Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: MIQ
Program Code: MIQ000005
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00:02 ♪ ♪ >> THE HUMAN BRAIN IS A
00:07 2.5-POUND ELECTRO-CHEMICAL COMPUTER. 00:10 AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR BRAIN IS A TERMINATION OF ALL THE NERVES IN 00:13 YOUR BODY, YOUR BRAIN HAS NO FEELING. 00:16 PSYCHOLOGISTS ESTIMATE THAT EACH DAY A PERSON THINKS ABOUT 10,000 00:21 THOUGHTS. 00:22 THAT WOULD ADD UP TO ABOUT 3,500,000 THOUGHTS A YEAR. 00:27 SO I WONDER, HOW MUCH IS A BRAIN WORTH? 00:30 SOMEONE ESTIMATED THAT THOMAS EDISON, THE FAMOUS GENIUS, THAT 00:34 HE HAD SO MANY INVENTIONS AND SO MANY PATENTS THAT HIS BRAIN WAS 00:38 WORTH $25 BILLION. 00:42 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? 00:44 HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? 00:46 THAT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE. 00:49 WELCOME TO THIS VERSION OF M.I.Q. 00:52 ♪ ♪ >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS 00:57 LISTENING? 00:58 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 01:01 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 01:03 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 01:05 >> COLLEGE? 01:06 >> CARS? 01:07 >> A JOB? 01:08 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 01:10 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 01:10 [ALL ASKING QUESTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY] 01:17 >> ...OR WHAT? 01:20 >> ANNOUNCER: "M.I.Q.": YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS. 01:26 >> WHO ARE YOU? 01:27 HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? 01:30 FIND OUT WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE. 01:32 JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q. 01:35 >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 01:37 WELCOME TO M.I.Q.: AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS. 01:41 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE, 01:44 MICHIGAN, AND OF COURSE, ALSO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ACROSS 01:47 THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 01:49 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN. 01:51 IN THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY 01:54 IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 01:56 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 01:56 WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT. 01:58 IN THIS SERIES, WE TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF LIFE'S MOST 02:01 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 02:03 "WHY AM I HERE?" 02:04 "WHERE AM I GOING?" 02:06 "WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HAVE IN STORE FOR ME?" 02:08 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE 02:10 AVAILABLE. 02:12 IN EACH PROGRAM, WE TRY TO COVER AS MANY TOPICS AND QUESTIONS AS 02:15 POSSIBLE, BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN'T COVER 02:18 BECAUSE OF TIME. 02:19 WE'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THIS GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE. 02:22 THIS IS THE M.I.Q. ANSWER GUIDE. 02:26 A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS AND 02:28 FACTS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IN THIS BOOK. 02:31 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS 02:33 WEBSITE AND YOU CAN ORDER YOUR VERY OWN. 02:36 OH, AND BY THE WAY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU 02:38 HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION. 02:40 YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION 02:41 ONLINE AT MIQTEENS.COM. 02:45 OR YOU CAN ALSO SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE AT 760-5-AFACTS. 02:51 THAT'S 760-523-2287. 02:57 WELL, FRIENDS, IT'S TIME FOR US 02:58 TO SING OUR THEME SONG ONCE AGAIN. 03:00 SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. 03:04 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR SONG, BRIAN WILL HAVE OUR 03:07 OPENING PRAYER. 03:08 LET'S STAND NOW AS WE SING, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER." 03:12 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN I GAZE UP AT THE 03:20 COUNTLESS STARS ♪ ♪ OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ♪ 03:26 ♪ MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ♪ 03:30 ♪ BEWILDERING TO ME ♪ ♪ BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ♪ 03:38 ♪ AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ♪ 03:42 ♪ I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ♪ 03:50 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 03:55 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 04:02 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 04:07 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 04:15 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 04:23 ♪ I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I WONDER IN MY HEART ♪ 04:31 ♪ HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING ♪ 04:34 ♪ WHEN DID FOREVER START ♪ ♪ WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ♪ 04:42 ♪ WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ♪ ♪ I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME 04:49 THERE ♪ ♪ IF I CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ♪ 04:54 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 04:59 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 05:06 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 05:11 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:19 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:28 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO 05:31 BE AT THESE MEETINGS TONIGHT. 05:33 I ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WILL SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US 05:36 HERE, LORD, AND I PRAY THAT YOUR WORDS WILL BE SPOKEN TO 05:39 PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR TONIGHT SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT YOU WANT US 05:41 TO HEAR. 05:42 IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 05:45 ♪ ♪ >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN. 05:51 AND I WANT TO THANK KELLY MAUER [PHONETIC] AND OUR 05:53 SINGERS, AND BRIAN FOR HAVING PRAYER, AND THANK EACH OF YOU 05:57 FOR YOUR FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE AT THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED 06:02 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 06:03 WANNA WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING THE M.I.Q. PROGRAM. 06:06 AND OF COURSE, THAT STANDS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 06:09 WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN EACH 06:12 EVENING. 06:13 AND SO -- WE MAY EVEN DEDICATE ONE WHOLE PROGRAM TO JUST TAKING 06:17 QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY NOT GO 06:20 ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR SUBJECTS, BUT WE WANNA COVER AS MANY AS WE 06:23 CAN. 06:24 >> WELL, PASTOR DOUG, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. 06:26 >> ALL RIGHT. 06:30 >> HI, MY NAME IS TIMOTHY, AND I LIKE TO PLAY A LOT OF 06:33 BASKETBALL, SO I WAS WONDERING, WHAT'S THE HEALTHY BALANCE 06:35 BETWEEN SPORTS AND JESUS CHRIST? 06:43 >> ALL RIGHT. 06:43 WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 06:45 FIRST OF ALL, EXERCISE IS GOOD. 06:47 THE BIBLE SAYS BODILY EXERCISE DOES PROFIT, AND GOD DESIGNED 06:53 PEOPLE TO EXERCISE, CERTAINLY EXERCISING WITH A BALL OR 06:57 RUNNING. 06:58 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE'RE RUNNING THE RACE OF LIFE. 07:01 "LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND THE SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS US," 07:05 AND LET US RUN. 07:06 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RUN AS THOUGH WE'LL WIN. 07:08 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOME PEOPLE, SPORTS BECOMES THEIR 07:12 RELIGION. 07:13 IT CAN BECOME AN IDOL. 07:14 AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL 07:19 SPORTS, WHERE THESE ATHLETES ARE GETTING THESE MULTI-MILLION 07:23 DOLLAR CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE OFTEN GETTING MIXED UP IN DRUGS 07:26 AND CRIME. 07:27 AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE BEST WORLD. 07:30 SO SOME OF THE FIERCE COMPETITION, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE 07:32 OBSESSED WITH SPORTS, IT CAN BECOME AN ADDICTION. 07:35 IT CAN BECOME A GOD. 07:37 SO SPORTS FOR RELATIONSHIP, FOR EXERCISE, THAT'S ONE THING. 07:41 WHEN IT BECOMES WANTING TO WIN AND BE BETTER THAN SOMEBODY 07:44 ELSE, THEN IT STARTS BECOMING A PRIDE ISSUE. 07:48 >> ALL RIGHT. 