>>THISRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>JESUS IS THERE ON THE SHORE -
GOD FILLING A MAN - THE DEMONIAC
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IS THERE ON THE SHORE -
THE DEVIL FILLING A MAN.
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MATTER OF FACT, YOU DON'T FIND
TWO MORE POLAR OPPOSITE PICTURES
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IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEONE WHO IS
PERFECTLY SAVED AND SOMEONE WHO
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IS PERFECTLY LOST.
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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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>>THE BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT SIN
AND SALVATION AND IT'S A BOOK OF
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STORIES. AND IN
THIS COLLECTION OF
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STORIES IN THE BIBLE, IT HELPS
US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE
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OF LIFE IS AND WHAT
GOD'S PLAN IS FOR OUR LIFE.
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YOU KNOW, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION
IS DEALING WITH - IT'S ACTUALLY
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FOUND IN THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW,
MARK, AND LUKE, AND IT'S CALLED
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BROKEN CHAINS. IF
YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, WE
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INVITE YOU TO LOOK
ALONG. AND I'M GOING TO START BY
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READING THE ACCOUNT THAT
YOU'LL FIND - THIS IS SOMETIMES
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CALLED THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA.
YOU FIND IT IN MARK CHAPTER 5 -
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IT STARTS WITH THE FIRST VERSE -
AND IT SAYS, "THEN THEY CAME TO
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA,
TO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES.
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AND WHEN HE HAD COME OUT OF THE
BOAT, IMMEDIATELY THERE MET HIM
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OUT OF THE TOMBS A MAN WITH
AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT, WHO HAD HIS
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DWELLING AMONG THE TOMBS; AND
NO ONE COULD BIND HIM, NOT EVEN
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WITH CHAINS, BECAUSE HE HAD
OFTEN BEEN BOUND WITH SHACKLES
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AND CHAINS.
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AND THE CHAINS HAD BEEN PULLED
APART BY HIM, AND THE SHACKLES
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BROKEN IN PIECES;
NEITHER COULD ANYONE TAME HIM.
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AND ALWAYS, NIGHT AND DAY, HE
WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE
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TOMBS, CRYING OUT AND
CUTTING HIMSELF WITH STONES.
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WHEN HE SAW JESUS FROM
AFAR, HE RAN AND WORSHIPED HIM."
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THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS,
OSTENSIBLY, HE'S FILLED WITH THE
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WRONG SPIRIT - YOU THINK
HE'D RUN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
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BUT IT SAYS HE RAN TO
JESUS AND WORSHIPED HIM.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE ACCOUNT
THAT YOU FIND IN LUKE CHAPTER 8,
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VERSE 26, "THEN THEY SAILED
TO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES,
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WHICH IS OPPOSITE GALILEE." -
THIS IS THE SOUTHEASTERN SHORE
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OF THE SEA OF GALILEE - AND
WHEN HE HAD STEPPED OUT ON LAND,
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THERE MET HIM A CERTAIN
MAN FROM THE CITY WHO HAD
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DEMONS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE WORE NO CLOTHES, NOR DID
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HE LIVE IN A
HOUSE BUT IN THE TOMBS.
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WHEN HE SAW JESUS, HE CRIED OUT,
FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM, AND WITH A
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LOUD VOICE SAID, 'WHAT HAVE I TO
DO WITH YOU, JESUS, SON OF THE
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MOST HIGH GOD? I BEG
YOU, DO NOT TORMENT ME!
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FOR HE HAD COMNDED THE UNCLEAN
SPIRIT TO COME OUT OF THE MAN.
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FOR IT HAD OFTEN SEIZED HIM, AND
HE WAS KEPT UNDER GUARD, BOUND
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WITH CHAINS AND SHACKLES;
AND HE BROKE THE BONDS AND WAS
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DRIVEN BY THE DEMON INTO
THE WILDERNESS. JESUS ASKED HIM,
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SAYING, 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME?'
AND HE SAID, 'LEGION,' BECAUSE
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MANY DEMONS HAD ENTERED HIM."
AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO FIND AN
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ACCOUNT OF THIS, AS
WELL, IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW.
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SO HERE YOU HAVE THE PICTURE OF
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AS PROBABLY
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FAR GONE AS ANYBODY AS YOU
COULD EVER IMAGINE IN THE BIBLE.
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THIS MAN IS FILLED WITH DEVILS
AND IT SAYS HE CALLS HIMSELF
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'LEGION.' THIS IS ONE OF
THE ONLY OR FEW TIMES THAT JESUS
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ACTUALLY DIALOGUED WITH
THE DEVIL, YOU MIGHT SAY.
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NOW A ROMAN LEGION COULD
HAVE 6,000 SOLDIERS IN IT - IN A
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LEGION - SO CAN YOU IMAGINE A
MAN HAVING THOUSANDS OF DEVILS?
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HOW DOES A PERSON GET THAT WAY?
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE FIND
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ABOUT THIS STORY DESCRIBES
THE CONDITION OF THE LOST.
