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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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RIGHT HERE IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA.
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WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN.
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WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR
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WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG',
OR WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS
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TELEVISION NETWORKS, IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW YOU'RE JOINING US
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WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU ARE.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE
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PART OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY THAT
WATCH EVERY WEEK FROM ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD AND
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT TODAY IS NO
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EXCEPTION AND YOU ARE
READY TO SING SONGS WITH US.
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WE'RE ALL READY HERE AT
SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND SO WE
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INVITE YOU TO TURN IN YOUR
HYMNALS TO #511 AS WE BEGIN
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CENTRAL STUDY HOUR AND WE ARE
GOING TO SING THE FIRST, SECOND
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AND THIRD STANZAS
- LET'S DO THE FIRST,
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SECOND AND
FOURTH STANZAS OF #511.
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THIS IS A REQUEST FROM GODFREY
IN INDIA, ADA, JEAN, ESTA,
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GLORIA, AND STELLA MARIE IN
ITALY AND ALSO I'M GOING TO ADD
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IN THERE WALTER ALDRIDGE WHO
IS - TWO OF HIS SIBLINGS ARE UP
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HERE SINGING TODAY AND HE'S IN
ITALY RIGHT NOW SO HI WALTER, IF
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YOU'RE WATCHING. JOY,
ALLEN AND JANICE IN THE
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND GODFREY
IN INDIA. I ALREADY SAID GODFREY
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SO EXTRA SPECIAL
WELCOME TO GODFREY IN INDIA.
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FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS
- 'I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED'.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SENDING IN YOUR FAVORITE SONGS
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AND I KNOW THERE
ARE SO MANY MORE OF YOU.
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I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST
OF REQUESTS THIS WEEK AND WE'RE
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ALMOST AT 20,000 REQUESTS
AND THAT'S NOT ALL OF THEM THAT
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WE'VE HAD SINCE 2004 WHEN WE
STARTED LETTING YOU PICK THEM ON
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OUR WEBSITE, SO
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
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WE HAVE SUNG THROUGH MANY OF
THOSE 20,000 REQUESTS BUT IF WE
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HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO
YOUR SONG YET, DON'T FEAR.
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I'M SURE ONE
DAY WE WILL DO THAT.
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OUR NEXT SONG - OUR NEW SONG -
WAIT, I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT IF
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YOU DO HAVE A FAVORITE THAT
YOU WANT TO SING WITH US AND WE
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HAVEN'T DONE IT YET,
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG', CLICK ON THE
'CONTACT US' LINK, AND YOU CAN
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SEND IN ANY SONG
THAT'S HERE IN THE HYMNAL.
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OUR NEW SONG, AS WE CONTINUE
WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE
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HYMNAL SINGING THE SONGS WE
DON'T KNOW - #146 IS A BEAUTIFUL
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SONG THAT WE'RE GOING
TO LEARN TOGETHER TODAY.
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WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THREE
STANZAS AND THIS IS FROM SANDY,
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VERN, JAMIE, AND JENNY IN
NORTH CAROLINA, AND OLIVIA IN
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WASHINGTON. LET'S
ALL SING TOGETHER #146.
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>>WASN'T THAT
BEAUTIFUL? I LOVE THAT NEW SONG.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS
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OF THIS NEW SONG. WE IMAGINE
BEING LITTLE CHILDREN BACK 2,000
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YEARS AGO, CLIMBING ON YOUR
LAP AND BEING BLESSED BY YOU.
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FATHER, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE DAY WHEN ALL YOUR CHILDREN
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WILL BE GATHERED TOGETHER AND
WE'LL BE WITH YOU IN HEAVEN AND
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WE CAN STILL CLIMB ON YOUR LAP
AND TALK TO YOU FACE TO FACE.
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PLEASE HELP US TO BE READY
FOR THAT DAY AND WE PRAY THAT WE
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WILL SHARE THE
GOOD NEWS WITH OTHERS.
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WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BLESSING US, FOR LOVING US, AND
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FOR TAKING CARE OF US. BE
WITH OUR SPEAKER AS HE BRINGS
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US OUR LESSON STUDY. IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN. AT THIS TIME OUR
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LESSON STUDY WILL BE BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>MORNING. THANK YOU
DEBBIE, MUSICIANS, SINGERS.
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APPRECIATE THAT. I
ENJOY LEARNING THESE
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NEW SONGS. HOW IS EVERYONE?
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WELCOME TO THOSE WHO ARE
STUDYING WITH US, OUR EXTENDED
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CLASS AND ALSO THOSE WHO
ARE EXTENDED MEMBERS OF THIS
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CHURCH. WE'D LIKE TO
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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WE'RE CONTINUING OUR STUDY
DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE
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TEACHINGS OF JESUS AND OUR
LESSON - IN A MOMENT WE'LL GET
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TO LESSON #6, BUT WE HAVE A
FREE OFFER THAT DEALS WITH THE
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GROWING IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND IT'S 'LIFE IN THE SPIRIT.'
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IF YOU'D LIKE THIS BOOK IT'S
REALLY A CLASSIC, BY JOE CREWS,
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AND IT'S - WE'VE GOT A NEW COVER
ON IT. IT'S BEEN VERY POPULAR.
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WE'VE REPRINTED IT SEVERAL
TIMES. 'LIFE IN THE SPIRIT' -
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IF YOU'VE NOT READ THIS THEN
PLEASE ASK FOR IT. IT'S FREE.
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PLEASE JUST CALL THE NUMBER
ON THE SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER
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NUMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE -
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THAT'S 866-788-3966.
ASK FOR THE FREE BOOK
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'LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT' - OFFER #155.
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NOW OUR LESSON TODAY IS DEALING
WITH 'GROWING IN CHRIST.' WE
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TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW TO BE
SAVED AND ONCE YOU ACCEPT CHRIST
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THEN HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN
THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
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AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
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A LOT OF THE LESSON IS BASED
UPON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, JESUS'
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ENCOUNTER WITH NICODEMUS, AND
THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM THAT
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CHAPTER - JOHN 3 -
AND THAT'S JOHN 3:3.
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I ALWAYS LIKE IF YOU COULD
SAY THE MEMORY VERSE WITH ME IF
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YOU'RE READY - JOHN 3:3 - READY?
IT'S THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
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"JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM,
'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
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UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN, HE
CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'"
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NOW NOT ONLY IS IT TRUE THAT
UNLESS YOU'RE BORN AGAIN YOU
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WILL NOT BE IN THAT KINGDOM
AND SEE IT WITH YOUR NEW EYES;
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UNLESS YOU'RE BORN AGAIN YOU
CAN'T SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD NOW
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BECAUSE JESUS SAID, 'THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS AT HAND.' SO THERE'S A
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NEW BIRTH THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
NOW IN THIS LIFE. AND SO IN OUR
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LESSON TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO EXPLORE GROWING IN CHRIST.
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THE SANCTUARY - YOU
KNOW THE BIBLE SANCTUARY?
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IT'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW TO
BE SAVED AND IN THE VERY MIDDLE
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OF IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN
THE HOLY OF HOLIES AND MAN IS ON
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THE OUTSIDE. HE'S SEPARATED.
THE WHOLE OBJECT OF THE
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SANCTUARY IS
GETTING BACK TO GOD.
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WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED
FROM GOD. THERE'S ONE DOOR.
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JESUS IS THE DOOR. YOU
MUST FIRST COME TO THE CROSS
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- THAT'S THE ALTAR - AND THEN
THERE'S BAPTISM - THAT'S THE
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LAVER - THERE'S A
WASHING THAT TAKES PLACE.
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THEN AFTER THE WASHING - AFTER
YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AND YOU ACCEPT
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THE SACRIFICE AND YOU'RE WASHED,
THERE'S THE SANCTUARY - THE HOLY
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PLACE. IN THE HOLY PLACE
THERE ARE HOW MANY THINGS?
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THREE THINGS. WHAT ARE
THEY? YOU'VE GOT THE BREAD,
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CANDLESTICK, ALTAR OF
INCENSE. REMEMBER THAT.
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THOSE THREE THINGS REPRESENT THE
LIFE OF SANCTIFICATION GROWING
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IN CHRIST. THE BREAD IS WHAT?
A SYMBOL OF THE WORD OF GOD,
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RIGHT? MAN DOESN'T
LIVE BY BREAD ALONE
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BUT BY EVERY WORD
THAT COMES FROM THE LORD.
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SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MUST DO
TO GROW IN CHRIST - YOU NEED TO
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HAVE - HOW OFTEN DO
YOU NEED TO READ THE BIBLE?
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GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR? DAILY BREAD.
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THAT'S NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD YOU EAT.
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY FAST AND SOME
OF US WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT,
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BUT DON'T FAST FROM THE WORD
OF GOD. AND GOD SUPPLIED MANNA
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FOR THEM SIX DAYS A WEEK - TWICE
AS MUCH ON FRIDAY - SO THEY
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COULD STILL EAT SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK, RIGHT? DAILY BREAD.
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AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE - DO YOU
HAVE A DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE?
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YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW OFTEN
I MEET PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO
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CHURCH FOR YEARS AND THEY'VE
BEEN RAISED IN THE CHURCH AND
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EDUCATED IN THE CHURCH AND -
I TALKED TO A MAN LAST WEEK I
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WON'T TELL YOU WHERE - AND
HE SAID, 'I WANT TO BE REAL
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CHRISTIAN.' AND I SAID,
'ALRIGHT, LET'S START AT THE
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BEGINNING. DO YOU
HAVE A DAILY' - HE'S BEEN
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COMING TO CHURCH
FOR ALL HIS LIFE.
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DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
THERE'S SOMETHING REAL.
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I SAID, 'DO YOU READ
YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY?'
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'NO.' I'M ASHAMED TO TELL YOU
THAT IN MY QUIET MOMENTS I'VE
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TALKED TO OTHER PASTORS AND
I'VE SAID, 'DO YOU READ YOUR
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BIBLE EVERY DAY?' 'NO.'
BOY, THAT'S BASICS FRIENDS.
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IF YOU WANT TO GROW IN CHRIST
- IF YOU'VE GOT A PHYSICAL BODY
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AND IT'S GOT PHYSICAL NEEDS AND
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF THOSE
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PHYSICAL NEEDS YOU
FEEL IT PRETTY QUICK.
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YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL BODY THAT
HAS SPIRITUAL NEEDS AND IF YOU
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DON'T TAKE CARE OF THOSE
NEEDS YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT.
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AND ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTARY
NEEDS IS YOU'VE GOT TO EAT.
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YOU KNOW, A DOCTOR MIGHT ASK YOU
- WHEN YOU GO AND YOU SAY, 'I'M
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NOT FEELING GOOD.' AND
HE'LL SAY, 'WELL, HOW'S YOUR
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APPETITE?' 'I
DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN
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APPETITE.' THERE'S A
PROBLEM. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
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SPIRITUAL APPETITE FOR THE BREAD
OF LIFE, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
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SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE
EATING JUNK FOOD - WE HAVE NO
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APPETITE AT
DINNERTIME FOR THE GOOD FOOD.
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YOU EVER HAVE YOUR MOTHER SAY,
'DON'T EAT THAT STUFF NOW, YOU
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WON'T WANT TO EAT
THE GOOD STUFF LATER.'
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HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD
THAT SPEECH GROWING UP?
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A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR DAY AND
AGE HAVE NO APPETITE FOR GOD'S
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WHOLESOME BREAD BECAUSE
WE'RE SO FULL OF JUNK FOOD.
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THE DEVIL'S GOT LOTS OF
THINGS - THERE'S LOTS OF SECULAR
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ENTERTAINMENT OUT THERE
THAT WILL RUIN YOUR SPIRITUAL
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APPETITE. AND SO YOU'VE
GOT TO EAT THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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THE OTHER THING WAS THERE
WAS THAT ALTAR OF INCENSE.
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WHAT DID THAT REPRESENT?
PRAYER. IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU IN
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REVELATION THIS WAS A SYMBOL
OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS.
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AND SO YOU NEED TO READ THE
WORD OF GOD. YOU NEED TO PRAY.
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PRAYER IS LIKE THE
BREATH OF THE SOUL.
