Hi, kids.
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You want to
hear an amazing fact?
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Every fall in the
woods of September
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when it gets cold,
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there are these wood frogs
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they kind of
crawl under the leaves,
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but they can't get
away from the cold,
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they end up freezing solid.
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Two thirds of
their body turns to ice.
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If you pick them
up, they would not move.
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If you bent one of their
legs, it would break off.
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Inside these frozen frogs,
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other weird physiological
things are going on.
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Their hearts stop beating,
the lungs stop breathing,
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and their blood no longer flows.
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To all outward
appearance, they're dead.
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The craziest
thing is they can remain
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in this frozen state
withstanding temperatures
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way below zero for
as long as seven months.
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And then when spring
arrives, they fall out,
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shake themselves and hop away.
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They're able to do this because
when the weather turns cold,
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their bodies release a
glucose kind of an antifreeze
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into their bloodstream.
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Then, when the weather warms up,
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something within these frogs
seems to spark a resurrection.
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Kids, did you
know the Bible tells us
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that if you've got
the Spirit of God in you,
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if you committed
your life to Jesus,
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it will help you
survive the winter of death,
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and it'll spark a
resurrection when Jesus comes.
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We're going to
learn more about that
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in today's program.
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So let's get on board and
begin an amazing adventure.
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Good evening, everyone.
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Welcome again to
Amazing Adventure,
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A Journey for Life with Jesus.
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I'd like to welcome
all of our young people
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here in Michigan,
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also our friends
who are joining us
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across the country
and around the world.
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We've been looking at some
very important Bible truths
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over the past few
nights and tonight,
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a very important subject.
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So I'm really
glad that you're here.
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All right, well we
are ready to get started
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with our discovery this evening.
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So let's invite
Pastor Doug to come forward.
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Good evening, Pastor Doug!
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Hello, all hands on deck.
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Welcome to Amazing Adventure.
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So glad to see each of you here.
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Want to welcome our friends
who are watching on television
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or the internet
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and it's been
just a joy to work here
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with these young people
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and doing this
special series for kids
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and it has been an adventure.
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All right, well,
we got our theme song
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that we like to sing.
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It's Life is an Adventure,
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so I am gonna
invite our song leaders
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to come forward.
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Let's stand
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and we're going
to sing together,
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life is an
adventure following the King.
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So everybody
stand and let's sing.
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Every day 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 words 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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Every day 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
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Following the King
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Thank you
everybody. Please be seated.
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Thank you to our song leaders
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for helping us
here with our song.
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Well, Pastor Ross,
this has been a joy
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doing this program and meeting
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so many new friends.
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And I hope you'll
be telling your friends
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about the
Amazing Adventure program
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so they can get closer to Jesus.
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All right, we do have
our video Bible questions.
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I think we have an extra one
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that we're gonna be
looking at this evening.
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So we'll be ready to
look at the first one.
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Hi, Pastor
Doug, my name is Abby,
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and my Bible question is,
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how do we know
the Bible is real?
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So Abby has a
question, important one,
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how do we know
that the Bible is real?
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How many of you know
your multiplication tables?
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Seven times seven is 49
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and five times five?
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Twenty Five.
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So you memorize that
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probably somewhere
in elementary school,
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I'm still working on
it, but I know some of them.
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And the reason you use
the multiplication table
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is because it works.
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The reason we
know the Bible is true
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is because it works.
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It does change lives.
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You've got millions of
lives over 6000 years of history
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that have been
transformed by the power
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and the message of this book.
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Also because of its
supernatural ability
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to foretell the future.
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For example, Jesus said,
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"These teachings of my
will go into all the world."
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That was a prophecy Jesus made,
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that His teachings
would go into all the world.
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How did He know that?
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He was an uneducated
carpenter in a small town.
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He didn't have any degrees
or any military experience.
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But did His prophecy come true?
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Christianity is now
the largest religion
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in the world, 2.2
billion Christians.
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Jesus teachings
went into all the world.
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Jesus foretold
Jerusalem would be destroyed.
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Jesus foretold many things,
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the Bible
prophecies tell many things
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that all came to pass
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and the reason that we
know that Bible is real
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is because it works.
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It has proven itself to be true.
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Jesus said, "Thy Word is truth."
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And then Jesus said,
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"I am the way, the
truth and the life."
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And so the evidence of
history, bestselling book,
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even after well, for 2000 years,
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at least the last 2000 years.
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It's, they weren't printing
it except the last 500 years.
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Yeah.
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Bestselling book in
the world because it works.
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It is real.
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All right, very
good, our next question.
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Hi, Pastor Doug.
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My name is Laura and
I'm from Branch, Michigan.
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My Bible question is,
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how did God
choose the disciples?
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Okay, so the next
question is a good one.
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I didn't think of that
until I saw the question.
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How did Christ
choose the disciples?
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Right now when we say disciple,
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technically you
are all disciples,
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many times people talk
about the 12 disciples,
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they usually mean the apostles.
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Disciple is anybody
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that follows the
teachings of Jesus.
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But I think she's asking,
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"How did Jesus
pick the 12 apostles?"
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Well, his decision was
led by the Holy Spirit.
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A God guided Jesus to the people
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that would have the potential
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to be the leaders of
the newly formed church.
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Now with one exception,
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Jesus did not on
His own pick Judas,
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as Jesus picked
the other apostles,
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they started
recommending Judas to Jesus.
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They said, "Oh,
he's really smart.
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He's a scribe,
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he can be the
treasurer for the group.
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He's got great ability.
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He really would
like to be an apostle
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and Jesus gave
in to their request
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and Jesus said,
"Have I not chosen 12
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and one is the devil."
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So right from the beginning,
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Jesus knew that Judas did
not have the best motives.
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In fact,
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when Judas first
decided to follow Jesus,
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he said, "Master,
I'll follow you anywhere."
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Jesus knew his
heart and he said,
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"Foxes have holes and
birds of the air have the Nest,
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but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay his head."
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Judas, if you're following me
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because you
want riches and fame,
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you're following me
for the wrong reason.
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Jesus knew what was going on,
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Judas heart, he wanted power,
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he wanted money.
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And so, but the
Holy Spirit guided Jesus
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in choosing the
other 11 apostles.
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Okay, our next
question that we have.
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Hi, my name is Brooke
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and I am eight years
old and I am from California
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and my Bible question is,
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how can Jesus be a man
and God at the same time?
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All right, we got a
question from someone
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in our home
church in California,
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and Brooke is asking
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how could Jesus
be both God and man?
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Now the Bible speaks
of several mysteries.
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I don't know if I
remember them all.
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You got, of course
a mystery of iniquity.
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And you get the
mystery of godliness
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and the mystery
of the resurrection.
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But one of the
mysteries is the idea
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of what we call the incarnation,
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how God could fill a man
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and how Jesus could
be 100% man and 100% God.
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How many percent is that?
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It seems like 200% but nothing,
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no person can be
200% of the one thing
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and so it is
something of a mystery
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that God came
into the form of man
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in the incarnation
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when Jesus was born
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and when Jesus
rose from the dead,
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did He still have a human form?
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He did.
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Did He appear to the disciples
after the resurrection?
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Was he still
human? Did they touch him?
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After the resurrection,
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Jesus ate in
front of the disciples.
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Did He still have
scars in His hands?
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He did.
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So even in eternity,
Jesus is retaining this form
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He took as the person on earth.
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Now, of course, man was
made in the image of God.
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So it started out with
our imitating His image,
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but it is
something of a mystery.
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You know, I
heard a story one time,
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this man couldn't understand
the story of the incarnation.
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He was an old farmer
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and his wife kept
telling him to go to church
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and he didn't
want to go to church.
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He couldn't understand
how Jesus become a man.
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Why would He do that?
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He didn't need to
become a man to save them.
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And while the man
was thinking about
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that there was a
terrible blizzard outside
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and he went to
look out the window
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and just as he
looked out the window,
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he heard bang, and he looked up
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and a goose had
flown into the window.
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And so he thought, oh,
they're caught in the blizzard.
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They don't know
what to do. They're cold.
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He thought I will open the barn
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and he got a
lantern and he went out.
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He said, "I'll open the barn
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'cause there's a
whole flock of geese
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that were outside freezing."
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He went to open the barn,
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and he tried to shoot
the geese into the barn,
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but they wouldn't follow him.
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And he finally realized
I'll get one of my geese
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and he got one
of his tamed geese.
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He brought it outside.
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He let the other
geese see his tamed goose.
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He brought that
one into the barn
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and then they followed him in.
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He realized the reason
God had to become a man
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is because we needed to
know that he understood us.
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God already knows everything.
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But it is, the incarnation
is something of a mystery.
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All right.
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Well, that is it for our
Bible questions this evening.
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We'll take some more tomorrow.
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Thank you very
much, Pastor Ross,
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and thank you young
people for your good questions.
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We have, I think,
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what's gonna be
a very interesting
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and important lesson
tonight, and it's called
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"Whistling
through the Graveyard."
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And I remember one time
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I ran away from
home and at night,
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I had to go from the
street to the mountains
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where I lived by
going through a graveyard,
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and I was a little scared
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because I had watched
all these stories about,
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you know, ghosts
coming out of the grave,
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I used to watch
Casper the ghost,
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he was a friendly ghost,
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and there were you
know, boogeyman under the bed.
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And you know, you grow up
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and you have all these
things you're afraid of
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and so going
through the cemetery,
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I just thought, boy,
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I hope nobody
jumps out of the grave
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and grabs me by the
ankle and pulls me in
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'cause there could
be zombies out there
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and a lot of people are scared.
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The subject of death
spooks and scares people.
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And the devil uses this,
and I'm gonna explain tonight
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what the Bible
says about the subject.
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So, of course, we
had our memory verse,
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1 Thessalonians 4:16,
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"The Lord will descend
from heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
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and the trumpet of God
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and the dead in
Christ will rise."
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We do not need
to worry about death
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because those who
die believing in Jesus
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will live again.
