Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000042
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00:09 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:11 >> YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AS 00:13 A CHRISTIAN WHEN IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 00:15 IT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. 00:17 ARE YOU DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON? 00:24 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS 00:26 HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:30 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:33 BROADCASTS. 00:36 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:38 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:41 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:44 "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES. 00:52 >> THERE IS A GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN. 00:57 JESUS IS LOVE, GOD IS LOVE. 01:00 THE DEVIL IS THE OPPOSITE OR THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT, 01:05 HE IS SELFISHNESS. 01:08 MAN ORIGINALLY WAS CREATED BY GOD WITH A NATURAL DESIRE 01:14 TO LOVE. 01:15 ADAM, WHEN HE CAME FROM THE HANDS OF THE CREATOR, AND EVE, 01:18 THEY FELT THIS NORMAL RESPONSE, THIS WELLSPRING OF LOVE WITHIN 01:22 THEM, IT WAS NATURAL FOR THEM. 01:24 IT WAS HOW MAN WAS MOTIVATED BEFORE THE FALL. 01:29 BUT AFTER SIN, IF YOU COULD SUMMARIZE, WHAT WAS THE DISEASE 01:36 THAT CAME UPON THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN? 01:38 YOU COULD SUMMARIZE THAT PRETTY WELL IN ONE WORD AND IT WOULD 01:41 BE: SELFISHNESS. 01:43 WHERE BEFORE MAN WAS MOTIVATED BY LOVE, NOW IN HIS FALLEN 01:47 STATE, MAN WAS ABSORBED WITH HIMSELF. 01:51 MATTER OF FACT, BABIES ARE NOT BORN LOVING AND CONSIDERATE 01:55 AND KIND, BABIES ARE INITIALLY THE MOST SELFISH CREATURES 01:59 IN THE WORLD. 02:00 WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE BABY'S 02:03 CRYING BECAUSE IT'S HUNGRY OR BORED OR A PLUMBING PROBLEM 02:09 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 02:11 AND MOMMY COMES AND LEANS OVER AND SAYS, "COULD THIS WAIT 02:15 UNTIL THE MORNING? 02:16 I'M REALLY TIRED." 02:18 HE COULD CARE LESS HOW TIRED SHE IS. 02:20 ALL HE CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHAT HIS NEEDS ARE. 02:24 AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF US NEVER REALLY OUT GROW THAT, WE JUST 02:28 LEARN TO CONCEAL IT A LITTLE BETTER. 02:31 IT'S EASY FOR US TO GO THROUGH OUR LIVES, EVEN DOING 02:36 OUTWARDLY CHRISTIAN THINGS, FOR SELFISH REASONS. 02:41 WELL, THERE'S A STORY I'D LIKE TO USE AS A SPRINGBOARD, 02:44 AND THE CHARACTERS I WANT US TO NOTICE HERE PRINCIPALLY ARE 02:47 MARY AND JUDAS AT THIS FEAST. 02:51 JOHN 12:1, "THEN 6 DAYS BEFORE THE PASSOVER, JESUS CAME TO 02:56 BETHANY, WHERE LAZARUS WAS, WHO HAD BEEN DEAD, WHOM HE HAD 02:59 RAISED FROM THE DEAD. 03:01 THERE THEY MADE HIM A SUPPER; AND MARTHA SERVED: BUT LAZARUS 03:05 WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO SAT AT THE TABLE WITH HIM." 03:08 THEN MARTHA--I'M SORRY, "THEN MARY TOOK A POUND OF VERY 03:13 COSTLY OIL OF SPIKENARD AND ANOINTED THE FEET OF JESUS 03:18 AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH 03:22 THE FRAGRANCE OF THE OIL. 03:25 THEN ONE OF THE DISCIPLES, JUDAS ISCARIOT, SIMON'S SON 03:28 WHO WOULD BETRAY HIM SAID, 'WHY WAS THIS FRAGRANT OIL 03:31 THE NOT SOLD FOR 300 DENARII--' THAT'S A YEAR'S WAGES 03:34 'AND GIVEN TO THE POOR?' THIS, JUDAS SAID, NOT THAT HE 03:39 CARED FOR THE POOR, BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A THIEF AND HE HAD 03:44 THE MONEY BOX AND HE USED TO TAKE WHAT WAS PUT IN IT." 03:50 NOW, THIS STORY DEMONSTRATES THAT MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD 03:54 APPEARANCE, BUT GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. 