Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000061
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00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS...
00:11 >> THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH STORIES OF THIS DRAMATIC 00:14 DELIVERANCE WHERE GOD SETS THE CAPTIVES FREE. 00:22 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:25 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:28 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:32 BROADCASTS. 00:34 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:37 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:40 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM "OH FOR REVIVAL" 00:43 VIDEO SERIES. 00:51 >> JESUS CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE. 00:56 ONE OF THE CENTRAL THEMES IN THE BIBLE IS DELIVERANCE 01:01 FROM PRISON. 01:03 THE WHOLE EXODUS EXPERIENCE IS THE STORY OF HOW GOD DELIVERS 01:07 PEOPLE, A WHOLE NATION, FROM PRISON AND SLAVERY. 01:12 AND WE ALL STRUGGLE BEING IMPRISONED OR CHAINED BY SIN. 01:17 I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH A STORY IN THE BIBLE THAT YOU MAY HAVE 01:20 VERY SELDOM HEARD. 01:22 IT'S ONE OF THE LAST STORIES YOU'LL FIND IN BOTH 2 CHRONICLES 01:27 AND THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH. 01:28 JEREMIAH 52:31, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR 01:37 OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH, IN THE TWELFTH 01:41 MONTH OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH THAT EVIL-MERODACH, 01:45 KING OF BABYLON IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS REIGN, HE LIFTED UP 01:49 THE HEAD OF JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH, AND HE BROUGHT HIM OUT OF 01:53 PRISON AND HE SPOKE KINDLY TO HIM AND HE GAVE HIM A MORE 01:58 PROMINENT SEAT THAN THE KINGS WHO WERE WITH HIM IN BABYLON. 02:03 SO JEHOIACHIN CHANGED FROM HIS PRISON GARMENTS AND HE ATE BREAD 02:07 REGULARLY BEFORE THE KING ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE. 02:12 AND AS FOR HIS PROVISION, THERE WAS A REGULAR RATION GIVEN HIM 02:16 BY THE KING OF BABYLON, A PORTION EACH DAY UNTIL THE DAY 02:19 OF HIS DEATH, ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE." 02:22 YOU MIGHT THINK, PASTOR DOUG, WHY ARE YOU GOING THERE? 02:26 I THINK THIS STORY REALLY SUMMARIZES WHAT JESUS DOES 02:30 FOR US. 02:30 KING JEHOIACHIN WAS A YOUNG KING WHO WAS IMPRISONED BY 02:34 NEBUCHADNEZZAR 37 YEARS IN A BABYLONIAN JAIL. 02:39 AND THEN A NEW KING COMES TO THE THRONE WHO DANIEL, NO DOUBT, 02:43 SPOKE TO AND SAID, "PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON THIS KING OF JUDAH. 02:47 HE IS A SON OF DAVID." 02:48 AND THE KING HAS MERCY ON HIM. 02:51 HE FREES HIM FROM PRISON. 02:54 HE GIVES HIM NEW CLOTHES, OBVIOUSLY ROYAL CLOTHES BECAUSE 03:00 HE SAYS, "YOU'RE NOW GOING TO EAT WITH MY KINGS AT THE ROYAL 03:03 TABLE" AND HE GETS KING'S FOOD. 03:08 THIS IS THE STORY OF SALVATION. 03:10 GOD GIVES US FREEDOM FROM OUR PRISON. 03:12 HE GIVES US NEW ROYAL ROBES. 03:14 HE GIVES US NEW BREAD AND THEN IT SAYS, "ALL THE DAYS OF HIS 03:18 LIFE AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER." 03:23 IT'S THE STORY OF SALVATION. 03:25 YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THE BIBLE IS HOW GOD TAKES PEOPLE FROM 03:27 THE PRISON TO THE PALACE. 03:30 THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH STORIES OF THIS DRAMATIC DELIVERANCE 03:33 WHERE GOD SETS THE CAPTIVES FREE. 03:36 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 03:37 ONE COMMON THREAD I'VE SEEN IS THAT IT IS A MIRACLE OF GRACE. 03:41 I SOMETIMES BECOME FLUSTERED TRYING TO EXPLAIN A LOT OF 03:45 THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME IN. 03:47 "HOW DO I OVERCOME THIS AND HOW DO I OVERCOME THAT?" 03:50 I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE OF HOW JESUS 03:54 DOES IT, IT'S A MIRACLE. 