Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000108
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
00:03 AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:07 (MUSIC) FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT 00:13 THE BIBLE AND PROPHECY YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW JESUS 00:16 HE SAYS, 'I AM THE TRUTH, I AM THE WAY, I AM THE LIFE.' 00:20 GOD BECAME A MAN. 00:23 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:27 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:30 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:33 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:35 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:38 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:44 >>TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE SOMETIMES 00:48 PEOPLE COME TO A PROPHECY PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND THEY'RE 00:51 THINKING, 'YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN IS THE END COMING? 00:55 HOW IS IT GOING TO UNFOLD? 00:57 WHAT DO THE PROPHECIES TEACH? 00:59 AND WHERE DO I RUN AND HIDE SO THAT I CAN SURVIVE?' 01:03 BUT REALLY, AT THE CORE OF ALL BIBLE PROPHECY IT'S TALKING 01:07 ABOUT A PERSON AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE SAVED 01:11 ETERNALLY, NOT JUST LIVE A LITTLE LONGER IN THIS LIFE. 01:16 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO OPEN TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 01:19 REVELATION CHAPTER 5, VERSE 6 - IN THE VISION THERE THE APOSTLE 01:23 JOHN SAYS, 'I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, IN THE MIDST OF THE 01:27 THRONE AND OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, AND IN THE MIDST OF 01:31 THE ELDERS, STOOD A LAMB AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN SLAIN, HAVING 01:36 SEVEN HORNS AND SEVEN EYES, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF 01:40 GOD SENT OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH." 01:44 HERE IN THIS VISION IT TALKS ABOUT A THRONE WHERE YOU'D 01:48 EXPECT TO SEE A KING SEATED, BUT IT'S GOT A SLAIN LAMB. 01:53 NOW, THIS IS REALLY AN ELEMENTARY BIBLE SYMBOL. 01:56 ON THE THRONE THERE IS JESUS - HE IS THE LAMB THAT TAKES AWAY 01:59 THE SIN OF THE WORLD AND IT'S SLAIN - THIS IS A BLEEDING LAMB. 02:04 NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT BLOOD IS NOT, FOR ME, 02:07 A PLEASANT SUBJECT. 02:09 MY WIFE IS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND SHE'S WORKED IN HOSPITALS 02:12 AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER HER, BUT IT MAKES ME A LITTLE SQUEAMISH. 02:17 AND I THINK THAT'S A NATURAL REACTION. 02:19 EVEN CHILDREN, THE FIRST TIME THEY START BLEEDING, THERE'S 02:24 SOMETIMES A LOOK OF PANIC ON THEIR FACE LIKE, 02:27 'OH NO, I'M LEAKING! NOW WHAT? 02:28 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?' AND IT JUST SEEMS SO UNNATURAL. 02:33 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 02:37 THAT'S LEVITICUS 17, VERSE 11. 02:40 EVEN BACK THEN THEY RECOGNIZED EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY IS BOTH 02:45 NOURISHED AND CLEANSED, IT RECEIVES ITS OXYGEN AND THE BAD 02:51 GASSES ARE REMOVED THROUGH THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM - BY BLOOD. 02:55 THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 02:57 AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD HAS MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL PEOPLE 03:02 - MEANING WE'RE ALL RELATED. 03:03 AND EVEN DNA EXPERTS HAVE TRACKED ALL PEOPLE ON THE PLANET 03:07 BACK TO COMMON ANCESTORS. 03:09 EVEN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AGREES WITH THAT. 03:11 NEWSWEEK HAD A MAGAZINE THAT SAID THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN EVE 03:15 BECAUSE ALL THE DNA OF HUMANS IS COMMON. 03:19 AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS GOING 03:22 TO BE IN THE KINGDOM IS GOING TO BE THERE BY 03:23 VIRTUE OF THE BLOOD OF ONE MAN. 03:27 IT'S A BLOOD TRANSFUSION OF THE LAMB OF GOD THAT SAVES 03:30 EVERYBODY. 