>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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(MUSIC) >>WHAT
WOULD THE LORD PREFER?
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THAT WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED
ON ALL KINDS OF SUPERNATURAL
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SIGNS AND MIRACLES AND EVIDENCE?
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OR BECAUSE HE SAYS SO IN
HIS WORD AND WE HAVE ABSOLUTE
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CONFIDENCE IN HIS WORD?
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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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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>>OUR MESSAGE TODAY IS
GOING TO BE ON THE SUBJECT OF
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SIGNS AND WONDERS.
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MIRACLES, SIGNS, AND WONDERS
ARE ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
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GOD OFTEN USES THEM
TO DEMONSTRATE HIS POWER.
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DEUTERONOMY 24, VERSE 10.
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"BUT SINCE THEN THERE HAS NOT
ARISEN IN ISRAEL A PROPHET LIKE
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MOSES, WHOM THE
LORD KNEW FACE TO FACE."
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HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED YOU
COULD SEE GOD FACE TO FACE?
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"IN ALL THE SIGNS AND WONDERS
WHICH HE DID WHEN HE SENT HIM TO
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THE LAND OF EGYPT
BEFORE PHARAOH, BEFORE ALL HIS
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SERVANTS, AND IN ALL THE LAND
BY THAT MIGHTY POWER AND ALL THE
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GREAT TERROR THAT MOSES
PERFORMED IN THE SIGHT OF
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ALL ISRAEL.
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YOU KNOW MIRACLES, OF COURSE,
ARE WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING
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EXTRAORDINARY OR
UNUSUAL - OUT OF THE ORDINARY -
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HAPPEN THAT SEEMS TO
VIOLATE THE REGULAR LAWS
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OF SCIENCE AND PROBABILITY.
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BUT REALLY, WE'RE SURROUNDED
BY MIRACLES ALL THE TIME.
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SOMEONE ONCE SAID, 'THE WORLD
IS NOT LACKING IN WONDERS, WE'RE
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LACKING IN A SENSE OF WONDER.'
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK
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ABOUT ALL THE CARS THAT YOU
DRIVE BY, AND WHAT PEOPLE DO IN
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THEIR CARS, THAT YOU
MAKE IT ANYWHERE SAFELY!
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I MEAN, WE'RE JUST
SURROUNDED BY THE EVIDENCE OF
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GOD'S PROTECTION.
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NOW IS IT WRONG TO
WANT TO SEE MIRACLES?
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WELL, HAVE YOU EVER
PRAYED YOU CAN SEE AN ANGEL?
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BE HONEST.
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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT,
'LORD, PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE SAW
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ANGELS, PEOPLE IN
THE BIBLE SAW MIRACLES.
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I WANT MORE FAITH.
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IF I COULD SEE MORE
MIRACLES I'D HAVE MORE FAITH.
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LORD, JUST A LITTLE MIRACLE?'
AND THAT'S KIND OF NORMAL,
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I THINK, FOR US TO
SOMETIMES WANT THAT.
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I DIDN'T SEE VERY MUCH RESPONSE
BUT I'M GUESSING SOME OF YOU
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HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAY.
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COME ON, HELP ME OUT.
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HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE THOUGHT THAT BEFORE?
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HAVE YOU PRAYED,
'LORD, CAN I SEE AN ANGEL?
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GIDEON HAD THE SAME CHALLENGE.
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WHEN THE ANGEL APPEARED
TO GIDEON AND HE CALLED HIM A
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MIGHTY MAN OF GOD, HE SAID,
'OH MY LORD, IF THE LORD BE WITH
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US, THEN WHY HAS
ALL THIS BEFALLEN US?'
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THEY WERE BEING SUBJUGATED BY
THE MIDEONITES - 'AND WHERE ARE
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ALL THE MIRACLES THAT
OUR FATHERS TOLD US OF?'
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I ALWAYS LIKE THIS VERSE WHERE
GIDEON SAYS, 'WHAT HAPPENED TO
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ALL THE MIRACLES?'
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TODAY,
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'I READ ABOUT ALL
THESE MIRACLES IN THE BIBLE,
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WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?
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DID GOD STOP DOING MIRACLES?
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DID THE STORE CLOSE?
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WHAT HAPPENED TO
ALL THE MIRACLES?'
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AND HERE YOU'VE GOT GIDEON
WHO LIVES BEFORE THE MIRACLES OF
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ELIJAH AND JESUS AND
THE APOSTLES, AND HE SAYS,
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'I GUESS THE AGE OF MIRACLES
IS OVER. SO, EVIDENTLY, MIRACLES
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AND SIGNS AND WONDERS SEEM
TO COME IN CYCLES AND IN WAVES.
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DID GOD DO SOME
MIRACLES FOR GIDEON?
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AND THEN GIDEON, OF COURSE,
HE NOT ONLY SAW SOME MIRACLES,
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HE ASKED FOR SIGNS.
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BEFORE HE WAS GOING TO TAKE
THIS LITTLE GROUP INTO BATTLE,
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AGAINST A MASSIVE FORCE, HE
SAID, 'LORD, I DON'T WANT TO GO
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ON A SUICIDE MISSION AND JUST BE
HALLUCINATING, THINKING I HEARD
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YOU SPEAK TO ME.
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I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, BEFORE
I LEAD ALL THESE MEN INTO BATTLE
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AND RISK THEIR LIVES,
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.'
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AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE
STORY - AND BY THE WAY, YOU READ
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ABOUT THIS IN JUDGES 6, VERSE
37 THROUGH 40, OF THE FLEECE.
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'I WANT A SIGN, LORD.
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IT'S A BIG DECISION SO I'M
GOING TO THROW OUT A FLEECE.'
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AND FLEECE, OF
COURSE, IS THE SHEEPSKIN.
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AND HE ROLLED IT OUT ON THE
GROUND, THEY PROBABLY USED IT
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AS BEDDING.
