Good evening and welcome
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to Give Me The Bible.
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coming to you from the
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3ABN Worship Center
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in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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And we're so happy
to be with you tonight.
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We're happy that you
could join us to listen
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as Pastor Kenneth Cox
explains the Word of God.
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Some of the subjects that people
really have wondered about
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over the years he has
been touching week after week
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here on 3ABN.
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And tonight is no exception.
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We're going to
look at the end of sin.
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The title of his
subject is No More Sin.
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And there's a question
that a lot of people have
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about the rich man and Lazarus.
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And tonight Pastor Cox is
going to look at that question
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and he'll be able to
answer your question.
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So if you know someone who
really has wondered about this,
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why don't you
call them right now
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and tell them that
this is going to be answered
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in tonight's subject.
And it's going to be answered
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from the Word of God.
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We've been so happy
this weekend to have
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the Hinsdale
Men's Chorus with us.
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And tonight
they're going to sing
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Praise to the Lord.
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Praise to the Lord,
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the Almighty,
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the King of creation!
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O my soul, praise Him,
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for He is thy
health and salvation!
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All ye who hear,
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Now to His temple draw near;
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Join me in glad adoration!
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Praise to the Lord,
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who o'er all things
so wondrously reigneth,
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Hiding us under His wings,
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He so gently sustaineth.
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Have you not seen
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How your desires e'er have been
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Granted in what He ordaineth?
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Praise to the Lord,
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Let all that is in me adore Him!
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All that hath life and breath
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come now with
praises before Him!
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Let the Amen
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Sound from His people again;
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Gladly forever
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adore Him!
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Praise to the Lord,
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Praise to the
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Lord!
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Good evening.
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Very happy to
welcome all of you tonight
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and to say thank you to
the Hinsdale Men's Chorus.
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Great song!
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Enjoyed that.
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We're glad that
you're here tonight.
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Those of you that are joining us
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by television - we welcome you.
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If you're watching
or listening by radio,
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we welcome you.
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If you're here in the audience,
we're glad you're here tonight.
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Uh, we're down to
the last presentation
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on this particular
subject of Life in the Son.
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Life in Jesus Christ.
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And we've looked at many
different aspects of that
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over the last few nights,
and we hope that it's helped you
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to understand where life is
and how we find life in Christ.
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So we're glad you've been here.
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And we hope that it
will be a blessing to you
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as you read God's Word.
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Our next series
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next month is on the Judgment.
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That's what we're
going to be looking at.
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And you'll find
that in the scripture
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that there are
three different judgments
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that we're going to
be taking a look at.
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Our first presentation is
entitled Christ our Mediator.
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We're going to talk
about Christ as our Advocate,
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as our Mediator. And certainly
- I don't know about you -
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but I certainly don't
want to face the judgment
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without an Advocate.
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And so we're going to
look at Jesus Christ...
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what He does for us.
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And we think that will help us
as we understand the judgment.
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Then we're going to take
a look at a judgment called
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the Investigative Judgment.
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Be going into that;
what the scripture says.
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Probably of all the
prophesies in God's Word
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to me it is the most outstanding
prophecy of all of them.
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And there are things
about it that nothing else
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opens up the Word of God
like that particular prophecy.
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So you don't want to miss that.
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Then we're going to
talk about the Book of Life
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on Judgment Day.
How that fits into it.
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And then we're going
to be taking a look at the
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judgment during the 1,000
years or during the Millennium.
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And then a judgment called
The Great White Throne Judgment.
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So that's all what we'll
be looking at in our next
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presentation. But
tonight our subject is entitled
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We've looked at this. How
is God going to wrap it up?
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Bring it to an end?
What all takes place?
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That's what we're
looking at this evening.
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So we hope that you'll
follow as we take a look
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at what the
scripture has to say.
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It's been a delight...
been absolutely marvelous
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as far as I'm concerned to
have the Hinsdale Men's Chorus
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with us. And tonight,
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under the direction
of Dr. Arnold Hutabarat,
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they're going to sing
a wonderful song entitled
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It Is Well With My Soul.
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When peace like a river,
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attendeth my way,
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When sorrows like
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sea billows roll -
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Whatever my lot,
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Thou hast taught me to say,
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It is well,
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it is well
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with my soul.
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Tho Satan should buffet,
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tho trials should come,
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Let this blessed assurance
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control,
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That Christ hath regarded
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my helpless estate
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And hath shed
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His own blood
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for my soul.
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It is well
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It is well
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with my soul,
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with my soul,
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It is well,
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it is well
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with my soul.
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My sin - O the bliss
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of this glorious tho't -
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My sin, not in part,
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but the whole,
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Is nailed to the cross,
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and I'll bear it no more:
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Praise the Lord,
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praise the Lord, O my soul!
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It is well
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it is well
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with my soul,
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with my soul,
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It is well,
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it is well with
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my soul.
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And Lord, haste the day
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when my faith shall be sight,
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The clouds be rolled back
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as a scroll:
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The trump shall resound
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and the Lord shall descend,
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The trump shall resound
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and the Lord shall descend,
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"Even so" -
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it is well
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with my soul.
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It is well
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with my soul,
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it is well,
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it is well
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with
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my soul.
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Father in Heaven, tonight
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we come to You
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thankful. Thankful that we
can just reach out in faith,
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accept you, and know that
it is well with our souls.
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Bless us tonight
as we open Your Word.
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May we find
assurance in Jesus Christ.
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May our hearts
respond to Your Word.
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Give us the wisdom, the faith,
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the understanding that we need
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that we might see Your love
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and Your desire for each of us
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to be in Your kingdom.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well this series we have
entitled Life in the Son.
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We've talked about
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how we can have life
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in Jesus Christ.
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Says here in John 3
verse 36... It says:
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And tonight I would
just simply say to you
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that if you do
not know Jesus Christ,
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if you do not have life,
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if you don't have hope,
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then I would invite you tonight
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to open up your
heart, accept Jesus Christ
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into your heart as
your personal Savior
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that you might have life.
