>>BILL: ONE SUMMER NIGHT DURING A SEVERE 00:00:01.23\00:00:02.13 THUNDERSTORM A MOTHER WAS TUCKING HER SMALL SON 00:00:02.13\00:00:05.03 INTO BED. SHE WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF WHEN HE 00:00:05.03\00:00:09.03 ASKED IN A TREMBLING VOICE, "MOMMY, WILL YOU 00:00:09.03\00:00:10.00 STAY WITH ME ALL NIGHT?" 00:00:10.00\00:00:13.70 SMILING, THE MOTHER GAVE HIM A WARM, REASSURING 00:00:13.70\00:00:14.66 HUG AND SAID TENDERLY, "I CAN'T DEAR. I HAVE TO 00:00:14.66\00:00:20.10 SLEEP IN DADDY'S ROOM." A LONG SILENCE FOLLOWED. AT 00:00:20.10\00:00:23.83 LAST IT WAS BROKEN BY A SHAKY VOICE SAYING, 00:00:23.83\00:00:24.90 "THE BIG SISSY!" 00:00:24.90\00:00:32.46 (MUSIC) 00:00:34.16\00:00:41.93 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME 00:00:42.36\00:00:44.60 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE. 00:00:44.86\00:00:47.86 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:00:48.16\00:00:52.20 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:00:52.46\00:00:54.83 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:55.06\00:00:59.60 (MUSIC) 00:01:00.13\00:01:20.90 RESEARCHERS AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 00:01:21.76\00:01:22.63 REPORTED THAT 30 YEARS AGO, THE GREATEST FEARS 00:01:22.63\00:01:24.90 OF GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE: 1) ANIMALS, 2) BEING 00:01:24.90\00:01:30.03 IN A DARK ROOM, 3) HIGH PLACES, 4) STRANGERS, 5) 00:01:30.03\00:01:31.13 LOUD NOISES. TODAY, KIDS ARE AFRAID OF THE 00:01:31.13\00:01:34.53 FOLLOWING: 1) DIVORCE, 2) NUCLEAR WAR, 3) CANCER, 4) 00:01:34.53\00:01:43.26 POLLUTION, 5) BEING MUGGED. 00:01:43.26\00:01:48.33 FEAR IS DEFINED AS AN UNPLEASANT, OFTEN 00:01:50.00\00:01:50.90 STRONG EMOTION CAUSED BY ANTICIPATION OR AWARENESS 00:01:50.90\00:01:55.10 OF DANGER. WE ALL EXPERIENCE FEAR, BUT FEW 00:01:55.10\00:02:00.60 OF US HAVE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION OF TERROR LIKE 00:02:00.60\00:02:01.70 THE MAIN CHARACTER IN OUR PASSAGE TODAY - IT 00:02:01.70\00:02:06.16 IS FOUND IN JOHN 8: 1-11, WE READ . 00:02:06.16\00:02:14.50 ACCORDING TO THE NARRATIVE, SHE WAS 00:03:47.30\00:03:48.06 CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT OF ADULTERY. SHE WAS GUILTY 00:03:48.06\00:03:51.36 BEFORE THE FACE OF THE LORD AND BEFORE THE WORLD. 00:03:51.36\00:03:56.10 NOW, ADULTERY IS A VILE SIN, BUT IT IS NO WORSE 00:03:56.10\00:03:57.23 THAN ANY OTHER - WE ARE ALL AS GUILTY AS THIS 00:03:57.23\00:04:04.03 WOMAN, OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE SIMPLY WON'T ADMIT TO 00:04:04.03\00:04:08.03 IT - PROVERBS 28: 13 00:04:08.03\00:04:12.60 IN THEIR HASTE TO BRING THIS WOMAN TO JESUS, HER 00:04:24.46\00:04:25.46 ACCUSERS PROBABLY DIDN'T GIVE HER SUFFICIENT TIME 00:04:25.46\00:04:28.46 TO GET PROPERLY DRESSED BEFORE THEY BROUGHT HER 00:04:28.46\00:04:33.06 INTO PUBLIC. HOWEVER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, SHE WAS 00:04:33.06\00:04:34.06 CERTAINLY HUMILIATED BY THE PUBLIC ACCUSATION AND 00:04:34.06\00:04:38.26 DISCLOSURE OF HER SIN. 00:04:38.26\00:04:43.66 HER ACCUSERS WERE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! 