Good evening and welcome to
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Give Me The Bible.
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We are so happy that
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you are joining us by television
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live as we come to you
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from Thompsonville, Illinois
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with this great series
with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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Pastor Cox is a man who is
not only a Bible scholar but
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he's also a great
student of history.
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It was my privilege to
travel with him to a number of
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countries a few years ago.
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One of those was Rome.
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And as we went down
to the Mamertine Prison
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and we saw that place
where the apostle Paul
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was imprisoned, Pastor
Cox shared with us some of the
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research that he
had done on that subject
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and how that the Lord had
actually used that imprisonment
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to help to spread the
message of Jesus Christ
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throughout the city of Rome.
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So what a great thing that
God could use even that kind
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of imprisonment for the apostle.
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Tonight we're going
to be talking about faith
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and acceptance... a
subject that is so important
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to each one of us because
the Bible says "by faith"
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over and over again.
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And you and I need to
have a faith that's growing.
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Right now we're going
to listen as Pam Rhodes
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sings for us "God Can, "
and she'll be accompanied
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by her husband
Jim and by Dona Klein.
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Pam...
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I can't tell
when friends are true,
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but God can.
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I can't look inside
of you, but God can.
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Can't turn darkness into light,
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can't make
mountains snowy white,
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can't give
blinded eyes their sight,
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but God can.
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Sometimes I wonder in His plan
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if He included me.
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And then I think
how one small acorn
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made the big oak tree.
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I can't make the mornin' dew,
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I can't make the skies of blue,
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I can't make
your dreams come true,
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but God can.
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I can't calm the raging sea,
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but God can.
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Can't make honey like a bee,
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but God can.
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Can't make the lightning stop,
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can't make earth produce a crop,
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I can't make it rain a drop,
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but God can.
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Sometimes I wonder in His plan
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if He included me.
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And then I think
how one small acorn
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made the big oak tree.
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I can't make the mornin' dew,
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I can't make the skies of blue,
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I can't make
your dreams come true,
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but God can.
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God
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can.
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Thank you very
much; appreciate that.
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God indeed can.
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Glad to welcome you
to Give Me The Bible.
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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
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mislead us,
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what says the Bible to me?
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And this particular
series that we are doing
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is on the question of salvation.
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What does the Bible
say about salvation?
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That's what we want to
know, and so far we've looked
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at the grace of God,
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how wonderful,
marvelous the grace of God is.
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We've looked at the
subject of repentance.
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We have looked at confession.
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And tonight we're looking at:
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Faith and acceptance.
How that fits into it.
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And then our next
presentation will be Born Again.
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What happens when a
person is born again?
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What are the things that take
place in an individual's life
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and what does he do after that
in walking the Christian life?
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That's what we'll be looking
at in our next presentation:
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Born Again. So we hope
you'll be here for that
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as we take a look at it
because it's a very, very
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important part of salvation.
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But tonight we're looking at:
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What is faith?
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How do I have the kind of faith
that the scripture talks about?
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In accepting Christ,
what are you accepting?
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Those are questions that I
hope you will find an answer to
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tonight as we take a
look at the question of faith
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and acceptance in Christ
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and we see what the
Lord has done for us
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and how it all works.
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Because we have
looked at the elements
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so far that's
involved in salvation.
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So tonight we want to
look at faith and acceptance.
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One of the main things
that's involved is faith.
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Very, very important.
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And Pam Rhodes tonight
is going to sing for us
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a song about faith:
"Faith Unlocks The Door, "
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as she is helped with
Jim, husband, and Dona Klein.
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Prayer is the key
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to heaven,
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but faith unlocks the door.
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Words are so easily
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spoken,
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but prayer without faith
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is like a boat without an oar.
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So have faith when you speak
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to the Master,
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that's all He asks you for.
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Prayer is the key
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to heaven,
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but faith unlocks the door.
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So have faith when you speak
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to the Master,
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that's all He asks you for.
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Prayer is the key
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to heaven,
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but faith unlocks
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the door.
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Father in Heaven,
tonight we come to You
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asking that Your
Holy Spirit may come
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be in our presence
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that our hearts
may be in tune with You
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and that You might
lead and guide and direct
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as we look at Your Word.
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That we might see and understand
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how to relate to You.
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That we might understand
how to open our hearts,
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surrender our lives, that
Christ may be able to work
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in our lives that
each of us may be renewed
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in our minds and in our spirit.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Everything in the Christian life
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operates by faith.
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Everything.
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Therefore, faith is extremely
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important. That's why Paul said:
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Very, very important.
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In fact, if we want
our relationship with God
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to be what it should,
we've got to have faith...
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because it says:
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So it tell us that
we must have faith.
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I have a lot of
people that ask me
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"What do you consider
the most important thing
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in the Christian life? "
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Now I don't believe that
you can live a Christian life
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without spending
time in God's Word.
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You see, this
book to you spiritually
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is the same thing that
food is to you physically.
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And so if you're going to
live and if you're going to grow
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in the spiritual experience,
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you've got to
spend time in God's Word.
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Absolutely vital.
You can't do that.
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But it tells us that
the way we get faith...
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How do we get faith?
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"Faith cometh by
the Word of God. "
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That's what it tells us.
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That's how we get faith is
by reading the Word of God.
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That's why you read
it; that's why you study
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is to give you faith so you
can walk in the Christian life
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as God wants you to.
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I also don't believe that
you can live a Christian life
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if you don't
spend time in prayer.
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Prayer is the same
thing to you spiritually
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as breath is to you physically.
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Therefore, if I don't pray,
I'm going to die spiritually.
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So I need to pray day by day.
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Those things are
vital; they have to be.
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But if you ask me what do
I consider the most important
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thing in the Christian life,
I'm going to tell you faith.
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Because that's
the reason you pray.
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Your prayers are to
be mixed with faith.
