Well it's a great
pleasure to welcome you
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to Give Me The Bible
with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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And this is a series
that has been continuing
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every month, five nights...
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or four nights and
one Sabbath morning...
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throughout the entire year
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of 2009. And we're so happy
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that you could
join us time after time.
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All around the world
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we've been hearing from people.
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I talked this
morning even to Florida,
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and I've heard from Texas.
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And we've heard
from other countries
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about how much they're
enjoying this fantastic program
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by Pastor Cox:
Give Me The Bible.
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This is where we emphasize
the Bible once again...
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the trues of the Bible.
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And today Pastor Cox
is going to be speaking on
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Life in Christ.
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And you know there's a
lot of concern about that.
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What happens? Because we're
talking about eternal life.
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When do we receive eternal life?
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When will we know that
we're going to live forever
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and that we will
never ever again face death?
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So he's going to be looking
at that subject from God's Word,
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because God's
Word has the answers
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to all of these
questions. But before he comes,
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we're going to enjoy some music
from the Hinsdale Men's Chorus
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under the direction
of Arnold Hutabarat.
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And they're going
to be singing for us
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He Never Failed Me Yet.
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I will sing of God's mercy.
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every day, every
hour He can be found.
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I will see Him next to me
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for all the
dangers, toils, and snares
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that He has brought me out.
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He is my God, and I'll serve Him
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no matter what.
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Just stand - never doubt.
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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I will sing of God's mercy.
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every day, every
hour He can be found.
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I will see Him next to me
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for all the
dangers, toils, and snares
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that He has brought me out.
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He is my God, and I'll serve Him
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no matter what.
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Trust and - never doubt.
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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I know God is able
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to deliver in time of storm.
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and I know that He'll keep you
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safe from all earthly harm.
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One day when my
weary soul is at rest
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I'm going home to
be forever blessed.
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Trust and never doubt.
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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I will sing of God's mercy.
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Every day, every
hour, He can be found.
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I will see Him next to me
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for all the
dangers, toils, and snares
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that He has brought me out.
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He is my God, and I'll serve Him
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no matter what.
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He said: "Trust
and never doubt. "
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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I know that He delivered
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Moses from king Pharaoh.
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Didn't He cool the fiery furnace
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for Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego?
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When I think of
what my God can do...
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He delivered Daniel,
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I know He will deliver you.
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Trust and never doubt.
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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I will sing of God's mercy.
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Every day, every
hour He can be found.
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I will see Him next to me
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for all the
dangers, toil, and snares
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that He has brought me out.
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He is my God, and I'll serve Him
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no matter what.
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He said: "Trust
and never doubt. "
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed me yet.
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He never failed me...
He never failed me yet.
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He never failed me...
He never failed me yet.
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Trust and never doubt.
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Jesus will surely bring you out.
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He never failed
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me yet.
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Thank you. Thank you, marvelous!
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And welcome to all of
you to Give Me The Bible.
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We're glad to have you here.
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Hope that you're being blessed
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this morning in a special way.
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I certainly am.
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And we are just glad
that you are here today.
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And as we take a
look at God's Word
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see What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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The teachings of
men so often mislead us.
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What says the Word of God to me?
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That's what we want to find out:
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what does God's Word say?
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And so this particular week
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we're taking a look at a subject
entitled Life in the Son.
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Life in Jesus Christ.
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What does the
Bible tell us about that?
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What are the
things that we face?
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What are the different
things that come to play
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concerning life in Jesus Christ?
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And our presentation today
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is entitled Life in Christ.
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Now we talked about the conflict
between two powers that go on,
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and we find that there
is a great, great difference
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in those two concepts.
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And we talked about that
in the first presentation.
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And then we talked
about what is a soul.
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What makes a soul?
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What brings it about?
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How does it all fit together?
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And then of course today
we're going to take a look at
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Life in Christ.
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So we hope you'll be blessed.
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Our next presentation after
this one is on Spiritualism.
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Because there has
been a tremendous rise
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in Spiritualism
until today, dear friends,
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it has permeated everything.
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And so you and I
need to be very much aware
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of what's involved here in
the subject of Spiritualism.
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So that's what our next
presentation will be about.
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But this morning we're
talking about Life in Christ.
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And I hope that you
can see and understand
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that in Him, and in Him alone,
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do we have life.
No other place...
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but only in Jesus Christ.
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This weekend we've
been particularly blessed
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in a very special way
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of having the
Hinsdale Men's Chorus with us
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under the direction
of Dr. Arnold Hutabarat.
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And we... I've
enjoyed them immensely.
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I hope you have.
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They're going to sing for
us one of my favorite songs
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entitled What a
Friend We Have in Jesus.
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What a friend we have
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in Jesus.
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All our sins and griefs
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to bear.
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What a privilege
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to carry
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everything
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to God in prayer.
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Oh, what peace we often
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forfeit,
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and oh, what needless pain
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we bear - pain we bear.
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All because we do not
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carry
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everything to God
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in prayer.
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Have we trials
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and temptations?
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Is there trouble
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anywhere? Any trouble...
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We should
never... We should never
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be discouraged.
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Take it to the Lord
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in prayer.
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Can we find a friend
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so faithful?
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Who will all our sorrows
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share? Sorrows share...
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Jesus knows our every
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weakness.
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Take it to the Lord
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in prayer.
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Take it
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to the Lord
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in
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prayer.
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Take it to the Lord
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in
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prayer.
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Our Father in Heaven,
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we come to You this morning
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first Lord, to say thank you.
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Thank you for being willing
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to let Your Son, Jesus
Christ, come to this old earth
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and make a way that each
one of us could have life.
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As we look at what has
happened and what takes place
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give us
understanding this morning.