07:48 WELL, THANK YOU. 07:49 OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN. 07:51 RIGHT HERE. 07:53 WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 08:05 >> ALL RIGHT. 08:06 ANOTHER VERY GOOD QUESTION. 08:08 WELL, THERE ARE SOME SUBJECTS THAT MAY NOT BE OFFERED BY 08:13 CERTAIN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES OR IT'S A SPECIALTY ISSUE THAT CAN 08:17 BE TAKEN BY A SECULAR COLLEGE. 08:19 AND I JUST WOULD SAY THAT A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO BE VERY 08:21 CAREFUL, BECAUSE MANY IF NOT MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE SECULAR 08:29 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, IT CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE TO YOUR 08:36 FAITH TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE CONSTANTLY THAT ARE UNDERMINING 08:40 YOUR BELIEFS AND EVEN TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS THAT ARE 08:45 CONTRADICTING THE PLAIN TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE. 08:47 AND SO IF YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU SAY, "LOOK, I REALLY 08:50 NEED THIS INFORMATION TO GO ON WITH MY COURSE IN LIFE," YOU 08:54 BETTER DO IT WITH A LOT OF PRAYER. 08:56 I'D EVEN DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GO AND MAKE SURE THERE'S 08:58 OTHERS THAT SHARE YOUR FAITH. 09:01 BUT THERE'S SO MANY ALSO GREAT CHRISTIAN COLLEGES OUT THERE. 09:04 I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION AMAZING FACTS OPERATES A 09:08 COLLEGE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OUTSIDE OF SACRAMENTO: WEIMAR 09:11 COLLEGE. 09:12 THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 09:14 BUT IN ANY EVENT, YOU JUST GOTTA REALLY PRAY THAT YOU CAN BE A 09:17 WITNESS. 09:17 FIND A CHRISTIAN GROUP ON THAT CAMPUS. 09:19 BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, THAT YOU CAN STRENGTHEN EACH 09:22 OTHER'S FAITH AND BE THERE AS MISSIONARIES. 09:26 >> ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 09:27 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION. 09:32 >> HI, MY NAME'S ALYSSA COTTER [PHONETIC] AND MY 09:34 QUESTION IS, WILL THERE BE MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN? 09:39 >> WILL THERE BE MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN? 09:42 IF I TELL YOU NO, WILL THAT CHANGE YOUR INTEREST IN GOING? 09:47 I HEAR THIS QUESTION A LOT. 09:49 I BET YOU DO TOO, PASTOR ROSS. 09:51 YOU GO TO ACADEMIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT 09:55 CHRISTIANITY. 09:56 AND THAT'S THE MOST COMMON QUESTION. 09:57 IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH, AT THE HEART OF IT, SOMEONE IS SAYING, 10:01 "BOY, I HOPE JESUS DOESN'T COME BEFORE I GET A CHANCE TO GET 10:04 MARRIED." 10:05 AND "HEAVEN DOESN'T SOUND SO ATTRACTIVE TO ME IF WE'RE GOING 10:09 TO BE THERE -- IF WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED." 10:12 OH FRIENDS, YOU JUST GET THERE: I PROMISE YOU'LL BE HAPPY. 10:15 BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 10:16 THERE'S ONLY ONE VERSE THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THIS, AND IT'S 10:19 IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW, CHAPTER 22, VERSE 30. 10:23 AND JESUS IS PRETTY PLAIN. 10:25 HE SAID, "FOR IN THE RESURRECTION, THEY NEITHER 10:27 MARRY, NOR ARE THEY GIVEN IN MARRIAGE, BUT ARE LIKE THE 10:30 ANGELS OF GOD IN HEAVEN." 10:33 NOW, GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE IN THE BEGINNING, HE SAID, "GO 10:35 FORTH, BE FRUITFUL AND FILL THE EARTH." 10:38 THEY WERE TO POPULATE THE WORLD. 10:39 THEY WEREN'T -- SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS NEVER SIN. 10:41 WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL THERE WERE 50 BILLION PEOPLE ON 10:43 THE PLANET AND EVERYONE'S JUST KIND OF FALLING OFF THE PLANET 10:46 LIKE BUNNIES MULTIPLYING? 10:48 NO, THEY WERE TO FILL THE EARTH AND THEN PROBABLY WANTED TO KEEP 10:51 MULTIPLYING. 10:52 AND SO THE NEW EARTH AND THE NEW HEAVEN ARE GOING TO BE POPULATED 10:56 BY THE REDEEMED. 10:57 BUT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY. 10:59 HEAVEN BEGINS WITH A MARRIAGE. 11:02 TALKS ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN AS A BRIDE AND CHRIST 11:05 IS THE GROOM. 11:07 AND EVERYONE'S GONNA BE HAPPY, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT; JUST 11:09 MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE. 11:10 AND DON'T RUSH INTO GETTING MARRIED BECAUSE YOU THINK, "I 11:12 BETTER HURRY UP AND GET MARRIED, BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING SOON." 11:15 THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER QUESTION: "WHAT'S THE BEST AGE TO GET 11:18 MARRIED?" 11:18 I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER IT NOW, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ASK IT YET. 11:21 [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT. 11:23 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION. 11:25 ♪ ♪ AND THIS QUESTION IS FROM 11:31 EUGENE, OREGON. 11:32 IT SAYS... 11:39 >> WELL, GOOD QUESTION. 11:40 WE TALKED IN EARLIER PROGRAM [SIC] ABOUT THE SUBJECT 11:43 OF EVOLUTION. 11:44 THERE ARE MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPECIES. 11:48 A LOT OF SPECIES, THEY GOT EYES, THEY GOT EARS, THEY GOT TWO 11:50 NOSTRILS, TWO EYES, TWO EARS AND LIMBS, TEN FINGERS AND MUST HAVE 11:54 ALL EVOLVED FROM EACH OTHER. 11:56 AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL THE CARS THAT YOU SEE ON THE ROAD -- 11:59 BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE RUBBER TIRES AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND 12:01 HEADLIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS -- THAT THEY ALL CAME 12:04 FROM THE SAME FACTORY. 12:07 WHY DO ALL OF THE AUTOMOBILES AND EVEN MOTORCYCLES HAVE A LOT 12:10 OF THINGS IN COMMON? 12:13 VERY SIMPLE: THEY ALL OPERATE IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT. 12:16 THE REASON ALL OF THE CREATURES IN THIS WORLD HAVE LUNGS IS 12:19 BECAUSE THEY USE THE GASES IN THE AIR TO OXYGENATE THEIR 12:22 BLOOD. 12:23 AND THEY'VE GOT LIMBS TO PROPEL AND -- OR WINGS OR FINS TO 12:27 MOVE THEMSELVES. 12:28 AND SO, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA FIND SOME SIMILARITIES. 12:30 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SOMEHOW ARE THE EVOLUTION OF A 12:35 CROCODILE AND THAT EVERYTHING HAD TO COME FROM THE SAME THING. 12:39 ALL THESE DIFFERENT VEHICLES ON THE ROAD HAVE THINGS IN COMMON, 12:41 BUT THEY ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT ENGINEERS AND DIFFERENT 12:43 CREATORS. 12:45 THEY SHARE THE SAME ENVIRONMENT. 12:47 >> ALL RIGHT. 12:48 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FINAL QUESTION FOR THIS EVENING. 12:54 >> MY NAME IS SIERRA, AND MY QUESTION IS, IF I ACCEPT JESUS 12:57 CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR, IS IT OKAY IF I WATCH TV SHOWS OR LISTEN 13:00 TO MUSIC THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE BEST INFLUENCE ON ME? 13:05 >> WELL, THAT QUESTION ALMOST HAS THE ANSWER BUILT INTO IT, 13:09 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT DURING OUR 13:11 PRESENTATION TONIGHT. 13:12 IF YOU ACCEPT JESUS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO GUARD OR 13:17 RATION OR SCREEN WHAT IT IS THAT YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING, READING, 13:21 LISTENING TO, BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT ON YOUR 13:25 SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE? 13:27 I THINK IT DOES, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR PROGRAM 13:30 TONIGHT. 13:31 >> ALL RIGHT. 13:31 WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR QUESTIONS; KEEP THEM COMING. 13:34 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR 13:36 BIBLE-RELATED QUESTIONS AT THE 13:38 WEBSITE: MIQTEENS.COM. 13:40 OR SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE. 13:42 THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 13:47 PASTOR DOUG, THE TIME IS YOURS. 13:49 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ROSS. 13:52 THIS SUBJECT TONIGHT -- AND I HOPE YOU PRAY AS I TALK -- GETS 13:55 REALLY TO THE HEART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. 14:00 YOU REALIZE THAT NOBODY HERE IS GOING TO HEAVEN? 14:05 NOTICE HOW I STATED THAT? 14:07 NO-BODY HERE. 14:10 NONE OF THESE BODIES WILL GO TO HEAVEN. 14:14 SO WHAT GOES? 14:15 YOU SAY, "I WANT ETERNAL LIFE. 14:17 I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER." 14:19 AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT THESE BODIES DON'T GO. 14:21 FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 14:24 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THESE BODIES THAT ARE MORTAL, 14:27 CORRUPTIBLE, THEY GET OLD... 14:29 YOU DON'T WANT THEM ANYWAY. 