? ? >> RECENTLY
SOME STUDENTS FROM
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BANGOR UNIVERSITY DISCOVERED
WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE OLDEST
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CREATURE IN THE WORLD.
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IT LIVES IN THE WATERS
OFF OF ICELAND, 260 FEET DOWN.
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IT'S A QUAHOG CLAM.
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WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING ABOUT
THIS IS THEY COUNTED THE RINGS.
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AND AFTER COUNTING UP THE RINGS,
THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS SOMEWHERE
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BETWEEN 405 AND 410 YEARS OLD.
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THAT MEANS THAT THIS THING
WAS STILL JUST A JUVENILE WHEN
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SHAKESPEARE WAS WRITING HAMLET,
WHEN THE KING JAMES BIBLE WAS
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BEING TRANSLATED...
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AND IT WAS LIVING BEFORE THE
PILGRIMS EVEN LANDED ON PLYMOUTH
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ROCK.
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THE PROBLEM IS THAT, EVEN THOUGH
CLAMS HAVE A HEART, THEY'VE GOT
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MUSCLE, THEY BREATHE, THEY'VE
GOT A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, NOBODY
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HAS EVER FOUND A CLAM BRAIN.
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SO WHAT GOOD IS IT TO LIVE
SO LONG IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE
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ALIVE?
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE FOREVER?
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WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION OF
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M.I.Q.
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? ? >> HOW CAN
I KNOW THAT GOD IS
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LISTENING?
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>> DID I COME FROM
APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE?
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>> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED?
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>> WHAT SHOULD
I DO WITH MY LIFE?
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>> COLLEGE?
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>> CARS?
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>> A JOB?
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>> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT?
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>> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
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[ALL ASKING
QUESTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY]
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>> ...OR WHAT?
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>> ANNOUNCER: "M.I.Q.":
YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS.
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>> IS THERE REALLY
A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH?
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CAN YOU REALLY LIVE FOREVER?
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THIS EPISODE COULD
CHANGE YOUR LIFE ETERNALLY.
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JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q.
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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
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THIS IS M.I.Q.:
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR LOCAL
AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE,
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MICHIGAN, AND ALSO THOSE OF YOU
WATCHING ON TELEVISION, ON THE
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VARIOUS CHANNELS
AND ON THE INTERNET.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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THIS IS AN
INTERACTIVE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.
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AND IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION
WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
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YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q.
TEENS WEBSITE: MIQTEENS.COM.
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YOU CAN POST
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AND BY THE WAY, WHILE YOU'RE
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YOU CAN ALSO WATCH PREVIOUS
PROGRAMS AS WELL AS VIEWING
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THAT WE HAVE ONLINE.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND US A TEXT
MESSAGE, YOU CAN DO THAT, TOO.
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QUESTION TO IS 760-5-AFACTS.
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760-523-2287.
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NOW, I HOPE THAT ALL OF
THOSE HERE IN OUR AUDIENCE HAVE
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RECEIVED -- I KNOW SOME OF YOU
WILL SHORTLY RECEIVE YOUR M.I.Q.
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TEENS ANSWER BOOK.
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YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A GREAT RESOURCE.
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A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION
THAT GOES ALONG WITH EACH OF THE
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PRESENTATIONS THAT
YOU SEE UP HERE ON STAGE.
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THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, YOU CAN
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
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M.I.Q. TEEN WORKBOOK AT
THE WEBSITE: MIQTEENS.COM.
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WE HAVE A THEME SONG THAT WE
LIKE TO SING AT THE BEGINNING OF
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EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS.
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AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR
LEADERS OF THE SONG TO PLEASE
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COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
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IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR THEME
SONG THIS EVENING, ANDREW WILL
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BE HAVING OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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LET'S STAND AS WE SING
TOGETHER, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER".
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? WHEN I GAZE UP AT
THE COUNTLESS STARS ?
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? OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA
? ? MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH
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QUESTIONS ? ?
BEWILDERING TO ME ?
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? BUT THEN I READ THE
BIBLE ? ? AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN
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PRAYER ? ? I'M
SATISFIED REMEMBERING ?
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? YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE
? ? WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY
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HAVE ? ?
WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ?
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? I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE ME ?
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? AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ?
? JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT
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ALL ? ? JESUS
IS THE ANSWER TO IT
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ALL ?
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? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
? ? I WONDER IN MY HEART ?
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? HOW SOMETHING
COMES FROM NOTHING ?
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? WHEN DID FOREVER START ?
? WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ?
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? WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ?
? I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME
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THERE ? ? IF I
CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ?
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? WHATEVER
QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ?
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? WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ?
? I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE
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ME ? ? AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ?
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? JESUS IS THE
ANSWER TO IT ALL ?
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? JESUS IS THE
ANSWER TO IT ALL ?
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>> FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BRINGING EACH ONE
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OF US HERE TO
LISTEN TO YOUR WORDS.
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I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS THE
MESSAGE, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH
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PASTOR BATCHELOR.
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GIVE HIM THE WORDS TO SAY, HELP
THEM TO BE YOURS AND NOT HIS.
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AND I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
WILL BE HERE TO TOUCH EACH OF
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OUR HEARTS.
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IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
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>> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN.
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THANK YOU.
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WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
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GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU.
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GOOD TO SEE OUR FRIENDS
WHO ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
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WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE
JOINED US FOR THIS PRESENTATION
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OF M.I.Q., WHICH STANDS
FOR MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
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AND WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH
THE BIG QUESTIONS IN LIFE THAT
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HAVE EVERLASTING CONSEQUENCES.
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AND WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING
QUESTIONS FROM BOTH OUR VIEWERS,
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FROM THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT HERE.
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AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT
YOU'RE EACH HERE AND HOPE YOU'LL
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BE PRAYING AS WE DO OUR
BEST TO GIVE THE ANSWERS.
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WE DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE ALL THE
ANSWERS, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR
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BEST TO LOOK IN GOD'S
BOOK AND SHARE WHAT WE DO KNOW.
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>> WELL, PASTOR DOUG, LET'S
SEE WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE COME IN.
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AND I THINK WE'RE
READY FOR OUR FIRST QUESTION.
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>> HI, MY NAME'S KATIE.
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AND MY QUESTION IS, ARE ABORTED
BABIES GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN?
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>> WELL, THAT'S
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
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AND LET ME GO -- BEFORE I
EVEN ENTER INTO THAT IMPORTANT
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SUBJECT -- SOMETIMES
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
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"I SAY THIS BY PERMISSION
AND NOT BY COMMANDMENT."
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AND WHAT I'M SHARING WITH
YOU IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS.
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THIS IS A VERY
DIFFICULT SUBJECT.
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FIRST, I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT SOME MATH.
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THE REAL QUESTION THAT WE'RE
ASKING HERE, "WILL ALL CHILDREN
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THAT DIE BEFORE THE AGE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AUTOMATICALLY BE
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SAVED?"
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MAYBE IT'S A MISCARRIED BABY.
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SUPPOSE IT'S AN ABORTED BABY.
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WHAT IF THE
PARENTS WERE CHRISTIAN?
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WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT?
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DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
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WELL, THERE'S A VERSE --
WE ACTUALLY SAW THIS QUESTION
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COMING AND STRUGGLED WITH
IT BECAUSE WE GET IT A LOT, BUT
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IT'S A DIFFICULT SUBJECT.
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1 CORINTHIANS 7:14...
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PAUL HERE SPEAKING TO CHRISTIAN
MEN WHO MIGHT BE MARRIED TO
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NON-CHRISTIAN
WOMEN OR VICE VERSA.
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IT SAID, "FOR THE UNBELIEVING
HUSBAND IS SANCTIFIED BY THE
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WIFE; AND THE UNBELIEVING WIFE
IS SANCTIFIED BY THE HUSBAND.
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OTHERWISE, YOUR CHILDREN WOULD
BE UNCLEAN, BUT NOW THEY'RE
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HOLY."
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AND WHAT THAT'S TELLING US
IS THAT THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN
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UNCLEAN.
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NOW, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS,
AND I COULD BE WRONG, IS THAT
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GOD IS NOT SAYING AUTOMATICALLY
EVERY CHILD THAT DIES BEFORE THE
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY --
WHATEVER THAT AGE IS; LET'S
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PRETEND IT'S 12.
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JUST PICK A NUMBER.
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T
GIVE US A SPECIFIC NUMBER.
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IT'S WHEN YOU COME TO UNDERSTAND
THE PRINCIPLES OF SALVATION, YOU
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THEN BECOME RESPONSIBLE.
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WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND RIGHT
AND WRONG AND THE GOSPEL, THEN
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YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH.
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THINK ABOUT HOW MANY BABIES ARE
EITHER MISCARRIED OR ABORTED OR
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DIE IN INFANCY AROUND THE WORLD.
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IT IS -- THE VAST MAJORITY
OF DEATHS IS IN INFANCY.
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YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT AND
YOU'LL FIND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY
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THAT IN THE RESURRECTION
THERE'LL BE MAYBE ONE ADULT FOR
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EVERY 10,000 CHILDREN...
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OR MORE.
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NOW, WHAT I DO BELIEVE
IS THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR.
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THAT BEFORE THE AGE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY, CHILDREN, BEFORE
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THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
CONSEQUENCES, IF THEY DIE DURING
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THAT TIME, THEY ARE NOT
PUNISHED IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
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IT IS POSSIBLE --
THERE'S A COUPLE OF VERSES THAT
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SHED SOME LIGHT ON
ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
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PSALM 58:8, IT SAYS, SPEAKING OF
THEIR ENEMIES, "LET THEM BE LIKE
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A STILLBORN CHILD OF A WOMAN
THAT THEY MAY NEVER SEE THE
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SUN."
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AND THEN AGAIN, JOB.
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YOU REMEMBER JOB WAS GOING
THROUGH HIS SUFFERINGS AND HE
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BASICALLY IS WISHING
THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN BORN.
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"OR WHY WAS I NOT
HIDDEN LIKE A STILLBORN CHILD?
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LIKE INFANTS WHO
NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY?"
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SO IT SEEMS TO IMPLY THERE ARE
SOME INFANTS WHO NEVER SEE THE
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LIGHT OF DAY.
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IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
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AND SO, THOSE ARE THE SCRIPTURES
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AND LET YOU
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JUST THINK ABOUT THAT,
BUT BELIEVING PARENTS HAVE A
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SANCTIFYING INFLUENCE ON THEIR
CHILDREN BEFORE THEY REACH THE
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN
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HEAVEN BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS
CHILDREN WILL BE THERE LEADING
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THE WILD ANIMALS.
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IT SAYS THAT A CHILD WILL
PLAY ON THE HOLE OF A VENOMOUS
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SERPENT AND IT WILL NOT HURT.
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SO HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE.
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OR DID I CONFUSE YOU EVEN MORE?
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>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT QUESTION FOR THIS
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EVENING.
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? ? THIS IS A
QUESTION FROM COVELO,
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CALIFORNIA.
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PASTOR DOUG, YOUR HOMETOWN.
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AND THE QUESTION IS...
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>> THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.
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"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.
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WELL, IS THE DEVIL AN ENEMY?
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ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO LOVE HIM?"
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY OF A CHRISTIAN IS
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TO DO WHAT JESUS DID.
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JESUS DIDN'T LOVE THE DEVIL;
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE THE
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DEVIL.
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THE DEVIL
DOESN'T HAVE SKIN ON HIM.
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IT SAYS, "WE WRESTLE NOT
AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD," IN
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EPHESIANS 6.
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HE'S A SPIRIT.
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WHEN JESUS SAYS LOVE YOUR
ENEMIES HE'S TALKING ABOUT OUR
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BRETHREN, EACH OTHER.
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THE DEVIL ALSO HAS
NO REDEEMABLE QUALITIES.
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HIS SALVATION IS IMPOSSIBLE.
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HE'S BEYOND REPENTANCE.
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THERE'S NO VALUE IN LOVING HIM.
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YOU'RE CASTING YOUR
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE IF YOU DO.
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>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
NEXT VIDEO QUESTION FOR TODAY.
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>> HI, MY NAME IS
CHOODY [PHONETIC].
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I WANNA KNOW, CAN I
REALLY LIVE FOREVER?
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AND HOW CAN I MAKE IT TO HEAVEN?
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>> WELL, A LOT OF THIS IS GOING
TO BE COVERED IN OUR LESSON
00:11:35.46\00:11:37.63
TONIGHT, BUT THE
QUICK ANSWER IS YES.
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WE INCLUDED THIS.
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WE WANTED YOU TO
KNOW YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER.
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WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING DURING
THE PRESENTATION ABOUT, HOW IS
00:11:45.93\00:11:49.40
THAT POSSIBLE?
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CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT?
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ESPECIALLY SINCE
YOU'RE NOT CLAMS?
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>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
NEXT QUESTION FOR THIS EVENING.
00:11:56.43\00:11:58.96
? ? WE HAVE A
QUESTION FROM FRESNO,
00:11:58.96\00:12:05.80
CALIFORNIA.
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>> GOOD QUESTION.
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BECAUSE GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING
DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S MAKING
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EVERYTHING HAPPEN.
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DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE?
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DO A
LOT OF PEOPLE DECIDE TO HAVE
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CHILDREN KNOWING THAT THOSE
CHILDREN MAY NOT DO EXACTLY WHAT
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THEY SAY OR ALWAYS LOVE THEM?
00:12:28.86\00:12:30.80
AND YET THEY STILL
CHOOSE TO HAVE CHILDREN?
