Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000073
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:11 >> JESUS IS THAT LADDER. HE IS OUR ONLY SAFETY NET THAT 00:15 WILL PREVENT US FROM DROPPING OFF INTO ETERNITY UNPREPARED. 00:23 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN 00:26 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:29 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:32 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK 00:36 AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:42 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:44 "THE MILLENNIUM OF PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES. 00:51 >> ABRAHAM WAS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. 00:54 GOD HAD TOLD ABRAHAM AND SARAH THAT THROUGH THEIR DESCENDANTS, 00:58 ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED. 01:01 FINALLY ONE OF THE GREAT MIRACLES OF THE BIBLE IS ABRAHAM 01:04 OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE AND SARAH OVER 90 GAVE BIRTH 01:08 TO A BABY BOY. 01:09 GOD HAD PROMISED THAT THROUGH THIS SON, THE MESSIAH 01:13 WOULD COME, ALL THE NATIONS OF WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED. 01:16 GOD WOULD BECOME A MAN THROUGH THE ANCESTORS OF ISAAC. 01:20 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY ABRAHAM WAS SHOCKED ONE DAY WHEN 01:24 THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. 01:26 SAID, "ABRAHAM." HE SAID, "HERE I AM." 01:29 HE SAID, "TAKE NOW YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC 01:32 WHOM YOU LOVE, BRING HIM UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH 01:37 AND OFFER HIM THERE AS A BURNT OFFERING UNTO ME." 01:40 ABRAHAM HAD COME TO THE PLACE WHERE HE RECOGNIZED THE VOICE 01:44 GOD AND WITHOUT ARGUING, HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE UP SARAH 01:47 AND BREAK THIS NEWS TO HER, HE WOKE UP HIS SON, ISAAC, 01:50 HE GOT A COUPLE OF SERVANTS. THEY GOT SOME WOOD. 01:53 THEY GOT THE TOOLS FOR BUILDING A FIRE AND THEY BEGAN A 3-DAY 01:57 JOURNEY. AT THE END OF 3 DAYS, THEY COULD STAND AT THE BASE OF 02:01 THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH, WHICH WERE THE HILLS OF JUDEA. 02:05 HE LEFT THE SERVANTS AND HE AND ISAAC STARTED UP THE HILL. 02:09 THEY MADE A 3 1/2-DAY JOURNEY. DON'T MISS THAT. 02:14 THE BIBLE TELLS US CHRIST, FROM HIS BAPTISM TO HIS CROSS, 02:17 WAS 3 1/2 YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL TELL YOU 02:21 THAT IS A KEY FOR PROPHECY IS IN PROPHECY, A DAY EQUALS, WHAT? 02:26 WHO KNOWS? A YEAR, YOU KNOW THAT. 02:27 MOST BIBLE SCHOLARS KNOW THAT IN PROPHECY A DAY EQUALS A YEAR. 02:32 AND SO THEY MADE THE JOURNEY UP THE MOUNTAIN AND AS THEY'RE 02:35 GOING, ISAAC SAID, "FATHER." AND ABRAHAM SAID, "HERE I AM, MY 02:39 SON." HE SAID, "WE HAVE THE WOOD AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO 02:43 BUILD A FIRE, BUT THE LAMB IS MISSING. WHERE'S THE LAMB?" 02:47 AND ABRAHAM SAID IN THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS, 02:50 "GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB." 02:54 THE LORD PROVIDED HIMSELF A LAMB. 02:57 THIS WAS A STORACLE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 03:01 HERE ISAAC, THE SON HAS THE WOOD, THE CROSS ON HIS BACK 03:04 AS THE TWO OF THEM GO UP THE MOUNTAIN TOGETHER. 03:07 SOME THINK THAT IT WAS ONLY THE SON WHO SUFFERED ON THE CROSS. 03:10 GOD THE FATHER SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON. 03:13 WHO SUFFERED MORE AT THE CRUCIFIXION, 03:16 THE FATHER OR THE SON? THEY BOTH SUFFERED. 03:18 IT WAS JOINTLY WHEN THEY GOT TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 03:21 ISAAC WAS A STRAPPING YOUNG MAN. ABRAHAM COULDN'T WRESTLE HIM TO 03:25 THE GROUND OVER 120 YEARS OF AGE PROBABLY AT THAT TIME. 03:29 HE EXPLAINED WHAT GOD HAD REQUIRED. 