[Music] Ellis Island.
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The main port of entry
for people coming to America
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between 1890 and 1954.
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Millions of men, women and
children entered the United
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States via Ellis Island.
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My wife's great
grandmother was one of them,
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arriving here from
Norway in 1913, one of so many
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who came seeking a
future in this land of promise.
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The island was originally owned
by a man named Samuel Ellis.
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For a time, the State of
New York leased the island
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and in 1808 it was
acquired by the US Government.
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Technically, Ellis Island
is located in Jersey City, New
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Jersey, not New York
State or New York City.
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But it was through the
Port of New York City that most
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immigrants passed.
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[Music] It has
stood the test of time,
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God's book, the Bible.
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Still relevant in
today's complex world.
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It Is Written,
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sharing hope around the globe.
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[Music]
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This is Castle Clinton,
it was used as an immigration
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station from 1855 to 1890.
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Eight million people passed
through here, 12 million passed
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through Ellis Island and today
one-third of the population
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of the United
States is descended from
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these immigrants.
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Not everybody who
entered the United States via
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the ports of New York City
had to go through Ellis Island.
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Ellis Island was reserved
largely for those who traveled
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here in the steerage
class, or the steerage portion
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of the ship.
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Steerage makes you
travel in the very lowest decks
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of the ship and it was
by far the cheapest way
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of getting from there to here.
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But traveling steerage
wasn't for the faint of heart.
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It was difficult.
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The passengers were
often exploited or mistreated
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by the crew and the officers.
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It wasn't uncommon for them
to sell to the passengers life's
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basic necessities, such as
drinking water, and usually
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at exorbitant prices.
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Women were
frequently mistreated.
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Sanitation wasn't pretty.
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It wasn't unusual
for the passengers
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traveling in the upper decks
to throw bread rolls or coins
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down to the poor folks
down there in steerage class.
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They weren't doing it out
of pity but they were doing it
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out of scorn.
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And then those wealthy patrons
were free, in most cases,
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to simply
disembark onto American soil
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and here they were,
without having to be subject
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to the medical and
other screening and processing
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that Ellis Island provided.
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The first full-service
immigration inspection station
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on Ellis Island was completed
in 1891 and it was opened
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January 1, 1892 to some
considerable celebration.
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Three large ships docked at
Ellis Island that day and 700
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immigrants were processed.
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In that first year,
450,000 people came through
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Ellis Island.
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Over the next five years,
a million and a half more.
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The biggest year in
Ellis Island's history in terms
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of immigration numbers was 1907.
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A little over one million
people came through Ellis Island
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in that year alone.
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Those who were approved to stay
in the United States typically
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spent somewhere between 2 hours
and 5 hours at Ellis Island,
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during which time they were
asked a total of 29 questions,
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including name,
occupation, and how much money
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a person had.
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If you had somewhere
around $ 20 or a little over,
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it was considered that you would
most likely be able to support
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yourself and you
wouldn't become a public charge
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and that was
important to the government
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at that time.
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Some people were rejected.
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Some unskilled labors were
refused permission to enter
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the United States based
on that one issue alone.
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It wasn't uncommon for Ellis
Island immigrants to change
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their names upon
arriving in the United States.
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Some who didn't change
their names when they got here
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changed them a
generation or so later.
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The reason was prejudice
against non-Anglo immigrants
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into these United States
was very real and it continued
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for many decades.
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Most of the major
immigrant groups, I'm thinking
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of the Jewish and the Irish
and the Polish, the Swedish,
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the Germans, the Italians
suffered significant prejudice
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or persecution from those who
were here already and considered
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themselves to be
the real Americans.
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Two percent of the
immigrants didn4t make it in.
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They were turned
around and sent home,
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back to their home country
and it was usually because
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of a criminal record or
insanity or because of disease
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or illness.
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Some people came and then spent
time in Ellis Island4s medical
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facilities and hospitals.
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They would
recuperate and then be allowed
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into the United States.
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The medical personnel
will often mark their patients
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with chalk, indicating what
illnesses or diseases the people
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were suffering from but
those would-be immigrants wised
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up and realized that chalk
could be wiped off or clothes
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could simply be turned inside
out, foiling the inspectors
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whose job it was to
send those people back home.
