Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000094
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU
00:03 BY AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:05 (MUSIC) >>THIS DOCTRINE OF ONCE 00:13 YOU'RE SAVED IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LIVE - YOU CAN'T BE LOST 00:15 - YOU COULD BE COHABITING WITH THE DEVIL, BUT YOU REALLY LOVE 00:18 JESUS AND ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO HEAVEN. 00:22 AT'S AN INSULT. 00:23 THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT. 00:28 >>FOR OVER FORTY YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:31 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:34 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:37 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:39 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 00:42 FACTS PRESENTS. 00:49 >>WE'RE STUDYING LESSON 10 THIS MORNING, IN OUR QUARTERLY 00:53 WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 'LOVED AND LOVING' 00:56 JOHN'S EPISTLES. TALKING ABOUT THE THREE LETTERS OF JOHN, 00:59 CIPALLY. AND TODAY, LESSON #10, 01:02 DEALING WITH CONFIDENCE. 01:05 MEMORY VERSE IS 1 JOHN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14. 01:09 AND I'LL READ IT RIGHT HERE OUT OF THE RSV FROM YOUR LESSON. 01:13 YOU WANT TSAY IT WITH ME PLEASE? 01:15 1 JOHN 5:14. 01:17 HERE WE GO. 01:18 "AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE WHICH WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT IF WE 01:23 ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US." 01:29 THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS LESSON IS HOW THE BELIEVER CAN HAVE 01:34 CONFIDENCE IN GOD. 01:37 AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 01:42 HOW FAR DO YOU TAKE THAT ASSURANCE. 01:45 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION AND IT'S BEEN THE DEBATE OF 01:49 GREAT THEOLOGICAL MINDS FOR MANY YEARS. 01:52 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 5. 01:53 I'M GOINTO BE READING RSE 13 TO THE END OF THE CHAPTER. 01:56 IT'S NOT VERY MUCH. 01:59 "THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF 02:02 THE SON OF GOD, THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, 02:07 AND THAT YOU MIGHT CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF 02:10 THE SON OF GOD. 02:12 NOW THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE" - THIS IS WHERE OUR LESSON COMES 02:15 FROM TODAY - "NOW THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM, 02:18 THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL 02:21 HE HEARS US. 02:23 AND WE KNOW THAT IF HE HEARS US, WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT 02:26 WE HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE ASK OF HIM. 02:29 IF ANYONE SEES HIS BROTHER SINNING A SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD 02:32 TO DEATH, HE WILL ASK, AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE FOR THOSE WHO 02:36 COMMIT SIN NOT LEADING TO DEATH. 02:39 THERE IS A SIN LEADING TO DEATH AND I DO NOT SAY THAT HE SHOULD 02:42 PRAY ABOUT THAT. 02:44 ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN, AND THERE IS A SIN 02:47 NOT LEADING TO DEATH. 02:49 WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN; BUT HE WHO HAS 02:54 BEEN BORN OF GOD KEEPS HIMSELF AND THE WICKED ONE 02:57 DOES NOT TOUCH HIM. 02:59 WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIES UNDER 03:02 THE SWAY OF THE WICKED ONE. 03:05 AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN US AN 03:08 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE AND WE ARE IN 03:13 HIM WHO IS TRUE, IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. 03:19 THIS IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE." 03:23 ALL RIGHT. 03:23 I WANT YOU TO DRAW A CONNECTION BETWEEN KNOWING AND BELIEVING. 03:29 NOW, I'M GOING TO READ FOR YOU JOHN, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, 03:34 CHAPTER 15, VERSE 6. 