>> Let's begin
with a word of prayer.
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Let's bow our heads.
Father in Heaven, we are so
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grateful to come into Your house
to praise You this morning as
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Your church, and we just pray
that You will fill our hearts
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with Your Spirit and that You
will accept our praise because
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You're worthy of it
all. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[ "Nothing but
the Blood" begins ]
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"This is all my hope."
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"For the blood."
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"It's enough."
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Let's sing that one more time
-- The blood of Jesus is enough.
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It's so good to hear you sing
together "The blood of Jesus is
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enough." That is kind of what
pulls us all together as
believers in Christ, amen?
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The blood of Jesus is enough.
You know, that song, "Nothing
but the Blood of Jesus" --
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sometimes we live out lives as
if we're the ones that make it
all happen, but really it's
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nothing but blood of Jesus. Or
maybe you're here today and
you're overwhelmed by the
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mistakes of your past.
You're wondering if you can be
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forgiven. You're wondering how
you can move forward. Well, the
refrain that we sang
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at the end -- "The blood of
Jesus is enough." And so we can
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worship God because of that
incredible blood, and we can
give Him all the praise.
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[ "I Then Shall Live"
begins ] "I will give."
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I invite you to stand
with me as we sing this song.
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Stand with me.
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One more time -- "I will give."
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I'm not sure what's on your mind
this morning, what is, you know,
weighing you down or lifting you
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up, but if you want to bring
something before the throne of
God and say, "God, I'm gonna
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wait for you. I'm gonna let
you, um, guide and lead in this
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situation," I'm gonna invite you
to bring that to the front,
symbolically laying it at His
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feet as we
continue to sing this song.
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"So put your hope in God."
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>> Alright, good morning, boys
and girls. Nice to see you on
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this beautiful Sabbath day.
Ah, you're looking sharp today,
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looking very fine. Okay, how
many in here know what a GPS is?
Anybody hear of a GPS?
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What's a GPS? >> It's a map.
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>> It's a map. And
where does it -- where does
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it show up?
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On your parents' cell phone or
sometimes even in the car -- a
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GPS. So, Mother Colleen --
'cause that's her name, Colleen
-- Mother Colleen says, "Hey,
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kids. Yo, yo, yo, kids? Shh,
shh. Kids, are you strapped up?
Put your seat belts on.
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I don't want anybody riding in
this car -- we're gonna go out
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to the airport. We're gonna pick
Daddy up. You know he's looking
forward to seeing you."
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And it's quite a drive, 'cause
I've been to Denver, and it's a
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long ways out to Denver
International Airport, so Mom
says, "Okay, strapped in, let's
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go!" And so she knows the way to
the airport, but when she's
about halfway there, all of a
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sudden, the car right in
front of her stops. There go the
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taillights. She slams on her
brakes. The cars behind her slam
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on their brakes. Oh, no. There's
some kind of traffic going on
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here. Can you kids see out the
window? Can you tell -- how far
does this traffic stretch?
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Everybody's trying to look out
the windows as far as the eye
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can see. Ah, we're gonna be late
picking Daddy up. Ah, "Oh, I've
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got the GPS. That's what I'm
gonna do." So she got on her
GPS, Google Maps, sure enough.
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There was -- There was --
unusually so at this time of the
day -- there is a huge traffic
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jam, but Google Maps asked a
question -- [Whispering] "Would
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you like -- Would you like to --
[ Normal voice ] Would you like
to go on a short cut?"
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"Oh," she said, "I want to go
on a short cut." So she hit the
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short cut. Oh! It's just the
next exit. It says we'll cut the
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time in half. Okay, kids, shh,
shh, shh. Make sure I get the
next exit. And they all yelled
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out, "There it is, Mommy!
There it is!" "Okay," she said.
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"I'm turning my car off, let
these other cars stay," and she
turned her car off, come to find
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out there were a whole bunch of
other cars that turned off with
their Google Map instructions.
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Oh, they go down the ramp. "Ooh,
this is -- this --" Shh, shh.
