(MUSIC)
00:00:00.60\00:00:16.68
>>I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
JUST BUYING ANY KIND OF DRUGS
00:00:16.68\00:00:19.35
JUST TO DO FOR MYSELF BECAUSE IT
JUST MADE SENSE TO INVEST IT IN
00:00:19.35\00:00:23.15
SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I CAN
MAKE ALL THE MONEY BACK AND HAVE
00:00:23.15\00:00:27.09
WEED THAT I
COULD SMOKE FOR FREE.
00:00:27.09\00:00:29.69
I WAS HAVING A LOT OF
FUN - AT LEAST AT FIRST.
00:00:29.69\00:00:35.53
I WAS MAKING MORE MONEY
THAN ANYBODY THAT I KNEW.
00:00:35.53\00:00:38.73
I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, POUNDS AND
POUNDS OF WEED IN THE CLOSET AND
00:00:38.73\00:00:41.94
I'VE GOT ALL THIS MONEY.
I'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL FULLY
00:00:41.94\00:00:44.84
FURNISHED
APARTMENT, A CHANDELIER HANGING
00:00:44.84\00:00:47.24
IN MY LIVING ROOM.
I'VE GOT A LUXURY CAR
00:00:47.24\00:00:49.64
ALL LEATHER INTERIOR. I'VE
GOT THE HOTTEST GIRLFRIEND.
00:00:49.64\00:00:52.18
I HAVE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
THIS WORLD TELLS ME THAT I NEED.
00:00:52.18\00:00:58.15
AND THAT'S WHEN I
REALIZED HOW EMPTY I REALLY WAS.
00:00:58.15\00:01:03.32
EVENTUALLY SMOKING
WEED DIDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
00:01:03.32\00:01:06.43
I STARTED GOING TO DOING A
LOT OF ACID - LSD, ECSTASY.
00:01:06.43\00:01:12.27
OF COURSE OTHER HARD
DRUGS CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
00:01:12.27\00:01:14.97
I FOUND OUT THAT YOU CAN'T RUN
AWAY FROM YOURSELF AND NO MATTER
00:01:14.97\00:01:19.04
WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU
ARE. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO
00:01:19.04\00:01:22.08
RECONCILE A FAITH IN GOD
AND THEN THIS LIFESTYLE THAT
00:01:22.08\00:01:25.28
I WAS CHOOSING TO LEAD. AND
AT THIS POINT I HAD MADE THE
00:01:25.28\00:01:28.18
CHOICE TO LEAVE THAT LIFESTYLE
BUT I COULDN'T REVERSE IT.
00:01:28.18\00:01:31.95
EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO STOP
OR AT LEAST SLOW DOWN, I HAD NO
00:01:31.95\00:01:37.16
POWER. I SAID,
'GOD, DO WHATEVER IT IS
00:01:37.16\00:01:39.43
YOU'VE GOT TO DO TO CHANGE ME.'
I GET ARRESTED FOR A DUI - I'D
00:01:39.43\00:01:43.16
BEEN TO JAIL MANY TIMES BEFORE
BUT I USED TO THINK THAT THE
00:01:43.16\00:01:46.30
REASON THAT I WENT TO JAIL
WAS BECAUSE GOD WAS SICK OF
00:01:46.30\00:01:49.00
ME - THAT GOD HATED ME.
THERE I AM IN JAIL AND I'M
00:01:49.00\00:01:52.84
STARTING TO SEE THE FACT
THAT GOD LOVES ME - TO KNOW THE
00:01:52.84\00:01:56.78
EMPTINESS OF THIS WORLD -
TO KNOW THAT THIS LIFE REALLY
00:01:56.78\00:02:00.62
STINKS BUT THERE'S HOPE.
AND THE HOPE THAT I FOUND CAN
00:02:00.62\00:02:08.26
ONLY BE SEEN OR
KNOWN IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:02:08.26\00:02:18.50
MY NAME IS JUSTIN MONTERO
AND I'VE RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
00:02:18.50\00:02:25.17
>>AMEN. YOU KNOW,
FRIENDS, WE CAN TELL
00:02:25.17\00:02:28.81
FROM SOME OF THE TESTIMONIES
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD DURING THIS
00:02:28.81\00:02:31.21
PROGRAM THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEGUN A
00:02:31.21\00:02:36.52
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
00:02:36.52\00:02:39.95
MAYBE SOMEBODY HURT THEM OR THEY
GOT DISTRACTED WITH THE BUSYNESS
00:02:39.95\00:02:43.96
OF LIFE. OR MAYBE
THEY GREW UP IN THE
00:02:43.96\00:02:46.09
CHURCH AND THEY WERE JUST
CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S OUT THERE
00:02:46.09\00:02:48.36
IN THE WORLD AND THEY WANTED TO
GO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES WHAT
00:02:48.36\00:02:51.47
THEY'RE MISSING BUT THEY DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT IT WAS A WHIRLPOOL
00:02:51.47\00:02:54.44
THAT WAS GOING TO
CATCH THEM AND HOLD THEM.
00:02:54.44\00:02:58.01
AND WE'RE DOING THIS
PROGRAM ESPECIALLY TO ENCOURAGE
00:02:58.01\00:03:00.78
EVERYBODY TO KNOW - THOSE
OF YOU WHO HAVE A HISTORY AND A
00:03:00.78\00:03:04.71
BACKGROUND WITH JESUS, YOU CAN
COME BACK - YOU CAN GET A NEW
00:03:04.71\00:03:08.95
BEGINNING. BUT YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
00:03:08.95\00:03:11.82
NOT TO JUMP SHIP -
TO STAY WITH THE BOAT.
00:03:11.82\00:03:16.69
IN SPITE OF THE PROBLEMS, IN
SPITE OF THE STORMS, IN SPITE OF
00:03:16.69\00:03:20.03
THE OTHER SAILORS, YOU
HAVE TO STAY ON THE BOAT.
00:03:20.03\00:03:24.53
JESUS WILL NOT FORCE YOU.
00:03:24.53\00:03:25.77
YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION -
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WHERE THE
00:03:25.77\00:03:27.87
SHARKS ARE - TO
SWIM BACK TO THE BOAT.
00:03:27.87\00:03:31.67
IN 1961, NOVEMBER 17TH, MICHAEL
ROCKEFELLER, THE YOUNGEST SON OF
00:03:31.67\00:03:38.65
NELSON ROCKEFELLER FORMER
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND VICE
00:03:38.65\00:03:41.68
PRESIDENT, HEIR OF THE VERY
WEALTHY ROCKEFELLER OIL FORTUNE,
00:03:41.68\00:03:47.49
HE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE BLACK
SHEEP OF THE FAMILY AND HE WAS
00:03:47.49\00:03:51.13
DOING ANTHROPOLOGY WORK OUT IN
THE JUNGLES - WENT TO NEW GUINEA
00:03:51.13\00:03:55.56
- AND ON THAT DAY THEY WERE OUT
IN THE OCEAN IN A DUGOUT CANOE -
00:03:55.56\00:03:59.23
40-FOOT LONG DUGOUT CANOE,
DOUBLE PONTOONS - HE AND TWO
00:03:59.23\00:04:03.07
GUIDES, ALONG WITH ANOTHER
ANTHROPOLOGIST, RENE WASSING,
00:04:03.07\00:04:07.44
AND SOME WAVES CAME
AND SWAMPED THEIR ENGINE.
00:04:07.44\00:04:11.08
WELL, THEY WERE ABOUT THREE
MILES FROM SHORE AND THE TWO
00:04:11.08\00:04:14.95
GUIDES TOLD THE YOUNG
ANTHROPOLOGISTS, 'STAY WITH THE
00:04:14.95\00:04:19.52
BOAT, WE WILL GET
HELP, WE WILL COME BACK.'
00:04:19.52\00:04:23.36
AND SO THEY SWAM OFF.
00:04:23.36\00:04:25.63
BUT IN THE HOURS THAT ENSUED,
AS THE BOAT WAS DRIFTING FURTHER
00:04:25.63\00:04:29.26
AND FURTHER FROM SHORE, MICHAEL
SAID TO RENE, 'I THINK WE
00:04:29.26\00:04:33.70
BETTER GET BACK, WE DON'T KNOW
IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT.
00:04:33.70\00:04:36.07
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S
GOING TO BE, THEY'LL MAYBE NEVER
00:04:36.07\00:04:37.57
FIND US OUT HERE IN THE OCEAN.'
AND RENE SAID, 'THEY SAID 'STAY
00:04:37.57\00:04:41.28
WITH THE BOAT AND THEY'LL FIND
US.' AND HE SAID, 'NO, I THINK I
00:04:41.28\00:04:46.15
CAN MAKE IT TO
LAND. THIS IS YOUR CHOICE.
00:04:46.15\00:04:48.98
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO SWIM ON
MY OWN.' AND HE TOOK TWO EMPTY
00:04:48.98\00:04:52.32
GAS CANS AND TIED THEM BETWEEN
HIM AND JUMPED IN THE WATER - HE
00:04:52.32\00:04:55.92
DID IT FOR
BUOYANCY - AND SWAM OFF.
00:04:55.92\00:04:59.06
AND HE'S NEVER BEEN SEEN AGAIN.
IT CREATED AN INTERNATIONAL
00:04:59.06\00:05:03.87
MEDIA FRENZY AND THE FATHER FLEW
TO NEW GUINEA AND THERE WAS A
00:05:03.87\00:05:07.70
MASSIVE SEARCH BUT THEY NEVER
FOUND HIS BODY. THEY NEVER FOUND
00:05:07.70\00:05:11.47
MICHAEL BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T STAY WITH THE BOAT.
00:05:11.47\00:05:15.14
THE NEXT DAY RENE WAS PICKED UP.
00:05:15.14\00:05:18.11
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY IN
THE BIBLE THAT TELLS US THERE IS
00:05:18.11\00:05:21.58
A TIME TO TRUST THE LORD
AND HANG TIGHT IN THE BOAT, EVEN
00:05:21.58\00:05:27.42
THOUGH THERE MAY BE STORMS.
IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE YOU'LL
00:05:27.42\00:05:31.33
FIND THIS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS.
THE BOOK OF ACTS TELLS ABOUT THE
00:05:31.33\00:05:34.83
EXCITING WAY THAT
GOD HAS LED HIS CHURCH.
00:05:34.83\00:05:38.47
AND I SHOULD MENTION AT THIS
POINT THAT, AS MUCH AS I ENJOY
00:05:38.47\00:05:41.60
THIS BEAUTIFUL SET AND THAT
QUAINT LITTLE CHURCH THAT WE
00:05:41.60\00:05:44.17
HAVE THERE, THE CHURCH IS NOT A
BUILDING, THE CHURCH IS PEOPLE -
00:05:44.17\00:05:48.81
IT'S A GATHERING OF PEOPLE - AND
AT THE END OF THE STORY OF ACTS,
00:05:48.81\00:05:54.65
THE BOOK TAKES QUITE A BIT
OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT A STORM AT
00:05:54.65\00:05:58.72
SEA. THERE IS A
BOATLOAD OF SAILORS
00:05:58.72\00:06:02.89
THAT ARE ON THE WAY TO ROME
FOR JUDGMENT - THEY'RE ACTUALLY
00:06:02.89\00:06:06.49
PRISONERS ON THEIR WAY TO
ROME TO BE JUDGED BY CAESAR.
00:06:06.49\00:06:10.37
THE APOSTLE PAUL IS ON THE BOAT
AND AFTER - THEY LOSE EVERYTHING
00:06:10.37\00:06:15.80
- THEY THROW EVERYTHING
OVERBOARD - THEY DON'T KNOW
00:06:15.80\00:06:18.01
WHERE THEY ARE. THEY'RE LOST.
00:06:18.01\00:06:19.27
THEY'VE LOST THEIR TACKLING AND
THEY THREW THEIR FOOD OVERBOARD.
00:06:19.27\00:06:23.18
BUT PAUL PRAYED AND HE
INTERCEDED FOR EVERYBODY ON THE
00:06:23.18\00:06:25.95
BOAT AND THE ANGEL SAID, 'I'VE
HEARD YOUR PRAYER.' WELL, JUST
00:06:25.95\00:06:30.99
AS THEY WERE NEARING LAND
SOME OF THE SAILORS THOUGHT,
00:06:30.99\00:06:35.39
'YOU KNOW, WE CAN
DO BETTER ON OUR OWN.
00:06:35.39\00:06:38.09
WE'RE GOING TO SNEAK OFF IN
THE LITTLE LIFEBOAT - THE LITTLE
00:06:38.09\00:06:40.56
DINGHY - BY OURSELVES.' YOU CAN
READ IN ACTS 27, VERSE 30 - "AND
00:06:40.56\00:06:46.07
AS THE SAILORS WERE SEEKING TO
ESCAPE FROM THE SHIP, AND THEY
00:06:46.07\00:06:50.24
LET DOWN THE SKIFF INTO THE
SEA UNDER PRETENSE" - PRETENDING
00:06:50.24\00:06:53.61
THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT
ANCHORS FROM THE BOW - PAUL SAID
00:06:53.61\00:06:56.95
TO THE CENTURION AND THE
SOLDIERS, "UNLESS THESE MEN STAY
00:06:56.95\00:07:02.25
IN THE SHIP YOU
CANNOT BE SAVED." WOW. WHY?
00:07:02.25\00:07:09.76
PERHAPS GOD'S SENDING A MESSAGE
TO HIS PEOPLE AS WE NEAR SHORE -
00:07:09.76\00:07:13.66
ESPECIALLY DURING THE
STORMS OF THE LAST DAYS -
00:07:13.66\00:07:16.26
HOW CRUCIAL IT IS
FOR US TO STICK TOGETHER.
00:07:16.26\00:07:21.07
BECAUSE UNLESS WE STICK
TOGETHER, WE'RE ALL IN DANGER.
00:07:21.07\00:07:26.21
AND WE NEED TO
ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.
00:07:26.21\00:07:29.08
I'M NOT ONLY INTERESTED
IN MY SALVATION, I NEED TO BE
00:07:29.08\00:07:31.78
INTERESTED IN YOUR SALVATION
AND I HOPE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
00:07:31.78\00:07:35.35
MINE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU PRAY THE
00:07:35.35\00:07:37.42
LORD'S PRAYER IT NEVER
SAYS 'GIVE ME. DELIVER ME.