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God wants us to have
faith. Very, very important
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that we do. In fact,
after the resurrection
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and Jesus was
talking to Thomas He said:
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Watch what He says...
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In other words Christ is
saying, those individuals that
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have faith in what I say,
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those are the
individuals that are blessed
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because they have faith.
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But in the English language it
takes two things to make faith.
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Two words, I should say to make
faith in the English language,
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and we use them
in regard to faith.
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Sometimes speaking
of somebody we say:
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"What's his...
what's his faith? "
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What do we mean?
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Well, what's his
belief? That's what we mean.
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What is his belief?
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Belief is part of faith.
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That... it very much is.
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Sometimes we say:
"Well I have faith in him. "
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What am I saying?
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Well I trust him.
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Those are the two words
in English that it takes
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to make faith.
Notice as Philip was talking
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to the Ethiopian just
before he was baptized
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it says:
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You see, belief was necessary.
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But belief by
itself is not enough.
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You can believe and not
be saved. Did you know that?
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You can believe
and not be saved.
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James 2 verse 19:
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So belief by itself is
not enough... it takes more
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than just belief.
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What does it
take more than that?
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It takes trust.
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I've got to believe;
I also have to trust.
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And there's an excellent example
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in scripture when
it comes to trust.
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Has to do with the centurion.
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Remember that story in
the Bible about the centurion?
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It says here in Luke 7:
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Now here this
centurion's servant was sick,
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about to die. And he
sent somebody to Christ saying
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"Heal him. " And
they have taken Christ
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and they've almost
got to the house and the
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centurion comes out and says:
"Listen, You don't need to come
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any farther. " Watch
what he has to say to Him:
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Says all this he does, OK?
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Said "I've never seen such great
faith, not even in Israel. "
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A trust... That is
involved in faith very much.
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Let me ask you a
question tonight.
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Did the faith of the
centurion heal the servant?
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No.
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The faith of that centurion
did not heal the servant, folks.
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Faith was simply the
vehicle by which that centurion
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used to lay hold
of the power of God.
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See? There's nothing about us.
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There's nothing about our
faith that makes us worthy
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or anything of that type.
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It was simply the
vehicle by which he took hold
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of the power of God.
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And that's what
you and I must do.
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I have to have faith;
I have to trust the Lord.
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Work kind of like this chair.
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What was this chair made for?
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Huh?
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To sit on.
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Uh, looks like it's
constructed pretty good.
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Do you think it'd hold me up?
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Yeah, prob'ly would.
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What do I have to
do to know for sure
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that chair'll hold me up?
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Now you see, I could look at it.
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Say, "Oh, I believe it would.
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It's constructed good. "
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But I'm not going to
know until I sit down in it.
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See, I have to trust it.
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That is faith. I
have to trust it.
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Same thing with Christ.
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I must not just believe
in Him, I must trust Him.
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Totally trust
Him in all that I do.
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That is what is required
in faith is to trust the Lord.
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So I believe in
Him, I trust Him.
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That's faith.
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Trust Him. Believe what He says.
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When He says, He will do
it. No question about it.
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He will do what
He says He will do.
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What is faith?
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Well to begin with,
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In other words, I
believe what this book says.
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I believe it
from cover to cover.
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I believe that
when Moses prayed,
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I believe that
the Red Sea opened.
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And I believe that the
children of Israel walked across
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on dry ground.
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I believe that because
that's what God's Word says.
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I believe that
when Joshua prayed,
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I believe the sun stood still.
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I believe that
when Elisha prayed,
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the axe head floated.
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See? That is
believing in what God has done.
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That's faith, folks.
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Believing in what God has done.
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But I run onto some
people that say: "Oh, yes,
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I believe the Bible. I
believe what God's done.
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But the day of
miracles is past. "
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No, don't believe that.
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See? What He can do today.
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God opened up the Red Sea then,
He can open up the Red Sea now.
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That's faith.
Believing in what God can do.
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Let me ask you
something tonight.
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Have you accepted Christ?
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Hmmm?
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If you have accepted Christ,
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then is there any
condemnation in you?
00:20:52.78\00:20:56.54
No! See, He says that's now...
00:20:57.87\00:21:01.85
what He can do now.
00:21:02.05\00:21:03.91
I'm not under condemnation.
00:21:04.01\00:21:05.71
I walk by faith and I
am not under condemnation
00:21:05.91\00:21:09.84
because of what
Christ has done for me.
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That's reaching out in faith
and accepting what He has done
00:21:13.45\00:21:17.02
in your behalf.
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But faith is not only
believing in what God HAS done
00:21:18.73\00:21:22.61
and what God CAN
DO, but it also is:
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See? Very necessary.
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I mustn't just believe now.
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I must believe for what's
going to happen in the future.
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I must trust God not just now,
00:21:37.30\00:21:41.16
but I must trust
Him for the future.
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See, that's... that's
faith. That's what's required.
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He says here:
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Now, if you've accepted
Christ as your personal Savior
00:21:55.10\00:21:59.84
and there's no condemnation...
you're not condemned any more...
00:22:00.05\00:22:04.62
that's now... then can
you continue to walk with Him
00:22:04.82\00:22:09.62
by faith in the future?
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Absolutely.
00:22:11.40\00:22:13.95
What He does now He will
do for you in the future.
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That's walking with
the Lord; that's faith.
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Day by day by day walking
with Him is what's required.
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So how do I accept Him?
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How do I go
about accepting Christ?
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What am I
accepting? Let me ask you that.
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What are you accepting
when you accept Christ?
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Do you know what
you're accepting?
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Very important that
you understand what you are
00:22:41.65\00:22:46.49
accepting when you
accept Christ as your Savior.
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Let's see what you're accepting.
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One thing that you're accepting
is you're accepting His death
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in your behalf.
