Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: MIQ
Program Code: MIQ000010
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00:01 [MUSIC] >> HONEY BEES ARE A MIRACLE
00:06 OF CREATION. 00:08 AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY ENJOYS THE SWEET STUFF THAT THEY 00:10 PRODUCE. 00:12 BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF HONEY, 00:15 BEES NEED TO TRAVEL OVER 40,000 MILES AND VISIT ABOUT 00:18 2 MILLION FLOWERS. 00:21 AND OF COURSE, THEY PROVIDE A VERY CRUCIAL ROLE IN POLLINATING 00:24 THE FRUITS, THE VEGETABLES, THE BERRIES THAT WE ALL ENJOY. 00:28 MATTER OF FACT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT ALBERT EINSTEIN ONCE 00:31 SAID THAT IF HONEYBEES SHOULD CEASE TO EXIST, MAN WOULD ONLY 00:36 SURVIVE A FEW MORE YEARS ON THE PLANET. 00:39 THAT'S WHY IT'S ESPECIALLY TROUBLING THAT IN RECENT YEARS, 00:43 BEGINNING 2007, MORE AND MORE BEEKEEPERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT 00:47 THEIR HIVES ARE DYING OFF IN RECORD NUMBERS. 00:50 IN SOME STATES, 30%-40% OF THE BEE HIVES HAVE BEEN FOUND EMPTY. 00:55 THEY CALL IT CCD, OR COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER. 01:00 THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY WHAT--SURE WHAT HAS BEEN CAUSING THIS, 01:03 WHETHER IT'S THEIR DIET OR IT MIGHT BE SOME MITES OR SOME HAVE 01:07 EVEN SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS BIOLOGICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS 01:11 OR CELL PHONE RADIATION. 01:13 BUT IN ANY EVENT, ORCHARDS THAT WERE ONCE BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY 01:17 ARE NOW STRANGELY SILENT. 01:19 IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ALL THE HONEYBEES 01:23 HAD DIED OFF. 01:24 PROBABLY WOULD BRING ABOUT AN AGRICULTURAL, A FINANCIAL 01:28 DISASTER, AND MAYBE EVEN A FAMINE. 01:32 IT ALSO BRINGS TO QUESTION ANOTHER KIND OF DISORDER. 01:35 IT'S CALLED A CHURCH COLLAPSE DISORDER. 01:39 A LOT OF CHURCHES ARE EMPTY NOW TOO. 01:42 WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. 01:43 WHO NEEDS THE CHURCH? 01:44 STAY WITH US, FRIENDS. 01:46 WE'LL DISCUSS IT ON "MIQ." 01:52 >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS LISTENING? 01:54 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 01:57 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 01:58 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 02:00 >> COLLEGE? 02:01 CARS? 02:02 A JOB? 02:04 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 02:05 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 02:06 >> DO MY PARENTS NEED ME? 02:09 >> [VOICES OVERLAPPING] >> "MIQ," YOUR QUESTIONS, 02:19 GOD'S ANSWERS. 02:22 >> WHY DO WE JOIN A CHURCH? 02:23 DOES BEING A MEMBER SAVE US? 02:25 FIND OUT NOW ON "MIQ." 02:28 >> HELLO, FRIENDS. 02:29 WELCOME BACK TO "MIQ," AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS. 02:33 WELCOME TO OUR AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN. 02:36 THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION AND ONLINE ACROSS THE 02:38 COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, WELCOME. 02:41 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN. 02:42 AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FINAL PROGRAM IN THE SERIES, 02:45 YOUR JOURNEY FOR TRUTH DOES NOT HAVE TO END. 02:48 GO TO MIQTEENS.COM. 02:51 MIQTEENS.COM. 02:53 AND YOU CAN SEE PREVIOUS PROGRAMS. 02:55 YOU CAN ALSO VIEW DIFFERENT VIDEOS, YOU CAN READ ARTICLES, 02:59 AND YOU CAN EVEN POST YOUR OWN QUESTION ONLINE. 03:03 IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE-RELATED QUESTION, YOU CAN TEXT THAT 03:06 TO US. 03:07 THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 03:13 AND WE'LL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN TONIGHT 03:16 ON THE PROGRAM. 03:17 ALSO A REMINDER. 03:18 THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S NOT COVERED 03:21 DURING THE PROGRAMS IN THE MIQ ANSWER BOOK. 03:25 I HOPE ALL OF YOU HERE IN OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HAVE HAD A CHANCE 03:28 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANSWER BOOK AND ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO 03:31 ARE WATCHING. 03:32 YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE BOOK AT MIQTEENS.COM. 03:36 WELL, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA SING OUR THEME SONG AND I'D LIKE 03:39 TO INVITE OUR SINGERS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. 03:41 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR SONG, ASHLEY WILL HAVE OUR OPENING 03:45 PRAYER. 03:46 LET'S STAND AS WE SING "JESUS IS THE ANSWER." 03:50 [MUSIC] 03:55 ♪ WHEN I GAZE UP AT ♪ ♪ THE COUNTLESS STARS, ♪ 04:00 ♪ WE'RE ON AN ENDLESS SEA. ♪ ♪ MY MIND MAY SWIM ♪ 04:05 ♪ WITH QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ BEWILDERING TO ME, ♪ 04:11 ♪ BUT THEN I READ ♪ ♪ THE BIBLE AND SEEK ♪ 04:16 ♪ YOUR FACE IN PRAYER. ♪ ♪ I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ♪ 04:23 ♪ YOUR LOVING GRACE ♪ ♪ AND CARE. ♪ 04:27 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I MAY HAVE, ♪ 04:31 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL, ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED ♪ 04:37 ♪ TO SAVE ME AND THAT ♪ ♪ HE FORGAVE ME. ♪ 04:43 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER ♪ ♪ TO IT ALL. ♪ 04:51 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER ♪ ♪ TO IT ALL. ♪ 04:58 ♪ I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I WONDER IN MY HEART. ♪ 05:06 ♪ HOW SOMETHING COMES ♪ ♪ FROM NOTHING, ♪ 05:10 ♪ WHEN DID FOREVER START? ♪ ♪ WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY? ♪ 05:18 ♪ WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND? ♪ ♪ I'LL TRUST THAT ♪ 05:23 ♪ YOU WILL LEAD ME ♪ ♪ THERE IF I CAN ♪ 05:27 ♪ TAKE YOUR HAND. ♪ ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS ♪ 05:32 ♪ I MAY HAVE, ♪ ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL, ♪ 05:37 ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED ♪ ♪ TO SAVE ME AND THAT ♪ 05:43 ♪ HE FORGAVE ME. ♪ ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER ♪ 05:49 ♪ TO IT ALL. ♪ ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER ♪ 05:57 ♪ TO IT ALL. ♪♪ 06:02 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE POUR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US 06:06 AND PLEASE BLESS PASTOR BATCHELOR'S WORDS. 06:10 PLEASE HELP US TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AT THESE MEETINGS 06:12 AND SHOW OTHERS YOUR LOVE. 06:14 WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH, LORD. 06:15 IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 06:17 [MUSIC] >> AMEN. 06:23 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SONG AND FOR YOUR PRAYER. 06:28 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US, FRIENDS, FOR "MIQ." 06:30 YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 06:35 I WAS THINKING EARLIER TODAY, DO YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS 06:37 THERE'S A QUESTION THAT NO MAN CAN ANSWER, THAT EVEN GOD 06:42 DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR? 06:44 YOU KNOW THAT? 06:46 IT'S IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO, I BELIEVE IT'S 06:50 VERSE THREE, WHERE IT SAYS, "HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT 06:55 SO GREAT A SALVATION, THIS SALVATION THAT JESUS 06:59 HAS PROVIDED FOR US?" 07:00 HOW ARE WE GONNA ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT THAT? 07:03 WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. 07:06 AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS 07:08 THAT HAVE COME IN DURING OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AS WELL AS 07:11 ADDRESSING OUR STUDY GUIDE IN JUST A MOMENT. 07:14 SO WHAT DO WE HAVE? 07:15 >> JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 07:18 THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FOR 07:20 THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE SENT. 07:22 PASTOR DOUG, WE'VE HAD OVER 6,000 QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME 07:24 IN THROUGH TEXT AND THROUGH THE INTERNET, THROUGH MIQ, SO JUST 07:29 THANK YOU AND WE'VE TRIED TO GET TO AS MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS 07:31 AS POSSIBLE. 07:33 IF WE HAVEN'T ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, GO TO THE MIQ TEENS 07:35 WEB SITE AND YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 07:39 THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO. 07:42 WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 07:44 >> ALL RIGHT. 07:46 [MUSIC] >> OUR FIRST QUESTION IS FROM 07:51 ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN. 07:53 HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD STRONG? 