Welcome to Battle Creek. We will
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continue,
continue our Eleventh Hour
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Evidence Seminar. It
all begins tonight with our
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friend, Buddy Houghtaling
in his song "Hands on God".
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There was nothing
at all when He came
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and He called out all that there
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be. And there was light,
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there was air, trees
and stars everywhere,
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He was so well
pleased, Birds of every color,
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Fish of every size
and the mounts abounding
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all the earth.
He had spoken there,
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He is the way with words,
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but there is nothing
to say, as He molded the
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clay, His lips they fell siding
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because He loved them
too much just to speak
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not to touch,
He's a hands on God.
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And you just couldn't
bare not to hold not to
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care, He's a hand's on God.
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The joy of their
Creator, The image of His dead
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So much more then
just some breath inside
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They were the Children of
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The hands on God.
He could have run from
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the room, When she poured the
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perfume on her
Savior. He could have taken a
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seat instead of washing
the feet of the twelve of
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them. He could have gone
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right back to
heaven, When they shouted
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crucified. Put
His hands away from
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that old cross,
But He loved us too
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much to deny us that touch.
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He's a hands on God.
And you just couldn't
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bare not to hold not to care,
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He's a hands on
God. Still the joy of our
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Creator. The image of His dead,
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So much more than
just breath and sought
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With the children
of, The hands on God
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Still the children
of The hands on God.
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Thanks Buddy, we
really appreciate your
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gift in music. Friend, I
want to try a little bit of
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a quiz with you
folks tonight here and with
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you out there in
the watching audience of
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3ABN. Here's how
the quiz goes, you ready
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for a quiz? I want you
guys to put on thinking
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caps, I got my degree in
history, so this is a little
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bit easier for me than
it might for you. Can you
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tell me right now
who was the most powerful
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man here's the hint,
the emperor of the world,
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the Roman world in
A.D. 27. Anyone able to
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tell me that
tonight? Nobody knows, I heard
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somebody say
Augustus. Actually, the
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right word is
Tiberius, the right name is
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Tiberius Caesar.
Can anyone name his mom?
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I'm not getting takers
on it. His mom's name was
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Olivia. Can anybody
name for me his three
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closest friends?
Again nobody, I'm not even
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gonna try that one
David. Can anyone tell
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me something
famous that he said? Again
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nobody, hey this is
the most powerful man in
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the world folks. How
come you know so little
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about this person who
is the ruler of the known
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world in A.D. 27. Let's
just try different one. Let's
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try different one what
you say. Let's go to the
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back water region of
the Roman world let's say
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Judea, okay. And let's
go to the back water region
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of Judea. Let's try for
instance Nazareth. Let's
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go to the backwater
part of Nazareth, a carpenter
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shop and now I
want to ask do you know
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anybody that's
working in a carpenter shop in
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A.D. 27 in Nazareth?
Hmm that's pretty good,
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do you know his
mother's name? Do you
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know his father's
name? Do you know three of
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his closest friends?
Can you repeat anything
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famous that he said?
Of course you can right.
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What do you think
you are. How do you know
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so much about a
guy from a backwater
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carpenter shop in
Nazareth and so little
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about the man, who is
the ruler of the known
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world. That my friend's
is a miracle. That is one
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of the miracles that
makes me believe that
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Jesus Christ is
alive tonight. Not yet
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convinced oh! my
friends. I like to
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introduce to you
tonight's speaker David
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Asscherick will take a
step closer to believing
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that God loves us,
that He is alive and that
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Jesus is the name. Amen.
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Good evening everyone.
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Good evening.
Did anybody here know
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Caesar Tiberius'
mother's name? I'm
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glad he didn't ask me
that question publicly.
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How was your day
today? Nice. Did you
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have a nice Sabbath? Yes.
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Amen. I want to
thank Buddy again for that
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song wasn't that
beautiful? I love those
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songs there are so,
there are so rich, not just in
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the melody, but in
the lyrics, thank you
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Buddy, God has
definitely given you a
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gift. Alright, we have
a significant amount of
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information to cover
tonight. Our message is
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entitled. Does God
Exist; Does it Matter?
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Does God Exist; Does
it Matter? And because
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we have such a
stupendous amount of
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information to
cover tonight we want to
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make an earnest appeal
to you at the end of this.
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We're going to begin
right away by praying
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and I invite you to
do that with me as we
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commence. Father in heaven, we
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come just tonight
and we marvel that we
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knew so little and
still know so little of Caesar
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Tiberius and yet
father we know so much of
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Thee. Lord we come
to you tonight praying
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that in a very
special way in a marked way
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that you will speak
directly to our hearts
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into our minds.
Father, we live in a world in
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which many people are
doubting your existence
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and questioning
whether or not you are
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even there and yet
father you are so near,
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so there and tonight we
ask that you please will
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come into this room
that you will speak to
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our minds as well as
to our hearts. And father
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that we will have a
stronger conviction that
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this is in fact
the Eleventh Hour and
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there is a considerable
amount of evidence to
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buttress that
assertion. Father this is the
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Eleventh Hour, as we
turn now to your word
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into your spirit may
you give us evidence. We
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ask in Jesus name, Amen.
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I like to invite you to
go with me in your Bibles
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to a very interesting
text found in the Book of
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Psalms, what book we
are going to everyone?
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Psalms. Psalms, right in the
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middle of your Bible
Psalms and we're going to
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go to chapter 14,
Psalm 14 and beginning in
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verse 1, Psalm 14
beginning in verse 1,
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our message tonight
is entitled Does God
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Exist? Does it
Matter. What we are going to
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do this evening is
divide our message into
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two parts, you notice
that the messages put in
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the form of an
interrogative, it is not a
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declarative. God exist
and it matters, it is in
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the form of an
interrogative. Does God
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exist that is the
first question and the second
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is the logical
rejoinder. Does it matter. So we
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are going to divide
the message tonight into
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two parts. The first
half are probably about the
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first 30 minutes, we
will spend looking at that
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question, does God
exist and we're going to
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look at some of the
classical philosophical
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and even
theological proofs for God's
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existence. We're
gonna talk about science
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tonight and so
you'll need to take your
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thinking caps and
put them firmly on your
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heads. You are not
afraid to think, are you?
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I said, you are not
afraid to think, are you?
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No. So that would be the
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first half of
the message, does God
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exist then what we
are going to do is we are
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going to do ask a very
practical question. If it
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is in fact true that
God does exist then what,
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what practical
application would that
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have for you and I and
the here or now. Does it
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matter, how does it
matter and why does it
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matter. So, number
1 does God exist and
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number 2 does it
matter. You are in Psalm 14
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beginning in verse 1
and we find this very
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interesting passage
of scripture, Psalm 14
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beginning in verse 1,
it says "The fool hath said
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in his heart," what
does the fool say in his
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heart? "There is no God."
Friends that's the classic
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synopsis of Atheism
that's the two words A,
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which is the
negative and theos, which is
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God. So when you are
talking about an atheist
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you are talking
about somebody, who does
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not believe in the
existence of God. And
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notice right here at
the beginning, God says
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those who don't
believe in me are fools. Now
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God is not just
simply calling names you
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know, nanynany
booboo kind of a thing.
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God is saying that the
person that claims that
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there is no God
has made a foolish
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proposition, a
foolish statement and so he
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says the fool has said
in his heart there is no
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God. He continues,
they are corrupt, they have
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done abominable
works, there is none
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who does good. The
Lord looks down from
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heaven upon the
children of men to see if
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there are any who
understand, who seek
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God. They have all turned
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aside, they have together
become corrupt, there is
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none who does good,
no, not one. The picture
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that I have in my mind
is I read this passage of
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scripture is one
of God looking down to
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investigate the
intellectual claim of the
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atheist, who says
with such pride there is no
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God, he positively
asserts that there is no
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God and so God
looks down from heaven He
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leans over from the
celestial rounds and He
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is evaluating the
claim of this atheist and the
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first thing he says is
the man is a fool. He then
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goes on to say or
the woman is a fool, He
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goes on to say that there, there
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denunciation of me,
their lack of belief in
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me is not an intellectual
consideration. What is
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He talking about the
rest of verse 1 and 2 and 3.
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These are all moral
considerations. There
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all what word did I
say moral, look at it again
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notice verse 2, the
Lord looks down from
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heaven upon the
children of men, He is
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investigating the
claim that there is no God
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perhaps there is
evidence to suggest that
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God doesn't exist, so
God is leaning over to
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see if the evidence is
good. He says to see if
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there is any who does
not seek or if there any
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who seek God verse
3 they have all turned
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aside, they have together
become corrupt, there is
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none who does good,
no not one. So God's
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evaluation of the claim
that there is no God, as
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being a foolish
claim is simply this. He is
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saying that when
somebody makes that
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positive affirmation
that God does not exist, the
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atheistic affirmation, he
is saying that this is not an
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intellectual
consideration this is a moral
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consideration. It
is what word did I say?