14:30 THEY WON'T LAST. 14:32 YOU WANT THE GLORIFIED, IMMORTAL BODY. 14:35 SO WHAT IS IT THAT GOD IS EXACTLY SAVING? 14:39 IT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE UP HERE THAT HE'S GOING TO SAVE. 14:44 WHILE I'M IN MY ROOM, PREPARING FOR THESE PROGRAMS, I DO A WHOLE 14:48 BUNCH OF WORK ON MY COMPUTER, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PRINTER. 14:51 SO I TAKE A LITTLE THUMB DRIVE AND I PLUG THAT THUMB DRIVE INTO 14:55 BONNIE'S COMPUTER, AND I DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM. 14:59 MATTER OF FACT, I'VE BACKED UP MY ENTIRE HARD DRIVE ON -- WELL, 15:04 AT LEAST THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS -- ON A LITTLE THUMB 15:07 DRIVE. 15:09 I DON'T KNOW HOW THE LORD DOES IT. 15:10 THAT'S JUST AN ANALOGY YOU AND I CAN RELATE TO. 15:12 BUT THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE... 15:15 IS SUMMED UP IN WHAT YOU THINK. 15:18 AND SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS LEARN TO BE 15:24 PURE IN HEART. 15:27 THE BIBLE SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY WILL SEE 15:30 GOD." 15:31 NOW, OF COURSE, YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. 15:33 AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 15:35 BUT NOW I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: 15:37 TAKING CARE OF YOUR BRAIN. 15:39 YOU KNOW WHY YOU'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS? 15:41 CARRY YOUR BRAIN AROUND. 15:43 AND YOU'VE GOT HANDS TO DO THE BIDDING OF YOUR BRAIN. 15:45 AND YOU KNOW, YOUR BODY CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON. 15:48 YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GETS TIRED? 15:51 IT'S YOUR BRAIN. 15:52 YOUR BRAIN USES MOST OF THE ENERGY IN THE BODY. 15:55 IT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE. 15:57 NOW, THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON SOMETHING 16:03 SIGNIFICANT, SPECIFIC THAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR SALVATION IS 16:08 SCREENING WHAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND. 16:11 YOU KNOW, IN OUR ANSWER BOOK, THERE'S A STORY THAT IT BEGINS 16:14 WITH, ABOUT DEVIN MOORE, 18 YEARS OLD. 16:17 A FEW YEARS AGO. 16:19 FINE YOUNG MAN. 16:20 NO POLICE RECORD. 16:21 DOING WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL. 16:23 WANTED TO GO INTO THE AIR FORCE. 16:25 HAD A HABIT OF SAYING, "YES, MA'AM," "YES, SIR." 16:28 BUT THEN HE DEVELOPED ANOTHER HABIT. 16:31 HE GOT A VIDEO GAME CALLED GRAND THEFT AUTO OR SOMETHING 16:34 LIKE THAT. 16:35 I'VE NEVER PLAYED IT. 16:37 AND IT SORT OF HOOKED HIM. 16:39 AND HE GOT TO WHERE HE WAS PLAYING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND 16:42 THEN SEVERAL HOURS A DAY, AND THEN EVERYDAY, AND SOMETIMES 16:45 HOURS AND HOURS. 16:46 FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS, ALL HE DID WAS SIT AROUND AND PLAY THIS 16:49 GAME. 16:52 AND THEN ONE NIGHT HE WAS PULLED OVER IN A STOLEN CAR BY THE 16:55 POLICEMAN. 16:57 HE HAD STOLEN A CAR. 16:58 THE GAME IS FULL ABOUT STEALING CARS AND KILLING POLICEMAN. 17:02 SO HE WENT AND HE STOLE A CAR. 17:04 POLICEMAN PULLED HIM OVER. 17:04 HE WAS COOPERATIVE AS HE WAS TAKEN TO THE STATION. 17:07 AND WHILE BEING BOOKED, HE MANAGED TO TAKE THE POLICEMAN'S 17:09 GUN. 17:10 HE SHOT HIM TWICE AND KILLED HIM. 17:12 JUST AS IT DOES IN THE GAME TOO: BODY SHOT, HEAD SHOT. 17:16 THEN HE WENT OUT OF THAT ROOM WHERE HE WAS BEING BOOKED, SHOT 17:19 TWO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS, JUMPED IN A POLICE CAR, GOT IN 17:22 A HIGH-SPEED CHASE. 17:23 FINALLY, WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED AND SURROUNDED, HE SAID THE SAME 17:27 THING THAT'S ON THE GAME. 17:28 HE SAID, "WELL, WE ALL GOTTA DIE SOMETIME." 17:31 HE HAD BECOME SO OBSESSED WITH THIS GAME THAT IT DISTORTED HIS 17:34 REALITY. 17:36 AND IN THE RULING, HE WAS GIVEN THE DEATH SENTENCE. 17:39 THEY SAID, "WHILE" -- AND YOU KNOW WHAT HIS DEFENSE 17:42 WAS? 17:43 "I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE; IT'S THE GAME THAT DID IT TO ME." 17:47 AND THE JURY AGREED THAT THE GAME DID INFLUENCE HIS BEHAVIOR, 17:52 BUT THEY SAID, "YOU CHOSE TO PLAY THE GAME, SO YOU ARE 17:56 RESPONSIBLE." 17:58 WE ARE ALL THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR THOUGHTS. 18:02 AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT WILL 18:05 TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE IS, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WITH THE HOLY 18:11 SPIRIT, MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU BRING INTO THE 18:15 AVENUES OF YOUR SOUL THROUGH YOUR SENSES. 18:19 THIS IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT 18:23 WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IN YOUR HAPPINESS, 18:26 IN YOUR ATTITUDE, IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, IS DECIDE WHAT 18:29 YOU'RE GONNA WATCH... 18:31 WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR... 18:32 WHAT YOU'RE GONNA READ. 18:35 THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. 18:37 IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE READ AND STUDIED AND WATCHED OVER THE 18:40 COURSE OF YOUR LIFE... 18:41 THAT HAS DEFINED WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK NOW, WHAT YOUR HABITS 18:43 ARE. 18:45 SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS," YOU'VE HEARD 18:49 THIS, "FOR THEY BECOME YOUR WORDS." 18:52 JESUS SAID, "OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE 18:55 MOUTH SPEAKS." 18:57 "WATCH YOUR WORDS; THEY BECOME YOUR ACTIONS. 19:00 WATCH YOUR ACTIONS; THEY BECOME YOUR HABITS. 19:02 WATCH YOUR HABITS; THEY BECOME YOUR CHARACTER. 19:04 AND WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; IT WILL BECOME YOUR DESTINY." 19:08 AND IT ALL STARTS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. 19:12 SO HOW MUCH HAVE YOU THOUGHT LATELY ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK 19:14 ABOUT? 19:17 WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? 19:19 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTION. 19:28 HOW MANY OF YOU -- YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. 19:30 HOW OF YOU THINK YES? 19:32 YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO FOR ENTERTAINMENT CAN AFFECT 19:36 YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH. 19:37 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 19:38 YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO WATCH ON TELEVISION OR DVDs OR 19:42 LISTEN TO FOR MUSIC OR READ, WHATEVER THE ENTERTAINMENT IS -- 19:46 OR SPORTS. 19:47 WHAT YOU'RE DOING CAN IMPACT YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND YOUR 19:51 HAPPINESS. 19:52 BECAUSE YOUR HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING THAT BEGINS IN YOUR 19:54 MIND. 19:55 VERY IMPORTANT. 19:56 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA THINK ABOUT? 19:57 ROMANS 12:2 IT SAYS THERE -- AND THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THIS. 20:11 SALVATION IS ABOUT A NEW HEART. 20:14 IT SAYS A NEW HEART. 20:15 IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PUMP IN THE BIBLE. 20:17 DO YOU REALIZE THAT? 20:18 THE BIBLE SAYS, "AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART..." 20:21 THEY KNEW BACK THEN YOU DON'T THINK WITH THIS; THEY KNEW YOU 20:23 THOUGHT WITH YOUR BRAIN. 20:25 BECAUSE IF YOU GOT HIT ON YOUR HEAD, YOU STOPPED THINKING VERY 20:26 WELL. 20:28 SO THEY ALWAYS KNEW THAT THIS IS WHERE THE THINKING HAPPENED. 20:31 THEY CALLED IT THE HEART. 20:32 IT MEANT THE INNERMOST PART OF A PERSON. 20:35 "BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND." 20:38 THIS IS WHAT SALVATION, CONVERSION IS ABOUT: HAVING A 20:40 NEW MIND, NEW WAY OF THINKING. 20:43 AND IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO HAVE FRESH THINKING IF YOU'RE FILLING 20:48 YOUR MIND WITH ROTTEN PROGRAMS. 20:51 YOU'LL END UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL STINKING THINKING. 20:54 AND SO THERE'S A DIRECT CONNECTION THERE. 20:57 THE REST OF THAT SAYS, "AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD," 20:59 OH, I READ THAT, "THAT YOU MIGHT PROVE..." 21:02 THAT MEANS TEST, EVALUATE... 21:04 "WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF 21:07 GOD." 21:08 WE NEED TO SCREEN THESE THINGS THAT GO INTO OUR MINDS. 21:13 YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER USED TO WRITE SONGS FOR ELVIS PRESLEY. 21:19 AND RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A JOKE IF YOU TALK ABOUT AN ELVIS 21:22 IMPERSONATOR. 