Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000095
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:11 >>IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU COME TO THE LORD THE 00:13 MORE IT EXPOSES THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING - 00:16 BUT YOU DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BY THAT, YOU KEEP APPROACHING THE 00:19 LORD AND THE LIGHT OF GOD BURNS THOSE THINGS OUT OF OUR LIVES 00:22 IF WE DON'T TURN AWAY. 00:27 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:30 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:33 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:36 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:41 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS >>THE MESSAGE TODAY IS DEALING 00:49 WITH THE SUBJECT OF ADJUSTING TO THE DARKNESS. 00:53 AND A PART OF THE REASON THIS CAME INTO MY MIND WAS BECAUSE, 00:59 FLYING BACK FROM AUSTRALIA THEY FEED EVERYBODY - IT'S A LONG 01:02 FLIGHT - AND THEN THEY TURN OFF THE LIGHTS HOPING THAT EVERYBODY 01:05 WILL DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP. 01:07 I HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING ON PLANES AND I FELT BAD TURNING ON 01:10 THE LITTLE NIGHT LIGHT FOR MY CHAIR THAT I MIGHT DISTURB THE 01:14 PEOPLE AROUND ME, BUT I NOTICED THAT AFTER THEY TURNED OFF THE 01:18 CABIN LIGHTS IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR YOUR EYES TO GET 01:21 ADJUSTED TO THE DARK. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD 01:25 THING WHEN YOU ADJUST TO THE DARK. 01:28 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT HERE WE ARE LIVING IN 01:32 A TIME WHEN NEVER HAS THERE BEEN MORE MAN-MADE LIGHT THAN YOU 01:38 HAVE IN THE WORLD TODAY AND YET THERE'S GREAT DARKNESS. 01:43 YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS AMAZING SATELLITE PICTURE THAT 01:46 HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SPACE. THEY USE SOME SPECIAL FILTERS 01:49 AND TIME DELAY BUT IT SHOWS THE LIGHTS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED 01:54 FROM THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE GLOBE. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE 01:56 WHOLE GLOBE - THEY'VE GOT IT - THE PICTURES TAKEN. 02:00 HOW MUCH POWER DO YOU THINK IT TAKES TO LIGHT UP 02:04 THE WORLD THAT WAY. ISN'T THAT PHENOMENAL? 02:09 NEVER HAS THERE BEEN MORE MAN-MADE LIGHT AND, YET, WE'RE 02:11 LIVING IN A TIME IN THE WORLD WHERE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN 02:14 MORE DARKNESS. THAT WAS OUR SCRIPTURE READING. 02:17 ISAIAH 60 - ESPECIALLY YOU GO TO VERSE 2. "FOR BEHOLD, DARKNESS 02:22 SHALL COVER THE EARTH, AND GROSS DARKNESS THE PEOPLE." 02:28 NOW THE WORD GROSS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE WORD. 02:31 IT HAS A FEW DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR US TODAY. 02:34 SOME OF YOU USED TO BUY YOUR THINGS BY THE GROSS - AND WHAT 02:36 DID THAT MEAN? AS A DOZEN OF SOMETHING. OR, THE WORD GROSS 02:43 MIGHT MEAN DISGUSTING - I MEAN YOU WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO 02:47 SAY THAT THOSE ARE GROSS MASHED POTATOES THAT YOU'VE MADE. 02:54 GROSS ALSO MEANS CONCENTRATED. SOMETHING THAT IS THICK. 03:00 AND SO, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS A 'GROSS DARKNESS THAT 03:06 COVERS THE PEOPLE BUT IN SPITE OF THAT THE LORD WILL ARISE ON 03:11 THEE AND HIS GLORY WILL BE SEEN ON THEE.' 03:13 YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE TIME OF THE GREATEST DARKNESS THAT THE 03:16 LORD'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHINE THE BRIGHTEST. 