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Moral. In other words
they want to live the way they
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want to live and God
gets in the way of their
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perversities and
promiscuities and so they
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find it's much easier
just to say well God doesn't
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exist after all if He
does exist we would have to
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give an answer and a
response to the supreme
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being of the universe.
Are you understanding now,
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yes or no? Now what I
like to do is invite you to
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turn your attention to
the screen. Our message is
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entitled Does God Exist?
Does It Matter, The Bible
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does not set out to
"prove" God's existence.
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It simply declares His
existence. In other words,
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the Bible does not set
out to say God exist and here
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is the syllogistic
proof, here is the mathematical
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proof, here is the
scientific proof, it simply
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declares that He exists.
In fact, one of the first four
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words in the Cannon, one
of the first four words in
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the Bible, in the beginning God.
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Notice not a proof of
God, but a declaration of
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God, Genesis 1:1.
Now continue with me here
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there have been
classically 20 lines of
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evidence that have
been advanced to prove God's
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existence. These are
philosophical proofs and
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theological proofs
and scientific proofs, the
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combined weight of these
apologetic proofs present
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a formidable
and convincing case.
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Now I want you to hone
it on that word apologetic
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there, that word apologetic.
Do any of you remember
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that word from last
night? How many of you remember?
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Remember second Peter
or first Peter chapter 3 in
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verse 15, Peter said,
but sanctify the Lord God in
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your heart and be ready
how often always to give
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an answer to every man
that ask you the reason of
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the hope that is in you
and with meekness in fear.
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Now what was that word
there that was translated
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to give an answer. Do
you remember? It was Pelagia
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that exactly right,
the word means to give an
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answer to give a reason
to give a defense and so
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classically when philosophers
and theologians and others
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have sat down to try
and prove the existence of
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God, they have advanced
approximately 20 lines of
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evidence. Now we don't
have time of course to go
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into all 20 of those and
so what we're going to do is
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we're going to take a look
at eight of them. The first
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is the case from the
beginning of life, the case
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from the beginning of life
this is what is referred to
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by biologists as
Biogenesis, Biogenesis.
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Now this is very easy
to understand, it is simply
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two words put
together inducts the position.
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The first word is bios
bio, the word means life.
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What does the word
mean everybody, life, so you
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have the study of biology
that's the study of living
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things. Now what does
the word Genesis mean,
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means the beginning, so
if you put these two words
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together life and beginning
the word Biogenesis simply
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means the beginning
of what everyone life.
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Now I have a son, he
is two-and-half years old.
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His name is Landon and
he is becoming increasingly
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curious and aware of
the world around him and he
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will occasionally ask
interesting questions of
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me and I'm just waiting
for the day when he asks
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this question. Papa, where
did I come from that I'll be
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very easy to answer,
I'll say well you came from
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mommy daddy and that
will probably satisfy him
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for all of about six months.
And then their mind going to
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continue to work and
the synapses of firing,
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the neurons are connecting
and little while later he is
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gonna say papa where
did you and mommy come from.
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Oh! That's an easy one
to answer. We came from our
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mommy and daddy and that
might satisfy him for all of
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about six minutes. Oh!
Where did they come from,
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where do they come
from, where do they come from
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and sooner or later my son
is going to have a very big
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question, where did
Adam and Eve come from.
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Now you might think that
this is just a childish kind
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of question that this is so
easy, but friends listen this
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whole idea of biogenesis
the beginning of life puts
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our finger on the poles
of one of the profoundest,
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most powerful proofs
that God exists and the law of
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biogenesis basically says
this, life only comes from
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life say that with me.
Life only comes from life.
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Now there was a day back
in the dark ages in centuries
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past, where they believe
that if you had a pile of
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garbage in the corner that
if you left that pile of garbage
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there long enough it
would spontaneously produce rats
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and mice and maggots and
insects, but a men by the
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name of Louis
Pasteur, is that name
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mean anything to you.
Yes. Have you ever looked on
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the side of you juice
container and it says what
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pasteurized. Louis Pasteur
took sterile garbage if there
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is such a thing he sterilized
it, put it in the corner,
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he made sure it had no
existent life in it, no eggs,
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no life could get in and
they waited and they waited and
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they waited and did
life ever come out of it.
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No, why because life
only comes from what everyone?
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Life. Life. Now go with
me in your Bibles to Luke
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chapter 3, in Luke chapter
3, this is what is referred to
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as a Genealogy and you
know the Genealogy so and
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so began and so and so
began so and so began so and so
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so let's pick this up in
Luke chapter 3 how about verse
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34, we will begin there.
Luke chapter 3 and verse 34,
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it says the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of
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Abraham, the son of Terah,
the son of Nahor, the son of
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Serug, the son of Reu, the
son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
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the son of Shelah, the
son of Cainan, the son of
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Arphaxad, the son of Shem,
the son of Noah, the son of
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Lamech, I'm in verse 37,
the son of Methuselah, the
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son of Enoch, the
son of Jared, the son of
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Mahalaleel, the son of
Cainan, the son of Enos,
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the son of Seth, the son
of Adam, notice this now the
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son of God. Now
friends this is very powerful,
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very sublime because the
Bible here entrancing this
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Genealogy is actually
giving a very potent and
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compiling scientific proof
for the explanation of life
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on this planet. You see
friends, if God doesn't exist
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and there is no supernatural
entity like the atheist
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suggests, the fool suggest,
then they have to surmount
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this insuperable, this
insurmountable obstacle
00:18:52.59\00:18:56.06
that says this life came
from non-life. Yet friends
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can life come from
non-life, no it's a physical
00:19:02.04\00:19:05.27
impossibility in every single
biological experiment, every
00:19:05.31\00:19:09.28
single scientific experiment
since the dawn of science
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has proved that it is an
impossibility for life to
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spontaneously generate
from non-life and so we go
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backward, where did you
come from, from mommy and daddy
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from mommy and daddy,
from mommy and daddy and
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the Bible gives us a powerful
compiling answer to this
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question of biogenesis,
the beginnings of life.
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The son of Adam, the
son of what everyone? God.
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God, so number 1 tonight
are you living, are there are
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others that are living
Amen. So just in the, in the
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existence of life we
find a compiling proof for the
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existence of God. Notice
number 2, the case from the
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existence of things
including time itself and
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this is referred to as
the cosmological proof.
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Now don't be afraid
of those many syllabus,
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it simply the cosmos or
the universe, the existence of
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the universe and notice this
can be stated classically in
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three short phrases.
Number 1, everything that
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begins to exist has
a, what, cause, cause.
00:20:04.53\00:20:08.17
Now think about something
in this room that exists,
00:20:08.20\00:20:10.21
what something that
exist. Do you exist young man,
00:20:10.64\00:20:12.87
okay, did you have a
cause, okay. He demonstrates
00:20:13.38\00:20:16.34
that's true, how about that
light stand over there, does
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.25
that light stand exist?
Was there ever a time that it
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didn't exist okay, so
something cause to exist
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are you understanding,
yes or no. Now how about
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this podium, does it
exist, sure it exists, was there
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ever a time that it didn't
exist. Now think about that
00:20:30.89\00:20:33.86
for just a moment, in order
for it to come into existence
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a podium maker had to
fashion it and format and
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created it, are you
understanding, yes or no.
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Everything that you can
think of that exists at one
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time didn't and it
came into existence with one
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exception. We will talk
about that in just a moment.
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Now number 1 everything
that begins to exist has a
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cause. Number 2, the
universe itself began to exist.
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Was there a time that the
universe itself didn't exist.
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The answer is yes,
God created the universe,
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who created the universe?
God. God created the universe,
00:21:08.30\00:21:11.03
we just saw that in Genesis
1:1. In the beginning, what
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everyone, God and God created
the heavens and the earth.
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Now notice number 3
here; therefore, the universe
00:21:19.37\00:21:21.98
has a cause and that
uncaused cause of all things
00:21:22.01\00:21:27.02
is what everyone God.
God. The only thing in the
00:21:27.05\00:21:30.99
universe that does not
have a cause, the only thing in
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the universe that has
eternally existed is God.