00:23:06.13\00:23:08.28
Clear? When
you're accepting Christ,
00:23:09.59\00:23:12.51
you're accepting His
death in your behalf.
00:23:12.71\00:23:17.09
Because without that,
then your debt's not paid.
00:23:18.16\00:23:22.62
Somebody...
somebody has to pay the debt.
00:23:22.82\00:23:28.14
And Christ has paid it for
you, and you are accepting it.
00:23:29.19\00:23:33.49
Please understand that when
we take a look at salvation,
00:23:33.69\00:23:37.97
salvation is something
that is done for you totally and
00:23:38.19\00:23:42.67
completely outside of you.
00:23:42.77\00:23:44.57
Totally and
completely outside of you.
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You can't add
anything in any way
00:23:49.15\00:23:54.41
to what the Lord has done.
00:23:54.61\00:23:56.94
There's nothing
you can do about it.
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All you can simply do is
accept what He has done for you.
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And you accept that by faith.
00:24:05.41\00:24:07.18
And so you accept
His death by faith.
00:24:07.38\00:24:11.55
Say, "I accept
Christ died for me. "
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Something He did
for each one of us.
00:24:15.45\00:24:17.83
And by accepting that, we're
not under any condemnation.
00:24:18.75\00:24:24.51
You remember the lady
they brought to Christ
00:24:24.71\00:24:28.47
that they had caught
in the act of adultery.
00:24:29.74\00:24:32.65
By the law, she was
to be stoned to death.
00:24:34.05\00:24:39.99
That was the law.
00:24:41.13\00:24:42.62
And you remember, they
came and asked Christ about it,
00:24:43.50\00:24:47.92
and He bent over and
started writing in the sand.
00:24:48.92\00:24:54.44
And it says:
00:24:54.64\00:24:56.62
Said, "Where are they? "
00:25:07.73\00:25:10.41
For it says He had
written in the sand their sins.
00:25:10.61\00:25:14.32
They one by one
left, walked away.
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Then He said:
"Where are your accusers? "
00:25:18.72\00:25:20.82
Now watch, because
He says to this woman:
00:25:21.02\00:25:24.36
Go. Sin no more.
I don't accuse you.
00:25:35.92\00:25:38.31
Don't sin any more.
00:25:38.51\00:25:40.40
So with you and I
God does the same thing.
00:25:40.69\00:25:43.95
We come to Him,
and He accepts us.
00:25:44.05\00:25:46.98
There is no condemnation
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.47
to those who are in
00:25:50.67\00:25:52.73
Christ Jesus.
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Dear friend, please.
00:25:54.26\00:25:56.10
If you've given your
heart to Jesus Christ,
00:25:56.30\00:25:59.61
don't walk around condemned.
00:25:59.81\00:26:03.37
Don't walk around burdened.
00:26:03.57\00:26:07.43
Don't walk around carrying
sins that you've gotten rid of.
00:26:07.63\00:26:11.53
You know, don't...
don't do that. Don't...
00:26:12.60\00:26:14.70
Take them and get rid of them
00:26:15.10\00:26:17.04
and you're no longer condemned.
You're free from that.
00:26:17.24\00:26:20.35
You don't need to walk
around with that burden on you
00:26:20.45\00:26:22.81
any more. He's
taken it all way from you.
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.40
He died so that you
are not under condemnation.
00:26:25.60\00:26:30.68
He did that for you and for me.
00:26:30.88\00:26:33.38
This is what He says:
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God's telling you, "Listen,
if you've done something wrong,
00:26:48.41\00:26:51.08
if you've been
away from the Lord, "
00:26:51.18\00:26:52.30
and there may be some of you
00:26:52.40\00:26:53.80
out there in the
television audience
00:26:54.01\00:26:56.32
that's been away from
the Lord for a long time.
00:26:56.52\00:26:59.54
And He says: "Come.
00:27:00.89\00:27:03.93
I'm a God of mercy. Come. "
00:27:04.13\00:27:07.85
Take your sins just as
you are and come to Him.
00:27:08.05\00:27:13.16
Those are things that we
found out the other night
00:27:23.13\00:27:26.72
that He does out of grace.
00:27:26.92\00:27:30.23
That's out of His grace, out
of His love, out of His mercy.
00:27:30.43\00:27:34.65
If we had to earn it, well then
some of us would be in trouble.
00:27:36.88\00:27:40.97
See? But you don't!
00:27:41.80\00:27:43.90
You don't earn
it; it's given to you.
00:27:44.10\00:27:47.01
It's given to you freely.
00:27:47.11\00:27:48.65
You don't have
to earn it at all.
00:27:48.86\00:27:51.01
"I have redeemed you. "
00:28:03.14\00:28:04.79
He is saying just come to
Me. Just come to Me as you are.
00:28:05.00\00:28:10.21
You don't have to do anything.
00:28:10.51\00:28:13.61
You can come just as you are.
00:28:13.81\00:28:17.66
Back in the days of slavery
00:28:26.22\00:28:30.04
there was a plantation owner
00:28:30.24\00:28:34.24
that was very, very
hard. A very cruel man.
00:28:34.44\00:28:39.74
And he got sick.
00:28:40.76\00:28:42.96
They called the doctor.
00:28:43.16\00:28:44.82
And the doctor
came and examined him...
00:28:45.02\00:28:48.63
told him to set
his house in order.
00:28:48.83\00:28:51.57
He said: "You aren't
going to live very long.
00:28:51.77\00:28:54.48
In fact, you don't
have but a few days.
00:28:55.49\00:28:58.74
You're not going to live long. "
00:28:58.94\00:28:59.94
And when the doctor
left, the old plantation owner
00:29:01.67\00:29:06.12
got to thinking
among all of his slaves
00:29:06.32\00:29:10.26
there was one old man
that he knew without any
00:29:10.46\00:29:15.92
question of a doubt was a...
