Hello and welcome
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to Give Me The Bible right here
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in the 3ABN Worship Center
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in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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I appreciate all of you that
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have come out this evening
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to the 60th sermon
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in this series. I'm kind of sad
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that this is coming to an end.
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Have you all enjoyed it?
Just thoroughly enjoyed it?
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Had an incredible
time with the Lord
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these last 60 sermons.
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And now we're going
to continue this evening
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with our series entitled
No Other Name Like Jesus.
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You know, we
have been learning...
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we've been being refreshed
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in the presence of
the Lord Jesus Christ
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and once again learning of Him.
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Some of the things I think
that we've learned about Him
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or been refreshed in is
that Jesus Christ is the same
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yesterday, today, and forever.
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Something that I've learned is:
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with Jesus... you
can't live without Him
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and you can't outlive Him.
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Jesus Christ is Lord!
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And we're continuing this
evening with a sermon titled
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Unto You A Savior.
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And we have
determined that this evening
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is going to be
committed solely to uplifting
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and upholding the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And we have a
quartet with us this evening
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that I know all of
you are anxious to hear.
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The King's Heralds are with us.
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And the King's Heralds
are the longest, continuous
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quartet in the world today.
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They started in 1927.
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They ministered for 45 years
with the Voice of Prophecy,
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and they're with us tonight.
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And they have dedicated and
committed their music tonight
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to upholding the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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They've dedicated this
time to speak of the birth
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of our Lord and Savior.
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So we receive them now as
they minister a beautiful song
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
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Said the night
wind to the little lamb:
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"Do you see what I see?
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Do you see what I see? "
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Way up in the sky, little lamb,
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do you see what I see?
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Do you see what I see?
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A star, a star,
dancing in the night,
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with a tail as big as a kite.
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With a tail as big as a kite.
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Said the little
lamb to the shepherd boy:
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"do you hear what I hear? "
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Do you hear what I hear?
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Ringing through the
sky, shepherd boy...
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do you hear what I hear?
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Do you hear what I hear?
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A song, a song...
high above the tree
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with a voice as big as the sea.
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With a voice as big as the sea.
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Said the shepherd
boy to the mighty king:
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"do you know what I know? "
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"What I know? "
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In your palace
warm, mighty king,
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do you know what I know?
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What I know?
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A child, a child,
shivers in the cold...
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let us bring
Him silver and gold.
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Let us bring
Him silver and gold.
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Said the king to
the people everywhere:
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"Listen to what I say.
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Pray for peace,
people everywhere!
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Listen to what I say. "
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A child, a child,
sleeping in the night.
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He will bring us
goodness and light.
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He will bring us
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goodness and light!
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Bring us light!
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Amen! Thank you
King's Heralds quartet!
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Wonderful!
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Very thankful to
have them with us here
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and sure that you're
enjoying this great music.
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Welcome to each of you.
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Glad to have you here tonight
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as we bring to an end
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this series that we're doing
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on Jesus Christ entitled
No Other Name Like Jesus.
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And tonight we're talking about:
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And since we're talking about
Jesus Christ as our Savior,
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we are doing a
little something different
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and that is that
we're using Christmas music
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because it talks about
the Savior, Jesus Christ.
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And we hope that that
will bless you in a special way
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as we hear songs
about Christ as our Savior.
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And I appreciate the
King's Heralds bringing us that
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beautiful song. Well,
tonight we're talking about
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Unto You A Savior. We have
dealt so far in this series
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uh... Who Is Jesus?
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Something that every
individual needs to be
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clear in his mind...
who Jesus Christ was.
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Not somebody that just
maybe you heard about in passing
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or even ought to go
farther folks than just saying
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"Well, that's what
my parents told me. "
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Need to dig into it and
find out what it has to say.
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And so we talked
about Who Is Jesus?
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And then we dealt with
Why Believe in Jesus Christ?
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Why do you
believe in Jesus Christ?
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Is there reasons for your faith?
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There should be.
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And I hope that that
presentation helped you
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tie down some definite reasons
why you believe in Jesus Christ.
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And then we talked about
What Makes Jesus Different?
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He is distinctly, decidedly
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different than anyone else,
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and He did certain things
that nobody else could do.
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And that's the reason
that He is without question
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the Son of God.
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So we hope it will
bless you in a special way.
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And then our last
presentation we talked about
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Jesus: Prophet,
Priest, and King.
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The three
positions that He holds
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and how He filled each
one of those positions.
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And then
tonight... Unto You A Savior.
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So we hope that
this presentation
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will make very clear to you
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what He did as a Savior.
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That's what you
need to look for tonight
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in this presentation
is what did Christ do
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that secured your
salvation for you and for me.
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That's what we
need to find out...
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what does the Word of God say?
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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The teachings of
man so often mislead us.
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What says the Bible to me?
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We need to know
exactly what it has to say
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in the Word of God that
seals and makes complete
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and settles in our
heart and soul our salvation
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that we find in Jesus Christ.
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And so since we're talking
about Christ as our Savior
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in coming to this earth,
accomplishing your salvation
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and mine, we're going to ask
the King's Heralds to come back
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and to sing probably one
of the most popular songs
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that there is at this...
concerning the birth of Jesus
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Christ and all...
and that's one entitled
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O Holy Night.
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O holy night,
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the stars are brightly shining.
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It is the night
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of our dear Savior's birth.
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Long lay the world
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in sin and error pining
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till He appeared...
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and the soul felt its worth.
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A thrill of hope...
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the weary world rejoices.
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For yonder breaks
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a new and glorious morn.
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Fall
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on your knees.
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Oh hear
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the angel voices.
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O night
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divine...
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oh night
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when Christ was born...
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O night
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divine...
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oh night...
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oh night
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divine.
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Truly He taught us
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to love one another.
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His law is love
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and His gospel is peace.
