From Arcadia, California,
the Carter Report Presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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Holy, holy, holy!
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Lord God Almighty!
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Early in the morning
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our song shall rise to thee
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Holy, holy, holy!
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Merciful and mighty
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God in three persons,
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blessed Trinity!
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Holy, holy, holy
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is the Lord of hosts
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Holy, holy, holy
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is the Lord of hosts
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The whole earth
is full of His glory
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The whole earth
is full of His glory
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The whole earth
is full of His glory
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Holy is the Lord
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Holy, holy, holy!
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All the saints adore thee
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Casting down their golden crowns
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around the glassy sea
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Cherubim and seraphim
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falling down before thee
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Which wert, and art,
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and evermore shalt be
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Holy, holy, holy!
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Merciful and mighty
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God in three persons,
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blessed Trinity!
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Hallelujah.
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There was a farmer
who lived in the tropics
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and in the tropics in
some parts of the world,
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you don't have little alligators
you have big crocodiles.
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And he was having a problem
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because the crocodiles
were taking his cattle.
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Now, in Australia
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in the North
right up in the tropics,
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in the Northern
Territory, North Queensland,
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there are real crocodiles.
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They are called
Salties. Saltwater crocs.
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Probably the most vicious
animal on the face of the earth.
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The average size
of a Saltie is 17 feet
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and a thousand pounds,
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but they can and
often grow to 23 feet
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and weigh a ton, 2,200 pounds.
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A man just a few
days ago, weekend
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so go went
swimming outside Darwin
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and I think it's
called a Mary River.
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He had to be drunk
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because the sign said
don't go in the water.
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But he went in the
water and a Saltie came
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and seized him in its jaws
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and the last they saw of him
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was the Saltie
swimming up the river
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with this man in its jaws.
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So these
creatures are dangerous.
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They are predators.
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And so there was a
farmer who lived up in tropics
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and he had a large swamp
and it was full of crocodiles.
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You know what he did?
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He went around with a gun bang,
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bang, bang,
bang, bang, bang, bang,
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but he couldn't keep
up with the crocodiles.
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They produced faster
than he could kill them.
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And one day a
wise man saw him out
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with his gun going
bang, bang, bang, bang
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and said can I make
a suggestion to you?
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He said yes that will be great.
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He said, I can tell you how
to get rid of the crocodiles.
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He said tell me how? More guns?
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He said no. Drain the swamp.
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Drain the swamp
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and when you drain the swamp
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there will be no crocodiles.
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Now in many churches
and I have gone to them,
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I went to churches like
this as a boy in Australia
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the preacher would take
potshots at the congregation.
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Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,
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every Sabbath the
cogeneration were shot.
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But let me tell
you folks, something,
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get the main thing right
and everything else is right.
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And so
sometimes we have a sermon
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preached by an
enthusiastic minister
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against for instance
lipstick, bang, jewelry
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it's mainly the problem is
with the woman you'll notice.
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Jewelry, eating, gossip,
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not much on pride,
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gluttony not much on gluttony,
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laziness, the length of
dresses, the length of hair.
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In the early
days of this church,
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the Adventists church
if you wanted to ordained,
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you had to have a beard.
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Couldn't get ordained
in the days of James White
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unless you had a great beard,
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but then this
time went by in America
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if you had a beard
you couldn't get ordained
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because you were too worldly.
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And there was a time
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when if your hair
was too short it was bad,
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and when it is too
long it's was worldly.
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And so preachers
went around hitting
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what they preserved as
all the sins the church,
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bang, bang, bang, bang,
when there is a solution.
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You know what it
is? Drain the swamp.
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If you drain the swamp
you get rid of the crocodiles.
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And how do we drain
the swamp in the church?
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Let me tell you.
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Would you come over
here to 1 Corinthians 1:20-25
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for our start.
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Dear friends and gentle people,
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1 Corinthians Chapter 1
and verse 20 and onwards
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and please notice it in
the Bible the word of God.
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1 Corinthians Chapter
1 verse 20 and onwards,
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"Where is the wise
man? Where is the scholar?
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Where is the
philosopher of this age?
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Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world?
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For since in the wisdom of God
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the world through its
wisdom did not know him,
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God was pleased
through the foolishness
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of what was preached
to save those who believe.
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Jews demand miraculous signs
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and Greeks look for wisdom,
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but we preach Christ crucified,
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a stumbling block to Jews
and foolishness to Gentiles,
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but to those
whom God has called,
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both Jews and Greeks,
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Christ the power of
God and the wisdom of God.
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For the foolishness of God
is wiser than man's wisdom,
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and the weakness
of God is stronger
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than man's strength."
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If we preach the cross of Christ
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you will drain the swamp of sin.
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We preach Christ crucified.
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Look at chapter
2 would you please,
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chapter 2 and verse 2
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and the notice the
words of the greatest preacher
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the greatest evangelist
the world has every seen
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apart from our Lord.
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Look at 1 Corinthians 2:2.
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For I resolved Paul said
"I resolved to know nothing
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while I was with
you except Jesus Christ
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and him crucified." Look at me.
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Let me tell you
the truth of gospel.
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You get one thing right
and everything else is right.
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If you get the Gospel
of Jesus Christ right,
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everything else will be right
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but you can
preach a million sermons
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and unless those sermons
are full of Christ crucified
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nothing will be right in
the church or in the world.
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Therefore our aim
today is to drain the swamp.
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I want to give you now
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a mighty
illustration of the true gospel.
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I have said this to
you on many occasions.
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Have you heard it?
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There are many gospels's
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the Book of Galatians
talks about different Gospel's
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but there is
only one true gospel.
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Just talking about
Jesus is not the gospel.
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Because even the
Muslim's talk about Jesus
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and even the
Hindus talk about Jesus
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and nobody probably talks more
about Jesus than the Jesuits.
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That why they
are called Jesuits.
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Not everything that is
called gospel is gospel
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and the false gospel
will breed crocodiles.
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It is the preaching of
the true gospel of Christ
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that drains the swamp of sin.
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Let me show you
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a powerful and
wonderful illustration.
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Would you please
come to Matthew 26,
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Matthew 26 and
verses 17 and onwards.
