>> COMING UP NEXT ON
"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> THERE ARE ONLY TWO MASTERS.
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THERE'S ONLY TWO ROADS.
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JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT
WITH ME, YOU'RE AGAINST ME."
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AND IF YOU'RE AGAINST
JESUS, YOU'RE WITH THE DEVIL;
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YOU WILL SHARE IN HIS FATE.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> I TELL YOU, IT'S FUN WALKING
BACK FROM THE MEETINGS AT NIGHT.
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I'D FORGOTTEN HOW
MUCH OF NEW YORK CITY
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IS UNDER THE STREET.
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AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU SEE
ALL OF THIS STEAM BILLOWING UP
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OUT OF THE MANHOLES, AND IT
LOOKS LIKE HELL'S DOWN YONDER
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SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WALK
BACK FROM THE MEETING AT NIGHT.
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BUT HELL IS NOT GOING TO BURN
DOWN YONDER; HELL IS GOING TO
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BURN IN NEW YORK AND
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE LAKE
OF FIRE RAINS DOWN ON THE EARTH
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TO PURIFY THE PLANET.
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AND THAT'S OUR NEXT ANSWER,
ANSWER TO QUESTION NUMBER 7.
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IT SAYS, "AND THE WICKED WENT
UP ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH,
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ENCOMPASSED, SURROUNDED
THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS ABOUT.
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AND GOD RAINED FIRE
DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THEM
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AND IT DEVOURED THEM."
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NOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE
WORD "DEVOUR" MEANS, YOU NEED TO
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INVITE PASTOR DOUG OVER FOR
MEXICAN FOOD AND I'LL EXPLAIN
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"DEVOUR."
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I'LL GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION.
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2 PETER--I GET A LOT OF
FREE MEXICAN DINNERS BY MAKING
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THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
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FURTHER--2 PETER 3:10, IT TELLS
US, "THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH
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FERVENT HEAT AND THE EARTH ALSO
AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN
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SHALL BE BURNED UP."
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GOD IS GOING TO USE
THIS FIRE TO PURIFY.
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FIRE PURIFIES.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I CHECKED INTO
MY APARTMENT HERE IN PREPARATION
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FOR THIS SERIES, I SAID, "NOW,"
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, I SAID,
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"NOW, WHERE'S THE INCINERATOR?"
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HE SAID, "WE DON'T
USE INCINERATORS ANYMORE."
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED HERE
YEARS AGO, SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
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THEY HAD INCINERATORS IN
THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT
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WOULD BURN THE GARBAGE.
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HE SAID NO IT FOWLS UP
THE AIR AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.
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SO NOW WE MASH IT AND THEN
WE PUT IT OUT ON THE STREET.
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BUT FIRE ACTUALLY
IS A PURIFYING AGENT.
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IT DOES A LOT OF CLEANSING.
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT GOD USES FIRE TO PURIFY US.
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"DO NOT BE AMAZED AT THE FIERY
TRIALS THAT TRY YOUR FAITH,
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KNOWING THAT THE TRYING OF
YOUR FAITH WILL MAKE YOU MORE
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PRECIOUS THAN GOLD."
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THE WAY THEY PURIFIED FINE
METALS WITH HEAT, THE WAY YOU
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GET OUT THE WRINKLES.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US GOD IS COMING
FOR A BRIDE WITHOUT SPOT OR
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WRINKLE AND USE A HOT
IRON TO MASH OUT THE WRINKLES.
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AND SO GOD IS GONNA PURIFY US
NOW, WITH SOMETIMES TRIALS AND
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LESSONS, AND HARD
THINGS WE GO THROUGH.
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BUT FIRE ALSO
PURIFIES, STERILIZES.
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WE KNOW THAT NOW.
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NUMBER 8: WILL THE DEVIL
BE IN CHARGE OF HELLFIRE?
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REVELATION 20:10, "AND THE
DEVIL," ANSWER, "THE DEVIL THAT
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DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO
THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE."
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THIS IDEA THAT THE DEVIL IS DOWN
THERE CHECKING PEOPLE INTO HELL,
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WE'VE ALL SEEN THE CARTOONS
AND COMICS AND THE STORIES,
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IT'S NOT BIBLICAL.
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THE DEVIL IS GOING
INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
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SO MANY OF THESE FALSE CONCEPTS
ABOUT HELL CAME FROM THE MIDDLE
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AGES--AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST
WITH YOU--THEY WERE DEVELOPED
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FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCARING
PEOPLE INTO CHURCH AND THEN
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SCARING MONEY OUT OF THE PEOPLE.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT?
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IT WAS A FEAR TACTIC.
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IT WASN'T BIBLICAL.
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LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.
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I KNOW, KAREN'S GOING...
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I KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
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I MAY NOT GET DONE, BUT I'M
GONNA DO WHAT I DO WELL, OKAY?
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ONE DAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, A
BAPTIST MINISTER AND HIS FAMILY,
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THEIR CAR BROKE DOWN NOT
FAR FROM OUR CAR--FROM OUR HOME.
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EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN; WE
INVITED THEM TO SPEND THE NIGHT.
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NEEDED SOME ALTERNATOR BRUSHES
AND THE STORES WERE ALL CLOSED.
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I SAID, "I'M A CHRISTIAN."
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HE ASKED ME WHAT WERE MY BELIEFS
AND I SHARED, AND I TALKED TO
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HIM ABOUT WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HELL.
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'CAUSE I WAS BAPTIZED BAPTIST
FIRST, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO
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THE LORD.
