>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:00:01.16\00:00:03.80
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:00:03.83\00:00:12.07
>>WHAT IS THE TRUTH? DO YOU
NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
00:00:12.11\00:00:17.18
JESUS SAID, 'I HAVE COMMUNICATED
TO HUMANITY THROUGH A BOOK.
00:00:17.21\00:00:21.95
MY WORDS HAVE BEEN
PRESERVED.' AND HIS WORD -
00:00:21.98\00:00:25.69
THE SCRIPTURES -
ARE THE TRUTH OF GOD.
00:00:25.72\00:00:31.03
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
00:00:31.06\00:00:34.20
SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
00:00:34.23\00:00:37.03
THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
00:00:37.07\00:00:39.83
TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
00:00:39.87\00:00:42.90
ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
00:00:42.94\00:00:51.58
>>NOW, AS WE EXPLORE OUR
SUBJECT TONIGHT, WHICH IS REALLY
00:00:51.61\00:00:55.28
DEALING WITH 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'
THIS IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE
00:00:55.32\00:00:59.82
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
WE COULD DISCUSS AND SO I HOPE
00:00:59.85\00:01:03.83
YOU'LL BE PRAYING
WITH AND FOR ME AND ALSO,
00:01:03.86\00:01:06.73
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT HOME.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A VERY SIMPLE
00:01:06.76\00:01:12.63
STATEMENT HERE: WE KNOW THAT
WE'RE HERE AND WE KNOW WE WON'T
00:01:12.67\00:01:17.67
ALWAYS BE HERE. THIS
LIFE THAT YOU'RE LIVING
00:01:17.71\00:01:21.34
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR BODY - EVEN IF
YOU'RE ALIVE WHEN JESUS COMES,
00:01:21.38\00:01:25.48
THIS IS NOT GOING TO
LAST FOREVER - IT'S TEMPORARY.
00:01:25.51\00:01:29.82
WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE
LIFE THAT LASTS FOR ETERNITY.
00:01:29.85\00:01:34.62
YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY
IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
00:01:34.66\00:01:37.76
NOW, IF THAT'S
TRUE, AS I BELIEVE IT IS,
00:01:37.79\00:01:42.33
THEN THE GREATEST
TREASURE IS TRUTH.
00:01:42.36\00:01:46.40
WE HAVE A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME
TO DISCOVER WHAT IS THE TRUTH.
00:01:46.43\00:01:51.54
AND THE GREATEST
TRAGEDY WOULD BE A WASTED LIFE.
00:01:51.57\00:01:56.48
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT AND I'D JUST LIKE
00:01:56.51\00:01:59.08
TO SPEAK TO YOUR HEARTS.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT
00:01:59.11\00:02:03.59
EVERYONE HERE KNOWS ME OR KNOWS
MY BACKGROUND OR WHERE I CAME
00:02:03.62\00:02:06.59
FROM BUT, VERY QUICKLY,
LET ME SUMMARIZE THAT THE FIRST
00:02:06.62\00:02:11.63
16, 17 YEARS OF MY
LIFE WAS A REAL MESS.
00:02:11.66\00:02:15.86
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL
BUT BORN IN CALIFORNIA, GREW UP
00:02:15.90\00:02:21.07
IN NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, MIAMI,
PART OF THE TIME IN EUROPE.
00:02:21.10\00:02:26.94
FATHER WAS RAISED A
BAPTIST BUT DURING WORLD WAR II
00:02:26.98\00:02:30.81
HE BECAME AN ATHEIST.
00:02:30.85\00:02:33.35
MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH BUT SHE
ALSO WAS PRETTY MUCH AGNOSTIC.
00:02:33.38\00:02:37.69
WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS
- AND YOU GET A PRETTY BROAD
00:02:37.72\00:02:41.39
PERSPECTIVE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WHEN YOU GO TO TWO DIFFERENT
00:02:41.42\00:02:44.43
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, TWO DIFFERENT
JEWISH SCHOOLS, MULTIPLE PUBLIC
00:02:44.46\00:02:47.96
SCHOOLS, MILITARY SCHOOL AND A
FREE SCHOOL WITH NO RULES - AND
00:02:48.00\00:02:53.00
A SCHOOL ON A SAILBOAT THAT GOES
AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN - AND
00:02:53.03\00:02:56.40
THAT WAS BEFORE
I WENT TO COLLEGE.
00:02:56.44\00:02:59.44
AND SO, ALL OF MY LIFE, BEING
RAISED PRETTY MUCH AN ATHEIST, I
00:02:59.47\00:03:03.98
DIDN'T THINK
LIFE HAD ANY PURPOSE.
00:03:04.01\00:03:06.25
I WAS TAUGHT YOU'RE BORN, YOU
LIVE A LITTLE WHILE, YOU DIE,
00:03:06.28\00:03:10.72
AND YOU BASICALLY JUST MIGRATE
BACK INTO FERTILIZER AND THAT
00:03:10.75\00:03:13.72
WAS YOUR LIFE. AND SO IT JUST
SEEMED SO MEANINGLESS TO ME.
00:03:13.76\00:03:19.03
AND I THOUGHT, 'THERE'S
GOT TO BE MORE THAN THIS.'
00:03:19.06\00:03:21.93
AND I JUST
REALLY BEGAN TO SEARCH.
00:03:21.96\00:03:24.70
NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD WILL TELL YOU THAT
00:03:24.73\00:03:26.57
HAPPINESS COMES FROM SUCCESS,
MONEY, THE POWER THAT COMES WITH
00:03:26.60\00:03:30.77
THAT AND THEY THINK THE KEY IS
IF YOU COULD JUST HAVE A LOT OF
00:03:30.81\00:03:34.78
MONEY. MOST OF US
WOULD NOT ARGUE IF
00:03:34.81\00:03:36.95
SOMEONE WANTED TO GIVE
YOU A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT?
00:03:36.98\00:03:39.35
YOU THINK
THAT'D BE A GOOD THING.
00:03:39.38\00:03:41.15
AND MONEY OF ITSELF IS NOT EVIL.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S THE LOVE
00:03:41.18\00:03:44.42
OF MONEY. WELL, MY
FATHER HAD MILLIONS AND
00:03:44.45\00:03:48.69
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND
WHEN HE PASSED AWAY HE STARTED A
00:03:48.72\00:03:53.29
FOUNDATION THAT'S GOT
OVER 300 MILLION DOLLARS IN IT.
00:03:53.33\00:03:57.00
BUT ALL OF MY LIFE I REMEMBER
MY DAD BEING VERY UNHAPPY AND HE
00:03:57.03\00:04:02.00
DRANK HIMSELF TO
SLEEP EVERY NIGHT.