00:12:30.80\00:12:33.23
DO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO GET MARRIED
EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THEY
00:12:33.23\00:12:35.66
MAY FIGHT LATER?
00:12:35.66\00:12:36.93
WHY DID THEY GET MARRIED?
00:12:36.93\00:12:38.23
LOVE TAKES RISKS
KNOWING THERE CAN BE PROBLEMS.
00:12:38.23\00:12:42.60
GOD IS LOVE.
00:12:42.60\00:12:43.93
HE'S A GIVER OF LIFE.
00:12:43.93\00:12:45.20
HE CREATES LIFE.
00:12:45.20\00:12:46.36
HE EVEN TAKES THE RISK OF
CREATING LIFE OF THOSE WHO MAY
00:12:46.36\00:12:49.40
NOT LOVE HIM.
00:12:49.40\00:12:51.13
YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY I CAN
THINK TO ANSWER THIS IS LIKE A
00:12:51.13\00:12:54.36
PERSON IN A TRAFFIC HELICOPTER
THAT HAS THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
00:12:54.36\00:12:57.60
HIGHWAY AND THEY CAN SEE
AN ACCIDENT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
00:12:57.60\00:13:00.96
BECAUSE A LITTLE RED MAZDA MIATA
IS TRYING TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER
00:13:00.96\00:13:05.26
ON TOP OF A HILL BEFORE THEY
ENTER A TWO-LANE TUNNEL AND HE
00:13:05.26\00:13:08.90
SEES ANOTHER SEMI COMING.
00:13:08.90\00:13:10.70
AND THAT HELICOPTER REPORTER
KNOWS THERE'S GONNA BE A
00:13:10.70\00:13:13.20
COLLISION IN THAT TUNNEL.
00:13:13.20\00:13:14.40
DOES HE KNOW IT'S GONNA
HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENS?
00:13:14.40\00:13:16.20
YEAH.
00:13:16.20\00:13:17.03
IS HE MAKING IT HAPPEN?
00:13:17.03\00:13:18.33
NO.
00:13:18.33\00:13:19.60
YOU HAVE A FREE CHOICE.
00:13:19.60\00:13:20.73
GOD JUST KNOWS THE FUTURE.
00:13:20.73\00:13:22.66
SEE?
00:13:22.66\00:13:23.73
>> ALRIGHT, PASTOR DOUG,
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FINAL
00:13:23.73\00:13:26.26
QUESTION FOR THIS SECTION.
00:13:26.26\00:13:29.16
>> HI, I'M KEVIN, AND MY
QUESTION IS, IN HEAVEN, WHAT'S
00:13:32.30\00:13:34.90
IT GONNA BE LIKE?
00:13:34.90\00:13:36.06
WILL WE HAVE OUR HUMAN BODIES?
00:13:36.06\00:13:37.36
WILL WE ALL BE
DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS?
00:13:37.36\00:13:39.56
OR WHAT'S IT GONNA BE LIKE?
00:13:39.56\00:13:41.13
>> WHAT'S IT
GONNA BE LIKE IN HEAVEN?
00:13:44.36\00:13:46.30
WELL, SOME OF OUR LESSON TALKS
ABOUT THAT, BUT IT TELLS US THAT
00:13:46.30\00:13:49.33
IT'S GONNA BE MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE.
00:13:49.33\00:13:52.70
IT'S GONNA BE
WONDERFUL IN HEAVEN.
00:13:52.70\00:13:54.46
YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER.
00:13:54.46\00:13:55.70
READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER...
00:13:55.70\00:13:58.20
21, 22...
00:13:58.20\00:14:00.40
ISAIAH 65, ISAIAH 11.
00:14:00.40\00:14:02.86
IT SAYS THAT GOD'S GONNA
PREPARE A MANSION FOR US.
00:14:02.86\00:14:05.93
JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14,
BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:14:05.93\00:14:09.23
YOU'LL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY.
00:14:09.23\00:14:10.90
YOU'LL BUILD
HOUSES AND INHABIT THEM.
00:14:10.90\00:14:13.16
YOU'LL NEVER BE TIRED.
00:14:13.16\00:14:14.20
YOU'LL SOAR WITH
WINGS LIKE AN EAGLE.
00:14:14.20\00:14:17.90
IT SAYS THEY'LL MOUNT
UP WITH WINGS AS AN EAGLE.
00:14:17.90\00:14:19.83
I MEAN, I'VE GOT A WHOLE
PRESENTATION ON THIS SUBJECT.
00:14:19.83\00:14:21.83
I GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.
00:14:21.83\00:14:22.73
I BETTER STICK WITH
OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
00:14:22.73\00:14:25.40
>> PASTOR ROSS: ALL RIGHT.
00:14:25.40\00:14:26.33
WELL, THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
00:14:26.33\00:14:28.16
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING,
YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS
00:14:28.16\00:14:30.80
WEBSITE: MIQTEENS.COM.
00:14:30.83\00:14:33.80
YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION OR
YOU CAN SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE.
00:14:33.80\00:14:37.16
THE NUMBER IS 760-5-AFACTS.
00:14:37.16\00:14:40.60
760-523-2287.
00:14:40.60\00:14:44.96
YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOUG, WE'VE
GOTTEN TEXT QUESTIONS AND EMAIL
00:14:44.96\00:14:48.60
QUESTIONS, WEBSITE QUESTIONS
FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE:
00:14:48.63\00:14:52.40
SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE.
00:14:52.40\00:14:55.26
SO KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS COMING;
WE'LL TRY AND GET TO AS MANY AS
00:14:55.26\00:14:58.26
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
00:14:58.26\00:14:59.23
>> AMEN.
00:14:59.23\00:14:59.93
>> WELL, NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE
LESSON, SO WE'LL TURN THE TIME
00:14:59.93\00:15:02.10
TO YOU.
00:15:02.10\00:15:02.66
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:15:02.66\00:15:03.76
YEAH, WE EVEN SAW THAT SOMEWHERE
WRITING IN FROM THE CARIBBEAN,
00:15:03.76\00:15:06.83
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GREET OUR
FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
00:15:06.83\00:15:08.90
THAT ARE TUNING IN TO
THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOU.
00:15:08.90\00:15:12.36
AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE PRAYING FOR
ME AS I SHARE WITH YOU, BECAUSE
00:15:12.36\00:15:15.50
I'M REALLY GONNA BE
TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:15:15.50\00:15:17.66
SUBJECT.
00:15:17.66\00:15:19.90
IT'S LIFE, AND HOW DO YOU LIVE
00:15:19.90\00:15:23.53
FOREVER?
00:15:23.56\00:15:25.53
FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE TRY TO
STAY ALIVE BECAUSE DEATH SEEMS
00:15:25.53\00:15:30.30
UNNATURAL.
00:15:30.30\00:15:32.10
WHY DO WE GET OLD?
00:15:32.13\00:15:34.03
WHY DO OUR CELLS
DIE AND WE BEGIN TO AGE?
00:15:34.03\00:15:37.26
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUR
AGE, MAN, I JUST -- I HAD THE
00:15:37.26\00:15:40.66
FEELING OF ETERNAL YOUTH, AND
YOU FEEL SO GOOD AND YOU'VE GOT
00:15:40.66\00:15:43.13
NO ACHES AND PAINS, AND YOU
NOTICE YOU'RE GETTING BIGGER
00:15:43.13\00:15:45.43
AND BIGGER, AND BIGGER, AND
YOU'RE KINDA GOING UPHILL AND
00:15:45.43\00:15:47.16
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.
00:15:47.16\00:15:48.06
AND WHEN SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT
DEATH, YOU SAY, "I'M ON MY WAY
00:15:48.06\00:15:49.80
UP."
00:15:49.80\00:15:50.86
AND ONE DAY YOU PLATEAU AND YOU
START REALIZING THINGS ARE GOING
00:15:50.86\00:15:53.16
DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.
00:15:53.16\00:15:55.06
YOU SAY, "WAIT, WHOA."
00:15:55.06\00:15:56.40
AND YOU START BUILDING MOMENTUM.
00:15:56.40\00:15:59.26
PONCE DE LEON SEARCHED AROUND
FOR THAT FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
00:15:59.26\00:16:02.73
NEVER DID FIND IT.
00:16:02.73\00:16:04.13
HE DID FIND FLORIDA, THOUGH.
00:16:04.13\00:16:06.20
AND I THINK HE RETIRED THERE.
00:16:06.20\00:16:08.10
[LAUGHTER] AND THEN
MAYBE YOU HEARD ABOUT
00:16:08.10\00:16:12.16
THAT BOOK WRITTEN BY
JAMES HILTON CALLED --
00:16:12.16\00:16:16.46
ABOUT
SHANGRI-LA, THE LOST HORIZON.
00:16:16.46\00:16:20.53
OR PEOPLE SUPPOSEDLY
FROM THE HUNZA VALLEY.
00:16:20.53\00:16:22.40
THEY LIVE HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
00:16:22.40\00:16:24.70
AND YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE
SAYING, I SAW SOME RESEARCH
00:16:24.70\00:16:26.76
LAST NIGHT -- THEY
FOUND OUT THAT RATS WILL
00:16:26.76\00:16:28.90
LIVE 10 OR 15% LONGER IF THEY
EAT A LOW-CALORIE DIET THAN RATS
00:16:28.90\00:16:33.53
THAT EXERCISE, BUT
EAT TOO MANY CALORIES.
00:16:33.53\00:16:36.46
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING
ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
00:16:36.46\00:16:38.06
THEY THINK, "I CAN
LIVE 10 OR 15% LONGER!"
00:16:38.06\00:16:41.50
WHAT IS 10 OR 15
YEARS COMPARED TO ETERNITY?
00:16:41.50\00:16:45.73
NOW, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
00:16:45.73\00:16:47.60
I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
I CAN TO PROLONG MY LIFE.
00:16:47.60\00:16:51.00
BUT REALLY, YOU THINK ABOUT
SOMEBODY GOING TO SUCH LENGTHS
00:16:51.00\00:16:54.40
AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA ADD
10 AND 15 YEARS TO THEIR EARTHLY
00:16:54.40\00:16:57.80
LIFE, AND NOT
CONSIDER THEIR ETERNAL LIFE.
00:16:57.80\00:17:01.43
I THINK I TOLD YOU IN AN EARLIER
PRESENTATION THAT MY ONE FULL
00:17:01.43\00:17:06.30
BROTHER WAS NAMED, FALCON,
AND HE WAS BORN WITH CYSTIC
00:17:06.30\00:17:10.80
FIBROSIS.
00:17:10.80\00:17:12.76
AND THE LAST YEAR OR SO OF HIS
LIFE -- HE WORKED VERY HARD TO
00:17:12.76\00:17:16.60
LIVE AS LONG AS HE COULD,
BECAUSE HE KNEW FROM AN EARLY
00:17:16.60\00:17:19.20
AGE THAT HE HAD WHAT WAS
REALLY A TERMINAL DISEASE.
00:17:19.20\00:17:23.63
BY THE WAY, WE'RE ALL TERMINAL.
00:17:23.63\00:17:27.56
I HOPE I DON'T SHOCK YOU,
BUT YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH, YOU'RE
00:17:27.56\00:17:31.56
GONNA GET SICK AND DIE.
00:17:31.56\00:17:33.83
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:17:33.83\00:17:34.96
UNLESS THE LORD COMES FIRST.
00:17:34.96\00:17:36.13
THAT'S THE WAY
THE PATTERN HAS BEEN.
00:17:36.13\00:17:38.23
AND SO THINKING ABOUT HOW
TO LIVE FOREVER, THAT'S REALLY
00:17:38.23\00:17:40.30
IMPORTANT.
00:17:40.30\00:17:41.10
MY BROTHER AND I WERE OUT
WALKING AROUND THE GOLF COURSE
00:17:41.10\00:17:43.30
WHERE HE USED TO GO GET HIS
EXERCISE AND HE HAD TO STOP AND
00:17:43.30\00:17:45.50
CATCH HIS BREATH.
00:17:45.50\00:17:47.00
AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING --
THIS IS JUST WHEN THEY WERE ON
00:17:47.00\00:17:50.13
THE INFANCY OF HEART-LUNG
TRANSPLANTS, AND THEY REALLY
00:17:50.13\00:17:53.73
HADN'T PERFECTED IT YET.
00:17:53.73\00:17:55.60
AND MY BROTHER SAID, "DOUG, I
WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I'VE GOT."
00:17:55.60\00:18:01.56
MY BROTHER WAS
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
00:18:01.56\00:18:03.50
HE HAD A HOUSE ON MIAMI BEACH,
BOAT RIGHT THERE ON THE WATER,
00:18:03.50\00:18:07.46
NEW CARS -- I
MEAN, HE HAD THE SUCCESS
00:18:07.46\00:18:09.90
STORIES, SURFBOARDS
AND ALL THE TOYS AND...
00:18:09.90\00:18:12.20
AND HE SAID, "I'D GIVE ALL OF MY
MONEY, I'D GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN
00:18:12.20\00:18:16.73
IF I COULD HAVE LUNGS LIKE
YOURS AND LIVE A LITTLE LONGER."
00:18:16.73\00:18:21.83
HE WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING
FOR A LITTLE MORE OF THIS LIFE.
00:18:21.83\00:18:28.16
AND HOW SAD THAT WE DON'T REALLY
THINK BIGGER THAN THAT, BECAUSE
00:18:28.16\00:18:32.60
JESUS IS OFFERING US THE
OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY TO HAVE
00:18:32.60\00:18:35.80
MORE ABUNDANT LIFE NOW, BUT TO
LIVE FOREVER THROUGH ETERNITY,
00:18:35.80\00:18:40.76
IN A WORLD THAT IS INFINITELY
BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN
00:18:40.76\00:18:43.46
IMAGINE.