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IT ALSO IS A GREAT STORY TO
STUDY BECAUSE IT ILLUSTRATES THE
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EXTREME OPPOSITES - JESUS IS
THERE ON THE SHORE - GOD FILLING
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A MAN - THE DEMONIAC IS THERE ON
THE SHORE - THE DEVIL FILLING A
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MAN. MATTER OF FACT, YOU DON'T
FIND TWO MORE POLAR OPPOSITE
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PICTURES, IN THE BIBLE, OF
SOMEONE WHO IS PERFECTLY SAVED
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AND SOMEONE WHO
IS PERFECTLY LOST.
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NOW HOW DO YOU GET TO WHERE
YOU'RE POSSESSED BY A DEVIL?
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NOW EVERYBODY HERE IS
PROBABLY DEMON HARASSED.
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WE'RE ALL TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.
JESUS WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.
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IT'S NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED BY
THE DEVIL, IT'S A SIN TO GIVE IN
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TO THOSE TEMPTATIONS.
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SO ALL OF US ARE HARASSED, BUT
BEING POSSESSED IS DIFFERENT.
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LITTLE BY LITTLE, WHEN YOU TOY
WITH THE DEVIL OVER A PERIOD OF
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TIME, YOU START
REVEALING YOURSELF.
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YOU START GIVING IN AND HE
BEGINS TO MOVE INTO YOUR LIFE
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AND, AS WE GET BETTER AND BETTER
AT SAYING 'YES' TO TEMPTATION,
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YOU CAN GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU CANNOT SAY 'NO'.
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IT'S SORT OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
WITH SAMSON WHEN DELILAH KEPT
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BADGERING HIM FOR THE SECRET
OF HIS STRENGTH AND LITTLE BY
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LITTLE HE TOYED WITH HER INSTEAD
OF RUNNING AND GETTING AWAY,
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KNOWING SHE WOULD BE
TREACHEROUS, HE TOYED WITH HER
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UNTIL PRETTY SOON SHE DISCOVERED
THE SECRET AND SHE CUT OFF HIS
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HAIR AND HE LOST HIS STRENGTH
AND HE BECAME A CAPTIVE.
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AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
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PEOPLE TOY WITH THE ENEMY UNTIL,
PRETTY SOON, IT'S LIKE PLAYING
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WITH A SNAKE THAT GETS
SO BIG IT CAN CHOKE YOU.
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AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, THROUGH
THIS MAN'S LIFE - IT DOESN'T
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GIVE US THE PARTICULARS - HE
CONTINUED TO TOY WITH THE DEVIL
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UNTIL THE DEVIL MOVED IN
AND COMPLETELY TOOK OVER.
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THAT'S WHY GOD CAME
TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
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WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE
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MENTIONED IN THIS STORY, IT
REALLY OUTLINES WHAT THE LOST
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CONDION IS LIKE. LET ME JUST
START WITH SOMETHING OBVIOUS -
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AND YOU CAN HELP ME -
WHERE DID THE MAN LIVE?
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CEMETERY. WHO TYPICALLY LIVES
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IN THE CEMETERY? DEAD PEOPLE.
NOW THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION.
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DO DEAD PEOPLE
LIVE IN A CEMETERY?
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(LAUGHTER) THEY DON'T,
HOPEFULLY, DO A LOT OF LIVING
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THERE. YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN THE
BIBLE IN ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 9,
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VERSE 5, "FOR THE
LIVING KNOW THAT THEY WILL DIE;
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BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOTHING."
THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT
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THOSE THAT DIE ARE SLEEPING
A PEACEFUL, DREAMLESS SLEEP.
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AS JESUS SAID ABOUT LAZARUS,
'OUR FRIEND SLEEPS.' WHEN THE
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RESURRECTION HAPPENS AND THE
JUDGMENT HAPPENS, THEN PEOPLE
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ARE GOING TO BE VERY AWARE
OF WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THIS MAN
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LIVED IN A CEMETERY.
THAT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
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BECAUSE, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
JESUS - AND THIS MAN REPRESENTS
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- IT'S A TRUE
STORY BUT IT HAS MEANING.
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HE REPRESENTS
THE LOST CONDITION.
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THE BIBLE SAYS 'HE THAT HAS THE
SON HAS LIFE; HE THAT HAS NOT
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THE SON HAS NOT LIFE.' IF
YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE, WHAT DO YOU
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HAVE? THE BIBLE IS INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, THE BOOK OF GENESIS -
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HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE
FIRST FEW WORDS IN GENESIS?
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'IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED.'
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE LAST
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FIVE WORDS OF GENESIS?
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'IN A COFFIN IN EGYPT.' IT
STARTS IN A GARDEN WITH PARADISE
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- EVERLASTING LIFE - TREE
OF LIFE - ENDS IN A COFFIN.
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THIS WORLD HAS BECOME A
CEMETERY. THERE'S SO MUCH DEATH.
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THERE'S SO MUCH DYING.
THERE'S SO MUCH DISEASE.
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AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE
MAN DOUBTED THE WORD OF GOD.
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THE DEVIL SAID, 'HAS GOD SAID?'
AND WHEN MAN BEGAN TO QUESTION
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THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD,
IT WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
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BUT GOD WANTED TO REDEEM US
AND SO GOD SENT HIS SON INTO THE
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WORLD FOR THREE PRINCIPLE
REASONS: TO SHOW US WHAT GOD IS
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LIKE - JESUS SAID, 'IF
YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE
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FATHER.' TO SHOW US HOW
WE OUGHT TO TREAT EACH OTHER.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S GIVEN US AN
EXAMPLE THAT WE SHOULD WALK AS
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HE WALKED AND HE ALSO CAME IN
AS OUR SACRIFICE TO TAKE WHAT WE
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DESERVE THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE WHAT HE DESERVED.