07:58 >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO KNOW, IS ONCE WE'VE 08:01 ACCEPTED JESUS, HOW DO WE NURTURE THAT. 08:04 NOT JUST MAINTAIN IT, HOW DO YOU GROW IT? 08:07 SEE, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE SHOULD NOT JUST BE HOVERING. 08:10 IT SHOULD BE UPWARD. 08:12 PETER DESCRIBES IT AS A DAY THAT GROWS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER 08:15 UNTIL THE DAY THE LORD COMES. 08:17 THAT'S THE BRIGHTEST OF ALL, RIGHT? 08:19 YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED THAT IN THE SANCTUARY THAT THE JEWISH 08:22 PEOPLE HAD IN THE WILDERNESS, THEY HAD THE COURTYARD. 08:25 THAT'S WHERE THE SACRIFICE TOOK PLACE. 08:27 THEY HAD THE LAVER. 08:28 THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS BAPTISM. 08:29 THEN YOU MOVE INTO THE HOLY PLACE AND THERE WERE 08:31 THREE THINGS THERE. 08:33 THERE WAS A CANDLESTICK WITH SEVEN CANDLES ON IT. 08:36 THERE WAS A TABLE WITH BREAD ON IT, 12 LOAVES OF BREAD. 08:40 AND THEN THERE WAS AN ALTAR OF INCENSE. 08:42 THAT REPRESENTS THE THINGS, THE INGREDIENTS THAT WE NEED TO 08:47 HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD THAT WILL GROW. 08:50 THE BREAD REPRESENTS THE BIBLE. 08:53 MAN DOESN'T LOVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD. 08:56 WE NEED TO FEED ON THE WORD OF GOD. 08:58 THE ALTAR WITH THE INCENSE REPRESENTS PRAYER. 09:02 EVEN TELLS YOU THAT IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 09:04 THE ALTAR REPRESENTS THE PRAYER OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 09:07 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THAT CANDLESTICK. 09:09 THAT'S LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE. 09:11 JESUS SAID, "YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 09:13 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE." 09:14 SO IF WE ARE DAILY GROWING IN OUR BIBLE STUDY, OUR PRAYER LIFE 09:17 IS GETTING DEEPER, AND IF WE ARE SHARING AND LIVING OUR FAITH, 09:21 LETTING OUR LIGHT SHINE, OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT ONLY 09:23 HOVER, IT'LL GROW AND IT'LL BE STRONGER AND YOU'LL MATURE UNTIL 09:28 THAT DAY WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 09:30 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 09:31 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION. 09:35 [MUSIC] >> NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 09:41 HOW DO YOU REGULATE YOUR DAYDREAMS? 09:45 >> THAT'S A CHALLENGE. 09:47 AM I THE ONLY ONE WHOSE MIND WANDERS? 09:51 I'M THANKFUL THAT I DON'T HAVE A VIDEO SCREEN ON MY FOREHEAD 09:54 FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IN ANY GIVEN TIME BECAUSE 09:58 MY MIND IS SOMETIMES JUST RICOCHETING ALL OVER THE PLACE 10:01 AND I'VE GOT A REALLY-- A CHALLENGE STAYING FOCUSED. 10:06 YOU EVER HAVE YOUR MIND WANDER WHEN YOU PRAY? 10:10 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST GETS BETTER 10:13 WITH TIME AND YOU CAN DISCIPLINE YOUR THINKING. 10:17 FIRST OF ALL, DON'T FEEL GUILTY IF YOU GET DISTRACTED AND YOUR 10:20 MIND WANDERS A LITTLE BIT. 10:22 IT'S JUST A SIGN OF PRACTICE AND MATURITY THAT IF YOUR MIND 10:25 WANDERS, DON'T SAY, "OH, HOW CAN I NOT CONTROL MY MIND?" 10:29 JUST BRING IT BACK TO THE SUBJECT. 10:31 BRING IT BACK, TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS, AND BRING IT BACK. 10:34 AND YOU CAN DO THIS IN YOUR PRAYERS TOO. 10:36 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK YOUR MIND IS WANDERING IN YOUR 10:38 PRAYERS, THE LORD IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO YOU AND HE'S 10:42 DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO SOMETHING. 10:44 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE DEVIL SOMETIMES TRIES TO DISTRACT US, 10:47 BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL BY THE CONTEXT OF THAT. 10:49 AND SO JUST DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP THE CENTRAL TRUTH BEFORE YOU 10:53 AND IT'LL HELP YOU FOCUS. 10:56 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION. 11:01 >> HI, MY NAME'S PHILIP AND I WANT TO KNOW IF GOD CREATED SO 11:04 MANY WORLDS WITH LIFE THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE, WHY DID HE SEND 11:08 SATAN DOWN HERE WITH US? 11:12 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 11:14 YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS MADE INFINITE WORDS IN SPACE AND HOW 11:20 IS IT THAT WE GOT LUCKY AND THE DEVIL WAS STUCK DOWN HERE? 11:23 AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH," 11:26 REVELATION 12. 11:28 "WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH, FOR SATAN HAS COME DOWN 11:30 UNTO YOU, HAVING GREAT WRATH BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE HAS 11:32 BUT A SHORT TIME." 11:34 WHY HERE? 11:35 WHY DID HE SET UP HIS BEACHHEAD, HIS HEADQUARTERS HERE? 11:39 WELL, EVIDENTLY, AND IT DOESN'T SAY THIS EXPLICITLY IN 11:42 THE BIBLE, GOD ALLOWED ALL OF THE CREATED INTELLIGENT BEINGS 11:46 AND WORLDS IN THE UNIVERSE-- LUCIFER WAS ABLE TO CAMPAIGN, 11:50 JUST LIKE HE DID WITH THE ANGELS, FOR THEIR ALLEGIANCE. 11:53 THEY ALL REJECTED LUCIFER. 11:55 WHEN HE CAME TO THIS WORLD AND HE MET OUR FIRST PARENTS AT THAT 11:58 TREE, THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY COULD BE TESTED. 12:02 HE WAS ABLE TO ENTICE OUR WORLD, THROUGH OUR FIRST PARENTS, 12:06 TO LISTEN TO HIM. 12:08 AND BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 6, "WHOEVER YOU OBEY, 12:11 THAT'S WHOSE SERVANTS YOU ARE." 12:13 BECAUSE OUR WORLD BASICALLY SAID, "WE'RE GONNA LISTEN 12:16 TO WHAT THE DEVIL SAYS INSTEAD OF WHAT GOD SAID." 12:19 THE DEVIL CLAIMED THIS AS HIS PLANET. 12:22 AND JESUS BASICALLY--HE KIDNAPPED OUR PLANET BECAUSE OUR 12:26 FIRST PARENTS LISTENED TO HIM AND JESUS BASICALLY PAID 12:29 THE RANSOM TO REDEEM US. 12:31 BUT THAT'S HOW HE LANDED HERE. 12:34 HE FOUND AN AUDIENCE. 12:36 DON'T LET HIM FIND AN AUDIENCE IN YOUR HEART. 12:40 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION. 12:42 [MUSIC] >> THIS QUESTION HAS COME FROM 12:47 YANCYVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. 12:50 HOW DO I SHARE GOD WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS? 12:55 >> YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU FIND THE TRUTH, WHEN YOU GO FROM BEING 12:58 DEAD TO ALIVE, SICK TO WELL, FROM BEING LOST TO BEING FOUND, 13:04 YOU'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY AND SAY, 13:08 "HOW DO I REACH THEM? 13:09 HOW DO I MAKE THEM LISTEN?" 13:11 AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A STRUGGLE. 13:13 I KNOW WHEN I FIRST FOUND THE TRUTH I JUST WANTED TO TAKE ALL 13:16 OF MY FRIENDS AND JUST SHAKE 'EM AND SAY, "THIS IS THE TRUTH! 13:19 YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT." 13:21 AND YOU KNOW, YOU--I SLOWLY DEVELOPED A LITTLE TACT 13:23 AND DIPLOMACY. 13:25 I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE ANOTHER NIGHT. 13:27 THREE PRINCIPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO, FIRST OF ALL, 13:30 BE A GOOD WITNESS. 13:32 YOU CAN'T FORCE A PERSON TO LOVE THE LORD. 13:34 YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE OPEN AND YOU SHARE WITH THEM. 13:39 WIN 'EM WITH LOVE. 13:41 YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT NEIGHBORS YOU'RE TRYING TO WITNESS TO, 13:43 DO KIND THINGS FOR 'EM. 13:45 SHOW 'EM LOVE. 13:46 IF YOU'RE HAVING SOME MEETINGS OR SOMETHING AT YOUR CHURCH, 13:48 INVITE THEM THERE. 13:49 IF THEY'RE WILLING TO READ OR TO WATCH A CHRISTIAN DVD, 13:52 SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM. 13:54 BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, SHARE INFORMATION, AND THEN PRAY. 13:59 AND GOD DOES HEAR--AND PRAY PERSISTENTLY. 14:02 I KNOW A LOT OF STORIES WHERE ONE SPOUSE PRAYED FOR THE OTHER 14:05 UNBELIEVING SPOUSE FOR 20, 30 YEARS. 14:09 AND THE LORD FINALLY SOFTENED THEIR HEARTS AND WON THEM OVER. 14:13 SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT. 14:14 AND THAT'S SOMETIMES THE HARDEST THING TO DO. 14:17 >> ALL RIGHT. 14:18 WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF 14:19 YOUR QUESTIONS. 14:20 JUST A REMINDER. 14:21 IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SEEN THE MIQ ANSWER BOOK, 14:24 PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 14:25 GO TO THE WEB SITE, MIQTEENS.COM. 14:28 AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE BOOK THAT YOU HAVEN'T 14:30 BEEN ABLE TO COVER IN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS, SO JUST A GREAT 14:33 RESOURCE AND AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE. 14:36 >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE THERE. 14:37 THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE SORT OF AN OVERVIEW, BUT A LOT OF THE 14:41 SCRIPTURES AND TEXTS ARE THERE. 14:42 WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO COVER 'EM ALL. 14:44 >> ALL RIGHT. 