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PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> ABRAHAM WAS CALLED
THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL.
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GOD HAD TOLD ABRAHAM AND SARAH
THAT THROUGH THEIR DESCENDANTS,
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ALL THE NATIONS OF THE
WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED.
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FINALLY ONE OF THE GREAT
MIRACLES OF THE BIBLE IS ABRAHAM
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OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE
AND SARAH OVER 90 GAVE BIRTH
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TO A BABY BOY.
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GOD HAD PROMISED THAT
THROUGH THIS SON, THE MESSIAH
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WOULD COME, ALL THE NATIONS
OF WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED.
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GOD WOULD BECOME A MAN
THROUGH THE ANCESTORS OF ISAAC.
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YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
ABRAHAM WAS SHOCKED ONE DAY WHEN
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THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM IN
THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
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SAID, "ABRAHAM."
HE SAID, "HERE I AM."
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HE SAID, "TAKE NOW YOUR
SON, YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC
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WHOM YOU LOVE, BRING HIM
UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH
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AND OFFER HIM THERE AS
A BURNT OFFERING UNTO ME."
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ABRAHAM HAD COME TO THE PLACE
WHERE HE RECOGNIZED THE VOICE
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GOD AND WITHOUT ARGUING, HE
DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE UP SARAH
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AND BREAK THIS NEWS TO
HER, HE WOKE UP HIS SON, ISAAC,
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HE GOT A COUPLE OF
SERVANTS. THEY GOT SOME WOOD.
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THEY GOT THE TOOLS FOR BUILDING
A FIRE AND THEY BEGAN A 3-DAY
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JOURNEY. AT THE END OF 3 DAYS,
THEY COULD STAND AT THE BASE OF
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THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH,
WHICH WERE THE HILLS OF JUDEA.
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HE LEFT THE SERVANTS AND HE
AND ISAAC STARTED UP THE HILL.
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THEY MADE A 3 1/2-DAY
JOURNEY. DON'T MISS THAT.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US CHRIST,
FROM HIS BAPTISM TO HIS CROSS,
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WAS 3 1/2 YEARS. ONE OF
THE THINGS I'LL TELL YOU
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THAT IS A KEY FOR PROPHECY IS
IN PROPHECY, A DAY EQUALS, WHAT?
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WHO KNOWS? A
YEAR, YOU KNOW THAT.
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MOST BIBLE SCHOLARS KNOW THAT
IN PROPHECY A DAY EQUALS A YEAR.
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AND SO THEY MADE THE JOURNEY
UP THE MOUNTAIN AND AS THEY'RE
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GOING, ISAAC SAID, "FATHER."
AND ABRAHAM SAID, "HERE I AM, MY
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SON." HE SAID, "WE HAVE THE WOOD
AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO
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BUILD A FIRE, BUT THE LAMB
IS MISSING. WHERE'S THE LAMB?"
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AND ABRAHAM SAID IN
THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS,
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"GOD WILL
PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB."
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THE LORD
PROVIDED HIMSELF A LAMB.
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THIS WAS A STORACLE TALKING
ABOUT THE PLAN OF SALVATION.
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HERE ISAAC, THE SON HAS
THE WOOD, THE CROSS ON HIS BACK
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AS THE TWO OF THEM GO
UP THE MOUNTAIN TOGETHER.
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SOME THINK THAT IT WAS ONLY THE
SON WHO SUFFERED ON THE CROSS.
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GOD THE FATHER SO LOVED
THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON.
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WHO SUFFERED MORE
AT THE CRUCIFIXION,
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THE FATHER OR THE
SON? THEY BOTH SUFFERED.
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IT WAS JOINTLY WHEN THEY
GOT TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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ISAAC WAS A STRAPPING YOUNG MAN.
ABRAHAM COULDN'T WRESTLE HIM TO
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THE GROUND OVER 120 YEARS
OF AGE PROBABLY AT THAT TIME.
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HE EXPLAINED
WHAT GOD HAD REQUIRED.
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ISAAC WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
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JUST AS JESUS SAID, "FATHER,
NOT MY WILL, THY WILL BE DONE."
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AND JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO
BRING DOWN THE KNIFE, AN ANGEL
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SPOKE OUT AND
SAID, "ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM!
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DO NOT LAY YOUR HAND ON THE
LAD, OR DO ANY HARM TO HIM."
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HE SAID, "FOR I KNOW THAT
YOU FEAR GOD, SINCE YOU HAVE
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NOT WITHHELD YOUR SON,
YOUR ONLY SON FROM ME."
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IT'S VERY INTERESTING THE ECHOES
THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE GOSPELS
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IN THIS STORY. AND
THEN THE ANGEL DIRECTED HIM
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TO A RAM THAT WAS CAUGHT
BY THE HORNS IN A THORN BUSH,
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A RAM WITH A CROWN OF
THORNS WAS SACRIFICED IN PLACE.
