AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC)
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>>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON
THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF
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RELIGION OR NATIONALITY,
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME
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FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN
THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE
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FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL - A
COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LIGHT
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AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND
ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM,
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RIGHT AND WRONG, AND
ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH.
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WHAT IS THE STORY
BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX?
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MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING
THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE
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THREE DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR
PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE, THERE'S
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ANOTHER VERY REAL
SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE.
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IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER
ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE
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RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME
RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE
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EVIL VILLAIN. THE
BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE
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THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW,
WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS COSMIC
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CRISIS BEGIN? THIS IS
THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF
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THE AGES AND THE MOST
AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER
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BEEN TOLD. THIS
CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY
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PERSON ON EARTH -
YES, EVERY PERSON. (MUSIC)
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>>AFTER THE WAR IN
HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN
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ANGELS WERE BANISHED
FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY.
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FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND
HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE
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UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY
SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO
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SYMPATHIZE WITH
THEM IN THE REBELLION.
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IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART
OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM
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CREATED BY THE LOSS OF
LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS.
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SO THE FATHER, SON, AND
HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR
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FAVORITE WORK - THE
MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION.
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THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD
FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF AMAZING
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AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE.
THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE UNIQUE
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BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE
CREATURES WOULD BE MADE IN GOD'S
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OWN IMAGE. TO THEM
THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE
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DOMINION OF THIS NEW
PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH.
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>>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW
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EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE,
AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD."
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>>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO
BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW
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WORLD - OUR PLANET EARTH - AND
WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE
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CREATION SOMETHING NEW
AND SPECTACULAR BURST UPON
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THE SCENE.
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ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND
BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG
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INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF
ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES.
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ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD
WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC
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CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR
THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE
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FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE
WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH.
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THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE
INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND
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DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF
LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT
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ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK
- EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW
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PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE
IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF
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CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE
SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN.
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>>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE
MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO
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OUR LIKENESS...' AND
THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF
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THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND
BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE
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BREATH OF LIFE; AND
MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING.
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THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN
EAST-WARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE
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PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED."
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(MUSIC)
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>>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR
- TO BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS
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OF GOD - TO BE A FREE-THINKING,
SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL.
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IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS
NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS.
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THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR
TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH
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GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD
ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL
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COMPANION FOR ADAM -
HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE.
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THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN
A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY
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DESIGNED TO
ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS.
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TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER
CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO
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GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF
PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE.
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IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD
THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN
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DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT
PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY
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HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK
WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN
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WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION
AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE
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CREATURES UNDER THEIR
CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST
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PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY.
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ROSES HAD NO THORNS.
INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING
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AND LIONS AND LAMBS
WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER.
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BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING
WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT
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HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER.
EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE
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WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT
LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL
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COMMUNION WITH
THEIR VISITING CREATOR.
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IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL
WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE
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WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH
ETERNITY IF ONLY OUR FIRST
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PARENTS HAD PROVED
FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST.
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>>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU
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SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE
DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL
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SURELY DIE."
>>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD
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CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH
HIS REBELLION, THE LORD SAW THE
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NEED OF A SIMPLE
TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY.
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REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS
HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR
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FRIENDS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN DURING THE WAR.
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HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE
NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH
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LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE?
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SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - A TREE
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WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO
BE EATEN ON PAIN OF DEATH.
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PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF
OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM
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AND EVE'S ALLEGIANCE TO
GOD AND FAITH IN HIS WORD.
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EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF
LOVE - THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID IN
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JOHN 14, 'IF YOU LOVE
ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.'
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BUT SOMEONE ELSE LEARNED OF THIS
TEST OF FAITH AND HE DETERMINED
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TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE
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HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW
ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT
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HE HAD LOST. THEIR
HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN STARK
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CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH
WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN,
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AND MISERY. IN HIS
BROODING RESENTMENT AND
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ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO
LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE
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FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO
DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT.
