>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISISTRY.
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>>HOW DO YOU THINK OUR HEAVENLY
FATHER FEELS WHEN, AFTER HE HAS
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PAID SO MUCH THAT YOU MIGHT
LIVE IN A MANSION SOME DAY,
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THAT WE GO TO THE GARBAGE OF THE
DEVIL'S DUMPSTER FOR HAPPINESS?
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>I GREW UP IN A
CHURCH-GOING FAMILY. I MEAN,
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WE WERE AT EVERY MEETING.
I SANG IN FOUR OF THE CHOIRS
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THERE - I DIRECTED THREE.
VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE.
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IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE
BUSY WORK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?
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I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL, I KNEW
ABOUT GOD, I KNEW ABOUT JESUS,
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BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.
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MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH
SCHOOL I GOT THE NEWS MY FATHER
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HAD BEEN MURDERED.
I PLAYED IT OFF WELL.
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NO ONE REALLY SAW THAT
I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT.
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IT JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE
WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE
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FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL
IT WITH DRUGS, WITH ALCOHOL,
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WITH PARTYING. AFTER
COLLEGE I JUST STOPPED
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GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER.
ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I
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DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO
CHURCH WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT,
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YOU KNOW, I SHOULD GET
A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORD.
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AND THERE I AM, HIGH OFF
COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE IN HAND,
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TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY
AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE VOICE,
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'JUST LOOK AT
YOURSELF.' AND I DID.
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AND I WAS LIKE,
'WHAT AM I DOING?'
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AND I GOT ON MY KNEES - I SAID,
'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THIS
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AWAY FROM ME NOW, I'M
GOING TO KILL MYSELF.'
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I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS
LIFESTYLE AND I WAS GOING TO END
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UP OVERDOSING, HAVING A
HEART ATTACK - WHATEVER IT WAS.
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'YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS AWAY
- ALL OF IT.' AND THAT DAY HE
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LIFTED ALL OF IT AWAY
FROM ME - IT WAS ALL GONE.
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WHEN GOD DOES SOMETHING IN
YOUR LIFE, HE DOES IT COMPLETE.
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MY NAME IS EDMOND GIBBS
AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
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>>AMEN. ONCE AGAIN, FRIENDS, WE
ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE
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HERE FOR THE
'RECLAIM YOUR FAITH' PROGRAM.
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AND I HOPE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
HERE, PART OF THE LIVE AUDIENCE,
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WILL BE PRAYING IN YOUR HEARTS.
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AS I SAID, I REALIZE THAT, IN
SOME RESPECT, I MIGHT BE TALKING
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HERE TO THE CHOIR, BUT WE
KNOW STATISTICALLY THERE ARE A
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LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
CHURCH THAT ARE JUST HANGING BY
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THEIR FINGERNAILS AND WE WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU WHO ARE IN THE
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CHURCH TO HOLD ONTO
THAT PLOW AND NOT LOOK BACK.
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AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OF YOU
THAT HAVE MAYBE DRIFTED AWAY -
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WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
HERE, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
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WATCHING - AND THE
LORD IS CALLING YOU.
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YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STORIES IN
THE BIBLE THAT ALWAYS AMAZED ME
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IS THE STORY OF JONAH.
HOW A PROPHET OF GOD - I MEAN,
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE A CHURCH MEMBER
TO BE A PROPHET OF GOD - COULD
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THINK YOU COULD RUN FROM GOD.
JONAH CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1, "NOW
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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME
TO JONAH SON OF AMITTAI SAYING,
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"ARISE AND GO TO NINEVEH,
THAT GREAT CITY, AND CRY OUT
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AGAINST IT FOR THEIR WICKEDNESS
HAS COME UP BEFORE ME. BUT JONAH
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AROSE TO FLEE TO TARSHISH
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
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AND HE WENT DOWN TO JOPPA AND HE
FOUND A SHIP GOING TO TARSHISH,
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SO HE PAID THE FARE AND WENT
DOWN INTO IT TO GO WITH THEM TO
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TARSHISH FROM THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD."
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JONAH WAS
RUNNING FROM THE FATHER.
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GOD SAID FOR HIM TO
GO EAST AND HE WENT WEST.
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HOW CAN YOU RUN
FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD?
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'WHERE CAN I FLEE
FROM YOUR SPIRIT?'
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THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU HERE
OR WATCHING AND YOU THINK THAT
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GOD DOESN'T SEE YOU? 'THE
EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND
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FRO THROUGH THE WHOLE EARTH.'
GOD SEES US WHEREVER WE GO.
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JESUS SAID, 'I'M
WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.'
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YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM GOD.
AND I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT THE
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LORD, HE CHASES AFTER THE ONES
HE LOVES AND HE WILL MAKE YOU
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RESTLESS UNTIL YOU
FIND YOUR REST IN HIM.
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YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY UNTIL
YOU SURRENDER TO THE LORD AND
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TO HIS WILL BECAUSE
YOU ARE DESIGNED FOR
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A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND SO, ESPECIALLY THOSE MAYBE
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WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE
CHURCH AND NEVER REALLY HAD A
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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, THEY'RE
STILL LOOKING FOR THAT MEANING.
