[MUSIC] >> HONEY
BEES ARE A MIRACLE
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OF CREATION.
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AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY
ENJOYS THE SWEET STUFF THAT THEY
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PRODUCE.
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BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT IN ORDER
TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF HONEY,
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BEES NEED TO TRAVEL OVER
40,000 MILES AND VISIT ABOUT
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2 MILLION FLOWERS.
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AND OF COURSE, THEY PROVIDE A
VERY CRUCIAL ROLE IN POLLINATING
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THE FRUITS, THE VEGETABLES,
THE BERRIES THAT WE ALL ENJOY.
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MATTER OF FACT, IT'S SO
IMPORTANT ALBERT EINSTEIN ONCE
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SAID THAT IF HONEYBEES SHOULD
CEASE TO EXIST, MAN WOULD ONLY
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SURVIVE A FEW MORE
YEARS ON THE PLANET.
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THAT'S WHY IT'S ESPECIALLY
TROUBLING THAT IN RECENT YEARS,
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BEGINNING 2007, MORE AND MORE
BEEKEEPERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT
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THEIR HIVES ARE DYING
OFF IN RECORD NUMBERS.
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IN SOME STATES, 30%-40% OF THE
BEE HIVES HAVE BEEN FOUND EMPTY.
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THEY CALL IT CCD, OR
COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER.
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THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY WHAT--SURE
WHAT HAS BEEN CAUSING THIS,
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WHETHER IT'S THEIR DIET OR IT
MIGHT BE SOME MITES OR SOME HAVE
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EVEN SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS
BIOLOGICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS
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OR CELL PHONE RADIATION.
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BUT IN ANY EVENT, ORCHARDS THAT
WERE ONCE BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY
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ARE NOW STRANGELY SILENT.
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IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF ALL THE HONEYBEES
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HAD DIED OFF.
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PROBABLY WOULD BRING ABOUT
AN AGRICULTURAL, A FINANCIAL
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DISASTER, AND
MAYBE EVEN A FAMINE.
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IT ALSO BRINGS TO QUESTION
ANOTHER KIND OF DISORDER.
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IT'S CALLED A
CHURCH COLLAPSE DISORDER.
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A LOT OF CHURCHES
ARE EMPTY NOW TOO.
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WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
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WHO NEEDS THE CHURCH?
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STAY WITH US, FRIENDS.
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WE'LL DISCUSS IT ON "MIQ."
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>> HOW CAN I KNOW
THAT GOD IS 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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>> DO MY PARENTS NEED ME?
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>> [VOICES OVERLAPPING]
>> "MIQ," YOUR QUESTIONS,
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GOD'S ANSWERS.
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>> WHY DO WE JOIN A CHURCH?
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DOES BEING A MEMBER SAVE US?
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FIND OUT NOW ON "MIQ."
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>> HELLO, FRIENDS.
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WELCOME BACK TO "MIQ,"
AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS.
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WELCOME TO OUR AUDIENCE
HERE IN CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN.
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THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON
TELEVISION AND ONLINE ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD, WELCOME.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.
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AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE
FINAL PROGRAM IN THE SERIES,
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YOUR JOURNEY FOR
TRUTH DOES NOT HAVE TO END.
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GO TO MIQTEENS.COM.
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YOU CAN ALSO VIEW DIFFERENT
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AND WE'LL TRY TO GET TO AS
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ON THE PROGRAM.
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ALSO A REMINDER.
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THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT'S NOT COVERED
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DURING THE PROGRAMS
IN THE MIQ ANSWER BOOK.
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I HOPE ALL OF YOU HERE IN OUR
LOCAL AUDIENCE HAVE HAD A CHANCE
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TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANSWER
BOOK AND ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO
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ARE WATCHING.
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YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
ON THE BOOK AT MIQTEENS.COM.
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WELL, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA
SING OUR THEME SONG AND I'D LIKE
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TO INVITE OUR SINGERS
TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR SONG,
ASHLEY WILL HAVE OUR OPENING
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PRAYER.
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LET'S STAND AS WE
SING "JESUS IS THE ANSWER."
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[MUSIC]
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? WHEN I GAZE UP AT ?
? THE COUNTLESS STARS, ?
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? WE'RE ON AN ENDLESS
SEA. ? ? MY MIND MAY SWIM ?
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? WITH QUESTIONS ?
? BEWILDERING TO ME, ?
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? BUT THEN I READ ?
? THE BIBLE AND SEEK ?
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? YOUR FACE IN PRAYER. ? ?
I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ?
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? 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 ?
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? TO SAVE 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'LL TRUST THAT ?
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? YOU WILL LEAD ME
? ? THERE IF I CAN ?
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? TAKE YOUR HAND. ?
? WHATEVER QUESTIONS ?
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? I MAY HAVE, ? ?
WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL, ?
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? I KNOW JESUS DIED ?
? TO SAVE ME AND THAT ?
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? HE FORGAVE ME. ? ?
JESUS IS THE ANSWER ?
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? TO IT ALL. ? ?
JESUS IS THE ANSWER ?
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? TO IT ALL. ??
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>> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE
POUR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US
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AND PLEASE BLESS
PASTOR BATCHELOR'S WORDS.
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PLEASE HELP US TO TAKE WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED AT THESE MEETINGS
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AND SHOW OTHERS YOUR LOVE.
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WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH, LORD.
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IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN.
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[MUSIC] >> AMEN.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE SONG AND FOR YOUR PRAYER.
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AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US, FRIENDS, FOR "MIQ."
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YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
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I WAS THINKING EARLIER TODAY,
DO YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS
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THERE'S A QUESTION THAT NO
MAN CAN ANSWER, THAT EVEN GOD
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DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR?
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YOU KNOW THAT?
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IT'S IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
CHAPTER TWO, I BELIEVE IT'S
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VERSE THREE, WHERE IT SAYS, "HOW
SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT
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SO GREAT A SALVATION,
THIS SALVATION THAT JESUS
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HAS PROVIDED FOR US?"
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HOW ARE WE GONNA
ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT THAT?
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WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT AND THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.
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AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
ABOUT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS
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THAT HAVE COME IN DURING OUR
PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AS WELL AS
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ADDRESSING OUR STUDY
GUIDE IN JUST A MOMENT.
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SO WHAT DO WE HAVE?
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>> JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
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THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE AND
ALSO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FOR
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THE MANY QUESTIONS
THAT THEY HAVE SENT.
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PASTOR DOUG, WE'VE HAD OVER
6,000 QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME
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IN THROUGH TEXT AND THROUGH THE
INTERNET, THROUGH MIQ, SO JUST
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THANK YOU AND WE'VE TRIED TO GET
TO AS MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS
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AS POSSIBLE.
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IF WE HAVEN'T ANSWERED YOUR
QUESTION, GO TO THE MIQ TEENS
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WEB SITE AND YOU CAN SEE A
NUMBER OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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THAT WE HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO.
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WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND
SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
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[MUSIC] >> OUR
FIRST QUESTION IS FROM
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ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.
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HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD STRONG?
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>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE
ALL WANT TO KNOW, IS ONCE WE'VE
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ACCEPTED JESUS,
HOW DO WE NURTURE THAT.
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NOT JUST MAINTAIN
IT, HOW DO YOU GROW IT?
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SEE, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
SHOULD NOT JUST BE HOVERING.
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IT SHOULD BE UPWARD.
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PETER DESCRIBES IT AS A DAY
THAT GROWS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER
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UNTIL THE DAY THE LORD COMES.
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THAT'S THE
BRIGHTEST OF ALL, RIGHT?
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YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED THAT
IN THE SANCTUARY THAT THE JEWISH
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PEOPLE HAD IN THE WILDERNESS,
THEY HAD THE COURTYARD.
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THAT'S WHERE THE
SACRIFICE TOOK PLACE.
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THEY HAD THE LAVER.
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THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS BAPTISM.
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THEN YOU MOVE INTO THE
HOLY PLACE AND THERE WERE
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THREE THINGS THERE.
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THERE WAS A CANDLESTICK
WITH SEVEN CANDLES ON IT.
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THERE WAS A TABLE WITH
BREAD ON IT, 12 LOAVES OF BREAD.
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AND THEN THERE WAS
AN ALTAR OF INCENSE.
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THAT REPRESENTS THE THINGS,
THE INGREDIENTS THAT WE NEED TO
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HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD THAT WILL GROW.
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THE BREAD REPRESENTS THE BIBLE.
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MAN DOESN'T LOVE BY
BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD.
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WE NEED TO FEED
ON THE WORD OF GOD.
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THE ALTAR WITH THE
INCENSE REPRESENTS PRAYER.
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EVEN TELLS YOU THAT IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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THE ALTAR REPRESENTS
THE PRAYER OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
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AND THEN YOU'VE
GOT THAT CANDLESTICK.
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THAT'S LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE.
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JESUS SAID, "YOU ARE
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE."
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SO IF WE ARE DAILY GROWING IN
OUR BIBLE STUDY, OUR PRAYER LIFE
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IS GETTING DEEPER, AND IF WE ARE
SHARING AND LIVING OUR FAITH,
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LETTING OUR LIGHT SHINE,
OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT ONLY
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HOVER, IT'LL GROW AND IT'LL BE
STRONGER AND YOU'LL MATURE UNTIL
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THAT DAY WE'RE IN
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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>> THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG.
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LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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[MUSIC] >> NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
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HOW DO YOU
REGULATE YOUR DAYDREAMS?
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>> THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
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AM I THE ONLY ONE
WHOSE MIND WANDERS?
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I'M THANKFUL THAT I DON'T HAVE
A VIDEO SCREEN ON MY FOREHEAD
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FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT IN ANY GIVEN TIME BECAUSE
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MY MIND IS SOMETIMES JUST
RICOCHETING ALL OVER THE PLACE
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AND I'VE GOT A REALLY-- A
CHALLENGE STAYING FOCUSED.
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YOU EVER HAVE YOUR
MIND WANDER WHEN YOU PRAY?
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YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT JUST GETS BETTER
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WITH TIME AND YOU CAN
DISCIPLINE YOUR THINKING.
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FIRST OF ALL, DON'T FEEL GUILTY
IF YOU GET DISTRACTED AND YOUR
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MIND WANDERS A LITTLE BIT.
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IT'S JUST A SIGN OF PRACTICE
AND MATURITY THAT IF YOUR MIND
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WANDERS, DON'T SAY, "OH,
HOW CAN I NOT CONTROL MY MIND?"
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JUST BRING IT
BACK TO THE SUBJECT.
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BRING IT BACK, TAKE A FEW
DEEP BREATHS, AND BRING IT BACK.
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AND YOU CAN DO THIS
IN YOUR PRAYERS TOO.
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SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK
YOUR MIND IS WANDERING IN YOUR
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PRAYERS, THE LORD IS ACTUALLY
SPEAKING TO YOU AND HE'S
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DIRECTING YOUR
ATTENTION TO SOMETHING.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE DEVIL
SOMETIMES TRIES TO DISTRACT US,
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BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
TELL BY THE CONTEXT OF THAT.
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AND SO JUST DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP
THE CENTRAL TRUTH BEFORE YOU
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AND IT'LL HELP YOU FOCUS.
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>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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>> HI, MY NAME'S PHILIP AND I
WANT TO KNOW IF GOD CREATED SO
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MANY WORLDS WITH LIFE THROUGHOUT
THE UNIVERSE, WHY DID HE SEND
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SATAN DOWN HERE WITH US?
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>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
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YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS MADE
INFINITE WORDS IN SPACE AND HOW
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IS IT THAT WE GOT LUCKY AND
THE DEVIL WAS STUCK DOWN HERE?
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "WOE TO
THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH,"
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REVELATION 12.
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"WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE
EARTH, FOR SATAN HAS COME DOWN
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UNTO YOU, HAVING GREAT
WRATH BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE HAS
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BUT A SHORT TIME."
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WHY HERE?
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WHY DID HE SET UP HIS BEACHHEAD,
HIS HEADQUARTERS HERE?
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WELL, EVIDENTLY, AND IT
DOESN'T SAY THIS EXPLICITLY IN
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THE BIBLE, GOD ALLOWED ALL OF
THE CREATED INTELLIGENT BEINGS
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AND WORLDS IN THE UNIVERSE--
LUCIFER WAS ABLE TO CAMPAIGN,
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JUST LIKE HE DID WITH THE
ANGELS, FOR THEIR ALLEGIANCE.
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THEY ALL REJECTED LUCIFER.
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WHEN HE CAME TO THIS WORLD AND
HE MET OUR FIRST PARENTS AT THAT
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TREE, THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE
WHERE THEY COULD BE TESTED.
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HE WAS ABLE TO ENTICE OUR WORLD,
THROUGH OUR FIRST PARENTS,
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TO LISTEN TO HIM.
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AND BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS
IN ROMANS 6, "WHOEVER YOU OBEY,
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THAT'S WHOSE SERVANTS YOU ARE."
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BECAUSE OUR WORLD BASICALLY
SAID, "WE'RE GONNA LISTEN
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TO WHAT THE DEVIL SAYS
INSTEAD OF WHAT GOD SAID."
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THE DEVIL CLAIMED
THIS AS HIS PLANET.
