? ? >> THE HUMAN BRAIN IS A
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2.5-POUND
ELECTRO-CHEMICAL COMPUTER.
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AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR BRAIN IS A
TERMINATION OF ALL THE NERVES IN
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YOUR BODY, YOUR
BRAIN HAS NO FEELING.
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PSYCHOLOGISTS ESTIMATE THAT EACH
DAY A PERSON THINKS ABOUT 10,000
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THOUGHTS.
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THAT WOULD ADD UP TO
ABOUT 3,500,000 THOUGHTS A YEAR.
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SO I WONDER, HOW
MUCH IS A BRAIN WORTH?
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SOMEONE ESTIMATED THAT THOMAS
EDISON, THE FAMOUS GENIUS, THAT
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HE HAD SO MANY INVENTIONS AND SO
MANY PATENTS THAT HIS BRAIN WAS
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WORTH $25 BILLION.
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SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
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THAT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE.
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WELCOME TO THIS
VERSION OF 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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>> WHO ARE YOU?
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HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
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FIND OUT WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE.
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JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q.
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>> WELL, GOOD
EVENING, EVERYBODY.
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WELCOME TO M.I.Q.:
AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR LOCAL
AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE,
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MICHIGAN, AND OF COURSE, ALSO
THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ACROSS
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THE COUNTRY AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.
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IN THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY
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IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
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WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
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IN THIS SERIES, WE TRY TO
ANSWER SOME OF LIFE'S MOST
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
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"WHY AM I HERE?"
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"WHERE AM I GOING?"
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"WHAT DOES THE FUTURE
HAVE IN STORE FOR ME?"
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WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF
SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
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AVAILABLE.
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IN EACH PROGRAM, WE TRY TO COVER
AS MANY TOPICS AND QUESTIONS AS
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POSSIBLE, BUT THERE ARE
MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN'T COVER
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BECAUSE OF TIME.
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WE'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THIS
GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
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THIS IS THE M.I.Q. ANSWER GUIDE.
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A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT
INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS AND
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FACTS YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO FIND IN THIS BOOK.
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THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING,
YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS
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WEBSITE AND YOU CAN
ORDER YOUR VERY OWN.
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OH, AND BY THE WAY, WE WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU
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HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION.
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YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION
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ONLINE AT MIQTEENS.COM.
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THAT'S 760-523-2287.
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WELL, FRIENDS, IT'S TIME FOR US
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TO SING OUR
THEME SONG ONCE AGAIN.
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SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
OUR SONG, BRIAN WILL HAVE OUR
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OPENING PRAYER.
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LET'S STAND NOW AS WE
SING, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER."
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? ? ? WHEN I GAZE UP AT THE
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COUNTLESS STARS ? ?
OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ?
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? MY MIND MAY
SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ?
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? BEWILDERING TO ME ? ?
BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ?
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? AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ?
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? I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ?
? YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ?
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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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? 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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>> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
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BE AT THESE MEETINGS TONIGHT.
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I ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WILL SEND
YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US
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HERE, LORD, AND I PRAY THAT
YOUR WORDS WILL BE SPOKEN TO
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PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR TONIGHT
SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT YOU WANT US
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TO HEAR.
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IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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? ? >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN.
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AND I WANT TO THANK
KELLY MAUER [PHONETIC] AND OUR
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SINGERS, AND BRIAN FOR HAVING
PRAYER, AND THANK EACH OF YOU
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FOR YOUR FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE
AT THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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WANNA WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO
ARE WATCHING THE M.I.Q. PROGRAM.
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AND OF COURSE, THAT STANDS FOR
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
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WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE
AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN EACH
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EVENING.
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AND SO -- WE MAY EVEN DEDICATE
ONE WHOLE PROGRAM TO JUST TAKING
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QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE GOT A
LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY NOT GO
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ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR SUBJECTS,
BUT WE WANNA COVER AS MANY AS WE
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CAN.
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>> WELL, PASTOR DOUG,
LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
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>> HI, MY NAME IS TIMOTHY,
AND I LIKE TO PLAY A LOT OF
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BASKETBALL, SO I WAS WONDERING,
WHAT'S THE HEALTHY BALANCE
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BETWEEN SPORTS AND JESUS CHRIST?
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>> ALL RIGHT.
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WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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FIRST OF ALL, EXERCISE IS GOOD.
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THE BIBLE SAYS BODILY EXERCISE
DOES PROFIT, AND GOD DESIGNED
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PEOPLE TO EXERCISE, CERTAINLY
EXERCISING WITH A BALL OR
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RUNNING.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
WE'RE RUNNING THE RACE OF LIFE.
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"LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND THE
SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS US,"
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AND LET US RUN.
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WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
RUN AS THOUGH WE'LL WIN.
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BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOME
PEOPLE, SPORTS BECOMES THEIR
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RELIGION.
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IT CAN BECOME AN IDOL.
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AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT
IN THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL
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SPORTS, WHERE THESE ATHLETES
ARE GETTING THESE MULTI-MILLION
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DOLLAR CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE
OFTEN GETTING MIXED UP IN DRUGS
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AND CRIME.
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AND IT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE BEST WORLD.
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SO SOME OF THE FIERCE
COMPETITION, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE
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OBSESSED WITH SPORTS,
IT CAN BECOME AN ADDICTION.
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IT CAN BECOME A GOD.
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SO SPORTS FOR RELATIONSHIP,
FOR EXERCISE, THAT'S ONE THING.
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WHEN IT BECOMES WANTING TO
WIN AND BE BETTER THAN SOMEBODY
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ELSE, THEN IT STARTS
BECOMING A PRIDE ISSUE.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
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WELL, THANK YOU.
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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS
FROM CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN.
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RIGHT HERE.
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WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
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ANOTHER VERY GOOD QUESTION.
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WELL, THERE ARE SOME SUBJECTS
THAT MAY NOT BE OFFERED BY
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CERTAIN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES OR
IT'S A SPECIALTY ISSUE THAT CAN
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BE TAKEN BY A SECULAR COLLEGE.
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AND I JUST WOULD SAY THAT
A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO BE VERY
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CAREFUL, BECAUSE MANY IF NOT
MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE SECULAR
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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, IT
CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE TO YOUR
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FAITH TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE
CONSTANTLY THAT ARE UNDERMINING
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YOUR BELIEFS AND EVEN
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS THAT ARE
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CONTRADICTING THE
PLAIN TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE.
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AND SO IF YOU'RE IN A SITUATION
WHERE YOU SAY, "LOOK, I REALLY
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NEED THIS INFORMATION TO GO
ON WITH MY COURSE IN LIFE," YOU
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BETTER DO IT
WITH A LOT OF PRAYER.
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I'D EVEN DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE
YOU GO AND MAKE SURE THERE'S
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OTHERS THAT SHARE YOUR FAITH.
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BUT THERE'S SO MANY ALSO GREAT
CHRISTIAN COLLEGES OUT THERE.
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I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
MENTION AMAZING FACTS OPERATES A
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COLLEGE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
OUTSIDE OF SACRAMENTO: WEIMAR
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COLLEGE.
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THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
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BUT IN ANY EVENT, YOU JUST GOTTA
REALLY PRAY THAT YOU CAN BE A
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WITNESS.
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FIND A CHRISTIAN
GROUP ON THAT CAMPUS.
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BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THEM,
THAT YOU CAN STRENGTHEN EACH
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OTHER'S FAITH AND BE
THERE AS MISSIONARIES.
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>> ALL RIGHT, WELL
THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG.
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LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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>> HI, MY NAME'S ALYSSA
COTTER [PHONETIC] AND MY
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QUESTION IS, WILL
THERE BE MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN?
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>> WILL THERE BE
MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN?
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IF I TELL YOU NO, WILL THAT
CHANGE YOUR INTEREST IN GOING?
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I HEAR THIS QUESTION A LOT.
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I BET YOU DO TOO, PASTOR ROSS.
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YOU GO TO ACADEMIES AND
HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT
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CHRISTIANITY.
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AND THAT'S THE
MOST COMMON QUESTION.
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IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH, AT THE
HEART OF IT, SOMEONE IS SAYING,
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"BOY, I HOPE JESUS DOESN'T COME
BEFORE I GET A CHANCE TO GET
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MARRIED."
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AND "HEAVEN DOESN'T SOUND SO
ATTRACTIVE TO ME IF WE'RE GOING
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TO BE THERE -- IF WE
WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED."
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OH FRIENDS, YOU JUST GET THERE:
I PROMISE YOU'LL BE HAPPY.
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BUT I GOTTA TELL
YOU WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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THERE'S ONLY ONE VERSE THAT
REALLY ADDRESSES THIS, AND IT'S
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IN THE BOOK OF
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 22, VERSE 30.
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AND JESUS IS PRETTY PLAIN.
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HE SAID, "FOR IN THE
RESURRECTION, THEY NEITHER
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MARRY, NOR ARE THEY GIVEN
IN MARRIAGE, BUT ARE LIKE THE
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ANGELS OF GOD IN HEAVEN."
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NOW, GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE
IN THE BEGINNING, HE SAID, "GO
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FORTH, BE FRUITFUL
AND FILL THE EARTH."
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THEY WERE TO POPULATE THE WORLD.
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THEY WEREN'T --
SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS NEVER SIN.
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WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL
THERE WERE 50 BILLION PEOPLE ON
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THE PLANET AND EVERYONE'S JUST
KIND OF FALLING OFF THE PLANET
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LIKE BUNNIES MULTIPLYING?
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NO, THEY WERE TO FILL THE EARTH
AND THEN PROBABLY WANTED TO KEEP
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MULTIPLYING.
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AND SO THE NEW EARTH AND THE NEW
HEAVEN ARE GOING TO BE POPULATED
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BY THE REDEEMED.
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BUT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY.
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HEAVEN BEGINS WITH A MARRIAGE.
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TALKS ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM
COMES DOWN AS A BRIDE AND CHRIST
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IS THE GROOM.
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AND EVERYONE'S GONNA BE HAPPY,
SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT; JUST
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MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE.
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AND DON'T RUSH INTO GETTING
MARRIED BECAUSE YOU THINK, "I
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BETTER HURRY UP AND GET MARRIED,
BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING SOON."
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THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER QUESTION:
"WHAT'S THE BEST AGE TO GET
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MARRIED?"
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I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER IT NOW,
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ASK IT YET.
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[LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT.
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LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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? ? AND THIS QUESTION IS FROM
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EUGENE, OREGON.
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IT SAYS...
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>> WELL, GOOD QUESTION.
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WE TALKED IN EARLIER
PROGRAM [SIC] ABOUT THE SUBJECT
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OF EVOLUTION.
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THERE ARE MANY
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPECIES.
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A LOT OF SPECIES, THEY GOT EYES,
THEY GOT EARS, THEY GOT TWO
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NOSTRILS, TWO EYES, TWO EARS AND
LIMBS, TEN FINGERS AND MUST HAVE
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ALL EVOLVED FROM EACH OTHER.
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AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL THE
CARS THAT YOU SEE ON THE ROAD --
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BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE RUBBER
TIRES AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND
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HEADLIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL
SYSTEMS -- THAT THEY ALL CAME
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FROM THE SAME FACTORY.
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WHY DO ALL OF THE AUTOMOBILES
AND EVEN MOTORCYCLES HAVE A LOT
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OF THINGS IN COMMON?
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VERY SIMPLE: THEY ALL
OPERATE IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT.
00:12:13.10\00:12:16.90
THE REASON ALL OF THE CREATURES
IN THIS WORLD HAVE LUNGS IS
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BECAUSE THEY USE THE GASES
IN THE AIR TO OXYGENATE THEIR
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BLOOD.
00:12:22.93\00:12:23.96
AND THEY'VE GOT LIMBS TO PROPEL
AND -- OR WINGS OR FINS TO
00:12:23.96\00:12:27.36
MOVE THEMSELVES.
00:12:27.36\00:12:28.33
AND SO, YEAH, YOU'RE
GONNA FIND SOME SIMILARITIES.
00:12:28.33\00:12:30.73
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
SOMEHOW ARE THE EVOLUTION OF A
00:12:30.73\00:12:35.03
CROCODILE AND THAT EVERYTHING
HAD TO COME FROM THE SAME THING.
00:12:35.03\00:12:39.43
ALL THESE DIFFERENT VEHICLES ON
THE ROAD HAVE THINGS IN COMMON,
00:12:39.43\00:12:41.73
BUT THEY ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT
ENGINEERS AND DIFFERENT
00:12:41.73\00:12:43.73
CREATORS.
00:12:43.73\00:12:45.10
THEY SHARE THE SAME ENVIRONMENT.
00:12:45.10\00:12:47.26
>> ALL RIGHT.
00:12:47.26\00:12:48.06
WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
FINAL QUESTION FOR THIS EVENING.
00:12:48.06\00:12:51.03
>> MY NAME IS SIERRA, AND MY
QUESTION IS, IF I ACCEPT JESUS
00:12:54.46\00:12:57.66
CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR, IS IT OKAY
IF I WATCH TV SHOWS OR LISTEN
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TO MUSIC THAT MAY NOT
HAVE THE BEST INFLUENCE ON ME?
