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>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
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>>I WAS HEADING
SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 5.
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THIS COMMERCIAL COME ON KFBK
RADIO ABOUT A REVELATION SEMINAR
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BY AMAZING FACTS. I BEGAN -
MY CHEST BEGAN TO TIGHTEN UP.
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I BEGAN SWEATING PROFUSELY.
I HAD DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.
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THERE WAS THIS BIG REST AREA
AND, AT THIS TIME, I PULLED INTO
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THERE. I THOUGHT 'WELL, MAYBE
I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK.'
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I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK, WALKED
INTO THE MEN'S RESTROOM THERE,
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AND PUT COLD WATER ON MY
FACE, AND THEN FINALLY THINGS
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SUBSIDED. A WEEK
LATER, AGAIN, I HEARD
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THIS AMAZING FACTS
COMMERCIAL COME ON THE RADIO.
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IN FACT, THE MEETINGS WERE GOING
TO START THAT VERY NIGHT - THIS
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- AND, AGAIN, IMMEDIATELY
I HAD THESE SAME SYMPTOMS.
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I THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW, THIS ISN'T MY HEART.
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I HAVE TO GO TO THAT MEETING.
AND, AS I WAS GOING DOWN TO
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SACRAMENTO, I DECIDED
TO PARK AND GO INSIDE.
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WELL, I GOT IN AND WALKED INTO
THE FURTHERMOST REAR SEAT THEY
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HAD IN THE PEW THERE. AND
THIS PARTICULAR EVANGELIST,
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HIS NAME WAS KIM KJAER.
IT WAS LIKE TAKING ONE LAYER
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OFF AT A TIME OF AN ONION.
HE LAID IT OUT SO PERFECTLY THAT
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WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND
IT. AND I WAS REALLY MOTIVATED.
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I COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT. WELL, I FINISHED - I
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DIDN'T MISS A MEETING. IN
FACT, ON THE FIFTH NIGHT THEY
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HAD AN ALTAR CALL AND MY KNEES
STOOD RIGHT UP AND I WALKED
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FORWARD AND I GAVE MY
HEART TO JESUS CHRIST.
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I'VE LEARNED, THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE THING, THAT WHEN YOU -
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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE DEVIL'S
TERRITORY, HE GETS PRETTY ACTIVE
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IN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
WELL, I HAD THE EVANGELIST COME
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OUT AND THEY HAD PRAYER
WITH ME ABOUT MY BUSINESS.
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I WOULD FIND A SICK BUSINESS AND
MAKE IT WELL AND THEN MARKET IT.
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I FINALLY ENDED UP WITH A
BUSINESS THAT I ENJOYED THAT WAS
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ONE THAT WAS
BUILDING EQUESTRIAN CENTERS.
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AND THEY SAID TO ME, 'STEVE,' HE
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING
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TO REALLY KEEP THE SABBATH
YOU'VE GOT TO SHUT YOUR DOORS ON
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THE SABBATH.' WELL,
I DID AND SO I SOLD THE
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BUSINESS TO MY BROTHER.
IT TOOK ME 22 YEARS TO BUILD
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THAT BUSINESS AND HE
LOST IT IN 33 MONTHS.
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MY SON, WHO WAS MY BUSINESS
PARTNER, I'D BEEN GIVING HIM TEN
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PERCENT OF THE
BUSINESS EVERY YEAR.
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HE THOUGHT I'D JUST
FALLEN OFF THE BRIDGE.
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MY SON DIDN'T TALK TO ME
FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
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AND THEN A FEW
OTHER THINGS HAPPENED.
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I HAD AN EX-EMPLOYEE LIVING
IN MY GUEST HOUSE - HE KIND OF
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WATCHED AFTER OUR PLACE - AND HE
SAID, 'STEVE,' HE SAID, 'THERE'S
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AN ALLIED MOVING VAN BACKED
UP TO YOUR FRONT DOOR IN YOUR
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HOME.' I SAID, 'YOU'RE KIDDING!'
I SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?'
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HE SAID, 'THEY'RE MOVING
EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE
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INTO THIS TRUCK AND YOUR WIFE IS
OUT THERE SUPERVISING THEM.' AND
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WHEN I WENT HOME AND OPENED THE
FRONT DOOR, MY VOICE ECHOED IN
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THAT HOUSE. THERE WASN'T
ANY FURNITURE LEFT ANYWHERE.
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THERE WAS ONE BED
LEFT IN THE HOUSE.
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I KNEW MY WIFE WAS UPSET BECAUSE
OF MY COMING TO THIS CHURCH, BUT
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I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WOULD
MOVE OUT LIKE THIS - THAT WAS A
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TOTAL SHOCK TO ME. IT
WAS SOME TIME THERE - I
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LOCKED MYSELF IN THE BEDROOM
AND I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE.
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I SPENT ABOUT A HALF A YEAR JUST
EVERY NIGHT, GETTING HOME AND I
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WOULD STUDY. IT
ALLOWED ME TO HAVE A PERSONAL
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RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.
WELL, TO MAKE A LONG STORY
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SHORT, I MET CRYSTAL,
AND SHE WAS A GODLY WOMAN.
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THAT WAS THE LORD'S DOING, NOT
MINE, AND HE WAS JUST THERE TO
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LET ME KNOW, 'I'M
WITH YOU ALL THE WAY.
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EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
SOME TRIALS AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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HAVE SOME HARDSHIPS, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT I'LL BE WITH YOU.'
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BECAUSE, NO MATTER WHAT
I DO NOW, HE IS MY LEADER.
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HE'S THE LEADER OF MY
MARRIAGE. HE'S THE LEADER OF
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EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE
TODAY. THAT ONE MEETING WITH THE
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AMAZING FACTS SEMINAR CHANGED
MY ENTIRE LIFE AND, TO THIS DAY,
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I'M STILL ON FIRE FOR GOD
- I'M STILL WITNESSING TO MY
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NEIGHBORS. MY NAME
IS STEVE JOHNSON AND
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IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT AMAZING
FACTS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
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(MUSIC)
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>>FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE
SCARED OF SNAKES, THIS MAY NOT
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BE FOR YOU. I'M
HERE AT A REPTILE PARK
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OUTSIDE OF DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA,
AND I'M HOLDING MY FRIEND
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HERE WHO'S A RED-TAIL BOA.
SNAKES ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE
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WORLD AND THEY
COME IN ALL SIZES.
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SNAKES CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE
TREES, THEY CRAWL ON THE GROUND,
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THEY LIVE UNDER THE GROUND, AND
THEY SWIM IN THE WATER - VERY
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INTERESTING CREATURES.
SOME SNAKES ARE VENOMOUS - NOT
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MY FRIEND HERE, BUT THE
BLACK MAMBA - VERY POISONOUS.
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MATTER OF FACT, THEIR BITE IS
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE KISS OF
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DEATH. THEY CAN
GROW 15-FEET LONG AND
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CAN TRAVEL UP TO
SEVEN MILES AN HOUR.
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THEY DON'T CALL THEM BLACK
MAMBAS BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
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THEIR SKIN, BUT THE INTERIOR
OF THEIR MOUTH IS BLACK.
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SNAKES ALSO COME IN ALL SIZES,
LIKE THIS BOA OR PYTHON - THEY
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CAN GROW TO GREAT
SIZES. MATTER OF FACT, IN SOUTH
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AMERICA, THEY FOUND SOME
FOSSILS OF A SNAKE THAT THEY
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CALL 'TITANIBOA'. THEY
BELIEVE IT WAS AS BIG AS
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50-FEET LONG AND WEIGHED AS
MUCH AS A CAR. SAY 'CHEESE'.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED
OF SNAKES. I USED TO LIVE IN A
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MOUNTAIN IN A CAVE AND I
RAN INTO SNAKES FREQUENTLY.
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THEY NEVER BOTHERED ME
UNLESS I WAS BOTHERING THEM.
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IN THE BIBLE, THE SNAKE IS
OFTEN A SYMBOL OF THE DEVIL.
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IN REALITY, IT'S JUST A SYMBOL
- THEY'RE ANIMALS LIKE OTHER
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ANIMALS, BUT IT SAYS THEY WERE
CURSED TO GO UPON THEIR BELLY
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BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRST
MEDIUM THAT THE DEVIL USED TO
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TEMPT ADAM AND EVE.
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IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, CHAPTER
21, IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW,
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WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
GOING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS,
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THEY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
GOD'S MANNA, AND IT SAYS THE
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LORD ALLOWED THESE FIERY
SERPENTS TO GO AMONG THE PEOPLE
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AND MANY WERE BITTEN -
AND THE VENOM WAS DEADLY.
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I SHOULD PROBABLY MENTION, AT
THIS POINT, THAT BREAD THEY WERE
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COMPLAINING ABOUT IS A
SYMBOL FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
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AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WERE DYING
FROM THIS PLAGUE OF SERPENTS,
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THEY WENT UNTO MOSES AND
THEY SAID, 'WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
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GOD TOLD MOSES TO MAKE A BRONZE
SERPENT AND PUT IT ON A POLE AND
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LIFT IT UP, THAT WHOEVER LOOKED
UPON THE SERPENT THEY WOULD BE
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HEALED OF THEIR VENOM. THIS
IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
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JESUS SAYS, IN THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSES 14 AND
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15, "AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE
SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN
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SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED
UP, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
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SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE." THEY NEEDED TO
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LOOK AND TO LIVE.
YOU SEE, THOSE ANCIENT
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SHEPHERDS, WHEN THEY WOULD KILL
A VENOMOUS SNAKE, THEY WOULD
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CARRY IT OFF ON
THEIR STAFF AND BURY IT.
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SO, A SERPENT ON A POLE
REPRESENTED A DEFEATED SNAKE.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT
DEFEATING THE DEVIL, FRIENDS.
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HAVE YOU BEEN BITTEN BY
THE SERPENT? WE ALL HAVE.
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THE ONLY CURE FOR THE VENOM
OF SATAN IS TO LOOK IN FAITH AT
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JESUS. HE, THEN,
DEFEATED A DEVIL.
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HE TOOK THE VENOM OF SIN IN HIS
BODY TO PROVIDE THE ANTIDOTE IN
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HIS BLOOD. SO,
FRIENDS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
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LOOK TODAY AND LIVE. (MUSIC)
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>>IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
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CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP AND THAT'S
WHY THE MESSAGE TODAY IS DEALING
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WITH STOLEN
TREASURE OR OPEN BLESSINGS.
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NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO READ TO
YOU IS A POEM, BUT I UNDERSTAND
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THE POEM IS BASED
UPON A TRUE STORY.
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS
BEFORE, IT'S CALLED THE COOKIE
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SCROUNGER . THE
WOMAN ARRIVED AT AN AIRPORT
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ONE NIGHT WITH HOURS TO
KILL BEFORE HER LONG FLIGHT.
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SHE HUNTED FOR A BOOK IN THE
AIRPORT SHOP, BOUGHT A BAG OF
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COOKIES AND
FOUND A PLACE TO DROP.
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ENGROSSED IN HER BOOK, SHE
HAPPENED TO SEE THAT A MAN WAS
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SITTING BY HER AS BOLD AS COULD
BE, HE GRABBED A COOKIE OR TWO
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FROM THE BAG IN BETWEEN.
WHEN SHE TRIED TO IGNORE THIS TO
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AVOID A SCENE, SHE MUNCHED ON
HER COOKIES WHILE WATCHING THE
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CLOCK, WHILE THE DARING COOKIE
THIEF DIMINISHED HER STOCK.
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SHE WAS GETTING MORE OUTRAGED AS
THE MINUTES TICKED BY THINKING,
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'IF I WASN'T SO NICE, I'D
BLACKEN HIS EYE.' WITH EACH
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COOKIE SHE TOOK, HE TOOK ONE
TOO, WHEN ONLY ONE WAS LEFT, SHE
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WONDERED WHAT HE'D DO.
WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND AN
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AWKWARD LAUGH, HE TOOK THE LAST
COOKIE AND BROKE IT IN HALF.
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HE OFFERED HER ONE AS HE ATE THE
OTHER SHE SNATCHED IT FROM HIM
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AND THOUGHT, 'OH BROTHER!
THIS GUY HAS SOME NERVE AND
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HE IS SO RUDE, HE ATE HALF
MY COOKIES WITH NO GRATITUDE.'
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SHE NEVER REMEMBERED BEING
SO GALLED AND SIGHED WITH RELIEF
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WHEN HER FLIGHT WAS CALLED.
SHE GATHERED HER THINGS AND
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STORMED TO THE GATE, REFUSING TO
GLANCE AT THE THIEVING INGRATE.
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SHE BOARDED THE PLANE AND
SANK IN HER SEAT AND DUG FOR HER
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BOOK, WHICH WAS ALMOST COMPLETE.
AS SHE REACHED IN HER BAG, SHE
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GASPED WITH SURPRISE, THERE
WERE HER COOKIES IN FRONT OF HER
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EYES. IF MINE ARE
ALL HERE, SHE MOANED
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IN DESPAIR, THE OTHERS
WERE HIS AND HE TRIED TO SHARE.
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(LAUGHTER) TOO LATE TO REPENT,
SHE REALIZED WITH GRIEF, THAT
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SHE WAS THE RUDE ONE,
THE SCROUNGER, THE THIEF.
