>>THIS PRESENTATN IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>IT'S NOT JUST TALKING THE
TALK, IT'S WALKING THE WALK, AS
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THEY SAY. HE
DOESN'T WANT US JUST TO BE
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HEARERS OF HIS WORD, HE WANTS
US TO BE DOERS OF HIS WORD.
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HIGHEST FORM OF WORSHIP
FOR A BELIEVER IS OBEDIENCE.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>WELL, TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY
IMPORTANT LESSON, THE THEME OF
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WHICH IS ABOUT REALLY FOLLOWING
JESUS AND IT'S CALLED THE GOAL
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OF THE GODLY . THE
THEME OF OUR STUDY TONIGHT
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IS ABOUT HOW DO WE
REALLY FOLLOW JESUS.
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AND OUR STORY SPRINGS FROM ONE
OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS IN THE
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NEW TESTAMENT, ONE OF MY HEROES,
AND THAT WOULD BE PETER THE
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APOSTLE. WHEN HE
FIRST APPEARS IN THE
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BIBLE, JESUS IS WALKING BY
THE SEA OF GALILEE AND HE SEES
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THERE'S PETER AND ANDREW
AND JAMES AND JOHN AND THEY'RE
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CLEANING THEIR NETS AND JESUS
SAID, 'FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKE
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YOU A FISHER OF MEN.' WELL,
THEY DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS.
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OF COURSE THEY HAD A LITTLE
CONCERN ABOUT INCOME AND ON ONE
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OCCASION JESUS SAID, 'PUSH YOUR
NET OUT - PUSH YOUR BOAT OUT AND
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PUT YOUR NET DOWN FOR A CATCH'
AND THE HAUL OF FISH WAS SO
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GREAT THEY COULDN'T
FIT IT IN BOTH BOATS.
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AND PETER, REALIZING HE WAS
A SINFUL MAN, HE FELL DOWN AND
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SAID, 'LORD, JESUS, YOU NEED
TO DEPART FROM ME BECAUSE I AM A
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SINFUL MAN.' JESUS
SAID, 'PETER, DON'T BE AFRAID.
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FOLLOW ME AND I'LL MAKE YOU A
FISHER OF MEN.' SO HE BEGAN TO
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FOLLOW JESUS. I
GUESS I RELATE TO PETER
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BECAUSE PETER WAS ALWAYS READY
TO SPEAK BEFORE HE THOUGHT.
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ANY OF YOU EVER
FEEL LIKE THAT SOMETIMES?
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YOU SAY SOMETHING AND YOU THINK,
'OH, I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT
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FIRST.' PETER WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO SPEAK AMONG THE APOSTLES IN
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ALMOST EVERY
SITUATION. JESUS SAID, 'WHO ARE
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MEN SAY THAT I AM?'
PETER SAID, 'I KNOW, I KNOW.'
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AND WHEN JESUS WAS WALKING ON
THE WATER PETER SAID, 'LORD, LET
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ME COME TO YOU.' HE
WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE.
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AND, YOU KNOW, GOD COULD USE
THAT LATER TO HELP HIM PREACH AT
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PENTECOST. WHEN
PETER WENT WALKING TO JESUS
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ON THE WATER, HE WANTED TO SEE
IF HIS FRIENDS WERE WATCHING.
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PETER LOVED JESUS AND HE WANTED
TO FOLLOW JESUS, BUT HE ALSO WAS
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WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT THE CROWD THOUGHT.
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AND AS HE WAS WALKING OUT
THERE, HIS EYES WERE ON JESUS.
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HE WAS DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE,
HE WAS WALKING ON WATER, AND HE
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THOUGHT, 'I WONDER IF THE GUYS
ARE GETTING THIS ON VIDEO.' HE
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STILL COULDN'T STOP THINKING
ABOUT IF HIS FRIENDS WERE
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WATCHING. WHEN HE
LOOKED BACK TO SAY,
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'HEY, GUYS, CATCH THIS!'
HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS AND
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HE SAW THE WAVES AND THE
STORM AND THE DARKNESS AND
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HE BEGAN TO SINK. AND
HE PRAYED THE SHORTEST
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PRAYER IN THE BIBLE - THREE
WORDS - 'LORD, SAVE ME.' JESUS
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FORGAVE HIM, REACHED DOWN,
AND PICKED HIM BACK UP AGAIN.
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YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU FOLLOW
JESUS YOU MAY TAKE YOUR EYES
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OFF AND SINK. TURN
BACK TO CHRIST RIGHT AWAY.
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SAY, 'LORD, SAVE ME.' PETER WAS
ALWAYS WANTING TO BE CLOSE TO
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JESUS WHEN JESUS WAS PERFORMING
MIRACLES. WHEN HE WAS CASTING
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OUT DEVILS HE WOULD SAY, 'YEP,
I'M - I'M - HE'S MY FRIEND.