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Now friends, I wish I had
time to go into very potent
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.40
scientific philosophical
and even mathematical proofs,
00:21:42.43\00:21:45.70
but this is a very potent
and very powerful proof that
00:21:45.73\00:21:49.77
God, got the ball rolling,
God started this thing and
00:21:49.80\00:21:54.11
without the existence of
God friends nothing else in
00:21:54.14\00:21:58.21
the universe could
exist not even time itself.
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Now let us continue,
notice with me on the screen now
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.52
number 3 we're looking
at our eight proofs for the
00:22:05.55\00:22:07.42
existence of God. Number
3 is the case from design in
00:22:07.46\00:22:11.96
the universe, the case from
design in the universe; that
00:22:11.99\00:22:15.73
is what is referred to as
the teleological proof, it comes
00:22:15.76\00:22:18.23
from the Greek
Telos, which is design,
00:22:18.27\00:22:21.27
which is what everyone?
Design. Design, now as you look
00:22:21.57\00:22:24.04
around you, as you look
at your hands and as you look
00:22:24.07\00:22:27.38
at the world around you and
the perfect sinquinicity and
00:22:27.41\00:22:30.95
harmony with which it
operates do you see design
00:22:30.98\00:22:34.05
in the world
around you? Yes or no.
00:22:34.08\00:22:35.68
Let me give you a very
good example of design in
00:22:36.18\00:22:37.85
the universe take
your hands and hold them up
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.49
just like this, try
and experiment you see this
00:22:39.52\00:22:43.22
thing right here
what do we call this?
00:22:43.26\00:22:44.59
Thumb. We called that a thumb,
try this experiment at home
00:22:44.63\00:22:48.10
take that thumb and put
it to your palm and tape it
00:22:48.13\00:22:51.73
there, alright now tape it
there and do it to the other
00:22:51.77\00:22:55.34
hand too, you can have
that somebody help you because
00:22:55.37\00:22:56.87
you won't even be able
to tape the other thumb.
00:22:56.91\00:22:58.37
Now what you have is you
have eight fingers, but no
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.78
opposable thumb. Now do
you think that you'll be able
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.55
to do much, no just try
doing anything right there,
00:23:03.58\00:23:06.45
you know, I can't even
pick up this clicker very easily
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.28
and if I wanted to click it
up, I've to push it like this
00:23:09.32\00:23:11.42
you understand. Now look
at this for just a moment,
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.99
the functionality of the hand
increases exponentially when
00:23:14.02\00:23:18.99
you add an opposable
thumb you understand that right.
00:23:19.03\00:23:22.46
So these fingers point
this way, the thumb points
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.43
that way and now I can
grab, I can open, I can
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.04
twist, I can pick up, in
other words do you see design
00:23:27.07\00:23:30.71
when you look at
the hand yes or no? Yes.
00:23:30.74\00:23:32.74
Absolutely, tremendous
design how about the eye.
00:23:32.81\00:23:36.21
Does the eye exhibit the
qualities of design, even
00:23:36.78\00:23:40.95
Darwin himself
the grandfather of the
00:23:40.98\00:23:43.69
evolutionary theory,
who wrote the book origin of
00:23:43.72\00:23:45.92
species in 1859. I
have quotations on my files,
00:23:45.95\00:23:49.49
where he says the
contemplation of the eye
00:23:49.59\00:23:52.09
would have evolved
through micro-mutations
00:23:52.49\00:23:55.26
gradual changes he said
made him sick to his stomach.
00:23:55.30\00:23:59.50
Friends the eye is such
a beautiful construction,
00:23:59.53\00:24:03.91
think about these video
cameras that are taping us
00:24:03.94\00:24:05.91
even now, think
about, think about the sound
00:24:05.94\00:24:08.34
boards and all of these
technological gadgets none
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.51
of them can do even one
1000th of what the eye can do
00:24:11.55\00:24:15.22
and yet it is contained in
such a small package, it can
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.95
focus immediately on
something close and then
00:24:17.99\00:24:19.72
quickly on something
on the distant arisen.
00:24:19.75\00:24:21.52
It can go to something, it
can step into a room that is
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.96
very dark and immediately
the pupil expands to let it
00:24:23.99\00:24:26.19
more light and then if
you walk out into the sunny
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.56
the sunny day and the
snow is on the grounds or that
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.87
there is great radiant
light what does the pupil do,
00:24:31.90\00:24:33.97
shrinks right down in
just a moment. Friends, the eye
00:24:34.64\00:24:37.07
can do what even the
most advanced television
00:24:37.11\00:24:39.67
cameras and photographic
cameras can't even begin to
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.38
do and yet it is all contained
in a package of about the
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.31
size of a marble,
does that exhibit the
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.85
qualities of
design, yes or no.? Yes.
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.35
If you and I were
walking through the woods and we
00:24:50.45\00:24:51.95
stumbled upon the stone,
we might just pick up that
00:24:51.99\00:24:54.49
ordinary stone and say you
know this is the stone it's a
00:24:54.52\00:24:57.66
nice looking stone it
has some nice curvatures
00:24:57.69\00:24:59.86
maybe it would be good for
skipping, but a stone in an
00:25:00.06\00:25:03.10
of itself would not
exhibit the qualities of design.
00:25:03.13\00:25:05.73
You wouldn't look at a
stone and say there is stone
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.47
maker necessarily, but
if you and I were walking
00:25:07.50\00:25:10.27
through the woods and
let's say we found that clicker
00:25:10.31\00:25:12.57
you and I were
walking through and as we came
00:25:12.87\00:25:14.84
along, Oh! Look a clicker,
so we pick up the clicker
00:25:14.88\00:25:19.48
and we say isn't
that remarkable must have
00:25:19.51\00:25:21.68
dropped that of a tree
maybe there is a clicker tree
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.59
here right. Friends does this
clicker exhibit the qualities
00:25:23.62\00:25:27.96
of design? Well it sure
does, as a matter of fact it
00:25:27.99\00:25:31.13
has a nice little, I suppose
this is clip, so I could put it
00:25:31.16\00:25:34.66
on my belt if I would
like, there is a button here and
00:25:34.70\00:25:36.83
even a little red light to
let me know that the clicker is
00:25:36.87\00:25:39.00
working. It's also
conveniently sized right
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.97
into my hand and so
this clicker exhibits the
00:25:42.00\00:25:45.01
qualities of what
everyone? Design. So what do you
00:25:45.04\00:25:47.88
automatically
assume about the clicker.
00:25:47.91\00:25:49.61
That it has a designer
and friends look at the world
00:25:50.98\00:25:54.22
around you, look at
your opposable thumb,
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.35
the incredible intricacies
of the eye and even beyond
00:25:56.38\00:25:59.25
that the biosphere the
entire ecosystem huge numbers of
00:25:59.29\00:26:03.96
galaxies billions
upon multiplied billions of
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.39
galaxies swirling through
the universe at break-neck
00:26:06.43\00:26:09.33
paces and all of this
together friends indicates
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.63
clearly God had a hand in
this. There is a designer and
00:26:12.67\00:26:18.37
where you see design you
automatically assume there
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.28
is designer, who was
behind it. Amen. Amen.
00:26:21.31\00:26:25.08
The atheist is at a total
loss to explain design in the
00:26:25.28\00:26:29.68
universe and this is
what is referred to as the
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.82
teleological argument.
Now notice with me number 4,
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.09
the case from a
life- allowing universe,
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.89
this is called the
Anthropic principle,
00:26:38.93\00:26:41.66
the Anthropic
principle. Now how many of you
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.60
know what the
word Anthropos means,
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.00
Anthropos, man, okay
means man that's right.
00:26:47.04\00:26:49.67
The study of anthropology
is the study of man.
00:26:49.70\00:26:53.81
For example in Mark
chapter 2 and verses 27 and 28
00:26:53.84\00:26:56.11
Jesus said the Sabbath
was made for men and the word
00:26:56.14\00:27:01.52
is Anthropos, mankind.
Now when we talked about
00:27:01.55\00:27:05.89
the Anthropic
Principle please follow me very
00:27:05.92\00:27:08.39
carefully here in fact
let's go right to the screen,
00:27:08.42\00:27:10.33
modern cosmology has
identified not less than 40
00:27:10.93\00:27:15.63
measurable characteristics
of the universe. Notice this as
00:27:15.66\00:27:19.83
we continue, each of
these characteristics are
00:27:19.87\00:27:22.67
fine-tuned to such a
degree that moving even one of
00:27:22.70\00:27:26.47
them in either direction
only a fraction of a fraction
00:27:26.51\00:27:31.01
of a fraction of a percentage
would make the existence
00:27:31.05\00:27:35.08
of life and notice this
here anywhere in the universe
00:27:35.12\00:27:39.05
impossible. Now let me
just give you a few of them here
00:27:39.09\00:27:42.62
I've, I've written some
of these down and I want you
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.59
to hear some of these,
these are just a few of these 40
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.93
plus measurable
characteristics and keep in
00:27:47.96\00:27:50.63
mind that if even one of
these was off by a fraction,
00:27:50.67\00:27:53.64
of a fraction, of a fraction,
of a percentage it's not just
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.94
that life would be
impossible here on planet
00:27:55.97\00:27:57.67
earth, but the life would
be impossible in the universe,
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.41
we would live not in a life
sustaining universe but in a
00:28:00.44\00:28:03.35
life prohibitive universe.
