50:01.60
down. And so they
said, well we better hide
00:50:01.63\00:50:04.90
and where in the
world are we gonna hide,
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.83
so that the British
Navy is not gonna find us,
00:50:06.86\00:50:09.14
because if you
mutinied, do you know what they
00:50:09.17\00:50:10.81
did to you? They'd
hang you till you were dead.
00:50:10.84\00:50:14.40
Mutiny they didn't
fool around with that.
00:50:14.43\00:50:16.90
It's amazing the Captain
Bligh, he went 3000 miles
00:50:16.93\00:50:20.61
with his officers,
he was a good sailor,
00:50:20.64\00:50:22.27
he went 3000 miles in
that little life boat with
00:50:22.30\00:50:24.98
his officers and they
lost one man, but they,
00:50:25.01\00:50:28.54
the rest of them all
survived, but Fletcher
00:50:28.57\00:50:32.76
Christian, the
leader of the Mutineers,
00:50:32.79\00:50:35.07
they went back to
the Island of Tahiti
00:50:35.10\00:50:37.71
and there in the
Island of Tahiti, they, they
00:50:37.74\00:50:41.06
some of the men off
and they got eleven women,
00:50:41.09\00:50:43.73
'cause they thought
we're gonna have to just go
00:50:43.76\00:50:44.82
find somewhere to hide
from the rest of the world.
00:50:44.85\00:50:47.22
And they got about
six Polynesian men,
00:50:48.25\00:50:51.34
and the other eight
Mutineers they took the Bounty,
00:50:51.37\00:50:55.28
and Fletcher Christian
was looking through Captain
00:50:55.31\00:50:57.91
Bligh's logbook,
and he saw that where
00:50:57.94\00:51:00.98
Captain Cook had one
time made a note on one
00:51:01.01\00:51:04.12
of these voyages that
there was an island called
00:51:04.15\00:51:06.05
Pitcairn that had a
water on it, that had a harbor
00:51:06.08\00:51:09.60
on it, it had some
vegetation and food,
00:51:09.63\00:51:12.32
and that's all it said.
You know, it was out the
00:51:12.35\00:51:14.42
middle of nowhere. And
they thought we'll go hide
00:51:14.45\00:51:18.07
on this island, there
is water, there is food,
00:51:18.10\00:51:21.12
we got men and women,
it'll be like the Garden
00:51:21.15\00:51:23.13
of Eden we'll make a
paradise, but you know
00:51:23.16\00:51:26.11
what happened? Those
sailors they didn't have
00:51:26.14\00:51:28.87
the Lord in their lives,
and they got on that island,
00:51:28.90\00:51:32.06
and they burned the
ship, they took everything
00:51:32.09\00:51:33.71
off the ship, they
could keep, they burned it.
00:51:33.74\00:51:35.64
So, that the Navy would
not sail by and find them.
00:51:35.67\00:51:37.64
They thought we can
hide here , we've got our
00:51:37.67\00:51:39.96
Garden of Eden, our
paradise, but you know
00:51:39.99\00:51:43.13
what happened? They
didn't have the Lord,
00:51:43.16\00:51:45.80
they all started to
fight, and they got jealous,
00:51:45.83\00:51:48.88
and the men and
women started to fight,
00:51:48.91\00:51:50.43
men were fighting
for other men's wives
00:51:50.46\00:51:52.56
and one of men learned
how to make alcohol out
00:51:52.59\00:51:54.74
of the some of the
plants on the island,
00:51:54.77\00:51:56.17
they began to drink,
pretty soon they began to kill
00:51:56.20\00:51:58.32
each other. And the
men all began to fight,
00:51:58.35\00:52:01.38
and argue and kill each
other until pretty soon,
00:52:01.41\00:52:03.98
there was one man
left, and his name was Adams.
00:52:04.01\00:52:09.35
John Adams and he
thought what's become of us.
00:52:09.38\00:52:13.60
This was
supposed to be a paradise;
00:52:13.63\00:52:14.82
we're all killing
ourselves off at this point now.
00:52:14.85\00:52:16.74
He's got 11 women
and 23 children and him.
00:52:16.77\00:52:20.64
He was digging through
the chest of Captain Bligh,
00:52:22.23\00:52:26.14
in the bottom of the
chest there was a Bible,
00:52:26.17\00:52:28.87
they noticed it before,
but they never looked at it.