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Now this year, Pastor
Doug and Mrs. Batchelor
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and a couple of
our Amazing Facts team
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that are here
tonight, we were in France
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and there is a
creepy cemetery in France.
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It is the biggest
cemetery in the world.
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It is underground.
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What happened?
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About 150 years ago,
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they ran out of room in Paris
to bury all the dead people,
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you know, they had
plagues and cemeteries
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filled a lot of spots
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and they weren't
cremating people,
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they needed a new
grave and sometimes they try
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and put two or
three people in a grave
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and they got
where the graves were
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so overcrowded with
bodies, every square inch,
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they put a body,
then it rained real hard,
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and the
cemeteries were collapsing
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and land sliding,
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where they had
all these skeletons
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in the street
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and the officials in Paris said,
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"We got to do something.
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This is unsanitary.
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We got this dead
people bodies everywhere.
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We don't know what to do."
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Underneath the city of Paris,
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they had 200 miles of tunnels
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that were dug by
workmen that dug out limestone
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when they were
building up the city of Paris,
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200 miles of tunnels.
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And they said, "Well,
why don't we just dig up
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all the graves
and we will put them
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in the tunnels under
Paris and they spent a hundred,
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over a hundred years
of moving the cemetery.
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There are now 6 million
bodies buried underneath.
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Six million former Parisians
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buried
underneath the city of Paris
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and when we were
there, we went down
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and we videotaped a
creepy amazing fact about,
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you know,
Ezekiel has this vision
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full of bones, a
valley full of bones
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and we talked
about the bones in Paris
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and they've only
opened one mile we went,
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we took a tour one
mile of the tunnels
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and it's kind
of weird, you know,
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you're walking along and,
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and they got
them all stacked up.
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It's like a work of art.
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And some of the stack I mean,
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they make artistic
designs with the bones.
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They wanted to stack them
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so they wouldn't keep
falling over into the aisles
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and you're not allowed to go
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into some of the
unexplored tunnels
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or some of the distant tunnels.
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They've got them all gated off
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because a few
years ago, one man,
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I just remember his
first name was Nestor.
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He decided to go
exploring on his own
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and they never saw him again
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until 11 years
later they found him.
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He got lost among all the bones.
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That'd be awful, huh.
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Does cemetery scare you?
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You don't need to be scared.
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I wouldn't be one bit scared.
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You know, I heard a
story once about a boy.
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He decided to take a
shortcut home from school
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and it was a little creepy
going through the cemetery
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but it's on
daytime I should be safe
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and he stopped and he
read some of the tombstones.
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And he saw one
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that he thought
was very interesting.
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The tombstone was
really a message to the living.
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Here's what it
said, "Stop my friend,
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as you go by, as you
are now so once was I,
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as I am now, you soon will be.
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So prepare
yourself to follow me."
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He looked at that for a minute.
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And then he looked to his
right and he looked to his left
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and he got a
crayon out of his bag.
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And he wrote
underneath the tombstone,
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"To follow you, I'm not content
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until I know
just where you went."
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Where do people
go when they die?
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He was a little
worried about that.
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We're going to find
out what the Bible says
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about the death and what happens
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'cause you need
to understand this
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so you won't be
deceived by the devil.
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Number one.
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What really
happens when you die?
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And where do you go?
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What does the Bible say?
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Genesis 2:7, God
told Adam and Eve,
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground."
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And it says, "He breathed
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into his nostrils
the breath of life,
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and man became a living soul."
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So God took the
elements of the earth there,
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the dust, and the
ground, and the clay,
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and He formed Adam
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and then He gave
him, have you ever seen
00:16:17.24\00:16:20.11
when someone may
be stopped breathing
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'cause they were drowned
00:16:21.74\00:16:23.08
and someone else will give
them a artificial respiration.
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That means you kind
of gotta kiss a person,
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and you blow in their mouth.
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And some people have,
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many people had been
saved because of that.
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They get the water out
and they blow in n their mouth
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and God sort of gave
Adam the kiss of life,
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you might say, He
breathed into him,
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and Adam became a living soul.
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And the Bible says
when a person dies,
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that's sort of his
creation in reverse.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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It says, "Then
the dust will return
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to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit will
return to God who gave it."
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Now this is where
people get mixed up.
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Solomon here in Ecclesiastes,
00:17:01.55\00:17:03.82
he says, "The
spirit returns to God."
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So what is happening when
the spirit returns to God?
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Does that mean
that when you die,
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that some little butterfly
light goes flutters out of you
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and goes off to be
with God, the spirit?
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Is that what happens?
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No, the spirit
the Bible tells us
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is the breath of life.
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Now I need one
person to come up here
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and help me illustrate
something fairly simple.
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So, let's see here.
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All right, you
young man right here.
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Okay, come on. Yeah,
you, you are the one.
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Okay, come on, what's your name?
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Levi.
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That's a great name, Levi.
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All right here.
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You know what that is?
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No.
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This is called a plasma ball.
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Now see that
little socket on the back.
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Yeah.
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You want to plug
that in there for me?
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I'll help you.
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Ah.
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I am just kidding.
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You want to touch
that and see what happens?
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It follows your
fingers, isn't it?
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It's got plasma,
look at that, whoa.
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So now what's making it do this?
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We plugged it in.
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What's coming through this wire?
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Energy. Energy, yeah.
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You know what
makes the lights come on?
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Have you heard
the word electricity?
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Yeah, that's what this is.
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All right, so we got
electricity coming through.
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Now it's giving it life.
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See it all moving?
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It's kind of, you know,
it's kind of follows my hand.
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Whoa, that looks
creepy, doesn't it?
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I wonder what would
happen if you kissed it?
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No, I'm not gonna try it.
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Anyway, unplug it
now very carefully.
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Oh, where did the plasma go?
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I don't know.
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It went back to
the electric company,
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didn't it?
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What happens when God
breathes the breath of life,
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it's like electricity into man.
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It gives him power,
00:19:04.04\00:19:05.61
it brings the energy
combines with the body
00:19:05.64\00:19:08.58
and you've got the plasma ball
and it does interesting things.
00:19:08.61\00:19:12.28
And when you then unplug it,
00:19:12.31\00:19:14.22
power is just back
at the power company.
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Thank you very much.
Let's give him a hand.
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When you die, and it
says a spirit returns to God,
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it's not talking about a
little personalized ghost.
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As a matter of fact,
it says the spirit of you,
00:19:28.90\00:19:31.67
it could be an
animal, a dog or a cat,
00:19:31.70\00:19:33.74
the spirit of
life of any creature
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when it dies, returns to God.
00:19:36.84\00:19:38.31
It's not saying the
ghost jumps out of them
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and goes off to heaven.
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The spirit returns
to God who gave it,
00:19:42.31\00:19:44.31
and that's Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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Number two.
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What is the spirit that returns
to God when someone dies?
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Hey, here's an
interesting verse,
00:19:52.12\00:19:54.02
Job 27:3, it says,
00:19:54.06\00:19:56.96
"The Spirit of God
is in my nostrils."
00:19:56.99\00:20:00.70
Now if the spirit is a ghost,
00:20:00.73\00:20:02.83
how many of you ever thought
you had a ghost in your nose?
00:20:02.86\00:20:06.77
Job said, "The Spirit
of God's in my nostrils."
00:20:06.80\00:20:09.34
That's not talking about a ghost
00:20:09.37\00:20:10.71
or a spirit going up your nose.
00:20:10.74\00:20:13.71
It's talking about wind, air.
00:20:13.74\00:20:17.55
The breath of life.
00:20:17.58\00:20:19.01
You know, in Hebrew,
00:20:19.05\00:20:20.75
the word is
ruach, just means breath.
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In Greek, it's the
same word except its pneuma
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and that means breath.
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It means the same thing.
00:20:27.92\00:20:29.26
You ever heard, you boys,
00:20:29.29\00:20:30.63
some of you know about
what a pneumatic tool is?
00:20:30.66\00:20:32.26
Anyone know what
a pneumatic tool is?
00:20:32.29\00:20:34.00
Pneumatic tools are tools
00:20:34.03\00:20:35.36
that are driven
in a shop by air,
00:20:35.40\00:20:37.70
air, and if someone gets
sick, they get pneumonia.
00:20:37.73\00:20:41.40
That's a disease
of your breathing.
00:20:41.44\00:20:43.20
Pneuma means spirit breath.
00:20:43.24\00:20:45.54
And so some people
think that there's a ghost.
00:20:45.57\00:20:48.08
And it's really
just talking about
00:20:48.11\00:20:49.68
the breath of
God that gives life
00:20:49.71\00:20:51.58
so when a person dies,
00:20:51.61\00:20:53.82
you've got creation in reverse.
00:20:53.85\00:20:56.25
The body without
the spirit is what?
00:20:56.28\00:20:59.59
It's dead.
00:20:59.62\00:21:01.52
If a person dies,
they cease to exist,
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.56
the Spirit of God,
the life goes back to God
00:21:04.59\00:21:06.63
who gave it, the body,
00:21:06.66\00:21:08.03
now you know, if a
person is not mummified
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.96
like the Egyptians
used to very carefully wrap
00:21:10.00\00:21:12.07
and mummify a body.
00:21:12.10\00:21:13.60
What happens when a
deer gets hit by car
00:21:13.64\00:21:15.74
and it lays on
the road long enough?
00:21:15.77\00:21:17.14
What happens to that deer?
00:21:17.17\00:21:19.24
It just sort of
rots and turns back
00:21:19.27\00:21:20.81
into soil after a
while, doesn't it?
00:21:20.84\00:21:23.31
And that's what the
Bible says ashes to ashes.
00:21:23.35\00:21:26.65
God said to Adam
and Eve, "Ashes you are,
00:21:26.68\00:21:28.58
unto ashes you'll
return, dust you are,
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.32
unto dust you'll return.
00:21:30.35\00:21:32.02
That's why the
resurrection is so important.
