From Arcadia, California,
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"The Living
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Hello, friend, I'm John Carter
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with a very special
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I believe that God
has called you and me
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to tell the world
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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You know, friend, when I turn
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I read there of a worldwide
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Write to me, please today.
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My topic today is
I believe in heaven.
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"This I believe."
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I'm not like Richard Dawkins.
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You all know who
Richard Dawkins is.
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He is the most
famous atheist in the world.
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He is the flag bearer of
BERA of worldwide atheism.
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He is also a profound scientist.
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Whenever Richard Dawkins talks,
people stop and listen to him.
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I guess there is
nobody in the world
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who is a more religious
atheist than Dr. Dawkins.
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He is a
tremendously religious person.
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That doesn't mean
Christian or Jewish,
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but terribly,
terribly religious.
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He believes-- Well,
take this word here.
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This word here is
the Greek word for God.
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And many of you will
see what it is, Theos.
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And from Theos, we get theology
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and we also get
the word, atheism.
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It's God with an O.
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So his religion is
not that I believe in God.
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He is not arduous.
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He just says it's
absolutely absurd.
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I listen to Professor Dawkins
being interviewed sometime ago.
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I was utterly
astounded because this is the--
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the man that carries the flag.
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This is the--the great champion
of atheism around the world,
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particularly in England,
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which now is suppose
Christian civilization.
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But there are millions
and millions of Americans
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who think Richard
Dawkins is--is God.
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This man who was
interviewing him,
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who was a Jewish commentator,
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he said, "Dr. Dawkins,
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what do you think
about intelligent design?"
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Oh, he said,
"That's absolute nonsense."
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He said, "That's what these--
these Christians believe."
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And he said, "I
could never believe in God
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because of the terrible things
that Christians have done."
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Boy, that's a
great argument, isn't it?
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That's a--that's a really great
argument for a great scientist.
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"Okay, you don't
believe in intelligent design?"
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"No, that's a stupider."
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Now, you know,
intelligent design has caused
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a tremendous stir
in the world today
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among scientists
and also Christians.
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"So you don't believe
in intelligent?" "No."
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He says, "That's all
bunk and it's garbage,"
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and he's getting worked up.
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Oh, he said, "Actually--"
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He said, "I do
believe in intelligent design
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because you'd have to be
nuts not to believe in it."
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He said, "You see it
all the way through nature,
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you can see the
evidence of intelligent design."
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Goodness me.
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But he said, "It didn't
come from God." Oh, okay.
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Where did it come from?
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He said, "From a superior
intelligence on another planet."
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Oh, what a great step of faith.
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What a super religious
man, Professor Dawkins."
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The Jewish
interviewer said to him,
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"Doctor, isn't that a bit
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like the Christian idea of
superior intelligence out?"
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"I know, it's not," he said.
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I believe, he said that through
the evolutionary process,
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a great civilization
arose on another planet
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and they sent life to us here.
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Oh, what evidence have you--?
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I don't have to have evidence.
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It obviously happened
because we got life here.
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He said, "This
superior intelligence
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arose by the
evolutionary process
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and it produce
this super, super being
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and he sent
life down to us here,
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and that idea
that is believed today
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by millions of
people around the world,
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led by the great
Professor Dawkins,
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it's called Transpermia.
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It is perhaps the main idea
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among scientists
today, Transpermia.
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And they say we've discovered
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that there's not
enough time on this planet
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for the
evolutionary process to operate,
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but we've got life here,
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therefore it came
from another planet.
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My friend, Dr. Dawkins,
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the most religious
atheist in the world.
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I believe in God the Creator.
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And I will tell you why?
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Let me give you some proofs
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that I've tried to get across
to audiences around the world.
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The first proof is
the proof of the dime,
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D-I-M-E, and God,
not the diamond God.
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The Dime and God.
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I was
interviewing a first class,
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world class astronomer
from the great university
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down the road, Caltech.
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He held up for
me a dime, this big.
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He said, "You see this dime?"
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I said, "Yes, I see the dime."
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He said, "If the universe
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were heavier by this dime,
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it could not hold together."
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Oh, I said, "Come on."
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He said, if
the--think of the universe,
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my friend, just
think for a moment
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of the size and the
weight of the universe.
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Incomprehensible.
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Almost infinite weight.
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He said, "If it
was lighter by a dime,
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the universe could not exist."
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I said, "But who
believes this nonsense?"
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He said, "Every scientist
in the world who is educated."
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It is a fact.
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Are you trying to
tell me my friend,
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I say to the great Dr. Dawkins?
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Are you trying to tell me
that this happened by chance?
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What a religious
man is Dr. Dawkins
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and the atheist who
hold to these absurd ideas.
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And then there is the old radio
dial illustration that we use.
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Think about this.
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Just think about this.
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You know the old radio dial?
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Turn your radio on.
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As a boy, I used to
listen to serials on the radio.
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So you've got a radio dial
and it's a billion miles across.
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No, make it a
trillion miles across.
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Trillion miles across,
and it's calibrated in inches
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or better still in
centimeters or millimeters.
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And you turn the radio
dial, one--now set on zero,
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that controls
gravity, that controls gravity,
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that holds the universe together
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and you turn it
one inch to the left
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and the universe
blows up or if you turn it
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one inch to the
rights, the universe implodes.
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That just happened?
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Can you really believe?
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I would say to Dr. Dawkins,
"Can--can you really believe
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that this just
happened by its own,
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if this is all a
product of blind chance."
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I believe in God the Creator.
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You take for
instance, the genetic code.
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The genetic code.
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The man who worked it out
stood with President Clinton
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and they talked
about the language of God.
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Some of you young people
who are gonna go to university
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and you're gonna be
told, there is no God.
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I want to tell you,
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you only have to
look at the genetic code.
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The billions of
little bits of information
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that is stored
in the genetic code
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and Dr. Dawkins
tells me, it happened.
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Yes, he says, "It did happened."
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But it was transferred.
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The knowledge came to us
from a superior intelligence.
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Well, he's right
there, but that was God.
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The chance of
life--listen, young people,
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because you may not
think you need this now,
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but one day you're gonna be
glad that you heard this sermon.
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I want to say to every person
who is going to university
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and your faith in
God and the Bible,
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your faith is being shaken.
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Listen to this.
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The chance, we
know mathematicians
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can workout the chance of life
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spontaneously
generated one single cell.
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That poor old Mr.
Darwin, that famous Englishman.
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He looked at the cell and he
didn't have a good microscope
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and he thought it
was a bit, a blob.
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Something nothing.
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The chance of a single
cell coming into being by itself
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is the same chance as
walking out blindfolded
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one night on a black night
without any stars and no moon.
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And somebody has
found a grain of sand,
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not just on this planet,
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but on every
planet in the universe,
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billions of
planets, all with sand.
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How many? Incomprehensible.
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And with a
blindfold, you got to go out
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and the first time
somewhere in the galaxy,
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you got to pick up
the right piece of sand.
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Could it happen?
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That is the same
mathematical chance of life
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simply spontaneously generating.
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I don't believe it.
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I don't believe it.
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I choose to believe
in God, the Creator,
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and because I
believe in the Creator,
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I believe in heaven.
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Now if there is no
God and Mr. Dawkins says,
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"There is no God."
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But if there is no God,
when he dies he goes down,
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he believe into oblivion.
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But he is as we all know a
super religious man, super.
