It is a blessing to
talk about India from India.
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India is the largest
democratic nation in the world,
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with many languages,
cultures and religions.
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But who would guess one
nation with 1.39 billion people.
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India has freedom of speech,
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so that one can
talk, teach and preach.
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Pastor John Carter has
started his gospel meetings
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in public in India in 2006,
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and he found that
millions of people
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are unaware of the gospel.
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So he started his
television programs
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in 2007 till today, nonstop.
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In one of the
South Indian languages
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called Telugu that
is taking this gospel
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to nearly 500 million people.
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And in last two deadly years,
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there are millions of
people dying in India with COVID
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without knowing Jesus,
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and that has
pushed Pastor John Carter
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to start his
television programs in Hindi,
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aiming to reach
nearly a billion people.
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And it is, it became possible
just because of your help.
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We thank you, everyone.
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We thank every family of yours,
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because you're
standing in support
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to Pastor John Carter, to
do this great work in India.
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We also pray God to
strengthen you more,
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to extend your
support to Pastor John Carter,
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to do this work
India in future also.
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We love you.
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We thank you.
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God bless you.
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Today, on the Carter Report,
He's the man who won't go away.
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The Mighty One
who came to earth,
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the dictators in our world,
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and tyrants in history
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tried to kill off His followers,
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but the
believers only multiplied.
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Even the grave
could not hold Him.
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Without a doubt,
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He is the greatest and most
influential person in history.
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His name is Jesus.
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Love Him or hate
Him, you can't ignore Him,
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or get rid of Him.
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He will never leave
or forsake His people.
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Here is Pastor John
Carter to tell us all about
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the Man who won't go away.
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Hello, friend, welcome
today to the Carter Report
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that comes to
you from Australia,
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where I'm in lockdown.
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I'm trying to get back
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to the United States of America,
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but it's like going to the moon.
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The borders are sealed.
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And it's almost impossible
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to get a permit
to leave this place.
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But I send you
warm greetings today.
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I wanna thank Wayne so
much for joining us also,
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this is going to be a program
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you my friend will never forget.
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How do you know that
Jesus really existed?
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Well, Wayne
that's a good question.
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But how do you know
Caesar Augustus existed?
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How do you know
Alexander the Great existed?
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How do you know
Napoleon existed?
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Well, you say
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because of
reliable historical evidence
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because of the documents.
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That's why we know Jesus
existed because of authentic,
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reliable, trustworthy
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historical documents.
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Every educated person
knows that Jesus existed.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is
the former Prime Minister
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of the Great State of Israel.
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Now, he's not a Christian.
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He's Jewish Orthodox, I believe,
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therefore, in
the State of Israel,
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he would believe that
Jesus was an imposter.
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I don't think he
would believe in many things
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that I'm going
to tell you today.
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But he believes in
the historicity of Jesus.
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Every educated person
knows that Jesus existed
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because of all the
thousands of documents we have.
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Now, the greatest, arguably
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so the greatest
atheist in the world today
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is Professor Richard Dawkins,
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from the great
Oxford University.
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Dr. Dawkins went
on record as saying,
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"I don't believe
that Jesus existed."
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But he's done a
splendid about turn.
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And Richard Dawkins now says,
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"Yes, Jesus really did exist."
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When was Jesus born?
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Thank you, Wayne.
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History tells us that
Jesus was born before 4 BC.
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You say, well,
that's, that's impossible.
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How could He be
born before 4 BC?
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Well, I can tell you
about this some other time
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because they didn't
start to work out the records,
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BC and AD until some
years after the Christ event.
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But most likely Jesus was born
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around 6 or 7 BC.
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And so the historicity of Jesus
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is without any question,
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Jesus was a Jew,
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who was born in the
Middle East before 4 BC.
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And the Bible
tells us that He existed
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billions and
billions of years ago.
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I wanna read you a text here.
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This is John
1:1-2 and 14, it says,
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"In the beginning
was the Word, the Logos,
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and the Logos was with
God, and the Logos was God."
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This means
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He was of the
very nature of God.
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It goes on to say,
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"He was in the
beginning with God."