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I'M
GOING TO PRAY THE FIRST TIME AND
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IN THE MORNING, IF THE DEW IS ON
THE FLEECE BUT NOT ON THE GROUND
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I'LL TAKE THAT
AS A SIGN FROM YOU.'
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SO GOD DID IT FOR HIM.
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AND THEN HE THOUGHT, 'WELL MAYBE
THAT WAS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE
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AND IT WASN'T REALLY A MIRACLE.'
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IS
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SOMETHING A SIGN FROM GOD OR WAS
IT JUST A COINCIDENCE OF NATURE
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AND YOU JUST DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE COINCIDENCE?
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SO HE SAID, 'ALL RIGHT LORD,
MAYBE I GOT MY PHYSICS BACKWARDS
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AND THAT WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL.
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NOW I WANT IT
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
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I WANT THE DEW ON THE GROUND
AND NOTHING ON THE FLEECE.'
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AND GOD DID IT AGAIN.
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HE SAID, 'OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH.'
AND, BASED ON THOSE SIGNS,
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HE FELT SOME CONFIDENCE.
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WHEN MOSES WENT TO THE PHARAOH
HE SAID, 'THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO
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BELIEVE ME, WHAT SHALL I DO?
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WHAT SIGN WILL I GIVE
THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BELIEVE?'
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AND GOD SAID, 'WELL, YOU WANT
A SIGN, I'LL GIVE YOU A SIGN.
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THROW YOUR ROD DOWN AND
IT'LL TURN INTO A SERPENT.
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PUT YOUR HAND IN YOUR BREAST,
PULL IT OUT AGAIN IT WILL BE
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LEPROUS; PUT IT BACK IN
AGAIN, PULL IT OUT AGAIN
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IT'LL BE HEALED.'
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
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BECAUSE PEOPLE BACK THEN WERE SO
USED TO MEASURING THE POWER OF
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GOD BY 'WHAT KIND OF
SIGNS CAN YOU SHOW ME?'
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'CAN YOUR GOD DO SIGNS?
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CAN HE PERFORM MIRACLES?'
THAT WAS VERY COMMON BACK THEN.
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NOW, WITH THAT AS A BACKDROP,
THIS IS THE MAIN THING I WANT TO
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TALK ABOUT.
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IT'S THE STORY OF
THE NOBLEMAN OF CANA.
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I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER PREACHED
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS AND I
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SHOULD GIVE MY
DEAR WIFE SOME CREDIT.
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SHE WAS READING THIS STORY THIS
WEEK AND STARTED TALKING TO ME
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ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S
A GOOD SUBJECT FOR A SERMON.'
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TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES - JOHN CHAPTER 4.
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THE NOBLEMAN OF CANA.
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IT DOESN'T TELL US HIS NAME.
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HE EVIDENTLY HAD A POSITION
IN THE COURT OF KING HEROD.
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HE WAS A JEW BUT HE WAS A
MAN OF HIGH STATION - WEALTHY.
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AND YOU FIND THIS
IN JOHN 4, VERSE 46.
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IT'S THE LAST
STORY IN JOHN CHAPTER 4.
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IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT IN JOHN CHAPTER 4, YOU'VE
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GOT JESUS MEETING THE WOMAN AT
THE WELL - THE SAMARITAN WOMAN.
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AND ALL THESE PEOPLE IN
SAMARIA - THEY ARE NON-JEWS -
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ARE CONVERTED BECAUSE OF THEIR
ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS THROUGH
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THIS WOMAN.
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SO, JESUS LEAVES, HE COMES
BACK INTO THE REGION OF CANA
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AND GALILEE.
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THIS MAN HEARS
THAT CHRIST HAS COME.
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HE'S HEARD THAT JESUS HAS
PERFORMED SOME MIRACLES - CHRIST
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IS NOT YET WIDELY KNOW
FOR HIS HEALING MIRACLES.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS
RECORDED AS THE SECOND MIRACLE -
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THE FIRST ONE BEING
TURNING THE WATER TO WINE.
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SO JESUS DOESN'T HAVE A BIG
REPUTATION FOR DOING SIGNS AND
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WONDERS YET, AND THIS MAN HAS
A BOY WHO WAS SICK WHEN JESUS
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FIRST CAME TO TOWN AND NOW HE'S
REAL SICK AND THE PHYSICIANS
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HAVE GIVEN HIM UP FOR DEAD.
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SO THIS MAN - YOU KNOW LOVE SORT
OF MAKES YOU DESPERATE - HE WAS
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A LITTLE CYNICAL ABOUT
IF JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH.
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HE HAD HEARD RUMORS COMING FROM
THE JORDAN RIVER THAT HE HAD
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BEEN DECLARED THE MESSIAH AND HE
THOUGHT, 'WELL LOOK, I'VE GOT TO
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DO SOMETHING.' AND
IT'S A LITTLE JOURNEY FROM
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WHERE HE'S GOING
IN CAPERNAUM TO CANA.
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HE'S GOT TO LEAVE HIS SON
AND SEE IF HE CAN PERSUADE THIS
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ITINERANT RABBI TO COME TO
HIS HOME AND PERHAPS HE COULD
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PERFORM A
MIRACLE AND HEAL HIS SON.
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AND, EVIDENTLY, HE'S
DOING SOME NEGOTIATING WITH GOD
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ON THE WAY.
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HAVE YOU EVER
NEGOTIATED WITH GOD?
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LORD, YOU DO THIS
FOR ME AND I'LL DO THIS.'
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AND IN HIS HEART HE'S THINKING,
' JESUS WILL HEAL MY BOY,
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FATHER, I'LL ACCEPT THAT
HE'S YOUR SON AND THAT HE IS THE
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MESSIAH, THE CHRIST.
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BUT IF HE DOESN'T, I'LL
KNOW HE'S JUST A FRAUD.'