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My dear friends, Matthew 26
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and verse 17 and onwards
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and we are privileged in
this church to have a man
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whom I
appreciate, respect and love.
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He is Jewish
like our blessed Lord.
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And since coming to this church
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he is now a Jewish
Christian but still Jewish.
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And I have asked him
to come and read the text
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which describes his Lord,
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his Lord and our Lord.
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Blake, we are
glad to have you here
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my, dear friend.
Thank you, pastor.
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Matthew 26, verse
17 and onwards slowly
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so the words can sync down
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into the molecules of our minds.
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Matthew 26. The Lord's Supper.
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"On the first day of the
Feast of Unleavened Bread,
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the disciples came
to Jesus and asked,
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'Where do you want
us to make preparations
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for you to eat the Passover?'
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He replied,
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'Go into the city to a
certain man and tell him,
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'The Teacher says, My
appointed time is near.
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I am going to
celebrate the Passover
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with my
disciples at your house.'
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So the disciples did
as Jesus had directed them
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and prepared the Passover.
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When evening came,
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Jesus was reclining at
the table with the Twelve.
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And while they were eating,
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He said, 'I tell you the truth,
one of you will betray me.'
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They were very sad
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and began to say to
him one after the other,
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'Surely not I, Lord?'
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Jesus replied,
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'The one who has dipped his hand
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into the bowl
with me will betray me.
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The Son of Man will go
just as it is written about him.
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But woe to that man
who betrays the Son of Man!
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It would be better for
him if he had not been born.'
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Then Judas, the one
who would betray him, said,
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'Surely not I, Rabbi?'
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Jesus answered,
'Yes, it is you.'
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While they were
eating, Jesus took bread,
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gave thanks and broke it,
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and gave it to
his disciples, saying,
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'Take and eat, this is my body.'
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Then he took
the cup, gave thanks
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and offered it to them, saying,
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'Drink from it, all of you.
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This is my
blood of the covenant,
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which is poured out for many
for the forgiveness of sins.
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I tell you, I will not
drink of this fruit of the vine
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from now on until that day
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when I drink it anew with
you in my Father's kingdom.'
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When they had sung a hymn,
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they went out to
the Mount of Olives.
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Then Jesus told them,
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'This very night you will
all fall away on account of me,
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for it is written, I
will strike the shepherd,
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and the sheep of the
flock will be scattered.'"
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Thank you. Thanks.
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May the Lord had His blessing
to the reading of His word.
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I want you to
notice this over here.
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This is the most
powerful of all illustrations.
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Jesus took the bread
it was unleavened bread
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that was their custom.
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The bread is made by wheat
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and the wheat has to be ground
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and it is
ground with some force.
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The Bible tells me,
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that for Jesus to
become the bread of life
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He had to be ground
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by the wrath of
the almighty God.
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We cannot believe
in the foolish doctrine
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that says that Jesus
was merely our example.
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We cannot accept
the monstrous doctrine
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that teaches
that Jesus just came
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as the more
influenced theologian say
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and happen to
get himself killed.
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Jesus was grounder
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by the wrath of
almighty God on the cross,
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The wheat of His life,
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the wheat of His life
became the bread of life
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through pain and
through suffering
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and if you want
to be a Christian
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and be free of
pain then my friend,
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you will never be a Christian.
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And then there
was the great Jews
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that represented
the blood of Christ
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and the grapes are taken
and thrown into the vinery
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and they're trampled down.
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He said I have
trampled the winepress alone
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and there was nobody
with me on the cross.
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Bearing the sin of the world
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and the justice of almighty God,
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He made a atoning
sacrifice for our sins.
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I would remind you of this
and you must not forget this.
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The Christ was not a matter
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the world has been
filled with matters
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He was not a matter.
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This doctrine our
Muslim friends say
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we cannot believe
because the Quran says
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no one shall bare
another man's sins.
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But this whole idea here
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is at that one even God
bares the sins of the world.
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And so we believe in
the substitutionary death
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of the Son of God.
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And people talk
about grace being cheap.
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It was not cheap, my friend,
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being ground up
by the wrath of God
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and your life squeezed
out of you is never cheap.
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And it is failure to accept
the atoning sacrifice of Christ
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that has bred so many
weak superficial Christians.
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I want to read to you here
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from John Stott
book The Cross of Christ.
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I have given it to many
church leaders over the years.
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"Crucifixion seems to have
been invented by 'barbarians'
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on the edge of the known world,
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and taken over from them
by both Greeks and Romans.
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It is probably
the most cruel method
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of execution ever practiced."
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The million times
worse than waterboarding
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or anything that
men have come up with.
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But remember this torture
is the invention of Satan
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and if you believe
in those inventions
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and my friend, you
are not far from Satan.
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"It is probably
the most cruel method
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of execution ever practiced,
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for it
deliberately delayed death
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until the maximum
torture had been inflicted.
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The victim could
suffer for days before dying.
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When the Romans adopted it,
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they reserved it for
criminals convicted of murder,
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rebellion or armed robbery,
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provided that
they were also slaves,
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foreigners or
other non-persons."
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You crucified a non-person.
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"The Jews were
therefore outraged
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when the Roman
general Varus crucified
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2,000 of their
compatriots in 4 BC,
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and when during
the siege of Jerusalem
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the general Titus crucified
so many fugitives from the city
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that neither
space for the crosses,
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nor crosses for the
bodies could be found.
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Roman citizens were
exempt from crucifixion,
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except in
extreme cases of treason.
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Cicero in one of his
speeches condemned it
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as 'a most cruel and
disgusting punishment'.
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A little later he declared,
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'To bind a Roman
citizen is a crime,
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to flog him is an abomination,
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to kill him is
almost an act of murder,
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to crucify him is-- What?
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There is no fitting word
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that can possibly
describe so horrible a deed."
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And then when the early
Christian's described that
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God in the person of
Christ was crucified,
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the Romans founded
impossible to believe it.
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Listen to this,
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As Trypho the
Jew put it to Justin
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the Christian apologist,
who engaged him in dialogue,
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"I am exceedingly
incredulous on this point."