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AND JESUS BASICALLY--HE
KIDNAPPED OUR PLANET BECAUSE OUR
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FIRST PARENTS LISTENED TO
HIM AND JESUS BASICALLY PAID
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THE RANSOM TO REDEEM US.
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BUT THAT'S HOW HE LANDED HERE.
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HE FOUND AN AUDIENCE.
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DON'T LET HIM FIND AN
AUDIENCE IN YOUR HEART.
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>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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[MUSIC] >> THIS
QUESTION HAS COME FROM
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YANCYVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
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HOW DO I SHARE GOD
WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
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>> YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU FIND THE
TRUTH, WHEN YOU GO FROM BEING
00:12:55.33\00:12:58.33
DEAD TO ALIVE, SICK TO WELL,
FROM BEING LOST TO BEING FOUND,
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YOU'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU
WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY AND SAY,
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"HOW DO I REACH THEM?
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HOW DO I MAKE THEM LISTEN?"
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AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A STRUGGLE.
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I KNOW WHEN I FIRST FOUND THE
TRUTH I JUST WANTED TO TAKE ALL
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OF MY FRIENDS AND JUST SHAKE
'EM AND SAY, "THIS IS THE TRUTH!
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YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT."
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AND YOU KNOW, YOU--I
SLOWLY DEVELOPED A LITTLE TACT
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AND DIPLOMACY.
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I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS A LITTLE ANOTHER NIGHT.
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THREE PRINCIPLE THINGS
YOU CAN DO, FIRST OF ALL,
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BE A GOOD WITNESS.
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YOU CAN'T FORCE A
PERSON TO LOVE THE LORD.
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YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE
OPEN AND YOU SHARE WITH THEM.
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WIN 'EM WITH LOVE.
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT NEIGHBORS
YOU'RE TRYING TO WITNESS TO,
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DO KIND THINGS FOR 'EM.
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SHOW 'EM LOVE.
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IF YOU'RE HAVING SOME MEETINGS
OR SOMETHING AT YOUR CHURCH,
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INVITE THEM THERE.
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IF THEY'RE WILLING TO READ
OR TO WATCH A CHRISTIAN DVD,
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SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM.
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BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, SHARE
INFORMATION, AND THEN PRAY.
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AND GOD DOES
HEAR--AND PRAY PERSISTENTLY.
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I KNOW A LOT OF STORIES WHERE
ONE SPOUSE PRAYED FOR THE OTHER
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UNBELIEVING
SPOUSE FOR 20, 30 YEARS.
00:14:05.90\00:14:09.50
AND THE LORD FINALLY SOFTENED
THEIR HEARTS AND WON THEM OVER.
00:14:09.50\00:14:13.03
SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT.
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AND THAT'S SOMETIMES
THE HARDEST THING TO DO.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
00:14:17.30\00:14:18.00
WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR
DOUG, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
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YOUR QUESTIONS.
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JUST A REMINDER.
00:14:20.36\00:14:21.40
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET
SEEN THE MIQ ANSWER BOOK,
00:14:21.40\00:14:24.16
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
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GO TO THE WEB
SITE, MIQTEENS.COM.
00:14:25.36\00:14:28.00
AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION
IN THE BOOK THAT YOU HAVEN'T
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BEEN ABLE TO COVER IN EACH
OF THE PROGRAMS, SO JUST A GREAT
00:14:30.76\00:14:33.10
RESOURCE AND AN
IMPORTANT RESOURCE.
00:14:33.10\00:14:36.13
>> YEAH, WE'VE
GOT A LOT MORE THERE.
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THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE SORT
OF AN OVERVIEW, BUT A LOT OF THE
00:14:37.53\00:14:41.03
SCRIPTURES AND TEXTS ARE THERE.
00:14:41.03\00:14:42.43
WE HAVEN'T HAD
TIME TO COVER 'EM ALL.
00:14:42.43\00:14:44.13
>> ALL RIGHT.
00:14:44.13\00:14:44.73
WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG.
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>> THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
00:14:45.56\00:14:46.83
WELL, FRIENDS, TONIGHT WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
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WE'VE ADDRESSED HERE AND THERE
ALONG THE WAY, DEALING WITH
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THE SUBJECT OF THE CHURCH.
00:14:53.60\00:14:56.36
WHERE DOES IT FIT IN?
00:14:56.36\00:14:58.43
YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE IN MANY
AMERICAN DENOMINATIONS THAT IN
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RECENT YEARS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
60% AND 70% OF YOUNG PEOPLE STOP
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ATTENDING BY THE TIME
THEY GET INTO THEIR EARLY 20S.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL BEGINS
DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS BECAUSE
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THEIR
FOUNDATION STARTS TO ERODE.
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A LOT OF PARENTS DURING THE
TEENAGE YEARS, THEY FEEL LIKE
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THEY'RE DRAGGING
THEIR KIDS TO CHURCH.
00:15:26.96\00:15:29.40
AND YOU OFTEN HEAR SOMEONE
SAY, "DO I HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH?
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WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH?"
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WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH?
00:15:35.13\00:15:37.33
WHY DO WE GO?
00:15:37.33\00:15:38.76
AND OUR LESSON IS ACTUALLY
TITLED "WHO NEEDS CHURCH
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ANYWAY?"
00:15:41.76\00:15:43.23
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
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WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN AND TALK
ABOUT THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT IS
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A VERY IMPORTANT
SUBJECT, AS I THINK YOU'LL AGREE
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AS WE PROCEED.
00:15:50.83\00:15:53.43
GETTING RIGHT INTO
QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
00:15:53.43\00:15:57.33
IF I LOVE THE LORD,
WHY DO I NEED A CHURCH?
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MATTHEW 16, FIRST OF
ALL, IT'S NOT OUR CHURCH.
00:16:03.13\00:16:06.73
MATTHEW 16:18, JESUS SAID, "AND
I ALSO SAY TO YOU THAT YOU'RE
00:16:06.73\00:16:11.43
PETER, AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL
BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES
00:16:11.43\00:16:16.63
OF HADES WILL NOT
PREVAIL AGAINST IT."
00:16:16.63\00:16:19.36
NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING
IF YOU SAY, "I'D LIKE TO INVITE
00:16:19.36\00:16:22.73
SOMEONE TO COME TO MY CHURCH OR
YOUR CHURCH," BUT WHEN WE TALK
00:16:22.73\00:16:26.93
ABOUT THE CHURCH OF JESUS IN
THE WORLD, WHOSE CHURCH IS IT?
00:16:26.93\00:16:32.10
HE--JESUS SAID,
"IT'S MY CHURCH."
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NOW THE WORD CHURCH--NOW WE'RE
USING KIND OF AN ENGLISH WORD.
00:16:35.00\00:16:38.53
IT COMES FROM SCOTTISH.
00:16:38.53\00:16:39.70
IT'S KIRK.
00:16:39.70\00:16:40.63
AND ORIGINALLY,
IT WAS THE GATHERING.
00:16:40.63\00:16:44.40
IN HEBREW, THEY
CALLED IT THE SYNAGOGUE.
00:16:44.40\00:16:47.16
IT'S A PLACE WHERE
GOD'S PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.
00:16:47.16\00:16:49.60
AND IT'S NOT A BUILDING
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH
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THE CHURCH TYPICALLY
MEETS UNDER SOME KIND OF EDIFICE
00:16:52.43\00:16:55.10
OR A PROTECTED PLACE.
00:16:55.10\00:16:56.63
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
GOD'S PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
00:16:56.63\00:17:00.26
HE HAS CALLED US TO COME
TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO
00:17:00.26\00:17:03.73
WORSHIP HIM AND
THAT'S NOT JUST ONCE A WEEK.
00:17:03.73\00:17:07.56
THERE'S OTHER TIMES WE'D
WANT TO COME TOGETHER TO PRAY.
00:17:07.56\00:17:10.16
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:17:10.16\00:17:12.73
EVERY BABY NEEDS A FAMILY.
00:17:12.73\00:17:16.76
YOU KNOW, I HEARD ABOUT
A TERRIBLE EXPERIMENT THAT
00:17:16.76\00:17:18.50
A DOCTOR DID YEARS AGO, WHERE
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TOUCH.
00:17:18.50\00:17:22.56
AND HE GOT A BUNCH OF MONKEYS
AND HE TOOK THESE MONKEYS AWAY
00:17:22.56\00:17:26.63
FROM THEIR MOTHERS.
00:17:26.63\00:17:28.16
THEY WOULD NEVER
ALLOW THIS EXPERIMENT NOW.
00:17:28.16\00:17:30.40
TOOK THE MONKEYS AWAY FROM THEIR
MOTHERS, AND THIS WAS BACK IN
00:17:30.40\00:17:32.60
THE '50S, RIGHT AFTER THEY WERE
BORN AND HE PUT THEM IN CAGE
00:17:32.60\00:17:35.30
WITH A WIRE MOTHER.
00:17:35.30\00:17:37.50
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BE NURSED
BY THIS WIRE MOTHER THAT HELD
00:17:37.50\00:17:41.40
THE BOTTLE AND THEY
JUST NEVER DEVELOPED.
00:17:41.40\00:17:44.76
GAVE THEM ALL OF THEIR NEEDS
AS FAR AS WATER AND FOOD AND THE
00:17:44.76\00:17:49.13
RIGHT TEMPERATURE, CLEANED THE
CAGE, BUT NO TOUCH, NO MOTHER.
00:17:49.13\00:17:54.16
AND THOSE BABIES,
THEY DIDN'T DO VERY WELL.
00:17:54.16\00:17:57.30
THEY NEEDED TOUCH.
00:17:57.30\00:17:58.33
THEY DIED.
00:17:58.33\00:18:00.30
THEY NEEDED TOUCH.
00:18:00.30\00:18:01.56
THEY NEEDED THE SOCIALIZATION.
00:18:01.56\00:18:04.73
THAT'S ALSO TRUE WITH PEOPLE.
00:18:04.73\00:18:07.30
WE ARE DESIGNED TO
BE SOCIAL CREATURES.
00:18:07.30\00:18:09.73
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN
WE TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
00:18:09.73\00:18:12.40
GOD SAID IT'S NOT GOOD
THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE.
00:18:12.40\00:18:15.40
WE GATHER STRENGTH AND
KNOWLEDGE FROM EACH OTHER.
00:18:15.40\00:18:18.13
WE NEED THE
EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS.
00:18:18.13\00:18:19.80
AND SO WHEN A PERSON COMES TO
CHRIST, WE'RE PUT INTO A FAMILY.
00:18:19.80\00:18:24.40
THAT FAMILY IS CALLED
THE CHURCH AND IT'S CRUCIAL.
00:18:24.40\00:18:27.60
WHAT HAPPENS TO A BABY SHEEP?
00:18:27.60\00:18:30.20
JESUS SAID, "I'M
THE GOOD SHEPHERD."
00:18:30.20\00:18:31.93
HE'S THE CHIEF SHEPHERD.
00:18:31.93\00:18:33.13
THE LORD IS MY
SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT.
00:18:33.13\00:18:35.20
WHAT HAPPENS TO A LAMB IF
IT'S NOT WITH A FLOCK OR IF
00:18:35.20\00:18:38.16
IT'S NOT IN THE FOLD?
00:18:38.16\00:18:40.23
IT ENDS UP BEING
ATTACKED BY WOLVES.
00:18:40.23\00:18:43.33
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE
OR YOU'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY,
00:18:43.33\00:18:46.33
"I'M GONNA BE A CHRISTIAN, BUT
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHURCH"?
00:18:46.33\00:18:50.23
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE
OR YOU'VE THOUGHT THAT BEFORE?
00:18:50.23\00:18:52.10
I SEE A FEW HONEST
PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HANDS.
00:18:52.10\00:18:54.30
CAN'T I BE A
CHRISTIAN AND JUST STAY HOME?
00:18:54.30\00:18:56.93
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SAYING WE'VE
GOT A BABY AND WE'RE GONNA SET
00:18:56.93\00:18:59.40
IT OUT IN THE WOODS.
00:18:59.40\00:19:00.60
OR HERE YOU GOT A BABY LAMB
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW,
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.00
PUT IT OUT THERE
WHERE THE WOLVES ARE.
00:19:03.00\00:19:04.80
WE NEED EACH
OTHER FOR PROTECTION.
00:19:04.80\00:19:07.43
HOW EFFECTIVE IS A
SOLDIER WITHOUT AN ARMY?
00:19:07.43\00:19:11.33
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE
GONNA SAY, "WELL, THERE'S A FEW
00:19:11.33\00:19:12.90
SAMSONS AND RAMBOS OUT
THERE THAT DID PRETTY GOOD."
00:19:12.90\00:19:15.90
BUT TYPICALLY SOLDIERS ARE
MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY'RE PART
00:19:15.90\00:19:19.43
OF AN ARMY.
00:19:19.43\00:19:20.56
AND THAT'S THE SAME
WAY FOR A CHRISTIAN.
00:19:20.56\00:19:22.36
THE CHURCH IS
LIKE THE ARMY OF GOD.
00:19:22.36\00:19:24.50
IT'S A FLOCK.
00:19:24.50\00:19:25.76
IT'S A FOLD WHERE
WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
00:19:25.76\00:19:29.60
NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE FOR THE CHURCH ANYWAY?