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AND IT SAYS IN JOHN 4, VERSE 46,
"SO JESUS CAME AGAIN TO CANA OF
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GALILEE WHERE HE
HAD MADE WATER TO WINE.
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AND THERE WAS THIS CERTAIN
NOBLEMAN WHOSE SON WAS SICK
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AT CAPERNAUM."
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- THIS IS A LITTLE WAYS FROM
CANA - "AND WHEN HE HEARD THAT
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JESUS HAD COME OUT OF JUDEA
INTO GALILEE, HE WENT TO HIM"
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- HE MANAGED TO GET AN AUDIENCE.
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PEOPLE PROBABLY PARTED FOR HIM
BECAUSE OF HIS HIGH STATION -
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"AND HE IMPLORED HIM TO COME
DOWN AND HEAL HIS SON, FOR HE
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WAS AT THE POINT OF DEATH."
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HE WAS TERMINAL.
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"AND JESUS SAID TO HIM,
'UNLESS YOU PEOPLE SEE SIGNS AND
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WONDERS, YOU WILL
BY NO MEANS BELIEVE."
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RIGHT AWAY JESUS PEELED BARE
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS MIND
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AND IN HIS HEART - THAT HE
HAD CONDITIONS FOR HIS FAITH.
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'WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR ME?
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I'LL DO YOU A BIG FAVOR GOD,
I'LL BELIEVE IN YOU IF YOU DO
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SOMETHING FOR ME.' AND
I'VE HAD THAT TALK WITH THE
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LORD MANY TIMES.
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I'M TEMPTED TO SAY, 'OH LORD, IF
YOU'LL DO THIS - I WANT THIS SO
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BAD - I'LL DO THIS.' AND
I SAID, 'LORD, DO YOU WANT
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ME MAKING PROMISES
I'LL BE TEMPTED TO BREAK?
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AND THEN I'M IN
BIGGER TROUBLE THAN EVER?'
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I SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT,
I'LL DO MY BEST TO DO YOUR WILL
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IN WHATEVER AREA, BUT
I'M NOT MAKING ANY VOWS.'
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AND I THINK GOD WOULD PREFER
THAT WE'RE HONEST WITH HIM.
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'IF YOU HEAL MY SON' -
AND HE'S LOOKING FOR A SIGN.
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IS IT ALL BAD
TO SEEK FOR A SIGN?
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DID JESUS USE SIGNS?
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YEAH.
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ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 22
- THAT'S EASY TO REMEMBER -
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ACTS 2:22.
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"YOU MEN OF ISRAEL, HEAR THESE
WORDS; JESUS OF NAZARETH, A MAN
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APPROVED OF GOD AMONG YOU BY
MIRACLES AND WONDERS AND SIGNS,
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WHICH GOD DID BY HIM
IN THE MIDST OF YOU AS YOU
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YOURSELVES KNOW."
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AND EVEN JESUS, ONE
TIME, SAID - JOHN 10, VERSE 37.
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"IF I DO NOT THE WORKS OF MY
FATHER, DO NOT BELIEVE ME; BUT
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IF I DO, THOUGH YOU DON'T
BELIEVE ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS,
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THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW AND BELIEVE
THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME."
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THE LORD IS SAYING, 'LOOK,
MY WORD OUGHT TO BE POWERFUL
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ENOUGH, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BELIEVE THAT, AT LEAST LOOK
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AT THE EVIDENCE IN THE
MIRACLES AND THE SIGNS.
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WHAT WOULD THE LORD PREFER?
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THAT WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED
ON ALL KINDS OF SUPERNATURAL
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SIGNS AND MIRACLES AND EVIDENCE?
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OR BECAUSE HE SAYS SO IN
HIS WORD AND WE HAVE ABSOLUTE
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CONFIDENCE IN HIS WORD?
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YOU KNOW THE PARABLE IN
THE BIBLE OF THE RICH MAN
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AND LAZARUS?
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IN THAT PARABLE, YOU'VE GOT THIS
RICH MAN, WHO REPRESENTS THE
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JEWISH NATION, AND YOU'VE
GOT LAZARUS, WHO REPRESENTS THE
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GENTILES, AND THE RICH MAN IS
FEASTING - LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE
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THE TRUTH AND THIS APPLIES
TO THE CHURCH TODAY, FEASTING ON
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THE TRUTH.
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FULL OF IT - IN ABUNDANCE.
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CLOTHED IN PURPLE.
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- AND THE POOR BEGGAR, THE
GENTILES ARE DESIRING THE CRUMBS
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OF TRUTH THAT FELL FROM THE
WELL, BOTH THE BEGGAR AND THE
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RICH MAN DIE AND THE RICH MAN
IS UP IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM AND THE
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- NO, I'M SORRY, THE RICH MAN
IS IN HADES - I WANT TO GET MY
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PARABLES STRAIGHT -
THIS IS LUKE 19, VERSE 16.
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AND POOR LAZARUS NOW IS IN
ABRAHAM'S BOSOM - AND WHAT'S
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INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PARABLE
IS ALL OF THE JEWS BELIEVE THAT
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THEY WOULD BE WITH
ABRAHAM IN THE KINGDOM.
00:11:25.30\00:11:28.63
THE BEGGARS BELIEVED THAT
THE EVIL WOULD BE IN HADES
00:11:28.63\00:11:32.03
- THE GREEK PLACE.
00:11:32.03\00:11:33.80
JESUS USES, FOR THIS
ILLUSTRATION - IT'S A PARABLE -
00:11:33.80\00:11:37.43
THE GREEK UNDERSTANDING OF
WHERE THE LOST GO AND THE JEWISH
00:11:37.43\00:11:41.43
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE SAVED
GO AND HE CONTRASTS THEM IN ONE
00:11:41.43\00:11:44.50
STORY AND HE SAYS, 'THE JEW IS
GOING TO WHERE THE GREEKS' LOST
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GO AND THE GREEK POOR MAN
IS GOING TO WHERE THE JEWS'
00:11:48.93\00:11:53.50
SAVED PLACE IS.' YOU
SEE THE GREAT SWITCH HERE?
