Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000184A
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01:00 male announcer: This presentation is brought to you 01:02 by the friends of the "Amazing Facts" ministry. 01:07 [music] 01:11 Doug Batchelor: For my yoke is easy and my burden is light, 01:15 as compared to what? Now, there's a question. 01:18 There's only two masters. Jesus said, "You're with me 01:20 or you're against me. It's my yoke or the devil's 01:23 yoke. It's my service or his service." 01:29 announcer: For over 40 years, "Amazing Facts" has been 01:31 dedicated to sharing God's Word through media. 01:35 This program features highlights from some of our best 01:38 television broadcasts. We invite you to sit back and 01:41 enjoy this edition of "Amazing Facts Presents." 01:50 Doug: Straight is the gate and narrow is the way, 01:52 you've heard that before? And few there be that find it. 01:55 It's not that it can't be found. But for some reason, a lot 01:59 of us sort of think in a herd mentality. 02:02 And we just go down thebroad road with everybody else. 02:07 Is it easier to be saved or lost? 02:12 Well, first I want to make it clear that good and bad comes to 02:15 everybody in life. There are struggles for 02:19 everybody. We're not talking about is life 02:22 hard or easy because life is difficult and there are 02:25 problems. Now, Jesus said, Matthew 5, 02:28 verse 45, "He makes the sun rise on the evil 02:33 and the good. He sends the rain on the just 02:36 and the unjust." Job, when trials came into 02:40 his life, and he was a perfect and upright man, 02:42 it says, "Shall we indeed accept good from the Lord, 02:45 and shall we not accept adversity?" 02:47 You will have good and you will have adversity in your life. 02:50 Everybody's going to have some trials. 02:53 But people are wondering, "Is it easier to be saved or lost?" 02:58 And a lot of folks get discouraged. 03:00 They think, "I'd like to be a Christian, but 03:01 it's just so hard." There are trials, there are 03:05 struggles that come. Acts 14:22, Paul said, "We must 03:09 through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." 03:13 You notice--and this today is not popular because the church 03:17 at large, many evangelical churches teach that God loves us 03:21 too much to allow us to suffer tribulation. 03:24 That if you have faith, you're going to be healthy, 03:26 and you're going to be wealthy, and you're going to be wise, 03:28 and you won't have any problems. And if you do, you just don't 03:29 have enough faith. And because the Lord loves 03:31 us, the great tribulation the Bible talks about, we 03:34 won't experience that, we will all be caught up. 03:37 If you don't have faith, you're left behind. 03:39 We'll be caught up before the tribulation. 03:42 'Cause that's not what the Bible teaches. 03:44 God doesn't say he saves us from tribulation. 03:46 Do you notice what Paul said? It is through. 03:49 Now, that's the difference being saved from it and being saved 03:51 through it. Was Noah saved from the 03:54 flood or through the flood? 03:57 Was Daniel saved from the lion's den or through it? 04:01 How about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? 04:02 Did God, because he loved them, save them from the furnace? 04:06 He went through the furnace with them. 04:08 God said, "When you pass through the fires, 04:10 when you go through the waters, I will go with you." 04:13 But he doesn't promise that he's going to save us from trouble. 04:16 Paul said, "It is through tribulation we enter the kingdom 04:19 of God." Jesus said, "He that endures to 04:22 the end will be saved." Christ said, Mark 13:13, "You'll 04:27 be hated by all for my name's sake. 04:30 But he that endures to the end shall be saved there." 04:32 There's endurance that is involved. 04:35 And John 16:33, "These things I've spoken to you that you 04:40 might have peace. In the world you will have 04:43 tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the 04:47 world." And so, the Lord is making 04:49 very clear that believers will have tribulation, but cheer up. 04:53 Unbelievers have tribulation too. 04:57 Life is tough. How many of you have had 04:59 trials in your life? Anyone trial free? 05:03 Now, when I ok at the trial, some people will go through, 05:05 think, "I don't have any problems." 