Well good evening and welcome
to Thompsonville, Illinois,
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and to the Worship Center here
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at Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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And from this site
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we are bringing
you Give Me The Bible
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with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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And you know, the Bible
is certainly where we find
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the answers to all of
the questions that we have
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concerning life...
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the most important
questions, for sure.
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And Pastor Cox is going
to be covering some subjects
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throughout this entire
year one weekend a month
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he'll be covering
these subjects in depth.
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So you will be
having the opportunity
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to really get into God's Word.
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Tonight the
subject is Born Again,
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and this is a basic subject.
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As someone has said this
first weekend is Salvation 101
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where we are explaining
the basics of salvation.
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It's especially good for
those who are new Christians...
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those who have
never accepted Christ.
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But those of us who have
known the Lord for many years
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find that this
is a great review.
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And tonight we invite you
to join as Pastor Kenneth Cox
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brings us this
very important message.
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But before we
listen to Pastor Cox,
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we're going to enjoy a song
by Jim Rhodes and Dona Klein
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entitled "Give
The World A Smile. "
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Amen, amen. Did you enjoy that?
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Thank you. Thank you
Jimmy; thank you Dona.
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Appreciate it very, very much.
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And good evening to each of you.
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Very happy to welcome all of you
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and to welcome all of our
audience that is watching by
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television or
listening by radio.
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We appreciate you being with us.
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We hope this series has been
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a blessing to you
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in a special way.
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We've been very, very happy
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to have the opportunity
to take a look at God's Word.
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Give Me The Bible.
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That's what we
want to know about.
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In this particular series we
have looked at the question of
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salvation. We've been
taking it step by step
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through the
different points of salvation,
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and tonight we're
looking at Born Again.
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Now we started out
talking about the grace of God.
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And we looked at the
grace of God. Then we looked at
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what the Bible had
to say about repentance.
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And then we found out
how confession fit into it.
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And then we looked
at faith and acceptance.
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A person that goes through
that should understand how to
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accept Jesus Christ
as their personal Savior.
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Once you have done
that, the scripture says,
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you're born again.
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When you're born
again, certain things happen,
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and that's what we're
going to look at tonight.
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And we hope that you'll
watch for it as we talk about
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what happens when
you're born again.
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What takes place?
Does that change my life?
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What happens to me?
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Those are some of the questions
we are going to be looking at
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as we talk about born again.
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But we want to know
what the Bible has to say.
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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The teachings of
men so often mislead us.
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What says the Bible to me?
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That's what we're going to be
looking at in our next series.
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Our next series is going
to be on the second coming
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of Jesus Christ.
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That what we're
going to look at.
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What does the Bible say
about Jesus coming back?
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The promises
that are in God's Word
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concerning the coming of Christ.
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Want to see
what that has to say.
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We're going to take a look at
the nearness of Christ's return.
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We are going to take a look
at the signs of Christ's return.
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We are going to take a look at
the manner in which Jesus Christ
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is coming back.
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All those we're
going to be looking at.
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And so we hope that you'll
be blessed in a special way
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as we take a look at God's Word.
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And be sure and join us this
next month as we go into this
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new series on the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
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Appreciated so much
having Jimmy and Pam Rhodes,
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Dona Klein here
playing and singing for us.
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I know that you've been
blessed in a special way.
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And we hope that you
will continue to be blessed
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as Pam sings for you.
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Everybody needs a little help
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sometimes.
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No one stands alone.
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Makes no difference
if you're just a child
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like me, or a
king upon a throne.
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For there are no
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exceptions,
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we all stand in the night.
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Everybody needs a friend,
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let me tell you of mine.
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He's my forever friend.
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My leave-me-never friend.
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From darkest
night to rainbow's end
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He's my forever friend.
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Even when I turn
away He cares for me.
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His love no one can shake.
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Even as I walk
away He's by my side
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with every breath I take.
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And sometimes I forget Him,
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my halo fails to shine.
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Sometimes I'm not His friend
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but He is always mine.
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He's my forever friend.
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My leave-me-never friend.
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From darkest night
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to rainbow's end
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He's my forever friend.
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If you still don't
know the one I'm talking of,
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I think it's time you knew.
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Long ago and far
away upon a cross
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my friend died for you.
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So if you'd like to meet Him
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and don't know what to do.
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Ask my friend into your heart
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and He'll be your friend too.
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He's my forever friend.
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My leave-me-never friend.
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From darkest night
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to rainbow's end
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He's my forever friend.
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He's my forever
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friend.
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Heavenly Father, this
evening we come to You
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placing our lives in Your hands,
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asking for Your
guidance, Your direction.
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Praying, Lord, that
as we open Your Word
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that You will
give us understanding.
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That the Holy Spirit
will give us enlightenment.
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That we each might
understand and know
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how to walk with You day by day.
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This we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Let's suppose tonight
that you're very, very wealthy.
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Not only are you very wealthy
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but God has blessed you
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and you have a very,
very remarkable personality.
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People are just drawn to you,
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and you have a nice way
of meeting people and all.
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Not only that, but God has
endowed you with a very high IQ.
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You're very, very intelligent.
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And because of your personality,
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because of your wealth,
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because of your intelligence
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you have risen to one of the
highest offices in the country.
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At the same time
that this is happening
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that you've risen to that office
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there's another
person... same period of time...
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He also has a
magnetic personality
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and people are attracted to Him.
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And intelligent?
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I mean, they come...
they flock from everywhere
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just to listen to Him talk.
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Except there's a difference.
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Uh, He's poor.
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He doesn't have any money.
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And also
sometimes He says things
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that just don't set
right with the establishment.
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They don't like it too well.
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And because of this,
some of your colleagues
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have said: "Well, He's
devil-possessed, " you know.
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But you have been
strangely drawn to Him,
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and the things that
you have heard Him say
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just touched your heart
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and you wanted to be
able to find out more.
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So now you know why Nicodemus
went to Jesus by night.