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(LAUGHTER) THERE SHE WAS,
PLOPPED DOWN, SAW THAT BRAND OF
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COOKIES SHE HAD JUST BOUGHT AND
THOUGHT SHE HAD OPENED THEM AND
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STARTING EATING THEM AND DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT THEY WERE HIS.
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YOU EVER SAT DOWN AT A
RESTAURANT OR SOME PLACE, YOU
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KNOW, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL
LIKE DRINKS AND YOU DRINK FROM
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SOMEONE ELSE'S CUP BECAUSE
YOU JUST GOT YOUR RIGHT AND YOUR
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LEFT MIXED UP OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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AND YOU ALWAYS FEEL BAD BECAUSE
YOU THINK, 'OH, I STOLE YOURS.
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I DIDN'T MEAN TO. I'M
SORRY.' JUST - YOU KNOW,
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WE'RE ALL WIRED TO KNOW THERE'S
SOMETHING MORALLY WRONG WITH NOT
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RESPECTING SOMEONE
ELSE'S RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.
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AND ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT
FOUNDATIONS OF ANY SUCCESSFUL
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COUNTRY IS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE A RIGHT TO OWN THINGS.
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WE DON'T BELIEVE IN COMMUNISM,
BUT IT MUST BE DISCONCERTING TO
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DISCOVER THAT YOU'VE BEEN
STEALING AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT.
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ROMANS 2, VERSE 21 - PAUL
SAID, "YOU, THEREFORE, WHO TEACH
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ANOTHER, DO YOU
NOT TEACH YOURSELF?
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YOU WHO PREACH THAT A MAN
SHOULD NOT STEAL, DO YOU STEAL?"
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AND HERE THIS WOMAN WAS SO
INDIGNANT THAT THIS MAN WAS
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STEALING HER COOKIES AND, IN
REALITY, SHE WAS STEALING HIS,
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BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT. NOW,
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
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A STORY THAT YOU FIND IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT TODAY - WE'LL BE
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JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT
PRINCIPALLY, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR
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BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
- JOSHUA CHAPTER 6 - AND I'LL BE
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GIVING YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND:
THIS IS TELLING THE MIRACULOUS
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STORY ABOUT THE - THE FALL
OF JERICHO AND HOW GOD GAVE HIS
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PEOPLE VICTORY OVER
JERICHO IN A DRAMATIC WAY.
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AND, YOU REMEMBER, THE LORD GAVE
GENERAL JOSHUA SOME PLANS NO
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GENERAL EVER HAD BEFORE - 'I
WANT YOU TO MARCH WITH THE MEN,
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CIRCLE THE CITY ONCE FOR SIX
DAYS, BLOW THE TRUMPETS, DON'T
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UTTER A WORD, AND
THEN GO BACK TO CAMP.'
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EACH DAY THEY'D GO OUT, THEY'D
CIRCLE THE CITY, THEY'D STOMP,
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THE MEN WOULDN'T SAY A WORD, THE
PRIESTS WOULD JUST BLOW ON THESE
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SEVEN TRUMPETS. AND
THEN HE SAID, 'NOW, ON THE
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SEVENTH DAY, I WANT YOU TO
GO MARCH AROUND THE CITY SEVEN
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TIMES ON THE SEVENTH DAY AND, ON
THE LAST TIME, WHEN YOU GET THE
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SIGNAL, BLOW THE TRUMPETS.'
AND FINALLY THE MEN WOULD
00:12:36.99\00:12:39.95
BE ALLOWED TO SHOUT. AND
YOU CAN READ HERE IN JOSHUA
00:12:39.95\00:12:44.23
6:15, "BUT IT CAME TO PASS ON
THE SEVENTH DAY THAT THEY ROSE
00:12:44.23\00:12:48.43
EARLY, ABOUT THE DAWNING OF THE
DAY, AND MARCHED AROUND THE CITY
00:12:48.43\00:12:51.13
SEVEN TIMES IN THE SAME MANNER."
- AS THEY HAD DONE ON THE SIX
00:12:51.13\00:12:53.67
EARLIER DAYS - "ON THAT
DAY ONLY THEY MARCHED AROUND
00:12:53.67\00:12:57.94
THE CITY SEVEN TIMES."
AND, IF YOU CAN READ HERE IN
00:12:57.94\00:13:01.84
JOSHUA 6, VERSE 18, IT SAYS WHEN
THEY BLEW THE TRUMPETS AND THEY
00:13:01.84\00:13:06.82
WERE TO CAPTURE THE CITY,
THEY WERE NOT TO BE TAKING
00:13:06.82\00:13:10.69
ANY OF THE SPOILS. YOU
CAN READ IN JOSHUA 6:20,
00:13:10.69\00:13:14.66
"SO THE PEOPLE SHOUTED WHEN
THE PRIESTS BLEW THE TRUMPETS.
00:13:14.66\00:13:18.39
AND IT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE
HEARD THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET,
00:13:18.39\00:13:21.40
AND THE PEOPLE SHOUTED WITH A
GREAT SHOUT, THAT THE WALL FELL
00:13:21.40\00:13:24.23
DOWN FLAT. THEN THE
PEOPLE WENT UP INTO THE
00:13:24.23\00:13:26.97
CITY, EVERY MAN STRAIGHT BEFORE
HIM," - AS THEY SURROUNDED THE
00:13:26.97\00:13:29.70
CITY, THE WALL FELL, YOU COULD
ENTER THE CITY FROM ANY SIDE.
00:13:29.70\00:13:32.74
IT WAS A MIRACLE - THEY ALL
SAW IT. THE WALL FELL DOWN FLAT.
00:13:32.74\00:13:37.71
MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE I GO TOO
FAR, I OUGHT TO JUST TELL YOU,
00:13:37.71\00:13:40.58
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL ANALOGY HERE
WE SHOULD NOT MISS. THE WAY YOU
00:13:40.58\00:13:43.92
SAY 'JOSHUA' IN GREEK
IS 'JESUS'. JESUS' NAME WAS
00:13:43.92\00:13:49.89
'YASHUA' - GREEK IS - JESUS IS
SORT OF A GREEK PRONUNCIATION OF
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THAT. JOSHUA CAME INTO THE
PROMISED LAND, TRUMPETS BLEW,
00:13:54.83\00:14:03.07
THE CITY OF THE WICKED WAS
DESTROYED. ONLY THOSE IN THE
00:14:03.07\00:14:06.07
HOUSE OF RAHAB, WITH
A RED ROPE, WERE SPARED.
00:14:06.07\00:14:09.61
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT,
ONLY THOSE IN A HOUSE WITH THE
00:14:09.61\00:14:12.48
BLOOD ABOVE THE DOOR WERE SPARED
AND, WHEN THEY - THAT WAS THE
00:14:12.48\00:14:16.62
JEWS - NOW, FORTY YEARS LATER,
WHEN THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED
00:14:16.62\00:14:18.89
LAND, IT'S GENTILES AND ONLY
THOSE IN THE HOUSE WITH BLOOD
00:14:18.89\00:14:21.66
[RED] ARE SPARED WHEN JOSHUA
COMES AND THE TRUMPETS BLOW.
00:14:21.66\00:14:24.66
AND THERE'S A SHOUT.
00:14:24.66\00:14:26.03
DOES THE BIBLE TELL US WHEN
JESUS COMES THERE'S GOING TO BE
00:14:26.03\00:14:28.06
A TRUMPET, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
SHOUT, AND HE IS GOING TO RESCUE
00:14:28.06\00:14:31.13
HIS OWN AND HIS WORLD IS GOING
TO BE GIVEN TO DESTRUCTION?
00:14:31.13\00:14:35.27
I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE - THIS
IS A BIGGER PICTURE - IT'S NOT
00:14:35.27\00:14:37.67
JUST AN OLD TESTAMENT
STORY, THIS IS A FUTURE STORY.
00:14:37.67\00:14:41.61
SO THE PEOPLE
SHOUTED - THE WALLS FELL.
00:14:41.61\00:14:44.28
NOW JOSHUA - VERSE 18 - I
JUMPED OVER THAT ON PURPOSE.
00:14:44.28\00:14:46.88
HE GAVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS AFTER
THE WALLS FELL, HE SAID, "AND
00:14:46.88\00:14:50.49
YOU, BY ALL MEANS ABSTAIN FROM
THE ACCURSED THINGS, LEST YOU
00:14:50.49\00:14:55.86
BECOME ACCURSED WHEN YOU TAKE
OF THE ACCURSED THINGS, AND MAKE
00:14:55.86\00:14:59.96
THE CAMP OF ISRAEL A
CURSE, AND TROUBLE IT."
00:14:59.96\00:15:02.93
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS
JERICHO WAS THE FIRSTFRUITS OF
00:15:02.93\00:15:08.20
THE CITIES THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO CONQUER.
00:15:08.20\00:15:10.74
THERE WERE SEVERAL CITIES THEY
WOULD NEED TO CONQUER TO TAKE
00:15:10.74\00:15:12.51
THE PROMISED LAND
- JERICHO WAS FIRST.
00:15:12.51\00:15:14.81
ANY OF THE SPOILS OF THAT CITY
WERE GOING TO GO TO GOD - ALL
00:15:14.81\00:15:18.85
THE PEOPLE - ALL THE ANIMALS
- THERE WAS TOTAL ANNIHILATION,
00:15:18.85\00:15:23.45
EXCEPT THOSE IN RAHAB'S HOUSE.
00:15:23.45\00:15:25.15
WHEN JESUS COMES, IT'S THE SAME
THING, ONLY THOSE THAT ARE IN
00:15:25.15\00:15:28.79
CHRIST - THE HOUSE OF RAHAB - A
WOMAN REPRESENTS A CHURCH - ONLY
00:15:28.79\00:15:33.16
THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE
UNDER THE BLOOD WILL BE SAVED.
00:15:33.16\00:15:36.30
EVERYTHING ELSE, ANNIHILATION
- TOTAL DESTRUCTION - LIKE THE
00:15:36.30\00:15:39.77
DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD, SO IS THE
SECOND COMING - ONLY THOSE IN
00:15:39.77\00:15:43.71
THE ARK WERE SAVED.
BUT, ALL OF THE - THE MONEY -
00:15:43.71\00:15:49.04
THE VALUABLES - THE SILVER, THE
BRASS, THE GOLD, AND IRON WAS
00:15:49.04\00:15:53.08
EVEN CONSIDERED MONEY BACK THEN,
BECAUSE IT WASN'T AS ABUNDANT AS
00:15:53.08\00:15:56.02
IT IS TODAY - WAS TO BE
CONSECRATED TO THE LORD.
00:15:56.02\00:15:59.39
AND THIS IS BASED ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE FIRSTFRUITS.
00:15:59.39\00:16:02.49
IF A PERSON TOOK OF WHAT
WAS GOD'S, THEY WERE A THIEF AND
00:16:02.49\00:16:08.36
THEY WOULD BRING A CURSE
ON THEMSELVES AND THE PEOPLE.
00:16:08.36\00:16:11.77
NOTICE WHAT JOSHUA SAID: 'DON'T
DO THAT - DON'T TAKE THESE
00:16:11.77\00:16:14.54
THINGS. THERE'S A
CURSE PRONOUNCED ON
00:16:14.54\00:16:15.87
ANYTHING WHEN YOU STEAL FROM
GOD AND YOU'LL BRING A CURSE
00:16:15.87\00:16:19.51
ON THE CAMP OF ISRAEL.'
SO, THEY WENT IN THE CITY AND
00:16:19.51\00:16:23.65
THEY DESTROYED EVERYBODY
EXCEPT THOSE IN RAHAB'S HOUSE.
00:16:23.65\00:16:26.98
THEY TOOK ALL THE VALUABLES OUT
AND THEY SET THE CITY ON FIRE
00:16:26.98\00:16:30.49
AND THEY DEDICATED
IT ALL TO THE LORD.
00:16:30.49\00:16:33.36
NOW, YOU LOOK UNDER THE
FIRSTFRUITS PRINCIPLE - YOU'LL
00:16:33.36\00:16:35.59
SEE IN JOSHUA 6:19 - NOW I DON'T
PUT ON - SOMETIMES I'LL PUT A
00:16:35.59\00:16:39.26
PICTURE ON THE SCREEN, BUT
I HOPE YOU READ THE VERSES.
00:16:39.26\00:16:41.86
I ONLY OCCASIONALLY PUT A VERSE
ON THE SCREEN - USE YOUR BIBLES.
00:16:41.86\00:16:44.83
JOSHUA 6:19, "BUT ALL THE SILVER
AND GOLD, AND VESSELS OF BRONZE
00:16:44.83\00:16:49.80
AND IRON, ARE CONSECRATED TO THE
LORD; THEY SHALL COME INTO THE
00:16:49.80\00:16:54.61
TREASURY OF THE LORD."
THEN YOU CAN READ IN VERSE 24,
00:16:54.61\00:17:00.28
"BUT THEY BURNED THE CITY AND
ALL THAT WAS IN IT WITH FIRE.
00:17:00.28\00:17:04.05
ONLY THE SILVER AND GOLD, AND
THE VESSELS OF BRONZE AND IRON,
00:17:04.05\00:17:07.69
THEY PUT INTO THE TREASURY
OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD."
00:17:07.69\00:17:10.96
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'LAY
UP NOT FOR YOURSELF TREASURES ON
00:17:10.96\00:17:13.63
EARTH WHERE THIEVES BREAK
THROUGH AND STEAL AND WHERE MOTH
00:17:13.63\00:17:17.00
AND RUST DOES CORRUPT, BUT LAY
UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN
00:17:17.00\00:17:20.17
HEAVEN WHERE THIEVES
CANNOT BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL.