00:18:43.46\00:18:44.23
IT'S REAL.
00:18:44.23\00:18:45.86
SCIENTISTS CAN'T
EXPLAIN WHY YOUR CELLS AGE.
00:18:45.86\00:18:48.53
WHY DO THEY STOP...
00:18:48.53\00:18:50.93
IMPROVING AND
HEALING THEMSELVES?
00:18:50.93\00:18:54.33
ADAM AND EVE WERE
DESIGNED TO LIVE FOREVER.
00:18:54.33\00:18:56.20
WE FIGHT DEATH.
00:18:56.20\00:18:57.93
IF I WERE TO BRING A
RATTLESNAKE DOWN INTO THE --
00:18:57.93\00:19:00.86
WE ALMOST GOT A RUBBER SNAKE AS
AN ILLUSTRATION TONIGHT, BUT WE
00:19:00.86\00:19:03.26
COULDN'T FIND ONE.
00:19:03.26\00:19:03.96
I LOOKED.
00:19:03.96\00:19:05.46
IF I WERE TO BRING A RATTLESNAKE
DOWN TO THE AUDIENCE, YOU'D
00:19:05.46\00:19:07.90
PROBABLY RUN IF
IT WAS ALIVE, RIGHT?
00:19:07.90\00:19:10.70
BECAUSE YOU'D WANT
TO PRESERVE YOUR WHAT?
00:19:10.70\00:19:13.93
YOUR LIFE.
00:19:13.93\00:19:15.86
IT'S NATURAL FOR US AND YET WE
KNOW THAT YOU CAN STAVE IT OFF
00:19:15.86\00:19:20.30
AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
00:19:20.30\00:19:21.40
UNLESS YOU ACCEPT JESUS...
00:19:21.40\00:19:25.40
YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:19:25.40\00:19:26.93
WHY?
00:19:26.93\00:19:28.20
WHY IS IT ONLY THROUGH
CHRIST WE CAN LIVE FOREVER?
00:19:28.20\00:19:31.00
WELL, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE
FOR OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
00:19:31.00\00:19:33.90
SO WE'RE GONNA GO
TO THE FIRST QUESTION.
00:19:33.90\00:19:35.70
QUESTION NUMBER ONE:
00:19:35.70\00:19:37.86
ANSWER?
00:19:45.70\00:19:46.96
JOHN 3:16:
00:19:46.96\00:19:49.00
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS?
00:19:50.76\00:19:51.83
WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT WITH ME?
00:19:51.83\00:19:52.93
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
00:19:52.93\00:19:57.80
SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES
IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE
00:19:57.80\00:20:03.73
EVERLASTING LIFE."
00:20:03.73\00:20:06.86
BELIEVING IN HIM IS THE KEY
TO EVERLASTING LIFE, AND GOD SO
00:20:06.86\00:20:12.80
LOVED THE WORLD.
00:20:12.80\00:20:15.10
NOW, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW
I'M A PASTOR, AND PASTORS DON'T
00:20:15.10\00:20:17.80
JUST PREACH.
00:20:17.80\00:20:19.26
WE DO COUNSELING, AND WE DO...
00:20:19.26\00:20:22.63
BAPTISMS AND WE DO FUNERALS.
00:20:22.63\00:20:26.73
ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES SAID,
"WE DO HATCHES AND MATCHES AND
00:20:26.73\00:20:29.36
DISPATCHES."
00:20:29.36\00:20:32.26
AND I REMEMBER ONE FUNERAL
I DID, I'LL NEVER FORGET.
00:20:32.26\00:20:36.96
13-YEAR-OLD BOY,
DIED IN THE SHOWER.
00:20:36.96\00:20:40.70
IT WASN'T DRUGS, WASN'T --
HE JUST HAD A HEART DEFECT AND
00:20:40.70\00:20:44.50
JUST DROPPED AND DIED.
00:20:44.50\00:20:46.86
AND AFTER THE FUNERAL AND THE
MESSAGE AND THE EULOGY AND ALL
00:20:46.86\00:20:51.50
THAT, THE PASTOR'S JOB IS TO
STAND AT THE HEAD OF THE CASKET
00:20:51.50\00:20:54.66
AS THE FAMILY AND
VISITORS GO OUT --
00:20:54.66\00:20:57.20
AND THEN THE FAMILY'S LAST.
00:20:57.20\00:20:58.03
AND AS THE FAMILY CAME LAST AND
THE COFFIN WAS OPEN, THE MOTHER
00:20:58.03\00:21:01.13
LUNGED FOR HER SON, AND THE
FAMILY MEMBERS HAD TO PEEL HER
00:21:01.13\00:21:06.23
HANDS OFF HER SON, AND SHE JUST
KEPT CRYING OVER AND OVER, "WE
00:21:06.23\00:21:10.33
LOVED YOU SO MUCH.
00:21:10.33\00:21:11.93
WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH."
00:21:11.93\00:21:14.20
AND YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I
SAY JOHN 3:16, JUST THAT LITTLE
00:21:14.20\00:21:16.60
TWO-LETTER WORD, "SO," TAKES
ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT MEANING.
00:21:16.60\00:21:21.50
IS THERE ANY EARTHLY PARENT THAT
LOVES THEIR CHILD MORE THAN GOD
00:21:21.50\00:21:27.46
LOVED HIS SON?
00:21:27.46\00:21:29.10
BUT HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH,
SO MUCH, THAT HE GAVE HIS SON.
00:21:30.80\00:21:36.80
AND HE DIDN'T JUST COME AND DIE;
HE SUFFERED FOR EVERY SIN THAT
00:21:36.80\00:21:40.86
YOU AND I HAVE EVER COMMITTED
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE
00:21:40.86\00:21:43.60
SAID, "I AM GOING
TO PAY IN ADVANCE.
00:21:43.60\00:21:47.40
I WILL TAKE YOUR SUFFERING IN
ADVANCE FOR EVERY SIN YOU HAVE
00:21:47.40\00:21:50.43
COMMITTED OR EVER WILL COMMIT.
00:21:50.43\00:21:53.90
AND IF YOU REPENT AND CONFESS
AND BELIEVE IN ME, I WILL LOOK
00:21:53.90\00:21:57.23
UPON YOU AS THOUGH
YOU HAVE NEVER SINNED.
00:21:57.23\00:22:00.10
AND YOU CAN HAVE THE GIFT OF
EVERLASTING LIFE IF YOU BELIEVE
00:22:00.10\00:22:02.30
THAT PROMISE OF MINE."
00:22:02.30\00:22:05.30
WOW.
00:22:05.30\00:22:06.60
"YOU MEAN IT'S THAT EASY?
00:22:06.60\00:22:08.06
THAT'S TOO EASY.
00:22:08.06\00:22:09.10
CAN'T BE TRUE."
00:22:09.10\00:22:10.83
JESUS SAID, "AS MOSES LIFTED UP
THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS,
00:22:10.83\00:22:15.23
EVEN SO, THE SON OF
MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP."
00:22:15.23\00:22:17.20
WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT?
00:22:17.20\00:22:18.36
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
00:22:18.36\00:22:20.50
MISBEHAVING IN THE WILDERNESS,
AND GOD WITHDREW HIS PROTECTION,
00:22:20.50\00:22:25.06
AND ALL THESE VENOMOUS SERPENTS
WENT OUT AMONG THE GROUP AND
00:22:25.06\00:22:28.10
BEGAN TO BITE THEM,
AND THEY STARTED DYING.
00:22:28.10\00:22:30.90
AND THEY CRIED OUT TO MOSES AND
GOD TOLD MOSES, "PUT A BRONZE
00:22:30.90\00:22:34.20
SERPENT ON A POLE.
00:22:34.20\00:22:36.00
HOLD IT UP WHERE
EVERYONE CAN SEE IT.
00:22:36.00\00:22:38.50
IF THEY LOOK,
THEY'LL BE HEALED."
00:22:38.50\00:22:42.00
AND SO THEY QUICKLY FASHIONED
THIS BRONZE SERPENT AND THEY PUT
00:22:42.00\00:22:44.26
IT UP ON A SHEPHERD'S STAFF.
00:22:44.26\00:22:45.90
BY THE WAY THAT, REPRESENTS
FOR ANY SHEPHERD A DEAD SNAKE.
00:22:45.90\00:22:50.53
I USED TO -- I LIVED IN A CAVE.
00:22:50.53\00:22:51.86
I HAD A SNAKE STICK.
00:22:51.86\00:22:52.73
I'D KILL A SNAKE.
00:22:52.73\00:22:53.33
YOU DON'T PICK IT
UP WITH YOUR HAND.
00:22:53.33\00:22:54.96
THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND SNAP
AT YOU AFTER YOU THINK THEY'RE
00:22:54.96\00:22:57.03
DEAD.
00:22:57.03\00:22:57.86
PICK IT UP WITH A STICK.
00:22:57.86\00:22:59.13
CARRY IT OFF AND
BURY IT SOMEWHERE.
00:22:59.13\00:23:01.73
SO THAT SERPENT UP ON A POLE
MEANT A DEFEATED SERPENT, THAT
00:23:01.73\00:23:05.73
JESUS' DYING ON THE
CROSS DEFEATED THE DEVIL.
00:23:05.73\00:23:09.30
AND THEN THE WORD WENT
OUT THROUGHOUT THE CAMP.
00:23:09.30\00:23:11.63
"IF WE LOOK AT THE BRONZE
SERPENT ON THE STICK, WE'LL BE
00:23:11.63\00:23:14.16
HEALED."
00:23:14.16\00:23:15.03
WELL, THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE IN
AGONY AND THEY'RE SUFFERING AND
00:23:15.03\00:23:17.10
THEY SEE THE WOUNDS FROM
THE SNAKES AND THEY SAID, "AH,
00:23:17.10\00:23:19.76
THAT'S RIDICULOUS."
00:23:19.76\00:23:21.53
AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK.
00:23:21.53\00:23:23.33
TOO EASY.
00:23:23.33\00:23:25.33
JESUS SAID, "LOOK AND LIVE."
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.90
HE SAYS TO YOU AND
ME, "BELIEVE AND LIVE."
00:23:28.90\00:23:32.10
IF YOU BELIEVE -- BY THE
WAY, BELIEVE MEANS TO "BE
00:23:32.10\00:23:35.33
LIVE."
00:23:35.33\00:23:36.16
YOU "BE LIVE" IN HIM.
00:23:36.16\00:23:38.46
HE SAYS THAT HE FORGIVES ALL OF
YOUR SINS AND HE WILL GIVE YOU A
00:23:38.46\00:23:42.20
GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:23:42.20\00:23:44.03
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH.
00:23:44.03\00:23:46.03
DON'T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
00:23:46.03\00:23:47.30
A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE GO AROUND AFRAID.
00:23:47.30\00:23:50.23
AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROMISE.
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.43
NEXT QUESTION:
00:23:52.43\00:23:53.90
THE ANSWER: MATTHEW 1:21.
00:24:02.73\00:24:06.23
YOU KNOW THIS, THE
ANGEL IS SPEAKING TO MARY.
00:24:06.23\00:24:08.70
NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY HE WOULD
SAVE THEM IN THEIR SINS; HE
00:24:16.70\00:24:19.93
WOULD SAVE THEM FROM THEIR SINS.
00:24:19.93\00:24:22.66
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THAT GOD CAN SAVE YOU FROM SIN?
00:24:22.66\00:24:27.36
YOU KNOW, I GOT A LONG WAY TO
GO, BUT PRAISE THE LORD, THOUGH
00:24:27.36\00:24:32.73
I'M NOT WHAT I SHOULD BE,
I'M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE.
00:24:32.73\00:24:36.10
WHEN GOD FOUND ME, I WAS
RUNNING AROUND, NAKED UP IN THE
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.93
MOUNTAINS, DRINKING AND SMOKING
AND CURSING AND LYING, AND USING
00:24:38.93\00:24:42.36
DRUGS AND STEALING, AND JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK
00:24:42.36\00:24:45.73
OF.
00:24:45.73\00:24:46.50
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR
HAPPINESS OR FUN OR EXCITEMENT.
00:24:46.50\00:24:49.76
I WAS MISERABLE, AND THE LORD
CAME INTO MY LIFE AND HE CHANGED
00:24:49.76\00:24:53.93
ME.
00:24:53.93\00:24:54.63
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME,
"OH WELL HE SAVES YOU, BUT HE
00:24:54.63\00:24:57.73
DOESN'T EXPECT YOU TO CHANGE."
00:24:57.73\00:24:58.90
YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY
UNLESS HE CHANGES YOU.
00:24:58.90\00:25:02.50
YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE
STILL ADDICTED TO THIS THING
00:25:02.50\00:25:05.13
CALLED SIN.
00:25:05.13\00:25:06.86
SEE, I'VE GOT A THEORY.
00:25:06.86\00:25:08.46
I HAVE A THEORY THAT EVERYBODY
IS DESIGNED BY GOD TO BE
00:25:08.46\00:25:13.53
ADDICTED.
00:25:13.53\00:25:15.40
WE WERE CREATED TO BE ADDICTED.
00:25:15.40\00:25:17.40
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU ARE ADDICTED?
00:25:17.40\00:25:19.03
SOME PEOPLE ARE
ADDICTED TO FOOD...