03:37 "IF ANYONE DOES NOT ABIDE IN ME, HE IS CAST OUT AS A BRANCH AND 03:42 IS WITHERED; AND THEY GATHER THEM AND THROW THEM INTO THE 03:45 FIRE AND THEY ARE BURNED." 03:48 ALL RIGHT. 03:49 SO, IF YOU BELIEVE, AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HAVING 03:53 CONFIDENCE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT 03:56 YOU'LL BE SAVED? 04:02 IT SAYS HERE - LET ME READ IT FOR YOU AGAIN - "I'VE WRITTEN 04:04 THESE THINGS TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD 04:07 THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 04:10 AND THAT YOU MIGHT CONTINUE TO BELIEVE..." 04:13 THIS VERSE, IF YOU GRAB ON TO THIS - DON'T JUST WRAP YOUR HAND 04:18 AROUND IT, WRAP BOTH ARMS AND BOTH LEGS AROUND THIS 04:20 - IT'S GOI TO HELP YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 04:23 THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT ERE. 04:26 THIS IDEA THAT YOU COME TO CHRIST DURING JUSTIFICATION AND 04:29 YOU BELIEVE ONCE, AND THAT IF, DURING THE PROCESS OF 04:33 SANCTIFICATION, YOU FALL AWAY, YOU'RE STILL SAVED. 04:36 YOU CAN KNOW YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, NOTHING TAKES THAT AWAY. 04:38 YOU BASICALLY LOSE YOUR FREEDOM TO BE LOST. 04:43 THAT'S A DANGEROUS BELIEF AND, YET, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 04:45 THE WORLD WHO SAY, 'LOOK' - YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE OTHER 04:48 EXTREME - PEOPLE WHO SAY, 'WELL, IF MY KNOWING I HAVE ETERNAL 04:53 LIFE IS CONDITIONAL ON MY WORKS.' THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE 04:59 WHO SAY, 'WELL, I'VE GOT GOOD WORKS THIS HOUR, BUT I FELL THE 05:02 NEXT HOUR, SO I'M SAVED - NO, NOW I'M LOST. BUT I 05:05 REPENTED SO NOW I'M SAVED AGAIN. 05:07 BUT I BLEW IT AND NOW I'M LOST AGAIN AND SO I'VE GOT TO FIND 05:11 THAT ASSURANCE. 05:12 I REPENTED AND NOW I'M SAVED AGAIN BUT, OH, I WAS TEMPTED AND 05:15 I FELL SO NOW I'M LOST AGAIN.' AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY 05:18 WHO'S STUCK IN A REVOLVING DOOR WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT 05:22 THEY'RE IN OR OUT OF THE BUILDING. 05:25 CAN ANYONE RELATE TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 05:30 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT IS NOT. 05:36 SALVATION AND ASSURANCE IS NOT A REVOLVING DOOR WHERE FROM HOUR 05:43 TO HOUR OR MINUTE TO MINE, OR EVEN DAY TO DAY OR WEEK TO WEEK 05:46 YOU SAY, 'SAVED. LOST. 05:48 SAVED. LOST. SAVED. LOST.' AND YOU'RE SCHIZOPHRENIC 05:52 ABOUT YOUR ASSURANCE. 05:55 IT IS ALSO NOT THAT YOU COME TO THE LORD ONCE AND YOU BELIEVE 06:00 WHAT YOU HEAR. 06:03 YOU ACCEPT SALVATION AND THEN, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND 06:07 THAT POINT YOU ARE SAVED. 06:09 YOU'VE LOST YOUR FREEDOM TO TURN YOUR BACK ON THE LORD OR TO TAKE 06:13 YOUR HAND OUT OF HIS HAND. 06:15 NOW DON'T MISS THAT. 06:16 CHRIST WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU. 06:19 BUT DO YOU LOSE YOUR FREEDOM TO LET GO OF HIM? 06:22 IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR FREEDOM - IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT GOD SAYS 06:25 IS, 'I DECIDE WHO'S SAVED AND LOST. 06:26 I'M GOING TO LET YOU PARTICIPATE BY CHOOSING ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, 06:30 AND ONCE YOU CHOOSE, YOU HAVE NO MORE CHOICE.' 06:33 NOW, YOU CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE LOST BECAUSE YOU'RE BASICALLY 06:40 A HOSTAGE TO HEAVEN. 06:43 CAN YOU FORCE LOVE? 06:47 BUT YOU'VE ALL HEARD 'ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED.' 06:50 NOW, I BELIEVE THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE IN HEAVEN 06:52 WHO BELIEVE THAT. 06:55 THEY MAY BE MIXED UP. 06:55 THEY MAY BE SINCERE. 06:56 THERE'S SOME GREAT THEOLOGIANS THROUGH HISTORY WHO HAVE 06:58 BELIEVED THAT, BUT THEY LIVED A CONSISTENT LIFE. 07:01 THEY BELVED ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, BUT THEY ALSO 07:03 BELIEVED IN HOLINESS. 