>> FROM ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, "THE CARTER REPORT"
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PRESENTS THE LIVING
WORD AROUND THE WORLD.
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>> HELLO, I'M DAVE
DENO FOR JOHN CARTER
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AND "THE CARTER
REPORT," HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
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TO BE A PART OF THIS MINISTRY,
TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS
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MINISTRY, TO KNOW
THE JOY OF GIVING.
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GOD'S WORD TELLS US THAT IT
IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO
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RECEIVE AND I BELIEVE THAT
IT IS MORE JOYFUL TO GIVE THAN
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TO RECEIVE.
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BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU WILL
KNOW THIS IS TO DO IT YOURSELF,
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TO COME AND JOIN US IN THIS
WONDERFUL MINISTRY OF BRINGING
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THE GOSPEL TO HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS,
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN AREAS AROUND THE WORLD
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THAT PERHAPS YOU AND I
MAY NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO TRAVEL TO.
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THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN
SUPPORT THE PREACHING OF THE
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GOSPEL, THAT YOU CAN
SUPPORT NEW LIVES IN CHRIST.
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NOW WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE WANT
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TO SHOW YOU THAT APPRECIATION
BY SENDING SOMETHING
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BACK TO YOU TO SAY,
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT."
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ONE WOULD BE A
TERRIFIC BOOK THAT IS WRITTEN
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BY JOHN CARTER CALLED
"THE FATE OF THE HEATHEN."
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NOW THIS IS A GREAT BOOK NOT
ONLY FOR YOU TO READ, BUT ALSO
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TO SHARE WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS AND WITH FRIENDS.
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IT'S VERY DIRECT,
VERY TO THE POINT.
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AND THEN ANOTHER BOOK THAT
JOHN'S A LITTLE SHY ABOUT IS
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THE HISTORY OF JOHN
CARTER AND "THE CARTER REPORT."
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YOU CAN SEND YOUR
GIFT TO "THE CARTER REPORT"
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AT P.O. BOX 1900, THOUSAND OAKS,
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CALIFORNIA, 91358.
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IN AUSTRALIA, YOU CAN SEND
IT TO TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES,
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AND THE BOX IS ON THE SCREEN.
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I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE
A PART OF THIS MINISTRY.
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WRITE TO US, AGAIN, AT
THE CARTER REPORT, BOX 1900,
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THOUSAND OAKS,
CALIFORNIA, 91358.
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AND IN AUSTRALIA, AT
TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES.
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AGAIN, THE BOX
NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN.
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THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY.
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>> NOW TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
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SOIL, STARTING WITH BAD SOIL
AND GOING DOWN TO GOOD SOIL.
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THE QUESTION IS: CAN
BAD DIRT BECOME GOOD SOIL?
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THAT'S THE TOPIC TODAY.
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WITH ME IS HEATHER HENRY AND
SHE'S GONNA SING FOR US TODAY.
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HEATHER IS A WONDERFUL
PERSON WITH A WONDERFUL TALENT.
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AND WHENEVER SHE COMES TO OUR
CHURCH, WHEN SHE COMES IN SHE'S
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LIKE A LIGHT BULB THAT GOES ON.
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HEATHER, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
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>> I LIVE IN
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA.
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>> AND WHERE'S FONTANA?
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>> IT IS RIGHT NEAR
ONTARIO, IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE
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THE ONTARIO AIRPORT IS
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN SINGING GOSPEL SONGS?
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>> I HAVE LOVED TO SING SINCE I
WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND I STARTED
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TAKING VOICE LESSONS AT THE
AGE OF 13 AND CHRISTIAN MUSIC
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PROBABLY SINCE
ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD.
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>> YOU HAVE A FAMILY.
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I SEE YOUR CHILDREN
SOMETIMES COME WITH YOU.
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>> YES.
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I HAVE A HUSBAND OF 15
YEARS AND 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN,
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13, 11, AND 9.
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>> CAN YOU TELL US--BECAUSE THE
GOSPEL MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU,
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IT'S EXPRESSED IN THE WAY
YOU SING, IN THE WAY YOU LOOK,
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EXPRESSED IN YOUR FACE,
HOW DID YOU GET TO KNOW JESUS
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AS YOUR SAVIOR?
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>> WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, MY
MOM TOOK ME TO A PRAYER MEETING
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AND THEY ASKED ME THERE
IF I WANTED TO ACCEPT JESUS
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AS MY SAVIOR.
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AND I SAID YES AND
THEY PRAYED WITH ME.
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AND AFTER THAT, WHEN I STARTED
READING THE BIBLE, THAT'S
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REALLY WHEN I
STARTED TO GROW IN THE LORD.
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SO ACCEPTING HIM WAS THE FIRST
STEP, BUT READING HIS WORD WAS
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REALLY THE STEP THAT HELPED
ME TO GROW AND BECOME A STRONG
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CHRISTIAN.
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>> DO YOU STILL READ THE WORD?
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>> EVERY DAY.
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>> YOU READ
YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY?
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>> YES.
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>> AND YOU CAN
SEE IT IN YOUR FACE.
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>> AMEN.
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>> THAT'S WHAT THE SERMON IS
GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, TURNING
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BAD DIRT INTO GOOD SOIL.
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WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT MATTHEW 13.
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO SING FOR US NOW?
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>> I'M GONNA SING A SONG
CALLED "WITH ALL MY HEART,
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WITH ALL I AM."
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AND IT TALKS ABOUT JUST
GIVING GOD ALL THAT WE ARE.
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>> WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US TODAY AND MICHELLE, SO
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WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM AND WE
LOVE YOU AND GOD LOVES YOU AND
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THANK YOU FOR COMING.
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GOD BLESS YOU, HEATHER.
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THANK YOU.
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[MUSIC]
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? INTO YOUR HANDS
? ? I COMMIT AGAIN ?
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? WITH ALL I AM
? ? FOR YOU, LORD ?
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? YOU HOLD MY WORLD ? ?
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ?
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? AND I AM YOURS FOREVER ?
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? AND JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU
? ? AND JESUS, I BELONG TO YOU ?
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? YOU'RE THE
REASON ? ? THAT I LIVE ?
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? THE REASON THAT I
SING ? ? WITH ALL I AM ?
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? I WALK WITH YOU
? ? WHEREVER YOU GO ?
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? THROUGH TEARS AND JOY
? ? I WILL TRUST IN YOU ?
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? AND I WILL LIVE IN
ALL ? ? OF YOUR WAYS ?
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? YOUR PROMISES, FOREVER ?
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? AND JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU
? ? AND JESUS, I BELONG TO YOU ?
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? YOU'RE THE
REASON ? ? THAT I LIVE ?
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? THE REASON THAT I
SING ? ? WITH ALL I AM ?
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? I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IN
YOU ? ? WITH ALL THAT I AM ?
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? WITH ALL THAT IS
WITHIN ME ? ? I WILL WORSHIP ?
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? I WILL WORSHIP
YOU ? ? I WILL WORSHIP ?
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? I WILL WORSHIP
YOU ? ? I WILL WORSHIP ?
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? I WILL WORSHIP
YOU ? ? 'CAUSE JESUS ?
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? I BELIEVE IN YOU ? ?
AND JESUS, I BELONG TO YOU ?
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? YOU'RE THE
REASON ? ? THAT I LIVE ?
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? THE REASON THAT I SING ?
? JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU ?
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? AND JESUS, I BELONG TO
YOU ? ? YOU'RE THE REASON ?
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? THAT I LIVE ? ?
THE REASON THAT I SING ?
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? WITH ALL I AM ??
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[CONGREGATION
APPLAUDING] >> AMEN.
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THANK YOU.
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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TODAY
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AT "THE CARTER
REPORT" AND THIS GREAT CHURCH.
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THIS IS STEVE SAUZA,
WHO IS THE LEADING ELDER
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OF THIS CONGREGATION.
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STEVE AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS
FOR YEARS AND WE'RE--AND HE'S
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COMING WITH US TO THE GREAT
LAND OF SOUTH AFRICA IN JUST
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A FEW WEEKS' TIME.
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STEVE, WELCOME TO OUR MINISTRY.
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WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH.
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FOR HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN A BELIEVER IN CHRIST?
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>> WELL THANK GOD, ALL MY
LIVE, THANKS TO MY MOM, MY DAD,
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MY GRANDMOTHER.
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THEY RAISED ME IN
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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>> YOU WERE BLESSED.
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SO YOUR MUM AND DAD WERE
BELIEVERS, YOUR GRANDMOTHER
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WERE BELIEVERS.
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HOW DID THEY INTRODUCE
YOU TO CHRIST AND THE BIBLE?
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>> WELL, VERY EARLY.
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THEY TOOK ME TO SABBATH SCHOOL.
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THEY--MY DAD ALWAYS MADE
SURE I WENT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
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AND THEN AT HOME, MY
GRANDMOTHER, I WOULD ALWAYS
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SEE HER PRAYING
AND READING HER BIBLE.
