Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: MIQ
Program Code: MIQ000001
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00:02 ♪ ♪ >> BACK DURING WORLD WAR II, AN
00:06 AMERICAN FIGHTER WAS FLYING OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN THEY 00:10 BEGAN TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. 00:12 THERE WAS A CHAPLAIN ON BOARD WITH THE CREW AND THEY WERE VERY 00:15 THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP LANDING ON A 00:18 JAPANESE-HELD ISLAND ON A DIRT STRIP. 00:21 WELL, THE CREW FELT IT WAS GOING TO BE HOPELESS, THAT SOON THEY'D 00:24 BE CAPTURED AND PUT IN PRISON. 00:27 BUT THE CHAPLAIN SAID, "LET'S PRAY THAT GOD WILL DELIVER US." 00:30 WELL, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS HOPELESS, BUT THEY SAID, "WELL, 00:33 GO AHEAD, CHAPLAIN." 00:34 AND HE PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD WORK A MIRACLE TO DELIVER THE 00:37 CREW. 00:38 WELL, THEY SLEPT THAT NIGHT BY THE PLANE AND EARLY IN THE 00:41 MORNING, ONE OF THE CREW WAS AWAKENED WITH A STRONG 00:43 IMPRESSION TO GO DOWN TO THE BEACH. 00:46 DOWN AT THE BEACH, ROLLING IN, WHEN THE SUN WAS RISING, HE SAW 00:50 A LARGE DRUM OF AVIATION FUEL. 00:53 WELL, WITH A YELP, HE WOKE UP THE REST, THEY RAN DOWN TO THE 00:56 BEACH, THEY TRANSFERRED THE FUEL INTO THE PLANE, AND THEY WERE 00:59 ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THEIR BASE. 01:03 A MIRACLE. 01:04 WHAT'S EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THAT THAT FUEL HAD BEEN KNOCKED 01:08 OFF AN AMERICAN SHIP DURING A BATTLE WHERE IT WAS JETTISONED. 01:12 IT FLOATED A THOUSAND MILES, PAST 25 OTHER ISLANDS, AND 01:17 LANDED ON THE BEACH OF THAT ONE ISLAND JUST WHEN THE CREW NEEDED 01:21 IT MOST. 01:22 IS THERE A GOD? 01:24 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. 01:25 WELCOME TO M.I.Q. 01:27 ♪ ♪ >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS 01:32 LISTENING? 01:33 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 01:36 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 01:37 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 01:39 >> COLLEGE? 01:40 CARS? 01:41 A JOB? 01:43 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 01:44 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 01:46 [QUESTIONING SIMULTANEOUSLY] >> OR WHAT? 01:54 ♪ ♪ >> DOUG BATCHELOR: "M.I.Q." 01:57 YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS. 02:01 >> DOES GOD REALLY EXIST? 02:02 THE ANSWER TO THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION WILL AFFECT EVERY OTHER 02:05 QUESTION. 02:06 JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q. 02:09 >> GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS. 02:10 WELCOME TO M.I.Q.: MOST 02:14 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 02:15 MY NAME IS JEAN ROSS AND I'LL BE YOUR HOST ON THIS EXCITING 02:19 ADVENTURE AND WE'LL TACKLE SOME 02:21 OF THE MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS, THE MOST IMPORTANT 02:24 QUESTIONS OF LIFE. 02:27 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR 02:29 LAKE, MICHIGAN, AND A BIG THANK YOU TO GREAT LAKES ADVENTIST 02:33 ACADEMY FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT AND ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO 02:37 3ABN FOR THE FILMING AND THE PRODUCTION. 02:42 TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND 02:45 AROUND THE WORLD, WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOU. 02:48 WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT YOU'VE JOINED US ON THIS EXCITING 02:52 ADVENTURE FOR TRUTH. 02:54 NOW, IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM 02:57 YOU. 02:58 YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE WITH YOUR BIBLE 03:02 QUESTION. 03:03 I WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, BUT FOR 03:06 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, AND THOSE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, 03:09 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE 03:13 DURING THIS SERIES. 03:15 SO, IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE-RELATED QUESTION, THE NUMBER TO SEND 03:18 THAT QUESTION TO IS 760-5-AFACTS. 03:24 THAT NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 03:31 SEND US A TEXT WITH THAT MESSAGE 03:33 AND WE WILL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE. 03:38 NOW, TO AID YOU IN YOUR ADVENTURE FOR TRUTH, AMAZING 03:41 FACTS HAS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT RESOURCE. 03:43 WE HAVE A SERIES OF LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR 03:48 THE PROGRAMS. 03:49 THESE LESSONS ARE FILLED WITH FASCINATING FACTS AND GREAT 03:53 ILLUSTRATIONS, SCRIPTURE, BIBLE ANSWERS. 03:57 AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR 03:59 AMAZING, OR RATHER, MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION BOOK, FILLED 04:04 WITH AMAZING ANSWERS, GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS WEBSITE. 04:08 THAT'S MIQTEENS.COM. 04:11 WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL THEME SONG THAT WE'LL BE SINGING 04:14 EACH EVENING, AND IT'S A SONG THAT WAS JUST WRITTEN FOR THE 04:18 SERIES. 04:19 I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD 04:22 AT THIS TIME FOR THAT SONG. 04:23 NOW, AS WE SING THE SONG, PLEASE LOOK ON THE SCREEN, NOTICE THE 04:27 WORDS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP IMMEDIATELY 04:31 FOLLOWING THAT. 04:32 AFTER OUR SONG, WE WILL HAVE CHRISTIE DO THE PRAYER. 04:35 LET'S STAND AS WE SING TOGETHER. 04:38 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN I GAZE ABOUT THE 04:48 COUNTLESS STARS ♪ ♪ OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ♪ 04:54 ♪ MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ♪ 04:58 ♪ BEWILDERING TO ME ♪ ♪ BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ♪ 05:07 ♪ AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ♪ 05:11 ♪ I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ♪ 05:19 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 05:24 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 05:31 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 05:36 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:45 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:53 ♪ I ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I WONDER IN MY HEART ♪ 06:01 ♪ HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING ♪ 06:05 ♪ WHEN DID FOREVER START ♪ ♪ WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ♪ 06:14 ♪ WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ♪ ♪ I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME 06:21 THERE ♪ ♪ IF I CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ♪ 06:26 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 06:31 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 06:38 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 06:43 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 06:51 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 07:04 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT 07:06 WE HAVE, THAT DOUG BATCHELOR CAN COME TO OUR SCHOOL. 07:09 PLEASE HELP MANY LIVES TO BE CHANGED THIS NEXT WEEK. 07:11 PLEASE GIVE US ALL A BLESSING AS WE LISTEN TO THE SERMON. 07:14 WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 07:15 IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 07:17 ♪ ♪ >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN. 07:19 YOU MAY BE SEATED. 07:24 >> PASTOR JEAN: WELL, DID YOU ENJOY THAT SONG? 07:26 I HOPE SO. 07:27 BY THE END OF THIS, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE WORDS MEMORIZED. 07:29 NOW, THIS IS A BRAND NEW SONG, PASTOR DOUG. 07:32 I GUESS IT WAS BEING PARTLY WRITTEN TODAY, JUST BEFORE, SOME 07:36 CHANGES MADE. 07:37 >> YEAH, LITTLE FINISHING TOUCHES STILL HAPPENING. 07:40 >> SO ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A NAME FOR 07:43 OUR THEME SONG. 07:44 SO THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HELP. 07:45 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE 07:49 WITH THE NAME OF THE SONG. 07:52 SO, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER AGAIN, AND YOU CAN SEND 07:54 US A TEXT MESSAGE WITH THE NAME FOR THE SONG THAT WE JUST SANG. 07:59 THAT TEXT NUMBER AGAIN IS 760-5-AMAZING FACTS. 08:05 760-5-AFACTS. 