14:44 WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 14:45 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 14:46 WELL, FRIENDS, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT 14:49 WE'VE ADDRESSED HERE AND THERE ALONG THE WAY, DEALING WITH 14:53 THE SUBJECT OF THE CHURCH. 14:56 WHERE DOES IT FIT IN? 14:58 YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE IN MANY AMERICAN DENOMINATIONS THAT IN 15:05 RECENT YEARS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60% AND 70% OF YOUNG PEOPLE STOP 15:12 ATTENDING BY THE TIME THEY GET INTO THEIR EARLY 20S. 15:15 AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL BEGINS DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS BECAUSE 15:19 THEIR FOUNDATION STARTS TO ERODE. 15:23 A LOT OF PARENTS DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS, THEY FEEL LIKE 15:26 THEY'RE DRAGGING THEIR KIDS TO CHURCH. 15:29 AND YOU OFTEN HEAR SOMEONE SAY, "DO I HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH? 15:33 WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH?" 15:35 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH? 15:37 WHY DO WE GO? 15:38 AND OUR LESSON IS ACTUALLY TITLED "WHO NEEDS CHURCH 15:41 ANYWAY?" 15:43 WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? 15:44 WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN AND TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT IS 15:48 A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT, AS I THINK YOU'LL AGREE 15:50 AS WE PROCEED. 15:53 GETTING RIGHT INTO QUESTION NUMBER ONE. 15:57 IF I LOVE THE LORD, WHY DO I NEED A CHURCH? 16:03 MATTHEW 16, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT OUR CHURCH. 16:06 MATTHEW 16:18, JESUS SAID, "AND I ALSO SAY TO YOU THAT YOU'RE 16:11 PETER, AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES 16:16 OF HADES WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT." 16:19 NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING IF YOU SAY, "I'D LIKE TO INVITE 16:22 SOMEONE TO COME TO MY CHURCH OR YOUR CHURCH," BUT WHEN WE TALK 16:26 ABOUT THE CHURCH OF JESUS IN THE WORLD, WHOSE CHURCH IS IT? 16:32 HE--JESUS SAID, "IT'S MY CHURCH." 16:35 NOW THE WORD CHURCH--NOW WE'RE USING KIND OF AN ENGLISH WORD. 16:38 IT COMES FROM SCOTTISH. 16:39 IT'S KIRK. 16:40 AND ORIGINALLY, IT WAS THE GATHERING. 16:44 IN HEBREW, THEY CALLED IT THE SYNAGOGUE. 16:47 IT'S A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. 16:49 AND IT'S NOT A BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH 16:52 THE CHURCH TYPICALLY MEETS UNDER SOME KIND OF EDIFICE 16:55 OR A PROTECTED PLACE. 16:56 BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT 17:00 HE HAS CALLED US TO COME TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS TO 17:03 WORSHIP HIM AND THAT'S NOT JUST ONCE A WEEK. 17:07 THERE'S OTHER TIMES WE'D WANT TO COME TOGETHER TO PRAY. 17:10 WE NEED EACH OTHER. 17:12 EVERY BABY NEEDS A FAMILY. 17:16 YOU KNOW, I HEARD ABOUT A TERRIBLE EXPERIMENT THAT 17:18 A DOCTOR DID YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TOUCH. 17:22 AND HE GOT A BUNCH OF MONKEYS AND HE TOOK THESE MONKEYS AWAY 17:26 FROM THEIR MOTHERS. 17:28 THEY WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS EXPERIMENT NOW. 17:30 TOOK THE MONKEYS AWAY FROM THEIR MOTHERS, AND THIS WAS BACK IN 17:32 THE '50S, RIGHT AFTER THEY WERE BORN AND HE PUT THEM IN CAGE 17:35 WITH A WIRE MOTHER. 17:37 AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BE NURSED BY THIS WIRE MOTHER THAT HELD 17:41 THE BOTTLE AND THEY JUST NEVER DEVELOPED. 17:44 GAVE THEM ALL OF THEIR NEEDS AS FAR AS WATER AND FOOD AND THE 17:49 RIGHT TEMPERATURE, CLEANED THE CAGE, BUT NO TOUCH, NO MOTHER. 17:54 AND THOSE BABIES, THEY DIDN'T DO VERY WELL. 17:57 THEY NEEDED TOUCH. 17:58 THEY DIED. 18:00 THEY NEEDED TOUCH. 18:01 THEY NEEDED THE SOCIALIZATION. 18:04 THAT'S ALSO TRUE WITH PEOPLE. 18:07 WE ARE DESIGNED TO BE SOCIAL CREATURES. 18:09 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. 18:12 GOD SAID IT'S NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE. 18:15 WE GATHER STRENGTH AND KNOWLEDGE FROM EACH OTHER. 18:18 WE NEED THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. 18:19 AND SO WHEN A PERSON COMES TO CHRIST, WE'RE PUT INTO A FAMILY. 18:24 THAT FAMILY IS CALLED THE CHURCH AND IT'S CRUCIAL. 18:27 WHAT HAPPENS TO A BABY SHEEP? 18:30 JESUS SAID, "I'M THE GOOD SHEPHERD." 18:31 HE'S THE CHIEF SHEPHERD. 18:33 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. 18:35 WHAT HAPPENS TO A LAMB IF IT'S NOT WITH A FLOCK OR IF 18:38 IT'S NOT IN THE FOLD? 18:40 IT ENDS UP BEING ATTACKED BY WOLVES. 18:43 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE OR YOU'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, 18:46 "I'M GONNA BE A CHRISTIAN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHURCH"? 18:50 HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE OR YOU'VE THOUGHT THAT BEFORE? 18:52 I SEE A FEW HONEST PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HANDS. 18:54 CAN'T I BE A CHRISTIAN AND JUST STAY HOME? 18:56 THAT'S KIND OF LIKE SAYING WE'VE GOT A BABY AND WE'RE GONNA SET 18:59 IT OUT IN THE WOODS. 19:00 OR HERE YOU GOT A BABY LAMB AND WE'RE JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, 19:03 PUT IT OUT THERE WHERE THE WOLVES ARE. 19:04 WE NEED EACH OTHER FOR PROTECTION. 19:07 HOW EFFECTIVE IS A SOLDIER WITHOUT AN ARMY? 19:11 I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE GONNA SAY, "WELL, THERE'S A FEW 19:12 SAMSONS AND RAMBOS OUT THERE THAT DID PRETTY GOOD." 19:15 BUT TYPICALLY SOLDIERS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY'RE PART 19:19 OF AN ARMY. 19:20 AND THAT'S THE SAME WAY FOR A CHRISTIAN. 19:22 THE CHURCH IS LIKE THE ARMY OF GOD. 19:24 IT'S A FLOCK. 19:25 IT'S A FOLD WHERE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 19:29 NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE CHURCH ANYWAY? 19:36 EPHESIANS 3:10, "TO THE INTENT THAT NOW THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF 19:42 GOD MIGHT BE MADE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH TO THE PRINCIPALITIES 19:47 AND POWERS IN HEAVENLY PLACES." 19:49 YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH IS A PLACE--IT'S A SPRINGBOARD 19:53 OF TRUTH IN THE WORLD. 19:56 IT IS THE EARTHLY INSTITUTION UPON WHICH GOD BESTOWS 19:59 HIS SUPREME REGARD. 20:01 AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE THINKING, "I DON'T WANT TO BE 20:03 PART OF AN ORGANIZED CHURCH," YOU GOT ONE ALTERNATIVE. 20:07 "I WANT TO BE PART OF A DISORGANIZED CHURCH." 20:10 IS GOD DISORGANIZED OR IS HE ORGANIZED? 20:13 1 CORINTHIANS 14 SAYS, "GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION." 20:17 WE NEED EACH OTHER. 20:18 WE'RE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER. 20:20 THE REASON THE CHURCH IS ABLE TO SEND MISSIONARIES AROUND 20:22 THE WORLD AND I'M ABLE TO DO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS 20:25 BECAUSE OF A BODY OF BELIEVERS THAT COMES TOGETHER. 20:29 THE CHURCH IS SO IMPORTANT. 20:30 SOMEONE SAID ONE TIME, "YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT ATTENDING 20:35 CHURCH IF YOU CAN BE A BEE WITHOUT A HIVE." 20:38 DON'T MAKE MUCH HONEY THAT WAY. 20:40 "IF YOU CAN BE A SOLDIER WITHOUT AN ARMY, IF YOU CAN BE A 20:43 SALESMAN WITHOUT CUSTOMERS, IF YOU CAN BE A POLITICIAN WHO'S A 20:47 HERMIT, IF YOU CAN BE A FOOTBALL PLAYER WITHOUT A TEAM." 20:52 THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT A CHURCH, 20:54 IT JUST--YOU CAN'T RECONCILE THAT IN THE BIBLE. 20:57 THE VERY ESSENCE OF BEING A CHRISTIAN IS BEING PART OF THE 21:00 BODY OF JESUS AND THAT MEANS PART OF THAT GROUP OF BELIEVERS. 21:05 BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH ARE A LITTLE BIT 21:08 GOOFY. 21:13 IS IT TRUE? 21:15 YEAH, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME STRANGE PEOPLE 21:18 THAT ARE IN THE CHURCH. 21:19 SOME OF 'EM AREN'T VERY NICE AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT VERY LOVABLE. 21:24 NUMBER THREE, WHAT WAS THE EARLY CHURCH LIKE? 21:31 ACTS 2:44, SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS AN IDEAL PLACE. 21:35 ALL LOVED EACH OTHER. 21:37 "NOW ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER, AND THEY HAD ALL 21:41 THINGS IN COMMON," NOT BECAUSE IT WAS MANDATED BY 21:44 THE GOVERNMENT, BUT BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO ON THEIR OWN. 21:48 IT'S ONE THING WHEN A GOVERNMENT HAS A WELFARE SYSTEM. 21:51 IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WHEN YOU GET TO CHOOSE TO LOVE AND TO GIVE. 21:53 I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M GIVING WHEN I'M BEING FORCED TO DO IT. 21:56 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 21:57 CHRISTIANS BACK IN BIBLE TIME WERE NOT REQUIRED TO SHARE 22:01 WITH EVERYBODY. 22:02 THEY WERE JUST SO FULL OF LOVE THEY CHOSE TO DO IT. 22:05 IT WASN'T MANDATED. 