00:21:32.05\00:21:34.56
So if the spirit
is the breath of life,
00:21:34.59\00:21:38.23
what is a soul?
00:21:38.26\00:21:41.20
Bible says in Genesis 2:7,
00:21:41.23\00:21:43.73
"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:21:43.77\00:21:48.17
and he breathed
into his nostrils
00:21:48.20\00:21:50.37
the breath of life, and man",
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.71
here it is, "became a soul."
00:21:52.74\00:21:56.64
Notice the combination,
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.01
breath of life into his nostrils
00:21:58.05\00:22:00.45
plus the body, man
becomes a living soul.
00:22:00.48\00:22:03.85
Okay, I just, I
want to make sure
00:22:03.89\00:22:05.22
you guys don't miss this
00:22:05.25\00:22:06.59
'cause the devil's
fooling with a lot of people.
00:22:06.62\00:22:08.42
I need a couple of
people who are good cooks.
00:22:08.46\00:22:11.23
And we'll get
over here and just,
00:22:11.26\00:22:13.09
you're going to do
some real important cooking.
00:22:13.13\00:22:15.03
Okay, young lady
here, you can come and yeah,
00:22:15.06\00:22:17.57
I'll get two
together, yeah, there we go,
00:22:17.60\00:22:18.97
I'll get two, don't
worry, we're not done.
00:22:19.00\00:22:20.64
We'll get more chances.
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.90
Look in the treasure
chest and one of you see
00:22:22.94\00:22:25.67
if you can find some bread.
00:22:25.71\00:22:27.58
One of you see if
you can find something,
00:22:27.61\00:22:29.31
wave to the camera
while you're in there.
00:22:29.34\00:22:30.81
Say hi. Go ahead.
00:22:30.85\00:22:32.58
Find some bread
and find something
00:22:32.61\00:22:33.95
to put on the bread.
00:22:33.98\00:22:35.82
There you go.
Okay, come on over here.
00:22:35.85\00:22:37.99
Now, what's your name? Lanayi.
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.85
Lanayi, can you open
up those pieces of bread?
00:22:39.89\00:22:42.06
I need two pieces of bread.
00:22:42.09\00:22:43.43
And your name? Sophia.
00:22:43.46\00:22:44.79
Sophia, why don't you
open up those two pieces?
00:22:44.83\00:22:46.59
What are those? Cheese.
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.76
What is that? Cheese.
00:22:48.80\00:22:50.13
What do you say when
you get a picture taken?
00:22:50.17\00:22:52.63
Cheese Except that's
actually vegan cheese.
00:22:52.67\00:22:55.84
Oh, that's good. I like it.
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.31
It's better.
00:22:57.34\00:22:58.67
Okay, that's gonna
be hard to take apart.
00:22:58.71\00:23:00.34
All right, I'll
hold that one for you
00:23:00.38\00:23:01.74
when open the other one up here.
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.11
Let me take your, masseur.
00:23:03.14\00:23:05.05
All right, yeah,
I'll take your wrappers,
00:23:05.08\00:23:07.78
in which I'm just
very sanitary that way.
00:23:07.82\00:23:10.32
Here, you wanna me
to hold your cheese?
00:23:10.35\00:23:13.92
Okay, now why don't
you put that on the bread?
00:23:13.96\00:23:16.83
You a good cook?
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.69
Okay, here we go.
00:23:18.73\00:23:22.86
And we don't want to scam
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.23
so we had two
pieces of vegan cheese in.
00:23:24.27\00:23:26.90
Well, you want to
finish off this masterpiece,
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.10
put that on there.
00:23:29.14\00:23:30.47
Now what did we just create?
Let me take your wrappers.
00:23:30.51\00:23:33.21
What is this
now? Cheese sandwich.
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.54
A sandwich.
00:23:35.58\00:23:37.68
You mean all we had to do
00:23:37.71\00:23:39.05
was put together
two pieces of bread
00:23:39.08\00:23:43.08
and two pieces
of cheese and voila,
00:23:43.12\00:23:45.19
miracle has transpired.
00:23:45.22\00:23:48.19
These guys are
great cooks, aren't they?
00:23:48.22\00:23:50.99
You didn't know you had it,
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.36
you can probably start
your own television show now.
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.56
You know where the word sandwich
00:23:54.60\00:23:55.93
comes from,
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.50
the Earl of
Sandwich was a gambler
00:23:57.53\00:24:01.44
and he was so involved,
gambling was very wealthy.
00:24:01.47\00:24:04.54
He told the servants he
said, I need something to eat.
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.44
Well, eating was a
big affair back then.
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.28
He said, just make me
something quick and bring it,
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.38
I can't stop
playing this card game.
00:24:10.41\00:24:12.95
So they took a
couple pieces of bread
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.52
and stuck some cheese
00:24:14.55\00:24:16.02
and meat on it
and handed to him.
00:24:16.05\00:24:17.85
And it became very
popular among his guests
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.69
and they called it a sandwich.
00:24:19.72\00:24:21.36
That's where the word comes
from anyway, but don't gamble.
00:24:21.39\00:24:23.93
So now, I want
you to disassemble.
00:24:23.96\00:24:29.30
You can let want
her holding the bread.
00:24:29.33\00:24:33.30
You take the cheese.
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.64
All right.
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.01
Where did the sandwich go?
00:24:37.04\00:24:40.41
Where did it go?
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.74
Is that a
sandwich? Is that a sandwich?
00:24:42.78\00:24:46.41
That's two pieces of bread.
00:24:46.45\00:24:47.78
If you said, "Mom,
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.15
can you make me a
sandwich for lunch."
00:24:49.18\00:24:50.52
And you look in your lunch box
00:24:50.55\00:24:51.89
and you open up
and you got that?
00:24:51.92\00:24:53.25
You gonna say, "I want
another mother," right?
00:24:53.29\00:24:56.32
If that's my sandwich,
00:24:56.36\00:24:57.69
I think you have
a right to protest
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.26
and call the authorities
and if you say, "Mom.
00:24:59.29\00:25:02.10
I want a sandwich," and
you look in your lunch box
00:25:02.13\00:25:03.97
and she says,
"There's your sandwich."
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.24
What? Is that a sandwich?
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.47
No. Is that a sandwich?
00:25:09.50\00:25:11.97
Put them back together again.
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.64
Now what do we have?
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.68
It's not much of a sandwich.
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.05
I mean, I'd like
something some lettuce
00:25:19.08\00:25:20.42
and something else on there
00:25:20.45\00:25:21.78
but it does
qualify as a sandwich.
00:25:21.82\00:25:23.39
All right. Split it up again.
00:25:23.42\00:25:27.09
Yeah, there we go.
00:25:27.12\00:25:28.92
I asked you again.
Where did the sandwich go?
00:25:28.96\00:25:32.56
It stops being a sandwich
when you separate the two.
00:25:32.59\00:25:37.57
You got the body,
you got the spirit.
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.47
When you separate
the body from the spirit,
00:25:41.50\00:25:43.91
you don't have a soul.
00:25:43.94\00:25:45.31
Everyone says,
"Where does the soul go
00:25:45.34\00:25:47.64
when the spirit and
the body are separated?"
00:25:47.68\00:25:49.41
It stops being a soul.
00:25:49.44\00:25:52.41
Now if you guys
really want it bad enough,
00:25:52.45\00:25:53.78
I'll let you keep that
stuff or you can leave with me.
00:25:53.82\00:25:56.08
Why don't you put
the cheese back on there?
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.39
We will auction that
off after the program,
00:25:58.42\00:26:00.52
now that
everybody's touched it here.
00:26:00.56\00:26:02.99
Thank you.
Let's give him a hand.
00:26:03.02\00:26:04.56
Thank you very much.
00:26:04.59\00:26:05.93
So you beginning to get the idea
00:26:10.70\00:26:12.63
when people say, "Yeah,
00:26:12.67\00:26:14.07
but they died,
where did the soul go?"
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.24
It stops being a soul,
00:26:16.27\00:26:17.84
because it's a
combination of the breath of God
00:26:17.87\00:26:20.14
and the body that equals a soul.
00:26:20.18\00:26:23.58
So when a person
dies and they're saved,
00:26:23.61\00:26:26.95
do they go
immediately to heaven?
00:26:26.98\00:26:30.55
What does the Bible say?
00:26:30.59\00:26:32.59
Peter preaching at Pentecost.
00:26:32.62\00:26:34.59
Now this is after Jesus died.
00:26:34.62\00:26:36.66
Peter says, "Men and brethren,"
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.33
he's talking to a crowd
of thousands of Jewish men.
00:26:38.36\00:26:40.40
He says, "Let me freely speak
to you of the patriarch David."
00:26:40.43\00:26:43.97
You all know,
David killed Goliath.
00:26:44.00\00:26:45.57
Is David good or bad? Good.
00:26:45.60\00:26:47.34
Will David be in heaven? Yes.
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.10
Okay, here's what
Peter says about King David,
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.17
who's been dead for a 1000 years
00:26:52.21\00:26:53.58
when Peter said this.
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.68
"Let me freely speak to
you of the patriarch David
00:26:55.71\00:26:58.55
that he is dead and
buried, his sepulcher, his tomb,
00:26:58.58\00:27:02.88
his grave is
with us to this day."
00:27:02.92\00:27:05.65
And then he says,
00:27:05.69\00:27:07.02
"David is not
ascended in heaven."
00:27:07.06\00:27:09.16
Now how can that
be misunderstood?
00:27:09.19\00:27:10.73
Peter said, "David is dead,
00:27:10.76\00:27:12.53
he's buried, his tomb is here,
00:27:12.56\00:27:14.06
he's not in heaven."
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.10
So when people die,
00:27:16.13\00:27:17.47
do they go to heaven
before the resurrection?
00:27:17.50\00:27:20.34
No, they stay in their graves.
00:27:20.37\00:27:22.44
You can read about
this in Psalm 115:17,
00:27:22.47\00:27:26.44
"The dead do not
praise the Lord nor any
00:27:26.47\00:27:29.91
who go down into silence."
