male announcer: This
presentation is brought to you
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by the friends of the
Amazing Facts ministry.
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Doug Batchelor: It's the
most-read book in the world,
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selling close to 4 billion
copies over the past 50 years.
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The Bible is an
amazing book unlike any other.
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Although it was written over
a period of around 1500 years by
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40 different people on 3
continents, the Bible maintains
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incredible harmony
throughout its 66 books.
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A long list of Bible predictions
have come to pass that confirm
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the scriptures are divinely
inspired, but none are more
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dramatically fulfilled than
125 prophecies about the Messiah
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that were fulfilled to
perfection in the life of Jesus.
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Various  Old Testament books
predict with great precision,
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the place of His birth,
His trial, the manner of His
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crucifixion, the timing of
His resurrection, and many other
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aspects of His life.
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One thing is for certain:
that dozens of prophecies and
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predictions about His life
could never have happened by
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chance alone.
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Jesus is the Bible's central
figure, but who is He and how is
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your life affected by His?
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Join me now, as we take a closer
look at this hero of revelation.
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Doug: Little amazing fact,
you know that in 70 BC with the
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slave revolt of Spartacus,
you've probably heard that name,
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was once played by Kirk Douglas,
there were--when it was put
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down, 6000 insurgents were
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crucified by the Romans.
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If you can imagine that.
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They lined the roads
around Rome for miles.
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But then 70 AD with the 2000--
there were 2000 Jews executed by
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the Romans, and that was
to discourage the rebellion of
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the Jews.
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The Romans used to
crucify thousands of people, and
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crucifixion was the most
frightening thing that could
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happen because it sometimes
took days for a person to die.
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That's why Pilate was amazed
when Jesus seemed to die in
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6 hours.
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You know, Christ was--Jesus was
on the cross 6 hours alive, 1
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hour dead resting.
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I'm sorry, friends.
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You know, I think about that and
I look at what the Lord's done
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for me and in my life and it
just touches my heart, and the
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story of the cross that was once
meant by the Romans to strike
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fear into people's
hearts, it brings joy now.
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It was a symbol of fear and
agony, and now it brings peace,
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and people see the cross and
they find--they find comfort.
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And I just hope that you will
understand the importance of
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what we're studying tonight.
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Okay, shake it off, Doug.
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It's based on Revelation 14.
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In Revelation 14, you'll see
that it says there in chapter
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14, verse 6: "I saw another
angel flying in the midst of
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heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach to those who
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dwell on the earth--to
every tribe, nation, tongue,
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and people."
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God wants people
everywhere to know this message.
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So we're going to
get into the questions.
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Question number one: What is
the central theme in Revelation
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chapter 14?
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Answer?
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"I saw another angel flying in
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the midst of heaven, having
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the," what?
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"Everlasting gospel."
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Thanks, you did a great job.
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Why is it called
the everlasting gospel?
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That phrase is only
found here in Revelation.
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You know why?
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'Cause the results of the
gospel are everlasting, and the
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gospel has not changed
from the very beginning.
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Revelation talks about the
gospel, the Lamb that was slain
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from the
foundation of the world.
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It goes all the way back.
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We are all saved by grace.
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The second part of this is
Revelation 13, verse 8: "All who
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dwell on the earth will worship
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Him, whose names are not written
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in the Book of Life of the Lamb
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slain from the foundation of
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the world."
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This is the Lamb that was
slain all the way back at the
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foundation of the world.
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What's that talking about?
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So, Adam and Eve were
told, "Do not eat from the
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forbidden fruit."
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And when they ate from the
forbidden fruit, what happened
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to them?
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All of a sudden,
they felt a cool breeze.
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Because up to that point, you
know, all the artists paint Adam
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and Eve as though they're
streaking around the garden of
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Eden and they're naked and
all the artists, you know, they
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always have to put the leaves of
the tree strategically, at least
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if it's the G-rated versions
of Adam and Eve, and the rest of
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them, you can tell
they have nothing on.
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That's really
not the way it was.
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When Jesus was on the
Mount of Transfiguration, He was
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glorified and His
garments began to shine.
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Moses came off Mount
Sinai, he was shining.
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Adam and Eve holy, living in the
presence of God, they shined.
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After they sinned, the
light went out and they felt the
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breeze and they
knew something was wrong.
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So what did they do?
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They ran from God.
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Don't ever forget,
God did not run from us.
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God then told Adam and Eve, your
fig leaves that you had sewn
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together, and the Bible
says they made skirts, aprons,
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of leaf.
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Not only was it the
wrong material, it wasn't
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nearly enough.
