>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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>>ONE REASON THE GOSPEL
IS WATERED DOWN IS BECAUSE
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PREACHERS ARE
WANTING TO BE POPULAR.
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ANOTHER REASON THE GOSPEL GETS
WATERED DOWN IS BECAUSE PEOPLE
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DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING
THAT'S HARD TO SWALLOW -
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THEY WANT WHAT
THEY'RE ITCHING TO HEAR.
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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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>>I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
A MESSAGE THIS MORNING THAT I'VE
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TITLED 'THE DANGERS OF A DILUTED
GOSPEL' AND I HOPE YOU'LL PRAY
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FOR ME AS I TALK ABOUT
THIS SENSITIVE SUBJECT -
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A DILUTED GOSPEL.
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NOT DELUDED LIKE TO BE
DECEIVED, BUT DILUTED, LIKE
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DILUTING WATER.
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THE WORD DILUTE - THE WAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT THIS
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MORNING - IT MEANS TO MAKE
THINNER, TO LESSEN STRENGTH,
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TO ADULTERATE, TO REDUCE VALUE
OR EFFICIENCY, TO MAKE FAINTER,
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OR TO WATER DOWN.
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NOW, THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY
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IS I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN
A TIME WHEN THERE'S GREAT RISK
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THAT YOU MAY BE
RECEIVING A DILUTED GOSPEL.
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AND I'VE G TO BE VERY CAREFUL
TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK
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I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THAT.
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IT'S A GREAT TEMPTATION
- I'LL EXPLAIN AS I GO ON
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THAT YOU MAY NOT BE
GETTING FULL-STRENGTH MEDICINE.
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THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT TO
READ YOUR BIBLES FOR YOURSELVES.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS TELLS US IN THE
LAST DAYS THAT THERE'S GOING TO
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BE A LOT OF PEOPLE - AND THERE'S
TWO GROUPS - THERE'S A SMALL
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GROUP AND A BIG GROUP.
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ONE GROUP HE CALLS FEW AND
THE OTHER GROUP HE CALLS MANY.
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AND HE SAY, 'MANY WILL
COME IN THE LAST DAYS SAYING,
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'LORD, LORD.'' HE
DESCRIBES THIS FRIGHTENING
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SCENE WHERE MANY PEOPLE COME
THINKING THAT THEY'RE HEALED -
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THEY THINK THEY'RE SAVED,
THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT THE
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REAL MEDICINE, BUT THE DEVIL HAD
WATERED IT DOWN AND THEY FIND
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OUT THAT THEY'RE LOST.
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MATTHEW 7:21.
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"NOT EVERY ONE WHO SAYS TO
ME, 'LORD, LORD,' WILL ENTER THE
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT HE
THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER
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IN HEAVEN."
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IT'S NOT JUST SAYING
'LORD, LORD,' IT'S DOING
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THE WILL OF GOD.
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"MANY - MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN
THAT DAY, 'LORD, LORD, HAVE WE
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NOT PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME?
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HAVE WE NOT CAST
OUT DEVILS IN YOUR NAME?
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WE'VE DONE MANY
WONDERFUL WORKS.'
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AND I'LL DECLARE TO
THEM, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART
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FROM ME YE WHO WORK
INIQUITY.'" THEY KNEW HIS NAME,
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THEY CALLED HIS NAME, THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY THOUGHT
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WAS BIBLICAL WORSHIP, THEY
WERE EVEN ACTIVE IN CASTING OUT
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DEVILS AND PROBABLY A VARIETY
OF THINGS THAT EXTERNALLY LOOKED
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LIKE GENUINE MINISTRY.
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BUT JESUS, WITH A BROKEN HEART
SAYS, 'I KNOW YOU THOUGHT YOU
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WERE GETTING REAL MEDICINE, BUT
IT HAD BEEN DILUTED BY THE DEVIL
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AND I DON'T KNOW YOU BECAUSE
YOU LIVED THE LIFE OF INIQUITY.'
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HE SAID, 'DEPART FROM
ME YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY.'
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INIQUITY IS A WORD FOR
LAWLESSNESS IN THE ORIGINAL
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LANGUAGE THERE.
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WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST
DAYS - DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
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ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE LAST DAYS - THEY'RE PERILOUS
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TIMES - "MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF
THEMSELVES" - SO THERE'S A LOT
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OF CHRONIC SELFISHNESS - "LOVERS
OF MONEY" - I MEAN, HOW COULD
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YOU CONSIGN SOMEONE TO DEATH AND
WATER DOWN WHAT WILL HEAL THEM
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EXCEPT YOU REALLY LOVE MONEY?
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"LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTERS,
PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT
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TO PARENTS, UNTHANKFUL,
UNHOLY, UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING,
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SLANDERERS, WITHOUT
SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, DESPISERS
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OF GOOD, TRAITORS, HEADSTRONG,
HAUGHTY, LOVERS OF PLEASURE
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RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD."
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NOW, KEEP IN MIND, WHEN PAUL
SAYS, 'KNOW THAT IN THE LAST
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DAYS PERILOUS TIMES WILL
COME,' AND HE DESCRIBES THESE
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CONDITIONS, EVERYTHING THAT
HE'S DESCRIBING HERE HAS ALWAYS
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BEEN IN THE WORLD.
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BUT WHAT HE'S SAYING IS,
'IT'S IN THE CHURCH NOW.'
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DO YOU GET THAT?
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HE'S WRITING TO TIMOTHY ABOUT
HOW TO BE A PASTOR AND HE'S
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SAYING, 'IN THE LAST DAYS IT'S
REALLY GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE
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ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS THAT
ARE SO PREVALENT IN THE WORLD
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ARE GOING TO BE
COMMON IN THE CHURCH.'
