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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC)
00:10 >>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF 00:13 RELIGION OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME 00:16 FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE 00:20 FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL - A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LIGHT 00:25 AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM, 00:29 RIGHT AND WRONG, AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH. 00:37 WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX? 00:40 MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE 00:45 THREE DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE, THERE'S 00:48 ANOTHER VERY REAL SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE. 00:52 IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE 00:57 RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE 01:01 EVIL VILLAIN. THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE 01:05 THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS COSMIC 01:10 CRISIS BEGIN? THIS IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF 01:14 THE AGES AND THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER 01:18 BEEN TOLD. THIS CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY 01:21 PERSON ON EARTH - YES, EVERY PERSON. (MUSIC) 01:45 >>AFTER THE WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN 01:48 ANGELS WERE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY. 01:51 FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE 01:54 UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO 01:57 SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THE REBELLION. 01:59 IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM 02:04 CREATED BY THE LOSS OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS. 02:08 SO THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR 02:11 FAVORITE WORK - THE MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION. 02:15 THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF AMAZING 02:19 AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE. THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE UNIQUE 02:23 BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE CREATURES WOULD BE MADE IN GOD'S 02:26 OWN IMAGE. TO THEM THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE 02:30 DOMINION OF THIS NEW PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH. 02:36 >>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW 02:40 EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD." 02:47 >>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW 02:51 WORLD - OUR PLANET EARTH - AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE 02:55 CREATION SOMETHING NEW AND SPECTACULAR BURST UPON 02:59 THE SCENE. 03:01 ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG 03:05 INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. 03:11 ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC 03:15 CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE 03:18 FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH. 03:24 THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND 03:27 DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT 03:31 ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK - EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW 03:35 PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF 03:38 CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN. 03:47 >>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO 03:52 OUR LIKENESS...' AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF 03:55 THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE 03:58 BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING. 04:02 THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN EAST-WARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE 04:06 PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED." 04:08 (MUSIC) 05:07 >>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR - TO BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS 05:10 OF GOD - TO BE A FREE-THINKING, SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL. 05:15 IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS. 05:19 THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH 05:22 GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL 05:33 COMPANION FOR ADAM - HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE. 05:50 THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY 05:54 DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS. 05:57 TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO 06:01 GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 06:06 IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN 06:10 DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY 06:14 HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN 06:18 WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE 06:21 CREATURES UNDER THEIR CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST 06:28 PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY. 06:32 ROSES HAD NO THORNS. INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING 06:37 AND LIONS AND LAMBS WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER. 06:41 BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT 06:44 HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER. EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE 06:49 WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL 06:52 COMMUNION WITH THEIR VISITING CREATOR. 