Do you understand that,
00:28:03.38\00:28:05.85
yes or no. Yes.
Now I'm gonna come back
00:28:05.88\00:28:07.32
to this just in a minute, but
listen just to a few of these.
00:28:07.35\00:28:09.38
Number 1, a strong nuclear
force constant. Number 2, a
00:28:09.92\00:28:12.32
weak nuclear force
constant. Number 3,
00:28:12.35\00:28:14.06
gravitational force constant.
Number 4, electromagnetic
00:28:14.09\00:28:16.96
force constant. Number 5,
the ratio of electromagnetic
00:28:16.99\00:28:19.39
force constant to
gravitational force constant.
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.30
Number 6, the ratio of
proton mass to electron mass.
00:28:21.33\00:28:23.87
Number 7, the
ratio of protons to the
00:28:23.90\00:28:25.27
number of electrons.
Number 8, the mass density
00:28:25.30\00:28:26.94
of the universe. Number 9,
the size of the relativistic
00:28:26.97\00:28:29.34
dilation factor. Number 10,
the ratio of neutron mass to
00:28:29.37\00:28:31.91
proton mass, you're
getting the feel for this?
00:28:31.94\00:28:33.38
You want the other 47?
No You are right on time.
00:28:35.74\00:28:39.01
Oh! Yeah, sure the size
of the relativistic dilation
00:28:39.45\00:28:41.52
factor, I'm with
you pastor Asscherick.
00:28:41.55\00:28:43.02
Friends, the point
here is just this, when
00:28:44.25\00:28:45.85
astrophysicist and
cosmologist begin to
00:28:45.89\00:28:49.02
measure the measurable
identifiable characteristics
00:28:49.06\00:28:51.96
of the universe they
are noticing something very
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.26
interesting. They are
saying wow this entire universe
00:28:54.30\00:28:57.83
not just Planet Earth
beloved, the whole universe
00:28:57.87\00:29:00.34
is fine tuned to such a
degree that if you took even
00:29:00.74\00:29:03.81
one of those measurable
characteristics and it
00:29:03.84\00:29:06.57
scooted it just a bit this
way or it just a bit this way,
00:29:06.61\00:29:10.11
life would be impossible
in the entire universe.
00:29:10.38\00:29:13.08
Now notice this not from
the biblical point of view,
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.75
not from a Christian point
of view, but strictly from a
00:29:17.49\00:29:20.29
cosmological point of
view what cosmologists are
00:29:20.32\00:29:23.69
saying is this, the
conclusion of modern
00:29:23.73\00:29:26.36
cosmology is that the
universe appears to have
00:29:26.39\00:29:29.86
had man in mind! Now say
that with me, man in mind.
00:29:29.90\00:29:36.64
In other words, it looks like
the whole universe was set up
00:29:36.67\00:29:40.18
on the Anthropic Principle.
The man kind principle,
00:29:40.21\00:29:45.88
the whole thing was put
together in the same way
00:29:45.91\00:29:48.62
that my wife and I put
our bedroom together for our
00:29:48.65\00:29:51.25
new little boy. We had gone
to the hospital, he'd been born,
00:29:51.29\00:29:54.52
we had the room
prepared, we had the crib there,
00:29:54.56\00:29:57.09
everything was in place and
if you walked into that room
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.69
and you saw the pretty
decorations and you saw
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.73
the crib and you saw all
of the accoutrements that went
00:30:01.76\00:30:04.13
with the room you
would conclude this room has
00:30:04.17\00:30:06.90
been designed for a
baby. Are you understanding,
00:30:06.94\00:30:10.97
yes or no? By the same
token, cosmologists and
00:30:11.01\00:30:13.84
astrophysicists they look
at the universe and they say
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.31
wow the more we measure
and the more fine-tuned that
00:30:16.34\00:30:19.61
we find these characteristics
are we come to the conclusion
00:30:19.65\00:30:22.82
that the universe was
designed for God's babies
00:30:22.85\00:30:26.59
namely you and I. Now
go with me in you Bible to
00:30:26.62\00:30:29.86
Isaiah chapter 45, I
appreciate the signs of
00:30:29.89\00:30:33.26
cosmology and astrophysics,
but we could have save
00:30:33.29\00:30:35.93
them a whole lot of time
if they would have simply
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.53
gone to Isaiah chapter
45, Isaiah chapter 45, by the
00:30:38.57\00:30:43.54
way just as a little point
as an anecdotal point many of
00:30:43.57\00:30:47.34
the worlds
foremost cosmologists and
00:30:47.38\00:30:49.94
astrophysicists are
Bible believing Christians.
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.21
Did you know that?
Many of the world's foremost
00:30:52.25\00:30:55.45
cosmologists and
astrophysicists are Bible
00:30:55.48\00:30:57.59
believing Christians
because friends they can
00:30:57.62\00:30:59.79
look out at the cosmos
of the universe and they can
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.22
say somebody is out there.
Albert Einstein's favorite
00:31:02.26\00:31:05.86
quotation was God doesn't
play dice with the universe.
00:31:05.89\00:31:10.17
In other words it's not
just chance, not everything just
00:31:10.57\00:31:13.47
randomly put together
somebody is behind all of this.
00:31:13.50\00:31:17.54
Notice Isaiah chapter 45
and verse 18, I love this
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.38
verse of scripture, it
says for thus saith the Lord who
00:31:20.41\00:31:24.35
created what everyone?
Heavens. He created the
00:31:24.38\00:31:27.38
heavens who is
God, who formed the
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.75
what's the next
word. Earth. The earth and
00:31:30.79\00:31:32.65
made it, who established
it and notice this last, these
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.52
last two lines here, it
says who did not create it in
00:31:35.56\00:31:38.83
vain, he didn't
create it what everybody?
00:31:38.86\00:31:41.90
In vain. In vain, the
next line tells us why he did
00:31:41.93\00:31:44.60
created it, create it,
says who formed it to be
00:31:44.63\00:31:49.17
Inhabited. Inhabited.
Why did God created the
00:31:49.20\00:31:51.61
heavens and the earth everyone?
00:31:51.64\00:31:52.97
To be inhabited. To
be inhabited in other
00:31:53.01\00:31:54.74
words he put it together
with man in mind and that
00:31:54.78\00:31:59.31
is exactly what
modern cosmology and exactly
00:31:59.35\00:32:02.15
what modern astrophysicist
telling us, the whole
00:32:02.18\00:32:04.19
universe appears to
have had man in mind.
00:32:04.22\00:32:08.66
Can you say Amen.
Amen. Incredible brothers
00:32:09.49\00:32:11.19
and sisters. Now let us
continue we've just gone
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.83
through four. Number 5
is the case from universal
00:32:12.86\00:32:17.27
morality; the axiological
proof. It comes from the
00:32:17.30\00:32:21.10
word axiom is what is true.
Now let's talk about that for
00:32:21.14\00:32:25.01
just a moment universal
morality, what is morality?
00:32:25.04\00:32:29.74
Oh! Common, what's
morality is that the way that
00:32:32.28\00:32:35.65
we should live, yes or
no? Yes. Now if I say that
00:32:35.68\00:32:40.66
individual is an
immoral individual you would
00:32:40.69\00:32:44.39
understanding that to
mean that he or she is living
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.96
outside of the way that
we believe they should live
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.17
does that make
sense, yes or no? Yes.
00:32:50.20\00:32:51.83
You have, you've heard
no doubt for example of the
00:32:51.87\00:32:54.70
moral majority,
you've heard that phraseology
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.51
haven't you? So,
when we're talking about
00:32:57.54\00:32:59.11
morality we're talking
about a prescription, the
00:32:59.14\00:33:02.04
way that people should
live. Now does the Bible have
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.91
anything to say about
morality, yes or no? Yes
00:33:05.95\00:33:08.98
God has given us 10
great rules and yes I use that
00:33:09.42\00:33:13.89
word. We don't like rules
in this day and age, but they
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.22
are rules friends that
are for our own best good.
