(MUSIC)
00:00:00.30\00:00:10.74
>>FRIENDS, ARE
YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS?
00:00:10.74\00:00:12.94
IF SO, YOU MIGHT WANT
TO LOOK AWAY RIGHT NOW.
00:00:12.94\00:00:15.64
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
ATTRACTIONS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:00:15.64\00:00:18.15
BAY AREA IS THE
ICONIC GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
00:00:18.15\00:00:22.12
WHILE THIS WORLD-FAMOUS BRIDGE
WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE SEVEN
00:00:22.12\00:00:24.85
WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD,
FEW PEOPLE KNOW THE STORY OF THE
00:00:24.85\00:00:27.86
BRAVE MEN WHO WERE INVOLVED
IN ITS CONSTRUCTION AND - ALSO
00:00:27.86\00:00:30.93
KNOWN AS THE
HALFWAY TO HELL CLUB .
00:00:30.93\00:00:34.10
DESIGNED BY A GROUP OF VISIONARY
ENGINEERS AT 4200 FEET END TO
00:00:34.10\00:00:38.60
END, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
WAS, AT ONE TIME, THE LONGEST
00:00:38.60\00:00:41.94
SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.
DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION, FROM
00:00:41.94\00:00:45.77
1933 TO 1937, THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE HAD ONE OF THE BEST
00:00:45.77\00:00:50.18
SAFETY CONSTRUCTION RECORDS
OF ANY PROJECT DURING THAT TIME.
00:00:50.18\00:00:53.78
KEEP IN MIND, THEY WOULD FACTOR
IN AND CALCULATE THAT ONE MAN
00:00:53.78\00:00:57.19
WOULD DIE FOR EVERY MILLION
DOLLARS THAT WAS SPENT, SO WITH
00:00:57.19\00:01:00.46
A BUDGET OF 35 MILLION DOLLARS,
THEY KNEW THAT LOSS OF LIFE
00:01:00.46\00:01:03.96
WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS WHY THE CHIEF ENGINEER,
00:01:03.96\00:01:06.96
JOSEPH P. STRAUSS, WAS
ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT ABOUT USING
00:01:06.96\00:01:10.43
THE MOST RIGOROUS SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS THAT HAD EVER
00:01:10.43\00:01:13.10
BEEN USED IN BRIDGE BUILDING.
HE HAD A LOCAL MANUFACTURER OF
00:01:13.10\00:01:16.71
SAFETY EQUIPMENT DESIGN SPECIAL
HEADGEAR THAT HE INSISTED
00:01:16.71\00:01:19.81
BE WORN ON EVERY JOB.
THIS BECAME THE PROTOTYPE FOR
00:01:19.81\00:01:22.94
THE MODERN HARD HAT,
WORN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
00:01:22.94\00:01:25.95
BUT THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WENT
EVEN FARTHER. STRAUSS PROVIDED A
00:01:25.95\00:01:29.42
SPECIAL HAND AND FACE CREAM
TO PROTECT THEIR SKIN FROM THE
00:01:29.42\00:01:32.39
COLD, BITING WIND, AND
GLARE-FREE GOGGLES TO PROTECT
00:01:32.39\00:01:35.82
THEIR EYES. IN ADDITION, THEY
ALSO ATE A SPECIAL DIET TO HELP
00:01:35.82\00:01:40.10
WARD OFF DIZZINESS WHEN
THEY WERE WORKING AT THOSE EPIC
00:01:40.10\00:01:43.26
HEIGHTS. BUT THE MOST
CONSPICUOUS SAFETY PRECAUTION
00:01:43.26\00:01:47.24
WAS A GIGANTIC NET THAT WAS
SUSPENDED FROM END TO END UNDER
00:01:47.24\00:01:50.11
THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION
AREA OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
00:01:50.11\00:01:53.31
IN FACT, DURING CONSTRUCTION,
THIS NET SAVED THE LIVES OF 19
00:01:53.31\00:01:57.88
MEN, WHO LATER BECAME KNOWN
AS THE HALFWAY TO HELL CLUB .
00:01:57.88\00:02:02.62
NOW, YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND,
THESE WERE SOME OF THE MOST
00:02:02.62\00:02:04.79
DANGEROUS CONSTRUCTION
CONDITIONS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:02:04.79\00:02:07.82
THE WIND WAS CONSTANTLY BLOWING.
THEY WERE WALKING AROUND ON IRON
00:02:07.82\00:02:12.19
THAT SOMETIMES HAD
ICE FROM THE FREEZING FOG.
00:02:12.19\00:02:15.53
IN PLACES, THEY WERE OVER
700 FEET ABOVE THE ICY WATERS.
00:02:15.53\00:02:20.14
YET THE MEN, COMING FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE, WERE WILLING TO
00:02:20.14\00:02:23.07
TAKE THESE RISKS BECAUSE IT WAS
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND
00:02:23.07\00:02:26.61
THEY WOULD GET PAID UP TO ELEVEN
DOLLARS A DAY, WHICH WAS A
00:02:26.61\00:02:29.48
FORTUNE BACK THEN. ONE
OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF THE
00:02:29.48\00:02:33.18
NET WAS THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE
MEN WERE MUCH MORE COURAGEOUS -
00:02:33.18\00:02:36.89
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WALKING
HIGH ON THOSE SLIPPERY SURFACES,
00:02:36.89\00:02:39.89
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE
WAS A MECHANISM TO PROTECT
00:02:39.89\00:02:42.32
THEM IF THEY SHOULD FALL.
THIS GAVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE
00:02:42.32\00:02:45.26
AND THE COURAGE TO PRESS
ON AND GET THE BRIDGE BUILT
00:02:45.26\00:02:47.83
IN RECORD TIME.
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, AS
00:02:47.83\00:02:50.00
CHRISTIANS, WE
HAVE A GREAT WORK TO DO.
00:02:50.00\00:02:52.23
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE
GET TO PARTICIPATE WITH JESUS IN
00:02:52.23\00:02:55.44
BUILDING A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS
HEAVEN AND EARTH AND THERE ARE
00:02:55.44\00:02:59.01
DANGERS ALONG THE WAY. THE
DEVIL WOULD LIKE TO PARALYZE
00:02:59.01\00:03:02.18
US WITH FEAR THAT WE MIGHT FALL
OR MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT WE KNOW
00:03:02.18\00:03:05.88
THAT JESUS HAS PROVIDED A
SAFETY NET FOR US AND WE DON'T
00:03:05.88\00:03:08.95
HAVE TO BE AFRAID. WE
CAN PRESS ON WITH CONFIDENCE
00:03:08.95\00:03:11.72
BECAUSE IT PROMISES, IN THE BOOK
OF JUDE, VERSE 24, 'HE IS ABLE
00:03:11.72\00:03:15.56
TO KEEP US FROM FALLING.'
BUT SOMETIMES WE MAKE MISTAKES.
00:03:15.56\00:03:19.39
STILL, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED,
FRIENDS, IF YOU READ IN 1 JOHN
00:03:19.39\00:03:22.13
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1, THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'IF WE FALL...IF WE SIN WE
00:03:22.13\00:03:26.70
HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE
FATHER, JESUS CHRIST.' SO LET'S
00:03:26.70\00:03:29.90
PRESS ON TOGETHER AND
BUILD THAT BRIDGE WITH CHRIST.
00:03:29.90\00:03:32.54
(MUSIC)
00:03:32.54\00:03:40.22
>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:03:40.22\00:03:43.25
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:03:43.25\00:03:47.16
PROBABLY TELLING STORIES
ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. FROM THE
00:03:47.16\00:03:50.83
CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE
LAST-DAY EVENTS OF REVELATION,
00:03:50.83\00:03:54.56
'BIBLEHISTORY.COM' IS A FREE
RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN EXPLORE
00:03:54.56\00:03:57.97
MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND
CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR
00:03:57.97\00:04:01.17
KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW
CLOSER TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER.
00:04:01.17\00:04:06.14
VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE
TIME LINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'.
00:04:06.14\00:04:11.88
(MUSIC)
00:04:11.88\00:04:28.40
>>BY THE TIME I GOT TO HIGH
SCHOOL ABUSE WAS JUST A WAY OF
00:04:28.40\00:04:32.17
LIFE FOR ME. I JUST
THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE
00:04:32.17\00:04:34.17
WAY IT WAS AND THAT MANY
PEOPLE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT.
00:04:34.17\00:04:37.54
AND I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF
THE GIRLS WERE NOT GOING THROUGH
00:04:37.54\00:04:40.64
THE ABUSE THAT I
WAS GOING THROUGH.
00:04:40.64\00:04:43.31
I STARTED ACTING OUT AND PLAYING
UP AND MISBEHAVING IN SCHOOL.
00:04:43.31\00:04:49.32
I FELT WHEN I SPOKE TO MOM,
SHE WAS TOO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT
00:04:49.32\00:04:54.59
WHERE DAD WAS,
WHAT DAD WAS DOING.
00:04:54.59\00:04:56.76
WHEN I SPOKE TO THE OLDER
SIBLINGS, THEY COULDN'T BE
00:04:56.76\00:04:58.86
BOTHERED - I HAD
STUPID QUESTIONS.
00:04:58.86\00:05:02.26
I SEEMED TO FEEL VERY LONELY ALL
THE TIME AND I JUST FORGOT, AT
00:05:02.26\00:05:06.70
THAT POINT, WHERE GOD WAS,
AND FELT THAT I DIDN'T NEED HIM
00:05:06.70\00:05:12.34
BECAUSE, ANYWAY, WHEN I DID NEED
HIM HE WAS NEVER AROUND FOR ME.
00:05:12.34\00:05:17.05
I WAS LIVING A VERY, VERY BUSY
LIFE WORKING 'TIL 2:00 - 3:00 IN
00:05:17.05\00:05:23.82
THE MORNING AND THEN DRINKING
ALCOHOL 'TIL 5:00 SO THAT I
00:05:23.82\00:05:27.16
COULD GET TO SLEEP FOR A FEW
HOURS, WAKE UP AND THEN GET BACK
00:05:27.16\00:05:30.29
TO WORK AT 8:00 AT
NIGHT. SO MY LIFE CONTINUED AND
00:05:30.29\00:05:33.90
SPIRALED UNTIL I
DECIDED I NEEDED TO DO
00:05:33.90\00:05:36.26
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO
I PACKED MY BAGS AND SPENT
00:05:36.26\00:05:39.30
ELEVEN MONTHS CROSSING
AFRICA FROM ZIMBABWE ALL THE
00:05:39.30\00:05:42.60
WAY THROUGH TO SWITZERLAND.
MET A LADY IN A MISSIONARY WHO
00:05:42.60\00:05:46.84
SPOKE TO ME ABOUT GOD AND GAVE
ME A BIBLE AND THAT WAS WHEN I
00:05:46.84\00:05:50.81
STARTED THINKING AGAIN THAT,
'GOD, MAYBE YOU LED ME ON THIS
00:05:50.81\00:05:55.12
TRIP.' AND THAT WAS THE START
OF ME REALLY RETHINKING, 'WHAT
00:05:55.12\00:06:00.52
AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?'
I'D MADE A DECISION THAT, 'GOD,
00:06:00.52\00:06:05.39
THIS TIME I'M NEVER GOING TO LET
YOU GO. I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER LET
00:06:05.39\00:06:09.33
ME GO, IT WAS ALWAYS ME WHO LET
GO.' MY RETURN TO JESUS WAS THE
00:06:09.33\00:06:16.14
MOST AMAZING FEELING
THAT I'D EVER EXPERIENCED.
00:06:16.14\00:06:20.24
I FELT AS IF THIS TIME I'D
MADE A CONNECTION WITH GOD.
00:06:20.24\00:06:27.95
MY NAME IS IOLANI HILL
AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
00:06:27.95\00:06:34.29
>>YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE
TESTIMONIES YOU'RE HEARING ARE
00:06:34.29\00:06:36.36
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
WENT TO THE AFCOE PROGRAM.
00:06:36.36\00:06:39.36
THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD - WHO
00:06:39.36\00:06:42.10
CAME TO AMAZING FACTS AND THEY
TRAINED IN HOW TO SHARE THEIR
00:06:42.10\00:06:44.90
FAITH WITH OTHERS AND WE
WERE SURPRISED WHAT A LARGE
00:06:44.90\00:06:48.34
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
ALL OF A SUDDEN FILLED WITH A
00:06:48.34\00:06:50.84
BURNING DESIRE TO SHARE
THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS.
00:06:50.84\00:06:54.28
THEY HAD DRIFTED AWAY.
WHEN THEY CAME BACK THEY
00:06:54.28\00:06:57.35
REALIZED THAT THE KEY TO LIFE
IS RECEIVING CHRIST AND SHARING
00:06:57.35\00:07:01.05
CHRIST AND THEIR
WHOLE PERSPECTIVE CHANGED.
00:07:01.05\00:07:04.72
WELL, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME
YOU ONCE AGAIN TO 'RECLAIM YOUR
00:07:04.72\00:07:08.79
FAITH' FRIENDS. AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
00:07:08.79\00:07:11.16
THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE
IN THE MARYLAND AREA AND THOSE
00:07:11.16\00:07:14.60
WHO MAY BE WATCHING ALL OVER THE
WORLD AND ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA
00:07:14.60\00:07:18.40
AND WE'RE VERY
THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN.
00:07:18.40\00:07:20.94
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME
OF THE DIFFERENT REASONS THAT
00:07:20.94\00:07:23.94
PEOPLE BECOME DISCOURAGED AND
STOP GOING TO CHURCH AND WHAT
00:07:23.94\00:07:26.61
THE SOLUTION TO THOSE THINGS IS
- SO WHAT'S THE RIGHT VIEW THAT
00:07:26.61\00:07:30.91
WE SHOULD HAVE REGARDING SOME
OF THE ISSUES THAT DISCOURAGE
00:07:30.91\00:07:34.08
PEOPLE AND GET THEM
TO JUMP SHIP SO TO SPEAK.