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I AM WELL ACQUAINTED
WITH WHAT MY DEAR FRIENDS
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IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH BELIEVE.
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AND I SHARED THE
SCRIPTURES I'M SHARING WITH YOU.
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AND HE SAID, "BROTHER DOUG, I'VE
SEEN THOSE SCRIPTURES BEFORE,
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AND IF YOU GO BY THE BIBLE,
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE WICKED ARE
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GOING TO BE BURNT UP IN HELL.
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AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE
HELL IS NOT BURNING YET."
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
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HE SAID, "IF I TOLD MY CHURCH
MEMBERS THAT, THEY WOULDN'T COME
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TO CHURCH."
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I SAID, "BROTHER, I HOPE
THAT'S NOT WHY THEY'RE COMING."
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A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE PASTORS,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF
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FIRE INSURANCE FOR THEM.
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THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE PEOPLE COME AND SO THEY USE
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THIS FEAR TACTIC.
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DOES THE LORD WANT US TO COME
BECAUSE OF FEAR OR BECAUSE OF
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LOVE?
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IT'S BECAUSE OF LOVE.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT RECOGNIZE
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THESE THINGS.
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QUESTION--OH, I'VE GOT ANOTHER
SCRIPTURE HERE--WHAT WILL HAPPEN
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TO THE FIRES OF HELL?
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"THERE SHALL NOT BE A
COAL TO WARM AT, NOR A FIRE
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TO SIT BEFORE."
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IT'S GOING TO GO OUT.
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DID I READ QUESTION 9?
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NO--LET ME READ QUESTION 9.
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"WILL THE FIRES
OF HELL EVER GO OUT?"
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I'M SORRY.
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET
THAT, SO THEY CAN EDIT IT LATER.
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THEN THE ANSWER OF COURSE
IS, "THERE SHALL NOT BE A COAL
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TO WARM AT, NOR A
FIRE TO SIT BEFORE IT."
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YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE ONLY
ONE THAT BELIEVES THESE THINGS.
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MY CHURCH, YOU KNOW, I'M A
PASTOR AND I'VE TRIED TO SAY
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VERY LITTLE ABOUT MY CHURCH.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
I'LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL MYSELF.
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I TRY NOT TO BRAG TOO MUCH
ABOUT MY SPECIFIC CHURCH, I WANT
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TO GO FROM THE BIBLE.
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BUT MY CHURCH IS NOT THE
ONLY CHURCH THAT BELIEVES THIS.
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THIS IS A TEACHING THAT IS
COMING BACK TO THE CHRISTIAN
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FAITH.
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THERE IS A MINISTER BY THE NAME
OF EDWARD FUDGE, A CHARISMATIC
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PASTOR WHO WROTE A BOOK YOU CAN
FIND IN CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORES,
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IT'S SORT OF TURNING
THE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
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UP ON ITS HEELS.
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AND HE'S STUDYING THIS SUBJECT.
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HE'S SAYING IF WE GO BY
THE BIBLE, IT'S VERY CLEAR;
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THE FIRE CONSUMES THE
WICKED, IT DEVOURS THEM.
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THE FOREWORD IS BY F.F.
BRUCE, A GREAT THEOLOGIAN FROM
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THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN.
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AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT'S BEING DISCOVERED
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OR DISCUSSED IN A CORNER.
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IT IS A BIBLE TRUTH THAT IS
COMING BACK TO THE PEOPLE AGAIN.
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THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY FROM
THE FEARFUL MEDIEVAL TRADITIONS
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AND PAGAN FABLES, AND BACK
TO WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY
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TEACH ABOUT THIS?
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QUESTION NUMBER 10: ARE
BOTH THE SOUL AND THE BODY
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DESTROYED IN HELL?
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
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MATTHEW 10:28, "FEAR NOT THEM
THAT KILL THE BODY, BUT ARE NOT
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ABLE TO KILL THE SOUL."
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WELL, JESUS' BODY WAS TORTURED,
BUT THE DEVIL COULDN'T TOUCH HIS
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SOUL.
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AND YOU MIGHT BE TORTURED,
BUT DON'T WORRY, THE BIBLE SAYS,
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"RATHER FEAR HIM WHO IS ABLE
TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY
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IN HELL."
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NOW, WHAT DID JESUS
SAY IS GONNA HAPPEN?
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"BOTH SOUL AND
BODY WILL BE," WHAT?
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"DESTROYED IN HELL."
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THAT MEANS ALL THAT YOU ARE--
THE ESSENCE, THE MIND, THE BODY,
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THE SOUL, THE SPIRIT, IT'S
ALL DESTROYED IN HELL AND NEVER
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GOING TO BE AGAIN.
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NUMBER 11: FOR WHOM
WILL HELLFIRE BE KINDLED?
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WHO IS THE LORD DOING IT FOR?
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MATTHEW 25:41, "DEPART FROM ME
YE CURSED INTO EVERLASTING FIRE,
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PREPARED FOR,"
ALL OF THE BAD PEOPLE.
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WHO IS IT PREPARED FOR?
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"PREPARED FOR THE
DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS."
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THE SAD THING IS, IF PEOPLE
CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THE DEVIL,
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THEY WILL SHARE HIS REWARD.
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THERE ARE ONLY TWO MASTERS.
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THERE'S ONLY TWO ROADS.
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JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT
WITH ME, YOU'RE AGAINST ME."
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AND IF YOU'RE AGAINST
JESUS, YOU'RE WITH THE DEVIL,
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YOU WILL SHARE IN HIS FATE.