03:57 IT'S NOT JUST THE DEED, IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE HEART. 04:03 MARY WAS WILLING TO WORSHIP AND ANOINT CHRIST AT HIS FEET 04:07 FOR LOVE; JUDAS WANTED THE HIGH POSITION. 04:11 IT'S INTERESTING, THERE'S A RECORD OF TWO PEOPLE KISSING 04:13 JESUS, TWO PEOPLE. 04:16 MARY KISSED HIS FEET AND SERVED HIM AND GAVE, JUDAS KISSED HIS 04:21 FACE AND THEN BETRAYED HIM. 04:25 AND I THINK IN CHRISTIANITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 04:27 GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN, 04:30 BUT THE MOTIVE ISN'T RIGHT. 04:33 THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S SO BASIC, IT NEEDS, 04:39 IT'S SAYING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART AND TO BE 04:42 DOING THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASON. 04:45 WE NEED TO BE SERVING GOD BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. 04:48 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR 04:51 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND THEIR MOTIVES ARE NOT RIGHT. 04:56 MARY DID NOT SEEK ANY ATTENTION, SHE DID NOT SEEK ANY PRAISE, 05:01 MATTER OF FACT, SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT 05:02 ATTRACTING ATTENTION. 05:04 WILLING TO SERVE BECAUSE SHE LOVED. 05:09 CHRIST REGARDED, THIS IS J.B. PHILLIPS WROTE THIS, 05:12 WHO WROTE THAT GREAT BOOK ON PRAYER. 05:13 "CHRIST REGARDED THE SELF-LOVING, 05:15 SELF-REGARDING, SELF-SEEKING SPIRIT AS THE DIRECT ANTITHESIS 05:19 OF REAL LIVING. 05:21 HIS TWO FUNDAMENTAL RULES FOR LIFE WERE THAT LOVE ENERGY, 05:25 INSTEAD OF BEING TURNED IN UPON ITSELF, SHOULD FIRST GO OUT 05:29 TO GOD THEN TO OTHER PEOPLE." 05:32 THE EQUATION OF PRIORITIES, LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR 05:36 HEART, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, IS THE FOUNDATION. 05:40 FIRST LOVING GOD THEN LOVING OTHERS THEN LOVING YOURSELF. 05:46 AND GOD DOES NOT SAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T THINK ABOUT YOURSELF 05:48 OR YOUR OWN NEEDS, I'M NOT HERE TO TRY AND MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY 05:51 ABOUT THAT, BUT WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVE FOR LIFE? 05:54 IS IT: WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? 05:57 "A SELFISH HEART LOVES FOR WHAT IT CAN GET, A CHRIST-LIKE HEART 06:01 LOVES FOR WHAT IT CAN GIVE." 06:04 WE ALL WANT THE HEART OF CHRIST, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 06:07 NOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHRISTIANS, SOME ARE SELFISH 06:12 CHRISTIANS. 06:13 YOU KNOW, REALLY THAT IS AN OXYMORON, BECAUSE A GENUINE 06:16 CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND CHRIST IS LOVE. 06:19 SO, A REAL CHRIS@AN SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY LOVE. 06:23 A SELFISH CHRISTIAN IS AN OXYMORON. 06:25 LUKE 22:24, WHAT WERE THE DISCIPLES ARGUING ABOUT JUST 06:31 BEFORE JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS TO SHOW HIS LOVE FOR THEM? 06:35 THEY WERE ARGUING ABOUT WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST. 06:38 NOW, IT'S PRETTY SCARY WHEN YOU THINK THAT THE CREAM OF 06:42 THE CROP THAT JESUS HAS PICKED TO BE THE LEADERS OF THIS NEW 06:45 RELIGION STILL DON'T HAVE THE BASICS RIGHT. 