03:32 YOU KNOW, DURING THE BUBONIC PLAGUE, THEY DISCOVERED THAT - 03:38 WELL, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT THEY DISCOVERED IT AFTERWARD 03:40 - THE ONLY CURE FOR THE BUBONIC PLAGUE IS TO GET A TRANSFUSION 03:44 FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS EXPOSED BUT DEVELOPED A RESISTANCE. 03:49 AND, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS COME INTO 03:51 THIS WORLD AND LIVED A PERFECT LIFE IS JESUS. 03:55 AND THE ONLY CURE FOR THE PROBLEM OF SIN IS A TRANSFUSION 03:58 OF HIS BLOOD. 04:00 NOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF PROPHECY - BE HONEST 04:05 - WOULD SOME OF YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS THE BEAST AND WHAT IS THE 04:08 MARK OF THE BEAST AND 666 - WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN? 04:11 COME ON, WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT? 04:13 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BABYLON AND THE FALL OF BABYLON. 04:16 IF YOU READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 14 IT'S GOT 04:19 THREE ANGELS. 04:21 IT STARTS AT VERSE 6 AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE BEAST AND IT 04:24 TALKS ABOUT THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND IT TALKS 04:27 ABOUT BABYLON. 04:28 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS JUST BEFORE THAT? 04:31 IT SAYS, 'I SAW AN ANGEL FLYING IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN HAVING 04:33 THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TO PREACH TO THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH. 04:37 YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN THESE APOCALYPTIC SYMBOLS OUTSIDE OF 04:43 THE CONTEXT OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 04:47 IN OTHER WORDS, I CANNOT - AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT WANT ME TO - 04:52 SEPARATE THESE PROPHETIC TEACHINGS FROM THE WAY THE BIBLE 04:56 WRAPS THEM AROUND JESUS. 04:59 ALL OF THESE TEACHINGS ARE WRAPPED AROUND SOMETHING 05:02 CALLED REDEMPTION. 05:05 AND SO, IF I TELL YOU THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT PROPHECY AND YOU 05:08 UNDERSTAND IT PERFECTLY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS, WILL IT 05:11 DO YOU ANY GOOD? 05:13 NOT ACCORDING TO PROPHECY. 05:15 WELL, BACK TO THE QUESTION/ANSWER FORMAT. 05:18 I WANT TO MAKE SURE I COVER ALL MY POINTS - THIS IS AS MUCH FOR 05:21 MY BENEFIT AS YOURS. 05:22 QUESTION #1: DOES GOD REALLY CARE ABOUT ME PERSONALLY? YES. 05:29 JEREMIAH 31, VERSE 3, HE SAYS, "I'VE LOVED YOU WITH AN 05:32 EVERLASTING LOVE." 05:35 NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD ADMIT THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU'VE 05:37 WONDERED IF GOD LOVES YOU? 05:40 DOES HE REALLY CARE? 05:43 HAVE YOUR CHILDREN EVER WONDERED IF YOU LOVE THEM? 05:47 I'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN - WE HAD SIX CHILDREN - 05:53 AND OUR OLDEST SON, MICAH, WHEN HE WAS BORN - 05:56 BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY. 05:58 BIG BLUE EYES, CURLY BLOND HAIR, AND JUST WAS A DELIGHTFUL 06:03 LITTLE BOY. 06:05 WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 19 MONTHS OLD HE WAS VERY LETHARGIC IN HIS 06:08 CRIB AND WE GOT WORRIED - TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF THE 06:12 LOCAL HOSPITAL AND AFTER A BRIEF EXAMINATION THE DOCTOR SAID HE 06:18 MAY HAVE SPINAL MENINGITIS BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE IS TO DO 06:23 A TEST - A SPINAL TAP. 06:25 AND THEY DO THIS WHILE YOU'RE AWAKE. 06:28 AND THEY TAKE A LONG NEEDLE - THEY HAVE TO INSERT IT BETWEEN 06:31 THE VERTEBRAE IN THE SPINE, EXTRACT SPINAL FLUID 06:35 AND TEST IT. 06:36 WELL, OUR LITTLE BOY - HE'S JUST WALKING AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND 06:39 HE SAYS 'MOMMY' AND 'DADDY' AND 'BANANA' AND DOESN'T REALLY 06:43 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BUT HE JUST KNOWS HE DOESN'T 06:45 FEEL GOOD. 06:47 AND SO THEY TAKE HIM IN THE ROOM - MOM EXCUSED HERSELF, SHE SAID, 06:50 'I CAN'T WATCH THIS.' AND SO I STAYED IN THERE WITH 06:53 HIM AS THE DOCTORS AND NURSES HELD HIM, AND THE DOCTOR WAS AN 06:59 INTERN AND HE HAD NOT DONE THIS VERY OFTEN. 