Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000143A
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>BLOOD IS THE LIQUID OF LIFE AND JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD 01:14 TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 01:19 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:23 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES 01:27 HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:31 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 01:34 FACTS PRESENTS. 01:41 >>YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE WE READ ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT 01:44 PATRIARCHS. HIS NAME WAS ABRAHAM. AND OUR LESSON TONIGHT 01:48 IS CALLED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND IT'S BASED UPON THIS 01:52 OLD TESTAMENT STORY ABOUT THE FATHER AND THE SON. 01:57 NOW YOU REMEMBER, ABRAHAM WAS AN OLD MAN AND HE HADN'T HAD THE 02:02 CHILD OF PROMISE THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THROUGH SARAH. 02:05 HE TRIED TO TAKE THINGS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND HE HAD A BABY WITH 02:09 HAGAR, ISHMAEL, AND THAT JUST BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF STRIFE 02:13 INTO THE FAMILY. BUT GOD WORKED A GREAT MIRACLE AND IN HIS OLD 02:17 AGE - SARAH WAS 90 - HE WAS OVER 100 - THEY HAD A BABY. 02:21 THEY NAMED HIM ISAAC, WHICH MEANS LAUGHTER, AND GOD PROMISED 02:25 ABRAHAM THAT THROUGH THIS MIRACULOUS BABY BOY, ALL THE 02:29 NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED BECAUSE JESUS WOULD COME 02:33 THROUGH THE SEED OF ISAAC. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ABRAHAM'S 02:37 AMAZEMENT, HOW DISTRAUGHT HE WAS WHEN, EARLY ONE NIGHT, THE LORD 02:43 WOKE HIM UP AND SPOKE TO HIM IN THAT CLEAR VOICE THAT WAS 02:45 UNDENIABLE. HE KNEW IT WAS GOD. 02:47 AND HE SAID, 'ABRAHAM, I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR SON - YOUR ONLY 02:52 SON ISAAC, WHO YOU LOVE, BRING HIM UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH 02:56 AND OFFER HIM THERE UNTO ME AS A BURNT OFFERING.' WELL HOW COULD 03:01 THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH ISAAC 03:04 THAT ALL HIS PROMISES WOULD BE REALIZED. 03:06 EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE HAD BEEN BUILT UP TO THIS SON ISAAC AND 03:08 NOW HE'S A HUNDRED AND SARAH'S - HE'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED NOW - 03:12 SARAH'S OVER 100 AT THIS POINT. 03:14 ISAAC'S PROBABLY 17 YEARS OF AGE - BUT HE DIDN'T DISOBEY. 03:19 HE HAD FAITH - IT SAYS IN HEBREWS THAT IF HE DID THIS, IF 03:23 GOD NEEDED TO RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE, HE 03:25 HAD LEARNED TO TRUST THE WORD OF GOD NO MATTER WHAT. 03:29 SO HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT ALL TO SARAH. 03:32 HE WOKE UP ISAAC AND SAID, 'SON, WE'RE GOING TO GO OFFER 03:35 SACRIFICE. COME WITH ME. GOT SOME SERVANTS. GOT THE DONKEYS. 03:37 THEY WENT ON A JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE GOD DIRECTED HIM 03:40 - THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH. IT WAS A THREE-DAY JOURNEY. 03:45 THEY GOT TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS - 03:47 HE TOLD THE SERVANTS TO STAY THERE. 03:49 HE PUT THE WOOD ON ISAAC'S BACK AND THEY WENT A HALF A DAY'S 03:54 JOURNEY UP TO THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE - THREE AND A HALF 03:57 DAYS. HOW LONG DID JESUS MINISTER. 04:00 >>THREE AND A HALF YEARS. >>THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 04:03 AND ON THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN, ISAAC THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS 04:06 PECULIAR BECAUSE HE AND HIS FATHER HAD GONE 04:08 TO OFFER SACRIFICE MANY TIMES BEFORE. 04:10 BY THE WAY, YOU FIND THIS STORY IN GENESIS 22:19. 