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And the Logos,
the Bible tells us
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very, very
plainly was Jesus Christ,
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because it says, in verse 14,
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"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
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and we be held His glory,
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the glory of as of the
only begotten of the Father,
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full of grace and truth."
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So in the very
beginning, when was that?
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Billions of years ago,
because God had no beginning.
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But in the
beginning was God the Father,
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and with God, the
Father was Jesus Christ,
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the Logos, who is
actually called God,
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He partakes of the very nature,
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and the very essence of God.
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This is the Word of the Lord.
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And in His great prayer
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that is recorded
in John Chapter 17,
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my dear friend,
Jesus talks about the glory
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He had with God the Father,
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before the world began.
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Many say Jesus was just a man.
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Some dismiss Him entirely.
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Can you tell us
who Jesus really was?
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There are really
three possibilities
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I would like you
to think about today
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that Jesus was a good man,
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or a mad man,
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or the God man.
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Now, let's think about
Jesus being a good man.
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Good people don't
go around telling lies,
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and Jesus went
around telling people
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that He was one with the Father.
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He claimed to be
one with Almighty God.
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Either He was a liar,
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which would exclude
His being a good man,
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or else He actually was
the person He said He was.
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Now usually people
who go around were always
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except with one
case, one exception.
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People who go
around claiming to be God
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are crazy.
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But Jesus was judged
sane by His contemporaries,
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and Jesus claimed to be God.
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You say, "Is this absolutely."
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Did Jesus really
claimed to be God?
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Absolutely.
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I'm going to read
you the ancient record.
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John 8:51-53,
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out of the New
King James Version.
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Jesus said, "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 extraordinary remark.
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He said, "If
you keep my sayings,
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you're never
going to see death."
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"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, and you say,
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if anyone keeps My word,
he shall never see death."
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We know you got a demon.
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"Are you greater
than our father Abraham,
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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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Who do You think You really are?
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The Jews said to this carpenter
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2000 years ago.
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John 8:58-59.
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Amazing words.
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Jesus said to them...
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Now just get this,
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my friend I want
you to hear this.
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I want you to
hear it loud and clear.
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I want you to hear it
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as though I'm sounding
it out with the trumpet.
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"Jesus said to
them, 'Most assuredly,
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I say to you
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before Abraham was,
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I AM.'"
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Incredible, amazing.
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If you said it, if I
said it, we would be crazy.
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Jesus said
before Abraham existed,
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not I was.
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Jesus said before
Abraham was, I AM.
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The response was
dramatic, but expected it says,
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"Then they took up
stones to throw at Him,
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but Jesus hid Himself,
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went out of the temple,
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going through the midst of them,
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and so passed by."
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The Jews got it.
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The Jews got it.
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They knew that
this man was claiming
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to be Almighty God.
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Because the expression I AM
is the expression that pertains
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only to Yahweh
Elohim, Almighty God.
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Jesus was claiming
not to be just a man,
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or a good man, He was
claiming to be the God man.
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Now I'm going to read
you from Exodus 3:13-14,
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Moses said to God,
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this is the part
about the burning bush,
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you know the story.
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"Moses said to God, 'Indeed,
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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 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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And God said to
Moses, '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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Now are you listening to me?
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This is either
just a load of nonsense,
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or else this is
the greatest truth
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in the history
of the human race.
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We're not talking here
about some angel or some person
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or some supernatural being,
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we're talking about the
great self existent God.
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Jesus said before
Abraham, was, I AM.
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And then Moses is
talking to Almighty God
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at the burning bush.
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And Almighty God says,
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"I want you to go and tell
the children of Israel my name,
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tell them, I AM.
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I AM."
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This person is
called in the scriptures,
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my friends, He is
called El Shaddai,
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the Mighty One.
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He is called Yahweh Elohim.
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This is the most exalted title
in the history of the universe,
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in the history of the world.
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It is the title of Almighty God,
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and this title, Jesus Christ,
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the carpenter,
claimed for Himself.
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He's more than a good man,
He certainly not a crazy man.
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The Bible teaches
Jesus is the God man.
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Who did Jesus
claim He really was?
