>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:00:01.23\00:00:03.60
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:00:03.60\00:00:11.80
>> ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WE
WENT TO CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS
00:00:11.80\00:00:13.80
SUPPOSED TO BE SOME FORM
OF RESORT FOR THE SAINTS.
00:00:13.80\00:00:17.80
IN MANY RESPECTS IT'S A HOSPITAL
FOR THE SINNERS, ISN'T IT?
00:00:17.80\00:00:24.03
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
00:00:24.03\00:00:26.30
DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
00:00:26.30\00:00:29.86
THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
00:00:29.86\00:00:32.70
TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
00:00:32.70\00:00:34.63
WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION
00:00:34.63\00:00:37.26
OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
00:00:37.26\00:00:46.00
>>I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
JUST BUYING ANY KIND OF DRUGS
00:00:46.00\00:00:48.73
JUST TO DO FOR MYSELF BECAUSE
IT JUST MADE SENSE TO INVEST IT
00:00:48.73\00:00:52.40
IN SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I CAN
MAKE ALL THE MONEY BACK AND HAVE
00:00:52.40\00:00:56.76
WEED THAT I
COULD SMOKE FOR FREE.
00:00:56.76\00:00:59.16
I WAS HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
00:00:59.16\00:01:01.10
AT LEAST AT FIRST.
00:01:01.10\00:01:05.13
I WAS MAKING MORE MONEY
THAN ANYBODY I - THAT I KNEW.
00:01:05.13\00:01:08.16
I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, POUNDS
AND POUNDS OF WEED IN THE CLOSET
00:01:08.16\00:01:11.43
AND I'VE GOT ALL THIS MONEY.
00:01:11.43\00:01:12.70
I'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL
FULLY FURNISHED APARTMENT -
00:01:12.70\00:01:16.03
A CHANDELIER
HANGING IN MY LIVING ROOM.
00:01:16.03\00:01:18.00
I'VE GOT A LUXURY CAR
- ALL-LEATHER INTERIOR.
00:01:18.00\00:01:20.50
I'VE GOT THE HOTTEST GIRLFRIEND.
00:01:20.50\00:01:21.96
I HAVE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
THIS WORLD TELLS ME THAT I NEED.
00:01:21.96\00:01:27.83
AND THAT'S WHEN I
REALIZED HOW EMPTY I REALLY WAS.
00:01:27.83\00:01:32.13
EVENTUALLY SMOKING
WEED DIDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
00:01:32.13\00:01:35.73
I STARTED GOING TO DOING A
LOT OF ACID - LSD - AND ECSTASY.
00:01:35.73\00:01:41.73
OF COURSE OTHER HARD
DRUGS CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
00:01:41.73\00:01:44.46
I FOUND OUT THAT YOU CAN'T RUN
AWAY FROM YOURSELF AND NO MATTER
00:01:44.46\00:01:48.30
WHERE YOU GO THERE YOU ARE.
00:01:48.30\00:01:50.70
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO
RECONCILE A FAITH IN GOD AND
00:01:50.70\00:01:53.36
THEN THIS LIFESTYLE
THAT I WAS CHOOSING TO LEAD.
00:01:53.36\00:01:56.63
AND AT THIS POINT I HAD
MADE THAT CHOICE TO LEAD THAT
00:01:56.63\00:01:58.60
LIFESTYLE BUT I COULDN'T REVERSE
IT EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO STOP
00:01:58.60\00:02:03.86
OR AT LEAST SLOW
DOWN, I HAD NO POWER.
00:02:03.86\00:02:07.60
I SAID, 'GOD, DO WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'VE GOT TO DO TO CHANGE ME.'
00:02:07.60\00:02:10.80
I GET ARRESTED FOR A DUI.
00:02:10.80\00:02:12.73
I'D BEEN TO JAIL MANY TIMES
BEFORE BUT I USED TO THINK THAT
00:02:12.73\00:02:15.76
THE REASON THAT I WENT TO JAIL
WAS BECAUSE GOD WAS SICK OF ME -
00:02:15.76\00:02:19.20
THAT GOD HATED ME.
00:02:19.20\00:02:20.40
THERE I AM IN JAIL AND I'M
STARTING TO SEE THE FACT THAT
00:02:20.40\00:02:24.03
GOD LOVES ME.
00:02:24.03\00:02:25.83
TO KNOW THE EMPTINESS OF THIS
WORLD - TO KNOW THAT THIS LIFE
00:02:25.83\00:02:29.63
REALLY STINKS -
BUT THERE'S HOPE.
00:02:29.63\00:02:35.43
AND THE HOPE THAT I
FOUND CAN ONLY BE SEEN OR KNOWN
00:02:35.43\00:02:41.20
IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:02:41.20\00:02:47.46
MY NAME IS JUSTIN MONTERO
AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
00:02:47.46\00:02:54.46
>>AMEN.
00:02:54.46\00:02:57.23
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, WE CAN TELL
FROM SOME OF THE TESTIMONIES
00:02:57.23\00:02:59.46
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD DURING THIS
PROGRAM THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:02:59.46\00:03:02.73
OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEGUN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD BUT
00:03:02.73\00:03:07.93
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
00:03:07.93\00:03:09.66
MAYBE SOMEBODY HURT THEM OR THEY
GOT DISTRACTED WITH THE BUSYNESS
00:03:09.66\00:03:13.23
OF LIFE, OR MAYBE THEY GREW UP
IN THE CHURCH AND THEY WERE JUST
00:03:13.23\00:03:16.43
CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S OUT THERE
IN THE WORLD AND THEY WANTED TO
00:03:16.43\00:03:19.40
GO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES WHAT
THEY'RE MISSING BUT THEY DIDN'T
00:03:19.40\00:03:22.10
REALIZE THAT IT WAS A WHIRLPOOL
THAT WAS GOING TO CATCH THEM AND
00:03:22.10\00:03:25.43
HOLD THEM.
00:03:25.43\00:03:27.56
AND WE'RE DOING THIS
PROGRAM ESPECIALLY TO ENCOURAGE
00:03:27.56\00:03:30.13
EVERYBODY TO KNOW - THOSE
OF YOU WHO HAVE A HISTORY AND A
00:03:30.13\00:03:33.93
BACKGROUND WITH
JESUS, YOU CAN COME BACK.
00:03:33.93\00:03:37.30
YOU CAN GET A NEW BEGINNING BUT
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION NOT
00:03:37.30\00:03:41.56
TO JUMP SHIP - TO
STAY WITH THE BOAT.
00:03:41.56\00:03:45.96
IN SPITE OF THE PROBLEMS, IN
SPITE OF THE STORMS, IN SPITE
00:03:45.96\00:03:49.06
OF THE OTHER SAILORS YOU
HAVE TO STAY ON THE BOAT.
00:03:49.06\00:03:53.63
JESUS WILL NOT FORCE YOU.
00:03:53.63\00:03:55.00
YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION -
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WHERE THE
00:03:55.00\00:03:57.20
SHARKS ARE - TO
SWIM BACK TO THE BOAT.