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He is an atheist.
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He can't even express his
views without talking about God.
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Because I believe in
the divine act of creation
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by an Almighty God.
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I also believe in heaven.
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I want you to come to
the main text 2 Peter 3:3-14.
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2 Peter 3 and
verse 3 down to 14.
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2 Peter 3 in the Holy
Bible, turn to the text, please.
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2 Peter 3:3-14.
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"First of all--" Peter
says, "You must understand
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that in the last
days scoffers will come,
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scoffing and following
their own evil desires.
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They will say, 'Where
is this coming he promised?
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Ever since our fathers died,
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everything goes on as it has
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since the
beginning of creation.'
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But they deliberately
forget that long ago
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by God's word
the heavens existed
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and the earth was formed
out of water and by water.
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By these waters also the world
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of that time was
deluged and destroyed.
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By the same word
the present heavens
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and earth are reserved for fire,
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being kept for
the day of judgment
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and destruction
of the ungodly men.
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But do not forget this
one thing, dear friends,
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with the Lord a day
is like a thousand years,
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and a thousand
years are like a day.
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The Lord is not slow
in keeping his promise,
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as some understand slowness.
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He is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to perish,
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but everyone to
come to repentance.
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But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief.
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The heavens will
disappear with a roar,
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the elements will
be destroyed by fire,
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and the earth and everything
in it will be laid bare.
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Since everything will
be destroyed in this way,
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what kind of
people ought you to be?
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You ought to live
holy and godly lives."
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Don't forget it.
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"You ought to live
holy and godly lives
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as you look forward to the
day of God and speed its coming.
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That day will bring
about the destruction
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of the heavens by fire,
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and the elements
will melt in the heat.
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But in keeping with his promise
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we are looking forward to
a new heaven and a new earth,
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the home of righteousness.
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So then, dear friends,
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since you are
looking forward to this,
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make every effort
to be found spotless,
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blameless and
at peace with him."
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I want to come over
here to the blackboard
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and I want to put up the
philosophy that is taught
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in virtually every university
in the United States of America.
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It's taught in virtually--
taught in all universities.
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Major universities in
Australia, taught in Germany,
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taught
everywhere, taught at Harvard,
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taught at Yale.
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It is the ascent of man.
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What proof will we got for this?
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I don't believe
there's any proof at all.
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But they say
that man started out
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as a tiny little blob
in some ancient ocean.
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How did it happen?
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They say, "We don't know."
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But life is
here and it happened.
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This is the biggest
religion going today.
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The religion of
atheism and evolution.
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And so man started off,
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maybe started
closely related to a cabbage
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or something because
they say--no, don't laugh.
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That is what is believed.
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They believed that everything
goes back to the same cell.
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And after a while,
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this thing became a
fish or something like that.
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This is true.
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And then a crew legs and
it walked up out of the sea.
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Don't laugh about it.
00:18:01.62\00:18:02.99
This is believed by
the great intellectuals
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in the
universities. This is true.
00:18:06.11\00:18:08.86
It's not meant to be funny.
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They believe it.
This is Darwinism.
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And then after a
while, it started to standup.
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Well, it didn't
stand up completely,
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but it looked a
bit like a monkey.
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And then it went
on and on like this
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for millions
and--maybe billions of years.
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And after awhile it
was starting to stand up
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and well had long arms and
they hang down to the ground,
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but after a long,
long, long, long time,
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this thing that
came from a single cell
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that nobody
knows how it started.
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This thing stood
up and it was a man.
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It was a man.
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And after a while
this man evolve so much
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that he became a
pharaoh, and he had a crown.
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This is true.
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Evolution
teaches that if you leave
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cast by itself long
enough, it'll become us.
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Now you need to get to the
bottom-line in these things.
00:19:08.94\00:19:11.58
We are getting
to the bottom-line.
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And then--and I saw this
on the cover of a magazine
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that comes out in New York.
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I think it was the New Yorker.
00:19:18.93\00:19:22.18
And then it ha
this ascent of man
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which is followed by a descent
because when you get to the--
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when you actually get
to the end of this thing,
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man falls off and
goes down into oblivion.
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That is the doctrine of Dawkins.
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That is the doctrine
of atheistic evolution.
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We come into the planet by
chance and we exit by chance.
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I don't believe it.
00:19:51.34\00:19:53.04
I don't believe in the ascent
of man and then his descent.
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I believe in the descent of man.
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I believe we came down.
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And because we came down
and because Christ died for us,
00:20:01.09\00:20:05.21
I believe we're
going to ascent one day.
00:20:05.24\00:20:07.98
And that is why I
believe in heaven.
00:20:08.01\00:20:12.50
You can take two
viewpoints, young people.
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Don't be superficial.
00:20:15.14\00:20:16.95
Don't think or--now let me tell
you one of the biggest problems.
00:20:16.98\00:20:20.37
I'm gonna tell you
these things to you.
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I don't want to offend you.
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You know what
they've discovered?
00:20:23.29\00:20:24.66
It's happenings in America,
and I'm sure in other countries.
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People are losing
the capacity to think.
00:20:27.77\00:20:32.90
They say that
the longer children
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are exposed to television,
00:20:35.29\00:20:38.29
the less chance they
have of becoming creative.
00:20:38.32\00:20:43.33
So if children and parents
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are exposed
continually to television
00:20:45.98\00:20:49.07
and if their highest thing
in life is watching football,
00:20:49.10\00:20:54.50
their brains
are going to shrink.
00:20:54.53\00:20:57.59
And when you get up and
you preach these things,
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they sort of look at you.
00:21:00.14\00:21:04.42
They're not bad
people, but they've lost it.
00:21:04.45\00:21:08.75
And that is why
millions and millions of people
00:21:08.78\00:21:11.95
believe in the
doctrine of Dawkins.
00:21:11.98\00:21:17.17
So that's the first viewpoint.
00:21:17.20\00:21:19.39
Take Dawkins off
the cliff into oblivion.
00:21:19.42\00:21:22.44
The second is the Bible,
00:21:22.47\00:21:25.03
because God
made us in His image.
00:21:25.06\00:21:28.42
There is purpose,
meaning and at the end,
00:21:28.45\00:21:32.28
there is heaven.
00:21:32.31\00:21:33.81
So whatever happens
to me in this lifetime,
00:21:33.84\00:21:36.39
even though
things maybe stressful
00:21:36.42\00:21:38.60
and things maybe tough
and even though sometimes
00:21:38.63\00:21:42.40
I maybe crushed and pushed down?
00:21:42.43\00:21:44.94
One day I'm
going to go to heaven.
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I'm going to be
with Jesus in paradise.
00:21:48.21\00:21:52.21
Come over here to John 14:1-3,
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to the words of
our blessed Lord.
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"Do not let your
hearts be troubled.
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Trust in God, trust also in me.
00:21:59.76\00:22:02.08
In my Father's
house are many rooms.
00:22:02.11\00:22:04.26
If it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:22:04.29\00:22:06.63
I am going there to
prepare a place for you.
00:22:06.66\00:22:09.45
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:22:09.48\00:22:11.57
I will come back and
take you to be with me
00:22:11.60\00:22:14.44
that you also
may be where I am."
00:22:14.47\00:22:19.52
This is the hope
that our Lord will return.
00:22:19.55\00:22:24.29
Listen to this.
