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at Andrews University
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The topic today is "The
Crisis of Biblical Illiteracy."
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Why did the Christian
church burn the Bibles
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few hundred years ago?
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What is there so
threatening with the Bible
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that church leaders
would burn the Bibles
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as you can see
happening over there in Europe,
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couple of hundred, two
or three hundred years ago.
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More to our own time,
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why did the
communists ban the Bibles?
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Why were the
communists scared of the Bible?
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What is there about the
Bible that terrifies dictators?
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Why are the most
prosperous, cleanest,
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healthiest, safest,
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freest countries
and societies on earth,
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those that honor
and respect the Bible,
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that were founded
by Bible believing
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and Bible reading Christians?
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Why is it that in my
travels around the world.
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I've gone to countries
where women are washing
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their clothes in the gutters?
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Why?
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Why is that that
you go to some countries
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and every second
person seems to be someone
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who wants to steal from you?
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Why people are lined up
as far as the eye can see
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to get into America?
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Does the Bible got
something to do with it?
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And do the words of
the Bible today have power
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to help me as I
daily face the challenge
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of paying my mortgage,
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paying my taxes,
paying my school fees,
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going to work, living my
life, coping with sickness,
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death and a
thousand other occurrences?
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Can the words of an ancient
book help me as a teenager
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who wonders what
life is all about
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in an age of
computers and cell phones?
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Is this ancient book
still relevant today?
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What is the verdict of history?
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So the topic is "The
Crisis of Biblical Illiteracy."
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Why I believe
society is crumbling
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and what we can do
to preserve and defend
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our biblical heritage
of goodness and greatness.
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Please turn in the Bible to
our theme text, Hebrews 4:12.
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Hebrews Chapter 4.
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Dear Hearts and Gentle people.
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Hebrews 4:12,
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which will be our theme text.
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Hebrews 4:12.
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Have you got
that text? Here it is.
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"For the word of
God..." Got that text?
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"For the word of God
is living and active.
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Sharper than any
double-edged sword,
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it penetrates even to
dividing soul and spirit,
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joints and marrow;
it judges the thoughts
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and attitudes of the heart."
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The King James Version says,
that the word of God is living
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and powerful and penetrating.
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I want to put this over here
on this high-tech black board.
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The word of God,
the Bible, is living.
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The word of God is not static.
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It is not dead.
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It's not a dead word, it
is the living word of God
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and the word of God describes
itself and says it is powerful.
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And the Bible
says it is penetrating.
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It is unlike any other
book in the whole wide world.
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It is unlike any other book
because it is the word of God.
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Now I'm going to invite a
special person of our church
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Alma Dixon to come.
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And I'm going to
ask Alma to tell us
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what is her favorite text
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and how this text has helped her
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at some time in her life.
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The text, Alma.
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Yes, Pastor Carter,
it's Psalms 121:7, 8.
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It says, "The Lord
will keep you from all harm.
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He will watch over your life.
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The Lord will watch
over your coming and going,
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both now and forevermore."
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How has this
text helped you Alma?
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Pastor Carter, I've
been pretty much on my own
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since I was 18.
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And I moved out to
California and I didn't know--
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really know
anyone and at the time,
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I really wasn't a Christian
but the Lord watched over me.
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And when I got to know
Him, I understood even more
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how much He was watching over
me and it was really awesome.
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God bless you, Alma. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Let's say thank you to Alma.
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She is a very special person
in our church and we love her.
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The Bible is the word of God.
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It has unique power.
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It is unlike that
of any other book,
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and it is described
partially in the following text.
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Would you come now to
2 Timothy 3:15 and 16.
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2 Timothy 3:15, 16.
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The Great Paul says,
verse 15, "And how from infancy
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you've known
the Holy Scriptures,
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which are able to
make you wise for salvation
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through faith in Christ Jesus.
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All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching,
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rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness,
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so that the man of God
may be thoroughly equipped
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for every good work."
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The Bible tells me about itself
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that the word of
God is God-breathed.
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There is no other
book like this, my friend.
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It is the
breath of God in print.
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It is able to make
you wise unto salvation.
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The next text is John 17: 17.
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And everybody, please
turn in the scriptures
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because this is the living word.
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John 17:17.
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John 17:17.
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Jesus said,
"Sanctify them by the truth."
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What did He say?
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Sanctify them by the truth."
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What did He say?
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What are the next words?
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"Your word is truth."
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Do you want to know the truth?
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Do you want to know the truth?
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The Bible tells me,
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the word of God
reveals to us the truth.
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It is the living word of God.
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Come over now to Matthew 4:4.
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Matthew 4:4.
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And here we come again
to the words of our Lord.
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Matthew 4:4.
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Matthew 4:4.
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"Jesus answered, 'It is written:
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Man does not
live on bread alone,
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but on every word that
comes from the mouth of God.'''
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It is the bread of life.
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May I see the hands of
those people here today
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who had breakfast?
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Would you raise your
hands if you had breakfast?
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Put your hands down.
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Can I see the hands of those
who are planning to have lunch?
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Put your hands down.
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You are thinking
about it already.
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I know you.
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Who is planning to have dinner?
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What would happen
to you, my friend,
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if you fail to have any
food taken into your body?
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What would happen to you?
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You would die.
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A person who fails to read
the scriptures on a daily basis
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is destined to die spiritually
and ultimately socially,
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physically, in every other way.
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Come over now to Psalm 33: 6.
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Psalm 33:6.
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Psalm 33:6.
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The Bible says, "By
the word of the Lord
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were the heavens made,
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their starry host by
the breath of His mouth."
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The word of God that we
hold in our hands today,
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the word of God is so powerful
that it made the universe.
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Therefore, this
word is an all powerful.
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It is a mighty word.
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Come now to Psalm 119:11.
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Another text that describes
what the word of God is.
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Psalm 119:11.
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Psalm 119:11.
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Have you got that text?
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Psalm 119:11.
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David said, "I have
hidden your word in my heart
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that I might not
sin against You."
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The word of God,
my beloved friends,
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has the divine capacity
to give you power over sin.
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Have you got a
problem? Don't respond.
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Hold in your heart?
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Have you got a
problem with sin in your life?
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The Bible tells me you have
a problem with sin in your life
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because you are not
feeding on the word.
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The word of God will
give you power over your sin.
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Come now to Psalm 119:105.
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Verse 105.
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Psalm 119:105.
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"Your word is a lamp to my feet
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and a light for my path."
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Have you ever
stumbled in darkness?
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Have you sometimes wondered
what on earth shall I do,
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I don't know what to do.