00:04:02.04\00:04:04.87
ON THE OTHER SIDE, MY MOTHER,
SHE WAS IN SHOW BUSINESS - JUST
00:04:04.91\00:04:09.74
ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS OF SHOW BUSINESS.
00:04:09.78\00:04:12.05
SHE WAS A SONGWRITER - SHE
USED TO WRITE FOR ELVIS PRESLEY.
00:04:12.08\00:04:15.58
I SAW - SOME OF YOU - I DON'T
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN COLLEGE
00:04:15.62\00:04:18.75
WOULD REMEMBER ANDY WILLIAMS,
BUT ANDY WILLIAMS DIED A COUPLE
00:04:18.79\00:04:22.49
OF WEEKS AGO AND I LOOKED ON THE
INTERNET NEWS AND THERE WAS A
00:04:22.52\00:04:25.49
PICTURE OF MY MOM ON STAGE
WITH ANDY WILLIAMS. I PUT IT ON
00:04:25.53\00:04:28.43
MY FACEBOOK IF ANY OF YOU
ARE MY FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK.
00:04:28.46\00:04:30.77
AND HE WAS SINGING A SONG THAT
SHE WROTE AND HE LET HER DANCE
00:04:30.80\00:04:34.84
ON THE ROUTINE DURING HIS SHOW.
BUT SHE WAS - DURING THAT TIME -
00:04:34.87\00:04:38.04
SHE WAS WRITING SONGS AND
MUSICALS AND SHE WAS AN ACTRESS,
00:04:38.07\00:04:41.31
BUT MOST OF ALL SHE WAS A FILM
CRITIC IN HOLLYWOOD. SHE WAS THE
00:04:41.34\00:04:44.55
PRESIDENT OF THE L.A. FILM
CRITICS. GOOD MORNING AMERICA
00:04:44.58\00:04:48.25
FILM CRITIC - AND SHE KNEW A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD AND WE
00:04:48.28\00:04:52.52
KNEW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
MY BROTHER AND I WEREN'T AS
00:04:52.55\00:04:55.76
INVOLVED AS MY MOM WAS, BUT SHE
WAS VERY UNHAPPY AND A LOT OF
00:04:55.79\00:05:02.30
THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW IN
THAT LIFE WERE VERY UNHAPPY.
00:05:02.33\00:05:05.80
AND SOME WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL
AND WEALTHY AND GOOD LOOKING AND
00:05:05.83\00:05:08.80
HEALTHY AND TALENTED -
JUST OOZING WITH TALENT AND GOOD
00:05:08.84\00:05:11.97
LOOKS - KILLED THEMSELVES
BECAUSE THEY WERE SO UNHAPPY.
00:05:12.01\00:05:16.78
AND SO I THOUGHT, 'HAPPINESS
DOESN'T COME FROM MONEY.
00:05:16.81\00:05:19.71
HAPPINESS
DOESN'T COME FROM FAME.
00:05:19.75\00:05:23.22
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?'
AND I JUST BEGAN TO SEARCH.
00:05:23.25\00:05:27.66
I WAS JUST REALLY HUNGRY BECAUSE
I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I CAN KILL
00:05:27.69\00:05:29.79
MYSELF' - I USED TO THINK ABOUT
SUICIDE ALL THE TIME, BUT I
00:05:29.82\00:05:32.69
THOUGHT SUICIDE IS SO - ONCE YOU
DO IT - YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE.
00:05:32.73\00:05:36.30
IF YOU DO IT RIGHT
YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE.
00:05:36.33\00:05:39.07
AND I FIGURED IF I'M GOING TO
DO IT, I'M GOING TO DO IT RIGHT.
00:05:39.10\00:05:42.50
AND - BUT I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW,
I CAN POSTPONE THAT AND DO MY
00:05:42.54\00:05:48.41
BEST TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY
PURPOSE BECAUSE I'D SURE HATE TO
00:05:48.44\00:05:50.85
GET IT WRONG. AND SO
I JUST BEGAN TO SEARCH
00:05:50.88\00:05:54.32
AND I JUST TRIED EVERYTHING.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS
00:05:54.35\00:05:58.62
BUT, I MEAN, I'VE TRIED THE
DRUGS AND THE WILD LIVING AND
00:05:58.65\00:06:02.96
CRIME AND ULTIMATELY I
WAS LIVING ON THE BOAT IN THE
00:06:02.99\00:06:08.56
MEDITERRANEAN AND JUST
SEARCHING, TRYING - I BEGAN TO
00:06:08.60\00:06:11.27
GET INTO THE EASTERN RELIGIONS.
I WAS WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING -
00:06:11.30\00:06:13.94
HALLUCINOGENICS - MUSHROOMS,
LSD, ANYTHING - JUST - I WAS
00:06:13.97\00:06:18.97
HUNGRY TO FIND
OUT 'WHERE IS MEANING?
00:06:19.01\00:06:21.18
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?'
AND THEN I DECIDED IT WAS IN
00:06:21.21\00:06:25.45
NATURE BECAUSE NATURE,
AT LEAST, SEEMED REAL TO ME.
00:06:25.48\00:06:28.48
I WAS SO FED UP WITH NEW YORK
CITY AND THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE I
00:06:28.52\00:06:33.72
MOVED INTO THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE
OF PALM SPRINGS INTO A CAVE TO
00:06:33.76\00:06:38.16
BE AT ONE WITH
NATURE AND I WENT ALL OUT.
00:06:38.19\00:06:43.00
WHEN I DO
SOMETHING I GO ALL OUT.
00:06:43.03\00:06:45.60
AND, I MEAN, I DIDN'T WEAR ANY
CLOTHES AND I JUST - I TRIED TO
00:06:45.63\00:06:52.04
LIVE OFF THE LAND FOR A LITTLE
WHILE BUT I NEARLY STARVED TO
00:06:52.07\00:06:54.21
DEATH. I'LL JUST
TELL YOU THERE'S NOT
00:06:54.24\00:06:56.61
MUCH MEAT ON A RATTLESNAKE AND A
SQUIRREL. YOU JUST TAKE MY WORD
00:06:56.64\00:06:59.31
FOR IT. SO I WOULD PANHANDLE IN
TOWN, I'D GET MY GROCERIES AND -
00:06:59.35\00:07:04.65
THE SHORT VERSION OF THE STORY
IS SOMEONE HAD LEFT A BIBLE IN
00:07:04.69\00:07:08.02
THE CAVE BEFORE I EVER GOT
THERE. IT WAS A GOOD CAMPING
00:07:08.06\00:07:10.93
SPOT BY A CREEK UP IN
THE MOUNTAINS - WAY BACK.