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AND SO ONE DAY, AS EVE WAS
ENGAGED IN HER PLEASANT WORK,
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SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE
AND PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE
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FORBIDDEN TREE. IT
WAS THEN THAT SATAN SAW
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HIS OPPORTUNITY. USING
A MESMERIZING SERPENT AS
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HIS MEDIUM, THE FALLEN ANGEL
CALLED TO EVE FROM THE TREE
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AND THOUGHT TO
ENGAGE HER IN CONVERSATION.
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HIS CHARMING WORDS WERE
CAREFULLY CALCULATED TO INSTILL
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A DISTRUST OF GOD.
>>"THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE
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WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE.
FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY
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YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL
BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE
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GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.'
SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE
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TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT
WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A
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TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE,
SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE.
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SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER
HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE."
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>>TRAGICALLY, AS EVE LISTENED
TO THE SMOOTH SILKY VOICE OF THE
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TEMPTER, SHE BEGAN TO ENTERTAIN
DOUBTS ABOUT GOD'S WORD.
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THE SERPENT ENTICED HER WITH
THE PROMISE OF ENHANCED POWER
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AND WISDOM.
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SHE FOUND THIS APPEALING - AFTER
ALL, THE FRUIT HAD APPARENTLY
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GIVEN THE SNAKE THE ABILITY
TO SPEAK. WHAT OTHER POWERS
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MIGHT IT GIVE HER? AND SO,
EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD JUST MET
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THE SERPENT, SHE TRUSTED HIS
WORD ABOVE GOD WHO HAD CREATED
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HER AND PROVIDED
HER PARADISE HOME.
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SO EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
AND SOON AFTER PERSUADED HER
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HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME.
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ADAM COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN
LOYAL TO GOD BUT HE PUT HIS LOVE
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FOR HIS WIFE
ABOVE HIS LOVE FOR GOD.
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AS OUR FIRST PARENTS GAVE
THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE ENEMY,
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THE DOMINION OF THE
EARTH WAS CLAIMED BY SATAN.
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>>"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO WHOM
YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO
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OBEY, YOU ARE THAT
ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU OBEY..."
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"NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS."
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>>THIS WORLD WOULD NOW BECOME
THE ULTIMATE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN
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GOOD AND EVIL AND THE HEARTS OF
EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THE PRIZE.
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LITTLE DID ADAM AND EVE REALIZE
IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEIR ONE
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MOMENT OF DISTRUST AND DEFIANCE
WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF
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SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
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>>"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH
ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD,
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AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS
DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE
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ALL SINNED.:" >>OUR
FIRST PARENTS SOON BEGAN
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TO FACE THE TERRIBLE
RESULTS OF THEIR SIN.
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IN THEIR HOLY STATE, ADAM AND
EVE GLOWED WITH ROBES OF GLORY.
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AFTER THEY SINNED, THESE NATURAL
ROBES OF LIGHT FADED AND THEY
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BECAME MORTIFIED BY A
SENSE OF THEIR NAKEDNESS.
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SHAME AND FEAR REPLACED THEIR
JOY AND PEACE AND THEY SOUGHT TO
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COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS
WITH LEAVES. THEY NOW, ALSO,
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FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER THE
CONSTANT INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL.
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GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION HAD
WEAKENED THEIR VERY NATURES AND
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SATAN HAD GAINED A
NEW POWER OVER HUMANITY.
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PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER RESIST
THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN
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THEIR OWN STRENGTH.
LASTLY, AND MOST TERRIFYING,
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THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING
UNDER A LOOMING DEATH SENTENCE.
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GOD HAD WARNED THEM THAT
DISOBEDIENCE WOULD BRING DEATH.
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THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE
SPIRITUAL DEATH, HOW LONG UNTIL
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THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL
DEATH AS WELL? AT THIS POINT
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THEIR FUTURE HELD NOTHING
BUT DARKNESS AND DESPAIR.