03:31 ISAAC WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE. 03:34 JUST AS JESUS SAID, "FATHER, NOT MY WILL, THY WILL BE DONE." 03:37 AND JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO BRING DOWN THE KNIFE, AN ANGEL 03:41 SPOKE OUT AND SAID, "ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM! 03:44 DO NOT LAY YOUR HAND ON THE LAD, OR DO ANY HARM TO HIM." 03:49 HE SAID, "FOR I KNOW THAT YOU FEAR GOD, SINCE YOU HAVE 03:53 NOT WITHHELD YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY SON FROM ME." 03:57 IT'S VERY INTERESTING THE ECHOES THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE GOSPELS 04:00 IN THIS STORY. AND THEN THE ANGEL DIRECTED HIM 04:03 TO A RAM THAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE HORNS IN A THORN BUSH, 04:08 A RAM WITH A CROWN OF THORNS WAS SACRIFICED IN PLACE. 04:13 SO WHEN ABRAHAM SAID, "GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A SACRIFICE," 04:15 GOD DID PROVIDE A SACRIFICE, LITERALLY THAT DAY HE PROVIDED 04:19 A RAM, BUT THAT WAS A STORACLE. 04:23 THAT WAS A PROPHECY THAT TELLS US SOMEDAY GOD THE FATHER WOULD 04:26 PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF A SACRIFICE. GOD THE SON WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU 04:31 AND ME, AND THAT WAS TO HELP US RECOGNIZE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 04:35 WHO JESUS WAS WHEN HE CAME, HE WAS THE MESSIAH. 04:39 WHAT A TOUCHING STORY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON TOGETHER 04:41 MAKING THAT SACRIFICE THAT YOU AND I MIGHT BE REDEEMED. 04:46 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE IF WE WOULD 04:49 UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL AND THE BIBLE. 04:52 "WHOM DID THE ANIMAL THAT WAS SACRIFICED IN ISAAC'S PLACE 04:57 REPRESENT?" "THE NEXT DAY JOHN SEETH JESUS 05:01 COMING UNTO HIM, AND HE SAID, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, 05:06 THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE--" JEWISH NATION. 05:11 TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF HOW MUCH? WHOLE WORLD. 05:16 JESUS WAS TO COME THROUGH THE JEWISH NATION AND THE JEWS 05:19 HAD THE GREATEST HONOR OF ANY RACE. 05:21 THEY WERE TO INTRODUCE THE MESSIAH TO THE WORLD WHICH 05:24 IS WHAT HAPPENED AT PENTECOST INCIDENTALLY. ALL JEWS WERE 05:27 CONVERTED THAT DAY WHO THEN SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE THEN 05:30 KNOWN WORLD TELLING THAT THE MESSIAH HAD COME. GOD DOES NOT 05:34 BELIEVE IN EXCLUSIVISM, HE WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED. 05:38 REVELATION CLOSES BY SAYING, "WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM COME 05:42 AND TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY." 05:44 GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE AND HE WANTS US ALL TO BE 05:47 SAVED AND HE'S PROVEN IT IN WHAT HE'S DONE. 05:50 NOW JESUS WAS CALLED THE LAMB OF GOD. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. 05:53 YOU CAN LOOK ALL THE WAY FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. 05:55 YOU REMEMBER WHEN ABEL BROUGHT A LAMB. THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM 05:58 WAS ESTABLISHED WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING. 06:00 ADAM AND EVE SINNED AND THEY TRIED TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS 06:03 WITH, WHAT? FIG LEAVES. FIG LEAVES ARE A SYMBOL IN 06:07 THE BIBLE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS 06:10 CURSED THE FIG TREE? IT HAD LEAVES BUT NO FRUIT. 06:15 SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS WHAT THAT MEANS. 06:17 GOD SAID, "SORRY, ADAM, EVE, THAT WILL NOT WORK." 06:20 THE BIBLE SAYS HE GAVE THEM COATS OF SKINS. 06:24 SOMETHING HAD TO DIE BACK THERE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO COVER 06:27 THEIR NAKEDNESS. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE LORD 06:29 ESTABLISHED THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM. 06:31 THAT'S WHY ABEL BROUGHT HIS OFFERING TO THE GATES OF THE 06:34 GARDEN OF EDEN AND HE OFFERED A LAMB AND GOD ACCEPTED IT. 06:37 AND EVERY LAMB, WHETHER THE ONES THAT ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB 06:41 OFFERED OR THE ONES THAT WERE OFFERED BY MOSES IN THE TEMPLE, 06:44 THEY ALL POINTED FORWARD TO WHEN GOD'S SON, THE LAMB OF GOD, 06:48 WOULD COME AND TAKE WAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 06:51 AND YOU KNOW JESUS HAD TO DIE TO SAVE THIS PERISHING WORLD. 06:55 "WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR JESUS TO DIE?" 06:57 ISN'T THAT DRASTIC? WELL, THE BIBLE GIVES US 06:59 THE ANSWER. IT TELLS US "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED 07:03 AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD." 07:06 ALL OF US HAVE SINNED AND ALL SIN IS ENOUGH FOR JESUS TO DIE. 07:12 IF YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO SINNED, 07:14 HE WOULD HAVE DIED JUST FOR YOU. BUT BECAUSE HE'S GOD AND BECAUSE 07:20 HIS LIFE AND HIS BLOOD AND SACRIFICE WAS SO POTENT, 07:23 HE WAS ABLE TO COVER THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 07:26 WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR SIN? IT TELLS US FOR, AND YOU'VE 07:30 GOT THE ANSWER THERE, "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH." 07:35 NOW THAT SOUNDS PRETTY DRASTIC, THE DEATH PENALTY JUST 07:37 FOR TELLING A LITTLE LIE. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TRUE 07:40 NATURE OF SIN. YOU KNOW IT STARTED VERY SMALL 07:43 IN HEAVEN WITH LUCIFER AND LOOK AT WHAT THE FRUIT OF IT IS. 07:48 YOU KNOW CANCER STARTS AS ONE CELL. 07:52 SIN IS A DEADLY, CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. 07:56 NOW OUR FATHER, GOD, HAS BEEN FACED WITH A TERRIBLE DILEMMA. 07:59 HE DESPERATELY LOVES ALL OF HIS CREATURES AND WHEN THIS WORLD 08:03 REBELLED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY THING FOR GOD TO GO, 08:05 "THEY MESSED UP DOWN THERE. LET'S JUST WIPE 'EM ALL OUT, 08:08 WE'LL START FRESH." BUT GOD IS USING THIS 08:12 OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT HE IS DESPERATE TO SAVE AND THAT'S WHY 08:16 THE LORD HAS TO DO SOMETHING DRASTIC. 08:19 IT'S SO DRASTIC THAT HE HAS TO PRONOUNCE THE DEATH PENALTY 08:23 BECAUSE SIN WILL KILL THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IF HE DOESN'T DEAL 08:26 WITH IT THAT WAY, BUT THE LORD ACTIVATED ANOTHER PLAN. 08:30 WHAT DOES IT SAY? "WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD, 08:33 THERE IS NO REMISSION FOR SIN." YOU KNOW BLOOD NOT ONLY SUPPLIES 08:39 FOOD FOR EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY, BUT BLOOD CLEANSES. 08:44 YOUR BODY IS CONSTANTLY BEING CLEANSED. 08:46 MATTER OF FACT IN YOUR BLOOD YOU'VE GOT AN ARMY OF WHITE 08:50 BLOOD CELLS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY PURIFYING YOUR BLOOD FROM 08:54 A BOMBARDMENT OF GERMS AND BACTERIA. 08:56 THE VERY FACT THAT MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE ALIVE AND WELL 08:59 IS BECAUSE YOUR BLOOD IS CLEANSING. 09:01 WELL, IF YOUR BLOOD CAN DO THAT, WHAT CAN THE BLOOD OF GOD'S 09:04 SPOTLESS SON DO? THE BLOOD OF CHRIST CLEANSES US. 09:08 IT TELLS US THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS. 09:13 NOW THE BIBLE TELLS US HE DIED FOR OUR SINS AND THAT MEANS, 09:15 OF COURSE, THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 09:18 SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO MAKE IT PERSONAL. 09:22 PEOPLE ARE SO WORRIED THAT THEY'RE BEYOND FORGIVENESS. 09:24 FRIENDS, GIVE GOD MORE CREDIT, WOULD YOU? 09:27 DO YOU THINK YOU'RE A BETTER SINNER THAN HE IS A FORGIVER? 09:30 AND IF HE WAS ABLE TO DIE AND COVER THE SINS OF THE ENTIRE 09:34 WORLD, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH SIN IS REPRESENTED IN YOUR LIFE, 09:38 OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE, IN THIS ROOM, 09:41 NOW ALL THE SIN OF ALL THE WORLD. 