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Because that verse
continues on and says:
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"But the wrath of
God abides upon him. "
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That person who
does not have life
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it says that the wrath of
God abides on that person.
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And the reason for
that, folks, is not that God
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is wanting to be unkind.
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It's not that God
is wanting to punish.
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It's the simple fact
that there has to come a time
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when there will be sin no more.
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In order for sin to be no more
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that means that it
has to be destroyed,
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it has to be done away with.
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And those who do not have Christ
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fall into that
category. It says:
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In other words, it
says that this is not
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actually in God's character.
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God doesn't want
to destroy anyone.
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He doesn't want
anyone to be lost.
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God's desire is that
every one of you here,
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every one of you that
are watching by television,
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those of you that are
listening on the radio,
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God's desire for you
is that you be saved.
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That's what He wants;
that's what He desires.
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When He in turn has to destroy,
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that's contrary
to His character.
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That's His strange act.
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And so it says
that He will destroy.
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And He will:
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Now, if you just picked up...
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and I could spend
the whole evening, folks,
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I could talk all evening here
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just on the texts
that are in the scripture
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that speaks of
wheat and stubble.
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There's that much.
Over and over it's used.
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Time and time
again. And it says here
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that He will take
wheat into the barn
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but He will take the
chaff and will burn it with fire
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unquenchable.
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Now when it says He's going to
burn it with fire unquenchable
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don't think that that means
that God's going to start a fire
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so big that He can't put it out.
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You know, that is not
true. God... when it says
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that it's unquenchable,
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it really means that
man can't put it out.
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You know? That's what it means.
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In fact, it says:
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It says that they would not
be able to put the fire out.
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So when He says He's
going to destroy the wicked
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He's just simply saying
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that they will not be
able to quench the fire.
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Can't do it.
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In fact, some of
the fires that we've had
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like out in
California - Santa Barbara -
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different
places... Oakland, so forth.
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Talking to the firemen
and people that were involved
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in that, they
said there was no way
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that they could quench the fire.
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That it was just
absolutely when it was burning
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at its height...
nothing they could do.
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I walked through that area.
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I saw where it
just took refrigerators
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and just melted them.
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You know, just the
fire... the heat...
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is almost indescribable.
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God said: "I'm going to
burn it with unquenchable fire:
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a fire that cannot be put out. "
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So, the Bible speaks
of a place called hell.
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The place called
hell is a prepared place.
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Put it down. It
is a prepared place
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for an unprepared people.
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But it's not God's desire
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that this should be our fate.
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God's desire is that
you and I should have...
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life. God said: "I
want to give you life. "
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Jesus said: "I'll give it to you
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and I'll give it
to you more abundantly
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if you'll just accept it. "
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So God wants us to have life.
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He doesn't want us to
fall into the category.
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But people that
teach that there is a hell
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and they teach that there
is a hell that burns on and on
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and on and
never comes to an end.
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An everlasting burning hell
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that will burn throughout
the ceaseless ages of eternity.
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This is taught:
hellfire that will burn
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throughout eternity.
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We need tonight to take a look
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at what the
scripture says about this
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and if this is
what God has in mind.
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I'm going to share
with you a parable,
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and this is about this question
of stubble, wheat, and so forth.
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This is what it says here
in Matthew the 13th chapter
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verse 24:
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Now this man went out, sowed
his field full of good seeds...
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Now I hope that all
of you understand tares.
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You know what tares are?
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That's weeds. If you don't
understand tares, it's weeds.
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He sowed weeds in the
man's field and went his way.
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And while men slept,
the enemy came and did this.
00:20:14.11\00:20:17.81
So all of a sudden
here his crop is growing,
00:20:23.94\00:20:27.37
and as it's growing
up, here they noticed that
00:20:27.57\00:20:30.31
there's weeds all in the field.
00:20:30.51\00:20:32.76
Didn't? When you sowed,
didn't you use good seed?
00:20:45.16\00:20:48.37
Said: "Sure I did. "
00:20:48.57\00:20:50.56
Said: "Well, why
are there weeds here? "
00:20:50.76\00:20:54.03
Said: "Do you want
us to go out and gather
00:21:02.73\00:21:05.42
all the weeds
out of the field? "
00:21:05.62\00:21:07.76
Very, very
important point here, folks.
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Watch:
00:21:11.39\00:21:12.87
Said: "No, I don't want
you to go out and pull up the
00:21:22.25\00:21:25.56
weeds because if you
pull them up you're gonna
00:21:25.76\00:21:28.04
pull the wheat up with it. "
00:21:28.14\00:21:29.34
OK.
00:21:29.64\00:21:31.81
Let what?
00:21:32.01\00:21:33.83
Ah, dear friends. I
wish we'd learn that...
00:21:40.71\00:21:44.54
because I've been so
many places where churches
00:21:44.74\00:21:49.23
uproot... pull out the tares.
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And by pulling out the tares,
they uproot some of the wheat.
00:21:56.16\00:22:01.62
There'd be many, many times
00:22:03.18\00:22:06.50
where they'd be much better off
00:22:06.70\00:22:09.20
if they left both grow together.
00:22:09.40\00:22:12.83
Much, much better off.
00:22:14.40\00:22:16.40
I've heard people
say: "Oh, well, you know.
00:22:16.60\00:22:19.78
Don't want any
hypocrites in the church. "
00:22:19.98\00:22:21.95
Where do you want them?
00:22:22.15\00:22:24.66
Huh?
00:22:26.20\00:22:27.79
I mean, absolutely...
that's where you want them.
00:22:27.89\00:22:30.34
It's not
something that we should do.
00:22:30.54\00:22:33.69
So he said: "Just let them
00:22:33.79\00:22:34.83
both grow together until
00:22:34.93\00:22:36.06
the harvest. "
00:22:36.16\00:22:37.74
OK, let's follow:
00:22:37.94\00:22:39.27
He said: "Let them both
grow together till the harvest,
00:22:50.25\00:22:55.29
and then we'll gather
all the tares into bundles
00:22:55.49\00:22:59.04
to be burned and we'll
put the wheat in the barn. "
00:22:59.25\00:23:02.59
OK. After Jesus
told that parable,
00:23:02.79\00:23:06.55
his disciples came
to Him and they said:
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.99
"We don't understand this.