22:06 I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. 22:07 "NO MAN SAID THAT ALL THAT HE HAD WAS HIS OWN, BUT EVERYBODY 22:10 SOLD THEIR POSSESSIONS AND THEIR GOODS, AND THEY DIVIDED IT AMONG 22:12 ANY, AS PEOPLE HAD NEED." 22:14 THERE WAS JUST THIS INCREDIBLE LOVE. 22:17 THEY ALL PRESSED TOGETHER. 22:19 THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 22:21 WHEN THEY HAD PROBLEMS, THEY TACKLED THEM TOGETHER. 22:24 WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER. 22:26 WHEN PETER WAS PUT IN PRISON, THE CHURCH GOT TOGETHER, 22:29 THEY PRAYED 24 HOURS FOR PETER AND GOD OPENED THE PRISON DOORS. 22:34 YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT WITH THOROUGHBRED HORSES, IF THEY'RE 22:37 OUT IN THE FIELDS AND THEY'RE ATTACKED BY WOLVES, THE HORSES 22:41 ALL PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND THEY KICK AT THE ENEMY. 22:45 BUT WITH DONKEYS, DONKEYS ALL FACE THE ENEMY AND THEY KICK 22:49 EACH OTHER. 22:51 >> [LAUGHING] >> AND IF YOU'RE FACING 22:55 THE ENEMY ALONE, WE JUST END UP KICKING EACH OTHER. 22:57 WE GOT TO GET OUR HEADS TOGETHER. 22:59 THAT'S THE LORD'S PLAN. 23:00 NUMBER FOUR, WHY SHOULD I JOIN A CHURCH WHEN THERE ARE HYPOCRITES 23:05 AND JUDGMENTAL PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH? 23:09 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I SAID WHEN I FIRST THOUGHT 23:12 ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN. 23:14 "I DON'T WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 23:15 THEY'RE ALL HYPOCRITES." 23:17 AND YOU KNOW WHO I THOUGHT WERE THE WORST OF ALL WERE 23:20 THE PREACHERS ON TELEVISION, THE TELEVANGELISTS. 23:25 TO ME, THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY ON THE SCALE OF SLIME. 23:30 THAT WAS RIGHT UP THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM. 23:34 AND I ENDED UP BEING ONE. 23:35 ISN'T THAT--ALL HYPOCRITES. 23:38 ALL THEY DO IS BEG FOR MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT BACK THEN. 23:41 BY THE WAY, HAVE WE BEEN BEGGING FOR MONEY DURING THESE MEETINGS? 23:44 NOT TILL NOW. 23:46 >> [LAUGHING] >> 'CAUSE THE MEETINGS 23:48 AREN'T OVER YET. 23:51 BUT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW PEOPLE IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN? 23:55 OR DO YOU FOLLOW CHRIST? 23:58 HERE'S THE SCRIPTURE FOR THAT. 24:00 ACTS 6:1, EVEN THE EARLY CHURCH WASN'T PERFECT. 24:03 "NOW IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLES WAS 24:06 MULTIPLYING, THERE AROSE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE HEBREWS BY 24:10 THE HELLENISTS," THOSE WERE THE GREEK BELIEVERS, "BECAUSE THEIR 24:13 WIDOWS WERE BEING NEGLECTED IN THE DAILY DISTRIBUTION." 24:16 THEY SAID, "YOU'RE BEING PARTIAL." 24:18 AND THEY WERE GRUMBLING EACH OTHER AND THEY SAID, "HOW COME 24:20 THEY'RE GETTING MORE THAN WE'RE GETTING? 24:22 AND YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF US." 24:23 AND THEY HAD ARGUMENTS BACK THEN. 24:24 WHAT WERE THE DISCIPLES TALKING ABOUT THE NIGHT OF THE LAST 24:27 SUPPER? 24:28 WHO REMEMBERS? 24:31 THEY WERE SAYING WHICH OF THEM--HERE'S THE 12 APOSTLES 24:33 OF THE CHURCH AND THEY WERE ARGUING AMONG THEMSELVES, 24:36 "I'M BETTER THAN YOU ARE." 24:37 "NO, I'M BETTER THAN YOU ARE." 24:38 "I BET I HAVE A HIGHER PLACE. 24:40 MY OFFICE IS GONNA BE BETTER THAN YOURS IN THE KINGDOM." 24:42 "NO, IT'S NOT. 24:43 I'M GONNA GO TO JESUS FIRST AND GET A PROMOTION." 24:45 THEY'RE ALL FIGHTIN' AMONG THEMSELVES WHICH OF THEM WAS 24:47 THE GREATEST. 24:49 AND THEN DID THEY BETRAY HIM? 24:52 DID THEY DENY HIM WHEN CHRIST WAS ARRESTED? 24:56 AND THESE ARE THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH. 24:57 THEY WERE PEOPLE. 24:59 YOU KNOW ONE REASON THE LORD PUTS US IN THE CHURCH? 25:02 VERY SIMPLE. 25:02 IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE I'M SAYING--BUT DON'T FORGET 25:05 EVERYTHING ELSE I'M SAYING. 25:08 GREAT COMMANDMENT IS LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART 25:12 AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 25:15 YOU KNOW WHY GOD COMMANDS ANYTHING? 25:17 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME NATURAL. 25:20 GOD COMMANDS WHAT DOESN'T COME NATURAL. 25:25 WE NATURALLY DO NOT LOVE HIM WITH ALL OUR HEART. 25:28 WE NATURALLY DO NOT LOVE EACH OTHER. 25:29 WE'VE GOT LOVE PROBLEMS. 25:32 SO THE WAY THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF THE LOVE PROBLEMS IS YOU DROP 25:35 PEOPLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE SURROUNDED WITH LOVING, 25:39 LOVABLE PEOPLE, AND THEN THEY'LL LEARN TO LOVE. 25:42 WELL, THAT MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY 25:45 IT REALLY WORKS. 25:46 IF YOU WANT MUSCLES, DOES GOD PUT YOU IN A ROOM FULL OF 25:48 MUSCULAR PEOPLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE GONNA 25:51 GET MUSCLES? 25:54 THAT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 25:55 THAT'D BE NICE. 25:57 YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS? 25:57 HE PUTS WEIGHT ON YOU. 26:00 IF YOU SAY, "LORD, GIVE ME PATIENCE," DO YOU GET IT UPS 26:03 IN THE MAIL? 26:04 HERE'S A PACKAGE OF PATIENCE. 26:06 OR DOES GOD GIVE YOU DELAY TO DEVELOP YOUR PATIENCE? 26:11 SO IF YOU SAY, "LORD, GIVE ME LOVE," YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S 26:13 GONNA DO? 26:15 HE'S GONNA PUT YOU WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VERY 26:18 LOVABLE AND YOU GOT TO LOVE THEM. 26:23 JESUS LOVED THE WORLD THAT HATED HIM. 26:26 HE LOVED A WORLD THAT CRUCIFIED HIM. 26:30 AND HE SAYS, "ONE OF THE REASONS YOU NEED A CHURCH IS BECAUSE, 26:33 YEAH, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME HYPOCRITES AND THERE'LL BE SOME 26:35 GOOD PEOPLE THAT AREN'T CONSISTENT AND THERE IS GONNA 26:37 BE SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T LOVE THE WAY THEY SHOULD LOVE. 26:40 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LEARN TO LOVE." 26:43 I MEAN, AFTER ALL, THE LORD SAYS WE GOT TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES 26:45 ON THE OUTSIDE. 26:46 WE GOT TO START BY LEARNING TO LOVE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE. 26:50 I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS, 26:51 "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES." 26:53 AND IT SAYS, "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS." 26:55 AND SOMEONE BROUGHT OUT THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN ENDS 26:57 UP BECOMING YOUR ENEMY. 26:59 IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THOSE CLOSEST TO US THAT SOMETIMES PRESENT 27:04 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. 27:07 LOOK IN THE BIBLE. 27:08 WHO WAS IT THAT KILLED ABEL? 27:11 HIS BROTHER. 27:13 WHO WAS IT THAT BETRAYED JOSEPH? 27:15 HIS BROTHERS. 27:16 WHO WAS IT THAT TRIED TO KILL DAVID? 27:19 HIS OWN KING. 27:20 HE--I MEAN, PHILISTINES WEREN'T AS BIG A PROBLEM FOR DAVID AS 27:22 HIS OWN KING AND HIS OWN SON. 27:26 AND YOU JUST MARCH RIGHT ON DOWN THROUGH THE BIBLE AND YOU'RE 27:28 GONNA FIND OUT IT WAS OFTEN FRIENDLY FIRE THAT WAS 27:31 THE PROBLEM. 27:32 SO WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GO TO A CHURCH? 27:34 SO WE CAN LEARN TO LOVE. 27:37 WE NEED IT. 27:39 THE DEVIL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO THINK IS, "WELL, 27:41 THIS IS--PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH AND SO I'M GONNA 27:45 AVOID IT AND I'M GONNA BE SPIRITUAL BY MYSELF." 27:48 NO, YOU WON'T. 27:49 YOU'LL BECOME ECCENTRIC. 27:50 YOUR FAITH WILL NOT BE BALANCED. 27:52 WE NEED EACH OTHER BECAUSE IF YOU STAY OFF BY 27:55 YOURSELF--BELIEVE ME, I DID IT. 27:57 I LIVED IN A CAVE. 27:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? 27:59 PEOPLE THAT ISOLATE THEMSELVES BECOME ECCENTRIC AND OUT 28:02 OF BALANCE. 28:04 WE NEED EACH OTHER TO KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE AND TO TEACH US 28:08 HOW TO LOVE. 28:09 AND THE CHURCH IS NOT A HOTEL OR A RESORT FOR SAINTS. 28:15 IT'S A HOSPITAL FOR SINNERS AND WE ALL NEED IT. 28:20 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE PART OF THE CHURCH. 28:22 OKAY, GOT TO MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE. 28:25 OH NO, SOMEBODY'S GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION. 28:27 NUMBER FIVE, WHY SHOULD I GO TO CHURCH WHEN IT'S SOMETIMES 28:33 SO BORING? 28:35 EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? 28:38 "OH, I DIDN'T GET--WHAT DID HE SAY? 28:40 ALL I HEARD WAS [MUMBLING]. 28:43 IT'S JUST SO MONOTONE. 28:44 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. 28:46 WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO BACK AGAIN?" 28:48 YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO 28:52 CHURCH TO BE ENTERTAINED. 28:55 NOW YOU HOPE THAT THE PREACHER'S GONNA PREACH A GOOD SERMON AND I 28:59 KNOW NOT ALL OF MINE HAVE BEEN GREAT. 