00:22:24.32\00:22:26.25
Those who trust in
Christ for salvation
00:22:26.28\00:22:31.15
and who turn from their
sins, those who trust in Christ,
00:22:31.18\00:22:37.27
the salvation
will receive new bodies
00:22:37.30\00:22:41.00
that will run on
the oxygen of heaven.
00:22:41.03\00:22:46.20
That have limitless
energy that will never wear out.
00:22:46.23\00:22:52.37
Those bodies will have minds
00:22:52.40\00:22:54.60
that always think
positive joyful thoughts,
00:22:54.63\00:22:59.10
that have great
intellectual capacity
00:22:59.13\00:23:02.78
that are wired to explore
and understand the wonders
00:23:02.81\00:23:08.58
and mysteries of the universe.
00:23:08.61\00:23:12.56
If you think this
life is all that is
00:23:12.59\00:23:17.08
and if your life is
consumed by this life.
00:23:17.11\00:23:21.46
My friend, you are blind
00:23:21.49\00:23:27.07
and you are deceived.
00:23:27.11\00:23:29.85
One day God's people
are going to get new bodies
00:23:29.88\00:23:33.69
that are going to run
on the oxygen of heaven.
00:23:33.72\00:23:36.98
Come over here to
Philippians 3:20-21.
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.64
I'm looking forward
to getting a new body.
00:23:40.67\00:23:44.17
Aren't you? Say amen. Amen.
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Yeah, get a little
enthusiastic about your faith.
00:23:47.18\00:23:50.35
Philippians 3:20-21.
00:23:50.38\00:23:55.13
"But our
citizenship is in heaven.
00:23:55.16\00:23:57.42
And we eagerly
await a Savior from there,
00:23:57.45\00:23:59.59
the Lord Jesus Christ, who,
by the power that enables him
00:23:59.62\00:24:04.31
to bring
everything under his control,
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.82
will transform our lowly bodies
00:24:06.85\00:24:09.63
so that they will be
like his glorious body."
00:24:09.66\00:24:14.11
One day we are
going to get bodies
00:24:14.14\00:24:16.70
that have the
capacity to go through space
00:24:16.73\00:24:20.16
faster than the speed of light
00:24:20.19\00:24:23.23
and we will have
minds that are great
00:24:23.26\00:24:26.92
and that are taking in the
great things of the universe.
00:24:26.95\00:24:31.02
Come over here
to 1 Corinthians 15.
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1 Corinthians 15:44 and onwards.
00:24:34.04\00:24:41.29
And I know what
the devil is doing.
00:24:41.32\00:24:43.64
The devil is
trying to brainwash us
00:24:43.67\00:24:46.63
with his lies and his heresies
and that's why so many don't--
00:24:46.66\00:24:50.13
who call themselves Christians,
00:24:50.16\00:24:51.84
don't even read
their Bibles everyday
00:24:51.87\00:24:54.21
because they're
being brainwashed
00:24:54.24\00:24:55.93
and deceived by the devil.
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.62
1 Corinthians 15:44 and
onwards. What about you?
00:24:57.65\00:25:01.20
Have you been
deceived, my friend? 44.
00:25:01.23\00:25:04.49
"It is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body.
00:25:04.52\00:25:09.30
If there is a natural body,
00:25:09.33\00:25:10.70
then there is
also a spiritual body.
00:25:10.73\00:25:12.29
So it is written,
00:25:12.32\00:25:13.69
'The first man Adam became
a living being' the last Adam,
00:25:13.72\00:25:18.48
a life-giving spirit.
00:25:18.51\00:25:22.36
The spiritual
did not come first,
00:25:22.39\00:25:23.93
but the natural, and
after that the spiritual.
00:25:23.96\00:25:26.65
The first man was of
the dust of the earth,
00:25:26.68\00:25:29.33
the second man from heaven.
00:25:29.36\00:25:32.76
As was the earthly man, so
are those who are of this earth,
00:25:32.79\00:25:37.86
and as the man from heaven,
00:25:37.89\00:25:39.43
so also are those
who are of heaven.
00:25:39.46\00:25:43.36
And just as we have borne
the likeness of the earthly man,
00:25:43.39\00:25:46.84
so shall we bear the likeness
of the man from heaven."
00:25:46.87\00:25:51.48
I'm going to get by the
grace of God a new body.
00:25:51.51\00:25:53.75
What about you?
00:25:53.78\00:25:55.26
"I declare to you,
brothers and sisters,
00:25:55.29\00:25:57.64
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God,
00:25:57.67\00:26:00.03
nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable.
00:26:00.06\00:26:02.77
Listen, I will
tell you a mystery.
00:26:02.80\00:26:04.76
We will not all sleep."
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.18
That means we're
not all going to die.
00:26:06.21\00:26:08.25
"But we will all be
changed-- in a flash,
00:26:08.28\00:26:10.95
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet.
00:26:10.98\00:26:14.36
For the trumpet will sound,
00:26:14.39\00:26:17.03
the dead will be
raised imperishable,
00:26:17.06\00:26:19.74
and we will be changed.
00:26:19.77\00:26:21.91
For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable,
00:26:21.94\00:26:24.58
and the mortal with immortality.
00:26:24.61\00:26:26.22
When the perishable has been
clothed with the imperishable,
00:26:26.25\00:26:30.11
and the mortal with immortality,
00:26:30.14\00:26:32.68
then the saying that
is written will come true.
00:26:32.71\00:26:35.24
'Death has been
swallowed up in victory.'"
00:26:35.27\00:26:39.98
Did you know
when we get to heaven
00:26:40.01\00:26:43.11
these bodies are
going to have the capacity
00:26:43.14\00:26:47.08
to travel through space.
00:26:47.11\00:26:49.77
Can you think about that?
00:26:49.80\00:26:52.23
One day, by the grace of God.
00:26:52.26\00:26:55.07
No, I am not
going off the cliff.
00:26:55.10\00:26:56.82
One day, I am going
to explore the universe.
00:26:56.85\00:27:02.63
I'm gonna have
such a great body.
00:27:02.66\00:27:06.27
Come over here to Isaiah 40.
00:27:06.30\00:27:08.22
You know, my body
is pretty good now,
00:27:08.25\00:27:09.62
but it's gonna be a lot better.
00:27:09.65\00:27:11.20
Isaiah 40:22.
00:27:11.23\00:27:14.61
Isaiah 40:22, "He sits enthroned
above the circle of the earth,
00:27:14.64\00:27:20.31
and its people are
like grasshoppers."
00:27:20.34\00:27:22.52
We simply animated
mud on the way to dust
00:27:22.55\00:27:25.90
except for Jesus.
00:27:25.93\00:27:28.39
Then if you come down
little further verse 25,
00:27:28.42\00:27:31.14
you got to go fast
to keep up with me,
00:27:31.17\00:27:33.06
"To whom will you compare me?
00:27:33.09\00:27:34.46
Or who is my
equal?" says The Holy one.
00:27:34.49\00:27:36.95
That's verse 25.
00:27:36.98\00:27:38.71
Look at verse 26.
00:27:38.74\00:27:40.11
"Lift up your eyes
and look to the heavens,
00:27:40.14\00:27:41.80
who created all these?
00:27:41.83\00:27:43.40
He who brings out the
starry host one by one
00:27:43.43\00:27:45.81
and calls them each by name.