00:07:34.08\00:07:38.32
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE THINGS WHEN
WE INTERVIEW PEOPLE IS DEALING
00:07:38.32\00:07:42.56
WITH WHAT WE
CALL 'FRIENDLY FIRE'.
00:07:42.56\00:07:46.16
SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH DID
SOMETHING TO HURT THEM OR SOME
00:07:46.16\00:07:49.90
GROUP OR SOME CLIQUE
IN THE CHURCH HURT THEM.
00:07:49.90\00:07:53.84
SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN
UPSET WITH GOD SO THEY'VE
00:07:53.84\00:07:57.31
PULLED BACK
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HURT.
00:07:57.31\00:07:59.81
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND
THAT DURING THE GULF WAR, 1991 -
00:07:59.81\00:08:03.41
THAT FIRST INVASION - BY
THE WAY, OUR SON DANIEL WAS
00:08:03.41\00:08:06.21
THERE THEN IN IRAQ - THAT
OUT OF THE 131 - I'M SORRY
00:08:06.21\00:08:11.29
NO - 148 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
THAT WERE KILLED DURING THAT
00:08:11.29\00:08:16.59
TIME IN THAT WAR - 31% WERE
AS A RESULT OF FRIENDLY FIRE.
00:08:16.59\00:08:21.93
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAR LIKE
THAT WHERE YOU'VE GOT 31% OF THE
00:08:21.93\00:08:24.73
CASUALTIES WERE FRIENDLY FIRE.
THEY WERE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
00:08:24.73\00:08:30.17
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'WELL, BUT PASTOR DOUG, AT LEAST
00:08:30.17\00:08:33.31
THEY WERE ACCIDENTS - WHAT
THESE PEOPLE DID TO ME IN CHURCH
00:08:33.31\00:08:36.01
THAT WAS ON PURPOSE.' I
MIGHT ALSO MENTION AT THIS
00:08:36.01\00:08:39.38
TIME, OF ALL THE CALLS THAT
POLICE GET, YOU KNOW WHAT THE
00:08:39.38\00:08:43.62
LARGEST CATEGORY
IS OF POLICE CALLS?
00:08:43.62\00:08:46.45
DOMESTIC
PROBLEMS. FAMILY FIGHTS.
00:08:46.45\00:08:52.83
YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST LEARNED THAT
WHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER YOU'RE
00:08:52.83\00:08:56.73
SOMETIMES GOING
TO HAVE PROBLEMS.
00:08:56.73\00:08:58.97
AND YOU SEE THAT WAS
TRUE ALSO IN THE BIBLE.
00:08:58.97\00:09:03.37
DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED, DO NOT
LEAVE CHURCH BECAUSE SOMEONE IN
00:09:03.37\00:09:07.01
THE CHURCH HURT YOU.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL
00:09:07.01\00:09:09.88
WANTS YOU TO DO. THINK
IN THE BIBLE OF ALL THE
00:09:09.88\00:09:13.42
CHARACTERS THAT
STRUGGLED WITH FRIENDLY FIRE.
00:09:13.42\00:09:18.75
THE FIRST MURDER IN THE BIBLE IS
CAIN KILLING HIS BROTHER ABEL.
00:09:18.75\00:09:26.16
YOU'VE GOT THE STORY
OF JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE -
00:09:26.16\00:09:28.53
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HIS
BROTHERS JUST COULDN'T GET
00:09:28.53\00:09:31.40
ALONG WITH HIM - DID
HE DO ANYTHING WRONG?
00:09:31.40\00:09:34.47
IT WASN'T HIS FAULT. BY
THE WAY, WITH ABEL, CAIN WAS
00:09:34.47\00:09:38.34
UPSET WITH NOT HIS
BADNESS, BUT HIS GOODNESS.
00:09:38.34\00:09:41.54
WITH JOSEPH HIS BROTHERS
WERE NOT UPSET AT HIS BADNESS,
00:09:41.54\00:09:44.48
THEY WERE UPSET AT HIS
DREAMS AND HIS GOODNESS.
00:09:44.48\00:09:48.78
KING DAVID - HE
HAD HIS PROBLEMS.
00:09:48.78\00:09:51.22
HE HAD A LOT MORE PROBLEMS WITH
HIS OWN SON AND HIS OWN KING
00:09:51.22\00:09:54.72
THAN HE HAD FROM
GOLIATH. GOLIATH HE TOOK CARE OF
00:09:54.72\00:09:57.36
PRETTY QUICKLY. FOR
YEARS HE RAN FROM KING SAUL
00:09:57.36\00:10:01.00
AND HIS OWN SON
TRIED TO KILL HIM.
00:10:01.00\00:10:02.96
PROBLEMS IN THE
HOUSE - FRIENDLY FIRE.
00:10:02.96\00:10:06.77
AND DAVID LEFT FOR
AWHILE - FLED TO THE LAND OF THE
00:10:06.77\00:10:09.27
PHILISTINES AND THEN GOD
SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:10:09.27\00:10:12.91
YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WILL
HELP US - SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
00:10:12.91\00:10:15.74
WATCHING WILL SAY, 'OH, PASTOR
DOUG, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
00:10:15.74\00:10:18.05
DID TO ME. I KNOW,
GENERALLY, THAT MIGHT BE
00:10:18.05\00:10:20.28
TRUE, BUT 'WHAT THEY DID TO ME'
- I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE
00:10:20.28\00:10:24.02
THAT THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS US TO DO.
00:10:24.02\00:10:27.26
HE WANTS US TO BE HURT BY
THIS FRIENDLY FIRE - BY THE
00:10:27.26\00:10:33.09
HORIZONTAL PROBLEMS THAT WE
HAVE SO WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM -
00:10:33.09\00:10:36.67
OR WE BLAME GOD.
00:10:36.67\00:10:38.67
PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, FOR A
MOMENT, SOME PEOPLE PAY TO GO ON
00:10:38.67\00:10:42.97
A SAFARI THROUGH A JUNGLE
IN SOUTH AMERICA OR AFRICA AND
00:10:42.97\00:10:46.88
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RAIN
FOREST AND THEY'RE GOING SINGLE
00:10:46.88\00:10:48.41
FILE THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND
THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT AND
00:10:48.41\00:10:50.45
THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE LEFT AND
THERE ARE MONKEYS IN THE TREES -
00:10:50.45\00:10:53.28
AND THESE ARE BAD MONKEYS - AND
THE MONKEYS ARE THROWING NUTS
00:10:53.28\00:10:58.72
AND BRANCHES AND FRUIT AT ONE
OF THE MEN BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW
00:10:58.72\00:11:02.42
WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HE TURNS
AROUND HE THINKS IT'S THE PERSON
00:11:02.42\00:11:05.13
IN LINE BEHIND HIM. HE
SAYS, 'WHY DID YOU DO THAT?'
00:11:05.13\00:11:08.00
'I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.' 'I KNOW YOU DID.
00:11:08.00\00:11:09.06
YOU JUST BONKED ME ON THE
HEAD WITH A PIECE OF FRUIT!'
00:11:09.06\00:11:10.87
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!' AND
SO THEY TURN AROUND AND ARE
00:11:10.87\00:11:13.44
WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL.
THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING OFF AT THE
00:11:13.44\00:11:14.90
FLOWERS AGAIN AND THEN
'BING!' 'WHAT DID I DO?'
00:11:14.90\00:11:17.57
AND PRETTY SOON THEY'RE ALL
FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND
00:11:17.57\00:11:20.08
THE MONKEYS ARE LAUGHING IN
THE TREES. ARE THERE DEVILS AND
00:11:20.08\00:11:26.08
DEMONS OUT THERE? DO THEY DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ACCENT
00:11:26.08\00:11:30.55
AND ACCENTUATE
OUR DISAGREEMENTS?
00:11:30.55\00:11:34.19
MANUFACTURING THINGS THAT REALLY
AREN'T REAL - SOMETIMES BECAUSE
00:11:34.19\00:11:38.39
OF OUR SLIGHTED PRIDE - AND THEY
GET MAGNIFIED AND THE DEVIL IS
00:11:38.39\00:11:43.73
WORKING ALL THE TIME TO
CREATE DIVISION AND CAUSE
00:11:43.73\00:11:47.64
FRIENDLY FIRE. THIS IS HIS PLAN.
HE IS TRYING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.
00:11:47.64\00:11:53.04
LIKE I SAID A MINUTE AGO, YOU
MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, PASTOR
00:11:53.04\00:11:55.71
DOUG, YEAH BUT THIS PERSON,
IT WASN'T IMAGINED, THEY REALLY
00:11:55.71\00:11:59.05
DID SOMETHING VERY MEAN TO ME.'
ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER SCENARIO.
00:11:59.05\00:12:05.29
NICE FAMILY INVITES YOU OVER TO
THEIR HOUSE FOR DINNER SOME DAY
00:12:05.29\00:12:09.32
AFTER CHURCH AND YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN THERE BEFORE, THEY SEEM
00:12:09.32\00:12:12.26
LIKE SWEET PEOPLE AND YOU
SIT AROUND AS DINNER'S BEING
00:12:12.26\00:12:14.86
PREPARED, YOU VISIT, YOU'RE
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEY
00:12:14.86\00:12:16.97
SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO
SIT DOWN AT THE DINING TABLE AND
00:12:16.97\00:12:19.17
WE'RE GOING TO EAT.' AND
YOU SAY, 'IS THERE SOMEWHERE
00:12:19.17\00:12:20.34
I CAN WASH MY HANDS?'
'SURE, THERE DOWN THE HALL
00:12:20.34\00:12:22.64
TO THE RIGHT.' AND SO
YOU MEANDER THROUGH THEIR
00:12:22.64\00:12:24.41
HOUSE, YOU FIND THE
RESTROOM, YOU WASH YOUR HANDS
00:12:24.41\00:12:25.91
AND AS YOU COME OUT OF THE
RESTROOM THERE IS THIS GRUMPY
00:12:25.91\00:12:29.18
OLD MAN THERE AND HE
SAYS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
00:12:29.18\00:12:33.98
THIS IS MY BATHROOM,
DON'T YOU USE MY BATHROOM.'
00:12:33.98\00:12:37.19
AND HE SAYS, 'BY
THE WAY, YOU'RE UGLY.
00:12:37.19\00:12:40.99
AND I DON'T LIKE STRANGERS IN MY
HOUSE AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO
00:12:40.99\00:12:44.56
EAT WHEN ALL THESE STRANGE
PEOPLE COME OVER EATING MY
00:12:44.56\00:12:47.00
FOOD AND I HOPE I NEVER SEE YOU'
- AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO HURL
00:12:47.00\00:12:50.17
INSULTS AND CURSE AT YOU -
JUST AS MEAN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:12:50.17\00:12:55.10
AND BOY, YOUR HEART STARTS TO
RACE AND YOU GET ALL UPSET AND
00:12:55.10\00:12:58.81
PRETTY SOON YOU GO TO THE HALL
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR
00:12:58.81\00:13:00.84
COAT AND THE HOST
SAYS, 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?'
00:13:00.84\00:13:02.61
AND YOU SAY, 'I'M
LEAVING!' 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?'
00:13:02.61\00:13:03.68
'THIS MAN - I'VE NEVER
BEEN SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT BEFORE
00:13:03.68\00:13:06.98
IN MY LIFE.' AND
THEY SAY, 'YOU DIDN'T RUN
00:13:06.98\00:13:09.58
INTO GRANDPA DID YOU?'
'I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.'
00:13:09.58\00:13:13.59
'YOU RAN INTO GRANDPA.
PLEASE, DON'T GET UPSET.
00:13:13.59\00:13:17.56
GRANDPA'S NOT WELL.
GRANDPA HAS DEMENTIA.
00:13:17.56\00:13:24.80
HE USED TO BE THE NICEST GUY IN
THE WORLD, BUT JUST PART OF HIS
00:13:24.80\00:13:27.24
BRAIN ISN'T HEALTHY AND HE JUST
NOW - WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
00:13:27.24\00:13:30.81
ON BUT' - AND AS SOON AS
YOU REALIZE THAT GRANDPA IS SICK
00:13:30.81\00:13:37.21
YOU SAY, 'OH, YEAH, I
GUESS I UNDERSTAND NOW.
00:13:37.21\00:13:39.31
THEY CAN'T HELP
IT. THEY'RE NOT WELL.'
00:13:39.31\00:13:41.98
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
THE CHURCH WHO ARE SICK.
00:13:41.98\00:13:46.65
AND THEY DO MEAN THINGS.
IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED WITH
00:13:46.65\00:13:51.53
GOD'S SPIRIT THEY'VE GOT A
DIABOLICAL DEMENTIA AND THEY'RE
00:13:51.53\00:13:55.73
DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU
WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO.
00:13:55.73\00:13:59.40
AND SO, DON'T
TAKE IT OUT ON JESUS.
00:13:59.40\00:14:02.70
DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND YOUR
00:14:02.70\00:14:05.37
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH
- JUST SAY, 'ALL RIGHT BROTHER,
00:14:05.37\00:14:07.84
SISTER, SORRY
YOU FEEL THAT WAY.'
00:14:07.84\00:14:10.35
AND THEN YOU CAN WALK -
YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF,
00:14:10.35\00:14:13.15
'SPIRITUAL DEMENTIA.
THEY'RE JUST NOT WELL.
00:14:13.15\00:14:18.79
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
LOVE IN THEIR HEART.'
00:14:18.79\00:14:20.36
WE ALL DO SELFISH
THINGS. EVEN IN JESUS' DAY.
00:14:20.36\00:14:24.83
ONE MOMENT JESUS SAYS TO THE
APOSTLES, 'WHO DO YOU SAY THAT
00:14:24.83\00:14:29.73
I AM?' PETER JUMPS
UP HE SAYS, 'YOU ARE
00:14:29.73\00:14:31.73
THE CHRIST, THE
SON OF THE LIVING GOD.'
00:14:31.73\00:14:34.34
AND JESUS GIVES PETER THE
GREATEST COMPLIMENT HE EVER HAD
00:14:34.34\00:14:37.81
- HE SAYS, 'SIMON PETER, FLESH
AND BLOOD DID NOT REVEAL THAT
00:14:37.81\00:14:40.11
UNTO YOU BUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT. GOD SPOKE TO YOU.'