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HOW LONG CAN YOU
GO WITHOUT EATING?
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PROBABLY 40 DAYS. JESUS
DID. ACTUALLY, ONE MAN, DURING
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A HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND,
HE WENT 80 DAYS AND THE BRITISH
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GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WERE
NOT GOING TO FORCE FEED HIM.
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THEY LET HIM DO HIS HUNGER
STRIKE AND HE FINALLY DIED.
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I DON'T KNOW IF ANY
OF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
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PART OF THE I.R.A.
BACK THEN. I WAS SHOCKED.
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A MAN WILLINGLY
STARVED HIMSELF TO DEATH.
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SO YOU CAN GO LONGER THAN 40
DAYS BUT YOUR BODY WILL ACTUALLY
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START TO CANNIBALIZE
ITSELF AFTER A WHILE.
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FASTING A FEW DAYS IS PROBABLY
GOOD FOR YOU AT TIMES, BUT YOU
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START TO FEEL IT IF
YOU MISS A MEAL, RIGHT?
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YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE -
DINNER IS TEN MINUTES LATE -
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'I'M STARVING.' WE'RE REALLY NOT
STARVING BUT YOU NOTICE IT WHEN
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YOU DON'T EAT. HOW LONG
CAN YOU GO WITHOUT BREATHING?
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NOT VERY LONG. I CAN PROBABLY
HOLD MY BREATH LONGER THAN MOST
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OF YOU BECAUSE I - I USED TO
PRACTICE. I GREW UP SWIMMING AND
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WE HAD SWIMMING POOLS IN
FLORIDA. THEN I SNORKEL AND I
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SKIN DIVE - DO ANY OF
YOU KNOW WHAT FREE DIVING IS?
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IT'S WHERE YOU JUST TAKE YOUR
SNORKEL AND YOUR MASK AND YOU GO
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DOWN WITHOUT A SCUBA TANK -
WE ALSO SCUBA DIVE - AND YOU
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HYPERVENTILATE A LITTLE
BIT FIRST AND SO I CAN GO FOUR
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MINUTES. TRY THAT.
DON'T DO IT RIGHT NOW.
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WE'LL BE CALLING -
IT'S HARD TO GO THAT LONG.
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BUT IF YOU DON'T
BREATHE - WHAT DO THEY SAY?
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DOCTOR SAYS FIVE OR TEN MINUTES.
IF YOU DROWN IN COLD WATER YOU
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MIGHT LAST LONGER
- MAYBE 20 MINUTES.
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THEY'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE
UNDER WATER 20 MINUTES BUT IT
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WAS COLD WATER SO IT CLOSED DOWN
THE BODY SYSTEM AND THEY WERE
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RECOVERED WITHOUT ANY BRAIN
DAMAGE. RIGHT DR. STONE? YEAH.
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BUT IF IT'S - YOU'RE WARM - YOU
GO FIVE OR TEN MINUTES WITHOUT
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AIR YOU CAN DIE
OR HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE.
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AND WHAT DOES A LIGHT
REPRESENT IN THE SANCTUARY?
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AND - LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE
BEFORE MEN - SHARING YOUR FAITH.
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SO HERE'S THREE THINGS
I'M TALKING ABOUT TO GROW:
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READ YOUR BIBLE,
PRAY, TELL OTHER PEOPLE.
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IF YOU ARE SHARING YOUR
FAITH, YOUR OWN FAITH WILL GROW.
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AS YOU GIVE IT
AWAY YOU GET TO KEEP IT.
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YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP IT
IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT AWAY.
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NOW, JESUS IS THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST THAT
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INTERCEDES. JESUS
IS ALL THOSE THINGS.
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BUT ALSO, THOSE THINGS IN THE
HOLY PLACE REPRESENT THE KEYS -
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THE SECRETS TO
HAVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE.
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GET INVOLVED IN SOME MISSION
WORK - SOME WAY OF USING YOUR
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FAITH TO SHARE CHRIST.
THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO DO IT.
00:16:26.10\00:16:30.43
YOU MAY NOT BE A PREACHER OR
A MISSIONARY OR BE COMFORTABLE
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GIVING BIBLE STUDIES -
BE PART OF A SMALL GROUP.
00:16:33.43\00:16:36.00
GO ON A MISSION
PROJECT - HELP BUILD A CHURCH.
00:16:36.00\00:16:39.23
THERE'S
SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN DO.
00:16:39.23\00:16:41.26
AND SO, SHARE YOUR FAITH, LET
YOUR LIGHT SHINE SOMEHOW - GIVE
00:16:41.26\00:16:44.36
AWAY TRACTS - I MEAN, EVERYBODY
CAN BUY LITERATURE AND LEAVE IT
00:16:44.36\00:16:46.56
LAYING AROUND AT
HAIR SALONS OR SOMEWHERE.
00:16:46.56\00:16:50.16
YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL I
WENT TO A HAIR SALON THIS WEEK.
00:16:50.16\00:16:55.50
ACTUALLY, THERE'S
A STORY BEHIND THIS.
00:16:55.50\00:16:57.16
I WAS GIVING MYSELF A HAIRCUT
AND, YOU MEN, YOU KNOW YOU'VE
00:16:57.16\00:17:01.36
GOT THOSE LITTLE BEARD TRIMMERS
THAT KIND OF HOLD IT OFF SO FAR
00:17:01.36\00:17:04.23
AND I JUST - YOU KNOW, I JUST
WANTED TO GET A SUMMER HAIRCUT
00:17:04.23\00:17:06.46
AND SHORTEN IT A LITTLE BIT.
00:17:06.46\00:17:07.93
I LIKE IT SHORT ENOUGH TO WHERE
I DON'T HAVE TO FUSS WITH IT AT
00:17:07.93\00:17:09.96
ALL - IT'S, YOU KNOW - AND
THE THING FELL OFF - THE LITTLE
00:17:09.96\00:17:13.13
SEPARATOR/CLIPPER THING FELL OFF
AND I WAS GOING...AND I WENT,
00:17:13.13\00:17:16.73
'OH NO!' AND I WENT UP THERE AND
I THOUGHT, 'OH, I'M COMMITTED
00:17:16.73\00:17:19.96
NOW.' SO I
JUST...IT'LL GROW, YOU KNOW.
00:17:19.96\00:17:25.20
WHEN YOU - IT DOESN'T
MATTER THAT MUCH FOR ME.
00:17:25.20\00:17:28.10
AND KAREN WAS ONLINE LAST NIGHT
AND SHE WAS WATCHING A CAMP
00:17:28.10\00:17:32.96
MEETING SOMEWHERE AND SHE
JUST YELPED OUT LAUGHING AND SHE
00:17:32.96\00:17:35.96
SAID, 'LOOK AT THIS.
DAVID ASSHERICK JUST SHAVED HIS
00:17:35.96\00:17:37.43
HEAD ALSO.' I DON'T KNOW IF ANY
OF YOU SAW THAT CAMP MEETING.
00:17:37.43\00:17:41.93
AND YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE HE'S
GOT A SUNTAN EXCEPT ALL AROUND
00:17:41.93\00:17:44.13
HERE IS WHITE SO IT'S NEW.
ANYWAY - SO I WAS GOING TO SEND
00:17:44.13\00:17:48.63
HIM AN E-MAIL AND SAY, 'WE'RE
BROTHERS NOW.' HOW'D I GET ON
00:17:48.63\00:17:53.26
THAT SUBJECT?
OKAY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE
00:17:53.26\00:17:55.36
BORN AGAIN. LET'S
GET TO OUR LESSON.
00:17:55.36\00:17:57.56
SO NICODEMUS - NICODEMUS IS ONLY
MENTIONED IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
00:17:57.56\00:18:02.26
BUT HE'S
MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.
00:18:02.26\00:18:03.90
THE NAME 'NICODEMUS' ACTUALLY
IS A GREEK NAME AND - ANY OF YOU
00:18:03.90\00:18:09.73
EVER HEARD OF NIKE SHOES?
NIKE COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD
00:18:09.73\00:18:13.46
'VICTORY'. AND
NICODEMUS MEANS 'VICTORY OF
00:18:13.46\00:18:16.20
THE PEOPLE' -
WHICH IS INTERESTING.
00:18:16.20\00:18:18.63
HE WAS A PHARISEE AND
PART OF THE SANHEDRIN.
00:18:18.63\00:18:24.36
PHARISEES WERE A PEOPLE -
'PHARA' - THAT MEANT SEPARATED
00:18:24.36\00:18:28.60
ONES - PHARASH - 'TO SET APART;
THE SEPARATED ONES' - AND JESUS
00:18:28.60\00:18:34.06
NOT ONLY DENOUNCED THEM IN
THE STRONGEST TERMS, BUT IN SOME
00:18:34.06\00:18:38.20
WAYS HE COMMENDED
THEM. HE SAID, 'UNLESS YOUR
00:18:38.20\00:18:40.50
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE PHARISEES
00:18:40.50\00:18:44.26
YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN.' MEANING IT NOT ONLY
00:18:44.26\00:18:47.86
NEEDED TO BE A DIFFERENT
TYPE BUT A HIGHER QUALITY OF
00:18:47.86\00:18:50.26
RIGHTEOUSNESS. BUT
THEY WERE VERY PARTICULAR.
00:18:50.26\00:18:53.90
REMEMBER THAT PHARISEE STOOD AND
PRAYED, 'LORD, THANK YOU THAT
00:18:53.90\00:18:56.36
I'M NOT LIKE OTHER
MEN.' VERY RIGHTEOUS GROUP.
00:18:56.36\00:18:59.46
THEY WERE VERY GODLY - VERY
PARTICULAR AND HOLY - AND SOME
00:18:59.46\00:19:02.50
OF THEM WERE GOOD. A
NUMBER OF THE PHARISEES - YOU
00:19:02.50\00:19:05.06
READ IN ACTS - CAME AROUND
AND ENDED UP FOLLOWING JESUS.
00:19:05.06\00:19:08.46
SO THEY WERE SEEKING AFTER GOD.
00:19:08.46\00:19:11.46
THERE WERE MAINLY THREE -
POSSIBLY FOUR GROUPS THAT YOU
00:19:11.46\00:19:15.00
HAD - RELIGIOUS
GROUPS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST.
00:19:15.00\00:19:17.56
YOU HAD THE PHARISEES - VERY -
THE MOST RELIGIOUS, YOU HAD THE
00:19:17.56\00:19:22.33
SADDUCEES - THEY
WERE VERY LIBERAL.
00:19:22.33\00:19:27.13
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE
WERE SPIRITS OR A RESURRECTION.
00:19:27.13\00:19:30.23
YOU HAD THE ZEALOTS AND THEY
WERE MORE A POLITICAL BRANCH
00:19:30.23\00:19:33.50
THAT WANTED TO OVERTHROW - THEY
WERE KIND OF THE NATIONALISTIC
00:19:33.50\00:19:35.96
GROUP - ONE OF CHRIST'S APOSTLES
WAS ZELOTES AND HE WAS PROBABLY
00:19:35.96\00:19:42.20
AMONG THE ZEALOTS.
AND BARABBAS WAS A ZEALOT.
00:19:42.20\00:19:45.30
AND THEN YOU HAD THE ESSENES -
THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT
00:19:45.30\00:19:48.96
THEM BUT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS
PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
00:19:48.96\00:19:51.86
GROUP. THEY WERE SEPARATISTS
- VERY HOLY - A LOT OF WASHINGS
00:19:51.86\00:19:56.00
AND BAPTISMS. THEY
LIVED AROUND THE DEAD SEA.
00:19:56.00\00:19:58.06
AND SO IT WAS IN THAT CONTEXT
NICODEMUS WANTED TO TALK TO
00:19:58.06\00:20:02.83
JESUS BUT BECAUSE THE PHARISEES
HAD DENOUNCED JESUS, HE CAME BY
00:20:02.83\00:20:07.16
NIGHT. YOU KNOW IT
SAYS THREE TIMES IN
00:20:07.16\00:20:08.83
THE BIBLE HE IS THE
ONE WHO CAME AT NIGHT.
