[MUSIC]
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>> 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
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THAN TO RECEIVE AND I BELIEVE
THAT IT IS MORE JOYFUL TO GIVE
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THAN 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 THAT
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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 BACK
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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 AT
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P.O. BOX 1900, THOUSAND
OAKS, 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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>> I WANT TO GIVE YOU
JUST THE WARMEST WELCOME TO DAY
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TO "THE CARTER REPORT."
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THE TOPIC IS "THE MOST UNLIKELY
MOST LIKEABLE PERSON" IN
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THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
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DURING THE TALK TODAY, I AM
GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW MEN CAN
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BE REAL MEN.
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DID YOU NOTICE THIS
ARTICLE IN NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE?
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WE'RE GONNA BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
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WANT THE CAMERA TO
COME IN CLOSE ON THIS.
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NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
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IT TALKS ABOUT
THE DEMISE OF MEN.
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SEE YOU LADIES LAUGHING
AND NOT MANY MEN LAUGHING.
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WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU TODAY,
MEN, HOW YOU CAN BE A REAL MAN
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WITHOUT DRIVING A BIG TRUCK.
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THAT'S THE TOPIC TODAY.
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BUT FIRSTLY, I WANT
SHARON VERDE TO COME OUT HERE.
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SO SHARON, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO COME ALONG HERE?
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SHARON, I'M JUST
SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.
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GOOD MORNING, SHARON.
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>> GOOD MORNING, PASTOR.
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>> SHARON, HOW DID
YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN?
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TELL US ABOUT THAT.
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>> WELL, I ACTUALLY WAS
BORN FROM A CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
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MY DAD'S A BAPTIST, BUT MY
MOM'S A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST,
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AND SO I GREW UP SINGING
FOR CHURCH REAL EARLY IN MY LIFE
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AND SO MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS
JUST PUSH ME INTO SINGING.
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I HAVE THREE BROTHERS.
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WE WOULD ALL DO CONCERTS
TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
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AND SO--AND MY MOM JUST KEPT ON
PUSHING ME TO SING, AND SO, AT
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AN EARLY AGE, I WOULD ACTUALLY
DO LIKE MINI CONCERTS IN CHURCH
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AND ALL THAT.
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AND THEY KEPT US--MY MOM AND
MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS TELL US THAT
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HAVING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE LORD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
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THING TO HAVE IN A FAMILY.
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>> I BELIEVE THAT YOU
CAME TO OUR MEETINGS IN MANILA
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IN THE--LONG TIME AGO.
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IS THAT SO?
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>> I DID, 1985.
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THAT WAS ACTUALLY
WHEN I GOT BAPTIZED.
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WHEN YOU CAME IN,
IT WAS A HUGE SERIES.
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WE HAD IT IN ONE OF
OUR MAIN HALLS IN THE CITY.
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AND AT ONE POINT IN MY
LIFE, I SAID, "I WANT TO BE
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A PART OF THAT.
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SOMEDAY I'M GONNA
BE A PART OF THAT."
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I DECIDED TO GET BAPTIZED THERE
AND AFTER THAT I JUST WENT ON
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DOING MY SINGING FOR GOD.
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>> AND YOU'RE GOING TO SING
FOR US NOW AND WE ARE DELIGHTED,
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SHARON, TO HAVE
YOU WITH US TODAY.
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>> THANK YOU.
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[MUSIC]
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? GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART
? ? TO FULLY LOVE YOU. ?
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? GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED
HEART, ? ? TOTALLY FREE. ?
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? I ASK YOU TO HEAL MY BROKEN
? ? PLACES, LINGERING WOUND ?
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? YOUR LOVE REPLACES.
? ? BIND EVERY PART. ?
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? GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ?
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? GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART
? ? TO FULLY TRUST YOU. ?
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? GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART,
? ? COMPLETELY AT PEACE. ?
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? COME IN AND RESTORE ?
? WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, ?
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? THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL ?
? THAT HAVE BEEN SHAKEN. ?
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? BIND EVERY PART. ? ?
GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ?
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? O LORD, HELP
ME ? ? TO SEE YOUR ?
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? ABUNDANT LOVE FOR ME. ?
? HELP ME TO RISE SO I CAN ?
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? SOAR ON EAGLES' WINGS. ? ?
O LORD, HELP ME TO GO WHERE ?
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? I'VE NEVER GONE
BEFORE. ? ? HELP ME TO RISE ?
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? AS YOU BREATHE LIFE
? ? TO ME ONCE MORE, ?
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? OH, ONCE MORE. ?
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? GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART
? ? TO FULLY LOVE YOU. ?
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? GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART,
? ? COMPLETELY AT PEACE. ?
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? I ASK YOU TO HEAL MY BROKEN
? ? PLACES, LINGERING WOUND ?
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? YOUR LOVE REPLACES. ?
? THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL ?
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? THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN,
? ? COME IN AND RESTORE ?
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? WHAT HAS BEEN
SHAKEN. ? ? BIND EVERY PART. ?
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? OH, BIND EVERY
PART. ? ? BIND EVERY PART. ?
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? GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ??
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[APPLAUDING]
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>> WELCOME BACK.
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I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN
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"THE CARTER REPORT"
MINISTRY AND IN THIS CHURCH.
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I'D LIKE YOU TO
MEET MRS. MARCY ROOD.
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MARCY, WELCOME TO CHURCH.
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>> THANK YOU, PASTOR.
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>> MARCY, I WANT TO FIND OUT
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU 'CAUSE
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YOU'RE A GREAT
BLESSING IN THIS CHURCH.
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YOU'RE AN ELDER OF THE CHURCH.
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YOU'RE AN ORDAINED
ELDER OF THIS CHURCH.
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WHAT SORT OF WORK DO YOU DO?
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>> I WORK FOR US BANK
AND I'M A VICE PRESIDENT AND
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CLIENT--PRIVATE CLIENT MANAGER.
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>> SO WHAT DO YOU DO AS
A PRIVATE CLIENT MANAGER?
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I GOT THAT RIGHT?
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>> YES.
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YES, YOU DO.
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I MANAGE A PORTFOLIO OF
AFFLUENT CLIENTS AND I DO
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MANAGE ABOUT SIX OFFICES.
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>> AFFLUENT CLIENTS.
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I GUESS THAT'S THE REASON
YOU HAVEN'T INVITED ME DOWN
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TO YOUR BANK.
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MARCY, TELL US ABOUT HOW
YOU BECAME A TRUE SERVANT AND
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FOLLOWER OF JESUS BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT JUST A TALKER.
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YOU ARE A DISCIPLE.
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TELL US HOW YOU BECAME A
TRUE CHRISTIAN, A BELIEVER.
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>> PASTOR, I WAS BLESSED.
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I WAS BORN IN
AN ADVANTAGED HOME.
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MY MOTHER WAS A SWEET,
DEDICATED CHRISTIAN AND MY
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FATHER WAS A CONSISTENT STUDENT
OF THE BIBLE AND HE WILL PREACH
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TO ANYBODY THAT WILL
CROSS IN FRONT OF HIM.
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AND--BUT HE WAS EXTREMELY
LEGALISTIC IN HIS BELIEFS
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AND SO I
WAS--BECAME A REBELLIOUS CHILD.
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>> IT'S HARD TO
THINK OF YOU, MARCY, BEING
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A REBELLIOUS CHILD.
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SO YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN A
CHRISTIAN HOME, BUT THERE WAS
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A FAIR DOSE OF LEGALISM THERE.
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HOW DID YOU BREAK OUT OF
THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT
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OF THE GOSPEL?
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>> IT WASN'T UNTIL 1990,
AFTER THE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN
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THAT YOU PRESENTED,
PASTOR, IN LOS ANGELES, YES.
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AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHED MY
HEART AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT
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THE GOSPEL AND I SURRENDERED
MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST.
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>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JESUS?
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>> JESUS IS THE ONLY
THING THAT I LOVE IN THIS LIFE
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AND HE IS MY SAVIOR.
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HE IS EVERYTHING TO ME.
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>> I BELIEVE HE'S YOUR FRIEND.
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AND MARCY, WE ARE PRIVILEGED
TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER
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OF THIS CHURCH, AS
AN ELDER OF THIS CHURCH.
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THANK YOU, MARCY,
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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>> THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR.
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>> THANK YOU.
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[APPLAUDING] >>
THAT'S ONE SWEET LADY,
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FOLKS.
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YOU ALL KNOW THAT IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT--WHAT LANGUAGE
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IS THE NEW TESTAMENT?
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TELL ME, FOLKS.
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COME ON, I'VE ONLY
BEEN PREACHING HERE
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FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS,
SAYING THIS EVERY WEEK.
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WHAT'S THE OLD TESTAMENT?
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YEAH, BASICALLY HEBREW.
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BERT.
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YEAH, HEBREW.
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NEW TESTAMENT IS GREEK.
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NOT JUST ORDINARY GREEK,
IT'S KOINE GREEK AND THAT MEANS
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THE GREEK OF THE MARKETPLACE.