07:03 AND IT ABSOLUTELY BROKE MY HEART AS I HAD TO WATCH HIM TWO OR 07:06 THREE TIMES PUSH THE NEEDLE INTO THE BACK TRYING TO FIND THE 07:09 RIGHT SPOT AND MICAH IS AWAKE AND HE'S LOOKING AT ME AND HE'S 07:13 CRYING 'DADDY. DADDY. DADDY.' AND HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY 07:17 WOULD I LET THEM DO THIS TO HIM? 07:21 AND DON'T YOU KNOW THAT BROKE MY HEART? 07:22 HE THOUGHT, 'DAD DOESN'T LOVE ME.' 07:25 OH, NOTHING COULD HAVE BEEN FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. 07:29 I WOULD HAVE TRADED PLACES WITH HIM IN AN INSTANT. 07:32 IT TURNS OUT HE DID HAVE SPINAL MENINGITIS AND HE RECOVERED 07:35 FROM THAT. 07:36 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST BROKE MY HEART TO THINK THAT THERE WAS A 07:41 TIME WHEN HE WONDERED, 'DON'T YOU LOVE ME? 07:43 WHY ARE YOU LETTING THEM HURT ME?' 07:46 IF YOU THINK YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD TRUST THAT YOU LOVE THEM, 07:49 HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD YOU TRUST THAT GOD LOVES YOU? 07:52 HE'S A MUCH BETTER PARENT THAN I AM AND THAN YOU ARE. 07:55 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 07:57 HE LOVES YOU. 07:58 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 07:59 HOW HAS GOD DEMONSTRATED HIS LOVE FOR US? 08:04 YOU KNOW THAT VERSE? 08:05 'FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON 08:11 THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE 08:13 EVERLASTING LIFE.' IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS 08:17 VERSES IN THE WORLD. 08:18 IT'S A POWERFUL VERSE. 08:19 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE QUOTE IT, IT SORT OF ENCAPSULATES THE 08:21 GREATNESS OF THE GOSPEL. 08:24 HE SO LOVED THE WORLD YES, BUT HE SO LOVED YOU INDIVIDUALLY. 08:29 HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH, I VENTURE TO SAY, THAT IF YOU WERE THE 08:32 ONLY HUMAN ON THE PLANET THAT HAD SINNED, HE WOULD HAVE COME 08:35 DOWN AND GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT HE WENT THROUGH 08:38 JUST FOR YOU. 08:41 AND IF HE HAS ENOUGH POWER TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM ITS SINS, DO 08:46 YOU THINK HE HAS ENOUGH TO SAVE YOU? 08:49 HOW DO I RECEIVE HIM AND PASS FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE? 08:54 HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? 08:55 AGAIN, I WANT TO STOP AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU WHY THIS IS 08:57 SO IMPORTANT. 08:59 DO YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING? 09:02 SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. 09:06 IF YOU WERE GOD AND YOU'RE GOING TO REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 09:08 FUTURE TO PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, WOULD YOU REVEAL IT TO THE ONES 09:13 THAT ARE SURRENDERED TO YOU OR THE ONES WHO ARE STILL IN 09:15 REBELLION. 09:18 WHAT I'M GIVING YOU TONIGHT IN THIS PRESENTATION OF THE BASICS 09:22 OF THE GOSPEL, IS THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE FUTURE. 09:25 BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO SURRENDER TO THE LORD, YOU HEAR HIM 09:29 DIFFERENTLY. 09:30 EVEN JESUS, AFTER HE WAS BAPTIZED - IT SAYS, 09:33 'THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED AND HE HEARD A VOICE.' 09:37 WHEN ISAIAH SAW THE LORD AND HE SURRENDERED TO THE LORD, 09:39 'HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD SAYING' - YOU'LL HEAR 09:43 DIFFERENTLY - GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOUR HEART 09:44 LIKE HE NEVER HAS BEFORE. 09:47 ALL OF A SUDDEN - THE FREQUENCY - YOU EVER GO THROUGH THE RADIO 09:49 AND IT'S JUST STATIC - YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND - BUT IF YOU DIAL IT 09:51 IN RIGHT - OH, IT GETS VERY CLEAR. 09:55 AND WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR HEART TO GOD, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT 09:58 STARTS TO GET CLEAR. 09:59 AND EVEN WHEN YOU READ HIS WORD IT SUDDENLY GETS TRANSLATED AND 10:04 IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. 10:06 SO HOW DO I RECEIVE HIM AND PASS FROM DEATH TO LIFE? 10:09 WELL, FIRST OF ALL, RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE A SINNER. 10:12 ALL HAVE SINNED. 