00:20:08.83\00:20:12.10
NOW ONE REASON HE CAME AT NIGHT
IS NOT, PERHAPS, BECAUSE HE WAS
00:20:12.10\00:20:15.26
ASHAMED TO BE SEEN WITH JESUS
DURING THE DAY; HE WANTED A
00:20:15.26\00:20:18.36
PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH JESUS.
JESUS WAS HARD TO GET ALONE,
00:20:18.36\00:20:21.33
BUT ALSO NICODEMUS
WAS SOMEWHAT FAMOUS.
00:20:21.33\00:20:24.93
YOU KNOW IN THE JEWISH WRITINGS
IT MENTIONS A PERSON BY THE NAME
00:20:24.93\00:20:30.70
OF NICODEMUS, THE SON OF
GORDIAN, WHO LIVED DURING THE
00:20:30.70\00:20:35.80
TIME OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR
VESPASIAN AND IT WAS SAID THAT
00:20:35.80\00:20:39.26
HE WAS SO RICH HE COULD SUPPORT
ALL THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM
00:20:39.26\00:20:43.53
FOR TEN YEARS. AND
THAT'S WRITTEN IN 'ADAM
00:20:43.53\00:20:46.30
CLARK'S COMMENTARY.' THE BIBLE
DOES SAY NICODEMUS WAS RICH.
00:20:46.30\00:20:50.66
HE HELPED PAY FOR THAT HUNDRED
POUNDS OF MYRRH THAT WAS USED TO
00:20:50.66\00:20:55.03
ANOINT JESUS. EARLY IN
JESUS' MINISTRY HE CAME ALONE.
00:20:55.03\00:20:58.93
AT THE END OF CHRIST'S LIFE HE
CAME OPENLY AND WAS INVOLVED AS
00:20:58.93\00:21:03.06
A DISCIPLE AND HELPED SUBSIDIZE
THE CHURCH, NO DOUBT, IN THOSE
00:21:03.06\00:21:06.53
EARLY DAYS. HE CAME TO
JESUS AND HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
00:21:06.53\00:21:10.13
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE
SOME OF YOU READ SOME VERSES.
00:21:10.13\00:21:12.50
WE'VE GOT A MICROPHONE THERE AND
I DON'T KNOW - YEP, WE HAVE A
00:21:12.50\00:21:15.13
MICROPHONE OVER
HERE. WHO HAS JOHN 3:3?
00:21:15.13\00:21:17.76
WE WANT YOU TO READ THAT AGAIN.
I KNOW IT'S IN OUR MEMORY VERSE
00:21:17.76\00:21:20.20
BUT WE'LL - YOU'VE
GOT THAT RIGHT THERE?
00:21:20.20\00:21:22.46
WE'LL HAVE YOU READ
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:21:22.46\00:21:24.46
AND IT SAYS HERE - REMEMBER
WE READ THAT YOU NEED TO BE BORN
00:21:24.46\00:21:33.76
AGAIN, BUT EZEKIEL 18:30,
VERSE 32 - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:21:33.76\00:21:39.00
EZEKIEL 18:30-32,
"'REPENT, AND TURN FROM ALL YOUR
00:21:39.00\00:21:43.06
TRANSGRESSIONS, SO THAT
INIQUITY WILL NOT BE YOUR RUIN.
00:21:43.06\00:21:47.20
CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL THE
TRANSGRESSIONS WHICH YOU HAVE
00:21:47.20\00:21:50.46
COMMITTED, AND GET YOURSELVES A
NEW HEART'" - SO THE CONCEPT OF
00:21:50.46\00:21:55.56
A NEW HEART AND A NEW LIFE
IS NOT JUST A NEW TESTAMENT
00:21:55.56\00:21:58.80
CONCEPT. YOU FIND THIS,
ALSO, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:21:58.80\00:22:02.06
GO AHEAD AND READ THAT
VERSE FOR US - JOHN 3:3.
00:22:02.06\00:22:06.23
>>JOHN 3:3, "JESUS
ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM,
00:22:06.23\00:22:09.80
'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY
TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN
00:22:09.80\00:22:13.36
AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'"
00:22:13.36\00:22:17.26
>>NOW DOES JESUS SAY IT MAY
BE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE
00:22:17.26\00:22:18.86
KINGDOM OR YOU
CANNOT? IS THAT CLEAR?
00:22:18.86\00:22:22.76
AND HE SAYS 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN
AGAIN.' THIS IS A CRITERIA -
00:22:22.76\00:22:27.56
'YOU MUST BE BORN
AGAIN' CHRIST SAID.
00:22:27.56\00:22:30.66
NOW WHEN NICODEMUS HEARD THAT
THIS WAS A MUST AND SOMETHING
00:22:30.66\00:22:33.96
YOU HAD TO DO, IMMEDIATELY HE
THOUGHT, 'I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
00:22:33.96\00:22:36.20
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S
SAYING.' AND THEN HE STARTS TO
00:22:36.20\00:22:38.83
ASK THE OBVIOUS, I MEAN,
IT'S ACTUALLY RIDICULOUS.
00:22:38.83\00:22:42.26
HE SAID, 'HOW CAN A MAN,
WHEN HE'S OLD, ENTER INTO HIS
00:22:42.26\00:22:46.13
MOTHER'S WOMB AGAIN
AND BE BORN A SECOND TIME?'
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.13
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE
KNEW JESUS DIDN'T MEAN THAT.
00:22:49.13\00:22:52.53
SO HE WAS SAYING, 'TELL ME
EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN BECAUSE
00:22:52.53\00:22:55.13
YOU'RE SAYING UNLESS THIS
HAPPENS I CANNOT BE SAVED.
00:22:55.13\00:22:58.13
AFTER ALL I'VE DONE AS A
PHARISEE AND THE EXACT WAY WE
00:22:58.13\00:23:01.86
FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF
MOSES, I CANNOT BE SAVED?'
00:23:01.86\00:23:04.80
HE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT.
00:23:04.80\00:23:07.00
JESUS SAID, 'HOW CAN
YOU, A TEACHER IN ISRAEL, NOT
00:23:07.00\00:23:09.26
UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS.
THEN - THAT'S ONE REASON I'M
00:23:09.26\00:23:12.80
READING THIS OLD TESTAMENT
PASSAGE - HE SAID, 'YOU NEED TO
00:23:12.80\00:23:15.80
GET A NEW HEART.'
WHERE DO YOU BUY A NEW HEART?
00:23:15.80\00:23:19.40
WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT A HEART TRANSPLANT.
00:23:19.40\00:23:21.50
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'AS A MAN THINKS
IN HIS HEART.' WHERE DO YOU GET
00:23:21.50\00:23:24.06
A NEW MIND? THIS IS A
GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:23:24.06\00:23:29.76
JEREMIAH 31:33, "BUT THIS IS THE
COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH
00:23:29.76\00:23:34.43
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE
DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT
00:23:34.43\00:23:38.20
MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS, AND WRITE
IT ON THEIR HEARTS; AND I WILL
00:23:38.20\00:23:43.00
BE THEIR GOD, AND
THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE."
00:23:43.00\00:23:45.06
THE CONCEPT OF HAVING THE LAW OF
GOD IN YOUR HEART GOES WAY BACK
00:23:45.06\00:23:48.76
BEFORE EVEN JEREMIAH.
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6.
00:23:48.76\00:23:52.13
YOU REMEMBER IN CHAPTER 5
MOSES GIVES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
00:23:52.13\00:23:56.20
FOR THE LAST TIME? IN
CHAPTER 6 HE SAYS, 'HEAR, O
00:23:56.20\00:23:59.36
ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.
THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD
00:23:59.36\00:24:02.20
WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
THESE WORDS I COMMAND YOU TODAY
00:24:02.20\00:24:05.93
SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.'
OF COURSE IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:24:05.93\00:24:09.36
THE MIND. WE USE
THE HEART - I MEAN,
00:24:09.36\00:24:11.70
VALENTINES DAY YOU GIVE SOMEONE
A CARD SHAPED LIKE A HEART AND
00:24:11.70\00:24:16.43
IT'S ALWAYS THAT PRETTY
KIND OF NEBULOUS-LOOKING HEART.
00:24:16.43\00:24:20.40
YOU WOULDN'T REALLY GIVE THEM
SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE THE
00:24:20.40\00:24:23.20
ACTUAL PUMP WITH
SEVERED ARTERIES.
00:24:23.20\00:24:26.26
I MEAN, THAT
WOULDN'T LOOK VERY ROMANTIC.
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.70
BUT WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GIVING
A PERSON YOUR HEART, WHAT DO YOU
00:24:28.70\00:24:31.53
REALLY MEAN? YOUR AFFECTIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING
00:24:31.53\00:24:34.20
FROM THE NECK
UP, NOT IN THE CHEST.
00:24:34.20\00:24:36.73
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL SOMETHING
IN THE CHEST WHEN YOUR HEART IS
00:24:36.73\00:24:40.20
ACHING, BUT IT
REALLY BEGINS IN THE BRAIN.
00:24:40.20\00:24:44.46
SO YOU NEED TO BE BORN
AGAIN. A.W. TOZIER SAID,
00:24:44.46\00:24:50.43
"THERE ARE" - OH WAIT
A SECOND - I WANT TO GET
00:24:50.43\00:24:51.80
SOMEONE SET UP
FOR THE NEXT VERSE.
00:24:51.80\00:24:53.43
2 CORINTHIANS
5:17 - WHO HAS THAT?
00:24:53.43\00:24:56.86
2 CORINTHIANS 5 - WE GAVE
OUT THAT SLIP - OVER HERE?
00:24:56.86\00:24:59.06
LET'S GET YOU - PUT YOUR
HAND UP SO HE'S SEES YOU -
00:24:59.06\00:25:01.53
WITH THE MICROPHONE.
ALRIGHT, A.W. TOZIER SAID,
00:25:01.53\00:25:05.00
"THERE ARE TWO SPIRITS ABROAD IN
THE EARTH. THE SPIRIT THAT WORKS
00:25:05.00\00:25:08.06
IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:25:08.06\00:25:11.36
THESE CAN NEVER BE RECONCILED
IN TIME OR IN ETERNITY.
00:25:11.36\00:25:15.23
THE SPIRIT THAT DWELLS IN THE
ONCE-BORN IS FOREVER OPPOSED TO
00:25:15.23\00:25:19.70
THE SPIRIT THAT INHABITS
THE HEART OF THE TWICE-BORN."
00:25:19.70\00:25:23.86
SOMEONE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE
BORN ONCE, YOU WILL DIE TWICE.
00:25:23.86\00:25:28.46
IF YOU'RE BORN TWICE,
YOU WILL ONLY DIE ONCE."
00:25:28.46\00:25:32.13
IF YOU'RE BORN ONCE YOU DIE THE
SECOND DEATH - YOU DIE TWICE -
00:25:32.13\00:25:36.53
BUT IF YOU'RE BORN TWICE -
MEANING BORN PHYSICALLY AND THEN
00:25:36.53\00:25:41.00
LATER BORN SPIRITUALLY, YOU WILL
ONLY DIE ONCE. YOU MAY NOT DIE
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.33
AT ALL IF YOU'RE ALIVE AND
REMAIN WHEN THE LORD COMES,
00:25:42.33\00:25:44.33
RIGHT? 'GOD' - SOMEONE
SAID - 'HAS NO GRANDCHILDREN.'
00:25:44.33\00:25:49.86
YOU CANNOT BE SAVED BY VIRTUE OF
HAVING PARENTS THAT ARE IN THE
00:25:49.86\00:25:52.96
CHURCH, YOU MUST HAVE A
PERSONAL CONVERSION EXPERIENCE -
00:25:52.96\00:25:57.40
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE LORD. IT'S GOT TO BE REAL.
00:25:57.40\00:26:01.33
NOW YOU REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED TO KING SAUL WHEN
00:26:01.33\00:26:03.90
THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAME ON HIM? HE WAS -
00:26:03.90\00:26:07.13
KING SAUL STARTED OUT
GOOD AND GOD - SAMUEL THE
00:26:07.13\00:26:11.16
PROPHET SAID TO HIM, 'THEN
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL COME
00:26:11.16\00:26:14.06
UPON YOU AND YOU WILL PROPHECY
WITH THEM AND YOU WILL BE TURNED
00:26:14.06\00:26:17.26
INTO ANOTHER MAN.' WOULDN'T
YOU SAY THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF
00:26:17.26\00:26:20.53
TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BIRTH?