03:19 YOU READ IN REVELATION ABOUT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST AND IT DESCRIBES 03:22 WHAT SHE'S WEARING - 'CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, STANDING ON THE 03:26 MOON, A CROWN OF STARS' - WHY DO YOU THINK THAT SHE - WHAT SHE'S 03:31 WEARING STANDS OUT? BECAUSE SHE IS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A 03:35 DARKENED HEAVENS. AND IT'S IN THE DARKNESS THAT 03:39 GOD'S CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO SHINE. 03:42 IT'S VERY DANGEROUS THOUGH, IF WE GET TO THE PLACE IN THIS 03:46 WORLD FILLED WITH GROSS DARKNESS THAT YOU GET TO WHERE YOU'RE 03:51 ADJUSTED TO IT AND YOU'RE USED TO IT. 03:55 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PART OF A POEM BY ALEXANDER POPE AND IT 04:01 SAYS, "VICE IS A MONSTER SO FRIGHTFUL MEAN, AS TO BE HATED 04:05 NEEDS BUT TO BE SEEN, YET TOO OFT FAMILIAR WITH HER FACE, WE 04:10 FIRST ENDURE, THEN PITY, THEN EMBRACE." 04:15 AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH SIN OVER TIME. 04:17 AT FIRST IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BAD THING. 04:22 AND THEN, LITTLE BY LITTLE, THROUGH EXPOSURE, WE GET 04:24 TO WHERE WHAT ONCE REPULSED US NOW INTRIGUES US. 04:30 WHAT ONCE WE THOUGHT WAS SO BAD NOW SEEMS ATTRACTIVE. 04:34 AND LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU CAN GET TO WHERE YOU'RE ADJUSTED 04:36 TO THE LIGHT. IT'S LIKE THAT IRISH MAN WHO 04:39 MOVED TO THE STATES AND HE WORKED FOR A YEAR AND THEN HIS 04:42 WIFE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO COME AND JOIN HIM. 04:44 AND SHE SAID TO HER HUSBAND, 'THE PEOPLE HERE SURE 04:47 TALK FUNNY.' HE SAID, 'WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE 04:49 HEARD THEM A YEAR AGO.' HE HAD GOTTEN USED TO IT. 04:55 OH, BY THE WAY, I DISCOVERED WHEN I'M IN AUSTRALIA I'VE GOT 04:58 AN ACCENT - BECAUSE EVERYBODY THERE TOLD ME I HAD ONE. 05:02 I SAID, 'I NEVER HAD IT UNTIL I CAME HERE.' 05:05 AND I SUPPOSE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHEN I'M IN ENGLAND, 05:07 I'LL HAVE AN ACCENT AGAIN. BUT, YOU CAN GET USED TO JUST 05:12 ABOUT ANYTHING AS TIME GOES BY. THE DANGER IS IF WE GET USED 05:17 TO THE DARKNESS. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME 05:22 SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT THIS. 2 PETER, CHAPTER 2 VERSE 17. 05:27 SPEAKING OF THE LOST IT SAYS, "THESE ARE WELLS WITHOUT WATER, 05:31 CLOUDS CARRIED ABOUT BY A TEMPEST," NOTICE THE WORDS OF 05:36 PETER, "FOR WHOM IS RESERVED THE BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS FOREVER." 05:42 WE ALL HAVE TWO DESTINIES: LIGHT OR DARK. 05:47 THE BIBLE BEGINS DESCRIBING A CONFLICT BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK. 05:52 GOD SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT." DARKNESS COVERED THE EARTH. 05:57 GOD SEPARATED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. 05:59 IN THE WORLD TODAY THERE IS THIS CONFLICT STILL. 06:03 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE LAST DAYS THERE IS GOING TO BE A 06:08 DEEP DARKNESS IN THE WORLD. ARE YOU CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT OR 06:11 CHILDREN OF THE DARK? JUDE SAYS IT THE EXACT SAME WAY. 06:15 JUDE 1, VERSE 13, SPEAKING OF THE LOST, "RAGING WAVES OF THE 06:19 SEA, FOAMING UP THEIR OWN SHAME, WANDERING STARS FOR WHOM IS 06:23 RESERVED THE BLACKNESS AND DARKNESS FOREVER." 06:28 YOU KNOW, THE ANGELS, THAT KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE ARE 06:31 RESERVED IN EVERLASTING CHAINS OF DARKNESS. 