10:14 EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER BEEN BORN IS BORN WITH THIS SELFISH 10:17 NATURE AND WE'VE ALL SINNED. 10:20 AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 10:23 WE'RE ALL INFECTED WITH THIS TERMINAL DISEASE CALLED SIN. 10:27 IT SAYS, "WE'VE ALL TURNED EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN WAY" 10:29 IN ISAIAH 53, VERSE 6. 10:32 SIN MAKES US SELFISH. 10:34 MOST PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DECISIONS FROM DAY TO DAY BASED ON 10:38 'WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? 10:40 WHAT WILL THIS MEAN TO ME?' WE'RE NATURALLY VERY SELFISH - 10:42 IT'S A SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE WHEN GOD GIVES US NEW HEARTS AND WE 10:46 START BEING MOTIVATED BY LOVE. 10:48 MANY OF US HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS UNTIL THE SPIRIT OF 10:52 GOD COMES INTO YOUR LIFE. 10:54 IT'S VERY REAL, FRIENDS. 10:56 THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 10:58 'WE'VE ALL TURNED EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN WAY.' 11:00 AND THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 11:03 NOW, I KNOW THIS SOUNDS PRETTY SERIOUS - AND IT IS. 11:09 WHY IS THAT? 11:10 IF GOD LOVES US THEN WHY IS THE PENALTY FOR SIN DEATH? 11:13 YOU'RE LIVING ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - BEAUTIFUL 11:15 ISLAND - YOU'RE VERY HAPPY. 11:17 IT'S A PARADISE. 11:19 AND YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE HAVE TEN CHILDREN. 11:21 WE'RE STILL ASSUMING YOU CAN BE HAPPY WITH TEN CHILDREN. 11:24 BUT THEN, ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN BECOMES INFECTED - SMALL ISLAND 11:28 - WITH A DEADLY PAINFUL DISEASE AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS. 11:34 NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A CHOICE. 11:36 YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THAT CHILD ON A RAFT AND PUSH IT OUT TO SEA OR 11:41 LET IT STAY ON THE ISLAND AND ALL OF THE CHILDREN WILL DIE. 11:44 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 11:47 THAT'S A TERRIBLE DILEMMA TO BE FACED WITH. 11:50 BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHAT GOD'S FACED WITH - WITH THIS PLANET 11:51 HAS A DISEASE. 11:53 AND GOD'S GOT OTHER ANGELS AND CREATIONS OUT THERE IN THE 11:56 COSMOS, BUT WE'RE SORT OF QUARANTINED RIGHT NOW 11:59 BECAUSE OF SIN. 12:01 AGAIN, 1 PETER CHAPTER 3, VERSE 18 - "FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED 12:06 ONCE FOR SINS. 12:07 THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST." 12:09 THE REASON THAT HE COULD DIE FOR OUR SINS IS HE CAME TO EARTH AS 12:12 A HUMAN - AS OUR EXAMPLE. 12:14 HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE. 12:16 HE SHOWED US WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE AND THEN HE TRADED PLACES 12:19 WITH US. 12:19 AT THE CROSS, JESUS WAS TAKING WHAT WE DESERVE. 12:23 HE'S GIVING US WHAT HE DESERVES. 12:25 HE GIVES US HIS STRENGTH AND HIS HOLINESS AND HIS PEACE AND HE 12:27 TOOK OUR MISERY AND OUR SEPARATION AND OUR PAIN - 12:30 OUR PUNISHMENT. 12:31 AND WHEN YOU ACCEPT THAT BY FAITH, IT BECOMES REAL. 12:35 THAT'S WHY, SO OFTEN WHEN SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS AND THEY 12:38 WERE HEALED, HE SAID, 'YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WHOLE.' 12:41 GOD'S GIVEN YOU ALL THE POWER OF FAITH - YOU CAN CHOOSE TO 12:43 BELIEVE AND THEN IT HAPPENS. 12:45 OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH YOUR LIFE AS A DOUBTER AND A 12:47 SKEPTIC AND YOU'LL HAVE JUST WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 12:51 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE. 12:54 I WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I WENT 12:58 TO A PRISON THERE - 10,000 INMATES - AND I - AFTER GOING 13:04 THERE I HEARD A STORY ABOUT THESE TWO BROTHERS. 13:08 ONE CONVERTED AND BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND HIS TWIN BROTHER - 13:13 IDENTICAL TWINS - HE DIDN'T CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE 13:16 HIS WIFE WAS AGAINST IT AND HIS LIFE STARTED TO SPIRAL DOWNHILL. 13:21 HE DROVE A JEEPNEY - A TAXI THERE - AND HAD A WIFE 13:24 AND SEVERAL CHILDREN. 13:25 HIS CHRISTIAN BROTHER - HE NEVER DID GET MARRIED. 