03:58 BUT IF YOU COME IN FAITH, HE DOES IT. 04:01 IT WORKS. 04:03 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CHAINS MIGHT BE, THE LORD 04:06 CAN BREAK YOUR CHAINS. 04:08 AND ONE OF THE CENTRAL THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL BE 04:10 ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THIS SERIES OF MEETINGS IS THAT WE WILL COME 04:14 BEFORE HIM. 04:15 WE WILL HUMBLE OURSELVES. 04:17 WE'LL CHOOSE TO DO IT. 04:18 WE WILL SIGH AND CRY AND REPENT FOR OUR SINS. 04:21 HAVE YOU READ EZEKIEL 9? 04:23 IT TALKS ABOUT THE ONES WHO ARE SAVED ARE SEALED AND THEN 04:26 THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP REVELATION TALKS ABOUT WHO GET THE MARK OF 04:29 THE BEAST, BUT EVERYBODY IS SEALED. 04:31 GOD'S SERVANTS GET THE SEAL OF GOD. 04:33 EZEKIEL 9 SAYS, "THESE ARE THE ONES IN THE HOUSE OF 04:35 THE LORD WHO SIGH AND CRY BECAUSE OF SIN." 04:39 IT BEGINS WITH REPENTANCE AND A SORROW OVER SIN AND GOD CAN 04:42 PUT HIS NAME ON THOSE PEOPLE. 04:44 SO AS WE HUMBLE OURSELVES AND WE COME TO HIM AND WE MAKE 04:48 A DECISION, LORD, I WANT TO BE FREE, HE THEN WORKS A MIRACLE. 04:52 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M HOPING IS GONNA HAPPEN--I'M HOPING THAT 04:56 PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING, THE HOLY SPIRIT, 04:58 THE GREATEST EVIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING POURED OUT 05:01 ON US, IT'S GOING TO BE HOLINESS IN OUR LIVES, A WILLINGNESS 05:06 TO TURN AWAY FROM OUR SINS. 05:08 I'M HOPING THAT GOD WILL CONSUME ON THE ALTAR A LOT OF THINGS 05:13 THAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR LIFE THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE. 05:15 I WAS THRILLED THIS MORNING WHEN SOMEONE SAID, "TODAY I'M GONNA 05:17 THROW AWAY MY CIGARETTES. 05:18 PRAY FOR ME." 05:19 AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A PRAYER OTHER PEOPLE ARE ASKING 05:21 ABOUT. 05:23 SOME YOUNG PEOPLE WROTE IN A QUESTION ABOUT ALCOHOL. 05:27 I HOPE THAT YOU WILL MAYBE MAKE YOUR TOILET AN ALTAR AND POUR 05:31 THAT STUFF DOWN WHERE IT BELONGS. 05:33 AMEN? 05:34 THERE'S PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH IT. 05:36 IT'S DESTROYING FAMILIES, WASTING MONEY. 05:38 I'M HOPING THERE'LL BE TANGIBLE DELIVERANCE AND YOU'LL SEE GOD 05:41 BREAK THE CHAINS. 05:42 NOW A STORY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 05:45 TURN WITH ME, VERSE 1 MARK 5. 05:50 "THEN THEY CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA TO THE COUNTRY 05:54 OF THE GADARENES. 05:56 AND WHEN HE HAD COME OUT OF THE BOAT, IMMEDIATELY THERE MET HIM 05:59 OUT OF THE TOMBS A MAN WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT, WHO HAD HIS 06:03 DWELLING AMONG THE TOMBS. 06:05 AND NO ONE COULD BIND HIM, NO, NOT EVEN WITH CHAINS BECAUSE 06:09 HE HAD OFTEN BEEN BOUND WITH SHACKLES AND CHAINS AND THE 06:12 CHAINS HAD BEEN PULLED APART BY HIM AND THE SHACKLES BROKEN 06:14 IN PIECES. 06:16 NEITHER COULD ANYONE TAME HIM. 06:19 AND ALWAYS NIGHT AND DAY, HE WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN 06:23 THE TOMBS CRYING OUT AND CUTTING HIMSELF WITH STONES. 06:28 BUT WHEN HE SAW JESUS FROM AFAR, HE RAN AND HE WORSHIPED HIM." 06:34 NOW JUMP IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF LUKE 8, I'M GOING TO 06:38 BEGIN WITH VERSE 26. 06:40 SAME STORY, DOCTOR LUKE GIVES A FEW MORE DETAILS. 06:45 "THEN THEY SAILED TO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES THAT IS 06:48 OPPOSITE GALILEE," IT'S ACROSS THE OCEAN. 06:52 "AND WHEN HE STEPPED OUT ON THE LAND, THERE MET HIM 06:54 A CERTAIN MAN FROM THE CITY WHO HAD DEMONS FOR A LONG TIME, 06:58 AND HE WORE NO CLOTHES." 07:01 MARK LEAVES THAT OUT. 07:03 "NOR DID HE LIVE IN A HOUSE BUT IN THE TOMBS. 