00:52:28.90\00:52:30.80
And he pulled it out and
they all began to read the
00:52:30.83\00:52:33.90
Bible. And he began
to teach the women and
00:52:33.93\00:52:36.15
the children to read the
Bible. And they all learned
00:52:36.18\00:52:39.12
about the truths in the
Bible pretty soon they all
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.46
began to get along
and they was harmony,
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.34
and they were praying,
and they were trusting God.
00:52:43.37\00:52:45.37
About nine years after
they've landed on the island
00:52:45.40\00:52:48.45
they were
discovered by a whaling vessel,
00:52:48.48\00:52:50.59
and when the captain
of the whaling vessel went
00:52:50.62\00:52:53.14
on the Island of Pitcairn,
he said I met all these
00:52:53.17\00:52:56.53
people that spoke kind
of an English gibberish,
00:52:56.56\00:52:59.23
and they were also
loving and they were so happy,
00:52:59.26\00:53:02.85
and they were so kind,
he said, I have never seen
00:53:02.88\00:53:04.96
such a pious group of
people. They not only prayed
00:53:04.99\00:53:08.68
before they ate, they
prayed after they ate.
00:53:08.71\00:53:11.23
And they realized
that without God they could
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.59
never have happiness.
Now, there's a lot of things
00:53:14.62\00:53:17.73
that you could read,
there's a lot of programs
00:53:17.76\00:53:19.45
that you could
watch, and some of you,
00:53:19.48\00:53:21.15
you have your
little computer games.
00:53:21.18\00:53:23.16
There's a lot of
things you can do with your
00:53:23.19\00:53:24.93
time where you
can waste your life.
00:53:24.96\00:53:26.72
And never learn about
God. And you won't find
00:53:26.75\00:53:30.17
real happiness. You know,
what the real treasure is?
00:53:30.20\00:53:32.85
The treasure is to
be learning about Jesus,
00:53:32.88\00:53:35.91
so that you can
have everlasting life.
00:53:35.94\00:53:37.82
During these series
of meetings we are gonna
00:53:37.85\00:53:40.87
tell you how you
can find the treasure.
00:53:40.90\00:53:42.93
You know, years ago,
when they used to sell these
00:53:42.96\00:53:48.23
treasure maps, most
of the treasures maps
00:53:48.26\00:53:51.54
were frauds. And a
lot of people would,
00:53:51.57\00:53:55.16
these sailors would
make money they'd say,
00:53:55.19\00:53:57.05
you know, I was on
the ship, and the captain
00:53:57.08\00:53:58.86
of the ship he buried a
treasure and here's a map.
00:53:58.89\00:54:01.48
And if you follow this,
I will sell you this map,
00:54:01.51\00:54:04.05
you'll find the
treasure and some people would
00:54:04.08\00:54:06.93
pay money. Even
today people pay for phony
00:54:06.96\00:54:09.51
treasure maps, but
you know there were a few
00:54:09.54\00:54:13.42
real treasure maps, I
heard some stories about
00:54:13.45\00:54:17.11
treasure hunters that
found maps where ships went
00:54:17.14\00:54:19.92
down during a
hurricane off the Florida Keys
00:54:19.95\00:54:23.03
and they found
mountains of gold.
00:54:23.06\00:54:25.23
Another ship off
the Coast of California,
00:54:25.26\00:54:28.12
another one by South
America went down loaded
00:54:28.15\00:54:30.73
with gold. And some
people found real treasure maps.
00:54:30.76\00:54:34.16
You know the real map
sometimes in the pirate
00:54:35.86\00:54:38.16
stories, they would
show the map and they would
00:54:38.19\00:54:43.03
put a big X in blood
where the treasure was buried.
00:54:43.06\00:54:46.87
You know, there
is a treasure map,
00:54:46.90\00:54:49.65
and it's called the
Bible. The Bible is marked
00:54:49.68\00:54:53.57
and you know, what
the X is, the X in red,
00:54:53.60\00:54:56.52
it's the cross.
See Jesus, he's the one
00:54:56.55\00:55:01.34
who is the treasure.
