Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021431
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00:44 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:48 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN AND I HOPE YOU'VE HAD 00:51 A WONDERFUL WEEK. WE HAVE AND WE'RE READY TO SING 00:53 SONGS AND OPEN UP GOD'S WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER. 00:56 SO IF YOU ARE AT HOME OR YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, VARIOUS 01:00 TELEVISION NETWORKS - HOWEVER YOU'RE JOINING US - IF YOU HAVE 01:03 A HYMNAL AT HOME, PULL IT OUT AND JOIN WITH US AS WE START 01:06 SINGING, 'I MUST TELL JESUS' - #485 - AND THIS IS A REQUEST 01:11 FROM MOSES AND SILKALA IN AUSTRALIA, SELINA AND JONATHAN 01:15 IN THE NETHERLANDS, IGNACIUS IN SAINT LUCIA, AND SIMON IN 01:19 UGANDA, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE NAMES FOR THIS. 01:21 IT'S A NICE FAVORITE. WE'RE GOING TO SING THE FIRST 01:24 AND LAST STANZAS. #485 - JOIN WITH US. 01:28 (MUSIC) 03:05 >>ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT YOU CAN TELL JESUS? 03:08 ALL OF YOUR BURDENS YOU CAN TELL HIM AND HE WILL ALWAYS LISTEN 03:13 AND HE WILL HELP YOU IF YOU LET HIM. 03:17 OUR NEXT SONG IS #145 SO IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU WOULD 03:20 LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM, GO TO OUR 03:23 WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK 03:26 AND SEND IN YOUR REQUEST. 03:28 AND THIS IS ONE THAT CLEARLY NOBODY - ONE PERSON HERE HAS 03:32 HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE AROUND 03:35 THE WORLD HAS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS REQUESTED THIS. 03:38 SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LEARN THIS ALTOGETHER TODAY. 03:41 #145 - 'SONGS OF THANKFULNESS AND PRAISE' - 03:44 FIRST, SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS. JOIN WITH US. 03:47 (MUSIC) 05:51 >>OH, I LOVE THE TIN WHISTLE ON THAT SONG AND THE STRINGS AND, 05:54 OF COURSE, JOSEPH ON THE PIANO. WONDERFUL. LOVELY. LOVELY. 05:58 AT THIS TIME LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, 06:02 WE DO GIVE YOU SONGS OF THANK-FULNESS AND PRAISE TODAY 06:07 FOR THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AND WE KNOW 06:10 THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR US AND WE JUST LOVE YOU AND WE OPEN 06:15 UP OUR HEARTS TO YOU TODAY AND WE ASK YOU TO COME IN AND FILL 06:18 THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH AND 06:22 YOUR WORD AND THE FREEDOM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THIS 06:26 COUNTRY. BE WITH PASTOR DOUG AS HE BRINGS US OUR LESSON STUDY 06:29 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIS MINISTRY - NOT JUST HERE AT 06:32 CENTRAL BUT AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 06:36 AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY 06:38 PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 06:45 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE AND OUR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS UP 06:49 FRONT AND SINGERS OUT THERE. HAPPY SABBATH. 06:53 GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU. WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY DURING 06:56 THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SOMETIMES HAVE GUESTS AND PEOPLE ARE 06:59 COMING AND GOING WITH SOME OF THE SUMMERTIME TRAVEL AND 07:02 VACATION. I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE 07:05 TUNING IN - PART OF OUR ONGOING SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS - AND WE'D 07:09 LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO CENTRAL STUDY HOUR. 07:12 WE'RE CONTINUING IN JUST A MOMENT WITH OUR NEW SERIES. 07:16 I GUESS WE'RE ABOUT FIVE LESSONS INTO IT NOW, 'THE TEACHINGS OF 07:19 JESUS' AND WE'LL GET TO LESSON FIVE IN A MINUTE. 07:21 I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE A FREE OFFER - 'THREE STEPS 07:25 TO HEAVEN' AND THE - IT'S OFFER #102 SO WHEN YOU CALL JUST ASK 07:29 FOR THAT AND WE HAVE CHRISTIAN OPERATORS THAT WILL TAKE THAT 07:33 DOWN. MAKE SURE THEY SEND YOU THE RIGHT BOOK. 07:35 AND THE NUMBER YOU CALL IS 866-STUDY-MORE AND THAT ACRONYM 07:40 IS FOR 866-788-3966. ASK FOR THE BOOK 'THREE STEPS TO 07:45 HEAVEN.' AND PLEASE READ THAT AND SHARE IT. 07:49 OUR LESSON TODAY - NOW LAST WEEK WE HAD A LESSON ON SALVATION - 07:53 THAT WAS LESSON 4 - TODAY'S LESSON #5 'HOW TO BE SAVED'. 07:57 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE 07:59 CAN BE STUDYING AND EVEN FOR THOSE OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, 08:04 WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CHRISTIANS FOR YEARS, WE NEED TO HAVE A 08:09 REFRESHER COURSE ON THIS SUBJECT ALL THE TIME. EVEN PAUL SAID, 08:15 'I DIE DAILY.' AND WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN EVERY DAY. 08:19 I'VE ALWAYS REASONED THAT IF YOU DIE DAILY AND YOU'RE NOT BORN 08:21 AGAIN DAILY, YOU END UP MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE. 08:24 SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A REFRESHER IN THIS EXPERIENCE. 08:27 WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS JOHN 3:14 08:32 AND 15. WE ALL KNOW JOHN 3:16, THESE ARE THE VERSES THAT 08:36 IMMEDIATELY PRECEDE THAT. JOHN CHAPTER 3:14 AND 15 - WE'LL 08:41 READ IT FROM THE NEW KING JAMES. ARE YOU READY? 08:43 THIS IS HOW IT IS IN YOUR LESSON. HERE WE GO. 08:46 "AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN 08:50 SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM 08:55 SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE." 09:00 WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE. NOW, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO, BY 09:05 WAY OF INTRODUCTION, TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT VERSE MEAN? 09:10 AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT, I MEAN, SO THE SON OF MAN MUST 09:14 BE LIFTED UP LIKE A SERPENT? WHERE DID SIN ORIGINATE? 09:20 THERE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE WOMAN AND IT SAYS 09:23 THE SEED OF THE WOMAN WOULD CRUSH THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT 09:29 AND THE SERPENT WOULD BRUISE HIS HEEL. SO WHY WOULD CHRIST BE 09:33 SYMBOLIZED AS A SERPENT BEING LIFTED UP? 09:37 AND THIS HAS CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR PEOPLE. 09:39 I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I READ THIS VERSE, IT CAME TO ME. 09:46 I WAS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS IN THE DESERT AS, YOU 09:49 KNOW, THIS EXPERIENCE HAPPENED IN THE DESERT. 09:52 MAYBE I OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE REAL QUICK. 09:54 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, DURING THEIR WANDERING TIME - IN THE 09:58 BOOK OF NUMBERS IT SAYS THEY BECAME DISSATISFIED WITH THE 10:00 MANNA THEY WERE EATING EVERY DAY. 10:02 THEY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, WISH WE HAD THE 10:05 FLESHPOTS OF EGYPT AND THE ONIONS AND THE FISH AND' - AND 10:11 GOD WITHDREW HIS PROTECTION FROM THEM AND A PLAGUE OF SERPENTS - 10:16 THEY ALL HATCHED OUT AND THESE FIERY VENOMOUS SERPENTS ALL OF A 10:19 SUDDEN JUST BEGAN TO HATCH OUT ALL AROUND THE CAMP AND 10:22 SLITHERING INTO THEIR TENTS AND THEY WERE BEING BITTEN BY THEM, 10:26 PUTTING ON THEIR MOCCASINS AND GETTING BITTEN AND THEY WERE 10:30 DYING. AND THEY CAME TO MOSES AND SAID, 10:33 'FORGIVE US FOR COMPLAINING' - BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU COMPLAIN 10:35 ABOUT GOD'S MANNA THE SERPENT COMES IN, RIGHT? 10:44 WHEN EVE DIDN'T WANT TO EAT WHAT GOD SAID SHE SHOULD EAT AND 10:48 WANTED TO EAT WHAT SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO EAT, THE SERPENT 10:51 CAME IN. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? IT STILL HAPPENS TODAY. 10:55 ANYWAY, SO THEY CRIED TO MOSES AND SAID, 'WHAT SHALL WE DO?' 10:58 GOD TOLD MOSES, 'TAKE A BRONZE - MAKE A BRONZE SERPENT' - 11:02 YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY COULD DO FORGING EVEN OUT THERE 11:04 IN THE WILDERNESS. 