08:10 >> PASTOR DOUG: VERY GOOD. 08:11 WELL, WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE. 08:13 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 08:16 WE CALL THE PROGRAM M.I.Q. 08:19 THAT STANDS FOR "MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS." 08:21 NOW YOU CAN SAY "M.I.Q.," YOU CAN SAY "MY-Q," OR YOU CAN SAY 08:25 "MY I.Q." 08:26 IT ALL WORKS. 08:28 BUT EITHER WAY, WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH THE BIGGEST 08:30 QUESTIONS IN LIFE AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. 08:34 SOME ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE INTERNET, SOME ARE GONNA BE 08:36 TEXTED IN. 08:38 AND SOME WILL BE IN THE LESSON STUDY BOOK THAT WE HAVE. 08:41 BUT I THINK WE'RE READY TO START WITH QUESTIONS FOR TONIGHT. 08:44 >> PASTOR JEAN: OUR FIRST QUESTION IS A VIDEO. 08:49 >> HI, MY NAME IS JUSTIN AND MY QUESTION IS, IS JESUS GOD? 08:58 >> IS JESUS GOD? 08:59 OF COURSE, OUR LESSON TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE DEALING... 09:02 WITH THE SUBJECT, "IS THERE REALLY A GOD?" 09:04 NOW, WHEN YOU SAY "GOD," BIBLICALLY, YOU'RE THINKING OF 09:08 THE THREE PERSONS THAT COMPRISE GOD: GOD THE FATHER, THE SON AND 09:13 THE SPIRIT. 09:13 EVEN JESUS SAID, "YOU BAPTIZE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON 09:17 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT." 09:18 AT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS, JESUS WAS IN THE WATER, GOD THE FATHER 09:23 SPOKE FROM HEAVEN, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. 09:27 SOME HAVE THOUGHT BEFORE THAT GOD JUST REVEALS HIMSELF 09:31 DIFFERENT WAYS AND IT'S ALL JUST ONE PERSON WHO KIND OF CHANGES 09:35 FORM AND MORPHS. 09:37 BUT IN REALITY... 09:40 GOD THE FATHER AND THE SON, ALL DIFFERENT PERSONS. 09:43 OTHERWISE JESUS WAS A VENTRILOQUIST WHEN THE FATHER 09:46 SAID, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON" AND HE WAS IN THE WATER. 09:49 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 09:50 IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE ONE FAMILY. 09:52 PEOPLE GET MIXED UP BY WHEN YOU SAY THERE IS ONE GOD. 09:54 "HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE," DEUTERONOMY 6:4. 09:59 HOW CAN IT SAY "ONE" AND YET BE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT? 10:02 THAT REALLY MAKES PEOPLE STRUGGLE. 10:04 ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE IT SPEAKS AS ONE BEING UNITED. 10:08 GOD SAYS, "IN THE BEGINNING LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE." 10:14 GOD THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT. 10:16 AND SO, THE THREE PERSONS COMPRISE OUR ONE GOD, OUR UNITED 10:21 GOD. 10:23 >> PASTOR JEAN: WELL, PASTOR DOUG, OUR NEXT QUESTION THAT'S 10:25 COMING IS A TEXT QUESTION, AND HERE'S THE QUESTION. 10:37 >> PASTOR DOUG: I ACTUALLY SAW THIS QUESTION WHEN IT FIRST CAME 10:39 IN, AND I THINK THE REST OF IT SAID, "MY GRANDMA SAYS, 'NO.'" 10:41 [LAUGHTER] LISTEN TO GRANDMA. 10:46 UM, FRANKLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WOULD RECOGNIZE A SINGLE 10:50 SONG BY THAT ARTIST, BUT I SAW HIM ONCE ON THE NEWS AND IT 10:55 LOOKED PRETTY SCARY. 10:56 SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THESE ARE 10:59 SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN. 11:01 >> PASTOR JEAN: I THINK THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IS 11:03 RELATED TO THAT SOMEWHAT. 11:04 IT SAYS... 11:13 >> PASTOR DOUG: I DON'T KNOW. 11:14 ARE YOU LISTENING TO OZZY OSBORNE? 11:16 [LAUGHTER] IN THE SERMON? 11:18 YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE -- FIRST OF ALL OF COURSE, YOU 11:20 SHOULD BE TUNED INTO THE LORD AND LISTENING TO THE LORD. 11:23 I ACTUALLY HAVE THE BIBLE ON... 11:26 WELL, I'VE GOT IT ON MY PHONE. 11:28 I'VE ALSO GOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS CALLED AN iTOUCH. 11:31 AND SO I'M ON THE AIRPLANE, I WAS FLYING OUT HERE, I WAS 11:33 LISTENING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. 11:36 AND SO, YOU COULD BE LISTENING TO GOOD THINGS, BUT I'M HOPING 11:38 THAT YOU'LL GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PASTOR. 11:40 I KNOW SOMETIMES WE FIRE BLANKS. 11:42 PASTOR ROSS AND I ARE BOTH PASTORS AND WE LOOK OUT THERE 11:45 AND WE SEE YOU SLEEPING SOMETIMES, WHILE WE PREACH. 11:47 AND WE'VE THOUGHT BEFORE, "MAYBE WE'LL GET EVEN SOMEDAY AND WE'LL 11:51 GO TO SLEEP WHILE WE'RE PREACHING AND LET YOU SEE HOW IT 11:53 LOOKS." 11:54 [LAUGHTER] OKAY, NEXT QUESTION. 11:57 >> PASTOR JEAN: OUR NEXT QUESTION IS A VIDEO QUESTION. 11:59 IF WE'RE READY TO ROLL THAT NOW? 12:07 >> HI, MY NAME IS KEATON NEDS [PHONETIC], AND MY 12:10 QUESTION IS: IF GOD HAD A FAVORITE BASKETBALL TEAM, WHO 12:13 WOULD IT BE?" 12:17 >> PASTOR DOUG: WELL, THERE IS A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS, "WE ARE A 12:19 NATION OF PRIESTS AND KINGS," AND SINCE WE'RE FROM SACRAMENTO, 12:23 IT'D BE THE KINGS. 12:24 [LAUGHTER] YOU WANT BIBLICAL ANSWERS, DON'T 12:30 YOU? 12:33 >> PASTOR JEAN: THE NEXT QUESTION IS A TEXT QUESTION AND 12:35 THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS. 12:41 >> PASTOR DOUG: WELL, THE ESSENCE OF THESE MEETINGS IS 12:43 REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT DEAL 12:47 WITH LIFE IN ETERNITY. 12:50 NOW, MOST OF YOU ARE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND THE INSURANCE 12:54 COMPANIES TELL US THAT, BOYS, YOU MIGHT EXPECT 76-78 YEARS, 12:58 GIRLS MIGHT GO 78-81, 85 AS AN AVERAGE, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA 13:05 DIE. 13:06 THERE'S A 100% DEATH RATE IN THE WORLD. 13:10 AND SO, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO 13:13 WITH MY LIFE?" BUT YOU REALLY OUGHTTA BE THINKING ABOUT "WHAT 13:15 AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY ETERNITY?" 13:18 AND WE ARE DEALING WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION: HOW CAN I 13:23 LIVE IN THIS LIFE AND FOREVER? 13:27 AND SO THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE CORE FOCUS THAT WE'RE HOPING 13:29 TO ADDRESS DURING THIS SERIES. 13:31 >> PASTOR JEAN: WE'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO QUESTION THAT WE 13:33 WILL RUN AT THIS TIME. 13:38 >> HEY, MY NAME IS JAMAL AND MY QUESTION IS: I WANT TO KNOW LIKE 13:40 HOW GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE, FOREVER, JUST ALWAYS BEEN 13:44 EXISTING. 13:49 >> PASTOR DOUG: NOW, OUR LESSON TONIGHT'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE 13:50 BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU REALIZE, WE'RE CONFESSING UP FRONT, WE 13:53 DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. 13:55 SOME THINGS ARE MYSTERIES. 13:57 AND YOU COULD GO BACK AND FORTH FOREVER SAYING, "WHICH CAME 13:59 FIRST? 14:00 THE EGG OR THE CHICKEN WHO LAID THE EGG? 14:04 OR THE CHICKEN WHO CAME FROM THE EGG THAT WAS LAID BY THE 14:06 CHICKEN?" 14:08 AND IT'S THAT AGE-OLD QUESTION: "HOW DO YOU GET EVERYTHING THAT 14:11 YOU SEE IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU FROM NOTHING?" 14:15 WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT ALWAYS EXISTED? 14:19 SOMETHING HAD TO ALWAYS EXIST. 14:22 AND SO WE'RE PRESENTING THAT THIS IS GOD THAT HAS LIVED 14:26 THROUGH ETERNITY. 14:27 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, MATTER OF FACT, IN THE LESSON 14:29 TONIGHT. 14:30 >> PASTOR JEAN: WELL, PASTOR DOUG, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR 14:32 TIME FOR OUR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, BUT TO THOSE OF YOU WHO 14:36 ARE WATCHING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE, AGAIN, 14:40 THAT NUMBER THAT WE TOLD YOU IS 760-5-AFACTS. 14:45 760-5-AFACTS. 14:48 PASTOR DOUG? 14:49 THE TIME IS YOURS. 14:50 >> PASTOR DOUG: ALL RIGHT. 14:51 THANK YOU AND BE PRAYING. 14:52 WELL, LISTENING FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WE ARE 14:55 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES, 14:58 LIKE I SAID, IN ETERNITY. 15:00 AND WE USE THIS STUDY GUIDE THAT WE'VE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS 15:03 SERIES -- IT'S BRAND NEW; THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE IT'S EVER 15:06 BEEN USED -- DEALING WITH THE BIG ANSWERS FOR THE BIG 15:09 QUESTIONS. 15:10 AND I'VE GOT ABOUT, FOR EACH PRESENTATION IN THIS SERIES, 15:13 THERE'S ABOUT 10-12 QUESTIONS. 