00:07:10.96\00:07:14.00
AND I STARTED READING THE BIBLE
NEVER INTENDING TO BELIEVE IT
00:07:14.00\00:07:17.77
AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
I ENCOUNTERED THE TEACHINGS OF
00:07:17.80\00:07:23.77
JESUS AND I COULDN'T SHAKE IT.
I JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS TRUE.
00:07:23.81\00:07:31.95
I SAID, 'THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.'
MY MOTHER BEING JEWISH SAID,
00:07:31.98\00:07:34.82
'YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS ARE
THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD AND
00:07:34.85\00:07:37.75
THEY'VE ALWAYS PERSECUTED JEWS.'
AND SO I WAS VERY BIASED BUT
00:07:37.79\00:07:41.59
WHEN I READ THE ACTUAL THINGS
THAT JESUS SAID, I'D NEVER HEARD
00:07:41.62\00:07:45.33
ANYONE TALK LIKE THAT BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, HIS ENEMIES SENT SOME
00:07:45.36\00:07:48.76
GUARDS ONCE TO ARREST HIM AND
THEY CAME BACK WITHOUT JESUS AND
00:07:48.80\00:07:52.67
THEY SAID, 'WHERE IS HE?
WHY DIDN'T YOU ARREST HIM?'
00:07:52.70\00:07:55.60
AND THEY WERE DUMBFOUNDED AND
THEY SAID TO THE LEADERS, 'NEVER
00:07:55.64\00:07:58.41
MAN SPAKE LIKE THIS MAN.'
NOW, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR
00:07:58.44\00:08:03.95
ATTENTION TO A STORY
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:08:03.98\00:08:08.38
GO TO THE BOOK OF JOHN AND IN
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, CHAPTER 18,
00:08:08.42\00:08:14.89
JESUS IS BEING TRIED BY PONTIUS
PILATE AND IN THE EXCHANGE - YOU
00:08:14.92\00:08:21.23
KNOW, THE MOB IS CALLING FOR HIS
CRUCIFIXION, PILATE IS INTRIGUED
00:08:21.26\00:08:25.20
BECAUSE HE'S RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM HIS WIFE AND SHE SAYS,
00:08:25.23\00:08:29.00
'I'VE SUFFERED MANY THINGS
IN A DREAM BECAUSE OF THIS MAN.'
00:08:29.04\00:08:31.74
AND 'DON'T DO
ANYTHING WITH THAT JUST MAN.'
00:08:31.77\00:08:35.48
SO HIS WIFE'S TOLD HIM THAT AND
THAT'S SHAKEN HIM UP AND HE'S
00:08:35.51\00:08:37.48
HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND THIS GREAT
TEACHER AND HE'S A WORKER OF
00:08:37.51\00:08:40.08
MIRACLES AND YET HE'S BEING
TOLD THAT HE'S A REBEL AND HE'S
00:08:40.12\00:08:42.95
CAUSING AN INSURRECTION AGAINST
ROME AND PILATE'S NOT QUITE SURE
00:08:42.98\00:08:46.42
WHAT TO THINK. AND
HE CAN LOOK AT JESUS AND
00:08:46.45\00:08:49.12
SEE, 'I'VE SEEN MANY CRIMINALS
AND THIS MAN IS NOT A CRIMINAL.'
00:08:49.16\00:08:53.56
SO HE DOES
SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL.
00:08:53.60\00:08:54.76
HE WANTS A PRIVATE INTERVIEW
WITH CHRIST AND TAKES HIM ASIDE
00:08:54.83\00:08:58.87
AND HE'S TALKING TO JESUS.
00:08:58.90\00:09:02.20
HE TOOK HIM INTO THE PRAETORIUM
- ACTUALLY, I'M IN VERSE 33,
00:09:02.24\00:09:06.44
"...CALLED JESUS, AND SAID
TO HIM, 'ARE YOU THE KING OF THE
00:09:06.47\00:09:08.54
JEWS?' JESUS ANSWERED HIM, 'ARE
YOU SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF ABOUT
00:09:08.58\00:09:12.71
THIS, OR DID OTHERS TELL
YOU THIS CONCERNING ME?' PILATE
00:09:12.75\00:09:16.65
ANSWERED, 'AM I A JEW? YOUR
OWN NATION AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS
00:09:16.69\00:09:19.29
HAVE DELIVERED YOU TO
ME. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?'
00:09:19.32\00:09:22.49
JESUS ANSWERED, 'MY
KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
00:09:22.52\00:09:26.36
IF MY KINGDOM WERE OF THIS
WORLD, MY SERVANTS WOULD FIGHT,
00:09:26.39\00:09:28.80
SO THAT I SHOULD NOT BE
DELIVERED TO THE JEWS; BUT NOW
00:09:28.83\00:09:31.63
MY KINGDOM IS NOT FROM HERE.'
PILATE THEREFORE SAID TO HIM,
00:09:31.67\00:09:35.20
'ARE YOU A KING
THEN?' JESUS ANSWERED,
00:09:35.24\00:09:38.84
'YOU SAY RIGHTLY
THAT I AM A KING.
00:09:38.87\00:09:41.28
FOR THIS CAUSE I WAS BORN, AND
FOR THIS CAUSE I HAVE COME INTO
00:09:41.31\00:09:44.08
THE WORLD, THAT I SHOULD
BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH.'"
00:09:44.11\00:09:48.08
JESUS SAID THAT HE CAME
TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH.
00:09:48.12\00:09:53.42
HE CAME TO SHOW
US WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
00:09:53.46\00:09:56.93
"'EVERYONE WHO IS OF
THE TRUTH HEARS MY VOICE.'
00:09:56.96\00:10:01.90
PILATE SAID TO
HIM, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'"
00:10:01.93\00:10:07.24
IN CASE YOU THINK I MADE
UP THE SERMON TITLE FOR THIS
00:10:07.27\00:10:09.17
EVENING, I DIDN'T.
PONTIUS PILATE DID.
00:10:09.20\00:10:12.37
'WHAT IS THE TRUTH?' NOTHING
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRUTH.
00:10:12.41\00:10:17.05
THERE IS NO GREATER
TREASURE THAN TRUTH.
00:10:17.08\00:10:19.05
THERE IS NO GREATER
TRAGEDY THAN A WASTED LIFE.
00:10:19.08\00:10:22.45
YOU KNOW WHAT'S SAD? PILATE
DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE ANSWER.
00:10:22.48\00:10:27.06
MAYBE THE CROWD
WAS SCREAMING OUTSIDE.
