We're glad to see you today.
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The topic is
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the greatest
person who ever lived,
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who died 2000 years
ago and who is still alive.
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Of whom am I
speaking, any body know?
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We're talking
about the Jewish Jesus
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because Jesus
is the greatest Jew
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the world has
ever seen, ever known.
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Now there are
some issues upfront
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I just want to
talk about for a moment.
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The greatest
atheist in the world
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is the great oxford
scholar Dr. Richard Dawkins.
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Great atheist,
doesn't believe in God.
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And until recently
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he didn't believe
in the historical Jesus
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but recently he said, and
this is a sign of progress.
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He said, "I was
wrong, there was a Jesus."
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So that's progress.
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I want you to know this,
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there was a
historical Jesus Christ,
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there is no doubt about this.
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Now there is
something else if I'm skeptic
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that I should
try to avoid doing.
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I should not
patronize Jesus Christ
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because if Jesus
was not the person
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He claimed to be,
don't say He's a good person.
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This is a person
who claimed to be God.
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Can you believe this?
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He claimed to be God.
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If a person claims to be God,
don't say He is a good person.
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He is a crazy
person, completely crazy.
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So Jesus claimed to be God
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and yet He was the only person
who ever claimed to be God,
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who was judged to be
saying by His contemporaries.
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Nobody said, He was a lunatic.
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So Jesus, these
are the alternatives.
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Good man,
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mad man,
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bad man,
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or God man.
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But He can't be
all of those together,
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He's either one or the other.
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Now I want you
to take your Bible
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and turn with me over
here to the Book of Isaiah 9:6.
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And this of course is
right out of the Hebrew Bible,
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the Bible of our Jewish friends.
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Isaiah 9:6 says, "For
unto us a Child is born,
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Unto us a Son is given,
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and the government
will be upon His shoulder.
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And His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor,
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Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
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Prince of Peace."
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Now Christians believe
that the little Jewish boy
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who was born 2000 years ago
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was more than just a little boy.
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The Bible says,
Everlasting Father,
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Prince of Peace.
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In other words, He
was more than a man.
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He was God incarnate.
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It's important my friends
here in our studio in Moorpark,
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Southern California
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and the audience
around the world.
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It's important
that we don't confuse
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the real historical Jesus
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with the Jesus of so
many religious people.
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Recently here in Los Angeles,
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I heard a great American figure,
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everybody knows him today.
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He said, I'm a
strong believer in Jesus,
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I'm a very, very,
very strong Christian.
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And then he said
in the next phrase,
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"I believe in torture, I
believe in waterboarding."
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He said, we're going to
bring back waterboarding
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and we're gonna do
a lot worse than that.
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Doesn't he realize
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that torture is satanic?
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Waterboarding came
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from the Spanish inquisition.
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And the Japanese who
waterboarded our soldiers
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during the World War II
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were hung by their
necks until they were dead.
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That's what America,
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the real America
thinks about torture.
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You can't claim
to be a Christian
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and believe in the
teachings of antichrist.
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God is love.
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Such comments have brought
shame to the name of Christ
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and a disgrace to
the Christian church
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while making us a
laughingstock of our enemies.
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So never forget it.
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Don't confuse the
Jesus of the Bible
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with the Jesus of some
people who say they follow Him
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because they don't.
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Jesus claimed to be God.
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I want you to come
over here to John 8
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and I want you to notice
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this amazing
passage in the Bible.
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Now I want every person to turn
to this passage in the Bible.
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John 8:48 and onwards
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and Jesus is
having an altercation
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with the Jewish leaders.
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John 8:48 and onwards.
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"Then the Jews
answered and said to Him,
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"Do we not say
rightly You are a Samaritan,
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have a demon?"
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Jesus answered, "I
do not have a demon,
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but I honor My
Father, you dishonor Me.
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And I do not seek My own glory,
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there is One who
seeks and judges.
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Most assuredly, I say to you,
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if anyone keeps My word
he shall never see death.'"
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What an
astounding we need to say.
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If you follow me He
says, you will never see death.
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Verse 52, "Then
the Jews said to Him,
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'Now we know
that You have a demon!
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Abraham is dead, and
the prophets are dead,
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and You say, 'If
anyone keeps My word
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he shall never taste death.'"
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So you've got a devil.
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"Are You greater than our
father Abraham, who is dead?
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And the prophets are dead.
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Who do You make
Yourself out to be?
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Jesus answered,
"If I honor Myself,
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My honor is nothing.
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It is My Father who honors Me,
of whom you say He is your God.
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Yet you have not
known Him, but I know Him.