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I'M WITH JESUS.' HE WAS
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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BUT A LITTLE LATER, WHEN JESUS
WAS IN THE UPPER ROOM AT THE
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LORD'S SUPPER, HE SAID, 'TONIGHT
ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO FORSAKE
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ME AND BETRAY ME.' AND PETER
SAID, 'THESE GUYS MIGHT FORSAKE
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YOU, LORD, BUT NOT MOI.' HE
SAID, 'I'LL DIE FOR YOU.' JESUS
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SAID, IN JOHN 13:38, "...THE
ROOSTER SHALL NOT CROW TILL YOU
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HAVE DENIED ME THREE TIMES."
PETER DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A
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FOLLOWER HE REALLY WAS - OF
THE CROWD. NOW, HE WAS SINCERE
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BECAUSE, WHEN JUDAS CAME TO
ARREST JESUS WITH THE MOB, PETER
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WAS THE FIRST ONE TO PULL OUT
A SWORD AND TRY TO DEFEND JESUS.
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AS LONG AS PETER WAS SURROUNDED
BY HIS FRIENDS AND HE COULD SEE
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JESUS, HE WAS - HE
WAS GAME FOR A FIGHT.
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BUT A LITTLE WHILE LATER, WHEN
CHRIST WAS BEING TRIED, AND A
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YOUNG GIRL CAME UP AND
BEGAN TO MOCK HIM AND SAY, 'HA!
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YOU'RE ONE OF HIS
FOLLOWERS, AREN'T YOU?'
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HE BEGAN TO BE INTIMIDATED AND
HE SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHO HE
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IS.' AND BEFORE THE ROOSTER
CROWED TWICE - THREE TIMES HE
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BEGAN TO SWEAR AND CURSE -
MATTHEW 26:74 - AND SAY, 'I
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DON'T KNOW THE MAN.' HOW COULD
SOMEBODY CHANGE SO QUICKLY?
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PETER WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
THE CROWD WAS GOING TO THINK.
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THE CROWD HAD CHANGED.
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EVERYONE WAS MOCKING
JESUS, AND IT AFFECTED HIM.
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NOW THE REASON I EMPHASIZE THIS
IS BECAUSE, FRIENDS, WHEN WE
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ENTER THE LAST DAYS, BEING A
BIBLE CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO BE
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UNPOPULAR. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
AND YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FIX
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YOUR EYES ON JESUS AND
WALK CLOSE WITH JESUS EVEN IF
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EVERYONE ELSE
SEEMS TO FORSAKE HIM.
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AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT
IF IT'S IN THE BIBLE, IT'S THE
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TRUTH AND YOU CAN TRUST THE
TRUTH. QUESTION #1: HOW DOES GOD
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DETERMINE WHETHER OR
NOT WE'RE ON HIS SIDE?
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THE ANSWER IS IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
7, VERSE 21, JESUS SAID, "NOT
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EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD,
LORD,' SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM
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OF HEAVEN, BUT HE WHO DOES
THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
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IT'S NOT JUST SAYING - IT'S
NOT JUST TALKING THE TALK, IT'S
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WALKING THE WALK, AS THEY SAY.
HE DOESN'T WANT US JUST TO BE
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HEARERS OF HIS WORD BUT HE WANTS
US TO BE DOERS OF HIS WORD.
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HIGHEST FORM OF WORSHIP FOR
A BELIEVER IS OBEDIENCE AND GOD
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WANTS US TO, BY HIS GRACE,
DO WHAT HE'S ASKING US TO DO.
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ROMANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 16, THE
APOSTLE PAUL SAYS HERE, "KNOW YE
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NOT, THAT TO WHOM YE YIELD
YOURSELVES SERVANTS TO OBEY, HIS
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SERVANTS YE ARE TO WHOM YE
OBEY; WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH,
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OR OF OBEDIENCE UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS?" AND SO, IF
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PEOPLE SAY, 'LORD, LORD,' ONCE A
WEEK IN CHURCH, BUT THE REST OF
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THE WEEK THEY'RE REALLY SERVING
THE DEVIL, JESUS IS GOING TO SAY
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TO THEM, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU' WHEN
HE COMES. THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF
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THE BIBLE. JESUS SAID, 'IT
IS MORE THAN JUST SAYING, 'LORD,
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LORD', IT'S DOING
HIS WILL - FOLLOWING HIM.
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THE DEVIL HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE HELD CAPTIVE AND THE
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BIBLE SAYS, 'WHOEVER YOU OBEY,
THAT'S WHOSE SERVANTS YOU ARE.'
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THE REASON OUR WORLD IS IN
TROUBLE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OUR
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EARLY PARENTS SURRENDERED
DOMINION TO THE ARCH-FIEND
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VILLAIN CALLED THE DEVIL.
WHEN GOD SAID, 'OBEY ME, EAT
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FROM THIS TREE AND YOU'LL LIVE.
DO NOT EAT FROM THE FORBIDDEN
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TREE. THE
DEVISAID, 'DON'T LISTEN
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TO GOD, LISTEN TO ME.' AND WHEN
ADAM AND EVE DECIDED 'WE'RE NOT
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GOING TO LISTEN TO GOD, WE'RE
GOING TO LISTEN TO THE DEVIL.'
