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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
TUNING IN AND I HOPE YOU'VE HAD
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A WONDERFUL WEEK. WE
HAVE AND WE'RE READY TO SING
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SONGS AND OPEN UP GOD'S
WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER.
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SO IF YOU ARE AT HOME OR YOU'RE
LISTENING ON THE RADIO, VARIOUS
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TELEVISION NETWORKS - HOWEVER
YOU'RE JOINING US - IF YOU HAVE
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A HYMNAL AT HOME, PULL IT
OUT AND JOIN WITH US AS WE START
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SINGING, 'I MUST TELL JESUS'
- #485 - AND THIS IS A REQUEST
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FROM MOSES AND SILKALA IN
AUSTRALIA, SELINA AND JONATHAN
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IN THE NETHERLANDS, IGNACIUS
IN SAINT LUCIA, AND SIMON IN
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UGANDA, AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL MORE NAMES FOR THIS.
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IT'S A NICE FAVORITE.
WE'RE GOING TO SING THE FIRST
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AND LAST STANZAS.
#485 - JOIN WITH US.
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>>ISN'T IT WONDERFUL
THAT YOU CAN TELL JESUS?
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ALL OF YOUR BURDENS YOU CAN TELL
HIM AND HE WILL ALWAYS LISTEN
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AND HE WILL HELP
YOU IF YOU LET HIM.
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OUR NEXT SONG IS #145 SO IF YOU
HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU WOULD
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LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN
UPCOMING PROGRAM, GO TO OUR
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WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND
CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK
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AND SEND IN YOUR REQUEST.
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AND THIS IS ONE THAT CLEARLY
NOBODY - ONE PERSON HERE HAS
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HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE AND I
DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE AROUND
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THE WORLD HAS BECAUSE
NO ONE HAS REQUESTED THIS.
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SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING
TO LEARN THIS ALTOGETHER TODAY.
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#145 - 'SONGS OF
THANKFULNESS AND PRAISE' -
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FIRST, SECOND, AND
FOURTH STANZAS. JOIN WITH US.
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>>OH, I LOVE THE TIN WHISTLE ON
THAT SONG AND THE STRINGS AND,
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OF COURSE, JOSEPH ON THE PIANO.
WONDERFUL. LOVELY. LOVELY.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S BOW OUR HEADS
FOR PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN,
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WE DO GIVE YOU SONGS OF
THANK-FULNESS AND PRAISE TODAY
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FOR THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AND WE KNOW
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THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR US
AND WE JUST LOVE YOU AND WE OPEN
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UP OUR HEARTS TO YOU TODAY AND
WE ASK YOU TO COME IN AND FILL
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THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH AND
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YOUR WORD AND THE FREEDOM
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THIS
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COUNTRY. BE WITH PASTOR DOUG
AS HE BRINGS US OUR LESSON STUDY
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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HIS MINISTRY - NOT JUST HERE AT
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CENTRAL BUT AROUND THE WORLD
AS WELL. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON
STUDY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY
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PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE
AND OUR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS UP
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FRONT AND SINGERS
OUT THERE. HAPPY SABBATH.
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GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU.
WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY DURING
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THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SOMETIMES
HAVE GUESTS AND PEOPLE ARE
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COMING AND GOING WITH SOME
OF THE SUMMERTIME TRAVEL AND
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VACATION. I WANT TO
WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
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TUNING IN - PART OF OUR ONGOING
SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS - AND WE'D
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LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
TO CENTRAL STUDY HOUR.
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WE'RE CONTINUING IN JUST A
MOMENT WITH OUR NEW SERIES.
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I GUESS WE'RE ABOUT FIVE LESSONS
INTO IT NOW, 'THE TEACHINGS OF
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JESUS' AND WE'LL GET TO
LESSON FIVE IN A MINUTE.
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I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE
HAVE A FREE OFFER - 'THREE STEPS
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TO HEAVEN' AND THE - IT'S OFFER
#102 SO WHEN YOU CALL JUST ASK
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FOR THAT AND WE HAVE CHRISTIAN
OPERATORS THAT WILL TAKE THAT
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DOWN. MAKE SURE THEY
SEND YOU THE RIGHT BOOK.
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AND THE NUMBER YOU CALL IS
866-STUDY-MORE AND THAT ACRONYM
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IS FOR 866-788-3966. ASK
FOR THE BOOK 'THREE STEPS TO
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HEAVEN.' AND PLEASE
READ THAT AND SHARE IT.
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OUR LESSON TODAY - NOW LAST WEEK
WE HAD A LESSON ON SALVATION -
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THAT WAS LESSON 4 - TODAY'S
LESSON #5 'HOW TO BE SAVED'.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK OF
ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE
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CAN BE STUDYING AND EVEN FOR
THOSE OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED,
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WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CHRISTIANS
FOR YEARS, WE NEED TO HAVE A
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REFRESHER COURSE ON THIS SUBJECT
ALL THE TIME. EVEN PAUL SAID,
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'I DIE DAILY.' AND WE NEED
TO BE BORN AGAIN EVERY DAY.
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I'VE ALWAYS REASONED THAT IF YOU
DIE DAILY AND YOU'RE NOT BORN
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AGAIN DAILY, YOU END
UP MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.
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SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE
A REFRESHER IN THIS EXPERIENCE.
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WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND
THE MEMORY VERSE IS JOHN 3:14
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AND 15. WE ALL KNOW JOHN
3:16, THESE ARE THE VERSES THAT
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IMMEDIATELY PRECEDE THAT.
JOHN CHAPTER 3:14 AND 15 - WE'LL
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READ IT FROM THE NEW
KING JAMES. ARE YOU READY?
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THIS IS HOW IT IS IN
YOUR LESSON. HERE WE GO.
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"AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE
SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN
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SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED
UP, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
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SHOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
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WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE.
NOW, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO, BY
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WAY OF INTRODUCTION, TALK
ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT VERSE MEAN?
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AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT,
I MEAN, SO THE SON OF MAN MUST
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BE LIFTED UP LIKE A SERPENT?
WHERE DID SIN ORIGINATE?
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THERE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN YOU
HEAR ABOUT THE WOMAN AND IT SAYS
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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN WOULD
CRUSH THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT
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AND THE SERPENT WOULD BRUISE
HIS HEEL. SO WHY WOULD CHRIST BE
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SYMBOLIZED AS A
SERPENT BEING LIFTED UP?
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AND THIS HAS CAUSED A
LOT OF CONFUSION FOR PEOPLE.
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I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I
READ THIS VERSE, IT CAME TO ME.
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I WAS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE
MOUNTAINS IN THE DESERT AS, YOU
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KNOW, THIS EXPERIENCE
HAPPENED IN THE DESERT.
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MAYBE I OUGHT TO TALK
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE REAL QUICK.
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, DURING
THEIR WANDERING TIME - IN THE
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BOOK OF NUMBERS IT SAYS THEY
BECAME DISSATISFIED WITH THE
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MANNA THEY WERE
EATING EVERY DAY.
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THEY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN AND
SAY, 'YOU KNOW, WISH WE HAD THE
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FLESHPOTS OF EGYPT AND THE
ONIONS AND THE FISH AND' - AND
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GOD WITHDREW HIS PROTECTION FROM
THEM AND A PLAGUE OF SERPENTS -
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THEY ALL HATCHED OUT AND THESE
FIERY VENOMOUS SERPENTS ALL OF A
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SUDDEN JUST BEGAN TO HATCH
OUT ALL AROUND THE CAMP AND
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SLITHERING INTO THEIR TENTS AND
THEY WERE BEING BITTEN BY THEM,
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PUTTING ON THEIR MOCCASINS
AND GETTING BITTEN AND THEY WERE
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DYING. AND THEY
CAME TO MOSES AND SAID,
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'FORGIVE US FOR COMPLAINING'
- BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU COMPLAIN
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ABOUT GOD'S MANNA THE
SERPENT COMES IN, RIGHT?
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WHEN EVE DIDN'T WANT TO EAT
WHAT GOD SAID SHE SHOULD EAT AND
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WANTED TO EAT WHAT SHE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO EAT, THE SERPENT
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CAME IN. ISN'T THAT
RIGHT? IT STILL HAPPENS TODAY.
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ANYWAY, SO THEY CRIED TO MOSES
AND SAID, 'WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
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GOD TOLD MOSES, 'TAKE A BRONZE
- MAKE A BRONZE SERPENT' -
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YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY
COULD DO FORGING EVEN OUT THERE
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IN THE WILDERNESS.
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THEY'D FORGED A GOLDEN CALF
AND THEY WERE PRETTY QUICK ABOUT
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SETTING UP A FORGE AND MAKING
THINGS - 'AND MAKE A BRONZE
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SERPENT AND PUT IT ON A POLE AND
TELL THE PEOPLE WHOEVER LOOKS AT
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THAT WILL LIVE.' AND YOU THINK,
'DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE SUPPOSED
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TO WORSHIP SNAKES?'
EVEN THEY GOT CONFUSED ABOUT
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THAT BECAUSE YEARS LATER
THEY STILL HAD THAT SERPENT EVEN
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DURING THE TIME OF HEZEKIAH THAT
THING HAD SOMEHOW SURVIVED -
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THAT RELIC - AND THE PEOPLE WERE
PRAYING TO IT AND HEZEKIAH SAID,
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'NO, DON'T DO THAT.' AND HE
BROKE IT INTO PIECES AND SAID
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IT'S JUST A PIECE OF BRASS.
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AND GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR THEM
TO WORSHIP A SERPENT OR PRAY TO
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A BRONZE SERPENT ON A
POLE. IT SYMBOLIZED SOMETHING.
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NOW, WHEN I LIVED IN THE DESERT
I HAD A STICK THERE LEANING UP
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AGAINST A WALL IN MY CAVE AND I
CALLED IT MY SNAKE STICK BECAUSE
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IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY
DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY
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- I'VE BEEN OUT HIKING WITH
FRIENDS THEY GO, 'BE CAREFUL.
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THIS IS RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY.'
AND I'LL SAY, 'YOU HAVE NOTHING
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TO WORRY ABOUT, IT'S
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
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YOU WON'T FIND ONE
ANYWHERE. THEY'RE HIDING.
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IT'S TOO HOT.' OR
THEY'LL SAY, 'BE CAREFUL.
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IT'S RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY.' AND
I'LL SAY, 'IT'S THE MIDDLE OF
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WINTER, YOU HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.' BUT THERE ARE
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CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY WHEN THEY
COME OUT AND I ALWAYS - YOU GET
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A FEEL - IN THE DESERT IT WAS
JUST A LITTLE BEFORE OR AFTER
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SUNDOWN - MAYBE EVEN IN
THE MORNING WHEN IT WARMED UP A
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LITTLE BIT - AND THEY WERE OUT
AT THOSE PRIME HUNTING TIMES.
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AND I HAD A STICK BECAUSE
I'D FIND ONE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S
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HARD - UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY GOOD
- THROWING ROCKS AT A SNAKE, BUT
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WITH A STICK YOU
COULD CLOBBER THEM.
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MY STICK ACTUALLY HAD
A NOOSE ON THE END OF IT.
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I HAD A LITTLE WIRE NOOSE AND
I'D PUT IT OVER THEIR HEAD AND
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JUST PULL AND IT
WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM.
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BUT THEN, EVEN AFTER THAT, IF I
JUST CLOBBERED IT WITH A STICK,
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YOU NEVER REACH OUT AND PICK
UP A SNAKE WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE
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KILLED IT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN BITTEN THINKING, 'IT'S
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MORTALLY WOUNDED.' AND IT
SNAPS AROUND INSTINCTIVELY -
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THEY'RE VERY
TENACIOUS - AND IT BITES.
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SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE
IT OFF, YOU WANT TO BURY IT.
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YOU DON'T LEAVE A DEAD VENOMOUS
SNAKE OUT ON THE OPEN GROUND
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BECAUSE EVEN THE FANGS IN THE
SKELETON, IF SOMEONE STEPS ON
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IT, CAN STILL
CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
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SO YOU TAKE IT
OUT AND YOU BURY IT.
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AND IT WAS VERY COMMON
FOR PEOPLE IN THIS SHEPHERD
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COMMUNITY IN THE DESERT TO SEE A
SHEPHERD CARRYING A SNAKE LIFTED
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UP ON A STICK - ON A STAFF.
