Welcome to Give Me The Bible.
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This is an in-depth series with
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Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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And we are in our third meeting
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with this, and it is such
a tremendous time of studying
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God's Word. We are
just all excited about it.
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Somebody mentioned that
this was... this first weekend
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is sort of Salvation 101
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where we look at
the basics of salvation.
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Our subject today is
going to be confession.
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And that's a subject
that perhaps all of us need
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to review if we
haven't heard it before.
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Pastor Cox has
preached all over the world.
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It was his dream
as a young pastor
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to fulfill the gospel
commission which says:
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"Go ye into all the world. "
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And now through the
miracle of television
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he's actually
able at one time...
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Right now people are able
to see this entire program
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on every continent of the world.
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And we believe that
millions are actually watching
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and getting to
know Jesus Christ.
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We're so happy
that you are here.
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We're so happy that those
of you that are joining us
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by television are
joining us. And right now,
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we're going to be blessed
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as Dona Klein and Jim Rhodes
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play an organ and piano duet
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entitled "His Hand in Mine. "
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Dona Klein and Jimmy
Rhodes we appreciate that!
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"His Hand in
Mine. " You enjoy that?
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Amen. That's a great,
great song. Enjoyed that.
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Well, we are very happy to
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welcome all of you again
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to this presentation of
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Give Me The Bible
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in which we are
talking about confession.
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What does the Bible
have to say about it?
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What says the Bible?
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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 is what does God's Word say
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about confession.
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How does it fit in to
the plan of salvation?
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If you pick up the Word of
God, start going through it,
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it talks about confession
all the way through it.
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So it is very, very much
part of the Christian life...
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is confession. And that's
what we're looking at here.
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As we study this subject,
we hope it will help you
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in a special way. Our next
presentation we are going to be
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looking at is entitled:
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Faith and acceptance. We
are looking at salvation.
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What do I need to do?
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How does salvation come about?
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What's involved in it?
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So our next subject
is faith and acceptance.
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How does that fit in to
the question of salvation?
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That'll be the next one,
and we hope that you will
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be here as we continue
to study and take a look
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at God's Word.
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But this morning we're
taking a look at confession.
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What is confession?
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What's the difference between
repentance and confession?
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What... what is
involved in confessing?
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What should I confess?
What shouldn't I confess?
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What does the
scripture tell us about it?
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These are things that
you need to watch for.
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As we look at the
subject of confession,
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we hope that we'll help
you understand what takes place
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in our lives. Why God
refers to it so many, many times
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in His Word. Over the
years, I've had the privilege
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of knowing Pam and Jimmy Rhodes.
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I've been blessed in a
special way by their music...
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what they've offered. One
of the songs that Pam does
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always touches my
heart in a special way.
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It's a song entitled:
"It's Just Me, Lord, "
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and I think you'll be blessed
in a special way this morning.
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It's only me, Lord.
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It's only me.
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Seems like I call You every day
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and You always
know what I will say.
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But You take the
time to help me see
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the kind of person I should be.
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You always listen.
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Here I stand so small and frail.
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So afraid I might fail.
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But You fill my
heart with happiness,
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You care for me with tenderness.
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It's only me, Lord.
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It's only me.
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Lord I love You,
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take my heart.
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Help me live
right from the start.
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Thanks for bearing all my pain
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and making bright my day again.
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It's only me, Lord.
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It's only me.
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It's only me, Lord.
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It's only me.
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God bless you.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we come to You today
first Lord to thank you...
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Thank you for
being so wonderful,
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so loving, so kind.
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And Lord thank you also
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You are willing to change us...
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to make us into
what You want us to be.
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Lord help us. Help us
that we will be submissive.
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That we will surrender
everything into Your hands.
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Let You do Your
work in our lives.
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Give us the Holy
Spirit. May it fill our lives.
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Give us
understanding of Your Word
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that we might
become more like You.
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We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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What's the difference between
repentance and confession?
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Our last presentation we talked
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about repentance.
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What's the need of
confession if I am repentant?
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Well, there's a text in
the book of Isaiah that I think
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helps us understand that
and helps put it together
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a little better. It says
here in Isaiah the first chapter
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and it tells us:
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None of that has taken place.
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You see repentance is my
understanding my condition...
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understanding the condition
I'm in and a desire not to
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stay in that condition.
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That's repentance.
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I understand my condition.
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"From the top of my
head to the sole of my foot
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there's no soundness in me.
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But wounds and bruises
and putrefying sores: "
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That's my condition.
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I don't want to
stay in that condition.
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That's repentance.
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Confession, folks,
is lancing the boil.
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OK? That's confession.
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Confession is lancing the boil.
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Letting out, if you please,
all the infection, all the sins,
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all that has to come out in
order for healing to take place.
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And that's what confession does.
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That's why it talks
about it here as being covered
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with sores or
boils, if you please.
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And I lance the boil and
that lets all the... sorry...
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the pus and all that
kind of stuff come out
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so that the
healing can take place.
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I have to be very,
very straight with the Lord.
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I have to confess ALL my sins.
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I can't hide and
not confess them.
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I've got to come
open with the Lord
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and honest with Him and
confess all my sins to Him.
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It says:
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An individual that covers
his sins will not prosper.
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That is necessary. So I
need to come to the Lord
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just as I am,
confess all my sins,
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lay them all
there before the Lord,
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and ask for forgiveness.
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Now, I think it's necessary
that we clarify something
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because sometimes
people don't understand.
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Temptation, folks, is not sin.
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Temptation is not sin.
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Some people feel that if
they have just been tempted
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they've sinned.
That's not the case.
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In fact, the
scripture has this to say:
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OK, that's temptation.
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When the desire is there,
if I go ahead with that desire
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and it conceives, all right?
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Then when desire has conceived
it gives birth to? Sin.
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It's what I do with it, see?
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The devil's going to tempt you.
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The devil's going to
put things in your way.
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The devil's going to say things
and put things there before you
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that will tempt you.
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It's what you do with
that temptation, that desire.
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If it gives birth, and
that brings about sin...
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no question about it...
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and when sin is full
grown it brings forth? Death.
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So I need to be
clear when I'm confessing,
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I need to understand
I'm confessing my sins
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before the Lord.