15:16 I MAY NOT GET THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE 15:18 GOT THIS HERE. 15:19 IT'S GOT THE SCRIPTURES I'M GIVING, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK 15:21 ABOUT IT. 15:23 BIG QUESTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF 15:26 "IS THERE A GOD?" 15:28 IS THERE REALLY A GOD? 15:30 NOW, I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK AND I GET A LOT OF EMAIL FROM MY 15:33 FRIENDS. 15:34 SOMEBODY SENT ME A YOUTUBE THAT EVIDENTLY HAD GONE VIRAL. 15:39 AND IT WAS DEALING WITH THIS AIRPLANE THAT WAS AT AN AIR 15:44 SHOW, GOING THROUGH ALL ITS ACROBATIC MANEUVERS AND THE 15:48 CAMERA ON THE GROUND WAS FOLLOWING IT. 15:50 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WING -- JUST TOO MUCH STRESS 15:52 EVIDENTLY -- A WING SNAPPED AND FELL AND YOU COULD SEE THE PLANE 15:57 STARTING TO SPIRAL, THE ENGINE GOING OUT OF CONTROL TOWARDS THE 16:01 GROUND, AND YOU COULD HEAR THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD SCATTER AND 16:03 SCREAM. 16:04 AND THE CAMERAMAN'S DOING HIS BEST TO STAY FOCUSED ON IT. 16:07 AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN HEAR HIM SAYING, "RUN!" 16:10 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PILOT DID THE MOST REMARKABLE 16:12 MANEUVER. 16:14 HE GUNNED THE ENGINE, AND THIS ACROBATIC PLANE WAS SO POWERFUL, 16:17 THE PLANE BEGAN TO WORK LIKE A HELICOPTER AND IT CORRECTED 16:20 ITSELF AND IT WAS FLYING, LIKE YOU SEE HERE, NOSE UP AND IT 16:24 MANAGED TO SLOWLY CREEP BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND AND IT 16:28 LANDED. 16:30 AND WHEN I SAW THIS -- AND I'M A PILOT -- I THOUGHT, "THAT IS THE 16:32 MOST INCREDIBLE PILOTING SKILL I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. 16:37 WHO IS THIS PILOT?" 16:39 DID A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THE WHOLE THING WAS A 16:41 HOAX. 16:43 THEY HAD COMBINED A REAL ACROBATIC SHOW WITH A MODEL 16:45 AIRPLANE. 16:47 AND THEN THEY DID SOME VERY CREATIVE EDITING AND I GUESS IT 16:50 WAS A COMMERCIAL IN GERMANY. 16:53 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? 16:54 THERE'S SO MUCH OF THIS GOING AROUND THAT YOU BEGIN TO WONDER 16:57 AFTER A WHILE, "WHAT CAN YOU TRUST? 17:01 WHAT IS TRUTH?" 17:03 THERE'S SO MANY SCAMS AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING BAMBOOZLED 17:06 THAT IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT "WHAT IS TRUE?" 17:10 WHERE DO YOU GO FOR THE RIGHT ANSWERS? 17:12 ARE WE GONNA GET IT FROM THE NEWS PUNDITS? 17:14 ARE WE GOING TO GET THE ANSWERS FROM, YOU KNOW, TELEVISION? 17:19 NOW, I'LL BE SHARING MORE WITH YOU ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 17:23 LATER DURING THE WEEK, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE BOOK 17:26 THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, AND THERE'S A REASON THAT YEAR 17:29 AFTER YEAR IT IS A BESTSELLER. 17:31 AND THAT'S THE BIBLE. 17:32 AND SO, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT UP FRONT HERE: IN THIS SERIES, THE 17:35 BIBLE IS GOING TO BE OUR ANSWER BOOK. 17:38 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THESE ARE NOT 17:40 OLD-FASHIONED ANSWERS. 17:41 THIS IS NOT AN OLD-FASHIONED APPROACH, THAT THEY ARE FACTUAL, 17:45 CURRENT, WORKING ANSWERS FOR THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN LIFE. 17:51 AND IF THE BIBLE'S TRUE... 17:53 AND IF GOD IS REAL AND HE MADE EVERYTHING... 17:56 AND IF THE DEVIL IS REAL... 17:58 THEN THE DEVIL WOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD, IN THIS 18:00 MODERN CULTURE, TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THERE IS NO GOD. 18:04 WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT INTO THE QUESTIONS DEALING WITH THIS 18:06 FIRST LESSON, AND THE FIRST QUESTION IS, QUESTION NUMBER 18:09 ONE: 18:18 NOW WE'VE GOT SOME VERSES WE'RE GONNA USE TO HELP FILL IN THE 18:21 BLANKS. 18:22 SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE THE QUESTION BOOKS, YOU CAN WRITE 18:24 THEM RIGHT IN THERE AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT AS A RESOURCE FOR 18:26 YOURSELF. 18:27 PSALM 90:2. 18:41 NOW, THAT MEANS THAT AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN GO IN ETERNITY, IN 18:45 ONE DIRECTION, OR AS FAR IN THE FUTURE AS YOU CAN GO, GOD HAS 18:48 ALWAYS BEEN. 18:50 NOW, IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, THAT SORT OF MAKES YOUR BRAIN 18:53 START TO BUBBLE. 18:56 HOW DO YOU COMPREHEND -- "BUT WHERE DID HE COME FROM?" 18:59 RIGHT? 19:00 ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS WONDERING? 19:02 AND "WHO MADE HIM?" 19:05 WELL THEN, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION: WHO MADE HIM? 19:08 AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME RELIGIONS THAT TEACH OUR GOD IS 19:10 ONLY A GOD OF THIS GALAXY. 19:12 AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT GODS OF DIFFERENT GALAXIES. 19:14 BUT THAT'S NOT THE BIBLE. 19:15 THE BIBLE SAYS, OUR GOD IS THE GOD THAT MADE EVERYTHING 19:17 EVERYWHERE, AND HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED. 19:21 DON'T FEEL BAD OR INFERIOR IF YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT. 19:24 EVEN IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS, "GOD IS PAST FINDING OUT." 19:28 THE LORD SAYS, "AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, SO ARE 19:31 MY WAYS ABOVE YOUR WAYS." 19:34 AND SO DON'T LET THAT DISCOURAGE YOU. 19:36 QUESTION NUMBER TWO: 19:45 NOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS INVISIBLE. 19:49 HERE YOU HAVE IT, AND IT'S FROM 1 TIMOTHY 1:17. 20:04 NOW, DO WE BELIEVE IN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T SEE? 20:08 WHAT DO YOU SAY? 20:10 I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYONE. 20:11 I'LL BE BACK. 20:15 OKAY. 20:16 JEAN? 20:18 I WANT PASTOR ROSS TO GIVE ME A CALL. 20:19 I NEED A VOLUNTEER FROM THE AUDIENCE. 20:21 IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE A GIRL BECAUSE I MIGHT GET ANOTHER -- 20:23 YOU NEED TO BE NEAR THE END MAYBE. 20:25 I WANT PASTOR ROSS TO GIVE ME A PHONE CALL. 20:29 AND UM, I GOT TO TURN MY RINGER ON BECAUSE WE TOLD YOU ALL TO 20:32 TURN YOUR RINGERS OFF. 20:35 ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE. 20:36 DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 20:37 I AM A LITTLE TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED. 20:40 ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. 20:41 SO PASTOR ROSS IS GOING TO CALL ME. 20:44 [PHONE RINGING] OKAY, PHONE'S WORKING. 20:46 [PHONE RINGING] JEAN, IS THAT YOU? 20:51 ARE YOU THERE? 20:53 DID YOU HANG UP ON ME? 20:55 HE DID. 20:56 [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. 20:58 DOES EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE PHONE'S WORKING? 21:00 ALL RIGHT. 21:00 I NEED A GIRL. 21:01 WHO'S WILLING? 21:02 SOMEONE NEAR THE FRONT. 21:03 REAL QUICK. 21:04 AW, COME ON. 21:05 I'M UP HERE. 21:06 I'M NOT SCARED. 21:07 ALL RIGHT, I SEE... YOU VOLUNTEERED HER. 21:09 DO YOU WANT TO COME? 21:10 NO? 21:12 YOU COME... 21:13 SORRY. 21:14 YOU'VE BEEN TRUMPED BY A GIRL. 21:15 I'M USING A BOY NEXT TIME. 21:16 YOU'RE NEXT. 21:17 ALL RIGHT. 21:19 YOU EVER MADE A BAKED POTATO? 21:20 >> NO. 21:21 >> YOU'VE NEVER MADE A BAKED POTATO? 21:23 PRETEND. 21:24 JUST WRAP THAT UP IN TIN FOIL. 21:26 JUST KEEP WRAPPING THAT ROLL, NO, JUST WRAP THE WHOLE ROLL 21:28 AROUND IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES. 21:29 [ROLL HITS STAGE] THAT'S IT, KEEP GOING. 21:31 YOU'RE DOING GOOD. 21:32 [LAUGHTER] DO YOU HAVE A COOKING SCHOOL 21:35 HERE AT THIS SCHOOL? 21:36 [LAUGHTER] OKAY. 21:38 JUST WRAP THAT, WRAP THAT UP. 21:40 PASTOR ROSS, GIVE ME A CALL. 21:44 WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 21:45 >> MARISSA. 21:46 >> HUH? 21:46 >> MARISSA. 21:47 >> MARISSA. 21:47 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARISSA. 21:48 THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH. 21:49 LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 21:51 JEAN, ARE YOU CALLING? 21:55 I THINK HE IS. 21:56 WE TRIED THIS BEFORE AND WE PROVED SOMETHING. 21:59 THIS IS A VERY SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT. 22:02 [LAUGHTER] WHY ISN'T IT WORKING? 22:08 COME ON, YOU GUYS. 22:09 HIGH SCHOOL. 22:11 RADIO WAVES AREN'T GETTING TO MY PHONE, RIGHT? 