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SO WHEN ABRAHAM SAID, "GOD WILL
PROVIDE HIMSELF A SACRIFICE,"
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GOD DID PROVIDE A SACRIFICE,
LITERALLY THAT DAY HE PROVIDED
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A RAM, BUT THAT WAS A STORACLE.
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THAT WAS A PROPHECY THAT TELLS
US SOMEDAY GOD THE FATHER WOULD
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PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF A SACRIFICE.
GOD THE SON WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU
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AND ME, AND THAT WAS TO HELP US
RECOGNIZE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
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WHO JESUS WAS WHEN HE
CAME, HE WAS THE MESSIAH.
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WHAT A TOUCHING STORY OF
THE FATHER AND THE SON TOGETHER
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MAKING THAT SACRIFICE THAT
YOU AND I MIGHT BE REDEEMED.
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DEAL
WITH THIS ISSUE IF WE WOULD
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UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE
OF THE GOSPEL AND THE BIBLE.
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"WHOM DID THE ANIMAL THAT
WAS SACRIFICED IN ISAAC'S PLACE
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REPRESENT?" "THE
NEXT DAY JOHN SEETH JESUS
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COMING UNTO HIM, AND HE
SAID, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD,
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THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN
OF THE--" JEWISH NATION.
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TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF
HOW MUCH? WHOLE WORLD.
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JESUS WAS TO COME THROUGH
THE JEWISH NATION AND THE JEWS
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HAD THE GREATEST
HONOR OF ANY RACE.
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THEY WERE TO INTRODUCE
THE MESSIAH TO THE WORLD WHICH
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IS WHAT HAPPENED AT PENTECOST
INCIDENTALLY. ALL JEWS WERE
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CONVERTED THAT DAY WHO THEN
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE THEN
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KNOWN WORLD TELLING THAT THE
MESSIAH HAD COME. GOD DOES NOT
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BELIEVE IN EXCLUSIVISM, HE
WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED.
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REVELATION CLOSES BY SAYING,
"WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM COME
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AND TAKE THE
WATER OF LIFE FREELY."
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GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE
AND HE WANTS US ALL TO BE
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SAVED AND HE'S
PROVEN IT IN WHAT HE'S DONE.
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NOW JESUS WAS CALLED THE LAMB OF
GOD. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
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YOU CAN LOOK ALL THE
WAY FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN ABEL BROUGHT
A LAMB. THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM
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WAS ESTABLISHED WAY
BACK IN THE BEGINNING.
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ADAM AND EVE SINNED AND THEY
TRIED TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS
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WITH, WHAT? FIG LEAVES.
FIG LEAVES ARE A SYMBOL IN
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THE BIBLE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS
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CURSED THE FIG TREE? IT
HAD LEAVES BUT NO FRUIT.
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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS WHAT THAT MEANS.
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GOD SAID, "SORRY, ADAM,
EVE, THAT WILL NOT WORK."
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE
GAVE THEM COATS OF SKINS.
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SOMETHING HAD TO DIE BACK THERE
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO COVER
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THEIR NAKEDNESS. IT
WAS AT THIS TIME THE LORD
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ESTABLISHED THE
SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM.
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THAT'S WHY ABEL BROUGHT HIS
OFFERING TO THE GATES OF THE
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GARDEN OF EDEN AND HE OFFERED
A LAMB AND GOD ACCEPTED IT.
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AND EVERY LAMB, WHETHER THE ONES
THAT ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
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OFFERED OR THE ONES THAT WERE
OFFERED BY MOSES IN THE TEMPLE,
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THEY ALL POINTED FORWARD TO
WHEN GOD'S SON, THE LAMB OF GOD,
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WOULD COME AND TAKE
WAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
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AND YOU KNOW JESUS HAD TO DIE
TO SAVE THIS PERISHING WORLD.
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"WHY WAS IT
NECESSARY FOR JESUS TO DIE?"
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ISN'T THAT DRASTIC?
WELL, THE BIBLE GIVES US
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THE ANSWER. IT TELLS
US "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED
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AND FALLEN SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
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ALL OF US HAVE SINNED AND ALL
SIN IS ENOUGH FOR JESUS TO DIE.
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IF YOU WERE THE ONLY
PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO SINNED,
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HE WOULD HAVE DIED JUST FOR YOU.
BUT BECAUSE HE'S GOD AND BECAUSE
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HIS LIFE AND HIS BLOOD
AND SACRIFICE WAS SO POTENT,
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HE WAS ABLE TO COVER
THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
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WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR
SIN? IT TELLS US FOR, AND YOU'VE
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GOT THE ANSWER THERE,
"THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH."