04:12 AND HE SAID, 'FATHER,' - THERE WAS A LONG SILENCE AND HE KNEW 04:18 SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. HIS FATHER LOOKED LIKE HIS HEART 04:21 WAS BREAKING AND HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 04:23 HE SAID, 'FATHER, WE'VE GOT THE WOOD AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES 04:28 TO MAKE THE FIRE, BUT WE'RE MISSING THE LAMB.' AND HE SAID, 04:35 'WHERE IS THE LAMB?' ABRAHAM SAID, 'MY SON, GOD WILL 04:38 PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB FOR OUR SACRIFICE.' THOSE WERE PROPHETIC 04:45 WORDS BECAUSE GOD DID PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB. 04:50 SO THEY CONTINUED ON THEIR WAY - THEY WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN - AND 04:53 AT SOME POINT ABRAHAM NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO ISAAC WHAT WAS GOING 04:56 ON. YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T WRESTLE 04:58 HIS TEENAGE SON TO THE GROUND. HE COULDN'T OUTRUN HIM. 05:01 HE SAID, 'SON, I NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS ASKED ME 05:04 TO DO.' AND AFTER EXPLAINING THIS, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT 05:08 ISAAC IS A WILLING SACRIFICE. JESUS WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE. 05:13 JESUS HAD THE WOOD PLACED UPON HIS BACK. 05:16 THEY EMBRACED EACH OTHER. 05:18 ISAAC THEN WAS BOUND BY HIS FATHER, HIS TREMBLING HANDS 05:22 PLACED UPON THE STONE ALTAR AND JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO 05:27 BRING DOWN THE KNIFE - HE'D RESIGNED HIMSELF TO DO WHAT GOD 05:30 HAD TOLD HIM TO DO - THE HAND OF AN ANGEL STOPPED HIM AND SAID, 05:34 'ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, DON'T DO THE LAD ANY HARM FOR NOW I KNOW THAT 05:38 YOU TRUST ME.' WHY DO YOU THINK HE HAD ABRAHAM ACT THAT WHOLE 05:44 EXPERIENCE OUT? WHAT GREATER SACRIFICE COULD BE 05:49 ASKED OF ANYONE THAN TO GIVE THEIR CHILD. 05:53 THIS IS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 05:56 HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS THE SON, IN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN 06:01 GIVING THEMSELVES FOR US - BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE SON 06:05 THAT SUFFERED. THE FATHER SUFFERED. 06:08 THE FATHER SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE THE SON. 06:11 AND THIS IS WHY JESUS CAME. ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU CAN 06:15 SEE THESE ALLEGORIES OF SALVATION. 06:19 IT'S ALL POINTING TO THE TIME WHEN GOD WOULD COME TO THE EARTH 06:22 IN THE FORM OF A MAN. NOW OUR LESSON TONIGHT IS GOING TO TALK 06:25 ABOUT THE CENTRAL THEME OF WHY JESUS CAME, THIS LAMB OF GOD. 06:30 LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTION IN OUR LESSON. 06:32 WHOM DID THE ANIMAL THAT WAS SACRIFICED IN ISAAC'S PLACE 06:36 REPRESENT? YOU REMEMBER WHEN ISAAC - WHEN 06:40 ABRAHAM - I'M SORRY - WAS READY TO BRING DOWN THE KNIFE, THE 06:43 ANGEL STOPPED ABRAHAM AND HE DIRECTED HIS ATTENTION TO A RAM 06:47 THAT WAS CAUGHT BY HIS HORNS IN A THORN BUSH CALLED A THICKET. 06:50 THERE'S A RAM WITH A CROWN OF THORNS. 06:54 DID JESUS HAVE A CROWN OF THORNS? 06:56 AND THAT RAM WAS SACRIFICED IN THE PLACE OF ISAAC. 07:00 WHO DOES THIS LAMB REPRESENT? YOU CAN READ IT IN JOHN - THE 07:04 GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 29. 07:07 WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST SAW JESUS COMING IT SAYS, "THE NEXT DAY 07:11 JOHN SEETH JESUS COMING AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, "BEHOLD THE - 07:17 >>LAMB. >>LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY 07:20 THE SIN OF THE WORLD. JESUS IS THAT LAMB. JOHN RECOGNIZED - 07:25 ALL THE LAMBS THAT THEY SACRIFICED ALL POINTED TO JESUS. 07:29 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN REVELATION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE LAMB SLAIN 07:33 FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 07:35 WHEN ADAM AND EVE SINNED THEY TRIED TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS 07:37 WITH WHAT? FIG LEAVES, YOU REMEMBER? 07:40 GOD SAID, 'THAT WON'T DO.' FOR ONE THING IT SAYS THAT THEY MADE 07:43 APRONS OF LEAVES - LITTLE MINI SKIRTS. 