Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000105
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
00:03 AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:12 >>ONE REASON THE GOSPEL IS WATERED DOWN IS BECAUSE 00:14 PREACHERS ARE WANTING TO BE POPULAR. 00:16 ANOTHER REASON THE GOSPEL GETS WATERED DOWN IS BECAUSE PEOPLE 00:18 DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT'S HARD TO SWALLOW - 00:22 THEY WANT WHAT THEY'RE ITCHING TO HEAR. 00:25 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:30 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:33 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:35 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:37 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:40 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:47 >>I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A MESSAGE THIS MORNING THAT I'VE 00:50 TITLED 'THE DANGERS OF A DILUTED GOSPEL' AND I HOPE YOU'LL PRAY 00:54 FOR ME AS I TALK ABOUT THIS SENSITIVE SUBJECT - 01:00 A DILUTED GOSPEL. 01:02 NOT DELUDED LIKE TO BE DECEIVED, BUT DILUTED, LIKE 01:07 DILUTING WATER. 01:09 THE WORD DILUTE - THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT THIS 01:13 MORNING - IT MEANS TO MAKE THINNER, TO LESSEN STRENGTH, 01:18 TO ADULTERATE, TO REDUCE VALUE OR EFFICIENCY, TO MAKE FAINTER, 01:25 OR TO WATER DOWN. 01:28 NOW, THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY 01:31 IS I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THERE'S GREAT RISK 01:34 THAT YOU MAY BE RECEIVING A DILUTED GOSPEL. 01:45 AND I'VE G TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK 01:49 I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THAT. 01:52 IT'S A GREAT TEMPTATION - I'LL EXPLAIN AS I GO ON 01:56 THAT YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING FULL-STRENGTH MEDICINE. 01:59 THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT TO READ YOUR BIBLES FOR YOURSELVES. 02:02 YOU KNOW, JESUS TELLS US IN THE LAST DAYS THAT THERE'S GOING TO 02:07 BE A LOT OF PEOPLE - AND THERE'S TWO GROUPS - THERE'S A SMALL 02:10 GROUP AND A BIG GROUP. 02:11 ONE GROUP HE CALLS FEW AND THE OTHER GROUP HE CALLS MANY. 02:14 AND HE SAY, 'MANY WILL COME IN THE LAST DAYS SAYING, 02:17 'LORD, LORD.'' HE DESCRIBES THIS FRIGHTENING 02:21 SCENE WHERE MANY PEOPLE COME THINKING THAT THEY'RE HEALED - 02:26 THEY THINK THEY'RE SAVED, THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT THE 02:28 REAL MEDICINE, BUT THE DEVIL HAD WATERED IT DOWN AND THEY FIND 02:32 OUT THAT THEY'RE LOST. 02:34 MATTHEW 7:21. 02:37 "NOT EVERY ONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, LORD,' WILL ENTER THE 02:39 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER 02:44 IN HEAVEN." 02:45 IT'S NOT JUST SAYING 'LORD, LORD,' IT'S DOING 02:46 THE WILL OF GOD. 02:49 "MANY - MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY, 'LORD, LORD, HAVE WE 02:53 NOT PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME? 02:55 HAVE WE NOT CAST OUT DEVILS IN YOUR NAME? 02:57 WE'VE DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS.' 02:59 AND I'LL DECLARE TO THEM, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART 03:02 FROM ME YE WHO WORK INIQUITY.'" THEY KNEW HIS NAME, 03:06 THEY CALLED HIS NAME, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY THOUGHT 03:10 WAS BIBLICAL WORSHIP, THEY WERE EVEN ACTIVE IN CASTING OUT 03:15 DEVILS AND PROBABLY A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT EXTERNALLY LOOKED 03:18 LIKE GENUINE MINISTRY. 03:20 BUT JESUS, WITH A BROKEN HEART SAYS, 'I KNOW YOU THOUGHT YOU 03:25 WERE GETTING REAL MEDICINE, BUT IT HAD BEEN DILUTED BY THE DEVIL 03:29 AND I DON'T KNOW YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVED THE LIFE OF INIQUITY.' 03:34 HE SAID, 'DEPART FROM ME YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY.' 03:36 INIQUITY IS A WORD FOR LAWLESSNESS IN THE ORIGINAL 03:39 LANGUAGE THERE. 03:40 WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS - DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? 03:43 ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAST DAYS - THEY'RE PERILOUS 03:47 TIMES - "MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES" - SO THERE'S A LOT 03:51 OF CHRONIC SELFISHNESS - "LOVERS OF MONEY" - I MEAN, HOW COULD 03:55 YOU CONSIGN SOMEONE TO DEATH AND WATER DOWN WHAT WILL HEAL THEM 03:59 EXCEPT YOU REALLY LOVE MONEY? 