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00:10 >>FRIENDS, ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? 00:12 IF SO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AWAY RIGHT NOW. 00:15 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO 00:18 BAY AREA IS THE ICONIC GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. 00:22 WHILE THIS WORLD-FAMOUS BRIDGE WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE SEVEN 00:24 WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD, FEW PEOPLE KNOW THE STORY OF THE 00:27 BRAVE MEN WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION AND - ALSO 00:30 KNOWN AS THE HALFWAY TO HELL CLUB . 00:34 DESIGNED BY A GROUP OF VISIONARY ENGINEERS AT 4200 FEET END TO 00:38 END, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WAS, AT ONE TIME, THE LONGEST 00:41 SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION, FROM 00:45 1933 TO 1937, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAD ONE OF THE BEST 00:50 SAFETY CONSTRUCTION RECORDS OF ANY PROJECT DURING THAT TIME. 00:53 KEEP IN MIND, THEY WOULD FACTOR IN AND CALCULATE THAT ONE MAN 00:57 WOULD DIE FOR EVERY MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS SPENT, SO WITH 01:00 A BUDGET OF 35 MILLION DOLLARS, THEY KNEW THAT LOSS OF LIFE 01:03 WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS WHY THE CHIEF ENGINEER, 01:06 JOSEPH P. STRAUSS, WAS ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT ABOUT USING 01:10 THE MOST RIGOROUS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT HAD EVER 01:13 BEEN USED IN BRIDGE BUILDING. HE HAD A LOCAL MANUFACTURER OF 01:16 SAFETY EQUIPMENT DESIGN SPECIAL HEADGEAR THAT HE INSISTED 01:19 BE WORN ON EVERY JOB. THIS BECAME THE PROTOTYPE FOR 01:22 THE MODERN HARD HAT, WORN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. 01:25 BUT THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WENT EVEN FARTHER. STRAUSS PROVIDED A 01:29 SPECIAL HAND AND FACE CREAM TO PROTECT THEIR SKIN FROM THE 01:32 COLD, BITING WIND, AND GLARE-FREE GOGGLES TO PROTECT THEIR 01:35 EYES. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO ATE A SPECIAL DIET TO HELP WARD OFF 01:40 DIZZINESS WHEN THEY WERE WORKING AT THOSE EPIC HEIGHTS. 01:43 BUT THE MOST CONSPICUOUS SAFETY PRECAUTION WAS A GIGANTIC NET 01:47 THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM END TO END UNDER THE ENTIRE 01:50 CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. 01:53 IN FACT, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THIS NET SAVED THE LIVES OF 19 01:57 MEN, WHO LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE HALFWAY TO HELL CLUB . 02:02 NOW, YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, THESE WERE SOME OF THE MOST 02:04 DANGEROUS CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 02:07 THE WIND WAS CONSTANTLY BLOWING. THEY WERE WALKING AROUND ON IRON 02:12 THAT SOMETIMES HAD ICE FROM THE FREEZING FOG. 02:15 IN PLACES, THEY WERE OVER 700 FEET ABOVE THE ICY WATERS. 02:20 YET THE MEN, COMING FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WERE WILLING TO 02:23 TAKE THESE RISKS BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND 02:26 THEY WOULD GET PAID UP TO ELEVEN DOLLARS A DAY, WHICH WAS A 02:29 FORTUNE BACK THEN. ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF THE 02:33 NET WAS THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE MEN WERE MUCH MORE COURAGEOUS - 02:36 EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WALKING HIGH ON THOSE SLIPPERY SURFACES, 02:39 BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A MECHANISM TO PROTECT 02:42 THEM IF THEY SHOULD FALL. THIS GAVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE 02:45 AND THE COURAGE TO PRESS ON AND GET THE BRIDGE BUILT 02:47 IN RECORD TIME. YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, AS 02:50 CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE A GREAT WORK TO DO. 02:52 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE GET TO PARTICIPATE WITH JESUS IN 02:55 BUILDING A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS HEAVEN AND EARTH AND THERE ARE 02:59 DANGERS ALONG THE WAY. THE DEVIL WOULD LIKE TO PARALYZE 03:02 US WITH FEAR THAT WE MIGHT FALL OR MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT WE KNOW 03:05 THAT JESUS HAS PROVIDED A SAFETY NET FOR US AND WE DON'T 03:08 HAVE TO BE AFRAID. WE CAN PRESS ON WITH CONFIDENCE 03:11 BECAUSE IT PROMISES, IN THE BOOK OF JUDE, VERSE 24, 'HE IS ABLE 03:15 TO KEEP US FROM FALLING.' BUT SOMETIMES WE MAKE MISTAKES. 03:19 STILL, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, FRIENDS, IF YOU READ IN 1 JOHN 03:22 CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1, THE BIBLE SAYS, 'IF WE FALL...IF WE SIN WE 03:26 HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST.' SO LET'S 03:29 PRESS ON TOGETHER AND BUILD THAT BRIDGE WITH CHRIST. 03:32 (MUSIC) 03:40 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 03:43 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 03:47 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. FROM THE 03:50 CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST-DAY EVENTS OF REVELATION, 03:54 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM' IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN EXPLORE 03:57 MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR 04:01 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER. 04:06 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIME LINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 04:11 (MUSIC) 04:28 >>BY THE TIME I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL ABUSE WAS JUST A WAY OF 04:32 LIFE FOR ME. I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE 04:34 WAY IT WAS AND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT. 04:37 AND I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE GIRLS WERE NOT GOING THROUGH 04:40 THE ABUSE THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH. 04:43 I STARTED ACTING OUT AND PLAYING UP AND MISBEHAVING IN SCHOOL. 04:49 I FELT WHEN I SPOKE TO MOM, SHE WAS TOO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT 04:54 WHERE DAD WAS, WHAT DAD WAS DOING. 04:56 WHEN I SPOKE TO THE OLDER SIBLINGS, THEY COULDN'T BE 04:58 BOTHERED - I HAD STUPID QUESTIONS. 05:02 I SEEMED TO FEEL VERY LONELY ALL THE TIME AND I JUST FORGOT, AT 05:06 THAT POINT, WHERE GOD WAS, AND FELT THAT I DIDN'T NEED HIM 05:12 BECAUSE, ANYWAY, WHEN I DID NEED HIM HE WAS NEVER AROUND FOR ME. 05:17 I WAS LIVING A VERY, VERY BUSY LIFE WORKING 'TIL 2:00 - 3:00 IN 05:23 THE MORNING AND THEN DRINKING ALCOHOL 'TIL 5:00 SO THAT I 05:27 COULD GET TO SLEEP FOR A FEW HOURS, WAKE UP AND THEN GET BACK 05:30 TO WORK AT 8:00 AT NIGHT. SO MY LIFE CONTINUED AND 05:33 SPIRALED UNTIL I DECIDED I NEEDED TO DO 05:36 SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO I PACKED MY BAGS AND SPENT 05:39 ELEVEN MONTHS CROSSING AFRICA FROM ZIMBABWE ALL THE 05:42 WAY THROUGH TO SWITZERLAND. MET A LADY IN A MISSIONARY WHO 05:46 SPOKE TO ME ABOUT GOD AND GAVE ME A BIBLE AND THAT WAS WHEN I 05:50 STARTED THINKING AGAIN THAT, 'GOD, MAYBE YOU LED ME ON THIS 05:55 TRIP.' AND THAT WAS THE START OF ME REALLY RETHINKING, 'WHAT 06:00 AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?' I'D MADE A DECISION THAT, 'GOD, 06:05 THIS TIME I'M NEVER GOING TO LET YOU GO. I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER LET 06:09 ME GO, IT WAS ALWAYS ME WHO LET GO.' MY RETURN TO JESUS WAS THE 06:16 MOST AMAZING FEELING THAT I'D EVER EXPERIENCED. 06:20 I FELT AS IF THIS TIME I'D MADE A CONNECTION WITH GOD. 06:27 MY NAME IS IOLANI HILL AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH. 06:34 >>YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE TESTIMONIES YOU'RE HEARING ARE 06:36 PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WENT TO THE AFCOE PROGRAM. 06:39 THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD - WHO 06:42 CAME TO AMAZING FACTS AND THEY TRAINED IN HOW TO SHARE THEIR 06:44 FAITH WITH OTHERS AND WE WERE SURPRISED WHAT A LARGE 06:48 PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ALL OF A SUDDEN FILLED WITH A 06:50 BURNING DESIRE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS. 06:54 THEY HAD DRIFTED AWAY. WHEN THEY CAME BACK THEY 06:57 REALIZED THAT THE KEY TO LIFE IS RECEIVING CHRIST AND SHARING 07:01 CHRIST AND THEIR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE CHANGED. 07:04 WELL, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ONCE AGAIN TO 'RECLAIM YOUR 07:08 FAITH' FRIENDS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 07:11 THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE IN THE MARYLAND AREA AND THOSE 07:14 WHO MAY BE WATCHING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA 07:18 AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN. 07:20 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT REASONS THAT 07:23 PEOPLE BECOME DISCOURAGED AND STOP GOING TO CHURCH AND WHAT 07:26 THE SOLUTION TO THOSE THINGS IS - SO WHAT'S THE RIGHT VIEW THAT 07:30 WE SHOULD HAVE REGARDING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT DISCOURAGE 07:34 PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO JUMP SHIP SO TO SPEAK. 