THAT REPRESENTED A DEAD SNAKE
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HEADED FOR BURIAL. YOU GOT THAT?
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SO WHEN HE LIFTED UP THIS
SERPENT ON A POLE IT REPRESENTED
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THE ULTIMATE DEMISE OF THE
SERPENT AND ITS WORK - ITS VENOM
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WOULD BE OVERCOME - THE
POWER OF THE DEVIL AND SIN.
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AND SO THAT WAS A SIGN OF HOPE
FOR THEM - THAT THEY WOULD BE
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SAVED - THEY WOULD BE DELIVERED
FROM THE POWER OF THE VENOM -
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THE POWER OF THE SERPENT.
AND SO BY LOOKING IN FAITH,
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CHRIST, AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE
SERPENT, WHEN CHRIST WAS LIFTED
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UP JESUS TOOK SIN - HE TOOK THE
VENOM OF THE DEVIL IN HIMSELF
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AND IT REPRESENTS THROUGH FAITH
IN HIS SACRIFICE, WE CAN BE
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DELIVERED FROM
THE DISEASE OF SIN.
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THAT VENOM WAS IN THEIR BLOOD
WHEN THEY GOT BIT AND WE'VE GOT
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SIN IN OUR NATURES AND IT
REQUIRES A MIRACLE FOR US TO BE
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HEALED. I MEAN,
YOU CAN'T PUT A -
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TOURNIQUET AROUND A
WHOLE BODY, YOU KNOW,
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TO SAVE THEM - WE NEED A MIRACLE
BECAUSE IT'S DIFFUSED ALL
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THROUGH US. AND SO THAT
WAS REPRESENTED BY THAT.
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SO LET'S GET INTO
OUR LESSON - LESSON #5 -
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GO TO THE FIRST PAGE,
'RECOGNIZING YOUR NEED'.
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NOW THIS COMES FROM, IN LUKE
5:30 WHEN THE SCRIBES AND THE
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PHARISEES WERE COMPLAINING - LET
ME JUST GET SOME OF YOU SET UP
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FIRST. SOMEBODY
HAS PSALM 14, VERSE 3.
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I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT
VERSE - IF YOU DO - OVER HERE?
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WE'LL GET YOU A
MICROPHONE SO YOU'LL BE NEXT.
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AND SOMEBODY ELSE, I
THINK, HAS GOT MATTHEW 14:7.
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I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT ONE.
WELL, MAYBE I SAID THAT WRONG.
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MATTHEW 4:17 - WELL - YOU
GOT A MICROPHONE OVER HERE?
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JUAN, WHY DON'T YOU
BRING THAT UP TO MIKE FOR ME.
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AND, IN THE MEANTIME,
LET'S LOOK AT LUKE 5, VERSE 30.
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"AND THEIR SCRIBES AND THE
PHARISEES COMPLAINED AGAINST HIS
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DISCIPLES, SAYING, 'WHY
DO YOU EAT AND DRINK WITH TAX
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COLLECTORS AND SINNERS?'
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM,
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'THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE NO NEED
OF A PHYSICIAN, BUT THOSE WHO
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ARE SICK. I HAVE NOT COME TO
CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS,
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TO REPENTANCE.'" WHERE
WAS CHRIST'S MINISTRY THE MOST
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SUCCESSFUL? AMONG THE RELIGIOUS
LEADERS OR WAS IT AMONG THE
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SHEPHERDS AND THE
ROUGH FISHERMEN AND THE TAX
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COLLECTORS AND THE HARLOTS?
THE BIBLE TELLS US NOT MANY WISE
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- NOT MANY NOBLE - IT SEEMED
TO BE IT WAS THE OFF-SCOURING OF
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SOCIETY THAT CAME TO
JESUS - THE POOR PEOPLE.
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AND THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR NEED.
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IT'S HARD
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FOR A RICH MAN TO
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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WE CAN GET WHERE
WE'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
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BUT THE POOR AND THE SINFUL,
THEY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
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SO THE FIRST STEP IN
SALVATION - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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'WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO
BE SAVED?' - THE FIRST THING IS
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YOU NEED TO KNOW
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
00:16:31.50\00:16:33.96
I LIKE TO SAY THAT'S
REALLY NOT THE FIRST THING.
00:16:33.96\00:16:36.80
I THINK THE FIRST THING IS YOU
NEED TO HAVE A PICTURE OF GOD.
00:16:36.80\00:16:40.33
WHEN YOU SEE THE GOODNESS OF
GOD, BY CONTRAST YOU WILL KNOW
00:16:40.33\00:16:45.26
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. THE
REASON THAT THESE SCRIBES
00:16:45.26\00:16:48.93
AND PHARISEES AND TAX COLLECTORS
- I'M SORRY, THE REASON THAT THE
00:16:48.93\00:16:51.83
TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS
CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MATTHEW IS
00:16:51.83\00:16:55.56
BECAUSE THEY SAW JESUS - BECAUSE
JESUS HAD SHOWN THEM MERCY.
00:16:55.56\00:16:58.93
IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN WE SEE
OUR SIN - WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF
00:16:58.93\00:17:03.46
GOD, WE BECOME AWARE OF OUR
SIN - IT'S LIKE THAT STORY OF
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ISAIAH. "IN THE
YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH
00:17:06.36\00:17:08.86
DIED" - ISAIAH 6 - IT SAYS, "IN
THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH DIED,
00:17:08.86\00:17:12.96
I SAW THE LORD" - AND
AFTER HE SEES GOD ON HIS THRONE,
00:17:12.96\00:17:15.93
SURROUNDED BY HOLY ANGELS AND
IN HIS GLORY, THEN ISAIAH SEES
00:17:15.93\00:17:21.56
HIMSELF AND HE
SAYS, "WOE IS ME."
00:17:21.56\00:17:23.70
SO FIRST THING IS WE SEE
GOD, THEN WE REALIZE WE'VE GOT A
00:17:23.70\00:17:26.33
PROBLEM. AND SO
WHEN WE'RE AWARE OF OUR
00:17:26.33\00:17:29.36
SICKNESS,
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
00:17:29.36\00:17:32.40
IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE,
IN JOHN 16, VERSE 8, SPEAKING OF
00:17:32.40\00:17:38.93
THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
"AND WHEN HE HAS COME, HE WILL
00:17:38.93\00:17:42.03
CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT."
00:17:42.03\00:17:47.13
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS TO DO
00:17:47.13\00:17:49.76
IS SHOW US WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
00:17:49.76\00:17:52.26
NOW, IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, IT'S
INCREASINGLY POPULAR TO TELL
00:17:52.26\00:17:59.10
VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY, NO MATTER
WHAT IMMORAL THING YOU'RE DOING
00:17:59.10\00:18:02.13
- ASSUMING IT'S NOT TOO
ILLEGAL - NOT TO FEEL BAD ABOUT
00:18:02.13\00:18:05.86
YOURSELF, BUT TO 'BE ACCEPTING
OF YOURSELF.' AND 'WE'RE ALL
00:18:05.86\00:18:10.06
DIFFERENT.' AND THE WHOLE
CONCEPT OF GUILT IS VIEWED TO BE
00:18:10.06\00:18:15.56
JUST CATEGORICALLY
EVIL - ALL GUILT BEING BAD.
00:18:15.56\00:18:19.50
'YOU SHOULD NEVER FEEL GUILTY
FOR ANYTHING.' THAT'S KIND OF
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THE MESSAGE THAT YOU GET IN
THE SONGS AND THE SHOWS AND THE
00:18:22.80\00:18:27.83
MEDIA AND THE BILLBOARDS AND
THE MAGAZINES - IT'S JUST LIKE -
00:18:27.83\00:18:30.80
DON'T EVER - 'IF IT'S MAKING YOU
FEEL BAD THEN YOU'RE NOT BUYING
00:18:30.80\00:18:34.30
THE RIGHT PRODUCT.' OR
'IF YOU'RE FEELING BAD ABOUT
00:18:34.30\00:18:37.33
SOMETHING IT'S JUST YOUR
ATTITUDE.' THERE'S REALLY
00:18:37.33\00:18:39.26
NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE, AFTER
ALL, IF WE'VE ALL EVOLVED - 'IF
00:18:39.26\00:18:44.00
IT FEELS GOOD DO IT.' 'SURVIVAL
OF THE FITTEST.' RIGHT?
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IT'S KIND OF A HEDONISTIC
MINDSET IN OUR WORLD TODAY BUT,
00:18:47.60\00:18:51.33
BIBLICALLY,
GUILT IS NOT ALL BAD.
00:18:51.33\00:18:54.63
MATTER OF FACT, YES, THE
HOLY SPIRIT DOES COME TO CONVICT
00:18:54.63\00:18:57.76
PEOPLE OF SIN. LOOSE
TRANSLATION: MAKE YOU
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EXPERIENCE GUILT. BY
THE WAY, IF YOU ARE GUILTY,
00:19:01.63\00:19:06.16
SHOULD YOU FEEL GUILTY? YEAH.
00:19:06.16\00:19:10.23
IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND
YOUR CHILDREN ARE SHOPLIFTING -
00:19:10.23\00:19:15.40
WHENEVER YOU GO TO THE STORE
THEY'RE PURLOINING ALL KINDS OF
00:19:15.40\00:19:17.63
THINGS - AND YOU GET OUT OF THE
STORE AND YOU'VE GOT TO SHAKE
00:19:17.63\00:19:20.36
'EM DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE
STEALING AND YOU SAY, 'YOU
00:19:20.36\00:19:23.20
SHOULDN'T DO
THAT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
00:19:23.20\00:19:24.83
THAT'S STEALING.' AND THEY
JUST SHRUG AND SAY, 'OH, I GOT
00:19:24.83\00:19:27.23
CAUGHT. I'LL BE MORE
CAREFUL NEXT TIME. MOM, DAD, YOU
00:19:27.23\00:19:31.46
WOULDN'T WANT ME TO FEEL BAD.
SHOULD I FEEL GUILTY FOR DOING
00:19:31.46\00:19:35.46
WHAT COMES NATURALLY?'
SHOULD THEY BE ASHAMED?
00:19:35.46\00:19:39.83
YOU WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE
APPROPRIATE SHAME BECAUSE IT'S
00:19:39.83\00:19:44.36
THEN THAT YOU GO FOR
FORGIVENESS AND CLEANSING.
00:19:44.36\00:19:48.03
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
REALLY EXPERIENCED THE RIGHT
00:19:48.03\00:19:51.73
KIND OF SHAME AND GUILT AND
CONVICTION FOR THEIR SIN AND,
00:19:51.73\00:19:54.43
BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'VE NEVER
REALLY EXPERIENCED FORGIVENESS
00:19:54.43\00:19:57.90
AND HEALING AND JOY. ALRIGHT
READ FOR US PSALM 14, VERSE 3.
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>>PSALM 14, VERSE 3,
"THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE,
00:20:03.90\00:20:09.40
THEY HAVE
TOGETHER BECOME CORRUPT;
00:20:09.40\00:20:12.70
THERE IS NONE WHO
DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE."
00:20:12.70\00:20:17.06
>>ROMANS CHAPTER 3:23 -
HOW MANY HAVE SINNED? ALL.
00:20:17.06\00:20:22.56
HOW MANY ARE SICK, SPIRITUALLY?
ALL. BY THE WAY, PSALM 14:3,
00:20:22.56\00:20:27.33
PAUL QUOTES THAT
SAME VERSE IN ROMANS.
00:20:27.33\00:20:30.23
JEREMIAH 17:9, "THE HEART IS
DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND
00:20:30.23\00:20:35.20
DESPERATELY
WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?"
00:20:35.20\00:20:37.86
YOU KNOW, OUR WORLD TODAY IS
VERY MUCH LIKE THE WORLD IN THE
00:20:37.86\00:20:41.70
DAYS OF NOAH, WHERE IT SAYS,
"THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS
00:20:41.70\00:20:44.40
ARE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY."
ECCLESIASTES 7, VERSE 20, "FOR
00:20:44.40\00:20:51.06
THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN ON EARTH
WHO DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN."
00:20:51.06\00:20:55.70
JOB 5, VERSE 7, "YET MAN IS BORN
TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY
00:20:55.70\00:21:02.06
UPWARD." YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN
WHEN YOU THROW A PIECE OF WOOD
00:21:02.06\00:21:04.93
ON THE FIRE AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN THE SPARKS FLY -
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.86
THEY DON'T FLY DOWN,
THEY FLY UP. HEAT RISES.