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May the Holy Spirit
fill us and may we see
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as we have never seen before
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what You have
done, and that indeed
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life is found only in You.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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This morning I want
us to go to a Bible verse
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that I consider to be one of the
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most outstanding verses
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in all the Bible.
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A very simple verse...
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but very, very clear
and very, very direct
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because it puts thing exactly
in perspective as they are.
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It's a text that all
of you are aware of...
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all of you know.
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And it just simply says this:
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Uh, you know, it just
makes it very, very clear.
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There's two things there...
the wages of sin is DEATH.
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That's gonna happen.
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Or, as a result
of what Christ did,
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we can have LIFE in Jesus
Christ... one or the other
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it puts it there. God has
never had a problem, folks,
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in making Himself clear.
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I... I don't understand
because I run onto people that
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seem to think that God
has a problem communicating.
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God doesn't have a
problem communicating.
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He makes it clear.
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With our very first
parents, Adam and Eve,
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He was crystal clear
in what He had to say.
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Clear?
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I mean, clear as can be.
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No if, and, buts about it.
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Right there: if you do
it, you're going to die.
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And they chose to do it.
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That's as simple as can be.
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They chose to eat of
the tree that God told them
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"If you eat of it,
you're going to die. "
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And as the result:
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And so death spread
upon the whole human race
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because we have sinned.
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And because we have sinned,
the wages of sin is... death.
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Plain. Simple. Not
hard to understand.
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I don't have to be in doubt.
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I can know exactly
what God is saying.
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Therefore, if I am a sinner -
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which we all are -
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then the wages of
sin for that is... DEATH.
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And because the
wages of sin is death,
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I have to face that.
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I have to pay that price...
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unless...
somebody paid it for me.
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"But the gift of
God is eternal life
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in Jesus Christ our Lord. "
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So the question
comes up that if I die,
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is there life after death?
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Now there's a lot of
people that want to tell you
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that when you die
you really don't die...
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you just change existence.
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You just change into a spirit.
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I've never got
very excited about that
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to tell me that I'm
some invisible spirit
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floating around
on an invisible cloud
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playing an invisible harp
that makes an inaudible sound.
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I don't get very
excited about that. See?
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But the
scripture just simply says
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that if you sin, you die.
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That's it right there.
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Life after death?
Only as God promises.
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You see, the opinion
of most of the world today
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is that when you die
you go to one of two places.
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You go to heaven
or you go to hell.
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That's it.
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I mean, if you
attend a funeral service
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almost invariably, I don't
care how bad the person was,
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they put 'em up in heaven.
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Talk how this person's
gone to heaven and all this.
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But we need to take a
look and see exactly what
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the scripture tells us
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about what happens to
a person when they die.
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One thing we need to
be clear about, folks,
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is that Jesus Christ
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has the power to give life.
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You remember the
experience of Lazarus.
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And Jesus, Mary,
Martha walked out to the tomb
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and He told them
"roll away the stone. "
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And they rolled it away, and...
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And Lazarus came
out of that grave.
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He had the power to
call Lazarus from the grave.
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So He has the power to
give life to you and to me.
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He is the only one...
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He is the only one
that has that power.
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No one else... just Him.
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This is Jesus Christ.
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This is God that
offers to you and to me
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an alternative to
destruction, to death:
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He offers us life.
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Death... when a person dies...
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Do they experience
such things as joy?
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Sorrow? Pain?
00:20:46.26\00:20:50.28
Can the dead see?
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.42
Hear? Taste? Touch? Smell?
00:20:52.62\00:20:57.38
Do they have access
to all those senses?
00:20:57.58\00:21:00.85
Just what does it tell us
00:21:01.05\00:21:02.80
happens to a
person when they die?
00:21:03.00\00:21:06.54
Do they know anything?
00:21:06.74\00:21:08.91
Well, let's look
at some scriptures.
00:21:09.11\00:21:11.04
Job asks a question... he
asked that question. He says:
00:21:11.24\00:21:14.46
Job says: "he dies,
00:21:20.41\00:21:22.11
breathes his last...
and then where is he? "
00:21:22.31\00:21:25.33
Well, he goes on and answers it.
00:21:25.53\00:21:27.08
What?
00:21:38.90\00:21:40.00
He says a person dies...
00:21:49.36\00:21:51.87
that's it.
00:21:52.07\00:21:54.61
They don't rise
from their sleep.
00:21:54.81\00:21:56.73
They are asleep.
They don't know anything.
00:21:56.93\00:22:02.25
Let's look at another one...
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Ecclesiastes 9:5:
00:22:03.95\00:22:07.53
All of us are aware of that.
00:22:10.64\00:22:11.99
If you are not aware of that,
00:22:12.20\00:22:17.52
probably a good thing to
do if you've never done it
00:22:17.72\00:22:21.56
is just take a
walk through a cemetery
00:22:21.76\00:22:24.87
and just look at the
dates on the tombstones.
00:22:25.91\00:22:31.85
And you'll find that death
is no respecter of persons.
00:22:32.05\00:22:36.67
It doesn't make any
difference how old you may be
00:22:36.87\00:22:41.91
or how young you may be,
00:22:42.11\00:22:44.24
death is something that
happens to all of us. OK?
00:22:44.44\00:22:48.65
So it says the living -
very much - know that...
00:22:48.85\00:22:52.21
So, they die.
00:23:11.80\00:23:15.41
There is no memory in the grave.
00:23:15.61\00:23:19.75
That doesn't happen.
00:23:19.95\00:23:21.58
That person doesn't have that.
00:23:21.78\00:23:24.33
None of the senses are there.
00:23:24.53\00:23:26.21
David, in the Psalms,
laid it out step by step
00:23:26.41\00:23:31.89
very clear what
happens and what takes place
00:23:32.09\00:23:35.37
to a person in death.