11:05 THEY'D FORGED A GOLDEN CALF AND THEY WERE PRETTY QUICK ABOUT 11:08 SETTING UP A FORGE AND MAKING THINGS - 'AND MAKE A BRONZE 11:11 SERPENT AND PUT IT ON A POLE AND TELL THE PEOPLE WHOEVER LOOKS AT 11:15 THAT WILL LIVE.' AND YOU THINK, 'DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE SUPPOSED 11:19 TO WORSHIP SNAKES?' EVEN THEY GOT CONFUSED ABOUT 11:23 THAT BECAUSE YEARS LATER THEY STILL HAD THAT SERPENT EVEN 11:27 DURING THE TIME OF HEZEKIAH THAT THING HAD SOMEHOW SURVIVED - 11:30 THAT RELIC - AND THE PEOPLE WERE PRAYING TO IT AND HEZEKIAH SAID, 11:33 'NO, DON'T DO THAT.' AND HE BROKE IT INTO PIECES AND SAID 11:36 IT'S JUST A PIECE OF BRASS. 11:38 AND GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR THEM TO WORSHIP A SERPENT OR PRAY TO 11:43 A BRONZE SERPENT ON A POLE. IT SYMBOLIZED SOMETHING. 11:46 NOW, WHEN I LIVED IN THE DESERT I HAD A STICK THERE LEANING UP 11:50 AGAINST A WALL IN MY CAVE AND I CALLED IT MY SNAKE STICK BECAUSE 11:54 IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY 11:59 - I'VE BEEN OUT HIKING WITH FRIENDS THEY GO, 'BE CAREFUL. 12:01 THIS IS RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY.' AND I'LL SAY, 'YOU HAVE NOTHING 12:04 TO WORRY ABOUT, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 12:05 YOU WON'T FIND ONE ANYWHERE. THEY'RE HIDING. 12:08 IT'S TOO HOT.' OR THEY'LL SAY, 'BE CAREFUL. 12:10 IT'S RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY.' AND I'LL SAY, 'IT'S THE MIDDLE OF 12:11 WINTER, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.' BUT THERE ARE 12:13 CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY WHEN THEY COME OUT AND I ALWAYS - YOU GET 12:17 A FEEL - IN THE DESERT IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BEFORE OR AFTER 12:19 SUNDOWN - MAYBE EVEN IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WARMED UP A 12:22 LITTLE BIT - AND THEY WERE OUT AT THOSE PRIME HUNTING TIMES. 12:26 AND I HAD A STICK BECAUSE I'D FIND ONE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S 12:31 HARD - UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY GOOD - THROWING ROCKS AT A SNAKE, BUT 12:35 WITH A STICK YOU COULD CLOBBER THEM. 12:38 MY STICK ACTUALLY HAD A NOOSE ON THE END OF IT. 12:40 I HAD A LITTLE WIRE NOOSE AND I'D PUT IT OVER THEIR HEAD AND 12:45 JUST PULL AND IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM. 12:47 BUT THEN, EVEN AFTER THAT, IF I JUST CLOBBERED IT WITH A STICK, 12:52 YOU NEVER REACH OUT AND PICK UP A SNAKE WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE 12:56 KILLED IT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BITTEN THINKING, 'IT'S 12:59 MORTALLY WOUNDED.' AND IT SNAPS AROUND INSTINCTIVELY - 13:02 THEY'RE VERY TENACIOUS - AND IT BITES. 13:04 SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OFF, YOU WANT TO BURY IT. 13:07 YOU DON'T LEAVE A DEAD VENOMOUS SNAKE OUT ON THE OPEN GROUND 13:10 BECAUSE EVEN THE FANGS IN THE SKELETON, IF SOMEONE STEPS ON 13:14 IT, CAN STILL CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. 13:17 SO YOU TAKE IT OUT AND YOU BURY IT. 13:19 AND IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR PEOPLE IN THIS SHEPHERD 13:23 COMMUNITY IN THE DESERT TO SEE A SHEPHERD CARRYING A SNAKE LIFTED 13:29 UP ON A STICK - ON A STAFF. THAT REPRESENTED A DEAD SNAKE 13:34 HEADED FOR BURIAL. YOU GOT THAT? 13:38 SO WHEN HE LIFTED UP THIS SERPENT ON A POLE IT REPRESENTED 13:43 THE ULTIMATE DEMISE OF THE SERPENT AND ITS WORK - ITS VENOM 13:47 WOULD BE OVERCOME - THE POWER OF THE DEVIL AND SIN. 13:52 AND SO THAT WAS A SIGN OF HOPE FOR THEM - THAT THEY WOULD BE 13:56 SAVED - THEY WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM THE POWER OF THE VENOM - 13:58 THE POWER OF THE SERPENT. AND SO BY LOOKING IN FAITH, 14:02 CHRIST, AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT, WHEN CHRIST WAS LIFTED 14:06 UP JESUS TOOK SIN - HE TOOK THE VENOM OF THE DEVIL IN HIMSELF 14:11 AND IT REPRESENTS THROUGH FAITH IN HIS SACRIFICE, WE CAN BE 14:16 DELIVERED FROM THE DISEASE OF SIN. 14:19 THAT VENOM WAS IN THEIR BLOOD WHEN THEY GOT BIT AND WE'VE GOT 14:22 SIN IN OUR NATURES AND IT REQUIRES A MIRACLE FOR US TO BE 14:27 HEALED. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T PUT A - 14:28 TOURNIQUET AROUND A WHOLE BODY, YOU KNOW, 14:31 TO SAVE THEM - WE NEED A MIRACLE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFUSED ALL 14:35 THROUGH US. AND SO THAT WAS REPRESENTED BY THAT. 14:39 SO LET'S GET INTO OUR LESSON - LESSON #5 - 14:42 GO TO THE FIRST PAGE, 'RECOGNIZING YOUR NEED'. 14:44 NOW THIS COMES FROM, IN LUKE 5:30 WHEN THE SCRIBES AND THE 14:49 PHARISEES WERE COMPLAINING - LET ME JUST GET SOME OF YOU SET UP 14:53 FIRST. SOMEBODY HAS PSALM 14, VERSE 3. 14:57 I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT VERSE - IF YOU DO - OVER HERE? 14:59 WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE SO YOU'LL BE NEXT. 15:02 AND SOMEBODY ELSE, I THINK, HAS GOT MATTHEW 14:7. 15:09 I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT ONE. WELL, MAYBE I SAID THAT WRONG. 15:13 MATTHEW 4:17 - WELL - YOU GOT A MICROPHONE OVER HERE? 15:16 JUAN, WHY DON'T YOU BRING THAT UP TO MIKE FOR ME. 15:19 AND, IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S LOOK AT LUKE 5, VERSE 30. 15:24 "AND THEIR SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES COMPLAINED AGAINST HIS 15:28 DISCIPLES, SAYING, 'WHY DO YOU EAT AND DRINK WITH TAX 15:31 COLLECTORS AND SINNERS?' JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, 15:35 'THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN, BUT THOSE WHO 15:39 ARE SICK. I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS, 15:43 TO REPENTANCE.'" WHERE WAS CHRIST'S MINISTRY THE MOST 15:46 SUCCESSFUL? AMONG THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OR WAS IT AMONG THE 15:50 SHEPHERDS AND THE ROUGH FISHERMEN AND THE TAX 15:57 COLLECTORS AND THE HARLOTS? THE BIBLE TELLS US NOT MANY WISE 16:01 - NOT MANY NOBLE - IT SEEMED TO BE IT WAS THE OFF-SCOURING OF 16:06 SOCIETY THAT CAME TO JESUS - THE POOR PEOPLE. 16:11 AND THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR NEED. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IT'S HARD 16:18 FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 16:20 WE CAN GET WHERE WE'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT. 16:24 BUT THE POOR AND THE SINFUL, THEY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM. 16:26 SO THE FIRST STEP IN SALVATION - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 16:28 'WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BE SAVED?' - THE FIRST THING IS 16:31 YOU NEED TO KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. 16:33 I LIKE TO SAY THAT'S REALLY NOT THE FIRST THING. 16:36 I THINK THE FIRST THING IS YOU NEED TO HAVE A PICTURE OF GOD. 16:40 WHEN YOU SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD, BY CONTRAST YOU WILL KNOW 16:45 YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. THE REASON THAT THESE SCRIBES 16:48 AND PHARISEES AND TAX COLLECTORS - I'M SORRY, THE REASON THAT THE 16:51 TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MATTHEW IS 16:55 BECAUSE THEY SAW JESUS - BECAUSE JESUS HAD SHOWN THEM MERCY. 16:58 IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN WE SEE OUR SIN - WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF 17:03 GOD, WE BECOME AWARE OF OUR SIN - IT'S LIKE THAT STORY OF 17:06 ISAIAH. "IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH 17:08 DIED" - ISAIAH 6 - IT SAYS, "IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH DIED, 17:12 I SAW THE LORD" - AND AFTER HE SEES GOD ON HIS THRONE, 17:15 SURROUNDED BY HOLY ANGELS AND IN HIS GLORY, THEN ISAIAH SEES 17:21 HIMSELF AND HE SAYS, "WOE IS ME." 17:23 SO FIRST THING IS WE SEE GOD, THEN WE REALIZE WE'VE GOT A 17:26 PROBLEM. AND SO WHEN WE'RE AWARE OF OUR 17:29 SICKNESS, THAT'S THE FIRST THING. 17:32 IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN JOHN 16, VERSE 8, SPEAKING OF 17:38 THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, "AND WHEN HE HAS COME, HE WILL 17:42 CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT." 17:47 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS TO DO 17:49 IS SHOW US WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 17:52 NOW, IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, IT'S INCREASINGLY POPULAR TO TELL 17:59 VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT IMMORAL THING YOU'RE DOING 18:02 - ASSUMING IT'S NOT TOO ILLEGAL - NOT TO FEEL BAD ABOUT 18:05 YOURSELF, BUT TO 'BE ACCEPTING OF YOURSELF.' AND 'WE'RE ALL 18:10 DIFFERENT.' AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF GUILT IS VIEWED TO BE 18:15 JUST CATEGORICALLY EVIL - ALL GUILT BEING BAD. 18:19 'YOU SHOULD NEVER FEEL GUILTY FOR ANYTHING.' THAT'S KIND OF 18:22 THE MESSAGE THAT YOU GET IN THE SONGS AND THE SHOWS AND THE 18:27 MEDIA AND THE BILLBOARDS AND THE MAGAZINES - IT'S JUST LIKE - 18:30 DON'T EVER - 'IF IT'S MAKING YOU FEEL BAD THEN YOU'RE NOT BUYING 18:34 THE RIGHT PRODUCT.' OR 'IF YOU'RE FEELING BAD ABOUT 18:37 SOMETHING IT'S JUST YOUR ATTITUDE.' THERE'S REALLY 18:39 NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, IF WE'VE ALL EVOLVED - 'IF 18:44 IT FEELS GOOD DO IT.' 'SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.' RIGHT? 18:47 IT'S KIND OF A HEDONISTIC MINDSET IN OUR WORLD TODAY BUT, 18:51 BIBLICALLY, GUILT IS NOT ALL BAD. 18:54 MATTER OF FACT, YES, THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES COME TO CONVICT 18:57 PEOPLE OF SIN. LOOSE TRANSLATION: MAKE YOU 19:01 EXPERIENCE GUILT. BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE GUILTY, 19:06 SHOULD YOU FEEL GUILTY? YEAH. 19:10 IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE SHOPLIFTING - 19:15 WHENEVER YOU GO TO THE STORE THEY'RE PURLOINING ALL KINDS OF 19:17 THINGS - AND YOU GET OUT OF THE STORE AND YOU'VE GOT TO SHAKE 19:20 'EM DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE STEALING AND YOU SAY, 'YOU 19:23 SHOULDN'T DO THAT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 19:24 THAT'S STEALING.' AND THEY JUST SHRUG AND SAY, 'OH, I GOT 19:27 CAUGHT. I'LL BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME. MOM, DAD, YOU 19:31 WOULDN'T WANT ME TO FEEL BAD. SHOULD I FEEL GUILTY FOR DOING 19:35 WHAT COMES NATURALLY?' SHOULD THEY BE ASHAMED? 19:39 YOU WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE APPROPRIATE SHAME BECAUSE IT'S 19:44 THEN THAT YOU GO FOR FORGIVENESS AND CLEANSING. 19:48 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED THE RIGHT 19:51 KIND OF SHAME AND GUILT AND CONVICTION FOR THEIR SIN AND, 19:54 BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'VE NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED FORGIVENESS 19:57 AND HEALING AND JOY. ALRIGHT READ FOR US PSALM 14, VERSE 3. 20:03 >>PSALM 14, VERSE 3, "THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, 20:09 THEY HAVE TOGETHER BECOME CORRUPT; 20:12 THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE." 20:17 >>ROMANS CHAPTER 3:23 - HOW MANY HAVE SINNED? ALL. 20:22 HOW MANY ARE SICK, SPIRITUALLY? ALL. BY THE WAY, PSALM 14:3, 20:27 PAUL QUOTES THAT SAME VERSE IN ROMANS. 20:30 JEREMIAH 17:9, "THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND 20:35 DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?" 20:37 YOU KNOW, OUR WORLD TODAY IS VERY MUCH LIKE THE WORLD IN THE 20:41 DAYS OF NOAH, WHERE IT SAYS, "THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS 20:44 ARE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY." ECCLESIASTES 7, VERSE 20, "FOR 20:51 THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN ON EARTH WHO DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN." 20:55 JOB 5, VERSE 7, "YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY 21:02 UPWARD." YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN WHEN YOU THROW A PIECE OF WOOD 21:04 ON THE FIRE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPARKS FLY - 21:07 THEY DON'T FLY DOWN, THEY FLY UP. HEAT RISES. 21:11 AND SO JOB IS SAYING, 'JUST AS SPARKS FLY UPWARD WHEN YOU THROW 21:15 SOMETHING ON THE FIRE, WE'VE GOT THIS NATURAL BENT TO SIN.' 21:21 1 JOHN 1:10, "IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A 21:25 LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US." SO ONE OF THE SIGNS 21:28 THAT HIS WORD IS IN US IS, AT LEAST, CONFESSION AND 21:31 RECOGNIZING THAT WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. WE'RE SINNERS. 21:35 NOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO COVER THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS 21:40 OF SALVATION HERE AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TOO FAR BUT, IN 21:44 THE SIMPLEST OF TERMS, MAN WAS ORIGINALLY MADE BY GOD WITH A 21:50 NATURE - ADAM AND EVE - WHERE THEY WERE MOTIVATED, NATURALLY, 21:56 BY LOVE. LOVE FOR GOD AND A DESIRE TO 21:59 PLEASE AND OBEY HIM WAS SPONTANEOUS AND NATURAL. 22:04 AFTER SIN, THEY DAMAGED THEIR NATURE THEMSELVES AND INSTEAD OF 22:13 BEING MOTIVATED BY LOVE, THEY'D BECOME SELFISH AND THEY WERE 22:17 MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS. THERE'S ONLY TWO ROADS. 22:20 THERE'S ONLY TWO MOTIVES. THERE'S ONLY TWO MASTERS. 22:22 IT'S EITHER CHRIST AND LOVE - THE DEVIL AND SELFISHNESS. 22:24 IT'S EITHER LIVING FOR THE HONOR OF GOD AND LIVING HUMBLE LIVES 22:28 OR BEING PROUD AND LIVING FOR OUR OWN GLORY. 22:32 THERE'S ONLY TWO MASTERS - TWO DIRECTIONS - TWO ROADS - 22:35 IN LIFE. WE ARE ALL NATURALLY INCLINED 22:40 TOWARDS THE PROUD, SELFISH, SELF-GLORIFYING ROAD. 22:46 IT'S JUST LIKE A BROKEN MAGNET OR COMPASS THAT POINTS THE WRONG 22:49 WAY. IT'S ALWAYS POINTING INWARD. 22:52 AND SO WHAT JESUS DID IS HE CAME - THROUGH THE POWER OF THE 22:57 SPIRIT HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE OF LOVE TO GOD. 23:00 HE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT CHANGE. IT'S A NEW BIRTH. 23:05 A CHANGE IN THE HEART WHERE, INSTEAD OF BEING MOTIVATED BY 23:07 SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE, WE DO WHAT IS NOT NATURAL. 23:13 WE ARE MOTIVATED BY LOVE FOR GOD. NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN 23:17 ONCE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT COMPASS NEEDLE 23:20 WANTING TO FIGHT BACK IN THE OLD DIRECTION. 23:23 WE HAVE TO KEEP CALIBRATING IT THROUGH HIS WORD, THROUGH 23:27 PRAYER, TO SET OUR ATTENTION UPON HIM, TO FIX OUR EYES ON 23:30 HIM, TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH HE LOVES US - BECAUSE WHY DO WE 23:34 LOVE HIM? BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US. 23:36 SO AS WE SEE HIS LOVE FOR US - ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVED BY THE 23:39 LOVE OF GOD BUT WE'RE ALL NATURALLY SINNERS. 23:43 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE OR TWO HERE BEFORE WE GO TO MIKE. 23:48 LUKE 18, VERSE 13 - YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE YOU'VE GOT A NEED - 23:54 JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF TWO MEN THAT COME UP TO THE TEMPLE 23:56 TO PRAY. ONE'S A PUBLICAN AND ONE IS A 23:58 PHARISEE AND THE PHARISEE'S PRAYING. 24:01 HE'S SAYING, 'LORD I THANK YOU I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.' BUT THE 24:04 PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS 24:08 EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT HE SMOTE ON HIS BREAST AND SAID, 24:11 'GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER.' 24:13 WHAT'S HE LOOKING FOR, JUSTICE OR MERCY? 24:16 "'BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER.' AND JESUS SAID, 'I TELL YOU THIS 24:20 MAN'" - THE PUBLICAN - BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED HIS NEED - "THIS 24:24 MAN WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED RATHER THAN THE OTHER 24:27 FOR EVERYONE THAT EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE ABASED AND HE THAT 24:30 HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED." SO, AGAIN, YOU SEE 24:36 IN THE TEACHING OF JESUS - THE MAN WHO KNEW HE HAD A NEED. 24:39 HE HUMBLED HIMSELF. GOD COULD WORK WITH THAT. 24:41 WHEN JESUS SAID, 'I'M GOING TO SPEW YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH.' TO 24:44 THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA, HE SAID, 'I WOULD THAT YOU ARE HOT OR 24:47 COLD.' DOES HOT OR COLD MEAN 'I WOULD THAT YOU WERE SAVED OR 24:51 LOST?' NO. ALL OF THE - ALL THE PEOPLE OF 24:56 THE WORLD ARE NATURALLY LOST. NO ONE'S BORN SAVED. 24:58 HE'S SAYING, 'I WOULD THAT YOU WERE REPENTANT. 25:02 YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH SIN BUT I WOULD THAT YOU ARE HUMBLE 25:04 AND REPENTANT. I CAN DEAL WITH THAT. 25:06 IF YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 25:08 AND IF YOU'RE SAVED AND ON FIRE AND OUT WORKING FOR ME, 25:12 I CAN WORK WITH THAT. BUT WHEN YOU'RE LUKEWARM AND YOU 25:14 THINK YOU'RE FINE THE WAY YOU ARE, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.' SO 25:18 THE FIRST STEP IS YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 25:22 AND IT'S SEEING THE GOODNESS OF GOD THAT HELPS US RECOGNIZE 25:26 THAT. WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT PAUL'S CONVERSION? HE SAW GOD. 25:32 HE SAID, 'I LIVED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT LIFE. 25:35 I WAS A GOOD PHARISEE. BUT THEN CHRIST REVEALED HIMSELF 25:38 TO ME AND I - MY COMELINESS TURNED WITHIN ME INTO 25:41 CORRUPTION.' I'M PARAPHRASING TWO DIFFERENT VERSES NOW. 25:45 BUT IT WORKS - RIGHT THERE ANYWAY. 