06:34 BUT THESE ARE ABOUT THE MOST INTENSE WORDS THE BIBLE USES TO 06:37 DESCRIBE THIS GROSS DARKNESS. THE BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS 06:42 FOREVER. HOW IS IT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE 06:45 BEEN WITH THE LORD AND THEY WALK OUT INTO THE WORLD? 06:49 YOU KNOW, DON'T THEY SEE THE CONTRAST? 06:52 IT'S A SHAME IF THEIR EYES GET ADJUSTED. 06:55 2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSE 3 SAYS, "IF OUR GOSPEL IS HIDDEN, IT'S 07:01 HIDDEN TO THEM THAT ARE LOST. IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS AGE HAS 07:05 BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM THAT BELIEVE NOT, LEST THE GLORIOUS 07:09 GOSPEL LIGHT SHOULD SHINE UPON THEM. FOR GOD, WHO COMMANDED 07:14 THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS," SPEAKING ABOUT 07:17 GENESIS, "HAS SHOWN IN OUR HEARTS," THAT SAME WORD THAT 07:21 SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT' BACK IN GENESIS, IT BRINGS LIGHT 07:24 INTO OUR LIVES, INTO OUR DARK HEARTS "TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF 07:28 KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE FACE OF JESUS." 07:32 YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT OUT THERE IN SPACE THESE BLACK HOLES. 07:35 AND EVIDENTLY, A BLACK HOLE IS THE RESULT OF A SUN OR SOME 07:40 GREAT LUMINARY BODY THAT HAS COLLAPSED AND HAS A MAGNETIC 07:45 FORCE, A GRAVITATIONAL PULL, THAT IS SO POWERFUL THAT 07:49 ANYTHING WITHIN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES 07:53 GETS SUCKED IN. I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT 07:55 DISTANCE IS, BUT THE SURROUNDING VICINITY, ANYTHING GETS SUCKED 07:59 INTO IT, EVEN LIGHT THAT TRAVELS 186,000 MILES PER SECOND. 08:05 BLACK HOLES ARE SO POWERFUL THAT THEY'LL EVEN SUCK IN THE LIGHT. 08:07 THE DEVIL'S DARKNESS IS SO INTENSE THAT HE, BASICALLY, 08:13 GOBBLES UP ANY LIGHT AROUND HIM. HE'S COMMITTED THE 08:17 UNPARDONABLE SIN. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT 08:21 HAVE GRIEVED AWAY THE SPIRIT, THEY'RE LIKE BLACK HOLES. 08:25 YOU TRY AND REACH THEM, THEY JUST - THEY HAVE 08:28 NO INTEREST AT ALL. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT DEEP, 08:34 DARK, EVERLASTING, GROSS DARKNESS. LIKE A BLACK HOLE, 08:39 IT JUST SOAKS IT UP. NOTHING EVER SHOWS ON IT. 08:43 WE UNDERSTAND WHEN A CHILD IS AFRAID OF THE DARK. 08:48 BUT IT'S SORT OF SAD IF A GROWN PERSON IS AFRAID OF THE LIGHT. 08:53 I HEARD ONE TIME ABOUT A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT TRIED TO 08:57 POUR HIMSELF SOME KOOL-AID AND HE SPILLED SOME ON THE LINOLEUM 08:59 ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND HE WANTED TO HELP MOM MOP IT UP. 09:02 WELL, IT WAS NIGHT. SO HE RAN TO THE PORCH DOOR 09:05 BECAUSE HE KNEW THE MOP WAS OUTSIDE - THEY KEPT IT OUTSIDE 09:08 ON THE PORCH, BUT IT WAS DARK. AND HIS MOM SAW THAT HE WANTED 09:12 TO DO THIS AND HE WENT OUT AND HE HESITATED THERE AT THE DOOR 09:17 BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF DARK AND SCARY IN THE BACKYARD. 09:19 AND HIS MOM SAID, 'SON YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID, 09:23 JESUS IS EVERYWHERE, EVEN IN THE DARKNESS.' 09:27 SO HE STARED OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR A MINUTE, THEN HE SAID, 09:29 'JESUS, CAN YOU HAND ME THE MOP?' 09:34 SO, YOU EXPECT SOMETIMES CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF THE DARK, 09:37 BUT WHAT'S REALLY SAD IS IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE LIGHT. 09:40 THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THAT. JESUS SAID, JOHN 3, VERSE 19. 09:45 "THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, 09:50 AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT," WHY? 09:54 "BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES EVIL 09:58 HATES THE LIGHT." WHY DID THEY KILL JESUS? 