29:02 AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I COME TO THE DOOR AND PEOPLE ARE 29:05 SHAKING MY HANDS AND YOU'RE HOPING THAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, 29:08 "APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE," OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 29:10 BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I'LL PREACH A MESSAGE WHERE FOLKS GO 29:12 OUT AND THEY SAY, "NICE WEATHER TODAY, PASTOR." 29:15 AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT. 29:16 AND YOU THINK, "OH MAN, I WAS FIRING BLANKS TODAY." 29:19 SO EVERY PREACHER HAS THEIR GOOD DAYS AND THEIR BAD DAYS, 29:22 BUT YOU DON'T COME JUST FOR THE PREACHER. 29:26 YOU KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE JOIN CHURCHES? 29:28 TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW WHY PEOPLE JOIN CHURCHES? 29:30 ALL THE WRONG REASONS. 29:33 NUMBER ONE, IT'S WHERE MY FAMILY WENT. 29:36 THAT'S GOOD, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON. 29:38 IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE. 29:42 WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE? 29:43 "I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT VERY FAR AWAY." 29:46 SO THAT'S WHERE WE GO. 29:47 THEY GOT A GOOD MUSIC PROGRAM. 29:49 THAT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A CHURCH WITH GOOD MUSIC, 29:52 BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON TO JOIN A CHURCH. 29:55 THE PASTOR IS CHARISMATIC AND GOOD-LOOKING LIKE ME, RIGHT? 30:02 OR THEY'LL SAY, "THEY GOT A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM." 30:05 AND THAT'S GREAT. 30:06 EVERYBODY WANTS THAT. 30:07 YOU'D ALL LIKE TO HAVE A DYNAMIC PASTOR AND YOU'D ALWAYS LIKE TO 30:10 HAVE A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. 30:12 AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY SAY? 30:13 "I GO THERE 'CAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY." 30:16 ISN'T THAT GOOD? 30:17 I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE FINE. 30:22 NONE OF THEM ARE THE RIGHT REASON TO JOIN--OH, YOU KNOW 30:24 ANOTHER REASON SOME PEOPLE JOIN A CHURCH? 30:26 "IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING." 30:28 WHY DO YOU GO THERE? 30:29 "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE, BUT LOOK AT THAT STAINED GLASS. 30:32 SPLENDID, I FEEL SO PEACEFUL IN THERE. 30:35 IT ECHOES WHEN THEY SING." 30:37 IT'S A BUILDING. 30:39 SOME PEOPLE GO TO THE CHURCH, WHY DO YOU GO THERE? 30:41 "EVERYBODY WHO'S ANYBODY IN THIS TOWN GOES TO THAT CHURCH. 30:44 IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY IN THIS TOWN, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW. 30:46 YOU BETTER GO TO THAT CHURCH." 30:47 WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE? 30:48 "I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE GO 30:50 THAT CHURCH." 30:52 YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE PICK 30:55 A CHURCH. 30:57 YOU KNOW WHAT THE ONLY RIGHT REASON IS TO PICK A CHURCH? 31:00 THAT CHURCH IS TEACHING THE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS 31:04 OF GOD'S WORD. 31:06 THAT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVE, THAT IS THEIR CONSTITUTION, 31:09 IS THE WORD OF GOD. 31:11 AND THEIR MUSIC MIGHT BE OFF KEY, THE BUILDING MIGHT BE 31:14 RICKETY, THEY SOMETIMES MIGHT HAVE A FEW CRANKY PEOPLE THAT 31:18 AREN'T FRIENDLY, THERE MIGHT BE ALL KINDS OF OTHER ISSUES, BUT 31:21 IF THAT IS THE GROUP TO WHOM GOD HAS COMMITTED THE ORACLES OF 31:26 TRUTH, THAT'S JESUS' CHURCH. 31:29 THAT'S HIS BRIDE. 31:30 IT'S THE OBJECT OF HIS SUPREME REGARD ON THE PLANET. 31:35 BECAUSE GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD AND HE SAVES PEOPLE AND PEOPLE 31:38 TOGETHER MAKE UP THE CHURCH. 31:40 IT'S NOT THE BUILDING. 31:41 IF ALL THE CHURCH BUILDINGS GOT DESTROYED, WOULD THAT 31:44 DESTROY GOD'S CHURCH? 31:46 WHEN THE DEVIL TRIED TO DESTROY THE CHURCH, HE DIDN'T GO 31:48 DESTROY BUILDINGS. 31:50 HE TRIES TO DESTROY PEOPLE. 31:53 AND SO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THAT BODY OF CHRIST. 31:56 NOW I DON'T KNOW IF I READ THE ANSWER HERE. 31:58 WHY DO I GO TO CHURCH WHEN IT SOMETIMES IS BORING? 32:01 I REMEMBER READING ONE TIME ABOUT A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER 32:04 THAT WAS ASKING HER CHILDREN, "NOW CHILDREN," GROUP OF, YOU 32:09 KNOW, 6-YEAR-OLDS, "WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE QUIET 32:12 IN CHURCH?" 32:13 AND ONE LITTLE GIRL SAID, "BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING." 32:16 >> [LAUGHING] >> SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT 32:21 INTERESTING, I KNOW. 32:23 I WAS PREACHING TO ONE CHURCH ONE TIME WHERE SOMEONE WAS 32:28 SNORING SO LOUD THEY WOKE THEMSELVES UP. 32:31 >> [LAUGHING] >> AND EVERYBODY AROUND THEM 32:36 TURNED AND LOOKED. 32:38 ALL RIGHT, HEBREWS 10:24-25, "AND LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER 32:46 IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD WORKS, NOT FORSAKING 32:50 THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS THE MANNER OF SOME 32:53 IS, BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER," ENCOURAGING. 32:57 THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW. 32:58 "AND SO MUCH THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING." 33:02 WHAT DAY IS HE TALKING ABOUT? 33:04 THE DAY OF THE LORD. 33:05 THE MORE THAT YOU SEE THE DAY OF THE LORD APPROACHING, HE'S 33:08 SAYING THAT WE SHOULD EXHORT, ADMONISH, ENCOURAGE, 33:11 INSPIRE ONE ANOTHER. 33:13 WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER. 33:16 WHEN GOD POURED OUT THE SPIRIT DURING CHRIST' FIRST COMING, YOU 33:18 KNOW HOW THAT CHAPTER BEGINS? 33:20 CHAPTER TWO OF ACTS, IT SAYS, "THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER OF ONE 33:24 ACCORD, IN ONE PLACE, AND THERE WAS A SOUND OF A MIGHTY RUSHING 33:28 WIND AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN." 33:31 THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN. 33:33 WOULDN'T IT BE SAD IF THAT WAS THE DAY YOU SAID, 33:36 "I DON'T--THAT'S BORING. 33:38 I THINK WAS IT ANDREW PREACHING TODAY OR IS IT PETER, MATTHEW? 33:41 I'M NOT SURE. 33:41 BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA STAY HOME"? 33:44 HOLY SPIRIT BE POURED OUT. 33:46 WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 33:50 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOLD ME, "YOU KNOW, I WASN'T 33:52 SURE IF I WAS COMING TO CHURCH TODAY, BUT I DECIDED TO COME 33:55 AND THAT WAS THE VERY THING I NEEDED IN MY LIFE." 33:58 IT'D BE A SHAME TO MISS IT. 34:00 WE NEED TO COME TO CHURCH. 34:03 QUESTION NUMBER SIX, BUT I'M JUST ONE PERSON. 34:07 WHAT CAN I REALLY DO FOR GOD'S CHURCH? 34:12 1 CORINTHIANS 12:15, "IF THE FOOT SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE I'M 34:16 NOT A HAND, I'M NOT OF THE BODY,' IS IT THEREFORE 34:20 NOT OF THE BODY? 34:22 AND IF THE EAR SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE I'M NOT AN EYE, I'M NOT 34:24 PART OF THE BODY,' IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY? 34:27 IF THE WHOLE BODY WAS AN EYE, WHERE WOULD THE HEARING BE? 34:30 AND IF THE WHOLE BODY WAS HEARING, WHERE WOULD 34:33 THE SMELLING BE?" 34:34 IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF 34:37 A BODY OF JESUS. 34:39 JESUS IS STILL ALIVE IN THE WORLD TODAY PHYSICALLY 34:44 THROUGH YOU AND ME. 34:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE GETTING READY TO CRUCIFY THE LORD, HE 34:49 SAID, "DESTROY THIS TEMPLE AND IN 3 DAYS I'LL RAISE IT UP." 34:52 AND THEY SAID, "OH, THIS BUILDING'S TAKEN 46 YEARS, 34:55 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" 34:56 AND JOHN ADDS, "HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS BODY." 35:00 WHAT IS THE CHURCH CALLED? 35:01 THE BODY OF CHRIST. 35:03 WHERE ARE THE HANDS AND THE FEET AND THE EYES AND THE MOUTH 35:06 AND THE HEART OF JESUS TODAY? 35:08 IS IT IN THE WORLD? 35:09 YES, BECAUSE IF YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN, HE IS LIVING IN 35:13 YOU AND SO ALL OF US WITH OUR DIFFERENT GIFTS TOGETHER BECOME 35:18 JESUS IN THE WORLD. 35:20 SO HOW IMPORTANT--HOW IMPORTANT A PART OF JESUS ARE YOU? 35:25 AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD, 35:28 HE GIVES YOU GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 35:30 YOU'VE GOT GIFTS--IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION YET, YOU'VE 35:32 GOT GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT THAT GOD IS WAITING TO GIVE YOU YOU MAY 35:35 NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT. 35:37 BUT YOU MUST SURRENDER TO HIM. 35:39 YOU'RE A CRUCIAL PART OF THAT BODY, AND ANY PART OF THE BODY 35:41 THAT IS SEPARATED DOESN'T LIVE VERY LONG. 35:45 I'VE GOT A FRIEND THAT WAS--WHILE HE WAS IN ACADEMY 35:48 WORKING IN THE SHOP, GOT TO BE CAREFUL, HE WAS USING THE BAND 35:52 SAW, HAD A LITTLE ACCIDENT, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, 35:56 AND CHOPPED OFF THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. 