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I SHOULD HAVE SAID
THAT TO START WITH.
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"LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER
THAN LOVERS OF GOD," - BECAUSE,
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NOTICE VERSE 5, "HAVING A FORM
OF GODLINESS" - THEY'VE GOT SOME
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OUTWARD FORMS, THEY'VE GOT THE
TRAPPINGS OF CHRISTIANITY AND
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RELIGION, THEY'VE GOT A
NAME, RAISED IN THE CHURCH,
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BUT WHAT ARE THEY MISSING?
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THEY DON'T HAVE THE POTENCY.
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IT'S BEEN WATERED DOWN.
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THEY ARE LACKING
THE POWER THEREOF.
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OUTWARD FORM - THEY'VE
GOT A MEASURE, BUT IT'S NOT
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THE REAL THING.
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IT'S BEEN WATERED DOWN.
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IT'S BEEN DILUTED.
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AND SO, SURE, THEY'RE TAKING
THE MEDICINE, BUT IT'S NOT FULL
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STRENGTH AND SO,
IT'S WITHOUT EFFECT.
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SO, GETTING THE RIGHT
MEDICINE IN THE RIGHT DOSE
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MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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NOW, IF YOU'RE THE DEVIL AND YOU
THINK THAT YOU CAN GIVE PEOPLE A
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PRESCRIPTION, AND TELL THEM THAT
THIS IS GOING TO HEAL THEM FROM
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SIN AND IT'S GOING TO
SAVE THEM FOR ETERNITY.
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AND YOU GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY
TAKE IT TO THEIR CHURCH AND THE
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PASTOR FILLS IT FOR THEM, BUT
HE DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE FULL
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STRENGTH AND THEY WILL THEN HAVE
JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM THE
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ILLUSION THAT THEY'RE REALLY
SAVED BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
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TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN
THEIR LIFE THAT WILL HEAL THEM.
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WOULDN'T THAT BE A GREAT PLAN?
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I MEAN, IF YOU'RE THE DEVIL,
THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLAN.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
SAYING, 'DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS,
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DON'T GO TO
CHURCH.' YOU CAN TELL THEM,
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'GO TO CHURCH.
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I'VE GOT IT SO DILUTED THERE,
IT'S SO WATERED DOWN THAT IT
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WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
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SO YOU HAVE THE ILLUSION THAT
YOU'RE SAVED AND PEOPLE WHO WANT
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TO BE CHRISTIANS, THEY DON'T
REALLY KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO
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- I MEAN WHERE DO YOU GO TO
GET YOUR PRESCRIPTION FILLED?
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YOU GO TO CHURCH.
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THE PREACHERS SHARE IT WITH YOU.
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BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT THE FULL
STRENGTH SO THAT IT DOESN'T DO
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WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO.
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TALKING ABOUT THESE FALSE
TEACHERS PAUL SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY
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CHAPTER 4 - I JUST READ
CHAPTER 3 - HE SAYS TO PETER -
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I'M SORRY, TO
TIMOTHY - "PREACH THE WORD!
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BE READY IN
SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON.
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CONVINCE, REBUKE, EXHORT, WITH
ALL LONGSUFFERING AND TEACHING.
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FOR THE TIME WILL COME" -
HE'S SPEAKING IN THE FUTURE -
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"WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND
DOCTRINE, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR
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OWN DESIRES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ITCHING EARS, THEY WILL HEAP UP
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FOR THEMSELVES TEACHERS;
THAT WILL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS
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FROM THE TRUTH, AND BE
TURNED ASIDE TO FABLES."
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YOU'VE GOT TWO PROBLEMS, YOU'VE
GOT A PROBLEM IN THE PULPIT AND
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YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN THE PEW.
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YOU'VE GOT PREACHERS WHO ARE NOT
SHARING IT STRAIGHT AND YOU'VE
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GOT PEOPLE WHO
DON'T WANT IT STRAIGHT.
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THEY ARE HIRING AND ATTRACTING
TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS THAT WILL
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TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE ITCHING
TO HEAR BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR -
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BECAUSE IT'S EASY -
AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS.
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THERE'S AN INTERESTING
VERSE IN EZEKIEL 13 I'D LIKE YOU
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TO GO TO.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE
EVER PREACHED ON THIS VERSE.
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EZEKIEL 13, WE'LL
START WITH VERSE 10.
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AND THE PROPHET HERE
SAYS, "BECAUSE, INDEED, BECAUSE
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THEY'VE SEDUCED MY
PEOPLE SAYING 'PEACE!'
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WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE" -
IN OTHER WORDS, TELLING PEOPLE
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TO BE AT PEACE
BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S OKAY -
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WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE MEDICINE,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.'
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BUT YOU DON'T
REALLY HAVE REAL MEDICINE.
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YOU'RE DOING THEM MORE HARM.
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IT GIVES THAT
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
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"'PEACE! PEACE!'
WHEN THERE'S NO PEACE" -
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AND NOTICE, "AND ONE BUILDS
A WALL AND THEY PLASTER IT WITH
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UNTEMPERED MORTAR."
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NOW, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS
FROM THE COMMENTARY IS WHAT THEY
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DO IS THEY'D STACK BRICKS ONE
ON ANOTHER AND THEY'D PUT THE
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PLASTER OVER THIS WALL OF
BRICKS, BUT THERE'S NO MORTAR
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BETWEEN THE BRICKS - NO CONCRETE
HOLDING THE BRICKS TOGETHER.
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YOU'VE GOT - YOU KNOW THE KIND
OF - LIKE SHEET ROCK PLASTER?
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YOU EVER WORK WITH
THE SHEET ROCK MUD?