00:27:29.94\00:27:32.11
Now, if you die and
you went right to heaven,
00:27:32.15\00:27:34.12
the first thing I
would do is praise the Lord,
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.52
that I'm there, right?
00:27:36.55\00:27:38.05
But it says, "The dead
aren't praising the Lord."
00:27:38.09\00:27:40.42
You see, the resurrection,
is it past or future?
00:27:40.46\00:27:43.53
The Great
Resurrection Day? Future.
00:27:43.56\00:27:45.99
The Great Judgment Day,
00:27:46.03\00:27:47.36
is it in the
past or in the future?
00:27:47.40\00:27:49.83
The Great
Resurrection doesn't happen
00:27:49.86\00:27:51.83
until after the Great Judgment
00:27:51.87\00:27:54.30
and so, it's all
gonna be in the future.
00:27:54.34\00:27:57.51
So where are people who died?
00:27:57.54\00:28:01.11
They're in their
graves or they're asleep,
00:28:01.14\00:28:03.28
they're unconscious
until that day comes.
00:28:03.31\00:28:06.78
Listen to what the Bible says.
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.92
What do dead people
know after they die?
00:28:08.95\00:28:14.16
Solomon was the
wisest man who ever lived.
00:28:14.19\00:28:16.09
Here's what he wrote about that.
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.06
"The Living know
that they will die.
00:28:18.09\00:28:20.83
But the dead know," you
see it on our sale up here,
00:28:20.86\00:28:23.10
the dead know how much,
00:28:23.13\00:28:25.30
zero, nada, zip, nothing.
00:28:25.33\00:28:29.94
They don't know anything.
00:28:29.97\00:28:31.31
They're not thinking anything.
00:28:31.34\00:28:33.34
You know, in the Bible,
there are 12 resurrections,
00:28:33.38\00:28:36.64
approximately 12 resurrections.
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.65
We're not sure
when Paul was stoned
00:28:38.68\00:28:41.25
if he was stoned to death
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.62
and God did rose him or
if he was just unconscious
00:28:42.65\00:28:44.42
and God healed
him, it's not clear.
00:28:44.45\00:28:46.29
But there's
about 12 resurrections.
00:28:46.32\00:28:48.32
Now if you knew somebody
that was dead for several days
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.96
and they were resurrected,
00:28:50.99\00:28:52.69
what would be the first
thing you'd want to ask them?
00:28:52.73\00:28:56.63
What did you
see? What was it like?
00:28:56.67\00:29:00.80
And yet the people
who are resurrected,
00:29:00.84\00:29:03.20
they never make any
comment on what they saw
00:29:03.24\00:29:05.41
when they were dead.
00:29:05.44\00:29:06.78
You know why? The
dead know how much?
00:29:06.81\00:29:09.01
They don't know anything.
00:29:09.04\00:29:10.48
They're not praising the Lord.
00:29:10.51\00:29:11.91
They're unconscious.
00:29:11.95\00:29:13.31
Here's what Solomon also
says in Ecclesiastes 9:10,
00:29:13.35\00:29:17.19
"Whatever your hand finds to do,
00:29:17.22\00:29:20.59
do it with your might."
00:29:20.62\00:29:22.16
While you're
alive, young people,
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.53
do what you're going to do
00:29:23.56\00:29:24.89
while you're
alive because he says,
00:29:24.93\00:29:26.90
"There is no work
or device or knowledge
00:29:26.93\00:29:30.37
or wisdom in the
grave where you're going."
00:29:30.40\00:29:33.87
If you're going to
live, live while you're young
00:29:33.90\00:29:36.37
and you're alive and your hands,
00:29:36.40\00:29:37.74
and your body,
00:29:37.77\00:29:39.11
and your mind are all working,
live life to the fullest.
00:29:39.14\00:29:42.38
It says, "You're not going
to be doing anything for God
00:29:42.41\00:29:44.58
when you're dead, do
it while you're alive."
00:29:44.61\00:29:48.68
Can a dead person's
soul or spirit come back
00:29:48.72\00:29:53.02
and talk to the living?
00:29:53.05\00:29:55.62
What does the Bible say?
00:29:55.66\00:29:57.96
Can they see what's
happening on this earth?
00:29:57.99\00:30:01.00
No.
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.36
The Bible says,
00:30:02.40\00:30:03.73
"He will be brought to the grave
00:30:03.77\00:30:06.03
and a vigil will
be kept over him."
00:30:06.07\00:30:08.77
Scripture say he
remains in the tomb.
00:30:08.80\00:30:11.81
"So man lieth down
00:30:11.84\00:30:13.68
and he riseth not till
the heavens be no more."
00:30:13.71\00:30:18.21
When does he rise?
00:30:18.25\00:30:19.71
When the heavens are no more.
00:30:19.75\00:30:21.15
What does the Bible say?
00:30:21.18\00:30:22.95
The Bible says, "The
heavens will depart as a scroll
00:30:22.98\00:30:25.99
when Jesus comes."
00:30:26.02\00:30:27.36
So it's not
until the resurrection
00:30:27.39\00:30:28.72
they know anything.
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.09
So when somebody says,
00:30:30.13\00:30:32.66
well, you know,
that house is haunted,
00:30:32.69\00:30:36.16
somebody died in that
house and there's spirits there.
00:30:36.20\00:30:41.74
Could a person sense
there's evil spirits somewhere?
00:30:41.77\00:30:46.64
Oh, sure.
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.24
Does the devil
have fallen angels?
00:30:48.28\00:30:50.85
Yeah.
00:30:50.88\00:30:52.21
So when a person feels
like they're being spooked,
00:30:52.25\00:30:55.32
its fallen angels
impersonating the dead.
00:30:55.35\00:30:59.09
Dead people don't know anything.
00:30:59.12\00:31:00.96
It is not your
grandma and your grandpa.
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.86
Now I don't know how you feel.
00:31:02.89\00:31:05.13
But my father's mom,
00:31:05.16\00:31:07.63
Grandma
Batchelor was a Christian.
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.26
She was a Baptist.
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.13
She died.
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.50
If you die and you
went right to heaven,
00:31:12.53\00:31:14.37
and she'd be up there in
heaven looking down on you,
00:31:14.40\00:31:16.54
I even heard it on the
news today in my hotel room,
00:31:16.57\00:31:18.77
they talked about so
and so is up in heaven
00:31:18.81\00:31:20.81
now looking down on everybody.
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.54
Everybody says this.
00:31:22.58\00:31:24.61
You go to funerals.
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.25
There'll be the
body sitting there
00:31:26.28\00:31:27.62
in the grave in the casket.
00:31:27.65\00:31:28.98
You know, if you've
ever been to a funeral,
00:31:29.02\00:31:30.35
sometimes the
body is right there
00:31:30.39\00:31:31.72
and there's a casket.
00:31:31.75\00:31:33.09
Sometimes it's open,
sometimes it's closed.
00:31:33.12\00:31:34.46
Preacher is up
there, he's preaching.
00:31:34.49\00:31:35.86
And he's saying,
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.23
"Our dear beloved
loved one is up in heaven
00:31:37.26\00:31:39.59
singing with the angels."
00:31:39.63\00:31:40.96
And you're looking at
their body right there.
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.33
You know, no, they
are not right there.
00:31:42.36\00:31:44.80
But they make everybody seem
like they're right in heaven.
00:31:44.83\00:31:47.54
But I'll
explain that in a minute
00:31:47.57\00:31:48.90
why there's so much confusion.
00:31:48.94\00:31:51.74
Mrs. Batchelor
and I bought a house.
00:31:51.77\00:31:55.78
The person we
bought the house from,
00:31:55.81\00:31:58.41
the man died in the
house before we bought it,
00:31:58.45\00:32:02.25
and some people
heard that they said,
00:32:02.28\00:32:04.05
don't you think that's creepy?
00:32:04.09\00:32:05.45
I said, "No, not at all.
00:32:05.49\00:32:06.82
Doesn't bother me one bit."
00:32:06.86\00:32:08.19
We lived in that house, 22 years
00:32:08.22\00:32:09.56
we loved it, we miss it.
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.63
Never got haunted.
00:32:11.66\00:32:12.99
If we did get haunted,
we weren't aware of it.
00:32:13.03\00:32:16.77
You know, once you know
what the devil's tricks are,
00:32:16.80\00:32:19.93
I have people they say,
something moved on my table.
00:32:19.97\00:32:24.47
It moved all by itself.
00:32:24.51\00:32:26.14
I said, "Yeah, so what?"
00:32:26.17\00:32:28.28
I say, "You curse those
devils, they might haunt you,
00:32:28.31\00:32:31.21
if you ignore
them, they get upset
00:32:31.25\00:32:32.58
and they leave you alone."
00:32:32.61\00:32:34.25
The Bible says,
"Resist the devil
00:32:34.28\00:32:36.05
and he will flee from you."
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.35
You don't have to be
afraid of things like that.
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.59
When you're with Christ,
00:32:41.62\00:32:42.96
the Bible says
greater is He that is in you.
00:32:42.99\00:32:45.33
Who's stronger,
Jesus or the devil?
00:32:45.36\00:32:47.93
Who's stronger, Jesus'
angels or the devil's angels?
00:32:47.96\00:32:51.87
He will give His
angels guard over you.
00:32:51.90\00:32:54.04
The Bible says,
00:32:54.07\00:32:55.40
"The angel of the Lord
encamps round about you."
00:32:55.44\00:32:58.14
Jesus said, "They are angels,"
00:32:58.17\00:33:00.21
speaking of
children, "they are angels,
00:33:00.24\00:33:01.84
do behold the face
of my Father in heaven."
00:33:01.88\00:33:04.25
You got good angels around you.
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.81
And so if you ever
seen anything spooky,
00:33:05.85\00:33:07.32
just tell your good angels,
00:33:07.35\00:33:08.68
can you please take
care of these guys for me?
00:33:08.72\00:33:10.05
These bad angels
are trying to scare me.