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Wasn't this a dangerous
thing for Him to claim?
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Jesus claimed to
be the author of life.
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Jesus said, "I am the
way, the truth and the life."
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Muhammad never said that.
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Moses never said that.
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The great Apostle
Paul never said that.
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If a person said that today,
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it's because
he's a crazy person.
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Jesus said, "I am
the way, I am the truth."
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If you want to understand truth,
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you discover truth in Christ.
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Jesus said, "I am the way, I
am the truth, I am the life."
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Jesus forgave sins.
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You can't forgive sins.
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No human being
can't forgive sins.
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I can't forgive sins.
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God only can forgive sins.
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And Jesus claimed to
have the right and the ability
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and the
authority to forgive sins.
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Jesus raised the dead.
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Wow!
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Jesus walked out of
His tomb by the power
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that was within Him.
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Jesus said, "I've got
power to lay down my life.
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I've got power
to take it up again.
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I have this because I'm
in harmony with my Father,
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God the Father."
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Jesus promised to raise
all of His true believers
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from the grave at
His Second Coming.
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Jesus said, "If
we believe in Him,
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we have everlasting life."
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Moses never said that.
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The Apostle
John never said that.
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The great preacher
Paul never said that.
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Any person who
says that is a fraud.
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But Jesus said,
"If we believe in Him,
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we have everlasting life."
00:14:39.14\00:14:41.18
Jesus said, "He would resurrect
all who believed in Him."
00:14:41.21\00:14:45.98
Jesus said, "He
would be the great judge
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of all men and
women at the end of time."
00:14:49.58\00:14:53.32
He said, "I have
received this authority,
00:14:53.36\00:14:55.76
because the Son of Man
is going to be the judge.
00:14:55.79\00:15:00.50
He is going to be the judge,
00:15:00.53\00:15:02.23
because God
Almighty is the judge.
00:15:02.26\00:15:06.90
Jesus said, "That the only way
to salvation was through Him."
00:15:06.94\00:15:12.07
Buddha never said that.
00:15:12.11\00:15:14.84
Muhammad never said that.
00:15:14.88\00:15:17.35
No other human being said that.
00:15:17.38\00:15:19.61
But Jesus said that, He said,
00:15:19.65\00:15:21.98
"He is the only
way to find salvation."
00:15:22.02\00:15:25.99
And the only way
that you can come
00:15:26.02\00:15:27.56
to Almighty God
is through Jesus.
00:15:27.59\00:15:30.53
Jesus said, "He
was the living water."
00:15:30.56\00:15:33.86
Jesus said, "He
was the bread of life."
00:15:33.90\00:15:37.70
Jesus said,
00:15:37.73\00:15:39.07
"He was the
resurrection and the life."
00:15:39.10\00:15:41.47
He said,
00:15:41.50\00:15:42.84
"He was the only
way to salvation."
00:15:42.87\00:15:45.01
Jesus said, "He and
His father were one."
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He is more than a prophet.
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Are you listening to me?
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Jesus is more than a prophet.
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Jesus is Almighty
God in human flesh.
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Most Christians believe
00:16:06.86\00:16:08.90
that worshiping
anyone but God is idolatry.
00:16:08.93\00:16:13.70
Do we worship Jesus and God?
00:16:13.74\00:16:15.84
Sure, anybody
worshiping any person,
00:16:18.84\00:16:22.01
but God is an idolater.
00:16:22.04\00:16:25.05
Idolatry is a terrible sin.
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It is a sin akin to blasphemy.
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But when you come in the
Bible, this marvelous book,
00:16:31.82\00:16:35.49
when you come to
the Book of Hebrews,
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you will find in
Hebrews Chapter 1
00:16:38.69\00:16:41.06
that Jesus Christ is
actually called Almighty God,
00:16:41.10\00:16:46.03
the Creator, and
the Lord Himself.
00:16:46.07\00:16:50.04
He is called in
the Book of Hebrews,
00:16:50.07\00:16:52.37
which in Hebrews
Chapter 1 quotes and Psalm 102,
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He is called Yahweh,
00:16:56.21\00:16:58.81
the Lord, the
Creator, the Mighty One.