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IT'S THE GREEK THAT PEOPLE
USED TO TALK OUT ON THE STREETS.
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IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE IN WHICH
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS WRITTEN,
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YOU HAVE A NUMBER
OF WORDS FOR LOVE.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
ALL THE WORDS, BUT WE'RE GOING
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TO GO THROUGH TWO WORDS.
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I WANT YOU TO LEARN THESE WORDS.
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THE FIRST WORD, THE
BIG WORD IS AGAPE, AGAPE.
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THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT WORD, AGAPE.
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WHEN YOU READ IN THE
SCRIPTURES, "GOD SO LOVED THE
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WORLD," IT USES THE WORD AGAPE.
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THIS LOVE IS MUCH
MORE THAN AN EMOTION.
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THIS LOVE IS A GREAT PRINCIPLE.
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AND THIS IS A LOVE THAT
WE DON'T COME BY NATURALLY
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OR NORMALLY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY
HAVE GOD COME INTO YOUR HEART
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TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
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WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE WITH
ME TO MATTHEW 5:44 AND YOU'LL
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NOTICE THE WORDS OF JESUS HERE
AND IN THE GREEK THE WORD AGAPE
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IS USED.
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MATTHEW 5:44 AND
JESUS IS GIVING ONE OF HIS
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GREAT SERMONS.
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JESUS SAID, "BUT I TELL YOU."
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WHAT DOES HE SAY, FOLKS?
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COME ON, TELL IT BACK TO ME.
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LOVE WHO?
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"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY
FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU."
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NOW I KNOW THIS IS A VERY
CONTROVERSIAL THING TO SAY, BUT
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WHEN IT SAYS LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
GOD IS ASKING US SOMETHING
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WHICH SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH.
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GOD ASKS US TO LOVE PEOPLE
LIKE--DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD
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EVEN PUT HIM UP ON THE SCREEN.
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GOD SAYS LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.
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THAT MEANS BIN LADEN.
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AND I HEAR SOME OF YOU GASP,
BUT THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANITY
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IS ALL ABOUT.
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GOD TELLS US TO LOVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNLOVABLE PEOPLE
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AND WHO ARE BAD PEOPLE.
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YOU CAN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF.
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.
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THEREFORE, IT'S A GIFT
THAT COMES DOWN FROM GOD.
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THAT'S A PRINCIPLE.
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NOW THERE'S ANOTHER
WORD FOR LOVE AND THAT IS
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THE WORD PHILOS, PHILOS.
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PHILOS.
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PHILOS--NOW IT MEANS LOVE
TOO, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME
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AS AGAPE LOVE.
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PHILOS IS THE LOVE THAT A
BOY HAS FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND
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OR A HUSBAND FOR
HIS WIFE, OR VICE VERSA.
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IT'S A WARM, SPONTANEOUS LOVE.
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GOD WOULD NEVER TELL YOU
TO PHILOS BIN LADEN BECAUSE
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YOU COULDN'T DO IT.
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IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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YOU CANNOT PHILOS YOUR ENEMIES
BECAUSE PHILOS IS WHERE YOU
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GENUINELY LIKE SOMEBODY AND
IN YOUR HEART YOU FEEL A WARMTH
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AND AN AFFECTION
TOWARDS THAT PERSON.
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NOW AMERICANS
CAN RELATE TO THIS.
00:15:59.83\00:16:02.03
YOU HAVE A CITY OVER HERE
OR WE HAVE A CITY OVER HERE
00:16:02.03\00:16:04.20
BY THE NAME OF WHAT?
00:16:04.20\00:16:06.43
PHILADELPHIA.
00:16:06.43\00:16:08.50
PHILADELPHIA.
00:16:08.50\00:16:11.20
NOW WE'LL JUST PUT THIS UP
ON THE BLACKBOARD AND, YOU KNOW,
00:16:11.20\00:16:14.63
THIS IS NOT PROFOUND THEOLOGY.
00:16:14.63\00:16:16.63
HOW DO YOU SPELL PHILADELPHIA?
00:16:16.63\00:16:21.63
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT?
00:16:22.80\00:16:24.53
YEAH.
00:16:24.53\00:16:25.46
NOW THERE YOU'VE GOT THE PHILOS.
00:16:25.46\00:16:27.76
YOU SEE THAT THERE.
00:16:27.76\00:16:29.16
THAT MEANS LOVE.
00:16:29.16\00:16:30.13
AND HERE YOU'VE GOT THE
WORD IN THE GREEK FOR BROTHER.
00:16:30.13\00:16:33.66
SO PHILADELPHIA
MEANS BROTHERLY LOVE.
00:16:33.66\00:16:38.93
SO GOD NEVER TELLS US
TO PHILOS OUR ENEMIES.
00:16:38.93\00:16:44.96
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE
SAY, "I JUST COULDN'T LOVE
00:16:44.96\00:16:46.90
THAT PERSON."
00:16:46.90\00:16:48.90
YOU CAN'T LOVE THEM WITH A
WARMTH LIKE YOU LIKE SOMEBODY
00:16:48.90\00:16:54.76
WHO IS LIKEABLE.
00:16:54.76\00:16:57.26
BUT GOD SAYS, "I WANT YOU
TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT.
00:16:57.26\00:17:00.56
I WANT YOU TO EXTEND
THIS SORT OF LOVE, AGAPE."
00:17:00.56\00:17:06.43
SO IT TELLS US IN THE
SCRIPTURES THAT GOD SO LOVED
00:17:06.43\00:17:10.36
THE WORLD.
00:17:10.36\00:17:11.30
IT DOESN'T SAY HE HAD
THIS TOWARDS THE WORLD.
00:17:11.30\00:17:14.16
IT DOESN'T SAY HE HAD PHILOS,
BUT IT SAYS HE HAD AGAPE.
00:17:14.16\00:17:19.46
NOW I'VE TALKED A LOT TO
MY CHURCH FOLKS FOR YEARS AND
00:17:19.46\00:17:21.76
YEARS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND
HERE NOW FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'VE
00:17:21.76\00:17:25.13
SAID TO THEM, "I KNOW
YOU DON'T FEEL WELL ABOUT--"
00:17:25.13\00:17:29.43
"NO, I CAN'T STAND THAT PERSON."
00:17:29.43\00:17:32.76
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
DO WHEN YOU BOTH GET TO HEAVEN?
00:17:32.76\00:17:36.53
YOU SEE?
00:17:36.53\00:17:37.56
WELL, MAYBE YOU WON'T
BE GETTING THERE BECAUSE--"
00:17:37.56\00:17:41.30
I TELL THEM THIS.
00:17:41.30\00:17:42.20
"GOD NEVER TELLS YOU YOU'VE
GOT TO FEEL WARM AND FUZZY
00:17:42.20\00:17:47.06
TOWARDS THEM."
00:17:47.06\00:17:49.06
BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE
IS A LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS HUMAN
00:17:49.06\00:17:53.86
AFFECTION AND THAT
IS THE LOVE OF GOD.
00:17:53.86\00:17:59.26
LISTEN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
YOU ARE COMMANDED TO LOVE.
00:17:59.26\00:18:03.33
EVERYBODY.
00:18:03.33\00:18:04.86
BUT YOU'RE NOT
COMMANDED TO LIKE THEM.
00:18:04.86\00:18:08.03
JESUS LOVED THE PHARISEES.
00:18:08.03\00:18:10.76
DO YOU THINK HE LIKED THEM?
00:18:10.76\00:18:13.20
NO, JESUS DIDN'T
LIKE THE PHARISEES.
00:18:13.20\00:18:15.20
BUT HE LOVED THEM.
00:18:15.20\00:18:16.63
YOU MAY NOT LIKE, HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
00:18:16.63\00:18:20.70
POLITICIANS WHO SEEM TO LOVE
THEIR JOBS AND BENEFITS MORE
00:18:20.70\00:18:24.80
THAN THEIR COUNTRY.
00:18:24.80\00:18:27.40
YOU MAY NOT LIKE MODERN
DAY PHARISEES WHO LOOK DOWN
00:18:27.40\00:18:30.93
ON THE REST OF US.
00:18:30.93\00:18:35.56
YOU MAY NOT LIKE CHRISTIAN
BIGOTS LIKE THE PASTOR WHO
00:18:35.56\00:18:39.70
THREATENED TO BURN THE KORAN
VERY HARD TO LIKE THAT MAN.
00:18:39.70\00:18:44.93
GOT TO LOVE HIM.
00:18:44.93\00:18:45.96
YOU MAY NOT LIKE MOSLEM BIGOTS
WHO BOMB SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN
00:18:45.96\00:18:51.96
AND THROW ACID IN THE FACES OF
LITTLE GIRLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
00:18:51.96\00:18:56.03
WANT THEM TO GET AN EDUCATION.
00:18:56.03\00:18:59.26
YOU CAN'T LIKE THEM.