00:23:35.57\00:23:37.03
88th Psalm if
you want to follow.
00:23:45.33\00:23:48.03
Question: shall the
dead rise up and praise You?
00:24:22.98\00:24:25.73
Said: Is the people that
have died in the grave...
00:24:33.16\00:24:35.91
are they going to know anything
about Your loving-kindness?
00:24:36.11\00:24:39.72
Are they going
to be aware of this?
00:24:39.93\00:24:42.50
And shall You be
praised from the grave?
00:24:42.70\00:24:45.58
No. None of those things happen.
00:24:51.80\00:24:54.44
The dead know NOTHING.
00:24:54.64\00:24:57.71
There's no senses there.
00:24:57.91\00:25:00.69
There's no feelings.
00:25:00.89\00:25:02.60
That person
doesn't know ANYTHING.
00:25:02.80\00:25:06.54
Let me tell you, folks.
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.21
Just because something...
00:25:08.41\00:25:10.57
How should I say?
00:25:10.77\00:25:12.41
feels good
00:25:12.44\00:25:13.55
it doesn't make it right.
00:25:13.75\00:25:16.58
Are you following me?
00:25:16.79\00:25:19.75
I've asked people, "Well,
why do you believe that? "
00:25:19.95\00:25:23.13
And they said:
"Well, it feels good. "
00:25:23.33\00:25:26.06
No. That's not
reason for it to be true.
00:25:26.26\00:25:31.78
Just because it
may help me emotionally
00:25:31.98\00:25:36.08
or help my feelings
does not make it right.
00:25:36.29\00:25:40.51
The dead: they
don't know anything.
00:25:40.71\00:25:45.72
They're asleep in the grave.
00:25:45.92\00:25:48.21
In fact, it tells us:
00:25:48.41\00:25:49.95
All those days I'm going to wait
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.29
until my change comes.
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.06
And I will be
changed as He describes.
00:26:07.26\00:26:10.53
But that person in
the grave is going to wait
00:26:10.73\00:26:14.65
until that day comes.
00:26:14.85\00:26:16.75
Death the Bible
describes as a sleep.
00:26:16.95\00:26:22.14
It's the way it talks
about it: it's a sleep.
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.93
It does not say
that it's something
00:26:25.13\00:26:28.47
that a person will
never wake up from.
00:26:28.67\00:26:30.67
But it says it is a sleep.
00:26:30.87\00:26:33.74
They don't know anything.
00:26:33.95\00:26:36.86
Just like when you go to bed
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.64
and you haven't eaten a
large supper, a large dinner,
00:26:38.84\00:26:42.95
and you sleep
soundly. You don't dream.
00:26:43.16\00:26:47.12
How quick does morning come?
00:26:47.32\00:26:49.53
I mean just like that.
00:26:49.73\00:26:52.32
You just... you
don't know anything.
00:26:52.53\00:26:54.59
Next thing you
know, you're awake.
00:26:54.79\00:26:56.90
Night has passed.
00:26:57.10\00:26:59.25
No... nothing took place there
00:26:59.46\00:27:02.88
that you were conscious of.
00:27:03.08\00:27:04.71
I'm... as I have read
the scripture... I'm very,
00:27:15.73\00:27:20.11
very thankful to God for
His love and His mercy...
00:27:20.31\00:27:24.29
and
particularly in this subject.
00:27:24.50\00:27:27.28
That He loves us; He's merciful.
00:27:27.48\00:27:30.86
He's kind to us.
00:27:31.06\00:27:32.56
Because when my wife died
00:27:32.76\00:27:35.36
and I had small children
00:27:35.56\00:27:39.52
I would never have been
able to have rest, folks,
00:27:39.72\00:27:44.07
if I would have thought that she
00:27:44.27\00:27:46.67
was aware of what
we were going through.
00:27:46.87\00:27:50.34
You know, how could...
how could I have felt that?
00:27:50.54\00:27:54.85
I can remember sitting on
the bed with those two children,
00:27:55.06\00:27:57.89
arm around each one of them and
all of us crying our hearts out.
00:27:58.09\00:28:02.11
How could she enjoy something
like that up in heaven?
00:28:02.31\00:28:07.90
No. God is
loving. God is merciful.
00:28:08.10\00:28:12.46
God is kind.
00:28:12.66\00:28:14.60
And it just simply says that
person doesn't know anything.
00:28:14.63\00:28:18.05
They are asleep,
00:28:18.25\00:28:21.18
and they remain that way
until the Lifegiver comes.
00:28:21.38\00:28:25.09
No. He's saying the
sleep that the dead are in:
00:28:34.30\00:28:37.50
that's not going to
go on and on and on.
00:28:37.71\00:28:40.57
But we are going to sleep
until the change takes place.
00:28:40.77\00:28:45.77
This is about Jesus talking
to His disciples about Lazarus.
00:28:49.62\00:28:53.91
He said:
00:28:54.12\00:28:55.15
Said: "Lazarus is sleeping.
I'm going to go wake him up. "
00:28:59.54\00:29:02.76
They thought that Jesus
was talking about taking a nap.
00:29:02.96\00:29:07.52
That's what they thought, see?
00:29:07.72\00:29:09.88
And... 'cause
they respond to that...
00:29:10.09\00:29:12.56
They said: "If he's sleeping,
You ought to leave him alone.
00:29:18.30\00:29:20.89
You ought to just let him sleep,
00:29:21.09\00:29:22.79
because if he sleeps, he'll
get well. Don't disturb him. "
00:29:22.99\00:29:26.61
Then listen,
Jesus is very clear:
00:29:37.28\00:29:39.69
So... no question.
