(MUSIC)
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>>SO WHAT IS THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD?
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WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY
THE SUN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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THE BRIGHTEST
MAN-MADE LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT
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PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN
LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR.
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THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL,
THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39
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WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON
BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS
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REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS.
ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT
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40 BILLION
CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT
ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL
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EVERY MONTH? THAT
LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT
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PLANES CAN SEE
IT 250 MILES AWAY.
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THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES
UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU
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HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU
COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE.
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AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED,
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE
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WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR,
BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND
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OWLS - CREATING IT'S OWN
ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE
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THE HOTEL. BUT THE
SAD THING ABOUT THE
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BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS
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CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES
- THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT
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ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE.
IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE.
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THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN
THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING.
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
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WASTED LIGHT, AND
THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
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IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105,
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
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AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.' AND
YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
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IN DARKNESS.
FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU
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DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
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BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
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JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HLL,
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LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT
SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS
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OTHERS WHEN IT
REFLECTS OFF OF SOMETHING.
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GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS TO
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
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SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR
GOD? REMEMBER, JESUS SAID, 'LET
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THERE BE LIGHT.' (MUSIC)
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>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON
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THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF
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REST? DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
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WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT
SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND
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GOD'S LAW AND
HOW IT WAS CHANGED.
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VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. (MUSIC)
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>>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN
IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED
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CONCEPT. >>HELLO,
THIS IS JOE CREWS AND
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THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST
FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU.
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>>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD
BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM
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SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY,
FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT
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TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
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THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON
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BEGAN EXPANDING TO
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS.
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IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED
THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS
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GROWING OUTREACH
EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING
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EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES
FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
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IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE
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MINISTRY, ADDING THE
BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO
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PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY
TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON
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MULTIPLE
NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD.
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FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE
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BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A
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TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE
GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND
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WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH
THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
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EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE
MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH
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SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS.
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AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S
MESSAGE, OUR MISSION.
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(MUSIC)
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>>I GREW UP IN A
CHURCH-GOING FAMILY.
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I MEAN, WE WERE
AT EVERY MEETING.
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I SANG IN FOUR
OF THE CHOIRS THERE.
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I DIRECTED THREE -
VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE.
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IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE
BUSY WORK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?
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I WENT TO SUNDAY
SCHOOL. I KNEW ABOUT GOD.
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I KNEW ABOUT JESUS, BUT I DIDN'T
HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
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WITH JESUS CHRIST. MY
SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL
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I GOT THE NEWS THAT MY
FATHER HAD BEEN MURDERED.
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NOW, I PLAYED IT OFF
WELL. NO ONE REALLY SAW THAT I
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WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT. IT
JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE
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WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE
FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL IT
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WITH DRUGS, WITH
ALCOHOL, WITH PARTYING.
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AFTER COLLEGE, I JUST STOPPED
GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER.
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ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH
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WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT, 'YOU
KNOW, I SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT
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OF WORD.' AND
THERE I AM, HIGH OFF
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COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE IN HAND,
TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY.
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AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE
VOICE, 'JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF!'
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AND I DID AND I WAS
LIKE, 'WHAT AM I DOING?'
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AND I GOT ON MY KNEES. I
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT
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TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME NOW,
I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.' I WAS
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GOING TO CONTINUE THIS LIFESTYLE
AND I WAS GOING TO END UP
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OVERDOSING, HAVING A
HEART ATTACK, WHATEVER IT WAS.
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'YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS AWAY
- ALL OF IT.' AND THAT DAY HE
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LIFTED ALL OF IT AWAY
FROM ME. IT WAS ALL GONE.
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WHEN GOD DOES SOMETHING IN
YOUR LIFE, HE DOES IT COMPLETE.
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MY NAME IS EDMOND GIBBS
AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
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>>AMEN. ONCE AGAIN, FRIENDS,
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE
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HERE FOR THE
'RECLAIM YOUR FAITH' PROGRAM.
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AND I HOPE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
HERE - PART OF THE LIVE AUDIENCE
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- WILL BE
PRAYING IN YOUR HEARTS.
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AS I SAID, I REALIZE THAT IN
SOME RESPECT, I MIGHT BE TALKING
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HERE TO THE CHOIR, BUT WE KNOW
STATISTICALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF
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PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO CHURCH
THAT ARE JUST HANGING BY THEIR
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FINGERNAILS AND WE WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU WHO ARE IN THE
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CHURCH TO HOLD ON TO
THAT PLOW AND NOT LOOK BACK.
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AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OF YOU
THAT HAVE MAYBE DRIFTED AWAY -
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WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
HERE, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
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WATCHING, AND THE
LORD IS CALLING YOU.
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YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STORIES IN
THE BIBLE THAT ALWAYS AMAZED ME
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IS THE STORY OF JONAH.
HOW A PROPHET OF GOD - I MEAN,
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE A CHURCH MEMBER
TO BE A PROPHET OF GOD - COULD
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THINK YOU COULD RUN FROM GOD.
JONAH CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1, "NOW
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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME
TO JONAH, THE SON OF AMITTAI,
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SAYING, 'ARISE AND GO TO
NINEVEH, THAT GREAT CITY, AND
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CRY OUT AGAINST IT; FOR THEIR
WICKEDNESS HAS COME UP BEFORE
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ME.' BUT JONAH AROSE TO
FLEE TO TARSHISH FROM THE
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PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
AND HE WENT DOWN TO JOPPA,
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AND HE FOUND A SHIP GOING TO
TARSHISH; SO HE PAID THE FARE,
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AND WENT DOWN INTO IT, TO GO
WITH THEM TO TARSHISH FROM THE
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PRESENCE OF THE LORD." JONAH
WAS RUNNING FROM THE FATHER.
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GOD SAID FOR HIM TO
GO EAST AND HE WENT WEST.
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HOW CAN YOU RUN
FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD?
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WHERE CAN I FLEE
FROM YOUR SPIRIT?
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IT MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU HERE ARE
WATCHING AND YOU THINK THAT GOD
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DOESN'T SEE YOU. THE
EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND
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FRO THROUGH THE WHOLE EARTH.
GOD SEES US WHEREVER WE GO.
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JESUS SAID, 'I'M WITH YOU
WHEREVER YOU GO.' YOU CAN'T HIDE
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FROM GOD. AND I
HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT THE
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LORD - HE CHASES AFTER THE ONES
HE LOVES AND HE WILL MAKE YOU
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RESTLESS UNTIL YOU
FIND YOUR REST IN HIM.
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YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY UNTIL
YOU SURRENDER TO THE LORD AND TO
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HIS WILL - BECAUSE YOU ARE
DESIGNED FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH
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GOD. AND SO,
ESPECIALLY THOSE, MAYBE
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WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE CHURCH
AND NEVER REALLY HAD A PERSONAL
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RELATIONSHIP, THEY'RE STILL
LOOKING FOR THAT MEANING AND SO
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THEY TRY TO FIND
IT OUT IN THE WORLD.
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AND THEY RUN FROM
THEIR FATHER'S HOUSE.
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YOU KNOW, I HEARD AN AMAZING
STORY FROM HISTORY ABOUT A
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GENTLEMAN NAMED
DOUGLAS CORRIGAN.
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NOW, HE'S FROM AN EARLIER
GENERATION - MY FATHER'S ERA -
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MY FATHER WAS A PILOT AND BACK
WHEN CHARLES LINDBERGH FLEW THE
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SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC, ONE OF THE MECHANICS
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THAT WORKED ON THAT
PLANE WAS DOUGLAS CORRIGAN.
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AND CORRIGAN, HE WAS SO INSPIRED
BY WHAT LINDBERGH DID, THAT HE
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THOUGHT, 'I WANT TO SET A
RECORD.' THIS WAS IN THE AGE
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WHEN EVERYBODY WAS
SETTING AVIATION RECORDS.
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HE SAID, 'NO ONE HAS FLOWN FROM
AMERICA TO IRELAND YET.' AND
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BEING IRISH HE SAID, 'I'M GOING
TO BE THE FIRST.' BUT HE DIDN'T
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HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A PLANE.
WELL, HE WORKED - HE ACTUALLY
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TAUGHT FLYING - HE WAS A GOOD
PILOT, HE DID AEROBATIC FLYING
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- YOU'VE HEARD OF BARNSTORMING?
HE WAS A BARNSTORMING PILOT AND
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WENT TO THE COUNTY
FAIRS AND WAS VERY SKILLED.
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AND FINALLY EARNED ENOUGH MONEY
WHERE HE BOUGHT THIS CURTISS
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ROBIN PLANE. AND IT
WAS A LITTLE BROKEN DOWN
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BUT HE KIND OF PATCHED IT UP AND
HE APPLIED TO WHAT WAS THEN THE
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FAA FOR PERMISSION TO
FLY FROM NEW YORK TO IRELAND.
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AND THEY LOOKED AT HIS PLANE AND
THEY SAID, 'NO WAY.' THEY SAID,
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'THAT THING WON'T MAKE
IT. WE'VE LOST SO MANY PEOPLE
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TRYING.' AND HE KEPT APPLYING
AND HE KEPT TRYING AND THEY
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SAID, 'NO CORRIGAN,
THAT PLANE IS NOT QUALIFIED.
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WE'RE NOT SURE YOU'RE QUALIFIED
- YOU'RE A BARNSTORMING
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AEROBATIC PILOT - YOU'RE TOO
RISKY.' WELL, SO YOU KNOW WHAT
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HE DID, HE FLEW FROM LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA TO BROOKLYN, NEW
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YORK, FILLED IT UP WITH
FUEL EARLY ONE MORNING, FILED A
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FLIGHT PLAN TO GO BACK TO
CALIFORNIA AND WHEN HE TOOK OFF
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IN THE FOG HE CIRCLED
AROUND AND HEADED EAST.
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WELL, ABOUT 26 HOURS
LATER HE LANDED IN IRELAND.
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AND WHEN HE DID, HE TOLD
EVERYBODY, 'MY COMPASS MUST HAVE
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BEEN BROKEN.' HE SAID, 'I GOT
LOST IN THE FOG.' AND THEY KEPT
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DRILLING HIM FOR THE TRUTH AND
HE SAID, 'IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.'
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OF COURSE, THEY MADE A HERO OUT
OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST
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ONE WHO FLEW TO IRELAND.
HE NEARLY DIED ALONG THE WAY.
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HIS PLANE GAS STARTED LEAKING
INTO HIS OLD PLANE AND HE HAD TO
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PUNCH A HOLE WITH HIS
SCREWDRIVER THROUGH THE FLOOR
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BOARD BECAUSE IT WAS POOLING
UP AROUND HIS FEET AND IT NEARLY
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CAUGHT THE EXHAUST ON FIRE -
IT WAS JUST ABOVE THE WATER AND
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BARELY MADE IT - BUT HE MADE IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM THEN
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UNTIL NOW HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD SOMEONE SAY, 'HE PULLED
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A WRONG-WAY CORRIGAN.'?
FOOTBALL PLAYER CATCHES A BALL
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AND GOES THE
WRONG WAY UP THE FIELD.
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IT'S BASED ON THIS FELLA WHO
WENT - SUPPOSEDLY GOT LOST GOING
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TO L.A. AND ENDED UP IN IRELAND.
TYPICALLY, WHEN WE'RE GOING THAT
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FAR IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, IT'S
DELIBERATE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN
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LOOKING AT SOME
STORIES IN LUKE, CHAPTER 15.
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WE TALKED LAST NIGHT
ABOUT THE LOST SHEEP.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS
STORY THAT YOU FIND HERE ABOUT -
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IN VERSE 8 - "WHAT WOMAN, HAVING
10 SILVER COINS, IF SHE LOSES
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ONE, DOES NOT LIGHT A CANDLE,
AND SWEEP THE HOUSE, AND SEEK
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DILIGENTLY UNTIL SHE FINDS IT.