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NOW THAT SOUNDS PRETTY
DRASTIC, THE DEATH PENALTY JUST
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FOR TELLING A LITTLE LIE.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TRUE
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NATURE OF SIN. YOU
KNOW IT STARTED VERY SMALL
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IN HEAVEN WITH LUCIFER AND
LOOK AT WHAT THE FRUIT OF IT IS.
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YOU KNOW CANCER
STARTS AS ONE CELL.
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SIN IS A DEADLY,
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
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NOW OUR FATHER, GOD, HAS BEEN
FACED WITH A TERRIBLE DILEMMA.
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HE DESPERATELY LOVES ALL OF HIS
CREATURES AND WHEN THIS WORLD
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REBELLED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN EASY THING FOR GOD TO GO,
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"THEY MESSED UP DOWN THERE.
LET'S JUST WIPE 'EM ALL OUT,
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WE'LL START FRESH."
BUT GOD IS USING THIS
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OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT HE IS
DESPERATE TO SAVE AND THAT'S WHY
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THE LORD HAS TO
DO SOMETHING DRASTIC.
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IT'S SO DRASTIC THAT HE HAS
TO PRONOUNCE THE DEATH PENALTY
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BECAUSE SIN WILL KILL THE WHOLE
UNIVERSE IF HE DOESN'T DEAL
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WITH IT THAT WAY, BUT THE
LORD ACTIVATED ANOTHER PLAN.
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WHAT DOES IT SAY?
"WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD,
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THERE IS NO REMISSION FOR SIN."
YOU KNOW BLOOD NOT ONLY SUPPLIES
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FOOD FOR EVERY CELL IN
YOUR BODY, BUT BLOOD CLEANSES.
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YOUR BODY IS
CONSTANTLY BEING CLEANSED.
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MATTER OF FACT IN YOUR BLOOD
YOU'VE GOT AN ARMY OF WHITE
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BLOOD CELLS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY
PURIFYING YOUR BLOOD FROM
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A BOMBARDMENT OF
GERMS AND BACTERIA.
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THE VERY FACT THAT MOST OF
THE TIME WE'RE ALIVE AND WELL
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IS BECAUSE YOUR
BLOOD IS CLEANSING.
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WELL, IF YOUR BLOOD CAN DO THAT,
WHAT CAN THE BLOOD OF GOD'S
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SPOTLESS SON DO? THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST CLEANSES US.
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IT TELLS US THAT
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
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NOW THE BIBLE TELLS US HE DIED
FOR OUR SINS AND THAT MEANS,
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OF COURSE, THE
SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
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SOMETIMES WE FORGET
TO MAKE IT PERSONAL.
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PEOPLE ARE SO WORRIED THAT
THEY'RE BEYOND FORGIVENESS.
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FRIENDS, GIVE GOD
MORE CREDIT, WOULD YOU?
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DO YOU THINK YOU'RE A BETTER
SINNER THAN HE IS A FORGIVER?
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AND IF HE WAS ABLE TO DIE
AND COVER THE SINS OF THE ENTIRE
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WORLD, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH
SIN IS REPRESENTED IN YOUR LIFE,
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OVER THE COURSE OF
YOUR LIFE, IN THIS ROOM,
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NOW ALL THE SIN
OF ALL THE WORLD.
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IF HE CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT
OF ALL THE SIN OF ALL THE WORLD,
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CAN HE TAKE CARE OF YOURS? YES,
HE CAN. HE IS A BETTER SAVIOR
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THAN YOU ARE A SINNER.
FURTHERMORE IT SAYS, "FOR CHRIST
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ALSO HAS SUFFERED ONCE FOR THE
SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST."
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HOW IS THAT IT HE
COULD DIE FOR OUR SINS?
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BECAUSE WE ARE UNJUST AND HE
IS JUST. NOW SOME PEOPLE CAN'T
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FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S
POSSIBLE THAT THIS ALL WORKS.
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HOW CAN THE BLOOD OF
JESUS WASH US FROM SIN?
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HOW CAN A JUST PERSON
FORGIVE AN UNJUST PERSON?
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IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT
THE UNJUST PERSON HAD TO PAY
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FOR THEIR OWN SINS.
I'LL ADMIT FREELY RIGHT NOW
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THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I
CAN'T EXPLAIN. I LIKE THE WAY
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THAT BILLY SUNDAY,
THE GREAT PREACHER PUT IT.
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HE SAID, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW A BLACK COW CAN EAT GREEN
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GRASS AND MAKE YELLOW BUTTER AND
WHITE MILK, BUT I BELIEVE IT."
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IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT
IT WORKS AND I'M HERE TO TELL
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YOU TODAY THAT IT
WORKS. "WHY DID GOD MAKE SUCH
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A FANTASTIC
SACRIFICE FOR YOU AND ME?"