00:29:16.12\00:29:18.86
was a person
that loved the Lord,
00:29:19.06\00:29:22.45
that was saved as
far as he was concerned.
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.38
He believed that
with all of his heart.
00:29:24.48\00:29:26.05
And he called in this old
slave and he said: "Listen,
00:29:26.25\00:29:28.95
the doctor was just here
and he told me that I'm dying.
00:29:29.15\00:29:34.58
I don't have much time left...
00:29:34.88\00:29:37.32
just a matter of a day
or so and I'll be dead. "
00:29:37.52\00:29:42.27
And he said:
"I'm lost. I'm lost. "
00:29:42.47\00:29:47.23
Said: "Tell me, just tell me
what I have to do to be saved. "
00:29:47.43\00:29:52.02
The old slave said:
"You want to be saved? "
00:29:53.88\00:29:57.30
He said: "Then you've got to
go with me out to the hog pen.
00:29:57.50\00:30:01.45
Kneel down in the
hog pen and pray. "
00:30:01.65\00:30:04.56
And boy, the pride of
that old plantation owner
00:30:04.76\00:30:09.05
came up and he
looked at him and he said:
00:30:09.25\00:30:11.12
"I'm not doing any such thing.
00:30:11.32\00:30:13.36
I'm not going to go out
and kneel down in a hog pen
00:30:13.56\00:30:16.44
and pray with you. "
00:30:16.64\00:30:18.03
And the slave turned
and walked out of the room.
00:30:18.23\00:30:22.29
The day passed, and
the plantation owner could
00:30:23.95\00:30:28.09
feel that time was
passing very quickly for him...
00:30:28.29\00:30:33.10
that he wasn't
going to do very well.
00:30:33.30\00:30:35.22
He called in the slave
again, and he said: "Listen, "
00:30:35.42\00:30:38.38
He said: "I'm dying. "
00:30:38.58\00:30:40.88
He said: "I'm a lost
man. I don't have any hope. "
00:30:41.08\00:30:43.55
He said: "Tell me,
please tell me what...
00:30:43.75\00:30:46.50
what do I have
to do to be saved? "
00:30:46.71\00:30:48.79
The slave said: "Well, you
want to be saved, " he said,
00:30:48.92\00:30:53.36
"you've got to go
with me out to the pig pen.
00:30:53.57\00:30:55.56
Kneel down in the
pig pen and pray. "
00:30:55.76\00:30:59.29
The plantation owner said:
00:30:59.49\00:31:02.22
"I'm not going to
do any such thing.
00:31:02.42\00:31:04.69
I'm not going to go out there
and kneel down in that pig pen
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.74
and pray with you. I'm
not going to do that. "
00:31:07.95\00:31:10.01
The slave turned and
walked out of the room.
00:31:11.65\00:31:13.88
Another day passed, and
the plantation owner could feel
00:31:15.41\00:31:19.10
the life leaving him...
00:31:19.21\00:31:21.59
and feel him passing away.
00:31:21.79\00:31:24.68
Called in the slave
and he said: "Listen, "
00:31:26.07\00:31:28.47
Said: "I don't
have but a few hours. "
00:31:28.67\00:31:32.69
He said: "I'm
dying a lost man. "
00:31:32.89\00:31:36.29
He said: "Just tell me
what... what do I have to do
00:31:36.49\00:31:40.87
to be saved? "
00:31:41.07\00:31:42.62
The slave said:
"You want to be saved? "
00:31:43.80\00:31:46.04
He said: "You've got to
go with me out to the hog pen
00:31:46.97\00:31:50.85
and kneel down. Pray with
me there in the hog pen. "
00:31:50.95\00:31:54.61
And the pride of
that old plantation owner
00:31:54.81\00:31:58.65
just swelled up and all.
00:31:58.85\00:32:00.73
Finally he just let out
his breath and sank back
00:32:00.93\00:32:04.92
into the pillow and
he said: "OK, let's go. "
00:32:05.12\00:32:08.16
And the slave said to him:
00:32:09.37\00:32:10.90
"You don't have to go
but you have to be willing. "
00:32:11.10\00:32:14.53
That's true with you and me.
00:32:14.73\00:32:17.55
You see, we have to be willing.
00:32:17.65\00:32:19.76
I have to be willing to
let Christ work in my life
00:32:19.96\00:32:24.02
to do His work and do
what's necessary in my life
00:32:24.22\00:32:27.51
to change me and
make me different.
00:32:27.71\00:32:29.54
I can't let pride or I can't let
something swell up and keep me
00:32:29.74\00:32:34.91
away from the Savior, friends.
00:32:35.02\00:32:36.76
Can't do that. I have
to turn my life over to Him
00:32:36.96\00:32:40.74
and let Him do
His work in my life.
00:32:40.94\00:32:44.64
So you are accepting
the death of Jesus Christ
00:32:44.84\00:32:50.32
for your sins.
00:32:50.52\00:32:52.71
That's what you're
doing when you accept Christ.
00:32:52.91\00:32:54.89
You say: "I'm accepting
His death for my sins. "
00:32:55.09\00:32:58.10
But more than that
00:32:58.30\00:33:00.16
you are also accepting His life.
00:33:01.02\00:33:06.39
You see, it takes more
than His death to save you.
00:33:06.59\00:33:10.24
It takes His
life also to save you.
00:33:10.54\00:33:13.90
That's what it says
here in Romans 5 verse 10:
00:33:14.10\00:33:16.21
Through the death of Jesus
Christ you and I were brought
00:33:27.76\00:33:31.26
back into favor with God.
00:33:31.46\00:33:34.23
Please don't misunderstand that.
00:33:34.43\00:33:38.34
You're not brought back
into favor because you're
00:33:39.63\00:33:42.05
good looking. Or you're
not brought back into favor
00:33:42.25\00:33:46.88
because your family
had something to offer
00:33:47.09\00:33:50.03
or because you're wealthy.