00:11:53.50\00:11:57.30
HE'S TRYING TO
ILLUSTRATE SOMETHING.
00:11:57.30\00:11:59.93
AND SO THEN THE RICH MAN BEGINS
TO TALK TO ABRAHAM FROM HADES.
00:11:59.93\00:12:02.63
HE SAYS, 'FATHER ABRAHAM, I'M
TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME, SEND
00:12:02.63\00:12:05.33
LAZARUS THAT HE
MIGHT COOL MY TONGUE.'
00:12:05.33\00:12:07.23
AND HE SAYS, 'YOU
KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED.
00:12:07.23\00:12:09.10
THERE'S A GREAT GULF FIXED -
WE CAN'T TRADE SIDES ANYMORE.'
00:12:09.10\00:12:13.26
HE SAID, 'AT LEAST SEND HIM TO
MY FATHER'S HOUSE, BECAUSE I'VE
00:12:13.26\00:12:18.13
GOT FIVE BRETHREN THAT HE
MIGHT WARN THEM OF THIS PLACE.'
00:12:18.13\00:12:21.20
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS?
00:12:21.20\00:12:23.26
ABRAHAM SAYS, 'THEY
HAVE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS.'
00:12:23.26\00:12:26.30
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:12:26.30\00:12:26.90
THEY'VE GOT THE BIBLE.
00:12:26.90\00:12:28.20
THE WORD OF GOD.
00:12:28.20\00:12:29.33
MOSES WAS DEAD AT THIS POINT
AND THE PROPHETS WERE DEAD.
00:12:29.33\00:12:31.36
HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
00:12:31.36\00:12:33.23
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
00:12:33.23\00:12:34.40
HE SAID, 'OH NO, NOT
MOSES AND THE PROPHETS.'
00:12:34.40\00:12:37.80
HE SAID, 'BUT IF SOMEONE
SHOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD.'
00:12:37.80\00:12:39.80
- THEY NEED A SIGN.
00:12:39.80\00:12:41.66
THEY NEED A MIRACLE.
00:12:41.66\00:12:43.00
THEN THEY'LL BELIEVE.
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NOW THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THAT
PARABLE IS IN THE LAST WORDS
00:12:45.56\00:12:48.60
WHERE JESUS SAID, "ABRAHAM
SAID," - TO THE RICH MAN IN
00:12:48.60\00:12:52.23
HADES - "IF THEY DO NOT BELIEVE
MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, THEN
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NEITHER WILL THEY BE
PERSUADED THOUGH ONE SHOULD RISE
00:12:56.36\00:12:59.26
FROM THE DEAD."
00:12:59.26\00:13:01.30
THOUGH THEY SEE
THIS GREAT MIRACLE.
00:13:01.30\00:13:05.33
YOU NOTICE WHO WAS IT
THAT WANTED THE MIRACLE?
00:13:05.33\00:13:08.50
IT WAS THE JEWISH NATION.
00:13:08.50\00:13:09.86
THE CHURCH.
00:13:09.86\00:13:12.23
NOW, ARE WE AT RISK OF BEING
EXPOSED - THERE MIGHT BE SOME
00:13:12.23\00:13:14.50
HERE THAT YOU
MAKE DEALS WITH GOD.
00:13:14.50\00:13:17.56
THE LORD LOVES YOU.
00:13:17.56\00:13:19.36
HE'S PROVEN HOW MUCH HE LOVES
YOU, BECAUSE HE DIED FOR YOU.
00:13:19.36\00:13:24.40
AND SO, WHENEVER YOU ASK
FOR A SIGN AND A WONDER YOU SAY
00:13:24.40\00:13:27.43
- YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
00:13:27.43\00:13:28.60
YOU'RE SAYING, 'GOD, I WANT MORE
THAN YOUR SACRIFICE OF YOUR LIFE
00:13:28.60\00:13:33.40
AS PROOF.'
THAT'S KIND OF PUSHING
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THE ENVELOPE.
00:13:36.90\00:13:38.76
I DID THAT ONCE.
00:13:38.76\00:13:40.96
YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THE
STORY OF WHEN I QUIT SMOKING.
00:13:40.96\00:13:42.96
I QUIT SMOKING SEVERAL
TIMES - I STRUGGLED WITH IT,
00:13:42.96\00:13:45.46
AND ONE DAY - WHAT FINALLY DID
IT FOR ME - I WAS DRIVING AN OLD
00:13:45.46\00:13:51.73
- TERRIBLE DILAPIDATED
PICK-UP TRUCK - I USED TO HAVE
00:13:51.73\00:13:54.06
TO ALWAYS PARK THIS
TRUCK ON A HILL BECAUSE I
00:13:54.06\00:13:55.90
WAS ALWAYS PUSH-STARTING IT.
00:13:55.90\00:13:56.86
SO, WHENEVER I PARKED IT I HAD
TO PARK THINKING ABOUT 'HOW MUCH
00:13:56.86\00:13:59.03
GRADE IS THERE
HERE TO JUMP-START IT?'
00:13:59.03\00:14:02.56
I MEAN, IT WAS
JUST A TERRIBLE TRUCK.
00:14:02.56\00:14:05.13
AND THEY HAD JUST COME OUT WITH
THE NEW NISSAN FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE
00:14:05.13\00:14:09.40
PICK-UP TRUCKS, WHICH -
OH, I WANTED ONE OF THOSE SO
00:14:09.40\00:14:12.63
BAD - AND SO, I'M TELLING THE
LORD THIS - AND IN MY ENTHUSIASM
00:14:12.63\00:14:17.00
I SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU'D
GIVE ME A TRUCK LIKE THAT, I'LL
00:14:17.00\00:14:21.56
QUIT SMOKING. AND I MEAN IT.