00:07:37.42\00:07:41.39
FEED ME.' IT'S
'LEAD US. DELIVER US.
00:07:41.39\00:07:44.56
FEED US.' BECAUSE WE SHOULD
BE CORPORATELY INTERESTED.
00:07:44.56\00:07:49.00
BUT WE'RE LIVING IN THE AGE
OF INDIVIDUALISM AND EVERYBODY'S
00:07:49.00\00:07:51.93
KIND OF OFF
DOING THEIR OWN THING.
00:07:51.93\00:07:53.97
YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE
YOU DURING THIS SERIES, THAT WE
00:07:53.97\00:07:57.74
NEED TO STICK WITH THE SHIP.
I READ SOME STATISTICS - THE
00:07:57.74\00:08:02.64
BARNA RESEARCH GROUP PUT THIS
OUT - THAT NEARLY THREE OUT OF
00:08:02.64\00:08:05.88
EVERY FIVE YOUNG CHRISTIANS -
APPROXIMATELY 59% - DISCONNECT
00:08:05.88\00:08:10.49
FROM THE CHURCH AFTER
AGE 15, SOME PERMANENTLY.
00:08:10.49\00:08:15.66
SOME, PRAISE
THE LORD, COME BACK.
00:08:15.66\00:08:17.86
APPROXIMATELY 150,000 PEOPLE
LEAVE THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IN
00:08:17.86\00:08:22.63
NORTH AMERICA, EVERY WEEK.
NOW, FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
00:08:22.63\00:08:27.34
MANY COMING IN ALSO, BUT
AT LARGE, THE BACK DOOR OF THE
00:08:27.34\00:08:31.54
CHURCH IS LARGER
NOW THAN THE FRONT DOOR.
00:08:31.54\00:08:35.28
NOW, THAT'S NOT TRUE IN ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT WE'VE
00:08:35.28\00:08:37.51
GOT A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IN
NORTH AMERICA AND OTHER PARTS OF
00:08:37.51\00:08:41.25
THE WORLD - SOME OF WESTERN
EUROPE - JUST TO GIVE YOU AN
00:08:41.25\00:08:44.45
EXAMPLE, THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
IN 2008 THEY DID SOME RESEARCH -
00:08:44.45\00:08:48.12
A MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 16 MILLION,
BUT THEY FOUND ONLY 38% ACTUALLY
00:08:48.12\00:08:52.59
ATTENDED CHURCH -
BUT THEY'RE ON THE BOOKS.
00:08:52.59\00:08:56.03
IN 2009 THE EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH DID A SIMILAR
00:08:56.03\00:08:58.97
STUDY AND OUT OF 4.5
MILLION ONLY 28% WENT TO CHURCH.
00:08:58.97\00:09:05.91
I THINK THE CATHOLIC STATISTICS
ARE ABOUT THE SAME AND THE - NOT
00:09:05.91\00:09:13.78
THE BARNA GROUP - THE GALLOP
POLL DID A STUDY AND THEY CAME
00:09:13.78\00:09:18.82
UP WITH THE FIRST STUDY AND IT
SAID, 'OH, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT
00:09:18.82\00:09:21.09
40% OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO
BE CHURCH MEMBERS ARE GOING TO
00:09:21.09\00:09:23.59
CHURCH. WELL, THEY
SAID, 'WE NEED TO DO
00:09:23.59\00:09:24.79
A BETTER STUDY.' SO THEY HAD
POLLSTERS GO TO THOSE CHURCHES
00:09:24.79\00:09:28.03
IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEASURE
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SAW FROM THE
00:09:28.03\00:09:31.83
ONES THAT SAID THEY REALLY WERE
GOING TO CHURCH - THEY FOUND
00:09:31.83\00:09:34.80
THAT A LOT OF CHRISTIANS
LIED - IT WAS CLOSER TO 28%.
00:09:34.80\00:09:39.17
BUT THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE -
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT AREN'T
00:09:39.17\00:09:40.64
GOING TOO. SO THERE REALLY IS
A SERIOUS PROBLEM. NOW, PLEASE
00:09:40.64\00:09:46.28
BEAR WITH ME - I'M VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, BUT
00:09:46.28\00:09:48.95
THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I HAVE,
HEBREWS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 24,
00:09:48.95\00:09:53.62
AND THIS IS SORT OF A VERSE
I'D LIKE TO USE TO CATAPULT THE
00:09:53.62\00:09:56.73
SERIES. HEBREWS 10, VERSES
24 AND 25 - "AND LET US CONSIDER
00:09:56.73\00:10:03.80
ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO STIR UP
LOVE AND GOOD WORKS" - STIR EACH
00:10:03.80\00:10:09.67
OTHER UP - "NOT FORSAKING
THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES
00:10:09.67\00:10:13.68
TOGETHER" - THAT'S WHAT THE
CHURCH IS, WE ASSEMBLE TOGETHER
00:10:13.68\00:10:17.21
- "AS THE MANNER OF SOME
IS" - SOME ARE DOING THIS - "BUT
00:10:17.21\00:10:20.75
EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER AND
SO MUCH THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE
00:10:20.75\00:10:26.39
DAY APPROACHING." - WHAT
DAY IS APPROACHING FRIENDS?
00:10:26.39\00:10:29.82
THE DAY OF THE
LORD - JESUS' COMING.
00:10:29.82\00:10:31.79
AND ALL THE MORE AS WE SEE
THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COMING WE
00:10:31.79\00:10:35.96
NEED TO ENCOURAGE AND EXHORT
AND STIR EACH OTHER TO COME
00:10:35.96\00:10:40.70
TOGETHER. THERE
IS REDEMPTIVE VALUE
00:10:40.70\00:10:44.51
IN OUR COMING TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, ONE REASON WE NEED
00:10:44.51\00:10:46.98
THE CHURCH SO MUCH IS BECAUSE OF
LOVE. GREAT COMMANDMENTS - LOVE
00:10:46.98\00:10:51.65
THE LORD, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR -
WE GO TO CHURCH BECAUSE WE LEARN
00:10:51.65\00:10:55.25
MORE ABOUT LOVING GOD BY
LEARNING HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:10:55.25\00:11:00.26
AND JOHN TELLS US IF WE CANNOT
LOVE OUR BROTHERS WHO WE DO SEE,
00:11:00.26\00:11:03.83
HOW CAN WE SAY THAT WE
LOVE THE LORD WHO WE DON'T SEE?
00:11:03.83\00:11:06.93
AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
WE WENT TO CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS
00:11:06.93\00:11:09.50
SUPPOSED TO BE SOME FORM OF
RESORT FOR THE SAINTS - IN MANY
00:11:09.50\00:11:14.14
RESPECTS IT'S A HOSPITAL
FOR THE SINNERS, ISN'T IT?
00:11:14.14\00:11:17.64
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH SOMETIMES
AREN'T ALWAYS LOVABLE, BUT
00:11:17.64\00:11:21.94
THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN LOVE.
YOU DON'T LEARN TO LOVE WHEN
00:11:21.94\00:11:24.45
YOU'RE SURROUNDED
ALWAYS WITH LOVABLE PEOPLE.
00:11:24.45\00:11:26.95
YOU ESPECIALLY LEARN TO LOVE -
WHEN YOU PRAY FOR PATIENCE WHAT
00:11:26.95\00:11:31.22
DO YOU THINK GOD
IS GOING TO GIVE YOU?
00:11:31.22\00:11:33.22
HE'LL SEND YOU DELAY
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GROW.
00:11:33.22\00:11:37.03
IF YOU PRAY FOR MUSCLES
WHAT IS GOD GOING TO GIVE YOU?
00:11:37.03\00:11:40.46
HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU WEIGHT
TO CARRY - I DIDN'T MEAN IT THE
00:11:40.46\00:11:43.90
WAY IT FIRST CAME OUT - BUT, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LIFT WEIGHTS.
00:11:43.90\00:11:48.77
AND IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, GIVE
ME LOVE FOR MY NEIGHBOR.' - HE'S
00:11:48.77\00:11:53.74
GOING TO PUT YOU NEXT
TO AN ORNERY NEIGHBOR.
00:11:53.74\00:11:57.15
AND THAT'S - ISN'T
THAT HOW WE LEARN LOVE?
00:11:57.15\00:12:00.62
AND SO SOME PEOPLE, THEY EXCUSE
THEMSELVES FROM THE CHURCH AND
00:12:00.62\00:12:03.99
THEY THINK THAT 'I'M GOING
TO STAY HOME AND I'M GOING TO BE
00:12:03.99\00:12:05.82
ESPECIALLY HOLY' - IT ACTUALLY
HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.
00:12:05.82\00:12:10.29
WE DESPERATELY NEED EACH OTHER.
WE NEED TO LEARN TO LOVE EACH
00:12:10.29\00:12:13.23
OTHER AND STICK
TOGETHER AS A CHURCH.
00:12:13.23\00:12:16.63
THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT WHEN WE GET TOGETHER.
00:12:16.63\00:12:20.90
JESUS SAID, 'FOR WHERE TWO OR
THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER IN
00:12:20.90\00:12:24.04
MY NAME' - MATTHEW 18:20 - 'I
AM THERE.' AND THE CHURCH IS THE
00:12:24.04\00:12:28.68
ASSEMBLY - IT IS THE
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
00:12:28.68\00:12:32.81
SO, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY
OBJECTIVES IS TO ENCOURAGE
00:12:32.81\00:12:36.85
PEOPLE TO RECLAIM THEIR FAITH.
AND I'LL TELL YOU - I REALIZE IN
00:12:36.85\00:12:41.79
ONE SENSE, SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE
HERE, I'M TALKING TO THE CHOIR
00:12:41.79\00:12:44.46
AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU
CAME TO THE LIVE AUDIENCE - BUT
00:12:44.46\00:12:48.00
STATISTICALLY, SOME OF
YOU HERE ARE ON THE EDGE
00:12:48.00\00:12:51.33
OF THE BACK DOOR.
MAYBE YOU'VE COME BECAUSE
00:12:51.33\00:12:54.67
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:12:54.67\00:12:57.37
YOU'VE PONDERED TAKING OFF INTO
THE WORLD OR WANDERING OFF AND
00:12:57.37\00:13:02.94
THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE WATCHING,
I KNOW, THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON
00:13:02.94\00:13:05.68
- YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO A
PERSON'S HOME OR YOU MAY BE
00:13:05.68\00:13:08.38
WATCHING A RECORDED VERSION,
YOU'RE WATCHING THE LIVE
00:13:08.38\00:13:10.92
BROADCAST - AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU.
00:13:10.92\00:13:15.26
AND YOU KNOW GOD IS CALLING YOU
- JESUS IS CALLING YOU BACK INTO
00:13:15.26\00:13:18.76
HIS BODY. THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT
00:13:18.76\00:13:21.83
FRIENDS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE
UNDER THE DELUSION THAT YOU CAN
00:13:21.83\00:13:29.34
BE A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN
AND NOT PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH.
00:13:29.34\00:13:34.18
AND I BELIEVE, FROM WHAT I READ
IN THE BIBLE - THAT YOUR BEING
00:13:34.18\00:13:37.58
AN ACTIVE CHRISTIAN AND
ATTENDING CHURCH - NOW I'M NOT
00:13:37.58\00:13:40.22
TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO MIGHT
HAVE SOME MEDICAL PROBLEM OR
00:13:40.22\00:13:42.95
BECAUSE OF AGE OR MAYBE YOU'RE
IN SOME REMOTE MISSION FIELD AND
00:13:42.95\00:13:46.55
THERE IS NO CHURCH - I'VE BEEN
IN THOSE SITUATIONS BEFORE WHERE
00:13:46.55\00:13:49.76
I WAS EITHER TOO SICK OR I
PHYSICALLY COULDN'T GO - ONCE I
00:13:49.76\00:13:52.53
HAD TO PREACH AND I COULDN'T
GO - I MEAN, I WAS SICK.
00:13:52.53\00:13:56.13
AND I HAVE BEEN IN PARTS OF THE
WORLD WHERE THERE JUST WAS NO
00:13:56.13\00:13:58.80
CHURCH AND SO YOU GATHER IN
A SMALL GROUP - OR SOMETIMES
00:13:58.80\00:14:02.80
YOU'RE BY YOURSELF - BUT FOR
THOSE WHO CAN GO AND THEY DON'T
00:14:02.80\00:14:09.31
- THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF
CHRIST - IF WE ARE NOT IN CHRIST
00:14:09.31\00:14:15.12
AND IN HIS BODY, THAT'S
VERY SERIOUS WHEN HE COMES BACK.
00:14:15.12\00:14:17.85
WE NEED TO BE IN THE
BOAT. SO WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
00:14:17.85\00:14:22.92
WHEN WE SAY THE WORD CHURCH IT'S
ACTUALLY A SCOTTISH WORD THAT
00:14:22.92\00:14:25.39
COMES FROM THE WORD 'KIRK' AND
YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD SOME SONGS
00:14:25.39\00:14:28.80
ABOUT THAT - THE WEE KIRK IN THE
HEATHER - AND THAT'S REALLY NOT
00:14:28.80\00:14:33.97
THE WORD. IN GREEK
IT'S ECCLESIA AND IT
00:14:33.97\00:14:37.54
MEANS THE GATHERING, THE
CALLING OUT, THE CONGREGATION,
00:14:37.54\00:14:41.01
THE ASSEMBLY. IT IS
A COMMUNITY OF FAITH.
00:14:41.01\00:14:44.78
IT'S NOT A BUILDING, IT'S A
PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE GATHER
00:14:44.78\00:14:47.88
TO LEARN HIS WILL AND TO
KNOW HOW TO SERVE HIM BETTER.
00:14:47.88\00:14:52.22
SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION: CAN
YOU BE A CHRISTIAN AND NOT BE
00:14:52.22\00:14:57.99
PARTICIPATING IN CHURCH?