00:13:00.83\00:13:03.56
>> WELL, THAT QUESTION ALMOST
HAS THE ANSWER BUILT INTO IT,
00:13:05.30\00:13:09.03
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
A LOT ABOUT THAT DURING OUR
00:13:09.03\00:13:11.00
PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
00:13:11.00\00:13:12.60
IF YOU ACCEPT JESUS, DOES THAT
MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO GUARD OR
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RATION OR SCREEN WHAT IT IS THAT
YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING, READING,
00:13:17.66\00:13:21.86
LISTENING TO, BECAUSE IT
COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT ON YOUR
00:13:21.86\00:13:25.03
SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE?
00:13:25.03\00:13:27.40
I THINK IT DOES, AND WE'RE GONNA
TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR PROGRAM
00:13:27.40\00:13:30.23
TONIGHT.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
00:13:31.06\00:13:31.80
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS; KEEP THEM COMING.
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THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR
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BIBLE-RELATED QUESTIONS AT THE
00:13:36.26\00:13:37.96
WEBSITE: MIQTEENS.COM.
00:13:38.00\00:13:40.60
OR SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE.
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THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287.
00:13:42.40\00:13:47.76
PASTOR DOUG, THE TIME IS YOURS.
00:13:47.76\00:13:49.03
>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, PASTOR ROSS.
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THIS SUBJECT TONIGHT -- AND I
HOPE YOU PRAY AS I TALK -- GETS
00:13:52.23\00:13:55.26
REALLY TO THE HEART OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
00:13:55.26\00:14:00.76
YOU REALIZE THAT NOBODY
HERE IS GOING TO HEAVEN?
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NOTICE HOW I STATED THAT?
00:14:05.90\00:14:07.70
NO-BODY HERE.
00:14:07.70\00:14:10.60
NONE OF THESE
BODIES WILL GO TO HEAVEN.
00:14:10.60\00:14:14.30
SO WHAT GOES?
00:14:14.30\00:14:15.96
YOU SAY, "I WANT ETERNAL LIFE.
00:14:15.96\00:14:17.30
I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER."
00:14:17.30\00:14:19.40
AND I'M TELLING YOU
THAT THESE BODIES DON'T GO.
00:14:19.40\00:14:21.73
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:14:21.73\00:14:24.20
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
THESE BODIES THAT ARE MORTAL,
00:14:24.20\00:14:27.30
CORRUPTIBLE, THEY GET OLD...
00:14:27.30\00:14:29.73
YOU DON'T WANT THEM ANYWAY.
00:14:29.73\00:14:30.93
THEY WON'T LAST.
00:14:30.93\00:14:32.30
YOU WANT THE
GLORIFIED, IMMORTAL BODY.
00:14:32.30\00:14:35.10
SO WHAT IS IT THAT
GOD IS EXACTLY SAVING?
00:14:35.10\00:14:37.80
IT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE
UP HERE THAT HE'S GOING TO SAVE.
00:14:39.90\00:14:44.66
WHILE I'M IN MY ROOM, PREPARING
FOR THESE PROGRAMS, I DO A WHOLE
00:14:44.66\00:14:48.33
BUNCH OF WORK ON MY COMPUTER,
BUT I DON'T HAVE A PRINTER.
00:14:48.33\00:14:51.86
SO I TAKE A LITTLE THUMB DRIVE
AND I PLUG THAT THUMB DRIVE INTO
00:14:51.86\00:14:55.43
BONNIE'S COMPUTER, AND
I DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM.
00:14:55.43\00:14:59.93
MATTER OF FACT, I'VE BACKED UP
MY ENTIRE HARD DRIVE ON -- WELL,
00:14:59.93\00:15:04.20
AT LEAST THE MOST IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS -- ON A LITTLE THUMB
00:15:04.20\00:15:07.53
DRIVE.
00:15:07.53\00:15:09.13
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THE LORD DOES IT.
00:15:09.13\00:15:10.40
THAT'S JUST AN ANALOGY
YOU AND I CAN RELATE TO.
00:15:10.40\00:15:12.43
BUT THE ESSENCE
OF WHO YOU ARE...
00:15:12.43\00:15:15.96
IS SUMMED UP IN WHAT YOU THINK.
00:15:15.96\00:15:18.70
AND SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
THAT YOU CAN DO IS LEARN TO BE
00:15:18.70\00:15:24.80
PURE IN HEART.
00:15:24.80\00:15:27.00
THE BIBLE SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE
PURE IN HEART FOR THEY WILL SEE
00:15:27.00\00:15:30.30
GOD."
00:15:30.30\00:15:31.70
NOW, OF COURSE, YOU
WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY.
00:15:31.70\00:15:33.80
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:15:33.80\00:15:35.03
BUT NOW I WANNA TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING:
00:15:35.03\00:15:37.26
TAKING CARE OF YOUR BRAIN.
00:15:37.26\00:15:39.60
YOU KNOW WHY
YOU'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS?
00:15:39.60\00:15:41.86
CARRY YOUR BRAIN AROUND.
00:15:41.86\00:15:43.40
AND YOU'VE GOT HANDS TO
DO THE BIDDING OF YOUR BRAIN.
00:15:43.40\00:15:45.96
AND YOU KNOW, YOUR BODY
CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.
00:15:45.96\00:15:48.86
YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GETS TIRED?
00:15:48.86\00:15:51.03
IT'S YOUR BRAIN.
00:15:51.03\00:15:52.90
YOUR BRAIN USES MOST
OF THE ENERGY IN THE BODY.
00:15:52.90\00:15:55.16
IT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE.
00:15:55.16\00:15:57.40
NOW, THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE
THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON SOMETHING
00:15:57.40\00:16:03.83
SIGNIFICANT, SPECIFIC THAT
YOU CAN DO IN YOUR SALVATION IS
00:16:03.83\00:16:08.96
SCREENING WHAT
COMES INTO YOUR MIND.
00:16:08.96\00:16:11.86
YOU KNOW, IN OUR ANSWER BOOK,
THERE'S A STORY THAT IT BEGINS
00:16:11.86\00:16:14.76
WITH, ABOUT DEVIN
MOORE, 18 YEARS OLD.
00:16:14.76\00:16:17.36
A FEW YEARS AGO.
00:16:17.36\00:16:19.26
FINE YOUNG MAN.
00:16:19.26\00:16:20.13
NO POLICE RECORD.
00:16:20.13\00:16:21.50
DOING WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:16:21.50\00:16:23.20
WANTED TO GO INTO THE AIR FORCE.
00:16:23.20\00:16:25.63
HAD A HABIT OF SAYING,
"YES, MA'AM," "YES, SIR."
00:16:25.63\00:16:28.63
BUT THEN HE
DEVELOPED ANOTHER HABIT.
00:16:28.63\00:16:31.36
HE GOT A VIDEO GAME CALLED
GRAND THEFT AUTO OR SOMETHING
00:16:31.36\00:16:34.96
LIKE THAT.
00:16:34.96\00:16:35.80
I'VE NEVER PLAYED IT.
00:16:35.80\00:16:37.03
AND IT SORT OF HOOKED HIM.
00:16:37.03\00:16:39.50
AND HE GOT TO WHERE HE WAS
PLAYING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND
00:16:39.50\00:16:42.13
THEN SEVERAL HOURS A DAY,
AND THEN EVERYDAY, AND SOMETIMES
00:16:42.13\00:16:45.13
HOURS AND HOURS.
00:16:45.13\00:16:46.36
FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS, ALL HE
DID WAS SIT AROUND AND PLAY THIS
00:16:46.36\00:16:49.43
GAME.
00:16:49.43\00:16:50.93
AND THEN ONE NIGHT HE WAS PULLED
OVER IN A STOLEN CAR BY THE
00:16:52.16\00:16:55.26
POLICEMAN.
00:16:55.26\00:16:57.10
HE HAD STOLEN A CAR.
00:16:57.10\00:16:58.03
THE GAME IS FULL ABOUT STEALING
CARS AND KILLING POLICEMAN.
00:16:58.03\00:17:02.50
SO HE WENT AND HE STOLE A CAR.
00:17:02.50\00:17:04.13
POLICEMAN PULLED HIM OVER.
00:17:04.13\00:17:04.93
HE WAS COOPERATIVE AS HE
WAS TAKEN TO THE STATION.
00:17:04.93\00:17:07.33
AND WHILE BEING BOOKED, HE
MANAGED TO TAKE THE POLICEMAN'S
00:17:07.33\00:17:09.76
GUN.
00:17:09.76\00:17:10.93
HE SHOT HIM
TWICE AND KILLED HIM.
00:17:10.93\00:17:12.86
JUST AS IT DOES IN THE
GAME TOO: BODY SHOT, HEAD SHOT.
00:17:12.86\00:17:16.36
THEN HE WENT OUT OF THAT ROOM
WHERE HE WAS BEING BOOKED, SHOT
00:17:16.36\00:17:19.56
TWO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS,
JUMPED IN A POLICE CAR, GOT IN
00:17:19.56\00:17:22.20
A HIGH-SPEED CHASE.
00:17:22.20\00:17:23.40
FINALLY, WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED
AND SURROUNDED, HE SAID THE SAME
00:17:23.40\00:17:27.33
THING THAT'S ON THE GAME.
00:17:27.33\00:17:28.23
HE SAID, "WELL, WE
ALL GOTTA DIE SOMETIME."
00:17:28.23\00:17:31.00
HE HAD BECOME SO OBSESSED WITH
THIS GAME THAT IT DISTORTED HIS
00:17:31.00\00:17:34.46
REALITY.
00:17:34.46\00:17:36.03
AND IN THE RULING, HE
WAS GIVEN THE DEATH SENTENCE.
00:17:36.03\00:17:39.66
THEY SAID, "WHILE" --
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HIS DEFENSE
00:17:39.66\00:17:42.10
WAS?
00:17:42.10\00:17:43.23
"I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE; IT'S
THE GAME THAT DID IT TO ME."
00:17:43.23\00:17:46.36
AND THE JURY AGREED THAT THE
GAME DID INFLUENCE HIS BEHAVIOR,
00:17:47.43\00:17:52.63
BUT THEY SAID, "YOU CHOSE
TO PLAY THE GAME, SO YOU ARE
00:17:52.63\00:17:56.36
RESPONSIBLE."
00:17:56.36\00:17:58.50
WE ARE ALL THE SUM
TOTAL OF OUR THOUGHTS.
00:17:58.50\00:18:02.23
AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
THING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT WILL
00:18:02.23\00:18:05.56
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE IS, BY
THE GRACE OF GOD, WITH THE HOLY
00:18:05.56\00:18:11.26
SPIRIT, MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
ABOUT WHAT YOU BRING INTO THE
00:18:11.26\00:18:15.53
AVENUES OF YOUR
SOUL THROUGH YOUR SENSES.
00:18:15.53\00:18:19.26
THIS IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT
00:18:19.26\00:18:23.56
WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR
EXPERIENCE, IN YOUR HAPPINESS,
00:18:23.56\00:18:26.50
IN YOUR ATTITUDE, IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS, IS DECIDE WHAT
00:18:26.50\00:18:29.76
YOU'RE GONNA WATCH...
00:18:29.76\00:18:31.36
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR...
00:18:31.36\00:18:32.90
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA READ.
00:18:32.90\00:18:35.10
THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.
00:18:35.10\00:18:37.20
IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE READ
AND STUDIED AND WATCHED OVER THE
00:18:37.20\00:18:40.10
COURSE OF YOUR LIFE...
00:18:40.10\00:18:41.53
THAT HAS DEFINED WHAT LANGUAGE
YOU SPEAK NOW, WHAT YOUR HABITS
00:18:41.53\00:18:43.80
ARE.
00:18:43.80\00:18:45.50
SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WATCH
YOUR THOUGHTS," YOU'VE HEARD
00:18:45.50\00:18:49.20
THIS, "FOR THEY
BECOME YOUR WORDS."
00:18:49.20\00:18:52.10
JESUS SAID, "OUT OF THE
ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE
00:18:52.10\00:18:55.36
MOUTH SPEAKS."
00:18:55.36\00:18:57.40
"WATCH YOUR WORDS;
THEY BECOME YOUR ACTIONS.
00:18:57.40\00:19:00.16
WATCH YOUR ACTIONS;
THEY BECOME YOUR HABITS.
00:19:00.16\00:19:02.70
WATCH YOUR HABITS;
THEY BECOME YOUR CHARACTER.
00:19:02.70\00:19:04.90
AND WATCH YOUR CHARACTER;
IT WILL BECOME YOUR DESTINY."
00:19:04.90\00:19:08.73
AND IT ALL STARTS
WITH YOUR THOUGHTS.
00:19:08.73\00:19:12.13
SO HOW MUCH HAVE YOU THOUGHT
LATELY ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK
00:19:12.13\00:19:14.60
ABOUT?
00:19:14.60\00:19:15.93
WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?
00:19:17.30\00:19:19.76
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO
TO OUR FIRST QUESTION.
00:19:19.76\00:19:21.93
HOW MANY OF YOU --
YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND.
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.40
HOW OF YOU THINK YES?