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Chains shall He break
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for the slave is our brother...
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and in His name
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all oppression shall cease.
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Sweet hymns of joy
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in grateful chorus raise we.
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Let all within us
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praise His holy name.
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Christ
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is the Lord!
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Then ever, ever
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praise we,
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His power - His mighty power -
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and glory... glory
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ever more proclaim!
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Proclaim!
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His power... mighty power
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and glory
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ever more
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proclaim!
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Father in Heaven,
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as we consider tonight
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the greatest event
that has ever happened
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in the universe,
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the greatest event
that has ever happened
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in the eons of time,
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when You sent
Your Son, Jesus Christ,
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to be our Savior.
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We ask tonight
that the Holy Spirit
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may come into our hearts.
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That it may give
to us enlightenment,
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understanding. May
our hearts be surrendered.
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May they be open.
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May Jesus Christ be uplifted
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and may each of us rejoice
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in the hope that we
have in Him this evening.
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We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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When you pick up the scripture,
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one thing that it does
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is it gives you the promise
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of a Savior.
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Because it says
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So we have that promise
that we would have a Savior.
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A Savior would come
that would save the world.
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That's the promise
that's given to you and to me.
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But in the last presentation
that we talked about
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we talked about Jesus as
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prophet and priest and king.
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But either Jesus
Christ is a Savior
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or He's nothing.
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He is either a
Savior or He's nothing.
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You see, as a prophet
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He could
prophesy many, many things
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that were going to take place
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and all those things that
He prophesied could happen.
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But if He cannot
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save you, He's worthless
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as a prophet.
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We talked about Him as a priest.
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And He could bring sacrifices
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and offer all those
sacrifices in your behalf.
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But if He can't save
you, all those are useless.
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We talked about Him as king.
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And He could
rule all the heavens
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and be in charge of all that...
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but if He can't save
you, it's worth nothing.
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You see, all of it - everything
that we've talked about -
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all that's written in God's Word
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all that either stands or falls
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on the question of a Savior.
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Either He is able to provide you
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and me salvation
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and hope... or it's
all worthless and useless.
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And so, we have the
promise of a Savior.
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In fact, Jesus says
that He is the Savior.
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I mean, He is very,
very clear about it.
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Very distinct. No
ifs, ands, buts about it.
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He says that He is the Savior.
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Listen to these:
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He said: "I AM the Lord...
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and outside of Me
there is no Savior. "
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In other words, He's
saying: "I am the only One. "
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So He claims to be a Savior.
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So He says: "I'm your Savior.
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And when you want
to look at it all,
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I'm the only One...
there's none beside Me. "
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So the thing that you
and I must decide tonight:
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is He the Savior?
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Is He different?...
which we've talked about.
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Is He different than those
others that claim to be Saviors?
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If He says: "Beside
me there is no other, "
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then what's He
going to save you from?
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Why... why do you need a Savior?
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What... what is
the necessity of that?
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There's plenty of
evidence in God's Word
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that others believed
that He was a Savior.
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And as you go down
through time, they accepted Him
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and believed
that He was a Savior.
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David of old...
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David said all
that about Jesus Christ.
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That He was everything, and
over and above everything else
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He was his Savior.
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OK?
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You remember when
Jesus was there in Samaria
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talking to the
woman at the well?
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And you remember how He
had told her that He was
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the Messiah.
That He was the One.
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He was the Savior.
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And that woman
went from that well
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and went throughout
that village and told them
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that they... who she
had found and who He was.
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And the people of the village
came, and it says that Jesus
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spent two days with them.
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At the end of those two
days they had this to say:
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They said "No question about it.
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We heard what you had to say
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but we've heard
it for ourselves now
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and we KNOW that He is
the Savior of the world. "
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So they believed
that He was the Savior.
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And of course you
read through the scripture
00:20:31.14\00:20:34.72
and there is no
question that Paul
00:20:35.02\00:20:40.24
believed He was the Savior.
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I mean, he believed it with
all of his heart and his soul.
00:20:42.65\00:20:48.46
He said "Jesus
Christ is the Savior. "
00:21:02.82\00:21:06.37
So as you go back through time
00:21:06.67\00:21:09.14
individual after
individual accepted Him
00:21:09.24\00:21:14.48
as the Savior.
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My question
tonight is simply this:
00:21:16.79\00:21:19.52
Do you believe He is the Savior?
00:21:24.76\00:21:27.31
And if you believe
that He is a Savior,
00:21:27.61\00:21:31.67
then what has He saved you from?
00:21:34.14\00:21:36.28
See? What has He saved you from?
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.26
I mean, wouldn't it have worked
00:21:40.56\00:21:43.45
for Him to have
been a prophet only?
00:21:43.75\00:21:47.83
Or to have been
a high priest only?
00:21:49.28\00:21:51.84
Or even a king?
00:21:53.57\00:21:57.93
Was it necessary for you...
00:21:59.24\00:22:02.20
I'm not talking about for Him,
00:22:02.50\00:22:04.03
I'm talking about for
you... was it necessary for you
00:22:04.33\00:22:07.44
for Him to be a Savior?
00:22:07.74\00:22:09.67
Well, this is what He
says He came to save you from:
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Now that text, folks,
is very, very personal.
00:22:25.48\00:22:31.28
You read it that
way, for it says:
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"For unto YOU... "
00:22:35.36\00:22:37.68
That's speaking to each
one of you here tonight.
00:22:37.99\00:22:40.73
To those of you who
are watching by television.
00:22:41.03\00:22:44.32
Those of you who are
listening on the radio.
00:22:44.62\00:22:47.59
Those of you that have
joined us throughout the world
00:22:47.89\00:22:52.33
in many, many
different languages.
00:22:52.63\00:22:56.30
"Unto YOU... "
That's a promise given.
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So unto you what?
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Born into this world a Savior
which is Jesus Christ the Lord.