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I cannot believe he said,
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I cannot believe
that the Messiah,
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the Christ, the Son of God
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should be ground up
in the wrath of God.
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That the blood should be
squeezed out of His veins,
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and there is
something you must realize
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and you must not forget this,
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so that we don't become a
bunch of sentimental people.
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If you and I do not
truly believe in Christ,
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this is in vain for me
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but I must go through
the same on judgment day.
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So people say I can
walk away and I can be free.
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No, you can't be free.
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Either He bears it
or you bear it alone.
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It is a preaching of the cross,
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that drains the
swamp nothing else.
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Not philosophy, not psychology,
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nothing, nothing
not even theology.
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And my friend, when
you read the gospel's
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you find that for
the first 30 years
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there is a chapter or two
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then for three and half years,
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the time of His
ministry there are many chapters
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but proportionately
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most scripture is
devoted to His last days
00:23:40.28\00:23:44.14
and hours then to
the rest of His life.
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It seems all
out of balance, why?
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Because the most
important part of His life
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was not His ministry
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or the time He was a carpenter
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it was His cross, His
sufferings, His atonement
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and then His resurrection.
00:24:10.60\00:24:14.01
And who was this man?
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You just read out of Matthew 26
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come to Matthew 25:31-34
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and before the Son of
Man went to the cross,
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He said these words.
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Everywhere in scripture he
calls himself the Son of Man,
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but now He calls
himself something else.
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"When the Son of
Man comes in his glory,
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and all the angels with him,
00:24:42.20\00:24:43.75
he will sit on his
throne in heavenly glory.
00:24:43.78\00:24:47.03
All the nations will
be gathered before him,
00:24:47.06\00:24:49.78
and he will separate
the people one from another
00:24:49.81\00:24:52.17
as a shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats.
00:24:52.20\00:24:56.04
He will put the
sheep on his right
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and the goats on his left.
00:24:58.75\00:25:00.97
Then the King will
say to those on his right,
00:25:01.00\00:25:07.00
'Come, you who are
blessed by my Father.'"
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The king will say.
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Just before He
goes to the cross,
00:25:13.72\00:25:16.52
He says the king will say.
00:25:16.55\00:25:19.45
Look over here my friend,
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who was hanging on
the cross? The king.
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Whose body and
soul was being grounder
00:25:30.83\00:25:35.82
by the wrath of God almighty?
00:25:35.85\00:25:39.14
It was the king.
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The king of the world,
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the king of the universe,
00:25:48.56\00:25:50.87
the king of time and eternity.
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What sort of manner is this?
00:25:57.19\00:26:00.05
In Isaiah you know the text,
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you don't need to it
turn to it right now.
00:26:02.21\00:26:03.63
"He is called
wonderful counselor,
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mighty God, everlasting
Father, Prince of peace."
00:26:06.20\00:26:12.01
Now, we comeback then
and press the question,
00:26:12.04\00:26:18.20
how does the
preaching of the cross
00:26:18.23\00:26:21.23
slay the crocodiles of sin?
00:26:21.26\00:26:23.89
The saying is true,
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.79
too much lower and
they go off the door.
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.75
If as a preacher I continually
go around with a gun bang,
00:26:37.85\00:26:43.17
bang, bang, bang, bang
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.63
I am not going
to drain the swamp
00:26:45.66\00:26:47.40
and there will
be more crocodiles.
00:26:47.43\00:26:50.96
But how does the
preaching of the broken body,
00:26:50.99\00:26:58.42
how does the preaching
00:26:58.45\00:27:01.05
of the spilt blood defeat sin?
00:27:01.08\00:27:06.36
This has been a
mystery understood by few.
00:27:10.13\00:27:16.85
Number one,
00:27:16.88\00:27:20.33
if for a little bit
you can escape Los Angeles
00:27:20.36\00:27:24.41
and the world and I
would say to you my friend,
00:27:24.44\00:27:29.00
if you live in Los Angeles
00:27:29.03\00:27:30.50
you find it very
difficult to be a Christian.
00:27:30.53\00:27:33.47
In fact if you live in America
00:27:33.50\00:27:35.04
you will find it very
difficult to be a Christian
00:27:35.07\00:27:37.96
because the culture
is so antichristian.
00:27:37.99\00:27:42.30
It is easier I have discovered
to be a Christian in Russia
00:27:42.33\00:27:45.99
that it is in
America or Australia,
00:27:46.02\00:27:49.22
because our culture
00:27:49.25\00:27:51.33
is so ungodly and so trivial.
00:27:51.36\00:27:57.95
But how does the
preaching of the cross
00:27:57.98\00:28:00.56
slay the crocodiles?
00:28:00.59\00:28:02.86
Firstly it shows how
great is His love to you.
00:28:02.89\00:28:08.05
Two weeks ago we
had a surprise visit
00:28:12.58\00:28:14.89
from San Francisco
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.50
when my daughter and her
solider husband came to visit.
00:28:18.53\00:28:25.32
We were glad to see
them but that was okay,
00:28:25.35\00:28:29.95
we were very glad to
see the little girl Emily
00:28:29.98\00:28:35.31
and when she came to see me,
00:28:35.34\00:28:36.77
because I had been training her.
00:28:36.80\00:28:38.33
She said hello grandpapa.
00:28:38.36\00:28:42.51
Oh I said what do you
want now you have any thing,
00:28:42.54\00:28:44.96
you want the house,
you want my new car?
00:28:44.99\00:28:47.39
You can take it.
00:28:47.42\00:28:50.14
When Judy put her
down in the bassinet
00:28:50.17\00:28:52.86
to go to sleep that night,
00:28:52.89\00:28:55.25
she said nobody go in the room.
00:28:55.28\00:28:56.99
This is how we do
it. She sings to herself.
00:28:57.02\00:29:01.95
But I am the
master of my own house,
00:29:01.98\00:29:05.38
and Judy is my
daughter she doesn't tell me
00:29:05.41\00:29:08.93
what to do, I
tell her what to do.
00:29:08.96\00:29:10.66
So I went in quietly
I said anybody there?
00:29:10.69\00:29:15.59
Of course she
got up straight away.
00:29:15.62\00:29:17.41
She said, I grandpapa.