00:23:09.19\00:23:11.12
We don't understand
what You're talking about.
00:23:11.22\00:23:13.26
Tell us what... what this is. "
00:23:13.46\00:23:15.78
And so Jesus tells
them what this means,
00:23:15.81\00:23:18.69
and He tells them
very, very clear. OK?
00:23:18.89\00:23:22.45
So there's no question about it.
00:23:28.89\00:23:31.41
The sower is Jesus Christ.
00:23:31.61\00:23:34.16
The Son of Man: He's the
One that sows the good seed.
00:23:34.36\00:23:38.23
"The field is the... " How much?
00:23:38.43\00:23:43.40
"the world. " The whole world.
00:23:43.60\00:23:45.59
He sows good seeds
through the whole world.
00:23:45.79\00:23:49.45
All right?
00:23:49.65\00:23:50.70
"the good seeds" are the
what? "sons of the kingdom. "
00:23:50.90\00:23:56.53
The wheat: sons of the
kingdom. That's the good wheat.
00:23:56.73\00:24:00.80
OK. "but the tares are
the sons of the wicked one. "
00:24:01.00\00:24:06.85
They're the sons
of the wicked one.
00:24:07.05\00:24:08.32
So He said the tares
represent God's people
00:24:08.52\00:24:11.45
the... excuse me.
The wheat represents
00:24:11.65\00:24:14.48
God's people; the
tares represent the wicked.
00:24:14.69\00:24:17.90
Those are the two.
00:24:18.10\00:24:19.82
Clear. All right.
00:24:20.02\00:24:21.42
And if we could just understand
some of these things, folks.
00:24:32.34\00:24:36.56
I mean, 'cause the old devil
is out to do anything he can
00:24:36.76\00:24:40.31
to disrupt things.
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.99
I have seen... I have
seen case after case after case
00:24:44.19\00:24:48.94
where there
would be a group here
00:24:49.14\00:24:53.33
and they would be
doing something for the Lord.
00:24:53.53\00:24:56.18
And God would bless it.
00:24:56.38\00:24:58.69
And it would be growing
greatly and doing great things
00:24:58.89\00:25:02.12
and then watch as the
devil would bring in something.
00:25:02.32\00:25:07.36
And because of
someone that may have come in
00:25:07.56\00:25:12.32
and may have been hard to
deal with or may have just
00:25:12.52\00:25:16.37
literally been tares, they
lose their whole experience.
00:25:16.57\00:25:21.53
And what was happening
that was glorious falls apart.
00:25:21.83\00:25:27.26
There's no reason for that.
00:25:28.69\00:25:31.35
Just because there's tares there
00:25:31.55\00:25:34.52
that doesn't mean that I
need to lose my experience.
00:25:34.72\00:25:38.57
You know... Folks,
00:25:38.77\00:25:43.67
I hope - and I say this kindly -
00:25:43.97\00:25:47.11
I hope tonight that your faith
00:25:49.32\00:25:52.75
is not based on a church.
00:25:52.95\00:25:56.08
I hope your faith is
not based on a church.
00:25:57.96\00:26:01.02
I am a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:26:01.22\00:26:05.82
I am not... let me says this...
00:26:08.12\00:26:11.04
I am NOT a Seventh-day Adventist
00:26:11.24\00:26:14.57
because there's a
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:26:14.77\00:26:17.61
I am a Seventh-day Adventist
00:26:20.09\00:26:21.69
because that's
what this book teaches.
00:26:21.80\00:26:24.64
That's why I'm a
Seventh-day Adventist...
00:26:24.84\00:26:27.10
that's what the book says.
00:26:27.30\00:26:28.82
And I must follow
what the book says.
00:26:29.03\00:26:31.58
My faith must be based on this.
00:26:31.78\00:26:34.63
Give me the Bible!
00:26:34.73\00:26:36.86
What says the Bible,
00:26:37.06\00:26:39.07
the blessed Bible?
This my only question be.
00:26:39.27\00:26:43.48
The teachings of
men so often mislead us.
00:26:43.78\00:26:47.25
What says the Bible to me?
00:26:47.45\00:26:50.27
That's what we have to find out.
00:26:50.47\00:26:52.23
And so my faith
must be built on that.
00:26:52.43\00:26:55.55
And just because
someone in the church
00:26:55.75\00:26:59.06
or someone in a small group
00:26:59.27\00:27:01.31
doesn't do that which is right,
00:27:01.51\00:27:03.76
that should not
cause me to lose my faith
00:27:03.96\00:27:07.61
and to go the other
way. And people say:
00:27:07.81\00:27:10.12
"Oh, if they're gonna do that
00:27:10.22\00:27:11.57
then I'm not
gonna have any part. "
00:27:11.77\00:27:13.46
Dear friend, that is not
what God wants you to do.
00:27:13.66\00:27:17.90
God wants you to stand...
00:27:18.10\00:27:20.27
and stand firm!
00:27:20.47\00:27:22.24
I don't have to
give up what I believe.
00:27:22.44\00:27:24.72
I don't have to
change what I believe.
00:27:24.92\00:27:26.98
But I do have to
stand for what is right!
00:27:27.18\00:27:31.09
That God calls me to do.
00:27:31.30\00:27:33.58
That's what you and I SHOULD do.
00:27:33.78\00:27:36.73
Anyhow, enough of that.
00:27:36.93\00:27:38.18
So Christ has
laid up everything.
00:27:50.82\00:27:52.90
I mean, He's
outlined it right there.
00:27:53.10\00:27:55.06
He said: "I'm the sower.
00:27:55.26\00:27:57.52
The field is the world.
00:27:57.72\00:27:58.91
The tares are the wicked.
00:27:59.11\00:28:00.98
The wheat is the righteous.
00:28:01.18\00:28:02.92
The reapers are the angels.