07:05 AND SOME THINGS ABOUT THAT MAY SEEM INCONSISTENT, BUT THE BIBLE 07:10 CERTAINLY DOES NOT TEACH THAT YOU CAN DELIBERATELY BLIVING A 07:14 LIFE OF REBELLION AND BE SAVED. 07:17 NOTICE IN THIS VERSE, I WANT TO READ IT FOR YOU AGAIN IN CASE 07:19 YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT. 07:22 IT SAYS, "THESE THINGS ARE WRITTEN TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN 07:26 THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW YOU HAVE ETERNAL 07:28 LIFE, AND YOU MAY CONTINUE TO BELIEVE. 07:33 SO, YOU BEEVE INITIALLY WHEN YOU COME IN JUSTIFICATION AND 07:36 YOU ARE SAVED BASED ON JUSTIFICATION. 07:39 BUT THEN, SANCTIFICATION IS A CONTINUING TO BELIEVE. 07:43 PLEASE CATCH THIS. 07:45 IT'S NOT JUST BELIEVING ONCE, 'S A CONTINUING TO BELIEVE. 07:49 IN THE JEWISH MIND, BELIEVING WAS NOT ONE TIME MENTAL ASSENT. 07:55 THE DEVILS BELIEVE THAT WAY. 07:59 IT'S A BE-LIVING IN HIM. 08:02 THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE WORD BELIEVE. 08:04 WHOSOEVER BE-LIVES IN HIM. 08:07 SO YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF YOU ARE BE-LIVING IN HIM 08:11 - SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 08:14 THIS IDEA THAT YOU JUST SAY ONCE, YOU KNOW, 08:17 'I TAKE THIS VOW.' WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT A 08:20 MARRIAGE WHERE SOMEONE - THEY COME TO THE ALTAR, THEY SAY THE 08:23 TRADITIONAL VOWS, BUT THEN THE MAN LEAVES HIS WIFE AND HE MOVES 08:31 IN WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND HE SUPPORTS THIS ONE - HE NEVER 08:34 SUPPORTS THE OTHER ONE. 08:36 HE GIVES ALL OF HIS LOVE, TIME, ATTENTION TO THIS FOREIGN WOMAN. 08:42 FOR HIM TO SAY, 'BUT I STILL LOVE YO 08:48 WELL, BECAUSE I TOOK A VOW.' BUT YOU'RE NOT 08:50 LIVING BY YOUR VOW. 08:52 DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 08:53 IT'S AN INSULT. 08:55 THIS DOCTRINE OF ONCE YOU'RE SAVED IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU 08:57 LIVE - YOU CAN'T BE LOST - YOU COULD BE COHABITING WITH THE 09:01 DEVIL BUT YOU REALLY LOVE JESUS AND ARE PLANNING ON 09:03 GOING TO HEAVEN. 09:06 THAT'S AN INSULT. 09:07 THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT. 09:09 WHEN IT SAYS 'BELIEVE' IN THE JEWISH MIND, IT'S TALKING ABOUT 09:13 WHOEVER BE-LIVES IN HIM. 09:14 IT'S NOT JUST BELIEVING ONCE IN JUSTIFICATION, 09:16 IT'S CONTINUING TO BELIEVE. 09:18 DID YOU SEE THAT IN THE VERSE? 09:22 AND SO, WE REALLY NEED TO HAMMER THAT HOME. 09:25 THAT OUR ASSURANCE - YOU CAN HAVE ASSURANCE - BUT THAT 09:29 ASSURANCE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE LINKED WITH BELIEVING/BE-LIVING. 09:33 YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 09:35 AS LONG AS YOU'RE BE-LIVING IN HIM. 09:39 NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU FALL THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU 09:42 MEAN 'SAVED. LOST. SAVED. LOST.' I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 09:46 BUT MY LIFE IS A CONSTANT BATTLE OF UPS AND DOWNS 09:50 WITH THE LORD AND I FREQUENTLY HAVE TO ASK GOD R FORGIVENESS. 09:55 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU -I WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS 09:57 - MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE. 10:00 BUT, THE WAY I READ MY BIBLE, AND THE WAY I OBSERVE THE WORLD, 10:04 IS THIS WORLD IS HOSTILE ENEMY TERRITORY. 10:06 THE CURRENT IN THE WORLD IS RUSHING QUICKLY AWAY FROM GOD. 10:11 IT'S LIKE A RIVER RUSHINAWAY FROM GOD. 10:14 THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS AND TRAVAILS AND MY BODY I 10:16 PART OF THAT. 10:18 READ ROMANS CHAPTER 6. 10:21 THERE IS THIS NATURAL DESI TO GO THE WRONG WAY, SO, IF I WANT 10:25 TO BE SAVED, I'VE GOT TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. 10:30 AND IF I EVER CEASE FOR A MINUTE AND SAY, 'LOOK, I'M JUST GOING 10:34 TO TREAD WATER.' WHERE AM I GOING TO GO? 10:36 YOU'RE GOING DOWNSTREAM. 