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I'm in desperation.
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I have been out in a
jungle at night time,
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stumbling along a jungle track
that was infested with snakes.
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Hope for light is
the cry of the heart.
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If there is someone here today,
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and you are
stumbling in darkness,
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you don't know
which way to turn,
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try the word of God,
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because the word of
God is a light and a lamp.
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Come now to Jeremiah 23:29.
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Jeremiah 23:29.
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And as you take this
text today into your heart,
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you are going to be blessed.
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I promise you.
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Jeremiah 23:29.
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Jeremiah 23:29.
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"'Is not my word like
fire,' declares the Lord,
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'and like a hammer that
breaks a rock in pieces?'''
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The word of God, my
friends, is not a passive thing.
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The word of God is like a
fire that blazes in the soul
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and consumes evil and iniquity.
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It is the hammer that breaks
down the kingdom of darkness.
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There is no power on
the face of the earth
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that can withstand
the mighty word of God.
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For instance, the Roman Empire.
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Another great empire
that stood up against God,
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like the Soviet Empire.
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Come now to Psalm 107:20,
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107:20,
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107:20.
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Psalm 107:20.
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He sent forth His
word and healed them,
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He rescued them from the grave."
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I wonder, is
there someone here today
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and you are afflicted
with an awful sickness?
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Do you not realize
that most of the diseases
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that plague us here in
the United States of America
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are because of our
disobedience to the word?
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I'm not saying all
afflictions but most sicknesses.
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The Bible tells us,
if we will obey His word,
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God will give us a
healing force in our lives.
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So think about this.
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The Bible is for all people.
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It elevates, and
nobles, cleanses, heals,
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enlightens,
creates, feeds, sustains
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and shows us the
way to salvation.
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Now let me pause
in my train of thought
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and answer a question.
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Some of my dear
friends in other churches,
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whom I appreciate tremendously,
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and respect and honor.
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Some of them have come
to me and they've said.
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"Is it not true that
Seventh-day Adventists
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have another Bible?"
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In fact, one man who is
making a name for himself
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in this part of the world,
who's putting out magazines
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that I have had a
little debate with,
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he says, "I would not
want to belong to a church
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that has another Bible."
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Of course, they're
referring to Ellen White.
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Let Ellen White
speak for herself.
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Listen.
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Ellen White said,
the Bible is the only
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infallible
authority in religion.
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She said,
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"It is the only book that tells
me what to do to be saved."
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She said, "It is
the only sufficient
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and infallible rule."
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Only one.
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She said, "Obey
it as God's voice."
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And then she said, my
dearly beloved Protestant friend
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she said, "It is the
Seventh-day Adventists
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rule of faith and discipline."
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And then she made this
remarkable powerful statement.
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She said, "The words..."
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and she's talking
about quoting authorities,
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religious authorities.
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She said, "The
words of the Bible
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alone should be
heard from the pulpit."
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And so we tell you when
you come into this church,
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by the grace of God,
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You will hear the
words of the Bible.
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And of course, when you
get to know Ellen White,
00:19:12.21\00:19:14.98
who was one of the
great saints of God,
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a great American, you discover
that she was a Protestant,
00:19:19.25\00:19:24.03
through and through.
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She followed the watch word
of the Protestant Reformers.
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Read it in "Great Controversy."
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She said, with a
Protestant Reformers,
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the Bible, and the Bible alone.
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Ellen White believed in
the Protestant principle
00:19:37.94\00:19:40.94
that I spoke about
only last Wednesday night,
00:19:40.98\00:19:44.68
when I was speaking
on the mark of the beast.
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She believed in the Protestant
principle of Sola Christus,
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that we are
saved by Christ alone.
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And she believed in
the Protestant principle
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of Sola Scriptura.
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Sola Scripture, Sola Scriptura.
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It means only scripture.
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Now... a dear old
General Conference friend
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remarked to me some time ago.
00:20:20.12\00:20:23.79
I've known him for many years,
one of my closest friends.
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He said "You know, Brother John,
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I don't have any trouble
at all with Ellen White."
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He said, "I seem to
have a little bit of trouble
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with people who misquote her."
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She believed Sola
Christus, Sola Scriptura.
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Sola gratia, only grace.
00:20:49.91\00:20:52.25
Sola fide, only faith.
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Because she was a Protestant.
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And I stand here today as
a Bible believing Christian,
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who is glad to call
himself a Protestant.
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Now, I want some of my friends
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who are representative of
our church to come forward.
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And not only
representative of our church,
00:21:15.37\00:21:18.17
but maybe a representative
of the world, Cindy Ciulla.
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Would you please
welcome our dear Cindy?
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Good morning,
Cindy. Good morning.
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Good morning,
sorry, good morning Cindy.
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Good morning.
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What is your favorite text?
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My favorite text,
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well one of
them, is 1 Peter 5:10.
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"For the God of all
grace who called you
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to His eternal glory in Christ,
after you have suffered a while
00:21:45.83\00:21:49.90
will himself restore
you and make you strong,
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firm and steadfast."
00:21:53.27\00:21:55.38
How does this text
helped Cindy Ciulla?
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It helps me because it says.
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I remember Jesus saying
00:22:00.62\00:22:01.95
that "In this world
you will have trouble.
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But take heart because
I've overcome the world."
00:22:03.92\00:22:07.19
We all have many
trials and struggles
00:22:07.22\00:22:09.62
and I've had my share.
00:22:09.66\00:22:11.03
And this verse gives
me hope because it says
00:22:11.06\00:22:13.03
the God of all grace
Himself will restore you.
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.16
And He is restoring me, He
will continue to restore me.
00:22:16.20\00:22:20.57
And until He comes again.
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.50
So I take great hope in
that and it gives me great joy.
00:22:22.54\00:22:25.04
We're proud of you, Cindy.
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.41
We love you. Thank you.
00:22:26.44\00:22:27.78
God bless you,
God bless you, Cindy.
00:22:27.81\00:22:29.14
My friend who is on
my board, Greg Eberhardt.
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Would you please welcome Greg?
00:22:36.35\00:22:40.36
Thank you, Pastor Carter.
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Greg, tell me a little bit
about your work, what do you do?
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I work in
commercial real estate finance.
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You were in New York this
week. That's correct, yes.
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Now you back in
L.A. Happy to be back.
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Yes. What is your favorite text?
00:22:53.37\00:22:55.64
My favorite text is
Philippians 4:6 and 7.