06:49 IT'S SCARY AND IT'S ENCOURAGING. 06:51 IT'S SCARY BECAUSE IT TELLS US HOW EASY IT IS TO BE DECEIVED. 06:56 JESUS HAD SENT THE DISCIPLES OUT TEACHING AND PREACHING 06:59 AND HEALING AND DOING ALL OF THESE RELIGIOUS THINGS, 07:03 AND STILL THEY WERE DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS. 07:05 I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY LOVED JESUS, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE 07:09 PRIORITY IN THEIR FOLLOWING HIM WAS, WHAT WILL MY POSITION BE? 07:13 WHICH OF US IS THE GREATEST? 07:15 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SCARY 'CAUSE THAT STILL HAPPENS IN 07:20 THE CHURCH MORE THAN WE'D LIKE TO ADMIT. 07:22 IT'S ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IF THE LORD CAN CHANGE THEIR HEARTS 07:25 SO QUICKLY, HE CAN CHANGE OURS. 07:28 HE TOOK THEM FROM MEN THAT WERE STILL VERY SELFISH AT THE CORE 07:33 AND HE CHANGED THEM. 07:35 MOST OF US LEARN HOW TO PRETEND TO LOVE. 07:39 WE OFTEN ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S EXPECTED THAT WE DO IT 07:44 AND IN THE END IT WILL BE BETTER FOR ME. 07:47 AND SO SELFISHNESS IS STILL AT THE CORE OF OUR MOTIVES. 07:50 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. 07:53 I HEARD ABOUT THE ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE, WHEN THEY 07:57 STARTED DOING THESE PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES, 08:01 THEY HAD TO HAVE A PLATE THAT SAID NUMBER ONE ON IT. 08:04 AND SO THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID IT WAS A REAL PROBLEM 08:07 ABOUT WHO TO ASSIGN THIS PLATE TO. 08:10 'CAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE FEEL HURT. 08:13 SO, YOU KNOW HOW HE SOLVED THAT? 08:16 HE ASSIGNED IT TO HIMSELF. 08:19 UNDER THE PRETENSE OF NOT WANTING TO HURT EVERYONE ELSE 08:21 IN THE STATE, HE GAVE HIMSELF THE LICENSE PLATE THAT SAID, 08:23 "NUMERO UNO." 08:24 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU SEEK TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, YOU LOSE IT." 08:29 YOU NEVER FIND SATISFACTION IN SAYING, "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?" 08:32 THAT'S, OF COURSE, THE ABBREVIATION OF WHAT IS 08:36 IN IT FOR ME OR "WIIIFM." 08:38 ADMIT IT, WE'RE ALL INFECTED. 08:42 IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A GROUP PHOTO AND YOU'RE IN THE GROUP, 08:46 WHO DO YOU FIRST LOOK FOR WHEN YOU GET THE PICTURE? 08:50 I WONDER HOW I LOOK IN THIS PICTURE? 08:53 SOMETIMES WE CAN PRAY EVEN SELFISH PRAYERS. 08:57 LUKE 18:11, "JESUS SAID THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS 09:02 WITH HIMSELF, 'GOD, I THANK YOU THAT I AM NOT AS OTHER PEOPLE, 09:08 EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST ADULTERERS OR EVEN LIKE THIS PUBLICAN. 09:11 I FAST TWICE A WEEK, I PAY TITHES ABOVE ALL, I POSSESS.'" 09:16 WHO IS THE CENTER OF THAT PRAYER? 09:19 "I." 09:22 DO YOU KNOW THE WORD "ME" DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE LORD'S PRAYER? 09:25 NEITHER DOES THE WORD "I." 09:28 IT'S "OUR." 09:30 "FORGIVE US OUR--" IT'S ABOUT US TOGETHER. 09:37 JESUS, WHEN HE PRAYED, HE SAID, "NOT MY WILL, BUT THY WILL BE 09:41 DONE." 09:42 JAMES 4:3, "YOU ASK AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU ASK 09:49 AMISS THAT YOU MIGHT CONSUME IT UPON YOUR PLEASURES." 09:53 MOST PRAYERS SOUND LIKE, "OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, 09:56 GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME." 10:00 WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? 