NOW AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING
00:14:57.99\00:15:00.26
ABOUT THOSE WHO CAN'T BECAUSE OF
A MEDICAL PROBLEM OR ISOLATION,
00:15:00.26\00:15:05.73
BUT CAN YOU REALLY BE A HEALTHY
CHRISTIAN AND NOT WANT TO
00:15:05.73\00:15:08.37
BE PART OF GOD'S PEOPLE?
WELL, SURE - IF YOU CAN BE A
00:15:08.37\00:15:13.48
HONEYBEE AND NOT
BE PART OF A HIVE.
00:15:13.48\00:15:16.34
YOU USUALLY DON'T MAKE
A LOT OF HONEY THAT WAY.
00:15:16.34\00:15:18.28
IF YOU CAN BE A SOLDIER WITHOUT
AN ARMY - YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF
00:15:18.28\00:15:21.12
RAMBO - YOU RUN
AROUND DOING YOUR OWN THING.
00:15:21.12\00:15:24.95
IF YOU CAN BE A
SALESMAN WITH NO CUSTOMERS.
00:15:24.95\00:15:28.59
IF YOU CAN BE A FOOTBALL PLAYER
WITHOUT A TEAM - YOU THROW THE
00:15:28.59\00:15:32.26
BALL THEN YOU RUN AHEAD AND
YOU CATCH IT AND DO ALL YOUR OWN
00:15:32.26\00:15:35.56
BLOCKING AND TACKLING. IF
YOU CAN BE A POLITICIAN WHO
00:15:35.56\00:15:40.34
IS A HERMIT, WELL THEN SURE,
YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN THAT
00:15:40.34\00:15:44.24
DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH.
BUT I KNOW YOU REALIZE I'M
00:15:44.24\00:15:49.51
SAYING THIS TONGUE-IN-CHEEK -
THE BIBLE TELLS US, AND THIS IS
00:15:49.51\00:15:53.18
VERY IMPORTANT - ACTS CHAPTER 2,
VERSE 47 "THE LORD ADDED TO THE
00:15:53.18\00:15:57.25
CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE
BEING SAVED." NOW, I DON'T KNOW
00:15:57.25\00:16:02.72
ABOUT YOU FRIENDS, BUT I WANT
TO BE SAVED. JESUS CAME INTO THE
00:16:02.72\00:16:06.56
WORLD TO SAVE US FROM OUR
SINS. AND WHO IS BEING SAVED?
00:16:06.56\00:16:11.07
THE ONES WHO ARE
ADDED TO THE CHURCH.
00:16:11.07\00:16:14.97
SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO JESUS
THAT WE ARE PART OF THE CHURCH?
00:16:14.97\00:16:19.14
YOU KNOW, AS YOU READ THE
NEW TESTAMENT, ANY IDEA THAT YOU
00:16:19.14\00:16:24.15
COULD BE SAVED OUTSIDE OF THE
CHURCH IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT TO
00:16:24.15\00:16:28.18
THE BIBLE. THE WHOLE NEW
TESTAMENT IS WRITTEN WITH THE
00:16:28.18\00:16:31.85
IDEA IN MIND THAT PEOPLE ARE
SAVED INTO THE CHURCH - THEY ARE
00:16:31.85\00:16:35.72
BROUGHT INTO CHRIST AND INTO
THE CHURCH AT THE SAME TIME.
00:16:35.72\00:16:40.00
NOW, I'M SAYING THIS FOR THOSE
WHO ARE OUT THERE THAT SAY,
00:16:40.00\00:16:42.50
'YEAH, I'M A CHRISTIAN, I JUST
DON'T GO TO CHURCH.' I REMEMBER
00:16:42.50\00:16:46.87
PICKING UP A HITCH-HIKER ONE
TIME AND BEGAN TO SHARE MY FAITH
00:16:46.87\00:16:49.24
WITH HIM AND HE SAID,
'OH YEAH, I'M A CHRISTIAN.
00:16:49.24\00:16:51.54
I'M JUST NOT A PRACTICING
CHRISTIAN.' AND THEN HE
00:16:51.54\00:16:55.51
COMMENCED TO SHOW ME
THE CROSSES THAT HE WORE.
00:16:55.51\00:16:59.18
AND I STOPPED - I ACTUALLY
STOPPED AND ATE A MEAL WITH HIM
00:16:59.18\00:17:01.98
BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO HIM
A LITTLE FURTHER AND SAID, 'SO
00:17:01.98\00:17:05.79
EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A CHRISTIAN.' 'OH, YOU KNOW,
00:17:05.79\00:17:09.26
JESUS SAVES YOU FROM YOUR SIN.'
AND I SAID, 'NOW EXPLAIN WHAT A
00:17:09.26\00:17:11.26
NON-PRACTICING CHRISTIAN IS.'
WE'RE EITHER FOLLOWING CHRIST OR
00:17:11.26\00:17:16.43
WE'RE NOT. NOW, YOU DON'T SAY,
'I'M NOT GOING TO CHURCH UNTIL
00:17:16.43\00:17:20.10
I'M FOLLOWING CHRIST' OR 'I'M
AFRAID IF I GO TO CHURCH I'LL BE
00:17:20.10\00:17:23.54
UNDER CONVICTION.' WELL
THAT'S GOOD. COME ANYWAY.
00:17:23.54\00:17:26.98
BECAUSE, CONVICTION IS
SOMETHING THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES
00:17:26.98\00:17:29.68
YOU. IT HELPS YOU TO FACILITATE
CHANGE. COME TO CHURCH.
00:17:29.68\00:17:34.78
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE, THE
BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN OR
00:17:34.78\00:17:38.59
SIN WILL KEEP
YOU FROM THE BIBLE.
00:17:38.59\00:17:40.76
SOME PEOPLE THAT GO TO CHURCH
BUT THEY'RE UNDER CONVICTION SO
00:17:40.76\00:17:42.92
THEY SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO
GO ANYMORE AND BE CONVICTED.'
00:17:42.92\00:17:45.19
AND SO THEY STAY
AWAY. IT'S HEALTHY TO GO
00:17:45.19\00:17:47.23
AND BE CONVICTED. YOU
KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME
00:17:47.23\00:17:49.60
DIRT ON YOUR FACE,
DON'T HIDE FROM MIRRORS.
00:17:49.60\00:17:52.40
IT'S NOT GOING TO
SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
00:17:52.40\00:17:55.27
AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO TO
CHURCH WE BECOME AWARE OF THE
00:17:55.27\00:17:58.34
CHANGES WE NEED
- THAT'S HEALTHY!
00:17:58.34\00:18:00.38
YOU GO ANYWAY. YOU
WANT THE TRUTH DON'T YOU?
00:18:00.38\00:18:04.25
WE WANT TO BE CHANGED. WE
WANT TO KNOW. VERY IMPORTANT.
00:18:04.25\00:18:07.78
ACTS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12,
THE BIBLE SAYS, "NOR IS THERE
00:18:07.78\00:18:12.99
SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, FOR
THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER
00:18:12.99\00:18:18.06
HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN WHEREBY
WE MUST BE SAVED." THE ONLY WAY
00:18:18.06\00:18:22.60
FOR US TO BE SAVED IS THROUGH
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IS THE
00:18:22.60\00:18:27.50
BODY OF CHRIST - THAT'S WHY IT'S
SO IMPORTANT, SO CRUCIAL, THAT
00:18:27.50\00:18:30.84
WE ARE IN
CHRIST. 1 TIMOTHY 3:15.
00:18:30.84\00:18:35.71
HERE THE APOSTLE SAYS, 'I WRITE
TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW HOW
00:18:35.71\00:18:39.15
YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN
THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH IS THE
00:18:39.15\00:18:42.88
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE
PILLAR AND THE GROUND OF TRUTH."
00:18:42.88\00:18:48.59
THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE WE
GATHER AND WE OPEN THE WORD AND
00:18:48.59\00:18:51.99
WE LEARN THE TRUTH FROM GOD'S
PERSPECTIVE AND ONE OF THE MOST
00:18:51.99\00:18:56.53
DANGEROUS THINGS IN OUR CULTURE
TODAY - IT'S A VERY POWERFUL
00:18:56.53\00:19:00.50
THING - IT CAN BE POWERFUL FOR
GOOD AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS -
00:19:00.50\00:19:03.51
IS THE MEDIA. OF COURSE,
I'M USING MEDIA RIGHT NOW.
00:19:03.51\00:19:07.31
BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE MESSAGES
TODAY THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN
00:19:07.31\00:19:12.95
HISTORY. SOME OF
YOU MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN
00:19:12.95\00:19:15.28
TEXTING ALREADY SINCE
I STARTED THE MESSAGE.
00:19:15.28\00:19:19.15
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING
TEXTS - LITTLE PHONES BUZZING
00:19:19.15\00:19:21.36
HERE AND THERE AND BLOGGING
PEOPLE ABOUT THE MEETING
00:19:21.36\00:19:24.96
ALREADY. AND THIS
MEETING IS ALREADY ON
00:19:24.96\00:19:28.06
YOUTUBE PROBABLY FROM SOMEONE
WHO'S GOT THEIR LITTLE VIDEO
00:19:28.06\00:19:31.23
CAMERA GOING AND YOU'RE SENDING
IT TO SOMEBODY. WE'VE GOT
00:19:31.23\00:19:34.37
INFORMATION STREAMING - JUST
POURING - THERE IS A RIVER OF
00:19:34.37\00:19:38.34
INFORMATION THAT IS FLOWING IN
AND OUT OF OUR MINDS CONSTANTLY.
00:19:38.34\00:19:42.74
IF WE ARE NOT COMING TO CHURCH
AND HEARING THE TRUTH FROM THE
00:19:42.74\00:19:46.92
WORD OF GOD ON A REGULAR BASIS,
THEN WHAT MESSAGES ARE GOING TO
00:19:46.92\00:19:50.75
DOMINATE WHO YOU
ARE AND WHAT YOU BECOME?
00:19:50.75\00:19:54.42
WE'RE ALL BEING INFLUENCED BY
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CULTURE
00:19:54.42\00:19:57.03
AROUND US BUT WE NEED TO BE
INFLUENCED BY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:19:57.03\00:20:00.13
WE NEED TO CARVE OUT THAT
FAITHFUL TIME TO COME TOGETHER
00:20:00.13\00:20:03.63
IN THE CHURCH
AND TO HEAR HIS WORD.
00:20:03.63\00:20:05.87
CAN YOU SAY AMEN?
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
00:20:05.87\00:20:07.84
I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH ME,
I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
00:20:07.84\00:20:11.41
FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, 'WELL,
I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN BUT I
00:20:11.41\00:20:15.21
DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO TO
CHURCH.' - THAT'S LIKE SAYING,
00:20:15.21\00:20:17.38
'YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE A FISH
BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE
00:20:17.38\00:20:19.11
WATER. NOW, THERE ARE A FEW RARE
EXCEPTIONS, YOU MIGHT FIND A
00:20:19.11\00:20:23.52
MUDSKIPPER THAT LEAVES THE WATER
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT NOT TOO
00:20:23.52\00:20:26.25
MANY FISH SURVIVE OUT
OF THE WATER FOR VERY LONG.
00:20:26.25\00:20:30.13
AND NOT TOO MANY CHRISTIANS
THRIVE AND SURVIVE OUT OF THE
00:20:30.13\00:20:33.40
CHURCH. IT'S HARD
TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
00:20:33.40\00:20:35.90
IN CHRIST WHEN YOU STAY
AWAY FROM THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:20:35.90\00:20:39.87
SO IT'S CRUCIAL TO
OUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH.
00:20:39.87\00:20:42.54
IN JOHN CHAPTER 13, VERSE 35
JESUS SAID, "BY THIS SHALL ALL
00:20:42.54\00:20:49.04
MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY
DISCIPLES IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR
00:20:49.04\00:20:53.15
ONE ANOTHER." AND
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
00:20:53.15\00:20:56.02
THAT WE COME TOGETHER.
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE
00:20:56.02\00:20:59.05
DEVIL HEARD JESUS SAY THAT.
I THINK THE DEVIL HEARD JESUS
00:20:59.05\00:21:03.12
SAY, 'ALL MEN WILL KNOW THAT
YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BY THE WAY
00:21:03.12\00:21:06.39
YOU LOVE EACH OTHER.' AND HE
THOUGHT, WELL IF THE WORLD HEARS
00:21:06.39\00:21:10.87
AND LEARNS ABOUT JESUS BY THEIR
CORPORATE LOVE FOR EACH OTHER
00:21:10.87\00:21:14.47
THEN IT MUST ALSO STAND TO
REASON THAT IF I CAN SCATTER
00:21:14.47\00:21:17.74
THEM AND FRAGMENT THE CHURCH, IT
WILL ADVERTISE AGAINST CHRIST.
00:21:17.74\00:21:23.28
AND SO, IF WE DO OUR BEST
ADVERTISING BY SHOWING OUR UNITY
00:21:23.28\00:21:28.12
- 'BEHOLD HOW THEY LOVE ONE
ANOTHER' - THEN IT WILL ALSO BE
00:21:28.12\00:21:31.65
TRUE THAT THE HEATHEN MOCK AND
LAUGH AT CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY
00:21:31.65\00:21:35.12
SAY, 'LOOK AT HOW FRAGMENTED
THEY ARE.' IS THERE ANY RELIGION
00:21:35.12\00:21:38.36
IN THE WORLD THAT HAS MORE
SPLINTERS AND DENOMINATIONS THAN
00:21:38.36\00:21:40.73
CHRISTIANITY? BUT,
ACTUALLY THAT'S A TESTIMONY
00:21:40.73\00:21:45.37
THAT SHOWS THAT THE DEVIL IS
MORE THREATENED BY CHRISTIANITY
00:21:45.37\00:21:50.67
THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE HE
IS SEEKING TO HIDE THE DIAMOND
00:21:50.67\00:21:56.24
BY CAMOUFLAGING IT WITH A BUNCH
OF BROKEN GLASS. THERE IS A
00:21:56.24\00:22:00.75
TRUTH OUT THERE AND HE'S
TRYING TO HIDE IT BY ALL THESE
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.98
FRAGMENTS AND ALL THESE
DIVISIONS. THE LORD WANTS US TO
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.82
PULL TOGETHER - NOT JUST PULL
TOGETHER FOR THE SAKE OF BEING
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.99
TOGETHER - WE NEED TO
PULL TOGETHER BASED ON TRUTH.