00:22:55.67\00:23:01.81
"Do not be
anxious about anything,
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.31
but in every situation,
by prayer and petition,
00:23:04.35\00:23:07.45
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.95
And the peace of God
00:23:10.99\00:23:12.32
which transcends
all understanding,
00:23:12.35\00:23:14.36
will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.
00:23:14.39\00:23:17.39
How does this text
help Greg Eberhardt?
00:23:17.43\00:23:21.13
Well, when the financial
sector was melting down
00:23:21.16\00:23:23.33
in this country,
about a year and a half ago,
00:23:23.37\00:23:25.70
I kept this verse
with me every day.
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It reminded me to put
everything in God's hands,
00:23:28.64\00:23:32.17
to say my prayers,
and most importantly,
00:23:32.21\00:23:35.68
to give thanks to God
for that which we have
00:23:35.71\00:23:38.31
because we're very blessed.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.02
We're blessed to have
you Greg. God bless you.
00:23:40.05\00:23:42.08
Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
00:23:42.12\00:23:43.82
Beautiful lady in our church,
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whose ancestors
came from Russia.
00:23:51.59\00:23:55.83
I'm sure you don't
know whom I'm speaking of.
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Yeah. It's Jill
Canas. Please come, Jill.
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And we've sort of got
her addressed up a little bit
00:24:04.91\00:24:06.78
to represent Russia today.
00:24:06.81\00:24:09.64
Jill, I'm glad to see you.
00:24:09.68\00:24:11.05
Glad to see you, Pastor Carter.
00:24:11.08\00:24:12.91
And what is your
profession, besides being a mom?
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.75
I'm a registered nurse.
00:24:15.78\00:24:18.19
What is your favorite
text? I go to Philippians 4:19.
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It says, "And my God
will meet all your needs
00:24:24.43\00:24:26.90
according to His glorious
riches in Christ Jesus."
00:24:26.93\00:24:30.10
How does this text help you?
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.13
As a nurse, I
work in intensive care.
00:24:33.17\00:24:37.17
And there are a
lot of sick patients
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.41
and every day I'm
faced with changing things
00:24:39.44\00:24:43.58
and needing things.
00:24:43.61\00:24:44.95
And when I am
desperate and I'm working hard,
00:24:44.98\00:24:48.75
I come back to this text
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.19
and realize that God
will meet all my needs,
00:24:50.22\00:24:52.95
for me and for my
patient that I'm praying for.
00:24:52.99\00:24:55.12
We're proud of you
Jill. God bless you.
00:24:55.16\00:24:57.23
Thank you, thank you.
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.46
Haven't we got nice
folks in this church?
00:25:02.33\00:25:05.43
A young man, Steve
Sulgatti, we could say
00:25:05.47\00:25:08.17
that Steve represents
the vast world of people
00:25:08.20\00:25:11.44
who speak the Spanish language.
00:25:11.47\00:25:13.27
Steve, I'm glad
to see. Good morning.
00:25:16.34\00:25:18.55
Good morning. What
is your favorite text?
00:25:18.58\00:25:20.58
My favorite text is John 3:34.
00:25:20.62\00:25:23.32
And it says,
00:25:23.35\00:25:24.69
"For the one whom God has
sent speaks the words of God,
00:25:24.72\00:25:27.82
for God gives the
Spirit without limits."
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.43
How does this help you, Steve?
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.06
Well, one of the most
difficult times in my life
00:25:32.09\00:25:33.93
was losing my grandmother.
00:25:33.96\00:25:35.70
And this text, I would read
it and it gave me great peace,
00:25:35.73\00:25:39.23
knowing that He would give
it without limits, His Spirit.
00:25:39.27\00:25:42.97
Wonderful testimony.
God bless you, Steve.
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.74
Thank you. Thank you.
00:25:44.77\00:25:46.11
Now a person who is making
an impact upon our ministry
00:25:49.01\00:25:53.38
is Miles Yu,
00:25:53.42\00:25:55.35
because Miles is translating
an entire evangelistic series
00:25:55.38\00:26:01.19
into Chinese.
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.56
This is a great, great work.
00:26:02.59\00:26:04.69
And these videos or rather DVDs
are going to be distributed,
00:26:04.73\00:26:08.16
we believe across China.
00:26:08.20\00:26:10.80
Miles, welcome here today.
00:26:10.83\00:26:13.23
Pastor Carter, welcome.
00:26:13.27\00:26:15.10
We're glad to
have you here today.
00:26:15.14\00:26:16.87
All right, thank you,
thank you for having me.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.27
Tell me about your profession?
00:26:19.31\00:26:20.84
Well, I'm a
translator, interpreter.
00:26:20.88\00:26:24.15
I used to do voice
over, acting, recording.
00:26:24.18\00:26:28.32
And I'm a youth pastor.
Well, you are a busy person.
00:26:28.35\00:26:31.85
What is your favorite text?
00:26:31.89\00:26:34.29
And would you read it
firstly to us in Chinese.
00:26:34.32\00:26:37.46
Oh. Please.
00:26:37.49\00:26:38.83
Good thing I brought this Bible.
00:26:38.86\00:26:41.06
My favorite text is
found in Luke 12:29-31.
00:26:41.10\00:26:46.47
In Chinese.
00:26:46.50\00:26:47.84
Thank you.
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.32
Would you now read
it in English for us?
00:27:06.35\00:27:08.09
Absolutely.
00:27:08.12\00:27:09.99
"And do not set your heart
on what you will eat or drink,
00:27:10.03\00:27:13.60
do not worry about it.
00:27:13.63\00:27:15.20
For the pagan world
runs after all such things,
00:27:15.23\00:27:18.00
and your Father
knows that you need them.
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.47
But seek his kingdom,
00:27:20.50\00:27:21.84
and these things will
be given to you as well."
00:27:21.87\00:27:24.57
How does this text help you?
00:27:24.61\00:27:27.68
Well, about nine years
ago, my wife was pregnant
00:27:27.71\00:27:31.75
and I decided to quit my job.
00:27:31.78\00:27:33.92
I want to be a stay home dad,
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.62
you know, to spend
time with my family.
00:27:35.65\00:27:37.75
So I took a big leap of faith
00:27:37.79\00:27:40.12
and went out on my
own, became freelance
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.46
in all the
services that I provide.
00:27:42.49\00:27:44.36
And I just always
come back to this verse
00:27:44.39\00:27:46.43
and to remember
that not to worry,
00:27:46.46\00:27:48.56
and seek God's kingdom
first and His righteousness
00:27:48.60\00:27:50.80
and everything else
will be taken care of.