00:18:59.26\00:19:01.30
YOU MAY NOT LIKE SOME JEWISH
SETTLERS WHO MISTREAT ARABS
00:19:01.30\00:19:07.10
ON THE WEST BANK.
00:19:07.10\00:19:09.00
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THEM.
00:19:09.00\00:19:11.20
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE
POPE, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE
00:19:11.20\00:19:16.33
CONDONED PEDOPHILIA.
00:19:16.33\00:19:19.53
EVIDENCE SEEMS TO
BE IN ON THAT ONE.
00:19:19.53\00:19:22.13
YOU MAY NOT LIKE PRIESTS
WHO BY THE THOUSANDS HAVE PREYED
00:19:22.13\00:19:26.00
ON BOYS AND GIRLS IN
IRELAND, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN,
00:19:26.00\00:19:33.90
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND WHEREVER THESE PEOPLE
00:19:33.90\00:19:37.43
HAVE BEEN.
00:19:37.43\00:19:40.33
YOU MAY NOT LIKE SOME
TELEVISION EVANGELISTS WHO PAY
00:19:40.33\00:19:44.63
THEMSELVES HUGE SALARIES.
00:19:44.63\00:19:48.90
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE
ON WALL STREET WHO WRECKED THE
00:19:48.90\00:19:52.80
ECONOMY THROUGH THEIR GREED.
00:19:52.80\00:19:56.70
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE BANKERS
WHO PAY THEMSELVES HUGE BONUSES
00:19:56.70\00:20:03.23
WHILE KICKING
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
00:20:03.23\00:20:08.16
THERE'S NO PHILOS THERE.
00:20:08.16\00:20:13.16
THERE AREN'T MANY
PEOPLE I LOVE, BUT ALSO I LIKE.
00:20:13.16\00:20:20.66
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE--BY THE
GRACE OF GOD, IN THIS CHURCH I
00:20:20.66\00:20:24.73
LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU.
00:20:24.73\00:20:28.70
AND THE ONES OF YOU WHOM I
KNOW WELL, I ALSO LIKE YOU.
00:20:28.70\00:20:39.23
WHEN I WENT BACK TO AVONDALE
COLLEGE, I SAW PEOPLE THAT I
00:20:39.23\00:20:43.90
HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED AND
LIKED FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, LIKE
00:20:43.90\00:20:51.90
DR. TOM AND PAM LUDOWICI.
00:20:51.90\00:20:56.56
DR. AND MRS. JOHN COX, WENDY.
00:20:56.56\00:21:00.83
WHEN YOU SEE THEM, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO FORCE OUT SOME EMOTION.
00:21:00.83\00:21:05.80
YOU'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE
THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE IMMENSELY
00:21:05.80\00:21:10.63
LIKEABLE.
00:21:10.63\00:21:13.26
TODAY'S TOPIC IS "THE MOST
UNLIKELY MOST LIKEABLE PERSON"
00:21:13.26\00:21:22.26
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
00:21:22.26\00:21:25.40
THERE IS ONE PERSON YOU WOULD
HAVE LIKED AND I'M SAYING THIS
00:21:25.40\00:21:29.20
TO THE AUDIENCE AND I HOPE
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LISTENING
00:21:29.20\00:21:32.36
TODAY WHO ARE NOT BELIEVERS.
00:21:32.36\00:21:34.70
THERE IS ONE PERSON YOU WOULD
HAVE LIKED IF YOU HAD LIVED
00:21:34.70\00:21:38.16
2000 YEARS AGO, PROVIDING
YOU WERE NOT LIKE THE UNLIKEABLE
00:21:38.16\00:21:43.60
PEOPLE WE HAVE
ALREADY MENTIONED.
00:21:43.60\00:21:48.63
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED
JESUS BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE,
00:21:48.63\00:21:55.60
HE WASN'T PROUD.
00:21:55.60\00:21:57.66
HE WASN'T STUFFY.
00:21:57.66\00:21:59.30
HE WASN'T RELIGIOUS
OR PART OF THE HIERARCHY.
00:21:59.30\00:22:04.93
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME
OVER HERE TO MATTHEW 23:1-8.
00:22:04.93\00:22:09.46
AND IT TALKS ABOUT
JESUS AND THE HIERARCHY.
00:22:09.46\00:22:13.23
MATTHEW 23:1-8.
00:22:13.23\00:22:18.76
THIS IS A BIBLE-READING,
BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCH,
00:22:18.76\00:22:22.53
THANK GOD.
00:22:22.53\00:22:24.23
"THEN JESUS SAID TO THE CROWDS
AND TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'THE
00:22:24.23\00:22:28.50
TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND THE
PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT.
00:22:28.50\00:22:32.76
SO YOU MUST OBEY THEM AND
DO EVERYTHING THEY TELL YOU.
00:22:32.76\00:22:35.70
BUT DO NOT DO WHAT THEY DO,
FOR THEY DO NOT PRACTICE WHAT
00:22:35.70\00:22:40.16
THEY PREACH.
00:22:40.16\00:22:41.30
THEY TIE UP HEAVY LOADS AND
PUT THEM ON MEN'S SHOULDERS, BUT
00:22:41.30\00:22:45.96
THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT WILLING
TO LIFT A FINGER TO MOVE THEM.
00:22:45.96\00:22:50.23
EVERYTHING THEY DO
IS DONE FOR MEN TO SEE.
00:22:50.23\00:22:54.03
THEY MAKE THEIR PHYLACTERIES
WIDE AND THE TASSELS ON THEIR
00:22:54.03\00:22:57.56
GARMENTS LONG; THEY LOVE THE
PLACES OF HONOR AT BANQUETS AND
00:22:57.56\00:23:02.03
THE MOST IMPORTANT SEATS IN
THE SYNAGOGUE; THEY LOVE TO BE
00:23:02.03\00:23:06.36
GREETED IN THE MARKETPLACES
AND TO HAVE MEN CALL THEM RABBI.
00:23:06.36\00:23:12.50
BUT YOU ARE NOT TO BE CALLED
RABBI, FOR YOU HAVE ONLY ONE
00:23:12.50\00:23:16.53
MASTER AND YOU
ARE ALL BROTHERS.'"
00:23:16.53\00:23:25.36
THAT'S ONE REASON I
LIKE HIM, BECAUSE HE WASN'T
00:23:25.36\00:23:32.96
A PART OF THAT BUNCH.
00:23:32.96\00:23:38.63
I'VE TOLD YOU
THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES.
00:23:38.63\00:23:41.93
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
00:23:41.93\00:23:43.66
MOST RELIGION IS BAD.
00:23:43.66\00:23:50.23
AND HE WAS NOT A STUFFED
SHIRT OR A POMPOUS, PIOUS MEMBER
00:23:50.23\00:23:59.36
OF THE HIERARCHY.
00:23:59.36\00:24:02.00
ONE GREAT SCHOLAR SAID,
"OUR LORD WAS BROUGHT BEFORE
00:24:02.00\00:24:04.93
CAIAPHAS AND THEN
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN AS WELL,
00:24:04.93\00:24:07.50
BOTH AT NIGHT AND
AGAIN IN THE MORNING."
00:24:07.50\00:24:10.23
THEY WERE COWARDS
ALSO, THE SANHEDRIN.
00:24:10.23\00:24:12.93
"WHAT A MEETING WAS
THIS BETWEEN THE MESSIAH
00:24:12.93\00:24:15.30
AND THE HIGH PRIEST.
00:24:15.30\00:24:16.80
CAIAPHAS WAS IN CHARGE OF
THE WHOLE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.
00:24:16.80\00:24:20.50
HE WAS A ROYAL FIGURE, A
MAN WITH GREAT AUTHORITY.
00:24:20.50\00:24:24.46
PRIESTS TO THE
NUMBER OF 20,000 SERVED HIM.
00:24:24.46\00:24:31.46
RESPECTED BY ALL ISRAEL AS THE
VOICE OF GOD, HE OOZED PRIDE.
00:24:31.46\00:24:39.76
WHY DID HE HAVE HIS JOB?
00:24:39.76\00:24:41.80
THE ANSWER IS TO
PRESERVE TRADITIONAL RELIGION
00:24:41.80\00:24:44.83
AT ANY COST.
00:24:44.83\00:24:47.73
THIS WAS A POLARIZATION
THAT OCCURS FROM TIME TO TIME IN
00:24:47.73\00:24:50.76
CHURCH HISTORY, WHEN RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
00:24:50.76\00:24:55.23
THE INSTITUTION AND THE GOSPEL."
00:24:55.23\00:25:01.33
AND THAT'S WHY I LIKED
HIM, BECAUSE HE WASN'T A PART OF
00:25:01.33\00:25:05.13
THAT MOB.
00:25:05.13\00:25:06.53
HE ATTACKED THEIR CLAIMS, THEIR
TRADITIONS, THEIR FINANCES,
00:25:06.53\00:25:10.66
THEIR MISSIONARY POLICIES,
AND THEIR SPIRITUALITY.
