Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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TODAY, PASTOR PEARSON'S
MESSAGE IS ENTITLED "THEY
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CRUCIFIED MY LORD."
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(theme music) WP: I
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
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THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL SERMONS THAT I THINK
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I PREACH, BUT IT'S THE MOST
DIFFICULT ONE TO DO, BECAUSE
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO FEEL, BUT EVERY TIME, EVERY
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TIME I SEE HIM, WHEN I
SEE WHAT HE DID FOR ME, I
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CAN BARELY TAKE IT.
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SO PRAY THAT I GET THROUGH THE
SERMON, BUT PRAY MORE THAT GOD
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WILL SHOW US HIS SON AGAIN.
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN,
TODAY WE WOULD SEE JESUS.
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WE RECOGNIZE THAT HE NO
LONGER HANGS ON A CROSS.
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TODAY JESUS
MINISTERS AS A HIGH PRIEST IN
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THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY.
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HE'S THERE WHEN WE PRAY.
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HE'S THERE WHEN WE HAVE NEEDS.
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HE'S THERE TO FORGIVE OUR SINS.
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BUT TODAY WE WANT TO SEE
HIM AS HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US.
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SO AS WE OPEN THE WORD OF GOD
LET THE SPIRIT BE WITH US; LET
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US BE GUIDED INTO ALL TRUTH,
AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT AS I
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DETERMINE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH BY
THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT,
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THAT EVERY HEART WILL RECOGNIZE
THE TRUTH AND BE CHANGED BY IT.
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THIS IS MY PRAYER IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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IT IS IMPORTANT, I
BELIEVE, TO KNOW WHY JESUS DIED.
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I AM NOT ANGRY AT THAT MOTION
PICTURE THAT GOT EVERYBODY'S
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MIND FOCUSED AGAIN ON JESUS.
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I SAT THERE AND SAW A FEW PLACES
WHERE I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS
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DIFFERENTLY, BUT SINCE I DIDN'T
HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS I
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COULDN'T MAKE THE MOVIE.
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I TELL YOU WHAT.
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I DON'T THINK IT
TAKES A MOVIE TO SEE IT.
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I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS ARRANGED
IT SO THAT IF YOU UNDERSTAND
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WHY HE DIED, AND THAT, MY
FRIENDS, IS MY BURDEN TODAY,
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NOT JUST THAT HE DIED.
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I THINK ALL OF US ARE IMPRESSED
WITH THE PAIN THAT HE SUFFERED.
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BUT IF IT WAS FOR NOTHING,
IF IT WAS SOMETHING HE BROUGHT
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UPON HIMSELF AS I HEAR
SOME THEOLOGIANS EVEN SAY,
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THEN WHAT WAS IT FOR ?
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BUT I DARE TO DIFFER WITH THEM.
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I BELIEVE THAT THE CENTRAL
ACT OF ALL ETERNITY WILL BE THE
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DEATH OF JESUS ON CALVARY,
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FOR HIM,
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BUT FOR ME THAT JESUS DIED.
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AND THE FIRST REASON I
SUGGEST TO YOU IS FOUND
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IN REVELATION CHAPTER 20.
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SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT WE GO
THROUGH TEXT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
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I HAVE THESE JUST
ABOUT MEMORIZED, BUT I'LL
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FIND A FEW WITH YOU.
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REVELATION 20:6, IT SAYS:
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THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT
THE SECOND DEATH, SUGGESTING
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THAT THERE IS A FIRST DEATH.
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THE FIRST DEATH IS THE KIND
OF DEATH THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY.
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THE SECOND DEATH IS ETERNAL
DEATH FOR THOSE WHO REFUSE
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JESUS' BLOOD AND
ITS SAVING QUALITIES.
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SO THE FIRST DEATH
IS THE RESULT OF SIN.
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MANY OF US WILL DIE.
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IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE
ARE DYING WITHOUT CHRIST.
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IN FACT, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE
TODAY THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN
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CHRIST AND DIE IN CHRIST.
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AND IF YOU DIE IN
CHRIST IT'S A SLEEP.
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IT'S A SLEEP
BECAUSE YOU WAKE UP WHEN YOU
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HEAR THE VOICE OF JESUS.