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UNTIL YOU PAINT THAT STUFF,
YOU CAN WASH IT OFF WITH WATER,
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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
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AND SO, CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE
BUILDS A WALL AND IT'S JUST
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BRICKS STACKED ON
EACH OTHER, NO CEMENT.
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IT LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE YOU'VE
NOW PLASTERED IT OVER WITH LIKE
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ADOBE, AND YOU'VE PAINTED IT,
AND IT'S WHITE-WASHED, AND YOU
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SAY, 'HEY I'VE GOT A GOOD WALL.'
BUT YOU KNOW INSIDE THERE'S NO
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CEMENT HOLDING THE BRICKS
IN PLACE, SO AS SOON AS A GOAT
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HITS IT, IT'S GOING OVER.
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YOU DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL IT
MEETS WITH ITS FIRST REAL TRIAL,
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THAT YOU'VE GOT A
WALL THAT'S NOT TEMPERED.
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IT HAS NO REAL CONCRETE IN IT.
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YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
WALLS FOR CHRISTIANS TOO.
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DO YOU THINK OF THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AS SOMETHING THAT
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IS THERE TO PREVENT YOUR FREEDOM
AND HAPPINESS OR TO PROTECT YOUR
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FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS?
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WHEN - SOMEONE COMES DOWN
WITH HIV BECAUSE OF PROMISCUOUS
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LIVING, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT, THEY THEN
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REALIZE THAT WAS THERE,
NOT TO PREVENT MY HAPPINESS,
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BUT TO PROTECT MY HAPPINESS.
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AND I CAN GO THROUGH -
WHEN SOMEONE'S IN JAIL BECAUSE
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THEY'VE BEEN SHOPLIFTING AND
STEALING - AND THEY LOOK AT THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THEY
SEE THAT COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
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'THOU SHALT NOT
STEAL.' DO THEY SAY, 'AW, THAT
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COMMANDMENT'S ALWAYS BEEN
A PROBLEM TO MY HAPPINESS.'
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OR ARE THEY WISHING FOR THEIR
FREEDOM AND SAYING, 'YOU KNOW,
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THAT WAS THERE TO PROTECT
MY HAPPINESS AND I'VE LOST IT
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BECAUSE I DISOBEYED."
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AND SO, GOD HAS THESE
WALLS THAT ARE THERE TO PROTECT
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OUR FREEDOM.
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BUT, IF IN THE PEW OR IN
THE PULPIT, THAT GETS DILUTED -
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THEN WHEN A CRISIS
COMES, THE WALL FALLS DOWN.
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EZEKIEL TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
WHAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE.
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I TOLD YOU WHAT THE
PROPHECY WAS IN EZEKIEL 13.
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IF YOU GO TO EZEKIEL 22 -
"HER PRIESTS HAVE VIOLATED MY
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LAW AND PROFANED MY HOLY THINGS;
THEY HAVE NOT DISTINGUISHED
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BETWEEN THE HOLY AND THE UNHOLY,
THEY HAVE NOT MADE KNOWN THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CLEAN
AND THE UNCLEAN;" DOES GOD WANT
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US TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS
HOLY AND WHAT IS NOT HOLY?
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WHAT IS CLEAN AND
WHAT IS NOT CLEAN?
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WHAT IS SIN AND WHAT IS NOT SIN?
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THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
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"THEY HAVE HIDDEN THEIR EYES
FROM MY SABBATHS, SO THAT I AM
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PROFANED AMONG THEM."
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NOW, IS THERE A DANGER THAT
LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS THAT
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BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ATTRACT MORE
PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH YOU MIGHT
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SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE EASIER
WE MAKE IT THE MORE WILL COME.'
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WHAT DO YOU
THINK ATTRACTS PEOPLE?
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WHAT DO YOU THINK MARKETERS
USE IN THE WORLD TODAY?
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THEY APPEAL TO
THE CARNAL NATURE.
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THEY SAY, 'YOU TAKE THIS
PRODUCT, YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE
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LONGER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
MORE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
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HAPPIER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
MORE POPULAR' - THEY APPEAL,
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BASICALLY, TO THE CARNAL SIDE.
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DOES THE BIBLE TELL US
THAT'S HOW WE'RE TO MARKET
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CHRISTIANITY?
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEALTHY,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WEALTHY,
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE WISE.
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COME TO JESUS.
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PROSPERITY PREACHING -
YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT?
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WHAT WILL JESUS DO FOR YOU?
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IS THAT WHAT THE
MESSAGE OF SALVATION IS?
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NOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT
JESUS DOES FOR US, PRAISE GOD.
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THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.
00:11:50.86\00:11:52.10
THERE'S A LOT OF
BLESSINGS THAT COME.
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BUT JESUS SAYS, 'TAKE UP
YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.
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DENY YOURSELF DAILY.' WE
DON'T HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN,
00:11:57.13\00:12:02.73
BUT THE REAL KEY TO HAPPINESS,
JESUS SAID, IS DON'T PUT
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YOURSELF FIRST, PUT GOD
FIRST - PUT OTHERS FIRST.
00:12:05.83\00:12:10.50
BUT, YOU KNOW, SO
MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT ME.
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IT'S ABOUT I.
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
HEARING A DILUTED GOSPEL.
00:12:14.90\00:12:17.03
IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S
NOT ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT HIM.
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WE LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:12:20.43\00:12:21.93
WE EXIST FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:12:21.93\00:12:24.70
EVEN YOUR SALVATION IS FOR
HIS GLORY - IT'S NOT FOR OURS.
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AND SO, THINGS
ARE BEING DILUTED.
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IS IT IMPORTANT FOR
US TO HEAR THE WORD?
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YES.
00:12:36.16\00:12:38.03
WE COME TO
CHURCH TO HEAR THE WORD.
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HOW MUCH OF THE WEEK IS THAT?