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>>"SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND
HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST
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OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A
FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY
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WAY, TO GUARD THE
WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE."
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>>JUST AS SIN CAUSED THE FALLEN
ANGELS TO BE EXPELLED FROM THEIR
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HEAVENLY HOME, SO NOW, BECAUSE
OF DISOBEDIENCE, ADAM AND EVE
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WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR
GARDEN HOME IN PARADISE.
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EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WAS
QUICKLY CHANGING AND HUMANKIND
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FOUND ITSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HEARTACHE, DISEASE AND, FINALLY,
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DEATH. EVEN THE
ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE
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INFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE CURSE.
THORNS AND THISTLES NOW APPEARED
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ON TREES AND FLOWERS AND ANIMALS
THAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN GENTLE
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BEGAN TO KILL AND DEVOUR ONE
ANOTHER. THE WORST RESULT WAS
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SIN HAD SEPARATED
HUMANITY FROM GOD.
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>>"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE
SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD;
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AND YOUR SINS HAVE
HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU,
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SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR."
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>>AT CREATION, ADAM AND EVE WERE
GIVEN THE HONOR OF SPEAKING WITH
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THE ANGELS AND EVEN GOD THE
SON, FACE TO FACE. BUT GOD IS SO
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PERFECTLY PURE AND HOLY THAT NO
EVIL CAN EXIST IN HIS PRESENCE.
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NOW THAT THE FIRST HUMANS HAD
SINNED, GOD WITHDREW HIS HOLY
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PRESENCE FROM THEM
FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION.
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SIN HAD BURNED A CATARACT ON
THE SOUL OF MAN SO HE COULD NO
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LONGER SEE THE SPIRITUAL
DIMENSION. FROM THIS TIME ON
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DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH
HEAVEN WOULD BE LIMITED. (MUSIC)
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>>AS ALL OF THESE
CURSES FELL UPON ADAM AND EVE,
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THE LORD'S HEART WAS DEEPLY
MOVED WITH TENDER COMPASSION.
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THE LAW THAT THEY HAD BROKEN
COULD NOT BE ALTERED TO SAVE
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THEM, FOR IT'S AS SACRED
AND UNCHANGING AS GOD HIMSELF.
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THE LORD KNEW THERE WAS ONLY ONE
WAY THAT MAN COULD BE REDEEMED
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SO A PLAN WAS REVEALED - BORN
FROM THE VERY HEART OF GOD - A
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PLAN TO SAVE MAN FROM HIS
APPOINTMENT WITH ETERNAL DEATH
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AND TO RESTORE EVERYTHING
THAT HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH SIN.
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IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ENDEAVOR
IN ITS DEPTH, SCOPE, AND POWER,
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BUT IT WAS A PLAN THAT
WOULD ALSO INVOLVE AN ENORMOUS
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SACRIFICE. >>"GOD'S
LOVE WAS REVEALED AMONG
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US IN THIS WAY: GOD SENT HIS
ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT
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WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.
IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE
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LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED
US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE
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ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS."
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>>THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH
IN ROMANS 6:23 THAT THE WAGES
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FOR SIN ARE DEATH. THE
BROKEN LAW DEMANDED THE LIFE
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OF THE SINNER AND THERE WAS
ONLY ONE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE WHO
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COULD QUALIFY AS A
SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY.
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THE CREATOR ALONE COULD PAY
THE DEBT OF HIS CREATURES BY
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STANDING IN THEIR PLACE. SO
JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD,
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WILLINGLY AGREED TO LEAVE
THE PURITY, GLORY, AND SAFETY OF
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HEAVEN. HE WOULD
COME TO DIE IN MAN'S
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BEHALF ON THIS
WICKED RENEGADE PLANET.
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HE WOULD BE BORN AS AN INNOCENT
HELPLESS BABY, ENDURE A LIFE OF
00:16:06.56\00:16:10.67
SORROW AND SHAME, AND YET LIVE
A PERFECT AND VICTORIOUS LIFE.