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AND SO, THEY TRY TO
FIND IT OUT IN THE WORLD.
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AND THEY RUN FROM
THEIR FATHER'S HOUSE.
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YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT
SOME STORIES IN LUKE CHAPTER 15
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- WE TALKED LAST
NIGHT ABOUT THE LOST SHEEP.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE
STORY THAT YOU FIND HERE ABOUT -
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IN VERSE 8 - "WHAT WOMAN, HAVING
TEN SILVER COINS, IF SHE LOSES
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ONE DOES NOT LIGHT A CANDLE
AND SWEEP THE HOUSE AND SEEK
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DILIGENTLY UNTIL SHE FINDS IT.
AND WHEN SHE FINDS IT SHE CALLS
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HER FRIENDS AND HER NEIGHBORS
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TOGETHER SAYING,
'REJOICE WITH ME.
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I'VE FOUND THE
PIECE WHICH I LOST.'
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LIKEWISE, I SAY TO YOU, THERE
IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
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ANGELS OF GOD OVER
ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS."
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NOW THE COIN
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOST.
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A WOMAN IN BIBLE SYMBOLOGY
- YOU KNOW WHAT IT REPRESENTS?
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TYPICALLY A CHURCH.
SOMETIMES IN OUR CHURCHES WE'VE
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GOT A PRECIOUS LOST COIN AND WE
MUST MAKE AN EFFORT TO LIGHT THE
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LAMP OF GOD'S WORD AND TO SWEEP
WITH THAT DILIGENCE AND LOOK
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THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND
FIND THOSE PRECIOUS COINS.
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THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THEY'RE
LOST - THEY USED TO BE IN THE
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WOMAN'S HOUSE, BUT
THEY'VE BEEN MISPLACED SOMEHOW.
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I WONDER HOW MANY CHURCHES
HAVE SOME PRECIOUS SILVER THAT'S
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BEEN MISPLACED. AND
THEN WE GO TO ANOTHER -
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THE SHEEP, HE WANDERS - HE
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
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HE JUST GETS LOST. A
COIN CERTAINLY DOESN'T KNOW,
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BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE LAST
STORY, IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT,
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IT'S DELIBERATE
DESERTION - THE PRODIGAL SON.
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LUKE 15, VERSE 11, AND
THEN JESUS GOES ON AND HE SAYS,
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"A CERTAIN MAN HAD TWO SONS
AND THE YOUNGER OF THEM SAYS
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TO HIS FATHER, 'FATHER, GIVE
ME THE PORTION OF GOODS THAT
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FALLS TO ME.' SO HE
DIVIDED TO THEM HIS LIVELIHOOD.
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AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER,
THE YOUNGER SON GATHERED ALL
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TOGETHER AND HE JOURNEYED TO A
FAR COUNTRY AND THERE HE WASTED
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HIS POSSESSIONS WITH PRODIGAL"
- OR WILD, WASTEFUL - LIVING.
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YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK WHAT
THIS MEANT WAS THE BOY SAID TO
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HIS FATHER, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR YOU TO DIE SO I CAN
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GET MY INHERITANCE BUT YOU'RE
TAKING TOO LONG AND YOUR HEALTH
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LOOKS REALLY GOOD, SO CAN
YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, PAY UP NOW?'
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BUT IT WASN'T UNCOMMON IN
BIBLE TIMES FOR THE YOUNGER SON,
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MAYBE, ESPECIALLY IF HE WAS
ENGAGED, TO GET HIS INHERITANCE
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TO START HIS FAMILY - OR AT
LEAST PART OF IT - BUT THE BOY,
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EVIDENTLY, DIDN'T HAVE
ANY MARITAL PROSPECTS AND HE
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DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE
UNDER THE FATHER'S THUMB.
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HE EVIDENTLY DIDN'T GET ALONG
VERY WELL WITH HIS BROTHER AND
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HE SAID, 'LOOK, I JUST
WANT TO GET OUT FROM UNDER DAD'S
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RULES AND REGULATIONS.'
THERE WAS SOME TENSION - 'DAD'S
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TOO STRICT AND OLD-FASHIONED.'
YOU EVER HEARD THAT?
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NOW SOMETIMES, WHEN WE RUN AWAY
FROM HOME, THERE IS A PERIOD OF
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ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE
- YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST THE
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ILLUSION OF FREEDOM FOR AWHILE.
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE
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PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON -
AND HE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
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A PARTY WITH HIS FRIENDS - AND
AS LONG AS HE WAS WILLING TO BUY
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THE DRINKS HE HAD FRIENDS.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WHEN
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YOU'VE GOT MONEY YOU'LL
AT LEAST SEEM LIKE YOU'VE
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GOT FRIENDS FOR AWHILE.
BUT THEN IT WAS ALL GONE.
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HE WENT TO SWIPE HIS
CARD AND THE CASHIER SAID,
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'SORRY, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.'