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Distinct, absolute... a
Savior for you and for me.
00:23:18.74\00:23:24.58
OK... so what?
This Savior who is here
00:23:24.88\00:23:29.10
that was born into this
world - Jesus Christ the Lord
00:23:29.40\00:23:33.11
that is a Savior to you -
He is saving you from this:
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So what is He saving you from?
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Well, one thing He's
saving you from is death.
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Put it down. He's
saving you from death
00:24:04.02\00:24:07.70
because all of us are under
that. All of us are going to die
00:24:08.00\00:24:13.91
unless Jesus comes back
and stops this whole process
00:24:14.21\00:24:19.48
that the world
is in of decaying.
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.57
And year after year men
and women pass off the scene.
00:24:21.77\00:24:26.28
And each one of us as
we get older face that.
00:24:26.58\00:24:29.85
Or if our life is
taken some other way...
00:24:30.15\00:24:34.15
You know, you die
several different ways.
00:24:34.45\00:24:37.78
You can die at your own hand,
00:24:38.08\00:24:41.10
and there's people that die
at the hand of somebody else.
00:24:41.40\00:24:45.61
Or you can die by disease.
00:24:45.91\00:24:49.13
Or if you live long enough,
you can just die out of old age.
00:24:49.43\00:24:53.39
But nevertheless... you die!
00:24:53.69\00:24:56.44
So if there's going to be
something that is going to
00:24:56.74\00:25:01.48
stop that process,
you've got to have a Savior.
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And that's what He came to do:
00:25:06.72\00:25:08.67
He came to provide
for you and I life.
00:25:08.97\00:25:13.01
"and brought life
and immortality to light
00:25:13.31\00:25:17.28
through the gospel. "
00:25:17.48\00:25:18.60
The Bible says the
wages of sin is "death. "
00:25:18.90\00:25:23.32
OK. "The wages
of sin is death. "
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That is simply... and
all of us have sinned.
00:25:27.54\00:25:31.58
I have never in all
the years of my life
00:25:31.88\00:25:35.53
I have never had
someone come up to me and say:
00:25:35.83\00:25:38.66
"I'm perfect. I
have never sinned. "
00:25:38.96\00:25:42.00
I've never had an individual...
00:25:42.30\00:25:44.64
everybody I've ever talked
to recognizes and understands
00:25:44.84\00:25:49.12
whether they're a
follower of Jesus Christ
00:25:49.42\00:25:51.30
or whether they're not
00:25:51.50\00:25:52.62
they understand
that they're sinners.
00:25:52.92\00:25:55.06
They all realize that.
00:25:55.37\00:25:57.64
And all of us are sinners.
And because we are sinners
00:25:57.95\00:26:01.69
the wages of sin is "death. "
00:26:01.99\00:26:07.03
And you need - I
don't care who you are -
00:26:07.33\00:26:09.57
but you need somebody
to save you from that.
00:26:09.87\00:26:13.70
Because if He
doesn't... then, that's it.
00:26:15.87\00:26:21.39
That's the end of it.
00:26:21.69\00:26:23.54
The last enemy that's
going to be destroyed is death.
00:26:29.84\00:26:34.55
And thankful that
Jesus Christ came...
00:26:34.85\00:26:39.85
And folks, He didn't
just come here and teach.
00:26:40.55\00:26:46.55
He came here and did
everything that was required
00:26:47.25\00:26:52.99
so that you and
I could have life.
00:26:53.29\00:26:57.01
You see, He said:
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.03
You see, He didn't just come
here and teach on this earth.
00:27:11.62\00:27:15.32
He came here and
He paid the price...
00:27:15.62\00:27:19.72
He died.
00:27:20.02\00:27:22.16
Dear friend, if
He had just died,
00:27:22.66\00:27:27.69
then you and I would be lost.
00:27:27.99\00:27:32.72
But - praise God! - He arose!
00:27:33.22\00:27:38.85
Came out of the grave.
00:27:39.15\00:27:40.93
And since He died and rose again
00:27:41.23\00:27:46.00
He can say to
you and I: "Follow Me
00:27:46.31\00:27:50.12
and I will give you life. "
00:27:50.42\00:27:54.92
He is offering to us salvation.
00:27:55.12\00:27:58.96
He took the sting out of death.
00:28:05.69\00:28:08.04
That's what He did, you know.
00:28:08.35\00:28:10.91
I feel, my heart aches...
00:28:11.21\00:28:15.94
I feel for those people
00:28:16.24\00:28:18.83
who die not
knowing Jesus Christ.
00:28:19.03\00:28:23.24
You see, they die with the
sting of death still in it.
00:28:23.94\00:28:29.86
But He took the sting out of it.
00:28:30.16\00:28:33.93
There is none there
00:28:40.36\00:28:41.97
because He is the
resurrection and the life.
00:28:42.27\00:28:44.04
It is totally and
completely contained in Him.
00:28:52.46\00:28:57.08
And so He says:
"I'm your Savior. "
00:28:57.38\00:29:00.41
There just isn't one
outside of Jesus Christ.
00:29:01.99\00:29:06.22
He's the only One that
has done what was necessary
00:29:06.53\00:29:10.74
for you and for me to be saved.
00:29:11.04\00:29:14.06
"For this corruption... "
00:29:14.36\00:29:15.96
That's this old body of ours.
00:29:16.06\00:29:18.25
This corruptible body of
ours. Strange, you know...
00:29:18.55\00:29:22.81
as you get older you
realize how corrupt it is.
00:29:23.11\00:29:28.95
You know, it just...
00:29:30.26\00:29:32.80
it just doesn't work
as well as it used to.
00:29:33.10\00:29:35.98
Time has its effect
upon our old bodies.
00:29:36.28\00:29:42.13
But He says:
00:29:42.63\00:29:44.63
Marvelous... the
promises that He has given.