00:28:03.12\00:28:05.82
The harvest is the
end of the world. "
00:28:06.02\00:28:08.59
Now watch:
00:28:08.79\00:28:09.88
When are the tares
gathered and burned in the fire?
00:28:20.91\00:28:24.56
At the end of
the age... not now.
00:28:24.76\00:28:28.69
Therefore, how many
people are in hell now?
00:28:28.89\00:28:33.07
Nobody!
00:28:33.27\00:28:35.61
Absolutely no one...
because that doesn't take place
00:28:35.81\00:28:39.69
until the end of the age.
00:28:39.89\00:28:43.10
That's when it happens.
00:28:43.30\00:28:44.77
That's when it takes place.
00:28:44.98\00:28:46.37
Not now... but then.
00:28:46.57\00:28:49.25
All right.
00:28:49.45\00:28:50.96
Have you... have you ever
seen a stubble field on fire?
00:28:51.56\00:28:57.59
Out in western Oklahoma
00:28:59.44\00:29:01.20
they have wheat
fields that are so big
00:29:01.41\00:29:05.40
that you can't see across them.
00:29:05.50\00:29:07.53
I mean, just... just
as far as you can see
00:29:07.73\00:29:11.64
wheat fields.
00:29:11.84\00:29:13.56
And they come in there
in the latter part of May
00:29:13.76\00:29:17.46
and they cut the wheat.
00:29:17.66\00:29:19.64
And they leave the stubble,
oh, sticking up about so high
00:29:19.84\00:29:23.70
and it's there.
Oh, May in Oklahoma
00:29:24.92\00:29:30.69
it rains some. And so
that stubble field will
00:29:30.89\00:29:35.61
continue to kind of stay green.
00:29:35.81\00:29:39.39
Come July it
doesn't rain very much
00:29:40.40\00:29:45.94
and that old stubble field
begins to turn brown and all.
00:29:46.04\00:29:50.53
Come August it doesn't rain
in Oklahoma, I'll tell you that.
00:29:50.73\00:29:56.10
It just... I
mean, it does not rain
00:29:56.30\00:29:57.83
and that old stubble field will
turn absolutely golden brown.
00:29:58.03\00:30:03.26
You let it get on fire
00:30:04.44\00:30:07.18
and I can tell you
you haven't seen a fire
00:30:07.38\00:30:10.71
until you've seen one like that.
00:30:10.91\00:30:12.76
I mean, that fire will
roar across those fields
00:30:12.97\00:30:16.59
and you can hear the
roar of it for two miles away.
00:30:16.79\00:30:20.02
Let me show you.
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.92
This is a stubble field on fire.
00:30:23.12\00:30:26.72
This is what is says in Malachi:
00:30:26.92\00:30:31.11
It says: "the
wicked are like stubble,
00:30:45.59\00:30:49.51
and the day is coming in
which it is going to burn. "
00:30:49.71\00:30:52.57
And, you know, I have never been
able to read into that verse
00:30:52.78\00:30:57.37
what other people
read, because it says:
00:30:57.47\00:31:00.75
"And the day which is
coming shall burn them" what?
00:31:00.95\00:31:06.05
Yeah, it doesn't
say shall burn them.
00:31:06.26\00:31:08.86
It says: "shall burn them UP. "
00:31:09.06\00:31:11.48
I mean, there's a
difference between burn them
00:31:11.68\00:31:14.60
and burn them up.
00:31:14.80\00:31:15.83
It says: "It shall burn them
up saith the Lord of Hosts. "
00:31:16.03\00:31:18.68
How thoroughly is
it going to do it?
00:31:23.38\00:31:25.16
So He says He's going
to take and burn them up.
00:31:48.61\00:31:51.77
It will leave them
neither root nor branch.
00:31:51.98\00:31:55.03
What do you think is
going to happen to that fire?
00:31:55.23\00:31:57.81
Hmmm?
00:31:59.94\00:32:01.51
Well the scripture
doesn't leave you in any doubt.
00:32:01.71\00:32:03.24
He's talking
about the stubble field.
00:32:03.34\00:32:04.78
He's talking
about burning them up.
00:32:04.88\00:32:06.23
This is what it says:
00:32:06.43\00:32:07.77
It says that the
fire is going to come.
00:32:29.99\00:32:32.57
It's going to burn them up,
00:32:32.77\00:32:34.19
and when it is
through, there won't be a coal
00:32:34.40\00:32:39.13
to warm at. The fire
will be completely out.
00:32:39.52\00:32:44.21
Over... it's all over.
00:32:44.41\00:32:46.44
That's what takes place.
00:32:46.64\00:32:48.79
That's what's going to happen
00:32:48.99\00:32:50.47
to the wicked.
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.16
The thing that you and I
must understand tonight, folks,
00:32:52.36\00:32:55.67
is there's life in Christ.
00:32:55.87\00:32:59.68
There's life in Christ.
00:32:59.88\00:33:02.80
I do not have
to go through this.
00:33:03.00\00:33:05.53
I do not have to face this.
00:33:05.73\00:33:07.43
I can have life in Jesus Christ.
00:33:07.63\00:33:10.65
You know, that's a
marvelous text to me.
00:33:23.23\00:33:24.96
It says this question of sin...
it's not going to happen again.
00:33:25.06\00:33:28.32
"Affliction will not
rise up the second time. "
00:33:28.52\00:33:31.35
Never again throughout eternity
00:33:31.55\00:33:33.96
will we ever have to
face the question of sin.
00:33:34.16\00:33:37.78
Said: "They shall be devoured. "
00:33:51.02\00:33:52.88
It says "the wicked
shall be devoured like stubble
00:33:52.98\00:33:56.10
that is fully dried. "
00:33:56.13\00:33:57.58
As a boy, we lived in Oklahoma
00:33:59.47\00:34:03.52
and my dad was very,
very fond of hunting dogs,
00:34:03.73\00:34:09.32
so we always had... oh...
00:34:09.53\00:34:12.47
two or three... four hound dogs.
00:34:12.67\00:34:17.47
I don't know if you know what
a blackened hand hound dog is?