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THEY BASICALLY SURRENDERED
THE WORLD THAT GOD HAD MADE FOR
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THEM. AND JESUS CALLS THE DEVIL
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THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIS TITANIC
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BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD
AND EVIL IN THE WORLD.
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CHRIST HAS COME INTO OUR WORLD
SO THAT HE COULD REDEEM THOSE
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WHO ARE WILLING TO BE REDEEMED,
BUT HE WILL NOT FORCE HIMSELF ON
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ANYONE, YOU MUST
INVITE HIM INTO YOUR LIFE.
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YOU MUST CHOOSE HIM. YOU
CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU.
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QUESTION #2: WHEN THE COMMANDS
OF GOD AND MEN ARE AT ODDS -
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WHEN THEY CONFLICT - WHO
DID PETER SAY WE SHOULD OBEY IF
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THERE'S A
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO?
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ACTS 5:29 - THIS IS THE NEW
PETER, AFTER HIS CONVERSION -
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"THEN PETER AND THE OTHER
APOSTLES ANSWERED AND SAID, 'WE
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OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN
MEN.'" I'M HOPING I HAVE THAT
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KIND OF LOVE AND FAITH FOR THE
LORD SO THAT NO MATTER HOW THE
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WORLD MAY THREATEN US,
WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO OUR
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CONVICTIONS BIBLICALLY - GIVE
A 'THUS SAITH THE LORD' FOR WHAT
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WE BELIEVE.
QUESTION #3: HOW DO WE BEST
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DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE FOR
GOD? JOHN 8:31, JESUS SAID, "IF
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YOU CONTINUE IN MY" -
WHAT? - "MY WORD, THEN YOU ARE
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MY DISCIPLES INDEED."
IT'S NOT JUST 'LORD, 'LORD',
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IT'S NOT JUST BELONGING
TO A CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
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HE SAID, ARE YOU WALKING
IN - CONTINUING IN - MY WORD.
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AND SO IT'S BEING NOT A
HEARER BUT A DOER OF THE WORD.
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THAT'S WHY WE'RE TEACHING AND
PREACHING THESE PRINCIPLES OF
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THE TRUTH. AND ONE
OF MY FAVORITE VERSES
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- WE'VE REPEATED BEFORE
- JOHN 14:15 - JESUS SAID,
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"IF YOU" - WHAT?
- >>IF YOU LOVE ME.
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>>IF YOU LOVE THE
LORD, KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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JAMES 2:10, HE SAYS, "FOR
WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE
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LAW, AND YET OFFEND IN FIVE
POINTS" - IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
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- "ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF
ALL." SO THE LORD WANTS US TO BE
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CONSISTENT IN
KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
ARE NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE.
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DEUTERONOMY 5:29, GOD SAYS, "O
THAT THERE WERE SUCH AN HEART IN
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THEM, THAT THEY WOULD FEAR
ME, AND KEEP ALL MY COMMANDMENTS
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ALWAYS, THAT IT MIGHT BE
WELL WITH THEM, AND WITH THEIR
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CHILDREN FOR EVER!"
THAT'S A WONDERFUL VERSE.
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WHY DOES HE WANT
US TO OBEY ALL ALWAYS?
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THAT IT MIGHT BE
WELL. WHEN WE SIN WE HAVE
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PROBLEMS, DON'T WE?
DOESN'T SIN CAUSE PROBLEMS?
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QUESTION #4: IS IT GENERALLY
SAFE TO FOLLOW THE CROWD?
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WE'RE STILL ON THE SAME THEME.
EXODUS CHAPTER 23, VERSE 2, IT
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SAYS, "THOU SHALT NOT
FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL."
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IS THE CROWD
USUALLY RIGHT OR WRONG?
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>>WRONG. >>YEAH,
NOT ALWAYS, BUT OFTEN
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THE CROWD IS
MAKING THE WRONG DECISION.
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YOU CAN READ AGAIN IN MATTHEW
CHAPTER 7, VERSES 13 AND 14,
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JESUS SAID, "ENTER YE IN AT
THE STRAIT GATE:" - THAT WORD
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'STRAIT' THERE MEANS 'THE
DIFFICULT, THE NARROW GATE' -
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"FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND
BROAD IS THE WAY, THATEADETH TO
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DESTRUCTION,
AND" - WHAT? - >>MANY.
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>>"MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN
THEREAT:" - IT GOES ON TO SAY -
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"...STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND
NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH
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UNTO LIFE, AND FEW
THERE BE THAT FIND IT."
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YOU KNOW, IN BIBLE TIMES, CITIES
WERE OFTEN BUILT ON HILLS AND
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ENEMY ARMIES WOULD COME AND
THEY'D SEE THEM IN THE DISTANCE
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- IT WAS HARD TO
SNEAK UP BACK THEN.