07:38 ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE THINGS WHEN WE INTERVIEW PEOPLE IS DEALING 07:42 WITH WHAT WE CALL 'FRIENDLY FIRE'. 07:46 SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH DID SOMETHING TO HURT THEM OR SOME 07:49 GROUP OR SOME CLIQUE IN THE CHURCH HURT THEM. 07:53 SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN UPSET WITH GOD SO THEY'VE 07:57 PULLED BACK BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HURT. 07:59 YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE GULF WAR, 1991 - 08:03 THAT FIRST INVASION - BY THE WAY, OUR SON DANIEL WAS 08:06 THERE THEN IN IRAQ - THAT OUT OF THE 131 - I'M SORRY 08:11 NO - 148 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE KILLED DURING THAT 08:16 TIME IN THAT WAR - 31% WERE AS A RESULT OF FRIENDLY FIRE. 08:21 THERE WAS NO OTHER WAR LIKE THAT WHERE YOU'VE GOT 31% OF THE 08:24 CASUALTIES WERE FRIENDLY FIRE. THEY WERE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. 08:30 NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, BUT PASTOR DOUG, AT LEAST 08:33 THEY WERE ACCIDENTS - WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID TO ME IN CHURCH 08:36 THAT WAS ON PURPOSE.' I MIGHT ALSO MENTION AT THIS 08:39 TIME, OF ALL THE CALLS THAT POLICE GET, YOU KNOW WHAT THE 08:43 LARGEST CATEGORY IS OF POLICE CALLS? 08:46 DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. FAMILY FIGHTS. 08:52 YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST LEARNED THAT WHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER YOU'RE 08:56 SOMETIMES GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. 08:58 AND YOU SEE THAT WAS TRUE ALSO IN THE BIBLE. 09:03 DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED, DO NOT LEAVE CHURCH BECAUSE SOMEONE IN 09:07 THE CHURCH HURT YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL 09:09 WANTS YOU TO DO. THINK IN THE BIBLE OF ALL THE 09:13 CHARACTERS THAT STRUGGLED WITH FRIENDLY FIRE. 09:18 THE FIRST MURDER IN THE BIBLE IS CAIN KILLING HIS BROTHER ABEL. 09:26 YOU'VE GOT THE STORY OF JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE - 09:28 WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HIS BROTHERS JUST COULDN'T GET 09:31 ALONG WITH HIM - DID HE DO ANYTHING WRONG? 09:34 IT WASN'T HIS FAULT. BY THE WAY, WITH ABEL, CAIN WAS 09:38 UPSET WITH NOT HIS BADNESS, BUT HIS GOODNESS. 09:41 WITH JOSEPH HIS BROTHERS WERE NOT UPSET AT HIS BADNESS, 09:44 THEY WERE UPSET AT HIS DREAMS AND HIS GOODNESS. 09:48 KING DAVID - HE HAD HIS PROBLEMS. 09:51 HE HAD A LOT MORE PROBLEMS WITH HIS OWN SON AND HIS OWN KING 09:54 THAN HE HAD FROM GOLIATH. GOLIATH HE TOOK CARE OF 09:57 PRETTY QUICKLY. FOR YEARS HE RAN FROM KING SAUL 10:01 AND HIS OWN SON TRIED TO KILL HIM. 10:02 PROBLEMS IN THE HOUSE - FRIENDLY FIRE. 10:06 AND DAVID LEFT FOR AWHILE - FLED TO THE LAND OF THE 10:09 PHILISTINES AND THEN GOD SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 10:12 YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WILL HELP US - SOME OF YOU WHO ARE 10:15 WATCHING WILL SAY, 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY 10:18 DID TO ME. I KNOW, GENERALLY, THAT MIGHT BE 10:20 TRUE, BUT 'WHAT THEY DID TO ME' - I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE 10:24 THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS US TO DO. 10:27 HE WANTS US TO BE HURT BY THIS FRIENDLY FIRE - BY THE 10:33 HORIZONTAL PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SO WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM - 10:36 OR WE BLAME GOD. 10:38 PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, FOR A MOMENT, SOME PEOPLE PAY TO GO ON 10:42 A SAFARI THROUGH A JUNGLE IN SOUTH AMERICA OR AFRICA AND 10:46 THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RAIN FOREST AND THEY'RE GOING SINGLE 10:48 FILE THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT AND 10:50 THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE LEFT AND THERE ARE MONKEYS IN THE TREES - 10:53 AND THESE ARE BAD MONKEYS - AND THE MONKEYS ARE THROWING NUTS 10:58 AND BRANCHES AND FRUIT AT ONE OF THE MEN BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW 11:02 WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HE TURNS AROUND HE THINKS IT'S THE PERSON 11:05 IN LINE BEHIND HIM. HE SAYS, 'WHY DID YOU DO THAT?' 11:08 'I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.' 'I KNOW YOU DID. 11:09 YOU JUST BONKED ME ON THE HEAD WITH A PIECE OF FRUIT!' 11:10 I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!' AND SO THEY TURN AROUND AND ARE 11:13 WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL. THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING OFF AT THE 11:14 FLOWERS AGAIN AND THEN 'BING!' 'WHAT DID I DO?' 11:17 AND PRETTY SOON THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND 11:20 THE MONKEYS ARE LAUGHING IN THE TREES. ARE THERE DEVILS AND 11:26 DEMONS OUT THERE? DO THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ACCENT 11:30 AND ACCENTUATE OUR DISAGREEMENTS? 11:34 MANUFACTURING THINGS THAT REALLY AREN'T REAL - SOMETIMES BECAUSE 11:38 OF OUR SLIGHTED PRIDE - AND THEY GET MAGNIFIED AND THE DEVIL IS 11:43 WORKING ALL THE TIME TO CREATE DIVISION AND CAUSE 11:47 FRIENDLY FIRE. THIS IS HIS PLAN. HE IS TRYING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. 11:53 LIKE I SAID A MINUTE AGO, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, PASTOR 11:55 DOUG, YEAH BUT THIS PERSON, IT WASN'T IMAGINED, THEY REALLY 11:59 DID SOMETHING VERY MEAN TO ME.' ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER SCENARIO. 12:05 NICE FAMILY INVITES YOU OVER TO THEIR HOUSE FOR DINNER SOME DAY 12:09 AFTER CHURCH AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, THEY SEEM 12:12 LIKE SWEET PEOPLE AND YOU SIT AROUND AS DINNER'S BEING 12:14 PREPARED, YOU VISIT, YOU'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEY 12:16 SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO SIT DOWN AT THE DINING TABLE AND 12:19 WE'RE GOING TO EAT.' AND YOU SAY, 'IS THERE SOMEWHERE 12:20 I CAN WASH MY HANDS?' 'SURE, THERE DOWN THE HALL 12:22 TO THE RIGHT.' AND SO YOU MEANDER THROUGH THEIR 12:24 HOUSE, YOU FIND THE RESTROOM, YOU WASH YOUR HANDS 12:25 AND AS YOU COME OUT OF THE RESTROOM THERE IS THIS GRUMPY 12:29 OLD MAN THERE AND HE SAYS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 12:33 THIS IS MY BATHROOM, DON'T YOU USE MY BATHROOM.' 12:37 AND HE SAYS, 'BY THE WAY, YOU'RE UGLY. 12:40 AND I DON'T LIKE STRANGERS IN MY HOUSE AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO 12:44 EAT WHEN ALL THESE STRANGE PEOPLE COME OVER EATING MY 12:47 FOOD AND I HOPE I NEVER SEE YOU' - AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO HURL 12:50 INSULTS AND CURSE AT YOU - JUST AS MEAN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 12:55 AND BOY, YOUR HEART STARTS TO RACE AND YOU GET ALL UPSET AND 12:58 PRETTY SOON YOU GO TO THE HALL AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR 13:00 COAT AND THE HOST SAYS, 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?' 13:02 AND YOU SAY, 'I'M LEAVING!' 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?' 13:03 'THIS MAN - I'VE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT BEFORE 13:06 IN MY LIFE.' AND THEY SAY, 'YOU DIDN'T RUN 13:09 INTO GRANDPA DID YOU?' 'I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.' 13:13 'YOU RAN INTO GRANDPA. PLEASE, DON'T GET UPSET. 13:17 GRANDPA'S NOT WELL. GRANDPA HAS DEMENTIA. 13:24 HE USED TO BE THE NICEST GUY IN THE WORLD, BUT JUST PART OF HIS 13:27 BRAIN ISN'T HEALTHY AND HE JUST NOW - WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 13:30 ON BUT' - AND AS SOON AS YOU REALIZE THAT GRANDPA IS SICK 13:37 YOU SAY, 'OH, YEAH, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND NOW. 13:39 THEY CAN'T HELP IT. THEY'RE NOT WELL.' 13:41 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO ARE SICK. 13:46 AND THEY DO MEAN THINGS. IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED WITH 13:51 GOD'S SPIRIT THEY'VE GOT A DIABOLICAL DEMENTIA AND THEY'RE 13:55 DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO. 13:59 AND SO, DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON JESUS. 14:02 DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND YOUR 14:05 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH - JUST SAY, 'ALL RIGHT BROTHER, 14:07 SISTER, SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY.' 14:10 AND THEN YOU CAN WALK - YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF, 14:13 'SPIRITUAL DEMENTIA. THEY'RE JUST NOT WELL. 14:18 THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LOVE IN THEIR HEART.' 