00:33:50.13\00:33:51.99
None of those things bring
you back into favor with God.
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.87
You're brought
back into favor with God
00:33:55.07\00:33:58.04
by His Son Jesus Christ.
00:33:58.24\00:34:00.75
It's through Him that
you're brought back into favor.
00:34:00.78\00:34:04.15
And so it says that
you are reconciled to God
00:34:04.35\00:34:08.24
through the death of His Son.
00:34:08.45\00:34:10.42
He died; He paid your debt.
00:34:10.62\00:34:13.90
Do you understand that?
00:34:14.87\00:34:16.13
Let's say the
edge of this piano here
00:34:19.96\00:34:23.77
represents where you were born.
00:34:25.43\00:34:27.75
Let's say this podium here
00:34:30.58\00:34:33.57
represents where
you accept Jesus Christ.
00:34:34.66\00:34:37.82
Let's say the edge
of this organ over here
00:34:40.09\00:34:42.32
represents where
your life comes to an end.
00:34:43.47\00:34:46.60
OK?
00:34:47.59\00:34:49.10
When you accept Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior -
00:34:49.90\00:34:53.65
right here -
00:34:53.85\00:34:55.45
any sin... ANY SIN...
that you may have done
00:34:55.65\00:34:59.84
from the day you were born
00:35:00.04\00:35:02.43
to the day that
you accept Jesus Christ
00:35:03.47\00:35:06.18
is paid for by His death.
00:35:06.38\00:35:09.94
And at that point when
you have accepted Jesus Christ
00:35:11.21\00:35:15.17
as your personal
Savior, dear friend,
00:35:15.37\00:35:17.94
there is not one
sin to your account.
00:35:18.14\00:35:22.78
Do you understand that?
00:35:24.28\00:35:25.74
Nothing to your account.
00:35:25.94\00:35:27.94
YOU ARE TOTALLY CLEAN!
00:35:28.14\00:35:30.60
That song "Nothing
Between Me and the Savior. "
00:35:30.90\00:35:34.27
I mean, you are
clean in every bit.
00:35:34.47\00:35:37.66
OK? You are brought
back into favor with God,
00:35:37.86\00:35:43.64
you are reconciled
unto God at this point.
00:35:43.84\00:35:48.00
Scripture has a
great big word for that.
00:35:49.18\00:35:51.39
That's called justification.
00:35:52.57\00:35:55.46
You have been justified;
you have been made right.
00:35:55.66\00:36:00.29
Now let's go on to this text:
00:36:00.49\00:36:02.56
Paul says "MUCH MORE... "
00:36:07.31\00:36:10.23
When I accept Jesus Christ,
00:36:19.87\00:36:23.63
since I need...
since I need His life,
00:36:25.16\00:36:30.60
I need His perfection,
I need His righteousness
00:36:30.80\00:36:34.53
to cover my life, so when
I accept Him at this point
00:36:34.73\00:36:38.30
He gives to me His righteousness
and that covers me from here
00:36:38.50\00:36:43.88
all the way to here. I am
covered with His righteousness.
00:36:44.08\00:36:49.05
That's what He does for us.
00:36:50.75\00:36:52.40
Text I shared with
you the other night...
00:36:53.58\00:36:55.59
I don't know of a
better one in the Bible
00:36:55.79\00:36:59.21
so I'm coming
back to the same one
00:36:59.41\00:37:02.21
because I don't know of another
one I'd rather talk about
00:37:02.41\00:37:05.81
than this one, OK?
00:37:05.94\00:37:07.58
And it says:
00:37:07.78\00:37:08.86
That was right here...
"Made Him who knew no sin
00:37:13.28\00:37:18.00
to be sin for us. "
He died in your place!
00:37:18.10\00:37:21.24
OK?
00:37:21.44\00:37:22.77
But then it says:
00:37:22.97\00:37:24.51
That is here.
00:37:30.72\00:37:32.94
He gives to you and
to me His righteousness
00:37:33.14\00:37:37.78
that we are covered
by. Do you understand that?
00:37:38.64\00:37:41.17
And therefore, dear
friend, how... how can you
00:37:42.77\00:37:47.12
or how can
myself... how can I be gloomy?
00:37:47.32\00:37:52.74
How can I be depressed?
00:37:52.94\00:37:55.55
How can I be fearful?
00:37:55.75\00:37:58.59
How can I have any of those
00:37:58.79\00:38:00.19
things when I know that Jesus
00:38:00.29\00:38:02.06
Christ has done all that for me?
00:38:02.16\00:38:04.57
That's what He does for us.
00:38:05.72\00:38:07.51
Fills our lives.
00:38:07.81\00:38:09.53
Make us right
in the eyes of God.
00:38:09.73\00:38:14.54
Not because we deserved it
00:38:14.75\00:38:17.33
but out of His
mercy, out of His grace,
00:38:18.84\00:38:23.92
out of His love He did
that for you and for me.
00:38:24.22\00:38:30.12
Marvelous grace!
00:38:30.32\00:38:32.59
Every one of you here tonight...
God has been drawing you
00:38:48.52\00:38:54.15
with lovingkindness to Him.
00:38:54.35\00:38:57.75
Do you understand?
00:38:57.95\00:39:00.17
Do you understand
that you're special?
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.27
Do you understand that?
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Do you understand that
there's not another person
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anywhere in all of God's
vast universe that's like you?
00:39:08.95\00:39:14.47
That you are totally
and completely unique?
00:39:16.16\00:39:20.42
Not another
person anywhere like you.
00:39:20.62\00:39:23.87
That's the reason, friend,
that Jesus would have come
00:39:24.07\00:39:29.07
and He would have died for you
if you had been the only one.
00:39:29.27\00:39:34.06
Because there's not
another individual like you.