00:04:44.53\00:04:45.33 ACCORDING TO THE LAW, SHE DESERVED TO DIE - 00:04:45.33\00:04:48.93 LEVITICUS 20: 10; 00:04:48.93\00:04:53.33 THERE WAS ONE SMALL PROBLEM HERE: WHERE WAS 00:05:07.70\00:05:08.66 HER PARTNER? BOTH WERE SUPPOSED TO DIE FOR THIS 00:05:08.66\00:05:14.06 SIN! THE MAN MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS SCHEME TO 00:05:14.06\00:05:19.90 ATTACK JESUS. HE MAY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAY. 00:05:19.90\00:05:20.96 NEVERTHELESS, THIS WOMAN WAS GUILTY AND 00:05:20.96\00:05:25.20 SHE DESERVED TO DIE. THESE MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO PIN 00:05:25.20\00:05:31.56 JESUS ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA. IF JESUS SIMPLY 00:05:31.56\00:05:32.70 LET THE WOMAN GO, THEN HE WOULD BE SEEN AS BEING 00:05:32.70\00:05:37.93 EASY ON SIN AND COULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING IN 00:05:37.93\00:05:43.93 VIOLATION OF THE LAW. 00:05:43.93\00:05:44.56 IF, HOWEVER, HE GAVE PERMISSION FOR THE WOMAN 00:05:44.56\00:05:49.20 TO BE KILLED, HE COULD THEN BE ACCUSED BEFORE 00:05:49.20\00:05:50.16 ROME AS AN UPSTART AND A SUBVERSIVE, AND HE 00:05:50.16\00:05:55.66 WOULD HAVE DESTROYED HIS REPUTATION AS BEING THE 00:05:55.66\00:05:59.63 "FRIEND OF PUBLICANS AND SINNERS". THEY FELT THAT 00:05:59.63\00:06:00.66 NO MATTER WHAT JESUS SAID, HE HAD NO WIGGLE ROOM. 00:06:00.66\00:06:06.13 WITH AN ORDINARY MAN THEIR PLAN MIGHT HAVE SUCCEEDED 00:06:06.13\00:06:13.43 , BUT THEY WERE DEALING WITH JESUS CHRIST, AND HE 00:06:13.43\00:06:14.56 SIMPLY REFUSED TO PLAY BY THEIR RULES! WHEN THEY 00:06:14.56\00:06:18.26 TRIED TO STUMP JESUS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD 00:06:18.26\00:06:22.50 MET THEIR MATCH. NOTICE HOW HE RESPONDED TO THEIR 00:06:22.50\00:06:23.53 ARGUMENTS. VERSE 6 TELLS US THAT JESUS IGNORED THEM 00:06:23.53\00:06:31.56 WHILE THEY WERE TALKING TO THE LORD, HE JUST KNELT 00:06:44.80\00:06:45.86 DOWN AND BEGAN TO WRITE ON THE GROUND. HE HAD NO USE 00:06:45.86\00:06:48.46 FOR THEIR PETTINESS AND LACK OF LOVE FOR SINNERS. 00:06:48.46\00:06:55.76 WHAT DID JESUS WRITE? 00:06:55.76\00:06:56.26 I DON'T KNOW! MAYBE HE WROTE: A. THE TEN 00:06:56.26\00:07:03.46 COMMANDMENTS. AFTER ALL, IT WAS HIS FINGER THAT 00:07:03.46\00:07:04.56 WROTE THEM THE FIRST TIME! 00:07:04.56\00:07:08.86 B. PERHAPS HE WROTE THEIR NAMES IN FULFILLMENT 00:07:08.86\00:07:09.83 OF JEREMIAH 17:13. 00:07:09.83\00:07:16.90 C. MAYBE HE WROTE OUT LEVITICUS 20:10 D. MAYBE 00:07:31.80\00:07:32.76 HE SIMPLY WROTE THE NAMES OF THEIR GIRLFRIENDS IN 00:07:32.76\00:07:39.26 THE SAND. E. MAYBE HE SIMPLY WROTE THE WORD 00:07:39.26\00:07:43.93 "FORGIVEN"! WHATEVER THE LORD WROTE ON THE GROUND, 00:07:43.93\00:07:44.93 IT SURELY GOT THEIR ATTENTION. WHEN JESUS 00:07:44.93\00:07:50.26 DID SPEAK, HE SAID, 00:07:50.26\00:07:53.50 AT THIS POINT, ALL THE SHOUTING CAME TO A STOP 00:08:00.80\00:08:01.80 AND ALL THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS THE DROPPING 00:08:01.80\00:08:08.96 OF THEIR ROCKS AND THE SHUFFLE OF THEIR SANDALS 00:08:08.96\00:08:12.96 AS THEY SLIPPED QUIETLY AWAY. YOU SEE, THESE MEN 00:08:12.96\00:08:13.96 HAD BEEN EXPOSED BEFORE THEIR FELLOW MAN, THE 00:08:13.96\00:08:19.10 ACCUSED LADY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BEFORE THE 00:08:19.10\00:08:24.33 LORD. LET'S AT LEAST GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THE 00:08:24.33\00:08:25.26 FACT THAT WHEN THEY SAW THEMSELVES AS THEY REALLY 00:08:25.26\00:08:32.00 WERE, THEY STOPPED CALLING FOR THE DEATH OF THIS 00:08:32.00\00:08:37.10 WOMAN. 