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"This is out in the country. Oh,
this is farmland here." And
pretty soon she's on a bumpy
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road, and all of a sudden, the
road starts turning to mud. She
says, "This can't be right."
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That's what the Google Map says,
so she kept driving, and all the
cars behind her and in front of
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her -- all the cars are driving
down that bumpy, muddy road.
Days of rain have turned this
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farm field -- uh-oh! -- into
pure mud, and the car in front
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got stuck. Oh, pfft. The car in
front got stuck, and the car
behind it said, "Come
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on, keep going. Just... [
Imitates engine whirring ] Spin
your tires. Just get out.
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The car moved through the
mud. The next car came up to it.
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Stuck. Soon -- I got to see a
picture of this. Soon, 100 cars
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are stuck because there's no way
to back up. Look at them in the
mud. They're in the mud.
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Now, let's see the next picture,
the back-up. It's a narrow
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little road. Nobody can turn
their car around -- 100 cars got
lost because they trusted Google
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Map. [ Laughter ] What's up with
that? Apparently, a map is not
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always perfect. Oh, I need
another map. I need another GPS.
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Here it is. Here is my map right
here. Anybody know what this GPS
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is? >> The Bible. >> God's
powerful scriptures. Yo, this is
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God's map. Do you think -- Who
do you think this map leads us
to? Who do you think this map
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leads us to? >> God.
>> Oh, it leads us to God.
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It leads us to Jesus. Jesus says
if you'll follow the map, you
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won't get stuck. You won't get
lost. You will always make it to
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me. Oh, ho. Do you have one of
these maps at home? You know,
with Mommy and Daddy,
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starting out the day, it doesn't
hurt at all to start out using
the map -- using the map -- and
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saying, "Jesus, lead us
straight to you today." Mm-hmm.
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Now, who would like to thank
Jesus for being the destination
that we are all headed for?
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You want to have a prayer? Hey,
sissy, you jumped up. Come on.
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You got cowboy boots just
like from Denver. Come here.
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Nice to have you.
What's your name? >> Lissiah.
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>> Lindsay? >>
Lissiah. >> Lissiah. Lissiah.
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Oh, I love that name, Lissiah.
Lissiah's gonna pray. She's
gonna thank Jesus for
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being our destination, if we
just stay on this map. Lissiah?
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Let's close our eyes and fold
our hands with Lissiah. >> Dear
Jesus, thank you for the
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Sabbath, and thank you.
Amen. >> Amen, thank you, Jesus.
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Alright, thank you, Lissiah. And
thank you, boys and a girls, as
you go quietly and reverently
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back. You just say, "Jesus, I'm
keeping my eyes on Your map to
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find You every day." God
bless you. Happy Sabbath to you.
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>> ¤ In the morning when I rise
¤ ¤ In the morning when I rise
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¤ In the morning when I rise
¤ Give me Jesus ¤ Give me Jesus
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¤ Give me Jesus ¤ You may have
all this world ¤ Give me Jesus
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¤ Dark midnight was my cry ¤
Dark midnight was my cry ¤ Dark
midnight was my cry
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¤ Give me Jesus ¤ Give
me Jesus ¤ Give me Jesus
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¤ You may have all of
this world ¤ ¤ Give me Jesus
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¤ Oh, when I comes to die ¤ Oh,
when I comes to die ¤ Oh, when I
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comes to die ¤ Give me Jesus ¤
Give me Jesus ¤ Nobody but Jesus
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¤ You may have all of
this world ¤ ¤ Give me Jesus
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¤ Nobody but Jesus ¤ You
may have all of this world ¤
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¤ Give me Jesus
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>> A writer named Gregory Boyd
scribbled this line in one of
his books, and it just has stuck
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in my brain. "My life is Christ.
Nothing else really matters."
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And I think that's what
Benie was saying, and we were
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resonating. Give us Jesus. Oh,
God, what a beautiful prayer.
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That's who we want. It's
not what we want. That's who we
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want. In the few moments we have
left, would You give us Jesus,
please? We pray in his name,
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amen. Okay, speaking of bad
dates, have you ever heard this
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proverb? I have no
idea who composed it.