00:03:57.20\00:04:01.03
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY IN THE
BIBLE THAT TELLS US THERE IS A
00:04:01.03\00:04:04.40
TIME TO TRUST THE LORD AND HANG
TIGHT IN THE BOAT EVEN THOUGH
00:04:04.40\00:04:10.43
THERE MAY BE STORMS.
00:04:10.43\00:04:12.83
IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE YOU'LL
FIND THIS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS.
00:04:12.83\00:04:15.80
THE BOOK OF ACTS TELLS ABOUT THE
EXCITING WAY THAT GOD HAS LED
00:04:15.80\00:04:19.96
HIS CHURCH.
00:04:19.96\00:04:21.70
AND AT THE END OF THE STORY OF
ACTS, THE BOOK TAKES QUITE A BIT
00:04:21.70\00:04:25.43
OF TIME TO TALK
ABOUT A STORM AT SEA.
00:04:25.43\00:04:30.03
THERE IS A BOATLOAD OF SAILORS
THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ROME
00:04:30.03\00:04:33.36
FOR JUDGMENT.
00:04:33.36\00:04:35.16
THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRISONERS ON
THEIR WAY TO ROME TO BE JUDGED
00:04:35.16\00:04:38.20
BY CAESAR.
00:04:38.20\00:04:39.53
THE APOSTLE PAUL IS
ON THE BOAT AND AFTER -
00:04:39.53\00:04:43.50
THEY LOSE EVERYTHING.
00:04:43.50\00:04:45.16
THEY THROW EVERYTHING OVERBOARD.
00:04:45.16\00:04:46.70
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
00:04:46.70\00:04:47.93
THEY'RE LOST - THEY'VE LOST
THEIR TACKLING AND THEY THREW
00:04:47.93\00:04:50.60
THE FOOD OVERBOARD.
00:04:50.60\00:04:52.30
BUT PAUL PRAYED AND HE
INTERCEDED FOR EVERYBODY ON THE
00:04:52.30\00:04:55.00
BOAT AND THE ANGEL SAID,
'I'VE HEARD YOUR PRAYER.'
00:04:55.00\00:04:59.86
WELL, JUST AS THEY WERE NEARING
LAND, SOME OF THE SAILORS
00:04:59.86\00:05:04.06
THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, WE
CAN DO BETTER ON OUR OWN.
00:05:04.06\00:05:07.43
WE'RE GOING TO SNEAK OFF IN
THE LITTLE LIFEBOAT - THE LITTLE
00:05:07.43\00:05:09.70
DINGHY - BY OURSELVES.
00:05:09.70\00:05:11.73
AND YOU CAN READ IN ACTS 27,
VERSE 30, "AND AS THE SAILORS
00:05:11.73\00:05:16.16
WERE SEEKING TO ESCAPE FROM
THE SHIP, AND THEY LET DOWN THE
00:05:16.16\00:05:20.13
SKIFF INTO THE SEA, UNDER
PRETENSE" - PRETENDING THAT THEY
00:05:20.13\00:05:23.10
WERE PUTTING OUT ANCHORS
FROM THE BOW - "PAUL SAID TO THE
00:05:23.10\00:05:26.30
CENTURION AND THE SOLDIERS,
'UNLESS THESE MEN STAY IN THE
00:05:26.30\00:05:31.90
SHIP, YOU CANNOT
BE SAVED.'" WOW. WHY?
00:05:31.90\00:05:38.93
PERHAPS GOD'S SENDING A MESSAGE
TO HIS PEOPLE AS WE NEAR SHORE -
00:05:38.93\00:05:42.66
ESPECIALLY DURING THE STORMS
OF THE LAST DAYS - HOW CRUCIAL
00:05:42.66\00:05:46.30
IT IS FOR US TO STICK TOGETHER
BECAUSE UNLESS WE STICK TOGETHER
00:05:46.30\00:05:52.90
WE'RE ALL IN DANGER.
00:05:52.90\00:05:55.60
AND WE NEED TO
ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.
00:05:55.60\00:05:58.43
I'M NOT ONLY INTERESTED
IN MY SALVATION, I NEED TO
00:05:58.43\00:06:00.76
BE INTERESTED IN YOUR SALVATION.
00:06:00.76\00:06:03.20
AND I HOPE YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN MINE.
00:06:03.20\00:06:05.96
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PRAY
THE LORD'S PRAYER IT NEVER SAYS
00:06:05.96\00:06:07.90
'GIVE ME -
DELIVER ME - FEED ME'.
00:06:07.90\00:06:11.93
IT'S 'LEAD US - DELIVER US -
FEED US' BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE
00:06:11.93\00:06:15.56
CORPORATELY INTERESTED.
00:06:15.56\00:06:18.26
BUT WE'RE LIVING IN THE AGE
OF INDIVIDUALISM AND EVERYBODY'S
00:06:18.26\00:06:21.03
KIND OF OFF
DOING THEIR OWN THING.
00:06:21.03\00:06:23.36
I READ SOME STATISTICS - THE
BARNA RESEARCH GROUP PUT THIS
00:06:23.36\00:06:26.10
OUT - THAT NEARLY THREE OUT
OF EVERY FIVE YOUNG CHRISTIANS -
00:06:26.10\00:06:29.96
APPROXIMATELY 59% DISCONNECT
FROM THE CHURCH AFTER AGE 15.
00:06:29.96\00:06:35.46
SOME PERMANENTLY.
00:06:35.46\00:06:37.90
SOME, PRAISE
THE LORD, COME BACK.
00:06:37.90\00:06:40.66
APPROXIMATELY 150,000 PEOPLE
LEAVE THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN
00:06:40.66\00:06:44.90
NORTH AMERICA EVERY WEEK.
00:06:44.90\00:06:48.33
NOW, FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MANY
COMING IN ALSO, BUT AT LARGE THE
00:06:48.33\00:06:52.90
BACK DOOR OF THE CHURCH IS
LARGER NOW THAN THE FRONT DOOR.
00:06:52.90\00:06:57.76
NOW THAT'S NOT TRUE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD, BUT WE'VE GOT A
00:06:57.76\00:07:00.13
PROBLEM - ESPECIALLY IN NORTH
AMERICA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
00:07:00.13\00:07:03.73
WORLD - SOME OF WESTERN EUROPE.
00:07:03.73\00:07:06.26
HEBREWS 10, VERSES 24 AND 25,
"AND LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER
00:07:06.26\00:07:11.40
IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND
GOOD WORKS," - STIR EACH OTHER
00:07:11.40\00:07:16.36
UP - "NOT FORSAKING
THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES
00:07:16.36\00:07:20.10
TOGETHER," - THAT'S WHAT THE
CHURCH IS - WE ASSEMBLE TOGETHER
00:07:20.10\00:07:23.36
- "AS THE MANNER OF SOME
IS," - SOME ARE DOING THIS -
00:07:23.36\00:07:27.03
"BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER,
AND SO MUCH THE MORE AS YOU SEE
00:07:27.03\00:07:32.60
THE DAY APPROACHING."
00:07:32.60\00:07:33.86
WHAT DAY IS
APPROACHING, FRIENDS?