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.57
We're so glad that
you're working with us
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.47
on the
translation of this series.
00:27:56.50\00:27:58.51
Praise God. And
we thank God for you.
00:27:58.54\00:28:00.58
Thank you, Miles. Praise God.
00:28:00.61\00:28:01.94
Thank you. God bless you.
00:28:01.98\00:28:03.31
When you hear stories like this,
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.32
your heart cries
out, give me the Bible.
00:28:12.35\00:28:15.52
John Wesley
said on one occasion,
00:28:15.56\00:28:17.33
whatever happens he said,
"Give me the word of God."
00:28:17.36\00:28:21.46
But I would like
you to notice today,
00:28:21.50\00:28:25.10
there is a
steady erosion of faith,
00:28:25.13\00:28:30.01
a deadly undermining
of our Christian faith.
00:28:30.04\00:28:35.01
Now, remember this,
00:28:35.04\00:28:37.81
speaking to an
American audience,
00:28:37.85\00:28:41.28
this is going around the world.
00:28:41.32\00:28:43.35
So let me say
hello, to my friends
00:28:43.39\00:28:45.19
in New Zealand, Australia
00:28:45.22\00:28:47.46
and across the
great continent of Europe.
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.33
Remember this,
my American friends.
00:28:50.36\00:28:53.63
The Bible made
America great, not secularism.
00:28:53.66\00:28:59.53
America, which grew until
it became the greatest nation
00:28:59.57\00:29:03.67
in the history of the
world without dispute,
00:29:03.71\00:29:07.38
was founded by Bible believing,
Bible reading Christians.
00:29:07.41\00:29:13.92
And when you meet
people today, and they say,
00:29:13.95\00:29:16.99
"It doesn't
matter about the Bible,
00:29:17.02\00:29:18.92
we don't need the
Bible in America."
00:29:18.95\00:29:23.63
If we should believe
them and follow them,
00:29:23.66\00:29:28.26
American would quickly go
the way of the Roman Empire,
00:29:28.30\00:29:33.44
and would be destroyed.
00:29:33.47\00:29:35.97
Because this nation,
00:29:36.00\00:29:37.81
unlike almost any
other nation in the world,
00:29:37.84\00:29:42.38
was founded by people
who believed in the Bible.
00:29:42.41\00:29:46.82
I want you to notice,
dear friends, today's trends.
00:29:46.85\00:29:52.55
In the year 2000,
00:29:52.59\00:29:54.12
59 percent of Americans
read the Bible occasionally.
00:29:54.16\00:30:00.20
This is down from
73 percent in 1980.
00:30:00.23\00:30:05.27
Only one in
seven Americans today
00:30:05.30\00:30:08.00
is involved in a
Bible Study Group.
00:30:08.04\00:30:11.17
This is down from
one in five in 1990.
00:30:11.21\00:30:15.01
The trend is downwards.
00:30:15.04\00:30:18.05
Nevertheless,
Americans, this great nation,
00:30:18.08\00:30:23.39
Americans remain the most
biblically literate people
00:30:23.42\00:30:28.72
on the face of the earth.
00:30:28.76\00:30:31.36
People say, "Why is
America such a marvelous place?"
00:30:31.39\00:30:36.10
It is because it
is built on the Bible.
00:30:36.13\00:30:41.50
And if this nation had
not been built on the Bible,
00:30:41.54\00:30:45.67
it would be like
some of those countries
00:30:45.71\00:30:47.74
that are filled
with crime and poverty.
00:30:47.78\00:30:51.71
That is a fact.
00:30:51.75\00:30:54.65
The Bible has been
the source of her strength
00:30:54.68\00:30:59.95
and her prosperity.
00:30:59.99\00:31:01.82
But the trend today
is away from the Bible.
00:31:01.86\00:31:05.99
Now in a recent Gallup Poll,
00:31:06.03\00:31:09.03
only 37 percent of Americans
could name the gospels.
00:31:09.06\00:31:14.00
Only 42 percent could name
five of the Ten Commandments,
00:31:14.04\00:31:19.17
38 percent believe
00:31:19.21\00:31:21.08
the entire Bible
was written after Jesus,
00:31:21.11\00:31:25.91
12 percent believe
00:31:25.95\00:31:28.28
that Noah's
wife was Joan of Arc.
00:31:28.32\00:31:32.85
Hey, it's only
12 percent. Come on.
00:31:32.89\00:31:37.16
Seventy five
percent of us believe,
00:31:37.19\00:31:40.13
the Bible teaches
00:31:40.16\00:31:41.50
that God helps
those who help themselves.
00:31:41.53\00:31:44.73
Bible doesn't say this.
00:31:44.77\00:31:49.14
Now wait for this.
00:31:49.17\00:31:51.31
If you are not an
American, don't laugh,
00:31:51.34\00:31:56.64
because all the
other countries are worst.
00:31:56.68\00:32:02.05
Try asking the
British and the Australians
00:32:02.08\00:32:06.55
about their biblical knowledge,
00:32:06.59\00:32:11.56
let alone the
Germans and the French.
00:32:11.59\00:32:13.26
There is a relationship
between biblical knowledge
00:32:17.77\00:32:21.50
and biblical
practice and the prosperity
00:32:21.54\00:32:25.54
and well being of a nation.
00:32:25.57\00:32:28.78
Not only of a nation
00:32:28.81\00:32:30.41
but of an
individual and a family.
00:32:30.45\00:32:35.52
Think about this. An
individual and a family.
00:32:35.55\00:32:40.59
Do you know any
person, think about this,
00:32:40.62\00:32:43.06
do you any person
who gave up the church,
00:32:43.09\00:32:47.13
who gave up the
daily reading of the Bible,
00:32:47.16\00:32:50.03
who gave up faith in
Christ and betted himself.
00:32:50.07\00:32:53.94
Listen to these words.
00:33:01.58\00:33:04.61
I love this country.
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.11
I've lived here
now for 25 years.
00:33:06.15\00:33:09.68
I'm perfectly
aware of the great truth
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.12
that the Bible
made America great.
00:33:12.15\00:33:15.99
Those of you, who
poke fun at America,
00:33:16.02\00:33:18.83
ask yourself the question,
00:33:18.86\00:33:20.83
why are people still lined up
trying to get into this place.
00:33:20.86\00:33:24.50
Because it's better
here than in their country.
00:33:24.53\00:33:28.07
The Bible made Britain great.
00:33:28.10\00:33:32.61
She wasn't called
Great Britain for nothing.
00:33:32.64\00:33:37.75
You know why Britain
was called Great Britain?
