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>> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
THE CARTER REPORT PRESENTS
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"THE LIVING
WORD" AROUND THE WORLD.
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>> HELLO, FRIEND.
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I'M JOHN CARTER, STANDING ON
THE BANKS OF THE KAZAN RIVER.
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THAT'S A TRIBUTARY OF
THE MIGHTY VOLGA RIVER
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IN THE LAND OF RUSSIA.
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THIS IS THE CITY OF
KAZAN, THE CAPITAL OF TATARSTAN,
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A MUSLIM REPUBLIC OF
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
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WE ARE HERE BY THE SHEER GRACE
OF GOD AND WE SAY GLORY BE TO
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GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE DURING THE YEAR 2008,
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THE CARTER REPORT TEAM,
ONCE AGAIN BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
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BAPTIZED HUNDREDS
OF MUSLIMS INTO CHRIST
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IN FRONT OF THE MUSLIM MOSQUE.
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PEOPLE SAID IT COULD
NEVER HAPPEN, BUT REMEMBER THIS,
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GOD IS GREAT.
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AND JESUS SAID, "WITH
GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE."
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I WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY
FOR YOUR MARVELOUS SUPPORT,
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FOR STANDING WITH
US IN THE PREACHING OF
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THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
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PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR US AND PRAY FOR KAZAN.
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WRITE TO ME,
PLEASE, JOHN CARTER,
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POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358.
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WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON RUSSIA.
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NEITHER SHOULD YOU.
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PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN
CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
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THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358.
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THAT'S JOHN CARTER,
POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
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THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358.
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SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK.
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PRAY FOR RUSSIA AND THANK YOU.
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IN JESUS' NAME, MAY
GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU.
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>> I'M SO GLAD TO
GIVE YOU A WELCOME TODAY TO
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"THE CARTER REPORT."
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAGAZINE?
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TALKING HERE TO
THE CHURCH FOLKS ALSO?
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAGAZINE,
"NEWSWEEK," THE LATEST ONE?
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SEE WHAT'S ON THE COVER.
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YOU KNOW THE WORD FOR THE BOOK
OF REVELATION, DON'T YOU, YOU
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KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED DON'T YOU?
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THE APOCALYPSE.
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NOW PEOPLE TELL ME,
YOU SHOULDN'T BE PREACHING
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THOSE THINGS WILL.
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LET TELL YOU FOLKS SOMETHING,
IF WE DON'T PREACH THESE THINGS,
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THESE MAGAZINES ARE GOING
TO DO THE PREACHING FOR US.
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THIS MAGAZINE SAYS,
"NEWSWEEK," "APOCALYPSE NOW,
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TSUNAMIS, EARTHQUAKES,
NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS, REVOLUTIONS,
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ECONOMIES ON THE BRINK.
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WHAT IS NEXT?"
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SORT OF AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
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I'M GONNA TALK TODAY
ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET HOME,
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HOW YOU CAN FINALLY GET HOME.
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WE BELIEVE, WITH ALL OUR
HEARTS, THAT THIS IS THE TIME OF
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THE APOCALYPSE, WE BELIEVE THIS.
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"NEWSWEEK" ALSO BELIEVES
IT AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
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ARE SAYING SOMETHING
TREMENDOUS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
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TO THE HUMAN RACE.
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NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
AND MY FRIENDS AND MY WONDERFUL
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TELEVISION AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE
SO GLAD TO HAVE WITH US TODAY,
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WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE
WITH US AT OUR WORSHIP CENTER
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YARA GOMEZ AND JEREMY MORADA.
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>> [APPLAUDING]
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[MUSIC]
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? WONDERFUL, ? ?
MERCIFUL SAVIOR. ?
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? PRECIOUS
REDEEMER ? ? AND FRIEND. ?
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? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ?
? THAT A LAMB COULD RESCUE ?
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? THE SOULS OF MEN?
? ? OH, YOU'D RESCUE ?
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? THE SOULS OF
MEN. ? ? COUNSELOR, ?
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? COMFORTER, ? ? KEEPER, ?
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? SPIRIT WE LONG TO EMBRACE.
? ? YOU OFFER HOPE WHEN OUR ?
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? HEARTS HAVE
HOPELESSLY ? ? LOST OUR WAY. ?
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? OH, WE'VE
HOPELESSLY ? ? LOST OUR WAY. ?
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? YOU ARE THE ONE
? ? THAT WE PRAISE, ?
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? AND YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE ?
? YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE ?
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? OUR HEART'S ALWAYS HUNGERED
? ? FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ?
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? ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ?
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? YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE,
? ? OUR HEARTS ALWAYS HUNGERED ?
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? FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ?
? ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ?
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? ALL-MIGHTY INFINITE FATHER, ?
? FAITHFULLY LOVING YOUR OWN. ?
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? HERE IN OUR WEAKNESS
YOU ? ? FIND US, FALLING ?
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? BEFORE YOUR THRONE.
? ? OH, WE'RE FALLING ?
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? BEFORE YOUR
THRONE. ? ? YOU ARE THE ONE ?
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? THAT WE PRAISE, ? ?
YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE. ?
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? YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE
? ? OUR HEARTS ALWAYS HUNGERED ?
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? FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ?
? ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ?
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? YOU ARE THE ONE ?
? THAT WE PRAISE AND ?
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? YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE. ?
? YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE ?
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? OUR HEARTS ? ?
ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR, ?
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? OH, OUR HEARTS ? ?
ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ??
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>> [APPLAUDING]
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>> THIS IS A VERY FAMOUS
MAGAZINE HERE IN THESE GREAT
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UNITED STATES, "THE NEW YORKER."
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NOW I HOPE YOU FOLKS--
HOPE WE CAN GET A CAMERA
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IN CLOSE ON THIS, DAVID,
BUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
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THE ASCENT OF MAN.
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YOU KNOW WE START
OFF HERE AS MONKEYS,
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AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
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THINK YOU CAME FROM A MONKEY?
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OKAY, START OFF AS A MONKEY,
BUT THE MONKEY EVOLVES, CLIMBS
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UP AND AFTER MANY, MANY BILLIONS
OF YEARS, HE OH, TERRIBLE LONG
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TIME ANYHOW, THEY
SAY, HE IS A PHARAOH.
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AND THEN HE GETS BETTER AND
BETTER AND BETTER AND SOON HE IS
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A MAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
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YOU SEE HE'S
CLIMBING UP THE LADDER.
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HE'S ASCENDING.
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AND THE LAST SCENE IN THE
GREAT DRAMA, I'LL HOLD IT CLOSE
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SO THE CAMERA MAN CAN SEE.
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THE LAST SCENE IN THE
DRAMA, SEE WHAT IT IS?
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HE GOES OFF THE ESCALATOR
INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.
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HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
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THIS IS THE STUFF THAT IS
BELIEVED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
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AFTER A LONG PERILOUS,
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS IN THE END,
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HE'S DONE IN AND HE FALLS
OFF THE PIT INTO OBLIVION.
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THE TITLE OF MY TALK
TODAY IS "THE WAY HOME."
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WHY ON EARTH
WERE YOU AND I BORN?
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DO I HAVE A HIGHER DESTINY THAN
WHAT "THE NEW YORKER" TELLS ME?
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AS A CHRISTIAN, ONE WHO BELIEVES
IN CHRIST AND WHO ENDEAVORS TO
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FOLLOW CHRIST, I BELIEVE
THAT THE BEST IS YET TO BE.
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I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN,
I BELIEVE, AS A CHRISTIAN,
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THAT THE BEST IS YET TO BE.
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TAKE YOUR BIBLES PLEASE
AND TURN WITH ME TO JOHN 14:1
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AND ONWARDS.
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JOHN 14 AND THESE
ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.
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JOHN 14:1 AND ONWARDS.
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HAVE YOU GOT THE TEXT?
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JOHN 14:1 AND ONWARDS.
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JESUS SAID, "DO NOT LET
YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED.
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TRUST IN GOD; TRUST ALSO IN ME.
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IN MY FATHER'S
HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMS."
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IT'S A BIG HOUSE, FOLKS.
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"IF IT WERE NOT SO,
I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.
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I AM GOING THERE TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
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AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE
FOR YOU, I WILL COME BACK AND
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TAKE YOU TO BE WITH ME THAT
YOU ALSO MAY BE WHERE I AM."