10:01 BECAUSE OF HIS DARKNESS OR HIS LIGHT? 10:05 HIS LIGHT MADE THEIR DARKNESS STAND OUT. 10:07 "EVERYONE THAT DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT AND NEITHER COMES TO 10:10 THE LIGHT LEST HIS DEEDS BE REPROVED OR EXPOSED. 10:13 BUT HE THAT DOES TRUTH COMES TO THE LIGHT THAT HIS DEEDS MAY BE 10:18 MADE MANIFEST THAT THEY ARE WROUGHT IN GOD." 10:21 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU COME TO THE LORD, 10:24 THE MORE IT EXPOSES THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING 10:27 - BUT YOU DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BY THAT, YOU KEEP 10:29 APPROACHING THE LORD. AND THE LIGHT OF GOD BURNS THOSE 10:32 THINGS OUT OF OUR LIVES IF WE DON'T TURN AWAY. 10:35 LIGHT ACTUALLY PURIFIES. LIGHT WILL STERILIZE 10:40 AND CLEANSE US. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US 10:42 THAT GOD IS LIGHT. 1 JOHN 1, VERSES 5 AND 6. 10:48 "THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM HIM AND THAT WE 10:52 DECLARE UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS LIGHT AND IN HIM IS 10:56 NO DARKNESS AT ALL. IF WE SAY WE'VE GOT FELLOWSHIP 11:00 WITH HIM AND WE WALK IN DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT 11:03 PRACTICE THE TRUTH." SOMEONE SAID, 'CHARACTER IS WHO 11:08 YOU ARE IN THE DARK.' CHARACTER IS WHO YOU ARE WHEN 11:12 YOU DON'T THINK ANYONE'S WATCHING. 11:14 MATTHEW 4:16, SPEAKING OF THE TIME IN WHICH CHRIST CAME, "THE 11:20 PEOPLE THAT SAT IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT. 11:24 AND TO THEM THAT SAT IN THE REGION OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, 11:27 THE LIGHT HAS SPRUNG UP." PSALM 89, VERSE 15. 11:32 "BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND! 11:35 THEY'LL WALK, O LORD, IN THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE." 11:39 YOU KNOW, GOD IS LIGHT. AND IF WE'VE GOT DARKNESS IN OUR 11:41 HEARTS AND DARKNESS IN OUR LIFE, THEN WE NEED TO INVITE 11:43 THAT LIGHT - INTRODUCE THAT LIGHT INTO OUR LIVES. 11:48 WE ARE CALLED TO BE LIGHT IN THE WORLD. 11:51 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14. NOT ONLY IS JESUS THE LIGHT OF 11:57 THE WORLD, HE SAID, "YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 12:00 A CITY THAT IS ON A HILL CANNOT BE HID. NEITHER DO MEN 12:04 LIGHT A CANDLE AND PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL, BUT ON A CANDLESTICK; 12:07 AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO ALL THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE." 12:11 YOU KNOW WHAT A BLACKOUT IS - WHEN THERE'S A POWER FAILURE AND 12:17 PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES NATIONS ARE PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS. 12:20 SOMETIMES WE HAVE A BLACKOUT IN THE CHURCH AND THERE'S 12:24 A POWER FAILURE. BECAUSE GOD'S PEOPLE, 12:26 HIS CHILDREN, HIS CHURCH, ARE FAILING TO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF 12:30 GOD OR TO LET THAT LIGHT SHINE IN THEIR LIVES. LIGHT DOESN'T DO 12:35 ANYTHING UNLESS IT HITS SOMETHING. YOU GET THE POINT? 12:39 JESUS SENDS HIS LIGHT INTO THE WORLD BUT THE WORLD'S NOT GOING 12:44 TO SEE IT UNLESS IT BOUNCES OFF SOMETHING. 12:47 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REFLECTING OFF YOU AND I. 12:49 YOU AND I ARE TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT, JUST AS THE MOON REFLECTS 12:52 THE LIGHT OF THE SUN. YOU CAN'T SEE THE MOON UNLESS 12:55 IT'S PICKING UP THE LIGHT OF THE SUN. LUKE CHAPTER 1, VERSE 79. 13:01 SPEAKING OF CHRIST AND HIS MISSION. 