25:48 SO WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT ZACCHEUS' CONVERSION? 25:52 HE SAW THE LORD AND JESUS WANTING TO BE AT HIS HOUSE IT 25:56 JUST CONVERTED HIM - BROKE HIS HEART. 25:59 AND I COULD JUST GO DOWN THE LINE OF DIFFERENT ONES. 26:02 THE THIEF ON THE CROSS - WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION? 26:05 HE SAW CHRIST LIFTED UP AND HE SAW JESUS SAY, 'FATHER, FORGIVE 26:10 THEM.' HE SAW THE SIGN ABOVE HIS HEAD, 'THIS IS THE KING OF THE 26:13 JEWS' AND THOSE THINGS, BY SEEING JESUS, 26:16 IT BROUGHT ABOUT HIS CONVERSION. 26:20 ALRIGHT, SO ONE MORE - JOHN 9:39, "AND JESUS SAID, 'FOR 26:25 JUDGMENT I HAVE COME INTO THIS WORLD, THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE 26:29 MAY SEE, AND THAT THOSE WHO SEE MAY BE MADE BLIND.'" WHAT DID HE 26:33 MEAN BY THAT? PEOPLE THINK, 'OH, I SEE FINE. I'M OKAY. 26:37 I UNDERSTAND.' HE CAN'T REVEAL ANYTHING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE 26:42 FULL. BUT THOSE THAT RECOGNIZE THAT 26:45 THEY'RE BLIND, HE CAN OPEN THEIR EYES. 26:49 JESUS SAID MOST OF THE WORLD ARE FOLLOWING BLIND LEADERS. 26:52 ALRIGHT, SO THEN WHEN WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND WE RECOGNIZE 26:56 WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM, THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS WHAT? 26:59 REPENTANCE. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO REPENT? 27:06 LET'S READ THIS VERSE FROM OUR LESSON: JOHN - I'M SORRY, LUKE 27:09 13:1 - LUKE 13:1 - THIS IS KIND OF A TROUBLING VERSE, "THERE 27:14 WERE PRESENT AT THAT SEASON" - DURING THE FEAST - "SOME WHO 27:16 TOLD HIM ABOUT THE GALILEANS WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MINGLED 27:20 WITH THEIR SACRIFICES." - THERE WAS A RIOT IN THE TEMPLE 27:23 - SOME PEOPLE HAD GONE TO SACRIFICE, THE ROMAN SOLDIERS 27:25 WERE SENT INTO THE TEMPLE AND THEY JUST TOOK NO PRISONERS. 27:28 THEY JUST STARTED KILLING THE GUILTY REBELS ALONG WITH PEOPLE 27:32 WHO HAD COME TO OFFER SACRIFICE 27:34 AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE SLAUGHTERED. 27:36 AND THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WERE SAYING, 27:39 'WELL, IF THOSE MEN HAD COME TO CHURCH TO OFFER SACRIFICES BUT 27:43 THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED, IT'S BECAUSE 27:44 THEY WERE REALLY GUILTY IN THEIR HEARTS. 27:46 THEY WEREN'T SACRIFICING FOR THE RIGHT REASON.' AND JESUS SAID, 27:49 'NO, THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.' DO YOU EVER MEET PEOPLE OR 27:53 FIND THAT A PLANE CRASHES AND SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING DUMB 27:56 LIKE, 'WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE ON THAT PLANE THEY WERE 27:58 COMING BACK FROM RENO.' OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW. 28:02 WE JUST TRY TO SAY, 'WELL, IT HAPPENED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY 28:04 WERE ALL DOING SOMETHING REALLY BAD.' AND JESUS SAID, 'DON'T 28:08 THINK THAT WAY.' SOLOMON SAID, 'TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENS TO 28:11 ALL.' ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND SO SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE A 28:16 BIRD TAKEN IN AN EVIL SNARE. THINGS HAPPEN. 28:20 EVEN GOOD PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN DEADLY COLLISIONS ON THE ROAD, 28:25 RIGHT? AND SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO REMEMBER THAT. 28:29 HE SAID, "DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT THESE GALILEANS WERE WORSE 28:32 SINNERS THAN ALL OTHER GALILEANS, BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED 28:34 SUCH THINGS? I TELL YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU 28:37 REPENT YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." 28:41 CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD? WHEN HE SAYS THE WORD 'YOU' IT 28:46 DOESN'T MEAN 'YOU' SINGULAR, IT MEANS 'YOU' PLURAL. YOU - 28:49 UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH. HE'S NOT DONE. 28:54 VERSE 4, "OR THOSE EIGHTEEN ON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL" - 28:59 THERE WAS A TOWER AND IT BUCKLED AND IT FELL OVER AND A BUNCH OF 29:03 PEOPLE HAD BEEN GATHERED BY THE WALL AND 18 MEN WERE CRUSHED AND 29:07 KILLED WHEN THE TOWER COLLAPSED AND EVERYONE SAID, 'OH, THOSE 18 29:12 THAT WERE CLOSEST TO THE WALL, THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME SPECIAL 29:15 SIN IN THEIR LIFE AND THAT'S WHY THAT HAPPENED TO THEM.' - 29:18 PEOPLE THINK THAT WAY. AND JESUS SAID, 'NO.' THIS OUGHT 29:22 TO MAKE US ALL SHUDDER A LITTLE BIT. WE THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE 29:26 WE SERVE THE LORD, NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN. 29:28 DID BAD THINGS COME TO JOB'S FAMILY? 29:33 EVEN JOB SAID, 'GOOD AND EVIL COMES TO ALL.' 29:37 JESUS SAID, 'GOD SENDS THE RAIN AND THE SUNSHINE INTO EVERY 29:40 LIFE.' BUT ONE THING CHRIST WANTS US TO KNOW - HE SAID, "DO 29:43 YOU THINK THAT THEY WERE WORSE SINNERS THAN ALL OTHER MEN WHO 29:47 DWELT IN JERUSALEM? I TELL YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU 29:51 REPENT YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." 29:56 SO, WE ALL NEED TO REPENT. WHAT IS REPENTANCE? 30:00 REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY 30:04 FROM IT. ALRIGHT, MIKE, ARE YOU READY? GO AHEAD. 30:08 I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU READ MATTHEW - WHAT DID I SAY? 4:17. 30:11 >>MATTHEW 4:17, "FROM THAT TIME JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO 30:15 SAY, 'REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'" 30:19 >>WHEN JESUS FIRST BEGAN TO PREACH, WHAT WERE THE FIRST 30:22 WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH? R-E-P-E-N-T - REPENT. 30:29 AND WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST BEGAN PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS, 30:32 WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORD OUT OF HIS MOUTH? 30:34 YOU CAN LOOK IN MATTHEW 3, VERSE 1, "IN THOSE DAYS JOHN THE 30:38 BAPTIST CAME PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, AND SAYING, 30:41 - HERE IT GOES. FIRST WORD - "'REPENT!'" 30:44 SO IS THIS A PRIORITY MESSAGE FROM THE LORD? 30:47 DO YOU HEAR VERY MANY MESSAGES THESE DAYS ABOUT MEMBERS NEEDING 30:51 TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS? SO MANY OF THE SERMONS ARE FEEL GOOD. 30:56 REPENT IS NOT A FEEL GOOD SERMON. 30:58 REPENT IS A - IT'S A TROUBLING, UNCOMFORTABLE, UNEASY SERMON. 31:06 AND YOU DON'T HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN. 31:07 BUT JESUS SAID UNLESS PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 31:10 PERISH - UNLESS THEY REPENT THEY'RE GOING TO PERISH. 31:14 THEY'VE GOT TO TURN. 31:16 ACTS CHAPTER 2 - AFTER PETER PREACHED THERE AT PENTECOST, 31:19 VERSE 38, SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE HAD CRUCIFIED THE MESSIAH, THEY 31:24 SAID, 'MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?' 31:26 FIRST WORDS OUT OF PETER'S MOUTH WERE, "REPENT AND LET EVERY ONE 31:31 OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE 31:34 REMISSION OF SIN AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY 31:36 SPIRIT." NOW THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. 31:38 HOW LONG AFTER REPENTANCE WERE THEY TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? 31:43 AFTER ISAIAH SAID, 'WOE IS ME, I AM UNDONE. 31:46 I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE 31:49 OF UNCLEAN LIPS FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING." 31:51 AFTER ISAIAH REPENTED WHAT HAPPENED? 31:55 IT SAYS GOD SENT CLEANSING WITH A COAL FROM THE ALTAR RIGHT 31:57 AWAY. AFTER ZACCHEUS REPENTED AND 32:00 CONFESSED AND SAID, 'IF I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE 32:03 TAKEN, I'LL PAY BACK FOUR TIMES.' JESUS SAID, 'SALVATION 32:07 HAS COME TO THIS HOUSE.' RIGHT AWAY. 32:10 AFTER PAUL PRAYED AND REPENTED - OF COURSE, PAUL PRAYED THREE 32:14 DAYS. HE'D BEEN OUT KILLING CHRISTIANS. 