00:33:16.26\00:33:18.63
What are those ten
rules? The 10 commandments not
00:33:18.66\00:33:21.93
10 suggestions, not 10
you know pieces of advising
00:33:21.96\00:33:25.27
council, but 10 what
everyone commandments.
00:33:25.30\00:33:28.40
Now these commandments
form the core of morality.
00:33:28.87\00:33:33.44
For example, is
murdering wrong, yes or no? Yes.
00:33:33.48\00:33:39.25
Sure because the
seventh commandment says thou
00:33:39.28\00:33:41.98
shall not what, oh!
that's the sixth commandment,
00:33:42.02\00:33:44.55
thou shall not murder
is the sixth, the seventh
00:33:44.59\00:33:47.92
commandment says thou
shall not commit adultery.
00:33:47.96\00:33:50.73
So if somebody murders,
we say that's an immoral
00:33:51.23\00:33:53.80
act, if somebody commits
adultery we say that's an
00:33:53.83\00:33:56.73
immoral act, are you
with me, yes or no? Yes.
00:33:56.77\00:33:59.60
Now here's the point
across the world there are these
00:33:59.63\00:34:04.77
threads I want to emphasize
this and please be thinking
00:34:04.81\00:34:07.58
with me. The world over
there are these threads of
00:34:07.61\00:34:11.25
morality that go through
listen carefully now every
00:34:11.28\00:34:15.15
single culture.
What words that I say?
00:34:15.18\00:34:19.02
Every single culture.
Every single culture, now
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.92
you've probably heard the
exact opposite. In the day
00:34:20.96\00:34:23.89
and age in which we are
living, this relativistic age
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.90
and this pluralistic age
we're being told, well you
00:34:26.93\00:34:29.56
know every culture is
different and what's okay in
00:34:29.60\00:34:32.33
your culture might not be
okay in this person's culture
00:34:32.37\00:34:34.90
and we have these
absolutely ridiculous
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.07
statements, where we say
things like well that's true
00:34:37.11\00:34:39.31
for you, but
it's not true for me.
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.21
Do you've heard
anybody say that?
00:34:42.28\00:34:43.61
Friends listen that's
in affront to the English
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.75
language something is not
true for you and not true for
00:34:45.78\00:34:49.25
me it's either true or
it's not true, Amen. Amen.
00:34:49.28\00:34:53.02
Jesus said I'm the
way, the truth in the light.
00:34:53.05\00:34:56.39
He was making an
absolute exclusive
00:34:56.42\00:34:59.83
kind of a statement. Amen. Amen.
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.70
So, we don't say, well Buddha
is true for you friend and
00:35:02.73\00:35:05.53
Jesus is true for me not
that might be the political
00:35:05.57\00:35:08.04
correct thing to say, buy it's
not an accurate thing to say
00:35:08.07\00:35:10.84
are you
understanding now yes or no?
00:35:10.87\00:35:12.27
Amen. Now think about this,
in every culture is there a
00:35:12.31\00:35:15.64
moral thread, a moral
truth that runs through it all.
00:35:15.68\00:35:19.21
In the age in which we
are living they say no, no, no
00:35:20.08\00:35:22.08
the culture in Africa, their
morals are so different than
00:35:22.12\00:35:25.05
ours and Asia, Oh!
Their whole cultural social
00:35:25.09\00:35:28.16
system is so different
and it is true that there are
00:35:28.19\00:35:30.76
variations, there
are what word did I say?
00:35:30.79\00:35:33.90
Variations. But
let me give you one of
00:35:33.93\00:35:35.66
the most powerful moral
threads that runs through
00:35:35.70\00:35:39.13
every single culture that
exists today and that is this.
00:35:39.17\00:35:43.61
There is no culture on
the top side of the earth in
00:35:43.91\00:35:46.47
which it is considered
honorable and desirable and
00:35:46.51\00:35:50.75
just to treat those with
cruelty that have treated
00:35:50.78\00:35:55.15
you with kindness. You
follow that, is there any
00:35:55.18\00:36:00.56
culture with that is
considered appropriate,
00:36:00.59\00:36:02.19
no, no, no, you can go
to Asia, Africa any of the
00:36:02.72\00:36:04.53
seven continents, you
won't find any culture that says
00:36:04.56\00:36:07.60
that it's honorable to
treat with cruelty and with
00:36:07.63\00:36:11.03
despite the very
ones who have treated you
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.97
graciously Amen. Amen.
Now think about that, that
00:36:13.00\00:36:16.54
is a moral thread that
run's through every single
00:36:16.57\00:36:19.47
culture, where
did they get it from?
00:36:19.51\00:36:20.88
Ten Commandments.
They got it from the
00:36:20.91\00:36:22.78
Ten Commandments that's
exactly right. Now let me
00:36:22.81\00:36:24.78
just give you something
here very interesting to
00:36:24.81\00:36:26.31
think about. Does
anybody in this room speak more
00:36:26.35\00:36:30.85
than one language, is
there anybody in this room speak
00:36:30.89\00:36:34.12
less than one
language. Anybody in this room
00:36:34.16\00:36:38.26
speak two languages or
more? Okay, good three? Three
00:36:38.29\00:36:43.23
that little boy speaks
three languages incredible.
00:36:43.26\00:36:46.40
Well, I heard this cute
little anecdote I think you'll
00:36:47.04\00:36:49.34
appreciate it and it goes
like this if you speak three
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.51
languages you're trilingual,
if you speak two languages
00:36:51.54\00:36:55.14
you're bilingual and if
you speak just one language
00:36:55.18\00:36:57.91
you're an American, Amen. Amen.
00:36:57.95\00:37:02.62
Now think about it this
for just a minute all of the
00:37:02.82\00:37:05.39
languages the world
over, all of the languages so
00:37:05.42\00:37:08.62
you're thinking about
our own the English language
00:37:08.66\00:37:11.79
and then you have Spanish
language, one of the Latin
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.66
languages and then we
go to Europe and we have
00:37:13.70\00:37:15.26
Slovak languages the
Germanic languages also
00:37:15.30\00:37:18.07
the Latin languages then
we go up into like Asia and
00:37:18.10\00:37:21.14
China and those languages
and then we go down to the
00:37:21.17\00:37:23.47
Sanskrit languages of
India and the world over the
00:37:23.51\00:37:25.91
tribal languages of
Africa then we go up into
00:37:25.94\00:37:28.34
Indonesia and Philippines
and Japan all of these
00:37:28.68\00:37:31.41
different languages can
you think of even one thread
00:37:31.45\00:37:34.32
that would run though
all of those languages, some
00:37:34.35\00:37:37.29
threads, some commonality
that every single language
00:37:37.32\00:37:40.89
group shares. The answer
is no. Absolutely, not. Do you
00:37:40.92\00:37:47.23
say what's the significance
of that, I don't understand
00:37:47.26\00:37:49.30
precisely this and please
listen carefully. Language
00:37:49.73\00:37:54.04
is arbitrary, language
is what word did I say?
00:37:54.07\00:37:57.74
Arbitrary. For
example, we call this a
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.78
podium what do
we call it. Podium.
00:38:00.81\00:38:03.41
A podium, but
could we call, could
00:38:03.45\00:38:05.05
we have called this carpet?
No. Could we've called this
00:38:05.08\00:38:08.18
carpet? Sure we could we. I
could have said, I'm so glad
00:38:08.22\00:38:11.19
that the carpet is clear
tonight, I like clear carpets,
00:38:11.22\00:38:13.92
right and you would
understand if that's where
00:38:13.96\00:38:15.76
we assigned this where,
we call this as speaker,
00:38:15.79\00:38:17.79
but we could've just as
easily called it a bird.
00:38:17.83\00:38:19.83
Is that true yes or no?
Yes. So, friends listen language
00:38:21.30\00:38:24.63
is arbitrary. We assign
language meaning are you
00:38:24.67\00:38:28.70
understanding. That's
why this culture calls this,
00:38:28.74\00:38:31.27
this and this culture calls
this, this and this language
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.31
group calls this, this and
there is no rhyme or reason
00:38:33.34\00:38:36.01
much between the
different language groups.
00:38:36.04\00:38:38.11
Yet remarkably even
though there is no thread in
00:38:38.15\00:38:40.88
the great languages of
the world there is still that
00:38:40.92\00:38:43.35
moral thread every single
culture what does it tells us?
00:38:43.39\00:38:46.65
It tells us that language
is arbitrary, but morality is
00:38:46.69\00:38:50.46
anchored in the
character of God. Amen.