10:02 JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 15:8, "THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO ME 10:06 WITH THEIR MOUTHS AND HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR 10:09 HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME." 10:12 HOW LONG WOULD OUR PRAYERS BE IF WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO PRAY 10:15 FOR OTHERS? 10:17 SOME OF OUR PRAYERS ARE PRETTY SHORT EVEN THOUGH WE DO PRAY 10:19 FOR OURSELVES. 10:20 BUT REALLY, IF YOUR PRAYER COULD ONLY BE, WHAT WOULD I 10:23 PRAY FOR THAT GOD WOULD WANT? 10:28 PRAY FOR HIS KINGDOM, PRAY FOR HIS PEOPLE, PRAY FOR OTHERS. 10:30 HOW LONG WOULD OUR PRAYERS BE IF WE COULD ONLY PRAY FOR 10:32 OUR ENEMIES? 10:34 BUT ONLY A LOVING HEART CAN DO THAT. 10:37 SOMETIMES OUR GIVING CAN BE SELFISH. 10:40 OSWALD CHAMBERS SAID, "MUCH OF PHILANTHROPY IS SIMPLY 10:43 THE IMPULSE TO SAVE OURSELVES AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING." 10:47 A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE NOT BECAUSE THEY LOVE, BUT THEY FEEL 10:50 GUILTY. 10:51 I'VE GOT SO MUCH, I'D BETTER GIVE SOMETHING. 10:54 AND WHO WAS IT? 10:55 MOTHER TERESA THAT SAID, "HE MERITS NO THANKS WHO DOES 10:58 A KINDNESS FOR HIS OWN ENDS." 11:02 SOMEONE ELSE, MAYBE THIS WAS MOTHER TERESA, "IF YOU GIVE 11:05 SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT, IT'S NOT A SACRIFICE." 11:10 SO MUCH OF OUR GIVING IS TAINTED BY WIIIFM, 11:14 WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? 11:16 IS THIS AN EXPECTATION? 11:17 WILL GOD OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN? 11:18 WILL I RECEIVE A CURSE? 11:20 AND THE REASON TO DO IT IS 'CAUSE YOU LOVE THE LORD 11:22 AND TO BE FAITHFUL. 11:25 IT'S POSSIBLE TO SERVE FOR SELFISH REASONS. 11:28 MOST PEOPLE LIVE ACCORDING TO THE CAFETERIA PLAN, 11:31 WHICH IS SELF SERVICE. 11:34 OR THE AM-PM PLAN. 11:37 MATTHEW 19:27, "PETER ANSWERED AND SAID TO JESUS, 'SEE LORD, 11:42 WE'VE LEFT EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW YOU. 11:44 WHAT WILL WE GET?'" AND YOU KNOW, DID THE LORD 11:48 ANSWER HIM? 11:49 YEAH, SURE, GOD TELLS US THAT THERE'S HEAVEN AND THERE'S 11:52 BLESSINGS AND WE WANNA KNOW WIIIFM, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? 11:57 EVEN PETER ASKED THAT, THE APOSTLES ASKED THAT. 11:59 AND JESUS SAID, "LOOK, ANYONE WHO'S LEFT ANYTHING, FATHER, 12:03 MOTHER, HOUSES, LANDS, FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPELS, HE'LL 12:07 RECEIVE A HUNDRED FOLD MORE IN THIS LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE 12:09 AND LIFE TO COME." 12:11 GOD TELLS US THERE ARE REWARDS, THERE ARE PRESENT BENEFITS. 12:14 BUT FOR THE MATURE CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING 12:18 WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AS A CHRISTIAN WHEN IT'S NOT 12:20 JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. 12:23 ARE YOU DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON? 12:25 ARE YOU MOTIVATED BY LOVE FOR GOD, LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN? 12:30 JESUS SAID, THE LOVING MOTIVE, AND WHO COMPELS YOU TO GO 12:33 ONE MILE? 12:35 IF YOU WANNA REALLY DEVELOP YOUR LOVE MUSCLES, DON'T DO 12:37 WHAT YOU'RE FORCED TO DO, GO THE EXTRA MILE. 12:42 SEE, I KNOW I'M REQUIRED TO SERVE THIS MUCH, BUT I'M GONNA 12:44 GO BEYOND THAT. 12:46 ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN IDENTIFY A CHRISTIAN, IS THEY'RE 12:49 GOING THE EXTRA MILE. 12:51 SOMETIMES OUR WORDS BETRAY THE SELFISHNESS IN THE HEART. 