00:22:07.99\00:22:12.53
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING
SOME QUESTIONS IN DURING THIS
00:22:12.53\00:22:14.76
SERIES THAT TALK ABOUT YOU
KNOW, 'HOW DO WE PICK A CHURCH?'
00:22:14.76\00:22:18.57
MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING
TO SAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
00:22:18.57\00:22:20.44
WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH
WE HAVE TO COVER AND HOW LITTLE
00:22:20.44\00:22:23.87
TIME WE HAVE TO COVER IT DURING
THIS SERIES, ONE OF THE COMMON
00:22:23.87\00:22:26.98
QUESTIONS WE GET REGARDING GOING
BACK TO CHURCH - PEOPLE STRUGGLE
00:22:26.98\00:22:31.05
WITH DIFFERENT
PARTICULAR DOCTRINAL ISSUES.
00:22:31.05\00:22:34.38
NOW, NORMALLY, WHEN AMAZING
FACTS DOES AN EVANGELISTIC
00:22:34.38\00:22:37.95
MEETING, WE WILL TAKE 27 OR 28
PRESENTATIONS TO COVER A VARIETY
00:22:37.95\00:22:43.29
OF DOCTRINES. WE DON'T HAVE TIME
DURING THIS WEEKEND TO DO THAT.
00:22:43.29\00:22:47.13
RESOLVING A LOT OF THESE
DOCTRINAL DOUBTS A PERSON MIGHT
00:22:47.13\00:22:50.43
HAVE THAT SEPARATED THEM FROM
THE CHURCH, THE BEST THING YOU
00:22:50.43\00:22:53.57
CAN DO IS GET
INVOLVED IN A GOOD BIBLE STUDY.
00:22:53.57\00:22:56.74
DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE
A SUGGESTION RIGHT NOW?
00:22:56.74\00:22:59.34
SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
OUT THERE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.61
TALKING TO YOU AND YOU'VE
GOT QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS, WELL
00:23:01.61\00:23:04.51
YOU NEED TO
STUDY THESE THINGS OUT.
00:23:04.51\00:23:06.45
I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
GO TO A WEBSITE THAT'S CALLED
00:23:06.45\00:23:09.85
'BIBLEUNIVERSE' -
'BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM' - AND THERE
00:23:09.85\00:23:14.02
ARE FREE BIBLE STUDIES AT THAT
WEBSITE - THERE'S TWO OR THREE
00:23:14.02\00:23:17.33
OF THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES. THEY'RE IN SPANISH
00:23:17.33\00:23:19.79
AND ENGLISH AND FARSI AND FRENCH
AND A NUMBER OF LANGUAGES -
00:23:19.79\00:23:23.80
'BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM' - GET
INVOLVED IN A BIBLE STUDY.
00:23:23.80\00:23:28.44
THAT WILL HELP ANSWER A LOT
OF YOUR DOUBTS AND IT DEALS WITH
00:23:28.44\00:23:30.97
THE MAIN FOUNDATIONAL
TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE.
00:23:30.97\00:23:34.64
BUT WE'RE ESPECIALLY NOW TALKING
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MAYBE HAVE
00:23:34.64\00:23:38.31
BEEN
DISCOURAGED BY OTHER THINGS.
00:23:38.31\00:23:40.28
SOMEONE HURT YOUR FEELINGS
OR LIKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE
00:23:40.28\00:23:45.09
HEARD YOU SAY, 'I'D LIKE TO GO
BUT I GOT SO BUSY WITH LIFE' OR
00:23:45.09\00:23:47.92
'CHURCH IS BORING AND I HAVE
SO MUCH TO DO AND I'M SO TIRED.
00:23:47.92\00:23:51.03
I'VE GOT SO MUCH STRESS.' AND WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS
00:23:51.03\00:23:55.03
AS WELL. BUT WE
NEED TO STAY TOGETHER.
00:23:55.03\00:23:57.83
THE DEVIL IS AFRAID OF HOW
POWERFUL WE ARE WHEN WE ARE
00:23:57.83\00:24:00.77
TOGETHER. YOU KNOW,
JUST IN HAVING A GOOD
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.51
FOUNDATION FOR THIS SERIES, I
THINK I NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT ARE
00:24:03.51\00:24:07.08
SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS
PEOPLE STOP GOING TO CHURCH?
00:24:07.08\00:24:11.05
I WANT TO ASK A
QUESTION JUST TO PROVE A POINT.
00:24:11.05\00:24:14.25
THOSE IN THE STUDIO, I'M GOING
TO ASK A QUESTION - YOU MIGHT
00:24:14.25\00:24:16.58
GET READY FOR AN
AUDIENCE REACTION HERE.
00:24:16.58\00:24:19.02
DON'T REACT TOO MUCH,
THAT COULD BE DISTRACTING.
00:24:19.02\00:24:21.39
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK
YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
00:24:21.39\00:24:23.09
PLEASE, EVERYONE PARTICIPATE.
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN THINK OF
00:24:23.09\00:24:27.73
SOMEONE RIGHT NOW THAT
YOU KNOW - FRIEND OR FAMILY -
00:24:27.73\00:24:30.17
COWORKER - THAT USED TO GO TO
CHURCH BUT DOESN'T GO ANYMORE?
00:24:30.17\00:24:34.47
LET ME SEE YOUR
HANDS. SO IS WHAT WE'RE
00:24:34.47\00:24:36.30
TALKING ABOUT RELEVANT?
ONCE A PERSON IS BAPTIZED AND
00:24:36.30\00:24:40.38
THEY COME TO CHRIST, SOMETIMES
WE'VE GOT THIS MENTALITY
00:24:40.38\00:24:42.84
THAT 'WE CAUGHT
'EM. WE BRANDED 'EM.
00:24:42.84\00:24:45.75
NOW, WELL, IF THEY DRY ON
THE BEACH, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.95
LET'S GO GET ANOTHER
ONE AND LET'S BRAND THEM.
00:24:48.95\00:24:51.75
YOU KNOW, WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO FISH FOR MEN.
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.49
WE CAUGHT THOSE AND NOW LET'S
GO GET SOME FRESH FISH - THEY'RE
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.89
OLD FISH. WE DON'T
WANT THE OLD FISH, WE
00:24:55.89\00:24:57.26
WANT THE FRESH FISH.' YOU
KNOW, JESUS EVEN LOVES DRIED
00:24:57.26\00:25:01.30
FISH, IF YOU SALT IT, RIGHT?
I THINK THE LORD VALUES THOSE
00:25:01.30\00:25:06.23
WHO ONCE WERE HIS THAT, FOR
WHATEVER REASON, DENIED HIM.
00:25:06.23\00:25:11.24
HE WANTS THEM TO COME
BACK. DID PETER DENY THE LORD?
00:25:11.24\00:25:16.14
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING JESUS
SAID, WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE
00:25:16.14\00:25:17.75
DEAD, TO MARY? HE
SAID, GO TELL THE DISCIPLES
00:25:17.75\00:25:20.58
AND PETER...' HE WANTED
PETER TO KNOW, 'I WANT YOU BACK.
00:25:20.58\00:25:26.45
EVEN AFTER YOU DENIED ME
WITH SWEARING AND CURSING THREE
00:25:26.45\00:25:28.76
TIMES, I WANT YOU BACK.' AND
THE LORD WANTS YOU BACK FRIENDS.
00:25:28.76\00:25:33.16
SO WE OUGHT TO BE
PRAYING FOR THESE PEOPLE.
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.06
I HOPE YOU'RE
PRAYING AS I'M SHARING.
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.67
SO WHY DO PEOPLE LEAVE?
SOME OF THE REASONS - PEER
00:25:36.67\00:25:40.14
PRESSURE,
ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:25:40.14\00:25:43.30
ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE DOING
SO MANY EXCITING THINGS, THEY'RE
00:25:43.30\00:25:47.01
LEARNING, THEY'RE GETTING OUT ON
THEIR OWN, AND THEY WANT TO SEE
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.04
WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY KIND
OF DRIFT OFF WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
00:25:49.04\00:25:52.71
OR IT MIGHT BE THE
PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.85
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN BUT YOU'RE
IN A NON-CHRISTIAN WORKING
00:25:54.85\00:25:57.19
ENVIRONMENT AND THAT CAN
BE TOUGH - AND ALL OF THE
00:25:57.19\00:25:59.92
ACTIVITIES AND THE ENTERTAINMENT
AND THINGS YOUR NON-CHRISTIAN
00:25:59.92\00:26:02.89
FRIENDS DO KIND OF PULL YOU -
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR
00:26:02.89\00:26:05.86
FRIENDS BUT THEY'RE PULLING
YOU IN NON-CHRISTIAN DIRECTIONS.
00:26:05.86\00:26:10.00
PEER PRESSURE IS ONE OF
THE THINGS. SOME ARE SIMPLY
00:26:10.00\00:26:13.03
DISTRACTED WITH THE BUSYNESS OF
LIFE. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON
00:26:13.03\00:26:17.47
THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW
TO FIT IT ALL IN. LET'S FACE IT,
00:26:17.47\00:26:21.24
ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AMERICA AND
THE FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES, WE
00:26:21.24\00:26:25.71
HAVE VERY FAST-PACED LIVES.
THERE'S THE HIGHER LEVEL OF
00:26:25.71\00:26:30.49
STRESS THAN THERE EVER HAS
BEEN. ANOTHER REASON IS CONFLICT
00:26:30.49\00:26:35.99
WITH ANOTHER MEMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING IN OUR
00:26:35.99\00:26:39.09
PRESENTATION TOMORROW MORNING
ABOUT SURVIVING FRIENDLY FIRE
00:26:39.09\00:26:43.00
AND THAT'S A VERY
COMMON ONE THAT WE HEAR.
00:26:43.00\00:26:45.70
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S 12% - THEY
STOP GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF
00:26:45.70\00:26:50.37
CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER
MEMBER OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
00:26:50.37\00:26:53.04
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, THE CHURCH
IS RUN BY A CLIQUE AND I DIDN'T
00:26:53.04\00:26:56.31
WANT TO BE PART OF THAT CLIQUE.'
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE?
00:26:56.31\00:27:00.85
OR THEY FELT THEY FAILED TO LIVE
UP TO THE STANDARDS AND THEY
00:27:00.85\00:27:04.29
FELT GUILTY AND
UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN THEY CAME.
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.72
THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
NOT LIVING RIGHT, I DON'T WANT
00:27:06.72\00:27:08.06
TO BE A HYPOCRITE.' SO THEY
THINK BY COMING AND NOT LIVING
00:27:08.06\00:27:12.39
EVERYTHING THAT THE CHURCH
STANDS FOR THEY'RE A HYPOCRITE
00:27:12.39\00:27:14.73
AND THAT'S - I'VE TOLD YOU
THAT WE NEED TO COME ANYWAY.
00:27:14.73\00:27:18.03
A LOT OF HYPOCRITES
GET CONVERTED IN CHURCH!
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.94
AND SO THAT'S THE
BEST PLACE FOR YOU TO BE.
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.64
DOCTRINAL DOUBTS. I
MENTIONED IF YOU HAVE SOME OF
00:27:24.64\00:27:28.81
THOSE DOUBTS I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO GO TO 'BIBLEUNIVERSE'
00:27:28.81\00:27:31.28
AND DO THAT STUDY.
THAT'S VERY SIMPLE.
00:27:31.28\00:27:34.38
FAMILY/HOME RESPONSIBILITIES
PREVENT ATTENDANCE.
00:27:34.38\00:27:38.92
YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST
GOT SO MANY THINGS GOING.
00:27:38.92\00:27:41.19
MAYBE YOU'RE IN A DIVIDED
HOME AND YOUR SPOUSE, HUSBAND OR
00:27:41.19\00:27:44.66
WIFE, IS NOT A BELIEVER AND
YOU'RE A BELIEVER AND THEY'RE
00:27:44.66\00:27:46.73
WANTING TO DO OTHER THINGS ON
THE WEEKEND AND IT'S PULLING YOU
00:27:46.73\00:27:49.40
AWAY. OR RELATIVES - YOU'RE THE
ONLY ONE IN THE FAMILY AND YOU
00:27:49.40\00:27:53.37
LIVE WITH YOUR IN-LAWS AND
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH PRESSURE
00:27:53.37\00:27:55.94
FROM THE FAMILY IT PULLS YOU
AWAY. SOME CHURCH MEMBERS THEY
00:27:55.94\00:28:02.58
LEAVE BECAUSE THEY
SAY, 'I'M BEING JUDGED.
00:28:02.58\00:28:05.68
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING JUDGED.'
SOME GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
00:28:05.68\00:28:09.32
THEY GO THROUGH SOME FORM OF
CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND THEY THINK
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.35
THAT MEANS THEY
NEED TO STOP ATTENDING.
00:28:12.35\00:28:15.02
OTHERS MOVE AND IT'S TOO FAR
AWAY SO THEY SAY, 'WELL, I'LL
00:28:15.02\00:28:20.86
JUST GO TO CHURCH ON TV OR AT
HOME OR ON THE INTERNET.' MORE
00:28:20.86\00:28:26.17
AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
THEIR CHURCH EXPERIENCE THROUGH
00:28:26.17\00:28:29.07
MEDIA NOW. IT'S
REALLY HARD FOR ME TO
00:28:29.07\00:28:31.51
COMPREHEND THE APOSTLES
GETTING THEIR CHURCH EXPERIENCE
00:28:31.51\00:28:34.08
ON THEIR IPHONES. BUT
- NOTHING AGAINST THOSE
00:28:34.08\00:28:38.18
OF YOU THAT HAVE IPHONES.
THEY FELT LIKE THE CHURCH HAD
00:28:38.18\00:28:42.42
BECOME
IRRELEVANT IN THEIR LIVES.
00:28:42.42\00:28:45.55
'IT'S NOT HELPING ME DEVELOP
SPIRITUALLY.' 14% SAID THAT.