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Let me read it to
you, Hebrews 1:6, 8, 10.
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"And when He again brings
the firstborn into the world,
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He says: 'Let all the
angels of God worship Him.'"
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Did you get this?
00:17:14.66\00:17:16.00
The angels worship Jesus.
00:17:16.03\00:17:19.03
Now somebody listening to
the telecast today may say,
00:17:19.07\00:17:22.60
I don't worship Jesus.
00:17:22.64\00:17:25.67
Well, my friend, the
angels worship Jesus,
00:17:25.71\00:17:29.88
because the angels recognize
that Jesus is Almighty God,
00:17:29.91\00:17:35.52
He is God the Son.
00:17:35.55\00:17:37.95
The text goes on to
say, "But to the Son,
00:17:37.99\00:17:39.89
He says: 'Your throne...'"
00:17:39.92\00:17:42.12
This is God
talking, this is God talking.
00:17:42.16\00:17:43.93
"But to the Son, He says:
00:17:43.96\00:17:45.29
'Your throne, O, God,
is forever and ever.'"
00:17:45.33\00:17:50.07
God the Father turns to
Jesus and calls Him God.
00:17:50.10\00:17:55.34
"A scepter of righteousness
00:17:55.37\00:17:56.91
is the scepter of Your kingdom."
00:17:56.94\00:17:58.64
But here is the big text
that please listen up to this,
00:17:58.67\00:18:03.85
because this is
the deal breaker.
00:18:03.88\00:18:06.82
This finishes all arguments.
00:18:06.85\00:18:10.22
The Father says, here it goes.
00:18:10.25\00:18:12.45
"And You, Lord, in the beginning
00:18:12.49\00:18:17.59
laid the
foundations of the earth,
00:18:17.63\00:18:20.80
and the heavens are
the works of your hands."
00:18:20.83\00:18:24.67
Hey, are you listening to me?
00:18:24.70\00:18:27.57
Do you hear this?
00:18:27.60\00:18:29.07
This is the most amazing
truth you're ever going to hear.
00:18:29.10\00:18:33.27
God the Father turns to
Jesus Christ and He says,
00:18:33.31\00:18:37.28
and You, Lord,
created the universe.
00:18:37.31\00:18:42.75
You laid the foundations
of the heavens and the earth.
00:18:42.78\00:18:46.32
And the author of
Hebrews Chapter 1,
00:18:46.35\00:18:48.39
now wait for this.
00:18:48.42\00:18:50.53
He quotes Psalm 102.
00:18:50.56\00:18:52.56
This is a
quotation from Psalm 102.
00:18:52.59\00:18:57.57
And in Psalm 102,
when it says, "You, Lord,
00:18:57.60\00:19:02.27
laid the foundations of
the heavens and the earth,
00:19:02.30\00:19:05.21
you made the
stars and everything."
00:19:05.24\00:19:07.61
The word in the Hebrew
00:19:07.64\00:19:10.41
is Yahweh YHWH
00:19:10.45\00:19:14.25
translated Jehovah
00:19:14.28\00:19:16.22
or LORD in caps.
00:19:16.25\00:19:20.36
This is absolutely overwhelming.
00:19:20.39\00:19:24.03
This is amazing.
00:19:24.06\00:19:25.96
The Jesus whom we worship
00:19:25.99\00:19:28.70
is the creator
00:19:28.73\00:19:31.97
of the universe.
00:19:32.00\00:19:35.80
He is Almighty God.
00:19:35.84\00:19:38.24
He is the great I AM,
00:19:38.27\00:19:39.67
and so we say in
the words of the hymn,
00:19:39.71\00:19:43.04
oh, come, let us adore Him.
00:19:43.08\00:19:47.88
Let us adore this
Christ, the great creator,
00:19:47.92\00:19:51.52
Yahweh Elohim, our Savior,
00:19:51.55\00:19:55.06
our King, our Redeemer.
00:19:55.09\00:19:57.99
Why was He born in poverty?
00:20:01.60\00:20:04.40
To Christians,
Jesus is the King.