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BUT WE NEED TO ASK HIM
IN. SO THIS MAN IS LIVING
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SURROUNDED BY DEATH.
IT REPRESENTS THE DEAD.
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WHAT ELSE DO WE
LEARN ABOUT THIS MAN?
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WHAT'S HE WEARING? NOT
MUCH. HE'S GOT THE CHAINS ON.
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WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN A MOMENT.
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WHAT DOES CLOTHING
REPRESENT, BIBLICALLY?
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I HEARD SOMEONE
SAY 'RIGHTEOUSNESS'.
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CLOTHING REALLY
REPRESENTS YOUR CHARACTER.
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ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS LIKE WHAT? FILTHY RAGS.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM AND
EVE WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO
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HAVE THESE GARMENTS OF LIGHT.
THEY HAD NO ARTIFICIAL CLOTHING,
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IN THE GARDEN BUT AFTER
THEY SINNED, THE LIGHT WENT OUT.
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YOU KNOW, MOSES
TALKED TO GOD AND HE GLOWED.
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ADAM AND EVE USED TO TALK TO
GOD AND THEY HAD THESE ROBES OF
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LIGHT, LIKE IT
SAYS IN REVELATION.
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BUT WHEN THEY SINNED, THE LIGHT
WENT OUT AND THEY WERE WHAT?
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>>NAKED. >>WHEN
THAT MAN IN THE PARABLE
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OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN FELL AMONG
THIEVES, THE THIEVES ROBBED
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HIM AND THEY BEAT HIM
AND THEY STRIPPED HIM.
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IN THE STORY I SHARED A MOMENT
AGO FROM ACTS 19, WHEN THAT
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DEMON BEAT UP THOSE YOUNG
MEN, IT SAYS THEY FLED NAKED.
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AND THE DEVIL WANTS TO STRIP AND
HUMILIATE THE WORLD - TO ROB US
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OF ANY
RIGHTEOUSNESS OR CHARACTER.
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SO THIS MAN HAS NO CLOTHES.
THE PROBLEM IS, HE'S NAKED
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AND HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE.
MOST OF US, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW,
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IF YOU SHOULD SUDDENLY DISCOVER
THAT YOU ARE NAKED, YOU'D
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PROBABLY - I'D LIKE TO THINK
THAT YOU'D STAY 'TIL THE END OF
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THE SERMON, BUT I GUESS
NOT. YOU'D EXCUSE YOURSELF.
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EVEN IF THE TEMPERATURE WAS
COMFORTABLE, YOU PROBABLY WOULD
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LEAVE BECAUSE YOU'D FEEL
THIS COMPELLING DESIRE TO COVER
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YOURSELF. THIS
MAN, HE DOESN'T CARE.
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HE REPRESENTS THE LOST -
NO DESIRE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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YOU KNOW WHAT THE LORD
SAYS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE
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CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS? IT
SAYS YOU'RE POOR AND WRETCHED
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AND MISERABLE
AND BLIND AND NAKED.
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AND THEY DON'T KNOW AND
THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE.
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AND THEN HE SAID, 'I COUNSEL
YOU TO BUY OF ME THAT ROBE OF
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RIGHTEOUSNESS - THAT
CLOTHING THAT JESUS IS OFFERING.
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THAT HE PURCHASED
WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.
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YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING JESUS
LEFT BEHIND AT THE CROSS WAS A
00:11:07.40\00:11:10.70
ROBE - A BLOOD-STAINED ROBE.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO
00:11:10.70\00:11:14.64
GET TO HEAVEN IS TO HAVE THAT
WEDDING GARMENT ON, ACCORDING
00:11:14.64\00:11:18.07
TO THE PARABLES OF
JESUS. WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE
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RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT
CHRIST HAS PROVIDED.
00:11:20.68\00:11:23.08
WELL, WHAT ELSE DO
WE LEARN ABOUT THIS MAN?
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IT SAID THAT WHENEVER THEY TRIED
TO RESTRAIN HIM, HE WOULD NOT
00:11:25.41\00:11:28.95
ACCEPT ANY RESTRAINT - NO SELF
CONTROL - HE'D BREAK THE CHAINS
00:11:28.95\00:11:33.29
AND - TOTALLY
INDEPENDENT - UNSOCIAL.
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YOU KNOW, WE NEED ORDER IN
OUR LIVES AND WE NEED LAW IN OUR
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LIVES TO BE HAPPY. I
WENT TO TWO OF THE MOST
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OPPOSITE SCHOOLS
IN NORTH AMERICA.
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ONE OF THEM WAS NEW
YORK MILITARY ACADEMY.
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IN FACT, I WENT THERE - I WAS
ENTERING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN
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DONALD TRUMP WAS GRADUATING.
IT'S CALLED NYMA - NEW
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YORK MILITARY
ACADEMY. IT IS THE STRICTEST
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SCHOOL IN NORTH AMERICA.
WE HAD RULES ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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IT WAS - IT'S LIKE A
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR KIDS.