00:25:10.66\00:25:20.93
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM
BECAUSE HE WASN'T STUFFY,
00:25:20.93\00:25:24.83
HE WASN'T PROUD, HE
WASN'T RELIGIOUS, OR PART OF
00:25:24.83\00:25:28.80
THE HIERARCHY.
00:25:28.80\00:25:31.10
PEOPLE TODAY ARE DEEPLY
SUSPICIOUS OF HIERARCHIES
00:25:31.10\00:25:35.16
AND RIGHTLY SO.
00:25:35.16\00:25:37.10
THINK OF THE SCANDALS
IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
00:25:37.10\00:25:43.73
AND JESUS WAS A BREATH OF
FRESH AIR AND HE STILL IS.
00:25:43.73\00:25:51.56
THAT'S WHY YOU
WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:25:51.56\00:25:54.63
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED JESUS,
I BELIEVE, BECAUSE HE STOOD UP
00:25:54.63\00:25:57.50
FOR THE UNDERDOG,
THE OPPRESSED OF SOCIETY.
00:25:57.50\00:26:01.73
LOOK AT JOHN 12:1-7.
00:26:01.73\00:26:04.43
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE.
00:26:04.43\00:26:06.66
IT'S A DELIGHTFUL
PASSAGE, JOHN 12:1-7.
00:26:06.66\00:26:13.96
"SIX DAYS BEFORE THE PASSOVER,
JESUS ARRIVED IN BETHANY, WHERE
00:26:13.96\00:26:17.30
LAZARUS LIVED, WHOM
JESUS HAD RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
00:26:17.30\00:26:20.93
HERE A DINNER WAS
GIVEN IN JESUS' HONOR.
00:26:20.93\00:26:23.13
MARTHA SERVED, WHILE LAZARUS
WAS AMONG THOSE RECLINING
00:26:23.13\00:26:26.10
AT THE TABLE WITH HIM.
00:26:26.10\00:26:28.30
THEN MARY TOOK ABOUT A
PINT OF PURE NARD, AN EXPENSIVE
00:26:28.30\00:26:31.33
PERFUME," WORTH IN
TODAY'S LANGUAGE ABOUT $70,000.
00:26:31.33\00:26:36.66
"SHE POURED IT ON JESUS'
FEET AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH
00:26:36.66\00:26:39.30
HER HAIR.
00:26:39.30\00:26:40.60
AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH
THE FRAGRANCE OF THE PERFUME.
00:26:40.60\00:26:44.93
BUT ONE OF THE DISCIPLES,
JUDAS ISCARIOT, WHO WAS LATER
00:26:44.93\00:26:47.86
TO BETRAY HIM, OBJECTED, 'WHY
WASN'T THIS PERFUME SOLD AND
00:26:47.86\00:26:51.80
THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR?
00:26:51.80\00:26:54.30
IT WAS WORTH A YEAR'S
WAGES.'" FOR SOME OF YOU,
00:26:54.30\00:26:58.30
THAT'S $100,000.
00:26:58.30\00:27:01.03
"HE DID NOT SAY THIS BECAUSE
HE CARED ABOUT THE POOR BUT
00:27:01.03\00:27:03.93
BECAUSE HE WAS A THIEF; AS
KEEPER OF THE MONEY BAG, HE
00:27:03.93\00:27:07.80
USED TO HELP HIMSELF
TO WHAT WAS PUT INTO IT."
00:27:07.80\00:27:10.50
AND THEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER
OF WONDERFUL WORDS, THREE WORDS,
00:27:10.50\00:27:14.86
"'LEAVE HER
ALONE,' JESUS REPLIED."
00:27:14.86\00:27:19.23
DON'T FORGET THOSE WORDS.
00:27:19.23\00:27:20.43
"'LEAVE HER ALONE.
00:27:20.43\00:27:22.20
[IT WAS INTENDED] THAT SHE
SHOULD SAVE THIS PERFUME FOR
00:27:22.20\00:27:24.90
THE DAY OF MY
BURIAL.'" THOSE WORDS WILL NEVER
00:27:24.90\00:27:29.00
BE FORGOTTEN.
00:27:29.00\00:27:30.43
HERE WAS A WOMAN WHO
DIDN'T KNOW HER PLACE.
00:27:30.43\00:27:33.86
AND IN THOSE DAYS, HER PLACE
WAS IN THE KITCHEN WITH HER
00:27:33.86\00:27:37.46
MOUTH SHUT, AS IT IS
IN SOME COUNTRIES TODAY.
00:27:37.46\00:27:46.56
BUT JESUS WAS NOT A PERSON
WHO WAS BLUFFED BY ANYBODY
00:27:46.56\00:27:50.40
AND HE SAID TO THE
DISCIPLES, "LEAVE HER ALONE."
00:27:50.40\00:27:59.83
HE CAME TO HER DEFENSE.
00:28:00.90\00:28:02.90
THE WORLD IS FULL OF
OPPRESSED AND SUFFERING,
00:28:02.90\00:28:05.86
MISUNDERSTOOD SOULS.
00:28:05.86\00:28:07.90
AND THE LORD WOULD
SAY, "LEAVE THEM ALONE.
00:28:07.90\00:28:12.80
DON'T MAKE THEIR LIVES WORSE."
00:28:12.80\00:28:16.60
THE THIRD REASON YOU WOULD HAVE
LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE PROTECTED
00:28:17.20\00:28:20.76
AND EMANCIPATED WOMEN.
00:28:20.76\00:28:22.73
HE DID NOT MERELY
STAND UP FOR THEM.
00:28:22.73\00:28:25.23
HE EMANCIPATED THEM.
00:28:25.23\00:28:27.46
HISTORY TELLS US THAT
WOMEN HAVE GENERALLY SUFFERED
00:28:27.46\00:28:30.33
DISCRIMINATION AND
INJUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF MEN.
00:28:30.33\00:28:35.16
IT IS STILL HAPPENING WHERE
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS IGNORED.
00:28:35.16\00:28:39.20
COME TO JOHN 4:7-10.
00:28:39.20\00:28:43.50
JOHN 4:7-10, "WHEN A SAMARITAN
WOMAN CAME TO DRAW WATER, JESUS
00:28:43.50\00:28:51.16
SAID TO HER, 'WILL YOU GIVE
ME A DRINK?' (HIS DISCIPLES HAD
00:28:51.16\00:28:56.80
GONE INTO THE TOWN TO BUY
FOOD.) THE SAMARITAN WOMAN SAID
00:28:56.80\00:29:01.33
TO HIM, 'YOU ARE A JEW
AND I AM A SAMARITAN WOMAN.
00:29:01.33\00:29:07.16
HOW CAN YOU ASK ME FOR
A DRINK?' (FOR JEWS DO NOT
00:29:07.16\00:29:10.20
ASSOCIATE WITH SAMARITANS.)
JESUS ANSWERED HER, 'IF YOU
00:29:10.20\00:29:14.83
KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD AND WHO
IT IS THAT ASKS YOU FOR A DRINK,
00:29:14.83\00:29:19.16
YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM
AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU
00:29:19.16\00:29:22.20
LIVING WATER.'"
AND THEN VERSE 27,
00:29:22.20\00:29:27.83
"JUST THEN HIS DISCIPLES
RETURNED AND WERE SURPRISED TO
00:29:27.83\00:29:31.66
FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN.
00:29:31.66\00:29:34.13
BUT NO ONE ASKED,
'WHAT DO YOU WANT?'
00:29:34.13\00:29:37.06
OR 'WHY ARE YOU
TALKING WITH HER?'"
00:29:37.06\00:29:43.66
I WISH TO SPEAK FOR A
MOMENT TO THE WOMEN AND THE
00:29:43.66\00:29:47.13
WOMEN WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
00:29:47.13\00:29:50.23
WOMEN ARE MOST LIBERATED
WHERE CHRIST IS MOST HONORED.
00:29:50.23\00:29:59.50
AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF
COUNTRIES TODAY WHERE WOMEN ARE
00:29:59.50\00:30:02.63
KEPT IN BONDAGE AND MEN RULE
OVER THEM AND TREAT THEM LIKE
00:30:02.63\00:30:08.86
FOURTH CLASS CITIZENS.
00:30:08.86\00:30:10.73
AND ALL OF YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:30:10.73\00:30:16.46
NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER CRITICIZE
JESUS BECAUSE HE WAS THE
00:30:16.46\00:30:20.96
GREATEST LIBERATOR OF
WOMEN THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
00:30:20.96\00:30:27.20
WHEN I FIRST WENT TO RUSSIA
BACK IN '91 OR '92, THEY WERE
00:30:27.20\00:30:35.73
TREATING ME LIKE A CZAR BY
WINING AND DINING ME IN THIS
00:30:35.73\00:30:41.50
BEAUTIFUL ROOM, ALL THE PASTORS.
00:30:41.50\00:30:47.30
I SAID, "WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?"
00:30:47.30\00:30:48.83
THEY SAID, "WHERE THEY BELONG."
00:30:48.83\00:30:52.80
AND THE WOMEN HAD DONE THE WORK
AND THEY WERE IN THE KITCHEN.