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GOD IS DESPERATE TO SAVE AS
MANY AS HE CAN FROM THE FIRE.
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HE LOVES US.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THE LORD
IS NOT WILLING THAT, "ANY SHOULD
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PERISH, BUT THAT ALL
SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE."
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GOD, WHO WOULD HAVE ALL MEN TO
BE SAVED, THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR
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WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM COME AND
TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.
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GOD IS GIVING THIS MESSAGE
'CAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US
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FROM THE LAKE OF FIRE.
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THERE IS PUNISHMENT FOR THE
WICKED AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT,
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BUT IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE
DEVIL AND THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM.
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NUMBER 12--HOW DOES THE BIBLE
REFER TO GOD'S DESTRUCTION OF
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THE WICKED?
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ISAIAH 28:21, IT SAYS, "THE LORD
SHALL BE WROTH THAT HE MIGHT DO
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HIS WORK, HIS STRANGE WORK,
AND BRING TO PASS HIS ACT--
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HIS STRANGE ACT."
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GOD IS A GIVER OF LIFE.
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THE LORD WANTS TO CREATE LIFE.
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HE'S A GOD OF LOVE AND BLESSING.
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LOOK AT THE GARDEN OF EDEN
IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT GOD
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IS LIKE.
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HE MADE A PARADISE AND
HE PUT MAN IN PARADISE,
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THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY BLISS.
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HE SAID EVERYTHING
WAS GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD.
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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD'S
DESIGN IS FOR YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO
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LOOK BACK AT THE GARDEN IN EDEN.
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YOU NEED TO LOOK AHEAD AT THE
GARDEN IN THE NEW CITY, RIGHT?
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GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY.
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WHEN HE HAS TO CAST THE
WICKED IN THE LAKE OF FIRE,
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YOU THINK HE ENJOYS THAT?
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IT SAYS, THE BIBLE
SAYS IT'S HIS STRANGE ACT.
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HE TAKES NO PLEASURE AT ALL IN
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED UP IN THE
CAVE, MY CAT--CATS ARE A LITTLE
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SADISTIC WHEN THEY CATCH MICE.
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THEY DON'T JUST CATCH 'EM AND
TAKE OUT THEIR FORK AND KNIFE
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AND EAT 'EM.
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THEY LIKE TO
PLAY WITH THEIR FOOD.
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AND I REMEMBER I APPRECIATED
THAT THE CAT WOULD DO THAT FROM
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TIME-TO-TIME.
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MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE GOT
MICE IN OUR APARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
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BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
DISPATCH THEM QUICKLY.
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WELL, MY CAT ONE TIME
CAUGHT A LITTLE KANGAROO RAT
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WHILE I WAS COOKING MY DINNER.
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AND THEY BEAT IT UP, AND THEN
THEY LET IT GO AND LET IT RUN,
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AND THEN CATCH IT AGAIN.
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AND THE POOR LITTLE DAZED
CREATURE TRIED TO BOLT FOR
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FREEDOM, AND HE
HOPPED OFF INTO THE FIRE.
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AND IT ONLY TOOK--NOW, LISTEN
TO, LISTEN TO THE REACTION HERE
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IN MANHATTAN, AMONG
ALL THESE PEOPLE, "OOH.
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LITTLE KANGAROO RAT."
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
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THAT'S HOW I FELT.
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IT ONLY SUFFERED A FEW SECONDS,
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY.
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AND I THOUGHT, "OH, THE
POOR LITTLE THING IS SUFFERING!"
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IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WHEN MY CAT
WAS TORTURING, BUT IN THE FIRE.
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I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE A MOUSE
SUFFER THAT WAY--DO YOU THINK
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THAT GOD IS GOING TO DO
THAT TO HIS REBELLIOUS CREATURES
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THROUGH ALL ETERNITY?
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STAY WITH ME, FRIENDS.
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NUMBER 13: DOESN'T THE
BIBLE PHRASE "UNQUENCHABLE FIRE"
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INDICATE THAT THE
FIRE NEVER GOES OUT?
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I MEAN IT SAYS, "UNQUENCHABLE,"
THAT MEANS IT BURNS FOREVER
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AND EVER.
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LET'S FIND OUT
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:11:04.20\00:11:06.00
MATTHEW 3:12.
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IT SAYS, "HE WILL THOROUGHLY
PURGE HIS FLOOR AND GATHER
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HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER.
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BUT HE WILL BURN UP THE
CHAFE WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE."
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THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A CONTRADICTION.
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BURNT UP MEANS ALL GONE,
BUT IT SAYS "UNQUENCHABLE FIRE."
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STAY WITH ME, I'LL EXPLAIN IT.
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WHENEVER YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND
A PHRASE IN THE BIBLE, GO
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SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE
BIBLE TO GET AN EXPLANATION.
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LET THE BIBLE EXPLAIN ITSELF.
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CAN YOU SAY AMEN?
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THIS IS NOT IN YOUR LESSON--OR,
IT IS IN YOUR LESSON, IT'S NOT
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PART OF THE ANSWER.
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REVELATION--I'M
SORRY, JEREMIAH 17:27,
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"BUT IF YOU WILL NOT
HEARKEN UNTO ME TO HALLOW THE
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SABBATH DAY, AND NOT TO BEAR
A BURDEN EVEN ENTERING IN AT
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THE GATES OF
JERUSALEM ON THE SABBATH DAY.
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THEN I'LL KINDLE A FIRE IN
THE GATES THEREOF AND IT WILL
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DEVOUR THE PALACES OF JERUSALEM,
AND IT SHALL NOT BE QUENCHED."