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JESUS SAID THE END OF A
TRUE BELIEVER IS NOT TO FALL
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INTO THE PIT, IT IS LIVE
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE FOREVER.
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THAT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
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THAT IS SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
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THAT IS SOMETHING FAR BETTER
THAN YOU AND I CAN EVER CONCEIVE
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IN OUR MINDS.
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AND THE QUESTION WE NEED TO
ASK OURSELVES IS THIS: IF THERE
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IS A HOME AND IF THE BEST IS
YET TO BE, HOW CAN I GET THERE?
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ISN'T THAT THE QUESTION?
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PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF
YOU WANT TO GET THERE.
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PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU WANT
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, DON'T
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YOU WANT TO GET THERE, ALFIE?
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PUT UP YOUR HAND HIGH, ALFIE.
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THANK YOU.
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IF YOU WANT TO GET
THERE, MY FRIENDS, SAY SO.
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"I WANT TO ARRIVE
SAFELY ON THAT OTHER SHORE."
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WOULD YOU LOOK AT JOHN 14:4-6,
AND WE SHALL READ THE MOST
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POLITICALLY
INCORRECT WORDS EVER WRITTEN.
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JOHN 14:4-6.
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JESUS SAID, "YOU KNOW THE WAY
TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING.
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THOMAS SAID TO HIM," HE'S
THE DOUBTER, "LORD, WE DON'T
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KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING,
SO HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?"
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YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT SOME
PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN A CHURCH.
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I JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT.
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VERSE 6, "JESUS ANSWERED,
'I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH
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AND THE LIFE.
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NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.'"
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JESUS SAID THAT
SALVATION IS THROUGH CHRIST.
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JESUS IS THE WAY.
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NO ONE COMES TO GOD
EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST.
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LET ME WRITE THIS OVER
HERE ON THE BLACKBOARD.
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PEOPLE DON'T SAY
THESE THINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE
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WE MIGHT OFFEND SOMEBODY.
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WE MIGHT OFFEND THIS
RELIGION OR THAT RELIGION.
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DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE'RE
GOING TO OFFEND GOD OR NOT,
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BUT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID
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OF THE WORDS OF JESUS.
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JESUS SAID, AND
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
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JESUS SAID, NO ONE,
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NO ONE ANYWHERE.
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NO ONE COMES, NO
ONE COMES TO THE FATHER.
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NO ONE COMES TO GOD.
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THEN HE SAID THESE WORDS,
EXCEPT, EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS.
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HE SAID THAT.
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"NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."
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BECAUSE HE SAID, "I AM THE
WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."
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OF COURSE, MOST FOLKS TODAY
IN AMERICA DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
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WE CALL THIS A CHRISTIAN
COUNTRY, BUT MOST FOLKS DON'T
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BELIEVE THAT.
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THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT AMERICA IS IN SO MUCH
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TROUBLE TODAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE
HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY HAVE
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GOT AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD
AND THEY'VE GOT AWAY FROM JESUS.
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THIS IS A FAMOUS MAGAZINE ALSO.
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LET ME SEE WHICH ONE, I THINK
IT'S EITHER "TIME" MAGAZINE--
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OH, IT'S "NEWSWEEK" AGAIN.
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HERE WE'VE GOT "NEWSWEEK"
AND THIS ARTICLE SAYS,
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THIS EDITORIAL SAYS
"WE'RE ALL HINDUS NOW."
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WE'RE ALL HINDUS.
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"AMERICA IS NOT A
CHRISTIAN NATION."
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WELL, THAT'S TRUE.
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WE ARE, IT IS TRUE, A
NATION FOUNDED BY CHRISTIANS.
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AND ACCORDING TO A 2008 SURVEY,
76% OF US CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY
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AS CHRISTIANS BUT IT SAYS
HERE, WE ARE NO LONGER BIBLE
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CHRISTIANS BECAUSE WE ARE
REALLY HINDUS IN OUR FAITH.
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NOW WHAT DO THE HINDUS BELIEVE?
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DO THE HINDUS BELIEVE IN JESUS?
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YES, THEY DO.
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YOU CAN GO INTO THE
HOMES OF HINDUS AND YOU'LL SEE
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A PICTURE OR AN IDOL OF JESUS.
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THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND THEY
BELIEVE IN ANOTHER MILLION GODS.
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THE HINDU SCRIPTURES SAY TRUTH
IS ONE, BUT THE SAGES SPEAK OF
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IT BY MANY NAMES.
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A HINDU BELIEVES
THERE ARE MANY PATHS TO GOD.
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JESUS IS ONE WAY,
THE KORAN IS ANOTHER.
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YOGA PRACTICE IS ANOTHER.
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CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THAT THEIR
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RELIGION IS TRUE AND
THAT OTHERS ARE FALSE.
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JESUS SAID, "I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
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NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."
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AMERICANS NO LONGER BELIEVE IT.
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WELL, SOME DO.
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BUT MOST DON'T.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BE
SAVED BY BEING A SINCERE HINDU
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OR A BUDDHIST, BUT I WANT
TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT JESUS IS
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THE WAY.
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NOT MOSES, NOT MOSES.
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NOT BUDDHA.
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NOT HINDUISM, WITH A
MILLION DIFFERENT GODS.
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NOT, AND THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY
POLITICALLY INCORRECT.
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NOT MOHAMMED.
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NOT MOHAMMED WITH ALL OF
HIS TEACHINGS IN THE KORAN.
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NOT MY CHURCH, NOT MY PASTOR.
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NOT THE POPE.
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NOT THE NEW AGE WITH ITS
GURUS AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS.
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THE BIBLE MAKES THIS STATEMENT,
AND TODAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
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HEAR IT.
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AND ONE OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS
TODAY IN AMERICA, LISTEN TO
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THIS, AND IN AUSTRALIA AND
OTHER COUNTRIES, IS THE GROSS
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ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM.
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PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES, BECAUSE
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THE VAST MAJORITY
HAVE NEVER OPENED A BIBLE.
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EVERYBODY OWNS A BIBLE,
BUT HARDLY ANYBODY KNOWS
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WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT.
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BUT JESUS, WHO IS THE SON OF
GOD, IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THAT
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JESUS IS THE SON OF
GOD, THEN YOU ARE, OF COURSE,
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JUST THE SAME AS THE HINDUS.
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BUT JESUS SAID,
"NO ONE COMES TO GOD."
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I CAN'T GET TO GOD.
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I CAN'T GET TO THE FATHER'S
HOUSE EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS.
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IF I COULD, WHY DID
HE DIE FOR OUR SINS?
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BECAUSE BUDDHA
DIDN'T DIE FOR MY SINS.
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HOW CAN JESUS SAVE ME?
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WHAT CAN JESUS DO FOR
ME THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN?
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NOW FIRSTLY, YOU AND I
HAVE--LISTEN TO THIS, YOU AND I
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HAVE A--WE'RE GONNA SEE
HOW THIS WORKS IN A BIT LATER.
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YOU AND I HAVE A TREMENDOUS NEED
FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
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NOW MOST FOLKS HAVE GOT
NO SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
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AND YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND
THIS SUBJECT TODAY WITHOUT
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SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
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WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE
TO JOHN 6 VERSE--MATTHEW 6,
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MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND
JOHN, THE FIRST OF THE GOSPELS.
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MATTHEW 6:22-23.
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THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS.
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JESUS SAYS, LOOK AT
IN THE BIBLE, "THE EYE
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IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY."
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HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS EYE.
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"IF YOUR EYES ARE
GOOD, YOUR WHOLE BODY
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WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT.
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BUT IF YOUR EYES
ARE BAD, YOUR WHOLE BODY
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WILL BE FULL OF DARKNESS.
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IF THEN THE LIGHT
WITHIN YOU IS DARKNESS,
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HOW GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS!"
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HE'S TALKING HERE
ABOUT THE EYE WHEREBY WITH
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WHICH WE PERCEIVE TRUTH.
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JESUS SAID, "IF YOUR EYE IS
GOOD, IF YOU CAN SEE THE TRUTH
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OF SALVATION, YOUR WHOLE
BODY IS GONNA BE FULL OF LIGHT."
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BUT JESUS SAID, IF YOUR
SPIRITUAL EYE IS DARK, IF IT'S
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BLIND, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS
GONNA BE FILLED WITH DARKNESS.