10:38 AND SO, AS LONG AS YOU ARE SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENT YOU 10:42 CAN HAVE ASSURANCE. 10:45 BUT DON'T BE OVER-CONFIDENT. 10:48 DO YOU REMEMBER PETER? 10:50 "THOUGH ALL MEN SHOULD FORSAKE THEE, I'LL NOT FORSAKE THEE." 10:52 DID PETER BELIEVE IN JESUS? 10:54 HE DID, BUT HE BEGAN TO FALTER AND TRUST IN HIMSELF 10:59 AND HE FELL. 11:01 I WANTO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. 11:02 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE READ SOMETHING TO 11:06 ME FIRST. 11:07 JOHN 3:36. 11:09 THE GOSPEL NOW, NOT 1 JOHN. 11:10 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, CHAPTER 3:36. 11:13 WHO DID I GIVE THAT TO? 11:15 >>HE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS EVERLASTING LIFE; AND HE WHO 11:19 DOES NOT BELIEVE THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE, BUT THE WRATH OF 11:22 GOD ABIDES ON HIM." 11:24 >>SAME AUTHOR. 11:26 WHOEVER BELIEVES MIGHT HAVE - OR DOES IT SAY HE HAS IT? 11:29 YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF YOU BE-LIVE IN HIM YOU HAVE 11:35 EVERLASTING LIFE. 11:37 FROM JESUS. DON'T TURN AWAY DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF HIM. 11:42 IF YOU CONTINUE TO TRUST IN HIM, HE IS THAUTHOR AND 11:44 FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH. 11:46 YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT HE THAT HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN 11:50 YOU - THOUGH YOU MAY SLIP AND FALL ALONG THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING 11:53 TO GET ACROSS THE RIVER BECAUSE YOU ARFIXING YOUR EYES ON HIM. 11:56 YOU'RE LAYING ASIDE THE WAIT. 11:59 YOU'RE RUNNING THAT RACE. 12:00 DON'T MEASURE YOUR EXPERIENCE FROM DAY TO DAY BY THE 12:03 OCCASIONAL GOOD DEED OR MISDEED. 12:05 WHAT'S YOUR DIRECTION? 12:07 THAT'S WHAT YOUR CONFIDENCE IS BASED UPO 12:09 THAT HE WILL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED IN YOUR LIFE. 12:12 BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, DON'T BECOME PRESUMPTUOUS 12:18 IN SAYING, 'WELL I SAID THAT PRAYER WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, 12:21 WHEN I CAME TO THE ALTAR, SO NOW I'M SAVED AND I CAN LIVE FOR THE 12:24 WORLD, I'LL JUST REPENT LATER.' THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO 12:28 PRESUME ON GOD'S MERCY AND TO LIVE FOR SIN. 12:32 LET ME READ SOMETHING ELSE TO YOU. 12:33 AND THIS IS FROM THE BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS, 12:36 PAGE 155. 12:39 "THOSE WHO ACCEPT CHRIST IN THEIR FIRST CONFIDENCE SAY, 12:43 'I AM SAVED.' ARE IN DANGER OF TRUSTING 12:46 TO THEMSELVES. 12:47 THEY LOSE SIGHT OF THEIR OWN WEAKNESS AND THEIR CONSTANT NEED 12:50 OF DIVINE STRENGTH. 12:52 THEY'RE UNPREPARED FOR SATAN'S DEVICES AND UNDER TEMPTATION 12:55 - LIKE PETER - THEY FALL INTO THE VERY DEPTHS OF SIN. 12:59 WE'RE ADMONISHED, 'LET HIM WHO THINKS TAKE HEED, LEST HE FALL.' 13:04 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 OUR ONLY SAFETY IS IN CONSTANT 13:07 DISTRUST OF SELF AND DEPENDENCE ON CHRIST." 13:11 AS LONG AS YOU BE-LIVE IN HIM AND YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON HIM, 13:14 YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE. 13:15 THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND IT. 13:16 OUR ONLY SAFETY, OUR ONLY CONFIDENCE IS IN THAT. 13:20 DID PAUL HAVE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION? 13:24 SOMEONE READ F ME PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 12. 13:27 I GA THAT TO SOMEBODY. 13:29 >>NOT THAT I HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED OR AM ALREADY 13:32 PERFECTED; BUT I PRESS ON, THAT I MAY LAY HOLD OF THAT FOR WHICH 13:36 CHRIST JESUS HAS ALSO LAID HOLD OF ME." 13:40 >>THAT'S A GOOD ATTITUDE. 13:41 SO, IN THE MIDST OF PAUL'S MINISTRY, HE SAYS THERE IN 13:44 PHILIPPIANS, 'I DON'T COUNT MYSELF TO BE PERFECTED. 13:47 PAUL WAS NOT BOASTING,ATTAINED.' 'I'M SAVED. I'M SAVED.' 