00:25:19.03\00:25:23.16
AND THEY'LL PLAN THEIR DAY
ON WHERE THEY'VE STASHED THEIR
00:25:23.16\00:25:27.06
FOOD.
00:25:27.06\00:25:28.56
AND IT'S LIKE THEY LIVE --
INSTEAD OF EATING TO LIVE, THEY
00:25:28.56\00:25:32.30
LIVE TO EAT.
00:25:32.30\00:25:34.46
AND IT'S LIKE --
IT'S AN ADDICTION.
00:25:34.46\00:25:36.70
SOME PEOPLE, THEY PLAN
THEIR LIVES AROUND THEIR WORK.
00:25:36.70\00:25:38.73
I'VE BEEN
ACCUSED OF THAT BEFORE.
00:25:38.73\00:25:40.06
BEING WORKAHOLICS.
00:25:40.06\00:25:41.26
THEY'RE ADDICTED TO THAT.
00:25:41.26\00:25:42.20
SIMILAR TO DRUGS.
00:25:42.20\00:25:43.13
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE
GONNA GET THEIR NEXT FIX.
00:25:43.13\00:25:44.86
PEOPLE -- MY
FATHER STRUGGLED WITH
00:25:44.86\00:25:46.63
ALCOHOL.
00:25:46.63\00:25:47.43
EVERY TIME HE MADE A DECISION
ABOUT WHERE HE WAS GOING, WHAT
00:25:47.43\00:25:49.70
HOTEL HE'D STAY IN, HE'S
SAY, "DO THEY HAVE A BAR?"
00:25:49.70\00:25:53.53
HE'D PLAN HIS MEALS AROUND --
WE'D GO OUT TO DINNER, BUT THEY
00:25:53.53\00:25:56.43
ALWAYS HAD TO BE A
PLACE THAT SERVED ALCOHOL.
00:25:56.43\00:25:58.73
IT CONTROLLED HIS LIFE.
00:25:58.73\00:26:00.80
WELL, GOD CREATED US
TO BE ADDICTED TO HIM.
00:26:00.80\00:26:04.90
WELL, WE SAID,
"WILL JESUS BE HERE?
00:26:04.90\00:26:06.16
WILL JESUS BE THERE?
00:26:06.16\00:26:07.00
I'VE GOT TO BE WITH GOD.
00:26:07.00\00:26:07.90
I LOVE GOD.
00:26:07.90\00:26:08.50
I CRAVE GOD.
00:26:08.50\00:26:09.33
I THINK ABOUT GOD."
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.80
AND IF YOU'RE NOT ADDICTED TO
GOD, I'M GONNA PROMISE YOU RIGHT
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.70
NOW YOU JUST NEED TO ASK
THE QUESTION, "WHAT IS YOUR
00:26:13.70\00:26:16.60
ADDICTION?"
00:26:16.60\00:26:17.46
BECAUSE YOU'RE
ADDICTED TO OTHER THINGS.
00:26:17.46\00:26:19.43
MIGHT BE ONE BIG
THING OR SEVERAL THINGS.
00:26:19.43\00:26:20.83
USUALLY SEVERAL THINGS.
00:26:20.83\00:26:22.10
IT MIGHT BE SHOPPING,
COULD BE FOOD, COULD BE ALCOHOL,
00:26:22.10\00:26:26.46
COULD BE DRUGS, COULD BE SEX.
00:26:26.46\00:26:28.63
ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF ADDICTIONS OUT THERE.
00:26:28.63\00:26:30.60
IF JESUS IS NOT THE CENTER
OF YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU'RE JUST
00:26:30.60\00:26:34.80
BEING CONTROLLED BY SOMETHING
ELSE AND YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY.
00:26:34.80\00:26:37.80
AND THAT'S WHAT HE CAME TO
GIVE YOU, IS ABUNDANT LIFE...
00:26:39.00\00:26:41.53
TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
00:26:41.53\00:26:43.33
WHY?
00:26:43.33\00:26:44.26
ROMANS 6:23.
00:26:44.26\00:26:46.23
WHY?
00:26:46.23\00:26:47.63
"BECAUSE THE WAGES, THE PENALTY,
THE REWARD FOR SIN IS DEATH."
00:26:47.63\00:26:52.76
NOW, DO YOU THINK
GOD IS BEING SEVERE?
00:26:52.76\00:26:55.00
I MEAN, "SIN, IS IT THAT BAD?"
00:26:55.00\00:26:57.30
YEAH, FRIENDS, SIN IS DEADLY.
00:26:57.30\00:27:01.23
IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT...
00:27:01.23\00:27:04.36
YOU LIVE ON A DESERTED
ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
00:27:04.36\00:27:09.13
BEAUTIFUL,
LUSH, TROPICAL ISLAND.
00:27:09.13\00:27:11.10
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
FOUND HAWAII BEFORE CAPTAIN
00:27:11.10\00:27:12.93
COOK FOUND IT,
WHEN IT WAS JUST...
00:27:12.93\00:27:16.13
MAYBE EVEN BEFORE
THE LIONS FOUND IT.
00:27:16.13\00:27:17.80
I'M GREEDY.
00:27:17.80\00:27:19.40
A PARADISE, UNSPOILED...
00:27:19.40\00:27:22.06
FRUIT FALLING OUT OF
THE TREES EVERYWHERE.
00:27:22.06\00:27:25.36
YOU KNOW, IN SOME PLACES IN
HAWAII, WHEN YOU DRIVE, YOU MAKE
00:27:25.36\00:27:27.76
GUACAMOLE BECAUSE THERE'S
JUST AVOCADOS LAYING IN THE ROAD
00:27:27.76\00:27:30.20
EVERYWHERE.
00:27:30.20\00:27:31.23
[LAUGHTER] I LOVE AVOCADOS.
00:27:31.23\00:27:35.03
AND YOU LIVE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
PARADISE ISLAND AND YOU AND YOUR
00:27:35.03\00:27:39.23
BEAUTIFUL SPOUSE THAT YOU LOVE,
AND HE OR SHE LOVES YOU, AND YOU
00:27:39.23\00:27:43.03
GOT TEN CHILDREN, AND IT'S
PARADISE, AND YOU'RE HAPPY.
00:27:43.03\00:27:45.80
AND YOU ALL GET
ALONG; AND YOU'RE ALL NICE.
00:27:45.80\00:27:47.73
NO FIGHTING.
00:27:47.73\00:27:48.66
IF YOU CAN BE HAPPY
WITH TEN CHILDREN, RIGHT?
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.86
[LAUGHTER] AND THEN,
FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE
00:27:50.86\00:27:54.60
REASON, ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN
SUDDENLY CONTRACTS A DEADLY,
00:27:54.60\00:28:00.66
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT CREATES
A LONG, SLOW, PAINFUL, DEADLY
00:28:00.66\00:28:08.33
PROCESS: AGONIZING DEATH.
00:28:08.33\00:28:10.86
AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO
SEPARATE THAT CHILD FROM ALL THE
00:28:12.46\00:28:15.13
OTHER CHILDREN BECAUSE WITHIN
TWO OR THREE DAYS, THEY'LL
00:28:15.13\00:28:18.40
BECOME CONTAMINATED.
00:28:18.40\00:28:19.66
AND YOU'RE ON A SMALL ISLAND.
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.36
AND YOU REALIZE THAT THERE
IS NO WAY TO ISOLATE THIS CHILD,
00:28:21.36\00:28:26.10
EXCEPT TO PUSH THEM OUT TO SEA
TO SAVE THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
00:28:26.10\00:28:33.10
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
00:28:33.10\00:28:35.00
THAT'D BE A TOUGH DECISION.
00:28:35.00\00:28:37.16
GOD'S BEEN FACED WITH THAT.
00:28:37.16\00:28:39.16
THIS PLANET OF OURS IS SORT
OF QUARANTINED FROM THE UNIVERSE
00:28:39.16\00:28:42.06
BECAUSE OF SIN.
00:28:42.06\00:28:46.00
BUT THE LORD, HE CAME INTO THE
WORLD TO SAVE HIS LOST SHEEP,
00:28:46.00\00:28:51.23
TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS,
TO TAKE OUR DISEASE, TO TRADE
00:28:51.23\00:28:54.70
PLACES WITH US.
00:28:54.70\00:28:55.96
MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW
THE FIRST MIRACLE THAT JESUS
00:28:55.96\00:28:58.80
PERFORMED, HE TURNED
WATER INTO GRAPE JUICE.
00:28:58.80\00:29:03.76
THEY CALL IT WINE;
IT'S THE SAME WORD.
00:29:03.76\00:29:05.20
PURE GRAPE JUICE.
00:29:05.20\00:29:06.56
THE LAST THING THAT JESUS DID
IS, WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS,
00:29:06.56\00:29:10.26
THEY GAVE HIM SOUR WINE.
00:29:10.26\00:29:13.00
THEN HE DIED.
00:29:13.00\00:29:14.73
WINE IN THE
BIBLE REPRESENTS BLOOD.
00:29:14.73\00:29:17.43
REMEMBER AT THE LAST SUPPER
-- YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS.
00:29:17.43\00:29:19.13
HE SAID, "TAKE THIS DRINK.
00:29:19.13\00:29:20.03
IT'S A SYMBOL OF THE
BLOOD OF MY COVENANT."
00:29:20.03\00:29:24.03
JESUS CAME TO GIVE
US A BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
00:29:24.03\00:29:28.13
HE SAID, "I WILL TAKE
YOUR SIN AND I WILL GIVE YOU MY
00:29:28.13\00:29:31.30
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:29:31.30\00:29:32.00
I'LL TAKE YOUR DISEASE
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY POWER."
00:29:32.00\00:29:35.80
AND HE'S OFFERING TO DO THIS AS
A GIFT IF WE ASK AND WE BELIEVE.
00:29:35.80\00:29:39.86
NEXT QUESTION.
00:29:39.86\00:29:41.66
ANSWER: 1 JOHN 3:4.
00:29:48.43\00:29:52.03
SIN IS... IT'S DIRTY.
00:30:01.76\00:30:04.00
IT'S A DISEASE.
00:30:04.00\00:30:05.43
IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.03
IT'S... IF I WAS TO SUMMARIZE
GOD IN ONE WORD, WHAT ONE WORD
00:30:07.03\00:30:09.33
WOULD I USE?
00:30:09.33\00:30:11.26
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
00:30:11.26\00:30:12.43
GOD IS LOVE.
00:30:12.43\00:30:15.10
THE OPPOSITE OF THAT
IS, SIN IS SELFISHNESS.
00:30:15.10\00:30:19.10
AND YOU KNOW, SELFISHNESS, IF
YOU LIVE FOR YOURSELF, YOU WILL
00:30:19.10\00:30:21.93
SELF-DESTRUCT.
00:30:21.93\00:30:23.90
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT KING SAUL
IN THE BIBLE WHO GRIEVED AWAY
00:30:23.90\00:30:26.70
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND WHAT DID HE DO?
00:30:26.70\00:30:28.46
HE FELL ON HIS OWN SWORD.
00:30:28.46\00:30:31.16
TALKS ABOUT JUDAS WHO
GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:30:31.16\00:30:35.56
IT SAYS SATAN ENTERED HIM
AND HE WENT OUT -- IT WAS NIGHT.
00:30:35.56\00:30:38.40
AND WHAT DID HE DO?
00:30:38.40\00:30:40.46
HE WENT OUT AND HUNG HIMSELF.
00:30:40.46\00:30:42.06
SIN WILL MAKE YOU SELF-DESTRUCT.
00:30:43.73\00:30:46.63
UNLESS YOU LIVE BECAUSE OF LOVE
FOR GOD AND LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW
00:30:46.63\00:30:50.66
MAN.
00:30:50.66\00:30:51.83
IF YOU LIVE FOR LOVE FOR
YOURSELF FIRST, YOU WILL SLOWLY
00:30:51.83\00:30:55.56
IMPLODE OVER THE
COURSE OF YOUR LIFE.
00:30:55.56\00:30:57.30
I'VE JUST SEEN IT
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
00:30:57.30\00:30:59.13
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
00:30:59.13\00:31:00.23
"WHOEVER WILL TAKE UP THEIR
CROSS AND FOLLOW ME, HE WILL
00:31:00.23\00:31:02.93
FIND HIS LIFE."
00:31:02.93\00:31:03.93
IF YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE FOR
CHRIST, NOW YOU SAY, "I'M GONNA
00:31:03.93\00:31:06.00
LET GO.
00:31:06.00\00:31:06.66
I'M GONNA SAY, 'LORD YOU'RE IN
CHARGE OF MY LIFE,'" ESPECIALLY
00:31:06.66\00:31:10.26
YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT COLLEGE, AND
00:31:10.26\00:31:13.63
YOUR FUTURE, AND WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO AND WHAT YOU WANT TO BE,
00:31:13.63\00:31:16.93
I HOPE YOU'RE ASKING GOD WHAT
HIS PLAN IS FOR YOU, BECAUSE
00:31:16.93\00:31:19.86
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND THE GREATEST HAPPINESS.
00:31:19.86\00:31:23.00
IT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA
FIND THE GREATEST FULFILLMENT.
00:31:23.00\00:31:26.13
A MAN LIVING IN
SCOTLAND HAD TWO BOYS.
00:31:26.13\00:31:29.13
ONE WAS DAVID, ONE WAS JOHN.
00:31:29.13\00:31:31.70
ONE BOY, JOHN, SAID, "I WANT TO
MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS I CAN TO
00:31:31.70\00:31:36.43
BE RICH AND BE
COMFORTABLE AND BE FAMOUS."