14:20 WE ALL DO SELFISH THINGS. EVEN IN JESUS' DAY. 14:24 ONE MOMENT JESUS SAYS TO THE APOSTLES, 'WHO DO YOU SAY THAT 14:29 I AM?' PETER JUMPS UP HE SAYS, 'YOU ARE 14:31 THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.' 14:34 AND JESUS GIVES PETER THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT HE EVER HAD 14:37 - HE SAYS, 'SIMON PETER, FLESH AND BLOOD DID NOT REVEAL THAT 14:40 UNTO YOU BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOD SPOKE TO YOU.' 14:43 BEFORE 20 MINUTES GO BY JESUS SAYS, 'I'VE GOT TO GO TO 14:47 JERUSALEM - I'M GOING TO BE BETRAYED THERE, I'LL BE 14:49 CRUCIFIED, AND I'LL RISE THE THIRD DAY.' 14:50 PETER COMES OVER, HE SAYS, 'LORD, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT. 14:54 THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU.' THAT SAME JESUS TURNS TO PETER 14:58 AND HE SAYS, 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN.' 15:02 'YOU GOT DEMENTIA.' JESUS LOOKED BEHIND HIS FRIEND 15:07 PETER TO WHO WAS OPERATING THROUGH PETER AND HE DIDN'T 15:11 BLAME PETER, HE BLAMED THE DEVIL. 15:14 PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH HURT EACH OTHER BECAUSE THE DEVIL OFTEN 15:17 SPEAKS SOMETIMES THROUGH THOSE CLOSEST TO US. 15:20 YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BEST FIGHTS ON YOUR WAY TO CHURCH 15:25 WITH YOUR LOVED ONES. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 15:29 BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS WORKING OVERTIME, LIKE THE MONKEY IN THE 15:33 TREES, TO TRY AND CREATE DIVISION AMONG US ON THE GROUND. 15:37 WE'RE ALL SINNERS. 15:40 IT'S INTERESTING, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE ARE TO LOVE OUR 15:42 NEIGHBOR - NEIGHBOR IS A NIGH BROTHER - NIGH BROTHERS ARE NOT 15:45 ANY CLOSER THAN THOSE IN YOUR FAMILY OR THOSE IN YOUR CHURCH. 15:48 IT SAYS LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THEN JESUS SAYS, 15:50 'AND LOVE YOUR ENEMY.' I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE 15:53 SAYS WE SHOULD LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AND LOVE OUR ENEMY - 15:55 IS IT BECAUSE - IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN 15:58 BECOMES OUR ENEMY? IT'S SOMETIMES OUR NIGH BROTHER 16:02 OR SISTER - WHO CAN BECOME OUR GREATEST ADVERSARY. 16:08 DAVID COMES HOME FROM PRAISING THE LORD IN THE STREET. 16:10 THERE'S A PARADE WITH GOD AND HIS ARK AND EVERYBODY SINGING 16:13 AND HE'S ON CLOUD NINE AND HE WALKS THROUGH DOOR AND HIS WIFE 16:16 SAID, 'BOY, YOU MADE SUCH A SPECTACLE OUT OF 16:18 YOURSELF TODAY.' BRING HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN. 16:23 SOMETIMES IT'S THOSE RIGHT IN THE FAMILY. 16:26 DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT. 16:30 1 PETER CHAPTER 5, VERSES 5 THROUGH 7 - "LIKEWISE YOU 16:35 YOUNGER PEOPLE, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO YOUR ELDERS. 16:38 YES, ALL OF YOU BE SUBMISSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER - BE SUBMISSIVE TO 16:42 ONE ANOTHER, AND BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY" - I'VE DONE MORE 16:47 MARRIAGE COUNSELING THAN I'M QUALIFIED TO DO OR THAN I WANT 16:50 TO DO, BUT ONE THING I'VE FOUND IN MOST CASES, THERE'S AN 16:56 ELEMENT OF SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE INVOLVED. 17:00 SOMEBODY'S BEING - USUALLY BOTH - THERE'S SOME SELFISHNESS AND 17:04 PRIDE - AND WE'D HAVE A LOT FEWER CONFLICTS IN THE CHURCH 17:08 FAMILY IF WE WOULD HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD AND 17:11 BEFORE EACH OTHER. SUBMIT YOURSELVES CLOTHED WITH 17:14 HUMILITY BECAUSE "GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT HE GIVES GRACE 17:17 TO THE HUMBLE." SO, DID YOU LEAVE? 17:22 YOU WERE OUT WORKING FOR GOD? YOU WERE DOING ALL THE RIGHT 17:24 THINGS AND THEN THEY STILL MISTREATED YOU. 17:27 AFTER YEARS OF PATIENCE ELIJAH TRIED TO BRING REVIVAL TO 17:30 ISRAEL, PRAYING FOR REVIVAL - GOD EVEN ANSWERED HIS PRAYER 17:34 THROUGH - THE FAMINE WAS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER - AND THEN 17:37 LATER HE HAD THIS INCREDIBLE MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE ON MOUNT 17:40 CARMEL - FIRE COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN. 17:42 THEN HE PRAYS AGAIN AND RAIN COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN. 17:44 AND AFTER THE RAIN FROM GOD AND THE FIRE OF GOD, PEOPLE IN THE 17:49 CHURCH STILL WANT TO KILL HIM. AND ELIJAH SAYS, 17:53 'I'M OUTTA HERE. I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.' 17:56 AND HE GETS UP AND HE RUNS. 17:58 AND YOU CAN FIND THIS IN YOUR BIBLE IF YOU LOOK IN THE FIRST 18:00 BOOK OF KINGS CHAPTER 19, VERSE 9. 18:07 OH, I CAN START AT VERSE 4 - "ELIJAH HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S 18:11 JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS, AND...HE PRAYED THAT HE 18:13 MIGHT DIE.' HERE IS A SERVANT OF GOD. 18:17 HE LEAVES ISRAEL AND STARTS HEADING AS FAR AWAY AS HE CAN 18:20 AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING AT FIRST. 18:23 'I'M NO BETTER THAN MY FATHERS.' AND, YOU KNOW, GOD STILL SPEAKS 18:26 TO HIM THERE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S RUNNING THE WRONG WAY. 18:29 DOES THE LORD STILL TRY TO REACH US WHEN WE'RE RUNNING THE 18:31 WRONG WAY? AN ANGEL APPEARS TO HIM AND 18:35 GIVES HIM FOOD AND GIVES HIM WATER AND IN THE STRENGTH OF THE 18:37 FOOD THE ANGEL GAVE HIM, HE TAKES THAT AND INSTEAD OF GOING 18:40 BACK TO ISRAEL, HE RUNS FURTHER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 18:43 IT SAYS IN VERSE 9 HE GOES TO MOUNT SINAI. 18:47 AND HE WENT TO A CAVE AND HE SPENT A NIGHT IN THAT PLACE AND 18:52 - I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. "AND BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE 18:57 LORD CAME TO HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE 19:00 ELIJAH?'" - TRANSLATION: 'WHY DID YOU LEAVE? 19:06 I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. 19:08 I ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS. I HAVE BEEN GUIDING YOU, 19:10 BUT I DON'T REMEMBER TELLING YOU 'RUN FROM YOUR PEOPLE. 19:14 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' AND HE THEN BEGAN TO GIVE 19:17 THE LORD HIS EXCUSES. 19:19 YOU TALK TO A PERSON THAT'S LEFT CHURCH AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A 19:22 LIST BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S BOTHERING THEM SO THEY HAVE TO 19:24 GET A LIST TO CALM THEIR CONSCIENCE. 19:27 AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE RATIONALIZATIONS FOR WHY THEY 19:29 DON'T GO TO CHURCH, IN SPITE OF THE FACT JESUS TELLS US THAT 19:32 THIS IS HIS BODY. HE SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 19:37 HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN ZEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS.' - 19:40 'I'VE STILL GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.' - 19:42 'AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BUT THEY'VE FORSAKEN YOUR 19:44 COVENANT' - 'THEY'VE COMPROMISED' - 19:46 THEY'VE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS' - 'THEY'RE NOT WORSHIPING RIGHT' - 19:50 'THEY'VE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS' - THEY DON'T RESPECT 19:52 THE TRUE PREACHERS AND THEY PERSECUTE THE TRUE ONES 19:54 AND INSTALL THE FALSE ONES' - YOU EVER HEAR PEOPLE STOP GOING 19:57 FOR THOSE REASONS? AND I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT. 20:03 AND NOW THEY TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE SO I'M OUTTA HERE.' - 20:07 'I TRIED TO STAY AND I WAS THE ONLY PERSON EXCITED ON FIRE 20:10 IN THAT CHURCH AND I LEFT.' AND THEN GOD SAID, 'GO OUT AND 20:14 STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN' AND ELIJAH WENT OUT AND STOOD ON THE 20:17 MOUNTAIN AND IT SAYS 'THE LORD PASSED BY AND THERE WAS A GREAT 20:20 AND STRONG WIND AND IT TORE THE MOUNTAINS, IT TORE THE ROCKS' - 20:25 GOOD THING HE WAS IN THE CAVE. 20:27 'BUT THE LORD WASN'T IN THE WIND. AND AFTERWARD THERE WAS 20:32 AN EARTHQUAKE AND THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE.' AND 20:36 IT SAYS THERE WAS A FIRE 'AND THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE.' 20:41 AND AFTER HE HEARD IT HE WENT AND STOOD AT THE MOUTH OF THE 20:44 CAVE AND GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH, 'AFTER ALL OF THIS' - HE SAYS, 20:47 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' YOU CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF 20:52 POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING BUT NONE OF THEM MIGHT 20:55 HAVE THE LORD IN IT. SOMETIMES WE CAN CONFUSE 20:58 POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR THE WILL OF GOD 21:02 AND GOD WAS SAYING TO ELIJAH, 'JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FIRE 21:05 AND THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE WIND, I WASN'T IN THOSE THINGS. 