12:56 YOU'VE HEARD JESUS SAY, MATTHEW 12, "OUT OF 12:59 THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS." 13:03 AND IF YOU TALK TO SOMEONE LONG ENOUGH, YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S 13:06 IN THEIR HEART. 13:07 THIS IS THE CANCER IN THE CHURCH, SELFISHNESS. 13:14 AM I RIGHT? 13:15 YOU NAME A SIN, NAME A COMMANDMENT YOU CAN BREAK, 13:18 I CAN PUT THIS HANDLE ON IT, THE HANDLE OF SELFISHNESS. 13:22 AND CONVERSELY IT IS TRUE THAT WHEN YOU LOVE, PAUL SAYS, "LOVE 13:27 IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW." 13:30 IF YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU DON'T LIE TO HIM, YOU DON'T 13:34 STEAL FROM HIM, YOU DON'T KILL HIM, YOU DON'T TAKE HIS SPOUSE. 13:38 IF YOU LOVE GOD, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WORSHIP OTHER GODS, 13:42 YOU'RE NOT GONNA INSULT HIM WITH IDOLATRY OR ABUSE HIS NAME, 13:46 YOU'LL CHERISH YOUR TIME WITH GOD. 13:49 YOU GO THROUGH THE COMMANDMENTS AND LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF 13:52 THE LAW AND SELFISHNESS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE LOVE, YOU WILL BE 13:55 BREAKING EVERY OTHER COMMANDMENT. 13:58 I WOULD STEAL THAT ITEM FROM THE STORE, BUT I MIGHT GET CAUGHT 14:04 AND WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO ME? 14:06 WHO ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? 14:08 YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT NOT STEALING 'CAUSE STEALING'S 14:10 WRONG AND IT WOULD DISHONOR GOD AND IT WOULD HURT YOUR NEIGHBOR, 14:13 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME? 14:15 YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE COMMANDMENTS AND IT'S REALLY 14:16 NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP ANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS RIGHT, 14:19 UNLESS YOU LOVE. 14:21 BUT HAVING SAID THAT, GOTTA INSERT A DISCLAIMER HERE, 14:25 PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS, IT IS ALWAYS STILL BETTER TO DO 14:28 THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS. 14:32 DID YOU HEAR THAT? 14:34 IF YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, LOOK, I'M NOT DOIN' IT FOR THE RIGHT 14:36 REASONS, I MAY AS WELL THROW MY HANDS IN THE AIR AND QUIT. 14:39 WRONG. 14:40 IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND YOU OUGHTA BE 14:44 DOIN' THE RIGHT THING, EVEN IF IT'S FOR THE WRONG MOTIVE, 14:47 UNTIL YOU CAN GET THE MOTIVE RIGHT. 14:50 YOU MIGHT BE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE WRONG REASON, 14:53 BUT KEEP GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEN TRY AND GET 14:55 YOUR REASONS RIGHT. 14:56 AND BY WAY, THERE ARE ALWAYS BENEFITS AND BLESSINGS FOR YOU 15:00 IN OBEYING, EVEN IF YOUR HEART IS SELFISH. 15:03 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE BETTER OFF OBEYING. 15:06 THE PROMISES THAT GOD MAKES FOR TITHE PAYING, HE PROMISES TO 15:09 REMOVE THE CURSE, TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN. 15:11 YOU STILL GET THAT, EVEN IF YOU'RE DOIN' IT FOR THE WRONG 15:13 REASON. 15:14 BUT YOU WANNA LEARN TO DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON. 15:19 THAT'S WHAT THIS MESSAGE, REALLY, IS ALL ABOUT. 15:21 THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY PLAYERS THAT ARE AT THE CORE, 15:26 IT'S CHRIST AND SATAN, IT'S LOVE AND SELFISHNESS. 15:29 AND IN OUR HEARTS, THEY'RE EITHER RULED BY 15:33 ONE OR THE OTHER. 15:35 AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO GET IT RIGHT IN THE HEART. 