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And if I say, 'I
do not know Him,'
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I shall be a liar like you,
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but I do know Him
and keep His word.
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Your father Abraham
rejoiced to see My day,
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and he saw it and was glad.
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Then the Jews said to Him,
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'You are not
yet fifty years old,
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and have You seen Abraham?'"
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Here it is.
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"Jesus said to them,
'Most assuredly, I say to you,
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before Abraham was, I AM.'"
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Then they took up
stones to throw at Him,
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but Jesus hid Himself
and went out of the temple,
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going through the midst
of them, and so passed by."
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Why were the
Jews so mad with Jesus
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that they wanted to kill
Him because of what He said?
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Because when Jesus
said before Abraham was,
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not I was,
before Abraham was I am,
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He was claiming
to be all mighty God.
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And I will prove it to you.
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I want you to come over
here to the Old Testament.
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Come back here to
a parallel passage.
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Back here to Exodus 3:1-6.
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Genesis, Exodus
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as we base our conclusions
today upon the Bible.
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Exodus 3:1 and onwards.
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"Now Moses was
tending the flock of Jethro
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his father-in-law,
the priest of Midian.
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He led the flock to
the back of the desert,
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and came to Horeb,
the mountain of God.
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And the Angel of
the Lord appeared to him
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in a flame of fire
from the midst of a bush."
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This was an amazing thing,
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there was a bush on
fire wasn't been consumed.
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"So he looked, and behold,
the bush was burning with fire,
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but the bush was not consumed.
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Moses said,
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''I will now turn aside
and see this great sight,
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why the bush does not burn."
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So when the Lord saw
that he turned aside to look,
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God called to him
from the midst of the bush
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and said, "Moses, Moses!"
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He said, ''Here I am."
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Then He said, "Do
not draw near this place.
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Take your sandals off your feet,
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for the place where
you stand is holy ground."
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Moreover He said, ''I
am the God of your father,
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the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac,
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and the God of Jacob.'
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Moses hid his face, for he
was afraid to look upon God."
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So here is almighty
God talking to Moses.
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Moses is afraid to look upon Him
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because here is
the self existent God.
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Then if you come
down a little bit further.
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If you come down
to verse 13, verse 13.
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"Then Moses said to God,
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'Indeed, when I come
to the children of Israel
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and say to them,
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The God of your
fathers has sent me to you,'
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and they say to
me, 'What is His name?'
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What shall I say to them?"
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God said to Moses, you ready?
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''I AM WHO I AM."
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And He said,
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"Thus you shall say to
the children of Israel,
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'I AM has sent me to you.'"
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Verse15,
"Moreover God said to Moses,
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"Thus you shall say to
the children of Israel,
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'The Lord God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham,
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the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob,
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has sent me to you.
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This is My name forever,
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this is My memorial
to all generations.'"
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This is one of the
great amazing stories.
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Moses sees a bush
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and it's burning
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and it's not consumed
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because the power
of God is in the bush.
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And then the power
that made this miracle
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almighty God talks
to Moses and He says,
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"I will tell you my name."
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I am who I am.
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You shall tell the
children of Israel this,
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"I am has sent me to you."
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I am is the name of this person.
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We shall say it softly.
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We will not be
presumptuous here.
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This name is so awesome
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that the Hebrews
would not say it.
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So when they came
to it in a Hebrew Bible
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they substituted the word,
they said, "Don't hide, Lord."
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But they were afraid to say
this name that burns with fire.
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It is the Hebrew word YHWH.
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From this word
somewhat erroneously
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we've got the word Jehovah.
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But Jehovah is a modern
way of trying to say this word.
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But the name of the
great self existent God
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that you and I cannot look upon,
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here is the name, Yahweh.
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Yahweh's name is "I AM."
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So here you have Jesus,
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He's talking to
the Jews and He says,
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I'm going to tell you who I am.
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Before Abraham was born He said,
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I am, I am Yahweh.
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The self existent
God, the almighty God.
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This is why they took
up stones to kill Him.
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I want you to notice
some of the names of God.
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He says, I'm the Lord God.
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Hebrew there is Yahweh Elohim,
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this means
mighty God, mighty God.
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The Lord God, I'm Yahweh Elohim,
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the only one.
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I'm the creator.
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I am, I am, I am the creator.
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He is the one who
made the universe.
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This man who was
speaking to the Jews.
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I'm the creator
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who made all these stars.
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Very recently we believe
there were 200 billion galaxies
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in the cosmos,
200 billion galaxies.
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Few weeks ago,
they took the figure up
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to two trillion
galaxies, two trillion.