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THOSE WHO ARE IN THEIR
GRAVES, THOSE WHO HAVE COME
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TO KNOW THE NAME OF JESUS
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOICE OF
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JESUS SOUNDS LIKE WILL
HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE TOMB.
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NOBODY ELSE CAN
BE HEARD IN THE TOMB.
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THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY
SHALL DIE; THE DEAD KNOW NOT
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ANYTHING, THEIR LOVE,
THEIR HATRED IS PERISHED.
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THEY HAVE NOT THE POWER TO
HEAR UNTIL THE LIFEGIVER CALLS,
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AND WHEN JESUS CALLS,
EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD WILL
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HEAR HIS VOICE AND WILL RISE.
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THE SAME ANGEL THAT USHERED THEM
TO THEIR GRAVES WILL WAIT FOR
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THEM AS THEY RISE UP IN THE
POWER OF DIVINITY AND WILL TAKE
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THEM TO MEET WITH THEIR LORD.
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I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF IT !
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WHAT DO YOU SAY ?
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BUT THERE IS A SECOND DEATH.
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PEOPLE WHO DIE THE
SECOND DEATH WILL BE RESURRECTED
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QUICKLY AND DIE AGAIN AT
THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING.
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AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
THE FIRST REASON THAT I WANT
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TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT
JESUS DIED WAS SO THAT I COULD
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AVOID THE SECOND DEATH.
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SO TODAY I KNOW THAT I
MIGHT DIE THE FIRST DEATH,
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AND I'M NOT AFRAID.
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I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN
SITUATIONS WHERE I THOUGHT
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IT WAS ABOUT TO COME.
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I SHARED ONE WITH YOU.
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I REMEMBER ONE TIME MY WIFE
AND I WERE DRIVING ON A LITTLE
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NARROW ROAD IN THE COUNTRY.
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IT WAS SLIPPERY AND WET.
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WE ONLY HAD OUR DAUGHTER THEN.
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SHE WAS STANDING BETWEEN US
ON THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR.
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ANOTHER CAR CAME OUT OF
ITS LANE, RAN INTO THAT BIG
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BUICK WE WERE DRIVING,
RIPPED IT OFF AT THE FIREWALL.
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ANOTHER CAR HIT
US FROM THE BACK.
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I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS
A CHASM OVER TO THE RIGHT.
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I THOUGHT THE SECOND
CAR WOULD PUSH US OVER.
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AND ALL I HAD TIME TO
SAY WAS, "LORD HELP US."
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WHEN THAT CAR
STOPPED, GLASS WAS EVERYWHERE.
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I REMEMBER THAT I HAD A BIG
AFRO HAIRSTYLE IN THOSE DAYS.
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I WAS QUITE PROUD OF IT.
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PART OF THE CAR HAD
TOUCHED MY HAIR; PART OF THE CAR
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HAD TOUCHED MY LEG.
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MY WIFE HAD JUST A
TINY NICK ON HER LEG.
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OUR CHILD, OUR DAUGHTER,
WAS SITTING BETWEEN US,
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GLASS ALL OVER US, BUT
NOTHING HAD TOUCHED US.
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GOD IS ABLE.
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BUT IN THAT MOMENT BEFORE WE
WERE SAFE I THOUGHT, IF I MUST
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GO, I WANT TO JUST CALL ON JESUS
ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE IF I DIE
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IN HIM, I'LL RISE AGAIN.
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IF CHRIST HAD NOT DIED, EVERY
ONE OF US WOULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE
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NOT ONLY TO THE FIRST
DEATH, BUT TO THE SECOND.
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I TELL YOU TODAY
THAT WE HAVE HOPE BECAUSE
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JESUS DIED ON CALVARY.
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THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROOF THAT
THE CEREMONIAL LAW IS ENDED.
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WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
CUMBERSOME THEY WERE.
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THERE WERE LAWS THAT SAID
YOU COULD ONLY WALK A CERTAIN
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DISTANCE ON THE SABBATH.
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YOU COULD ONLY CARRY SOMETHING
ABOUT EQUAL TO A HANDKERCHIEF.