00:14:40.11\00:14:43.68
BEFORE 20 MINUTES GO BY
JESUS SAYS, 'I'VE GOT TO GO TO
00:14:43.68\00:14:47.38
JERUSALEM - I'M GOING TO
BE BETRAYED THERE, I'LL BE
00:14:47.38\00:14:49.32
CRUCIFIED, AND I'LL
RISE THE THIRD DAY.'
00:14:49.32\00:14:50.89
PETER COMES OVER, HE SAYS,
'LORD, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT.
00:14:50.89\00:14:54.19
THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU.'
THAT SAME JESUS TURNS TO PETER
00:14:54.19\00:14:58.63
AND HE SAYS,
'GET BEHIND ME SATAN.'
00:14:58.63\00:15:02.40
'YOU GOT DEMENTIA.'
JESUS LOOKED BEHIND HIS FRIEND
00:15:02.40\00:15:07.60
PETER TO WHO WAS OPERATING
THROUGH PETER AND HE DIDN'T
00:15:07.60\00:15:11.11
BLAME PETER, HE
BLAMED THE DEVIL.
00:15:11.11\00:15:14.11
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH HURT EACH
OTHER BECAUSE THE DEVIL OFTEN
00:15:14.11\00:15:17.05
SPEAKS SOMETIMES
THROUGH THOSE CLOSEST TO US.
00:15:17.05\00:15:20.72
YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BEST
FIGHTS ON YOUR WAY TO CHURCH
00:15:20.72\00:15:25.35
WITH YOUR LOVED
ONES. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:15:25.35\00:15:29.96
BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS WORKING
OVERTIME, LIKE THE MONKEY IN THE
00:15:29.96\00:15:33.16
TREES, TO TRY AND CREATE
DIVISION AMONG US ON THE GROUND.
00:15:33.16\00:15:37.90
WE'RE ALL SINNERS.
00:15:37.90\00:15:40.14
IT'S INTERESTING, THE BIBLE
TELLS US THAT WE ARE TO LOVE OUR
00:15:40.14\00:15:42.44
NEIGHBOR - NEIGHBOR IS A NIGH
BROTHER - NIGH BROTHERS ARE NOT
00:15:42.44\00:15:45.97
ANY CLOSER THAN THOSE IN YOUR
FAMILY OR THOSE IN YOUR CHURCH.
00:15:45.97\00:15:48.64
IT SAYS LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AND THEN JESUS SAYS,
00:15:48.64\00:15:50.25
'AND LOVE YOUR ENEMY.' I
THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE
00:15:50.25\00:15:53.25
SAYS WE SHOULD LOVE OUR
NEIGHBOR AND LOVE OUR ENEMY -
00:15:53.25\00:15:55.05
IS IT BECAUSE - IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT OUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN
00:15:55.05\00:15:58.65
BECOMES OUR ENEMY? IT'S
SOMETIMES OUR NIGH BROTHER
00:15:58.65\00:16:02.92
OR SISTER - WHO CAN
BECOME OUR GREATEST ADVERSARY.
00:16:02.92\00:16:08.36
DAVID COMES HOME FROM
PRAISING THE LORD IN THE STREET.
00:16:08.36\00:16:10.87
THERE'S A PARADE WITH GOD AND
HIS ARK AND EVERYBODY SINGING
00:16:10.87\00:16:13.54
AND HE'S ON CLOUD NINE AND HE
WALKS THROUGH DOOR AND HIS WIFE
00:16:13.54\00:16:16.50
SAID, 'BOY, YOU MADE
SUCH A SPECTACLE OUT OF
00:16:16.50\00:16:18.54
YOURSELF TODAY.' BRING
HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN.
00:16:18.54\00:16:23.91
SOMETIMES IT'S
THOSE RIGHT IN THE FAMILY.
00:16:23.91\00:16:26.92
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT.
00:16:26.92\00:16:30.52
1 PETER CHAPTER 5, VERSES
5 THROUGH 7 - "LIKEWISE YOU
00:16:30.52\00:16:35.69
YOUNGER PEOPLE, SUBMIT
YOURSELVES TO YOUR ELDERS.
00:16:35.69\00:16:38.19
YES, ALL OF YOU BE SUBMISSIVE TO
ONE ANOTHER - BE SUBMISSIVE TO
00:16:38.19\00:16:42.00
ONE ANOTHER, AND BE CLOTHED
WITH HUMILITY" - I'VE DONE MORE
00:16:42.00\00:16:47.27
MARRIAGE COUNSELING THAN I'M
QUALIFIED TO DO OR THAN I WANT
00:16:47.27\00:16:50.34
TO DO, BUT ONE THING I'VE
FOUND IN MOST CASES, THERE'S AN
00:16:50.34\00:16:56.31
ELEMENT OF
SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE INVOLVED.
00:16:56.31\00:17:00.78
SOMEBODY'S BEING - USUALLY BOTH
- THERE'S SOME SELFISHNESS AND
00:17:00.78\00:17:04.25
PRIDE - AND WE'D HAVE A LOT
FEWER CONFLICTS IN THE CHURCH
00:17:04.25\00:17:08.12
FAMILY IF WE WOULD HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD AND
00:17:08.12\00:17:11.53
BEFORE EACH OTHER.
SUBMIT YOURSELVES CLOTHED WITH
00:17:11.53\00:17:14.36
HUMILITY BECAUSE "GOD RESISTS
THE PROUD, BUT HE GIVES GRACE
00:17:14.36\00:17:17.83
TO THE HUMBLE."
SO, DID YOU LEAVE?
00:17:17.83\00:17:22.57
YOU WERE OUT WORKING FOR GOD?
YOU WERE DOING ALL THE RIGHT
00:17:22.57\00:17:24.17
THINGS AND THEN THEY
STILL MISTREATED YOU.
00:17:24.17\00:17:27.58
AFTER YEARS OF PATIENCE
ELIJAH TRIED TO BRING REVIVAL TO
00:17:27.58\00:17:30.85
ISRAEL, PRAYING FOR REVIVAL
- GOD EVEN ANSWERED HIS PRAYER
00:17:30.85\00:17:34.12
THROUGH - THE FAMINE WAS
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER - AND THEN
00:17:34.12\00:17:37.79
LATER HE HAD THIS INCREDIBLE
MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE ON MOUNT
00:17:37.79\00:17:40.69
CARMEL - FIRE
COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
00:17:40.69\00:17:42.76
THEN HE PRAYS AGAIN AND
RAIN COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
00:17:42.76\00:17:44.99
AND AFTER THE RAIN FROM GOD AND
THE FIRE OF GOD, PEOPLE IN THE
00:17:44.99\00:17:49.16
CHURCH STILL WANT TO
KILL HIM. AND ELIJAH SAYS,
00:17:49.16\00:17:53.30
'I'M OUTTA HERE. I MEAN,
YOU CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.'
00:17:53.30\00:17:56.97
AND HE GETS UP AND HE RUNS.
00:17:56.97\00:17:58.51
AND YOU CAN FIND THIS IN YOUR
BIBLE IF YOU LOOK IN THE FIRST
00:17:58.51\00:18:00.51
BOOK OF KINGS
CHAPTER 19, VERSE 9.
00:18:00.51\00:18:07.35
OH, I CAN START AT VERSE 4
- "ELIJAH HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S
00:18:07.35\00:18:11.45
JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS,
AND...HE PRAYED THAT HE
00:18:11.45\00:18:13.52
MIGHT DIE.' HERE
IS A SERVANT OF GOD.
00:18:13.52\00:18:17.49
HE LEAVES ISRAEL AND STARTS
HEADING AS FAR AWAY AS HE CAN
00:18:17.49\00:18:20.60
AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE
KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING AT FIRST.
00:18:20.60\00:18:23.06
'I'M NO BETTER THAN MY FATHERS.'
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD STILL SPEAKS
00:18:23.06\00:18:26.53
TO HIM THERE, EVEN THOUGH
HE'S RUNNING THE WRONG WAY.
00:18:26.53\00:18:29.67
DOES THE LORD STILL TRY TO
REACH US WHEN WE'RE RUNNING THE
00:18:29.67\00:18:31.44
WRONG WAY? AN
ANGEL APPEARS TO HIM AND
00:18:31.44\00:18:35.08
GIVES HIM FOOD AND GIVES HIM
WATER AND IN THE STRENGTH OF THE
00:18:35.08\00:18:37.85
FOOD THE ANGEL GAVE HIM, HE
TAKES THAT AND INSTEAD OF GOING
00:18:37.85\00:18:40.25
BACK TO ISRAEL, HE RUNS
FURTHER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
00:18:40.25\00:18:43.92
IT SAYS IN VERSE 9
HE GOES TO MOUNT SINAI.
00:18:43.92\00:18:47.92
AND HE WENT TO A CAVE AND HE
SPENT A NIGHT IN THAT PLACE AND
00:18:47.92\00:18:52.26
- I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
"AND BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE
00:18:52.26\00:18:57.00
LORD CAME TO HIM, AND SAID
TO HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
00:18:57.00\00:19:00.97
ELIJAH?'" -
TRANSLATION: 'WHY DID YOU LEAVE?
00:19:00.97\00:19:06.71
I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:19:06.71\00:19:08.58
I ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS.
I HAVE BEEN GUIDING YOU,
00:19:08.58\00:19:10.48
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER TELLING
YOU 'RUN FROM YOUR PEOPLE.
00:19:10.48\00:19:14.25
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE?' AND HE THEN BEGAN TO GIVE
00:19:14.25\00:19:17.45
THE LORD HIS EXCUSES.
00:19:17.45\00:19:19.62
YOU TALK TO A PERSON THAT'S LEFT
CHURCH AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A
00:19:19.62\00:19:22.16
LIST BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
BOTHERING THEM SO THEY HAVE TO
00:19:22.16\00:19:24.29
GET A LIST TO
CALM THEIR CONSCIENCE.
00:19:24.29\00:19:27.30
AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE
RATIONALIZATIONS FOR WHY THEY
00:19:27.30\00:19:29.03
DON'T GO TO CHURCH, IN SPITE
OF THE FACT JESUS TELLS US THAT
00:19:29.03\00:19:32.77
THIS IS HIS BODY. HE
SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:19:32.77\00:19:37.67
HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN ZEALOUS
FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS.' -
00:19:37.67\00:19:40.41
'I'VE STILL GOT A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.' -
00:19:40.41\00:19:42.01
'AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL BUT THEY'VE FORSAKEN YOUR
00:19:42.01\00:19:44.01
COVENANT' -
'THEY'VE COMPROMISED' -
00:19:44.01\00:19:46.82
THEY'VE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS' -
'THEY'RE NOT WORSHIPING RIGHT' -
00:19:46.82\00:19:50.02
'THEY'VE KILLED YOUR
PROPHETS' - THEY DON'T RESPECT
00:19:50.02\00:19:52.12
THE TRUE PREACHERS AND
THEY PERSECUTE THE TRUE ONES
00:19:52.12\00:19:54.89
AND INSTALL THE FALSE ONES' -
YOU EVER HEAR PEOPLE STOP GOING
00:19:54.89\00:19:57.96
FOR THOSE REASONS?
AND I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT.
00:19:57.96\00:20:03.23
AND NOW THEY TRIED TO TAKE
MY LIFE SO I'M OUTTA HERE.' -
00:20:03.23\00:20:07.14
'I TRIED TO STAY AND I WAS
THE ONLY PERSON EXCITED ON FIRE
00:20:07.14\00:20:10.01
IN THAT CHURCH AND I LEFT.'
AND THEN GOD SAID, 'GO OUT AND
00:20:10.01\00:20:14.11
STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN' AND
ELIJAH WENT OUT AND STOOD ON THE
00:20:14.11\00:20:17.61
MOUNTAIN AND IT SAYS 'THE LORD
PASSED BY AND THERE WAS A GREAT
00:20:17.61\00:20:20.92
AND STRONG WIND AND IT TORE THE
MOUNTAINS, IT TORE THE ROCKS' -
00:20:20.92\00:20:25.42
GOOD THING HE WAS IN THE CAVE.
00:20:25.42\00:20:27.82
'BUT THE LORD WASN'T IN THE
WIND. AND AFTERWARD THERE WAS
00:20:27.82\00:20:32.29
AN EARTHQUAKE AND THE LORD
WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE.' AND
00:20:32.29\00:20:36.83
IT SAYS THERE WAS A FIRE 'AND
THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE.'
00:20:36.83\00:20:41.57
AND AFTER HE HEARD IT HE WENT
AND STOOD AT THE MOUTH OF THE
00:20:41.57\00:20:44.34
CAVE AND GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH,
'AFTER ALL OF THIS' - HE SAYS,
00:20:44.34\00:20:47.71
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE?' YOU CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF
00:20:47.71\00:20:52.08
POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING BUT NONE OF THEM MIGHT
00:20:52.08\00:20:55.38
HAVE THE LORD IN IT.
SOMETIMES WE CAN CONFUSE
00:20:55.38\00:20:58.25
POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING FOR THE WILL OF GOD
00:20:58.25\00:21:02.06
AND GOD WAS SAYING TO ELIJAH,
'JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FIRE
00:21:02.06\00:21:05.49
AND THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE
WIND, I WASN'T IN THOSE THINGS.
00:21:05.49\00:21:08.60
I WAS BACK IN ISRAEL
AND I WANTED YOU BACK THERE.
00:21:08.60\00:21:12.03
I BROUGHT YOU IN
TO BRING REVIVAL.'
00:21:12.03\00:21:13.87
BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU NOTICED
IT'S HARD TO CLEAN A HOUSE WHEN
00:21:13.87\00:21:15.94
YOU'RE NOT IN THE HOUSE?
IF YOU'VE GOT A BOAT THAT'S
00:21:15.94\00:21:21.71
FILLING UP WITH WATER - YOU'RE
OUT IN THE OCEAN - A LITTLE
00:21:21.71\00:21:24.01
SAILBOAT - AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE
HOLE IN IT - IT'S HARD TO BAIL
00:21:24.01\00:21:27.05
THE BOAT WHEN
YOU'RE IN THE WATER.