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AND THEN HE SAYS, IF THE
LIGHT WITHIN YOU, THAT WHICH YOU
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CONCEIVE TO BE
LIGHT, IF THAT'S DARKNESS,
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HOW GREAT IS YOUR DARKNESS?
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YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY
THE WORLD'S IN DARKNESS?
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BECAUSE THE WORLD DOES
NOT PERCEIVE THE TRUTH.
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NOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME
TO ME EVEN IN MY OWN CHURCH
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AND THEY'VE GOT ANGRY WITH ME.
00:20:42.16\00:20:45.46
THEY'VE WRITTEN LETTERS TO ME,
WHICH I INVITE, AND THEY SAY,
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"WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS.
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WE BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S GONNA
BE SAVED IF THEY'RE SINCERE."
00:20:50.80\00:20:57.03
FOLKS HAVE SAID TO ME, "YOU
KNOW YOUR SAYING THAT IS GOING
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TO OFFEND A LOT OF PEOPLE."
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I SAY, YES, CHIEFLY THE DEVIL.
00:21:02.70\00:21:07.40
BECAUSE JESUS SAID, "I AM
THE WAY, I AM THE TRUTH--"
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YOU CAN'T HAVE
TRUTH WITHOUT JESUS.
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PEOPLE SAY, "BUT
I'VE GOT THE TRUTH."
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS,
HOW GREAT IS YOUR DARKNESS?
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NO ONE COMES TO GOD,
EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
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THAT IS THE
TEACHING OF THE BIBLE.
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THE VITAL INFORMATION WE NEED
TODAY COMES FROM JESUS HIMSELF.
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LISTEN, IN THE FORM OF A STORY,
NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, IN
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A REAL-LIFE DRAMA, BUT FIRSTLY
A STORY FROM THE LIPS OF CHRIST
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AND THEN THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA.
00:21:57.16\00:22:03.50
FIRSTLY, THE STORY.
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WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE PLEASE
TO LUKE 15:11 AND ONWARDS.
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LUKE 15:11 AND ONWARDS.
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AND I DO WANT YOU TO
SEE THIS IN THE BIBLE.
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LUKE 15:11, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE.
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AND THIS IS AN OLD STORY,
BUT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT
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DIFFERENTLY.
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"JESUS CONTINUED: 'THERE
WAS A MAN WHO HAD TWO SONS.
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THE YOUNGER ONE SAID TO
HIS FATHER, 'FATHER, GIVE ME,'"
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THAT'S THE CRY OF THE WORLD.
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GIVE ME.
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PEOPLE TURN TO THE GOVERNMENT
IN AMERICA THEY SAY, "GIVE ME."
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PEOPLE TURN TO THE CHURCH AND
THEY SAY, "GIVE ME, GIVE ME'.
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"'GIVE ME MY
SHARE OF THE ESTATE.'
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SO HE DIVIDED HIS
PROPERTY BETWEEN THEM.
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NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE YOUNGER
SON GOT TOGETHER ALL HE HAD,
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SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY
AND THERE SQUANDERED HIS WEALTH
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IN WILD LIVING.
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AFTER HE HAD SPENT EVERYTHING,
THERE WAS A SEVERE FAMINE IN
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THAT WHOLE COUNTRY,
HE BEGAN TO BE IN NEED.
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SO HE WENT AND HIRED HIMSELF OUT
TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY,
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WHO SENT HIM TO THE
FIELDS TO FEED PIGS."
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A JEWISH BOY FEEDING PIGS.
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"HE LONGED TO FILL HIS STOMACH
WITH THE PODS THAT THE PIGS WERE
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EATING, BUT NO
ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING.
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WHEN HE CAME TO HIS SENSES, HE
SAID, 'HOW MANY OF MY FATHER'S
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HIRED MEN HAVE FOOD TO SPARE,
AND HERE I AM STARVING TO DEATH!
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I WILL SET OUT AND GO BACK TO MY
FATHER AND SAY TO HIM: FATHER,
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I HAVE SINNED AGAINST
HEAVEN AND AGAINST YOU.
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I AM NO LONGER WORTHY TO
BE CALLED YOUR SON; MAKE ME
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LIKE ONE OF YOUR HIRED
MEN.' SO HE GOT UP AND WENT TO
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HIS FATHER.
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BUT WHILE HE WAS STILL A
LONG WAY OFF, HIS FATHER SAW HIM
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AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION,
COMPASSION FOR HIM; HE RAN TO
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HIS SON, THREW HIS ARMS
AROUND HIM AND KISSED HIM.
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THE SON SAID, 'FATHER, I
HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN
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AND AGAINST YOU.
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I AM NO LONGER WORTHY
TO BE CALLED YOUR SON.'
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BUT THE FATHER SAID
TO HIS SERVANTS, 'QUICK!
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BRING THE BEST
ROBE AND PUT IT ON HIM.
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PUT A RING ON HIS
FINGER AND SANDALS ON HIS FEET.
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BRING THE
FATTENED CALF AND KILL IT.
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LET'S HAVE A
FEAST AND CELEBRATE.
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FOR THIS SON OF MINE
WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN;
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HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND.'
SO THEY BEGAN TO CELEBRATE."
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NOW THIS IS A FAMILIAR STORY.
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WE CALL IT THE
STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON.
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I WANT YOU TO SEE IT TODAY
IF GOD WILL HELP US, IF HE WILL
00:25:07.36\00:25:10.73
ILLUMINATE OUR DARKENED MINDS
TO SEE THIS STORY IN A NEW WAY.
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I WANT YOU TO
NOTICE FOUR GREAT TRUTHS.
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NUMBER ONE, WE DO
NOT BELONG IN THE PIGPEN.
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THAT'S NOT OUR DESTINY.
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YOU AND I TODAY,
BECAUSE OF OUR OWN CHOICES,
00:25:31.56\00:25:35.80
MAY BE IN THE PIGPEN.
00:25:35.80\00:25:37.36
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN WE MAKE
BAD CHOICES, WE ALWAYS BLAME
00:25:37.36\00:25:42.33
SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEN GOD?
00:25:42.33\00:25:46.63
BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
IS, NUMBER ONE, THE HUMAN RACE
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DOES NOT BELONG IN THE PIGPEN.
00:25:50.70\00:25:52.96
WE BELONG IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:25:50.70\00:25:52.96
THE SECOND TRUTH IS THIS,
AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE
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IS NOT GOOD.
00:25:59.56\00:26:03.33
AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S
HOUSE IS HUNGER, LONELINESS,
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SLAVERY, FILTH AND DIRT.
00:26:10.93\00:26:17.33
AND THAT IS THE STATE OF
THE SOUL IN SIN, AWAY FROM GOD.
00:26:17.33\00:26:22.46
IF YOU, TODAY, ARE AWAY FROM
GOD, YOUR STATE IS NOT GOOD.
00:26:22.46\00:26:29.56
IT IS SIN AND LONELINESS
AND FAMINE AND FILTH AND DIRT.
00:26:29.56\00:26:40.10
THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM
THAT AFFLICTS EVERY ONE OF US
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.96
TO A GREATER OR A LESSER DEGREE.
00:26:42.96\00:26:46.33
SIN MAKES US BLIND TO REALITY,
SO THAT WE THINK THAT THE PIGPEN
00:26:46.33\00:26:53.30
IS GOOD.
00:26:53.30\00:26:55.43
LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD.
00:26:55.43\00:26:58.96
WHY DO WE WORSHIP IT?
00:26:58.96\00:27:01.53
BECAUSE WE'RE BLIND.
00:27:01.53\00:27:05.46
HERE IS A MAN OR A WOMAN DRUNK,
ON DRUGS, HAVING PLENTY OF
00:27:05.46\00:27:12.53
ILLICIT SEX AND
BECAUSE OF THEIR LIFESTYLE WITH
00:27:12.53\00:27:18.96
SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASES,
THEY GO FROM ONE PARTY TO
00:27:18.96\00:27:25.10
ANOTHER.
00:27:25.10\00:27:26.20
THEIR HOMES ARE FALLING APART.
00:27:26.20\00:27:29.30
THEY LIVE FOR THE HIGH THEY GET
ON DRUGS, AND OUR DRUG TAKING
00:27:29.30\00:27:33.86
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:27:33.86\00:27:38.80
THE DEATHS OF 30,000 MEXICANS,
WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE,
00:27:38.80\00:27:45.86
IN THIS COUNTRY,
CAN GET HIGH ON DRUGS.