00:21:07.86\00:21:11.60
AND SO JOB IS SAYING, 'JUST AS
SPARKS FLY UPWARD WHEN YOU THROW
00:21:11.60\00:21:15.63
SOMETHING ON THE FIRE, WE'VE
GOT THIS NATURAL BENT TO SIN.'
00:21:15.63\00:21:21.06
1 JOHN 1:10, "IF WE SAY THAT WE
HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A
00:21:21.06\00:21:25.26
LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT
IN US." SO ONE OF THE SIGNS
00:21:25.26\00:21:28.30
THAT HIS WORD IS IN US
IS, AT LEAST, CONFESSION AND
00:21:28.30\00:21:31.13
RECOGNIZING THAT WE'VE
GOT A PROBLEM. WE'RE SINNERS.
00:21:31.13\00:21:35.93
NOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
COVER THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS
00:21:35.93\00:21:40.00
OF SALVATION HERE AND SO I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE IT TOO FAR BUT, IN
00:21:40.00\00:21:44.43
THE SIMPLEST OF TERMS, MAN WAS
ORIGINALLY MADE BY GOD WITH A
00:21:44.43\00:21:50.30
NATURE - ADAM AND EVE - WHERE
THEY WERE MOTIVATED, NATURALLY,
00:21:50.30\00:21:56.06
BY LOVE. LOVE FOR
GOD AND A DESIRE TO
00:21:56.06\00:21:59.66
PLEASE AND OBEY HIM WAS
SPONTANEOUS AND NATURAL.
00:21:59.66\00:22:04.93
AFTER SIN, THEY DAMAGED THEIR
NATURE THEMSELVES AND INSTEAD OF
00:22:04.93\00:22:13.50
BEING MOTIVATED BY LOVE, THEY'D
BECOME SELFISH AND THEY WERE
00:22:13.50\00:22:17.43
MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS.
THERE'S ONLY TWO ROADS.
00:22:17.43\00:22:20.33
THERE'S ONLY TWO MOTIVES.
THERE'S ONLY TWO MASTERS.
00:22:20.33\00:22:22.60
IT'S EITHER CHRIST AND LOVE
- THE DEVIL AND SELFISHNESS.
00:22:22.60\00:22:24.86
IT'S EITHER LIVING FOR THE HONOR
OF GOD AND LIVING HUMBLE LIVES
00:22:24.86\00:22:28.93
OR BEING PROUD AND
LIVING FOR OUR OWN GLORY.
00:22:28.93\00:22:32.13
THERE'S ONLY TWO MASTERS -
TWO DIRECTIONS - TWO ROADS -
00:22:32.13\00:22:35.66
IN LIFE. WE ARE
ALL NATURALLY INCLINED
00:22:35.66\00:22:40.33
TOWARDS THE PROUD,
SELFISH, SELF-GLORIFYING ROAD.
00:22:40.33\00:22:46.13
IT'S JUST LIKE A BROKEN MAGNET
OR COMPASS THAT POINTS THE WRONG
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.60
WAY. IT'S
ALWAYS POINTING INWARD.
00:22:49.60\00:22:52.96
AND SO WHAT JESUS DID IS HE
CAME - THROUGH THE POWER OF THE
00:22:52.96\00:22:57.30
SPIRIT HE LIVED A
PERFECT LIFE OF LOVE TO GOD.
00:22:57.30\00:23:00.90
HE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE
THAT CHANGE. IT'S A NEW BIRTH.
00:23:00.90\00:23:05.03
A CHANGE IN THE HEART WHERE,
INSTEAD OF BEING MOTIVATED BY
00:23:05.03\00:23:07.90
SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE,
WE DO WHAT IS NOT NATURAL.
00:23:07.90\00:23:13.76
WE ARE MOTIVATED BY LOVE
FOR GOD. NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN
00:23:13.76\00:23:17.23
ONCE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN THAT YOU
DON'T SEE THAT COMPASS NEEDLE
00:23:17.23\00:23:20.56
WANTING TO FIGHT
BACK IN THE OLD DIRECTION.
00:23:20.56\00:23:23.80
WE HAVE TO KEEP CALIBRATING
IT THROUGH HIS WORD, THROUGH
00:23:23.80\00:23:27.30
PRAYER, TO SET OUR ATTENTION
UPON HIM, TO FIX OUR EYES ON
00:23:27.30\00:23:30.56
HIM, TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH
HE LOVES US - BECAUSE WHY DO WE
00:23:30.56\00:23:34.36
LOVE HIM? BECAUSE
HE FIRST LOVED US.
00:23:34.36\00:23:36.90
SO AS WE SEE HIS LOVE FOR US
- ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVED BY THE
00:23:36.90\00:23:39.96
LOVE OF GOD BUT WE'RE
ALL NATURALLY SINNERS.
00:23:39.96\00:23:43.50
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE OR
TWO HERE BEFORE WE GO TO MIKE.
00:23:43.50\00:23:48.66
LUKE 18, VERSE 13 - YOU'VE GOT
TO RECOGNIZE YOU'VE GOT A NEED -
00:23:48.66\00:23:54.10
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF TWO
MEN THAT COME UP TO THE TEMPLE
00:23:54.10\00:23:56.76
TO PRAY. ONE'S A
PUBLICAN AND ONE IS A
00:23:56.76\00:23:58.86
PHARISEE AND THE
PHARISEE'S PRAYING.
00:23:58.86\00:24:01.90
HE'S SAYING, 'LORD I THANK YOU
I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.' BUT THE
00:24:01.90\00:24:04.86
PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF,
WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS
00:24:04.86\00:24:08.60
EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT HE
SMOTE ON HIS BREAST AND SAID,
00:24:08.60\00:24:11.83
'GOD BE MERCIFUL
TO ME, A SINNER.'
00:24:11.83\00:24:13.76
WHAT'S HE LOOKING
FOR, JUSTICE OR MERCY?
00:24:13.76\00:24:16.16
"'BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER.'
AND JESUS SAID, 'I TELL YOU THIS
00:24:16.16\00:24:20.40
MAN'" - THE PUBLICAN - BECAUSE
HE RECOGNIZED HIS NEED - "THIS
00:24:20.40\00:24:24.53
MAN WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE
JUSTIFIED RATHER THAN THE OTHER
00:24:24.53\00:24:27.53
FOR EVERYONE THAT EXALTS HIMSELF
WILL BE ABASED AND HE THAT
00:24:27.53\00:24:30.93
HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE
EXALTED." SO, AGAIN, YOU SEE
00:24:30.93\00:24:36.36
IN THE TEACHING OF JESUS -
THE MAN WHO KNEW HE HAD A NEED.
00:24:36.36\00:24:39.33
HE HUMBLED HIMSELF.
GOD COULD WORK WITH THAT.
00:24:39.33\00:24:41.06
WHEN JESUS SAID, 'I'M GOING
TO SPEW YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH.' TO
00:24:41.06\00:24:44.83
THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA, HE SAID,
'I WOULD THAT YOU ARE HOT OR
00:24:44.83\00:24:47.86
COLD.' DOES HOT OR COLD MEAN
'I WOULD THAT YOU WERE SAVED OR
00:24:47.86\00:24:51.33
LOST?' NO. ALL OF
THE - ALL THE PEOPLE OF
00:24:51.33\00:24:56.16
THE WORLD ARE NATURALLY
LOST. NO ONE'S BORN SAVED.
00:24:56.16\00:24:58.86
HE'S SAYING, 'I WOULD
THAT YOU WERE REPENTANT.
00:24:58.86\00:25:02.13
YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH SIN
BUT I WOULD THAT YOU ARE HUMBLE
00:25:02.13\00:25:04.83
AND REPENTANT. I
CAN DEAL WITH THAT.
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.70
IF YOU KNOW
YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.03
AND IF YOU'RE SAVED AND ON
FIRE AND OUT WORKING FOR ME,
00:25:08.03\00:25:12.13
I CAN WORK WITH THAT. BUT
WHEN YOU'RE LUKEWARM AND YOU
00:25:12.13\00:25:14.40
THINK YOU'RE FINE THE WAY YOU
ARE, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.' SO
00:25:14.40\00:25:18.56
THE FIRST STEP IS YOU'VE GOT
TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
00:25:18.56\00:25:22.73
AND IT'S SEEING THE GOODNESS
OF GOD THAT HELPS US RECOGNIZE
00:25:22.73\00:25:26.60
THAT. WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT
PAUL'S CONVERSION? HE SAW GOD.
00:25:26.60\00:25:32.00
HE SAID, 'I LIVED WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS A GREAT LIFE.
00:25:32.00\00:25:35.76
I WAS A GOOD PHARISEE. BUT
THEN CHRIST REVEALED HIMSELF
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.50
TO ME AND I - MY
COMELINESS TURNED WITHIN ME INTO
00:25:38.50\00:25:41.16
CORRUPTION.' I'M PARAPHRASING
TWO DIFFERENT VERSES NOW.
00:25:41.16\00:25:45.03
BUT IT WORKS -
RIGHT THERE ANYWAY.
00:25:45.03\00:25:48.70
SO WHAT BROUGHT
ABOUT ZACCHEUS' CONVERSION?
00:25:48.70\00:25:52.63
HE SAW THE LORD AND JESUS
WANTING TO BE AT HIS HOUSE IT
00:25:52.63\00:25:56.86
JUST CONVERTED
HIM - BROKE HIS HEART.
00:25:56.86\00:25:59.03
AND I COULD JUST GO DOWN
THE LINE OF DIFFERENT ONES.
00:25:59.03\00:26:02.20
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS - WHAT
BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION?
00:26:02.20\00:26:05.43
HE SAW CHRIST LIFTED UP AND HE
SAW JESUS SAY, 'FATHER, FORGIVE
00:26:05.43\00:26:10.63
THEM.' HE SAW THE SIGN ABOVE HIS
HEAD, 'THIS IS THE KING OF THE
00:26:10.63\00:26:13.80
JEWS' AND THOSE
THINGS, BY SEEING JESUS,
00:26:13.80\00:26:16.66
IT BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION.
00:26:16.66\00:26:20.03
ALRIGHT, SO ONE MORE -
JOHN 9:39, "AND JESUS SAID, 'FOR
00:26:20.03\00:26:25.23
JUDGMENT I HAVE COME INTO THIS
WORLD, THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE
00:26:25.23\00:26:29.86
MAY SEE, AND THAT THOSE WHO SEE
MAY BE MADE BLIND.'" WHAT DID HE
00:26:29.86\00:26:33.00
MEAN BY THAT? PEOPLE THINK,
'OH, I SEE FINE. I'M OKAY.
00:26:33.00\00:26:37.93
I UNDERSTAND.' HE CAN'T REVEAL
ANYTHING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:26:37.93\00:26:42.23
FULL. BUT THOSE
THAT RECOGNIZE THAT
00:26:42.23\00:26:45.86
THEY'RE BLIND, HE
CAN OPEN THEIR EYES.
00:26:45.86\00:26:49.06
JESUS SAID MOST OF THE WORLD
ARE FOLLOWING BLIND LEADERS.
00:26:49.06\00:26:52.43
ALRIGHT, SO THEN WHEN WE SEE THE
GOODNESS OF GOD AND WE RECOGNIZE
00:26:52.43\00:26:56.63
WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM, THAT LEADS
TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS WHAT?
00:26:56.63\00:26:59.70
REPENTANCE. HOW MANY
PEOPLE NEED TO REPENT?
00:26:59.70\00:27:06.30
LET'S READ THIS VERSE FROM OUR
LESSON: JOHN - I'M SORRY, LUKE
00:27:06.30\00:27:09.26
13:1 - LUKE 13:1 - THIS IS KIND
OF A TROUBLING VERSE, "THERE
00:27:09.26\00:27:14.33
WERE PRESENT AT THAT SEASON"
- DURING THE FEAST - "SOME WHO
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.96
TOLD HIM ABOUT THE GALILEANS
WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MINGLED
00:27:16.96\00:27:20.36
WITH THEIR SACRIFICES." -
THERE WAS A RIOT IN THE TEMPLE
00:27:20.36\00:27:23.00
- SOME PEOPLE HAD GONE TO
SACRIFICE, THE ROMAN SOLDIERS
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.10
WERE SENT INTO THE TEMPLE
AND THEY JUST TOOK NO PRISONERS.