00:21:27.05\00:21:30.15
YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BOAT.
AND SO AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENS,
00:21:30.15\00:21:33.79
GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH ANOTHER
TIME, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:21:33.79\00:21:39.43
FINALLY, VERSE 15,
GOD SAYS, "GO, RETURN."
00:21:39.43\00:21:45.83
MATTER OF FACT, WOULD YOU
SAY THAT WITH ME? GO, RETURN.
00:21:45.83\00:21:52.01
SOME OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING OR
WATCHING OUT THERE, THAT'S THE
00:21:52.01\00:21:56.31
WORD OF GOD WHEN HE SAYS,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:21:56.31\00:21:59.05
'BUT LORD, AFTER ALL
THEY'VE DONE TO ME, I'M THE ONLY
00:21:59.05\00:22:01.55
ONE LEFT.' - YOU KNOW
WHAT THE LORD SAID TO ELIJAH?
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.12
'I'VE GOT 7000 KNEES THAT
STILL HAVEN'T BOWED TO BAAL.
00:22:04.12\00:22:07.42
DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE THE
ONLY ONE THAT STILL LOVES ME OUT
00:22:07.42\00:22:09.42
THERE - THAT YOU'RE THE
ONLY TRUE BELIEVER STILL LEFT
00:22:09.42\00:22:12.23
IN THE CHURCH.
YOU'RE NOT THE BEST JUDGE OF
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.20
PEOPLE'S HEARTS. GO, RETURN.
00:22:15.20\00:22:19.17
I WANT A REVIVAL AND IT'S
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU'RE
00:22:19.17\00:22:21.07
NOT THERE.' ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT'S GOING
00:22:21.07\00:22:23.67
TO BRING REVIVAL IS IF
GOD'S PEOPLE PULL TOGETHER.
00:22:23.67\00:22:28.04
AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP
FRAGMENTING AND RUNNING FOR THE
00:22:28.04\00:22:30.25
HILLS LIKE ELIJAH -
ELIJAH WAS A GOOD MAN OF GOD -
00:22:30.25\00:22:33.31
SINCERE AND HONEST -
BUT HE WENT THE WRONG WAY.
00:22:33.31\00:22:37.59
GO AND RETURN. AND HE DID.
00:22:37.59\00:22:41.26
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TENDENCY
SOME TIME TO BE HURT AND BECAUSE
00:22:41.26\00:22:45.89
WE'RE HURT WE WITHDRAW - LIKE A
TURTLE, YOU KNOW, YOU BONK IT ON
00:22:45.89\00:22:50.20
IT'S SHELL AND IT PULLS IN.
ANY OF YOU EVER PLAY WITH THOSE
00:22:50.20\00:22:54.20
LITTLE SOW BUGS
WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
00:22:54.20\00:22:56.00
WE CALLED THEM 'ROLY POLYS' -
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:22:56.00\00:22:59.21
THEY'RE PRETTY HARMLESS -
THEY'VE GOT A THOUSAND LITTLE
00:22:59.21\00:23:00.48
LEGS AROUND THE EDGES AND YOU
DINK THEM AND THEY CURL UP IN A
00:23:00.48\00:23:02.74
BALL - AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU
KNOW, PLAY MARBLES WITH THEM AT
00:23:02.74\00:23:05.61
THAT POINT - THEY JUST
STAY CURLED UP BECAUSE THEY
00:23:05.61\00:23:07.22
DON'T WANT TO GET HURT.
00:23:07.22\00:23:08.45
THEY CRAWL INTO THEIR SHELL - OR
LIKE A SNAIL, YOU JUST FLICK IT
00:23:08.45\00:23:10.42
AND IT WITHDRAWS AND THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT HUMAN NATURE
00:23:10.42\00:23:14.29
THAT WHEN WE'VE
BEEN HURT WE PULL BACK.
00:23:14.29\00:23:18.19
I MEAN, IF YOU TOUCH A STOVE,
YOU PULL BACK IF IT'S HOT.
00:23:18.19\00:23:20.90
IT'S A PROTECTIVE MECHANISM AND
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT IN THE
00:23:20.90\00:23:25.17
CHURCH, THEIR INSTINCT
IS 'GET OUT OF THERE QUICK.
00:23:25.17\00:23:28.60
I DON'T WANT TO
BE HURT ANYMORE.'
00:23:28.60\00:23:31.11
SOME ARE HURT IN THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR
00:23:31.11\00:23:32.67
MARRIAGES AND THEY THINK
THE ANSWER IS TO RUN. GET OUT.
00:23:32.67\00:23:38.08
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LEARN
LOVE THAT WAY, WE DON'T LEARN
00:23:38.08\00:23:39.78
SALVATION THAT WAY, BUT WE LEARN
IT BY LEARNING TO BE COMMITTED
00:23:39.78\00:23:44.99
AND STAYING
TOGETHER. I REMEMBER HEARING AN
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.56
INTERESTING STORY FROM HISTORY.
I LIKE HISTORY. ONE OF MY
00:23:47.56\00:23:51.46
FAVORITE PRESIDENTS, TEDDY
ROOSEVELT, MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN
00:23:51.46\00:23:54.93
PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WENT
THROUGH AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL
00:23:54.93\00:23:58.03
EXPERIENCE. HE WAS THE RISING
STAR IN NEW YORK POLITICS.
00:23:58.03\00:24:02.94
YOUNG MAN - BRILLIANT MAN - AND
HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL
00:24:02.94\00:24:07.41
LADY NAMED ALICE - ALICE
HATHAWAY - BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY
00:24:07.41\00:24:12.41
WAY - BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER,
DEDICATED CHRISTIAN, BEAUTIFUL
00:24:12.41\00:24:16.32
TO LOOK AT, SWEET,
SELFLESS, THEY WERE ENGAGED,
00:24:16.32\00:24:21.49
THEY GOT MARRIED. AFTER
A FEW YEARS OF DELIGHTFUL
00:24:21.49\00:24:24.09
MARRIAGE SHE WAS EXPECTING HER
FIRST CHILD - TEDDY'S FATHER HAD
00:24:24.09\00:24:28.63
DIED SO HIS MOTHER WAS
LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH THEM.
00:24:28.63\00:24:31.20
HE WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS - HE
CAME HOME - HE WANTED TO BE HOME
00:24:31.20\00:24:34.24
IN TIME FOR HIS WIFE TO GIVE
BIRTH, AND THE DAY HE CAME HOME,
00:24:34.24\00:24:38.91
WHICH HAPPENED TO BE VALENTINE'S
DAY, HAPPENED TO BE THE
00:24:38.91\00:24:43.28
ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT,
HIS WIFE DIED GIVING BIRTH TO
00:24:43.28\00:24:47.15
THEIR FIRST CHILD. THE
BABY GIRL SURVIVED AND HIS
00:24:47.15\00:24:52.32
MOTHER DIED THE SAME DAY.
AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED
00:24:52.32\00:24:58.89
HAVING ALREADY LOST HIS
FATHER. HE ALMOST NEVER SPOKE OF
00:24:58.89\00:25:03.90
HIS FIRST WIFE AGAIN
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
00:25:03.90\00:25:07.20
IN HIS DIARY - AND HE WAS A VERY
VERBOSE WRITER - ON THE PAGE
00:25:07.20\00:25:10.77
THAT THIS HAPPENED HE PUT A
BIG 'X' THROUGH THE PAGE AND HE
00:25:10.77\00:25:14.24
SAID, 'THE LIGHT OF
MY LIFE HAS GONE OUT.'
00:25:14.24\00:25:18.11
HE DID WRITE ONE THING TO
THE FAMILY AND HE SAID, "SHE WAS
00:25:18.11\00:25:22.52
BEAUTIFUL IN FACE AND FORM
AND LOVELIER STILL IN SPIRIT.
00:25:22.52\00:25:26.22
AS A FLOWER SHE GREW AND A
FAIR YOUNG FLOWER SHE DIED.
00:25:26.22\00:25:29.79
HER LIFE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN
SUNSHINE, THERE HAD NEVER COME
00:25:29.79\00:25:33.16
TO HER A SINGLE SORROW AND NONE
EVER KNEW HER WHO DID NOT LOVE
00:25:33.16\00:25:36.70
AND REVERE HER FOR HER BRIGHT
SUNNY TEMPER AND HER SAINTLY,
00:25:36.70\00:25:40.34
UNSELFISH, FAIR,
PURE, AND JOYOUS BEHAVIOR.
00:25:40.34\00:25:44.04
SHE WAS A TENDER MAIDEN AND
A HAPPY YOUNG WIFE AND WHEN SHE
00:25:44.04\00:25:48.28
HAD JUST BECOME A MOTHER, WHEN
IT SEEMED THAT HER LIFE HAD JUST
00:25:48.28\00:25:51.91
BEGUN AND THE YEAR SEEMED SO
BRIGHT, THEN BY A STRANGE AND
00:25:51.91\00:25:56.02
TERRIBLE FATE,
DEATH CAME TO HER.
00:25:56.02\00:25:58.65
AND WHEN MY HEART'S DEAREST
DIED, THE LIGHT WENT OUT FROM MY
00:25:58.65\00:26:01.36
LIFE FOREVER." A
BIG 'X' IN HIS DIARY.
00:26:01.36\00:26:05.59
WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT ROOSEVELT DID?
00:26:05.59\00:26:07.13
HE SAID, 'I'M OUTTA
HERE.' HE LEFT NEW YORK.
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.33
HE WENT TO THE
BADLANDS OF DAKOTA AND HE SAID,
00:26:10.33\00:26:13.17
'I'M GOING TO RUN AWAY.'
AND HE STAYED THERE FOR TWO
00:26:13.17\00:26:15.84
YEARS AND THEY SAID HE
WAS A PRETTY TOUGH COWBOY.
00:26:15.84\00:26:20.44
SOMEONE WOULD MAKE FUN OF THE
WAY HE TALKED, BECAUSE HE WAS
00:26:20.44\00:26:22.84
FROM BACK EAST - HE'D
JUST SLUG THEM. HE WAS ANGRY.
00:26:22.84\00:26:26.48
HE GOT A REPUTATION
FOR BEING PRETTY TOUGH.
00:26:26.48\00:26:29.42
HE TRIED TO GO INTO THE CATTLE
BUSINESS BUT, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK
00:26:29.42\00:26:31.85
POLITICIANS DON'T MAKE THE BEST
COWBOYS AND THEY HAD SOME BAD
00:26:31.85\00:26:36.76
FREEZES AND HE HAD SOME
SETBACKS WITH HIS RANCH LIFE -
00:26:36.76\00:26:40.36
HE LEARNED A LOT THAT ACTUALLY
HELPED THE COUNTRY GET THE
00:26:40.36\00:26:42.70
NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM, BUT HE
STARTED TO GET A CALL FROM HIS
00:26:42.70\00:26:46.87
FRIENDS IN NEW YORK
AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.57
YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY.
YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH PROMISE.
00:26:48.57\00:26:51.21
YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK.
00:26:51.21\00:26:52.54
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT
THERE?' AND HE FINALLY REALIZED,
00:26:52.54\00:26:56.01
'YOU KNOW, I'M JUST MAD
AT GOD AND I'VE GOT TO STOP.
00:26:56.01\00:26:59.18
GOD'S GOT A PLAN FOR MY
LIFE.' AND HE CAME BACK.
00:26:59.18\00:27:02.12
HE MARRIED A GIRL THAT HE KNEW
FROM CHILDHOOD AND THEY HAD MANY
00:27:02.12\00:27:05.02
HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER AND THEN HE
BECAME THE GREATEST GOVERNOR OF
00:27:05.02\00:27:10.26
NEW YORK AND AFTER THAT BECAME
ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS -
00:27:10.26\00:27:13.36
SERVED TWO TERMS AND HE'S
ENSHRINED IN MOUNT RUSHMORE
00:27:13.36\00:27:16.23
BECAUSE HE LEARNED
NOT TO RUN AWAY FOR EVER.
00:27:16.23\00:27:19.23
HE DECIDED TO TURN
AROUND AND COME BACK.
00:27:19.23\00:27:21.80
HE GOT HURT AND HE WAS
MAD AT GOD AND HE WITHDREW.
00:27:21.80\00:27:25.14
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I
KNOW - THEY STOP GOING TO CHURCH
00:27:25.14\00:27:28.68
BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH
SOME TRAGEDY AND THEY'RE ANGRY
00:27:28.68\00:27:31.45
AT GOD. THEY'RE MAD AT JESUS -
OR THEY'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY ELSE.
00:27:31.45\00:27:37.49
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE
SENSITIVE TOO, BECAUSE SOME
00:27:37.49\00:27:41.26
PEOPLE ARE
HURTING AND WE DON'T KNOW.
00:27:41.26\00:27:43.69
WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CHURCH
WONDERING HOW PEOPLE TREAT US.
00:27:43.69\00:27:46.66
WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING
MORE SELFLESSLY AND SAYING,
00:27:46.66\00:27:49.30
'LORD, WHEN I GO TO CHURCH
I WANT TO GO AND MINISTER.
00:27:49.30\00:27:51.53
GIVE ME THAT SENSITIVITY TO
ASK 'HOW IS THIS PERSON FEELING?
00:27:51.53\00:27:56.34
HOW CAN I MINISTER TO THEM?'
00:27:56.34\00:27:57.91
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF
OURSELVES AND THINK ABOUT
00:27:57.91\00:28:00.81
CARING FOR AND CONSOLING
AND COMFORTING ONE ANOTHER.
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.71
1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 -
"THEREFORE COMFORT EACH OTHER,
00:28:03.71\00:28:08.18
EDIFY ONE ANOTHER JUST
AS YOU ARE ALSO DOING."
00:28:08.18\00:28:12.85
GALATIANS 6:2 PAUL SAID,
"BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS,
00:28:12.85\00:28:17.43
AND SO FULFILL
THE LAW OF CHRIST."