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YOU'D SEE ALL THE CLOUDS OF DUST
AND THE THUNDER OF THE HORSES.
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THE TRUMPET WOULD BLOW AND
PEOPLE WOULD, FROM THE SUBURBS
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AND THE FARMS, THEY WOULD
GO TO THE CITY FOR A DEFENSE.
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AND IF EVERYBODY WANTED TO
TAKE THEIR STUFF IN THE WAGONS,
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THEY'D TAKE THE WIDE ROAD THAT
WENT THROUGH THE BIG GATE ON THE
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WIDE WAY, BUT IF PEOPLE WANTED
TO GO STRAIGHT UP THE HILL AND -
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SOMETIMES THEY'D GO THROUGH A
NARROW GATE - THEY'D GET THERE A
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LOT QUICKER AND THEY COULD GET
INSIDE THE CITY BEFORE THE ENEMY
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ARRIVED. PEOPLE
THAT WOULD GET INVOLVED
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IN THE TRAFFIC JAMS WOULDN'T
MAKE IT IN TIME AND THEY'D
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BE OVERTAKEN BY THE ENEMY.
AND JESUS S SAYING, 'YOU CAN'T
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GO ON THE ROAD WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE IF YOU WANT TO
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GET INTO THE
KINGDOM. IT'S A BROAD ROAD.
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THE MAJORITY ARE GOING
TO GO DOWN THE WRONG ROAD.
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THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO
FOLLOW THE FALSE PROPHETS.
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THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO BE
GOING THROUGH THE WIDE GATE TO
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DESTRUCTION.
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP
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YOUR MIND TO FOLLOW JESUS.
HE WAS UNCONVENTIONAL THAT WAY.
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1 PETER 3, VERSE 20 - HE -
ANOTHER VERSE ON THAT THEME,
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"...IN THE DAYS OF NOAH,
WHILE THE ARK WAS A PREPARING,
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WHEREIN" - MANY ARE SAVED? OR -
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>>FEW. >>"FEW, THAT IS, EIGHT
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SOULS WERE SAVED BY WATER."
JESUS SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE
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DAYS OF NOAH' - NOW, I DON'T
WANT TO DISCOURAGE YOU, THERE'S
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GOING TO BE MORE
THAN EIGHT PEOPLE SAVED.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED,
'PASTOR DOUG, IS IT ONLY THE
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HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR
THOUSAND THAT WILL BE SAVED?'
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NO, THERE'LL BE PLENTY MORE
SAVED. THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-
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FOUR THOUSAND ARE KIND OF LIKE
LAST-DAY APOSTLES - UPPER ROOM
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THERE WERE TWELVE APOSTLES
PLUS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
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AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
POURED OUT AND THREE THOUSAND
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WERE BAPTIZED
FROM THEIR MINISTRY.
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SO THAT NDRED AND FORTY-FOUR
THOUSAND NUMBER IS REPRESENTING
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A GROUP OF LEADERSHIP,
KIND OF LIKE LAST-DAY APOSTLES.
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THERE'LL BE MANY MORE SAVED
- AND THERE'S ROOM FOR YOU.
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IT'S NOT LIKE GOD IS UP THERE IN
THE SKY GOING, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE
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ONLY GOT SO MUCH ROOM IN
HEAVEN.' AND HE LOOKS DOWN ON
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EARTH AND GOES 'EENY, MEENY,
MINY, MOE - I'LL SAVE YOU.
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EENY, MEENY, MINY' -
THERE'S ROOM FOR YOU.
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WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE
DECISION - WHOSOEVER WILL.
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CHOOSE YOU THIS
DAY WHO YOU WILL SERVE.
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IF YOU WANT TO
SERVE THE LORD, YOU CAN.
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GOD IS GIVING YOU A FREE
CHOICE. YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION.
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THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
AT THESE MEETINGS.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT YOU
HERE. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS YOU
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WATCHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE GOD
WANTS YOU TO BE IN THE KINGDOM.
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BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION
AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M GOING TO
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SURRENDER IT TO YOU.' QUESTION
#5: HOW DOES JESUS FEEL WHEN WE
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PUT THE TRADITIONS OF MEN
BEFORE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD?
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NOW THESE ARE THE WORDS OF
CHRIST. MARK CHAPTER 7, VERSE 7
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AND VERSE 9, "BUT IN VAIN
THEY DO WORSHIP ME, TEACHING FOR
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DOCTRINES THE
COMMANDMENTS OF MEN."
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WE'VE GOT TO MAKE UP OUR MIND.
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ARE WE GOING TO FOLLOW
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD?
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A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE VERY
SINCERE IN WORSHIPING GOD THE
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WRONG WAY AND JESUS SAID,
'IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME.' SO WE
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DON'T WANT TO
WORSHIP HIM IN VAIN, DO WE?
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AMEN? >>AMEN.
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>>AND HE GOES ON AND HE SAYS,
"AND UNTO THEM HE SAID, 'FULL
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WELL YOU REJECT THE COMMANDMENT
OF GOD THAT YOU MIGHT KEEP YOUR"
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- WHAT? >>YOUR OWN.