32:17 BUT AS SOON AS HE REPENTED GOD FORGAVE HIM. 32:19 HE SENT ANANIAS TO HIS HOUSE AND HE WAS BAPTIZED AND FILLED 32:22 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, RIGHT? AND SO AS SOON AS WE REPENT, GOD 32:28 WANTS TO CLEANSE US AND ACCEPT US. BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 32:31 NOW WHAT DOES THE WORD 'REPENT' MEAN? 32:33 IN THE HEBREW IT COMES FROM THE WORD 'NAHAM' WHICH MEANS - IT 32:38 ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE WORD - TO SIGH OR BREATHE HEAVILY; 32:43 TO BE SORRY; TO REPENT. 32:45 IN GREEK IT'S METANOEO - TO FEEL REGRET; TO THINK DIFFERENTLY; TO 32:51 TURN FROM SIN TO GOD.' IN THE DICTIONARY 'REPENT' MEANS, 32:56 'REMORSE, REGRET, OR CONTRITION FOR PAST CONDUCT OR SIN; TO FEEL 33:01 SUCH REGRET SO AS TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT AS IN 33:05 REPENTING FOR INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR; TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR 33:07 THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF REMORSE OR CONTRITION FOR ONE'S 33:10 SIN. NOW, BIBLICALLY, AND IT DOESN'T SPELL IT OUT AS MUCH 33:17 IN THE LESSON BECAUSE THE LESSON IS SHORT, BUT I THINK IT'S 33:19 IMPORTANT TO SAY. PART OF THE STEPS OF SALVATION, 33:22 ALONG WITH REPENTANCE, IS CONFESSION. THE BIBLE TELLS US 33:27 'WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES HIS SIN WILL HAVE MERCY.' 33:31 SO THERE'S A PART OF REPENTANCE THAT MEANS VERBALIZING THAT YOU 33:35 RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE A SINNER TO GOD. HAVE YOU NOT ONLY 33:41 THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE A SINNER BUT ALSO TOLD GOD? 33:44 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, I DON'T NEED TO TELL GOD. 33:46 HE KNOWS WHAT THINGS I HAVE NEED OF BEFORE I PRAY. 33:48 I DON'T NEED TO TELL HIM.' WELL, MAYBE YOU DO NEED TO TELL HIM. 33:52 IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BROKEN GOD'S LAW - IF WE'VE VIOLATED 33:55 THE STANDARD OF WHY HE CREATED US - IF WE'VE REBELLED AGAINST 33:59 HIS PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE AND THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, AND OUR 34:04 REBELLION HAS COST THE LIFE OF HIS SON, DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS 34:09 WORTH TELLING HIM THAT YOU'RE SORRY? CONFESSING IT; 34:15 TELLING HIM. AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT 34:17 TO DO BY YOURSELF. DOES THAT MEAN CONFESSING ALL 34:20 THE SINS YOU'VE EVER COMMITTED? YES, BUT YOU MAY NOT VERBALLY 34:25 REMEMBER THEM ALL OR MENTALLY REMEMBER THEM ALL OR ARTICULATE 34:29 THEM, BUT YOU DO IT BY CATEGORY, IN MY MIND. 34:32 IN OTHER WORDS, SAY, 'LORD, I'M SORRY FOR ALL MY SIN.' RIGHT? 34:36 AND THEN SPECIFY WHAT YOU DO KNOW. 34:38 IF YOU'VE BEEN DISHONEST SAY, 'LORD, I'M SORRY FOR MY LYING.' 34:42 SPELL IT OUT. TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, 'I'M SORRY 34:45 FOR MY PRIDE, MY SELFISHNESS - I'M SORRY.' JUST GO THROUGH THE 34:48 TEN COMMANDMENTS. MAKE A LIST. 34:50 PRAY THAT PRAYER THAT SAYS, 'SEARCH ME AND TRY ME AND SEE IF 34:53 THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY 34:55 EVERLASTING.' AND YOU PRAY AND SAY, 'LORD, SHOW ME MY SIN.' 34:59 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE GOD TO SHOW YOU NOW WHILE YOU CAN STILL BE 35:02 FORGIVEN AS OPPOSED TO SHOWING YOU IN THE JUDGMENT DAY WHEN 35:05 IT'S TOO LATE? SOMEONE SAID, 'EVERY DAY YOU PUT 35:12 OFF REPENTANCE IS ONE LESS DAY TO REPENT IN AND ONE MORE DAY TO 35:18 REPENT OF.' AND ANOTHER MAN ASKED A RABBI, 'WHAT'S THE BEST 35:23 TIME TO REPENT?' AND HE SAID, 'THE LAST DAY OF 35:26 YOUR LIFE.' AND HE SAID, 'REALLY? 35:30 WHAT IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST DAY OF MY LIFE IS?' 35:32 AND THE RABBI SAID, 'EXACTLY.' MEANING THE SOONER YOU DO IT, 35:38 THE BETTER. AND SO, YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO 35:41 PUT THAT OFF. AND REPENTANCE IS A GIFT. 35:44 YOU CAN'T SCHEDULE YOUR REPENTANCE. 35:46 SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'I'M GOING TO LIVE FOR THE DEVIL ALL MY LIFE 35:48 AND WHEN I GET A NOTICE FROM THE DOCTOR THAT I'VE GOT SIX MONTHS 35:52 TO LIVE, AFTER FIVE MONTHS I'LL REPENT.' AND THEY JUST THINK 35:56 THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT OFF TO THE END BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT 35:59 YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPENT. 36:02 IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO. 36:03 PEOPLE USUALLY DIE THE WAY THEY LIVE AND IF YOU LIVE 36:06 PROCRASTINATING, YOU DIE THAT WAY. 36:09 AND I'VE ALSO SEEN MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR FINAL ILLNESS - IF IT 36:13 IS A FINAL ILLNESS, WHICH IS USUALLY THE CASE, 36:16 NOT ALWAYS - SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE SUDDENLY. 36:18 BUT OFTEN IN THEIR FINAL ILLNESS THEIR HEALTH AND MIND IS JUST SO 36:22 FEEBLE AND FRAIL AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE ALL DOPED UP WITH 36:24 MEDICATION THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE LUCIDITY TO EVEN 36:29 UNDERSTAND AND REPENT AND THEY DIE WITH THEIR SINS STILL ON 36:32 THEIR RECORD. AND SO YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT TODAY. 36:37 IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DON'T HARDEN YOUR HEART. 36:40 AND TELL HIM YOU'RE SORRY. IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME REPENT.' 36:44 REPENTANCE IS A GIFT GOD GIVES. 36:46 IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GIVES IT, RIGHT? 36:51 THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 36:54 HOW MANY DOES GOD WANT TO REPENT? 36:57 2 PETER 3:9, HE IS "NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT 37:02 ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE." SO IF YOU TELL THE LORD, 37:05 'I'M WANTING TO REPENT. I'M WILLING TO REPENT.' DOES THE 37:07 LORD WANT YOU TO COME TO REPENTANCE? 37:09 WILL THE LORD HELP YOU DO WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO? 37:12 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME. 37:14 I'M NOT EVEN NEARLY AS SORRY AS I SHOULD BE.' IF WE COULD 37:18 SEE OURSELVES THROUGH GOD'S EYES, IT WOULD OVERWHELM US. 37:22 SOMETIMES HE ONLY UNCOVERS AS MUCH CONVICTION AS WE CAN HANDLE 37:26 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 37:29 ALRIGHT, AND ONE MORE THING HERE - WELL, I'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE 37:32 THINGS - 2 CORINTHIANS 7:9, "NOW I REJOICE, NOT THAT YE WERE MADE 37:38 SORRY," - PAUL IS WRITING TO THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH - "BUT THAT YE 37:41 SORROWED TO REPENTANCE: FOR YE WERE MADE SORRY AFTER A GODLY 37:45 MANNER...FOR GODLY SORROW" - THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 37:49 - GODLY SORROW - "GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION 37:54 NOT TO BE REPENTED OF:" - IT'S THE KIND OF SORROW FOR SIN YOU 37:57 SHOULDN'T BE SORRY ABOUT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? IT'S A 38:01 REPENTANCE NOT TO BE REPENTED OF. 38:02 IT'S A KIND OF SORROW FOR SIN YOU SHOULD NOT BE SORRY ABOUT, 38:06 YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL. 38:08 YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A SON OR A DAUGHTER THAT GETS MIXED UP 38:13 WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND THEY START SQUANDERING THEIR LIVES 38:16 AND, LIKE THE PRODIGAL, THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES AND THEY 38:18 COME HOME WEEPING AND SAY, 'FATHER, I'VE SINNED AGAINST 38:21 HEAVEN AND I'M NO MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED YOUR SON OR YOUR 38:24 DAUGHTER.' THEY'RE SORRY BUT YOU'RE HAPPY 38:27 ABOUT THEIR SORROW, RIGHT? WELL THAT'S HOW THE LORD FEELS 38:33 WHEN WE ARE SORRY FOR OUR SIN. SOMEONE LOOK UP EZEKIEL 33:15 - 38:38 WHO HAS THAT VERSE? WE - LIKE LITTLE FORTUNE COOKIES 38:41 WE GAVE THEM OUT. GET A MICROPHONE OVER HERE TO 38:42 MANJEET, PLEASE. WE'LL GET TO HER IN JUST A SECOND. 