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They were basically mini skirts.
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And God, then it says, "He
gave them tunics of skin robes."
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Of what?
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Skin.
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Do you think God said, "Let
there be skin," or did something
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have to die?
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The sacrificial system was
established there in the garden
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of Eden.
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Adam and Eve
saw the first death.
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It was a lamb that died to cover
their sin and their nakedness.
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God explained to them the plan
of salvation about Jesus, there
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at the very beginning.
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And He wanted them to know that
He had a plan where they could
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be forgiven, even though what
was a penalty for disobeying?
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"And the day you eat
thereof, you will surely die."
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That lamb is a symbol of Jesus.
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They all knew that.
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That's why when John the Baptist
finally points to Jesus and he
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says, "This is the Lamb of God
that takes away the sin of the
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world," it was the fulfillment
of everything they had looked
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for and longed for.
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Question number two: Why do
we need the everlasting gospel?
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"The wages or the
penalty for sin is," what?
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It's death.
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How come you're not dead?
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How many have sinned?
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The Bible says all have sinned.
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So if you've sinned and
the penalty for sin is death,
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why aren't you dead?
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Why are the people out
there that don't believe in God
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walking the streets?
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Jesus's death not only provided
a way for us to be forgiven and
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have everlasting life, He is the
one who bought time for people
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to make a decision.
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Everyone is living
under this probationary time.
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It's one life, and the devil is
trying to destroy and distract
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people so that they don't think
about what really matters in
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life is the one
that lasts forever.
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Does that make sense?
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Question number
three: Why did Jesus die?
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Well, the answer is
pretty clear in the Bible.
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Hebrews 9:22: "According to
the law almost all things are
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purified with blood, and without
the shedding of blood there
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is," what?
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"No remission of sin."
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You can read in 1 Corinthians
15, verse 3: "For I delivered to
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you, first of all, that which
I also received, that Christ
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did," what?
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"He died for our sins."
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He did not die for His sins.
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He died for our sins.
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And how many of us have sinned?
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So make it personal.
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He died for you.
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God sent His Son to
suffer, not just die.
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He suffered for all the sins
you have ever committed or will
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commit and He died for you.
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Why?
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Because He loves us
more than we'll ever know.
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Loves us
desperately, wants to save us.
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He doesn't want you to be lost
any more than any human wants to
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lose their child.
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He loves you infinitely more
because any affection you have
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for your children,
you ultimately get from
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your Creator.
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God loves you, and the only way
He can talk about His love for
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us, it says, "God the Father so
loved the world, He gave His Son
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that we might not perish."
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He died for us.
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Why did God make such a
fantastic sacrifice for us?
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I just gave you this verse.
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Say it with me.
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"For God so LOVED the world that
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He gave His only begotten Son,
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that whoever believes in Him
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should not perish but have
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everlasting life."
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God so loves us.
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He's pouring out His heart in
that word, that He gave His Son.
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Now, what's the most valuable
thing that God could give?
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What's the most
valuable thing you have?
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Your life?
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Or would you say
the life of your child?
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What if your
child's the Creator?
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Think about that.
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Everything that you see, all
things that were made, were made
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by Him.
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For the Creator to die for the
creation, how much bigger can
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you get than
that of a sacrifice?
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And He does that to save you and
you're going to say, "Well, I'm
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busy, don't bother me"?
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God loves you desperately.
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What do I do to benefit from
this incredible sacrifice that
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Jesus has made?
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How does--how do I apply that?
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What does it say?
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You read in Acts
16:31, what's the first word?
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"BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and you will be saved."
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Believe on the Lord.
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What does that mean, to believe?
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The word "believe"
is kind of self-evident.
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It means "be live."
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Whoever "be lives"
in Him will not perish.
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It's not the kind of faith where
a person says, "Yeah, I believe
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Jesus really lived.
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I read about it
in the encyclopedia.
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Since I believe that Jesus
really lived, I guess I'm going
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to heaven."
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No, that's the kind
of faith the devil has.
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Does the devil know Jesus lived?
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Is that going to save him?
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James says, "Even the
devils believe and tremble."
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It's not that kind of faith.
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And yet a lot of churches
are preaching this watered-down,
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shallow grace.
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To be live in Him.
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If Jesus tells you something
and you believe Him, do you act
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upon it?
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If Jesus tells you something,
you say, "I believe, Lord," but
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you don't do it.
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He wants you to follow
Him, study His Word, amen?
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Number six: What happens to me
when I choose to believe in the
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name of Jesus?
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The Bible says, "If we," what?