00:34:17.67\00:34:21.59
Or a red bone or a blue tick?
00:34:21.79\00:34:23.42
But those are
different hound dogs.
00:34:23.63\00:34:26.71
And we always had two or
three hound dogs at home.
00:34:26.91\00:34:30.37
Well, if you've
ever owned a hound dog,
00:34:30.57\00:34:33.71
you'll understand
what I'm talking about
00:34:33.91\00:34:35.71
because you can go through the
kitchen and pick up a biscuit
00:34:35.91\00:34:39.91
and walk out
there on the back porch
00:34:40.12\00:34:43.29
and just go:
"psst, psst, here Blue, "
00:34:43.49\00:34:45.97
and that old hound dog
would come trotting out there.
00:34:46.17\00:34:48.87
And you can
throw him that biscuit
00:34:49.07\00:34:51.27
and I'll guarantee
you he won't eat it...
00:34:51.47\00:34:53.80
he devours it.
00:34:54.00\00:34:56.17
See? I mean, it's
gone... just like that!
00:34:56.37\00:34:59.58
Well that's what
it's talking about here.
00:34:59.78\00:35:01.78
It says: "the
wicked will be devoured. "
00:35:01.98\00:35:05.02
"They will be no more: "
00:35:05.22\00:35:08.38
that's what the scriptures
says happens... takes place.
00:35:08.58\00:35:11.00
Not... not because
He wants to, folks.
00:35:18.18\00:35:22.73
Because He has to.
00:35:22.96\00:35:24.45
See, it's required
because there has to come a time
00:35:24.65\00:35:30.16
when there just
won't be sin any more.
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.12
And so those who
insist, if you please,
00:35:33.32\00:35:37.96
on continuing to live in sin
00:35:38.16\00:35:41.51
it says: "they
will be no more. "
00:35:41.71\00:35:45.08
You see the scripture
doesn't talk about them going on
00:35:58.14\00:36:01.38
and burning on and
on and on for eternity.
00:36:01.58\00:36:05.79
Have you ever
thought about that?
00:36:05.99\00:36:07.90
Hmmm? Have you
ever thought about it?
00:36:08.10\00:36:12.20
That if, when a person dies -
00:36:12.40\00:36:16.68
just imagine with me...
00:36:16.88\00:36:17.98
When a person
dies, as is taught...
00:36:18.18\00:36:20.54
let's say they were
wicked all their life
00:36:20.74\00:36:24.92
and they die...
00:36:25.13\00:36:27.05
and according to the modern
concept they go to hell...
00:36:27.25\00:36:31.36
and so they're burning in hell.
00:36:31.56\00:36:35.47
And you take somebody...
00:36:35.87\00:36:38.99
let's just say you take
somebody who was terrible,
00:36:39.19\00:36:43.94
I mean horribly sinful,
00:36:44.14\00:36:46.40
mean, killed people. Did
a lot of terrible things.
00:36:46.60\00:36:50.53
OK? But since they
live now and they died,
00:36:50.73\00:36:55.94
they get 6,000
years less punishment
00:36:56.14\00:37:00.27
than Cain did
back in the beginning.
00:37:00.30\00:37:04.26
Is that just? No!
00:37:04.46\00:37:08.26
You see, it just
does not make sense.
00:37:08.46\00:37:12.78
God doesn't deal that way.
00:37:12.98\00:37:15.36
That isn't the
way the Lord works.
00:37:15.56\00:37:17.58
It says the
wicked - all of them -
00:37:17.78\00:37:20.34
will be destroyed.
"They shall be devoured. "
00:37:20.54\00:37:23.56
It says: "I'm going to
take vengeance on them;
00:37:49.07\00:37:51.16
burn them with flaming fire. "
00:37:51.36\00:37:53.76
This is what will happen to you.
00:37:53.86\00:37:55.54
You see, it says
"everlasting destruction. "
00:38:05.37\00:38:08.43
That means
they're never coming back.
00:38:08.73\00:38:11.95
That means they're
going to be destroyed.
00:38:12.15\00:38:15.07
That will be the end of them.
00:38:15.27\00:38:16.86
There will be no more.
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.45
In fact, this destruction
that the Lord is talking about
00:38:19.65\00:38:25.55
in the scripture is
referred to as the second death.
00:38:25.76\00:38:31.02
That's what it refers
to it as: the second death.
00:38:32.02\00:38:35.61
There is no return from that.
00:38:35.81\00:38:38.87
They will be destroyed forever.
00:38:39.08\00:38:42.25
There will be no more.
00:38:42.45\00:38:44.24
Now where people have
trouble here with this subject
00:39:03.28\00:39:06.56
is they misunderstand
this word punishment.
00:39:06.88\00:39:10.31
See, that's where
they have their problem.
00:39:10.51\00:39:13.24
Folks, the
punishment is not eternal.
00:39:13.44\00:39:19.25
In other words,
what do I mean by that?
00:39:19.45\00:39:22.38
I mean that they are not
continually being punished.
00:39:22.59\00:39:27.02
The punishment is eternal
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.30
because they're
never coming back.
00:39:30.50\00:39:32.40
See? In other words, we're talk-
ing about two different words.
00:39:32.60\00:39:36.69
Punishment. The punishment, yes!
00:39:36.89\00:39:40.49
It's eternal because
they're never coming back.
00:39:40.69\00:39:43.01
It is... does not say
00:39:43.21\00:39:45.79
everlasting punishing.
00:39:46.00\00:39:48.65
See? Doesn't say
everlasting punishing.
00:39:48.85\00:39:52.10
It says everlasting punishment.
00:39:52.20\00:39:54.32
Yes. They will be no more.
00:39:54.52\00:39:57.75
They will be as
if they had not been.
00:39:57.95\00:40:01.36
That is what
will happen to them.
00:40:01.57\00:40:03.86
You have an excellent
example of this in the scripture
00:40:04.06\00:40:06.95
in the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:40:07.15\00:40:09.76
You know, you have
read in the scripture
00:40:09.96\00:40:12.04
about Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:40:12.24\00:40:13.82
Sodom and Gomorrah, by the way,
00:40:14.02\00:40:16.15
I was just reading
the other day in the
00:40:16.35\00:40:21.44
Archaeological Review.