00:07:33.86\00:07:36.26
THE DAY OF THE LORD -
JESUS' COMING - AND ALL THE MORE
00:07:36.26\00:07:39.20
AS WE SEE THE DAY OF THE
LORD IS COMING WE NEED TO
00:07:39.20\00:07:42.76
ENCOURAGE AND EXHORT AND STIR
EACH OTHER TO COME TOGETHER.
00:07:42.76\00:07:49.00
THERE IS REDEMPTIVE
VALUE IN OUR COMING TOGETHER.
00:07:49.00\00:07:52.46
YOU KNOW, ONE REASON
WE NEED THE CHURCH SO MUCH
00:07:52.46\00:07:54.23
IS BECAUSE OF LOVE.
00:07:54.23\00:07:56.53
GREAT COMMANDMENTS - LOVE
THE LORD, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:07:56.53\00:08:00.90
WE GO TO CHURCH BECAUSE WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT LOVING GOD BY
00:08:00.90\00:08:04.60
LEARNING HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:08:04.60\00:08:06.83
AND JOHN TELLS US IF WE CANNOT
LOVE OUR BROTHERS WHO WE DO SEE,
00:08:06.83\00:08:10.20
HOW CAN WE SAY THAT WE
LOVE THE LORD WHO WE DON'T SEE?
00:08:10.20\00:08:13.36
AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
WE WENT TO CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS
00:08:13.36\00:08:16.03
SUPPOSED TO BE SOME FORM
OF RESORT FOR THE SAINTS.
00:08:16.03\00:08:20.36
IN MANY RESPECTS IT'S A HOSPITAL
FOR THE SINNERS, ISN'T IT?
00:08:20.36\00:08:24.90
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH SOMETIMES
AREN'T ALWAYS LOVABLE BUT THAT'S
00:08:24.90\00:08:28.43
HOW YOU LEARN LOVE.
00:08:28.43\00:08:29.66
YOU DON'T LEARN TO LOVE WHEN
YOU'RE SURROUNDED ALWAYS WITH
00:08:29.66\00:08:31.96
LOVABLE PEOPLE.
00:08:31.96\00:08:33.60
YOU ESPECIALLY LEARN TO LOVE
- WHEN YOU PRAY FOR PATIENCE,
00:08:33.60\00:08:37.30
WHAT DO YOU THINK
GOD'S GOING TO GIVE YOU?
00:08:37.30\00:08:39.73
HE'LL SEND YOU DELAY
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GROW.
00:08:39.73\00:08:43.30
IF YOU PRAY FOR MUSCLES
WHAT IS GOD GOING TO GIVE YOU?
00:08:43.30\00:08:46.93
HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU WEIGHT TO
CARRY - I DIDN'T MEAN IT THE WAY
00:08:46.93\00:08:50.46
IT MAY HAVE FIRST COME OUT -
BUT YOU HAVE TO LIFT WEIGHTS.
00:08:50.46\00:08:55.06
AND IF YOU SAY, 'LORD,
GIVE ME LOVE FOR MY NEIGHBOR.'
00:08:55.06\00:09:00.06
HE'S GOING TO PUT YOU
NEXT TO AN ORNERY NEIGHBOR.
00:09:00.06\00:09:03.50
AND THAT'S - ISN'T
THAT HOW WE LEARN LOVE?
00:09:03.50\00:09:07.00
AND SO SOME PEOPLE, THEY EXCUSE
THEMSELVES FROM THE CHURCH AND
00:09:07.00\00:09:10.26
THEY THINK, 'I'M GOING TO
STAY HOME AND I'M GOING TO BE
00:09:10.26\00:09:12.36
ESPECIALLY HOLY' - IT ACTUALLY
HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.
00:09:12.36\00:09:16.33
WE DESPERATELY NEED EACH OTHER.
00:09:16.33\00:09:18.50
WE NEED TO LEARN TO LOVE
EACH OTHER AND STICK TOGETHER
00:09:18.50\00:09:21.46
AS A CHURCH.
00:09:21.46\00:09:23.26
SO WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
00:09:23.26\00:09:25.30
WELL, WHEN WE SAY THE
WORD 'CHURCH' IT'S ACTUALLY
00:09:25.30\00:09:27.00
A SCOTTISH WORD - IT COMES FROM
THE WORD 'KIRK' AND YOU MAYBE
00:09:27.00\00:09:30.53
HAVE HEARD SOME SONGS ABOUT THAT
- 'THE WEE KIRK IN THE HEATHER'
00:09:30.53\00:09:33.76
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WORD.
00:09:33.76\00:09:36.73
IN GREEK IT'S 'ECCLESIA' AND IT
MEANS THE GATHERING; THE CALLING
00:09:36.73\00:09:42.00
OUT; THE
CONGREGATION; THE ASSEMBLY.
00:09:42.00\00:09:44.53
IT IS A COMMUNITY OF FAITH.
00:09:44.53\00:09:47.76
IT'S NOT A BUILDING, IT'S A
PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE GATHER
00:09:47.76\00:09:50.20
TO LEARN HIS WILL AND TO
KNOW HOW TO SERVE HIM BETTER.
00:09:50.20\00:09:54.63
SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION: CAN
YOU BE A CHRISTIAN AND NOT BE
00:09:54.63\00:10:00.36
PARTICIPATING IN CHURCH?
00:10:00.36\00:10:01.93
NOW AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THOSE WHO CAN'T BECAUSE OF A
00:10:01.93\00:10:04.00
MEDICAL PROBLEM OR ISOLATION,
BUT CAN YOU REALLY BE A HEALTHY
00:10:04.00\00:10:08.86
CHRISTIAN AND NOT WANT
TO BE PART OF GOD'S PEOPLE?
00:10:08.86\00:10:13.30
WELL SURE, IF YOU CAN BE A
HONEYBEE AND NOT BE PART OF A
00:10:13.30\00:10:16.70
HIVE - YOU USUALLY DON'T MAKE
A LOT OF HONEY THAT WAY - IF YOU
00:10:16.70\00:10:20.56
CAN BE A SOLDIER WITHOUT AN ARMY
- YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF RAMBO -
00:10:20.56\00:10:23.76
YOU RUN AROUND DOING YOUR OWN
THING - IF YOU CAN BE A SALESMAN
00:10:23.76\00:10:28.16
WITH NO CUSTOMERS, IF YOU CAN BE
A FOOTBALL PLAYER WITHOUT A TEAM
00:10:28.16\00:10:34.00
- YOU THROW THE BALL THEN YOU
RUN AHEAD AND YOU CATCH IT - AND
00:10:34.00\00:10:37.13
DO ALL YOUR OWN BLOCKING
AND TACKLING - IF YOU CAN BE A
00:10:37.13\00:10:41.00
POLITICIAN WHO IS A HERMIT,
WELL THEN, SURE, YOU CAN BE A
00:10:41.00\00:10:45.73
CHRISTIAN THAT
DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH.
00:10:45.73\00:10:50.00
BUT I KNOW YOU REALIZE THAT
I'M SAYING THIS TONGUE IN CHEEK.
00:10:50.00\00:10:54.13
THE BIBLE TELLS US - AND THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT - IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:10:54.13\00:10:56.06
2, VERSE 47, "THE LORD ADDED TO
THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE
00:10:56.06\00:11:01.86
BEING SAVED."