00:19:29.60\00:19:36.70
EPHESIANS 3:10, "TO THE INTENT
THAT NOW THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF
00:19:36.70\00:19:42.60
GOD MIGHT BE MADE KNOWN BY
THE CHURCH TO THE PRINCIPALITIES
00:19:42.60\00:19:47.43
AND POWERS IN HEAVENLY PLACES."
00:19:47.43\00:19:49.50
YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH IS
A PLACE--IT'S A SPRINGBOARD
00:19:49.50\00:19:53.50
OF TRUTH IN THE WORLD.
00:19:53.50\00:19:56.03
IT IS THE EARTHLY INSTITUTION
UPON WHICH GOD BESTOWS
00:19:56.03\00:19:59.63
HIS SUPREME REGARD.
00:19:59.63\00:20:01.16
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE
THINKING, "I DON'T WANT TO BE
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.76
PART OF AN ORGANIZED CHURCH,"
YOU GOT ONE ALTERNATIVE.
00:20:03.76\00:20:07.43
"I WANT TO BE PART OF
A DISORGANIZED CHURCH."
00:20:07.43\00:20:10.36
IS GOD
DISORGANIZED OR IS HE ORGANIZED?
00:20:10.36\00:20:13.63
1 CORINTHIANS 14 SAYS, "GOD
IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION."
00:20:13.63\00:20:17.36
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:20:17.36\00:20:18.56
WE'RE MORE
EFFECTIVE WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.
00:20:18.56\00:20:20.43
THE REASON THE CHURCH IS
ABLE TO SEND MISSIONARIES AROUND
00:20:20.43\00:20:22.43
THE WORLD AND I'M ABLE TO
DO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS
00:20:22.43\00:20:25.36
BECAUSE OF A BODY OF
BELIEVERS THAT COMES TOGETHER.
00:20:25.36\00:20:29.83
THE CHURCH IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:20:29.83\00:20:30.96
SOMEONE SAID ONE TIME, "YOU CAN
BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT ATTENDING
00:20:30.96\00:20:35.03
CHURCH IF YOU CAN BE
A BEE WITHOUT A HIVE."
00:20:35.03\00:20:38.40
DON'T MAKE MUCH HONEY THAT WAY.
00:20:38.40\00:20:40.40
"IF YOU CAN BE A SOLDIER
WITHOUT AN ARMY, IF YOU CAN BE A
00:20:40.40\00:20:43.40
SALESMAN WITHOUT CUSTOMERS, IF
YOU CAN BE A POLITICIAN WHO'S A
00:20:43.40\00:20:47.43
HERMIT, IF YOU CAN BE A
FOOTBALL PLAYER WITHOUT A TEAM."
00:20:47.43\00:20:52.03
THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN BE A
CHRISTIAN WITHOUT A CHURCH,
00:20:52.03\00:20:54.13
IT JUST--YOU CAN'T
RECONCILE THAT IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:54.13\00:20:57.56
THE VERY ESSENCE OF BEING A
CHRISTIAN IS BEING PART OF THE
00:20:57.56\00:21:00.76
BODY OF JESUS AND THAT MEANS
PART OF THAT GROUP OF BELIEVERS.
00:21:00.76\00:21:05.93
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
IN THE CHURCH ARE A LITTLE BIT
00:21:05.93\00:21:08.83
GOOFY.
00:21:08.83\00:21:13.56
IS IT TRUE?
00:21:13.56\00:21:15.56
YEAH, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S SOME STRANGE PEOPLE
00:21:15.56\00:21:18.03
THAT ARE IN THE CHURCH.
00:21:18.03\00:21:19.73
SOME OF 'EM AREN'T VERY NICE AND
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT VERY LOVABLE.
00:21:19.73\00:21:24.03
NUMBER THREE, WHAT
WAS THE EARLY CHURCH LIKE?
00:21:24.03\00:21:31.90
ACTS 2:44, SOUNDS
LIKE IT WAS AN IDEAL PLACE.
00:21:31.90\00:21:35.50
ALL LOVED EACH OTHER.
00:21:35.50\00:21:37.30
"NOW ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVED
WERE TOGETHER, AND THEY HAD ALL
00:21:37.30\00:21:41.83
THINGS IN COMMON," NOT
BECAUSE IT WAS MANDATED BY
00:21:41.83\00:21:44.50
THE GOVERNMENT, BUT BECAUSE
THEY CHOSE TO ON THEIR OWN.
00:21:44.50\00:21:48.90
IT'S ONE THING WHEN A
GOVERNMENT HAS A WELFARE SYSTEM.
00:21:48.90\00:21:51.13
IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WHEN YOU GET
TO CHOOSE TO LOVE AND TO GIVE.
00:21:51.13\00:21:53.70
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M GIVING
WHEN I'M BEING FORCED TO DO IT.
00:21:53.70\00:21:56.60
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:21:56.60\00:21:57.53
CHRISTIANS BACK IN BIBLE
TIME WERE NOT REQUIRED TO SHARE
00:21:57.53\00:22:01.60
WITH EVERYBODY.
00:22:01.60\00:22:02.60
THEY WERE JUST SO FULL
OF LOVE THEY CHOSE TO DO IT.
00:22:02.60\00:22:05.40
IT WASN'T MANDATED.
00:22:05.40\00:22:06.40
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
00:22:06.40\00:22:07.83
"NO MAN SAID THAT ALL THAT HE
HAD WAS HIS OWN, BUT EVERYBODY
00:22:07.83\00:22:10.23
SOLD THEIR POSSESSIONS AND THEIR
GOODS, AND THEY DIVIDED IT AMONG
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.83
ANY, AS PEOPLE HAD NEED."
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.90
THERE WAS JUST
THIS INCREDIBLE LOVE.
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.96
THEY ALL PRESSED TOGETHER.
00:22:17.96\00:22:19.40
THEY WERE FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.30
WHEN THEY HAD PROBLEMS,
THEY TACKLED THEM TOGETHER.
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.56
WHEN THEY WERE
ATTACKED, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER.
00:22:24.56\00:22:26.70
WHEN PETER WAS PUT IN
PRISON, THE CHURCH GOT TOGETHER,
00:22:26.70\00:22:29.36
THEY PRAYED 24 HOURS FOR PETER
AND GOD OPENED THE PRISON DOORS.
00:22:29.36\00:22:34.00
YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT WITH
THOROUGHBRED HORSES, IF THEY'RE
00:22:34.00\00:22:37.63
OUT IN THE FIELDS AND THEY'RE
ATTACKED BY WOLVES, THE HORSES
00:22:37.63\00:22:41.83
ALL PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER
AND THEY KICK AT THE ENEMY.
00:22:41.83\00:22:45.16
BUT WITH DONKEYS, DONKEYS
ALL FACE THE ENEMY AND THEY KICK
00:22:45.16\00:22:49.76
EACH OTHER.
00:22:49.76\00:22:51.40
>> [LAUGHING] >>
AND IF YOU'RE FACING
00:22:51.40\00:22:55.20
THE ENEMY ALONE, WE JUST
END UP KICKING EACH OTHER.
00:22:55.20\00:22:57.50
WE GOT TO GET
OUR HEADS TOGETHER.
00:22:57.50\00:22:59.13
THAT'S THE LORD'S PLAN.
00:22:59.13\00:23:00.73
NUMBER FOUR, WHY SHOULD I JOIN A
CHURCH WHEN THERE ARE HYPOCRITES
00:23:00.73\00:23:05.96
AND JUDGMENTAL
PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH?
00:23:05.96\00:23:09.50
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHAT I SAID WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT
00:23:09.50\00:23:12.83
ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN.
00:23:12.83\00:23:14.33
"I DON'T WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:23:14.33\00:23:15.70
THEY'RE ALL HYPOCRITES."
00:23:15.70\00:23:17.33
AND YOU KNOW WHO I THOUGHT
WERE THE WORST OF ALL WERE
00:23:17.33\00:23:20.63
THE PREACHERS ON
TELEVISION, THE TELEVANGELISTS.
00:23:20.63\00:23:25.33
TO ME, THERE WEREN'T TOO
MANY ON THE SCALE OF SLIME.
00:23:25.33\00:23:30.96
THAT WAS RIGHT UP
THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM.
00:23:30.96\00:23:34.30
AND I ENDED UP BEING ONE.
00:23:34.30\00:23:35.90
ISN'T THAT--ALL HYPOCRITES.
00:23:35.90\00:23:38.96
ALL THEY DO IS BEG FOR MONEY,
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT BACK THEN.
00:23:38.96\00:23:41.63
BY THE WAY, HAVE WE BEEN BEGGING
FOR MONEY DURING THESE MEETINGS?
00:23:41.63\00:23:44.96
NOT TILL NOW.
00:23:44.96\00:23:46.53
>> [LAUGHING] >>
'CAUSE THE MEETINGS
00:23:46.53\00:23:48.86
AREN'T OVER YET.
00:23:48.86\00:23:51.93
BUT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW
PEOPLE IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN?
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.30
OR DO YOU FOLLOW CHRIST?
00:23:55.30\00:23:58.40
HERE'S THE SCRIPTURE FOR THAT.
00:23:58.40\00:24:00.20
ACTS 6:1, EVEN THE
EARLY CHURCH WASN'T PERFECT.
00:24:00.20\00:24:03.70
"NOW IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN
THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLES WAS
00:24:03.70\00:24:06.36
MULTIPLYING, THERE AROSE A
COMPLAINT AGAINST THE HEBREWS BY
00:24:06.36\00:24:10.40
THE HELLENISTS," THOSE WERE THE
GREEK BELIEVERS, "BECAUSE THEIR
00:24:10.40\00:24:13.40
WIDOWS WERE BEING NEGLECTED
IN THE DAILY DISTRIBUTION."
00:24:13.40\00:24:16.43
THEY SAID,
"YOU'RE BEING PARTIAL."
00:24:16.43\00:24:18.20
AND THEY WERE GRUMBLING EACH
OTHER AND THEY SAID, "HOW COME
00:24:18.20\00:24:20.70
THEY'RE GETTING
MORE THAN WE'RE GETTING?
00:24:20.70\00:24:22.10
AND YOU'RE NOT
TAKING CARE OF US."
00:24:22.10\00:24:23.40
AND THEY HAD
ARGUMENTS BACK THEN.
00:24:23.40\00:24:24.90
WHAT WERE THE DISCIPLES TALKING
ABOUT THE NIGHT OF THE LAST
00:24:24.90\00:24:27.43
SUPPER?
00:24:27.43\00:24:28.13
WHO REMEMBERS?
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.13
THEY WERE SAYING WHICH OF
THEM--HERE'S THE 12 APOSTLES
00:24:31.13\00:24:33.90
OF THE CHURCH AND THEY
WERE ARGUING AMONG THEMSELVES,
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.60
"I'M BETTER THAN YOU ARE."
00:24:36.60\00:24:37.96
"NO, I'M BETTER THAN YOU ARE."
00:24:37.96\00:24:38.80
"I BET I HAVE A HIGHER PLACE.
00:24:38.80\00:24:40.40
MY OFFICE IS GONNA BE BETTER
THAN YOURS IN THE KINGDOM."
00:24:40.40\00:24:42.73
"NO, IT'S NOT.
00:24:42.73\00:24:43.50
I'M GONNA GO TO JESUS
FIRST AND GET A PROMOTION."
00:24:43.50\00:24:45.90
THEY'RE ALL FIGHTIN' AMONG
THEMSELVES WHICH OF THEM WAS
00:24:45.90\00:24:47.70
THE GREATEST.
00:24:47.70\00:24:49.96
AND THEN DID THEY BETRAY HIM?
00:24:49.96\00:24:52.23
DID THEY DENY HIM
WHEN CHRIST WAS ARRESTED?
00:24:52.23\00:24:56.30
AND THESE ARE THE
LEADERS OF THE CHURCH.
00:24:56.30\00:24:57.53
THEY WERE PEOPLE.
00:24:57.53\00:24:59.60
YOU KNOW ONE REASON THE
LORD PUTS US IN THE CHURCH?
00:24:59.60\00:25:02.23
VERY SIMPLE.
00:25:02.23\00:25:02.83
IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE
I'M SAYING--BUT DON'T FORGET
00:25:02.83\00:25:05.23
EVERYTHING ELSE I'M SAYING.
00:25:05.23\00:25:08.20
GREAT COMMANDMENT IS LOVE
THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
00:25:08.20\00:25:12.20
AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:25:12.20\00:25:15.43
YOU KNOW WHY GOD
COMMANDS ANYTHING?
00:25:15.43\00:25:17.60
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME NATURAL.
00:25:17.60\00:25:20.43
GOD COMMANDS WHAT
DOESN'T COME NATURAL.
00:25:20.43\00:25:25.73
WE NATURALLY DO NOT
LOVE HIM WITH ALL OUR HEART.
00:25:25.73\00:25:28.30
WE NATURALLY DO
NOT LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:25:28.30\00:25:29.93
WE'VE GOT LOVE PROBLEMS.
00:25:29.93\00:25:32.40
SO THE WAY THAT YOU TAKE CARE
OF THE LOVE PROBLEMS IS YOU DROP
00:25:32.40\00:25:35.20
PEOPLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THEY'RE SURROUNDED WITH LOVING,
00:25:35.20\00:25:39.23
LOVABLE PEOPLE, AND
THEN THEY'LL LEARN TO LOVE.