00:17:20.17\00:17:23.27
WHATEVER YOU STORE IN
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD STAYS.
00:17:23.27\00:17:26.27
>>AMEN. >>THE ONLY
THING THAT SURVIVED
00:17:26.27\00:17:28.68
THE COMING OF JOSHUA FROM
JERICHO WAS WHAT WAS CONSECRATED
00:17:28.68\00:17:34.78
TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DESTROYED.
00:17:34.78\00:17:39.09
AND THE ONLY - YOU KNOW, YOU
COME INTO THIS WORLD NAKED, AS
00:17:39.09\00:17:41.36
JOB SAYS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
A HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL, HAVE
00:17:41.36\00:17:47.10
YOU? YOU DON'T
GET TO TAKE IT OUT.
00:17:47.10\00:17:51.00
YOU'RE ONLY A
STEWARD FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:17:51.00\00:17:52.93
EVERYTHING NOW IS THE
FIRSTFRUITS OF GOD AND WHEN GOD
00:17:52.93\00:17:57.17
BLESSES YOU, WHETHER IT'S TITHES
OR OFFERINGS, WE ARE THEN TO
00:17:57.17\00:18:00.48
RETURN THE FIRSTFRUITS TO
HIM. IT'S A PRINCIPLE YOU FIND.
00:18:00.48\00:18:04.18
YOU CAN LOOK IN DEUTERONOMY
26:10, "AND NOW, BEHOLD, I HAVE
00:18:04.18\00:18:08.22
BROUGHT THE FIRSTFRUITS OF
THE LAND WHICH YOU, O LORD, HAVE
00:18:08.22\00:18:11.49
GIVEN ME."
WHENEVER THE HARVEST CAME
00:18:11.49\00:18:13.22
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WOULD REMEMBER THAT AND THEY
00:18:13.22\00:18:15.82
WOULD BRING AND PRESENT
THE FIRSTFRUITS TO THE LORD AND
00:18:15.82\00:18:17.99
THEY WOULD MAKE THIS
STATEMENT, "WHICH YOU, O LORD,
00:18:17.99\00:18:21.06
HAVE GIVEN ME. THEN
YOU SHALL SET IT BEFORE
00:18:21.06\00:18:22.70
THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND WORSHIP
BEFORE THE LORD YOUR GOD."
00:18:22.70\00:18:25.23
GIVING IS PART OF
WORSHIP, IN THE BIBLE.
00:18:25.23\00:18:29.50
PROVERBS 3:9, "HONOR THE LORD
WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS AND WITH
00:18:29.50\00:18:33.14
THE FIRSTFRUITS OF
ALL OF YOUR INCREASE."
00:18:33.14\00:18:36.58
WHENEVER GOD BLESSES US,
WHENEVER THERE'S INCREASE WE
00:18:36.58\00:18:39.31
SHOULD HONOR AND THANK HIM.
YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE HOLIDAYS,
00:18:39.31\00:18:42.85
I CAN'T THINK OF ONE THAT
CHRISTIANS CAN GET MORE EXCITED
00:18:42.85\00:18:45.59
ABOUT THAN THANKSGIVING. >>AMEN.
00:18:45.59\00:18:47.86
>>YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN
THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY FEAST AT
00:18:47.86\00:18:52.19
THANKSGIVING, BUT THANKSGIVING
- AND THE LEFTOVERS THAT LINGER
00:18:52.19\00:18:56.53
THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT
THANKSGIVING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
00:18:56.53\00:19:00.64
BE ABOUT GLUTTONY, IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT GRATITUDE.
00:19:00.64\00:19:05.04
AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER
THE LORD AND HIS WORK AND BE
00:19:05.04\00:19:11.08
THANKFUL TO HIM. AND
SO, WE'RE TO HONOR GOD.
00:19:11.08\00:19:15.55
NOW, IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER 7 OF
JOSHUA, YOU FIND OUT SOMETHING
00:19:15.55\00:19:20.56
WENT SIDEWAYS. I MEAN,
YOU - IN CHAPTER 6 - AND
00:19:20.56\00:19:24.23
WHAT A TREMENDOUS VICTORY - ONE
OF THE HIGH POINTS IN THE BIBLE
00:19:24.23\00:19:27.66
- THROUGH FAITH THE
WALLS OF JERICHO CAME DOWN.
00:19:27.66\00:19:30.13
IT'S AN ALLEGORY OF THE
SECOND COMING, BUT YOU CAN TELL
00:19:30.13\00:19:33.50
SOMETHING'S WRONG RIGHT AWAY,
WITH THE FIRST WORD OF JOSHUA 7.
00:19:33.50\00:19:37.17
AFTER THAT TREMENDOUS
VICTORY IS SAYS, "BUT".
00:19:37.17\00:19:41.28
RIGHT AWAY YOU
KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG.
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.35
JUST A THREE-LETTER WORD - "BUT
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COMMITTED
00:19:43.35\00:19:48.65
A TRESPASS" - WHO
COMMITTED A TRESPASS?
00:19:48.65\00:19:51.22
>>THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
>>IS THAT SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.69
>>PLURAL.
>>"REGARDING THE ACCURSED
00:19:53.69\00:19:56.66
THINGS, FOR ACHAN" - IS ACHAN
ONE OR MANY? IT'S ONE PERSON.
00:19:56.66\00:20:02.20
"FOR ACHAN, THE SON OF CARMI,
THE SON OF ZABDI, THE SON OF
00:20:02.20\00:20:05.37
ZERAH, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH,
TOOK OF THE ACCURSED THINGS."
00:20:05.37\00:20:10.34
THAT MEANS THAT HE, WHEN HE WENT
INTO ONE OF THE HOUSES AND THEY
00:20:10.34\00:20:13.88
WERE CLEARING THINGS OUT,
INSTEAD OF DEDICATING SOME OF
00:20:13.88\00:20:17.55
THE SILVER AND GOLD HE FOUND
TO THE LORD - AND A GARMENT - HE
00:20:17.55\00:20:21.18
STUCK IT IN HIS POCKET - HE
PURLOINED, FOR HIMSELF, WHAT WAS
00:20:21.18\00:20:25.79
SUPPOSED TO BE GOD'S. HE
TOOK OF THE ACCURSED THING.
00:20:25.79\00:20:29.86
NOW, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
00:20:29.86\00:20:31.23
IT SAYS THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL WOULD BE CURSED.
00:20:31.23\00:20:34.13
YOU MIGHT WONDER - THAT DOESN'T
SOUND FAIR, ONE PERSON DOES
00:20:34.13\00:20:37.50
SOMETHING WRONG
AND EVERYBODY SUFFERS?
00:20:37.50\00:20:40.57
YOU ALMOST NEVER HEAR ABOUT THIS
IN CHURCHES ANYMORE, IT'S THE
00:20:40.57\00:20:44.24
IDEA OF
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY.
00:20:44.24\00:20:48.21
IF YOU ARE A CHURCH AND IF WE
ARE ONE, THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN
00:20:48.21\00:20:53.85
STAND TOGETHER
AND FALL TOGETHER.
00:20:53.85\00:20:55.85
WHY IS IT IN THE LORD'S PRAYER
THAT WE PRAY 'FORGIVE US'?
00:20:55.85\00:20:59.85
WHY AM I PRAYING ABOUT YOU?
WHY DON'T I JUST SAY, 'FORGIVE
00:20:59.85\00:21:02.59
ME MY DEBTS AS I
FORGIVE MY DEBTORS'?
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.63
WHY AM I SUPPOSED
TO SAY 'FORGIVE US'?
00:21:04.63\00:21:06.96
BECAUSE I SHOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT YOUR FORGIVENESS JUST LIKE
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.56
I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT MY FORGIVENESS.
00:21:09.56\00:21:11.40
WHY DO I NOT SAY, 'LORD, GIVE
ME THIS DAY MY DAILY BREAD'?
00:21:11.40\00:21:15.20
WHY DO I SAY 'GIVE US'?
BECAUSE THE BIBLE PRINCIPLE IS
00:21:15.20\00:21:19.47
THAT WE ARE ONE PEOPLE
TOGETHER - WE ARE A FAMILY - AND
00:21:19.47\00:21:22.81
WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS ME.
ONE PERSON IN A FAMILY CAN MAKE
00:21:22.81\00:21:28.72
A DECISION THAT WILL
AFFECT THE WHOLE FAMILY.
00:21:28.72\00:21:31.39
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL OFTEN DO THAT
IN THE MILITARY, THEY'LL HAVE
00:21:31.39\00:21:34.19
THESE DIFFERENT TEAMS AND SQUADS
AND PLATOONS, AND IF ONE MAN
00:21:34.19\00:21:36.89
DOES SOMETHING WRONG THE WHOLE
PLATOON SUFFERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.89
TEACHING THAT THAT PERSON -
THEY'RE TEACHING THAT GROUP THAT
00:21:39.89\00:21:42.26
YOU ARE NOT
YOURSELF; YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR
00:21:42.26\00:21:45.27
WILL RISK THE LIFE OF THE OTHER
SOLDIERS AND YOU ARE ALL IN IT
00:21:45.27\00:21:49.07
TOGETHER. AND SO,
WHEN ACHAN DECIDED TO
00:21:49.07\00:21:52.47
STEAL HE HURT THE WHOLE
ARMY - HE HURT THE WHOLE TRIBE.
00:21:52.47\00:21:56.08
SO THIS BECOMES
EVIDENT AT THE BATTLE OF AI.
00:21:56.08\00:22:00.08
JOSHUA 7, VERSE 5 -
THEY NOW NEEDED TO CONQUER.
00:22:00.08\00:22:03.75
THEY MANAGED TO GET INTO THE
PROMISED LAND, THEY CONQUERED
00:22:03.75\00:22:05.55
JERICHO; NEXT IN THE SERIES OF
TOWNS THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONQUER
00:22:05.55\00:22:08.46
TO TAKE THE PROMISED LAND IS
A COMPARATIVELY SMALL TOWN WITH
00:22:08.46\00:22:13.63
SMALL WALLS CALLED AI.
THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE
00:22:13.63\00:22:16.93
THERE COMPARED TO JERICHO - IT
WAS MIGHTY WALLS, BIG FORTRESS,
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.83
A CAPITAL KINGDOM - AND SO,
JOSHUA AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE
00:22:19.83\00:22:23.57
SAID, 'WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO
MOBILIZE THE WHOLE ARMY, LET'S
00:22:23.57\00:22:26.04
TAKE THREE THOUSAND MEN, LET'S
GO CAPTURE AI. I MEAN, IF, YOU
00:22:26.04\00:22:30.68
KNOW, WE WERE JUST ABLE TO SHOUT
AND TAKE OVER JERICHO, THREE
00:22:30.68\00:22:34.05
THOUSAND MEN - NO PROBLEM
FOR AI.' BUT IT DIDN'T WORK THAT
00:22:34.05\00:22:37.85
WAY. THEY WENT PRESUMPTUOUSLY
TO FIGHT AGAINST AI.
00:22:37.85\00:22:42.06
YOU READ IN VERSE 5, THE MEN
OF AI, THEY CAME SWARMING OUT OF
00:22:42.06\00:22:45.43
THE CITY. THEY WERE
ORGANIZED, THEY WERE
00:22:45.43\00:22:47.40
PREPARED, THEY WERE MOTIVATED
- THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GIVE IN.
00:22:47.40\00:22:50.67
AND AI "STRUCK DOWN ABOUT
THIRTY-SIX MEN," - OF ISRAEL -
00:22:50.67\00:22:54.34
"FOR THEY CHASED THEM" - AND
THE MEN OF ISRAEL HAD TO RETREAT
00:22:54.34\00:22:56.57
BEFORE A SMALLER ARMY -
"...BEFORE THE GATE AS FAR AS
00:22:56.57\00:23:00.61
CHEBARIM, AND STRUCK THEM DOWN
ON THE DESCENT; THEREFORE THE
00:23:00.61\00:23:05.08
HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
MELTED AND BECAME LIKE WATER."
00:23:05.08\00:23:08.92
JOSHUA, WHEN HE SAW
THIS, HE WENT BEFORE THE LORD.
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.55
HE FELL ON HIS FACE
UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN.
00:23:11.55\00:23:14.52
HE THOUGHT, 'THIS IS TERRIBLE!
HERE WE'VE COME INTO THE
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.16
PROMISED LAND - IF A
LITTLE GROUP - I DON'T KNOW WHAT
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.16
HAPPENED AT JERICHO, BUT' -
THEY QUICKLY FORGOT JERICHO.
00:23:19.16\00:23:21.70
THEY SAID, 'IF A LITTLE GROUP
LIKE AI CAN SEND US RUNNING, HOW
00:23:21.70\00:23:25.50
ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT AGAINST
ALL THESE SEVEN NATIONS OF THE
00:23:25.50\00:23:27.70
AMORITES?' AND JOSHUA WAS ON HIS
00:23:27.70\00:23:31.31
FACE AND GOD SPOKE TO HIM.
HE SAID TO JOSHUA, "GET UP!
00:23:31.31\00:23:34.18
WHY DO YOU LIE THUS ON
YOUR FACE? ISRAEL HAS SINNED."
00:23:34.18\00:23:37.01
- I'M IN JOSHUA 7:11
- CAN YOU REMEMBER 7:11?