13:53 BUT, HE'S SAYING - HE HAD CONFIDENCE - HE SAYS, 13:55 'I'M PRESSING ON.' WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY 13:58 BE-LIVE IN HIM. 13:59 THERE'LL BE UPS AND DOWNS BUT WE CAN STILL HAVE ASSURANCE AS LONG 14:02 AS WE KEEP OUR EYES FIXED UPON HIM AND DO NOT 14:05 GIVE UP OUR FAITH. 14:06 SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEA - THEY SAY, 'BUT WHAT IF 14:08 - WHAT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN, DURING ONE OF MY WEAK MOMENTS, 14:14 WHEN I'VE FAILED, I'VE SINNED, I FELL, AND I HAVEN'T REPENTED 14:18 YET - IF ALL OF A SUDDEN I SHOULD HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT.' 14:22 OR IT'S LIKE GOD IS UP THERE IN THE SKY WAITING TO FIND YOU IN 14:27 SOME MOMENT OF WEAKNESS TO SEE IF HE CAN TAKE YOU OUT 14:29 WHILE YOU'RE DOWN. 14:31 IS THAT HOW HE OPERATES? 14:33 YOU KNOW, GOD IS LOOKING FOR US TO SAVE US. 14:38 HE WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO SAVE US, BUT IF WE, ON THE 14:40 OTHER HAND, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE LORD IS THE EXCEPTION AND 14:43 NOT THE RULE, THEN YOU PROBABLY WILL DIE IN A LOST STATE. 14:48 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 14:49 PEOPLE TYPICALLY DIE THE WAY THEY LIVE. 14:51 THOSE WHO PLAN ON TURNING TO THE LORD AT THE 11TH HOUR OF THEIR 14:53 LIFE - THEY ARE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH ETERNITY. 14:57 I THINK I GAVE SOMEBODY REVELATION 3:11. 15:01 >>I AM COMING SOON. 15:03 HOLD FAST TO WHAT YOU HAVE SO THAT NO ONE MAY 15:06 SEIZE YOUR CROWN. 15:08 >>ALL RIGHT. 15:08 SO CHRIST IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO HANG ON TO WHAT WE HAVE OR WE 15:14 WON'GET OUR CROWN, SOMEONE ELSE WILL. 15:17 WHAT DOES THAT VERSE CLEARLY IMPLY? 15:19 THAT YOU MIGHT BE SAVED - BY THE WAY, HE'S TALKING TO THE 15:21 CHURCHES - IT'S ASSUMED THAT THOSE IN THE CHURCHES ARE 15:24 BELIEVERS - AND HE'S TELLING THOSE IN THE CHURCHES, 15:26 'YOU NEED HOLD ON.' THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS, 15:30 E THAT ENDURES TO THE END WILL BE SAVED." 15:34 IT DOESN'T SAY, 'HE THAT BELIEVES ONCE AND THEN TURNS HIS 15:36 BACK ON THE LORD. 15:37 ONCE YOU'RE SAVE YOU CAN'T BE LOST.' 15:39 "HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END." 15:41 WE NEED TO HANG ON. 15:43 THEY WILL BE SAVED, AMEN? 15:46 SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT PRINCIPLE. 15:49 NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT PRAYING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND I'LL 15:53 READ THIS TOOU. 15:54 1 JOHN 5:14. 15:57 NOW, THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT IF WE ASK 16:01 ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US." 16:05 NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN IT WHERE YOU CROSS OUT THE PART 16:11 THAT SAYS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL - IF WE ASK ANYTHING. 16:14 THERE ARE VERSES IN THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS SAYS, 'IF WE ASK 16:16 ANYTHING IN HIS NAME WE'LL HAVE THE PETITION WE ASK. 16:19 AND PEOPLE GO, 'ALL RIGHT! 16:21 HERE I'VE GOT A BLK CHECK. 16:22 PRAISE THE LORD. 16:23 WHATEVER I WANT. 16:24 RUB THE GENIE BOTTLE AND MAKE YOUR WISH.' 16:27 NO. 16:28 WHEN YOU READ THOSE STATEMENTS IN THE BIBLE THEY'RE ALL GIVEN 16:30 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS TO ANSWERED PYER. 16:36 THERE ARE CONDITIONS IN THE BIBLE TO ANSWERED PRAYER. 16:38 ONE THING IS, OF COURSE, PRAY ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL. 16:41 THERE NEEDS TO BE A WILLINGNESS TO SURRENDER TO, SUBMIT TO, AND 16:45 TO DO GOD'S WILL IN ANSWERED PRAYER. 16:47 NOW, IF YOU READ, FOR INANCE, IN JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSE 3, 16:52 HE SAYS, "YOU ASK AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVE" - SOME PEOPLE PRAY AND 16:55 THEY DON'T GET AN ANSWER. 