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>>"YOUR OWN TRADITION."
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LEARN THE
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TRUTH ABOUT STATE OF THE DEAD,
IT'S A CHANGE IN YOUR THINKING.
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WHEN YOU LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT
HELL, IT'S A CHANGE IN YOUR
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THINKING. WHEN
PEOPLE LEARN THE TRUTH
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ABOUT THE SABBATH,
THAT'S A REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE.
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YOU KNOW WHY? SOME
PEOPLE IT MIGHT MEAN 'WELL,
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MAYBE I NEED TO BE GOING TO A
CHURCH THAT KEEPS THE SABBATH.
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THAT COULD MEAN A
CHANGE IN FRIENDS.
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THAT COULD MEAN I NEED
TO CHANGE MY WORK SCHEDULE.
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THAT COULD MEAN' - AND
IT REALLY MEANS COMMITMENT.
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IT'S LIKE THE STORY ABOUT
THE CHICKEN AND THE PIG - GOT
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TOGETHER AND THEY DECIDED TO DO
SOMETHING NICE FOR THE FARMER.
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AND THE CHICKEN SAID, 'WHY
DON'T WE MAKE HIM A HAM AND EGGS
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BREAKFAST?' AND THE
PIG SAID TO THE CHICKEN,
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HE SAID, 'WELL, FOR
YOU IT'S A CONTRIBUTION.
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FOR ME, IT'S TOTAL COMMITMENT.'
(LAUGHTER) AND SO BEING A
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CHRISTIAN IS A TOTAL COMMITMENT.
QUESTION #6: IS IT POSSIBLE TO
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SERVE BOTH GOD
AND THE CROWD? NO.
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE 24, "NO
MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS: FOR
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EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE, AND
LOVE THE OTHER; OR ELSE HE WILL
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HOLD TO THE ONE,
AND DESPISE THE OTHER."
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JESUS SAYS, ALSO IN MATTHEW 12,
VERSE 30, "HE THAT IS NOT WITH
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ME IS AGAINST ME."
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
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'JESUS - THAT SOUNDS PRETTY -
I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY OPTIONS.'
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THAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S TWO: LIFE
AND DEATH. CHRIST AND THE DEVIL.
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STRAIGHT GATE TO HEAVEN,
BROAD ROAD TO DESTRUCTION.
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JESUS SAID THERE'S ONLY TWO
OPTIONS: LIVE FOR YOURSELF -
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SELF-DESTRUCT; LIVE FOR
CHRIST - YOU GAIN EVERYTHING.
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IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN
RECEIVE, AND IF YOU LIVE A LIFE
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OF 'I'M GOING TO LIVE
FOR GOD. I WANT TO SERVE HIM.
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I WANT A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE.'
THAT IS THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT
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JESUS IS OFFERING YOU.
BUT THERE'S NO THIRD OPTION.
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IS IT SAFE TO LOVE A FRIEND OR
A FAMILY MEMBER MORE THAN JESUS?
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NOW THIS IS WHERE IT
GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
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IT GETS PERSONAL.
MATTHEW 10, VERSE 37 - CHRIST
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SAID, "HE THAT LOVES FATHER
OR MOTHER MORE THAN ME IS NOT
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WORTHY OF ME: AND HE THAT
LOVES SON OR DAUGHTER MORE THAN
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ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME."
NOW WHEN A PERSON HEARS THE
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TRUTH AND THEY MAKE A DECISION
TO FOLLOW JESUS, THERE'S
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SOMETIMES RESISTANCE
FROM PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY.
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WHEN I DECIDED TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW THAT DIDN'T
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GO VERY WELL
WITH MY JEWISH FAMILY.
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MATTER OF FACT, THEY TOLD ME AT
FIRST, THEY SAID, 'WE WOULD HAVE
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LIKED IT BETTER IF
YOU'D BECOME A BUDDHIST.'
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BUT FOR - YOU KNOW, MY JEWISH
SIDE OF THE FAMILY, THEY SAID,
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'CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONES
THAT HAVE PERSECUTED US THROUGH
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HISTORY. THEY
CALL US CHRIST KILLERS.
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WE GET ALL KINDS OF
GRIEF FROM CHRISTIANS.
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IF YOU HAD BECOME A BUDDHIST
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
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WHEN I MARRIED KAREN THEY SAID,
'YOU MARRIED A GOYAM GIRL.' AND
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- BUT THEN THEY CAME TO LOVE HER
AND THEY FINALLY ACTUALLY CAME
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TO CHURCH TO HEAR ME
PREACH - MY JEWISH FAMILY.
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BUT THERE WAS SOME
RESISTANCE FROM THE FAMILY.
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MY FATHER SAID, 'DOUG, RELIGION
IS A CRUTCH FOR WEAK PEOPLE.'
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HE SAID AS HE
CONTINUED DRINKING HIS MARTINI.