00:27:25.10\00:27:28.53
THEY JUST STARTED KILLING THE
GUILTY REBELS ALONG WITH PEOPLE
00:27:28.53\00:27:32.30
WHO HAD COME TO OFFER SACRIFICE
00:27:32.30\00:27:34.50
AND A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WERE SLAUGHTERED.
00:27:34.50\00:27:36.56
AND THE RELIGIOUS
LEADERS WERE SAYING,
00:27:36.56\00:27:39.06
'WELL, IF THOSE MEN HAD COME TO
CHURCH TO OFFER SACRIFICES BUT
00:27:39.06\00:27:43.56
THEY WERE
SLAUGHTERED, IT'S BECAUSE
00:27:43.56\00:27:44.73
THEY WERE REALLY
GUILTY IN THEIR HEARTS.
00:27:44.73\00:27:46.20
THEY WEREN'T SACRIFICING FOR THE
RIGHT REASON.' AND JESUS SAID,
00:27:46.20\00:27:49.10
'NO, THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT.' DO YOU EVER MEET PEOPLE OR
00:27:49.10\00:27:53.13
FIND THAT A PLANE CRASHES
AND SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING DUMB
00:27:53.13\00:27:56.00
LIKE, 'WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE
EVERYONE ON THAT PLANE THEY WERE
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.83
COMING BACK FROM RENO.'
OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW.
00:27:58.83\00:28:02.00
WE JUST TRY TO SAY, 'WELL,
IT HAPPENED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY
00:28:02.00\00:28:04.93
WERE ALL DOING SOMETHING REALLY
BAD.' AND JESUS SAID, 'DON'T
00:28:04.93\00:28:08.26
THINK THAT WAY.' SOLOMON SAID,
'TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENS TO
00:28:08.26\00:28:11.86
ALL.' ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
AND SO SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE A
00:28:11.86\00:28:16.76
BIRD TAKEN IN AN
EVIL SNARE. THINGS HAPPEN.
00:28:16.76\00:28:20.90
EVEN GOOD PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN
DEADLY COLLISIONS ON THE ROAD,
00:28:20.90\00:28:25.30
RIGHT? AND SO WE'VE
JUST GOT TO REMEMBER THAT.
00:28:25.30\00:28:29.13
HE SAID, "DO YOU SUPPOSE
THAT THESE GALILEANS WERE WORSE
00:28:29.13\00:28:32.06
SINNERS THAN ALL OTHER
GALILEANS, BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED
00:28:32.06\00:28:34.56
SUCH THINGS? I TELL
YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU
00:28:34.56\00:28:37.80
REPENT YOU WILL
ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:28:37.80\00:28:41.86
CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD?
WHEN HE SAYS THE WORD 'YOU' IT
00:28:41.86\00:28:46.36
DOESN'T MEAN 'YOU' SINGULAR,
IT MEANS 'YOU' PLURAL. YOU -
00:28:46.36\00:28:49.86
UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL
LIKEWISE PERISH. HE'S NOT DONE.
00:28:49.86\00:28:54.36
VERSE 4, "OR THOSE EIGHTEEN ON
WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL" -
00:28:54.36\00:28:59.46
THERE WAS A TOWER AND IT BUCKLED
AND IT FELL OVER AND A BUNCH OF
00:28:59.46\00:29:03.53
PEOPLE HAD BEEN GATHERED BY THE
WALL AND 18 MEN WERE CRUSHED AND
00:29:03.53\00:29:07.13
KILLED WHEN THE TOWER COLLAPSED
AND EVERYONE SAID, 'OH, THOSE 18
00:29:07.13\00:29:12.00
THAT WERE CLOSEST TO THE WALL,
THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME SPECIAL
00:29:12.00\00:29:15.60
SIN IN THEIR LIFE AND THAT'S
WHY THAT HAPPENED TO THEM.' -
00:29:15.60\00:29:18.23
PEOPLE THINK THAT WAY. AND
JESUS SAID, 'NO.' THIS OUGHT
00:29:18.23\00:29:22.16
TO MAKE US ALL SHUDDER A LITTLE
BIT. WE THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE
00:29:22.16\00:29:26.53
WE SERVE THE LORD,
NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
00:29:26.53\00:29:28.73
DID BAD THINGS
COME TO JOB'S FAMILY?
00:29:28.73\00:29:33.90
EVEN JOB SAID, 'GOOD
AND EVIL COMES TO ALL.'
00:29:33.90\00:29:37.46
JESUS SAID, 'GOD SENDS THE
RAIN AND THE SUNSHINE INTO EVERY
00:29:37.46\00:29:40.06
LIFE.' BUT ONE THING CHRIST
WANTS US TO KNOW - HE SAID, "DO
00:29:40.06\00:29:43.90
YOU THINK THAT THEY WERE WORSE
SINNERS THAN ALL OTHER MEN WHO
00:29:43.90\00:29:47.76
DWELT IN JERUSALEM? I
TELL YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU
00:29:47.76\00:29:51.53
REPENT YOU WILL
ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:29:51.53\00:29:56.00
SO, WE ALL NEED TO
REPENT. WHAT IS REPENTANCE?
00:29:56.00\00:30:00.56
REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN
AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY
00:30:00.56\00:30:04.70
FROM IT. ALRIGHT, MIKE,
ARE YOU READY? GO AHEAD.
00:30:04.70\00:30:08.06
I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU READ
MATTHEW - WHAT DID I SAY? 4:17.
00:30:08.06\00:30:11.40
>>MATTHEW 4:17, "FROM THAT TIME
JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO
00:30:11.40\00:30:15.56
SAY, 'REPENT FOR THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'"
00:30:15.56\00:30:19.96
>>WHEN JESUS FIRST BEGAN
TO PREACH, WHAT WERE THE FIRST
00:30:19.96\00:30:22.93
WORDS OUT OF HIS
MOUTH? R-E-P-E-N-T - REPENT.
00:30:22.93\00:30:29.76
AND WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST BEGAN
PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS,
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.30
WHAT WAS THE FIRST
WORD OUT OF HIS MOUTH?
00:30:32.30\00:30:34.76
YOU CAN LOOK IN MATTHEW 3,
VERSE 1, "IN THOSE DAYS JOHN THE
00:30:34.76\00:30:38.13
BAPTIST CAME PREACHING IN THE
WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, AND SAYING,
00:30:38.13\00:30:41.03
- HERE IT GOES.
FIRST WORD - "'REPENT!'"
00:30:41.03\00:30:44.16
SO IS THIS A PRIORITY
MESSAGE FROM THE LORD?
00:30:44.16\00:30:47.10
DO YOU HEAR VERY MANY MESSAGES
THESE DAYS ABOUT MEMBERS NEEDING
00:30:47.10\00:30:51.33
TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS? SO MANY
OF THE SERMONS ARE FEEL GOOD.
00:30:51.33\00:30:56.06
REPENT IS NOT A
FEEL GOOD SERMON.
00:30:56.06\00:30:58.60
REPENT IS A - IT'S A TROUBLING,
UNCOMFORTABLE, UNEASY SERMON.
00:30:58.60\00:31:06.03
AND YOU DON'T
HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN.
00:31:06.03\00:31:07.96
BUT JESUS SAID UNLESS PEOPLE
KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
00:31:07.96\00:31:10.30
PERISH - UNLESS THEY
REPENT THEY'RE GOING TO PERISH.
00:31:10.30\00:31:14.60
THEY'VE GOT TO TURN.
00:31:14.60\00:31:16.43
ACTS CHAPTER 2 - AFTER PETER
PREACHED THERE AT PENTECOST,
00:31:16.43\00:31:19.53
VERSE 38, SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE
HAD CRUCIFIED THE MESSIAH, THEY
00:31:19.53\00:31:24.60
SAID, 'MEN AND
BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
00:31:24.60\00:31:26.63
FIRST WORDS OUT OF PETER'S MOUTH
WERE, "REPENT AND LET EVERY ONE
00:31:26.63\00:31:31.30
OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE
00:31:31.30\00:31:34.03
REMISSION OF SIN AND YOU WILL
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY
00:31:34.03\00:31:36.86
SPIRIT." NOW
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
00:31:36.86\00:31:38.36
HOW LONG AFTER REPENTANCE WERE
THEY TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:31:38.36\00:31:43.53
AFTER ISAIAH SAID,
'WOE IS ME, I AM UNDONE.
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.40
I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS AND
I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE
00:31:46.40\00:31:49.16
OF UNCLEAN LIPS FOR MINE
EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING."
00:31:49.16\00:31:51.63
AFTER ISAIAH
REPENTED WHAT HAPPENED?
00:31:51.63\00:31:55.00
IT SAYS GOD SENT CLEANSING
WITH A COAL FROM THE ALTAR RIGHT
00:31:55.00\00:31:57.20
AWAY. AFTER
ZACCHEUS REPENTED AND
00:31:57.20\00:32:00.70
CONFESSED AND SAID, 'IF I'VE
TAKEN ANYTHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE
00:32:00.70\00:32:03.70
TAKEN, I'LL PAY BACK FOUR
TIMES.' JESUS SAID, 'SALVATION
00:32:03.70\00:32:07.73
HAS COME TO THIS
HOUSE.' RIGHT AWAY.
00:32:07.73\00:32:10.73
AFTER PAUL PRAYED AND REPENTED
- OF COURSE, PAUL PRAYED THREE
00:32:10.73\00:32:14.43
DAYS. HE'D BEEN
OUT KILLING CHRISTIANS.
00:32:14.43\00:32:17.10
BUT AS SOON AS HE
REPENTED GOD FORGAVE HIM.
00:32:17.10\00:32:19.66
HE SENT ANANIAS TO HIS HOUSE
AND HE WAS BAPTIZED AND FILLED
00:32:19.66\00:32:22.90
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, RIGHT?
AND SO AS SOON AS WE REPENT, GOD
00:32:22.90\00:32:28.10
WANTS TO CLEANSE US AND ACCEPT
US. BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
00:32:28.10\00:32:31.43
NOW WHAT DOES THE
WORD 'REPENT' MEAN?
00:32:31.43\00:32:33.70
IN THE HEBREW IT COMES FROM THE
WORD 'NAHAM' WHICH MEANS - IT
00:32:33.70\00:32:38.83
ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE WORD
- TO SIGH OR BREATHE HEAVILY;
00:32:38.83\00:32:43.60
TO BE SORRY; TO REPENT.
00:32:43.60\00:32:45.70
IN GREEK IT'S METANOEO - TO FEEL
REGRET; TO THINK DIFFERENTLY; TO
00:32:45.70\00:32:51.80
TURN FROM SIN TO GOD.' IN
THE DICTIONARY 'REPENT' MEANS,
00:32:51.80\00:32:56.46
'REMORSE, REGRET, OR CONTRITION
FOR PAST CONDUCT OR SIN; TO FEEL
00:32:56.46\00:33:01.00
SUCH REGRET SO AS TO CHANGE
ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT AS IN
00:33:01.00\00:33:05.40
REPENTING FOR INTEMPERATE
BEHAVIOR; TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR
00:33:05.40\00:33:07.83
THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF
REMORSE OR CONTRITION FOR ONE'S
00:33:07.83\00:33:10.46
SIN. NOW, BIBLICALLY, AND
IT DOESN'T SPELL IT OUT AS MUCH
00:33:10.46\00:33:17.30
IN THE LESSON BECAUSE THE LESSON
IS SHORT, BUT I THINK IT'S
00:33:17.30\00:33:19.66
IMPORTANT TO SAY. PART
OF THE STEPS OF SALVATION,
00:33:19.66\00:33:22.96
ALONG WITH REPENTANCE, IS
CONFESSION. THE BIBLE TELLS US
00:33:22.96\00:33:27.80
'WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES
HIS SIN WILL HAVE MERCY.'
00:33:27.80\00:33:31.63
SO THERE'S A PART OF REPENTANCE
THAT MEANS VERBALIZING THAT YOU
00:33:31.63\00:33:35.93
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE A
SINNER TO GOD. HAVE YOU NOT ONLY
00:33:35.93\00:33:41.06
THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE A
SINNER BUT ALSO TOLD GOD?
00:33:41.06\00:33:44.36
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'WELL, I DON'T NEED TO TELL GOD.