00:19:30.40\00:19:32.86
YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO
DO FOR ENTERTAINMENT CAN AFFECT
00:19:32.86\00:19:36.06
YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH.
00:19:36.06\00:19:37.03
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
00:19:37.03\00:19:38.73
YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO
WATCH ON TELEVISION OR DVDs OR
00:19:38.73\00:19:42.93
LISTEN TO FOR MUSIC OR READ,
WHATEVER THE ENTERTAINMENT IS --
00:19:42.93\00:19:46.36
OR SPORTS.
00:19:46.36\00:19:47.80
WHAT YOU'RE DOING CAN IMPACT
YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND YOUR
00:19:47.80\00:19:51.23
HAPPINESS.
00:19:51.23\00:19:52.76
BECAUSE YOUR HAPPINESS IS
SOMETHING THAT BEGINS IN YOUR
00:19:52.76\00:19:54.73
MIND.
00:19:54.73\00:19:55.86
VERY IMPORTANT.
00:19:55.86\00:19:56.80
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA THINK ABOUT?
00:19:56.80\00:19:57.83
ROMANS 12:2 IT SAYS THERE --
AND THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THIS.
00:19:57.83\00:20:03.06
SALVATION IS ABOUT A NEW HEART.
00:20:11.63\00:20:14.63
IT SAYS A NEW HEART.
00:20:14.63\00:20:15.56
IT'S NOT TALKING
ABOUT THE PUMP IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:15.56\00:20:17.40
DO YOU REALIZE THAT?
00:20:17.40\00:20:18.50
THE BIBLE SAYS, "AS A
MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART..."
00:20:18.50\00:20:21.50
THEY KNEW BACK THEN YOU DON'T
THINK WITH THIS; THEY KNEW YOU
00:20:21.50\00:20:23.76
THOUGHT WITH YOUR BRAIN.
00:20:23.76\00:20:25.03
BECAUSE IF YOU GOT HIT ON YOUR
HEAD, YOU STOPPED THINKING VERY
00:20:25.03\00:20:26.90
WELL.
00:20:26.90\00:20:28.40
SO THEY ALWAYS KNEW THAT THIS
IS WHERE THE THINKING HAPPENED.
00:20:28.40\00:20:31.30
THEY CALLED IT THE HEART.
00:20:31.30\00:20:32.30
IT MEANT THE
INNERMOST PART OF A PERSON.
00:20:32.30\00:20:35.80
"BE TRANSFORMED BY THE
RENEWING OF YOUR MIND."
00:20:35.80\00:20:38.73
THIS IS WHAT SALVATION,
CONVERSION IS ABOUT: HAVING A
00:20:38.73\00:20:40.96
NEW MIND, NEW WAY OF THINKING.
00:20:40.96\00:20:43.60
AND IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO HAVE
FRESH THINKING IF YOU'RE FILLING
00:20:43.60\00:20:48.50
YOUR MIND WITH ROTTEN PROGRAMS.
00:20:48.50\00:20:51.36
YOU'LL END UP WITH WHAT
THEY CALL STINKING THINKING.
00:20:51.36\00:20:54.23
AND SO THERE'S A
DIRECT CONNECTION THERE.
00:20:54.23\00:20:57.03
THE REST OF THAT SAYS, "AND DO
NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD,"
00:20:57.03\00:20:59.86
OH, I READ THAT,
"THAT YOU MIGHT PROVE..."
00:20:59.86\00:21:02.43
THAT MEANS TEST, EVALUATE...
00:21:02.43\00:21:04.06
"WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND
ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF
00:21:04.06\00:21:07.20
GOD."
00:21:07.20\00:21:08.40
WE NEED TO SCREEN THESE
THINGS THAT GO INTO OUR MINDS.
00:21:08.40\00:21:11.96
YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER USED TO
WRITE SONGS FOR ELVIS PRESLEY.
00:21:13.13\00:21:19.90
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A
JOKE IF YOU TALK ABOUT AN ELVIS
00:21:19.90\00:21:22.30
IMPERSONATOR.
00:21:22.30\00:21:23.46
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THEM.
00:21:23.46\00:21:24.70
A MATTER OF FACT,
IT'S A WHOLE INDUSTRY.
00:21:24.70\00:21:26.70
I THINK THEY'VE EVEN GOT A
SCHOOL WHERE PEOPLE TRAIN TO
00:21:26.70\00:21:28.86
IMPERSONATE ELVIS
IN LAS VEGAS SOMEWHERE.
00:21:28.86\00:21:32.33
BUT RIGHT AFTER ELVIS DIED...
00:21:32.33\00:21:34.50
SOME FELLOW STARTED MAKING
A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IMITATING
00:21:37.43\00:21:40.70
ELVIS PRESLEY, BUT HE HAD
BEEN PRACTICING FOR YEARS.
00:21:40.70\00:21:44.50
KAREN AND I WENT TO SOME
PEOPLE'S HOUSE AFTER CHURCH ONE
00:21:44.50\00:21:48.33
DAY FOR DINNER, AND THIS FELLOW
LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE ELVIS.
00:21:48.33\00:21:52.16
HIS HAIR, HIS SIDEBURNS AND
EVERYTHING, AND WE GOT TO VISIT
00:21:52.16\00:21:54.40
OVER DINNER.
00:21:54.40\00:21:55.53
AND HE TOLD US HIS STORY.
00:21:55.53\00:21:57.43
HE SAID, "WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY
FIRST WENT ON THE SCENE AND
00:21:57.43\00:22:01.33
BROKE FORTH AND STARTED DOING
CONCERTS, BECAME POPULAR AND ALL
00:22:01.33\00:22:05.13
THE GIRLS WERE SWOONING AT THE
CONCERTS," THIS GENTLEMAN WAS A
00:22:05.13\00:22:08.23
YOUNG MAN, TEENAGER, HE WENT
TO AN ELVIS PRESLEY CONCERT.
00:22:08.23\00:22:11.80
AND HE THOUGHT, "WOW.
00:22:11.80\00:22:13.53
HEY, I LIKE THIS ENERGY.
00:22:13.53\00:22:15.46
I LIKE THE WAY THE GIRLS
ARE GETTING ALL EXCITED AND
00:22:15.46\00:22:17.73
FAINTING."
00:22:17.73\00:22:18.53
HE SAID, "I'D
LIKE TO BE LIKE ELVIS."
00:22:18.53\00:22:21.40
AND HE WENT HOME AND HE STARTED
TO LISTEN TO ELVIS PRESLEY
00:22:21.40\00:22:25.80
SONGS, GOT A GUITAR,
BEGAN TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
00:22:25.80\00:22:30.96
PLAYED ELVIS SONGS.
00:22:30.96\00:22:32.56
HE HAD A RECORD
PLAYER BACK THEN.
00:22:32.56\00:22:34.63
HE'D PLAY THEM OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:22:34.63\00:22:36.96
STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR,
DIED HIS HAIR BLACK, WALLPAPERED
00:22:36.96\00:22:40.86
HIS ROOM WITH
ELVIS PRESLEY POSTERS.
00:22:40.86\00:22:44.50
I MEAN, HE HAD THIS
MOVIE STAR IDOL THING BAD.
00:22:44.50\00:22:50.13
WHEN THERE WAS AN
ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIE --
00:22:50.13\00:22:52.16
AND HE WASN'T A VERY GOOD ACTOR.
00:22:52.16\00:22:55.13
NOTHING PERSONAL IF YOU HAPPEN
TO BE AN ELVIS PRESLEY FAN,
00:22:55.13\00:22:57.26
BUT...
00:22:57.26\00:22:58.73
HE'D GO TO THE
ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIES.
00:22:58.73\00:23:00.63
AND BACK THEN YOU COULD PAY A
DOLLAR AND YOU COULD SIT THERE
00:23:00.63\00:23:02.86
ALL DAY LONG AND
WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
00:23:02.86\00:23:04.80
AND HE'D DO THAT!
00:23:04.80\00:23:07.16
HE'D GO TO A CONCERT WHENEVER
IT WAS WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED
00:23:07.16\00:23:09.43
MILES AND BUY ALL THE
ELVIS PRESLEY PARAPHERNALIA.
00:23:09.43\00:23:13.26
AND HE DID THIS
FOR 20-SOMETHING YEARS.
00:23:13.26\00:23:16.96
AND WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY DIED, OF
COURSE, HE WAS HEARTBROKEN, BUT
00:23:16.96\00:23:20.90
HE HAD BECOME SO GOOD AT
IMITATING ELVIS PRESLEY, HE WAS
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.93
ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT
BEGAN TO GET JOBS THAT PAID
00:23:23.93\00:23:27.76
VERY WELL.
00:23:27.76\00:23:29.06
HE COULD TALK LIKE ELVIS,
HE COULD WALK LIKE HIM, HE KNEW
00:23:29.06\00:23:31.80
ALL OF HIS CLICHÉS AND HE COULD
SING LIKE HIM, AND EVEN KIND OF
00:23:31.80\00:23:36.16
LOOKED LIKE HIM!
00:23:36.16\00:23:37.50
WHEN WE MET HIM, THOUGH, HE
WAS NOW A 50-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD
00:23:39.23\00:23:42.36
ELVIS.
00:23:42.36\00:23:44.80
AND GETTING A LITTLE PORTLY.
00:23:44.80\00:23:47.43
AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I
KNOW I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER."
00:23:47.43\00:23:50.30
BUT EVEN THEN HE WAS MAKING
$10,000 FOR ONE CONCERT IN
00:23:50.30\00:23:54.00
JAPAN.
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.43
AND HE SAID, "I DON'T
KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE."
00:23:56.43\00:24:01.46
HE SAYS, "I HAVE NO IDENTITY."
00:24:01.46\00:24:02.90
HE SAYS, "I'VE JUST SPENT MY
WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY
00:24:02.90\00:24:04.80
ELSE THAT BASICALLY KILLED
THEMSELVES WITH FAME AND DRUGS."
00:24:04.80\00:24:09.96
AND YOU KNOW A
LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT.
00:24:09.96\00:24:11.80
THEY IDOLIZE THESE FOLKS IN THE
MOVIE INDUSTRY, AND THEY DON'T
00:24:11.80\00:24:15.46
KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
00:24:15.46\00:24:17.13
AND THEY SO FILL THEIR MINDS
WITH THIS OTHER PERSON THAT THEY
00:24:17.13\00:24:20.23
KINDA GET A FALSE REALITY.
00:24:20.23\00:24:23.43
YOU KNOW WHAT I READ IN
THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY?
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.46
I'VE NOT SEEN IT, BUT I'VE HEARD
THAT THERE'S THIS NEW CRAZE
00:24:25.46\00:24:27.90
ABOUT VAMPIRE MOVIES.
00:24:27.90\00:24:30.60
AND THESE TEEN --
OH, I SEE THAT GLINT OF
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.43
RECOGNITION...
SWEPT OVER THE CROWD.
00:24:32.43\00:24:36.06
AND THEY SAID
THERE'S A PROBLEM NOW.
00:24:36.06\00:24:37.86
TEENS ARE GETTING SO WRAPPED UP
IN IT THAT THEY'RE BITING EACH
00:24:37.86\00:24:40.30
OTHER SO HARD THEY'RE DRAWING
BLOOD AND LICKING AND GIVING
00:24:40.30\00:24:44.16
EACH OTHER HICKEYS OR WHATEVER,
BUT THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT TOO
00:24:44.16\00:24:46.76
FAR.
00:24:46.76\00:24:47.70
[LAUGHTER] YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:24:47.70\00:24:50.40
IF IT WASN'T FOR WATCHING THAT
KIND OF CRAZY STUFF, WHO WOULD
00:24:50.40\00:24:53.56
EVER WANNA DO THAT?
00:24:53.56\00:24:54.86
"HI, GLAD TO MEET YOU.
00:24:54.86\00:24:55.76
CAN I BITE YOUR
NECK AND DRINK YOUR --"
00:24:55.76\00:24:58.46
LOOK HOW MUCH INFLUENCE THESE
CRAZY DIRECTORS AND WRITERS ARE
00:24:58.46\00:25:02.46
HAVING ON OUR CULTURE.
00:25:02.46\00:25:05.50
WHAT IF WE WOULD IDOLIZE JESUS?
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.90
I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO
A GENERATION IF WE WOULD DO WITH
00:25:09.63\00:25:13.03
JESUS WHAT HOLLYWOOD WANTS US
TO DO, WITH THE MOVIE STARS OR
00:25:13.03\00:25:17.86
THE ROCK
MUSICIANS, AND IDOLIZE GOD?
00:25:17.86\00:25:24.70
BECAUSE HE SAID, "I'M A JEALOUS
GOD; I'M THE ONLY ONE YOU'RE
00:25:24.70\00:25:26.90
SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP."
00:25:26.90\00:25:28.33
IF YOU WORSHIP ANYONE ELSE BUT
GOD, YOU'RE GONNA END UP BEING
00:25:28.33\00:25:31.83
DISTORTED AND
DRIFTING TOWARDS THE DEVIL.
00:25:31.83\00:25:35.06
SO WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.50
THAT'S WHO
YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME.
00:25:36.50\00:25:38.70
SECOND QUESTION...
00:25:38.70\00:25:40.23
ANSWER, 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18...