AND WHEN SHE FINDS IT, SHE CALLS
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HER FRIENDS AND HER NEIGHBORS
TOGETHER, SAYING, 'REJOICE WITH
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ME, FOR I HAVE FOUND
THE PIECE WHICH I LOST!'
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LIKEWISE, I SAY TO YOU, THERE
IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
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ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER
WHO REPENTS." NOW, THE COIN
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DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOST. A
WOMAN IN BIBLE SYMBOLOGY - DO
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YOU KNOW WHAT IT
REPRESENTS? TYPICALLY A CHURCH.
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SOMETIMES IN OUR CHURCHES WE'VE
GOT A PRECIOUS LOST COIN AND WE
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MUST MAKE AN EFFORT TO LIGHT THE
LAMP OF GOD'S WORD AND TO SWEEP
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WITH THAT DILIGENCE AND LOOK
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND FIND
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THOSE PRECIOUS COINS THAT MAY
NOT EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE LOST.
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THEY USED TO BE IN THE
WOMAN'S HOUSE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN
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MISPLACED SOMEHOW. I
WONDER HOW MANY CHURCHES HAVE
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SOME PRECIOUS SILVER THAT'S BEEN
MISPLACED. AND THEN WE GO TO
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ANOTHER - THE SHEEP, HE WANDERS,
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
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HE JUST GETS LOST - A COIN
CERTAINLY DOESN'T KNOW, BUT WHEN
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YOU GET TO THE LAST STORY, IT'S
NOT AN ACCIDENT, IT'S DELIBERATE
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DESERTION. THE PRODIGAL SON.
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LUKE 15, VERSE 11, AND THEN
JESUS GOES ON AND HE SAYS, "A
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CERTAIN MAN HAD TWO SONS AND
THE YOUNGER OF THEM SAYS TO HIS
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FATHER, 'FATHER, GIVE ME THE
PORTION OF GOODS THAT FALLS TO
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ME.' SO HE DIVIDED
TO THEM HIS LIVELIHOOD.
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AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER,
THE YOUNGER SON GATHERED ALL
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TOGETHER AND HE JOURNEYED TO A
FAR COUNTRY AND THERE HE WASTED
00:13:31.44\00:13:37.15
HIS POSSESSIONS WITH PRODIGAL -
OR WILD, WASTEFUL - LIVING." YOU
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KNOW, I USED TO THINK WHAT THIS
MEANT WAS THE BOY SAID TO HIS
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FATHER, 'YOU KNOW, I'M WAITING
FOR YOU TO DIE SO I CAN GET MY
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INHERITANCE, BUT YOU'RE TAKING
TOO LONG AND YOUR HEALTH LOOKS
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REALLY GOOD, SO CAN YOU JUST,
YOU KNOW, PAY UP NOW.' BUT IT
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WASN'T UNCOMMON IN BIBLE TIMES
FOR THE YOUNGER SON - MAYBE,
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ESPECIALLY IF HE WAS ENGAGED -
TO GET HIS INHERITANCE TO START
00:14:00.77\00:14:04.17
HIS FAMILY - AT
LEAST PART OF IT.
00:14:04.17\00:14:06.04
BUT THE BOY EVIDENTLY DIDN'T
HAVE ANY MARITAL PROSPECTS AND
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HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE
UNDER THE FATHER'S THUMB.
00:14:10.45\00:14:13.62
HE EVIDENTLY DIDN'T GET ALONG
VERY WELL WITH HIS BROTHER AND
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HE SAID, 'LOOK, I JUST WANT TO
GET OUT FROM UNDER DAD'S RULES
00:14:16.65\00:14:19.42
AND REGULATIONS.' THERE WAS SOME
TENSION - 'DAD'S TOO STRICT AND
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OLD-FASHIONED.'
YOU EVER HEARD THAT?
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BOY, MY MOM AND
DAD WERE SO DIFFERENT.
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MY DAD WAS A REPUBLICAN,
MY MOTHER WAS A DEMOCRAT.
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MY DAD WAS A REDNECK,
MY MOTHER WAS A HIPPIE.
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WHEN I GOT IN TROUBLE MY DAD
SAID, 'MILITARY SCHOOL' AND MY
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MOTHER SAID, 'HE NEEDS A FREE
SCHOOL WHERE HE CAN EXPLORE AND
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FIND HIMSELF.' AND SO, LIKE THAT
PRODIGAL, I RAN AWAY FROM HOME
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SEVERAL TIMES. AND
THE LAST TIME, ONCE I RAN
00:14:53.86\00:14:59.09
AWAY LIVING WITH MOM -
THREE TIMES I WAS ARRESTED AS A
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RUNAWAY - STARTED WHEN I WAS
13 - LAST TIME I WAS 15 - AND I
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WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM MY DAD'S
REGIMENTATION AND RULES AND
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REGULATIONS SO I COULD BE FREE -
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IS REALLY
00:15:12.27\00:15:16.01
FUNNY IS WHEN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
TELL THEIR PARENTS, 'MOM, DAD, I
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DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK THIS TO
YOU BUT I'VE JOINED THE MARINES
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BECAUSE I NEED MORE FREEDOM.
I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM MOM
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AND DAD'S RULES.' SO
THEY JOINED THE MILITARY.
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AND SO HE SAYS, 'DIVIDE TO
ME THE INHERITANCE.' WELL, THE
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FIRST-BORN SON, HE GETS
TWO-THIRDS, THE OTHER SON, HE
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GETS ONE-THIRD AND IT DOESN'T
TAKE HIM VERY LONG BEFORE HE
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LIQUIDATES WHATEVER ELSE HE'S
GOT AND MAYBE HE LEAVES A NOTE,
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MAYBE HE SAYS
GOOD-BYE, BUT HE LEAVES.
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AND HE DOESN'T JUST LEAVE
FOR THE NEIGHBORING TOWN WHERE
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RUMORS MIGHT GET BACK TO HIS DAD
ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT HE
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GOES INTO A FAR COUNTRY. HE
WANTS TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM
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THE INFLUENCE OF HIS HOME, AND
MAYBE HIS CONSCIENCE, AS HE CAN.
00:16:01.66\00:16:05.89
THE LAST TIME I RAN AWAY FROM
HOME I WAS LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH
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WITH MY DAD. I WENT
TO CALIFORNIA AND THE
00:16:09.66\00:16:13.64
REASON I STOPPED THERE IS
THERE WAS AN OCEAN IN THE WAY
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AND I DIDN'T HAVE A BOAT. I
WANTED TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS
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I COULD SO I COULD BE
FREE AND DISCOVER MYSELF.
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WELL, I CAN RELATE A
LITTLE BIT WITH THIS STORY.
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IT SAYS, "WHILE HE WAS THERE
IN THAT FAR COUNTRY" - HE STARTS
00:16:29.48\00:16:31.95
OUT - HE SEEMS TO BE REALLY
HAVING A GOOD TIME - HE'S GOT A
00:16:31.95\00:16:34.86
LITTLE SPARE CHANGE, HE'S HAVING
FUN WITH HIS FRIENDS, AND HE
00:16:34.86\00:16:41.06
BEGINS TO RUN OUT OF RESOURCES.
AFTER I FIRST RAN AWAY I SOLD
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EVERYTHING I HAD TO MY BROTHER,
TOOK WHATEVER OTHER MONEY I HAD
00:16:45.70\00:16:48.90
- BY THE TIME I GOT TO ROANOKE,
VIRGINIA, I GOT TOGETHER WITH
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SOME PEOPLE PLAYING POOL AND
DRINKING AND GAMBLING AND I LOST
00:16:51.31\00:16:54.68
ALL MY MONEY AND I GOT OUT
THERE ON THE ROAD WITH NOTHING.
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I CONTINUED
HITCHHIKING TO CALIFORNIA.
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WELL, GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE
ALLOWED A FAMINE TO COME.
00:17:02.62\00:17:06.39
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE
RUN AWAY FROM HOME, THERE IS A
00:17:06.39\00:17:11.49
PERIOD OF ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE
- YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST THE
00:17:11.49\00:17:15.06
ILLUSION OF FREEDOM FOR AWHILE
- THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:17:15.06\00:17:18.17
PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON -
AND HE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
00:17:18.17\00:17:21.37
A PARTY WITH HIS FRIENDS AND
AS LONG AS HE WAS WILLING TO BUY
00:17:21.37\00:17:25.17
THE DRINKS, HE HAD FRIENDS.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WHEN
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YOU'VE GOT MONEY YOU'LL
AT LEAST SEEM LIKE YOU'VE GOT
00:17:30.98\00:17:33.08
FRIENDS FOR AWHILE.
BUT THEN IT WAS ALL GONE.
00:17:33.08\00:17:38.39
HE WENT TO SWIPE HIS CARD AND
THE CASHIER SAID, SORRY, THERE'S
00:17:38.39\00:17:44.09
NOTHING LEFT. HE
SAID, 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I
00:17:44.09\00:17:47.50
STILL HAVE CHECKS IN MY BOOK.
I SHOULD STILL HAVE MONEY.' AND
00:17:47.50\00:17:55.20
THEN THERE - SIMULTANEOUS WITH
RUNNING OUT OF MONEY, "THERE
00:17:55.20\00:17:58.71
CAME A FAMINE IN THE LAND AND HE
BEGAN TO BE IN WANT." NOW, WHILE
00:17:58.71\00:18:01.88
THAT BOY IS IN THE FAR COUNTRY,
WHAT IS THE FATHER DOING?
00:18:01.88\00:18:06.75
HIS HEART IS YEARNING AFTER
HIS SON IN THIS FAR COUNTRY.
00:18:06.75\00:18:11.35
HE IS PRAYING FOR HIS SON.
I WONDER HOW HE'S PRAYING -
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HOW DO YOU PRAY FOR YOUR
KIDS? 'LORD, KEEP THEM SAFE.
00:18:15.69\00:18:18.83
KEEP THEM WELL. WATCH OVER THEM.
00:18:18.83\00:18:20.26
BLESS THEM.' SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT
SAY, 'LORD, BRING INTO THEIR
00:18:20.26\00:18:25.03
LIVES WHATEVER THEY NEED TO
BE SAVED FOR ETERNITY.' CAN YOU
00:18:25.03\00:18:30.34
THINK OF A TIME IN THE BIBLE
WHEN THERE WAS A PROPHET WHO NOT
00:18:30.34\00:18:33.88
JUST PRAYED FOR BLESSING BUT HE
PRAYED, ACTUALLY, THAT GOD WOULD
00:18:33.88\00:18:36.31
SEND A FAMINE? THE
BIBLE TELLS US IN THE BOOK
00:18:36.31\00:18:39.45
OF JAMES THAT ELIJAH WAS A MAN
SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS AS YOU
00:18:39.45\00:18:42.82
AND ME AND HE PRAYED
THAT IT WOULDN'T RAIN.
00:18:42.82\00:18:45.89
HE PRAYED IN ORDER TO BRING
THE PEOPLE BACK TO GOD THAT GOD
00:18:45.89\00:18:48.66
WOULD ACTUALLY WITHDRAW THE RAIN
BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVING CREDIT
00:18:48.66\00:18:52.66
TO A FALSE GOD. AND IT
TOOK TROUBLE FOR THEM TO
00:18:52.66\00:18:57.00
TURN BACK TO GOD. HAVE
YOU READ THE BOOK OF JUDGES?
00:18:57.00\00:19:01.34
IT TALKS ABOUT WHENEVER
THEY WERE DOING WELL THEY WOULD
00:19:01.34\00:19:03.47
FORGET THE LORD AND THEN GOD
WOULD WITHDRAW HIS PROTECTION
00:19:03.47\00:19:05.91
AND THERE WOULD BE TROUBLE
AND THEY'D TURN BACK TO GOD.