21:23 THERE'S THOUSANDS OF THEM. 21:24 A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S A WHOLE INDUSTRY. 21:26 I THINK THEY'VE EVEN GOT A SCHOOL WHERE PEOPLE TRAIN TO 21:28 IMPERSONATE ELVIS IN LAS VEGAS SOMEWHERE. 21:32 BUT RIGHT AFTER ELVIS DIED... 21:37 SOME FELLOW STARTED MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IMITATING 21:40 ELVIS PRESLEY, BUT HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING FOR YEARS. 21:44 KAREN AND I WENT TO SOME PEOPLE'S HOUSE AFTER CHURCH ONE 21:48 DAY FOR DINNER, AND THIS FELLOW LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE ELVIS. 21:52 HIS HAIR, HIS SIDEBURNS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE GOT TO VISIT 21:54 OVER DINNER. 21:55 AND HE TOLD US HIS STORY. 21:57 HE SAID, "WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY FIRST WENT ON THE SCENE AND 22:01 BROKE FORTH AND STARTED DOING CONCERTS, BECAME POPULAR AND ALL 22:05 THE GIRLS WERE SWOONING AT THE CONCERTS," THIS GENTLEMAN WAS A 22:08 YOUNG MAN, TEENAGER, HE WENT TO AN ELVIS PRESLEY CONCERT. 22:11 AND HE THOUGHT, "WOW. 22:13 HEY, I LIKE THIS ENERGY. 22:15 I LIKE THE WAY THE GIRLS ARE GETTING ALL EXCITED AND 22:17 FAINTING." 22:18 HE SAID, "I'D LIKE TO BE LIKE ELVIS." 22:21 AND HE WENT HOME AND HE STARTED TO LISTEN TO ELVIS PRESLEY 22:25 SONGS, GOT A GUITAR, BEGAN TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT. 22:30 PLAYED ELVIS SONGS. 22:32 HE HAD A RECORD PLAYER BACK THEN. 22:34 HE'D PLAY THEM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 22:36 STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, DIED HIS HAIR BLACK, WALLPAPERED 22:40 HIS ROOM WITH ELVIS PRESLEY POSTERS. 22:44 I MEAN, HE HAD THIS MOVIE STAR IDOL THING BAD. 22:50 WHEN THERE WAS AN ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIE -- 22:52 AND HE WASN'T A VERY GOOD ACTOR. 22:55 NOTHING PERSONAL IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE AN ELVIS PRESLEY FAN, 22:57 BUT... 22:58 HE'D GO TO THE ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIES. 23:00 AND BACK THEN YOU COULD PAY A DOLLAR AND YOU COULD SIT THERE 23:02 ALL DAY LONG AND WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. 23:04 AND HE'D DO THAT! 23:07 HE'D GO TO A CONCERT WHENEVER IT WAS WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED 23:09 MILES AND BUY ALL THE ELVIS PRESLEY PARAPHERNALIA. 23:13 AND HE DID THIS FOR 20-SOMETHING YEARS. 23:16 AND WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY DIED, OF COURSE, HE WAS HEARTBROKEN, BUT 23:20 HE HAD BECOME SO GOOD AT IMITATING ELVIS PRESLEY, HE WAS 23:23 ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT BEGAN TO GET JOBS THAT PAID 23:27 VERY WELL. 23:29 HE COULD TALK LIKE ELVIS, HE COULD WALK LIKE HIM, HE KNEW 23:31 ALL OF HIS CLICHÉS AND HE COULD SING LIKE HIM, AND EVEN KIND OF 23:36 LOOKED LIKE HIM! 23:39 WHEN WE MET HIM, THOUGH, HE WAS NOW A 50-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD 23:42 ELVIS. 23:44 AND GETTING A LITTLE PORTLY. 23:47 AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I KNOW I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER." 23:50 BUT EVEN THEN HE WAS MAKING $10,000 FOR ONE CONCERT IN 23:54 JAPAN. 23:56 AND HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE." 24:01 HE SAYS, "I HAVE NO IDENTITY." 24:02 HE SAYS, "I'VE JUST SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY 24:04 ELSE THAT BASICALLY KILLED THEMSELVES WITH FAME AND DRUGS." 24:09 AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. 24:11 THEY IDOLIZE THESE FOLKS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, AND THEY DON'T 24:15 KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 24:17 AND THEY SO FILL THEIR MINDS WITH THIS OTHER PERSON THAT THEY 24:20 KINDA GET A FALSE REALITY. 24:23 YOU KNOW WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY? 24:25 I'VE NOT SEEN IT, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S THIS NEW CRAZE 24:27 ABOUT VAMPIRE MOVIES. 24:30 AND THESE TEEN -- OH, I SEE THAT GLINT OF 24:32 RECOGNITION... SWEPT OVER THE CROWD. 24:36 AND THEY SAID THERE'S A PROBLEM NOW. 24:37 TEENS ARE GETTING SO WRAPPED UP IN IT THAT THEY'RE BITING EACH 24:40 OTHER SO HARD THEY'RE DRAWING BLOOD AND LICKING AND GIVING 24:44 EACH OTHER HICKEYS OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT TOO 24:46 FAR. 24:47 [LAUGHTER] YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. 24:50 IF IT WASN'T FOR WATCHING THAT KIND OF CRAZY STUFF, WHO WOULD 24:53 EVER WANNA DO THAT? 24:54 "HI, GLAD TO MEET YOU. 24:55 CAN I BITE YOUR NECK AND DRINK YOUR --" 24:58 LOOK HOW MUCH INFLUENCE THESE CRAZY DIRECTORS AND WRITERS ARE 25:02 HAVING ON OUR CULTURE. 25:05 WHAT IF WE WOULD IDOLIZE JESUS? 25:09 I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A GENERATION IF WE WOULD DO WITH 25:13 JESUS WHAT HOLLYWOOD WANTS US TO DO, WITH THE MOVIE STARS OR 25:17 THE ROCK MUSICIANS, AND IDOLIZE GOD? 25:24 BECAUSE HE SAID, "I'M A JEALOUS GOD; I'M THE ONLY ONE YOU'RE 25:26 SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP." 25:28 IF YOU WORSHIP ANYONE ELSE BUT GOD, YOU'RE GONNA END UP BEING 25:31 DISTORTED AND DRIFTING TOWARDS THE DEVIL. 25:35 SO WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? 25:36 THAT'S WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME. 25:38 SECOND QUESTION... 25:46 ANSWER, 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18... 26:05 WE ARE TRANSFORMED BY BEHOLDING. 26:09 WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE LOOK AT. 26:12 YOU KNOW, IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, THEY FIND THIS IS TRUE WITH 26:15 CERTAIN CREATURES, THAT AS SOON AS THEY'RE BORN, THERE'S A VERY 26:18 CRITICAL POINT WHERE THEY KIND OF LOOK AROUND, THEY FIND OUT, 26:20 "WHO AM I? 26:21 WHAT AM I DOING?" 26:23 AND THEY SORT OF, THEY BOND. 26:26 AND THIS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT KEY POINTS IN DIFFERENT 26:28 CREATURES' LIVES, BUT -- LIKE DUCKS, THEY DO IT RIGHT AFTER 26:31 THEY COME OUT OF THE SHELL, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT BEFORE. 26:34 BABY DUCK HATCHED, IF IT DOESN'T SEE ITS MOTHER AROUND, BUT IT 26:38 SEES THE FAMILY DOG, IT WILL START TO FOLLOW THE DOG. 26:44 MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT ON A KAYAK TRIP ONE TIME. 26:46 WE WENT FOR A WALK, AWAY FROM CAMP, FOUND A LITTLE BABY DUCK 26:50 THAT WAS ABANDONED. 26:52 AND HAD TO CHASE IT DOWN TO CATCH IT AT FIRST. 26:54 LITTLE, CUTE LITTLE THING. 26:55 JUST PEEP, PEEP, PEEP, PEEP. 26:56 AND WE THOUGHT, "IT'S GONNA GET EATEN BY AN EAGLE OR SOMETHING 26:59 OUT HERE." 27:00 AND SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO CAMP AND WE SHOWED EVERYONE. 27:02 JUST WANTED THEM TO SEE IT AND THEN WE THOUGHT WE'D LET IT GO. 27:04 WE LET IT GO; IT WOULDN'T LEAVE US. 27:08 AND IT STAYED IN THE CAMP THAT NIGHT. 27:11 PEEPED AROUND FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER, THOUGHT IT WAS A 27:12 PEOPLE. 27:13 THAT'S WHY IT WENT PEEP, PEEP, PEEP. 27:14 NO, I'M JUST -- [LAUGHTER] 27:17 AND THE NEXT DAY WE SAID, "GOOD BYE, LITTLE FELLOW. 27:19 WE'RE KAYAKING DOWN THE RIVER. 27:21 HATE TO LEAVE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T TAKE YOU WITH US. 27:23 YOU'LL GET HURT." 27:24 AND WE TOOK OFF AND LAUNCHED OUR KAYAKS AND THE LITTLE THING 27:28 JUMPED IN THE WATER, STARTED FOLLOWING US. 27:30 AND IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING. 27:32 IT JUST SWAM LIKE A DUCK. 27:33 IT WAS BOBBING ON THE WATER LIKE A CORK. 27:35 AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID? 27:36 AS WE WERE KAYAKING DOWN THE RIVER, IT -- 27:37 EVEN GOING THROUGH RAPIDS, JUST DID GREAT. 27:40 IT WOULD JUMP UP ON THE BACK OF OUR KAYAKS AND RIDE WITH US. 27:45 IT WOULDN'T LEAVE US. 27:46 AND YOU'RE THINKING, "AH, ISN'T THAT CUTE?" 27:48 BUT THAT'S TO ILLUSTRATE EVERY CREATURE DOES A LITTLE BONDING 27:52 AT SOME POINT. 27:54 AND IT'S ESPECIALLY POWERFUL DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS. 27:57 AND YOU MAKE DECISIONS OF WHAT YOU LISTEN TO AND THE RECORD 28:02 ALBUMS THAT YOU STARE AT AND THE MAGAZINES AND THE TELEVISION 28:05 PROGRAMS, AND YOU BEGIN TO START IDENTIFYING WITH THOSE 28:09 CHARACTERS, AND IT CAN ALTER THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE. 28:17 AND WHO YOUR HEROES ARE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 28:20 CHOOSE THEM CAREFULLY. 28:22 YOU WILL BECOME LIKE WHO YOU WORSHIP. 28:26 QUESTION NUMBER THREE... 28:35 VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 28:36 PHILIPPIANS 4:8: 29:05 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT MENTIONS NOBLE, TRUE, JUST, PURE, 29:09 LOVELY, GOOD REPORT, VIRTUE, PRAISEWORTHY. 