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HERE IT SAYS "DEVOUR,"
THERE IT SAYS, "NOT QUENCHED."
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THE PALACES AND THE GATES WERE
DEVOURED, THEY WERE BURNT BY
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR, BECAUSE THEY
DID NOT REPENT OF THEIR SINS.
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THEY ARE NOT
STILL BURNING TODAY.
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UNQUENCHABLE MEANS
IT IS NOT EXTINGUISHED.
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ANOTHER SCRIPTURE
HERE, MARK 9:47-48,
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"IF YOUR EYE CAUSES YOU TO
SIN, PLUCK IT OUT, FOR IT IS
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BETTER FOR YOU TO ENTER INTO
THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH ONE EYE,
00:12:17.73\00:12:20.90
RATHER THAN HAVING TWO
EYES TO BE CAST INTO HELLFIRE,
00:12:20.90\00:12:24.66
WHERE THE WORM DOES NOT DIE
AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
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NOW, LET ME EXPLAIN THIS
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION--AND I HOPE
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THIS WORKS.
00:12:31.73\00:12:35.83
I'VE GOT A PACK OF MATCHES HERE.
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PLEASE DON'T
CONTACT THE FIRE MARSHAL.
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I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE
SMOKING AROUND THIS PLACE,
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I'M SURE I CAN DO THIS.
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ALL RIGHT.
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NOW, THE FIRE IS BURNING.
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IT'S NOT QUENCHED; I'M
NOT GOING TO QUENCH IT.
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IT'S BURNING; TRUST ME.
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I'M NOT GONNA QUENCH IT.
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NOT GONNA--OOH, THAT'S HOT.
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NOT GONNA QUENCH IT.
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I'M NOT QUENCHING IT.
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NOT GONNA QUENCH IT.
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I DIDN'T QUENCH IT.
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IS IT BURNING?
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QUENCH IS A VERB, IT
MEANS "TO EXTINGUISH."
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IT'S SAYING THE
FIRE-- WHAT'S LEFT?
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ASHES, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
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I DID NOT QUENCH IT.
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NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO
EXTINGUISH THE FIRES OF HELL.
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THERE WILL BE NO FIREMEN IN HELL
RUNNING AROUND, PUTTING THE FIRE
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OUT.
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THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE IS SAYING
WHEN IT TELLS US THAT IT IS
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UNQUENCHABLE FIRE.
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OKAY.
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NUMBER 14: DOESN'T THE
PHRASE "EVERLASTING FIRE" MEAN
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UNENDING?
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IT SAYS "EVERLASTING" DOES THAT
MEAN IT'S GONNA BURN FOREVER
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AND EVER?
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LET'S FIND OUT.
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JUDE NUMBER 7, JUDE VERSE
7, "EVEN AS SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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ARE SET FORTH FOR AN EXAMPLE,
SUFFERING THE VENGEANCE OF
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ETERNAL FIRE."
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH WERE
BURNT UP WITH ETERNAL FIRE.
00:14:05.96\00:14:08.63
ARE THEY STILL BURNING TODAY?
00:14:08.63\00:14:11.36
NO.
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I'VE BEEN TO THE DEAD
SEA, THE LOWEST POINT ON EARTH,
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AND THOSE CITIES ARE DESTROYED.
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MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU GO TO
THE SOUTH END OF THE DEAD SEA,
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THERE, THERE IS A HILLY AREA
THERE THAT IS JUST PILES OF ASH.
00:14:21.26\00:14:26.70
AND EMBEDDED IN THE ASH
ARE LITTLE SULFUR BALLS.
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I HAVE ONE OF THEM IN MY
APARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA, IN MY
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HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA, AND YOU CAN
SET THEM ON FIRE AND THEY BURN.
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IT'S LIKE THEY'RE
LEFTOVERS FROM THE DESTRUCTION.
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ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE
YOU FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
00:14:38.36\00:14:40.46
SULFUR BALLS EMBEDDED IN
ASH AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SEA,
00:14:40.46\00:14:43.73
OF THE DEAD SEA.
00:14:43.73\00:14:45.53
THAT MAKES ME THINK
THAT THIS STORY IS REAL.
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OKAY, WHERE AM I?
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NUMBER 15?
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WHEN REVELATION 20:10
STATES THAT THE WICKED WILL BE
00:14:54.76\00:14:58.30
TORMENTED FOREVER
AND EVER, DOESN'T THAT
00:14:58.30\00:15:01.23
INDICATE ENDLESS TIME?
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WELL, YOU'D THINK SO.
00:15:03.26\00:15:04.56
JONAH 2:6--REMEMBER HOW LONG WAS
JONAH IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH?
00:15:04.56\00:15:09.96
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS.
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WHAT DID JONAH SAY?
00:15:11.83\00:15:13.26
"THE EARTH WITH HER
BARS WAS ABOUT ME FOREVER."
00:15:13.26\00:15:18.20
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JONAH
WAS IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
00:15:18.20\00:15:20.56
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS.
00:15:20.56\00:15:23.26
NOW, IT MIGHT HAVE
SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.
00:15:23.26\00:15:25.60
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN LIKE TO HAVE BEEN IN
00:15:25.60\00:15:27.50
THAT DARK, CRAMPED, SLIMY,
STOMACH ACID, THAT BURNING?
00:15:27.50\00:15:32.33
AND YOU KNOW WHAT OCCURRED
TO ME ONE DAY THAT REALLY
00:15:32.33\00:15:34.70
GAVE ME THE CREEPS?