00:33:37.78\00:33:41.15
Because she was Great Britain.
00:33:41.18\00:33:44.65
Because she was a
part of a great movement,
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.86
back to God, of Sola
Christus, Sola scriptura.
00:33:48.89\00:33:54.16
And that is why she became
the birthplace you could say,
00:33:54.20\00:33:59.23
of freedom in our day and age.
00:33:59.27\00:34:01.74
Britain was great
00:34:06.11\00:34:08.68
while she believed in the Bible.
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.88
But as Britain has
given up faith in the Bible,
00:34:10.91\00:34:14.88
so her greatness
has greatly declined.
00:34:14.92\00:34:20.86
Now what I'm going to say
now, you have to forgive me.
00:34:20.89\00:34:24.99
Because you
know, I am an Aussie.
00:34:25.03\00:34:30.87
I say this to my
Australian friends,
00:34:30.90\00:34:33.20
and many of them
are cynical of religion.
00:34:33.23\00:34:38.91
The Bible made
Australia a great country.
00:34:38.94\00:34:45.48
They say that for
the last 10 years,
00:34:45.51\00:34:47.85
it has had the best
economy in the world
00:34:47.88\00:34:52.09
and two of the top
cities in the world
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.72
has places to live
are Australian cities.
00:34:54.76\00:34:58.83
At least two.
00:34:58.86\00:35:01.86
Why?
00:35:01.90\00:35:03.77
Well, let me tell you
folks a little bit of history.
00:35:03.80\00:35:08.00
I just got to
get this out, folks.
00:35:08.04\00:35:09.57
It's been building up
inside me for so long.
00:35:09.60\00:35:14.24
When did America get
freedom from Britain?
00:35:14.28\00:35:17.21
What year was it?
00:35:17.25\00:35:20.52
By the law or the war when?
00:35:20.55\00:35:23.55
Independence, when was it?
00:35:23.59\00:35:26.32
Come on, Americans, tell me.
00:35:26.35\00:35:29.29
Okay, in the 1770s. Okay.
00:35:29.32\00:35:34.66
England had dumped her criminals
00:35:34.70\00:35:37.03
over here in America,
00:35:37.07\00:35:40.94
because this was
a British colony.
00:35:40.97\00:35:43.34
At Britain, it
had so many convicts
00:35:43.37\00:35:45.81
that she ran out
of places for them.
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.48
She sent them to America.
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.01
Now you didn't
have to be too bad
00:35:50.05\00:35:51.45
to be sent as a
convict to America,
00:35:51.48\00:35:54.78
maybe stealing a loaf
of bread to feed your kids.
00:35:54.82\00:35:59.12
Or poor little ladies
of 70 or 80 years of age
00:35:59.15\00:36:02.66
that stole an ounce of
sugar or an ounce of cheese
00:36:02.69\00:36:07.53
to feed their grandchildren
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.20
and they would
sent out as convicts.
00:36:09.23\00:36:10.80
That's how
Britain treated people.
00:36:10.83\00:36:14.77
That's what
happened because of 1776,
00:36:14.80\00:36:18.84
they didn't have a
dumping ground anymore
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.41
and they said, "Glory, we've
just discovered Australia."
00:36:21.44\00:36:27.82
It was discovered in 1770
00:36:27.85\00:36:32.72
by the great 1770, Bob,
00:36:32.75\00:36:36.46
it was discovered,
don't tell me my history,
00:36:36.49\00:36:39.33
in 1770, it was discovered
by Captain James Cook,
00:36:39.36\00:36:44.50
with a little boat.
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.97
And then the British said,
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.50
where are we going to send
the refused of our society?
00:36:48.54\00:36:53.94
Where are going to send
the scum of our society?
00:36:53.98\00:36:57.31
Do you know where
they sent them to?
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.68
They said we can't send
them any more to America,
00:36:58.71\00:37:01.68
'cause it's no
longer our colony,
00:37:01.72\00:37:03.35
we're gonna send them to a place
00:37:03.39\00:37:05.99
where no body will want to go.
00:37:06.02\00:37:09.92
But which proved to be a
lot better than the mother land,
00:37:09.96\00:37:13.29
sorry to tell my
English friends there.
00:37:13.33\00:37:15.30
They sent them to Australia.
00:37:15.33\00:37:18.90
Do you know how
they came out there,
00:37:18.93\00:37:20.44
now these are
some-- these are cartoons?
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.54
These are my ancestors. Yeah.
00:37:23.57\00:37:27.41
You know, what we had to
do is, some of these pictures,
00:37:27.44\00:37:30.58
we had to put them in photo shop
00:37:30.61\00:37:32.61
to make them
sort of half decent.
00:37:32.65\00:37:35.68
These are my ancestors.
00:37:35.72\00:37:37.49
I do not have a lot of sympathy
for people who come to me
00:37:37.52\00:37:41.16
and they say, "Oh,
I've had such a bad time."
00:37:41.19\00:37:44.93
If you only knew what
happened to my ancestors.
00:37:44.96\00:37:48.36
Hey, don't tell me that,
00:37:48.40\00:37:49.73
my ancestors most
likely were convicts.
00:37:49.76\00:37:52.80
Maybe, yours too.
00:37:55.90\00:37:58.01
Let me tell you folks something.
00:37:58.04\00:38:00.51
Australia had one
redeeming feature.
00:38:00.54\00:38:03.08
When they sent
out the convict ships,
00:38:03.11\00:38:04.88
and hundreds would
die in the passage,
00:38:04.91\00:38:07.92
there was terrible
immorality and drunkenness.
00:38:07.95\00:38:11.25
The soldiers were often
worse than the convicts.
00:38:11.29\00:38:15.42
They had a big
fight in Australia.
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.03
It was called the Rum Rebellion,
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.49
because that was
the currency, Rum.
00:38:19.53\00:38:22.86
What a degraded
society, but do you know
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.40
who came with the
convicts on those ships?
00:38:25.43\00:38:28.20
Church of England chaplains.
00:38:28.24\00:38:31.11
And every day
between the floggings,
00:38:31.14\00:38:34.78
the inhumanity to the
convicts was dreadful.
00:38:34.81\00:38:39.98
Mother England was not
very good to her children.
00:38:40.02\00:38:43.39
You know that. The
Americans know that.
00:38:43.42\00:38:45.95
And in between the floggings,
00:38:45.99\00:38:48.09
the chaplains would
read to the convicts
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.89
out of the word of God,
and the book of common prayer,
00:38:50.93\00:38:55.00
and would teach them praise.