HE SAID, 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND -
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I STILL HAVE CHECKS IN MY BOOK,
I SHOULD STILL HAVE MONEY.'
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AND THEN THERE - SIMULTANEOUS
WITH RUNNING OUT OF MONEY -
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THERE CAME A FAMINE IN THE
LAND AND HE BEGAN TO BE IN WANT.
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NOW, WHILE THAT BOY IS
IN THE FAR COUNTRY, WHAT IS
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THE FATHER DOING? HIS
HEART IS YEARNING AFTER
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HIS SON IN THIS FAR COUNTRY.
HE IS PRAYING FOR HIS SON.
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I WONDER HOW HE'S PRAYING.
HOW DO YOU PRAY FOR YOUR KIDS?
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'LORD, KEEP THEM SAFE.
KEEP THEM WELL. WATCH OVER THEM.
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BLESS THEM.' SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT
SAY, 'LORD, BRING INTO THEIR
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LIVES WHATEVER THEY NEED
TO BE SAVED FOR ETERNITY.'
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AND SO, MAYBE THAT DAD WAS
PRAYING AND A FAMINE CAME TO
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THAT COUNTRY AND
HE HAD NOTHING TO EAT.
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MAYBE ONE OF HIS FORMER
BAR BUDDIES IS THE ONE WHO
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HAD THE PIG FARM.
AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 15,
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"HE WENT AND HE JOINED HIMSELF
TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY AND
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HE SENT HIM INTO THE
FIELDS TO FEED SWINE."
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NOW, KEEP IN MIND, YOU'VE
GOT JESUS, A JEWISH RABBI, HE'S
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TALKING TO JEWISH LISTENERS
ABOUT THIS JEWISH BOY THAT GOES
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INTO A FAR COUNTRY AND HE
ENDS UP TENDING SOMEONE ELSE'S
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PORK CHOPS. THAT WAS
AS LOW AS YOU COULD GET.
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IN THE BIBLE, IF YOU WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT REACHING THE BOTTOM -
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JESUS SAID, 'YOU DON'T GIVE THAT
WHICH IS HOLY TO THE DOGS AND
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DON'T CAST YOUR
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.'
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YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING THAT
YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S
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HOUSE VERY LONG, YOU CAN FORGET
EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AND
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END UP IN THE DUMPSTER.
HOW DO YOU THINK OUR HEAVENLY
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FATHER FEELS, WHEN AFTER HE HAS
PAID SO MUCH THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE
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IN A MANSION SOME DAY,
THAT WE GO TO THE GARBAGE OF THE
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DEVIL'S DUMPSTER FOR
HAPPINESS? IT BREAKS HIS HEART.
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SO HE WAS OUT THERE FEEDING THE
PIGS AND HE WAS SO HUNGRY THAT
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HE WANTED TO EAT THE HUSKS
THAT THE PIGS WERE REJECTING.
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY
HUNGRY AT A TIME LIKE THAT.
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AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
BECOMING EMACIATED, IT SAYS
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'NO ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING.'
THE WORLD CANNOT SATISFY WHAT
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YOU REALLY NEED - THE WORLD WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO SATISFY THAT REAL
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HUNGER - THAT HUNGER FOR THE
BREAD OF LIFE IS ONLY GOING TO
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COME FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
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AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT ARE GOING FROM ONE THING TO
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THE NEXT, OR THEY'RE GETTING
DEEPER AND DEEPER IN ADDICTIONS,
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AND THEY KEEP HAVING TO UP THEIR
PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE THEY'RE
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LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF PEACE
AND SATISFACTION. YOU'RE NEVER
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GOING TO BE SATISFIED,
IN THIS LIFE, WITHOUT JESUS.
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AND YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND HIM AT CHURCH - IN SPITE
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OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE
THERE, OR THE PROBLEMS, IN SPITE
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OF ALL THE FLAWS AND THE
WRINKLES AND THE DIFFICULTIES,
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THE CHURCH IS THE OBJECT ON
EARTH UPON WHICH GOD BESTOWS HIS
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SUPREME REGARD - IT IS THE APPLE
OF HIS EYE - IT IS THE PEOPLE
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FOR WHOM HE DIED. AND
HE WANTS YOU IN THAT GROUP.
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IT IS THE CRUCIBLE WHERE
WE LEARN TO BE LIKE CHRIST.
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SO, WHILE HE WAS OUT THERE WITH
THE PIGS, HE STARTED TO THINK
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ABOUT WHEN THEY USED TO GET THE
FRESH BREAD OUT OF THE OVEN AT
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HOME AND ALL OF THE THINGS
HE HAD TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN HIS
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FATHER'S HOUSE. HE
CAME TO HIMSELF - IT'S LIKE
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HE WOKE UP ONE DAY AND SAID,
'WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I DOING?'
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HE HAD AN EPIPHANY. HE
SAID, 'HERE MY FATHER'S
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GOT SERVANTS. HE'S
GOT SILOS FULL OF FOOD.
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'THERE IS BREAD
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
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WHAT AM I DOING HERE?'