00:27:45.86\00:27:52.30
THAT TOO IS A
POLITICALLY INCORRECT TRUTH,
00:27:52.30\00:27:55.40
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
00:27:55.40\00:27:57.70
I WISH THE
PRESIDENT WOULD SAY IT.
00:27:57.70\00:28:01.50
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET
THROUGH THE DAY UNLESS THEY
00:28:01.50\00:28:06.00
GET A HIGH FROM DRUGS
AND THEY THINK THEY ARE FREE.
00:28:06.00\00:28:12.00
THEY ARE IN THE PIGPEN
AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT.
00:28:12.00\00:28:18.46
AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S
HOUSE THEY HAVE BECOME USED TO
00:28:18.46\00:28:22.76
THE SMELL, THE
GRIME AND THE GRIT.
00:28:22.76\00:28:27.00
AND I WOULD REMIND YOU TODAY,
YOU CAN BE LIVING IN A MANSION
00:28:27.00\00:28:30.60
WHEN IN REALITY, IT IS A PIGPEN.
00:28:30.60\00:28:34.43
THINK ABOUT IT.
00:28:34.43\00:28:36.13
YOU, WHO ARE BOASTFUL
OF YOUR OWN INDEPENDENCE
00:28:36.13\00:28:40.60
AND YOU SCORN THE
CHURCH AND THE GOSPEL OF GOD.
00:28:40.60\00:28:48.40
BUT INSIDE YOUR HEART, WHEN
YOU TURN OFF THE TELEVISION,
00:28:48.40\00:28:56.56
THERE IS HUNGER, LONELINESS,
SLAVERY AND MORAL FILTH.
00:28:56.56\00:29:03.20
BEAUTIFUL HOMES, CARS, CLOTHES
CANNOT COVER UP THE REALITY
00:29:03.20\00:29:08.70
OF THE PIGPEN.
00:29:08.70\00:29:13.26
THE THIRD TRUTH WE LEARN
FROM THIS STORY IS THIS, GOD HAS
00:29:13.26\00:29:18.03
PUT A LONGING FOR THE
FATHER'S HOUSE IN EVERY HEART.
00:29:18.03\00:29:21.86
SOLOMON SAID, GOD HAS SET
ETERNITY IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.
00:29:21.86\00:29:27.76
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT.
00:29:27.76\00:29:29.66
LOOK AT VERSE 17 IT SAYS, WHEN
THIS POOR, JEWISH BOY CAME TO
00:29:29.66\00:29:35.63
HIS SENSES, HE SAID, "HOW
MANY OF MY FATHER'S HIRED MEN
00:29:35.63\00:29:39.60
HAVE FOOD TO SPARE, AND
HERE I AM STARVING TO DEATH!
00:29:39.60\00:29:43.00
I WILL SET OUT AND GO
BACK TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE."
00:29:43.00\00:29:50.13
IF WE WILL OVERCOME OUR NATURAL
PRIDE AND OUR NATURAL REBELLION,
00:29:50.13\00:29:56.50
WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT IN
EVERY HEART, THERE IS A HUNGER
00:29:56.50\00:30:03.10
FOR THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:30:03.10\00:30:06.00
AND THE FOURTH GREAT TRUTH
WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS STORY,
00:30:06.00\00:30:09.13
THERE ARE MANY TRUTHS
BUT I'M CHOOSING FOUR.
00:30:09.13\00:30:12.30
THE FOURTH GREAT TRUTH IS THIS,
THE FATHER IS BETTER THAN GOOD.
00:30:12.30\00:30:17.33
SEE HOW HE
WELCOMES THE BOY HOME.
00:30:17.33\00:30:21.43
AND WHEN WE THINK OF
THE GOODNESS OF GOD, WE ARE
00:30:21.43\00:30:25.56
REMINDED THAT THERE ARE
TWO TRUTHS THAT WE SHOULD LEARN
00:30:25.56\00:30:28.13
ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
00:30:28.13\00:30:32.56
MAN IS FAR WORSE THAN
HE EVER FEARED TO THINK.
00:30:32.56\00:30:36.96
IN YOUR WORST MOMENTS OF
DEPRESSION, YOU ARE FAR WORSE
00:30:36.96\00:30:42.73
THAN YOU EVER FEARED TO
THINK BECAUSE OF OUR SINS
00:30:42.73\00:30:47.46
AND OUR DEPRAVITY.
00:30:47.46\00:30:51.06
THE SECOND GREAT TRUTH IS THIS,
GOD IS FAR BETTER THAN HE EVER
00:30:51.06\00:30:55.83
DARED TO HOPE, AND IN SPITE
OF OUR SINS AND OUR LOSTNESS AND
00:30:55.83\00:31:00.76
OUR REBELLION, GOD IS GOOD
AND HE'S FAR BETTER THAN WE EVER
00:31:00.76\00:31:05.33
DARED TO HOPE, EVEN
WHEN WE ARE IN THE PIGPEN.
00:31:05.33\00:31:10.90
THIS WORLD IS FULL OF LIES,
DISTORTIONS AND FALSE CONCEPTS
00:31:10.90\00:31:15.46
ABOUT GOD.
00:31:15.46\00:31:17.40
GOD IS BELIEVED BY
MILLIONS, EVEN PERHAPS MORE THAN
00:31:17.40\00:31:22.26
A BILLION CHRISTIANS.
00:31:22.26\00:31:24.10
GOD IS BELIEVED TO BE
THE TORTURER IN CHIEF.
00:31:24.10\00:31:31.26
MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON SO
MANY CHRISTIANS CONDONE IT,
00:31:31.26\00:31:36.20
BECAUSE WE DO NOT RISE
HIGHER THAN OUR CONCEPT OF GOD.
00:31:36.20\00:31:41.86
BECAUSE MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS
BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO
00:31:41.86\00:31:45.40
TAKE MILLIONS, MAYBE BILLIONS,
AND COOK THEM AND BURN THEM, NOT
00:31:45.40\00:31:52.10
FOR A YEAR, BUT FOR A TRILLION,
TRILLION YEARS AND NO END.
00:31:52.10\00:31:56.30
EVEN THE THOUGHT
MAKES THE MIND GO FAINT.
00:31:56.30\00:32:05.06
SO CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD, MANY HAVE PORTRAYED GOD
00:32:05.06\00:32:08.86
AS A GOD TO BE AFRAID
OF AND A GOD TO BE FEARED.
00:32:08.86\00:32:13.43
WE SHOULD FEAR GOD IN THE SENSE
IT IS AN OLD ENGLISH WORD THAT
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.70
MEANS RESPECT, AND SO WE SHOULD
RESPECT GOD BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE
00:32:16.70\00:32:22.03
AFRAID OF HIM
BECAUSE HE IS OUR FATHER.
00:32:22.03\00:32:25.93
AND GOD IS GOOD.
00:32:25.93\00:32:28.46
SO LET ME SUMMARIZE THE STORY.
00:32:28.46\00:32:31.00
WE DON'T BELONG IN THE PIGPEN,
WE BELONG IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:32:31.00\00:32:35.53
AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE IS
NOT GOOD EVEN TO THE YOU THINK
00:32:35.53\00:32:38.76
IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS HUNGER,
LONELINESS, SLAVERY AND FILTH.
00:32:38.76\00:32:44.90
AND GOD HAS PUT
ETERNITY IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.
00:32:44.90\00:32:47.86
GOD HAS PUT A LONGING
FOR THE FATHER'S HOUSE
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.50
IN EVERY HEART.
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.76
AND THE FATHER
IS BETTER THAN GOOD.
00:32:52.76\00:32:58.00
I WANT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION, I
00:32:58.00\00:33:03.03
WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU FROM MY
HEART AND FROM THE WORD OF GOD,
00:33:03.03\00:33:09.26
YOUR SOUL WAS MADE FOR
GOD AND YOU CANNOT REST UNTIL
00:33:09.26\00:33:13.00
YOU REST IN HIM.
00:33:13.00\00:33:15.06
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
COME INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.93
EVERY SABBATH AND YOU DON'T KNOW
CHRIST BECAUSE YOUR LIFESTYLE IS
00:33:17.93\00:33:22.40
SUCH, YOU ARE WILLINGLY SOME OF,
THOSE WHO COME INTO THIS CHURCH,
00:33:22.40\00:33:29.53
AND WE THANK GOD THEY DO BUT
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK
00:33:29.53\00:33:33.96
NOTHING OF BREAKING ALL OF
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THEY
00:33:33.96\00:33:38.16
DO SO WILLINGLY AND GLADLY.