29:13 YOU MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT IT, BUT I JUST DESCRIBED THE CHARACTER 29:16 OF JESUS. 29:18 JESUS IS ALL OF THAT. 29:21 YOU BECOME LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK AT. 29:25 AS YOU BEHOLD THE LORD YOU ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE. 29:30 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS: LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE BECOME 29:34 CHANGED OFTEN BY THE CULTURE. 29:36 AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, "WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO BE?" BY LOOKING UP 29:40 AT GOD AND THINKING ABOUT GOD, WE LOOK HORIZONTALLY AND WE SAY, 29:45 "WELL" -- AND EVEN IN THE CHURCH PEOPLE DO 29:47 THIS. 29:48 "WHAT'S THE CHURCH DOING? 29:48 WELL, I GUESS THIS IS WHAT A CHRISTIAN IS." 29:50 IS A CHRISTIAN A FOLLOWER OF THE CHURCH? 29:52 IS A CHRISTIAN THE FOLLOWER OF CHRISTIANS? 29:54 OR IS A CHRISTIAN A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST? 29:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, WE SAY, "WELL HEY, EVERYBODY'S 30:01 DOING IT, EVERYBODY'S WATCHING IT, MUST BE OKAY." 30:05 LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE ANALOGY HERE THAT MAY HELP YOU. 30:09 JUST IN MY SHORT LIFE, WHICH HAS BEEN GETTING LONGER ALL THE 30:13 TIME, WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY, I REMEMBER A 30:22 YOUNG LADY WHO WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY WITH ME, 30:26 GETTING SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT HER DRESS 30:30 WAS IMMODEST. 30:32 PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY. 30:35 WHAT SHE WORE THAT DAY -- WE USED TO WALK TO SCHOOL TOGETHER; 30:39 I KNEW HER VERY WELL. 30:40 WHAT SHE WORE TO SCHOOL THAT DAY WOULD PROBABLY BE ALLOWED IN 30:44 MOST CHRISTIAN ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. 30:48 WHAT'S HAPPENED? 30:50 LET'S FACE IT. 30:51 MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER BUT, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP... 30:56 IT WAS CONSIDERED SCANDALOUS IF YOU SAW A BEDROOM ON TELEVISION, 31:02 AND ON I LOVE LUCY, WHEN IT SHOWED THEM WALKING IN THEIR 31:06 BEDROOM -- AND THEY HAD TWO TWIN BEDS! 31:09 YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND AN AMAZING FACT IS THE FIRST TIME 31:12 IT SHOWED A MARRIED COUPLE, SHARING A BED ON TELEVISION, IT 31:14 WAS FRED AND WILMA FLINTSTONE, BECAUSE THE CENSORS WOULD NOT 31:19 ALLOW IT ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE THAT. 31:21 THEY THOUGHT, "WELL, IT'S A CARTOON." 31:24 THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT PUT IMPURE THOUGHTS. 31:26 HOW MUCH IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION TODAY? 31:29 SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? 31:31 THE CHURCH ALWAYS FIGURES, "WELL, WE BETTER, YOU KNOW, 31:33 WE'VE GOT TO BE HOLIER THAN THE WORLD; WE NEED TO SET AN 31:35 EXAMPLE. 31:36 SO LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD IS HERE," 31:40 STANDARD OF THE CHURCH SAYS, "WE GOTTA BE AT LEAST 20% 31:42 BETTER THAN THE WORLD, IT'S HERE." 31:44 BUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD OVER TIME? 31:48 HAS IT BEEN GOING UP OR DOWN? 31:50 HOW MANY SAY DOWN? 31:53 MOST OF YOU, HUH? 31:54 AS IT GOES DOWN, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING? 31:57 HERE'S THE WORLD, HERE'S THE CHURCH. 31:58 "WE JUST GOTTA STAY A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE WORLD." 32:00 AS THE WORLD GOES DOWN, EVENTUALLY WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS 32:03 THE STANDARD OF THE CHURCH IS LOWER THAN THE STANDARD OF THE 32:05 WORLD, AND IT HAPPENS LITTLE BY LITTLE. 32:09 WE BECOME DISTORTED IN OUR VALUES, AND WE LOOK AROUND 32:12 INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT CHRIST AND HIS WORD. 32:14 WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE FOR WHAT IS TRUE? 32:17 WHAT IS NOBLE? 32:18 WHAT IS JUST? 32:19 IS IT THE CULTURE? 32:20 IS IT THE MOVIES? 32:22 WHERE DO WE FIND OUT WHAT TRUTH IS? 32:24 DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TRUTH THAN ME? 32:26 IS YOUR TRUTH JUST AS RIGHT FOR YOU AND MY TRUTH IS RIGHT FOR ME 32:29 AND EVERYONE'S KIND OF GOT THEIR OWN TRUTH AND I HAVE TO RESPECT 32:32 YOUR TRUTH IS YOUR TRUTH AND MY TRUTH IS MY TRUTH? 32:35 BALONEY. 32:36 THERE IS ONE TRUTH. 32:40 DO YOU WANT THE CAPTAIN ON THE AIRPLANE THAT YOU FLY TO BE 32:42 SAYING, "WELL, TODAY I'VE GOT THIS IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE LAWS OF 32:45 AVIATION ARE AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR IDEA," TO THE CO-PILOT, "OF 32:50 WHAT THE LAWS OF AVIATION ARE, AND YOUR IDEA'S JUST AS GOOD AS 32:53 MY IDEA"? 32:54 OR A BRAIN SURGEON TO WORK ON YOU THAT WAY? 32:58 OR ARE THERE CERTAIN ABSOLUTES ABOUT THOSE LAWS THAT ARE GONNA 33:00 KEEP THAT PLANE IN THE AIR AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PILOT 33:03 KNOWS WHAT THOSE LAWS ARE? 33:06 WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS WITH LIFE: THERE IS A TRUTH. 33:10 IT'S INTERESTING. 33:11 JUST BEFORE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED, PONTIUS PILATE SAID, "WHAT IS 33:15 TRUTH?" 33:16 SARCASTICALLY HE SHRUGGED, AND THEN HE HANDED JESUS OVER TO 33:19 THE CROWD. 33:20 HE BASICALLY REJECTED THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE TRUTH IN A 33:25 PERSON, PASSED IT UP. 33:28 WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TRUTH WAS AND THEN HE HANDED TRUTH OFF TO 33:31 THE CROWD. 33:32 THERE IS A TRUTH, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 33:35 I HEARD A STORY ONE TIME ABOUT A MAN, WENT INTO AN ARTIST'S 33:38 STUDIO. 33:40 AND THE ARTIST WAS PAINTING AND THERE BY HIS PALETTE OF PAINTS, 33:44 HE HAD A BASKET OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE VERY VALUABLE GEMS, ALL 33:48 DIFFERENT COLORS: REDS AND GREENS AND BLUES AND YELLOWS. 33:51 AND HE SAID, "WHAT'S WITH THE BASKET OF BEAUTIFUL ROCKS?" 33:55 HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M PAINTING, AND I'M USING ALL 33:58 THESE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF HUES, FAINT DIFFERENCES IN 34:02 COLOR," HE SAYS, "MY EYE CAN BECOME DISTORTED BY LOOKING AT 34:05 MY OWN PAINTING, AND I FORGET WHAT TRUE COLOR IS, AND I HAVE 34:10 TO LOOK BACK AT THE CONSTANT OF THE STONES -- THEY DON'T 34:13 CHANGE -- TO KEEP READJUSTING MY CONCEPT OF WHAT PURE COLORS 34:18 ARE." 34:20 WE'RE LIVING IN A CULTURE RIGHT NOW WHERE OUR IDEA OF WHAT'S 34:23 RIGHT AND WRONG IS BEING SO BLENDED AND DISTORTED BY THE 34:29 MESSAGES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE WORLD, IT'S GOT EVERYBODY 34:32 REAL MIXED UP. 34:35 SO, WHAT IS TRUTH? 34:37 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? 34:39 YOU WILL BE THE SUM OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT. 34:42 AH, YOU NEED A BREAK. 34:42 THIS WAS ALL PRETTY HEAVY. 34:44 I NEED A VICTIM -- I MEAN, A VOLUNTEER. 34:47 [LAUGHTER] I MIGHT EMBARRASS YOU. 34:49 OKAY. 34:50 GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE, CLOSEST TO THE FRONT. 34:53 COME UP REAL QUICK HERE, AND JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE HOW 34:57 OUR BRAINS WORK. 34:59 AND IT'S SO EASY TO DISTRACT A PERSON SOMETIMES WITH THINKING. 35:03 WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? 35:04 >> MICAH. 35:04 >> MICAH? 35:05 THAT'S A GOOD NAME. 35:06 ALL RIGHT. 35:07 NOW... 35:09 CAN YOU TAKE ONE FINGER AND GO LIKE THAT? 35:13 ALL RIGHT, NOW DO IT IN THE MIDDLE. 35:16 OKAY. 35:16 NOW I WANT YOU TO PAT YOUR BELLY, RUB YOUR HEAD. 35:21 PRETTY GOOD. 35:23 PRETTY GOOD. 35:23 OKAY, TAKE YOUR HAND, PUT IT ON YOUR CHEEK. 35:26 OH, HE CAUGHT IT! 35:27 THAT'S VERY GOOD. 35:28 NOW, WHATEVER YOU DO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A PURPLE 35:33 MONKEY. 35:34 [LAUGHTER] WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? 35:37 >> [INDECIPHERABLE], MY BEST FRIEND. 35:39 >> DID A PURPLE MONKEY COME INTO YOUR MIND? 35:41 >> [INDECIPHERABLE] [LAUGHTER] 35:45 ALL RIGHT, YOU DID PRETTY GOOD. 35:46 THANKS A LOT. 35:47 LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. 35:48 [APPLAUSE] I USUALLY FOOL THEM. 35:51 YOU SAW HIM: HE WAS GOING FOR HIS CHIN. 35:53 HE WAS WATCHING ME, AND THEN HE WENT TO HIS CHEEK, DIDN'T HE? 35:58 THAT USUALLY GETS THEM. 35:59 PRETTY GOOD. 35:59 I'M IMPRESSED. 36:01 IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO FOCUS WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS 36:05 HAPPENING AROUND YOU. 36:07 HOW MANY DISTRACTIONS DOES THE DEVIL HAVE IN THE WORLD TO TRY 36:11 TO KEEP US FROM THINKING ABOUT JESUS? 