07:06 AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS HE CRIED OUT AND HE FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM 07:09 AND HE SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, 'WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH YOU, 07:13 JESUS, SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD? 07:15 I BEG YOU DO NOT TORMENT ME.' FOR JESUS HAD COMMANDED THE 07:18 UNCLEAN SPIRIT TO COME OUT OF THE MAN FOR IT HAD OFTEN SEIZED 07:22 HIM AND HE WAS KEPT UNDER GUARD BOUND WITH CHAINS AND SHACKLES, 07:26 AND HE BROKE THE BONDS AND WAS DRIVEN BY THE DEVIL 07:32 INTO THE WILDERNESS. 07:34 AND JESUS ASKED HIM SAYING, 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME?' 07:38 AND HE SAID, 'LEGION' BECAUSE MANY DEMONS HAD ENTERED HIM. 07:43 AND THEN THEY BEGGED HIM HE WOULD NOT COMMAND THEM TO GO OUT 07:46 INTO THE ABUSSOS, THE BOTTOMLESS PIT." 07:50 THE SAME WORD THAT'S TRANSLATED, THE DEEP, THE NOTHINGNESS. 07:53 ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE STORY? 07:55 LET ME GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS 07:58 AND THEN I WANT TO BRING OUT A FEW POINTS. 08:00 THIS STORY IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES IN 08:03 THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS DELIVERS THE DEMONIAC. 08:06 IT'S MENTIONED BY MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE. 08:09 THIS MAN IS THE MOST LOST MAN IN THE BIBLE. 08:15 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 08:17 LEADS UP TO THIS STORY. 08:18 JESUS CROSSES THE SEA OF GALILEE AND HE GOES OPPOSITE GALILEE, HE 08:25 LEAVES THE PLACE OF HIS COMMON LABOR AND HE GOES TO THIS REMOTE 08:29 REGION THAT WAS LARGELY INHABITED BY THE PAGANS. 08:33 ON THE WAY ACROSS, JESUS IS SO EXHAUSTED FROM HIS WORK, HE 08:37 FALLS ASLEEP, INTO A VERY DEEP SLEEP EVIDENTLY, AND THE DEVIL 08:43 THINKING THAT HE IS VULNERABLE, THE DEVIL SENDS THIS 08:45 SUPERNATURAL GALE, A STORM. 08:50 CAN THE DEVIL CAUSE A STORM? 08:52 DID HE DO IT IN THE BOOK OF JOB? 08:56 ALL OF A SUDDEN, BLACK CLOUDS GATHER AS THE SUN IS GOING DOWN 08:59 AND THE WIND BEGINS TO HOWL AND THE WAVES ARE RISING UP 09:03 AND LIGHTNING IS FLASHING. 09:05 AND SOON IT BEGINS TO POUR AND THE BOAT IS BEING TOSSED AROUND 09:08 LIKE A CORK SO MUCH SO THAT THESE SEASONED, EXPERIENCED 09:12 FISHERMAN WHO HAVE LIVED BY THE SEA ALL THEIR LIFE ARE TERRIBLY 09:16 AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES. 09:19 THAT'S GOTTA BE SOME KIND OF STORM. 09:22 YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT OF FLYING, BOTH COMMERCIALLY, A LITTLE BIT 09:26 MYSELF BECAUSE I'M A PILOT AND A LITTLE BOUNCING DOESN'T 09:28 BOTHER ME, AND I KIND OF, I MUST ADMIT, I DO CHUCKLE 09:33 A LITTLE BIT WHEN I'M FLYING AND THE SEAT BELT LIGHT COMES ON AND 09:36 THE PLANE BOUNCES A LITTLE BIT. 09:38 IT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. 09:39 AND I SEE PEOPLE PULL OUT THEIR ROSARY BEADS AND TIGHTEN 09:43 AND CINCH UP THEIR SEAT BELTS AND START LOOKING AROUND, 09:46 THEIR KNUCKLES ARE WHITE ON THE ARMREST AND I USUALLY 09:47 DON'T WORRY. 09:48 BUT I TELL YOU WHEN I START GETTING A LITTLE WORRIED IS WHEN 09:50 THE CAPTAIN TELLS THE CREW TO SIT DOWN, AND WHEN I SEE 09:56 THE CREW LOOKING WORRIED, THEN I GET WORRIED. 10:01 AND THE CREW WAS WORRIED. 10:06 AND THEY'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO BAIL THE BOAT AND THEY-- 10:09 LIGHTNING FLASHES AND THEN THEY REMEMBER JESUS. 10:12 THEY'D FORGOTTEN JESUS WAS WITH THEM. 10:14 AND THEY WOKE HIM UP AND THEY ASKED THE DUMBEST QUESTION 10:16 IN THE BIBLE. 10:18 "LORD, DON'T YOU CARE THAT WE'RE PERISHING?" 10:22 WHAT A THING TO ASK JESUS. 10:24 DOES HE CARE? 10:26 THAT'S WHY HE CAME. 10:28 CHRIST AWAKES, SOON AS HE PULLS HIS SCRUPLES TOGETHER, HE 10:31 SURVEYS THE RAGING ELEMENTS AND WITH ONE HAND PROBABLY CLINGING 10:35 TO THE MASS, HE STRETCHES OUT HIS OTHER HAND AND HE JUST SAYS, 10:40 "SHALOM." 