00:38:50.49\00:38:54.03
Now friends, I stand by
that. Morality is anchored
00:38:55.40\00:38:59.43
in the character of
God. God is the one who says
00:38:59.47\00:39:05.01
what is right and wrong,
what is fair, what is just,
00:39:05.04\00:39:08.18
what is noble, what is
good, and what is magnanimous.
00:39:08.21\00:39:10.95
How many of you have
understood this contrast
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.38
between no consistency,
no commonality in the
00:39:13.72\00:39:16.85
languages and yet this
one thread that runs through
00:39:16.89\00:39:19.35
every culture? How many
of you have understood the
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.02
significance of that
raise your hand? Then you've got
00:39:21.06\00:39:23.46
your fingers wrapped
around this thing called the
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.89
Axiological argument.
God is a moral being and he
00:39:25.93\00:39:29.43
calls upon us to
respond to his moral law.
00:39:29.46\00:39:32.83
Now number 6 here is
the case from the historical
00:39:33.44\00:39:36.00
proof of Jesus' resurrection.
We are going to devote an
00:39:36.04\00:39:39.57
entire evening to that
and entire message to the
00:39:39.61\00:39:43.01
historical proof for the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.78
in just a few nights. So
we are going to move over that
00:39:45.81\00:39:47.82
one. Number 7, is the
case from the inspiration and
00:39:47.85\00:39:53.49
consistency of the
Bible. How many of you hear this
00:39:53.52\00:39:55.72
evening believe
that the Bible is the
00:39:55.76\00:39:57.33
inspired word of God.
Amen. I believe that as well.
00:39:57.36\00:40:00.30
Let me tell you
something remarkable though.
00:40:00.33\00:40:01.76
The Bible would be
the inspired word of God
00:40:02.46\00:40:04.80
whether or not
you believed it. Amen.
00:40:04.83\00:40:07.00
Amen, now what that
means then is that the Bible
00:40:07.57\00:40:10.74
is objectively true.
It's not just true because you
00:40:10.77\00:40:14.18
believe it's true, it actually
is true and we are going to
00:40:14.21\00:40:18.35
devote an entire evening to
going into the proofs to the
00:40:18.38\00:40:21.82
evidences to the historical
authentication of the word
00:40:21.85\00:40:26.09
of God. Most people
simply accept the Bible as being
00:40:26.12\00:40:29.42
the word of God. We
are going to show you in an
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.39
entire evening, why
you can have historical,
00:40:31.43\00:40:34.80
scientific, archeological,
and every other kind of
00:40:34.83\00:40:38.10
confidence that this is
in fact the inspired inherent
00:40:38.13\00:40:41.34
word of God, Amen. Amen.
Alright, so notice this one,
00:40:41.60\00:40:45.57
our last one number 8,
the case from your personal
00:40:45.61\00:40:50.38
experience and I want to
undergird that, your personal
00:40:50.41\00:40:53.75
experience that is
the experiential proof.
00:40:53.78\00:40:56.12
Friends listen to me
very carefully, if you have an
00:40:56.99\00:40:59.62
experience with something,
it is very difficult to
00:40:59.65\00:41:03.06
convince you that
thing doesn't exist.
00:41:03.09\00:41:05.53
For example, how many
people in this room have
00:41:06.13\00:41:07.70
ever been the Madagascar,
ever been to Madagascar,
00:41:07.73\00:41:10.87
the island of Madagascar
of the Eastern Coast of Africa
00:41:10.90\00:41:13.27
anybody that's funny
every time I ask that nobody has
00:41:13.30\00:41:15.74
ever been to
Madagascar buddy, interesting.
00:41:15.77\00:41:18.91
Now listen to this, how
many of you believe that
00:41:19.24\00:41:21.04
Madagascar exists?
Oh! Remarkably every
00:41:21.08\00:41:24.48
hand goes up well this
is interesting isn't it.
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.45
Now one of us has been
there yet we are all totally
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.48
convinced that it exists.
Now imagine with me that you
00:41:28.52\00:41:32.15
take a trip to Madagascar
and sure enough hear you
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.66
are, you're in
Madagascar and you're enjoying,
00:41:34.69\00:41:36.86
I don't know if they have
sandy beaches they are not,
00:41:36.89\00:41:38.43
but let's just pretend
they do. So you're on the sandy
00:41:38.46\00:41:40.73
beaches of Madagascar
and you get a telephone call
00:41:40.76\00:41:43.50
from your friend and he
says hey how are you, oh!
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.77
I'm doing fine, I'm enjoying
it here in Madagascar and
00:41:45.80\00:41:49.17
then he says or she
says what, you are in
00:41:49.20\00:41:52.47
Madagascar, Madagascar
doesn't exist, you would
00:41:52.51\00:41:58.35
respond by saying
something like this what do
00:41:58.38\00:42:00.65
you mean Madagascar
doesn't exists. I'm here right
00:42:00.68\00:42:03.69
now, I'm experiencing
it, are you understanding?
00:42:03.72\00:42:08.59
Friends listen if you have
a living active vital dynamic
00:42:09.42\00:42:14.30
relationship with the
God of Abraham, Isaac and
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.16
Jacob with the God of
the Bible you have proof,
00:42:16.20\00:42:21.87
you have what word did I
say? Proof. Proof from your
00:42:21.90\00:42:24.37
own experience that he
exists and no one could
00:42:24.41\00:42:28.54
ever take it from you.
Amen. Amen. Brothers and sisters
00:42:28.58\00:42:33.95
it is important to grasp
that there are many today
00:42:33.98\00:42:36.48
Christians even Christians
sitting in the pews who
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.05
don't have confidence
that God is their God.
00:42:39.09\00:42:42.72
They might say in some
sort of ambiguous sense.
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.43
Yeah! God exists or I
believe in higher power or
00:42:45.46\00:42:48.66
I'm spiritual, but they don't
have a living, active, vital,
00:42:48.70\00:42:52.37
dynamic relationship
with that God themselves,
00:42:52.40\00:42:55.27
but I want to tell
this evening if you have a
00:42:55.30\00:42:57.34
relationship with God
for yourself you have the
00:42:57.37\00:43:00.18
internal confidence, the
experiential confidence that
00:43:00.21\00:43:03.88
he is not only a God, but
he is your God, your father,
00:43:03.91\00:43:07.78
your savior, and your friend.
Amen. And so friends, we have
00:43:07.82\00:43:12.39
presented to you 8 lines
of evidence and we've given
00:43:12.42\00:43:14.92
you I believe a very
compiling case that God
00:43:14.96\00:43:17.43
exists. Would we had
time to go in to many of the
00:43:17.46\00:43:20.33
other evidences that
prove this. Now notice with me
00:43:20.36\00:43:24.97
the second part of our
message this evening is
00:43:25.47\00:43:27.44
Does It Matter? Does
It Matter. Sure somebody
00:43:27.47\00:43:31.61
might say okay I can see
pastor Asscherick you have
00:43:31.64\00:43:34.48
martialed some evidence
here and I can see that probably
00:43:34.51\00:43:37.98
God does exist, but
what's the big deal.
00:43:38.01\00:43:41.22
Friends listen to me
very carefully every person
00:43:42.72\00:43:45.85
we have been speaking
to your mind, now let me
00:43:45.89\00:43:47.89
spend the last several
moments speaking to your
00:43:47.92\00:43:49.76
heart, speaking to you
what? Heart. Heart, every person
00:43:49.79\00:43:55.06
in this room in fact every
person outside of this room,
00:43:55.10\00:43:59.30
every culture, every
country, every philosophy,
00:44:00.07\00:44:05.17
every world view, every
single culture, social group,
00:44:05.54\00:44:10.41
governmental agency that
you can think of all of these
00:44:10.45\00:44:13.82
must answer four
inescapable questions,
00:44:13.85\00:44:19.45
four inescapable questions.
And I guarantee that each
00:44:19.79\00:44:22.99
of you sitting in this
room tonight have wrestled with
00:44:23.02\00:44:25.39
one or more probably
all of these four questions.
00:44:25.43\00:44:30.77
Friends, I want to tell
you tonight Christianity is the
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.90
thinking man's religion.
Amen. Amen. God as we said last
00:44:34.94\00:44:38.81
night God did not come
to disable men's minds.
00:44:38.84\00:44:42.54
God came to set free the
mind of man and to enable
00:44:42.78\00:44:46.78
men's mind and women's
too. Amen. Amen. That's why
00:44:46.82\00:44:50.09
he came, Christianity is
a religion that causes us to
00:44:50.12\00:44:54.22
think, it not only causes
us to feel that I'm all for
00:44:54.26\00:44:57.33
feelings Amen.
Amen. I said amen. Amen.