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During this time, Ellis Island
was known as the place of hope
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and tears.
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Hope because those who
were permitted to come ashore
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were about to start a
new life in a new land.
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Tears, because sometimes
the people were not permitted
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to come ashore and they had to
deal with the sadness of being
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turned around and sent home.
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Over there on Ellis
Island there is a place known
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as the "Kissing Post"
where waiting relatives
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would greet their loved ones
who would arrive and were going
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to be staying here
in the United States
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and heavy-hearted family
and friends would farewell those
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who were not
allowed to remain here.
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That had to be tough.
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Ellis Island is a
remarkable piece of history.
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It4s a doorway, a portal, an
entry point into the greatest
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land of promise this
world has ever offered.
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But there's another land
of promise, the true land
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of promise, and it
is not reached by going
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through Ellis Island.
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It's reached by going through
Jesus Christ, the real land
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of promise.
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I'll have more in just a moment.
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In Matthew 4:4 the Word of God
says, "It is written man shall
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not live by bread alone but
by every word that proceeds from
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the mouth of God."
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Every Word is a one-minute
Bible-based daily devotional
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presented by Pastor
John Bradshaw and designed
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especially for
busy people like you.
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Look for Every Word on selected
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everyday on our
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Receive a daily spiritual boost.
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Watch Every Word.
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You'll be glad you did.
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Here's a sample.
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According to the Bible,
sin begins with temptation.
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Logical enough.
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What's key in our experience
isn't so much whether or not
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we're tempted, because
temptation is everywhere.
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It's what you do when
temptation comes that's really
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important.
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If you're tempted to yell at
your spouse or take something
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that isn't yours or say
something that isn't true,
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there are moments in
that process when you can
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do something that will
get you out of that situation.
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Listen to this,
it's Psalm 91:15.
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"He shall call upon
me, and I will answer him:
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I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him,
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and honour him."
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When temptation comes,
if you'll call upon God,
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He'll deliver you.
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He promises to.
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Often, though, we don't think
to call on God when temptation
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comes.
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But if you do, you'll be
happier, and if you do, you'll
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be victorious every time.
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I'm John Bradshaw
for It Is Written.
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Let's live today by Every Word.
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This is It Is Written.
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Thanks for joining me today.
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I'm John Bradshaw and I'm
in New York City and right over
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there is Ellis Island.
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Now I would have loved to
have taken you with me to Ellis
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Island today but I am not
allowed to go to Ellis Island
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today because following
Hurricane damage, Ellis Island
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is now a "no go
area" expected to open
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a little later on.
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But whether you can get there
or not and I can tell you this
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from experience because I
have been there, Ellis Island
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is a fantastically inspiring
place and it just oozes history.
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So many Americans have stories
to tell that have their roots
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in Ellis Island.
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Isaac Asimov, born in Russia
to parents of Jewish decent
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passed through Ellis
Island at the age of three
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with his parents and siblings.
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He did most of his growing
up in Brooklyn, New York,
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right across the
bay from Ellis Island.
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He taught himself to read
when he was five years old
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and then finished high
school and college early.
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Asimov went on to become famous
as a scientist and writer.
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Like countless others, his
story represents the promise
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for which millions cross the
Atlantic, seeking both material
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and spiritual freedom.
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Like the stories of countless
others, his story represents
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the promise that so many
millions crossed the Atlantic
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to find. The
promise of spiritual
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and material freedom.
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But of course, not every
immigrant story turned out
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quite so well.
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There were those who came here
looking for freedom and looking
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for a new start
and looking for fortune
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and they didn't find it.
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Some were disappointed,
some were disillusioned,
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some ended up bitter.
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The story is told of one
man who was told before he came
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here that he would discover
that the streets of New York
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City were paved with gold.
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He scoffed when he returned
home and said "I found there
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was no gold, no streets
and I did most of the paving."
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But most who came to
America stayed in America.
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Hope was in the air, a
glorious future beckoned.
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Liberty and justice
were officially this nation's
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guiding principles.
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New York Governor Alfred
E. Smith spoke many years
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ago about God's
purpose for the United States
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and he said God made
this country to be a haven
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of repose and a
harbor of refuge for the poor
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and the down-trodden and
the oppressed of every land.