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.52
"ISRAEL HAS SINNED, AND
THEY HAVE ALSO TRANSGRESSED" -
00:23:40.52\00:23:44.62
NOW WHO SINNED? >>THE AMORITES.
00:23:44.62\00:23:46.96
>>THE WHOLE GROUP. "AND
THEY HAVE TRANSGRESSED MY
00:23:46.96\00:23:49.39
COVENANT WHICH I COMMANDED THEM.
FOR THEY HAVE EVEN TAKEN SOME OF
00:23:49.39\00:23:53.03
THE ACCURSED THINGS" - NOW, YOU
MIGHT THINK, 'WHY WAS THE GOLD
00:23:53.03\00:23:56.23
AND THE SILVER AND THE
BRONZE AND THE ART - WHY WOULD
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.77
HE CALL IT 'ACCURSED''?
WHAT THAT MEANT WAS IT'S
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.24
ACCURSED IF YOU TAKE IT FROM
THE LORD - IT BECOMES ACCURSED.
00:24:01.24\00:24:05.44
"THEY HAVE EVEN TAKEN SOME
OF THE ACCURSED THINGS AND THEY
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.38
HAVE STOLEN AND DECEIVED;
AND THEY HAVE ALSO PUT IT AMONG
00:24:08.38\00:24:13.18
THEIR OWN STUFF."
AGAIN HE SAYS 'THEY'.
00:24:13.18\00:24:17.02
"THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL COULD NOT STAND BEFORE
00:24:17.02\00:24:20.22
THEIR ENEMIES, BUT TURNED
THEIR BACK BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES,
00:24:20.22\00:24:24.09
BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BECOME DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.86
NEITHER WILL I BE WITH YOU
ANYMORE, UNLESS YOU DESTROY THE
00:24:26.86\00:24:30.80
ACCURSED FROM AMONG YOU."
00:24:30.80\00:24:33.47
NOW THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL
PRINCIPLE THERE, THAT WHAT I DO
00:24:33.47\00:24:39.34
CAN AFFECT THE WHOLE TRIBE
AND THAT GOD WITHDRAWS HIS POWER
00:24:39.34\00:24:44.75
BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BEING
DISOBEDIENT IN A HIGH-HANDED
00:24:44.75\00:24:48.72
WAY, AMONG GOD'S PEOPLE, AND
THAT WE CANNOT DEFEAT THE ENEMY
00:24:48.72\00:24:54.02
BECAUSE THERE'S BASICALLY
FORBIDDEN SIN IN THE CAMP -
00:24:54.02\00:25:01.26
THEY'D STOLEN FROM
THE LORD AND HIDDEN IT.
00:25:01.26\00:25:04.17
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, 'THEREFORE
THEY COULDN'T STAND BEFORE THEIR
00:25:04.17\00:25:06.87
ENEMIES.' I WONDER IF
THAT'S TRUE OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.00
I WONDER HOW MANY BATTLES
WE LOSE IN EVANGELISM AND SOUL
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.84
WINNING AGAINST THE DEVIL -
AGAINST TEMPTATION - BECAUSE
00:25:11.84\00:25:14.58
WE'RE LIVING IN DELIBERATE,
KNOWN, HIGH-HANDED DISOBEDIENCE.
00:25:14.58\00:25:19.85
IF WE'RE FULLY SURRENDERED
AND SUBMITTED TO GOD THERE'S NO
00:25:19.85\00:25:23.22
LIMIT TO WHAT GOD CAN
DO THROUGH THE CHURCH.
00:25:23.22\00:25:25.42
HE CAN BRING DOWN
JERICHO, AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:25:25.42\00:25:28.59
>>IT'S UNLIMITED WHAT GOD - LOOK
WHAT HE DID AT THE EARLY CHURCH
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.66
WHEN THEY FULLY HUMBLED
THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD AND
00:25:30.66\00:25:33.63
SURRENDERED TO GOD AND OBEYED
GOD AND THEY SAW THEMSELVES AS
00:25:33.63\00:25:36.30
ONE - THEY WERE IN ONE PLACE OF
ONE ACCORD - GOD HAD POURED OUT
00:25:36.30\00:25:39.43
THE SPIRIT AND THEY HAD
3,000 GET BAPTIZED IN A DAY.
00:25:39.43\00:25:43.84
AND WE WONDER WHAT IS KEEPING
US FROM EXPERIENCING PENTECOST
00:25:43.84\00:25:47.21
AGAIN. WELL, MAYBE
WE'VE GOT MORE THAN
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.98
ONE OR TWO ACHANS IN THE CAMP.
IT'S IN THE BIBLE, FRIENDS.
00:25:49.98\00:25:54.65
YOU WANT ME TO TEACH THE
BIBLE? TAKE IT UP WITH THE LORD.
00:25:54.65\00:25:59.79
NOW, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, THIS
CHURCH IS - I'M NOT TRYING TO BE
00:25:59.79\00:26:05.39
CRITICAL OF OUR CHURCH, IN
PARTICULAR, I'M JUST TEACHING A
00:26:05.39\00:26:07.46
BIBLE TRUTH. OUR CHURCH IS
AN UNUSUALLY FAITHFUL CHURCH.
00:26:07.46\00:26:11.90
IN THE SHORT TIME THIS CHURCH
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED, WE'VE BECOME
00:26:11.90\00:26:14.64
ONE OF THE HIGHEST TITHE-PAYING
CHURCHES IN THE CONFERENCE.
00:26:14.64\00:26:17.71
THIS IS A FAITHFUL
CHURCH. BUT I WANT US TO BE
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.98
EVEN MORE FAITHFUL. >>AMEN.
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.65
>>DON'T YOU? >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:26:23.65\00:26:26.18
>>SO, FINALLY JOSHUA SAYS,
'LOOK, WE'VE GOT TO - WE'VE GOT
00:26:26.18\00:26:31.65
TO ROOT THIS OUT.
THERE'LL BE AN INVESTIGATION.'
00:26:31.65\00:26:34.22
AND SO THEY START CASTING LOTS.
AND AS - MATTER OF FACT, I'M
00:26:34.22\00:26:39.46
GOING TO TURN HERE AND READ THIS
TO YOU FROM THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
00:26:39.46\00:26:45.97
"SO [JOSHUA] ROSE EARLY IN THE
MORNING AND BROUGHT ISRAEL" -
00:26:45.97\00:26:48.94
VERSE 16 - "AND BROUGHT ISRAEL
BY THEIR TRIBES, AND THE TRIBE
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.84
OF JUDAH WAS TAKEN." - THEY CAST
LOTS - "HE BROUGHT THE CLAN OF
00:26:52.84\00:26:57.01
JUDAH, AND HE TOOK THE
FAMILY OF THE ZARHITES;"
00:26:57.01\00:27:00.15
NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
YOU'RE ACHAN, YOU KNOW - YOU GOT
00:27:00.15\00:27:04.12
SEVERAL COMMANDS - 'DO NOT
STEAL ANYTHING FROM JERICHO' -
00:27:04.12\00:27:07.39
YOU'RE ACHAN AND YOU'VE GOT SOME
FORBIDDEN STUFF HIDDEN IN YOUR
00:27:07.39\00:27:10.76
TENT AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY CALL EVERYONE TOGETHER AND
00:27:10.76\00:27:13.53
THEY SAY, 'SOMETHING'S WRONG.
WE LOST THE BATTLE BECAUSE
00:27:13.53\00:27:15.86
THERE'S SIN IN THE CAMP.
WE'RE GOING TO CAST LOTS AND
00:27:15.86\00:27:18.07
FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS.' AS
SOON AS YOU HEAR THAT AND YOU'RE
00:27:18.07\00:27:21.84
ACHAN, YOU'RE GETTING
A LITTLE RESTLESS, HUH?
00:27:21.84\00:27:25.21
THEY CAST LOTS AND THEY PICK
YOUR TRIBE AND YOU GO, 'UH OH'.
00:27:25.21\00:27:28.74
THEN THEY CAST LOTS AGAIN
AND THEY PICK YOUR CLAN - YOU'RE
00:27:28.74\00:27:31.35
GOING, 'UH OH'. THEN THEY
PICK YOUR FAMILY - 'UH OH!'
00:27:31.35\00:27:35.02
(LAUGHTER) BUT HE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND
00:27:35.02\00:27:39.12
REPENT. HE DIDN'T REPENT UNTIL
00:27:39.12\00:27:41.56
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY BUSTED.
MAN BY MAN - THEN ZABDI WAS
00:27:41.56\00:27:48.83
TAKEN AND THEY BROUGHT
HIS HOUSEHOLD MAN BY MAN.
00:27:48.83\00:27:53.27
THEY CAST LOTS AND "ACHAN, THE
SON OF CARMI, THE SON OF ZABDI,
00:27:53.27\00:27:56.77
THE SON OF ZERAH, OF THE
TRIBE OF JUDAH WAS TAKEN.
00:27:56.77\00:27:59.77
NOW JOSHUA SAID TO ACHAN, 'MY
SON,' - KEEP IN MIND, JOSHUA WAS
00:27:59.77\00:28:04.55
THE OLDEST - JOSHUA AND CALEB
ARE THE OLDEST GUYS RIGHT NOW IN
00:28:04.55\00:28:07.45
ISRAEL, SO EVERYONE WAS YOUNGER.
HE SAID, "MY SON, I BEG YOU,
00:28:07.45\00:28:12.85
GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD GOD
OF ISRAEL," - THEY'RE ALL ONE
00:28:12.85\00:28:15.02
FAMILY, REMEMBER - "AND MAKE
CONFESSION TO HIM," - AT LEAST
00:28:15.02\00:28:19.83
FOR THE SAKE OF GOD'S GLORY,
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED - "TELL ME
00:28:19.83\00:28:23.70
NOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE;
DO NOT HIDE IT FROM ME."
00:28:23.70\00:28:26.67
ACHAN FINALLY COMES CLEAN AND
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, "INDEED I
00:28:26.67\00:28:32.04
HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD OF
ISRAEL, AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE
00:28:32.04\00:28:35.74
DONE: WHEN I SAW AMONG THE
SPOILS A BEAUTIFUL BABYLONIAN
00:28:35.74\00:28:40.38
GARMENT," - RIGHT THERE, JUST
BABYLONIAN, YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT
00:28:40.38\00:28:43.62
GOOD, RIGHT? WHEN
YOU COVET ANYTHING FROM
00:28:43.62\00:28:46.82
BABYLON THAT'S NOT GOOD.
I'M SURPRISED THAT, YOU KNOW,
00:28:46.82\00:28:51.33
NEIMAN MARCUS HASN'T RELEASED
A NEW CLOTHING LINE CALLED
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.40
'BABYLONIAN GARMENT' YOU WOULD
THINK - "I SAW...A BEAUTIFUL
00:28:53.40\00:28:58.83
BABYLONIAN GARMENT" -
DANIEL WOULDN'T EAT THE FOOD OF
00:28:58.83\00:29:01.94
BABYLON, BUT ACHAN
WANTED THE CLOTHES OF BABYLON.
00:29:01.94\00:29:05.11
IF CHRIST'S ROBE IS A ROBE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU DON'T WANT
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.38
THE ROBE OF BABYLON, DO YOU?
"A BEAUTIFUL BABYLONIAN GARMENT"
00:29:07.38\00:29:13.78
- IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL,
THE BIBLE SAYS A WOMAN CALLED
00:29:13.78\00:29:17.92
BABYLON IN REVELATION
HAD BEAUTIFUL THINGS AROUND
00:29:17.92\00:29:20.42
HER, BUT SHE'S A HARLOT.
'I WANTED THAT BABYLONIAN
00:29:20.42\00:29:24.56
GARMENT' AND "TWO HUNDRED
SHEKELS OF SILVER, AND A WEDGE
00:29:24.56\00:29:28.60
OF GOLD WEIGHING FIFTY SHEKELS,"
- YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:29:28.60\00:29:31.33
HE HAD ALREADY WEIGHED
IT. HE KNEW HOW MUCH IT WAS.
00:29:31.33\00:29:34.34
HE WAS A COVETOUS MAN -
"'I COVETED THEM AND TOOK THEM.
00:29:34.34\00:29:39.21
AND THERE THEY ARE, HIDDEN
IN THE EARTH IN THE MIDST OF MY
00:29:39.21\00:29:42.14
TENT, WITH THE SILVER UNDER IT.'
SO JOSHUA SENT MESSENGERS, AND
00:29:42.14\00:29:46.65
THEY RAN TO THE TENT; AND THERE
IT WAS, HIDDEN IN HIS TENT, WITH
00:29:46.65\00:29:50.82
THE SILVER UNDER IT.
AND THEY TOOK THEM FROM THE
00:29:50.82\00:29:54.12
MIDST OF THE TENT, BROUGHT
THEM TO JOSHUA AND TO ALL THE
00:29:54.12\00:29:56.79
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND
LAID THEM OUT BEFORE THE LORD.
00:29:56.79\00:30:01.26
THEN JOSHUA, AND ALL ISRAEL
WITH HIM, TOOK ACHAN THE SON OF
00:30:01.26\00:30:04.73
ZERAH, THE SILVER, THE GARMENT,
THE WEDGE OF GOLD, HIS SONS, HIS
00:30:04.73\00:30:09.87
DAUGHTERS, HIS OXEN,
HIS DONKEYS, HIS SHEEP," -
00:30:09.87\00:30:15.94
POOR OL' SHEEP,
WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:30:15.94\00:30:18.45
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'WHY HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS?'
