Well we welcome you tonight
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to Give Me The Bible
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which is a brand-new series
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with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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And this series,
folks, is one that is unusual
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because it'll be five
nights, once per month.
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And Pastor Cox will be
looking at a subject in depth.
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Sometimes we look at
just one night at a subject
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then we move on to another.
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And it has been a dream of his
to present messages in depth,
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and that's what's going
to be taking place here at
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Give Me The Bible.
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And the only textbook we
will have is God's Word...
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the Holy Bible.
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As most of you know,
Pastor Kenneth Cox is a very
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well-known speaker. He's
spoken all over the world,
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and he has been very
popular here with 3ABN.
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When I say popular, I
mean people request Pastor Cox.
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They want him to
come be in their churches,
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and they watch him on Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
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He has been one
of our favorites!
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And I will tell you this...
that the staff here at 3ABN
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loves Kenneth Cox.
They always look forward
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to his being here because
this is a man that not only
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knows about the Word of God,
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he knows the Lord
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who is the One who
has given us His Word.
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And so this is so apparent
in such a loving, kind way
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we have found that
he... our people here...
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have really truly fallen in love
with Kenneth Cox over the years.
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Right now before
we hear Pastor Cox,
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we're going to
listen as Pam Rhodes sings,
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and she's going to
sing a fantastic song.
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And she's going to be
accompanied by her husband Jim
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and by Dona Klein.
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Pam Rhodes.
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I sing through the
shade and the sunshine,
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I'll trust Him whatever befall.
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I sing for I cannot be silent,
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my Father planned it all.
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What though the way be lonely,
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and dark the shadows fall.
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I know where ere He leadeth,
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my Father planned it all.
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I sing through the
shade and the sunshine,
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I'll trust Him whatever befall.
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I sing for I cannot be silent,
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my Father planned it all.
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He guides my faltering footsteps
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along the narrow way,
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He guides my faltering footsteps
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along the narrow way,
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for well He knows the pathway
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will lead to endless day.
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I sing through the
shade and the sunshine,
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I'll trust Him whatever befall.
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I sing for I cannot be silent,
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my Father planned it all.
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I sing through the
shade and the sunshine,
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I'll trust Him whatever befall.
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I sing for I cannot be silent,
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my Father planned it all,
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my Father planned it all,
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my Father planned it all,
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my Father planned
it all! God bless you.
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Thank you, Pam,
and good evening.
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I'm very happy to
welcome each of you
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and our television audience.
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We're happy to
welcome you to a new series
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entitled Give Me The Bible.
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And what this does is we're
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going to spend time in God's
Word so that people can have
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something to
build their faith on.
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That they can look at it and say
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"I know this is
what the Bible says. "
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What says the
Bible? The blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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The teachings of
men so often mislead us.
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What says the Bible to me?
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That's what we want to find out.
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That's what we want to know,
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and that's what we're
going to be looking at
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as we go through
different subjects.
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And tonight we're looking
at the subject of salvation.
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And for the next five nights
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we're going to look at different
subjects about salvation.
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Tonight we're
looking at the grace of God.
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What does the scripture
tell us about the grace of God?
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Tomorrow night we're
going to look at the subject of
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repentance. What does the
scripture say about repentance?
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Do I need to repent?
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Why?
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In fact it's so important
that if you go to the scripture
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and look at it, you'll
find that John the Baptist
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started out preaching
"Repent, for the kingdom of God
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is at hand. "
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If you look at it, Jesus
Christ did the very same thing
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when He started His ministry.
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He said: "Repent, for the
kingdom of God is at hand. "
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So repentance must
be very, very important.
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That's what we're
going to be looking at
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in our next
presentation on repentance.
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And so we hope that it will
help you in your understanding
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of the subject of repentance.
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But as I mentioned,
tonight we're looking at
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the grace of God.
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What does the scripture
tell us about the grace of God?
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You need to look for
about four things tonight.
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First, as we go through
the subject you need to notice
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what does the scripture
say about man's condition?
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That needs to be
clear in your mind.
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And then after we've taken a
little look at man's condition,
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we're going to take a
look at the greatness of God.
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Because you will
never understand God's grace
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until you
understand His greatness.
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And so we're going to take a
little look at God's greatness
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and then we're going to
see how that comes to the
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immutability of God's law.
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Immutability of God's law.
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How that fits into it,
and then how the grace of God
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brings all that together.
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That's what you're looking
for in tonight's subject,
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and we hope that
it will bless you
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in a special way as
we study God's Word.
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Take a look at what
the Bible has to say
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on the subject of salvation.
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So we hope that you will join us
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for each one of
these presentations.
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It's always a
special blessing to me
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when we can have Jimmy
and Pam Rhodes with us.
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Pam's going to
do a song tonight,
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one that Dona Klein wrote.
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One that's always
blessed me very, very much.
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And I hope it will
help you in a special way.
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The words I think are beautiful.
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And it's entitled:
"Sometime Before Dawn. "
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Sometime before the dawn
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His heart was aching.
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Sometime before the dawn
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His heart was breaking.
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The cross was just ahead,
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"Not My will,
but Thine" He pled.
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For me His tears were shed,
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sometime before dawn.
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They struck and they cursed Him,
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they mocked His dear name.
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They stripped off His garments,
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despising the shame.
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Those precious hands
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they nailed to a tree.
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He hung there in agony
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for you and for me.
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She ran to the garden,
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her eyes blind with tears.
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She knew she must find Him
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her heart filled with fear.
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The angel told her
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that Jesus was gone.
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He rose from His prison
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sometime before dawn.
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Sometime before the dawn
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His heart was aching.
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Sometime before the dawn
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his heart was breaking.
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The cross was just ahead
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"Not My will,
but Thine" He pled.
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For me His tears were shed
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sometime before dawn.
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Those scenes pass before me
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as I kneel at the cross.
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My heart breaks within me
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as I think of the cost.
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How much He loved me,
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and to Him I belong.
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For His blood paid my ransom
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sometime before dawn.
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Yes, His blood paid my ransom
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sometime before
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dawn.
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It's my practice before I speak
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always to talk to my Maker,
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my King, my
Savior, and my friend.
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So I'm going to kneel,
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and if you'd just
pray with me at this time.