07:47 AND THEN IT SAYS GOD GAVE THEM TUNICS OF SKIN. 07:51 IT WASN'T VINYL THAT HE BOUGHT FROM WAL-MART. 07:54 WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT SKIN CAME FROM? 07:56 SOMETHING HAD TO BE SACRIFICED. THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WAS 08:00 ESTABLISHED THERE TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS. 08:03 AS THE LAMB OF GOD, JESUS - HIS ROBE - COVERS OUR SIN. 08:06 WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR JESUS TO DIE? 08:09 PEOPLE SAY, 'COULDN'T HE HAVE JUST FORGIVEN US? 08:12 WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE? 08:13 THE BIBLE TELLS US - ROMANS CHAPTER 3:23 - I BET MOST OF YOU 08:17 KNOW THIS - "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF 08:22 GOD." WE'VE ALL SINNED. 08:24 AND YOU GO ON - WHY IS THAT SUCH A SERIOUS THING? 08:26 SIN IS BREAKING GOD'S LAW. WHAT IS THE PENALTY? 08:29 ROMANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS - 08:35 >>DEATH. >>DEATH. 08:37 BUT GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DIE AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO BE 08:40 FORGIVEN WAS TO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE. 08:43 AND JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I WILL TAKE YOUR 08:46 PLACE. I WILL COME INTO THE WORLD. 08:49 I WILL LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE THAT I WANTED YOU TO LIVE, BUT I 08:53 WILL DIE THE DEATH THAT YOU DESERVE TO DIE. 08:56 I WILL GIVE YOU MY GOODNESS AND I WILL TAKE YOUR BADNESS. 08:59 I'LL GIVE YOU MY LIFE. I WILL TAKE YOUR DEATH. 09:02 I'LL GIVE YOU MY POWER. I WILL TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS.' 09:05 HE MADE AN EXCHANGE WITH US THAT WE RECEIVE BY FAITH AND THEN 09:08 IT BECOMES REAL. IT REALLY DOES. 09:12 BUT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY. 09:16 FURTHERMORE, WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO 09:20 REMISSION - AND THAT MEANS NO FORGIVENESS. 09:22 THE BIBLE SAYS THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 09:24 ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS THAT GO TO EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY - 09:28 FINGERNAILS, HAIR, EVERYTHING - IT'S CLEANSED AND IT'S SUSTAINED 09:33 BY BLOOD. BLOOD IS THE LIQUID OF LIFE AND 09:36 JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 09:40 THE BIBLE TELLS US CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS. 09:45 NOW WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT BUT WE'VE ALL SINNED. 09:48 YOU SEE, WHEN GOD FIRST MADE MAN, HE MADE US TO BE MOTIVATED, 09:55 NATURALLY, BY LOVE. 09:57 BUT WHEN MAN CHOSE TO FOLLOW THE DEVIL, WE TOOK ON THE NATURE OF 10:01 THE DEVIL, WHICH IS THE REVERSE OF THAT - IT'S SELFISHNESS. 10:04 WE FELL. WE WERE TRICKED. 10:07 AND SO GOD SAID, 'LOOK, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO GIVE 10:09 HUMANITY ANOTHER CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. 10:12 I WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE. 10:15 DO YOU WANT A HEART THAT IS MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS, LIKE 10:17 THE DEVIL, OR DO YOU WANT A HEART LIKE MINE THAT IS 10:20 MOTIVATED BY LOVE?' AND THE ONLY WAY IS TO HAVE THAT 10:23 NEW BIRTH AND TO GET THAT NEW HEART. WE COME TO JESUS. 10:26 HE TAKES AWAY OUR SINFUL NATURES AND HE GIVES US HIS OWN HEART - 10:29 HIS OWN SPIRIT. AND IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS. 10:32 IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALL HAPPEN AT ONCE. 10:34 WHY DID GOD MAKE SUCH A FANTASTIC SACRIFICE FOR US? 10:39 ANSWER: YOU ALL KNOW THIS ONE - JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16, "FOR 10:44 GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON." 10:51 - THE ONLY TIME THAT GOD WAS EVER BEGOTTEN AS A MAN WAS IN 10:54 JESUS. GOD THE SON BECAME A MAN TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE. 10:58 THREE REASONS JESUS CAME: SHOW US WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE, TO 11:02 BE AN EXAMPLE TO YOU AND I - HOW WE OUGHT TO LIVE - AND THEN TO 11:08 BE OUR SUBSTITUTE - TO DIE ON THE CROSS. 11:10 AND LOOK AT HOW HE SUFFERED. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DESERVE FOR 11:12 OUR SINS. BUT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO 11:15 SUFFER, HE SAID, 'I WILL TAKE IT FOR YOU IN YOUR PLACE.' 