13:27 AND THE JEEPNEY DRIVER - TWIN - HAD AN ACCIDENT, WHILE DRINKING 13:33 - KILLED A MOTHER AND TWO OF HER CHILDREN. 13:37 HE WAS TRIED FOR MANSLAUGHTER, PUT IN PRISON FOR 30 YEARS AND 13:42 NOW HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN HAD NO FATHER. 13:45 HIS BROTHER WENT TO PRISON TO VISIT HIM AND AFTER SPENDING 13:49 SOME TIME WITH HIM HE SAID, 'LOOK, I KNOW THE LORD, I'VE GOT 13:52 ETERNAL LIFE, I COULD STAY HERE IN PRISON AND WORK FOR JESUS AND 13:55 MINISTER TO THESE PEOPLE HERE. 13:57 YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU. 13:59 TAKE MY PASS, TAKE MY CLOTHES, THE GUARDS WILL NEVER KNOW 14:03 THE DIFFERENCE. 14:04 GO TO YOUR FAMILY.' AND HIS BROTHER, AFTER JUST 14:08 A LITTLE URGING, ACCEPTED IT. 14:10 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 14:11 BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHER - IT BROKE HIS 14:13 HEART - HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND HE WENT OUT AND TO HIS FAMILY 14:16 AND HAD FREEDOM BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE THAT HIS BROTHER MADE. 14:20 JESUS HASN'T DONE LESS FOR YOU. 14:23 HE IS THE JUST WHO HAS TRADED PLACES WITH US, THE UNJUST. 14:28 WHAT MUST I DO IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THIS GIFT OF SALVATION? 14:32 ANSWER: MATTHEW 7:7 - JESUS SAID, 'ASK AND YOU'LL RECEIVE.' 14:38 HE ALSO SAYS WE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND HE 14:41 HAS THE ANSWER. 14:42 THAT'S CALLED REPENTANCE. 14:43 REPENTANCE MEANS BEING SORRY FOR OUR SINS AND HAVING A 14:47 WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY FROM THEM. 14:51 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE'S FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US 14:55 OUR SINS AND TO DO WHAT? 14:58 CAN YOU READ THAT UP THERE? 14:59 CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 15:02 IF WE DO OUR PART AND TELL GOD THAT WE'RE SORRY, IF WE ASK 15:05 JESUS FOR HIS FORGIVENESS AND WE CONFESS THAT WE'RE SINNERS, HE 15:12 PROMISES US - UNLESS YOU THINK GOD'S A LIAR - THAT HE'LL 15:15 FORGIVE US. 15:16 AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE CLEANSES OUR RECORD FROM ALL THE 15:18 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF YOUR LIFE - HE LOOKS UPON YOU AS THOUGH YOU 15:21 HAVE NEVER SINNED BEFORE. 15:23 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES FOR YOU, FRIENDS, BUT I HAD A PRETTY 15:25 BIG RECORD RACKED UP EVEN BY THE TIME I WAS 17 - WHEN I 15:28 CAME TO JESUS. 15:30 I MEAN, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME TO HAVE A NEW BEGINNING. 15:34 WHEN I JOIN HIS FAMILY THROUGH FAITH, WHAT CHANGE DOES JESUS 15:38 MAKE IN MY LIFE? 15:41 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 - "THEREFORE, 15:45 IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST" - WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE LORD - 15:48 "HE'S A NEW CREATURE. 15:50 THE OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. 15:52 BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW." 15:55 AND THEN HE SAYS HE'LL GIVE YOU HIS SPIRIT - 15:57 'EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.' YOU KNOW HIM. 16:00 THAT SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS A PERSON. 16:03 JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE TRUTH.' THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU, 16:05 FRIENDS, I CAN'T SEPARATE TEACHING YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT 16:08 PROPHECY FROM JESUS BECAUSE JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE TRUTH.' 16:12 SO HOW CAN YOU SEPARATE THE TWO? 16:14 IF - FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BIBLE AND PROPHECY, 16:17 YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW JESUS. 16:18 HE REVEALED THE TRUTH IN HIS WORD AND THAT'S WHY IT SURVIVED 16:22 SO LONG. 16:23 IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK. 16:26 WILL THIS CHANGED LIFE REALLY BE HAPPIER THAN THE PLEASURES OF 16:30 THE OLD LIFE? 16:31 INFINITELY. 16:33 FOR ONE THING, YOU'VE GOT A FUTURE AND THAT GIVES YOU HOPE. 16:38 HEY FRIENDS, I'VE BEEN TO THE OLD WORLD. 