00:40:21.64\00:40:23.89
And they said in some
of their recent excavations
00:40:24.09\00:40:29.70
on Sodom and Gomorrah
00:40:29.90\00:40:31.42
that those
cities had populations
00:40:31.62\00:40:35.00
of 300,000.
00:40:35.20\00:40:38.60
300,000 that
lived in those cities.
00:40:39.75\00:40:44.02
But the scripture
makes it very clear that this
00:40:44.22\00:40:46.96
is what happened. Listen:
00:40:47.06\00:40:48.54
"are set forth as an... " what?
00:40:58.96\00:41:03.14
Well now, if they're
set forth as an example
00:41:03.34\00:41:06.10
who are they set
forth as an example to?
00:41:06.30\00:41:08.90
Huh?
00:41:10.58\00:41:12.69
Well, they're set forth as
an example to you and to me.
00:41:12.89\00:41:16.56
That's what
they're an example of.
00:41:16.86\00:41:18.96
They're set forth as an
example for us, all right?
00:41:19.16\00:41:22.42
So it says that Sodom and
Gomorrah suffered the vengeance
00:41:27.55\00:41:30.93
of eternal fire.
00:41:31.13\00:41:33.72
Are they burning today?
00:41:33.92\00:41:35.51
Well...
00:41:35.71\00:41:37.91
No, the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah are not burning today,
00:41:49.46\00:41:53.58
but they suffered the
vengeance of eternal fire.
00:41:53.78\00:41:57.30
That didn't mean that the
fire was going to be continually
00:41:57.50\00:42:01.06
burning throughout eternity.
00:42:01.16\00:42:03.00
It meant that it
would do its work.
00:42:03.20\00:42:04.97
They would be destroyed.
00:42:05.17\00:42:06.26
They would never be again.
00:42:06.36\00:42:07.98
That's what it
meant: eternal destruction.
00:42:08.18\00:42:10.93
This is what took place
with Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:42:11.13\00:42:14.89
Well, somebody always says
00:42:15.09\00:42:17.09
"Well, what about the
rich man and Lazarus? "
00:42:17.29\00:42:20.51
You know? What about him?
00:42:20.71\00:42:23.06
Well, we need to read the story
of the rich man and Lazarus
00:42:23.26\00:42:26.46
and see what it has to say
because you have a problem here.
00:42:26.66\00:42:31.92
Did you know that?
00:42:32.22\00:42:33.74
And I have a problem here?
00:42:33.94\00:42:35.98
And if you're not aware of it,
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.11
you do something... you
read something into this story
00:42:38.31\00:42:42.14
that it doesn't say.
00:42:42.34\00:42:43.65
And almost everybody does it.
00:42:45.21\00:42:48.05
They read the story,
and they read into the story
00:42:48.25\00:42:51.32
something that it does not say.
00:42:51.52\00:42:54.74
So watch as we go through it:
00:42:54.94\00:42:56.81
I mean he was wealthy.
00:43:06.71\00:43:09.11
Fared sumptuously every day.
00:43:09.31\00:43:11.27
Had everything that he wanted.
00:43:11.47\00:43:13.10
Read that and I
remember Billy Graham
00:43:13.30\00:43:16.93
talking to a young lady...
talking about it, and he said:
00:43:17.13\00:43:22.03
She said: "I
don't need the Lord.
00:43:22.23\00:43:24.71
I've got
everything I want. I'm happy.
00:43:24.91\00:43:27.12
I don't need the Lord. "
00:43:27.22\00:43:28.29
Well, that's the
way this rich man was.
00:43:29.53\00:43:32.76
I don't need the Lord.
00:43:32.96\00:43:35.12
"Fared sumptuously every day. "
00:43:35.32\00:43:36.97
This beggar laid at his gate.
00:43:45.79\00:43:50.43
Terrible.
00:43:59.31\00:44:01.09
Laying at his gate.
00:44:01.29\00:44:05.13
Begged for the crumbs.
00:44:05.33\00:44:07.74
The dogs came
and licked his sores.
00:44:08.04\00:44:11.78
Kind of different fates.
00:44:28.85\00:44:33.44
The beggar died and he
was carried by the angels
00:44:33.64\00:44:36.37
to Abraham's bosom.
00:44:36.57\00:44:37.77
The rich man died
and he was buried.
00:44:37.97\00:44:41.97
OK. Quite a bit
of difference here.
00:44:42.17\00:44:44.57
All right.
00:44:44.77\00:44:46.27
So here he was
in Hades... torment.
00:44:57.32\00:45:01.99
Looked up and there
he could see Abraham
00:45:02.19\00:45:05.00
and in his bosom was Lazarus.
00:45:05.20\00:45:08.84
I mean, he's in torment.
00:45:26.29\00:45:29.08
He's being tormented.
00:45:29.28\00:45:33.47
And he said: "Just
send Lazarus down here
00:45:33.67\00:45:36.92
and let him dip his finger
00:45:37.12\00:45:39.38
in some water and cool my
tongue because I'm tormented. "
00:45:39.58\00:45:44.09
Uh,
00:46:00.29\00:46:04.60
there are some things, folks,
00:46:04.81\00:46:06.66
that are worse than death.
00:46:06.86\00:46:10.18
Put it down.
00:46:10.58\00:46:14.78
Said, ah he said:
"You in your lifetime
00:46:14.98\00:46:18.41
you had all the good things. "
00:46:18.51\00:46:19.81
I'm happy, I don't
need anything. I'm well off.
00:46:19.91\00:46:22.97
"Now you're tormented...
00:46:24.52\00:46:26.65
He's comforted. "
00:46:26.85\00:46:29.11
Great difference.
00:46:29.31\00:46:30.83
He said: "Sorry, there's a gulf
here, and we can't pass over
00:46:46.60\00:46:52.38
to you and you
can't pass over to us. "
00:46:52.48\00:46:56.00
We talked about this
last night, didn't we?