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(LAUGHTER) I DIDN'T HAVE THE
HEART TO TELL DAD, 'YOU'VE GOT
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YOUR CRUTCHES TOO.'
AND I ADMIT I AM WEAK.
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WE DO NEED JESUS. AND
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE
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PEOPLE THAARE CLOSE -
THE DEVIL WILL OFTEN USE
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THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
WHEN THE DEVIL CAME TO JOB -
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AFTER JOB LOST HIS POSSESSIONS
AND HE LOST HIS HEALTH AND HE
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LOST HIS CHILDREN AND HE'S
TRYING TO CLING TO JUST THREADS
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OF FAITH HE'S GOT IN GOD, THE
DEVIL HAD JOB'S WIFE COME AND
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SAY, 'WHY DON'T YOU JUST
GIVE UP? CURSE GOD AND DIE.'
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THE ONE CLOSEST TO HIM.
NOW SHE MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD
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WOMAN, BUT SHE GOT DISCOURAGED
THAT DAY, AND THE DEVIL WILL
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SOMETIMES EVEN USE THOSE IN YOUR
FAMILY. YOU CANNOT - YOU KNOW,
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 'PASTOR
DOUG, I'M GOING TO GIVE MY HEART
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TO JESUS. I'M
GOING TO JOIN THE CHURCH.
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I'M GOING TO GET BAPTIZED BUT
I'M WAITING FOR MY WIFE - I'M
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WAITING FOR MY HUSBAND -
YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY MAKE A
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DECISION.' IT MIGHT BE OKAY IF
YOU WAIT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU
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WAIT TOO LONG...THE BEST THING
YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR FAMILY IS
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YOU PUT JESUS FIRST AND YOU TELL
THEM, 'THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND
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JESUS, BUT I'VE MADE MY
DECISION. I'M FOLLOWING JESUS.
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I HOPE YOU JOIN ME.' LUKE 14,
VERSE 26, JESUS SAID, "IF ANY
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MAN COME TO ME, AND HATE NOT HIS
FATHER, AND MOTHER, AND WIFE,
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AND CHILDREN," - AND THE WORD
THERE 'HATE' MEANS 'LOVE LESS' -
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IT'S KIND OF THE KING JAMES
TRANSLATION - "AND BRETHREN, AND
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SISTERS, YEA, AND HIS OWN LIFE
ALSO, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE."
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CHRIST IS BEING PRETTY
CLEAR. WHAT PLACE DOES HE
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WANT IN OUR LIFE? >>FIRST.
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>>FIRST, BECAUSE EVERYONE YOU
LOVE - WHO GIVES THEM TO YOU?
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
LOVE, THE GIFT OR THE GIVER?
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EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GIFT FROM
GOD, SO WHY WOULD YOU LOVE THE
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GIFT MORE THAN THE
ONE WHO GAVE YOU THE GIFT.
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PUT HIM FIRST. JESUS
SAID, 'SEEK FIRST THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD.' DON'T
LET ANYBODY COME BETWEEN
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YOU AND YOUR GOD.
THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS WORLD
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WHO COULD GIVE YOU HEAVEN.
SO DON'T LET THEM CONFUSE YOU.
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ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE YOU
THAT AND YOU FOLLOW HIM.
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MATTHEW 12:50, "FOR WHOSOEVER
SHALL DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER
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WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, THE SAME
IS MY BROTHER, AND SISTER, AND
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MOTHER." YOU WANT TO BE PART
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OF CHRIST'S
FAMILY? WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
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'WHOEVER IS DOING THE WILL
OF GOD I AM ADOPTING YOU INTO MY
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FAMILY.' BY THE WAY,
WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD?
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PSALM 40, "YEA, I
LOVE TO DO YOUR WILL.
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YOUR LAW IS WITHIN MY HEART."
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THE WILL OF GOD
IS THE LAW OF GOD.
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THE NEW COVENANT IS THE LAW
OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE HEART.
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AND JESUS SAID WE
BECOME PART OF HIS FAMILY.
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THE APOSTLE JOHN SAYS - 1 JOHN
CHAPTER 3 - "BEHOLD WHAT MANNER
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OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED
ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED
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SONS OF GOD." THAT'D
BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
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HE'S ADOPTING US INTO HIS
FAMILY. IS IT WISE TO PUT A
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PROSPEROUS CAREER OR
EARTHLY TREASURES BEFORE JESUS?
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MATTHEW 16, VERSE 26, "FOR WHAT
IS A MAN PROFITED, IF HE SHALL
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GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD,
AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?
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OR WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE
IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?"
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LUKE 12, VERSE 15, "...FOR A
MAN'S LIFE CONSISTETH NOT IN THE
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ABUNDANCE OF THE
THINGS WHICH HE POSSESSETH."
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YOU DO NOT SEE A
HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL.
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YOU CANNOT TAKE IT WITH YOU.
AS JOB SAID, 'NAKED I CAME INTO
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THIS WORLD AND NAKED I'LL LEAVE.