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John Jakes, one of America's
most famous historical novelists
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wrote a book some years ago.
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He wrote the story of a
young German immigrant who came
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to the United
States in the 1890's.
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At first he found here
much in which he could rejoice,
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but then after a while he
himself started to experience
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family disharmony and cruel
oppression and racial bigotry.
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In time, he learned to love
his new land and its forward
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looking spirit.
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Jakes tells the story in
a book entitled Homeland.
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The Bible talks about a
Homeland, the true haven
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for the down-trodden,
the oppressed, and the poor
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from throughout the world.
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We read about it in the
last chapters of the Bible,
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Revelation 21 and 22.
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Here's what John wrote under
the inspiration of the Holy
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Spirit, "And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth, for the first
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heaven and the first
earth were passed away."
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That's revelation 21:1.
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He goes on to describe
the Holy City, New Jerusalem,
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as being prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband
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and then he writes,
And I heard a loud voice
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from heaven saying:
Behold the tabernacle of God
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is with men and he will
dwell with them and they shall
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be his people and God
himself will be with them
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and be their God.
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And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes.
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There shall be no more death
nor sorrow nor crying and there
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shall be no more
pain for the former things
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have passed away.
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Then he who sat on
the throne said, Behold,
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I make all things new."
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New York City Mayor David
Dinkins was fond referring
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to New York City as a gorgeous
mosaic of ethnic and cultural
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diversity.
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You come to New York City
and you realize right away
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it is a big place,
8.5 million inhabitants.
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Landmarks and icons everywhere.
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For instance, right there,
is the Empire State Building.
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It feels in much of New
York City like a remarkably safe
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place because New York City
is a collection of neighborhoods
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and in many of them,
it's common to see women
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walking alone late at night.
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That's how safe
they either feel or are.
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But in other
parts of New York City,
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maybe you wouldn't try that.
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Some parts of the city
aren't very easy on the eye
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but generally New York
City is beautiful and often
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incredibly so.
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New York Harbor, that
jewel in the middle of Manhattan
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known as Central Park
and this place Highline Park.
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It used to be an elevated
railroad servicing New York
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City's industrial area.
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But it is being
developed in the recent years
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into an Oasis.
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And on perfect days like
this, people come here to
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enjoy its beauty and its rest.
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Now of course, New York
City has not always lived up to
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its beauty and promise,
just like any other place
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on earth.
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But God's city,
the New Jerusalem,
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will be everything
he says it will be.
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There will be no crying.
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There won't be any pain.
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There won't be any sadness
and there won't be any death.
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No political corruption,
no financial malfeasance,
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no selfish grasping
after position and power.
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God's city will be a model
of perfect unity, of harmony,
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of integrity and love.
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The Apostle John
speaks about the New Jerusalem
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in the book of
Revelation when he says this:
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"And the city is laid out
as a square and its length
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is as great as its breadth.
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And he measured the city
with a reed, 12000 furlongs.
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Its length, breadth
and height are equal."
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Now let's think about that.
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You know what we
are talking about here?
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A city 375 miles in
length, breadth and height.
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Talk about high-rise living.
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The people of Manhattan are
going to feel right at home.
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This is remarkable.
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This city is going to be
so tall that it stretches
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into space.
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It will sit on the earth
like a cube and its length
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and breadth and height
will be exactly the same.
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Remarkable!
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But now let's think a little bit
more because the Apostle John
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had more to say about
this incredible place.
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"And the construction
of the wall was of jasper
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and the city was
pure gold like clear glass
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and the foundations of the wall
of the city were adorned with
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all kinds of precious stones.
00:16:15.63\00:16:18.63
The first foundation was
jasper, the second sapphire,
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the third
chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth
sardonyx, the sixth sardius,
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the seventh
chrysolite, the eighth beryl,
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the ninth topaz,
the tenth chrysoprase,
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the eleventh jacinth,
and the twelfth amethyst.
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And the 12 gates were 12 pearls.
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Each individual gate was
of one pearl and the street
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of the city was pure
gold like transparent glass."
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It is hard to even imagine
a city as glorious as this
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but this is what God promises
to all who claim his pardon
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and his transforming power.