00:33:44.36\00:33:46.00
HE KNOWS WHAT THINGS I
HAVE NEED OF BEFORE I PRAY.
00:33:46.00\00:33:48.80
I DON'T NEED TO TELL HIM.' WELL,
MAYBE YOU DO NEED TO TELL HIM.
00:33:48.80\00:33:52.30
IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BROKEN
GOD'S LAW - IF WE'VE VIOLATED
00:33:52.30\00:33:55.53
THE STANDARD OF WHY HE CREATED
US - IF WE'VE REBELLED AGAINST
00:33:55.53\00:33:59.43
HIS PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE AND THE
LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, AND OUR
00:33:59.43\00:34:04.63
REBELLION HAS COST THE LIFE OF
HIS SON, DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS
00:34:04.63\00:34:09.40
WORTH TELLING HIM THAT
YOU'RE SORRY? CONFESSING IT;
00:34:09.40\00:34:15.20
TELLING HIM. AND IT'S
SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT
00:34:15.20\00:34:17.26
TO DO BY YOURSELF. DOES
THAT MEAN CONFESSING ALL
00:34:17.26\00:34:20.56
THE SINS YOU'VE EVER COMMITTED?
YES, BUT YOU MAY NOT VERBALLY
00:34:20.56\00:34:25.73
REMEMBER THEM ALL OR MENTALLY
REMEMBER THEM ALL OR ARTICULATE
00:34:25.73\00:34:29.06
THEM, BUT YOU DO IT
BY CATEGORY, IN MY MIND.
00:34:29.06\00:34:32.03
IN OTHER WORDS, SAY, 'LORD, I'M
SORRY FOR ALL MY SIN.' RIGHT?
00:34:32.03\00:34:36.23
AND THEN SPECIFY
WHAT YOU DO KNOW.
00:34:36.23\00:34:38.40
IF YOU'VE BEEN DISHONEST SAY,
'LORD, I'M SORRY FOR MY LYING.'
00:34:38.40\00:34:42.23
SPELL IT OUT. TELL
HIM, YOU KNOW, 'I'M SORRY
00:34:42.23\00:34:45.60
FOR MY PRIDE, MY SELFISHNESS -
I'M SORRY.' JUST GO THROUGH THE
00:34:45.60\00:34:48.23
TEN COMMANDMENTS. MAKE A LIST.
00:34:48.23\00:34:50.70
PRAY THAT PRAYER THAT SAYS,
'SEARCH ME AND TRY ME AND SEE IF
00:34:50.70\00:34:53.50
THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY
IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY
00:34:53.50\00:34:55.90
EVERLASTING.' AND YOU PRAY
AND SAY, 'LORD, SHOW ME MY SIN.'
00:34:55.90\00:34:59.80
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE GOD TO SHOW
YOU NOW WHILE YOU CAN STILL BE
00:34:59.80\00:35:02.76
FORGIVEN AS OPPOSED TO SHOWING
YOU IN THE JUDGMENT DAY WHEN
00:35:02.76\00:35:05.43
IT'S TOO LATE? SOMEONE
SAID, 'EVERY DAY YOU PUT
00:35:05.43\00:35:12.66
OFF REPENTANCE IS ONE LESS DAY
TO REPENT IN AND ONE MORE DAY TO
00:35:12.66\00:35:18.66
REPENT OF.' AND ANOTHER MAN
ASKED A RABBI, 'WHAT'S THE BEST
00:35:18.66\00:35:23.66
TIME TO REPENT?' AND
HE SAID, 'THE LAST DAY OF
00:35:23.66\00:35:26.93
YOUR LIFE.' AND
HE SAID, 'REALLY?
00:35:26.93\00:35:30.03
WHAT IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE LAST DAY OF MY LIFE IS?'
00:35:30.03\00:35:32.50
AND THE RABBI SAID, 'EXACTLY.'
MEANING THE SOONER YOU DO IT,
00:35:32.50\00:35:38.00
THE BETTER. AND SO,
YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO
00:35:38.00\00:35:41.40
PUT THAT OFF. AND
REPENTANCE IS A GIFT.
00:35:41.40\00:35:44.50
YOU CAN'T
SCHEDULE YOUR REPENTANCE.
00:35:44.50\00:35:46.83
SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'I'M GOING TO
LIVE FOR THE DEVIL ALL MY LIFE
00:35:46.83\00:35:48.96
AND WHEN I GET A NOTICE FROM THE
DOCTOR THAT I'VE GOT SIX MONTHS
00:35:48.96\00:35:52.13
TO LIVE, AFTER FIVE MONTHS I'LL
REPENT.' AND THEY JUST THINK
00:35:52.13\00:35:56.93
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT OFF TO
THE END BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
00:35:56.93\00:35:59.90
YOU'LL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO REPENT.
00:35:59.90\00:36:02.16
IT'S A VERY
DANGEROUS THING TO DO.
00:36:02.16\00:36:03.83
PEOPLE USUALLY DIE THE
WAY THEY LIVE AND IF YOU LIVE
00:36:03.83\00:36:06.73
PROCRASTINATING,
YOU DIE THAT WAY.
00:36:06.73\00:36:09.20
AND I'VE ALSO SEEN MANY PEOPLE
IN THEIR FINAL ILLNESS - IF IT
00:36:09.20\00:36:13.20
IS A FINAL ILLNESS,
WHICH IS USUALLY THE CASE,
00:36:13.20\00:36:16.13
NOT ALWAYS -
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE SUDDENLY.
00:36:16.13\00:36:18.70
BUT OFTEN IN THEIR FINAL ILLNESS
THEIR HEALTH AND MIND IS JUST SO
00:36:18.70\00:36:22.00
FEEBLE AND FRAIL AND SOMETIMES
THEY'RE ALL DOPED UP WITH
00:36:22.00\00:36:24.46
MEDICATION THAT THEY JUST
DON'T HAVE THE LUCIDITY TO EVEN
00:36:24.46\00:36:29.10
UNDERSTAND AND REPENT AND THEY
DIE WITH THEIR SINS STILL ON
00:36:29.10\00:36:32.80
THEIR RECORD. AND SO YOU
WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT TODAY.
00:36:32.80\00:36:37.23
IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
DON'T HARDEN YOUR HEART.
00:36:37.23\00:36:40.03
AND TELL HIM YOU'RE SORRY. IF
YOU SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME REPENT.'
00:36:40.03\00:36:44.16
REPENTANCE IS A GIFT GOD GIVES.
00:36:44.16\00:36:46.10
IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT GIVES IT, RIGHT?
00:36:46.10\00:36:51.93
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
00:36:51.93\00:36:54.76
HOW MANY DOES
GOD WANT TO REPENT?
00:36:54.76\00:36:57.20
2 PETER 3:9, HE IS "NOT WILLING
THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT
00:36:57.20\00:37:02.03
ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE."
SO IF YOU TELL THE LORD,
00:37:02.03\00:37:05.23
'I'M WANTING TO REPENT. I'M
WILLING TO REPENT.' DOES THE
00:37:05.23\00:37:07.56
LORD WANT YOU TO
COME TO REPENTANCE?
00:37:07.56\00:37:09.23
WILL THE LORD HELP YOU
DO WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO?
00:37:09.23\00:37:12.70
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO
IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME.
00:37:12.70\00:37:14.70
I'M NOT EVEN NEARLY AS SORRY
AS I SHOULD BE.' IF WE COULD
00:37:14.70\00:37:18.80
SEE OURSELVES THROUGH GOD'S
EYES, IT WOULD OVERWHELM US.
00:37:18.80\00:37:22.40
SOMETIMES HE ONLY UNCOVERS AS
MUCH CONVICTION AS WE CAN HANDLE
00:37:22.40\00:37:26.93
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:37:26.93\00:37:29.60
ALRIGHT, AND ONE MORE THING HERE
- WELL, I'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE
00:37:29.60\00:37:32.03
THINGS - 2 CORINTHIANS 7:9, "NOW
I REJOICE, NOT THAT YE WERE MADE
00:37:32.03\00:37:38.20
SORRY," - PAUL IS WRITING TO THE
CORINTHIAN CHURCH - "BUT THAT YE
00:37:38.20\00:37:41.56
SORROWED TO REPENTANCE: FOR
YE WERE MADE SORRY AFTER A GODLY
00:37:41.56\00:37:45.00
MANNER...FOR GODLY SORROW" -
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:37:45.00\00:37:49.00
- GODLY SORROW - "GODLY SORROW
WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION
00:37:49.00\00:37:54.26
NOT TO BE REPENTED OF:" - IT'S
THE KIND OF SORROW FOR SIN YOU
00:37:54.26\00:37:57.23
SHOULDN'T BE SORRY ABOUT.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? IT'S A
00:37:57.23\00:38:01.10
REPENTANCE NOT
TO BE REPENTED OF.
00:38:01.10\00:38:02.93
IT'S A KIND OF SORROW FOR SIN
YOU SHOULD NOT BE SORRY ABOUT,
00:38:02.93\00:38:06.00
YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL.
00:38:06.00\00:38:08.80
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A SON
OR A DAUGHTER THAT GETS MIXED UP
00:38:08.80\00:38:13.60
WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND THEY
START SQUANDERING THEIR LIVES
00:38:13.60\00:38:16.33
AND, LIKE THE PRODIGAL, THEY
COME TO THEIR SENSES AND THEY
00:38:16.33\00:38:18.56
COME HOME WEEPING AND SAY,
'FATHER, I'VE SINNED AGAINST
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.53
HEAVEN AND I'M NO MORE WORTHY
TO BE CALLED YOUR SON OR YOUR
00:38:21.53\00:38:24.66
DAUGHTER.' THEY'RE
SORRY BUT YOU'RE HAPPY
00:38:24.66\00:38:27.80
ABOUT THEIR SORROW, RIGHT?
WELL THAT'S HOW THE LORD FEELS
00:38:27.80\00:38:33.60
WHEN WE ARE SORRY FOR OUR SIN.
SOMEONE LOOK UP EZEKIEL 33:15 -
00:38:33.60\00:38:38.53
WHO HAS THAT VERSE? WE -
LIKE LITTLE FORTUNE COOKIES
00:38:38.53\00:38:41.06
WE GAVE THEM OUT. GET
A MICROPHONE OVER HERE TO
00:38:41.06\00:38:42.80
MANJEET, PLEASE. WE'LL
GET TO HER IN JUST A SECOND.
00:38:42.80\00:38:44.83
HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:38:44.83\00:38:46.83
I WANT TO READ LAMENTATIONS
3:40, "LET US SEARCH OUT AND
00:38:46.83\00:38:52.86
EXAMINE OUR WAYS AND
TURN BACK TO THE LORD."
00:38:52.86\00:38:57.20
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY,
'DON'T THINK ABOUT YOURSELF,
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.80
JUST KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON
JESUS.' THAT'S RIGHT, WE SHOULD
00:38:59.80\00:39:02.96
KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS,
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, THE
00:39:02.96\00:39:05.03
BIBLE SAYS, LET EVERY MAN
EXAMINE HIMSELF WHETHER HE BE IN
00:39:05.03\00:39:08.26
THE FAITH. AND
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO TAKE
00:39:08.26\00:39:11.66
OUR BEARINGS AND
SEE WHERE WE ARE.
00:39:11.66\00:39:14.33
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
SPEND ALL YOUR TIME FOCUSING ON
00:39:14.33\00:39:16.70
YOURSELF, BUT IN THE BALANCED
CHRISTIAN LIFE YOU NEED TO SAY,
00:39:16.70\00:39:20.73
'WHERE AM I? AM I
BEING A GOOD REFLECTION OF
00:39:20.73\00:39:24.16
CHRIST.'
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD MANJEET.
00:39:24.16\00:39:27.46
>>EZEKIEL 33:15, "IF THE WICKED
RESTORES THE PLEDGE, GIVES BACK
00:39:27.46\00:39:33.46
WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, AND WALKS
IN THE STATUES OF LIFE WITHOUT
00:39:33.46\00:39:39.06
COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL
SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE."
00:39:39.06\00:39:45.73
>>NOW WE CAN'T NECESSARILY
UNWIND AND UNSCRAMBLE ALL THE
00:39:45.73\00:39:53.46
EGGS WE'VE
SCRAMBLED IN OUR LIVES.