00:30:18.45\00:30:20.25
IT COULD BE, OF COURSE, SONS AND
DAUGHTERS DOESN'T MEAN LITTLE
00:30:20.25\00:30:22.98
CHILDREN. HE COULD
HAVE BEEN AN OLDER MAN.
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.62
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ADULT
CHILDREN AND THEY COULD HAVE
00:30:24.62\00:30:26.22
BEEN ACCESSORIES THAT
KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
00:30:26.22\00:30:30.93
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
SHEEP AND THE OXEN?
00:30:30.93\00:30:34.56
BASICALLY, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
MESSAGE THAT WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS
00:30:34.56\00:30:40.14
YOUR FAMILY. AND
WHEN HIS FAMILY KNEW WHAT
00:30:40.14\00:30:42.87
WAS HIDDEN IN THE TENT - YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU NEED
00:30:42.87\00:30:46.57
TO LOVE THE LORD MORE THAN
YOUR FATHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR
00:30:46.57\00:30:50.08
HUSBAND, YOUR WIFE, HOUSES,
LANDS, CHILDREN - ANYTHING.
00:30:50.08\00:30:53.11
YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE GOD FIRST.
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU DON'T LOVE
00:30:53.11\00:30:54.92
ME MORE, YOU'RE NOT WORTHY OF
ME.' AND WHEN THOSE KIDS SAW THE
00:30:54.92\00:30:57.65
DAD HAD THE ACCURSED THING IN
THE TENT, THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID
00:30:57.65\00:31:00.99
SOMETHING, BUT THEY SHOWED
THE LOYALTY TO THE FAMILY, YOU
00:31:00.99\00:31:05.69
KNOW, THEY WERE IN THE
MOB. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS,
00:31:05.69\00:31:07.96
YOU DON'T RAT ON
DAD. BUT IT WAS EXPOSED.
00:31:07.96\00:31:12.67
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLACE IN THE
BIBLE WHERE IT SAYS, 'BE SURE
00:31:12.67\00:31:14.74
YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT.' AND
HE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT, 'I'VE GOT
00:31:14.74\00:31:20.04
MY RETIREMENT SETTLED NOW,
I'M GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT.'
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.34
HOW MUCH OF THAT
MONEY DID HE GET TO SPEND?
00:31:22.34\00:31:25.31
HE NEVER GOT TO WEAR
THAT BABYLONIAN GARMENT.
00:31:25.31\00:31:28.58
AND WHEN YOU ROB GOD, YOU WILL
NEVER GET TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF
00:31:28.58\00:31:33.12
ROBBING GOD. IF
YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE
00:31:33.12\00:31:35.76
BLESSINGS OF GOD, IT COMES
THROUGH GIVING AND HONORING GOD
00:31:35.76\00:31:40.26
WITH THE FIRSTFRUITS
OF YOUR SUBSTANCE, AMEN?
00:31:40.26\00:31:45.10
SO, ACHAN IS STONED.
THEY STONE HIM, THEY STONE HIS
00:31:45.10\00:31:50.14
FAMILY, THEY STONE HIS SHEEP,
THEY STONE HIS OXEN AND THEY -
00:31:50.14\00:31:53.71
AFTER THEY STONE HIM THEN
THEY BUILD A BONFIRE ON TOP.
00:31:53.71\00:31:57.45
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME IN THE
BIBLE ANYONE WAS EXECUTED BY THE
00:31:57.45\00:31:59.35
COMBINATION OF
STONING AND THEN BURNING.
00:31:59.35\00:32:02.38
AND THEN THEY RAISE A BIG PILE
OF STONES ON TOP OF THAT AND IT
00:32:02.38\00:32:07.56
BECAME A MEMORIAL
BECAUSE THEY TROUBLED ISRAEL.
00:32:07.56\00:32:13.86
YOU KNOW, COVETOUSNESS, WHICH
IS WHAT HE ADMITTED HIS PROBLEM
00:32:13.86\00:32:18.70
WAS, IS THE ONE COMMANDMENT THAT
SORT OF BECOMES THE HANDLE FOR
00:32:18.70\00:32:23.04
EVERY OTHER COMMANDMENT. IT
SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
00:32:23.04\00:32:25.94
ADULTERY' BUT THEN YOU READ
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
00:32:25.94\00:32:27.98
'DON'T COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
WIFE.' YOU HAVE TO ALMOST BEGIN
00:32:27.98\00:32:31.01
BREAKING THE TENTH
COMMANDMENT BEFORE YOU BREAK
00:32:31.01\00:32:32.61
THE SEVENTH, RIGHT?
DON'T COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
00:32:32.61\00:32:37.02
GOODS - WELL, IT SAYS 'THOU
SHALT NOT STEAL' BUT YOU ALMOST
00:32:37.02\00:32:39.92
HAVE TO BEGIN BY
COVETING BEFORE YOU STEAL.
00:32:39.92\00:32:43.63
COVETOUSNESS IS SOMETHING THAT
CAN BE CONNECTED TO ALMOST EVERY
00:32:43.63\00:32:48.10
OTHER -
VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER SIN.
00:32:48.10\00:32:50.53
YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS PAGE
00:32:50.53\00:32:52.77
496, "THE DEADLY SIN THAT LED
TO ACHAN'S RUIN HAD ITS ROOT IN
00:32:52.77\00:32:58.77
COVETOUSNESS, WHICH, OF ALL
SINS, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
00:32:58.77\00:33:03.08
AND MOST LIGHTLY REGARDED.
WHILE OTHER OFFENSES MEET WITH
00:33:03.08\00:33:06.38
THE DETECTION AND PUNISHMENT,
HOW RARELY DOES THE VIOLATION OF
00:33:06.38\00:33:10.32
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT SO
MUCH AS CALL FORTH EVEN CENSURE.
00:33:10.32\00:33:13.96
THE ENORMITY OF THIS SIN AND ITS
TERRIBLE RESULTS ARE LESSONS IN
00:33:13.96\00:33:18.16
ACHAN'S HISTORY."
AND THEY'RE LESSONS
00:33:18.16\00:33:20.86
FOR THE CHURCH. BY
THE WAY, HAS GOD CHANGED?
00:33:20.86\00:33:22.60
>>NO. >>IS IT STILL POSSIBLE FOR
00:33:22.60\00:33:25.90
PEOPLE TO TAKE
WHAT IS NOT THEIRS?
00:33:25.90\00:33:29.10
HOW MUCH OF WHAT YOU OWN
BELONGS TO GOD - WHAT PERCENT?
00:33:29.10\00:33:32.77
>>ALL. >>I
THOUGHT SOMEONE WOULD SAY
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.78
TEN PERCENT, BUT
YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
00:33:34.78\00:33:36.48
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT.
EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD.
00:33:36.48\00:33:40.88
THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S
AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF.
00:33:40.88\00:33:43.42
HE ASKS US TO SHOW WE BELIEVE
THAT BY AN ACT OF FAITH IN
00:33:43.42\00:33:46.76
RETURNING TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
WE ARE ONLY TEMPORARY STEWARDS
00:33:46.76\00:33:51.46
OF WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
I THINK MOST OF US HAVE HEARD
00:33:51.46\00:33:54.73
ABOUT BERNIE MADOFF - HE'S BEEN
IN JAIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW
00:33:54.73\00:33:59.67
- I HEAR HE'S NOT DOING
WELL. HE RAN THE LARGEST PONZI
00:33:59.67\00:34:03.27
FRAUD SCHEME IN U.S.
HISTORY, BILKING PEOPLE OUT OF,
00:34:03.27\00:34:07.41
WELL, THERE WERE 65 BILLION
ON THE BOOKS THAT WAS MISSING.
00:34:07.41\00:34:11.11
SOME OF THAT WAS LOST TO
CORPORATIONS AND IT WAS A PAPER
00:34:11.11\00:34:13.98
WRITE OFF, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE
THAT LOST 18 BILLION DOLLARS.
00:34:13.98\00:34:19.69
SOME OF THEM WERE
CHARITIES THAT GOT WIPED OUT.
00:34:19.69\00:34:22.86
THERE ARE FOUNDATIONS THAT GOT
WIPED OUT BECAUSE THEY TRUSTED
00:34:22.86\00:34:25.59
HIM BECAUSE HE PROMISED -
HE STARTED OUT HONEST, AND THEN
00:34:25.59\00:34:29.53
WHEN THINGS STARTED TO TURN,
HE NEEDED NEW MONEY, HE STARTED
00:34:29.53\00:34:32.13
LYING, IT TURNED INTO A MASSIVE
PONZI SCHEME AND HE BECAME MORE
00:34:32.13\00:34:36.27
CORRUPT. AND WHERE DO
YOU THINK THAT MONEY WENT?
00:34:36.27\00:34:40.64
WHEN HE FINALLY WAS CAUGHT, HE
HAD HOUSES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
00:34:40.64\00:34:43.78
HE HAD MEMBERSHIPS AT CLUBS, HE
HAD YACHTS, FLEW PRIVATE PLANES.
00:34:43.78\00:34:49.88
HE WAS HIRED TO BE A STEWARD
OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AND,
00:34:49.88\00:34:56.36
INSTEAD OF FAITHFULLY MANAGING
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, HE USED IT
00:34:56.36\00:35:00.63
SELFISHLY AND HE WASTED IT.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
00:35:00.63\00:35:04.17
THAT THERE'S A JUDGEMENT COMING
AND STEWARDS WILL BE JUDGED -
00:35:04.17\00:35:07.24
AND WE'RE ALL
STEWARDS OF GOD'S RESOURCES.
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.40
LUKE 16, TALKING ABOUT THIS
UNFAITHFUL STEWARD, VERSE 1, "HE
00:35:09.40\00:35:15.81
ALSO SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES:
'THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN
00:35:15.81\00:35:18.01
WHO HAD A STEWARD, AND AN
ACCUSATION WAS BROUGHT TO HIM
00:35:18.01\00:35:21.12
THAT THIS MAN WAS
WASTING HIS GOODS."
00:35:21.12\00:35:24.82
- IN A PONZI SCHEME - IT DOESN'T
SAY THAT - "...WASTING HIS
00:35:24.82\00:35:27.59
GOODS. SO HE
CALLED HIM AND SAID TO
00:35:27.59\00:35:30.73
HIM, 'WHAT IS
THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU?
00:35:30.73\00:35:33.06
GIVE AN ACCOUNT'" - THERE'S
GOING TO BE AN ACCOUNTING -
00:35:33.06\00:35:35.56
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
INVESTIGATION - THERE'S GOING TO
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.20
BE A JUDGMENT OF
YOUR STEWARDSHIP.
00:35:37.20\00:35:40.10
GIVE AN ACCOUNT
OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP.
00:35:40.10\00:35:42.50
IS THAT PARABLE THERE JUST
BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED IN ONE
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.97
PLACE OR IS IT TO REMIND US THAT
ALL OF US ARE STEWARDS OF GOD'S
00:35:44.97\00:35:48.88
BLESSINGS AND WE WILL ALL GIVE
AN ACCOUNT OF OUR STEWARDSHIP?
00:35:48.88\00:35:53.35
YOU KNOW, WE GIVE AN ACCOUNT IN
THE JUDGMENT FOR WHAT WE DO WITH
00:35:53.35\00:35:57.52
THE TIME GOD HAS GIVEN US, WITH
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
00:35:57.52\00:36:01.06
US, WITH THE MEANS THAT GOD HAS
GIVEN US. OUR TIME - OUR LIVES
00:36:01.06\00:36:05.23
WE'LL ANSWER FOR. WE
HAVE INFLUENCE OVER SOME
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.96
RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, IT
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'VE ONLY
00:36:08.96\00:36:10.97
GOT A HUNDRED DOLLARS OR A
HUNDRED - OR TEN DOLLARS OR TEN
00:36:10.97\00:36:13.40
CENTS TO YOUR NAME, HE
WANTS YOU TO BE FAITHFUL WITH
00:36:13.40\00:36:15.60
THAT TEN CENTS. >>AMEN.
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.37
>>I REMEMBER I HAD A FRIEND AT
A CHURCH I USED TO PASTOR IN NEW
00:36:17.37\00:36:19.67
MEXICO AND HE BORROWED MY PEN
TO WRITE SOMETHING AND HE WALKED
00:36:19.67\00:36:26.25
OUT AND THEN HE CAME BACK IN AND
HE PULLED THE PEN OUT OF HIS TOP
00:36:26.25\00:36:29.55
POCKET AND HE SAID, 'I'M
SORRY, DOUG, THIS IS A HABIT.
00:36:29.55\00:36:31.32
I'VE GOT A SHOP - I ALWAYS STICK
THE PEN BACK IN MY POCKET.' HE
00:36:31.32\00:36:33.62
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO
TO HELL FOR STEALING A PEN JUST
00:36:33.62\00:36:35.96
LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS.' IF
YOU'RE STEALING - IF STEALING IS
00:36:35.96\00:36:39.19
IN YOUR HEART, THE
AMOUNT IS IRRELEVANT.
00:36:39.19\00:36:42.40
JESUS HONORED A WIDOW, NOT
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT SHE GAVE,
00:36:42.40\00:36:46.60
BUT BECAUSE OF THE
PERCENTAGE OF HER GIVING.