00:29:54.36\00:29:57.61
Now: He IS salvation.
00:29:57.91\00:30:03.41
And out of all the
scriptures in the Bible
00:30:05.59\00:30:10.45
this one I'm going to
share with you tonight
00:30:12.86\00:30:14.70
I consider to be the completest
00:30:16.40\00:30:19.40
and the one as far as I
00:30:19.73\00:30:21.98
personally am concerned
00:30:22.18\00:30:23.62
states the whole
process of salvation
00:30:23.92\00:30:27.93
the clearest of any
there is in God's Word.
00:30:28.23\00:30:32.88
To me, what I
share with you tonight
00:30:33.18\00:30:35.76
tells the whole gospel
story in marvelous words -
00:30:36.06\00:30:41.61
simple words, brief words -
00:30:41.92\00:30:44.45
but it tells exactly what Jesus
Christ did for each one of us.
00:30:44.75\00:30:50.46
And so I'd like for
you to look at it with me.
00:30:50.76\00:30:52.83
It's found in the book of Titus.
00:30:53.14\00:30:55.75
Titus the third chapter.
00:30:56.06\00:30:59.07
This is what it says:
00:30:59.37\00:31:01.56
Jesus Christ came and was born.
00:31:07.28\00:31:12.32
You think... up until that time
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.54
all the prophets and the
people in the Old Testament
00:31:15.84\00:31:18.55
read about it.
It talked about it,
00:31:18.85\00:31:20.93
but nobody saw it.
00:31:21.24\00:31:23.90
But when Jesus Christ came
00:31:24.40\00:31:27.22
all of a sudden
there was living evidence
00:31:27.32\00:31:31.09
of what the kindness of God was.
00:31:31.39\00:31:34.38
And so when the kindness of
God appeared in Jesus Christ
00:31:34.68\00:31:38.67
we saw in Him One that was
00:31:38.97\00:31:43.94
like us. In a body, folks.
00:31:44.24\00:31:49.14
In a body if you please, that
went through the same process
00:31:49.44\00:31:54.61
that you and I go through.
00:31:54.91\00:31:56.84
In a body that age affected.
00:31:57.14\00:32:01.49
But we saw in Him
One who was distinctly,
00:32:02.94\00:32:08.63
decidedly different.
00:32:08.93\00:32:11.51
He was the Savior.
00:32:11.81\00:32:14.20
Watch as Paul,
writing to Titus, goes on:
00:32:14.50\00:32:18.71
Now Paul starts out and he
makes it very, very clear...
00:32:36.28\00:32:40.81
Starts out right
at the top and says:
00:32:41.11\00:32:43.58
"not by works of righteousness
that we have done. "
00:32:43.88\00:32:48.20
Now I have highlighted different
phrases in these verses
00:32:48.50\00:32:52.51
because those phrases
as far as I am concerned
00:32:52.81\00:32:55.26
tell you step by step
the whole plan of salvation
00:32:55.56\00:32:59.97
and what's involved.
00:33:00.07\00:33:01.15
Watch as Paul goes on...
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.99
That's the second
point I want you to look at:
00:33:10.33\00:33:12.31
"according to His
mercy He saved us"
00:33:12.61\00:33:15.63
"through the
washing of regeneration"
00:33:15.93\00:33:20.02
OK?
00:33:20.22\00:33:21.27
"and the renewing
of the Holy Spirit. "
00:33:21.47\00:33:24.51
All those are
steps that take place
00:33:26.69\00:33:32.66
in salvation.
00:33:32.86\00:33:34.43
Now watch as he continues:
00:33:34.73\00:33:36.93
All this that we have just read
00:33:44.01\00:33:46.66
was poured out
upon us in Jesus Christ.
00:33:46.96\00:33:51.24
OK.
00:33:51.55\00:33:53.56
Two other points there.
00:34:04.40\00:34:05.71
One: we're
justified by His grace. OK?
00:34:05.91\00:34:10.29
And secondly, we
have hope of eternal life.
00:34:10.59\00:34:14.28
Those are the
steps of salvation,
00:34:14.39\00:34:18.55
and I want to look at
them with you this evening
00:34:18.85\00:34:21.35
because to me and to you
those ought to be crystal clear
00:34:21.65\00:34:25.77
in accepting
Christ as my Savior.
00:34:26.07\00:34:29.77
And so...
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.30
Paul gets that right out front,
00:34:35.93\00:34:37.90
and let's clear it up.
00:34:38.10\00:34:39.16
It has nothing to
do with your ability.
00:34:40.37\00:34:45.77
God does not give you
salvation because you're smart.
00:34:47.71\00:34:52.41
God does not grant to you
00:34:54.46\00:34:56.76
salvation because
you're good looking.
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.00
God does not give you
salvation because of your wife
00:35:00.30\00:35:05.55
or he doesn't give you salvation
because of your husband.
00:35:06.05\00:35:10.48
He gives you
salvation not by your works.
00:35:10.99\00:35:16.92
Cancel it; forget it.
You can't do anything.
00:35:17.22\00:35:21.28
Listen. This is
what the scripture says:
00:35:21.49\00:35:23.23
Lest anyone should
make any kind of a boast.
00:35:38.04\00:35:40.59
No! It doesn't come
that way, dear friends.
00:35:40.79\00:35:43.81
And if you have any
ideas that you in any way
00:35:44.11\00:35:50.08
can contribute to
the plan of salvation
00:35:50.59\00:35:55.47
you have missed the mark.
00:35:55.77\00:35:58.42
It is a gift.
00:35:58.72\00:36:02.05
It's a gift.
00:36:02.35\00:36:04.67
It has nothing to
do with your ability.
00:36:04.97\00:36:10.54
It's something that
God gives to you freely
00:36:10.85\00:36:15.07
out of His mercy. OK?
00:36:15.37\00:36:18.78
So let's make
that clear tonight.