00:27:45.84\00:27:47.24
Because of his great
power and mighty strength,
00:27:47.27\00:27:51.22
not one of them is missing."
00:27:51.25\00:27:52.64
We're talking
here about the Lord,
00:27:52.67\00:27:54.51
God of the universe.
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.75
What a great God.
00:27:56.78\00:27:58.15
Verse 29, "He gives
strength to the weary
00:27:58.18\00:28:01.35
and increases the
power of the weak.
00:28:01.38\00:28:04.11
Even youths
grow tired and weary,
00:28:04.14\00:28:06.12
young men stumble and fall,
but those who hope in the Lord
00:28:06.15\00:28:11.23
will renew their strength.
00:28:11.26\00:28:12.97
They will soar on
wings like eagles,
00:28:13.00\00:28:15.97
they will run
and not grow weary,
00:28:16.00\00:28:18.76
they will walk
and not be faint."
00:28:18.79\00:28:21.78
Listen to me. Listen to me.
00:28:21.81\00:28:24.19
This is
fulfilled in this lifetime.
00:28:24.22\00:28:28.15
If you become a true believer,
00:28:28.18\00:28:31.78
you are going to be better than
the people who don't believe.
00:28:31.81\00:28:37.37
That's the truth of the Bible.
00:28:37.40\00:28:38.77
People say, "I've got to give
up something to be a Christian,
00:28:38.80\00:28:41.61
that's like a man
with an awful breath."
00:28:41.64\00:28:45.33
And he comes to you and he
says, "What I have to give up?"
00:28:45.36\00:28:47.85
You got to give up
your bad breath for a start
00:28:47.88\00:28:50.36
'cause God's gonna
give you something better.
00:28:50.39\00:28:52.67
We never give up a
thing that's worth keeping.
00:28:52.70\00:28:58.28
Why is it that the people come
to this church in the morning
00:28:58.31\00:29:01.05
and they go to
Macy's in the afternoon?
00:29:01.08\00:29:04.06
I will tell you why?
00:29:04.09\00:29:05.46
It is because
they're born to death
00:29:05.49\00:29:07.53
and they don't know
Christ. That's the reason.
00:29:07.56\00:29:11.01
You need to pray for
them, don't criticize them.
00:29:11.04\00:29:12.74
But understand they
have a spiritual sickness.
00:29:12.77\00:29:16.69
They're in love with the world.
00:29:16.72\00:29:18.38
Do they need your criticism? No.
00:29:18.41\00:29:20.43
They need Jesus.
00:29:20.46\00:29:23.68
They need to read
their Bibles everyday.
00:29:23.71\00:29:27.10
But these verses fulfill now
00:29:27.13\00:29:30.30
filled full in
the kingdom of God.
00:29:30.33\00:29:35.13
No more tests, no more
pain, no more suffering, finish.
00:29:35.16\00:29:43.01
Bodies that can
travel from star to star,
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.33
from planet to planet,
00:29:45.36\00:29:47.80
those who trust in
Christ alone for salvation
00:29:47.83\00:29:51.04
and turn from their
sins will live in a place
00:29:51.07\00:29:55.05
so beautiful that
word are inadequate
00:29:55.08\00:29:57.94
to describe the glory.
00:29:57.97\00:30:00.81
You know, I've
been very blessed.
00:30:00.84\00:30:02.21
I've been around the world
more times than I can remember.
00:30:02.24\00:30:06.02
I mean, just round, round.
00:30:06.05\00:30:07.78
I've seen some wonderful places.
00:30:07.81\00:30:09.60
I've seen Yosemite.
00:30:09.63\00:30:12.28
I don't think
there is any country
00:30:13.70\00:30:16.66
that's got a place as
beautiful as Yosemite.
00:30:16.69\00:30:21.48
I don't think
there is any country
00:30:21.51\00:30:23.16
that's got the giant redwoods
like Northern California.
00:30:23.19\00:30:27.50
But heaven is got be
a million times better.
00:30:27.53\00:30:31.63
I've walked along
the avenue of the giants
00:30:31.66\00:30:34.11
and gazed off at those
great trees and I've said,
00:30:34.14\00:30:38.65
"How great thou art?"
00:30:38.68\00:30:40.13
I've gone to
Australia and I've seen
00:30:41.27\00:30:43.49
what I considered to be
the best beaches in the world.
00:30:43.52\00:30:47.51
White sand, most places,
00:30:48.74\00:30:51.40
like talcum powder and
when you walk on it, it squeaks.
00:30:51.43\00:30:56.95
But the beaches of heaven
are going to be a million times
00:30:56.98\00:31:00.50
better than the
beach at Coolangatta.
00:31:00.53\00:31:02.83
That's telling you folks on,
that's a big admission for me.
00:31:03.91\00:31:06.58
I've been to the
Nile River at S1.
00:31:08.11\00:31:10.87
The Nile of the pharaohs.
And I thought, what beauty.
00:31:12.22\00:31:17.51
I've been to the Victoria Falls
where David Livingston went
00:31:17.54\00:31:21.86
because the native
said we want you to see
00:31:21.89\00:31:24.87
smoke that thunders.
00:31:24.90\00:31:27.03
Plan to go there again,
00:31:29.10\00:31:30.47
stood there and
watch these falls
00:31:30.50\00:31:33.39
more than twice
as big as Niagara,
00:31:33.42\00:31:36.90
heard the thunder.
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.67
One day, I'm
gonna hear the thunder
00:31:38.70\00:31:41.27
million times
better than anything here.
00:31:41.30\00:31:43.83
But place that I like
a lot is Sydney Harbor.
00:31:45.55\00:31:48.06
I like going
around Sydney Harbor.
00:31:48.09\00:31:51.84
I like going to the beaches.
I like going to the Swiss Alps.
00:31:51.87\00:31:55.96
The Swiss Alps are delectable,
beautiful, wonderful.
00:31:55.99\00:32:01.03
But one day, my friend,
00:32:01.06\00:32:02.57
heaven is going to be
a million times better.
00:32:02.60\00:32:06.01
Some of us here are thinking
of we get a little house here.
00:32:06.04\00:32:10.40
We got everything. Let
me tell you, it's nothing.
00:32:10.43\00:32:12.64
Don't get your
mind wrapped around
00:32:13.85\00:32:15.39
silly little house here.
00:32:15.42\00:32:17.85
It's only
cardboards, bit of wood.
00:32:17.88\00:32:21.29
And when you get a shake here
00:32:21.32\00:32:22.69
in California,
it just goes down.
00:32:22.72\00:32:25.03
Some people spend
all their lives working,
00:32:25.06\00:32:27.82
working to get a
little house here.
00:32:27.85\00:32:30.76
I believe we gonna
have a little house.
00:32:30.79\00:32:32.60
That's fine.
00:32:32.63\00:32:34.00
But some people spend all their
lives trying to make money,
00:32:34.03\00:32:39.04
but then they're
gonna go down the grave
00:32:39.07\00:32:42.55
and the worms are
going to eat them.
00:32:42.58\00:32:44.04
Hey, we don't like to
think about that, do we?
00:32:46.05\00:32:47.99
Hey, it's true.
00:32:48.02\00:32:50.14
Death night is
coming for everyone of us.
00:32:50.17\00:32:53.20
And I've noticed that
some of you folks here
00:32:53.23\00:32:55.29
who don't get to
church all the time.