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Can you comprehend
it, two trillion galaxies?
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That doesn't
include the small galaxies.
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And what goes on beyond.
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He is the God who
made all life forms.
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He is the one who said,
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let there be life
who spoke that you know
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how He made the universe?
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He breathes it into existence.
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You think, haa.
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The I AM said, Haa.
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Amazing.
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I am law giver.
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He came down on Mount Sinai,
gave the Ten Commandments.
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He gave us the Ten Commandments
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because the
commandments are good for us.
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He said, I'm the deliverer.
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He was the one who
rolled it back the waters
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of the Red or the Reed Sea.
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So the people of
God could go through.
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What a God is this?
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He is our savior.
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He is the one who delivers us.
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Have you got problems?
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Sometime ago I was
in the south of Iraq.
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I had crossed over
the River Euphrates
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in a little boat
from Iran to Iraq.
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I've been traveling for a day,
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practically without any water.
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I came to this little
town in the south of Iraq
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parched lonely, apprehensive.
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Had nowhere to stay.
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Surrounded by
camels and by Bedouins.
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I stopped on the street,
I prayed, "Oh, God help me."
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Instantly a man,
this is not just a tale.
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A man dressed in white.
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I'm not saying he was an angel.
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He was an Arab sheikh.
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He came to me he said,
"Sir, how can I assist you?"
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I said, "I got nowhere to stay.
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Haven't eaten all day.
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He said, "Well,
I'll take you to a place
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where you'll be safe."
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The Bible tells us
Jesus is the great I AM,
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I AM the deliverer.
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So if you're going
through a tough time, my friend,
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look up because Jesus
Christ is your deliverer.
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He delivers, He saves.
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He is the one, He says,
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I am the one who
caught Elijah up into heaven.
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I AM.
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He's the one who sent down
the fiery furnace and Elijah,
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so he is the God
of a glorious future.
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I am the one who
raised Moses from the dead.
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Moses died on Mount Nebo.
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You know this.
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The Bible says,
God buried him there
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on the top of the mountain.
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Then the Bible tells
us this sometime later,
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God came back in
the person of Christ
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and raised Moses from the dead.
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That is taught
in the Book of Jude.
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I AM the one
who raises the dead.
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You think we ought
to be afraid of death?
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I'm not afraid of death.
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I'm not afraid of death
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because one day I'm going
to be with Christ in paradise,
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because Christ is the one
who raised Moses from the dead.
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I AM, I am the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
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the Bible calls Him
this, "I am the God of Abraham,
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Isaac and Jacob."
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What a bunch of guys they were,
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faulty men, not
sinless people, sinful people
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that Christ saved them,
so there is hope for us.
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He saves faulty men.
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We are faulty men and women.
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The Gospel says,
this man receives sinners.
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I am, I am the God of
Israel, the God of His people,
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the God of His church.
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And God no longer
has a special nation.
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There are some people
who are very nationalistic.
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Once upon a time there
was British Israelitism
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and many of the
British people felt that
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they were the
chosen people of God.
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They were the new Israel.
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Of course, none of this is true.
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God doesn't have a nation today.
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He has His
people in every nation.
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So He's got people, His
believers in every nation,
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Russia, America,
Australia, Great Britain,
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France and Germany and
Latin America, everywhere.
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I am the God of Israel.
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Think of the great prayer.
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Listen to this prayer.
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"The Lord bless
you and keep you.
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That's Yahweh
bless you and keep you.
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The Lord make His
face shine upon you,
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and be gracious on to you.
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The Lord lift up His
countenance upon you,
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and give you peace."
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The Lord has
repeated it three times,
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because this is an early
intimation of the trinity,
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the nature of God.
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He says, I am El Shaddai.
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I love those words.
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I am El Shaddai, almighty God,
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the God of impossible causes.
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Every person who does
good will have opposition
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but we need not fear our foes
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because we serve El Shaddai,
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almighty God, so
don't pick on me,
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don't pick on a child of God
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because he's standing
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in the hallow of
the hand of El Shaddai,
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the almighty God.
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I am the Lord
your righteousness.
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That's what it says.
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I AM, this is all
referring to Jesus.
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Come over here to Jeremiah 23:6.
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Jeremiah 23:6, dear
hearts and gentle people.
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Jeremiah 23:6,
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"In His days
Judah will be saved,
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and Israel will dwell safely."
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That's good.
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Then the Bible says, verse 6,
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"Now this is the name
by which He will be called,
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The Lord, Yahweh
our righteousness."
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Before Abraham was I AM.
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I am your righteousness.