00:29:17.44\00:29:23.51
Come on what do you want?
00:29:23.54\00:29:25.55
Judy came in, she said she
is got a very little figure
00:29:25.58\00:29:28.45
but she's got it around you.
00:29:28.48\00:29:32.59
Yeah, love is the
greatest of all gifts.
00:29:32.62\00:29:39.52
It is the
greatest of all emotions.
00:29:39.55\00:29:43.89
If you go to the cross
00:29:43.92\00:29:46.43
and see the king
hanging on the cross
00:29:46.46\00:29:49.18
and know in your own soul
00:29:49.21\00:29:51.56
the king is
there because of you.
00:29:51.59\00:29:55.83
It tells you that He loves
you and there will be times
00:29:55.86\00:30:01.70
when you will
doubt the love of God.
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.63
That is human.
00:30:04.66\00:30:06.89
There will be times when
you will feel so depressed
00:30:06.92\00:30:09.93
and the things of the
world will be so overwhelming
00:30:09.96\00:30:15.67
that you will feel isolated
and alone but you are not.
00:30:15.70\00:30:21.77
He loves you whether you
can feel His love or not.
00:30:21.80\00:30:26.61
The love of God,
you know the old hymn,
00:30:26.64\00:30:28.84
is greater far than
tongue of man can ever tell.
00:30:28.87\00:30:32.77
It goes beyond the highest star,
00:30:32.80\00:30:35.97
and reaches to the lowest hell.
00:30:36.00\00:30:41.14
At as the cross drain
the swamp kill the crocodile.
00:30:41.17\00:30:48.00
How can you love sin
that put Him on the cross?
00:30:48.03\00:30:54.03
How can you love sin,
if we put Him on the cross?
00:30:54.06\00:31:00.49
I know that some
Christians who are superficial
00:31:00.52\00:31:03.39
and we certainly don't
say this to condemn them
00:31:03.42\00:31:06.98
but they give to God the least.
00:31:07.01\00:31:11.03
They got it worked out
00:31:11.06\00:31:12.09
but they can't give to God a day
00:31:12.12\00:31:15.45
but may be they
will give to God an hour.
00:31:15.48\00:31:18.90
Sometimes they will
make it half an hour.
00:31:18.93\00:31:25.56
But how can you
be so tight and mean
00:31:25.59\00:31:32.68
and frugal with
God who loves you.
00:31:32.71\00:31:39.97
Looking at the cross
00:31:40.00\00:31:43.15
something
happens inside the soul
00:31:43.18\00:31:46.46
and you come to the place
00:31:46.49\00:31:47.73
where you hate the
sin that put Him there.
00:31:47.76\00:31:52.85
Would you turn in the
Holy Scripture to 1 John 4:10,
00:31:52.88\00:31:58.70
1 John 4:10,
00:31:58.73\00:32:06.70
1 John 4:10
00:32:06.73\00:32:14.64
this is a
profoundly important text,
00:32:16.26\00:32:21.13
"This is love,
not that we loved God,
00:32:21.16\00:32:25.32
but that he loved
us and sent his Son
00:32:25.35\00:32:29.37
as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins."
00:32:29.40\00:32:36.89
As I mentioned before,
00:32:36.92\00:32:38.73
I want you to have a
clear understanding today.
00:32:38.76\00:32:43.67
What I'm preaching today
is poison to the Muslim world,
00:32:43.70\00:32:50.12
it is poison to the Hindu's.
00:32:50.15\00:32:53.28
We all appreciate Mahatma Gandhi
00:32:53.31\00:32:58.82
and when in still in India
00:32:58.85\00:33:01.33
a Christian
explains to him about Christ
00:33:01.36\00:33:04.87
and the cross at
the cross was something
00:33:04.90\00:33:08.59
that was
completely distinct and unique
00:33:08.62\00:33:11.05
at that on the cross,
00:33:11.08\00:33:12.37
He made an atoning
sacrifice for our sins.
00:33:12.40\00:33:14.79
Gandhi said, I
could never believe that.
00:33:14.82\00:33:18.86
He said, I could never,
never, never be a Christian
00:33:18.89\00:33:22.75
because every person must be
responsible for his own guilt.
00:33:22.78\00:33:29.42
And if you read the
Quran it says very plainly
00:33:29.45\00:33:34.12
no man can bear
another man's burden.
00:33:34.15\00:33:39.78
Nietzsche the great
German atheist God hater said,
00:33:39.81\00:33:47.24
the idea that someone would come
00:33:47.27\00:33:51.50
and die on the cross
for the sins of the world,
00:33:51.53\00:33:55.59
he said that is the greatest lie
00:33:55.62\00:34:01.59
the greatest abomination
00:34:01.62\00:34:02.89
that is the greatest
weakness that he spoke about.
00:34:02.92\00:34:08.69
The God of the Spider.
00:34:08.72\00:34:12.15
In his book the
antichrist he spoke about
00:34:12.18\00:34:15.44
that would use strong and mighty
00:34:15.47\00:34:18.57
and getting rid of
the wicked he said.
00:34:18.60\00:34:20.85
I despise
Christ and Christianity
00:34:20.88\00:34:24.26
because Christ and Christianity
they want to help the weak.
00:34:24.29\00:34:29.94
He said that is
antichrist, that is evil.
00:34:29.97\00:34:36.02
So what we are
reading this today is
00:34:36.05\00:34:37.85
the most
controversial issue in the world
00:34:37.88\00:34:41.45
that hanging on the
cross was God in human flesh
00:34:41.48\00:34:46.69
and He was not
dying a normal death.
00:34:46.72\00:34:50.75
Jesus didn't die with
the peace of a Christian.
00:34:50.78\00:34:57.48
I preach this some people
say no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:34:57.51\00:35:01.02
He died with the
peace of a Christian,
00:35:01.05\00:35:03.01
He is our
example and no my friend
00:35:03.04\00:35:05.59
I must not die his death,
00:35:05.62\00:35:08.09
because he bore
the sin of the world.
00:35:08.12\00:35:10.33
It is his
doctrine that reviles sin.
00:35:15.34\00:35:20.05
Come to Romans 3,
00:35:20.08\00:35:22.32
I wish you would
memorize it by heart.