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YOU COULDN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS,
AND EVEN WHEN YOU DID WHAT
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WAS LAWFUL ON THE
SABBATH, THERE WOULD BE SOMEBODY
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THERE TO CRITICIZE YOU.
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JESUS CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH
THESE LAWS BECAUSE HE HEALED
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THE SICK ON THE SABBATH.
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THAT'S PROPER FOR THE SABBATH.
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SOMEBODY TODAY OUGHT TO
TAKE TIME TO GO VISIT SOMEONE.
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YOU OUGHT TO BRING
LIGHT TO SOMEONE'S LIFE.
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YOU OUGHT TO TELL HIM
ABOUT THE JESUS OF THE SABBATH.
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT UNDER THE
WEIGHT OF THOSE CEREMONIAL LAWS,
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THE SABBATH HAD BECOME A BURDEN.
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YOU HAD TO SIT THERE AND THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD DO AND
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WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO.
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YOU COULDN'T HAVE THE JOY
OF THE SABBATH, AND I TELL
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YOU THAT GOD HAS CREATED
THE SABBATH AS A DELIGHT.
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IN FACT, IF YOU DELIGHT YOURSELF
IN THE LORD ON THE SABBATH,
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HE WILL GIVE YOU A
PARTICULAR BRAND OF JOY.
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THERE IS A JOY IN COMMUNING WITH
JESUS ON THE SABBATH THAT NOBODY
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ELSE CAN HAVE EXCEPT THOSE
WHO BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS AND
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THEN HE WILL MAGNIFY YOUR JOY.
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SO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
EAST TO WEST UBIQUITOUS SMILES
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THAT PEOPLE HAVE ON COMMERCIALS.
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I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
TRYING TO MAKE THEMSELVES HAPPY.
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I'M TALKING ABOUT THE JOY THAT
SPRINGS UP FROM INSIDE WHEN YOU
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KNOW THAT GOD IS IN YOUR
LIFE, THAT JESUS IS THE ONE WHO
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GOVERNS YOUR ACTIVITIES.
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AND WHEN YOU CAN WALK
WITH HIM AND TALK WITH
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HIM, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND
THE JOY OF THE SABBATH.
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BUT THOSE LAWS ALSO
SAID THAT WHEN I SIN I HAD TO
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TAKE A SACRIFICE TO THE
PRIEST OR TO THE TEMPLE.
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THE PRIEST WOULD SOMETIMES
CUT THE LAMB'S THROAT OR
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EVENTUALLY EVEN THE SINNER
WOULD CUT THE LAMB'S THROAT.
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JESUS UNDERSTOOD, AND
SO EVERY SYMBOL IN THE
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CEREMONIAL LAW POINTED
FORWARD TO THE REAL SACRIFICE.
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ONE DAY WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE
CROSS, THE PRIESTS WERE STILL
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THERE AT THE TEMPLE, KNIFE
IN HAND, A LAMB ABOUT TO DIE.
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BUT WHEN JESUS DECLARED IT
IS DONE, IT IS ACCOMPLISHED,
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THE PRIEST'S HAND BEGAN
TO TREMBLE, THE KNIFE FELL.
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THE LAMB LEAPED FROM
THAT PLACE AND SCAMPERED AWAY
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BECAUSE THE REAL LAMB OF
GOD HAD GONE TO THE CROSS.
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SO IN COLOSSIANS 2:14, YOU WILL
READ THAT THERE WERE LAWS THAT
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WERE NAILED TO JESUS' CROSS.
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IT WAS NOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
THE BIBLE SAYS THEY LAST
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FOREVER; THEY ARE
HOLY, JUST AND GOOD.
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THEY ARE THE PERFECT LAW OF
LIBERTY; THEY LAST FOREVER, TILL
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HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY.
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ONE DOTTING OF AN "I" OR
CROSSING OF A "T" WILL NOT
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PASS FROM THE LAW OF GOD
UNTIL ALL IS ACCOMPLISHED.
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SO IT WAS THE CEREMONIAL LAW
THAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS;
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THE LAW THAT DEUTERONOMY
31:24 SAYS THAT MOSES WROTE
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WITH HIS OWN HAND.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN
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BY THE FINGER OF GOD.