00:32:55.32\00:32:58.46
When you get sick, you
soon want a pastoral call
00:32:58.49\00:33:01.86
because you're scared of death.
00:33:01.89\00:33:03.97
You better get
right with God now.
00:33:05.36\00:33:07.24
Heaven is gonna be far
better than this poor old world.
00:33:07.27\00:33:11.43
Would you come over here
to Isaiah 60:17 and onwards?
00:33:11.46\00:33:15.27
Isaiah 60:17 and onwards.
00:33:15.30\00:33:20.40
"Instead of bronze
I will bring you gold,
00:33:20.43\00:33:23.47
and silver in place of iron.
00:33:23.50\00:33:25.28
Instead of wood I
will bring you bronze,
00:33:25.31\00:33:28.34
and iron in place of stones.
00:33:28.37\00:33:30.32
I will make peace your governor
00:33:30.35\00:33:32.36
and righteousness your ruler.
00:33:32.39\00:33:34.42
No longer will
violence be heard in your land,
00:33:34.45\00:33:37.08
nor ruin or destruction
within your borders."
00:33:37.11\00:33:39.62
There won't be
any gangs in New York.
00:33:39.65\00:33:42.23
There won't be any
gangs in Los Angeles.
00:33:42.26\00:33:46.11
"But you will call your walls
00:33:46.14\00:33:47.63
Salvation and your gates Praise.
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.60
The sun will no more
be your light by day,
00:33:49.63\00:33:52.79
nor will the brightness
of the moon shine on you,
00:33:52.82\00:33:55.67
for the Lord, your God
will be your everlasting light,
00:33:55.70\00:33:58.90
and your God will be your glory.
00:33:58.93\00:34:01.40
Your sun will never set again,
00:34:01.43\00:34:03.45
and your moon will wane no more,
00:34:03.48\00:34:05.64
the Lord will be
your everlasting light,
00:34:05.67\00:34:08.68
and your days of
sorrow will end."
00:34:08.71\00:34:12.33
Any thing we got here
gonna be a million times better.
00:34:13.54\00:34:17.20
Let me tell you,
folks, something.
00:34:17.23\00:34:18.83
God gave to me and my family
00:34:18.86\00:34:22.75
a property out on the
Gold Coast in Australia.
00:34:22.78\00:34:25.99
It sits on the side of a
hill overlooking a great river,
00:34:27.48\00:34:34.01
overlooking the ocean,
30 to 40 miles of ocean.
00:34:34.04\00:34:38.72
Some nights I
can look down South
00:34:38.75\00:34:40.75
and I can see the
lighthouse of Byron Bay.
00:34:40.78\00:34:43.44
It's beautiful.
00:34:43.47\00:34:45.21
In the morning, you wake up
00:34:45.24\00:34:46.61
to the sound of the
laughter of the kookaburra.
00:34:46.64\00:34:50.57
Sometimes a little wallaby will
come hopping across the place.
00:34:50.60\00:34:54.62
It's full of beautiful trees.
00:34:54.65\00:34:57.18
Let me tell you,
folks, something,
00:34:57.21\00:34:58.77
as they say in Texas,
they're ain't nothing.
00:34:58.80\00:35:02.89
It's not worth anything.
00:35:02.92\00:35:04.91
And if you put your heart
into things in this world,
00:35:04.94\00:35:08.19
you're gonna
perish with this world.
00:35:08.22\00:35:09.96
The Bible says,
"Our life is in heaven."
00:35:11.53\00:35:16.28
Our conversation, it
says in the KJV is in heaven.
00:35:16.31\00:35:22.12
Heaven will be
missing some things.
00:35:22.15\00:35:24.25
What about you?
00:35:24.28\00:35:26.25
It will be missing
cemeteries and hospitals.
00:35:26.28\00:35:30.94
Won't need them. Weapons of war.
00:35:30.97\00:35:34.23
People will not be
spending their lives
00:35:34.26\00:35:36.12
making bombs and planes
and guns to blow people up.
00:35:36.15\00:35:42.59
There won't be any
poor people in heaven,
00:35:42.62\00:35:45.50
because they will all be rich.
00:35:45.53\00:35:47.15
We won't need doctors
or retirement villages
00:35:47.18\00:35:51.17
and there won't
be troublemakers,
00:35:51.20\00:35:54.52
and there won't
be dishonest people,
00:35:54.55\00:35:57.80
and there won't
be people who break
00:35:57.83\00:35:59.47
the Commandments of
God including the Sabbath.
00:35:59.50\00:36:03.49
I want you to come over here,
00:36:03.52\00:36:05.12
over here to the Book
of Revelation 22:14-15.
00:36:05.15\00:36:09.73
In Revelation 22.
00:36:09.76\00:36:11.16
Everybody thinks
he is going to heaven,
00:36:11.19\00:36:13.61
but the truth of the
matter is, it isn't true.
00:36:13.64\00:36:16.66
You got to have a
commitment to Christ
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.35
before you can go to heaven.
00:36:20.38\00:36:22.72
Revelation 22.
00:36:22.75\00:36:24.52
And that's more
than putting up your hand
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.33
in a religious meeting
and turning up looking good.
00:36:26.36\00:36:29.65
Revelation 22:14-15,
00:36:29.68\00:36:33.82
"Blessed are those
who wash their robes."
00:36:33.85\00:36:37.14
The King James Version says,
00:36:37.17\00:36:38.54
"Blessed are they
who do his commandments.
00:36:38.57\00:36:41.26
Blessed are they
who wash their robes
00:36:41.29\00:36:43.64
that they may have the
right to the tree of life
00:36:43.67\00:36:46.45
and may go through
the gates into the city."
00:36:46.48\00:36:49.11
You get into the city
through the blood of Jesus.
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.19
Somebody said to me,
00:36:52.33\00:36:53.79
I'm sending a group of
people here in this district.
00:36:53.82\00:36:57.24
I cannot think of one
spiritual person among them.
00:36:57.27\00:37:01.49
They can't be relied upon.
00:37:03.95\00:37:06.91
They call themselves Christians,
00:37:06.94\00:37:08.94
but they have no
commitment to Christ.
00:37:08.97\00:37:12.59
They need to come to Christ
or else they'll be outside.
00:37:15.35\00:37:19.80
This is the word of the Lord.
00:37:19.83\00:37:22.05
Listen, "Outside are the dogs."
00:37:22.08\00:37:25.72
Means, moral people.
00:37:25.75\00:37:28.82
"Those who practice magic arts."
00:37:28.85\00:37:30.99
If you're
playing with the occult,
00:37:31.02\00:37:32.89
you won't get to
heaven unless you repent.
00:37:32.92\00:37:35.91
"The sexually immoral,
the murderers, the idolaters,
00:37:37.11\00:37:42.71
and everyone who loves
and practices falsehood."
00:37:42.74\00:37:47.01
There will be no troublemakers,
00:37:49.21\00:37:50.58
no dishonest people,
no cheats, no airports,
00:37:50.61\00:37:56.18
no banks, no New
York Stock Exchange.
00:37:56.21\00:38:00.64
It maybe in a
different location.
00:38:00.67\00:38:02.61
Somebody said to me,
00:38:05.69\00:38:07.41
but I have a deep
question that concerns me.
00:38:07.44\00:38:11.37
I said tell it to me,
because I'm here as your servant
00:38:11.40\00:38:14.63
and I'll try to
answer your questions.