00:20:04.43\00:20:07.00
Wayne, my friend,
that's an excellent question.
00:20:10.74\00:20:14.04
He came in poverty
00:20:14.08\00:20:16.24
because He came
to save every person.
00:20:16.28\00:20:20.02
Can you imagine what
folks would say Jesus was born
00:20:20.05\00:20:24.09
into a very, very wealthy family
00:20:24.12\00:20:26.55
and lived in a palace.
00:20:26.59\00:20:29.66
He became
because He is the Savior,
00:20:29.69\00:20:32.43
and the God of
every human being,
00:20:32.46\00:20:34.96
whether you're rich,
or whether you're poor,
00:20:35.00\00:20:37.93
whether you're white,
or whether you're black,
00:20:37.97\00:20:41.37
whether you're brown,
00:20:41.40\00:20:42.74
whether doesn't
matter who you are.
00:20:42.77\00:20:45.81
Christ is the Christ for you.
00:20:45.84\00:20:49.31
Christ is your
Savior, He died for you.
00:20:49.34\00:20:53.78
Jesus was born
in the Middle East.
00:20:53.82\00:20:56.58
The Middle East
is at the very center
00:20:56.62\00:20:59.25
of the world.
00:20:59.29\00:21:00.96
Christ is the
center of the world.
00:21:00.99\00:21:05.09
He's the savior of the Africans,
00:21:05.13\00:21:08.03
and the Americans,
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.76
and the savior
of the Australians,
00:21:09.80\00:21:13.07
and the Europeans,
00:21:13.10\00:21:14.67
and the
Russians, and the Chinese.
00:21:14.70\00:21:17.44
And the people
down in Latin America,
00:21:17.47\00:21:19.77
He's the savior
of men and women,
00:21:19.81\00:21:22.04
it doesn't matter who they are.
00:21:22.08\00:21:27.05
He came in the midst of poverty
so that nobody could ever say,
00:21:27.08\00:21:31.29
He doesn't care about me.
00:21:31.32\00:21:33.92
The news I want you
to know today is this.
00:21:33.96\00:21:37.06
God invaded our earth,
He came in into our realm,
00:21:37.09\00:21:41.83
He invaded time and space.
00:21:41.86\00:21:46.50
And He came and lived among us.
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.97
And He is our savior, it
doesn't matter who you are,
00:21:49.00\00:21:53.04
He loves you.
00:21:53.07\00:21:54.41
And Jesus is God in human flesh.
00:21:54.44\00:21:58.71
This is the truth.
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.02
Who were His parents?
00:22:04.75\00:22:06.76
Did He have a big family?
00:22:06.79\00:22:08.36
Well, my friend, Wayne,
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.19
who is reading
the questions today,
00:22:13.23\00:22:15.30
I'm glad you're
with us in this telecast.
00:22:15.33\00:22:18.83
About his family, well, Jesus
00:22:18.87\00:22:22.84
had a very poor mother,
00:22:22.87\00:22:25.51
poor in this world's goods.
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.51
She was a Jewish
girl, just a young woman.
00:22:28.54\00:22:32.85
She didn't come
into a wealthy home.
00:22:32.88\00:22:37.85
But she was a marvelous person.
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.92
She's been venerated by millions
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.92
of people around the world.
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.09
His foster father was a
man by the name of Joseph.
00:22:44.13\00:22:48.93
And Joseph was a decent good man
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.73
who worked with his hands.
00:22:51.77\00:22:54.17
He was a carpenter.
00:22:54.20\00:22:58.27
And His son
became a carpenter too.
00:22:58.31\00:23:01.88
And I want you to know,
00:23:01.91\00:23:03.24
He must have been
the greatest carpenter
00:23:03.28\00:23:04.85
this world has ever seen.
00:23:04.88\00:23:07.75
He was a strong young man.
00:23:07.78\00:23:11.75
He went to the cross
in the prime of His youth.
00:23:11.79\00:23:16.69
From the record
of the scriptures,
00:23:16.73\00:23:18.36
it appears that
Jesus had four brothers,
00:23:18.39\00:23:22.46
you could read in the Bible,
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.83
it actually
gives you their names.