00:15:34.70\00:15:35.83
IF JONAH WAS ALIVE IN THERE
FOR THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS,
00:15:35.83\00:15:38.50
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN
OTHER CREEPY CRAWLY CREATURES.
00:15:38.50\00:15:42.30
HE COULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE WITH
SQUIDS AND SEA URCHINS, AND IT
00:15:42.30\00:15:44.86
PROBABLY SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.
00:15:44.86\00:15:46.83
DON'T YOU THINK?
00:15:46.83\00:15:48.53
ESPECIALLY WITH
NO WATCH DOWN THERE.
00:15:48.53\00:15:52.33
IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.
00:15:52.33\00:15:54.40
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE MEAN
WHEN IT SAYS "FOREVER AND EVER?"
00:15:54.40\00:15:57.13
WELL, YOU HAVE TO
READ IT IN ITS CONTEXT.
00:15:57.13\00:15:59.23
IN GREEK THE WORD "FOREVER"
COMES FROM THE SAME ROOT WORD
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WHERE WE GET "EON," "ANON."
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IT MEANS "AN
UNSPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME."
00:16:04.16\00:16:07.40
YOU EVER SAID, "WHY, I
HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN EONS?"
00:16:07.40\00:16:11.30
YOU HEARD THAT EXPRESSION?
00:16:11.30\00:16:12.40
WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I
HAVEN'T SEEN THEM FOREVER;
00:16:12.40\00:16:15.16
IT MEANS IT'S A LONG TIME.
00:16:15.16\00:16:18.13
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO
FEEL WHEN THE WICKED ARE CAST
00:16:18.13\00:16:20.16
INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
00:16:20.16\00:16:21.73
REVELATION SAYS, "THE SMOKE OF
THEIR TORMENT ASCENDS UP FOREVER
00:16:21.73\00:16:25.90
AND EVER."
00:16:25.90\00:16:26.73
REMEMBER, ASCENDS UP FOREVER
AND EVER MEANS OUT OF SIGHT.
00:16:26.73\00:16:31.53
WE HAD THESE CITY DUMPS IN TEXAS
WHEN I LIVED THERE, EVERY TEN
00:16:31.53\00:16:35.40
MILES THERE WAS A LITTLE TOWN,
AND EVERY TOWN HAD A LITTLE
00:16:35.40\00:16:37.73
DUMP.
00:16:37.73\00:16:38.43
AND THEY USED TO BURN THE
DUMPS TO KEEP THE STENCH DOWN.
00:16:38.43\00:16:41.73
AND YOU COULD LOOK ON BURN
DAYS AS YOU DROVE ACROSS THE
00:16:41.73\00:16:44.83
PANHANDLE OF TEXAS, AND YOU
COULD SEE THESE LITTLE PILLARS
00:16:44.83\00:16:48.63
OF SMOKE GOING UP OUT
OF SIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.
00:16:48.63\00:16:52.43
THEY DIDN'T BURN UP FOREVER
AND EVER, BUT THEY WENT UP OUT
00:16:52.43\00:16:54.96
OF SIGHT FOREVER.
00:16:54.96\00:16:56.86
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:16:56.86\00:16:57.90
SO YOU'VE GOT TO
READ IT IN ITS CONTEXT.
00:16:57.90\00:17:00.43
IT ASCENDS OUT OF SIGHT.
00:17:00.43\00:17:02.43
FURTHERMORE, WHEN A HEBREW
MAN HAD A HEBREW SLAVE, HE COULD
00:17:02.43\00:17:07.20
SERVE HIS MASTER SIX YEARS.
00:17:07.20\00:17:09.40
AT THE END OF SIX YEARS
HE WAS ALLOWED TO GO FREE,
00:17:09.40\00:17:11.93
BUT IF HE LIKED HIS MASTER,
HE'D GO THROUGH A RITUAL,
00:17:11.93\00:17:14.50
WHERE HE WOULD POKE HIS
EAR TO THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE.
00:17:14.50\00:17:18.33
AND IT SAYS, "AND HE
WILL SERVE HIM FOREVER."
00:17:18.33\00:17:21.73
BUT WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
00:17:21.73\00:17:23.30
'TIL HE DIED, RIGHT?
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1 SAMUEL, REMEMBER WHEN
HANNAH BROUGHT LITTLE SAMUEL TO
00:17:26.03\00:17:30.16
THE TEMPLE TO
DEDICATE HIM TO THE LORD?
00:17:30.16\00:17:32.36
SHE LEFT HIM THERE
TO REMAIN FOR HOW LONG?
00:17:32.36\00:17:35.53
FOREVER.
00:17:35.53\00:17:36.63
YOU READ A COUPLE
MORE VERSES AND IT SAYS,
00:17:36.63\00:17:38.50
"AS LONG AS HE LIVED."
00:17:38.50\00:17:40.16
SO HOW LONG WAS FOREVER?
00:17:40.16\00:17:41.66
AS LONG AS HE LIVES.
00:17:41.66\00:17:43.10
IF A PERSON COMMITS A BUNCH OF
TERRIBLE CRIMES AND MURDERS, AND
00:17:43.10\00:17:46.63
THE JUDGE GIVES HIM A THOUSAND
YEARS--YOU KNOW, SOME JUDGES DO
00:17:46.63\00:17:51.23
THAT, THEY COMPOUND SENTENCES
TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT PAROLED
00:17:51.23\00:17:53.80
AND THEY GIVE
'EM 50 TO LIFE TERMS.
00:17:53.80\00:17:55.70
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING?
00:17:55.70\00:17:56.56
ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.