00:31:36.43\00:31:40.86
HIS BROTHER, DAVID, HE
SAID, "I WANT TO SERVE GOD."
00:31:40.86\00:31:43.63
HE GOT ON HIS KNEES, HE SAID,
"LORD, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR MY
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.73
LIFE?
00:31:45.73\00:31:46.13
I'LL DO AND GO
WHEREVER YOU WANT ME TO GO.
00:31:46.13\00:31:48.93
WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO BE."
00:31:48.93\00:31:51.40
WELL, THE YOUNG
BROTHER ENDED UP POOR.
00:31:51.40\00:31:55.83
THE OLDER BROTHER ENDED UP RICH.
00:31:55.83\00:31:59.10
IF YOU LOOK IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA,
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
00:31:59.10\00:32:02.53
FIND ABOUT THE
RICH, OLDER BROTHER?
00:32:02.53\00:32:04.33
JOHN LIVINGSTON?
00:32:04.33\00:32:05.80
IT SIMPLY SAYS, "JOHN
LIVINGSTON, BROTHER OF DAVID
00:32:05.80\00:32:08.36
LIVINGSTON."
00:32:08.36\00:32:10.13
DAVID LIVINGSTON, WHO
SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO CHRIST,
00:32:10.13\00:32:13.96
BIG SECTIONS IN
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.00
CHANGED A CONTINENT, CHANGED
HISTORY, OPENED UP MISSIONS, IS
00:32:16.00\00:32:19.23
BURIED IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY AND HAD GREAT FULFILLMENT.
00:32:19.23\00:32:22.93
YOU CAN READ HIS DIARY.
00:32:22.93\00:32:25.23
YOU CAN LIVE FOR
YOURSELF; YOU'LL SELF-DESTRUCT.
00:32:25.23\00:32:28.23
OR YOU CAN LIVE FOR CHRIST.
00:32:28.23\00:32:29.86
YEAH, THERE'S TRIALS IN LIFE.
00:32:29.86\00:32:32.13
THERE'S TRIALS
IF YOU FOLLOW JESUS.
00:32:32.16\00:32:33.96
THERE'S CHALLENGES.
00:32:33.96\00:32:34.60
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:32:34.60\00:32:35.40
THERE'S TRIALS IF YOU DON'T.
00:32:35.40\00:32:36.93
A LOT MORE.
00:32:36.93\00:32:38.46
CHRIST SAID, "IF YOU FOLLOW ME,
00:32:38.46\00:32:40.40
TAKE YOUR YOKE, PAIR UP, TEAM
UP WITH ME, BECAUSE MY BURDEN IS
00:32:40.43\00:32:44.56
EASY.
00:32:44.56\00:32:45.06
MY YOKE IS EASY.
00:32:45.06\00:32:46.00
MY BURDEN IS LIGHT."
00:32:46.00\00:32:47.90
SO YEAH,
THERE'S TROUBLE IN LIFE.
00:32:47.90\00:32:50.40
BUT IT'S A LOT
EASIER TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:32:50.40\00:32:53.23
THERE'S TRIBULATION.
00:32:53.23\00:32:54.36
JESUS SAID, "BE OF GOOD CHEER.
00:32:54.36\00:32:55.50
CHEER UP.
00:32:55.50\00:32:56.23
I'VE OVERCOME THE WORLD,"
AND YOU FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.
00:32:56.23\00:33:00.23
IT'S SO MUCH
BETTER TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:33:00.23\00:33:03.13
WELL, THEY'RE TELLING ME NOW,
TEXT QUESTION CAME IN THAT THE
00:33:03.13\00:33:06.20
TRUCK -- AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THESE ARE UNTIL I GET THEM.
00:33:06.20\00:33:08.63
AND THIS IS FROM
NEOSHO IN WISCONSIN?
00:33:13.46\00:33:18.03
WELL, WHEN YOU READ IN
REVELATION, WE KNOW THAT THE
00:33:23.50\00:33:26.16
144,000 ARE JUST A
SAMPLING OF THE LEADERSHIP.
00:33:26.16\00:33:29.73
JUST LIKE THERE WERE 12 APOSTLES
AND THEN A GREAT MULTITUDE WAS
00:33:29.73\00:33:32.63
BAPTIZED AFTER PENTECOST.
00:33:32.63\00:33:34.56
144,000 IS SORT OF LIKE THE LAST
DAY APOSTLES AND THERE'S A GREAT
00:33:34.56\00:33:38.36
MULTITUDE BEYOND THAT.
00:33:38.36\00:33:39.76
MATTER OF FACT, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"IT'S A GREAT MULTITUDE THAT NO
00:33:39.76\00:33:42.06
MAN CAN NUMBER," SO I
CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.
00:33:42.06\00:33:44.53
BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU?
00:33:44.53\00:33:45.93
THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR YOU.
00:33:45.93\00:33:48.46
HEY, I HEARD AN AMAZING
FACT THIS WEEK, COMING HERE.
00:33:48.46\00:33:50.76
I WAS SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY
AND I LANDED AT THE DALLAS
00:33:50.76\00:33:54.56
AIRPORT.
00:33:54.56\00:33:55.63
AND WE TAXIED AND TAXIED AND
TAXIED, WAITING TO GET TO THE
00:33:55.63\00:33:58.86
GATE.
00:33:58.86\00:33:59.66
AND HE SAID TO ME, "OH
YEAH, I COME IN HERE A LOT."
00:33:59.66\00:34:02.16
HE SAID, "DO YOU REALIZE THAT
THE D.F.W. AIRPORT IS BIGGER
00:34:02.16\00:34:05.16
THAN MANHATTAN?"
00:34:05.16\00:34:07.90
YOU KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE LIVE IN MANHATTAN?
00:34:07.90\00:34:10.50
YOU KNOW HOW BIG
THE NEW JERUSALEM IS?
00:34:10.50\00:34:13.16
375 MILES SQUARE.
00:34:13.16\00:34:16.00
WHICH MEANS, IF YOU'RE NOT
THERE, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE
00:34:16.00\00:34:18.60
ISN'T ROOM.
00:34:18.60\00:34:19.93
IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, IT'S
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ROOM IN
00:34:19.93\00:34:21.93
YOUR HEART.
00:34:21.93\00:34:22.96
BUT GOD'S GOT ROOM FOR YOU.
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.36
GOOD QUESTION.
00:34:24.36\00:34:25.06
ALL RIGHT.
00:34:25.06\00:34:25.90
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR
NEXT QUESTION IN OUR LESSON.
00:34:25.90\00:34:27.93
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR:
00:34:27.93\00:34:29.60
YEAH, WHY DOESN'T GOD, IF
HE WANTS TO MAKE US HAPPY, JUST
00:34:37.83\00:34:39.80
GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE NOW?
00:34:39.80\00:34:41.10
SO WE COULD LIVE FOREVER LIKE
PONCE DE LEON, JUST DOING OUR
00:34:41.10\00:34:43.43
OWN THING?
00:34:43.43\00:34:45.76
ANSWER?
00:34:45.76\00:34:46.86
PSALM 31:9-10.
00:34:46.86\00:34:49.66
KING DAVID WROTE:
00:34:49.66\00:34:51.06
WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF PEOPLE
IN THIS WORLD, WITH ALL THE SIN
00:35:10.60\00:35:13.76
AND ALL THE SUFFERING?
00:35:13.76\00:35:15.03
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO
LIVE FOREVER LIKE THIS?
00:35:15.03\00:35:19.23
YOU KNOW, THE OLDER PEOPLE
GET -- MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE
00:35:19.23\00:35:21.83
COME BACK FROM THIS PROGRAM,
WE'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO
00:35:21.83\00:35:24.10
KAREN'S GRANDPARENTS.
00:35:24.10\00:35:26.30
GRANDPA'S GONNA
BE 100 YEARS OLD.
00:35:26.30\00:35:28.53
AND YOU KNOW WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS?
00:35:28.53\00:35:29.53
I VISIT WITH PEOPLE THAT GET
TO BE 100, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:35:29.53\00:35:32.23
ARE THEY SAYING, "BOY, I
CAN'T WAIT TO REACH 200"?
00:35:32.23\00:35:35.96
YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY END UP SAYING?
00:35:35.96\00:35:37.20
"I'M TIRED."
00:35:37.20\00:35:39.50
IT'S TRUE.
00:35:39.50\00:35:41.16
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER
IN THIS LIFE, WITH THESE BODIES?
00:35:42.40\00:35:45.56
OR DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER
IN A WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE
00:35:45.56\00:35:47.96
ETERNAL YOUTH AND ENERGY AND
VIGOR AND YOU COULD JUST SOAR TO
00:35:47.96\00:35:53.06
OTHER PLANETS.
00:35:53.06\00:35:54.96
QUESTION NUMBER FIVE:
00:35:54.96\00:35:56.70
NO, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
00:36:03.00\00:36:06.26
YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE
READ IN GENESIS 1:27:
00:36:06.26\00:36:09.50
NOW, WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND EVE
IN THE BEGINNING, WAS THERE ANY
00:36:20.83\00:36:23.20
SIN?
00:36:23.20\00:36:24.26
IN PARADISE?
00:36:24.26\00:36:25.56
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.
00:36:25.56\00:36:27.16
THEY WERE PERFECTLY
HOLY, PERFECTLY HAPPY.
00:36:27.16\00:36:29.83
DID ADAM
STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION?
00:36:29.83\00:36:32.26
"OH, I BETTER NOT
EAT ANOTHER GUAVA.
00:36:32.26\00:36:34.43
OH, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF."
00:36:34.43\00:36:35.60
WAS HE HAVING PROBLEMS
LIKE THAT IN THE GARDEN?
00:36:35.60\00:36:38.03
NO.
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.43
HIS NATURE WAS
PERFECTLY IN HARMONY WITH GOD.
00:36:39.43\00:36:41.96
HE WAS MOTIVATED BY LOVE.
00:36:41.96\00:36:43.83
GOD WAS THE MIDDLE OF HIS LIFE.
00:36:43.83\00:36:45.56
BUT YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE
SIN AND SUFFERING CAME FROM?
00:36:45.56\00:36:48.33
WHEN THEY BEGAN TO DOUBT GOD.
00:36:48.33\00:36:50.86
SIN WAS NOT A PART
OF GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN.
00:36:50.86\00:36:53.86
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
00:36:53.86\00:36:56.03
HEAVEN, YOU HAVE TO GO
BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
00:36:56.03\00:36:59.10
IN THE BEGINNING,
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.
00:36:59.10\00:37:01.23
THE BIBLE SAYS IT WAS
GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD.
00:37:01.23\00:37:06.06
AND HOW IS IT
GOING TO BE IN THE END?
00:37:06.06\00:37:08.43
ONCE AGAIN, GOD WANTS TO MAKE
THINGS GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD.
00:37:08.43\00:37:10.86
WHAT BROUGHT IN THE PROBLEM?
00:37:10.86\00:37:13.46
A THREE-LETTER WORD, AND
THE MIDDLE OF THAT THREE LETTER
00:37:13.46\00:37:16.60
WORD, S-I-N, YOU GOT "I."
00:37:16.60\00:37:19.06
THE DEVIL, BY THE
WAY, HAS "I" PROBLEMS.
00:37:20.60\00:37:23.46
YOU READ ABOUT SATAN, HE SAYS,
"I WANT TO BE LIKE THE MOST
00:37:23.46\00:37:25.90
HIGH.
00:37:25.90\00:37:26.56
I WILL EXALT MY THRONE.
00:37:26.56\00:37:28.53
I, I, I, I, I."
00:37:28.53\00:37:30.43
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY CRAZY PEOPLE
USE THE WORDS "I," "ME," "MY,"
00:37:30.43\00:37:35.83
"MINE," AND "MYSELF" TEN
TIMES MORE THAN PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:37:35.83\00:37:38.63
CONSIDERED SANE.
00:37:38.63\00:37:40.26
IT MAKES ME WORRIED BECAUSE
I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH I THINK
00:37:40.26\00:37:42.23
ABOUT MYSELF, I THOUGHT,
"MAYBE I'M PART CRAZY TOO."
00:37:42.23\00:37:44.90
SIN IS A FORM OF INSANITY.
00:37:44.90\00:37:48.20
IT REALLY IS.
00:37:48.20\00:37:50.30
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
00:37:50.30\00:37:51.13
MOSES, BEFORE HE DIED, HE SAID
TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, HE
00:37:51.13\00:37:54.00
SAID, "I AM SETTING BEFORE
YOU THIS DAY TWO GREAT OPTIONS.
00:37:54.00\00:37:58.10
ON ONE HAND, I'VE GOT
LIFE AND GOOD AND BLESSING.
00:37:58.10\00:38:01.93
ON THE OTHER HAND, I'VE
GOT DEATH AND EVIL AND CURSING.
00:38:01.93\00:38:04.90
WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT?"
00:38:04.90\00:38:06.86
NOW WHO WOULD BE IN THEIR RIGHT
MIND THAT SAYS, "LET ME THINK
00:38:06.86\00:38:09.43
ABOUT THIS.
00:38:09.43\00:38:10.73
I DON'T KNOW.
00:38:10.73\00:38:11.73
LIFE, GOOD, BLESSING...
00:38:11.73\00:38:12.66
DEATH, EVIL, CURSING.
00:38:12.66\00:38:13.80
AH, THE DEATH, EVIL,
CURSING SOUNDS INTERESTING."
00:38:13.80\00:38:17.56
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHAT PEOPLE DO ALL THE TIME.