00:30:52.80\00:30:57.03
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN,
THE DOOR WOULD OPEN AND A WOMAN
00:30:57.03\00:31:01.76
WOULD LOOK AROUND THE DOOR.
00:31:01.76\00:31:05.63
I SAID TO THEM, "ARE
YOU NOT CHRISTIANS HERE?
00:31:05.63\00:31:10.90
YOU ARE PASTORS, BUT
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWERS
00:31:10.90\00:31:14.33
OF CHRIST.
00:31:14.33\00:31:17.73
I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING HERE
UNTIL THE WOMEN COME IN," WHICH
00:31:17.73\00:31:23.60
THEY DID LIKE A FLOOD.
00:31:23.60\00:31:30.50
CHRIST IS LIKEABLE BECAUSE
HE STOOD UP FOR WOMEN AND EVERY
00:31:30.50\00:31:37.10
WOMAN OUGHT TO LOVE HIM AND
ALSO HAVE PHILOS IN HER HEART
00:31:37.10\00:31:45.63
FOR HIM, WARM AFFECTION.
00:31:45.63\00:31:50.63
I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE
EXPERIENCED WARM FEELINGS
00:31:54.70\00:31:58.26
TOWARDS HIM BECAUSE HE REJECTED
RACISM AND CLASS DISTINCTION.
00:31:58.26\00:32:06.73
NOW I'VE GONE TO COUNTRIES
WHERE CERTAINLY YOU HAVE RACISM
00:32:06.73\00:32:15.00
BECAUSE WE HAVE IT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT
00:32:15.00\00:32:19.86
NOT NEARLY AS MUCH
AS WE USED TO HAVE IT.
00:32:19.86\00:32:24.20
BUT SHORTLY, I'M GOING TO A
COUNTRY WHERE ONLY A FEW YEARS
00:32:24.20\00:32:28.36
AGO BLACKS WERE NOT ALLOWED
TO USE THE SAME BATHROOMS
00:32:28.36\00:32:32.93
AS WHITES OR GO INTO
THE SAME RESTAURANTS.
00:32:32.93\00:32:38.13
THANK GOD THAT REGIME FELL.
00:32:38.13\00:32:44.56
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED
HIM BECAUSE HE HAD NO SYMPATHY
00:32:44.56\00:32:52.36
TOWARDS RACISM.
00:32:52.36\00:32:54.90
HE ACCEPTED PEOPLE
WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE.
00:32:54.90\00:32:59.16
THE ROMANS, THE
JEWS, THE SAMARITANS.
00:32:59.16\00:33:06.46
AND OF COURSE, THE SAMARITANS
WERE DESPISED BY THE JEWS
00:33:06.46\00:33:10.53
BECAUSE THEY HAD PART
JEWISH RELIGION AND PART PAGAN
00:33:10.53\00:33:15.50
RELIGION AND THEY WERE
LOOKED DOWN ON AS DOGS.
00:33:15.50\00:33:19.33
"FANCY, MASTER.
00:33:19.33\00:33:21.46
YOU'RE TALKING TO
A SAMARITAN WOMAN."
00:33:21.46\00:33:28.66
JESUS WAS NOT STUFFY.
00:33:28.66\00:33:31.50
IF YOU GO TO SOME COUNTRIES,
THEY MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF
00:33:31.50\00:33:34.30
RACISM, BUT THEY HAVE A
CERTAIN CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS.
00:33:34.30\00:33:40.73
"OH, I SAY WE
BELONG TO THE UPPER CLASS.
00:33:40.73\00:33:45.53
DID YOU KNOW THIS
IS LORD SO-AND-SO?"
00:33:45.53\00:33:49.06
YOU NEVER READ IN THE
SCRIPTURES WHERE GOD CALLS
00:33:49.06\00:33:52.73
A MAN LORD SO-AND-SO.
00:33:52.73\00:33:57.06
THANK GOD AMERICA DOESN'T
HAVE ALL OF THESE STUFFY TITLES.
00:33:57.06\00:34:04.80
YEARS AGO, MORE THAN 20 YEARS
AGO, I WAS INVITED TO SOUTH
00:34:04.80\00:34:11.66
AFRICA TO HOLD MEETINGS.
00:34:11.66\00:34:14.80
IN CAPE TOWN, I
ASKED THEM ONE QUESTION.
00:34:14.80\00:34:18.46
"WILL THE
MEETINGS BE SEGREGATED?"
00:34:18.46\00:34:20.86
THEY SAID, "OF COURSE.
00:34:20.86\00:34:21.90
IT'S THE LAW."
00:34:21.90\00:34:24.43
I SAID, "THEN BLACKS AND
WHITES CANNOT SIT TOGETHER?"
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.73
YOU SEE, IN SOUTH AFRICA, THEY
HAVE--THEY WILL TELL YOU THIS.
00:34:27.73\00:34:31.73
THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS.
00:34:31.73\00:34:33.03
THEY HAVE THREE
CLASSES OF PEOPLE.
00:34:33.03\00:34:35.36
THEY HAVE WHITES
AND BLACKS AND COLOREDS.
00:34:35.36\00:34:41.76
I SAID, "WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF--"
"WELL, YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS
00:34:41.76\00:34:46.23
FOR COLOREDS AND YOU
CAN HAVE MEETINGS FOR WHITES
00:34:46.23\00:34:49.73
AND YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS
FOR BLACKS, BUT THESE GROUPS
00:34:49.73\00:34:54.66
CANNOT INTERMINGLE."
00:34:54.66\00:34:56.00
I SAID, "YOU HAVE MADE
THE DECISION FOR ME ALREADY.
00:34:56.00\00:35:02.93
I WILL NOT COME."
00:35:02.93\00:35:06.20
I WOULD NOT GO TO SOUTH AFRICA
WHILE APARTHEID RULED BECAUSE,
00:35:06.20\00:35:11.90
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PRACTICED BY
CHRISTIANS WHO WERE CALVINISTS,
00:35:11.90\00:35:19.70
IT WAS SO FAR FROM THE LOVE
OF GOD AS TO BE AN ABOMINATION.
00:35:19.70\00:35:25.80
WE GO TO SOUTH AFRICA AND
WHEN THE MEETINGS COMMENCE IN
00:35:25.80\00:35:30.66
THE GREAT MOSAIC THEATRE
IN JOHANNESBURG, THERE WILL BE
00:35:30.66\00:35:37.86
NO RACISM.
00:35:37.86\00:35:40.86
AND YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED
JESUS BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STAND
00:35:46.86\00:35:51.76
RACISM OR CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS.
00:35:51.76\00:35:55.06
THE RICH AND THE POOR
WERE THE SAME WITH HIM.
00:35:55.06\00:35:58.93
EVEN IN AMERICA, WE HAVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE CLASS CONSCIOUS.
00:35:58.93\00:36:02.30
THEY THINK BECAUSE THEY
ARE WEALTHY THEY ARE BETTER.
00:36:02.30\00:36:06.53
NO, THEY'RE NOT BETTER.
00:36:06.53\00:36:08.73
THEY SIMPLY HAVE MORE GADGETS.
00:36:08.73\00:36:13.86
JESUS SAID, "A MAN'S LIFE
CONSISTETH NOT IN THE ABUNDANCE
00:36:13.86\00:36:20.36
OF THE THINGS
WHICH HE POSSESSETH."
00:36:20.36\00:36:24.13
DON'T FORGET IT.
00:36:24.13\00:36:26.86
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:36:26.86\00:36:30.50
NOT JUST LOVED HIM,
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:36:30.50\00:36:34.20
RECENTLY IN KWAZULU-NATAL,
I PREACHED TO A VAST AUDIENCE
00:36:34.20\00:36:41.13
OF ZULUS AND OTHERS WHO LOOKED
LIKE ME AT THE NATAL UNIVERSITY
00:36:41.13\00:36:50.10
AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
00:36:50.10\00:36:54.70
NO BETTER WERE THEY TO PREACH
TO THAN YOU, BUT CERTAINLY
00:36:54.70\00:36:58.53
DIFFERENT.
00:36:58.53\00:37:01.03
BECAUSE, AS I STARTED TO
PREACH, THE WHOLE SERVICE
00:37:01.03\00:37:04.66
BECAME A GROUP AFFAIR.
00:37:04.66\00:37:09.33
"COME ON, NOW.
00:37:09.33\00:37:10.80
YES, SIR.
00:37:10.80\00:37:11.96
COME ON, NOW.
00:37:11.96\00:37:12.96
PREACH IT.
00:37:12.96\00:37:13.96
MM, MM.
00:37:13.96\00:37:15.63
YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THERE.
00:37:15.63\00:37:16.80
MM, MM."
00:37:16.80\00:37:18.10
GOODNESS.
00:37:18.10\00:37:19.50
I THOUGHT, "WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THESE FOLKS?
00:37:19.50\00:37:22.40
THEY GOT TUMMY
ACHE OR SOMETHING?"