00:46:56.20\00:46:58.64
About, you see, you
can't communicate here...
00:46:58.84\00:47:03.15
So there's a gulf fixed.
00:47:03.35\00:47:05.00
They can't come over here
and we can't come over there.
00:47:05.20\00:47:07.99
Said: "Send him to
my father's house. "
00:47:16.27\00:47:19.51
Said: "Just send
Lazarus and let him talk to them
00:47:28.01\00:47:33.44
so that they won't come
to this place of torment. "
00:47:33.64\00:47:35.89
Said: "They've
got the Word of God.
00:47:40.53\00:47:45.59
They've got
Moses and the prophets.
00:47:45.79\00:47:48.88
Let them hear what Moses
and the prophets have to say. "
00:47:49.09\00:47:52.94
Said: "No, if they won't
listen to what God's Word says,
00:48:15.89\00:48:19.96
they're not going to change. "
00:48:20.17\00:48:23.09
Now let me ask you something.
00:48:23.29\00:48:25.02
Was there any place in that
story that I just read you -
00:48:26.15\00:48:31.91
was there any
place in that story -
00:48:32.11\00:48:33.87
where it said that that rich man
was going to burn for eternity?
00:48:34.07\00:48:38.08
Huh? Did it say that?
00:48:40.26\00:48:42.17
No, it doesn't say
that anywhere there.
00:48:42.37\00:48:45.54
That you and I
read into the story.
00:48:45.74\00:48:49.24
It doesn't say that.
00:48:49.44\00:48:51.15
It says he's there; he's
in torment... he's burning.
00:48:51.35\00:48:53.72
But it doesn't
say he's going to burn
00:48:53.75\00:48:55.92
through the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:48:56.12\00:48:58.44
Just doesn't say that.
00:48:58.65\00:48:59.82
This is a parable, folks.
00:49:00.02\00:49:02.45
That's all it
can be is a parable
00:49:02.65\00:49:05.18
because I can guarantee you
00:49:05.28\00:49:06.80
that if you're in
hell and you're in torment
00:49:07.00\00:49:09.03
you want more than a
drop of water on your tongue.
00:49:09.23\00:49:12.02
You know? You
need a few bucketfuls.
00:49:12.23\00:49:14.69
You need
something to do some good.
00:49:14.79\00:49:16.39
It's a parable.
00:49:16.59\00:49:17.78
A parable is given to
teach one point of truth.
00:49:17.98\00:49:22.76
And what Jesus is trying
to get across to these people
00:49:24.24\00:49:27.19
is just because they
were children of Abraham
00:49:27.39\00:49:30.76
didn't give
them right to heaven.
00:49:30.96\00:49:33.03
It took a whole
lot more than that.
00:49:34.05\00:49:36.61
And this is what He's
trying to get across to them...
00:49:36.81\00:49:39.45
not trying to tell them
that they're going to go to hell
00:49:39.65\00:49:42.17
and burn for eternity.
00:49:42.28\00:49:43.52
That's not the
point of the parable.
00:49:43.72\00:49:46.60
So this was a
story that Jesus told
00:49:46.80\00:49:50.13
telling them that
they need to be concerned
00:49:50.33\00:49:53.78
about how they
are living day by day.
00:49:53.98\00:49:56.78
OK.
00:49:57.08\00:49:58.37
There's three words I
want to introduce you to
00:50:03.07\00:50:05.60
that are used for
hell. One is Hades.
00:50:05.80\00:50:08.04
Hades can be referred
to as a place of burning
00:50:08.24\00:50:12.06
or it can also be
referred to as the grave.
00:50:12.26\00:50:15.82
In this particular
text it's used as the grave.
00:50:16.02\00:50:19.22
Let me read it to you:
00:50:19.42\00:50:20.56
You can't read
Hades as the lake of fire
00:50:26.77\00:50:30.67
or hell and make it make sense.
00:50:30.87\00:50:33.08
And death and the lake of fire
00:50:33.28\00:50:35.72
were cast into the lake of fire.
00:50:35.82\00:50:37.67
No, that... that
doesn't make sense.
00:50:37.87\00:50:39.92
It's talking about the
grave there, but it can refer
00:50:40.02\00:50:43.12
to a place of punishment.
00:50:43.32\00:50:44.58
The other word
is the word Sheol.
00:50:44.78\00:50:47.10
Sheol represents the grave.
00:50:55.38\00:50:58.33
This is where they went.
00:50:58.63\00:50:59.93
And then there's one other
word, and that word is called
00:51:00.13\00:51:02.63
Gehennah.
00:51:02.73\00:51:03.79
Gehennah was a place of
destruction outside of Jerusalem
00:51:04.59\00:51:10.49
where they threw
trash and they threw garbage
00:51:10.70\00:51:13.42
and they threw dead animals.
00:51:13.62\00:51:15.62
And it was represented
as a place of destruction
00:51:15.82\00:51:18.78
and it says:
00:51:18.88\00:51:19.95
That meant total,
complete destruction.
00:51:32.30\00:51:35.43
OK.
00:51:35.64\00:51:38.38
Now dear friends, hell was
never a place intended for you.
00:51:54.30\00:51:59.76
That was a place that
was prepared for the devil
00:52:01.22\00:52:03.53
and his angels.
00:52:03.63\00:52:05.56
And Jesus is
offering to you life.
00:52:05.76\00:52:09.85
If you just want to accept it,
00:52:10.05\00:52:12.71
He'll give you life.
00:52:12.91\00:52:14.75
Follow?
00:52:27.05\00:52:28.79
OK. Listen to one more:
00:52:28.99\00:52:30.23
Let me ask you something.
00:52:36.46\00:52:37.95
What is the penalty for sin?
00:52:38.15\00:52:40.36
Death. Says: "The
wages of sin is death. "
00:52:42.66\00:52:45.21
That's the penalty of sin.
00:52:45.24\00:52:46.56
Did Jesus pay that?
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.46
Huh? Yes.