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THE ANSWER, YOU KNOW THIS ONE,
JOHN 3:16, "FOR GOD SO LOVED
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THE WORLD, THAT HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON."
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YOU KNOW, LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED
IN GIVING AND NOT ONLY IT SAYS
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GOD LOVED THE WORLD, THERE'S
A VERY IMPORTANT TWO-LETTER
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WORD IN THERE. IT
ENGLISH IT'S TWO LETTERS.
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IT'S THE WORD "SO."
IT MEANS SO MUCH, FOR GOD
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SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS SON.
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I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU GONNA GIVE
THAT'S YOUR GREATEST TREASURE?
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YOUR HOUSE, YOUR PIANO,
YOUR CAR? HE GAVE HIS SON.
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"WHAT MUST I DO TO BENEFIT
FROM JESUS' SACRIFICIAL DEATH?"
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ANSWER ACTS 16:31, "BELIEVE
IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
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AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED."
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WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING
TO NICODEMUS HE SAID IN
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JOHN 3:14-15, JUST
BEFORE YOU GET TO VERSE 16.
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"AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE
SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN
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SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE
LIFTED UP: THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES
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IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
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SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE
STORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WERE BITTEN BY THESE FIERY,
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VENOMOUS DEADLY SERPENTS.
AND THEY CRIED OUT TO MOSES,
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"WHAT SHALL WE DO?" AND
GOD INSTRUCTED MOSES TO MAKE
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A BRONZE OR BRAZEN
SERPENT. PUT IT ON A POLE.
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WHOEVER LOOKS AND BELIEVES
WILL BE HEALED FROM THE VENOM.
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE
SYMBOL FOR THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY,
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THAT SERPENT ON A POLE?
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SYMBOL
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FOR HEALING. SOME SAY
THAT REPRESENTS JESUS,
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NO IT DOESN'T. A
SNAKE ON A STICK REPRESENTS
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A DEFEATED SNAKE.
LOOKING AT THE SERPENT ON A POLE
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WAS A SYMBOL THAT
JESUS, BY DYING ON THE CROSS,
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BY LOOKING IN FAITH TO
HIM, HE KILLED THE SERPENT.
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HE TOOK THE VENOM AWAY,
THE VENOM OF SIN THAT WE'VE ALL
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BEEN BITTEN WITH, SO TO SPEAK.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TELLING US.
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HOW DOES THAT
HAPPEN? YOU BELIEVE IT.
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YOU KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH.
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IF THERE'S ANYTHING I COULD
LEAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IF I
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RAN OUT OF TIME AND THERE'S ONE
POINT THAT I NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE
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IT'S VERY SIMPLY THIS, FRIENDS,
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER
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OF FAITH. THE
BIBLE SAYS GOD HAS DEALT
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TO ALL MEN A MEASURE OF FAITH.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT CAN
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HAPPEN WHEN YOU
START BELIEVING IN GOD.
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AND INCIDENTALLY BELIEVING IN
GOD ALSO MEANS BE-LIVE IN GOD.
00:13:02.98\00:13:07.38
SOME PEOPLE THINK ALL YOU'VE
GOTTA DO TO BE SAVED IS YOU SAY,
00:13:07.42\00:13:09.55
"YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A
GOD AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A
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JESUS AND THAT MEANS I'M
SAVED." THAT'S AN INSULT.
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IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S
MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE
BOOK OF JAMES, EVEN THE DEVILS
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BELIEVE AND TREMBLE. THE
DEVIL BELIEVES THERE'S A GOD.
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IT'S NOT BELIEVING HE EXISTS.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE FOOL HAS SAID
IN HIS HEART THERE'S NO GOD.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT BELIEVING
IN HIM ENOUGH, BEING WILLING
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TO FOLLOW AND
SUBMIT TO HIM. JOHN 1:12.
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I NEEDED TO GIVE THE
SECOND PART OF THIS ANSWER.
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"BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM,
TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO BECOME
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THE SONS OF GOD." YOU
KNOW THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
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WE ARE ADOPTED INTO
THE HEAVENLY FAMILY.
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ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE
LORD, YOU'VE GOT NEW PARENTS.
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MY FAMILY THOUGHT I WENT
OFF THE DEEP END WHEN I BECAME A
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CHRISTIAN AND I READ A SCRIPTURE
IN PSALMS WHERE KING DAVID SAYS,
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"WHEN YOUR FATHER AND
YOUR MOTHER FORSAKE YOU,
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THE LORD WILL TAKE YOU UP."
YOU'RE ADOPTED INTO A NEW FAMILY
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AND HE PROVIDES FOR YOU
BETTER THAN YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR
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CHILDREN. "HOW
THEN, AM I FORGIVEN?"
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LET'S UNDERSTAND THE
SCIENCE OF HOW THIS OPERATES.