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"If we CONFESS our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us
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our sins and to
cleanse us from," how much?
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"All unrighteousness."
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Now, who do we confess to?
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Well, if I offend you, I confess
to you, and they say confession
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is good for the soul, but it
can be bad for the reputation.
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You've got to be careful about
making a public confession.
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Of course, if there's a public
sin, it might require a public
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confession, but most sins should
be confessed personally to God.
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Now, what else
goes along with that?
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Acts chapter 3, verse 19.
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What's that word?
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"REPENT therefore, and be
converted, that your sins might
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be blotted out."
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Now, what does repentance mean?
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Very simply, in the Hebrew mind,
repentance means you're walking
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this way and then
you change directions.
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I used to be able to do that in
military school, and then you go
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this way, and so repentance
is a change of direction.
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It's not just telling God you're
sorry, it means being sorry and
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willing to turn
away from your sins.
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Some of you, right now, you're
thinking, "You know, I am sorry
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but, Doug, I'm addicted.
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I repent but I don't
know if I can change."
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Don't worry, right
now, about how you will be
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different tomorrow.
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The devil will scare you from
making a commitment to the Lord.
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You come just the way you are.
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You make a complete commitment.
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Say, "Lord, I'm sorry.
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Forgive me.
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I repent of my sins.
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Please change my heart.
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Give me victory,"
and He can, friends.
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Now, you can't think of a sin
that God cannot save you from.
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Just briefly, I used to drink,
used to smoke, use drugs, curse,
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I was a burglar.
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I'll stop there.
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Living immorally.
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I said, I'd
stop, I'll stop there.
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And God helped me change.
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So when people say, "I don't
think I can change," don't tell
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me that.
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Yes, you can.
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Unless you think your
devil's bigger than your Jesus.
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The Bible says, "Greater is He
that is in you than he that is
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in the world."
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Yes, you can.
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Don't underestimate God and it
doesn't mean you're going to be
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perfect or you may not make
mistakes, but you need to keep
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following on to trust the Lord.
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What is this wonderful
conversion experience called?
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Answer?
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It says: "Do not marvel
that I say to you, 'You must
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be,'" what?
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"BORN AGAIN."
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The everlasting
gospel is about a new life.
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How does a baby grow?
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They receive the nourishment
and the love and the regular
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cleansing and the
protection from their parents.
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Do they worry?
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But they naturally grow.
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And as you feed on the sincere
milk of God's Word, as the Bible
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says, as you read the Bible, as
you pray, that's like the breath
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of the soul.
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When a baby stops breathing,
you get crib death, you got to
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spend time in prayer.
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And as you wiggle and start
practicing and sharing your
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faith, you're going to make a
lot of mistakes and you're going
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to learn to walk and you may
stumble and fall, but you keep
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getting up, amen?
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You will grow.
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Children usually
don't worry about growing.
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If they do the basics.
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Got to exercise, you've got
to eat, you've got to breathe.
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You need to pray, you need to
read the Word, and to share your
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faith, and try and live
it out, and you'll grow.
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You'll have a new life.
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You know what it says in Isaiah?
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Learn to do good.
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If you spend your whole life
doing bad, learning to do good,
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it's a process, amen?
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You can read, it says, and this
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is in John 14:17: "The SPIRIT of
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TRUTH, whom the world cannot
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receive, because it neither sees
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Him nor knows Him; but you know
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Him, and He dwells with you and
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will be," what?
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The Holy Spirit comes
into your heart and your life.
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See, when you come to the Lord
and you repent of your sins,
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you're giving God permission to
activate His power in your life
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and you're going to
see and feel miracles.
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You're going to
go, "Wow, God is real."
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It's amazing.
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Says: "We all, with unveiled
face, beholding as in a mirror
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the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image
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from glory to glory,
just as by the," what?
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"The SPIRIT of the LORD."
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What is--what's happening?
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You're being
transformed, by what?
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By beholding.
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Now, I'm going to say something.
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I'd like you to
repeat it after me.
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By beholding, we are changed.
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It's a law of life.
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Your soul is something
like a photographic plate.
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When you aim the camera at
something, you press the button,
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it captures an image.
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You become like
what you look at.
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The reason that you speak
or understand English or those
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listening in Spanish,
Spanish, is because that's what
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you've heard.
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The reason you're dressing the
way you dress today, you look
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around at what the
fashions are and you dress
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accordingly, right?
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We are all influenced by
what we take into our eyes.
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Do you want to be like Christ?
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Fix your eyes on
Jesus, amen, friends?