00:10:27.09\00:10:29.46
MAYBE THERE WAS SOME CYNICISM IN
THE WAY THAT HE ANSWERED THIS.
00:10:29.49\00:10:32.43
'WHAT IS TRUTH?' CAN
YOU IMAGINE BEING THE
00:10:32.46\00:10:34.46
GOVERNOR IN JUDEA AT THAT
TIME, WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:10:34.50\00:10:37.53
RELIGIOUS FACTIONS THAT ARE
FIGHTING AND EVEN WITHIN THE
00:10:37.57\00:10:39.83
ROMAN EMPIRE THEY HAD SO MANY
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS - THEY HAD
00:10:39.87\00:10:43.30
THE GREEK RELIGION - ALL THE
DIFFERENT ROMAN GODS, AND ALL
00:10:43.34\00:10:45.41
THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS OF ASIA
AND HE SAYS, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'
00:10:45.44\00:10:49.54
EVERYONE SAYS
THEY'VE GOT THE TRUTH.
00:10:49.58\00:10:50.65
HOW CAN ANYONE
KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
00:10:50.68\00:10:53.72
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, RIGHT
NOW, YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN
00:10:53.75\00:11:00.99
THE COLLEGE YEARS, ARE
BOMBARDED WITH A KALEIDOSCOPE OF
00:11:01.02\00:11:06.36
IDEAS AND THERE'S SO MANY NEW
CREATIVE BIZARRE IDEAS OUT THERE
00:11:06.39\00:11:14.04
THAT YOU CAN BECOME OVERWHELMED
AND IT ALL GETS FUZZY AND YOU
00:11:14.07\00:11:17.44
START TO THINK, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'
AND HOW SAD TO BE STANDING NEXT
00:11:17.47\00:11:24.18
TO JESUS, WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT
OF TRUTH - GOD, THE TRUTH OF GOD
00:11:24.21\00:11:30.79
WAS INCARNATE IN THE PERSON OF
JESUS - TO BE STANDING SO CLOSE
00:11:30.82\00:11:35.26
- WHAT AN INTERESTING
CONVERSATION THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
00:11:35.29\00:11:37.63
FOR ONE OF THE LEADERS IN
THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO SAY TO GOD
00:11:37.66\00:11:40.70
INCARNATE, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'
AND NOT WAIT FOR THE ANSWER BUT
00:11:40.73\00:11:45.90
TO TURN AND WALK AWAY.
HOW SAD TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE
00:11:45.93\00:11:52.24
TRUTH AND NOT LISTEN
TO WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY.
00:11:52.27\00:11:57.51
NOW SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, WE ALL COME FROM
00:11:57.55\00:11:59.78
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND SO WE
ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
00:11:59.81\00:12:02.92
AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON
WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS.'
00:12:02.95\00:12:05.85
AND MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD THE
ILLUSTRATION USED BEFORE ABOUT
00:12:05.89\00:12:08.09
THIS KING - THIS KING WANTED
TO FIND OUT HOW BLIND MEN WOULD
00:12:08.12\00:12:12.39
REACT WHEN THEY SAW AN ELEPHANT
- THEY DIDN'T SEE AN ELEPHANT
00:12:12.43\00:12:15.50
BUT WHEN THEY WERE
EXPOSED TO AN ELEPHANT.
00:12:15.53\00:12:18.30
AND SO HE GOT SIX BLIND MEN AND
HE LED THEM UP TO THE ELEPHANT.
00:12:18.33\00:12:22.37
BUT HE LED THEM TO DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE ELEPHANT AND ONE OF
00:12:22.40\00:12:26.07
THE BLIND MEN - YOU'VE HEARD
THIS BEFORE - ONE OF THE BLIND
00:12:26.11\00:12:27.78
MEN, HE GETS UP TO THE
ELEPHANT'S TRUNK AND HE SAYS, 'I
00:12:27.81\00:12:30.15
UNDERSTAND THE ELEPHANT.'
HE CALLS OUT TO HIS FRIENDS,
00:12:30.18\00:12:33.05
'AN ELEPHANT IS
VERY MUCH LIKE A SNAKE.'
00:12:33.08\00:12:35.72
AND THE OTHER ONE, HE GOT LED
UP TO A LEG AND HE SAID, 'OH,
00:12:35.75\00:12:39.32
YOU'RE ALL WRONG. IT'S
NOT AT ALL LIKE A SNAKE, AN
00:12:39.35\00:12:40.96
ELEPHANT IS A TREE -
VERY MUCH LIKE A TREE.'
00:12:40.99\00:12:43.66
ANOTHER ONE GETS AHOLD OF A
TUSK AND HE SAYS, 'NO, NO, NO.
00:12:43.69\00:12:46.13
AN ELEPHANT IS LIKE A STICK.
I UNDERSTAND THE ELEPHANT.
00:12:46.16\00:12:49.33
IT IS LIKE A STICK.'
SOMEONE ELSE IS LED TO THE BODY
00:12:49.36\00:12:51.97
AND HE SAYS,
'YOU'RE ALL WRONG.' HE SAYS,
00:12:52.00\00:12:53.57
'I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
CAN EVEN SEE IT THAT WAY.
00:12:53.60\00:12:55.30
AN ELEPHANT IS A MOUNTAIN.'
ANOTHER ONE, HE'S LED AROUND BY
00:12:55.34\00:12:59.01
THE TAIL AND HE SAYS, 'OH,
AN ELEPHANT'S LIKE A ROPE.'
00:12:59.04\00:13:02.41
ONE GETS AHOLD OF THE EAR AND HE
SAID, 'IT'S LIKE A GREAT BIRD.'
00:13:02.44\00:13:06.82
THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE ELEPHANT - AND PEOPLE LOVE
00:13:06.85\00:13:08.72
TO USE THAT ILLUSTRATION AND
SAY, 'EVERYBODY COMES AT TRUTH
00:13:08.75\00:13:12.92
WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT
00:13:12.95\00:13:15.49
PART OF THE
TRUTH YOU GOT AHOLD OF.
00:13:15.52\00:13:18.39
AND THEY'RE REALLY -
NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.
00:13:18.43\00:13:20.96
YOU'RE SO SURE BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT THE TRUNK AND YOU'RE SO SURE
00:13:21.00\00:13:23.20
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE EAR AND
NO ONE CAN REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
00:13:23.23\00:13:26.20
TRUTH IS.' WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT
ELEPHANT GOT UPSET BECAUSE ALL
00:13:26.23\00:13:28.94
THESE PEOPLE WERE GROPING IT
AND IT TRAMPLED THE BLIND MEN.
00:13:28.97\00:13:33.64
BUT THE KING, WHO
COULD SEE, SURVIVED.