00:36:46.60\00:36:48.94
IT WAS TWO CENTS, BUT HE
WAS SO MOVED BY THE TWO CENTS.
00:36:48.94\00:36:53.24
AND GOD IS BROKEN HEARTED IF
YOU THINK STEALING A LITTLE BIT
00:36:53.24\00:36:55.94
DOESN'T MATTER. AND
SOMEHOW WE THINK THAT 'OH,
00:36:55.94\00:37:00.35
YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER ROB A
BANK, BUT OH, YOU KNOW, MY BOSS
00:37:00.35\00:37:05.35
DOESN'T PAY ME ENOUGH AND SO
STEALING A BOX OF PAPER CLIPS
00:37:05.35\00:37:08.89
FROM THE SUPPLY CLOSET, HE OWES
IT TO ME.' IF YOU'RE STEALING
00:37:08.89\00:37:12.73
PAPER CLIPS, YOU'RE A
THIEF. IT DOESN'T MATTER.
00:37:12.73\00:37:16.93
WHAT IF IT'S A BOX OF
RUBBER BANDS OR WHAT IT IS?
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.97
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE CAN
SAY, 'WELL, IT'S JUST A LITTLE
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.80
THING.' STEALING IS STEALING.
HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT
00:37:21.80\00:37:26.61
WHICH IS LEAST IS
FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH.
00:37:26.61\00:37:30.41
AND GOD WANTS US TO BE
FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE THINGS.
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.61
AND I'M UNDER CONVICTION RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE I'VE GOT A PEN IN MY
00:37:32.61\00:37:34.45
POCKET I TOOK OUT OF JËAN'S
OFFICE WHEN I CAME IN TO DO THE
00:37:34.45\00:37:37.99
SERMON (LAUGHTER) AND IT DOES
SAY 'AMAZING FACTS' ON THE PEN,
00:37:37.99\00:37:42.66
BUT IT'S NOT MY PEN.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT
00:37:42.66\00:37:45.69
BACK, BUT I NEEDED
SOMETHING FOR THE NOTES.
00:37:45.69\00:37:47.73
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW.
OUR LORD - SEE, I HOPE I'M CLEAR
00:37:47.73\00:37:49.90
NOW. I JUST - BUT
LITTLE THINGS DO MATTER.
00:37:49.90\00:37:55.60
WHEN I WENT AND VOTED THIS LAST
WEEK I SIGNED WITH A PEN - I
00:37:55.60\00:38:00.24
DON'T WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL
OUT OF THE PEN - I SIGNED WITH A
00:38:00.24\00:38:02.81
PEN - THEY GIVE YOU A PEN
TO FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT AND I
00:38:02.81\00:38:04.68
WALKED OUT THE
DOOR. I HAD THE PEN.
00:38:04.68\00:38:06.05
I DID THE SAME THING AS MY
BUDDY, I STUCK IT IN MY POCKET
00:38:06.05\00:38:07.85
AND I REALIZED, 'AH! I
JUST STOLE A PEN FROM THE
00:38:07.85\00:38:09.85
GOVERNMENT.' AND I COULD
HAVE THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, THE
00:38:09.85\00:38:12.25
GOVERNMENT'S STEALING ALL
THE TIME, THEY OWE IT TO ME.'
00:38:12.25\00:38:14.69
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) BUT I WENT
BACK IN, I SAID, 'I'M SORRY, BUT
00:38:14.69\00:38:19.39
I COULD NOT STEAL THIS
PEN.' AND I BROUGHT - BUT IT'S A
00:38:19.39\00:38:22.63
PRINCIPLE OF
HONESTY, RIGHT? >>YES.
00:38:22.63\00:38:26.03
>>WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, IS
IT POSSIBLE TO STEAL FROM GOD?
00:38:26.03\00:38:32.34
DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING?
TURN TO MALACHI CHAPTER 8 - NO,
00:38:32.34\00:38:38.11
THERE'S NO MALACHI
CHAPTER 8, THAT'S A TRICK.
00:38:38.11\00:38:40.05
MALACHI CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8 -
HERE'S WHAT THE PROPHET SAYS -
00:38:40.05\00:38:45.39
LAST BOOK IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT - "WILL A MAN ROB GOD?
00:38:45.39\00:38:50.79
YET YOU HAVE ROBBED
ME! BUT YOU SAY, 'IN WHAT
00:38:50.79\00:38:54.60
WAY HAVE WE ROBBED YOU?'"
- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
00:38:54.60\00:38:57.03
ARE DOING THESE THINGS UNAWARE
- "IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
00:38:57.03\00:39:01.90
YOU ARE CURSED WITH A CURSE, FOR
YOU HAVE ROBBED ME, EVEN THIS
00:39:01.90\00:39:06.11
WHOLE NATION."
MALACHI'S HEARKENING BACK TO
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.88
THE STORY OF ACHAN - THAT WHOLE
NATION COULD BE CURSED IF PEOPLE
00:39:08.88\00:39:12.68
ARE UNFAITHFUL IN HONORING
GOD THE WAY THAT HE COMMANDS.
00:39:12.68\00:39:17.32
IF WE'RE FOL - IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO BE A CHRISTIAN THEN DON'T BE
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.22
A CHR - IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A
CHRISTIAN AND BELIEVE THE BIBLE,
00:39:19.22\00:39:20.92
THIS IS WHAT IT TEACHES, AMEN?
00:39:20.92\00:39:24.16
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, IN OUR
00:39:24.16\00:39:27.00
CHURCH, WHAT PEOPLE GIVE NEVER
AFFECTS THE PASTOR'S SALARY.
00:39:27.00\00:39:32.83
YOU KNOW, IN SOME CHURCHES,
BIGGER OFFERING - BIGGER SALARY.
00:39:32.83\00:39:35.34
PASTORS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MONEY
SO IT INCREASES THEIR INCOME.
00:39:35.34\00:39:38.74
IT DOESN'T
AFFECT US HERE AT ALL.
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.88
WE'RE NOT ON THAT
KIND OF A PROGRAM.
00:39:40.88\00:39:41.98
WE'RE ON A FIXED INCOME
THAT HAS NO IMPACT WHETHER BIG
00:39:41.98\00:39:45.51
CHURCH/LITTLE CHURCH -
BIG OFFERING/LITTLE OFFERING.
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.12
SO, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT
FINANCES WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
00:39:48.12\00:39:50.99
YOU BEING BLESSED AND GOD'S
PEOPLE BEING BLESSED AND THE
00:39:50.99\00:39:54.59
BROADER WORK OF THE
GOSPEL BEING BLESSED.
00:39:54.59\00:39:57.06
IT DOESN'T EVER
AFFECT ME, PERSONALLY.
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.33
BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE BLESSED.
AND IT'S INTERESTING - YOU MIGHT
00:39:59.33\00:40:03.43
BE THINKING, 'PASTOR DOUG,
WE'RE GETTING READY TO START
00:40:03.43\00:40:07.14
A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.07
SPECIAL COMMITMENTS
AND OFFERINGS TO BUILD THIS
00:40:10.07\00:40:13.17
EVANGELISM TRAINING CENTER -
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS - WHY
00:40:13.17\00:40:18.25
WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT TITHE
BECAUSE TITHE GOES ON TO THE
00:40:18.25\00:40:21.85
GENERAL
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL?'
00:40:21.85\00:40:23.59
BECAUSE, FOR YOU TO BE BLESSED
AND BE ABLE TO GIVE TO A CAPITAL
00:40:23.59\00:40:28.32
CAMPAIGN, YOU NEED TO
BE FAITHFUL FIRST IN TITHE.
00:40:28.32\00:40:32.16
>>AMEN. >>DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:40:32.16\00:40:33.63
>>YES. >>YOU CAN'T
GIVE TO THE OTHER IF
00:40:33.63\00:40:36.06
YOU'RE NOT
BLESSED IN THE FIRST PART.
00:40:36.06\00:40:38.77
AND SO, IF YOU'RE FAITHFUL IN
THIS PART THEN GOD BLESSES YOU
00:40:38.77\00:40:41.04
MORE, THEN YOU CAN GIVE
BIGGER TO THE BUILDING PROGRAM.
00:40:41.04\00:40:44.87
DID THAT MAKE SENSE? IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF YOU
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.88
DON'T HAVE FAITH, BUT IF
YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE, IT SAYS,
00:40:46.88\00:40:51.55
YOU'VE ROBBED ME "IN
TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
00:40:51.55\00:40:52.91
YOU ARE CURSED WITH A
CURSE...EVEN THIS WHOLE NATION.
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.48
BRING" - LISTEN TO THE PROMISE
NOW - "BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO
00:40:54.48\00:40:58.89
THE STOREHOUSE THAT
THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE,"
00:40:58.89\00:41:02.82
A LOT OF THE TITHE BACK THEN WAS
IN GRAIN AND CORN AND THINGS AND
00:41:02.82\00:41:07.20
THEN IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO
THE PRIESTS WHO THEN SPREAD OUT
00:41:07.20\00:41:09.46
THROUGH ISRAEL TO
PREACH THE GOSPEL.
00:41:09.46\00:41:11.90
AND HE SAYS, "AND TRY ME" -
I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING WHEN THE
00:41:11.90\00:41:16.64
ALMIGHTY WOULD SAY TO HUMANS,
'GIVE ME A CHANCE.' CAN I HAVE A
00:41:16.64\00:41:21.28
CHANCE? PROVE ME. TEST ME.
TRY ME.' GOD IS SAYING, 'PUT ME
00:41:21.28\00:41:25.25
TO THE TEST AND SAY - SEE
"IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE
00:41:25.25\00:41:29.85
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR
OUT FOR YOU SUCH A BLESSING THAT
00:41:29.85\00:41:35.49
THERE WILL NOT BE
ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT."
00:41:35.49\00:41:37.79
THAT'S A WONDERFUL
PROMISE. DO YOU BELIEVE
00:41:37.79\00:41:39.69
GOD COULD DO THAT? >>YES.
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.53
>>NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
YOU KNOW, 'I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW
00:41:41.53\00:41:43.30
GOD'S GOING TO BLESS ME BECAUSE
I'VE JUST MAXED OUT MY INCOME.
00:41:43.30\00:41:46.03
I'M ON A FIXED INCOME AND I
DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD COME
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.87
FROM. IT WOULD HAVE TO
COME FROM A WINDOW IN HEAVEN.
00:41:47.87\00:41:52.27
IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE
BANK, IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE
00:41:52.27\00:41:53.94
GOVERNMENT.' GOD SAYS HE
HAS WAYS THAT ARE SUPERNATURAL.
00:41:53.94\00:41:58.21
AND GOD'S OPENING THE WINDOWS
OF HEAVEN IS NOT ALWAYS BLESSING
00:41:58.21\00:42:01.98
YOU IN FINANCIAL MEANS.
IT OFTEN IS, BUT IT'S TALKING
00:42:01.98\00:42:05.89
ABOUT A BLESSING IS A BLESSING.
HE GOES ON AND EXPLAINS IT.
00:42:05.89\00:42:10.09
HE SAYS, "AND" - ONE OF THE WAYS
I'LL BLESS YOU - "I WILL REBUKE"
00:42:10.09\00:42:14.00
- I'M IN MALACHI 3, VERSE 11 -
"'I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR
00:42:14.00\00:42:18.40
YOUR SAKES, SO THAT HE WILL
NOT DESTROY THE FRUIT OF YOUR
00:42:18.40\00:42:21.67
GROUND, NOR SHALL THE VINE FAIL
TO BEAR FRUIT FOR YOU IN THE
00:42:21.67\00:42:25.74
FIELD,' SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS."
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE'RE
00:42:25.74\00:42:28.18
FAITHFUL IN OUR TITHES AND
OFFERINGS, HE NOT ONLY SAYS THAT
00:42:28.18\00:42:32.55
'I'M GOING TO BLESS YOU WITH
AN ABUNDANCE, BUT I'M GOING TO
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.65
MAKE WHAT YOU HAVE GO FARTHER,
BECAUSE WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.49
HAVE A CROP AND THE
GRASSHOPPERS EAT IT ALL?'
00:42:37.49\00:42:40.42
YOU SAY, 'LORD, THANK YOU FOR
BLESSING ME WITH A CAR.' BUT IF
00:42:40.42\00:42:43.66
THE CAR'S ALWAYS BROKEN DOWN AND
IN THE SHOP IT'S NOT A BLESSING.
00:42:43.66\00:42:47.50
IF GOD BLESSES WHAT YOU HAVE -
WE'RE NOT ALL FARMERS HERE, BUT
00:42:47.50\00:42:51.17
HE HAS WAYS TO BLESS
YOU. YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN OF
00:42:51.17\00:42:54.17
ISRAEL, WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF
EGYPT - HE SAYS, 'I BLESSED YOU.
00:42:54.17\00:42:57.34
FOR FORTY YEARS YOUR SHOES DID
NOT WEAR OUT.' - I HAD A PAIR OF
00:42:57.34\00:43:00.38
SHOES LIKE THAT - 'FORTY YEARS
YOUR SHOES DID NOT WEAR OUT.
00:43:00.38\00:43:04.01
YOUR GARMENTS DID NOT
WEAR OUT. I BLESSED YOU.
00:43:04.01\00:43:06.45
I MADE EVERYTHING LAST.' KAREN
AND I HAVE BEEN OVER 23 YEARS IN
00:43:06.45\00:43:12.65
THE HOUSE WE'RE IN.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE.