00:38:55.03\00:38:58.97
And Australia came out
of this cesspool of iniquity
00:38:59.00\00:39:05.54
and degradation where
today it is a marvelous place.
00:39:05.57\00:39:12.38
The convicts did not
make Australia a great place.
00:39:12.41\00:39:16.05
It was the word of God in
the hands of the convicts.
00:39:16.08\00:39:21.69
When I was a boy, and things
have changed in Australia.
00:39:21.72\00:39:24.86
And as Australia gets
away from the word of God,
00:39:24.89\00:39:27.90
I want to tell you something,
her path is downwards.
00:39:27.93\00:39:31.67
But when I was a boy,
growing up in Australia,
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.31
I was taught the Bible.
00:39:37.34\00:39:39.74
And when I went to State school,
00:39:39.77\00:39:42.24
we had a time once a week
00:39:42.28\00:39:44.38
where the ministers
of various denominations
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.92
would come and we were
trained in the scriptures
00:39:46.95\00:39:50.69
in a State school.
00:39:50.72\00:39:54.42
The government said,
00:39:54.46\00:39:55.79
if we don't
teach people the Bible,
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.99
well, they said, we can't do it
00:39:58.03\00:39:59.56
because of the
separation of church and state
00:39:59.59\00:40:01.80
but we're gonna
get the ministers,
00:40:01.83\00:40:03.23
the Baptists and the
Adventists and Catholic priests
00:40:03.26\00:40:06.27
and they had to come along
and I was trained in the Bible.
00:40:06.30\00:40:11.07
I'll never forget it.
00:40:11.11\00:40:13.81
I can remember
starting a day in a school,
00:40:13.84\00:40:16.98
State school, in Australia,
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.21
where Mr. Conroy, the principle,
00:40:19.25\00:40:21.38
went to the black
board and he wrote up a text.
00:40:21.42\00:40:24.99
He said, we're
gonna start with a text.
00:40:25.02\00:40:27.72
"Whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are pure,
00:40:27.76\00:40:31.73
whatsoever things are holy."
00:40:31.76\00:40:34.36
These texts got into my mind
00:40:34.40\00:40:37.87
and I was
brought up in a society
00:40:37.90\00:40:40.44
that believed in God
and believed in the Bible
00:40:40.47\00:40:43.97
and therefore, I
was taught as a child,
00:40:44.01\00:40:47.34
it was a
dreadful thing to steal.
00:40:47.38\00:40:51.98
A person who stole,
00:40:52.01\00:40:54.52
it is so dreadful or
a person who told lies.
00:40:54.55\00:40:59.35
The school I went to when
kids were caught telling lies,
00:40:59.39\00:41:03.69
they had their mouths
washed out with soapy water.
00:41:03.73\00:41:07.66
Now today, you know,
there'll be court cases,
00:41:07.70\00:41:10.13
it did the kids a lot of good.
00:41:10.17\00:41:14.97
I remember the Cole's Funny Book
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.41
and it showed a
great big hand, big hand
00:41:17.44\00:41:21.64
and it said, the "Spankaphone."
00:41:21.68\00:41:25.08
First used by Mrs. Adam Smith
00:41:25.11\00:41:28.15
and used
successfully ever since.
00:41:28.18\00:41:34.16
The people got their
principles from the Bible.
00:41:34.19\00:41:37.56
And I want you to know this.
00:41:37.59\00:41:39.09
When you live in
a Bible believing,
00:41:39.13\00:41:42.60
God fearing community,
you're not gonna have crime,
00:41:42.63\00:41:46.63
and you're not gonna have evil.
00:41:46.67\00:41:49.70
Listen. This is a fact.
00:41:49.74\00:41:53.84
Here it is, politically
uncorrect, it's a fact.
00:41:53.88\00:41:58.71
The most prosperous countries,
00:41:58.75\00:42:02.22
where women as
treated as equal citizens.
00:42:02.25\00:42:08.52
That's how you
can judge a country.
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.86
How they treat the women.
00:42:10.89\00:42:14.66
But if the women
are out in the fields
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.77
while the men are
home, drinking bear
00:42:16.80\00:42:19.23
and the women are out bare feet,
00:42:19.27\00:42:21.44
you got a degraded society.
00:42:21.47\00:42:24.84
And any society
that doesn't treat women
00:42:24.87\00:42:28.24
with an equality
and with respect,
00:42:28.28\00:42:30.95
is a degraded society.
00:42:30.98\00:42:33.85
Because the Bible says,
men and women are equal.
00:42:33.88\00:42:40.69
And as you know,
the first country
00:42:40.72\00:42:43.36
that gave women
the right to vote
00:42:43.39\00:42:45.79
was New Zealand,
00:42:45.83\00:42:48.33
followed a few
weeks later by Australia.
00:42:48.36\00:42:51.03
Listen, the most
prosperous countries
00:42:55.57\00:42:57.51
where women is
treated as equal citizens,
00:42:57.54\00:43:00.11
where freedom is celebrated,
00:43:00.14\00:43:02.64
where the people
are clean and healthy,
00:43:02.68\00:43:05.81
where part of or the result
of a great spiritual revival
00:43:05.85\00:43:11.82
that swept the world.
00:43:11.85\00:43:13.79
I'm thinking of the
days of Martin Luther,
00:43:13.82\00:43:16.86
the other great
preachers of the Bible.
00:43:16.89\00:43:19.43
I'm talking
about the reformation.
00:43:19.46\00:43:23.97
You say, "Are you
sure?" Yeah, 'cause I travel.
00:43:24.00\00:43:27.10
USA News in World Report
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.17
recently put out a map of
the world for businessmen.
00:43:29.20\00:43:34.64
And it colored the countries
that believed in the Bible
00:43:34.68\00:43:37.88
by coincidence.
00:43:37.91\00:43:40.85
The most honest countries,
the cleanest countries,
00:43:40.88\00:43:44.55
they were green.
00:43:44.59\00:43:46.65
And the countries
that were corrupt were red
00:43:46.69\00:43:50.39
and the countries
that you couldn't even read
00:43:50.43\00:43:52.99
because of their
corruption being so high,
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.00
it was just white.
00:43:55.03\00:43:57.87
But the
countries that are green,
00:43:57.90\00:44:01.00
well, there's Canada,
there's the United States
00:44:01.04\00:44:04.27
and I won't go through the rest
00:44:04.31\00:44:05.64
'cause I don't
want go embarrass you
00:44:05.67\00:44:07.58
or anybody watching the program.