09:43 IF HE CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE SIN OF ALL THE WORLD, 09:46 CAN HE TAKE CARE OF YOURS? YES, HE CAN. HE IS A BETTER SAVIOR 09:50 THAN YOU ARE A SINNER. FURTHERMORE IT SAYS, "FOR CHRIST 09:54 ALSO HAS SUFFERED ONCE FOR THE SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST." 10:01 HOW IS THAT IT HE COULD DIE FOR OUR SINS? 10:04 BECAUSE WE ARE UNJUST AND HE IS JUST. NOW SOME PEOPLE CAN'T 10:09 FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS ALL WORKS. 10:12 HOW CAN THE BLOOD OF JESUS WASH US FROM SIN? 10:14 HOW CAN A JUST PERSON FORGIVE AN UNJUST PERSON? 10:17 IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT THE UNJUST PERSON HAD TO PAY 10:19 FOR THEIR OWN SINS. I'LL ADMIT FREELY RIGHT NOW 10:22 THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I CAN'T EXPLAIN. I LIKE THE WAY 10:24 THAT BILLY SUNDAY, THE GREAT PREACHER PUT IT. 10:27 HE SAID, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A BLACK COW CAN EAT GREEN 10:30 GRASS AND MAKE YELLOW BUTTER AND WHITE MILK, BUT I BELIEVE IT." 10:35 IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT IT WORKS AND I'M HERE TO TELL 10:38 YOU TODAY THAT IT WORKS. "WHY DID GOD MAKE SUCH 10:42 A FANTASTIC SACRIFICE FOR YOU AND ME?" 10:46 THE ANSWER, YOU KNOW THIS ONE, JOHN 3:16, "FOR GOD SO LOVED 10:52 THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON." 10:56 YOU KNOW, LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED IN GIVING AND NOT ONLY IT SAYS 11:00 GOD LOVED THE WORLD, THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT TWO-LETTER 11:03 WORD IN THERE. IT ENGLISH IT'S TWO LETTERS. 11:05 IT'S THE WORD "SO." IT MEANS SO MUCH, FOR GOD 11:08 SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS SON. 11:13 I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU GONNA GIVE THAT'S YOUR GREATEST TREASURE? 11:15 YOUR HOUSE, YOUR PIANO, YOUR CAR? HE GAVE HIS SON. 11:20 "WHAT MUST I DO TO BENEFIT FROM JESUS' SACRIFICIAL DEATH?" 11:25 ANSWER ACTS 16:31, "BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, 11:31 AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED." 11:34 WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING TO NICODEMUS HE SAID IN 11:37 JOHN 3:14-15, JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO VERSE 16. 11:40 "AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN 11:44 SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP: THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES 11:48 IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." 11:51 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE 11:54 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE BITTEN BY THESE FIERY, 11:57 VENOMOUS DEADLY SERPENTS. AND THEY CRIED OUT TO MOSES, 12:00 "WHAT SHALL WE DO?" AND GOD INSTRUCTED MOSES TO MAKE 12:03 A BRONZE OR BRAZEN SERPENT. PUT IT ON A POLE. 12:06 WHOEVER LOOKS AND BELIEVES WILL BE HEALED FROM THE VENOM. 12:10 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE SYMBOL FOR THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, 12:14 THAT SERPENT ON A POLE? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SYMBOL 12:16 FOR HEALING. SOME SAY THAT REPRESENTS JESUS, 12:18 NO IT DOESN'T. A SNAKE ON A STICK REPRESENTS 12:21 A DEFEATED SNAKE. LOOKING AT THE SERPENT ON A POLE 12:25 WAS A SYMBOL THAT JESUS, BY DYING ON THE CROSS, 12:28 BY LOOKING IN FAITH TO HIM, HE KILLED THE SERPENT. 12:31 HE TOOK THE VENOM AWAY, THE VENOM OF SIN THAT WE'VE ALL 12:34 BEEN BITTEN WITH, SO TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TELLING US. 12:37 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? YOU BELIEVE IT. 12:40 YOU KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH. 12:44 IF THERE'S ANYTHING I COULD LEAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IF I 12:45 RAN OUT OF TIME AND THERE'S ONE POINT THAT I NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE 12:49 IT'S VERY SIMPLY THIS, FRIENDS, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER 12:52 OF FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HAS DEALT 12:55 TO ALL MEN A MEASURE OF FAITH. YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT CAN 13:00 HAPPEN WHEN YOU START BELIEVING IN GOD. 13:02 AND INCIDENTALLY BELIEVING IN GOD ALSO MEANS BE-LIVE IN GOD. 13:07 SOME PEOPLE THINK ALL YOU'VE GOTTA DO TO BE SAVED IS YOU SAY, 13:09 "YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A GOD AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A 13:12 JESUS AND THAT MEANS I'M SAVED." THAT'S AN INSULT. 