06:56 IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE 07:00 WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH ETERNITY IF ONLY OUR FIRST 07:04 PARENTS HAD PROVED FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST. 07:11 >>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU 07:14 SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL 07:17 SURELY DIE." >>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD 07:23 CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS REBELLION, THE LORD SAW THE 07:26 NEED OF A SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY. 07:30 REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR 07:33 FRIENDS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN DURING THE WAR. 07:35 HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH 07:39 LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE? 07:42 SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - A TREE 07:46 WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE EATEN ON PAIN OF DEATH. 07:50 PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM 07:53 AND EVE'S ALLEGIANCE TO GOD AND FAITH IN HIS WORD. 07:57 EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF LOVE - THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID IN 08:01 JOHN 14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' 08:06 BUT SOMEONE ELSE LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH AND HE DETERMINED 08:10 TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE 08:15 HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT 08:19 HE HAD LOST. THEIR HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN STARK 08:22 CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, 08:26 AND MISERY. IN HIS BROODING RESENTMENT AND 08:29 ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE 08:33 FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT. 08:42 AND SO ONE DAY, AS EVE WAS ENGAGED IN HER PLEASANT WORK, 08:46 SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE AND PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE 08:49 FORBIDDEN TREE. IT WAS THEN THAT SATAN SAW 08:53 HIS OPPORTUNITY. USING A MESMERIZING SERPENT AS 08:57 HIS MEDIUM, THE FALLEN ANGEL CALLED TO EVE FROM THE TREE 09:01 AND THOUGHT TO ENGAGE HER IN CONVERSATION. 09:10 HIS CHARMING WORDS WERE CAREFULLY CALCULATED TO INSTILL 09:13 A DISTRUST OF GOD. >>"THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE 09:24 WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY 09:28 YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE 09:31 GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.' SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE 09:36 TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A 09:40 TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. 09:45 SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE." 09:50 >>TRAGICALLY, AS EVE LISTENED TO THE SMOOTH SILKY VOICE OF THE 09:54 TEMPTER, SHE BEGAN TO ENTERTAIN DOUBTS ABOUT GOD'S WORD. 09:59 THE SERPENT ENTICED HER WITH THE PROMISE OF ENHANCED POWER 10:02 AND WISDOM. 10:04 SHE FOUND THIS APPEALING - AFTER ALL, THE FRUIT HAD APPARENTLY 10:08 GIVEN THE SNAKE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. WHAT OTHER POWERS 10:12 MIGHT IT GIVE HER? AND SO, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD JUST MET 10:16 THE SERPENT, SHE TRUSTED HIS WORD ABOVE GOD WHO HAD CREATED 10:20 HER AND PROVIDED HER PARADISE HOME. 10:24 SO EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND SOON AFTER PERSUADED HER 10:29 HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME. 10:31 ADAM COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD BUT HE PUT HIS LOVE 10:35 FOR HIS WIFE ABOVE HIS LOVE FOR GOD. 10:38 AS OUR FIRST PARENTS GAVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE ENEMY, 10:43 THE DOMINION OF THE EARTH WAS CLAIMED BY SATAN. 10:50 >>"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO WHOM YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO 10:53 OBEY, YOU ARE THAT ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU OBEY..." 10:57 "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS." 11:02 >>THIS WORLD WOULD NOW BECOME THE ULTIMATE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN 11:06 GOOD AND EVIL AND THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THE PRIZE. 11:11 LITTLE DID ADAM AND EVE REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEIR ONE 11:14 MOMENT OF DISTRUST AND DEFIANCE WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF 11:17 SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 11:28 >>"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD, 11:32 AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE 11:36 ALL SINNED.:" >>OUR FIRST PARENTS SOON BEGAN 11:41 TO FACE THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THEIR SIN. 11:45 IN THEIR HOLY STATE, ADAM AND EVE GLOWED WITH ROBES OF GLORY. 11:49 AFTER THEY SINNED, THESE NATURAL ROBES OF LIGHT FADED AND THEY 11:53 BECAME MORTIFIED BY A SENSE OF THEIR NAKEDNESS. 