11:18 >>YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, THE SECRET KEY TO HAVING A VICTORIOUS AND A 11:21 PROSPEROUS CHRISTIAN LIFE IS TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE - THE VALUE 11:26 OF THE GIFT THAT JESUS GAVE THAT YOU AND I MIGHT BE FORGIVEN. 11:30 IF WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID FOR OUR REDEMPTION 11:33 - IF WE COULD SEE JESUS HANGING ON THE CROSS AND SUFFERING FOR 11:36 OUR SINS IT'D MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH WE LOVE 11:39 HIM AND HOW WELL WE SERVE HIM. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT CAN 11:42 HELP YOU GET THAT PICTURE. IT'S CALLED THE HIGH COST OF THE 11:45 CROSS AND IT'S YOURS FOR FREE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK. 11:49 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE 11:54 NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER # 156. 11:58 AND FRIENDS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE RESOURCE, 12:01 PLEASE READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. WE WANT TO GET 12:03 THE WORD OUT BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 12:08 JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT 12:11 WILL THE WHOLE WORLD BE SAVED? NO, WHY? 12:15 YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IT SAYS - IT TELLS US IN THE 12:19 BIBLE WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO DO. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 12:23 AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED. BY THE WAY, THE WORD 'BELIEVE' 12:26 DOES NOT SIMPLY MEAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE EXISTED. 12:31 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I'M GOING TO HEAVEN BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN 12:33 JESUS.' BUT THEIR LIFE IS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 12:36 AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?' 12:38 'WELL, I BELIEVE.' 'WELL, ARE YOU SHOWING THAT YOU BELIEVE BY 12:43 YOUR LIFE?' SEE, IN THE BIBLE, WHEN IT SAYS 12:46 'BELIEVE' IT MEANS 'BE LIVE' IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 12:50 IF YOU BELIEVE THEN YOU RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, 12:56 LORD' AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING HE SAYS, 'DO YOU BELIEVE?' 12:59 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE ARE DEVILS THAT BELIEVE HE 13:01 EXISTS. THE DEVILS ACTUALLY BELIEVE 13:03 BETTER THAN US BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND HIM FOR MILLIONS OF 13:05 YEARS OR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THEY FELL. 13:08 SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGING HE EXISTS OR EVEN 13:11 ACKNOWLEDGING HE DIED ON THE CROSS, IT'S SURRENDERING YOUR 13:14 LIFE TO HIM AND SAYING, 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO SERVE YOU. 13:17 I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU.' THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE. 13:20 IT STARTS WITH BELIEVING HERE, BUT THEN THAT BELIEF NEEDS TO GO 13:23 INTO THE HEART AND THEN THAT BELIEF WILL GO FROM THE HEART 13:26 INTO THE LIFE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE COMPLETE BELIEF. 13:29 HOW THEN AM I FORGIVEN AND CLEANSED? 13:33 NOW IF WE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT PROPHECY AND WE MISS THE 13:35 MAIN POINT OF PROPHECY - THAT JESUS WAS COMING, THEN YOU'VE 13:39 MISSED IT ALL. WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW DOES 13:42 THIS ALL AFFECT ME? ALL THESE PROPHECIES IN 13:44 REVELATION TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 13:47 PEOPLE COME TO THESE SEMINARS AND THEY SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, I 13:49 DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS, BUT TELL ME ABOUT THE BEAST. 13:52 I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST.' BY THE WAY, THE 13:54 WORD ANTICHRIST DOES NOT APPEAR IN REVELATION, DID YOU KNOW 13:56 THAT? IT'S IN THE LETTERS OF JOHN. 13:58 THEY SAY, 'I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ARMAGEDDON' AND 'I WANT TO 14:01 KNOW...' WELL, WHAT'S THE BOOK OF REVELATION CALLED? 