AND HE CAME TO HIS SENSES.
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IT'S KIND OF LIKE - SIN
WILL MAKE YOU CRAZY. REALLY.
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LIKE NEBUCHADNEZZAR - HE
WAS SO FULL OF PRIDE, NEXT THING
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YOU KNEW, HE
WAS OUT OF HIS MIND.
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AND IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS FOR HIM
TO WAKE UP AND COME TO HIMSELF
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AND THE FIRST THING THAT
CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH WHEN HE
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CAME TO HIMSELF WAS, 'I
PRAISE THE GOD IN HEAVEN.'
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BECAUSE, UNLESS GOD IS
YOUR PRIORITY, YOU'RE NOT
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THINKING STRAIGHT. REALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE MOSES BEFORE
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND.
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IN HIS CLOSING SERMON HE
SAID, 'LET ME MAKE IT PLAIN'
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- NO, I PUT THAT IN, BUT THIS
IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE SAID, HE
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SAID, 'I AM SETTING BEFORE
YOU THIS DAY LIFE AND GOOD AND
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BLESSING OR DEATH
AND EVIL AND CURSING.
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WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT?
NOW, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY,
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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU WANT?
DO YOU WANT THE LIFE AND GOOD
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AND BLESSING OF BEING A
CHRISTIAN AND IN THE CHURCH -
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IN SPITE OF THE PROBLEMS, IT'S
A LOT BETTER THAN BEING OUT HERE
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WHERE THERE'S THE DEATH
AND THE EVIL AND THE CURSING.
00:13:29.67\00:13:33.34
AND THAT'S WHY JESUS
IS WANTING TO BLESS YOU.
00:13:33.38\00:13:36.41
HE BEGINS HIS SERMON WITH
BEATITUDES BECAUSE HE WANTS
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TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO HAPPINESS OUTSIDE OF
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THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
NO ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING.
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FINALLY HE CAME TO HIS SENSES
AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, HOW MANY
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OF MY FATHER'S HIRED SERVANTS
HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE?
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THEY'VE GOT EXTRA.
00:13:55.60\00:13:56.53
THEY EAT TO THE FULL.'
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER JESUS
00:13:56.56\00:13:59.27
FED PEOPLE IT SAYS
THEY HAD LEFTOVERS.
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HE'D MULTIPLY THE BREAD
AND THERE WERE LEFTOVERS.
00:14:01.90\00:14:06.21
ELISHA BLESSED THE VESSEL OF
OIL, THERE IN 2 KINGS CHAPTER 4,
00:14:06.24\00:14:11.28
AND THE WOMAN POURED IT
AND IT JUST WAS OVERFLOWING.
00:14:11.31\00:14:17.02
GOD BLESSES WITH AN ABUNDANCE
- AND HERE HE WAS WANTING TO EAT
00:14:17.05\00:14:21.72
THE HUSKS - THE SEED PODS - THAT
THE PIGS WERE SNORTING THROUGH.
00:14:21.76\00:14:25.46
'THEY'VE GOT FOOD TO SPARE.'
JESUS IS WANTING TO GIVE YOU
00:14:25.49\00:14:30.37
THAT BREAD OF LIFE.
'AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER.'
00:14:30.40\00:14:36.17
YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME INTO THE
WORLD VERY SIMPLY - JOHN 3:16 -
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HE CAME INTO THE WORLD
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT PERISH.
00:14:39.47\00:14:42.94
AND IF YOU'RE NOT EATING THE
BREAD OF LIFE - AT LEAST EVERY
00:14:42.98\00:14:46.61
WEEK - YOU SHOULD BE EVERY
DAY - YOU WILL SURELY PERISH.
00:14:46.65\00:14:51.09
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARVING.
YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST DAYS THE
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BIBLE FORETELLS THERE'S GOING TO
BE A FAMINE IN THE LAND AND IT'S
00:14:54.96\00:14:57.49
NOT A FAMINE FOR BREAD OR A
THIRST FOR WATER, THIS IS AMOS
00:14:57.53\00:15:02.56
CHAPTER 8, BUT FOR
HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.
00:15:02.60\00:15:05.60
AND I THINK YOU MIGHT EVEN
FIND A FAMINE, SOMETIMES, AMONG
00:15:05.63\00:15:09.57
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY COUNTERFEIT VERSIONS
00:15:09.60\00:15:13.14
OF THE WORD OF GOD.
PEOPLE READ ONE LITTLE VERSE AND
00:15:13.17\00:15:15.51
THEN THEY'LL TALK ABOUT
THE LATEST MAGAZINE ARTICLES.
00:15:15.54\00:15:18.51
PEOPLE NEED TO REALLY GET
INTO THE GRIST OF GOD'S WORD.