00:11:01.86\00:11:04.26
NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
FRIENDS, BUT I WANT TO BE SAVED.
00:11:04.26\00:11:07.83
JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS AND WHO IS
00:11:07.83\00:11:11.73
BEING SAVED?
00:11:11.73\00:11:12.96
THE ONES WHO ARE
ADDED TO THE CHURCH.
00:11:12.96\00:11:17.13
SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO JESUS
THAT WE ARE PART OF THE CHURCH?
00:11:17.13\00:11:21.20
YOU KNOW, AS YOU READ THE NEW
TESTAMENT, ANY IDEA THAT YOU CAN
00:11:21.20\00:11:25.96
BE SAVED OUTSIDE OF THE
CHURCH IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT
00:11:25.96\00:11:30.10
TO THE BIBLE.
00:11:30.10\00:11:31.53
THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT IS
WRITTEN WITH THE IDEA IN MIND
00:11:31.53\00:11:35.16
THAT PEOPLE ARE SAVED INTO THE
CHURCH - THEY ARE BROUGHT INTO
00:11:35.16\00:11:38.10
CHRIST AND INTO THE
CHURCH AT THE SAME TIME.
00:11:38.10\00:11:42.53
NOW I'M SAYING THIS FOR THOSE
WHO ARE OUT THERE THAT SAY,
00:11:42.53\00:11:44.56
'OH YEAH, I'M A CHRISTIAN,
I JUST DON'T GO TO CHURCH.'
00:11:44.56\00:11:48.46
I REMEMBER PICKING UP A
HITCHHIKER ONE TIME AND BEGAN TO
00:11:48.46\00:11:50.63
SHARE MY FAITH WITH HIM AND HE
SAID, 'OH YEAH, I'M A CHRISTIAN.
00:11:50.63\00:11:53.23
I'M JUST NOT A
PRACTICING CHRISTIAN.'
00:11:53.23\00:11:57.06
AND THEN HE COMMENCED TO SHOW
ME THE CROSSES THAT HE WORE.
00:11:57.06\00:12:01.06
AND I STOPPED - ACTUALLY STOPPED
AND ATE A MEAL WITH HIM BECAUSE
00:12:01.06\00:12:04.00
I WANTED TO TALK TO HIM A LITTLE
FURTHER AND I SAID, 'SO EXPLAIN
00:12:04.00\00:12:07.70
TO ME WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.'
00:12:07.70\00:12:10.96
'JESUS SAVES YOU FROM YOUR
SIN.' I SAID, 'NOW EXPLAIN WHAT
00:12:10.96\00:12:12.93
A NON-PRACTICING CHRISTIAN IS.'
WE'RE EITHER FOLLOWING CHRIST
00:12:12.93\00:12:18.56
OR WE'RE NOT.
00:12:18.56\00:12:19.76
NOW, YOU DON'T SAY, 'I'M
NOT GOING TO GO TO CHURCH UNTIL
00:12:19.76\00:12:22.03
I'M FOLLOWING CHRIST.' OR
'I'M AFRAID IF I GO TO CHURCH
00:12:22.03\00:12:25.13
I'LL BE UNDER
CONVICTION.' WELL THAT'S GOOD.
00:12:25.13\00:12:27.23
COME ANYWAY BECAUSE CONVICTION
IS SOMETHING THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:12:27.23\00:12:31.16
GIVES YOU. IT HELPS
YOU TO FACILITATE CHANGE.
00:12:31.16\00:12:35.36
COME TO CHURCH.
00:12:35.36\00:12:37.36
SEE, YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE
THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN
00:12:37.36\00:12:40.26
OR SIN WILL KEEP
YOU FROM THE BIBLE.
00:12:40.26\00:12:42.63
SOME PEOPLE THAT GO TO CHURCH
BUT THEY'RE UNDER CONVICTION SO
00:12:42.63\00:12:44.76
THEY SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO
GO ANYMORE AND BE CONVICTED.'
00:12:44.76\00:12:46.96
SO THEY STAY AWAY.
00:12:46.96\00:12:48.03
IT'S HEALTHY TO
GO AND BE CONVICTED.
00:12:48.03\00:12:50.60
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME
DIRT ON YOUR FACE DON'T HIDE
00:12:50.60\00:12:52.76
FROM MIRRORS.
00:12:52.76\00:12:55.10
IT'S NOT GOING TO
SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
00:12:55.10\00:12:57.16
AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO TO
CHURCH WE BECOME AWARE OF THE
00:12:57.16\00:13:00.26
CHANGES WE NEED
- THAT'S HEALTHY.
00:13:00.26\00:13:02.20
YOU GO ANYWAY.
00:13:02.20\00:13:04.20
YOU WANT THE TRUTH DON'T YOU?
00:13:04.20\00:13:06.46
WE WANT TO BE CHANGED.
00:13:06.46\00:13:07.30
WE WANT TO KNOW.
00:13:07.30\00:13:08.83
VERY IMPORTANT.
00:13:08.83\00:13:10.03
ACTS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12 -
THE BIBLE SAYS - "NOR IS THERE
00:13:10.03\00:13:14.86
SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, FOR
THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER
00:13:14.86\00:13:19.93
HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN
BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED."
00:13:19.93\00:13:23.66
THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO BE SAVED
IS THROUGH CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
00:13:23.66\00:13:28.66
IS THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:13:28.66\00:13:30.76
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- SO CRUCIAL - THAT WE ARE
00:13:30.76\00:13:32.86
IN CHRIST.
00:13:32.86\00:13:34.73
1 TIMOTHY 3:15 - HERE THE
APOSTLE SAYS, "I WRITE TO YOU
00:13:34.73\00:13:39.06
THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW HOW YOU
OUGHT TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN THE
00:13:39.06\00:13:42.43
HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH IS THE
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE
00:13:42.43\00:13:46.96
PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH."
00:13:46.96\00:13:50.60
THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE WE
GATHER AND WE OPEN THE WORD AND
00:13:50.60\00:13:53.80
WE LEARN THE TRUTH
FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
00:13:53.80\00:13:57.56
AND ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
THINGS IN OUR CULTURE TODAY -
00:13:57.56\00:14:01.63
IT'S A VERY POWERFUL THING - IT
CAN BE POWERFUL FOR GOOD AND IT
00:14:01.63\00:14:04.30
CAN BE DANGEROUS - IS THE MEDIA.
00:14:04.30\00:14:07.33
IF WE ARE NOT COMING TO CHURCH
AND HEARING THE TRUTH FROM THE
00:14:07.33\00:14:10.93
WORD OF GOD ON A REGULAR BASIS,
THEN WHAT MESSAGES ARE GOING TO
00:14:10.93\00:14:14.70
DOMINATE WHO YOU
ARE AND WHAT YOU BECOME?
00:14:14.70\00:14:18.73
WE'RE ALL BEING INFLUENCED BY
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CULTURE
00:14:18.73\00:14:21.10
AROUND US BUT WE NEED TO
BE INFLUENCED BY THE WORD
00:14:21.10\00:14:23.50
OF GOD.