13:15 IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 13:17 THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JAMES, EVEN THE DEVILS 13:20 BELIEVE AND TREMBLE. THE DEVIL BELIEVES THERE'S A GOD. 13:23 IT'S NOT BELIEVING HE EXISTS. 13:24 THE BIBLE SAYS THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART THERE'S NO GOD. 13:28 IT'S TALKING ABOUT BELIEVING IN HIM ENOUGH, BEING WILLING 13:32 TO FOLLOW AND SUBMIT TO HIM. JOHN 1:12. 13:37 I NEEDED TO GIVE THE SECOND PART OF THIS ANSWER. 13:38 "BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO BECOME 13:43 THE SONS OF GOD." YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT 13:47 WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE HEAVENLY FAMILY. 13:50 ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE LORD, YOU'VE GOT NEW PARENTS. 13:53 MY FAMILY THOUGHT I WENT OFF THE DEEP END WHEN I BECAME A 13:57 CHRISTIAN AND I READ A SCRIPTURE IN PSALMS WHERE KING DAVID SAYS, 14:01 "WHEN YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER FORSAKE YOU, 14:03 THE LORD WILL TAKE YOU UP." YOU'RE ADOPTED INTO A NEW FAMILY 14:06 AND HE PROVIDES FOR YOU BETTER THAN YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR 14:10 CHILDREN. "HOW THEN, AM I FORGIVEN?" 14:13 LET'S UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE OF HOW THIS OPERATES. 14:16 ANSWER, "REPENT THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED, 14:20 THAT YOUR SINS MIGHT BE BLOTTED OUT." 14:22 THERE'S A COMBINATION OF REPENTING. 14:24 NOW REPENTANCE DOESN'T JUST MEAN SAYING, "SORRY GOD." 14:28 REPENTANCE BIBLICALLY IS A DEEP-HEARTFELT SORROW FOR SIN, 14:33 SORROW THAT WE'VE HURT GOD WANTING TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN. 14:38 THE BIBLE SAYS THE PHARAOH OF EGYPT REPENTED WHENEVER THERE 14:40 WAS A PLAGUE BOTHERING HIM AND WHEN THE PLAGUE WENT AWAY, 14:43 HE WENT BACK TO HIS OLD BAD BEHAVIOR. 14:46 THAT'S NOT THE REPENTANCE THE BIBLE'S TALKING ABOUT. 14:48 THE BIBLE TELLS HOW PETER REPENTED AND HE WEPT BITTERLY 14:52 AND HE WAS A CHANGED MAN. THAT'S THE REPENTANCE. 14:57 IF ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR I'M RACING FOR THE ELEVATOR AND I 15:01 ACCIDENTALLY BUMP INTO YOU AND BRUSH YOUR COAT OR SOMETHING I'M 15:05 NOT GONNA SAY, "I'M SORRY" AND FALL DOWN AND GRAB YOUR ANKLES 15:08 AND PLEAD FOR MERCY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HURT YOU THAT MUCH. 15:12 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE APOLOGY SHOULD ALWAYS BE 15:15 IN PROPORTION TO THE INJURY. YOU GOT THAT? 15:18 THE APOLOGY SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE INJURY. 15:21 BUT IF I'M RACING TO THE ELEVATOR AND I'M NOT LOOKING THE 15:23 RIGHT WAY AND I PLOW RIGHT INTO YOU LIKE A LINEBACKER AND SEND 15:26 YOU SPRAWLING AND GIVE YOU A CONCUSSION AND SAY, "EXCUSE ME" 15:29 AND THEN GO ON DOWN THE ROAD, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE EITHER. 15:33 WE, WE BY OUR SINS CRUCIFY JESUS. REPENTANCE DOESN'T MEAN 15:39 SAYING, "SORRY LORD, I DIDN'T MEAN IT." THAT'S AN INSULT. 15:44 WE SHOULD REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE'VE HURT HIM AND WE'VE 15:47 GRIEVED HIM AND WE CAUSED THE DEATH OF GOD'S BELOVED SON. 15:51 NOW TO REALLY APPRECIATE FORGIVENESS, YOU NEED A THOROUGH 15:56 REPENTANCE AND THAT GETS TO OUR NEXT PART OF THE QUESTION. 