00:38:17.56\00:38:19.43
HE REALLY SAID IT
WITH A SENSE OF IRONY.
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.56
IT SAYS, "IF YOU LOVE AND
OBEY GOD: LIFE, GOOD, BLESSING.
00:38:21.56\00:38:26.40
YOU TURN FROM GOD AND LIVE FOR
YOURSELF: DEATH, EVIL, CURSING."
00:38:26.40\00:38:30.63
THESE ARE THE ONLY
CHOICES THAT ANYBODY REALLY HAS.
00:38:30.63\00:38:34.33
AND EVERY DAY WE'RE MAKING
CHOICES, "AM I GOING TO LIVE FOR
00:38:34.33\00:38:36.06
MYSELF, SELF-DESTRUCT, UNHAPPY?
00:38:36.06\00:38:39.43
OR AM I GONNA LIVE FOR GOD?"
00:38:39.43\00:38:41.03
"LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
00:38:41.03\00:38:42.90
YOURSELF.
00:38:42.90\00:38:43.36
THAT IS THE KEY
TO REAL HAPPINESS.
00:38:43.36\00:38:45.16
BUT YOU CAN'T DO
IT WITHOUT A MIRACLE.
00:38:45.16\00:38:48.13
YOU KNOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY
PAUSE AT THIS POINT AND EXPLAIN
00:38:48.13\00:38:51.60
THIS.
00:38:51.60\00:38:52.23
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO HAVE VICTORY OVER SIN...
00:38:52.23\00:38:56.80
WITHOUT A MIRACLE.
00:38:56.80\00:38:58.93
THE LORD HAS TO DO SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE IN YOUR HEART THROUGH
00:38:58.93\00:39:02.16
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:39:02.16\00:39:02.86
IT SAYS, "HE
CREATES A NEW HEART IN YOU."
00:39:02.86\00:39:05.80
ONE DAY THE DISCIPLES WERE
TOLD BY JESUS TO CROSS AN OCEAN.
00:39:05.80\00:39:09.10
AND THEY SAID, "OKAY, LORD."
00:39:09.10\00:39:12.26
HE SAID, "I'LL
CATCH UP WITH YOU."
00:39:12.26\00:39:13.66
THEY DIDN'T KNOW
HOW, BUT THEY TRUSTED HIM.
00:39:13.66\00:39:15.06
SO THEY TOOK OFF ACROSS THE SEA.
00:39:15.06\00:39:16.93
PARTWAY ACROSS, THEY GOT
ENVELOPED IN A TERRIBLE STORM.
00:39:16.93\00:39:20.73
THEY THOUGHT
THEY WERE GONNA DIE.
00:39:20.73\00:39:22.50
AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL
THAT, THEY SAW THIS APPARITION
00:39:22.50\00:39:25.46
GLOWING, WALKING TOWARDS THEM
ON THE DARK WAVES, ON THE WATER.
00:39:25.46\00:39:28.56
AND THEY'RE OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA.
00:39:28.56\00:39:30.66
FIRST THEY SCREAM IN TERROR, AND
JESUS SAID, "DON'T BE AFRAID.
00:39:30.66\00:39:32.93
IT'S ME!"
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.46
THEN PETER, WHO WAS ALWAYS VERY
ADVENTUROUS, HE SAID, "LORD,
00:39:34.46\00:39:38.16
THAT LOOKS PRETTY COOL."
00:39:38.16\00:39:39.66
I'M PARAPHRASING.
00:39:39.66\00:39:42.30
"I'D LIKE TO WALK ON THE WATER.
00:39:42.30\00:39:43.93
HOW ARE YOU DOING IT?
00:39:43.93\00:39:44.70
IF IT'S YOU, THEN INVITE ME
TO WALK TO YOU ON THE WATER AND
00:39:44.70\00:39:48.16
I'LL ESCORT YOU
BACK TO THE BOAT."
00:39:48.16\00:39:50.23
JESUS SAID, "COME."
00:39:50.23\00:39:51.53
ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS ASK!
00:39:51.53\00:39:54.16
PETER GOT OUT OF THE BOAT, AND
HE FELT SOMETHING FIRM BENEATH
00:39:54.16\00:39:56.76
HIS FEET, YOU KNOW, STORM'S
GOING ON, HE THOUGHT, "I'D
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.36
BETTER KEEP MY EYES ON JESUS."
00:39:59.36\00:40:00.26
SO AS HE'S WALKING
TOWARDS JESUS, HE IS DOING THE
00:40:00.26\00:40:05.03
IMPOSSIBLE.
00:40:05.03\00:40:06.16
BECAUSE HE HAS HIS EYES
ON JESUS, HE IS DOING THE
00:40:06.16\00:40:09.16
IMPOSSIBLE.
00:40:09.16\00:40:11.10
THEN HE PROBABLY WAS THINKING,
"HEY, I HOPE THESE GUYS ARE
00:40:11.10\00:40:14.03
GETTING THIS ON THEIR iPHONES.
00:40:14.03\00:40:16.06
NO ONE'S GONNA
EVER BELIEVE THIS.
00:40:16.06\00:40:17.46
YOU GUYS CATCHING THIS?"
00:40:17.46\00:40:18.93
AND HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS.
00:40:18.93\00:40:21.06
AND THEN HE LOOKED AROUND,
HE SAW THE WAVES AND HE SAW THE
00:40:21.06\00:40:23.83
ENORMITY OF THE SEA, AND
HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA GET
00:40:23.83\00:40:26.96
SWALLOWED UP IN THE
YAWS [SIC] OF THE ABYSS.
00:40:26.96\00:40:30.03
AND HIS FEET BEGAN TO SINK,
BECAUSE HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF
00:40:30.03\00:40:32.90
JESUS.
00:40:32.90\00:40:33.66
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
00:40:33.66\00:40:34.93
HE STARTED TO SINK WHEN
HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS.
00:40:34.93\00:40:37.70
THEN HE CAME BACK TO HIS SENSES.
00:40:37.70\00:40:39.20
HE LOOKED BACK AT JESUS AND
SAID... SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.23
BIBLE, BUT IT WORKS.
00:40:42.23\00:40:44.06
"LORD, SAVE ME."
00:40:44.06\00:40:47.23
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WORKS
IN CASE YOU EVER NEED IT, LIKE
00:40:47.23\00:40:49.20
DRIVING, SEMI
COMING TOWARDS YOU...
00:40:49.20\00:40:52.16
IN A TUNNEL...
00:40:52.16\00:40:53.20
RED MIATA...
00:40:53.20\00:40:54.16
REMEMBER?
00:40:54.16\00:40:54.86
"LORD, SAVE ME."
00:40:54.86\00:40:56.53
[SNAPS FINGERS]
WHAT DID JESUS DO?
00:40:56.53\00:40:58.50
HE WENT TO HIM RIGHT AWAY AND HE
TOOK HIM BY THE HAND, PICKED HIM
00:40:58.50\00:41:01.93
UP AGAIN.
00:41:01.93\00:41:03.03
IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES
FIXED ON JESUS, YOU CAN DO THE
00:41:03.03\00:41:06.06
IMPOSSIBLE.
00:41:06.06\00:41:07.50
THAT'S THE KEY.
00:41:07.50\00:41:08.46
IT SAYS, "WHEN YOU'RE A
CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE RUNNING A
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.20
RACE."
00:41:10.20\00:41:11.13
AND IT SAYS, "WE RUN THAT
RACE BY LAYING ASIDE EVERY SIN,
00:41:11.13\00:41:15.03
LAYING ASIDE THE WEIGHTS THAT
BESET US AND RUN THE RACE FIXING
00:41:15.03\00:41:18.63
OUR EYES, LOOKING UNTO JESUS.
00:41:18.63\00:41:20.60
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS."
00:41:20.60\00:41:23.56
I HEARD ABOUT A MAN ONE TIME
THAT, HE WAS WALKING HOME FROM
00:41:23.56\00:41:27.20
WORK AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME,
SOME THREE BOYS WERE WALKING
00:41:27.20\00:41:29.73
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
00:41:29.73\00:41:31.66
AND THEY NOTICED THAT IT HAD
SNOWED AND THERE WAS FRESH SNOW
00:41:31.66\00:41:35.56
ON THE GROUND, AND THE BOYS
WERE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER.
00:41:35.56\00:41:38.00
AND THEY WERE SWINGING THEIR
BACKPACKS AND ARGUING WITH EACH
00:41:38.00\00:41:40.23
OTHER AND THE MAN REALIZED, "YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE JUST FRUSTRATED,
00:41:40.23\00:41:42.23
THEY NEED SOMETHING..."
00:41:42.23\00:41:43.13
SAID, "HEY, YOU BOYS,"
HE BROKE UP THEIR FIGHT.
00:41:43.13\00:41:44.86
HE SAID, "I'M WONDERING WHICH
ONE OF YOU IS THE FASTEST."
00:41:44.86\00:41:48.26
AND THE BOYS ARE A
LITTLE COMPETITIVE.
00:41:48.26\00:41:52.00
AND THEY SAID, "OH, I'M FASTER."
00:41:52.00\00:41:53.26
HE SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF RACE.
00:41:53.26\00:41:54.93
IT'S NOT JUST FAST; IT'S WHICH
OF YOU IS THE STRAIGHTEST."
00:41:54.93\00:41:57.56
HE SAID, "I'M GONNA GO TO
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FIELD.
00:41:57.56\00:42:00.63
YOU SEE THE FRESH SNOW?
00:42:00.63\00:42:01.90
AND WHEN I SAY 'THREE,' I
WANT YOU TO RUN TOWARDS ME.
00:42:01.90\00:42:05.20
BUT HERE'S THE KEY TO WINNING.
00:42:05.20\00:42:07.50
NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED TO GET
TO ME QUICK, BUT WHOEVER HAS THE
00:42:07.50\00:42:10.40
STRAIGHTEST
TRACKS IN THE SNOW WINS."
00:42:10.40\00:42:14.33
SO HE WENT AROUND THE FIELD
AND HE STOOD AT THE OTHER END.
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.66
HE SAID, "ON YOUR
MARK, GET SET, 1, 2, 3, GO!"
00:42:16.66\00:42:19.33
AND THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING.
00:42:19.33\00:42:20.90
THE ONE BOY, HE WAS PREOCCUPIED
WITH HOW HIS FRIENDS WERE DOING.
00:42:20.90\00:42:25.36
HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE, AND SO
HE KEPT LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT TO
00:42:25.36\00:42:27.76
SEE THEIR TRACKS.
00:42:27.76\00:42:28.40
HE WAS CHECKING
OUT THEIR TRACKS.
00:42:28.40\00:42:29.56
HE LOOK TO THE LEFT, SEE
HOW THEIR TRACKS WERE DOING.
00:42:29.56\00:42:31.53
BUT EVERY TIME HE DID THAT --
YOU EVER TRY AND RIDE A BICYCLE
00:42:31.53\00:42:34.53
ON A STRAIGHT LINE, WHILE YOU'RE
LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER?
00:42:34.53\00:42:37.80
TRY THAT SOMETIME.
00:42:37.80\00:42:39.56
HE WAS MAKING THIS
SERPENTINE TRAIL IN THE SNOW.
00:42:41.26\00:42:44.73
AND THE OTHER BOY WAS
PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS OWN TRACKS.
00:42:44.73\00:42:47.60
HE JUST KEPT LOOKING OVER
HIS SHOULDER TO SEE IF THEY'RE
00:42:47.60\00:42:49.56
STRAIGHT, BUT EVERY TIME HE
DID THAT, HE STARTED TO VEER.
00:42:49.56\00:42:51.90
THE THIRD BOY, HE PUT HIS EYES
ON THE MAN, AND HE RAN STRAIGHT
00:42:53.76\00:42:57.66
TOWARDS THE MAN,
AND HE WON THE RACE.
00:42:57.66\00:43:01.00
THE WAY THAT YOU WIN THE
RACE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS:
00:43:01.00\00:43:03.46
A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER, NOT
OF CHRISTIANS, NOT OF CHURCHES.
00:43:03.46\00:43:08.26
WHAT'S A
CHRISTIAN A FOLLOWER OF?
00:43:08.26\00:43:10.23
CHRIST.
00:43:10.23\00:43:11.03
BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH
IS THAT WE LOOK AT PEOPLE.
00:43:11.03\00:43:13.73
NOW, YOU WANT TO LIVE A
LIFE PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT.
00:43:13.73\00:43:15.96
I WANT TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE,
BUT I DON'T LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE
00:43:15.96\00:43:18.60
BECAUSE THEY'LL LET YOU DOWN.
00:43:18.60\00:43:20.23
IF THE BIBLE TEACHES US ANYTHING
IT TELLS US THAT SOMETIMES
00:43:20.23\00:43:22.36
CHRISTIANS ARE INCONSISTENT.
00:43:22.36\00:43:23.73
KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS.
00:43:23.73\00:43:26.00
I HEAR THERE'S ANOTHER
TEXT QUESTION THAT'S COMING IN.
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.30
ALL RIGHT.
00:43:28.30\00:43:29.93
BY THE WAY, THIS IS FROM
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.
00:43:35.43\00:43:38.10
WELL, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT ALREADY DURING THE
00:43:42.86\00:43:44.93
PROGRAM.
00:43:44.93\00:43:46.20
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "ARE
WE GONNA BE SITTING ON CLOUDS,
00:43:46.20\00:43:48.06
PLAYING HARPS?"
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.56
ANYONE HERE PLAY THE HARP?