BLESSED IS THE NAME OF THE
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LORD.' AND SO,
WHAT'S THE TREASURE?
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WHAT'S THE REAL TREASURE
THAT WE STORE IN HEAVEN?
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PEOPLE. THE ONLY THING
GOING TO HEAVEN - LIVES THAT ARE
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TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF
GOD. YOUR STUFF'S NOT GOING.
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IS IT SAFE TO CONTINUE
DISOBEYING GOD'S WILL AFTER HE'S
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SHOWN YOU THE TRUTH?
HEBREWS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 26,
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"FOR IF WE SIN WILFULLY
AFTER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
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KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE
REMAINETH NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR
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SINS, BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL
LOOKING FOR OF JUDGMENT AND
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FIERY INDIGNATION, WHICH
SHALL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES."
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU SLIP
AND FALL AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE
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TRUTH, IT MEANS IF YOU CHOOSE TO
LIVE A LIFE OF SIN AFTER GOD HAS
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GIVEN YOU A KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH, THERE'S NOTHING MORE THE
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LORD CAN DO. HE SENDS US
TRUTH TO BLESS US AND SAVE US.
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BUT IT'S NOT JUST HEARING THE
TRUTH, WE'VE GOT TO WALK IN THE
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LIGHT AS HE IS
IN THE LIGHT, AMEN?
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I REMEMBER DOING A MEETING LIKE
THIS AND SOMEONE WHO HAD STUDIED
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FOR THE PRIESTHOOD
CAME TO THE MEETINGS.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF THINGS THAT A PERSON WHO HAD
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GONE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND
STUDIED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD -
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THEY COME TO A MEETING LIKE
THIS, THEY HEAR THE REFORMATION
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TRUTHS - AND I REMEMBER ONE
NIGHT, HE JUST STORMED OUT AND I
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THOUGHT, 'I'M AFRAID WE MAY
NOT SEE THAT BROTHER AGAIN.'
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AND BEFORE I COULD EVEN CALL
HIM, HE CAME BACK THE NEXT NIGHT
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AND HE TALKED TO
ME AFTER THE MEETING.
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AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I WAS SO
ANGRY AND I WENT HOME AND I JUST
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PRAYED AND PRAYED AND SAID,
'LORD, AM I ANGRY BECAUSE IT'S
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THE TRUTH OR AM I
ANGRY BECAUSE HE'S WRONG?'
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AND HE SAID, 'I STARTED
SEARCHING THE BIBLE,' HE SAID,
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'LORD, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW
ME.' AND THE LORD SHOWED HIM AND
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REINFORCED THE SCRIPTURES THAT
WE HAD BEEN SHARING.' AND HE
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SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO
COME AND TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS
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THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE OF MY LIFE,
BUT I AM SO HAPPY I CAME.' BUT
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THAT MAN WAS - HE STAYED UP ALL
NIGHT LONG, READING THE BIBLE,
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PRAYING, CRYING, BECAUSE HE
REALIZED THINGS HE HAD BELIEVED
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SINCERELY ALL HIS
LIFE WERE JUST WRONG.
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I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT
AND I THOUGHT, 'HOW CAN THAT BE?
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HOW CAN SO MANY
PEOPLE BE WRONG?'
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THEN I REALIZED, 'YOU
KNOW, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
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DID YOU EXPECT THE TRUTH TO BE
POPULAR IN THIS KIND OF WORLD?'
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THE DEVIL IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO
HIDE AND OBSCURE THE TRUTH AND
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JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU SEEK, YOU'LL
FIND.' DOES FOLLOWING JESUS
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INVOLVE SOME
STRUGGLES AND SELF-DENIAL?
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YEAH, THIS IS WHAT THE
LORD TOLD US WOULD HAPPEN.
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LUKE 9, VERSE 23, JESUS SAID,
"...IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER
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ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF,
AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY," -
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EVERY DAY - "AND FOLLOW ME."
EVERY DAY I PRAY IN THE MORNING
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AND YOU WANT TO SAY, 'LORD,
NOT MY WILL, YOUR WILL BE DONE.
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I WANT TO SERVE YOU
TODAY.' WE'VE ALL GOT THESE -
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EVERYONE HAS A BATTLE INSIDE.
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.90
JESUS SAID, 'THE SPIRIT IS
WILLING, THE FLESH IS WEAK.' WE
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ALL HAVE THIS BATTLE BETWEEN OUR
SPIRITUAL NATURE THAT WANTS TO
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DO GOD'S WILL AND OUR CARNAL
SELFISH NATURE THAT WANTS TO DO
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THE THINGS OF THE WORLD AND
FOLLOW THE DEVIL'S TEMPTATION.
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AND THERE'S LIKE A
TUG-OF-WAR GOING ON.
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
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THE LORD HAS VOTED FOR YOU AND
THE DEVIL HAS VOTED AGAINST YOU
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AND YOU'VE GOT
THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE.
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YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND,
'I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE LORD
00:24:20.96\00:24:23.29
TODAY.' >>AMEN.