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Talked to Him. Said: "We
know that You are a teacher
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that's come from God. "
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And as He talked with Nicodemus,
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Jesus went right to
the heart of the matter.
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And He said here in
John the third chapter:
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He said: "Nicodemus,
you have to be born again
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or you can't see
the kingdom of God. "
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And Nicodemus said to Him:
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"You know, what are
You talking about? "
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I hope you are putting
together what Jesus is saying.
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He said: "Unless
you're born again,
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you can't enter
the kingdom of God. "
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That is an absolute requirement.
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You can't get in there
unless you have been born again.
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You can't get in there tonight,
friend, by going to church.
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Can't get there that way.
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The only way you're going
to get into the kingdom of God
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is you've got to be born again.
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That's clear, and we don't need
to try to take it any other way.
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You have to be born again
to enter the kingdom of God.
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Necessary.
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Put that text down.
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When Jesus said that,
He was stating a truth
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that you need to understand.
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That "that which is
born of flesh is flesh;
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that which is born of
the Spirit is spirit. "
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Now, being born again, folks,
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doesn't always mean
that you're aware of it
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because watch what
Jesus has to say here:
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They... doesn't necessarily
mean that you're going to be
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struck by lightning.
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That's what it's saying.
Doesn't mean you necessarily
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going to be struck by lightning
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because sometimes it happens
and people aren't even aware
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that something has taken place.
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Excuse me for getting to the
vernacular in taking about it.
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But we're talking
about being born again.
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Just like there's women that
get pregnant and don't know it.
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OK? There's people
that are born again...
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the same thing
happens: they're born again.
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They didn't have
some fantastic feeling.
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They weren't struck by
lightning or anything like that,
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but it took place
and they were born again.
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Same here is what
Jesus is talking about.
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If you want to understand
what Jesus was talking about
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when He was talking
to Nicodemus and said:
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"you must be born again, "
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you kind of have to put
yourself in the place of God.
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What do I mean by that?
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What I mean by that is let's
say that you have the ability
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to create.
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OK? You can create.
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Now if you have
the ability to create,
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you have to decide how
you're going to create.
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Because you have that ability,
therefore, if you're going to
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make something,
you've got to decide
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how you're going to make it.
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So when God decided to make man
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He had to make certain decisions
how He was going to make us.
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And it says this:
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So the scripture is very clear.
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God made a decision,
said: "We're going to make man
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in Our image, in Our likeness. "
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God made them in His image.
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Well if you tonight
are in the image of God...
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OK? That's what the
scripture says it is...
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Then what is God like?
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You're created in the
image of God, in His likeness.
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What is God like?
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Well the scripture
tell us what He's like
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because it says this:
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So the scripture tell us clearly
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that God is Spirit and
that you and I must worship Him
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in spirit and in truth.
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But, God created man
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and since God
created man in God's likeness
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and He created man to be able
to communicate and talk with Him
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therefore He had to
give man a spiritual nature.
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In order for man to
communicate with God,
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he had to have a
spiritual nature.
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So, He created man
with a nature of flesh
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and a spiritual nature BOTH.
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Had both of them and,
therefore, God could communicate
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and talk with
man... made him that way.
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And so we read
that he had flesh.
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You and I don't have
any trouble with that;
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we know what that is. OK?
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And He made him spiritual
so that He could communicate.
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And God came down
in the Garden of Eden
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in the cool of the
evening and visited with man...
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talked to him.
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To care for it:
tend it and keep it.
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Said: "I've made
everything here for you.
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All yours. Take care of it.
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Look after it. You can eat of
anything in the garden you want
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to BUT... "
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God said: "Now, any tree here
in the garden you want to eat of
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you may. This one tree over
here... you don't eat of it. "
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"Thou shalt not eat... "
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Folks, I think
that's clear, isn't it?
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"Thou shalt not
eat... " Clear, you know?
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Just like the commandments.
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"Thou shalt not kill. " Clear!
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Don't have any... You
know, you ought to be able to
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understand that when
God says that type of thing
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in His commandments.
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So He said: "Thou shalt
not eat... in the day that you
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eat of it you're going to die. "
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Well you remember, the
serpent tempted Eve, right?
00:21:29.68\00:21:35.68
And Eve ate of the tree.
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And she took the
fruit and gave it to Adam,
00:21:40.04\00:21:44.08
her husband, and he ate.
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Did they die?
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Did they die that day?
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This is a very important point!
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Did they die that day?
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Well, it says this:
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Please notice: they
ate. Now what are they doing?
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Hiding.
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What happened?
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Let me tell you something.
The moment... the moment that
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Adam and Eve ate of that tree
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that spiritual nature died.
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Right there. Died.
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So that when God came
down in the cool of the evening
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they hid themselves.
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They didn't want to see God;
they didn't want to talk to Him.
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The spiritual nature
had died right there.
00:22:44.71\00:22:48.00
And all that was
left of Adam and Eve
00:22:48.20\00:22:53.01
was only flesh.
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That's it... nothing else.
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And thus it tells us:
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And so the scripture says that
death passed upon everybody.
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In other words, that spiritual
nature died and all that was
00:23:16.83\00:23:21.13
left of them was only flesh.
00:23:21.23\00:23:23.70
And then when Adam
and Eve had children,
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the only thing that Adam and Eve
could pass on to their children
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was only flesh.
00:23:36.72\00:23:38.78
And the only thing your parents
00:23:41.65\00:23:45.22
could pass on to you
00:23:45.42\00:23:48.11
was just flesh.
00:23:48.31\00:23:50.60
And the only thing you
can pass on to your children
00:23:51.74\00:23:56.07
is only flesh.
00:23:56.27\00:23:59.34
You see, the spiritual
nature died, and the only way
00:24:01.14\00:24:06.02
you can get it back is
you have to be born again.
00:24:06.22\00:24:10.33
You see, I run
onto parents who say:
00:24:12.19\00:24:14.03
"Well, I'm going to send my son
off here to one of our colleges
00:24:14.23\00:24:19.35
to a Christian college.