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>> YOU SAW YOUR GRANDMOTHER
PRAYING, READING HER BIBLE.
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GLORY.
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LOS ANGELES IS
GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
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AMERICA IS GOING
THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
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UNEMPLOYMENT IS WORST IT'S
BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, A LIFETIME.
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POSSIBLY IN THIS AREA AROUND
OUR CHURCH, UNEMPLOYMENT IS
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12%, 13%, 14%, 15%.
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HOW ARE YOU DOING
AS A BUSINESSPERSON?
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>> WELL, THANK GOD I'M
SURVIVING, BUT IT'S STILL
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A DIFFICULT ECONOMY TO WORK IN.
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>> WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
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>> I'M AN ACCOUNTANT.
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CURRENTLY, I'M THE
CONTROLLER OF A COMPANY.
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>> NOW YOU TOLD ME THINGS HAVE
NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR YOU
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BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT IT IS TO BE LAID OFF.
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>> YES, I'VE BEEN
LAID OFF FIVE TIMES.
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>> FIVE TIMES.
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SOMEBODY UP AT THE BACK
OF THE CHURCH SAID, "WHY?"
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WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE
AN INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION.
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TIMES GET TOUGH.
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WHEN YOU'VE BEEN LAID OFF,
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR THOUGHTS?
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>> WELL, IT'S EASY TO GET
DISCOURAGED 'CAUSE YOU THINK,
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"WELL, NOBODY NEEDS YOU.
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YOU'RE WORTHLESS."
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BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO TEND TO THE
POSITIVE AND WHAT I MADE SURE
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IS I HAD MY DEVOTIONAL TIME
EVERY MORNING SO THAT I WON'T
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GET NEGATIVE.
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AND SO I KEPT MYSELF BUSY.
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I WOULD READ A BOOK, THE
GOOD BOOKS, CHRISTIAN BOOKS, AND
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THEN I TOOK A CLASS ONLINE,
JUST TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE
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AND READY FOR
THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT.
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>> AND STEVE,
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
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YOU'RE A POSITIVE PERSON.
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YOU THINK POSITIVELY.
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YOU READ YOUR BIBLE.
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YOU'RE A DYNAMIC CHRISTIAN
LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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YOU'RE COMING WITH US TO AFRICA
AND ALL OF US THANK GOD FOR
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STEVE SAUZA, HIS WIFE MARIA,
AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
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HAPPY SABBATH, STEVEN.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
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>> THANK YOU.
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HAPPY SABBATH.
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>> GOD BLESS YOU.
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[APPLAUDING]
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>> ONE OF THE GREAT REFORMERS
WAS A MAN BY THE NAME OF
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JOHN CALVIN, WHO
TAUGHT MANY, MANY GOOD IDEAS.
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I DON'T THINK HIS IDEA AS HE
EXPRESSED IT ON PREDESTINATION
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WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
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HE BECAME THE FOLLOWER OF
MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
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HE TAUGHT THAT BEFORE
TIME AND ETERNITY, GOD ORDAINED
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OR PREDESTINED THOSE WHO
WERE GOING TO BE SAVED AND THOSE
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WHO WERE GOING TO BE LOST.
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THEREFORE, IF YOU BELONGED TO
THE ELECT, YOU WOULD BE SAVED.
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BUT IF YOU DID NOT BELONG
TO THE ELECT, WHATEVER YOU DID,
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YOU WOULD BE DAMNED
AND BURNED FOR ALL ETERNITY
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IN A WHITE-HOT FURNACE.
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IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAID BAD
DIRT WILL ALWAYS BE BAD DIRT.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
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THE TOPIC IS IS IT POSSIBLE
FOR HARD, PACKED DOWN DIRT TO
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BECOME GOOD, FERTILE SOIL?
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CALVIN SAID AND MILLIONS
SAY, "NO, YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE."
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CAN BAD DIRT BECOME GOOD SOIL?
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THAT'S THE TOPIC.
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CAN BAD DIRT BECOME GOOD SOIL?
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MY TEXT IS FOUND IN MATTHEW 13.
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MATTHEW 13:1-9 AND
PLEASE TURN TO THE TEXT.
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MATTHEW 13:1-9.
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I WANT TO SEND A GREETING TO
MY FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD, MY
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FRIENDS ESPECIALLY AT
AVONDALE COLLEGE, DR. TOM
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AND PAM LUDOWICI,
ALL OF YOU OVER THERE.
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I WANT TO SEND GREETINGS
TO MY FRIENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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ALSO MY FRIENDS IN INDIA.
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NOW THE REST OF YOU
HERE, I SEND YOU GREETINGS TOO.
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MATTHEW 13:1 AND ONWARDS.
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"THAT SAME DAY JESUS
WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SAT
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BY THE LAKE.
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SUCH LARGE CROWDS GATHERED
AROUND HIM THAT HE GOT INTO
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A BOAT AND SAT IN IT, WHILE ALL
THE PEOPLE STOOD ON THE SHORE.
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THEN HE TOLD THEM MANY THINGS
IN PARABLES, SAYING, 'A FARMER
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WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED.
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AS HE WAS SCATTERING THE SEED,
SOME FELL ALONG THE PATH, AND
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THE BIRDS CAME AND ATE IT UP.
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SOME FELL ON ROCKY
PLACES, WHERE IT DID NOT HAVE
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MUCH SOIL.
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IT SPRANG UP QUICKLY,
BECAUSE THE SOIL--" WAS WHAT?
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"SHALLOW.
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BUT WHEN THE SUN CAME
UP, THE PLANTS WERE SCORCHED,
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AND THEY WITHERED
BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ROOT.
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OTHER SEED FELL AMONG
THORNS, WHICH GREW UP AND CHOKED
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THE PLANTS.
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STILL OTHER SEED FELL ON GOOD
SOIL, WHERE IT PRODUCED A CROP,
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A HUNDRED, SIXTY, OR
THIRTY TIMES WHAT WAS SOWN.
00:15:45.50\00:15:51.76
HE WHO HAS EARS, LET HIM HEAR.'"
OR AS THE KING JAMES VERSION
00:15:51.76\00:15:58.10
SAYS, "HE WHO HAS EARS
TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR."
00:15:58.10\00:16:08.03
AND THUS I SAY TO YOU TODAY
IN THIS CHURCH AND TO THE VAST
00:16:08.03\00:16:12.23
TELEVISION AUDIENCE, HE WHO
HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
00:16:12.23\00:16:21.13
HERE WE HAVE FOUR CLASSES OF
HEARERS AND I'M GOING TO GO TO
00:16:21.13\00:16:27.13
THE BLACKBOARD AND I'M
GOING TO WRITE ON THE BLACKBOARD
00:16:27.13\00:16:32.80
FOUR CLASSES OF HEARERS.
00:16:32.80\00:16:36.56
WE READY FOR THIS?
00:16:36.56\00:16:39.83
THOSE ALONG THE PATH, WHERE
THE DIRT HAS BEEN TRAMPLED DOWN,
00:16:39.83\00:16:47.50
ALONG THE PATH, THESE ARE
PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE,
00:16:47.50\00:16:54.66
WHO ARE HARD.
00:16:54.66\00:16:58.13
ALONG THE PATH, THEY
HAVE BEEN BEATEN DOWN.
00:16:58.13\00:17:08.46
THE SECOND CLASS THAT JESUS
SPOKE ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW THIS
00:17:08.46\00:17:12.70
AS WELL AS I DO, JESUS SPOKE
ABOUT SHALLOW SOIL BECAUSE IT'S
00:17:12.70\00:17:20.63
GOT LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF
ROCKS, SO IT IS SHALLOW BECAUSE
00:17:20.63\00:17:31.10
OF THE ROCKS.
00:17:31.10\00:17:33.90
AND THEN, THIRDLY, MY DEAR
FRIEND, YOU HAVE THE SOIL THAT
00:17:33.90\00:17:40.26
IS FILLED WITH THORNS.
00:17:40.26\00:17:45.46
AH, WHAT DOES THIS
REPRESENT, I WONDER?
00:17:45.46\00:17:49.66
BUT SOIL THAT IS
FILLED WITH THORNS.
00:17:49.66\00:17:52.93
AND NUMBER FOUR, YOU
HAVE RICH, DEEP, FERTILE SOIL.
00:17:52.93\00:17:59.16
SO WE'RE GOING TO
WRITE HERE GOOD, GOOD SOIL.
00:17:59.16\00:18:06.56
AND THE QUESTION WE ARE GOING
TO EXPLORE TODAY AS WE MOVE
00:18:06.56\00:18:10.26
THROUGH THE HOLY
SCRIPTURES, IS SIMPLY THIS.
00:18:10.26\00:18:14.06
CAN BAD SOIL BECOME GOOD
SOIL OR SHOULD WE GIVE UP
00:18:14.06\00:18:21.56
ON BAD SOIL?
00:18:21.56\00:18:23.76
AND CAN THORNY
SOIL BECOME GOOD SOIL?