10:41 JESUS DOESN'T NEED TO YELL. 10:43 I RESENT THAT. 10:45 I THINK THE WORD OF GOD IS, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PREACHERS I'VE 10:47 HEARD THEM TELL THIS STORY, AND THEY'VE GOT JESUS JUMPING UP 10:49 AND DOWN IN THE BOAT SCREAMING AT THE ELEMENTS. 10:51 HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. 10:53 HIS WORD IS SO POWERFUL. 10:56 HE SAYS, "PEACE" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT STORM CEASED 11:01 INSTANTLY. 11:02 NO MORE WIND. 11:03 IT WENT FROM A HURRICANE TO NOTHING. 11:06 THE WAVES FLATTENED OUT. 11:08 IT BECAME GLASSY. 11:10 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE WAS A GREAT CALM AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S 11:13 INTERESTING, THE DISCIPLES WERE SCARED DURING THIS STORM. 11:16 AFTER THIS HAPPENS IT SAYS THEN THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID. 11:21 AND THEY'RE THINKING TO THEMSELVES, THEY'RE MUSING IN 11:23 THEIR HEARTS, WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS THAT THE WIND 11:26 AND THE WAVES OBEY HIM? 11:28 WHILE THEY'RE PONDERING THIS, JESUS DIRECTS THEM TO ROW. 11:32 THEY CAN'T SAIL, THERE'S NO MORE WIND. 11:35 HE DIRECTS THEM TO ROW TO THE SOUTH EASTERN SHORE OF GALILEE, 11:39 A REGION THE JEWS USUALLY AVOIDED. 11:43 IT WAS SORT OF A GRECO-ROMAN AREA CALLED DECAPOLIS, 11:46 TEN CITIES. 11:49 AND IT WAS THE AREA WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF PAGAN GODS AND PIG 11:52 FARMERS AND THEY USED TO FARM THE PIGS FOR THE ROMAN SOLDIERS. 11:58 AND THEY WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHY BUT AS THEY APPROACHED THE 12:01 SHORE, THE SUN IS NOW RISING AND THEY SEE THE SILHOUETTE OF 12:06 TOMBSTONES AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE EASTERN SKY. 12:11 AND AS THEY'RE PULLING THE BOAT UP ON THE BEACH, PROBABLY 12:16 CLIMB OUT OF THE BOAT AND THEY'RE STARTING TO LOOK AROUND 12:18 FOR A LITTLE DRIFT WOOD SO THEY CAN BUILD A FIRE AND TO DRY OUT 12:21 THEIR SHIVERING BODIES AND THEIR WET GEAR. 12:25 THEY HEAR THIS BLOOD-CURDLING SHRIEK, THIS SCREAM. 12:30 AND FROM ONE OF THE HAUNTS OF THE TOMBS IN THE CEMETERY, IT'S 12:35 ALREADY A CREEPY ENVIRONMENT, ISN'T IT? 12:38 THIS CREATURE COMES CHARGING TOWARDS THEM, AND I WANT YOU 12:42 TO HAVE THE PICTURE. 12:43 THE BIBLE GIVES US THE DETAILS. 12:46 HE'S DRAGGING BROKEN MANACLES AND CHAINS AROUND HIS NECK 12:51 AND HIS WRISTS AND HIS ANKLES. 12:54 HE'S GOT LONG, FILTHY, GREASY HAIR FULL OF DIRT AND TWIGS AND 12:58 HIS EYES ARE WILD AND GLARING AND HIS MOUTH IS FOAMING AND HIS 13:03 TEETH ARE GNASHING AND HE'S NAKED AND HIS BODY IS COVERED 13:06 WITH BRUISES AND DRIED BLOOD AND SCARS. 13:11 AND HE COMES CHARGING TOWARDS THEM, DANGLING HIS CHAINS, AND I 13:18 PICTURE THAT ONE OF THE APOSTLES ELBOWED HIS FRIEND AND SAID, 13:21 "PRAISE THE LORD, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE JESUS WITH A VISITOR." 13:26 DO YOU THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST THING ON THEIR MIND? 13:30 I MEAN LET'S FACE IT, WE SOMETIMES MEET PEOPLE AND THE 13:32 LAST THING WE'RE THINKING OF IS ABOUT HOW TO WITNESS TO THEM. 13:36 THEY PROBABLY TURNED THE OTHER WAY AND THEY RAN AND THEY DOVE 13:39 IN THE BOAT, AND THEY BEGAN TO PROBABLY PADDLE WITH THEIR HANDS 13:43 AND KICK WITH THEIR FEET AND DO EVERYTHING THEY DID TO GET 13:46 AS FAR AWAY. 13:48 AND YOU KNOW THEIR NERVES ARE ALREADY FRAYED FROM THE EVENTS 13:50 OF THE NIGHT. 13:51 THESE POOR DISCIPLES ARE HAVING A ROUGH TIME. 13:52 THEY'RE AFRAID DURING THE STORM. 13:53 THEY'RE AFRAID WHEN THE STORM IS OVER. 13:55 THEY LAND AND NOW A LUNATIC IS TRYING TO KILL THEM. 13:59 AND I USED TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT YOU COULD PROBABLY DROP A SKI 14:02 ROPE OFF THE BACK OF THAT BOAT AND GET SOMEBODY UP BECAUSE 14:06 THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS TO GET AWAY FROM THERE. 