36:14 WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT? 36:19 GOD. 36:20 HE SHOULD BE FILLING OUR MINDS, BUT THE DEVIL'S GOT A THOUSAND 36:22 THINGS TO PULL OUR MINDS OFF OF GOD. 36:25 ALL RIGHT. 36:25 QUESTION NUMBER FOUR: 36:36 ANSWER: JOHN 10:10, JESUS SAID: 36:45 HOW? 36:46 ABUNDANTLY. 36:48 THE IDEA THAT, "WELL, IF I CAN'T WATCH THE THINGS OF THE WORLD OR 36:52 LISTEN TO THE THINGS OF THE WORLD OR READ THE THINGS OF THE 36:54 WORLD, I JUST WON'T HAVE ANY FUN IN LIFE. 36:57 MY LIFE IS GONNA BE BORING." 36:58 IS THAT TRUE? 37:01 NO, FRIENDS. 37:02 IT'S A DISTORTION. 37:03 NOW IT IS TRUE THAT YOUR APPETITE CAN BE PERVERTED. 37:10 DO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BURN YOUR TASTE BUDS WITH 37:12 CERTAIN SPICY FOOD SO THAT YOU CAN'T TASTE THE NUANCES OF VERY 37:17 GOOD, HEALTHY FOOD? 37:19 YOU CAN SO BURN YOUR TASTE BUDS THAT YOU CAN'T TASTE ANYTHING 37:23 UNLESS IT'S OVER-SPICED. 37:26 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL HAS DONE WITH OUR 37:28 MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS. 37:30 HE KEEPS THEM SO FEVERED WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE WORLD, 37:33 AND IT JUST KEEPS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FURTHER AND FURTHER. 37:37 IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU SAY, "LOOK, I'D LIKE TO READ 37:40 SOMETHING, I'VE GOT A MESSAGE HERE FROM GOD," AND YOU SAY, 37:42 "OH, IT'S FROM GOD. 37:43 I DON'T KNOW. 37:44 WILL THERE BE ANY... 37:45 WILL THERE BE ANY BLOODSHED? 37:46 WILL THERE BE SOME INTRIGUE? 37:48 WILL THERE AN ACTION SCENE? 37:49 ANY SEX? 37:50 ANY VIOLENCE? 37:51 OH, YOU'RE GONNA READ THE PARABLES TO ME?" 37:56 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY? 37:58 I GREW UP SURROUNDED WITH THIS. 37:59 MY MOTHER WAS A FILM CRITIC IN LOS ANGELES. 38:02 I'LL MAYBE TELL YOU ABOUT THAT ANOTHER NIGHT. 38:05 AND THE IDEA IS, THEY'VE GOT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, FIRST OF 38:10 ALL, TO MAKE MONEY. 38:12 IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ENTERTAIN YOU. 38:13 THEY ENTERTAIN YOU TO MAKE MONEY. 38:16 AND IF ONE ACTION PROGRAM GETS YOUR ATTENTION, AND THEY DO TWO 38:20 MORE LIKE IT, AND THEY FIND OUT THAT ATTENDANCE DROPS OFF OR 38:23 PEOPLE STOP WATCHING AND SO THEY CAN'T SELL THE COMMERCIALS ON 38:26 TELEVISION, BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T WATCHING, THEY DON'T GET 38:28 THE RATINGS, THEY HAVE TO SPICE IT UP A LITTLE MORE. 38:31 AND SO THEY TRY TO BOOST THE ACTION AND THEY BOOST THE 38:34 SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THEY BOOST THE EMOTION AND THEY BOOST THE 38:37 LEVEL OF VIOLENCE AND THEY GOTTA BOOST THE SEX AND THEY GOTTA 38:39 BOOST THE STORY, AND IT'S CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE 38:43 FARTHER AND FARTHER, JUST TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. 38:47 LOOK AT WHAT PASTORS HAVE TO DEAL WITH TO TRY TO KEEP YOUR 38:49 ATTENTION. 38:51 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMPETING FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 38:55 THE DEVIL IS RAINING DOWN ON THIS GENERATION A VIRTUAL 38:58 BLIZZARD OF DISTRACTIONS TO KEEP US FROM THINKING ABOUT GOD. 39:04 TO KEEP US FROM THINKING ABOUT ETERNITY. 39:07 AND SO IT JUST GOES FURTHER AND FURTHER AND FURTHER, AND SO 39:11 PRETTY SOON, BY COMPARISON, THE LIFE-CHANGING TRUTHS IN THE 39:17 BIBLE, PEOPLE GO, "WELL, YEAH, THAT SEEMS BORING." 39:21 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 39:22 YOUR TASTE BUDS HAVE TO HEAL, AND YOU CAN HEAL YOUR TASTE BUDS 39:26 SO THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS EXCITING. 39:30 IT'S SATISFYING. 39:33 YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE FILLED AND TO STARVE TO DEATH AT 39:40 THE SAME TIME. 39:41 YOU CAN EAT FOOD THAT HAS NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE AT ALL SO THAT 39:48 YOU GET A SATISFIED SENSATION IN YOUR STOMACH, BUT BECAUSE 39:52 THERE'S NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE, YOU CAN DIE OF STARVATION AT THE 39:55 SAME TIME. 39:57 I UNDERSTAND THAT IN AUSTRALIA, THERE'S A PLANT -- I THINK IT'S 40:00 CALLED THE NGARDU PLANT. 40:01 AND THE PEOPLE MADE A BREAD OUT OF IT, AND IT WOULD SATISFY 40:05 THEIR HUNGER, BUT THERE WAS NO NUTRITION. 40:08 AND THEY WONDERED WHY THE CHILDREN WERE GROWING UP WITH 40:09 RICKETS AND ALL THESE VARIOUS PROBLEMS. 40:11 IT'S BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING -- 40:14 THEY HAD THAT SENSE OF BEING FILLED, BUT THEY WERE HUNGRY. 40:18 JESUS SAID, "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER" 40:21 WHAT? 40:22 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 40:23 "THEY WILL BE SATISFIED." 40:24 THE THINGS OF THE WORLD WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU. 40:28 YOU WATCH SOME EXCITING MOVIE, AND IT'S MAYBE A GOOD 40:31 DISTRACTION AT THE MOMENT. 40:32 I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY, "GOOD." 40:34 IT MIGHT KEEP YOUR INTEREST FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN WHEN IT'S 40:38 OVER, YOU'LL FEEL MORE EMPTY THAN BEFORE. 40:41 WHAT IS IT THAT'S GOING TO FILL YOUR MIND AND FILL YOUR HEART, 40:44 THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME LASTING SATISFACTION? 40:49 YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO PUT 40:52 INTO YOUR MIND AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT. 40:56 NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU SOMETIMES STRUGGLE CONTROLLING YOUR 40:59 THOUGHTS? 41:01 DO YOU? 41:02 I DO. 41:03 WE ALL DO. 41:04 HOW DO YOU -- IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO CONTROL. 41:08 SO HOW DO YOU CONTROL YOUR THINKING? 41:11 YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING IS, AS YOU FEED INTO YOUR MIND GOOD 41:16 THINGS, YOU OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 41:19 ANY OF YOU EVER HAVE A THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, AND YOU JUST, "OH, 41:21 MAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT; I WANT TO GET IT 41:23 OUT OF MY MIND." 41:24 OVERCOME IT WITH SOMETHING GOOD. 41:27 SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE WORLD. 41:30 UNTIL I WAS 17 YEARS OLD, I WAS AS DEEP IN THE WORLD AS ANYBODY 41:33 I KNOW. 41:34 AND I KNEW ALL THE MUSIC OF OUR DAY AND ALL THE DRUGS AND THE 41:38 THINGS LIKE THAT. 41:39 AND I'LL WALK INTO A SUPERMARKET, OR SOMETIMES EVEN 41:44 JUST A RESTAURANT, AND YOU'RE HEARING THE MUSIC AND ALL OF A 41:48 SUDDEN, I'LL GET THIS SONG IN MY HEAD, BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS 41:51 CATCHY -- THE WORDS CAN BE DIABOLICAL -- AND THEN I'D WALK 41:57 OUT, AND I FIND, HERE I AM, I'M HUMMING THAT SONG. 42:00 "I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY MIND." 42:02 TERRIBLE. 42:06 AND SO, THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT OUT OF MY MIND IS I'LL START 42:08 SAYING, "ALL RIGHT. 42:09 I'M GOING TO SING SOMETHING, ANOTHER CHRISTIAN SONG THAT I 42:12 LIKE," AND I'VE GOT SOME CHRISTIAN SONGS YOU GET THEM IN 42:15 YOUR MIND, YOU CAN'T GET THEM OUT, AND THAT'S A LOT BETTER. 42:17 YOU'RE MEDITATING ON SOMETHING GOOD. 42:18 SO YOU OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 42:20 MATTER OF FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A TEXT RIGHT NOW, A TEXT 42:24 QUESTION COMING IN. 42:25 APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS. 42:30 FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 42:31 I USED TO LIVE THERE. 42:38 WELL, IT DEPENDS. 42:40 NOW, NOT ALL SECULAR -- WHEN IT MEANS "SECULAR," THAT DOESN'T 42:44 NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S ALL AUTOMATICALLY BAD. 42:47 YOU CAN HAVE A FOLK SONG THAT WILL SAY, "THIS LAND IS YOUR 42:51 LAND, THIS LAND MY LAND," AND SO FORTH. 42:54 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SAY, IT'S A CAMPFIRE SONG. 42:56 THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORDS AND THE MUSIC THAT IS ESSENTIALLY 42:59 BAD. 43:00 AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WRONG TO BE LISTENING TO 43:03 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 43:04 BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY MESSAGES IN LYRICS, AND THERE IS A TYPE 43:10 OF MUSIC THAT IS A DIABOLICAL, HYPNOTIC, SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE 43:13 TYPE OF MUSIC. 43:15 AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC WITH WICKED 43:18 WORDS. 43:20 MATTER OF FACT, I KNEW A SONG -- I BETTER NOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS 43:24 RIGHT NOW. 43:26 BUT I KNEW A SONG ONE TIME, IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODY. 43:28 AND AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I THOUGHT -- THE WORDS OF THE 43:30 SONG WERE JUST SORT OF PATHETIC. 