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WELL, LET ME PAUSE
JUST A MOMENT TO SAY THIS.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PREACHERS POINTED OUT THAT WHEN
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JESUS WRITES LAW,
HE WRITES IT IN STONE.
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I'M WRITING
BACKWARDS; IT'S HEBREW.
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ONLY THE FINGER OF JESUS COULD
WRITE IN STONE, SO WHEN JESUS
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WRITES LAW HE WRITES IT IN
STONE, BUT ONE DAY THERE WAS
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A GROUP THAT CAME TO ACCUSE
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY.
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ON THAT DAY JESUS WROTE
ON THE FLOOR OF THE TEMPLE IN
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DUST, HE WROTE THE UNCONFESSED
SINS OF THOSE WHO HAD
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BROUGHT THIS WOMAN.
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AND WHEN HE HAD FINISHED
WRITING THEY WERE ALL GONE.
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SO TODAY I DECLARE TO YOU
THAT WHEN JESUS WRITES LAW
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HE WRITES IT IN STONE
SO YOU CAN'T FORGET IT.
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BUT EVEN IF HE WERE TO WRITE
YOUR SIN, HE WOULD ONLY WRITE
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IT IN DUST, SO THAT WHEN YOU
CONFESSED IT AND FORSAKE THEM,
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HE CAN SAY BLOW THEM AWAY.
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THAT'S THE POWER OF MY JESUS.
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SO JESUS GOES TO THE
CROSS SO THAT I CAN ENJOY THE
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SABBATH, AND I DO.
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IF YOU SEE ME ON A SABBATH
AND WONDER WHY I'M HAPPY, IT'S
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BECAUSE I'M TOLD TO BE HAPPY.
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THE SABBATH BRINGS JOY, ITS A
DELIGHT, AND I THANK GOD FOR IT.
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I HAVE AN EXTRA 52
VACATION DAYS PER YEAR.
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SO IF YOU HAVEN'T
HAD A VACATION, RECOGNIZE
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GOD'S HOLY SABBATH.
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YOU'LL GET 52 VACATION DAYS AND
THEY COME JUST IN TIME, JUST AS
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YOU ARE ABOUT TO GO SLOWLY OUT
OF YOUR MIND THE SABBATH COMES.
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IT'S NOT A TIME TO GO TO SLEEP
AND STAY ASLEEP, IT'S TIME TO
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COMMUNE WITH GOD AND THE ONLY
QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASK ON THE
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SABBATH IS, "DOES IT HONOR GOD?"
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AND IF IT HONORS GOD
THEN IT'S WORTHY OF DOING ON
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GOD'S HOLY SABBATH.
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THEN JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS
TO SHOW THAT THE COMMANDMENTS
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ARE FOREVER BINDING.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK
THAT JESUS DID AWAY WITH LAW.
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AND MY QUESTION IS
SIMPLE, IF HE DID AWAY WITH LAW,
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WHY DID HE DIE ?
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IF LAW WAS EXPUNGED,
THEN JESUS NEED NEVER HAVE
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COME TO THE EARTH.
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IF I KNEW WHAT HEAVEN
LOOKED LIKE COMPLETELY AND HAD
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LIVED THERE, WHY WOULD
I CHOOSE TO COME HERE ?
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NOT A BAD PLACE IN SOME SPACES.
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SOME OF YOU LIVE
IN VERY NICE HOUSES.
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WRITE ME A NOTE; INVITE ME OVER.
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I KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE
MYSELF IN NICE HOUSES.
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BUT I'LL TELL YOU
ALREADY, YOUR HOUSE IS NOTHING
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COMPARED TO GOD'S HOUSE.
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I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE,
YOUR HOUSE IS NOTHING COMPARED
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TO THE HOUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE WHEN GOD TAKES YOU TO HIS
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PLACE, WHERE THERE ARE RESTING
PLACES, DWELLING PLACES THAT
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ARE PERMANENTLY MINE.
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IN FACT, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF
MY HOME THERE WILL BE THAT YOU
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CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY; NO TAXES,
NO MORTGAGE, NO RENTAL PAYMENT.
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SO IF HE CAME--LET'S GO QUICKLY.