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ANSWER, "REPENT
THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED,
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THAT YOUR SINS
MIGHT BE BLOTTED OUT."
00:14:20.19\00:14:22.76
THERE'S A
COMBINATION OF REPENTING.
00:14:22.79\00:14:24.66
NOW REPENTANCE DOESN'T
JUST MEAN SAYING, "SORRY GOD."
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REPENTANCE BIBLICALLY IS A
DEEP-HEARTFELT SORROW FOR SIN,
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SORROW THAT WE'VE HURT GOD
WANTING TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE PHARAOH
OF EGYPT REPENTED WHENEVER THERE
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WAS A PLAGUE BOTHERING HIM
AND WHEN THE PLAGUE WENT AWAY,
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HE WENT BACK TO
HIS OLD BAD BEHAVIOR.
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THAT'S NOT THE REPENTANCE
THE BIBLE'S TALKING ABOUT.
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THE BIBLE TELLS HOW PETER
REPENTED AND HE WEPT BITTERLY
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AND HE WAS A CHANGED
MAN. THAT'S THE REPENTANCE.
00:14:52.89\00:14:57.16
IF ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR I'M
RACING FOR THE ELEVATOR AND I
00:14:57.19\00:15:01.60
ACCIDENTALLY BUMP INTO YOU AND
BRUSH YOUR COAT OR SOMETHING I'M
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NOT GONNA SAY, "I'M SORRY" AND
FALL DOWN AND GRAB YOUR ANKLES
00:15:05.20\00:15:08.50
AND PLEAD FOR MERCY BECAUSE
I HAVEN'T HURT YOU THAT MUCH.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
THE APOLOGY SHOULD ALWAYS BE
00:15:12.97\00:15:15.88
IN PROPORTION TO THE
INJURY. YOU GOT THAT?
00:15:15.91\00:15:18.35
THE APOLOGY SHOULD BE IN
PROPORTION TO THE INJURY.
00:15:18.38\00:15:21.48
BUT IF I'M RACING TO THE
ELEVATOR AND I'M NOT LOOKING THE
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RIGHT WAY AND I PLOW RIGHT INTO
YOU LIKE A LINEBACKER AND SEND
00:15:23.45\00:15:26.59
YOU SPRAWLING AND GIVE YOU A
CONCUSSION AND SAY, "EXCUSE ME"
00:15:26.62\00:15:29.76
AND THEN GO ON DOWN THE ROAD,
THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE EITHER.
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WE, WE BY OUR SINS CRUCIFY
JESUS. REPENTANCE DOESN'T MEAN
00:15:33.86\00:15:39.83
SAYING, "SORRY LORD, I DIDN'T
MEAN IT." THAT'S AN INSULT.
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WE SHOULD REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW
MUCH WE'VE HURT HIM AND WE'VE
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GRIEVED HIM AND WE CAUSED
THE DEATH OF GOD'S BELOVED SON.
00:15:47.78\00:15:51.78
NOW TO REALLY APPRECIATE
FORGIVENESS, YOU NEED A THOROUGH
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REPENTANCE AND THAT GETS TO
OUR NEXT PART OF THE QUESTION.
00:15:56.72\00:15:59.25
"IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE
IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE
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US OUR SINS AND TO
CLEANSE US FROM--" SOME?
00:16:04.09\00:16:09.03
"ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
SOME PEOPLE HAVE A VERY SHALLOW
00:16:09.06\00:16:13.03
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
THEY'VE HAD A VERY SHALLOW
00:16:13.07\00:16:15.74
WORK WITH GOD. YOU
KNOW WHAT DAVID DID
00:16:15.77\00:16:17.61
WHEN HE SINNED? HE GOT
ON HIS FACE. HE DID NOT
00:16:17.64\00:16:20.54
EAT FOR 7 DAYS.
NOW THAT'S REPENTANCE.
00:16:20.58\00:16:25.31
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
GOD USED REAL REPENTANCE.
00:16:25.35\00:16:27.65
AND IF WE REPENT LIKE THAT, WE
WILL THEN, DAVID WAS THEN AGAIN
00:16:27.68\00:16:31.55
FILLED WITH GOD'S SPIRIT BECAUSE
HE HAD A THOROUGH REPENTANCE.
00:16:31.59\00:16:36.26
GOD WILL FILL YOU TO THE
SAME DEGREE YOU EMPTY YOURSELF
00:16:36.29\00:16:40.26
OF SELF. THAT'S THE PROMISE.
00:16:40.30\00:16:42.80
"WHAT IS THIS WONDERFUL
CONVERSION EXPERIENCE CALLED?"
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ANSWER, "YOU
MUST BE BORN AGAIN."
00:16:46.30\00:16:50.87
A NEW BIRTH. DOES A
BABY WORRY ABOUT GROWING?