00:29:45.35\00:29:47.48
Compares death to a sleep.
00:29:47.68\00:29:50.55
And a person is asleep...
00:29:50.75\00:29:52.78
And fortunately I can die
00:29:52.98\00:29:56.71
with full assurance
00:29:56.91\00:29:59.97
that I have
life in Jesus Christ.
00:30:00.17\00:30:04.53
See? I've lived,
folks, all these years
00:30:04.74\00:30:09.04
and I've lived them
with faith in Jesus Christ.
00:30:09.24\00:30:14.28
I believe in Him.
00:30:14.58\00:30:16.74
I trust Him.
00:30:16.94\00:30:18.60
I accept Him
wholeheartedly in every way.
00:30:18.80\00:30:23.73
Then why shouldn't
I trust Him in death?
00:30:23.93\00:30:28.28
Sure. I can face death
with absolute assurance
00:30:29.98\00:30:34.55
that in Jesus
Christ I have life.
00:30:34.75\00:30:38.90
I'll come forth.
00:30:39.10\00:30:41.30
And all of us... As
you read through the Bible,
00:30:41.50\00:30:44.63
Paul talks about
that over and over.
00:30:44.83\00:30:46.76
How that he had the
promise, he had the hope
00:30:46.96\00:30:49.70
in Christ that
he would come forth.
00:30:49.90\00:30:52.79
So those that are asleep
in Jesus will come forth.
00:30:52.99\00:30:56.96
It says here:
00:30:57.17\00:30:58.22
Marvelous!
00:31:05.40\00:31:06.48
Those that have died
trusting in Jesus Christ,
00:31:12.58\00:31:16.91
looking to Him...
they're going to awake.
00:31:17.11\00:31:21.63
And they're going to
awake to everlasting life.
00:31:21.84\00:31:25.50
That He will give to them.
00:31:25.70\00:31:28.91
Now folks, God is the only One -
00:31:38.13\00:31:43.43
the only One - that
promises in this book
00:31:43.63\00:31:49.17
eternal life.
00:31:49.37\00:31:51.39
Nobody else.
00:31:51.59\00:31:53.21
You can't find it in the
scripture promised any other way
00:31:53.41\00:31:58.04
than in Jesus Christ.
00:31:58.24\00:32:00.04
Only in Christ is
there eternal life.
00:32:01.45\00:32:04.64
And so if you and I
accept Him into our hearts,
00:32:04.84\00:32:08.44
then we receive eternal life.
00:32:08.64\00:32:12.50
OK? I want you
to get clear here.
00:32:12.70\00:32:17.09
When do I receive eternal life?
00:32:17.29\00:32:20.95
Got to get you clear.
00:32:21.16\00:32:26.00
When do I receive eternal life?
00:32:26.20\00:32:29.36
The very moment I
accept Jesus Christ.
00:32:30.42\00:32:36.34
The very moment that
I accept Jesus Christ
00:32:36.54\00:32:40.68
I receive eternal life.
00:32:40.89\00:32:43.58
I receive it by what means?
00:32:43.78\00:32:46.58
By faith.
00:32:46.78\00:32:48.25
I accept Him and
I have eternal life
00:32:48.45\00:32:52.23
because He has promised
to give us eternal life.
00:32:52.43\00:32:55.83
So I receive it
when I accept Him.
00:32:56.03\00:32:58.01
When do I... or you...
00:32:58.21\00:33:01.40
receive immortality?
00:33:01.60\00:33:03.96
Yeah, I receive
immortality at the resurrection
00:33:04.16\00:33:09.91
when the change takes place.
00:33:10.11\00:33:13.63
Clear?
00:33:13.83\00:33:15.02
That's when it happens is
when the change takes place.
00:33:15.22\00:33:18.52
So Jesus will call
those people from the grave
00:33:18.73\00:33:24.50
and they will
receive immortality...
00:33:24.70\00:33:28.52
eternal life.
00:33:28.72\00:33:30.57
Marvelous text.
00:33:37.84\00:33:39.64
Ask yourself this morning...
00:33:39.84\00:33:42.30
Do you know the
voice of your Master?
00:33:42.50\00:33:46.33
Do you know it?
00:33:46.73\00:33:49.32
Do you take time to listen
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.42
every day?
00:33:54.62\00:33:57.79
Does His voice come through
00:33:57.99\00:33:59.62
to you above all the din of
the noise and everything else
00:33:59.72\00:34:02.83
that you hear the
Master's voice to you each day?
00:34:03.03\00:34:07.56
And you know it?
00:34:07.76\00:34:09.89
And you follow Him,
see. You walk with Him.
00:34:10.09\00:34:14.98
Marvelous,
marvelous scriptures, folks.
00:34:26.63\00:34:29.02
Says I'll give you eternal life.
00:34:29.22\00:34:32.85
Nobody... nobody can snatch you
00:34:34.10\00:34:38.49
out of His hand.
00:34:38.69\00:34:41.29
I mean, if you
want to feel secure,
00:34:41.49\00:34:44.87
I don't know what
you need more than that.
00:34:45.07\00:34:47.50
That nothing...
He'll give you eternal life
00:34:47.71\00:34:51.43
and there is absolutely
nothing that will take you
00:34:51.46\00:34:53.86
out of His hand.
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.18
Just doesn't do
that. Cares for you.
00:34:57.68\00:35:00.98
Gives to you eternal life.
00:35:02.14\00:35:04.17
In other words, he says:
"Tell me what I need to do
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.37
to inherit eternal life. "
00:35:19.57\00:35:21.85
Do you know what you need
to do to inherit eternal life?
00:35:22.05\00:35:24.60
Hmmm?
00:35:26.12\00:35:27.76
Make sure you go
to church every week.