21:08 I WAS BACK IN ISRAEL AND I WANTED YOU BACK THERE. 21:12 I BROUGHT YOU IN TO BRING REVIVAL.' 21:13 BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU NOTICED IT'S HARD TO CLEAN A HOUSE WHEN 21:15 YOU'RE NOT IN THE HOUSE? IF YOU'VE GOT A BOAT THAT'S 21:21 FILLING UP WITH WATER - YOU'RE OUT IN THE OCEAN - A LITTLE 21:24 SAILBOAT - AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE HOLE IN IT - IT'S HARD TO BAIL 21:27 THE BOAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WATER. 21:30 YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BOAT. AND SO AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENS, 21:33 GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH ANOTHER TIME, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 21:39 FINALLY, VERSE 15, GOD SAYS, "GO, RETURN." 21:45 MATTER OF FACT, WOULD YOU SAY THAT WITH ME? GO, RETURN. 21:52 SOME OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING OUT THERE, THAT'S THE 21:56 WORD OF GOD WHEN HE SAYS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 21:59 'BUT LORD, AFTER ALL THEY'VE DONE TO ME, I'M THE ONLY 22:01 ONE LEFT.' - YOU KNOW WHAT THE LORD SAID TO ELIJAH? 22:04 'I'VE GOT 7000 KNEES THAT STILL HAVEN'T BOWED TO BAAL. 22:07 DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT STILL LOVES ME OUT 22:09 THERE - THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY TRUE BELIEVER STILL LEFT 22:12 IN THE CHURCH. YOU'RE NOT THE BEST JUDGE OF 22:15 PEOPLE'S HEARTS. GO, RETURN. 22:19 I WANT A REVIVAL AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU'RE 22:21 NOT THERE.' ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING 22:23 TO BRING REVIVAL IS IF GOD'S PEOPLE PULL TOGETHER. 22:28 AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP FRAGMENTING AND RUNNING FOR THE 22:30 HILLS LIKE ELIJAH - ELIJAH WAS A GOOD MAN OF GOD - 22:33 SINCERE AND HONEST - BUT HE WENT THE WRONG WAY. 22:37 GO AND RETURN. AND HE DID. 22:41 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TENDENCY SOME TIME TO BE HURT AND BECAUSE 22:45 WE'RE HURT WE WITHDRAW - LIKE A TURTLE, YOU KNOW, YOU BONK IT ON 22:50 IT'S SHELL AND IT PULLS IN. ANY OF YOU EVER PLAY WITH THOSE 22:54 LITTLE SOW BUGS WHEN YOU WERE A KID? 22:56 WE CALLED THEM 'ROLY POLYS' - YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 22:59 THEY'RE PRETTY HARMLESS - THEY'VE GOT A THOUSAND LITTLE 23:00 LEGS AROUND THE EDGES AND YOU DINK THEM AND THEY CURL UP IN A 23:02 BALL - AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, PLAY MARBLES WITH THEM AT 23:05 THAT POINT - THEY JUST STAY CURLED UP BECAUSE THEY 23:07 DON'T WANT TO GET HURT. 23:08 THEY CRAWL INTO THEIR SHELL - OR LIKE A SNAIL, YOU JUST FLICK IT 23:10 AND IT WITHDRAWS AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HUMAN NATURE 23:14 THAT WHEN WE'VE BEEN HURT WE PULL BACK. 23:18 I MEAN, IF YOU TOUCH A STOVE, YOU PULL BACK IF IT'S HOT. 23:20 IT'S A PROTECTIVE MECHANISM AND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT IN THE 23:25 CHURCH, THEIR INSTINCT IS 'GET OUT OF THERE QUICK. 23:28 I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE.' 23:31 SOME ARE HURT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR 23:32 MARRIAGES AND THEY THINK THE ANSWER IS TO RUN. GET OUT. 23:38 YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LEARN LOVE THAT WAY, WE DON'T LEARN 23:39 SALVATION THAT WAY, BUT WE LEARN IT BY LEARNING TO BE COMMITTED 23:44 AND STAYING TOGETHER. I REMEMBER HEARING AN 23:47 INTERESTING STORY FROM HISTORY. I LIKE HISTORY. ONE OF MY 23:51 FAVORITE PRESIDENTS, TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN 23:54 PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WENT THROUGH AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL 23:58 EXPERIENCE. HE WAS THE RISING STAR IN NEW YORK POLITICS. 24:02 YOUNG MAN - BRILLIANT MAN - AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL 24:07 LADY NAMED ALICE - ALICE HATHAWAY - BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY 24:12 WAY - BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER, DEDICATED CHRISTIAN, BEAUTIFUL 24:16 TO LOOK AT, SWEET, SELFLESS, THEY WERE ENGAGED, 24:21 THEY GOT MARRIED. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF DELIGHTFUL 24:24 MARRIAGE SHE WAS EXPECTING HER FIRST CHILD - TEDDY'S FATHER HAD 24:28 DIED SO HIS MOTHER WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH THEM. 24:31 HE WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS - HE CAME HOME - HE WANTED TO BE HOME 24:34 IN TIME FOR HIS WIFE TO GIVE BIRTH, AND THE DAY HE CAME HOME, 24:38 WHICH HAPPENED TO BE VALENTINE'S DAY, HAPPENED TO BE THE 24:43 ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT, HIS WIFE DIED GIVING BIRTH TO 24:47 THEIR FIRST CHILD. THE BABY GIRL SURVIVED AND HIS 24:52 MOTHER DIED THE SAME DAY. AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED 24:58 HAVING ALREADY LOST HIS FATHER. HE ALMOST NEVER SPOKE OF 25:03 HIS FIRST WIFE AGAIN FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 25:07 IN HIS DIARY - AND HE WAS A VERY VERBOSE WRITER - ON THE PAGE 25:10 THAT THIS HAPPENED HE PUT A BIG 'X' THROUGH THE PAGE AND HE 25:14 SAID, 'THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE HAS GONE OUT.' 25:18 HE DID WRITE ONE THING TO THE FAMILY AND HE SAID, "SHE WAS 25:22 BEAUTIFUL IN FACE AND FORM AND LOVELIER STILL IN SPIRIT. 25:26 AS A FLOWER SHE GREW AND A FAIR YOUNG FLOWER SHE DIED. 25:29 HER LIFE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN SUNSHINE, THERE HAD NEVER COME 25:33 TO HER A SINGLE SORROW AND NONE EVER KNEW HER WHO DID NOT LOVE 25:36 AND REVERE HER FOR HER BRIGHT SUNNY TEMPER AND HER SAINTLY, 25:40 UNSELFISH, FAIR, PURE, AND JOYOUS BEHAVIOR. 25:44 SHE WAS A TENDER MAIDEN AND A HAPPY YOUNG WIFE AND WHEN SHE 25:48 HAD JUST BECOME A MOTHER, WHEN IT SEEMED THAT HER LIFE HAD JUST 25:51 BEGUN AND THE YEAR SEEMED SO BRIGHT, THEN BY A STRANGE AND 25:56 TERRIBLE FATE, DEATH CAME TO HER. 25:58 AND WHEN MY HEART'S DEAREST DIED, THE LIGHT WENT OUT FROM MY 26:01 LIFE FOREVER." A BIG 'X' IN HIS DIARY. 26:05 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT ROOSEVELT DID? 26:07 HE SAID, 'I'M OUTTA HERE.' HE LEFT NEW YORK. 26:10 HE WENT TO THE BADLANDS OF DAKOTA AND HE SAID, 26:13 'I'M GOING TO RUN AWAY.' AND HE STAYED THERE FOR TWO 26:15 YEARS AND THEY SAID HE WAS A PRETTY TOUGH COWBOY. 26:20 SOMEONE WOULD MAKE FUN OF THE WAY HE TALKED, BECAUSE HE WAS 26:22 FROM BACK EAST - HE'D JUST SLUG THEM. HE WAS ANGRY. 26:26 HE GOT A REPUTATION FOR BEING PRETTY TOUGH. 26:29 HE TRIED TO GO INTO THE CATTLE BUSINESS BUT, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK 26:31 POLITICIANS DON'T MAKE THE BEST COWBOYS AND THEY HAD SOME BAD 26:36 FREEZES AND HE HAD SOME SETBACKS WITH HIS RANCH LIFE - 26:40 HE LEARNED A LOT THAT ACTUALLY HELPED THE COUNTRY GET THE 26:42 NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM, BUT HE STARTED TO GET A CALL FROM HIS 26:46 FRIENDS IN NEW YORK AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW, 26:48 YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY. YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH PROMISE. 26:51 YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK. 26:52 WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE?' AND HE FINALLY REALIZED, 26:56 'YOU KNOW, I'M JUST MAD AT GOD AND I'VE GOT TO STOP. 26:59 GOD'S GOT A PLAN FOR MY LIFE.' AND HE CAME BACK. 27:02 HE MARRIED A GIRL THAT HE KNEW FROM CHILDHOOD AND THEY HAD MANY 27:05 HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER AND THEN HE BECAME THE GREATEST GOVERNOR OF 27:10 NEW YORK AND AFTER THAT BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS - 27:13 SERVED TWO TERMS AND HE'S ENSHRINED IN MOUNT RUSHMORE 27:16 BECAUSE HE LEARNED NOT TO RUN AWAY FOR EVER. 27:19 HE DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND COME BACK. 27:21 HE GOT HURT AND HE WAS MAD AT GOD AND HE WITHDREW. 27:25 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I KNOW - THEY STOP GOING TO CHURCH 27:28 BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SOME TRAGEDY AND THEY'RE ANGRY 27:31 AT GOD. THEY'RE MAD AT JESUS - OR THEY'RE MAD AT SOMEBODY ELSE. 27:37 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TOO, BECAUSE SOME 27:41 PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND WE DON'T KNOW. 27:43 WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CHURCH WONDERING HOW PEOPLE TREAT US. 27:46 WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING MORE SELFLESSLY AND SAYING, 27:49 'LORD, WHEN I GO TO CHURCH I WANT TO GO AND MINISTER. 27:51 GIVE ME THAT SENSITIVITY TO ASK 'HOW IS THIS PERSON FEELING? 