00:19:05.91\00:19:09.41
AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
THE SALVATION OF THE ONES YOU
00:19:09.41\00:19:11.75
LOVE, DON'T PRAY THAT GOD SENDS
THEM TROUBLE, NECESSARILY, BUT
00:19:11.75\00:19:14.88
YOU PRAY HE SENDS THEM WHATEVER
THEY NEED TO BE SAVED FOR
00:19:14.88\00:19:18.99
ETERNITY. IF YOU'RE
PRAYING THAT GOD JUST
00:19:18.99\00:19:22.76
BLESSES THEM AND MAKES
THEM COMFORTABLE ON THEIR WAY TO
00:19:22.76\00:19:25.09
DESTRUCTION ARE YOU
REALLY HELPING THEM?
00:19:25.09\00:19:28.83
AND SO, MAYBE THAT DAD WAS
PRAYING AND A FAMINE CAME TO
00:19:28.83\00:19:31.23
THAT COUNTRY AND
HE HAD NOTHING TO EAT.
00:19:31.23\00:19:36.97
MAYBE ONE OF HIS FORMER BAR
BUDDIES IS THE ONE WHO HAD THE
00:19:36.97\00:19:39.44
PIG FARM AND IT SAYS IN VERSE
15, "AND HE WENT AND HE JOINED
00:19:39.44\00:19:43.45
HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF THAT
COUNTRY AND HE SENT HIM INTO THE
00:19:43.45\00:19:47.62
FIELDS TO FEED SWINE.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND, YOU'VE GOT
00:19:47.62\00:19:51.29
JESUS, A JEWISH RABBI, WHO
IS TALKING TO JEWISH LISTENERS
00:19:51.29\00:19:56.06
ABOUT THIS JEWISH BOY THAT GOES
INTO A FAR COUNTRY AND HE ENDS
00:19:56.06\00:20:00.00
UP TENDING
SOMEONE ELSE'S PORK CHOPS.
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.73
THAT WAS AS LOW
AS YOU COULD GET.
00:20:03.73\00:20:06.10
IN THE BIBLE, IF YOU WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT REACHING THE BOTTOM -
00:20:06.10\00:20:09.30
JESUS SAID 'YOU DON'T GIVE THAT
WHICH IS HOLY TO THE DOGS AND
00:20:09.30\00:20:12.37
YOU DON'T CAST YOUR PEARLS
BEFORE SWINE.' YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:20:12.37\00:20:18.08
AMAZING THAT YOU STAY AWAY FROM
THE FATHER'S HOUSE VERY LONG,
00:20:18.08\00:20:23.18
YOU CAN FORGET EVERYTHING
YOU LEARNED AND END UP IN THE
00:20:23.18\00:20:25.32
DUMPSTER. MY DAD
WAS VERY WELL OFF, HAD A
00:20:25.32\00:20:31.66
NICE HOME - A MANSION,
BUTLER, MAID, WE ATE WITH REAL
00:20:31.66\00:20:37.23
SILVERWARE THAT WAS REALLY
SILVER. YOU KNOW, I CALL PLASTIC
00:20:37.23\00:20:42.57
SILVERWARE NOW. IT
MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.
00:20:42.57\00:20:48.41
BUT, WHEN I STARTED LIVING ON
THE STREETS AND HANGING AROUND
00:20:48.41\00:20:52.28
WITH THE WRONG CROWD, PRETTY
SOON, YOU START IMITATING THE
00:20:52.28\00:20:56.89
PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE HANGING
AROUND WITH. AND I WAS LIVING
00:20:56.89\00:21:00.86
WITH STREET PEOPLE - IS REALLY -
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE. AND THEY'D
00:21:00.86\00:21:04.69
SLEEP ON THE STREETS OR WHEREVER
THEY COULD. I HAD THIS ONE
00:21:04.69\00:21:07.36
FRIEND, HIS NAME WAS LITTLE
RITCHIE - HE WAS VERY SHORT - HE
00:21:07.36\00:21:11.00
WAS JUST UNDER 5-FEET, I THINK,
AND HE HAD HAD RICKETS WHEN HE
00:21:11.00\00:21:16.67
WAS YOUNG OR SOMETHING
AND HE JUST NEVER GREW.
00:21:16.67\00:21:18.67
AND AT NIGHT HE WOULD CRAWL INTO
THE GOODWILL BOX AND SLEEP - YOU
00:21:18.67\00:21:22.01
KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD MAKE CLOTHING
DONATIONS AND HE - IT WAS A
00:21:22.01\00:21:24.41
GREAT BED - IT KEPT HIM WARM
AT NIGHT AND HE'D SLEEP THERE.
00:21:24.41\00:21:27.42
BUT I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME
ONE MORNING VERY EARLY SOMEONE
00:21:27.42\00:21:30.29
MADE A DONATION OF POTS AND
PANS WHILE HE WAS IN THE BOX.
00:21:30.29\00:21:36.62
AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN HE STARTED
00:21:36.62\00:21:38.56
SHOUTING. 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?'
00:21:38.56\00:21:42.23
BUT THESE ARE THE - OH, THESE
PEOPLE I WAS HANGING OUT WITH -
00:21:42.23\00:21:44.90
YOU KNOW, WE SLEPT IN ABANDONED
BUILDINGS, I WAS LIVING IN THE
00:21:44.90\00:21:47.30
MOUNTAINS IN A CAVE MOST OF
THE TIME, BUT SOME OF MY FRIENDS
00:21:47.30\00:21:52.24
WERE SHOWING ME THE SECRETS
OF DINING IN THE DUMPSTER.
00:21:52.24\00:21:58.35
AND WHEN I FIRST REALIZED THAT
THESE PEOPLE WERE GETTING FOOD
00:21:58.35\00:22:00.62
OUT OF A GARBAGE CAN, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY REVOLTING.
00:22:00.62\00:22:04.55
BUT I WATCHED - I WAS
INTRIGUED - FROM A DISTANCE.
00:22:04.55\00:22:10.59
AND I THOUGHT,
'REALLY? YOU'RE KIDDING ME.
00:22:10.59\00:22:13.19
YOU GET FOOD OUT OF A GARBAGE
CAN? AND YOU EAT IT?' 'AW MAN,
00:22:13.19\00:22:16.73
THERE'S GOOD STUFF IN
HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT CANS
00:22:16.73\00:22:18.33
THEY'RE JUST
DENTED, THEY'RE FINE.
00:22:18.33\00:22:19.80
WHEN YOU OPEN THEM UP, YOU STILL
HEAR THEM POP - THEY'RE GOOD.'
00:22:19.80\00:22:23.07
AND, YOU KNOW, 'THESE BANANAS,
THE PEEL'S STILL GOOD - A LITTLE
00:22:23.07\00:22:25.34
BROWN, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE
SWEET.' AND THEY WERE TELLING ME
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.21
ALL THE - YOU KNOW, THE FINER
SECRETS OF DUMPSTER CUISINE.
00:22:27.21\00:22:34.35
THAT'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH
INFORMATION, BUT I NOTICED WHAT
00:22:34.35\00:22:38.85
HAPPENED TO ME IS I KEPT HANGING
AROUND WITH THESE PEOPLE AND
00:22:38.85\00:22:42.56
PRETTY SOON I'D GET CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE DUMPSTER, YOU
00:22:42.56\00:22:45.09
KNOW, I'D MAKE SURE THERE'S
NO WITNESSES BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
00:22:45.09\00:22:48.36
WHERE WE GOT OUR GROCERIES
WHEN I GREW UP. AND, BUT IT GOT
00:22:48.36\00:22:52.97
EASIER AND EASIER FOR ME TO GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER UNTIL PRETTY
00:22:52.97\00:22:57.31
SOON I WOULD JOIN THEM
IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.
00:22:57.31\00:23:01.74
I'D SAY, 'OVER THERE, IT
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S STILL GOOD.
00:23:01.74\00:23:05.38
THAT BREAD'S STILL IN THE
WRAPPER.' AND THEN I GOT TO
00:23:05.38\00:23:07.62
WHERE I WOULD REACH OVER THE
SIDE - IT SMELLS AWFUL - BUT,
00:23:07.62\00:23:11.52
YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING WAS STILL
IN THE CONTAINER I FIGURED IT
00:23:11.52\00:23:12.99
HASN'T BEEN HERE
LONG, IT'S PROBABLY SAFE.
00:23:12.99\00:23:14.96
IF YOU GET HUNGRY
ENOUGH, YOU'D BE SURPRISED.
00:23:14.96\00:23:18.69
YOU'LL EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
IF YOU GET HUNGRY ENOUGH.
00:23:18.69\00:23:22.46
BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN
HUNGRY ENOUGH TO EAT BEETS.
00:23:22.46\00:23:26.74
OTHER THAN THAT
FIRST TIME I TRIED THEM.
00:23:26.74\00:23:30.87
AND THEN, PRETTY SOON, I WAS
CLIMBING OVER THE EDGE WITH THE
00:23:30.87\00:23:33.88
BEST OF THEM AND
ROOTING AROUND IN A DUMPSTER.
00:23:33.88\00:23:38.01
AND MY GRANDPARENTS HEARD ABOUT
THIS - THEY LIVED NOT FAR AWAY
00:23:38.01\00:23:42.02
IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS AND THEY
TOLD MY FATHER, 'DID YOU KNOW
00:23:42.02\00:23:44.72
DOUGIE IS GETTING FOOD OUT
OF THE GARBAGE CAN BEHIND THE
00:23:44.72\00:23:47.69
MARKET?' AND HERE MY
FATHER LIVED IN A MANSION.
00:23:47.69\00:23:51.99
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MADE MY
FATHER FEEL WHEN, YOU KNOW, HE
00:23:51.99\00:23:56.43
GREW UP DURING THE DEPRESSION,
WAS A PILOT IN WORLD WAR II, WAS
00:23:56.43\00:24:01.20
PART OF THAT GENERATION - WORKED
HARD SO HIS KIDS WOULD NEVER
00:24:01.20\00:24:03.71
SUFFER AND HE TRIES TO RAISE
THEM WITH THE BEST EDUCATION,
00:24:03.71\00:24:06.37
BEST OPPORTUNITY AND THEN HE
HEARS MY SON IS GETTING FOOD OUT
00:24:06.37\00:24:10.41
OF A GARBAGE CAN. HOW
DO YOU THINK OUR HEAVENLY
00:24:10.41\00:24:15.12
FATHER FEELS WHEN, AFTER HE HAS
PAID SO MUCH THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE
00:24:15.12\00:24:19.65
IN A MANSION SOMEDAY, THAT WE
GO TO THE GARBAGE OF THE DEVIL'S
00:24:19.65\00:24:23.79
DUMPSTER FOR
HAPPINESS? IT BREAKS HIS HEART.
00:24:23.79\00:24:28.73
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU
CAN GET SICK DOING THAT.
00:24:28.73\00:24:32.27
I HAD A FRIEND - FOUND A GREAT
BIG OLE BLOCK OF CHEESE IN THE
00:24:32.27\00:24:36.54
DUMPSTER - AND EVEN THOUGH THE
CHEESE MAY HAVE BEEN GOOD, YOU
00:24:36.54\00:24:38.94
KNOW, YOU'LL GET SICK IF
YOU EAT THREE POUNDS OF CHEESE.
00:24:38.94\00:24:46.28
SO, HE WAS OUT THERE FEEDING THE
PIGS AND HE WAS SO HUNGRY THAT
00:24:46.28\00:24:51.35
HE WANTED TO EAT THE HUSKS
THAT THE PIGS WERE REJECTING.
00:24:51.35\00:24:57.06
YOU'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY
HUNGRY AT A TIME LIKE THAT.
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.86
AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS BECOMING
EMACIATED, IT SAYS, 'NO ONE GAVE
00:24:59.86\00:25:03.60
HIM ANYTHING.' THE WORLD CANNOT
SATISFY WHAT YOU REALLY NEED.