00:35:27.96\00:35:30.91
Huh?
00:35:32.77\00:35:34.12
Well now, don't
misunderstand me...
00:35:34.42\00:35:36.78
going to church is
very, very important.
00:35:36.98\00:35:39.70
But what do you have to
do to inherit eternal life?
00:35:39.90\00:35:45.42
Listen:
00:35:45.82\00:35:47.70
If you want
eternal life, dear friend,
00:36:00.34\00:36:02.87
then you must
believe in Jesus Christ.
00:36:03.07\00:36:06.74
That's how you get eternal life.
00:36:06.94\00:36:09.62
It doesn't come any other way.
00:36:09.82\00:36:11.68
And I have told you
this as we've talked down
00:36:11.78\00:36:14.10
through these series...
00:36:14.21\00:36:15.37
Dear friends, there
is nothing you can do
00:36:15.57\00:36:19.77
to improve or to help
the plan of salvation.
00:36:20.94\00:36:26.89
Salvation is totally
and completely of God,
00:36:27.09\00:36:32.51
and you and I can't do
anything to improve it.
00:36:32.71\00:36:36.68
All that I can
do is simply accept
00:36:36.89\00:36:42.34
what Jesus
Christ has done for me.
00:36:42.55\00:36:45.84
That's all I can do.
00:36:46.04\00:36:47.76
If I... believing by
faith... I reach out and accept
00:36:47.94\00:36:52.37
what He has done for
me, I believe in Him.
00:36:52.49\00:36:55.41
And because I believe in Him
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.75
He gives you... or He
gives me... eternal life.
00:36:58.95\00:37:03.37
This is the promise that's made
00:37:03.57\00:37:09.36
to you and to me.
00:37:09.56\00:37:11.48
Contrasting those two again.
00:37:28.92\00:37:31.16
If you believe in Him,
you're not going to perish.
00:37:31.36\00:37:34.73
Dear friend, what a marvelous,
marvelous promise of hope!
00:37:34.83\00:37:38.53
That you can reach out in faith
and believe in Jesus Christ
00:37:38.73\00:37:42.17
and you will not perish.
00:37:42.37\00:37:44.91
I don't know how
some of you have found it,
00:37:45.11\00:37:48.97
but it seemed like to me, folks,
00:37:49.17\00:37:53.53
that the time between 50 and 70
00:37:54.73\00:38:00.14
was two days.
00:38:00.34\00:38:02.03
I mean... just like
that and it was there. See?
00:38:04.05\00:38:09.20
What I'm trying to tell you is
00:38:09.40\00:38:12.21
the best you want to look
at it, folks, life is short.
00:38:12.41\00:38:15.75
And if all there
is is this old world
00:38:15.95\00:38:21.54
and there's nothing more,
00:38:21.74\00:38:23.37
then, boy, you and
I have been cheated.
00:38:23.57\00:38:26.56
But fortunately, Jesus said
00:38:28.05\00:38:33.15
there's a lot more to it.
00:38:33.25\00:38:35.24
There's a lot more to it.
"I'll give you eternal life,
00:38:35.44\00:38:40.34
and I'll give you eternal
life where there is no more sin.
00:38:40.54\00:38:45.27
Where there is no more death.
Where there is no more pain.
00:38:45.48\00:38:48.87
I'll give that to you
00:38:49.07\00:38:50.87
if you will believe in Me. "
00:38:51.07\00:38:55.90
That's what Jesus said.
"If you'll just believe in Me,
00:38:55.93\00:38:59.50
I'll give that to you
and you can have life. "
00:38:59.70\00:39:05.02
Oh I hope today that
there's none of you here
00:39:21.08\00:39:25.14
that don't
believe in Jesus Christ.
00:39:25.34\00:39:30.44
I hope those of you who
are watching by television
00:39:30.64\00:39:33.76
or listening on the radio
00:39:33.97\00:39:35.88
that you'll
understand and that you see
00:39:36.09\00:39:38.93
that you can have hope. That you
can have life in Jesus Christ.
00:39:39.14\00:39:44.92
If you just reach out
in faith and accept Him,
00:39:45.12\00:39:48.15
He'll give you eternal life.
00:39:48.35\00:39:52.06
That's offered to you
totally and completely
00:39:52.26\00:39:57.59
free.
00:39:57.79\00:40:00.66
Did you hear me?
00:40:00.86\00:40:02.59
It's offered to you
totally and completely free.
00:40:02.79\00:40:07.75
All that you are required to do
00:40:07.95\00:40:11.97
is to believe in Him.
00:40:12.17\00:40:15.70
To believe in Him.
00:40:17.88\00:40:21.12
And if I believe in Him,
He gives to us eternal life.
00:40:21.32\00:40:25.80
A marvelous
scripture again, folks.
00:40:35.36\00:40:37.53
How marvelous. It
says if we believe in Him
00:40:46.46\00:40:50.31
we shall not come into judgment
00:40:50.51\00:40:53.60
"but has passed
from death into life. "
00:40:53.80\00:40:57.22
"There is
therefore now no condemnation
00:40:57.42\00:41:02.36
to those who are in... " what?
00:41:02.56\00:41:06.42
"Christ Jesus. "
00:41:06.62\00:41:07.95
Will not come into
judgment but have passed
00:41:08.15\00:41:11.09
from death unto life
00:41:11.29\00:41:14.07
by believing in Jesus Christ.
00:41:14.27\00:41:17.07
What do I have to
do to inherit life?
00:41:30.76\00:41:33.60
You're catching
the picture here...
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.57
I have to be willing, if
I believe in Jesus Christ,
00:42:08.91\00:42:14.17
to put it all in His hands.