00:08:37.10\00:08:38.63 WHEN THE LAST ROCK HAD HIT THE TEMPLE FLOOR, JESUS 00:08:40.30\00:08:41.36 STOOD UP AND FACED THIS SINFUL WOMAN. AS HE STOOD 00:08:41.36\00:08:45.70 BEFORE HER, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THE WORLD HAS 00:08:45.70\00:08:50.16 EVER KNOWN WHO WAS QUALIFIED TO TAKE UP THE 00:08:50.16\00:08:51.06 FIRST STONE, AS WELL AS ALL THE REST OF THE 00:08:51.06\00:08:55.90 STONES, AND STONE HER TO DEATH. WHEN SHE FACED 00:08:55.90\00:09:00.23 JESUS, SHE WAS FACING THE ULTIMATE JUDGE! SHE HAD 00:09:00.23\00:09:01.26 REACHED A PLACE IN HER LIFE WHERE IT WAS JUST HER 00:09:01.26\00:09:06.80 AND JESUS. IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THAT! EVENTUALLY, 00:09:06.80\00:09:13.63 SOMEWHERE, SOMEDAY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 00:09:13.63\00:09:14.56 FACE JESUS. EVENTUALLY, SOMEWHERE, SOMEDAY YOU ARE 00:09:14.56\00:09:20.26 GOING TO HAVE TO BOW TO JESUS! MY FRIEND, YOU WILL 00:09:20.26\00:09:26.83 EITHER RECEIVE JESUS AT ONE OF LIFE'S ENCOUNTERS, 00:09:26.83\00:09:27.86 OR YOU WILL FACE HIM ON JUDGMENT DAY. WHICH WOULD 00:09:27.86\00:09:31.86 YOU RATHER IT BE? IN THE END, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN 00:09:31.86\00:09:40.03 TO JUST YOU AND JESUS. 00:09:40.03\00:09:40.53 AND, WHAT YOU DO WITH HIM WILL DETERMINE HOW YOU 00:09:40.53\00:09:48.20 SPEND ETERNITY! THE ONLY ONE QUALIFIED TO THROW A 00:09:48.20\00:09:49.16 STONE REFUSED TO! JESUS DEALT WITH HER ON 00:09:49.16\00:09:56.46 THE BASIS OF GRACE. 00:09:56.46\00:09:56.90 THE RELIGIOUS MEN HAD CONDEMNED HER AND 00:09:56.90\00:10:00.86 CONSIDERED HER AS GOOD AS DEAD, JESUS HOWEVER, SAW 00:10:00.86\00:10:06.23 SOMEONE WORTHY OF HIS LOVE AND WORTH SALVAGING. WHEN 00:10:06.23\00:10:07.43 SHE CAME TO JESUS, SHE RECEIVED A NEW LORD - BY 00:10:07.43\00:10:13.16 HER SIMPLE CONFESSION OF CHRIST AS LORD, SALVATION 00:10:13.16\00:10:20.20 BECAME HERS. THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO BEING SAVED! 00:10:20.20\00:10:21.16 ROMANS 10: 9 SAYS, 00:10:21.16\00:10:30.93 IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THAN THAT! EVEN SMALL 00:10:41.56\00:10:42.56 CHILDREN CAN COMPREHEND THAT TRUTH AND MAKE IT 00:10:42.56\00:10:46.03 REAL IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT ABOUT YOU? HAVE YOU TAKEN 00:10:46.03\00:10:52.03 THIS STEP OF FAITH? 00:10:52.03\00:10:52.50 ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE SAVED CAN BE SAVED THROUGH 00:10:52.50\00:10:58.06 FAITH IN THE SHED BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! 00:10:58.06\00:10:59.10 NOTICE WHAT JESUS SAID TO HER: 00:10:59.10\00:11:08.33 ALL OF HER LIFE, SHE HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO THE GOD OF 00:11:10.53\00:11:11.66 THIS WORLD, SATAN. JESUS, HOWEVER, CAME AND UNLOCKED 00:11:11.66\00:11:15.93 THE SHACKLES THAT HELD HER BOUND IN SIN AND HE SET 00:11:15.93\00:11:20.46 HER FREE! 00:11:20.46\00:11:22.63 JESUS SPECIALIZES IN TAKING WASTED, RUINED 00:11:25.00\00:11:25.96 LIVES AND SAVING THEM BY HIS GRACE AND RESTORING 00:11:25.96\00:11:30.40 THEM TO USEFULNESS. EVERY PERSON WHO COMES TO JESUS 00:11:30.40\00:11:35.26 FOR SALVATION RECEIVES THIS NEW LEASE ON LIFE 00:11:35.26\00:11:36.23 - 2 CORINTHIANS 5: 17 00:11:36.23\00:11:45.20 WHEN JESUS LOOKS AT A LOST SINNER, SURELY HE SEES THE 00:11:56.10\00:11:57.33 POTENTIAL IN THEIR LIVES. 