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My Heavenly Father,
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I come to You tonight
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asking for Your presence.
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Asking that the Holy Spirit
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may be able to work in my life
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that the hearts of
people may be drawn unto You.
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Give us wisdom,
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give us understanding,
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that we might see clearly
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the gift that You have
given to each one of us
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and we might reach out in faith
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and accept that gift.
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For this we ask
in Christ's name,
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Amen.
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Education.
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Culture.
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The exercise of the human will.
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Heredity.
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None of those things have
ever changed the hearts of men.
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Never has happened.
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In fact, history
is full of examples
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of how it failed.
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I'd like for you to
go back with me in time
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to one of the great nations...
to the nation of Greece.
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Greece was a nation
that brought to mankind
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civilization like they
had never known before.
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When you start taking a
look at education and you go
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thumbing back
through the pages of history,
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great, great men at
the time of Greece...
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Aristotle, Plato, Socrates...
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great, great minds.
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They brought a system
of education the world had
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never known.
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When you take a look at culture,
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take a look at the arts,
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it has been... hasn't
been reached to this day.
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Unrivaled in what they did.
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If you go back to the
time of the Pergama history
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of Greece, the culture and
the statues and all the things
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that they did... it's
not... not reached to this day.
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Marvelous what they did there!
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You take a look at language.
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It spread
across the whole world.
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The Greek language was
spoken by all those people.
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But when you read
history, you find that they were
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drunken. That
they had prostitutes,
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concubines.
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Morality was extremely low.
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Slavery. None of
that that they had
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at all there... changed their
hearts, changed their minds.
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And you know, nations
are pretty much like men.
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They come up and they go down.
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And so as Greece is fading
off the scene of existence,
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you have Rome coming on.
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And Rome brought to the world
things that they hadn't really
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known before. They
brought a system of government
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like the world had never seen.
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It took hold of things,
and it made things different.
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In fact, the law - under
the Roman power - was elevated
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and great things were done.
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They made the roadways.
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They made the
seas safe for travel.
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People could go places
they had never gone before.
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Soldiers marched down
the road carrying a plaque
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that said PAX
ROMANA... Roman peace.
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They made all this available.
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But when you
take a look at Rome,
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it didn't change
the heart of man.
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They: gladiators, prostitutes,
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drunkenness. In fact, they were
known for their drunkenness.
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In fact, their leaders were
known as being very vile and
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sinful people. Nero...
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All this took place;
didn't change their hearts.
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And when you come
on down to modern times
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in which we meet
at the United Nations,
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gather around the table
and there we are supposed to
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solve the world's problems.
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And yet modern nations...
it hasn't changed their hearts.
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Germany...
Germany as it developed
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brought to the
world architecture
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like man hadn't known.
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They... They had beautiful
buildings that they built
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in honor to all those things.
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Inventions... one
invention after another
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took place under Germany.
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Great, great
system of education.
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All that was done
by the German people.
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And yet, out of that
nation that at that time
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had advanced so much,
we have the Holocaust.
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And even if we want to take
a look at the United States,
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with the
development of this country,
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industry like it had
never been done before
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began to take place and
move across this country,
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and man began to make
things and develop things
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like had never happened.
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Tremendous amount of industry.
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And we take a look at
the question of education.
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Our educational system reached
the top, and we had great men
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and women of stature because
of the educational system
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that we had.
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And when you take
a look at prosperity.
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No country in the entire world
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had known the prosperity
that this country has known.
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But when it comes to
changing the hearts of men,
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all we have to do is take a look
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at greed on the part of those
00:19:06.08\00:19:11.72
in charge of the oil companies.
00:19:11.92\00:19:14.05
All we have to take
a look is at the fraud
00:19:15.23\00:19:18.42
and deception by those in
high places in Wall Street.
00:19:18.62\00:19:23.81
And even a nation that
would sink so low as to
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torture.
00:19:28.59\00:19:30.17
And morality has
fallen to a new low.
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Education; culture.
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Those things do not
change the hearts of people.
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In fact, all that
education really does, folks,
00:19:42.59\00:19:46.88
is make people smart sinners.
00:19:47.08\00:19:50.24
That's what education does.
00:19:50.54\00:19:54.00
So that isn't
what changes hearts.
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That's the reason the
Bible has some very clear words
00:19:58.04\00:20:00.65
to say about this...
about man's condition.
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This is what God's Word says:
00:20:04.45\00:20:06.86
No one can do that.
00:20:16.94\00:20:19.51
You can't take something
that is unclean and bring
00:20:19.71\00:20:23.68
something clean out of it.
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In fact, it goes on and says
00:20:25.69\00:20:28.29
in Romans the
8th chapter verse 7:
00:20:28.49\00:20:31.77
The human is at enmity with God.
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It's not subject to God's law
00:20:44.05\00:20:45.87
and it doesn't fit in.
00:20:46.07\00:20:47.64
And because man is this way,
00:20:47.84\00:20:49.76
and because man's
heart is not changed,
00:20:49.96\00:20:53.38
Jesus had this
to say to Nicodemus:
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Unless a person is born again
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he cannot see
the kingdom of God.
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.21
You see, it takes something
00:21:16.41\00:21:19.02
outside of you.
00:21:19.22\00:21:23.14
It takes something outside of me
00:21:23.34\00:21:26.40
to change our hearts
and to make us different.
00:21:26.43\00:21:31.72
We can't get there
by man's own efforts.
00:21:31.92\00:21:37.05
It takes something
different that has to come in
00:21:37.25\00:21:41.12
and change your
heart, change your desires,
00:21:41.33\00:21:45.97
change your purpose.
00:21:46.17\00:21:48.07
All that has to take place
00:21:48.27\00:21:50.46
in order for a
life to be different.
00:21:50.66\00:21:53.87
That's why we read:
00:21:54.07\00:21:55.85
You see man,
through human reasoning,
00:22:13.61\00:22:19.53
can't know the things of God.
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.69
They're just
spiritually discerned.
00:22:23.09\00:22:26.09
That just doesn't fit,
00:22:26.19\00:22:27.85
and they don't understand it.
00:22:28.05\00:22:30.09
Doesn't take place... there
has to be something different
00:22:30.29\00:22:33.32
that happens in their lives.