38:44 HOLD YOUR HAND UP. 38:46 I WANT TO READ LAMENTATIONS 3:40, "LET US SEARCH OUT AND 38:52 EXAMINE OUR WAYS AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD." 38:57 A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY, 'DON'T THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, 38:59 JUST KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS.' THAT'S RIGHT, WE SHOULD 39:02 KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, THE 39:05 BIBLE SAYS, LET EVERY MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF WHETHER HE BE IN 39:08 THE FAITH. AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO TAKE 39:11 OUR BEARINGS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. 39:14 AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME FOCUSING ON 39:16 YOURSELF, BUT IN THE BALANCED CHRISTIAN LIFE YOU NEED TO SAY, 39:20 'WHERE AM I? AM I BEING A GOOD REFLECTION OF 39:24 CHRIST.' ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD MANJEET. 39:27 >>EZEKIEL 33:15, "IF THE WICKED RESTORES THE PLEDGE, GIVES BACK 39:33 WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, AND WALKS IN THE STATUES OF LIFE WITHOUT 39:39 COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE." 39:45 >>NOW WE CAN'T NECESSARILY UNWIND AND UNSCRAMBLE ALL THE 39:53 EGGS WE'VE SCRAMBLED IN OUR LIVES. 39:55 THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT 39:56 WE'VE TAKEN - YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND FIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU MAY 39:59 HAVE GOSSIPED ABOUT, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING THINGS TO 40:04 YOUR MIND. THERE ARE WRONGS THAT YOU CAN RIGHT. 40:08 IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN STOLEN, IF IT'S SOME PLEDGE 40:11 YOU'VE VIOLATED THAT YOU NEED TO CONFESS - AND GOD'LL GIVE YOU 40:15 WISDOM HOW TO APPROACH THAT AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY 40:19 TIMES I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME TO ME AND THEY SAID, 'PASTOR, I'D LIKE 40:22 TO MEET WITH YOU.' AND THIS IS USUALLY SERIOUS. 40:25 THEY WANT AN APPOINTMENT. AND THEY SAY, 40:27 'I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN. I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN. 40:29 I WANT ETERNAL LIFE, BUT I'VE STOLEN FROM MY EMPLOYER. 40:34 I STOLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 40:37 I WAS NEVER CAUGHT BUT I KNOW THAT IF I CONFESS THIS I RISK 40:45 GOING TO JAIL. WHAT SHOULD I DO?' I SAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO 40:53 SUFFER YOU'RE BETTER SUFFERING FOR DOING GOOD THAN EVIL.' 40:57 AND IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU'VE TAKEN 41:01 SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE - 41:03 EVEN IF YOU CAN NEVER PAY IT BACK, YOU NEED TO 41:05 GO TO THEM AND AT LEAST COME CLEAN. 41:08 AND I CAN'T THINK OF ONE CASE - SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE JUST SAID, 41:12 'PRAY FOR ME.' WE'VE EVEN HAD WHOLE CHURCHES PRAYING FOR 41:13 PEOPLE AND THEY'VE GONE TO THEIR EMPLOYERS OR THEY'VE GONE TO 41:17 WHATEVER THE SITUATION - FOR SOME IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT - IT 41:20 WAS LIKE TAX EVASION - AND WE'VE PRAYED AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OF 41:27 THEM THAT EVER ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL. 41:30 SOME OF THEM - THE BOSS SAID, 'I AM SO AMAZED. 41:33 I'M GOING TO HIRE YOU BACK.' OR - I MEAN, THEY SAID, 'BECAUSE IF 41:37 YOU'RE HONEST ENOUGH TO TELL ME THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE 41:39 OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT NO ONE EVER TOLD ME. 41:41 BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE HONEST - YOU'VE GOT A CONSCIENCE - 41:43 I CAN TRUST YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHO I CAN TRUST BUT 41:44 I CAN TRUST YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A CONSCIENCE. 41:46 AND EVEN THE GOVERNMENT - THEY'RE CALLED - BELIEVE IT OR 41:49 NOT THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE GOVERNMENT - YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T 41:51 KNOW THAT THERE WERE REAL HUMANS THAT WORK AT THE GOVERNMENT. 41:54 AND SOME OF THEM IN THE TAX DEPARTMENT THE PERSON CALLED UP 41:57 AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID, 'I TELL 41:59 YOU WHAT, WE WILL WAIVE THESE PENALTIES AND WE'LL DO THIS AND 42:03 THERE'S A PAYMENT PROGRAM.' AND IT'S AMAZING BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT 42:07 WORKS BUT THE LORD SAYS - AND SOMETIMES, MORE TIMES THAN NOT, 42:11 GOD JUST REMOVES THE PROBLEM. HE BLESSES AND HE TAKES CARE OF 42:14 THINGS. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUFFER, WE NEED 42:20 TO RIGHT SOME WRONGS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 42:23 YOU'LL BE FREE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO PAY OFF SOME KIND OF PAYMENT 42:29 OR RESTITUTION. AT LEAST YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL BE CLEAR. 42:33 BUT SOMETIMES IT INVOLVES GOING BACK. 42:36 I'VE HAD TO DO THAT. WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN I HAD 42:39 TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE I'D STOLEN FROM. 42:42 I STOLE MY STEP-MOTHER'S CAR - JAGUAR XKE - WRECKED IT AND SHE 42:48 - SHE ALWAYS ASSUMED SOMEBODY DROVE INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND HIT 42:51 THE CAR. WE HAD A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY. 42:54 SHE THOUGHT SOMEONE DRUNK WENT THROUGH OUR DRIVEWAY AND HIT THE 42:55 CAR AND I LET HER JUST THINK THAT FOR YEARS. 42:58 AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN THE LORD PUT THAT ON MY HEART. 43:00 I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, BUT WHEN I TOLD BETTY THAT SHE THOUGHT, 43:05 'WOW, THIS RELIGION THING YOU'RE DOING' - DON'T WORRY, I DIDN'T 43:10 HAVE TO BUY HER ANOTHER JAGUAR. BUT MY DAD BOUGHT HER A 43:14 LAMBORGHINI AFTER THAT. BUT THE THING WAS I NEEDED TO 43:19 COME CLEAN. I HAD TO GO BACK TO AN EMPLOYER. I STOLE FROM MY 43:22 BASKIN ROBBINS EMPLOYER. HE TRUSTED ME WITH THE KEYS. 43:26 WHEN I QUIT I MADE A COPY OF THE KEY TO THE FREEZER WHERE HE KEPT 43:29 THE BANK BAG AND BEFORE I RAN AWAY I WENT IN THERE AND I STOLE 43:35 AND HE NEVER KNEW. IT WAS ALWAYS JUST A LITTLE BIT, 43:37 BUT I WENT BACK TO CONFESS. AND SO, 43:41 SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE A RELATIVE. 43:43 IT MIGHT BE YOUR PARENTS. BUT YOU SHOULD RIGHT THE WRONGS. 43:48 THAT'S EVIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING IN OUR LIVES. 43:50 THE BIBLE CALLS THIS THE FRUITS OF REPENTANCE. 43:53 MATTHEW 3, VERSES 7 AND 8, "BUT WHEN HE SAW MANY OF THE 43:57 PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES COMING TO HIS BAPTISM, HE SAID TO THEM, 44:00 'BROOD OF VIPERS! WHO WARNED YOU TO FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME? 44:04 THEREFORE BEAR FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE." 44:08 NOW SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M OLD FASHIONED BUT WHEN SOMEONE COMES 44:10 TO ME AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO GET BAPTIZED AND THEY'RE STILL 44:12 LIVING A LIFE OF SIN - THEY SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVE JESUS.' 44:16 I SAY, 'WAIT A SECOND. THERE SHOULD BE FRUIT OF 44:19 REPENTANCE IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'RE SORRY ABOUT THE 44:23 DRINKING AND THE SMOKING OR WHATEVER IT IS' - 'MY GIRLFRIEND 44:26 AND I WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET 44:28 BAPTIZED.' 'NO, YOU'RE LIVING TOGETHER. 44:31 I'M NOT GOING TO BAPTIZE YOU.' IF YOU'RE SORRY, SHOW FRUITS OF 44:35 REPENTANCE. MOVE OUT. LIVE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, RIGHT? 44:40 'OH, BUT THAT'LL COST TOO MUCH.' WHO SAID FOLLOWING JESUS WAS 44:44 CHEAP? ISN'T THAT RIGHT? PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE ALL THESE 44:49 EXCUSES - 'THAT'D BE INCONVENIENT TO OBEY.' 44:52 WELL, YEAH, TAKING UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOWING JESUS - 44:54 THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY. IT'S - THERE'S A COST. 44:58 AND SO THERE OUGHT TO BE FRUIT. BUT I'M JUST - 45:01 I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. SO MANY PASTORS I HEAR - THEY 45:04 KEEP LOWERING THE STANDARD OF WHAT REPENTANCE MEANS TO WHERE 45:08 IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING ANYMORE. 