00:16:10.67\00:16:16.07
FINALLY, HE WOULD DIE A
HUMILIATING DEATH IN ORDER TO
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STAND AS A
SUBSTITUTE FOR FALLEN HUMANITY.
00:16:19.91\00:16:23.48
THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE MANKIND
MIGHT, AMAZINGLY, BE OFFERED ONE
00:16:23.48\00:16:28.08
MORE CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE.
HIS BLOOD WOULD PROVIDE THE
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RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT
HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SATAN.
00:16:31.89\00:16:37.43
THIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF
REDEMPTION WAS GRAPHICALLY
00:16:37.43\00:16:40.13
ILLUSTRATED IN THE SYSTEM OF
ANIMAL SACRIFICES ORDAINED BY
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GOD AFTER THE FALL OF MAN.
THE LORD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE
00:16:43.93\00:16:48.17
THEY WOULD DIE THE DAY
THEY ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
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SO HOW WAS IT THAT
THEY REMAINED ALIVE?
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOON
AFTER THEIR SIN GOD PROVIDED
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CLOTHING FOR THEM IN
THE FORM OF ANIMAL SKINS.
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IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING
THAT REVELATION REFERS TO JESUS
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CHRIST AS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
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THIS INDICATES THAT A LAMB WAS
SLAIN THAT VERY DAY TO PREVENT
00:17:09.79\00:17:14.20
THEIR IMMEDIATE DEATH.
BY FAITH IN THIS SACRIFICE,
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THEIR DEATH SENTENCE WAS
SYMBOLICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM
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THEMSELVES TO THE INNOCENT
CREATURE - THE LAMB, OF COURSE,
00:17:20.74\00:17:24.61
BEING A REPRESENTATION OF
JESUS. AND SO, A RAY OF HOPE WAS
00:17:24.61\00:17:29.94
PROVIDED IN A SEEMINGLY
DARK AND HOPELESS SITUATION.
00:17:29.94\00:17:33.72
THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN
THE BLOOD OF THE COMING MESSIAH,
00:17:33.72\00:17:37.29
ANY HUMAN COULD ONCE
AGAIN BECOME A CHILD OF GOD.
00:17:37.29\00:17:41.76
BUT IN SPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL
PLAN, FOR THE TIME BEING, SATAN
00:17:41.76\00:17:45.63
WOULD STILL HAVE DOMINION OVER
THE EARTH AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD
00:17:45.63\00:17:49.10
WOULD NOT BE EASY.
00:17:49.10\00:17:54.64
>>"IN THE WORLD YOU WILL
HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD
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CHEER, I HAVE
OVERCOME THE WORLD."
00:17:57.71\00:18:03.55
>>MANY NATURALLY WONDER WHY
A LOVING AND ALL-POWERFUL GOD
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PERMITS SORROW AND
SUFFERING IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
00:18:07.65\00:18:10.75
BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM GENESIS THAT
GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO
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KNOW THE PAIN AND
TRIALS OF THIS LIFE.
00:18:14.82\00:18:18.26
AS IT CAME FROM GOD'S HAND THE
EARTH WAS A WONDERFUL PARADISE.
00:18:18.26\00:18:22.76
IT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM AND
EVE THAT GAVE SATAN THE RIGHT TO
00:18:22.76\00:18:26.10
CLAIM CONTROL OF THIS PLANET.
BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAGIC CHOICE,
00:18:26.10\00:18:30.27
THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS GAINED
THE POWER TO TEMPT AND TORMENT
00:18:30.27\00:18:34.01
HUMANS - INFLICTING
SICKNESS, PAIN AND SUFFERING.
00:18:34.01\00:18:38.08
PERHAPS A BETTER QUESTION WOULD
BE, 'WHY DOESN'T SATAN HAVE FULL
00:18:38.08\00:18:41.82
CONTROL OF HUMANITY?'
THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST.
00:18:41.82\00:18:48.86
YOU MAY ALREADY REALIZE
THAT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS
00:18:48.86\00:18:51.86
PROVIDED EACH OF US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED.