00:14:21.56\00:14:27.56
AND I HEARD OF A VOICE SAY
TO ME, 'YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ENOUGH
00:14:27.56\00:14:31.03
THAT I GAVE MY SON FOR YOU
- YOU WANT A PICK-UP TRUCK?'
00:14:31.03\00:14:35.53
AND I THOUGHT, 'OH!' I
WAS OVERCOME WITH SUCH A
00:14:35.53\00:14:38.93
TERRIBLE SENSE OF SELFISHNESS
AND SHAME THAT I WOULD EVER DO
00:14:38.93\00:14:42.83
SOMETHING LIKE THAT - THAT I
WOULD MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD - HE
00:14:42.83\00:14:46.13
GIVES HIS LIFE FOR ME AND I
SAY, 'I WANT A PICK-UP TRUCK.
00:14:46.13\00:14:48.66
NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU GAVE
YOUR SON, I WANT A TRUCK.'
00:14:48.66\00:14:52.63
I WENT HOME AND I THREW AWAY MY
CIGARETTES AND BY THE GRACE OF
00:14:52.63\00:14:55.16
GOD I'VE NEVER SMOKED AGAIN.
00:14:55.16\00:14:58.10
AND SO, THERE'S POWER
ENOUGH JUST IN THE WORD OF GOD.
00:14:58.10\00:15:02.43
SO, WHEN YOU START
SAYING, 'LORD, I NEED A SIGN.'
00:15:02.43\00:15:06.26
BE CAREFUL.
00:15:06.26\00:15:07.86
IS YOUR WHOLE RELIGION
ABOUT 'WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
00:15:07.86\00:15:10.80
LORD, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO FOR ME?'
00:15:10.80\00:15:12.83
CAN THE DEVIL WORK
MIRACLES AND SIGNS?
00:15:12.83\00:15:15.56
I THINK WE ALL KNOW HE CAN.
00:15:15.56\00:15:17.43
WE TALKED A MOMENT AGO ABOUT
WHEN MOSES FINALLY DID GO IN
00:15:17.43\00:15:20.63
BEFORE THE PHARAOH AND HE
HAD THE PHARAOHS MAGICIANS
00:15:20.63\00:15:23.16
- EXODUS 7, VERSES 10-12.
00:15:23.16\00:15:26.76
"MOSES AND AARON WENT
IN TO PHARAOH AND THEY DID
00:15:26.76\00:15:28.83
JUST AS GOD COMMANDED.
00:15:28.83\00:15:30.10
AND AARON CAST DOWN HIS ROD
BEFORE PHARAOH AND BEFORE HIS
00:15:30.10\00:15:32.63
SERVANTS, AND IT
BECAME A SERPENT.
00:15:32.63\00:15:35.43
BUT PHARAOH ALSO CALLED THE
WISE MEN AND THE SORCERERS AND
00:15:35.43\00:15:37.83
MAGICIANS OF EGYPT, AND IN LIKE
MANNER THEY CAST DOWN THEIR RODS
00:15:37.83\00:15:41.60
AND THROUGH THEIR ENCHANTMENTS
THEY BECAME SERPENTS.
00:15:41.60\00:15:45.03
BUT AARON'S ROD
SWALLOWED THEIRS."
00:15:45.03\00:15:48.23
JESUS SAYS - ESPECIALLY IN THE
LAST DAYS, KEEP IN MIND FRIENDS
00:15:48.23\00:15:53.36
- "THERE WILL BE FALSE CHRISTS
AND FALSE PROPHETS THAT WILL
00:15:53.36\00:15:56.63
SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND
WONDERS TO DECEIVE, IF POSSIBLE,
00:15:56.63\00:15:59.66
THE VERY ELECT."
00:15:59.66\00:16:01.20
HE SAYS, 'I'M TELLING YOU
AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU KNOW.'
00:16:01.20\00:16:05.80
IN 2 CORINTHIANS 11:14,
"AND NO WONDER, SATAN HIMSELF
00:16:05.80\00:16:10.23
CAN TRANSFORM HIMSELF
INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT.
00:16:10.23\00:16:13.33
THEREFORE IT'S NO GREAT THING
IF HIS MINISTERS ALSO TRANSFORM
00:16:13.33\00:16:16.03
THEMSELVES INTO MINISTERS OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHOSE END WILL BE
00:16:16.03\00:16:19.63
ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS."
00:16:19.63\00:16:21.03
SO IN THE LAST DAYS CAN WE
EXPECT TO SEE THAT THERE WILL BE
00:16:21.03\00:16:23.43
SOME FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE
MIRACLES AND SIGNS AND WONDERS?
00:16:23.43\00:16:27.80
ONE QUICK WAY TO KNOW IF A
PROPHET IS A PROPHET OF GOD IS
00:16:27.80\00:16:32.96
IF THEY INVOICE YOU FOR
THEIR PROPHECY - BE CAREFUL.
00:16:32.96\00:16:39.73
WHEN YOU CALL FOR YOUR PROPHECY
AND THEY SAY, 'CAN I HAVE YOUR
00:16:39.73\00:16:42.20
CREDIT CARD, PLEASE?' I
CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT
00:16:42.20\00:16:45.76
ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE
YOU GET INVOLVED IN 18% INTEREST
00:16:45.76\00:16:48.53
- IT'S NOT A PROPHET OF GOD.
00:16:48.53\00:16:51.60
WHAT ABOUT SIGNS?
00:16:51.60\00:16:54.50
WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
00:16:54.50\00:16:55.83
WHY DOES GOD DO SIGNS?
00:16:55.83\00:16:56.86
WELL, I'VE GOT A
THEORY ABOUT THIS.
00:16:56.86\00:16:57.90
I THINK SIGNS ARE
PRINCIPALLY FOR UNBELIEVERS.