00:24:19.45\00:24:20.59
Maybe he'll meet a nice
00:24:20.79\00:24:22.14
Christian girl
00:24:22.34\00:24:23.47
and he'll start
serving the Lord. "
00:24:23.57\00:24:24.97
That isn't how it works, folks.
00:24:25.07\00:24:26.63
Doesn't work that way.
You have to be born again.
00:24:27.77\00:24:31.73
It's what's required.
00:24:32.03\00:24:33.83
Won't work any other way.
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Has to be born again.
00:24:36.15\00:24:38.05
And so, when you and I
come into this world...
00:24:38.15\00:24:41.64
I'm sorry to have
to tell you this...
00:24:41.74\00:24:43.82
but when we come into this
world we are born half dead.
00:24:44.02\00:24:48.00
You are born only flesh,
00:24:49.20\00:24:52.20
and you have to be born again.
00:24:52.40\00:24:55.13
How?
00:24:55.23\00:24:56.24
How am I born again?
00:24:56.44\00:24:58.65
I've spent the last four
presentations talking to you
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about how to be born again.
00:25:02.79\00:25:04.90
I'm going to quickly
give you a little review
00:25:05.10\00:25:08.37
of how to be born again.
00:25:08.47\00:25:10.45
And if there's some
of you that are watching
00:25:10.65\00:25:12.69
by television or
listening through the radio
00:25:12.89\00:25:15.39
and you haven't been involved
in these other presentations,
00:25:15.59\00:25:19.24
tonight if you haven't been
born again, listen carefully.
00:25:19.44\00:25:23.22
Take hold of what it
says, because God is willing to
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give you a spiritual nature
00:25:26.93\00:25:29.09
if you'll just
reach out and accept it.
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So let's see how
we are born again.
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1. We are born
by the Word of God.
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Now this may sound simple,
00:25:37.39\00:25:39.13
but that's exactly
what the scripture says.
00:25:39.33\00:25:41.84
That you are born by
the Word of God. Listen:
00:25:42.04\00:25:45.91
In other words it's
telling me that in this book
00:26:09.35\00:26:13.44
I can find eternal life.
00:26:13.64\00:26:17.12
I can find a spiritual
nature in the Word of God.
00:26:17.32\00:26:20.28
Through the Word of
God I can be born again.
00:26:20.39\00:26:24.29
Let's look at another one.
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Now listen carefully:
00:26:31.88\00:26:33.04
Where has been
given us exceedingly great
00:26:40.19\00:26:42.72
and precious promises?
00:26:42.82\00:26:44.02
In the Word of God.
00:26:45.17\00:26:46.47
That's where we have exceeding
great and precious promises.
00:26:46.67\00:26:50.26
All right?
00:26:50.46\00:26:51.53
So through the Word of God
you and I can be born again.
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This is how it takes place.
00:27:11.74\00:27:12.95
So, as I read the Word of God
00:27:13.15\00:27:15.93
I understand what
Jesus Christ has done for me.
00:27:17.23\00:27:22.44
I understand the grace of God.
00:27:22.64\00:27:26.00
I understand His love,
00:27:26.20\00:27:28.70
His kindness, what
He wants to do for me.
00:27:28.90\00:27:32.40
I can reach out
in faith and believe.
00:27:32.60\00:27:37.27
OK, you're reading the Word...
you're hearing the Word of God
00:27:44.96\00:27:48.32
and what?
00:27:48.35\00:27:49.51
Do you have everlasting life?
00:27:56.69\00:27:59.77
Dear friend, if you
have taken God's Word
00:27:59.97\00:28:04.07
and you believe in Him,
00:28:04.27\00:28:06.55
He says He will give
you everlasting life.
00:28:06.75\00:28:10.17
That's what God does for us.
00:28:16.64\00:28:18.40
Marvelous what He does for us!
00:28:18.60\00:28:21.01
Gives you a new
nature... a spiritual nature.
00:28:21.21\00:28:24.17
Watch:
00:28:25.06\00:28:26.38
So it says that
you and I by faith,
00:29:02.11\00:29:04.82
understanding what
the Word of God says,
00:29:05.02\00:29:07.97
can reach out and accept that.
00:29:08.17\00:29:11.17
And when you do
that, dear friend,
00:29:11.37\00:29:13.85
you are born again.
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.99
That's where you and
I receive a new nature.
00:29:17.19\00:29:22.78
OK? Born again.
00:29:22.98\00:29:24.93
Given a new nature.
00:29:25.13\00:29:26.81
Please get something clear.
00:29:27.01\00:29:29.07
You are born again,
00:29:29.27\00:29:32.68
but you're born again as a baby.
00:29:32.88\00:29:37.04
You're not born
again as an adult.
00:29:37.24\00:29:41.74
You don't come into
God's kingdom as an adult...
00:29:44.93\00:29:48.11
you come in as a babe.
00:29:48.31\00:29:50.21
That's the way
you're born again.
00:29:50.41\00:29:52.61
This is what it says about it:
00:29:52.81\00:29:54.32
I am born again, I have
been given a spiritual nature,
00:30:06.49\00:30:10.00
but that spiritual
nature is just a babe.
00:30:10.20\00:30:15.39
That's all... just a babe.
00:30:15.59\00:30:18.00
You have a new nature.
You have been born again.
00:30:27.70\00:30:31.97
You have been given
back a spiritual nature.
00:30:32.17\00:30:35.22
What many
people don't understand
00:30:35.42\00:30:37.94
is this spiritual
nature that God has given you.
00:30:38.14\00:30:42.66
Now folks, this is
not something you earn.
00:30:42.86\00:30:44.62
Not something that you had
anything to do with other than
00:30:44.82\00:30:47.71
God, out of His
grace and His mercy,
00:30:47.91\00:30:50.44
has given you a new nature.
00:30:50.64\00:30:52.81
But that new nature cannot sin.