00:39:53.46\00:39:55.16
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE
DONE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT
00:39:55.16\00:39:56.76
WE'VE TAKEN - YOU CAN'T GO BACK
AND FIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU MAY
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.83
HAVE GOSSIPED ABOUT, BUT THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING THINGS TO
00:39:59.83\00:40:04.56
YOUR MIND. THERE ARE
WRONGS THAT YOU CAN RIGHT.
00:40:04.56\00:40:08.26
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
BEEN STOLEN, IF IT'S SOME PLEDGE
00:40:08.26\00:40:11.70
YOU'VE VIOLATED THAT YOU NEED
TO CONFESS - AND GOD'LL GIVE YOU
00:40:11.70\00:40:15.90
WISDOM HOW TO APPROACH THAT
AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
00:40:15.90\00:40:19.43
TIMES I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME TO ME
AND THEY SAID, 'PASTOR, I'D LIKE
00:40:19.43\00:40:22.76
TO MEET WITH YOU.' AND
THIS IS USUALLY SERIOUS.
00:40:22.76\00:40:25.23
THEY WANT AN
APPOINTMENT. AND THEY SAY,
00:40:25.23\00:40:27.70
'I WANT TO GO TO
HEAVEN. I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN.
00:40:27.70\00:40:29.70
I WANT ETERNAL LIFE, BUT
I'VE STOLEN FROM MY EMPLOYER.
00:40:29.70\00:40:34.06
I STOLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
00:40:34.06\00:40:37.86
I WAS NEVER CAUGHT BUT I KNOW
THAT IF I CONFESS THIS I RISK
00:40:37.86\00:40:45.40
GOING TO JAIL. WHAT SHOULD I
DO?' I SAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:40:45.40\00:40:53.73
SUFFER YOU'RE BETTER SUFFERING
FOR DOING GOOD THAN EVIL.'
00:40:53.73\00:40:57.96
AND IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU'VE TAKEN
00:40:57.96\00:41:01.60
SOMETHING THAT
BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE -
00:41:01.60\00:41:03.66
EVEN IF YOU CAN NEVER
PAY IT BACK, YOU NEED TO
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.43
GO TO THEM AND
AT LEAST COME CLEAN.
00:41:05.43\00:41:08.30
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ONE CASE
- SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE JUST SAID,
00:41:08.30\00:41:12.23
'PRAY FOR ME.' WE'VE EVEN
HAD WHOLE CHURCHES PRAYING FOR
00:41:12.23\00:41:13.96
PEOPLE AND THEY'VE GONE TO THEIR
EMPLOYERS OR THEY'VE GONE TO
00:41:13.96\00:41:17.50
WHATEVER THE SITUATION - FOR
SOME IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT - IT
00:41:17.50\00:41:20.60
WAS LIKE TAX EVASION - AND WE'VE
PRAYED AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OF
00:41:20.60\00:41:27.53
THEM THAT EVER
ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL.
00:41:27.53\00:41:30.23
SOME OF THEM - THE
BOSS SAID, 'I AM SO AMAZED.
00:41:30.23\00:41:33.80
I'M GOING TO HIRE YOU BACK.' OR
- I MEAN, THEY SAID, 'BECAUSE IF
00:41:33.80\00:41:37.23
YOU'RE HONEST ENOUGH TO TELL
ME THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE
00:41:37.23\00:41:39.60
OTHER THINGS GOING ON
THAT NO ONE EVER TOLD ME.
00:41:39.60\00:41:41.60
BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE HONEST
- YOU'VE GOT A CONSCIENCE -
00:41:41.60\00:41:43.26
I CAN TRUST YOU. I
DON'T KNOW WHO I CAN TRUST BUT
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.86
I CAN TRUST YOU BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT A CONSCIENCE.
00:41:44.86\00:41:46.63
AND EVEN THE GOVERNMENT -
THEY'RE CALLED - BELIEVE IT OR
00:41:46.63\00:41:49.53
NOT THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE
GOVERNMENT - YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T
00:41:49.53\00:41:51.56
KNOW THAT THERE WERE REAL HUMANS
THAT WORK AT THE GOVERNMENT.
00:41:51.56\00:41:54.33
AND SOME OF THEM IN THE TAX
DEPARTMENT THE PERSON CALLED UP
00:41:54.33\00:41:57.73
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID, 'I TELL
00:41:57.73\00:41:59.70
YOU WHAT, WE WILL WAIVE THESE
PENALTIES AND WE'LL DO THIS AND
00:41:59.70\00:42:03.46
THERE'S A PAYMENT PROGRAM.' AND
IT'S AMAZING BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:42:03.46\00:42:07.73
WORKS BUT THE LORD SAYS - AND
SOMETIMES, MORE TIMES THAN NOT,
00:42:07.73\00:42:11.20
GOD JUST REMOVES THE PROBLEM.
HE BLESSES AND HE TAKES CARE OF
00:42:11.20\00:42:14.80
THINGS. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO SUFFER, WE NEED
00:42:14.80\00:42:20.86
TO RIGHT SOME
WRONGS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:42:20.86\00:42:23.33
YOU'LL BE FREE EVEN IF YOU HAVE
TO PAY OFF SOME KIND OF PAYMENT
00:42:23.33\00:42:29.13
OR RESTITUTION. AT LEAST
YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL BE CLEAR.
00:42:29.13\00:42:33.30
BUT SOMETIMES IT
INVOLVES GOING BACK.
00:42:33.30\00:42:36.66
I'VE HAD TO DO THAT. WHEN
I BECAME A CHRISTIAN I HAD
00:42:36.66\00:42:39.16
TO TALK TO SOME
PEOPLE I'D STOLEN FROM.
00:42:39.16\00:42:42.63
I STOLE MY STEP-MOTHER'S CAR -
JAGUAR XKE - WRECKED IT AND SHE
00:42:42.63\00:42:48.33
- SHE ALWAYS ASSUMED SOMEBODY
DROVE INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND HIT
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.80
THE CAR. WE HAD A
CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY.
00:42:51.80\00:42:54.26
SHE THOUGHT SOMEONE DRUNK WENT
THROUGH OUR DRIVEWAY AND HIT THE
00:42:54.26\00:42:55.93
CAR AND I LET HER
JUST THINK THAT FOR YEARS.
00:42:55.93\00:42:58.30
AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN
THE LORD PUT THAT ON MY HEART.
00:42:58.30\00:43:00.63
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, BUT WHEN
I TOLD BETTY THAT SHE THOUGHT,
00:43:00.63\00:43:05.86
'WOW, THIS RELIGION THING YOU'RE
DOING' - DON'T WORRY, I DIDN'T
00:43:05.86\00:43:10.66
HAVE TO BUY HER ANOTHER
JAGUAR. BUT MY DAD BOUGHT HER A
00:43:10.66\00:43:14.46
LAMBORGHINI AFTER THAT.
BUT THE THING WAS I NEEDED TO
00:43:14.46\00:43:19.16
COME CLEAN. I HAD TO GO BACK
TO AN EMPLOYER. I STOLE FROM MY
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.80
BASKIN ROBBINS EMPLOYER.
HE TRUSTED ME WITH THE KEYS.
00:43:22.80\00:43:26.56
WHEN I QUIT I MADE A COPY OF THE
KEY TO THE FREEZER WHERE HE KEPT
00:43:26.56\00:43:29.90
THE BANK BAG AND BEFORE I RAN
AWAY I WENT IN THERE AND I STOLE
00:43:29.90\00:43:35.00
AND HE NEVER KNEW. IT
WAS ALWAYS JUST A LITTLE BIT,
00:43:35.00\00:43:37.40
BUT I WENT BACK
TO CONFESS. AND SO,
00:43:37.40\00:43:41.60
SOMETIMES IT
MIGHT BE A RELATIVE.
00:43:41.60\00:43:43.76
IT MIGHT BE YOUR PARENTS.
BUT YOU SHOULD RIGHT THE WRONGS.
00:43:43.76\00:43:48.23
THAT'S EVIDENCE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WORKING IN OUR LIVES.
00:43:48.23\00:43:50.60
THE BIBLE CALLS THIS
THE FRUITS OF REPENTANCE.
00:43:50.60\00:43:53.20
MATTHEW 3, VERSES 7 AND 8,
"BUT WHEN HE SAW MANY OF THE
00:43:53.20\00:43:57.33
PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES COMING
TO HIS BAPTISM, HE SAID TO THEM,
00:43:57.33\00:44:00.60
'BROOD OF VIPERS! WHO WARNED YOU
TO FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME?
00:44:00.60\00:44:04.90
THEREFORE BEAR FRUITS
WORTHY OF REPENTANCE."
00:44:04.90\00:44:08.30
NOW SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M OLD
FASHIONED BUT WHEN SOMEONE COMES
00:44:08.30\00:44:10.96
TO ME AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO
GET BAPTIZED AND THEY'RE STILL
00:44:10.96\00:44:12.93
LIVING A LIFE OF SIN - THEY SAY,
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVE JESUS.'
00:44:12.93\00:44:16.06
I SAY, 'WAIT A SECOND.
THERE SHOULD BE FRUIT OF
00:44:16.06\00:44:19.06
REPENTANCE IN YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU'RE SORRY ABOUT THE
00:44:19.06\00:44:23.03
DRINKING AND THE SMOKING OR
WHATEVER IT IS' - 'MY GIRLFRIEND
00:44:23.03\00:44:26.63
AND I WE'RE GOING TO GET
MARRIED BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET
00:44:26.63\00:44:28.63
BAPTIZED.' 'NO,
YOU'RE LIVING TOGETHER.
00:44:28.63\00:44:31.16
I'M NOT GOING TO BAPTIZE YOU.'
IF YOU'RE SORRY, SHOW FRUITS OF
00:44:31.16\00:44:35.46
REPENTANCE. MOVE OUT. LIVE
IN DIFFERENT PLACES, RIGHT?
00:44:35.46\00:44:40.30
'OH, BUT THAT'LL COST TOO MUCH.'
WHO SAID FOLLOWING JESUS WAS
00:44:40.30\00:44:44.16
CHEAP? ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE ALL THESE
00:44:44.16\00:44:49.20
EXCUSES - 'THAT'D BE
INCONVENIENT TO OBEY.'
00:44:49.20\00:44:52.20
WELL, YEAH, TAKING UP YOUR
CROSS AND FOLLOWING JESUS -
00:44:52.20\00:44:54.90
THERE IS A PRICE TO
PAY. IT'S - THERE'S A COST.
00:44:54.90\00:44:58.06
AND SO THERE OUGHT TO
BE FRUIT. BUT I'M JUST -
00:44:58.06\00:45:01.76
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. SO
MANY PASTORS I HEAR - THEY
00:45:01.76\00:45:04.56
KEEP LOWERING THE STANDARD OF
WHAT REPENTANCE MEANS TO WHERE
00:45:04.56\00:45:08.06
IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ANYMORE.
00:45:08.06\00:45:10.30
AMERICAN EXPRESS USED TO HAVE
AN ADVERTISING SLOGAN THAT SAID,
00:45:10.30\00:45:13.43
'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES'
AND BEING A CHRISTIAN AND BEING
00:45:13.43\00:45:17.43
PART OF HIS BODY - AND THAT'S
WHAT BAPTISM MEANS - THERE OUGHT
00:45:17.43\00:45:20.06
TO BE A STANDARD - THERE SHOULD
BE FRUITS, IN THE LIFE, OF THE
00:45:20.06\00:45:24.73
SPIRIT. ACTS 26 -
HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
00:45:24.73\00:45:28.26
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME 2
CORINTHIANS 5:17 - WHO HAS THAT?
00:45:28.26\00:45:33.06
RIGHT HERE. LET'S
GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
00:45:33.06\00:45:35.20
HOLD YOUR HAND UP
SO THEY SEE YOU. OKAY.
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.80
IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO
READ ACTS 26:20, "BUT DECLARED
00:45:37.80\00:45:43.93
FIRST TO THOSE IN DAMASCUS AND
IN JERUSALEM, AND THROUGHOUT ALL
00:45:43.93\00:45:47.43
THE REGION OF JUDEA, AND THEN TO
THE GENTILES, THAT THEY SHOULD
00:45:47.43\00:45:51.26
REPENT, TURN TO GOD, AND DO
WORKS BEFITTING REPENTANCE."