16:56 WHY? 16:57 "BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS." 16:59 YOU ASK OFF-TARGET, "THAT YOU MIGHT CONSUME IT 17:02 ON YOUR PLEASURES." 17:03 YOU'RE PRAYING SELFISH PRAYERS THAT ARE OUT OF GOD'S WILL. 17:06 YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE PRAYERS ANSWERED. 17:10 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, 17:12 THIS PRAYING BUSINESS DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE I'VE PRAYED AND 17:14 ASKED GOD TO GIVE ME A NEW CAR AND I DIDN'T GET IT.' 17:19 WELL, MAYBE THAT'S NOT GOD'S WILL FOR YOU. 17:21 THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS MORE IMPORTANT YOU OUGHT 17:23 TO BE PRAYING ABOUT. 17:25 THE FIRST PRAYER THAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO PRAY IS ONE OF 17:27 SURRENDER OF THEMSELVES. 17:29 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A CRITERIA FOR ANY ANSWERED PRAYER 17:32 IS PRIORITIES. 17:37 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF WE REGARD INIQUITY IN OUR HEARTS, 17:39 THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR US. 17:41 MEANING IF WE'RE LIVING IN REBELLION TO GOD'S KNOWN WILL 17:45 AND WE'RE SAYING, 'HERE'S MY CHRISTMAS LIST LORD.' 17:49 GOD SAYS, 'WAIT A SECOND HERE. 17:50 YOU'RE SAYING THAT I'M YOUR FATHER AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE 17:53 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN FOR YOU AND IN THE BASICS OF DOING MY WILL 17:56 YOU'RE REBELLING AGAINST ME.' I MEAN, EVEN SANTA CLAUSANTS 17:59 TO KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING GOOD AND BAD, RIGHT? 18:03 AND SO, IF YOU'RE LIVING IN REBELLION TO GOD AND YOU'RE 18:05 SAYING, 'HERE'S MY LIST, HOW COME HE'S NOT 18:06 ANSWERING MY PRAYER?' NOW GOD WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE 18:09 PRAYER OF REPENTANCE. 18:11 GOD WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE PRAYER OF 'LORD, CHANGE MY HEART. 18:16 HELP ME TO SURRENDER TO YOU.' ANIT DOESN'T MEAN PRAYING 18:19 ONCE OR TWICE. 18:20 GOD WANTS SOMETIMES TO TEST OUR DETERMINATION. 18:23 THERE SHOULD BE A PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER. 18:27 JESUS USES THE PARABLE OF AN UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE. 18:31 THERE'S A WIDOW IN THE TOWN - THIS IS LUKE CHAPTER 18, 18:34 I BELIEVE. 18:35 SHE GOES TO TH JUDGE WHO PRABLY TAKES BRIBES AND, 18:38 YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG, 18:42 AND THIS WIDOW COMES AND SHE SAYS, 'PLEASE AVENGE ME 18:44 OF MY ADVERSARY.' AND HE SAYS, 18:45 'LOOK YOU'RE A POOR WIDOW. 18:46 YOU CAN'T PAY ME A BRIBE. 18:47 I'VE GOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.' 18:49 SO HE IGNORES HER. 18:51 BUT SHE KEEPS COMING AND SHE KEEPS COMING, 18:54 AND SHE KEEPS COMING. 18:55 FINALLY HE SAYS, 'LOOK, SHE'S GOING TO WEAR 18:57 ME DOWN SO I'M GOING TO GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS.' 18:59 AND JESUS USES THAT TO ILLUSTRATE. 19:01 HE SAYS, 'LOOK, EVENN UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE WILL HEAR THE 19:04 CASE OF A PERSISTENT WIDOW WHO KEEPS PRAYING 19:07 ABOUT THE SAME THING. 19:09 HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR RIGHTEOUS FATHER IN HEAVEN HEAR 19:11 THE PRAYEROF THOSE WHO CALL DAY AND NIGHT.' 19:14 IN OTHER WORDS, ELIJAH PRAYED SEVEN TIMES. 19:16 WHY DID GOD MAKE HIM PRAY SEVEN TIMES FOR THE RAIN TO COME? 19:20 WAS GOD SLEEPING THE FIRST SIX TIMES AND FINALLY WOKE UP? 19:24 OR WAS GOD STRENGTHENING ELIJAH'S FAITH BY PERSISTENCE? 19:29 SOMETIMES GOD WANTS US TO PRAY LONGER FOR SOMETNG, 19:33 BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE IT MORE WHEN WE GET IT. 19:37 THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS THAT GOD WANTS US 19:39 TO PERSIST IN PRAYER. 19:40 SO, PERSISTENCE IS SOMETHING, ALONG WITH PRAYING IN HARMONY 19:44 WITH GOD'S WILL. 19:46 SOMEBODY READ FOR ME 1 JOHN 5:18, 19. 