00:30:53.01\00:30:57.74
The new nature cannot sin.
00:30:57.95\00:31:01.60
I want you to listen
to a couple of scriptures:
00:31:01.80\00:31:04.16
You see, that nature
is a spiritual nature.
00:31:22.47\00:31:26.45
It cannot sin. It's
impossible for it to sin.
00:31:26.65\00:31:30.59
The spiritual nature...
Let's look at one more:
00:31:30.79\00:31:34.39
So that spiritual
nature that God gives you
00:31:44.64\00:31:48.17
does not sin.
00:31:48.37\00:31:50.09
But at the same time,
you've got an old nature.
00:31:53.14\00:31:58.36
The Bible calls
that "the flesh. "
00:31:58.57\00:32:01.85
Let me tell you something:
the old nature can sin.
00:32:02.05\00:32:06.25
In fact, it likes to.
00:32:06.45\00:32:09.12
That's part of the old nature.
00:32:09.32\00:32:10.93
Something else about
the old nature, folks...
00:32:11.14\00:32:12.96
it's full grown.
00:32:13.16\00:32:14.71
Full grown... it's not a baby.
00:32:15.85\00:32:19.07
It's full grown.
00:32:19.27\00:32:21.28
Yeah, he's full grown.
00:32:32.91\00:32:35.15
He is
absolutely contrary to God.
00:32:35.35\00:32:39.84
Understand that now folks.
00:32:41.30\00:32:42.93
I've run onto too many
people who have accepted Christ
00:32:43.13\00:32:48.55
and they spend all their time
trying to dress up the old man.
00:32:48.75\00:32:53.48
Trying to make him presentable.
00:32:54.80\00:32:56.70
Hoping that maybe
some way, somehow,
00:32:56.90\00:32:59.78
he'll act like he ought to.
00:32:59.98\00:33:01.87
No, he's not going
to act like he should.
00:33:02.07\00:33:04.83
It's an old man of
sin. It won't ever happen.
00:33:05.03\00:33:09.81
Quit trying to
dress up the old man.
00:33:10.01\00:33:13.33
You see folks, there's
nothing wrong with God's law.
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.85
People that attack God's law
don't know what they're doing.
00:33:21.05\00:33:23.88
God's law is spiritual.
00:33:24.08\00:33:26.11
Do you know what
that word carnal means?
00:33:31.44\00:33:33.04
Huh? Yeah, you've
eaten chile con carne.
00:33:34.55\00:33:37.53
Yeah. It means
flesh; that's what it is.
00:33:37.63\00:33:41.81
I'm flesh.
00:33:42.01\00:33:43.26
The law is
spiritual but I'm flesh.
00:33:43.46\00:33:46.06
I have to be born again.
00:33:46.26\00:33:48.81
talking about the
spiritual nature...
00:33:53.90\00:33:56.26
See, the old man of sin...
00:34:19.31\00:34:22.74
he's not going
to do what's right.
00:34:22.94\00:34:25.24
He's not going to
follow that at all.
00:34:25.44\00:34:28.57
So you have a
struggle for control.
00:34:30.15\00:34:33.51
Now dear friend put it
down, because here's where many,
00:34:33.71\00:34:37.10
many Christians mess up
00:34:37.30\00:34:39.72
because there's a
struggle for control.
00:34:39.92\00:34:43.97
BUT when you come to
Christ and you accept Him
00:34:44.17\00:34:47.73
and He gives you a new
nature, things are not equal.
00:34:47.93\00:34:52.06
Understand that.
00:34:53.61\00:34:54.88
The new nature is a babe.
00:34:55.08\00:34:59.01
The old nature is full grown.
00:34:59.21\00:35:02.87
Let me tell you something else:
00:35:03.07\00:35:04.21
the old nature
doesn't like the baby.
00:35:04.41\00:35:07.07
Understand that. He
doesn't like the baby.
00:35:07.37\00:35:11.27
He's going to stomp on
it every chance he gets.
00:35:11.47\00:35:14.10
Just isn't equal at all here.
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.29
And that's why so many
Christians have trouble
00:35:18.49\00:35:21.30
is because all of a
sudden when the old man of sin
00:35:21.50\00:35:25.25
raises his ugly head, they don't
understand what's going on.
00:35:25.45\00:35:29.92
And the baby...
about all it can do is cry.
00:35:30.12\00:35:33.70
There's some
things you've gotta do.
00:35:36.20\00:35:38.33
This is talking
about Abraham's sons
00:35:41.62\00:35:45.68
Isaac and
Ishmael... those two sons.
00:35:47.11\00:35:52.19
And you remember, one
was born of the flesh.
00:35:52.39\00:35:55.60
What does that mean?
00:35:55.80\00:35:57.19
That was born out
of Abraham's doing, OK?
00:35:57.40\00:36:01.57
The other was born out of
promise. That was God's doing.
00:36:01.77\00:36:04.97
OK.
00:36:05.17\00:36:06.29
That means that the old man
of sin is going to persecute
00:36:20.41\00:36:24.75
the baby.
00:36:24.95\00:36:26.01
It's what's going to happen.
Might as well understand that
00:36:27.75\00:36:31.25
if you're going to grow.
00:36:31.46\00:36:33.11
You see, you and I have to
learn to walk in the Spirit.
00:36:42.16\00:36:47.72
Because if you don't,
00:36:49.72\00:36:51.27
then all you're doing
00:36:51.47\00:36:53.41
is feeding the old man.
00:36:53.61\00:36:55.85
You're gettin' him
stronger all the time;
00:36:57.33\00:36:59.33
the baby's gettin' weaker.
00:36:59.54\00:37:01.79
Like I told you, they
don't like one another.
00:37:15.46\00:37:18.58
There's nothing
compatible about 'em.
00:37:18.88\00:37:21.86
So you can't take the
old man and say: "Well,
00:37:22.06\00:37:26.79
I'm going to
take you to church. "
00:37:26.99\00:37:29.12
He doesn't want to go to church.