00:36:19.08\00:36:20.93
Now let's go on:
00:36:21.13\00:36:22.17
"According to HIS
MERCY He saved us. "
00:36:27.76\00:36:32.27
Do you understand that?
00:36:32.57\00:36:34.70
It's not because He has to.
00:36:35.00\00:36:38.17
Not something that God owes you.
00:36:40.29\00:36:43.16
Not something
that He... you know...
00:36:43.46\00:36:47.73
It's strictly
based on His mercy.
00:36:48.03\00:36:52.84
I want to get something clear
because this really bothers me.
00:37:00.20\00:37:03.07
I run onto this all too often.
00:37:03.27\00:37:05.71
Dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:37:06.01\00:37:08.25
God is mighty to save.
00:37:08.55\00:37:11.41
He can save in any situation.
00:37:11.71\00:37:16.30
Are you understanding me?
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.30
I don't care how
sinful you may be.
00:37:18.60\00:37:21.48
I don't care how bad you are.
00:37:21.78\00:37:24.05
I don't care how... if the devil
00:37:24.36\00:37:26.41
doesn't want to associate
with you because you're so bad.
00:37:26.61\00:37:28.79
I don't care!
00:37:28.99\00:37:30.07
Jesus Christ is
mighty to save! Amen!
00:37:30.58\00:37:35.69
So please...
let's stop this stuff
00:37:36.02\00:37:39.17
that I hear people talking
about "am I safe to save? "
00:37:39.37\00:37:43.57
No! God is mighty to save!
00:37:43.87\00:37:48.24
This thing of saying: "Well,
you've got to be safe to save...
00:37:48.54\00:37:53.02
to be saved. " NO!
00:37:53.33\00:37:55.37
You're not safe. You never are.
00:37:55.67\00:37:58.64
If you go through your
life trusting yourself,
00:37:58.94\00:38:01.49
you're in trouble.
00:38:01.79\00:38:02.84
Can't trust the "old man. "
00:38:03.14\00:38:06.59
He's sinful!
00:38:06.89\00:38:08.63
But Jesus Christ is mighty
to save, and He will save.
00:38:08.93\00:38:14.08
And He does it totally and
completely out of His mercy.
00:38:14.38\00:38:19.26
This... this is why He saves you
00:38:19.76\00:38:23.61
is because He loves you.
00:38:23.91\00:38:27.48
Because He is merciful.
00:38:27.78\00:38:30.17
Therefore in His kindness
He reaches out and saves you.
00:38:30.47\00:38:35.87
This He offers to you
00:38:36.17\00:38:38.39
and to me.
00:38:38.49\00:38:40.19
Mighty! Mighty to save.
00:38:40.49\00:38:44.92
See? I'm so thankful for that
00:38:48.57\00:38:54.22
because He's the One
that does the washing...
00:38:54.52\00:38:59.20
the "washing of regeneration. "
00:38:59.50\00:39:02.52
He doesn't say: "Well,
if you clean yourself up
00:39:02.82\00:39:07.19
you can come to Me. "
00:39:07.49\00:39:09.43
No. That isn't what He says.
00:39:09.73\00:39:11.74
It says He does this by
the "washing of regeneration. "
00:39:12.04\00:39:17.11
That means that He changes us.
00:39:17.31\00:39:21.15
I know some people have trouble
with what I'm fixing to say,
00:39:28.19\00:39:32.54
but nevertheless I contend
00:39:33.04\00:39:37.78
that it's true.
00:39:38.08\00:39:40.15
If a person will give
their heart to Jesus Christ,
00:39:40.45\00:39:44.78
I don't care what
your background has been,
00:39:45.08\00:39:47.93
I don't care
how bad you've been,
00:39:48.14\00:39:49.87
if you give your heart to Jesus
Christ, HE WILL CHANGE YOU.
00:39:50.17\00:39:54.79
Amen!
00:39:55.09\00:39:57.10
This fellow accepted that.
00:39:58.38\00:40:02.55
Gave his heart to the Lord.
00:40:02.85\00:40:05.69
The pastor said: "Just
give your heart to the Lord.
00:40:08.88\00:40:11.74
Follow Jesus; give
your heart; stay with Him.
00:40:12.04\00:40:15.60
He'll change you. "
00:40:15.90\00:40:17.24
So he got home. Got
to thinking about it.
00:40:18.79\00:40:23.37
A few days passed and he said:
"I want to go to a party. "
00:40:23.67\00:40:28.02
Said: "I'd just
like to go to a party. "
00:40:29.51\00:40:32.99
So he finally said:
"OK, Jesus, come on.
00:40:34.08\00:40:36.13
We're going to go to a party. "
00:40:36.32\00:40:38.03
And so, we went to the party.
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.44
Got there.
After a while he said:
00:40:41.74\00:40:46.52
"Jesus, we're not
having a very good time. "
00:40:46.82\00:40:49.84
You see, it changes your life.
00:40:50.14\00:40:54.02
It... I've seen
people change, folks.
00:40:54.12\00:40:57.06
Too many times I've seen people
that change their whole way
00:40:57.36\00:41:02.63
of life. I'll never forget
00:41:02.93\00:41:07.63
holding a meeting.
00:41:08.92\00:41:11.15
In the door walked a
lady and her daughter.
00:41:11.45\00:41:17.16
The daughter -
probably in her early 20's -
00:41:18.95\00:41:22.64
came walking down the aisle.
00:41:22.94\00:41:26.38
She had purple hair,
00:41:26.68\00:41:29.81
and everything that she
had on I could hold in my hand.
00:41:30.11\00:41:34.07
I mean it
stopped the whole service
00:41:35.60\00:41:39.78
as everybody turned and
watched as she walked down.
00:41:39.98\00:41:43.64
But they came night after night.
00:41:43.94\00:41:47.01
Some nights her hair was orange.