00:28:17.43\00:28:21.60
'CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO
ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.70
ONE ANOTHER.' WE
NEED TO CARE ABOUT EACH
00:28:24.70\00:28:27.07
OTHER'S HEALTH BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
DOING POORLY, THE WHOLE CHURCH
00:28:27.07\00:28:30.54
IS DOING POORLY AND
THEN I'M DOING POORLY.
00:28:30.54\00:28:33.51
YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND
WELFARE IS GOING TO AFFECT
00:28:33.51\00:28:36.14
ALL OF US. IF MY TOE
HURTS, THE WHOLE BODY LIMPS.
00:28:36.14\00:28:41.95
AND SO, WE NEED TO REALLY CARE
ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE AS A
00:28:41.95\00:28:45.05
WHOLE WE'RE MUCH STRONGER.
WE'RE PART OF AN ARMY, GOD SAYS.
00:28:45.05\00:28:49.46
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW
WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACKS.
00:28:49.46\00:28:53.33
NOW, WE'RE NOT
STABBING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK.
00:28:53.33\00:28:55.66
WE'VE GOT TO
CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.77
LORD NELSON, THAT FAMOUS ADMIRAL
OF ENGLAND, WHEN THEY WERE
00:28:57.77\00:29:02.30
INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF
TRAFALGAR THERE AGAINST THE
00:29:02.30\00:29:05.54
FRENCH, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF
SHIPS AND TWO OF HIS PRINCIPAL
00:29:05.54\00:29:10.45
OFFICERS WERE IN A BITTER
DISPUTE WITH EACH OTHER AND ALL
00:29:10.45\00:29:15.35
THE SHIPS WERE OUT THERE
ROLLING ON THE SEA, FACING OFF,
00:29:15.35\00:29:17.99
READY TO GO INTO BATTLE.
00:29:17.99\00:29:19.12
NELSON CALLED THEM UP ON THE
DECK AND HE HAD ONE OFFICER ON
00:29:19.12\00:29:21.92
THE RIGHT AND ONE OFFICER ON
THE LEFT AND THEY HAD BEEN IN A
00:29:21.92\00:29:23.89
BITTER FIGHT WITH EACH
OTHER - DIVIDING THE MEN.
00:29:23.89\00:29:26.73
HE SAID, 'GENTLEMEN' -
POINTING TO THE FRENCH -
00:29:26.73\00:29:30.07
HE SAID, 'THERE IS THE ENEMY.'
HE SAID, 'NOW SHAKE HANDS
00:29:30.07\00:29:34.34
AND GET ALONG.'
SOMETIMES WE FORGET
00:29:34.34\00:29:37.34
WHO THE ENEMY IS.
JESUS CAME TO SAVE ME.
00:29:37.34\00:29:42.08
I ALWAYS LIKE TO
REMEMBER ME FIRST.
00:29:42.08\00:29:45.05
HE CAME TO SAVE YOU JUST AS
MUCH AS HE WANTS TO SAVE ME.
00:29:45.05\00:29:49.52
HE LOVES YOU JUST
AS MUCH AS HE LOVES ME.
00:29:49.52\00:29:52.55
I OUGHT TO LOVE YOU BECAUSE
I LOVE HIM AND IF HE LOVES YOU,
00:29:52.55\00:29:55.46
I OUGHT TO LOVE
WHAT HE LOVES, RIGHT?
00:29:55.46\00:29:59.63
AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LORD
KIND OF CARES ABOUT HOW WE TREAT
00:29:59.63\00:30:03.30
EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE SLIGHT
EACH OTHER IT PAINS HIM AND IT
00:30:03.30\00:30:08.34
HURTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
00:30:08.34\00:30:11.97
LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING
I FEEL IMPRESSED TO SAY.
00:30:11.97\00:30:14.38
I DON'T SPEAK IN ANY OFFICIAL
CAPACITY FOR THE CHURCH EXCEPT
00:30:14.38\00:30:16.81
THAT I AM A PASTOR, BUT MAYBE
YOU'RE STAYING AWAY FROM THE
00:30:16.81\00:30:20.58
CHURCH BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HURT
AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE
00:30:20.58\00:30:23.42
TO APOLOGIZE. WELL,
I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS
00:30:23.42\00:30:25.85
THAT HURT YOU AND I DON'T
KNOW IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.56
APOLOGIZE, BUT IN THEIR BEHALF,
WOULD YOU ACCEPT MY APOLOGY?
00:30:27.56\00:30:33.76
PLEASE FORGIVE US IF THE CHURCH
HAS NOT TREATED YOU RIGHT.
00:30:33.76\00:30:38.17
I KNOW THE LORD WANTS YOU
TO COME BACK. DON'T BE CHASED
00:30:38.17\00:30:42.94
AWAY BY THE FRIENDLY
FIRE. DON'T BE MAD AT GOD.
00:30:42.94\00:30:46.51
I'VE MET PEOPLE BEFORE - 'WHY'D
YOU STOP GOING TO CHURCH?'
00:30:46.51\00:30:50.98
I TALKED TO ONE GENTLEMAN - GREW
UP IN THE CHURCH, MOTHER WAS A
00:30:50.98\00:30:54.32
CHRISTIAN TEACHER, WENT
TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, THEN HIS
00:30:54.32\00:30:58.85
BROTHER IN HIS ADULT
LIFE CAME DOWN WITH CANCER.
00:30:58.85\00:31:01.62
HE HAD DRIFTED FROM THE CHURCH
AND HE STARTED PRAYING FOR HIS
00:31:01.62\00:31:05.23
BROTHER AND HE PRAYED LIKE
HE HAD NEVER PRAYED BEFORE.
00:31:05.23\00:31:09.10
AND HE MADE PROMISES TO GOD AND
HE SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU'LL JUST
00:31:09.10\00:31:11.13
HEAL MY BROTHER I'LL COME
BACK.' AND HIS BROTHER DIED.
00:31:11.13\00:31:17.14
AND HE BECAME VERY ANGRY AT GOD
AND VERY BITTER. AND HE SAID,
00:31:17.14\00:31:22.14
'YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER
GOING TO PRAY AGAIN.'
00:31:22.14\00:31:24.15
HE MADE A SILLY VOW.
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.48
YOU KNOW, GOD WILL FORGIVE
YOU IF YOU MAKE THOSE SILLY,
00:31:26.48\00:31:28.25
RECKLESS PROMISES, JUST SAY,
'LORD, I'M SORRY, I WAS SPEAKING
00:31:28.25\00:31:30.52
IN ANGER,
FORGIVE ME.' AND HE WILL.
00:31:30.52\00:31:32.72
'I'M NEVER COMING
BACK TO CHURCH AGAIN.'
00:31:32.72\00:31:34.66
IF YOU MADE A DUMB
PROMISE LIKE THAT FRIENDS,
00:31:34.66\00:31:36.73
IT WAS A DUMB
PROMISE. DON'T KEEP IT.
00:31:36.73\00:31:40.23
THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO
MAKE THOSE KIND OF VOWS.
00:31:40.23\00:31:43.23
AND HE SAID, 'I'M
NEVER GOING TO PRAY AGAIN.
00:31:43.23\00:31:45.57
I'M NEVER GOING TO
ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING.
00:31:45.57\00:31:46.87
I'LL THANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS
BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO ASK HIM
00:31:46.87\00:31:48.90
FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE I WANTED
THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING AND HE
00:31:48.90\00:31:50.94
DIDN'T HEAL MY BROTHER. AND THEY
WERE ANGRY AND BITTER AT GOD.
00:31:50.94\00:31:55.21
OR PEOPLE WHO STOP GOING
TO CHURCH - MARRIED FOR YEARS,
00:31:55.21\00:31:57.75
THEY'VE GOT A FAMILY, LOVE
THEIR FAMILY, AND THEN SOMETHING
00:31:57.75\00:32:02.02
HAPPENS IN THE FAMILY AND THEY
PRAY LIKE THEY'VE NEVER PRAYED,
00:32:02.02\00:32:04.79
'LORD, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU,
I'LL DO EVERYTHING, JUST SAVE MY
00:32:04.79\00:32:07.89
FAMILY' - AND THEIR
SPOUSE DIVORCES THEM.
00:32:07.89\00:32:11.23
THEY GET ANGRY AT GOD AND THEY
SAY, 'WELL, I'M NOT GOING BACK
00:32:11.23\00:32:13.70
TO CHURCH ANYMORE.'
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
00:32:13.70\00:32:17.10
SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES WE
WANT TO HURT THOSE WHO HURT US.
00:32:17.10\00:32:25.44
OH, COME ON NOW, 'FESS UP.
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.61
THOSE OF YOU IN FAMILIES
- YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU KNOW -
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.78
SPOUSE HURTS YOU, YOU SAY,
'OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
00:32:29.78\00:32:31.45
THAT WAY, TIME FOR
THE SILENT TREATMENT.
00:32:31.45\00:32:35.98
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HATE
THE SILENT TREATMENT AND SO,
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.99
I'M GOING TO NOW PUNISH
YOU.' OR SHE SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO
00:32:38.99\00:32:44.39
PUNISH YOU - I KNOW HOW YOU
HATE WHEN THE LAUNDRY PILES UP.
00:32:44.39\00:32:47.50
WASH YOUR OWN
CLOTHES.' WE TRY TO RETALIATE -
00:32:47.50\00:32:52.50
NO, I'M NOT SPEAKING
ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR FAMILY
00:32:52.50\00:32:54.44
I CAN THINK OF. WE TRY
TO HURT THOSE WHO HURT US.
00:32:54.44\00:32:59.94
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
GOOFY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT -
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.61
THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY
THINK, 'GOD HURT ME AND SO
00:33:02.61\00:33:05.75
I'M GOING TO GET EVEN WITH
GOD. AND I AM GOING TO HURT GOD.
00:33:05.75\00:33:09.08
I KNOW GOD WANTS ME TO BE SAVED
AND THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO HURT
00:33:09.08\00:33:11.52
GOD IS I'M GOING TO BE LOST.
AND THEN WHEN JESUS COMES BACK
00:33:11.52\00:33:14.62
AND I'M OUT THERE IN THAT LAKE
OF FIRE AND IT'S CREEPING UP
00:33:14.62\00:33:17.16
AROUND MY ANKLES, I'M GOING TO
SAY, 'NOW HOW DO YOU FEEL GOD?'
00:33:17.16\00:33:21.30
AS THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND SOME CONSOLATION IN THAT.
00:33:21.30\00:33:25.07
NO REALLY, PEOPLE
THINK THAT WAY. GOD HURT ME -
00:33:25.07\00:33:28.80
SO, I KNOW GOD LOVES ME -
I'M GOING TO HURT HIM BACK.
00:33:28.80\00:33:32.01
THE SAME KIND OF THING PEOPLE
DO IN THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.88
PARENTS AND THEIR SPOUSES
AND THEIR CHILDREN - WE TRY TO
00:33:33.88\00:33:36.61
RETALIATE AND SO WE THINK WE'RE
GOING TO RETALIATE AGAINST GOD
00:33:36.61\00:33:39.55
BY BEING LOST - WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO DO.
00:33:39.55\00:33:45.52
THAT'S SILLY. ARE YOU REALLY
GOING TO FEEL BETTER, STANDING
00:33:45.52\00:33:48.82
IN THE LAKE OF FIRE SAYING, 'HA!
I GET THE LAST WORD. SEE, I'M
00:33:48.82\00:33:52.33
LOST. NOW HOW DO YOU
FEEL?' THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO.
00:33:52.33\00:33:56.67
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
THEY'RE TRYING TO -
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.80
THEY WANT TO HURT GOD
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HURT.
00:33:58.80\00:34:01.47
GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HURT
AND GOD DIDN'T WANT TO HURT YOU.
00:34:01.47\00:34:04.77
THE DEVIL IS IN THE
TREES THROWING FRUIT AND STICKS
00:34:04.77\00:34:07.58
AND NUTS. HE IS
TRYING TO DIVIDE US.
00:34:07.58\00:34:11.15
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ALL BE
PART OF THAT TEMPLE OF GOD.
00:34:11.15\00:34:14.58
WE ARE ALL PART OF
THAT HOUSEHOLD OF GOD.
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.79
THE BIBLE SAYS WE
ARE LIVING STONES.
00:34:17.79\00:34:20.86
HE WANTS TO BUILD UP A
CHURCH. WE ARE HIS BODY.
00:34:20.86\00:34:23.73
JESUS SAID, 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE
THAT IS MADE WITH HANDS AND IN
00:34:23.73\00:34:28.43
THREE DAYS I WILL MAKE A TEMPLE
WITHOUT HANDS' AND HE LATER
00:34:28.43\00:34:31.00
EXPLAINED HE WAS
SPEAKING OF HIS BODY.
00:34:31.00\00:34:34.07
AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH
CALLED? IT'S THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:34:34.07\00:34:38.31
YOU CAN READ IN EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 19 - THIS IS A
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.88
GOOD VERSE - "NOW, THEREFORE,
YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND
00:34:40.88\00:34:46.41
FOREIGNERS, BUT FELLOW
CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS" -
00:34:46.41\00:34:49.68
WE'RE NOT STRANGERS, WE'RE ALL
PART OF THE SAME COUNTRY NOW.
00:34:49.68\00:34:54.76
"FELLOW CITIZENS" - YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU'VE GOT
00:34:54.76\00:34:58.29
SOME KIND OF IDENTITY AND YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE.
00:34:58.29\00:35:03.20
I, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE TRAVELING
OVERSEAS AND NOBODY SPEAKS MY
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.43
LANGUAGE AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN I'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF
00:35:06.43\00:35:08.47
AMERICAN AND YOU KIND OF
GO, 'OH, HEY, YOU FROM AMERICA?'
00:35:08.47\00:35:11.47
'I'M FROM AMERICA.'
'OH, REALLY, THAT'S NEAT.
00:35:11.47\00:35:13.04
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?'
'I'M FROM CALIFORNIA.'
00:35:13.04\00:35:14.54
'YOU'RE FROM CALIFORNIA?
00:35:14.54\00:35:15.64
I'M FROM CALIFORNIA!'