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That's necessary.
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What? What should I confess?
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What am I to confess?
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What am I to talk
to the Lord about?
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Well, let's take a look at sin.
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Let's go clear
back to the beginning
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with Adam and Eve
when sin first came in
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and take a look.
Because there's four steps...
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there's four steps to sin.
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And that always
happens, always takes place:
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those four steps.
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The first step in
sin is unthankfulness.
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Now you think about it.
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You cannot sin
without being unthankful.
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The first step to sin.
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The second step in sin is
to appropriate your own merits.
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In other words,
just say: "I can do this.
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I'm capable.
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I'm able to handle this. "
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You have to
appropriate your own merits.
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That's the second step.
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And the third step is you
turn against your fellow man.
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That's the third step of sin,
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and the fourth step
is you turn against God.
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Those are the four steps
that always take place in sin.
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So let's take a
look. See what happened.
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Let's take a look at Eve.
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See what the scripture
tells us about it. It says here:
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Now God had told her
"Yeah, you're going to die
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if you do this. "
But he said: "No... "
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The very first
thing he said: "Listen,
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you're not going to die.
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In fact, if you eat of it
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you'll be like God. "
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And Eve became unthankful.
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Became unthankful for
the situation she was in.
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What's God
trying to keep from me?
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That's a natural
step, folks, in sin.
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In fact, there is a
text over here in Ephesians,
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Ephesians the fifth
chapter and verse 20,
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that says this.
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Ephesians the fifth
chapter verse 20, and it says
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that you and I...
get the right one here...
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It says: "Giving thanks,
" this is Ephesians 5:20,
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"Giving thanks
always for all things to God
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the Father in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord. "
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It says giving thanks how often?
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Always. Why should
I always give thanks?
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Well, because if you
don't you're going to become
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unthankful.
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And if you become
unthankful, you're going to sin.
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It's going to happen.
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So I must always give thanks.
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In all... it says: "In
all things give thanks. "
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So that's what I need to do.
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So Eve was unthankful.
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Watch as she continues:
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She saw the tree.
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It was there; the
fruit looked good.
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The devil had told her
that she would become like God
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knowing good and evil.
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And she said: "I'm able.
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Nothing... nothing can
keep me from doing this.
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I am able to eat of the fruit. "
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And so she reached up,
took the fruit, and ate of it.
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She appropriated her own merits
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said "I can do this. "
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Have you ever said
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"Oh, I can do that
better than that person? "
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Have you ever done that?
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Be careful... 'cause
you're right at the point
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of sinning
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when you appropriate
your own merits and say:
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"Oh, I can do that
better than they can. "
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I have to be extremely careful
because that brings about sin.
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And when I
appropriate my own merits
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and say "I am able to do this,
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I can take care of this, "
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well then the next thing happens
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is you turn
against your fellow man.
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"I can do it better than you. "
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I have turned
against my fellow man.
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And look... look
what happened. Eve said:
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"I can do this. "
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Reached up and took the fruit
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and ate of it,
and what did she do?
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She turned against her husband.
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She knew what God had said.
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She knew the Lord told
them "If you eat of this,
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you're going to surely die. "
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And she went there and
gave it to him regardless
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of what God had said.
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Turned on her husband.
That's the way it happens.
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You and I, if we
take those steps,
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will turn
against our fellow man.
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And then when you do that,
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the next step in sin is simply
that you turn against God.
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Because when God
came down to talk to her,
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she turned
against her fellow man.
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And then it said: "God came
down in the cool of the evening"
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and was talking to them:
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She turned on God and she said:
00:20:42.96\00:20:44.57
"Listen... this
serpent that You made...
00:20:44.61\00:20:47.26
tempted me. "
00:20:47.37\00:20:48.54
Turned against the Lord.
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Those are the steps in sin.
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And I need to be very,
very clear what happens.
00:20:54.97\00:21:00.48
I need to guard myself
and make sure that I am not
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in a situation where
I am doing those things.
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OK. What am I to confess?
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Well in James it tells us
kind of what we are to confess.
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It says here in
James 5... It says:
00:21:17.50\00:21:20.48
I am to confess my faults.
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I wished, I wished we
were in a position, folks,
00:21:38.49\00:21:42.99
and oh how wonderful it
would be within the church,
00:21:43.20\00:21:48.17
we could go to a
brother or a sister
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and say: "Listen,
I'm having a rough time.
00:21:52.83\00:21:56.49
The devil is really tempting me.
I need you to pray with me. "
00:21:56.69\00:22:01.76
You know, we need to be
able to go to one another and
00:22:03.03\00:22:05.99
talk to one
another about our faults.
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.22
About our weaknesses.
00:22:08.42\00:22:09.81
Please notice, I
did not say sins.
00:22:10.01\00:22:13.42
OK? I need to
talk about my faults.
00:22:14.78\00:22:18.40
My weaknesses. Things
where I need you to pray
00:22:18.60\00:22:24.28
and to help me
00:22:24.48\00:22:25.56
and hold me up before the Lord.
00:22:25.76\00:22:28.09
That I need.
00:22:28.29\00:22:29.57
And you need that.
00:22:29.67\00:22:30.76
And we need to be
able to confess our faults
00:22:30.96\00:22:33.46
and our weaknesses to one
another that we can grow by.
00:22:33.56\00:22:37.93
Those are things
that we need to do.
00:22:38.13\00:22:40.09
Oh, yes, there are sins
00:22:40.29\00:22:45.04
that I need to confess.
00:22:45.24\00:22:47.69
If I have offended
a brother or a sister,
00:22:47.89\00:22:52.23
I need to go to
them and confess it
00:22:52.43\00:22:55.47
and say: "I'm sorry. "
00:22:55.67\00:22:57.17
Folks, it doesn't
always even need to be
00:22:59.71\00:23:05.05
the person that did it.
00:23:05.25\00:23:06.68
There are times when the person
who was offended ought to do it.
00:23:06.88\00:23:11.58
That's strange, isn't it?
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.32
But that's true.
00:23:15.52\00:23:17.29
It will not hurt you.