00:16:50.91\00:16:54.98
WHAT DOES A BABY
DO IN ORDER TO GROW?
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IT RECEIVES WHAT
THE PARENTS PROVIDE.
00:16:57.31\00:16:59.81
THE CLEANSING, AND WE ALL
NEED AN OCCASIONAL CLEANSING.
00:16:59.85\00:17:02.88
AND IT RECEIVES THE FOOD
AND THE WATER AND THE MILK.
00:17:02.92\00:17:06.12
YOU KNOW WE RECEIVED THE MILK OF
GOD'S WORD AS CHRISTIAN BABIES
00:17:06.15\00:17:09.16
AND THE BREAD OF LIFE AND A BABY
NEEDS TO JUST KEEP BREATHING.
00:17:09.19\00:17:13.03
WHEN THEY STOP BREATHING
THEY CALL THAT CRIB DEATH.
00:17:13.06\00:17:15.56
THEY NEED TO KEEP BREATHING.
THEY NEED SOME AFFECTION.
00:17:15.60\00:17:18.70
AND AS THEY RECEIVE THE THINGS
THE PARENTS PROVIDE, BABIES
00:17:18.73\00:17:21.24
DON'T WORRY ABOUT GROWING,
THEY GROW. "WHO ENTERS THE
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HEART OF THE BORN-AGAIN
CHRISTIAN AT CONVERSION?"
00:17:24.57\00:17:28.41
ANSWER, "EVEN THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHICH YOU KNOW
00:17:28.44\00:17:33.28
FOR HE DWELLS WITH
YOU, AND HE WILL BE IN YOU."
00:17:33.31\00:17:36.35
JESUS SAID, "I'VE GOTTA GO
AWAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SEND
00:17:36.38\00:17:39.62
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE WILL BE
IN YOU AND HE WILL BE WITH YOU."
00:17:39.65\00:17:42.62
NOW GOD'S SPIRIT
DID NOT SUDDENLY APPEAR
00:17:42.66\00:17:44.83
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
IT WAS THE SAME SPIRIT OF
00:17:44.86\00:17:47.60
THE LORD THAT CAME ON SAMSON.
AND KING DAVID PRAYED, "TAKE
00:17:47.66\00:17:51.10
NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME."
AND BACK IN GENESIS THE SPIRIT
00:17:51.13\00:17:54.34
OF GOD MOVED ON
THE FACE OF THE WATER.
00:17:54.37\00:17:56.34
GOD, IN THE BEGINNING, SAID,
"LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE."
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GOD CONSISTS OF GOD THE
FATHER AND GOD THE SON AND GOD
00:18:00.78\00:18:04.18
THE SPIRIT. YOU
DON'T FIND THE WORD
00:18:04.21\00:18:06.01
"TRINITY" IN THE BIBLE BUT
I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU CALL THE
00:18:06.05\00:18:08.12
GODHEAD, THREE SEPARATE
PERSONS THAT MAKE UP GOD.
00:18:08.15\00:18:12.09
IN HEBREW IT SAYS A
MAN AND WOMAN GET MARRIED
00:18:12.12\00:18:16.42
AND THEY TWO
BECOME, WHAT? ONE FLESH.
00:18:16.46\00:18:19.33
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
KAREN AND I MERGED TOGETHER
00:18:19.36\00:18:21.26
TO A TWO-HEADED MONSTER.
IT MEANS THERE'S TWO SEPARATE
00:18:21.30\00:18:24.27
PEOPLE NOW BUT YOU BECOME ONE
FAMILY UNIT. THERE IS ONE GOD
00:18:24.30\00:18:28.04
WHO CONSISTS OF THREE PERSONS,
GOD THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT.
00:18:28.07\00:18:31.64
GOD THE SPIRIT MOVES INTO
YOUR HEART AND HE GUIDES YOU.
00:18:31.67\00:18:34.18
AND FRIENDS, IT'S
A WONDERFUL THING.
00:18:34.21\00:18:35.24
"WHEN JESUS LIVES IN MY
HEART THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:18:35.28\00:18:38.61
WHAT WILL I DO?"
PHILIPPIANS 2:13, "BOTH TO WILL
00:18:38.65\00:18:44.02
AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE."
THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU THE
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ABILITY TO NOT ONLY BE A
HEARER OF THE WORD BUT A DOER.
00:18:49.32\00:18:53.50
SOME PEOPLE VIEW THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION AS A LIST OF RULES,
00:18:53.53\00:18:57.97
AND THERE'S A LOT OF
REQUIREMENTS IN THE BIBLE.
00:18:58.00\00:18:59.83
GOD DOES HAVE STANDARDS AND
I BELIEVE IN THAT, BUT YOU NEED
00:18:59.87\00:19:02.60
TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE.