00:43:50.56\00:43:52.93
THE REST OF US
WOULD BE BORED, HUH?
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.46
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THOSE
PICTURES BEFORE, THE FAT LITTLE
00:43:55.46\00:43:57.90
NAKED BABIES THAT ARE ON CLOUDS
PLAYING HARPS AND YOU THINK --
00:43:57.90\00:44:01.00
AND THEN THEY'LL SHOW PICTURES
OF HELL AND THEY MAKE IT LOOK
00:44:01.00\00:44:02.80
REALLY INTERESTING.
00:44:02.80\00:44:04.83
LIKE IT'S SOME
KIND OF FIENDISH PARTY.
00:44:04.83\00:44:07.10
AND I'VE HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE SAY,
"OH, YOU KNOW, NAKED ON CLOUDS
00:44:07.10\00:44:09.76
WITH HARPS?
00:44:09.76\00:44:11.00
OR WILD ROCK CONCERT?"
00:44:11.00\00:44:13.00
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY
THE WORLD SOMETIMES PORTRAYS IT.
00:44:13.00\00:44:16.40
OH MAN, JUST THINK OF THE MOST
INTERESTING THINGS THAT YOU CAN
00:44:16.40\00:44:19.73
IMAGINE DOING, THROUGH ETERNITY.
00:44:19.73\00:44:22.26
ENDEAVORS, BUILDING,
EXPLORATION THROUGH SPACE,
00:44:22.26\00:44:26.10
CREATING THINGS,
INVENTING THINGS.
00:44:26.10\00:44:28.53
GOD MADE MAN.
00:44:28.53\00:44:29.96
HE SAID, "GO
FORTH, SUBDUE THE EARTH.
00:44:29.96\00:44:32.43
CONQUER."
00:44:32.43\00:44:33.26
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
THINGS THAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.
00:44:33.26\00:44:35.43
AND WE -- A LOT OF OUR BRAIN,
LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T USE.
00:44:35.43\00:44:38.66
WE WERE
DESIGNED TO LIVE FOREVER.
00:44:38.66\00:44:40.43
I PROMISE YOU THIS: YOU GET
THERE, AND YOU WON'T GET BORED.
00:44:40.43\00:44:43.40
IF YOU GET
BORED, I'LL APOLOGIZE.
00:44:43.40\00:44:45.26
THAT SOUND FAIR?
00:44:45.26\00:44:46.43
ALL RIGHT.
00:44:46.43\00:44:47.63
QUESTION NUMBER SIX.
00:44:47.63\00:44:48.40
WE STILL GOT A FEW TO GO,
SO BETTER MOVE ALONG HERE.
00:44:48.40\00:44:52.20
ANSWER?
00:44:58.76\00:44:59.70
ROMANS 5:8.
00:44:59.70\00:45:01.23
YOU KNOW, JESUS COULD TAKE
OUR PLACE WHILE WE'RE SINNERS
00:45:11.10\00:45:14.83
BECAUSE HE NEVER DID SIN.
00:45:14.83\00:45:16.80
YOU CAN READ ABOUT
THAT IN 1 PETER 2:22.
00:45:16.80\00:45:20.53
IT SAYS, "JESUS WHO DID NO SIN."
00:45:20.53\00:45:24.13
THE ONLY MAN THAT EVER CAME INTO
THIS PLANET THAT LIVED A LIFE
00:45:24.13\00:45:27.10
WITHOUT SIN IS CHRIST.
00:45:27.10\00:45:29.90
GOD BECAME A MAN, AND THE
TOOLS THAT HE USED TO LIVE A
00:45:29.90\00:45:33.96
VICTORIOUS LIFE -- THAT WHOLE
TOOLBOX IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AND
00:45:33.96\00:45:36.80
ME.
00:45:36.80\00:45:38.20
JESUS SAID THAT HE'S
COME TO GIVE US AN EXAMPLE.
00:45:38.20\00:45:41.16
HE WAS TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY THAT
WE'RE TEMPTED, YET WITHOUT SIN.
00:45:41.16\00:45:45.33
AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN
HIM, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
00:45:45.33\00:45:48.80
HE CAN HELP YOU
HAVE THAT NEW LIFE.
00:45:48.80\00:45:50.76
ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRIST.
00:45:50.76\00:45:52.50
AGAIN, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21.
00:45:52.50\00:45:54.60
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT MYSELF,
SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN
00:46:04.43\00:46:07.43
BE SAVED.
00:46:07.43\00:46:08.63
BUT THEN I LOOK AT JESUS
AND I WONDER, HOW CAN I BE LOST?
00:46:08.63\00:46:12.20
BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A PERFECT
EXAMPLE FOR EACH ONE OF US.
00:46:12.20\00:46:16.10
NOW I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I
00:46:16.10\00:46:18.20
THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT
AND HERE'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:46:18.20\00:46:19.93
FAIL.
00:46:19.93\00:46:20.50
HERE'S WHERE A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE CHEATED WHEN IT COMES
00:46:20.50\00:46:22.96
TO SALVATION.
00:46:22.96\00:46:24.40
THERE'S OFTEN A VERY CHEAP
PRESENTATION THAT IS MADE AND
00:46:24.40\00:46:28.23
IT SOUNDS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
00:46:28.23\00:46:30.73
"IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE, THEN YOU COME TO THE FRONT
00:46:30.73\00:46:33.63
HERE, YOU KNEEL AT THE ALTAR,
YOU REPEAT THESE 50 WORDS, AND
00:46:33.63\00:46:37.73
YOU WILL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
00:46:37.73\00:46:40.23
WELL, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT
GOD HAS BEEN ABLE TO SAVE PEOPLE
00:46:40.23\00:46:42.50
LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE.
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.53
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE
TO REPENT OF OUR SINS, WE ARE TO
00:46:45.53\00:46:51.03
CONFESS OUR SINS.
00:46:51.03\00:46:53.06
IT SAYS, "WHOEVER CONFESSES
HIS SINS," IN 1 JOHN 1:9.
00:46:53.06\00:46:58.76
"GOD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO
00:46:58.76\00:47:01.36
CLEANSE US FROM
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:47:01.36\00:47:04.10
PETER SAID,
"REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED."
00:47:04.10\00:47:05.66
REPENT MEANS BE
SORRY FOR YOUR SINS.
00:47:05.66\00:47:07.73
BE BAPTIZED AND YOUR
SINS WILL BE WASHED AWAY.
00:47:07.73\00:47:11.33
AND SO, THIS IS PART OF IT.
00:47:11.33\00:47:13.73
NOW, IF I'M WALKING OUT THE DOOR
AFTER THE PROGRAM AND I STEP ON
00:47:13.73\00:47:17.33
YOUR TOE, I'LL
PROBABLY SAY, "EXCUSE ME."
00:47:17.33\00:47:20.66
AND I EXPECT YOU'LL SAY, "I'M
GONNA GET MY ATTORNEY AND SUE."
00:47:20.66\00:47:23.83
NO, YOU WON'T
SAY THAT WOULD YOU?
00:47:23.83\00:47:25.60
[LAUGHTER] YOU'D
SAY, "NO PROBLEM."
00:47:25.60\00:47:27.43
RIGHT?
00:47:27.43\00:47:28.66
EVEN IF I HURT YOUR TOE A LITTLE
BIT, YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO
00:47:28.66\00:47:30.56
KNOW.
00:47:30.56\00:47:30.90
YOU'D SAY, "IT'S
OKAY, PASTOR DOUG."
00:47:30.90\00:47:32.20
[GRUNTS] RIGHT?
00:47:32.20\00:47:35.10
I MEAN, WE WANT TO BE
GRACIOUS WITH EACH OTHER.
00:47:35.10\00:47:37.43
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ME TO FALL
DOWN ON MY KNEES AND GRAB YOU
00:47:37.43\00:47:41.23
BY THE ANKLES AND
SAY, "PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"
00:47:41.23\00:47:45.03
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOO
MUCH REPENTANCE FOR THE OFFENSE.
00:47:45.03\00:47:48.96
AM I RIGHT?
00:47:48.96\00:47:50.36
THE REPENTANCE SHOULD BE
IN PROPORTION TO THE OFFENSE.
00:47:50.36\00:47:54.23
BUT IF I'M RUNNING OUT THE DOOR
AND I'M NOT LOOKING, AND I TURN
00:47:54.23\00:47:56.66
AROUND AND I KNOCK YOU DOWN AND
YOU'RE CARRYING YOUR BOOKS AND
00:47:56.66\00:47:59.06
YOUR BOOKS FALL OUT OF YOUR HAND
AND YOU LOSE YOUR HOMEWORK AND
00:47:59.06\00:48:01.23
YOU BREAK YOUR LEG.
00:48:01.23\00:48:02.73
[LAUGHTER] AND I
SAY, "HEY, SORRY.
00:48:02.73\00:48:06.96
CATCH YOU TOMORROW."
00:48:06.96\00:48:08.60
WELL, THAT'S NOT VERY NICE.
00:48:08.60\00:48:10.50
I SHOULD AT LEAST HELP YOU
UP WITH YOUR BOOKS OR SOMETHING,
00:48:10.50\00:48:12.66
RIGHT?
00:48:12.66\00:48:13.20
GET YOU A CRUTCH.
00:48:13.20\00:48:14.60
RIGHT?
00:48:14.60\00:48:16.60
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HIT BY CARS
ON A BICYCLE THREE TIMES IN MY
00:48:16.60\00:48:21.23
LIFE.
00:48:21.23\00:48:21.73
IT'S A MIRACLE THAT I'M ALIVE.
00:48:21.73\00:48:24.00
THREE TIMES, THAT I REMEMBER.
00:48:24.00\00:48:25.63
I DON'T KNOW, THERE
MIGHT BE SOME I'VE FORGOTTEN.
00:48:25.63\00:48:27.56
[LAUGHTER] ONE
TIME I WAS RIDING A
00:48:27.56\00:48:29.13
STINGRAY, AND I RODE
OUT INTO THIS HIGHWAY.
00:48:29.13\00:48:33.00
I WAS NOT BEING VERY CAREFUL.
00:48:33.00\00:48:34.36
YOU KNOW, DO ANY OF
YOU REMEMBER THE STINGRAYS?
00:48:34.36\00:48:35.83
BANANA SEAT?
00:48:35.83\00:48:36.66
AHH.
00:48:36.66\00:48:37.60
AND I'M RIDING BACK
IN -- I'VE DATED MYSELF.
00:48:37.60\00:48:40.66
AND A CAR GOING 60 MILES AN
HOUR WITHOUT ITS LIGHTS ON AT
00:48:40.66\00:48:42.86
NIGHT, HIT THE BACK OF MY BIKE.
00:48:42.86\00:48:46.20
AND I'M ON IT.
00:48:46.20\00:48:47.40
AND SPUN ME AROUND LIKE A
TOP, AND I LANDED ON THE GROUND.
00:48:47.40\00:48:51.26
AND THEY STOPPED AND ONCE THEY
FOUND OUT THAT I WAS ALIVE, THEY
00:48:51.26\00:48:53.60
TOOK OFF.
00:48:53.60\00:48:54.66
[LAUGHTER] AND
ANOTHER TIME, I WAS RIDING
00:48:54.66\00:48:57.46
MY TEN-SPEED
BIKE IN MIAMI BEACH.
00:48:57.46\00:48:59.60
AND THIS GUY IN A CONVERTIBLE,
HE CAME AROUND A TURN WITHOUT
00:48:59.60\00:49:02.00
LOOKING, HE JUST PLAIN OLD HIT
ME AND SENT ME SPRAWLING, AND
00:49:02.00\00:49:03.90
I'M LAYING THERE IN SHOCK.
00:49:03.90\00:49:05.03
AND HE SAYS FROM THE
CONVERTIBLE, "ARE YOU OKAY?"
00:49:05.03\00:49:07.06
AND I'M THINKING TO
MYSELF, "I'M ALIVE."
00:49:07.06\00:49:08.60
I SAID, "YEAH."
00:49:08.60\00:49:09.63
AND I'M ALL
SKINNED UP AND BLEEDING.
00:49:09.63\00:49:11.33
HE DROVE OFF.
00:49:11.33\00:49:13.03
THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, IS IT?
00:49:14.26\00:49:16.63
SO, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO JESUS?
00:49:18.80\00:49:22.13
YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS.
00:49:22.13\00:49:24.23
YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING
JESUS GOES THROUGH AT THE CROSS.
00:49:24.23\00:49:26.90
IT WASN'T JUST FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD HE WENT THROUGH WHAT HE
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.76
WENT THROUGH.
00:49:29.76\00:49:30.26
YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT
EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH WAS
00:49:30.26\00:49:33.66
JUST FOR ME.
00:49:33.66\00:49:35.46
IT WAS JUST FOR YOU.
00:49:35.46\00:49:37.46
IF NOBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD HAD
EVER SINNED, HE WOULD'VE GONE
00:49:37.46\00:49:40.93
THROUGH EVERYTHING
THAT HE WENT THROUGH.
00:49:40.93\00:49:44.13
NOW, WHEN JESUS SUFFERS LIKE
HE SUFFERS TO GIVE YOU ETERNAL
00:49:44.13\00:49:46.83
LIFE, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR YOU
TO SAY, "HEY, THANKS LORD, HIGH
00:49:46.83\00:49:51.00
FIVE, APPRECIATE IT.
00:49:51.00\00:49:52.70
I'LL TAKE THAT GIFT."
00:49:52.70\00:49:54.56
ISN'T THAT KIND OF SHALLOW?
00:49:54.56\00:49:56.76
OR IS IT JUST ME?