00:23:17.49\00:23:19.15
It won't set you back; it
won't do you permanent damage
00:23:19.35\00:23:24.20
for you to go to somebody and
say: "Listen, I'm so sorry. "
00:23:24.40\00:23:27.36
But we need to go
to that person and say:
00:23:27.56\00:23:31.29
"Listen, I did this,
and I'm sorry that I did it.
00:23:31.49\00:23:36.07
Forgive me. "
00:23:36.27\00:23:37.33
Oh, dear friend, that...
00:23:37.53\00:23:39.77
I'm sorry this is in
the vernacular, but...
00:23:39.87\00:23:42.12
that lances the boil.
00:23:42.32\00:23:43.74
That gets out the sin;
that gets out the infection;
00:23:43.94\00:23:46.83
that does marvelous
things. Healing can take place.
00:23:47.03\00:23:51.14
And in many, many
congregations across this world
00:23:51.34\00:23:56.30
it would bring
about a tremendous revival
00:23:56.50\00:23:59.80
if people would just
learn to say "I'm sorry.
00:24:00.00\00:24:02.96
I'm sorry that I
did this. Forgive me. "
00:24:03.16\00:24:05.84
Open it up; confess it.
00:24:06.04\00:24:08.55
And then there are:
00:24:08.75\00:24:10.28
Sins that I've done
openly in front of people.
00:24:14.76\00:24:19.78
People that are in the
public eye time after time
00:24:19.99\00:24:25.00
are faced with
this type of thing.
00:24:25.20\00:24:26.92
They do something in public,
00:24:27.12\00:24:29.51
they need to
confess it in public.
00:24:29.71\00:24:31.92
They need to say: "I did
that; it was wrong. I'm sorry. "
00:24:32.12\00:24:36.27
So there are times, yes,
when I need to make a public
00:24:36.48\00:24:39.35
confession and say: "I did
this. I'm sorry that I did it. "
00:24:39.45\00:24:43.71
And let me tell you something.
00:24:44.76\00:24:46.96
Don't get too
worried or too concerned
00:24:48.14\00:24:53.66
about if somebody
00:24:53.76\00:24:57.39
maligns your reputation.
00:24:57.59\00:25:01.36
Says something to you...
something about you, you know...
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.79
your reputation.
00:25:03.99\00:25:05.52
Dear friend, don't get
too concerned about that.
00:25:05.72\00:25:08.03
Just... the Lord
will handle that.
00:25:08.23\00:25:11.73
Time will answer that.
00:25:11.93\00:25:14.74
You know, you don't have to
stand up and defend yourself
00:25:14.94\00:25:18.75
and fight for
that. It's not necessary.
00:25:18.95\00:25:21.02
Much better that if I
have done something...
00:25:21.22\00:25:25.01
done something
publicly, yes, I need to go
00:25:25.21\00:25:29.43
and ask for forgiveness.
00:25:29.63\00:25:31.64
And then there are
sins of a private nature.
00:25:31.84\00:25:35.14
Sins that are known
only between me and God.
00:25:35.84\00:25:41.82
Oh, dear
friend, keep them there.
00:25:42.02\00:25:47.31
Don't go confessing
them to somebody else.
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.96
I'm sorry. I may get in
trouble here this morning.
00:25:52.16\00:25:55.37
But don't go and
confess them to your wife.
00:25:55.57\00:26:00.29
Or don't go confess
them to your husband.
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.60
Talk to the Lord about them,
00:26:05.10\00:26:07.31
and confess them to
Him and leave them there.
00:26:07.51\00:26:11.99
Let them die right there.
00:26:13.29\00:26:15.33
Come to an end right there.
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.87
You don't need to be
bringing that kind of thing up
00:26:18.07\00:26:21.73
to somebody that doesn't
even know that it's going on.
00:26:21.93\00:26:24.23
Just leave it.
00:26:24.43\00:26:26.79
Let it die right there.
00:26:26.99\00:26:28.35
Those are things
that I need to confess.
00:26:28.55\00:26:31.65
Fortunately, you
and I have a Savior,
00:26:31.85\00:26:36.83
we have a Mediator,
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.48
we have One who
is our elder brother
00:26:39.68\00:26:43.69
that we can go to and talk to
00:26:43.89\00:26:46.40
about those sins
and receive forgiveness.
00:26:46.60\00:26:50.06
Because it says this:
00:26:50.26\00:26:52.01
You see, that is
the cleansing process.
00:27:05.62\00:27:08.19
That's the boil being lanced.
00:27:08.39\00:27:10.84
That's all the sin coming out.
00:27:11.04\00:27:13.54
Cleanses us from
all unrighteousness.
00:27:13.74\00:27:16.79
And I have said something
in the last couple of meetings
00:27:16.99\00:27:19.52
about this but I
want to say it again:
00:27:19.72\00:27:21.81
You have committed no sin
00:27:22.01\00:27:25.02
that can't be forgiven.
00:27:25.23\00:27:27.54
Please. I run onto people who
00:27:28.46\00:27:30.31
say: "Oh, Brother Cox,
00:27:30.41\00:27:31.65
I've committed
00:27:31.76\00:27:32.77
the unpardonable sin. "
00:27:32.93\00:27:34.60
Let me tell you something:
00:27:34.80\00:27:36.22
If you are under conviction
that you've committed the
00:27:36.42\00:27:38.90
unpardonable sin,
then you haven't...
00:27:39.01\00:27:41.35
because there would
be no conviction there.
00:27:42.60\00:27:44.89
It just isn't the
way that it happens.
00:27:45.09\00:27:48.31
Dear friend, it says this:
00:27:48.52\00:27:50.12
It did not say some sins.
00:27:58.68\00:28:01.19
It says it
cleanses us from ALL sin.
00:28:01.39\00:28:05.08
The only unforgivable
sin is one that hasn't been
00:28:05.28\00:28:09.89
confessed.
00:28:09.99\00:28:11.43
If you confess it,
God will forgive it.
00:28:13.33\00:28:16.12
There are just not any
there that are so dark that He
00:28:17.38\00:28:19.56
can't forgive.
00:28:19.66\00:28:20.84
The Bible's full of about
every example there is of sin.