15:59 "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE 16:04 US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM--" SOME? 16:09 "ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." SOME PEOPLE HAVE A VERY SHALLOW 16:13 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A VERY SHALLOW 16:15 WORK WITH GOD. YOU KNOW WHAT DAVID DID 16:17 WHEN HE SINNED? HE GOT ON HIS FACE. HE DID NOT 16:20 EAT FOR 7 DAYS. NOW THAT'S REPENTANCE. 16:25 GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW GOD USED REAL REPENTANCE. 16:27 AND IF WE REPENT LIKE THAT, WE WILL THEN, DAVID WAS THEN AGAIN 16:31 FILLED WITH GOD'S SPIRIT BECAUSE HE HAD A THOROUGH REPENTANCE. 16:36 GOD WILL FILL YOU TO THE SAME DEGREE YOU EMPTY YOURSELF 16:40 OF SELF. THAT'S THE PROMISE. 16:42 "WHAT IS THIS WONDERFUL CONVERSION EXPERIENCE CALLED?" 16:46 ANSWER, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." 16:50 A NEW BIRTH. DOES A BABY WORRY ABOUT GROWING? 16:55 WHAT DOES A BABY DO IN ORDER TO GROW? 16:57 IT RECEIVES WHAT THE PARENTS PROVIDE. 16:59 THE CLEANSING, AND WE ALL NEED AN OCCASIONAL CLEANSING. 17:02 AND IT RECEIVES THE FOOD AND THE WATER AND THE MILK. 17:06 YOU KNOW WE RECEIVED THE MILK OF GOD'S WORD AS CHRISTIAN BABIES 17:09 AND THE BREAD OF LIFE AND A BABY NEEDS TO JUST KEEP BREATHING. 17:13 WHEN THEY STOP BREATHING THEY CALL THAT CRIB DEATH. 17:15 THEY NEED TO KEEP BREATHING. THEY NEED SOME AFFECTION. 17:18 AND AS THEY RECEIVE THE THINGS THE PARENTS PROVIDE, BABIES 17:21 DON'T WORRY ABOUT GROWING, THEY GROW. "WHO ENTERS THE 17:24 HEART OF THE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN AT CONVERSION?" 17:28 ANSWER, "EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHICH YOU KNOW 17:33 FOR HE DWELLS WITH YOU, AND HE WILL BE IN YOU." 17:36 JESUS SAID, "I'VE GOTTA GO AWAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SEND 17:39 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE WILL BE IN YOU AND HE WILL BE WITH YOU." 17:42 NOW GOD'S SPIRIT DID NOT SUDDENLY APPEAR 17:44 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT WAS THE SAME SPIRIT OF 17:47 THE LORD THAT CAME ON SAMSON. AND KING DAVID PRAYED, "TAKE 17:51 NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME." AND BACK IN GENESIS THE SPIRIT 17:54 OF GOD MOVED ON THE FACE OF THE WATER. 17:56 GOD, IN THE BEGINNING, SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE." 18:00 GOD CONSISTS OF GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON AND GOD 18:04 THE SPIRIT. YOU DON'T FIND THE WORD 18:06 "TRINITY" IN THE BIBLE BUT I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU CALL THE 18:08 GODHEAD, THREE SEPARATE PERSONS THAT MAKE UP GOD. 18:12 IN HEBREW IT SAYS A MAN AND WOMAN GET MARRIED 18:16 AND THEY TWO BECOME, WHAT? ONE FLESH. 18:19 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KAREN AND I MERGED TOGETHER 18:21 TO A TWO-HEADED MONSTER. IT MEANS THERE'S TWO SEPARATE 18:24 PEOPLE NOW BUT YOU BECOME ONE FAMILY UNIT. THERE IS ONE GOD 18:28 WHO CONSISTS OF THREE PERSONS, GOD THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT. 18:31 GOD THE SPIRIT MOVES INTO YOUR HEART AND HE GUIDES YOU. 18:34 AND FRIENDS, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 18:35 "WHEN JESUS LIVES IN MY HEART THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, 18:38 WHAT WILL I DO?" PHILIPPIANS 2:13, "BOTH TO WILL 18:44 AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE." THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU THE 18:49 ABILITY TO NOT ONLY BE A HEARER OF THE WORD BUT A DOER. 18:53 SOME PEOPLE VIEW THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS A LIST OF RULES, 18:58 AND THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS IN THE BIBLE. 18:59 GOD DOES HAVE STANDARDS AND I BELIEVE IN THAT, BUT YOU NEED 19:02 TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE. GOD IS LOVE AND HE WANTS US 19:06 TO BE MOTIVATED BY LOVE. SOME PEOPLE TRY TO WORK THEIR 19:10 WAY TO HEAVEN, THEY SEE GOD AS A TYRANT. 19:12 HE'S GIVING THEM A LIST AND YOU DO THESE THINGS AND WE'LL STAY 19:14 MARRIED, AND THEY'RE MISERABLE. WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE 19:19 LORD, YOU STILL OBEY HIM BUT THE MOTIVE IS BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM, 19:24 YOU'RE WILLING TO DO HIS WILL. THAT NEEDS TO BE THE PRINCIPLE. 