16:40 I'VE BEEN TO THE DRUGS AND THE DRINKING AND IMMORALITY AND JUST 16:43 - I WAS EXHIBIT A OF LIVING FOR THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD. 16:48 THERE'S VERY LITTLE YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. 16:52 I GREW UP IN - RIGHT - I USED TO PLAY - 42ND STREET, NEW YORK 16:56 CITY AS A KID. 16:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 17:01 NOTHING TO GO BACK TO. 17:02 LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY REAL QUICK. 17:05 IF I WERE TO TELL YOU, 'HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A SWISS BANK 17:09 ACCOUNT WITH A BILLION DOLLARS IN IT AND - TO BE ABLE TO GO TO 17:14 LAS VEGAS AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO - ENJOY ALL THE 17:16 PLEASURES OF THE WORLD, ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT YOU 17:20 CAN AFFORD?' DON'T ANSWER ME. 17:22 BUT SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKING, 'WELL, THAT 17:24 SOUNDS INTERESTING.' BUY THE BEST CAR. 17:28 YOU COULD PROBABLY AFFORD THE BEST BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND, 17:32 BEST FOOD, YOU COULD HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING - LIVE LIKE A 17:37 KING - PENTHOUSE SUITE. 17:39 BUT THERE'S FINE PRINT IN THIS AGREEMENT. 17:43 AFTER 30 DAYS YOU DIE. 17:45 YOU'RE GOING TO BE EXECUTED. 17:48 OR I TELL YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE DOCTOR 17:55 HAS TO PERFORM A PAINFUL SURGERY - WITHOUT ANESTHETIC - 17:59 THAT'S GOING TO TAKE 30 MINUTES. 18:01 BUT WHEN HE'S DONE WITH THE SURGERY, YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE 18:04 FOREVER WITH A NEW BODY AND YOU'LL NEVER BE SICK AGAIN, 18:07 YOU'LL NEVER HAVE PAIN AGAIN. 18:09 OKAY, YOU'VE GOT TWO OPTIONS. 18:11 WHO WOULD WANT TO GO HAVE SURGERY WITHOUT ANESTHETIC? 18:15 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? 18:17 I'D RATHER DO THAT KNOWING THAT THEN I'VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE IN 18:21 HEAVEN THAN GO TO VEGAS FOR 30 DAYS AND KNOW EVERY TIME I 18:25 ROLLED THE DICE OR PULLED THE SLOT MACHINE, I'M JUST ONE MORE 18:28 SECOND TO EXECUTION. 18:31 YOU ALL REALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE TWO CHOICES. 18:33 YOU CAN SAY, 'I WANT TO ENJOY THE TEMPORARY PLEASURES OF THE 18:36 WORLD' - YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN A GOOD ILLUSTRATION. 18:39 YOU KNOW WHY? 18:40 BECAUSE SINCE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, I'M ENJOYING THIS 18:41 LIFE A LOT BETTER TOO. 18:44 IT'S INFINITELY BETTER FOR A CHRISTIAN EVEN HERE AND NOW. 18:47 I HAVE A LOT MORE FUN NOW AND I DON'T HAVE A HANGOVER, YOU KNOW 18:51 WHAT I MEAN? 18:52 IT'S A LOT BETTER BEING A CHRISTIAN. 18:54 YOU DON'T HAVE THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRUGS AND THE 18:56 EMBARRASSMENT AND THE SHAME. 18:59 MUCH BETTER - EVEN IN THIS LIFE. 19:01 CHRIST SAID, 'I CAME TO GIVE YOU LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.' 19:04 BUT CAN I MAKE MYSELF DO ALL THE THINGS A CHRISTIAN CAN DO? 19:10 HOW CAN I MANAGE THIS? 19:12 ON YOUR OWN YOU CAN'T. 19:13 WITHOUT GOD'S HELP - JESUS SAID, 'WITHOUT ME HOW MUCH 19:16 CAN YOU DO?' YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT 19:18 JESUS, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER VERSE - IT SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 4:13, 19:24 "I CAN DO" - HOW MANY THINGS? - "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH 19:28 CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME." 19:29 THINGS I ONCE THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO DO - WITH GOD'S HELP, 19:33 YOU'RE ABLE TO DO ALL THINGS. 19:34 YOU'RE ABLE TO BE A NEW CREATURE AND LIVE A NEW KIND OF LIFE. 19:38 'HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL COMPLETE IT UNTIL THE 19:42 DAY OF JESUS CHRIST. 19:43 IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS BEING A CHRISTIAN. 19:47 WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO HIM - IN SOME SENSES IT'S LIKE YOU'RE 19:49 BORN AGAIN - YOU'RE LIKE A BABY AND YOU CAN LEARN TO WALK AND 19:51 YOU MAY FALL. 19:52 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED, GET BACK UP AGAIN - AND THE LORD TAKES 19:56 YOUR HAND AND HE STRENGTHENS YOU AND HE TEACHES YOU AND IT GETS 20:00 BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE AND MORE JOYFUL AND MORE AND MORE 20:03 ABUNDANT - AND YOU ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND, NOT 20:06 TOWARDS THE SLAVERY OF EGYPT. 