14:09 AND THEN THEY DID A HEAD COUNT, AND THEY ONLY COUNTED 12. 14:15 THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 13. 14:17 THEY LOOKED BACK AND HE WHO DID NOT FRET DURING THE STORM, 14:21 DID NOT RUN FROM THIS DEMON-POSSESSED MAN. 14:25 AS THAT MAN CAME CHARGING TOWARDS CHRIST, HE RAN INTO 14:28 A FORCE FIELD. 14:29 CHRIST HELD UP HIS HAND AND HE HAD TO STOP. 14:32 THE DEMONS WERE SUBJECT TO HIM. 14:34 AND THERE HE WAS RAVING AT HIS FEET. 14:38 NOW, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT PICTURE IN YOUR MIND, AND I'LL 14:40 TELL YOU WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. 14:42 THIS STORY IN THE BIBLE IS THE PICTURE OF THE TWO ULTIMATE 14:48 DESTINIES. 14:50 THERE ARE TWO MASTERS IN THE WORLD. 14:53 THERE ARE TWO DESTINIES. 14:55 GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MAN WAS TO BE MADE IN HIS IMAGE 14:59 AND REFLECT HIS CHARACTER, AM I RIGHT? 15:03 AND IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHAT GOD'S PLAN FOR US IS TO BE, 15:08 GOD BECAME A MAN TO SHOW US HIS NAME WAS JESUS. 15:12 JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE OF GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU AND ME. 15:16 A CHRISTIAN IS TO BE LIKE CHRIST. 15:19 DO YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU? 15:22 LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. 15:23 YOU AT HOME, THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU. 15:26 HOW MANY OF YOU ALSO BELIEVE THE DEVIL HAS A PLAN FOR YOU? 15:31 OH, I GOT A GOOD RESPONSE HERE. 15:32 PEOPLE ARE MORE HESITANT TO RAISE THEIR HANDS, YOU KNOW, 15:34 WITH THAT QUESTION. 15:37 WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DEVIL'S PLAN FOR YOU IS? 15:40 YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE, BUT ARE YOU WONDERING? 15:43 THIS MAN IS THE DEVIL'S PLAN. 15:46 ON THE SHORE OF GADARA THAT DAY, THERE BY GALILEE, YOU'VE GOT THE 15:50 EPITOME, EXHIBIT A OF GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU IS JESUS AND THE DEVIL'S 15:54 PLAN FOR YOU IS THAT DEMONIAC. 15:56 THAT MAN WAS FILLED WITH DEVILS. 16:00 THEY WERE BOTH SPIRIT-POSSESSED BY OPPOSITE SPIRITS. 16:06 EVERY DAY YOU AND I ARE MOVING STEP BY STEP TOWARDS ONE OR 16:11 THE OTHER DESTINY. 16:14 IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S USUALLY 16:17 THROUGH A SERIES OF STEPS. 16:19 DO YOU THINK THAT MAN WAS BORN THAT WAY? 16:22 I MEAN SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD CHILDREN AND YOU'VE WONDERED 16:26 BUT--NO. 16:30 I THINK THAT HE BECAME THAT MAN THROUGH A SERIES OF DECISIONS. 16:36 IT IS USUALLY A SERIES OF LITTLE DECISIONS THAT DEVELOP THE 16:40 CHARACTER, AND EVERY TIME WE SAY YES TO TEMPTATION AND WE GIVE 16:45 INTO TEMPTATION, WE BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE DEVIL. 16:50 AND EVERY TIME WE SURRENDER TO CHRIST AND WE CHOOSE TO FOLLOW 16:55 HIM AND OBEY HIM AND RESIST THE DEVIL AND DRAW NEAR TO GOD, 16:59 WE BECOME MORE LIKE CHRIST. 17:01 WE ARE GRADUALLY BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF 17:05 THE ONE WE BEHOLD. 17:09 NOW, THIS MAN WAS POSSESSED WITH MORE DEVILS THAN ANYBODY IN 17:16 THE BIBLE. 17:17 EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS CONDITION APPEARS TO BE THE MOST HOPELESS 17:22 CONDITION IN THE BIBLE. 17:24 THINK ABOUT IT ONE MORE TIME. 17:25 LOOK AT HIS CONDITION, FIRST OF ALL HE'S LIVING IN A CEMETERY, 17:30 UNCLEAN ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE LAW, WHERE THE DEAD WERE. 17:34 HE'S SURROUNDED BY PIGS. 17:36 HOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT? 17:38 WE'RE GETTING TO THAT PART. 17:39 UNCLEAN, HE'S COVERED WITH BLOOD AND WOUNDS, UNCLEAN. 17:44 EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM IS UNCLEAN. 17:46 HE'S FILLED WITH DEVIL'S. 17:47 HE'S BOUNDS WITH CHAINS. 17:48 HE'S NAKED. 