14:05 FIRST WORDS: THE REVELATION OF JESUS . 14:09 SO YOU CAN'T TEACH PROPHECY AND SEPARATE IT FROM JESUS, FRIENDS. 14:13 AMEN? HOW THEN AM I TO BE CLEANSED AND 14:16 FORGIVEN - OR FORGIVEN AND CLEANSED? 14:18 ACTS CHAPTER 3, IT SAYS, 'REPENT YE THEREFORE AND BE CONVERTED.' 14:25 - THAT'S A CHANGE OF HEART - 'THAT YOUR SINS MIGHT BE BLOTTED 14:28 OUT.' NOW WHAT DOES REPENTANCE MEAN? 14:32 REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY 14:37 FROM IT. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR 14:39 AND COME TO TERMS WITH YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 14:41 GOD CANNOT SAVE YOU, CLEANSE YOU, HEAL YOU FROM YOUR PROBLEM 14:43 UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT. 14:45 YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF AND THEN HE CAN LIFT YOU UP. 14:48 AND YOU COME BEFORE THE LORD AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M A SINNER.' AND 14:53 THE NEXT PART OF THAT - LET'S GET TO THE NEXT VERSE - IT SAYS 14:55 IN 1 JOHN 1, VERSE 9 - IN CONNECTION WITH REPENTANCE 14:59 THERE'S SORT OF A STEREO PART OF THAT. 15:02 IT SAYS, "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO 15:08 FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM SOME 15:11 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS?" >>ALL. 15:13 >>DID YOU CATCH THAT? TO CLEANSE US FROM HOW MUCH 15:15 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? >>ALL. 15:17 >>ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. SO PART OF BEING SORRY IS THEN 15:21 VERBALIZE IT TO THE LORD. GET OFF BY YOURSELF. 15:24 THIS IS WHAT REAL REPENTANCE AND REAL SALVATION IS ABOUT. 15:27 INVITING GOD TO EMPOWER YOU TO BE A NEW PERSON. 15:31 YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEPS AND DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND IT WILL 15:33 GIVE YOU SUCH A REFRESHING AND A PEACE THAT COMES AFTERWARD. 15:37 YOU KNOW, NEW THINGS DON'T SPROUT UNTIL THERE'S BEEN A 15:39 RAIN. AND SOMETIMES THE NEW BIRTH 15:42 COMES AFTER TEARS AND PAIN AND THAT'S WHAT REPENTANCE IS. 15:46 QUESTION #7: WHO ENTERS THE HEART OF EACH BORN-AGAIN 15:51 CHRISTIAN? THE BIBLE TELLS US IN JOHN 14, 15:55 VERSE 17, EVEN THE "SPIRIT OF TRUTH...YOU KNOW HIM FOR HE 16:02 DWELLS WITH YOU AND WILL BE" - WHAT? 16:05 >>IN YOU. >>IN YOU. 16:06 GOD IS REAL AND JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, I'M GOING THAT I MIGHT 16:10 SEND A COMFORTER - I'M GOING TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:12 I CAN BE WITH YOU PHYSICALLY, BUT HE WILL BE IN YOU.' AND I 16:16 CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE JUST KNOWN THAT THE HOLY 16:18 SPIRIT WAS IN ME AND PROMPTING ME. 16:21 SOMETIMES HE PROMPTS ME TO SAY SOMETHING. 16:23 SOMETIMES HE PROMPTS ME NOT TO SAY SOMETHING. 16:26 SOMETIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTS ME TO, YOU KNOW, AN 16:31 ACTION OR TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE. 16:34 I WAS DRIVING UP THE STREET THE OTHER DAY HERE IN TOWN AND I SAW 16:38 ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE STANDING ON THE CORNER AND HE HAD AN UNUSUAL 16:42 SIGN. IT SAID, 'I'VE LOST EVERYTHING 16:44 BUT MY FAITH.' AND, YOU KNOW, I USED TO PANHANDLE AND I SIZED 16:51 HIM UP AND, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SOBER AND MAYBE HE 16:54 REALLY WAS HAVING A HARD TIME AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW. 16:57 SO I STOPPED AND I GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT AND I GAVE HIM AN 17:00 INVITATION TO THE MEETING AND I KNEW THE HOLY SPIRIT TOLD ME TO 17:03 DO THAT. WELL, I THEN WENT ON MY ERRAND 17:05 TO THE STORE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND, YOU KNOW, I FOUND 17:08 OUT HE REALLY WAS HUNGRY BECAUSE I SAW HIM COMING OUT OF THE 17:10 STORE WITH FOOD. >>WOW. 17:12 >>SO I SAID, 'THANK YOU, LORD, FOR IMPRESSING ME.' BUT THE HOLY 17:16 SPIRIT WILL TALK TO YOU IN JUST THESE LITTLE AFFAIRS OF LIFE. 17:20 QUESTION #8: WHY SHOULD I BE CONFIDENT THAT MY 17:23 NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL? 17:26 IT SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 1, VERSE 6, "HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK 17:32 IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST." 17:36 YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT - IF YOU COME TO JESUS ON A DAILY BASIS, 17:40 SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE WILL FINISH THE WORK THAT HE 17:44 STARTS IN YOUR LIFE. PEOPLE SAY, 'OH LORD, BUT I MAY 17:46 FALL.' YOU PROBABLY WILL. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 17:51 WE ALL SOMETIMES GET DISTRACTED AND WE'LL MAKE MISTAKES AND 17:53 WE'LL FALL, BUT HE THAT BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BE THE 17:57 AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH. HE WILL FINISH WHAT HE 18:01 STARTED IF YOU CONTINUE TO SURRENDER YOURSELF TO HIM. 18:04 BECAUSE WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS EITHER SIN'LL KEEP YOU FROM THE BIBLE 18:08 OR THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN. YOU KEEP PRAYING, YOU KEEP 18:12 READING THE BIBLE, YOU'LL BE SO MISERABLE WITH YOUR SIN YOU HAVE 18:14 TO GIVE UP GOD OR YOU'LL GIVE UP YOUR SIN. 18:16 BUT THE TWO WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE. 18:19 YOU JUST KEEP COMING TO HIM AND HE'LL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED. 18:22 YOU BELIEVE THAT? SOME PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED AND 18:24 THEY THROW THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR. 18:25 YOU KEEP PLEADING WITH JESUS. YOU KEEP PRAYING. 18:28 HE WILL TRANSFORM YOU. AND IT'S A GROWING EXPERIENCE SO 18:31 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. HOW CAN I KNOW THAT JESUS 18:35 ACCEPTS ME AND THAT I'M CALLED HIS CHILD? 18:39 WELL, BECAUSE THE BIBLE MAKES SOME PROMISES. 18:41 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN TITUS 1, VERSE 2, "...GOD, THAT CANNOT 18:46 LIE, HAS PROMISED." SOME THINGS GOD CAN'T DO - ONE 18:51 THING HE CAN'T DO IS HE CAN'T LIE. 18:54 GOD ALSO CANNOT FIND A SINNER THAT HE DOESN'T LOVE. 18:58 I KNOW, I USED TO THINK, 'OH LORD, WELL, I KNOW YOU CREATED 19:01 THIS PLAN OF SALVATION FOR PEOPLE BUT I'VE GONE TOO FAR.' 19:05 AND GOD WANTS US TO KNOW 'I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THROUGH 19:08 EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH IF IT WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MAKE 19:10 IT.' MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, VERSE 7, 19:14 IT SAYS, "ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU." 19:19 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN ASK FOR? 19:22 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU HAVE A SON AND HE COMES TO YOU - MATTHEW 19:25 CHAPTER 7 - 'AND SAYS, 'CAN I HAVE A LOAF OF BREAD?' 19:28 WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A STONE?' THAT'D BE KIND OF A CRUEL JOKE 19:31 IF THEY'RE HUNGRY. OR IF HE SAYS, 'CAN I HAVE A FISH?' 19:34 WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SCORPION? 19:38 IF HE ASKS FOR AN EGG WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SERPENT?' 19:42 - LUKE ADDS ONE MORE - HE THEN SAYS, 'IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, 19:46 KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE 19:50 WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT 19:53 ASK HIM?' HE JUST WANTS US TO ASK. 19:57 EVERY DAY, ASK AND WHAT HAPPENS? 'ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.' 20:02 HOW WILL TRUE CONVERSION CHANGE A LIFE? 20:05 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SPECTRUM OF ANSWERS HERE. 20:08 IT SAYS IN JOHN 13:35, "BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE 20:14 MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER." 20:18 GOD'LL DO SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART - BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 20:21 YOU'LL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE WITH, 20:24 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. 