00:37:29.42\00:37:32.17
That's not where he wants to go.
00:37:33.46\00:37:35.65
It's the spiritual nature
that wants to go to church...
00:37:36.75\00:37:40.75
not the old man.
00:37:40.95\00:37:43.03
And so you've got to
learn there are certain things
00:37:43.23\00:37:46.69
you have to do.
00:37:46.79\00:37:47.92
You see the old
man... he's got to die.
00:38:02.48\00:38:06.98
That's what's got to happen.
00:38:09.09\00:38:10.26
He's got to die.
00:38:10.46\00:38:12.09
And the new one, the new
nature, needs to start growing.
00:38:12.29\00:38:17.51
Bigger, stronger, day by day.
00:38:18.41\00:38:22.41
This is what has to take place.
00:38:22.61\00:38:24.24
You see, that's all you can do
to the old man is crucify him.
00:38:39.07\00:38:43.68
And you and I must every day
00:38:43.88\00:38:48.06
get up and crucify
that old man of sin.
00:38:48.36\00:38:52.66
You've gotta... And you can't
even just do it once, folks.
00:38:53.99\00:38:58.16
You gotta do it time,
and time, and time again
00:38:58.36\00:39:02.10
because he'll raise his ugly
head over, and over, and over.
00:39:02.30\00:39:06.28
And so you have to
raise... you have to take him
00:39:06.48\00:39:09.48
and crucify him. And
that's what Paul's talking about
00:39:09.58\00:39:13.35
when he says here:
00:39:13.55\00:39:14.58
"I have been" what?
00:39:14.61\00:39:16.41
"crucified with Christ. "
00:39:16.61\00:39:18.17
He's talking about
the old, fleshly nature.
00:39:18.37\00:39:20.50
Now if you're wantin'
to have a Christian life,
00:39:28.18\00:39:31.19
if you're wantin'
to walk with the Lord,
00:39:31.39\00:39:33.37
if you want to know what
it is to walk with the Lord,
00:39:33.57\00:39:36.17
then QUIT.
00:39:36.37\00:39:37.59
Quit walking in the flesh
and start walking in the Spirit.
00:39:37.79\00:39:40.83
Take the old man
of sin and crucify him
00:39:41.92\00:39:44.67
and walk in the
Spirit day by day.
00:39:44.87\00:39:48.51
What a difference it
will make in your life
00:39:48.71\00:39:52.76
when you learn to walk...
00:39:52.96\00:39:54.48
Oh, I'm not telling you that
crucifying the old man of sin
00:39:54.58\00:39:58.65
will be a pleasant experience.
00:39:58.75\00:40:00.57
It's not going to be a
very pleasant experience because
00:40:01.78\00:40:04.84
the old man of sin
is going to fight you.
00:40:05.04\00:40:07.31
And it's going to be hard.
00:40:07.51\00:40:09.44
But you've got to crucify
him and you have to do something
00:40:09.64\00:40:15.03
for the baby.
00:40:15.23\00:40:16.47
That's what you and
I must do day by day.
00:40:28.29\00:40:32.97
So, how does
the new nature grow?
00:40:33.17\00:40:37.08
What do I have to do?
00:40:38.12\00:40:39.18
This... this new
nature's coming in as a baby.
00:40:39.28\00:40:42.46
What do I have to
do? It's got to grow.
00:40:44.06\00:40:46.58
That is absolutely necessary
00:40:46.78\00:40:48.54
if you are going to
find victory in your life.
00:40:48.74\00:40:51.58
A babe.
00:41:03.68\00:41:04.89
All right. The
newborn babe desires the...
00:41:04.99\00:41:08.28
In other words, it's
telling you that this is food
00:41:13.27\00:41:16.01
for the baby. Do you understand?
00:41:16.22\00:41:19.35
It's food for the
baby. The problem is
00:41:19.55\00:41:22.69
is people accept Christ
00:41:22.89\00:41:24.73
and they're given
a spiritual nature.
00:41:24.93\00:41:27.11
But it's given to them
00:41:27.31\00:41:29.05
as a babe, OK?
00:41:29.08\00:41:32.06
And the old man of sin
00:41:32.26\00:41:34.24
does not like the baby
00:41:34.44\00:41:36.92
and so he's going to fight you.
00:41:38.99\00:41:41.48
What do I mean by that?
00:41:42.38\00:41:44.05
Well, let's say you have
a newborn baby in the home
00:41:44.26\00:41:47.36
and three o'clock in the
morning it starts crying...
00:41:48.48\00:41:54.01
wants to eat.
00:41:54.21\00:41:56.87
So what do you do?
00:41:57.07\00:41:58.99
Huh?
00:42:00.14\00:42:01.19
Well you lay in the bed
and say: "Ah, quit crying.
00:42:01.39\00:42:04.66
Just go back to sleep.
00:42:04.86\00:42:08.44
I don't want to get up.
00:42:08.64\00:42:10.57
I don't want to go
in there and feed you.
00:42:10.77\00:42:12.74
Just... just go
on back to sleep. "
00:42:12.94\00:42:15.94
No! You get up
and you feed the baby.
00:42:16.14\00:42:20.37
OK. People become
Christians, they accept Christ,
00:42:21.36\00:42:25.80
they are given a
spiritual nature.
00:42:26.00\00:42:27.62
And the spiritual
nature is crying to be fed,
00:42:27.82\00:42:31.58
and the old man
of sin is saying:
00:42:31.78\00:42:33.56
"Go on to sleep; don't
pay any attention to it. "
00:42:33.76\00:42:37.53
And it fights you.
00:42:37.73\00:42:39.63
Dear friend, I
don't care what it is.
00:42:39.89\00:42:42.43
If you've accepted Christ
and given your heart to Him,
00:42:42.53\00:42:45.47
I don't care whether you feel
like it or whether you don't...
00:42:45.67\00:42:49.14
FEED THE BABY!