04:02 "LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT 04:06 TO PARENTS, UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING, 04:11 SLANDERERS, WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, DESPISERS 04:14 OF GOOD, TRAITORS, HEADSTRONG, HAUGHTY, LOVERS OF PLEASURE 04:18 RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD." 04:20 NOW, KEEP IN MIND, WHEN PAUL SAYS, 'KNOW THAT IN THE LAST 04:24 DAYS PERILOUS TIMES WILL COME,' AND HE DESCRIBES THESE 04:26 CONDITIONS, EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DESCRIBING HERE HAS ALWAYS 04:28 BEEN IN THE WORLD. 04:31 BUT WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, 'IT'S IN THE CHURCH NOW.' 04:34 DO YOU GET THAT? 04:36 HE'S WRITING TO TIMOTHY ABOUT HOW TO BE A PASTOR AND HE'S 04:38 SAYING, 'IN THE LAST DAYS IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE 04:41 ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE SO PREVALENT IN THE WORLD 04:44 ARE GOING TO BE COMMON IN THE CHURCH.' 04:47 I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT TO START WITH. 04:51 "LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD," - BECAUSE, 04:53 NOTICE VERSE 5, "HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS" - THEY'VE GOT SOME 04:59 OUTWARD FORMS, THEY'VE GOT THE TRAPPINGS OF CHRISTIANITY AND 05:02 RELIGION, THEY'VE GOT A NAME, RAISED IN THE CHURCH, 05:05 BUT WHAT ARE THEY MISSING? 05:07 THEY DON'T HAVE THE POTENCY. 05:10 IT'S BEEN WATERED DOWN. 05:11 THEY ARE LACKING THE POWER THEREOF. 05:15 OUTWARD FORM - THEY'VE GOT A MEASURE, BUT IT'S NOT 05:19 THE REAL THING. 05:21 IT'S BEEN WATERED DOWN. 05:22 IT'S BEEN DILUTED. 05:24 AND SO, SURE, THEY'RE TAKING THE MEDICINE, BUT IT'S NOT FULL 05:28 STRENGTH AND SO, IT'S WITHOUT EFFECT. 05:31 SO, GETTING THE RIGHT MEDICINE IN THE RIGHT DOSE 05:35 MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 05:37 NOW, IF YOU'RE THE DEVIL AND YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN GIVE PEOPLE A 05:43 PRESCRIPTION, AND TELL THEM THAT THIS IS GOING TO HEAL THEM FROM 05:47 SIN AND IT'S GOING TO SAVE THEM FOR ETERNITY. 05:50 AND YOU GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY TAKE IT TO THEIR CHURCH AND THE 05:54 PASTOR FILLS IT FOR THEM, BUT HE DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE FULL 05:59 STRENGTH AND THEY WILL THEN HAVE JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM THE 06:03 ILLUSION THAT THEY'RE REALLY SAVED BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 06:08 TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE THAT WILL HEAL THEM. 06:12 WOULDN'T THAT BE A GREAT PLAN? 06:14 I MEAN, IF YOU'RE THE DEVIL, THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLAN. 06:16 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SAYING, 'DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS, 06:19 DON'T GO TO CHURCH.' YOU CAN TELL THEM, 06:21 'GO TO CHURCH. 06:22 I'VE GOT IT SO DILUTED THERE, IT'S SO WATERED DOWN THAT IT 06:24 WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 06:27 SO YOU HAVE THE ILLUSION THAT YOU'RE SAVED AND PEOPLE WHO WANT 06:29 TO BE CHRISTIANS, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO 06:33 - I MEAN WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET YOUR PRESCRIPTION FILLED? 06:35 YOU GO TO CHURCH. 06:37 THE PREACHERS SHARE IT WITH YOU. 06:38 BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT THE FULL STRENGTH SO THAT IT DOESN'T DO 06:44 WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO. 06:46 TALKING ABOUT THESE FALSE TEACHERS PAUL SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 06:50 CHAPTER 4 - I JUST READ CHAPTER 3 - HE SAYS TO PETER - 06:54 I'M SORRY, TO TIMOTHY - "PREACH THE WORD! 06:57 BE READY IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON. 06:59 CONVINCE, REBUKE, EXHORT, WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING AND TEACHING. 07:06 FOR THE TIME WILL COME" - HE'S SPEAKING IN THE FUTURE - 07:09 "WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR 07:12 OWN DESIRES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ITCHING EARS, THEY WILL HEAP UP 07:16 FOR THEMSELVES TEACHERS; THAT WILL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS 07:19 FROM THE TRUTH, AND BE TURNED ASIDE TO FABLES." 07:21 YOU'VE GOT TWO PROBLEMS, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN THE PULPIT AND 07:23 YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN THE PEW. 07:26 YOU'VE GOT PREACHERS WHO ARE NOT SHARING IT STRAIGHT AND YOU'VE 07:29 GOT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT IT STRAIGHT. 07:31 THEY ARE HIRING AND ATTRACTING TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS THAT WILL 07:34 TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE ITCHING TO HEAR BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR - 07:38 BECAUSE IT'S EASY - AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS. 07:42 THERE'S AN INTERESTING VERSE IN EZEKIEL 13 I'D LIKE YOU 07:45 TO GO TO. 07:46 I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER PREACHED ON THIS VERSE. 