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.79
"The heart, " we are told
here in Jeremiah 17 verse 9:
00:22:35.99\00:22:40.28
In fact, what
it's telling you and me
00:22:51.08\00:22:53.76
is that we don't
even know our own hearts.
00:22:53.86\00:22:56.21
Have you ever said:
"Well, I wouldn't do that! "
00:22:56.41\00:23:00.43
and then did it?
00:23:00.63\00:23:02.01
Yeah. All of us have.
00:23:02.21\00:23:04.31
The heart... desperately wicked.
00:23:06.24\00:23:10.49
You and I don't
even know our own hearts.
00:23:10.69\00:23:15.79
OK. It says, but we know
00:23:15.99\00:23:19.52
that the law - God's Word -
00:23:19.72\00:23:22.85
the law is what? It's spiritual.
00:23:23.05\00:23:26.22
That's what the law is.
00:23:26.42\00:23:28.14
But I am
carnal... sold under sin.
00:23:28.34\00:23:34.09
That is man's condition.
00:23:34.29\00:23:36.55
That's where we are, and
what can I do about this?
00:23:36.75\00:23:39.23
Paul talked about
this, and that's why he...
00:23:39.43\00:23:42.74
you hear him crying out here
in Romans 7:24 when he said:
00:23:42.84\00:23:46.87
That's our problem.
00:23:54.47\00:23:55.98
Who's going to
deliver us from this?
00:23:56.18\00:23:57.97
Let me tell you
something tonight.
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.71
There's only one way.
00:24:00.01\00:24:02.55
There's only one way.
00:24:02.75\00:24:04.65
I don't care what other
people have to tell you.
00:24:04.75\00:24:07.31
I'm telling you
what the Bible says.
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.67
The Bible says
there's only one way.
00:24:09.87\00:24:12.54
There's not many ways.
00:24:12.64\00:24:15.15
And that's the reason
you've got to find out
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.53
What does the book say?
What does the Bible say?
00:24:17.66\00:24:20.68
Because Jesus
made it very clear:
00:24:20.88\00:24:23.41
Nobody comes to God
except through Jesus Christ.
00:24:36.91\00:24:41.18
And Jesus said: "I am the way. "
00:24:41.39\00:24:44.82
I'm the truth. I'm the life.
00:24:45.02\00:24:47.17
In Me you can find a change.
00:24:47.37\00:24:50.99
In Me you can find
something different.
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.12
So dear friend,
tonight, man's condition
00:24:54.32\00:24:57.85
is something that you and I
00:24:58.05\00:25:00.66
of our own
strength cannot change.
00:25:00.87\00:25:04.35
Impossible.
00:25:04.55\00:25:05.85
But you really don't understand
what God has done for you
00:25:06.05\00:25:10.40
unless you
understand His greatness.
00:25:10.60\00:25:13.87
And it says here... Psalms says:
00:25:14.90\00:25:18.77
You and I can't
comprehend the greatness of God.
00:25:28.31\00:25:34.21
We will never be
able to comprehend it.
00:25:34.41\00:25:37.32
But dear friends,
we ought to take a look
00:25:37.52\00:25:39.81
and try to understand as
much as we can of His greatness
00:25:40.01\00:25:45.03
because when you
see His greatness,
00:25:45.23\00:25:48.13
then you begin to understand
what He really did for you.
00:25:49.78\00:25:54.69
Marvelous! The
marvelous, wonderful
00:25:54.89\00:25:59.23
grace of God... what
He did for each one of us.
00:25:59.43\00:26:03.29
Because it tell
us here. It says:
00:26:03.39\00:26:06.81
Think about it.
00:26:16.67\00:26:17.68
God is so great
00:26:19.34\00:26:21.55
that He can speak
things into existence.
00:26:21.75\00:26:26.65
It says that He spoke
the worlds into existence.
00:26:26.86\00:26:31.78
Marvelous!
00:26:31.98\00:26:33.79
A God so big, so great,
00:26:33.99\00:26:37.71
that He can speak
things into existence.
00:26:37.91\00:26:41.77
In fact, you and I
live because of Him.
00:26:41.97\00:26:47.41
He says here in the Psalm:
00:26:47.62\00:26:50.47
You and I move, we
have our being, in God.
00:27:03.28\00:27:08.63
And you are breathing
tonight, wherever you are,
00:27:08.83\00:27:13.31
because of Him.
00:27:13.51\00:27:15.69
Because if He
takes away your breath,
00:27:15.89\00:27:18.24
that's it. It's over.
00:27:18.44\00:27:21.03
The greatness of God that He
can hold in the palm of His hand
00:27:21.23\00:27:26.93
your life. Hold it
in the palm of His hand.
00:27:27.13\00:27:32.83
Created the
world; made them all.
00:27:33.04\00:27:36.26
Indeed, how great He is!
00:27:36.46\00:27:39.52
I'm sure many of you are
aware of the story of Lazarus.
00:27:39.72\00:27:44.13
Very close friend of Jesus.
00:27:44.33\00:27:48.29
Received word from his
sisters that Lazarus had died.
00:27:48.49\00:27:53.84
Coming there to their home -
00:27:55.21\00:27:57.13
Lazarus had been
dead about four days -
00:27:57.33\00:28:00.41
and they told Him that
he had died, been buried.
00:28:00.61\00:28:04.25
And it says that
Jesus walked out to the tomb
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.69
and just simply said:
"Roll away the stone. "
00:28:09.45\00:28:13.24
And they rolled away the stone.
00:28:14.66\00:28:17.03
And He said three simple words:
00:28:17.23\00:28:21.16
"Lazarus, come forth. "
00:28:21.36\00:28:25.10
And he who was dead ROSE
and came forth from that tomb.
00:28:25.30\00:28:31.20
Just think.
00:28:31.40\00:28:34.26
There is a God that is so great
00:28:34.47\00:28:39.20
that He can speak and
give an individual life.
00:28:39.23\00:28:44.93
All lies within His hand.
00:28:46.06\00:28:51.06
He is the Maker;
He is the Creator.
00:28:52.07\00:28:56.17
He gives live, and
He can take life away.
00:28:56.37\00:29:00.91
Both.