'HEY, I'VE GOT A BROTHER IN
00:35:15.64\00:35:17.58
CALIFORNIA, DO YOU KNOW
HIM?' PEOPLE - I GET THE DUMBEST
00:35:17.58\00:35:21.15
QUESTIONS WHEN PEOPLE
HEAR THAT I WAS FROM NEW YORK -
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.45
'I GOT A BROTHER FROM NEW YORK!'
- SO I'M GOING TO - YOU KNOW,
00:35:23.45\00:35:26.42
20 MILLION PEOPLE THERE -
BUT, WE JUST, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE
00:35:26.42\00:35:30.13
LOOKING FOR IDENTITY -
WE WANT TO BELONG, RIGHT?
00:35:30.13\00:35:34.20
WELL, YOU'RE PART OF A NEW
COUNTRY WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN
00:35:34.20\00:35:37.63
- YOU'RE PART OF A NEW PEOPLE.
00:35:37.63\00:35:39.20
AND WE OUGHT TO FEEL THAT
CAMARADERIE OF SAYING, 'WE ARE
00:35:39.20\00:35:42.94
FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS,
AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF
00:35:42.94\00:35:47.31
GOD, HAVING BEEN BUILT ON THE
FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND
00:35:47.31\00:35:51.38
THE PROPHETS, JESUS
CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF
00:35:51.38\00:35:54.72
CORNERSTONE, IN WHOM THE WHOLE
BUILDING, BEING JOINED TOGETHER,
00:35:54.72\00:35:59.52
GROWS IN A HOLY
TEMPLE IN THE LORD.
00:35:59.52\00:36:02.72
IN WHOM YOU ARE BEING" - NOTICE
YOU'RE NOT ALL BUILT YET -
00:36:02.72\00:36:06.19
"YOU ARE BEING BUILT
TOGETHER FOR A DWELLING PLACE."
00:36:06.19\00:36:11.13
1 PETER 2:5 - "YOU ALSO, AS
LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT
00:36:11.13\00:36:14.74
UP INTO A SPIRITUAL HOUSE" -
NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD GETS THE
00:36:14.74\00:36:20.04
STONES, FIRST FROM THE
QUARRY, THEY'RE NOT ALL SHAPED
00:36:20.04\00:36:23.38
THE RIGHT WAY TO BEGIN WITH.
00:36:23.38\00:36:25.75
IF YOU WANT TO BE A STONE IN THE
TEMPLE OF GOD, HE DIGS YOU OUT
00:36:25.75\00:36:28.75
OF A HILL AND WE DON'T ALL COME
OUT SQUARE AND FIT AND READY.
00:36:28.75\00:36:32.65
WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BE
JEWELS IN THAT TEMPLE AND THAT
00:36:32.65\00:36:38.39
SOMETIMES TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF
THE CHISEL AND A LITTLE BIT OF
00:36:38.39\00:36:42.70
THE WORK. PASTOR
ROSS AND I, A COUPLE OF
00:36:42.70\00:36:45.77
TIMES WE'VE GONE ON THESE
CAMPING TRIPS WHERE WE RIDE
00:36:45.77\00:36:47.80
AROUND IN THE
BACK COUNTRY OF NEVADA.
00:36:47.80\00:36:51.47
WE GO PLACES WHERE NO MAN HAS
BEEN BEFORE, I MEAN, JUST WAY
00:36:51.47\00:36:54.21
OUT THERE AND YOU RUN INTO
SOME HILLS - WE GO ON THESE FOUR
00:36:54.21\00:36:58.18
WHEELERS - WHERE YOU
FIND JEWELS AND GEMS.
00:36:58.18\00:37:01.85
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PRECIOUS
STONES AND THERE ARE JUST ALL
00:37:01.85\00:37:04.95
KINDS OF INTERESTING BRIGHT
COLORFUL STONES BUT THEY'RE
00:37:04.95\00:37:07.09
USUALLY IN A VERY ROUGH FORM
- SHARP EDGES - AND YOU'LL SEE
00:37:07.09\00:37:12.16
WHEN YOU DRIVE ACROSS
NEVADA THEY'VE GOT ROCK SHOPS.
00:37:12.16\00:37:16.03
AND YOU CAN TAKE THE STONES THAT
YOU FOUND - THESE PRETTY STONES,
00:37:16.03\00:37:19.07
BUT THEY'RE -
THEY GOT SHARP EDGES -
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.37
LIKE OBSIDIAN IS LIKE GLASS.
00:37:20.37\00:37:22.44
YOU GIVE THEM TO THE OLD GEEZER
WHO'S THERE IN THE ROCK SHOP AND
00:37:22.44\00:37:25.71
YOU GIVE HIM A FEW DOLLARS, HE
TAKES ALL OF YOUR LITTLE STONES
00:37:25.71\00:37:28.81
AND HE PUTS THEM IN A
ROCK TUMBLER AND HE POURS IN A
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.68
GRINDING SOLUTION
AND HE TURNS IT ON.
00:37:31.68\00:37:35.38
IT MAKES THE MOST AWFUL
RUCKUS THAT YOU'VE EVER HEARD -
00:37:35.38\00:37:40.09
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S
DOING? POLISHING THE STONES.
00:37:40.09\00:37:44.99
IT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.
00:37:44.99\00:37:47.73
CHURCHES ARE LIKE A TUMBLER
WHERE WE'RE BEING POLISHED.
00:37:47.73\00:37:52.33
AND ANY STONE THAT FALLS
OUT OF THE TUMBLER DOESN'T
00:37:52.33\00:37:55.87
GET POLISHED. IT'S
GOT TO STAY IN THERE.
00:37:55.87\00:37:57.91
AND AS THEY BOUNCE OFF ONE
ANOTHER AND THE SOLUTION IS
00:37:57.91\00:38:02.84
MINGLING AND CIRCULATING AMONG
THE STONES, IT'S TAKING OFF THE
00:38:02.84\00:38:05.61
ROUGH EDGES, IT'S POLISHING THE
DULLNESS AWAY AND PRETTY SOON HE
00:38:05.61\00:38:09.68
DUMPS THEM OUT AND HE CLEANS
THEM OFF AND THEY'RE SHINING.
00:38:09.68\00:38:13.79
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STAY IN THERE
AND TUMBLE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE
00:38:13.79\00:38:16.42
AND IT MAKES A LOT OF RUCKUS
- AND A CHURCH IS SOMETHING
00:38:16.42\00:38:19.53
LIKE A STONE TUMBLER. SO,
WE'VE GOT TO STAY TOGETHER.
00:38:19.53\00:38:23.97
WE'VE GOT THIS IDEA THAT CHURCH
IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RESORT WHERE
00:38:23.97\00:38:26.17
EVERYBODY IS NICE. EVERYBODY'S
GOING TO BE NICE AND LOVE ME.
00:38:26.17\00:38:31.37
BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT THE CHURCH IS.
00:38:31.37\00:38:34.04
THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY
A LABORATORY WHERE GOD IS
00:38:34.04\00:38:36.71
REFINING US THROUGH -
WE'RE BEING SANCTIFIED.
00:38:36.71\00:38:40.68
WE ARE BEING BUILT. WE'RE
BEING REFINED AND CHISELED
00:38:40.68\00:38:43.89
AND POLISHED.
CHURCH IS A HOSPITAL.
00:38:43.89\00:38:50.46
NOT EVERYBODY IN
THE HOSPITAL IS WELL.
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.66
AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE
STAFF IN THE HOSPITAL GET SICK.
00:38:53.66\00:38:58.00
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL
IT STAFF INFECTION, RIGHT?
00:38:58.00\00:39:02.04
ISN'T THAT
WHERE THAT COMES FROM?
00:39:02.04\00:39:09.41
OUR PLANET IS
QUARANTINED BECAUSE OF SIN.
00:39:09.41\00:39:12.75
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T
TALK TO ALIENS FROM OTHER
00:39:12.75\00:39:14.75
UNFALLEN WORLDS. WE'VE
GOT A DISEASE DOWN HERE.
00:39:14.75\00:39:18.82
AND THE CHURCH IS A HOSPITAL
WHERE GOD IS HEALING US,
00:39:18.82\00:39:23.96
BUT WE'VE GOT TO WORK
TOGETHER, OTHERWISE, WE TEAR
00:39:23.96\00:39:27.66
EACH OTHER APART. YOU
KNOW, THERE WAS A MAN WHO
00:39:27.66\00:39:30.73
WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND
WHO WAS GUARDING AN ASYLUM.
00:39:30.73\00:39:34.77
HE WAS A SECURITY
GUARD IN AN ASYLUM.
00:39:34.77\00:39:36.67
AND HE WENT TO SEE HIS FRIEND
AND HE WAS OUT THERE AND THERE
00:39:36.67\00:39:38.27
WAS THIS FIELD AND ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY MENTALLY
00:39:38.27\00:39:40.51
ILL ARE OUT ROAMING OUT ON THE
FIELDS AND UNDER THE TREES AND
00:39:40.51\00:39:43.91
DOING VERY BIZARRE THINGS AND
THERE WAS A HUNDRED OF THEM OR
00:39:43.91\00:39:47.28
SO AND HE'S THE GUARD.
00:39:47.28\00:39:49.02
AND HIS FRIEND SAYS TO
HIM, HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE GUARDING
00:39:49.02\00:39:50.35
ALL THESE PEOPLE?' HE
SAYS, 'ALL THEY GIVE YOU
00:39:50.35\00:39:52.52
IS A STICK?' HE SAYS,
'AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT
00:39:52.52\00:39:54.79
THEY'RE GOING TO
ORGANIZE AND OVERPOWER YOU?'
00:39:54.79\00:39:57.79
AND HE SAID, 'NO, THAT'S ONE
OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING
00:39:57.79\00:40:00.76
INSANE IS THEY
CAN'T GET ORGANIZED.'
00:40:00.76\00:40:06.03
HE SAID, 'I DON'T EVER
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.'
00:40:06.03\00:40:09.47
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF SIN IS THAT
00:40:09.47\00:40:13.01
SATAN TRIES TO MAKE US WHERE
WE JUST CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.
00:40:13.01\00:40:17.68
BUT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.
00:40:17.68\00:40:22.58
WHEN WE JUST CAN'T GET ALONG,
THE DEVIL IS ZAPPING US ALL WITH
00:40:22.58\00:40:25.12
HIS SPIRITUAL INSANITY AND
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS PLAN IS.
00:40:25.12\00:40:30.66
FRIENDS, IT'S TIME
FOR US TO PRESS TOGETHER.
00:40:30.66\00:40:33.60
WHEN I WAS A KID WE PLAYED
DOCTOR - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
00:40:33.60\00:40:38.67
BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
THE DOCTOR - I WANTED TO USE MY
00:40:38.67\00:40:41.40
LITTLE HAMMER AND BEAT HIM ON
THE KNEE AND I WANTED TO USE MY
00:40:41.40\00:40:43.84
STETHOSCOPE AND MY FISHER PRICE
PLASTIC SAW TO AMPUTATE AND
00:40:43.84\00:40:49.98
EVERYBODY BUT - YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE PLAYED DOCTOR WITH OUR
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.01
FRIENDS EVERYBODY SAID,
'I WANT TO BE THE DOCTOR.'
00:40:52.01\00:40:53.55
'I WANT TO BE THE DOCTOR.'
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CHURCH,
00:40:53.55\00:40:56.25
I FIND THAT EVERYBODY
WANTS TO BE THE PATIENT.
00:40:56.25\00:40:59.49
EVERYBODY SAYS, 'I'M THE
ONE THAT WANTS THE ATTENTION.
00:40:59.49\00:41:03.09
I WANT YOU TO MASSAGE
ME.' AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.66
SO MANY PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT TO
REALIZE THAT ALL OF US COME IN
00:41:06.66\00:41:08.96
BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
HEAL AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:41:08.96\00:41:13.10
1 CORINTHIANS 5:4 - "IN THE NAME
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHEN
00:41:13.10\00:41:18.67
YOU ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, ALONG
WITH MY SPIRIT, WITH THE POWER
00:41:18.67\00:41:21.74
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST" WE ARE
TO COME TOGETHER IN HIS SPIRIT.
00:41:21.74\00:41:26.72
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, THERE'S SO
MANY HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH.
00:41:26.72\00:41:31.65
I STOPPED GOING BECAUSE
THERE'S ALL THESE HYPOCRITES
00:41:31.65\00:41:33.72
IN THE CHURCH." HAVE
YOU EVER CONSIDERED THAT IF
00:41:33.72\00:41:38.06
YOU LET A HYPOCRITE GET BETWEEN
YOU AND GOD, WHO'S CLOSER
00:41:38.06\00:41:41.36
TO GOD? ARE YOU GOING TO LET THE
00:41:41.36\00:41:45.43
HYPOCRITE BE
CLOSER TO GOD THAN YOU?
00:41:45.43\00:41:52.14
IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO CHURCH
BECAUSE OF HYPOCRITES IN THE
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.28
CHURCH, WELL, YOU COULD AT LEAST
BE CONSISTENT AND YOU COULD GO
00:41:54.28\00:41:57.58
AND THERE'S JUST ONE MORE.
BECAUSE WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.72
HYPOCRISY - PRETENDING
THINGS THAT AREN'T GENUINE.
00:42:00.72\00:42:03.89
WERE THERE
HYPOCRITES IN THE EARLY CHURCH?
00:42:03.89\00:42:07.16
EVEN AFTER GOD POURED OUT HIS
SPIRIT AND GOD WAS WORKING IN
00:42:07.16\00:42:10.46
MAGNIFICENT WAYS AMONG
THE DISCIPLES, YOU HAD ANANIAS
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.10
AND SAPPHIRA. ACTS CHAPTER 5 -
PIUS PROFESSION THEY GO AND SAY,
00:42:14.10\00:42:19.80
'WE'RE MAKING THIS BIG OFFERING.
WE'VE SOLD ALL OUR PROPERTY.
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.20
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE 100%
- LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH.
00:42:22.20\00:42:26.47
AND DID GOD DEAL WITH
THE HYPOCRITES BACK THEN?