07:49 EZEKIEL 13, WE'LL START WITH VERSE 10. 07:53 AND THE PROPHET HERE SAYS, "BECAUSE, INDEED, BECAUSE 07:57 THEY'VE SEDUCED MY PEOPLE SAYING 'PEACE!' 08:00 WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE" - IN OTHER WORDS, TELLING PEOPLE 08:04 TO BE AT PEACE BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S OKAY - 08:06 WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE MEDICINE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.' 08:08 BUT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE REAL MEDICINE. 08:10 YOU'RE DOING THEM MORE HARM. 08:12 IT GIVES THAT FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. 08:14 "'PEACE! PEACE!' WHEN THERE'S NO PEACE" - 08:16 AND NOTICE, "AND ONE BUILDS A WALL AND THEY PLASTER IT WITH 08:20 UNTEMPERED MORTAR." 08:23 NOW, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS FROM THE COMMENTARY IS WHAT THEY 08:26 DO IS THEY'D STACK BRICKS ONE ON ANOTHER AND THEY'D PUT THE 08:30 PLASTER OVER THIS WALL OF BRICKS, BUT THERE'S NO MORTAR 08:33 BETWEEN THE BRICKS - NO CONCRETE HOLDING THE BRICKS TOGETHER. 08:36 YOU'VE GOT - YOU KNOW THE KIND OF - LIKE SHEET ROCK PLASTER? 08:39 YOU EVER WORK WITH THE SHEET ROCK MUD? 08:42 UNTIL YOU PAINT THAT STUFF, YOU CAN WASH IT OFF WITH WATER, 08:45 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 08:46 AND SO, CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE BUILDS A WALL AND IT'S JUST 08:50 BRICKS STACKED ON EACH OTHER, NO CEMENT. 08:53 IT LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE YOU'VE NOW PLASTERED IT OVER WITH LIKE 08:56 ADOBE, AND YOU'VE PAINTED IT, AND IT'S WHITE-WASHED, AND YOU 08:59 SAY, 'HEY I'VE GOT A GOOD WALL.' BUT YOU KNOW INSIDE THERE'S NO 09:01 CEMENT HOLDING THE BRICKS IN PLACE, SO AS SOON AS A GOAT 09:03 HITS IT, IT'S GOING OVER. 09:08 YOU DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL IT MEETS WITH ITS FIRST REAL TRIAL, 09:12 THAT YOU'VE GOT A WALL THAT'S NOT TEMPERED. 09:15 IT HAS NO REAL CONCRETE IN IT. 09:18 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE WALLS FOR CHRISTIANS TOO. 09:21 DO YOU THINK OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS SOMETHING THAT 09:25 IS THERE TO PREVENT YOUR FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OR TO PROTECT YOUR 09:30 FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS? 09:32 WHEN - SOMEONE COMES DOWN WITH HIV BECAUSE OF PROMISCUOUS 09:35 LIVING, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT SEVENTH COMMANDMENT, THEY THEN 09:40 REALIZE THAT WAS THERE, NOT TO PREVENT MY HAPPINESS, 09:43 BUT TO PROTECT MY HAPPINESS. 09:47 AND I CAN GO THROUGH - WHEN SOMEONE'S IN JAIL BECAUSE 09:49 THEY'VE BEEN SHOPLIFTING AND STEALING - AND THEY LOOK AT THE 09:52 TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THEY SEE THAT COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS, 09:54 'THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.' DO THEY SAY, 'AW, THAT 09:56 COMMANDMENT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM TO MY HAPPINESS.' 09:58 OR ARE THEY WISHING FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, 10:00 THAT WAS THERE TO PROTECT MY HAPPINESS AND I'VE LOST IT 10:03 BECAUSE I DISOBEYED." 10:05 AND SO, GOD HAS THESE WALLS THAT ARE THERE TO PROTECT 10:08 OUR FREEDOM. 10:10 BUT, IF IN THE PEW OR IN THE PULPIT, THAT GETS DILUTED - 10:15 THEN WHEN A CRISIS COMES, THE WALL FALLS DOWN. 10:18 EZEKIEL TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE. 10:21 I TOLD YOU WHAT THE PROPHECY WAS IN EZEKIEL 13. 10:24 IF YOU GO TO EZEKIEL 22 - "HER PRIESTS HAVE VIOLATED MY 10:28 LAW AND PROFANED MY HOLY THINGS; THEY HAVE NOT DISTINGUISHED 10:33 BETWEEN THE HOLY AND THE UNHOLY, THEY HAVE NOT MADE KNOWN THE 10:39 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN;" DOES GOD WANT 10:41 US TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HOLY AND WHAT IS NOT HOLY? 10:45 WHAT IS CLEAN AND WHAT IS NOT CLEAN? 10:47 WHAT IS SIN AND WHAT IS NOT SIN? 10:51 THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. 10:54 "THEY HAVE HIDDEN THEIR EYES FROM MY SABBATHS, SO THAT I AM 10:58 PROFANED AMONG THEM." 11:01 NOW, IS THERE A DANGER THAT LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS THAT 11:05 BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH YOU MIGHT 11:09 SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE EASIER WE MAKE IT THE MORE WILL COME.' 11:15 WHAT DO YOU THINK ATTRACTS PEOPLE? 