20:08 IT'S HARD TO OBEY GOD. 20:10 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT BEFORE? 20:12 YEAH, SOMETIMES IT IS. 20:13 YOU KNOW WHY? 20:13 THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT YOU TO. 20:15 HE WANTS TO USE YOU TO SAY, 'SEE, THEY DON'T LOVE YOU, THEY 20:18 CAN'T OBEY YOU.' THAT'S WHY HE TEMPTS YOU 20:20 TO DISOBEY. 20:20 YES YOU CAN. 20:22 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 20:26 FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD.' IT TELLS US IN 1 JOHN, 5:3 THAT 20:31 WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 20:32 HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT A BURDEN. 20:35 WHEN YOU LOVE HIM - YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS - 20:37 IT'S A DELIGHT. 20:38 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID TO THE FATHER, 'NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR 20:42 WILL BE DONE.' JESUS SURRENDERED TO THE FATHER 20:44 WHATEVER HE WANTED BECAUSE HE LOVED THE FATHER AND WHEN WE 20:48 LOVE THE LORD THAT WAY, WE'LL FEEL THE SAME WAY. 20:51 HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS DOESN'T BECOME 20:53 LEGALISM FOR ME? 20:55 HOW DO I KNOW THAT I'M NOT JUST DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASONS? 20:59 REVELATION CHAPTER 14, VERSE 12, "HERE IS THE PATIENCE 21:03 OF THE SAINTS. 21:04 HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE 21:08 FAITH OF JESUS." 21:10 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS - THE SAME KIND OF 21:13 FAITH THAT HE HAD - THE SAME KIND OF LOVE HE HAD. 21:16 DOING IT NOT TO BE SAVED, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED. 21:20 SEE, GOD SAVED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FIRST - AFTER HE SAVED 21:23 THEM HE BROUGHT THEM TO MOUNT SINAI AND SAID, 'HERE'S MY LAW.' 21:27 GOD DOESN'T SAY IN EGYPT, 'HERE'S MY LAW. 21:29 YOU KEEP IT AND I'LL GET YOU OUT OF HERE.' 21:32 HE SAVES US JUST LIKE WE ARE. 21:34 SO DON'T BE THINKING, 'LORD, I'D LIKE TO COME TO YOU, BUT FIRST 21:37 I'VE GOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LIFE AND THEN I'LL ACCEPT YOU.' 21:39 NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO ACCEPT HIM JUST LIKE YOU 21:42 ARE AND THEN HE HELPS YOU CHANGE. 21:45 HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN THAT MY FAITH AND LOVE FOR JESUS 21:49 WILL INCREASE? 21:51 WHEN YOU COME TO THE LORD THE WAY YOU ARE, YOU WANT YOUR FAITH 21:53 TO GROW. 21:54 ANSWER: SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. 21:57 YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LEARNING ANYTHING DURING THIS SEMINAR, 21:59 IT'S NOT PASTOR DOUG, I'M JUST SHARING WITH YOU WHAT I LEARNED 22:02 IN THE BIBLE. 22:03 WE'VE GOT SCRIPTURE - A LOT OF SCRIPTURE EVERY NIGHT - 22:05 AM I RIGHT? 22:06 WE WANT YOU TO KEEP STUDYING THE BIBLE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOUR 22:09 FAITH WILL GROW. 22:11 SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES - PRAY - THREE PRINCIPLE THINGS: READ 22:17 YOUR BIBLE - THE BREAD OF LIFE - YOU BREATHE - IF A BABY WANTS TO 22:19 GROW IT EATS - BIBLE - IT BREATHES AND IT EXERCISES. 22:26 SHARE YOUR FAITH. 22:27 TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT. 22:28 USE WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING AND YOU WILL GROW. 22:31 THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 22:32 IT'S A NATURAL LAW. 22:34 TELL OTHERS WHAT GREAT THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU - AS I 22:37 SAID, SHARING YOUR FAITH. 22:38 'AS YOU, THEREFORE, HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS, SO WALK 22:42 IN HIM.' YOU THEN WALK IN THAT NEWNESS OF 22:44 LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN YOU. 22:47 THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL, FRIENDS. 