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.16
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY THAT
WE SHOULD REPENT OF OUR SINS?
00:49:58.16\00:50:02.43
LET ME MAKE A SUGGESTION.
00:50:02.43\00:50:03.73
TALKS ABOUT CONFESSING OUR SINS.
00:50:03.73\00:50:04.93
HOW MANY OF YOU HERE REMEMBER
EVERY SIN YOU'VE EVER COMMITTED?
00:50:04.93\00:50:08.23
GOOD, I'M NOT ALONE.
00:50:08.23\00:50:10.40
BUT CAN YOU
REMEMBER THE CATEGORIES?
00:50:10.40\00:50:13.83
LIKE LYING.
00:50:13.83\00:50:17.13
MAYBE STEALING SOMETHING.
00:50:17.13\00:50:19.50
IMPURE THOUGHTS, GOSSIP.
00:50:19.50\00:50:22.66
GOSSIP, EVERYONE
CAN WRITE THAT DOWN.
00:50:22.66\00:50:25.60
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.
00:50:25.60\00:50:27.93
IF YOU WANNA MEAN BUSINESS WITH
JESUS AND REALLY BE FILLED WITH
00:50:27.93\00:50:30.46
THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND EXPERIENCE
THAT JOY OF A NEW HEART TO THE
00:50:30.46\00:50:34.10
DEGREE THAT YOU REPENT AND
CONFESS YOUR SINS AND YOU GET BY
00:50:34.10\00:50:37.56
YOURSELF WITH JESUS AND SAY,
"LORD, I KNOW I'VE TRIED TO IT
00:50:37.56\00:50:40.23
BEFORE, BUT MAYBE
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS.
00:50:40.23\00:50:41.90
I AM REALLY HELPLESS.
00:50:41.90\00:50:43.13
I AM REALLY SORRY FOR MY SINS.
00:50:43.13\00:50:45.40
I REALLY AM THANKFUL.
00:50:45.40\00:50:46.56
I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I DID TO YOU.
00:50:46.56\00:50:48.66
I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU NOW.
00:50:48.66\00:50:50.40
I APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE
AND I'M GUILTY OF THESE SINS."
00:50:50.40\00:50:53.86
GET A PIECE OF PAPER.
00:50:53.86\00:50:55.66
DON'T LET ANYBODY GET A
HOLD OF THIS PIECE OF PAPER.
00:50:55.66\00:50:58.90
AND SAY, "LORD,
SHOW ME MY SINS."
00:50:58.90\00:51:02.36
START WRITING THEM DOWN.
00:51:02.36\00:51:03.73
YOU CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE...
00:51:03.73\00:51:04.70
YOU KNOW ALL
THE INDIVIDUAL SINS.
00:51:04.70\00:51:06.26
BUT WHAT YOU
REMEMBER, WRITE IT DOWN.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.06
AND SPREAD THAT BEFORE THE LORD.
00:51:09.06\00:51:11.40
AND KNEEL BY YOUR
BED, BY THAT LIST.
00:51:11.40\00:51:14.06
AND SAY, "LORD, I AM SORRY."
00:51:14.06\00:51:15.63
YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY, "LORD, I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPENT RIGHT.
00:51:15.63\00:51:18.10
BUT I WANT TO."
00:51:18.10\00:51:19.40
YOU KNOW
REPENTANCE IS EVEN A GIFT.
00:51:19.40\00:51:20.86
IT SAYS THAT IN THE BIBLE.
00:51:20.86\00:51:22.63
SAY, "I'M SORRY FOR THESE SINS.
00:51:22.63\00:51:24.56
I KNOW I'VE BROKEN YOUR LAW.
00:51:24.56\00:51:26.00
THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH.
00:51:26.00\00:51:27.80
I BELIEVE THAT.
00:51:27.80\00:51:29.30
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU
PROMISED, IF I CONFESS MY SINS
00:51:29.30\00:51:34.33
THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL AND JUST."
00:51:34.33\00:51:36.56
JUST MEANS, HE
CAN LEGALLY DO IT.
00:51:36.56\00:51:39.66
..."TO FORGIVE ME AND
TO CLEANSE ME FROM ALL
00:51:39.66\00:51:42.83
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:51:42.83\00:51:44.23
THEN SAY, "THANK YOU, LORD,
FOR YOUR SACRIFICE FOR ME."
00:51:44.23\00:51:48.20
THEN DESTROY THAT LIST.
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.03
DON'T LET ANYONE GET THAT LIST.
00:51:50.03\00:51:51.60
DON'T PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST.
00:51:51.60\00:51:54.53
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:51:54.53\00:51:56.10
YOU'RE GONNA FEEL THE MOST
INCREDIBLE THING HAPPEN IN YOUR
00:51:56.10\00:51:58.23
LIFE.
00:51:58.23\00:51:59.10
IN YOUR HEART.
00:51:59.10\00:52:00.30
I THINK THE REASON A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE SAY, "YOU KNOW I
00:52:00.30\00:52:02.70
TRIED IT, IT DIDN'T WORK,"
IS THEY NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED
00:52:02.70\00:52:06.66
THE DEEP SENSE OF SURRENDERING
THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD...
00:52:06.66\00:52:10.76
OF MEANING BUSINESS WITH GOD...
00:52:10.76\00:52:12.70
OF CONFESSING
THEIR SINS, OF REPENTING.
00:52:12.70\00:52:14.93
AND TO THE SAME EXTENT YOU DO
THAT, HE WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS
00:52:14.93\00:52:17.60
SPIRIT!
00:52:17.60\00:52:18.73
AND HE'LL GIVE
YOU EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:52:18.73\00:52:23.50
THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:52:23.50\00:52:24.76
YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER.
00:52:24.76\00:52:26.46
WHICH LEADS ME
TO MY NEXT QUESTION.
00:52:26.46\00:52:29.06
WHAT IS THAT?
00:52:34.86\00:52:35.83
TRUE?
00:52:35.83\00:52:36.76
WILL YOU NEVER DIE?
00:52:36.76\00:52:38.20
WELL, MAYBE NOT IF
YOU'RE ALIVE WHEN JESUS COMES.
00:52:38.20\00:52:41.66
JOHN 11:25-26.
00:52:41.66\00:52:44.93
YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER.
00:53:01.96\00:53:04.50
HOW LONG IS EVERLASTING LIFE?
00:53:04.50\00:53:06.36
HOW LONG IS ETERNITY?
00:53:06.36\00:53:07.93
GOD SAYS THAT HE'S OFFERING TO
GIVE YOU THAT GIFT, FOREVER AND
00:53:07.93\00:53:11.33
EVER.
00:53:11.33\00:53:12.86
WHAT A WONDERFUL
PROMISE THAT IS, FRIENDS.
00:53:12.86\00:53:15.73
"AND WHOSOEVER LIVES AND
BELIEVES IN ME WILL NEVER DIE."
00:53:15.73\00:53:21.06
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ETERNITY
AND WHAT ETERNITY REPRESENTS?
00:53:21.06\00:53:25.90
CAN YOU COMPREHEND ETERNITY?
00:53:25.90\00:53:28.10
I HEARD SOMEONE
DESCRIBE IT THIS WAY ONCE.
00:53:28.10\00:53:31.00
IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT, A SPARROW
THAT LANDS ON HALF DOME YOSEMITE
00:53:31.00\00:53:36.56
GRANITE, THAT ENORMOUS ROCK,
AND SHARPENS HIS BEAK ONCE EVERY
00:53:36.56\00:53:41.26
THOUSAND YEARS.
00:53:41.26\00:53:44.06
WHEN HE HAS WORN AWAY YOSEMITE
DOME, ETERNITY WILL HAVE JUST
00:53:44.06\00:53:49.00
BEGUN.
00:53:49.00\00:53:50.80
YOU AND I CAN'T COMPREHEND IT.
00:53:50.80\00:53:52.93
GOD IS OFFERING YOU THAT.
00:53:52.93\00:53:54.20
WHY WOULD WE
WANT TO PASS THAT UP?
00:53:54.20\00:53:57.03
YOU KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF
TIME FOR THE WHOLE LESSON HERE.
00:53:57.03\00:53:58.80
BUT THERE'S AN INTERESTING
ILLUSTRATION AT THE END.
00:53:58.80\00:54:01.30
I STARTED TALKING
ABOUT A QUAHOG CLAM.
00:54:01.30\00:54:05.06
YOU KNOW THERE WAS A MAN
NAMED ALAN GOLASH, AND HE WAS
00:54:05.06\00:54:08.73
RUMMAGING AT A
RUMMAGE STORE IN LONG ISLAND.
00:54:08.73\00:54:12.83
AND HE FOUND A BROACH.
00:54:12.83\00:54:14.70
AND HE LOOKED IT OVER AND
HE DECIDED TO BUY THIS BROACH.
00:54:14.70\00:54:19.10
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE BROACH
THAT HE BOUGHT HAD A PEARL IN
00:54:19.10\00:54:22.43
IT.
00:54:22.43\00:54:22.90
THE GUY THOUGHT, "OH WELL
YOU KNOW, CUSTOM JEWELRY."
00:54:22.90\00:54:25.30
THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
YOU KNOW, ARTIFICIAL.
00:54:25.30\00:54:27.73
HE BOUGHT IT FOR $14.
00:54:27.73\00:54:29.86
THAT BROACH REPRESENTED
SOMETHING WORTH A MILLION
00:54:29.86\00:54:33.40
DOLLARS.
00:54:33.40\00:54:34.16
IT'S A QUAHOG PEARL.
00:54:34.16\00:54:35.66
IT'S CALLED THE PEARL OF VENUS.
00:54:35.66\00:54:37.06
IT'S PURPLE
PEARL, PERFECT PURPLE.
00:54:37.06\00:54:41.10
LITTLE GOLD ANTIQUE BROACH.
00:54:41.10\00:54:42.96
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS WORTH?
00:54:42.96\00:54:44.73
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
00:54:44.73\00:54:47.93
NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING THE
OWNER OF THAT ANTIQUE STORE AND
00:54:47.93\00:54:50.26
FINDING OUT THAT YOU HAD A SOLD
A MILLION DOLLAR BROACH FOR $14?
00:54:50.26\00:54:54.70
OH...
00:54:56.33\00:54:57.66
WOULD YOU TRADE A SILVER
FLUTE FOR A PLASTIC WHISTLE?
00:54:59.86\00:55:04.13
WOULD YOU TRADE A MILLION-DOLLAR
ARMANI SUIT FOR A HOBO'S
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HANDKERCHIEF?
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WOULD YOU TRADE A RED
FERRARI FOR A MATCHBOX CAR?
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I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT REALLY
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WHEN THEY
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SAY NO TO JESUS...
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INSTEAD OF
EMBRACING EVERLASTING LIFE.
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IT'S... THE
CRAZIEST THING IN THE WORLD.
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THAT'S WHY THE LORD SAID,
"WHAT PROFIT IS IT TO YOU IF YOU
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GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD
AND YOU LOSE YOUR SOUL?"
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JESUS IS OFFERING YOU ETERNITY
WITH AN IMMORTAL, GLORIFIED
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BODY...
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WITH HIM, IN A PLACE IN A WORLD
WHERE THERE'S NO MORE PAIN OR
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SUFFERING OR SORROW OR SICKNESS.
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AND THE DEVIL HAS SOMEHOW
MESMERIZED THIS SICK WORLD INTO
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THINKING, "I'D RATHER HAVE DEATH
AND CURSE, CURSING AND EVIL
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THAN LIFE AND
GOOD AND BLESSING."
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YOU KNOW, AS WE PREPARE TO CLOSE
OUT THIS PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO
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ASK YOU WHO ARE HERE AT GREAT
LAKES ACADEMY AND THOSE WHO MAY
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BE WATCHING.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW?
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AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THIS IS THE END OF IT.
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YOU'RE WILLING TO GO AND GET ON
YOUR KNEES WITH JESUS AND REPENT
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OF YOUR SINS AND
CONFESS YOUR SINS.
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BUT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A
DECISION RIGHT NOW AND SAY, "YES
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LORD, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU."
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I WANT TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW
IF YOU'RE MAKING THAT DECISION,
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OR IF YOU'VE MAYBE MADE THAT
DECISION BEFORE, AND YOU WANT TO
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REAFFIRM THAT DECISION, WILL YOU
STAND BEFORE WE CLOSE AND PRAY?
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"I WANT TO SAY YES TO JESUS.
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I WANT THE ETERNAL LIFE
THAT THE LORD IS OFFERING ME."
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AND I HOPE SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING WILL MAKE THAT DECISION
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RIGHT NOW.
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AND THEN GET ON YOUR KNEES
AND MEAN BUSINESS WITH JESUS.
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WE'RE GONNA PRAY
AS WE GO OFF THE AIR.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR
THE PROMISE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN
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US, THAT WE CAN LOOK AND
LIVE, THAT THROUGH JESUS WE CAN
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BELIEVE AND HAVE THAT
GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE.
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I PRAY YOU'LL BE WITH
EACH PERSON THAT IS HERE.
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WITH THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND
HELP US TO HAVE THAT NEW HEART
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AND THAT NEW
CREATION THAT YOU PROMISE.
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WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME.
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AMEN.
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? ? >> THANK
YOU OR WATCHING THIS
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EPISODE OF M.I.Q.
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IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE'LL
BE DISCUSSING LIFE, AND CAN IT
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REALLY LAST FOREVER?
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YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
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SEE YOU THEN.
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? ? ? ?
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