00:18:23.76\00:18:28.16
AND CAN SHALLOW SOIL
SOMEHOW GET SOME BODY TO IT?
00:18:28.16\00:18:35.73
WE SHALL DISCUSS
THIS AS WE GO ALONG.
00:18:35.73\00:18:39.36
NOW I WANT TO REMIND YOU AT
THIS STAGE OF THE LITTLE THING,
00:18:39.36\00:18:44.93
THE FEW WORDS I
REMINDED YOU OF SOME TIME AGO.
00:18:44.93\00:18:50.46
LISTEN, THE
CAT, WHAT DOES HE DO?
00:18:50.46\00:18:54.90
REMEMBER THE CAT?
00:18:54.90\00:18:57.10
THE CAT LOOKS AT THE KING.
00:18:57.10\00:19:01.56
BUT DOES THE CAT SEE THE KING?
00:19:01.56\00:19:04.20
NO, HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHETHER HE'S A KING OR NOT.
00:19:04.20\00:19:07.90
THE CAT LOOKS AT THE KING,
BUT THE CAT DOESN'T--HE LOOKS,
00:19:07.90\00:19:14.50
BUT HE DOESN'T SEE.
00:19:14.50\00:19:16.56
THE CAT CAN LOOK, BUT
HE DOESN'T HAVE INSIGHT.
00:19:16.56\00:19:23.86
SO WE NEED TO PRAY TODAY THAT
THE LORD WILL HELP US NOT ONLY
00:19:23.86\00:19:30.16
TO LOOK, BUT TO SEE AS WE
PURSUE THE QUESTION, CAN BAD
00:19:30.16\00:19:37.53
SOIL BECOME GOOD SOIL?
00:19:37.53\00:19:40.60
WOULD YOU PLEASE
NOTICE MATTHEW 13:15-16.
00:19:40.60\00:19:46.66
MATTHEW 13:15-16, JESUS SAID,
"FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART HAS
00:19:46.66\00:19:52.66
BECOME CALLOUSED."
00:19:52.66\00:19:54.00
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, CALLOUSED?
00:19:54.00\00:19:55.96
HARD.
00:19:55.96\00:19:58.10
"THEY HARDLY HEAR WITH
THEIR EARS, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED
00:19:58.10\00:20:01.40
THEIR EYES.
00:20:01.40\00:20:02.96
OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE
WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR
00:20:02.96\00:20:08.30
EARS, UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR
HEARTS AND TURN, AND I WILL
00:20:08.30\00:20:14.93
HEAL THEM.
00:20:14.93\00:20:16.20
BUT BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES
BECAUSE THEY SEE, AND YOUR EARS
00:20:16.20\00:20:22.06
BECAUSE THEY HEAR."
00:20:22.06\00:20:28.00
YOU CAN SEE, BUT NOT SEE.
00:20:28.00\00:20:32.46
AND YOU CAN HEAR AND NOT HEAR,
AS WE SHALL DISCOVER WHEN WE
00:20:32.46\00:20:39.50
DISCUSS THE FOUR
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEARERS.
00:20:39.50\00:20:44.00
WOULD YOU PLEASE NOTICE
MATTHEW 13:18 AND ONWARDS
00:20:44.00\00:20:49.43
AND OUR BLESSED LORD
TELLS US WHAT IT MEANS.
00:20:49.43\00:20:52.26
PLEASE NOTICE IT
IN THE HOLY WORD.
00:20:52.26\00:20:56.40
"LISTEN THEN TO WHAT THE
PARABLE OF THE SOWER MEANS.
00:20:56.40\00:21:00.76
WHEN ANYONE HEARS THE MESSAGE
ABOUT THE KINGDOM AND DOES NOT
00:21:00.76\00:21:05.60
UNDERSTAND IT, THE EVIL ONE
COMES AND SNATCHES AWAY WHAT
00:21:05.60\00:21:11.93
WAS SOWN IN HIS HEART.
00:21:11.93\00:21:15.86
THIS IS THE SEED
SOWN ALONG THE PATH."
00:21:15.86\00:21:20.43
SO I COME OVER
HERE TO THIS BLACKBOARD.
00:21:20.43\00:21:24.53
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE PEOPLE
HERE WITHOUT SPIRITUAL--WITHOUT
00:21:24.53\00:21:32.70
SPIRITUAL
PERCEPTION OR UNDERSTANDING.
00:21:32.70\00:21:40.40
SO WHEN THE WORD IS PREACHED
ON TELEVISION OR IN CHURCH, IT
00:21:40.40\00:21:46.53
DOESN'T GO IN BECAUSE
THEIR HEARTS ARE HARD.
00:21:46.53\00:21:50.80
THEY LACK SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION.
00:21:50.80\00:21:57.63
YOU SEE, THEY LOOK AT THE KING,
BUT THEY DON'T SEE THE KING
00:21:57.63\00:22:05.93
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION.
00:22:05.93\00:22:12.70
NOW IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT IN
THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH THERE ARE
00:22:12.70\00:22:17.80
PEOPLE SITTING HERE TODAY WHO
HAVE NO SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION,
00:22:17.80\00:22:24.26
NO UNDERSTANDING.
00:22:24.26\00:22:25.96
NOW NOTICE VERSE 20 AND
21, WHERE JESUS GOES ON.
00:22:25.96\00:22:30.70
HE SAYS, VERSE 20 AND 21, "THE
ONE WHO RECEIVED THE SEED THAT
00:22:30.70\00:22:35.46
FELL ON ROCKY PLACES IS THE MAN
WHO HEARS THE WORD AND AT ONCE
00:22:35.46\00:22:43.26
RECEIVES IT WITH JOY.
00:22:43.26\00:22:48.33
BUT SINCE HE HAS NO ROOT,
HE LASTS ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.
00:22:48.33\00:22:55.33
WHEN TROUBLE OR PERSECUTION
COMES BECAUSE OF THE WORD,
00:22:55.33\00:22:59.76
HE QUICKLY FALLS AWAY."
00:22:59.76\00:23:04.63
THIS IS THE
SECOND TYPE OF HEARER.
00:23:04.63\00:23:08.63
THE SECOND TYPE OF HEARER,
THE PERSON WHO SITS IN CHURCH
00:23:08.63\00:23:13.73
OR WHO'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE
CHURCH, BUT IT DOESN'T ENDURE.
00:23:13.73\00:23:19.00
JESUS SAID THIS
PERSON IS A SHALLOW PERSON.
00:23:19.00\00:23:24.83
HE IS A SUPERFICIAL PERSON, BUT
THE BIBLE TELLS ME HE RECEIVES
00:23:24.83\00:23:32.10
THE WORD OF GOD WITH JOY.
00:23:32.10\00:23:36.50
AND SO HE COMES TO A
GREAT EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN,
00:23:36.50\00:23:40.83
AND WHEN HE HEARS
IT, HE SAYS, "HALLELUJAH!
00:23:40.83\00:23:43.56
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR THIS ALL OF MY LIFE.
00:23:43.56\00:23:46.36
PRAISE GOD."
00:23:46.36\00:23:48.03
AND HE IS QUICKLY BAPTIZED
AND THE BELIEVERS REJOICE.
00:23:48.03\00:23:55.23
BUT WHEN THE SUN COMES
UP, WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM?
00:23:55.23\00:24:01.33
AH-HA.
00:24:01.33\00:24:03.33
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
00:24:10.06\00:24:14.30
BECAUSE THE SOIL IS SHALLOW,
IT DOESN'T HOLD THE WATER AND HE
00:24:14.30\00:24:23.80
DOESN'T LAST FOR A LONG TIME.
00:24:23.80\00:24:28.80
THE QUESTION IS,
CAN THIS BECOME THIS?
00:24:31.06\00:24:39.33
I SEE SOME OF YOU
SAYING, "NO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE."
00:24:40.86\00:24:45.90
BUT REMEMBER, THE FAITH THAT
WE BELIEVE TALKS ABOUT MIRACLES
00:24:45.90\00:24:53.30
AND RESURRECTIONS.
00:24:53.30\00:24:56.70
SO THIS IS THE SUPERFICIAL
PERSON, WHO IS QUITE BUBBLY
00:24:57.63\00:25:04.20
AND HAPPY, BUT SOMEBODY IN
THE CHURCH SAYS TO HIM, "X-Y-Z,"
00:25:04.20\00:25:12.73
AND HE SAYS, OR SHE
SAYS, "I WON'T BE BACK AGAIN."
00:25:12.73\00:25:18.30
HAVE YOU MET THEM?
00:25:18.30\00:25:20.26
OR, "I DIDN'T GET
INVITED TO LUNCHEON.
00:25:20.26\00:25:24.83
THEY HAD A LUNCHEON WITHOUT ME."
00:25:24.83\00:25:29.23
NOT EVEN TROUBLE OR PERSECUTION.
00:25:31.13\00:25:36.40
SO THIS IS THE SHALLOW,
JOYFUL PERSON, SUPERFICIAL.