00:17:56.56\00:17:59.03
THEY'RE NEVER GETTING OUT.
00:17:59.03\00:18:00.86
THERE'S NO SECOND CHANCE.
00:18:00.86\00:18:01.96
AND THIS IS WHAT
GOD IS TELLING US.
00:18:01.96\00:18:03.56
THAT'S WHY HE'S PLEADING WITH US
TO ACCEPT JESUS IN THESE LIVES
00:18:03.56\00:18:06.50
THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE SO
SHORT COMPARED TO ETERNITY.
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YOU'VE GOT ONE LIFE TO
MAKE A DECISION, BECAUSE YOUR
00:18:09.83\00:18:12.26
DESTINY IS ETERNAL.
00:18:12.26\00:18:14.23
YOU'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE OR
ETERNAL DEATH, BUT NOT ETERNAL
00:18:14.23\00:18:17.46
CONSCIOUS BURNING.
00:18:17.46\00:18:19.23
GOD DOES NOT HAVE A
TORTURE CHAMBER OUT THERE IN THE
00:18:19.23\00:18:21.53
UNIVERSE SOMEWHERE WHERE HE'S
GONNA TORMENT PEOPLE FOREVER
00:18:21.53\00:18:24.83
AND EVER.
00:18:24.83\00:18:25.63
FOREVER AND EVER IS A BIBLICAL
EXPRESSION THAT MEANS "UNTIL THE
00:18:25.63\00:18:29.03
END OF THE AGE," NOT NECESSARILY
AN INFINITE PERIOD OF BURNING
00:18:29.03\00:18:33.16
TIME.
00:18:33.16\00:18:34.90
ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER
16: AFTER SIN AND SINNERS ARE
00:18:34.90\00:18:38.56
DESTROYED, WHAT WILL
JESUS DO FOR HIS PEOPLE?
00:18:38.56\00:18:43.10
2 PETER 3:13, "NEVERTHELESS, WE,
ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK
00:18:43.10\00:18:49.66
FOR A NEW HEAVENS AND A
NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLS
00:18:49.66\00:18:54.46
RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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I ESPECIALLY
LIKE THIS NEXT VERSE.
00:18:56.16\00:18:59.33
REVELATION 21:4, "AND GOD WILL
WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR
00:18:59.33\00:19:04.53
EYES," AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
"THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH,
00:19:04.53\00:19:09.60
NEITHER WILL THERE BE ANY SORROW
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE
00:19:09.60\00:19:14.96
BE ANY MORE PAIN.
00:19:14.96\00:19:18.13
FOR THE FORMER THINGS
HAVE PASSED AWAY, BEHOLD I MAKE
00:19:18.13\00:19:20.96
ALL THINGS NEW."
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GOD IS NOT GOING TO
IMMORTALIZE SINNERS.
00:19:21.86\00:19:25.20
HOW COULD YOU ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE
IF FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT YOU
00:19:25.20\00:19:28.70
KNOW OR LOST WERE
BURNING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE?
00:19:28.70\00:19:32.46
THAT'S A TERRIBLE--I ASKED A MAN
ONE TIME WHO BELIEVED THAT, I
00:19:32.46\00:19:35.66
SAID, "WHAT DO YOU--WHAT WOULD
YOU DO IF, HEAVEN FORBID, YOU'RE
00:19:35.66\00:19:37.80
IN HEAVEN AND YOUR WIFE IS LOST,
AND SHE'S BURNING IN THE LAKE OF
00:19:37.80\00:19:41.70
FIRE, HOW COULD
YOU ENJOY YOUR REWARD?"
00:19:41.70\00:19:44.30
AND HE SAID, "WELL,
I'D JUST PRAISE GOD.
00:19:44.30\00:19:46.10
I'D JUST PRAISE HIM."
00:19:46.10\00:19:47.33
HIS WIFE LOOKED AT HIM
FUNNY, TOO, WHEN HE SAID THAT.
00:19:47.33\00:19:51.53
I MEAN IS GOD GOING TO ERASE
ALL NATURAL AFFECTION FROM US?
00:19:51.53\00:19:55.26
I, 15 YEARS AGO, LIVED WAY BACK
UP IN THE HILLS, CALLED THIS
00:19:55.26\00:20:00.63
CHRISTIAN RADIO PROGRAM.
00:20:00.63\00:20:03.46
I WAS LISTENING AS PEOPLE
CALLED IN BIBLE QUESTIONS.
00:20:03.46\00:20:06.36
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT
THESE BIBLE CALL-IN PROGRAMS.
00:20:06.36\00:20:08.80
AND THIS WOMAN CALLED,
AND IT WAS VERY, VERY SOBER,
00:20:08.80\00:20:14.66
TOUCHING CALL.
00:20:14.66\00:20:16.90
SHE SAID, "BROTHER SO AND SO, MY
SON DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE
00:20:16.90\00:20:21.10
DRINKING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,
HE MADE NO PROFESSION OF BEING
00:20:21.10\00:20:23.80
A CHRISTIAN.
00:20:23.80\00:20:24.73
I NEED TO KNOW--IS HE
BURNING IN HELL RIGHT NOW?"
00:20:24.73\00:20:29.06
WELL, HE TRIED TO EVADE A DIRECT
ANSWER AND SAY, "WELL, GOD
00:20:29.06\00:20:32.03
JUDGES THESE THINGS AND I
DON'T WANT TO PUT MYSELF..."
00:20:32.03\00:20:34.90
SHE SAID, "NO, NO,
NO--TELL ME, I NEED TO KNOW."