00:29:01.11\00:29:02.19
Now, this is the
marvelous thing about it
00:29:02.39\00:29:05.77
is because it says
here, Ephesians 2 verse 7:
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.85
Now that means
down through eternity
00:29:12.94\00:29:15.22
In the ages to come
00:29:23.53\00:29:24.90
God is going to
show to the universe
00:29:25.10\00:29:28.11
the exceeding
greatness of His grace,
00:29:28.32\00:29:32.49
OK, and the kindness
towards us in Christ Jesus.
00:29:32.69\00:29:37.65
In other words, this God
00:29:37.85\00:29:41.26
that could speak
things into existence
00:29:41.46\00:29:44.63
is going to show us
the greatness of His grace
00:29:44.83\00:29:49.60
in Christ Jesus.
00:29:49.80\00:29:51.44
So what has He done for us?
00:29:51.64\00:29:53.66
What has He done?
What has He accomplished?
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.99
God's great
mercy... that He loved us.
00:30:08.05\00:30:12.83
What is there to love?
00:30:14.91\00:30:18.33
I mean we just
found out our condition.
00:30:18.73\00:30:22.09
I mean there's
nothing good about us.
00:30:22.49\00:30:25.03
Condition is bad,
but God in His great love
00:30:25.23\00:30:30.16
loved us. And
because of that love,
00:30:30.36\00:30:35.78
He is going to give to
you and to me His grace.
00:30:36.09\00:30:42.06
Marvelous grace that
He's going to give to us.
00:30:42.36\00:30:46.08
We don't deserve it!
00:30:46.28\00:30:47.80
We certainly haven't
done anything to deserve it.
00:30:48.00\00:30:51.84
And He says:
00:30:52.04\00:30:54.05
Now He said: "I'm
going to betroth... "
00:31:10.12\00:31:13.68
marry, if you please...
00:31:13.88\00:31:16.30
"you to Me in righteousness. "
00:31:16.50\00:31:18.97
Then He also says: "in justice,
00:31:19.17\00:31:23.74
and in
lovingkindness, and mercy. "
00:31:23.94\00:31:26.51
I've often looked at
that text and wondered
00:31:26.71\00:31:29.36
How could God be willing
00:31:29.56\00:31:35.23
to let me take His name?
00:31:35.43\00:31:39.08
That He's going to betroth,
and let me take His name?
00:31:39.58\00:31:43.49
And let me be
called a child of God?
00:31:43.59\00:31:45.68
Who is depraved
00:31:47.28\00:31:51.52
and nothing good
about me in any way?
00:31:51.72\00:31:55.34
And God in His lovingkindness
00:31:55.54\00:31:57.30
is going to reach
out and do that for me?
00:31:57.50\00:31:59.70
Righteousness?
00:32:01.10\00:32:03.34
Give to us? And justice?
00:32:03.54\00:32:06.18
See, that's telling us
that God's not only going to
00:32:07.53\00:32:12.40
reach out and save us
00:32:12.50\00:32:14.42
but He's going to do it in a
way that settles all questions
00:32:14.62\00:32:19.87
because it's in
righteousness and justice.
00:32:19.97\00:32:23.26
How do you have justice?
00:32:24.61\00:32:26.63
Where do you get justice from?
00:32:26.83\00:32:28.70
How do you know
that something is just?
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.37
Where does that come from?
Do you pull it out of the air?
00:32:32.58\00:32:35.96
No, justice comes from something
that has to be written down.
00:32:38.37\00:32:43.04
It has to be delineated,
it has to be spelled out.
00:32:43.07\00:32:46.72
That's what we call law.
00:32:46.92\00:32:50.05
Law determines whether something
is right or whether it's wrong.
00:32:50.25\00:32:53.80
Whether it's just
or whether it's not.
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.88
And God says that He's
going to satisfy the law.
00:32:56.09\00:33:01.45
Marvelous, 'cause I'm a sinner!
00:33:01.75\00:33:06.18
But He's going
to satisfy the law.
00:33:08.89\00:33:11.91
That's what He promises in
lovingkindness and in mercy.
00:33:12.11\00:33:17.01
OK:
00:33:17.22\00:33:18.73
I remember reading where it says
00:33:28.82\00:33:31.55
that John Wesley got up once
00:33:31.75\00:33:34.61
and he said: "Well, I broke
all the commandments but one. "
00:33:34.82\00:33:37.27
And his wife got up and said:
"You broke that one, too. "
00:33:37.47\00:33:40.43
And so, we're sinners, folks.
00:33:40.73\00:33:44.87
And it says here the law was
added so that the offence might
00:33:45.08\00:33:50.84
abound. Man, I thought
my... my sin was bad enough
00:33:50.95\00:33:56.11
it didn't need to be added
to or abound that much more!
00:33:56.32\00:33:59.95
But it says it does.
00:34:00.25\00:34:02.35
But is also says "but
where sin abounds, " what?
00:34:02.55\00:34:07.28
"grace abounds much more. "
00:34:07.48\00:34:11.19
Marvelous.
00:34:11.39\00:34:13.17
That the grace of God
abounds much, much more.
00:34:13.37\00:34:18.69
You see, there's no sin
that you've ever committed
00:34:19.69\00:34:25.64
that is so dark that
God can't forgive it.
00:34:25.84\00:34:30.94
Put it down. I
don't care who you are
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.20
in the listening
audience tonight,
00:34:35.40\00:34:37.41
you have never
committed a sin so bad
00:34:37.61\00:34:41.65
that God can't forgive it.
00:34:41.85\00:34:44.74
Because where sin abounds,
00:34:44.94\00:34:48.67
grace abounded much, much more.
00:34:48.87\00:34:53.27
My Savior is able to come...
00:34:53.47\00:34:58.29
this is part of His grace.
00:34:58.39\00:35:00.32
And if you tell me that God
can't forgive you your sins,
00:35:00.46\00:35:04.93
then you're limiting... you're
limiting what My Lord could do.
00:35:05.13\00:35:09.26
He will forgive us.
00:35:09.46\00:35:11.69
He will make us what we
could never be of ourselves.
00:35:11.87\00:35:17.77
That's what He does for us.
00:35:17.97\00:35:19.23
That is His grace.
00:35:19.33\00:35:21.70
Nothing wrong with God's law.
00:35:32.65\00:35:35.37
It's spiritual.