00:15:18.55\00:15:23.15
'THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF
TRUTH IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE AND
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I PERISH WITH HUNGER.' YOU
KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, WHEN
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THEY WOKE UP JONAH WHEN HE WAS
RUNNING FROM GOD - OH, BY THE
00:15:29.49\00:15:34.23
WAY, GOING BACK TO JONAH - MY
MIND BOUNCES AROUND LIKE THAT -
00:15:34.30\00:15:38.60
IT'S BECAUSE I USED DRUGS
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, SO YOU JUST
00:15:38.63\00:15:39.87
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
00:15:39.90\00:15:42.60
GOING BACK TO JONAH, YOU KNOW,
WHEN HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE BOAT
00:15:42.64\00:15:45.04
ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION,
GOD SENT A STORM TO SAVE HIM.
00:15:45.07\00:15:51.55
AND THE LORD SENT A
FAMINE TO SAVE THAT BOY.
00:15:51.58\00:15:55.55
AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU WHO
HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE CHURCH,
00:15:55.58\00:15:57.59
YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH
SOME TRIALS AND WONDERING
00:15:57.62\00:15:59.72
'WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?'
IT COULD BE BECAUSE GOD LOVES
00:15:59.75\00:16:01.76
YOU AND HE'S TRYING
TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
00:16:01.79\00:16:06.33
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A CRISIS.
IT MIGHT BE A CRISIS IN YOUR
00:16:06.36\00:16:08.83
MARRIAGE, IT COULD BE A CRISIS
WITH YOUR HEALTH, OR AT WORK.
00:16:08.86\00:16:13.07
AND GOD IS SAYING, 'HELLO, CAN
I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?'
00:16:13.10\00:16:19.71
AND WHEN THE CAPTAIN WOKE UP
JONAH, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
00:16:19.74\00:16:22.64
'ARISE O SLEEPER.
CAREST NOT THAT WE PERISH?'
00:16:22.68\00:16:28.45
JESUS WAS ONCE ASLEEP IN A BOAT
DURING A STORM AND THEY WOKE HIM
00:16:28.48\00:16:31.02
UP AND THEY ASKED JESUS THE
DUMBEST QUESTION IN THE WORLD.
00:16:31.05\00:16:35.19
THEY SAID, 'MASTER,
CAREST NOT THAT WE PERISH?'
00:16:35.22\00:16:39.63
DOES JESUS CARE
WHETHER OR NOT WE PERISH?
00:16:39.66\00:16:43.67
WHY DID HE COME INTO THIS WORLD?
00:16:43.70\00:16:45.30
'THAT WE MIGHT NOT PERISH.'
AND IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS IN YOUR
00:16:45.33\00:16:50.64
BOAT, YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT FRIENDS.
00:16:50.67\00:16:54.04
HE SAID, 'AND I
PERISH WITH HUNGER.
00:16:54.08\00:16:55.71
I WILL ARISE.' GOD
TOLD JONAH, 'ARISE AND GO.'
00:16:55.74\00:17:00.92
FINALLY HE SAID, 'I WILL ARISE
AND GO TO MY FATHER AND I'LL SAY
00:17:00.95\00:17:05.15
TO HIM, 'FATHER.'' -
HE'S GOT A SPEECH PREPARED -
00:17:05.19\00:17:07.86
'HOW CAN I WALK BACK AND TALK
TO DAD AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE?
00:17:07.89\00:17:10.59
HERE I BASICALLY WAS SO RUDE,
DISRESPECTFUL, DIDN'T HONOR HIM,
00:17:10.63\00:17:14.46
ASKED FOR MY INHERITANCE EARLY?
THEN I TOOK IT AND I'M COMING
00:17:14.50\00:17:17.50
BACK WITH NOTHING TO SHOW
FOR IT. HE WORKED FOR YEARS
00:17:17.53\00:17:20.57
TO GET ALL THAT.' YOU
NOTICE THE BOY, EARLIER, HE
00:17:20.60\00:17:24.37
WANTED HIS FATHER BUT HE DIDN'T
WANT A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
00:17:24.41\00:17:26.74
FATHER - I'M SORRY, HE WANTED
HIS FATHER'S BLESSINGS, HE
00:17:26.78\00:17:29.78
WANTED HIS FATHER'S RESOURCES,
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT THE FATHER.
00:17:29.81\00:17:34.88
NOW I THINK EVERYBODY
HERE WANTS GOD'S BLESSINGS.
00:17:34.92\00:17:39.12
THERE ARE WHOLE CHURCHES
THAT ARE BUILT AROUND THE REASON
00:17:39.15\00:17:41.76
THAT GOD EXISTS IS JUST TO BE
A FUNNEL OF BLESSINGS FOR YOU.
00:17:41.79\00:17:47.23
REALLY, WE EXIST FOR THE GLORY
OF GOD AND THE SECRET OF LIFE IS
00:17:47.23\00:17:52.07
NOT, ULTIMATELY, YOUR
HAPPINESS, IT'S YOUR HOLINESS.
00:17:52.10\00:17:55.54
BUT YOUR HOLINESS
WILL LEAD TO HAPPINESS.