00:14:23.50\00:14:24.66
WE NEED TO CARVE OUT THAT
FAITHFUL TIME TO COME TOGETHER
00:14:24.66\00:14:27.76
IN THE CHURCH AND HEAR HIS WORD.
00:14:27.76\00:14:29.96
CAN YOU SAY AMEN?
00:14:29.96\00:14:31.16
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
00:14:31.16\00:14:32.40
I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH ME,
I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
00:14:32.40\00:14:36.26
FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, 'WELL,
I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN BUT
00:14:36.26\00:14:39.33
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO
TO CHURCH - THAT'S LIKE SAYING,
00:14:39.33\00:14:41.36
'YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE A
FISH BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE
00:14:41.36\00:14:43.06
IN THE WATER.' NOW,
THERE ARE A FEW RARE
00:14:43.06\00:14:46.40
EXCEPTIONS - YOU MIGHT FIND A
MUDSKIPPER THAT LEAVES THE WATER
00:14:46.40\00:14:49.16
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT NOT
TOO MANY FISH SURVIVE OUT OF THE
00:14:49.16\00:14:52.43
WATER FOR VERY LONG AND NOT
TOO MANY CHRISTIANS THRIVE AND
00:14:52.43\00:14:56.33
SURVIVE OUT OF THE CHURCH.
00:14:56.33\00:14:59.06
IT'S HARD TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
IN CHRIST WHEN YOU STAY AWAY
00:14:59.06\00:15:01.96
FROM THE BODY.
00:15:01.96\00:15:04.10
IN JOHN CHAPTER 13 JESUS SAID,
'BY THIS ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOU
00:15:04.10\00:15:08.50
ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU
HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.'
00:15:08.50\00:15:13.56
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER.
00:15:13.56\00:15:15.66
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE
DEVIL HEARD JESUS SAY THAT.
00:15:15.66\00:15:20.63
I THINK THAT THE DEVIL HEARD
JESUS SAY, 'ALL MEN WILL KNOW
00:15:20.63\00:15:23.13
THAT YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BY
THE WAY YOU LOVE EACH OTHER.'
00:15:23.13\00:15:26.43
AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, IF
THE WORLD HEARS AND LEARNS ABOUT
00:15:26.43\00:15:29.76
JESUS BY THEIR CORPORATE LOVE
FOR EACH OTHER THEN IT MUST ALSO
00:15:29.76\00:15:33.80
STAND TO REASON THAT IF I CAN
SCATTER THEM AND FRAGMENT THE
00:15:33.80\00:15:37.36
CHURCH, IT'LL
ADVERTISE AGAINST CHRIST.'
00:15:37.36\00:15:41.80
AND SO IF WE DO OUR BEST
ADVERTISING BY SHOWING OUR UNITY
00:15:41.80\00:15:46.50
- 'BEHOLD HOW THEY LOVE ONE
ANOTHER' - THEN IT WOULD ALSO BE
00:15:46.50\00:15:49.96
TRUE THAT THE HEATHEN MOCK AND
LAUGH AT CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY
00:15:49.96\00:15:53.63
SAY, 'LOOK AT HOW
FRAGMENTED THEY ARE.'
00:15:53.63\00:15:55.73
IS THERE ANY RELIGION IN THE
WORLD THAT HAS MORE SPLINTERS
00:15:55.73\00:15:58.06
AND DENOMINATIONS
THAN CHRISTIANITY?
00:15:58.06\00:16:02.00
BUT - ACTUALLY THAT'S A
TESTIMONY THAT SHOWS THAT THE
00:16:02.00\00:16:06.03
DEVIL IS MORE THREATENED BY
CHRISTIANITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE
00:16:06.03\00:16:10.83
BECAUSE HE IS SEEKING TO HIDE
THE DIAMOND BY CAMOUFLAGING IT
00:16:10.83\00:16:16.66
WITH A BUNCH OF BROKEN GLASS.
00:16:16.66\00:16:18.76
THERE IS A TRUTH OUT THERE AND
HE'S TRYING TO HIDE IT BY ALL
00:16:18.76\00:16:21.10
THESE FRAGMENTS AND
ALL THESE DIVISIONS.
00:16:21.10\00:16:23.10
THE LORD WANTS US TO PULL
TOGETHER - AND NOT JUST PULL
00:16:23.10\00:16:25.30
TOGETHER FOR THE SAKE OF
BEING TOGETHER - WE NEED TO PULL
00:16:25.30\00:16:27.83
TOGETHER BASED ON TRUTH.
00:16:27.83\00:16:30.83
THE RIGHT REASON TO GO
TO A CHURCH IS BECAUSE THE
00:16:30.83\00:16:32.40
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS OF
THAT CHURCH ARE THE TEACHINGS
00:16:32.40\00:16:35.03
OF JESUS AND IT'S
THE TRUTH AND IT'S HIS
00:16:35.03\00:16:39.26
BODY AND I'M GOING THERE TO
WORSHIP HIM ACCORDING TO THE
00:16:39.26\00:16:43.20
SCRIPTURES.
00:16:43.20\00:16:45.20
IT MIGHT BE A HAMBURGER
STAND THAT'S BEEN RENOVATED, THE
00:16:45.20\00:16:48.50
SINGING MIGHT BE AWFUL,
THE PEOPLE MIGHT BE CRANKY, YOU
00:16:48.50\00:16:53.10
MIGHT HAVE TO GO FIFTY MILES
TO GET THERE, THEY MIGHT ALL BE
00:16:53.10\00:16:57.70
POOR - BUT IF THE FOUNDATIONAL
TEACHINGS OF THAT CHURCH ARE THE
00:16:57.70\00:17:01.60
TEACHINGS OF JESUS THEN
THAT'S HIS BODY AND THAT'S WHERE
00:17:01.60\00:17:04.30
HE WANTS YOU.
00:17:04.30\00:17:05.60
NOW, THE REASON I SAID THINGS
THE WAY I DID IS YOU CAN BETTER
00:17:05.60\00:17:09.03
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS THIS
TERRIBLE PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE
00:17:09.03\00:17:14.76
ARE HEMORRHAGING
FROM THE CHURCHES.
00:17:14.76\00:17:16.70
ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THAT
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IS BECAUSE
00:17:16.70\00:17:19.90
THEY JOINED FOR
THE WRONG REASONS.
00:17:19.90\00:17:23.76
IF WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT
WE'RE GOING, WE UNDERSTAND WHY
00:17:23.76\00:17:26.80
IT IS WE'RE STAYING.
00:17:26.80\00:17:29.63
IT'S BECAUSE
CHRIST COMMANDS US TO.
00:17:29.63\00:17:32.56
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT REASONS
THAT WE NEED TO GO TO CHURCH -
00:17:32.56\00:17:35.86
THE LORD WANTS US
TO BE ONE - ONE BODY.
00:17:35.86\00:17:40.50
COLOSSIANS 3:15, "AND LET
THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR
00:17:40.50\00:17:45.60
HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU
WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY;" -
00:17:45.60\00:17:49.80
HOW MANY BODIES?
