Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP300002
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC) 01:10 >>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF 01:13 RELIGION OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME 01:16 FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE 01:20 FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL - A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LIGHT 01:25 AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM, 01:29 RIGHT AND WRONG, AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH. 01:37 WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX? 01:41 MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE 01:45 THREE DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE, THERE'S 01:48 ANOTHER VERY REAL SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE. 01:52 IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE 01:57 RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE 02:01 EVIL VILLAIN. THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE 02:05 THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS COSMIC 02:10 CRISIS BEGIN? THIS IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF 02:14 THE AGES AND THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER 02:18 BEEN TOLD. THIS CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY 02:22 PERSON ON EARTH - YES, EVERY PERSON. (MUSIC) 02:45 >>AFTER THE WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN 02:48 ANGELS WERE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY. 02:51 FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE 02:54 UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO 02:57 SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THE REBELLION. 03:00 IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM 03:04 CREATED BY THE LOSS OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS. 03:09 SO THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR 03:11 FAVORITE WORK - THE MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION. 03:16 THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF AMAZING 03:20 AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE. THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE UNIQUE 03:24 BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE CREATURES WOULD BE MADE IN GOD'S 03:26 OWN IMAGE. TO THEM THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE 03:31 DOMINION OF THIS NEW PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH. 03:36 >>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW 03:40 EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD." 03:47 >>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW 03:51 WORLD - OUR PLANET EARTH - AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE 03:56 CREATION SOMETHING NEW AND SPECTACULAR BURST UPON 03:59 THE SCENE. 04:01 ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG 04:05 INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. 04:12 ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC 04:15 CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE 04:19 FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH. 04:24 THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND 04:28 DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT 04:31 ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK - EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW 04:36 PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF 04:39 CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN. 04:47 >>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO 04:53 OUR LIKENESS...' AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF 04:55 THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE 04:58 BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING. 05:02 THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN EAST-WARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE 05:06 PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED." 05:09 (MUSIC) 06:07 >>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR - TO BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS 06:10 OF GOD - TO BE A FREE-THINKING, SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL. 06:15 IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS. 06:19 THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH 06:23 GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL 06:33 COMPANION FOR ADAM - HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE. 06:51 THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY 06:55 DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS. 06:58 TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO 07:01 GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 07:06 IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN 07:11 DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY 07:15 HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN 07:18 WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE 07:22 CREATURES UNDER THEIR CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST 07:28 PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY. 07:33 ROSES HAD NO THORNS. INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING 07:37 AND LIONS AND LAMBS WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER. 07:41 BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT 07:45 HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER. EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE 07:49 WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL 07:52 COMMUNION WITH THEIR VISITING CREATOR. 