00:33:10.09\00:33:12.92
You don't have to be afraid.
00:33:12.95\00:33:15.42
Bible says when a
person dies, Job 7:10,
00:33:15.46\00:33:18.99
He, person who dies,
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.53
"Will never return to his house,
00:33:20.56\00:33:23.06
nor will his
place know him anymore."
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.20
When they're dead,
00:33:25.23\00:33:26.57
they're not going
back to haunt their house
00:33:26.60\00:33:28.30
and what exactly
would be the purpose
00:33:28.34\00:33:29.70
of haunting your house?
00:33:29.74\00:33:32.17
Why would
someone want to do that?
00:33:32.21\00:33:35.14
Well, you know, I'm bored.
00:33:35.18\00:33:37.11
So until the resurrection,
00:33:37.15\00:33:38.48
I'm going to scare everybody
who moves into my house.
00:33:38.51\00:33:41.22
Why would they do that?
00:33:41.25\00:33:43.28
Now people they
say, I am in astrology.
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.05
I'm gonna look at the stars
00:33:46.09\00:33:47.42
and based on when you're born
and what the stars are doing,
00:33:47.46\00:33:50.36
your destiny is there.
00:33:50.39\00:33:52.86
My mother used to
write songs about astrology,
00:33:52.89\00:33:56.67
and I knew a lot of her
friends that were astrologers
00:33:56.70\00:33:59.63
and I asked him, I said,
"Do you believe this stuff?"
00:33:59.67\00:34:01.27
They said," No."
00:34:01.30\00:34:02.64
They said, "We write astrology,
00:34:02.67\00:34:04.01
astrology things
for the newspaper,
00:34:04.04\00:34:05.61
we don't even
believe it, but they pay us."
00:34:05.64\00:34:09.11
So it's nonsense.
00:34:09.14\00:34:10.48
I know people that
used to go to sA(C)ances,
00:34:10.51\00:34:13.15
and they said, "Yes we,
00:34:13.18\00:34:14.75
we felt the curtains
move and we felt the spirit
00:34:14.78\00:34:17.45
and we saw a mist."
00:34:17.49\00:34:19.59
And usually the
people who are the mediums
00:34:19.62\00:34:21.62
are doing that to trick people.
00:34:21.66\00:34:23.49
You know what it
says in the Bible?
00:34:23.53\00:34:24.86
Leviticus 20:27,
00:34:24.89\00:34:26.93
"A man or a woman who
has a familiar spirit,"
00:34:26.96\00:34:30.53
someone who says
they can talk to the dead,
00:34:30.57\00:34:33.00
"who is a wizard, also
says this about witches
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.07
and anyone in the
occult shall be put to death,
00:34:36.10\00:34:39.84
because they were
involved in diabolical worship."
00:34:39.87\00:34:43.88
You can read a story in
the Bible about King Saul.
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.55
He was a good king,
started out a good king
00:34:46.58\00:34:49.55
but then he
turned away from the Lord
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.45
and in the end, he
went and talked to a witch
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.56
and because he talked to a witch
00:34:54.59\00:34:55.92
the Spirit of God
withdrew from him,
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.43
the next day he killed himself.
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.59
Do not dabble in
astrology, watching TV programs
00:34:59.63\00:35:03.73
that talk about talking
to the dead and zombies.
00:35:03.77\00:35:06.37
Why would a
Christian wants that stuff?
00:35:06.40\00:35:08.00
Huh?
00:35:08.04\00:35:09.37
Playing video games
about spirits and ghosts?
00:35:09.40\00:35:12.81
Ha, you got real quiet.
00:35:12.84\00:35:15.88
Christians shouldn't
have anything to do with that.
00:35:15.91\00:35:17.41
Can I have an amen
out there somewhere?
00:35:17.45\00:35:19.15
Amen.
00:35:19.18\00:35:20.68
Yeah, the Bible
says have nothing to do
00:35:20.72\00:35:23.62
with the
unfruitful works of darkness,
00:35:23.65\00:35:26.92
but rather reprove them.
00:35:26.96\00:35:29.32
What does the
Bible say death is like?
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.49
We read in John 11,
00:35:32.53\00:35:34.40
Jesus had a friend, good friend,
00:35:34.43\00:35:36.26
he had a friend,
Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
00:35:36.30\00:35:41.94
were three siblings
00:35:41.97\00:35:43.30
and he would stay in
their house in Bethany.
00:35:43.34\00:35:45.57
And one day Lazarus got
sick and he was very sick,
00:35:45.61\00:35:49.14
so Mary and Martha
sent a message to Jesus
00:35:49.18\00:35:52.08
and they said,
00:35:52.11\00:35:53.45
"Can you please
come and heal Lazarus?
00:35:53.48\00:35:56.25
He's sick."
00:35:56.28\00:35:57.62
Well, Jesus knew
what He was going to do.
00:35:57.65\00:35:59.05
So He didn't come right away.
00:35:59.09\00:36:00.86
And while Jesus was gone
up in Galilee, Lazarus died.
00:36:00.89\00:36:05.96
Finally, Jesus
told the apostles,
00:36:05.99\00:36:09.73
they said, "Our
friend Lazarus sleeps,
00:36:09.76\00:36:12.07
but I go that I
might wake him up."
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.24
All the disciples
heard the Lazarus was sick
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.60
and you know, they believe,
00:36:15.64\00:36:16.97
well, if you
sleep, you're resting.
00:36:17.01\00:36:18.34
That's good.
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.71
Maybe his fever will
subside, you'll get better
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.08
and that's wonderful.
00:36:21.11\00:36:22.44
And Jesus said to them, no, no,
00:36:22.48\00:36:23.91
when I said Lazarus is sleeping,
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.28
I'm going to wake him up.
00:36:25.31\00:36:26.88
He said to them
plainly, Lazarus is dead.
00:36:26.92\00:36:30.79
What does that mean?
00:36:30.82\00:36:32.15
He's dead.
00:36:32.19\00:36:33.52
As my grandpa used to
say, deader than a doornail.
00:36:33.56\00:36:36.29
Lazarus was not breathing,
00:36:36.32\00:36:40.90
most certainly dead.
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.16
There's no life.
00:36:43.20\00:36:44.60
He was already
beginning to decompose.
00:36:44.63\00:36:47.90
Now when he said this,
he comes to the grave and...
00:36:47.94\00:36:53.44
Oh, you know, I might
need a couple of friends here.
00:36:53.48\00:36:58.01
I might want to
help illustrate this.
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.22
So have you been up?
00:37:00.25\00:37:02.28
Yeah, come on up.
00:37:02.32\00:37:05.05
I need two girls and one boy.
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.49
I need two Marthas
and a Lazarus here.
00:37:06.52\00:37:11.46
You think you can be Lazarus?
00:37:11.49\00:37:13.29
All right, come on up.
00:37:13.33\00:37:14.66
You gotta be Mary and Martha.
00:37:14.70\00:37:16.03
Come on up, hurry.
00:37:16.06\00:37:17.40
Right, come on.
00:37:17.43\00:37:20.74
All right, girls, I need you
to look in the treasure chest
00:37:20.77\00:37:23.57
and find some bandages.
00:37:23.61\00:37:25.24
You go find something
that tells time in there.
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.68
Wave at the camera when
you look in the treasure chest.
00:37:27.71\00:37:30.48
You wave.
00:37:30.51\00:37:31.85
Yep, there you go, all right.
00:37:31.88\00:37:33.75
Now share one of those
wraps of bandages with...
00:37:33.78\00:37:37.12
All right, you are
Martha, you are Mary.
00:37:37.15\00:37:39.12
What's your real name?
00:37:39.15\00:37:40.49
Shaya.
00:37:40.52\00:37:41.86
All right, we'll call
you Mary and your real name?
00:37:41.89\00:37:43.22
Abigail. Abigail, and you are?
00:37:43.26\00:37:44.89
Edith. You are Lazarus.
00:37:44.93\00:37:46.26
Okay. All right.
00:37:46.29\00:37:47.66
Hang on to that
for a second now.
00:37:47.70\00:37:49.43
After Lazarus died, his
sisters had to wrap him up.
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.03
I'll give you this
in just a second, okay?
00:37:52.07\00:37:54.20
So you guys
gotta wrap him up here
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.10
'cause you're gonna bury him.
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.44
All right, you know,
00:37:58.47\00:37:59.81
you just start like
make a mummy out of him,
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.34
I know you've never met
before, but don't be afraid.
00:38:01.38\00:38:03.51
Let's, I'll get you started.
00:38:03.55\00:38:04.88
Put your hands at
your side, you're dead.
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.85
Okay, here we go.
00:38:06.88\00:38:08.48
You're talking way too
much for a person that's dead.
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.39
So here we go, you
got to get his legs.
00:38:11.42\00:38:15.42
Yeah, now don't try and
walk, this won't end well.
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.46
He's gonna start
stinking if you don't hurry up.
00:38:20.96\00:38:25.17
There we go.
00:38:25.20\00:38:26.53
Keep going here, do
you want to hand it to me?
00:38:26.57\00:38:30.71
Mary is beating Martha.
00:38:30.74\00:38:32.31
Let's go.
00:38:32.34\00:38:33.74
Well, I you know,
00:38:33.78\00:38:35.11
I'm not gonna
put him in a pyramid
00:38:35.14\00:38:36.48
so you don't
have to, like totally,
00:38:36.51\00:38:40.52
is it getting hard
to breathe Lazarus?
00:38:40.55\00:38:42.58
No, not yet. Okay.
00:38:42.62\00:38:44.55
All right.
00:38:44.59\00:38:45.92
Let's suppose that's
gonna be good for now.
00:38:45.95\00:38:47.62
All right, you got them. Okay.
00:38:47.66\00:38:50.36
Do you ever get tired in church?
00:38:50.39\00:38:52.59
Come on sometimes.
00:38:52.63\00:38:53.96
Have you ever
fallen asleep in church?
00:38:54.00\00:38:55.33
Never. Never?