00:42:49.34\00:42:51.28
You've got to
pick it up and feed it.
00:42:52.81\00:42:55.22
You've got to
give it God's Word.
00:42:55.42\00:42:57.21
It has to have that to grow,
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.96
and it won't grow without it.
00:43:00.16\00:43:01.94
And you cannot,
day in and day out,
00:43:02.14\00:43:05.70
starve that baby
and expect it to live.
00:43:05.90\00:43:09.82
You've got to feed it,
00:43:11.64\00:43:13.17
and you feed it
day by day by day
00:43:14.15\00:43:18.45
of God's Word.
00:43:18.65\00:43:20.17
And as you feed it,
it'll grow stronger.
00:43:20.37\00:43:24.39
OK. So you feed the
baby by the Word of God.
00:43:37.39\00:43:42.80
That's how you feed the baby.
00:43:43.00\00:43:44.74
The way the baby
breathes is by prayer.
00:43:46.70\00:43:50.88
Prayer is the
breath of the soul.
00:43:52.12\00:43:54.75
That's how the baby breathes,
00:43:54.95\00:43:57.23
and you've got
to let it breathe.
00:43:57.43\00:44:01.12
Parents go to great expenses
00:44:02.49\00:44:05.08
to make sure that they know
that that baby is breathing.
00:44:05.28\00:44:09.50
Same thing is true
spiritually, dear friend.
00:44:10.62\00:44:13.44
If you don't let
that baby breathe,
00:44:13.64\00:44:16.16
it's going to die.
00:44:16.37\00:44:18.18
Therefore prayer
is absolutely vital
00:44:19.01\00:44:23.54
in the Christian experience.
00:44:23.74\00:44:25.27
That's what helps the baby grow.
00:44:25.47\00:44:27.69
And so if you feed the baby,
00:44:29.10\00:44:32.79
you let it breathe,
00:44:33.09\00:44:35.67
then what else
do you have to do?
00:44:36.73\00:44:38.50
Hmmm?
00:44:40.68\00:44:42.22
Well, you've got to
let the baby exercise.
00:44:42.42\00:44:45.60
You know? I'm sorry,
but I've run onto too many
00:44:46.76\00:44:49.65
Christians that eat and
breathe, and all they've done is
00:44:49.85\00:44:54.53
grown great big and fat.
00:44:54.73\00:44:56.55
You've got to
exercise. Necessary.
00:44:59.16\00:45:02.99
And I exercise, the scripture
tell me, by sharing God's Word.
00:45:03.19\00:45:08.26
That's how I exercise my faith.
00:45:09.07\00:45:11.98
Faith is like a muscle...
00:45:12.18\00:45:14.99
it has to be used
to become stronger.
00:45:15.19\00:45:18.23
And so I must use it.
00:45:18.44\00:45:20.46
And as I do so, it
will become stronger.
00:45:20.56\00:45:22.93
The baby will become stronger.
00:45:23.13\00:45:24.80
That is required
for that child to grow.
00:45:25.00\00:45:28.58
If I do that, it makes
a great, great difference.
00:45:28.78\00:45:32.19
Very important text here, folks:
00:45:33.11\00:45:35.50
Two things I want
to tell you about this
00:45:57.08\00:45:59.15
because I run onto
some people that make wrecks
00:46:00.12\00:46:04.72
of their Christian experience.
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.74
There was a man who
walked into an Indian village.
00:46:07.94\00:46:13.56
Told the people
that he could make gold.
00:46:15.43\00:46:18.54
They gathered around
him, took out a bucket,
00:46:19.62\00:46:23.52
poured some water in the bucket,
00:46:23.72\00:46:25.76
took out a little
sack of chemicals,
00:46:25.96\00:46:28.61
poured some
chemicals in the water,
00:46:28.81\00:46:30.84
began to stir it with a stick
and to repeat meaningless words.
00:46:31.05\00:46:34.97
And as he stirred the
pot, something happened...
00:46:35.17\00:46:39.71
and the attention of
the people was distracted.
00:46:39.92\00:46:42.85
And when their
attention was drawn away,
00:46:43.62\00:46:45.94
he dropped into the
pot two nuggets of gold.
00:46:46.14\00:46:48.88
Continued to stir it, and after
stirring it for quite some time
00:46:49.94\00:46:53.10
he stopped and
poured off the water
00:46:53.30\00:46:55.01
and lo and behold, in
the bottom of that bucket
00:46:55.21\00:46:58.78
was two nuggets of gold.
00:46:58.98\00:47:00.81
And everybody oohed and aahed.
00:47:01.01\00:47:03.67
And the businessmen in the
town offered him 1,500 rupees
00:47:03.87\00:47:08.57
if he would just tell
them how to make gold...
00:47:08.77\00:47:11.07
which after some consideration
he decided he would.
00:47:11.86\00:47:14.70
He gave them the bucket.
00:47:14.73\00:47:16.64
Told them how much
water to put in it.
00:47:16.94\00:47:19.51
Gave them the sack of chemicals.
00:47:19.71\00:47:21.88
Told them what words to say
00:47:22.08\00:47:24.35
and how long they
were to stir the pot.
00:47:24.45\00:47:26.50
And they gave him 1,500 rupees
00:47:26.70\00:47:30.16
and he turned and
walked away from the crowd.
00:47:30.36\00:47:33.65
When he got out to the
edge of the crowd he stopped
00:47:34.85\00:47:37.06
and he said:
00:47:37.16\00:47:38.56
"I forgot to tell you one thing.
00:47:38.77\00:47:40.71
When you stir the pot
00:47:40.91\00:47:43.52
you must not think of
the red-faced monkey. "
00:47:43.72\00:47:47.92
But lo and behold, every
time they stirred the pot
00:47:49.69\00:47:52.84
on the edge sat
the red-faced money.
00:47:53.04\00:47:56.93
You see, there are a lot
of people that wreck their
00:47:57.13\00:48:00.23
Christian experience
because they focus on sin.