07:57 IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE 08:01 WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH ETERNITY IF ONLY OUR FIRST 08:04 PARENTS HAD PROVED FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST. 08:11 >>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU 08:14 SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL 08:18 SURELY DIE." >>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD 08:23 CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS REBELLION, THE LORD SAW THE 08:27 NEED OF A SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY. 08:30 REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR 08:33 FRIENDS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN DURING THE WAR. 08:36 HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH 08:40 LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE? 08:42 SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - A TREE 08:46 WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE EATEN ON PAIN OF DEATH. 08:51 PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM 08:54 AND EVE'S ALLEGIANCE TO GOD AND FAITH IN HIS WORD. 08:58 EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF LOVE - THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID IN 09:02 JOHN 14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' 09:07 BUT SOMEONE ELSE LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH AND HE DETERMINED 09:11 TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE 09:16 HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT 09:19 HE HAD LOST. THEIR HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN STARK 09:23 CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, 09:27 AND MISERY. IN HIS BROODING RESENTMENT AND 09:30 ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE 09:34 FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT. 09:43 AND SO ONE DAY, AS EVE WAS ENGAGED IN HER PLEASANT WORK, 09:47 SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE AND PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE 09:50 FORBIDDEN TREE. IT WAS THEN THAT SATAN SAW 09:54 HIS OPPORTUNITY. USING A MESMERIZING SERPENT AS 09:58 HIS MEDIUM, THE FALLEN ANGEL CALLED TO EVE FROM THE TREE 10:02 AND THOUGHT TO ENGAGE HER IN CONVERSATION. 10:11 HIS CHARMING WORDS WERE CAREFULLY CALCULATED TO INSTILL 10:14 A DISTRUST OF GOD. >>"THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE 10:25 WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY 10:29 YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE 10:32 GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.' SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE 10:36 TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A 10:40 TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. 10:45 SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE." 10:51 >>TRAGICALLY, AS EVE LISTENED TO THE SMOOTH SILKY VOICE OF THE 10:55 TEMPTER, SHE BEGAN TO ENTERTAIN DOUBTS ABOUT GOD'S WORD. 11:00 THE SERPENT ENTICED HER WITH THE PROMISE OF ENHANCED POWER 11:03 AND WISDOM. 11:05 SHE FOUND THIS APPEALING - AFTER ALL, THE FRUIT HAD APPARENTLY 11:09 GIVEN THE SNAKE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. WHAT OTHER POWERS 11:13 MIGHT IT GIVE HER? AND SO, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD JUST MET 11:17 THE SERPENT, SHE TRUSTED HIS WORD ABOVE GOD WHO HAD CREATED 11:21 HER AND PROVIDED HER PARADISE HOME. 11:25 SO EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND SOON AFTER PERSUADED HER 11:30 HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME. 11:32 ADAM COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD BUT HE PUT HIS LOVE 11:36 FOR HIS WIFE ABOVE HIS LOVE FOR GOD. 11:39 AS OUR FIRST PARENTS GAVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE ENEMY, 11:44 THE DOMINION OF THE EARTH WAS CLAIMED BY SATAN. 11:51 >>"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO WHOM YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO 11:54 OBEY, YOU ARE THAT ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU OBEY..." 11:58 "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS." 12:03 >>THIS WORLD WOULD NOW BECOME THE ULTIMATE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN 12:07 GOOD AND EVIL AND THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THE PRIZE. 12:11 LITTLE DID ADAM AND EVE REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEIR ONE 12:15 MOMENT OF DISTRUST AND DEFIANCE WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF 12:18 SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 12:29 >>"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD, 12:33 AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE 12:37 ALL SINNED.:" >>OUR FIRST PARENTS SOON BEGAN 12:42 TO FACE THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THEIR SIN. 12:45 IN THEIR HOLY STATE, ADAM AND EVE GLOWED WITH ROBES OF GLORY. 12:50 AFTER THEY SINNED, THESE NATURAL ROBES OF LIGHT FADED AND THEY 12:54 BECAME MORTIFIED BY A SENSE OF THEIR NAKEDNESS. 