00:25:46.73\00:25:49.23
WE ARE TRANSFORMED BY BEHOLDING.
00:26:05.66\00:26:09.46
WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE LOOK AT.
00:26:09.46\00:26:12.90
YOU KNOW, IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
THEY FIND THIS IS TRUE WITH
00:26:12.90\00:26:15.36
CERTAIN CREATURES, THAT AS SOON
AS THEY'RE BORN, THERE'S A VERY
00:26:15.36\00:26:18.03
CRITICAL POINT WHERE THEY KIND
OF LOOK AROUND, THEY FIND OUT,
00:26:18.03\00:26:20.76
"WHO AM I?
00:26:20.76\00:26:21.96
WHAT AM I DOING?"
00:26:21.96\00:26:23.06
AND THEY SORT OF, THEY BOND.
00:26:23.06\00:26:26.33
AND THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT
KEY POINTS IN DIFFERENT
00:26:26.33\00:26:28.96
CREATURES' LIVES, BUT -- LIKE
DUCKS, THEY DO IT RIGHT AFTER
00:26:28.96\00:26:31.56
THEY COME OUT OF THE SHELL, AND
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT BEFORE.
00:26:31.56\00:26:34.83
BABY DUCK HATCHED, IF IT DOESN'T
SEE ITS MOTHER AROUND, BUT IT
00:26:34.83\00:26:38.66
SEES THE FAMILY DOG, IT
WILL START TO FOLLOW THE DOG.
00:26:38.66\00:26:42.13
MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT
ON A KAYAK TRIP ONE TIME.
00:26:44.30\00:26:46.93
WE WENT FOR A WALK, AWAY FROM
CAMP, FOUND A LITTLE BABY DUCK
00:26:46.93\00:26:50.53
THAT WAS ABANDONED.
00:26:50.53\00:26:52.00
AND HAD TO CHASE IT
DOWN TO CATCH IT AT FIRST.
00:26:52.00\00:26:54.20
LITTLE, CUTE LITTLE THING.
00:26:54.20\00:26:55.20
JUST PEEP, PEEP, PEEP, PEEP.
00:26:55.20\00:26:56.86
AND WE THOUGHT, "IT'S GONNA GET
EATEN BY AN EAGLE OR SOMETHING
00:26:56.86\00:26:59.73
OUT HERE."
00:26:59.73\00:27:00.36
AND SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO
CAMP AND WE SHOWED EVERYONE.
00:27:00.36\00:27:02.70
JUST WANTED THEM TO SEE IT AND
THEN WE THOUGHT WE'D LET IT GO.
00:27:02.70\00:27:04.40
WE LET IT GO; IT
WOULDN'T LEAVE US.
00:27:04.40\00:27:08.06
AND IT STAYED IN
THE CAMP THAT NIGHT.
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.00
PEEPED AROUND FROM ONE PERSON
TO ANOTHER, THOUGHT IT WAS A
00:27:11.00\00:27:12.70
PEOPLE.
00:27:12.70\00:27:13.30
THAT'S WHY IT
WENT PEEP, PEEP, PEEP.
00:27:13.30\00:27:14.76
NO, I'M JUST -- [LAUGHTER]
00:27:14.76\00:27:17.76
AND THE NEXT DAY WE
SAID, "GOOD BYE, LITTLE FELLOW.
00:27:17.76\00:27:19.73
WE'RE KAYAKING DOWN THE RIVER.
00:27:19.73\00:27:21.26
HATE TO LEAVE YOU, BUT
WE CAN'T TAKE YOU WITH US.
00:27:21.26\00:27:23.13
YOU'LL GET HURT."
00:27:23.13\00:27:24.73
AND WE TOOK OFF AND LAUNCHED
OUR KAYAKS AND THE LITTLE THING
00:27:24.73\00:27:28.06
JUMPED IN THE WATER,
STARTED FOLLOWING US.
00:27:28.06\00:27:30.66
AND IT WAS THE
MOST AMAZING THING.
00:27:30.66\00:27:32.26
IT JUST SWAM LIKE A DUCK.
00:27:32.26\00:27:33.86
IT WAS BOBBING ON
THE WATER LIKE A CORK.
00:27:33.86\00:27:35.56
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID?
00:27:35.56\00:27:36.26
AS WE WERE KAYAKING
DOWN THE RIVER, IT --
00:27:36.26\00:27:37.96
EVEN GOING THROUGH
RAPIDS, JUST DID GREAT.
00:27:37.96\00:27:40.70
IT WOULD JUMP UP ON THE BACK
OF OUR KAYAKS AND RIDE WITH US.
00:27:40.70\00:27:45.10
IT WOULDN'T LEAVE US.
00:27:45.10\00:27:46.63
AND YOU'RE THINKING,
"AH, ISN'T THAT CUTE?"
00:27:46.63\00:27:48.46
BUT THAT'S TO ILLUSTRATE EVERY
CREATURE DOES A LITTLE BONDING
00:27:48.46\00:27:52.36
AT SOME POINT.
00:27:52.36\00:27:54.03
AND IT'S ESPECIALLY POWERFUL
DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS.
00:27:54.03\00:27:57.90
AND YOU MAKE DECISIONS OF WHAT
YOU LISTEN TO AND THE RECORD
00:27:57.90\00:28:02.16
ALBUMS THAT YOU STARE AT AND
THE MAGAZINES AND THE TELEVISION
00:28:02.16\00:28:05.63
PROGRAMS, AND YOU BEGIN TO
START IDENTIFYING WITH THOSE
00:28:05.63\00:28:09.43
CHARACTERS, AND IT CAN
ALTER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE.
00:28:09.43\00:28:15.46
AND WHO YOUR HEROES
ARE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:28:17.23\00:28:20.63
CHOOSE THEM CAREFULLY.
00:28:20.63\00:28:22.10
YOU WILL BECOME
LIKE WHO YOU WORSHIP.
00:28:22.10\00:28:26.40
QUESTION NUMBER THREE...
00:28:26.40\00:28:28.06
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
00:28:35.03\00:28:36.53
PHILIPPIANS 4:8:
00:28:36.53\00:28:38.46
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT MENTIONS
NOBLE, TRUE, JUST, PURE,
00:29:05.70\00:29:09.96
LOVELY, GOOD REPORT,
VIRTUE, PRAISEWORTHY.
00:29:09.96\00:29:13.90
YOU MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT IT, BUT
I JUST DESCRIBED THE CHARACTER
00:29:13.90\00:29:16.10
OF JESUS.
00:29:16.10\00:29:18.06
JESUS IS ALL OF THAT.
00:29:18.06\00:29:21.66
YOU BECOME LIKE
WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:29:21.66\00:29:25.23
AS YOU BEHOLD THE LORD YOU
ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
00:29:25.23\00:29:30.53
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS:
LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE BECOME
00:29:30.53\00:29:34.03
CHANGED OFTEN BY THE CULTURE.
00:29:34.03\00:29:36.80
AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, "WHO AM
I SUPPOSED TO BE?" BY LOOKING UP
00:29:36.80\00:29:40.93
AT GOD AND THINKING ABOUT GOD,
WE LOOK HORIZONTALLY AND WE SAY,
00:29:40.93\00:29:45.13
"WELL" -- AND EVEN
IN THE CHURCH PEOPLE DO
00:29:45.13\00:29:47.26
THIS.
00:29:47.26\00:29:48.10
"WHAT'S THE CHURCH DOING?
00:29:48.10\00:29:48.93
WELL, I GUESS THIS
IS WHAT A CHRISTIAN IS."
00:29:48.93\00:29:50.80
IS A CHRISTIAN A
FOLLOWER OF THE CHURCH?
00:29:50.80\00:29:52.76
IS A CHRISTIAN THE
FOLLOWER OF CHRISTIANS?
00:29:52.76\00:29:54.70
OR IS A CHRISTIAN
A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST?
00:29:54.70\00:29:58.70
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,
WE SAY, "WELL HEY, EVERYBODY'S
00:29:58.70\00:30:01.23
DOING IT, EVERYBODY'S
WATCHING IT, MUST BE OKAY."
00:30:01.23\00:30:03.60
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE
ANALOGY HERE THAT MAY HELP YOU.
00:30:05.86\00:30:09.13
JUST IN MY SHORT LIFE, WHICH
HAS BEEN GETTING LONGER ALL THE
00:30:09.13\00:30:13.00
TIME, WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL
IN NEW YORK CITY, I REMEMBER A
00:30:13.00\00:30:22.83
YOUNG LADY WHO WENT TO PUBLIC
SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY WITH ME,
00:30:22.83\00:30:26.33
GETTING SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT HER DRESS
00:30:26.33\00:30:30.30
WAS IMMODEST.
00:30:30.30\00:30:32.03
PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY.
00:30:32.03\00:30:34.46
WHAT SHE WORE THAT DAY -- WE
USED TO WALK TO SCHOOL TOGETHER;
00:30:35.83\00:30:39.20
I KNEW HER VERY WELL.
00:30:39.20\00:30:40.23
WHAT SHE WORE TO SCHOOL THAT
DAY WOULD PROBABLY BE ALLOWED IN
00:30:40.23\00:30:44.40
MOST CHRISTIAN
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
00:30:44.40\00:30:48.80
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
00:30:48.80\00:30:50.70
LET'S FACE IT.
00:30:50.70\00:30:51.53
MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER
BUT, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP...
00:30:51.53\00:30:56.26
IT WAS CONSIDERED SCANDALOUS IF
YOU SAW A BEDROOM ON TELEVISION,
00:30:56.26\00:31:02.66
AND ON I LOVE LUCY, WHEN IT
SHOWED THEM WALKING IN THEIR
00:31:02.66\00:31:06.56
BEDROOM -- AND
THEY HAD TWO TWIN BEDS!
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.46
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND AN
AMAZING FACT IS THE FIRST TIME
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.00
IT SHOWED A MARRIED COUPLE,
SHARING A BED ON TELEVISION, IT
00:31:12.00\00:31:14.86
WAS FRED AND WILMA FLINTSTONE,
BECAUSE THE CENSORS WOULD NOT
00:31:14.86\00:31:19.16
ALLOW IT ANY
OTHER WAY BEFORE THAT.
00:31:19.16\00:31:21.26
THEY THOUGHT,
"WELL, IT'S A CARTOON."
00:31:21.26\00:31:24.00
THEY THOUGHT IT
MIGHT PUT IMPURE THOUGHTS.
00:31:24.00\00:31:26.13
HOW MUCH IS LEFT TO
THE IMAGINATION TODAY?
00:31:26.13\00:31:29.60
SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
00:31:29.60\00:31:31.00
THE CHURCH ALWAYS FIGURES,
"WELL, WE BETTER, YOU KNOW,
00:31:31.00\00:31:33.46
WE'VE GOT TO BE HOLIER THAN
THE WORLD; WE NEED TO SET AN
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.43
EXAMPLE.
00:31:35.43\00:31:36.10
SO LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THE
STANDARD OF THE WORLD IS HERE,"
00:31:36.10\00:31:40.26
STANDARD OF THE CHURCH
SAYS, "WE GOTTA BE AT LEAST 20%
00:31:40.26\00:31:42.66
BETTER THAN THE
WORLD, IT'S HERE."
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.53
BUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO THE
STANDARD OF THE WORLD OVER TIME?
00:31:44.53\00:31:48.86
HAS IT BEEN GOING UP OR DOWN?
00:31:48.86\00:31:50.46
HOW MANY SAY DOWN?
00:31:50.46\00:31:53.00
MOST OF YOU, HUH?
00:31:53.00\00:31:54.73
AS IT GOES DOWN,
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING?
00:31:54.73\00:31:57.16
HERE'S THE WORLD,
HERE'S THE CHURCH.
00:31:57.16\00:31:58.86
"WE JUST GOTTA STAY A
LITTLE BETTER THAN THE WORLD."
00:31:58.86\00:32:00.73
AS THE WORLD GOES DOWN,
EVENTUALLY WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS
00:32:00.73\00:32:03.26
THE STANDARD OF THE CHURCH IS
LOWER THAN THE STANDARD OF THE
00:32:03.26\00:32:05.90
WORLD, AND IT
HAPPENS LITTLE BY LITTLE.
00:32:05.90\00:32:09.06
WE BECOME DISTORTED IN
OUR VALUES, AND WE LOOK AROUND
00:32:09.06\00:32:12.03
INSTEAD OF LOOKING
AT CHRIST AND HIS WORD.
00:32:12.03\00:32:14.83
WHAT IS THE BOTTOM
LINE FOR WHAT IS TRUE?
00:32:14.83\00:32:17.50
WHAT IS NOBLE?
00:32:17.50\00:32:18.60
WHAT IS JUST?
00:32:18.60\00:32:19.46
IS IT THE CULTURE?
00:32:19.46\00:32:20.70
IS IT THE MOVIES?
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.00
WHERE DO WE FIND
OUT WHAT TRUTH IS?
00:32:22.00\00:32:24.73
DO YOU HAVE A
DIFFERENT TRUTH THAN ME?