22:14 THE SIGNALS THAT GO THROUGH THE AIR. 22:16 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 22:17 COULD YOU GIVE THIS BAKED POTATO TO THAT LADY RIGHT DOWN THERE 22:19 WITH THE HEADPHONES? 22:21 HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE IN RADIO WAVES? 22:25 CAN YOU SEE THEM? 22:27 RIGHT NOW, WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE, THERE ARE RADIO WAVES AND 22:32 FREQUENCIES THAT ARE SWARMING ALL OVER AROUND US. 22:35 WE'VE GOT THE SATELLITE TRANSMISSION GOING INVISIBLY 22:38 FROM THE TRUCK, UP THE SATELLITE, BOUNCING DOWN. 22:42 WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM BELIEVING IN INVISIBLE THINGS, 22:45 BECAUSE NOW -- I MEAN, IF YOU THINK, THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS OF 22:47 HUMAN HISTORY, THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS WITCHCRAFT. 22:50 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 22:52 BUT NOW WE JUST, WE DON'T EVEN THINK ANYTHING OF IT. 22:54 I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I SAW MY FIRST WIRELESS PHONE. 22:57 MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT. 22:59 AND I THOUGHT, "WOW! 23:01 NO WIRES!" 23:04 SO THERE'S INVISIBLE THINGS GOING ON ALL AROUND US. 23:07 JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALWAYS EXPLAIN IT DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T 23:10 TRUE. 23:11 SO IT TELLS US THAT GOD IS INVISIBLE. 23:14 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD BELIEVE IN HIM LESS; HE IS 23:16 EVERYWHERE. 23:18 HE INHABITS ETERNITY. 23:20 QUESTION NUMBER THREE: 23:30 WELL, YOU CAN READ JUST RIGHT IN THE BIBLE, THE OPENING WORDS. 23:32 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT? 23:34 IT SAYS... 23:40 EVERYTHING. 23:41 EVERYTHING THAT IS AROUND US HAS BEEN CREATED BY GOD. 23:44 ALL RIGHT. 23:45 YOU WERE GOING TO VOLUNTEER. 23:46 YOU WANT TO COME UP? 23:47 NO, THE GENTLEMAN. 23:49 I'M SORRY. 23:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23:51 I GOTTA GRAB SOMETHING ELSE HERE. 23:53 NOW, THIS IS A VERY SOPHISTICATED PIECE OF APPARATUS 23:55 THAT WE DESIGNED FOR THESE MEETINGS. 23:57 OKAY? 23:58 WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? 23:59 >> NAZILLA [PHONETIC]. 23:59 >> NAZILLA? 24:00 >> YES. 24:00 >> OKAY. 24:01 PUT THAT ON AND I WANT YOU TO PUT IT ON SO YOU COULD LOOK 24:02 THROUGH THIS ONE HOLE. 24:04 COVER UP YOUR OTHER EYE. 24:06 THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T DO A GIRL BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD MESS 24:08 UP HER HAIR. 24:10 OKAY. 24:12 ALL RIGHT. 24:13 NOW YOU COME OVER HERE, NO, NO PEEKING. 24:15 JUST THROUGH, JUST WHAT YOU CAN SEE. 24:17 NOW I'M GOING TO AIM YOU. 24:18 CAN YOU SEE THE SCREEN? 24:20 YOU SEE THE SCREEN? 24:21 ALL RIGHT, DON'T MOVE. 24:22 JUST KEEP ON THE SCREEN HERE FOR A SECOND. 24:26 ALL RIGHT. 24:26 WE'RE PUTTING ANOTHER PICTURE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. 24:29 CAN YOU TELL WHAT THAT PICTURE IS? 24:31 >> UH, A KEYHOLE. 24:32 >> IT'S A KEYHOLE. 24:34 AND WHAT'S IN THE KEYHOLE? 24:35 IS THAT TIN FOIL AND FELT? 24:37 >> UH, I THINK IT'S, IS THAT THE SKY? 24:40 >> THE SKY? 24:41 ALL RIGHT, YOU KINDA HAVE A LIMITED PERSPECTIVE. 24:45 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, NEXT PICTURE, THAT'S 24:49 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 24:53 NOW YOU SEE A LITTLE MORE OF IT HUH? 24:54 YOU PROBABLY STILL NEED TO MOVE YOUR HEAD AROUND A LITTLE BIT TO 24:56 TAKE IT IN, APPRECIATE IT. 24:57 [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN -- YOU KNOW WHAT? 25:00 WE'RE GONNA LET YOU KEEP THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO WEAR IT THROUGH 25:01 THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. 25:02 >> NAH... 25:03 [LAUGHTER] >> YOU CAN TAKE THAT DOWN THERE. 25:06 I'LL PROBABLY NEVER USE THAT AGAIN. 25:08 [LAUGHTER] SELL IT ON eBAY. 25:10 [LAUGHTER] NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHY I DID THAT? 25:15 WHAT IS A PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE, A HUMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, ON 25:19 ETERNITY? 25:21 THINK ABOUT HOW BIG SPACE IS. 25:24 THINK ABOUT HOW SMALL OUR WORLD IS. 25:27 THINK ABOUT HOW BIG A PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE. 25:31 AND SO WHEN HUMANS ARE DOWN HERE, JUST MICROSCOPIC 25:34 PIPSQUEAKS ON THIS PLANET, WE'RE SAYING, "THERE'S NO GOD." 25:38 WE'VE GOT SUCH A LIMITED PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IS GOING ON 25:42 THROUGH THE COSMOS, THAT WE NEED TO FACTOR THAT IN TO OUR 25:45 UNDERSTANDING. 25:46 YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE CREATION OF GOD THROUGH THE THINGS HE'S 25:49 MADE. 25:50 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE STORY OF ROBINSON CRUSOE? 25:54 DANIEL DEFOE WROTE THIS STORY ABOUT A YOUNG MAN, WENT AWAY, 25:57 WANTED TO FIND HIS OWN ADVENTURE IN LIFE. 26:00 ENDED UP BECOMING SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERTED ISLAND. 26:03 I THINK IT WAS OFF IN THE CARIBBEAN SOMEWHERE. 26:06 AND AFTER A LONG TIME, NOBODY CAME, THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE ON 26:10 THE ISLAND THAT HE WAS ON. 26:12 HE KIND OF MADE HIMSELF COMFORTABLE AND GOT TO WHERE HE 26:13 WAS COMPARATIVELY HAPPY. 26:15 BY THE WAY, THE STORY OF ROBINSON CRUSOE WAS BASED ON A 26:19 TRUE STORY ABOUT A MAN NAMED ALEXANDER SELKIRK, WHO WAS 26:23 SHIPWRECKED ON AN ISLAND OFF OF CHILE, WHO GOT BACK TO ENGLAND 26:27 AND TOLD THE AUTHOR THE STORY. 26:28 A TRUE STORY. 26:29 AND, BUT ONE DAY, AS ROBINSON CRUSOE, IN THE STORY, HE'S 26:34 WALKING AROUND THIS ISLAND AND HE'S ABLE TO COMPLETELY GO 26:38 AROUND THE ISLAND. 26:40 ONE DAY HE SEES FOOTPRINTS ON THE ISLAND, AND THEY'RE NOT HIS 26:44 FOOTPRINTS. 26:45 WHAT DOES THAT TELL HIM RIGHT AWAY? 26:47 AND IT WASN'T JUST ONE MISTAKE IN THE SAND THAT KINDA LOOKED 26:51 A LITTLE LIKE A HUMAN FOOTPRINT. 26:52 IT'S A SERIES OF THEM WALKING. 26:54 AND HE KNEW JUST FROM THAT LITTLE GLIMPSE, "I AM NOT 26:59 ALONE." 27:02 NOW, IF HE CAN TELL THAT FROM THE FOOTPRINTS ON THAT ISLAND, 27:06 DO WE HAVE EVIDENCE IN NATURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE? 27:09 THAT THERE'S A GOD? 27:11 LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT IN OUR NEXT QUESTION. 27:13 QUESTION FOUR: 27:23 THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF EVIDENCE. 27:24 YOU KNOW I GRABBED THAT LITTLE CREATURE BECAUSE HE KINDA LOOKED 27:28 CUTE, DIDN'T HE? 27:29 [LAUGHTER] YOU READ IN JOB 12:7-10: 27:59 ALL AROUND THE WORLD YOU SEE THE EVIDENCE FOR GOD IN THE 28:03 INCREDIBLE MARVELS OF CREATION. 28:05 NOW I SHOULD TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU 28:08 ABOUT "IS THERE A GOD?" I WAS RAISED ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC, I THINK 28:13 I WENT BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES. 28:15 I DID NOT BELIEVE -- I BELIEVED IN EVOLUTION. 28:18 I DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE GOD OF THE BIBLE. 28:20 I THOUGHT THAT WAS LAUGHABLE. 28:23 I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSULT TO YOUR I.Q. IF A PERSON SAID, "I'M 28:28 A CHRISTIAN AND I BELIEVE THE BIBLE." 28:30 I USED TO PITY THEM. 28:31 REALLY. 28:33 AND THEN I MOVED AND I LIVED IN A CAVE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. 28:36 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 28:39 AND WHILE LIVING THERE, INSTEAD OF BEING IN NEW YORK CITY, 28:41 SURROUNDED BY THE THINGS THAT MAN MADE, I WAS NOW SURROUNDED 28:45 BY THE THINGS THAT GOD MADE, AND MY WHOLE PERSPECTIVE BEGAN TO 28:48 CHANGE. 28:49 I THOUGHT, "THIS CANNOT BE AN ACCIDENT." 28:52 THERE WAS TOO MUCH EVIDENCE FOR CREATION. 28:55 YOU KNOW, I LIKE DOING AMAZING FACTS. 28:56 THAT'S WHERE OUR MINISTRY GETS ITS NAME, AND I DID A SERMON ONE 29:00 TIME AND IT'S BASED UPON THAT ONE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS... 29:08 CONSIDER THE ANT. 29:10 DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE OVER 8,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANT? 29:14 THEY COME IN VIRTUALLY EVERY COLOR, RANGING FROM WHITE AND 29:17 CLEAR AND RED AND BLUE AND PURPLE AND GREEN. 29:21 AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL ANTS, AND ANATOMICALLY THEY 29:24 SHARE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN COMMON, THERE ARE SOME ANTS, 29:28 THEY BAKE BREAD. 