43:32 I REWROTE THE WORDS AND MADE IT A CHRISTIAN SONG OUT OF IT, THAT 43:36 I STILL SING TODAY. 43:38 I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU LATER. 43:41 AND THEN THERE'S, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S SOMETIMES, THEY 43:45 CALL IT MAYBE "CHRISTIAN ROCK" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL 43:48 TAKE SOME CHRISTIAN WORDS AND THEN THEY'LL SCREAM IT AT THE 43:50 WAILING OF A GUITAR AND YOU'RE GOING, "WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?" 43:53 "OH, BUT THESE ARE CHRISTIAN WORDS; IT MUST BE OKAY." 43:56 AND THE MUSIC IS SATANIC. 43:58 AND THEY THINK THAT SOMEHOW, HAVING A FEW CHRISTIAN WORDS, 44:00 JUST SCREAM THE NAME "JESUS," AND IT MAKES THE SONG OKAY. 44:03 SCREAM "SANCTIFIED" AND "ALL RIGHT, THAT MUST MEAN THE SONG'S 44:06 SANCTIFIED." 44:07 RIGHT? 44:08 THAT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 44:10 IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A CHRISTIAN SONG, IT'S GOTTA BE CONSISTENTLY 44:12 BOTH. 44:13 SO IF YOU'RE GETTING STUCK WITH SOME OF THESE OLD SONGS IN YOUR 44:16 HEAD, AS IT ASKED IN THE QUESTION, OVERCOME EVIL WITH 44:19 GOOD. 44:20 MATTER OF FACT, WHY DON'T YOU SAY THAT WITH ME? 44:22 PAUL WROTE THAT IN ROMANS. 44:23 OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 44:26 THAT'S A PRINCIPLE -- ONE MORE TIME. 44:28 OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 44:31 IT WORKS IN EVERY AREA. 44:33 IF SOMEONE IS UNKIND TO YOU, DON'T BE UNKIND BACK. 44:36 OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 44:38 YOU GOT A PROBLEM SMOKING? 44:40 GET A BOX OF TOOTHPICKS. 44:42 BETTER LOOKING LIKE A BEAVER THAN A CHIMNEY. 44:45 OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD, RIGHT? 44:46 [LAUGHTER] YOU STRUGGLE WITH FOOD OR 44:50 SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 44:53 GET SOME SUGARLESS GUM. 44:55 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 44:56 AND IF YOU GET THE WRONG KIND OF WORDS IN YOUR HEAD? 44:59 START READING THE RIGHT KIND OF WORDS. 45:01 THIS IS THE -- IF THERE WAS A MAGIC RED BUTTON 45:03 THAT I HAD UP HERE ON STAGE, AND I SAID, "IF YOU PUSHED THIS 45:06 BUTTON TWICE A DAY, YOU'RE GONNA BE GUARANTEED OF EVERLASTING 45:10 LIFE." 45:11 WOULD YOU COME DOWN HERE TO THE CHURCH AND PUSH THAT BUTTON 45:13 TWICE A DAY? 45:15 IF YOU REALLY THOUGHT THIS RED BUTTON IS GONNA GIVE YOU 45:17 EVERLASTING LIFE... 45:19 WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT THE BUTTON IS NOW, AND YOU DON'T 45:21 HAVE TO COME HERE TO PUSH IT. 45:23 MATTER OF FACT, YOU'D BETTER PUSH IT THREE TIMES A DAY; IT'S 45:25 A DEVOTIONAL LIFE. 45:27 TALKING TO THE LORD... 45:29 "MORNING, EVENING AND AT NOON WILL I PRAY." 45:32 DANIEL PRAYED UPON HIS KNEES THREE TIMES A DAY. 45:35 IT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, FILLING YOUR MIND WITH THE 45:38 THINGS OF GOD... 45:39 SO THAT YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AND YOU WALK WITH HIM. 45:42 AND THAT CHANGES YOUR THINKING. 45:44 AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING DEVILISH COMES ALONG AND YOU'RE TEMPTED 45:47 TO BE DISTRACTED BY IT, YOU WILL HAVE A SCREEN IN YOUR MIND SO 45:50 YOU'LL KNOW IF IT'S BAD OR IF IT'S GOOD. 45:53 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FIVE: 46:03 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, "WELL YEAH, THAT'S 46:05 MURDER AND ADULTERY. 46:06 OF COURSE THAT'S WRONG. 46:08 BUT I'D NEVER DO THAT. 46:09 SO, WHAT'S WRONG WITH JUST WATCHING IT? 46:11 I'M NOT DOING IT; I'M JUST WATCHING IT." 46:13 ANSWER: PSALM 101:3. 46:17 HE SAYS: 46:22 WHY WOULD WE WANT TO DELIBERATELY SET SIN BEFORE OUR 46:25 EYES? 46:26 IF WE LOVE JESUS, AND IF HE WAS KILLED BY SIN, WHY WOULD YOU 46:31 WANT TO WORSHIP THE THING THAT KILLED HIM? 46:34 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED BY -- 46:37 ARE YOU HEARING ME? 46:38 ARE YOU WITH ME? 46:39 I KNOW THIS IS HEAVY. 46:41 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED BY WHAT KILLED 46:43 JESUS... 46:45 IF HE'S COME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS? 46:46 WELL NOW, I'M JUST LIKE YOU. 46:48 MY CARNAL HEART IS JUST LIKE YOUR CARNAL HEART, AND AS ANY 46:51 GUY -- BOY, THOSE ACTION SCENES ARE REALLY INTRIGUING. 46:55 AND SEEING THE GOOD COWBOY SHOOT THE BAD COWBOY OFF HIS 46:58 HORSE, THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION. 47:01 I MEAN, WE'RE ALL SORT OF ATTRACTED TO THESE THINGS ON A 47:04 CARNAL LEVEL. 47:06 BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO JUST STOP AND SAY, "HEY, IT DOESN'T DO 47:09 GOOD THINGS FOR ME SPIRITUALLY. 47:11 I DON'T LIKE WHERE IT TAKES ME SPIRITUALLY." 47:14 AND BY THE WAY, WHILE YOU MAY NOT BE COMMITTING THE SIN, YOU 47:17 MIGHT BE COMMITTING THE SIN BY PROXY. 47:21 YOU EVER READ THIS HERE IN ROMANS 1:32? 47:24 "WHO KNOWING THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THOSE WHO 47:27 PRACTICE SUCH THINGS ARE DESERVING OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO 47:31 THEM, BUT ALSO APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM." 47:36 SO IT'S ONE THING TO DO IT; IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY, "I'M 47:39 GONNA BE ENTERTAINED BY WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. 47:41 I'D NEVER DO IT, BUT IT'S FUN WATCHING THEM TO DO IT. 47:43 I'D NEVER MURDER, BUT I LIKE WATCHING MURDER. 47:46 I'D NEVER COMMIT ADULTERY, BUT IT'S SURE ENTERTAINING WATCHING 47:48 OTHER PEOPLE COMMIT ADULTERY." 47:51 IS THAT RIGHT FOR A CHRISTIAN? 47:56 IS IT? 47:58 NO. 47:59 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, THE HOLY SPIRIT 48:01 COMES INTO YOUR HEART AND IT CHANGES YOU. 48:05 THERE MIGHT BE A CATERPILLAR OUT THERE THAT FEASTS ON CABBAGE 48:08 WHILE IT'S A CATERPILLAR, BUT AFTER IT MAKES A COCOON AND IT 48:11 TURNS INTO A BUTTERFLY... 48:14 IT LOSES ITS APPETITE FOR CABBAGE. 48:17 NOTHING AGAINST CABBAGE, THOSE OF YOU THAT LIKE SAUERKRAUT. 48:21 TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED, ALL OF A SUDDEN, 48:25 YOUR DESIRES CHANGE. 48:26 THAT WHICH YOU ONCE LOVED YOU NOW HATE. 48:29 AND THE THINGS YOU ONCE HATE, YOU NOW LOVE. 48:30 YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 48:32 YOUR DESIRES CHANGE. 48:34 WHAT I'M SAYING -- THINK ABOUT THIS. 48:36 THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING. 48:38 IF YOU KNEW RIGHT NOW THAT YOU COULD PRAY, AND NOT ONLY WOULD 48:45 GOD GIVE YOU POWER TO RESIST FILLING YOUR MIND WITH THE WRONG 48:48 THINGS, BUT HE'D START HELPING YOU LOVE THE RIGHT THINGS, 48:53 THAT YOU'D FIND SPIRITUAL THINGS CAPTIVATING... 48:57 WOULDN'T THAT MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR YOU IF YOU KNEW YOUR 48:59 HEART WAS TRANSFORMED... 49:01 SO YOU WANTED THOSE THINGS? 49:04 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU FRIENDS, THE THINGS I ONCE LOVED, I HATE. 49:07 I LOVED CIGARETTES. 49:08 I HATE IT NOW. 49:10 I HAD TO CHANGE HOTEL ROOMS TODAY AND THEY TOOK ME INTO ONE 49:13 ROOM THAT SMELLED LIKE SOMEONE HAD BEEN PUTTING OUT THEIR 49:15 CIGARS IN THE CARPET. 49:17 AND I SAID, "CAN WE PLEASE FIND ANOTHER ROOM." 49:19 I USED TO LOVE THAT STUFF. 49:20 WHEN I FIRST QUIT SMOKING, IT WAS SO HARD ON ME. 49:23 IF I SAW SOMEONE SMOKING ON THE STREET, I'D FOLLOW HIM AROUND 49:26 AND GO... 49:27 [INHALES DEEPLY] I CRAVED IT SO MUCH. 49:31 NOW I HATE IT. 49:33 THINGS -- ALCOHOL... 49:35 NOW I SMELL IT, IT JUST REMINDS ME OF VOMIT BECAUSE I GOT 49:39 NAUSEOUS SO MUCH FROM DRINKING. 49:43 HANGOVERS -- THE THINGS I ONCE LOVED, I NOW 49:45 HATE. 49:46 THE THINGS I ONCE HATED, I NOW LOVE. 49:49 GOD GIVES YOU A NEW HEART. 49:51 SO SOME OF YOU ARE SCARED. 49:52 BEFORE YOU SURRENDER TO JESUS, YOU THINK, "IF I'M A CHRISTIAN, 49:54 I WON'T HAVE ANY FUN." 49:56 YOU OUGHT TO FOLLOW ME AROUND FOR A WEEK. 49:58 CHRISTIANS HAVE A LOT OF FUN, AND YOU CAN, TOO. 50:02 YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 50:04 IT'S NOT BORING. 50:06 GOT ANOTHER TEXT QUESTION. 50:08 THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE THIS, THAT'S COME IN. 50:14 INDIO, CALIFORNIA -- NOT VERY FAR FROM WHERE I USED 50:16 TO LIVE. 50:22 WELL, I TELL YOU, IT'S PRETTY SLIM PICKINGS. 50:25 I GOT A TV BACK AT THE HOTEL, AND I GOTTA SURF THROUGH THE 50:29 WHOLE GAMUT TWO OR THREE TIMES. 50:31 SOMETIMES I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD TO WATCH. 50:34 NOW, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, A LOT OF US WOULD BE BETTER OFF 50:37 IF WE TUNED UP OUR TV WITH A CHAINSAW. 50:40 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING GOOD. 50:43 AMAZING FACTS IS ON TELEVISION. 50:46 3ABN HAS A LOT OF GREAT TELEVISION PROGRAMS. 