00:38:55.36\00:38:56.70
Never. Well, you're gonna now.
00:38:56.73\00:38:58.07
All right, so let me help you.
00:38:58.10\00:38:59.47
Just now before you go to sleep,
00:39:03.51\00:39:06.07
can you tell time, Lazarus?
00:39:06.11\00:39:09.68
What time does that say?
00:39:09.71\00:39:11.51
It says 7:32.
00:39:11.55\00:39:14.15
7:32, okay, go sleep.
00:39:14.18\00:39:18.65
All right, just stay there.
00:39:18.69\00:39:20.02
Don't open your eyes.
00:39:20.06\00:39:21.39
You all watch him.
Make sure he doesn't cheat.
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.49
Hang on here.
00:39:23.53\00:39:26.16
All right.
00:39:26.19\00:39:28.00
Lazarus awake.
00:39:28.03\00:39:30.97
What time is it now?
00:39:31.00\00:39:33.54
It's 10:32.
00:39:33.57\00:39:35.60
So you've been
asleep three hours.
00:39:35.64\00:39:38.34
How did it feel?
00:39:38.37\00:39:41.58
You get a little rest.
00:39:41.61\00:39:43.14
We were all, we've been
waiting for you to wake up.
00:39:43.18\00:39:44.71
We've been here three
hours waiting for you to wake up
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.82
and you just woke up.
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.19
All right, girls
you want to help him up?
00:39:50.22\00:39:51.92
The Bible says that
after Jesus rose him,
00:39:51.95\00:39:54.02
He told them loose him.
00:39:54.06\00:39:55.99
So you got to lose him.
00:39:56.02\00:39:57.36
You know that would be
fun as if you both grab one
00:39:57.39\00:39:58.86
and pull real fast
and see what happens.
00:39:58.89\00:40:00.40
See if he just
kind of rolls out.
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.50
Rolls out.
00:40:02.53\00:40:03.87
Here, let's stand him
up, that will be easier.
00:40:03.90\00:40:05.23
No.
00:40:05.27\00:40:07.60
Oh, he's alive.
00:40:07.64\00:40:08.97
You say, "Praise the Lord."
00:40:09.00\00:40:10.34
Let's give him a hand. Okay.
00:40:10.37\00:40:14.38
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The Bible calls death a sleep.
00:41:15.17\00:41:17.51
It's a dreamless sleep.
00:41:17.54\00:41:20.14
So when Lazarus
died, how long was he dead?
00:41:20.18\00:41:23.55
Four days. How long
did it feel for him?
00:41:23.58\00:41:27.38
Minutes.
00:41:27.42\00:41:28.92
He died from a fever
00:41:28.95\00:41:30.29
and next thing you
knew he's in a tomb,
00:41:30.32\00:41:31.72
he's all wrapped up and
Jesus is saying let him go.
00:41:31.75\00:41:35.79
You know,
Lazarus never commented
00:41:35.82\00:41:38.06
on experiencing
anything in death.
00:41:38.09\00:41:41.26
Think about this, if you
die and went right to hell,
00:41:41.30\00:41:43.53
or if you die and
went right to heaven,
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.60
first of all, why would
God send someone to hell
00:41:46.63\00:41:48.67
right after they
die before a judgment?
00:41:48.70\00:41:51.24
And wouldn't that be
mean if Lazarus died,
00:41:51.27\00:41:53.54
he went right to heaven.
00:41:53.58\00:41:54.91
He's up in heaven.
00:41:54.94\00:41:56.28
He's singing with the
angels. He's getting ready.
00:41:56.31\00:41:57.91
He's reaching out
for the tree of life
00:41:57.95\00:41:59.58
and just before he
gets to the Tree of Life,
00:41:59.61\00:42:01.35
boom, he's back on earth
00:42:01.38\00:42:02.82
and he's in the grave
clothes again as you want.
00:42:02.85\00:42:05.32
Well, thanks, Jesus.
00:42:05.35\00:42:07.32
That wouldn't be a nice
thing to do to your friend.
00:42:07.36\00:42:10.29
No, Lazarus
didn't have any comment
00:42:10.33\00:42:13.09
because the
living know they'll die,
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.80
the dead know nothing.
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.00
He said, "Our
friend Lazarus is asleep."
00:42:17.03\00:42:21.60
Then he said,
"Lazarus come forth,
00:42:21.64\00:42:23.77
and he who had
died came out bound hand
00:42:23.81\00:42:26.11
and foot with grave clothes,
00:42:26.14\00:42:27.78
and they set him free."
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.68
Is there anyone in heaven now?
00:42:29.71\00:42:33.62
Yes, there are.
00:42:33.65\00:42:34.98
Bible says that when Jesus died,
00:42:35.02\00:42:37.95
that there was
a great earthquake
00:42:37.99\00:42:39.85
and many of the
graves were open,
00:42:39.89\00:42:41.56
not all but around Jerusalem,
00:42:41.59\00:42:42.92
many graves were open
00:42:42.96\00:42:44.29
and the bodies of the saints
00:42:44.33\00:42:45.66
who had fallen
asleep were raised.
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.03
It might have
been Isaiah or Jeremiah
00:42:47.06\00:42:50.33
or some of the prophets,
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.00
not David, we
already learnt that.
00:42:52.03\00:42:54.04
There's a small resurrection.
00:42:54.07\00:42:56.07
Bible tells us Moses
and Elijah are in heaven
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.37
and Enoch is in heaven.
00:42:58.41\00:43:00.68
There are some that are
there, but not very many.
00:43:00.71\00:43:04.71
Next question, if
nobody's in heaven now
00:43:04.75\00:43:07.18
what about the other place?
00:43:07.22\00:43:09.42
Is anybody in Hellfire now?
00:43:09.45\00:43:13.56
Scriptures say, Job 21:30,"
00:43:13.59\00:43:16.69
For the wicked are
reserved for the day of doom.
00:43:16.73\00:43:20.73
They will be brought
on for the day of wrath."
00:43:20.76\00:43:24.27
They are waiting in the grave.
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.40
You can read in Revelation 20:5,
00:43:26.43\00:43:29.00
"The rest of the
dead do not live again
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.27
until the
thousand years are over."
00:43:31.31\00:43:34.54
When Jesus comes,
the dead in Christ rise,
00:43:34.58\00:43:37.68
the rest of the dead,
00:43:37.71\00:43:39.15
they don't live again
until the millennium goes by.
00:43:39.18\00:43:42.22
They stay in their graves.
00:43:42.25\00:43:45.22
They've not
even been judged yet.
00:43:45.25\00:43:47.36
They're sleeping
a dreamless sleep.
00:43:47.39\00:43:50.63
Now this is important to know
00:43:50.66\00:43:51.99
because I know
people that believe
00:43:52.03\00:43:53.70
that when you die,
00:43:53.73\00:43:56.06
if you're good, you
go to heaven right away
00:43:56.10\00:43:58.57
and if you're
bad you go to hell,
00:43:58.60\00:44:00.40
and you burn forever and ever.
00:44:00.44\00:44:01.77
Have you heard that?
Some people believe that.
00:44:01.80\00:44:04.31
I know this mother,
she had a son that died,
00:44:04.34\00:44:08.48
son was not a
Christian, he died drinking,
00:44:08.51\00:44:10.75
he drove into a tree,
he was living the lost life
00:44:10.78\00:44:13.78
and a preacher told her,
he's burning in hell now.
00:44:13.82\00:44:17.85
And that poor
woman nearly went insane
00:44:17.89\00:44:20.32
thinking that every
day she was walking around,
00:44:20.36\00:44:23.32
her son was
blistering in the flames.
00:44:23.36\00:44:26.43
But that's so sad
00:44:26.46\00:44:27.80
because that's not
what the Bible teaches,
00:44:27.83\00:44:30.47
and yet a lot of people
think that's what God does.
00:44:30.50\00:44:33.57
When are the wicked judged?
00:44:33.60\00:44:35.54
Let's read in the Bible.
00:44:35.57\00:44:36.97
At the end of the
1000 years, John 21:2,
00:44:37.01\00:44:40.64
"Then I, John,
saw the Holy City."
00:44:40.68\00:44:44.08
See, when Jesus comes,
00:44:44.11\00:44:45.45
we go up to meet Him in the air.
00:44:45.48\00:44:46.82
We're talking about
that tomorrow night.
00:44:46.85\00:44:49.52
And then at the
end of the 1000 years,
00:44:49.55\00:44:51.15
the New Jerusalem
comes down from heaven,
00:44:51.19\00:44:53.96
comes to the earth.
00:44:53.99\00:44:55.72
Jesus has a great judgment
day, when He's here on earth,
00:44:55.76\00:44:59.73
He raises all the
wicked who have ever lived.
00:44:59.76\00:45:02.46
This is great judgment,
00:45:02.50\00:45:03.83
you read about it
in Revelation 20:11.
00:45:03.87\00:45:06.47
You know, the Bible
tells us all will stand
00:45:06.50\00:45:08.70
before the judgment seat of God.
00:45:08.74\00:45:11.41
The Lord has video
and audio of everything
00:45:11.44\00:45:16.08
we have ever
said, done, or thought.
00:45:16.11\00:45:19.01
God knows everything,
will give an account,
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.75
that's why we need Jesus
to wash away all of our sins
00:45:20.78\00:45:24.12
and give us a new beginning.
00:45:24.15\00:45:26.49
"Great white throne
and him who sat on it,
00:45:26.52\00:45:28.92
from whom face the earth
and the heaven fled away.
00:45:28.96\00:45:33.19
And I saw the
dead, small and great,
00:45:33.23\00:45:35.43
standing before God,
and the books were open
00:45:35.46\00:45:39.07
and another
book, which was open,
00:45:39.10\00:45:41.17
which is the book of life."
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.61
Your name, you
want in that book.
00:45:43.64\00:45:46.78
"And the dead were judged,"
00:45:46.81\00:45:48.34
you had the Book of
Records, The Book of Life,
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.15
"the dead were
judged according to" what?