00:48:00.34\00:48:03.74
They spend all their
time thinking about their sins
00:48:05.07\00:48:07.86
and that type of
thing. No, dear friend.
00:48:07.96\00:48:09.89
Don't do that; get
your mind off that.
00:48:10.09\00:48:12.29
The old man of sin would
rather be thought of badly than
00:48:12.49\00:48:16.72
not be thought of at all.
00:48:16.82\00:48:18.71
Get your mind off of him.
00:48:19.21\00:48:21.29
Put your mind on
spiritual things.
00:48:21.39\00:48:23.25
Walk with the Lord;
follow Him in that respect.
00:48:23.45\00:48:26.27
Makes a great
difference where you concentrate
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.98
and where you put your mind.
00:48:29.09\00:48:30.55
One other thing I
want to mention about this
00:48:32.39\00:48:34.67
because it says here that we are
00:48:35.79\00:48:38.24
"being transformed
into the same image. "
00:48:38.34\00:48:42.88
By beholding we are
transformed into the same image.
00:48:43.88\00:48:49.79
Some while back,
Maddy Couperus, who sang
00:48:52.03\00:48:55.95
with us for quite some
time, handed me an article
00:48:56.05\00:49:00.42
she had clipped out of a book.
00:49:00.52\00:49:03.04
Or I should say photocopied
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.56
out of a book called
00:49:05.66\00:49:07.15
Chicken Soup for the Soul.
00:49:07.35\00:49:09.35
Anyhow, this little
article was about a family
00:49:09.55\00:49:13.45
who had a little dog.
00:49:13.65\00:49:15.78
And this little dog
was very, very dear to them
00:49:15.98\00:49:18.73
and they enjoyed it.
00:49:18.83\00:49:20.32
And on this particular day
00:49:20.52\00:49:24.30
they were out mowing the lawn.
00:49:24.50\00:49:26.21
And it had
rained the night before,
00:49:26.24\00:49:28.96
and this little dog
of theirs' was pregnant.
00:49:29.17\00:49:32.49
And many, many times
when they mowed the lawn
00:49:32.70\00:49:36.60
she would just run around and
bark but never got close enough
00:49:36.80\00:49:41.17
to the
lawnmower to be a problem.
00:49:41.27\00:49:43.03
And so they didn't
see a problem at all.
00:49:43.23\00:49:45.20
And they were mowing the lawn,
00:49:45.40\00:49:46.63
and she was running
and barking after them.
00:49:46.73\00:49:48.67
And she came running
towards the lawnmower,
00:49:48.87\00:49:52.46
and when she got ready to stop
and turn, the grass was slick...
00:49:52.66\00:49:57.76
and not being
able to stop, she slid
00:49:57.96\00:50:01.76
right up under the lawnmower and
it cut off her two hind legs.
00:50:01.96\00:50:05.73
They grabbed her up;
rushed her to the veterinarian.
00:50:05.93\00:50:10.88
And the veterinarian
examined her and said:
00:50:11.08\00:50:13.98
"We've got two choices. "
00:50:14.18\00:50:16.32
He said: "I can
put her to sleep. "
00:50:16.52\00:50:18.76
He said: "There's not
anything wrong with the puppies.
00:50:18.96\00:50:22.12
She's fine. I
can sew up the stubs.
00:50:22.32\00:50:25.90
You can take her home.
00:50:26.00\00:50:27.13
She'll probably be able to
give birth without any problem
00:50:27.33\00:50:30.42
if you want to do that. "
00:50:30.63\00:50:32.04
Well the children begged
the parents to have him just
00:50:32.24\00:50:35.40
sew up the stubs
and take her home...
00:50:35.50\00:50:37.72
which they
finally consented to do.
00:50:37.92\00:50:40.13
Well they took this little
dog home, and to their absolute
00:50:40.33\00:50:43.19
surprise, in no time at all
she learned to get around...
00:50:43.29\00:50:47.58
to walk. She'd take a
couple steps with her front feet
00:50:47.78\00:50:50.88
and then she would flip those
two hind stubs underneath her.
00:50:51.08\00:50:55.14
Take a couple more
steps and flip behind...
00:50:55.24\00:50:56.88
and she could get
around all over the house.
00:50:56.99\00:50:58.78
And she got around
all over the house,
00:50:58.98\00:51:01.02
and she gave
birth to the puppies.
00:51:01.22\00:51:03.83
And all the
puppies were just fine.
00:51:04.03\00:51:06.66
And they were
just, you know, like...
00:51:06.86\00:51:09.52
They were normal little
puppies just in every way
00:51:09.62\00:51:13.18
just like little dogs
except they had one problem.
00:51:13.38\00:51:17.95
They all walked
like their mother.
00:51:18.15\00:51:21.80
You see, by
beholding we become changed.
00:51:23.19\00:51:27.87
And so you and I are
to behold Jesus Christ.
00:51:28.08\00:51:33.38
That we are to
keep our eyes on Him.
00:51:33.59\00:51:37.21
And if we will do that, it says,
00:51:37.41\00:51:39.47
this will bring about the change
that is necessary in our lives,
00:51:39.67\00:51:43.64
dear friend. I have to
take the old man of sin
00:51:43.74\00:51:47.94
and crucify him,
00:51:48.05\00:51:49.67
and I have to keep
my eyes on Jesus Christ.
00:51:49.88\00:51:54.99
It makes a great,
great difference. It says:
00:51:55.19\00:51:58.77
See, the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.
00:52:14.29\00:52:17.12
You see, faith in the
Lord... that's what overcomes.
00:52:31.77\00:52:35.62
And so dear friend, tonight
00:52:35.82\00:52:37.72
I hope you have been born again
00:52:37.92\00:52:41.91
to give your life to Him new.
00:52:42.11\00:52:44.59
And as you do so,
walk... walk in the Spirit.
00:52:44.79\00:52:49.66
God will bless you.
Listen as Pam sings.