00:28:21.04\00:28:25.52
And therefore God forgave
them, and He will forgive yours
00:28:25.72\00:28:30.05
if you and I will just come
to Him and ask to be forgiven.
00:28:30.25\00:28:34.29
In fact, the Lord
says this about it:
00:28:34.49\00:28:36.95
It says:
00:28:36.98\00:28:39.50
if the people will
confess their iniquity
00:28:42.29\00:28:45.49
in other words, coming
to the Lord and saying:
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.66
"This is what I've done.
00:28:52.76\00:28:53.94
I've been unfaithful; I
haven't done what I should. "
00:28:53.97\00:28:57.35
If they get before the
Lord and they will confess it
00:29:03.51\00:29:06.59
and they will
tell the Lord this,
00:29:06.70\00:29:08.52
then it says:
00:29:08.73\00:29:09.90
Here's where the problem is:
00:29:20.34\00:29:21.93
too many people aren't
willing to accept the guilt.
00:29:21.96\00:29:24.89
You see, this is
what made David so special
00:29:26.86\00:29:32.21
is that he accepted the guilt.
00:29:32.41\00:29:35.77
He said: "I'm the
one that did this.
00:29:35.97\00:29:38.73
Lord, nobody else... just me.
00:29:38.93\00:29:41.14
I did it. "
00:29:41.34\00:29:42.84
He accepted the guilt.
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.25
So He promises that
if we will come to Him,
00:29:49.92\00:29:52.93
confess our sins,
00:29:53.14\00:29:54.84
that He will
forgive us of our sins.
00:29:55.04\00:29:58.95
That He will cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:29:59.15\00:30:04.62
I want to show you the
difference between two men.
00:30:04.82\00:30:06.99
King Saul...
00:30:07.29\00:30:10.42
a tremendous man.
00:30:12.43\00:30:14.78
I mean, when you
take a look at Saul
00:30:15.08\00:30:18.34
there's no question
this man was outstanding.
00:30:18.54\00:30:21.62
But he could not
accept the guilt.
00:30:22.76\00:30:26.88
He just couldn't do it.
00:30:27.87\00:30:29.16
You find three times
here, speaking to Samuel,
00:30:29.27\00:30:32.19
he talked to him here. It says:
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.27
"I have sinned. " He had!
00:30:40.27\00:30:42.36
You remember he came back
from fighting the Amalekites
00:30:42.56\00:30:48.20
and they all came back
and the Lord had told them
00:30:48.30\00:30:51.28
"Don't bring anything back. "
00:30:51.48\00:30:53.13
And here they come
with the sheep and the goats
00:30:53.33\00:30:56.52
and all, you know. And
Samuel faced him with it
00:30:56.62\00:31:01.25
and said: "Why
have you done this
00:31:01.35\00:31:03.38
when the Lord
said not to? " He said:
00:31:03.58\00:31:04.69
"Oh, we're bringing
it as an offering. "
00:31:04.90\00:31:07.12
Always making an
excuse for what he had done.
00:31:07.32\00:31:13.10
I run onto people
that are always doing that.
00:31:13.30\00:31:16.64
They do something
they know is wrong.
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.11
They know they shouldn't
have done it, and if you say
00:31:19.21\00:31:21.35
something to them,
they'll make an excuse.
00:31:21.55\00:31:23.62
They'll say: "Oh well, so
and so did this or this. "
00:31:23.82\00:31:27.85
They always
making excuse for it.
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.94
That isn't what
needs to be done, folks.
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.81
We need to learn
to accept the guilt.
00:31:33.01\00:31:35.03
Wasn't until... you remember,
there he was before Samuel
00:31:40.05\00:31:44.71
and Samuel said:
"Why have you done this? "
00:31:44.91\00:31:49.19
And he gave an
excuse, and you remember
00:31:49.39\00:31:52.83
when Samuel turned to say "the
kingdom's been taken from you. "
00:31:52.86\00:31:57.27
He reached out and
grabbed hold of Samuel
00:31:57.47\00:32:00.20
and tore his clothes.
00:32:00.40\00:32:01.78
Just unwilling to
say: "Sorry, Lord.
00:32:02.08\00:32:07.58
I did this. "
00:32:07.78\00:32:09.18
Just wouldn't accept it.
00:32:12.17\00:32:13.69
You find the very same scenario
00:32:13.89\00:32:16.69
as far as saying "I
have sinned" with David,
00:32:16.89\00:32:21.11
because this is what David said:
00:32:21.31\00:32:23.34
These men weren't
without sin, folks.
00:32:27.91\00:32:31.43
They were human
beings just like you and I.
00:32:31.63\00:32:34.19
But they sinned,
and here David said:
00:32:34.39\00:32:38.24
"I've sinned before the Lord. "
00:32:38.45\00:32:40.20
BUT, David did
not excuse himself.
00:32:52.39\00:32:57.62
He did not do that.
00:32:57.82\00:33:00.71
He said: "This is
what I have done, "
00:33:00.92\00:33:04.32
and he confessed his sins.
00:33:04.52\00:33:06.89
He came to the Lord and he said:
00:33:22.30\00:33:23.46
"This I have
done. I am guilty. "
00:33:23.56\00:33:26.63
In fact, when he
had done this sin
00:33:26.83\00:33:30.26
and God said: "OK,
you've got three choices.
00:33:30.46\00:33:35.18
What do you want to happen? "
00:33:35.39\00:33:37.51
And two of those
choices, you know,
00:33:37.64\00:33:40.41
included the children of Israel.
00:33:40.61\00:33:42.73
And he said: "No,
Lord, let it fall on me.
00:33:42.93\00:33:46.62
Let it fall on me.
They're not the ones.
00:33:46.82\00:33:50.23
I'm the one.
Let it fall on me. "
00:33:50.43\00:33:53.01
He was a man
after God's own heart.
00:33:53.21\00:33:58.71
Humbled himself before the Lord.
00:33:58.91\00:34:01.61
Makes a great, great difference.
00:34:01.81\00:34:04.25
Let me tell you something.
00:34:04.45\00:34:06.48
If your confession is forced,
00:34:09.01\00:34:12.83
it won't do any good.