00:43:12.65\00:43:14.46
SOME OF YOU KNOW WE'RE MOVING
CLOSER TO WHERE THIS CHURCH IS
00:43:14.46\00:43:16.99
AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND
I'M LOOKING AROUND AND GOING,
00:43:16.99\00:43:22.30
THAT'S THE REFRIGERATOR - WE'VE
STILL GOT THE SAME FREEZER IN
00:43:22.30\00:43:25.80
THE HOUSE THAT WAS IN
THE HOUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT IT.
00:43:25.80\00:43:28.47
PRAISE THE LORD. THE
WATER HEATER IN THE KITCHEN
00:43:28.47\00:43:34.84
- THE AIR-CONDITIONER - KAREN
HAS BEEN TELLING ME FOR YEARS,
00:43:34.84\00:43:37.21
'YOU'VE GOT TO GET A NEW
ONE BECAUSE THAT THING'S GOING
00:43:37.21\00:43:39.05
TO GO OUT.' IT'S STILL GOING.
AND THE LORD JUST MAKES IT - THE
00:43:39.05\00:43:43.92
LORD JUST BLESSED - I'VE GOT
CLOTHES IN MY CLOSET THAT WON'T
00:43:43.92\00:43:46.99
WEAR OUT - AND
THEY'RE ALL OUT OF STYLE.
00:43:46.99\00:43:48.89
I KNOW I'VE GOT THROW 'EM OUT,
BUT THEY WON'T WEAR OUT AND I
00:43:48.89\00:43:51.89
THINK, 'IT'S STILL GOOD.'
HE SAYS HE'LL NOT ONLY OPEN THE
00:43:51.89\00:43:57.13
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND GIVE YOU
AN ADDITIONAL BLESSING, HE'LL
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.33
MAKE WHAT YOU HAVE
PROSPER - >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:43:59.33\00:44:03.37
>>AND HE SAYS, 'PROVE
ME.' GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU.
00:44:03.37\00:44:06.71
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT
OF FAITHFUL TITHE-PAYING PEOPLE
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.14
IN THIS CHURCH AND SOME WHO
ARE WATCHING AND - BUT I KNOW,
00:44:09.14\00:44:12.41
STATISTICALLY, BASED ON THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE AVERAGE CHURCH
00:44:12.41\00:44:18.15
AND THE RESOURCES THAT COME IN,
EVERYBODY IN THE CHURCH WOULD
00:44:18.15\00:44:22.52
HAVE TO, SORT OF, BE ON WELFARE
BASED ON THE TITHE THAT COMES IN
00:44:22.52\00:44:25.83
TO THE TYPICAL CHRISTIAN
CHURCH. AND WE KNOW WE'RE
00:44:25.83\00:44:29.10
NOT ALL ON WELFARE. A
LOT OF PEOPLE THEY GIVE A
00:44:29.10\00:44:33.13
LITTLE OFFERING TO THE LORD, BUT
THEY DON'T PAY A FAITHFUL TITHE.
00:44:33.13\00:44:36.94
AND TITHE IS NOT A JEWISH
TEACHING, AS SOME PEOPLE THINK.
00:44:36.94\00:44:39.74
ABRAHAM, JACOB, THEY WERE PAYING
TITHE BEFORE THE LAW OF MOSES
00:44:39.74\00:44:43.75
WAS GIVEN. IT GOES ALL THE
WAY BACK - IT'S THE PRINCIPLE.
00:44:43.75\00:44:47.52
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, TITHE IS -
THAT'S THE OLD TESTAMENT METHOD
00:44:47.52\00:44:51.69
AND YOU DON'T REALLY FIND
TITHE BEING TAUGHT IN THE NEW
00:44:51.69\00:44:53.92
TESTAMENT.' OH YES YOU DO.
IF YOU LOOK IN MATTHEW 23:23,
00:44:53.92\00:44:57.76
JESUS SAID IF WE'RE FAITHFUL
IN OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS,
00:44:57.76\00:45:02.73
HE SAID, 'YOU PAY TITHE OF YOUR
MINT AND YOUR ANISE AND YOUR
00:45:02.73\00:45:05.63
CUMIN, BUT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THE
WEIGHTIER MATTERS.' WEIGHTIER
00:45:05.63\00:45:08.60
MEANS THEY'RE
THE IMPORTANT ONES.
00:45:08.60\00:45:11.41
HE SAID, 'THESE YOU OUGHT TO DO
AND NOT LEAVE THE OTHER UNDONE.'
00:45:11.41\00:45:15.78
DON'T NEGLECT TO BE FAITHFUL IN
YOUR TITHE IN LITTLE THINGS, BUT
00:45:15.78\00:45:19.28
DON'T NEGLECT
THE WEIGHTIER THINGS.
00:45:19.28\00:45:21.38
SO EVEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT -
AND I TELL MY - MY FRIENDS FROM
00:45:21.38\00:45:24.15
OTHER CHURCHES THAT SAY, 'PASTOR
DOUG, WHY DO YOU TEACH TITHE?
00:45:24.15\00:45:27.76
THAT'S AN OLD TESTAMENT
LAW.' I SAY, 'YOU'RE RIGHT.
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.36
NEW TESTAMENT IS A
LOT MORE THAN TITHE.
00:45:30.36\00:45:33.36
NEW TESTAMENT, NO MAN SAID THAT
ANYTHING HE HAD WAS HIS OWN, BUT
00:45:33.36\00:45:36.97
ALL OF THEM HAD
EVERYTHING IN COMMON.
00:45:36.97\00:45:38.93
NEW TESTAMENT THEY BROUGHT THEIR
PROPERTY AND THEY LAID IT AT THE
00:45:38.93\00:45:42.47
DISCIPLES' FEET AND THEY SOLD
THEIR HOUSES AND THEIR LANDS.' I
00:45:42.47\00:45:45.24
SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU
WANT? DO YOU WANT TITHE OR DO
00:45:45.24\00:45:47.01
YOU WANT NEW TESTAMENT?'
NEW TESTAMENT - MAN, IT
00:45:47.01\00:45:49.84
WAS A TOTAL COMMITMENT.
THEY WERE LIQUIDATING TO
00:45:49.84\00:45:53.52
SPREAD THE GOSPEL
EVERYWHERE. SO THE NEW TESTAMENT
00:45:53.52\00:45:55.85
IS NOT LESS. IF
ANYTHING IT'S GOING TO BE MORE.
00:45:55.85\00:45:59.82
IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT
HOW YOU READ YOUR BIBLE?
00:45:59.82\00:46:01.66
>>YES. >>I
MEAN, YOU LOOK AT WHAT
00:46:01.66\00:46:02.76
HAPPENED AT PENTECOST
AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
00:46:02.76\00:46:04.76
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'PASTOR DOUG, OH, I DON'T LIKE
00:46:04.76\00:46:07.03
THESE SERMONS WHERE YOU TALK
ABOUT FINANCES.' DO YOU WANT GOD
00:46:07.03\00:46:10.83
TO BLESS YOUR
FINANCES? THEN THIS IS THE KIND
00:46:10.83\00:46:13.70
OF MESSAGES WE NEED. HE
SAYS, 'GIVE AND IT WILL BE
00:46:13.70\00:46:17.14
GIVEN TO YOU.' THE
LORD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER.
00:46:17.14\00:46:20.61
IF WE ARE FAITHFUL
- HE SAYS, 'PROVE ME.
00:46:20.61\00:46:22.68
I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND I
WILL BLESS YOU.' ONE-FIFTH OF
00:46:22.68\00:46:26.15
EVERYTHING JESUS HAD
TO SAY WAS ABOUT MONEY.
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.85
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
MARTIN LUTHER SAID - HE
00:46:28.85\00:46:34.06
OBSERVED, 'THERE ARE
THREE CONVERSIONS NECESSARY: THE
00:46:34.06\00:46:36.83
CONVERSION OF THE HEART,
THE CONVERSION OF THE MIND, AND
00:46:36.83\00:46:39.96
THE CONVERSION OF THE PURSE.
OF THESE THREE, IT MAY WELL BE
00:46:39.96\00:46:42.86
THAT THE CONVERSION OF THE PURSE
IS THE MOST DIFFICULT.' SOME
00:46:42.86\00:46:48.00
PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT
A CONVERTED HEART, BUT THEY'RE
00:46:48.00\00:46:52.44
COVETOUS IN THEIR FINANCES.
THEIR PURSE IS NOT CONVERTED.
00:46:52.44\00:46:55.51
WELL, OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE
OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
00:46:55.51\00:46:58.41
IT'S GOING TO BE OUT
OF THE HEART THAT WE GIVE.
00:46:58.41\00:47:01.65
AND, BY THE WAY, WHAT BROUGHT
ABOUT THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS?
00:47:01.65\00:47:09.29
ACHAN WAS A CHURCH MEMBER
AND, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID, IT
00:47:09.29\00:47:13.06
BROUGHT A
DISASTER ON THE PEOPLE.
00:47:13.06\00:47:15.23
JUDAS WAS A CHURCH MEMBER, BUT
BECAUSE OF HIS UNFAITHFULNESS,
00:47:15.23\00:47:19.37
CHRIST THE SAVIOR WAS SOLD
FOR SILVER - BECAUSE OF THE
00:47:19.37\00:47:23.77
UNFAITHFULNESS OF ONE. YOU
KNOW, I HEARD AN INTERESTING
00:47:23.77\00:47:26.81
STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS A
GRAIN ELEVATOR OPERATOR IN IOWA.
00:47:26.81\00:47:35.82
AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS IN
THIS ONE CHURCH WERE FARMERS AND
00:47:35.82\00:47:39.55
THEIR CHURCH WAS STRUGGLING.
THEY NEVER HAD MONEY FOR
00:47:39.55\00:47:41.82
ANYTHING. THE
CHURCH WAS IN DEBT AND THE
00:47:41.82\00:47:43.46
PASTOR WAS BARELY GETTING PAID,
BUT THEY KNEW THIS ONE BROTHER
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.66
THAT OPERATED THE GRAIN
ELEVATOR, HE WAS AN HONEST MAN,
00:47:46.66\00:47:49.06
HE WAS A BLESSED MAN, HE WAS
A PROSPEROUS MAN - GOOD WITH HIS
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.80
FINANCING AND ACCOUNTS - AND
THEY WENT TO HIM AND SAID, 'WILL
00:47:51.80\00:47:54.97
YOU BE OUR CHURCH TREASURER?
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:47:54.97\00:47:57.37
HE THOUGHT ABOUT.
HE PRAYED ABOUT IT.
00:47:57.37\00:47:58.64
HE CAME BACK AND SAID, 'ALRIGHT,
I WILL BE YOUR CHURCH TREASURER
00:47:58.64\00:48:01.41
UNDER ONE CONDITION: YOU DON'T
ASK ME FOR AN ACCOUNTING OF THE
00:48:01.41\00:48:06.28
CHURCH FINANCES FOR THE FIRST
YEAR, YOU TRUST ME AND YOU DON'T
00:48:06.28\00:48:09.12
ASK ANY QUESTIONS.' THEY
THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF AN
00:48:09.12\00:48:13.46
ODD CRITERIA, BUT THEY KNEW
HE WAS AN HONEST MAN - HE WAS
00:48:13.46\00:48:16.62
ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.
'ALRIGHT, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR'
00:48:16.62\00:48:19.69
- THEY SAID - 'CAN
WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTING?'
00:48:19.69\00:48:21.86
HE SAID, 'YES, NO PROBLEM.'
HE SAID, 'THE CHURCH DEBT OF
00:48:21.86\00:48:26.37
$200,000.00 IS ALL PAID
OFF. WE'VE RAISED THE PASTOR'S
00:48:26.37\00:48:30.17
SALARY 8-PERCENT. WE
BOUGHT THE PROPERTY NEXT
00:48:30.17\00:48:33.14
DOOR AND' - HE SAID - 'WE HAVE
ANOTHER $50,000.00 IN THE BANK.'
00:48:33.14\00:48:39.61
AND THEY SAID,
'HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?'
00:48:39.61\00:48:41.45
HE SAID, 'OKAY, NOW, I'LL TELL
YOU.' - HE SAID - 'YOU KNOW, I
00:48:41.45\00:48:43.95
OPERATE THE GRAIN ELEVATOR AND
ALL OF YOU BRING YOUR GRAIN TO
00:48:43.95\00:48:47.56
ME TO HAVE IT MEASURED OUT.' -
HE SAID - 'I'VE KEPT 10-PERCENT
00:48:47.56\00:48:50.56
OF YOUR GRAIN.' (LAUGHTER)
I SOLD IT AND PUT IT INTO THE
00:48:50.56\00:48:55.60
CHURCH AND NONE OF YOU EVEN
MISSED IT.' AND YOU WONDER -
00:48:55.60\00:49:03.24
SOMETIMES WE THINK, 'OH,
I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT.
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.64
I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY MY TITHE.'
YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO BECAUSE,
00:49:05.64\00:49:09.51
BIBLICALLY, THE TRUTH IS
THAT NINE-TENTHS IS GOING TO GO
00:49:09.51\00:49:13.58
FURTHER THAN TEN TENTHS.
WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE, A
00:49:13.58\00:49:17.69
HUNDRED PERCENT THAT'S CURSED OR
NINETY PERCENT THAT'S BLESSED?
00:49:17.69\00:49:22.42
AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN
NINETY PERCENT BECAUSE THAT'S
00:49:22.42\00:49:26.23
JUST TITHE. THE
BIBLE SAYS, 'BE FAITHFUL IN
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.83
YOUR TITHES AND YOUR OFFERINGS.'