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Number nine: Can the gospel
really save me from all of
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my sins?
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What does the Bible say?
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God, who has promised.
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He's what?
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"God, who cannot
lie, has PROMISED."
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Can you believe the
promise, "before time began."
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You can read in Titus 2:14:
"Who gave Himself for us that He
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might redeem us from every
lawless deed and purify for
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Himself, His own special
people, zealous of good works."
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He'll be zealous.
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He purifies us.
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As we look at
Him, He transforms us.
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He's promised.
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Number 10: Can I be confident
that my new-birth experience
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will be successful and lasting?
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How do we know?
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Has God promised that
He'll finish what He started?
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You read in Philippians 1:6:
"Being confident," you can have
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confidence, friends, "of this
very thing, that He that has
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begun a good work
in you will," do what?
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You can write
that in your lesson.
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"COMPLETE it until
the day of Jesus Christ."
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You can read in Hebrews chapter
12, verse 2: "Looking unto
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Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith."
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If you keep your eyes on Jesus,
He will finish what He started
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in your life.
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Can you trust Him?
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You know you can, friends.
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He won't let you down.
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Now, when you look at yourself,
you might get disappointed.
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When I look at my life, I
realize I'm not what I ought to
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be, but I praise God
I'm not what I used to be.
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And when I look at Jesus,
I realize I've got a long way
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to go.
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But I believe that He
will finish what He started in
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my life.
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You keep Him
before you as your goal.
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Number 11: Why do
some people fail in their
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Christian experience?
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Answer?
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It says: "All we like sheep,"
what does Isaiah 53:6 say?
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"All we like sheep have turned,
every one, to his OWN WAY."
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We really only have two
choices: His will or our will.
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The Bible says that Jesus
even struggled in the garden and
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said, "Not my will, Lord.
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Your will be done."
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And we all have that battle
between our will and His will.
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But as you surrender to
the Lord, so, "Lord, help me be
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willing to do Your will," He
will transform you and give you
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that desire.
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You know how a cow is always
looking for grass on the other
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side of the fence?
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The devil always wants to embed
us with this dissatisfaction.
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We're always thinking
it's got to be somewhere else.
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And I asked a rancher one
time, "How is it that a cow
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gets lost?"
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Says: "He nibbles
his way into being lost.
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He just goes from one tuft
of grass to another and stops
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paying attention
to where he's at.
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Always looking at what's
directly in front of him, going
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his own way."
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And that's how we do it.
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We kind of nibble
our way into being lost.
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People backslide.
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You've got to keep
fixing your eyes on Jesus.
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Number 12: If I sin after I've
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been born again, am I lost?
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That'd be kind of
hopeless, wouldn't it?
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The Bible tells us in Proverbs
24:16: "For a righteous man may
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fall," what?
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"Seven times and," do what?
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"Rise again."
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You can read in the Bible about
Mary Magdalene, out of whom
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Jesus cast seven devils.
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And there are people like Peter
who followed the Lord and he
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fell, and David fell and Solomon
fell, and they were all redeemed
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in the end.
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Do not be discouraged.
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So many people get
discouraged, they fall.
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Keep getting back up.
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You need to make
constant course corrections.
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You know, I--I'm a pilot and I
don't have a plane anymore, but
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I used to fly.
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Think I--was it this year?
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I flew once this year.
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That was kind of cool.
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And I also go out in the
woods and I hike and so I've got
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a GPS.
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Now, this is different from
the GPS you have in your car.
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GPS in your car will say, "Turn
here, turn there," and you're
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going down the road, you know?
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.68
Unless you're doing a lot of
off-roading with your rabbit.
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These are telling you where you
want to get to and it's got a
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fixed point and it'll show you
a straight line, but the terrain
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does not always
accommodate a straight line.
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Or you might do a little
sightseeing along the way and
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you kind of get off.
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But what you've got to do
is just keep saying, "I'm off
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the line."
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So when I'm flying,
you can't see this here.
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But when I'm flying it
says you got point A, point B.
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Well, you want to go in a
straight line, save fuel, save
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time, but I'm what you
call a wandering willie pilot.
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If you don't have an autopilot,
then you're looking out the
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window and as you look out
the window, you start turning a
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little bit, and I look back at
the GPS, straighten out and then
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turn a little bit.
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And so sometimes you're
doing this but you keep--I keep
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fixing back and I keep
doing course correction.
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In the Christian life, there's
1000 million distractions.
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Every day, you keep your
eyes on Jesus and His Word.
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As you continue to read His
Word, as you fix your eyes on
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Jesus, you keep
making course corrections.