11:16 WHAT DO YOU THINK MARKETERS USE IN THE WORLD TODAY? 11:19 THEY APPEAL TO THE CARNAL NATURE. 11:22 THEY SAY, 'YOU TAKE THIS PRODUCT, YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE 11:24 LONGER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 11:27 HAPPIER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE POPULAR' - THEY APPEAL, 11:29 BASICALLY, TO THE CARNAL SIDE. 11:31 DOES THE BIBLE TELL US THAT'S HOW WE'RE TO MARKET 11:33 CHRISTIANITY? 11:35 YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEALTHY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WEALTHY, 11:38 YOU'RE GOING TO BE WISE. 11:39 COME TO JESUS. 11:41 PROSPERITY PREACHING - YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT? 11:44 WHAT WILL JESUS DO FOR YOU? 11:46 IS THAT WHAT THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION IS? 11:48 NOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT JESUS DOES FOR US, PRAISE GOD. 11:50 THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS. 11:52 THERE'S A LOT OF BLESSINGS THAT COME. 11:53 BUT JESUS SAYS, 'TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. 11:57 DENY YOURSELF DAILY.' WE DON'T HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN, 12:02 BUT THE REAL KEY TO HAPPINESS, JESUS SAID, IS DON'T PUT 12:05 YOURSELF FIRST, PUT GOD FIRST - PUT OTHERS FIRST. 12:10 BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT ME. 12:12 IT'S ABOUT I. 12:14 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HEARING A DILUTED GOSPEL. 12:17 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT HIM. 12:20 WE LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 12:21 WE EXIST FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 12:24 EVEN YOUR SALVATION IS FOR HIS GLORY - IT'S NOT FOR OURS. 12:29 AND SO, THINGS ARE BEING DILUTED. 12:33 IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR THE WORD? 12:36 YES. 12:38 WE COME TO CHURCH TO HEAR THE WORD. 12:40 HOW MUCH OF THE WEEK IS THAT? 12:42 IT MIGHT BE FOUR PERCENT OF YOUR WEEK - SITTING DOWN AND HEARING 12:47 THE WORD OF GOD - IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT. 12:50 WELL, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - BEING HEARERS OF 12:52 THE WORD OR DOERS? 12:55 IT'S LIKE THE OTHER NINETY-FIVE PERCENT. 12:58 AND SO, BEING A CHRISTIAN ISN'T THAT FIVE PERCENT DURING THE 13:01 WEEK, OR THAT TWO PERCENT DURING THE WEEK WE'RE HEARING THE WORD, 13:04 WE'RE FELLOWSHIPING TOGETHER - AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS - 13:07 IT'S IN WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT THE OTHER NINETY-FIVE PERCENT 13:10 OF THE TIME. 13:11 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS IF YOU'RE REALLY A CHRISTIAN. 13:14 ARE WE HEARERS OF THE WORD ONLY OR DOERS OF THE WORD? 13:18 JOHN 13:17. 13:20 HE SAID, "YOU KNOW THESE THINGS, BLESSED ARE YOU" - I WANT YOU TO 13:24 BE BLESSED FRIENDS - "BLESSED ARE YOU IF YOU DO THEM." 13:28 3 JOHN - 3 JOHN 1:11. 13:32 "BELOVED, DO NOT IMITATE WHAT IS EVIL, BUT WHAT IS GOOD. 13:36 HE WHO DOES GOOD IS OF GOD, BUT HE WHO PRACTICES EVIL 13:39 HAS NOT SEEN GOD." 13:42 AND SO THE LORD IS WANTING US TO BE DOERS OF HIS WORD. 13:44 SO WHAT DOES A DILUTED GOSPEL LOOK LIKE? 13:47 I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE ANALOGIES AND METAPHORS. 13:51 I'LL TELL YOU, IF I WAS TO SUM IT UP, I'D SAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE 13:54 ENCOURAGED TO HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL FORGIVE 13:57 THEM BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL KEEP THEM FROM 14:01 TEMPTATION. 14:03 THAT'S A DILUTED GOSPEL. 14:04 SECONDLY, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A DILUTED GOSPEL IS WHEN PEOPLE 14:09 ARE TAUGHT THAT GOD ACCEPTS THEM THE WAY THEY ARE BUT THEY DON'T 14:12 BELIEVE THAT HE TRANSFORMS THEM. 14:15 MATTHEW 28, VERSES 19 AND 20. 14:18 IN THE GREAT COMMISSION HE SAYS, "GO YE THEREFORE, TEACH ALL 14:20 NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, 14:23 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:25 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE" - SO FIRST THEY COME, ALL RIGHT, 14:28 THEN THEY'RE TAUGHT. 14:30 AND IT SAYS, 'THEY ARE CONTINUED TO BE TAUGHT TO OBSERVE ALL 14:34 THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM. 14:38 YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH KIND OF GOES THROUGH CYCLES - THE 14:42 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH GOES THROUGH CYCLES WHERE THEY KIND 14:45 OF GET OUT THERE - IF YOU WANT TO USE THE WORD LIBERAL OR 14:47 CONSERVATIVE, OR IF YOU WANT TO USE THE WORD PRESUMPTUOUS AND 14:50 LEGALISTIC - YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN 14:53 CATEGORIZE THIS - BUT THEY GET SO BURNT OUT ON THE BEHAVIOR AND 14:57 THE OBEDIENCE AND THE LEGALISM, THAT THEY GRAVITATE 15:00 TOWARDS GRACE. 