50:47 THERE'S SOME CHRISTIAN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING. 50:50 YOU MIGHT -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME 50:52 NATURE THINGS. 50:53 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC -- THERE'S SOME VALID NEWS 50:54 PROGRAMS. 50:55 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES IT AWFUL, EVEN THE COMMERCIALS. 50:58 YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT SOMETIMES THE 51:00 COMMERCIALS ARE... 51:00 [BLOWS RASPBERRY] THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM... 51:04 [BLOWS RASPBERRY] ...FOR WHAT THAT IS. 51:06 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT QUESTION. 51:08 QUESTION NUMBER SIX: 51:18 SOME OF YOU MIGHT WONDER THAT. 51:20 WELL, LET'S READ THE ANSWER FIRST. 51:22 MATTHEW 5:28. 51:24 I FIRST WANTED TO GO TO THE PREDICTABLE ANSWER. 51:32 BY THE WAY, THAT WORKS BOTH WAYS, GIRLS, DOESN'T IT? 51:44 SO CAN A PERSON SIN IN THEIR MIND? 51:46 MATTER OF FACT, I'LL SUGGEST THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SINNING 51:49 WITH YOUR BODY. 51:51 ALL BODY SIN BEGINS AS "BRAIN SIN." 51:56 IF ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY TAKES POSSESSION OF YOUR BODY 51:59 AND MAKES YOU DO THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING, 52:02 AND FORCES YOU -- YOU KNOW WHAT COURTS JUDGE YOU 52:04 ON? 52:05 YOUR INTENT. 52:07 YOU'RE JUDGED ON YOUR INTENT. 52:08 IF YOU'RE WITH SOMEONE, THEY'RE ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AND YOU 52:10 DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL THEM, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU FIRST-DEGREE 52:12 MURDER. 52:13 THEY LOOK AT YOUR INTENT. 52:15 IF YOU WALK OUT OF THE STORE WITH SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T PAY 52:18 FOR AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT YOU WERE DISTRACTED, YOU GOT AN 52:21 EMERGENCY PHONE CALL, AND YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO... 52:23 IF IT WAS NOT YOUR INTENT, THEY WON'T PROSECUTE. 52:26 IT BEGINS HERE, AND SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHANGE IN YOUR 52:29 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING VERY PROFOUND BY 52:33 WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR MIND. 52:35 NOT ONLY AVOIDING WHAT IS BAD -- YOU GO CRAZY DOING THAT -- BUT 52:39 FILL IT WITH WHAT IS GOOD, AND THAT'LL WORK A MIRACLE IN YOUR 52:42 LIFE. 52:43 QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN: 52:50 HOW DO I DETERMINE? 52:53 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:21. 52:57 IT SAYS, "TEST ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS..." 53:03 WHAT? 53:04 "GOOD." 53:05 PROVE THINGS BASED ON WHAT IS TRUE... 53:08 WHAT IS GOOD... 53:09 WHAT IS NOBLE... 53:10 WHAT IS VIRTUOUS. 53:12 THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA MAKE A POWERFUL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR 53:15 LIVES. 53:16 TEST THOSE THINGS. 53:18 YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS? 53:21 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? 53:23 A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 53:25 AS YOU GET TO KNOW JESUS, YOU'LL SAY, "WHAT WOULD HE DO?" 53:30 THAT'S A POWERFUL LITMUS TEST TO APPLY TO ANY SITUATION. 53:34 JESUS CAME TO EARTH, AND YOU KNOW HE LIVED AS A MAN AMONG MEN 53:38 FOR 33-1/2 YEARS SO HE COULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR US. 53:43 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN HIS STEPS. 53:47 THE MORE YOU READ ABOUT HIS TEACHINGS IN HIS WORD AND 53:49 THROUGH THE HEROES IN THE BIBLE, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU 53:52 SHOULD DO IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 53:54 AND YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, "PASTOR DOUG, WHAT YOU'RE 53:56 TALKING ABOUT IS SO RADICAL. 53:58 THAT'S SO EXTREME. 53:59 HOW COULD I BE A REAL CHRISTIAN IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE?" 54:02 YOU'RE RIGHT, FRIENDS: IT IS RADICAL. 54:04 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "STRAIGHT IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE 54:07 WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE, AND FEW FIND IT." 54:10 AND IF YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TELL YOU, "I'VE GOT A REAL POPULAR 54:13 VERSION OF CHRISTIANITY I'M GONNA MARKET TO YOU," I'D BE 54:16 INSULTING YOU. 54:17 I'D BE LYING TO YOU. 54:19 BUT SOME OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING ARE THINKING, "I WANT 54:22 THE REAL THING. 54:23 I WANNA BE A REAL CHRISTIAN. 54:25 I WANNA BE SPIRIT-FILLED. 54:26 I WANNA SEE THE MIRACLE AND POWERS I READ ABOUT IN THE 54:28 BIBLE." 54:29 AND YOU KNOW WHERE ALL OF THAT BEGINS? 54:32 WITH FAITH. 54:33 IT'S WITH YOUR MIND. 54:34 IT'S WITH YOUR WORSHIP. 54:35 AND ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING UP HERE, IN YOUR BRAIN. 54:39 SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? 54:43 YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU GO THESE DAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY 54:44 GOT CAMERAS. 54:46 WE GOT THEM HERE, DON'T WE? 54:48 AND IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, YOU SEE THEY GOT SECURITY CAMERAS. 54:50 I WENT TO YOUR GYM -- CAMERAS. 54:53 IN THE HOTEL, UP THE HALLS -- CAMERAS. 54:55 I HAD TO CHECK MY ROOM, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CAMERA THERE, 54:58 TOO. 54:59 GOT SECURITY -- YOU'RE BEING WATCHED ALL THE 55:01 TIME. 55:02 SMILE! 55:03 YOU'RE ON CAMERA. 55:05 IT'S KIND OF INTIMIDATING THESE DAYS, BUT I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU. 55:08 GOD SEES, NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING ALL THE TIME -- 55:13 THERE'S NO WHERE YOU CAN FLEE FROM HIS PRESENCE -- 55:16 BUT HE SEES YOUR HEART ALL THE TIME. 55:19 HE NOT ONLY SEES WHAT WE DO; HE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, 55:22 EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, 55:25 DOESN'T HE? 55:26 AND HE LOVES US ANYWAY. 55:28 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 55:30 YOU KNOW, MOST OF US JUST LET OUR MINDS RUN RAMPAGING 55:35 WHEREVER OUR THOUGHTS HAPPEN TO GO. 55:37 THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THROUGH FILLING YOUR 55:40 MIND WITH THAT WHICH IS GOOD, YOU CAN HAVE A CHANGE IN YOUR 55:44 THINKING. 55:45 AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE. 55:46 IT'S NOT YOUR BODY SO MUCH AS IT'S STARTING RIGHT HERE IN YOUR 55:50 MIND. 55:51 GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND A NEW MIND, FRIEND. 55:55 AND IT COMES THROUGH FIXING YOUR EYES ON HIM. 55:59 TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS AND YOU BECOME LIKE HIM. 56:02 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERSE I'D LIKE TO SAY AND I'M GONNA PUT IT 56:04 ON THE SCREEN. 56:06 AND I'D LIKE US TO ALL SAY IT TOGETHER. 56:08 IT'S FROM PSALM 19:14, AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS YOUR PRAYER 56:13 FOR EVERY ONE OF US. 56:16 YOU READY? 56:17 SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS ONE. 56:19 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SAY IT OUT LOUD WITH ME? 56:22 [ALL READ TOGETHER] 56:33 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW, "LORD, BY YOUR 56:37 GRACE, I WANT TO HAVE A NEW MIND"? 56:40 "I WANT TO BE TRANSFORMED. 56:41 I WANT THAT NEW HEART. 56:43 I WANT MY THINKING TO BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. 56:46 I WANT THE MIND OF CHRIST." 56:48 ARE ANY OF YOU WILLING TO SAY, "LORD BY, YOUR GRACE, THAT'S 56:50 WHAT I WANT"? 56:51 PUT YOUR HAND UP. 56:53 PRAISE THE LORD. 56:55 HE CAN DO THAT FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, FRIENDS. 56:57 REMEMBER THE BIBLE PROMISES THAT "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN 57:01 HEART, FOR THEY WILL SEE GOD." 57:03 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "CAN I DO IT?" 57:05 THROUGH CHRIST, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, AMEN? 57:08 AMEN. 57:09 GOD BLESS YOU. 57:11 ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS 57:17 EPISODE OF M.I.Q. 57:19 DURING OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE WILL DISCOVER HOW EVERYTHING 57:22 FROM DATING TO DIET CAN AFFECT YOUR FUTURE. 57:25 SEE YOU THEN. 57:27 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 57:43 >> ANNOUNCER: VIDEO GAMES, 57:44 TELEVISION, SHOPPING, THEY ALL EAT UP PRECIOUS TIME. 57:48 WELL, WHY NOT TAKE A MUCH NEEDED TIME-OUT AND GET 57:51 CONNECTED WITH GOD, WITH THE "MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS" DVD 57:55 SERIES? 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