00:37:22.40\00:37:24.86
AND SO I SAID TO THE FOLKS,
THIS AUDIENCE THAT WAS 90%
00:37:24.86\00:37:28.86
BLACK, "I WANT YOU
FOLKS TO KNOW SOMETHING TODAY.
00:37:28.86\00:37:32.23
THERE WILL BE NO
WHITE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN."
00:37:32.23\00:37:35.36
THEY SAID, "OH, YEAH?"
00:37:35.36\00:37:38.36
SOME OF THEM
ALMOST SAID, "AMEN."
00:37:38.36\00:37:41.66
NO WHITE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN.
00:37:41.66\00:37:43.43
THEN I SAID TO THEM,
"WHAT IS MORE, THERE WILL BE NO
00:37:43.43\00:37:46.13
BROWN PEOPLE IN HEAVEN."
00:37:46.13\00:37:47.76
"OH."
00:37:47.76\00:37:48.90
WELL, A LOT OF THEM WERE BROWN.
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.23
I SAID, "NO
COLORED PEOPLE IN HEAVEN."
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.33
THEY WEREN'T GOING, "MM, MM."
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.53
THEY WEREN'T SAYING,
"COME ON, NOW" AND "PREACH IT"
00:37:53.53\00:37:56.23
OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.
00:37:56.23\00:37:57.83
THEY GOT VERY QUIET.
00:37:57.83\00:37:59.66
AND THEN I SAID, "WHAT IS
MORE--" HERE IS THIS GREAT
00:37:59.66\00:38:03.33
AUDIENCE, HUGE
AUDIENCE OF ZULUS.
00:38:03.33\00:38:07.46
I SAID, "WHAT IS MORE,
THERE WILL BE NO BLACK PEOPLE
00:38:07.46\00:38:11.00
IN HEAVEN."
00:38:11.00\00:38:14.03
THAT'S A WAY TO
SHUT UP A BLACK AUDIENCE.
00:38:14.03\00:38:18.46
SO THERE'S NO WHITE PEOPLE, NO
BROWN PEOPLE, NO BLACK PEOPLE.
00:38:18.46\00:38:23.43
ONLY PEOPLE WHO'LL BE IN HEAVEN
WILL BE RED PEOPLE BECAUSE
00:38:23.43\00:38:28.26
THEY'RE COVERED BY
THE RED BLOOD OF CHRIST.
00:38:28.26\00:38:32.66
AND I SAID, "I WANT TO
TELL YOU BLACK FOLKS SOMETHING.
00:38:32.66\00:38:34.93
I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHITE FOLKS SOMETHING.
00:38:34.93\00:38:37.06
I WANT TO TELL YOU
COLORED FOLKS SOMETHING.
00:38:37.06\00:38:39.10
IT'S TIME YOU PUT ASIDE LOOKING
AT PEOPLE THOUGH THE COLOR
00:38:39.10\00:38:43.66
OF THEIR SKIN.
00:38:43.66\00:38:45.40
YOU GOT TO PUT IT ASIDE.
00:38:45.40\00:38:51.93
AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW CHRIST."
00:38:51.93\00:38:55.96
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:38:55.96\00:38:58.66
I'M GLAD IN OUR CHURCH IN
LOS ANGELES WE HAVE ANGLOS LIKE
00:38:58.66\00:39:04.53
ME AND WE'VE GOT BLACK FOLKS
AND WE'VE GOT--THEY LIKE TO BE
00:39:04.53\00:39:11.20
CALLED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
00:39:11.20\00:39:12.53
FINE.
00:39:12.53\00:39:14.20
WE HAVE HISPANICS
AND NOT JUST HISPANICS.
00:39:14.20\00:39:17.50
WE HAVE CHILEANS AND FOLKS FROM
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA AND MEXICO
00:39:17.50\00:39:22.63
AND WE'VE GOT FILIPINO FOLKS
AND WE'VE GOT CHINESE FOLKS.
00:39:22.63\00:39:27.63
WE DO NOT HAVE IN OUR CHURCH
A SEGREGATED CONGREGATION.
00:39:27.63\00:39:33.20
WE DO NOT HAVE A BLACK CHURCH.
00:39:33.20\00:39:38.56
AND WE DO NOT HAVE--WHEN I
SAY THAT, WE DON'T GET A LOT
00:39:38.56\00:39:42.16
OF AMENS.
00:39:42.16\00:39:43.16
WE DO NOT HAVE A BLACK CHURCH
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A WHITE
00:39:43.16\00:39:46.53
CHURCH AND WE DO NOT
HAVE A BROWN CHURCH AND WE DO
00:39:46.53\00:39:50.46
NOT HAVE A CHINESE CHURCH.
00:39:50.46\00:39:52.53
WE HAVE A CHURCH OF SAVED
SINNERS WHO'VE STOPPED THE SIN
00:39:52.53\00:39:58.63
OF RACISM IN THEIR LIVES.
00:39:58.63\00:40:03.43
AND THAT'S WHY YOU
WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:40:03.43\00:40:11.06
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM.
00:40:11.06\00:40:12.46
YOU WOULD HAVE WARMED TO THIS
CARPENTER TEACHER BECAUSE HE
00:40:12.46\00:40:17.46
LOVED CHILDREN AND
CHILDREN LOVED HIM.
00:40:17.46\00:40:20.56
AND IF CHILDREN DON'T LIKE YOU,
IT'S USUALLY NOT THE FAULT OF
00:40:20.56\00:40:23.60
THE CHILDREN.
00:40:23.60\00:40:24.93
COME OVER HERE, MATTHEW 19.
00:40:24.93\00:40:27.80
MATTHEW 19.
00:40:27.80\00:40:29.90
JUST REMEMBER THAT IF CHILDREN
DON'T LIKE YOU, USUALLY IT'S
00:40:29.90\00:40:33.70
NOT THE FAULT OF THE CHILDREN.
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.73
CHILDREN LOVED HIM.
00:40:35.73\00:40:38.26
MATTHEW 19:13, "THEN LITTLE
CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO JESUS
00:40:38.26\00:40:43.06
FOR HIM TO PLACE HIS
HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM.
00:40:43.06\00:40:46.06
BUT THE DISCIPLES
REBUKED THOSE WHO BROUGHT THEM.
00:40:46.06\00:40:49.20
JESUS SAID, 'LET THE LITTLE
CHILDREN COME TO ME, AND DO NOT
00:40:49.20\00:40:52.40
HINDER THEM, FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO SUCH
00:40:52.40\00:40:55.93
AS THESE.' WHEN HE
HAD PLACED HIS HANDS ON
00:40:55.93\00:40:58.33
THEM, HE WENT ON FROM THERE."
00:40:58.33\00:41:01.90
CHILDREN, YOU ALL KNOW IT,
HAVE AN HONESTY, A SINCERITY,
00:41:01.90\00:41:09.83
AND A LOVE THAT IS CAPTIVATING.
00:41:09.83\00:41:14.26
REMEMBER THE LITTLE GIRL
WHO PRAYED, "DEAR GOD--" WHEN
00:41:14.26\00:41:18.26
SHE SAID HER PRAYERS AT NIGHT,
"DEAR GOD, MAKE ALL--MAKE ALL
00:41:18.26\00:41:22.60
OF THE BAD PEOPLE GOOD."
00:41:22.60\00:41:28.36
AND THEN SHE PRAYED, "AND
MAKE ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE KIND."
00:41:28.36\00:41:35.63
ONLY A LITTLE CHILD
COULD THINK OF THAT PRAYER.
00:41:35.63\00:41:39.86
JESUS LOVED THE CHILDREN
AND THE CHILDREN LOVED HIM.
00:41:39.86\00:41:47.26
AND I WOULD
REMIND YOU OF ONE THING.
00:41:47.26\00:41:49.53
JESUS WAS NEVER ACCUSED
OF BEING A PEDOPHILE, WAS HE?
00:41:49.53\00:41:54.33
NO.
00:41:54.33\00:41:57.90
YOU WOULD HAVE FELT GOOD
IN HIS PRESENCE BECAUSE JESUS
00:41:57.90\00:42:01.26
LOVED PARTIES.
00:42:01.26\00:42:03.83
I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT.
00:42:03.83\00:42:05.40
COME OVER HERE TO
JOHN 2:1 AND ONWARDS.
00:42:05.40\00:42:09.13
OVER HERE TO
JOHN 2:1 AND ONWARDS.
00:42:09.13\00:42:13.33
JOHN 2:1 AND ON.
00:42:13.33\00:42:18.36
MY MOTHER WOULD SAY TO ME,
"REMEMBER THE SAYING, JOHN.
00:42:18.36\00:42:21.80
TOO MUCH WORK AND NO
PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY."
00:42:21.80\00:42:27.23
JOHN 2:1-10, "ON THE THIRD
DAY A WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT CANA
00:42:27.23\00:42:31.83
IN GALILEE.
00:42:31.83\00:42:33.43
JESUS' MOTHER WAS THERE,
AND JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES
00:42:33.43\00:42:36.40
HAD ALSO BEEN
INVITED TO THE WEDDING.