15:01 BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE - IT'S LIKE TRYING TO STOP 15:03 A BATTLESHIP, IT JUST KEEPS ON MOVING - THE PENDULUM THEN GOES 15:06 WAY OVER HERE WHERE THEN THEY BECOME SO GRACE-ORIENTED THAT 15:11 THEY START LIVING JUST LIKE THE WORLD - YOU CAN'T SEE 15:13 A DIFFERENCE ANYMORE. 15:15 THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE ARE NOW. 15:17 WE'RE IN THAT DAY WHERE IF YOU DON'T TELL A PERSON YOU'RE 15:20 CHRISTIAN - SO FEW PEOPLE REALLY LIVE IT IN THEIR LIVES 15:25 CONSISTENTLY THAT THE WORLD WOULDN'T EVER KNOW THAT THERE'S 15:28 A DIFFERENCE. 15:30 WE OUGHT TO BE LIGHTS ON A HILL THAT PEOPLE SAY, 'WOW! 15:33 THEIR LIGHT IS SHINING. 15:35 THEIR LIFE IS CLEARLY DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. 15:39 THEY'RE NOT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 15:41 WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU?' 'I BELIEVE IN JESUS. 15:45 I LOVE THE LORD. 15:46 HE SAVED ME. 15:46 HE'S CHANGED MY LIFE.' YOU KNOW, DURING THE DARK AGES, 15:54 ONE OF THE - THE REASON THE DARK AGES SPIRITUALLY CAME TO THE 15:57 CHURCH IS BECAUSE FOR A WHILE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE 16:01 CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS REALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALLY, 16:05 THEY WERE BEING PERSECUTED. 16:07 THEIR RELIGION WAS FORBIDDEN. 16:09 THEY WERE ALL VERY STRONG BECAUSE THEY SPENT THEIR TIME 16:11 DIGGING TUNNELS UNDERNEATH ROME IN THE DIFFERENT ROMAN CITIES - 16:14 CALLED CATACOMBS - BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PRACTICE 16:16 THEIR RELIGION IN THE OPEN AND THEY APPRECIATED THEIR FAITH SO 16:19 MUCH, THEY ACTUALLY DUG THESE TUNNELS AND WHENEVER THEY PUT A 16:23 NEW SUBWAY IN OR THEY START TO BUILD IN ROME, THEY RUN INTO 16:25 A NEW CATACOMB. 16:27 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MILES - I'M NOT 16:30 EXAGGERATING - OF TUNNELS IN THESE UNDERGROUND CITIES THAT 16:33 WERE BUILT DURING THIS ERA - THE FIRST 200 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN 16:35 HISTORY - BECAUSE IT WAS A FORBIDDEN RELIGION. 16:39 AND THEY WERE THROWING THE CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS AND THEY 16:41 WERE BURNING THEM AT THE STAKE, AND THEY WERE PUTTING THEM IN 16:43 THE PRISONS, AND WORKING THEM IN THE MINES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT - 16:46 CHRISTIANS - IF YOU DECIDED TO BE A CHRISTIAN YOU REALIZED, 16:48 'THIS MAY COST ME MY LIFE. 16:50 THIS MEDICINE IT'S A BITTER PILL.' 16:52 BUT YOU KNEW YOU HAD EVERLASTING LIFE. 16:55 I REMEMBER READING ABOUT IN THE MINES WHERE MANY OF THE 16:59 CHRISTIANS WORKED. 17:00 YOU CAN STILL GO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ROMAN MINES WHERE THE 17:02 CHRISTIANS WERE PUT THERE AND THEY WORKED UNTIL THEY DIED. 17:06 SOME OF THE CHRISTIANS HAD ETCHED ON THE WALLS, 17:07 'VIDA, VIDA, VIDA.' AND THE TRANSLATION WAS, 17:11 'LIFE, LIFE, LIFE. 17:12 I HAVE LIFE.' HERE THEY ARE DYING IN THESE 17:15 DARK, COLD MINES AND THEY'RE JOYFUL. 17:20 BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IN ROME. 17:22 CONSTANTINE, NEEDING TO SWELL THE RANKS OF HIS EMPIRE BECAUSE 17:27 THERE WAS A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN HIM AND MAXIMUS - MAXIMUS 17:30 SOMEBODY - THEY WERE ALL MAXIMUS BACK THEN - HE HAD A WAR AND HE 17:36 OSTENSIBLY SAID, 'I'VE HAD A VISION, I'M NOW SUPPOSED TO 17:38 FIGHT UNDER THE SIGN OF THE CROSS. 17:40 AND HE DIDN'T KNOW PRACTICALLY ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, 17:42 BUT THEY PAINTED SOME CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS ON THEIR SWORDS. 17:45 HE TOLD ALL OF HIS SOLDIERS, HE SAID, 'WE'RE TO FIGHT UNDER 17:47 THE SYMBOL OF THE GOD OF THE CHRISTIANS NOW.' 17:50 AND MANY OF THEM MARCHED INTO THE TIBER RIVER FOR THIS BATTLE 17:54 - AND THEY WERE ALL PAGANS - AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FIGURED 17:55 THEY WERE CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE. 17:58 BUT THEY REALLY HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT. 18:02 BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECAME THE IN THING TO BE A CHRISTIAN - 18:07 BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN IMPRESSED - YOU KNOW, IN OUR CULTURE, 18:09 SOMETIMES WHAT IS BAD IS SUDDENLY CALLED GOOD - 18:11 AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 18:13 EVERYTHING BAD IS SORT OF COOL? 18:15 WELL, CHRISTIANS WERE LIKE OUTLAWS - THEY WERE FORBIDDEN. 