00:45:51.26\00:45:58.03
THAT MEANS REPENTANCE IS
NOT ONLY A SORROW FOR SIN, BUT A
00:45:58.03\00:46:02.00
SORROW, A CONFESSION, AND
A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY.
00:46:02.00\00:46:07.00
SO IF A PERSON IS WALKING TOWARD
DESTRUCTION AND THEY SAY, 'OH
00:46:07.00\00:46:09.60
LORD, I'M SORRY.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
00:46:09.60\00:46:11.66
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR MERCY.
I'M SORRY.' AND THEY CONTINUE TO
00:46:11.66\00:46:14.00
WALK TOWARD SIN,
THAT'S NOT REPENTANCE.
00:46:14.00\00:46:16.53
REPENTANCE IS LIKE THIS: YOU'RE
WALKING TOWARD DESTRUCTION AND
00:46:16.53\00:46:19.10
YOU SAY, 'LORD, I'M SO SORRY.'
AND YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
00:46:19.10\00:46:22.33
THAT'S WHERE REPENTANCE IS A
TURN. IT MEANS 'YOU TURN.' LIKE
00:46:22.33\00:46:27.40
A U-TURN ON THE ROAD. OKAY,
GO AHEAD, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
00:46:27.40\00:46:33.10
>>2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,
"THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN
00:46:33.10\00:46:38.66
CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION;
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY;
00:46:38.66\00:46:42.66
BEHOLD, ALL
THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW."
00:46:42.66\00:46:45.66
>>THANK YOU. SO THIS IDEA THAT
ONCE YOU REPENT AND YOU ACCEPT
00:46:45.66\00:46:49.53
JESUS, THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE
LIVING THE SAME KIND OF LIFE
00:46:49.53\00:46:54.63
BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, WE'RE
ALL SINNERS. YOU'VE HEARD THAT,
00:46:54.63\00:46:56.80
HAVEN'T YOU? THAT'S
NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
00:46:56.80\00:46:59.63
THE BIBLE TEACHES THERE SHOULD
BE A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION WHEN
00:46:59.63\00:47:03.60
THERE'S A CONVERSION.
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
00:47:03.60\00:47:07.30
ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN ONE DAY SO
00:47:07.30\00:47:11.73
DON'T BECOME DISCOURAGED,
BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE A CHANGE.
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.70
YOU KNOW, WITH ME I DON'T - I'M
ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO SAY ANYTHING
00:47:15.70\00:47:20.80
BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE A STANDARD THAT PEOPLE
00:47:20.80\00:47:23.20
SHOULD FOLLOW,
BUT I ACCEPTED JESUS.
00:47:23.20\00:47:26.70
I QUIT DRINKING. I QUIT SMOKING.
I QUIT CURSING. I QUIT STEALING.
00:47:26.70\00:47:32.30
PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME BEFORE AND
THEN KNEW ME AFTER SAID, 'WOW,
00:47:32.30\00:47:36.36
YOU'RE NO FUN ANYMORE.' NO,
THEY SAID, 'THERE'S A RADICAL
00:47:36.36\00:47:40.73
CHANGE.' THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT
THERE'S A MARKED DIFFERENCE.
00:47:40.73\00:47:44.83
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE PERFECT,
BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE THE FRUITS
00:47:44.83\00:47:47.86
OF REPENTANCE IN YOUR LIFE,
RIGHT? GOD GIVES YOU VICTORY.
00:47:47.86\00:47:51.13
AND SHOULD A PERSON WAIT UNTIL
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SINLESS
00:47:51.13\00:47:54.10
BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED?
NO, YOU'LL NEVER BE BAPTIZED.
00:47:54.10\00:47:57.40
YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE -
00:47:57.40\00:48:00.93
HOW I UNDERSTAND IT.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE
00:48:00.93\00:48:02.60
A REGULAR
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
00:48:02.60\00:48:04.93
THERE OUGHT TO BE NO AREA IN
YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU ARE BOUND BY
00:48:04.93\00:48:08.56
THE DEVIL. THERE
SHOULD BE NO AREA IN YOUR
00:48:08.56\00:48:10.86
LIFE WHERE THE DEVIL
HAS DOMINION OVER YOU.
00:48:10.86\00:48:14.10
IF A PERSON IS STILL HELD
HOSTAGE BY SOME ADDICTION, THEN
00:48:14.10\00:48:18.93
THEY SHOULDN'T BE BAPTIZED
BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE FOR
00:48:18.93\00:48:22.40
A VERY GOOD WITNESS WHEN YOU SIT
DOWN NEXT TO SOMEBODY IN A BAR
00:48:22.40\00:48:26.13
AND YOU'RE DRINKING AND YOU SAY,
'YEAH, I GOT BAPTIZED LAST WEEK
00:48:26.13\00:48:29.36
BUT I'M STILL STRUGGLING
A LITTLE BIT WITH ALCOHOL.'
00:48:29.36\00:48:33.00
OR WITH DRUGS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
00:48:33.00\00:48:34.80
YOU SHOULD PRAY THE
LORD GIVES YOU THE VICTORY.
00:48:34.80\00:48:36.40
IT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'LL NEVER FALL.
00:48:36.40\00:48:37.86
IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'LL NEVER BE TEMPTATION.
00:48:37.86\00:48:39.66
IT MEANS THERE SHOULD BE NO AREA
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE THE DEVIL HAS
00:48:39.66\00:48:42.20
DOMINION BECAUSE PAUL MAKES IT
PRETTY CLEAR THAT JESUS IS THE
00:48:42.20\00:48:46.53
LORD OF YOUR LIFE. SIN
SHOULD NOT HAVE DOMINION
00:48:46.53\00:48:48.53
OVER YOU, RIGHT?
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:48:48.53\00:48:51.63
OKAY, NEXT - VERY IMPORTANT
SECTION - 'BELIEVE' - AFTER YOU
00:48:51.63\00:48:57.20
REPENT AND AFTER YOU ACCEPT -
YOU REALIZE YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM
00:48:57.20\00:49:00.66
AND YOU CONFESS AND BY THE POWER
OF THE SPIRIT YOU EXPERIENCE
00:49:00.66\00:49:05.16
CONVERSION - A NEW HEART -
THAT COMES IN CONNECTION WITH
00:49:05.16\00:49:09.16
BELIEVING.
BELIEVING IS WHAT LEADS,
00:49:09.16\00:49:11.13
ACTUALLY, TO THAT NEW HEART.
JAMES 2:19, "YOU BELIEVE THAT
00:49:11.13\00:49:16.20
THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL.
00:49:16.20\00:49:17.90
EVEN THE DEMONS
BELIEVE - AND TREMBLE!"
00:49:17.90\00:49:19.96
SO THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN
JUST BELIEVING THAT GOD EXISTS.
00:49:19.96\00:49:22.53
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BELIEVING,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BELIEF
00:49:22.53\00:49:26.50
WHERE YOU ACT
UPON IT. IT'S REAL.
00:49:26.50\00:49:29.30
WHEN MOSES SAID TO THE PEOPLE,
'LOOK AT THE SERPENT AND YOU'LL
00:49:29.30\00:49:32.80
BE HEALED.' IF A PERSON WAS
LAYING IN THEIR TENT AND THEY
00:49:32.80\00:49:36.30
SAID, 'I BELIEVE.' BUT THEY
DON'T EVER CRAWL OUT OF THE TENT
00:49:36.30\00:49:39.50
AND LOOK, THEY
DON'T REALLY BELIEVE.
00:49:39.50\00:49:41.73
YOU'VE GOT TO ACT ON THAT
BELIEF BECAUSE THERE'S A BELIEF
00:49:41.73\00:49:46.86
BELIEVING THAT THERE IS A GOD
AND BELIEVING JESUS DIED ON A
00:49:46.86\00:49:49.16
CROSS FOR YOUR SIN - THE
DEVIL BELIEVES THAT, RIGHT?
00:49:49.16\00:49:53.43
SO IT'S BEYOND THAT.
00:49:53.43\00:49:55.03
MARK 9:23, "JESUS SAID TO HIM,
'IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, ALL THINGS
00:49:55.03\00:49:59.53
ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO
BELIEVES.'" NOW, YOU KNOW,
00:49:59.53\00:50:02.26
TYPICALLY WHEN WE THINK OF THAT
WE THINK, 'YOU MEAN I CAN WORK
00:50:02.26\00:50:05.03
MIRACLES? I CAN
PREDICT THE FUTURE?
00:50:05.03\00:50:06.30
I CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS?' NO.
00:50:06.30\00:50:07.86
WHEN JESUS SAYS THIS, HE'S
ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT 'IF YOU
00:50:07.86\00:50:12.66
BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
MOVING MOUNTAINS OF SIN.' IF YOU
00:50:12.66\00:50:17.96
BELIEVE THROUGH FAITH, GOD CAN
MAKE RADICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN
00:50:17.96\00:50:22.43
YOUR LIFE THAT YOU
MIGHT THINK ARE NOT POSSIBLE.
00:50:22.43\00:50:25.06
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
00:50:25.06\00:50:27.46
WE HAVE? NOT BEING
ABLE TO WORK MIRACLES
00:50:27.46\00:50:29.93
OR TO PREDICT THE
FUTURE? OR MOVE PILES OF DIRT?
00:50:29.93\00:50:33.40
THE BIG PROBLEM WE HAVE IS SIN.
00:50:33.40\00:50:35.03
SO IF YOU BELIEVE, THE
BIGGEST MOUNTAIN CAN BE MOVED.
00:50:35.03\00:50:38.46
LUKE 8:12 - DOES THE
DEVIL WANT US TO BELIEVE? -
00:50:38.46\00:50:45.06
"THOSE BY THE WAYSIDE" -
SPEAKING ABOUT THE SEED - THE
00:50:45.06\00:50:48.10
GOOD SEED - FELL ON THE
ROAD - "ARE THE ONES WHO
00:50:48.10\00:50:50.30
HEAR; THEN THE DEVIL COMES AND
TAKES AWAY THE WORD OUT OF THEIR
00:50:50.30\00:50:53.73
HEARTS, LEST
THEY SHOULD BELIEVE."
00:50:53.73\00:50:56.73
HE DOES NOT WANT US TO BELIEVE.
THE DEVIL WILL DO EVERYTHING HE
00:50:56.73\00:51:00.93
CAN TO STOP THAT. WHEN
PHILIP WAS PREACHING TO THE
00:51:00.93\00:51:03.86
ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH OUT THERE IN
THE DESERT AND HE BELIEVED THE
00:51:03.86\00:51:08.23
WORD OF GOD AND HE SAID, 'I
WANT TO BE BAPTIZED. CAN I GET
00:51:08.23\00:51:11.93
BAPTIZED? WHAT PREVENTS
ME?' WHAT DID PHILIP SAY?
00:51:11.93\00:51:15.00
ACTS 8:37, "'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH
ALL YOUR HEART, YOU MAY.' AND HE
00:51:15.00\00:51:20.56
ANSWERED AND SAID, 'I BELIEVE
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF
00:51:20.56\00:51:22.66
GOD.'" AND IN BELIEVING THAT
YOU'RE BELIEVING THAT HE, THEN,
00:51:22.66\00:51:26.86
TOOK YOUR PLACE AND
HE CAN FORGIVE YOUR SINS.
00:51:26.86\00:51:30.06
NOW YOU REALIZE WHAT I'M
COVERING HERE IS KIND OF A
00:51:30.06\00:51:32.20
REALLY CONDENSED
OUTLINE OF SALVATION?
00:51:32.20\00:51:35.30
ALRIGHT, MORE ON BELIEF.
00:51:35.30\00:51:38.96
EPHESIANS 1:13 - I'M JUST GIVING
YOU A LOT OF VERSES - "IN HIM
00:51:38.96\00:51:43.10
YOU ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER YOU
HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE
00:51:43.10\00:51:46.33
GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION; IN
WHOM ALSO, HAVING BELIEVED, YOU
00:51:46.33\00:51:51.10
WERE SEALED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE."
00:51:51.10\00:51:54.30
THROUGH TRUSTING - IT
TALKS ABOUT SALVATION -
00:51:54.30\00:51:58.90
AND THEN WE'RE
SEALED THROUGH BELIEVING.
00:51:58.90\00:52:01.63
WE NEED TO TRUST IN - WHEN JESUS
SAID, 'LOOK, I'LL TRADE PLACES
00:52:01.63\00:52:06.23
WITH YOU.' HOW DO YOU
KNOW HE TRADES PLACES? I MEAN,
00:52:06.23\00:52:11.80
WE CAN'T SEE THE FATHER.