00:13:33.68\00:13:37.51
THAT'S THE REST OF THE STORY.
THAT ELEPHANT DID NOT STOP BEING
00:13:37.55\00:13:41.15
AN ELEPHANT JUST BECAUSE SOME
PEOPLE HAD THE WRONG PART OF THE
00:13:41.18\00:13:45.49
ELEPHANT. THERE IS A TRUTH.
00:13:45.52\00:13:49.86
YOU KNOW, NOT TOO LONG AGO WE
WERE ALL JUST HORRIFIED BY THE
00:13:49.89\00:13:55.90
NEWS IMAGES THAT CAME THROUGH OF
SOMEBODY THAT SPENT WAY TOO MUCH
00:13:55.93\00:14:00.54
TIME WATCHING VIDEOS AND THEY
DYED THEIR HAIR RED AND THEY
00:14:00.57\00:14:05.84
WENT INTO A MOVIE THEATER WITH
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND JUST BEGAN
00:14:05.87\00:14:12.95
TO BLAZE AWAY AT PEOPLE WHO HAD
COME TO WATCH 'THE DARK KNIGHT'.
00:14:12.98\00:14:16.75
NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT IN THE WORLD
- I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS
00:14:16.79\00:14:20.02
YET - WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS
GOING THROUGH THAT GUY'S HEAD,
00:14:20.06\00:14:22.79
BUT HE WAS LIVING
IN AN ALTER-REALITY.
00:14:22.82\00:14:25.83
WOULD WE ALL AGREE WITH
THAT? DOES IT MATTER IF HE SAYS,
00:14:25.86\00:14:30.43
'BUT I WAS SINCERE'?
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
00:14:30.47\00:14:35.64
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE
RIGHT AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS
00:14:35.67\00:14:37.61
THAT ARE WRONG. WHERE DO WE GO
TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
00:14:37.64\00:14:41.94
ARE WE FOREVER TO BE
JUST KIND OF GUESSING?
00:14:41.98\00:14:45.08
I'LL SUBMIT TO YOU - AND YOU
KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS
00:14:45.11\00:14:49.18
- THE BIBLE IS TRUTH.
GOD'S WORD IS THE TRUTH.
00:14:49.22\00:14:55.59
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS
ABOUT ITSELF. JOHN 17:17 -
00:14:55.62\00:14:58.69
JESUS SAID, "SANCTIFY THEM BY
YOUR TRUTH. YOUR WORD IS TRUTH."
00:14:58.73\00:15:06.47
YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE WHEN YOU
WENT INTO A COURTHOUSE AND YOU
00:15:06.50\00:15:10.41
WERE GOING TO TESTIFY SOMEHOW
THAT YOU'D SAY, 'DO YOU PROMISE
00:15:10.44\00:15:14.28
TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE
WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE
00:15:14.31\00:15:16.64
TRUTH?' WELL, YOU
THINK YOU'D NEED TO
00:15:16.68\00:15:19.01
KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AND THE
JUDGE NEEDS TO DISCRIMINATE.
00:15:19.05\00:15:21.78
HERE PILATE'S GETTING READY
TO JUDGE JESUS AND HE SAYS, 'I
00:15:21.82\00:15:23.95
DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS.'
WOULD YOU WANT A JUDGE WHO SAYS,
00:15:23.99\00:15:26.29
'I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE TRUTH IS?'
00:15:26.32\00:15:28.69
AND HE'S GETTING READY TO
DECIDE WHETHER YOU LIVE OR DIE?
00:15:28.72\00:15:34.00
IF GOD'S GOING TO DETERMINE YOUR
ETERNITY DO YOU WANT HIM TO KNOW
00:15:34.03\00:15:38.13
WHAT THE TRUTH IS? DO YOU
NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
00:15:38.17\00:15:43.00
JESUS SAID, 'I HAVE COMMUNICATED
TO HUMANITY THROUGH A BOOK.
00:15:43.04\00:15:47.54
THROUGH A SACRED SUPERNATURAL
MESSAGE, MY WORDS HAVE BEEN
00:15:47.58\00:15:52.31
PRESERVED.' AND HIS
WORD - THE SCRIPTURES -
00:15:52.35\00:15:56.05
ARE THE TRUTH OF GOD. NOW
I TAKE IT AS IT'S WHOLE AND
00:15:56.08\00:16:00.46
I'VE BEEN READING THE BIBLE FOR
YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
00:16:00.49\00:16:04.09
SOME DIFFICULT PASSAGES AND
I DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE ALL THE
00:16:04.13\00:16:06.46
ANSWERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST
TO YOU THAT YOU'RE BETTER OFF
00:16:06.49\00:16:11.13
BELIEVING TOO MUCH OF THE
BIBLE THAN NOT ENOUGH OF IT.
00:16:11.17\00:16:14.47
YOU'RE BETTER OFF BELIEVING THAT
IT'S ALL TRUE THAN THINKING,
00:16:14.50\00:16:17.21
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OUT HERE AND EDIT A
00:16:17.24\00:16:20.51
LITTLE BIT HERE.' IF
YOU TAKE THE WHOLE THING AS
00:16:20.54\00:16:23.04
THE WORD OF GOD, YOUR
LIFE WILL BE A LOT HAPPIER.
00:16:23.08\00:16:26.31
OH, AND THAT'S THE NEXT
THING SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY.
00:16:26.35\00:16:29.58
'PASTOR DOUG, YOU
SAY THE BIBLE'S TRUE.
00:16:29.62\00:16:32.32
WHOSE VERSION OF THE BIBLE?'
BEFORE I JOINED MY CHURCH I
00:16:32.35\00:16:37.23
STUDIED WITH CHRISTIANS FROM ALL
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND I WAS
00:16:37.26\00:16:39.46
SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
EVERYBODY HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA.
00:16:39.49\00:16:43.10
AND I JUST HAD TO PRAY AND SAY,
'LORD, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
00:16:43.13\00:16:45.07
TRUTH IS.' I
BELIEVE JESUS IS TRUE.
00:16:45.10\00:16:47.20
I BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS
TRUE. BUT NOW THERE'S ALL THIS
00:16:47.24\00:16:50.34
DISAGREEMENT AMONG CHRISTIANS.
SO SHOULD I SHRUG MY SHOULDERS
00:16:50.37\00:16:53.58
LIKE PILATE AND
SAY, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'
00:16:53.61\00:16:56.38
OR DO YOU NEED TO SEARCH?
SO HOW DO YOU FIND, WHEN YOU'RE
00:16:56.41\00:17:00.32
READING THE
BIBLE, WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
00:17:00.35\00:17:04.09
WELL, THERE'S A FEW
THINGS, IN PARTICULAR, YOU DO:
00:17:04.12\00:17:06.35
1) YOU COMPARE
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE.