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I MEAN, THEY INSPECT YOUR ROOM
EVERY DAY AND YOU HAD TO STAND
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AT ATTENTION AND GO THROUGH
ALL THESE DRILLS AND MARCH
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EVERYWHERE. AND
THEY MEASURED HOW YOU
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FOLDED YOUR
UNDERWEAR. THEY WOULD BOUNCE A
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QUARTER OFF YOUR BED.
YOUR CLOTHES HAD TO BE IN YOUR
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CLOSET IN A CERTAIN STACKED
ORDER. I MEAN, IT WAS - WHITE
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GLOVE INSPECTIONS -
GOVERNMENT INSPECTIONS.
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NOT EVERY DAY, BUT WE WERE
INSPECTED EVERY DAY - STRICT.
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AND THEN, AFTER A COUPLE OF
YEARS THERE, MY MOTHER, WHO WAS
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VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY
FATHER WHO - THEY HAD DIVORCED
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YEARS EARLIER, BUT HE WAS MORE
MILITARY AND SHE WAS MORE DOUG
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NEEDS TO EXPRESS HIMSELF.
AND SHE TOLD MY FATHER, 'DOUG
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REALLY, YOU KNOW, HE'S
GOING THROUGH THE TEENAGE YEARS.
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HE NEEDS TO FIND HIMSELF. I
FOUND A GREAT SCHOOL FOR HIM.'
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IT WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL
SCHOOL CALLED 'PINEHENGE'.
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I JUST LOOKED IT UP
AGAIN TODAY ON THE INTERNET.
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AND NO RULES - WELL, THEY HAD
THREE RULES: NO DRUGS, NO SEX,
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NO FIGHTING - NOBODY PAID
ATTENTION TO THE RULES THEY HAD.
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CO-ED - ALL AGES - CO-ED DORMS.
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YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO MEALS
IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT.
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YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO CLASS
IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT.
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THEY FIGURED, 'KIDS ARE GOING TO
LEARN WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN.'
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AND IT WAS JUST - THE WHOLE
YEAR WAS JUST A WILD BEDLAM.
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NOW HERE'S THE QUESTION: WHERE
DO YOU THINK I WAS HAPPIER, THE
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MILITARY SCHOOL WITH THE
ORDER AND THE CONTROL AND THE
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RESTRICTIONS AND THE RULES, OR
THE FREE SCHOOL WITH NO ORDER?
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GOD DOESN'T GIVE US RULES TO
RESTRICT OUR HAPPINESS, HE GIVES
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US RULES TO
PRESERVE OUR HAPPINESS.
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>>AMEN. >>BECAUSE WE NEED ORDER.
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WE NEED LAW.
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OTHERWISE, YOU'VE GOT A LAWLESS
WORLD AND A LAWLESS LIFE.
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AND THE DEVIL, HE WANTS
US TO CAST OFF ALL RESTRAINT.
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WHAT ELSE DO WE
LEARN ABOUT THIS MAN?
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IT SAYS HE WENT AROUND ALWAYS
IN THE MOUNTAINS CRYING OUT
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AND CUTTING HIMSELF WITH
STONES. DOES HE SOUND HAPPY?
00:14:06.34\00:14:10.21
ALWAYS - HE WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND, BOY, IT MUST HAVE JUST
00:14:10.21\00:14:12.51
REALLY HAUNTED THE AREA OF
DECAPOLIS WHEN AT NIGHT THEY'D
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HEAR THIS MAN MOANING, DRAGGING
HIS CHAINS, AND THEN THEY'D HEAR
00:14:15.65\00:14:18.75
HIM SHRIEK. HE WOULD PICK UP
KNIVES AND HE WOULD CUT HIMSELF.
00:14:18.75\00:14:23.46
IT DOESN'T MEAN HE FELL DOWN, IT
MEANS HE WAS MUTILATING HIMSELF.
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THIS IS WHAT THE
DEVIL WANTS US TO DO.
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HE LEADS US INTO LIVES
THAT ARE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.
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SATAN ENTERED JUDAS AND
HE WENT OUT AND HUNG HIMSELF.
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THE LORD WITHDREW FROM SAUL
AND HE FELL ON HIS OWN SWORD.
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SIN WILL MAKE YOU SELF-DESTRUCT.
JESUS SAID IF YOU LIVE FOR
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YOURSELF YOU'LL LOSE YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU LET GO OF YOUR LIFE NOW
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FOR GOD, YOU
WILL FIND YOUR LIFE.
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I KNOW IT SOUNDS
COUNTER-INTUITIVE, BUT IN LIFE,
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THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS IS
BY GIVING EVERYTHING YOU ARE AND
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EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO GOD AND
THEN HE GIVES IT BACK TO YOU AND
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HE GIVES YOU PEACE AND HE
GIVES YOU DIRECTION AND PURPOSE.
00:15:08.37\00:15:11.24
THIS MAN TRIED TO LIVE LIFE
LIKE IT WAS ONE BIG PARTY AND HE
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BECAME THE
ULTIMATE SLAVE OF THE DEVIL.
00:15:14.01\00:15:17.91
NOW, ALL OF THIS IS TELLING US
ABOUT WHAT THE DEVIL'S PLAN IS
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FOR US. THINK
ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT.