00:44:57.36\00:45:00.20
I'm all for feelings,
but you can't have your whole
00:45:00.23\00:45:02.36
life driven by emotions,
your whole life driven by
00:45:02.40\00:45:05.10
feelings, there must be
some intellectual continuity
00:45:05.13\00:45:08.40
there in order to
keep us interested.
00:45:08.44\00:45:10.37
Friends the Bible is an
intelligent book that speaks
00:45:11.07\00:45:13.58
to intelligent people and
the God of the Bible is an
00:45:13.61\00:45:16.58
intelligent God that
created an intelligent people.
00:45:16.61\00:45:19.55
Amen. Amen. Now
our minds are numb
00:45:19.58\00:45:21.78
and dull through sin, I
freely admit this, but if we
00:45:21.82\00:45:24.45
will surrender our
powers and we'll surrender our
00:45:24.49\00:45:26.76
lives to the God of the
Bible, we will find that our
00:45:26.79\00:45:29.09
mind will broaden that
it will begin to see new
00:45:29.12\00:45:31.93
horizons and new vistas
and the whole world will
00:45:31.96\00:45:35.13
open to us up to us in a
way we had never seen before.
00:45:35.16\00:45:38.03
Now notice this four
inescapable questions.
00:45:40.20\00:45:42.80
Origin. Meaning.
Morality. And Destiny.
00:45:42.84\00:45:46.64
Every single person on
the top side of the earth and
00:45:47.28\00:45:49.68
every person in
history must wrestle with these
00:45:49.71\00:45:52.21
four questions
origin; where am I from,
00:45:52.25\00:45:55.28
meaning; why am I
here, have you ever asked
00:45:57.39\00:46:00.89
yourself that
question yes or no? Be honest.
00:46:00.92\00:46:02.82
Yes. Sure you have.
What about the third one
00:46:02.86\00:46:05.86
there morality how should
I live? And number 4 destiny
00:46:05.89\00:46:10.13
where am I going? Friends
these are the very questions
00:46:10.17\00:46:15.10
that the Bible sets out
to answer. Let us begin by
00:46:15.14\00:46:18.37
looking at number 1,
where am I from, go with me to
00:46:18.41\00:46:21.11
Genesis chapter 2,
Genesis what chapter
00:46:21.14\00:46:24.11
are we are going to?
Two. Genesis chapter 2 and
00:46:24.15\00:46:27.85
notice here in Genesis
chapter 2, we find a very
00:46:27.88\00:46:30.62
powerful statement, a very
powerful verse that links us
00:46:30.65\00:46:35.19
inexorably to the
creative hand of God. I'm in
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.39
Genesis chapter 2 and
I'm beginning in verse 7 and
00:46:38.43\00:46:41.26
the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground,
00:46:41.30\00:46:44.77
who formed man
everyone? God. God formed man.
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.80
He is not the process in
the result of some you know
00:46:47.84\00:46:50.87
evolutionarily long ages
you know, microevolution,
00:46:50.91\00:46:54.24
microevolution,
microevolution, of me, but
00:46:54.28\00:46:56.38
to monkey to reptile boom
and all the sudden you have
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.81
man the Bible says God
made man. Can you say, Amen?
00:46:58.85\00:47:04.09
Amen. That's what Buddy's
song was all about tonight.
00:47:04.12\00:47:06.29
Amen. He's a
hands on God friends.
00:47:06.32\00:47:08.66
Amen. Amen. Now notice
what it says here it goes beyond
00:47:09.82\00:47:12.43
that and the Lord God
formed man of the dust of
00:47:12.46\00:47:14.13
the ground any he breathed
into his nostrils notice the
00:47:14.16\00:47:16.67
intimacy there. If you
are going to breath into
00:47:16.70\00:47:18.83
somebody nostrils you
have to get close he is not a
00:47:18.87\00:47:23.51
distant God, he is not a
God that just spoke and we came
00:47:23.54\00:47:27.18
into existence that's what
he did with the other things
00:47:27.21\00:47:29.24
I love that, that element
in Buddy's song there, where he
00:47:29.28\00:47:32.01
said the other things
you know where spoken to
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.82
existence, but when it came
time to create this creature
00:47:33.85\00:47:36.52
made in his own image
he stooped down in the mud,
00:47:36.65\00:47:39.25
he formed him out of
the mud and then an intimate
00:47:39.29\00:47:41.69
act, a powerful act, he
leans forward and breaths into
00:47:41.72\00:47:45.73
our nostrils the breath of
life and notice what it says
00:47:45.76\00:47:49.26
and man became a
living being. No place for
00:47:49.30\00:47:53.64
evolution here
friends. God made man in his own
00:47:53.67\00:47:57.64
image. That answers
question number 1, where
00:47:57.67\00:47:59.44
am I from? The answer
is you are from the hand of
00:47:59.47\00:48:02.88
God made in the image
of God to love God and know
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.98
him and enjoy him
forever. Amen. Amen!
00:48:06.01\00:48:08.72
By the way go with me
from the first book of the
00:48:08.75\00:48:10.65
Old Testament to the
first book of the New
00:48:10.69\00:48:12.12
Testament, Mathew chapter
19, Mathew chapter 19 and
00:48:12.15\00:48:16.86
we are going to
verse 4, Mathew chapter 19
00:48:16.89\00:48:19.39
and what verse everyone? 4
Now notice this, Jesus here
00:48:19.43\00:48:24.37
is speaking, who is
speaking everyone, Jesus,
00:48:24.40\00:48:26.70
Jesus is speaking. And
it says in verse 4, Have you
00:48:26.74\00:48:31.14
not read that he who made
them at the beginning made
00:48:31.17\00:48:35.94
them male and female,
how did he make them at the
00:48:35.98\00:48:38.78
beginning everyone. Male
and female. Male and female
00:48:38.81\00:48:41.05
this is an obvious reference
to the creation story verse
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.18
5, and said for this trees
in a man shall live his father
00:48:43.22\00:48:45.92
and mother and rejoin to
his life and the two should
00:48:45.95\00:48:48.19
become one flesh so then
they are no longer too but
00:48:48.22\00:48:50.99
one flesh therefore
what God has joined together.
00:48:51.03\00:48:54.10
Let not man put separate,
do you know what Jesus is
00:48:54.13\00:48:56.80
doing here? Jesus
is endorsing the Old
00:48:56.83\00:49:01.64
Testament creation
account. Amen. If we would have
00:49:01.67\00:49:05.47
to bring Jesus on to the
platform this evening, if he
00:49:05.51\00:49:07.71
would come to sent
the commend to this room,
00:49:07.74\00:49:09.08
we would ask him, we
would say to Jesus do you
00:49:09.11\00:49:10.98
believe evolution he say
I don't believe in evolution
00:49:11.01\00:49:13.38
that's not how my father
creates. My father creates
00:49:13.42\00:49:16.05
instantaneously and he
affirms here that when he
00:49:16.08\00:49:19.02
made him in the beginning
he made a male and female.
00:49:19.05\00:49:21.62
Jesus believed in Moses
account of instantaneous
00:49:21.66\00:49:25.56
creation. Can you say Amen?
Amen. Now friends' evolution
00:49:25.59\00:49:28.80
is that war with biblical
creation and we're going to
00:49:28.83\00:49:31.60
talk about that in the
future nights. But question
00:49:31.63\00:49:34.30
number 1 has been
answered for us where
00:49:34.34\00:49:35.74
am I from? I can remember
7 years ago almost 8 years
00:49:35.77\00:49:38.57
ago I was in a cold
room Laramie Wyoming,
00:49:38.61\00:49:40.91
my whole life had
apparently fallen apart and
00:49:40.94\00:49:43.14
I was beginning to ask
these kinds of questions
00:49:43.18\00:49:45.15
and there was a pain in my
soul, an anguish in my soul,
00:49:45.18\00:49:48.12
tears running down
my cheeks and I thought.
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.72
Oh! Where am I from
anyway. Now do you think
00:49:50.12\00:49:54.19
that the answer to
that question will have
00:49:54.22\00:49:55.92
significance on the way
I'm going to live my life.
00:49:55.96\00:49:58.29
Amen. Friends if I think
that I'm just the descendent
00:49:58.33\00:50:01.76
of some you know
infinitely long evolutionarily
00:50:01.80\00:50:04.83
long, ages of time
and the descendent of some
00:50:04.87\00:50:07.20
monkey you think that
might have an influence on
00:50:07.24\00:50:09.50
how I live my life.
Friends, if I'm descendent from
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.14
monkeys, I'm
gonna act like a monkey.
00:50:12.17\00:50:13.84
But, if I'm created in
the image of God by Him to
00:50:15.31\00:50:19.71
know Him, to love Him
and to enjoy Him forever.