00:32:24.73\00:32:26.90
IS YOUR TRUTH JUST AS RIGHT FOR
YOU AND MY TRUTH IS RIGHT FOR ME
00:32:26.90\00:32:29.86
AND EVERYONE'S KIND OF GOT THEIR
OWN TRUTH AND I HAVE TO RESPECT
00:32:29.86\00:32:32.03
YOUR TRUTH IS YOUR TRUTH
AND MY TRUTH IS MY TRUTH?
00:32:32.03\00:32:35.20
BALONEY.
00:32:35.20\00:32:36.86
THERE IS ONE TRUTH.
00:32:36.86\00:32:40.03
DO YOU WANT THE CAPTAIN ON
THE AIRPLANE THAT YOU FLY TO BE
00:32:40.03\00:32:42.80
SAYING, "WELL, TODAY I'VE GOT
THIS IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE LAWS OF
00:32:42.80\00:32:45.90
AVIATION ARE AND YOU'VE GOT
YOUR IDEA," TO THE CO-PILOT, "OF
00:32:45.90\00:32:50.66
WHAT THE LAWS OF AVIATION ARE,
AND YOUR IDEA'S JUST AS GOOD AS
00:32:50.66\00:32:53.90
MY IDEA"?
00:32:53.90\00:32:54.60
OR A BRAIN SURGEON
TO WORK ON YOU THAT WAY?
00:32:54.60\00:32:58.03
OR ARE THERE CERTAIN ABSOLUTES
ABOUT THOSE LAWS THAT ARE GONNA
00:32:58.03\00:33:00.86
KEEP THAT PLANE IN THE AIR AND
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PILOT
00:33:00.86\00:33:03.20
KNOWS WHAT THOSE LAWS ARE?
00:33:03.20\00:33:04.90
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
WITH LIFE: THERE IS A TRUTH.
00:33:06.53\00:33:10.76
IT'S INTERESTING.
00:33:10.76\00:33:11.83
JUST BEFORE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED,
PONTIUS PILATE SAID, "WHAT IS
00:33:11.83\00:33:15.73
TRUTH?"
00:33:15.73\00:33:16.90
SARCASTICALLY HE SHRUGGED,
AND THEN HE HANDED JESUS OVER TO
00:33:16.90\00:33:19.53
THE CROWD.
00:33:19.53\00:33:20.86
HE BASICALLY REJECTED THE
VERY ESSENCE OF THE TRUTH IN A
00:33:20.86\00:33:25.46
PERSON, PASSED IT UP.
00:33:25.46\00:33:28.10
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TRUTH WAS
AND THEN HE HANDED TRUTH OFF TO
00:33:28.10\00:33:31.73
THE CROWD.
00:33:31.73\00:33:32.76
THERE IS A TRUTH, AND WE
NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
00:33:32.76\00:33:35.60
I HEARD A STORY ONE TIME ABOUT
A MAN, WENT INTO AN ARTIST'S
00:33:35.60\00:33:38.83
STUDIO.
00:33:38.83\00:33:40.56
AND THE ARTIST WAS PAINTING AND
THERE BY HIS PALETTE OF PAINTS,
00:33:40.56\00:33:44.06
HE HAD A BASKET OF WHAT LOOKED
LIKE VERY VALUABLE GEMS, ALL
00:33:44.06\00:33:48.40
DIFFERENT COLORS: REDS AND
GREENS AND BLUES AND YELLOWS.
00:33:48.40\00:33:51.13
AND HE SAID, "WHAT'S WITH
THE BASKET OF BEAUTIFUL ROCKS?"
00:33:51.13\00:33:55.90
HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WHILE
I'M PAINTING, AND I'M USING ALL
00:33:55.90\00:33:58.16
THESE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS
OF HUES, FAINT DIFFERENCES IN
00:33:58.16\00:34:02.46
COLOR," HE SAYS, "MY EYE CAN
BECOME DISTORTED BY LOOKING AT
00:34:02.46\00:34:05.80
MY OWN PAINTING, AND I FORGET
WHAT TRUE COLOR IS, AND I HAVE
00:34:05.80\00:34:10.20
TO LOOK BACK AT THE CONSTANT
OF THE STONES -- THEY DON'T
00:34:10.20\00:34:13.06
CHANGE -- TO KEEP READJUSTING
MY CONCEPT OF WHAT PURE COLORS
00:34:13.06\00:34:18.96
ARE."
00:34:18.96\00:34:20.63
WE'RE LIVING IN A CULTURE RIGHT
NOW WHERE OUR IDEA OF WHAT'S
00:34:20.63\00:34:23.46
RIGHT AND WRONG IS BEING SO
BLENDED AND DISTORTED BY THE
00:34:23.46\00:34:29.23
MESSAGES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM
THE WORLD, IT'S GOT EVERYBODY
00:34:29.23\00:34:32.46
REAL MIXED UP.
00:34:32.46\00:34:35.13
SO, WHAT IS TRUTH?
00:34:35.13\00:34:37.56
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
00:34:37.56\00:34:39.16
YOU WILL BE THE SUM
OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
00:34:39.16\00:34:42.06
AH, YOU NEED A BREAK.
00:34:42.06\00:34:42.73
THIS WAS ALL PRETTY HEAVY.
00:34:42.73\00:34:44.70
I NEED A VICTIM --
I MEAN, A VOLUNTEER.
00:34:44.70\00:34:47.13
[LAUGHTER] I
MIGHT EMBARRASS YOU.
00:34:47.13\00:34:49.90
OKAY.
00:34:49.90\00:34:50.73
GENTLEMAN RIGHT
HERE, CLOSEST TO THE FRONT.
00:34:50.73\00:34:53.50
COME UP REAL QUICK HERE, AND
JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE HOW
00:34:53.50\00:34:57.10
OUR BRAINS WORK.
00:34:57.10\00:34:59.16
AND IT'S SO EASY TO DISTRACT A
PERSON SOMETIMES WITH THINKING.
00:34:59.16\00:35:03.40
WHAT WAS YOUR NAME?
00:35:03.40\00:35:04.20
>> MICAH.
00:35:04.20\00:35:04.80
>> MICAH?
00:35:04.80\00:35:05.50
THAT'S A GOOD NAME.
00:35:05.50\00:35:06.60
ALL RIGHT.
00:35:06.60\00:35:07.53
NOW...
00:35:07.53\00:35:09.53
CAN YOU TAKE ONE
FINGER AND GO LIKE THAT?
00:35:09.53\00:35:13.83
ALL RIGHT, NOW
DO IT IN THE MIDDLE.
00:35:13.83\00:35:16.16
OKAY.
00:35:16.16\00:35:16.90
NOW I WANT YOU TO PAT
YOUR BELLY, RUB YOUR HEAD.
00:35:16.90\00:35:21.50
PRETTY GOOD.
00:35:21.50\00:35:23.20
PRETTY GOOD.
00:35:23.20\00:35:23.66
OKAY, TAKE YOUR
HAND, PUT IT ON YOUR CHEEK.
00:35:23.66\00:35:26.26
OH, HE CAUGHT IT!
00:35:26.26\00:35:27.63
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
00:35:27.63\00:35:28.83
NOW, WHATEVER YOU DO, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A PURPLE
00:35:28.83\00:35:33.00
MONKEY.
00:35:33.00\00:35:34.00
[LAUGHTER] WHAT
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?
00:35:34.00\00:35:37.30
>> [INDECIPHERABLE],
MY BEST FRIEND.
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.53
>> DID A PURPLE
MONKEY COME INTO YOUR MIND?
00:35:39.53\00:35:41.76
>> [INDECIPHERABLE] [LAUGHTER]
00:35:41.76\00:35:45.60
ALL RIGHT, YOU DID PRETTY GOOD.
00:35:45.60\00:35:46.73
THANKS A LOT.
00:35:46.73\00:35:47.23
LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND.
00:35:47.23\00:35:48.13
[APPLAUSE] I USUALLY FOOL THEM.
00:35:48.13\00:35:51.16
YOU SAW HIM: HE
WAS GOING FOR HIS CHIN.
00:35:51.16\00:35:53.70
HE WAS WATCHING ME, AND THEN
HE WENT TO HIS CHEEK, DIDN'T HE?
00:35:53.70\00:35:58.00
THAT USUALLY GETS THEM.
00:35:58.00\00:35:59.23
PRETTY GOOD.
00:35:59.23\00:35:59.96
I'M IMPRESSED.
00:35:59.96\00:36:01.76
IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO FOCUS
WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
00:36:01.76\00:36:05.40
HAPPENING AROUND YOU.
00:36:05.40\00:36:07.03
HOW MANY DISTRACTIONS DOES THE
DEVIL HAVE IN THE WORLD TO TRY
00:36:07.03\00:36:11.93
TO KEEP US FROM
THINKING ABOUT JESUS?
00:36:11.93\00:36:14.83
WHAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT?
00:36:14.83\00:36:17.63
GOD.
00:36:19.16\00:36:20.56
HE SHOULD BE FILLING OUR MINDS,
BUT THE DEVIL'S GOT A THOUSAND
00:36:20.56\00:36:22.66
THINGS TO PULL
OUR MINDS OFF OF GOD.
00:36:22.66\00:36:25.00
ALL RIGHT.
00:36:25.00\00:36:25.70
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR:
00:36:25.70\00:36:27.13
ANSWER: JOHN 10:10, JESUS SAID:
00:36:36.33\00:36:41.16
HOW?
00:36:45.23\00:36:46.30
ABUNDANTLY.
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.23
THE IDEA THAT, "WELL, IF I CAN'T
WATCH THE THINGS OF THE WORLD OR
00:36:48.23\00:36:52.50
LISTEN TO THE THINGS OF THE
WORLD OR READ THE THINGS OF THE
00:36:52.50\00:36:54.60
WORLD, I JUST WON'T
HAVE ANY FUN IN LIFE.
00:36:54.60\00:36:57.23
MY LIFE IS GONNA BE BORING."
00:36:57.23\00:36:58.73
IS THAT TRUE?
00:36:58.73\00:37:01.30
NO, FRIENDS.
00:37:01.30\00:37:02.36
IT'S A DISTORTION.
00:37:02.36\00:37:03.83
NOW IT IS TRUE THAT YOUR
APPETITE CAN BE PERVERTED.
00:37:03.83\00:37:10.56
DO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
BURN YOUR TASTE BUDS WITH
00:37:10.56\00:37:12.90
CERTAIN SPICY FOOD SO THAT YOU
CAN'T TASTE THE NUANCES OF VERY
00:37:12.90\00:37:17.36
GOOD, HEALTHY FOOD?
00:37:17.36\00:37:19.36
YOU CAN SO BURN YOUR TASTE BUDS
THAT YOU CAN'T TASTE ANYTHING
00:37:19.36\00:37:23.36
UNLESS IT'S OVER-SPICED.
00:37:23.36\00:37:26.06
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S
WHAT THE DEVIL HAS DONE WITH OUR
00:37:26.06\00:37:28.80
MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS.
00:37:28.80\00:37:30.23
HE KEEPS THEM SO FEVERED WITH
THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE WORLD,
00:37:30.23\00:37:33.66
AND IT JUST KEEPS PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE FURTHER AND FURTHER.
00:37:33.66\00:37:37.70
IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE
YOU SAY, "LOOK, I'D LIKE TO READ
00:37:37.70\00:37:40.10
SOMETHING, I'VE GOT A MESSAGE
HERE FROM GOD," AND YOU SAY,
00:37:40.10\00:37:42.80
"OH, IT'S FROM GOD.
00:37:42.80\00:37:43.56
I DON'T KNOW.
00:37:43.56\00:37:44.30
WILL THERE BE ANY...
00:37:44.30\00:37:45.36
WILL THERE BE ANY BLOODSHED?
00:37:45.36\00:37:46.70
WILL THERE BE SOME INTRIGUE?
00:37:46.70\00:37:48.00
WILL THERE AN ACTION SCENE?
00:37:48.00\00:37:49.60
ANY SEX?
00:37:49.60\00:37:50.16
ANY VIOLENCE?
00:37:50.16\00:37:51.90
OH, YOU'RE GONNA
READ THE PARABLES TO ME?"
00:37:51.90\00:37:54.73
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY?
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.10
I GREW UP SURROUNDED WITH THIS.
00:37:58.10\00:37:59.33
MY MOTHER WAS A FILM
CRITIC IN LOS ANGELES.
00:37:59.33\00:38:02.30
I'LL MAYBE TELL YOU
ABOUT THAT ANOTHER NIGHT.
00:38:02.30\00:38:05.06
AND THE IDEA IS, THEY'VE GOT
TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, FIRST OF
00:38:05.06\00:38:10.90
ALL, TO MAKE MONEY.
00:38:10.90\00:38:12.30
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO ENTERTAIN YOU.
00:38:12.30\00:38:13.90
THEY ENTERTAIN
YOU TO MAKE MONEY.
00:38:13.90\00:38:16.63
AND IF ONE ACTION PROGRAM GETS
YOUR ATTENTION, AND THEY DO TWO
00:38:16.63\00:38:20.76
MORE LIKE IT, AND THEY FIND
OUT THAT ATTENDANCE DROPS OFF OR
00:38:20.76\00:38:23.43
PEOPLE STOP WATCHING AND SO THEY
CAN'T SELL THE COMMERCIALS ON
00:38:23.43\00:38:26.06
TELEVISION, BECAUSE PEOPLE
AREN'T WATCHING, THEY DON'T GET
00:38:26.06\00:38:28.26
THE RATINGS, THEY HAVE TO
SPICE IT UP A LITTLE MORE.