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THERE ON THE BEACH THAT DAY,
THE DISCIPLES - YOU KNOW, THEY
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PROBABLY PADDLED THEIR BOAT OUT
A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS AND
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THEY LOOKED BACK TO THE SHORE
AND THEY SAW JESUS WAS STILL
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THERE. JESUS DID
NOT RUN FROM THIS DEVIL.
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HE STOOD THERE
BECAUSE CHRIST WAS NOT AFRAID.
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AND I THINK THAT JESUS KNEW,
WHATEVER WAS LEFT IN THAT MAN OF
00:15:43.30\00:15:46.21
HIS OWN FREE WILL, HAD
COME TO CHRIST LOOKING FOR HELP.
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THERE ON THE BEACH THAT
DAY YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT
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CONTROVERSY. YOU KNOW WHAT GOD'S
00:15:54.82\00:15:57.15
PLAN IS FOR YOUR LIFE?
THE LORD'S PLAN FOR EACH
00:15:57.15\00:16:01.09
OF YOU IS TO BE LIKE
JESUS. WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
00:16:01.09\00:16:04.89
A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF
CHRIST AND THE MORE THAT WE LOOK
00:16:04.89\00:16:09.10
AT CHRIST, THE MORE HE IS
IMPRESSED ON OUR SOULS AND WE
00:16:09.10\00:16:12.57
BECOME LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP.
AND SO, A CHRISTIAN, AS HE
00:16:12.57\00:16:16.14
KEEPS HIS EYES ON CHRIST, HE
IS TRANSFORMED LITTLE BY LITTLE
00:16:16.14\00:16:19.64
AND HE BECOMES LIKE JESUS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF
00:16:19.64\00:16:23.18
SALVATION - IN THE BEGINNING
GOD MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE.
00:16:23.18\00:16:27.22
THE DEVIL'S BEEN TRYING TO
ERASE THE IMAGE OF GOD FROM MAN.
00:16:27.22\00:16:30.72
JESUS CAME TO RESTORE
THE IMAGE OF GOD TO MAN.
00:16:30.72\00:16:33.92
NOW, THIS OTHER CHARACTER - YOU
KNOW, THE DEVIL HAS A PLAN FOR
00:16:33.92\00:16:37.66
YOUR LIFE TOO. THE
DEVIL'S PLAN IS TO REMOVE
00:16:37.66\00:16:43.63
ANY TRACE OF THE
IMAGE OF GOD FROM YOU.
00:16:43.63\00:16:48.40
CAN YOU THINK, IN THE BIBLE, OF
ANYBODY THAT IS FURTHER FROM GOD
00:16:48.40\00:16:52.91
THAN THIS MAN? JUST LOOK
AT THE PICTURE. HE IS NAKED.
00:16:52.91\00:16:59.91
HE'S COVERED WITH
SCARS - CUTTING HIMSELF.
00:16:59.91\00:17:03.35
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER, IN YOUR
BIBLES, A STORY OF ELIJAH ON
00:17:03.35\00:17:06.62
MOUNT CARMEL, THAT WHEN
THE PROPHETS OF BAAL, THESE
00:17:06.62\00:17:10.09
DEMON-WORSHIPING PROPHETS, WHEN
THEY WANTED TO IMPRESS THEIR GOD
00:17:10.09\00:17:13.40
THEY TOOK OUT KNIVES AND
THEY PIERCED AND CUT THEMSELVES.
00:17:13.40\00:17:17.63
THE DEVIL WANTS US TO DESTROY
OUR BODIES AND JESUS SAID, 'YOUR
00:17:17.63\00:17:20.47
BODY IS THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.'
00:17:20.47\00:17:23.71
THIS MAN IS - HE'S
WILD, HE'S NAKED, HE'S LIVING
00:17:23.71\00:17:27.61
WITH - THERE'S
PIGS UP ON THE HILL.
00:17:27.61\00:17:30.18
BUT WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF
THAT MAN INSIDE, CAME TO JESUS.
00:17:30.18\00:17:34.45
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, 'DOUG,
WHO'S THE HERO IN THIS STORY?
00:17:34.45\00:17:37.65
OBVIOUSLY JESUS IS THE HERO
IN EVERY STORY, BUT THIS MAN I'M
00:17:37.65\00:17:44.26
HOLDING FORTH TO YOU
AS A HERO OF FAITH, WHY?
00:17:44.26\00:17:48.86
NOT BECAUSE HE ENDED UP DEMON
POSSESSED, BUT BECAUSE HE MADE A
00:17:48.86\00:17:52.63
DECISION - WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF
THAT MAN INSIDE, WITH ALL THOSE
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.84
DEMONS HOWLING IN HIS HEAD, WHEN
THEY SAID, 'OH HERE'S JESUS,
00:17:55.84\00:18:00.98
IT'S THE SON OF
GOD. WHAT WILL WE DO?
00:18:00.98\00:18:02.68
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.'
WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF HIS WILL,
00:18:02.68\00:18:05.88
HE WENT TO JESUS
JUST LIKE HE WAS.
00:18:05.88\00:18:10.45
HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN PEOPLE THAT
FELT, 'I'M TOO FAR FROM GOD.
00:18:10.45\00:18:13.42
I CAN'T COME. I'VE
GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS.