00:35:22.35\00:35:25.23
If you are not
reading the scriptures daily
00:35:25.26\00:35:27.83
that is the reason
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.08
why you have no
passion in your life
00:35:29.11\00:35:32.05
and you have no
fire in your belly
00:35:32.08\00:35:34.45
and why you are
inconsistent and flaky.
00:35:34.48\00:35:37.67
You have no power inside.
00:35:37.70\00:35:40.14
Romans 3: 25-26
00:35:40.17\00:35:44.79
"God presented him as a
sacrifice of atonement,"
00:35:44.82\00:35:48.90
we believe in the
blood atonement on the cross.
00:35:48.93\00:35:51.78
Adventists believe
in the blood atonement
00:35:51.81\00:35:53.73
let the world know.
00:35:53.76\00:35:56.49
"Through faith in his blood.
00:35:56.52\00:35:58.36
He did this to
demonstrate his justice,"
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.80
who understands that?
00:36:00.83\00:36:03.12
I thought the cross
demonstrated his love,
00:36:03.15\00:36:06.05
yes it does, but it
demonstrates "His Justice,
00:36:06.08\00:36:11.50
because in his forbearance
00:36:11.53\00:36:12.80
he had left the sins
committed beforehand unpunished,
00:36:12.83\00:36:15.86
he did it to demonstrate
his justice at the present time,
00:36:15.89\00:36:21.47
so as to be just and
the one who justifies
00:36:21.50\00:36:25.59
those who have faith in Jesus."
00:36:25.62\00:36:27.04
You understand that?
00:36:27.07\00:36:29.95
We have a tendency
to be so superficial
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.82
we only read the
Psalms because it's easy.
00:36:31.85\00:36:35.59
But he you have
the atonement taught
00:36:35.62\00:36:37.82
and it says that the cross
00:36:37.85\00:36:39.60
was a demonstration
of the justice of God.
00:36:39.63\00:36:44.47
What does that
mean? Do you know?
00:36:44.50\00:36:47.05
The justice of
God, you know that,
00:36:47.08\00:36:49.19
the justice of God.
00:36:49.22\00:36:52.76
The justice of God says
that sin must be punished,
00:36:52.79\00:36:57.94
sin and sinners must be ground,
00:36:57.97\00:37:02.64
the blood of
sinners must be spelt
00:37:02.67\00:37:07.47
with horror and suffering
00:37:07.50\00:37:10.56
and damnation and blood
00:37:10.59\00:37:13.63
and sweat and tears
00:37:13.66\00:37:15.73
so that it forces
from the twisted lips
00:37:15.76\00:37:20.71
that cry my God my God why.
00:37:20.74\00:37:25.59
Have you ever
said that? I hope not.
00:37:25.62\00:37:29.73
Because that cry is
the cry of a damn soul.
00:37:29.76\00:37:33.81
Christ was treated
with Justice in my place.
00:37:33.84\00:37:40.90
So if I truly believe in Him
00:37:40.93\00:37:43.11
God can justify
me and forgive me
00:37:43.14\00:37:46.41
and its not a--
a conjuring trick.
00:37:46.44\00:37:54.09
It is justice.
00:37:54.12\00:37:55.51
Not only love but justice.
00:38:02.32\00:38:05.57
Would you come over here to
Ezekiel 23 and look at a text
00:38:05.60\00:38:09.14
which is one of the
horrific text in the Bible.
00:38:09.17\00:38:13.04
Ezekiel 23 speaks about
Jesus in the New Testament
00:38:13.07\00:38:17.32
drinking the cup
where is it come from?
00:38:17.35\00:38:19.76
It comes from here Ezekiel
23 when He drank the cup.
00:38:19.79\00:38:26.11
Ezekiel 23 verse 32 and onwards.
00:38:26.14\00:38:29.94
Ezekiel and
because of their sins
00:38:29.97\00:38:33.11
the children of
Israel were being punished.
00:38:33.14\00:38:36.31
Verse 32, "This is
what the Sovereign Lord says
00:38:36.34\00:38:39.41
'You will drink
your sister's cup,
00:38:39.44\00:38:43.08
a cup large and deep
00:38:43.11\00:38:45.46
it will bring
scorn and derision,
00:38:45.49\00:38:48.45
for it holds so much.
00:38:48.48\00:38:50.01
You will be filled
with drunkenness and sorrow,
00:38:50.04\00:38:53.14
the cup of ruin and desolation,
00:38:53.17\00:38:58.83
the cup of your sister Samaria.
00:38:58.86\00:39:01.39
You will drink
it and drain it dry,
00:39:01.42\00:39:05.19
you will dash it to pieces.'"
00:39:05.22\00:39:08.65
Christ on the cross took a cup.
00:39:08.68\00:39:15.94
The Bible says it is a
cup that makes a man stagger
00:39:15.97\00:39:20.54
and so He is drunk on
the cross He staggered.
00:39:20.57\00:39:28.54
The cup of the
vision, the cup of shame,
00:39:28.57\00:39:32.28
the cup of unspeakable pain,
00:39:32.31\00:39:37.37
this Christianity
is not a wiping thing
00:39:37.40\00:39:41.43
many Christians
today are wimpy people.
00:39:41.46\00:39:46.56
But this is not the religion
00:39:46.59\00:39:48.93
that Nietzsche
criticizes being weak
00:39:48.96\00:39:51.96
and effeminate
the God as a spider,
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.53
this is a religion of blood,
00:39:54.56\00:40:00.56
religion of a broken body
00:40:00.59\00:40:02.87
had gratefully sin.
00:40:07.29\00:40:10.88
One of my favorite preachers
00:40:10.91\00:40:15.29
has been a Roman
Catholic preacher
00:40:15.32\00:40:18.63
not Martin Luther,
though he was a Roman Catholic
00:40:18.66\00:40:20.90
started as a Roman Catholic.
00:40:20.93\00:40:22.57
But, I referred to the great
00:40:22.60\00:40:24.54
American ecclesiastic
bishop Fulton Sheen.