00:33:38.16\00:33:43.43
BUT REMEMBER, REMEMBER THIS, WE
ARE NO FURTHER FROM THE JUDGMENT
00:33:43.43\00:33:50.80
DAY, THAN THE THICKNESS
OF AN ARTERY, THE CAROTID,
00:33:50.80\00:33:56.93
OR A SINGLE BREATH.
00:33:56.93\00:34:00.96
AND I WOULD SAY TO EVERY PERSON
WHO IS WATCHING THE TELECAST
00:34:00.96\00:34:04.53
TODAY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SOUL?
00:34:04.53\00:34:07.93
WHAT ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
00:34:07.93\00:34:10.26
WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU
MAY BE LIKE THIS PRODIGAL BOY?
00:34:10.26\00:34:14.80
BUT REMEMBER THIS,
THERE'S A PRODIGAL FATHER.
00:34:14.80\00:34:19.46
A PRODIGAL FATHER, WHO
HERESY IS THIS, WHAT NEW HERESY?
00:34:19.46\00:34:22.60
THE WORD PRODIGAL
MEANS ABUNDANT, EXTRAVAGANT.
00:34:22.60\00:34:26.03
WHO COULD BE MORE
EXTRAVAGANT THAN GOD?
00:34:26.03\00:34:29.40
THE BIBLE IS A
PRODIGAL IN HIS SIN.
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.60
THE FATHER IS
PRODIGAL IN HIS LOVE.
00:34:31.60\00:34:35.63
AND SO THE FATHER
WAITS TO TAKE YOU HOME.
00:34:35.63\00:34:42.26
COME TO HIM.
00:34:42.26\00:34:45.16
NOW THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA.
00:34:45.16\00:34:49.16
YOU'VE NOTICED THE
STORY, NOW THE DRAMA.
00:34:49.16\00:34:52.10
COME WITH ME TO LUKE 22:14-20.
00:34:52.10\00:34:58.46
LUKE 22:14-20.
00:34:58.46\00:35:07.43
THIS IS JUST BEFORE JESUS WAS
TAKEN OUT AND PUT TO DEATH AS
00:35:07.43\00:35:12.10
A COMMON, VICIOUS CRIMINAL.
00:35:12.10\00:35:16.16
SO HE'S STANDING IN
THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS.
00:35:16.16\00:35:19.73
LUKE 22:14, "WHEN THE HOUR
CAME, JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES
00:35:19.73\00:35:28.06
RECLINED AT THE TABLE.
00:35:28.06\00:35:31.06
AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'I
HAVE EAGERLY DESIRED TO EAT
00:35:31.06\00:35:34.50
THIS PASSOVER WITH
YOU BEFORE I SUFFER.
00:35:34.50\00:35:38.33
FOR I TELL YOU, I
WILL NOT EAT IT AGAIN
00:35:38.33\00:35:41.53
UNTIL IT FINDS FULFILLMENT
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'
00:35:41.53\00:35:47.06
AFTER TAKING THE CUP, HE
GAVE THANKS AND SAID, 'TAKE THIS
00:35:47.06\00:35:51.96
AND DIVIDE IT AMONG YOURSELVES.
00:35:51.96\00:35:56.16
FOR I TELL YOU I WILL NOT DRINK
AGAIN OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE
00:35:56.16\00:36:00.06
UNTIL THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES.'
AND HE TOOK BREAD, GAVE THANKS
00:36:00.06\00:36:07.33
AND BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO
THEM, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY BODY
00:36:07.33\00:36:13.36
GIVEN FOR YOU; DO
THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.'
00:36:13.36\00:36:17.36
IN THE SAME WAY, AFTER
THE SUPPER HE TOOK THE CUP,
00:36:17.36\00:36:21.63
SAYING, 'THIS CUP
IS THE NEW COVENANT,'"
00:36:21.63\00:36:25.30
OR THE NEW TESTAMENT, "IS
THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD,
00:36:25.30\00:36:30.96
WHICH IS POURED OUT FOR YOU."
00:36:30.96\00:36:35.46
THAT WHICH WE CALL THE
LORD'S SUPPER WAS INAUGURATED AT
00:36:35.46\00:36:40.16
THE TIME OF THE JEWISH PASSOVER.
00:36:40.16\00:36:44.50
YOU KNOW WHY IT IS
CALLED THE PASSOVER, DON'T YOU?
00:36:44.50\00:36:49.80
WHY WOULD IT BE
CALLED THE PASSOVER?
00:36:49.80\00:36:53.03
BECAUSE GOD SAID TO HIS PEOPLE,
"I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LITTLE
00:36:53.03\00:36:57.93
LAMB, AND I WANT
YOU TO SLAY THAT LAMB."
00:36:57.93\00:37:04.70
THIS WAS JUST BEFORE
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:37:04.70\00:37:07.30
LEFT THEIR HOUSE OF BONDAGE
AND CROSSED THROUGH THE RED SEA
00:37:07.30\00:37:12.06
GOING HOME.
00:37:12.06\00:37:16.53
GOD SAID, "MY ANGEL
IS GOING TO PASS OVER.
00:37:16.53\00:37:21.60
HE'S GOING TO PASS THROUGH
THE LAND OF EGYPT AND HE WILL
00:37:21.66\00:37:25.50
LOOK DOWN UPON EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
00:37:25.50\00:37:29.90
THE HOUSEHOLD OF PHARAOH
TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE SLAVE,
00:37:29.90\00:37:35.00
TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE
CRIMINAL IN THE DUNGEON."
00:37:35.06\00:37:40.73
AND HE SAID, "IF
THERE IS NO BLOOD COVERING
00:37:40.73\00:37:43.46
THE FIRSTBORN SON, I
WILL SLAY THE FIRSTBORN SON.
00:37:43.46\00:37:48.80
BUT WHEN I SEE THE
BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER."
00:37:48.80\00:37:54.56
AND SO THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL, IN HASTE, WERE TOLD
00:37:54.56\00:37:58.36
TO GET UNLEAVENED
BREAD AND TO EAT IT IN HASTE
00:37:58.36\00:38:05.00
AND TO TAKE A LITTLE LAMB.
00:38:05.00\00:38:07.60
AND WHEN WE READ THESE WORDS,
WE DON'T GIVE MEANING TO THEM.
00:38:07.60\00:38:13.46
SOMEBODY ASKED THE QUESTION OF
AN ACTOR, "WHY IS IT THAT WHEN
00:38:13.46\00:38:16.76
YOU SPEAK, YOU SPEAK SO--WITH
SO MUCH INTEREST AND WE ALL
00:38:16.76\00:38:21.13
BELIEVE, WHEREAS THE
CHURCH IS SO DULL AND BORING?"
00:38:21.13\00:38:26.66
HE SAID, HE WAS
ASKED THIS BY A BISHOP.
00:38:26.66\00:38:29.86
THE BISHOP SAID, "MY
FRIEND, IT IS SO PLAIN TO SEE.
00:38:29.86\00:38:34.73
WE SPEAK OF THINGS IMAGINARY
AS THOUGH THEY WERE REAL.
00:38:34.73\00:38:40.23
BUT THE CHURCH TALKS OF THINGS
REAL AS THOUGH IT IS IMAGINARY."
00:38:40.23\00:38:45.66
IS IT NOT TRUE?
00:38:45.66\00:38:47.73
AND WHEN WE READ THE BIBLE,
WE DO NOT REALIZE IT IS MORE
00:38:47.73\00:38:51.63
REAL THAN THIS WINE AND
MORE REAL THAN THESE OLIVES
00:38:51.63\00:38:56.20
AND THIS BREAD.
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.70
AND SO JESUS IS
CELEBRATING THE PASSOVER.
00:38:58.70\00:39:03.73
AND SO THE
HEBREWS KILLED THE LAMB.
00:39:03.73\00:39:07.23
HAVE YOU EVER KILLED ANYTHING?
00:39:07.23\00:39:09.30
HAVE YOU KILLED A LAMB?
00:39:09.30\00:39:15.56
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE,
THE FATHER, WAS TO TAKE A LAMB
00:39:15.56\00:39:21.13
AND CUT ITS THROAT.