00:41:48.74\00:41:52.05
Some nights, I mean, she
just didn't wear very much.
00:41:52.35\00:41:57.09
But they came
00:41:57.39\00:41:59.62
and they accepted
Jesus Christ as their Savior.
00:41:59.92\00:42:03.45
I will never forget... We got
down to the end of the meetings.
00:42:03.75\00:42:08.37
They had given
their hearts to the Lord.
00:42:08.67\00:42:10.86
They said: "We
want to follow Jesus.
00:42:11.16\00:42:14.11
We want to do what He says. "
00:42:14.41\00:42:16.55
I can remember
some of the dear saints
00:42:16.85\00:42:19.75
opposing me on baptizing them.
00:42:20.05\00:42:23.64
You know, they wanted
them to clean themselves up.
00:42:23.94\00:42:28.66
You know?
00:42:28.96\00:42:30.54
Said: "No, Jesus
will clean them up. "
00:42:30.84\00:42:32.82
So we baptized them.
00:42:33.12\00:42:36.24
But year... but month
after month after month
00:42:37.45\00:42:43.07
the change took place.
00:42:43.27\00:42:45.36
Changed and the life
became completely different.
00:42:45.66\00:42:49.63
Dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.33
it's the washing of regeneration
00:42:52.53\00:42:54.79
that Christ does
that changes our lives.
00:42:54.99\00:42:58.55
That's what happens.
00:42:58.85\00:43:00.96
That is the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:05.95\00:43:09.36
If our people would just
learn: that is not YOUR work.
00:43:09.47\00:43:13.51
That's the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:13.81\00:43:16.05
Your work... you want
to know what your work is?
00:43:16.35\00:43:18.78
Your work is to
keep your heart open
00:43:19.08\00:43:21.25
and let the Holy
Spirit do its work.
00:43:21.45\00:43:23.67
This whole process of
perfection, dear friends,
00:43:23.97\00:43:28.67
will only take
place as you surrender
00:43:28.97\00:43:31.96
and let the Holy
Spirit do its work.
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.10
That's the way it happens.
00:43:34.41\00:43:36.55
The Holy Spirit
is more than capable
00:43:46.96\00:43:51.72
of changing you.
00:43:52.02\00:43:55.15
The problem is:
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.44
most of the time we
want to manage our own lives.
00:43:58.74\00:44:03.52
We want to run it...
we want to do it our way.
00:44:03.82\00:44:07.34
We don't like the
way it's being handled.
00:44:07.84\00:44:11.65
Have you ever been there?
00:44:13.79\00:44:15.86
You ever been where... you know,
00:44:17.81\00:44:20.61
it's... sometimes it's
uncomfortable, I have to admit.
00:44:20.91\00:44:24.23
Especially the
times when... you know...
00:44:24.53\00:44:29.06
when I can't see.
Have you ever been there?
00:44:29.37\00:44:32.89
When you can't see?
00:44:33.19\00:44:34.97
You know, most of us
would like for the Lord to
00:44:35.27\00:44:39.75
open all the
doors all the way up
00:44:39.96\00:44:43.15
so that you and I can
look down all the way and say:
00:44:43.45\00:44:45.86
"Yeah, it's fine. "
00:44:46.06\00:44:47.71
But that isn't
the way it happens.
00:44:48.01\00:44:50.53
You know what doors He opens?
00:44:50.83\00:44:52.97
Hmmm?
00:44:53.27\00:44:55.52
The ones behind you.
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.97
You can turn around and
look down all of those...
00:44:58.28\00:45:00.32
see just as clear as a bell.
00:45:00.62\00:45:02.47
It's the ones in front of
you that He opens only one
00:45:02.77\00:45:07.49
at a time.
00:45:07.69\00:45:10.27
And bless your heart,
00:45:10.57\00:45:12.28
He won't open another one
until you walk through that one.
00:45:12.39\00:45:15.88
And when you walk through that
one, He'll open another one.
00:45:17.89\00:45:21.21
And sometimes when
you walk through it,
00:45:21.51\00:45:24.09
He slams the one behind you.
00:45:24.40\00:45:26.27
And the one in
front of you doesn't open,
00:45:28.06\00:45:29.82
and there you stand. And
you know what you have to do?
00:45:30.12\00:45:33.11
You just have to wait.
00:45:33.41\00:45:35.92
Let the Holy Spirit
do its work in your life.
00:45:36.22\00:45:41.89
And if you do that, then He
does His work and changes us...
00:45:43.27\00:45:48.79
makes us different.
00:45:49.10\00:45:50.13
That's the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:50.43\00:45:52.57
That's its purpose.
00:45:52.87\00:45:54.92
I'm thankful for that text.
00:46:00.99\00:46:04.09
"Having been
justified by His grace. "
00:46:04.39\00:46:09.13
I am not justified any other way
00:46:09.43\00:46:14.48
other than by His grace.
00:46:14.78\00:46:17.71
You see,
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.95
there's times when
00:46:21.07\00:46:26.08
I'd like to be
00:46:26.38\00:46:28.29
justified... but I'm not.
00:46:29.74\00:46:33.36
Have you ever...
00:46:36.47\00:46:38.67
Maybe confession is
good for the soul. I think
00:46:41.04\00:46:44.59
I heard Danny say it's
not good for the reputation.
00:46:44.90\00:46:48.36
But
00:46:49.88\00:46:52.41
here while we've been doing
00:46:52.71\00:46:54.10
all these programs
00:46:54.31\00:46:55.36
my computer crashed
00:46:55.66\00:46:59.48
and I lost
everything I had in my computer.
00:46:59.78\00:47:04.72
And I had to buy
all new software, OK?
00:47:05.32\00:47:11.28
So I don't know if you
understand. That runs into
00:47:11.92\00:47:15.98
hundreds and hundreds
and hundreds of dollars, see.