45:10 AMERICAN EXPRESS USED TO HAVE AN ADVERTISING SLOGAN THAT SAID, 45:13 'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES' AND BEING A CHRISTIAN AND BEING 45:17 PART OF HIS BODY - AND THAT'S WHAT BAPTISM MEANS - THERE OUGHT 45:20 TO BE A STANDARD - THERE SHOULD BE FRUITS, IN THE LIFE, OF THE 45:24 SPIRIT. ACTS 26 - HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 45:28 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 - WHO HAS THAT? 45:33 RIGHT HERE. LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 45:35 HOLD YOUR HAND UP SO THEY SEE YOU. OKAY. 45:37 IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO READ ACTS 26:20, "BUT DECLARED 45:43 FIRST TO THOSE IN DAMASCUS AND IN JERUSALEM, AND THROUGHOUT ALL 45:47 THE REGION OF JUDEA, AND THEN TO THE GENTILES, THAT THEY SHOULD 45:51 REPENT, TURN TO GOD, AND DO WORKS BEFITTING REPENTANCE." 45:58 THAT MEANS REPENTANCE IS NOT ONLY A SORROW FOR SIN, BUT A 46:02 SORROW, A CONFESSION, AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY. 46:07 SO IF A PERSON IS WALKING TOWARD DESTRUCTION AND THEY SAY, 'OH 46:09 LORD, I'M SORRY. I'M REALLY SORRY. 46:11 THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR MERCY. I'M SORRY.' AND THEY CONTINUE TO 46:14 WALK TOWARD SIN, THAT'S NOT REPENTANCE. 46:16 REPENTANCE IS LIKE THIS: YOU'RE WALKING TOWARD DESTRUCTION AND 46:19 YOU SAY, 'LORD, I'M SO SORRY.' AND YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS. 46:22 THAT'S WHERE REPENTANCE IS A TURN. IT MEANS 'YOU TURN.' LIKE 46:27 A U-TURN ON THE ROAD. OKAY, GO AHEAD, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17. 46:33 >>2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, "THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN 46:38 CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; 46:42 BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW." 46:45 >>THANK YOU. SO THIS IDEA THAT ONCE YOU REPENT AND YOU ACCEPT 46:49 JESUS, THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE LIVING THE SAME KIND OF LIFE 46:54 BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, WE'RE ALL SINNERS. YOU'VE HEARD THAT, 46:56 HAVEN'T YOU? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 46:59 THE BIBLE TEACHES THERE SHOULD BE A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION WHEN 47:03 THERE'S A CONVERSION. OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. 47:07 ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN ONE DAY SO 47:11 DON'T BECOME DISCOURAGED, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE A CHANGE. 47:15 YOU KNOW, WITH ME I DON'T - I'M ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO SAY ANYTHING 47:20 BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE A STANDARD THAT PEOPLE 47:23 SHOULD FOLLOW, BUT I ACCEPTED JESUS. 47:26 I QUIT DRINKING. I QUIT SMOKING. I QUIT CURSING. I QUIT STEALING. 47:32 PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME BEFORE AND THEN KNEW ME AFTER SAID, 'WOW, 47:36 YOU'RE NO FUN ANYMORE.' NO, THEY SAID, 'THERE'S A RADICAL 47:40 CHANGE.' THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S A MARKED DIFFERENCE. 47:44 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE PERFECT, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE THE FRUITS 47:47 OF REPENTANCE IN YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? GOD GIVES YOU VICTORY. 47:51 AND SHOULD A PERSON WAIT UNTIL THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SINLESS 47:54 BEFORE THEY'RE BAPTIZED? NO, YOU'LL NEVER BE BAPTIZED. 47:57 YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU'RE FORGIVEN. THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE - 48:00 HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. FIRST OF ALL, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE 48:02 A REGULAR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 48:04 THERE OUGHT TO BE NO AREA IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU ARE BOUND BY 48:08 THE DEVIL. THERE SHOULD BE NO AREA IN YOUR 48:10 LIFE WHERE THE DEVIL HAS DOMINION OVER YOU. 48:14 IF A PERSON IS STILL HELD HOSTAGE BY SOME ADDICTION, THEN 48:18 THEY SHOULDN'T BE BAPTIZED BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE FOR 48:22 A VERY GOOD WITNESS WHEN YOU SIT DOWN NEXT TO SOMEBODY IN A BAR 48:26 AND YOU'RE DRINKING AND YOU SAY, 'YEAH, I GOT BAPTIZED LAST WEEK 48:29 BUT I'M STILL STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH ALCOHOL.' 48:33 OR WITH DRUGS OR WHATEVER IT IS. 48:34 YOU SHOULD PRAY THE LORD GIVES YOU THE VICTORY. 48:36 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'LL NEVER FALL. 48:37 IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'LL NEVER BE TEMPTATION. 48:39 IT MEANS THERE SHOULD BE NO AREA IN YOUR LIFE WHERE THE DEVIL HAS 48:42 DOMINION BECAUSE PAUL MAKES IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT JESUS IS THE 48:46 LORD OF YOUR LIFE. SIN SHOULD NOT HAVE DOMINION 48:48 OVER YOU, RIGHT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 48:51 OKAY, NEXT - VERY IMPORTANT SECTION - 'BELIEVE' - AFTER YOU 48:57 REPENT AND AFTER YOU ACCEPT - YOU REALIZE YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM 49:00 AND YOU CONFESS AND BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT YOU EXPERIENCE 49:05 CONVERSION - A NEW HEART - THAT COMES IN CONNECTION WITH 49:09 BELIEVING. BELIEVING IS WHAT LEADS, 49:11 ACTUALLY, TO THAT NEW HEART. JAMES 2:19, "YOU BELIEVE THAT 49:16 THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL. 49:17 EVEN THE DEMONS BELIEVE - AND TREMBLE!" 49:19 SO THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST BELIEVING THAT GOD EXISTS. 49:22 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BELIEVING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BELIEF 49:26 WHERE YOU ACT UPON IT. IT'S REAL. 49:29 WHEN MOSES SAID TO THE PEOPLE, 'LOOK AT THE SERPENT AND YOU'LL 49:32 BE HEALED.' IF A PERSON WAS LAYING IN THEIR TENT AND THEY 49:36 SAID, 'I BELIEVE.' BUT THEY DON'T EVER CRAWL OUT OF THE TENT 49:39 AND LOOK, THEY DON'T REALLY BELIEVE. 49:41 YOU'VE GOT TO ACT ON THAT BELIEF BECAUSE THERE'S A BELIEF 49:46 BELIEVING THAT THERE IS A GOD AND BELIEVING JESUS DIED ON A 49:49 CROSS FOR YOUR SIN - THE DEVIL BELIEVES THAT, RIGHT? 49:53 SO IT'S BEYOND THAT. 49:55 MARK 9:23, "JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, ALL THINGS 49:59 ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES.'" NOW, YOU KNOW, 50:02 TYPICALLY WHEN WE THINK OF THAT WE THINK, 'YOU MEAN I CAN WORK 50:05 MIRACLES? I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE? 50:06 I CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS?' NO. 50:07 WHEN JESUS SAYS THIS, HE'S ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT 'IF YOU 50:12 BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE MOVING MOUNTAINS OF SIN.' IF YOU 50:17 BELIEVE THROUGH FAITH, GOD CAN MAKE RADICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN 50:22 YOUR LIFE THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ARE NOT POSSIBLE. 50:25 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM 50:27 WE HAVE? NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK MIRACLES 50:29 OR TO PREDICT THE FUTURE? OR MOVE PILES OF DIRT? 50:33 THE BIG PROBLEM WE HAVE IS SIN. 50:35 SO IF YOU BELIEVE, THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN CAN BE MOVED. 50:38 LUKE 8:12 - DOES THE DEVIL WANT US TO BELIEVE? - 50:45 "THOSE BY THE WAYSIDE" - SPEAKING ABOUT THE SEED - THE 50:48 GOOD SEED - FELL ON THE ROAD - "ARE THE ONES WHO 50:50 HEAR; THEN THE DEVIL COMES AND TAKES AWAY THE WORD OUT OF THEIR 50:53 HEARTS, LEST THEY SHOULD BELIEVE." 50:56 HE DOES NOT WANT US TO BELIEVE. THE DEVIL WILL DO EVERYTHING HE 51:00 CAN TO STOP THAT. WHEN PHILIP WAS PREACHING TO THE 51:03 ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH OUT THERE IN THE DESERT AND HE BELIEVED THE 51:08 WORD OF GOD AND HE SAID, 'I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED. CAN I GET 51:11 BAPTIZED? WHAT PREVENTS ME?' WHAT DID PHILIP SAY? 51:15 ACTS 8:37, "'IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU MAY.' AND HE 51:20 ANSWERED AND SAID, 'I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF 51:22 GOD.'" AND IN BELIEVING THAT YOU'RE BELIEVING THAT HE, THEN, 51:26 TOOK YOUR PLACE AND HE CAN FORGIVE YOUR SINS. 51:30 NOW YOU REALIZE WHAT I'M COVERING HERE IS KIND OF A 51:32 REALLY CONDENSED OUTLINE OF SALVATION? 51:35 ALRIGHT, MORE ON BELIEF. 