00:25:03.60\00:25:09.77
THE WORLD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
SATISFY THAT REAL HUNGER - THAT
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.14
HUNGER FOR THE BREAD OF LIFE
IS ONLY GOING TO COME FROM THE
00:25:13.14\00:25:15.18
FATHER'S HOUSE. AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
00:25:15.18\00:25:17.71
THAT ARE GOING FROM ONE THING
TO THE NEXT SO THEY'RE GETTING
00:25:17.71\00:25:20.15
DEEPER AND DEEPER IN ADDICTIONS
AND THEY KEEP HAVING TO UP THEIR
00:25:20.15\00:25:24.15
PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF
00:25:24.15\00:25:27.49
PEACE AND SATISFACTION.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.96
SATISFIED, IN THIS
LIFE, WITHOUT JESUS.
00:25:29.96\00:25:34.36
AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND HIM IN
CHURCH - IN SPITE OF THE PEOPLE
00:25:34.36\00:25:37.67
THAT MAY BE THERE WITH THEIR
PROBLEMS, IN SPITE OF ALL THE
00:25:37.67\00:25:39.83
FLAWS AND THE WRINKLES AND THE
DIFFICULTIES, THE CHURCH IS THE
00:25:39.83\00:25:44.41
OBJECT ON EARTH UPON WHICH GOD
BESTOWS HIS SUPREME REGARD, IT
00:25:44.41\00:25:48.94
IS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE,
IT IS THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM
00:25:48.94\00:25:52.58
HE DIED AND HE
WANTS YOU IN THAT GROUP.
00:25:52.58\00:25:57.15
IT IS THE CRUCIBLE WHERE
WE LEARN TO BE LIKE CHRIST.
00:25:57.15\00:26:03.43
SO, WHILE HE WAS OUT THERE WITH
THE PIGS, HE STARTED TO THINK
00:26:03.43\00:26:07.40
ABOUT WHEN THEY USED TO GET THE
FRESH BREAD OUT OF THE OVEN AT
00:26:07.40\00:26:11.67
HOME AND ALL THE THINGS HE
HAD TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN HIS
00:26:11.67\00:26:15.40
FATHER'S HOUSE.
HE CAME TO HIMSELF.
00:26:15.40\00:26:20.64
IT'S LIKE HE WOKE UP ONE DAY AND
SAID, 'WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.98
DOING?' HE WENT TO
WORK AND HE SMELLED
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.75
THE PIGS AGAIN FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND - I DON'T KNOW IF
00:26:25.75\00:26:29.52
YOU'VE EVER TAKEN
CARE OF PIGS - I HAVE.
00:26:29.52\00:26:33.62
I HAD SOME NEIGHBORS THAT HAD
A LITTLE FARM AND THEY'D GO ON
00:26:33.62\00:26:35.72
VACATION AND ASK US TO MILK
THE COWS AND FEED THE PIGS - I
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.56
DIDN'T MIND MILKING THE COWS
SO MUCH, BUT THE ONLY WORD I CAN
00:26:38.56\00:26:41.73
THINK OF TO DESCRIBE PIGS IS
TO TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE PIGS!
00:26:41.73\00:26:46.50
AND THEY SMELL AWFUL AND
THEY HAVE REALLY BAD HABITS.
00:26:46.50\00:26:52.07
AND HE, ONE DAY, WENT BACK
TO WORK AND THOUGHT 'WHAT IN THE
00:26:52.07\00:26:54.64
WORLD AM I DOING HERE? I
AM A JEWISH BOY FEEDING PIGS!'
00:26:54.64\00:27:01.45
HE HAD AN EPIPHANY. HE
SAID, 'HERE MY FATHER HAS GOT
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.79
SERVANTS, HE'S GOT
SILOS FULL OF FOOD.
00:27:04.79\00:27:09.66
THERE IS BREAD IN
MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.33
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?'
AND HE CAME TO HIS SENSES.
00:27:11.33\00:27:16.83
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE -
SIN WILL MAKE YOU CRAZY.
00:27:16.83\00:27:19.70
REALLY. IT'S LIKE
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, HE WAS
00:27:19.70\00:27:22.20
SO FULL OF PRIDE, NEXT THING
YOU KNEW HE WAS OUT OF HIS MIND.
00:27:22.20\00:27:25.77
AND IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS FOR HIM
TO WAKE UP AND COME TO HIMSELF
00:27:25.77\00:27:28.78
AND THE FIRST THING THAT CAME
OUT OF HIS MOUTH WHEN HE CAME TO
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.51
HIMSELF WAS, 'I PRAISE THE GOD
IN HEAVEN.' BECAUSE UNLESS GOD
00:27:30.51\00:27:35.32
IS YOUR PRIORITY,
YOU'RE NOT THINKING STRAIGHT.
00:27:35.32\00:27:39.29
REALLY. I MEAN,
IT'S LIKE MOSES BEFORE
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.92
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND.
00:27:41.92\00:27:44.46
HIS CLOSING SERMON HE SAID, 'LET
ME MAKE IT PLAIN.' NO, I PUT
00:27:44.46\00:27:47.40
THAT IN, BUT THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE SAID.
00:27:47.40\00:27:50.33
HE SAID, 'I AM SETTING BEFORE
YOU, THIS DAY, LIFE AND GOOD AND
00:27:50.33\00:27:53.23
BLESSING OR DEATH
AND EVIL AND CURSING.
00:27:53.23\00:27:56.40
WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT?'
NOW, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY,
00:27:56.40\00:28:00.28
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU
WANT? DO YOU WANT THE LIFE AND
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.01
GOOD AND BLESSING OF BEING
A CHRISTIAN AND IN THE CHURCH?
00:28:02.01\00:28:05.91
IN SPITE OF THE PROBLEMS IT'S
A LOT BETTER THAN BEING OUT HERE
00:28:05.91\00:28:09.55
WHERE THERE'S THE DEATH
AND THE EVIL AND THE CURSING.
00:28:09.55\00:28:12.95
AND THAT'S WHY JESUS
IS WANTING TO BLESS YOU.
00:28:12.95\00:28:16.26
HE BEGINS HIS SERMON WITH
BEATITUDES BECAUSE HE WANTS TO
00:28:16.26\00:28:19.03
BLESS HIS PEOPLE. THERE
IS NO HAPPINESS OUTSIDE OF
00:28:19.03\00:28:22.03
THE FATHER'S HOUSE AND
NO ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING.
00:28:22.03\00:28:27.07
FINALLY HE CAME TO HIS SENSES
AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, HOW MANY
00:28:27.07\00:28:31.01
OF MY FATHER'S HIRED SERVANTS
HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE?
00:28:31.01\00:28:35.44
THEY'VE GOT EXTRA, THEY EAT
TO THE FULL.' YOU KNOW, WHENEVER
00:28:35.44\00:28:38.75
JESUS FED PEOPLE IT
SAYS THEY HAD LEFTOVERS.
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.92
HE'D MULTIPLY THE BREAD
AND THERE WERE LEFTOVERS.
00:28:41.92\00:28:45.05
ELISHA BLESSED THE VESSEL OF OIL
THERE IN 2 KINGS, CHAPTER 4 AND
00:28:45.05\00:28:51.16
THE WOMAN POURED IT AND
IT JUST WAS OVERFLOWING.
00:28:51.16\00:28:56.23
GOD BLESSES WITH AN ABUNDANCE
AND HERE HE WAS WANTING TO EAT
00:28:56.23\00:29:01.44
THE HUSKS - THE SEED PODS THAT
THE PIGS WERE SNORTING THROUGH.
00:29:01.44\00:29:05.44
THEY'VE GOT FOOD TO
SPARE. JESUS IS WANTING TO GIVE
00:29:05.44\00:29:10.01
YOU THAT BREAD OF LIFE.
"AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER." YOU
00:29:10.01\00:29:15.95
KNOW, JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD,
VERY SIMPLY, JOHN 3:16, HE CAME
00:29:15.95\00:29:19.59
INTO THE WORLD THAT
YOU MIGHT NOT PERISH.
00:29:19.59\00:29:22.89
AND IF YOU'RE NOT EATING
THE BREAD OF LIFE AT LEAST EVERY
00:29:22.89\00:29:26.49
WEEK - YOU SHOULD BE EVERY
DAY - YOU WILL SURELY PERISH.
00:29:26.49\00:29:30.90
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARVING.
00:29:30.90\00:29:33.44
YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST DAYS, THE
BIBLE FORETELLS THERE'S GOING TO
00:29:33.44\00:29:35.84
BE A FAMINE IN THE LAND AND IT'S
'NOT A FAMINE FOR BREAD OR A
00:29:35.84\00:29:40.08
THIRST FOR WATER' - THIS IS AMOS
CHAPTER 8 - 'BUT FOR HEARING THE
00:29:40.08\00:29:43.65
WORD OF GOD.' AND I THINK
YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND A FAMINE,
00:29:43.65\00:29:47.98
SOMETIMES, AMONG RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE - BECAUSE THERE ARE SO
00:29:47.98\00:29:51.59
MANY COUNTERFEIT
VERSIONS OF THE WORD OF GOD.
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.99
PEOPLE WILL READ ONE LITTLE
VERSE AND THEN THEY'LL TALK
00:29:53.99\00:29:55.79
ABOUT THE LATEST MAGAZINE
ARTICLES. PEOPLE NEED TO REALLY
00:29:55.79\00:29:59.23
GET INTO THE GRIST OF GOD'S
WORD. THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF
00:29:59.23\00:30:03.90
TRUTH IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE 'AND
I PERISH WITH HUNGER.' YOU KNOW,
00:30:03.90\00:30:08.77
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN THEY WOKE
UP JONAH WHEN HE WAS RUNNING
00:30:08.77\00:30:12.67
FROM GOD - OH, BY THE WAY, GOING
BACK TO JONAH - MY MIND BOUNCES
00:30:12.67\00:30:17.15
AROUND LIKE THAT - IT'S BECAUSE
I USED DRUGS WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
00:30:17.15\00:30:19.55
SO YOU JUST
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
00:30:19.55\00:30:22.92
GOING BACK TO JONAH, WHEN HE WAS
ASLEEP IN THE BOAT ON THE WAY TO
00:30:22.92\00:30:25.52
DESTRUCTION, GOD
SENT A STORM TO SAVE HIM.
00:30:25.52\00:30:31.09
AND THE LORD SENT A
FAMINE TO SAVE THAT BOY.
00:30:31.09\00:30:35.00
AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE
BEEN OUT OF THE CHURCH, YOU'VE
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.23
BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME TRIALS
AND WONDERING 'WHY IS THIS
00:30:37.23\00:30:39.67
HAPPENING?' AND IT
COULD BE BECAUSE GOD
00:30:39.67\00:30:40.94
LOVES YOU AND HE'S
TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
00:30:40.94\00:30:45.67
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A CRISIS
AND IT MIGHT BE A CRISIS IN YOUR
00:30:45.67\00:30:48.14
MARRIAGE. IT COULD
BE A CRISIS WITH YOUR
00:30:48.14\00:30:50.08
HEALTH OR WORK, AND
GOD IS SAYING, 'HELLO.
00:30:50.08\00:30:55.92
CAN I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE?'
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.12
AND WHEN THE CAPTAIN WOKE UP
JONAH, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
00:30:59.12\00:31:02.32
'ARISE O SLEEPER.
CAREST NOT THAT WE PERISH?'
00:31:02.32\00:31:08.03
JESUS WAS ONCE ASLEEP IN A BOAT
DURING A STORM AND THEY WOKE HIM
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.57
UP AND THEY ASKED JESUS THE
DUMBEST QUESTION IN THE WORLD.
00:31:10.57\00:31:14.64
THEY SAID, 'MASTER,
CAREST NOT THAT WE PERISH?'
00:31:14.64\00:31:19.44
DOES JESUS CARE
WHETHER OR NOT WE PERISH?
00:31:19.44\00:31:23.14
WHY DID HE COME INTO THIS
WORLD? THAT WE MIGHT NOT PERISH.