00:11:57.33\00:12:00.46 LIKE HE DID WITH THIS WOMAN, HE SEES THEM AS 00:12:00.46\00:12:01.43 THEY CAN BE THROUGH HIM. 00:12:01.43\00:12:05.80 FRIEND, LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO REMAIN LIKE IT IS TODAY 00:12:05.80\00:12:06.96 FOR YOU. IT CAN BE BETTER AND IT CAN BE NEW, IF YOU 00:12:06.96\00:12:11.16 WILL COME TO JESUS! BY THE WAY ANY MALE OR FEMALE CAN 00:12:11.16\00:12:19.16 LIVE FOR THE DEVIL. BUT, IT TAKES A REAL MAN AND 00:12:19.16\00:12:20.16 A REAL WOMAN TO LIVE FOR JESUS. 00:12:20.16\00:12:26.03 A LITTLE BOY VISITING HIS GRANDPARENTS AS GIVEN 00:12:27.36\00:12:28.36 HIS FIRST SLINGSHOT. HE PRACTICED IN THE WOODS, 00:12:28.36\00:12:31.83 BUT HE COULD NEVER HIT HIS TARGET. AS HE CAME BACK TO 00:12:31.83\00:12:35.93 GRANDMA'S BACK YARD, HE SPIED HER PET DUCK. ON AN 00:12:35.93\00:12:37.10 IMPULSE HE TOOK AIM AND LET FLY. THE STONE 00:12:37.10\00:12:42.60 HIT, AND THE DUCK FELL DEAD. THE BOY PANICKED. 00:12:42.60\00:12:49.23 DESPERATELY HE HID THE DEAD DUCK IN THE WOODPILE, 00:12:49.23\00:12:50.40 ONLY TO LOOK UP AND SEE HIS SISTER WATCHING. SALLY 00:12:50.40\00:12:54.50 HAD SEEN IT ALL, BUT SHE SAID NOTHING. AFTER LUNCH 00:12:54.50\00:13:00.43 THAT DAY, GRANDMA SAID, "SALLY, LET'S WASH THE 00:13:00.43\00:13:01.43 DISHES." BUT SALLY SAID, "JOHNNY TOLD ME HE WANTED 00:13:01.43\00:13:07.06 TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN TODAY. DIDN'T YOU, 00:13:07.06\00:13:11.30 JOHNNY?" AND SHE WHISPERED TO HIM, "REMEMBER THE 00:13:11.30\00:13:12.33 DUCK! SO JOHNNY DID THE DISHES. LATER GRANDPA 00:13:12.33\00:13:17.43 ASKED IF THE CHILDREN WANTED TO GO FISHING. 00:13:17.43\00:13:21.06 GRANDMA SAID, "I'M SORRY, BUT I NEED SALLY TO HELP 00:13:21.06\00:13:22.06 MAKE SUPPER." SALLY SMILED AND SAID, "THAT'S 00:13:22.06\00:13:27.23 ALL TAKEN CARE OF. JOHNNY WANTS TO DO IT." AGAIN SHE 00:13:27.23\00:13:31.46 WHISPERED, "REMEMBER THE DUCK." JOHNNY STAYED WHILE 00:13:31.46\00:13:32.50 SALLY WENT FISHING. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF JOHNNY 00:13:32.50\00:13:37.96 DOING BOTH HIS CHORES AND SALLY'S, FINALLY HE 00:13:37.96\00:13:42.13 COULDN'T STAND IT. HE CONFESSED TO GRANDMA THAT 00:13:42.13\00:13:43.13 HE'D KILLED THE DUCK. "I KNOW, JOHNNY," SHE SAID, 00:13:43.13\00:13:47.20 GIVING HIM A HUG. "I WAS STANDING AT THE WINDOW AND 00:13:47.20\00:13:53.00 SAW THE WHOLE THING. 00:13:53.00\00:13:53.46 BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, I FORGAVE YOU. I WONDERED 00:13:53.46\00:13:59.10 HOW LONG YOU WOULD LET SALLY MAKE A SLAVE OF 00:13:59.10\00:14:00.10 YOU. JESUS DOESN'T PARDON SINNERS TO LEAVE THEM AS 00:14:00.10\00:14:07.80 HE FOUND THEM. HE PARDONS THEM TO CHANGE THEM 00:14:07.80\00:14:13.20 FOREVER! HE WON'T SAVE YOU AND LEAVE YOU IN 00:14:13.20\00:14:14.20 YOUR SINS. ALONG WITH HIS SALVATION COMES A NEW LIFE 00:14:14.20\00:14:18.43 AND LIBERTY FROM SIN'S DOMINION, ROMANS 6:14 00:14:18.43\00:14:27.76 MAYBE, LIKE THIS WOMAN, YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN WRECKED 00:14:37.76\00:14:38.83 AND RUINED BY SIN. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN HURT BY 00:14:38.83\00:14:42.13 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. MAYBE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A 00:14:42.13\00:14:45.16 COMPASSIONATE SAVIOR, ONE WHO WILL MAKE EVERYTHING 00:14:45.16\00:14:46.26 RIGHT. I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO JESUS. HE 00:14:46.26\00:14:51.43 CARES ABOUT YOU JUST LIKE YOU ARE. HE LOVES YOU AND 00:14:51.43\00:14:56.76 WANTS TO SAVE YOU. HE WANTS TO DELIVER YOU FROM 00:14:56.76\00:14:57.86 YOUR BONDAGE. HE WANTS TO SET YOU FREE. THEREFORE, 00:14:57.86\00:15:02.60 HE INVITES YOU TO COME TO HIM TODAY. 00:15:02.60\00:15:09.03 GEORGE WILSON WAS SENTENCED TO HANG AFTER HE 00:15:11.23\00:15:12.30 WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING A GUARD WHILE ROBBING A 00:15:12.30\00:15:14.60 FEDERAL PAYROLL FROM A TRAIN. PUBLIC SENTIMENT 00:15:14.60\00:15:19.56 AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LED TO AN EVENTUAL 00:15:19.56\00:15:20.53 PARDON BY PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. UNBELIEVABLY, 00:15:20.53\00:15:24.96 WILSON REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE PARDON. CAN ONE DO 00:15:24.96\00:15:32.56 THAT? THE CASE BECAME SO LEGALLY CONFUSING THAT THE 00:15:32.56\00:15:33.60 SUPREME COURT HAD TO RULE ON IT. CHIEF 00:15:33.60\00:15:39.20 JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL DELIVERED THE VERDICT: 00:15:39.20\00:15:43.80 CONSEQUENTLY, WILSON WAS HANGED. GOD'S GRACE 00:16:07.96\00:16:08.93 BECOMES A PARDON FROM SIN ONLY TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE 00:16:08.93\00:16:13.56 IT. FRIEND, IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED, IF YOU 00:16:13.56\00:16:20.46 HAVE NEVER TRUSTED JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR, 00:16:20.46\00:16:21.43 IF YOU ARE STILL LOST IN YOUR SINS , YOU ARE IN 00:16:21.43\00:16:26.63 TERRIBLE DANGER TODAY! YOU SEE, YOU STAND CONDEMNED 00:16:26.63\00:16:32.16 BEFORE GOD, BUT, THERE IS A PARDON AVAILABLE TO YOU 00:16:32.16\00:16:33.20 IF YOU WILL HAVE IT! YOU SEE, JESUS, THE 00:16:33.20\00:16:39.03 SAME GRACIOUS SAVIOR WHO INTERVENED IN THIS WOMAN'S 00:16:39.03\00:16:43.43 LIFE AND CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR HER, WENT 00:16:43.43\00:16:44.26 TO A CROSS AT A PLACE CALLED CALVARY. THERE, HE 00:16:44.26\00:16:49.30 DIED ON THAT CROSS. WHEN HE DIED, HE WAS DYING FOR 00:16:49.30\00:16:54.33 YOU. HE WAS DYING SO THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE. THREE DAYS 00:16:54.33\00:16:55.40 AFTER HE DIED, HE AROSE FROM THE DEAD NOW, HE 00:16:55.40\00:17:01.16 INVITES YOU TO COME TO HIM, BY FAITH, FOR 00:17:01.16\00:17:08.06 SALVATION, MATT. 11:28; JOHN 6:37. IF YOU WILL 00:17:08.06\00:17:09.06 COME, HE WILL RECEIVE YOU AND HE WILL SAVE YOU. 00:17:09.06\00:17:12.36 FRIEND, IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE, YOU STAND CONDEMNED 00:17:12.36\00:17:21.83 BEFORE GOD. YOU ARE ON THE GALLOWS AND THE NOOSE 00:17:21.83\00:17:22.83 IS AROUND YOUR NECK. JESUS STANDS READY TO PARDON AND 00:17:22.83\00:17:28.13 TO RECEIVE YOU IF YOU WILL COME TO HIM. IS HE CALLING 00:17:28.13\00:17:33.86 YOU TO COME? IF HE