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IT MIGHT BE FOUR PERCENT OF YOUR
WEEK - SITTING DOWN AND HEARING
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THE WORD OF GOD - IT'S
ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT.
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WELL, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING - BEING HEARERS OF
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THE WORD OR DOERS?
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IT'S LIKE THE OTHER
NINETY-FIVE PERCENT.
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AND SO, BEING A CHRISTIAN ISN'T
THAT FIVE PERCENT DURING THE
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WEEK, OR THAT TWO PERCENT DURING
THE WEEK WE'RE HEARING THE WORD,
00:13:01.16\00:13:04.23
WE'RE FELLOWSHIPING TOGETHER
- AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS -
00:13:04.23\00:13:07.13
IT'S IN WHAT DO WE DO WITH
IT THE OTHER NINETY-FIVE PERCENT
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OF THE TIME.
00:13:10.13\00:13:11.66
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS IF
YOU'RE REALLY A CHRISTIAN.
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ARE WE HEARERS OF THE
WORD ONLY OR DOERS OF THE WORD?
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JOHN 13:17.
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HE SAID, "YOU KNOW THESE THINGS,
BLESSED ARE YOU" - I WANT YOU TO
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BE BLESSED FRIENDS - "BLESSED
ARE YOU IF YOU DO THEM."
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3 JOHN - 3 JOHN 1:11.
00:13:28.90\00:13:32.43
"BELOVED, DO NOT IMITATE
WHAT IS EVIL, BUT WHAT IS GOOD.
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HE WHO DOES GOOD IS OF
GOD, BUT HE WHO PRACTICES EVIL
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HAS NOT SEEN GOD."
00:13:39.76\00:13:42.03
AND SO THE LORD IS WANTING
US TO BE DOERS OF HIS WORD.
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SO WHAT DOES A
DILUTED GOSPEL LOOK LIKE?
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I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THESE ANALOGIES AND METAPHORS.
00:13:47.33\00:13:51.03
I'LL TELL YOU, IF I WAS TO SUM
IT UP, I'D SAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE
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ENCOURAGED TO HAVE ENOUGH FAITH
TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL FORGIVE
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THEM BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE
THAT HE WILL KEEP THEM FROM
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TEMPTATION.
00:14:01.06\00:14:03.00
THAT'S A DILUTED GOSPEL.
00:14:03.00\00:14:04.90
SECONDLY, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
A DILUTED GOSPEL IS WHEN PEOPLE
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ARE TAUGHT THAT GOD ACCEPTS THEM
THE WAY THEY ARE BUT THEY DON'T
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BELIEVE THAT HE TRANSFORMS THEM.
00:14:12.73\00:14:15.66
MATTHEW 28, VERSES 19 AND 20.
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IN THE GREAT COMMISSION HE SAYS,
"GO YE THEREFORE, TEACH ALL
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NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN
THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON,
00:14:20.66\00:14:23.93
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:14:23.93\00:14:25.16
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE" -
SO FIRST THEY COME, ALL RIGHT,
00:14:25.16\00:14:28.33
THEN THEY'RE TAUGHT.
00:14:28.33\00:14:30.03
AND IT SAYS, 'THEY ARE CONTINUED
TO BE TAUGHT TO OBSERVE ALL
00:14:30.03\00:14:34.90
THINGS THAT I
HAVE COMMANDED THEM.
00:14:34.90\00:14:38.10
YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH KIND
OF GOES THROUGH CYCLES - THE
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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH GOES
THROUGH CYCLES WHERE THEY KIND
00:14:42.40\00:14:45.16
OF GET OUT THERE - IF YOU
WANT TO USE THE WORD LIBERAL OR
00:14:45.16\00:14:47.56
CONSERVATIVE, OR IF YOU WANT
TO USE THE WORD PRESUMPTUOUS AND
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LEGALISTIC - YOU KNOW, THERE'S
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN
00:14:50.66\00:14:53.06
CATEGORIZE THIS - BUT THEY GET
SO BURNT OUT ON THE BEHAVIOR AND
00:14:53.06\00:14:57.63
THE OBEDIENCE AND THE
LEGALISM, THAT THEY GRAVITATE
00:14:57.63\00:15:00.33
TOWARDS GRACE.
00:15:00.33\00:15:01.56
BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE
- IT'S LIKE TRYING TO STOP
00:15:01.56\00:15:03.70
A BATTLESHIP, IT JUST KEEPS ON
MOVING - THE PENDULUM THEN GOES
00:15:03.70\00:15:06.63
WAY OVER HERE WHERE THEN THEY
BECOME SO GRACE-ORIENTED THAT
00:15:06.63\00:15:11.66
THEY START LIVING JUST
LIKE THE WORLD - YOU CAN'T SEE
00:15:11.66\00:15:13.63
A DIFFERENCE ANYMORE.
00:15:13.63\00:15:15.13
THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE ARE NOW.
00:15:15.13\00:15:17.16
WE'RE IN THAT DAY WHERE IF
YOU DON'T TELL A PERSON YOU'RE
00:15:17.16\00:15:20.93
CHRISTIAN - SO FEW PEOPLE
REALLY LIVE IT IN THEIR LIVES
00:15:20.93\00:15:25.43
CONSISTENTLY THAT THE WORLD
WOULDN'T EVER KNOW THAT THERE'S
00:15:25.43\00:15:28.43
A DIFFERENCE.
00:15:28.43\00:15:30.00
WE OUGHT TO BE LIGHTS ON A
HILL THAT PEOPLE SAY, 'WOW!
00:15:30.00\00:15:33.93
THEIR LIGHT IS SHINING.
00:15:33.93\00:15:35.76
THEIR LIFE IS
CLEARLY DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT.