00:39:34.26\00:39:38.13
You are totally
and completely unique,
00:39:38.33\00:39:42.04
and you will be
that throughout eternity.
00:39:42.24\00:39:45.51
How horrible, how horrible
00:39:45.71\00:39:50.32
to think that you might be lost.
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And that means never, never,
throughout the ceaseless ages
00:39:55.14\00:40:00.43
of eternity will there
ever be another person like you.
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You see God...
God doesn't clone.
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God creates; God doesn't clone.
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The only people that clone
are those that can't create.
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See? But God creates.
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He made you special.
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And since you are
special, He redeemed you.
00:40:24.16\00:40:28.45
Came and died;
lived a perfect life
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that you might be saved.
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That's what He does for us.
00:40:37.34\00:40:39.29
Is that possible?
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You know, that's sad
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because He won't forget you
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throughout eternity.
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He won't forget you
throughout eternity.
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You are His creation.
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He made you.
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You're special.
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You'll be that
throughout eternity.
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We were down in Costa Rica
00:41:24.86\00:41:29.05
holding a meeting.
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One night after the
meeting this grandmother
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came up to me with
tears streaming down her face.
00:41:35.46\00:41:40.04
And she said: "Brother
Cox, would you please pray for
00:41:40.27\00:41:45.37
my grandson? "
00:41:45.47\00:41:46.78
Said: "He's a drunkard. "
00:41:46.98\00:41:48.97
Said: "He's
drunk all the time. "
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And said: "His wife has left
him. She's taken the children.
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He's lost his home.
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He's living here with me now. "
00:42:01.06\00:42:03.43
She said: "And if he
doesn't change, he's going to
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lose his job. And
if he loses his job,
00:42:09.20\00:42:12.73
I don't know what we'll do. "
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She said: "Would you
please, please pray for him? "
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And I assured her that I would.
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A couple of days later I was
speaking to a group of ministers
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there. And as I was talking
to this group of ministers
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well, uh, one of my team members
came up to where I was at
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and they said:
"There's somebody out here
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in the lobby that
wants to talk to you. "
00:42:41.78\00:42:44.17
And so I turned the meeting
00:42:44.38\00:42:46.71
over to one of my team members
00:42:46.81\00:42:51.07
and I went out to the lobby.
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And here stood this young man
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so drunk that he
could hardly stand up.
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I mean, just terribly drunk.
00:43:01.43\00:43:04.00
And as I spoke to
him and talked to him,
00:43:05.08\00:43:08.72
his speech was so slurred
00:43:08.92\00:43:10.71
you couldn't
hardly understand him...
00:43:10.91\00:43:12.77
what he was saying. But
putting two and two together,
00:43:12.97\00:43:17.85
I realized that
this was her grandson.
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And he sobbed out the
story that he had lost his job.
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That he had been fired from his
job because of his drunkenness.
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And in his drunken
stupor he said to me:
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"Please pray for me. Help me. "
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He said: "Please
do something for me. "
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Well what do you do
for somebody like that?
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I mean, so drunk he can't talk.
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Can't even hardly stand up.
00:43:45.04\00:43:46.96
You know, I felt like saying
"Well, go home and sober up
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and when you get sober come back
and I'll... I'll talk to you
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and see what I
can do to help you. "
00:43:54.84\00:43:56.20
And I thought:
"What do you have to lose?
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What do you have to
lose? So if you talk to him
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and he doesn't remember
one thing that you have said
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.91
to him, what do
you have to lose? "
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And so I said: "Sit down. "
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And I explained to him what
Jesus Christ had done for him.
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I explained to him how
that he and myself were sinners
00:44:22.40\00:44:28.38
and how that Jesus
Christ came and died for him.
00:44:28.58\00:44:32.99
Paid the price for him.
00:44:33.29\00:44:34.90
And how because of
what Christ did for him
00:44:35.10\00:44:38.10
he could find life in
Christ and find salvation
00:44:38.30\00:44:41.96
and he could
give his heart to Him.
00:44:42.06\00:44:43.12
And I told him about
how that Christ loved him
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and how that He would
be with him and help him
00:44:45.67\00:44:48.01
in the future as
he walked with Him.
00:44:48.21\00:44:50.07
And I explained
the gospel to him.
00:44:50.17\00:44:52.12
And in his drunken stupor
00:44:52.32\00:44:56.30
he accepted Jesus Christ,
gave his heart to Him and left.
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This was a large meeting.
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.85
Thousands of people
were coming to the meeting.
00:45:05.05\00:45:07.38
We finished the meeting,
00:45:07.68\00:45:10.03
and there we had
right at six hundred people
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lined up for baptism.
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And I was going
through speaking to each one
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and shaking their
hand and talking to them.
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And as I was going through
the line, there he stood.
00:45:26.38\00:45:30.00
Bright eyed. Clear as a bell.
00:45:30.20\00:45:33.62
And I said: "What
are you doing here? "
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"Oh, " he said: "Brother Cox, "
00:45:36.19\00:45:37.78
he said, "when I gave my
heart to the Lord there, "
00:45:37.98\00:45:40.82
he said, "it all changed. "
00:45:41.02\00:45:43.51
He said: "It just
all changed for me. "
00:45:43.54\00:45:46.68
And he said: "I gave my
heart to the Lord" and he said:
00:45:46.88\00:45:49.15
"I haven't had
anything to drink since then. "
00:45:49.25\00:45:51.46
He said: "My
family's come back. "
00:45:51.66\00:45:54.13
He said: "I've got my
family, I've got my house back.
00:45:54.33\00:45:56.41
I got my job back. "
00:45:56.61\00:45:57.82
He said: "All that's
been given back to me
00:45:58.02\00:46:00.34
since I gave my
heart to the Lord. "
00:46:00.54\00:46:02.47
Oh dear friend, let me tell you
00:46:02.67\00:46:04.92
Jesus Christ
can change your life
00:46:05.12\00:46:09.61
and He can make it different.