00:39:21.13\00:39:24.00
THE LITTLE LAMB WOULD CRY OUT,
WOULD BE FILLED WITH FEAR, THEN
00:39:24.00\00:39:29.70
THE BLOOD WAS CAUGHT, THE WINE.
00:39:29.70\00:39:33.46
THE BLOOD WAS TAKEN AND PUT OVER
THE DOORPOST AND WHEN THE ANGEL
00:39:33.46\00:39:38.43
PASSED OVER, IF HE SAW THE TOKEN
OF THE BLOOD OF THE SON OF GOD,
00:39:38.43\00:39:46.10
THE SON OF THE SUFFERING
SON OF GOD, HE WOULD LOOK DOWN
00:39:46.10\00:39:51.93
HE'D SAY, "HERE'S A HOME
THAT IS COVERED BY THE BLOOD
00:39:51.93\00:39:55.56
OF THE MESSIAH,"
AND HE WOULD PASS OVER.
00:39:55.56\00:39:58.63
EVERY OTHER HOME WAS
UNDER THE CURSE OF DEATH.
00:39:58.63\00:40:02.46
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
00:40:02.46\00:40:04.26
ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD?
00:40:04.26\00:40:06.90
PEOPLE SAY, "WELL,
I'M A CHURCH MEMBER."
00:40:06.90\00:40:09.36
I'M NOT ASKING THAT,
ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD?
00:40:09.36\00:40:11.73
YOU SAY, "WELL, I
HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED."
00:40:11.73\00:40:13.96
I'M NOT ASKING THAT, I'M
ASKING ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD?
00:40:13.96\00:40:18.20
YOU SAY, "BUT I'M SO BUSY.
00:40:18.20\00:40:20.66
I AM SIMPLY A FORMAL CHRISTIAN.
00:40:20.66\00:40:23.60
IT'S LIKE A
CAFETERIA, I TAKE WHAT I LIKE
00:40:23.60\00:40:26.83
AND I LEAVE WHAT I LIKE."
00:40:26.83\00:40:30.36
THAT'S HOW MOST CHRISTIANS IN
THIS PART OF THE WORLD OPERATE.
00:40:30.36\00:40:33.56
THEY TAKE WHAT THEY LIKE AND
THEY LEAVE WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE.
00:40:33.56\00:40:37.63
BUT THE QUESTION IS:
ARE WE UNDER THE BLOOD?
00:40:37.63\00:40:41.43
BECAUSE MY WORD FROM
THE LORD TODAY IS THIS,
00:40:41.43\00:40:44.56
THE ANGEL OF DEATH IS COMING.
00:40:44.56\00:40:50.20
AND IN THAT DAY, MY FRIEND, YOU
WILL LONG TO BE UNDER THE BLOOD.
00:40:50.20\00:40:55.90
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE UNDER
THE BLOOD, YOU NEED TO GET UNDER
00:40:55.90\00:40:58.56
THE BLOOD TODAY BY A
TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.
00:40:58.56\00:41:03.10
UNLESS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL IN
YOUR LIFE, HE'S NOT LORD AT ALL.
00:41:03.10\00:41:08.13
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
BEING A PART-TIME CHRISTIAN.
00:41:08.13\00:41:14.16
EITHER CHRIST HAS
YOU OR ELSE HE DOESN'T.
00:41:14.16\00:41:21.70
AND SO JESUS, WITH HIS LITTLE
GROUP, JUST A TINY LITTLE GROUP,
00:41:21.70\00:41:27.00
TRUTH HAS NEVER BEEN POPULAR.
00:41:27.00\00:41:29.10
HE TOOK THE BREAD AND
THE SAID, "THIS IS MY BODY.
00:41:29.10\00:41:33.43
THIS BREAD IS MADE BY WHEAT."
00:41:33.43\00:41:39.46
ADD SOME OIL TO
IT, LITTLE SALT MAYBE.
00:41:39.46\00:41:44.66
THEN IT IS THROWN INTO THE FIRE.
00:41:44.66\00:41:49.40
AND SO CHRIST, THE BREAD OF
LIFE WOULD BE TAKEN AND HIS BODY
00:41:49.40\00:41:55.70
WOULD BE BROKEN, BROKEN
ON THE CROSS, AND THE OIL OF
00:41:55.70\00:42:00.70
THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD
BE MIXED WITH HIS SACRIFICE.
00:42:00.70\00:42:05.13
WHEN CHRIST DIED ON THE
CROSS, HE WAS NOT A MARTYR,
00:42:05.13\00:42:08.83
HE WAS A SACRIFICE.
00:42:08.83\00:42:10.36
THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE
IN THE BLOOD ATONEMENT.
00:42:10.36\00:42:13.36
THE BREAD
REPRESENTS HIS BROKEN BODY.
00:42:13.36\00:42:18.00
THE FATHER CAN ONLY TAKE
US INTO HIS HOUSE BECAUSE
00:42:18.00\00:42:21.96
THE PRICE WAS PAID.
00:42:21.96\00:42:24.40
FORGIVENESS IS NOT EASY.
00:42:24.40\00:42:26.93
PEOPLE SAY, "IT'S
NOTHING TO FORGIVE."
00:42:26.93\00:42:29.30
IT COST THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:42:29.30\00:42:32.56
THIS WHINE REPRESENTS HIS BLOOD.
00:42:32.56\00:42:37.23
THE WINE IS MADE
BY CRUSHING GRAPES.
00:42:37.23\00:42:44.00
SO CHRIST WAS CAST INTO THE
GREAT WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH
00:42:44.00\00:42:49.83
OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.
00:42:49.83\00:42:52.96
AND THE WINEPRESS
CRUSHED OUT HIS BLOOD.
00:42:52.96\00:42:59.00
THESE EMBLEMS ARE THE SYMBOL
OF THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID FOR
00:42:59.00\00:43:08.66
YOUR REDEMPTION SO THE
FATHER CAN TAKE US HOME.
00:43:08.66\00:43:15.60
NOW, I'M GOING TO INVITE
BLAKE AND DONNA TO COME WITH US.
00:43:15.60\00:43:22.30
I WANT YOU TO TURN TO ISAIAH 53.
00:43:22.30\00:43:26.06
AND BLAKE AND DONNA ARE GOING
TO READ TO US FROM ISAIAH 53.
00:43:26.06\00:43:34.23
AS YOU KNOW, BLAKE COMES
FROM A JEWISH BACKGROUND.
00:43:34.23\00:43:41.60
HE IS JEWISH.
00:43:41.60\00:43:43.00
PEOPLE SAY, "BUT YOU CAN'T
BE JEWISH AND A CHRISTIAN."
00:43:43.00\00:43:45.23
YES, YOU CAN.
00:43:45.23\00:43:46.46
JESUS WAS JEWISH.
00:43:46.46\00:43:49.83
AND DONNA, SHE'S A TRUE
JEW, ACCORDING TO GALATIANS
00:43:49.83\00:43:55.66
AND ROMANS.
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.16
THEY'RE GOING TO READ TO US
ABOUT THE SUFFERING SERVANT,
00:43:57.16\00:44:01.50
OUR LORD.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.90
>> ISAIAH 53, "WHO HAS
BELIEVED OUR MESSAGE AND TO WHOM
00:44:03.90\00:44:09.66
HAS THE ARM OF THE
LORD BEEN REVEALED?
00:44:09.66\00:44:12.90
HE GREW UP BEFORE HIM
LIKE A TENDER SHOOT, AND
00:44:12.90\00:44:16.26
LIKE A ROOT OUT OF DRY GROUND.
00:44:16.26\00:44:19.00
HE HAD NO BEAUTY OR MAJESTY
TO ATTRACT US TO HIM, NOTHING
00:44:19.00\00:44:23.90
IN HIS APPEARANCE
THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM."
00:44:23.90\00:44:28.10
>> "HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED
BY MEN, A MAN OF SORROWS,
00:44:28.10\00:44:33.26
AND FAMILIAR WITH SUFFERING.
00:44:33.26\00:44:35.26
LIKE ONE FROM WHOM MEN HIDE
THEIR FACES HE WAS DESPISED,
00:44:35.26\00:44:39.86
AND WE ESTEEMED HIM NOT.