00:25:37.50\00:25:44.93
NOW LOOK AT VERSE 22.
00:25:44.93\00:25:46.36
JESUS GOES ON.
00:25:46.36\00:25:47.90
"THE ONE WHO RECEIVED THE SEED
THAT FELL AMONG THE THORNS IS
00:25:47.90\00:25:51.36
THE MAN WHO HEARS THE WORD."
00:25:51.36\00:25:54.00
THAT'S EVERYBODY SITTING
HERE TODAY, INCLUDING ME.
00:25:54.00\00:25:58.40
"WHO HEARS THE WORD, BUT
THE WORRIES OF THIS LIFE AND THE
00:25:58.40\00:26:03.23
DECEITFULNESS OF WEALTH
CHOKE IT, MAKING IT UNFRUITFUL."
00:26:03.23\00:26:11.60
THESE PEOPLE, NOT BAD PEOPLE.
00:26:12.70\00:26:16.76
THEY DO HAVE
SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING.
00:26:16.76\00:26:20.13
THEY ARE NOT SHALLOW
PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED
00:26:20.13\00:26:27.43
PEOPLE.
00:26:27.43\00:26:28.96
THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD.
00:26:28.96\00:26:36.80
AND WITHOUT GETTING TOO CLOSE
TO ANYBODY HERE, THEY SPEND
00:26:36.80\00:26:41.83
MUCH MORE TIME WATCHING
TELEVISION THAN THEY DO READING
00:26:41.83\00:26:47.06
THEIR BIBLES.
00:26:47.06\00:26:50.16
THE THORNS CHOKE THE WORD.
00:26:50.16\00:26:56.06
"HOW ON EARTH AM I
GOING TO MAKE A LIVING?"
00:26:56.06\00:26:59.16
THEY SAY.
00:26:59.16\00:27:01.03
AND THEREFORE, THEY STOP
KEEPING THE SABBATH FOR A START
00:27:01.03\00:27:06.93
AND THEY STOP
READING THEIR BIBLES.
00:27:06.93\00:27:09.76
THEY ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE.
00:27:09.76\00:27:11.93
THEY ARE VERY, VERY BUSY PEOPLE.
00:27:11.93\00:27:19.56
BUT THE THORNS CHOKE THE WORD.
00:27:19.56\00:27:24.33
NOW, WITHOUT A MIRACLE, EACH
OF THESE THREE CLASSES IS LOST.
00:27:24.33\00:27:32.66
CALVIN WAS RIGHT.
00:27:32.66\00:27:34.80
THEY ARE LOST.
00:27:34.80\00:27:37.73
EACH OF THESE THREE CLASSES,
THAT'S THREE OUT OF FOUR WHO
00:27:37.73\00:27:42.66
HEAR THE WORD, AND WE WOULD NOT
PRESS THAT, BUT EACH OF THESE
00:27:42.66\00:27:50.66
THREE CLASSES, IF THEY SHOULD
DIE OR IF THE LORD SHOULD COME,
00:27:50.66\00:27:56.96
THEY WOULD BE LOST,
GOOD PEOPLE THOUGH THEY BE.
00:27:56.96\00:28:05.43
NOW NOTICE THE FOURTH CLASS.
00:28:05.43\00:28:08.53
WOULD YOU PLEASE?
00:28:08.53\00:28:10.83
PLEASE, THE FOURTH CLASS.
00:28:10.83\00:28:14.93
SHALL WE READ VERSE 22?
00:28:14.93\00:28:18.43
NO, VERSE 23.
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.76
"BUT THE ONE WHO RECEIVED
THE SEED THAT FELL ON GOOD SOIL
00:28:20.76\00:28:26.40
IS THE MAN WHO HEARS THE
WORD AND UNDERSTANDS IT."
00:28:26.40\00:28:32.30
THEREFORE, THERE ARE STEPS.
00:28:32.30\00:28:33.50
YOU MUST HEAR THE WORD.
00:28:33.50\00:28:35.10
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IT.
00:28:35.10\00:28:37.60
"HE PRODUCES A CROP,
YIELDING A HUNDRED, SIXTY
00:28:37.60\00:28:42.10
OR THIRTY TIMES WHAT WAS SOWN."
00:28:42.10\00:28:46.73
SO HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER
CLASS OF CHRISTIANS BECAUSE ALL
00:28:46.73\00:28:54.30
OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD
CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS.
00:28:54.30\00:28:57.20
THIS PERSON IS
A FRUITFUL PERSON.
00:28:57.20\00:29:03.60
AND IN SPITE OF PERSECUTION AND
IN SPITE OF A RECESSION AND IN
00:29:03.60\00:29:11.16
SPITE OF A THREATENED MORTGAGE,
THE ROOTS HAVE GONE DOWN
00:29:11.16\00:29:18.13
SO DEEP THAT IT
PRODUCES A MARVELOUS HARVEST.
00:29:18.13\00:29:27.16
THIS IS PRODUCED.
00:29:27.16\00:29:30.50
THIS IS PRODUCED.
00:29:30.50\00:29:34.40
AND I MUST ASK YOU THE
QUESTION, AS I ASK MYSELF--
00:29:36.60\00:29:46.83
REMEMBER, THE CAT
LOOKS AT THE KING.
00:29:48.03\00:29:50.86
CAT DOESN'T SEE THE KING.
00:29:50.86\00:29:53.53
ARE YOU LOOKING
TODAY OR ARE YOU SEEING?
00:29:53.53\00:29:57.96
OR ARE YOUR EARS CLOSED?
00:29:57.96\00:30:02.56
ARE YOUR EYES BLINDED?
00:30:02.56\00:30:07.73
ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION.
00:30:07.73\00:30:09.43
NOW SOMEONE SAID TO ME THE
OTHER DAY, ONE OF THE ELDERS OF
00:30:09.43\00:30:13.33
THE CHURCH, SHE SAID TO ME,
"WHEN YOU PREACH THESE SERMONS,
00:30:13.33\00:30:17.83
NOBODY THINKS IT
APPLIES TO THEM."
00:30:17.83\00:30:23.46
I SAID I'VE--SHE SAID, "NO.
00:30:23.46\00:30:26.60
THEY SAY, 'THIS APPLIES TO
SOMEBODY ELSE, NOT TO ME.'"
00:30:26.60\00:30:36.16
BUT IT DOES APPLY TO US.
00:30:36.16\00:30:38.73
THEREFORE, I SHOULD HAVE
THE COURAGE TO ASK MYSELF
00:30:38.73\00:30:43.50
THE QUESTION.
00:30:43.50\00:30:45.33
AM I A PERSON SITTING
HERE TODAY WITH NO SPIRITUAL
00:30:45.33\00:30:48.53
PERCEPTION?
00:30:48.53\00:30:50.66
AM I A SHALLOW PERSON?
00:30:50.66\00:30:52.73
THE BIBLE SAYS
SHALLOW AND JOYFUL.
00:30:52.73\00:30:56.86
WE THINK OF A JOYFUL PERSON AS
BEING A SAVED PERSON, BUT THIS
00:30:56.86\00:31:00.20
IS A SHALLOW PERSON, BUT
JOYFULLY RECEIVING THE WORD.
00:31:00.20\00:31:05.66
THIS PERSON IS PREOCCUPIED.
00:31:05.66\00:31:09.83
VERY BUSY PERSON.
00:31:09.83\00:31:12.63
VERY BUSY PERSON.
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.73
AND THE FOURTH
PERSON IS A FRUITFUL PERSON.
00:31:15.73\00:31:21.53
NOW BEFORE WE CONSIDER THESE
FOUR KINDS OF PEOPLE IN GREATER
00:31:21.53\00:31:26.96
DETAIL, WE MUST TURN
OUR ATTENTION TO THE SEED.
00:31:26.96\00:31:33.30
WHAT, I WONDER, IS THE SEED?
00:31:33.30\00:31:38.56
SOWER GOES FORTH TO SOW.
00:31:38.56\00:31:40.46
AS HE GOES, AS THEY DID
IN THE OLD DAYS, HE HAD SEED
00:31:40.46\00:31:44.06
AND HE FLUNG IT AROUND.
00:31:44.06\00:31:46.26
WHAT ON EARTH OR IN
THE EARTH IS THE SEED?
00:31:46.26\00:31:50.93
LOOK AT MATTHEW 13:19.
00:31:50.93\00:31:56.00
MATTHEW 13:19.
00:31:56.00\00:31:58.76
"WHEN ANYONE HEARS THE MESSAGE
ABOUT THE KINGDOM AND DOES NOT
00:31:58.76\00:32:03.56
UNDERSTAND IT," AND SO FORTH.
00:32:03.56\00:32:05.23
THE SEED IS THE MESSAGE
ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
00:32:05.23\00:32:14.03
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
00:32:14.03\00:32:15.96
THE SEED REPRESENTS THE MESSAGE.
00:32:15.96\00:32:19.70
TODAY, AS A REPRESENTATIVE
OF CHRIST, I'M SOWING SOME SEED.