00:31:23.14\00:31:29.28
AND IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS IN YOUR
BOAT, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
00:31:29.28\00:31:31.09
FRIENDS. HE SAID,
'I PERISH WITH HUNGER,
00:31:31.09\00:31:35.22
I WILL ARISE.' GOD TOLD JONAH,
'ARISE AND GO.' FINALLY HE SAID,
00:31:35.22\00:31:40.90
'I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY
FATHER AND I'LL SAY TO HIM,
00:31:40.90\00:31:45.00
'FATHER' - HE'S GOT HIS SPEECH
PREPARED - HOW CAN I WALK BACK
00:31:45.00\00:31:47.97
AND TALK TO DAD
AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE?
00:31:47.97\00:31:50.01
HERE I BASICALLY WAS SO RUDE,
DISRESPECTFUL, DIDN'T HONOR HIM,
00:31:50.01\00:31:54.04
ASKED FOR MY INHERITANCE EARLY?
00:31:54.04\00:31:56.08
AND THEN I TOOK IT AND I'M
COMING BACK WITH NOTHING TO SHOW
00:31:56.08\00:31:58.25
FOR IT - HE WORKED FOR YEARS
TO GET ALL THAT.' YOU NOTICE THE
00:31:58.25\00:32:02.82
BOY - EARLIER HE WANTED
HIS FATHER BUT HE DIDN'T WANT A
00:32:02.82\00:32:05.25
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER
- I'M SORRY, HE WANTED HIS
00:32:05.25\00:32:07.39
FATHER'S BLESSINGS - HE WANTED
HIS FATHER'S RESOURCES, BUT HE
00:32:07.39\00:32:11.79
DIDN'T WANT THE FATHER.
NOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE
00:32:11.79\00:32:16.16
WANTS GOD'S BLESSINGS.
THERE ARE WHOLE CHURCHES THAT
00:32:16.16\00:32:19.60
ARE BUILT AROUND 'THE REASON
THAT GOD EXISTS IS JUST TO BE A
00:32:19.60\00:32:23.61
FUNNEL OF BLESSINGS FOR
YOU.' REALLY, WE EXIST FOR
00:32:23.61\00:32:27.24
THE GLORY OF GOD. AND
THE SECRET OF LIFE IS NOT,
00:32:27.24\00:32:31.68
ULTIMATELY, YOUR
HAPPINESS, IT'S YOUR HOLINESS.
00:32:31.68\00:32:35.12
BUT YOUR HOLINESS
WILL LEAD TO HAPPINESS.
00:32:35.12\00:32:38.12
AND BY THE WAY, JESUS SAID
IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN
00:32:38.12\00:32:40.52
RECEIVE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT
WAY FOR YOU TO BE BLESSED IS TO
00:32:40.52\00:32:43.29
GIVE YOUR HEART THEN YOU
RECEIVE THE GREATEST BLESSING.
00:32:43.29\00:32:48.66
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING
TO EVER BE HAPPY IS BY GIVING
00:32:48.66\00:32:51.23
YOUR LIFE TO JESUS. 'I'M
GOING TO ARISE AND GO TO MY
00:32:51.23\00:32:54.70
FATHER'S HOUSE.' HE'S THINKING
ABOUT 'HOW DO I EVER FACE HIM
00:32:54.70\00:32:57.14
AGAIN AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE?'
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS
00:32:57.14\00:33:00.81
LATER I WAS TALKING TO MY DAD
THAT I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, I HAD
00:33:00.81\00:33:07.55
AN OLDER BROTHER THAT
WAS SICK AND I WAS THE
00:33:07.55\00:33:10.52
YOUNG, HEALTHY ONE. MY
BROTHER USED TO ALWAYS SAY,
00:33:10.52\00:33:15.76
'LIFE IS NOT FAIR.' MY
BROTHER HAD CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
00:33:15.76\00:33:18.33
HE SAID, 'DOUG, HERE I'M SMART
BUT I'M SICK AND YOU'RE HEALTHY
00:33:18.33\00:33:21.90
BUT YOU'RE STUPID.' BROTHERS
CAN TALK THAT WAY TO EACH OTHER.
00:33:21.90\00:33:28.90
AND WHEN HERE I WAS THE BABY OF
THE FAMILY AND I RAN AWAY AT 15
00:33:28.90\00:33:33.58
AND I NEVER CALLED MY DAD,
SOMETIMES FOR MONTHS, AND ALL HE
00:33:33.58\00:33:36.78
KNEW IS I WAS LIVING UP
IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MYSELF.
00:33:36.78\00:33:41.25
AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW HURT HE
WAS ABOUT THAT UNTIL SOMETIMES -
00:33:41.25\00:33:44.79
IT WAS LIKE 20 YEARS LATER I WAS
TALKING TO HIM AND THIS FLURRY
00:33:44.79\00:33:49.62
OF EMOTION CAME OUT. HE
SAID, 'ALL THOSE MONTHS WHEN
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.20
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU WERE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.46
DEAD OR ALIVE.' AND IT FINALLY
DAWNED ON ME, 'BOY, YOU KNOW,
00:33:56.46\00:34:01.34
NOW I'M A PARENT I GET AN IDEA
OF HOW MUCH THAT REALLY HURT
00:34:01.34\00:34:04.24
HIM.' SO THIS BOY'S HEADING HOME
AND HE'S THINKING, 'HOW CAN I
00:34:04.24\00:34:07.54
EVER FACE HIM AGAIN
AFTER WHAT I'VE DONE?
00:34:07.54\00:34:10.68
I'LL GO AND HERE'S WHAT
I'LL SAY. I HAVE TO CONFESS.
00:34:10.68\00:34:15.15
FATHER, I HAVE SINNED' - BY THE
WAY, YOU MUST CONFESS WHEN YOU
00:34:15.15\00:34:19.19
COME TO GOD. DON'T BE
AFRAID. DOES HE KNOW ANYWAY?
00:34:19.19\00:34:23.32
OH, YOU'LL FEEL
BETTER IF YOU CONFESS.
00:34:23.32\00:34:24.73
HE ALREADY KNOWS,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SHOCK HIM.
00:34:24.73\00:34:29.10
ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS YOU DO IS YOU REPENT.
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.23
TELL GOD YOU'RE SORRY AND
CONFESS YOUR SINS AND AS SOON AS
00:34:31.23\00:34:34.50
YOU DO THAT, YOU GIVE HIM
PERMISSION TO RELEASE THE POWER
00:34:34.50\00:34:37.14
OF HIS SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE.
'AND I'LL SAY, 'FATHER I HAVE
00:34:37.14\00:34:41.48
SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND BEFORE
YOU. I AM NO LONGER WORTHY TO BE
00:34:41.48\00:34:44.65
CALLED YOUR SON.' WHO'S
WORTHY TO BE A SON OF GOD?
00:34:44.65\00:34:49.22
THAT'S WHY JOHN TELLS US IN
1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, 'BEHOLD WHAT
00:34:49.22\00:34:53.72
MANNER OF LOVE THAT THE FATHER'S
BESTOWED ON US.' HE CAN'T EVEN
00:34:53.72\00:34:56.76
EXPLAIN IT, HE SAYS, 'JUST
BEHOLD IT - THAT WE SHOULD BE
00:34:56.76\00:35:00.43
CALLED SONS OF GOD.' HE'S
WILLING TO GIVE US A NEW NAME
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.83
AND BRING US BACK INTO THE
FAMILY WITH THE FULL STATURE OF
00:35:03.83\00:35:07.20
BEING SONS. I'M NOT WORTHY.
WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES US WORTHY?
00:35:07.20\00:35:13.48
IT'S ONLY GOD'S GRACE
AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
00:35:13.48\00:35:17.18
'I'M NOT WORTHY TO BE CALLED
YOUR SON, MAKE ME ONE OF YOUR
00:35:17.18\00:35:20.15
HIRED SERVANTS.' NOW, THAT
IS THE ATTITUDE THAT WE ALL NEED
00:35:20.15\00:35:23.52
WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE
FATHER. 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO
00:35:23.52\00:35:25.99
COME AND SERVE YOU. I
DON'T DESERVE TO BE YOUR SON.
00:35:25.99\00:35:30.83
I'LL BE HAPPY AS YOUR SERVANT.
AND SO, HE BEGINS HIS JOURNEY
00:35:30.83\00:35:35.93
HOME. HE AROSE AND HE CAME
TO HIS FATHER AND IT TOOK A LONG
00:35:35.93\00:35:40.77
WAY FOR HIM TO PLOD. HE
PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
00:35:40.77\00:35:43.84
SPARE FOOD IN HIS BACKPACK
- HAD TO BEG ALONG THE WAY.
00:35:43.84\00:35:47.68
BUT HE WAS SHOCKED AS HE STARTED
GETTING NEAR THE FAMILY FARM,
00:35:47.68\00:35:53.82
WHILE HE WAS STILL A GREAT WAY
OFF COMING OVER THE HILL AND THE
00:35:53.82\00:35:57.49
SILHOUETTE OF HIS FORM
THERE IS SEEN HOBBLING ALONG.
00:35:57.49\00:36:02.49
AS SOON AS THE FATHER
SPIES HIM HE RUNS TO MEET HIM.
00:36:02.49\00:36:09.00
HE DOESN'T MAKE HIM WAIT - YOU
KNOW, SOME OF US, I THINK, WE'D
00:36:09.00\00:36:12.53
SAY, 'WELL, I TOLD YOU YOU'D
BE COMING DRAGGING BACK.' ARMS
00:36:12.53\00:36:16.14
FOLDED ON THE FRONT PORCH
TAPPING OUR FOOT LOOKING THE
00:36:16.14\00:36:18.34
OTHER WAY. AND SAY, 'ALL RIGHT.
00:36:18.34\00:36:22.08
WAS I RIGHT OR WAS I RIGHT?'
THAT'S WHAT I'D PROBABLY DO.
00:36:22.08\00:36:28.15
WE'VE GOT THAT SPEECH, 'I
TOLD YOU SO.' OR WE'D MAKE THAT
00:36:28.15\00:36:34.16
STATEMENT IN
FRONT OF THE SPOUSE.
00:36:34.16\00:36:35.86
'DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT
HE'D' - BUT NOT THIS FATHER.
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.86
HE CAN'T EVEN WAIT
FOR HIM TO COME HOME.
00:36:39.86\00:36:43.10
SO THAT HE WON'T BE LEFT WITH
ANY DOUBT OF HIS ACCEPTANCE, HE
00:36:43.10\00:36:45.87
ARISES AND HE RUNS TO MEET HIM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROMISE IN
00:36:45.87\00:36:49.87
THE BIBLE, IT SAYS, 'YOU DRAW
NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW
00:36:49.87\00:36:54.11
NEAR TO YOU.' OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN IS SO ANXIOUS FOR US TO
00:36:54.11\00:36:58.11
BE SAVED - THAT MEANS THAT AS
SOON AS WE TAKE SOME STEPS AND
00:36:58.11\00:37:02.78
WE BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARDS GOD AND
HE SEES US MAKING AN EFFORT TO
00:37:02.78\00:37:07.16
COME TO HIM, WHAT DOES HE
DO? HE WILL RUN TO MEET US.
00:37:07.16\00:37:12.96
NOW, HOW COME THAT FATHER DIDN'T
SEND OUT BOUNTY HUNTERS TO FIND
00:37:12.96\00:37:18.93
THE SON WHEN HE
FIRST WENT AWAY FROM HOME?
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.47
CAN YOU FORCE SOMEONE TO LOVE
YOU? AND, YOU KNOW, OUR FATHER
00:37:22.47\00:37:26.57
IN HEAVEN CAN'T
FORCE YOU TO COME HOME.
00:37:26.57\00:37:29.04
HE'S NOT GOING TO FORCE
YOU TO COME BACK TO CHURCH.