27:56 HOW CAN I MINISTER TO THEM?' 27:57 WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF OURSELVES AND THINK ABOUT 28:00 CARING FOR AND CONSOLING AND COMFORTING ONE ANOTHER. 28:03 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 - "THEREFORE COMFORT EACH OTHER, 28:08 EDIFY ONE ANOTHER JUST AS YOU ARE ALSO DOING." 28:12 GALATIANS 6:2 PAUL SAID, "BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS, 28:17 AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST." 28:21 'CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR 28:24 ONE ANOTHER.' WE NEED TO CARE ABOUT EACH 28:27 OTHER'S HEALTH BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING POORLY, THE WHOLE CHURCH 28:30 IS DOING POORLY AND THEN I'M DOING POORLY. 28:33 YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND WELFARE IS GOING TO AFFECT 28:36 ALL OF US. IF MY TOE HURTS, THE WHOLE BODY LIMPS. 28:41 AND SO, WE NEED TO REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE AS A 28:45 WHOLE WE'RE MUCH STRONGER. WE'RE PART OF AN ARMY, GOD SAYS. 28:49 AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACKS. 28:53 NOW, WE'RE NOT STABBING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK. 28:55 WE'VE GOT TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 28:57 LORD NELSON, THAT FAMOUS ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND, WHEN THEY WERE 29:02 INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR THERE AGAINST THE 29:05 FRENCH, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF SHIPS AND TWO OF HIS PRINCIPAL 29:10 OFFICERS WERE IN A BITTER DISPUTE WITH EACH OTHER AND ALL 29:15 THE SHIPS WERE OUT THERE ROLLING ON THE SEA, FACING OFF, 29:17 READY TO GO INTO BATTLE. 29:19 NELSON CALLED THEM UP ON THE DECK AND HE HAD ONE OFFICER ON 29:21 THE RIGHT AND ONE OFFICER ON THE LEFT AND THEY HAD BEEN IN A 29:23 BITTER FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER - DIVIDING THE MEN. 29:26 HE SAID, 'GENTLEMEN' - POINTING TO THE FRENCH - 29:30 HE SAID, 'THERE IS THE ENEMY.' HE SAID, 'NOW SHAKE HANDS 29:34 AND GET ALONG.' SOMETIMES WE FORGET 29:37 WHO THE ENEMY IS. JESUS CAME TO SAVE ME. 29:42 I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMEMBER ME FIRST. 29:45 HE CAME TO SAVE YOU JUST AS MUCH AS HE WANTS TO SAVE ME. 29:49 HE LOVES YOU JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVES ME. 29:52 I OUGHT TO LOVE YOU BECAUSE I LOVE HIM AND IF HE LOVES YOU, 29:55 I OUGHT TO LOVE WHAT HE LOVES, RIGHT? 29:59 AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LORD KIND OF CARES ABOUT HOW WE TREAT 30:03 EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE SLIGHT EACH OTHER IT PAINS HIM AND IT 30:08 HURTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 30:11 LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING I FEEL IMPRESSED TO SAY. 30:14 I DON'T SPEAK IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY FOR THE CHURCH EXCEPT 30:16 THAT I AM A PASTOR, BUT MAYBE YOU'RE STAYING AWAY FROM THE 30:20 CHURCH BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HURT AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE 30:23 TO APOLOGIZE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS 30:25 THAT HURT YOU AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO 30:27 APOLOGIZE, BUT IN THEIR BEHALF, WOULD YOU ACCEPT MY APOLOGY? 30:33 PLEASE FORGIVE US IF THE CHURCH HAS NOT TREATED YOU RIGHT. 30:38 I KNOW THE LORD WANTS YOU TO COME BACK. DON'T BE CHASED 30:42 AWAY BY THE FRIENDLY FIRE. DON'T BE MAD AT GOD. 30:46 I'VE MET PEOPLE BEFORE - 'WHY'D YOU STOP GOING TO CHURCH?' 30:50 I TALKED TO ONE GENTLEMAN - GREW UP IN THE CHURCH, MOTHER WAS A 30:54 CHRISTIAN TEACHER, WENT TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, THEN HIS 30:58 BROTHER IN HIS ADULT LIFE CAME DOWN WITH CANCER. 31:01 HE HAD DRIFTED FROM THE CHURCH AND HE STARTED PRAYING FOR HIS 31:05 BROTHER AND HE PRAYED LIKE HE HAD NEVER PRAYED BEFORE. 31:09 AND HE MADE PROMISES TO GOD AND HE SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU'LL JUST 31:11 HEAL MY BROTHER I'LL COME BACK.' AND HIS BROTHER DIED. 31:17 AND HE BECAME VERY ANGRY AT GOD AND VERY BITTER. AND HE SAID, 31:22 'YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER GOING TO PRAY AGAIN.' 31:24 HE MADE A SILLY VOW. 31:26 YOU KNOW, GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU MAKE THOSE SILLY, 31:28 RECKLESS PROMISES, JUST SAY, 'LORD, I'M SORRY, I WAS SPEAKING 31:30 IN ANGER, FORGIVE ME.' AND HE WILL. 31:32 'I'M NEVER COMING BACK TO CHURCH AGAIN.' 31:34 IF YOU MADE A DUMB PROMISE LIKE THAT FRIENDS, 31:36 IT WAS A DUMB PROMISE. DON'T KEEP IT. 31:40 THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF VOWS. 31:43 AND HE SAID, 'I'M NEVER GOING TO PRAY AGAIN. 31:45 I'M NEVER GOING TO ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING. 31:46 I'LL THANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO ASK HIM 31:48 FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE I WANTED THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING AND HE 31:50 DIDN'T HEAL MY BROTHER. AND THEY WERE ANGRY AND BITTER AT GOD. 31:55 OR PEOPLE WHO STOP GOING TO CHURCH - MARRIED FOR YEARS, 31:57 THEY'VE GOT A FAMILY, LOVE THEIR FAMILY, AND THEN SOMETHING 32:02 HAPPENS IN THE FAMILY AND THEY PRAY LIKE THEY'VE NEVER PRAYED, 32:04 'LORD, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, I'LL DO EVERYTHING, JUST SAVE MY 32:07 FAMILY' - AND THEIR SPOUSE DIVORCES THEM. 32:11 THEY GET ANGRY AT GOD AND THEY SAY, 'WELL, I'M NOT GOING BACK 32:13 TO CHURCH ANYMORE.' NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 32:17 SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES WE WANT TO HURT THOSE WHO HURT US. 32:25 OH, COME ON NOW, 'FESS UP. 32:27 THOSE OF YOU IN FAMILIES - YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU KNOW - 32:29 SPOUSE HURTS YOU, YOU SAY, 'OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE 32:31 THAT WAY, TIME FOR THE SILENT TREATMENT. 32:35 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HATE THE SILENT TREATMENT AND SO, 32:38 I'M GOING TO NOW PUNISH YOU.' OR SHE SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO 32:44 PUNISH YOU - I KNOW HOW YOU HATE WHEN THE LAUNDRY PILES UP. 32:47 WASH YOUR OWN CLOTHES.' WE TRY TO RETALIATE - 32:52 NO, I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR FAMILY 32:54 I CAN THINK OF. WE TRY TO HURT THOSE WHO HURT US. 32:59 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOOFY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT - 33:02 THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK, 'GOD HURT ME AND SO 33:05 I'M GOING TO GET EVEN WITH GOD. AND I AM GOING TO HURT GOD. 33:09 I KNOW GOD WANTS ME TO BE SAVED AND THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO HURT 33:11 GOD IS I'M GOING TO BE LOST. AND THEN WHEN JESUS COMES BACK 33:14 AND I'M OUT THERE IN THAT LAKE OF FIRE AND IT'S CREEPING UP 33:17 AROUND MY ANKLES, I'M GOING TO SAY, 'NOW HOW DO YOU FEEL GOD?' 33:21 AS THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOME CONSOLATION IN THAT. 33:25 NO REALLY, PEOPLE THINK THAT WAY. GOD HURT ME - 33:28 SO, I KNOW GOD LOVES ME - I'M GOING TO HURT HIM BACK. 33:32 THE SAME KIND OF THING PEOPLE DO IN THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR 33:33 PARENTS AND THEIR SPOUSES AND THEIR CHILDREN - WE TRY TO 33:36 RETALIATE AND SO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO RETALIATE AGAINST GOD 33:39 BY BEING LOST - WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO DO. 33:45 THAT'S SILLY. ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO FEEL BETTER, STANDING 33:48 IN THE LAKE OF FIRE SAYING, 'HA! I GET THE LAST WORD. SEE, I'M 33:52 LOST. NOW HOW DO YOU FEEL?' THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO. 33:56 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THEY'RE TRYING TO - 33:58 THEY WANT TO HURT GOD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HURT. 34:01 GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HURT AND GOD DIDN'T WANT TO HURT YOU. 34:04 THE DEVIL IS IN THE TREES THROWING FRUIT AND STICKS 34:07 AND NUTS. HE IS TRYING TO DIVIDE US. 34:11 WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ALL BE PART OF THAT TEMPLE OF GOD. 34:14 WE ARE ALL PART OF THAT HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. 34:17 THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE LIVING STONES. 34:20 HE WANTS TO BUILD UP A CHURCH. WE ARE HIS BODY. 34:23 JESUS SAID, 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE THAT IS MADE WITH HANDS AND IN 34:28 THREE DAYS I WILL MAKE A TEMPLE WITHOUT HANDS' AND HE LATER 34:31 EXPLAINED HE WAS SPEAKING OF HIS BODY. 34:34 AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH CALLED? IT'S THE BODY OF CHRIST. 