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.11
The lady said to me, "Will
there be chocolate in heaven?"
00:38:17.14\00:38:21.20
I said to the
person, I sincerely hope so.
00:38:24.57\00:38:28.07
But I don't see
any text about it.
00:38:28.10\00:38:30.08
But I do know
this. I do know this.
00:38:30.11\00:38:35.09
Heaven is going
to be a million times
00:38:35.12\00:38:37.87
better than you
and I can comprehend.
00:38:37.90\00:38:40.41
Million times better.
00:38:40.44\00:38:42.77
That is why I
think Spurgeon said,
00:38:42.80\00:38:44.83
we've got to keep
the earth under our feet
00:38:44.86\00:38:47.73
and heaven in our eye.
00:38:47.76\00:38:51.02
Ask yourself.
00:38:51.05\00:38:52.53
How much time do you spend
everyday watching television?
00:38:52.56\00:38:55.66
How much time do you
spend watching football?
00:38:55.69\00:38:58.61
How much time do you
spend praying to God?
00:38:58.64\00:39:01.38
And how much time do
you spend reading the Bible?
00:39:01.41\00:39:03.89
Now, if you say--- no,
you've got to be honest,
00:39:03.92\00:39:06.91
that's hard, but if you say,
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.52
"Well, I know I spend more time
on football than I do with God,
00:39:08.55\00:39:12.55
then really you're
not a Christian, are you?
00:39:12.58\00:39:14.40
You're not a believer.
00:39:14.43\00:39:16.42
Jesus said, "Seek first
00:39:16.45\00:39:17.82
the kingdom of God
and His righteousness."
00:39:17.85\00:39:20.56
God, Christ must be Lord of all
or else He's not Lord at all.
00:39:20.59\00:39:25.65
So this is a special place
and it's for special people.
00:39:27.51\00:39:33.50
I've told you the story before,
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.79
it comes from Abyssinia.
00:39:37.82\00:39:40.37
Well, that's what is
called, now it's Ethiopia.
00:39:40.40\00:39:44.10
Some of those folks from
those backblocks of Abyssinia
00:39:44.13\00:39:48.11
went to the General
Conference somewhere in America.
00:39:48.14\00:39:52.79
When they got back, do
they have stories to tell?
00:39:52.82\00:39:56.18
They said, "You know,
00:39:56.21\00:39:57.58
the Americans are
not like us in Abyssinia
00:39:57.61\00:40:00.47
because they don't
build one hut by itself,
00:40:00.50\00:40:04.92
they push one hut
up against another hut
00:40:04.95\00:40:07.47
and another hut
next to their hut."
00:40:07.50\00:40:10.20
Now the tribal
elders said because this was
00:40:10.23\00:40:12.51
a Saturday night program
in this Adventist Church.
00:40:12.54\00:40:16.34
They said, "We
can't believe that.
00:40:16.37\00:40:18.30
The Americans
would not be that dump
00:40:18.33\00:40:20.06
because if one
hut caught in fire,
00:40:20.09\00:40:22.42
all the huts
will catch in fire."
00:40:22.45\00:40:24.00
That's why our huts
over there are separate.
00:40:24.03\00:40:27.23
Well, a man got up he said,
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.64
"One of the delegates to
the General Conference said,
00:40:28.67\00:40:30.79
"Well, it's more
than that, my friend."
00:40:30.82\00:40:33.04
He said, "Not only do they stick
00:40:33.07\00:40:34.78
one hut up against the hut,
00:40:34.81\00:40:36.35
they put one hut on top of
a hut and they go up 20 huts."
00:40:36.38\00:40:41.93
Oh, that broke up the meeting.
00:40:43.59\00:40:46.32
The head elder of
that Adventist Church
00:40:46.35\00:40:48.48
got up and he said,
"This is absolutely wrong.
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.42
This is absurd."
00:40:51.45\00:40:52.82
And he said, "It's
against to our logic
00:40:52.85\00:40:54.22
because how would you get
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.70
from the bottom
hut into the top hut?"
00:40:55.73\00:40:58.41
And one of the delegates
got up and he said, "It's easy.
00:40:58.44\00:41:01.29
They've got a little
hut that runs up and down
00:41:01.32\00:41:03.34
and takes you there."
00:41:03.37\00:41:04.74
Let me tell you,
folks, something.
00:41:08.05\00:41:10.09
That church
board passed a motion
00:41:10.12\00:41:12.66
that in future
times when they sent
00:41:12.69\00:41:15.34
delegates to the
General Conference
00:41:15.37\00:41:17.20
they would chose
men who weren't liars.
00:41:17.23\00:41:19.36
What did they
know? What do we know?
00:41:22.10\00:41:25.36
I want you to know this.
00:41:26.84\00:41:29.02
The great God of
eternity can do a few things
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.83
that you and I can't
understand or comprehend.
00:41:31.86\00:41:36.06
Those who trust in Christ.
And this is the best thing.
00:41:36.09\00:41:40.61
Those who trust in Christ
for salvation will meet Jesus.
00:41:40.64\00:41:45.77
Revelation 22:1-5.
00:41:47.11\00:41:50.65
"Then the angel showed me
the river of the water of life,
00:41:50.68\00:41:54.84
as clear as crystal,
00:41:54.87\00:41:57.78
flowing from the
throne of God and of the Lamb
00:41:57.81\00:42:00.11
down the middle of the
great street of the city.
00:42:00.14\00:42:03.57
On each side of the
river stood the tree of life,
00:42:03.60\00:42:05.74
bearing twelve crops of fruit,
00:42:05.77\00:42:07.26
yielding its fruit every month.
00:42:07.29\00:42:08.88
And the leaves of the tree
00:42:08.91\00:42:10.36
are for the
healing of the nations.
00:42:10.39\00:42:13.47
No longer will
there be any curse.
00:42:14.93\00:42:17.25
The throne of God and of
the Lamb will be in the city,
00:42:17.28\00:42:19.86
and his servants will serve him.
00:42:19.89\00:42:21.52
They will see his face,
00:42:21.55\00:42:25.78
and his name will
be on their foreheads.
00:42:25.81\00:42:30.60
There will be no more night.
00:42:30.63\00:42:32.54
They will not need
the light of a lamp
00:42:32.57\00:42:34.82
or the light of the sun,
00:42:34.85\00:42:36.38
for the Lord God
will give them light.
00:42:36.41\00:42:38.39
And they will
reign for ever and ever."
00:42:38.42\00:42:41.50
What will He look like?
00:42:43.45\00:42:46.36
Well, He is
going to be a real man.
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.22
One occasion, His disciples
thought He was a ghost.
00:42:49.51\00:42:52.04
He said, "Handle me and see.
00:42:52.07\00:42:55.40
Spirit doesn't
have flesh and bones,
00:42:56.44\00:42:58.32
you see that I have."
00:42:58.35\00:43:00.21
He said to doubting
Thomas, "Look at my hands,
00:43:00.24\00:43:04.03
see the scars, see the scars,
00:43:04.06\00:43:10.28
give me something to eat."
00:43:10.31\00:43:12.14
He will be a real man.
What will He sound like?
00:43:12.17\00:43:18.34
You see, this is different
to the theology of some church.
00:43:20.60\00:43:23.23
You think we're gonna
be discern body and spirit.
00:43:23.26\00:43:26.47
He said to Mary when she thought
He was the gardener, Mary.
