Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Matthew Gamble
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000053C
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00:13 Welcome back!
00:14 You know what I think that just cracks me up 00:15 God works with a little pothead and now I know, 00:19 I know not only did He walk you through that stuff, 00:22 but brought to into theology, 00:24 you are at Andrews University. 00:26 Talk a little bit about that but I want to, 00:28 how faithful was God and what did it mean to 00:31 communicate with Him? 00:32 God has been absolutely amazing through it all. 00:35 I remember one day, I am now up at Andrews, 00:38 I happened to be studying theology. 00:39 I am just praying, just with eyes open and dialoguing 00:44 with God all my bunk and I feel Him impressing me, 00:47 saying, Matthew you need to get baptized. 00:50 I want you to be a baptized follower of Me. 00:54 So I get back home from spring break and call the Pastor 00:57 up and said hey I'm thinking about getting... 01:00 don't even think about it he told me, 01:01 just hop in the water. 01:03 But as I'm not ready, I've got issues... 01:05 Just hop in the water. 01:07 I get baptized March 23 of 1996, 6 months later 01:11 after I met Jesus. 01:13 I call it again, my AAA method from atheist to agnostic 01:18 to Adventist and I remember telling the Pastor, 01:20 Pastor I need to stand out here in the water. 01:23 I just prayed because I had just read in the Bible 01:25 where it said God will cast your sins to the 01:28 depths of the ocean. 01:29 That you are a new creature in Christ. 01:31 - He doesn't even remember them any more. 01:33 Exactly, so please take all my sins. 01:36 Now, I had mentioned pornography and that had been 01:39 my secret sin that no one knew about. 01:42 My secret sin. 01:44 So I begged Him especially please take this out 01:47 of my life, I never went to deal with it again. 01:50 I walked out of there a new creature. 01:51 Now I wish I could tell you today that I've not gone 01:55 back into that issue of my life, but it plagued me. 01:59 I'm trying to be a follower of Christ and Jesus started 02:03 opening the door for me to go tell my testimony 02:05 everywhere 02:06 - and you're still having a hard time with it 02:07 and it was almost like a binge, an alcoholic binging on alcohol 02:11 I would go through these binge cycles and I just want to 02:15 let people know today, that as He grants me the victory of 02:20 what He is revealing to me more is the sins that 02:22 are deeper inside, the pride and just unpacking things. 02:27 - you know what I'm going to say, I'm going to say 02:29 thank you for being on the program and I'm going to 02:31 take it back from you. 02:32 The reason I'm going to take it back from him, 02:33 is that I love the work in progress, I love the fact 02:37 that God steps in and say, I know everything about you. 02:40 Do you think that you're going to stand up and be 02:42 perfect right away? You're not! I love you. 02:45 Everything about you I love and as you stand up, 02:47 and as you trust Me, we will dialogue through this 02:50 prayer, through this communication, and I will start 02:53 opening up everything for you, 02:55 even your lying your manipulating, 02:57 your pride, your sexual sins and 02:59 all that kind of stuff I will give you victory in a way 03:01 that you stand up and say how did You do that? 03:03 How did You do that and sometimes you won't even know 03:05 how He did that. 03:06 But He is faithful and nothing turns Him off about you. 03:09 I just want you to know that and be blessed ask Him. 03:13 Start talking to Him I don't care how you do it. 03:15 But pray. 03:17 Until next time always remember that God is crazy about 03:20 you and me too! 03:21 Bye and God bless! |
Revised 2014-12-17