00:42:26.47\00:42:30.85
AND CAN GOD
STILL DEAL WITH THEM?
00:42:30.85\00:42:33.42
SOME OF THEM ARE CONVERTED.
PETER WAS A HYPOCRITE WHEN HE
00:42:33.42\00:42:35.75
DENIED KNOWING CHRIST,
WASN'T HE? AND SOME WHO WON'T BE
00:42:35.75\00:42:40.89
CONVERTED, WELL, THE LORD TOOK
CARE OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
00:42:40.89\00:42:46.46
THERE ARE ACHANS IN THE CAMP
AND GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM.
00:42:46.46\00:42:49.40
GOD ALSO KNOWS HOW TO SEPARATE
THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, BUT
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.37
NOT COMING TO CHURCH BECAUSE
THERE ARE HYPOCRITES IN THE
00:42:52.37\00:42:54.50
CHURCH - YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE
GONE TO THE CHURCH IN JESUS' DAY
00:42:54.50\00:42:57.44
IF THAT'S YOUR
EXCUSE FOR NOT GOING.
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.24
HE WANTS US TO BE
TOGETHER AND TO STAY TOGETHER.
00:43:00.24\00:43:04.45
'OH, BUT PASTOR, YOU DON'T
KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY LEADERS IN
00:43:04.45\00:43:09.75
OUR CHURCH THAT
ARE JUST UNCONVERTED.
00:43:09.75\00:43:11.72
I CAN'T STAND TO BE THERE.
IT'S SO HARD TO SIT THERE AND TO
00:43:11.72\00:43:14.66
LISTEN TO THEM PONTIFICATE
AS THEY TEACH THE LESSON OR
00:43:14.66\00:43:18.23
AS THEY PREACH. AND
THEY'RE JUST NOT CONVERTED.
00:43:18.23\00:43:21.20
HOW CAN I GO THERE? WERE
THERE UNCONVERTED LEADERS
00:43:21.20\00:43:24.90
IN BIBLE HISTORY? WERE
THEY STILL GOD'S PEOPLE?
00:43:24.90\00:43:30.37
I MEAN IN THE DAYS, DID
AARON - HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST.
00:43:30.37\00:43:33.64
DID HE MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS
AND START WORSHIPING WRONG?
00:43:33.64\00:43:37.18
BUT DID HE FINALLY COME AROUND?
BE CAREFUL NOT TO PREJUDGE
00:43:37.18\00:43:41.55
ANYBODY AND CONSIGN
THEM TO ETERNAL TORMENT.
00:43:41.55\00:43:44.72
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE
LORD MIGHT CHANGE THEM LATER.
00:43:44.72\00:43:48.09
SOME PEOPLE WHO I
THOUGHT, 'THIS IS HOPELESS.
00:43:48.09\00:43:49.86
NOBODY'S' - YOU KNOW, YOU
THINK THEY GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY
00:43:49.86\00:43:51.76
SPIRIT - THE LORD'S
NEVER GOING TO REACH THEM.
00:43:51.76\00:43:53.60
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GO
THROUGH A RADICAL CONVERSION AND
00:43:53.60\00:43:56.73
THEY BECOME THE NICEST
PERSON YOU'VE EVER MET.
00:43:56.73\00:44:00.27
SO, DON'T WRITE ANYBODY OFF -
YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING HOW GOD
00:44:00.27\00:44:04.11
CAN CHANGE PEOPLE.
ALL OF US ARE IN PROCESS -
00:44:04.11\00:44:07.08
REMEMBER THAT - THEY MAY BE
IN A DIFFERENT PLACE ALONG THE
00:44:07.08\00:44:10.11
PROCESS THAN YOU'RE IN.
FURTHERMORE, GOD PREDICTED THERE
00:44:10.11\00:44:15.55
WOULD BE THESE
PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH.
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.95
HE WARNED AHEAD OF TIME THAT IN
THE CHURCH THERE WERE GOING TO
00:44:17.95\00:44:20.79
BE THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES.
WAS THAT A REASON NOT TO GO?
00:44:20.79\00:44:27.40
ACTS CHAPTER 20, PAUL - PAUL
KNOWS HE'S GETTING READY TO GO
00:44:27.40\00:44:30.57
TO PRISON AND THE
LORD GIVES HIM A PROPHECY -
00:44:30.57\00:44:35.07
THIS IS ACTS 20, VERSE 29.
00:44:35.07\00:44:37.67
"FOR THIS I KNOW, THAT AFTER
MY DEPARTURE SAVAGE WOLVES WILL
00:44:37.67\00:44:43.78
COME IN AMONG YOU,
NOT SPARING THE FLOCK."
00:44:43.78\00:44:48.28
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
WOLVES AMONG A FLOCK?
00:44:48.28\00:44:52.15
THEY DON'T JUST GO PICK OFF ONE
SHEEP AND DRAG THEM OFF, THEY
00:44:52.15\00:44:55.36
ALMOST SEEM TO REVEL IN BITING
AND TAKING DOWN - IT'S LIKE
00:44:55.36\00:44:58.36
ENTERTAIN - 'OH, WE GOT THAT ONE
DOWN AND WOUNDED, LET'S GO GET
00:44:58.36\00:45:00.90
ANOTHER ONE.' AND IF
YOU ASK A SHEPHERD THAT
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.50
HAS WOLVES RUNNING AMONG THEIR
SHEEP, THEY DON'T JUST KILL ONE
00:45:03.50\00:45:06.37
AND EAT IT, THEY'LL SOMETIMES
GO KILL SEVERAL AND EAT PARTS
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.40
OF SEVERAL. THEY'RE SAVAGE.
00:45:09.40\00:45:13.27
AND THE DEVIL SOMETIMES HAS
HIS REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY GET
00:45:13.27\00:45:16.48
INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY
GO CIRCULATE AND THEY CAUSE
00:45:16.48\00:45:18.31
PROBLEMS AND CARNAGE.
GOD SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:45:18.31\00:45:22.65
THE DEVIL WANTS TO DESTROY THE
CHURCH BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS THE
00:45:22.65\00:45:26.62
OBJECT ON EARTH UPON WHICH
GOD BESTOWS HIS SUPREME REGARD.
00:45:26.62\00:45:32.63
WHEN JESUS LOOKS DOWN FROM
HEAVEN, IF THERE IS A GROUP OR
00:45:32.63\00:45:36.20
A BODY ON THE PLANET THAT
HE'S INTENSELY INTERESTED IN,
00:45:36.20\00:45:40.04
WHO IS IT? IT'S HIS
CHURCH. IT'S HIS BRIDE.
00:45:40.04\00:45:46.34
AND YOU KNOW HOW HE
CARES ABOUT HIS BRIDE.
00:45:46.34\00:45:49.21
AND THAT'S WHY HE WANTS
US TO STAY IN THE CHURCH.
00:45:49.21\00:45:52.48
HE SAID, 'I KNOW SAVAGE WOLVES
WILL COME IN AMONG YOU NOT
00:45:52.48\00:45:55.55
SPARING THE FLOCK.'
NOTICE, HE SAID, 'ALSO FROM
00:45:55.55\00:45:58.39
AMONG YOURSELVES. EVEN' - HE
SAID - 'FROM AMONG SOME OF YOU.
00:45:58.39\00:46:03.39
MEN ARE GOING TO RISE UP
SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS' -
00:46:03.39\00:46:07.50
NOT TO TEACH THE TRUTH
OR BRING PEOPLE TO JESUS,
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.00
BUT TO DRAW AWAY
DISCIPLES FOR THEMSELVES.
00:46:10.00\00:46:14.57
SOME PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH
AND THEY'RE PREDATORS BECAUSE
00:46:14.57\00:46:19.11
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND FOLLOWERS
FOR THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW, I -
00:46:19.11\00:46:25.25
WE HAD SOME EVANGELISTIC
MEETINGS IN SACRAMENTO AND
00:46:25.25\00:46:28.62
WHEREVER YOU'VE GOT A
CROWD, SALESMEN SEEM TO SHOW UP.
00:46:28.62\00:46:33.25
AND WE HAD ONE PERSON WHO CAME
TO OUR MEETINGS AND WE FOUND OUT
00:46:33.25\00:46:36.73
THAT THEY WERE SELLING SOME
MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING PRODUCT
00:46:36.73\00:46:40.70
AND EVERY NIGHT DURING THE
MEETINGS THEY WOULD SIT DOWN BY
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.33
SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE MEETINGS
AND THEY WOULD START TO TALK
00:46:43.33\00:46:46.70
ABOUT THIS PRODUCT THAT THEY
HAD FOR SALE AND WE NOTICED THE
00:46:46.70\00:46:49.17
PERSON WASN'T ABLE TO
LISTEN. THEY WERE JUST OUT THERE
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.81
PEDALING THIS WARE AND TRYING
TO ENGAGE THEM AS TO BUY THE
00:46:51.81\00:46:55.38
PRODUCT AND AS A SALESMAN FOR
THE PRODUCT AND IT WAS JUST -
00:46:55.38\00:46:58.98
WOLVES - THEY WERE THE
DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES THAT
00:46:58.98\00:47:01.82
WERE COMING. THEY
DIDN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT THE
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.05
PREACHER WAS SAYING, THEY
CAME TO SELL THEIR PRODUCT.
00:47:03.05\00:47:07.06
AND THEY'D SIT IN A
DIFFERENT PLACE EVERY NIGHT.
00:47:07.06\00:47:09.06
AND, YOU KNOW, AS
PASTORS WE HAD TO TELL THEM,
00:47:09.06\00:47:10.69
'THANK YOU BUT DON'T COME BACK
ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT
00:47:10.69\00:47:14.00
WE'RE DOING HERE. SO, YOU
KNOW THE DEVIL'S GOT HIS PEOPLE.
00:47:14.00\00:47:20.60
I'VE HEARD THAT IF THOROUGHBRED
HORSES ARE SURROUNDED BY A PACK
00:47:20.60\00:47:28.74
OF WOLVES THAT WHAT THEY DO IS
THEY FORM A CIRCLE AND THEY PUT
00:47:28.74\00:47:34.05
THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND AS THE
WOLVES TRY TO COME IN THEY KICK
00:47:34.05\00:47:38.22
AT THE WOLVES AND THEY CAN BUILD
A BARRIER THAT THE WOLVES CANNOT
00:47:38.22\00:47:42.72
GET THROUGH. BUT ON
THE OTHER HAND - I'VE NOT
00:47:42.72\00:47:46.33
SEEN THIS BUT WHAT I'VE READ IS
THAT WHEN DONKEYS GET TOGETHER
00:47:46.33\00:47:51.23
AND THEY'RE THREATENED BY
WOLVES OR SOME MOUNTAIN LION OR
00:47:51.23\00:47:53.47
A PREDATOR. THEY PUT
THEIR HEADS OUT - THEY
00:47:53.47\00:47:58.67
ALL INDIVIDUALLY THINK, 'I'M
GOING TO WATCH FOR THE WOLVES" -
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.44
AND THEN THEY GET NERVOUS
AND THEY KICK EACH OTHER.
00:48:01.44\00:48:05.68
THEY ALSO FORM A CIRCLE BUT
THEY'VE GOT THE HEADS GOING THE
00:48:05.68\00:48:09.02
WRONG WAY AND
THEY KICK EACH OTHER.
00:48:09.02\00:48:13.05
MAYBE THE SOLUTION IN THE LAST
DAYS IS FOR US TO GET OUR HEADS
00:48:13.05\00:48:16.19
TOGETHER AND TO PRAY TOGETHER
AND DON'T BE KICKING EACH OTHER
00:48:16.19\00:48:21.06
BUT BE KICKING THE ENEMY.
WE'VE ALL BEEN HURT, BUT THE
00:48:21.06\00:48:25.50
LORD WANTS US TO STAY TOGETHER.
'OH, PASTOR DOUG, BUT THERE WAS
00:48:25.50\00:48:29.17
A SCANDAL IN MY CHURCH. IF
YOU KNEW WHAT THEY DID WITH
00:48:29.17\00:48:33.27
THE MONEY.' YOU EVER HEARD
THAT ONE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
00:48:33.27\00:48:38.85
WHENEVER YOU'VE GOT MONEY AND
PROJECTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE
00:48:38.85\00:48:41.72
AN ELEMENT OF RISK AND WASTE.
I SUSPECT THAT AFTER DINNER
00:48:41.72\00:48:45.49
THERE MIGHT BE LEFTOVERS AT
YOUR HOUSE TOO. WHENEVER YOU DO
00:48:45.49\00:48:49.59
ANYTHING, SOMETIMES THERE'S THAT
RISK. DID JESUS HAVE PROBLEMS
00:48:49.59\00:48:54.36
WITH SOMEBODY IN HIS
CHURCH MISMANAGING MONEY?
00:48:54.36\00:48:58.03
IF JESUS WAS ALIVE AND
WALKING THE WORLD TODAY,
00:48:58.03\00:49:01.20
WOULD YOU WANT TO
BE PART OF HIS CHURCH?
00:49:01.20\00:49:03.24
IF YOU LIVED 2000 YEARS AGO,
EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW THERE WAS
00:49:03.24\00:49:06.17
A JUDAS IN THE GROUP,
WOULD YOU WALK WITH JESUS?
00:49:06.17\00:49:09.48
DON'T LET MISMANAGEMENT OF
RESOURCES BE THE LAME EXCUSE -
00:49:09.48\00:49:13.42
PARDON ME - DON'T WANT TO
BE TOO HARD ON YOU, BUT THAT
00:49:13.42\00:49:16.18
IS A LAME EXCUSE. 'I'M NOT GOING
TO CHURCH ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY
00:49:16.18\00:49:18.75
WASTED THE MONEY. SOMEONE
ABSCONDED WITH GOD'S MONEY.
00:49:18.75\00:49:22.42
I GAVE A VERY GENEROUS TITHE
AND OFFERING AND THE CHECK WAS
00:49:22.42\00:49:25.39
CASHED AND IT NEVER WENT TO THE
CHURCH. I NEVER GOT A RECEIPT.