00:43:26.50\00:43:30.93
He will be a real
man with a real voice.
00:43:35.03\00:43:38.50
What will we talk about?
00:43:40.82\00:43:42.60
I'm planning to say thank you.
00:43:45.40\00:43:47.36
And I'll ask Him to tell
me more of the old, old story.
00:43:49.99\00:43:53.20
Then I'm going to ask Him this.
00:43:56.34\00:43:58.46
Your Holy word
told me when I was there
00:43:58.49\00:44:02.53
in Arcadia trying
to preach the word
00:44:02.56\00:44:05.02
and get those
people home to heaven.
00:44:05.05\00:44:07.58
They told me
you are the Creator.
00:44:07.61\00:44:10.37
In the beginning was the word.
00:44:10.40\00:44:12.24
The word was with
God, the word was God.
00:44:12.27\00:44:14.85
All things were made by Him,
00:44:14.88\00:44:16.88
without Him nothing was
made that has been made.
00:44:16.91\00:44:19.54
It was He who made the
galaxies and the stars.
00:44:19.57\00:44:25.28
And I'm going to
say, "Lord, tell me
00:44:25.31\00:44:29.97
what it was like when you made
00:44:30.00\00:44:33.81
an incomprehensible
universe out of nothing.
00:44:33.84\00:44:38.45
How did You feel?
How did You feel?"
00:44:38.48\00:44:43.04
And we'll sit down
for million years into.
00:44:45.04\00:44:49.06
And the good news is this,
00:44:49.09\00:44:50.46
the days of
wonder will never cease.
00:44:50.49\00:44:53.56
I'm going to
read you from a book
00:44:53.59\00:44:55.34
that I brought at
Avondale College 50 years ago.
00:44:55.37\00:44:59.35
Written by a person who
dipped her pen in inspiration.
00:45:03.70\00:45:07.61
The Book Great
Controversy, the last words.
00:45:08.93\00:45:13.30
"None will need
or desire repose.
00:45:14.82\00:45:18.39
There will be no weariness
in doing the will of God
00:45:18.42\00:45:20.64
and offering praise to His name.
00:45:20.67\00:45:24.53
We shall ever feel the
freshness of the morning
00:45:24.56\00:45:29.69
and shall ever be
far from its close."
00:45:29.72\00:45:34.45
There the redeem shall
know even as they are known.
00:45:34.48\00:45:38.65
"The loves and
sympathies which God Himself
00:45:38.68\00:45:40.93
has planted in the
soul shall there find
00:45:40.96\00:45:43.45
truest and sweetest exercise.
00:45:43.48\00:45:46.46
The pure
communion with holy beings,
00:45:46.49\00:45:49.12
the harmonious social
life with the blessed angels
00:45:49.15\00:45:52.54
and with the
faithful ones of all ages,
00:45:52.57\00:45:55.35
who have washed their robes
00:45:55.38\00:45:56.75
and made them white
in the blood of the lamb,
00:45:56.78\00:45:59.78
the sacred ties
that bind together
00:45:59.81\00:46:01.98
the whole family
in heaven and earth.
00:46:02.01\00:46:06.39
These help to constitute
the happiness of the redeemed.
00:46:06.42\00:46:10.93
There, immortal
minds will contemplate with
00:46:10.96\00:46:13.92
never-failing delight the
wonders of creative power,
00:46:13.95\00:46:18.01
the mysteries of redeeming love.
00:46:18.04\00:46:21.30
There will be no
cruel, deceiving foe to tempt
00:46:21.33\00:46:23.51
to forgetfulness of God.
00:46:23.54\00:46:26.39
Every faculty will be developed,
00:46:26.42\00:46:29.61
every capacity increased."
00:46:29.64\00:46:33.34
Wish I could've
written like this.
00:46:33.37\00:46:36.20
"The acquirement of knowledge
will not weary the mind
00:46:36.23\00:46:39.02
or exhaust the energies.
00:46:39.05\00:46:40.87
There the grandest enterprises
may be carried forward."
00:46:40.90\00:46:45.93
What are you gonna do?
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.38
"The loftiest
aspirations reached,
00:46:49.41\00:46:51.79
the highest ambitions realized,
00:46:51.82\00:46:55.27
and still there will
arise new heights to surmount,
00:46:55.30\00:46:58.51
new wonders to admire,
new truths to comprehend,
00:46:58.54\00:47:02.61
fresh objects to call forth
00:47:02.64\00:47:04.40
the powers of
mind and soul and body.
00:47:04.43\00:47:09.76
All the
treasures of the universe
00:47:09.79\00:47:11.50
will be open to the
study of God's redeemed.
00:47:11.53\00:47:15.09
Unfettered by mortality,
00:47:15.12\00:47:18.52
they wing their
tireless flight to worlds afar--
00:47:18.55\00:47:23.98
worlds that thrilled with sorrow
00:47:24.01\00:47:26.84
at the spectacle of human woe
and rang with songs of gladness
00:47:26.87\00:47:31.98
at the tidings
of a ransomed soul.
00:47:32.01\00:47:35.07
With unutterable
delight the children of earth
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.26
enter into the joy and
the wisdom of unfallen beings.
00:47:40.29\00:47:45.06
They share the
treasures of knowledge
00:47:45.09\00:47:46.90
and understanding gained through
00:47:46.93\00:47:49.34
ages upon ages in contemplation
of God's handiwork.
00:47:49.37\00:47:54.99
With undimmed
vision they gaze upon
00:47:55.02\00:47:57.74
the glory of creation--
suns and stars and systems,
00:47:57.77\00:48:01.87
all in their appointed order
circling the throne of Deity.
00:48:01.90\00:48:06.50
Upon all--all things,
from the least to the greatest,
00:48:06.53\00:48:11.87
the Creator's name is written,
00:48:11.90\00:48:14.29
and in all are the
riches of His power displayed."
00:48:14.32\00:48:18.71
Listen.
00:48:20.62\00:48:22.71
"And the years of
eternity, as they roll,
00:48:22.74\00:48:28.73
will bring richer
and still more glorious
00:48:28.76\00:48:31.70
revelations of
God and of Christ.
00:48:31.73\00:48:35.45
As knowledge is progressive,
so will love, reverence,
00:48:35.48\00:48:38.75
and happiness increase.
00:48:38.78\00:48:41.94
The more men learn of
God, the greater will be their
00:48:41.97\00:48:45.45
admiration of His character.
00:48:45.48\00:48:48.72
As Jesus opens before
them the riches of redemption
00:48:50.57\00:48:56.95
and the amazing achievements
00:48:56.98\00:48:58.97
in the great
controversy with Satan,
00:48:59.00\00:49:02.29
the hearts of
the ransomed thrill
00:49:02.32\00:49:04.29
with more fervent devotion,
00:49:04.32\00:49:07.81
and with more rapturous joy
they sweep the harps of gold,
00:49:07.84\00:49:14.64
and ten thousand
times ten thousand
00:49:14.67\00:49:17.75
and thousands of
thousands of voices
00:49:17.78\00:49:20.21
unite to swell the
mighty chorus of praise.
00:49:20.24\00:49:24.33
And every creature which is
in heaven, and on the earth,
00:49:24.36\00:49:27.19
and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea,
00:49:27.22\00:49:30.15
and all that are in them,
heard I saying, 'Blessing,
00:49:30.18\00:49:33.45
and honor, and glory, and power,
00:49:33.48\00:49:36.62
be unto Him that
sitteth upon the throne,
00:49:36.65\00:49:39.24
and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever.'