00:17:49.80\00:17:51.46
HE WANTS US TO BE UNITED.
00:17:51.46\00:17:53.00
JOHN 17 - LISTEN TO THE PRAYER
OF JESUS - THE LORD SAYS, 'AND
00:17:53.00\00:17:56.73
THE GLORY' - HE'S TALKING TO THE
FATHER - GOD THE SON IS TALKING
00:17:56.73\00:17:59.66
TO GOD THE FATHER - 'AND THE
GLORY WHICH YOU GAVE ME I HAVE
00:17:59.66\00:18:03.76
GIVEN THEM THAT THEY MAY BE ONE'
- NOW LISTEN TO HOW HE WANTS US
00:18:03.76\00:18:07.50
TO BE ONE.
00:18:07.50\00:18:09.46
JESUS IS PRAYING THAT THEY MAY
BE ONE 'JUST AS WE ARE ONE THAT
00:18:09.46\00:18:15.66
THEY MAY BE ONE.' WOW -
HOW ONE IS THE FATHER AND
00:18:15.66\00:18:23.16
THE SON?
00:18:23.16\00:18:25.06
THINK ABOUT IT, JESUS SAID
TO PHILIP, 'IF YOU'VE SEEN ME,
00:18:25.06\00:18:28.10
YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.'
TALK ABOUT BEING PERFECTLY ONE -
00:18:28.10\00:18:32.60
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE
THAT PERFECT ONENESS IS TO BE
00:18:32.60\00:18:35.16
BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:18:35.16\00:18:38.73
IF YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AND I'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD,
00:18:38.73\00:18:41.70
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
BE ONE THE WAY JESUS WANTS US
00:18:41.70\00:18:44.33
TO BE ONE.
00:18:44.33\00:18:44.80
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:18:44.80\00:18:47.96
BUT IS THAT HIS WILL?
00:18:47.96\00:18:50.23
JESUS - DID HE PRAY FOR THAT?
00:18:50.23\00:18:51.56
THAT WE WOULD HAVE
THAT KIND OF ONENESS?
00:18:51.56\00:18:53.86
ISN'T THAT KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE?
00:18:53.86\00:18:57.40
IT IS WITHOUT A MIRACLE.
00:18:57.40\00:18:59.90
WERE THE DISCIPLES
EVER ONE LIKE THAT?
00:18:59.90\00:19:03.16
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST -
00:19:03.16\00:19:06.30
ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1 -
"WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS
00:19:06.30\00:19:09.93
FULLY COME THEY
WERE ALL OF ONE ACCORD."
00:19:09.93\00:19:13.70
THEY PUT ASIDE
ALL THEIR DIFFERENCES.
00:19:13.70\00:19:15.40
DID THE DISCIPLES - DID
THE EARLY CHURCH OF JESUS -
00:19:15.40\00:19:18.13
WAS THERE A LITTLE BIT OF
STRIFE AND DIVISION AMONG THEM?
00:19:18.13\00:19:21.20
BUT BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
POURED OUT THEY FINALLY GOT TO
00:19:21.20\00:19:24.53
WHERE THEY WERE ONE.
00:19:24.53\00:19:26.46
THEY WERE IN ONE ACCORD
AND THEY WERE IN ONE PLACE.
00:19:26.46\00:19:31.26
SO DOES IT MATTER THAT WE COME
TOGETHER PHYSICALLY AS FAR AS WE
00:19:31.26\00:19:34.90
ARE ABLE INTO ONE PLACE?
00:19:34.90\00:19:37.20
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS WHEN WE COLLECT AND WE
00:19:37.20\00:19:41.00
GATHER TOGETHER?
00:19:41.00\00:19:42.70
WELL I THINK IT'S TIME
THAT GOD'S PEOPLE GET TOGETHER.
00:19:42.70\00:19:45.43
HE TELLS US WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE ONE BODY.
00:19:45.43\00:19:50.13
NOW THAT'S ONE OF THE
ILLUSTRATIONS I REALLY ENJOY -
00:19:50.13\00:19:53.50
THAT WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF
CHRIST'S BODY AND WE ALL SERVE
00:19:53.50\00:19:57.63
DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
00:19:57.63\00:19:59.10
IN YOUR BIBLE - IF YOU READ
IN ROMANS 12 - NOW THERE ARE SO
00:19:59.10\00:20:01.83
MANY PLACES I COULD GO TO BUT
THIS ROMANS 12, VERSES 4 TO 6 -
00:20:01.83\00:20:05.33
HE SAYS, "FOR AS WE HAVE MANY
MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE
00:20:05.33\00:20:11.20
MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
FUNCTION, SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE
00:20:11.20\00:20:15.66
ONE BODY IN CHRIST," - THAT
MEANS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE
00:20:15.66\00:20:19.00
DIFFERENT - "AND INDIVIDUALLY
MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER.
00:20:19.00\00:20:23.53
HAVING THEN GIFTS DIFFERING
ACCORDING TO THE GRACE THAT IS
00:20:23.53\00:20:26.83
GIVEN TO US, LET US USE THEM:"
CAN YOU BE A CHRISTIAN AND BE
00:20:26.83\00:20:32.00
SEPARATED FROM THE BODY?
00:20:32.00\00:20:34.46
HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR FUNCTION?
00:20:34.46\00:20:38.66
WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER AND EVERY
PART OF THE BODY NEEDS THE OTHER
00:20:38.66\00:20:40.90
PART OF THE BODY.
00:20:40.90\00:20:42.73
I GREW UP IN THE ERA WHERE
SCIENTISTS THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE
00:20:42.73\00:20:45.40
HAD A LOT OF SPARE PARTS
AND THEY TOOK MY TONSILS.
00:20:45.40\00:20:49.56
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAD A SORE
THROAT - AND THEY NEVER DID MAKE
00:20:49.56\00:20:51.76
A CONNECTION BETWEEN ME STARTING
MY DAY WITH HOSTESS TWINKIES FOR
00:20:51.76\00:20:54.93
BREAKFAST AND ALWAYS HAVING
A SORE THROAT - THEY JUST SAID,
00:20:54.93\00:20:57.70
'OH BAD TONSILS.
00:20:57.70\00:20:58.66
THEY'RE VESTIGIAL REMNANTS.
00:20:58.66\00:20:59.90
YOU DON'T REALLY NEED THEM.
00:20:59.90\00:21:01.00
TAKE 'EM OUT!' MY
BROTHER HAD A STOMACH ACHE -
00:21:01.00\00:21:04.30
'IT MUST BE A BAD APPENDIX.
00:21:04.30\00:21:05.20
DON'T NEED IT.
00:21:05.20\00:21:05.80
SPARE PARTS.
00:21:05.80\00:21:07.00
TAKE 'EM OUT!' YOU
KNOW, THEY HAD THIS IDEA
00:21:07.00\00:21:09.66
EVERYTHING WAS SPARE PARTS.
00:21:09.66\00:21:12.26
WELL, WE KNOW MORE NOW - THAT
THOSE THINGS ALL HAVE A PURPOSE,
00:21:12.26\00:21:14.50
DON'T THEY?