GOD USES THE WORD 'ROBBERY'
00:49:27.83\00:49:32.37
FOR TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
TITHE IS A SPECIFIED AMOUNT.
00:49:32.37\00:49:36.47
HOW MUCH IS THAT? TENTH
- TEN PERCENT - OFFERINGS
00:49:36.47\00:49:39.34
ARE AS THE LORD BLESSES YOU.
SOME PEOPLE GIVE A DOUBLE TITHE.
00:49:39.34\00:49:43.98
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE - IT VARIES
- IT DEPENDS ON - LET THEM GIVE
00:49:43.98\00:49:47.28
CHEERFULLY FROM THEIR
HEARTS. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO
00:49:47.28\00:49:51.05
BE A BLESSED PEOPLE. AND
WHEN WE STEP OUT IN FAITH
00:49:51.05\00:49:54.92
AND WE FOLLOW GOD IN THESE
THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN -
00:49:54.92\00:49:58.59
WE'VE DONE IT IN OUR LIVES AND
GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US AND
00:49:58.59\00:50:01.66
TAKEN CARE OF US, AND I
KNOW HE'LL DO THE SAME FOR YOU.
00:50:01.66\00:50:04.27
I WANT HIM TO CONTINUE TO BLESS
THE CHURCH - ESPECIALLY AS WE
00:50:04.27\00:50:06.84
MOVE FORWARD IN A VERY BIG STAGE
OF FAITH WITH THIS PROJECT.
00:50:06.84\00:50:12.04
WE WANT TO BUILD UP
THE CHURCH OF GOD, RIGHT?
00:50:12.04\00:50:14.98
AND WE DO THIS - WE WANT TO WIN
OUR BATTLES AGAINST THE ENEMY,
00:50:14.98\00:50:17.75
AMEN? I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S ANY HERE
00:50:17.75\00:50:20.38
THAT HAVE ANYTHING ACCURSED
HIDDEN IN THEIR TENTS, BUT YOU
00:50:20.38\00:50:24.99
DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL JOSHUA
STARTS CASTING LOTS, DO YOU?
00:50:24.99\00:50:28.79
AND SO, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO
DO, BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE,
00:50:28.79\00:50:34.00
WE WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
AND SERVE THE LORD, AMEN?
00:50:34.00\00:50:36.03
>>AMEN. (MUSIC)
00:50:36.03\00:50:49.81
>>HI FRIENDS, THIS IS
PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:50:49.81\00:50:52.71
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HEAR AN AMAZING FACT?
00:50:52.71\00:50:54.88
MORE AND MORE OF THE WORLD IS
TURNING, NOW, TO NATURAL FORMS
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.55
OF ENERGY TO TRY AND FIND THEIR
POWER AND THEY'RE RESORTING TO
00:50:57.55\00:51:01.12
THINGS LIKE THE WIND FARM
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN JAMAICA AT
00:51:01.12\00:51:03.59
WIGTON. YOU KNOW,
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO,
00:51:03.59\00:51:06.13
MY WIFE AND I GOING TO VISIT THE
BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII AND WE WERE
00:51:06.13\00:51:09.36
AMAZED AT ALL THE POTENTIAL
THERE FOR NATURAL POWER,
00:51:09.36\00:51:12.43
BUT THEY WEREN'T USING
IT. THERE AT THE SOUTH PART OF
00:51:12.43\00:51:14.94
THE ISLAND THERE
WAS VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
00:51:14.94\00:51:18.54
YOU CAN MAKE GEOTHERMAL POWER
THERE. IF YOU WENT TO WAIMEA,
00:51:18.54\00:51:21.64
THE WIND WAS
CONSTANTLY BLOWING, BUT THEY
00:51:21.64\00:51:24.38
HAD NO WINDMILLS THERE.
IF YOU WENT OVER TO KONA, SUN
00:51:24.38\00:51:27.65
ALWAYS SHINES - SOLAR ELECTRIC
- BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH
00:51:27.65\00:51:31.25
SOLAR ELECTRIC THERE. AND
IF YOU WENT TO HILO, IT WAS
00:51:31.25\00:51:34.22
ALWAYS RAINING - HYDROELECTRIC.
AND IN SPITE OF ALL THAT
00:51:34.22\00:51:37.69
POTENTIAL FOR POWER THERE ON THE
BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII, THEY WERE
00:51:37.69\00:51:41.03
POWERING THE ISLAND BACK THEN
WITH DIRTY DIESEL GENERATORS.
00:51:41.03\00:51:45.17
IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW
WE SOMETIMES WASTE THE POWER OF
00:51:45.17\00:51:47.67
GOD'S SPIRIT THAT HE'S
MAKING AVAILABLE TO US.
00:51:47.67\00:51:50.11
AND EACH OF US CAN HAVE
THAT SPIRIT IF WE SIMPLY ASK.
00:51:50.11\00:51:53.38
YOU CAN READ IN ZECHARIAH
CHAPTER 10 - WHAT DO WE DO?
00:51:53.38\00:51:56.48
'ASK OF THE LORD RAIN IN THE
TIME OF THE LATTER RAIN AND HE
00:51:56.48\00:51:59.75
WILL SEND FLASHING CLOUDS.'
JESUS ALSO SAID, IN THE BOOK OF
00:51:59.75\00:52:03.15
LUKE, 'IF YOU THEN BEING EVIL
KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO
00:52:03.15\00:52:06.72
YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE
WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE
00:52:06.72\00:52:09.69
THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO THEM THAT ASK?'
00:52:09.69\00:52:12.69
WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
00:52:12.69\00:52:16.03
POURED OUT, IT SAYS THERE WAS A
SOUND OF A MIGHTY RUSHING WIND.
00:52:16.03\00:52:19.97
AND THAT POWER THAT LAUNCHED THE
CHURCH BACK THEN CAN STILL POWER
00:52:19.97\00:52:23.04
YOUR LIFE TODAY, FRIENDS. SO
WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM? (MUSIC)
00:52:23.04\00:52:46.59
>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
00:52:46.59\00:52:54.97
>>I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT I
HAD A WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD.
00:52:54.97\00:52:57.94
GROWING UP, I WENT TO A PRIVATE
SCHOOL UP UNTIL THE SEVENTH
00:52:57.94\00:53:01.54
GRADE - UNTIL JUNIOR HIGH. I
BELIEVE IT WAS AT THAT POINT,
00:53:01.54\00:53:04.15
IN JUNIOR HIGH, THAT
MY LIFE BEGAN TO CHANGE.
00:53:04.15\00:53:09.15
GOING FROM A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS A BIG
00:53:09.15\00:53:12.89
DIFFERENCE. THERE
WAS A LOT OF SECULAR
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.92
INFLUENCE - PEER PRESSURE
- AND, FOR ME, IT WAS MUSIC.
00:53:15.92\00:53:21.70
I STARTED LISTENING
TO HEAVY METAL MUSIC.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.87
EVERY CONCERT THAT WOULD
COME TO TOWN I WAS THERE.
00:53:23.87\00:53:26.30
IT HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON
ME. I STARTED USING MARIJUANA,
00:53:26.30\00:53:31.34
PROBABLY AT THE AGE OF 14.
I STARTED DRINKING - USING A
00:53:31.34\00:53:36.21
LOT OF COCAINE AND THAT
LED TO METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT
00:53:36.21\00:53:39.61
COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE.
I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL MY
00:53:39.61\00:53:43.92
SOPHOMORE YEAR AND WENT TO WORK.
I WOULD GET OFF OF WORK AND WE'D
00:53:43.92\00:53:49.32
GO IN THE BAR UNTIL 2:00 IN THE
MORNING AND I'D GET BACK UP AT
00:53:49.32\00:53:52.19
5:00 AND GO BACK AT IT
AGAIN - SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
00:53:52.19\00:54:00.04
AT THE AGE OF 20, I LOST
MY DAD TO A HEART ATTACK.
00:54:00.04\00:54:04.77
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE
LOSS SO I TRIED TO MASK MY PAIN
00:54:04.77\00:54:08.64
WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. I
GOT THREE DUIS IN ONE YEAR.
00:54:08.64\00:54:13.42
I WAS ARRESTED. THEY
GAVE ME ONE YEAR IN THE
00:54:13.42\00:54:16.82
COUNTY JAIL AND THE MOMENT I
GOT OUT I WENT BACK TO DOING THE
00:54:16.82\00:54:20.79
SAME THING, HANGING WITH THE
SAME PEOPLE - THE SAME CROWD.
00:54:20.79\00:54:24.66
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND I WAS
00:54:24.66\00:54:27.56
CHARGED WITH A FELONY DUI.
EVEN THOUGH AT THE TIME OF THE
00:54:27.56\00:54:30.60
ACCIDENT I WAS NOT UNDER
THE INFLUENCE, I STILL HAD
00:54:30.60\00:54:32.97
METHAMPHETAMINE IN MY SYSTEM.
AT MY SENTENCING DATE I LEFT
00:54:32.97\00:54:38.34
THE COURTROOM AND
I DIDN'T COME BACK.
00:54:38.34\00:54:40.68
AND THAT LEFT ME
WITH A FELONY WARRANT.
00:54:40.68\00:54:43.88
AND I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AT
A PARK AND I WOKE UP TO A PARK
00:54:43.88\00:54:48.25
RANGER KNOCKING ON MY WINDOW.
I KNEW THAT I WAS WANTED AND I
00:54:48.25\00:54:52.09
KNEW THAT I WAS NOT
GOING TO JUST TURN MYSELF IN.
00:54:52.09\00:54:56.66
I TURNED TO HIM AND I MADE THE
COMMENT, 'NOT TODAY.' AND I TOOK
00:54:56.66\00:55:00.13
OFF. I LED FIVE
DIFFERENT AGENCIES ON
00:55:00.13\00:55:03.53
ABOUT A 35-MINUTE CHASE AND
I REALIZED AT ONE POINT THAT I
00:55:03.53\00:55:07.74
WASN'T GOING TO GET AWAY AND
THIS WAS GOING TO END UP EITHER
00:55:07.74\00:55:10.61
ME KILLING SOMEBODY OR MYSELF.
AND SO I MADE A DECISION TO PULL
00:55:10.61\00:55:15.44
OVER. AT THAT POINT, EVERYTHING
00:55:15.44\00:55:18.38
THAT I HAD, I LOST. I
WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN
00:55:18.38\00:55:21.68
STATE PRISON AND IT WAS
THERE THAT GOD GOT AHOLD OF ME.
00:55:21.68\00:55:29.42
AND IT WAS THROUGH
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRIES.
00:55:29.42\00:55:32.53
I REMEMBER LISTENING ON MY
RADIO TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:55:32.53\00:55:36.00
I WANTED TO GET
TO KNOW THE BIBLE.
00:55:36.00\00:55:38.00
I WANTED TO KNOW GOD. AND
SO MY AUNT MARILYN SENT ME
00:55:38.00\00:55:43.47
THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY
GUIDES AND IT WAS THERE THAT MY
00:55:43.47\00:55:48.81
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST BEGAN.
I HAD CALLED HOME AND I KNEW MY
00:55:48.81\00:55:55.22
MOTHER WASN'T DOING
WELL, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
00:55:55.22\00:56:00.22
SHE HAD CANCER. SHE
HAD ABOUT A 30-PERCENT
00:56:00.22\00:56:06.29
CHANCE OF MAKING IT
THROUGH HER SURGERY.
00:56:06.29\00:56:08.83
SHE HAD TOLD THE DOCTORS THAT
SHE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE CHEMO
00:56:08.83\00:56:11.43
AND SHE WAS NOT
GOING TO HAVE RADIATION.
00:56:11.43\00:56:12.57
THAT, IF HER GOD WAS
GOING TO SAVE HER, THEN HE WOULD
00:56:12.57\00:56:14.60
SAVE HER. I
REMEMBER HANGING UP THE PHONE
00:56:14.60\00:56:19.21
TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY
LAST CONVERSATION WITH MY MOM.
00:56:19.21\00:56:24.38
I TURNED AROUND, I GOT DOWN ON
MY KNEES, AND I PRAYED TO GOD.
00:56:24.38\00:56:29.45
I SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE
THERE, PLEASE SAVE MY MOTHER.
00:56:29.45\00:56:33.19
WHEREVER YOU LEAD ME IN LIFE,
WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, I AM
00:56:33.19\00:56:37.66
YOURS.' AND I HAD A FEELING OF
00:56:37.66\00:56:41.30
SUCH PEACE, THAT I KNEW THAT
MY MOTHER WAS GOING TO BE OKAY
00:56:41.30\00:56:46.17
AND THAT MY LIFE
WAS GOING TO CHANGE.
00:56:46.17\00:56:49.44
THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT I CAN
ADEQUATELY EXPRESS TO AMAZING
00:56:49.44\00:56:52.64
FACTS AND PASTOR DOUG - TO SAY,
'THANK YOU' TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE
00:56:52.64\00:56:56.44
WHO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY. I
AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR SUPPORT.
00:56:56.44\00:57:00.85
MY LIFE IS CHANGED BECAUSE
OF THIS MINISTRY AND I THANK YOU
00:57:00.85\00:57:06.92
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
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PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:31.01\00:57:34.25
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:34.25\00:57:38.19
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
00:57:38.19\00:57:41.32
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