00:38:28.26\00:38:31.36
AND SO THEY TRY TO BOOST
THE ACTION AND THEY BOOST THE
00:38:31.36\00:38:34.43
SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THEY BOOST
THE EMOTION AND THEY BOOST THE
00:38:34.43\00:38:37.00
LEVEL OF VIOLENCE AND THEY GOTTA
BOOST THE SEX AND THEY GOTTA
00:38:37.00\00:38:39.46
BOOST THE STORY, AND IT'S
CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
00:38:39.46\00:38:43.26
FARTHER AND FARTHER, JUST TO
TRY TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
00:38:43.26\00:38:47.33
LOOK AT WHAT PASTORS HAVE TO
DEAL WITH TO TRY TO KEEP YOUR
00:38:47.33\00:38:49.66
ATTENTION.
00:38:49.66\00:38:51.76
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
COMPETING FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
00:38:51.76\00:38:55.50
THE DEVIL IS RAINING DOWN
ON THIS GENERATION A VIRTUAL
00:38:55.50\00:38:58.93
BLIZZARD OF DISTRACTIONS TO
KEEP US FROM THINKING ABOUT GOD.
00:38:58.93\00:39:04.76
TO KEEP US FROM
THINKING ABOUT ETERNITY.
00:39:04.76\00:39:07.43
AND SO IT JUST GOES FURTHER
AND FURTHER AND FURTHER, AND SO
00:39:07.43\00:39:11.80
PRETTY SOON, BY COMPARISON,
THE LIFE-CHANGING TRUTHS IN THE
00:39:11.80\00:39:17.80
BIBLE, PEOPLE GO, "WELL,
YEAH, THAT SEEMS BORING."
00:39:17.80\00:39:21.40
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:39:21.40\00:39:22.23
YOUR TASTE BUDS HAVE TO HEAL,
AND YOU CAN HEAL YOUR TASTE BUDS
00:39:22.23\00:39:26.63
SO THAT THE WORD
OF GOD IS EXCITING.
00:39:26.63\00:39:30.36
IT'S SATISFYING.
00:39:30.36\00:39:32.00
YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE
FILLED AND TO STARVE TO DEATH AT
00:39:33.33\00:39:40.23
THE SAME TIME.
00:39:40.23\00:39:41.96
YOU CAN EAT FOOD THAT HAS NO
NUTRITIONAL VALUE AT ALL SO THAT
00:39:41.96\00:39:48.66
YOU GET A SATISFIED SENSATION
IN YOUR STOMACH, BUT BECAUSE
00:39:48.66\00:39:52.30
THERE'S NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE,
YOU CAN DIE OF STARVATION AT THE
00:39:52.30\00:39:55.50
SAME TIME.
00:39:55.50\00:39:57.40
I UNDERSTAND THAT IN AUSTRALIA,
THERE'S A PLANT -- I THINK IT'S
00:39:57.40\00:40:00.53
CALLED THE NGARDU PLANT.
00:40:00.53\00:40:01.90
AND THE PEOPLE MADE A BREAD
OUT OF IT, AND IT WOULD SATISFY
00:40:01.90\00:40:05.40
THEIR HUNGER, BUT
THERE WAS NO NUTRITION.
00:40:05.40\00:40:08.13
AND THEY WONDERED WHY THE
CHILDREN WERE GROWING UP WITH
00:40:08.13\00:40:09.93
RICKETS AND ALL
THESE VARIOUS PROBLEMS.
00:40:09.93\00:40:11.76
IT'S BECAUSE THEY
WEREN'T GETTING --
00:40:11.76\00:40:14.33
THEY HAD THAT SENSE OF BEING
FILLED, BUT THEY WERE HUNGRY.
00:40:14.33\00:40:18.50
JESUS SAID, "BLESSED ARE THOSE
WHO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER"
00:40:18.50\00:40:21.20
WHAT?
00:40:21.20\00:40:22.33
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:40:22.33\00:40:23.23
"THEY WILL BE SATISFIED."
00:40:23.23\00:40:24.90
THE THINGS OF THE
WORLD WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
00:40:24.90\00:40:28.03
YOU WATCH SOME EXCITING
MOVIE, AND IT'S MAYBE A GOOD
00:40:28.03\00:40:31.66
DISTRACTION AT THE MOMENT.
00:40:31.66\00:40:32.90
I DON'T EVEN
WANT TO SAY, "GOOD."
00:40:32.90\00:40:34.56
IT MIGHT KEEP YOUR INTEREST
FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN WHEN IT'S
00:40:34.56\00:40:38.26
OVER, YOU'LL FEEL
MORE EMPTY THAN BEFORE.
00:40:38.26\00:40:41.63
WHAT IS IT THAT'S GOING TO FILL
YOUR MIND AND FILL YOUR HEART,
00:40:41.63\00:40:44.40
THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU
SOME LASTING SATISFACTION?
00:40:44.40\00:40:47.50
YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO PUT
00:40:49.43\00:40:52.96
INTO YOUR MIND AND
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
00:40:52.96\00:40:56.76
NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU SOMETIMES
STRUGGLE CONTROLLING YOUR
00:40:56.76\00:40:59.80
THOUGHTS?
00:40:59.80\00:41:01.23
DO YOU?
00:41:01.23\00:41:02.53
I DO.
00:41:02.53\00:41:03.56
WE ALL DO.
00:41:03.56\00:41:04.66
HOW DO YOU -- IT'S ONE OF
THE HARDEST THINGS TO CONTROL.
00:41:04.66\00:41:08.63
SO HOW DO YOU
CONTROL YOUR THINKING?
00:41:08.63\00:41:11.83
YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING IS,
AS YOU FEED INTO YOUR MIND GOOD
00:41:11.83\00:41:16.63
THINGS, YOU
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:41:16.63\00:41:19.56
ANY OF YOU EVER HAVE A THOUGHT
IN YOUR MIND, AND YOU JUST, "OH,
00:41:19.56\00:41:21.80
MAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THINKING
ABOUT THAT; I WANT TO GET IT
00:41:21.80\00:41:23.40
OUT OF MY MIND."
00:41:23.40\00:41:24.43
OVERCOME IT WITH SOMETHING GOOD.
00:41:24.43\00:41:27.53
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
I GREW UP IN THE WORLD.
00:41:27.53\00:41:30.26
UNTIL I WAS 17 YEARS OLD, I WAS
AS DEEP IN THE WORLD AS ANYBODY
00:41:30.26\00:41:33.16
I KNOW.
00:41:33.16\00:41:34.36
AND I KNEW ALL THE MUSIC OF OUR
DAY AND ALL THE DRUGS AND THE
00:41:34.36\00:41:38.66
THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:41:38.66\00:41:39.76
AND I'LL WALK INTO A
SUPERMARKET, OR SOMETIMES EVEN
00:41:39.76\00:41:44.13
JUST A RESTAURANT, AND YOU'RE
HEARING THE MUSIC AND ALL OF A
00:41:44.13\00:41:48.76
SUDDEN, I'LL GET THIS SONG
IN MY HEAD, BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS
00:41:48.76\00:41:51.96
CATCHY -- THE WORDS CAN BE
DIABOLICAL -- AND THEN I'D WALK
00:41:51.96\00:41:57.00
OUT, AND I FIND, HERE I
AM, I'M HUMMING THAT SONG.
00:41:57.00\00:42:00.06
"I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY MIND."
00:42:00.06\00:42:02.66
TERRIBLE.
00:42:02.66\00:42:04.03
AND SO, THE ONLY WAY TO GET
IT OUT OF MY MIND IS I'LL START
00:42:06.16\00:42:08.63
SAYING, "ALL RIGHT.
00:42:08.63\00:42:09.86
I'M GOING TO SING SOMETHING,
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN SONG THAT I
00:42:09.86\00:42:12.33
LIKE," AND I'VE GOT SOME
CHRISTIAN SONGS YOU GET THEM IN
00:42:12.33\00:42:15.06
YOUR MIND, YOU CAN'T GET THEM
OUT, AND THAT'S A LOT BETTER.
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.30
YOU'RE MEDITATING
ON SOMETHING GOOD.
00:42:17.30\00:42:18.80
SO YOU OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:42:18.80\00:42:20.56
MATTER OF FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE GOT A TEXT RIGHT NOW, A TEXT
00:42:20.56\00:42:24.53
QUESTION COMING IN.
00:42:24.53\00:42:25.30
APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.
00:42:25.30\00:42:27.06
FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
00:42:30.13\00:42:31.33
I USED TO LIVE THERE.
00:42:31.33\00:42:32.93
WELL, IT DEPENDS.
00:42:38.56\00:42:40.23
NOW, NOT ALL SECULAR -- WHEN
IT MEANS "SECULAR," THAT DOESN'T
00:42:40.23\00:42:44.06
NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S
ALL AUTOMATICALLY BAD.
00:42:44.06\00:42:47.13
YOU CAN HAVE A FOLK SONG THAT
WILL SAY, "THIS LAND IS YOUR
00:42:47.13\00:42:51.56
LAND, THIS LAND MY
LAND," AND SO FORTH.
00:42:51.56\00:42:54.06
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST TO
SAY, IT'S A CAMPFIRE SONG.
00:42:54.06\00:42:56.10
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORDS AND
THE MUSIC THAT IS ESSENTIALLY
00:42:56.10\00:42:59.40
BAD.
00:42:59.40\00:43:00.43
AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
WRONG TO BE LISTENING TO
00:43:00.43\00:43:03.86
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:43:03.86\00:43:04.66
BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY MESSAGES
IN LYRICS, AND THERE IS A TYPE
00:43:04.66\00:43:10.06
OF MUSIC THAT IS A DIABOLICAL,
HYPNOTIC, SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE
00:43:10.06\00:43:13.96
TYPE OF MUSIC.
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.70
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC WITH WICKED
00:43:15.70\00:43:18.43
WORDS.
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.26
MATTER OF FACT, I KNEW A SONG --
I BETTER NOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
00:43:20.26\00:43:24.76
RIGHT NOW.
00:43:24.76\00:43:26.36
BUT I KNEW A SONG ONE TIME, IT
WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODY.
00:43:26.36\00:43:28.33
AND AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN,
I THOUGHT -- THE WORDS OF THE
00:43:28.33\00:43:30.70
SONG WERE JUST SORT OF PATHETIC.
00:43:30.70\00:43:32.26
I REWROTE THE WORDS AND MADE IT
A CHRISTIAN SONG OUT OF IT, THAT
00:43:32.26\00:43:36.33
I STILL SING TODAY.
00:43:36.33\00:43:38.40
I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU LATER.
00:43:38.40\00:43:41.06
AND THEN THERE'S, ON THE OTHER
SIDE, THERE'S SOMETIMES, THEY
00:43:41.06\00:43:45.00
CALL IT MAYBE "CHRISTIAN ROCK"
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL
00:43:45.00\00:43:48.00
TAKE SOME CHRISTIAN WORDS AND
THEN THEY'LL SCREAM IT AT THE
00:43:48.00\00:43:50.83
WAILING OF A GUITAR AND YOU'RE
GOING, "WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?"
00:43:50.83\00:43:53.73
"OH, BUT THESE ARE CHRISTIAN
WORDS; IT MUST BE OKAY."
00:43:53.73\00:43:56.16
AND THE MUSIC IS SATANIC.
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.80
AND THEY THINK THAT SOMEHOW,
HAVING A FEW CHRISTIAN WORDS,
00:43:58.80\00:44:00.66
JUST SCREAM THE NAME "JESUS,"
AND IT MAKES THE SONG OKAY.
00:44:00.66\00:44:03.66
SCREAM "SANCTIFIED" AND "ALL
RIGHT, THAT MUST MEAN THE SONG'S
00:44:03.66\00:44:06.40
SANCTIFIED."
00:44:06.40\00:44:07.43
RIGHT?
00:44:07.43\00:44:08.46
THAT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:44:08.46\00:44:10.36
IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A CHRISTIAN
SONG, IT'S GOTTA BE CONSISTENTLY
00:44:10.36\00:44:12.53
BOTH.
00:44:12.53\00:44:13.60
SO IF YOU'RE GETTING STUCK WITH
SOME OF THESE OLD SONGS IN YOUR
00:44:13.60\00:44:16.53
HEAD, AS IT ASKED IN THE
QUESTION, OVERCOME EVIL WITH
00:44:16.53\00:44:19.63
GOOD.
00:44:19.63\00:44:20.73
MATTER OF FACT, WHY
DON'T YOU SAY THAT WITH ME?
00:44:20.73\00:44:22.53
PAUL WROTE THAT IN ROMANS.
00:44:22.53\00:44:23.40
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:44:23.40\00:44:26.80
THAT'S A
PRINCIPLE -- ONE MORE TIME.
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.53
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:44:28.53\00:44:31.60
IT WORKS IN EVERY AREA.
00:44:31.60\00:44:33.33
IF SOMEONE IS UNKIND TO
YOU, DON'T BE UNKIND BACK.