35:59 WELL, OF COURSE, IT WAS BLEEDING. 36:02 THEY WRAPPED HIM UP AND THEY TOOK HIM SEVERAL MILES 36:05 TO THE HOSPITAL. 36:06 AND THEY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY SAID, 36:08 "WHERE'S THE FINGER? 36:10 WE'LL SEW IT BACK ON." 36:11 "OH, WE LEFT THAT BACK AT THE SHOP." 36:16 AND THEY SAID, "WELL, IT'S--" THEY SAID, "GO GET IT." 36:19 AND THEY SAID, "OH, IT'S TOO LATE NOW." 36:21 THEY SAID, "BECAUSE THAT FINGER'S NOT GONNA LAST 36:22 VERY LONG DISCONNECTED FROM THE BODY." 36:26 IF I SAID, "LOOK AT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, DO YOU SEE A NOSE?" 36:31 EVERYBODY SEE A NOSE IN MOST OF US? 36:33 I HOPE I'M NOT PICKING ANYBODY OUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NOSE. 36:36 I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED THAT WORDING, SHOULD I? 36:39 IS IT ODD IF I SAY, "LOOK, A NOSE ON A FACE"? 36:42 NOBODY THINKS ANYTHING OF IT. 36:43 BUT IF I SAID, "LOOK, A NOSE ON THE STAGE," YOU'D THINK, 36:47 "WELL, THAT AIN'T RIGHT. 36:48 I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE," RIGHT? 36:51 BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELONG ON THE STAGE, THEY BELONG ON THE BODY. 36:56 AND SO IF YOU SAY, "I'M A CHRISTIAN, BUT I'D RATHER BE 36:58 ON THE STAGE BY MYSELF, OR I'D RATHER BE ON THE FLOOR," THAT'S 37:02 NOT--YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIVE. 37:04 YOU GOT TO BE CONNECTED. 37:06 I'VE SAID ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. 37:08 WE NEED EACH OTHER TO STAY ALIVE SPIRITUALLY AND IT'S GOD PLAN 37:11 FOR US TO BE PART OF THE CHURCH. 37:13 GO TO CHURCH TO GIVE. 37:15 IF YOU GET ANYTHING, GREAT. 37:17 MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOU'RE COMING TO WORSHIP AND THANK 37:18 AND PRAISE GOD AND PRAY. 37:20 YOU CAN DO THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE STUDY OR THE SERMON IS LIKE. 37:24 WE ALL COME TO WORSHIP GOD. 37:25 YOU EVER SAY AMEN? 37:27 >> AMEN. 37:28 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 37:30 I ENJOY THAT LITTLE POINT. 37:31 NUMBER SEVEN, HOW DO I ENTER THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH, 37:38 OFFICIALLY? 37:40 WHAT'S THE MECHANISM THAT GOD TALKS ABOUT IN HIS WORD 37:43 FOR THAT? 37:44 1 CORINTHIANS 12:13, "FOR BY ONE SPIRIT WE ARE ALL BAPTIZED 37:52 INTO ONE BODY." 37:55 NOW A CHURCH MIGHT HAVE--A DENOMINATION MAY HAVE SEVERAL 37:58 CHURCHES SCATTERED AROUND, BUT THEY ARE TO BE ONE IN CHRIST. 38:03 AND IT'S THROUGH BAPTISM THAT WE BECOME PART OF THAT. 38:07 BAPTISM IS AS IMPORTANT TO A CHRISTIAN AS A WEDDINGS IS 38:13 TO A MARRIAGE. 38:15 BAPTISM IS THE CEREMONY BY WHICH YOU MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT AND 38:20 SAY, "I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS' OFFERING. 38:25 I WANT TO HAVE MY SINS WASHED AWAY." 38:27 BAPTISM'S A SYMBOL OF WASHING AWAY OF SIN. 38:29 THAT'S WHY IT'S DONE IN WATER. 38:31 PERSON GOES DOWN IN THE WATER. 38:33 THEY COME OUT OF THE WATER, IT'S A SYMBOL OF CLEANSING. 38:35 BAPTISM, THE BIBLE SAYS, ALSO REPRESENTS A DEATH, A BURIAL, 38:40 AND A RESURRECTION. 38:42 BECAUSE WHEN THAT PERSON GOES DOWN IN THE WATER, 38:44 THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH. 38:45 IN THE--HOPEFULLY YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING YOUR BREATH. 38:49 YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE, BREATH WAS THE LIFE. 38:53 AND WHEN A PERSON STOPPED BREATHING, THEY WERE DEAD. 38:59 AND SO, THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH, YOU COME 39:01 AND YOU TAKE A FRESH BREATH. 39:03 BY THE WAY, WHEN A BABY IS BORN, IT'S IN AN ENVELOPE OF WATER AND 39:07 IT COMES OUT OF THAT ENVELOPE OF WATER AND IT TAKES ITS BREATH 39:12 AND IT BEGINS A NEW LIFE. 39:14 SO ALL OF THAT IS REPRESENTED, A MARRIAGE, A BURIAL, A DEATH, 39:19 A RESURRECTION, A NEW BIRTH, A PUBLIC DECLARATION. 39:24 ALL OF THAT IS ENCOMPASSED IN THE TEACHING OF BAPTISM. 39:28 BAPTISM IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE BIBLE. 39:31 FINAL WORDS OF CHRIST, "GO YE, THEREFORE. 39:33 TEACH ALL NATIONS." 39:34 BY THE WAY, DID JESUS BELIEVE THAT BAPTISM WAS IMPORTANT 39:38 PERSONALLY? 39:41 WAS HE BAPTIZED? 39:44 WAS HE BAPTIZED BECAUSE HE HAD SINNED OR WAS HE BAPTIZED AS 39:49 AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME? 39:51 SO THAT MUST BE A PRIORITY. 39:53 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT BAPTISM 39:56 IS THAT HE PROMISES TO FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT. 40:00 I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER READ THIS TO YOU. 40:01 ACTS 2:41. 40:03 I'LL ALSO READ VERSE 47. 40:06 WHAT'S THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IN 40:08 THE CHURCH AND BAPTISM? 40:10 "THEN THOSE WHO GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD WERE BAPTIZED; AND THAT 40:15 DAY ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SOULS WERE ADDED TO THEM." 40:18 YOU JUMP TO VERSE 47 AND IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD ADDED TO 40:22 THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED." 40:26 DON'T MISS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEING BAPTIZED AND THAT 40:30 WAS THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH THEY ENTERED THE CHURCH AND IT SAYS 40:34 THEY WERE SAVED, ADDED TO THEM, THE BODY OF CHRIST. 40:37 SO BAPTISM REALLY IS THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY WHERE YOU SAY, 40:41 "I'VE MADE MY DECISION. 40:43 I WANT MY SINS ALL WASHED AWAY. 40:45 I WANT TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT." 40:48 AD THAT IS ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT. 40:52 IT'S HARD TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WITHOUT THE CHRISTIAN 40:54 SPIRIT AND SOMETIMES WE MAKE A BIG EMPHASIS ON, YEAH, YOU GOT 41:00 TO BE BAPTIZED IN WATER, BUT WE DON'T TALK MUCH ABOUT 41:03 THE SPIRIT. 41:05 MATTER OF FACT, I THINK OUR NEXT QUESTION GETS INTO THAT, SO WHY 41:07 DON'T WE GO THERE NOW? 41:08 QUESTION NUMBER EIGHT, IS BAPTISM REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? 41:17 NICODEMUS WAS TALKING TO JESUS ABOUT THIS IN JOHN 3 AND I THINK 41:21 IT'S HARD TO MISS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ANSWER. 41:24 VERSE FIVE, "JESUS SAID, 'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS 41:28 ONE IS BORN OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER 41:33 THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.'" JESUS SAYS IN MARK 16, 41:37 "WHOEVER BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED." 41:41 THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. 41:43 WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE WATER BAPTISM. 41:44 YOU NEED BOTH. 41:46 YOU NEED TO BE BORN OF THE WATER AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT. 41:50 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LORD BROUGHT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT 41:52 OF EGYPT, THAT WAS AN ALLEGORY OF SALVATION. 41:55 YOU NOTICE MOSES CAME TO THE PHARAOH AND SAID, "LET MY PEOPLE 41:59 GO," JUST LIKE JESUS GOES TO THE DEVIL AND SAYS, "LET 'EM GO, 42:02 I WANT 'EM TO BE FREE." 42:04 PHARAOH DOESN'T WANT TO LET 'EM GO, DEVIL DOESN'T WANT 42:06 TO LET GO OF YOU. 42:08 BUT THROUGH A SERIES OF MIRACLES AND GOD'S POWER, THEY GET OUT OF 42:11 EGYPT AND WHERE DO THEY GO NEXT? 42:14 THEY GO THROUGH THE RED SEA. 42:17 AND THE BIBLE SAYS, 1 CORINTHIANS 10, 42:20 THAT'S LIKE BAPTISM. 42:21 AND THEN A PILLAR OF FIRE CAME DOWN AND IT ILLUMINATED THEIR 42:25 CAMP DURING THE NIGHT AND IT GAVE THEM SHADE DURING THE DAY. 42:29 IT PROTECTED THEM FROM THE EGYPTIANS, THEIR ENEMY. 42:33 THAT PILLAR OF CLOUD IS THE SPIRIT. 42:36 THE RED SEA IS THE WATER, BAPTISM. 42:38 THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN THE WATER AND IN THE FIRE OF GOD'S SPIRIT. 42:43 JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, "I BAPTIZE YOU IN WATER, BUT 42:45 SOMEONE'S COMING, HE'S GONNA BAPTIZE YOU IN THE HOLY SPIRIT 42:47 AND FIRE." 42:49 IF YOU WANT TO BE BORN AGAIN, YOU NEED BOTH, BORN OF 42:52 THE WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT, ENTER THE KINGDOM. 42:56 BY THE WAY, OUR PLANET, PLANET EARTH, HAS GONE THROUGH 43:00 BOTH BAPTISMS OR IT WILL. 43:03 BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, IT WAS BAPTIZED IN WATER. 43:06 JESUS COMES AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE BAPTIZED IN FIRE, AND THEN 43:09 GOD'S GONNA MAKE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. 43:11 WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE PLANET IS WHAT NEEDS TO 43:14 HAPPEN TO YOU AND ME. 43:15 WE NEED TO BE BORN OF THE WATER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT, NEW 43:19 CREATURES LIVING NEW LIVES. 