00:25:39.23\00:25:42.93
WELL, THAT MIGHT HELP A LITTLE
BIT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY
00:25:42.93\00:25:45.16
IT REALLY WORKS.
00:25:45.16\00:25:46.13
IF YOU WANT MUSCLES, DOES
GOD PUT YOU IN A ROOM FULL OF
00:25:46.13\00:25:48.73
MUSCULAR PEOPLE AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE GONNA
00:25:48.73\00:25:51.93
GET MUSCLES?
00:25:51.93\00:25:54.30
THAT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:25:54.30\00:25:55.40
THAT'D BE NICE.
00:25:55.40\00:25:57.00
YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS?
00:25:57.00\00:25:57.83
HE PUTS WEIGHT ON YOU.
00:25:57.83\00:26:00.40
IF YOU SAY, "LORD, GIVE ME
PATIENCE," DO YOU GET IT UPS
00:26:00.40\00:26:03.33
IN THE MAIL?
00:26:03.33\00:26:04.70
HERE'S A PACKAGE OF PATIENCE.
00:26:04.70\00:26:06.03
OR DOES GOD GIVE YOU
DELAY TO DEVELOP YOUR PATIENCE?
00:26:06.03\00:26:11.36
SO IF YOU SAY, "LORD, GIVE
ME LOVE," YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S
00:26:11.36\00:26:13.40
GONNA DO?
00:26:13.40\00:26:15.50
HE'S GONNA PUT YOU WHERE THERE
ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VERY
00:26:15.50\00:26:18.43
LOVABLE AND YOU
GOT TO LOVE THEM.
00:26:18.43\00:26:23.13
JESUS LOVED THE
WORLD THAT HATED HIM.
00:26:23.13\00:26:26.96
HE LOVED A WORLD
THAT CRUCIFIED HIM.
00:26:26.96\00:26:30.43
AND HE SAYS, "ONE OF THE REASONS
YOU NEED A CHURCH IS BECAUSE,
00:26:30.43\00:26:33.33
YEAH, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME
HYPOCRITES AND THERE'LL BE SOME
00:26:33.33\00:26:35.36
GOOD PEOPLE THAT AREN'T
CONSISTENT AND THERE IS GONNA
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.43
BE SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T
LOVE THE WAY THEY SHOULD LOVE.
00:26:37.43\00:26:40.16
AND THAT'S WHERE
YOU'RE GONNA LEARN TO LOVE."
00:26:40.16\00:26:43.10
I MEAN, AFTER ALL, THE LORD
SAYS WE GOT TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.63
ON THE OUTSIDE.
00:26:45.63\00:26:46.36
WE GOT TO START BY LEARNING
TO LOVE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE.
00:26:46.36\00:26:50.16
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS,
00:26:50.16\00:26:51.76
"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES."
00:26:51.76\00:26:53.23
AND IT SAYS,
"LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS."
00:26:53.23\00:26:55.00
AND SOMEONE BROUGHT OUT THAT'S
BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN ENDS
00:26:55.00\00:26:57.16
UP BECOMING YOUR ENEMY.
00:26:57.16\00:26:59.03
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THOSE CLOSEST
TO US THAT SOMETIMES PRESENT
00:26:59.03\00:27:04.60
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
00:27:04.60\00:27:07.10
LOOK IN THE BIBLE.
00:27:07.10\00:27:08.80
WHO WAS IT THAT KILLED ABEL?
00:27:08.80\00:27:11.36
HIS BROTHER.
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.00
WHO WAS IT THAT BETRAYED JOSEPH?
00:27:13.00\00:27:15.33
HIS BROTHERS.
00:27:15.33\00:27:16.96
WHO WAS IT THAT
TRIED TO KILL DAVID?
00:27:16.96\00:27:19.60
HIS OWN KING.
00:27:19.60\00:27:20.80
HE--I MEAN, PHILISTINES WEREN'T
AS BIG A PROBLEM FOR DAVID AS
00:27:20.80\00:27:22.96
HIS OWN KING AND HIS OWN SON.
00:27:22.96\00:27:26.33
AND YOU JUST MARCH RIGHT ON DOWN
THROUGH THE BIBLE AND YOU'RE
00:27:26.33\00:27:28.53
GONNA FIND OUT IT WAS
OFTEN FRIENDLY FIRE THAT WAS
00:27:28.53\00:27:31.13
THE PROBLEM.
00:27:31.13\00:27:32.00
SO WHY WOULD WE
WANT TO GO TO A CHURCH?
00:27:32.00\00:27:34.43
SO WE CAN LEARN TO LOVE.
00:27:34.43\00:27:37.73
WE NEED IT.
00:27:37.73\00:27:39.10
THE DEVIL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HE WANTS YOU TO THINK IS, "WELL,
00:27:39.10\00:27:41.83
THIS IS--PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS
IN THE CHURCH AND SO I'M GONNA
00:27:41.83\00:27:45.10
AVOID IT AND I'M GONNA
BE SPIRITUAL BY MYSELF."
00:27:45.10\00:27:48.16
NO, YOU WON'T.
00:27:48.16\00:27:49.16
YOU'LL BECOME ECCENTRIC.
00:27:49.16\00:27:50.33
YOUR FAITH WILL NOT BE BALANCED.
00:27:50.33\00:27:52.40
WE NEED EACH OTHER
BECAUSE IF YOU STAY OFF BY
00:27:52.40\00:27:55.83
YOURSELF--BELIEVE ME, I DID IT.
00:27:55.83\00:27:57.40
I LIVED IN A CAVE.
00:27:57.40\00:27:58.90
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
00:27:58.90\00:27:59.90
PEOPLE THAT ISOLATE THEMSELVES
BECOME ECCENTRIC AND OUT
00:27:59.90\00:28:02.70
OF BALANCE.
00:28:02.70\00:28:04.70
WE NEED EACH OTHER TO KEEP
US ACCOUNTABLE AND TO TEACH US
00:28:04.70\00:28:08.30
HOW TO LOVE.
00:28:08.30\00:28:09.83
AND THE CHURCH IS NOT A
HOTEL OR A RESORT FOR SAINTS.
00:28:09.83\00:28:15.40
IT'S A HOSPITAL FOR
SINNERS AND WE ALL NEED IT.
00:28:15.40\00:28:20.33
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
US TO BE PART OF THE CHURCH.
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.96
OKAY, GOT TO
MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE.
00:28:22.96\00:28:25.43
OH NO, SOMEBODY'S
GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION.
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.93
NUMBER FIVE, WHY SHOULD I GO
TO CHURCH WHEN IT'S SOMETIMES
00:28:27.93\00:28:33.00
SO BORING?
00:28:33.00\00:28:35.60
EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?
00:28:35.60\00:28:38.00
"OH, I DIDN'T
GET--WHAT DID HE SAY?
00:28:38.00\00:28:40.83
ALL I HEARD WAS [MUMBLING].
00:28:40.83\00:28:43.83
IT'S JUST SO MONOTONE.
00:28:43.83\00:28:44.96
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.
00:28:44.96\00:28:46.40
WHY WOULD I WANT
TO GO BACK AGAIN?"
00:28:46.40\00:28:48.60
YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN, AS I SAID
EARLIER, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO
00:28:48.60\00:28:52.20
CHURCH TO BE ENTERTAINED.
00:28:52.20\00:28:55.80
NOW YOU HOPE THAT THE PREACHER'S
GONNA PREACH A GOOD SERMON AND I
00:28:55.80\00:28:59.13
KNOW NOT ALL OF
MINE HAVE BEEN GREAT.
00:28:59.13\00:29:02.13
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I
COME TO THE DOOR AND PEOPLE ARE
00:29:02.13\00:29:05.40
SHAKING MY HANDS AND YOU'RE
HOPING THAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY,
00:29:05.40\00:29:08.00
"APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE,"
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:29:08.00\00:29:10.36
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I'LL
PREACH A MESSAGE WHERE FOLKS GO
00:29:10.36\00:29:12.60
OUT AND THEY SAY,
"NICE WEATHER TODAY, PASTOR."
00:29:12.60\00:29:15.60
AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT.
00:29:15.60\00:29:16.60
AND YOU THINK, "OH MAN,
I WAS FIRING BLANKS TODAY."
00:29:16.60\00:29:19.36
SO EVERY PREACHER HAS THEIR
GOOD DAYS AND THEIR BAD DAYS,
00:29:19.36\00:29:22.96
BUT YOU DON'T COME
JUST FOR THE PREACHER.
00:29:22.96\00:29:26.30
YOU KNOW WHY SOME
PEOPLE JOIN CHURCHES?
00:29:26.30\00:29:28.03
TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW
WHY PEOPLE JOIN CHURCHES?
00:29:28.03\00:29:30.83
ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
00:29:30.83\00:29:33.00
NUMBER ONE, IT'S
WHERE MY FAMILY WENT.
00:29:33.00\00:29:36.10
THAT'S GOOD, BUT
THAT'S NOT THE REASON.
00:29:36.10\00:29:38.80
IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.
00:29:38.80\00:29:42.53
WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?
00:29:42.53\00:29:43.30
"I DON'T KNOW, BUT
IT'S NOT VERY FAR AWAY."
00:29:43.30\00:29:46.36
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GO.
00:29:46.36\00:29:47.96
THEY GOT A GOOD MUSIC PROGRAM.
00:29:47.96\00:29:49.73
THAT'S ALWAYS NICE TO
HAVE A CHURCH WITH GOOD MUSIC,
00:29:49.73\00:29:52.50
BUT THAT'S NOT THE
REASON TO JOIN A CHURCH.
00:29:52.50\00:29:55.30
THE PASTOR IS CHARISMATIC
AND GOOD-LOOKING LIKE ME, RIGHT?
00:29:55.30\00:30:02.73
OR THEY'LL SAY, "THEY GOT
A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM."
00:30:02.73\00:30:05.43
AND THAT'S GREAT.
00:30:05.43\00:30:06.20
EVERYBODY WANTS THAT.
00:30:06.20\00:30:07.23
YOU'D ALL LIKE TO HAVE A DYNAMIC
PASTOR AND YOU'D ALWAYS LIKE TO
00:30:07.23\00:30:10.83
HAVE A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
00:30:10.83\00:30:12.63
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY SAY?
00:30:12.63\00:30:13.63
"I GO THERE 'CAUSE
THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY."
00:30:13.63\00:30:16.36
ISN'T THAT GOOD?
00:30:16.36\00:30:17.90
I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS
IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE FINE.
00:30:17.90\00:30:22.03
NONE OF THEM ARE THE RIGHT
REASON TO JOIN--OH, YOU KNOW
00:30:22.03\00:30:24.43
ANOTHER REASON SOME
PEOPLE JOIN A CHURCH?
00:30:24.43\00:30:26.70
"IT'S SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING."
00:30:26.70\00:30:28.60
WHY DO YOU GO THERE?
00:30:28.60\00:30:29.50
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE,
BUT LOOK AT THAT STAINED GLASS.
00:30:29.50\00:30:32.70
SPLENDID, I FEEL
SO PEACEFUL IN THERE.
00:30:32.70\00:30:35.00
IT ECHOES WHEN THEY SING."
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.10
IT'S A BUILDING.
00:30:37.10\00:30:39.20
SOME PEOPLE GO TO THE
CHURCH, WHY DO YOU GO THERE?
00:30:39.20\00:30:41.30
"EVERYBODY WHO'S ANYBODY IN
THIS TOWN GOES TO THAT CHURCH.
00:30:41.30\00:30:44.10
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY
IN THIS TOWN, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW.
00:30:44.10\00:30:46.33
YOU BETTER GO TO THAT CHURCH."
00:30:46.33\00:30:47.40
WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?
00:30:47.40\00:30:48.30
"I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT
ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE GO
00:30:48.30\00:30:50.20
THAT CHURCH."
00:30:50.20\00:30:52.00
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF
THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE PICK
00:30:52.00\00:30:55.43
A CHURCH.
00:30:55.43\00:30:57.20
YOU KNOW WHAT THE ONLY RIGHT
REASON IS TO PICK A CHURCH?
00:30:57.20\00:31:00.43
THAT CHURCH IS TEACHING
THE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS
00:31:00.43\00:31:04.60
OF GOD'S WORD.
00:31:04.60\00:31:06.93
THAT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVE,
THAT IS THEIR CONSTITUTION,
00:31:06.93\00:31:09.76
IS THE WORD OF GOD.
00:31:09.76\00:31:11.60
AND THEIR MUSIC MIGHT BE
OFF KEY, THE BUILDING MIGHT BE
00:31:11.60\00:31:14.93
RICKETY, THEY SOMETIMES MIGHT
HAVE A FEW CRANKY PEOPLE THAT
00:31:14.93\00:31:18.10
AREN'T FRIENDLY, THERE MIGHT BE
ALL KINDS OF OTHER ISSUES, BUT
00:31:18.10\00:31:21.63
IF THAT IS THE GROUP TO WHOM
GOD HAS COMMITTED THE ORACLES OF
00:31:21.63\00:31:26.13
TRUTH, THAT'S JESUS' CHURCH.
00:31:26.13\00:31:29.50
THAT'S HIS BRIDE.
00:31:29.50\00:31:30.83
IT'S THE OBJECT OF HIS
SUPREME REGARD ON THE PLANET.
00:31:30.83\00:31:35.36
BECAUSE GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
AND HE SAVES PEOPLE AND PEOPLE
00:31:35.36\00:31:38.10
TOGETHER MAKE UP THE CHURCH.