00:47:16.28\00:47:20.03
And I had just
bought all new upgrades.
00:47:20.27\00:47:24.88
I mean, I had spent
this money for upgrades
00:47:25.18\00:47:27.96
and now here my
computer has crashed.
00:47:28.06\00:47:30.11
I've lost everything and the
upgrades won't do me any good.
00:47:30.41\00:47:33.02
I've got to buy new
programming completely.
00:47:33.32\00:47:37.10
Hundreds of dollars.
00:47:37.40\00:47:38.57
My granddaughter is in college,
00:47:40.67\00:47:46.60
and I thought...
yeah, there it is.
00:47:46.90\00:47:50.50
I'll just buy it through her
00:47:50.80\00:47:53.07
and save hundreds
and hundreds of dollars
00:47:53.37\00:47:56.93
because you can buy
the programs as a student
00:47:57.23\00:48:00.88
and save lots of money.
00:48:01.18\00:48:02.70
So I went down
and I bought them.
00:48:03.20\00:48:06.15
Had her buy them,
00:48:06.46\00:48:08.33
and I took them and
put them on my computer.
00:48:08.63\00:48:11.80
And I
"justified" what I had done -
00:48:12.03\00:48:16.71
or I should say I
rationalized what I had done -
00:48:17.01\00:48:20.65
and thought since I had
just bought new software and all
00:48:20.95\00:48:24.55
this was perfectly all right.
00:48:24.85\00:48:26.34
But when I got home, my
conscience wouldn't justify it.
00:48:28.08\00:48:33.26
It just would
not leave me alone,
00:48:33.66\00:48:36.79
and I had to write to Microsoft
00:48:37.09\00:48:41.61
and to Adobe and had to
send them checks and say
00:48:41.81\00:48:45.17
"I'm sorry for
what I have done. "
00:48:45.47\00:48:47.47
See... you have to be willing
00:48:47.77\00:48:50.97
to let the Holy Spirit
do its work in your life...
00:48:51.27\00:48:54.65
and then you stand
where Christ can stand
00:48:56.06\00:49:00.86
in your place. And He's the One
00:49:01.17\00:49:04.49
that can justify you...
00:49:04.79\00:49:07.38
because you and I are sinful
00:49:07.68\00:49:12.81
and we have to
walk with the Lord.
00:49:13.31\00:49:16.46
No. You
can't... you can't say...
00:49:23.68\00:49:27.79
somebody can't say:
"Well Lord, this person is
00:49:28.10\00:49:30.98
a sinner. " You know
what He's going to say?
00:49:31.18\00:49:33.45
Tell Me about it!
00:49:33.55\00:49:35.80
I know it.
00:49:36.10\00:49:37.31
He's very much aware of it
00:49:37.51\00:49:39.18
that person's a sinner.
00:49:39.38\00:49:40.50
Another person didn't die
for you. Christ died for you!
00:49:50.80\00:49:53.85
He's the One
that paid the price.
00:49:54.15\00:49:55.98
It's Christ that did all this.
00:50:04.45\00:50:06.70
And so you and I can come to Him
00:50:07.00\00:50:10.71
and say: "Lord, here...
00:50:11.01\00:50:15.51
here I am. Sinful, unworthy.
00:50:15.81\00:50:21.73
But because of
Your Son Jesus Christ
00:50:22.03\00:50:25.59
I have hope. "
00:50:26.10\00:50:28.54
Hope of eternal life.
00:50:34.82\00:50:37.31
He's promised that to
each one of you here tonight.
00:50:37.92\00:50:41.61
Each of you who are
watching by television,
00:50:41.91\00:50:44.19
each one of you who
are listening on the radio,
00:50:44.50\00:50:46.83
God has promised you
hope of eternal life.
00:50:47.13\00:50:50.54
This is the promise.
00:50:56.99\00:50:59.05
And dear friend, this Savior
00:50:59.26\00:51:00.88
that we have talked
about tonight is coming back.
00:51:01.09\00:51:05.15
And when He's coming back,
is He going to be your Savior?
00:51:05.46\00:51:11.01
Is He going to be mine?
00:51:11.31\00:51:13.84
He's going to come back.
00:51:21.19\00:51:22.22
Going to gather
all of His children.
00:51:22.43\00:51:24.37
Going to say: "These
are Mine. I died for them.
00:51:24.67\00:51:27.99
I... out of
mercy... have saved them. "
00:51:28.29\00:51:32.25
See? Promised
that to you and to me.
00:51:44.14\00:51:47.82
Hope that's given
to each one of us.
00:51:48.12\00:51:51.50
And so tonight I would
say to each one of you:
00:51:51.80\00:51:55.86
To each one of
you is born a Savior.
00:52:08.45\00:52:11.27
Tonight you have to
be willing by God's grace
00:52:11.57\00:52:16.81
to step out and
accept Christ in your heart
00:52:17.11\00:52:20.73
as your personal Savior.
00:52:21.03\00:52:22.50
So I don't know of
any other way, folks,
00:52:22.80\00:52:25.85
that as I consider all that
00:52:26.15\00:52:28.39
Jesus Christ has done
00:52:28.59\00:52:30.02
and all that He has accomplished
00:52:30.33\00:52:32.58
for you and for me
00:52:32.78\00:52:34.50
than to ask the King's
Heralds to come back and sing
00:52:34.80\00:52:37.55
Joy To The World.
00:52:37.65\00:52:39.87
Joy to the world!
00:52:52.66\00:52:55.40
The Lord is come!
00:52:55.70\00:52:58.02
Let earth receive her King;
00:52:58.32\00:53:03.52
Let every heart
00:53:03.82\00:53:06.71
prepare Him room,
00:53:07.01\00:53:09.62
And heav'n and nature sing,
00:53:09.93\00:53:12.03
And heav'n and nature sing,
00:53:12.33\00:53:14.98
And heav'n, and heav'n
00:53:15.28\00:53:17.97
and nature sing.