THE SPIRIT OF GOD COMES ON YOU
00:26:20.53\00:26:23.06
AND YOU ARE A NEW MAN.
YOU ARE A DIFFERENT PERSON.
00:26:23.06\00:26:25.36
AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR
VERSE WE'RE GOING TO READ.
00:26:25.36\00:26:28.06
SO GO AHEAD AND READ
FOR US 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
00:26:28.06\00:26:33.30
>>"THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS
IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION;
00:26:33.30\00:26:37.76
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY;
00:26:37.76\00:26:40.53
BEHOLD, ALL
THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW."
00:26:40.53\00:26:44.06
>>SO THIS IS A WORK OF
THE SPIRIT, BEING BORN AGAIN.
00:26:44.06\00:26:49.46
HOW DO YOU SCHEDULE
THE NEW BIRTH WITH GOD?
00:26:49.46\00:26:53.03
HOW DO YOU PUT YOUR
ORDER IN? DO YOU APPLY?
00:26:53.03\00:26:56.40
WHERE DO YOU GO AND CLICK ON AND
SAY, 'I'D LIKE TO DOWNLOAD A NEW
00:26:56.40\00:26:59.30
HEART?' HOW DO
YOU ACTUALLY DO THAT?
00:26:59.30\00:27:05.26
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S
THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:27:05.26\00:27:09.03
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS SCHEDULE
THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT YOU CAN DO
00:27:09.03\00:27:11.80
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO
PHYSICALLY TO INVITE THE SPIRIT
00:27:11.80\00:27:16.10
TO WORK ON YOUR HEART. FOR
ONE THING, A CHANGE OF HEART
00:27:16.10\00:27:20.26
COMES BECAUSE WE SEE HIS
LOVE FOR US. WE LOVE HIM.
00:27:20.26\00:27:24.56
OUR HEARTS CAN BE BROKEN
BECAUSE WE SEE HIS LOVE FOR US.
00:27:24.56\00:27:27.26
THE HEART OF PETER
WAS BROKEN AT THE CROSS.
00:27:27.26\00:27:29.63
THE HEART OF JOHN
WAS BROKEN AT THE CROSS.
00:27:29.63\00:27:32.33
AND AS WE BEHOLD THE GOODNESS
OF GOD AND HIS SACRIFICE FOR US,
00:27:32.33\00:27:35.96
THE HOLY SPIRIT
MOVES UPON OUR HEARTS.
00:27:35.96\00:27:38.86
WE CAN MAKE A
CHOICE THROUGH PRAYER.
00:27:38.86\00:27:41.20
EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT FEEL LIKE
IT WE CAN CHOOSE TO PRAY AND
00:27:41.20\00:27:43.70
SAY, 'LORD, I WANT
TO GIVE YOU MY HEART.
00:27:43.70\00:27:47.00
I MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT. I
MAY WANT TO CHANGE MY MIND IN
00:27:47.00\00:27:49.50
TEN MINUTES, BUT I KNOW
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.53
I WANT TO CHOOSE TO GIVE
YOU MY HEART. TAKE MY WILL.
00:27:51.53\00:27:53.93
DO IN ME WHAT I CANNOT
DO FOR MYSELF.' SURRENDER.
00:27:53.93\00:27:57.23
TURN YOURSELF UPSIDE
DOWN. EMPTY YOURSELF.
00:27:57.23\00:28:00.63
SAY, LORD, I AM WILLING
FOR YOU TO FILL MY LIFE.
00:28:00.63\00:28:02.70
MAKE ROOM, CONSCIOUSLY, WITH THE
WILL THAT YOU DO HAVE, FOR THE
00:28:02.70\00:28:07.26
HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO YOUR
LIFE AND THEN GOD CAN BEGIN TO
00:28:07.26\00:28:11.03
DO THINGS FOR YOU. YOU
KNOW, GOD REALLY MAKES A
00:28:11.03\00:28:13.96
NOTE - YOU GIVE HIM PERMISSION,
WHEN YOU SAY THINGS IN YOUR
00:28:13.96\00:28:18.73
PRAYERS, THAT HE
OTHERWISE DOES NOT HAVE.
00:28:18.73\00:28:22.06
AND, YOU KNOW, IF A POLICEMAN
KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR AND SAYS,
00:28:22.06\00:28:28.86
YOU KNOW, 'I'D LIKE TO
SEARCH YOUR HOUSE.' YOU SAY, 'GO
00:28:28.86\00:28:31.66
AHEAD.' HE HAS A
RIGHT TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE.
00:28:31.66\00:28:33.00
BUT IF YOU SAY, 'NO.' HE'S
GOT TO GO BACK TO A JUDGE AND IT
00:28:33.00\00:28:36.90
TAKES A BIG PROCESS FOR HIM
TO GET A WARRANT TO BE ABLE TO
00:28:36.90\00:28:39.30
SEARCH YOUR HOUSE. BUT
IF YOU GIVE HIM PERMISSION,
00:28:39.30\00:28:41.33
WHEN HE STOPS YOU ON THE ROAD,
TO SEARCH YOUR CAR, WITH YOUR
00:28:41.33\00:28:44.20
WORDS HE CAN
THEN SEARCH YOUR CAR.
00:28:44.20\00:28:47.70
YOU MAY NOT EVEN WANT HIM
TO BUT IF YOU SAY IT, HE CAN.
00:28:47.70\00:28:50.70
AND SO WHAT YOU SAY GIVES LEGAL
PERMISSION FOR GOD TO BEGIN TO
00:28:50.70\00:28:57.70
DO THINGS IN YOUR
HEART THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS.
00:28:57.70\00:29:00.80
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT
FEEL LIKE IT, YOU CAN ASK HIM.
00:29:00.80\00:29:05.13
SO THE NEW BIRTH - THAT CHANGE
OF HEART - THAT MIRACLE POWER OF
00:29:05.13\00:29:07.96
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN
HAPPEN THROUGH PRAYER.
00:29:07.96\00:29:10.16
DAVID PRAYED - PSALM 51 -
"CREATE" - NOTICE HE DOESN'T
00:29:10.16\00:29:14.90
SAY, 'REPAIR IN ME THE OLD
HEART?' HE SAYS, "CREATE IN ME
00:29:14.90\00:29:18.76
A NEW HEART." THIS
MAN WAS SELLING HIS HOUSE
00:29:18.76\00:29:26.40
AND THE BUYER CAME BY AND THE
MAN SAID, 'I'M SORRY, WE'LL TRY
00:29:26.40\00:29:30.36
AND FIX UP THE SHADES AND I KNOW
IT NEEDS A LITTLE PAINT AND THE
00:29:30.36\00:29:32.66
FENCE IN THIS PLACE
IS A LITTLE RICKETY.
00:29:32.66\00:29:34.43
WE'LL FIX IT UP.' AND THE
MAN SAID, 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT
00:29:34.43\00:29:36.00
BECAUSE I PLAN ON TEARING DOWN
THE HOUSE AND BUILDING A NEW ONE
00:29:36.00\00:29:38.40
SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON
THE OLD ONE.' AND GOD DOES NOT
00:29:38.40\00:29:43.16
REMODEL OUR LIVES SO MUCH AS
'OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY' -
00:29:43.16\00:29:48.33
HOW MUCH IS MADE NEW?
'ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
00:29:48.33\00:29:51.33
THE THINGS YOU ONCE LOVED
YOU WILL HATE' - WHEN YOU'RE
00:29:51.33\00:29:54.06
CONVERTED - THE
MUSIC I ONCE LOVED I HATE.
00:29:54.06\00:29:57.83
THE FOOD I ONCE LOVED I HATE.
THE FRIENDS I ONCE HUNG AROUND
00:29:57.83\00:30:03.83
WITH I AVOIDED. I
MEAN, JUST EVERYTHING STARTS
00:30:03.83\00:30:07.56
TO CHANGE WHEN YOU GO
THROUGH THIS NEW BIRTH.
00:30:07.56\00:30:10.40
AND THE THINGS YOU
ONCE HATED YOU LOVE.
00:30:10.40\00:30:13.46
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A WHOLE
CHANGE IN YOUR ACTIONS - IN YOUR
00:30:13.46\00:30:16.66
ATTITUDES. BUT THE
CONCEPT OF A NEW BIRTH
00:30:16.66\00:30:20.20
IS NOT JUST A NEW
TESTAMENT CONCEPT.
00:30:20.20\00:30:23.20
EVEN MOSES TALKED ABOUT
CIRCUMCISING THE FORESKIN OF
00:30:23.20\00:30:25.76
YOUR HEART. IT'S A
HEART TRANSFORMATION.
00:30:25.76\00:30:29.10
NOW YOU MAY NOT FEEL ANYTHING
RIGHT AWAY, BUT YOU PRAY AND YOU
00:30:29.10\00:30:34.13
GIVE YOURSELF TO THE LORD.
SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE CONVERTED
00:30:34.13\00:30:36.60
LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST -
IT'S AN INSTANTANEOUS, DRAMATIC,
00:30:36.60\00:30:41.10
EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL - A
CONVULSION - AND THEY BECOME
00:30:41.10\00:30:44.30
NEW. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN THAT
WAY. AND THEN I'VE SEEN IT WHERE
00:30:44.30\00:30:47.83
IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BREAK IN THE
DAM AND IT STARTS WITH A TRICKLE
00:30:47.83\00:30:51.93
AND LITTLE BY LITTLE GOD BEGINS
TO WORK IN A PERSON'S LIFE UNTIL
00:30:51.93\00:30:55.23
PRETTY SOON THEY LOOK BACK AND
THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
00:30:55.23\00:30:58.90
AND IT CAN HAPPEN IN DEGREES
AND IT CAN HAPPEN INSTANTLY.
00:30:58.90\00:31:02.36
DON'T EVER QUESTION -
GOD CAN DO IT INSTANTLY.
00:31:02.36\00:31:04.80
NOW, BECAUSE A PERSON CAN CHANGE
SOME OF THE OUTWARD BEHAVIOR,
00:31:04.80\00:31:09.13
DOES NOT MEAN THE
INSIDE HAS BEEN REBORN.
00:31:09.13\00:31:11.90
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH IS THE
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.16
CHURCH IS FULL OF PEOPLE
THAT STILL AREN'T CONVERTED.
00:31:14.16\00:31:16.26
THEY MAY BE MORAL
PEOPLE. THEY MAY BE GOOD PEOPLE.
00:31:16.26\00:31:19.33
THEY MAY BE HONEST PEOPLE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT BORN AGAIN YET.
00:31:19.33\00:31:22.33
NICODEMUS AND OTHERS, THEY WERE
GOOD, MORAL PEOPLE BUT MAYBE
00:31:22.33\00:31:29.46
THEY WEREN'T BORN AGAIN.
IN THE BOOK 'STEPS TO CHRIST'
00:31:29.46\00:31:32.73
PAGE 58, THERE E.G. WHITE SAYS,
"IT IS TRUE THAT THERE MIGHT BE
00:31:32.73\00:31:38.13
AN OUTWARD CORRECTNESS OF
DEPORTMENT WITHOUT THE RENEWING
00:31:38.13\00:31:40.76
POWER OF CHRIST. THE
LOVE OF INFLUENCE - THE
00:31:40.76\00:31:43.60
DESIRE FOR THE ESTEEM OF OTHERS
MAY PRODUCE A WELL-ORDERED LIFE.
00:31:43.60\00:31:47.30
SELF-RESPECT MAY LEAD US TO
AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL.
00:31:47.30\00:31:50.43
A SELFISH HEART MAY
PERFORM GENEROUS ACTIONS."
00:31:50.43\00:31:54.26
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WE'VE BEEN CONVERTED.
00:31:54.26\00:31:56.93
THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW LIFE
IN THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS OUR NEXT
00:31:56.93\00:32:01.33
SECTION. MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 -
THERE'LL BE A FRUIT DIFFERENCE.