19:29 OH, WOULD GOD, IF THE WORLD COULD UNDERSTAND THAT, PEOPLE 19:34 WOULD WANT TO BE CHRISTIANS. "WHY SHOULD I BE CONFIDENT 19:37 THAT MY NEW-BIRTH EXPERIENCE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL?" 19:40 LET'S LOOK AT THE ANSWER PHILIPPIANS 1:6, "HE WHICH HATH 19:44 BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTO THE DAY OF 19:49 THE LORD." NOW WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT MY EXAMPLE IS, 19:52 WHO'S MY EXAMPLE AS A CHRISTIAN? JESUS IS MY EXAMPLE. 19:56 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND WHEN I LOOK AT HIM 19:59 I THINK, I'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. 20:02 AND IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF, YOU COULD DISCOURAGED BUT YOU NEED 20:05 TO REMEMBER THAT HE'S GOING TO FINISH WHAT HE BEGAN. 20:09 WHEN I LOOK AT HOW FAR HE BROUGHT ME, I'VE GOT CONFIDENCE 20:12 THAT HE'S THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF MY FAITH. 20:15 HE WILL NEVER QUIT ON YOU IF YOU DON'T QUIT ON HIM. 20:17 YOU'RE FREE. YOU CAN LET GO OF HIM, BUT HE 20:19 WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO STAY 20:22 IN HIS HANDS. AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 20:25 HE WILL FINISH WHAT HE'S BEGUN. SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 20:27 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS PROGRESSIVE. 20:29 YOU'VE GOTTA LEARN TO WALK AND LIVE A NEW WAY. 20:31 ISAIAH 1 SAYS, "LEARN TO DO GOOD." 20:34 THERE'S A PROCESS INVOLVED. "WHY DO SOME PEOPLE FAIL IN 20:38 THEIR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE?" ISAIAH 53:6 TELLS US BECAUSE 20:43 "WE'VE TURNED EVERYONE TO HIS OWN WAY." 20:47 NOW BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS FOLLOWING THE LORD. 20:51 THE DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM. THE WAY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 20:54 GOT FROM EGYPT TO THE PROMISED LAND, THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW 20:57 THAT PILLAR OF CLOUD. THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW THE LORD. 21:00 AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOWED, THEY WERE SAFE. 21:03 AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO WITH GOD LEADS YOU, 21:05 DO NOT LOOK AT THE OBSTACLES. 21:07 SO MANY TIMES THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GOT INTO TROUBLE 21:09 AND WE'RE NO DIFFERENT TODAY, INCIDENTALLY. 21:12 THEY GOT INTO TROUBLE 'CAUSE THEY LOOKED AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES 21:16 INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING BY FAITH GOD'S POWER. 21:18 THEY'D COME UP TO THE RED SEA AND THEY'D SEE THE EGYPTIANS 21:21 WERE COMING UP FROM BEHIND WITH THEIR WEAPONS AND THE MOUNTAINS 21:24 WERE ON BOTH SIDES. THEY'RE SAY, "AH, WE'RE IN TROUBLE!" 21:26 GOD SAID, "DON'T WORRY, JUST FOLLOW ME" AND HE PARTS THE SEA. 21:29 DON'T LOOK AT HOW BIG GOLIATH IS, LOOK AT HOW BIG THE LORD IS. 21:34 THIS IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE LESSONS IN THE BIBLE IS ALL 21:36 THINGS ARE POSSIBLE BY FAITH. "HOW CAN I KNOW THAT JESUS 21:40 ACCEPTS ME AND THAT I'M HIS CHILD?" 21:43 ANSWER TITUS 1:2, "GOD, THAT CANNOT LIE, HAS PROMISED." 21:50 NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY AND STRETCH THE TRUTH OF GOD, 21:53 IT DOES NOT CHANGE. HE IS CONSISTENT. 21:55 WHEN HE MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN COUNT ON HIM TO KEEP HIS WORD. 21:58 MATTHEW 7:7, "ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU." 22:03 ASK AND YOU'LL RECEIVE. JESUS SAID, "YOU RECEIVE NOT 22:05 'CAUSE YOU DON'T ASK." GOD IS A THOUSAND TIMES MORE 22:08 WILLING TO GIVE THAN WE ARE TO ASK HIM. 22:10 "HOW SHALL TRUE CONVERSION CHANGE A LIFE?" 22:14 AND THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS IN THIS ANSWER. 