00:15:35.76\00:15:39.06
THEY'RE NOT JUST
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
00:15:39.06\00:15:41.13
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT
YOU?' 'I BELIEVE IN JESUS.
00:15:41.13\00:15:45.33
I LOVE THE LORD.
00:15:45.33\00:15:46.16
HE SAVED ME.
00:15:46.16\00:15:46.73
HE'S CHANGED MY LIFE.' YOU
KNOW, DURING THE DARK AGES,
00:15:46.73\00:15:54.86
ONE OF THE - THE REASON THE DARK
AGES SPIRITUALLY CAME TO THE
00:15:54.86\00:15:57.86
CHURCH IS BECAUSE FOR A
WHILE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE
00:15:57.86\00:16:01.30
CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS
REALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALLY,
00:16:01.30\00:16:05.00
THEY WERE BEING PERSECUTED.
00:16:05.00\00:16:07.10
THEIR RELIGION WAS FORBIDDEN.
00:16:07.10\00:16:09.40
THEY WERE ALL VERY STRONG
BECAUSE THEY SPENT THEIR TIME
00:16:09.40\00:16:11.53
DIGGING TUNNELS UNDERNEATH ROME
IN THE DIFFERENT ROMAN CITIES -
00:16:11.53\00:16:14.33
CALLED CATACOMBS - BECAUSE THEY
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PRACTICE
00:16:14.33\00:16:16.83
THEIR RELIGION IN THE OPEN AND
THEY APPRECIATED THEIR FAITH SO
00:16:16.83\00:16:19.70
MUCH, THEY ACTUALLY DUG THESE
TUNNELS AND WHENEVER THEY PUT A
00:16:19.70\00:16:23.10
NEW SUBWAY IN OR THEY START
TO BUILD IN ROME, THEY RUN INTO
00:16:23.10\00:16:25.76
A NEW CATACOMB.
00:16:25.76\00:16:27.06
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF MILES - I'M NOT
00:16:27.06\00:16:30.00
EXAGGERATING - OF TUNNELS IN
THESE UNDERGROUND CITIES THAT
00:16:30.00\00:16:33.46
WERE BUILT DURING THIS ERA -
THE FIRST 200 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN
00:16:33.46\00:16:35.76
HISTORY - BECAUSE IT
WAS A FORBIDDEN RELIGION.
00:16:35.76\00:16:39.63
AND THEY WERE THROWING THE
CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS AND THEY
00:16:39.63\00:16:41.63
WERE BURNING THEM AT THE STAKE,
AND THEY WERE PUTTING THEM IN
00:16:41.63\00:16:43.90
THE PRISONS, AND WORKING THEM IN
THE MINES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT -
00:16:43.90\00:16:46.43
CHRISTIANS - IF YOU DECIDED
TO BE A CHRISTIAN YOU REALIZED,
00:16:46.43\00:16:48.53
'THIS MAY COST ME MY LIFE.
00:16:48.53\00:16:50.60
THIS MEDICINE
IT'S A BITTER PILL.'
00:16:50.60\00:16:52.53
BUT YOU KNEW YOU
HAD EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:16:52.53\00:16:55.33
I REMEMBER READING ABOUT
IN THE MINES WHERE MANY OF THE
00:16:55.33\00:16:59.80
CHRISTIANS WORKED.
00:16:59.80\00:17:00.63
YOU CAN STILL GO LOOK AT SOME
OF THESE ROMAN MINES WHERE THE
00:17:00.63\00:17:02.80
CHRISTIANS WERE PUT THERE
AND THEY WORKED UNTIL THEY DIED.
00:17:02.80\00:17:06.06
SOME OF THE CHRISTIANS
HAD ETCHED ON THE WALLS,
00:17:06.06\00:17:07.96
'VIDA, VIDA, VIDA.'
AND THE TRANSLATION WAS,
00:17:07.96\00:17:11.03
'LIFE, LIFE, LIFE.
00:17:11.03\00:17:12.30
I HAVE LIFE.' HERE
THEY ARE DYING IN THESE
00:17:12.30\00:17:15.26
DARK, COLD MINES
AND THEY'RE JOYFUL.
00:17:15.26\00:17:20.30
BUT THEN
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN ROME.
00:17:20.30\00:17:22.96
CONSTANTINE, NEEDING TO SWELL
THE RANKS OF HIS EMPIRE BECAUSE
00:17:22.96\00:17:27.53
THERE WAS A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN
HIM AND MAXIMUS - MAXIMUS
00:17:27.53\00:17:30.63
SOMEBODY - THEY WERE ALL MAXIMUS
BACK THEN - HE HAD A WAR AND HE
00:17:30.63\00:17:36.40
OSTENSIBLY SAID, 'I'VE HAD
A VISION, I'M NOW SUPPOSED TO
00:17:36.40\00:17:38.46
FIGHT UNDER THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
00:17:38.46\00:17:40.26
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW PRACTICALLY
ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY,
00:17:40.26\00:17:42.70
BUT THEY PAINTED SOME CHRISTIAN
SYMBOLS ON THEIR SWORDS.
00:17:42.70\00:17:45.00
HE TOLD ALL OF HIS SOLDIERS,
HE SAID, 'WE'RE TO FIGHT UNDER
00:17:45.00\00:17:47.30
THE SYMBOL OF THE GOD
OF THE CHRISTIANS NOW.'
00:17:47.30\00:17:50.03
AND MANY OF THEM MARCHED INTO
THE TIBER RIVER FOR THIS BATTLE
00:17:50.03\00:17:54.06
- AND THEY WERE ALL PAGANS -
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FIGURED
00:17:54.06\00:17:55.63
THEY WERE CHRISTIANS WHEN
THEY CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE.
00:17:55.63\00:17:58.30
BUT THEY REALLY
HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT.