00:32:01.33\00:32:09.46
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF A
PERSON'S BEEN CONVERTED?
00:32:09.46\00:32:12.76
"A GOOD TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD
FRUIT, NOR CAN A BAD TREE BEAR
00:32:12.76\00:32:16.66
GOOD FRUIT. EVERY
TREE THAT DOES NOT BEAR
00:32:16.66\00:32:19.16
GOOD FRUIT IS CUT DOWN
AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE.
00:32:19.16\00:32:21.53
THEREFORE BY THEIR
FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW THEM."
00:32:21.53\00:32:24.06
IF THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE
HEART, THERE'LL BE A DRAMATIC
00:32:24.06\00:32:27.26
DIFFERENCE IN THE
FRUIT IN THE LIFE.
00:32:27.26\00:32:30.50
TITUS 3, VERSE 7 - I'M SORRY,
TITUS 3:5 THROUGH 7, "NOT BY
00:32:30.50\00:32:35.56
WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE
HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS
00:32:35.56\00:32:38.63
MERCY HE SAVED US, THROUGH
THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND
00:32:38.63\00:32:42.93
RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,"
- NOTICE IT'S WASHING - IT'S A
00:32:42.93\00:32:47.80
RENEWING - IT'S A REGENERATION
- IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A
00:32:47.80\00:32:51.10
SANCTIFYING PROCESS THAT HAPPENS
IN THE LIFE - "WHOM HE POURED
00:32:51.10\00:32:55.93
OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, THAT
00:32:55.93\00:32:59.60
HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY
HIS GRACE WE SHOULD BECOME HEIRS
00:32:59.60\00:33:03.73
ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL
LIFE." THE LORD CHANGES US
00:33:03.73\00:33:07.06
GRADUALLY SOMETIMES -
SOMETIMES IT'S DRAMATICALLY.
00:33:07.06\00:33:11.60
GALATIANS 6:15, "FOR IN CHRIST
JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION NOR
00:33:11.60\00:33:16.10
UNCIRCUMCISION AVAILS
ANYTHING, BUT A NEW CREATION."
00:33:16.10\00:33:21.56
WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN.
IT'S A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.
00:33:21.56\00:33:28.00
THE OLD LIFE IS
NOT TO BE RENOVATED.
00:33:28.00\00:33:31.40
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER -
YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION
00:33:31.40\00:33:33.66
'LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL?' I
USED THAT EXPRESSION FOR YEARS
00:33:33.66\00:33:37.13
BEFORE I EVEN KNEW WHAT IT
MEANT. THEN I HEARD THE STORY
00:33:37.13\00:33:39.83
BEHIND IT. YEARS
AGO, WHEN THEY HAD THESE
00:33:39.83\00:33:41.76
OLD FLINT LOCK RIFLES -
A VERY SIMPLE MECHANISM.
00:33:41.76\00:33:46.03
YOU HAD THE WOODEN STOCK OF THE
RIFLE, YOU HAD THE BARREL AND
00:33:46.03\00:33:49.80
YOU HAD THE LOCK, WHICH
WAS THE TRIGGER MECHANISM.
00:33:49.80\00:33:53.06
AND THIS OLD FARMER CAME INTO
THE GUNSMITH AND HE SAID, 'MY
00:33:53.06\00:33:55.60
GUN'S GOT SOME PROBLEMS.' AND
THE SMITH LOOKED IT OVER AND HE
00:33:55.60\00:34:00.80
SAID, 'YEAH, IT LOOKS PRETTY
WORN OUT.' AND THE FARMER SAID,
00:34:00.80\00:34:04.56
'WELL, I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST
FIX UP THE BARREL AND GET ME A
00:34:04.56\00:34:08.83
NEW STOCK AND REPAIR THE LOCK'
- HE SAYS - 'THEN IT WOULD BE
00:34:08.83\00:34:12.46
OKAY.' YOU KNOW,
HE'D GROWN ATTACHED TO IT.
00:34:12.46\00:34:14.80
HE KIND OF WAS AFFECTIONATELY
- HAD THAT RIFLE FOR YEARS.
00:34:14.80\00:34:19.00
AND THE GUNSMITH SAID, 'WELL,
YOU'RE ASKING FOR A NEW LOCK,
00:34:19.00\00:34:21.73
STOCK AND BARREL - YOU MAY
AS WELL GET A NEW RIFLE.' AND SO
00:34:21.73\00:34:26.00
THE LORD IS NOT WANTING TO
PATCH US BACK UP. HE WANTS TO
00:34:26.00\00:34:29.60
MAKE US A NEW CREATURE.
YOU BECOME A NEW PERSON.
00:34:29.60\00:34:33.93
AND WITHOUT A
MIRACLE WE CAN'T DO THIS.
00:34:33.93\00:34:37.20
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME - I'M
GOING TO GET TO THIS IN JUST A
00:34:37.20\00:34:40.46
SECOND - 1 JOHN 2,
VERSE 28. WHO HAS THAT?
00:34:40.46\00:34:45.10
WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE OVER
HERE. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER A
00:34:45.10\00:34:50.23
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WERE
A COUPLE OF YOUNG MEN THAT WERE
00:34:50.23\00:34:54.80
TORMENTING SOME TIGERS
IN THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO?
00:34:54.80\00:34:58.96
AND ONE OF THE TIGERS SOMEHOW
GOT OUT OF ITS CAGE AND, I
00:34:58.96\00:35:02.20
THINK, KILLED ONE
MAN AND MAULED THE OTHER.
00:35:02.20\00:35:05.10
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
SHOULD THEY EUTHANIZE THESE
00:35:05.10\00:35:08.10
TIGERS BECAUSE
THEY WERE DANGEROUS?
00:35:08.10\00:35:10.20
AND I THINK THEY CONCLUDED THAT
THE TIGER WAS ACTING EXACTLY
00:35:10.20\00:35:12.83
LIKE THE TIGER WAS SUPPOSED TO
ACT. BUT PEOPLE WERE PROVOKING
00:35:12.83\00:35:17.80
IT. YOU KNOW THAT
VERSE IN JEREMIAH 13?
00:35:17.80\00:35:21.30
"CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS
SKIN OR THE LEOPARD ITS SPOTS?
00:35:21.30\00:35:24.93
YOU MIGHT DO GOOD WHO
ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO EVIL."
00:35:24.93\00:35:29.30
THE FRUIT IN OUR LIVES IS
THE OUTGROWTH OF WHAT'S ON THE
00:35:29.30\00:35:32.46
INSIDE OF OUR HEART. I GOT A
BIRTHMARK. HAD IT ALL MY LIFE.
00:35:32.46\00:35:38.30
IT'S BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE
INSIDE OUT AND ALL OF US HAVE
00:35:38.30\00:35:45.03
BEHAVIOR THAT SEEMS
TO CONTINUE TO COME OUT.
00:35:45.03\00:35:47.83
WE CAN TRY AND SUPPRESS AND
ALTER WITH HUMAN EFFORT AND, YOU
00:35:47.83\00:35:52.16
KNOW, SOME THINGS CAN BE
ACHIEVED BUT - THERE'S ALL KINDS
00:35:52.16\00:35:54.83
OF PROGRAMS YOU CAN GO TO, BUT
THE REAL KEY IS IF THE HEART IS
00:35:54.83\00:35:59.00
CHANGED THEN THE BEHAVIOR ON THE
OUTSIDE FLOWS OUT DIFFERENTLY.
00:35:59.00\00:36:04.66
DOES A LEOPARD HAVE TO TRY
TO GROW SPOTS OR DOES IT JUST
00:36:04.66\00:36:10.53
HAPPEN NATURALLY? IF
YOU AND I WANT TO HAVE THE
00:36:10.53\00:36:14.60
RIGHT FRUIT THEN WHERE THE
EFFORT NEEDS TO BE IS A CHANGE
00:36:14.60\00:36:19.36
ON THE INSIDE AND, BY INVITING
THE LORD TO CHANGE OUR HEARTS
00:36:19.36\00:36:23.43
AND TO FOCUS ON THE INSIDE,
THE WORKS OF CHRISTIANITY BECOME
00:36:23.43\00:36:26.96
NATURAL WHEN THE
HEART IS CHANGED.
00:36:26.96\00:36:29.66
SO MANY PEOPLE FIND THE
CHRISTIAN RELIGION DRUDGERY
00:36:29.66\00:36:33.56
BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO
CHANGE SOMETHING ON THE OUTSIDE
00:36:33.56\00:36:38.43
THAT IS COMING BASED ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE INSIDE.
00:36:38.43\00:36:41.33
IT'S LIKE THE OLD ILLUSTRATION
THAT YOU'VE GOT A CRABAPPLE TREE
00:36:41.33\00:36:44.83
THAT PRODUCES CRABAPPLES.
00:36:44.83\00:36:46.23
NOW A CRABAPPLE MIGHT HAVE GREAT
FRUIT STOCK - THE TREE ITSELF -
00:36:46.23\00:36:49.23
BUT THE APPLES
ARE GOING TO BE SOUR.
00:36:49.23\00:36:51.40
AND IF YOU TIE GRAVENSTEIN OR
RED DELICIOUS OR FUJI APPLES ON
00:36:51.40\00:36:56.93
A CRAB APPLE TREE, THAT MIGHT
FOOL PEOPLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
00:36:56.93\00:37:00.80
BUT EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING
TO KEEP PRODUCING CRAB APPLES.
00:37:00.80\00:37:04.36
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE WHAT
THAT TREE IS GOING TO DO, YOU'VE
00:37:04.36\00:37:07.03
ACTUALLY GOT TO TAKE A CHAINSAW
AND YOU CUT THAT THING OFF
00:37:07.03\00:37:10.10
PRETTY LOW ON THE TRUNK AND
YOU GRAFT IN A WHOLE NEW KIND OF
00:37:10.10\00:37:13.90
TWIG AND THEN YOU
HAVE DIFFERENT APPLES.
00:37:13.90\00:37:19.50
YOU CAN TAKE A CRABAPPLE
TREE AND GRAFT IN RED DELICIOUS,
00:37:19.50\00:37:22.86
GRAVENSTEIN, FUJI
- DID YOU KNOW THAT?
00:37:22.86\00:37:25.63
YEAH, I'VE GOT A FRIEND HE'S GOT
LIKE TWELVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
00:37:25.63\00:37:27.83
APPLES ON ONE TREE. YOU
CAN GRAFT - THIS IS MORE
00:37:27.83\00:37:31.73
THAN YOU ASKED FOR BUT - WITH
CITRUS FRUIT - YOU CAN GRAFT
00:37:31.73\00:37:35.36
VIRTUALLY ANY KIND OF
CITRUS ON A CITRUS STALK.
00:37:35.36\00:37:38.96
YOU CAN HAVE ONE TREE THAT
WILL HAVE MANDARINS, ORANGES,
00:37:38.96\00:37:41.50
GRAPEFRUITS. YOU CAN
TAKE A WALNUT TREE AND
00:37:41.50\00:37:45.40
YOU CAN GET BLACK WALNUTS,
ENGLISH WALNUTS - WHATEVER ELSE.
00:37:45.40\00:37:47.60
YOU CAN TAKE STONE FRUIT - PEACH
- YOU CAN HAVE PLUMS ON THAT
00:37:47.60\00:37:51.33
TREE, CHERRIES - YOU CAN HAVE
ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STONE
00:37:51.33\00:37:53.10
FRUIT ON THAT ONE STALK.
AND ON ONE APPLE STOCK YOU CAN
00:37:53.10\00:37:56.96
GRAFT IN ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF APPLE TREES.
00:37:56.96\00:37:58.70
HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW THAT?
YEAH, YOU CAN - SOME OF THESE
00:37:58.70\00:38:01.86
TREES, ONCE YOU'RE IN THEIR
KIND, YOU CAN GRAFT ALL KINDS OF
00:38:01.86\00:38:04.90
DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU
CAN'T GRAFT AN ORANGE INTO
00:38:04.90\00:38:07.06
AN APPLE. YOU'VE
HEARD THAT EXPRESSION?