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.48
But the countries that
achieved the greatest freedom,
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.98
the greatest respect for
women, the greatest work ethic,
00:44:14.02\00:44:19.69
are the countries
that believe the Bible.
00:44:19.72\00:44:24.89
Now let me tell
you, folks something,
00:44:24.93\00:44:26.36
so this will sink
down into your ears
00:44:26.39\00:44:28.83
and you won't forget it.
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.77
My travels.
00:44:30.80\00:44:32.87
I've gone to countries
00:44:32.90\00:44:34.64
where women are washing
their clothes in the gutters.
00:44:34.67\00:44:39.67
You know why?
00:44:39.71\00:44:41.41
When I walked
around those countries
00:44:41.44\00:44:43.65
I've gone to the great
church that banned the Bible.
00:44:43.68\00:44:48.98
The poor women who
are washing their clothes
00:44:49.02\00:44:51.39
in the gutters
have never read a Bible.
00:44:51.42\00:44:56.49
Because the church
didn't want them to.
00:44:56.52\00:45:00.66
I've gone to a
land of a million gods.
00:45:00.70\00:45:04.63
I've seen indescribable,
I've seen it, I've smelt it.
00:45:04.67\00:45:10.71
Filth, poverty,
degradation of women,
00:45:10.74\00:45:15.64
a terrible cast system,
00:45:15.68\00:45:19.28
a nation where vast
numbers of little baby girls
00:45:19.31\00:45:24.15
are murdered
because they are girls.
00:45:24.19\00:45:29.32
Where babies are
deformed or even cockroaches
00:45:29.36\00:45:35.26
are strapped to their eyeballs,
to eat out their eyeballs.
00:45:35.30\00:45:40.27
So the parents can
use them as beggars
00:45:40.30\00:45:44.87
because there
is no Sola Cristus,
00:45:44.91\00:45:47.94
no Sola Scriptura, no.
00:45:47.98\00:45:51.81
Heathenism.
00:45:51.85\00:45:53.18
Don't you dare tell me
that all religions are the same.
00:45:53.21\00:45:59.12
They are not.
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.89
Only the religion that
comes from God can lead to God.
00:46:01.92\00:46:05.59
The rest will lead you
down to the gates of hell.
00:46:05.63\00:46:09.66
I've been,
00:46:09.70\00:46:11.03
I guess, I'm an
expert on the Soviet Union.
00:46:11.07\00:46:12.63
I've been there 40 times.
00:46:12.67\00:46:15.50
They carried out a
great experiment of atheism.
00:46:15.54\00:46:18.97
"Ban the Bibles."
That was their cry.
00:46:19.01\00:46:23.04
Why would the
Soviets ban the Bible?
00:46:23.08\00:46:25.11
Because the Bible
teaches there is a God.
00:46:25.15\00:46:27.65
And every soul is important.
00:46:27.68\00:46:29.35
They put to death 15 to
17 million innocent people.
00:46:29.38\00:46:35.82
Don't come and boast
to me about your atheism.
00:46:35.86\00:46:39.13
I've got people
who come to me and say,
00:46:39.16\00:46:40.70
"I'm proud to be an atheist."
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.13
I wouldn't be if I
saw these pictures.
00:46:42.16\00:46:47.27
Fifteen million
people put to death.
00:46:47.30\00:46:51.27
Why? Because the Soviets
said it's a dangerous book.
00:46:51.31\00:46:55.24
Yes, it is. It is
dangerous to dictators.
00:46:55.28\00:46:59.15
What happened to
the Soviet Union?
00:47:02.35\00:47:03.79
It collapsed.
00:47:03.82\00:47:05.32
Because of poverty,
disease and ignorance.
00:47:05.35\00:47:09.49
I've seen the evidence.
00:47:09.52\00:47:11.56
Long ago, with my team,
I went through a village
00:47:11.59\00:47:14.73
between Kazan
and Nizhny Novgorod
00:47:14.76\00:47:20.37
and the name of the
village poverty stricken place.
00:47:20.40\00:47:25.07
Nobody seemed to have a job.
Everybody seemed to be drunk.
00:47:25.11\00:47:30.05
It was called "No
Grace of God here" village.
00:47:30.08\00:47:33.95
That's what it's called.
00:47:33.98\00:47:35.55
I said to our team,
what's the name of the place?
00:47:35.58\00:47:37.62
"No Grace of God here" village.
00:47:37.65\00:47:41.49
Poverty.
00:47:41.52\00:47:44.56
The Bible is hated by
every repressive regime,
00:47:44.59\00:47:48.46
political, or religious.
00:47:48.50\00:47:52.50
Why? Because it is
the book of liberty.
00:47:52.53\00:47:57.97
I say to my American friends,
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.18
the United States government
does not give you liberty.
00:48:00.21\00:48:03.58
That's a pagan idea.
00:48:03.61\00:48:05.61
The Bible gives us liberty.
00:48:05.65\00:48:09.68
The Bible gives us liberty.
Christ gives us liberty.
00:48:09.72\00:48:13.32
Thank God, the
United States government
00:48:13.36\00:48:15.96
recognizes the divine
right that God has given to us.
00:48:15.99\00:48:22.13
I told the
governor of Nizhny Novgorod,
00:48:22.16\00:48:24.27
get that out of your head
that you as a Russian leader
00:48:24.30\00:48:27.94
are giving the Russians liberty,
00:48:27.97\00:48:29.64
God gave it to them.
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.57
You need to recognize it.
This is the book of freedom.
00:48:31.61\00:48:36.58
This is the book of liberty.
00:48:36.61\00:48:38.88
This is the book
that will lift up society.
00:48:38.91\00:48:43.49
Therefore, what shall we do?
00:48:43.52\00:48:45.99
I say to you, believe in God
00:48:49.06\00:48:52.63
and believe in the
Christ of the Bible.
00:48:52.66\00:48:55.46
Come over here to Hebrews 4:12.
00:48:55.50\00:48:59.63
Hebrews 4:12.
00:48:59.67\00:49:06.61
We come back to
where we started.
00:49:06.64\00:49:10.15
"For the word of God
is living and powerful."
00:49:10.18\00:49:13.78
King James Version.
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.95
"Sharper than any
double-edged sword,
00:49:15.98\00:49:19.05
it penetrates even to
dividing soul and spirit,
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joints and marrow,
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it judges the thoughts
and attitudes of the heart."
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Let this
powerful and living word
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abide in your hearts.
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This is the
source of our strength,
00:49:36.87\00:49:40.18
our peace, our
health and our prosperity.