17:49 EVERYTHING SAYS HE IS AS FAR FROM GOD AS ANYBODY CAN BE. 17:55 AND YET JESUS CROSSES THE OCEAN TO REACH THAT MAN BECAUSE HE IS 18:01 EXHIBIT A OF WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS TO DO TO YOU AND HOW GOD 18:06 CAN SAVE YOU. 18:08 AND THIS STORY IN THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER 18:13 HOW FAR FROM GOD YOU'VE WANDERED, IF GOD CAN REACH THAT 18:15 MAN, HE CAN REACH YOU. 18:17 NOW EACH ONE OF THE CONDITIONS, AND I'M NOT GONNA HAVE TIME TO 18:21 COVER THEM ALL, TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEVIL'S PLAN 18:26 FOR US AND GOD'S PLAN FOR US. 18:27 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME HERE IN CHATTANOOGA AND YOU 18:30 CAN EVEN CALL OUT IN YOUR GROUPS IF YOU'RE MEETING IN CHURCHES 18:33 OR HOMES. 18:35 WHERE DID THIS MAN LIVE? 18:38 CEMETERY, RIGHT. 18:40 WHO TYPICALLY LIVES IN A CEMETERY? 18:42 I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT. 18:44 DO DEAD PEOPLE LIVE IN A CEMETERY? 18:47 THAT'S SORT OF A, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BUT THAT'S THE RIGHT 18:49 ANSWER, RIGHT? 18:53 WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOLIZE? 18:55 YOU KNOW THIS WORLD IS LIKE A CEMETERY. 18:58 YOU KNOW THE LAST FIVE WORDS IN GENESIS? 19:00 "IN A COFFIN IN EGYPT." 19:04 THEN YOU TURN THE PAGE AND YOU'VE GOT THE EXODUS SALVATION 19:07 FROM SLAVERY. 19:08 THIS WORLD IS LIKE A COFFIN, THIS WORLD IS GROANING 19:11 AND TRAVAILING UNDER A CURSE OF DEATH. 19:14 ALL OF US ARE UNDER THIS CURSE OF DEATH. 19:19 "WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" PAUL SAYS. 19:23 HE THAT HAS THE SON HAS LIFE, HE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SON 19:25 DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. 19:28 THIS MAN IS LIVING IN THE REALMS OF THE DEAD, AND WE'RE 19:31 SURROUNDED IN A WORLD THAT IS UNDER A CURSE. 19:33 JESUS CAME TO THAT CEMETERY TO SAVE THAT MAN. 19:36 HE CROSSED THE SEA OF GALILEE TO REACH HIM. 19:39 JESUS CROSSED THE COSMOS TO REACH YOU AND ME. 19:43 I REMEMBER GOING TO EGYPT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND PART 19:46 OF THE TOUR WAS THEY TOOK US BY A CEMETERY THAT IS CALLED 19:49 THE CITY OF THE DEAD. 19:51 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 19:53 CAIRO, EGYPT HAD THIS BIG SPRAWLING CEMETERY, MANY ACRES 19:58 AND MANY OF THE TOMBS WERE BUILT WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL ORNATE 20:01 BUILDINGS WITH MAUSOLEUMS AND ROOMS IN THEM. 20:04 AND THE POOR PEOPLE EVENTUALLY, OUT OF DESPERATION TO ESCAPE 20:07 THE ELEMENTS, THEY MOVED INTO THE CEMETERY. 20:11 AND AT FIRST THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CHASE THEM OUT, 20:13 THEY'VE MOVE BACK IN. 20:14 FINALLY THEY GAVE UP AND THEY SAID, "BUT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE 20:16 THIS AS AN OFFICIAL CITY." 20:18 BUT THE PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE AND THEY STAYED AND GRADUALLY THEY 20:22 THOUGHT YOU KNOW FOR SANITATION PURPOSES AND STUFF, THEY BROUGHT 20:25 THEM PLUMBING INTO THE CEMETERY. 20:29 THEN THEY BROUGHT THEM ELECTRICITY. 20:31 THEY HAD POST OFFICE BOXES. 20:34 AND THE PEOPLE ARE ALL LIVING IN A CEMETERY, AND IT WAS ONE OF 20:38 THE MOST BIZARRE THINGS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 20:40 I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE FAMILIES GROWING UP THAT PARENTS ARE 20:42 IRONING ON A TOMBSTONE THAT'S TURNED UPON ITS SIDE. 20:45 IN SOME OF THESE MAUSOLEUMS ARE VERY BIG AND ORNATE. 20:47 THEY'VE GOT A COFFIN IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY ALL SIT AROUND 20:50 AND THEY EAT ON TOP OF THIS COFFIN AND THEY'VE GOT THIS 20:53 UNUSUAL GUEST THAT'S THERE UNDERNEATH THE TABLE. 20:58 HOW COULD YOU EVER GET USED TO LIVING WITH A CORPSE? 