00:35:35.57\00:35:37.68
It says that God's law is holy.
00:35:37.89\00:35:40.41
It's just; it's good.
00:35:40.61\00:35:42.58
There's nothing
wrong with it in any way.
00:35:42.69\00:35:45.50
The problem's not with the law,
00:35:45.70\00:35:49.22
the problem's with me.
00:35:49.52\00:35:51.75
That's where the problem is.
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.79
Not with God's law... with me.
00:35:54.00\00:35:56.58
But God said: "Listen,
I'm going to give you My grace
00:35:56.78\00:36:01.55
and I'm going to
satisfy righteousness,
00:36:01.75\00:36:04.95
and I'm going to
satisfy justice... both. "
00:36:05.15\00:36:08.11
And you watch how He does that.
00:36:08.31\00:36:10.52
So if I do something wrong,
00:36:21.80\00:36:23.98
if I sin, I have
broken God's law.
00:36:24.18\00:36:28.21
I have sinned. And
when I break God's law...
00:36:28.41\00:36:32.82
Sorry... there's
a penalty for that.
00:36:33.02\00:36:36.68
Absolutely.
00:36:36.88\00:36:39.26
Two things the law demands:
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.90
And when I say two
things the law demands,
00:36:42.10\00:36:46.66
dear friend, let
me tell you something.
00:36:46.86\00:36:47.96
That's not just
referring to God's law.
00:36:48.16\00:36:50.22
Every law demands
these two things...
00:36:50.42\00:36:55.87
every law.
00:36:56.07\00:36:57.50
And one thing
the law demands is:
00:36:57.70\00:37:00.34
Have you ever
walked in a china shop
00:37:03.93\00:37:06.48
and saw the little
sign there? It says:
00:37:06.68\00:37:09.22
Don't drop it.
00:37:09.42\00:37:10.99
If you break it, you bought it!
00:37:11.09\00:37:13.78
They're very, very definite.
00:37:13.98\00:37:16.79
The law says if you break
it you're going to have to pay
00:37:16.99\00:37:21.61
the penalty.
Every law says that.
00:37:21.71\00:37:24.24
Of course with God's law,
00:37:24.44\00:37:26.74
it simply says
the wages of sin is...
00:37:26.95\00:37:31.05
DEATH.
00:37:31.15\00:37:32.25
Hmmm.
00:37:32.95\00:37:35.46
I broke it. I broke God's law.
00:37:35.66\00:37:40.55
Therefore I have a penalty
00:37:40.75\00:37:44.20
of death on my head.
00:37:44.40\00:37:48.20
And so do you.
00:37:48.40\00:37:50.79
So do we all.
00:37:50.99\00:37:53.56
"The wages of sin is death. "
00:37:53.76\00:37:58.25
We are all under that penalty.
00:37:58.45\00:38:01.85
Death spread to all
men because all sinned.
00:38:15.14\00:38:19.42
None of us exempt.
00:38:20.79\00:38:22.62
Doesn't make any
difference who you are.
00:38:22.82\00:38:25.34
Doesn't make any
difference where you were born.
00:38:25.54\00:38:30.30
Doesn't make any difference
who your parents were.
00:38:30.50\00:38:33.50
Doesn't make any
difference what you've done.
00:38:33.70\00:38:36.22
We ALL have sinned.
00:38:36.42\00:38:39.33
Come short of the glory of God.
00:38:39.53\00:38:43.29
OK. The law says if you break it
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.93
you've got to pay a penalty.
00:38:46.13\00:38:47.25
Another thing the
law says, it says:
00:38:47.45\00:38:50.11
God's law or man's law
00:38:56.39\00:38:59.79
will not be satisfied
with anything less than 100%.
00:39:00.29\00:39:06.25
What's this?
00:39:06.45\00:39:08.34
When you take a
look at God's law,
00:39:08.54\00:39:10.74
it says here:
00:39:10.94\00:39:12.68
See the law demands 100%.
00:39:31.06\00:39:33.96
If I get in my car,
00:39:34.16\00:39:38.84
drive down the road here,
00:39:39.04\00:39:41.59
and I run the stop sign.
00:39:41.79\00:39:43.67
Cop pulls me over.
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.71
Says: "Mr. Cox, didn't
you see that stop sign? "
00:39:46.91\00:39:49.59
I say: "Yes, sir, I did. "
00:39:49.79\00:39:51.78
He said: "Well,
why didn't you stop? "
00:39:51.98\00:39:53.55
I say: "Listen, officer.
00:39:53.75\00:39:55.33
I'm holding some
meetings over here,
00:39:55.53\00:39:57.38
and I go back and
forth here all the time
00:39:57.58\00:40:00.22
and I go back and forth past
this stop sign all the time,
00:40:00.42\00:40:04.30
and I only run
it 1% of the time. "
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.38
What do you
think he's going to do?
00:40:07.58\00:40:10.25
Going to give me
a ticket and say:
00:40:10.46\00:40:12.73
"You stop EVERY TIME. "
00:40:12.93\00:40:16.17
Law demands 100%.
00:40:16.37\00:40:20.67
It will not settle for
anything less than that.
00:40:20.87\00:40:24.67
OK. You see, God will not
let you be like Ivory Soap.
00:40:24.87\00:40:30.63
That won't... it won't count.
00:40:30.83\00:40:33.47
You can't be 99.44% pure.
00:40:33.57\00:40:37.20
It requires 100%.
00:40:37.50\00:40:40.72
It's what's
required; you have to be that.
00:40:40.92\00:40:43.18
That's what the law requires.
00:40:43.38\00:40:46.08
Therefore... question:
00:40:46.28\00:40:49.50
If the penalty for
breaking God's law is death,
00:40:51.68\00:40:55.33
how is that penalty paid?
00:40:55.53\00:40:59.37
Like the fellow who had a dream.
00:40:59.58\00:41:02.46
Got up to heaven,
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.76
and there was St.
Peter at the gate.
00:41:05.96\00:41:09.97
And Peter greeted him;
00:41:10.17\00:41:13.18
told him how glad he was
00:41:13.38\00:41:14.85
that he was there and all.