00:18:51.86\00:18:55.56
BUT IN REALITY IT
DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
00:18:55.56\00:18:58.67
WHEN THE SAVIOR OFFERED HIS LIFE
TO REDEEM THE EARTH, THAT ACT
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PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON
SATAN'S CONTROL OVER HUMANITY.
00:19:03.10\00:19:07.24
SATAN COULD NOT FORCE OUR WILL
AND HIS POWER TO HARM US WOULD
00:19:07.24\00:19:10.78
BE LIMITED.
00:19:10.78\00:19:12.08
CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ALSO BROUGHT
US A TIME OF PROBATION WHERE WE
00:19:12.08\00:19:16.35
CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD'S
00:19:16.35\00:19:19.49
GOVERNMENT AND SATAN'S AND
THEN DECIDE WHO WE WOULD SERVE.
00:19:19.49\00:19:24.26
ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE OF JESUS'
SELFLESS SACRIFICE, SATAN'S
00:19:24.26\00:19:28.73
KINGDOM WILL COME TO AN END
AND THE EARTH WILL ONE DAY BE
00:19:28.73\00:19:32.80
RETURNED TO MAN MORE WONDERFUL
THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING.
00:19:32.80\00:19:37.27
SO WHEN ADAM AND EVE BEGAN THEIR
LIVES AS EXILES FROM PARADISE,
00:19:37.27\00:19:41.64
THEY STILL HAD HOPE.
00:19:41.64\00:19:44.11
GOD HAD PROVIDED THE SKINS
OF SACRIFICED ANIMALS TO COVER
00:19:44.11\00:19:47.82
THEIR NAKEDNESS, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD PROMISED THE
00:19:47.82\00:19:52.12
BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD TO
COVER THEIR SIN IF THEY ACCEPTED
00:19:52.12\00:19:56.59
CHRIST AND REPENTED.
ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINED:
00:19:56.59\00:20:00.90
WOULD PEOPLE ACCEPT
GOD'S GENEROUS GIFT?
00:20:00.90\00:20:08.27
>>"HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE
NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?"
00:20:08.27\00:20:14.38
(MUSIC) THE
AMAZING STORY THAT YOU JUST
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.68
HEARD IS TRUE
AND IT AFFECTS YOU.
00:20:16.68\00:20:20.42
BECAUSE OF SATAN'S DESIRE TO BE
GOD AND ADAM AND EVE'S DISTRUST
00:20:20.42\00:20:24.75
AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE
ALL FIND OURSELVES IN A PERILOUS
00:20:24.75\00:20:29.12
SITUATION: ON ONE HAND, MANKIND
HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVORED BY GOD
00:20:29.12\00:20:34.20
WITH A SECOND CHANCE
TO REGAIN OUR EDEN HOME.
00:20:34.20\00:20:38.13
ON THE OTHER, IF WE FAIL TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL
00:20:38.13\00:20:41.80
OPPORTUNITY, WE BECOME SLAVES
TO SATAN AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE
00:20:41.80\00:20:46.24
DESTROYED WHEN GOD
CLEANSES THE UNIVERSE OF SIN.
00:20:46.24\00:20:50.11
FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME
TO MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR JESUS
00:20:50.11\00:20:54.88
THAN RIGHT NOW. NONE
OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE
00:20:54.88\00:20:58.12
MIGHT HAVE TO
LIVE ON THIS EARTH.
00:20:58.12\00:21:00.32
OUR LIVES CAN END INSTANTLY.
JESUS HAS SHOWN GREAT INTEREST
00:21:00.32\00:21:04.96
IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HIS LOVE
FOR YOU MOVED HIM TO PROVIDE
00:21:04.96\00:21:08.46
A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM
THE COMING DESTRUCTION.
00:21:08.46\00:21:12.13
HE JUST ASKS YOU TO ACCEPT
HIM - TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
00:21:12.13\00:21:16.94
THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN FIND
PARDON AND RECEIVE A NEW HEART
00:21:16.94\00:21:20.68
TO BECOME LIKE HIM IN CHARACTER.