00:31:38.10\00:31:40.33
IT'S NOT THE BUILDING.
00:31:40.33\00:31:41.93
IF ALL THE CHURCH BUILDINGS
GOT DESTROYED, WOULD THAT
00:31:41.93\00:31:44.16
DESTROY GOD'S CHURCH?
00:31:44.16\00:31:46.90
WHEN THE DEVIL TRIED TO
DESTROY THE CHURCH, HE DIDN'T GO
00:31:46.90\00:31:48.63
DESTROY BUILDINGS.
00:31:48.63\00:31:50.36
HE TRIES TO DESTROY PEOPLE.
00:31:50.36\00:31:53.36
AND SO YOU WANT TO BE
PART OF THAT BODY OF CHRIST.
00:31:53.36\00:31:56.33
NOW I DON'T KNOW IF
I READ THE ANSWER HERE.
00:31:56.33\00:31:58.23
WHY DO I GO TO CHURCH
WHEN IT SOMETIMES IS BORING?
00:31:58.23\00:32:01.43
I REMEMBER READING ONE TIME
ABOUT A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER
00:32:01.43\00:32:04.10
THAT WAS ASKING HER CHILDREN,
"NOW CHILDREN," GROUP OF, YOU
00:32:04.10\00:32:09.50
KNOW, 6-YEAR-OLDS, "WHY IS
IT IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE QUIET
00:32:09.50\00:32:12.50
IN CHURCH?"
00:32:12.50\00:32:13.43
AND ONE LITTLE GIRL SAID,
"BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING."
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.33
>> [LAUGHING] >>
SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT
00:32:16.33\00:32:21.60
INTERESTING, I KNOW.
00:32:21.60\00:32:23.56
I WAS PREACHING TO ONE CHURCH
ONE TIME WHERE SOMEONE WAS
00:32:23.56\00:32:28.70
SNORING SO LOUD
THEY WOKE THEMSELVES UP.
00:32:28.70\00:32:31.53
>> [LAUGHING] >> AND
EVERYBODY AROUND THEM
00:32:31.53\00:32:36.30
TURNED AND LOOKED.
00:32:36.30\00:32:38.56
ALL RIGHT, HEBREWS 10:24-25,
"AND LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER
00:32:38.56\00:32:46.50
IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE
AND GOOD WORKS, NOT FORSAKING
00:32:46.50\00:32:50.73
THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES
TOGETHER, AS THE MANNER OF SOME
00:32:50.73\00:32:53.60
IS, BUT EXHORTING ONE
ANOTHER," ENCOURAGING.
00:32:53.60\00:32:57.43
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
00:32:57.43\00:32:58.73
"AND SO MUCH THE MORE AS
YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING."
00:32:58.73\00:33:02.56
WHAT DAY IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
00:33:02.56\00:33:04.40
THE DAY OF THE LORD.
00:33:04.40\00:33:05.70
THE MORE THAT YOU SEE THE DAY
OF THE LORD APPROACHING, HE'S
00:33:05.70\00:33:08.53
SAYING THAT WE SHOULD
EXHORT, ADMONISH, ENCOURAGE,
00:33:08.53\00:33:11.90
INSPIRE ONE ANOTHER.
00:33:11.90\00:33:13.40
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER.
00:33:13.40\00:33:16.23
WHEN GOD POURED OUT THE SPIRIT
DURING CHRIST' FIRST COMING, YOU
00:33:16.23\00:33:18.50
KNOW HOW THAT CHAPTER BEGINS?
00:33:18.50\00:33:20.40
CHAPTER TWO OF ACTS, IT SAYS,
"THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER OF ONE
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ACCORD, IN ONE PLACE, AND THERE
WAS A SOUND OF A MIGHTY RUSHING
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WIND AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT CAME DOWN."
00:33:28.63\00:33:31.36
THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
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WOULDN'T IT BE SAD IF
THAT WAS THE DAY YOU SAID,
00:33:33.90\00:33:36.40
"I DON'T--THAT'S BORING.
00:33:36.40\00:33:38.10
I THINK WAS IT ANDREW PREACHING
TODAY OR IS IT PETER, MATTHEW?
00:33:38.10\00:33:41.23
I'M NOT SURE.
00:33:41.23\00:33:41.83
BUT I DON'T KNOW,
I'M GONNA STAY HOME"?
00:33:41.83\00:33:44.13
HOLY SPIRIT BE POURED OUT.
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WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
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I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
TOLD ME, "YOU KNOW, I WASN'T
00:33:50.03\00:33:52.36
SURE IF I WAS COMING TO CHURCH
TODAY, BUT I DECIDED TO COME
00:33:52.36\00:33:55.03
AND THAT WAS THE VERY
THING I NEEDED IN MY LIFE."
00:33:55.03\00:33:58.76
IT'D BE A SHAME TO MISS IT.
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WE NEED TO COME TO CHURCH.
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QUESTION NUMBER SIX,
BUT I'M JUST ONE PERSON.
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WHAT CAN I REALLY
DO FOR GOD'S CHURCH?
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1 CORINTHIANS 12:15, "IF THE
FOOT SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE I'M
00:34:12.76\00:34:16.70
NOT A HAND, I'M NOT OF
THE BODY,' IS IT THEREFORE
00:34:16.70\00:34:20.30
NOT OF THE BODY?
00:34:20.30\00:34:22.20
AND IF THE EAR SHOULD SAY,
'BECAUSE I'M NOT AN EYE, I'M NOT
00:34:22.20\00:34:24.70
PART OF THE BODY,' IS IT
THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?
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IF THE WHOLE BODY WAS AN
EYE, WHERE WOULD THE HEARING BE?
00:34:27.13\00:34:30.53
AND IF THE WHOLE BODY
WAS HEARING, WHERE WOULD
00:34:30.53\00:34:33.00
THE SMELLING BE?"
00:34:33.00\00:34:34.30
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU
ARE ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF
00:34:34.30\00:34:37.13
A BODY OF JESUS.
00:34:37.13\00:34:39.03
JESUS IS STILL ALIVE IN
THE WORLD TODAY PHYSICALLY
00:34:39.03\00:34:44.36
THROUGH YOU AND ME.
00:34:44.36\00:34:47.33
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE GETTING
READY TO CRUCIFY THE LORD, HE
00:34:47.33\00:34:49.03
SAID, "DESTROY THIS TEMPLE
AND IN 3 DAYS I'LL RAISE IT UP."
00:34:49.03\00:34:52.33
AND THEY SAID, "OH, THIS
BUILDING'S TAKEN 46 YEARS,
00:34:52.33\00:34:55.16
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.53
AND JOHN ADDS, "HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HIS BODY."
00:34:56.53\00:35:00.23
WHAT IS THE CHURCH CALLED?
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.73
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.33
WHERE ARE THE HANDS AND THE
FEET AND THE EYES AND THE MOUTH
00:35:03.33\00:35:06.76
AND THE HEART OF JESUS TODAY?
00:35:06.76\00:35:08.50
IS IT IN THE WORLD?
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YES, BECAUSE IF YOU BECOME
A CHRISTIAN, HE IS LIVING IN
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YOU AND SO ALL OF US WITH OUR
DIFFERENT GIFTS TOGETHER BECOME
00:35:13.36\00:35:18.20
JESUS IN THE WORLD.
00:35:18.20\00:35:20.40
SO HOW IMPORTANT--HOW IMPORTANT
A PART OF JESUS ARE YOU?
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AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU
SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD,
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HE GIVES YOU
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:35:28.30\00:35:30.03
YOU'VE GOT GIFTS--IF YOU HAVEN'T
MADE THAT DECISION YET, YOU'VE
00:35:30.03\00:35:32.53
GOT GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT THAT GOD
IS WAITING TO GIVE YOU YOU MAY
00:35:32.53\00:35:35.76
NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
00:35:35.76\00:35:37.76
BUT YOU MUST SURRENDER TO HIM.
00:35:37.76\00:35:39.36
YOU'RE A CRUCIAL PART OF THAT
BODY, AND ANY PART OF THE BODY
00:35:39.36\00:35:41.83
THAT IS SEPARATED
DOESN'T LIVE VERY LONG.
00:35:41.83\00:35:45.50
I'VE GOT A FRIEND THAT
WAS--WHILE HE WAS IN ACADEMY
00:35:45.50\00:35:48.40
WORKING IN THE SHOP, GOT TO BE
CAREFUL, HE WAS USING THE BAND
00:35:48.40\00:35:52.60
SAW, HAD A LITTLE
ACCIDENT, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY,
00:35:52.60\00:35:56.03
AND CHOPPED OFF
THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.
00:35:56.03\00:35:59.96
WELL, OF
COURSE, IT WAS BLEEDING.
00:35:59.96\00:36:02.70
THEY WRAPPED HIM UP AND
THEY TOOK HIM SEVERAL MILES
00:36:02.70\00:36:05.20
TO THE HOSPITAL.
00:36:05.20\00:36:06.33
AND THEY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND
THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY SAID,
00:36:06.33\00:36:08.73
"WHERE'S THE FINGER?
00:36:08.73\00:36:10.03
WE'LL SEW IT BACK ON."
00:36:10.03\00:36:11.93
"OH, WE LEFT THAT
BACK AT THE SHOP."
00:36:11.93\00:36:16.56
AND THEY SAID, "WELL,
IT'S--" THEY SAID, "GO GET IT."
00:36:16.56\00:36:19.16
AND THEY SAID,
"OH, IT'S TOO LATE NOW."
00:36:19.16\00:36:21.20
THEY SAID, "BECAUSE
THAT FINGER'S NOT GONNA LAST
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VERY LONG
DISCONNECTED FROM THE BODY."
00:36:22.50\00:36:26.80
IF I SAID, "LOOK AT THE PERSON
NEXT TO YOU, DO YOU SEE A NOSE?"
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EVERYBODY SEE A
NOSE IN MOST OF US?
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I HOPE I'M NOT PICKING ANYBODY
OUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NOSE.
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I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED
THAT WORDING, SHOULD I?
00:36:36.36\00:36:39.70
IS IT ODD IF I SAY,
"LOOK, A NOSE ON A FACE"?
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NOBODY THINKS ANYTHING OF IT.
00:36:42.70\00:36:43.76
BUT IF I SAID, "LOOK, A
NOSE ON THE STAGE," YOU'D THINK,
00:36:43.76\00:36:47.83
"WELL, THAT AIN'T RIGHT.
00:36:47.83\00:36:48.56
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE," RIGHT?
00:36:48.56\00:36:51.00
BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELONG ON THE
STAGE, THEY BELONG ON THE BODY.
00:36:51.00\00:36:56.00
AND SO IF YOU SAY, "I'M A
CHRISTIAN, BUT I'D RATHER BE
00:36:56.00\00:36:58.50
ON THE STAGE BY MYSELF, OR I'D
RATHER BE ON THE FLOOR," THAT'S
00:36:58.50\00:37:02.96
NOT--YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIVE.
00:37:02.96\00:37:04.93
YOU GOT TO BE CONNECTED.
00:37:04.93\00:37:06.83
I'VE SAID ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
00:37:06.83\00:37:08.16
WE NEED EACH OTHER TO STAY ALIVE
SPIRITUALLY AND IT'S GOD PLAN
00:37:08.16\00:37:11.83
FOR US TO BE PART OF THE CHURCH.
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.76
GO TO CHURCH TO GIVE.
00:37:13.76\00:37:15.43
IF YOU GET ANYTHING, GREAT.
00:37:15.43\00:37:17.00
MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOU'RE
COMING TO WORSHIP AND THANK
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.53
AND PRAISE GOD AND PRAY.
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.30
YOU CAN DO THAT NO MATTER WHAT
THE STUDY OR THE SERMON IS LIKE.
00:37:20.30\00:37:24.03
WE ALL COME TO WORSHIP GOD.
00:37:24.03\00:37:25.56
YOU EVER SAY AMEN?
00:37:25.56\00:37:27.90
>> AMEN.
00:37:27.90\00:37:28.83
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:37:28.83\00:37:30.13
I ENJOY THAT LITTLE POINT.
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NUMBER SEVEN, HOW DO I ENTER
THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH,
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OFFICIALLY?
00:37:38.00\00:37:40.73
WHAT'S THE MECHANISM THAT
GOD TALKS ABOUT IN HIS WORD
00:37:40.73\00:37:43.03
FOR THAT?
00:37:43.03\00:37:44.43
1 CORINTHIANS 12:13, "FOR BY
ONE SPIRIT WE ARE ALL BAPTIZED
00:37:44.43\00:37:52.16
INTO ONE BODY."
00:37:52.16\00:37:55.20
NOW A CHURCH MIGHT HAVE--A
DENOMINATION MAY HAVE SEVERAL
00:37:55.20\00:37:58.96
CHURCHES SCATTERED AROUND, BUT
THEY ARE TO BE ONE IN CHRIST.
00:37:58.96\00:38:03.80
AND IT'S THROUGH BAPTISM
THAT WE BECOME PART OF THAT.
00:38:03.80\00:38:07.76
BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO
A CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDINGS IS
00:38:07.76\00:38:13.90
TO A MARRIAGE.