00:16:57.90\00:17:01.93
IT WAS PRETTY MIRACULOUS WHEN
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT
00:17:01.93\00:17:04.10
ON THE DISCIPLES DURING
PENTECOST - AND YOU'LL FIND THIS
00:17:04.10\00:17:06.86
IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 - AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE MIRACULOUSLY
00:17:06.86\00:17:09.23
SPEAKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL
WORKS OF GOD IN LANGUAGES THEY
00:17:09.23\00:17:12.56
HAD NEVER HEARD.
00:17:12.56\00:17:14.13
PAUL, SPEAKING ABOUT THE
GIFT OF TONGUES, HE SAYS IN
00:17:14.13\00:17:17.10
1 CORINTHIANS 14:22, "SO THEN
TONGUES ARE A SIGN, NOT TO THOSE
00:17:17.10\00:17:22.20
WHO BELIEVE BUT TO UNBELIEVERS;
BUT PROPHESY IS FOR A SIGN"
00:17:22.20\00:17:27.80
- THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD -
"NOT TO UNBELIEVERS BUT TO THOSE
00:17:27.80\00:17:30.93
WHO BELIEVE."
00:17:30.93\00:17:33.20
YOU SEE HOW THIS WORKS?
00:17:33.20\00:17:34.33
YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN THE BIBLE.
00:17:34.33\00:17:36.93
WHAT'S GOING TO MOVE YOU
AND IMPRESS YOU IS WHEN I SAY,
00:17:36.93\00:17:38.93
'IT'S IN THE BIBLE.'
PROPHESY IS THE WORD OF GOD
00:17:38.93\00:17:43.43
- THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
00:17:43.43\00:17:45.03
BUT WHEN YOU GET AN UNBELIEVER
WHO COMES IN OFF THE STREET AND
00:17:45.03\00:17:47.06
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE
ANY CONFIDENCE IN THE BIBLE,
00:17:47.06\00:17:48.96
SOMETIMES GOD IN HIS MERCY -
TRYING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION -
00:17:48.96\00:17:52.03
HE WORKS MIRACLES FOR THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE BABY CHRISTIANS
00:17:52.03\00:17:55.03
TO SAY, 'I REALLY AM GOD.'
AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE
00:17:55.03\00:17:58.40
IN PROPHECY.
00:17:58.40\00:17:59.63
AS THEIR FAITH IN THE WORD
OF GOD GROWS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
00:17:59.63\00:18:03.36
GOD OFTEN WEANS
THEM FROM THE MIRACLES.
00:18:03.36\00:18:07.90
HE DID THAT FOR ME.
00:18:07.90\00:18:10.43
THE MAJORITY OF MIRACULOUS
THINGS THAT GOD DID IN MY LIFE
00:18:10.43\00:18:13.63
- I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT OR CAN'T REMEMBER
00:18:13.63\00:18:16.50
- BUT SOME REAL PROMINENT ONES
STOOD OUT WHEN I WAS COMING FROM
00:18:16.50\00:18:19.93
MY CONVOLUTED RELIGIOUS
BACKGROUND - OR ATHEISTIC
00:18:19.93\00:18:22.50
BACKGROUND, AND BEGAN
TO TRANSITION INTO BEING A
00:18:22.50\00:18:25.26
CHRISTIAN, WONDERING IF IT
WAS TRUE, WONDERING IF THE BIBLE
00:18:25.26\00:18:28.16
WAS DEPENDABLE.
00:18:28.16\00:18:29.43
WOW - I WAS SEEING MIRACLES AND
ANSWERED PRAYERS THAT WERE JUST
00:18:29.43\00:18:33.13
SO PHENOMENAL TO ME THAT I
KNEW, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BIBLE
00:18:33.13\00:18:36.66
MUST BE TRUE.
00:18:36.66\00:18:38.36
I MEAN, I CAN GO DOWN THE ROAD.
00:18:38.36\00:18:40.06
I'VE GOT THIS FRIEND I'M
WITNESSING TO - HIS NAME WAS
00:18:40.06\00:18:43.06
DOUG PRICE - AND
WE'RE PANHANDLING FOR FOOD.
00:18:43.06\00:18:47.26
AND I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT ALL
THE MIRACLES JESUS IS DOING FOR
00:18:47.26\00:18:49.36
ME - AND I HAD SUCH SIMPLE
CHILDLIKE FAITH BACK THEN - HE
00:18:49.36\00:18:52.00
SAID, 'I KIND OF BELIEVE IN GOD,
BUT I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT JESUS
00:18:52.00\00:18:54.86
AND I BELIEVE IN
BUDDHA AND ALL THESE THINGS.'
00:18:54.86\00:18:56.26
AND I SAID, 'NAH, IT'S
NOT BUDDHA, IT'S JESUS!'
00:18:56.26\00:18:58.60
AND HE SAID, 'WELL,
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?'
00:18:58.60\00:18:59.90
AND I SAID, 'LET
ME PROVE IT TO YOU.'
00:18:59.90\00:19:01.33
I SAID, 'HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE
NEED TO GET A MEAL RIGHT NOW?'
00:19:01.33\00:19:03.86
WE WERE PANHANDLING - I PLAYED
THE FLUTE HE PLAYED THE GUITAR.
00:19:03.86\00:19:05.73
HE SAID, 'WELL FOUR
DOLLARS WOULD BE NICE.
00:19:05.73\00:19:08.26
WE COULD BOTH EAT.'
THAT'S BACK WHEN YOU COULD BUY
00:19:08.26\00:19:10.13
A MEAL FOR TWO
BUCKS AT A RESTAURANT.
00:19:10.13\00:19:13.20
I SAID, 'ALL RIGHT.'
AND I PRAYED A REAL SIMPLE
00:19:13.20\00:19:15.10
PRAYER, I SAID, 'JESUS,
DOUG DOESN'T REALLY BELIEVE
00:19:15.10\00:19:17.66
YOU'RE REAL.
00:19:17.66\00:19:18.23
GIVE US FOUR DOLLARS
RIGHT NOW SO HE'LL KNOW.'