00:44:39.86\00:44:42.16
SURELY HE TOOK UP OUR
INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED OUR
00:44:42.16\00:44:45.03
SORROWS, YET WE CONSIDERED HIM
STRICKEN BY GOD, SMITTEN BY HIM,
00:44:45.03\00:44:50.16
AND AFFLICTED."
00:44:50.16\00:44:51.90
>> "BUT HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR
TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS CRUSHED
00:44:51.90\00:44:56.83
FOR OUR
INIQUITIES; THE PUNISHMENT THAT
00:44:56.83\00:45:00.56
BROUGHT US PEACE WAS UPON HIM,
AND BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED.
00:45:00.56\00:45:07.76
WE ALL, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE
ASTRAY, EACH OF US HAS TURNED TO
00:45:07.76\00:45:12.26
HIS OWN WAY; AND THE LORD
HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY
00:45:12.26\00:45:16.73
OF US ALL."
00:45:16.73\00:45:19.16
>> "HE WAS OPPRESSED AND
AFFLICTED, YET HE DID NOT OPEN
00:45:19.16\00:45:23.00
HIS MOUTH; AND HE WAS LED
LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,
00:45:23.00\00:45:27.16
AND AS A SHEEP BEFORE
HER SHEARERS IS SILENT,
00:45:27.16\00:45:30.06
SO HE DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.53
BY OPPRESSION AND
JUDGMENT HE WAS TAKEN AWAY.
00:45:32.53\00:45:36.16
AND WHO CAN SPEAK
OF HIS DESCENDANTS?
00:45:36.16\00:45:38.66
FOR HE WAS CUT OFF
FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING;
00:45:38.66\00:45:41.53
FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF
MY PEOPLE HE WAS STRICKEN."
00:45:41.53\00:45:45.16
>> "HE WAS ASSIGNED A GRAVE WITH
THE WICKED, AND WITH THE RICH IN
00:45:45.16\00:45:48.90
HIS DEATH, THOUGH HE HAD DONE
NO VIOLENCE, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT
00:45:48.90\00:45:53.76
IN HIS MOUTH.
00:45:53.76\00:45:55.23
YET IT WAS THE LORD'S WILL
TO CRUSH HIM AND CAUSE HIM TO
00:45:55.23\00:45:59.00
SUFFER, AND THOUGH THE LORD
MAKES HIS LIFE A GUILT OFFERING,
00:45:59.00\00:46:03.10
HE WILL SEE HIS
OFFSPRING AND PROLONG HIS DAYS,
00:46:03.10\00:46:07.00
AND THE WILL OF THE LORD
WILL PROSPER IN HIS HAND."
00:46:07.00\00:46:11.56
>> "AFTER THE SUFFERING OF HIS
SOUL, HE WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF
00:46:11.56\00:46:15.00
LIFE AND BE SATISFIED; BY HIS
KNOWLEDGE MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT
00:46:15.00\00:46:19.13
WILL JUSTIFY MANY, AND HE
WILL BEAR THEIR INIQUITIES.
00:46:19.13\00:46:23.63
THEREFORE I WILL GIVE HIM A
PORTION AMONG THE GREAT, AND
00:46:23.63\00:46:27.43
HE WILL DIVIDE THE SPOILS WITH
THE STRONG, BECAUSE HE POURED
00:46:27.43\00:46:30.90
OUT HIS LIFE UNTO DEATH, AND WAS
NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS.
00:46:30.90\00:46:35.60
FOR HE BORE THE SIN OF
MANY, AND MADE INTERCESSION
00:46:35.60\00:46:38.83
FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS."
00:46:38.83\00:46:42.70
>> THANK YOU, DONNA AND BLAKE.
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.16
MAY THE LORD ADD HIS BLESSING
TO THE READING OF HIS WORD,
00:46:44.16\00:46:49.16
AND MAY HIS NAME BE GLORIFIED.
00:46:49.16\00:46:52.33
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ME.
00:46:52.33\00:46:55.86
THIS PROPHECY THAT
DONNA AND BLAKE READ
00:46:55.86\00:46:59.40
IS A VERY OLD PROPHECY.
00:46:59.40\00:47:02.13
IT GOES BACK 700
YEARS BEFORE JESUS.
00:47:02.13\00:47:07.50
IT'S TALKING HERE ABOUT SOMEBODY
WHO IS GOING TO COME INTO
00:47:07.50\00:47:10.43
THE WORLD, AND
ISAIAH IS SO AMAZED BY IT.
00:47:10.43\00:47:14.63
HE SAYS, "WHO HAS
BELIEVED OUR REPORT?
00:47:14.63\00:47:17.26
WHO COULD BELIEVE THIS?
00:47:17.26\00:47:19.46
WHO COULD BELIEVE ANY OF THIS?"
00:47:19.46\00:47:21.00
YOU MAY SAY THE
SAME, WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS?
00:47:21.00\00:47:23.43
SOMEBODY WATCHING THIS
TELEVISION PROGRAM WILL SAY
00:47:23.43\00:47:25.66
TODAY, "WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS?
00:47:25.66\00:47:28.16
WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS REPORT?"
00:47:28.16\00:47:30.96
THEN ISAIAH SAYS, HE
GROWS UP AS A TENDER PLANT.
00:47:30.96\00:47:36.30
HE HAS NO BEAUTY
THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM.
00:47:36.30\00:47:40.96
OUTWARDLY, HE WAS JUST A
MAN, JUST A JEWISH YOUNG MAN.
00:47:40.96\00:47:46.83
NO BEAUTY.
00:47:46.83\00:47:48.43
THERE'S NOTHING IN HIM
THAT ATTRACTS US TO HIM, EXCEPT
00:47:48.43\00:47:54.00
THAT HE'S UNLIKE ANYBODY ELSE
BECAUSE HE'S THE SON OF GOD.
00:47:54.00\00:47:59.26
AND THEN THE BIBLE
TELLS US ABOUT HIS ROLE,
00:47:59.33\00:48:02.06
AND THAT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING
YOU AND I CAN COMPREHEND.
00:48:02.06\00:48:07.63
THE BIBLE TELLS US
00:48:07.63\00:48:11.83
THAT THE SIN OF THE WORLD
IS GONNA BE PLACED UPON HIM.
00:48:11.90\00:48:16.83
I TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN WE HAD
00:48:16.83\00:48:19.23
A TREMENDOUS GROUP
OF PEOPLE OVER THERE,
00:48:19.23\00:48:21.26
THE HALL NICELY FILLED.
00:48:21.26\00:48:25.76
I CAN'T COMPREHEND THIS.
00:48:25.76\00:48:26.93
YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND THIS.
00:48:26.93\00:48:29.20
YOU THINK OF YOUR WORST DAY,
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING TERRIBLY
00:48:29.20\00:48:33.26
SICK AND YOU'RE FEELING TERRIBLY
DEPRESSED AND PERHAPS YOU'VE
00:48:33.26\00:48:38.66
DONE SOMETHING DREADFUL
AND YOU'VE GOT A TERRIBLE
00:48:38.66\00:48:41.30
GUILT COMPLEX.
00:48:41.30\00:48:42.33
MY FRIEND, THAT'S NOT 1
TRILLIONTH OF A TRILLIONTH
00:48:42.33\00:48:45.70
OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
00:48:45.70\00:48:47.80
BECAUSE HE WAS GOD, HE COULD
SUFFER MORE IN 6 HOURS THAN
00:48:47.80\00:48:53.33
WE COULD SUFFER IN A
TRILLION, TRILLION YEARS.
00:48:53.33\00:48:58.66
EVERY SIN THAT I'VE COMMITTED,
AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW, BUT
00:48:58.66\00:49:03.46
EVERY SIN THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED
IN THIS WORLD, EVERY SIN THAT
00:49:03.46\00:49:06.66
WAS DONE BY STALIN
AND HITLER, EVERY ATHEIST,
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ALL THE INQUISITORS,
JUST THE ORDINARY SINS,
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THE SINS LIKE PRIDE.
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AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES, ONE
OF THE BIGGEST SINS, OF COURSE,
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IS NOT GIVING TO GOD WHAT IS
DUE TO HIM, STEALING FROM GOD,
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NOT KEEPING THE SABBATH.
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THAT'S A HUGE SIN BECAUSE YOU'RE
STEALING FROM GOD, STEALING
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FROM THE GOD WHO REDEEMED YOU.
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FORNICATION, LYING, ALL
THE SINS OF ALL THE WARS IN ALL
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THE WORLD, ALL OF THIS IS PLACED
UPON THIS YOUNG, JEWISH MAN.