21:01 THIS MAN WAS LIVING WITH THE DEAD. 21:05 YOU KNOW, I READ ABOUT A WOMAN, HER NEIGHBORS NOTICED THAT 21:09 THE MAIL WAS PILING UP ON HER DOORSTEP AND SO THEY KNOCKED ON 21:13 THE DOOR. 21:14 NO ONE ANSWERED. 21:14 THEY GOT THE POLICE WHO FINALLY OPENED THE DOOR. 21:16 THEY WENT IN AND THEY FOUND THE WOMAN HAD DIED. 21:18 SHE WAS AN OLDER WOMAN, BUT WHAT REALLY WAS SHOCKING IS THEY ALSO 21:22 FOUND THAT HER HUSBAND WAS DEAD IN THE HOUSE TOO, IN THE BEDROOM 21:26 AND HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR 4 YEARS. 21:30 SHE KEPT THE TEMPERATURE TURNED UP PRETTY HIGH AND HE BASICALLY 21:32 HAD MUMMIFIED, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO TELL THE AUTHORITIES 21:35 BECAUSE SHE WAS COLLECTING HIS SOCIAL SECURITY. 21:37 AND THE SHOCKING THING WAS SHE STILL SHARED THE BEDROOM 21:40 WITH HIS CORPSE. 21:42 OH, YOU COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THAT, RIGHT, HEARING THAT 21:44 TONIGHT? 21:45 BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS US SIN IS LIKE. 21:48 WHAT DO ANGELS SEE WHEN THEY LOOK DOWN AT THIS WORLD? 21:52 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SEE? 21:54 CRAZY PEOPLE, WILD-EYED, FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, COVERED WITH 21:59 CHAINS, LIVING AMONG THE DEAD, SURROUNDED BY PIGS. 22:03 COMPARED TO THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN, THIS IS WHAT THIS WORLD 22:05 LOOKS LIKE TO THE ANGELS. 22:07 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS JESUS CAME TO THE CEMETERY TO GIVE THIS MAN 22:12 LIFE, TO SET HIM FREE. 22:15 WHAT ELSE DO WE NOTICE? 22:17 WHAT WAS HE WEARING? 22:19 NOTHING. 22:21 HE WAS NAKED. 22:22 ADAM AND EVE, YOU KNOW THE DEVIL WANTS TO MAKE US NAKED, 22:25 DOESN'T HE? 22:26 AND THAT CLOTHING, WHAT DOES CLOTHING SYMBOLIZE? 22:30 I SOMETIMES HEAR PEOPLE SAY RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THAT'S 22:32 NOT TRUE. 22:33 IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE CLOTHING. 22:35 ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS LIKE FILTHY RAGS. 22:39 IT REPRESENTS CHARACTER. 22:41 THIS MAN DOESN'T EVEN HAVE FIG LEAVES, HE DOESN'T HAVE 22:42 ANYTHING, HE DOESN'T CARE. 22:44 HE'S NAKED AND DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. 22:47 YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS US ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS WITH 22:50 THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS? 22:53 WE ARE POOR AND--REVELATION 3-- AND WRETCHED AND MISERABLE 22:56 AND BLIND AND WE DON'T KNOW. 23:01 WE SEEM OBLIVIOUS. 23:03 YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS? 23:05 WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES THROUGH GOD'S EYES. 23:08 HUMANS ARE THE ONLY CREATURES THAT ARE NOT BORN WITH THEIR OWN 23:11 NATURAL CLOTHING. 23:13 WE USE ARTIFICIAL CLOTHING. 23:16 WE DON'T TYPICALLY WEAR CLOTHING FOR, I SHOULD SAY, WE DON'T ONLY 23:21 WEAR CLOTHING FOR PROTECTION FROM THE HOT OR COLD BECAUSE IF 23:25 THE TEMPERATURE WAS PERFECT, NOW WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF? 23:28 NO. 23:30 DON'T IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. 23:35 YOU WOULD BE ASHAMED RIGHT NOW. 23:38 MY MOTHER WAS ALWAYS ON THE EDGE OF EVERY NEW FASHION AND I 23:41 REMEMBER THEY CAME OUT WITH PAPER DRESSES AT ONE TIME 23:44 IN NEW YORK CITY. 23:45 AND MY MOTHER WORE A PAPER DRESS, A VERY EXPENSIVE DRESS 23:48 TO A PARTY AND I THOUGHT, "MOM, THERE WAS A POOL THERE. 23:50 I THOUGHT WHAT IF YOU FALL IN THE POOL OR SOMETHING, WHAT'S 23:52 GONNA HAPPEN TO YOUR DRESS?" 23:54 IT WOULD SUDDENLY DISSOLVE. 23:56 I HEARD THEY HAD A SCAM ABOUT CHECKS A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE YOU 24:02 COULD PAINT THIS CHEMICAL, THERE'S A POINT TO THIS, 24:05 STAY WITH ME. 24:06 YOU COULD PAINT THIS CHEMICAL ON THESE CHECKS. 24:08 PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE BANK, THEY'D WRITE A CHECK FOR THIS 24:10 LARGE SUM OF MONEY. 