00:38:07.06\00:38:09.40
'DIFFERENT AS APPLES AND
ORANGES.' BUT YOU CAN GRAFT
00:38:09.40\00:38:13.20
STONE FRUIT - PLUMS, NECTARINES,
PEACHES - INTO A GOOD STALK AND
00:38:13.20\00:38:19.63
THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO
THAT BUT IN MANY CASES THEY'LL
00:38:19.63\00:38:23.26
DO JUST FINE. ANYWAY,
BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.96
CHANGE IN THE ROOT OF IT.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS A GOOD SEGUE
00:38:25.96\00:38:29.26
INTO 'ABIDING IN CHRIST,'
WHICH IS OUR NEXT SECTION.
00:38:29.26\00:38:33.56
AND WHY DON'T YOU GO
AHEAD AND READ FOR US -
00:38:33.56\00:38:36.00
I BELIEVE IT'S 1 JOHN 2:28.
00:38:36.00\00:38:39.03
>>"AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN,
ABIDE IN HIM; THAT WHEN HE
00:38:39.03\00:38:42.86
SHALL APPEAR, WE MAY HAVE
CONFIDENCE, AND NOT BE ASHAMED
00:38:42.86\00:38:46.13
BEFORE HIM AT HIS COMING."
00:38:46.13\00:38:48.23
>>'LITTLE CHILDREN ABIDE IN
HIM.' DOES THAT SOUND SIMILAR?
00:38:48.23\00:38:51.96
TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO JOHN 15
- I WAS JUST GOING TO READ JOHN
00:38:51.96\00:38:56.16
15:5 BUT I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I
MAY AS WELL READ MORE OF THAT
00:38:56.16\00:38:58.93
CHAPTER BECAUSE THAT'S THE
ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE SEGMENT
00:38:58.93\00:39:04.46
TEACHING THAT JESUS HAS
ABOUT ABIDING. GO TO VERSE 1 -
00:39:04.46\00:39:07.40
JOHN 15:1 - "I AM THE TRUE
VINE," - MEANING THERE ARE FALSE
00:39:07.40\00:39:11.76
ONES OUT THERE - "AND MY
FATHER IS THE VINEDRESSER.
00:39:11.76\00:39:15.16
EVERY BRANCH IN ME" - NOW WAIT
A SECOND. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S A
00:39:15.16\00:39:18.86
PICTURE OF? THE
FATHER IS THE VINEDRESSER.
00:39:18.86\00:39:25.16
THE FATHER IS WANTING US TO
BE ABIDING IN HIS SON, CHRIST.
00:39:25.16\00:39:30.66
THE FATHER'S NOT ASKING US
TO ABIDE IN HIM, BUT TO ABIDE IN
00:39:30.66\00:39:34.16
THE ONE HE SENT IN HIS NAME.
AND THE FATHER IS DOING ALL HE
00:39:34.16\00:39:38.93
CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PRUNED PROPERLY AND WE ARE BEING
00:39:38.93\00:39:41.80
FRUITFUL AND THAT WE
ARE ABIDING IN CHRIST.
00:39:41.80\00:39:44.40
"I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND
MY FATHER IS THE VINEDRESSER.
00:39:44.40\00:39:48.10
EVERY BRANCH IN ME" - YOU KNOW,
READ THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT -
00:39:48.10\00:39:52.06
JUST TYPE IN THE WORDS 'IN
CHRIST' - FIND OUT - THAT'S ONE
00:39:52.06\00:39:55.66
OF PAUL'S FAVORITE TEACHINGS -
IN CHRIST - EVERYTHING IS IN THE
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.26
LORD - IN CHRIST - YOU NEED
TO BE ABIDING IN HIM - "EVERY
00:39:58.26\00:40:01.16
BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES NOT BEAR
FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY; AND EVERY
00:40:01.16\00:40:04.96
BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUIT HE
PRUNES, THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE
00:40:04.96\00:40:08.23
FRUIT." ANOTHER
REASON THIS IS AN
00:40:08.23\00:40:10.53
IMPORTANT VERSE - YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SOME THAT TEACH THAT
00:40:10.53\00:40:13.23
ONCE YOU ARE SAVED
YOU CANNOT BE LOST.
00:40:13.23\00:40:15.56
DOESN'T JESUS SAY THERE ARE
BRANCHES THAT ARE IN HIM THAT
00:40:15.56\00:40:18.73
ARE NOT BEARING FRUIT
THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY?
00:40:18.73\00:40:22.13
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT JUST SAID?
SO THE IDEA THAT ONCE YOU ARE IN
00:40:22.13\00:40:24.90
CHRIST YOU CANNOT BE LOST
- JESUS DOESN'T TEACH THAT.
00:40:24.90\00:40:28.93
"EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES
NOT BEAR FRUIT...HE PRUNES IT
00:40:28.93\00:40:31.43
THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT."
AND IF WE DON'T BEAR FRUIT
00:40:31.43\00:40:35.26
WE'RE CAST AWAY. "YOU
ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE
00:40:35.26\00:40:40.00
OF THE WORD WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN
TO YOU. ABIDE IN ME AND I IN YOU
00:40:40.00\00:40:44.43
AS A BRANCH CANNOT
BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF."
00:40:44.43\00:40:47.23
YOU HAVE A GRAPEVINE - I SHOULD
HAVE BROUGHT ONE IN TODAY -
00:40:47.23\00:40:50.20
YOU HAVE A GRAPEVINE AND YOU
DISCONNECT IT, YOU HAVE A LITTLE
00:40:50.20\00:40:54.26
BRANCH, THE LITTLE TWIGS THAT
GO OFF THE GRAPE BRANCH - YOU
00:40:54.26\00:40:57.80
DISCONNECT IT - IT'S
NOT GOING TO BEAR FRUIT.
00:40:57.80\00:40:59.86
IF IT WAS STARTING FRUIT
IT WILL SHRIVEL. IT JUST DIES.
00:40:59.86\00:41:03.60
"AS THE BRANCH CANNOT
BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, UNLESS IT
00:41:03.60\00:41:07.33
ABIDES IN THE VINE, NEITHER CAN
YOU, UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME."
00:41:07.33\00:41:10.96
SO FOR US TO HAVE THE FRUITS OF
THE SPIRIT - LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
00:41:10.96\00:41:15.20
SO FORTH - WE NEED TO
SPEND OUR TIME MAKING SURE THAT
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.43
WE ARE REMAINING
ATTACHED TO JESUS.
00:41:18.43\00:41:23.76
AND THAT'S THROUGH THAT DEVOTION
LIFE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
00:41:23.76\00:41:26.46
DAILY WE ARE MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE ATTACHED TO JESUS.
00:41:26.46\00:41:30.43
YOU EVER DONE ANY GRAFTING?
YOU CAN GRAFT GRAPES TOO, YOU
00:41:30.43\00:41:33.43
KNOW, ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAPES.
00:41:33.43\00:41:34.76
YOU CAN HAVE ONE GRAPEVINE
THAT'LL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.16
KINDS OF GRAPES
ON IT. THAT'S TRUE.
00:41:36.16\00:41:39.56
YOU CAN TAKE A BRANCH FROM A
RED - OR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
00:41:39.56\00:41:44.70
SEEDLESS - RED SEEDLESS -
OR FROM A CONCORD OR DIFFERENT
00:41:44.70\00:41:48.76
KINDS - AND YOU CAN HAVE
ONE GRAPEVINE THAT WILL HAVE ALL
00:41:48.76\00:41:51.86
DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAPES
ON IT. BUT WHEN YOU GRAFT THEM,
00:41:51.86\00:41:56.16
IT'S A DELICATE PROCESS.
YOU MAKE A CAREFUL CUT, YOU'VE
00:41:56.16\00:41:58.96
GOT TO CUT THE BRANCH
DOWN WHILE IT'S STILL GREEN.
00:41:58.96\00:42:01.26
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WHILE IT'S GOT
THE LIFE AND THE SAP IN IT AND
00:42:01.26\00:42:05.60
YOU MAKE A 'V' IN IT AND
YOU CAN STICK IT IN THERE.
00:42:05.60\00:42:08.06
YOU CAN WRAP IT - THEY ALSO HAVE
A SUBSTANCE YOU CAN PAINT ON IT
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.96
TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS DRY - THAT
IT STAYS MOIST - THAT IT DOESN'T
00:42:10.96\00:42:13.96
DRY OUT AND THE SAP WILL BEGIN
TO FLOW BETWEEN THEM AND PRETTY
00:42:13.96\00:42:17.96
SOON IT STARTS TO HEAL THE SPOT
WHERE IT GRAFTED AND IT GROWS
00:42:17.96\00:42:20.56
STRONG. YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ANYMORE.
00:42:20.56\00:42:24.83
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE CARED FOR.
00:42:24.83\00:42:26.36
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
GRAFTED INTO CHRIST AND THAT WE
00:42:26.36\00:42:29.20
ARE DRAWING SAP - WE'RE
DRAWING LIFE FROM HIS SPIRIT.
00:42:29.20\00:42:32.76
IF WE'RE DOING THAT YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FRUITS.
00:42:32.76\00:42:35.43
THE FRUITS WILL COME BECAUSE
THE MIND OF CHRIST ENDS UP BEING
00:42:35.43\00:42:38.70
YOUR MIND AND THE LIFE OF
CHRIST STARTS BEING YOUR LIFE.
00:42:38.70\00:42:43.06
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT ABIDING IN
HIM. "ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU.
00:42:43.06\00:42:47.10
AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT
OF ITSELF, UNLESS IT ABIDES IN
00:42:47.10\00:42:49.73
THE VINE, NEITHER CAN
YOU, UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME.
00:42:49.73\00:42:53.50
I AM THE VINE,
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
00:42:53.50\00:42:55.66
HE WHO ABIDES IN ME, AND I IN
HIM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT; WITHOUT
00:42:55.66\00:42:59.36
ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. IF
ANYONE DOES NOT ABIDE IN ME,
00:42:59.36\00:43:03.90
HE IS CAST OUT AS A BRANCH
AND IS WITHERED; AND THEY GATHER
00:43:03.90\00:43:07.76
THEM AND THROW THEM INTO
THE FIRE, AND THEY ARE BURNED.
00:43:07.76\00:43:11.76
IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS
ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT
00:43:11.76\00:43:15.03
YOU DESIRE AND IT
SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU.
00:43:15.03\00:43:18.03
BY THIS MY FATHER IS GLORIFIED,
THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT;" - THE
00:43:18.03\00:43:21.76
PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES IS TO
BEAR FRUIT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:43:21.76\00:43:24.40
- "SO YOU WILL BE MY DISCIPLES.
AS THE FATHER LOVED ME, I ALSO
00:43:24.40\00:43:28.73
HAVE LOVED YOU; ABIDE" - THERE'S
THAT WORD AGAIN - "IN MY LOVE.
00:43:28.73\00:43:33.13
IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU
WILL ABIDE" - NOTICE THAT, THE
00:43:33.13\00:43:37.43
COMMANDMENTS ARE CONNECTED
WITH ABIDING - "IF YOU KEEP MY
00:43:37.43\00:43:39.93
COMMANDMENTS, YOU WILL ABIDE IN
MY LOVE JUST AS I HAVE KEPT MY
00:43:39.93\00:43:42.83
FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS
AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE."
00:43:42.83\00:43:45.53
HOW DOES HE WANT US TO KEEP
HIS COMMANDMENTS? AS HE KEPT
00:43:45.53\00:43:47.73
HIS FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS.
DOES THAT LEAVE ANY DOUBT?
00:43:47.73\00:43:51.43
"THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO
YOU, THAT MY JOY MAY REMAIN IN
00:43:51.43\00:43:54.76
YOU, AND THAT
YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL."
00:43:54.76\00:43:57.66
SO THIS WHOLE PASSAGE
ABOUT ABIDING ENDS IN JOY.
00:43:57.66\00:44:01.30
BUT HE JUST MAKES IT SO CLEAR
THAT WE NEED TO REMAIN IN CHRIST
00:44:01.30\00:44:04.80
IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THAT
FRUIT. MARK 4:19 - WHAT KEEP US
00:44:04.80\00:44:10.93
FROM BEARING FRUIT? -
"AND THE CARES OF THIS WORLD,
00:44:10.93\00:44:14.80
THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,
AND THE DESIRES FOR OTHER THINGS
00:44:14.80\00:44:18.90
ENTERING IN CHOKE THE WORD
AND IT BECOMES UNFRUITFUL."