00:32:19.70\00:32:28.66
HE WHO HAS EARS TO
HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
00:32:28.66\00:32:35.13
THE SEED IS THE
MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:32:35.13\00:32:39.66
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OVER HERE
TO 1 PETER 1:23 AND ONWARDS,
00:32:39.66\00:32:44.90
MY DEAR FRIENDS?
00:32:44.90\00:32:47.03
1 PETER 1:23 AND ONWARDS.
00:32:47.03\00:32:54.30
1 PETER 1:23 IN THE HOLY BIBLE.
00:32:54.30\00:33:02.13
PETER SAYS, "FOR YOU HAVE
BEEN BORN AGAIN--" NOT OF WHAT?
00:33:02.13\00:33:07.56
SAY IT.
00:33:07.56\00:33:09.06
"NOT OF PERISHABLE
SEED--" BUT OF WHAT?
00:33:09.06\00:33:11.63
"IMPERISHABLE, THROUGH
THE LIVING AND ENDURING WORD
00:33:11.63\00:33:16.06
OF GOD.
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.53
FOR, 'ALL MEN ARE LIKE GRASS,
AND THEIR GLORY IS LIKE THE
00:33:17.53\00:33:22.33
FLOWERS OF THE FIELD; THE GRASS
WITHERS AND THE FLOWERS FALL,
00:33:22.33\00:33:30.03
BUT THE WORD OF THE
LORD STANDS FOREVER.'
00:33:30.03\00:33:34.00
AND THIS IS THE WORD
THAT WAS PREACHED TO YOU."
00:33:34.00\00:33:40.06
THE WORD OF GOD IS
LIKENED UNTO THE SEED.
00:33:40.06\00:33:48.00
IT IS A SEED THAT IS
UNLIKE ANY OTHER SEED.
00:33:48.73\00:33:53.60
NOW I'M GOING TO DO
SOMETHING VERY RISKY.
00:33:53.60\00:34:00.26
HERE I'M GOING TO TRY TO SAY IT.
00:34:00.26\00:34:05.06
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
00:34:05.90\00:34:10.06
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
00:34:12.10\00:34:13.63
WAS THAT BETTER?
00:34:13.63\00:34:15.90
THAT IS A WORD I CAN'T SAY.
00:34:15.90\00:34:18.86
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
00:34:18.86\00:34:20.16
DID I SAY IT?
00:34:20.16\00:34:21.50
I'M LIKE THE MAN WHO WENT
TO A MAN LIKE DR. BURT ROGER,
00:34:21.50\00:34:25.23
WHO WAS A WONDERFUL
DOCTOR AND A PSYCHIATRIST, BURT.
00:34:25.23\00:34:29.30
AND THE MAN CAME ALONG AND
THE PSYCHIATRIST SAID, "WHAT IS
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.36
YOUR PROBLEM, MY GOOD MAN?"
00:34:32.36\00:34:33.63
HE SAID, "I CANNOT SPEAK."
00:34:33.63\00:34:36.86
BUT THE PSYCHIATRIST
SAID, "BUT YOU ARE SPEAKING."
00:34:36.86\00:34:40.36
"OH," HE SAID, "I CANNOT SPEAK."
00:34:40.36\00:34:42.40
WELL, HE SAID, "SAY
FOR ME THE WORD ELEPHANT."
00:34:42.40\00:34:45.53
"AH, DOCTOR," HE SAID,
"ELEPHANT IS THE VERY WORD
00:34:45.53\00:34:47.80
I CANNOT SPEAK."
00:34:47.80\00:34:52.30
LET ME TRY TO SAY THIS
AGAIN BECAUSE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IS
00:34:52.30\00:34:58.63
THE VERY WORD I CANNOT SPEAK.
00:34:58.63\00:35:00.53
NOW I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
00:35:00.53\00:35:02.43
SO WHEN I REFER TO IT
AGAIN, I SHALL CALL THEM MUMS.
00:35:02.43\00:35:07.10
THAT'S WHAT
THEY CALL THEM, MUMS.
00:35:07.10\00:35:09.53
I WAS TAUGHT TO SAY MUMS WHEN
I WAS A LITTLE BOY WHEN I TALKED
00:35:09.53\00:35:13.00
TO MY MOTHER.
00:35:13.00\00:35:14.16
NOW I HAVE IN HERE SOMETHING
WHICH IS QUITE AMAZING.
00:35:14.16\00:35:19.76
IT TOOK ME A LOT OF
TROUBLE GETTING THESE THINGS.
00:35:19.76\00:35:22.90
I'M GOING TO GET THEM OUT.
00:35:22.90\00:35:26.20
NOW WATCH THIS.
00:35:27.16\00:35:30.16
HEY, THERE THEY'RE FALLING OUT.
00:35:35.93\00:35:39.80
I HAVE ABOUT A
DOZEN SEEDS THERE.
00:35:40.96\00:35:44.90
CAN YOU SEE THEM?
00:35:44.90\00:35:46.63
AH, YOU HAVE TO COME UP
AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE
00:35:46.63\00:35:50.03
AND EXAMINE MY HAND.
00:35:50.03\00:35:52.93
LOOK AT THESE SEEDS.
00:35:54.03\00:35:56.53
THEY'RE SO TINY
AND THEY MAKE THESE.
00:35:57.86\00:36:04.20
IT IS A MIRACLE.
00:36:05.03\00:36:08.26
THE SEED HAS GOT LIFE IN IT.
00:36:09.10\00:36:14.96
INTERVIEWED A GREAT SCIENTIST
THIS WEEK, BIOCHEMIST, ON LIFE
00:36:15.86\00:36:20.66
IN THE LABORATORY.
00:36:20.66\00:36:22.76
SCIENTISTS ARE
TRYING TO CREATE LIFE.
00:36:22.76\00:36:26.03
HE SAID, "WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW A GOOD DEFINITION FOR LIFE.
00:36:26.03\00:36:32.73
WE KNOW LIFE WHEN WE SEE IT."
00:36:32.73\00:36:37.30
BUT THERE'S LIFE IN THE SEED
AND THERE'S LIFE IN THE WORD
00:36:37.30\00:36:42.86
OF GOD.
00:36:42.86\00:36:46.96
WE GO SHORTLY TO AFRICA AND
WHEN I PREACH AND WHEN I SOW
00:36:47.73\00:36:52.70
THE SEED, THIS IS
WHAT I WILL PREACH.
00:36:52.70\00:36:56.30
I WILL PREACH THERE IS A
CREATOR GOD WHO LOVES YOU.
00:36:56.30\00:37:01.43
THE BIBLE IS HIS MESSAGE TO YOU.
00:37:01.43\00:37:04.86
GOD BECAME A MAN.
00:37:04.86\00:37:08.90
JESUS, THE MAN WHO WROTE
HIS OWN LIFE STORY BEFORE HE WAS
00:37:08.90\00:37:12.66
BORN, MADE THE UNIVERSE.
00:37:12.66\00:37:14.60
HE MADE YOU.
00:37:14.60\00:37:15.73
YOU ARE NOT AN
ANIMAL OR A MACHINE.
00:37:15.73\00:37:18.33
THERE'S LIFE IN THE WORD.
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.80
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
00:37:20.80\00:37:22.10
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON SO
00:37:22.10\00:37:24.80
THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE
00:37:24.80\00:37:28.23
EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:37:28.23\00:37:29.33
THERE'S LIFE.
00:37:29.33\00:37:31.03
HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE TO BE SAVED?
00:37:31.03\00:37:32.86
COME NOW.
00:37:32.86\00:37:33.90
YOU CAN BE SAVED NOW IF
YOU TRULY COME AS A REPENTANT
00:37:33.90\00:37:36.93
SINNER.
00:37:36.93\00:37:38.13
YOU CAN BE A NEW PERSON AND
I'VE SEEN THOUSANDS OF LIVES
00:37:38.13\00:37:42.96
CHANGED BY THE POWER OF GOD.
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.93
I'M HERE TO SUGGEST TO YOU
TODAY--NOT TO SUGGEST TO YOU
00:37:44.93\00:37:49.40
TODAY, TO PROCLAIM TO YOU TODAY
ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD
00:37:49.40\00:37:53.93
OF GOD THAT NUMBER ONE
CAN BECOME NUMBER FOUR.
00:37:53.93\00:38:01.30
AND IF THAT IS NOT SO, WHAT
HOPE IS THERE FOR YOU AND WHAT
00:38:02.83\00:38:08.70
HOPE IS THERE FOR ME?
00:38:08.70\00:38:11.96
I WISH TO TELL YOU THAT
THE POWER OF GOD IS SO GREAT
00:38:12.63\00:38:18.30
THAT IF YOU AND I LET
HIM-- AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
00:38:18.30\00:38:22.63
WE WILL NOT LET HIM.