18:17 ALL OF A SUDDEN THE EMPEROR SAYS, 'YEAH, CHRISTIANS 18:19 ARE OKAY.' EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE 18:21 A CHRISTIAN, AND IT BECAME VERY CHIC TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 18:24 ALL THESE CHRISTIANS - ALL THESE PAGANS CAME POURING INTO 18:27 THE CHURCH SAYING, 'I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 18:29 I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN' AND THE PASTORS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW 18:31 EXACTLY HOW TO HANDLE IT ALL AND SOME OF THEM SAID, 'THIS IS 18:34 WONDERFUL THAT THE PAGANS ARE COMING. 18:37 GOD IS DOING A WONDERFUL THING.' AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW, 18:40 WE OUGHT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO COME. 18:43 THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES. 18:44 LET'S NOT MAKE IT TOUGH ON THEM BECAUSE THINGS MIGHT GO BACK THE 18:46 WAY THEY WERE WHEN WE WERE PERSECUTED. 18:48 LET'S MAKE IT EASY ON THEM. 18:50 CHRISTIANS - THERE WERE IDOLS EVERYWHERE IN ROME. 18:52 MATTER OF FACT, ONE HISTORIAN SAID THERE WERE MORE IDOLS 18:54 IN ROME THAN ROMANS. 18:57 THEY HAD IDOLS OF EVERYTHING AND THE CHRISTIANS ALL CAME TO THE 18:59 PRIESTS - THE PAGANS ALL CAME AND SAID, 'WE WANT TO BE 19:01 CHRISTIANS, WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL OUR STATUES?' 19:04 AND SOME OF THEM SAID, 'THROW THEM OUT.' 19:05 AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT? 19:06 WAIT A SECOND HERE.' AND THE OTHER PASTORS WERE 19:08 SAYING, 'WHAT...WAIT...GO SLOW. 19:10 WE'VE GOT TO BRING THEM IN SLOWLY. 19:13 TELL THEM TO GIVE CHRISTIAN NAMES TO THEIR IDOLS AND WE'LL 19:16 TAKE CARE OF IT LATER. 19:19 FIRST THING IS LET THEM COME TO CHRIST JUST LIKE THEY ARE AND 19:22 LET THEM KEEP THEIR IDOLS. 19:24 DON'T MAKE IT TOUGH ON THEM.' SO THEY SAID, 'GIVE THEM 19:26 THEIR NAMES.' SO THEY NAMED THEIR IDOLS PETER, 19:28 JAMES, JOHN, MARY, AND WHATEVER - AND A LOT OF THESE PAGAN 19:33 PRACTICES BEGAN TO COME INTO THE CHURCH SO THAT IN ONE 19:36 GENERATION, JUST ABOUT - ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS, CHRISTIANITY 19:41 BECAME THE CO-MINGLING OF PAGANISM AND SOME SCRIPTURE. 19:48 THEY DILUTED THE GOSPEL FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING QUANTITY 19:52 INSTEAD OF QUALITY. 19:54 AND THEN YOU HAD THE DARK AGES FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND TWO 19:57 HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS. 20:00 COULD WE DO THAT? 20:03 WOULD THAT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN? 20:04 MAYBE IT ALREADY HAS. 20:07 AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO BRING PEOPLE IN MORE AND MORE BEFORE 20:12 THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND, BEFORE THEY'RE REALLY TAUGHT, BEFORE 20:14 THEY'RE REALLY CONVERTED, BEFORE THEY REALLY SURRENDER 20:16 THEIR HEARTS? 20:17 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MEMBERS? 20:18 COULD IT BE A DILUTING OF COMMITMENT? 20:22 COULD IT BE THAT CHURCHES BECOME ENFEEBLED? 20:24 THAT THE POWER OF BEING A FOLLOWER OF JESUS LOSES ITS 20:29 STRENGTH, WHERE PRETTY SOON IT GETS TO THE PLACE WHERE WE COME 20:32 TOGETHER, WE GO THROUGH OUR RITUAL ONCE A WEEK, 20:33 AND WE GO OUT AND LIVE LIKE THE WORLD, INSTEAD OF 20:36 WINNING SOULS TO CHRIST AND LIVING GODLY LIVES. 20:39 THERE'S THIS DANGER THAT THROUGH DILUTING THE GOSPEL WE'RE DOING 20:43 EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS. 20:45 NOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING A 20:49 DILUTED GOSPEL FROM ME OR THE PASTORS HERE? 20:53 WHAT'S YOUR SAFETY. 20:56 YOU'VE GOT TO READ IT YOURSELF. 20:58 YOU'VE GOT TO MIX YOUR OWN MEDICINE. 21:01 AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT RIGHT IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF. 21:04 BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PREACHERS OUT THERE THAT 21:07 ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED 21:09 TO SHOW SUCCESS. 21:10 THEY'RE GOING TO WANT YOU TO LIKE THEM. 21:13 THEY'LL BE MORE INTERESTED IN YOUR LIKING THEM THAN 21:15 GOD LIKING THEM. 21:16 AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. 