00:49:25.39\00:49:27.86
THEY STOLE IT FROM
ME.' I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY,
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.07
'I'M PULLING OUT'
FOR REASONS LIKE THAT.
00:49:30.07\00:49:32.43
YOU WILL GET YOUR BLESSING FOR
GIVING TO GOD, OTHER PEOPLE WILL
00:49:32.43\00:49:36.04
PAY TO GOD AND ANSWER TO GOD
IF THEY'VE MISMANAGED THE MONEY.
00:49:36.04\00:49:39.77
SO DON'T WORRY,
YOU WEREN'T ROBBED.
00:49:39.77\00:49:42.51
YOU NEED TO BE FAITHFUL
WITH WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.
00:49:42.51\00:49:46.61
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TEMPTATIONS
THAT THE DEVIL BROUGHT TO JESUS
00:49:46.61\00:49:51.19
- HE TRIED TO GET HIM
TO JUMP FROM THE CHURCH.
00:49:51.19\00:49:55.39
NOT ONLY DID HE SAY
'TURN THESE STONES INTO BREAD.'
00:49:55.39\00:49:59.83
AND NOT ONLY DID HE ASK HIM TO
WORSHIP HIM AND SHOWED HIM ALL
00:49:59.83\00:50:03.13
THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, THE
DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO THE TEMPLE
00:50:03.13\00:50:09.34
AND THEN HE SAID, 'I WANT
YOU TO JUMP FROM THE CHURCH.'
00:50:09.34\00:50:14.24
DOES THE DEVIL STILL
TEMPT PEOPLE TODAY TO JUMP
00:50:14.24\00:50:16.71
FROM THE CHURCH?
HE WANTS US TO LEAVE.
00:50:16.71\00:50:20.08
THIS IS THE DEVIL AND
JESUS SAID, 'NO, I AM NOT GOING
00:50:20.08\00:50:23.42
TO TEMPT THE LORD.' AND
WHEN WE TURN AWAY FROM JESUS
00:50:23.42\00:50:27.92
AND WHEN WE SAY, 'I THINK
I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE IN THE
00:50:27.92\00:50:30.43
WORLD AND I CAN - I CAN
BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT BEING
00:50:30.43\00:50:32.73
IN GOD'S HOUSE.'
WE ARE PLAYING WITH
00:50:32.73\00:50:36.63
ETERNAL LIFE. WE
ARE TEMPTING THE DEVIL.
00:50:36.63\00:50:40.27
WE'VE GOT TO BE WHERE GOD'S
WORD TELLS US WE NEED TO BE.
00:50:40.27\00:50:43.14
WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER
IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
00:50:43.14\00:50:46.17
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, WE'VE
ALL BEEN HURT AND SOME OF US ARE
00:50:46.17\00:50:49.18
MAD AT SOMEBODY. SOME
OF US ARE MAD AT THE LORD.
00:50:49.18\00:50:54.25
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S
BEEN HURT. WAS JESUS EVER HURT?
00:50:54.25\00:51:00.92
WAS JESUS EVER HURT BY A
FRIEND? WHAT DID JUDAS DO?
00:51:00.92\00:51:10.23
BETRAYED HIS FRIEND.
DAVID, JOSEPH, MANY OTHERS IN
00:51:10.23\00:51:15.90
THE BIBLE, THEY WERE HURT
BY FRIENDLY FIRE. THERE'S A
00:51:15.90\00:51:20.34
PROPHECY THAT YOU CAN READ
IN ZECHARIAH 3:16, SPEAKING
00:51:20.34\00:51:25.25
OF CHRIST, "AND THEY WILL SAY TO
HIM, 'WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS THAT
00:51:25.25\00:51:30.39
YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS?'
AND HE WILL ANSWER AND SAY,
00:51:30.39\00:51:34.99
'THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED
IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.'"
00:51:34.99\00:51:41.06
WOUNDED IN THE
HOUSE OF HIS FRIENDS.
00:51:41.06\00:51:43.73
YOU KNOW, JESUS WAS WOUNDED.
00:51:43.73\00:51:47.14
HE TOLD US THAT WHEN JUDAS
CAME TO KISS HIM IN THE GARDEN.
00:51:47.14\00:51:52.37
JESUS SAID, 'FRIEND' - DO YOU
- 'ARE YOU BETRAYING THE SON OF
00:51:52.37\00:51:56.88
MAN WITH A
KISS?' HE SAID 'FRIEND.'
00:51:56.88\00:52:00.15
AND SOMETIMES
FRIENDS HURT EACH OTHER.
00:52:00.15\00:52:03.92
YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A RISK
WHENEVER YOU LOVE SOMEBODY.
00:52:03.92\00:52:06.42
WHENEVER YOU OPEN YOURSELF UP
AND YOU DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP
00:52:06.42\00:52:08.82
AND YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST SOMEBODY
AND YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE SOMEBODY
00:52:08.82\00:52:11.63
AND YOU SHARE WHO
YOU ARE WITH THAT PERSON.
00:52:11.63\00:52:14.66
THERE'S ALWAYS THAT RISK THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BETRAY THAT
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.63
CONFIDENCE, THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO SLIGHT YOUR LOVE AND YOU'RE
00:52:16.63\00:52:19.17
GOING TO BE HURT.
SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
00:52:19.17\00:52:21.90
RUN OFF TO SOUTH DAKOTA?
TO JUST GO TO MOUNT SINAI
00:52:21.90\00:52:26.54
AND HIDE IN A CAVE? MAYBE
YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM GOD.
00:52:26.54\00:52:31.78
JESUS IS WANTING YOU TO KNOW
'I AM YOUR FRIEND AND I WILL
00:52:31.78\00:52:35.62
NEVER LET YOU DOWN. I
WILL NEVER BETRAY YOU.'
00:52:35.62\00:52:38.55
DO YOU KNOW THAT JESUS IS YOUR
FRIEND? HE'S STILL YOUR FRIEND.
00:52:38.55\00:52:42.82
HE WON'T LET YOU
DOWN. HE'LL NEVER HURT YOU.
00:52:42.82\00:52:45.76
>>CAN'T GET ENOUGH
AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY?
00:52:45.76\00:52:48.63
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH-
00:52:48.63\00:52:51.37
FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE
AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT
00:52:51.37\00:52:55.60
'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG'
YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO
00:52:55.60\00:53:02.04
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED
MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE,
00:53:02.04\00:53:06.45
24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK,
RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR
00:53:06.45\00:53:10.12
MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'.
00:53:10.12\00:53:16.56
>>DID YOU KNOW THIS BOAT COULD
SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH 20,000
00:53:16.56\00:53:19.19
PEOPLE? OR A CAR
LIKE THIS ONE COULD
00:53:19.19\00:53:21.90
REACH 10,000 SOULS SEEKING
HOPE IN JESUS. (CAR HONKING)
00:53:21.90\00:53:26.00
IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE YOU'RE NOT
USING AND WOULD LIKE TO REACH
00:53:26.00\00:53:28.54
HEARTS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER DONATING
00:53:28.54\00:53:31.84
YOUR VEHICLE TO
AMAZING FACTS TODAY.
00:53:31.84\00:53:34.94
IT'S EASY TO TURN YOUR UNNEEDED
CAR, BOAT, RV, MOTORCYCLE - EVEN
00:53:34.94\00:53:40.05
ATVS AND JET SKIS - INTO A
SOUL-WINNING VEHICLE FOR CHRIST
00:53:40.05\00:53:44.32
AND GET A TAX DEDUCTION.
00:53:44.32\00:53:46.69
AMAZING FACTS WILL ARRANGE TO
PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND PROVIDE
00:53:46.69\00:53:49.52
YOU WITH A
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT.
00:53:49.52\00:53:51.86
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RESALE
WILL BE USED TO SHARE GOD'S
00:53:51.86\00:53:54.56
TRUTH WITH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:53:54.56\00:53:58.70
DON'T LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE
IN THE GARAGE COLLECTING DUST.
00:53:58.70\00:54:01.90
USE IT TO TRANSFORM
LIVES THROUGH AMAZING FACTS.
00:54:01.90\00:54:05.41
CONTACT US TODAY AND LET US
HELP TURN YOUR CAR, BOAT, RV, OR
00:54:05.41\00:54:09.34
MOTORCYCLE INTO
LIVES SAVED FOR CHRIST.
00:54:09.34\00:54:16.95
>>I GREW UP IN A CHURCH-GOING
FAMILY. I MEAN, WE WERE AT EVERY
00:54:16.95\00:54:20.72
MEETING. I SANG IN FOUR OF THE
CHOIRS THERE. I DIRECTED THREE -
00:54:20.72\00:54:25.73
VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE.
IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE BUSY
00:54:25.73\00:54:30.20
WORK SOMETIMES, YOU
KNOW? I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.
00:54:30.20\00:54:33.87
I KNEW ABOUT GOD. I KNEW
ABOUT JESUS, BUT I DIDN'T
00:54:33.87\00:54:38.21
HAVE A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.
00:54:38.21\00:54:42.84
MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL I
GOT THE NEWS THAT MY FATHER HAD
00:54:42.84\00:54:48.28
BEEN MURDERED. NOW,
I PLAYED IT OFF WELL.
00:54:48.28\00:54:52.42
NO ONE REALLY SAW THAT
I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT.
00:54:52.42\00:54:59.59
IT JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE
WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE
00:54:59.59\00:55:02.33
FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL IT
WITH DRUGS, WITH ALCOHOL, WITH
00:55:02.33\00:55:07.54
PARTYING. AFTER
COLLEGE, I JUST STOPPED
00:55:07.54\00:55:10.74
GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER.
ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I
00:55:10.74\00:55:16.75
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH
WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT, 'YOU
00:55:16.75\00:55:20.78
KNOW, I SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT
OF WORD.' SHE HAD THE SATELLITE
00:55:20.78\00:55:25.09
SYSTEM HOOKED UP AND I'M
FLIPPING THROUGH CHANNELS AND
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.36
THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS
- AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
00:55:28.36\00:55:32.73
I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT IF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HERE
00:55:32.73\00:55:35.16
WAS - THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING
00:55:35.16\00:55:37.53
SOMETHING WHERE I HAD TO GRAB
MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP
00:55:37.53\00:55:40.97
AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS
BEFORE. LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND
00:55:40.97\00:55:44.27
FIND THIS. I WENT THROUGH ALL
THE STORACLES . I WENT THROUGH
00:55:44.27\00:55:47.51
ALL THE STUDY GUIDES AND
I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
00:55:47.51\00:55:50.28
AND THEN THE SABBATH CAME UP AND
HE'S GOING THROUGH THE APPEAL
00:55:50.28\00:55:53.85
AND I'M JUST GOING, 'LORD,
I HEAR YOU. I HAVE TO GO TO
00:55:53.85\00:55:57.32
CHURCH.' SO I SHOW UP - IT WAS
FUNNY, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS
00:55:57.32\00:56:02.09
GOING TO BE JUDGED -
ANYTHING JUDGMENTAL - ANYTHING.
00:56:02.09\00:56:05.93
AND I WALKED IN THE
DOOR AND I JUST FELT AT HOME.
00:56:05.93\00:56:08.43
BUT THERE'S STILL A
PROBLEM. I'M STILL PARTYING.
00:56:08.43\00:56:13.97
I WAS STILL
GOING OUT TO THE BARS.
00:56:13.97\00:56:16.04
AT THIS TIME I WAS
SELLING COCAINE TO PAY MY RENT.
00:56:16.04\00:56:20.51
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER I FIND MYSELF
IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
00:56:20.51\00:56:25.65
I HAD JUST COME BACK FROM A
LIQUOR STORE AND I GRABBED A
00:56:25.65\00:56:28.68
BOTTLE OF VODKA.
AND THERE I AM, HIGH OFF
00:56:28.68\00:56:32.72
COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE IN HAND,
TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY.
00:56:32.72\00:56:39.59
AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE
VOICE, 'JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF!'
00:56:39.59\00:56:44.67
AND I DID AND I WAS
LIKE, 'WHAT AM I DOING?'
00:56:44.67\00:56:51.54
AND I GOT ON MY KNEES. I
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT
00:56:51.54\00:56:54.44
TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME NOW,
I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.' I WAS
00:56:54.44\00:57:00.15
GOING TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE
AND I WAS GOING TO END UP
00:57:00.15\00:57:02.72
OVERDOSING, HAVING A
HEART ATTACK, WHATEVER IT WAS.
00:57:02.72\00:57:07.69
'YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS AWAY
- ALL OF IT.' AND THAT DAY HE
00:57:07.69\00:57:16.46
LIFTED ALL OF IT AWAY
FROM ME. IT WAS ALL GONE.
00:57:16.46\00:57:20.47
WHEN GOD DOES SOMETHING IN
YOUR LIFE, HE DOES IT COMPLETE.
00:57:20.47\00:57:27.31
(MUSIC)
00:57:27.31\00:57:33.62
>>I REALLY WANTED TO START A NEW
DEVOTIONAL HABIT BUT LIFE GOT IN
00:57:33.62\00:57:36.95
THE WAY. NEXT THING
I KNOW, WE'RE A MONTH
00:57:36.95\00:57:38.99
INTO THE NEW YEAR AND I'M LIKE,
'WHAT'S THE POINT OF STARTING?'
00:57:38.99\00:57:42.26
THEN I SAW '365 AMAZING
ANSWERS TO BIG BIBLE QUESTIONS'.
00:57:42.26\00:57:46.36
EACH DAY IS A SINGLE STUDY
SO YOU CAN START ANYWHERE ON ANY
00:57:46.36\00:57:49.50
DAY AND NOT MISS A
THING. THEY'RE CRISP, CLEAR,
00:57:49.50\00:57:52.37
AND ENLIGHTENING.
>>GET YOURS TODAY BY CALLING
00:57:52.37\00:57:56.60
800-538-7275 OR
VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM .
00:57:56.60\00:58:03.95
>>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN
RESOURCES VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM
00:58:03.95\00:58:08.45
. OR CALL
1-800-538-7275. (MUSIC)
00:58:08.45\00:58:23.43