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It might've been Confucius. I
don't know, Benjamin Franklin.
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Doesn't matter. But
the proverb goes like this.
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"Why buy the cow if you
can get the milk for free?"
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You say, "Dwight, what's up with
that proverb? We're not a bunch
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of farmers or agriculturalists.
We don't care about buying and
selling cows, and we're not
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interested in milk right now."
Let me put that proverb on the
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screen for you. I want you to
look at it. "Why the cow, if you
can get the milk for free?"
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Hmm. You ever wish you could go
on Ancestry.com and find out who
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your past -- who's in your past,
I mean, really, truly in your
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past. I see those commercials
on TV, and I'm saying, "Oh, I'd
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love to try that." You know what
I'd really love to do? I'd love
to type in the salient
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information and find out Jesus'
past. Wouldn't you like to do
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Ancestors.com on Jesus? That'd
be perfect. Turns out that's
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exactly what God did once upon a
time. He did an Ancestors.com on
Jesus, and guess what.
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It's the one chapter nobody
wants to read in the whole Bible
because it's the begets.
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It's the old King James begets.
Begets, begets. And yet, tucked
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away in that family tree -- you
got to check this out -- tucked
away in that family tree, you
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would not believe who's hanging
in there. This is His tree,
Jesus' tree. Come on, let's
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check it out together. We'll
do an Ancestors.com with Jesus.
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Open your Bible, please, to the
Gospel of Matthew, the first
Gospel of the New Testament.
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Matthew, Chapter 1. Matthew 1:1.
You didn't bring a Bible, grab
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the pew Bible in front of you.
This is -- This is -- This is
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worth seeing. Check it out.
What's the page number for the
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pew Bible? Page 649. Okay, let's
go. Matthew 1:1. I'll be in the
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New International Version. "This
is the genealogy," alright?
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This is the Ancestor.com. This
is the family tree of Jesus.
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Jesus the Messiah the son of
David, the son of Abraham."
'Cause, you know, you have to be
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related to David, and you have
to be related to Abraham if
you're somebody in the community
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of Israel. Okay, so, let's
go. Come on. Get on with it.
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"Abraham --" verse 2 -- "Abraham
was the father of Isaac." Wait a
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minute. Hit the pause button
right there. Are you talking
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about the Abraham -- Are you
talking about the Abraham that,
uh, you know, kept trying to
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have kids with his wife, that
kept trying to have kids, trying
to have kids, gets nothing,
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nothing, nothing, and then
finally she says, "You know
what? I have this pretty little
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Egyptian hand maid -- a little
slave girl. Why don't you go to
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bed with her?" You talking about
that Abraham that had a little
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twinkle in his eye and said,
"I'll take you up on that offer,
wife"? Yeah, that's the one I'm
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talking about. Abraham ends
up with two first-borns because
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Sarah, his wife, finally has a
first-born. But do you want to
talk about dysfunction?
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Those two first-borns -- that
would be Ishmael, the father of
the Arabs, and that would be
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Isaac, the other first-born, the
father of the Jews. We have been
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living with that dysfunction for
ever and ever amen. I thought
this was gonna be a
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perfect family tree. Well,
that's just one bad beginning.
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I think it strengthens out after
that. "Abraham was the father of
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Isaac, and Isaac was the father
of Jacob." Hey, wait a minute.
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You talking about that Jacob
that ran away from home 'cause
he got his brothers so ticked
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off the brothers were gonna
kill him? Yeah, that's the one.
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Esau was gonna kill him, so
he runs away. This is the Jacob
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that runs to his uncle far, far
away, Uncle Laban, and he says
-- he sees the beautiful
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sisters. "Whoo, you got some
great sisters, Uncle Laban. I'll
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take, uh -- I'll take, uh --
I'll the younger one. I'll take
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Rachel, please." He says, "Fine,
you want Rachel? Seven years --
that's all it'll cost you.