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I NEED TO LOOK THESE UP, BUT
LET ME MOVE--EZEKIEL 8:4 SAYS:
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"THE SOUL THAT
SINNETH SHALL DIE."
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THE GREATEST LIE THAT
SATAN EVER TOLD WAS THE ONE HE
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SAID DISGUISED AS A SNAKE.
00:14:48.13\00:14:52.03
HE SAID TO EVE, "YOU
SHALL NOT SURELY DIE."
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GOD HAD SAID IN ROMANS 6:23:
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IF YOU DO AWAY WITH THE LAST
PART, PARDON ME, IF YOU DO AWAY
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WITH THE FIRST PART OF THAT
TEXT, THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH,
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YOU DON'T NEED THE LAST PART,
GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE.
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IF THERE IS NO LAW, IF
THERE IS NO DEATH FOR SIN, THEN
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WHY DO YOU NEED JESUS
TO GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE ?
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YOU ALREADY HAVE IT !
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I SUGGEST TO YOU BY DEDUCTIVE
REASONING THIS TEXT PROVES
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THAT THE LAW IS STILL STANDING.
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JESUS SAYS:
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MATTHEW 5, STARTING
WITH VERSE 17, HE SAYS I CAME
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TO ESTABLISH THE LAW.
00:15:38.13\00:15:40.83
SO JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND
TO SAVE THE LOST, BUT NOT BY
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THROWING OUT THE RULE BOOK.
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HE CAME TO SHED HIS
BLOOD, FOR IN HIS BLOOD THERE
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IS POWER TO REMIT SIN.
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SO THE DEATH ON CALVARY
ESTABLISHES THAT THE LAW
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OF GOD IS STILL BINDING.
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THE LAW IS THERE.
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THEN SOMEBODY SAYS, "DOES
GOD REALLY LOVE ME IF HE ALLOWS
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ME TO WORK UNDER LAW ?"
00:16:07.46\00:16:11.16
AND MY ANSWER IS REAL
SIMPLE, GOD HAD TO HAVE RULES.
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THE PROBLEM TODAY IS THAT
WE LIVE IN A LAWLESS SOCIETY.
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I DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR PARKING
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LOT RIGHT HERE.
00:16:24.10\00:16:29.73
I DON'T WANT TO TALK LONG,
BUT IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW SOME
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PEOPLE ARE VERY LAW-ABIDING
UNTIL THEY WANT TO GET CLOSE.
00:16:34.43\00:16:40.50
AT YOUR HOME YOU
HAVE A TREADMILL.
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YOU BOUGHT IT SO YOU
COULD WALK, BUT THEN YOU GET TO
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A PLACE LIKE THIS AND YOU
DON'T WANT TO WALK ANYMORE.
00:16:46.30\00:16:50.50
YOU WANT TO PARK
JUST BESIDE THE DOOR.
00:16:50.50\00:16:54.16
SO PEOPLE BECOME LAWLESS.
00:16:54.16\00:16:56.56
THEY FLY INTO PARKING SPACES
WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY ELSE
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COMING, RUSHING TO
HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
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ROMANS 5:8, I NEED TO
READ THIS ONE, IT'S POWERFUL.
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ROMANS 5:8, HERE'S
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS:
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THE FACT IS THAT WHILE
YOU WERE STILL A GLEAM IN YOUR
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FATHER'S EYE, BEFORE YOU
WERE BORN, JESUS KNEW THAT
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YOU WOULD BE BORN A SINNER,
BUT HE DIED FOR YOU ANYWAY.
00:17:41.36\00:17:48.70
SO HE PROVES HIS LOVE,
THAT HE KEEPS RULES, BUT THAT HE
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DIES FOR US SO THAT WE
CAN BE SET FREE BY HIS BLOOD.
00:17:54.70\00:17:58.90
THEN SOMEONE
SAYS HOW ABOUT THIS ?