00:17:55.57\00:17:58.94
AND, BY THE WAY, JESUS
SAID, 'IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
00:17:58.97\00:18:01.14
THAN RECEIVE.' AND
THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY FOR
00:18:01.18\00:18:03.08
YOU TO BE BLESSED IS TO GIVE
- YOUR HEART - THEN YOU RECEIVE
00:18:03.11\00:18:07.48
THE GREATEST BLESSING.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING
00:18:07.52\00:18:10.25
TO EVER BE HAPPY, IS BY
GIVING YOUR LIFE TO JESUS.
00:18:10.29\00:18:14.16
'I'M GOING TO ARISE AND GO TO MY
FATHER'S HOUSE.' HE'S THINKING
00:18:14.19\00:18:16.52
ABOUT, 'HOW DO I EVER FACE
HIM AGAIN AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE.
00:18:16.56\00:18:20.13
I'LL GO AND HERE'S WHAT
I'LL SAY - I HAVE TO CONFESS -
00:18:20.16\00:18:24.33
'FATHER, I HAVE SINNED.'' -
BY THE WAY, YOU MUST CONFESS
00:18:24.37\00:18:28.27
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD. DON'T
BE AFRAID - DOES HE KNOW ANYWAY?
00:18:28.30\00:18:32.54
YOU'LL FEEL
BETTER IF YOU CONFESS.
00:18:32.57\00:18:33.78
HE ALREADY KNOWS,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SHOCK HIM.
00:18:33.81\00:18:38.35
ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS YOU DO IS YOU REPENT.
00:18:38.38\00:18:40.52
TELL GOD YOU'RE SORRY
AND YOU CONFESS YOUR SINS.
00:18:40.55\00:18:43.08
AND AS SOON AS YOU DO THAT, YOU
GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO RELEASE
00:18:43.12\00:18:45.99
THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT
IN YOUR LIFE. 'AND I'LL SAY,
00:18:46.02\00:18:50.09
'FATHER, I'VE SINNED
AGAINST HEAVEN AND BEFORE YOU.
00:18:50.13\00:18:52.93
I'M NO LONGER WORTHY
TO BE CALLED YOUR SON.''
00:18:52.96\00:18:55.00
WHO'S WORTHY TO BE A SON OF GOD?
00:18:55.03\00:18:58.43
THAT'S WHY JOHN TELLS US IN
1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, 'BEHOLD WHAT
00:18:58.47\00:19:03.00
MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER'S
BESTOWED ON US' - HE CAN'T EVEN
00:19:03.04\00:19:06.04
EXPLAIN IT, HE
SAYS, 'JUST BEHOLD IT.
00:19:06.07\00:19:08.78
THAT WE SHOULD BE
CALLED SONS OF GOD.'
00:19:08.81\00:19:11.45
HE'S WILLING TO GIVE US A NEW
NAME AND BRING US BACK INTO THE
00:19:11.48\00:19:13.85
FAMILY WITH THE FULL
STATURE OF BEING SONS.
00:19:13.88\00:19:18.92
'I'M NOT WORTHY.' WHAT
IS IT THAT MAKES US WORTHY?
00:19:18.95\00:19:22.49
IT'S ONLY GOD'S GRACE
AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
00:19:22.52\00:19:26.26
'I'M NOT WORTHY TO
BE CALLED YOUR SON.
00:19:26.29\00:19:28.03
MAKE ME LIKE ONE OF
YOUR HIRED SERVANTS.'
00:19:28.06\00:19:30.87
NOW, THAT IS THE ATTITUDE THAT
WE ALL NEED WHEN WE COME BACK
00:19:30.90\00:19:33.54
TO THE FATHER. 'LORD, I'M
WILLING TO COME AND SERVE YOU.
00:19:33.57\00:19:38.31
I DON'T DESERVE TO BE YOUR SON,
I'LL BE HAPPY AS YOUR SERVANT.'
00:19:38.34\00:19:42.84
AND SO, HE
BEGINS HIS JOURNEY HOME.
00:19:42.88\00:19:47.05
HE AROSE AND HE CAME TO HIS
FATHER AND IT TOOK A LONG WAY
00:19:47.08\00:19:50.32
FOR HIM TO PLOD. HE
PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
00:19:50.35\00:19:53.05
SPARE FOOD IN HIS BACKPACK - HAD
TO BEG ALONG THE WAY, BUT HE WAS
00:19:53.09\00:19:58.09
SHOCKED AS HE STARTED
GETTING NEAR THE FAMILY FARM.
00:19:58.13\00:20:03.30
WHILE HE WAS STILL A GREAT WAY
OFF - COMING OVER THE HILL AND
00:20:03.33\00:20:07.00
THE SILHOUETTE OF HIS FORM
IS SEEN THERE HOBBLING ALONG -
00:20:07.04\00:20:11.21
AS SOON AS THE FATHER
SPIES HIM, HE RUNS TO MEET HIM.
00:20:11.24\00:20:18.65
HE DOESN'T MAKE HIM WAIT - YOU
KNOW, SOME OF US, I THINK, WE'D
00:20:18.68\00:20:22.15
SAY, 'WELL, I TOLD YOU
YOU'D BE - COME DRAGGING BACK.'