00:44:33.33\00:44:36.80
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:44:36.80\00:44:38.93
YOU GOT A PROBLEM SMOKING?
00:44:38.93\00:44:40.10
GET A BOX OF TOOTHPICKS.
00:44:40.10\00:44:42.26
BETTER LOOKING LIKE A
BEAVER THAN A CHIMNEY.
00:44:42.26\00:44:45.06
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD, RIGHT?
00:44:45.06\00:44:46.93
[LAUGHTER] YOU
STRUGGLE WITH FOOD OR
00:44:46.93\00:44:50.83
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
00:44:50.83\00:44:53.46
GET SOME SUGARLESS GUM.
00:44:53.46\00:44:55.90
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:44:55.90\00:44:56.70
AND IF YOU GET THE WRONG
KIND OF WORDS IN YOUR HEAD?
00:44:56.70\00:44:59.66
START READING THE
RIGHT KIND OF WORDS.
00:44:59.66\00:45:01.36
THIS IS THE -- IF
THERE WAS A MAGIC RED BUTTON
00:45:01.36\00:45:03.66
THAT I HAD UP HERE ON STAGE,
AND I SAID, "IF YOU PUSHED THIS
00:45:03.66\00:45:06.80
BUTTON TWICE A DAY, YOU'RE GONNA
BE GUARANTEED OF EVERLASTING
00:45:06.80\00:45:10.33
LIFE."
00:45:10.33\00:45:11.96
WOULD YOU COME DOWN HERE TO
THE CHURCH AND PUSH THAT BUTTON
00:45:11.96\00:45:13.93
TWICE A DAY?
00:45:13.93\00:45:15.10
IF YOU REALLY THOUGHT THIS
RED BUTTON IS GONNA GIVE YOU
00:45:15.10\00:45:17.76
EVERLASTING LIFE...
00:45:17.76\00:45:19.30
WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT
THE BUTTON IS NOW, AND YOU DON'T
00:45:19.30\00:45:21.06
HAVE TO COME HERE TO PUSH IT.
00:45:21.06\00:45:23.90
MATTER OF FACT, YOU'D BETTER
PUSH IT THREE TIMES A DAY; IT'S
00:45:23.90\00:45:25.56
A DEVOTIONAL LIFE.
00:45:25.56\00:45:27.60
TALKING TO THE LORD...
00:45:27.60\00:45:29.70
"MORNING, EVENING
AND AT NOON WILL I PRAY."
00:45:29.70\00:45:32.66
DANIEL PRAYED UPON HIS
KNEES THREE TIMES A DAY.
00:45:32.66\00:45:35.06
IT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
LORD, FILLING YOUR MIND WITH THE
00:45:35.06\00:45:38.13
THINGS OF GOD...
00:45:38.13\00:45:39.83
SO THAT YOU THINK ABOUT
HIM AND YOU WALK WITH HIM.
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.36
AND THAT CHANGES YOUR THINKING.
00:45:42.36\00:45:44.36
AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING DEVILISH
COMES ALONG AND YOU'RE TEMPTED
00:45:44.36\00:45:47.10
TO BE DISTRACTED BY IT, YOU WILL
HAVE A SCREEN IN YOUR MIND SO
00:45:47.10\00:45:50.26
YOU'LL KNOW IF IT'S
BAD OR IF IT'S GOOD.
00:45:50.26\00:45:53.80
ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FIVE:
00:45:53.80\00:45:56.10
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING TO
YOURSELF, "WELL YEAH, THAT'S
00:46:03.10\00:46:05.20
MURDER AND ADULTERY.
00:46:05.20\00:46:06.90
OF COURSE THAT'S WRONG.
00:46:06.90\00:46:08.00
BUT I'D NEVER DO THAT.
00:46:08.00\00:46:09.50
SO, WHAT'S WRONG
WITH JUST WATCHING IT?
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.03
I'M NOT DOING IT;
I'M JUST WATCHING IT."
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.33
ANSWER: PSALM 101:3.
00:46:13.33\00:46:17.33
HE SAYS:
00:46:17.33\00:46:18.73
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO
DELIBERATELY SET SIN BEFORE OUR
00:46:22.56\00:46:25.66
EYES?
00:46:25.66\00:46:26.43
IF WE LOVE JESUS, AND IF HE
WAS KILLED BY SIN, WHY WOULD YOU
00:46:26.43\00:46:31.86
WANT TO WORSHIP THE
THING THAT KILLED HIM?
00:46:31.86\00:46:34.76
WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO BE ENTERTAINED BY --
00:46:34.76\00:46:37.23
ARE YOU HEARING ME?
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.06
ARE YOU WITH ME?
00:46:38.06\00:46:39.60
I KNOW THIS IS HEAVY.
00:46:39.60\00:46:41.66
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE
ENTERTAINED BY WHAT KILLED
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.60
JESUS...
00:46:43.60\00:46:45.26
IF HE'S COME TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS?
00:46:45.26\00:46:46.93
WELL NOW, I'M JUST LIKE YOU.
00:46:46.93\00:46:48.83
MY CARNAL HEART IS JUST LIKE
YOUR CARNAL HEART, AND AS ANY
00:46:48.83\00:46:51.76
GUY -- BOY, THOSE ACTION
SCENES ARE REALLY INTRIGUING.
00:46:51.76\00:46:55.96
AND SEEING THE GOOD COWBOY
SHOOT THE BAD COWBOY OFF HIS
00:46:55.96\00:46:58.93
HORSE, THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION.
00:46:58.93\00:47:01.63
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL SORT OF
ATTRACTED TO THESE THINGS ON A
00:47:01.63\00:47:04.13
CARNAL LEVEL.
00:47:04.13\00:47:06.16
BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO JUST STOP
AND SAY, "HEY, IT DOESN'T DO
00:47:06.16\00:47:09.26
GOOD THINGS FOR ME SPIRITUALLY.
00:47:09.26\00:47:11.60
I DON'T LIKE WHERE IT
TAKES ME SPIRITUALLY."
00:47:11.60\00:47:14.46
AND BY THE WAY, WHILE YOU MAY
NOT BE COMMITTING THE SIN, YOU
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.70
MIGHT BE
COMMITTING THE SIN BY PROXY.
00:47:17.70\00:47:21.00
YOU EVER READ THIS
HERE IN ROMANS 1:32?
00:47:21.00\00:47:24.76
"WHO KNOWING THE RIGHTEOUS
JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THOSE WHO
00:47:24.76\00:47:27.66
PRACTICE SUCH THINGS ARE
DESERVING OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO
00:47:27.66\00:47:31.00
THEM, BUT ALSO APPROVE
OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM."
00:47:31.00\00:47:36.53
SO IT'S ONE THING TO DO IT;
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY, "I'M
00:47:36.53\00:47:39.43
GONNA BE ENTERTAINED BY
WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE DO IT.
00:47:39.43\00:47:41.50
I'D NEVER DO IT, BUT IT'S
FUN WATCHING THEM TO DO IT.
00:47:41.50\00:47:43.76
I'D NEVER MURDER, BUT
I LIKE WATCHING MURDER.
00:47:43.76\00:47:46.06
I'D NEVER COMMIT ADULTERY, BUT
IT'S SURE ENTERTAINING WATCHING
00:47:46.06\00:47:48.73
OTHER PEOPLE COMMIT ADULTERY."
00:47:48.73\00:47:51.13
IS THAT RIGHT FOR A CHRISTIAN?
00:47:51.13\00:47:54.20
IS IT?
00:47:56.86\00:47:58.13
NO.
00:47:58.13\00:47:59.23
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE
BORN AGAIN, THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:47:59.23\00:48:01.36
COMES INTO YOUR
HEART AND IT CHANGES YOU.
00:48:01.36\00:48:05.50
THERE MIGHT BE A CATERPILLAR
OUT THERE THAT FEASTS ON CABBAGE
00:48:05.50\00:48:08.50
WHILE IT'S A CATERPILLAR, BUT
AFTER IT MAKES A COCOON AND IT
00:48:08.50\00:48:11.86
TURNS INTO A BUTTERFLY...
00:48:11.86\00:48:14.93
IT LOSES ITS
APPETITE FOR CABBAGE.
00:48:14.93\00:48:17.63
NOTHING AGAINST CABBAGE, THOSE
OF YOU THAT LIKE SAUERKRAUT.
00:48:17.63\00:48:21.00
TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE
CONVERTED, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
00:48:21.00\00:48:25.53
YOUR DESIRES CHANGE.
00:48:25.53\00:48:26.46
THAT WHICH YOU
ONCE LOVED YOU NOW HATE.
00:48:26.46\00:48:29.00
AND THE THINGS YOU
ONCE HATE, YOU NOW LOVE.
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.96
YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE.
00:48:30.96\00:48:32.40
YOUR DESIRES CHANGE.
00:48:32.40\00:48:34.06
WHAT I'M SAYING
-- THINK ABOUT THIS.
00:48:34.06\00:48:36.63
THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING.
00:48:36.63\00:48:38.90
IF YOU KNEW RIGHT NOW THAT YOU
COULD PRAY, AND NOT ONLY WOULD
00:48:38.90\00:48:45.46
GOD GIVE YOU POWER TO RESIST
FILLING YOUR MIND WITH THE WRONG
00:48:45.46\00:48:48.86
THINGS, BUT HE'D START HELPING
YOU LOVE THE RIGHT THINGS,
00:48:48.86\00:48:53.30
THAT YOU'D FIND
SPIRITUAL THINGS CAPTIVATING...
00:48:53.30\00:48:57.16
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE IT A LOT
EASIER FOR YOU IF YOU KNEW YOUR
00:48:57.16\00:48:59.46
HEART WAS TRANSFORMED...
00:48:59.46\00:49:01.56
SO YOU WANTED THOSE THINGS?
00:49:01.56\00:49:04.50
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU FRIENDS,
THE THINGS I ONCE LOVED, I HATE.
00:49:04.50\00:49:07.26
I LOVED CIGARETTES.
00:49:07.26\00:49:08.70
I HATE IT NOW.
00:49:08.70\00:49:10.23
I HAD TO CHANGE HOTEL ROOMS
TODAY AND THEY TOOK ME INTO ONE
00:49:10.23\00:49:13.00
ROOM THAT SMELLED LIKE SOMEONE
HAD BEEN PUTTING OUT THEIR
00:49:13.00\00:49:15.80
CIGARS IN THE CARPET.
00:49:15.80\00:49:17.66
AND I SAID, "CAN WE
PLEASE FIND ANOTHER ROOM."
00:49:17.66\00:49:19.63
I USED TO LOVE THAT STUFF.
00:49:19.63\00:49:20.66
WHEN I FIRST QUIT
SMOKING, IT WAS SO HARD ON ME.
00:49:20.66\00:49:23.53
IF I SAW SOMEONE SMOKING ON THE
STREET, I'D FOLLOW HIM AROUND
00:49:23.53\00:49:26.63
AND GO...
00:49:26.63\00:49:27.83
[INHALES DEEPLY]
I CRAVED IT SO MUCH.
00:49:27.83\00:49:31.03
NOW I HATE IT.
00:49:31.03\00:49:33.40
THINGS -- ALCOHOL...
00:49:33.40\00:49:35.50
NOW I SMELL IT, IT JUST REMINDS
ME OF VOMIT BECAUSE I GOT
00:49:35.50\00:49:39.40
NAUSEOUS SO MUCH FROM DRINKING.
00:49:39.40\00:49:43.00
HANGOVERS -- THE
THINGS I ONCE LOVED, I NOW
00:49:43.00\00:49:45.26
HATE.
00:49:45.26\00:49:46.43
THE THINGS I ONCE
HATED, I NOW LOVE.
00:49:46.43\00:49:49.56
GOD GIVES YOU A NEW HEART.
00:49:49.56\00:49:51.06
SO SOME OF YOU ARE SCARED.
00:49:51.06\00:49:52.70
BEFORE YOU SURRENDER TO JESUS,
YOU THINK, "IF I'M A CHRISTIAN,
00:49:52.70\00:49:54.86
I WON'T HAVE ANY FUN."
00:49:54.86\00:49:56.50
YOU OUGHT TO FOLLOW
ME AROUND FOR A WEEK.
00:49:56.50\00:49:58.93
CHRISTIANS HAVE A LOT
OF FUN, AND YOU CAN, TOO.
00:49:58.93\00:50:02.73
YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE.
00:50:02.73\00:50:04.60
IT'S NOT BORING.
00:50:04.60\00:50:06.23
GOT ANOTHER TEXT QUESTION.
00:50:06.23\00:50:08.53
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE
TO TAKE THIS, THAT'S COME IN.
00:50:08.53\00:50:12.06
INDIO, CALIFORNIA -- NOT
VERY FAR FROM WHERE I USED
00:50:14.13\00:50:16.93
TO LIVE.
00:50:16.93\00:50:18.76
WELL, I TELL YOU,
IT'S PRETTY SLIM PICKINGS.
00:50:22.60\00:50:25.83
I GOT A TV BACK AT THE HOTEL,
AND I GOTTA SURF THROUGH THE
00:50:25.83\00:50:29.53
WHOLE GAMUT TWO OR THREE TIMES.