00:37:29.04\00:37:31.38
YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO YOUR
SENSES AND TAKE THOSE FIRST
00:37:31.38\00:37:33.48
STEPS AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE I'M
00:37:33.48\00:37:36.65
SUPPOSED TO BE. THERE'S
BREAD IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:37:36.65\00:37:40.52
AND AS YOU COME, AS SOON AS YOU
MAKE THAT FIRST STEP, YOU DRAW
00:37:40.52\00:37:44.96
NEAR TO GOD, HE WILL DRAW NEAR
TO YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A
00:37:44.96\00:37:48.20
NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES
THAT ARE ON THAT LINE.
00:37:48.20\00:37:56.30
FIRST YOU COME AND YOU COME
CONFESSING - JEREMIAH CHAPTER 3,
00:37:56.30\00:38:00.24
VERSE 14, "'ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE
YOUR INIQUITY THAT YOU'VE
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.98
TRANSGRESSED
AGAINST THE LORD YOUR GOD.
00:38:03.98\00:38:06.15
THAT YOU'VE NOT OBEYED MY VOICE'
SAYS THE LORD." HE'S PLEADING
00:38:06.15\00:38:09.02
WITH ISRAEL HERE, HE SAYS,
"'RETURN O BACKSLIDING CHILDREN'
00:38:09.02\00:38:12.12
SAYS THE LORD, 'FOR I AM MARRIED
TO YOU.'" YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY
00:38:12.12\00:38:17.23
HERE IN JEREMIAH, BUT IN
THE BOOK OF HOSEA, GOD NOT ONLY
00:38:17.23\00:38:20.23
COMPARES IT TO A FATHER AND
A SON, BUT HE COMPARES IT TO A
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.90
HUSBAND AND A WIFE, AND HE SAYS,
'YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE
00:38:22.90\00:38:26.50
BEEN UNFAITHFUL, EVEN THOUGH
YOU'VE GONE AFTER OTHER GODS, I
00:38:26.50\00:38:30.64
LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT I'LL STILL
TAKE YOU BACK.' THAT TAKES A LOT
00:38:30.64\00:38:35.48
OF LOVE BECAUSE, I'LL TELL
YOU, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST
00:38:35.48\00:38:39.71
DIFFICULT THINGS TO DEAL WITH IS
WHEN THERE'S BEEN INFIDELITY IN
00:38:39.71\00:38:43.35
A MARRIAGE. SOME
PEOPLE FOLD THEIR ARMS
00:38:43.35\00:38:46.32
AND STOMP THEIR FOOT
AND SAY, 'THAT'S THE END!'
00:38:46.32\00:38:49.22
BUT GOD'S LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLE
THAT HE SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE,
00:38:49.22\00:38:53.63
'EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE SPURNED MY
LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE, RETURN
00:38:53.63\00:38:57.83
TO ME.' HE SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE,
"'RETURN O BACKSLIDING CHILDREN'
00:38:57.83\00:39:02.20
SAYS THE LORD, 'FOR I'M MARRIED
TO YOU.'" AND AGAIN, IN VERSE
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.77
22, "RETURN YOU BACKSLIDING
CHILDREN AND I WILL HEAL YOUR
00:39:04.77\00:39:09.08
BACKSLIDING." YOU KNOW, I THINK
ABOUT THE STORY IN THE BIBLE
00:39:09.08\00:39:16.58
WHERE JACOB RAN AWAY FROM HOME,
HE LEFT THE FATHER'S HOUSE AND
00:39:16.58\00:39:20.62
THEN HE COMES HOME, BUT IT'S
SORT OF DIFFERENT BECAUSE JACOB
00:39:20.62\00:39:23.93
LEAVES POOR AND
HE COMES BACK RICH.
00:39:23.93\00:39:27.50
THIS BOY LEAVES RICH
AND HE COMES BACK POOR.
00:39:27.50\00:39:31.77
AND THE LORD STILL RECEIVES HIM.
00:39:31.77\00:39:35.47
YOU KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE
STORIES IN THE BIBLE - MATTER OF
00:39:35.47\00:39:37.71
FACT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER
READ IT WITHOUT HAVING MY EYES
00:39:37.71\00:39:40.61
PUDDLE UP - IS THE STORY OF
JOSEPH OCCUPIES THE LATTER HALF
00:39:40.61\00:39:43.95
OF GENESIS AND JACOB'S SUPREME
LOVE WAS FOR RACHEL AND THE
00:39:43.95\00:39:51.32
FIRST SON OF RACHEL - SHE
COULDN'T HAVE A BABY FOR YEARS -
00:39:51.32\00:39:53.62
WAS THIS PROMISED BOY NAMED
JOSEPH AND HE JUST LAVISHED SO
00:39:53.62\00:39:56.73
MUCH LOVE ON JOSEPH - HE LOVED
HIM MORE THAN ANY FATHER SHOULD
00:39:56.73\00:39:59.93
PROBABLY LOVE A SON. IN
FRONT OF ALL HIS BROTHERS
00:39:59.93\00:40:02.36
HE GIVES HIM THIS ROBE OF MANY
COLORS AND JUST INDULGES HIM.
00:40:02.36\00:40:07.60
AND THEN HIS BROTHERS ARE
JEALOUS AND SO THEY SELL JOSEPH.
00:40:07.60\00:40:14.08
FATHER THINKS HE'S BEEN KILLED.
CARRIED OFF AS A SLAVE TO
00:40:14.08\00:40:19.18
ANOTHER LAND. ENDS UP
NOT ONLY BEING A SLAVE
00:40:19.18\00:40:21.05
BUT BEING A PRISONER - AND YOU
CAN READ THE WHOLE STORY THERE
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.39
OF JOSEPH AND HIS TRIALS - AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN HOW HE GOES FROM
00:40:23.39\00:40:25.69
THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE IN ONE DAY.
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.29
AND THEN FINALLY HE REVEALS
HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS - THAT
00:40:28.29\00:40:32.43
HE'S ALIVE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE
00:40:32.43\00:40:34.30
FINALLY SAYS WEEPING? HE
SAYS, 'IS MY FATHER ALIVE?'
00:40:34.30\00:40:39.33
HIS HEART WAS BREAKING TO
BE REUNITED WITH HIS FATHER.
00:40:39.33\00:40:42.90
AND HE SENDS AN ARMY ALONG WITH
HIS BROTHERS BACK AND HE SAYS,
00:40:42.90\00:40:46.37
'BRING MY FATHER.' AND YOU'VE
GOT THAT PICTURE IN THE BIBLE
00:40:46.37\00:40:50.41
FINALLY, WHEN JACOB REALIZES HIS
SON IS ALIVE AND YOU CAN JUST
00:40:50.41\00:40:56.18
PICTURE JOSEPH GETTING OUT
OF HIS GILDED CHARIOT AND JACOB
00:40:56.18\00:40:59.62
GETTING OFF OF HIS WAGON
AND EMBRACING AND SOBBING AND
00:40:59.62\00:41:04.49
HUGGING EACH OTHER. IT
SAYS THEY FELL ON ONE ANOTHER
00:41:04.49\00:41:08.43
AND THEY KISSED THE
NECK. AND JUST THE JOY
00:41:08.43\00:41:12.60
OF THAT REUNION. HOW ANXIOUS
IS GOD TO BE REUNITED WITH YOU?
00:41:12.60\00:41:18.04
YOU THINK THAT GOD'S MAD
AT YOU? SIN WILL DESTROY YOU.
00:41:18.04\00:41:22.18
IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T
LOVE YOU, IT'S THE NATURE OF
00:41:22.18\00:41:23.78
SIN. GOD DOESN'T
NEED TO BE MAD AT
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.01
YOU. SIN, IT
JUST SELF-DESTRUCTS.
00:41:26.01\00:41:30.32
AND THAT'S WHY
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
00:41:30.32\00:41:32.89
THE LONGER THAT WE WAIT TO COME
BACK TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE -
00:41:32.89\00:41:37.23
WE'RE LIVING A VERY RISKY LIFE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO STARVE OR
00:41:37.23\00:41:42.40
END UP LIKE THE
PIGS THAT WE LIVE WITH.
00:41:42.40\00:41:45.93
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME TO YOUR
SENSES AND WAKE UP AND HAVE AN
00:41:45.93\00:41:48.37
EPIPHANY AND SAY, 'I NEED TO
ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER.' WHEN
00:41:48.37\00:41:51.41
YOU REALIZE THAT,
YOU NEED TO ACT ON IT.
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.68
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO THINK
THAT YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE GIFT
00:41:54.68\00:41:57.48
OF REPENTANCE AND THAT IT
WILL COME LATER AT YOUR CALL.
00:41:57.48\00:42:01.92
GOD TELLS US IN ACTS CHAPTER
2, REPENTANCE IS EVEN A GIFT.
00:42:01.92\00:42:05.45
AND SO THE IMPRESSION THAT
YOU'VE GOT THAT YOU NEED TO COME
00:42:05.45\00:42:07.76
BACK TO CHURCH, YOU NEED TO ACT
ON IT WHEN YOU GET IT BECAUSE
00:42:07.76\00:42:11.46
THAT'S A GIFT OF
GOD. GOD IS CALLING YOU.
00:42:11.46\00:42:13.36
AND THE LONGER THAT WE SAY NO TO
THE FATHER'S SPEAKING TO US AND
00:42:13.36\00:42:17.03
THROUGH HIS SPIRIT WOOING
US, THE VOLUME CAN GET LOWER AND
00:42:17.03\00:42:21.34
LOWER - IT CAN BE DROWNED OUT BY
ALL THE OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE
00:42:21.34\00:42:24.77
SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU DON'T HEAR IT ANYMORE.
00:42:24.77\00:42:28.91
AND SO, IF YOU HEAR THE FATHER
CALLING YOU, IF YOU KNOW THAT
00:42:28.91\00:42:32.91
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COME
BACK, DON'T WAIT FOR A BETTER
00:42:32.91\00:42:36.32
OPPORTUNITY, NOW IS THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE DOING
00:42:36.32\00:42:41.59
JUSTICE TO THIS STORY IF I
DIDN'T READ THE REST OF WHAT
00:42:41.59\00:42:44.59
HAPPENS HERE, BECAUSE THE BOY
THAT RAN AWAY IS NOT THE ONLY
00:42:44.59\00:42:48.06
ONE THAT'S HAVING PROBLEMS.
THERE'S A BOY WHO STAYS HOME
00:42:48.06\00:42:54.10
THAT HAS A PROBLEM
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.57
HE COMES TO HIS FATHER - VERSE
20, "AND WHILE HE'S A GREAT WAY
00:42:56.57\00:43:00.28
OFF THE FATHER
SEES AND HAS COMPASSION.
00:43:00.28\00:43:02.54
HE RUNS TO HIM. HE FELL
ON HIS NECK. HE KISSED HIM.
00:43:02.54\00:43:07.85
AND THE SON BEGINS HIS SPEECH
'FATHER, I'VE SINNED AGAINST
00:43:07.85\00:43:10.92
HEAVEN AND IN YOUR SIGHT'" -
HOW DID JESUS TELL US TO PRAY
00:43:10.92\00:43:14.86
WHEN THE DISCIPLES ASKED HIM?
00:43:14.86\00:43:16.86
THE FIRST THING HE SAID IS,
'WHEN YOU PRAY, PRAY IN THIS
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.59
MANNER, 'OUR FATHER' HE'S
TELLING US THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE
00:43:19.59\00:43:24.27
LOVE GOD LIKE THIS - THAT WE CAN
APPROACH HIM AS A FATHER - THAT
00:43:24.27\00:43:27.07
WE CAN EXPECT HIM TO
LOVE US LIKE A FATHER.
00:43:27.07\00:43:31.87
WITH THAT
PATIENCE AND THAT MERCY.
00:43:31.87\00:43:34.24
"'FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST
HEAVEN AND IN YOUR SIGHT.
00:43:34.24\00:43:36.58
I AM NO LONGER WORTHY TO
BE CALLED YOUR SON.' BUT THE
00:43:36.58\00:43:40.38
FATHER, AS SOON AS HE SAW
THAT HE WAS REPENTANT AND HE
00:43:40.38\00:43:42.98
CONFESSED, HE STOPPED HIM
AND HE SAID TO HIS SERVANTS,
00:43:42.98\00:43:47.62
'BRING THE BEST ROBE AND PUT
IT ON HIM. AND PUT A RING ON HIS
00:43:47.62\00:43:52.16
HAND AND SANDALS ON HIS FEET.