00:28:45.55\00:28:48.62
'I JUST AM NOT
GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
00:28:48.62\00:28:50.66
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO SPEAK TO
MY SPECIFIC NEEDS.' SOME STOP
00:28:50.66\00:28:56.80
BELIEVING IN ORGANIZED RELIGION.
AND FOR THOSE WHO STOP BELIEVING
00:28:56.80\00:29:00.74
IN ORGANIZED RELIGION, YOU
KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT
00:29:00.74\00:29:03.44
AND THAT WOULD BE
DISORGANIZED RELIGION.
00:29:03.44\00:29:06.61
BUT THAT'S - YOU'D BE SURPRISED
- 14% SAID THEY STOPPED BECAUSE
00:29:06.61\00:29:10.68
OF - THEY JUST DON'T
BELIEVE IN ORGANIZED RELIGION.
00:29:10.68\00:29:13.62
AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE - 10% -
THEY STOP ATTENDING BECAUSE THEY
00:29:13.62\00:29:18.42
EXPERIENCED A DIVORCE AND IT CAN
BECOME VERY AWKWARD IF YOUR EX
00:29:18.42\00:29:22.72
IS STILL GOING TO THE SAME
SMALL CHURCH IN A SMALL TOWN AND
00:29:22.72\00:29:25.96
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
EVERYONE'S THINKING OR SOME OF
00:29:25.96\00:29:29.30
THOSE SCENARIOS. NOW, I
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
00:29:29.30\00:29:32.53
REASONS PEOPLE LEAVE - THIS MAY
SEEM BACKWARD TO YOU - NOW I'M
00:29:32.53\00:29:35.54
GOING TO TELL YOU WHY
SHOULD YOU JOIN A CHURCH?
00:29:35.54\00:29:38.37
THERE'S A METHOD
TO MY MADNESS HERE.
00:29:38.37\00:29:40.94
WHY WOULD YOU JOIN A CHURCH?
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE MAIN
00:29:40.94\00:29:44.01
REASONS ARE THAT
PEOPLE JOIN A CHURCH.
00:29:44.01\00:29:47.72
AND, BY THE WAY, SOME OF THIS
MATERIAL IS IN THAT BOOK WE'RE
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.02
OFFERING TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
WILLING TO GO BACK TO CHURCH -
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.75
'HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
IN CHURCH' - AND THIS IS NOT AN
00:29:52.75\00:29:56.02
OFFICIAL SURVEY, THIS IS JUST MY
OWN PERSONAL SURVEY THAT I DID
00:29:56.02\00:29:59.56
SO I JUST WANT
TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.96
'IT'S THE CHURCH I GREW UP IN.
IT'S THE CHURCH OF MY PARENTS.'
00:30:01.96\00:30:06.03
WHY'D YOU PICK YOUR CHURCH?
'BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE MY
00:30:06.03\00:30:07.84
PARENTS GO.' 'IT'S CLOSE
TO OUR HOME.' IT'S CONVENIENT.
00:30:07.84\00:30:14.31
'THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND
LOVING.' NOW, WE'D ALL WANT TO
00:30:14.31\00:30:18.38
GO TO A CHURCH LIKE THAT.
'THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
00:30:18.38\00:30:21.85
PROGRAM.' WHY DO YOU GO TO
THAT CHURCH? 'OH, THE MUSIC.
00:30:21.85\00:30:25.25
OH THE RAFTERS RING WHEN THEY
PLAY THE ORGAN.' 'THE PREACHER
00:30:25.25\00:30:31.49
IS HANDSOME OR CHARISMATIC.'
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ALL
00:30:31.49\00:30:36.63
HERE. HEY, DON'T LAUGH SO HARD.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAY THEY PICK
00:30:36.63\00:30:44.24
A CHURCH BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
00:30:44.24\00:30:47.91
OTHERS - AND THESE ARE GOOD
THINGS - THEY PICK A CHURCH - IT
00:30:47.91\00:30:51.95
SEEMS A LITTLE SHALLOW, BUT
YOU'D BE SURPRISED - WHY DO YOU
00:30:51.95\00:30:54.22
GO TO THAT CHURCH?
'IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
00:30:54.22\00:30:57.15
IT'S A NEW BUILDING. IT'S A
GREAT FACILITY.' THAT'S RIGHT.
00:30:57.15\00:31:03.59
SOME PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH
BECAUSE THEY SAY, 'THIS IS WHERE
00:31:03.59\00:31:06.23
THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE GO.' YOU
KNOW, I HEARD THAT - WE'RE NOT
00:31:06.23\00:31:11.57
TOO FAR HERE FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C., THAT AS THE DIFFERENT
00:31:11.57\00:31:15.60
PRESIDENTS COME AND
GO, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR
00:31:15.60\00:31:17.64
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IS, SOME
OF THE PRESIDENTS MIGHT GO TO
00:31:17.64\00:31:21.21
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OR
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN TOWN AND
00:31:21.21\00:31:24.71
PEOPLE WILL ALL CALL THE PASTOR
OR ONE OF THE CHURCH CUSTODIANS
00:31:24.71\00:31:29.08
DURING THE WEEK AND SAY, 'IS
THE PRESIDENT COMING THIS WEEK?'
00:31:29.08\00:31:33.52
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO
WHEN THE PRESIDENT GOES -
00:31:33.52\00:31:36.12
OR WHERE THE
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE GO.
00:31:36.12\00:31:37.96
AND I HEARD ABOUT ONE CUSTODIAN,
SOMEONE CALLED DURING THE WEEK -
00:31:37.96\00:31:40.63
AND HE GOT THESE CALLS ALL THE
TIME - 'DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE
00:31:40.63\00:31:43.03
PRESIDENT'S GOING
TO BE THERE THIS WEEK?'
00:31:43.03\00:31:45.27
AND HE'D SAY, 'WELL, I DON'T
KNOW BUT I THINK GOD'S GOING TO
00:31:45.27\00:31:48.14
BE HERE AND THAT SHOULD GENERATE
A PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE.' 'I GO
00:31:48.14\00:31:53.51
TO THE CHURCH I GO TO BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE INFLUENTIAL
00:31:53.51\00:31:56.01
PEOPLE GO.' 'THE SERVICES ARE
EXCITING.' 'YOU KNOW, LIFE IS
00:31:56.01\00:32:00.45
BORING AND I JUST WANT TO GO AND
FEEL SOMETHING.' AND SO THEY GO
00:32:00.45\00:32:06.22
BECAUSE THEY'RE KINESTHETIC
PEOPLE AND THEY WANT TO FEEL
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.16
SOMETHING. IT IS EXCITING.
OTHER PEOPLE GO BECAUSE THEY
00:32:09.16\00:32:13.40
SAY, 'THEY NEED ME
THERE.' AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
00:32:13.40\00:32:16.73
PEOPLE WANT TO GO WHERE THEY
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NEEDED, WHERE
00:32:16.73\00:32:18.77
THEY'RE WANTED. NOW,
EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS I
00:32:18.77\00:32:21.54
JUST MENTIONED, NONE OF
THEM ARE WRONG IN THEMSELVES.
00:32:21.54\00:32:26.71
NOTHING WRONG TO GO TO THE
CHURCH WHERE YOUR PARENTS GO.
00:32:26.71\00:32:29.38
NOTHING WRONG IF IT'S CLOSE
TO YOUR HOME - THAT'S GOOD.
00:32:29.38\00:32:32.01
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE A
- TO HAVE YOUR BEST CHURCH CLOSE
00:32:32.01\00:32:34.88
TO YOUR HOUSE? THE
PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.29
LOVING - WOULD YOU LIKE
TO HAVE A CHURCH LIKE THAT?
00:32:37.29\00:32:40.29
THE MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE PREACHER IS HANDSOME
00:32:40.29\00:32:44.09
AND CHARISMATIC.
GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
00:32:44.09\00:32:47.66
NICE BUILDING. INTELLIGENT
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE GO THERE.
00:32:47.66\00:32:52.90
NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT. SERVICES ARE INTERESTING
00:32:52.90\00:32:55.47
AND EXCITING.
THEY NEED MY SERVICES.
00:32:55.47\00:32:58.37
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD
THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
00:32:58.37\00:33:01.01
MENTION IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
WHICH ARE THE TOP REASONS PEOPLE
00:33:01.01\00:33:05.28
PICK A CHURCH, I DID NOT MENTION
THE ONE RIGHT REASON TO GO TO A
00:33:05.28\00:33:08.88
CHURCH. ALL THOSE
THINGS ARE GOOD AND
00:33:08.88\00:33:13.29
THOSE ARE THE MAIN REASONS
PEOPLE PICK THEIR CHURCH, BUT
00:33:13.29\00:33:16.32
THEY'RE NOT THE RIGHT
REASON TO GO TO A CHURCH.
00:33:16.32\00:33:19.23
THE RIGHT REASON TO GO
TO A CHURCH IS BECAUSE THE
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.16
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS OF
THAT CHURCH ARE THE TEACHINGS OF
00:33:21.16\00:33:23.73
JESUS AND IT'S THE TRUTH
AND IT'S HIS BODY AND I'M GOING
00:33:23.73\00:33:29.64
THERE TO WORSHIP HIM
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.
00:33:29.64\00:33:33.54
IT MIGHT BE A HAMBURGER
STAND THAT'S BEEN RENOVATED.
00:33:33.54\00:33:36.85
THE SINGING MIGHT BE AWFUL.
THE PEOPLE MIGHT BE CRANKY.
00:33:36.85\00:33:41.05
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO
50 MILES TO GET THERE.
00:33:41.05\00:33:44.99
THEY MIGHT ALL BE
POOR. BUT IF THE FOUNDATIONAL
00:33:44.99\00:33:48.72
TEACHINGS OF THAT CHURCH ARE THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS, THEN THAT'S
00:33:48.72\00:33:51.66
HIS BODY AND
THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS YOU.
00:33:51.66\00:33:53.80
NOW, THE REASON I SAID THINGS
THE WAY I DID IS YOU CAN BETTER
00:33:53.80\00:33:57.07
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS THIS
TERRIBLE PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE
00:33:57.07\00:34:03.27
ARE HEMORRHAGING
FROM THE CHURCHES.
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.51
ONE OF THE BIG REASONS PEOPLE
ARE LEAVING IS BECAUSE THEY
00:34:05.51\00:34:08.48
JOINED FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
IF WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT
00:34:08.48\00:34:13.42
WE'RE GOING, WE UNDERSTAND
WHY IT IS WE'RE STAYING.
00:34:13.42\00:34:17.95
IT'S BECAUSE
CHRIST COMMANDS US TO.
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.89
THAT IT'S THE
TRUTH. IT'S HIS SHIP.
00:34:20.89\00:34:24.53
IT'S HIS ARK OF SALVATION
AND HE WANTS US TO BE IN CHRIST.
00:34:24.53\00:34:31.50
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT REASONS
THAT WE NEED TO GO TO CHURCH -
00:34:31.50\00:34:35.00
THE LORD WANTS US
TO BE ONE. ONE BODY.
00:34:35.00\00:34:38.84
COLOSSIANS 3:15 - "AND LET
THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR
00:34:38.84\00:34:44.28
HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU ARE
CALLED IN ONE BODY;" - HOW MANY
00:34:44.28\00:34:48.68
BODIES? HE
WANTS US TO BE UNITED.
00:34:48.68\00:34:51.62
BY THE WAY,
JUST A LITTLE TRIVIA.
00:34:51.62\00:34:53.82
I'M READING BIBLE TO SAVE TIME
FOR ME TURNING PAGES BECAUSE
00:34:53.82\00:34:57.69
TELEVISION IS SORT OF AN
UNFORGIVING MEDIUM WHERE PEOPLE
00:34:57.69\00:35:00.46
GET BORED AND THEY JUST CHANNEL
SURF AND IF SOMEONE SURFS ONTO
00:35:00.46\00:35:03.57
THIS PROGRAM WHILE I'M FLIPPING
AROUND FOR 10 SECONDS, WE MIGHT
00:35:03.57\00:35:06.94
LOSE THEM. SO I
GET ALL MY SCRIPTURES
00:35:06.94\00:35:08.37
PRINTED OUT IN ADVANCE.
YOU'RE WONDERING HOW I'M FINDING
00:35:08.37\00:35:10.54
COLOSSIANS IN THE FIRST PAGE
OF MY BIBLE - AND MY POOR BIBLE
00:35:10.54\00:35:16.38
INSIDE IS KIND OF MUTILATED
WITH ALL THE TAPE FROM THE
00:35:16.38\00:35:18.58
DOUBLE-SIDED
TAPE THAT'S IN HERE.
00:35:18.58\00:35:20.02
SO I JUST THOUGHT I
OUGHT TO EXPLAIN THAT.
00:35:20.02\00:35:22.92
BUT HE WANTS US
TO BE IN ONE BODY.
00:35:22.92\00:35:26.25
JOHN 17 - LISTEN TO
THE PRAYER OF JESUS.
00:35:26.25\00:35:29.36
THE LORD SAYS, "AND THE GLORY" -
HE'S TALKING TO THE FATHER - GOD
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.63
THE SON IS TALKING TO GOD THE
FATHER - "AND THE GLORY WHICH
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.40
YOU GAVE ME I HAVE GIVEN
THEM THAT THEY MAY BE ONE" - NOW
00:35:35.40\00:35:40.24
LISTEN TO HOW HE
WANTS US TO BE ONE.
00:35:40.24\00:35:42.64
JESUS IS PRAYING THAT "THEY MAY
BE ONE JUST AS WE ARE ONE THAT
00:35:42.64\00:35:49.21
THEY MAY BE ONE."
WOW. HOW ONE IS THE
00:35:49.21\00:35:56.02
FATHER AND THE SON?
YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:35:56.02\00:36:00.16
JESUS SAID TO PHILIP, 'IF
YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE
00:36:00.16\00:36:02.26
FATHER.' TALK ABOUT BEING
PERFECTLY ONE - THE ONLY WAY WE
00:36:02.26\00:36:06.83
CAN HAVE THAT PERFECT ONENESS
IS TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY
00:36:06.83\00:36:10.70
SPIRIT. IF YOU'VE
GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD
00:36:10.70\00:36:14.27
AND I'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD,
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE
00:36:14.27\00:36:16.34
ONE THE WAY JESUS WANTS US
TO BE ONE. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:36:16.34\00:36:20.34
BUT IS THAT HIS WILL?