00:18:13.42\00:18:15.26
I'VE GOT SO MANY DEVILS.' YOU
EVER FELT LIKE THAT MAN WHERE
00:18:15.26\00:18:18.03
YOU JUST HEAR SO MANY - THE
CACOPHONY OF DIABOLICAL VOICES
00:18:18.03\00:18:21.80
INSIDE AND YOU JUST WONDER,
'CAN YOU GET THROUGH TO GOD?'
00:18:21.80\00:18:26.84
IF THAT MAN COULD RECOGNIZE THE
FACE OF JESUS AND SAY, 'I DON'T
00:18:26.84\00:18:31.41
KNOW HOW I CAN BE SAVED. I DON'T
KNOW HOW I CAN BE CHANGED -
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WITH MY CHAINS, WITH MY
NAKEDNESS, SURROUNDED BY DEATH,
00:18:35.58\00:18:38.98
WITH MY WOUNDS' - HE CAME
TO JESUS JUST LIKE HE WAS.
00:18:38.98\00:18:43.49
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS
THE STEP TO ETERNAL LIFE.
00:18:43.49\00:18:47.69
BECAUSE HE DID
THAT, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
00:18:47.69\00:18:51.29
IT WASN'T BECAUSE HE WORKED HIS
WAY BACK TO HOLINESS, IT'S HE
00:18:51.29\00:18:55.93
CAME IN HIS HELPLESS CONDITION.
I CHALLENGE YOU. FIND AN EXAMPLE
00:18:55.93\00:19:00.87
OF O PERSON IN THE BIBLE
THAT IS MORE PATHETICALLY
00:19:00.87\00:19:05.44
POSSESSED THAN THAT
PERSON. A LEGION - THOUSANDS OF
00:19:05.44\00:19:11.68
DEVILS CONTROLLED HIS LIFE.
HOW COULD A HUMAN EVER BREAK
00:19:11.68\00:19:14.98
FREE? YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY
00:19:14.98\00:19:17.02
A VERY ENCOURAGING STORY.
IF THE LORD CAN SAVE THAT MAN,
00:19:17.02\00:19:19.85
IS THERE HOPE FOR
YOU AND ME? >>AMEN.
00:19:19.85\00:19:21.96
>>THIS MAN IS A PICTURE OF NOT
JUST YOU AND ME WHEN - IN A LOST
00:19:21.96\00:19:26.90
CONDITION; IT'S A
PICTURE OF A LOST WORLD.
00:19:26.90\00:19:31.53
JESUS CROSSED THAT STORMY
SEA. HE SAVES THIS ONE MAN.
00:19:31.53\00:19:37.81
AND THEN HE GETS IN
HIS BOAT AND HE LEAVES.
00:19:37.81\00:19:41.64
CHRIST CROSSED THE UNIVERSE.
00:19:41.64\00:19:44.45
AFTER CALMING A RAGING SEA,
HE THEN CALMS A RAGING SOUL.
00:19:44.45\00:19:49.38
AND WHAT HE DOES FOR THAT MAN HE
WANTS TO DO FOR EACH ONE OF US.
00:19:49.38\00:19:52.92
HE WANTS TO TRANSFORM OUR LIVES.
THIS IS A WHOLE - THE WHOLE
00:19:52.92\00:19:58.26
GOSPEL IS ENCAPSULATED
IN THIS INCREDIBLE STORY.
00:19:58.26\00:20:02.36
AND, AS THE LORD BROKE HIS
CHAINS AND SET HIM FREE, AND
00:20:02.36\00:20:05.17
CLEANSED HIM AND COVERED HIM AND
COMMISSIONED HIM, THAT'S WHAT HE
00:20:05.17\00:20:08.54
WANTS TO DO FOR
EACH ONE OF US. >>AMEN.
00:20:08.54\00:20:11.17
>>NOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT,
BUT THIS - THIS WAS A TRUE STORY
00:20:11.17\00:20:15.48
2,000 YEARS AGO AND
IT'S STILL TRUE TODAY.
00:20:15.48\00:20:20.95
AND THIS STORY IS ESPECIALLY
PRECIOUS TO ME BECAUSE I WAS
00:20:20.95\00:20:24.89
THAT MAN. I LIVED UP IN THE
MOUNTAINS, NAKED, USING DRUGS.
00:20:24.89\00:20:33.93
I WAS ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT GOT MIXED UP WITH THE WRONG
00:20:33.93\00:20:37.60
PEOPLE AND - PARENTS - MULTIPLE
DIVORCES AND HAD A BROTHER THAT
00:20:37.60\00:20:41.57
WAS GRAVELY ILL AND JUST WENT
DOWN THE DRUG SCENE AND REBELLED
00:20:41.57\00:20:46.04
AND TRIED TO FIND SOME PURPOSE
AND PETTY CRIME, 'TIL I FOUND
00:20:46.04\00:20:51.28
MYSELF UP IN THE MOUNTAINS A
BIG ZERO - LIVING LIKE A MADMAN.
00:20:51.28\00:20:55.38
AND I FOUND A BIBLE IN A CAVE.
I WANTED TO READ THE BIBLE SO
00:20:55.38\00:21:00.39
I COULD ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS.
AND I STARD READING THE BIBLE
00:21:00.39\00:21:03.86
AND, AS I READ THE
STORIES IN THE BIBLE, I REALIZED
00:21:03.86\00:21:08.80
THERE'S A POWER
HERE. AND I WAS AN ATHEIST.