00:53:18.27\00:53:20.94
He rules the world
00:53:21.34\00:53:23.57
with truth and grace,
00:53:23.87\00:53:26.34
And makes the nations prove
00:53:26.64\00:53:31.62
The glories of
00:53:31.93\00:53:34.81
His righteousness
00:53:35.11\00:53:37.52
And wonders of His love,
00:53:37.82\00:53:40.13
And wonders of His love,
00:53:40.43\00:53:42.78
And wonders, wonders
00:53:43.08\00:53:46.17
of His love.
00:53:46.47\00:53:48.62
And wonders, wonders
00:53:48.92\00:53:52.20
of His love.
00:53:52.50\00:53:58.50
Amen!
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.80
Let's bow our heads for prayer.
00:54:04.10\00:54:05.59
Father, tonight as we have
looked at Christ as our Savior,
00:54:06.85\00:54:12.83
as we have seen that
He has done everything
00:54:14.04\00:54:20.03
that's necessary
for us to be saved...
00:54:20.33\00:54:24.13
that we can't
contribute anything
00:54:24.43\00:54:29.15
to the plan of salvation...
00:54:29.45\00:54:31.66
That all we can do
tonight is accept...
00:54:31.96\00:54:37.80
accept His marvelous gift
00:54:38.11\00:54:40.15
that we each might be saved.
00:54:40.45\00:54:44.92
Not because we deserve it
00:54:45.22\00:54:47.61
but because of what
Christ has done for us.
00:54:47.91\00:54:51.79
Bless each one.
00:54:52.09\00:54:54.10
May they reach
out in faith tonight
00:54:54.20\00:54:58.22
and accept You into
their hearts as their Savior.
00:54:58.52\00:55:02.18
For this we ask
in Christ's name.
00:55:02.49\00:55:06.21
Thank you very
much for being here.
00:55:07.42\00:55:10.60
Thank you for loving
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:55:10.90\00:55:14.25
Good night. God bless you.
00:55:14.55\00:55:17.21
Hello, friends.
00:55:18.45\00:55:19.74
In Luke the 12th chapter
Jesus tells an interesting story
00:55:20.04\00:55:24.15
of a master who
returned home from his wedding
00:55:24.35\00:55:27.65
hoping to find each of
his servants eagerly waiting
00:55:27.89\00:55:31.12
to let him in
00:55:31.32\00:55:32.29
no matter what hour
of the day or the night.
00:55:32.49\00:55:35.16
This story is about each of us
00:55:35.46\00:55:37.12
who have been bought
by His precious blood
00:55:37.32\00:55:39.79
and therefore have
become His servants.
00:55:39.99\00:55:42.47
And His hope is that we
will faithfully be doing
00:55:42.77\00:55:46.49
the work He assigned while
anxiously awaiting His return.
00:55:46.69\00:55:50.47
But this beautiful parable
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.38
has a dark warning as well.
00:55:53.68\00:55:55.64
Luke writes about a
break-in that happens
00:55:55.94\00:55:58.73
in the night while the master
of the house is fast asleep.
00:55:58.93\00:56:02.66
Under the cover of darkness,
00:56:02.96\00:56:04.48
a thief steals his
most precious possession.
00:56:04.68\00:56:07.71
And Jesus goes on to say
00:56:08.01\00:56:09.63
"But know this, that
if the master of the house
00:56:09.83\00:56:12.59
had known what hour
the thief would come
00:56:12.79\00:56:14.95
he would have watched
00:56:15.25\00:56:16.42
and not allowed his
house to be broken into.
00:56:16.65\00:56:18.97
Therefore you also be ready
for the Son of Man is coming
00:56:19.27\00:56:22.85
at an hour you do not expect. "
00:56:23.05\00:56:25.01
Friends, none of us know the
hour of Christ's second coming.
00:56:25.31\00:56:28.89
To some it may seem
like a far-off event.
00:56:29.19\00:56:32.20
But if their
life should end today,
00:56:32.50\00:56:35.12
it will feel like only a moment.
00:56:35.32\00:56:37.45
Jesus' message is
the same for us today.
00:56:37.75\00:56:40.72
Do all you can to prepare
00:56:41.02\00:56:42.92
and faithfully watch and wait.
00:56:43.22\00:56:45.76
Satan is a thief, and
there is nothing he enjoys more
00:56:46.09\00:56:50.77
than stealing our
relationship with Jesus.
00:56:50.97\00:56:53.78
He robs us by making us
careless and indifferent.
00:56:54.08\00:56:57.67
He tries to distract us
from spending time with our Lord
00:56:57.97\00:57:01.37
and to burden us with so much
care that we become indifferent
00:57:01.57\00:57:05.12
to those who are suffering
00:57:05.32\00:57:06.94
and those who don't
know about our loving Savior.
00:57:07.14\00:57:10.39
As Christians, we are given
the great privilege of being
00:57:12.42\00:57:15.93
called the sons
and daughters of God.
00:57:16.13\00:57:18.25
But with this privilege
comes an awesome responsibility:
00:57:18.55\00:57:22.60
to be faithful servants
and to tell others about Jesus.
00:57:22.80\00:57:26.75
Are you being faithful to God?
00:57:27.05\00:57:28.80
Are you ready to give an
account of your stewardship?
00:57:29.10\00:57:32.21
Our ministry is geared entirely
00:57:32.51\00:57:34.58
to taking care of
those spiritual needs
00:57:34.78\00:57:37.02
of those who watch
us all over the world.
00:57:37.22\00:57:40.11
Won't you help us?
00:57:40.31\00:57:41.44
Please consider what you can do
00:57:41.78\00:57:43.38
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:43.58\00:57:45.94
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:46.24\00:57:47.82
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00:58:06.55\00:58:08.80
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