05:08 You know, after I come back from one of these trips to India or 05:11 Africa, and you see the shanties and the people sleeping in the 05:16 street, and just living form hand to mouth, and then I 05:19 think about, you know, how a flat tire ruins my day. 05:25 And in perspective, I think, "Oh, 05:26 it's really not that bad." 05:28 And someone says, "Oh, I had trials this week. 05:30 I had a flat tire." "Did you have a spare?" 05:33 "Yeah, but I had to change my tire." 05:37 And so, you know, in our way of thinking, those are trials. 05:41 Most of us don't have--some of us have more serious trials if 05:45 we've got a terminal disease or someone we love has a terminal 05:48 disease, or going through terrible health problems, 05:51 or you might have tremendous financial reverses, 05:53 and struggles, and stress, and someone you love is lost. 05:57 There's all kinds of trials. 06:00 But if you live long enough, you're going to have problems. 06:03 So, the question is not, do the saved have problems and the lost 06:07 don't? Or do the lost have problems 06:09 and the saved don't? Everybody's got problems. 06:13 But is it easier to be saved than lost? 06:16 Is it easier to win or to lose? Well, how many of you like 06:23 losing? Jesus asked this question, 06:28 Matthew 16:26, "What profit is it if a man gains his whole 06:33 world--the whole world, and loses his own soul? 06:37 Or what will the man give in exchange for his soul?" 06:41 I remember reading back during the stock market crash in was it 06:46 1928? Some people overnight--'29, and 06:49 they overnight lost their fortunes, and it was I guess 06:53 fairly common. Day after day, people 06:56 were--these people who had great 06:57 wealth lost it all, and they were jumping from the windows 07:01 because they thought that it all--because they'd lost their 07:04 earthly treasure, they lost everything. 07:06 They killed themselves, believing their lives had no 07:09 meaning. There was a man in the news, 07:15 very wealthy man in charge of an energy company that 07:19 was indicted. And the day after the 07:25 indictment, he drove his car, he was by himself, 07:28 very quickly into a concrete abutment. 07:31 And at first, they couldn't say what it was, 07:33 but they suspect it was suicide. He was waiting to turn himself 07:37 over to the authorities and to be imprisoned. 07:40 And he despaired of life. He'd lived, was very successful, 07:43 very popular, very famous wealthy man. 07:47 Killed himself. So, losing can be hard. 07:52 Some people take it pretty hard. 07:55 Matthew 13, "The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant 07:58 seeking beautiful pearls. 08:00 And when he has found one pearl of great price, he goes and 08:04 sells all that he has to get it," because that's profitable. 08:08 Willing to sacrifice everything for that which lasts forever. 08:12 Now, probably one of the best analogies, 08:15 if you're trying to decide, is it easier to be saved or lost, 08:17 is from the story of Israel and the exodus. 08:22 My question would be, is it easier to be a slave or to be 08:25 free? Some people would say, "Of 08:28 course it's easier to be free." Is it? 08:31 Do you know how you get freedom? Does freedom ever come easy? 08:35 Do you know why we have what freedom we have left? 08:39 'Cause a lot of people have died for it, 08:42 and they spilt their blood, and they sacrificed their lives. 08:46 So yes, we want to be free, but freedom costs a lot. 08:52 And as we are willing to sacrifice our freedoms one by 08:55 one, I think we forget what slavery is. 08:58 There's a whole nation of slaves called the Israelites. 09:02 And after being saved from their slavery, 09:05 they forgot how hard it was, and they wanted to go back to Egypt. 09:09 It's amazing. "Oh man, this going through the 09:11 wilderness with God is tough. I wish I was back in Egypt." 09:15 And they forgot back in Egypt, they're serving a king 09:18 that hates them, they're working for his glory, they're 09:21 not getting paid. Listen to how Moses describes 09:24 it. Deuteronomy 26, verse 6, "But 09:28 the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid 09:33 hard bondage on us. Then we cried to the Lord 09:37 God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked upon 09:40 our affliction, our labor, our oppression. 09:44 So the Lord brought us up out of Egypt with a mighty hand, 09:48 with an outstretched arm, with great terror and signs and 09:50 wonders and power of God. And he has brought us to this 09:54 place and give us this land, 'a land flowing with milk 09:56 and honey.'" So, which is easier, being a 09:59 slave of the Pharaoh or being a servant of God? 10:05 Wouldn't you think, I mean, if you could look at the two 10:07 options, wouldn't you think it'd be easier, 10:10 "Well, I'm going to the Promised Land"? 