00:40:24.57\00:40:30.95
I think Fulton Sheen had a
way of preaching on the cross
00:40:30.98\00:40:34.32
that would touch
hearts everywhere.
00:40:34.35\00:40:37.21
Fulton Sheen was a person
00:40:37.24\00:40:39.15
who was
prosecuted by his own church,
00:40:39.18\00:40:41.80
persecuted by his cardinal,
persecuted wherever he went
00:40:41.83\00:40:46.42
because Bishop
Fulton Sheen believed
00:40:46.45\00:40:49.98
that salvation could only come
00:40:50.01\00:40:51.97
through the blood of Christ
00:40:52.00\00:40:53.72
not by our
attainment but by His atonement.
00:40:53.75\00:40:57.89
He told a story,
I heard him tell it,
00:41:02.58\00:41:05.68
one of the few preachers
00:41:05.71\00:41:06.99
I would want to
go to hear preach.
00:41:07.02\00:41:10.15
He spoke about an old atheist
00:41:10.18\00:41:13.28
dieing of cancer
he was full of cancer,
00:41:13.31\00:41:17.93
and when Bishop
Fulton Sheen in his robes
00:41:17.96\00:41:22.19
clanking as he
went, went into see him.
00:41:22.22\00:41:27.60
He said, I have come to
talk to you about Christ.
00:41:27.63\00:41:30.43
He spoke with an Irish accent,
00:41:30.46\00:41:33.30
a wonderful accent to be sure.
00:41:33.33\00:41:37.94
And when he came in
the man dying of cancer
00:41:37.97\00:41:40.68
blessing him in the name of God
00:41:40.71\00:41:42.17
and said get out
priest, get out priest.
00:41:42.20\00:41:45.52
So he said, I
will come tomorrow.
00:41:45.55\00:41:48.78
He came the next day and
next day and the next day
00:41:48.81\00:41:52.55
and the old dying atheist said
00:41:52.58\00:41:55.32
get out priest I
don't want your Jesus.
00:41:55.35\00:42:01.54
And he said to
him, I will get out,
00:42:01.57\00:42:03.86
I will respect you
00:42:03.89\00:42:06.44
but I want you simply
to say Jesus have mercy.
00:42:06.47\00:42:13.38
Jesus have mercy.
00:42:13.41\00:42:15.91
You tell me this is
a religion of weakness?
00:42:15.94\00:42:18.52
Where have you
been? Jesus have mercy.
00:42:18.55\00:42:23.79
It is a delight
of God to reach down
00:42:23.82\00:42:26.67
and pluck from the
fires of hell a dying sinner.
00:42:26.70\00:42:33.91
No other religion can do that.
00:42:33.94\00:42:39.19
And the day before he died,
00:42:39.22\00:42:40.69
the day he died
Fulton Sheen came in
00:42:40.72\00:42:43.50
and he said will you please say,
00:42:43.53\00:42:47.66
Jesus have mercy.
00:42:47.69\00:42:49.42
He said get out XYZ please.
00:42:49.45\00:42:53.92
I don't want your Christ
00:42:53.95\00:42:58.01
and Fulton Sheen
prayed for him there,
00:42:58.04\00:43:01.64
and he came the next
day and the bed was empty
00:43:01.67\00:43:05.80
and he said to the nurse
what happened to the old man?
00:43:05.83\00:43:11.25
He said after you
left, hours before he died
00:43:11.28\00:43:16.89
he didn't seize to
say Jesus have mercy,
00:43:16.92\00:43:22.90
Jesus have mercy.
00:43:22.93\00:43:25.45
Fulton Sheen said I will
see him the kingdom of God
00:43:25.48\00:43:32.12
and he was right,
00:43:32.15\00:43:34.28
this means there is
mercy for the worst sinner.
00:43:34.31\00:43:40.07
But don't presume
on the mercy of God
00:43:40.10\00:43:42.62
and some of you do presume,
00:43:42.65\00:43:45.55
some of you or some of
us are so self sufficient
00:43:45.58\00:43:49.16
and so proud and so lazy
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.28
we do not even
read Holy Scripture.
00:43:51.31\00:43:55.62
We know all the
new movies every thing
00:43:55.65\00:43:57.83
that is because we
have been brain washed
00:43:57.86\00:44:00.63
by this evil culture in
which we find ourselves.
00:44:00.66\00:44:07.87
Little wonder
that Dr. Ben Carson
00:44:07.90\00:44:10.31
said to the president
at the prayer breakfast
00:44:10.34\00:44:13.22
we are walking in the
footsteps of the Roman Empire.
00:44:13.25\00:44:18.59
Then he spoke
about all the things
00:44:18.62\00:44:20.71
that happened
in the Roman Empire
00:44:20.74\00:44:22.11
and then our brother
Christian Ben Carson said
00:44:22.14\00:44:28.69
because of
decadence and corruption.
00:44:28.72\00:44:31.39
But there is only one thing
00:44:35.94\00:44:39.14
that will get
rid of the decadence
00:44:39.17\00:44:40.75
and the corruption in
your life and the laziness
00:44:40.78\00:44:47.14
and that is the cross of Christ.
00:44:47.17\00:44:49.89
Jesus have mercy.
00:44:49.92\00:44:53.71
Looking at the cross
sin looses its power.
00:44:53.74\00:44:59.55
Would you come
over here to Romans 6:14
00:44:59.58\00:45:05.23
Romans 6:14 dear
hearts and gentle people,
00:45:05.26\00:45:09.26
Romans 6 that's a book,
00:45:09.29\00:45:11.12
that you first eight chapters
you all try to commit to memory,
00:45:11.15\00:45:15.61
Romans 6:14 "The sin
shall not be your master,
00:45:15.64\00:45:22.05
because you are not
under law, but under grace."
00:45:22.08\00:45:25.95
When a person somehow is
immersed in the grace of God,
00:45:25.98\00:45:33.68
when a person is some how
immersed in the grace of God
00:45:33.71\00:45:37.58
the blood of the cross
00:45:37.61\00:45:40.60
sin is longer his master,
00:45:40.63\00:45:46.26
he is no longer under law,
00:45:46.29\00:45:48.71
no master but under grace.