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.00
SOME OF YOU MAYBE FELT
LIKE THE APPENDIX OR THE TONSILS
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.23
OF THE CHURCH.
00:21:18.23\00:21:20.10
YOU THINK,
'THERE'S NO PURPOSE FOR ME.'
00:21:20.10\00:21:23.30
OR MAYBE YOU THOUGHT
SOMEONE ELSE WAS THE APPENDIX -
00:21:23.30\00:21:25.00
THAT'S MORE LIKELY, RIGHT?
00:21:25.00\00:21:29.60
WE ALL ARE NEEDED BY CHRIST.
00:21:29.60\00:21:33.30
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LORD PUTS
SOME PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH JUST
00:21:33.30\00:21:35.56
SO WE CAN LEARN LOVE AND
PATIENCE - BUT THEY'RE NEEDED
00:21:35.56\00:21:39.86
AND WE'RE ALL PART OF HIS BODY
AND WE NEED TO STAY TOGETHER OR
00:21:39.86\00:21:44.70
WE DON'T STAY ALIVE.
00:21:44.70\00:21:48.30
I HEARD A STORY ONE TIME -
PARABLE - THAT ONE MORNING A MAN
00:21:48.30\00:21:53.26
WOKE UP AND HE REACHED FOR THE
COUNTER BY THE BED AND HE WENT
00:21:53.26\00:21:56.76
TO GRAB HIS GLASSES AND PUT THEM
ON AND THE NOSE SHOUTED AT THE
00:21:56.76\00:22:00.83
EYES AND THE NOSE
SAID, 'ENOUGH OF THIS!
00:22:00.83\00:22:05.56
DAY AFTER DAY YOU PLOP THOSE
GLASSES DOWN ON TOP OF ME - THEY
00:22:05.56\00:22:08.10
SLIDE UP AND DOWN, THEY'RE
IRRITATING, I FEEL THE PRESSURE
00:22:08.10\00:22:11.13
- THEY LEAVE LITTLE
RED DOTS ON EITHER SIDE.
00:22:11.13\00:22:13.20
NO MORE GLASSES!' SO THE
MAN HEARD THAT AND HE PUT
00:22:13.20\00:22:17.30
THE GLASSES BACK DOWN.
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.10
HE GOT UP AND ON HIS WAY TO THE
RESTROOM HE RAN INTO THE DOOR
00:22:20.10\00:22:22.53
AND BANGED HIS NOSE.
00:22:22.53\00:22:28.40
EVERYBODY SUFFERS
IF WE ARE NOT TOGETHER.
00:22:28.40\00:22:35.13
WE ALL NEED TO BE TOGETHER
AS PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:22:35.13\00:22:39.73
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WANDERING
AROUND AND YOU'RE PRESUMING THAT
00:22:39.73\00:22:43.66
GOD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAVE
AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT YOU -
00:22:43.66\00:22:47.00
GOD IS GOOD AND GOD IS PATIENT,
BUT IT'S A DANGEROUS WORLD OUT
00:22:47.00\00:22:50.43
THERE, FRIENDS.
00:22:50.43\00:22:51.66
WE SHOULD NOT GAMBLE WITH
THE GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE AND
00:22:51.66\00:22:56.56
SAY, 'I WONDER HOW I CAN
DO OUT THERE WITHOUT GOD -
00:22:56.56\00:23:00.50
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:23:00.50\00:23:01.90
YOU KNOW, I THINK I
CAN MAKE IT ON MY OWN.'
00:23:01.90\00:23:05.36
WE NEED TO STAY
WITH THE SHIP, FRIENDS.
00:23:05.36\00:23:07.06
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
00:23:07.06\00:23:09.16
FRIENDS, THERE'S A STORM COMING
AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:23:09.16\00:23:12.63
BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS STORM
IS WE'VE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER.
00:23:12.63\00:23:17.03
WE NEED TO PRESS TOGETHER,
PRESS TOGETHER, PRESS TOGETHER.
00:23:17.03\00:23:21.96
IT'S THAT TIME.
00:23:21.96\00:23:23.16
SOME OF YOU WHO MAYBE HAVE
BEEN OUT THERE AND YOU'VE BEEN
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.73
WANDERING FOR WHATEVER REASON
AND YOU'RE DRIFTING - PERHAPS
00:23:25.73\00:23:29.30
THIS IS THE CALL THAT YOU'VE
BEEN WONDERING ABOUT WHERE JESUS
00:23:29.30\00:23:32.13
IS SAYING, 'NOW
IT'S TIME TO COME BACK.
00:23:32.13\00:23:35.90
NOW IT'S TIME TO COME - YOU'RE
NOT COMING TO A BUILDING -
00:23:35.90\00:23:39.63
YOU'RE COMING TO A BODY.
00:23:39.63\00:23:42.03
AND IT'S NOT A BODY OF PEOPLE
- JESUS SAID IT'S HIS BODY.
00:23:42.03\00:23:46.93
THE CHURCH TODAY IS THE HANDS
AND FEET OF JESUS IN THE WORLD
00:23:46.93\00:23:51.90
AND HE WANTS US
TO BE PART OF THAT.
00:23:51.90\00:23:54.80
YEARS AGO I HEARD THE STORY OF
AN OLD PASTOR THAT WENT TO VISIT
00:23:54.80\00:23:58.20
ONE OF HIS MEMBERS.
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.50
HE HAPPENED TO BE A FARMER - A
BUSY MAN WHO HAD STOPPED COMING
00:23:59.50\00:24:02.00
TO CHURCH - AND HE WENT TO SEE
HIM ONE EVENING AND HE TALKED TO
00:24:02.00\00:24:05.76
THE FATHER OF THE HOUSE BY
HIMSELF AND THEY SAT BEFORE A
00:24:05.76\00:24:09.46
FIREPLACE THAT WAS THERE AND THE
PASTOR SAID, 'BROTHER, YOU KNOW
00:24:09.46\00:24:14.46
WE'VE BEEN MISSING YOU AT
CHURCH AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
00:24:14.46\00:24:17.26
THAT YOU COME.'
AND HE SAID, 'I'M STILL
00:24:17.26\00:24:18.86
A CHRISTIAN, PASTOR, I
DON'T NEED TO GO TO CHURCH.
00:24:18.86\00:24:21.03
THE LORD KNOWS MY HEART.
00:24:21.03\00:24:22.76
THE LORD KNOWS I PRAY.
00:24:22.76\00:24:25.66
I BELIEVE IN HIM.
00:24:25.66\00:24:27.03
WE'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP
AND I CAN MAKE IT ON MY OWN.'
00:24:27.03\00:24:32.63
AND THE PASTOR WASN'T SURE
EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY AND WITHOUT
00:24:32.63\00:24:35.10
ASKING THE MAN'S PERMISSION
HE LEANED OVER AND HE TOOK THE
00:24:35.10\00:24:38.23
POKER BY THE FIREPLACE - THE
FIRE WAS GOING RIGHT THERE IN
00:24:38.23\00:24:40.76
THE HEARTH - HE PULLED ASIDE THE
SCREEN - AND THE PASTOR TOOK ONE
00:24:40.76\00:24:44.96
OF THE PROMINENT PIECES OF WOOD
THAT WAS BURNING THERE ON THE
00:24:44.96\00:24:47.30
FIRE AND HE KIND OF FLICKED IT
OFF BY ITSELF IN THE ASHES AND
00:24:47.30\00:24:50.70
HE SAT BACK DOWN.