00:21:08.80\00:21:12.40
I HAD NO INTENTION OF BELIEVING
IT, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
00:21:12.40\00:21:14.97
SUPERNATURAL ABOUT THIS BOOK AND
I SAW THAT IT WAS CHANGING ME.
00:21:14.97\00:21:19.51
AND I WENT FROM BEING, YOU KNOW,
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES
00:21:19.51\00:21:24.28
AND HAD ALL THESE
ADDICTIONS AND PROBLEMS.
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.61
I HAD CHAINS AND, LITTLE
BY LITTLE, AS I KEPT COMING TO
00:21:26.61\00:21:29.62
JESUS - IN SPITE OF MY WEAKNESS,
I KEPT COMING - HE BROKE THE
00:21:29.62\00:21:33.59
CHAINS. HE CLEANSED ME.
I'M NOT - HE'S STILL WORKING
00:21:33.59\00:21:37.06
ON ME; DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
BUT HE CLEANSED ME, HE ACCEPTED
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.93
ME, AND THEN HE
GAVE ME A WORK TO DO.
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.23
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE
TOLD THIS MAN TO DO?
00:21:43.23\00:21:44.43
HE SAID, 'GO TELL WHAT GREAT
THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.' DO
00:21:44.43\00:21:47.80
YOU THINK THAT MAN, WHEN
HE SHOWED UP ON THE STREETS OF
00:21:47.80\00:21:50.31
DECAPOLIS ALL CLEANED UP, AND
THEY SAID, 'IS THIS THAT CRAZED
00:21:50.31\00:21:57.45
DEMONIAC THAT HAS BEEN HAUNTING
OUR TERRITORY ALL THESE YEARS?'
00:21:57.45\00:22:02.08
AND HE SAID, 'I WANT TO
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
00:22:02.08\00:22:04.59
I CAME TO JESUS.
00:22:04.59\00:22:06.62
THIS IS THE SON OF GOD.' HE KNEW
HE WAS THE SON OF GOD BECAUSE HE
00:22:06.62\00:22:09.09
HEARD THE DEVILS THAT
KNEW HIM ON A FIRSTHAND BASIS.
00:22:09.09\00:22:13.06
AND HE SAID, 'I CAME
TO HIM JUST LIKE I WAS.
00:22:13.06\00:22:15.46
I HAD FAITH IN HIM THAT
HE COULD HELP ME AND HE DID.
00:22:15.46\00:22:19.80
AND WHAT HE DID FOR
ME, HE CAN DO FOR YOU.
00:22:19.80\00:22:22.04
HE CAN CLEAN YOU UP. HE CAN SET
YOU FREE. HE CAN GIVE YOU JOY.
00:22:22.04\00:22:24.87
HE CAN GIVE YOU
EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:22:24.87\00:22:26.24
AND THE CHANGE IN THIS MAN'S
LIFE WAS SO DRAMATIC AND SO
00:22:26.24\00:22:30.18
RADICAL, THE BIBLE SAYS, IN THE
GOSPEL OF LUKE, THAT WHEN JESUS
00:22:30.18\00:22:34.35
RETURNED - SOUNDING LIKE HE CAME
BACK TO THIS REGION, THEY WERE
00:22:34.35\00:22:39.22
ALL WAITING FOR HIM.
BECAUSE THIS ONE MAN, WHO WOULD
00:22:39.22\00:22:43.79
HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST REJECT IN
THE COMMUNITY, GOD WAS ABLE TO
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.96
USE THE LOWEST PERSON - THE MOST
HOPELESS PERSON, TO ABSOLUTELY
00:22:46.96\00:22:51.37
TRANSFORM THE WHOLE TERRITORY.
JESUS WENT INTO THE AREA
00:22:51.37\00:22:55.87
AND HE REACHED ONE PERSON.
AND THROUGH REACHING THAT ONE
00:22:55.87\00:22:59.31
PERSON, HE WAS ABLE TO
TRANSFORM SO MANY OTHERS.
00:22:59.31\00:23:03.11
WELL, FRIENDS, NOT ONLY IS THIS
STORY TRUE; BECAUSE OF WHAT HE'S
00:23:03.11\00:23:07.18
DONE IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, TO
ME, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN I
00:23:07.18\00:23:10.02
SEE HOW GOD HAS TAKEN ME OVER
THE LAST FORTY YEARS - FORTY
00:23:10.02\00:23:13.19
YEARS AGO I GAVE MY HEART TO
JESUS, UP IN THE HILLS LIVING -
00:23:13.19\00:23:15.92
RUNNING AROUND
NAKED, LIKE A KOOK.
00:23:15.92\00:23:18.79
AND I CAME TO JESUS
AND HE HAS CHANGED ME.
00:23:18.79\00:23:21.96
AND THEN HE SENT ME OUT TELLING
OTHERS WHAT THE LORD DID FOR ME.
00:23:21.96\00:23:24.70
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THEY PAY
ME TO DO IT, BECAUSE I WAS DOING
00:23:24.70\00:23:27.47
IT FOR FREE UNTIL I FOUND OUT
YOU COULD GET PAID TO DO IT AS
00:23:27.47\00:23:29.84
WELL. (LAUGHTER)
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERY
00:23:29.84\00:23:32.54
BELIEVER OUGHT
TO BE DOING. >>AMEN.