10:13 But why did they keep wanting to go back? 10:16 They said, "Going through the wilderness is hard." 10:19 They had hope, God fed them from heaven, 10:23 they got hungry before they cried for bread. 10:25 He gave him water out of a rock, they got thirsty before they got 10:28 the water. They were attacked by their 10:30 enemies, he gave them victory over their 10:33 enemies, the Amalekites. So, they did have struggles in 10:37 the wilderness, but they won. In every case, God took 10:41 care of them. And they were on their way 10:43 to a land that was theirs, to freedom. 10:46 But in the transition, it was hard. 10:50 Is it harder to be enslaved to the devil 10:53 or to serve Jesus? I'd like to tell you that the 10:56 Bible I think is pretty clear it is much harder, at least 11:00 from my perspective, to be a slave to the devil 11:04 than to be a servant of God. I spent years enslaved. 11:11 People are enslaved by their habits, 11:13 and their addictions, and their problems. 11:14 Now, when you're finally set free--I know a man, 11:21 attends here every now and then, alcoholic for years. 11:25 And oh, it must be 25 years ago God gave him victory over 11:28 alcohol, but he struggled with that slavery for so long that he 11:33 can't stop praising Jesus for setting him free. 11:35 You talk to him, even though it's been years, 11:37 'cause he hasn't forgotten what it was like. 11:41 If you know what slavery is, there's no question it's easier 11:45 to fight for your freedom. And there might be a fight, 11:49 but it's worth it as opposed to being a slave. 11:54 Now, that applies to patriotism as well as Christianity. 11:58 Jesus said, and this was our memory verse, 12:00 our Scripture reading, Matthew 11:28, 12:02 "Come to me, all you who are heavy laden, 12:05 and I will give you rest," as opposed to the serving the 12:09 Pharaoh with rigor. "Take my yoke upon you." 12:13 Jesus doesn't say there's no service involved. 12:15 A yoke is an instrument of burden. 12:18 "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, 12:21 for I am gentle and lowly in heart. 12:24 You will find rest for your souls. 12:26 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light," as compared to 12:31 what? Now, there's a question. 12:34 Jesus says, "My yoke is easy, my burden is light." 12:36 His yoke compared to whose yoke? There's only two masters. 12:41 Jesus said, "You're with me or you're against me. 12:42 It's my yoke or the devil's yoke. 12:45 It's my service or his service." 12:47 And Jesus tells us, "My yoke is easy as compared to his." 12:51 He didn't say there aren't trials, 12:53 it is easy compared to the devil. 12:54 My burden is light compared to the devil. 12:58 And it's either going to be one or the other. 13:01 Proverbs 13:15, "Good understanding gains favor. 13:06 But the way of the transgressor is hard." 13:10 Is it easier to be saved or to be lost? 13:12 The way of the transgressor is hard. 13:17 And they may not know it right away 'cause there are pleasures 13:20 of sin for a season, but you'll stay in the way of the 13:22 transgressor and it's going to be tough. 13:25 The way is hard. Ecclesiastes 8:12. 13:29 Now, this is Solomon's observation also, 13:32 "Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, 13:34 and his days are prolonged." 13:36 Well, he's been sinning, nothing bad happened. 13:39 Look like things are going okay. 13:42 I mean, they ask this question in the book of Job. 13:44 Job says, "Haven't you ever noticed that sometimes you'll 13:46 see sinners, and it looks like their kids are healthy, 13:49 and their flocks are breeding, and their crops are full, 13:53 and it seems like everything's fine and they're prospering?" 13:57 But it doesn't stay that way. 14:01 "Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, 14:03 and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know it will be well 14:07 with those who fear God, who fear before him. 14:10 It will not be well with the wicked; 14:12 nor will he prolong his days, which are a shadow, 14:15 because he does not fear before God." 14:17 You know, in the end of Ecclesiastes, 14:19 he says, "Let's hear the conclusion of the whole matter. 