00:23:23.87\00:23:26.90
And it appears that He
had at least two sisters.
00:23:26.94\00:23:32.31
And people loved Him.
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.78
Little children
would gather around Him,
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.61
they loved Him, He said,
00:23:36.64\00:23:37.98
"Allow the little
children to come unto me,
00:23:38.01\00:23:40.15
forbid them not."
00:23:40.18\00:23:43.28
Jesus was brought up in a family
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.79
because a family is something
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.76
that is very,
very important to God.
00:23:47.79\00:23:50.56
In today's day
and age, my friend,
00:23:50.59\00:23:53.26
the family is being destroyed.
00:23:53.29\00:23:57.03
You know, it's true.
00:23:57.07\00:23:59.37
We see the family
under attack in Australia,
00:23:59.40\00:24:02.70
in the United States of America,
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.77
we've got all these
different types of lifestyles.
00:24:04.81\00:24:08.08
But Jesus was
born into a family,
00:24:08.11\00:24:11.91
with a mum and dad,
and brothers and sisters.
00:24:11.95\00:24:17.89
And Jesus was the most
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.39
wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful child
00:24:20.42\00:24:23.73
that this world has ever seen.
00:24:23.76\00:24:25.99
He was not just like
any other child in a way,
00:24:26.03\00:24:30.90
because He was God,
00:24:30.93\00:24:33.64
the great
Creator in human flesh,
00:24:33.67\00:24:36.94
so we say, oh,
come, let us adore Him.
00:24:36.97\00:24:40.34
Christ the Lord.
00:24:40.38\00:24:41.71
Did Jesus sin
like the rest of us?
00:24:44.95\00:24:47.42
Jesus was totally sinless.
00:24:50.82\00:24:55.46
Jesus kept His
father's commandments perfectly.
00:24:55.49\00:24:59.83
He was the best person
that this world has ever seen.
00:24:59.86\00:25:04.87
He was not overly
what you'd say religious,
00:25:04.90\00:25:10.01
He was not sanctimonious.
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.64
But people loved Him.
00:25:12.67\00:25:14.01
Everybody loved him.
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.48
He was the great
defender of women.
00:25:16.51\00:25:19.38
Men admired Him.
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.22
They looked up to Him,
you would have liked Him.
00:25:21.25\00:25:25.15
Did you hear this?
00:25:25.19\00:25:26.52
You would have liked Jesus.
00:25:26.55\00:25:29.26
Now I know today
around the world.
00:25:29.29\00:25:32.09
So many people are giving
up on the Christian church.
00:25:32.13\00:25:35.30
I want to say this to you today.
00:25:35.33\00:25:37.13
Don't give up, my friend,
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.37
because Jesus is the best person
00:25:39.40\00:25:42.30
that this world has ever seen.
00:25:42.34\00:25:44.31
And the world needs
Jesus more today than it is
00:25:44.34\00:25:47.51
ever needed Him.
00:25:47.54\00:25:49.51
Children loved Him.
00:25:49.54\00:25:51.25
Women respected Him.
00:25:51.28\00:25:52.88
Men admired Him.
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.02
He was a complete
human being but without sin.
00:25:55.05\00:25:58.69
He was like a
tremendous mountain peak,
00:25:58.72\00:26:03.26
standing above all
the other lofty mountains.
00:26:03.29\00:26:08.00
He was the Son of God
and He was the Son of Man.
00:26:08.03\00:26:11.87
Many people no
matter what their age
00:26:26.55\00:26:29.42
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It's hard to let them go.
00:26:32.35\00:26:34.32
Their stitches might be
loose, the stuffing flat,
00:26:34.36\00:26:38.39
one ear a little lopsided,
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.63
but they were
always there for us.
00:26:40.66\00:26:43.37
Imagine giving a child
their very first teddy bear,
00:26:43.40\00:26:47.40
especially when
they are sick and lonely.
00:26:47.44\00:26:50.57
They will always remember
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.11
that someone
they didn't even know
00:26:52.14\00:26:54.44
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00:26:54.48\00:26:56.91
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