11:57 SHAME AND FEAR REPLACED THEIR JOY AND PEACE AND THEY SOUGHT TO 12:01 COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS WITH LEAVES. THEY NOW, ALSO, 12:04 FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER THE CONSTANT INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL. 12:09 GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION HAD WEAKENED THEIR VERY NATURES AND 12:12 SATAN HAD GAINED A NEW POWER OVER HUMANITY. 12:16 PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN 12:19 THEIR OWN STRENGTH. LASTLY, AND MOST TERRIFYING, 12:23 THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING UNDER A LOOMING DEATH SENTENCE. 12:28 GOD HAD WARNED THEM THAT DISOBEDIENCE WOULD BRING DEATH. 12:32 THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, HOW LONG UNTIL 12:36 THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL DEATH AS WELL? AT THIS POINT 12:39 THEIR FUTURE HELD NOTHING BUT DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. 12:45 >>"SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST 12:48 OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY 12:52 WAY, TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE." 12:57 >>JUST AS SIN CAUSED THE FALLEN ANGELS TO BE EXPELLED FROM THEIR 13:01 HEAVENLY HOME, SO NOW, BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE, ADAM AND EVE 13:05 WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR GARDEN HOME IN PARADISE. 13:09 EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WAS QUICKLY CHANGING AND HUMANKIND 13:12 FOUND ITSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARTACHE, DISEASE AND, FINALLY, 13:16 DEATH. EVEN THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE 13:20 INFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE CURSE. THORNS AND THISTLES NOW APPEARED 13:24 ON TREES AND FLOWERS AND ANIMALS THAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN GENTLE 13:28 BEGAN TO KILL AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER. THE WORST RESULT WAS 13:33 SIN HAD SEPARATED HUMANITY FROM GOD. 13:41 >>"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; 13:45 AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, 13:48 SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR." 13:52 >>AT CREATION, ADAM AND EVE WERE GIVEN THE HONOR OF SPEAKING WITH 13:56 THE ANGELS AND EVEN GOD THE SON, FACE TO FACE. BUT GOD IS SO 14:00 PERFECTLY PURE AND HOLY THAT NO EVIL CAN EXIST IN HIS PRESENCE. 14:06 NOW THAT THE FIRST HUMANS HAD SINNED, GOD WITHDREW HIS HOLY 14:09 PRESENCE FROM THEM FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. 14:12 SIN HAD BURNED A CATARACT ON THE SOUL OF MAN SO HE COULD NO 14:15 LONGER SEE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION. FROM THIS TIME ON 14:19 DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HEAVEN WOULD BE LIMITED. (MUSIC) 14:26 >>AS ALL OF THESE CURSES FELL UPON ADAM AND EVE, 14:28 THE LORD'S HEART WAS DEEPLY MOVED WITH TENDER COMPASSION. 14:32 THE LAW THAT THEY HAD BROKEN COULD NOT BE ALTERED TO SAVE 14:35 THEM, FOR IT'S AS SACRED AND UNCHANGING AS GOD HIMSELF. 14:40 THE LORD KNEW THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY THAT MAN COULD BE REDEEMED 14:44 SO A PLAN WAS REVEALED - BORN FROM THE VERY HEART OF GOD - A 14:48 PLAN TO SAVE MAN FROM HIS APPOINTMENT WITH ETERNAL DEATH 14:52 AND TO RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH SIN. 14:56 IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ENDEAVOR IN ITS DEPTH, SCOPE, AND POWER, 15:00 BUT IT WAS A PLAN THAT WOULD ALSO INVOLVE AN ENORMOUS 15:03 SACRIFICE. >>"GOD'S LOVE WAS REVEALED AMONG 15:11 US IN THIS WAY: GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT 15:16 WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE 15:20 LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE 15:24 ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS." 15:30 >>THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH IN ROMANS 6:23 THAT THE WAGES 15:34 FOR SIN ARE DEATH. THE BROKEN LAW DEMANDED THE LIFE 15:38 OF THE SINNER AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE WHO 15:42 COULD QUALIFY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY. 15:46 THE CREATOR ALONE COULD PAY THE DEBT OF HIS CREATURES BY 15:49 STANDING IN THEIR PLACE. SO JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, 15:54 WILLINGLY AGREED TO LEAVE THE PURITY, GLORY, AND SAFETY OF 15:59 HEAVEN. HE WOULD COME TO DIE IN MAN'S 16:03 BEHALF ON THIS WICKED RENEGADE PLANET. 16:06 HE WOULD BE BORN AS AN INNOCENT HELPLESS BABY, ENDURE A LIFE OF 16:10 SORROW AND SHAME, AND YET LIVE A PERFECT AND VICTORIOUS LIFE. 16:16 FINALLY, HE WOULD DIE A HUMILIATING DEATH IN ORDER TO 16:19 STAND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FALLEN HUMANITY. 16:23 THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE MANKIND MIGHT, AMAZINGLY, BE OFFERED ONE 16:28 MORE CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. HIS BLOOD WOULD PROVIDE THE 16:31 RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SATAN. 16:37 THIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF REDEMPTION WAS GRAPHICALLY 16:40 ILLUSTRATED IN THE SYSTEM OF ANIMAL SACRIFICES ORDAINED BY 16:43 GOD AFTER THE FALL OF MAN. THE LORD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE 16:48 THEY WOULD DIE THE DAY THEY ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 16:51 SO HOW WAS IT THAT THEY REMAINED ALIVE? 