00:17:58.30\00:18:02.56
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECAME
THE IN THING TO BE A CHRISTIAN -
00:18:02.56\00:18:07.66
BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN IMPRESSED
- YOU KNOW, IN OUR CULTURE,
00:18:07.66\00:18:09.43
SOMETIMES WHAT IS BAD
IS SUDDENLY CALLED GOOD -
00:18:09.43\00:18:11.96
AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:18:11.96\00:18:13.33
EVERYTHING BAD IS SORT OF COOL?
00:18:13.33\00:18:15.43
WELL, CHRISTIANS WERE LIKE
OUTLAWS - THEY WERE FORBIDDEN.
00:18:15.43\00:18:17.80
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
EMPEROR SAYS, 'YEAH, CHRISTIANS
00:18:17.80\00:18:19.46
ARE OKAY.'
EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE
00:18:19.46\00:18:21.23
A CHRISTIAN, AND IT BECAME
VERY CHIC TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:18:21.23\00:18:24.40
ALL THESE CHRISTIANS - ALL
THESE PAGANS CAME POURING INTO
00:18:24.40\00:18:27.43
THE CHURCH SAYING, 'I
WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:18:27.43\00:18:29.23
I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN' AND
THE PASTORS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW
00:18:29.23\00:18:31.76
EXACTLY HOW TO HANDLE IT ALL
AND SOME OF THEM SAID, 'THIS IS
00:18:31.76\00:18:34.46
WONDERFUL THAT
THE PAGANS ARE COMING.
00:18:34.46\00:18:37.10
GOD IS DOING A WONDERFUL THING.'
AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:18:37.10\00:18:40.03
WE OUGHT TO MAKE IT
EASY FOR THEM TO COME.
00:18:40.03\00:18:43.46
THEY'VE GOT TO
MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES.
00:18:43.46\00:18:44.70
LET'S NOT MAKE IT TOUGH ON THEM
BECAUSE THINGS MIGHT GO BACK THE
00:18:44.70\00:18:46.93
WAY THEY WERE WHEN
WE WERE PERSECUTED.
00:18:46.93\00:18:48.66
LET'S MAKE IT EASY ON THEM.
00:18:48.66\00:18:50.56
CHRISTIANS - THERE WERE
IDOLS EVERYWHERE IN ROME.
00:18:50.56\00:18:52.70
MATTER OF FACT, ONE HISTORIAN
SAID THERE WERE MORE IDOLS
00:18:52.70\00:18:54.40
IN ROME THAN ROMANS.
00:18:54.40\00:18:57.53
THEY HAD IDOLS OF EVERYTHING AND
THE CHRISTIANS ALL CAME TO THE
00:18:57.53\00:18:59.96
PRIESTS - THE PAGANS ALL
CAME AND SAID, 'WE WANT TO BE
00:18:59.96\00:19:01.90
CHRISTIANS, WHAT DO WE
DO WITH ALL OUR STATUES?'
00:19:01.90\00:19:04.16
AND SOME OF THEM
SAID, 'THROW THEM OUT.'
00:19:04.16\00:19:05.70
AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT?
00:19:05.70\00:19:06.46
WAIT A SECOND HERE.'
AND THE OTHER PASTORS WERE
00:19:06.46\00:19:08.93
SAYING, 'WHAT...WAIT...GO SLOW.
00:19:08.93\00:19:10.60
WE'VE GOT TO
BRING THEM IN SLOWLY.
00:19:10.60\00:19:13.66
TELL THEM TO GIVE CHRISTIAN
NAMES TO THEIR IDOLS AND WE'LL
00:19:13.66\00:19:16.56
TAKE CARE OF IT LATER.
00:19:16.56\00:19:19.50
FIRST THING IS LET THEM COME
TO CHRIST JUST LIKE THEY ARE AND
00:19:19.50\00:19:22.23
LET THEM KEEP THEIR IDOLS.
00:19:22.23\00:19:24.16
DON'T MAKE IT TOUGH ON
THEM.' SO THEY SAID, 'GIVE THEM
00:19:24.16\00:19:26.86
THEIR NAMES.' SO THEY
NAMED THEIR IDOLS PETER,
00:19:26.86\00:19:28.56
JAMES, JOHN, MARY, AND WHATEVER
- AND A LOT OF THESE PAGAN
00:19:28.56\00:19:33.46
PRACTICES BEGAN TO COME
INTO THE CHURCH SO THAT IN ONE
00:19:33.46\00:19:36.76
GENERATION, JUST ABOUT - ABOUT
A HUNDRED YEARS, CHRISTIANITY
00:19:36.76\00:19:41.76
BECAME THE CO-MINGLING OF
PAGANISM AND SOME SCRIPTURE.
00:19:41.76\00:19:48.63
THEY DILUTED THE GOSPEL
FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING QUANTITY
00:19:48.63\00:19:52.93
INSTEAD OF QUALITY.
00:19:52.93\00:19:54.93
AND THEN YOU HAD THE DARK
AGES FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND TWO
00:19:54.93\00:19:57.50
HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS.
00:19:57.50\00:20:00.33
COULD WE DO THAT?
00:20:00.33\00:20:03.10
WOULD THAT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN?
00:20:03.10\00:20:04.86
MAYBE IT ALREADY HAS.
00:20:04.86\00:20:07.73
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO BRING
PEOPLE IN MORE AND MORE BEFORE
00:20:07.73\00:20:12.23
THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND, BEFORE
THEY'RE REALLY TAUGHT, BEFORE
00:20:12.23\00:20:14.36
THEY'RE REALLY CONVERTED,
BEFORE THEY REALLY SURRENDER
00:20:14.36\00:20:16.23
THEIR HEARTS?
00:20:16.23\00:20:17.03
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MEMBERS?