00:38:22.63\00:38:26.13
BUT IF WE LET HIM, HE CAN
TAKE PEOPLE WITH NO SPIRITUAL
00:38:27.23\00:38:31.20
PERCEPTION, SHALLOW PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE PREOCCUPIED,
00:38:31.20\00:38:37.43
AND HE CAN MAKE THEM GOOD SOIL.
00:38:37.43\00:38:43.06
THAT GOES ENTIRELY AGAINST
THE DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION.
00:38:43.06\00:38:49.96
LISTEN.
00:38:49.96\00:38:52.76
IT IS A POWERFUL SEED.
00:38:52.76\00:38:54.93
LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, WE HAD
A CARTER REPORT BOARD MEETING.
00:38:54.93\00:38:57.96
MRS. WOOLLY JORDAN, A
VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE,
00:38:57.96\00:39:01.20
I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
00:39:01.20\00:39:02.96
SHE'S IN CHARGE OF
THE FRED JORDAN MISSION.
00:39:02.96\00:39:05.26
SHE'S A SAINT OF GOD.
00:39:05.26\00:39:06.40
SHE'S A GREAT PREACHER.
00:39:06.40\00:39:08.46
SHE CAME WITH US TO UKRAINE.
00:39:08.46\00:39:09.96
I HOPE SHE CAN
COME WITH US TO AFRICA.
00:39:09.96\00:39:12.90
SHE WANTS TO COME
WITH US TO AFRICA.
00:39:12.90\00:39:15.26
SHE SAID, "I WAS THERE IN
THE MEETING I THINK IN HARKOV
00:39:15.26\00:39:18.76
OR DNEPROPETROVSK."
00:39:18.76\00:39:20.30
SHE SAID THERE WERE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
00:39:20.30\00:39:23.46
WHO HAD NEVER BEEN
EXPOSED TO THE WORD BEFORE.
00:39:23.46\00:39:27.63
SHE SAID, "I WILL NEVER FORGET
A YOUNG WOMAN JUST DOWN FROM ME
00:39:27.63\00:39:33.33
A LITTLE BIT.
00:39:33.33\00:39:34.30
AND AS THE WORD WAS PREACHED,
SHE WAS CRYING AND RECEIVING
00:39:34.30\00:39:39.13
THE WORD."
00:39:39.13\00:39:43.40
THAT WAS NOT SEED ALONG
THE PATH OR SHALLOW OR THORNS,
00:39:45.43\00:39:51.43
BUT SHE HAD A HEART OPEN TO GOD.
00:39:51.43\00:39:56.70
MRS. JORDAN SAID,
"IT IS A POWERFUL WORD."
00:39:56.70\00:40:00.33
YES, IT IS, IN THAT LITTLE SEED
THAT I DROPPED THERE, BUT I'VE
00:40:00.33\00:40:05.16
GOT SOME OTHERS TO PROVE
TO YOU I'VE GOT THEM HERE.
00:40:05.16\00:40:09.06
IN THAT SEED IS
THE POWER OF GOD.
00:40:09.06\00:40:12.06
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN PLANTS
PUSHING UP THROUGH THE CONCRETE
00:40:12.06\00:40:16.80
ALONG THE FREEWAYS?
00:40:16.80\00:40:20.20
EVER SEEN THAT?
00:40:20.20\00:40:22.13
DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAYS,
THE 101, THE 405, AND THERE IS A
00:40:22.13\00:40:27.13
PRECOCIOUS PLANT THAT
SHOULD BE LYING DOWN AND DYING
00:40:27.13\00:40:32.36
AND IT HAS THE TEMERITY
AND THE AUDACITY TO PUSH UP
00:40:32.36\00:40:37.70
AND GROW THROUGH CONCRETE.
00:40:37.70\00:40:44.50
THERE'S POWER IN THE SEED
BECAUSE GOD IS IN THE SEED
00:40:46.80\00:40:52.63
BY HIS POWER.
00:40:52.63\00:40:55.20
THERE'S LIFE IN THE SEED.
00:40:55.20\00:40:57.83
NOW LOOK AT THESE MUMS.
00:40:57.83\00:41:03.26
THEY CAME FROM
THOSE LITTLE SEEDS.
00:41:03.26\00:41:07.33
DOES ANYBODY KNOW
WHERE I GOT THESE?
00:41:07.33\00:41:11.50
HERE'S A COMMERCIAL.
00:41:11.50\00:41:12.46
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
00:41:12.46\00:41:14.30
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU THE NAME OF THE STORE,
00:41:14.30\00:41:16.23
BUT IT STARTS WITH
C-O AND IT ENDS WITH C-O.
00:41:16.23\00:41:23.23
FOURTEEN DOLLARS.
00:41:25.60\00:41:27.76
MY AUSTRALIAN
FRIENDS, BEAT THAT.
00:41:27.76\00:41:33.33
THE BEAUTY AND THE LIFE
AND THE COLOR AND PEOPLE HAVE
00:41:33.33\00:41:40.00
THE AUDACITY TO
SAY THERE IS NO GOD.
00:41:40.00\00:41:46.70
ALL OF THIS CAME
FROM A TINY SEED.
00:41:46.70\00:41:52.50
WHEN THE SEED OF THE WORD
OF GOD GETS INTO GOOD SOIL, IT
00:41:54.40\00:41:57.30
BRINGS FORTH LIFE.
00:41:57.30\00:42:00.16
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE WORD
OF GOD IN OUR LIVES EVERY DAY.
00:42:00.16\00:42:04.40
THAT IS WHY I'VE TOLD YOU OVER
AND OVER AND SOME OF YOU HAVE
00:42:04.40\00:42:09.56
ONLY LOOKED, BUT
YOUR EARS HAVE BEEN DEAF.
00:42:09.56\00:42:15.66
BECAUSE TO THIS POINT IN TIME,
SOME OF YOU ARE HARD AND OTHERS
00:42:15.66\00:42:21.70
ARE SHALLOW AND MANY
HAVE GOT SO MANY THORNS.
00:42:21.70\00:42:27.80
AND YOU THINK THAT I'M
HERE AS AN ENTERTAINER,
00:42:27.80\00:42:30.60
TO MAKE YOU LAUGH.
00:42:30.60\00:42:34.06
AND YOU COME TO CHURCH AND YOU
SAY, "BOY, IT WAS GOOD TODAY,
00:42:34.06\00:42:37.66
WASN'T IT?"
00:42:37.66\00:42:38.83
IT'S AS THOUGH
YOU'D BEEN TO A CIRCUS.
00:42:38.83\00:42:43.23
BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW
TODAY THIS LIFE MANIFESTS ITSELF
00:42:45.80\00:42:51.63
IN BEAUTY AND PERFUME
AND IT BRINGS FORTH LIFE.
00:42:51.63\00:42:57.36
AND THAT'S WHY I PERSONALLY
NEED THE WORD OF GOD IN MY LIFE
00:42:57.36\00:43:01.16
EVERY DAY.
00:43:01.16\00:43:03.33
THAT'S WHY I SAY TO YOU
READ YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY.
00:43:03.33\00:43:07.86
HE WHO HAS EARS TO
HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
00:43:07.86\00:43:14.63
THE SEED ELEVATES, REFINES,
PROSPERS, CLEANSES, BRINGS
00:43:14.63\00:43:23.00
HEALTH, HEALING, LONG LIVES,
LONGEVITY, ERADICATES CRIME,
00:43:23.00\00:43:29.63
POVERTY, AND
INJUSTICE WHEREVER IT GOES.
00:43:29.63\00:43:34.20
COME OVER HERE
TO HEBREWS 4:12-13.
00:43:34.20\00:43:37.43
ARE YOU HAVING A
GOOD TIME IN CHURCH TODAY?
00:43:37.43\00:43:39.86
I'M HAVING A GOOD
TIME IN CHURCH TODAY.
00:43:39.86\00:43:41.96
HEBREWS 4 AND THIS IS A TEXT
ABOUT THE DIVINE WORD OF GOD.
00:43:41.96\00:43:47.96
HEBREWS 4:12-13.
00:43:47.96\00:43:52.80
HAVE YOU GOT THE TEXT?
00:43:52.80\00:43:54.33
OKAY.
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.30
"FOR THE WORD OF GOD."
00:43:55.30\00:43:56.23
SAY IT WITH ME.
00:43:56.23\00:43:57.13
COME ON, FOLKS, COME ON.
00:43:57.13\00:43:58.73
FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS WHAT?
00:43:58.73\00:44:00.50
"IS LIVING AND ACTIVE.
00:44:00.50\00:44:02.53
SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE-EDGED
SWORD, IT PENETRATES EVEN TO
00:44:02.53\00:44:06.50
DIVIDING SOUL AND SPIRIT,
JOINTS AND MARROW; IT JUDGES
00:44:06.50\00:44:11.50
THE THOUGHTS AND
ATTITUDES OF THE HEART.
00:44:11.50\00:44:14.96
NOTHING IN ALL CREATION
IS HIDDEN FROM GOD'S SIGHT.