00:20:34.90\00:20:38.63
HE SAID, "WELL, IF HE WASN'T
SAVED, THE BIBLE'S CLEAR THAT
00:20:38.63\00:20:42.00
HE GOES TO HELL AND HE
WILL BE TORMENTED FOREVER."
00:20:42.00\00:20:46.46
AND YOU COULD HEAR THE
LADY, BEFORE HE'D FINISHED,
00:20:46.46\00:20:48.80
CHOKE AND HANG UP THE PHONE.
00:20:48.80\00:20:50.83
IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THAT, A COLLEGE STUDENT,
00:20:50.83\00:20:53.33
A YOUNG LADY, CALLED UP.
00:20:53.33\00:20:54.10
SHE SAID, "BROTHER SO AND SO,
I WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD, I WANT
00:20:54.10\00:20:57.10
TO GIVE MY HEART TO JESUS, BUT I
HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME THINKING
00:20:57.10\00:21:00.16
THAT I COULD TRUST AND LOVE
A GOD WHO IS SO SADISTIC AND
00:21:00.16\00:21:03.86
UNJUST THAT HE'LL TAKE THESE
CREATURES HE'S CREATED THAT HAVE
00:21:03.86\00:21:06.76
A NATURAL
PROPENSITY TO SIN ANYWAY.
00:21:06.76\00:21:09.53
ALL OF US SIN BY
NATURE WHEN WE'RE BORN.
00:21:09.53\00:21:11.66
AND THEN PLUNGE THEM IN A LAKE
OF FIRE FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR
00:21:11.66\00:21:16.23
THE SINS OF ONE BRIEF LIFETIME."
00:21:16.23\00:21:18.73
HE SAID, "WHO ARE
WE TO QUESTION GOD?
00:21:18.73\00:21:20.53
AND IF YOU
UNDERSTOOD HOW BAD SIN WAS--"
00:21:20.53\00:21:22.03
WELL, AT THIS POINT I'M JUMPING
UP AND DOWN, YELLING AT MY RADIO
00:21:22.03\00:21:23.80
IN MY HOUSE, TEN MILES
AWAY FROM THE NEAREST TELEPHONE.
00:21:23.80\00:21:28.83
FORTUNATELY, IT WAS A PROGRAM
THAT LASTED MORE THAN AN HOUR.
00:21:28.83\00:21:32.56
I JUMPED IN MY CAR AND I RACED
DOWN THESE BUMPY MOUNTAIN ROADS.
00:21:32.56\00:21:36.36
AND I PRAYED AS I WENT.
00:21:36.36\00:21:37.56
I JUST ABOUT KILLED
MYSELF TRYING TO GET TO TOWN.
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WENT TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE THAT
HAD A PHONE, CHARGED IN WITHOUT
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EVEN KNOCKING AND SAID,
"I'VE GOT TO USE YOUR PHONE."
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AND I'D PRAYED ALL THE WAY DOWN
THAT I'D GET THROUGH, AND IT'S
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ALWAYS A VERY BUSY PROGRAM.
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AND I PRAYED THAT THESE TWO
LADIES WOULD STILL BE LISTENING.
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I DIALED, BUSY SIGNAL.
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BUT I DON'T GIVE UP-- GOD
WANTS YOU TO BE PERSISTENT.
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I DIALED AGAIN
AND I GOT THROUGH.
00:21:57.40\00:22:00.33
AND THEN, THE MAN
SAID, "STAY ON THE LINE."
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PRETTY SOON THE SPEAKER CAME
ON AND SAID, "WELCOME TO SUCH
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AND SUCH A PROGRAM."
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I SAID, "BROTHER SO AND SO."
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.23
I SAID, "I BELIEVE THE
BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES THAT WHEN
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A PERSON DIES, THEY SLEEP UNTIL
THE RESURRECTION AND THAT NOBODY
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IS BURNING IN HELL UNTIL AFTER
THE JUDGMENT, AND THAT THEY
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DON'T BURN FOREVER.
00:22:18.16\00:22:19.10
CAN I PLEASE
SHARE A FEW SCRIPTURES?
00:22:19.10\00:22:20.73
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH."
00:22:20.73\00:22:21.40
AND YOU'VE GOTTA TALK FAST,
BECAUSE THIS GUY CUTS YOU OFF
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AND INTERRUPTS YOU.
00:22:23.56\00:22:24.63
AND GOD HAS GIVEN
ME THAT GIFT, YOU KNOW?
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I GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY.
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AND SO I JUST STARTED GOING...
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AND STARTED SHARING ALL THESE
SCRIPTURES AND SAYING, "THEY'LL
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PERISH, THEY'LL DIE, THEY'LL
CONSUME, THEY'LL BE NO MORE,
00:22:35.10\00:22:37.56
THEY'LL BE BURNT
UP; NO MORE PAIN."
00:22:37.56\00:22:39.76
AND I GAVE--AND THEN
HE'S-- PRETTY SOON I'M LISTENING
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ON THE RADIO AND I
DIDN'T HEAR MY VOICE ANYMORE.
00:22:42.40\00:22:44.53
AND HE'D PRESSED THE MUTE
BUTTON AND HE BEGAN TO TRY AND
00:22:44.53\00:22:46.93
STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT.
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.56
AND HE CAME BACK AND I SAID,
"NOW, MAY I RESPOND TO THAT?"
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HE GAVE THE TYPICAL THINGS.
00:22:51.90\00:22:52.80
I SAID, "SODOM AND GOMORRAH
WERE BURNT WITH ETERNAL FIRE.