00:20:22.18\00:20:25.65
ARMS FOLDED ON THE
FRONT PORCH, TAPPING OUR FOOT,
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.56
LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.
WE'D SAY, 'ALL RIGHT, WAS
00:20:27.59\00:20:31.59
I RIGHT OR WAS I RIGHT?'
THAT'S WHAT I'D PROBABLY DO.
00:20:31.63\00:20:37.30
WE'VE GOT THAT
SPEECH, 'I TOLD YOU SO.'
00:20:37.33\00:20:41.84
OR WE'D MAKE THAT STATEMENT
IN FRONT OF THE SPOUSE AND SAY,
00:20:41.87\00:20:45.37
'DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT HE'D'
- BUT NOT THIS FATHER, HE CAN'T
00:20:45.41\00:20:50.35
EVEN WAIT FOR HIM TO COME HOME.
SO THAT HE WON'T BE LEFT WITH
00:20:50.38\00:20:53.95
ANY DOUBT OF HIS ACCEPTANCE, HE
ARISES AND HE RUNS TO MEET HIM.
00:20:53.98\00:20:58.55
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
PROMISE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS,
00:20:58.59\00:21:00.76
'YOU DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND
HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.'
00:21:00.79\00:21:05.53
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS SO
ANXIOUS FOR US TO BE SAVED -
00:21:05.56\00:21:08.86
THAT MEANS THAT AS SOON AS WE
TAKE SOME STEPS AND WE BEGIN TO
00:21:08.90\00:21:12.83
MOVE TOWARDS GOD, AND HE SEES US
MAKING AN EFFORT TO COME TO HIM,
00:21:12.87\00:21:17.54
WHAT DOES HE DO? HE
WILL RUN TO MEET US.
00:21:17.57\00:21:22.18
NOW, HOW COME THAT FATHER
DIDN'T SEND OUT BOUNTY HUNTERS
00:21:22.21\00:21:28.25
TO FIND THE SON WHEN HE
FIRST WENT AWAY FROM HOME?
00:21:28.28\00:21:32.09
CAN YOU FORCE SOMEONE
TO LOVE YOU? AND, YOU KNOW,
00:21:32.12\00:21:36.02
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
CAN'T FORCE YOU TO COME HOME.
00:21:36.06\00:21:38.53
HE'S NOT GOING TO FORCE
YOU TO COME BACK TO CHURCH.
00:21:38.56\00:21:40.96
YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO YOUR
SENSES AND TAKE THOSE FIRST
00:21:40.96\00:21:42.90
STEPS AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE I'M
00:21:42.93\00:21:46.17
SUPPOSED TO BE. THERE'S
BREAD IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.'
00:21:46.20\00:21:49.90
AND AS YOU COME - AS SOON AS YOU
MAKE THAT FIRST STEP - YOU DRAW
00:21:49.94\00:21:54.41
NEAR TO GOD, HE WILL
DRAW NEAR TO YOU. YOU KNOW,
00:21:54.44\00:21:57.48
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES
THAT ARE ON THAT LINE.
00:21:57.51\00:22:05.89
FIRST YOU COME AND
YOU COME CONFESSING.
00:22:05.92\00:22:09.02
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 3, VERSE 14,
"'ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR INIQUITY
00:22:09.06\00:22:13.43
THAT YOU'VE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST
THE LORD YOUR GOD, THAT YOU'VE
00:22:13.46\00:22:16.06
NOT OBEYED MY
VOICE' SAYS THE LORD."
00:22:16.10\00:22:18.27
HE'S PLEADING WITH ISRAEL HERE,
HE SAYS, "'RETURN O BACKSLIDING
00:22:18.30\00:22:21.17
CHILDREN' SAYS THE LORD
'FOR I AM MARRIED TO YOU.'"
00:22:21.20\00:22:25.07
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HERE IN
JEREMIAH BUT IN THE BOOK OF
00:22:25.11\00:22:28.21
HOSEA, GOD, NOT ONLY COMPARES
IT TO A FATHER AND A SON,
00:22:28.24\00:22:31.75
BUT HE COMPARES IT
TO A HUSBAND AND A WIFE.
00:22:31.78\00:22:34.22
AND HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, EVEN
THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN UNFAITHFUL,
00:22:34.25\00:22:37.75
EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE GONE AFTER
OTHER GODS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
00:22:37.79\00:22:42.19
THAT I'LL STILL TAKE YOU
BACK.' THAT TAKES A LOT OF LOVE
00:22:42.22\00:22:46.29
BECAUSE, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
00:22:46.33\00:22:50.07
THINGS TO DEAL WITH IS
WHEN THERE'S BEEN INFIDELITY
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.77
IN A MARRIAGE.
00:22:52.80\00:22:53.94
SOME PEOPLE FOLD THEIR ARMS
AND STOMP THEIR FOOT AND SAY,
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.97
'THAT'S THE END.' BUT
GOD'S LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLE
00:22:57.01\00:23:01.81
THAT HE SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE,
'EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE SPURNED BY
00:23:01.84\00:23:05.38
LOVE WITH SOMEONE
ELSE, RETURN TO ME.