00:50:19.75\00:50:23.72
That is going to
have a transformative
00:50:24.49\00:50:26.55
effect on my life.
Amen. How about number 2,
00:50:26.92\00:50:30.83
why am I here? Why am
I here? Who put me here?
00:50:30.86\00:50:35.96
And for what purpose?
Go with me in your Bible to
00:50:36.00\00:50:39.17
second Peter toward the
end of the New Testament,
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.37
first Peter rather toward
the end of the new testament
00:50:41.40\00:50:44.47
we're going to
First Peter chapter 2,
00:50:44.51\00:50:46.11
First Peter what chapter?
Two. First Peter chapter 2,
00:50:46.78\00:50:49.91
if you find the book of
James towards the end of
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.31
the New Testament the next
book is First Peter chapter 2
00:50:52.35\00:50:55.25
and I'm reading in verse
9, First Peter chapter 2 and
00:50:55.28\00:50:58.82
verse 9, the Bible
says but you are a chosen
00:50:58.85\00:51:02.86
generation, what
kind of generation?
00:51:02.89\00:51:04.43
Chosen. A chosen
generation, a royal priesthood,
00:51:04.79\00:51:07.26
a holy nation, His own
special people, why did you
00:51:07.30\00:51:10.97
make us this way God?
That you may proclaim the
00:51:11.00\00:51:13.84
praises of Him, who called
you out of darkness into His
00:51:13.87\00:51:18.04
marvelous light.
Amen. Why did God create us,
00:51:18.07\00:51:21.94
so that we could
proclaim His praises the One who
00:51:22.18\00:51:24.55
called this out of darkness,
out of ignorance, into His
00:51:24.58\00:51:27.78
marvelous life friends? God
created you, so that you can
00:51:27.82\00:51:31.89
know Him, so that you
can love Him and enjoy Him
00:51:31.92\00:51:34.96
forever. The God of
the Bible is all about
00:51:34.99\00:51:37.29
relationships. Friends it is
relationships that gives life
00:51:37.33\00:51:42.26
significance, it is
relationships that gives life
00:51:42.30\00:51:45.20
meaning. Can you say Amen?
Amen. There is no such thing
00:51:45.23\00:51:47.77
as meaning in life
apart from relationships.
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.60
If you came to the end
of your life and you were
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.34
driving the best car and
you lived in the biggest house
00:51:51.37\00:51:53.68
and you have the
most successful company on
00:51:53.71\00:51:57.15
Wall Street. If you came
to that position in your life
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.68
and you didn't have
children, you didn't have
00:51:59.71\00:52:01.05
loved one, you had no
meaningful relationship
00:52:01.08\00:52:03.52
you have missed the
whole purpose and significance
00:52:03.55\00:52:06.19
and meaning of life.
Amen. Friends, God created us to
00:52:06.22\00:52:10.56
have a relationship with
us. He created us so that we
00:52:10.59\00:52:13.76
would show forth the
praises of Him who called
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.66
us out of darkness
into His marvelous lights.
00:52:15.70\00:52:18.30
Now notice that question
number 2 is why am I here?
00:52:19.63\00:52:22.84
We have answered that
question we are here to
00:52:22.87\00:52:24.87
glorify God, to know
Him and to show forth His
00:52:24.91\00:52:27.68
praises. How should I
live? How should we live?
00:52:27.71\00:52:30.68
Jesus said in John
chapter 14 and verse 15 in very
00:52:32.05\00:52:34.65
simple language easy to
understand even a child can
00:52:34.68\00:52:37.09
grasp this. He
said if you love me keep
00:52:37.12\00:52:41.19
my what everyone? Commandments.
00:52:41.22\00:52:43.32
Commandments. Does
God have commandments?
00:52:43.36\00:52:45.03
Yes. Friends God has
commandments and there
00:52:45.06\00:52:47.63
are ways that we
ought to live Amen.
00:52:47.66\00:52:50.20
And there are ways
that we are not to live.
00:52:50.23\00:52:53.30
God here rejects this
idea of situational ethics.
00:52:53.34\00:52:57.54
Well you know maybe
murder is okay under
00:52:57.57\00:52:59.51
certain circumstances.
God rejects this out of hand.
00:52:59.54\00:53:03.24
He simply says thou shall
not murder and there is no
00:53:03.28\00:53:06.35
find print at the
bottom of that. Amen. Amen.
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.68
And yet right at the, at
the heart of the law is, is love
00:53:08.72\00:53:12.32
friends that's in Romans
chapter 10 teaches us that
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.56
the fulfilling of the law
is love. How should we live
00:53:14.59\00:53:19.93
by the two great
golden rules. Do you know what
00:53:20.50\00:53:22.60
those two rules are?
Number 1, you shall love
00:53:22.63\00:53:25.20
the Lord your God with
all your heart and your mind
00:53:25.23\00:53:28.97
and your soul. Notice
that, your heart and your mind.
00:53:29.00\00:53:32.74
Friends when you become
a Christian, you don't turn
00:53:33.64\00:53:35.21
your mind off. Amen. Amen.
That's what the series is all
00:53:35.24\00:53:38.15
about, are we're gonna
speak to the heart of course,
00:53:38.18\00:53:40.35
we're going to speak to
the heart, but we must also
00:53:40.38\00:53:42.35
speak to the mind. So
many sermons that we hear today
00:53:42.38\00:53:45.65
and even many of the
books that are being published
00:53:45.69\00:53:47.66
require you to turn
your mind off and not on.
00:53:47.69\00:53:50.26
Others are doing your
thinking for you friends,
00:53:50.99\00:53:53.13
but we are to love
God with all of our heart.
00:53:53.16\00:53:55.06
Amen. Amen. And our minds
and our soul and Jesus said
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the Second Commandment
is like unto it you say it
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with me thou shall love
thy neighbor as thyself, is
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that easy or difficult?
Friends listen it's easy to
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love the ones that
love you, Amen. Amen.
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See I love pastor Jason
Seiber and when I get to
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heaven and I say, but Jesus
I loved pastor Jason with all
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of my heart, I loved him as
best as I could, he is gonna
00:54:20.16\00:54:22.72
say big deal. Jason' is
easy to love, you understanding?
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What about all those
unlovely people friends?
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What about the ones that
are tough to love, God calls
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us to love them.
What about that person who
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wronged you. You ever
been wronged, ever had
00:54:35.97\00:54:39.61
somebody turn on
you, stab you in the back
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and everything inside
you just wants to boil up and
00:54:42.84\00:54:46.35
get back at them, but
God says no you love them.
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Amen. How should we live
morality and last, but not
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least, where am I going?
Friends, I'll tell you tonight,
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where I'm going. Jesus was
speaking to His disciples in
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John chapter 14 and he
said let not your heart be
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troubled, you believe in
God believe also in me and
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my father's house have
many mansions if it were
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not so, I would have
told you I go and prepare a
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place for you and if I go
and prepare place for you.
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I will come again and
receive you unto myself
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that where I am you may
be also friends, you know,
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what we are had it. Do
you know what our destiny is?
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Our destiny is heaven
and eternity with the Lord
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Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.
Friends' that speaks to the
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heart and it speaks to
the mind. Each of these four
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questions powerfully
answered, does God exist
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of course he
exists, compiling evidence
00:55:29.92\00:55:31.86
demonstrates that
origin, meaning, morality, and
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destiny. Origin where
am I from? Meaning why
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am I here? Morality how
should I live in? Destiny
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where am I going? Friends,
I'll tell you where I'm going.
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By the grace of God
I'm going to that kingdom.
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Amen. That's Celestial Kingdom.
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I want to walk, I want
to walk on streets of gold,
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but not by myself friends.
I want to walk with Jesus.
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Amen. How about you? As
we close tonight, I want
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to ask two questions.
Number 1, has tonight's
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message been clear,
have you understood the
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message? If that is
the case raise your hand
00:56:02.69\00:56:04.13
high to heaven. Amen.
You have turned your mind
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on and you've understood
the second question is
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tonight how many of
you, how many of you want to
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make that full, total,
and complete surrender of your
00:56:12.23\00:56:14.94
life and your heart to
Jesus Christ why don't you raise
00:56:14.97\00:56:17.11
your hand? God bless
you all. Friends this is a
00:56:17.14\00:56:20.08
decision you will not regret,
this is the greatest decision
00:56:20.11\00:56:23.04
you can make and tonight
I urge upon you to continue
00:56:23.08\00:56:26.68
to live in that
decision that's my
00:56:26.72\00:56:29.65
encouragement to
you, God bless you all.
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