43:22 NOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU THINKING, "I GOT BAPTIZED, 43:26 BUT MAYBE I WASN'T TAUGHT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 43:29 IT SEEMED LIKE I SLID RIGHT BACK INTO MY OLD PATTERNS." 43:33 WELL, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 43:35 I WENT THROUGH THAT TOO AND IF I HAVE TIME, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE 43:39 BIT ABOUT THAT WITH YOU. 43:40 QUESTION NINE, WHAT SHOULD I DO TO PREPARE FOR BAPTISM? 43:49 ISAIAH 55:6-7, "SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON 43:56 HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR. 43:58 LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY," THAT'S REPENTANCE, "AND THE 44:02 UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS," THAT'S A NEW HEART. 44:06 "LET HIM RETURN TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIM; 44:10 AND TO OUR GOD, HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON." 44:14 GOD IS TELLING US THAT HE WILL ABUNDANTLY FORGIVE, HE WILL 44:17 ABUNDANTLY PARDON, BUT WE MUST FIRST OF ALL BE TAUGHT 44:20 THE BASICS OF SALVATION. 44:22 DO YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU 44:25 GET BAPTIZED? 44:26 BAPTISM'S LIKE MARRIAGE. 44:28 DO TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER 44:30 BEFORE THEY GET MARRIED? 44:32 I'M STILL LEARNING THINGS ABOUT MY WIFE NOW AFTER 20 YEARS. 44:35 YOU STILL LEARN NEW THINGS. 44:37 IS IT IMPORTANT TO--YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT THE FOUNDATIONAL 44:41 THINGS THAT ARE THE BASICS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BELIEVING 44:46 IN THE BIBLE, UNDERSTANDING GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, THE SPIRIT. 44:49 THESE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIANITY, YOU SHOULD 44:51 UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS. 44:53 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SAVED, HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR 44:55 RELATIONSHIP IN THE LORD. 44:57 YOU NEED TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. 45:00 GOD'LL ABUNDANTLY PARDON AND TURN FROM THEM. 45:02 BE WILLING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 45:04 IF YOU'RE ADDICTED TO SOME PRACTICE, THAT OUGHT TO BE 45:07 LAID ASIDE. 45:09 THE IDEA, "WELL, IF I COULD GET BAPTIZED, THEN I THINK I COULD 45:12 THROW AWAY MY CIGARETTES." 45:13 NO, THROW 'EM AWAY BEFORE YOU GET BAPTIZED. 45:16 YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU REPRESENT A NEWBORN BABY. 45:19 AND IF YOU COME OUT OF THE BAPTISTERY AND YOU'RE BLOWING 45:20 SMOKE RINGS, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE A BABY CHRISTIAN. 45:24 WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF YOU WENT TO LOOK AT YOUR BABY IN 45:26 THE HOSPITAL THAT HAD A CIGAR IN ITS MOUTH? 45:28 >> [LAUGHING] >> IT JUST--IT DOES--IT'S NOT 45:30 RIGHT, IS IT? 45:32 AND SO IF SOMEONE SAYS--YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THERE IN THE BAR 45:34 AND YOU'VE GOT THE CAN OF BEER AND A CAN OF SKOL AND SOMEONE 45:40 SAYS--YOU SAY, "OH, PRAISE THE LORD, I WAS--I WAS 45:43 BAPTIZED TODAY." 45:45 BY THE WAY, I MENTIONED I WAS BAPTIZED TWICE. 45:49 FIRST TIME I WAS BAPTIZED, I WASN'T TAUGHT VERY WELL 45:53 AND I THOUGHT, "HEY, GREAT." 45:55 I WAS LIVING IN THE CAVE. 45:57 SOME VERY SINCERE BAPTIST CHRISTIANS CAME BY AND THEY 45:59 SAID, "BROTHER DOUG, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU CHRISTIAN?" 46:01 I SAID, "YEAH, I JUST ACCEPTED JESUS." 46:03 "HAVE YOU BEEN BAPTIZED YET?" 46:04 "WELL, NO. 46:05 I HADN'T REALLY STUDIED IT." 46:06 "OH, YOU GOT WATER RIGHT HERE BY YOUR CAVE. 46:08 LET'S BAPTIZE YOU." 46:09 THEY SHOWED ME A FEW VERSES, I SAID, "OKAY." 46:11 SO I GOT BAPTIZED AND I FELT BORN AGAIN 'CAUSE THAT WATER 46:14 CAME FROM MELTED SNOW, SO I REALLY FELT BORN AGAIN 46:17 WHEN I CAME OUT. 46:19 AND I THOUGHT, "HEY, THIS IS GREAT." 46:20 AND THERE WAS A SENSE OF EUPHORIA AND I THOUGHT, "MAN, 46:23 I GOT TO GO CELEBRATE. 46:24 I'M GOING TO GET SOME BEER." 46:26 AND I WENT TO TOWN TO CELEBRATE MY BAPTISM, TRUE STORY. 46:29 BEFORE THE SUN WENT DOWN, I WAS IN JAIL. 46:32 >> [LAUGHING] >> OF THE DAY OF MY BAPTISM. 46:35 AND I WAS WITNESSING THERE IN JAIL. 46:37 "I GOT BAPTIZED TODAY. 46:38 THIS IS GREAT!" 46:41 I HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT. 46:44 SO I WAS REBAPTIZED LATER, WHEN I UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT TO 46:47 REALLY MAKE A COMMITMENT TO TURN FROM MY SINS. 46:50 AND BY THE WAY, I QUIT MY SMOKING AND MY DRINKING BEFORE 46:53 I WAS BAPTIZED. 46:54 AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, HE'S KEPT ME FROM THOSE THINGS. 46:58 SO YOU NEED TO BE WILLING--BY THE WAY, LADIES, IF A GUY CAME 47:03 TO YOU AND HE SAID, "I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO MARRY YOU. 47:06 I THINK YOU'RE GREAT. 47:07 NOW YOU DON'T MIND IF I'M STILL DATING BETTY SUE," WOULD YOU 47:11 GO FOR THAT? 47:13 WELL, YOU'D SAY, "NO, YOU GOT TO--THOSE OLD RELATIONSHIPS, WE 47:16 DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM." 47:18 IF YOU'RE GONNA MARRY CHRIST, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DATING 47:21 THE DEVIL, RIGHT? 47:23 AND SO YOU OUGHT TO BE WILLING TO LAY THOSE THINGS ASIDE. 47:26 AND SOME ARE THINKING, "WELL, DO I HAVE TO GET BAPTIZED 47:30 IN FRONT OF ANYBODY? 47:31 CAN I JUST DO IT QUIETLY BY MYSELF IN THE BATHTUB? 47:35 DO I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS?" 47:37 AND SOMEONE JUST KIND OF BAPTIZE THEMSELF. 47:42 I'LL ASK THE GIRLS AGAIN. 47:44 IF SOME GUY SAID, "YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO SPEND 47:46 THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH YOU AND I WANT TO GET MARRIED. 47:49 WELL, LET'S NOT TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS," YOU THINK, 47:52 "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? 47:54 YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW?" 47:55 WOULD YOU GO FOR THAT? 47:56 IF YOU LOVE THE LORD AND YOU'RE COMMITTING YOUR LIFE TO 47:58 THE LORD, WHY ARE YOU ASHAMED? 48:01 JESUS DIED FOR YOU PUBLICLY. 48:05 IF YOU'RE GONNA COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO HIM, DON'T BE ASHAMED OF HIM. 48:07 DON'T BE AFRAID. 48:08 AND IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF WATER, WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYBODY YET. 48:15 YOU'RE JUST-- WE'LL GET YOU BACK OUT AGAIN. 48:17 DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU. 48:18 I'VE ACTUALLY MET PEOPLE THAT ARE AFRAID OF WATER. 48:21 NUMBER TEN, HOW LONG SHOULD I WAIT TO BE BAPTIZED? 48:30 ALL RIGHT, LET'S SUPPOSE THAT I'VE REPENTED OF MY SINS, 48:33 I WANT A NEW BEGINNING. 48:34 SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS SERIES OR COMING 48:36 TO THESE PROGRAMS, YOU MAY BE THINKING, "I THINK I'D LIKE TO 48:40 COMMIT MY LIFE TO JESUS. 48:42 I'D LIKE TO GET A NEW BEGINNING. 48:45 WHAT DO I DO?" 48:46 HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT? 48:48 ACTS 22:16, ANANIAS SAID TO PAUL, "NOW WHY ARE YOU WAITING? 48:54 ARISE AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR SIN, CALLING 48:59 ON THE NAME OF THE LORD." 49:01 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT DAY WHEN 49:05 I WAS BAPTIZED OVER 30 YEARS AGO AND GOD WASHED AWAY ALL MY SINS 49:10 AND I'M NOW A NEW PERSON. 49:12 AND YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY EVEN AFTER 49:14 BAPTISM. 49:16 AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHENEVER WE HAVE 49:19 THE LORD'S SUPPER TO RENEW THAT COMMITMENT TO THE LORD. 49:23 DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO BE BAPTIZED AGAIN EVERY WEEK. 49:25 WE ALL SLIP. 49:26 WE MAKE MISTAKES. 49:27 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 49:28 EVEN IN THE CHURCH, YOU READ ABOUT AFTER PETER WAS CONVERTED, 49:33 AFTER JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, HE STILL MADE SOME MISTAKES 49:37 AND PAUL HAD TO CALL HIM ON THE CARPET ABOUT IT AND HE 49:39 HUMBLY ACCEPTED IT. 49:41 THEY GREW. 49:41 THEY WERE HUMAN. 49:43 AND SO BEING A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NEVER GONNA STUMBLE 49:45 AND FALL. 49:47 BUT THE CONSISTENT PATTERN OF YOUR LIFE IS GONNA BE ONE 49:49 OF FOLLOWING JESUS. 49:52 NOW IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION 49:55 TO THE LORD HIMSELF. 49:57 WE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. 49:59 JESUS WAS BAPTIZED FOR HIS SIN? 50:04 HE DID NO SIN. 50:06 HE WAS BAPTIZED AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU AND ME. 50:09 AND I THINK CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHO COULD 50:12 NEVER BE BAPTIZED. 