00:45:48.74\00:45:53.16
That is why the
strongest Christians
00:45:56.86\00:45:58.65
read their bibles everyday
00:45:58.68\00:46:00.80
particularly the chapters
that talk about the cross.
00:46:00.83\00:46:06.00
The gospel proclaims listen,
00:46:06.03\00:46:09.23
you are rich even
though you are poor.
00:46:09.26\00:46:15.39
They were two very
poor Australians in 1869.
00:46:15.42\00:46:22.19
They were looking for
gold and finding none.
00:46:22.22\00:46:26.51
They had run out of money.
00:46:26.54\00:46:29.44
The store would not
even lend them credit,
00:46:29.47\00:46:31.96
give them credit for food.
00:46:31.99\00:46:35.45
And these men went out one day
00:46:35.48\00:46:39.50
and almost in nonchalance
one cared a sharp pick
00:46:39.53\00:46:44.06
and struck the
ground near a tree.
00:46:44.09\00:46:47.93
It immediately sounded hard.
00:46:47.96\00:46:53.04
He thought I have
stuck a root of the tree,
00:46:53.07\00:46:56.74
so he pulled it
back and then he saw
00:46:56.77\00:47:02.60
the glitter of gold.
00:47:02.63\00:47:08.79
He had found a nugget
00:47:08.82\00:47:10.48
that weighed 3,123 ounce.
00:47:10.51\00:47:17.80
Biggest in the
history of the world,
00:47:17.83\00:47:20.86
a 160 pounds 72 kilo grams
00:47:20.89\00:47:24.48
and he said Welcome Stranger.
00:47:24.51\00:47:30.11
It is called Welcome Stranger.
00:47:30.14\00:47:34.15
My friend, they
were instantly rich,
00:47:34.18\00:47:40.24
poor man instantly rich.
00:47:40.27\00:47:43.83
You come to Christ
you are instantly rich
00:47:43.86\00:47:46.90
I tell you, you
don't need anything else.
00:47:46.93\00:47:49.15
Turn to 1 Corinthians 1:30, 31.
00:47:49.18\00:47:53.75
1 Corinthians 1:30, 31.
00:47:53.78\00:47:57.79
Now I want you to see
00:47:57.82\00:48:00.02
the theological
implications, 30 and 31.
00:48:00.05\00:48:04.06
"It is because of him
that you are in Christ Jesus,
00:48:04.09\00:48:07.36
who has become for
us wisdom from God--
00:48:07.39\00:48:09.83
that is, our righteousness,
holiness and redemption.
00:48:09.86\00:48:14.22
Therefore, as it is written,
00:48:14.25\00:48:15.76
'Let him who boasts
boast in the Lord.'"
00:48:15.79\00:48:19.09
When you come to Christ,
00:48:19.12\00:48:20.99
when you accept Christ
you accept the Trinity.
00:48:21.02\00:48:24.82
When you come to Christ
00:48:24.85\00:48:27.24
you are filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:48:27.27\00:48:30.51
When you come to Christ
00:48:30.54\00:48:32.69
He becomes yours righteousness,
00:48:32.72\00:48:35.07
He becomes your sanctification,
00:48:35.10\00:48:37.53
everything that
you need He gives you.
00:48:37.56\00:48:44.21
I was at Wahroonga Church
00:48:44.24\00:48:46.43
some young people
when I was a pastor there
00:48:46.46\00:48:48.90
some needy young people
came around to see me one night
00:48:48.93\00:48:51.73
and they said we
brought so and so along
00:48:51.76\00:48:53.27
because he is devil possessed.
00:48:53.30\00:48:55.89
They got this
nonsense from some preachers
00:48:55.92\00:48:58.39
actually from this country,
00:48:58.42\00:49:00.05
that Christians
get devil possessed.
00:49:00.08\00:49:02.04
This young guy fell on
the floor and started to rise.
00:49:02.07\00:49:04.63
I said, are you truly a
Christians? He said yes.
00:49:04.66\00:49:06.68
You really
believe in Jesus? Yes.
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.58
I said then get up.
00:49:08.61\00:49:11.06
He said, no, no, I got a demon.
00:49:11.09\00:49:12.56
I said well
lets leave him there,
00:49:12.59\00:49:14.24
we just have
little prayer meeting
00:49:14.27\00:49:15.72
we will leave him there.
00:49:15.75\00:49:16.92
After about half an hour
he got up and he was fine.
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.64
My friend, the devil
doesn't share the Temple of God,
00:49:19.67\00:49:26.22
the devil can't share
00:49:26.25\00:49:27.36
the Temple of God
with Christ, you see.
00:49:27.39\00:49:31.47
If you have Christ you
can be buffeted by the devil
00:49:31.50\00:49:36.01
but the devil
cannot share the sanctuary.
00:49:36.04\00:49:41.21
I want you to know this,
00:49:41.24\00:49:42.65
when you come to Christ
you have everything in need.
00:49:42.68\00:49:47.79
You have redemption.
You have righteousness.
00:49:47.82\00:49:51.97
You have holiness.
You have the Holy Spirit.
00:49:52.00\00:49:55.57
You see, Jesus is
a part of the Trinity
00:49:55.60\00:49:59.43
and so when you accept Jesus
you accept the Holy Spirit.
00:49:59.46\00:50:06.52
So when you have
Jesus you got everything,
00:50:06.55\00:50:12.35
you see it's like Cinderella
00:50:12.38\00:50:17.44
the poor girl.
00:50:17.47\00:50:21.62
When she married the prince
she was instantly wealthy,
00:50:21.65\00:50:26.90
not because she really was.
00:50:26.93\00:50:28.92
So when you marry Christ
00:50:28.95\00:50:31.46
everything He has
is yours by faith.
00:50:31.49\00:50:39.09
Get the main thing
right and everything is right.
00:50:39.12\00:50:43.92
Drain the swamp,
believe the gospel.
00:50:43.95\00:50:49.34
There are no
second class Christian
00:50:49.37\00:50:51.61
some saying well you
know I am somehow superior,
00:50:51.64\00:50:56.16
because I can talk in
tongues proves I have got.
00:50:56.19\00:50:59.49
No, everybody is first class,
00:50:59.52\00:51:06.65
because of Jesus.