00:42:14.37\00:42:18.69
You see, dear friend,
if you're going to say
00:42:18.89\00:42:22.29
"I believe in Jesus Christ
but I just don't trust you, "
00:42:22.49\00:42:26.34
that doesn't work.
00:42:26.54\00:42:28.85
God says: "Trust Me. "
00:42:29.05\00:42:31.21
And when He says "trust Me, "
00:42:31.32\00:42:32.69
that means in everything.
00:42:32.89\00:42:34.82
That means in houses,
00:42:35.02\00:42:37.10
that means in land. That
means wife; that means children.
00:42:37.20\00:42:40.48
I MUST TRUST HIM...
00:42:40.69\00:42:43.06
totally, completely...
00:42:43.26\00:42:44.65
because He's the
One that has life.
00:42:44.85\00:42:48.13
I can remember I was
holding a meeting, and this lady
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.84
was coming to the meeting
and she faced the question
00:42:52.04\00:42:55.02
of her employment interfering
00:42:55.22\00:42:58.87
with her worship of the Lord.
00:42:59.07\00:43:01.99
And... and the folks that
were visiting her asked her
00:43:02.20\00:43:07.06
about it, and she said "No,
" she said "I can't do that. "
00:43:07.26\00:43:11.74
And I went out
and visited with her,
00:43:11.94\00:43:14.93
and we talked about
what the scripture said.
00:43:15.03\00:43:17.43
There was no question that
she believed in Jesus Christ;
00:43:17.63\00:43:20.63
no question that she
had given her heart to Him.
00:43:20.83\00:43:24.04
And so when I asked
her about her employment
00:43:24.24\00:43:28.24
and how it was interfering
with what the scripture said
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.44
about her worship
and all, she said:
00:43:30.54\00:43:32.89
"Oh, I can't do that. "
00:43:32.92\00:43:34.22
And I said: "I'm having a
hard time understanding. "
00:43:35.06\00:43:40.79
And she said:
"What... what do you mean? "
00:43:40.99\00:43:43.41
And I said: "Well, you've
just told me you love the Lord
00:43:43.61\00:43:46.12
and you tell me you
believe what it says.
00:43:46.32\00:43:47.96
That you're willing
to follow what it says,
00:43:48.16\00:43:49.76
but when it comes
down to the actuality of it
00:43:49.96\00:43:52.44
you're not willing to do
that. And I'm having a hard time
00:43:52.64\00:43:54.86
putting this together. "
00:43:55.06\00:43:56.12
And she said: "Brother
Cox, you don't understand. "
00:43:56.32\00:43:59.38
And I said: "No, I don't.
What don't I understand? "
00:43:59.58\00:44:02.90
And she said: "I have cancer. "
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.51
And she said: "The
only insurance I have
00:44:05.71\00:44:09.51
is with my employer.
00:44:09.71\00:44:11.73
And if I lose my job,
00:44:11.93\00:44:14.81
I'll lose my insurance.
00:44:15.02\00:44:17.61
You see, we're down to
the place where the rubber
00:44:21.96\00:44:25.80
meets the road... if you under-
stand what I'm talking about. "
00:44:26.00\00:44:28.97
And I said: "When you
00:44:30.07\00:44:33.88
accepted Jesus Christ
00:44:34.08\00:44:37.01
you accepted Him for life
and you accepted Him for death.
00:44:37.21\00:44:42.53
I can't... I
can't do it half-way.
00:44:42.73\00:44:47.53
I have to do it all the way.
00:44:47.74\00:44:49.49
I accept Him for life;
I accept Him for death. "
00:44:49.69\00:44:53.00
She thought about that
for a bit and she said: "OK. "
00:44:54.95\00:44:57.94
And she went to her employer.
00:44:58.14\00:45:00.04
They gave her
Sabbaths off no problem
00:45:00.24\00:45:03.51
and she could... you know.
00:45:03.71\00:45:04.90
But what I'm
trying to say, folks,
00:45:05.10\00:45:07.19
is I just can't go part way.
00:45:07.39\00:45:09.83
I either believe
in Him or I don't.
00:45:10.03\00:45:12.53
And He says if you
do, then at the end
00:45:12.73\00:45:16.95
when the change
comes I'm going to give you
00:45:17.15\00:45:19.74
eternal life. I'm going
to give you immortality.
00:45:19.94\00:45:22.75
So I go to sleep.
00:45:49.06\00:45:52.36
And dear friend,
00:45:52.57\00:45:53.90
there is no time in the grave.
00:45:54.10\00:45:58.86
See, that person who died
00:46:00.04\00:46:02.36
five thousand years ago
00:46:04.60\00:46:07.04
and that person who died today
00:46:07.24\00:46:10.69
the coming of Jesus
Christ will be like that.
00:46:10.89\00:46:14.30
There is no time there.
00:46:14.50\00:46:17.53
So I just simply close my eyes
00:46:17.74\00:46:20.36
and I will open them to
hear the voice of the Maker...
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to hear the voice of Christ
00:46:25.29\00:46:27.12
calling His
people from the grave.
00:46:27.32\00:46:29.17
That's what He
gives to you and to me.
00:46:29.38\00:46:32.73
All those who have died
in Christ will rise first.
00:46:44.21\00:46:48.42
You see what you and I
need to make absolutely sure
00:47:06.70\00:47:10.00
is my faith in Him is
strong. That I believe in Him.
00:47:10.03\00:47:14.25
Because if I lay down
my life on this old earth
00:47:14.45\00:47:18.38
one thing for sure
00:47:18.58\00:47:20.36
is I want to come out
in that first resurrection.
00:47:20.56\00:47:23.89
That's where I want to come out.
00:47:24.09\00:47:26.37
I want to hear the
voice of the Lifegiver
00:47:26.57\00:47:29.16
call and come forth.