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HE'S ONLY ABOUT AROUND
30, IN HIS MID-30s, SAY.
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WHEN I WAS A BOY, I COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE WORDS BECAUSE
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I FOUND THE BIBLE BORING.
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THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T
HAVE SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
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I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
THE WORDS, "MY GOD, MY GOD,
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WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
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BEEN PLENTY OF MARTYRS.
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THOSE MARTYRS HAVE
DIED, I'M TOLD, PRAISING GOD.
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BUT JESUS
DOESN'T DIE PRAISING GOD.
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HE DIES WITH A PAIN THAT
TEARS SO MUCH AT HIS BIG HEART,
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AND HE WAS A STRONG
YOUNG CARPENTER, NO WIMP.
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DON'T EVER CRITICIZE JESUS.
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HE WAS THE STRONGEST MAN WHO
EVER LIVED, THE ONLY REAL MAN.
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BUT THEN THE PAIN WAS SO
MUCH THAT IN THE END HIS HEART
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RUPTURED, CAME APART.
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"MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
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BECAUSE HE TASTED THE
WRATH OF GOD FOR EVERY SINNER.
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THIS TELLS ME SOMETHING AND, YOU
KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO PRAY THAT
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GOD IS GOING TO OPEN OUR EYES
BECAUSE WE'RE SO INDIFFERENT,
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WE'RE SO CARELESS.
00:51:08.26\00:51:12.36
THESE EMBLEMS, THE WINE, HIS
BLOOD AND THE BREAD, IT TELLS
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ME HE LOVES US, AND HE WOULD
GO TO HELL AND BACK SO I CAN GET
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OUT OF THE PIGPEN AND GO HOME.
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IT TAKES A VERY HARD
HEART TO REJECT THAT.
00:51:40.30\00:51:46.93
HERE IS THE
CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
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I WILL MAKE IT SAFELY
HOME WHEN I HEAR GOD'S VOICE,
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WHEN I'M TIRED OF THE PIGPEN,
WHEN I ACCEPT THE DEATH OF JESUS
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FOR MY SINS, WHEN I CRY OUT, "I
WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER."
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LISTEN TO THIS OLD-FASHIONED
HYMN FROM AN OLD-FASHIONED
00:52:07.23\00:52:11.06
PREACHER.
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"SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS
IS CALLING, CALLING FOR YOU
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AND FOR ME.
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SEE ON THE PORTALS HE'S
WAITING AND WATCHING, WATCHING
00:52:20.13\00:52:24.26
FOR YOU AND FOR ME.
00:52:24.26\00:52:28.53
WHY SHOULD WE TARRY WHEN
JESUS IS PLEADING, PLEADING
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FOR YOU AND FOR ME?
00:52:31.93\00:52:34.43
WHY SHOULD WE LINGER AND
HEED NOT HIS MERCIES, MERCIES
00:52:34.43\00:52:39.43
FOR YOU AND FOR ME?
00:52:39.43\00:52:42.93
TIME IS NOW FLEETING,
THE MOMENTS ARE PASSING,
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PASSING FROM YOU AND FROM ME.
00:52:47.10\00:52:51.00
SHADOWS ARE GATHERING
AND DEATH'S NIGHT COMING,
00:52:51.00\00:52:57.56
COMING FOR YOU AND FOR ME.
00:52:57.56\00:53:00.43
OH, FOR THE
WONDERFUL LOVE HE HAS PROMISED,
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PROMISED FOR YOU AND FOR ME.
00:53:03.93\00:53:06.90
THOUGH WE HAVE SINNED,
HE HAS MERCY IN PARDON,
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PARDON FOR YOU AND FOR ME."
00:53:10.46\00:53:13.76
AND THEN THERE'S A
REFRAIN TO THAT, YOU KNOW?
00:53:13.76\00:53:18.03
IT SAYS, "COME HOME, COME HOME.
00:53:18.03\00:53:23.23
YE WHO ARE WEARY, COME HOME.
00:53:23.23\00:53:28.36
EARNESTLY, TENDERLY, JESUS
IS CALLING, CALLING OH SINNER,
00:53:28.36\00:53:39.43
COME HOME."
00:53:39.43\00:53:44.00
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF
THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:53:44.00\00:53:51.43
AMEN.
00:53:51.43\00:53:53.43
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS
THAT A PASTOR SHOULDN'T DO.
00:53:55.70\00:53:59.50
HE SHOULDN'T TELL LIES,
AND HE SHOULDN'T RETIRE.
00:53:59.50\00:54:04.36
THAT'S WHY I PLAN TO
KEEP ON KEEPING ON WHILE GOD
00:54:04.36\00:54:08.00
CAN STILL USE ME.
00:54:08.00\00:54:09.80
WHILE THESE LUNGS ARE WORKING,
WHILE THIS MOUTH IS TALKING
00:54:09.80\00:54:13.53
AND WHILE JESUS IS STILL
ALIVE AND I'M STILL ALIVE,
00:54:13.53\00:54:17.36
I PLAN TO KEEP ON PREACHING
THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
00:54:17.36\00:54:21.50
WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME?
00:54:21.50\00:54:22.66
WILL YOU SUPPORT
US IN THIS GREAT WORK?
00:54:22.66\00:54:25.16
LISTEN, WE HAVE RECEIVED
AN URGENT INVITATION FROM
00:54:25.16\00:54:27.23
THE CHURCH IN INDIA, THEY'RE
SAYING, "COME OVER AND HELP US."
00:54:29.20\00:54:34.10
WHAT A CHALLENGE, MY FRIEND?
00:54:34.10\00:54:35.66
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA?
00:54:35.66\00:54:38.70
MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILLION
PEOPLE AND THE PLACE IS FULL
00:54:38.70\00:54:42.00
OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS.
00:54:43.50\00:54:46.56
THEY DON'T WANT THIS CAMPAIGN,
THOSE EVIL SPIRITS, BUT I WANT
00:54:46.56\00:54:50.10
YOU TO KNOW JESUS IS
STRONGER THAN THE EVIL SPIRITS.
00:54:50.10\00:54:54.60
LAST TIME WE WENT TO INDIA,
WE HAD TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION.
00:54:54.60\00:54:57.96
OUR LIVES WERE THREATENED,
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE'RE
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.43
GOING TO GO BACK BECAUSE
JESUS HAS CALLED US TO GO.
00:55:01.43\00:55:04.86
WHEN WE WENT THERE LAST TIME, WE
SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING
00:55:04.86\00:55:08.80
TO CHRIST, ONE NIGHT
30,000 PEOPLE CAME TO CHRIST,
00:55:08.80\00:55:12.53
HINDUS AND MUSLIMS.
00:55:12.53\00:55:14.36
WE'RE PRAYING,
JESUS, DO IT AGAIN.
00:55:14.36\00:55:17.60
PLEASE SUPPORT US.
00:55:17.60\00:55:19.23
PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN
CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
00:55:19.23\00:55:23.53
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358.
00:55:23.53\00:55:27.00
IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME
PLEASE AT BEAUTIFUL TERRIGAL.
00:55:27.00\00:55:32.20
THE ADDRESS IS RIGHT
THERE ON THE SCREEN...
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LISTEN, MY FRIEND,
I NEED YOUR PRAYERS.
00:55:34.46\00:55:37.76
I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
00:55:37.76\00:55:39.76
PLEASE PRAY FOR US.
00:55:39.76\00:55:40.96
I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU.
00:55:40.96\00:55:42.10
WRITE TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU.
00:55:42.10\00:55:45.70
[MUSIC] ? I SAW THAT STREAM ?
00:55:57.23\00:56:05.36
? THY FLOWING WOUNDS
SUPPLY. ? ? REDEEMING LOVE ?
00:56:05.36\00:56:16.43
? HAS BEEN MY THEME ? ?
AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ?
00:56:16.43\00:56:27.66
? AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE.
? ? AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ?
00:56:27.66\00:56:42.56
? REDEEMING LOVE ?
? HAS BEEN MY THEME ?
00:56:42.56\00:56:50.00
? AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE.
? ? WASH ALL MY SINS AWAY. ?
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? WASH ALL MY SINS
AWAY. ? ? REDEEMING LOVE ?
00:57:04.86\00:57:16.16
? HAS BEEN MY THEME ? ?
AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ??
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