29:31 THEY ACTUALLY TAKE THESE SEEDS UP ON THE GROUND. 29:33 WHEN IT RAINS THE SEEDS SPROUT. 29:35 THEY THEN CLIP THE SPROUT. 29:36 SO THEY STOP THEIR GROWTH. 29:38 THEY LET THEM DRY IN THE SUN. 29:39 THEY BRING THEM DOWN, THESE WORKER ANTS MASTICATE THEM WITH 29:42 THEIR MANDIBLES. 29:44 THEY MIX THEM INTO LITTLE DOUGH BALLS, COOKIES. 29:48 ANT COOKIES. 29:49 THEY TAKE THEM BACK UP, THEY DRY THEM AND THEN THEY STORE COOKIES 29:52 AND THEY EAT COOKIES. 29:54 THEN YOU GOT OTHER ANTS, LIKE THE ONES IN THE PICTURE HERE, 29:56 THAT HERD APHIDS. 29:59 LITTLE APHIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY SUCK NECTAR OUT OF PLANTS AND 30:01 THEY EXCRETE -- THEY SUCK THE SAP AND THEY 30:04 EXCRETE NECTAR, AND THAT'S WHAT THE ANTS EAT. 30:06 AND SO THEY TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEIR HERDS, LIKE 30:09 SHEPHERDS. 30:10 AND THEY CARRY THEM FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER TO MAKE SURE 30:12 THEY'RE WELL FED AND THEY PROTECT THEM AND THEY'LL FIGHT 30:15 FOR THEM AND THEY HARVEST THEM. 30:17 AND THEY STROKE THEM WHEN THEY WANT TO MILK THEM. 30:19 AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE ANY OLD SHEPHERD. 30:24 AND THEN THERE'S THE LEAF CUTTER ANTS. 30:27 AND THEY GO AROUND, THEY CUT ALL THESE LEAVES UP AND THEY PUT 30:28 THEM DOWN AND THEY WAIT UNTIL THE LEAVES BEGIN TO DECOMPOSE, 30:31 AND THEY DON'T EAT THE LEAVES, THEN THEY EAT A SPECIAL MOLD 30:34 THAT GROWS ON THE LEAVES. 30:36 AND THIS IS JUST A FRACTION OF THE VARIETY IN ANTS. 30:41 YOU LOOK AT THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF DIFFERENT CREATURES. 30:44 THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIRDS AND APPLE 30:49 BLOSSOMS. 30:51 TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THIS JUST SLOWLY GREW OVER THOUSANDS OR 30:56 MILLIONS OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT 30:59 ANYMORE. 31:00 THERE'S SO MUCH EVIDENCE FOR A DESIGNER AND A LOVING GOD IN THE 31:03 THINGS THAT HE'S MADE. 31:05 QUESTION NUMBER FIVE. 31:15 I HEARD ABOUT THIS LITTLE BOY ONE DAY THAT WAS UM, HE WAS 31:19 SITTING DOWN WITH -- HE HAD A COMPUTER THAT CHILDREN 31:23 USE TO LEARN TO SPELL. 31:25 I THINK IT'S CALL A SPEAK 'N' SPELL. 31:27 AND HE WAS TYPING IN WORDS. 31:28 AND THEN IT SAYS THE WORD BACK TO YOU. 31:30 AND SO HE TYPED IN THE WORD "GOD." 31:31 EASY THREE-LETTER WORD: G-O-D. 31:33 AND UP ON THE SCREEN IT SAID, "WORD NOT FOUND." 31:36 AND HE LOOKED AROUND, HE TYPED IT IN: G-O-D. 31:39 SAME RESPONSE, "WORD NOT FOUND." 31:42 AND HIS FATHER OVERHEARD HIM SAYING, "JESUS IS NOT GONNA 31:45 BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS." 31:47 [LAUGHTER] BUT THAT'S SORT OF TYPICAL OF 31:50 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE WORLD. 31:53 IT'S LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DELETE GOD FROM THE EQUATION, EVEN 31:56 THOUGH WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SWIMMING IN EVIDENCE FOR GOD. 32:01 SO, HASN'T SCIENCE PROVED -- YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY ONE 32:05 THING THAT I COULD PUT MY FINGER ON -- 32:07 AND WE'VE GOT A LESSON THAT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT CREATION AND 32:09 EVOLUTION SPECIFICALLY. 32:11 BUT I NEED TO TOUCH ON THIS TONIGHT. 32:13 IF THERE'S ANY ONE THING WHERE I BELIEVE THE GREATEST HOAX HAS 32:18 BEEN PERPETRATED ON INTELLIGENT PEOPLE, IT'S THE IDEA THAT 32:21 BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE SCIENCE FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IF 32:25 SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN SCIENCE SAYS THERE'S NO GOD, THEY 32:27 MUST BE RIGHT. 32:29 I MEAN, AFTER ALL, LOOK AT THE SOPHISTICATION IN MEDICINE AND 32:31 LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH EXPERIMENTS. 32:33 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE SENDING ROCKETS INTO SPACE. 32:36 "AND THEY SAY THERE'S NO GOD? 32:38 OBVIOUSLY, THEY KNOW MORE THAN ME." 32:41 BUT IT'S JUST NOT TRUE; THERE IS A GOD. 32:45 AND THE EVIDENCE FOR GOD IS EVERYWHERE. 32:47 IT IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE GREATEST HOAXES, LIKE AN 32:50 INTERNET HOAX, THAT HAS EVER BEEN PUT OVER ON INTELLIGENT 32:54 PEOPLE. 32:55 PSALM 139:14, IT SAYS... 33:08 WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. 33:11 GOD MADE MAN TO BE THE CROWNING ACT OF HIS CREATION. 33:13 I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 33:16 WHILE I'M SPEAKING, YOU'RE LISTENING, YOUR EARS ARE 33:20 PROCESSING MY WORDS. 33:21 THEY'RE SORTING THEM OUT AND MAKING SOME KIND OF ABSTRACT 33:24 THOUGHTS OUT OF THEM. 33:25 I'M HOPING YOU'RE LISTENING TO WHAT I'M SAYING. 33:27 YOUR EYES ARE TAKING IN EVERYTHING FROM JUST THE PLAIN 33:30 THREE DIMENSIONS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, TO EVERYTHING FROM 33:34 MY BODY LANGUAGE AND PHYSICAL EXPRESSIONS. 33:37 AND YOUR EYES ARE TAKING IN A THOUSAND MORE THINGS BEING 33:40 RECORDED IN YOUR BRAIN THAT YOU ARE EVEN CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF. 33:45 HOW DID THAT ALL HAPPEN? 33:46 WHY DID HUMANS DEVELOP 80% MORE BRAIN THAN THEY EVER USE IN 33:52 THEIR LIFETIME? 33:53 WHAT IN EVOLUTION WOULD EXPLAIN THAT? 33:56 AND OF COURSE DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSONALITY, YOU COULD BE USING 33:58 MORE OR LESS OF THAT. 34:00 WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU'LL MAXIMIZE WHAT YOU'RE USING. 34:03 AND SO, YOU REALLY BEGIN TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. 34:07 THERE'S A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY 34:11 THAT ARE COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU CANNOT 34:14 SUPPORT THAT ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION AND 34:16 INTERWORKING [SIC] SYSTEMS AND INTELLIGENCE AND DESIGN THAT WE 34:19 SEE IN THE WORLD AROUND US HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 34:24 I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 34:25 YOU GOT TWO BIG CHOICES: EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING 34:30 EVERYWHERE CAME FROM NOTHING... 34:33 OR WAS THERE SOMEONE WHO MADE EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE? 34:37 THOSE ARE THE TWO CHOICES YOU'RE ALL FACED WITH. 34:40 AND YOU KNOW WHY THIS LESSON IS SO IMPORTANT? 34:42 BECAUSE WHAT YOU DECIDE ABOUT THIS QUESTION IS GOING TO AFFECT 34:46 EVERY OTHER QUESTION. 34:47 WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD -- 34:49 THINK ABOUT HOW BIG THAT IS. 34:51 IF THERE IS -- OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? 34:53 I NEVER EVER READ TO YOU. 34:54 I GOT A DEFINITION FOR GOD HERE IN MY NOTES. 34:56 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "IS THERE A GOD?" 34:58 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 34:59 LET ME READ THIS TO YOU REAL QUICK. 35:01 AND BY THE WAY, I HAD TO COMBINE A COUPLE OF INTERNET 35:03 DEFINITIONS. 35:04 IT WAS LIKE THAT LITTLE BOY WITH HIS SPEAK 'N' SPELL. 35:06 IT SHOCKED ME. 35:08 I MEAN, YOU TYPE IN SOME WORDS LIKE "THE" IN THE DICTIONARY ON 35:11 THE INTERNET, AND THEY'LL HAVE FIVE PAGES OF DEFINITIONS FOR 35:14 "THE." 35:15 I TYPED IN "GOD..." 35:18 AND THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING. 35:20 I THOUGHT, "WOW." 35:22 "GOD: A PERFECT SUPERNATURAL BEING CONCEIVED AS OMNIPOTENT, 35:27 OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT," AND I ADDED ONE, OMNIPATHIC. 35:31 YOU KNOW, THE "OMNI" MEANS EVERYWHERE, ALL. 35:35 OMNIPATHIC MEANS HE FEELS EVERYTHING. 35:37 THAT'S SORT OF LIKE BEING ALL POWERFUL AND ALL KNOWING ALSO. 35:40 BUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE THINKING OR FEELING, GOD KNOWS IT. 35:42 HE EXPERIENCES IT. 35:44 "THE ORIGINATOR AND RULER OF THE UNIVERSE. 35:47 THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF FAITH AND WORSHIP AND MONOTHEISTIC 35:50 RELIGIONS." 35:52 FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, 35:54 GOD HAS BEEN THERE. 35:55 CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING THE ANSWER 35:58 TO THAT QUESTION? 35:59 "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD..." 36:03 I HEARD ONE TIME THAT A MAN WAS GIVEN AN AUDIENCE WITH GOD AND 36:06 HE SAID, "LORD, I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS A MILLION 36:10 YEARS LIKE FOR YOU? 36:12 YOU LIVE FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING." 36:15 AND THE LORD SAID, "WELL, IT'S LIKE A SECOND FOR YOU." 36:19 AND HE SAID, "LORD, THEN I SUPPOSE A BILLION DOLLARS?" 