34:38 YOU CAN READ IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 19 - THIS IS A 34:40 GOOD VERSE - "NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND 34:46 FOREIGNERS, BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS" - 34:49 WE'RE NOT STRANGERS, WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME COUNTRY NOW. 34:54 "FELLOW CITIZENS" - YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU'VE GOT 34:58 SOME KIND OF IDENTITY AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE. 35:03 I, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE TRAVELING OVERSEAS AND NOBODY SPEAKS MY 35:06 LANGUAGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF 35:08 AMERICAN AND YOU KIND OF GO, 'OH, HEY, YOU FROM AMERICA?' 35:11 'I'M FROM AMERICA.' 'OH, REALLY, THAT'S NEAT. 35:13 WHERE ARE YOU FROM?' 'I'M FROM CALIFORNIA.' 35:14 'YOU'RE FROM CALIFORNIA? 35:15 I'M FROM CALIFORNIA!' 'HEY, I'VE GOT A BROTHER IN 35:17 CALIFORNIA, DO YOU KNOW HIM?' PEOPLE - I GET THE DUMBEST 35:21 QUESTIONS WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT I WAS FROM NEW YORK - 35:23 'I GOT A BROTHER FROM NEW YORK!' - SO I'M GOING TO - YOU KNOW, 35:26 20 MILLION PEOPLE THERE - BUT, WE JUST, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE 35:30 LOOKING FOR IDENTITY - WE WANT TO BELONG, RIGHT? 35:34 WELL, YOU'RE PART OF A NEW COUNTRY WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 35:37 - YOU'RE PART OF A NEW PEOPLE. 35:39 AND WE OUGHT TO FEEL THAT CAMARADERIE OF SAYING, 'WE ARE 35:42 FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF 35:47 GOD, HAVING BEEN BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND 35:51 THE PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF 35:54 CORNERSTONE, IN WHOM THE WHOLE BUILDING, BEING JOINED TOGETHER, 35:59 GROWS IN A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD. 36:02 IN WHOM YOU ARE BEING" - NOTICE YOU'RE NOT ALL BUILT YET - 36:06 "YOU ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHER FOR A DWELLING PLACE." 36:11 1 PETER 2:5 - "YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT 36:14 UP INTO A SPIRITUAL HOUSE" - NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD GETS THE 36:20 STONES, FIRST FROM THE QUARRY, THEY'RE NOT ALL SHAPED 36:23 THE RIGHT WAY TO BEGIN WITH. 36:25 IF YOU WANT TO BE A STONE IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HE DIGS YOU OUT 36:28 OF A HILL AND WE DON'T ALL COME OUT SQUARE AND FIT AND READY. 36:32 WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BE JEWELS IN THAT TEMPLE AND THAT 36:38 SOMETIMES TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHISEL AND A LITTLE BIT OF 36:42 THE WORK. PASTOR ROSS AND I, A COUPLE OF 36:45 TIMES WE'VE GONE ON THESE CAMPING TRIPS WHERE WE RIDE 36:47 AROUND IN THE BACK COUNTRY OF NEVADA. 36:51 WE GO PLACES WHERE NO MAN HAS BEEN BEFORE, I MEAN, JUST WAY 36:54 OUT THERE AND YOU RUN INTO SOME HILLS - WE GO ON THESE FOUR 36:58 WHEELERS - WHERE YOU FIND JEWELS AND GEMS. 37:01 THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PRECIOUS STONES AND THERE ARE JUST ALL 37:04 KINDS OF INTERESTING BRIGHT COLORFUL STONES BUT THEY'RE 37:07 USUALLY IN A VERY ROUGH FORM - SHARP EDGES - AND YOU'LL SEE 37:12 WHEN YOU DRIVE ACROSS NEVADA THEY'VE GOT ROCK SHOPS. 37:16 AND YOU CAN TAKE THE STONES THAT YOU FOUND - THESE PRETTY STONES, 37:19 BUT THEY'RE - THEY GOT SHARP EDGES - 37:20 LIKE OBSIDIAN IS LIKE GLASS. 37:22 YOU GIVE THEM TO THE OLD GEEZER WHO'S THERE IN THE ROCK SHOP AND 37:25 YOU GIVE HIM A FEW DOLLARS, HE TAKES ALL OF YOUR LITTLE STONES 37:28 AND HE PUTS THEM IN A ROCK TUMBLER AND HE POURS IN A 37:31 GRINDING SOLUTION AND HE TURNS IT ON. 37:35 IT MAKES THE MOST AWFUL RUCKUS THAT YOU'VE EVER HEARD - 37:40 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING? POLISHING THE STONES. 37:44 IT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE. 37:47 CHURCHES ARE LIKE A TUMBLER WHERE WE'RE BEING POLISHED. 37:52 AND ANY STONE THAT FALLS OUT OF THE TUMBLER DOESN'T 37:55 GET POLISHED. IT'S GOT TO STAY IN THERE. 37:57 AND AS THEY BOUNCE OFF ONE ANOTHER AND THE SOLUTION IS 38:02 MINGLING AND CIRCULATING AMONG THE STONES, IT'S TAKING OFF THE 38:05 ROUGH EDGES, IT'S POLISHING THE DULLNESS AWAY AND PRETTY SOON HE 38:09 DUMPS THEM OUT AND HE CLEANS THEM OFF AND THEY'RE SHINING. 38:13 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STAY IN THERE AND TUMBLE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE 38:16 AND IT MAKES A LOT OF RUCKUS - AND A CHURCH IS SOMETHING 38:19 LIKE A STONE TUMBLER. SO, WE'VE GOT TO STAY TOGETHER. 38:23 WE'VE GOT THIS IDEA THAT CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RESORT WHERE 38:26 EVERYBODY IS NICE. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE NICE AND LOVE ME. 38:31 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CHURCH IS. 38:34 THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY A LABORATORY WHERE GOD IS 38:36 REFINING US THROUGH - WE'RE BEING SANCTIFIED. 38:40 WE ARE BEING BUILT. WE'RE BEING REFINED AND CHISELED 38:43 AND POLISHED. CHURCH IS A HOSPITAL. 38:50 NOT EVERYBODY IN THE HOSPITAL IS WELL. 38:53 AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE STAFF IN THE HOSPITAL GET SICK. 38:58 THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT STAFF INFECTION, RIGHT? 39:02 ISN'T THAT WHERE THAT COMES FROM? 39:09 OUR PLANET IS QUARANTINED BECAUSE OF SIN. 39:12 THAT'S WHY WE DON'T TALK TO ALIENS FROM OTHER 39:14 UNFALLEN WORLDS. WE'VE GOT A DISEASE DOWN HERE. 39:18 AND THE CHURCH IS A HOSPITAL WHERE GOD IS HEALING US, 39:23 BUT WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, OTHERWISE, WE TEAR 39:27 EACH OTHER APART. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MAN WHO 39:30 WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND WHO WAS GUARDING AN ASYLUM. 39:34 HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD IN AN ASYLUM. 39:36 AND HE WENT TO SEE HIS FRIEND AND HE WAS OUT THERE AND THERE 39:38 WAS THIS FIELD AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY MENTALLY 39:40 ILL ARE OUT ROAMING OUT ON THE FIELDS AND UNDER THE TREES AND 39:43 DOING VERY BIZARRE THINGS AND THERE WAS A HUNDRED OF THEM OR 39:47 SO AND HE'S THE GUARD. 39:49 AND HIS FRIEND SAYS TO HIM, HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE GUARDING 39:50 ALL THESE PEOPLE?' HE SAYS, 'ALL THEY GIVE YOU 39:52 IS A STICK?' HE SAYS, 'AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT 39:54 THEY'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE AND OVERPOWER YOU?' 39:57 AND HE SAID, 'NO, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING 40:00 INSANE IS THEY CAN'T GET ORGANIZED.' 40:06 HE SAID, 'I DON'T EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.' 40:09 AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SIN IS THAT 40:13 SATAN TRIES TO MAKE US WHERE WE JUST CAN'T WORK TOGETHER. 40:17 BUT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER. 40:22 WHEN WE JUST CAN'T GET ALONG, THE DEVIL IS ZAPPING US ALL WITH 40:25 HIS SPIRITUAL INSANITY AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS PLAN IS. 40:30 FRIENDS, IT'S TIME FOR US TO PRESS TOGETHER. 40:33 WHEN I WAS A KID WE PLAYED DOCTOR - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 40:38 BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE DOCTOR - I WANTED TO USE MY 40:41 LITTLE HAMMER AND BEAT HIM ON THE KNEE AND I WANTED TO USE MY 40:43 STETHOSCOPE AND MY FISHER PRICE PLASTIC SAW TO AMPUTATE AND 40:49 EVERYBODY BUT - YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PLAYED DOCTOR WITH OUR 40:52 FRIENDS EVERYBODY SAID, 'I WANT TO BE THE DOCTOR.' 40:53 'I WANT TO BE THE DOCTOR.' BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CHURCH, 40:56 I FIND THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE PATIENT. 40:59 EVERYBODY SAYS, 'I'M THE ONE THAT WANTS THE ATTENTION. 41:03 I WANT YOU TO MASSAGE ME.' AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 41:06 SO MANY PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT ALL OF US COME IN 41:08 BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAL AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 41:13 1 CORINTHIANS 5:4 - "IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHEN 41:18 YOU ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, ALONG WITH MY SPIRIT, WITH THE POWER 41:21 OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST" WE ARE TO COME TOGETHER IN HIS SPIRIT. 41:26 'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, THERE'S SO MANY HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH. 41:31 I STOPPED GOING BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE HYPOCRITES 41:33 IN THE CHURCH." HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THAT IF 41:38 YOU LET A HYPOCRITE GET BETWEEN YOU AND GOD, WHO'S CLOSER 41:41 TO GOD? ARE YOU GOING TO LET THE 41:45 HYPOCRITE BE CLOSER TO GOD THAN YOU? 41:52 IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF HYPOCRITES IN THE 41:54 CHURCH, WELL, YOU COULD AT LEAST BE CONSISTENT AND YOU COULD GO 41:57 AND THERE'S JUST ONE MORE. BECAUSE WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH 42:00 HYPOCRISY - PRETENDING THINGS THAT AREN'T GENUINE. 