00:50:29.53\00:50:31.10
SOMETIMES I CAN'T FIND
ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD TO WATCH.
00:50:31.10\00:50:34.80
NOW, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART,
A LOT OF US WOULD BE BETTER OFF
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.30
IF WE TUNED UP OUR
TV WITH A CHAINSAW.
00:50:37.30\00:50:40.70
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING GOOD.
00:50:40.70\00:50:43.86
AMAZING FACTS IS ON TELEVISION.
00:50:43.86\00:50:46.10
3ABN HAS A LOT OF
GREAT TELEVISION PROGRAMS.
00:50:46.10\00:50:47.93
THERE'S SOME CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION PROGRAMMING.
00:50:47.93\00:50:50.53
YOU MIGHT -- YOU
KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME
00:50:50.53\00:50:52.30
NATURE THINGS.
00:50:52.30\00:50:53.00
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC --
THERE'S SOME VALID NEWS
00:50:53.00\00:50:54.60
PROGRAMS.
00:50:54.60\00:50:55.33
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES IT
AWFUL, EVEN THE COMMERCIALS.
00:50:55.33\00:50:58.20
YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE A
GOOD PROGRAM, BUT SOMETIMES THE
00:50:58.20\00:51:00.06
COMMERCIALS ARE...
00:51:00.06\00:51:00.86
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM...
00:51:00.86\00:51:04.10
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
...FOR WHAT THAT IS.
00:51:04.10\00:51:06.90
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO
TO OUR NEXT QUESTION.
00:51:06.90\00:51:08.96
QUESTION NUMBER SIX:
00:51:08.96\00:51:10.36
SOME OF YOU MIGHT WONDER THAT.
00:51:18.63\00:51:20.70
WELL, LET'S READ
THE ANSWER FIRST.
00:51:20.70\00:51:22.63
MATTHEW 5:28.
00:51:22.63\00:51:24.20
I FIRST WANTED TO GO
TO THE PREDICTABLE ANSWER.
00:51:24.20\00:51:27.60
BY THE WAY, THAT WORKS
BOTH WAYS, GIRLS, DOESN'T IT?
00:51:32.93\00:51:35.56
SO CAN A PERSON
SIN IN THEIR MIND?
00:51:44.23\00:51:46.93
MATTER OF FACT, I'LL SUGGEST
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SINNING
00:51:46.93\00:51:49.10
WITH YOUR BODY.
00:51:49.10\00:51:51.40
ALL BODY SIN
BEGINS AS "BRAIN SIN."
00:51:51.40\00:51:56.33
IF ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY
TAKES POSSESSION OF YOUR BODY
00:51:56.33\00:51:59.80
AND MAKES YOU DO THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING,
00:51:59.80\00:52:02.10
AND FORCES YOU -- YOU
KNOW WHAT COURTS JUDGE YOU
00:52:02.10\00:52:04.33
ON?
00:52:04.33\00:52:05.43
YOUR INTENT.
00:52:05.43\00:52:07.06
YOU'RE JUDGED ON YOUR INTENT.
00:52:07.06\00:52:08.46
IF YOU'RE WITH SOMEONE, THEY'RE
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AND YOU
00:52:08.46\00:52:10.56
DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL THEM,
THEY DON'T GIVE YOU FIRST-DEGREE
00:52:10.56\00:52:12.96
MURDER.
00:52:12.96\00:52:13.93
THEY LOOK AT YOUR INTENT.
00:52:13.93\00:52:15.66
IF YOU WALK OUT OF THE STORE
WITH SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T PAY
00:52:15.66\00:52:18.16
FOR AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT
YOU WERE DISTRACTED, YOU GOT AN
00:52:18.16\00:52:21.30
EMERGENCY PHONE CALL,
AND YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO...
00:52:21.30\00:52:23.66
IF IT WAS NOT YOUR
INTENT, THEY WON'T PROSECUTE.
00:52:23.66\00:52:26.60
IT BEGINS HERE, AND SO IF YOU
WANT TO HAVE A CHANGE IN YOUR
00:52:26.60\00:52:29.96
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, YOU CAN
DO SOMETHING VERY PROFOUND BY
00:52:29.96\00:52:33.50
WHAT YOU'RE
PUTTING IN YOUR MIND.
00:52:33.50\00:52:35.96
NOT ONLY AVOIDING WHAT IS BAD --
YOU GO CRAZY DOING THAT -- BUT
00:52:35.96\00:52:39.06
FILL IT WITH WHAT IS GOOD, AND
THAT'LL WORK A MIRACLE IN YOUR
00:52:39.06\00:52:42.76
LIFE.
00:52:42.76\00:52:43.70
QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN:
00:52:43.70\00:52:45.83
HOW DO I DETERMINE?
00:52:50.73\00:52:53.03
THE BIBLE TELLS US
IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:21.
00:52:53.90\00:52:57.66
IT SAYS, "TEST ALL THINGS
AND HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS..."
00:52:57.66\00:53:03.70
WHAT?
00:53:03.70\00:53:04.60
"GOOD."
00:53:04.60\00:53:05.46
PROVE THINGS
BASED ON WHAT IS TRUE...
00:53:05.46\00:53:08.83
WHAT IS GOOD...
00:53:08.83\00:53:09.70
WHAT IS NOBLE...
00:53:09.70\00:53:10.73
WHAT IS VIRTUOUS.
00:53:10.73\00:53:12.86
THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA MAKE
A POWERFUL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR
00:53:12.86\00:53:15.30
LIVES.
00:53:15.30\00:53:16.66
TEST THOSE THINGS.
00:53:16.66\00:53:18.96
YOU KNOW WHAT
THE BOTTOM LINE IS?
00:53:18.96\00:53:21.40
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
00:53:21.40\00:53:23.46
A FOLLOWER OF JESUS.
00:53:23.46\00:53:25.70
AS YOU GET TO KNOW JESUS,
YOU'LL SAY, "WHAT WOULD HE DO?"
00:53:25.70\00:53:30.96
THAT'S A POWERFUL LITMUS
TEST TO APPLY TO ANY SITUATION.
00:53:30.96\00:53:34.33
JESUS CAME TO EARTH, AND YOU
KNOW HE LIVED AS A MAN AMONG MEN
00:53:34.33\00:53:38.56
FOR 33-1/2 YEARS SO HE
COULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR US.
00:53:38.56\00:53:42.76
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE
SHOULD WALK IN HIS STEPS.
00:53:43.96\00:53:47.03
THE MORE YOU READ ABOUT
HIS TEACHINGS IN HIS WORD AND
00:53:47.03\00:53:49.36
THROUGH THE HEROES IN THE
BIBLE, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU
00:53:49.36\00:53:52.60
SHOULD DO IN
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
00:53:52.60\00:53:54.13
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING,
"PASTOR DOUG, WHAT YOU'RE
00:53:54.13\00:53:56.46
TALKING ABOUT IS SO RADICAL.
00:53:56.46\00:53:58.80
THAT'S SO EXTREME.
00:53:58.80\00:53:59.63
HOW COULD I BE A REAL CHRISTIAN
IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE?"
00:53:59.63\00:54:02.70
YOU'RE RIGHT,
FRIENDS: IT IS RADICAL.
00:54:02.70\00:54:04.70
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "STRAIGHT
IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE
00:54:04.70\00:54:07.83
WAY THAT LEADS TO
LIFE, AND FEW FIND IT."
00:54:07.83\00:54:10.66
AND IF YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TELL
YOU, "I'VE GOT A REAL POPULAR
00:54:10.66\00:54:13.43
VERSION OF CHRISTIANITY I'M
GONNA MARKET TO YOU," I'D BE
00:54:13.43\00:54:16.16
INSULTING YOU.
00:54:16.16\00:54:17.70
I'D BE LYING TO YOU.
00:54:17.70\00:54:19.46
BUT SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
LISTENING ARE THINKING, "I WANT
00:54:19.46\00:54:22.03
THE REAL THING.
00:54:22.03\00:54:23.60
I WANNA BE A REAL CHRISTIAN.
00:54:23.60\00:54:25.06
I WANNA BE SPIRIT-FILLED.
00:54:25.06\00:54:26.23
I WANNA SEE THE MIRACLE
AND POWERS I READ ABOUT IN THE
00:54:26.23\00:54:28.56
BIBLE."
00:54:28.56\00:54:29.60
AND YOU KNOW WHERE
ALL OF THAT BEGINS?
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.10
WITH FAITH.
00:54:32.10\00:54:33.86
IT'S WITH YOUR MIND.
00:54:33.86\00:54:34.66
IT'S WITH YOUR WORSHIP.
00:54:34.66\00:54:35.36
AND ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING
UP HERE, IN YOUR BRAIN.
00:54:35.36\00:54:39.00
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
00:54:39.00\00:54:41.40
YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU GO
THESE DAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY
00:54:43.06\00:54:44.80
GOT CAMERAS.
00:54:44.80\00:54:46.46
WE GOT THEM HERE, DON'T WE?
00:54:46.46\00:54:48.03
AND IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, YOU
SEE THEY GOT SECURITY CAMERAS.
00:54:48.03\00:54:50.80
I WENT TO YOUR GYM -- CAMERAS.
00:54:50.80\00:54:53.03
IN THE HOTEL, UP
THE HALLS -- CAMERAS.
00:54:53.03\00:54:55.90
I HAD TO CHECK MY ROOM, MAKE
SURE THERE'S NO CAMERA THERE,
00:54:55.90\00:54:58.00
TOO.
00:54:58.00\00:54:59.33
GOT SECURITY --
YOU'RE BEING WATCHED ALL THE
00:54:59.33\00:55:01.53
TIME.
00:55:01.53\00:55:02.23
SMILE!
00:55:02.23\00:55:03.33
YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
00:55:03.33\00:55:05.40
IT'S KIND OF INTIMIDATING THESE
DAYS, BUT I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU.
00:55:05.40\00:55:08.16
GOD SEES, NOT ONLY WHAT
WE'RE DOING ALL THE TIME --
00:55:08.16\00:55:13.13
THERE'S NO WHERE YOU CAN
FLEE FROM HIS PRESENCE --
00:55:13.13\00:55:16.03
BUT HE SEES YOUR
HEART ALL THE TIME.
00:55:16.03\00:55:19.16
HE NOT ONLY SEES WHAT WE DO; HE
KNOWS WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT,
00:55:19.16\00:55:22.63
EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT THINKING
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT,
00:55:22.63\00:55:25.10
DOESN'T HE?
00:55:25.10\00:55:26.53
AND HE LOVES US ANYWAY.
00:55:26.53\00:55:28.03
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
00:55:28.03\00:55:30.36
YOU KNOW, MOST OF US JUST
LET OUR MINDS RUN RAMPAGING
00:55:30.36\00:55:35.33
WHEREVER OUR
THOUGHTS HAPPEN TO GO.
00:55:35.33\00:55:37.76
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT, AND THROUGH FILLING YOUR
00:55:37.76\00:55:40.80
MIND WITH THAT WHICH IS GOOD,
YOU CAN HAVE A CHANGE IN YOUR
00:55:40.80\00:55:44.23
THINKING.
00:55:44.23\00:55:45.16
AND THAT'S WHAT
MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE.
00:55:45.16\00:55:46.90
IT'S NOT YOUR BODY SO MUCH AS
IT'S STARTING RIGHT HERE IN YOUR
00:55:46.90\00:55:50.03
MIND.
00:55:50.03\00:55:51.56
GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW
HEART AND A NEW MIND, FRIEND.
00:55:51.56\00:55:55.80
AND IT COMES THROUGH
FIXING YOUR EYES ON HIM.
00:55:55.80\00:55:59.06
TURN YOUR EYES UPON
JESUS AND YOU BECOME LIKE HIM.
00:55:59.06\00:56:02.40
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERSE I'D
LIKE TO SAY AND I'M GONNA PUT IT
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ON THE SCREEN.
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AND I'D LIKE US TO
ALL SAY IT TOGETHER.
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IT'S FROM PSALM 19:14, AND I
HOPE THAT THIS IS YOUR PRAYER
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FOR EVERY ONE OF US.
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YOU READY?
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SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS ONE.
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WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
SAY IT OUT LOUD WITH ME?
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[ALL READ TOGETHER]
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HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SAY RIGHT NOW, "LORD, BY YOUR
00:56:33.36\00:56:37.30
GRACE, I WANT TO
HAVE A NEW MIND"?
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"I WANT TO BE TRANSFORMED.
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I WANT THAT NEW HEART.
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I WANT MY THINKING TO BE
ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT.
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I WANT THE MIND OF CHRIST."
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ARE ANY OF YOU WILLING TO SAY,
"LORD BY, YOUR GRACE, THAT'S
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WHAT I WANT"?
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PUT YOUR HAND UP.
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PRAISE THE LORD.
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HE CAN DO THAT FOR
EACH ONE OF YOU, FRIENDS.
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REMEMBER THE BIBLE PROMISES
THAT "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
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HEART, FOR THEY WILL SEE GOD."
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YOU MIGHT BE
THINKING, "CAN I DO IT?"
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THROUGH CHRIST, ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, AMEN?
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AMEN.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
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