14:22 Fear God and keep his commandments, 14:24 for this is the whole duty of man. 14:26 For God will bring every work into judgment with every secret 14:29 thing, whether it be good or evil." 14:30 He said in the end, you're going to be better if you fear God and 14:36 keep his commandments. All right, is it easier to be 14:40 rich than poor? Now, don't misunderstand this. 14:42 This is not really a statement on prosperity, 14:45 but I just want to give you an illustration. 14:47 Some people think if you can choose between being rich and 14:50 being poor, you think, "Oh man, I'd much rather have money." 14:53 I think most of us would say that. 14:55 But is that where happiness comes from? 14:58 Notice Mark 10:27--Mark 10:20 through 27, 15:03 this rh young ruler comes to Jesus. 15:05 He falls down on his knees. He says, "Lord, what must I 15:08 do to have eternal life?" And Jesus said, "Why do 15:10 you call me good? There's no one good but 15:12 one, and that's God. But if you would enter into 15:14 life, keep the commandments." He says, "Which ones?" 15:17 And Jesus begins to recite the 10 Commandments that apply 15:20 between man's relationship with his fellow man. 15:23 So, "'Teacher, I've kept all these from my youth.' 15:26 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him. 15:30 And he said, 'One thing you lack. 15:32 Go your way, sell whatever you have, give it to the poor. 15:35 You will have treasure in heaven. 15:37 You want treasure? You'll have it. 15:38 You'll have treasure that thieves can't steal. 15:40 You'll have treasure that'll last forever. 15:43 Unload, take up your cross and follow me.'" 15:45 He was inviting him to be an Apostle like Peter, and James, 15:48 and John forsook their nets and followed him. 15:51 Matthew forsook his cash register and followed Jesus. 15:55 He says to this young man who he loved, 15:58 "You've got a lot of potential. 16:00 But you're going to have to liquidate if you're gointo 16:02 follow me because your riches are going to be a distraction." 16:08 "But he was sad at this word, and he went away sorrowful, 16:13 for he had great possessions." Now, here's a question. 16:17 When he went away, did he still have great possessions? 16:21 But was he happy? He was sad, he was sorrowful. 16:27 A man's life does not consist in the abundance of things he 16:29 possesses. See, one reason it's hard for 16:32 us to be saved, or it seems like it, is because we're 16:36 trying to save the wrong thing. 16:39 We're thinking our treasures are down here. 16:41 We're not calculating the treasure that lasts forever. 16:45 "Jesus looked around and he said to the disciples, 16:47 'How hard it is,'" notice who's having a hard time. 16:51 It's the rich. "'How hard it is for those who 16:53 have riches to enter the kingdom of God!' 16:55 And the disciples were astonished at his words. 16:58 And Jesus answered and said to them again," just in case you 17:01 misunderstand, "children, how hard it is for those who trust 17:04 in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 17:07 It is easier," notice the words "hard" and "easier." 17:10 "'It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a need than 17:13 for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.' 17:16 And they were astonished and said, 'Who then can be saved?' 17:20 And he said, 'Well, with men it's impossible, but with God 17:24 all things are possible.'" Now, riches are not a curse 17:28 in and of themselves. Proverbs has some--both sides 17:32 of the equation here. It says in Proverbs 10:22, 17:35 "The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, 17:37 and he adds no sorrow with it." 17:39 With the blessing of God, you can have riches as Abraham, 17:42 Isaac, and Jacob, and Job. And you can be blessed. 17:47 Proverbs 11:28, "He who trusts in his riches will fall. 17:52 There is one who makes himself rich, 17:54 and yet he has nothing; and there's one who makes himself 17:55 poor, and yet has great riches. This rich young ruler, if he had 17:59 made himself poor for Christ, he would've had great riches. 18:03 But instead, he held on his earthly riches, 18:04 and he made himself poor, and he was sad. 18:08 And then Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 5, 18:10 "The abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep." 18:15 So, here you got a man who's sad and he can't sleep, 18:17 why? He's worried about his stuff. 18:19 If you don't have anything, you could sleep like a baby 'cause 18:21 you don't have to worry about thieves breaking in. 18:25 He has nothing to steal. I used to sing a song when I 18:29 was a hippie, "Freedom's just another word for nothing 18:33 left to lose." And Chris Kristofferson told 18:38 the truth there. You don't have much and I've 18:41 been there before, you don't worry about, "Will he 18:43 steal my stuff?" 