13:03 "HE CAME TO GIVE LIGHT TO THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE 13:08 SHADOW OF DEATH. TO GUIDE THEIR FEET IN THE WAY OF PEACE." 13:13 NOW, WE'RE TOLD IN GOD'S WORD THAT WE ARE TO WALK 13:16 IN THE LIGHT. DON'T GET ADJUSTED TO THE DARK. WALK IN THE LIGHT. 13:24 IT SEEMS LIKE AT ONE TIME THE THINGS THAT SHOCKED AND AMAZED 13:27 US NOW ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE US. JOHN 12, VERSES 35 AND 36. 13:35 "YET A LITTLE WHILE THE LIGHT IS WITH YOU. WALK WHILE YOU HAVE 13:38 THE LIGHT LEST DARKNESS COME UPON YOU." 13:40 CAN A PERSON'S LIGHT GO OUT? 13:44 IF GOD SENDS LIGHT INTO YOUR LIFE, IT IS NEVER STAGNANT. 13:52 THAT LIGHT WILL ALWAYS GET BRIGHTER OR IT WILL GET DIMMER. 13:57 YOU NEED TO BE EITHER FUELING THAT LIGHT SO IT GROWS BRIGHTER 14:00 AND BRIGHTER UNTIL THE DAY DAWN AND THE DAY STAR RISE 14:02 IN YOUR HEART. YOU FIND THE LIGHT OF GOD IN THE 14:04 BIBLE DESCRIBED AS EITHER GROWING BRIGHTER OR IT GETS 14:08 DIMMER. ALL OF US ARE LIKE DIMMER 14:10 SWITCHES. WE'RE ACTIVE. 14:14 WHICH WAY ARE YOU TURNING YOUR SWITCH? 14:17 IS THE LIGHT OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE GETTING BRIGHTER? 14:20 ARE YOU STUDYING AND WALKING IN THE LIGHT? 14:21 IF GOD GIVES YOU LIGHT, AND YOU FOLLOW WHAT HE'S REVEALED TO 14:26 YOU, HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE LIGHT. WELL, WHY DOES HE STOP GIVING 14:30 YOU LIGHT IF YOU STOP WALKING IN THE LIGHT? 14:33 BECAUSE ANY LIGHT THAT GOD GIVES YOU, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND 14:36 YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY. GOD LOVES YOU TOO MUCH TO GIVE 14:41 YOU MORE LIGHT THAN YOU'RE GOING TO WALK IN BECAUSE THEN YOU'D 14:43 JUST BECOME ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. DID YOU GET THAT? 14:48 IF GOD GIVES YOU INCREASED LIGHT AND YOU DON'T WALK IN THE LIGHT, 14:53 THE MORE HE GIVES YOU - JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU WERE BLIND 14:56 AND YOU COULD NOT SEE, YOU WOULD HAVE NO SIN, BUT NOW THAT YOU 14:58 SEE, YOUR SIN REMAINS.' YOU CAN READ IN PETER THAT THE 15:02 LIGHT OF GOD IS PROGRESSIVE. ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE AND TO 15:05 YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE AND - IT'S LIKE JACOB'S LADDER - 15:09 AND SO, SOME OF US WANT TO JUMP THE RUNGS IN THE LADDER. 15:13 IF GOD REVEALS SOMETHING TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEEDS 15:16 ADDRESSING AND YOU ARE NOW IN A HOLDING PATTERN 15:19 - YOU'RE TREADING WATER AND WONDERING WHY YOU'RE NOT 15:21 GETTING ANYWHERE, WALK IN THE LIGHT. 15:25 YOU CAN'T - YOU CAN ONLY BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN SO LONG AND 15:27 YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND DROP OUT OF THE SKY. 15:30 IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH 15:34 JESUS WITHOUT GROWTH. WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE STANDING 15:37 STILL AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SLIDING BACKWARDS. 15:41 YOU'RE LOSING ALTITUDE AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW IT. 15:44 YOU'VE GOT TO BE MOVING FORWARD FRIENDS. 15:47 WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT. JOB 29:3. 15:53 "WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED ON MY HEAD, AND WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I 15:57 WALKED THROUGH THE DARKNESS." "THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET 16:01 AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH." 1 JOHN 1:7. 