36:23 HE SAID, "WELL, IT'S LIKE A PENNY FOR YOU." 36:25 AND HE THOUGHT AND HE SAID, "LORD, COULD I HAVE ONE OF YOUR 36:27 PENNIES?" 36:30 GOD SAID, "IN A SECOND." 36:31 [LAUGHTER] NEXT QUESTION. 36:37 QUESTION NUMBER SIX. 36:47 NOW, THIS NEXT PICTURE YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT ON THE SCREEN IS 36:50 WHAT THEY CALL THE ULTRA DEEP FIELD IMAGE THAT WAS TAKEN BY 36:54 THE HUBBLE. 36:56 IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE THAT MAN HAS. 36:59 IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 37:01 THIS IS THE DEEPEST INTO SPACE THAT ANYONE ANYWHERE HAS EVER 37:05 PEERED. 37:06 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU HOW THEY DID THIS. 37:09 IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO RUN THE HUBBLE. 37:12 AND SO THEY SAID, "WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE TRY TO FIND A 37:14 POINT IN THE SKY, IN THE STARS, WHERE THERE IS NOTHING? 37:20 SEEMS LIKE THE DEEPER WE LOOK THE MORE WE FIND. 37:22 LET'S FIND A POINT THAT LOOKS PITCH BLACK TO US. 37:25 THAT'S A VOID, AN ABYSS IN SPACE. 37:27 WE WANNA FIND THE END OF THE UNIVERSE." 37:29 AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE THE HUBBLE. 37:31 SO THEY RESERVED THE HUBBLE FOR TEN DAYS. 37:33 FIRST THEY DID IT IN 1995. 37:36 AND YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU TAKE A PICTURE AND THERE'S LOW LIGHT, 37:39 YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP THE LENS OPEN FOR A LONG TIME? 37:42 THEY HAD TO KEEP THE LENS OPEN AND KEEP THAT THING PERFECTLY 37:45 STILL FOR TEN DAYS, TAKING ONE PICTURE. 37:49 AND THEY GOT WHAT THEY CALLED THE DEEP FIELD IMAGE. 37:53 THEN, 2004, THEY TOOK ANOTHER ONE. 37:56 IT WAS CALLED THE ULTRA DEEP FIELD IMAGE. 37:59 THEY KEPT THE LENS OPEN FOR 11 DAYS. 38:01 THEY FOCUSED ON A PIECE OF SKY. 38:03 IF YOU TAKE A GRAIN OF RICE... 38:05 AND YOU HOLD IT UP AT ARM'S LENGTH, THAT GRAIN OF RICE WOULD 38:09 COVER THAT PIECE OF SKY THAT IT LOOKED AT. 38:12 LOOKING INTO THE UNIVERSE LIKE THAT, THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW. 38:18 FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING HE IS GOD. 38:20 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 38:21 THAT GOD KNOWS EVERY DETAIL. 38:24 A SPARROW DOES NOT FALL THAT HE DOES NOT SEE ON THIS EARTH. 38:28 THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S NUMBERED THE HAIRS OF OUR HEAD. 38:30 I ALWAYS FEEL FUNNY TELLING PEOPLE THAT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T 38:32 SOUND THAT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY THAT AS IT WOULD WITH SOME 38:35 PEOPLE. 38:36 BUT HE KNOWS EVERY DETAIL OF OUR LIVES. 38:39 GOD IS GREAT. 38:40 AND THEN WE'VE GOT THESE OTHER CONSTELLATIONS AND NEBULAE IN 38:44 SPACE THAT ARE JUST SO EXQUISITE AND BEAUTIFUL. 38:47 AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT VERSE IN THE SONG "ROCK OF AGES." 38:50 IT SAYS, "WE WILL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN." 38:53 WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN HEAVEN? 38:55 WHAT WILL HEAVEN BE LIKE?" 38:56 AND YOU KNOW, AFTER I GET MY INITIAL TOUR, I'M GONNA -- 39:01 I'M GONNA TAKE OFF THROUGH THE GALAXY OF THE SPEED OF 39:04 THOUGHT. 39:04 AND IT'LL BE SO FUN TO EXPLORE WHERE NO MAN HAS BEEN BEFORE, 39:08 RIGHT? 39:10 I LOVE -- I WANNA BE THE FIRST PASTOR THAT 39:12 GOES UP TO THE SPACE STATION. 39:14 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE HAD ONE YET. 39:15 BUT THAT TO ME WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN. 39:17 YOU KNOW ONE GUY, HE BOUGHT A TICKET. 39:20 HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT? 39:21 HE IS A TOURIST. 39:22 $20 MILLION HE PAID AND THEY TOOK HIM UP TO SPACE. 39:26 I THINK HE WAS OLDER THAN ME. 39:27 SO THERE'S STILL HOPE. 39:28 IF YOU WANNA MAKE A DONATION TO PASTOR DOUG'S SPACE EXPLORATION 39:31 TRIP... 39:32 [LAUGHTER] YOU COULD BUY A TICKET. 39:35 THE RUSSIANS WILL TAKE YOU UP THERE. 39:37 PSALM 91 TALKS ABOUT THIS ALSO. 39:55 ALL OUT THROUGH SPACE IS THIS KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. 39:59 IT CAN CAN BE SEEN EVERYWHERE. 40:01 NOW, THEY'RE TELLING ME ON THE SCREEN THAT WE'VE GOT A QUESTION 40:03 THAT HAS BEEN TEXTED IN. 40:05 ♪ ♪ 40:11 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WONDERED THAT BEFORE? 40:15 DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT THAT? 40:17 IT APPEARS THAT IT DOES. 40:18 MATTER OF FACT, IN HEBREWS 1:2, IT SAYS, "GOD, WHO IN SUNDRY 40:23 TIMES IN DIVERSE, A PLACE SPOKEN TO US IN TIMES PAST 40:28 THROUGH THE PROPHETS HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US 40:30 BY HIS SON THROUGH WHOM HE MADE THE WORLDS," PLURAL. 40:36 SO IT ISN'T JUST OUR WORLD, HE'S MADE WORLDS. 40:39 AND THEN YOU LOOK IN JOB 1. 40:41 IT SAYS, "THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT 40:43 THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD. 40:45 SATAN CAME ALSO AND GOD SAID TO SATAN, 'WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?' 40:49 HE SAID, 'I CAME FROM THE EARTH.'" 40:51 HERE'S SOME CELESTIAL MEETING TAKING PLACE. 40:53 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE VASTNESS OF SPACE, IT'S HARD TO 40:56 BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY ONES ALIVE ARE HERE ON EARTH. 40:59 THE BIBLE SEEMS TO TELL US OF ALL THE SHEEP THAT GOD HAS 41:03 THROUGH LIMITLESS SPACE, THIS WORLD IS THAT ONE LOST SHEEP AND 41:08 JESUS, OUR SHEPHERD, LEFT THE REALMS OF HEAVEN, COME TO THIS 41:12 WORLD TO SEEK THIS LOST PLANET. 41:15 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD SINS, RIGHT? 41:17 WE'RE ALL LOST DOWN HERE. 41:19 SO HE CAME HERE TO RETRIEVE THIS LOST WORLD. 41:21 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN. 41:31 ROMANS 2:15, IT SAYS -- AND SPEAKING OF THE GENTILES, THESE 41:36 WERE THE UNBELIEVERS... 41:50 IT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY IS BORN WITH SORT OF AN INNER KNOWLEDGE 41:54 OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. 41:56 YOU KNOW, I SAW A STUDY -- AND I JUST CAPTURED THIS OFF THE 41:59 INTERNET -- THAT THEY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE MORAL 42:04 BEHAVIOR. 42:05 PROFESSOR PAUL BLOOM... 42:09 YEAH, PROFESSOR PAUL BLOOM OF YALE UNIVERSITY, HE DEMONSTRATED 42:12 THROUGH CAREFUL RESEARCH A NUMBER OF TESTS THAT EVEN BABIES 42:16 AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS OLD HAVE A BUILT-IN MORAL SENSE OF WHAT 42:20 RIGHT AND WRONG IS. 42:23 IT SAYS, "A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT HUMANS DO 42:25 HAVE RUDIMENTARY MORAL SENSE" -- AND THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS 42:29 JOURNAL. 42:30 "A RUDIMENTARY MORAL SENSE FROM THE VERY START OF LIFE. 42:33 WITH THE HELP OF WELL-DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS, YOU CAN SEE 42:36 GLIMMERS OF MORAL THOUGHT, MORAL JUDGMENT AND MORAL FEELING EVEN 42:40 IN THE FIRST YEARS OF LIFE. 42:41 SOME SENSE OF GOOD AND EVIL SEEMS TO BE PRE-WIRED IN US." 42:46 AND WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK THESE BABIES AND THEY HAD 42:47 PUPPETS. 42:48 AND THEY KINDA HAD ONE PUPPET BEATING UP ON ANOTHER PUPPET. 42:52 AND THE BABIES WATCHED THAT. 42:53 AND WHEN THE BABIES WERE GIVEN THE BAD PUPPET THEY RECOILED. 42:57 THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. 42:58 BUT THEY WANTED TO HUG THE GOOD PUPPET. 43:00 AND THEN THEY SAW PUPPETS THAT WERE HELPFUL TO OTHER CREATURES. 43:03 THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT AND THEY LIKED THOSE. 43:05 BUT THE ONES THAT WERE MEAN, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THOSE. 43:09 THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE AND TO SENSE SOMETHING BEING GOOD 43:11 AND BAD. 43:12 BUT IF EVOLUTION'S TRUE AND IF IT'S ALL SURVIVAL OF THE 43:15 FITTEST, YOU'D THINK THE LITTLE CHILD WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEERING 43:17 THE MEAN PUPPET THAT WAS BEATING UP ON THE HELPLESS PUPPET. 43:21 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. 43:22 GOOD FOR YOU. 43:24 I MEAN, BASED ON LIKING THE GOOD GUY, WE'D BE EXTINCT, RIGHT? 