22:15 FIRST PART, "BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY 22:18 DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER." 22:23 IT'S A SAD FACT THAT THE DIVORCE RATE AMONG CHRISTIANS IS NOT 22:27 MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT IN THE WORLD. 22:29 WE'VE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO LOVE. 22:30 THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLE LESSONS. 22:32 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, "IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, 22:35 HE IS A NEW CREATURE," WHO WANTS TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 22:39 1 JOHN 3:22, "WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THOSE 22:46 THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT." 22:49 ROMANS 12:2, "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE 22:54 TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MIGHT PROVE 23:00 WHAT IS THE PERFECT AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT 23:03 WILL OF GOD." WE ARE TO BE NEW CREATURES 23:07 THAT DO NEW THINGS. I'VE GOT A THEORY. 23:10 GOD DESIGNED PEOPLE TO BE ADDICTED TO HIM. 23:14 WHEN MAN REBELLED AGAINST GOD, IT CREATED A VACUUM, A HOLE IN 23:19 OUR SOUL AND MAN IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO SHOVE SOMETHING ELSE 23:23 IN TO FILL THAT VOID. EVERYBODY IS A SIN-A-HOLIC. 23:28 EVERYBODY HAS AN ADDICTION UNLESS YOU ARE FILLED 23:31 WITH THE LORD. UNTIL YOU LEARN TO FILL THAT 23:33 VACUUM WITH GOD, I CAN SIMPLY SAY, WHAT'S YOUR ADDICTION? 23:37 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING. IT MAY BE DRUGS. IT MAY BE 23:39 SOMEBODY, SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THEIR WORK AND 23:42 FASHION AND ALL SHOPPING. UNTIL WE FILL THAT VOID, WE JUST NEED 23:46 TO ASK OURSELF, WHAT'S OUR ADDICTION? WE'VE BEEN DESIGNED 23:48 TO BE IN LOVE WITH AND OBSESSED WITH GOD. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT 23:52 EXPERIENCE, YOU'RE FINALLY HAPPY. 23:55 "WHAT WONDERFUL PROMISES COME WITH THE CHRISTIAN LIFE?" 23:58 ANSWER, IS FOUND IN PHILIPPIANS 4:13, "I CAN DO 24:02 ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHO STRENGTHENS ME." 24:07 GOD IS ABLE TO HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE. 24:11 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD; WITHOUT HIM 24:12 YOU CAN DO NOTHING. "GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR 24:15 NEEDS," AND MANY OF YOUR WANTS, AMEN? 24:20 USUALLY GIVES US A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TOO. 24:22 "WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." DON'T UNDERESTIMATE 24:26 WHAT THE LORD CAN DO. "THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL." 24:32 CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED BE ON THEIR WAY TO A FEAST AND SO 24:34 OFTEN WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY TO A FUNERAL, RIGHT? 24:38 "THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." 24:43 HE FURTHERMORE PROMISES THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE. 24:45 HE SAYS, "I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE." 24:50 AND THEN IN HEBREWS 13:6 HE SAYS, "I WILL NOT FEAR 24:56 WHAT MAN MIGHT DO UNTO ME." 24:59 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID ANYMORE. 25:00 YOU KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH FEAR ALL 25:03 THE TIME. "MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU." 25:08 HAVE YOU FELT THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING? 25:11 IT'S AVAILABLE NOW, FRIENDS. YOU CAN HAVE A PEACE AND IT 25:14 COMES FROM INVITING THE PRINCE OF PEACE INTO YOUR LIFE. 25:18 >> STAY TUNED, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:20 SPECIAL OFFER. 25:24 >> SPANNING THE TIMELINE OF HUMAN HISTORY, GOD HAS PROVIDED 25:28 PROPHETIC LANDMARKS SIGNALING THAT HIS COMING IS NEAR. 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