21:19 AN UNDILUTED GOSPEL IS GOING TO INVOLVE REAL REPENTANCE FOR SIN 21:24 - A SORROW FOR SIN AND A TURNING AWAY FROM IT. 21:28 WHAT DOES REPENTANCE MEAN? 21:30 REMORSE; REGRET; CONTRITION FOR PAST SIN; TO FEEL SUCH REGRET SO 21:35 AS TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT; AS IN REPENTING OF 21:39 INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR; TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF 21:43 REMORSE OR CONTRITION FOR ONE'S SINS. 21:47 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID WHEN HE STARTED 21:49 PREACHING ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? 21:51 I WANT TO BE IN THAT KINGDOM. 21:53 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.' 21:55 FIRST WORDS THAT JESUS PREACHED: 'REPENT.' 22:00 NOW, WHY WOULD GOD TELL US TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO? 22:04 IF THE LORD TELLS US TO REPENT THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN 22:07 WE COME TO HIM AND WE PRAY AND WE SAY, 'LORD, I'M SORRY FOR MY 22:10 SINS AND IF I'M NOT SORRY ENOUGH WILL YOU SHOW ME? 22:12 WILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR SPIRIT? 22:13 HELP ME TO REALIZE WHAT I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH.' 22:16 SOME OF YOU FELT FINE UNTIL YOU WENT TO THE DOCTOR, RIGHT? 22:20 THEN THE DOCTOR SAID, 'HEY, WE GOT A TEST BACK.' 22:23 'I THOUGHT I WAS FINE.' 'WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 22:24 YOU'RE BLOOD TEST SAYS YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.' 22:26 'WHAT?' SO, DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR. 22:29 THAT'S THE ANSWER, RIGHT? 22:32 YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. 22:37 YOU GO TO THE LORD AND GET ON YOUR KNEES AND SAY, 22:39 'LORD, SHOW ME MY SINS. 22:41 AM I DOING ANYTHING? 22:42 SEARCH ME. 22:43 TRY ME. 22:43 LORD, IS THERE SOMETHING IN MY LIFE THAT'S DISAPPOINTING YOU? 22:46 I WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M PLEASING YOU.' 22:50 MATTHEW 3:11. 22:51 JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, "I BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO 22:54 REPENTANCE, BUT HE WHO IS COMING AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, 22:58 WHOSE SHOES I'M NOT WORTHY TO CARRY. 22:59 HE WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE." 23:02 BUT FIRST COMES THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE, THEN COMES THE 23:04 BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF FIRE. 23:10 ACTS CHAPTER 2. 23:11 PETER SAID IN VERSE 38, "REPENT EVERY ONE OF YOU AND BE 23:14 BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION 23:17 OF SIN AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 23:20 REPENTANCE PRECEDES - A FULL-STRENGTH GOSPEL PRECEDES 23:25 RECEPTION AND FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 23:29 JAMES 4:7. 23:30 "THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD. 23:32 RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE'LL FLEE FROM YOU. 23:34 DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE'LL DRAW NEAR TO YOU. 23:37 CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, 23:39 YOU DOUBLE-MINDED. 23:40 LAMENT AND MOURN AND WEEP!" 23:42 - WHO WANTS TO BE LEFT IN THAT CONDITION? 23:45 - "LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO MOURNING AND YOUR JOY 23:47 TO GLOOM. 23:48 HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF GOD" - AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? 23:50 DOES HE LEAVE YOU THERE? 23:52 "AND THEN HE WILL LIFT YOU UP." 23:56 YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, WHEN PEOPLE PRACTICED 23:59 HOSPITALITY - THERE WEREN'T HOTELS ANYWHERE - A STRANGER 24:01 MIGHT SHOW UP AND YOU TOOK HIM INTO THE FARM AND YOU'D SAY, 24:04 'YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A PLACE TO SLEEP.' 24:07 AND MAYBE THEY CAME AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING - 24:09 RIGHT AROUND DINNER TIME. 24:10 AND THEY USED TO SAY, 'DON'T WORRY, WE'LL PUT 24:13 SOME MORE WATER IN THE SOUP.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT EXPRESSION? 24:16 I REMEMBER GOING TO THE PASTOR WHO BAPTIZED ME. 24:18 HE - WHENEVER I'D SHOW UP - I ALWAYS SHOWED UP AROUND DINNER. 24:20 HE SAYS, 'BROTHER DOUG, DON'T YOU WORRY, WE'LL JUST PUT SOME 24:22 MORE WATER IN THE SOUP.' NOW, IN THEORY, THAT COULD 24:27 GO TOO FAR. 24:30 DURING THE WARS, YOU READ SOME OF THESE POWS THAT WILL TELL 24:34 YOU, WHEN THEY WERE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THEY SAID 24:36 THEY PUT SO MUCH WATER IN THE SOUP - ESPECIALLY NEAR THE END 24:40 OF THE WAR WHEN THEY HAD NO FOOD FOR THE PRISONERS THEY SAID IT 24:42 WAS BASICALLY SOUP WITH A LITTLE SALT - AND IT WAS 24:44 WATER WITH A LITTLE SALT IN IT. 24:46 THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE. 24:49 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THE SALVATION THAT 24:51 THE LORD OFFERS - IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DILUTED. 