'cause you don't have anything. 18:46 There's a peace there. So, who has peace? 18:50 Isaiah 48:22, "'There is no peace,' says the Lord, 18:55 'for the wicked.'" I saw a bumper sticker one time 19:00 and it said N-O God, N-O peace. No God, no peace. 19:08 And then underneath it, it said K-N-O-W God, 19:12 K-N-O-W peace. 19:16 If you have no God, you have no peace. 19:17 But if you know God, you will know or experience peace. 19:22 There is no peace to the wicked. 19:25 Isaiah 57:18, "I've seen his ways and I'll heal him; I'll 19:30 lead him, I'll restore comforts to him and to his mourners. 19:34 'I create the fruit of the lips: peace, 19:36 peace to him who is afar off and to him who is near,' 19:39 says the Lord, 'I will heal him.' 19:41 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, it cannot 19:43 rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 19:46 'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.'" 19:48 So, you got it at least twice there. 19:51 You remember when Paul was running from God? 19:54 He's fighting Christians, he's fighting his conscience really. 19:57 Finally, Jesus appears to him. You remember what Jesus said 19:59 to Paul? He said, "I'm Jesus who you're 20:02 persecuting. Is it hard for you to kick 20:04 against the goads?" You know, we probably 20:09 don't see it very much, it's more common in other countries 20:11 that when their poor people are kind of moving 20:14 their ox and their cattle along, they'll have a sharp prod. 20:17 It might have one or two prongs at the end of it. 20:18 And now they use electric hotshots to move the cows, 20:22 and they jump pretty good when you touch them. 20:25 But they had these poking sticks. 20:27 And sometimes, the horse or the cow, 20:29 or whatever it was would kick against the prod, 20:32 and they would just cut themselves 'cause it was sharp. 20:35 And if they would just go the way that the owner was directing 20:38 them, it would be easy. But they're kicking against the 20:40 goads. They get to this King James, 20:42 kicking against the pricks. And this is what Paul was 20:46 doing as he was fighting God. And Jesus said, "How's it 20:50 going, Paul?" He was miserable. 20:54 He said, "Isn't it hard?" Jesus said, "Isn't it hard 20:58 fighting your conscience, and fighting the Lord, 21:00 and serving the devil?" And finally, Paul surrendered. 21:04 And when he fell in love with Jesus, 21:06 well, the world was never the same. 21:09 He said, "Woe unto me if I preach not Christ." 21:12 There's no peace for the wicked. Now, there are battles in life. 21:16 And sometimes, we struggle. And look at the terminology 21:21 that is used. Ephesians 6:12, "For we do 21:26 not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against 21:29 principalities, and powers, the rulers of darkness of this age, 21:32 against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places." 21:35 There are titanic battles with the devil that you're going to 21:39 fight. The Bible says we need to 21:41 put on armor. When do you put on armor? 21:43 'Cause there's a war. 1 Corinthians 9:26, "Therefore I 21:47 run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who 21:51 beats the air. But I disciple my body and 21:54 bring it into subjection, lest, when I preach to others, 21:57 I myself should be disqualified or be a castaway." 22:00 Paul said there are struggles. There's effort involved, there's 22:02 no question. Here's some of the words 22:04 that are used. "We wore, wrestle, fight, 22:08 run, strive, press on, labor." Now, those who say, you know, 22:13 they preach a Christianity where there's no effort involved, 22:16 they're lying to people. But you know what? 22:19 It's tough to be a real Christian, it's a lot tougher 22:22 to be lost. And sometimes, it is so hard 22:27 to hold on. We feel like in our own 22:30 strength, we just can't do it. I remember when I was very 22:34 young, my father taught me to water ski. 22:38 And right out of our back door, my dad had a home on the bay, 22:44 Biscayne Bay. We had a ski boat and 22:46 he took me out. I was like 8 years old. 22:47 I remember he'd take us skiing early in the morning, 22:49 and the water was like glass. Before we went to school, 22:52 he'd wake us up, I hated it. He'd wake us up extra early, 22:55 "Come on, we're going to go skiing." 22:57 He'd take us out, the water was all glassy. 