00:42:36.40\00:42:39.90
WHEN THE WINE WAS GONE, JESUS'
MOTHER SAID TO HIM, 'THEY HAVE
00:42:39.90\00:42:43.03
NO MORE WINE.'"
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERY
00:42:43.03\00:42:46.00
PERSON, MY
FRIEND, WITHOUT CHRIST.
00:42:46.00\00:42:48.00
YOU RUN OUT OF WINE.
00:42:48.00\00:42:49.80
YOU RUN OUT OF
THAT WHICH GIVES JOY.
00:42:49.80\00:42:54.23
"'DEAR WOMAN, WHY DO YOU
INVOLVE ME?' JESUS REPLIED.
00:42:54.23\00:42:59.46
'MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME.'
HIS MOTHER SAID TO THE SERVANTS,
00:42:59.46\00:43:02.93
'DO WHATEVER HE TELLS
YOU.'" JUST REMEMBER THAT.
00:43:02.93\00:43:05.33
WHATEVER HE
TELLS YOU, YOU DO IT.
00:43:05.33\00:43:07.70
"NEARBY STOOD SIX STONE WATER
JARS, THE KIND USED BY THE JEWS
00:43:07.70\00:43:11.83
FOR CEREMONIAL WASHINGS, EACH
HOLDING FROM 20 TO 30 GALLONS."
00:43:11.83\00:43:16.53
SO HE GOT A LOT OF ROOM
THERE FOR A LOT OF WINE.
00:43:16.53\00:43:19.26
"JESUS SAID TO THE SERVANTS,
'FILL THE JARS WITH WATER.' SO
00:43:19.26\00:43:22.36
THEY FILLED THEM TO THE BRIM.
00:43:22.36\00:43:23.93
THEN HE TOLD THEM, 'NOW
DRAW SOME OUT AND TAKE IT TO THE
00:43:23.93\00:43:26.63
MASTER OF THE BANQUET.' THEY
DID SO, AND THE MASTER OF THE
00:43:26.63\00:43:30.33
BANQUET TASTED THE WATER
THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO WINE.
00:43:30.33\00:43:33.66
HE DID NOT REALIZE WHERE IT HAD
COME FROM, THOUGH THE SERVANTS
00:43:33.66\00:43:36.93
WHO HAD DRAWN THE WATER KNEW.
00:43:36.93\00:43:39.10
THEN HE CALLED THE BRIDEGROOM
ASIDE AND SAID, 'EVERYONE
00:43:39.10\00:43:41.93
BRINGS OUT THE CHOICE WINE
FIRST AND THEN THE CHEAPER WINE
00:43:41.93\00:43:45.66
AFTER THE GUESTS HAVE
HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK.'"
00:43:45.66\00:43:48.33
YOU KNOW, JUST PAUSE HERE.
00:43:48.33\00:43:50.70
FOR THOSE OF YOU
GETTING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TEXT,
00:43:50.70\00:43:54.06
THEY DIDN'T PRACTICE DISTILLING
LIQUORS BACK IN THOSE DAYS.
00:43:54.06\00:43:57.00
YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?
00:43:57.00\00:43:58.16
THAT'S A MODERN INVENTION.
00:43:58.16\00:44:01.10
"'BUT YOU HAVE
SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW.
00:44:01.10\00:44:05.30
YOU'VE SAVED THE BEST TILL
NOW.' THIS, THE FIRST OF HIS
00:44:05.30\00:44:08.53
MIRACULOUS SIGNS, JESUS
PERFORMED AT CANA IN GALILEE.
00:44:08.53\00:44:12.16
HE THUS REVEALED HIS GLORY, AND
HIS DISCIPLES PUT THEIR FAITH
00:44:12.16\00:44:15.70
IN HIM."
00:44:15.70\00:44:16.66
LISTEN TO THIS.
00:44:16.66\00:44:17.80
THIS WAS HIS FIRST MIRACLE.
00:44:17.80\00:44:20.50
IT WAS AT A PARTY.
00:44:20.50\00:44:22.13
DON'T FORGET IT.
00:44:22.13\00:44:23.43
HIS FIRST
MIRACLE WAS AT A PARTY.
00:44:23.43\00:44:27.06
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS
THAT THE WINE RAN OUT.
00:44:27.06\00:44:30.36
I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
00:44:30.36\00:44:31.63
WITHOUT CHRIST, THE
WINE'S GONNA RUN OUT.
00:44:31.63\00:44:36.00
YOU'RE GONNA BE LEFT FLAT.
00:44:36.00\00:44:37.60
THE WINE'S GONNA RUN OUT.
00:44:37.60\00:44:39.36
AND THEN JESUS
TURNS THE WATER INTO WINE.
00:44:39.36\00:44:44.60
AND THEN, WHEN THEY TASTE
IT, THEY SAY, "HEY, THIS IS THE
00:44:44.60\00:44:47.16
BEST WE'VE EVER HAD."
00:44:47.16\00:44:49.33
IF YOU'RE DRINKING THE WINE OF
THE WORLD, IT'S GONNA RUN OUT.
00:44:49.33\00:44:53.96
ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE
US WINE THAT SATISFIES.
00:44:53.96\00:44:58.66
AND SO JESUS STARTED HIS
MINISTRY AT A PARTY BECAUSE
00:44:58.66\00:45:03.96
JESUS WAS TRYING TO TEACH
THEM THAT THE GOSPEL BRINGS JOY
00:45:03.96\00:45:08.96
AND HAPPINESS.
00:45:08.96\00:45:10.83
THE SINNER WITHOUT
CHRIST HAS GOT NO JOY.
00:45:10.83\00:45:15.43
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM
BECAUSE HE ENJOYED PARTIES
00:45:15.43\00:45:21.90
AND THE PARTY WAS
THE SYMBOL OF THE GOSPEL.
00:45:21.90\00:45:24.33
HE WAS NOT A RECLUSE.
00:45:24.33\00:45:25.73
HE WAS NOT A HERMIT.
00:45:25.73\00:45:27.13
HE DIDN'T LIVE IN A MONASTERY.
00:45:27.13\00:45:32.16
YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM
BECAUSE, THOUGH WE DESERVE IT,
00:45:32.16\00:45:38.80
HE DIDN'T CONDEMN SINNERS.
00:45:38.80\00:45:42.10
THAT'S WHY I LIKE HIM SO MUCH.
00:45:42.10\00:45:44.53
COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 8:1-11.
00:45:44.53\00:45:47.33
THIS IS A GOOD CHURCH
BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TURNING TO
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THE TEXT.
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THIS IS NOT A LAZY CHURCH.
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO COME ALONG
TO CHURCH AND THEY JUST WANT
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ALL THE TEXTS UP ON THE
SCREEN, THEY'RE LAZY CHRISTIANS.
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LOOK AT THIS,
JOHN 8:1 AND ONWARDS.
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"BUT JESUS WENT TO
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
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AT DAWN HE APPEARED AGAIN
IN THE TEMPLE COURTS, WHERE ALL
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THE PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND HIM,
AND HE SAT DOWN TO TEACH THEM.
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THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND
THE PHARISEES BROUGHT IN A WOMAN
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CAUGHT IN ADULTERY."
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HOW DID THEY CATCH HER?
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THEY MUST HAVE
BEEN SUPER SNOOPS.
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"THEY MADE HER STAND BEFORE
THE GROUP AND SAID TO JESUS,
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'TEACHER, THIS WOMAN WAS CAUGHT
IN THE ACT OF ADULTERY.' YOU
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KNOW HOW THEY COULD CATCH HER?
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IT WAS A SETUP.
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ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS, ONE
OF THE PHARISEES WAS SLEEPING
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WITH HER.
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"'IN THE LAW MOSES COMMANDED
US TO STONE SUCH WOMEN, BUT WHAT
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DO YOU SAY?' THEY WERE USING
THIS QUESTION AS A TRAP, IN
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ORDER TO HAVE A
BASIS FOR ACCUSING HIM.
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BUT JESUS BENT DOWN AND STARTED
TO WRITE ON THE GROUND WITH HIS
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FINGER.
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WHEN THEY KEPT ON QUESTIONING
HIM, HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND
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SAID TO THEM, 'IF ANY ONE OF
YOU IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM BE
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THE FIRST TO
THROW A STONE AT HER.'
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AGAIN HE STOOPED DOWN
AND WROTE ON THE GROUND.
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AT THIS, THOSE WHO HEARD BEGAN
TO GO AWAY ONE AT A TIME, THE
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OLDER ONES FIRST, UNTIL ONLY
JESUS WAS LEFT, WITH THE WOMAN
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STILL STANDING THERE.
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JESUS STRAIGHTENED UP AND ASKED
HER, 'WOMAN, WHERE ARE THEY?
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HAS NO ONE
CONDEMNED YOU?' 'NO ONE, SIR.'
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'THEN NEITHER DO I
CONDEMN YOU,' JESUS DECLARED.