00:47:29.26\00:47:31.24
I've told people
over the years many times
00:47:31.44\00:47:33.94
A lot of people say
"Oh, I just want to live
00:47:34.14\00:47:36.31
until Jesus comes. "
00:47:36.41\00:47:37.88
I'm not sure I do.
00:47:38.08\00:47:39.73
I'm... I'm not sure that I
want to miss the resurrection.
00:47:39.93\00:47:44.17
I'm not sure that I do.
00:47:44.38\00:47:47.14
Think about that.
00:47:47.34\00:47:48.73
What a marvelous
experience that will be!
00:47:48.93\00:47:51.12
Call. The voice
of the Lifegiver.
00:47:51.33\00:47:54.40
And those graves
are going to open...
00:47:54.60\00:47:56.31
the people are
going to come out.
00:47:56.51\00:47:57.71
I want to be part of
that first resurrection.
00:47:57.91\00:48:00.29
I don't want to
be in the second one.
00:48:00.50\00:48:03.57
Don't want to be there.
00:48:03.77\00:48:05.98
How many in the
grave will hear His voice?
00:48:16.15\00:48:18.33
ALL. Get it clear.
00:48:18.53\00:48:20.41
Not just the righteous but
the righteous AND the wicked.
00:48:20.61\00:48:23.61
All will hear His
voice and come forth.
00:48:23.81\00:48:27.74
That's the first resurrection.
00:48:37.66\00:48:39.75
They're going to
come out of the grave.
00:48:39.95\00:48:42.64
They're going to
be given immortality.
00:48:42.85\00:48:46.92
They're going to live through
the ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:48:47.12\00:48:52.50
They're never going to die.
00:48:52.70\00:48:54.92
That's going to be given to them
00:48:55.12\00:48:57.35
because of what Jesus has done
00:48:57.54\00:49:01.84
for you and for me.
00:49:02.04\00:49:04.56
All the wicked will be
called forth from the grave.
00:49:14.57\00:49:19.70
Great, great difference in these
two resurrections, dear friend.
00:49:19.90\00:49:23.96
The first resurrection here
will be a resurrection in which
00:49:24.16\00:49:29.36
all those that come
forth from the grave
00:49:29.56\00:49:33.00
will have put on immortality.
00:49:33.21\00:49:38.44
This corruptible will
have put on incorruption.
00:49:38.64\00:49:41.50
Do you
understand what that means?
00:49:41.70\00:49:42.95
That means if you
died without one arm
00:49:43.15\00:49:48.28
you'll be
resurrected with both of them.
00:49:48.48\00:49:50.52
That means if
you died a cripple,
00:49:50.72\00:49:53.57
you'll come out whole.
00:49:53.77\00:49:56.19
It means that your body
will be made back like it was...
00:49:56.39\00:49:59.86
in perfect condition.
00:50:00.07\00:50:01.87
"This corruptible
shall put on incorruption. "
00:50:02.07\00:50:04.34
That's what happens in
the first resurrection.
00:50:04.54\00:50:07.05
Second resurrection: NO!
00:50:08.20\00:50:10.93
Doesn't promise that.
00:50:11.13\00:50:13.25
Those that come forth
in that second resurrection
00:50:13.46\00:50:16.38
they're going to
come out of that grave
00:50:16.59\00:50:18.18
just like they went into it.
00:50:18.28\00:50:20.01
You see, your hope
00:50:22.37\00:50:24.74
must be in Jesus Christ.
00:50:24.94\00:50:28.66
Boy, that's
going to be wonderful.
00:50:38.07\00:50:39.86
"We shall all be changed... "
00:50:39.89\00:50:41.57
How wonderful
00:50:54.87\00:50:57.62
that we'll be
changed... made perfect.
00:50:57.82\00:51:01.85
You ever think about that?
00:51:02.05\00:51:04.01
Made perfect.
00:51:04.21\00:51:06.04
Ladies, there'll
be no more wrinkles.
00:51:06.24\00:51:08.96
There'll be no more spots.
00:51:09.16\00:51:11.59
There'll be no more
things that are imperfect,
00:51:11.79\00:51:15.04
but every individual
will be absolutely perfect.
00:51:15.24\00:51:18.35
They will be
changed into His likeness.
00:51:18.55\00:51:22.25
Not for a day.
00:51:22.46\00:51:24.15
Not for 5 or 6 years... as long
as Botox will take care of it.
00:51:24.35\00:51:29.52
But for eternity
00:51:31.16\00:51:33.37
that person will be changed!
00:51:33.57\00:51:36.08
Throughout the ceaseless ages.
00:51:36.28\00:51:38.96
I can't even comprehend that.
00:51:39.16\00:51:41.03
Through the
ceaseless ages of eternity
00:51:41.23\00:51:43.43
that person will be changed.
00:51:43.64\00:51:46.03
And Jesus is going to come
00:52:13.33\00:52:14.83
and when He comes
He's going to shout.
00:52:15.03\00:52:17.78
And not only will He shout, but
He's going to say these words:
00:52:17.98\00:52:22.07
He said He's going to
shout out across this earth:
00:52:28.09\00:52:30.41
Oh dear friend, how wonderful,
00:52:41.78\00:52:44.44
how marvelous,
will be the glad tidings
00:52:44.64\00:52:48.65
when Jesus calls all
the dead from the grave.
00:52:48.85\00:52:53.70
The mossy old graves
00:52:58.41\00:53:02.82
where the pilgrims sleep
00:53:03.02\00:53:06.69
shall be opened
00:53:06.89\00:53:10.24
as before.