16:04 "BUT IF YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE 16:08 FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS 16:11 SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN." WOO, DID YOU GET THAT? 16:14 HOW MANY WANT TO BE CLEANSED FROM SIN? 16:17 THERE IS A CONDITION FOR CLEANSING. 16:19 WHAT IS THAT CONDITION? TURN YOUR BACK ON THE DARKNESS 16:24 AND WALK FORWARD IN THE LIGHT. CONTINUE TO WALK IN THE 16:27 ADVANCING LIGHT THAT GOD GIVES YOU. 16:29 IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT AND WALK IN THE LIGHT, 16:33 PRETTY SOON YOU BECOME A DENOMINATION 16:35 - YOU BECOME AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S A SOCIAL CLUB, AND YOU 16:38 JUST START DRIFTING DOWN, BACK WITH THE WORLD. 16:41 AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR BUILDING. 16:46 WHAT HAPPENS TO DENOMINATIONS HAPPENS TO INDIVIDUALS. 16:48 WHEN YOU TRACE THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN 16:51 REVELATION, STARTING OUT WITH EPHESUS, 16:55 GOING FORTH CONQUERING AND TO CONQUER. 16:58 YOU LOOK AT THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THOSE SEVEN CHURCHES AND IT 17:03 BEGINS ON FIRE WITH THAT FIRST LOVE. 17:05 IT EVENTUALLY LOSES THE LOVE AND, AFTER GOING THROUGH A FEW 17:08 CYCLES, BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE END IT'S AT LAODICEA. 17:11 IT'S LUKEWARM. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE 17:14 POOR AND WRETCHED AND MISERABLE AND BLIND AND NAKED. 17:17 IT COMES ON GRADUALLY UNTIL PRETTY SOON IT'S JUST AN 17:20 INSTITUTION. LAODICEA DESCRIBES A LUKEWARM INSTITUTION. 17:26 THINK THEY'RE RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS - YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF 17:28 PROPERTY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS, A LOT OF 17:30 EDUCATIONAL THINGS AND HOSPITALS AND THE PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE 17:34 RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS AND IN THEIR LIVES THEY'RE NOT 17:37 WALKING IN THE LIGHT, THEY'RE IN DARKNESS. 17:39 AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT. AND THEN YOU END UP WITH 17:42 THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND. YOU KNOW, THE DEEPEST DARKNESS, 17:48 BIBLICALLY, COMES BEFORE DELIVERANCE. 17:51 THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW 25, VERSE 6, "AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE 17:56 WAS A CRY MADE, 'BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMES; GO OUT TO 18:00 MEET HIM.' AND ALL THOSE VIRGINS TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS." 18:04 THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING, WHEN JESUS CAME, TO DISPEL THE 18:07 DARKNESS AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY TO THE WEDDING. 18:10 IT'S DURING THE DARKEST TIME OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY THAT THE 18:14 CHURCH IS NEEDED THE MOST TO LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE. 18:19 YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME OUT OF 18:21 EGYPT, THERE WAS A PLAGUE OF DARKNESS. 18:26 DARKNESS ON THE HEADQUARTERS OF EGYPT. 18:30 JUST BEFORE THE LORD COMES, ONE OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES 18:33 IS WHAT? DARKNESS ON THE SEAT OF THE BEAST. 18:37 BY THE WAY, I WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU FROM EXODUS 10, VERSE 21. 18:41 "THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, 'STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND TOWARDS 18:44 HEAVEN THAT THERE MIGHT BE DARKNESS OVER THE LAND OF EGYPT, 18:47 EVEN DARKNESS THAT MAY BE FELT.'" 18:50 THAT'S CALLED GROSS DARKNESS. "AND MOSES STRETCHED OUT HIS 18:55 HAND TOWARD HEAVEN AND THERE WAS A THICK DARKNESS IN ALL THE LAND 18:59 OF EGYPT FOR THREE DAYS. THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER, 19:03 NEITHER ANY ROSE FROM HIS PLACE FOR THREE DAYS. 19:06 BUT ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD LIGHT IN THEIR DWELLINGS." 