16:54 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOON AFTER THEIR SIN GOD PROVIDED 16:58 CLOTHING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF ANIMAL SKINS. 17:02 IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING THAT REVELATION REFERS TO JESUS 17:05 CHRIST AS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 17:09 THIS INDICATES THAT A LAMB WAS SLAIN THAT VERY DAY TO PREVENT 17:14 THEIR IMMEDIATE DEATH. BY FAITH IN THIS SACRIFICE, 17:18 THEIR DEATH SENTENCE WAS SYMBOLICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM 17:20 THEMSELVES TO THE INNOCENT CREATURE - THE LAMB, OF COURSE, 17:24 BEING A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS. AND SO, A RAY OF HOPE WAS 17:29 PROVIDED IN A SEEMINGLY DARK AND HOPELESS SITUATION. 17:33 THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THE COMING MESSIAH, 17:37 ANY HUMAN COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. 17:41 BUT IN SPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL PLAN, FOR THE TIME BEING, SATAN 17:45 WOULD STILL HAVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD 17:49 WOULD NOT BE EASY. 17:54 >>"IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD 17:57 CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." 18:03 >>MANY NATURALLY WONDER WHY A LOVING AND ALL-POWERFUL GOD 18:07 PERMITS SORROW AND SUFFERING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 18:10 BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM GENESIS THAT GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO 18:14 KNOW THE PAIN AND TRIALS OF THIS LIFE. 18:18 AS IT CAME FROM GOD'S HAND THE EARTH WAS A WONDERFUL PARADISE. 18:22 IT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE THAT GAVE SATAN THE RIGHT TO 18:26 CLAIM CONTROL OF THIS PLANET. BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAGIC CHOICE, 18:30 THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS GAINED THE POWER TO TEMPT AND TORMENT 18:34 HUMANS - INFLICTING SICKNESS, PAIN AND SUFFERING. 18:38 PERHAPS A BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE, 'WHY DOESN'T SATAN HAVE FULL 18:41 CONTROL OF HUMANITY?' THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST. 18:48 YOU MAY ALREADY REALIZE THAT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS 18:51 PROVIDED EACH OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED. 18:55 BUT IN REALITY IT DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 18:58 WHEN THE SAVIOR OFFERED HIS LIFE TO REDEEM THE EARTH, THAT ACT 19:03 PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON SATAN'S CONTROL OVER HUMANITY. 19:07 SATAN COULD NOT FORCE OUR WILL AND HIS POWER TO HARM US WOULD 19:10 BE LIMITED. 19:12 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ALSO BROUGHT US A TIME OF PROBATION WHERE WE 19:16 CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD'S 19:19 GOVERNMENT AND SATAN'S AND THEN DECIDE WHO WE WOULD SERVE. 19:24 ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE OF JESUS' SELFLESS SACRIFICE, SATAN'S 19:28 KINGDOM WILL COME TO AN END AND THE EARTH WILL ONE DAY BE 19:32 RETURNED TO MAN MORE WONDERFUL THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. 19:37 SO WHEN ADAM AND EVE BEGAN THEIR LIVES AS EXILES FROM PARADISE, 19:41 THEY STILL HAD HOPE. 19:44 GOD HAD PROVIDED THE SKINS OF SACRIFICED ANIMALS TO COVER 19:47 THEIR NAKEDNESS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD PROMISED THE 19:52 BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD TO COVER THEIR SIN IF THEY ACCEPTED 19:56 CHRIST AND REPENTED. ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINED: 20:00 WOULD PEOPLE ACCEPT GOD'S GENEROUS GIFT? 20:08 >>"HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?" 20:14 (MUSIC) THE AMAZING STORY THAT YOU JUST 20:16 HEARD IS TRUE AND IT AFFECTS YOU. 20:20 BECAUSE OF SATAN'S DESIRE TO BE GOD AND ADAM AND EVE'S DISTRUST 20:24 AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN A PERILOUS 20:29 SITUATION: ON ONE HAND, MANKIND HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVORED BY GOD 20:34 WITH A SECOND CHANCE TO REGAIN OUR EDEN HOME. 20:38 ON THE OTHER, IF WE FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL 20:41 OPPORTUNITY, WE BECOME SLAVES TO SATAN AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE 20:46 DESTROYED WHEN GOD CLEANSES THE UNIVERSE OF SIN. 20:50 FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR JESUS 20:54 THAN RIGHT NOW. NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE 20:58 MIGHT HAVE TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH. 21:00 OUR LIVES CAN END INSTANTLY. JESUS HAS SHOWN GREAT INTEREST 21:04 IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HIS LOVE FOR YOU MOVED HIM TO PROVIDE 21:08 A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE COMING DESTRUCTION. 21:12 HE JUST ASKS YOU TO ACCEPT HIM - TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. 21:16 THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN FIND PARDON AND RECEIVE A NEW HEART 21:20 TO BECOME LIKE HIM IN CHARACTER. 