00:34:13.03\00:34:15.84
If you're going to wait until
00:34:16.98\00:34:18.22
you're forced to confess,
00:34:18.32\00:34:19.73
it won't do any... you've got
00:34:19.93\00:34:21.54
an example of that in the life
00:34:21.64\00:34:23.02
of Achan.
00:34:23.12\00:34:24.50
The children of Israel
had been told that when they
00:34:25.52\00:34:29.84
were going to overthrow Jericho
00:34:30.04\00:34:33.08
that they were NOT
to take any of the gold,
00:34:33.28\00:34:37.26
any of the silver,
any of the garments.
00:34:37.46\00:34:38.93
They were not to
take any of that.
00:34:39.13\00:34:40.93
And as they overthrow the city,
00:34:42.19\00:34:44.75
Achan took some of the gold...
00:34:44.95\00:34:49.32
a garment or two.
00:34:49.52\00:34:50.99
Took it and hid it in
the floor of his tent.
00:34:51.20\00:34:54.72
Dug a hole, put it in there.
00:34:54.92\00:34:57.10
Covered it up,
put a rug over it.
00:34:57.30\00:34:58.77
Went on. And then you
remember the incident when they
00:34:58.97\00:35:03.75
needed the Lord's care and they
needed the Lord's protection;
00:35:03.86\00:35:08.34
they needed the
Lord's help in fighting Ai.
00:35:08.55\00:35:11.68
It wasn't there.
00:35:11.88\00:35:13.44
And when they sought the Lord
and asked what the problem was,
00:35:15.42\00:35:18.40
He told them there
was sin in the camp.
00:35:18.43\00:35:21.38
Now folks, watch
what happens here
00:35:21.58\00:35:27.26
because they call
everybody together
00:35:27.46\00:35:30.60
and here Joshua
takes them through
00:35:31.42\00:35:34.68
tribe by tribe.
00:35:34.88\00:35:38.01
They called the tribe
of Judah. They cast lots.
00:35:38.21\00:35:41.92
Everybody in the tribe
of, excuse me, of Benjamin...
00:35:42.12\00:35:45.72
of Reuben was fine.
00:35:45.93\00:35:47.94
They went tribe after tribe.
00:35:49.47\00:35:51.62
What I'm trying to
tell you is all this time
00:35:51.82\00:35:54.77
Achan had the opportunity
just to step up and say
00:35:54.97\00:35:58.20
"I'm the one. "
00:35:58.31\00:35:59.33
I mean, this isn't a
matter of God arbitrarily saying
00:35:59.53\00:36:04.94
"You've had it. " God
has given him lots of time
00:36:05.14\00:36:08.58
to confess. He could have said:
00:36:08.68\00:36:11.04
"Lord, I did this.
I'm sorry that I did it. "
00:36:11.24\00:36:14.40
But he didn't.
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.88
And they through tribe
after tribe, family by family,
00:36:17.08\00:36:21.93
until finally they
got to the tribe of Judah.
00:36:22.13\00:36:24.93
And when they got to
the tribe of Judah, it says:
00:36:25.13\00:36:29.33
This is what happened;
this is what took place.
00:36:29.36\00:36:31.92
I mean we're talking
about a long process.
00:36:36.78\00:36:39.33
That is a forced confession.
00:37:02.43\00:37:05.47
Forced. He said:
"This is what I have done. "
00:37:05.67\00:37:08.06
Didn't do him any good.
00:37:08.26\00:37:09.84
Cost him his life.
00:37:10.04\00:37:11.75
You and I must come
from a willing heart...
00:37:11.95\00:37:16.22
come to the Lord and confess
our sins out of a willing heart.
00:37:16.72\00:37:22.63
Well, it tells us
that if we confess
00:37:22.83\00:37:28.02
God will forgive us.
00:37:28.22\00:37:29.84
Oh how important it is
00:37:41.84\00:37:44.07
that you and I stay humble.
00:37:44.27\00:37:49.09
Dear friend, there's
no place for haughtiness.
00:37:50.95\00:37:56.90
There's no place
for better than you.
00:37:57.10\00:38:01.91
We must face every
individual and treat them
00:38:03.38\00:38:07.51
better than we are.
00:38:09.07\00:38:10.36
That's what we need to do.
00:38:10.66\00:38:12.56
And God says:
"If you will do that,
00:38:12.77\00:38:15.43
I will honor you.
I'll be with you. "
00:38:15.63\00:38:18.90
"He who is of a
humble and contrite heart. "
00:38:19.10\00:38:22.05
This is what God is looking for.
00:38:22.25\00:38:25.38
This is what He's after.
00:38:25.59\00:38:27.19
As I said in the
last presentation,
00:38:28.53\00:38:31.72
probably Paul
had a better glimpse
00:38:32.32\00:38:38.27
of what was involved
here than about anybody else.
00:38:38.37\00:38:41.33
You see, Paul was
of a cleric nature.
00:38:41.53\00:38:46.59
And probably there are no people
00:38:46.89\00:38:50.50
as hard to save as the cleric.
00:38:50.53\00:38:55.00
And I'm talking
out of experience, see.
00:38:56.30\00:39:01.14
Because that's
their nature to...
00:39:01.27\00:39:05.48
you know, if you want...
If you want something done,
00:39:05.68\00:39:08.40
you give it to
somebody of a cleric nature.
00:39:08.60\00:39:11.07
They'll get it done,
00:39:11.27\00:39:13.28
and I mean,
they'll get the job done.
00:39:13.48\00:39:14.74
Of course, they'll
kill 15 people in doing it,
00:39:14.94\00:39:16.97
but they'll get the job done.
00:39:17.07\00:39:18.14
See? That's the cleric.
00:39:18.34\00:39:21.08
And Paul was cleric.
00:39:21.28\00:39:23.18
I mean he talks about it here;
00:39:23.38\00:39:25.06
just listen to what he says:
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.45
I mean, no question about it.
00:39:42.01\00:39:44.27
He is rough.
00:39:44.47\00:39:46.69
This is what he did.
00:39:59.89\00:40:01.56
Paul did not
hide his sins, folks.
00:40:03.38\00:40:09.24
He did not hide his
sins; he confessed them.
00:40:09.44\00:40:14.16
You and I must not let pride
come between us and the Lord.