00:46:09.81\00:46:12.48
If you and I will just reach
out in faith and accept Him,
00:46:12.68\00:46:17.05
what a difference it will make.
00:46:17.25\00:46:19.20
He says here:
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Tonight do you have redemption?
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I'm going to ask you:
00:46:28.44\00:46:30.18
are you saved?
00:46:30.38\00:46:32.70
Are you saved?
00:46:35.04\00:46:36.33
If Jesus Christ
was to come right now,
00:46:37.23\00:46:41.13
would you in faith
accept Him and say "thank you? "
00:46:42.45\00:46:47.78
Would you be
part of His children?
00:46:47.98\00:46:51.15
Because that's
available to you tonight.
00:46:52.26\00:46:55.66
We have redemption
in Him, through Him:
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You and I have that in Christ.
00:47:06.47\00:47:09.29
Not some other time but tonight
00:47:11.70\00:47:15.17
you can have salvation.
00:47:16.18\00:47:19.61
You can find a new life.
00:47:19.81\00:47:22.31
in Jesus Christ.
00:47:22.51\00:47:24.18
Because He says:
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Tonight are you a child of God?
00:47:43.39\00:47:48.36
Have you reached out
in faith and said: "Lord,
00:47:50.63\00:47:54.19
I'm going to accept You.
00:47:54.39\00:47:56.43
I'm going to accept
Your death in my behalf.
00:47:56.63\00:47:59.26
Thank you for
paying that debt for me.
00:48:00.73\00:48:04.00
Lord, thank you.
Thank you for giving me
00:48:05.07\00:48:10.51
Your
righteousness that covers me.
00:48:10.71\00:48:13.65
For making me
right. Thank you, Lord.
00:48:13.85\00:48:18.88
Not because I deserved it,
00:48:19.08\00:48:23.55
not because of
anything I've done,
00:48:23.75\00:48:27.07
but out of the
riches of Your grace.
00:48:28.57\00:48:32.02
And I'm going to give
my heart to You tonight. "
00:48:32.22\00:48:35.49
Friend, tonight won't
you give your heart to Him?
00:48:35.69\00:48:40.47
Won't you accept
Him as your Savior?
00:48:40.67\00:48:42.73
Just reach out in
faith and say: "Yes, Lord,
00:48:42.93\00:48:45.67
I'm going to give my
heart to You tonight.
00:48:45.77\00:48:48.19
I'm going to accept You.
I'm accepting Your death.
00:48:48.39\00:48:52.03
I'm accepting Your
life in my behalf. "
00:48:52.23\00:48:55.35
I want you to think about it
00:48:55.55\00:48:57.14
very carefully
tonight as Pam sings.
00:48:57.34\00:49:00.54
So have faith when you speak
00:49:04.04\00:49:08.50
to the Master,
00:49:08.70\00:49:13.18
that's all He asks
00:49:13.38\00:49:17.90
you for.
00:49:18.10\00:49:21.07
Prayer is the key
00:49:22.41\00:49:26.63
to heaven,
00:49:26.83\00:49:31.69
but faith unlocks
00:49:31.89\00:49:36.82
the door.
00:49:37.02\00:49:42.99
Tonight you don't
have to have anything
00:49:47.21\00:49:52.64
to recommend you to Christ.
00:49:52.84\00:49:54.99
In fact, the only
thing that you and I have
00:49:55.09\00:49:59.34
to recommend us to Jesus Christ
00:49:59.54\00:50:02.32
is our great need.
00:50:02.52\00:50:04.34
I have a great,
great need of Jesus Christ.
00:50:05.34\00:50:11.00
And that you and that
myself can come to Him...
00:50:11.21\00:50:15.89
Oh, I can remember...
00:50:16.09\00:50:17.65
I can remember
when I came to the Lord.
00:50:17.85\00:50:21.18
Can you remember
when you came to Christ?
00:50:21.38\00:50:25.24
Do you remember the joy
00:50:25.54\00:50:28.24
that you felt? Do you remember
00:50:28.45\00:50:31.52
the absolute freedom there was
00:50:31.72\00:50:34.31
as you knew that all your sins
00:50:34.51\00:50:37.00
were forgiven
00:50:37.20\00:50:38.54
and that you were
clean in Christ Jesus?
00:50:38.75\00:50:40.47
Friend, if you
haven't experienced that
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.29
tonight I invite you.
Because He just simply says
00:50:42.49\00:50:46.55
if you come to Him that He will
forgive you of all your sins.
00:50:46.66\00:50:51.79
Right here there won't be
one thing to your account.
00:50:51.99\00:50:56.68
You'll be absolutely
clean in Christ Jesus.
00:50:56.88\00:51:00.80
Everything gone.
00:51:01.41\00:51:03.22
And I used to remember worrying
about this part over here.
00:51:03.42\00:51:08.99
I said, you know,
"OK, Christ paid my debt.
00:51:10.27\00:51:13.68
But what about now?
00:51:13.88\00:51:16.95
What about day by
day living with Him? "
00:51:17.15\00:51:22.09
How important it is that I
understand that He gives to me
00:51:22.29\00:51:27.20
His righteousness.
And that righteousness
00:51:27.40\00:51:31.24
covers my life.
00:51:31.42\00:51:34.72
Are you clear on that?
00:51:35.95\00:51:37.38
So many people that
don't understand that.
00:51:38.45\00:51:42.42
They understand
that He died for them,
00:51:42.72\00:51:45.14
but dear friend,
He lived for you.
00:51:45.34\00:51:48.24
He lived a perfect life
that you might be covered
00:51:48.34\00:51:52.67
with His righteousness.
00:51:52.77\00:51:54.63
He loves you...
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.54
wants you to be in His kingdom.