43:29 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR HEARTS ARE 43:32 PRE-WIRED WITH A MORAL SENSE OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. 43:36 QUESTION NUMBER NINE. 43:46 AH, THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION, RIGHT? 43:49 EVERYBODY WANDERS, "IF GOD IS GOOD, IF GOD IS LOVING AND IF 43:52 HE'S ALL POWERFUL, WHY WOULD GOD MAKE A DEVIL? 43:56 IF HE'S ALL POWERFUL WHY DOESN'T HE SNAP HIS FINGERS AND DESTROY 43:59 THE DEVIL? 44:00 WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?" 44:01 THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE STUDY. 44:03 AMAZING FACTS DID A DVD CALLED COSMIC CONFLICT THAT DEALS 44:07 WITH WHERE... SIN CAME FROM, THE ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL. 44:10 AND GOD IS A LOVING GOD AND HE CREATES ALL OF HIS 44:12 CREATURES FREE. 44:14 DEUTERONOMY 26:8, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 44:27 GOD HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS POWER THROUGH THESE SIGNS AND WONDERS. 44:31 NOW, IF YOU READ IN EZEKIEL 28:15, IT TELLS US THAT GOD HAD 44:36 A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL, AND THAT GOD MADE THIS ANGEL WITHOUT FAULT. 44:41 BUT BECAUSE HE MAKES ALL OF HIS CREATURES FREE -- 44:43 THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE REALLY GOTTA GRASP. 44:46 GOD MAKES EVERY INTELLIGENT CREATURE WITH FREE MORAL CHOICE, 44:52 BECAUSE HE WANTS LOVE. 44:54 HE CANNOT FORCE US TO LOVE HIM. 44:57 CAN YOU FORCE LOVE? 44:59 IF I TAKE YOU BY THE LAPEL AND I SHAKE YOU AND SAY, "LOVE ME, 45:03 YOU BETTER LOVE ME," ARE YOU GONNA LOVE ME, OR WILL IT HAVE 45:07 THE OPPOSITE EFFECT? 45:08 IN ORDER TO GET GENUINE LOVE, IT MUST BE... SOLICITED BY BEING 45:14 LOVING. 45:15 AND AS SOON AS LUCIFER BEGAN TO CAST DOUBTS UPON GOD, GOD COULD 45:20 HAVE SNAPPED HIS FINGERS AND VAPORIZED HIM. 45:22 BUT THEN WHAT WOULD THE OTHER ANGELS HAVE THOUGHT? 45:26 "MAYBE LUCIFER'S RIGHT. 45:27 GOD IS JUST BULLYING ALL HIS CREATURES." 45:29 LUCIFER WAS THE HIGHEST OF HIS ANGELS. 45:31 HE WAS PERFECT, THE BIBLE SAYS. 45:39 NOW, I TOLD YOU AT THE ONSET, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. 45:42 WHEN YOU SAY, "WHO MADE GOD?" 45:44 FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, I CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT. 45:48 BUT IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO BELIEVE IN THAT THAN NEBULOUS 45:51 GAS PARTICLES THAT WERE FLOATING OUT THERE IN SPACE THAT 45:54 EXPLODED AND CREATED ALL OF THE ORDER AND SYSTEMS AND DESIGN 45:58 THAT YOU SEE IN THE WORLD. 46:00 AND YOU MIGHT ASK, "IF GOD IS GOOD, THEN WHERE DID THE SEEDS 46:04 OF SELFISHNESS AND EVIL COME FROM?" 46:07 WELL, I DON'T HAVE AN EASY... 46:08 ANSWER FOR THAT QUESTION BECAUSE HE MAKES HIS CREATURES 46:12 FREE. 46:13 SOME CHOOSE TO BE SELFISH. 46:17 ADAM AND EVE HAD TWO PRINCIPAL SONS. 46:19 WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES? 46:20 CAIN AND ABEL. 46:22 SAME MOTHER, SAME FATHER AND THEY HAD THE SAME GRANDFATHER: 46:26 GOD. 46:28 RIGHT? 46:30 ONE WAS GOOD AND ONE WAS BAD. 46:32 WHY? 46:33 BECAUSE THEY CHOSE. 46:35 GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE GREATEST GIFT THAT ANY OF HIS 46:38 INTELLIGENT CREATURES HAVE. 46:39 YOU'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO THINK IN THE ABSTRACT AND TO CHOOSE TO 46:43 UNDERSTAND, COMMUNICATE WITH GOD IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER CREATURE 46:46 HAS. 46:47 AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE SELFISH. 46:49 IF I WAS TO SUMMARIZE WHO GOD IS -- WELL, HE DOES IT FOR US. 46:55 GOD IS WHAT? 46:57 GOD IS LOVE. 46:59 NOW. IF YOU WERE GONNA USE ONE WORD TO SUMMARIZE THE DEVIL OR 47:02 EVIL -- BY THE WAY, IF YOU JUST ADD THE 47:04 WORD "D" [SIC] TO "EVIL" YOU GOT "DEVIL," RIGHT? 47:09 IF YOU WERE TO SUMMARIZE HIM IN ONE WORD, IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF 47:12 LOVE, WHICH IS SELFISHNESS. 47:16 AND THE BIG BATTLE THAT YOU AND I GO THROUGH EVERYDAY -- 47:18 MY BIGGEST BATTLE, I'M SO SELFISH. 47:21 I NATURALLY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MYSELF. 47:24 I MEAN, WHATEVER HAPPENS I'M GONNA FIND MYSELF THINKING, "I 47:25 WONDER WHAT THAT WILL MEAN? 47:26 OR HOW WILL THAT AFFECT ME?" 47:28 AND IT REALLY TAKES A MIRACLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR US TO START 47:31 THINKING LOVINGLY ABOUT GOD AND ABOUT OTHERS. 47:35 AND IT'S A GIFT THAT GOD GIVES US. 47:38 IT'S A NEW HEART AND HE TRANSFORMS US. 47:41 QUESTION NUMBER TEN. 47:50 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK, "AH, THE DEVIL ISN'T REAL. 47:52 IT'S JUST PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD SIDE AND THEY GOT A BAD SIDE. 47:55 WHEN THEY BEHAVE BADLY WE SAY IT'S THE DEVIL, BUT IT'S JUST 47:57 REALLY THEM." 47:59 JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE HIM DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT REAL. 48:02 THE BIBLE SAYS WE DON'T WRESTLE -- 48:04 A MATTER OF FACT, LET ME GET TO THIS EPHESIANS 6:12. 48:07 IT SAYS... 48:11 THE BIBLE ADMITS IT'S A SPIRITUAL, INVISIBLE FORCE BUT 48:14 IT'S VERY REAL AND PERSONAL. 48:28 YEAH, THE DEVIL IS VERY REAL. 48:31 DURING WORLD WAR II, BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI. 48:38 AND AFTER THE INITIAL DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BY THE BLAST 48:41 ITSELF, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THEN MADE SICK BY SOMETHING 48:45 CALLED RADIATION. 48:47 LIKE THE RADIO WAVES WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEY WERE 48:49 INVISIBLE, WREAKING TERRIBLE DAMAGE. 48:52 AND THE PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE IT. 48:54 INITIALLY THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT. 48:55 THEY COULD NOT SMELL IT, BUT IT WAS AN EVIL THAT WAS DESTROYING 48:58 THEM. 48:59 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE TELL YOU PUT ON SUNBLOCK, RIGHT? 49:02 ANY OF YOU EVER PLAYED OUT IN THE SUN TOO LONG? 49:05 YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT AT FIRST. 49:07 AND SO, THE DEVIL IS REAL. 49:10 AND YOU CAN FEEL THIS BATTLE GOING ON IN OUR HEARTS BETWEEN 49:13 GOOD AND EVIL. 49:14 QUESTION 11. 49:24 NOW, THAT'S THE REAL THING WE'RE ASKING. 49:26 TONIGHT WE'RE SAYING THERE IS A GOD, AND GOD IS GOOD, AND GOD IS 49:30 REAL, AND HE IS AWESOME, HE INHABITS ETERNITY. 49:34 MATTER OF FACT, ONE THING THAT CONFUSES US ABOUT GOD: GOD 49:37 EXISTS 100% IN THE PRESENT, GOD EXISTS 100% IN THE PAST, GOD 49:44 EXISTS 100% IN THE FUTURE. 49:46 AND I THINK THAT KIND OF THROWS US, RIGHT? 49:49 NOW GOD IS NOT CONFINED TO TIME. 49:50 EINSTEIN KIND OF HELPED US REALIZE A WHOLE NEW WAY OF 49:53 THINKING ABOUT TIME AND SPACE. 49:56 GOD CAN LIVE IN THE FUTURE. 49:58 HE CAN TAKE A PROPHET AND SHOW HIM THE FUTURE WITH PERFECT 50:00 ACCURACY. 50:01 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 50:02 WHAT KIND OF POWER MAKES THAT POSSIBLE? 50:04 WHERE GOD CAN PREDICT SOMETHING DOWN TO WHERE AN ARROW WAS GOING 50:08 TO LAND THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, AND THAT ARROW FINDS THE JOINTS 50:12 OF AHAB'S ARMOR PERFECTLY. 50:15 HE'S ALL POWERFUL. 50:17 AND THEN THERE IS AN EVIL FORCE. 50:19 THE GOOD NEWS IS, "GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN YOU THAN HE WHO IS IN 50:26 THE WORLD." 50:27 THE DEVIL, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, HAS BEEN QUARANTINED 50:30 TO THIS PLANET, HE IS RESTRICTED HERE. 50:32 HE GOES TO AND FRO HERE ON THE EARTH, THE BIBLE SAYS. 50:35 JESUS CALLS HIM THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD. 50:38 HE HAS BEEN ISOLATED HERE, AND THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO BE 50:40 SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE AND TO COME OUT VICTORIOUS IS TO INVITE 50:44 THE POWER OF GOD AND THE LIGHT OF GOD INTO OUR HEARTS. 50:48 WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF DARKNESS? 50:51 TO INVITE LIGHT IN. 50:54 YOU KNOW, I HEARD ABOUT... 50:57 A PHOTOGRAPHER UP IN THE NORTHWEST OF A BIG NEWSPAPER, 51:02 AND THERE WERE SOME FOREST FIRES THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE 51:04 FORESTRY NOT FAR FROM THE CITY. 51:07 AND THEY ASSIGNED HIM TO GO GET SOME PICTURES -- THE 51:10 PHOTOGRAPHER -- FOR THE PAPER. 51:11 GO GET SOME PICTURES OF THIS FOREST FIRE. 51:14 WELL THEY NEEDED TO RENT A LITTLE SMALL PLANE SO THEY COULD 51:17 TAKE HIM UP AND FLY HIM AROUND - HE COULD SNAP THE PICTURES. 