IS, THEN COME TO HIM FOR 00:17:33.86\00:17:34.76 SALVATION TODAY! IF THERE ARE ISSUES IN YOUR LIFE 00:17:34.76\00:17:43.26 THAT NEED TO BE SETTLED, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THEY 00:17:43.26\00:17:47.23 CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF FOREVER. WILL YOU BRING 00:17:47.23\00:17:48.16 YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND LET HIM MAKE IT OVER? 00:17:48.16\00:17:53.83 I'M NOT ON AN EGO TRIP 00:17:58.96\00:18:04.43 I'M NOTHING ON MY OWN 00:18:04.80\00:18:11.73 I MAKE MISTAKES AND OFTEN SLIP 00:18:12.10\00:18:20.06 JUST COMMON FLESH AND BONES 00:18:20.30\00:18:26.13 BUT I'LL PROVE SOMEDAY JUST WHY I SAY 00:18:26.53\00:18:33.46 I'M OF A SPECIAL KIND 00:18:33.86\00:18:40.83 FOR WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS 00:18:41.13\00:18:48.20 I WAS ON HIS MIND 00:18:48.53\00:18:58.03 THE LOOK OF LOVE WAS ON HIS FACE 00:18:58.96\00:19:05.93 THORNS WERE ON HIS HEAD 00:19:06.20\00:19:13.20 BLOOD WAS ON HIS SCARLET ROBE 00:19:13.43\00:19:20.43 STAINED A CRIMSON RED 00:19:20.90\00:19:26.96 THOUGH HIS EYES WERE ON THE CROWD THAT DAY 00:19:27.23\00:19:34.23 I BELIEVE HE LOOKED AHEAD IN TIME 00:19:34.66\00:19:41.30 AND WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS 00:19:41.56\00:19:48.93 I WAS ON HIS MIND 00:19:49.23\00:19:57.43 HE KNEW ME 00:19:59.16\00:20:04.46 YET HE LOVED ME 00:20:05.20\00:20:12.80 HE WHOSE GLORY MAKES THE HEAVENS SHINE 00:20:13.16\00:20:25.90 SO UNWORTHY OF SUCH MERCY 00:20:26.70\00:20:40.40 YET WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS 00:20:41.73\00:20:49.70 I WAS ON HIS MIND 00:20:49.86\00:20:55.40 YET WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS 00:20:55.90\00:21:03.03 I WAS ON HIS MIND 00:21:03.76\00:21:15.76 >>BILL: LET US PRAY. 00:21:20.20\00:21:20.66 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THINK OF THOSE WHO ARE 00:21:20.66\00:21:23.03 SURRENDERING THEIR LIVES TO JESUS RIGHT NOW 00:21:23.03\00:21:23.93 RECEIVE THEM, HEAVENLY FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, 00:21:23.93\00:21:28.53 BLESS THEM AND PROTECT THEM. BE WITH EACH AND 00:21:28.53\00:21:33.03 EVERY VIEWER OF THIS TELECAST, EVERYONE HEARING 00:21:33.03\00:21:34.03 MY VOICE AT THIS TIME, NOW AND FOREVER MORE WE PRAY 00:21:34.03\00:21:37.83 IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:21:37.83\00:21:43.66 (MUSIC) 00:21:44.63\00:21:59.33 HI, EVERYONE! YOUR BRAIN IS A REMARKABLE MACHINE. 00:22:00.93\00:22:01.90 IT WEIGHS ABOUT 3 POUNDS (MUSIC) 00:22:01.90\00:22:04.93 (MUSIC) 00:22:05.26\00:22:18.26 HI, EVERYONE! YOUR BRAIN IS A REMARKABLE MACHINE. 00:22:18.53\00:22:19.50 IT WEIGHS ABOUT 3 POUNDS OR 1.5KG, CONTAINS AROUND 00:22:19.50\00:22:23.90 100 BILLION NEURONS OR NERVE CELLS, AND CAN HAVE 00:22:23.90\00:22:30.23 CELL TO CELL TRANSMISSION SPEEDS OF UP TO 120 00:22:30.23\00:22:31.20 METRES/SECOND. THAT'S 268 MILES PER HOUR! THERE'S A 00:22:31.20\00:22:36.96 LOT GOING ON IN YOUR BRAIN RIGHT NOW, AND YOU CAN'T 00:22:36.96\00:22:42.63 EVEN FEEL ANY OF IT! 00:22:42.63\00:22:43.10 WE ARE SO FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE! YOUR 00:22:43.10\00:22:47.96 BRAIN IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS REGIONS OR LOBES, 00:22:47.96\00:22:48.93 EACH WORKING TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD, MUCH LIKE 00:22:48.93\00:22:52.70 DEPARTMENT HEADS OF A LARGE ORGANIZATION COMING 00:22:52.70\00:22:57.83 TOGETHER FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING. EACH PART OF YOUR 00:22:57.83\00:22:58.86 BRAIN IS IMPORTANT, BUT YOUR FRONTAL LOBE IS 00:22:58.86\00:23:00.23 OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE THIS IS WHERE INTELLECTUAL 00:23:00.23\00:23:05.96 ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THINKING, PLANNING, AND 00:23:05.96\00:23:07.00 REASONING TAKE PLACE. AND, GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH 00:23:07.00\00:23:11.20 OUR FRONTAL LOBE. WHEN YOUR BRAIN IS HEALTHY, IT 00:23:11.20\00:23:16.13 ALL WORKS TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY. HOWEVER, IT 00:23:16.13\00:23:17.03 CAN BE VERY DEVASTATING WHEN THINGS GO WRONG IN 00:23:17.03\00:23:20.66 THE BRAIN. WE PROBABLY ALL KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS 00:23:20.66\00:23:24.43 SOME TYPE OF DEMENTIA. 00:23:24.43\00:23:24.93 THEY ARE JUST NOT THE SAME PEOPLE THEY USED TO BE, 00:23:24.93\00:23:29.13 ARE THEY? WELL, I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE 00:23:29.13\00:23:30.20 VARIOUS THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP YOUR BRAIN 00:23:30.20\00:23:33.93 FUNCTIONING OPTIMALLY STARTING WITH WHAT YOU 00:23:33.93\00:23:37.60 EAT. STUDIES ARE SHOWING US THAT EATING A WIDE 00:23:37.60\00:23:38.56 VARIETY OF PLANT-BASED FOODS HELPS TO KEEP OUR 00:23:38.56\00:23:43.26 BRAINS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. LET'S CONSIDER TWO 00:23:43.26\00:23:47.43 STUDIES DONE ON RATS. 00:23:47.43\00:23:47.93 THE FIRST STUDY SHOWED THAT RATS FED A HIGH 00:23:47.93\00:23:52.20 ANTIOXIDANT DIET OF VITAMIN E OR SPINACH OR 00:23:52.20\00:23:53.30 STRAWBERRY EXTRACTS DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME 00:23:53.30\00:23:57.40 AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE AS RATS FED A 00:23:57.40\00:24:00.93 REGULAR DIET. IN THE SECOND STUDY RATS 00:24:00.93\00:24:01.76 EQUIVALENT IN AGE TO 63-YEAR-OLD HUMANS WERE 00:24:01.76\00:24:06.86 FED STRAWBERRY, BLUEBERRY OR SPINACH EXTRACT. 00:24:06.86\00:24:12.33 INTERESTINGLY, OVER AN EIGHT-WEEK PERIOD 00:24:12.33\00:24:13.23 THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR BRAIN 00:24:13.23\00:24:17.20 FUNCTION; THEY ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED REVERSAL OF 00:24:17.20\00:24:21.30 THEIR COGNITIVE DECLINE. 00:24:21.30\00:24:21.90 IN EATING FOR YOUR BRAIN, BE SURE YOU GET LOTS OF 00:24:21.90\00:24:26.30 COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES. 00:24:26.30\00:24:26.80 YOUR BRAIN NEEDS THE GLUCOSE FROM COMPLEX 00:24:26.80\00:24:31.00 CARBOHYDRATES TO FUNCTION OPTIMALLY. THAT INCLUDES 00:24:31.00\00:24:32.00 WHOLE GRAINS AND CEREALS, LEGUMES, VEGETABLES AND 00:24:32.00\00:24:36.96 FRUITS. WHAT ELSE BESIDES A PLANT-BASED WAY OF 00:24:36.96\00:24:41.30 EATING? WELL, WE'RE BEGINNING TO REALIZE FROM 00:24:41.30\00:24:42.26 VARIOUS STUDIES THAT DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 00:24:42.26\00:24:46.46 IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR HEALTHY WEIGHTS, BUT ALSO 00:24:46.46\00:24:49.96 FOR BRAIN HEALTH! EXERCISE GETS MORE