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IF GOD IS OMNISCIENT, IF HE
KNOWS EVERYTHING, AND I BELIEVE
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HE DOES, THEN GOD KNEW BEFORE
MAN WAS CREATED, THAT MAN WOULD
00:18:07.56\00:18:13.83
SIN AND THAT THE WAGES OF SIN
WOULD BE DEATH, SO WHY WOULD GOD
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MAKE US IN THE FIRST PLACE
IF HE KNEW WE WOULD SIN AND BE
00:18:18.43\00:18:24.40
GUILTY AND PUNISHABLE BY DEATH ?
00:18:24.40\00:18:28.80
ISAIAH 53 IS WHERE I'D
LIKE TO TAKE YOU BECAUSE I POSIT
00:18:28.80\00:18:34.03
TO YOU TODAY THAT ISAIAH
53 PROVES THAT WE WILL BE IN
00:18:34.03\00:18:40.56
BETTER SHAPE AFTER SIN AND
CHRIST THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
00:18:40.56\00:18:46.96
ISAIAH 53, AND WHY
DON'T WE START READING AT
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ABOUT VERSE THREE:
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SO WHATEVER SIN INFLICTS UPON
US, WHATEVER THE DEATH PENALTY
00:19:30.10\00:19:38.90
MIGHT HAVE INSIDE OF IT, JESUS,
BY HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH ON
00:19:38.90\00:19:44.70
CALVARY, TAKES IT ALL AWAY.
00:19:44.70\00:19:48.23
IN FACT, I BELIEVE THAT HE NOT
ONLY TAKES IT AWAY, BUT PLACES
00:19:48.23\00:19:52.90
US IN A NEW POSITION SO THAT NO
LONGER ARE WE JUST SERVANTS OF
00:19:52.90\00:19:59.80
GOD, BUT WE ARE ADOPTED BY
FAITH INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:19:59.80\00:20:07.00
WHEN WE SURRENDER OUR LIVES,
WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN, WE'RE
00:20:07.00\00:20:13.03
NOT BORN BACK INTO THE
SAME FAMILY WITH ALL OF THE SAME
00:20:13.03\00:20:16.53
FAMILY TRAITS, BUT NOW
WE ARE BORN INTO THE FAMILY
00:20:16.53\00:20:20.33
OF GOD, SO JESUS
BECOMES MY ELDER BROTHER, AND I
00:20:20.33\00:20:25.50
AM NO LONGER JUST A SERVANT,
BUT I AM NOW IN THE FAMILY.
00:20:25.50\00:20:31.43
IN FACT, MY RECORD IS NOT
WORTHY TO GET ME INTO HEAVEN,
00:20:31.43\00:20:37.06
BUT JESUS WIPES MY
RECORD CLEAN AND PUTS HIS THERE,
00:20:37.06\00:20:41.90
BECAUSE ALL OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS LIKE FILTHY RAGS, SO I HAVE
00:20:41.90\00:20:46.23
HIS RECORD INSTEAD OF MINE.
00:20:46.23\00:20:48.86
THEN IN EPHESIANS 1:7 YOU MUST
KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER GIFT.
00:20:48.86\00:20:54.33
EPHESIANS 1:7 SAYS THIS:
00:20:54.33\00:20:56.66
THERE IS NO REASON WHY ANYBODY
IN THE FAMILY OUGHT TO CARRY
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.80
SIN BECAUSE OUR REDEMPTION HAS
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE
00:21:10.80\00:21:16.10
DEATH OF CHRIST ON CALVARY.
00:21:16.10\00:21:17.90
NOW, ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND,
IN FACT, JEREMIAH 8:22 ASKS,
00:21:17.90\00:21:23.40
IS THERE NO
MEDICATION FOR MY DISEASE ?
00:21:30.26\00:21:34.76
I'VE GOT A DISEASE THAT
THE PHYSICIANS DON'T QUITE
00:21:34.76\00:21:37.56
COMPREHEND BECAUSE IT'S
NOT A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASE.
00:21:37.56\00:21:43.30
IT IS A DISEASE IN MY SOUL,
IT WAS SOWN THERE, BOTH BY MY
00:21:43.30\00:21:48.63
GENETICS AND MY CULTURE EACH.
00:21:48.63\00:21:51.96
I AM BORN IN SIN
AND SHAPED IN INEQUITY.