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John goes on to write
more to describe the city
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and the amazing diversity
that is to be found there.
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"And the nations of
those who are saved shall walk
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in its light and the kings
of the earth bring their glory
00:17:20.30\00:17:23.96
and honor into it and they
shall bring the glory and honor
00:17:23.96\00:17:28.00
of the nations into it."
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Now, not all would-be immigrants
who came to the United States
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were allowed to enter
the country and the same
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is true for the land of promise.
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I'll have more in just a moment.
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[Music]
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Time for today's Bible question.
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Here it is.
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Pastor Bradshaw talked
about 1 John 1:9 and that God
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would forgive
us of all our sins.
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He did and that's true.
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One verse always comes to mind
Matthew 12:31 in which Jesus
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said that blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit will not be forgiven.
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How do I put all
of this together?
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Thanks.
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Well, you're welcome.
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Let's try and do that.
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While the Bible says
that God will forgive our sins
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in 1 John 1:9, the Bible
does say that blaspheming
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against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven and that
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is because the blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit is not
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an individual sin.
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It is a condition in sin.
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Keep this in mind.
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Just before the statement,
Jesus said all manner of sin
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and blasphemy shall
be forgiven unto men.
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That's very clear.
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If you can do it, God
can and he is prepared
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to forgive it.
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And we have record in the Bible
of people being restored to God
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who were murderers and
they were immoral and they were
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dishonest and they were angry.
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God forgave them.
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But this blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit.
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What about that?
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It is not a particular sin.
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It is a condition in sin.
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One of the works of the Holy
Spirit is to bring conviction
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of sin.
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You read that in John 16:8.
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So when a person is involved
in the sin against the Holy
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Spirit, here is what happens.
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The Holy Spirit speaks to that
person and convicts that person
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that what they
are doing is wrong.
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It could be about any
certain sin in their life.
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But what some people do is they
fail to respond to the voice
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of the Holy Spirit.
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Eventually they come to
the place where they don't
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even hear God's
spirit speaking to them.
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They become numb or
hardened against conviction.
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When a person grieves the Holy
Spirit what happens is the Holy
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Spirits voice can
no longer be heard.
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That person has committed
the sin against the Holy Spirit.
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They have come to the place
where they are absolutely not
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going to repent.
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If God calls you to repent
and you choose not to do so,
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then the sin you are
clinging to cannot be forgiven.
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If you don't
confess it, what can God do?
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Now there is a resource on
our website I would love for you
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.10
to look at on this subject.
00:20:09.10\00:20:10.23
Go to studies.itiswritten.com,
studies.itiswritten.com.
00:20:10.23\00:20:12.83
Look at the Search for Certainty
studies and you'll find
00:20:12.83\00:20:17.46
there a study on the Holy
Spirit and the unpardonable sin.
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This will give you a
little more information.
00:20:22.86\00:20:24.83
If you have a question
you'd like me to answer
00:20:24.83\00:20:26.23
on this program,
go to itiswritten.com
00:20:26.23\00:20:28.63
and ask your question
there and I'll do my best
00:20:28.63\00:20:32.16
to answer your
question on a future program.
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[Music ... sound of people]
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New York City is a
remarkably diverse place.
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But even the diversity of
New York City cannot compare
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to what is going to be
experienced when the saved
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of all ages enter into God's
Holy City in the new earth.
00:20:59.66\00:21:04.53
At that time, people from
all eras of this earth's history
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will gather and dwell
together in the presence of God
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in complete and perfect harmony.
00:21:12.56\00:21:15.46
And just as would-be immigrants
into these United States
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were not granted unconditional
entry when they came through
00:21:19.23\00:21:23.73
Ellis Island, so people will
not be given unconditionally
00:21:23.73\00:21:27.50
the gift of salvation.
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The Bible says this,
the ancient apostle wrote
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these words in Revelation 21:27,
"But there shall by no means
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enter it anything that
defiles or causes an abomination
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or a lie but only those
who are written in the Lamb's
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book of life."
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That's Revelation 21:27.
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Earlier in the same chapter
you read a similar verse.
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He who overcomes shall inherit
all thins and I will be his God
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and he shall be my son.
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Revelation 21:7.
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Throughout the
book of Revelation,
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this is the promise we find.