00:24:23.29\00:24:24.56
>>DAILY YOU DENY YOURSELF, TAKE
UP YOUR CROSS, AND THAT'S WHEN
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YOU FIND YOUR LIFE.
CHRIST SAID, 'WHOEVER SEEKS TO
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SAVE HIS LIFE FOR
HIMSELF, YOU LOSE IT.
00:24:28.90\00:24:31.90
BUT WHOEVER WILL LET GO OF
HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE AND THE
00:24:31.90\00:24:34.37
GOSPEL'S, YOU FIND IT.' WHAT
BENEFITS COME AS A RESULT OF
00:24:34.37\00:24:38.77
ACCEPTING AND
FOLLOWING THE TRUTH?
00:24:38.77\00:24:41.14
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.
FOR ONE THING, PSALM 119, VERSE
00:24:41.14\00:24:45.48
165 - THE BIBLE
SAYS, "GREAT" - WHAT?
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>>PEACE. >>"GREAT
PEACE HAVE THEY WHICH
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LOVE THY LAW: AND
NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM."
00:24:51.65\00:24:54.52
WHY AM I SHARING
THESE THINGS ABOUT THE LAW?
00:24:54.52\00:24:56.46
BECAUSE I'M LEGALISTIC OR
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE
00:24:56.46\00:24:58.36
JOY AND PEACE
THAT JESUS PROMISES?
00:24:58.36\00:25:00.80
I'M DOING IT
BECAUSE THE BIBLE DOES IT.
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YOU JUST DON'T HEAR THESE THINGS
ANYMORE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES SOME
00:25:02.50\00:25:05.20
SELF-DENIAL. GREAT PEACE.
00:25:05.20\00:25:08.17
AGAIN, JOHN 8, VERSE 32, JESUS
SAID, "AND YOU WILL KNOW THE
00:25:08.17\00:25:11.74
TRUTH" - AND WHAT
WILL THE TRUTH DO?
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.38
>>MAKE YOU
FREE. >>MAKE YOU FREE.
00:25:13.38\00:25:15.21
THERE'S A POWER IN THE
TRUTH THAT SETS YOU FREE.
00:25:15.21\00:25:17.31
IT HELPS YOU HAVE
CONTEXT AND PURPOSE FOR LIFE.
00:25:17.31\00:25:20.15
AND THE LORD
WANTS YOU TO HAVE THAT.
00:25:20.15\00:25:23.02
NOW FRIENDS, THERE'S ONLY TWO
CHOICES: IT'S LIFE AND DEATH;
00:25:23.02\00:25:28.02
BLESSING AND
CURSING; GOOD AND EVIL.
00:25:28.02\00:25:31.46
AND THE LORD HAS SHOWN US THAT
HE LOVES US AND HE WANTS US TO
00:25:31.46\00:25:34.56
HAVE THAT LIFE
THAT HE CAME TO GIVE.
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.83
JESUS LEFT THE GLORIES OF
HEAVEN. HE CAME TO THIS WORLD.
00:25:36.83\00:25:42.27
GOD BECAME A MAN TO DIE
ON OUR BEHALF TO SAVE US.
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HE SUFFERED LIKE WE'LL NEVER BE
ABLE TO COMPREHEND ON THE CROSS
00:25:46.71\00:25:50.18
AND HE'S SAYING, 'I WANT YOU TO
LIVE WITH ME THROUGH ETERNITY,
00:25:50.18\00:25:54.02
BUT YOU MUST
CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ME.
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THE TRUTH OF JESUS
IS REVEALED IN HIS WORD.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING
WITH YOU DURING THIS SEMINAR.
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I HOPE, FRIENDS, THAT YOU'LL
MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT TO
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RECEIVE A LOVE OF THE TRUTH
BECAUSE THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU
00:26:04.13\00:26:06.86
FREE, AMEN? >>STAY
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>>I BEGAN
READING THE BIBLE AND -
00:27:44.16\00:27:46.76
>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -
00:27:46.76\00:27:48.86
>>I REALIZED THAT
THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE.
00:27:48.86\00:27:51.13
>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
00:27:51.13\00:27:52.40
>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL.
00:27:52.40\00:27:54.97
>>I'LL FOLLOW
CHRIST WHEREVER HE GOES.
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>>AMAZING FACTS.
MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF
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PROCLAIMING GOD'S
MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
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>>VIRTUALLY ALL CHRISTIANS AGREE
THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK, BUT
00:28:08.32\00:28:11.65
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION
ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING BACK.
00:28:11.65\00:28:14.82
CHRIST WARNED US, 'TAKE
HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU.
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.96
THERE'LL BE FALSE
CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS.'
00:28:17.96\00:28:20.40
SO HOW CAN WE
AVOID BEING DECEIVED?
00:28:20.40\00:28:23.16
IS THE LORD COMING LIKE
LIGHTNING SHINING FROM THE EAST
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TO THE WEST OR IS THE
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