24:55 YOU DON'T NEED TO DILUTE THE BLOOD OF JESUS FOR THERE TO BE 24:58 ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. 25:00 THERE'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY. 25:03 THERE'S ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. 25:04 IT'S POTENT ENOUGH THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH OF A 25:07 TRANSFUSION OF JESUS' BLOOD YOU RECEIVE, THERE'S ALWAYS 25:10 PLENTY LEFT. 25:12 IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DILUTED. 25:15 >>STAY TUNED. 25:15 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 25:26 >>THE MASTERPIECE OF THE DEVIL'S DECEPTION IS GOING TO BE 25:30 COUNTERFEITING THE RETURN OF CHRIST. 25:35 DO YOU THINK THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP 25:37 ONE MORNING AND YOU'RE GOING TO YAWN AND LOOK AND ALL OF A 25:39 SUDDEN YOUR SPOUSE IS GONE FROM THE BED NEXT TO YOU AND THEIR 25:42 PAJAMAS ARE LAYING THERE? 25:47 AND THE IDEA OF THE SECRET RAPTURE BASICALLY SAYS PEOPLE 25:49 GET A SECOND CHANCE. 25:51 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE. 25:57 >>EVERY DAY PEOPLE SPEND ABOUT 7 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES SLEEPING, 26:01 17 SECONDS BRUSHING THEIR TEETH, 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES EATING, 26:05 4 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES WATCHING T.V., 26:07 AND 33 MINUTES ON THE PHONE. 26:09 WITH ONLY 24 HOURS IN THE DAY WHERE DOES GOD FIT IN? 26:13 MOVING MOUNTAINS. 26:14 A NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 26:15 IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING GOD AND BUILDING YOUR FAITH. 26:18 WITH 366 SHORT STORIES TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE, YOUR DAY 26:22 WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. 26:23 AFBOOKSTORE.COM. 26:25 LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES. 26:28 >>THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS BROADCAST. 26:30 IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS, VISIT 26:32 OUR WEBSITE AT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:34 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION AND RADIO 26:37 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS, CENTRAL STUDY 26:40 HOUR, EVERLASTING GOSPEL, BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE, AND 26:44 WONDERS IN THE WORD. 26:45 YOU'LL ALSO FIND A STOREHOUSE OF BIBLICAL RESOURCES GEARED 26:48 TOWARDS ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR MOST DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND OUR 26:51 ONLINE BIBLE SCHOOL IS JUST A CLICK AWAY. 26:53 ONE LOCATION. 26:54 SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 26:56 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 27:02 >>FRIENDS, A STORY IS TOLD OF A BEACHFRONT COMMUNITY BUILT ABOUT 27:05 800 FEET AWAY FROM THE WATER. 27:07 FOR YEARS THE TIDE WOULD COME IN AND GO OUT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. 27:11 ONE YEAR THE TIDE WAS A LOT HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND 27:13 THE WARNINGS WENT OUT. 27:15 THE RESIDENTS THOUGHT THEY HAD TIME AND THEY COULD HANDLE IT. 27:18 SUDDENLY THERE WAS MASS HYSTERIA. 27:20 THE 800-FEET DISTANCE HAD ERODED TO JUST 100 FEET. 27:24 OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME A LITTLE LIKE THIS STORY. 27:27 OVER THE YEARS MANY OF OUR VALUES HAVE ERODED. 27:30 WHAT WAS ONCE WRONG IS NOW ACCEPTED. 27:32 SHOULD YOU IGNORE THE SIGNS? 27:34 MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST JOIN IN. 27:36 WE PREPARED A GREAT BOOK FOR YOU ENTITLED 'ALONE IN THE CROWD'. 27:40 YOU WILL BE BLESSED AS THIS BOOK ENCOURAGES YOU TO BE BOLD AND 27:43 FOCUSED NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS AROUND YOU. 27:46 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' OR CALL THE 27:50 TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #714. 27:54 WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS EDITION OF 27:56 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 27:57 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 28:01 >>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 28:03 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 28:04 THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 28:07 JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO 28:09 NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. 28:24 >>THE PRECEDING WAS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY |
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