00:45:50.18\00:45:54.65
"Their works."
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.02
We are saved by faith,
00:45:56.05\00:45:57.39
but we're judged
according to our works,
00:45:57.42\00:45:58.85
'cause our works show
if we were saved by faith.
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.76
"And anyone not found written
in the Book of Life was cast,"
00:46:02.79\00:46:07.10
what's it say?
00:46:07.13\00:46:09.13
"Into the lake of fire."
00:46:09.16\00:46:10.50
So is there a place
the Bible calls Hellfire?
00:46:10.53\00:46:14.24
There is a lake of fire.
00:46:14.27\00:46:15.60
Is it burning now?
00:46:15.64\00:46:18.17
Is anyone in there now?
00:46:18.21\00:46:20.21
No.
00:46:20.24\00:46:21.81
How long will they burn?
00:46:21.84\00:46:23.51
No, they don't burn 1000 years.
00:46:26.55\00:46:27.98
That'd be terrible.
00:46:28.02\00:46:30.05
Any of you ever
burned your finger?
00:46:30.09\00:46:33.69
How'd you like to do that?
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.06
Burn your finger for 60 seconds.
00:46:35.09\00:46:38.39
I'll tell you a story.
00:46:38.43\00:46:39.76
This is important point.
00:46:39.79\00:46:41.13
I know you're going
to think this is rough,
00:46:41.16\00:46:42.50
but I used to live in
the mountains in the cave.
00:46:42.53\00:46:45.03
I had a pet cat named Stranger.
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.70
I fed, she just
showed up one day
00:46:47.74\00:46:49.20
so I called him a stranger
00:46:49.24\00:46:50.57
and he lived with
me for about a year.
00:46:50.61\00:46:52.01
And I would feed
Stranger a little bit,
00:46:52.04\00:46:54.04
but I liked him to feed himself
00:46:54.08\00:46:55.41
because he would
catch the little lizards.
00:46:55.44\00:46:57.58
I didn't like that
he caught the lizards,
00:46:57.61\00:46:59.65
they're probably good
because they eat the bugs
00:46:59.68\00:47:01.22
but he catch the mice
00:47:01.25\00:47:03.92
and they used to
get into my food.
00:47:03.95\00:47:06.55
He was like a tiger
sometimes he catch a squirrel
00:47:06.59\00:47:09.86
and there would
be a vicious fight
00:47:09.89\00:47:11.76
between Stranger
and this big squirrel.
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.66
And then he always
wanted to bring it up
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.03
and drop it on my
sleeping bag as a prize.
00:47:16.06\00:47:19.70
But one day I was
cooking dinner one evening
00:47:19.73\00:47:24.74
and Stranger caught a mouse
00:47:24.77\00:47:26.64
and you know cats are
a little bit sadistic.
00:47:26.68\00:47:28.61
You know what that means?
00:47:28.64\00:47:30.18
Sadistic means they
like to watch things suffer.
00:47:30.21\00:47:32.58
Now a dog, if
he catches a mouse,
00:47:32.61\00:47:33.95
he swallows it with one gulp,
00:47:33.98\00:47:37.25
dog, they don't even
chew and they're happy
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.22
and they're on their way.
00:47:39.25\00:47:40.59
Cat, no, no, no, no,
00:47:40.62\00:47:41.96
cat catches a mouse
and he's got it there.
00:47:41.99\00:47:43.36
He's going, look what I got?
00:47:43.39\00:47:46.80
Just try and get away.
00:47:46.83\00:47:50.47
They throw it up in
the air and they bat it
00:47:50.50\00:47:51.90
and they go catch it again.
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.24
And they kind of
torture the poor things
00:47:54.27\00:47:55.94
and my cat caught this
cute little kangaroo mouse.
00:47:55.97\00:47:59.24
They're kind of cute, you know,
a little round body big feet
00:47:59.27\00:48:01.48
and they kind of hopping.
00:48:01.51\00:48:03.75
And you know I hated
to see the thing suffer
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.95
but you know the cat had to
eat so I was making my dinner,
00:48:05.98\00:48:10.25
and Stranger was
getting ready for his dinner.
00:48:10.29\00:48:13.12
He's playing with a little rat,
00:48:13.15\00:48:14.49
but the poor thing was so
dazed that it hopped to get away
00:48:14.52\00:48:18.43
and in its desperation to
get away from the Stranger,
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.00
it hopped into my campfire.
00:48:21.03\00:48:22.93
And I felt so bad
00:48:27.44\00:48:28.94
because there's
nothing I could do.
00:48:28.97\00:48:30.91
He just fell right
off in the hot coals
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.87
and I saw the poor
thing, squeak and writhe,
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.71
I thought, oh,
just like you, oh,
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.98
the old poor
little mouse is suffering.
00:48:38.01\00:48:41.72
Now your heart,
didn't you hurt to hear?
00:48:41.75\00:48:43.72
Doesn't that bother you to think
00:48:43.75\00:48:45.09
a little mouse burning?
00:48:45.12\00:48:47.06
Do you think God would burn
His children forever and ever?
00:48:47.09\00:48:50.96
You wouldn't do it to your dog.
00:48:50.99\00:48:53.50
You wouldn't do it to a mouse.
00:48:53.53\00:48:55.70
And yet there are
churches full of people
00:48:55.73\00:48:58.37
who think that God is gonna take
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.87
bad children that died lost,
00:49:00.90\00:49:03.34
once they reach the age of
accountability and they die,
00:49:03.37\00:49:07.04
and He's going to put them
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.41
in blistering
sulfur and brimstone,
00:49:08.44\00:49:10.35
and they're going to burn
there forever and ever and ever.
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.01
Think about how
terrible that is.
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.75
It's not what the Bible teaches.
00:49:14.78\00:49:17.22
Thank God. Amen?
00:49:17.25\00:49:19.95
God is not gonna have a universe
00:49:19.99\00:49:21.32
where people are gonna
be tortured through eternity
00:49:21.36\00:49:23.93
for the sins of one lifetime.
00:49:23.96\00:49:25.63
That is why you call
a doctrine of devils.
00:49:25.66\00:49:27.96
What does the Bible say?
00:49:28.00\00:49:29.46
"The wicked will
perish into smoke."
00:49:29.50\00:49:33.67
They'll do what?
00:49:33.70\00:49:35.30
"They will consume away."
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.51
All right, I need
a brave volunteer.
00:49:37.54\00:49:41.78
I'm gonna go around,
00:49:41.81\00:49:43.14
I sometimes
neglect the edges here.
00:49:43.18\00:49:45.51
And so last time I
had two girls and a boy
00:49:45.55\00:49:47.92
and so I said, no,
don't raise your hands
00:49:47.95\00:49:49.52
if you've had
your hands up before.
00:49:49.55\00:49:52.85
You all right, you got a
friend who's advocating for you
00:49:52.89\00:49:54.92
so you can come on, okay.
00:49:54.96\00:49:56.29
When you're
advocating for you to know...
00:49:56.32\00:49:57.66
Well, no, I just needed one.
00:49:57.69\00:49:59.03
Sorry guys sit down.
00:49:59.06\00:50:00.40
Just one sorry, but don't worry,
00:50:00.43\00:50:01.76
no we're not done yet.
00:50:01.80\00:50:03.67
All right.
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.03
Let's see here.
00:50:09.30\00:50:10.64
Are you strong enough to
do that if you use both hands?
00:50:15.34\00:50:18.38
You don't know. I
appreciate your honesty.
00:50:18.41\00:50:21.12
But let's put
your jacket down here
00:50:21.15\00:50:22.68
'cause we don't want
that to go up in flames.
00:50:22.72\00:50:24.99
Try use both
hands, see if you can,
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.92
just click the
handle here clicks in,
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.79
let me show you how it works.
00:50:29.82\00:50:31.16
Oh, yeah, I see.
Squeeze real hard.
00:50:31.19\00:50:33.80
No you just, with your
hands like a grip here.
00:50:33.83\00:50:35.93
Give me a hand,
give me both hands.
00:50:35.96\00:50:37.93
You go.
00:50:37.97\00:50:39.73
You can do that?
00:50:39.77\00:50:41.34
All right, you can let go now.
00:50:41.37\00:50:43.07
See if you can do
it on your own now.
00:50:43.10\00:50:45.27
You can.
00:50:45.31\00:50:46.64
I know you could, all
right come on back here.
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.01
What's your name?
00:50:48.04\00:50:49.38
Elliot. Elliot.
00:50:49.41\00:50:51.31
All right, are
sinners gonna be immortalized.
00:50:51.35\00:50:55.85
What do you think?
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.22
What did we just read?
00:50:57.25\00:50:58.59
The wicked shall
perish in the smoke,
00:50:58.62\00:51:00.82
they will vanish away.
00:51:00.86\00:51:02.79
Let's see, don't you, you just,
00:51:02.82\00:51:04.16
you let me bring
the paper to you.
00:51:04.19\00:51:05.53
Okay, go ahead.
00:51:05.56\00:51:07.00
Let's see if you
can get it going.
00:51:07.03\00:51:09.10
All right.
00:51:09.13\00:51:10.47
How is this going to happen?
00:51:10.50\00:51:11.83
Are they're gonna burn forever?
00:51:11.87\00:51:13.20
There's no ashes.
00:51:23.51\00:51:25.18
My hair all still there?
00:51:25.21\00:51:28.28
Thank you very much.
00:51:28.32\00:51:29.65
He did a good job, huh.
00:51:29.68\00:51:31.02
Brave man.
00:51:31.05\00:51:32.39
How much was left?
00:51:39.49\00:51:42.20
Nothing was left.
00:51:42.23\00:51:43.63
The Bible says,
notice this in Malachi 4:1,
00:51:43.67\00:51:48.40
"The day comes that
will burn as an oven,
00:51:48.44\00:51:51.91
and all that do
wickedly, will be stubble."