42:03 WERE THERE HYPOCRITES IN THE EARLY CHURCH? 42:07 EVEN AFTER GOD POURED OUT HIS SPIRIT AND GOD WAS WORKING IN 42:10 MAGNIFICENT WAYS AMONG THE DISCIPLES, YOU HAD ANANIAS 42:14 AND SAPPHIRA. ACTS CHAPTER 5 - PIUS PROFESSION THEY GO AND SAY, 42:19 'WE'RE MAKING THIS BIG OFFERING. WE'VE SOLD ALL OUR PROPERTY. 42:22 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE 100% - LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH. 42:26 AND DID GOD DEAL WITH THE HYPOCRITES BACK THEN? 42:30 AND CAN GOD STILL DEAL WITH THEM? 42:33 SOME OF THEM ARE CONVERTED. PETER WAS A HYPOCRITE WHEN HE 42:35 DENIED KNOWING CHRIST, WASN'T HE? AND SOME WHO WON'T BE 42:40 CONVERTED, WELL, THE LORD TOOK CARE OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. 42:46 THERE ARE ACHANS IN THE CAMP AND GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM. 42:49 GOD ALSO KNOWS HOW TO SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, BUT 42:52 NOT COMING TO CHURCH BECAUSE THERE ARE HYPOCRITES IN THE 42:54 CHURCH - YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE CHURCH IN JESUS' DAY 42:57 IF THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT GOING. 43:00 HE WANTS US TO BE TOGETHER AND TO STAY TOGETHER. 43:04 'OH, BUT PASTOR, YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY LEADERS IN 43:09 OUR CHURCH THAT ARE JUST UNCONVERTED. 43:11 I CAN'T STAND TO BE THERE. IT'S SO HARD TO SIT THERE AND TO 43:14 LISTEN TO THEM PONTIFICATE AS THEY TEACH THE LESSON OR 43:18 AS THEY PREACH. AND THEY'RE JUST NOT CONVERTED. 43:21 HOW CAN I GO THERE? WERE THERE UNCONVERTED LEADERS 43:24 IN BIBLE HISTORY? WERE THEY STILL GOD'S PEOPLE? 43:30 I MEAN IN THE DAYS, DID AARON - HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST. 43:33 DID HE MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS AND START WORSHIPING WRONG? 43:37 BUT DID HE FINALLY COME AROUND? BE CAREFUL NOT TO PREJUDGE 43:41 ANYBODY AND CONSIGN THEM TO ETERNAL TORMENT. 43:44 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE LORD MIGHT CHANGE THEM LATER. 43:48 SOME PEOPLE WHO I THOUGHT, 'THIS IS HOPELESS. 43:49 NOBODY'S' - YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THEY GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY 43:51 SPIRIT - THE LORD'S NEVER GOING TO REACH THEM. 43:53 THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GO THROUGH A RADICAL CONVERSION AND 43:56 THEY BECOME THE NICEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER MET. 44:00 SO, DON'T WRITE ANYBODY OFF - YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING HOW GOD 44:04 CAN CHANGE PEOPLE. ALL OF US ARE IN PROCESS - 44:07 REMEMBER THAT - THEY MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE ALONG THE 44:10 PROCESS THAN YOU'RE IN. FURTHERMORE, GOD PREDICTED THERE 44:15 WOULD BE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH. 44:17 HE WARNED AHEAD OF TIME THAT IN THE CHURCH THERE WERE GOING TO 44:20 BE THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES. WAS THAT A REASON NOT TO GO? 44:27 ACTS CHAPTER 20, PAUL - PAUL KNOWS HE'S GETTING READY TO GO 44:30 TO PRISON AND THE LORD GIVES HIM A PROPHECY - 44:35 THIS IS ACTS 20, VERSE 29. 44:37 "FOR THIS I KNOW, THAT AFTER MY DEPARTURE SAVAGE WOLVES WILL 44:43 COME IN AMONG YOU, NOT SPARING THE FLOCK." 44:48 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WOLVES AMONG A FLOCK? 44:52 THEY DON'T JUST GO PICK OFF ONE SHEEP AND DRAG THEM OFF, THEY 44:55 ALMOST SEEM TO REVEL IN BITING AND TAKING DOWN - IT'S LIKE 44:58 ENTERTAIN - 'OH, WE GOT THAT ONE DOWN AND WOUNDED, LET'S GO GET 45:00 ANOTHER ONE.' AND IF YOU ASK A SHEPHERD THAT 45:03 HAS WOLVES RUNNING AMONG THEIR SHEEP, THEY DON'T JUST KILL ONE 45:06 AND EAT IT, THEY'LL SOMETIMES GO KILL SEVERAL AND EAT PARTS 45:09 OF SEVERAL. THEY'RE SAVAGE. 45:13 AND THE DEVIL SOMETIMES HAS HIS REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY GET 45:16 INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY GO CIRCULATE AND THEY CAUSE 45:18 PROBLEMS AND CARNAGE. GOD SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 45:22 THE DEVIL WANTS TO DESTROY THE CHURCH BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS THE 45:26 OBJECT ON EARTH UPON WHICH GOD BESTOWS HIS SUPREME REGARD. 45:32 WHEN JESUS LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN, IF THERE IS A GROUP OR 45:36 A BODY ON THE PLANET THAT HE'S INTENSELY INTERESTED IN, 45:40 WHO IS IT? IT'S HIS CHURCH. IT'S HIS BRIDE. 45:46 AND YOU KNOW HOW HE CARES ABOUT HIS BRIDE. 45:49 AND THAT'S WHY HE WANTS US TO STAY IN THE CHURCH. 45:52 HE SAID, 'I KNOW SAVAGE WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG YOU NOT 45:55 SPARING THE FLOCK.' NOTICE, HE SAID, 'ALSO FROM 45:58 AMONG YOURSELVES. EVEN' - HE SAID - 'FROM AMONG SOME OF YOU. 46:03 MEN ARE GOING TO RISE UP SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS' - 46:07 NOT TO TEACH THE TRUTH OR BRING PEOPLE TO JESUS, 46:10 BUT TO DRAW AWAY DISCIPLES FOR THEMSELVES. 46:14 SOME PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH AND THEY'RE PREDATORS BECAUSE 46:19 THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND FOLLOWERS FOR THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW, I - 46:25 WE HAD SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN SACRAMENTO AND 46:28 WHEREVER YOU'VE GOT A CROWD, SALESMEN SEEM TO SHOW UP. 46:33 AND WE HAD ONE PERSON WHO CAME TO OUR MEETINGS AND WE FOUND OUT 46:36 THAT THEY WERE SELLING SOME MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING PRODUCT 46:40 AND EVERY NIGHT DURING THE MEETINGS THEY WOULD SIT DOWN BY 46:43 SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD START TO TALK 46:46 ABOUT THIS PRODUCT THAT THEY HAD FOR SALE AND WE NOTICED THE 46:49 PERSON WASN'T ABLE TO LISTEN. THEY WERE JUST OUT THERE 46:51 PEDALING THIS WARE AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THEM AS TO BUY THE 46:55 PRODUCT AND AS A SALESMAN FOR THE PRODUCT AND IT WAS JUST - 46:58 WOLVES - THEY WERE THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES THAT 47:01 WERE COMING. THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT THE 47:03 PREACHER WAS SAYING, THEY CAME TO SELL THEIR PRODUCT. 47:07 AND THEY'D SIT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE EVERY NIGHT. 47:09 AND, YOU KNOW, AS PASTORS WE HAD TO TELL THEM, 47:10 'THANK YOU BUT DON'T COME BACK ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT 47:14 WE'RE DOING HERE. SO, YOU KNOW THE DEVIL'S GOT HIS PEOPLE. 47:20 I'VE HEARD THAT IF THOROUGHBRED HORSES ARE SURROUNDED BY A PACK 47:28 OF WOLVES THAT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FORM A CIRCLE AND THEY PUT 47:34 THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND AS THE WOLVES TRY TO COME IN THEY KICK 47:38 AT THE WOLVES AND THEY CAN BUILD A BARRIER THAT THE WOLVES CANNOT 47:42 GET THROUGH. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND - I'VE NOT 47:46 SEEN THIS BUT WHAT I'VE READ IS THAT WHEN DONKEYS GET TOGETHER 47:51 AND THEY'RE THREATENED BY WOLVES OR SOME MOUNTAIN LION OR 47:53 A PREDATOR. THEY PUT THEIR HEADS OUT - THEY 47:58 ALL INDIVIDUALLY THINK, 'I'M GOING TO WATCH FOR THE WOLVES" - 48:01 AND THEN THEY GET NERVOUS AND THEY KICK EACH OTHER. 48:05 THEY ALSO FORM A CIRCLE BUT THEY'VE GOT THE HEADS GOING THE 48:09 WRONG WAY AND THEY KICK EACH OTHER. 48:13 MAYBE THE SOLUTION IN THE LAST DAYS IS FOR US TO GET OUR HEADS 48:16 TOGETHER AND TO PRAY TOGETHER AND DON'T BE KICKING EACH OTHER 48:21 BUT BE KICKING THE ENEMY. WE'VE ALL BEEN HURT, BUT THE 48:25 LORD WANTS US TO STAY TOGETHER. 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, BUT THERE WAS 48:29 A SCANDAL IN MY CHURCH. IF YOU KNEW WHAT THEY DID WITH 48:33 THE MONEY.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT ONE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, 48:38 WHENEVER YOU'VE GOT MONEY AND PROJECTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE 48:41 AN ELEMENT OF RISK AND WASTE. I SUSPECT THAT AFTER DINNER 48:45 THERE MIGHT BE LEFTOVERS AT YOUR HOUSE TOO. WHENEVER YOU DO 48:49 ANYTHING, SOMETIMES THERE'S THAT RISK. DID JESUS HAVE PROBLEMS 48:54 WITH SOMEBODY IN HIS CHURCH MISMANAGING MONEY? 48:58 IF JESUS WAS ALIVE AND WALKING THE WORLD TODAY, 49:01 WOULD YOU WANT TO BE PART OF HIS CHURCH? 49:03 IF YOU LIVED 2000 YEARS AGO, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW THERE WAS 49:06 A JUDAS IN THE GROUP, WOULD YOU WALK WITH JESUS? 49:09 DON'T LET MISMANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES BE THE LAME EXCUSE - 49:13 PARDON ME - DON'T WANT TO BE TOO HARD ON YOU, BUT THAT 49:16 IS A LAME EXCUSE. 'I'M NOT GOING TO CHURCH ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY 49:18 WASTED THE MONEY. SOMEONE ABSCONDED WITH GOD'S MONEY. 