00:41:14.95\00:41:16.34
And they talked for a little bit
00:41:16.44\00:41:17.46
and Peter said to him... Said:
00:41:17.56\00:41:18.64
"Well I'm sure you'd like to go
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.29
on in. " And the fellow
said: "Yeah, I really would. "
00:41:20.39\00:41:23.69
And Peter said: "That's fine. "
00:41:23.89\00:41:26.60
He said: "All you've got to
do is have 100 points to get in.
00:41:26.80\00:41:29.38
That's all that's required. "
00:41:29.58\00:41:31.34
And the fellow said:
"Well, what do I have to do
00:41:31.54\00:41:34.41
to get 100 points? "
00:41:34.57\00:41:36.51
And Peter said:
"Well, what have you done? "
00:41:36.71\00:41:39.62
The fellow said: "Well,
I've lived a good life. "
00:41:39.83\00:41:43.00
Said "I've gone to church.
00:41:43.20\00:41:45.51
I've raised my family.
00:41:45.71\00:41:47.76
I took them to church.
00:41:47.96\00:41:49.13
I tried to be
good to my neighbors. "
00:41:49.33\00:41:50.89
He said: "I've...
I've lived a good life. "
00:41:50.99\00:41:52.85
And Peter said: "OK. " He said,
"that's good for a point. "
00:41:53.05\00:41:57.40
The fellow said:
"What? Good for a point? "
00:41:57.60\00:42:01.93
And Peter said: "Don't
you have something else?
00:42:02.13\00:42:05.01
Isn't there
something else you have? "
00:42:05.21\00:42:07.03
He said: "Well, yeah.
I'll think about it. "
00:42:07.23\00:42:08.95
He said: "Before I died
I left a large contribution
00:42:09.05\00:42:11.86
to the church. I left
them a large contribution
00:42:12.06\00:42:15.90
to help people and to
help humanity and all. "
00:42:16.00\00:42:19.17
He said: "I gave
that to the church.
00:42:19.37\00:42:21.09
That ought to be
worth something. "
00:42:21.19\00:42:22.38
Peter said: "Yeah, it is.
It's good for another point. "
00:42:22.58\00:42:26.42
He said: "You mean to tell me
all my life and all that I gave
00:42:26.62\00:42:32.14
is only worth two points? "
00:42:32.34\00:42:34.11
He said: "I'll never get in
except by the grace of God. "
00:42:34.32\00:42:38.18
Peter said: "That's
good for 100 points! "
00:42:38.38\00:42:40.71
That's the only way
that you and I get there
00:42:40.91\00:42:45.38
is by the grace of God.
00:42:45.58\00:42:47.63
No other way.
00:42:47.83\00:42:49.82
So, I'm a sinner.
00:42:50.02\00:42:53.13
I broke God's law.
00:42:53.33\00:42:54.96
I'm guilty.
00:42:55.16\00:42:57.29
How is my
penalty going to be paid?
00:42:57.49\00:43:00.64
In Him we have?
00:43:00.84\00:43:03.43
In Him we have what?
00:43:03.64\00:43:06.68
Friend tonight, if you're lost,
00:43:06.88\00:43:10.37
if you don't know
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:43:10.57\00:43:13.55
if your soul is lost,
00:43:13.76\00:43:16.52
IN HIM you have REDEMPTION.
00:43:16.72\00:43:19.93
That's available to
you through His blood...
00:43:20.13\00:43:23.61
the forgiveness of sins
according to the riches of His
00:43:23.81\00:43:28.26
grace.
00:43:28.36\00:43:29.38
You don't deserve it,
so don't try to think up
00:43:29.58\00:43:32.90
some reason why He
should give that to you.
00:43:33.04\00:43:36.17
There is no reason why
He should give that to you
00:43:36.38\00:43:39.54
except out of the
riches of His grace.
00:43:39.75\00:43:42.29
NO OTHER WAY is it given to you!
00:43:42.49\00:43:45.90
He died that you
might be redeemed.
00:43:46.10\00:43:50.42
While we were still
sinners Christ died for us.
00:44:00.34\00:44:04.11
He didn't say:
"I'll tell you what.
00:44:04.31\00:44:06.44
You clean yourself up. "
00:44:06.47\00:44:09.53
I have people do
that so often to me.
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.45
Talk to them about
giving their heart to the Lord,
00:44:13.55\00:44:14.97
and they'll say: "Well,
Brother Cox, there's a few
00:44:15.07\00:44:16.66
things I've got to
take care of yet. "
00:44:16.76\00:44:18.61
Just... sorry, you'll
never come to the Lord.
00:44:18.81\00:44:22.73
That will never happen
if you're going to wait till
00:44:22.93\00:44:25.32
you've got a few
things to take care of...
00:44:25.42\00:44:27.51
You'll have a few things
to take care of from now on!
00:44:27.71\00:44:30.84
You've got to come to
Jesus Christ just as you are.
00:44:31.44\00:44:37.40
No other way.
00:44:37.60\00:44:39.42
Just as you are.
00:44:39.63\00:44:41.72
HE paid your penalty.
00:44:41.82\00:44:45.37
HE died in your place.
00:44:45.57\00:44:49.51
What about the perfect life?
00:44:52.30\00:44:53.97
Because the law
demands a perfect life.
00:44:54.27\00:44:57.38
Can't get there without it.
00:44:57.58\00:45:01.86
"Be ye holy, as He is holy. "
00:45:02.06\00:45:06.66
Demanded:
00:45:06.86\00:45:08.43
Now it didn't say
"When you were His friend. "
00:45:19.82\00:45:23.54
It says that
"while we were enemies. "
00:45:23.74\00:45:28.83
I'm still talking
about His grace, folks.
00:45:29.03\00:45:31.48
While we were enemies, OK?
00:45:31.68\00:45:35.58
We were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son.
00:45:35.78\00:45:40.83
That paid the penalty.
00:45:41.03\00:45:43.21
That paid what you and I owe.
00:45:43.41\00:45:45.77
But then Paul goes on
00:45:45.97\00:45:49.80
and he says: "Much more... "
00:45:50.00\00:45:52.96
"Much more than being
reconciled, " he said.
00:45:53.16\00:45:55.64
More than just Him
dying that you might be saved.
00:45:55.74\00:46:00.57
It says: "We shall
be saved by His life. "
00:46:00.78\00:46:05.51
That's the reason Jesus Christ
00:46:05.71\00:46:11.53
stayed around for 30 years.