GOD IS LOVE AND HE WANTS US
00:19:02.64\00:19:06.61
TO BE MOTIVATED BY LOVE.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO WORK THEIR
00:19:06.64\00:19:10.65
WAY TO HEAVEN, THEY
SEE GOD AS A TYRANT.
00:19:10.68\00:19:12.71
HE'S GIVING THEM A LIST AND YOU
DO THESE THINGS AND WE'LL STAY
00:19:12.75\00:19:14.62
MARRIED, AND THEY'RE MISERABLE.
WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE
00:19:14.65\00:19:19.12
LORD, YOU STILL OBEY HIM BUT THE
MOTIVE IS BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM,
00:19:19.15\00:19:24.46
YOU'RE WILLING TO DO HIS WILL.
THAT NEEDS TO BE THE PRINCIPLE.
00:19:24.49\00:19:29.50
OH, WOULD GOD, IF THE WORLD
COULD UNDERSTAND THAT, PEOPLE
00:19:29.53\00:19:34.27
WOULD WANT TO BE CHRISTIANS.
"WHY SHOULD I BE CONFIDENT
00:19:34.30\00:19:37.34
THAT MY NEW-BIRTH
EXPERIENCE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL?"
00:19:37.37\00:19:40.71
LET'S LOOK AT THE ANSWER
PHILIPPIANS 1:6, "HE WHICH HATH
00:19:40.74\00:19:43.98
BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU
WILL PERFORM IT UNTO THE DAY OF
00:19:44.01\00:19:49.02
THE LORD." NOW WHEN I
THINK ABOUT WHAT MY EXAMPLE IS,
00:19:49.05\00:19:52.79
WHO'S MY EXAMPLE AS A
CHRISTIAN? JESUS IS MY EXAMPLE.
00:19:52.82\00:19:56.69
A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF
CHRIST AND WHEN I LOOK AT HIM
00:19:56.73\00:19:59.66
I THINK, I'VE
GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.26
AND IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF, YOU
COULD DISCOURAGED BUT YOU NEED
00:20:02.30\00:20:05.67
TO REMEMBER THAT HE'S
GOING TO FINISH WHAT HE BEGAN.
00:20:05.70\00:20:09.90
WHEN I LOOK AT HOW FAR HE
BROUGHT ME, I'VE GOT CONFIDENCE
00:20:09.94\00:20:12.44
THAT HE'S THE AUTHOR AND
THE FINISHER OF MY FAITH.
00:20:12.47\00:20:15.28
HE WILL NEVER QUIT ON
YOU IF YOU DON'T QUIT ON HIM.
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.71
YOU'RE FREE. YOU CAN
LET GO OF HIM, BUT HE
00:20:17.75\00:20:19.35
WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU AS
LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO STAY
00:20:19.38\00:20:22.58
IN HIS HANDS.
AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
00:20:22.62\00:20:24.99
HE WILL FINISH WHAT HE'S
BEGUN. SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED.
00:20:25.02\00:20:27.32
THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE IS PROGRESSIVE.
00:20:27.36\00:20:29.69
YOU'VE GOTTA LEARN TO
WALK AND LIVE A NEW WAY.
00:20:29.72\00:20:31.76
ISAIAH 1 SAYS,
"LEARN TO DO GOOD."
00:20:31.79\00:20:34.60
THERE'S A PROCESS INVOLVED.
"WHY DO SOME PEOPLE FAIL IN
00:20:34.63\00:20:38.40
THEIR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE?"
ISAIAH 53:6 TELLS US BECAUSE
00:20:38.43\00:20:43.37
"WE'VE TURNED
EVERYONE TO HIS OWN WAY."
00:20:43.41\00:20:47.84
NOW BEING A CHRISTIAN
MEANS FOLLOWING THE LORD.
00:20:47.88\00:20:51.65
THE DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM.
THE WAY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:20:51.68\00:20:54.55
GOT FROM EGYPT TO THE PROMISED
LAND, THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW
00:20:54.58\00:20:57.85
THAT PILLAR OF CLOUD.
THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW THE LORD.
00:20:57.89\00:21:00.66
AS LONG AS THEY
FOLLOWED, THEY WERE SAFE.
00:21:00.69\00:21:03.22
AND IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO GO WITH GOD LEADS YOU,
00:21:03.26\00:21:05.43
DO NOT LOOK AT THE OBSTACLES.
00:21:05.46\00:21:07.30
SO MANY TIMES THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL GOT INTO TROUBLE
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.80
AND WE'RE NO
DIFFERENT TODAY, INCIDENTALLY.
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.13
THEY GOT INTO TROUBLE 'CAUSE
THEY LOOKED AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
00:21:12.17\00:21:16.00
INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING
BY FAITH GOD'S POWER.