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You know, as long as I did that,
I always found my destination.
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If you keep making the course
corrections, He will get you to
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your destination, amen?
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"If anyone among you wanders
from the truth, and someone
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TURNS him back," you
know what that tells us?
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There are sometimes people
that wander from the truth.
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Do not be discouraged.
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Not only should you turn back,
but you should be used by God to
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turn other back.
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"Let him know that he that TURNS
a sinner from the error of his
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ways will save a
soul from," what?
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There's only two
choices, friends.
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The Bible says: Believe,
everlasting life; do not
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believe, perish.
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Moses said, "I set before you
this day, life and good, death
00:22:06.76\00:22:11.09
and cursing."
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Only two choices.
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Hebrews 10:26: "If we continue
to sin willfully after we've
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received the knowledge of the
truth, there NO LONGER remains a
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sacrifice for sin."
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Now, don't be discouraged.
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It's not saying if after you
know the truth, you willfully
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sin, you're lost.
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It means if you
continue to live a life of sin.
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What else can God do?
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He needs to save
you from your sin.
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The angel told Mary they'll call
his name Jesus for He will save
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His people not in
their sin; from their sin.
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Now, would God say He's going to
do something and not be able to
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do it?
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He can do it for you.
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What other wonderful promises
come with receiving the gift of
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the everlasting gospel?
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I can do how many
things through Jesus?
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Philippians 4:13: "I can do all
things through Christ Jesus."
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You and God are a
majority, friends.
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It goes on to say, Philippians
4:19, "And my God will,"
00:23:04.61\00:23:08.28
do what?
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"He will SUPPLY
all of your needs."
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Everything you need to be saved.
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Don't think that God's
going to leave you out or forget
00:23:13.09\00:23:14.89
about you.
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.26
You may have challenges, you'll
have temptations, you might have
00:23:16.29\00:23:18.53
periods of discouragement,
but God will never ask you to do
00:23:18.56\00:23:22.13
something without giving
you the ability to do it, amen?
00:23:22.16\00:23:26.63
He will supply your needs.
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.24
"These things I've spoken to
you, that your joy might remain
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in you and that your," what?
00:23:32.91\00:23:34.74
"Your JOY might be full."
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The Lord wants you to have a
fullness of joy in your life.
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It's one of Karen's
favorite scriptures.
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Psalm 16:11: "In your
presence is fullness of joy.
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At your right hand are
pleasures forevermore."
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Jesus said, "The thief does not
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come," John 10:10, "except to
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steal, and kill, and destroy.
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I've come that
they might have life."
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What kind of life?
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"An abundant life."
00:24:01.27\00:24:03.04
Friends, you know, after I
decided to follow Jesus, at
00:24:03.07\00:24:05.61
first I thought, "Well, Lord,
I'm committed to follow You, but
00:24:05.64\00:24:09.44
I guess Christians
don't have any fun."
00:24:09.48\00:24:11.85
Oh, was I ever wrong?
00:24:11.88\00:24:14.38
I have so much fun being
a Christian, and we've been
00:24:14.42\00:24:17.79
traveling the world.
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.12
Just this year, we've been
to Egypt and Europe and seen so
00:24:19.15\00:24:22.79
many incredible things.
00:24:22.82\00:24:24.16
Been able to share the gospel
and being a Christian is really
00:24:24.19\00:24:27.13
an abundant life.
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.43
Don't believe the lie of
the devil, that sin is the
00:24:28.46\00:24:32.33
abundant life.
00:24:32.37\00:24:33.70
It's the miserable life.
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.50
You'll find no
peace or happiness.
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"For He Himself has
said, 'I will never LEAVE you
00:24:39.31\00:24:42.01
nor,'" what?
00:24:42.04\00:24:43.38
"'I'll never FORSAKE you.'"
00:24:43.41\00:24:44.71
You'll always
have a friend with you.
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He says, "I'm with you
to the end of the world.
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So we might boldly say:
'The Lord is my helper; I will
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NOT FEAR.'"
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You've got a wonderful friend
that will never forget you.
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Peace, He said, He gives us.
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"My peace I give you; not as
the world gives do I give you.
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Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid."
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You know, friends, God makes all
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but the big question is, will
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and that everlasting gospel?
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Doug: What if you had an
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inspiring you to noble actions,
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bringing out your best character
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matter what?
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Someone who would be with
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Doug: Do you long to experience
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Do you desire your
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Jesus stands before you right
now with His arms open wide to
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receive you.
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Why not ask Him
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Why not receive Him now
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Take that first step and
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He is ready and
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