00:51:06.68\00:51:09.93
On Sunday in Bogota,
00:51:09.96\00:51:12.25
even though there is
a little bit of rain,
00:51:12.28\00:51:14.37
we went to
presidential palace in Colombia.
00:51:14.40\00:51:17.76
There were lots
of soldiers marching.
00:51:17.79\00:51:19.31
I love to see soldiers marching.
00:51:19.34\00:51:22.10
They had the
changing of the guard.
00:51:22.13\00:51:24.18
I like it when
they swing their arms
00:51:24.21\00:51:25.62
when the band plays.
00:51:25.65\00:51:27.04
Then I had the
presentation of the flag,
00:51:27.07\00:51:29.82
then I had-- this
went on for long time
00:51:29.85\00:51:31.59
I was quite
impressed I got caught up in,
00:51:31.62\00:51:33.85
then I they had
their national anthem
00:51:33.88\00:51:36.54
and I said through my translator
00:51:36.57\00:51:39.45
tell me what are they singing.
00:51:39.48\00:51:40.92
They are all these
soldiers lined up behind us
00:51:40.95\00:51:44.26
and all of these soldiers
00:51:44.29\00:51:45.45
in front of the
presidential palace
00:51:45.48\00:51:48.23
and they started to
sing with lusty voices.
00:51:48.26\00:51:51.67
I said what are they singing?
00:51:51.70\00:51:54.23
He said, they are
singing we are here
00:51:54.26\00:51:58.90
because of the
blood of the cross.
00:51:58.93\00:52:03.32
The national
anthem, I don't know
00:52:03.35\00:52:07.02
whether they
understand but they are singing.
00:52:07.05\00:52:10.83
But I want you to know something
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.97
we are here because of
the blood of the cross.
00:52:14.00\00:52:20.78
Get this right and
everything is right
00:52:23.52\00:52:31.46
in the name of the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
00:52:31.49\00:52:35.15
Amen. Please kneel.
00:52:35.18\00:52:38.50
We are here
00:52:45.68\00:52:47.14
because of the
blood of the cross,
00:52:47.17\00:52:54.11
saying the Colombian soldiers.
00:52:54.14\00:52:58.09
I want you to
know something today
00:52:58.12\00:53:01.28
any way you and I can get home,
00:53:01.31\00:53:04.23
its not up to
quaking sides of Mount Sinai,
00:53:04.26\00:53:10.25
not through bad news of
do, do, do, cock a doodle do
00:53:10.28\00:53:15.72
we get home by Mount Calvary.
00:53:15.75\00:53:20.27
Let us pray, our Father.
00:53:20.30\00:53:23.40
We thank you for our Christ.
00:53:23.43\00:53:26.85
We know who He
is. He is the king.
00:53:26.88\00:53:30.19
When the King came in,
oh, yes, He is the king.
00:53:30.22\00:53:36.71
So when they
put Him on the cross
00:53:36.74\00:53:39.78
they were crucifying the king.
00:53:39.81\00:53:44.18
Shall I crucifying
your king they said.
00:53:44.21\00:53:48.74
All have said we
have no king but Caesar.
00:53:48.77\00:53:52.91
We thank you today we
have no king but Jesus.
00:53:52.94\00:53:57.20
We thank you that
everything that God requires
00:53:57.23\00:54:02.74
for time and eternity
is given to us in Christ.
00:54:02.77\00:54:09.88
It's not a case of striving,
its is a case of submitting,
00:54:09.91\00:54:15.56
it is a case of gazing
00:54:15.59\00:54:18.84
and looking as it
says in the Old Testament,
00:54:18.87\00:54:23.12
"Look unto me, and be saved,
all ye ends of the earth."
00:54:23.15\00:54:28.90
Help us Father to
wake up to ourselves
00:54:28.93\00:54:31.42
and stop looking at all
the garbage in television
00:54:31.45\00:54:33.96
and to look to Christ.
00:54:33.99\00:54:36.18
Help us to stop looking
at the false in the church,
00:54:36.21\00:54:39.15
and to look to Christ.
00:54:39.18\00:54:40.80
Help us to stop
looking at our own sins
00:54:40.83\00:54:45.27
and look to Christ
00:54:45.30\00:54:48.51
because it is Christ
alone who can drain the swamp.
00:54:48.54\00:54:54.72
Drain the swamp
in our lives today,
00:54:54.75\00:54:56.37
our Father, bless these
dear sweet people who I love.
00:54:56.40\00:55:02.23
Watch you over them,
protect them, as Pastor
00:55:02.26\00:55:05.70
and Mr. Phenagus
and their family.
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Bless us all we
worship You this day.
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How many will
raise their hand today
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and say I will look to Christ.
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I will hold on to my Christ.
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Please raise your hands
if you can say that today.
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Repeat what I am saying, I
am going to hold on to Christ,
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I am going to be a
Christ cross centered person.
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Dear Father, takes
these up raised hands
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and these upraised hearts.
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It's been good to
be in church today.
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Bless these precious people
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watch over them preserve
them comfort them, sustain them
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and I'll ask you father
when the king comes save us,
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because you saved us now.
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We thank You, we bless You,
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we praise You, we give You glory
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in the Jesus name, Amen.
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And amen and amen.
Praise the Lord, hallelujah.
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Jesus, Your name is power
00:56:21.26\00:56:28.50
Jesus, your name is might
00:56:28.53\00:56:35.63
Jesus, Your name will
break ev'ry stronghold
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Jesus, your name is life
00:56:42.90\00:56:50.06
Jesus, Your name is power
00:56:50.09\00:56:57.13
Jesus, your name is might
00:56:57.16\00:57:04.38
Jesus, Your name will
break ev'ry stronghold
00:57:04.41\00:57:11.58
Jesus, your name is life
00:57:11.61\00:57:18.77
Jesus, Your name is healing
00:57:18.80\00:57:25.87
Jesus, Your name gives sight
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Jesus, Your name
will free ev'ry captive
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Jesus, Your name is life
00:57:40.38\00:57:47.38
Jesus, Your name is holy
00:57:47.41\00:57:54.61
Jesus, Your name brings light
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