50:13 LET'S LOOK FOR A MOMENT AT THAT VERSE THAT TALKS ABOUT 50:16 THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. 50:18 AND YOU FIND THIS IN MATTHEW 3:16-17. 50:21 JESUS CAME TO JOHN THE BAPTIST. 50:24 JOHN THE BAPTIST BAPTIZED HIM. 50:27 "WHEN HE HAD BEEN BAPTIZED, JESUS CAME UP IMMEDIATELY," 50:30 THE METHOD OF BAPTISM IN THE BIBLE WAS IMMERSION. 50:33 "HE CAME UP FROM THE WATER, BEHOLD, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED 50:36 TO HIM, AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE 50:42 AND ALIGHTING UPON HIM. 50:43 AND SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY 50:48 BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.'" 50:52 EVERYTHING IN THIS VERSE THAT HAPPENED TO JESUS AT HIS BAPTISM 50:57 IS SOMETHING HE WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE. 51:00 NOTICE HE CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER. 51:03 AFTER HE WAS BAPTIZED, THE HEAVENS WERE OPEN. 51:07 YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU BELONG TO GOD, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A 51:09 RIGHT TO THAT HEAVENLY TREASURY. 51:12 GOD OPENS THE HEAVENS. 51:13 HE PROMISES TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT 51:15 A BLESSING YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT. 51:18 WHEN YOU ARE THE CHILD OF GOD, HE OPENS THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN 51:21 FOR YOU. 51:22 THE HEAVENS WERE OPEN, ACCESS TO GOD. 51:25 IT SAYS, "HE SAW." 51:27 YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU'RE BAPTIZED, WE'RE BLIND. 51:30 YOU GOT THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND. 51:32 BUT WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS, HE OPENS YOUR EYES AND HE GIVES YOU 51:34 A SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT THAT HELPS YOU REALLY SEE WHAT'S 51:38 GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN THIS COSMIC CONFLICT. 51:42 IT SAYS NEXT, "THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME DOWN." 51:46 HE GIVES YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT. 51:48 PETER SAID, "REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU, 51:50 AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 51:54 IT'S PROMISED TO US. 51:56 SPIRIT CAME DOWN ON JESUS. 51:57 HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT. 51:59 THE BIBLE SAYS CORNELIUS GOT BAPTIZED. 52:01 THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. 52:03 ACTS 19, THESE GENTLEMEN GOT REBAPTIZED. 52:05 HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. 52:07 HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 52:10 HE'LL DO THAT. 52:11 A VOICE WAS HEARD FROM HEAVEN. 52:13 NOT ONLY WILL YOU START TO SEE, YOU'LL START TO HEAR. 52:17 YOU'LL HEAR GOD SPEAK TO YOU. 52:19 STILL, SMALL VOICE, IT'LL SAY, "THIS IS THE WAY I WANT YOU 52:22 TO GO." 52:23 AND AS YOU PRAY AND SEEK FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE, HE'LL GUIDE YOU. 52:26 IT SAYS, "THERE WAS A VOICE HEARD FROM HEAVEN." 52:29 IT SAID, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON." 52:32 THAT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE FATHER WAS SAYING TO JESUS, BUT WHEN 52:35 YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD AND YOU'RE BAPTIZED, IT'S LIKE IT 52:39 SAYS IN 1 JOHN 3, "BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS 52:43 BESTOWED ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD," AND THAT 52:47 WOULD MEAN SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. 52:50 YOU ARE ADOPTED INTO GOD'S FAMILY IN A VERY REAL WAY WHEN 52:53 YOU'RE BAPTIZED, AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS LAST PART 52:56 HERE. 52:57 HE SAID, "I AM WELL PLEASED WITH YOU." 53:03 GOD SAID TO JESUS WHAT HE SAYS TO YOU. 53:05 WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THAT WATER, WHERE ARE YOUR SINS? 53:08 HOW MUCH SIN DO YOU HAVE? 53:09 DID JESUS TAKE 90% AND YOU STILL GOT 10%? 53:12 OR DOES GOD THE FATHER LOOK DOWN ON YOU AND JESUS IS NOW COVERED 53:15 THROUGH HIS BLOOD 100% OF YOUR SINS, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN GOD 53:21 LOOKS UPON YOU, YOU ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR, PURE IN HIS EYES. 53:25 AND HE SAYS, "I AM WELL PLEASED WITH YOU," FOR HIS SON'S SAKE. 53:30 YOU ARE ADOPTED. 53:31 THE HEAVENS ARE OPEN. 53:32 EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO JESUS HE WANTS YOU 53:33 TO EXPERIENCE. 53:36 AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, COMING TO THE LORD WITH 53:38 ALL YOUR HEART, REPENTING OF YOUR SINS, TRUSTING HIM TO FILL 53:42 YOU WITH HIS SPIRIT. 53:43 HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. 53:45 HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE A NEW BEGINNING. 53:47 WHY WOULD WE TELL HIM THAT WE DON'T WANT THAT? 53:51 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENDING THIS SEGMENT OF OUR SERIES NOW. 53:55 IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE OVER. 53:56 IN SOME WAYS I'M REALLY PRAYING THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 53:59 AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST EVEN PRAYING AS I'M STANDING HERE 54:03 BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW AND I'M SAYING, LORD, IF THERE'S 54:05 ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN SAY TO APPEAL TO THE HEARTS OF THESE 54:08 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU 54:12 ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL DETERMINE AN ETERNAL DESTINY. 54:18 WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN ALL THE WORLD AND YOU LOSE 54:21 YOUR SOUL? 54:22 IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS AND YOU COULD SPEND 54:25 A MONTH WITH A BILLION DOLLARS IN LAS VEGAS AND DO AND BUY 54:29 ANYTHING THAT MONEY CAN AFFORD AND YOU KNEW AT THE END OF IT 54:33 YOU WERE GOING TO A LAKE OF FIRE, WOULD YOU ENJOY IT? 54:37 WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT IN THE WORLD IF YOU KNOW 54:41 THAT YOU'RE JUST HEADING FOR DESTRUCTION? 54:43 BUT IF YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND YOU KNOW FROM THIS 54:46 POINT ON, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ETERNITY AND BLISS WITH GOD, 54:51 NEW BODY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, WITH MY LOVED ONES AND PEOPLE 54:55 WHO SHARE MY FAITH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 54:59 THAT'S ETERNAL HOPE. 55:01 THAT'S WHAT HE'S OFFERING EACH ONE OF YOU. 55:03 AND YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. 55:06 I THINK SOME ARE STRUGGLING ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION 55:09 AND I JUST WANT TO PRAY. 55:10 WOULD YOU, MAYBE WHO ARE WATCHING AND THOSE ARE HERE, 55:12 JUST BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT. 55:17 OUR LOVING FATHER, WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU 55:22 CALLING US TO FOLLOW YOU, TO GET THAT NEW BEGINNING, TO BE 55:27 MARRIED TO CHRIST, TO SURRENDER OUR HEARTS, TO HAVE ALL OF OUR 55:31 SINS WASHED AWAY, TO BE FILLED WITH YOUR SPIRIT, TO BE ADOPTED 55:36 INTO YOUR FAMILY, TO BE EMPOWERED, TO SERVE YOU. 55:41 ALL OF THIS IS ENCOMPASSED IN THIS DECISION TO COME 55:44 TO YOU JUST AS WE ARE. 55:46 I PRAY EVERY ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE 55:49 WATCHING, WILL SAY YES TO YOU RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY'LL NOT BE 55:53 DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL TO FOLLOW THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, 55:56 BUT TO FOLLOW YOU. 55:58 FILL THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT. 55:59 HELP THEM MAKE THESE DECISIONS I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 56:06 YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE MADE THIS DECISION NOW TO ACCEPT 56:08 JESUS. 56:10 I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU, PLEASE, CONTACT YOUR PASTOR, 56:13 GO TO YOUR YOUTH PASTOR. 56:14 IT MIGHT YOUR CHRISTIAN TEACHER AT THE ACADEMY WHERE YOU ATTEND 56:17 AND SAY, "LOOK, I'VE MADE A DECISION. 56:20 I WAS PART OF THE MIQ MEETING AND I WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS." 56:24 AND THEY'LL HELP YOU PREPARE FOR THAT DECISION OF BAPTISM 56:27 AND FOR NEW LIFE. 56:28 LET US KNOW AT AMAZING FACTS. 56:30 GO TO OUR WEB SITE AND TELL US ABOUT IT. 56:32 WE'D LIKE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND 56:36 APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL. 56:38 WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME TO THE END. 56:40 I THINK BEST THING WE CAN DO IS GO OFF THE AIR SINGING 56:42 OUR THEME SONG. 56:43 I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SINGERS TO COME UP AND WE'RE GONNA PUT 56:47 THE WORDS UP ON THE SCREEN. 56:48 WHY DON'T WE STAND TOGETHER AS WE DO THIS? 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