00:21:20.68\00:21:23.31
THE SOBERING NEWS IS THAT SATAN
IS MOVING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY
00:21:23.31\00:21:28.22
TO KEEP YOU FROM ACCEPTING
GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION.
00:21:28.22\00:21:32.45
THROUGH THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE,
THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR SOME OTHER
00:21:32.45\00:21:35.69
FASCINATING DISTRACTION, HE
WORKS TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WITH
00:21:35.69\00:21:39.83
ANYTHING BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS
MOST - YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION.
00:21:39.83\00:21:45.13
FOR YOU SEE, THE REALITY OF THE
SITUATION IS THAT IF YOU DON'T
00:21:45.13\00:21:48.94
CHOOSE JESUS, YOU WILL
HAVE, BY DEFAULT, CHOSEN SATAN.
00:21:48.94\00:21:54.41
ALTHOUGH ADAM AND EVE'S TERRIBLE
CHOICE BROUGHT UNTOLD DEATH AND
00:21:54.41\00:21:58.75
MISERY, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE
TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION.
00:21:58.75\00:22:03.12
GOD IS OFFERING YOU A PEACE THAT
SATISFIES THE DEEPEST LONGING IN
00:22:03.12\00:22:07.06
YOUR SOUL AND A JOY THAT WILL
LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TRIALS OF
00:22:07.06\00:22:10.96
THIS WORLD. THE
YEARNING DESIRE OF GOD'S
00:22:10.96\00:22:13.86
HEART IS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED
AND TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE.
00:22:13.86\00:22:18.57
BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN
KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN IS YOU.
00:22:18.57\00:22:23.04
IMAGINE HOW TRAGIC IT WOULD BE
IF YOU WERE NEEDLESSLY TO REJECT
00:22:23.04\00:22:26.94
THIS PRECIOUS GIFT. YOU
CAN CHOOSE, TODAY, TO ACCEPT
00:22:26.94\00:22:31.31
THE SALVATION THAT GOD HAS
PROMISED. IN FACT, THIS VERY
00:22:31.31\00:22:35.05
MOMENT YOU CAN ACCEPT
EVERLASTING LIFE THROUGH
00:22:35.05\00:22:37.95
JESUS CHRIST. CAN I
INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME
00:22:37.95\00:22:41.96
RIGHT NOW IN A SIMPLE PRAYER
ACCEPTING HIS WONDERFUL OFFER?
00:22:41.96\00:22:47.66
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: DEAR
HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU
00:22:47.66\00:22:53.94
NOW AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS. LORD, I CONFESS
00:22:53.94\00:22:59.01
THAT I'M A SINNER AND
I'VE BROKEN YOUR HOLY LAW.
00:22:59.01\00:23:03.14
I REALIZE THAT THE
PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH.
00:23:03.14\00:23:07.42
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS
CHRIST SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE
00:23:07.42\00:23:11.22
CROSS...TO TAKE THE
PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF MY SINS.
00:23:11.22\00:23:15.26
I BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM
THE DEAD AND I ACCEPT HIM AS MY
00:23:15.26\00:23:19.39
PERSONAL SAVIOR. FROM
THIS MOMENT FORWARD I GIVE
00:23:19.39\00:23:24.10
YOU MY HEART AND TRUST
YOU TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
00:23:24.10\00:23:28.37
PLEASE FORGIVE ALL OF MY SINS
AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO HELP ME
00:23:28.37\00:23:33.38
DO YOUR WILL. I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE
00:23:33.38\00:23:37.91
AND ACCEPT YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL
LIFE AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN
00:23:37.91\00:23:43.55
JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:23:43.55\00:23:53.46
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00:24:06.84\00:24:09.64
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IS SO POWERFUL, WHY
00:24:09.64\00:24:11.98
DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL?
IF GOD IS GOOD, THEN WHY DO BAD
00:24:11.98\00:24:15.18
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