00:40:17.27\00:40:23.18
I must be willing to humbly
00:40:24.81\00:40:28.22
confess my sins to God.
00:40:28.43\00:40:32.60
And He in turn says:
"I'll forgive you, change you. "
00:40:32.80\00:40:37.64
One of the most
wonderful stories
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.22
in the Bible as
far as I'm concerned
00:40:40.42\00:40:42.99
is the Prodigal Son.
00:40:43.19\00:40:44.71
Marvelous story.
00:40:44.91\00:40:47.01
Son, younger son, had
gone to his father and said:
00:40:48.21\00:40:53.68
"I don't like it here anymore.
00:40:53.88\00:40:56.07
I want to go; I want
to make it on my own.
00:40:56.27\00:40:59.50
I want to go out,
make it on my own.
00:40:59.70\00:41:02.39
I'd like to have my inheritance.
00:41:02.59\00:41:05.25
Give me my
inheritance and let me go. "
00:41:05.45\00:41:07.52
And he took his inheritance
and went off to a foreign city.
00:41:07.82\00:41:12.34
And the
foolishness of youth took hold,
00:41:12.64\00:41:17.96
because he blew
all the inheritance.
00:41:18.06\00:41:21.41
Didn't take him long
to do that, you know.
00:41:21.61\00:41:24.16
Spent it all
00:41:24.36\00:41:25.83
and all of a sudden
found himself without friends,
00:41:26.03\00:41:31.89
without money,
00:41:32.09\00:41:35.31
without food,
00:41:35.51\00:41:37.02
and for the first time
found himself in a position
00:41:37.22\00:41:41.31
where he had to work.
00:41:41.52\00:41:44.46
The work that he could get
00:41:47.55\00:41:49.83
certainly wasn't
anything to his liking
00:41:50.04\00:41:54.77
because he received
a job to feed the pigs.
00:41:54.97\00:41:58.68
Now folks, you don't have
any idea how offensive that is
00:41:58.98\00:42:04.92
to a Jew.
00:42:05.02\00:42:06.89
I mean, I can remember
talking to a Jewish lady once,
00:42:07.09\00:42:13.08
and we were talking about this.
00:42:13.18\00:42:14.24
And I asked her
about eating pork.
00:42:14.44\00:42:17.82
How she felt about
eating pork, and she said:
00:42:18.02\00:42:19.84
"I'd rather eat human. "
00:42:19.87\00:42:21.57
That gives you a little...
a little idea of how offensive
00:42:22.87\00:42:26.29
it is. And here he is out here
feeding... feeding the pigs!
00:42:26.42\00:42:30.71
Hungry... nothing to eat.
00:42:30.91\00:42:33.88
And I mean to the place
that he decided he'd eat
00:42:34.19\00:42:37.62
what the pigs were eating.
00:42:37.73\00:42:39.30
And finally in that state, it
says, that he came to himself.
00:42:40.65\00:42:43.51
I want you to
listen to the story
00:42:43.72\00:42:45.93
because this is what it says:
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.37
He said: "All the servants in
my father's household eat well,
00:42:58.10\00:43:04.03
and here I am out
here dying from hunger! "
00:43:04.23\00:43:09.55
Said: "I'm going to
go back to my father. "
00:43:19.49\00:43:22.92
Wisest decision he ever made!
00:43:23.12\00:43:26.62
If you are away from the Father,
00:43:27.97\00:43:33.93
dear friend, won't you arise
today and go to the Father?
00:43:34.13\00:43:37.97
He said: "I'll
arise. I'll go to my father
00:43:39.43\00:43:43.03
and I'll say I've
sinned against you. "
00:43:43.23\00:43:45.40
So, you and I have
sinned against Him.
00:43:46.86\00:43:52.83
Come to Him.
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.73
Say: "I've sinned
against you, Lord. "
00:43:54.93\00:43:57.36
Said: "I've sinned against you.
00:44:06.87\00:44:09.42
I'm just... I'm just not worthy
to be called your son any more.
00:44:09.52\00:44:13.69
Just make me one
of your hired servants
00:44:13.89\00:44:17.29
because they have food to
eat. They have a place to sleep.
00:44:17.49\00:44:22.21
They have all this. Just let me
be one of your hired servants. "
00:44:22.41\00:44:27.33
And so the Prodigal Son
gets out of the pig pen.
00:44:28.74\00:44:33.38
Heads back to his father.
00:44:33.58\00:44:36.46
Heads back to his father.
00:44:36.66\00:44:39.08
It says his father sees
him coming a long way off.
00:44:39.28\00:44:44.84
Let me tell you something.
00:44:46.83\00:44:49.53
God's been watching
you for a long, long time.
00:44:49.73\00:44:53.32
And you may be a long way off,
00:44:55.07\00:44:58.84
but let me tell you something:
He's watching your every move.
00:44:59.04\00:45:03.56
Watching your every
move, and He just says "Come. "
00:45:05.17\00:45:07.57
"Come to Me. "
00:45:07.77\00:45:09.86
And it says that his father
rose and went to meet his son.
00:45:10.56\00:45:16.48
He said: "Father, I
have sinned before you.
00:45:26.07\00:45:28.67
I'm not worthy to
be called your son. "
00:45:28.78\00:45:30.82
What was he
supposed to say next?
00:45:31.02\00:45:33.22
Do you know?
00:45:33.42\00:45:37.31
Oh, he had rehearsed
that. He had it all lined up.
00:45:37.41\00:45:40.10
He was going to say:
"Make me one of your servants. "
00:45:40.31\00:45:44.20
That was the next
words that were to come out.
00:45:44.30\00:45:46.58
Never got to say them.
00:45:46.78\00:45:50.10
And the father... father
interrupted him right there.
00:45:50.30\00:45:55.18
Said: "I'm not worthy to
be called your son anymore. "
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.31
The father
interrupted him and said:
00:45:57.51\00:45:59.64
"THIS IS MY SON! "
00:45:59.84\00:46:01.83
Said... never was able
to even say that to him.
00:46:16.96\00:46:20.36
Oh, dear friend, how wonderful
00:46:32.69\00:46:37.32
that God stands there
with open arms inviting you
00:46:37.35\00:46:42.08
and inviting me to come.