19:11 DOES GOD WANT US TO BE IN DARKNESS? 19:15 DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY, 'BUT YOU ARE NOT 19:16 CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.' WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE DAY. 19:20 THE DAY OF THE LORD SHOULD NOT OVERTAKE US AS A THIEF. 19:23 LET US NOT WALK IN DARKNESS AS OTHERS DO. 19:28 1 THESSALONIANS 5, VERSES 4 AND 5. 19:31 "BUT YOU, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, SO THAT DAY SHOULD 19:34 OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF. YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT 19:37 AND CHILDREN OF THE DAY. WE ARE NOT OF NIGHT OR 19:40 DARKNESS." THE LIGHT OF GOD OUGHT TO BE SEEN IN OUR LIVES. 19:45 YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER VERSES I WANTED TO 19:48 SHARE WITH YOU. WHEN JESUS DIED, IT WAS A TIME 19:53 WHEN THE WORLD REJECTED ITS CREATOR AND THERE WAS A 19:57 SUPERNATURAL DARKNESS. MATTHEW 27, VERSE 45. 20:02 "NOW FROM THE SIXTH HOUR THERE WAS DARKNESS OVER ALL THE LAND 20:05 TO THE NINTH HOUR. DURING THE PLAGUE OF MOSES THERE 20:08 WAS THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS. DURING THE DEATH OF JESUS IT WAS 20:11 THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS. SUPERNATURAL DARKNESS. 20:15 "AND THEN JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, 'ELI, ELI, LAMA 20:19 SABACHTHANI - MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?'" 20:22 AT THE TIME WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD IS FORSAKEN BY 20:25 GOD, THERE'S GOING TO BE GROSS DARKNESS. 20:30 COULD WE HAVE THE GROSSEST DARKNESS IN AN AGE OF MAN 20:35 WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST ARTIFICIAL LIGHT? 20:37 COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT WE'RE 20:41 ABLE TO NOW CREATE IS REALLY DECEIVING US? 20:47 WE THINK THAT THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL LIGHT. 20:50 THE DAY IS COMING WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MORE DARK. 20:53 ROMANS 13:12. "THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND. 20:59 LET US THEREFORE CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS." 21:02 ARE YOU GETTING ADJUSTED TO THE LIGHT? 21:04 ARE YOU CASTING OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS? 21:08 "AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOR" - IT DOESN'T SAY THE ARMOR OF GOD, 21:11 IT SAYS THE ARMOR OF LIGHT. DO YOUR CLOTHES GLOW? 21:19 TALK ABOUT GOOD DETERGENT, THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WILL 21:21 MAKE YOUR CLOTHES GLOW. BETTER THAN OXY CLEAN. 21:27 EPHESIANS 5:8. "FOR YOU ONCE WERE DARKNESS, BUT 21:31 NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT." 21:36 YOU ALL GLOW A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW, WE JUST NEED TO GLOW MORE. 21:41 EPHESIANS 5:11. "AND HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE 21:46 UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER REPROVE THEM." 21:51 DON'T GET USED TO THE DARK. WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO HELP US 21:56 RECOGNIZE THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD AND REPROVE IT. 21:59 "FOR IT'S A SHAME TO EVEN SPEAK OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DONE BY 22:01 THEM IN SECRET." 2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSE 6. 