00:23:05.41\00:23:08.92
HE SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE, 'RETURN
O BACKSLIDING CHILDREN' SAYS THE
00:23:08.95\00:23:12.09
LORD 'FOR I AM MARRIED TO YOU.'
AND AGAIN IN VERSE 22, "RETURN
00:23:12.12\00:23:15.89
YOU BACKSLIDING CHILDREN AND
I WILL HEAL YOUR BACKSLIDING."
00:23:15.92\00:23:20.66
HOW ANXIOUS IS GOD
TO BE REUNITED WITH YOU?
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.97
YOU THINK THAT GOD'S MAD AT YOU?
SIN WILL DESTROY YOU - IT'S NOT
00:23:24.00\00:23:28.17
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T LOVE
YOU - IT'S THE NATURE OF SIN.
00:23:28.20\00:23:31.11
GOD DOESN'T NEED TO
BE MAD AT YOU. SIN IS -
00:23:31.14\00:23:33.71
IT JUST SELF-DESTRUCTS.
00:23:33.74\00:23:36.18
AND THAT'S WHY
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.98
THE LONGER THAT WE WAIT TO
COME BACK TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE,
00:23:39.01\00:23:43.42
WE'RE LIVING A VERY RISKY LIFE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO STARVE OR
00:23:43.45\00:23:48.72
END UP LIKE THE
PIGS THAT WE LIVE WITH.
00:23:48.76\00:23:52.76
YOU KNOW YOU CAN COME TO YOUR
SENSES AND WAKE UP AND HAVE AN
00:23:52.79\00:23:54.76
EPIPHANY AND SAY, 'I NEED
TO ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER.'
00:23:54.83\00:23:57.57
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT
YOU NEED TO ACT ON IT.
00:23:57.60\00:24:01.04
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO THINK
THAT YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE GIFT
00:24:01.07\00:24:03.87
OF REPENTANCE AND THAT IT
WILL COME LATER AT YOUR CALL.
00:24:03.91\00:24:08.41
GOD TELLS US IN ACTS CHAPTER
2, REPENTANCE IS EVEN A GIFT.
00:24:08.44\00:24:11.55
AND SO THE IMPRESSION THAT
YOU'VE GOT - THAT YOU NEED TO
00:24:11.58\00:24:13.65
COME BACK TO CHURCH - YOU NEED
TO ACT ON THAT WHEN YOU GET IT
00:24:13.68\00:24:17.15
BECAUSE THAT'S A GIFT
OF GOD. GOD IS CALLING YOU.
00:24:17.19\00:24:19.75
AND THE LONGER THAT WE SAY NO TO
THE FATHER'S SPEAKING TO US AND
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.32
THROUGH HIS SPIRIT WOOING
US, THE VOLUME CAN GET LOWER AND
00:24:23.36\00:24:27.56
LOWER - IT CAN BE DROWNED OUT BY
ALL THE OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE
00:24:27.60\00:24:31.40
SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU DON'T HEAR IT ANYMORE.
00:24:31.43\00:24:35.10
AND SO IF YOU HEAR THE FATHER
CALLING YOU - IF YOU KNOW THAT
00:24:35.14\00:24:39.61
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COME
BACK, DON'T WAIT FOR A BETTER
00:24:39.64\00:24:42.61
OPPORTUNITY. NOW IS THE TIME.
00:24:42.64\00:24:45.85
YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU THIS
STORY IS ABOUT REJOICING.
00:24:45.88\00:24:48.82
THIS WHOLE CHAPTER - REJOICING
WHEN THAT LOST SHEEP IS FOUND,
00:24:48.85\00:24:53.29
REJOICING WHEN THE MISSING
COIN IS RECOVERED, REJOICING IN
00:24:53.32\00:24:58.29
HEAVEN WHEN THE PRODIGAL -
WHO HAS BEEN, MAYBE OUT OF THE
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.66
CHURCH AND THE FATHER'S
HOUSE FOR YEARS - COMES HOME.
00:25:01.70\00:25:07.00
THERE'S LIKEWISE REJOICING WITH
GOD WHEN WE COME BACK TO HIM.
00:25:07.04\00:25:11.07
HE IS INFINITELY MORE WILLING
TO RECEIVE US THAN SOMETIMES
00:25:11.11\00:25:15.31
WE ARE TO COME. HE'S
PAID SO MUCH THAT WE MIGHT
00:25:15.34\00:25:19.31
BE FORGIVEN - THAT WE
MIGHT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.92
WHY DO WE WANT TO GO TO
THAT FAR COUNTRY AND DIG IN THE
00:25:21.95\00:25:24.45
DEVIL'S DUMPSTER? IT'S
NEVER GOING TO SATISFY YOU.
00:25:24.49\00:25:28.36
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING
TO BRING SATISFACTION IS JESUS.
00:25:28.39\00:25:37.27
>>PAUL AND JESUS BOTH PREDICT
THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD BECOMES A
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