BLOOD PUMPED 00:24:49.96\00:24:51.00 TO THE BRAIN AND HELPS TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH 00:24:51.00\00:24:56.23 OF NEW BRAIN CELLS. ONE DOCTOR HAS SAID THAT IF HE 00:24:56.23\00:25:01.96 HAD ONLY ONE PRESCRIPTION TO GIVE, IT WOULD BE 00:25:01.96\00:25:02.93 TO EXERCISE! THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS! OTHER 00:25:02.93\00:25:07.03 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN HEALTHY INCLUDE: 1) EATING 00:25:07.03\00:25:10.86 A GOOD BREAKFAST EVERY DAY, 2) GETTING 7-8 HOURS 00:25:10.86\00:25:11.86 OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT, 3) STRETCHING YOUR BRAIN AND 00:25:11.86\00:25:16.46 KEEPING IT ACTIVE BY DOING CROSSWORD PUZZLES, OR 00:25:16.46\00:25:21.03 TAKING A CLASS TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW. ANOTHER 00:25:21.03\00:25:22.03 WAY IS TO READ MORE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY THE WORD OF 00:25:22.03\00:25:26.20 GOD. GOD WANTS TO TALK WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR 00:25:26.20\00:25:30.60 BRAIN CELLS AND THROUGH HIS WORD. BE SURE TO 00:25:30.60\00:25:31.56 GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY DAILY. SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 00:25:31.56\00:25:38.00 >>MATTHEW: "GO AND SIN NO MORE!" CAN YOU IMAGINE 00:26:14.36\00:26:15.36 WHAT THOSE WORDS MUST HAVE SOUNDED LIKE TO A WOMEN 00:26:15.36\00:26:17.43 WHO WAS LITERALLY MOMENTS AWAY FROM COMING TO AN 00:26:17.43\00:26:21.90 AGONIZING END? THIS WOMAN'S RESPONSE TO JESUS' 00:26:21.90\00:26:23.03 LOVE FOR HER WAS TO BECOME ONE OF HIS MOST DEVOTED 00:26:23.03\00:26:27.50 FOLLOWERS. IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES 00:26:27.50\00:26:32.80 MANY HAVE LOST SIGHT OF WHO JESUS IS AND WANT HE 00:26:32.80\00:26:33.80 WANTS US TO EXPERIENCE IN LIFE. WE WOULD LIKE 00:26:33.80\00:26:38.16 TO OFFER YOU A SMALL BOOK THAN CAN BE A TOOL TO HELP 00:26:38.16\00:26:42.56 YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS. IT IS CALLED 00:26:42.56\00:26:43.46 "WONDERFUL NAMES OF OUR WONDERFUL LORD." FROM 00:26:43.46\00:26:47.00 GENESIS TO REVELATION THE BIBLE PAINTS A FLAWLESS 00:26:47.00\00:26:52.26 AND MULTIFACETED PORTRAIT OF THE ALPHA AND OMEGA! IT 00:26:52.26\00:26:53.33 IS OUR GIFT TO YOU - HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU 00:26:53.33\00:26:58.20 NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 00:26:58.20\00:27:01.46 >>BILL: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US 00:28:05.10\00:28:06.10 AGAIN THIS WEEK AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE 00:28:06.10\00:28:07.96 WEB-SITE - YOU CAN ALWAYS GO THERE - 00:28:07.96\00:28:10.06 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. WHY NOT SEND US YOUR PRAYER 00:28:10.06\00:28:11.20 REQUESTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. UNTIL NEXT 00:28:11.20\00:28:14.96 WEEK, WE HOPE TO BE HEAR AGAIN WITH YOU, REMEMBER 00:28:14.96\00:28:18.90 IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, 00:28:18.90\00:28:19.86 BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM 00:28:19.86\00:28:25.36 THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:28:25.36\00:28:29.16 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:28:30.06\00:28:33.53