00:20:17.03\00:20:18.33
COULD IT BE A
DILUTING OF COMMITMENT?
00:20:18.33\00:20:22.00
COULD IT BE THAT
CHURCHES BECOME ENFEEBLED?
00:20:22.00\00:20:24.83
THAT THE POWER OF BEING A
FOLLOWER OF JESUS LOSES ITS
00:20:24.83\00:20:29.56
STRENGTH, WHERE PRETTY SOON IT
GETS TO THE PLACE WHERE WE COME
00:20:29.56\00:20:32.20
TOGETHER, WE GO
THROUGH OUR RITUAL ONCE A WEEK,
00:20:32.20\00:20:33.96
AND WE GO OUT AND LIVE
LIKE THE WORLD, INSTEAD OF
00:20:33.96\00:20:36.13
WINNING SOULS TO
CHRIST AND LIVING GODLY LIVES.
00:20:36.13\00:20:39.40
THERE'S THIS DANGER THAT THROUGH
DILUTING THE GOSPEL WE'RE DOING
00:20:39.40\00:20:43.56
EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS.
00:20:43.56\00:20:45.73
NOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING A
00:20:45.73\00:20:49.40
DILUTED GOSPEL FROM
ME OR THE PASTORS HERE?
00:20:49.40\00:20:53.73
WHAT'S YOUR SAFETY.
00:20:53.73\00:20:56.20
YOU'VE GOT TO READ IT YOURSELF.
00:20:56.20\00:20:58.30
YOU'VE GOT TO MIX
YOUR OWN MEDICINE.
00:20:58.30\00:21:01.36
AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET
IT RIGHT IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF.
00:21:01.36\00:21:04.23
BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF PREACHERS OUT THERE THAT
00:21:04.23\00:21:07.76
ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED
00:21:07.76\00:21:09.96
TO SHOW SUCCESS.
00:21:09.96\00:21:10.90
THEY'RE GOING TO
WANT YOU TO LIKE THEM.
00:21:10.90\00:21:13.70
THEY'LL BE MORE INTERESTED
IN YOUR LIKING THEM THAN
00:21:13.70\00:21:15.40
GOD LIKING THEM.
00:21:15.40\00:21:16.66
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO
TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.
00:21:16.66\00:21:19.73
AN UNDILUTED GOSPEL IS GOING TO
INVOLVE REAL REPENTANCE FOR SIN
00:21:19.73\00:21:24.53
- A SORROW FOR SIN AND
A TURNING AWAY FROM IT.
00:21:24.53\00:21:28.53
WHAT DOES REPENTANCE MEAN?
00:21:28.53\00:21:30.73
REMORSE; REGRET; CONTRITION FOR
PAST SIN; TO FEEL SUCH REGRET SO
00:21:30.73\00:21:35.73
AS TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND
REGARDING IT; AS IN REPENTING OF
00:21:35.73\00:21:39.50
INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR; TO CHANGE
FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF
00:21:39.50\00:21:43.86
REMORSE OR
CONTRITION FOR ONE'S SINS.
00:21:43.86\00:21:47.23
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT JOHN
THE BAPTIST SAID WHEN HE STARTED
00:21:47.23\00:21:49.13
PREACHING ABOUT
THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
00:21:49.13\00:21:51.66
I WANT TO BE IN THAT KINGDOM.
00:21:51.66\00:21:53.36
'REPENT, FOR THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.'
00:21:53.36\00:21:55.96
FIRST WORDS THAT
JESUS PREACHED: 'REPENT.'
00:21:55.96\00:22:00.13
NOW, WHY WOULD GOD TELL US TO
DO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO?
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IF THE LORD TELLS US TO REPENT
THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN
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WE COME TO HIM AND WE PRAY AND
WE SAY, 'LORD, I'M SORRY FOR MY
00:22:07.10\00:22:10.26
SINS AND IF I'M NOT
SORRY ENOUGH WILL YOU SHOW ME?
00:22:10.26\00:22:12.76
WILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR SPIRIT?
00:22:12.76\00:22:13.70
HELP ME TO REALIZE
WHAT I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH.'
00:22:13.70\00:22:16.90
SOME OF YOU FELT FINE UNTIL
YOU WENT TO THE DOCTOR, RIGHT?
00:22:16.90\00:22:20.33
THEN THE DOCTOR SAID,
'HEY, WE GOT A TEST BACK.'
00:22:20.33\00:22:23.36
'I THOUGHT I WAS
FINE.' 'WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:22:23.36\00:22:24.66
YOU'RE BLOOD TEST
SAYS YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.'
00:22:24.66\00:22:26.80
'WHAT?' SO,
DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR.
00:22:26.80\00:22:29.43
THAT'S THE ANSWER, RIGHT?
00:22:29.43\00:22:32.56
YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
DONE THAT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
00:22:32.56\00:22:37.56
YOU GO TO THE LORD AND
GET ON YOUR KNEES AND SAY,
00:22:37.56\00:22:39.00
'LORD, SHOW ME MY SINS.
00:22:39.00\00:22:41.40
AM I DOING ANYTHING?
00:22:41.40\00:22:42.96
SEARCH ME.
00:22:42.96\00:22:43.50
TRY ME.
00:22:43.50\00:22:43.96
LORD, IS THERE SOMETHING IN MY
LIFE THAT'S DISAPPOINTING YOU?
00:22:43.96\00:22:46.26
I WANT TO KNOW
THAT I'M PLEASING YOU.'
00:22:46.26\00:22:50.66
MATTHEW 3:11.
00:22:50.66\00:22:51.63
JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, "I
BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO
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REPENTANCE, BUT HE WHO IS COMING
AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I,
00:22:54.30\00:22:58.13
WHOSE SHOES I'M
NOT WORTHY TO CARRY.