12:58 SHAME AND FEAR REPLACED THEIR JOY AND PEACE AND THEY SOUGHT TO 13:02 COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS WITH LEAVES. THEY NOW, ALSO, 13:05 FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER THE CONSTANT INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL. 13:10 GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION HAD WEAKENED THEIR VERY NATURES AND 13:13 SATAN HAD GAINED A NEW POWER OVER HUMANITY. 13:17 PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN 13:20 THEIR OWN STRENGTH. LASTLY, AND MOST TERRIFYING, 13:24 THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING UNDER A LOOMING DEATH SENTENCE. 13:29 GOD HAD WARNED THEM THAT DISOBEDIENCE WOULD BRING DEATH. 13:33 THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, HOW LONG UNTIL 13:37 THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL DEATH AS WELL? AT THIS POINT 13:40 THEIR FUTURE HELD NOTHING BUT DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. 13:46 >>"SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST 13:49 OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY 13:53 WAY, TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE." 13:58 >>JUST AS SIN CAUSED THE FALLEN ANGELS TO BE EXPELLED FROM THEIR 14:02 HEAVENLY HOME, SO NOW, BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE, ADAM AND EVE 14:06 WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR GARDEN HOME IN PARADISE. 14:10 EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WAS QUICKLY CHANGING AND HUMANKIND 14:13 FOUND ITSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARTACHE, DISEASE AND, FINALLY, 14:17 DEATH. EVEN THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE 14:21 INFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE CURSE. THORNS AND THISTLES NOW APPEARED 14:25 ON TREES AND FLOWERS AND ANIMALS THAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN GENTLE 14:29 BEGAN TO KILL AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER. THE WORST RESULT WAS 14:34 SIN HAD SEPARATED HUMANITY FROM GOD. 14:42 >>"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; 14:46 AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, 14:49 SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR." 14:53 >>AT CREATION, ADAM AND EVE WERE GIVEN THE HONOR OF SPEAKING WITH 14:57 THE ANGELS AND EVEN GOD THE SON, FACE TO FACE. BUT GOD IS SO 15:01 PERFECTLY PURE AND HOLY THAT NO EVIL CAN EXIST IN HIS PRESENCE. 15:07 NOW THAT THE FIRST HUMANS HAD SINNED, GOD WITHDREW HIS HOLY 15:10 PRESENCE FROM THEM FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. 15:13 SIN HAD BURNED A CATARACT ON THE SOUL OF MAN SO HE COULD NO 15:16 LONGER SEE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION. FROM THIS TIME ON 15:21 DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HEAVEN WOULD BE LIMITED. (MUSIC) 15:27 >>AS ALL OF THESE CURSES FELL UPON ADAM AND EVE, 15:29 THE LORD'S HEART WAS DEEPLY MOVED WITH TENDER COMPASSION. 15:34 THE LAW THAT THEY HAD BROKEN COULD NOT BE ALTERED TO SAVE 15:36 THEM, FOR IT'S AS SACRED AND UNCHANGING AS GOD HIMSELF. 15:41 THE LORD KNEW THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY THAT MAN COULD BE REDEEMED 15:45 SO A PLAN WAS REVEALED - BORN FROM THE VERY HEART OF GOD - A 15:49 PLAN TO SAVE MAN FROM HIS APPOINTMENT WITH ETERNAL DEATH 15:53 AND TO RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH SIN. 15:57 IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ENDEAVOR IN ITS DEPTH, SCOPE, AND POWER, 16:01 BUT IT WAS A PLAN THAT WOULD ALSO INVOLVE AN ENORMOUS 16:04 SACRIFICE. >>"GOD'S LOVE WAS REVEALED AMONG 16:12 US IN THIS WAY: GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT 16:17 WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE 16:21 LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE 16:25 ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS." 16:31 >>THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH IN ROMANS 6:23 THAT THE WAGES 16:35 FOR SIN ARE DEATH. THE BROKEN LAW DEMANDED THE LIFE 16:39 OF THE SINNER AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE WHO 16:43 COULD QUALIFY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY. 16:47 THE CREATOR ALONE COULD PAY THE DEBT OF HIS CREATURES BY 16:51 STANDING IN THEIR PLACE. SO JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, 16:56 WILLINGLY AGREED TO LEAVE THE PURITY, GLORY, AND SAFETY OF 17:00 HEAVEN. HE WOULD COME TO DIE IN MAN'S 17:04 BEHALF ON THIS WICKED RENEGADE PLANET. 17:07 HE WOULD BE BORN AS AN INNOCENT HELPLESS BABY, ENDURE A LIFE OF 17:11 SORROW AND SHAME, AND YET LIVE A PERFECT AND VICTORIOUS LIFE. 17:17 FINALLY, HE WOULD DIE A HUMILIATING DEATH IN ORDER TO 17:21 STAND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FALLEN HUMANITY. 17:24 THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE MANKIND MIGHT, AMAZINGLY, BE OFFERED ONE 17:29 MORE CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. HIS BLOOD WOULD PROVIDE THE 17:33 RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SATAN. 17:38 THIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF REDEMPTION WAS GRAPHICALLY 17:41 ILLUSTRATED IN THE SYSTEM OF ANIMAL SACRIFICES ORDAINED BY 17:45 GOD AFTER THE FALL OF MAN. THE LORD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE 17:49 THEY WOULD DIE THE DAY THEY ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 17:52 SO HOW WAS IT THAT THEY REMAINED ALIVE? 