00:38:13.90\00:38:15.70
BAPTISM IS THE CEREMONY BY WHICH
YOU MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT AND
00:38:15.70\00:38:20.73
SAY, "I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE
FORGIVENESS OF JESUS' OFFERING.
00:38:20.73\00:38:25.36
I WANT TO HAVE MY
SINS WASHED AWAY."
00:38:25.36\00:38:27.36
BAPTISM'S A SYMBOL
OF WASHING AWAY OF SIN.
00:38:27.36\00:38:29.36
THAT'S WHY IT'S DONE IN WATER.
00:38:29.36\00:38:31.23
PERSON GOES DOWN IN THE WATER.
00:38:31.23\00:38:33.10
THEY COME OUT OF THE WATER,
IT'S A SYMBOL OF CLEANSING.
00:38:33.10\00:38:35.70
BAPTISM, THE BIBLE SAYS, ALSO
REPRESENTS A DEATH, A BURIAL,
00:38:35.70\00:38:40.43
AND A RESURRECTION.
00:38:40.43\00:38:42.33
BECAUSE WHEN THAT
PERSON GOES DOWN IN THE WATER,
00:38:42.33\00:38:44.20
THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH.
00:38:44.20\00:38:45.63
IN THE--HOPEFULLY YOU'RE,
YOU KNOW, HOLDING YOUR BREATH.
00:38:45.63\00:38:49.96
YOU KNOW, IN THE
BIBLE, BREATH WAS THE LIFE.
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.20
AND WHEN A PERSON STOPPED
BREATHING, THEY WERE DEAD.
00:38:53.20\00:38:59.56
AND SO, THAT MOMENT WHEN
YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH, YOU COME
00:38:59.56\00:39:01.70
AND YOU TAKE A FRESH BREATH.
00:39:01.70\00:39:03.76
BY THE WAY, WHEN A BABY IS BORN,
IT'S IN AN ENVELOPE OF WATER AND
00:39:03.76\00:39:07.73
IT COMES OUT OF THAT ENVELOPE
OF WATER AND IT TAKES ITS BREATH
00:39:07.73\00:39:12.00
AND IT BEGINS A NEW LIFE.
00:39:12.00\00:39:14.36
SO ALL OF THAT IS REPRESENTED,
A MARRIAGE, A BURIAL, A DEATH,
00:39:14.36\00:39:19.53
A RESURRECTION, A NEW
BIRTH, A PUBLIC DECLARATION.
00:39:19.53\00:39:24.96
ALL OF THAT IS ENCOMPASSED
IN THE TEACHING OF BAPTISM.
00:39:24.96\00:39:28.93
BAPTISM IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN THE BIBLE.
00:39:28.93\00:39:31.30
FINAL WORDS OF
CHRIST, "GO YE, THEREFORE.
00:39:31.30\00:39:33.36
TEACH ALL NATIONS."
00:39:33.36\00:39:34.30
BY THE WAY, DID JESUS BELIEVE
THAT BAPTISM WAS IMPORTANT
00:39:34.30\00:39:38.90
PERSONALLY?
00:39:38.90\00:39:41.40
WAS HE BAPTIZED?
00:39:41.40\00:39:44.33
WAS HE BAPTIZED BECAUSE HE
HAD SINNED OR WAS HE BAPTIZED AS
00:39:44.33\00:39:49.03
AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME?
00:39:49.03\00:39:51.50
SO THAT MUST BE A PRIORITY.
00:39:51.50\00:39:53.70
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT BAPTISM
00:39:53.70\00:39:56.03
IS THAT HE PROMISES TO
FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT.
00:39:56.03\00:40:00.13
I DON'T KNOW IF I
EVER READ THIS TO YOU.
00:40:00.13\00:40:01.96
ACTS 2:41.
00:40:01.96\00:40:03.60
I'LL ALSO READ VERSE 47.
00:40:03.60\00:40:06.53
WHAT'S THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IN
00:40:06.53\00:40:08.63
THE CHURCH AND BAPTISM?
00:40:08.63\00:40:10.43
"THEN THOSE WHO GLADLY RECEIVED
HIS WORD WERE BAPTIZED; AND THAT
00:40:10.43\00:40:15.16
DAY ABOUT THREE THOUSAND
SOULS WERE ADDED TO THEM."
00:40:15.16\00:40:18.80
YOU JUMP TO VERSE 47 AND IT
SAYS, "AND THE LORD ADDED TO
00:40:18.80\00:40:22.33
THE CHURCH DAILY
THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED."
00:40:22.33\00:40:26.53
DON'T MISS THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN BEING BAPTIZED AND THAT
00:40:26.53\00:40:30.33
WAS THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH THEY
ENTERED THE CHURCH AND IT SAYS
00:40:30.33\00:40:34.33
THEY WERE SAVED, ADDED
TO THEM, THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:40:34.33\00:40:37.96
SO BAPTISM REALLY IS THE
MARRIAGE CEREMONY WHERE YOU SAY,
00:40:37.96\00:40:41.96
"I'VE MADE MY DECISION.
00:40:41.96\00:40:43.93
I WANT MY SINS ALL WASHED AWAY.
00:40:43.93\00:40:45.96
I WANT TO BE FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:40:45.96\00:40:48.23
AD THAT IS ANOTHER
VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
00:40:48.23\00:40:52.80
IT'S HARD TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN
00:40:52.80\00:40:54.73
SPIRIT AND SOMETIMES WE MAKE
A BIG EMPHASIS ON, YEAH, YOU GOT
00:40:54.73\00:41:00.36
TO BE BAPTIZED IN WATER,
BUT WE DON'T TALK MUCH ABOUT
00:41:00.36\00:41:03.40
THE SPIRIT.
00:41:03.40\00:41:05.00
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK OUR NEXT
QUESTION GETS INTO THAT, SO WHY
00:41:05.00\00:41:07.33
DON'T WE GO THERE NOW?
00:41:07.33\00:41:08.33
QUESTION NUMBER EIGHT, IS
BAPTISM REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?
00:41:08.33\00:41:17.00
NICODEMUS WAS TALKING TO JESUS
ABOUT THIS IN JOHN 3 AND I THINK
00:41:17.00\00:41:21.53
IT'S HARD TO MISS THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ANSWER.
00:41:21.53\00:41:24.40
VERSE FIVE, "JESUS SAID, 'MOST
ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS
00:41:24.40\00:41:28.73
ONE IS BORN OF THE WATER
AND THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER
00:41:28.73\00:41:33.23
THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.'" JESUS SAYS IN MARK 16,
00:41:33.23\00:41:37.33
"WHOEVER BELIEVES AND
IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED."
00:41:37.33\00:41:41.50
THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.
00:41:41.50\00:41:43.30
WE ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT THE WATER BAPTISM.
00:41:43.30\00:41:44.93
YOU NEED BOTH.
00:41:44.93\00:41:46.93
YOU NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
00:41:46.93\00:41:50.36
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LORD BROUGHT
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT
00:41:50.36\00:41:52.03
OF EGYPT, THAT WAS AN
ALLEGORY OF SALVATION.
00:41:52.03\00:41:55.43
YOU NOTICE MOSES CAME TO THE
PHARAOH AND SAID, "LET MY PEOPLE
00:41:55.43\00:41:59.03
GO," JUST LIKE JESUS GOES TO
THE DEVIL AND SAYS, "LET 'EM GO,
00:41:59.03\00:42:02.23
I WANT 'EM TO BE FREE."
00:42:02.23\00:42:04.70
PHARAOH DOESN'T WANT TO
LET 'EM GO, DEVIL DOESN'T WANT
00:42:04.70\00:42:06.96
TO LET GO OF YOU.
00:42:06.96\00:42:08.16
BUT THROUGH A SERIES OF MIRACLES
AND GOD'S POWER, THEY GET OUT OF
00:42:08.16\00:42:11.63
EGYPT AND WHERE DO THEY GO NEXT?
00:42:11.63\00:42:14.33
THEY GO THROUGH THE RED SEA.
00:42:14.33\00:42:17.80
AND THE BIBLE
SAYS, 1 CORINTHIANS 10,
00:42:17.80\00:42:20.10
THAT'S LIKE BAPTISM.
00:42:20.10\00:42:21.70
AND THEN A PILLAR OF FIRE CAME
DOWN AND IT ILLUMINATED THEIR
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.73
CAMP DURING THE NIGHT AND IT
GAVE THEM SHADE DURING THE DAY.
00:42:25.73\00:42:29.80
IT PROTECTED THEM FROM
THE EGYPTIANS, THEIR ENEMY.
00:42:29.80\00:42:33.00
THAT PILLAR OF
CLOUD IS THE SPIRIT.
00:42:33.00\00:42:36.20
THE RED SEA IS
THE WATER, BAPTISM.
00:42:36.20\00:42:38.76
THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE WATER
AND IN THE FIRE OF GOD'S SPIRIT.
00:42:38.76\00:42:43.13
JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID,
"I BAPTIZE YOU IN WATER, BUT
00:42:43.13\00:42:45.63
SOMEONE'S COMING, HE'S GONNA
BAPTIZE YOU IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:42:45.63\00:42:47.33
AND FIRE."
00:42:47.33\00:42:49.36
IF YOU WANT TO BE BORN
AGAIN, YOU NEED BOTH, BORN OF
00:42:49.36\00:42:52.43
THE WATER, BORN OF THE
SPIRIT, ENTER THE KINGDOM.
00:42:52.43\00:42:56.33
BY THE WAY, OUR PLANET,
PLANET EARTH, HAS GONE THROUGH
00:42:56.33\00:43:00.56
BOTH BAPTISMS OR IT WILL.
00:43:00.56\00:43:03.43
BACK IN THE DAYS OF
NOAH, IT WAS BAPTIZED IN WATER.
00:43:03.43\00:43:06.13
JESUS COMES AGAIN, IT'S GONNA
BE BAPTIZED IN FIRE, AND THEN
00:43:06.13\00:43:09.40
GOD'S GONNA MAKE A NEW
HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.
00:43:09.40\00:43:11.96
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO
THE PLANET IS WHAT NEEDS TO
00:43:11.96\00:43:14.30
HAPPEN TO YOU AND ME.
00:43:14.30\00:43:15.93
WE NEED TO BE BORN OF THE
WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT, NEW
00:43:15.93\00:43:19.80
CREATURES LIVING NEW LIVES.
00:43:19.80\00:43:22.73
NOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF
YOU THINKING, "I GOT BAPTIZED,
00:43:22.73\00:43:26.36
BUT MAYBE I WASN'T
TAUGHT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
00:43:26.36\00:43:29.20
IT SEEMED LIKE I SLID RIGHT
BACK INTO MY OLD PATTERNS."
00:43:29.20\00:43:33.16
WELL, I KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:43:33.16\00:43:35.43
I WENT THROUGH THAT TOO AND IF
I HAVE TIME, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE
00:43:35.43\00:43:39.00
BIT ABOUT THAT WITH YOU.
00:43:39.00\00:43:40.43
QUESTION NINE, WHAT SHOULD
I DO TO PREPARE FOR BAPTISM?
00:43:40.43\00:43:49.80
ISAIAH 55:6-7, "SEEK THE LORD
WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON
00:43:49.80\00:43:56.60
HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR.
00:43:56.60\00:43:58.96
LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY,"
THAT'S REPENTANCE, "AND THE
00:43:58.96\00:44:02.50
UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS
THOUGHTS," THAT'S A NEW HEART.
00:44:02.50\00:44:06.70
"LET HIM RETURN TO THE LORD,
AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIM;
00:44:06.70\00:44:10.40
AND TO OUR GOD, HE
WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON."
00:44:10.40\00:44:14.40
GOD IS TELLING US THAT HE
WILL ABUNDANTLY FORGIVE, HE WILL
00:44:14.40\00:44:17.10
ABUNDANTLY PARDON, BUT WE
MUST FIRST OF ALL BE TAUGHT
00:44:17.10\00:44:20.36
THE BASICS OF SALVATION.
00:44:20.36\00:44:22.93
DO YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU
00:44:22.93\00:44:25.40
GET BAPTIZED?
00:44:25.40\00:44:26.70
BAPTISM'S LIKE MARRIAGE.
00:44:26.70\00:44:28.60
DO TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER
00:44:28.60\00:44:30.56
BEFORE THEY GET MARRIED?
00:44:30.56\00:44:32.30
I'M STILL LEARNING THINGS ABOUT
MY WIFE NOW AFTER 20 YEARS.
00:44:32.30\00:44:35.43
YOU STILL LEARN NEW THINGS.
00:44:35.43\00:44:37.33
IS IT IMPORTANT TO--YOU NEED
TO BE TAUGHT THE FOUNDATIONAL
00:44:37.33\00:44:41.13
THINGS THAT ARE THE BASICS OF
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BELIEVING
00:44:41.13\00:44:46.00
IN THE BIBLE, UNDERSTANDING GOD
THE FATHER, THE SON, THE SPIRIT.
00:44:46.00\00:44:49.53
THESE FUNDAMENTALS OF
CHRISTIANITY, YOU SHOULD
00:44:49.53\00:44:51.56
UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS.
00:44:51.56\00:44:53.00
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
SAVED, HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR
00:44:53.00\00:44:55.33
RELATIONSHIP IN THE LORD.
00:44:55.33\00:44:57.33
YOU NEED TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
00:44:57.33\00:45:00.20
GOD'LL ABUNDANTLY
PARDON AND TURN FROM THEM.