00:44:18.90\00:44:24.20
SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT BEARING
FRUIT BECAUSE THE CARES OF THIS
00:44:24.20\00:44:27.30
WORLD, THE DECEITFULNESS OF
RICHES, THE DESIRE FOR OTHER
00:44:27.30\00:44:30.00
THINGS CHOKE OUT
OUR DESIRE FOR GOD.
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.93
IF WE, THROUGH OUR CHOICE, MAKE
THE DESIRE FOR GOD SUPREME IN
00:44:32.93\00:44:37.33
OUR LIVES - SOMEONE TELL ME IF
YOU CAN THINK OF ANYTHING - WHAT
00:44:37.33\00:44:41.20
IS MORE
IMPORTANT IN LIFE THAN GOD?
00:44:41.20\00:44:45.43
EVERYTHING'S MADE BY GOD.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE
00:44:45.43\00:44:48.66
FOREVER WITH GOD. GOD IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE SO
00:44:48.66\00:44:52.80
WHAT SHOULD OCCUPY OUR THINKING
THAT IS WORTHY MORE THAN GOD?
00:44:52.80\00:44:58.40
SO GOD SHOULD BE ALL IN ALL
FOR US - IN OUR LIVES - IN OUR
00:44:58.40\00:45:03.10
MINDS. PSALM 80, VERSES 8 AND
9 - THERE'S SOME OLD TESTAMENT
00:45:03.10\00:45:09.16
TEACHING ABOUT THE VINE HERE.
'YOU HAVE BROUGHT A VINE OUT OF
00:45:09.16\00:45:13.33
EGYPT; YOU HAVE CAST OUT
THE NATIONS, AND PLANTED IT.
00:45:13.33\00:45:16.70
YOU PREPARED ROOM FOR IT,
AND CAUSED IT TO TAKE DEEP ROOT,
00:45:16.70\00:45:20.23
AND IT FILLED THE LAND."
00:45:20.23\00:45:21.80
WHAT WAS THE VINE THAT
HE BROUGHT OUT OF EGYPT?
00:45:21.80\00:45:24.46
IT'S HIS PEOPLE - AND JESUS IS A
TYPE OF THAT BUT IT WAS ISRAEL.
00:45:24.46\00:45:28.20
NOTICE THIS NEXT ONE - ISAIAH
5:7, "FOR THE VINEYARD OF THE
00:45:28.20\00:45:32.33
LORD OF HOSTS IS THE HOUSE OF
ISRAEL, AND THE MEN OF JUDAH ARE
00:45:32.33\00:45:36.53
HIS PLEASANT PLANT" - THE
VINEYARD IS GOD'S PEOPLE AND THE
00:45:36.53\00:45:41.20
INDIVIDUAL VINES REPRESENT - OR
THE VINEYARD, RATHER, IS GOD'S
00:45:41.20\00:45:46.50
NATION - THE INDIVIDUAL VINE
IS GOD'S PEOPLE - "HE LOOKED FOR
00:45:46.50\00:45:50.26
JUSTICE, BUT BEHOLD, OPPRESSION;
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BEHOLD, A
00:45:50.26\00:45:53.03
CRY FOR HELP." - AND
HE SAID, 'AND IF MY VINE
00:45:53.03\00:45:55.50
BRINGS FORTH BITTER
GRAPES WHAT WILL I DO?
00:45:55.50\00:45:57.43
BREAK DOWN THE
WALL. CUT DOWN THE VINES.
00:45:57.43\00:45:59.13
LET THE WILD BEASTS GO
THROUGH IT.' HE WANTS THE FRUIT.
00:45:59.13\00:46:01.96
YOU CAN READ THAT WHOLE PASSAGE
THERE IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 5:1
00:46:01.96\00:46:04.76
THROUGH 7. JOHN -
I'M SORRY, 1 JOHN 3:6,
00:46:04.76\00:46:09.53
"WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM DOES
NOT SIN." NOW, THAT VERSE - IT'S
00:46:09.53\00:46:16.30
VERY PLAIN - IT SAYS, "WHOEVER
ABIDES IN HIM DOES NOT SIN.
00:46:16.30\00:46:19.53
WHOEVER SINS HAS NOT
SEEN HIM NEITHER KNOWN HIM."
00:46:19.53\00:46:22.16
DOES THAT MEAN A PERSON WHO
IS ABIDING IN HIM NEVER SINS?
00:46:22.16\00:46:27.00
NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE
WORD 'SIN' HERE IN THE GREEK
00:46:27.00\00:46:30.96
IS TALKING ABOUT PRACTICES SIN.
IT'S NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT AN
00:46:30.96\00:46:35.80
ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT'S
TALKING ABOUT LIVING A LIFE
00:46:35.80\00:46:38.06
OF SIN. IF WE
ARE LIVING A LIFE OF
00:46:38.06\00:46:40.33
ABIDING IN JESUS, THAT IS
INCONGRUOUS WITH LIVING A LIFE
00:46:40.33\00:46:44.40
OF SIN. THE TWO
DO NOT GO TOGETHER.
00:46:44.40\00:46:46.40
THEY DO NOT MIX LIKE OIL AND
WATER. AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.20
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT
LIVING A LIFE OF SIN, MAKE SURE
00:46:49.20\00:46:52.06
YOU ARE LIVING A LIFE OF ABIDING
IN HIM. AVOIDING SIN IS SO MUCH
00:46:52.06\00:46:57.70
MORE NATURAL WHEN WE
ARE ABIDING IN CHRIST.
00:46:57.70\00:47:00.40
PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH TEMPTATION - WHAT DID JESUS
00:47:00.40\00:47:03.66
USE TO FIGHT
TEMPTATION? THE WORD OF GOD.
00:47:03.66\00:47:08.50
WHAT IS CHRIST ALSO
CALLED? THE WORD OF GOD.
00:47:08.50\00:47:11.86
IF WE'RE ABIDING IN HIM -
IF WE'RE FEASTING ON THE WORD -
00:47:11.86\00:47:15.90
DOES THE WORD HELP KEEP US -
'THY WORD I HAVE HIDDEN IN MY
00:47:15.90\00:47:19.60
HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT
SIN.' WHAT KEEPS US FROM SIN?
00:47:19.60\00:47:25.06
'THY WORD I HAVE HIDDEN IN
MY HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN
00:47:25.06\00:47:27.40
AGAINST YOU.' AND SO THE MORE
TIME WE SPEND ABIDING IN CHRIST
00:47:27.40\00:47:31.10
- JESUS IS THE WORD - THE EASIER
IT IS FOR US TO LIVE THOSE LIVES
00:47:31.10\00:47:35.20
WHERE HE'S IN US.
ALRIGHT, LET ME SEE HERE, I'VE
00:47:35.20\00:47:42.00
GOT ONE MORE SECTION - OH WELL,
I TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S GO TO
00:47:42.00\00:47:45.10
'PRAYER' - I WANT
TO DEAL WITH THAT.
00:47:45.10\00:47:48.40
MARK 1, VERSE 35 - A CHRISTIAN
IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST - WHAT
00:47:48.40\00:47:55.06
WAS JESUS' EXAMPLE?
"NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING
00:47:55.06\00:47:58.20
RISEN A LONG WHILE
BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE
00:47:58.20\00:48:01.36
WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A
SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE
00:48:01.36\00:48:04.46
PRAYED." JESUS
MADE TIME FOR PRAYER.
00:48:04.46\00:48:09.93
AND IT SAYS, 'HAVING
RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE IT WAS
00:48:09.93\00:48:13.20
DAYLIGHT.' YOU KNOW, AT ONE
POINT IT SAYS, 'AT THE FOURTH
00:48:13.20\00:48:17.36
WATCH.' HE HAD BEEN IN
THE MOUNTAINS PRAYING - AT THE
00:48:17.36\00:48:20.56
FOURTH WATCH HE CAME TO THE
DISCIPLES - THAT WAS THREE IN
00:48:20.56\00:48:22.60
THE MORNING. IT'S
PRETTY EARLY TO WAKE UP.
00:48:22.60\00:48:26.53
MARTIN LUTHER USED TO WAKE
UP ABOUT 3:30 OR 4:00 IN THE
00:48:26.53\00:48:28.93
MORNING EVERY DAY AND HE'D
DEVOTE TWO OR THREE HOURS TO
00:48:28.93\00:48:31.20
PRAYER. JOHN WESLEY - WOKE UP
EARLY AND SPENT HOURS IN PRAYER.
00:48:31.20\00:48:38.23
GEORGE WHITFIELD, JONATHAN
EDWARDS - I'M MENTIONING THESE
00:48:38.23\00:48:41.40
NAMES BECAUSE THESE WERE PEOPLE
WHO BROUGHT GREAT REVIVAL AND
00:48:41.40\00:48:45.33
ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE GREAT
REVIVAL WAS THE TIME THEY SPENT
00:48:45.33\00:48:47.93
IN COMMUNION
WITH GOD - IS PRAYER.
00:48:47.93\00:48:51.60
VERY FEW PEOPLE SPEND A LOT
OF TIME PRAYING AND I THINK THAT
00:48:51.60\00:48:58.43
THAT'S THE KEY - THAT'S
REALLY THE KEY TO REVIVAL.
00:48:58.43\00:49:01.53
THAT'S KEY TO ABIDING IN
HIM - IS JUST PLEADING FOR THAT
00:49:01.53\00:49:04.66
RELATIONSHIP. WHEN
YOU ARE NOT IN PRAYER, THE
00:49:04.66\00:49:09.13
DEVIL IS
PROBABLY PREYING ON YOU.
00:49:09.13\00:49:11.73
AND SO THE MORE TIME THAT
YOU ARE IN PRAYER, THE DEVIL
00:49:11.73\00:49:14.43
TREMBLES WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE
PRAY. YOU ARE IMPERVIOUS TO THE
00:49:14.43\00:49:18.86
DEVIL'S ASSAULTS WHEN
YOU ARE ON YOUR KNEES.
00:49:18.86\00:49:21.00
DO YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO
PRAY AND SIN AT THE SAME TIME?
00:49:21.00\00:49:24.30
DON'T TRY IT BUT
- PRAYER KEEPS YOU.
00:49:24.30\00:49:29.40
JESUS SPENT TIME IN PRAYER.
SO THIS IS PART OF LIVING THAT
00:49:29.40\00:49:32.93
NEW LIFE. MATTHEW 6:5 -
JESUS SAID, "AND WHEN YOU PRAY,
00:49:32.93\00:49:37.30
YOU SHALL NOT BE
LIKE THE HYPOCRITES."
00:49:37.30\00:49:39.80
YOU NOTICE JESUS DIDN'T
SAY, 'AND IF YOU PRAY.' JESUS IS
00:49:39.80\00:49:43.63
ASSUMING PRAYER WAS GOING TO BE
PART OF THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER
00:49:43.63\00:49:46.83
SO HE SAID, 'AND WHEN YOU PRAY'
- NOT 'IF YOU PRAY.' HE SAID,
00:49:46.83\00:49:50.23
'DON'T PRAY FOR OTHERS TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO PRAY LONG
00:49:50.23\00:49:55.13
PRAYERS IN PUBLIC FOR PEOPLE TO
THINK HOW PIOUS THEY WERE AND HE
00:49:55.13\00:49:58.30
SAID, 'PRAY TO YOUR FATHER.
HAVE IT TO BE SPONTANEOUS.
00:49:58.30\00:50:03.33
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME
MARK 11:24 - WHO HAS THAT VERSE?
00:50:03.33\00:50:07.46
HOLD YOUR HAND UP. OH,
YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT HERE?
00:50:07.46\00:50:08.70
HOLD YOUR HAND
UP. RIGHT OVER HERE.
00:50:08.70\00:50:11.46
SO A MICROPHONE CAN FIND
YOU AND A CAMERA AS WELL.