AND BRING THE FATTED CALF HERE
00:43:52.16\00:43:57.17
AND KILL IT. AND
LET US EAT AND BE MERRY.
00:43:57.17\00:43:59.77
FOR THIS, MY SON, WAS
DEAD AND HE'S ALIVE AGAIN.
00:43:59.77\00:44:02.30
HE WAS LOST AND HE'S FOUND.'
AND THEY BEGAN TO REJOICE.
00:44:02.30\00:44:07.81
NOW, WHAT DOES
THAT ROBE REPRESENT?
00:44:07.81\00:44:10.58
THAT'S THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT'S INTERESTING
00:44:10.58\00:44:14.92
- JOSEPH'S BROTHERS COVERED
THEIR SIN OF BETRAYING JOSEPH BY
00:44:14.92\00:44:20.72
PRESENTING TO THE
FATHER A BLOOD-STAINED ROBE.
00:44:20.72\00:44:24.03
THE ONLY THING THAT JESUS LEAVES
BEHIND WHEN HE COMES TO THIS
00:44:24.03\00:44:26.73
WORLD - THAT THEY GAMBLE OVER
- IS THAT BLOOD-STAINED ROBE.
00:44:26.73\00:44:31.20
WHAT DID JACOB GIVE JOSEPH?
A ROYAL ROBE OF MANY COLORS.
00:44:31.20\00:44:37.34
IN ALL THESE STORIES,
THIS REPRESENTS THAT ROBE OF
00:44:37.34\00:44:40.18
ADOPTION, THAT
ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:44:40.18\00:44:43.51
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE REDEEMED
HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE
00:44:43.51\00:44:47.02
THEM WHITE IN THE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.98
AND THE FATHER IS OFFERING
US PURITY, FORGIVENESS, A NEW
00:44:49.98\00:44:53.72
BEGINNING, RIGHTEOUSNESS
THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
00:44:53.72\00:44:56.59
HE'S OFFERING THAT TO EVERYBODY.
IF YOU COME - YOU DRAW NEAR TO
00:44:56.59\00:45:00.30
HIM HE WILL RUN TO MEET YOU.
AND YOU CAN HAVE A NEW BEGINNING
00:45:00.30\00:45:04.80
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
AND UP 'TIL NOW, EVERYTHING IS
00:45:04.80\00:45:07.80
GOING GREAT, BUT
THE BROTHER IS UPSET.
00:45:07.80\00:45:13.68
AND SO HE HEARS ALL THE FEASTING
- THE OLDER SON WAS IN THE
00:45:13.68\00:45:16.85
FIELD, VERSE 25, "AND HE DREW
NEAR THE HOUSE AND HE HEARD THE
00:45:16.85\00:45:19.45
MUSIC AND DANCING AND HE CALLED
ONE OF THE SERVANTS AND SAID,
00:45:19.45\00:45:22.65
'WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?'
00:45:22.65\00:45:24.25
AND THEY SAID, 'YOUR BROTHER HAS
COME HOME AND BECAUSE HE, YOUR
00:45:24.25\00:45:27.52
FATHER, RECEIVED HIM SAFE AND
SOUND, HE'S KILLED THE FATTED
00:45:27.52\00:45:29.99
CALF.' AND HE WAS
ANGRY AND WOULD NOT GO IN.
00:45:29.99\00:45:34.50
A PREACHER WAS TALKING ABOUT
THIS WITH HIS CONGREGATION ONE
00:45:34.50\00:45:37.13
TIME AND HE SAID, NOW, SOMEBODY
IN THIS STORY WAS VERY UNHAPPY -
00:45:37.13\00:45:42.60
WHO WAS THE MOST UNHAPPY IN THIS
STORY AND ONE LITTLE BOY RAISED
00:45:42.60\00:45:45.57
HIS HAND AND SAID, 'THE FATTED
CALF.' BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT
00:45:45.57\00:45:53.72
OTHER BROTHER WASN'T VERY HAPPY.
HE'S IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE, BUT
00:45:53.72\00:45:57.29
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE
SAME SPIRIT AS THE FATHER.
00:45:57.29\00:45:59.52
HE DOESN'T HAVE
THAT RELATIONSHIP.
00:45:59.52\00:46:01.69
THE FATHER CAME OUT TO HIM -
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE LOVE OF THE
00:46:01.69\00:46:04.83
FATHER. HE
WANTS TO REACH HIM, HE
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.13
WANTS TO BE JOINED TO
HIM. AND HE PLEADED WITH HIM.
00:46:07.13\00:46:11.13
BUT YOU NOTICE THAT YOU CAN BE
LOST OUT OF CHURCH AND YOU CAN
00:46:11.13\00:46:13.70
BE LOST IN THE
FATHER'S HOUSE TOO.
00:46:13.70\00:46:17.11
SO THIS MESSAGE IS REALLY TO
APPEAL TO EVERYBODY TO COME TO
00:46:17.11\00:46:21.91
THE FATHER. HE SAID
TO HIS FATHER, "'ALL
00:46:21.91\00:46:26.61
THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN SERVING
YOU AND I NEVER TRANSGRESSED
00:46:26.61\00:46:28.88
YOUR COMMANDMENT AT ANY TIME,
AND YET YOU NEVER GAVE ME A
00:46:28.88\00:46:31.62
YOUNG GOAT THAT I MIGHT
MAKE MERRY WITH MY FRIENDS.
00:46:31.62\00:46:34.26
AND AS SOON AS THIS SON OF
YOURS'" - IT DOESN'T SAY 'MY
00:46:34.26\00:46:36.22
BROTHER' - YOUR SON.
WHENEVER OUR BOYS ARE IN
00:46:36.22\00:46:38.93
TROUBLE, KAREN
TELLS ME THEY'RE MY BOYS.
00:46:38.93\00:46:43.26
"'WHENEVER THIS SON OF YOURS HAS
DEVOURED YOUR LIVELIHOOD WITH
00:46:43.26\00:46:47.84
HARLOTS YOU KILL FOR
HIM THE FATTED CALF?'
00:46:47.84\00:46:51.64
AND HE SAID, 'SON, YOU'RE ALWAYS
WITH ME AND ALL THAT I HAVE IS
00:46:51.64\00:46:55.04
YOURS' - YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AT YOUR
00:46:55.04\00:46:57.45
FINGERTIPS ALWAYS - YOU'VE NOT
BEEN MAKING THE WITHDRAWALS THAT
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.68
YOU CAN MAKE FROM MY
BANK - THROUGH PRAYER.
00:47:00.68\00:47:06.25
PRAYER IS THE KEY IN THE HAND OF
FAITH THAT CAN UNLOCK HEAVEN'S
00:47:06.25\00:47:11.23
STOREHOUSES. "HE
SAID, 'IT WAS RIGHT THAT WE
00:47:11.23\00:47:16.03
SHOULD MAKE MERRY AND BE GLAD,
FOR YOUR BROTHER WAS DEAD AND IS
00:47:16.03\00:47:18.90
ALIVE AGAIN, HE WAS LOST AND
IS FOUND.'" NOW, I TOLD YOU THIS
00:47:18.90\00:47:23.37
STORY IS ABOUT
REJOICING - THIS WHOLE CHAPTER.
00:47:23.37\00:47:26.84
REJOICING WHEN THAT
LOST SHEEP IS FOUND.
00:47:26.84\00:47:29.88
REJOICING WHEN THE
MISSING COIN IS RECOVERED.
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.88
REJOICING IN HEAVEN WHEN THE
PRODIGAL, WHO HAS BEEN MAYBE OUT
00:47:32.88\00:47:37.99
OF THE CHURCH AND THE FATHER'S
HOUSE FOR YEARS, COMES HOME.
00:47:37.99\00:47:42.02
AND THERE'S LIKEWISE REJOICING
WITH GOD WHEN WE COME BACK TO
00:47:42.02\00:47:46.93
HIM. HE IS
INFINITELY MORE WILLING TO
00:47:46.93\00:47:50.80
RECEIVE US THAN
SOMETIMES WE ARE TO COME.
00:47:50.80\00:47:54.50
HE'S PAID SO MUCH THAT WE MIGHT
BE FORGIVEN - THAT WE MIGHT HAVE
00:47:54.50\00:47:57.11
EVERLASTING LIFE. WHY DO WE WANT
TO GO TO THAT FAR COUNTRY AND
00:47:57.11\00:48:00.48
DIG IN THE DEVIL'S DUMPSTER?
IT'S NEVER GOING TO SATISFY YOU.
00:48:00.48\00:48:04.91
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING
TO BRING SATISFACTION IS JESUS.
00:48:04.91\00:48:09.95
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HEARING A
STORY YEARS AGO ABOUT A BOY THAT
00:48:09.95\00:48:13.99
WENT TO HIS FATHER - GREW UP ON
THE FARM - AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T
00:48:13.99\00:48:18.06
WANT TO LIVE ON THE FARM, I WANT
TO LIVE IN THE CITY' - AND YOU
00:48:18.06\00:48:23.00
MAYBE NOTICED HERE WE'VE GOT
THE CITY, WE'VE GOT THE CHURCH -
00:48:23.00\00:48:26.30
THIS IS LIKE THE WORLD AND THIS
IS THE CHURCH AND - YOU'VE HEARD
00:48:26.30\00:48:29.47
OF THE ONE-DAY CHURCH?
THIS IS THE THREE-HOUR CHURCH
00:48:29.47\00:48:32.71
RIGHT HERE. AND THAT BOY WANTED
THE CITY LIFE. HE SAID, 'DAD,
00:48:32.71\00:48:39.41
LOOK CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SEED
MONEY AND I'M GOING TO MAKE GOOD
00:48:39.41\00:48:44.12
- I'VE GOT BIG PLANS. I'M
GOING TO GO TO THE CITY' AND THE
00:48:44.12\00:48:47.09
FATHER RELUCTANTLY GAVE HIM
SOME MONEY AND SAID, 'YOU'RE
00:48:47.09\00:48:51.93
MAKING A MISTAKE.' HE
SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO FINISH YOUR
00:48:51.93\00:48:53.46
EDUCATION.' 'NAW,
I'M WASTING MY TIME.
00:48:53.46\00:48:55.26
I'VE GOT BIG PLANS.' AND SO HE
TOOK ALL HIS POSSESSIONS THAT HE
00:48:55.26\00:49:00.94
COULD AND HE TOOK SOME OF THE
MONEY AND WENT OFF TO THE CITY.
00:49:00.94\00:49:04.37
HE CORRESPONDED EVERY NOW AND
THEN WITH HIS FOLKS BY MAIL -
00:49:04.37\00:49:07.04
THIS WAS BEFORE E-MAIL AND
TELEPHONE - AND MADE A MESS OF
00:49:07.04\00:49:12.78
THINGS. LOST EVERYTHING.
00:49:12.78\00:49:15.55
GOT IN WITH THE
WRONG CROWD - DRINKING.
00:49:15.55\00:49:17.55
WORD REACHED THE PARENTS HOW
HE WAS NOW OUT ON THE STREETS.
00:49:17.55\00:49:23.39
AND AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF
LIVING IN SHAME, HE WRITES HOME
00:49:23.39\00:49:28.06
AND HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE
TO COME BACK AND I'M GOING TO BE
00:49:28.06\00:49:33.20
ON THE NEXT TRAIN COMING HOME.