00:22:58.13\00:22:59.80
HE WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE."
00:22:59.80\00:23:02.30
BUT FIRST COMES THE BAPTISM
OF REPENTANCE, THEN COMES THE
00:23:02.30\00:23:04.83
BAPTISM OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FIRE.
00:23:04.83\00:23:10.40
ACTS CHAPTER 2.
00:23:10.40\00:23:11.90
PETER SAID IN VERSE 38,
"REPENT EVERY ONE OF YOU AND BE
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BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION
00:23:14.80\00:23:17.23
OF SIN AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:23:17.23\00:23:20.76
REPENTANCE PRECEDES - A
FULL-STRENGTH GOSPEL PRECEDES
00:23:20.76\00:23:25.73
RECEPTION AND
FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:23:25.73\00:23:29.13
JAMES 4:7.
00:23:29.13\00:23:30.86
"THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD.
00:23:30.86\00:23:32.00
RESIST THE DEVIL
AND HE'LL FLEE FROM YOU.
00:23:32.00\00:23:34.76
DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND
HE'LL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
00:23:34.76\00:23:37.83
CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU
SINNERS; AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS,
00:23:37.83\00:23:39.86
YOU DOUBLE-MINDED.
00:23:39.86\00:23:40.96
LAMENT AND MOURN AND WEEP!"
00:23:40.96\00:23:42.86
- WHO WANTS TO BE
LEFT IN THAT CONDITION?
00:23:42.86\00:23:45.56
- "LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE
TURNED TO MOURNING AND YOUR JOY
00:23:45.56\00:23:47.16
TO GLOOM.
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.40
HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT
OF GOD" - AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
00:23:48.40\00:23:50.86
DOES HE LEAVE YOU THERE?
00:23:50.86\00:23:52.36
"AND THEN HE WILL LIFT YOU UP."
00:23:52.36\00:23:56.50
YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE OLD
DAYS, WHEN PEOPLE PRACTICED
00:23:56.50\00:23:59.26
HOSPITALITY - THERE WEREN'T
HOTELS ANYWHERE - A STRANGER
00:23:59.26\00:24:01.70
MIGHT SHOW UP AND YOU TOOK
HIM INTO THE FARM AND YOU'D SAY,
00:24:01.70\00:24:04.70
'YEAH, WE'LL GIVE
YOU A PLACE TO SLEEP.'
00:24:04.70\00:24:07.00
AND MAYBE THEY CAME AND YOU
DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING -
00:24:07.00\00:24:09.66
RIGHT AROUND DINNER TIME.
00:24:09.66\00:24:10.76
AND THEY USED TO SAY,
'DON'T WORRY, WE'LL PUT
00:24:10.76\00:24:13.03
SOME MORE WATER IN THE SOUP.'
YOU EVER HEARD THAT EXPRESSION?
00:24:13.03\00:24:16.06
I REMEMBER GOING TO
THE PASTOR WHO BAPTIZED ME.
00:24:16.06\00:24:18.00
HE - WHENEVER I'D SHOW UP - I
ALWAYS SHOWED UP AROUND DINNER.
00:24:18.00\00:24:20.93
HE SAYS, 'BROTHER DOUG, DON'T
YOU WORRY, WE'LL JUST PUT SOME
00:24:20.93\00:24:22.96
MORE WATER IN THE SOUP.'
NOW, IN THEORY, THAT COULD
00:24:22.96\00:24:27.66
GO TOO FAR.
00:24:27.66\00:24:30.16
DURING THE WARS, YOU READ SOME
OF THESE POWS THAT WILL TELL
00:24:30.16\00:24:34.00
YOU, WHEN THEY WERE IN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THEY SAID
00:24:34.00\00:24:36.83
THEY PUT SO MUCH WATER IN THE
SOUP - ESPECIALLY NEAR THE END
00:24:36.83\00:24:40.30
OF THE WAR WHEN THEY HAD NO FOOD
FOR THE PRISONERS THEY SAID IT
00:24:40.30\00:24:42.73
WAS BASICALLY SOUP WITH
A LITTLE SALT - AND IT WAS
00:24:42.73\00:24:44.80
WATER WITH A LITTLE SALT IN IT.
00:24:44.80\00:24:46.93
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE.
00:24:46.93\00:24:49.23
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL
THING ABOUT THE SALVATION THAT
00:24:49.23\00:24:51.16
THE LORD OFFERS - IT
DOESN'T NEED TO BE DILUTED.
00:24:51.16\00:24:55.33
YOU DON'T NEED TO DILUTE THE
BLOOD OF JESUS FOR THERE TO BE
00:24:55.33\00:24:58.60
ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
00:24:58.60\00:25:00.93
THERE'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.
00:25:00.93\00:25:03.10
THERE'S ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
00:25:03.10\00:25:04.86
IT'S POTENT ENOUGH THAT IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH OF A
00:25:04.86\00:25:07.33
TRANSFUSION OF JESUS' BLOOD
YOU RECEIVE, THERE'S ALWAYS
00:25:07.33\00:25:10.66
PLENTY LEFT.
00:25:10.66\00:25:12.30
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DILUTED.
00:25:12.30\00:25:15.20
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DO YOU THINK THAT ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP
00:25:35.93\00:25:37.20
ONE MORNING AND YOU'RE GOING
TO YAWN AND LOOK AND ALL OF A
00:25:37.20\00:25:39.43
SUDDEN YOUR SPOUSE IS GONE FROM
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00:25:39.43\00:25:42.26
PAJAMAS ARE LAYING THERE?
00:25:42.26\00:25:47.43
AND THE IDEA OF THE SECRET
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GET A SECOND CHANCE.
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WITH ONLY 24 HOURS IN THE
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