00:52:49.96\00:52:54.53
Nothing between
00:53:02.41\00:53:06.14
my soul and the Savior,
00:53:06.17\00:53:11.35
Habits of life
00:53:11.56\00:53:14.77
though harmless they seem,
00:53:14.97\00:53:20.62
I have renounced
00:53:20.92\00:53:24.99
all sinful pleasure,
00:53:25.19\00:53:29.80
Jesus is mine;
00:53:30.10\00:53:33.80
there's nothing between.
00:53:34.00\00:53:39.33
Nothing between
00:53:40.47\00:53:43.54
my soul and the Savior,
00:53:43.74\00:53:48.19
So that His blessed
00:53:48.68\00:53:52.35
face may be seen;
00:53:52.55\00:53:57.18
Nothing preventing
00:53:58.30\00:54:01.56
the least of His favor,
00:54:01.77\00:54:06.05
Keep the way clear!
00:54:06.45\00:54:10.32
Let nothing
00:54:10.52\00:54:12.94
between.
00:54:13.14\00:54:17.97
If you haven't been born again,
00:54:18.37\00:54:21.28
won't you today?
00:54:22.36\00:54:23.81
Reach out simply in faith.
00:54:24.01\00:54:27.09
Accept Him. Accept Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior
00:54:27.29\00:54:32.35
and receive from
Him a spiritual nature.
00:54:32.55\00:54:36.44
Oh, dear friend,
that's what changes you.
00:54:36.65\00:54:40.09
That's what makes you different
00:54:40.29\00:54:42.30
is this new nature
00:54:42.50\00:54:43.62
that Christ gives you.
00:54:43.72\00:54:45.37
Won't you accept that today
00:54:45.57\00:54:47.54
simply by faith?
00:54:47.74\00:54:49.48
That's all you have to
do. You just say: "Yes, Lord.
00:54:49.68\00:54:52.92
I'm accepting You into my heart
00:54:53.12\00:54:55.30
as my Savior. I'm
giving my life to You.
00:54:55.50\00:54:58.62
Make me a new
person in Christ Jesus. "
00:54:58.82\00:55:02.81
And if you do that in faith,
00:55:03.01\00:55:04.99
He in turn will accept you
and give you a new life in Him.
00:55:05.19\00:55:10.68
This He promises
to you and to me.
00:55:10.88\00:55:14.21
This is what it
means to be born again.
00:55:14.42\00:55:17.48
And to be born again
is absolutely necessary
00:55:17.68\00:55:22.10
if you and I are going to
enter into the kingdom of God.
00:55:22.31\00:55:26.53
So I'm inviting you
tonight... Reach out.
00:55:26.73\00:55:30.58
Accept Jesus Christ by faith
00:55:30.71\00:55:33.50
and receive a
new nature from Him,
00:55:33.70\00:55:37.58
and it will change your life
00:55:37.79\00:55:39.69
and make you completely
different in more ways
00:55:39.89\00:55:44.29
than you have any understanding.
00:55:44.49\00:55:48.26
Go to God. Follow
what the Word says.
00:55:48.46\00:55:51.39
What says the Bible?
00:55:51.59\00:55:53.33
Jesus said in
John the sixth chapter
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.80
"I am the living bread
that cometh down from heaven
00:55:57.00\00:55:59.57
that a man may eat
thereof and not die.
00:55:59.60\00:56:03.37
He who comes to Me will
never hunger or never thirst. "
00:56:03.57\00:56:07.75
He went on to say: "The
words that I speak unto you
00:56:07.95\00:56:11.25
they are spirit
and they are life.
00:56:11.46\00:56:14.20
Just as the Father sent Me and
I live because of the Father,
00:56:14.40\00:56:18.05
so he who eats of this
bread will live because of Me. "
00:56:18.25\00:56:23.54
So many people in this world
are literally starving and weak
00:56:25.50\00:56:29.51
because they do not
feed on the Word of God.
00:56:29.71\00:56:32.53
Their minds are filled
with matters of minor importance
00:56:32.73\00:56:36.08
instead of eating the bread
which came down from heaven.
00:56:36.28\00:56:39.14
If they would only
eat the Bread of Life,
00:56:39.34\00:56:42.22
they would be
regenerated and renewed.
00:56:42.42\00:56:45.06
The bread sent down from
heaven would give them new life.
00:56:45.26\00:56:48.15
The Holy Spirit would
show them things of God.
00:56:48.35\00:56:51.13
As we feed upon the Word,
00:56:51.33\00:56:53.30
we would become new
creatures in Christ.
00:56:53.50\00:56:56.91
Our whole ministry
exists for one purpose only:
00:56:58.24\00:57:01.13
to bring the Bread of
Life to those who are hungering
00:57:01.33\00:57:04.32
and thirsting for truth.
00:57:04.42\00:57:05.74
I wish you could see the
eagerness with which they
00:57:05.94\00:57:08.80
take hold of the spiritual
food that we offer them.
00:57:08.90\00:57:11.40
I wish you could see the light
that comes on in their eyes
00:57:11.60\00:57:14.83
as they accept
Him as their Savior.
00:57:15.03\00:57:17.01
Christ is able,
Christ is willing,
00:57:17.11\00:57:20.50
Christ is longing to save
all who will come unto Him.
00:57:20.70\00:57:25.16
Please pray for these souls.
00:57:25.46\00:57:27.70
And I hope you will
consider supporting our ministry
00:57:27.90\00:57:31.44
as we continue to offer
Jesus, the Bread of Life,
00:57:31.64\00:57:35.30
to all who are hungry
and thirsty for new life.
00:57:35.50\00:57:38.88
We thank you for your support.
00:57:39.08\00:57:41.91
If the Holy Spirit impresses
you to support this ministry,
00:57:42.31\00:57:45.58
please send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
00:57:45.79\00:57:48.15
Thank you for helping us
to bring the gift of salvation
00:58:01.52\00:58:04.44
to millions all over the world.
00:58:04.64\00:58:06.64