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'GO NOW AND LEAVE
YOUR LIFE OF SIN.'"
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I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THE SCENE.
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CAN YOU GET THIS.
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THE SUPER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,
THESE WERE ALL SABBATH KEEPERS,
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ALL TITHE PAYERS, SUPER
RELIGIOUS, LOOKING FORWARD TO
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THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
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IT WAS A SETUP AND JESUS GOT
DOWN AND WROTE THE SECRETS OF
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THEIR DIRTY LITTLE LIVES IN THE
SAND AND THEY RAN AWAY BECAUSE
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THEY WERE COWARDS.
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AND THEN JESUS SAID TO THE
WOMAN, "WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE
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ACCUSING YOU?"
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SHE SAID, "THEY'RE GONE."
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WELL, JESUS SAID,
"I DON'T ACCUSE YOU.
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I DON'T CONDEMN YOU.
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GO AND LEAVE YOUR LIFE OF SIN."
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HE'S PRETTY LIKEABLE, ISN'T HE?
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HE DOESN'T CONDEMN THE SINNER.
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HE REDEEMS THE SINNER.
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HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE HIM?
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THE PHARISEES SPENT
THEIR LIVES PICKING UP STONES.
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JESUS SPENT HIS
LIFE PICKING UP PEOPLE.
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WHAT ABOUT YOU?
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HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE HIM
UNLESS YOU WERE A PHARISEE TOO?
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THERE'S ANOTHER REASON.
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HE WAS LOYAL TO HIS FRIENDS.
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YOU LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL.
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HE WAS LOYAL TO MARY
AND MARTHA AND LAZARUS.
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TO PETER, THE MAN WHO MESSED
UP, HE SENT HIM A MESSAGE.
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"GO TELL MY
DISCIPLES AND PETER."
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
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PETER LOVED HIM, BUT
PETER HAD PHILOS BECAUSE HE WAS
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SO LIKEABLE.
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HE FORGAVE PEOPLE WHO
CAUSED HIM PAIN AND SUFFERING.
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HE FORGAVE DEPRAVED, LOST SOULS
WHO PRACTICED THE DEMONIC ART
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OF TORTURE.
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ON THE CROSS, AS THEY TORTURED
HIM, HE SAID, "FATHER, FORGIVE
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THEM."
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YOU'VE GOT TO LIKE HIM UNLESS
YOU'VE GOT A HEART OF STONE.
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YOU GOT TO LIKE HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS NO WIMP.
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WE TEACH CHILDREN, RIGHTLY
SO, GENTLE JESUS, MEEK AND MILD.
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THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE.
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BUT HE WAS NO WIMP.
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HE STOOD UP TO THE RELIGIOUS
FRAUDS AND THE EXPLOITERS
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OF THE POOR.
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YOU COME OVER HERE TO MATTHEW
23 AND YOU WILL SEE WHERE HE
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TAKES ON THE PHARISEES.
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NOW JESUS WAS KIND AND LOVING
TO THE ADULTERER, BUT JESUS
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DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY KIND WORDS
TO THESE RELIGIOUS HUMBUGS.
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MATTHEW 23:25-26, "WOE TO
YOU, TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND
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PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES!
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YOU CLEAN THE OUTWARD SIDE
OF THE CUP AND THE DISH, BUT
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INSIDE THEY ARE FULL OF
GREED AND SELF-INDULGENCE.
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BLIND PHARISEE!"
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VERSE 27, "WOE TO
YOU, TEACHERS OF THE LAW."
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VERSE 33, "YOU SNAKES!
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YOU BROOD OF VIPERS!"
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AND YET, WE KNOW HE DID IT
WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES BECAUSE
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HE WEPT OVER JERUSALEM.
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AND DURING HIS TRIAL AND
CRUCIFIXION, WHEN HE ENDURED
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SUCH HORRENDOUS SUFFERING,
MY FRIEND, HE NEVER COMPLAINED.
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YOU GOT TO LIKE
A MAN WHO'S A HERO.
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HE'S THE GENUINE ARTICLE.
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YOU GOT TO LIKE HIM BECAUSE
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM IS GOOD.
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THIS MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK--
I READ TIME, READ NEWSWEEK.
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I'M SURE YOU DO TOO.
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IT'S GOT AN
ARTICLE CALLED "MAN UP.
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THE TRADITIONAL MALE
IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES."
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IT SAYS SOMETHING HAS
HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN MALE.
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BUT I WANT YOU
FOLKS TO KNOW SOMETHING.
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MAYBE IT'S MALES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT I WANT YOU
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TO KNOW SOMETHING.
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JESUS WAS NO WIMP.
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WHAT MAKES A REAL
MAN, DO YOU THINK, LADIES?
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MEN, WHAT DO YOU
THINK MAKES A REAL MAN?
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WELL, IT'S NOT A TATTOO
AND IT'S NOT FOUL LANGUAGE.
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IT'S NOT VIOLENCE, NOR THE
CAPACITY TO HOLD BIG QUANTITIES
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OF ALCOHOL OR THE GREAT
ABILITY TO DRIVE BIG TRUCKS.
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BECAUSE LADIES CAN DRIVE
THE BIG TRUCKS JUST AS WELL.
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THAT DOESN'T MAKE A MAN.
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YOU OUGHT TO READ
THIS ARTICLE IN NEWSWEEK.
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I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MAKES A MAN.
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LISTEN.
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COURAGE, INTEGRITY, WILLINGNESS
TO STAND ALONE FOR THE RIGHT,
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ENDURANCE,
TRUTHFULNESS, LOYALTY, AND LOVE.
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ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TEXTS
IN THE BIBLE IS WHERE JESUS IS
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BROUGHT OUT BY PILATE.
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PILATE BRINGS HIM OUT.
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THE CROWD, THE PHARISEES,
THE HIERARCHY, THE RELIGIOUS
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LEADERS, THEY'RE SCREAMING
FOR HIS BLOOD AND PILATE, THE
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ROMAN SOLDIER, BRINGS HIM OUT.
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AND PILATE SAYS THESE WORDS.
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HE SAYS, "BEHOLD, THE MAN."
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IF YOU WANT TO BE A
REAL MAN, THEN FOLLOW JESUS.
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AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE HIM.
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IN CONTRAST TO THE GOVERNOR,
WHO WAS WEAK, COWARDLY,
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UNSCRUPULOUS, A LOVER OF
POSITION AND POWER, A ROMAN
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WIMP, HE WAS A
MAN AND A REAL ONE.
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AND I WANT TO REMIND THE
TELEVISION AUDIENCE TODAY THAT
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HE LIKES YOU, EVEN LOVES
YOU, EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM.
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DON'T CONFUSE HIM, I SAY TO
YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH PEOPLE WHO
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PRETEND TO BE HIS DISCIPLES.
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DON'T CONFUSE HIM WITH POWER
HUNGRY CLERGICS, PEDOPHILES,
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CHURCH MEMBERS WHO
ATTACK MINORITY GROUPS, PEOPLE
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WHO MAKE WAR IN HIS NAME.
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DON'T CONFUSE HIM
AND DON'T SHUT HIM OUT.
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AND REMEMBER THIS.
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EVEN IF YOU DON'T
LIKE HIM, HE LIKES YOU.
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LISTEN.
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REST OF THE WEARY, JOY OF THE
SAD, HOPE OF THE DREARY, LIGHT
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OF THE GLAD, HOME OF THE
STRANGER, STRENGTH TO THE END,
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REFUGE FROM DANGER, SAVIOR
AND FRIEND, HE IS THE MOST
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UNLIKELY, THE MOST
LIKEABLE PERSON WHO EVER LIVED.
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BE HIS DISCIPLE, AMEN.
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LET US KEL.
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OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU
FOR THE STRONG SON OF GOD.
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HELP US, DEAR FATHER, TO
FIND REFUGE BENEATH HIS BLOOD.
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HELP US TO ACCEPT THAT THE
FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AND
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HELP US, DEAR FATHER, AS THOSE
WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS,
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TO TRY, BY THE GRACE
OF GOD, TO BE LIKE HIM.
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WE THANK YOU THAT
HE'S SO LIKEABLE, SO GOOD,
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THE VERY BEST.
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WE THANK YOU THAT HE
LIKES US AND LOVES US.
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AND DEAR FATHER, SOFTEN THESE
HEARTS OF OURS, THAT WE WILL
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LEARN TO LIKE HIM AS OUR
BEST FRIEND AND OUR SAVIOR.
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BLESS THIS CONGREGATION
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AMEN.
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? JESUS, I AM YOURS. ? ? JESUS ?
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? REMIND ME OF THE
LOVE ? ? YOU HAVE FOR ME. ?
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? WERE IT NOT FOR YOU,
? ? WHERE WOULD I BE? ?
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? FOR THESE SCARS,
? ? THEY POINT ME ?
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? TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
? ? I BEAR THEM IN YOUR NAME ?
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? AND I WON'T BE
ASHAMED ? ? OF THESE SCARS. ?
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? OH, THESE SCARS. ??
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