00:51:51.94\00:51:55.91
You know in
California we have rice fields
00:51:55.94\00:51:57.78
and they burn the rice,
after they harvest the rice,
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.68
they burn the stubble so
that it just burns it down,
00:52:00.72\00:52:03.15
they can plow it
up and it's all gone
00:52:03.18\00:52:05.02
is what the Bible is saying.
00:52:05.05\00:52:07.19
Bible says the day will
come that will burn us in oven.
00:52:07.22\00:52:10.46
Now how is God going
to destroy the wicked?
00:52:10.49\00:52:14.26
This is actually picture
I've been there years ago,
00:52:14.30\00:52:16.46
I was 16 years old.
00:52:16.50\00:52:17.83
So that's a long time ago.
00:52:17.87\00:52:19.33
I went to the
ancient city of Pompei,
00:52:19.37\00:52:22.10
Volcano Mount Vesuvius blew up,
00:52:22.14\00:52:24.57
and it was a wicked Roman,
00:52:24.61\00:52:25.94
it was like Las Vegas back then,
00:52:25.97\00:52:27.31
it was a Roman Party City,
00:52:27.34\00:52:29.28
we can tell
from the excavations,
00:52:29.31\00:52:31.41
they lived a pretty wild life,
00:52:31.45\00:52:32.98
and it was like,
fire fell down upon them.
00:52:33.01\00:52:36.18
They're hot ash and people were
all sort of frozen in position,
00:52:36.22\00:52:39.22
and they haven't
even excavated at all yet.
00:52:39.25\00:52:42.36
But whenever I think
of Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:52:42.39\00:52:44.03
I think of this,
00:52:44.06\00:52:45.59
it says in Malachi Chapter 4,
00:52:45.63\00:52:47.73
"You will tread down the wicked,
00:52:47.76\00:52:49.16
for they will be ashes
under the soles of your feet."
00:52:49.20\00:52:52.23
Now here's the question.
00:52:52.27\00:52:54.07
Are Sodom and
Gomorrah still burning today?
00:52:54.10\00:52:57.47
No.
00:52:57.51\00:52:58.84
They're set forth as an example
00:52:58.87\00:53:00.21
of what is going to
happen to the wicked.
00:53:00.24\00:53:01.81
They were consumed, the
cities were never rebuilt.
00:53:01.84\00:53:04.31
The people died and
they are dead and gone.
00:53:04.35\00:53:07.58
It says in Revelation 20:14,
"This is the second death."
00:53:07.62\00:53:13.56
What was the first
lie there on earth?
00:53:13.59\00:53:17.36
And how do we know it was a lie?
00:53:17.39\00:53:19.46
What did the devil tell Eve?
00:53:19.49\00:53:22.20
"The serpent
said unto the woman,
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.87
eat from the forbidden tree,
00:53:23.90\00:53:26.47
you will not surely," what?
00:53:26.50\00:53:29.97
"Die." Said
you're not gonna die.
00:53:30.01\00:53:31.74
What did God say what happened
00:53:31.77\00:53:33.11
if they ate the forbidden fruit?
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.04
He said, "You'll die."
00:53:35.08\00:53:36.44
The devil said, "You won't die."
00:53:36.48\00:53:37.85
See what the devil says
00:53:37.88\00:53:39.21
is you'll live forever in heaven
00:53:39.25\00:53:40.58
or you'll live forever in
hell, but you're immortal.
00:53:40.62\00:53:43.22
But are people immortal?
00:53:43.25\00:53:45.49
Bible says, "God and
God only has immortality."
00:53:45.52\00:53:48.56
What does the
Bible say about sinners?
00:53:48.59\00:53:50.93
The soul who
sins what will happen?
00:53:50.96\00:53:54.13
You got two choices.
00:53:54.16\00:53:55.76
You remember John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world,
00:53:55.80\00:54:00.27
He gave His only begotten Son,
00:54:00.30\00:54:02.77
that whoever believes in
Him might not perish, means die,
00:54:02.80\00:54:06.78
but have...?"
00:54:06.81\00:54:08.48
You got two choices?
00:54:08.51\00:54:09.91
Moses said, "I set
before you this day,
00:54:09.94\00:54:12.18
life and good and blessing,
death and evil and cursing."
00:54:12.21\00:54:15.52
You've got two
choices, life and death.
00:54:15.55\00:54:17.72
It's not life in
heaven and life in hell.
00:54:17.75\00:54:21.42
So the wicked
don't burn forever.
00:54:21.46\00:54:23.69
They perish.
00:54:23.73\00:54:25.96
Bible tells us only
God has immortality.
00:54:25.99\00:54:29.73
When will the dead live again?
00:54:29.76\00:54:32.43
Bible tells us, you
read in 1 Thessalonians 4:16,
00:54:32.47\00:54:36.27
"For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
00:54:36.30\00:54:38.34
with a shout,
00:54:38.37\00:54:39.77
with the voice of the archangel,
00:54:39.81\00:54:41.61
with the trump of God,
00:54:41.64\00:54:43.41
and the dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:54:43.45\00:54:47.05
Then it says,
"We who are alive."
00:54:47.08\00:54:48.55
You know, most people
through history have died.
00:54:48.58\00:54:51.85
There's going to be a
generation of people alive
00:54:51.89\00:54:54.56
when Jesus comes that
will never have to die.
00:54:54.59\00:54:57.36
Like Enoch, who's the
other one that didn't die?
00:54:57.39\00:55:00.86
Elijah.
00:55:00.90\00:55:02.63
There, the Bible says
Enoch was the seventh from Adam.
00:55:02.66\00:55:05.97
There'll be people
who I think are living
00:55:06.00\00:55:07.74
on the verge of
the seventh millennium
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.24
who will not die,
they will be translated.
00:55:09.27\00:55:11.27
I hope some of you young
people are in that category.
00:55:11.31\00:55:14.01
We don't need to
be afraid of dying,
00:55:14.04\00:55:16.04
because we'll
get glorified bodies,
00:55:16.08\00:55:18.68
but those of us who are alive
and remain will be changed.
00:55:18.71\00:55:21.92
In a moment you'll
get your glorified body,
00:55:21.95\00:55:23.59
God will put you
who you are in there,
00:55:23.62\00:55:26.62
in the twinkling of
an eye at the last trump,
00:55:26.65\00:55:29.02
for the trumpet will sound
00:55:29.06\00:55:30.53
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
00:55:30.56\00:55:32.53
that means a body that
never gets old or die or sick.
00:55:32.56\00:55:35.83
And this mortal
would put on immortality.
00:55:35.86\00:55:39.20
Bible promises, he
that has the son has life.
00:55:39.23\00:55:43.81
He that does not have
the son does not have life.
00:55:43.84\00:55:45.94
If you've got Jesus, you may die
00:55:45.97\00:55:49.34
but as it says in 1 Corinthians,
00:55:49.38\00:55:50.71
you don't need to be afraid.
00:55:50.75\00:55:52.58
Are you glad
that God has promised
00:55:52.61\00:55:54.78
to resurrect from the dead
00:55:54.82\00:55:56.15
those who love
Him when Jesus comes?
00:55:56.18\00:55:58.25
Do Christians die?
00:55:58.29\00:56:00.29
Christians never really die.
00:56:00.32\00:56:02.12
They go to sleep
00:56:02.16\00:56:03.79
and when Jesus
comes, they wake up.
00:56:03.83\00:56:05.76
Amen?
00:56:05.79\00:56:07.13
The Bible says that
when you accept Christ,
00:56:07.16\00:56:09.16
you get eternal life.
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When do you get eternal life?
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When Jesus comes
back or right now?
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The gift of eternal life
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is being
offered to you right now
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and the devil
can't take it away.
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If you surrender
your life to Jesus,
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you continue following
Him, He will be with you,
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you don't have to
be afraid of death.
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You don't have to
be afraid of hell.
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You just walk
with Jesus day by day,
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and He will finish the
work He started in your life.
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Don't you want that life?
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.02
Hi, friends.
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You know, the
most important decision
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a young person can make
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is that decision to follow Jesus
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and begin that
amazing adventure to eternity.
00:57:05.89\00:57:08.92
That's why we're
so excited to tell you
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about the new
Amazing Adventure programs
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that are available.
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During these nearly 10 hours
00:57:14.13\00:57:15.83
of exciting high
definition programs,
00:57:15.86\00:57:18.00
the young people will
do science experiments,
00:57:18.03\00:57:20.27
learn about history, nature,
encounter some wild animals,
00:57:20.30\00:57:23.74
and most of all,
00:57:23.77\00:57:25.11
they'll learn about
Jesus from the Word of God.
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What's really neat
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is there's a beautifully
illustrated Bible Study Guide
00:57:29.41\00:57:31.98
to go along with each
of the video presentations.
00:57:32.01\00:57:35.38
These beautiful
illustrated study guides
00:57:35.42\00:57:37.55
are full of pictures, and
puzzles, and Bible stories.
00:57:37.59\00:57:40.42
They'll lead your kids
00:57:40.46\00:57:41.79
through an
incredible journey with Jesus.
00:57:41.82\00:57:43.73
While they learn about Bible
doctrines like heaven and hell,
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and how to be
ready for Jesus' coming.
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And for me, the
most exciting thing
00:57:50.00\00:57:51.57
is this new
Amazing Adventure series
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goes along with the
Amazing Facts Adventure Bible.
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And this is the
Bible, I tell you.
00:57:56.67\00:57:58.27
It's full of studies,
illustrations, puzzles,
00:57:58.31\00:58:01.91
special tools that
make studying the Bible
00:58:01.94\00:58:04.25
fun and interesting.
00:58:04.28\00:58:06.28
This new Amazing Adventure
series is the best ever.
00:58:06.31\00:58:09.02
The Bible, the study guides,
00:58:09.05\00:58:10.69
the DVDs are all designed
to lead your young person
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on a Journey
for Life with Jesus.
00:58:14.26\00:58:16.99
To find out more
how you can get yours,
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call the number on your screen
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or contact us
at afbookstore.com.
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