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Moreover, it is the
source of our salvation
00:49:44.95\00:49:49.82
and as an old evangelist
called into pastor a church,
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after he retired is want to say,
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read your Bible every day.
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"Give me the Bible,
star of gladness gleaming,
00:50:06.10\00:50:11.24
to cheer the wanderer
lone and tempest tossed,
00:50:11.27\00:50:15.34
No storm can hide that
radiance peaceful beaming,
00:50:15.38\00:50:19.71
Since Jesus came to
seek and save the lost.
00:50:19.75\00:50:24.82
Give me the Bible,
holy message shining,
00:50:24.85\00:50:31.66
Thy light shall
guide me in the narrow way,
00:50:31.69\00:50:36.26
Precept and promise,
law and love combining,
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Till night shall
vanish in eternal day."
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I say it
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in the name of Him
who sent me to preach.
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If you are not
daily reading the Bible...
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you are going
the way of all flesh
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and it is a way of
darkness and despair.
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I say to you, my
American friends,
00:51:09.90\00:51:13.97
return to the roots.
00:51:14.00\00:51:16.50
Go back to the days
of the puritan fathers
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who forged a nation
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.55
out of the
crucible of suffering...
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and become again a great people,
00:51:29.22\00:51:36.22
because you are
people of the book.
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Amen. Let us kneel.
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Here we are, our
Father on our knees.
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We thank you that the evidence
is in the happiest families,
00:51:59.35\00:52:04.72
a Bible reading,
Bible believing families,
00:52:04.75\00:52:08.69
that the happiest
children in the world
00:52:08.72\00:52:10.59
are children who are brought
up by loving kind parents,
00:52:10.63\00:52:15.46
who teach them the
Bible, the word of God.
00:52:15.50\00:52:21.10
We thank you today
00:52:21.14\00:52:23.87
that the Bible is
the source of peace,
00:52:23.91\00:52:27.31
joy, prosperity and liberty,
00:52:27.34\00:52:32.11
because it
tells us about Christ.
00:52:32.15\00:52:37.05
We thank You
that we live in a land
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where we have the Bible.
00:52:39.89\00:52:42.22
Forgive us for our
great sin of spiritual sloth,
00:52:42.26\00:52:46.70
and a laziness and apathy,
00:52:46.73\00:52:49.93
whereby we have
turned from your word,
00:52:49.96\00:52:52.80
and we've turned to Hollywood,
00:52:52.83\00:52:55.24
and we've turned to
the trash of television.
00:52:55.27\00:53:00.34
So we give God a minute
00:53:00.38\00:53:01.71
and we give the
devil an hour or more.
00:53:01.74\00:53:07.22
May we reform our ways today.
00:53:07.25\00:53:11.92
May we become the
people of the book
00:53:11.95\00:53:16.76
that made America great.
00:53:16.79\00:53:20.10
As we're praying here today,
00:53:20.13\00:53:22.93
how many will
raise their hands and say
00:53:22.96\00:53:25.17
I thank God for my heritage.
00:53:25.20\00:53:28.47
And I will be a
reader of God's word.
00:53:28.50\00:53:32.27
I will obey God's word.
I will follow the light.
00:53:32.31\00:53:36.88
Can you raise your hand,
please if that's your prayer?
00:53:36.91\00:53:40.45
Lord, I will read Your
word. I will follow the light.
00:53:40.48\00:53:46.12
I will feed on Your
word. It is the Bread of Life.
00:53:46.15\00:53:52.96
I need Your word
in my heart today
00:53:52.99\00:53:56.43
that I might
not sin against You.
00:53:56.46\00:53:59.43
Bless this great and
marvelous congregation,
00:53:59.47\00:54:02.64
here in this great
and wonderful land.
00:54:02.67\00:54:06.14
Help us, dear Father, to
open our eyes to the truth
00:54:06.17\00:54:11.71
that we will understand
that the people who read
00:54:11.75\00:54:16.69
and who obey the
word, wherever they live,
00:54:16.72\00:54:20.22
whether it be Africa or
Haiti or Chile or Australia
00:54:20.26\00:54:27.10
or Britain, wherever they live.
00:54:27.13\00:54:29.76
Those individuals who
read and obey Your word
00:54:29.80\00:54:34.60
will be the most
blessed of all people.
00:54:34.64\00:54:38.27
So we worship
You. And we thank You.
00:54:38.31\00:54:42.04
We thank You for the
martyrs by the millions who died
00:54:42.08\00:54:46.45
that we might have the Bible.
00:54:46.48\00:54:49.78
May it be the
man of our counsel,
00:54:49.82\00:54:52.65
may it be our friend.
00:54:52.69\00:54:55.56
Thank you, Lord, in
Jesus' name, amen and amen.
00:54:55.59\00:55:02.36
When peace, like a river
00:55:21.05\00:55:27.59
Attendeth my way
00:55:27.62\00:55:33.16
When sorrows like sea
00:55:33.19\00:55:38.60
Billows roll
00:55:38.63\00:55:45.51
Whatever my lot
00:55:45.54\00:55:51.71
Thou hast taught me to say
00:55:51.75\00:55:57.19
It is well
00:55:57.22\00:56:00.12
It is well
00:56:00.16\00:56:03.26
With my soul
00:56:03.29\00:56:09.83
It is well
00:56:09.86\00:56:15.37
With my soul
00:56:15.40\00:56:21.71
It is well
00:56:21.74\00:56:24.91
It is well
00:56:24.95\00:56:28.22
With my soul
00:56:28.25\00:56:34.96
My sin
00:56:34.99\00:56:37.86
Oh, the bliss
00:56:37.89\00:56:40.86
Of this glorious thought
00:56:40.90\00:56:46.70
My sin, not in part
00:56:46.74\00:56:51.97
but the whole
00:56:52.01\00:56:58.71
Is nailed to the cross
00:56:58.75\00:57:03.92
And I bear it no more
00:57:03.95\00:57:09.92
Praise the Lord
00:57:09.96\00:57:12.79
Praise the Lord
00:57:12.83\00:57:15.90
O my soul
00:57:15.93\00:57:22.17
It is well
00:57:22.20\00:57:28.04
With my soul
00:57:28.08\00:57:34.02
It is well
00:57:34.05\00:57:36.95
It is well
00:57:36.99\00:57:39.95
With my soul
00:57:39.99\00:57:46.90
And, Lord, haste the day
00:57:46.93\00:57:52.17
when the faith shall be sight
00:57:52.20\00:57:58.97
The clouds...
00:57:59.01\00:58:00.34