15:41 DO IT FROM LOVE, SO, HOW DO WE DEVELOP RIGHT MOTIVES? 15:47 LOOK NOT, PHILIPPIANS 2:4, "LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS, 15:52 BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON THE THINGS OF OTHERS." 15:56 DEVELOPING RIGHT MOTIVES INVOLVES A CHOICE. 15:59 1 CORINTHIANS 10, "LET NO ONE SEEK HIS OWN, BUT EACH 16:04 MAN THE OTHER'S WELL BEING." 16:06 SEE, SELFISHNESS IS AN ANIMAL THAT WE ALL HAVE INSIDE THAT 16:10 CAN BE STARVED. 16:12 AND YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT, BUT YOU'VE GOTTA STARVE IT. 16:17 YOU STARVE IT, WELL, THE WAY YOU GET LIGHT OUT OF A ROOM IS 16:21 BY INTRODUCING DARKNESS. 16:23 THE WAY YOU GET SELFISHNESS OUT OF THE HEART IS BY 16:26 CHOOSING LOVE. 16:31 SOME PEOPLE USE THEIR RELIGION LIKE A BUS, THEY RIDE IT ONLY 16:34 WHEN IT'S GOING THEIR WAY. 16:38 BUT THE REAL MARKETING OF JESUS, "LET EVERY MAN DENY 16:40 HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS, FOLLOW ME, LIVE FOR OTHERS, 16:44 LIVE FOR GOD," IT'S HARD TO MARKET THAT. 16:48 YOU'RE PROBABLY NEVER GONNA SEE A BEST SELLER ON HOW YOU CAN 16:51 JUST LIVE FOR GOD AND LIVE FOR LOVE, AS OPPOSED TO LIVING 16:56 FOR YOURSELF. 16:57 DEVELOPING RIGHT MOTIVES, EZEKIEL 18:31, "CAST AWAY FROM 17:03 YOU ALL THE TRANSGRESSIONS WHICH YOU HAVE COMMITTED AND GET 17:06 YOURSELVES A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT." 17:10 NOW, THE HEART IS THE BEING OF WHO WE ARE, THE SPIRIT IS WHY 17:13 ARE YOU DOING? 17:14 WHAT SPIRIT IS MOTIVATING YOU? 17:16 WHY DOES GOD TELL US, GET YOURSELF A NEW HEART 17:20 AND A NEW SPIRIT. 17:21 WHERE DO WE GET IT? 17:22 YOU GOTTA KEEP READING. 17:25 EZEKIEL 36:26, "I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT 17:31 A NEW SPIRIT." 17:32 WHERE DO WE GET IT? 17:33 THE LORD GIVES US A NEW HEART, HE GIVES US NEW MOTIVES. 17:38 "I'LL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU. 17:40 I'LL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU 17:43 A HEART OF FLESH. 17:45 I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU AND CAUSE YOU--" 17:49 HERE'S THE MOTIVE, "TO WALK IN MY STATUTES 17:52 AND TO KEEP MY JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM. 17:55 THEN YOU'LL DWELL IN THE LAND THAT I GAVE YOUR FATHERS AND YOU 17:58 WILL BE MY PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD." 18:01 WHEN GOD SAVED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPT AND HE BROUGHT 18:05 THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND, HE WARNED THEM, THROUGH MOSES, 18:10 AND HE SAYS, "YOU'RE GONNA MOVE INTO HOUSES THAT THE CANAANITES 18:11 BUILT AND LIVE IN THEIR HOUSES AND YOU'LL BE EATING FROM 18:13 THE TREES THAT THEY PLANTED AND YOU'LL BE DRINKING FROM 18:15 THE WELLS THAT THEY DUG." 18:18 AND HE SAID, "BEWARE," MOSES WARNED THEM AND HE SAID, 18:20 "BEWARE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE ABUNDANT AND WHEN YOU ARE FAT 18:24 AND WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY THAT YOU DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME AND YOU 18:27 START THINKING IT'S ABOUT YOU." 18:30 AND YOU KNOW, PROSPERITY DESTROYS AS MANY PEOPLE 18:36 AS WANT. 18:38 I THINK PROSPERITY DESTROYS MORE CHRISTIANS THAN WANT. 18:42 HOW DO WE DEVELOP THE RIGHT MOTIVES? 18:45 HERE'S THE KEY: 1 JOHN 4:19, "WE LOVE HIM," WHY? 18:53 "BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US." 18:56 HOW DO YOU KNOW HE FIRST LOVED YOU? 18:59 WELL, YOU'VE GOTTA BEHOLD THAT LOVE. 19:01 WHY DID MARY LOVE JESUS? 