00:49:39.27\00:49:42.70
The Great Controversy is ended.
00:49:45.32\00:49:48.20
Sin and sinners are no more.
00:49:48.23\00:49:50.49
The entire universe is clean.
00:49:50.52\00:49:53.32
One pulse of
harmony and gladness
00:49:53.35\00:49:55.86
beats through the vast creation.
00:49:55.89\00:49:58.43
From Him who created all,
00:49:59.65\00:50:02.07
flow life and
light and gladness,
00:50:02.10\00:50:05.24
throughout the
realms of illimitable space.
00:50:05.27\00:50:09.88
From the minutest
atom to the greatest world,
00:50:09.91\00:50:13.93
all things,
animate and inanimate,
00:50:13.96\00:50:17.71
in their unshadowed
beauty and perfect joy,
00:50:17.74\00:50:23.31
declare that God is love."
00:50:23.34\00:50:25.71
What will you do to
miss out in that place?
00:50:30.77\00:50:33.15
What would you do to have it?
00:50:35.56\00:50:37.08
Remember, Mr. Rogers?
00:50:38.59\00:50:41.18
We all love Mr. Rogers
here in the United States.
00:50:41.21\00:50:44.36
Not everybody is aware
00:50:44.39\00:50:45.76
that He was a
Minister of the Gospel.
00:50:45.79\00:50:47.44
And he believed in
Christ and sang a song,
00:50:48.44\00:50:54.76
"Will You Be My Neighbor?"
00:50:54.79\00:50:56.65
Anybody taking his jacket off?
00:50:56.68\00:51:00.42
"Will You Be My Neighbor?"
00:51:00.45\00:51:03.39
I ask you, will
you be my neighbor?
00:51:03.42\00:51:07.27
Christ died for you and for me.
00:51:09.78\00:51:13.06
Many of us are
mesmerized by the world
00:51:15.02\00:51:21.43
which is going down to hell.
00:51:21.46\00:51:24.14
I believe in heaven.
00:51:28.31\00:51:33.32
"This I Believe." Amen.
00:51:33.35\00:51:39.71
Shall we pray?
00:51:39.74\00:51:41.33
Now Father, our eyes have caught
00:51:50.06\00:51:55.13
this morning a
glimpse of a bitter world,
00:51:55.16\00:51:59.54
in a different time
in a different place.
00:51:59.57\00:52:03.31
Lord, You know, Your
adversary, the devil,
00:52:03.34\00:52:10.02
as Your book tells us has
blinded the eyes of this world.
00:52:10.05\00:52:14.36
He has blinded the eyes of
so many who come to church,
00:52:15.70\00:52:18.32
even here in Los Angeles.
00:52:18.35\00:52:20.40
Soon as the folks
done their religious duty,
00:52:23.23\00:52:26.18
they want to get
out, get back to shopping,
00:52:26.21\00:52:32.01
watching American
Idol or something else.
00:52:32.04\00:52:34.98
Dear, Father, give
us another opportunity
00:52:37.63\00:52:45.26
and forgive us for our sins,
00:52:45.29\00:52:48.91
because we chose today
we don't want this world,
00:52:48.94\00:52:54.35
but we want heaven,
because that's where Jesus is.
00:52:54.38\00:52:58.39
What a joy it's going to
be when we get to heaven.
00:53:00.03\00:53:03.13
And look up into His face
and look down at His hands
00:53:04.31\00:53:09.09
and see the side
and hear the words,
00:53:09.12\00:53:14.16
it was for
thee, it was for thee.
00:53:14.19\00:53:18.92
I purchased You with my blood
00:53:18.95\00:53:25.46
as we are praying here today
00:53:25.49\00:53:27.61
on our knees in
this beautiful church.
00:53:27.64\00:53:30.77
Remember this, the Bible says,
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.67
"My spirit shall not
always strive with man."
00:53:37.70\00:53:41.22
This maybe the last time
00:53:41.25\00:53:43.26
the Spirit of God
is gonna strive with us
00:53:43.29\00:53:46.11
and some of us are
hardening our hearts,
00:53:46.14\00:53:48.98
we've heard it so often,
but we haven't been changed.
00:53:49.01\00:53:54.48
Lord, give us
another opportunity today.
00:53:54.51\00:53:58.68
As we're praying in
church, how many will say,
00:53:59.99\00:54:03.72
I want to make Christ in heaven,
00:54:03.75\00:54:07.77
the center of my life.
00:54:07.80\00:54:10.25
I want to be committed
to Christ and to heaven.
00:54:10.28\00:54:14.10
Would you raise your hand today,
00:54:15.22\00:54:17.77
if that's your prayer,
that's your commitment?
00:54:17.80\00:54:20.23
Say, I want to be a Christian.
00:54:21.46\00:54:24.58
Lot of people call
themselves Christians
00:54:26.61\00:54:28.44
are not, as you know.
00:54:28.47\00:54:30.84
We're gonna say
today, I want to be a person
00:54:30.87\00:54:35.32
who is committed to Christ and
committed to going to heaven.
00:54:35.35\00:54:40.26
Bless these
upraised hands today.
00:54:40.29\00:54:43.14
Now, Father, do it
for each one of us,
00:54:43.17\00:54:46.44
because nothing else will work,
00:54:46.47\00:54:49.60
but give us a
revelation today of Christ.
00:54:49.63\00:54:55.56
And help us to realize
that we form friendships
00:54:55.59\00:54:59.22
by spending time with
people and may we decide today
00:54:59.25\00:55:05.30
to spend time
with Christ everyday.
00:55:05.33\00:55:09.56
Bless these
precious people here today,
00:55:09.59\00:55:12.20
especially the young people,
00:55:12.23\00:55:15.33
work a miracle for us that we
shall be saved in the kingdom.
00:55:15.36\00:55:20.94
We thank You in
Jesus' name, amen and amen.
00:55:20.97\00:55:27.67
Summer and winter,
00:55:30.16\00:55:34.09
springtime and harvest
00:55:34.12\00:55:39.64
Sun, moon, and stars
00:55:39.67\00:55:43.41
in their courses above
00:55:43.44\00:55:49.38
Join with all nature
00:55:49.41\00:55:54.20
in manifold witness
00:55:54.23\00:55:59.27
To Thy great faithfulness,
00:55:59.30\00:56:04.39
mercy, and love
00:56:04.42\00:56:09.43
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:56:09.46\00:56:14.22
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:56:14.25\00:56:19.23
Morning by
morning new mercies I see
00:56:19.26\00:56:27.23
All I have needed
00:56:29.31\00:56:34.20
Thy hand hath provided
00:56:34.23\00:56:39.76
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:56:39.79\00:56:44.61
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:56:44.64\00:56:49.55
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:56:49.58\00:56:56.88
Lord unto me
00:56:58.52\00:57:06.52
We serve a great God, amen.
00:57:13.46\00:57:15.22
The God is
faithful, God never fails.
00:57:16.00\00:57:19.42
All I have needed
00:57:26.64\00:57:30.98
Thy hand hath provided
00:57:31.01\00:57:36.56
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:57:36.59\00:57:42.85
Lord unto me
00:57:42.88\00:57:49.33
Amen.
00:57:53.49\00:57:54.98