00:19:18.23\00:19:20.63
AND SO WE STARTED PLAYING.
00:19:20.63\00:19:21.66
THIS LADY COMES WALKING UP
THE STREET AND SHE STOPS FOR A
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.90
MINUTE AND SHE LISTENS TO US.
00:19:24.90\00:19:26.40
SHE'S A DIGNIFIED LOOKING LADY
IN PALM SPRINGS - AND WE STOP
00:19:26.40\00:19:29.90
WITH OUR LITTLE WHATEVER WE WERE
PLAYING - IT PROBABLY WASN'T
00:19:29.90\00:19:32.06
VERY GOOD - AND WE SAID, 'MA'AM,
WOULD YOU SPARE SOME - DO YOU
00:19:32.06\00:19:36.10
HAVE ANY SPARE CHANGE?
00:19:36.10\00:19:37.00
WE'RE TRYING TO
GET SOMETHING TO EAT.'
00:19:37.00\00:19:38.30
SHE SAID, 'OH' - SHE LOOKED
TAKEN BACK BY THAT AND SHE SAID,
00:19:38.30\00:19:40.33
'WELL, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I
DON'T DO THIS, BUT TODAY'S MY
00:19:40.33\00:19:42.10
SON'S BIRTHDAY AND
HE'S ABOUT YOUR AGE.
00:19:42.10\00:19:45.26
HOW WOULD FOUR DOLLARS DO?'
I SAID - DOUG LOOKED AT ME AND
00:19:45.26\00:19:48.76
HIS MOUTH WENT OPEN - BUT
THAT WAS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.
00:19:48.76\00:19:54.50
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED
IS AS MY CONFIDENCE IN THE WORD
00:19:54.50\00:19:57.30
MATURES AND GROWS, I BEGAN TO
BECOME ASHAMED THAT I WOULD ASK
00:19:57.30\00:20:01.70
FOR SIGNS.
00:20:01.70\00:20:03.86
YOU REMEMBER ONE TIME ISAIAH
WENT TO KING AMOS AND HE SAYS,
00:20:03.86\00:20:07.10
'WHAT SIGN SHALL
THE LORD GIVE YOU?'
00:20:07.10\00:20:09.00
AND HE SAID, I'M NOT GOING
TO TEMPT THE LORD BY ASKING FOR
00:20:09.00\00:20:10.56
A SIGN.' THE KING
KNEW BETTER THAN THAT.
00:20:10.56\00:20:13.73
AND SIGNS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
THEY'RE NOT THAT DEPENDABLE.
00:20:13.73\00:20:18.43
PEOPLE AREN'T
REALLY CONVERTED BY SIGNS.
00:20:18.43\00:20:21.80
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, 'THEY
WON'T BE CONVERTED THOUGH ONE
00:20:21.80\00:20:23.73
SHOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD.'
IN THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN
00:20:23.73\00:20:26.23
AND LAZARUS, A MAN NAMED LAZARUS
DID DIE - JESUS RESURRECTS A MAN
00:20:26.23\00:20:30.43
NAMED LAZARUS - AND DID
THE JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVE?
00:20:30.43\00:20:32.70
OR DID THEY WANT TO
KILL LAZARUS AND JESUS?
00:20:32.70\00:20:35.80
CONVERSIONS THAT ARE
BASED UPON SIGNS ARE GENERALLY
00:20:35.80\00:20:38.46
VERY SHALLOW.
00:20:38.46\00:20:40.93
YOU WITH ME?
00:20:40.93\00:20:42.80
A SIGN, A WONDER, A MIRACLE
MIGHT BE A STARTING POINT, BUT
00:20:42.80\00:20:46.16
YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR ANCHOR
INTO SOMETHING MORE FIRM THAN
00:20:46.16\00:20:50.90
THE JELL-O OF SIGNS AND WONDERS
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE
00:20:50.90\00:20:55.06
SURROUNDED WITH
MIRACLES EVERY DAY.
00:20:55.06\00:20:56.60
THESE ARE JUST THE
ONES YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE.
00:20:56.60\00:20:59.73
MOST OF THE MIRACLES - 99%
OF THE MIRACLES GOD HAS DONE FOR
00:20:59.73\00:21:02.26
YOU, YOU AREN'T
EVEN AWARE OF IT.
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.70
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THEM.
00:21:05.70\00:21:07.46
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO
BACK TO OUR STORY ABOUT THE MAN
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.50
- THE NOBLEMAN.
00:21:09.50\00:21:11.23
BACK IN JOHN, CHAPTER 4.
00:21:11.23\00:21:14.23
SO HE COMES TO JESUS
AND HE WANTS HIS SON HEALED.
00:21:14.23\00:21:18.70
HIS SON IS TERMINAL.
00:21:18.70\00:21:20.70
"SIR, COME DOWN
BEFORE MY CHILD DIES!"
00:21:20.70\00:21:24.16
AND HE SAID, "UNLESS YOU
SEE SIGNS AND WONDERS, YOU
00:21:24.16\00:21:26.26
WILL NOT BELIEVE."
00:21:26.26\00:21:28.06
WHEN THAT FATHER FELL BEFORE
CHRIST AND HE REALIZED THAT
00:21:28.06\00:21:30.76
JESUS HAD LAID BARE THE
CONDITIONS IN HIS HEART - THE
00:21:30.76\00:21:34.96
CRITERIA THAT HE WAS SETTING UP
FOR GOD - HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IN
00:21:34.96\00:21:40.03
ORDER FOR HIM TO KNOW WHAT I
WAS THINKING ON MY WAY HERE - IN
00:21:40.03\00:21:42.73
ORDER FOR HIM TO READ MY
HEART, HE'D HAVE TO BE GOD.'
00:21:42.73\00:21:47.36
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF
THE GREAT SIGNS IS FOR US
00:21:47.36\00:21:50.20
- THAT GOD IS REAL?