20:26 GOD CAN CHANGE YOUR HEART. HE CAN GIVE THE ABILITY TO 20:29 FORGIVE. AND SOME OF US NEED THE SPIRIT 20:32 OF GOD TO FORGIVE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE FEEL SO GUILTY. 20:36 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE'S PLACES IN MY PAST I 20:38 DON'T WANT TO GO. WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT WHAT I 20:40 SAID OR WHAT I DID, I JUST CRINGE. 20:42 AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT JESUS HAS FORGIVEN ME, SO WHAT RIGHT 20:46 DO I HAVE TO BE A HIGHER COURT THAN GOD. 20:50 IF HE'S FORGIVEN ME, THEN THAT MUST BE GOOD FOR ME TOO, AMEN? 20:53 HE'LL HELP US HAVE LOVE FOR HIM AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 20:57 NOW I'M GOING THROUGH, KIND OF, THE ALPHABETICAL ANSWERS HERE. 20:59 ANSWER B - THIS IS IN A SERIES THAT FALLS UNDER THAT QUESTION - 21:03 "IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A" - WHAT? 21:07 >>NEW CREATURE. >>"A NEW CREATURE. 21:10 OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW." 21:14 WE - YOU BECOME TRANSFORMED AND THINGS ARE ALL DIFFERENT. 21:19 THINGS THAT YOU ONCE LOVED, YOU NOW HATE. 21:22 I USED TO - THE FIRST FEW TIMES I WENT TO CHURCH, I'LL BE 21:24 PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC OF THE 21:26 WORLD. MY MOTHER WAS A SONGWRITER AND 21:29 GREAT COMPOSERS CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND I LOVE MUSIC, BUT 21:32 CHURCH MUSIC? WHOA. IT WAS SO SLOW. 21:36 I'D GO TO CHURCH AND I'D LOOK AT THE HYMN THAT THEY PICKED IN THE 21:39 BULLETIN AND IT WOULD SAY - IF IT HAD MORE THAN THREE VERSES, I 21:42 WENT TO THE BATHROOM UNTIL THEY GOT DONE SINGING. THE THINGS I 21:46 ONCE LOVED, I HATED AND THE THINGS I ONCE HATED I LOVE. 21:49 NOW I HEAR THOSE SONGS AND IT JUST BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES 21:52 BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE WORDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN. PLACES I 21:55 USED TO LOVE TO GO, I HATE NOW. THINGS I USED TO LOVE TO DO 21:58 I DON'T WANT TO DO AND THINGS I USED TO HATE I WANT TO DO. 22:01 I MEAN, GOD JUST CHANGES YOU - MAKES YOU A WHOLE NEW CREATURE. 22:05 ANSWER C: 1 JOHN 3:22, "...WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO" - 22:11 THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN - "THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS 22:15 SIGHT." THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 22:18 HE MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE AND YOU WANT TO BE A DOER OF THE 22:20 WORD. GOD'LL JUST TOTALLY TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. 22:25 ANSWER D: IT SAYS, "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE 22:31 YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT WE MIGHT PROVE 22:36 WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. 22:41 IT SAYS, 'YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME.' 22:45 THEN WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE. 22:47 WE SHOW OTHERS WHAT JESUS IS LIKE. 22:50 WHAT WONDERFUL PROMISES COME WITH THE CHRISTIAN LIFE? 22:54 A NUMBER OF OTHER WONDERFUL PROMISES. 22:56 A - WE'LL DO THESE QUICKLY, OKAY? PHILIPPIANS 4:13, 23:00 "I CAN DO" - HOW MUCH? >>ALL. 23:02 >>"ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME." 23:05 ANSWER B - PHILIPPIANS 4:19 - THE BIBLE SAYS, "GOD SHALL 23:11 SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS." HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 23:15 HE'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PROSPER, AS A PARENT 23:18 WOULD. MARK CHAPTER 10, VERSE 27 - DON'T FORGET THIS ONE - "WITH 23:23 GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." ANSWER D - JOHN 15, VERSE 11 - 23:31 IT SAYS, "THAT YOUR JOY" - IS THE CHRISTIAN LIFE A SAD 23:35 EXPERIENCE OR IS THE GOSPEL GOOD NEWS? 23:38 CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 23:41 WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE THAT BEGINS NOW. 23:43 WE BECOME CITIZENS IN HIS KINGDOM. 23:45 GOD WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU A PURPOSE. 