00:46:42.29\00:46:45.59
Don't come haughty.
00:46:45.79\00:46:48.72
Don't come self-righteous.
00:46:49.02\00:46:54.55
Just come to Him humbly,
00:46:54.85\00:46:58.58
pleading His mercy.
00:46:58.78\00:47:02.50
And He will forgive you
and cleanse you of your sins.
00:47:02.70\00:47:07.60
He will make you a child of God.
00:47:28.83\00:47:32.91
That He will do.
00:47:33.11\00:47:34.59
One of the great
preachers of the past,
00:47:34.79\00:47:39.94
Charles Spurgeon,
told this parable...
00:47:40.14\00:47:44.07
no, excuse
me... told this fable.
00:47:44.27\00:47:46.81
This is a fable,
folks. It's not true.
00:47:47.01\00:47:51.05
OK? It's a fable.
00:47:51.25\00:47:53.48
It's an old, old
fable about Jesus Christ.
00:47:53.68\00:47:57.50
OK? And in the fable it says
00:47:57.70\00:48:01.66
that Christ was going through
00:48:01.86\00:48:05.50
a region outside of Jerusalem.
00:48:05.60\00:48:09.93
And as He traveled, he
decided he would spend the night
00:48:10.13\00:48:14.07
in a hermit's cave
outside a city there.
00:48:14.28\00:48:19.36
An old monk lived in the cave.
00:48:21.45\00:48:25.10
In the city beside this cave
00:48:27.12\00:48:30.08
was a young man that
was absolutely so vile,
00:48:30.28\00:48:34.63
so horrible, that the people
in the city said the devil
00:48:34.83\00:48:40.02
wouldn't associate with him
00:48:40.13\00:48:41.27
because the devil
didn't want to become worse.
00:48:41.47\00:48:44.02
But this young man heard
that Christ would forgive sins.
00:48:45.97\00:48:50.98
And so he went to
Christ in the cave
00:48:51.18\00:48:54.60
and he said: "Would You please,
00:48:54.80\00:48:59.11
out of Your mercy and Your love,
00:48:59.31\00:49:02.32
I don't deserve it,
00:49:02.52\00:49:04.30
but would You
forgive me of my sins
00:49:04.50\00:49:08.22
and give me a new heart?
00:49:08.42\00:49:10.62
Make me a new person? "
00:49:10.82\00:49:12.35
And the old hermit,
the old monk that was
00:49:12.55\00:49:16.80
in the cave, turned to
the young man and said:
00:49:17.00\00:49:19.39
"Get out of here. You don't
belong in this holy place. "
00:49:19.59\00:49:22.00
And then he turned
to Christ and he said:
00:49:22.21\00:49:24.82
"In the next world, will
You give me a place as far away
00:49:25.02\00:49:29.69
from this wretch as possible? "
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.25
And Jesus turned
to him and He said:
00:49:33.33\00:49:36.79
"Yes, I will
honor your prayer. "
00:49:38.42\00:49:40.61
He said: "Because
you are self-righteous,
00:49:40.91\00:49:44.78
I'll give you a place in hell.
00:49:44.99\00:49:47.33
And because this man is
penitent and seeking My mercy,
00:49:47.53\00:49:52.80
I will give him a
place in heaven. "
00:49:53.00\00:49:55.24
So Christ does
for you and for me.
00:49:55.44\00:49:59.82
That we just
come to Him simply...
00:50:00.03\00:50:05.35
simply with our
sins just as we are.
00:50:05.56\00:50:09.45
Seeking Him.
00:50:09.48\00:50:11.57
Asking Him to come into our
hearts that He will be with us.
00:50:11.77\00:50:16.69
Listen as Pam sings.
00:50:16.89\00:50:19.37
Out of my bondage,
00:50:22.26\00:50:26.03
sorrow and night,
00:50:26.23\00:50:30.57
Jesus, I come,
00:50:30.77\00:50:35.64
Jesus, I come;
00:50:35.84\00:50:40.54
Into Thy freedom,
00:50:40.74\00:50:45.84
gladness and light,
00:50:46.04\00:50:50.72
Jesus,
00:50:50.92\00:50:53.36
I come
00:50:53.46\00:50:55.86
to Thee.
00:50:56.06\00:51:02.01
Today, do you have something
that's standing between
00:51:03.78\00:51:09.44
you and the Lord?
00:51:09.54\00:51:11.12
Is there a sin that's
00:51:12.21\00:51:18.04
holding you back?
00:51:18.24\00:51:19.26
Is there a father out here
00:51:21.21\00:51:25.13
that has never reached
out and accepted Jesus Christ
00:51:25.33\00:51:29.17
as his personal Savior
00:51:29.27\00:51:30.61
because he thought his
sins could not be forgiven?
00:51:30.81\00:51:35.41
Is there a
mother, a wife out here
00:51:37.31\00:51:39.86
that has gone about
her daily activities
00:51:40.06\00:51:44.94
but has never surrendered
her heart to Jesus Christ?
00:51:45.04\00:51:49.19
Maybe there's some sin,
00:51:49.39\00:51:53.38
some hard feeling,
something standing in your way
00:51:53.58\00:51:58.21
between you and the Lord.
00:51:58.31\00:51:59.63
Won't you come to Him today?
00:51:59.83\00:52:02.46
Young person, won't
you give your heart to Him?
00:52:03.52\00:52:09.34
Let me just tell you,
nothing can change your life
00:52:09.54\00:52:15.20
as remarkably and make
it so absolutely different
00:52:15.40\00:52:21.34
and bring the joy and the peace
00:52:21.54\00:52:24.15
that Christ can bring
00:52:24.35\00:52:27.04
if you just come to Him.
00:52:27.24\00:52:29.59
Confess our sins.
00:52:29.70\00:52:31.37
Lay them before the Lord.
00:52:31.57\00:52:33.31
Accept Him as
your personal Savior.
00:52:33.51\00:52:37.36
He loves you.
00:52:37.57\00:52:39.32
He wants to give
you eternal life.
00:52:39.52\00:52:42.94
Now's the time to
get rid of all the sin,
00:52:43.14\00:52:48.55
all the infection, that
those hurts that might be
00:52:48.65\00:52:53.37
in your life can be
healed and made different.