17:55 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOON AFTER THEIR SIN GOD PROVIDED 17:59 CLOTHING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF ANIMAL SKINS. 18:03 IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING THAT REVELATION REFERS TO JESUS 18:06 CHRIST AS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 18:11 THIS INDICATES THAT A LAMB WAS SLAIN THAT VERY DAY TO PREVENT 18:15 THEIR IMMEDIATE DEATH. BY FAITH IN THIS SACRIFICE, 18:19 THEIR DEATH SENTENCE WAS SYMBOLICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM 18:22 THEMSELVES TO THE INNOCENT CREATURE - THE LAMB, OF COURSE, 18:25 BEING A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS. AND SO, A RAY OF HOPE WAS 18:31 PROVIDED IN A SEEMINGLY DARK AND HOPELESS SITUATION. 18:34 THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THE COMING MESSIAH, 18:38 ANY HUMAN COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. 18:43 BUT IN SPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL PLAN, FOR THE TIME BEING, SATAN 18:46 WOULD STILL HAVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD 18:50 WOULD NOT BE EASY. 18:55 >>"IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD 18:58 CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." 19:04 >>MANY NATURALLY WONDER WHY A LOVING AND ALL-POWERFUL GOD 19:08 PERMITS SORROW AND SUFFERING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 19:12 BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM GENESIS THAT GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO 19:16 KNOW THE PAIN AND TRIALS OF THIS LIFE. 19:19 AS IT CAME FROM GOD'S HAND THE EARTH WAS A WONDERFUL PARADISE. 19:24 IT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE THAT GAVE SATAN THE RIGHT TO 19:27 CLAIM CONTROL OF THIS PLANET. BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAGIC CHOICE, 19:31 THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS GAINED THE POWER TO TEMPT AND TORMENT 19:35 HUMANS - INFLICTING SICKNESS, PAIN AND SUFFERING. 19:39 PERHAPS A BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE, 'WHY DOESN'T SATAN HAVE FULL 19:43 CONTROL OF HUMANITY?' THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST. 19:50 YOU MAY ALREADY REALIZE THAT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS 19:53 PROVIDED EACH OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED. 19:56 BUT IN REALITY IT DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 20:00 WHEN THE SAVIOR OFFERED HIS LIFE TO REDEEM THE EARTH, THAT ACT 20:04 PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON SATAN'S CONTROL OVER HUMANITY. 20:08 SATAN COULD NOT FORCE OUR WILL AND HIS POWER TO HARM US WOULD 20:12 BE LIMITED. 20:13 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ALSO BROUGHT US A TIME OF PROBATION WHERE WE 20:17 CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD'S 20:20 GOVERNMENT AND SATAN'S AND THEN DECIDE WHO WE WOULD SERVE. 20:25 ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE OF JESUS' SELFLESS SACRIFICE, SATAN'S 20:30 KINGDOM WILL COME TO AN END AND THE EARTH WILL ONE DAY BE 20:34 RETURNED TO MAN MORE WONDERFUL THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. 20:38 SO WHEN ADAM AND EVE BEGAN THEIR LIVES AS EXILES FROM PARADISE, 20:42 THEY STILL HAD HOPE. 20:45 GOD HAD PROVIDED THE SKINS OF SACRIFICED ANIMALS TO COVER 20:49 THEIR NAKEDNESS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD PROMISED THE 20:53 BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD TO COVER THEIR SIN IF THEY ACCEPTED 20:57 CHRIST AND REPENTED. ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINED: 21:02 WOULD PEOPLE ACCEPT GOD'S GENEROUS GIFT? 21:09 >>"HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?" 21:15 (MUSIC) THE AMAZING STORY THAT YOU JUST 21:18 HEARD IS TRUE AND IT AFFECTS YOU. 21:21 BECAUSE OF SATAN'S DESIRE TO BE GOD AND ADAM AND EVE'S DISTRUST 21:26 AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN A PERILOUS 21:30 SITUATION: ON ONE HAND, MANKIND HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVORED BY GOD 21:35 WITH A SECOND CHANCE TO REGAIN OUR EDEN HOME. 21:39 ON THE OTHER, IF WE FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL 21:43 OPPORTUNITY, WE BECOME SLAVES TO SATAN AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE 21:47 DESTROYED WHEN GOD CLEANSES THE UNIVERSE OF SIN. 21:51 FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR JESUS 21:56 THAN RIGHT NOW. NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE 21:59 MIGHT HAVE TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH. 22:01 OUR LIVES CAN END INSTANTLY. JESUS HAS SHOWN GREAT INTEREST 22:06 IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HIS LOVE FOR YOU MOVED HIM TO PROVIDE 22:09 A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE COMING DESTRUCTION. 22:13 HE JUST ASKS YOU TO ACCEPT HIM - TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. 22:18 THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN FIND PARDON AND RECEIVE A NEW HEART 22:22 TO BECOME LIKE HIM IN CHARACTER. 