This book is all about Jesus,
00:55:01.37\00:55:05.11
I know when you
look at the Bible,
00:55:05.14\00:55:06.92
you think that maybe
this is just, just black
00:55:06.95\00:55:10.16
ink on white paper,
how can this be so special,
00:55:10.19\00:55:13.26
but there's something
amazing about this book
00:55:13.29\00:55:16.33
that changes people lives,
there's power in the words.
00:55:16.36\00:55:20.11
And I wanted to
encourage each of you to come
00:55:20.14\00:55:24.34
to this series. If I'm
gonna be telling you through
00:55:24.37\00:55:27.67
the Bible during this
series, how you can live
00:55:27.70\00:55:30.42
forever, how you
can have a happy life,
00:55:30.45\00:55:33.15
how you can know what
God's plan is for your life,
00:55:33.18\00:55:35.90
does God know the
future, does he know
00:55:35.93\00:55:38.77
what your future is?
Will he make you do what
00:55:38.80\00:55:42.16
he wants you to do? No.
You get to choose to give
00:55:42.19\00:55:45.47
him your heart and to
follow him. Jesus has marked
00:55:45.50\00:55:48.84
this treasure map
with a red cross, it's,
00:55:48.87\00:55:51.34
it's his life, he sacrificed
his life, God came down
00:55:51.37\00:55:55.47
to this world, he
took on the form of a man,
00:55:55.50\00:55:57.50
his name was Jesus. He
lived a perfect life to show
00:55:57.53\00:56:01.07
you how to live? And
then he died for your sins
00:56:01.10\00:56:04.09
because he loves you
so much, he doesn't want
00:56:04.12\00:56:05.43
you to die for your
sins because the penalty
00:56:05.46\00:56:07.91
for sin is death. You
can get to know about him
00:56:07.94\00:56:11.61
and fall in love with
him from reading your Bibles.
00:56:11.64\00:56:13.87
How many of you would
like to say I'd like to read
00:56:14.95\00:56:17.13
my Bible everyday? Our
friends who are watching
00:56:17.16\00:56:20.29
around the country
and around the world,
00:56:21.27\00:56:23.10
I'm hoping in
your group right now,
00:56:23.13\00:56:24.95
you'll raise your
hands and say, I want to know
00:56:24.98\00:56:26.74
about God and his love
for us. And I would like
00:56:26.77\00:56:29.89
to invite you, how many
of you would like to say,
00:56:29.92\00:56:32.60
everyday now, I'm
gonna read my Bible.
00:56:32.63\00:56:35.21
I might start with the
little bit, but then it will
00:56:35.24\00:56:37.39
get bigger, but everyday
I'm gonna read my Bible.
00:56:37.42\00:56:39.84
Best time is in the
morning, how many of you would
00:56:39.87\00:56:42.13
like to say, by God's
help I'm wanna read my Bible
00:56:42.16\00:56:45.21
everyday and get to know Jesus.
00:56:45.24\00:56:47.05
This is the map to
eternal life, the city of gold;
00:56:47.08\00:56:50.65
don't be like those
boys that sold it for $30,
00:56:50.68\00:56:53.88
when it's worth 30
million. This is the treasure
00:56:53.91\00:56:56.72
map to eternal life.
Would you like to pray with me
00:56:56.75\00:56:59.45
right now that we could
all have Jesus in our hearts,
00:56:59.48\00:57:02.52
that we can have
that gift of eternal life,
00:57:02.55\00:57:04.64
you can have him in your
heart right now by asking.
00:57:04.67\00:57:07.19
Would you like to pray
with me? Father in heaven,
00:57:07.22\00:57:10.49
tonight we've talked
about the most important
00:57:10.52\00:57:13.67
book in the world, the
Bible. And we know that Jesus
00:57:13.70\00:57:16.99
is called the word of
God, he is the bread of life.
00:57:17.02\00:57:19.94
Lord, we want
to know you better;
00:57:21.01\00:57:22.37
we want to know what
your plan is for our lives.
00:57:22.40\00:57:24.44
Pour out your
spirit on each person,
00:57:24.47\00:57:26.84
all of these young
people who are watching
00:57:26.87\00:57:28.45
and help us be
ready when Jesus comes,
00:57:28.48\00:57:30.79
we pray in his name,
amen. God bless you friends
00:57:30.82\00:57:35.33
don't forget the
next meeting tomorrow
00:57:35.36\00:57:37.07
night and be
praying, invite your friends.
00:57:37.10\00:57:39.65