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Those who have experienced
victory over the power of sin
00:22:10.13\00:22:12.73
through the power of God's
grace, those who have given
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their lives to God, who
have lived surrendered lives
00:22:16.20\00:22:19.33
as Jesus lives his life in
them these are the ones that God
00:22:19.33\00:22:24.30
can trust in heaven.
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Here is Revelation
3:5, "He who overcomes shall
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be clothed in white garments
and I will not blot out his name
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from the Book of Life
but I will confess his name
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before my Father
and before his angels."
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And that can be your experience.
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Writing to the Colossians,
Paul stated that the mystery
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of the gospel was Christ
in you the hope of glory.
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These days, if you travel
from one country to another
00:22:52.56\00:22:55.06
you are going to
have to have a passport.
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Our passport into the true
land of promise is Jesus Christ.
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If you have accepted Jesus
Christ as your Lord and Savior,
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if you have surrendered to him,
then you can live in confidence,
00:23:06.53\00:23:10.86
confident that one day soon
you'll be living with him in
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that world made new.
00:23:15.30\00:23:17.76
Four years before her death
in 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote
00:23:20.40\00:23:26.33
the lines chiseled at the
base of the statue of liberty
00:23:26.33\00:23:29.93
whose torch still beckons
multitudes to a better life
00:23:29.93\00:23:33.63
in America.
00:23:33.63\00:23:35.43
"Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning
00:23:35.43\00:23:40.53
to breathe free.
00:23:40.53\00:23:42.33
The wretched refuse
of your teaming shores.
00:23:42.33\00:23:46.30
Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
00:23:46.30\00:23:50.73
I lift my lamp
beside the golden door."
00:23:50.73\00:23:57.43
But a better
and a greater golden
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.06
door beckons us.
00:23:59.06\00:24:01.06
The light of God's
word welcomes the faithful
00:24:01.06\00:24:03.33
with a torch that shines
far more brightly than the light
00:24:03.33\00:24:06.50
in New York Harbor.
00:24:06.50\00:24:08.60
And all are invited ...
00:24:08.60\00:24:10.06
the weary, the
wayward, the wretched,
00:24:10.06\00:24:13.60
the tempest-tossed.
00:24:13.60\00:24:14.80
If you'll allow God's saving,
transforming grace to transform
00:24:14.80\00:24:20.33
you, then you can look forward
confidently to being a forever
00:24:20.33\00:24:23.40
citizen of God's
true land of promise.
00:24:23.40\00:24:31.36
[Heavy military ominous
music] An ancient city rises ...
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(music) ...
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the most wicked city on earth.
00:24:51.96\00:24:55.36
The prophets said it
would be destroyed ...
00:25:00.43\00:25:03.50
they were right.
00:25:06.23\00:25:10.10
It has never been rebuilt.
00:25:11.73\00:25:15.36
Yet the ancient
prophets saw her rising.
00:25:16.23\00:25:20.33
And then the world ends ...
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Let's take this
opportunity to pray together.
00:26:42.23\00:26:44.30
Our Father in heaven,
thank you that we can know you
00:26:44.30\00:26:47.90
welcome us into
your land of promise.
00:26:47.90\00:26:50.60
Before this time, so many
people came into this land
00:26:50.60\00:26:53.70
of freedom through the
doorway that was Ellis Island
00:26:53.70\00:26:57.16
and they became Americans.
00:26:57.16\00:27:01.16
Now as we enter by faith
into that land known as your
00:27:01.16\00:27:05.33
eternal kingdom through
not Ellis Island but Jesus,
00:27:05.33\00:27:09.00
we become yours.
00:27:09.00\00:27:11.83
We thank you for that.
00:27:11.83\00:27:12.70
Keep us, please, and let your
grace transform us and fit us
00:27:12.70\00:27:16.83
for eternity in your presence.
00:27:16.83\00:27:19.20
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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[Music]
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Thanks for joining me today.
00:27:43.80\00:27:45.23
I look forward to
seeing you again next time.
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.26
Until then, remember: It
is written, man shall not
00:27:47.26\00:27:51.40
live by bread alone but
by every word that proceeds
00:27:51.40\00:27:55.76
from the mouth of God.
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