JESUS, DID HE PRAY FOR THAT?
00:36:20.34\00:36:25.25
THAT WE WOULD HAVE
THAT KIND OF ONENESS?
00:36:25.25\00:36:27.65
ISN'T THAT KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE?
IT IS WITHOUT A MIRACLE.
00:36:27.65\00:36:33.39
WERE THE DISCIPLES
EVER ONE LIKE THAT?
00:36:33.39\00:36:36.32
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST -
00:36:36.32\00:36:39.93
ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1 - "WHEN
THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS FULLY
00:36:39.93\00:36:43.90
COME THEY WERE
ALL OF ONE ACCORD."
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.60
THEY PUT ASIDE
ALL THEIR DIFFERENCES.
00:36:46.60\00:36:48.94
DID THE DISCIPLES - DID
THE EARLY CHURCH OF JESUS - WAS
00:36:48.94\00:36:51.81
THERE A LITTLE BIT OF
STRIFE AND DIVISION AMONG THEM?
00:36:51.81\00:36:54.68
BUT BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
POURED OUT, THEY FINALLY GOT TO
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.71
WHERE THEY WERE ONE.
THEY WERE IN ONE ACCORD
00:36:57.71\00:37:02.75
AND THEY WERE IN ONE PLACE.
SO DOES IT MATTER THAT WE COME
00:37:02.75\00:37:06.49
TOGETHER PHYSICALLY AS FAR
AS WE ARE ABLE INTO ONE PLACE?
00:37:06.49\00:37:11.09
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE COLLECT AND WE GATHER
00:37:11.09\00:37:15.13
TOGETHER? DOES
GOD SEEM TO MEET WITH
00:37:15.13\00:37:18.23
SEVERAL PEOPLE MORE
THAN MAYBE HE WOULD WITH ONE?
00:37:18.23\00:37:22.10
DOES THE LORD ANSWER THE PRAYERS
OF MANY MORE THAN THE PRAYERS OF
00:37:22.10\00:37:25.04
ONE? I'VE THOUGHT
A LOT ABOUT THIS -
00:37:25.04\00:37:27.21
I THINK IT'S TRUE - 'THE FERVENT
EFFECTUAL PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS
00:37:27.21\00:37:31.55
MAN' - ONE PERSON - 'AVAILS
MUCH.' BUT IF THAT PRAYER OF ONE
00:37:31.55\00:37:37.02
RIGHTEOUS PERSON AVAILS MUCH,
WHAT IF YOU GET A WHOLE BUNCH
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.05
OF RIGHTEOUS
PEOPLE PRAYING TOGETHER?
00:37:39.05\00:37:41.46
THE DAY OF PENTECOST YOU HAD THE
12 APOSTLES AND ANOTHER 108 OR
00:37:41.46\00:37:44.43
SO AND OR 102 - NO 108 - MY MATH
IS BAD - BUT HE POURED OUT THE
00:37:44.43\00:37:52.83
HOLY SPIRIT AND THEY WERE
ALL FILLED. THEY WERE ONE.
00:37:52.83\00:37:56.54
BUT BEFORE THAT
THEY WEREN'T ONE.
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.37
THEY WERE CLAWING AND STRIVING
AND CLAMORING FOR THE HIGHEST
00:37:59.37\00:38:03.01
POSITION IN THIS NEW
KINGDOM. THEY ALL WANTED THEIR
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.05
DIFFERENT CABINET POSTS.
JAMES AND JOHN WERE UPSET WITH
00:38:05.05\00:38:10.39
PETER AND ANDREW AND THEY
WERE UPSET WITH - THOMAS WAS SO
00:38:10.39\00:38:14.26
NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME -
AND PHILIP, HE ALWAYS HAD THESE
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.89
DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS AND
EVERYBODY HAD THESE - AND JUDAS,
00:38:16.89\00:38:22.56
THEY THOUGHT,
WAS THE BEST SUITED.
00:38:22.56\00:38:24.67
SHOWS YOU HOW
THEIR JUDGMENT WAS.
00:38:24.67\00:38:27.57
AND YET, WHEN THEY PUT
AWAY THEIR DIFFERENCES AND THEY
00:38:27.57\00:38:30.97
PRAYED TOGETHER AND THEY GOT
INTO ONE PLACE, AND GOD SAYS,
00:38:30.97\00:38:34.68
'IF MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED -
MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED BY MY
00:38:34.68\00:38:39.15
NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES'
- PLURAL - 'AND PRAY AND SEEK MY
00:38:39.15\00:38:41.85
FACE.' IF WE WILL COME TOGETHER
AND PRAY AND HUMBLE OURSELVES
00:38:41.85\00:38:45.82
AND SEEK HIS FACE AND
TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS -
00:38:45.82\00:38:48.52
THEN HE SAYS HE
WILL HEAR IN HEAVEN.
00:38:48.52\00:38:50.86
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN HE'S GOING
TO DO SOMETHING WONDERFUL AND
00:38:50.86\00:38:53.53
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THESE
MEETINGS BECAUSE WE THINK THE
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.10
TIME HAS COME.
WE'RE ON THE VERY CUSP
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.80
OF ETERNITY FRIENDS. I
THINK WE'RE ON THE VERY
00:38:57.80\00:39:00.24
THRESHOLD OF SOME - WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN IT, HAVEN'T WE?
00:39:00.24\00:39:05.44
WE SEE THE APOCALYPTIC IMAGES
THAT HAVE COME FROM THE TSUNAMI
00:39:05.44\00:39:08.24
THEY HAD IN INDONESIA AND THE
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI AND JAPAN
00:39:08.24\00:39:11.31
AND HAITI AND OTHER THINGS THAT
ARE GOING ON, NOT TO MENTION THE
00:39:11.31\00:39:14.65
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT
THEY HAVE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:39:14.65\00:39:18.42
AND YOU JUST THINK ABOUT
THE EXPLOSION OF TECHNOLOGY.
00:39:18.42\00:39:23.93
'MANY RUNNING TO AND FRO AND
KNOWLEDGE INCREASING.' AND THIS
00:39:23.93\00:39:27.66
IS THE EXACT SCENARIO THAT JESUS
PAINTS FOR THE END OF TIME.
00:39:27.66\00:39:31.80
WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT
GOD'S PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND
00:39:31.80\00:39:35.00
THAT THOSE WHO ARE OUT
THERE WANDERING, WE NEED TO PULL
00:39:35.00\00:39:37.44
TOGETHER AS A CHURCH FAMILY
BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE RUNNING
00:39:37.44\00:39:40.44
OUT OF TIME. HE WANTS US TO
BE ONE. THERE'S POWER IN THAT.
00:39:40.44\00:39:45.95
JESUS SAID WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
IN ONE PLACE. HE TELLS US WE'RE
00:39:45.95\00:39:49.02
SUPPOSED TO BE ONE
BODY. NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE
00:39:49.02\00:39:54.69
ILLUSTRATIONS I REALLY ENJOY
-THAT WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF
00:39:54.69\00:39:58.13
CHRIST'S BODY AND WE ALL
SERVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
00:39:58.13\00:40:01.90
IN YOUR BIBLE, IF YOU READ
IN ROMANS 12 - THERE'S SO MANY
00:40:01.90\00:40:04.83
PLACES I COULD GO TO BUT
JUST ROMANS 12, VERSES 4 TO 6 HE
00:40:04.83\00:40:08.67
SAYS, "FOR AS WE HAVE MANY
MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE
00:40:08.67\00:40:14.08
MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
FUNCTION, SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE
00:40:14.08\00:40:18.41
ONE BODY IN CHRIST" - THAT
MEANS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE
00:40:18.41\00:40:21.88
DIFFERENT - "AND INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER.
00:40:21.88\00:40:26.32
HAVING THEN GIFTS DIFFERING
ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH IS GIVEN
00:40:26.32\00:40:29.66
TO US, LET US USE THEM;" I HEARD
THERE'S A COMPANY - IT'S CALLED
00:40:29.66\00:40:35.43
TRANSMEDICS IN
WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.
00:40:35.43\00:40:38.00
YOU KNOW, THE SHELF LIFE OF
A HUMAN HEART WHEN THEY TAKE A
00:40:38.00\00:40:42.14
LIVING HUMAN HEART OUT OF A
DONOR'S BODY - AND THE TIME THEY
00:40:42.14\00:40:49.08
USED TO HAVE TO GET THAT HEART
TO THE TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT USED
00:40:49.08\00:40:55.08
TO BE SIX HOURS. BUT
NOW, THROUGH JUST SOME
00:40:55.08\00:40:58.22
FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY AND
PROBABLY SOME EXTRA EQUIPMENT
00:40:58.22\00:41:01.42
AND MAYBE CHEMICALS, THEY'VE
DEVELOPED A WAY TO KEEP A HUMAN
00:41:01.42\00:41:04.56
HEART VIABLE - WHERE THEY CAN
TRANSPLANT IT FROM THE DONOR TO
00:41:04.56\00:41:07.83
THE RECIPIENT - FOR 24 HOURS.
NOW WE'RE IMPRESSED THAT A HEART
00:41:07.83\00:41:12.33
COULD SURVIVE 24
HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE BODY.
00:41:12.33\00:41:16.00
HOW LONG CAN A CHRISTIAN
SURVIVE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY?
00:41:16.00\00:41:20.98
IT'S OBVIOUS, I THINK, TO MOST
OF US, THAT IN ORDER FOR ANY
00:41:20.98\00:41:25.21
PART OF YOUR BODY TO STAY
ALIVE, IT'S GOT TO BE CONNECTED.
00:41:25.21\00:41:28.62
EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY IS MADE
UP OF CELLS THAT ARE ALL ALIVE
00:41:28.62\00:41:32.15
THAT ARE ALL FED AND
NOURISHED BY THE BLOOD.
00:41:32.15\00:41:35.86
AND WE, AS THE BODY OF CHRIST,
ARE ALL FED AND NOURISHED BY THE
00:41:35.86\00:41:38.36
BLOOD OF CHRIST. AND
WE'VE ALL GOT DIFFERENT
00:41:38.36\00:41:41.80
PARTS OF THE BODY
AND WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:41:41.80\00:41:45.37
AND SOME OF US ARE THE EYES
OF THE CHURCH AND SOME ARE THE
00:41:45.37\00:41:48.44
MOUTH AND THE EARS AND THE
NOSE AND WE ALL EXPECT IT TO BE
00:41:48.44\00:41:53.91
TOGETHER. FOR
INSTANCE, IF I WERE TO SAY
00:41:53.91\00:41:56.91
TO YOU - MATTER OF FACT, LET'S
TRY THIS - TURN FOR A MOMENT AND
00:41:56.91\00:42:02.38
LOOK AT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.
FIND SOMEONE - I KNOW, IT MAY BE
00:42:02.38\00:42:05.29
A FRIEND, IT MIGHT BE A
VISITOR - TURN AROUND AND LOOK
00:42:05.29\00:42:06.92
JUST FOR A
SECOND. DO YOU SEE A NOSE?
00:42:06.92\00:42:09.69
I HOPE I'M NOT
PUTTING ANYONE ON THE SPOT.
00:42:09.69\00:42:11.13
IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU DON'T
HAVE A NOSE I DON'T WANT TO BE -
00:42:11.13\00:42:13.13
YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE - ONE MAN
GOT FROSTBITE ON EVEREST AND HE
00:42:13.13\00:42:17.17
HAD TO GET AN ARTIFICIAL NOSE -
ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN YOU SAW THEIR
00:42:17.17\00:42:20.67
NOSE, DID THAT SHOCK
YOU? IF I SAID, 'LOOK AT THE
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.91
PERSON NEXT TO YOU - A NOSE!'
BUT IF I WERE TO SAY, 'LOOK
00:42:23.91\00:42:28.74
ON THE FLOOR - A NOSE!'
WOULD YOU FIND THAT TROUBLING
00:42:28.74\00:42:33.25
IF YOU SAW A NOSE
IN THE AISLE? WHY?
00:42:33.25\00:42:39.32
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
BELONG OFF BY ITSELF.
00:42:39.32\00:42:43.99
CAN YOU BE A CHRISTIAN AND
BE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY?
00:42:43.99\00:42:47.83
HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR FUNCTION?
WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER AND EVERY
00:42:47.83\00:42:53.47
PART OF THE BODY NEEDS
THE OTHER PART OF THE BODY.
00:42:53.47\00:42:56.17
I GREW UP IN THE ERA WHERE
SCIENTISTS THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE
00:42:56.17\00:42:58.97
HAD A LOT OF SPARE PARTS
AND THEY TOOK MY TONSILS.
00:42:58.97\00:43:03.21
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAD A SORE
THROAT AND THEY NEVER DID MAKE A
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.58
CONNECTION BETWEEN ME STARTING
MY DAY WITH HOSTESS TWINKIES FOR
00:43:05.58\00:43:08.62
BREAKFAST AND ALWAYS HAVING A
SORE THROAT AND THEY JUST SAID,
00:43:08.62\00:43:11.42
'BAD TONSILS,
THEY'RE VESTIGIAL REMNANTS -
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.62
YOU DON'T REALLY
NEED THEM, TAKE 'EM OUT!'
00:43:13.62\00:43:15.99
MY BROTHER HAD A STOMACH ACHE -
'MUST BE A BAD APPENDIX - DON'T
00:43:15.99\00:43:19.13
NEED IT - SPARE PARTS! TAKE 'EM
OUT!' YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THIS
00:43:19.13\00:43:22.80
IDEA EVERYTHING WAS SPARE PARTS.
WELL, WE KNOW MORE NOW THAT
00:43:22.80\00:43:26.97
THOSE THINGS ALL HAVE
A PURPOSE, DON'T THEY?