00:17:06.39\00:17:10.89
LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF.
00:17:10.93\00:17:14.10
PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT
AS YOU READ THE BIBLE.
00:17:14.10\00:17:17.67
GOD'S SPIRIT WILL
LEAD YOU INTO TRUTH.
00:17:17.70\00:17:19.47
AND THEN,
CONSIDER CHRISTIAN COUNSEL.
00:17:19.50\00:17:21.80
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS
YOU CAN DO, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
00:17:21.84\00:17:24.14
PINPOINT, WITH SOME
PRECISION, WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
00:17:24.17\00:17:27.08
NOW, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PICK
SOMETHING THAT'S POPULAR, IT MAY
00:17:27.11\00:17:30.05
NOT BE THE TRUTH BECAUSE
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'STRAIGHT IS THE
00:17:30.08\00:17:32.81
GATE AND NARROW IS THE WAY THAT
LEADS TO LIFE AND FEW THERE BE
00:17:32.85\00:17:35.78
THAT FIND IT.' WHY ARE
THERE FEW THAT FIND THE
00:17:35.82\00:17:38.12
TRUTH? BECAUSE TRUTH CAN HURT.
TRUTH IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING
00:17:38.15\00:17:45.09
AND IT'S A TREASURE. IT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S
00:17:45.13\00:17:47.13
GOING TO BE THE
MOST POPULAR THING.
00:17:47.13\00:17:49.30
YOU'VE GOT TO SEARCH
FOR IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
00:17:49.33\00:17:51.60
JESUS SAID, - IT'S ACTUALLY
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, AND VERSE
00:17:51.63\00:17:54.80
13, "AND YOU WILL SEEK ME AND
FIND ME, WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR ME"
00:17:54.84\00:17:59.74
- YOU KNOW THE REST OF
THAT? - "WITH ALL YOUR HEART."
00:17:59.77\00:18:03.45
YOU KNOW, THE LORD PROMISES,
'SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND.'
00:18:03.48\00:18:07.22
WHAT WOULD BE MORE
PRECIOUS THAN FINDING THE TRUTH?
00:18:07.25\00:18:11.42
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO BE SOUGHT AFTER.
00:18:11.45\00:18:14.39
SO YOU SEARCH AND YOU
SEARCH WITH ALL YOUR HEART
00:18:14.42\00:18:18.69
FOR THE TRUTH. FOR ONE
THING, GOD'S SPIRIT IS TRUTH.
00:18:18.73\00:18:24.57
JOHN 16, VERSE 13, "HOWEVER,
WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH,
00:18:24.60\00:18:28.70
HAS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU
INTO ALL TRUTH;" - SO AS YOU'RE
00:18:28.74\00:18:32.24
READING THE WORD AND
YOU'RE COMPARING SCRIPTURE WITH
00:18:32.27\00:18:34.51
SCRIPTURE, YOU PRAY
FOR GOD'S SPIRIT. YOU KNOW,
00:18:34.54\00:18:37.05
WHEN I OPEN THE BIBLE AND I
BEGIN TO STUDY, I ALWAYS PRAY.
00:18:37.08\00:18:40.22
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
BEFORE I OPEN THE WORD, I PRAY
00:18:40.25\00:18:42.28
AND SAY, 'LORD,
GUIDE ME INTO THE TRUTH.'
00:18:42.32\00:18:45.05
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR
LIVES DEPEND ON THAT.
00:18:45.09\00:18:47.59
ANOTHER VERSE: JOHN 4:24, "GOD
IS SPIRIT, AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP
00:18:47.62\00:18:52.99
HIM MUST WORSHIP
IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH."
00:18:53.03\00:18:56.63
NOW LET ME TELL YOU WHY I
THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:18:56.67\00:18:58.70
IS THE DAY COMING WHEN EVERYBODY
IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE
00:18:58.73\00:19:03.17
BIBLE, IS GOING TO EITHER
RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR
00:19:03.20\00:19:07.18
HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD? AND
THAT'S GOING TO BE BOILING
00:19:07.21\00:19:10.38
DOWN TO WHETHER YOU WORSHIP
THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE OR YOU
00:19:10.41\00:19:14.58
WORSHIP GOD. JESUS
SAID, 'THE HOUR IS COMING
00:19:14.62\00:19:18.09
WHEN THOSE WHO KILL YOU
WILL THINK THEY'RE SERVING GOD.
00:19:18.12\00:19:21.12
THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR
DECEPTION IN THE LAST DAYS THAT
00:19:21.16\00:19:24.13
JESUS SAID WILL BE SO POWERFUL
THAT EVEN THE VERY ELECT COULD
00:19:24.16\00:19:27.50
BE DECEIVED. AND SO,
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
00:19:27.56\00:19:32.17
US TO REALLY KNOW
WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
00:19:32.20\00:19:33.97
BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO
WORSHIP GOD THE RIGHT WAY - IT
00:19:34.00\00:19:38.04
SAYS 'THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM
MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND
00:19:38.07\00:19:40.94
TRUTH.' THERE IS A TRUTH.
00:19:40.98\00:19:44.71
YOU CAN'T WORSHIP GOD THE
WAY THAT GOD IS TO BE WORSHIPED
00:19:44.75\00:19:47.38
UNLESS YOU'RE HAVING SOME
IDEA OF WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
00:19:47.42\00:19:50.29
THAT'S WHY THE LORD CONDEMNS
IDOLATRY - BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE
00:19:50.32\00:19:53.39
AROUND THE WORLD, BLESS THEIR
HEARTS, THEY KNEEL DOWN IN FRONT
00:19:53.42\00:19:56.39
OF THESE FOUR-FOOTED
CRITTERS AND CALL IT 'GOD',
00:19:56.42\00:19:59.86
THEY MIGHT BE SINCERE AND THE
LORD LOOKS ON THEIR HEARTS, BUT
00:19:59.89\00:20:03.03
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD IS
A COW. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:20:03.06\00:20:09.50
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD IS A
BUG OR THE WIND OR THE TREES OR
00:20:09.54\00:20:13.48
ANY OF THE MANY THINGS THAT
PEOPLE MAY WORSHIP. NOT MEANING
00:20:13.51\00:20:16.04
TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO
WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE - GOD
00:20:16.08\00:20:19.61
SAYS THAT'S IDOLATRY. HE SAID
IT'S WRONG. HE SAYS IT'S A SIN.