19:49 >>WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN; BUT HE WHO 19:54 HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD KEEPS HIMSELF, AND THE WICKED ONE DOES 19:57 NOT TOUCH HIM. 19:59 THE WHOLE WORLD LIES UNDER THE SWAY OF THE WICKED ONE. 20:04 >>DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE GET NERVOUS WHEN THEY READ 20:07 THAT VERSE? 20:08 DOES THAT MAKE YOU KIND OF SIT UP A LITTLE HIGHER AND LOOK TO 20:13 YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT AND WONDER, 'DOES THAT MEAN WHAT IT SAYS?' 20:17 "WE KNOW WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN." 20:21 IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK YOU BEFORE WE READ THAT VEE, 20:23 'HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN?' WOULD YOU SAY, 'YEAH.'? 20:29 BUT THEN IT SAYS, "WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN. 20:33 BUT HE WHO HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD KEEPS HIMSELF AND THE WICKED ONE 20:36 DOES NOT TOUCH HIM." 20:38 LET ME TELL YOU, THAT VERSE MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. 20:42 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. 20:45 FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT YS, 'DOES NOT SIN.' 20:48 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE OCCASIONAL SIN - ONE REASON WE 20:51 KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE EARLIER IN THE SAME BOOK HE SAYS, 20:53 'IF ANY MAN SINS' AND HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH. 20:57 SO, HE'S NOT SAYING SOMEONE BORN OF GOD NEVER SINS. 20:59 HE'S SAYING, 'THAT'S NOT THEIR PRACTICE. 21:01 THEY DO NOT PRACTICE A LIFE OF SIN. 21:03 WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT PRACTICE SIN. 21:07 NOW, WAS JOB A SINLESS MAN? 21:14 THAT'S AN EASY YES OR NO QUESTION. 21:16 IT'S NOT A HARD ONE. 21:18 HOW MANY ARE SINLESS IN THE WORLD? 21:22 JUST JESUS. 21:22 "ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD." 21:24 I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY JOB WAS SINLESS. 21:27 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 21:28 DID JOB SIN? 21:30 AT SOME POINT. 21:30 BUT WHAT IS THE BIBLE RECORD ABOUT JOB? 21:32 "THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ WHOSE NAME WAS JOB. 21:35 THAT MAN WAS BLAMELESS KING JAMES SAYS, 21:37 'PERFECT, UPRIGHT, FEARED GOD, HATED EVIL.' 21:40 SO, DID JOB FIT IN WITH JOHN'S IDEA OF BORN AGAIN NOT LIVING 21:45 A LIFE OF SIN. 21:47 HE DID. 21:49 BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT JOB HAD NEVER SINNED? NO. 21:53 HE HAD A CONSISTENTLY SURRENDERED, OBEDIENT LIFE. 21:56 SIN DID NOT REIGN OVER HIM. 21:59 ALL RIGHT. 22:00 LUKE CHAPTER 1, VERSES 5 AND 6. 22:04 "AND THERE WAS IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING OF JUDAH, A 22:07 CERTAIN PRIEST NAMED ZACHARIAS, OF THE DIVISION OF ABIJAH. 22:11 HIS WIFE WAS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF AARON, AND HER NAME 22:13 WAS ELIZABETH." 22:14 NOW LISTEN TO THIS. 22:15 "AND THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD, WALKING IN ALL THE 22:20 COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES OF THE LORD, BLAMELESS." 22:25 DID ZACHARIAS AND ELIZABETH SIN? 22:28 YEAH, ALL HAVE SINNED. 22:30 BUT WERE THEY LIVING A LIFE OF SURRENDERED OBEDIENCE? YEAH. 22:35 EVEN IN THE ACCOUNT OF ZACHARIAS WHEN HE'S IN THE TEMPLE, 22:39 HE'S STRICKEN DUMB BECAUSE HE SINNED IN NOT BELIEVING 22:42 THE ANGEL'S PROMISE. BUT THAT WAS NOT HIS PATTERN. HIS PATTERN 22:45 WAS ONE OF CONSISTENT OBEDIENCE. 22:47 ISN'T THAT TRUE? 22:49 AND SO, WHATEVER YOU THINK JOHN IS SAYING HERE - YOU MAY BE 22:54 CONFUSED ABOUT IT - BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT JOB AND 22:57 YOU LOOK AT ELIZABETH, AND YOU LOOK AT ZACHARIAS, THEY ARE 23:00 EXHIBIT A OF THE LIFE THAT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE. 23:04 IF THEY HAD IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT. 23:06 HE WANTS US TO HAVE LIVES WHERE, VERY SIMY, CHRIST REIGNS IN 23:10 YOUR HEART, NOT SIN. 23:12 NOT THE WICKED ONE. CHRIST. 