00:46:11.73\00:46:15.22
You see, if all
that was necessary
00:46:15.42\00:46:19.19
to save you was
for Jesus to die,
00:46:19.39\00:46:23.00
He could have
done that as a baby.
00:46:23.20\00:46:25.49
Herod would have helped Him out.
00:46:25.69\00:46:27.81
See? But it took more than that.
00:46:28.01\00:46:31.86
It took a perfect life.
00:46:32.06\00:46:34.62
And Jesus Christ
came to this old earth
00:46:34.82\00:46:37.84
on which you and I live,
00:46:37.94\00:46:39.45
and He lived an
absolute perfect life.
00:46:39.65\00:46:43.72
He never sinned one time...
00:46:43.92\00:46:46.17
not even so much as in thought.
00:46:46.37\00:46:50.09
Lived a perfect
life that you and I
00:46:50.29\00:46:55.76
might have His righteousness.
00:46:55.90\00:47:01.11
Christ told a
parable about this.
00:47:01.32\00:47:03.74
He said:
00:47:03.84\00:47:04.93
It says that she
took this yeast...
00:47:16.35\00:47:18.80
leaven. Put it
in three measures,
00:47:19.00\00:47:22.49
and that yeast
leavened all the meal.
00:47:22.69\00:47:26.38
So when you and I come
to the Lord Jesus Christ
00:47:26.41\00:47:29.81
and accept Him into our hearts
and He comes into our lives,
00:47:30.02\00:47:33.47
His grace comes into our life
00:47:33.67\00:47:35.99
and it begins the
leavening process.
00:47:36.19\00:47:38.85
It begins to change us.
00:47:39.05\00:47:40.98
It begins to make us different.
00:47:41.18\00:47:42.94
Oh how thankful I am tonight
that God doesn't say to me
00:47:43.14\00:47:46.35
"Change yourself. "
00:47:46.55\00:47:47.81
That it says: "Accept Me.
00:47:48.21\00:47:51.55
Give Me your heart,
and I will change you. "
00:47:51.75\00:47:56.63
The leavening
process begins to take place
00:47:56.83\00:48:00.52
and it begins to change our
lives and make us different.
00:48:00.72\00:48:05.15
That's the grace of God, folks.
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.81
That not only is He
willing to die to save you,
00:48:08.01\00:48:11.75
He's willing to go farther
and He's willing to change you
00:48:11.95\00:48:15.20
and make you different.
00:48:15.40\00:48:18.09
You see it takes a
power greater than you and I.
00:48:18.29\00:48:22.69
It takes a power outside of us
00:48:22.89\00:48:25.37
to come into our
lives and to change us
00:48:25.57\00:48:29.60
and to make us different.
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.41
This is what is required.
00:48:31.61\00:48:33.77
You see, that is
wonderful text, folks.
00:48:43.79\00:48:48.21
It doesn't say that
God gives you His grace
00:48:48.41\00:48:52.12
by addition.
00:48:52.32\00:48:56.05
He gives you His
grace by multiplication.
00:48:56.25\00:48:59.84
Multiplies it unto you.
00:49:00.04\00:49:03.14
He gives us grace, and
more grace, and more grace.
00:49:03.34\00:49:07.21
Gives that to us over and over,
00:49:07.41\00:49:10.06
multiplies it to you and to me.
00:49:10.26\00:49:14.20
Marvelous in His grace!
00:49:14.40\00:49:15.65
If you didn't underline
00:49:16.15\00:49:20.46
or you didn't
remember any other text
00:49:20.66\00:49:24.86
in what I've talked
to you about tonight,
00:49:25.06\00:49:27.74
underline this one.
00:49:27.94\00:49:29.89
Write it down.
00:49:30.09\00:49:32.22
Remember it.
00:49:32.42\00:49:33.62
It's one of the great, great
scriptures because it says:
00:49:33.82\00:49:38.76
"Him who knew no sin. "
00:49:48.97\00:49:52.03
He who was pure,
00:49:52.23\00:49:54.62
spotless, undefiled,
00:49:54.82\00:49:57.68
became sin for you.
00:49:57.88\00:50:00.88
Became sin for you.
00:50:01.08\00:50:04.16
He died on the cross.
00:50:04.37\00:50:06.95
He didn't deserve it,
00:50:07.15\00:50:09.27
but He did it out of His grace.
00:50:09.47\00:50:12.97
Out of His love for you
He died that you might live.
00:50:13.27\00:50:19.21
Took Him who knew no sin
00:50:19.41\00:50:22.77
and He became sin for you
00:50:22.97\00:50:27.02
"that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him. "
00:50:27.23\00:50:33.06
You see, not
only... Not only does He
00:50:33.26\00:50:37.72
come and pay your penalty
00:50:37.92\00:50:39.59
but He turns around and says:
00:50:39.79\00:50:42.33
"Here, I'll give
you My righteousness. "
00:50:42.43\00:50:46.51
Marvelous. His righteousness.
00:50:46.71\00:50:50.86
Let me tell you something.
00:50:50.96\00:50:52.00
He said: "Listen. "
00:50:52.20\00:50:54.54
He said: "I'm going to
take care of it in righteousness
00:50:54.74\00:50:58.47
and in justice. "
00:50:58.67\00:51:00.08
And His righteousness is pure!
00:51:00.29\00:51:03.81
It's undefiled.
00:51:04.01\00:51:05.58
It meets all the requirements,
00:51:05.78\00:51:08.62
and He gives
that to you and to me.
00:51:08.82\00:51:12.18
It's the greatest gift
that's ever been given.
00:51:14.77\00:51:18.20
The Lord is saying
to you this evening:
00:51:19.22\00:51:21.01
"Listen, if you
will give Me your sins,
00:51:21.11\00:51:25.94
I will give you
My righteousness. "
00:51:26.82\00:51:30.01
There's no gift on
earth like that gift.
00:51:32.87\00:51:36.13
Marvelous.
00:51:36.34\00:51:39.68
You see, the scripture compares
00:51:39.88\00:51:44.01
God's grace to water...
00:51:44.11\00:51:47.31
to living water.
00:51:47.51\00:51:49.20
And that's what it says here:
00:51:49.31\00:51:50.88
So it says that wherever
water comes they'll live...