00:21:51.96\00:21:55.40
IT CAME THROUGH MY PUNICH
SQUARE; IT CAME THROUGH MY
00:21:55.40\00:22:00.83
FAMILY TREE, BUT IT ALSO CAME
BY HOW I LIVED, AND THE QUESTION
00:22:00.83\00:22:06.10
IS, CAN YOU FIND A MEDICINE
THAT WILL TAKE THAT AWAY ?
00:22:06.10\00:22:11.53
AND ACCORDING TO HEBREWS 9:22:
"ALMOST ALL THINGS ARE BY BLOOD
00:22:11.53\00:22:19.76
CLEANSED," ALMOST ALL THINGS.
00:22:19.76\00:22:22.40
"AND WITHOUT BLOOD
THERE IS NO REMISSION."
00:22:22.40\00:22:26.40
I TELL YOU I WAS BORN
WITH THE CANCER OF SIN, AND I
00:22:26.40\00:22:32.13
HOPE THERE IS SOME
CANCER SURVIVOR LISTENING TO ME
00:22:32.13\00:22:34.80
BECAUSE I THANK GOD FOR
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE.
00:22:34.80\00:22:38.43
I'M GLAD THAT GOD
HAS POWER OVER CANCER.
00:22:38.43\00:22:41.43
I'M GLAD THAT GOD HAS
POWER OVER PHYSICAL DISEASES,
00:22:41.43\00:22:44.90
AND YOU ARE HAPPY TO
HEAR THAT WORD REMISSION.
00:22:44.90\00:22:47.66
BUT LISTEN, JESUS
ALSO HAS POWER OVER SIN.
00:22:47.66\00:22:52.63
AND WHEN YOU TAKE INTO
YOUR LIFE, THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
00:22:52.63\00:22:56.33
THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD,
AND BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
00:22:56.33\00:23:02.63
PUTS MY SIN INTO REMISSION.
00:23:02.63\00:23:05.53
I PRAISE GOD FOR IT.
00:23:05.53\00:23:08.26
NOW LET ME SHARE WITH YOU,
IF YOU WILL, WHAT THE AMERICAN
00:23:08.26\00:23:12.80
MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION WAS INCLINED TO DO.
00:23:12.80\00:23:16.96
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW IT
BECAUSE THIS AUGUST GROUP OF
00:23:16.96\00:23:22.00
PHYSICIANS RARELY LOOKS AT
ANYTHING IN THE RELIGIOUS REALM.
00:23:22.00\00:23:26.43
IT'S TOO RISKY.
00:23:26.43\00:23:29.10
BUT I PICKED UP AN
ARTICLE SENT TO ME BY A FRIEND,
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.66
A FRIEND WHO KNOW THAT
IF I SAW IT I WOULD PREACH
00:23:31.66\00:23:34.70
AT LEAST ONE SERMON ON IT.
00:23:34.70\00:23:38.03
AND THE PHYSICIANS
BEGAN TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY SAW
00:23:38.03\00:23:42.16
IN THE DEATH OF JESUS.
00:23:42.16\00:23:44.33
THEY BEGAN IF
YOU WILL, IN LUKE 22.
00:23:44.33\00:23:49.23
YOU MUST KNOW THAT DR.
LUKE, THE PHYSICIAN WAS THERE
00:23:49.23\00:23:52.93
WITH JESUS FROM
BEGINNING ALMOST TO THE END.
00:23:52.93\00:23:58.40
LUKE 22--THE BIBLE HAS TO
SAY HERE THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN
00:23:58.40\00:24:06.20
PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNS THAT JESUS
WAS IN TROUBLE AS HE BEGAN TO
00:24:06.20\00:24:13.00
FACE THE SPECTRE OF CALVARY.
00:24:13.00\00:24:16.60
VERSE 44:
00:24:16.60\00:24:18.13
THE PHYSICIAN STARTS BY SAYING
THAT THIS PHENOMENON, CALLED
00:24:32.10\00:24:36.66
HEMATIDROSIS, IS WHEN
BLOOD HEMORRHAGES INTO THE TINY
00:24:36.66\00:24:44.86
BLOOD VESSELS OF THE BODY.