22:05 "FOR GOD WHO HAS COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS 22:08 HAS SHINED IN OUR HEARTS." AND I MENTIONED THIS ONE BEFORE, 22:12 "TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN 22:16 THE FACE OF JESUS." SO HOW DO WE - HOW DO WE LET 22:21 THESE LIGHTS SHINE IN A DARK WORLD? WELL, SEVERAL WAYS. ONE 22:26 IS, VERY SIMPLY, THE WORD OF THE GOD IS LIGHT. BUT YOU DON'T SEE 22:30 THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD UNTIL IT HITS SOMETHING. 22:34 AS YOU READ THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU ALLOW IT INTO YOUR LIVES AND 22:37 YOU SEEK TO LIVE IT OUT AND YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT, PEOPLE ARE 22:41 GOING TO SEE THAT LIGHT IN YOUR LIFE AND THEY'LL FOLLOW. 22:44 AND THEN SOME GOOD NEWS, FRIENDS. 22:48 WE'RE GOING TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE 22:50 DARK AGAIN. I LIKE THIS. REVELATION 21, VERSE 23. 22:56 "AND THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN AND NEITHER OF THE MOON TO 23:00 SHINE IN IT: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD DID LIGHTEN IT, 23:03 AND THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF." 23:06 ISAIAH 30, VERSE 26, SPEAKING OF HEAVEN, "MOREOVER THE LIGHT OF 23:10 THE MOON" IN THAT KINGDOM, "WILL BE LIKE THE LIGHT OF THE 23:14 SUN, AND THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WILL BE SEVEN-FOLD." 23:20 SO, PICTURE RIGHT NOW - DON'T DO IT - BUT IF YOU WERE 23:23 TO GO OUTSIDE AND YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE SUN, IT WOULD 23:25 BURN YOUR EYES. CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN A 23:27 WORLD WHERE YOUR EYES ARE ABLE TO ADJUST TO A MOON THAT IS 23:30 BRIGHTER THAN OUR SUN IS NOW? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. 23:35 OUR WHOLE WORLD WAS DARKENED BY SIN. 23:39 AND THE SUN WILL BE SEVEN TIMES BRIGHTER THAN IT IS NOW? 23:44 AND I'VE GOT A THEORY THAT IN THAT KINGDOM, BECAUSE WE WILL 23:47 NOT HAVE EXODERMA PIGMATOSUM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THE 23:51 SUN IN ITS STRENGTH AND IT WON'T HURT OUR EYES. 23:59 BECAUSE GOD WILL BE BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN THERE. 24:04 THE CITY IS NOT ILLUMINATED BY THE NATURAL SUN, 24:07 IT'S ILLUMINATED BY GOD HIMSELF. I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN THE DARK. 24:14 IN THIS DARK WORLD. GROSS DARKNESS WILL COVER THE PEOPLE. 24:17 BUT AS WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, HIS BLOOD 24:21 WILL CLEANSE US FROM ALL SIN. YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMAND IS 24:24 TO US? IT'S IN OUR SCRIPTURE READING. IT SAYS, 'ARISE 24:27 AND SHINE.' GOD IS CALLING US TO ARISE AND TO SHINE. 24:33 "AND LET THE GLORY OF THE LORD ARISE UPON THEE. HIS GLORY 24:38 WILL BE SEEN ON THEE." I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FRIENDS, 24:41 BUT BY HIS GRACE I WANT TO BE A LIGHT IN THIS DARK WORLD. 24:44 AT MIDNIGHT JESUS IS COMING AND THIS IS WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO 24:47 TRIM OUR LAMPS AND KEEP THEM BURNING SO PEOPLE WILL SEE THE 24:50 LIGHT OF GOD IN OUR LIVES. VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE TODAY 24:53 ABOUT LIGHT AND DARKNESS, BUT IT'S VERY REAL. 24:55 IT'S NOT ALL THEORY. WE DO LIVE IN A DARK WORLD. 24:58 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE? 25:01 TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT OFF OF YOU? >>STAY TUNED, WE'LL BE RIGHT 25:06 BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 25:12 >>AMAZING FACTS OFFERS SOME OF THE BEST CHRISTIAN RESOURCES FOR 25:15 ALL AGES. WE HOPE OUR PRODUCTS WILL ENRICH YOUR LIFE AND YOUR 25:19 WALK WITH THE LORD. 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