00:43:26.97\00:43:29.50
SOME OF YOU MAYBE FELT LIKE THE
APPENDIX OR THE TONSILS OF THE
00:43:29.50\00:43:32.14
CHURCH AND YOU THINK, 'THERE'S
NO PURPOSE FOR ME.' OR MAYBE YOU
00:43:32.14\00:43:37.01
THOUGHT SOMEONE ELSE WAS THE
APPENDIX - THAT'S MORE LIKELY,
00:43:37.01\00:43:39.11
RIGHT? WE ALL
ARE NEEDED BY CHRIST.
00:43:39.11\00:43:46.92
AND YOU KNOW, THE LORD PUTS SOME
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH JUST SO WE
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.46
CAN LEARN LOVE AND PATIENCE,
BUT THEY'RE NEEDED AND WE'RE ALL
00:43:49.46\00:43:53.66
PART OF HIS BODY AND WE NEED TO
STAY TOGETHER OR WE DON'T STAY
00:43:53.66\00:43:58.73
ALIVE. I HEARD
A STORY ONE TIME -
00:43:58.73\00:44:03.64
PARABLE - THAT ONE MORNING A MAN
WOKE UP AND HE REACHED FOR THE
00:44:03.64\00:44:08.84
COUNTER BY THE BED AND HE WENT
TO GRAB HIS GLASSES AND TO PUT
00:44:08.84\00:44:11.95
THEM ON AND THE
NOSE SHOUTED AT THE EYES.
00:44:11.95\00:44:16.52
AND THE NOSE SAID, 'ENOUGH
OF THIS! DAY AFTER DAY YOU PLOP
00:44:16.52\00:44:19.99
THOSE GLASSES DOWN ON TOP OF
ME AND THEY SLIDE UP AND DOWN,
00:44:19.99\00:44:23.09
THEY'RE IRRITATING, I FEEL THE
PRESSURE, THEY LEAVE LITTLE RED
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.63
DOTS ON EITHER SIDE - NO MORE
GLASSES!' SO THE MAN HEARD THAT
00:44:25.63\00:44:30.97
AND HE PUT THE GLASSES BACK
DOWN. HE GOT UP AND ON HIS WAY
00:44:30.97\00:44:34.47
TO THE RESTROOM HE RAN INTO
THE DOOR AND BANGED HIS NOSE.
00:44:34.47\00:44:42.21
EVERYBODY SUFFERS
IF WE ARE NOT TOGETHER.
00:44:42.21\00:44:48.78
WE ALL NEED TO BE TOGETHER
AS PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:44:48.78\00:44:53.36
YOU KNOW, I JUST RENEWED MY
MEMBERSHIP AT A HEALTH CLUB.
00:44:53.36\00:44:57.96
YOU KNOW, THERE'S USUALLY A
BIG GLUT OF NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:44:57.96\00:45:00.80
JOINING HEALTH CLUBS
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
00:45:00.80\00:45:03.47
PASTOR ROSS AND I PLAY
RACQUETBALL ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.87
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR
YEARS NOW SO WE'RE MEMBERS ALL
00:45:06.87\00:45:09.54
YEAR LONG. BUT WE
LIKE TO WATCH THE RUSH
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.91
RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING AND
CHRISTMAS - I WONDER WHY THAT IS
00:45:11.91\00:45:15.78
- AND AFTER THE HOLIDAY FEASTS
- EVERYBODY SAYS, 'OH, I BETTER
00:45:15.78\00:45:18.78
SIGN UP FOR A HEALTH CLUB.' AND
I THINK MAYBE THEY THINK THAT
00:45:18.78\00:45:21.28
SIGNING UP FOR A HEALTH CLUB
IS THE SAME THING AS EXERCISE.
00:45:21.28\00:45:26.12
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING
LIKE THE 2ND OF JANUARY,
00:45:26.12\00:45:28.59
WE COULDN'T FIND A PARKING
PLACE. AND WE SAID, 'GIVE IT A
00:45:28.59\00:45:32.96
COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT
YOU KNOW, I NOTICED - I WENT
00:45:32.96\00:45:37.77
IN AND THE RACQUET COURTS WERE
BUSY AND I HAD TO WANDER AROUND
00:45:37.77\00:45:40.34
AND LOOK AT ALL THE EQUIPMENT,
WHICH I NORMALLY DON'T DO,
00:45:40.34\00:45:43.64
I JUST GO RIGHT IN
AND PLAY RACQUETBALL.
00:45:43.64\00:45:45.41
ONE REASON I DON'T IS BECAUSE OF
THE CONSTANT MUSIC IN THERE IS
00:45:45.41\00:45:48.08
SOMETIMES HARD FOR ME - AT LEAST
IN THE RACQUETBALL COURT IT'S A
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.61
LITTLE QUIETER - BUT I WENT AND
LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
00:45:50.61\00:45:53.52
EXERCISE EQUIPMENTS AND IT'S
VERY SOPHISTICATED NOW - THEY'VE
00:45:53.52\00:45:57.52
GOT MACHINES - VERY EXPENSIVE
MACHINES - THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
00:45:57.52\00:46:01.72
EXERCISE ONE LITTLE MUSCLE
YOU'VE GOT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR
00:46:01.72\00:46:04.89
BACK THAT BIG - I DON'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.
00:46:04.89\00:46:07.60
AND IT'S JUST YOU'VE GOT TO DO
THIS ONE THING AND IT EXERCISES
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.40
THAT ONE MUSCLE. THEN
YOU GO TO THIS NEXT STATION
00:46:09.40\00:46:11.63
AND IT'S GOT THIS OTHER THING
AND IT EXERCISES THE OTHER SIDE.
00:46:11.63\00:46:14.50
AND THEY GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT
MACHINES AND THEY'VE GOT THE
00:46:14.50\00:46:18.41
HIGHLIGHTED MUSCLES THAT THEY'LL
EXERCISE AND - WHICH TELLS US
00:46:18.41\00:46:22.71
THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE BODY - THEY GROW AT
00:46:22.71\00:46:25.68
DIFFERENT TIMES, THEY GET THEIR
EXERCISE AT DIFFERENT TIMES -
00:46:25.68\00:46:27.88
YOU NEED TO BE PATIENT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE IN THE BODY IN THEIR
00:46:27.88\00:46:32.65
PHASE OF GROWTH. SOMETIMES YOU
WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE SO SLOW.
00:46:32.65\00:46:37.76
'HOW COME YOU'RE NOT
SOPHISTICATED LIKE ME - YOU
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.53
HAVEN'T GROWN.' OR 'YOU'RE NOT
AS STRONG AS I AM.' AND WE GO TO
00:46:40.53\00:46:42.83
CHURCH AND WE PRAY LIKE THAT
PHARISEE, 'LORD, I THANK THEE
00:46:42.83\00:46:45.20
THAT I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.'
AND WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:46:45.20\00:46:49.00
PUBLICAN ON THE BACK ROW.
AND, YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID IT
00:46:49.00\00:46:52.24
WAS THE PUBLICAN THAT WENT
HOME JUSTIFIED EVEN THOUGH HE
00:46:52.24\00:46:55.58
DID HAVE SERIOUS SINS. SO
BE PATIENT WITH PEOPLE THAT
00:46:55.58\00:46:59.28
ARE STILL
GROWING IN THEIR FAITH.
00:46:59.28\00:47:00.88
WE'RE ALL
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY.
00:47:00.88\00:47:02.75
SOME ARE BABES - AND YOU KNOW
WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THOSE WHO
00:47:02.75\00:47:05.29
OFFEND THE LITTLE
CHILDREN IN CHRIST?
00:47:05.29\00:47:09.56
HE TAKES THAT SERIOUSLY. HE
SAID IT MIGHT BE BETTER THAT
00:47:09.56\00:47:12.26
A MILLSTONE WERE PLACED ABOUT
THEIR NECK AND THEY WERE CAST
00:47:12.26\00:47:14.60
INTO THE MIDST OF THE SEA.
SO WE'VE GOT TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:47:14.60\00:47:18.70
WE'VE GOT TO BE
PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.
00:47:18.70\00:47:20.14
WE'RE ALL PART
OF ONE BODY, AMEN?
00:47:20.14\00:47:23.30
I HAD AN UNCLE, MY FATHER'S
BROTHER HARRY, UNCLE HARRY.
00:47:23.30\00:47:29.28
HE LOST ONE OF HIS EYES IN A
HORSEBACK RIDING ACCIDENT, THE
00:47:29.28\00:47:32.65
HORSE ROLLED, AND HE GOT A GLASS
EYE. AND HE USED TO TEASE HIS
00:47:32.65\00:47:38.62
GRANDDAUGHTERS AND THEY'D BE IN
THERE PLAYING IN THE ROOM AND HE
00:47:38.62\00:47:41.82
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM THAT
DAY, BUT HE NEEDED TO GO OUT IN
00:47:41.82\00:47:44.23
THE YARD AND DO SOMETHING, HE'D
POP OUT HIS EYE AND SET IT ON
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.96
THE COUNTER AND
SAY, 'I'M WATCHING YOU.'
00:47:45.96\00:47:50.60
WOULDN'T IT BE SPOOKY TO
HAVE A GRANDFATHER LIKE THAT?
00:47:50.60\00:47:59.11
OR IF YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE GOT
THIS NEW SPORTS CAR AND I SAY,
00:47:59.11\00:48:02.81
'WELL LET ME SEE YOUR NEW SPORTS
CAR.' AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, I'VE
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.68
GOT ONE LITTLE PROBLEM - THE
ENGINE IS IN LOS ANGELES, THE
00:48:04.68\00:48:09.68
TRANSMISSION IS IN MIAMI,
AND THE BODY IS IN DENVER.' YOU
00:48:09.68\00:48:15.19
DON'T HAVE A CAR IF IT'S ALL
SCATTERED AROUND THE COUNTRY.
00:48:15.19\00:48:17.56
YOU MIGHT HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT
PARTS, BUT UNTIL YOU BRING THEM
00:48:17.56\00:48:20.10
TOGETHER WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS
A BUNCH OF JUNKYARDS, RIGHT?
00:48:20.10\00:48:25.57
WE REALLY BEGIN TO FUNCTION WHEN
WE WORK TOGETHER AND COORDINATE
00:48:25.57\00:48:28.97
OUR DIFFERENT GIFTS. AND SO, I
THINK I'VE PROBABLY SAID ENOUGH
00:48:28.97\00:48:32.11
ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO
WORK TOGETHER AS A BODY.
00:48:32.11\00:48:35.48
HOW LONG DO WE
SURVIVE IF WE'RE SEPARATED?
00:48:35.48\00:48:40.22
YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY DREAMS
- I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL EVER
00:48:40.22\00:48:42.65
HAPPEN, BUT ONE OF MY DREAMS
- THEY TAKE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
00:48:42.65\00:48:46.82
UP INTO SPACE NOW - IF YOU'VE
GOT ENOUGH MONEY YOU CAN BE A
00:48:46.82\00:48:49.06
TOURIST. I
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO -
00:48:49.06\00:48:51.66
SOMEBODY PAID $20 MILLION
SO THEY COULD GO UP WITH THE
00:48:51.66\00:48:54.40
SOVIETS AND GO TO THE U.S. SPACE
STATION. YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:48:54.40\00:48:57.87
I THOUGHT, 'OH, I WISH I COULD
GO TO SPACE.' THAT'D BE SO MUCH
00:48:57.87\00:49:02.14
FUN. GOD
WILLING, SOMEDAY I WILL.
00:49:02.14\00:49:06.78
AND, WHILE YOU'RE ALL EXPLORING
THE NEW EARTH, I'M GOING TO JUST
00:49:06.78\00:49:09.91
TAKE OFF AND GO
WHERE NO MAN'S BEEN BEFORE.
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.98
I JUST WANT TO GO SOARING
THROUGH SPACE AS FAST AS THE
00:49:12.98\00:49:16.35
SPEED OF THOUGHT. AND,
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN
00:49:16.35\00:49:20.49
THEY DID THE FIRST SPACE WALK.
IT WAS A VERY NERVOUS TIME WHEN
00:49:20.49\00:49:26.36
ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS ACTUALLY
WENT OUT OF THE SHIP. HE WAS
00:49:26.36\00:49:31.27
TETHERED AT FIRST, WITH AN
UMBILICAL CORD THE WHOLE TIME.
00:49:31.27\00:49:35.74
AND THEY WERE JUST SO AFRAID
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BREAK AND
00:49:35.74\00:49:38.07
HE'S FLOATING OUT
THERE AND HE'S BY HIMSELF.
00:49:38.07\00:49:39.57
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW EERIE THAT MUST BE?
00:49:39.57\00:49:41.71
TO BE FLOATING OUT IN THE VACUUM
OF SPACE KNOWING THAT YOU'VE GOT
00:49:41.71\00:49:46.08
JUST A QUARTER INCH OF SOME KIND
OF VINYL RUBBER MATERIAL THAT'S
00:49:46.08\00:49:50.25
SEPARATING YOU FROM ETERNITY
- IF IT RIPS - YOU'D BE REAL
00:49:50.25\00:49:53.66
CAREFUL NOT TO DO
ANYTHING RADICAL, RIGHT?
00:49:53.66\00:49:57.19
AND THEN THEY DEVELOPED
SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD
00:49:57.19\00:49:59.06
ACTUALLY LEAVE THE SHIP WITH
THIS LITTLE REMOTE CONTROL THING
00:49:59.06\00:50:03.03
THAT HAD LITTLE RETRO ROCKETS
THAT YOU COULD FLY AROUND
00:50:03.03\00:50:06.47
OUTSIDE WITH NO
CONNECTION WITH THE SPACESHIP.
00:50:06.47\00:50:11.01
DO YOU THINK ANY OF THOSE
ASTRONAUTS SAID, 'HEY, I THINK
00:50:11.01\00:50:13.98
I'M GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYONE
AND TAKE OFF A LITTLE BIT AND
00:50:13.98\00:50:15.68
SEE WHAT THEY THINK.
I'M GOING TO GO HIDE.' THEY
00:50:15.68\00:50:20.38
DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AWAY
FROM THE MOTHER SHIP, DID THEY?
00:50:20.38\00:50:24.92
BECAUSE YOUR LIFE IS
AT RISK IF YOU DO THAT.