51:20 HE GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC; BY THE TIME HE GOT TO THE SMALL AIRPORT 51:22 HE WAS LATE. 51:23 THERE, THE PLANE WAS ALREADY WARMED UP AND RUNNING, DOOR OPEN 51:26 WAITING FOR HIM ON THE RUNWAY. 51:29 THE PHOTOGRAPHER GRABBED HIS BAG, HE RAN OUT. 51:32 HE JUMPED INTO THE PLANE, HE TOLD THE PILOT, "HEAD OUT THERE 51:34 TOWARDS THE NATIONAL FOREST." 51:36 AND THE PILOT TOOK OFF, STARTED FLYING OVER THERE. 51:38 HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE TOWARDS THE SMOKE." 51:40 THE PILOT TOOK HIM OUT OVER TOWARDS THE SMOKE, AND HE BEGAN 51:42 TO TELL HIM TO MAKE SOME TWISTS AND TURNS. 51:45 THE PILOT -- THE PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK OUT HIS CAMERA, STARTED 51:48 TAKING PICTURES. 51:49 AND THE PILOT BEGAN TO LOOK A LITTLE NERVOUS. 51:52 AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAID, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" 51:56 AND THE YOUNG PILOT SAID, "SO YOU'RE NOT MY INSTRUCTOR, ARE 51:59 YOU?" 52:00 [AUDIENCE REACTING] HE -- THERE WAS A FLIGHT 52:06 STUDENT THAT WAS ALL WARMED UP WAITING FOR HIS INSTRUCTOR TO 52:08 LOAD UP IN THE PLANE. 52:12 AND NEITHER OF THEM KNEW HOW TO LAND. 52:16 NOW, TAKING OFF'S EASIER. 52:19 WHO'S YOUR CO-PILOT? 52:22 WE'RE ALL ON A JOURNEY. 52:25 THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU NEED TO ANSWER IS, "IS THERE A 52:29 GOD?" AND "WHAT IS HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE?" 52:33 HE HAS A PLAN, A BIG PLAN FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU. 52:36 AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO SAFELY NEGOTIATE THE WAR THAT'S 52:40 RAGING... 52:41 THERE'S A SPIRITUAL WAR GOING ON IN THIS WORLD, IT'S VERY 52:43 REAL. 52:45 AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO SAFELY NEGOTIATE THAT WAR, AND 52:48 TO COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE VICTORIOUS, SUCCESSFUL, IS YOU 52:52 NEED TO HAVE GOD AT THE STICK. 52:55 YOU NEED TO HAVE HIM FLYING YOUR PLANE. 52:59 IT'S A TERRIBLE THING IF A TERRORIST GETS INTO THE COCKPIT, 53:02 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 53:05 WHO'S SITTING AT THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN YOUR PLANE? 53:09 AND YOU KNOW, YOU AT LEAST OWE IT TO YOURSELF, FRIENDS -- 53:12 DURING THIS SERIES, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. 53:14 IF WHAT I'M SAYING IS TRUE AND IF GOD IS REAL, IF JESUS IS 53:18 REAL AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, THEN THERE'S NOTHING MORE 53:21 IMPORTANT THAN INVITING HIM TO TAKE CONTROL. 53:25 QUESTION NUMBER 12: 53:35 I BET YOU COULD PROBABLY ALL SAY THIS WITH ME, IT'S JOHN 3:16. 53:40 WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT WITH ME? 53:43 "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN 53:48 SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT 53:54 HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." 53:57 THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO SAFELY GET OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 54:00 THIS WORLD IS THROUGH JESUS. 54:04 YOU SEE, THE CROSS IS A LADDER THAT STRETCHES FROM EARTH TO 54:08 HEAVEN. 54:09 GOD SAID, THE ONLY WAY I'M GOING TO SAVE THOSE CREATURES DOWN 54:11 THERE IS IF I BECOME ONE OF THEM. 54:14 I'M GONNA COME INTO THE WORLD AS A MAN, I'M GONNA COME 54:17 AS THEIR EXAMPLE, SO THEY KNOW HOW TO LIVE AND HOW TO TREAT 54:20 EACH OTHER AND HOW TO RELATE TO GOD. 54:22 HE SHOWED US HOW TO LOVE OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. 54:25 HE SAID, "I'M GONNA COME TO SHOW THEM WHAT GOD IS LIKE." 54:29 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER." 54:33 SO MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND GOD. 54:34 IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT GOD IS LIKE, LOOK AT THE INCARNATION OF 54:37 GOD. 54:38 THAT'S JESUS. 54:40 AND THEN HE SAID, THE ONLY WAY FOR THEM TO SURVIVE IS IF I TAKE 54:44 THE PENALTY FOR THEIR EVIL. 54:46 FOR THEIR SELFISHNESS. 54:48 IF I TAKE THEIR SINS, AND I GIVE THEM MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I'LL TAKE 54:53 THEIR PUNISHMENT AND I'LL GIVE THEM THE ETERNITY IN HEAVEN THAT 54:56 I DESERVE." 54:58 SO HE CAME AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE. 55:01 BUT AS REAL AS IT IS THAT JESUS CAME -- AND ALL OF HISTORY 55:03 IS DATED FROM HIS BIRTH -- YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. 55:07 HE DOESN'T FORCE. 55:08 YOU NEED TO CHOOSE TO SAY, "I WANT HIM TO BE IN CHARGE OF MY 55:11 LIFE." 55:11 YOU KNOW, ONE TIME I GOT ON MY KNEES UP IN A CAVE, AFTER 55:15 READING THE BIBLE, AND I PRAYED AND SAID, "LORD, IF YOU'RE REAL, 55:19 I WANT YOU TO COME INTO MY LIFE." 55:20 I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS; I DIDN'T KNOW. 55:22 BUT AFTER READING THE BIBLE, I BEGAN TO THINK, "IF THIS IS 55:25 TRUE..." 55:27 AND I TRIED OUT A LOT OF RELIGIONS. 55:28 I'D TRIED ATHEISM. 55:30 I SAID, "IF THIS IS TRUE, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT." 55:34 ISN'T THAT RIGHT, FRIENDS? 55:36 "SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS." 55:39 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING... THROUGHOUT THIS 55:42 WEEK, FRIENDS. 55:43 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU HERE -- WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT 55:45 YOU'VE COME HERE AT GREAT LAKES ADVENTIST ACADEMY. 55:48 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ON 3ABN AND OTHER NETWORKS, 55:50 WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN. 55:52 WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT PROGRAM. 55:55 AND WE WANT TO CLOSE THIS PROGRAM WITH PRAYER. 55:57 SO WHY DON'T YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME? 56:00 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE GOOD NEWS. 56:04 THAT YOU ARE REAL, AND YOU ARE HERE. 56:08 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LORD, WE NEED YOU TO COME IN ON THE 56:11 INSIDE. 56:13 REVEAL YOURSELF TO US, HELP US TO KNOW YOU AS A PERSONAL GOD. 56:17 INVITE YOU TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR COCKPIT AND GUIDE US 56:21 THROUGH THIS LIFE AND ON INTO ETERNITY. 56:24 BLESS THESE MEETINGS. 56:25 WE THANK YOU AND PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. 56:28 AMEN. 56:29 ♪ ♪ 56:34 >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS EPISODE OF M.I.Q. 56:37 DURING OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE TAPPING INTO THE BIBLE: 56:40 HISTORY'S BESTSELLER. 56:42 YOU WON'T WANNA MISS THIS. 56:43 SEE YOU THEN! 56:45 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 57:00 >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS LISTENING? 57:02 >> WHERE IS HE WHEN I NEED HIM? 57:03 >> WHAT IS HEAVEN LIKE? 57:04 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 57:05 >> IS CHURCH FOR ME? 57:07 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 57:10 >> ANNOUNCER: DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD, THE BIBLE 57:12 AND LIVING A CHRISTIAN LIFE? 57:14 THE OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE 57:15 "MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS" TV SERIES HAS MORE ANSWERS. 57:19 GET ALL THE BIBLE-BASED ANSWERS TO HUNDREDS OF THE MOST 57:21 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. 57:23 TO ORDER, CALL (800) 538-7275, OR VISIT... 57:27 STORE.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 57:30 ♪ ♪ 57:33 >> ANNOUNCER: JOURNEY BACK THROUGH TIME TO THE CENTER OF 57:35 THE UNIVERSE. 57:37 DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT ANGEL TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN: THE 57:42 ARCH VILLAIN. 57:44 THE BIRTH OF EVIL... 57:45 A REBELLION IN HEAVEN... 57:48 A MUTINY THAT MOVED TO EARTH. 57:52 BEHOLD THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL NEW PLANET, AND THE 57:55 FIRST HUMANS. 57:57 WITNESS THE TEMPTATION IN EDEN. 58:00 DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN. 58:05 THIS IS A STORY THAT INVOLVES EVERY LIFE ON EARTH. 58:09 EVERY LIFE. 58:12 "THE COSMIC CONFLICT." 58:14 IF GOD IS GOOD, IF GOD IS ALL POWERFUL, IF GOD IS LOVE, 58:19 THEN WHAT WENT WRONG? 58:22 AVAILABLE NOW ON DVD. 58:24 ♪ ♪ |
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