00:52:53.47\00:52:56.94
Won't you, today, reach out,
00:52:57.14\00:53:01.22
confess your sins,
00:53:01.42\00:53:03.93
open your heart to Jesus Christ?
00:53:04.13\00:53:07.02
Let us pray.
00:53:07.23\00:53:08.74
Heavenly Father,
00:53:09.70\00:53:11.38
we come to You today
00:53:11.59\00:53:14.31
thanking You that You
are willing to forgive us.
00:53:14.51\00:53:19.51
Lord help us... help
us not to let anything
00:53:20.80\00:53:26.22
stand between us and You.
00:53:26.33\00:53:30.10
Nothing between the
Lord and our Savior.
00:53:30.30\00:53:35.28
Nothing between us and You
00:53:35.48\00:53:39.28
that we might open
our hearts and give You
00:53:39.48\00:53:43.76
all those things
that we have done wrong,
00:53:43.96\00:53:47.92
all those hurt feelings,
00:53:48.12\00:53:50.09
all those sins.
00:53:50.29\00:53:51.99
That we would confess
them, lay them at Your feet,
00:53:52.19\00:53:55.93
and receive
from You forgiveness.
00:53:56.13\00:54:00.70
Bless each one that's
watching here today, Lord.
00:54:00.73\00:54:04.09
May they find peace.
May they find relief.
00:54:05.53\00:54:11.05
May they find a peace
that will come over their souls
00:54:11.55\00:54:17.45
like they have never
known as they confess their sins
00:54:17.66\00:54:22.54
to You.
00:54:22.64\00:54:23.98
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:24.18\00:54:28.63
We're going to continue
to talk about salvation...
00:54:32.23\00:54:36.14
what the Lord does
for you and for me.
00:54:36.34\00:54:40.73
Our next presentation
is on faith and acceptance.
00:54:40.93\00:54:45.40
You see, repentance and
00:54:45.50\00:54:48.66
conversion, folks, I'm sorry,
00:54:48.76\00:54:50.41
takes you to the
very gates of hell.
00:54:50.62\00:54:54.24
But faith takes
you to heaven itself.
00:54:54.44\00:54:59.30
See? And that's what
we're going to look at.
00:54:59.50\00:55:01.79
We're going to see
what the Lord does for us
00:55:01.99\00:55:04.69
in a very special way,
so we hope that you'll be
00:55:04.89\00:55:07.51
sure to be with us as we
talk about faith and acceptance.
00:55:07.61\00:55:11.25
I think you'll find it'll
bless your soul in a special way
00:55:11.45\00:55:14.91
as you see all that the
Lord is doing for you and for me
00:55:15.11\00:55:20.01
that we might
receive the wonderful gift
00:55:20.21\00:55:23.80
of eternal life that
He has for each one of you
00:55:24.00\00:55:27.88
this day, this time.
00:55:28.08\00:55:30.63
For indeed, we are
living in serious time.
00:55:30.83\00:55:33.95
The kingdom of God IS at hand.
00:55:34.15\00:55:37.31
God bless you.
Stay close to the Lord
00:55:37.51\00:55:40.06
as you follow Him day by day.
00:55:40.16\00:55:42.73
Jesus said in
John the sixth chapter
00:55:49.02\00:55:51.05
"I am the living bread
that cometh down from heaven
00:55:51.25\00:55:53.92
that a man may eat
thereof and not die.
00:55:54.12\00:55:57.55
He who comes to Me will
never hunger or never thirst. "
00:55:57.76\00:56:01.88
He went on to say
00:56:02.08\00:56:03.35
"The words that I speak
unto you: they are spirit
00:56:03.55\00:56:07.05
and they are life.
00:56:07.25\00:56:08.55
Just as the Father sent Me
and I live because of the Father
00:56:08.75\00:56:12.35
so he who eats of this
bread will live because of Me. "
00:56:12.55\00:56:17.89
So many people in this world
are literally starving and weak
00:56:19.05\00:56:23.84
because they do not
feed on the Word of God.
00:56:24.04\00:56:26.85
Their minds are filled with
matters of minor importance.
00:56:27.05\00:56:30.38
Instead of eating the bread
which came down from heaven,
00:56:30.58\00:56:33.53
if they would only
eat the Bread of Life
00:56:33.73\00:56:36.50
they would be
regenerated and renewed.
00:56:36.71\00:56:39.27
The bread sent down from
heaven would give them new life.
00:56:39.47\00:56:42.56
The Holy Spirit would
show them things of God.
00:56:42.76\00:56:45.40
As we feed upon the Word,
00:56:45.60\00:56:47.83
we would become new
creatures in Christ.
00:56:48.03\00:56:50.95
Our whole ministry
exists for one purpose only:
00:56:52.10\00:56:55.51
to bring the Bread of
Life to those who are hungering
00:56:55.71\00:56:58.47
and thirsting for truth.
00:56:58.58\00:56:59.93
I wish you could see
the eagerness with which
00:57:00.14\00:57:02.90
they take hold of the spiritual
food that we offer them.
00:57:03.00\00:57:05.64
I wish you could see the light
that comes on in their eyes
00:57:05.74\00:57:09.11
as they accept
Him as their Savior.
00:57:09.21\00:57:11.33
Christ is able,
Christ is willing,
00:57:11.36\00:57:14.79
Christ is longing to save
all who will come unto Him.
00:57:14.99\00:57:19.63
Please pray for these souls.
00:57:19.83\00:57:21.78
And I hope you will
consider supporting our ministry
00:57:21.98\00:57:25.79
as we continue to offer
Jesus, the Bread of Life,
00:57:25.99\00:57:29.62
to all who are hungry
and thirsty for new life.
00:57:29.82\00:57:33.23
We thank you for your support.
00:57:33.43\00:57:36.15
If the Holy Spirit impresses
you to support this ministry,
00:57:36.96\00:57:39.92
please send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
00:57:40.12\00:57:42.44
Thank you for helping us
to bring the gift of salvation
00:57:55.94\00:57:58.83
to millions all over the world.
00:57:58.93\00:58:01.04