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IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKING
TO OUR HEARTS - IT'S THAT HE CAN
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READ OUR HEARTS.
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AND HE FALLS BEFORE THE LORD
AND SAYS, 'COME DOWN, BEFORE
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MY SON DIES.
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I BELIEVE IN
YOU.' HE SURRENDERED.
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AND JESUS SAID, 'OKAY, THAT'S
ALL I WANTED WAS YOUR FAITH AND
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YOUR SURRENDER.
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YOU BELIEVE - I
DON'T EVEN NEED TO GO.
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HE'S HEALED. RIGHT NOW.'
THE FATHER DID NOT ARGUE AND
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SAY, 'OH, JUST AS
BACK-UP WHY DON'T YOU COME.'
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OR 'CAN I GET A SECOND
OPINION FROM ANOTHER PROPHET?'
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HE TOOK HIS WORD AND HE WENT
HOME - BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE
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DISTANCE FROM CANA TO CAPERNAUM.
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AND THAT
FATHER'S HEART WAS LIGHT.
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HE KNEW - MATTER OF
FACT, HE DIDN'T EVEN RUSH HOME.
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HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
MESSIAH - THINKING ABOUT GOD -
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TOOK HIM UNTIL THE
NEXT DAY TO GET THERE.
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AND IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP, IT
DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE THAT LONG.
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HE TOOK HIS TIME GOING HOME.
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BECAUSE HE KNEW
HIS SON WAS HEALED.
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YOU KNOW THIS IS, I THINK, A
WONDERFUL STORY - KIND OF LIKE
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THAT CENTURION'S SERVANT.
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE
CAME TO JESUS AND SAID,
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'CAN YOU HEAL MY
SERVANT?' AND THE LORD SAID,
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'OKAY I'LL COME.' HE
SAYS, 'LOOK, YOU DON'T
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NEED TO COME,
I'VE GOT FAITH IN YOU.'
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HE SAID, 'I'M A MAN WITH OTHERS
WORKING UNDER ME AND WE DELEGATE
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AND I SAY TO ONE
'GO.' AND HE GOES.
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AND ANOTHER ONE 'COME.'
AND HE COMES. AND I BELIEVE YOU
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HAVE THIS POWER - YOU DON'T NEED
TO COME, JUST SPEAK THE WORD AND
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MY SERVANT WILL BE HEALED.'
AND JESUS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS
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AND HIS MOUTH FELL OPEN AND HE
TURNED AND ANNOUNCED TO ALL THE
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JEWS THAT WERE LISTENING TO HIM,
'I HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH FAITH.
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NO, NOT IN ISRAEL.
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AND MANY WILL COME FROM THE EAST
AND THE WEST AND SIT DOWN IN THE
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KINGDOM WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND
JACOB, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE
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KINGDOM WILL BE CAST
OUT.' CHRIST WAS SAYING,
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'LOOK, THIS IS A GENTILE.
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HE'S NOT ASKING FOR A MIRACLE.
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HE'S GOT MORE FAITH - HE
DOESN'T EVEN NEED ME TO GO.'
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HERE YOU'VE GOT THE NOBLEMAN,
HE SAYS, 'YOU NEED TO COME
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TO MY HOUSE.' THE ROMAN SAYS,
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'JUST SAY THE WORD. I BELIEVE.'
YOU KNOW, IT'S OFTEN TRUE THAT
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SOME WHO ARE NOT IN THE
CHURCH - THEY'VE GOT MORE FAITH.
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THEY SAY, 'WELL IF YOUR
GOD'S GOD AND HE'S ALL POWERFUL,
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THEN HE CAN DO ANYTHING.'
THEY'VE GOT THAT SIMPLE FAITH.
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AND IN THAT SAME CHAPTER - DID
THE SAMARITANS ASK FOR A SIGN
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AND A WONDER BEFORE
THEY BELIEVED IN JESUS?
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BUT YOU KNOW, THE JEWS
CAME TO JESUS AND THEY SAID,
00:23:57.90\00:24:00.20
'WHAT SIGN WILL YOU
PERFORM THAT WE MIGHT BELIEVE?'
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AND HE SAID, "IT'S AN
EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION"
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- SPEAKING OF THE CHURCH
- "THAT SEEKS AFTER A SIGN.'
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SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH
SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES?
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WELL, LET ME TELL YOU.
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I THINK AS WE MATURE IN OUR OWN
LIVES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED
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GOD TO PROVE THINGS TO US,
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HIS WORD.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK AS
YOU MATURE - NOW, I DON'T WANT
00:24:23.80\00:24:27.13
TO SCARE YOU - BUT INSTEAD OF
SAYING, 'I'VE GOT ENOUGH FAITH
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THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME
WHAT I WANT', YOU'RE GOING TO BE
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PRAYING, 'LORD, I'VE GOT ENOUGH
FAITH TO DO YOUR WILL EVEN IF
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IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.
00:24:37.40\00:24:40.80
JESUS SHOWED PERFECT MATURITY
WHEN AT THE END HE SAID,
00:24:40.80\00:24:43.53
'LORD, I WANT YOUR
WILL, NOT WHAT I WANT.'
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SO OFTEN WE SAY, 'LORD,
I'LL BELIEVE IF YOU GIVE ME
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WHAT I WANT.' YOU'RE
SHOWING YOU'VE GROWN IF
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YOU SAY, 'NO SIGN. NO WONDER.
00:24:52.40\00:24:54.03
JUST YOUR WORD AND I WANT TO
DO YOUR WILL WHETHER OR NOT IT'S
00:24:54.03\00:24:58.00
WHAT I WANT.' IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME
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FOR YOU THAT'S ENOUGH.
00:25:02.20\00:25:03.06
AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THE REAL SIGN IS?
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THE GREATEST SIGN, THE
GREATEST WONDER IS IF HE CHANGES
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YOUR HEART.
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