19:04 WELL, YOU GOTTA READ THE BOOK, BUT I THINK THAT MARY WAS 19:08 THAT WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY THAT JESUS FORGAVE. 19:11 AND THAT WHEN SHE SAW THE LOVE OF THE LORD AND SHE EXPERIENCED 19:14 THAT FORGIVENESS, IT JUST BROKE HER HEART. 19:17 THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS SEE HER SITTING AT JESUS' FEET, 19:20 JUST IN ADORATION AND LISTENING AND LOVE. 19:23 BECAUSE HE LOVED HER SO MUCH, HE SAID, BASICALLY I'M GONNA 19:26 TAKE YOUR PLACE, I'M GONNA DIE ON YOUR BEHALF. 19:28 WHY DO YOU THINK SHE ANOINTED HIM FOR HIS BURIAL WHILE HE WAS 19:31 STILL ALIVE? 19:32 SHE KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT HE COULD SAY, I DO NOT CONDEMN 19:35 YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO GO. 19:36 AND SINCE THE LAW SAID THE PENALTY WAS DEATH, 19:38 HE WAS GONNA TAKE HER PENALTY, HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD. 19:42 SO, SHE SAW HIS LOVE AND IT BROKE HER HEART AND IT PRODUCED 19:46 LOVE WITHIN HER HEART. 19:48 BY BEHOLDING, WE BECOME CHANGED. 19:52 BY BEHOLDING THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 19:54 SO, HOW DO WE GET THIS NEW HEART? 19:56 JEREMIAH 31:3, "THE LORD HAS APPEARED OF OLD TO ME SAYING, 20:02 'I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.' 20:05 THEREFORE WITH LOVING KINDNESS, I HAVE DRAWN YOU." 20:08 WHAT IS IT THAT CHANGES OUR HEART? 20:10 AS WE BEHOLD THE LOVING KINDNESS OF THE LORD, THERE'S SOMETHING 20:13 IN OUR PRIMAL NATURES THAT GOD CREATED US WITH, THE ORIGINAL 20:17 PLAN THAT ADAM HAD THAT WE'RE DRAWN TO THAT. 20:21 SOMETHING INSIDE GOD'S SPIRIT AND IT RECIPROCATES AND IT 20:23 SAYS, THIS IS REALLY WHAT'S MISSING, I'VE GOT SELF ON 20:27 THE THRONE, I'M NEVER GONNA BE SATISFIED UNTIL GOD'S ON 20:30 THE THRONE. 20:32 AND WHEN WE SEE THE LOVE OF GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT 20:35 RESONATES DEEP WITHIN AND WE SAY, "THAT'S THE ONLY THING 20:37 THAT'S EVER GONNA SATISFY." 20:39 AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF ON THE THRONE, YOU'RE NEVER 20:41 GONNA BE HAPPY. 20:43 JOHN 15:13, "GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE WOULD 20:49 LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." 20:53 WHEN WE SEE THE LOVE OF JESUS THAT HE WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE 20:56 FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, IT BREAKS OUR HEARTS AND IT 21:02 CHANGES US. 21:02 1 JOHN 3:1, "WE'RE CHANGED BY BEHOLDING. 21:08 BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED ON US, 21:11 THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD." 21:14 AS WE BEHOLD HIS LOVE IT TOUCHES OUR HEARTS AND IT DOES 21:18 SOMETHING WITHIN US. 21:19 YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THE STORY BEFORE ABOUT HENRY STANLEY, 21:23 HE'S AN INTERESTING STUDY IN HISTORY, ALL BY OF HIMSELF. 21:27 WE HAD SURVIVED THE CIVIL WAR AND ENDED UP BECOMING 21:29 A REPORTER, WENT TO AFRICA, WAS SORT OF GIVEN THE MANDATE 21:31 OF SEEING IF DAVID LIVINGSTON WAS STILL ALIVE. 21:34 LOOKING ALL OVER A CONTINENT FOR THIS MAN. 21:37 FINALLY HE FINDS LIVINGSTON OUT THERE BY LAKE VICTORIA. 21:40 HE WAS A CYNIC WHEN HE BEGAN THE TRIP, BUT HE KNEW LIVINGSTON 21:43 WAS A MISSIONARY, AND HE WAS WONDERING WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO 21:47 DO WHAT HE WAS DOING? 21:48 LISTEN TO WHAT STANLEY WRITES: "I WENT TO AFRICA AS PREJUDICED 21:53 AS THE BIGGEST ATHEIST IN LONDON. 