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.03
THEY'RE NOT BURNING
TODAY, THEY'RE ASHES.
00:22:55.03\00:22:56.76
AND THAT'S WHAT GOD'S
GOING TO DO WITH THE WICKED."
00:22:56.76\00:22:58.10
AND HE HUNG UP ON ME.
00:22:58.10\00:23:01.03
I WAS POLITE.
00:23:01.03\00:23:02.86
YOU KNOW WHAT I DID?
00:23:02.86\00:23:03.76
I SAID, "LORD, I WISH SOME DAY I
COULD HAVE A RADIO PROGRAM WHERE
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I COULD GIVE
PEOPLE THE RIGHT ANSWERS."
00:23:07.20\00:23:09.60
AND YOU KNOW, I
NEVER DREAMED HE'D DO IT.
00:23:09.60\00:23:11.23
I'VE GOT MY OWN
RADIO PROGRAM NOW.
00:23:11.23\00:23:13.83
SO ANYWAY, HE WOULDN'T TAKE ANY
MORE PHONE CALLS FOR THE LAST
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20 MINUTES OF THE PROGRAM,
BECAUSE WHAT THE BIBLE DID WAS
00:23:19.43\00:23:23.46
SO OVERPOWERING THAT
HE HAD NO ARGUMENT FOR IT.
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FRIENDS, I HOPE YOU'LL READ THE
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS THAT ARE
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IN YOUR LESSON, BUT WE
NEED TO WIND THIS UP HERE.
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I WANT YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK WITH ME.
00:23:32.26\00:23:33.90
QUESTION NUMBER 17: WILL
THE SIN PROBLEM EVER RISE UP
00:23:33.90\00:23:37.33
AGAIN THE SECOND TIME?
00:23:37.33\00:23:39.43
IT SAYS, "AFFLICTION
SHALL NOT RISE THE SECOND TIME."
00:23:39.43\00:23:44.06
THERE WILL NEVER
BE THIS DANGER AGAIN.
00:23:44.06\00:23:46.20
GOD IS NOT GOING TO IMMORTALIZE
THE DEVIL AND SINNERS.
00:23:46.20\00:23:49.63
IF ANYONE DESERVES TO BURN
FOREVER, IT'S SATAN, RIGHT?
00:23:49.63\00:23:52.60
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN EZEKIEL,
"NEVER SHALL THOU BE ANYMORE."
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YOU WILL NOT BE.
00:23:57.43\00:23:58.70
GOD SAYS, "I AM
AND YOU WILL NOT BE."
00:23:58.70\00:24:01.43
HE'S NOT GOING TO BE
IMMORTALIZED, HE WILL SUFFER
00:24:01.43\00:24:04.13
LONGER THAN ANYONE.
00:24:04.13\00:24:05.20
FURTHERMORE, I'VE GOT SO
MUCH TO SAY AND NO TIME LEFT--
00:24:05.20\00:24:08.10
FURTHERMORE FRIENDS:
WHAT PENETRATING QUESTION DOES
00:24:08.10\00:24:12.06
JOB ASK?
00:24:12.06\00:24:13.90
"SHALL MORTAL MAN
BE MORE JUST THAN GOD?"
00:24:13.90\00:24:18.40
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE,
IF YOUR CHILD WAS A REBEL,
00:24:18.40\00:24:23.00
DISRESPECTFUL, CURSED THEIR
PARENTS, STOLE YOUR MONEY--AND
00:24:23.00\00:24:26.23
I'VE MET SOME KIDS THAT ARE LIKE
THIS--WOULD YOU SPANK 'EM FOR
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.33
A MONTH?
00:24:29.33\00:24:31.13
WOULD YOU SPANK 'EM FOR A WEEK?
00:24:31.13\00:24:34.00
SOME PARENTS ABUSE THEIR
CHILDREN, BUT THEY FINALLY GET
00:24:34.00\00:24:35.56
TIRED, YOU KNOW?
00:24:35.56\00:24:39.16
NO, YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT.
00:24:39.16\00:24:40.66
ARE WE MORE JUST THAN GOD?
00:24:40.66\00:24:43.53
YOU KNOW, THE LORD WANTS
US TO KNOW THAT HE'S LOVE.
00:24:43.53\00:24:46.76
AND THE TRUTH ON THIS SUBJECT
WILL DRAW US NEARER TO THE LORD.
00:24:46.76\00:24:50.96
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>> HEBREWS TELLS US
JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME,
00:24:56.50\00:24:58.70
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.
00:24:58.70\00:25:02.26
CHRIST SAID, "HE THAT HEARS
THESE WORDS OF MINE IS LIKE
00:25:02.26\00:25:04.20
A WISE MAN WHO
BUILDS HIS HOUSE ON ROCK."
00:25:04.20\00:25:07.80
WHAT WAS THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON?
00:25:07.80\00:25:09.83
ROCK--IT'S OF AN ETERNAL NATURE.
00:25:09.83\00:25:12.26
CHRIST IS CALLED
THE ROCK OF AGES.
00:25:12.26\00:25:14.80
NOW THE IDEA THAT THESE MORTAL
KINGS LIKE DARIUS AND OTHERS
00:25:14.80\00:25:19.83
COULD NOT CHANGE THEIR LAW
AND YET THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
00:25:19.83\00:25:22.63
IS GONNA CHANGE
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00:27:03.66\00:27:07.53
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00:27:07.53\00:27:09.33
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00:27:09.33\00:27:12.86
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00:27:12.86\00:27:15.00
YET THE BIBLE TEACHING REGARDING
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