49:22 I GAVE A VERY GENEROUS TITHE AND OFFERING AND THE CHECK WAS 49:25 CASHED AND IT NEVER WENT TO THE CHURCH. I NEVER GOT A RECEIPT. 49:27 THEY STOLE IT FROM ME.' I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 49:30 'I'M PULLING OUT' FOR REASONS LIKE THAT. 49:32 YOU WILL GET YOUR BLESSING FOR GIVING TO GOD, OTHER PEOPLE WILL 49:36 PAY TO GOD AND ANSWER TO GOD IF THEY'VE MISMANAGED THE MONEY. 49:39 SO DON'T WORRY, YOU WEREN'T ROBBED. 49:42 YOU NEED TO BE FAITHFUL WITH WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. 49:46 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TEMPTATIONS THAT THE DEVIL BROUGHT TO JESUS 49:51 - HE TRIED TO GET HIM TO JUMP FROM THE CHURCH. 49:55 NOT ONLY DID HE SAY 'TURN THESE STONES INTO BREAD.' 49:59 AND NOT ONLY DID HE ASK HIM TO WORSHIP HIM AND SHOWED HIM ALL 50:03 THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO THE TEMPLE 50:09 AND THEN HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO JUMP FROM THE CHURCH.' 50:14 DOES THE DEVIL STILL TEMPT PEOPLE TODAY TO JUMP 50:16 FROM THE CHURCH? HE WANTS US TO LEAVE. 50:20 THIS IS THE DEVIL AND JESUS SAID, 'NO, I AM NOT GOING 50:23 TO TEMPT THE LORD.' AND WHEN WE TURN AWAY FROM JESUS 50:27 AND WHEN WE SAY, 'I THINK I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE IN THE 50:30 WORLD AND I CAN - I CAN BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT BEING 50:32 IN GOD'S HOUSE.' WE ARE PLAYING WITH 50:36 ETERNAL LIFE. WE ARE TEMPTING THE DEVIL. 50:40 WE'VE GOT TO BE WHERE GOD'S WORD TELLS US WE NEED TO BE. 50:43 WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. 50:46 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, WE'VE ALL BEEN HURT AND SOME OF US ARE 50:49 MAD AT SOMEBODY. SOME OF US ARE MAD AT THE LORD. 50:54 YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN HURT. WAS JESUS EVER HURT? 51:00 WAS JESUS EVER HURT BY A FRIEND? WHAT DID JUDAS DO? 51:10 BETRAYED HIS FRIEND. DAVID, JOSEPH, MANY OTHERS IN 51:15 THE BIBLE, THEY WERE HURT BY FRIENDLY FIRE. THERE'S A 51:20 PROPHECY THAT YOU CAN READ IN ZECHARIAH 3:16, SPEAKING 51:25 OF CHRIST, "AND THEY WILL SAY TO HIM, 'WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS THAT 51:30 YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS?' AND HE WILL ANSWER AND SAY, 51:34 'THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.'" 51:41 WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF HIS FRIENDS. 51:43 YOU KNOW, JESUS WAS WOUNDED. 51:47 HE TOLD US THAT WHEN JUDAS CAME TO KISS HIM IN THE GARDEN. 51:52 JESUS SAID, 'FRIEND' - DO YOU - 'ARE YOU BETRAYING THE SON OF 51:56 MAN WITH A KISS?' HE SAID 'FRIEND.' 52:00 AND SOMETIMES FRIENDS HURT EACH OTHER. 52:03 YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A RISK WHENEVER YOU LOVE SOMEBODY. 52:06 WHENEVER YOU OPEN YOURSELF UP AND YOU DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP 52:08 AND YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST SOMEBODY AND YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE SOMEBODY 52:11 AND YOU SHARE WHO YOU ARE WITH THAT PERSON. 52:14 THERE'S ALWAYS THAT RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BETRAY THAT 52:16 CONFIDENCE, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SLIGHT YOUR LOVE AND YOU'RE 52:19 GOING TO BE HURT. SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER? 52:21 RUN OFF TO SOUTH DAKOTA? TO JUST GO TO MOUNT SINAI 52:26 AND HIDE IN A CAVE? MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM GOD. 52:31 JESUS IS WANTING YOU TO KNOW 'I AM YOUR FRIEND AND I WILL 52:35 NEVER LET YOU DOWN. I WILL NEVER BETRAY YOU.' 52:38 DO YOU KNOW THAT JESUS IS YOUR FRIEND? HE'S STILL YOUR FRIEND. 52:42 HE WON'T LET YOU DOWN. HE'LL NEVER HURT YOU. 52:45 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 52:48 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH- 52:51 FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 52:55 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO 53:02 PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE, 53:06 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR 53:10 MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 53:16 >>DID YOU KNOW THIS BOAT COULD SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH 20,000 53:19 PEOPLE? OR A CAR LIKE THIS ONE COULD 53:21 REACH 10,000 SOULS SEEKING HOPE IN JESUS. (CAR HONKING) 53:26 IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE YOU'RE NOT USING AND WOULD LIKE TO REACH 53:28 HEARTS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD, PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER DONATING 53:31 YOUR VEHICLE TO AMAZING FACTS TODAY. 53:34 IT'S EASY TO TURN YOUR UNNEEDED CAR, BOAT, RV, MOTORCYCLE - EVEN 53:40 ATVS AND JET SKIS - INTO A SOUL-WINNING VEHICLE FOR CHRIST 53:44 AND GET A TAX DEDUCTION. 53:46 AMAZING FACTS WILL ARRANGE TO PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND PROVIDE 53:49 YOU WITH A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT. 53:51 THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RESALE WILL BE USED TO SHARE GOD'S 53:54 TRUTH WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 53:58 DON'T LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE COLLECTING DUST. 54:01 USE IT TO TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH AMAZING FACTS. 54:05 CONTACT US TODAY AND LET US HELP TURN YOUR CAR, BOAT, RV, OR 54:09 MOTORCYCLE INTO LIVES SAVED FOR CHRIST. 54:16 >>I GREW UP IN A CHURCH-GOING FAMILY. I MEAN, WE WERE AT EVERY 54:20 MEETING. I SANG IN FOUR OF THE CHOIRS THERE. I DIRECTED THREE - 54:25 VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE. IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE BUSY 54:30 WORK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW? I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL. 54:33 I KNEW ABOUT GOD. I KNEW ABOUT JESUS, BUT I DIDN'T 54:38 HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. 54:42 MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL I GOT THE NEWS THAT MY FATHER HAD 54:48 BEEN MURDERED. NOW, I PLAYED IT OFF WELL. 54:52 NO ONE REALLY SAW THAT I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT. 54:59 IT JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE 55:02 FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL IT WITH DRUGS, WITH ALCOHOL, WITH 55:07 PARTYING. AFTER COLLEGE, I JUST STOPPED 55:10 GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER. ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I 55:16 DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT, 'YOU 55:20 KNOW, I SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF WORD.' SHE HAD THE SATELLITE 55:25 SYSTEM HOOKED UP AND I'M FLIPPING THROUGH CHANNELS AND 55:28 THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS . 55:32 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT IF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HERE 55:35 WAS - THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING 55:37 SOMETHING WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP 55:40 AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND 55:44 FIND THIS. I WENT THROUGH ALL THE STORACLES . I WENT THROUGH 55:47 ALL THE STUDY GUIDES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 55:50 AND THEN THE SABBATH CAME UP AND HE'S GOING THROUGH THE APPEAL 55:53 AND I'M JUST GOING, 'LORD, I HEAR YOU. I HAVE TO GO TO 55:57 CHURCH.' SO I SHOW UP - IT WAS FUNNY, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS 56:02 GOING TO BE JUDGED - ANYTHING JUDGMENTAL - ANYTHING. 56:05 AND I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND I JUST FELT AT HOME. 56:08 BUT THERE'S STILL A PROBLEM. I'M STILL PARTYING. 56:13 I WAS STILL GOING OUT TO THE BARS. 56:16 AT THIS TIME I WAS SELLING COCAINE TO PAY MY RENT. 56:20 SIXTEEN DAYS LATER I FIND MYSELF IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. 56:25 I HAD JUST COME BACK FROM A LIQUOR STORE AND I GRABBED A 56:28 BOTTLE OF VODKA. AND THERE I AM, HIGH OFF 56:32 COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE IN HAND, TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY. 56:39 AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE VOICE, 'JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF!' 56:44 AND I DID AND I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT AM I DOING?' 56:51 AND I GOT ON MY KNEES. I SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT 56:54 TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME NOW, I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.' I WAS 57:00 GOING TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE AND I WAS GOING TO END UP 57:02 OVERDOSING, HAVING A HEART ATTACK, WHATEVER IT WAS. 57:07 'YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS AWAY - ALL OF IT.' AND THAT DAY HE 57:16 LIFTED ALL OF IT AWAY FROM ME. 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