23:49 JOHN 10:10 - IT SAYS, "THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE MORE ABUNDANT." 23:56 JESUS DOESN'T COME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR LIFE, HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE 23:58 AN ABUNDANT LIFE. HEBREWS 13, VERSE 5, "I WILL" - 24:04 JESUS PROMISES - "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU." 24:10 HE SAYS WHEREVER YOU GO, HE'S WITH YOU. 24:12 HE'LL WATCH OVER YOU. AND THEN, YOU CAN ALSO READ IN 24:16 HEBREWS CHAPTER 13, VERSE 6 - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF 24:20 ANYTHING. SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR. 24:22 IT SAYS, "I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT MAN CAN DO UNTO ME." 24:27 YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 24:31 AFRAID OF ANYTHING. IF YOU'RE FEARING GOD, YOU DON'T 24:33 HAVE TO FEAR ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU DO NOT FEAR GOD, YOU'RE 24:35 GOING TO END UP FEARING EVERYTHING ELSE. 24:37 PEOPLE HAVING PANIC ATTACKS - A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR. 24:40 SOME ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES - THEY'RE TAKING 24:42 MEDICATIONS AND I'M NOT A DOCTOR BUT I THINK A LOT OF THESE 24:45 THINGS COULD BE RESOLVED BY HAVING FAITH IN GOD. 24:49 HE GIVES YOU - THAT'S THE LAST ONE - JOHN 14:27 - 24:54 HE SAYS, "MY PEACE I GIVE YOU." 24:58 JESUS COULD SLEEP THROUGH A STORM BECAUSE HE KNEW HIS FATHER 25:01 WAS ALWAYS WITH HIM AND JESUS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. 25:05 SO WHAT'S THE SUM OF WHAT I'M SAYING, FRIENDS? 25:08 THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FOR YOU TO REALLY HAVE PEACE AND 25:11 POWER AND PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AND IT'S TO ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE 25:15 OF GOD'S SON. YOU KNOW, THIS TOOK ON NEW MEANING FOR ME. 25:19 I USED TO READ THAT VERSE ALL THE TIME: 'GOD SO LOVED THE 25:22 WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON' AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS DOING SOME 25:26 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WHILE I WAS 25:30 THERE I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL MY FIRSTBORN SON, MICAH, 25:34 AND JUST SEE HOW HE'S DOING. THEY HAD THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY 25:37 CALLED SKYPE - IT HAD A DIFFERENT NAME BACK THEN AND I 25:41 WANTED TO MAKE A CHEAP PHONE CALL ON MY COMPUTER. 25:44 SO I CALLED HIM UP. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AS A 25:46 FATHER AND SON - JUST, 'WHAT YOU DOING? 25:47 OH, I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME.' AND WE TALKED AND JUST 25:51 BEFORE I HUNG UP I THOUGHT ABOUT SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU 25:53 SON.' BUT YOU KNOW HE'S A TOUGH KID AND YOU KNOW YOU GO TO HUG 25:58 HIM AND 'OH, C'MON DAD, YOU'RE GETTING MUSHY.' AND SO I SAID, 25:59 'I LOVE YOU, I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK.' THAT NEXT MORNING I 26:04 GOT A PHONE CALL. HE WAS A CONTRACTOR - 23 YEARS 26:09 OLD - HAD A FATAL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT. 26:13 AND WHEN YOU GET THE WORD, AS A PARENT, THAT YOU'VE LOST YOUR 26:17 CHILD, YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE. 26:23 DEATH IS SUCH A TERRIBLE PERMANENT SITUATION. 26:28 AND I CANNOT READ THAT VERSE ANYMORE, WHERE IT SAYS 'FOR GOD 26:31 SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON' THE SAME WAY BECAUSE I KNOW 26:36 HOW MUCH IT BROKE MY HEART - AND OUR FAMILY - 26:40 WHEN WE GOT THE NEWS ABOUT MICAH. 26:43 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESURRECTION AND GETTING OTHER 26:46 PEOPLE READY. THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR LIFE. 26:49 HE WANTS YOU TO BE READY BUT HE WON'T FORCE YOU, FRIENDS. 26:52 YOU NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION. 26:55 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 26:58 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH- 27:00 FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 27:05 'AFTV.ORG'. 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