00:50:24.92\00:50:30.26
IT'S ALSO TRUE FOR THOSE THAT
SAY, 'I'M A CHRISTIAN, BUT YOU
00:50:30.26\00:50:33.53
KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO FIND OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.77
WORLD.' AND WE
PRESUME ON GOD'S GRACE.
00:50:36.77\00:50:40.44
DO YOU REALIZE THAT WE'RE ALL
ON THE DEVIL'S ENCHANTED GROUND
00:50:40.44\00:50:42.54
WHEN WE GET VERY FAR FROM THE
SHIP AND IT'S ONLY THE GRACE OF
00:50:42.54\00:50:45.74
GOD THAT PRESERVES US.
BUT IT'S A SERIOUS THING.
00:50:45.74\00:50:49.21
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE WANDERING
AROUND AND YOU'RE PRESUMING THAT
00:50:49.21\00:50:52.71
GOD'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAVE
AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT YOU.
00:50:52.71\00:50:55.98
GOD IS GOOD. GOD IS
PATIENT. BUT IT'S A DANGEROUS
00:50:55.98\00:50:59.12
WORLD OUT THERE FRIENDS.
WE SHOULD NOT GAMBLE WITH THE
00:50:59.12\00:51:02.36
GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE AND
SAY, 'I WONDER HOW I CAN DO OUT
00:51:02.36\00:51:07.56
THERE WITHOUT GOD
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:51:07.56\00:51:10.80
YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN MAKE IT
ON MY OWN.' WE NEED TO STAY WITH
00:51:10.80\00:51:15.24
THE SHIP,
FRIENDS, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
00:51:15.24\00:51:17.67
YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH IS A FAMILY
AND FAMILIES NEED EACH OTHER.
00:51:17.67\00:51:24.65
YOU HAVE A NEW BABY. IT
NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN A FAMILY.
00:51:24.65\00:51:28.88
IF YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE
LAMB, THE CHURCH IS LIKE A FOLD.
00:51:28.88\00:51:32.15
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
MISSING SHEEP ANOTHER NIGHT, BUT
00:51:32.15\00:51:34.06
IF YOU'VE GOT A BABY LAMB AND
IT'S NOT PLACED IN A FOLD, BUT
00:51:34.06\00:51:38.76
IT'S JUST PUT OUT IN THE WOODS
BY ITSELF, IT'S VULNERABLE TO
00:51:38.76\00:51:43.40
THE WOLVES. GOD DESIGNED THAT
WHEN PEOPLE ARE BORN IN CHRIST
00:51:43.40\00:51:48.44
AND THEY'RE BAPTIZED,
THEY'RE PLACED IN A FAMILY.
00:51:48.44\00:51:50.87
AND SO IT'S REALLY CONCERNING
WHEN SOMEONE'S NEW IN CHRIST AND
00:51:50.87\00:51:55.48
THEN NOBODY NOTICES WHEN
THEY'RE MISSING WEEK AFTER WEEK.
00:51:55.48\00:52:00.15
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH
OTHER - ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU
00:52:00.15\00:52:02.62
WHO ARE PART OF
LARGER CONGREGATIONS.
00:52:02.62\00:52:05.22
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR A SHEPHERD
TO COUNT A THOUSAND SHEEP EVERY
00:52:05.22\00:52:09.56
WEEK. OR FIVE HUNDRED SHEEP.
00:52:09.56\00:52:12.83
WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND MEMBERS
IN SACRAMENTO AND IT'S ONE OF
00:52:12.83\00:52:15.30
THE THINGS THAT BREAKS MY HEART
IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE MISSING WEEK
00:52:15.30\00:52:17.60
AFTER WEEK AND WE DIDN'T SPOT
IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?
00:52:17.60\00:52:21.34
32% - 36%, I'M SORRY - 36%
OF PEOPLE WHO STOPPED GOING TO
00:52:21.34\00:52:27.41
CHURCH SAY,
'NOBODY EVEN CALLED ME.
00:52:27.41\00:52:32.38
THEY DIDN'T NOTICE I WAS GONE.'
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MADE THEM
00:52:32.38\00:52:35.48
FEEL? I THINK IT
BREAKS THE LORD'S HEART.
00:52:35.48\00:52:40.92
WE HAVE A PRIVILEGE AND WE'VE
GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR
00:52:40.92\00:52:45.26
EACH OTHER. WE ARE
OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER.
00:52:45.26\00:52:49.53
YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING THAT
CAIN SAID AFTER HE MURDERED HIS
00:52:49.53\00:52:51.47
OWN BROTHER? GOD SAID,
'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?'
00:52:51.47\00:52:54.07
HE SAID, 'AM I MY BROTHER'S
SHEPHERD? THAT'S HIS PROBLEM.
00:52:54.07\00:52:57.64
TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.' HOW
DID THE LORD FEEL ABOUT THAT?
00:52:57.64\00:53:01.21
WE NEED TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER
AND WE NEED TO TRY TO BRING SOME
00:53:01.21\00:53:04.31
OF THESE
WANDERING SHEEP BACK AGAIN.
00:53:04.31\00:53:06.88
WE'RE A FAMILY. OUR
FAMILY, ABOUT ONCE A YEAR,
00:53:06.88\00:53:10.32
WE HAVE A GREAT CAMP
MEETING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:53:10.32\00:53:13.36
THE BIGGEST TREES IN
THE WORLD - THE REDWOODS.
00:53:13.36\00:53:16.73
AND WE GO UP THERE AND I TELL
YOU, THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU WITH
00:53:16.73\00:53:19.56
AWE WHEN YOU GO CAMP
OUT AMONG THE REDWOODS.
00:53:19.56\00:53:22.43
AND WE LIKE, EVERY YEAR, TO
TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST GO WALK
00:53:22.43\00:53:24.57
THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL FOUNDER'S
GROVE AND LOOK AT THESE
00:53:24.57\00:53:28.04
INCREDIBLY MAJESTIC TREES.
BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED TO
00:53:28.04\00:53:32.77
LEARN THAT THE BIGGEST TREES IN
THE WORLD THAT ARE THERE ON THE
00:53:32.77\00:53:36.75
COAST - THEY DON'T
HAVE VERY DEEP ROOTS.
00:53:36.75\00:53:40.68
THEY'RE NOT LIKE OAK TREES
THAT HAVE A GREAT BIG OLD LONG
00:53:40.68\00:53:43.18
TAPROOT. I GET
ACORNS THAT SQUIRRELS
00:53:43.18\00:53:45.45
PLANT IN MY YARD AND I GO TO
PULL THEM UP - THE LITTLE OAK
00:53:45.45\00:53:49.79
TREE IS THAT BIG - AND
I GO TO PULL IT UP AND THE
00:53:49.79\00:53:51.39
ROOT'S THAT LONG. YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:53:51.39\00:53:54.66
THESE REDWOODS DON'T
SEND OUT A DEEP TAPROOT.
00:53:54.66\00:53:57.30
THE WAY THEY MANAGE TO
SURVIVE IS THEY GO WIDE.
00:53:57.30\00:54:02.27
THEIR ROOTS GO FAR AND THEY HAVE
TO INTERTWINE THEIR ROOTS IN A
00:54:02.27\00:54:08.88
WEB WITH THE ROOTS OF
OTHER TREES AROUND THEM.
00:54:08.88\00:54:12.55
THE WAY THEY'RE ABLE TO SURVIVE
THOSE PACIFIC STORMS THAT COME
00:54:12.55\00:54:16.15
THROUGH IS BECAUSE
THEY'VE INTERTWINED THEIR ROOTS.
00:54:16.15\00:54:20.22
FRIENDS, THERE'S A STORM COMING
AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:54:20.22\00:54:23.56
BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS STORM
IS WE'VE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER.
00:54:23.56\00:54:27.86
WE NEED TO PRESS TOGETHER.
PRESS TOGETHER. PRESS TOGETHER.
00:54:27.86\00:54:32.83
IT'S THAT TIME AND SOME OF YOU,
WHO MAYBE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
00:54:32.83\00:54:35.77
AND YOU'VE BEEN WANDERING
FOR WHATEVER REASON AND YOU'RE
00:54:35.77\00:54:38.67
DRIFTING. PERHAPS
THIS IS THE CALL THAT
00:54:38.67\00:54:41.64
YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT
WHERE JESUS IS SAYING, 'NOW
00:54:41.64\00:54:44.18
IT'S TIME TO COME BACK.
NOW IT'S TIME TO COME - YOU'RE
00:54:44.18\00:54:48.28
NOT COMING TO A BUILDING
- YOU'RE COMING TO A BODY.
00:54:48.28\00:54:52.92
IT'S NOT A BODY OF PEOPLE
- JESUS SAID IT'S HIS BODY.
00:54:52.92\00:54:57.83
THE CHURCH TODAY IS THE HANDS
AND THE FEET OF JESUS IN THE
00:54:57.83\00:55:01.26
WORLD AND HE WANTS
US TO BE PART OF THAT.
00:55:01.26\00:55:05.17
YEARS AGO I HEARD ABOUT AN OLD
PASTOR THAT WENT TO VISIT ONE OF
00:55:05.17\00:55:09.40
HIS MEMBERS. HE
HAPPENED TO BE A FARMER, A
00:55:09.40\00:55:11.11
BUSY MAN, WHO HAD STOPPED COMING
TO CHURCH. AND HE WENT TO SEE
00:55:11.11\00:55:15.51
HIM ONE EVENING AND HE TALKED
TO THE FATHER OF THE HOUSE BY
00:55:15.51\00:55:18.48
HIMSELF AND THEY SAT BEFORE
A FIREPLACE THAT WAS THERE.
00:55:18.48\00:55:22.55
AND THE PASTOR SAID, 'BROTHER,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MISSING YOU
00:55:22.55\00:55:26.59
AT CHURCH AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU COME.' AND HE SAID,
00:55:26.59\00:55:29.69
'I'M STILL A CHRISTIAN PASTOR, I
DON'T NEED TO GO TO CHURCH.' HE
00:55:29.69\00:55:32.29
SAYS, 'THE LORD KNOWS MY
HEART. THE LORD KNOWS I PRAY.
00:55:32.29\00:55:36.56
I BELIEVE IN HIM.
WE'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP.
00:55:36.56\00:55:39.50
AND I CAN MAKE IT ON MY
OWN.' AND THE PASTOR WASN'T SURE
00:55:39.50\00:55:44.27
EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY AND WITHOUT
ASKING THE MAN'S PERMISSION HE
00:55:44.27\00:55:48.24
LEANED OVER AND TOOK THE POKER
BY THE FIREPLACE, THE FIRE WAS
00:55:48.24\00:55:50.98
GOING RIGHT THERE ON THE HEARTH.
HE PULLED ASIDE THE SCREEN AND
00:55:50.98\00:55:55.35
THE PASTOR TOOK ONE OF THE
PROMINENT PIECES OF WOOD THAT
00:55:55.35\00:55:57.62
WAS BURNING THERE ON THE FIRE
AND HE KIND OF FLICKED IT OFF BY
00:55:57.62\00:55:59.95
ITSELF IN THE ASHES
AND HE SAT BACK DOWN.
00:55:59.95\00:56:03.96
AND THE MAN HE WAS VISITING, HE
LOOKED AT THAT AND THE FIRE ON
00:56:03.96\00:56:07.86
THE LOG THERE, IT BURNED FOR A
FEW MOMENTS AND SLOWLY THE FIRE
00:56:07.86\00:56:12.00
ON THAT SEPARATED LOG BEGAN
TO FLICKER OUT, BUT THE COALS
00:56:12.00\00:56:16.57
GLOWED FOR A LITTLE
WHILE. BUT THEN AS IT SAT THERE,
00:56:16.57\00:56:19.84
GRADUALLY THE
COALS BEGAN TO GROW DIM.
00:56:19.84\00:56:24.88
AND ALL THIS TIME, THE PASTOR
SAT THERE WITH THE MAN AND THEY
00:56:24.88\00:56:26.88
JUST LOOKED AT THE FIRE.
YOU KNOW, FIRE IS KIND OF
00:56:26.88\00:56:28.75
HYPNOTIC,
ESPECIALLY ON A COLD NIGHT.
00:56:28.75\00:56:32.85
AND HE GOT THE MESSAGE
JUST BY LOOKING AT THAT.
00:56:32.85\00:56:37.63
HE SAID, 'I UNDERSTAND PASTOR.'
HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO COME BACK
00:56:37.63\00:56:41.06
TO CHURCH.' WE DO
NOT BURN BY OURSELVES.
00:56:41.06\00:56:46.90
WE DO NOT GLOW BY OURSELVES.
WE CANNOT PUT OFF THAT HEAT
00:56:46.90\00:56:52.41
AND THAT WARMTH BY OURSELVES.
WE NEED EACH OTHER AND NOT ONLY
00:56:52.41\00:56:57.58
DO WE NEED EACH
OTHER, WE NEED THE LORD.
00:56:57.58\00:57:00.55
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT THROUGH THESE LAST DAYS IS IF
00:57:00.55\00:57:03.75
JESUS TAKES OUR HAND.
00:57:03.75\00:57:06.96
>>CAN'T GET ENOUGH
AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY?
00:57:06.96\00:57:09.76
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH-
00:57:09.76\00:57:12.43
FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE
AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT
00:57:12.43\00:57:16.63
'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG'
YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO
00:57:16.63\00:57:23.00
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED
MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE,
00:57:23.00\00:57:27.34
24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK,
RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR
00:57:27.34\00:57:30.95
MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'.
00:57:30.95\00:57:36.75
>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:57:36.75\00:57:40.99
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:57:40.99\00:57:44.59
OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON
00:57:44.59\00:57:48.43
THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF
00:57:48.43\00:57:52.67
REST? DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:57:52.67\00:57:56.50
WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
00:57:56.50\00:57:59.94
LAW AND HOW IT WAS
CHANGED. VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM.
00:57:59.94\00:58:07.38
>>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN
RESOURCES VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM
00:58:07.38\00:58:13.52
. (MUSIC)
00:58:13.52\00:58:14.52