Just... I read it to you.
00:52:48.66\00:52:52.02
He died for you and for me.
00:52:52.22\00:52:54.05
He paid that.
00:52:54.15\00:52:55.15
Now let me ask you something.
00:52:55.35\00:52:56.60
If the penalty for sin
is to burn through eternity,
00:52:56.80\00:53:01.43
did Jesus pay it?
00:53:01.63\00:53:02.99
No!
00:53:04.21\00:53:06.13
See? No, that's not
taught in scripture.
00:53:06.33\00:53:09.83
It's not there.
00:53:10.03\00:53:11.35
OK?
00:53:11.55\00:53:13.06
He's going to
burn this old earth.
00:53:24.95\00:53:26.86
Saying the earth's
going to be burned up.
00:53:34.71\00:53:36.59
You and I need to follow Him.
00:53:36.79\00:53:39.02
This whole earth is
going to be destroyed.
00:53:49.68\00:53:51.37
It's going to be burned up,
00:53:51.48\00:53:52.56
and then God's
going to make it new.
00:53:52.76\00:53:55.17
The earth's going to burn,
00:54:03.89\00:54:05.32
and then God is
going to make it brand new.
00:54:05.52\00:54:08.28
This will become the home
of God's people for eternity.
00:54:08.48\00:54:13.01
So you see, dear friend,
00:54:13.21\00:54:15.64
it's just this simple:
00:54:15.84\00:54:17.93
If you want life, accept Jesus.
00:54:30.36\00:54:32.99
If you do that,
you won't perish.
00:54:33.19\00:54:35.80
That's what He promised.
00:54:36.00\00:54:37.67
Tonight the choice is
yours, the choice is mine if we
00:54:47.83\00:54:52.59
want to accept Jesus Christ.
00:54:52.69\00:54:54.39
In Him, we can have life.
00:54:54.59\00:54:57.32
Let us pray.
00:54:57.52\00:54:58.86
Heavenly Father, tonight
00:54:59.06\00:55:00.76
we thank you for Jesus.
00:55:01.16\00:55:05.18
Thankful that in
Him we can have life.
00:55:05.38\00:55:10.08
That we do not have to
face an uncertain future
00:55:10.28\00:55:15.18
but in Him we can find hope.
00:55:15.38\00:55:19.61
We can find comfort.
00:55:19.81\00:55:21.33
We can find assurance.
00:55:21.54\00:55:23.29
That our lives can
have a hope to live for
00:55:23.49\00:55:28.84
and believe in.
00:55:29.04\00:55:30.19
Bless each one
watching by television
00:55:30.39\00:55:33.17
and those that are here tonight
or listening on the radio
00:55:33.37\00:55:35.84
that they might
find in Jesus Christ
00:55:36.04\00:55:38.61
life... and
life more abundantly.
00:55:38.81\00:55:42.29
For this we thank you
in Christ's name, Amen.
00:55:42.49\00:55:45.59
God bless you and good night.
00:55:45.89\00:55:48.35
You can find them everywhere.
00:55:52.30\00:55:54.34
In every city, town,
out-of-the-way place.
00:55:54.54\00:55:57.70
In some areas, they're more
plentiful than gas stations.
00:55:57.90\00:56:01.55
Small and large.
Modern, old-fashioned.
00:56:01.75\00:56:05.37
Millions of them
exist all over the world.
00:56:05.57\00:56:08.21
We're talking about
churches, of course.
00:56:08.41\00:56:10.37
Houses of worship.
00:56:10.57\00:56:11.90
They stand as a testament
to the hunger for truth
00:56:12.10\00:56:15.38
that's built into the heart
of every man, woman, and child.
00:56:15.58\00:56:19.46
But truth cannot be
found in a building.
00:56:19.66\00:56:22.88
In fact, churches
are homes to millions
00:56:23.08\00:56:26.12
who still don't know Jesus.
00:56:26.32\00:56:28.44
And that means they
don't know the truth.
00:56:28.64\00:56:31.42
In John 17:17
00:56:31.82\00:56:34.66
Jesus prayed to His
Father asking that His followers
00:56:34.86\00:56:38.66
not be taken out of the world
00:56:38.86\00:56:40.43
but that the Father
protect them and sanctify them
00:56:40.63\00:56:44.04
by the truth.
00:56:44.24\00:56:45.63
Then Jesus said:
"Your Word is truth. "
00:56:45.83\00:56:49.21
Think about it.
00:56:50.31\00:56:51.61
"Your Word is truth. "
00:56:51.81\00:56:53.95
But friends, just
reading the Bible is not enough.
00:56:54.15\00:56:57.36
Knowing the truth
without a relationship
00:56:57.56\00:56:59.88
is like an empty church building
00:57:00.08\00:57:01.96
without people to give it life.
00:57:02.16\00:57:04.73
It's knowledge of God's law
00:57:04.93\00:57:06.55
without power to live up to it.
00:57:06.75\00:57:09.36
To be a true Christian
00:57:09.56\00:57:11.01
we must have a relationship
with the author of truth.
00:57:11.21\00:57:14.70
By beholding the One
to whom the Bible points
00:57:14.90\00:57:18.54
we are changed
into His likeness.
00:57:18.74\00:57:21.32
In John 14:6 Jesus says:
00:57:21.52\00:57:25.02
"I am the Way, the
Truth, and the Life.
00:57:25.22\00:57:28.42
No one comes to the
Father except through Me. "
00:57:28.62\00:57:31.85
That's why we're
doing this series:
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.00
so you can develop a
wonderful relationship
00:57:34.20\00:57:37.31
with the author of
truth, Jesus Christ.
00:57:37.51\00:57:40.65
With your help, we can
bring the truth to the world.
00:57:40.85\00:57:44.57
Please consider what you can do
00:57:44.97\00:57:46.64
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:46.84\00:57:49.19
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:49.39\00:57:51.14
you may send your
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00:57:51.34\00:57:53.72
Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
00:58:05.46\00:58:07.93
to millions all
around the world.
00:58:08.13\00:58:11.02