24:11 THEY WOULD CASH THE CHECK BUT BEFORE THE BANK COULD 24:14 PROCESS THE CHECK, IT WOULD DISINTEGRATE. 24:17 THE CHEMICAL WOULD DISINTEGRATE IT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE 24:19 ABOUT WHO WROTE THE CHECK OR WHERE IT CAME FROM. 24:22 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEHOW UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU YOU CAME TO 24:26 THE MEETING TONIGHT AND SOMEONE SPRAYED YOUR CLOTHES WITH THAT 24:30 CHEMICAL AND YOU SHOULD LOOK DOWN RIGHT NOW AND GO UH-OH? 24:38 BE HONEST, HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD FLEE FROM THIS PLACE? 24:44 WHY? 24:45 THINK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU WOULD NEVER WANT OTHER PEOPLE 24:48 TO SEE YOU THAT WAY. 24:53 WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU, PEOPLE SEEING YOU NAKED OR BEING 24:56 NAKED BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY? 24:58 ESPECIALLY WHEN JESUS SAYS, "I'M OFFERING YOU A ROBE," WOULD 25:01 YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN NAKED? 25:03 IT WOULD BE CRAZY. 25:04 THIS MAN WAS OUT OF HIS MIND. 25:07 THAT'S THE SINFUL CONDITION. 25:09 NAKED AND OBLIVIOUS, WE DON'T CARE. 25:12 JESUS IS SAYING, "I'M OFFERING YOU A ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 25:16 TAKE MY GARMENT." 25:17 I HOPE YOU'LL SAY YES, FRIENDS. 25:20 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:23 SPECIAL OFFER. 25:31 >> JESUS CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE. 25:37 >> ALL OF US ARE UNDER THIS CURSE OF DEATH AND WE ALL 25:40 STRUGGLE BEING IMPRISONED OR CHAINED BY SIN. 25:50 >> IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CHAINS MIGHT BE, THE LORD 25:52 CAN BREAK YOUR CHAINS. 25:57 >> A WEBSITE WHOSE ROOTS DATE BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME, 25:59 SABBATHTRUTH.COM IS THE DEFINITIVE RESOURCE FOR BIBLE 26:03 LIGHT ON THE LORD'S DAY. 26:05 CLEAR BIBLE ANSWERS FOR EVERY QUESTION YOU'VE EVER HAD ABOUT 26:08 THE SABBATH. 26:09 SEVEN KEY TOPIC HEADINGS GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF THE 26:11 SABBATH, WHICH DAY IS THE LORD'S DAY, THE SABBATH AND PROPHECY, 26:15 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SABBATH, HOW TO KEEP IT HOLY, THE SABBATH 26:18 AND HISTORY AND MANY SABBATH RESOURCES. 26:21 VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM TODAY AND SHARE YOUR NEWFOUND TREASURE 26:25 WITH A FRIEND. 26:28 >> IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS, 26:30 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:32 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION AND RADIO 26:35 PROGRAMS INCLUDING "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 26:38 ONE LOCATION, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 26:40 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:47 >> EVERYONE STRUGGLES WITH SIN. 26:50 IN FACT, YOU COULD SAY WE'RE ALL SIN-AHOLICS. 26:54 IN THE BIBLE, WE FIND THE KEYS TO UNSHACKLE US FROM THE BONDAGE 26:58 OF SIN SO WE CAN BEGIN TO REALLY LIVE. 27:01 I SPENT 2 YEARS WRITING A UNIQUE BOOK ON THIS SUBJECT ENTITLED 27:06 "BROKEN CHAINS." 27:07 I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE IT CONTAINS REVEALS HOW TO APPLY 27:11 THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF GOD'S WORD TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE 27:15 FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. 27:17 THIS SUBJECT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT TODAY I'M WILLING TO SEND 27:20 YOU THIS BOOK FOR A GIFT OF ANY SIZE. 27:23 PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER NOW AND ASK FOR 27:26 OFFER NUMBER 1013. 27:28 OR IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN SIMPLY WRITE US AT AMAZING FACTS, 27:31 OFFER NUMBER 1013, P.O. 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