00:51:56.74\00:51:59.21
And so we hope that you tonight
00:51:59.41\00:52:02.50
will just reach
out in faith here
00:52:02.70\00:52:05.58
and accept Christ into your
heart as your personal Savior.
00:52:05.78\00:52:09.80
It doesn't take
any special words.
00:52:10.88\00:52:13.09
You don't have to have
any special vocabulary.
00:52:14.31\00:52:17.22
All you have to do is
just simply come to Him
00:52:18.26\00:52:20.73
just as you are.
00:52:20.93\00:52:24.15
Nothing special,
just come to Him.
00:52:26.36\00:52:29.16
And there may be some of
you out here in the television
00:52:29.36\00:52:33.52
audience right
tonight that are discouraged.
00:52:33.62\00:52:37.67
There may be some of you
that are down, depressed.
00:52:37.87\00:52:41.56
There may be some of you
that know without any question
00:52:41.76\00:52:45.80
of a doubt that you're lost
00:52:45.90\00:52:48.32
and that if Christ
was to come tonight
00:52:49.42\00:52:51.73
you'd be lost.
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.83
And I beseech
you, I plead with you:
00:52:55.00\00:52:58.70
give your heart
to the Lord tonight.
00:52:58.90\00:53:01.61
You don't have to wait.
00:53:01.91\00:53:03.26
You don't have to wait until
tomorrow to have salvation,
00:53:03.29\00:53:06.61
you can have it tonight
00:53:06.81\00:53:08.49
just by faith
stepping out and accepting Him
00:53:09.23\00:53:13.93
as your personal Savior.
00:53:14.13\00:53:16.34
And He will accept
you with lovingkindness
00:53:16.54\00:53:21.12
into His kingdom.
00:53:21.32\00:53:23.45
As we pray, won't
you do that tonight?
00:53:23.65\00:53:26.77
Let's bow our heads in prayer.
00:53:26.97\00:53:28.86
Heavenly Father,
00:53:29.06\00:53:30.69
we come to You tonight
00:53:31.80\00:53:33.64
asking, Lord, that in
faith we might reach out
00:53:34.89\00:53:40.29
and accept all
that You've done for us.
00:53:40.49\00:53:42.80
That we might accept
Your death, Your perfect life.
00:53:43.00\00:53:48.50
Bless each one. Those
that are watching tonight
00:53:48.70\00:53:54.80
that are far off...
that don't know You,
00:53:55.00\00:54:00.51
that they are hopeless,
that they don't have anything
00:54:01.68\00:54:06.59
in their life. They have
found this old world so empty.
00:54:06.79\00:54:09.91
Lord, may they tonight
00:54:10.11\00:54:13.46
accept You into their
hearts as their Savior
00:54:13.67\00:54:16.79
and receive the cleansing
that only You can give.
00:54:16.99\00:54:22.74
May each one of us
give our lives to You.
00:54:22.94\00:54:27.65
And we thank you for
hearing, for answering prayer,
00:54:27.85\00:54:32.91
and granting to each
of us forgiveness of sin
00:54:33.11\00:54:37.08
and life
eternal in Christ Jesus.
00:54:37.28\00:54:40.07
For this we pray
in Your name, Amen.
00:54:40.28\00:54:44.59
Now tomorrow...
the next presentation
00:54:44.79\00:54:50.29
we're going to be talking about
00:54:50.49\00:54:52.36
When you are born
again, certain things happen.
00:54:54.66\00:54:59.19
And it's most important
that you understand those things
00:54:59.39\00:55:03.36
that take place in your
life because there's many, many
00:55:03.46\00:55:06.46
Christians that have accepted
Christ but they've never
00:55:06.56\00:55:10.51
understood what
happens at that point.
00:55:10.61\00:55:13.77
When they accept Christ, there's
some definite things that happen
00:55:13.97\00:55:17.54
right then and there
00:55:17.74\00:55:20.22
that make all the
difference in the world
00:55:20.42\00:55:22.80
in your Christian growth.
00:55:23.00\00:55:24.84
So as we take a look at
this subject of "Born Again"
00:55:25.04\00:55:28.31
you'll find it will
be very helpful to you
00:55:28.51\00:55:31.28
as you live a
Christian life day by day.
00:55:31.48\00:55:35.36
If tonight you have reached
out in faith and accepted Christ
00:55:35.56\00:55:39.95
as your personal Savior,
00:55:40.15\00:55:41.53
He tells you that He will permit
00:55:41.74\00:55:44.13
nothing to pluck
you out of His hand.
00:55:44.23\00:55:46.90
You just stay
surrendered to Him day by day
00:55:47.10\00:55:50.77
and, dear friend, He
will take care of you.
00:55:50.97\00:55:54.58
You don't have to
worry. God bless you.
00:55:54.78\00:55:57.03
Jesus said in
John the sixth chapter
00:55:57.72\00:55:59.51
"I am the living bread
that cometh down from heaven
00:55:59.72\00:56:02.52
that a man may eat
thereof and not die.
00:56:02.72\00:56:06.04
He who comes to Me will
never hunger or never thirst. "
00:56:06.25\00:56:10.57
He went on to say:
00:56:10.77\00:56:11.99
"The words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit
00:56:12.19\00:56:15.85
and they are life.
Just as the Father sent Me
00:56:16.05\00:56:18.99
and I live
because of the Father,
00:56:19.19\00:56:21.11
so he who eats of this
bread will live because of Me. "
00:56:21.32\00:56:26.48
So many people in this world
are literally starving and weak
00:56:28.00\00:56:32.38
because they do not
feed on the Word of God.
00:56:32.41\00:56:35.47
Their minds are filled
with matters of minor importance
00:56:35.67\00:56:38.98
instead of eating the bread
which came down from heaven.
00:56:39.18\00:56:42.13
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,
we would become new creatures
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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 with which
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they take hold of the spiritual
food 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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