22:24 THE SOBERING NEWS IS THAT SATAN IS MOVING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY 22:29 TO KEEP YOU FROM ACCEPTING GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION. 22:33 THROUGH THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE, THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR SOME OTHER 22:37 FASCINATING DISTRACTION, HE WORKS TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WITH 22:41 ANYTHING BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS MOST - YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION. 22:46 FOR YOU SEE, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT IF YOU DON'T 22:50 CHOOSE JESUS, YOU WILL HAVE, BY DEFAULT, CHOSEN SATAN. 22:55 ALTHOUGH ADAM AND EVE'S TERRIBLE CHOICE BROUGHT UNTOLD DEATH AND 23:00 MISERY, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. 23:04 GOD IS OFFERING YOU A PEACE THAT SATISFIES THE DEEPEST LONGING IN 23:08 YOUR SOUL AND A JOY THAT WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TRIALS OF 23:12 THIS WORLD. THE YEARNING DESIRE OF GOD'S 23:15 HEART IS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED AND TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE. 23:20 BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN IS YOU. 23:24 IMAGINE HOW TRAGIC IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE NEEDLESSLY TO REJECT 23:28 THIS PRECIOUS GIFT. YOU CAN CHOOSE, TODAY, TO ACCEPT 23:32 THE SALVATION THAT GOD HAS PROMISED. IN FACT, THIS VERY 23:36 MOMENT YOU CAN ACCEPT EVERLASTING LIFE THROUGH 23:39 JESUS CHRIST. CAN I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME 23:43 RIGHT NOW IN A SIMPLE PRAYER ACCEPTING HIS WONDERFUL OFFER? 23:49 PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU 23:55 NOW AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. LORD, I CONFESS 24:00 THAT I'M A SINNER AND I'VE BROKEN YOUR HOLY LAW. 24:04 I REALIZE THAT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 24:09 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE 24:12 CROSS...TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF MY SINS. 24:16 I BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND I ACCEPT HIM AS MY 24:20 PERSONAL SAVIOR. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD I GIVE 24:25 YOU MY HEART AND TRUST YOU TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. 24:29 PLEASE FORGIVE ALL OF MY SINS AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO HELP ME 24:34 DO YOUR WILL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE 24:39 AND ACCEPT YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN 24:45 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 24:55 >>I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED - THEY JUST TOLD ME, HERE IN THE 24:57 STUDIO, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS AWAY. WHAT IS IT? 25:00 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DVD WE TOOK TWO YEARS IN PRODUCING, 25:03 EXPLAINING WHY THERE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD - COSMIC CONFLICT - IF 25:08 GOD IS SO LOVING, THEN WHY WOULD HE MAKE A DEVIL? 25:11 OR DID HE? IF GOD IS SO POWERFUL, WHY 25:13 DOESN'T HE DESTROY THE DEVIL? IF GOD IS GOOD, THEN WHY DO BAD 25:16 THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND 25:19 MUCH MORE ARE ANSWERED IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 25:23 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS, DVD CALLED THE COSMIC CONFLICT . 25:27 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE FOR ASKING. 25:29 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL 25:34 877-232-2871 AND ASK FOR OFFER #809. AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE 25:42 RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 25:45 ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 25:50 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED 26:00 CONCEPT. >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND 26:03 THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 26:07 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 26:10 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 26:14 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 26:18 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 26:22 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 26:25 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 26:29 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 26:32 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 26:36 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 26:40 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 26:44 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 26:48 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 26:51 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 26:55 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 26:59 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 27:03 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 27:06 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 27:10 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S 27:16 MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. >>THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 27:32 (MUSIC) 29:26 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:28 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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