00:24:50.70\00:24:53.10
AND THE MAN HE WAS VISITING, HE
LOOKED AT THAT FIRE ON THE LOG
00:24:53.10\00:24:57.23
THERE - IT BURNED FOR A FEW
MOMENTS AND THEN SLOWLY THE FIRE
00:24:57.23\00:25:01.03
ON THAT SEPARATED LOG BEGAN TO
FLICKER OUT BUT THE COALS GLOWED
00:25:01.03\00:25:05.76
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT THEN AS
IT SAT THERE THEN GRADUALLY THE
00:25:05.76\00:25:09.30
COALS BEGAN TO GROW DIM.
00:25:09.30\00:25:13.70
AND ALL THIS TIME THE PASTOR SAT
THERE WITH THE MAN AND THEY JUST
00:25:13.70\00:25:16.00
LOOKED AT THE FIRE - YOU
KNOW FIRE'S KIND OF HYPNOTIC -
00:25:16.00\00:25:18.96
ESPECIALLY ON A COLD
NIGHT - AND HE GOT THE MESSAGE
00:25:18.96\00:25:23.43
JUST BY LOOKING AT THAT.
00:25:23.43\00:25:26.73
HE SAID, 'I UNDERSTAND
PASTOR.' HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO
00:25:26.73\00:25:29.63
COME BACK TO CHURCH.' WE
DO NOT BURN BY OURSELVES.
00:25:29.63\00:25:35.73
WE DO NOT GLOW BY OURSELVES.
00:25:35.73\00:25:39.43
WE CANNOT PUT OFF THAT HEAT
AND THAT WARMTH BY OURSELVES.
00:25:39.43\00:25:44.00
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:25:44.00\00:25:46.13
AND NOT ONLY DO WE NEED
EACH OTHER, WE NEED THE LORD.
00:25:46.13\00:25:49.63
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT THROUGH THESE LAST DAYS IS IF
00:25:49.63\00:25:52.70
JESUS TAKES OUR HAND.
00:25:52.70\00:25:55.60
>>STAY TUNED.
00:25:55.60\00:25:56.73
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER.
00:25:56.73\00:26:06.90
>>YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE I KNOW - THEY STOP GOING
00:26:06.90\00:26:09.43
TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOMEBODY
IN THE CHURCH DID SOMETHING
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.80
TO HURT THEM.
00:26:12.80\00:26:16.26
WE'RE PART OF AN ARMY, GOD SAYS,
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW
00:26:16.26\00:26:20.96
WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACKS.
00:26:20.96\00:26:25.56
AND WHEN WE SLIGHT EACH OTHER
IT PAINS HIM AND IT HURTS OUR
00:26:25.56\00:26:29.16
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
00:26:29.16\00:26:35.03
>>"LET HIM WHO THIRSTS COME.
00:26:35.03\00:26:36.86
WHOEVER DESIRES LET HIM
TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY."
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.90
REVELATION 22:17.
00:26:39.90\00:26:42.06
IMAGINE, YOU ARE IN A REMOTE
VILLAGE IN GUATEMALA AND THERE
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.90
IS NO WATER AVAILABLE FOR
COOKING, WASHING, OR DRINKING.
00:26:44.90\00:26:48.50
YOU MUST WALK TWO OR MORE HOURS
ONE WAY JUST TO GET WATER FOR
00:26:48.50\00:26:51.23
YOUR FAMILY OR BE FORCED
TO DRINK THE STAGNANT WATER IN
00:26:51.23\00:26:54.33
PONDS OR POLLUTED STREAMS
- PLACES WE WOULDN'T EVEN
00:26:54.33\00:26:56.73
LET OUR DOGS DRINK.
00:26:56.73\00:26:58.33
IN THESE VILLAGES SMALL CHILDREN
SUFFER THE MOST FROM WATER-BORNE
00:26:58.33\00:27:01.16
DISEASES AND MANY
INFANTS DIE FROM DYSENTERY.
00:27:01.16\00:27:04.33
AMAZING FACTS AND WATER FOR LIFE
HAVE TEAMED UP TO MAKE A MAJOR
00:27:04.33\00:27:06.86
IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF
THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA.
00:27:06.86\00:27:09.63
USING CHRIST'S METHOD OF
REACHING THE HEART, AMAZING
00:27:09.63\00:27:11.93
FACTS WILL WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER
WITH WATER FOR LIFE TO DRILL
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.80
WELLS IN VILLAGES, THUS MEETING
THEIR DESPERATE NEED FOR FRESH,
00:27:14.80\00:27:18.30
CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND THEN
POINTING THEM TO JESUS AS THE
00:27:18.30\00:27:21.26
ULTIMATE FRIEND
FOR THEIR THIRSTY SOUL.
00:27:21.26\00:27:23.60
AFTER THE NEW WELL IS FLOWING
IN A VILLAGE, AMAZING FACTS WILL
00:27:23.60\00:27:26.30
SEND MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS TO TEACH
THEM SIMPLE WAYS THEY CAN CARE
00:27:26.30\00:27:29.10
FOR THEIR BODIES AND
LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
00:27:29.10\00:27:31.86
THEN WE WILL SEND OUR
TRAINED BIBLE WORKERS TO SHARE
00:27:31.86\00:27:34.56
LITERATURE, GIVE BIBLE STUDIES,
AND CONDUCT EVANGELISTIC
00:27:34.56\00:27:37.40
MEETINGS.
00:27:37.40\00:27:38.73
AS PEOPLE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE
GOSPEL MESSAGE IN BOTH WORD AND
00:27:38.73\00:27:41.00
DEED, AMAZING FACTS WILL BUILD A
PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE THIRSTING
00:27:41.00\00:27:44.76
PEOPLE CAN BE FILLED FOREVER.
00:27:44.76\00:27:46.90
WILL YOU JOIN AMAZING FACTS
TO HELP REACH PEOPLE FOR CHRIST
00:27:46.90\00:27:49.46
IN GUATEMALA?
00:27:49.46\00:27:50.60
YOUR GIFT OF ANY SIZE WILL
MAKE AN ETERNAL DIFFERENCE.
00:27:50.60\00:27:53.33
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:27:53.33\00:27:54.73
SEND YOUR DONATION TO
AMAZING FACTS, P.O. BOX 1058,
00:27:54.73\00:27:57.90
ROSEVILLE CA 95678
OR CALL 877-232-2871.
00:27:57.90\00:28:03.46
YOU CAN VISIT US ONLINE
AT 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG/WATER'.
00:28:03.46\00:28:09.00
>>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S
00:28:09.00\00:28:11.33
SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
00:28:11.33\00:28:12.83
THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION.
00:28:12.83\00:28:14.93
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO
00:28:14.93\00:28:17.93
NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER
WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST.
00:28:17.93\00:28:23.86
>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:28:23.86\00:28:26.36
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:28:26.36\00:28:27.36