00:44:14.96\00:44:18.23
EVERYTHING IS UNCOVERED
AND LAID BARE BEFORE THE EYES
00:44:18.23\00:44:21.50
OF HIM TO WHOM WE
MUST GIVE ACCOUNT."
00:44:21.50\00:44:25.23
I'M TALKING, MY FRIEND,
ABOUT A SUPERNATURAL WORD,
00:44:25.23\00:44:29.70
A MIGHTY WORD.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.66
I'VE SEEN THE POWER OF THIS
WORD MANIFESTED WHERE PEOPLE
00:44:31.66\00:44:37.36
HAVE GOT OPEN HEARTS.
00:44:37.36\00:44:41.40
THERE'S POWER IN THE WORD.
00:44:43.96\00:44:46.50
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN
AMAZING EVIDENCE THAT THE WORD
00:44:46.50\00:44:49.16
OF GOD IS MIGHTY AND POWERFUL.
00:44:49.16\00:44:53.16
THIS MAY BE
POLITICALLY INCORRECT.
00:44:56.40\00:44:58.73
INCORRECT.
00:44:58.73\00:44:59.80
BUT THEN, SO AM I.
00:44:59.80\00:45:02.60
THIS IS NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
00:45:02.60\00:45:05.76
MOST OF YOU, I WOULD HOPE,
WOULD READ A GOOD NEWS MAGAZINE.
00:45:05.76\00:45:10.43
IT'S LIKE TIME MAGAZINE.
00:45:10.43\00:45:11.60
THIS IS A FAMOUS AMERICAN
MAGAZINE WRITTEN BY AMERICANS
00:45:11.60\00:45:16.90
FOR AMERICANS AND OTHER
PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE.
00:45:16.90\00:45:21.36
HAVE A LOOK AT IT.
00:45:21.36\00:45:22.93
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
00:45:22.93\00:45:26.23
AND HERE IS THE DATE.
00:45:26.23\00:45:28.43
AUGUST 23 AND 30.
00:45:28.43\00:45:31.50
AND IT SAYS THE BEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD IS--HAS THAT GOT
00:45:31.50\00:45:39.60
YOUR INTEREST?
00:45:39.60\00:45:42.03
THE BEST?
00:45:42.03\00:45:43.40
NO, NO, DON'T BE SO PREJUDICED
AS TO THINK I'D SAY AUSTRALIA
00:45:43.40\00:45:46.06
IS.
00:45:46.06\00:45:47.23
WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?
00:45:47.23\00:45:48.53
THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD IS--ARE YOU READY?
00:45:48.53\00:45:54.20
OH, THERE IT IS.
00:45:54.20\00:45:55.93
IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN.
00:45:55.93\00:45:57.36
HERE IT IS.
00:45:57.36\00:45:58.46
I'M GOING TO TURN TO IT.
00:45:58.46\00:46:00.23
IT SAYS THE BEST COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD--TO GET THE WORLD CUP,
00:46:00.23\00:46:05.10
THE OLYMPICS, EVEN THE
MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT, THESE
00:46:05.10\00:46:08.56
ARE THE GLOBE'S
TRUE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
00:46:08.56\00:46:15.03
NOW I'M GOING TO
DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS.
00:46:15.03\00:46:18.00
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY, WHICH
COUNTRY WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH
00:46:18.00\00:46:23.96
THE VERY BEST OPPORTUNITY
TO LIVE A HEALTHY, SAFE,
00:46:23.96\00:46:28.46
REASONABLY PROSPEROUS
AND UPWARDLY MOBILE LIFE?
00:46:28.46\00:46:33.50
WHAT ON EARTH HAS THIS
GOT TO DO WITH THE WORD?
00:46:33.50\00:46:36.96
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU.
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.20
HERE THEY ARE.
00:46:38.20\00:46:41.06
A GROUP OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS,
SOCIOLOGISTS, OTHER PEOPLE
00:46:41.06\00:46:45.83
GOT TOGETHER.
00:46:45.83\00:46:47.23
HERE IT IS.
00:46:47.23\00:46:48.53
BE READY FOR THE SURPRISE FROM
THIS GREAT AMERICAN MAGAZINE.
00:46:48.53\00:46:53.96
CHINA IS NUMBER 59.
00:46:53.96\00:46:56.43
RUSSIA IS 51.
00:46:56.43\00:46:58.40
BRAZIL IS 46.
00:46:58.40\00:46:59.93
MEXICO 45.
00:46:59.93\00:47:01.96
PANAMA 41.
00:47:01.96\00:47:03.36
VIETNAM 81.
00:47:03.36\00:47:05.76
NIGERIA 99.
00:47:05.76\00:47:10.43
THE TOP COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD, NUMBER ONE, FINLAND.
00:47:10.43\00:47:15.86
YOU SAY, "I NEVER HEARD OF IT."
00:47:15.86\00:47:17.33
OH, GOODNESS.
00:47:17.33\00:47:20.00
FINLAND.
00:47:20.00\00:47:20.96
NUMBER TWO, SWITZERLAND.
00:47:20.96\00:47:23.20
THREE, SWEDEN.
00:47:23.20\00:47:24.93
FOUR, AUSTRALIA.
00:47:24.93\00:47:28.30
LUXEMBOURG, NORWAY, CANADA,
THE NETHERLANDS, JAPAN, DENMARK.
00:47:28.30\00:47:34.70
NUMBER 11, THE UNITED STATES.
00:47:34.70\00:47:37.46
GERMANY.
00:47:37.46\00:47:38.66
NUMBER 13, NEW ZEALAND.
00:47:38.66\00:47:40.23
NUMBER 14, UNITED KINGDOM.
00:47:40.23\00:47:42.60
NUMBER 15, SOUTH KOREA.
00:47:42.60\00:47:46.60
NOW LISTEN TO THIS
BECAUSE THIS IS THE TRUTH.
00:47:46.60\00:47:52.16
THE BEST 15 COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD SAYS THIS MAGAZINE,
00:47:52.16\00:47:59.10
WRITTEN BY AMERICANS, THE BEST
15 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WITH
00:47:59.10\00:48:04.90
1 EXCEPTION ARE THE RESULT
OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
00:48:04.90\00:48:11.66
AND THE PREACHING OF THE BIBLE.
00:48:11.66\00:48:16.50
I SHOWED THIS LIST TO SOMEBODY
AND THE MAN IMMEDIATELY SAID,
00:48:17.56\00:48:21.66
"THEY ARE PROTESTANT COUNTRIES."
00:48:21.66\00:48:26.26
EVERY ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JAPAN--
00:48:28.53\00:48:34.50
SOMEBODY SAYS, "BUT
NO, NOT SOUTH KOREA."
00:48:34.50\00:48:37.76
MY FRIEND, THE
BIGGEST PROTESTANT CHURCH,
00:48:37.76\00:48:40.83
WHERE THEY PREACH THE
BIBLE, IS IN SOUTH KOREA.
00:48:40.83\00:48:45.26
CHRISTIANITY IS
STORMING IN SOUTH KOREA.
00:48:45.26\00:48:50.63
THERE CAME A GREAT
MOVEMENT IN THE WORLD.
00:48:50.63\00:48:55.36
INCIDENTALLY, I SAY
THIS WITH COURTESY AND LOVE.
00:48:55.36\00:49:01.13
THERE ARE NO MOSLEM COUNTRIES
IN THE TOP 20 OR ANYTHING
00:49:01.13\00:49:05.63
LIKE THAT.
00:49:05.63\00:49:08.16
THERE CAME A GREAT RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENT AND THAT GREAT
00:49:08.16\00:49:13.00
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT THAT SPREAD
AROUND THE WORLD WAS BASED ON
00:49:13.00\00:49:17.56
SOLA CHRISTUS, SOLUS
SCRIPTURA, ONLY SCRIPTURE.
00:49:17.56\00:49:21.73
SOLA GRATIA, SOLA FIDE.
00:49:21.73\00:49:24.46
NO, WE DO NOT WANT RELIGIOUS
HIERARCHIES OR DICTATORS.
00:49:24.46\00:49:32.16
THESE COUNTRIES ARE
THE CHILDREN OF THE BIBLE,
00:49:36.30\00:49:39.03
IN CONTRAST TO OTHER COUNTRIES
THAT ARE THE SORRY PRODUCTS
00:49:39.03\00:49:42.80
OF MANMADE RELIGION.
00:49:42.80\00:49:44.96
IF YOU WANT PEACE, CLEANLINESS,
SAFETY, HEALTH, PROSPERITY,
00:49:44.96\00:49:48.46
FREEDOM, RESPECT FOR
WOMEN, BELIEVE AND RECEIVE
00:49:48.46\00:49:54.96
THE DIVINE SEED.
00:49:54.96\00:49:58.00
NOW YOU SAY, "BUT MANY OF THESE
COUNTRIES HAVE BECOME SECULAR."
00:49:58.00\00:50:02.16
CORRECT.
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.43
BUT MY FRIEND, IT
STARTED WITH A TREMENDOUS WAVE.