00:21:16.04\00:21:18.54
THEY'D COME UP TO THE RED
SEA AND THEY'D SEE THE EGYPTIANS
00:21:18.57\00:21:21.48
WERE COMING UP FROM BEHIND WITH
THEIR WEAPONS AND THE MOUNTAINS
00:21:21.51\00:21:24.15
WERE ON BOTH SIDES. THEY'RE
SAY, "AH, WE'RE IN TROUBLE!"
00:21:24.18\00:21:26.21
GOD SAID, "DON'T WORRY, JUST
FOLLOW ME" AND HE PARTS THE SEA.
00:21:26.25\00:21:29.52
DON'T LOOK AT HOW BIG GOLIATH
IS, LOOK AT HOW BIG THE LORD IS.
00:21:29.55\00:21:34.56
THIS IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE
LESSONS IN THE BIBLE IS ALL
00:21:34.59\00:21:36.89
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE BY FAITH.
"HOW CAN I KNOW THAT JESUS
00:21:36.93\00:21:40.76
ACCEPTS ME AND
THAT I'M HIS CHILD?"
00:21:40.80\00:21:43.37
ANSWER TITUS 1:2, "GOD,
THAT CANNOT LIE, HAS PROMISED."
00:21:43.40\00:21:50.64
NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY
AND STRETCH THE TRUTH OF GOD,
00:21:50.67\00:21:53.01
IT DOES NOT
CHANGE. HE IS CONSISTENT.
00:21:53.04\00:21:54.98
WHEN HE MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN
COUNT ON HIM TO KEEP HIS WORD.
00:21:55.01\00:21:58.35
MATTHEW 7:7, "ASK AND
IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU."
00:21:58.38\00:22:03.49
ASK AND YOU'LL RECEIVE.
JESUS SAID, "YOU RECEIVE NOT
00:22:03.52\00:22:05.95
'CAUSE YOU DON'T ASK."
GOD IS A THOUSAND TIMES MORE
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.12
WILLING TO GIVE
THAN WE ARE TO ASK HIM.
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.79
"HOW SHALL TRUE
CONVERSION CHANGE A LIFE?"
00:22:10.83\00:22:14.00
AND THERE'S SEVERAL
THINGS IN THIS ANSWER.
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.53
FIRST PART, "BY THIS SHALL
ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY
00:22:15.56\00:22:18.77
DISCIPLES, IF YOU
HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER."
00:22:18.80\00:22:23.00
IT'S A SAD FACT THAT THE DIVORCE
RATE AMONG CHRISTIANS IS NOT
00:22:23.04\00:22:27.01
MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN THAT IN THE WORLD.
00:22:27.04\00:22:29.08
WE'VE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO LOVE.
00:22:29.11\00:22:30.58
THAT'S ONE OF OUR
PRINCIPLE LESSONS.
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.45
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,
"IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST,
00:22:32.48\00:22:35.78
HE IS A NEW CREATURE,"
WHO WANTS TO LIVE A NEW LIFE.
00:22:35.82\00:22:39.45
1 JOHN 3:22, "WE KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THOSE
00:22:39.49\00:22:46.23
THINGS THAT ARE
PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT."
00:22:46.26\00:22:49.20
ROMANS 12:2, "BE NOT CONFORMED
TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE
00:22:49.23\00:22:54.90
TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF
YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MIGHT PROVE
00:22:54.94\00:23:00.24
WHAT IS THE PERFECT
AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT
00:23:00.28\00:23:03.51
WILL OF GOD." WE
ARE TO BE NEW CREATURES
00:23:03.55\00:23:07.25
THAT DO NEW
THINGS. I'VE GOT A THEORY.
00:23:07.28\00:23:10.92
GOD DESIGNED PEOPLE
TO BE ADDICTED TO HIM.
00:23:10.95\00:23:14.76
WHEN MAN REBELLED AGAINST GOD,
IT CREATED A VACUUM, A HOLE IN
00:23:14.79\00:23:19.23
OUR SOUL AND MAN IS CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO SHOVE SOMETHING ELSE
00:23:19.26\00:23:23.50
IN TO FILL THAT VOID.
EVERYBODY IS A SIN-A-HOLIC.
00:23:23.53\00:23:28.27
EVERYBODY HAS AN
ADDICTION UNLESS YOU ARE FILLED
00:23:28.30\00:23:31.14
WITH THE LORD. UNTIL
YOU LEARN TO FILL THAT
00:23:31.17\00:23:33.54
VACUUM WITH GOD, I CAN SIMPLY
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TO ASK OURSELF, WHAT'S OUR
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TO BE IN LOVE WITH AND OBSESSED
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"WHAT WONDERFUL PROMISES
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ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
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GOD IS ABLE TO HELP YOU DO
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ALL THINGS ARE
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USUALLY GIVES US A LOT
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CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED BE
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"THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE
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HE FURTHERMORE
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