00:53:10.45\00:53:14.80
And the millions that sleep
00:53:15.70\00:53:19.25
in the mighty deep
00:53:19.45\00:53:23.41
shall live on this earth
00:53:23.61\00:53:27.83
once more.
00:53:28.03\00:53:31.74
He's coming!
00:53:32.64\00:53:35.54
Coming! Coming soon, I know.
00:53:35.74\00:53:40.48
Coming back to this earth
00:53:40.78\00:53:45.02
again.
00:53:45.22\00:53:48.74
And the weary
00:53:49.73\00:53:54.70
pilgrims
00:53:54.90\00:53:58.88
will to glory go
00:53:59.18\00:54:02.79
when the Savior
00:54:02.99\00:54:06.68
comes to reign.
00:54:06.88\00:54:12.78
Friend, are you
ready to meet Jesus?
00:54:14.65\00:54:18.23
Are you going to be
one of those pilgrims
00:54:19.44\00:54:22.20
that will welcome Him
00:54:22.40\00:54:25.01
and find life in Jesus Christ?
00:54:25.22\00:54:29.25
All you have to do
00:54:30.58\00:54:33.06
is believe.
00:54:33.27\00:54:35.99
Give your heart to Him.
00:54:36.19\00:54:37.59
Surrender it to Him.
00:54:37.79\00:54:39.38
Believe...
00:54:39.58\00:54:41.14
and He will give
to you eternal life.
00:54:41.34\00:54:45.98
Let us pray.
00:54:46.18\00:54:47.51
Father in Heaven,
00:54:47.81\00:54:49.20
we thank you.
00:54:49.40\00:54:51.25
We thank you for
making it possible
00:54:51.45\00:54:54.71
that we, too, can
have life eternal in You.
00:54:54.74\00:54:59.91
Lord, may our hearts be open.
00:55:00.11\00:55:04.46
May they be soft.
00:55:04.66\00:55:08.40
May the Holy Spirit
speak to each one today
00:55:08.80\00:55:14.04
that's listening by
radio or watching on television
00:55:14.24\00:55:18.07
or here in the audience
00:55:18.27\00:55:19.60
that if they do not know Christ
as their Lord and their Savior
00:55:20.49\00:55:26.17
we ask at this very time
00:55:26.38\00:55:29.59
they'll surrender
their hearts to You.
00:55:29.79\00:55:32.13
We thank You for guiding and
directing and leading our lives
00:55:32.33\00:55:37.51
and that in You we
can have life eternal.
00:55:37.71\00:55:41.65
This we pray in Your name.
00:55:41.86\00:55:45.34
May God bless
you. Have a great day.
00:55:45.54\00:55:48.66
Look for you in
the next presentation.
00:55:48.83\00:55:51.19
You can find them everywhere.
00:55:52.47\00:55:54.67
In every city, town,
out-of-the-way place.
00:55:54.87\00:55:58.19
In some areas, they're more
plentiful than gas stations.
00:55:58.22\00:56:02.01
Small and large.
Modern, old-fashioned.
00:56:02.21\00:56:05.68
Millions of them
exist all over the world.
00:56:05.88\00:56:08.71
We're talking about
churches, of course.
00:56:08.91\00:56:10.79
Houses of worship.
00:56:10.99\00:56:12.32
They stand as a testament
to the hunger for truth
00:56:12.52\00:56:15.89
that's built into the heart
of every man, woman, and child.
00:56:16.09\00:56:19.87
But truth cannot be
found in a building.
00:56:20.07\00:56:23.39
In fact, churches
are homes to millions
00:56:23.59\00:56:26.64
who still don't know Jesus.
00:56:26.84\00:56:28.96
And that means they
don't know the truth.
00:56:29.16\00:56:31.89
In John 17:17
00:56:32.19\00:56:35.21
Jesus prayed to His
Father asking that His followers
00:56:35.25\00:56:39.17
not be taken out of the world
00:56:39.27\00:56:41.01
but that the Father
protect them and sanctify them
00:56:41.21\00:56:44.58
by the truth.
00:56:44.78\00:56:46.01
Then Jesus said:
"Your Word is truth. "
00:56:46.21\00:56:49.65
Think about it.
00:56:50.91\00:56:52.03
"Your Word is truth. "
00:56:52.23\00:56:54.17
But friends, just
reading the Bible is not enough.
00:56:54.37\00:56:57.88
Knowing the truth
without a relationship
00:56:58.08\00:57:00.44
is like an empty church building
00:57:00.64\00:57:02.41
without people to give it life.
00:57:02.61\00:57:05.14
It's knowledge of God's law
00:57:05.34\00:57:07.02
without power to live up to it.
00:57:07.22\00:57:09.84
To be a true Christian
00:57:10.04\00:57:11.69
we must have a relationship
with the author of truth.
00:57:11.89\00:57:15.18
By beholding the One
to whom the Bible points
00:57:15.38\00:57:19.02
we are changed
into His likeness.
00:57:19.22\00:57:21.92
In John 14:6 Jesus says:
00:57:22.12\00:57:25.50
"I am the Way, the
Truth, and the Life.
00:57:25.70\00:57:28.83
No one comes to the
Father except through Me. "
00:57:29.03\00:57:32.46
That's why we're
doing this series:
00:57:32.66\00:57:34.46
so you can develop a
wonderful relationship
00:57:34.66\00:57:37.88
with the author of
truth, Jesus Christ.
00:57:38.08\00:57:41.16
With your help, we can
bring the truth to the world.
00:57:41.36\00:57:45.01
Please consider what you can do
00:57:45.31\00:57:47.13
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:47.23\00:57:49.84
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:50.04\00:57:51.75
you may send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
00:57:51.95\00:57:54.19
Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
00:58:06.10\00:58:08.37
to millions all
around the world.
00:58:08.57\00:58:11.47