00:50:04.43\00:50:11.23
AND THE WAVE HAS BECOME
DIMINISHED, BUT THE INFLUENCE
00:50:12.50\00:50:17.66
CONTINUES ON.
00:50:17.66\00:50:20.73
THAT IS A PROOF I
CHALLENGE ANY PERSON TO REFUTE.
00:50:24.20\00:50:31.70
IT IS AN OVERWHELMING
PROOF THAT THERE'S POWER
00:50:32.43\00:50:37.23
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
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TRY GOING TO
COUNTRIES THAT DON'T BELIEVE IT.
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NOW BACK FOR A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE FOUR CLASSES.
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PACKED DOWN DIRT, HARD HEARTED,
NO SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION.
00:50:51.56\00:51:01.33
STONY, SHALLOW,
SUPERFICIAL, BUT JOYFUL.
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THESE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE EASILY MOVED.
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THEIR CHRISTIANITY IS
BASED ON THEIR EMOTIONS.
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SO IF THINGS ARE GOOD, THEY
GO TO CHURCH, BUT IF SOMEBODY
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SAYS, "OH, I'M NOT
GOING TO GO ANYMORE."
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HAVE YOU MET THEM?
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EASILY OFFENDED.
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WHEN THE SUN CAME
UP, THEY WERE WITHERED.
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THERE YOU'VE GOT THEM,
THE EMOTIONAL CHRISTIANS.
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NOTHING WRONG WITH EMOTION,
BUT DON'T BUILD ON EMOTION.
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DON'T BUILD ON IT.
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THE THORNS, THE WORRIES OF
THIS LIFE, THE DECEITFULNESS OF
00:51:45.03\00:51:49.73
WEALTH, THE SIN OF OUR AGE.
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WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT,
EVEN WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH?
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SOME OF YOU COME HERE TO
CHURCH TO DO BUSINESS DEALS.
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THE THORNS HAVE
GOT YOU BY THE THROAT.
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GOOD SOIL.
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I THINK OF MY SOLDIERS BAPTIZED
IN 1992 IN RUSSIA, STILL
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HOLDING FIRM IN SPITE OF HELL.
00:52:09.33\00:52:13.53
I THINK OF DR. JULIA OUTKINA,
BAPTIZED IN '92, FAITHFUL,
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CONSISTENT.
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CAN PACKED DOWN DIRT
BECOME SOFT AND RECEPTIVE
00:52:21.13\00:52:24.33
OR IS IT SETTLED
FOREVER, AS CALVIN SAID?
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IS THERE ANY HOPE?
00:52:31.60\00:52:34.23
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO
READ IT NOW, BUT IN THE BOOK OF
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JEREMIAH AND THE BOOK OF HOSEA,
IT SAYS, "BREAK UP THE HARD
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SOIL."
00:52:43.96\00:52:46.80
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
00:52:46.80\00:52:48.56
SO IF GOD SAYS, "BREAK IT
UP," THEN IT CAN BE BROKEN UP.
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IT CAN BE.
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WE NEED TO OPEN
OURSELVES TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:53:01.56\00:53:03.76
SOME HAVE COMMITTED THE
UNPARDONABLE SIN, BUT IF YOU
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HAVE A DESIRE FOR GOD
AND SALVATION, IT IS NOT
00:53:06.80\00:53:09.76
TOO LATE NOW.
00:53:09.76\00:53:13.16
IS THERE HOPE FOR THE SHALLOW,
EMOTIONAL BELIEVER WHO WILTS
00:53:13.16\00:53:16.26
WHEN THE SUN GETS HOT?
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THERE IS HOPE IF WE LET GOD
COME INTO OUR LIVES AND TAKE
00:53:17.60\00:53:21.96
THE ROCKS OUT AND
BUILT UP THE SOIL.
00:53:21.96\00:53:24.90
YES, THERE'S HOPE.
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.46
IS THERE HOPE FOR THE PERSON
WHO IS CONSUMED BY WORLDLY
00:53:26.46\00:53:28.83
WORRY, MONEY, EARTHLY
PLEASURES, THE THORNS?
00:53:28.83\00:53:32.00
YES.
00:53:32.00\00:53:35.33
BUT ONLY IF HE OR SHE HAS
A GOOD, HARD LOOK AT HIMSELF
00:53:35.33\00:53:38.10
OR HERSELF AND
SUBMITS TO THE SPIRIT.
00:53:38.10\00:53:42.00
I BELIEVE GOD CAN WORK A
MIRACLE WITH OUR COOPERATION
00:53:42.00\00:53:47.40
AND TRANSFORM HARD,
INDIFFERENT, PLEASURE-SEEKING,
00:53:47.40\00:53:51.76
WORLDLY, SHALLOW,
SUPERFICIAL, EMOTIONAL HEARTS.
00:53:51.76\00:53:57.96
BUT WE NEED TO SEE OUR
NEEDS, REPENT, AND BE WILLING.
00:53:57.96\00:54:03.63
THEREFORE, HERE IS MY MESSAGE
FOR YOU TODAY IF YOU WILL
00:54:03.63\00:54:10.53
HEAR IT.
00:54:10.53\00:54:15.30
LET THE SEED IN.
00:54:15.30\00:54:18.10
CHANGE OUR WAYS.
00:54:18.10\00:54:22.23
AND READ OUR BIBLES EVERY DAY.
00:54:22.23\00:54:27.26
AND REMEMBER WHAT JESUS
SAID WHEN HE SPOKE TO RELIGIOUS
00:54:28.10\00:54:32.90
PEOPLE, LIKE US SITTING
HERE TODAY, WHO THINK THEY KNOW
00:54:32.90\00:54:37.03
IT ALL.
00:54:37.03\00:54:40.40
"HE WHO HAS EARS TO
HEAR, LET HIM HEAR."
00:54:40.40\00:54:50.70
BY GOD'S GRACE, LET US
PROVE JOHN CALVIN WRONG FOR
00:54:50.70\00:55:00.16
THE SALVATION OF OUR SOULS.
00:55:00.16\00:55:03.86
LET US KNEEL.
00:55:03.86\00:55:06.76
HERE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES, LORD,
AND SOME OF US ARE LIKE THE
00:55:14.83\00:55:20.20
PEOPLE WITH HARD, ROCKY
SOIL, BEATEN DOWN BY MANY,
00:55:20.20\00:55:27.40
MANY YEARS OF USE.
00:55:27.40\00:55:30.66
AND WE GOT SO HARD.
00:55:30.66\00:55:33.16
AND SOME OF US ARE LIKE
THE PEOPLE WITH ROCKS AND SO
00:55:33.16\00:55:37.70
THERE'S NOT MUCH DIRT
AND WE'RE SUPERFICIAL.
00:55:37.70\00:55:43.83
AND WHEN PERSECUTION OR
ANYTHING COMES, A SNUB EVEN,
00:55:43.83\00:55:49.76
WE'RE OUT THE DOOR AND WE WILT.
00:55:49.76\00:55:54.13
AND THEN SOME OF US ARE
LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT
00:55:54.13\00:55:56.23
ALL THE THORNS.
00:55:56.23\00:55:57.70
JESUS SAID THE DECEITFULNESS
OF WEALTH, WORLDLY WORRIES.
00:55:57.70\00:56:05.16
GOD, WORK A MIRACLE THROUGH
THE MIGHTY POWER OF YOUR WORD
00:56:05.16\00:56:10.93
AND TODAY CHANGE ONE, TWO, THREE
INTO NUMBER FOUR, THAT WE WILL
00:56:10.93\00:56:19.06
BE GOOD SOIL AND BRING
FORTH ABUNDANTLY AND BE SAVED
00:56:19.06\00:56:28.80
IN THE KINGDOM.
00:56:28.80\00:56:31.96
HE WHO HAS EARS TO
HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
00:56:31.96\00:56:37.53
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:56:37.53\00:56:41.36
AND AMEN AND AMEN.
00:56:41.36\00:56:44.86
[MUSIC] ? LEAD
ME TO YOUR HEART ?
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? LEAD ME TO THE
CROSS ? ? WHERE YOUR LOVE ?
00:56:54.86\00:56:59.13
? POURED OUT ? ?
BRING ME TO MY KNEES ?
00:56:59.13\00:57:04.33
? LORD, I LAY ME DOWN
? ? RID ME OF MYSELF ?
00:57:04.33\00:57:11.26
? I BELONG TO
YOU ? ? OH, HEAL ME ?
00:57:11.26\00:57:20.50
? LEAD ME, LEAD
ME ? ? TO THE CROSS ?
00:57:20.50\00:57:24.83
? WHERE YOUR
LOVE ? ? POURED OUT ?
00:57:24.83\00:57:29.20
? BRING ME TO MY KNEES
? ? LORD, I LAY ME DOWN ?
00:57:29.20\00:57:36.00
? RID ME OF MYSELF
? ? I BELONG TO YOU ?
00:57:36.00\00:57:42.63
? OH, LEAD ME ? ?
LEAD ME TO THE CROSS ??
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