51:38 EPHESIANS 1:13 - I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LOT OF VERSES - "IN HIM 51:43 YOU ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE 51:46 GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION; IN WHOM ALSO, HAVING BELIEVED, YOU 51:51 WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE." 51:54 THROUGH TRUSTING - IT TALKS ABOUT SALVATION - 51:58 AND THEN WE'RE SEALED THROUGH BELIEVING. 52:01 WE NEED TO TRUST IN - WHEN JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, I'LL TRADE PLACES 52:06 WITH YOU.' HOW DO YOU KNOW HE TRADES PLACES? I MEAN, 52:11 WE CAN'T SEE THE FATHER. WE'RE LIVING UNDER CONDEMNATION. 52:15 HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'LL BE COVERED? IT'S PRETTY FRIGHTENING 52:21 IF SOMEBODY SAYS, 'LOOK, I'LL PAY A BILL FOR YOU. 52:24 DON'T WORRY.' AND YOU KNOW IF THEY DON'T OR IF THEY FORGET TO 52:27 PAY THAT BILL THAT THEY PROMISED TO PAY FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING 52:30 TO LOSE POSSESSION OF YOUR HOUSE. 52:33 YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO TRUST THAT FRIEND WHEN HE SAYS, 'DON'T 52:35 WORRY, I'LL MAKE THE PAYMENTS.' AND YOU DON'T SEE HIM WALK 52:39 IN AND DO IT. YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO TRUST THAT PERSON. 52:43 WOULD YOU REALLY WANT TO RISK YOUR HOUSE? 52:45 SO WHEN JESUS SAID, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL OF YOUR SIN.' CAN 52:51 YOU TRUST HIM? WILL THE FATHER ACCEPT HIS PAYMENT? 52:55 YOU'RE TRUSTING YOUR LIFE IN THE PRICE THAT HE'S PAYING ON YOUR 52:58 BEHALF. BELIEVE IN JESUS. 53:01 ROMANS 1:16, PAUL SAID, "FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF 53:05 CHRIST, FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD TO SALVATION FOR EVERYONE 53:10 WHO BELIEVES." - SALVATION FOR EVERYONE WHO 53:14 BELIEVES. THERE'S A POWER, THROUGH THE 53:17 HOLY SPIRIT, THAT COMES INTO OUR LIVES, AMEN? 53:21 "FOR WITH THE HEART" - ROMANS 10:10 - I'M RUSHING ALONG - "FOR 53:24 WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WITH THE MOUTH 53:27 CONFESSION IS MADE" - THERE'S CONFESSION AGAIN - 53:30 "UNTO SALVATION." - BELIEVING, CONFESSION, 53:32 SALVATION - ALL THERE IN THESE VERSES. BY THE WAY, 53:36 I KNOW I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME BEFORE I RUN OUT OF VERSES. 53:39 I'LL POST THESE ONLINE AT THE CENTRAL STUDY HOUR WEBSITE AND 53:45 AT AMAZING FACTS SO YOU'LL HAVE THESE OTHER VERSES. 53:47 THEN THERE'S THE SECTION ABOUT THE WEDDING GARMENT. 53:49 SO YOU BELIEVE WHAT? YOU BELIEVE THAT THROUGH FAITH 53:52 YOUR SINS ARE COVERED. AND HE TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE 53:55 KING WHO PROVIDES GARMENTS FOR THOSE WHO COME TO THE WEDDING. 54:00 WHEN THE FATHER RECEIVED THE SON - THE PRODIGAL SON WHO CAME 54:04 HOME, WHAT DID HE DO? HE BROUGHT OUT THE BEST ROBE. 54:08 AND WHEN YOU READ IN ZECHARIAH 3 - WHEN JOSHUA, THE HIGH PRIEST, 54:11 HAD FILTHY GARMENTS, WHAT DID GOD SAY? 54:13 'TAKE AWAY HIS GARMENTS AND GIVE HIM THESE BEAUTIFUL ROBES TO 54:17 COVER HIS SIN.' WHEN ELIJAH WENT TO HEAVEN, 54:21 WHAT DID HE LEAVE BEHIND? HIS MANTLE. 54:24 ELISHA TORE HIS OWN GARMENTS AND HE PUT ON THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH. 54:28 WHEN JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN HE LEFT BEHIND HIS ROBE OF 54:31 RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COVERS OUR SIN. 54:33 SO WE ARE JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 54:38 AND IN REVELATION 7:13 WHEN HE SAYS, "WHO ARE THESE ARRAYED IN 54:42 WHITE ROBES?" AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED, "THESE 54:46 ARE THE ONES WHO COME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION, AND WASHED 54:49 THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB." 54:52 THE LORD, THROUGH HIS BLOOD, HAS PROVIDED THE DETERGENT TO 54:56 CLEANSE US AND TO GIVE US THOSE PURE, WHITE ROBES. 55:01 AND THE LAST SECTION IS 'FOLLOWING JESUS'. 55:03 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 55:07 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT - SPEAKING OF THE 144,000 - 'THESE 55:12 ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LAMB WITHERSOEVER HE GOES.' I KNOW AN 55:19 OLD PASTOR WHO USED TO SAY, 'IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW HIM THERE 55:21 THEN, YOU MUST FIRST FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW.' THE DISCIPLES, WHO 55:25 WILL BE FOLLOWING JESUS IN THE KINGDOM FIRST FOLLOWED HIM HERE 55:29 ON EARTH. JESUS SAID IF YOU WANT TO BE HIS 55:32 DISCIPLE YOU NEED TO BE WILLING TO FORSAKE THE SINS OF 55:36 THIS WORLD AND FOLLOW HIM WHEREVER HE LEADS YOU. 55:40 AMEN? HE SAID TO PETER, JAMES AND JOHN, 'FOLLOW ME AND I WILL 55:45 MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.' ANYWAY, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I 55:49 HAVE TO SHARE. I - YOU KNOW - A LOT OF WHAT I 55:51 DIDN'T COVER ALSO IS IN THIS BOOK. PLEASE SEND FOR IT. 55:54 IT MAKES IT GREAT FOR NOTES FOR THE STUDY - 'THREE STEPS TO 55:58 HEAVEN' - JUST CALL 866-788-3966 AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND, 56:03 GOD WILLING, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT 56:06 WEEK. WE'LL PUT THE NOTES ONLINE. GOD BLESS YOU. 56:11 >>HI FRIENDS. FIRST, LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE 56:14 WAY. I GAVE MYSELF A HAIRCUT SUNDAY. 56:16 BUT RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED TEACHING THE LESSON THIS LAST 56:19 SABBATH, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'THIS LESSON IS ALL ABOUT WHAT 56:23 MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?' AND I WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE 56:26 LESSON AND I WAS CONVICTED AS I WALKED OUT OF CHURCH, THAT I DID 56:29 NOT INVITE PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION TO ACCEPT JESUS. 56:33 SO I WANTED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 56:34 I CAME BACK IN THE STUDIO AND I SAID, 'I WANT TO TAPE AN 56:36 INVITATION AND GIVE YOU, WHO ARE WATCHING, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 56:40 'YES, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PRAY AND SURRENDER MY LIFE TO JESUS 56:45 AND ASK FOR HIS SALVATION AND HIS FORGIVENESS.' 56:48 MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH FOR YEARS. 56:50 MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER MADE THAT DECISION. 56:52 WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, RIGHT NOW, YOU 56:55 CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TO ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR 56:58 AND RECEIVE THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE - TO PRAY FOR HIS SPIRIT 57:02 AND GOD'LL HELP YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND TAKE THOSE OTHER 57:05 STEPS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRAY WITH ME NOW? 57:09 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 57:11 WATCHING THROUGH THIS LESSON THAT HAVE HEARD YOUR HOLY SPIRIT 57:14 SPEAK TO THEIR HEARTS AND THEY NOT ONLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO 57:18 TO BE SAVED, THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW. 57:21 PLEASE BE WITH THEM AND BLESS THEM. 57:23 HELP THEM TO, BY FAITH, BELIEVE - TO ACCEPT - 57:26 GIVE THEM THE GRACE AND YOUR SPIRIT TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS 57:29 AND TO CONFESS AND THEN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT, BECAUSE OF YOUR 57:33 PROMISES, THEIR SINS ARE WASHED AWAY AND THEY CAN 57:36 BEGIN THAT NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST. 57:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMISE, LORD, IN YOUR WORD AND THANK YOU 57:42 FOR SENDING YOUR SON BECAUSE YOU LOVE US SO MUCH. 57:44 WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN HIS NAME, AMEN. 57:47 NOW, FRIEND, IF YOU JUST PRAYED WITH ME THAT PRAYER, YOU CAN 57:51 BEGIN THAT NEW LIFE WITH JESUS RIGHT NOW. 57:53 YOU CAN EXPERIENCE HIS FORGIVENESS AND HIS SALVATION. 57:56 I RECOMMEND YOU KEEP STUDYING THE WORD. 57:58 I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO TO THE 'AMAZING FACTS' WEBSITE - IT'S 58:01 SIMPLY 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' AND GO THROUGH OUR BIBLE STUDY COURSE 58:05 THERE. THAT WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH 58:07 EACH DAY AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. 58:10 GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 58:14 (MUSIC) |
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