00:20:19.65\00:20:24.25
AND SO IF GOD FEELS THAT
STRONGLY ABOUT OUR WORSHIPING
00:20:24.29\00:20:27.16
HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH,
WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHO IT IS
00:20:27.19\00:20:30.63
WE'RE WORSHIPING. WOULD
YOU LIKE THE LORD TO SHOW
00:20:30.66\00:20:34.36
YOU THE TRUTH? WOULD YOU?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REALLY KNOW
00:20:34.40\00:20:39.20
THE TRUTH? ARE YOU SURE?
00:20:39.23\00:20:40.44
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEONE ASK
YOU THAT QUESTION, 'WOULD YOU
00:20:40.47\00:20:41.90
LIKE TO KNOW THE TRUTH?'
AND YOU THINK, 'I'M NOT SURE,
00:20:41.94\00:20:44.24
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY?'
BECAUSE THE TRUTH CAN HURT.
00:20:44.27\00:20:49.58
WHEN GOD SAYS, 'DO YOU WANT TO
KNOW THE TRUTH?' HE'S GOING TO
00:20:49.61\00:20:53.78
SAY, 'DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
THE TRUTH?' DO YOU KNOW WHY?
00:20:53.82\00:20:56.65
BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW THE
TRUTH THEN YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE -
00:20:56.69\00:21:00.19
YOU'RE MORE ACCOUNTABLE - TO
FOLLOW THE TRUTH. PILATE SAID,
00:21:00.22\00:21:04.66
'WHAT IS TRUTH?' BUT DID HE
REALLY WANT TO KNOW? HE SAID,
00:21:04.69\00:21:07.86
'WHAT IS TRUTH?' AND THEN
HE WALKED AWAY FROM JESUS.
00:21:07.86\00:21:12.47
IF JESUS WERE TO ASK YOU
TONIGHT, 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
00:21:12.50\00:21:15.40
THE TRUTH?' DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
00:21:15.44\00:21:18.64
WHAT IF GOD WERE TO SAY, 'I LOVE
YOU AND I WANT TO SAVE YOU FROM
00:21:18.67\00:21:21.58
YOUR SIN. YOU COME
TO ME JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
00:21:21.61\00:21:24.98
I'LL FORGIVE YOUR SIN. I'LL GIVE
YOU A NEW HEART AND I WANT YOU
00:21:25.01\00:21:28.78
TO LIVE A NEW LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO MAKE SOME
00:21:28.82\00:21:30.19
CHANGES.' 'OH,
WAIT A SECOND LORD.
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.25
I MEAN, I WANT
TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
00:21:32.29\00:21:34.06
I'M CURIOUS BUT, UH, I'M GOING
TO - I'LL PONDER THESE THINGS.
00:21:34.09\00:21:39.73
THAT'S INTERESTING.' BUT
AS SOON AS THE LORD SAYS THE
00:21:39.76\00:21:43.00
TRUTH IS GOING TO ASK FOR
YOUR HEART AND YOUR LIFE, DO YOU
00:21:43.03\00:21:46.70
REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH?
'LORD, I'VE GOT PLANS AND WHEN
00:21:46.74\00:21:49.17
YOU SHOW ME THE TRUTH IT
MAY GET IN THE WAY OF MY PLANS.'
00:21:49.20\00:21:52.61
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS? WE JUST READ THAT.
00:21:52.64\00:21:55.01
IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE A LOVE
OF THE TRUTH GOD WILL SEND THEM
00:21:55.04\00:21:58.31
STRONG DELUSION THAT
THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE.
00:21:58.35\00:22:03.28
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE
A CURIOSITY ABOUT THE TRUTH AND
00:22:03.32\00:22:07.29
WHEN GOD SHOWS THEM AN ELEMENT
OF THE TRUTH, THEY DON'T WANT TO
00:22:07.32\00:22:10.36
WALK IN IT. WHEN GOD
SHOWS YOU SOME TRUTH,
00:22:10.39\00:22:14.40
HE WANTS YOU TO WALK IN THAT
TRUTH AND HE WILL GIVE YOU MORE.
00:22:14.46\00:22:18.27
IT'S LIKE A LIGHT THAT GROWS
BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER UNTIL THAT
00:22:18.30\00:22:20.54
DAY DAWNS IN YOUR HEART.
IF YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE
00:22:20.57\00:22:24.94
IS IN THE LIGHT,
THE LIGHT GETS BRIGHTER.
00:22:24.97\00:22:27.81
BUT IF GOD SHOWS YOU LIGHT AND
HE SHINES THE LIGHT INTO YOUR
00:22:27.84\00:22:32.58
HEART AND YOU SAY, 'UH, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S INTERESTING LORD.
00:22:32.61\00:22:36.79
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR SHARING.'
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.72
BUT IT CONFLICTS, MAYBE, WITH
SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU
00:22:38.75\00:22:42.72
TURN AWAY. THAT
CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.
00:22:42.76\00:22:46.33
NOW DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
GOD IS LOVING. GOD IS PATIENT.
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.60
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
GAMBLE WITH ETERNITY, DO YOU?
00:22:48.63\00:22:51.43
SO IF GOD
REVEALS SOME DUTY TO YOU.
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.87
IF GOD REVEALS SOME TRUTH TO
YOU, IT'S NOT JUST TO ENTERTAIN
00:22:53.90\00:22:56.84
YOU, HE GIVES YOU THE TRUTH SO
THAT YOU CAN WALK IN THE TRUTH
00:22:56.87\00:23:00.21
AND THEN HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
00:23:00.24\00:23:02.61
1 PETER 1:22, "SINCE YOU HAVE
PURIFIED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING
00:23:02.64\00:23:07.12
THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT IN
SINCERE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN," -
00:23:07.15\00:23:11.05
PURIFIED YOUR SOULS -
IT'S NOT JUST KNOWING TRUTH.
00:23:11.09\00:23:14.19
THE DEVIL KNOWS
SOME TRUTH, DOESN'T HE?
00:23:14.22\00:23:17.39
IT'S OBEYING THE TRUTH.
JOHN 17:9, "AND FOR THEIR SAKES
00:23:17.43\00:23:23.77
I SANCTIFY MYSELF, THAT THEY
ALSO MAY BE SANCTIFIED BY THE
00:23:23.80\00:23:28.24
TRUTH." THESE ARE
THE WORDS OF JESUS.
00:23:28.27\00:23:30.74
THE TRUTH WILL PURIFY YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
00:23:30.77\00:23:34.51
'BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
HEART FOR THEY WILL SEE GOD.'
00:23:34.54\00:23:37.95
DON'T YOU WANT TO
SEE HIM IN PEACE SOMEDAY?