21:56 BUT THERE CAME A TIME FOR ME, A LONG TIME FOR REFLECTION, I SAW 22:01 THIS SOLITARY OLD MAN THERE AND ASKED MYSELF, HOW ON EARTH 22:06 DOES HE STOP HERE? 22:08 IS HE CRACKED OR WHAT? 22:10 WHAT IS IT THAT INSPIRES HIM? 22:12 FOR MONTHS AFTER WE MET, I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING AT 22:15 THE OLD MAN CARRYING OUT ALL THAT WAS SAID IN THE BIBLE, 22:19 LEAVE ALL THINGS AND FOLLOW ME. 22:20 LITTLE BY LITTLE." 22:23 HOW DO WE GET THE NEW HEART? 22:24 DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. 22:28 "LITTLE BY LITTLE, HIS SYMPATHY FOR OTHERS BECAME CONTAGIOUS, MY 22:34 SYMPATHY WAS AROUSED SEEING HIS PIETY, HIS GENTLENESS, HIS ZEAL, 22:38 HIS EARNESTNESS, AND HOW HE WENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS. 22:41 I WAS CONVERTED BY HIM, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT TRY TO DO 22:44 IT." 22:46 THROUGH ASSOCIATION, BY BEHOLDING, BY SPENDING TIME 22:49 WITH LIVINGSTON, STANLEY WAS CONVERTED. 22:51 THAT SAME PRINCIPLE WORKS WITH US AS WE SPEND TIME WITH JESUS. 22:55 WE BEHOLD HIM, WE LOOK AT HIM, AND ULTIMATELY WE HAVE THE 23:00 RIGHT MOTIVES, WE'RE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE. 23:03 WE ARE CHANGED BY BEHOLDING, UNTIL PRETTY SOON WE LOVE HIM 23:07 BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. 23:09 AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE THAT PAUL TALKS 23:11 ABOUT, GALATIANS 2:19, "FOR I, THROUGH THE LAW, DIED TO THE LAW 23:18 THAT I MIGHT LIVE TO GOD. 23:20 I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, IT IS NO LONGER I WHO 23:26 LIVES, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME." 23:29 YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH, YOU CAN'T HAVE I ON THE THRONE. 23:32 "AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE, IN THE FLESH, I LIVE BY FAITH 23:36 IN THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." 23:41 I PRAY THAT I CAN HAVE THE EXPERIENCE JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD 23:45 WHEN THEY CAME TO HIM AND SAID, "AREN'T YOU JEALOUS? 23:48 JESUS' MINISTRY'S GROWING AND YOUR MINISTRY IS SHRINKING." 23:52 AND JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, "HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE." 23:57 YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING EVERY ONE OF US COULD PROBABLY 23:58 SAY, THAT'S THE KEY TO CONVERSION. 24:03 WITHIN OUR HEARTS, WITHIN OUR MOTIVES, HE INCREASES, 24:06 I DECREASE. 24:08 IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN WITHOUT THE CHOICE ON YOUR PART TO 24:12 CLING TO JESUS THAT YOU MIGHT ABSORB HIM. 24:16 SET HIM BEFORE YOU, IF CHRIST IS LIFTED UP, WE'LL BE DRAWN. 24:20 BY BEHOLDING HIM, WE'RE TRANSFORMED. 24:22 IF YOU'RE NOT READING YOUR BIBLE AND BEHOLDING HIM, IF 24:24 YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO HANG OUT WITH OTHERS WHO LOVE CHRIST, 24:26 IF YOU'RE NOT SPENDING TIME IN WORSHIP AND SEEKING HIM, 24:30 YOU WON'T HAVE THAT NEW HEART AND THOSE RIGHT MOTIVES. 24:32 YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF PRETENDING TO BE A CHRISTIAN 24:36 AND DOING IT FOR SELFISH MOTIVES. 24:38 BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT THE HEART CHANGED, YOU'VE GOTTA GET 24:40 AHOLD OF JESUS AND SQUEEZE HIM UNTIL HE BECOMES ONE WITH YOU. 24:45 AND IT'S NO LONGER YOU THAT LIVE, BUT CHRIST IS LIVING 24:48 HIS LIFE OUT OF YOU. 24:50 CHRISTIANITY'S CONTAGIOUS, I WISH WE COULD START AN EPIDEMIC. 24:53 WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE? 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