00:45:00.20\00:45:02.53
BE WILLING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE.
00:45:02.53\00:45:04.93
IF YOU'RE ADDICTED TO
SOME PRACTICE, THAT OUGHT TO BE
00:45:04.93\00:45:07.73
LAID ASIDE.
00:45:07.73\00:45:09.16
THE IDEA, "WELL, IF I COULD GET
BAPTIZED, THEN I THINK I COULD
00:45:09.16\00:45:12.30
THROW AWAY MY CIGARETTES."
00:45:12.30\00:45:13.90
NO, THROW 'EM AWAY
BEFORE YOU GET BAPTIZED.
00:45:13.90\00:45:16.63
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU
REPRESENT A NEWBORN BABY.
00:45:16.63\00:45:19.10
AND IF YOU COME OUT OF THE
BAPTISTERY AND YOU'RE BLOWING
00:45:19.10\00:45:20.53
SMOKE RINGS, IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE YOU'RE A BABY CHRISTIAN.
00:45:20.53\00:45:24.43
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF YOU
WENT TO LOOK AT YOUR BABY IN
00:45:24.43\00:45:26.10
THE HOSPITAL THAT
HAD A CIGAR IN ITS MOUTH?
00:45:26.10\00:45:28.40
>> [LAUGHING] >> IT
JUST--IT DOES--IT'S NOT
00:45:28.40\00:45:30.33
RIGHT, IS IT?
00:45:30.33\00:45:32.30
AND SO IF SOMEONE SAYS--YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE THERE IN THE BAR
00:45:32.30\00:45:34.83
AND YOU'VE GOT THE CAN OF BEER
AND A CAN OF SKOL AND SOMEONE
00:45:34.83\00:45:40.53
SAYS--YOU SAY, "OH,
PRAISE THE LORD, I WAS--I WAS
00:45:40.53\00:45:43.30
BAPTIZED TODAY."
00:45:43.30\00:45:45.40
BY THE WAY, I
MENTIONED I WAS BAPTIZED TWICE.
00:45:45.40\00:45:49.96
FIRST TIME I WAS BAPTIZED,
I WASN'T TAUGHT VERY WELL
00:45:49.96\00:45:53.00
AND I THOUGHT, "HEY, GREAT."
00:45:53.00\00:45:55.23
I WAS LIVING IN THE CAVE.
00:45:55.23\00:45:57.00
SOME VERY SINCERE BAPTIST
CHRISTIANS CAME BY AND THEY
00:45:57.00\00:45:59.43
SAID, "BROTHER DOUG, YOU
KNOW, ARE YOU CHRISTIAN?"
00:45:59.43\00:46:01.83
I SAID, "YEAH, I
JUST ACCEPTED JESUS."
00:46:01.83\00:46:03.40
"HAVE YOU BEEN BAPTIZED YET?"
00:46:03.40\00:46:04.63
"WELL, NO.
00:46:04.63\00:46:05.76
I HADN'T REALLY STUDIED IT."
00:46:05.76\00:46:06.76
"OH, YOU GOT WATER
RIGHT HERE BY YOUR CAVE.
00:46:06.76\00:46:08.40
LET'S BAPTIZE YOU."
00:46:08.40\00:46:09.70
THEY SHOWED ME A FEW
VERSES, I SAID, "OKAY."
00:46:09.70\00:46:11.56
SO I GOT BAPTIZED AND I FELT
BORN AGAIN 'CAUSE THAT WATER
00:46:11.56\00:46:14.60
CAME FROM MELTED SNOW,
SO I REALLY FELT BORN AGAIN
00:46:14.60\00:46:17.03
WHEN I CAME OUT.
00:46:17.03\00:46:19.23
AND I THOUGHT,
"HEY, THIS IS GREAT."
00:46:19.23\00:46:20.70
AND THERE WAS A SENSE OF
EUPHORIA AND I THOUGHT, "MAN,
00:46:20.70\00:46:23.10
I GOT TO GO CELEBRATE.
00:46:23.10\00:46:24.36
I'M GOING TO GET SOME BEER."
00:46:24.36\00:46:26.56
AND I WENT TO TOWN TO CELEBRATE
MY BAPTISM, TRUE STORY.
00:46:26.56\00:46:29.53
BEFORE THE SUN WENT
DOWN, I WAS IN JAIL.
00:46:29.53\00:46:32.03
>> [LAUGHING] >> OF
THE DAY OF MY BAPTISM.
00:46:32.03\00:46:35.36
AND I WAS
WITNESSING THERE IN JAIL.
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.20
"I GOT BAPTIZED TODAY.
00:46:37.20\00:46:38.50
THIS IS GREAT!"
00:46:38.50\00:46:41.83
I HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT.
00:46:41.83\00:46:44.70
SO I WAS REBAPTIZED LATER, WHEN
I UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT TO
00:46:44.70\00:46:47.60
REALLY MAKE A
COMMITMENT TO TURN FROM MY SINS.
00:46:47.60\00:46:50.30
AND BY THE WAY, I QUIT MY
SMOKING AND MY DRINKING BEFORE
00:46:50.30\00:46:53.30
I WAS BAPTIZED.
00:46:53.30\00:46:54.63
AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
HE'S KEPT ME FROM THOSE THINGS.
00:46:54.63\00:46:58.13
SO YOU NEED TO BE WILLING--BY
THE WAY, LADIES, IF A GUY CAME
00:46:58.13\00:47:03.30
TO YOU AND HE SAID, "I LOVE
YOU AND I WANT TO MARRY YOU.
00:47:03.30\00:47:06.23
I THINK YOU'RE GREAT.
00:47:06.23\00:47:07.50
NOW YOU DON'T MIND IF I'M STILL
DATING BETTY SUE," WOULD YOU
00:47:07.50\00:47:11.30
GO FOR THAT?
00:47:11.30\00:47:13.30
WELL, YOU'D SAY, "NO, YOU GOT
TO--THOSE OLD RELATIONSHIPS, WE
00:47:13.30\00:47:16.20
DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM."
00:47:16.20\00:47:18.60
IF YOU'RE GONNA MARRY CHRIST,
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DATING
00:47:18.60\00:47:21.53
THE DEVIL, RIGHT?
00:47:21.53\00:47:23.80
AND SO YOU OUGHT TO BE WILLING
TO LAY THOSE THINGS ASIDE.
00:47:23.80\00:47:26.33
AND SOME ARE THINKING,
"WELL, DO I HAVE TO GET BAPTIZED
00:47:26.33\00:47:30.40
IN FRONT OF ANYBODY?
00:47:30.40\00:47:31.60
CAN I JUST DO IT QUIETLY
BY MYSELF IN THE BATHTUB?
00:47:31.60\00:47:35.33
DO I HAVE TO TELL
PEOPLE ABOUT THIS?"
00:47:35.33\00:47:37.43
AND SOMEONE JUST
KIND OF BAPTIZE THEMSELF.
00:47:37.43\00:47:42.43
I'LL ASK THE GIRLS AGAIN.
00:47:42.43\00:47:44.63
IF SOME GUY SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO SPEND
00:47:44.63\00:47:46.93
THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH
YOU AND I WANT TO GET MARRIED.
00:47:46.93\00:47:49.40
WELL, LET'S NOT TELL
ANYBODY ABOUT THIS," YOU THINK,
00:47:49.40\00:47:52.40
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.00
YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW?"
00:47:54.00\00:47:55.76
WOULD YOU GO FOR THAT?
00:47:55.76\00:47:56.63
IF YOU LOVE THE LORD AND
YOU'RE COMMITTING YOUR LIFE TO
00:47:56.63\00:47:58.56
THE LORD, WHY ARE YOU ASHAMED?
00:47:58.56\00:48:01.10
JESUS DIED FOR YOU PUBLICLY.
00:48:01.10\00:48:05.16
IF YOU'RE GONNA COMMIT YOUR LIFE
TO HIM, DON'T BE ASHAMED OF HIM.
00:48:05.16\00:48:07.56
DON'T BE AFRAID.
00:48:07.56\00:48:08.70
AND IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF WATER,
WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYBODY YET.
00:48:08.70\00:48:15.36
YOU'RE JUST-- WE'LL
GET YOU BACK OUT AGAIN.
00:48:15.36\00:48:17.93
DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU.
00:48:17.93\00:48:18.90
I'VE ACTUALLY MET PEOPLE
THAT ARE AFRAID OF WATER.
00:48:18.90\00:48:21.43
NUMBER TEN, HOW LONG
SHOULD I WAIT TO BE BAPTIZED?
00:48:21.43\00:48:30.90
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SUPPOSE
THAT I'VE REPENTED OF MY SINS,
00:48:30.90\00:48:33.70
I WANT A NEW BEGINNING.
00:48:33.70\00:48:34.63
SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THIS SERIES OR COMING
00:48:34.63\00:48:36.90
TO THESE PROGRAMS, YOU MAY BE
THINKING, "I THINK I'D LIKE TO
00:48:36.90\00:48:40.50
COMMIT MY LIFE TO JESUS.
00:48:40.50\00:48:42.50
I'D LIKE TO GET A NEW BEGINNING.
00:48:42.50\00:48:45.10
WHAT DO I DO?"
00:48:45.10\00:48:46.40
HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT?
00:48:46.40\00:48:48.40
ACTS 22:16, ANANIAS SAID TO
PAUL, "NOW WHY ARE YOU WAITING?
00:48:48.40\00:48:54.40
ARISE AND BE BAPTIZED, AND
WASH AWAY YOUR SIN, CALLING
00:48:54.40\00:48:59.20
ON THE NAME OF THE LORD."
00:48:59.20\00:49:01.43
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT DAY WHEN
00:49:01.43\00:49:05.33
I WAS BAPTIZED OVER 30 YEARS AGO
AND GOD WASHED AWAY ALL MY SINS
00:49:05.33\00:49:10.50
AND I'M NOW A NEW PERSON.
00:49:10.50\00:49:12.40
AND YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE MISTAKES
ALONG THE WAY EVEN AFTER
00:49:12.40\00:49:14.76
BAPTISM.
00:49:14.76\00:49:16.36
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY WHENEVER WE HAVE
00:49:16.36\00:49:19.40
THE LORD'S SUPPER TO RENEW
THAT COMMITMENT TO THE LORD.
00:49:19.40\00:49:23.36
DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO
BE BAPTIZED AGAIN EVERY WEEK.
00:49:23.36\00:49:25.93
WE ALL SLIP.
00:49:25.93\00:49:26.70
WE MAKE MISTAKES.
00:49:26.70\00:49:27.70
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED.
00:49:27.70\00:49:28.80
EVEN IN THE CHURCH, YOU READ
ABOUT AFTER PETER WAS CONVERTED,
00:49:28.80\00:49:33.33
AFTER JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN,
HE STILL MADE SOME MISTAKES
00:49:33.33\00:49:37.40
AND PAUL HAD TO CALL HIM
ON THE CARPET ABOUT IT AND HE
00:49:37.40\00:49:39.90
HUMBLY ACCEPTED IT.
00:49:39.90\00:49:41.13
THEY GREW.
00:49:41.13\00:49:41.93
THEY WERE HUMAN.
00:49:41.93\00:49:43.10
AND SO BEING A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'RE NEVER GONNA STUMBLE
00:49:43.10\00:49:45.63
AND FALL.
00:49:45.63\00:49:47.33
BUT THE CONSISTENT PATTERN
OF YOUR LIFE IS GONNA BE ONE
00:49:47.33\00:49:49.73
OF FOLLOWING JESUS.
00:49:49.73\00:49:52.43
NOW IN CLOSING, I'D
LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION
00:49:52.43\00:49:55.30
TO THE LORD HIMSELF.
00:49:55.30\00:49:57.43
WE ALREADY
MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
00:49:57.43\00:49:59.36
JESUS WAS BAPTIZED FOR HIS SIN?
00:49:59.36\00:50:04.16
HE DID NO SIN.
00:50:04.16\00:50:06.50
HE WAS BAPTIZED AS AN
EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME.
00:50:06.50\00:50:09.60
AND I THINK CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED
IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHO COULD
00:50:09.60\00:50:12.10
NEVER BE BAPTIZED.
00:50:12.10\00:50:13.70
LET'S LOOK FOR A MOMENT AT
THAT VERSE THAT TALKS ABOUT
00:50:13.70\00:50:16.40
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS.
00:50:16.40\00:50:18.40
AND YOU FIND THIS
IN MATTHEW 3:16-17.
00:50:18.40\00:50:21.93
JESUS CAME TO JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:50:21.93\00:50:24.20
JOHN THE BAPTIST BAPTIZED HIM.
00:50:24.20\00:50:27.63
"WHEN HE HAD BEEN BAPTIZED,
JESUS CAME UP IMMEDIATELY,"
00:50:27.63\00:50:30.30
THE METHOD OF BAPTISM
IN THE BIBLE WAS IMMERSION.
00:50:30.30\00:50:33.50
"HE CAME UP FROM THE WATER,
BEHOLD, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED
00:50:33.50\00:50:36.96
TO HIM, AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT
OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE
00:50:36.96\00:50:42.03
AND ALIGHTING UPON HIM.
00:50:42.03\00:50:43.93
AND SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME
FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY
00:50:43.93\00:50:48.40
BELOVED SON, IN
WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.'"