AND YOU KNOW THAT PLACE WHERE
00:49:33.20\00:49:36.77
THE TRACK GOES BY OUR
FARM OUT THERE BY THE HOUSE
00:49:36.77\00:49:40.31
AND THE CLOTHESLINE?' HE
SAID, 'IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
00:49:40.31\00:49:44.21
LET ME COME HOME' HE SAYS, 'I'M
GOING TO RIDE BY TOWARDS THE
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.05
STATION - I HAVE TO PASS THE
HOUSE ON MY WAY TO THE STATION
00:49:47.05\00:49:50.32
- IF YOU'LL JUST TIE A WHITE
HANDKERCHIEF ON THE CLOTHESLINE,
00:49:50.32\00:49:53.69
I'LL KNOW THAT MEANS
IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO COME HOME.
00:49:53.69\00:49:56.19
AND IF IT'S NOT THERE, I
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'VE SHAMED
00:49:56.19\00:49:58.06
THE FAMILY.' WELL, AS THE BOY
WAS RIDING CLOSER TO THE HOME,
00:49:58.06\00:50:03.30
HE WAS AFRAID TO
LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW.
00:50:03.30\00:50:05.00
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT. HIS DAD WAS KIND
00:50:05.00\00:50:06.80
OF A STERN FARMER.
THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN SITTING
00:50:06.80\00:50:10.04
ON THE BENCH NEXT
TO HIM ON THE TRAIN.
00:50:10.04\00:50:11.24
HE SAID, 'LOOK, LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.' HE SAID,
00:50:11.24\00:50:12.71
'WE'RE COMING UP AROUND THE
HILL THERE' HE SAID, 'IF YOU SEE
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.51
THERE'S A WHITE HANKY ON
THE CLOTHESLINE, LET ME KNOW,
00:50:15.51\00:50:18.08
BECAUSE IT'S A SIGNAL.' AS THEY
GOT NEAR THE LOCATION, THE BOY
00:50:18.08\00:50:22.75
WAS AWAITING AND THE MAN SAID TO
HIS FELLOW PASSENGER, 'I THINK
00:50:22.75\00:50:28.12
YOU OUGHT TO LOOK FOR YOURSELF,
YOUNG MAN.' THE BOY TURNED AND
00:50:28.12\00:50:31.43
HE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND
AS THEY CAME AROUND THE CREST OF
00:50:31.43\00:50:34.56
THE HILL, NOT ONLY WAS THERE A
HANKY ON THE CLOTHESLINE, THERE
00:50:34.56\00:50:38.10
WERE SHEETS HANGING FROM
THE TREE, THERE WERE TOWELS OUT
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THERE ON THE FENCE, THERE WERE
TABLECLOTHS - EVERYTHING THAT
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MOM COULD FIND
WAS HANGING OUT THERE.
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THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS
FESTOONED WITH WHITE.
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HAS THE LORD HUNG SOMETHING UP
FOR US TO KNOW THAT HE WANTS US
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TO COME HOME? DO YOU
NEED TO COME HOME FRIENDS?
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I KNOW, WE'RE A MONTH
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INTO THE NEW YEAR AND I'M LIKE,
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THEN I SAW '365 AMAZING
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>>YOU KNOW, WE GREW UP IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD UP IN THE MIDWEST
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THAT WAS A PRETTY BAD
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN I BECAME A
00:52:14.96\00:52:17.53
TEENAGER I STARTED USING DRUGS.
I WAS ON - I STARTED USING METH
00:52:17.53\00:52:22.47
WHEN I WAS LIKE, I THINK,
16 - 15 - SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:52:22.47\00:52:26.31
I WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IN MY
LIFE I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
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DEAL WITH. THE ONLY
THING I REALLY KNEW WAS
00:52:29.34\00:52:33.05
VIOLENCE SO THIS NIGHT
HERE I WAS GOING TO INFLICT
00:52:33.05\00:52:37.09
VIOLENCE ON MYSELF. I
WAS REALLY HIG AND REALLY
00:52:37.09\00:52:40.82
DEPRESSED SO I TOOK, YOU
KNOW, I HAD THIS .40 CALIBER.
00:52:40.82\00:52:43.43
SO I REMEMBER I PUT ONE IN THE
CHAMBER AND I STUCK IT TO THE
00:52:43.43\00:52:46.03
SIDE OF MY HEAD LIKE THIS
AND THAT GUN HAD A HAIR TRIGGER,
00:52:46.03\00:52:52.73
YOU KNOW? I
REMEMBER I WAS TAPPING IT
00:52:52.73\00:52:55.54
'CAUSE A PART OF ME SAID
'NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
00:52:55.54\00:52:59.94
'BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY
EVIL PRESENT THERE SAYING 'DO
00:52:59.94\00:53:03.41
IT.' I JUST SAID TO MYSELF, I
SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL SHOW
00:53:03.41\00:53:10.69
YOURSELF TO ME.' MY MOTHER TOOK
ME TO CHURCH WHEN I WAS A LITTLE
00:53:10.69\00:53:14.22
KID AND WE USED TO SING 'JESUS
LOVES ME' AND I REMEMBERED THAT
00:53:14.22\00:53:19.26
SONG. IT STARTED
PLAYING IN MY MIND.
00:53:19.26\00:53:23.80
I ALMOST HAD, LIKE, A VISION
OF ME AS A LITTLE KID, YOU KNOW?
00:53:23.80\00:53:30.24
IN SABBATH SCHOOL WE USED TO
BANG THOSE STICKS TOGETHER AND
00:53:30.24\00:53:37.75
SING 'JESUS LOVES ME'
AND I HEARD THAT IN MY MIND.
00:53:37.75\00:53:43.92
SO I SAID, 'WOW.' SO I JUST,
KIND OF LIKE, PUT THE GUN DOWN
00:53:43.92\00:53:51.19
AND I KIND OF FELL ON MY BEDSIDE
THERE AND I SAID, 'LORD,' - I
00:53:51.19\00:53:56.26
JUST BASICALLY JUST
PRAYED THIS CRAZY PRAYER.
00:53:56.26\00:53:58.50
I SAYS - I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING
THAT WAS WRONG WITH ME.
00:53:58.50\00:54:01.87
AND I REMEMBER, ONE DAY, I
WAS DRIVING AROUND AND I KIND OF
00:54:01.87\00:54:03.74
FELT LOST, AND I DROVE BY THIS
CHURCH AND I SEEN TOM OUT THERE.
00:54:03.74\00:54:08.21
TOM WAS JUST OUT THERE
WATERING THE FLOWERS, YOU KNOW?
00:54:08.21\00:54:12.28
>>SO I CAUGHT A VISION OUT OF
THE SIDE OF MY EYE OF THIS BIG
00:54:12.28\00:54:16.15
HUSKY GUY WITH TATTOOS
WALKING UP AND SAYING HELLO.
00:54:16.15\00:54:22.19
AND I - SO I ASKED HIM IF I
COULD HELP HIM AND HE TOLD ME
00:54:22.19\00:54:26.90
THAT HE DRIVES BY THE CHURCH ON
OCCASION AND EVERY TIME HE GOES
00:54:26.90\00:54:33.07
BY HE'S THINKING
THAT HE SHOULD STOP IN.
00:54:33.07\00:54:35.80
>>AFTER HE SHOWED ME AROUND THE
CHURCH, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE,
00:54:35.80\00:54:40.64
'OKAY, MAN, IT'S NICE MEETING
YOU.' AND THIS AND THAT - SO I
00:54:40.64\00:54:44.48
JUMPED IN MY CAR AND I STARTED
HEADING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND
00:54:44.48\00:54:48.98
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IN,
LIKE, MY PERIPHERAL VISION, I
00:54:48.98\00:54:52.49
SEE HIM COMING AROUND THE
CORNER LIKE JERRY RICE RUNNING A
00:54:52.49\00:54:56.52
FOOTBALL - NO, NOT THAT FAST,
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TAKING OFF
00:54:56.52\00:55:01.80
AFTER ME AND HE SAYS,
'HEY, HEY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.'
00:55:01.80\00:55:04.40
>>I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND
00:55:04.40\00:55:07.24
HE SAID, 'YEAH.' >>HE
WOULD COME BY THE HOUSE.
00:55:07.24\00:55:10.34
WE'D ALL START - WE'D
START HIDING THE BEER CANS AND
00:55:10.34\00:55:12.77
TRYING TO AIR
OUT THE WEED SMELL.
00:55:12.77\00:55:16.11
THERE WAS A PRESENCE THAT CAME
WITH TOM THAT WAS COMFORTING,
00:55:16.11\00:55:21.25
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T TAKING THE
00:55:21.25\00:55:24.29
BIBLE STUDIES AS SERIOUS AS I
SHOULD HAVE, LOOKING BACK, THERE
00:55:24.29\00:55:28.49
WAS JUST A PRESENCE ABOUT
HIM BEING THERE IN THE HOUSE
00:55:28.49\00:55:31.29
THAT WAS COMFORTING. I
TOLD TOM, I SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:55:31.29\00:55:35.53
TOM, YOU CAN'T WIN EVERYBODY.'
>>I LOOKED AT HIM AND I KNEW -
00:55:35.53\00:55:38.43
I SAID TO HIM, 'RUEBEN, I NEVER
GET ANYBODY.' I SAYS, 'THE HOLY
00:55:38.43\00:55:44.87
SPIRIT WILL DO THAT.' AND I,
KIND OF, IN MY HEART, KNEW THAT
00:55:44.87\00:55:50.51
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
GOING TO WORK ON RUEBEN.
00:55:50.51\00:55:52.91
>>SO THEN TOM KIND OF LEFT THE
PICTURE FOR AWHILE AND I THINK
00:55:52.91\00:55:57.02
ONE DAY, AT MY MOTHER'S
HOUSE, THEY WERE WATCHING
00:55:57.02\00:55:59.19
THE FINAL EVENTS
OF BIBLE PROPHECY .
00:55:59.19\00:56:01.86
SO I WATCHED THAT AND I REMEMBER
THE SCENE WHERE THEY HAD THE
00:56:01.86\00:56:08.70
HELLFIRE AND STUFF, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND IT
00:56:08.70\00:56:13.50
SHOWED THE HELLFIRE COMING DOWN
AND BURNING PEOPLE AND STUFF.
00:56:13.50\00:56:18.51
I REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF,
'THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE RIGHT
00:56:18.51\00:56:23.31
THERE.' AFTER THE HELLFIRE SCENE
I SAW THE SAINTS IN THE CITY -
00:56:23.31\00:56:30.32
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM - AND JESUS
RECREATING THE EARTH AND I SAID,
00:56:30.32\00:56:38.23
'I WANT THAT TO BE MY - ME AND
MY FAMILY.' THERE WAS SOMETHING
00:56:38.23\00:56:43.43
ABOUT THE WAY DOUG PREACHED AND
THINGS THAT I FELT THAT TOUCHED
00:56:43.43\00:56:46.60
ME BECAUSE HE'S KIND OF
LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, HE'S - HE
00:56:46.60\00:56:52.11
DIDN'T GROW UP
LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?
00:56:52.11\00:56:55.31
HE - HE DONE DRUGS AND THINGS
SO I KIND OF FOUND THESE COMMON
00:56:55.31\00:56:59.31
GROUNDS THAT I HAD WITH HIM AND
I LIKED HOW HE JUST, KIND OF,
00:56:59.31\00:57:03.35
LIKE, KEPT IT REAL
WITH HIS PREACHING.
00:57:03.35\00:57:05.05
AND THEN PASTOR RODLEY CAME TO
THE CHURCH AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM
00:57:05.05\00:57:10.59
VERY WELL AND WE STARTED
DOING SOME FINISHING STUDIES.
00:57:10.59\00:57:15.00
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING AND
00:57:15.00\00:57:18.50
THINGS. HE BAPTIZED
ME, MY WIFE, MY BROTHER.
00:57:18.50\00:57:22.97
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE
DONE, WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHERE
00:57:22.97\00:57:28.14
YOU'VE BEEN, NO MATTER HOW BAD
OF A SINNER YOU THINK YOU ARE,
00:57:28.14\00:57:33.38
THE LORD JESUS LOVES YOU
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
00:57:33.38\00:57:36.99
>>FRIENDS, IT'S BECAUSE OF
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THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, JUST LILKE
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