00:23:32.54\00:23:35.68
>>WE ALL HAVE, REALLY, TWO
CHOICES: WE'VE GOT CHRIST AND
00:23:35.68\00:23:41.55
SATAN. YOU'VE GOT
GOD AND THE DEVIL.
00:23:41.55\00:23:46.72
YOU'VE GOT LIGHT
AND YOU'VE GOT DARKNESS.
00:23:46.72\00:23:49.62
HE GOES BY MANY NAMES - JESUS
CALLS HIM THE PRINCE OF THIS
00:23:49.62\00:23:53.26
WORLD - SATAN, LUCIFER,
APOLLYON, BEELZEBUB, MASTER OF
00:23:53.26\00:24:01.97
DARKNESS, THE DECEIVER. THERE
IS AN EVIL POWER IN THIS WORLD.
00:24:01.97\00:24:07.54
DO YOU KNOW
THAT? IT'S VERY REAL.
00:24:07.54\00:24:10.35
AND YOUR ONLY SAFETY AGAINST
HIS DEVICES IS BY HAVING CHRIST
00:24:10.35\00:24:15.92
IN YOUR HEART. YOU
CANNOT FIGHT HIM ON YOUR OWN.
00:24:15.92\00:24:19.52
JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT IS NOT WITH
ME IS AGAINST ME.' THE DEVIL IS
00:24:19.52\00:24:23.16
OUT THERE TO ROB AND TO KILL AND
TO DESTROY AS MANY AS HE CAN.
00:24:23.16\00:24:27.03
AND HE WILL SEEK TO ENSLAVE AND
HE WANTS US TO SELF DESTRUCT.
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.13
YOU SEE, THE REASON THE DEVIL'S
DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE DEVIL,
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.80
BEFORE HE FELL, HE KNEW
GOD. HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS
00:24:33.80\00:24:36.34
LIKE TO LOVE GOD. HE
KNOWS THAT GOD IS LOVE.
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.71
AND, WHILE THE DEVIL DOESN'T
FEEL LOVE ANYMORE, HE KNOWS
00:24:38.71\00:24:41.51
THAT GOD LOVES US AND THE DEVIL
WANTS TO HURT GOD BY HURTING US.
00:24:41.51\00:24:46.95
WHAT WOULD HURT A PERSON MORE
- IF THEY'RE A PARENT - TO HURT
00:24:46.95\00:24:49.88
THEM OR TO HURT THEIR
CHILD? THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT
00:24:49.88\00:24:54.06
GOD LOVES THE WORLD. GOD
SO LOVES YOU - HE SO LOVES
00:24:54.06\00:24:58.96
ME, HE SENT HIS SON
THAT WE WON'T PERISH.
00:24:58.96\00:25:03.00
BUT HE WANTS US TO HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE - BUT WE NEED
00:25:03.00\00:25:06.47
TO COME. 'WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, I'VE
00:25:06.47\00:25:09.37
- I'VE GOT THESE
PROBLEMS. I'M WEAK.
00:25:09.37\00:25:11.87
I'VE GOT THESE ADDICTIONS.
I'VE GOT THESE CHAINS.
00:25:11.87\00:25:13.44
I'VE GOT THESE OBSTACLES.
I'VE GOT THESE HABITS.
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.48
HOW CAN I COME
TO JESUS?' REALLY?
00:25:15.48\00:25:17.75
DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN
EXCUSE NOT TO COME TO CHRIST?
00:25:17.75\00:25:19.85
IF THAT MAN COULD HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH TO COME TO JESUS, THEN CAN
00:25:19.85\00:25:23.52
ANYBODY COME? IF
JESUS WOULD RECEIVE THAT
00:25:23.52\00:25:26.62
MAN, WILL HE
RECEIVE YOU? >>AMEN.
00:25:26.62\00:25:30.59
>>AND THAT'S WHAT
THESE MEETINGS ARE ALL ABOUT.
00:25:30.59\00:25:32.59
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU - SHOW
YOU THROUGH THESE STORIES OF THE
00:25:32.59\00:25:35.33
BIBLE - THESE PORTRAITS OF FAITH
IN THE BIBLE - THAT YOUR LIFE
00:25:35.33\00:25:39.97
CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY
THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD.
00:25:39.97\00:25:42.27
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
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THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING,
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE COME TO THE
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LORD BEFORE, BUT
YOU'VE DRIFTED OVER THE YEARS.
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YOU'VE BEEN BACKSLIDING OR THE
DEVIL'S GOT HIS CHAINS ON YOU
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AGAIN AND YOU FEEL THOSE
HAUNTING VOICES IN YOUR HEAD.
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YOU CAN COME JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.
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CHRIST WAS ONLY ON THAT SHORE
FOR A MATTER OF HOURS AND THEN
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HE LEFT, BUT IN THAT TIME,
THAT MAN CAME WHEN HE SAW THE
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OPPORTUNITY - WHEN HE SAW
JESUS HE CAME LIKE HE WAS.
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AND EACH OF YOU CAN MAKE A
DECISION RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT
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TO COME TO JESUS
JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
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IF YOU RECEIVED
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>>DID YOU KNOW THIS BOAT COULD
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PEOPLE? OR A CAR
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>>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE
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BEFORE. THANK
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