00:23:37.98\00:23:40.12
IT'S THE TRUTH
THAT PURIFIES YOU.
00:23:40.15\00:23:43.25
IT'S WHAT CALIBRATES
THE COMPASS OF YOUR SOUL.
00:23:43.28\00:23:47.92
AGAIN, 1 JOHN 3:3, "AND EVERY
MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM
00:23:47.96\00:23:52.33
PURIFIETH HIMSELF
EVEN AS HE IS PURE."
00:23:52.36\00:23:55.26
YOU KNOW, YOU SHINE THE LIGHT
ON THE SWAMP AND IT STERILIZES -
00:23:55.30\00:23:59.60
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ALL
KINDS OF DISEASE BREEDING IN THE
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.27
SWAMP, BUT IN THE DESERT THINGS
ARE PURIFIED. AND THEN, FINALLY,
00:24:02.30\00:24:08.08
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, JESUS IS THE TRUTH.
00:24:08.11\00:24:14.45
JOHN 1, VERSE 14, "AND THE WORD
BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US,
00:24:14.48\00:24:20.19
AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE
GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF
00:24:20.22\00:24:25.53
THE FATHER, FULL
OF GRACE AND TRUTH."
00:24:25.56\00:24:29.10
JESUS SAID - JOHN
14:6 - "I AM THE WAY.
00:24:29.13\00:24:34.90
I AM THE TRUTH. I AM THE LIFE."
00:24:34.94\00:24:38.31
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
OF LIFE IS IN CHRIST.
00:24:38.34\00:24:41.71
THERE'S NOTHING
MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIM.
00:24:41.74\00:24:43.11
IF YOU WANT LIFE THEN
YOU MUST ACCEPT TRUTH.
00:24:43.14\00:24:47.78
AND THE EMBODIMENT OF
THE TRUTH OF GOD IS JESUS.
00:24:47.82\00:24:51.42
NOW JESUS - WE MAY NOT SEE HIS
BODY HERE ON THE PLANET BUT, YOU
00:24:51.45\00:24:55.66
KNOW, THE CLOSEST THING WE'RE
GOING TO GET TO HIM BEING HERE
00:24:55.69\00:24:58.53
IS HIS WORD. WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED
00:24:58.56\00:25:01.33
LIKE BUT WE KNOW WHAT HE SAID
AND WHAT HE SAID HAS CHANGED THE
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.77
WORLD. HIS WORD IS TRUTH.
00:25:03.80\00:25:06.13
THE WORD BECAME
FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.
00:25:06.17\00:25:09.04
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
KNOW THE TRUTH, IN HIS WORD.
00:25:09.07\00:25:11.57
CHRIST IS THE WORD.
00:25:11.61\00:25:14.01
YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHAT
00:25:14.04\00:25:17.05
YOU'RE DOING HERE AND WHERE
YOU'RE GOING, BUT IT ALL BEGINS
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.71
WITH 'WHERE DO YOU GET THE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS?'
00:25:19.75\00:25:22.82
JESUS IS THE
TRUTH. HE IS THE WAY.
00:25:22.85\00:25:25.92
HE IS THE LIFE. AND THE
TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.52
>>STAY TUNED. PASTOR
DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK
00:25:29.56\00:25:31.79
WITH THIS WEEK'S
SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
00:25:31.83\00:25:39.57
>>PAUL AND JESUS BOTH PREDICT
THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD BECOMES
00:25:39.60\00:25:43.91
A FORCE AGAINST GOD.
>>THE RADICAL FAITH THAT JESUS
00:25:43.94\00:25:48.88
TAUGHT HAD BECOME THE OFFICIAL
RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE THAT
00:25:48.91\00:25:51.85
MURDERED HIM. >>THE
SPEED WITH WHICH THE EARLY
00:25:51.88\00:25:57.95
CHURCH TOBOGGANED INTO APOSTASY
WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY.
00:25:57.99\00:26:03.02
(MUSIC) >>AMAZING
FACTS OFFERS SOME OF
00:26:03.06\00:26:38.86
THE BEST CHRISTIAN RESOURCES FOR
ALL AGES. WE HOPE OUR PRODUCTS
00:26:38.89\00:26:42.60
WILL ENRICH YOUR LIFE
AND YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.
00:26:42.63\00:26:45.63
LIFE REQUIRES DAILY WISDOM
AND NOW YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR
00:26:45.67\00:26:49.14
UNDERSTANDING IN 'WISDOM FOR
LIFE', PASTOR DOUG'S NEW 31-DAY
00:26:49.17\00:26:53.31
DEVOTIONAL BASED ON THE
31 CHAPTERS FROM THE BOOK OF
00:26:53.34\00:26:56.01
PROVERBS
WRITTEN BY KING SOLOMON.
00:26:56.04\00:26:58.78
>>GET YOURS TODAY BY
CALLING 800-538-7275 OR VISIT
00:26:58.81\00:27:04.12
'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'.
00:27:04.15\00:27:10.73
>>IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13 WE
READ ABOUT THIS BEAST POWER THAT
00:27:10.76\00:27:14.60
COMPELS EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD
TO WORSHIP A CERTAIN WAY AND
00:27:14.63\00:27:18.60
THEY NEED TO RECEIVE A MARK
OR THEY CANNOT BUY OR SELL AND,
00:27:18.63\00:27:22.27
ULTIMATELY, THEY'LL
BE UNDER A DEATH DECREE.
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.74
WHAT IS THE MARK OF
THE BEAST? IS IT A TATTOO?
00:27:25.77\00:27:29.44
IS IT A CHIP UNDER THE SKIN
OR A BAR CODE ON THE FOREHEAD?
00:27:29.48\00:27:33.21
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND, FRIENDS?
00:27:33.25\00:27:35.45
THEN WE HAVE A FREE OFFER I
KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE.
00:27:35.48\00:27:38.35
IT'S CALLED, 'WHAT IS
THE MARK OF THE BEAST?'
00:27:38.39\00:27:40.89
AND WE'LL SEND IT
TO YOU JUST FOR ASKING.
00:27:40.92\00:27:43.43
GO TO 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' OR CALL
THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND
00:27:43.46\00:27:48.40
ASK FOR OFFER #127.
AND WHEN YOU GET THIS FREE
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.93
RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT
AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE
00:27:51.97\00:27:55.07
ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S
MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
00:27:55.10\00:27:59.84
>>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S
00:27:59.87\00:28:02.84
SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION.
00:28:02.88\00:28:06.21
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.12
NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER
WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST.
00:28:09.15\00:28:12.25
(MUSIC) >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS
00:28:12.29\00:28:26.80
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS
OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:28:26.84\00:28:26.87