23:14 SIN NO LONGER REIGNS OVER YOU. 23:16 THERE'S A NEW MASTER ON THE THRONE. 23:18 AND, BY THE WAY, JUST GOING BACK TO 1 JOHN 5:18 IT SAYS, "WE KNOW 23:23 THAT WE ARE OF GOD AND THE WORLD LIES UNDER THE SWAY 23:26 OF THE WICKED ONE." 23:28 THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN THE WICKED ONE DOES NOT 23:31 HAVE SWAY OVER YOUR LIFE. 23:34 GOD HAS SWAYVEYOUR LIFE. 23:36 HE IS THE ONE WHO IS GUIDING YOU. 23:38 YOU'RE NOT BEING GUIDED BY SIN ANYMORE. 23:40 THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. 23:42 ALL RIGHT. 23:42 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 23:45 IT'S A LITTLE CLEARER, I HOPE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TAKE 23:47 THAT TO TWO DIFFERENT TREMES. 23:50 FINAL POINT HERE, AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THERE - 23:53 HAVING THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GODHEAD IS OUR LAST SECTION HERE 23:57 - WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THURSDAY. 23:59 1 JOHN 5:20, 21. 24:02 "AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN US AN 24:06 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE; AND WE ARE 24:10 IN HIM WHO IS TRUE, HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. 24:14 THIS IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE." 24:17 AND HE CLOSES BY SAYING, "LITTLE CHILDREN, 24:19 KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS." 24:21 HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KNOW THE LORD? 24:24 YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT VERSE IN HOSEA 6, VERSE 3: "THEN WE SHALL 24:29 KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW ON TO KNOW THE LORD." 24:35 AND YOU KNOW, HOSEA ALSO SAYS, "MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED BY 24:37 LACK OF KNOWLEDGE." 24:39 IT'S THE LACK OF KNOWING HIM THAT DESTROYS US. 24:43 DO YOU KNOW THE LO? 24:43 WHAT WILL THE LORD DECLARE TO THE LOST? 24:46 EVEN THE ONES WHO SAY, 'LORD, LORD.' 24:48 MANY OF THEM - HE'LL SAY TO THEM, 'I D'T KNOW YOU.' 24:52 SO, IT'S FOLLOWING ON TO KNOW THE LORD AND WE KNOW HIM 24:56 THROUGH HIS WORD. 24:58 JOHN 17:3: "AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL: THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW 25:02 THEE, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM HE HAS SENT." 25:07 (MUSIC) >>WE ALL HAVE TWO 25:20 DESTINIES: LIGHT OR DARK. 25:27 NEVER HAS THERE BEEN MORE MAN-MADE LIGHT AND YET WE'RE 25:30 LIVING IN A TIME IN THE WORLD WHERE THERE'S NEVER BEEN 25:32 MORE DARKNESS. 25:38 BUT AS WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, HIS BLOOD 25:41 WILL CLEANSE US FROM ALL SIN. 25:43 (MUSIC) >>MOMMY! 26:30 DADDY! 26:30 HELP ME! 26:32 (MUSIC) >>NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 26:35 YOU DIDN'T DO VERY WELL ON YOUR REPORT CARD THIS LAST 26:37 QUARTER SO - NO. 26:40 >>YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PULLING YOUR WEIGHT AROUND HERE LATELY. 26:42 YOU WANT HELP? 26:43 WELL, I WANTED HELP WITH THE DISHES LAST NIT. 26:46 HELP YOURSELF! 26:47 >>HUH? 26:49 >>HONEY, DID YOU BRING THE MARSHMALLOWS? 26:51 (MUSIC) >>FRIENDS, IMAGINE 27:20 TAKING A GROUP OF CHILDREN ON A TRIP TO A PUBLIC PARK. 27:23 WHEN IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THE NEED TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN HOW MANY OF 27:25 THOSE CHILDREN RODE WITH YOU IS VERY IMPORTANT. 27:29 PASTOR BATCHELOR SPOKE ABOUT HAVING CONFIDENCE TODAY IN 27:31 THFACT THAT GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. 27:34 NO MATTER HOW BLEAK OR DEVASTATING THE SITUATION, 27:36 THERE IS HOPE. 27:38 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT, YOU ONLY HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. 27:41 WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU A WONDERFUL POCKETBOOK ENTITLED 27:44 'THE DRUMMER BOY'S PRAYER.' 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