21:23 THE SOBERING NEWS IS THAT SATAN IS MOVING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY 21:28 TO KEEP YOU FROM ACCEPTING GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION. 21:32 THROUGH THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE, THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR SOME OTHER 21:35 FASCINATING DISTRACTION, HE WORKS TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WITH 21:39 ANYTHING BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS MOST - YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION. 21:45 FOR YOU SEE, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT IF YOU DON'T 21:48 CHOOSE JESUS, YOU WILL HAVE, BY DEFAULT, CHOSEN SATAN. 21:54 ALTHOUGH ADAM AND EVE'S TERRIBLE CHOICE BROUGHT UNTOLD DEATH AND 21:58 MISERY, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. 22:03 GOD IS OFFERING YOU A PEACE THAT SATISFIES THE DEEPEST LONGING IN 22:07 YOUR SOUL AND A JOY THAT WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TRIALS OF 22:10 THIS WORLD. THE YEARNING DESIRE OF GOD'S 22:13 HEART IS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED AND TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE. 22:18 BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN IS YOU. 22:23 IMAGINE HOW TRAGIC IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE NEEDLESSLY TO REJECT 22:26 THIS PRECIOUS GIFT. YOU CAN CHOOSE, TODAY, TO ACCEPT 22:31 THE SALVATION THAT GOD HAS PROMISED. IN FACT, THIS VERY 22:35 MOMENT YOU CAN ACCEPT EVERLASTING LIFE THROUGH 22:37 JESUS CHRIST. CAN I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME 22:41 RIGHT NOW IN A SIMPLE PRAYER ACCEPTING HIS WONDERFUL OFFER? 22:47 PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU 22:53 NOW AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. LORD, I CONFESS 22:59 THAT I'M A SINNER AND I'VE BROKEN YOUR HOLY LAW. 23:03 I REALIZE THAT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 23:07 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE 23:11 CROSS...TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF MY SINS. 23:15 I BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND I ACCEPT HIM AS MY 23:19 PERSONAL SAVIOR. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD I GIVE 23:24 YOU MY HEART AND TRUST YOU TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. 23:28 PLEASE FORGIVE ALL OF MY SINS AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO HELP ME 23:33 DO YOUR WILL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE 23:37 AND ACCEPT YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN 23:43 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 23:53 >>I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED - THEY JUST TOLD ME, HERE IN THE 23:56 STUDIO, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS AWAY. WHAT IS IT? 23:59 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DVD WE TOOK TWO YEARS IN PRODUCING, 24:02 EXPLAINING WHY THERE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD - COSMIC CONFLICT - IF 24:06 GOD IS SO LOVING, THEN WHY WOULD HE MAKE A DEVIL? 24:09 OR DID HE? IF GOD IS SO POWERFUL, WHY 24:11 DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL? IF GOD IS GOOD, THEN WHY DO BAD 24:15 THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND 24:18 MUCH MORE ARE ANSWERED IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 24:21 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS, DVD CALLED THE COSMIC CONFLICT . 24:26 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE FOR ASKING. 24:27 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL 24:32 877-232-2871 AND ASK FOR OFFER #809. AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE 24:41 RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 24:43 ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 24:48 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED 24:58 CONCEPT. >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND 25:01 THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 25:05 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 25:08 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 25:12 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 25:16 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 25:20 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 25:23 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 25:28 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 25:30 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 25:35 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 25:39 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 25:42 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 25:46 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 25:49 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 25:53 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 25:57 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 26:01 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 26:04 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 26:09 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S 26:14 MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. >>THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 26:30 (MUSIC) 28:24 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 28:26 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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