00:52:10.63\00:52:14.57
wherever it goes.
00:52:14.77\00:52:16.28
The grace of God is that way.
00:52:16.49\00:52:19.55
Wherever it
goes, it brings life...
00:52:19.75\00:52:23.76
that men and women can
reach out and accept it
00:52:25.00\00:52:27.64
and have life.
00:52:27.74\00:52:29.82
Who all can accept it?
00:52:30.02\00:52:32.93
Who all's invited?
00:52:33.13\00:52:34.67
Marvelous that you can reach
out and receive God's grace
00:52:52.54\00:52:58.49
as the water of life.
00:52:58.69\00:53:00.20
Receiving God's grace
is kind of like the man who
00:53:04.09\00:53:10.03
went with his
friends to a city to party.
00:53:10.16\00:53:13.18
They spent the weekend
00:53:13.38\00:53:16.69
drinking and partying.
00:53:16.89\00:53:19.14
And then the next thing he knew
00:53:19.34\00:53:22.42
he woke up. Found himself beaten
00:53:22.62\00:53:27.94
and in very unfamiliar
territory in the desert.
00:53:28.15\00:53:32.21
As he staggered down the road,
00:53:33.24\00:53:35.61
he realized that
he had been robbed
00:53:35.81\00:53:39.04
and he had been left
out in the desert to die.
00:53:39.24\00:53:43.26
Head is throbbing.
00:53:45.33\00:53:48.08
He's weak.
00:53:48.28\00:53:49.79
As he staggers down the road
00:53:49.99\00:53:51.79
the sun is beating
upon him unmercifully
00:53:51.89\00:53:54.89
and he's thirsty.
00:53:54.99\00:53:58.54
Exhaustion has taken place.
00:53:58.75\00:54:00.92
Dehydrated.
00:54:00.95\00:54:02.91
Start walking down a
road that he doesn't know
00:54:04.21\00:54:07.23
where it's going to;
in fact, going nowhere.
00:54:07.34\00:54:09.96
And on the third day
he's very, very weak.
00:54:11.72\00:54:16.73
He realizes if
something doesn't happen soon,
00:54:18.15\00:54:20.66
he's going to die.
00:54:20.86\00:54:22.59
And as he
struggles down the road,
00:54:22.89\00:54:26.07
off in the distance he
can see a line of trees.
00:54:26.38\00:54:31.63
And he heads for
that line of trees,
00:54:32.73\00:54:34.65
walking, sometimes
falling, sometimes crawling,
00:54:34.86\00:54:38.68
hoping just to get there.
00:54:39.18\00:54:41.51
And finally, struggling for
all he's worth up the last hill
00:54:41.61\00:54:46.01
he looks over the hill
and there are the trees.
00:54:46.21\00:54:50.10
And there is
water... cool water.
00:54:50.31\00:54:55.50
And renewed in
energy, he struggles on
00:54:55.70\00:54:58.70
to get to the river. And
as he's going to the river
00:54:58.90\00:55:01.48
he says to himself:
00:55:01.68\00:55:03.72
"This can't be true.
00:55:03.75\00:55:05.72
There's no river
out here in the desert.
00:55:05.92\00:55:09.05
This is my imagination.
00:55:09.25\00:55:11.60
This is not true.
00:55:11.80\00:55:15.03
This is a mirage. "
00:55:15.24\00:55:16.66
And the man died
beside the stream
00:55:18.13\00:55:23.70
of living water.
00:55:23.90\00:55:26.44
God's grace is offered.
00:55:26.55\00:55:28.95
All you and I have
to do is accept it.
00:55:29.15\00:55:31.58
You see, you
can't win God's grace.
00:55:31.78\00:55:35.15
It's already been given.
00:55:35.35\00:55:37.63
And since it's already
been given, you can't lose it.
00:55:37.83\00:55:40.16
All you can do
is either accept it
00:55:40.37\00:55:43.70
or reject it.
00:55:43.90\00:55:45.94
God offers to you His grace.
00:55:46.14\00:55:49.01
As He says:
00:55:49.21\00:55:50.60
"Thanks be to God for
His unspeakable gift. "
00:55:50.63\00:55:55.49
Jesus said in
John the sixth chapter
00:55:57.93\00:56:00.34
"I am the living bread
that cometh down from heaven
00:56:00.54\00:56:02.86
that a man may eat
thereof and not die.
00:56:03.06\00:56:06.37
He who comes to Me will
never hunger or never thirst. "
00:56:06.57\00:56:10.84
He went on to say:
00:56:11.04\00:56:12.49
"The words that I speak unto you
00:56:12.69\00:56:14.80
they are spirit
and they are life.
00:56:15.00\00:56:17.51
Just as the Father sent Me,
00:56:17.71\00:56:19.55
and I live
because of the Father,
00:56:19.75\00:56:21.61
so he who eats of this bread
00:56:21.82\00:56:24.00
will live because of Me. "
00:56:24.20\00:56:27.08
So many people in this world
are literally starving and weak
00:56:28.61\00:56:32.90
because they do not
feed on the Word of God.
00:56:33.10\00:56:35.83
Their minds are filled
with matters of minor importance
00:56:36.03\00:56:39.37
instead of eating the bread
which came down from heaven.
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If they would only
eat the Bread of Life,
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they would be
regenerated and renewed.
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The bread sent down from
heaven would give them new life.
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The Holy Spirit would
show them things of God.
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As we feed upon the Word,
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we would become new
creatures in Christ.
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Our whole ministry
exists for one purpose only:
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to bring the Bread of
Life to those who are hungering
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and thirsting for truth.
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I wish you could
see the eagerness
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with which they take
hold of the spiritual food
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that we offer them.
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I wish you could see the light
that comes on in their eyes
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as they accept
Him as their Savior.
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Christ is able,
Christ is willing,
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Christ is longing to save
all who will come unto Him.
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Please pray for these souls.
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And I hope you will
consider supporting our ministry
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as we continue to offer
Jesus, the Bread of Life,
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to all who are hungry
and thirsty for new life.
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We thank you for your support.
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If the Holy Spirit impresses
you to support this ministry,
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please send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
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Thank you for helping us
to bring the gift of salvation
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to millions all over the world.
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