00:24:44.86\00:24:48.06
SO THAT INSTEAD OF PERSPIRATION
COMING THROUGH THE PORES AS
00:24:48.06\00:24:51.80
NORMAL, BLOOD MINGLES IN THE
VESSELS WITH PERSPIRATION, SO
00:24:51.80\00:24:58.13
THAT WHEN THE FACE BEGINS
TO HAVE DROPLETS ON IT, THEY
00:24:58.13\00:25:03.33
ARE NOT CLEAR DROPLETS,
THEY ARE BLOODY DROPLETS.
00:25:03.33\00:25:10.23
SO EVEN IN GETHSEMANE HAVING
GONE THROUGH THAT LAST SUPPER,
00:25:10.23\00:25:16.90
YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY BEGAN
TO DIP INTO THAT LITTLE SAUCE
00:25:16.90\00:25:20.76
THAT THEY SHARED, THE HERBS,
AND THERE WAS ONE HAND THAT
00:25:20.76\00:25:25.10
CAME DOWN WITH CHRIST'S.
00:25:25.10\00:25:27.76
REMEMBER WHO IT WAS ?
00:25:27.76\00:25:29.80
IT WAS ONE
ISCARIOT--JUDAS--HE DIPPED IN.
00:25:29.80\00:25:36.43
JESUS LOCKED EYES WITH
HIM AND THE QUESTION DIDN'T
00:25:36.43\00:25:42.26
HAVE TO BE SPOKEN, BUT IT WAS.
00:25:42.26\00:25:45.43
JESUS HAD WALKED FOR MONTHS AND
YEARS TRUSTING IN THESE TWELVE.
00:25:45.43\00:25:52.16
BUT ONE OF THEM THOUGHT
THAT HE WAS SO WORLDLY WISE THAT
00:25:52.16\00:25:56.23
HE COULD GO MAKE A DEAL
WITH THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST.
00:25:56.23\00:25:59.46
SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVED THAT
HE THOUGHT IF HE PUSHED JESUS
00:25:59.46\00:26:02.96
INTO A SITUATION WHICH
WAS IMPOSSIBLE, JESUS WOULD
00:26:02.96\00:26:06.33
HAVE TO SHOW HIS POWER.
00:26:06.33\00:26:09.50
JESUS DOESN'T NEED
YOUR HELP TO BE GOD.
00:26:09.50\00:26:15.80
AND SO HE SOLD HIS MASTER.
00:26:15.80\00:26:18.56
TOOK THOSE PIECES OF SILVER AND
AS JESUS LOOKED INTO HIS EYES,
00:26:18.56\00:26:23.03
IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
WRITERS SAYS THAT THE MOMENT
00:26:23.03\00:26:26.30
THAT WAS MOST TELLING
WAS WHEN JESUS WENT TO WASH
00:26:26.30\00:26:30.06
THE DISCIPLES' FEET.
00:26:30.06\00:26:31.66
THERE WAS NO
SERVANT THAT DAY WHEN THEY
00:26:31.66\00:26:33.46
WENT TO THE UPPER ROOM.
00:26:33.46\00:26:34.36
THERE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN BUT THERE WASN'T.
00:26:34.36\00:26:36.40
NO DISCIPLE WAS HUMBLE
ENOUGH TO GET ON HIS KNEES
00:26:36.40\00:26:39.60
AND WASH ANYBODY'S FEET.
00:26:39.60\00:26:41.46
SO JESUS TOOK THE
TOWEL AND KNELT DOWN AND
00:26:41.46\00:26:45.66
WASHED THEIR FEET.
00:26:45.66\00:26:46.53
YOU REMEMBER PETER SAID
NO, BUT WHEN JESUS SAID LOOK,
00:26:46.53\00:26:48.96
IF YOU DON'T LET ME DO
THAT, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.
00:26:48.96\00:26:50.86
THEN WASH MY FEET AND
MY HEAD, WASH ME ALL OVER.
00:26:50.86\00:26:54.63
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PETER IF
YOU WANT TO, BUT HE KNEW HOW TO
00:26:54.63\00:26:56.93
MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT MIDSTREAM.
00:26:56.93\00:26:59.03
SOME OF US ARE SO PROUD
THAT WE WILL NEVER CHANGE.
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"THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD."
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