00:50:48.40\00:50:52.90
EVERYTHING IN THIS VERSE THAT
HAPPENED TO JESUS AT HIS BAPTISM
00:50:52.90\00:50:57.16
IS SOMETHING HE
WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE.
00:50:57.16\00:51:00.10
NOTICE HE CAME
UP OUT OF THE WATER.
00:51:00.10\00:51:03.20
AFTER HE WAS
BAPTIZED, THE HEAVENS WERE OPEN.
00:51:03.20\00:51:07.10
YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU BELONG
TO GOD, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.30
RIGHT TO THAT HEAVENLY TREASURY.
00:51:09.30\00:51:12.10
GOD OPENS THE HEAVENS.
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.50
HE PROMISES TO OPEN THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT
00:51:13.50\00:51:15.80
A BLESSING YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.30
WHEN YOU ARE THE CHILD OF GOD,
HE OPENS THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
00:51:18.30\00:51:21.23
FOR YOU.
00:51:21.23\00:51:22.56
THE HEAVENS WERE
OPEN, ACCESS TO GOD.
00:51:22.56\00:51:25.70
IT SAYS, "HE SAW."
00:51:25.70\00:51:27.96
YOU KNOW, BEFORE
YOU'RE BAPTIZED, WE'RE BLIND.
00:51:27.96\00:51:30.93
YOU GOT THE BLIND
LEADING THE BLIND.
00:51:30.93\00:51:32.50
BUT WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS, HE
OPENS YOUR EYES AND HE GIVES YOU
00:51:32.50\00:51:34.96
A SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
THAT HELPS YOU REALLY SEE WHAT'S
00:51:34.96\00:51:38.16
GOING ON BEHIND THE
SCENES IN THIS COSMIC CONFLICT.
00:51:38.16\00:51:42.93
IT SAYS NEXT, "THE
SPIRIT OF GOD CAME DOWN."
00:51:42.93\00:51:46.40
HE GIVES YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:51:46.40\00:51:48.33
PETER SAID, "REPENT AND BE
BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU,
00:51:48.33\00:51:50.96
AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:51:50.96\00:51:54.50
IT'S PROMISED TO US.
00:51:54.50\00:51:56.03
SPIRIT CAME DOWN ON JESUS.
00:51:56.03\00:51:57.50
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT.
00:51:57.50\00:51:59.30
THE BIBLE SAYS
CORNELIUS GOT BAPTIZED.
00:51:59.30\00:52:01.30
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN.
00:52:01.30\00:52:03.03
ACTS 19, THESE
GENTLEMEN GOT REBAPTIZED.
00:52:03.03\00:52:05.60
HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN.
00:52:05.60\00:52:07.63
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE
SPIRIT TO LIVE A NEW LIFE.
00:52:07.63\00:52:10.33
HE'LL DO THAT.
00:52:10.33\00:52:11.83
A VOICE WAS HEARD FROM HEAVEN.
00:52:11.83\00:52:13.73
NOT ONLY WILL YOU START
TO SEE, YOU'LL START TO HEAR.
00:52:13.73\00:52:17.40
YOU'LL HEAR GOD SPEAK TO YOU.
00:52:17.40\00:52:19.30
STILL, SMALL VOICE, IT'LL
SAY, "THIS IS THE WAY I WANT YOU
00:52:19.30\00:52:22.20
TO GO."
00:52:22.20\00:52:23.10
AND AS YOU PRAY AND SEEK FOR
GOD'S GUIDANCE, HE'LL GUIDE YOU.
00:52:23.10\00:52:26.60
IT SAYS, "THERE WAS A
VOICE HEARD FROM HEAVEN."
00:52:26.60\00:52:29.30
IT SAID, "THIS
IS MY BELOVED SON."
00:52:29.30\00:52:32.23
THAT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE FATHER
WAS SAYING TO JESUS, BUT WHEN
00:52:32.23\00:52:35.30
YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD AND
YOU'RE BAPTIZED, IT'S LIKE IT
00:52:35.30\00:52:39.56
SAYS IN 1 JOHN 3, "BEHOLD WHAT
MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS
00:52:39.56\00:52:43.43
BESTOWED ON US THAT WE SHOULD
BE CALLED SONS OF GOD," AND THAT
00:52:43.43\00:52:47.56
WOULD MEAN SONS
AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD.
00:52:47.56\00:52:50.30
YOU ARE ADOPTED INTO GOD'S
FAMILY IN A VERY REAL WAY WHEN
00:52:50.30\00:52:53.63
YOU'RE BAPTIZED, AND I
ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS LAST PART
00:52:53.63\00:52:56.43
HERE.
00:52:56.43\00:52:57.16
HE SAID, "I AM
WELL PLEASED WITH YOU."
00:52:57.16\00:53:03.03
GOD SAID TO JESUS
WHAT HE SAYS TO YOU.
00:53:03.03\00:53:05.40
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THAT
WATER, WHERE ARE YOUR SINS?
00:53:05.40\00:53:08.33
HOW MUCH SIN DO YOU HAVE?
00:53:08.33\00:53:09.30
DID JESUS TAKE 90%
AND YOU STILL GOT 10%?
00:53:09.30\00:53:12.43
OR DOES GOD THE FATHER LOOK DOWN
ON YOU AND JESUS IS NOW COVERED
00:53:12.43\00:53:15.50
THROUGH HIS BLOOD 100% OF YOUR
SINS, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN GOD
00:53:15.50\00:53:21.23
LOOKS UPON YOU, YOU ARE
CRYSTAL CLEAR, PURE IN HIS EYES.
00:53:21.23\00:53:25.70
AND HE SAYS, "I AM WELL PLEASED
WITH YOU," FOR HIS SON'S SAKE.
00:53:25.70\00:53:30.36
YOU ARE ADOPTED.
00:53:30.36\00:53:31.33
THE HEAVENS ARE OPEN.
00:53:31.33\00:53:32.20
EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED TO JESUS HE WANTS YOU
00:53:32.20\00:53:33.90
TO EXPERIENCE.
00:53:33.90\00:53:36.40
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL
ABOUT, COMING TO THE LORD WITH
00:53:36.40\00:53:38.33
ALL YOUR HEART, REPENTING OF
YOUR SINS, TRUSTING HIM TO FILL
00:53:38.33\00:53:42.30
YOU WITH HIS SPIRIT.
00:53:42.30\00:53:43.36
HE WANTS YOU TO
HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:53:43.36\00:53:45.83
HE WANTS YOU TO
HAVE A NEW BEGINNING.
00:53:45.83\00:53:47.56
WHY WOULD WE TELL HIM
THAT WE DON'T WANT THAT?
00:53:47.56\00:53:51.33
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENDING
THIS SEGMENT OF OUR SERIES NOW.
00:53:51.33\00:53:55.43
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE OVER.
00:53:55.43\00:53:56.83
IN SOME WAYS I'M REALLY PRAYING
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
00:53:56.83\00:53:59.60
AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST EVEN
PRAYING AS I'M STANDING HERE
00:53:59.60\00:54:03.36
BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW AND
I'M SAYING, LORD, IF THERE'S
00:54:03.36\00:54:05.23
ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN SAY
TO APPEAL TO THE HEARTS OF THESE
00:54:05.23\00:54:08.43
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU
00:54:08.43\00:54:12.03
ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL
DETERMINE AN ETERNAL DESTINY.
00:54:12.03\00:54:18.50
WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU
GAIN ALL THE WORLD AND YOU LOSE
00:54:18.50\00:54:21.80
YOUR SOUL?
00:54:21.80\00:54:22.73
IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A BILLION
DOLLARS AND YOU COULD SPEND
00:54:22.73\00:54:25.56
A MONTH WITH A BILLION DOLLARS
IN LAS VEGAS AND DO AND BUY
00:54:25.56\00:54:29.33
ANYTHING THAT MONEY CAN AFFORD
AND YOU KNEW AT THE END OF IT
00:54:29.33\00:54:33.43
YOU WERE GOING TO A LAKE
OF FIRE, WOULD YOU ENJOY IT?
00:54:33.43\00:54:37.96
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY
WANT IN THE WORLD IF YOU KNOW
00:54:37.96\00:54:41.36
THAT YOU'RE JUST
HEADING FOR DESTRUCTION?
00:54:41.36\00:54:43.43
BUT IF YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE
TO JESUS AND YOU KNOW FROM THIS
00:54:43.43\00:54:46.36
POINT ON, I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO ETERNITY AND BLISS WITH GOD,
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NEW BODY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
WITH MY LOVED ONES AND PEOPLE
00:54:51.20\00:54:55.60
WHO SHARE MY
FAITH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
00:54:55.60\00:54:59.30
THAT'S ETERNAL HOPE.
00:54:59.30\00:55:01.10
THAT'S WHAT HE'S
OFFERING EACH ONE OF YOU.
00:55:01.10\00:55:03.76
AND YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE
TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
00:55:03.76\00:55:06.33
I THINK SOME ARE STRUGGLING
ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION
00:55:06.33\00:55:09.30
AND I JUST WANT TO PRAY.
00:55:09.30\00:55:10.40
WOULD YOU, MAYBE WHO ARE
WATCHING AND THOSE ARE HERE,
00:55:10.40\00:55:12.83
JUST BOW YOUR
HEADS FOR A MOMENT.
00:55:12.83\00:55:17.50
OUR LOVING FATHER, WE ARE SO
THANKFUL THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU
00:55:17.50\00:55:22.53
CALLING US TO FOLLOW YOU, TO
GET THAT NEW BEGINNING, TO BE
00:55:22.53\00:55:27.13
MARRIED TO CHRIST, TO SURRENDER
OUR HEARTS, TO HAVE ALL OF OUR
00:55:27.13\00:55:31.53
SINS WASHED AWAY, TO BE FILLED
WITH YOUR SPIRIT, TO BE ADOPTED
00:55:31.53\00:55:36.90
INTO YOUR FAMILY, TO BE
EMPOWERED, TO SERVE YOU.
00:55:36.90\00:55:41.43
ALL OF THIS IS ENCOMPASSED
IN THIS DECISION TO COME
00:55:41.43\00:55:44.23
TO YOU JUST AS WE ARE.
00:55:44.23\00:55:46.16
I PRAY EVERY ONE OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE
00:55:46.16\00:55:49.33
WATCHING, WILL SAY YES TO YOU
RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY'LL NOT BE
00:55:49.33\00:55:53.43
DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL TO
FOLLOW THE THINGS OF THE WORLD,
00:55:53.43\00:55:56.43
BUT TO FOLLOW YOU.
00:55:56.43\00:55:58.43
FILL THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
00:55:58.43\00:55:59.96
HELP THEM MAKE THESE DECISIONS
I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:55:59.96\00:56:06.13
YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE
MADE THIS DECISION NOW TO ACCEPT
00:56:06.13\00:56:08.70
JESUS.
00:56:08.70\00:56:10.30
I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU,
PLEASE, CONTACT YOUR PASTOR,
00:56:10.30\00:56:13.13
GO TO YOUR YOUTH PASTOR.
00:56:13.13\00:56:14.53
IT MIGHT YOUR CHRISTIAN TEACHER
AT THE ACADEMY WHERE YOU ATTEND
00:56:14.53\00:56:17.83
AND SAY, "LOOK,
I'VE MADE A DECISION.
00:56:17.83\00:56:20.30
I WAS PART OF THE MIQ MEETING
AND I WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS."
00:56:20.30\00:56:24.33
AND THEY'LL HELP YOU PREPARE
FOR THAT DECISION OF BAPTISM
00:56:24.33\00:56:27.40
AND FOR NEW LIFE.
00:56:27.40\00:56:28.63
LET US KNOW AT AMAZING FACTS.
00:56:28.63\00:56:30.16
GO TO OUR WEB SITE
AND TELL US ABOUT IT.
00:56:30.16\00:56:32.76
WE'D LIKE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND
CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND
00:56:32.76\00:56:36.43
APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL.
00:56:36.43\00:56:38.63
WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE COME TO THE END.
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.10
I THINK BEST THING WE CAN
DO IS GO OFF THE AIR SINGING
00:56:40.10\00:56:42.70
OUR THEME SONG.
00:56:42.70\00:56:43.56
I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SINGERS
TO COME UP AND WE'RE GONNA PUT
00:56:43.56\00:56:47.30
THE WORDS UP ON THE SCREEN.
00:56:47.30\00:56:48.53
WHY DON'T WE STAND
TOGETHER AS WE DO THIS?
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? WHEN I GAZE UP AT ?
? THE COUNTLESS STARS ?
00:56:53.40\00:56:58.43
? OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA,
? ? MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH ?
00:56:58.43\00:57:04.10
? QUESTIONS BEWILDERING TO ME.
? ? BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ?
00:57:04.10\00:57:14.10
? AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER
? ? I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ?
00:57:14.10\00:57:22.53
? YOUR LOVING GRACE AND
CARE. ? ? WHATEVER QUESTIONS ?
00:57:22.53\00:57:28.70
? I MAY HAVE-- ?? [MUSIC]
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>> THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING THIS EPISODE OF "MIQ."
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SHOPPING, THEY ALL EAT UP
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PRECIOUS TIME.
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TIME OUT AND GET CONNECTED WITH
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GOD, THE BIBLE, AND LIVING
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