22:58 It was before he went to work, before we went to 23:00 school. And I remember he was 23:03 trying to teach me to ski. And I'd see my brothers get up, 23:07 they were all older and they'd ski, two skis. 23:11 And my father put me in the water, and he put the life 23:13 belt on me. It was just a belt back then, 23:16 they didn't have the whole vest thing. 23:18 And he said, "Put your knees up, aim your ski tips up, 23:21 put the rope." Then he said, "Now hang on." 23:23 He thought, well, the rope's going to pop out of my hands 23:25 when he tries to pull me up. He says, "Don't let go, 23:27 hang on." That was the last thing he 23:29 said, "Now hang on." So, as soon as I started 23:32 going up, my ski is parted like that. 23:36 And I went forward. But I hung on. 23:44 And I could--I could hold my breath pretty well. 23:46 And my father had gunned the boat, 23:48 and he told my brother to watch me. 23:49 Now, my brother's the spotter. My brother didn't say anything 23:51 to my father about, "Doug's down." 23:54 He thought this would be interesting, so he's just 23:55 watching. And I'm holding on, my dad is 23:58 going like you would go when you're pulling a skier. 24:01 And I guess I have a pretty good grip because I held on, 24:04 and it was going faster and faster. 24:05 And all these bubbles and roars going by me, 24:08 and water's going in my ears, and up my nose, 24:10 and around behind my eyeballs. And I'm trying to hang on. 24:15 I was doing--I was like a torpedo. 24:18 I'm going underneath the water and up above the water. 24:21 And finally, when I realized my bathing suit was around my 24:23 knees, I let go of the rope. I couldn't hold on anymore. 24:27 My knuckles were so sore. And--but you know, when the 24:34 Lord is telling us to hold on, it's different than you holding 24:37 on with your strength. He is holding onto you. 24:43 You can read about this here. Can we trust Jesus? 24:47 John 6:37, "All that the Father gives me will come to me, 24:52 and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out." 24:57 John 6:39, "This is the will of the Father who sent me, 25:01 that all he has given me I should lose nothing," he'll hang 25:04 on to you, "but I'll raise him up the last day." 25:07 Philippians 1:6, "Being confident of this very thing, 25:11 that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it, 25:14 will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." 25:17 Hebrews 12:2, "Looking unto Jesus, 25:19 the author and finisher," notice the words of complete there. 25:24 He will complete it. "He's the author and the 25:26 finisher of our faith, who for the joy 25:29 that was set before him endured the cross." 25:31 Would you let go of something you paid so much, 25:34 you gave your life to save? 25:35 God is going to do everything he can do to hang onto you. 25:38 He's on your side if you're willing to be willing. 25:43 And if you just come to the Lord, and if you fall, 25:45 you tell him. Say, "Lord, I've given you 25:47 my life. Do whatever you've got to 25:48 do to change me." He will work in your life. 25:51 He works at your salvation. 2 Timothy 1:12, "For this is the 25:56 reason I suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, 26:00 for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded 26:04 that he is able to keep what I have committed 26:07 to him until that day." Do you believe that if you 26:10 commit your life to Jesus, he is able to save you? 26:14 Would he give all that he gave for you to be saved if it wasn't 26:18 possible for you to be saved? Of course it is, friends. 26:21 Don't let the devil make you think the Christian life is a 26:23 hard life. Serving him is the hard life. 26:26 Serving Jesus, he says, "My burden is easy. 26:29 My yoke is easy, my burden is light." 26:31 Do you believe that? 26:36 Doug: I remember meeting someone that told me, 26:38 "Oh, I'm a Christian, I'm just not a practicing Christian." 26:41 And of course, what they were talking about is they had 26:44 accepted Christ earlier in their life, 26:46 and they figured once you're saved, you can't be lost. 26:49 It doesn't really matter if you're practicing the 26:51 teachings of Christ or following Jesus. 26:54 Does the Bible really teach that? 26:56 And once you are saved, can you be lost? 26:59 How much of a choice do we have, and what is meant by 27:01 predestination? All of these vy important 27:04 issues are answered in this special book, "Can a Saved Man 27:08 Choose to Be Lost?" We'd like to send it to 27:10 you, friends, for free. 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