22:51 YOU KNOW, CHRIST HAS OFFERED TO CLEANSE US FROM OUR SINS. 22:57 HE'S OFFERED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 23:01 I HEARD A FASCINATING STORY IN A BOOK - A DOCTOR RELATED THAT 23:06 THERE WAS THIS FAMILY THAT HAD TWO CHILDREN AND THEY BOTH HAD A 23:09 TYPE OF LEUKEMIA, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BLOOD CANCER - A 23:13 BLOOD DISEASE - AND THE LITTLE BOY HAD RECOVERED. 23:17 IT TURNS OUT HIS LITTLE SISTER HAD THE SAME BLOOD TYPE. 23:21 AND SO, THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU KNOW, TO THE PARENTS, HE SAID, 23:24 'THIS IS YOUR DECISION, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO ASK LITTLE BILLY, 23:28 BUT HE HAS THE SAME BLOOD TYPE, HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE TO 23:34 AVOID REJECTION OF A TRANSFUSION THAT YOUR LITTLE DAUGHTER MIGHT 23:38 BE HEALED.' SO THE DOCTOR SAID TO LITTLE 23:40 BILLY, HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, SALLY'S SICK AND IF YOU WANT 23:45 SALLY TO LIVE WE'RE GOING TO NEED SPECIAL BLOOD AND YOU HAVE 23:50 THAT BLOOD. 23:52 BILLY, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE YOUR BLOOD TO SALLY?' 23:55 WELL, LITTLE BILLY, HE LOOKED AT THE DOCTOR AND HIS LIP STARTED 23:59 TO QUIVER A BIT AND THEN HE LOOKED AT HIS SISTER AND HE 24:02 SAID, 'YEAH, I'LL DO IT.' SO THEY SET IT UP AND THEY 24:06 ARRANGED THE TRANSFUSION AND AS, YOU KNOW, THE BOY WINCED A 24:10 LITTLE BIT WHEN THE NEEDLE WAS PUT IN HIS ARM AND HE LOOKED AT 24:14 HIS SISTER AGAIN AND HE SMILED AT HER AND THEN HE WATCHED 24:18 AS THE BLOOD WAS RUNNING OUT OF HIS ARM INTO THE CONTAINER AND 24:23 PRETTY SOON HE LOOKED UP TO THE DOCTOR AND HE SAID, 'HOW LONG 24:27 WILL IT TAKE ME TO DIE?' AND THEN THE DOCTOR REALIZED 24:32 THAT WHEN HE ASKED LITTLE BILLY TO GIVE HIS BLOOD TO HIS SISTER, 24:34 HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL HIS BLOOD. 24:37 AND THE LITTLE BOY WAS WILLING TO DO IT THAT HIS SISTER 24:39 MIGHT LIVE. 24:41 THINK ABOUT THAT JUST SELFLESS LOVE. 24:46 DOES JESUS LOVE YOU LESS? 24:49 HE HAS POURED OUT HIS LIFE THAT YOU MIGHT BE SAVED. 24:53 (MUSIC) STAY TUNED. 24:55 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 25:05 >>YOU KNOW THAT OLD SERPENT CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN - 25:08 HE'S GOING TO BE ON ICE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND WHEN HE 25:11 REVIVES HE'S GOING TO TRY ONE MORE TIME TO LUNGE FOR THE LORD. 25:17 THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS COMMENCES WITH THE LORD'S COMING AND THE 25:21 RESURRECTION OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 25:24 SO, FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS, SATAN AND ALL THE FALLEN ANGELS 25:28 ARE FORCED TO SURVEY THE RESULTS OF THEIR REBELLION. 25:33 >>EVERY DAY PEOPLE SPEND ABOUT 7 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES SLEEPING, 25:36 17 SECONDS BRUSHING THEIR TEETH, 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES EATING, 25:40 4 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES WATCHING TV, AND 33 MINUTES ON THE PHONE. 25:44 WITH ONLY 24 HOURS IN THE DAY, WHERE DOES GOD FIT IN? 25:48 MOVING MOUNTAINS. 25:49 A NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 25:50 IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING GOD AND BUILDING YOUR FAITH. 25:53 WITH 366 SHORT STORIES TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE, YOUR DAY 25:57 WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. 25:59 AFBOOKSTORE.COM. 26:00 LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES. 26:03 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 26:07 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 26:11 OF THE WEEK. 26:12 NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. 26:16 WHAT HAPPENED? 26:18 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 26:20 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 26:23 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT. 26:25 DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. 26:28 VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. 26:33 >>IT'S TIME TO IMPACT YOUR LIFE - YOUR WORLD - FOR JESUS CHRIST. 26:37 GET THE NEW CHALLENGING BRAIN-STIMULATING RESOURCE FROM 26:40 DR. 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