00:50:11.46\00:50:17.16
AND THEN THERE - AND IF
YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY, PRAY WITH
00:50:17.16\00:50:19.63
PASSION. JAMES
5:16, "...THE EFFECTIVE,
00:50:19.63\00:50:25.70
FERVENT PRAYER OF A
RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH."
00:50:25.70\00:50:30.33
NOW THE FACT THAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT EFFECTIVE FERVENT PRAYERS
00:50:30.33\00:50:34.46
WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE ARE INEFFECTIVE, LISTLESS
00:50:34.46\00:50:38.56
PRAYERS. LET'S BE
HONEST WITH EACH OTHER.
00:50:38.56\00:50:44.20
DO YOU SOMETIMES STRUGGLE
TO PRAY ORIGINAL PRAYERS?
00:50:44.20\00:50:48.23
I MEAN, IF YOU ARE IN THE HABIT
OF PRAYING DAILY YOU WILL FIND
00:50:48.23\00:50:51.33
YOURSELF SAYING THE SAME THING.
AND IT ACTUALLY TAKES SOME
00:50:51.33\00:50:56.03
EFFORT TO SAY SOMETHING NEW AND
ORIGINAL SO THAT IT'S - AND THAT
00:50:56.03\00:51:02.03
MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN PRAYER.
00:51:02.03\00:51:07.40
IF YOU HAD A DAILY APPOINTMENT
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND HE SAID,
00:51:07.40\00:51:12.06
'LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FIVE
MINUTES TOGETHER EVERY DAY AND
00:51:12.06\00:51:15.26
EVERY DAY YOU SAW HIM YOU SAID
THE SAME THING, WOULDN'T YOU
00:51:15.26\00:51:17.40
THINK, 'WELL, THAT
SOUNDS KIND OF BORING.
00:51:17.40\00:51:20.76
SAY SOMETHING ORIGINAL.
SAY SOMETHING INTRIGUING.
00:51:20.76\00:51:23.66
I'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES TO
CONVERSATE WITH THE PRESIDENT.
00:51:23.66\00:51:26.70
WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO - YOU'D
THINK IF YOU SAID THE SAME THING
00:51:26.70\00:51:32.43
EVERY DAY YOU'D THINK IT
WOULD PROBABLY BE AN INSULT.
00:51:32.43\00:51:34.33
HE'D SEE YOU COMING AND
GO, 'UH, HERE IT COMES AGAIN.'
00:51:34.33\00:51:38.50
HAVE YOU HEARD PEOPLE PRAY
THAT YOU KNOW AND THEIR PRAYERS
00:51:38.50\00:51:42.43
ALMOST ALWAYS
SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME?
00:51:42.43\00:51:45.33
IT'S A STRUGGLE IN OUR FAMILY
PRAYERS SINCE WE PRAY IN THE
00:51:45.33\00:51:48.03
MORNING AND WE PRAY AT NIGHT
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TYPICAL
00:51:48.03\00:51:50.40
THINGS WE ALWAYS PRAY ABOUT -
OUR LOVED ONES AND WE PRAY FOR
00:51:50.40\00:51:53.26
HEALTH AND DIFFERENT THINGS,
BUT I THINK GOD WANTS TO HEAR US
00:51:53.26\00:51:57.36
SPEAK FROM OUR HEARTS. SO
IT'S WORTH INVESTING SOME TIME.
00:51:57.36\00:52:02.13
GOD SAYS, 'COME NOW, LET US
REASON TOGETHER.' YOU KNOW WHAT
00:52:02.13\00:52:04.80
THAT'S APPEALING TO?
HE WANTS YOU TO THINK.
00:52:04.80\00:52:08.03
THINK ABOUT WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING TO HIM.
00:52:08.03\00:52:09.90
REASON WITH HIM IN PRAYER.
SO IT'S AN EFFECTUAL PRAYER -
00:52:09.90\00:52:13.33
IT'S A FERVENT PRAYER.
WHAT DOES 'FERVENT' MEAN?
00:52:13.33\00:52:16.16
PASSIONATE. IT'S FROM THE HEART.
00:52:16.16\00:52:19.06
YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES YOUR
PRAYERS THE MOST ELOQUENT?
00:52:19.06\00:52:22.16
IT'S YOUR
SINCERITY - YOUR DESPERATION.
00:52:22.16\00:52:26.56
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US MARK 11:24.
00:52:26.56\00:52:30.86
>>MARK 11:24, "THEREFORE I SAY
TO YOU, WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK
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WHEN YOU PRAY,
BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE THEM,
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AND YOU WILL HAVE THEM."
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>>ALRIGHT, SO HE'S NOT ONLY
TELLING US TO PRAY WITH PASSION
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AND PRAY WITH OUR HEADS,
HE'S SAYING PRAY WITH FAITH.
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WHENEVER YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING,
BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE IT.
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NOW DOES THAT MEAN
YOU CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING?
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OR DOES JAMES ALSO SAY, 'IF YOU
ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS
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WILL?' AND SO, IF YOU ARE
ABIDING IN CHRIST, YOU WILL NOT
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BE PRAYING FOR THE WRONG KIND
OF THINGS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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BECAUSE YOU'LL BE WANTING GOD'S
WILL. I MEAN, EVEN JESUS SAID,
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NOT MY WILL, THY WILL BE DONE.
HE WAS FULLY SURRENDERED TO THE
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FATHER'S WILL IN HIS PRAYER.
CHRIST'S PRAYERS WERE ALWAYS
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ANSWERED BECAUSE HE ALWAYS
PRAYED ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL,
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RIGHT? AND SO ASK THAT
GOD WILL HELP YOU TO KNOW
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HIS WILL BETTER. SOMEONE
LOOK UP FOR ME LUKE 9:23.
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WHO HAS THAT? RIGHT OVER HERE.
WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
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AND THE LAST SECTION IS PROBABLY
THE MOST - ONE OF THE MOST
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IMPORTANT - AND IT DEALS
WITH DYING TO SELF EVERYDAY.
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PAUL SAYS, IN GALATIANS 2:20, "I
HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST;
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IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT
CHRIST LIVES IN ME; AND THE LIFE
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WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I
LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD,
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WHO LOVED ME AND
GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."
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HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD IS TO
DENY OUR NATURAL CARNAL DESIRES
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- IS TO DENY THEY - JUST THE
NATURAL, SELFISH INCLINATIONS
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THAT WE ALL HAVE.
OKAY, ARE YOU READY?
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GO AHEAD, YOU CAN
READ FOR US LUKE 9:23.
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>>LUKE 9:23, "AND HE SAID TO
THEM ALL, IF ANY MAN WILL COME
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AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF,
AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY,
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AND FOLLOW ME.
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FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE
SHALL LOSE IT: BUT WHOSOEVER
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WILL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY
SAKE, THE SAME SHALL SAVE IT."
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>>YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE THIS - I
LIKE THIS PASSAGE IN PARTICULAR
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IS BECAUSE HERE IN LUKE, WHEN
JESUS MAKES THIS STATEMENT, HE
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INCLUDES A VERY IMPORTANT WORD:
'DAILY' - DAILY. NOT ONLY DO WE
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NEED DAILY BREAD, IT SAYS, 'TAKE
UP HIS CROSS DAILY.' IT'S NOT
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SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ONE TIME
BUT PART OF GROWING IN CHRIST
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IS EVERY DAY LAYING
YOUR PLANS BEFORE THE LORD.
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DAILY PRAYER, DAILY BREAD, DAILY
CHOICE NOT TO LIVE A SELFISH
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LIFE BUT TO LIVE ACCORDING
TO GOD'S WILL, DAILY LOOKING FOR
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OPPORTUNITIES - EVERY DAY YOU
SHOULD PRAY AND SAY, 'OH LORD,
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HOW CAN I SHARE MY FAITH
WITH SOMEONE ELSE TODAY?' AMEN?
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YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE RUN OUT
OF TIME, I JUST WANT TO READ
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SOMETHING TO YOU FROM - THIS
IS ALSO FROM THE BOOK 'STEPS TO
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CHRIST' AND I LOST THE
REFERENCE, I APOLOGIZE.
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IT'S IN THE SECTION
ABOUT BEING BORN AGAIN.
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REMEMBER JESUS SAID TO
NICODEMUS, 'DON'T MARVEL
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THAT I SAID YOU
MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
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THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT WISHES
AND YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF IT BUT
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YOU CANNOT TELL WHERE IT
CAME OR WHERE IT'S GOING.
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SO IS EVERYONE WHO
IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
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WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME AT
PENTECOST IT CAME LIKE A RUSHING
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WIND, DIDN'T IT? "A PERSON MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO TELL THE EXACT
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TIME OR PLACE OR TRACE
ALL THE CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES
00:55:49.30\00:55:52.03
IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERSION,
BUT THIS DOES NOT PROVE HIM
00:55:52.03\00:55:55.26
UNCONVERTED. CHRIST
SAID TO NICODEMUS, 'THE
00:55:55.26\00:55:58.40
WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTETH
AND THOU HEAREST THE SOUND
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THEREOF, BUT YOU CANST
NOT TELL WHENCE IT COMETH
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AND WHITHER IT GOETH. SO
IS EVERYONE THAT IS BORN OF
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THE SPIRIT. JOHN 3:8.
LIKE THE WIND, WHICH IS
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INVISIBLE, YET THE
EFFECTS OF WHICH ARE
00:56:07.73\00:56:10.06
PLAINLY SEEN AND FELT, IT
IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN ITS
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WORK UPON THE HUMAN HEART.
THAT REGENERATING POWER, WHICH
00:56:12.83\00:56:16.06
NO HUMAN EYE CAN SEE,
BEGETS A NEW LIFE IN THE SOUL.
00:56:16.06\00:56:20.06
IT CREATES A NEW
BEING IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
00:56:20.06\00:56:23.10
WHILE THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
IS SILENT AND IMPERCEPTIBLE, ITS
00:56:23.10\00:56:26.83
EFFECTS ARE MANIFEST. IF
THE HEART HAS BEEN RENEWED BY
00:56:26.83\00:56:30.16
THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE LIFE
WILL BEAR WITNESS TO THE FACT."
00:56:30.16\00:56:34.00
IT'LL BE SEEN - THE
FRUITS WILL BE IN THE LIFE.
00:56:34.00\00:56:36.03
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TRACE ALL
THE CIRCUMSTANCES - YOU KNOW, I
00:56:36.03\00:56:38.53
MEET THESE PEOPLE AND THEY SAY,
'I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN THE
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ALTAR CALL WAS MADE AND THE
MUSIC THAT WAS PLAYING AND I
00:56:40.86\00:56:44.13
CAME FORWARD AND I ACCEPTED
JESUS THAT DAY AND' - SOME OF
00:56:44.13\00:56:47.43
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PUT
YOUR FINGER ON THE DAY.
00:56:47.43\00:56:49.93
I CAN'T DO THAT.
BECAUSE FOR ME, IT WAS SORT OF
00:56:49.93\00:56:52.53
LIKE A - IT WAS A TRANSITION
THAT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN
00:56:52.53\00:56:56.73
IT STARTED. I
KNOW THE RANGE OF TIME.
00:56:56.73\00:56:58.60
IT WAS OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS.
A LOT OF CHANGES WERE HAPPENING.
00:56:58.60\00:57:01.70
I WAS CONVICTED AND IT
JUST SORT OF HAPPENED IN STAGES.
00:57:01.70\00:57:04.66
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU OUGHT
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY,
00:57:04.66\00:57:07.80
'SOMETHING HAPPENED.' THAT
YOU'RE A NEW CREATURE - OLD
00:57:07.80\00:57:11.03
THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY,
ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. AMEN?
00:57:11.03\00:57:14.16
WELL, WE'RE OUT OF
TIME FOR TODAY'S STUDY.
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I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A FREE BOOK
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IF YOU MISSED IT
AT THE BEGINNING.
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JUST CALL AND ASK FOR THE
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NUMBER'S ON THE
SCREEN. ASK FOR OFFER #155.
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WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
PLEASE READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT
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WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. AND
UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS
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YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO STUDYING TOGETHER AGAIN.
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>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
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OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
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PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
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