WE'RE LIVING UNDER CONDEMNATION.
00:52:11.80\00:52:15.36
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'LL BE
COVERED? IT'S PRETTY FRIGHTENING
00:52:15.36\00:52:21.36
IF SOMEBODY SAYS,
'LOOK, I'LL PAY A BILL FOR YOU.
00:52:21.36\00:52:24.93
DON'T WORRY.' AND YOU KNOW IF
THEY DON'T OR IF THEY FORGET TO
00:52:24.93\00:52:27.30
PAY THAT BILL THAT THEY PROMISED
TO PAY FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING
00:52:27.30\00:52:30.50
TO LOSE
POSSESSION OF YOUR HOUSE.
00:52:30.50\00:52:33.36
YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO TRUST
THAT FRIEND WHEN HE SAYS, 'DON'T
00:52:33.36\00:52:35.93
WORRY, I'LL MAKE THE PAYMENTS.'
AND YOU DON'T SEE HIM WALK
00:52:35.93\00:52:39.83
IN AND DO IT. YOU'D REALLY
HAVE TO TRUST THAT PERSON.
00:52:39.83\00:52:43.26
WOULD YOU REALLY
WANT TO RISK YOUR HOUSE?
00:52:43.26\00:52:45.20
SO WHEN JESUS SAID, 'I'M GOING
TO TAKE ALL OF YOUR SIN.' CAN
00:52:45.20\00:52:51.03
YOU TRUST HIM? WILL THE
FATHER ACCEPT HIS PAYMENT?
00:52:51.03\00:52:55.36
YOU'RE TRUSTING YOUR LIFE IN THE
PRICE THAT HE'S PAYING ON YOUR
00:52:55.36\00:52:58.53
BEHALF. BELIEVE IN JESUS.
00:52:58.53\00:53:01.83
ROMANS 1:16, PAUL SAID, "FOR I
AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF
00:53:01.83\00:53:05.30
CHRIST, FOR IT IS THE POWER
OF GOD TO SALVATION FOR EVERYONE
00:53:05.30\00:53:10.90
WHO BELIEVES." -
SALVATION FOR EVERYONE WHO
00:53:10.90\00:53:14.40
BELIEVES. THERE'S
A POWER, THROUGH THE
00:53:14.40\00:53:17.03
HOLY SPIRIT, THAT
COMES INTO OUR LIVES, AMEN?
00:53:17.03\00:53:21.16
"FOR WITH THE HEART" - ROMANS
10:10 - I'M RUSHING ALONG - "FOR
00:53:21.16\00:53:24.50
WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WITH THE MOUTH
00:53:24.50\00:53:27.66
CONFESSION IS MADE" -
THERE'S CONFESSION AGAIN -
00:53:27.66\00:53:30.00
"UNTO SALVATION." -
BELIEVING, CONFESSION,
00:53:30.00\00:53:32.70
SALVATION - ALL THERE IN
THESE VERSES. BY THE WAY,
00:53:32.70\00:53:36.90
I KNOW I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF
TIME BEFORE I RUN OUT OF VERSES.
00:53:36.90\00:53:39.50
I'LL POST THESE ONLINE AT THE
CENTRAL STUDY HOUR WEBSITE AND
00:53:39.50\00:53:45.00
AT AMAZING FACTS SO
YOU'LL HAVE THESE OTHER VERSES.
00:53:45.00\00:53:47.46
THEN THERE'S THE SECTION
ABOUT THE WEDDING GARMENT.
00:53:47.46\00:53:49.33
SO YOU BELIEVE WHAT? YOU
BELIEVE THAT THROUGH FAITH
00:53:49.33\00:53:52.00
YOUR SINS ARE COVERED. AND
HE TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE
00:53:52.00\00:53:55.30
KING WHO PROVIDES GARMENTS FOR
THOSE WHO COME TO THE WEDDING.
00:53:55.30\00:54:00.73
WHEN THE FATHER RECEIVED THE
SON - THE PRODIGAL SON WHO CAME
00:54:00.73\00:54:04.43
HOME, WHAT DID HE DO? HE
BROUGHT OUT THE BEST ROBE.
00:54:04.43\00:54:08.40
AND WHEN YOU READ IN ZECHARIAH 3
- WHEN JOSHUA, THE HIGH PRIEST,
00:54:08.40\00:54:11.16
HAD FILTHY
GARMENTS, WHAT DID GOD SAY?
00:54:11.16\00:54:13.50
'TAKE AWAY HIS GARMENTS AND GIVE
HIM THESE BEAUTIFUL ROBES TO
00:54:13.50\00:54:17.70
COVER HIS SIN.' WHEN
ELIJAH WENT TO HEAVEN,
00:54:17.70\00:54:21.13
WHAT DID HE LEAVE
BEHIND? HIS MANTLE.
00:54:21.13\00:54:24.50
ELISHA TORE HIS OWN GARMENTS AND
HE PUT ON THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH.
00:54:24.50\00:54:28.50
WHEN JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN
HE LEFT BEHIND HIS ROBE OF
00:54:28.50\00:54:31.16
RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT COVERS OUR SIN.
00:54:31.16\00:54:33.90
SO WE ARE JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY
BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
00:54:33.90\00:54:38.43
AND IN REVELATION 7:13 WHEN HE
SAYS, "WHO ARE THESE ARRAYED IN
00:54:38.43\00:54:42.36
WHITE ROBES?" AND THE
ANGEL ANSWERED, "THESE
00:54:42.36\00:54:46.10
ARE THE ONES WHO COME OUT OF
GREAT TRIBULATION, AND WASHED
00:54:46.10\00:54:49.20
THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM
WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB."
00:54:49.20\00:54:52.40
THE LORD, THROUGH HIS BLOOD,
HAS PROVIDED THE DETERGENT TO
00:54:52.40\00:54:56.43
CLEANSE US AND TO GIVE
US THOSE PURE, WHITE ROBES.
00:54:56.43\00:55:01.03
AND THE LAST SECTION
IS 'FOLLOWING JESUS'.
00:55:01.03\00:55:03.56
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
00:55:03.56\00:55:07.30
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT -
SPEAKING OF THE 144,000 - 'THESE
00:55:07.30\00:55:12.66
ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LAMB
WITHERSOEVER HE GOES.' I KNOW AN
00:55:12.66\00:55:19.00
OLD PASTOR WHO USED TO SAY,
'IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW HIM THERE
00:55:19.00\00:55:21.50
THEN, YOU MUST FIRST FOLLOW HIM
HERE NOW.' THE DISCIPLES, WHO
00:55:21.50\00:55:25.76
WILL BE FOLLOWING JESUS IN THE
KINGDOM FIRST FOLLOWED HIM HERE
00:55:25.76\00:55:29.26
ON EARTH. JESUS SAID
IF YOU WANT TO BE HIS
00:55:29.26\00:55:32.43
DISCIPLE YOU NEED TO BE
WILLING TO FORSAKE THE SINS OF
00:55:32.43\00:55:36.46
THIS WORLD AND FOLLOW
HIM WHEREVER HE LEADS YOU.
00:55:36.46\00:55:40.33
AMEN? HE SAID TO PETER, JAMES
AND JOHN, 'FOLLOW ME AND I WILL
00:55:40.33\00:55:45.66
MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.'
ANYWAY, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I
00:55:45.66\00:55:49.36
HAVE TO SHARE. I -
YOU KNOW - A LOT OF WHAT I
00:55:49.36\00:55:51.53
DIDN'T COVER ALSO IS IN
THIS BOOK. PLEASE SEND FOR IT.
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IT MAKES IT GREAT FOR NOTES
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AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND,
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GOD WILLING, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD
TO STUDYING TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT
00:56:03.60\00:56:06.73
WEEK. WE'LL PUT THE
NOTES ONLINE. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:56:06.73\00:56:11.76
>>HI FRIENDS. FIRST,
LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE
00:56:11.76\00:56:14.13
WAY. I GAVE
MYSELF A HAIRCUT SUNDAY.
00:56:14.13\00:56:16.80
BUT RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED
TEACHING THE LESSON THIS LAST
00:56:16.80\00:56:19.63
SABBATH, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
'THIS LESSON IS ALL ABOUT WHAT
00:56:19.63\00:56:23.30
MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?'
AND I WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE
00:56:23.30\00:56:26.10
LESSON AND I WAS CONVICTED AS I
WALKED OUT OF CHURCH, THAT I DID
00:56:26.10\00:56:29.53
NOT INVITE PEOPLE TO MAKE
A DECISION TO ACCEPT JESUS.
00:56:29.53\00:56:33.20
SO I WANTED TO
DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
00:56:33.20\00:56:34.83
I CAME BACK IN THE STUDIO
AND I SAID, 'I WANT TO TAPE AN
00:56:34.83\00:56:36.86
INVITATION AND GIVE YOU, WHO ARE
WATCHING, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
00:56:36.86\00:56:40.83
'YES, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PRAY
AND SURRENDER MY LIFE TO JESUS
00:56:40.83\00:56:45.13
AND ASK FOR HIS
SALVATION AND HIS FORGIVENESS.'
00:56:45.13\00:56:48.30
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN
GOING TO CHURCH FOR YEARS.
00:56:48.30\00:56:50.10
MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER
MADE THAT DECISION.
00:56:50.10\00:56:52.56
WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE,
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, RIGHT NOW, YOU
00:56:52.56\00:56:55.60
CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TO ACCEPT
JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR
00:56:55.60\00:56:58.96
AND RECEIVE THE GIFT OF ETERNAL
LIFE - TO PRAY FOR HIS SPIRIT
00:56:58.96\00:57:02.63
AND GOD'LL HELP YOU REPENT OF
YOUR SINS AND TAKE THOSE OTHER
00:57:02.63\00:57:05.83
STEPS. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO PRAY WITH ME NOW?
00:57:05.83\00:57:09.00
FATHER IN HEAVEN, I BELIEVE
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:57:09.00\00:57:11.23
WATCHING THROUGH THIS LESSON
THAT HAVE HEARD YOUR HOLY SPIRIT
00:57:11.23\00:57:14.96
SPEAK TO THEIR HEARTS AND THEY
NOT ONLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO
00:57:14.96\00:57:18.46
TO BE SAVED, THEY WANT TO
MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW.
00:57:18.46\00:57:21.86
PLEASE BE WITH
THEM AND BLESS THEM.
00:57:21.86\00:57:23.46
HELP THEM TO, BY
FAITH, BELIEVE - TO ACCEPT -
00:57:23.46\00:57:26.90
GIVE THEM THE GRACE AND YOUR
SPIRIT TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS
00:57:26.90\00:57:29.63
AND TO CONFESS AND THEN HAVE
CONFIDENCE THAT, BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:57:29.63\00:57:33.00
PROMISES, THEIR SINS
ARE WASHED AWAY AND THEY CAN
00:57:33.00\00:57:36.10
BEGIN THAT NEW
LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST.
00:57:36.10\00:57:38.66
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMISE,
LORD, IN YOUR WORD AND THANK YOU
00:57:38.66\00:57:42.03
FOR SENDING YOUR SON
BECAUSE YOU LOVE US SO MUCH.
00:57:42.03\00:57:44.36
WE ASK ALL THESE
THINGS IN HIS NAME, AMEN.
00:57:44.36\00:57:47.93
NOW, FRIEND, IF YOU JUST PRAYED
WITH ME THAT PRAYER, YOU CAN
00:57:47.93\00:57:51.60
BEGIN THAT NEW LIFE
WITH JESUS RIGHT NOW.
00:57:51.60\00:57:53.73
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE HIS
FORGIVENESS AND HIS SALVATION.
00:57:53.73\00:57:56.40
I RECOMMEND YOU
KEEP STUDYING THE WORD.
00:57:56.40\00:57:58.53
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO TO THE
'AMAZING FACTS' WEBSITE - IT'S
00:57:58.53\00:58:01.66
SIMPLY 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' AND GO
THROUGH OUR BIBLE STUDY COURSE
00:58:01.66\00:58:05.63
THERE. THAT WILL
STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH
00:58:05.63\00:58:07.60
EACH DAY AND YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
00:58:07.60\00:58:10.33
GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE
STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:58:10.33\00:58:14.40
(MUSIC)
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