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You know something?
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We're all a bunch of sinners.
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Even if you've gone
to church for 50 years,
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you're still a sinner.
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Not a lost sinner,
you're saved sinner.
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But none of us are perfect
or good enough to go to heaven.
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Remember the
Sabbath school teacher,
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Sunday school
teacher, taught a class
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and she asked the class,
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who is good
enough to go to heaven?
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Oh, mommy is, daddy is.
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Sabbath school teacher
understood, they go, said no,
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daddy is not good enough.
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Mommy is not good enough.
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Only person good
enough is Christ.
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But if you are in Christ
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and if you accept Him as
your savior, you are saved
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because He is the
Lord our righteousness.
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We should never despair
because we're imperfect,
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because we're saved
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because He is our righteousness.
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Jesus made extraordinary claims.
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John 14:6, one of
the most amazing text.
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John 14:6, Jesus said to him.
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"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
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No one comes to
the Father but by Me."
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Muhammad never said that,
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with all respect
to our Muslim friends.
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Buddha never said that.
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Only one man said stuff
like this, I am the way,
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the truth, and the life.
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Said, you can't come to
God unless you come through Me.
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Who is this man?
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Who is this man?
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I think of a young woman
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down in the south of Ukraine,
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down in the south of Ukraine.
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The Nazis came through,
they devastated her village
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because they had
showed resistance,
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they marched them
out into the snow,
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made them dig a pit
and machined gun them down.
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But she escaped with a young man
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fleeing naked through the snow.
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Caught a train later on,
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some of us think
we've had it hard, hey.
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Out on a train went up to Russia
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went to Nizhni Novgorod.
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Fifty-years in despair
that a spirit of atheism.
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Don't tell me
atheism's got anything to offer.
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I've met millions of
atheists who are in despair.
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Because the death of God always
leads to the death of hope.
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So you got no
God, you got no hope.
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Don't fool yourself.
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She came to our meetings
after 50 years, an atheist.
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She said I've been longing
and searching for the way,
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the truth, and the life.
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She said I found Him.
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When I found
Christ, I found it all.
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And if you come to Christ,
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you'll find everything you need.
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Listen, "He claimed
that He had the authority
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to forgive sins,
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He demonstrated His
divinity by His ability
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to read the thoughts of
man, He performed miracles,
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He walked on the water.
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He raised the dead."
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Then John 1:1-3.
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All of His
disciples said He is God.
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"In the beginning
was the Word, the lugos,
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Word was with God,
and the Word was God."
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It doesn't say,
the God, or a God,
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it says you have
the nature of God.
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That's what it
means in the Greek.
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And the Bible goes
on to tell us, it says,
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"All things were made by Him,
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without Him nothing
was made that was a made."
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He's one who made the stars.
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Then you come down
a little bit further,
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it tells us.
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Here it is.
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The Word was made flesh.
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"The Word was made
flesh the text says,
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and dwelt among us."
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Now think about this,
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this is one
tenth of milli-material
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I've got to talk about today.
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He got a little baby boy,
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just a little baby boy
born in the normal way,
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with tears and maybe blood.
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Who was He?
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Almighty God in human flesh.
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That is why we sing,
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"O come, let us adore Him."
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Christ, the Lord
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and more in a
moment after this break.
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We should never say
something is impossible,
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because Jesus said that
with God all things impossible.
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It seems impossible to
think that a group of Americans,
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Australians could come
here to Castro's communist Cuba
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and preach the gospel.
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We're here with the permission
of the Cuban government,
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we've got special
visas, so we can preach here.
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I've had the
privilege of preaching
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in the most difficult places
Moscow, all across Russia,
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all around Ukraine and
dangerous places in Africa.
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But this is one of the
biggest miracles of all.
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Here we are a Carter
report team, just a little team.
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But we're here
by the grace of God
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because with God
all things are possible.
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But God works through people,
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He's working glory be to
God we believe through us.
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But He's also working
my friend through you,
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because of your prayers
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and your support and your gifts,
00:27:30.85\00:27:33.92
these people, many
of them are hearing
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the true Gospel of
Christ for the first time.
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So my heart is full of
thanks to God and to you today.
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Would you please drop me a line?
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John Carter PO Box 1900,
Thousand Oaks, California,
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91358.
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And of course, you can write
to me at Terrigal in Australia.
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Let's get a fire
going in this country.
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We have established a beachhead
on the shores of Castro's Cuba.
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A gospel
beachhead, not a military one.
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We are the ambassadors of peace
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and we've come here to
preach the gospel of peace.
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Stand with us and
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