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Seven years working for me,
buddy, and you got the sweetest
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.92
girl on Earth." He works seven
years and then it's his wedding
night, but they didn't have
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electricity back then, so the
bedroom was dark when he went
into it and didn't realize it
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wasn't Rachel in the bedroom, it
was Leah. The older sister. Woke
up in the next morning and
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said, "I am so ticked off." He
says, "It's a little custom. We
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do this. Give me seven more
years, and I'll give you the
other one." Can you believe it?
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This is Jacob who has two wives,
and both wives, by the way, come
to him and say, "I'm having a
00:25:12.77\00:25:16.71
hard time having babies now, so
would you please take my little
00:25:16.71\00:25:19.65
handmaiden?" He ends up with two
more handmaidens. We're talking
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about four wives and 12 boys and
one girl. Twelve sons. Oh,
talking about a bad date.
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Man, Jacob had a bad, bad date.
It probably gets better as we
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go. Okay, so what is this? Jacob
-- Jacob -- Jacob -- Isaac was
the father of Jacob.
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Okay. Jacob was the father
of Judah and his brothers.
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Judah -- oh, "Judah the father
of Perez and Zerah, whose mother
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was Tamar. Hit the pause button
right there. Are you talking
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about -- is this the Judah that
Jesus was the -- was the tribe
of Judah -- Judah -- this is
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that Judah? That's that Judah.
No, you can't tell me the
Messiah is coming from the tribe
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of Judah. I'm telling you, boy,
that's exactly what's happening
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.86
here because -- sad story
-- Judah's wife died. He's very
00:26:03.86\00:26:09.30
lonely. He says, "I'll deal with
this loneliness because I see a
prostitute on the side of the
00:26:09.30\00:26:12.67
road, and I'll get that girl,
and I'll sleep with her." He
sleeps with her, not knowing
00:26:12.67\00:26:16.07
that she had set this thing up.
She's his daughter-in-law, and
he has two babies to the
00:26:16.07\00:26:22.21
prostitute, babies that
should've been his grandsons but
turn out to be his sons.
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Now, that's a bad date. That's
the definition of a bad date.
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The Messiah -- This is the
Messiah's family tree. This is
the blood that flowed in
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Jesus. He has all this blood in
Him. Well, surely it gets better
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now. Oh, yeah, right. Drop down
to verse 5. Salmon -- some of
00:26:40.76\00:26:44.73
you are saying "salmon" -- no,
that's a fish. Salmon the father
of Boaz, whose mother was --"
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what's that -- what's that
-- what's that next name? Rahab.
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Now we got a real live
prostitute on our hands, because
she was the madam whore of
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Jericho, and she hid the two
Israelite spies. You remember
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that? Now, she gets saved. Her
family gets saved, and she
marries -- get this.
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She marries into the family tree
of the Messiah. So Jesus has
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Rahab the prostitute's blood
rolling through his veins. Oh,
my, drop down to verse 6.
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"And Jesse was the father of
King David." Oh, wow, at last we
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got to the king. "Jesse
was the father of King David."
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Oh, and by the way, "David was
the father of Solomon, whose
mother had been Uriah's wife."
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"Had been." Are you talking
about -- Are you talking -- Is
00:27:27.81\00:27:31.95
this the David and Bathsheba
thing? Yeah, this is the David
and Bathsheba thing.
00:27:31.95\00:27:34.85
You're exactly right. He
impregnates her while her
husband is working for him in
00:27:34.85\00:27:37.79
the army. He comes back.
He says, "I got to kill this
00:27:37.79\00:27:40.89
man. She's told me she's
pregnant." This is that David.
00:27:40.89\00:27:45.86
He kills the Pagan husband who
is more faithful than he, takes
the wife, figures nobody knows,
00:27:45.86\00:27:52.33
and then God says, "Oops, I saw
it all." You can't hide your sex
00:27:52.33\00:27:58.51
life from God. He saw it.
Yeah, this is -- this is -- this
00:27:58.51\00:28:04.35
is David and Bathsheba. But
a-a-a -- a child or two later,
guess who gets born --
00:28:04.35\00:28:09.18
Solomon. Oh, alas, alas, we have
somebody on this family tree
00:28:09.18\00:28:13.86
that's gonna stand up. The
wisest man who ever lived. Who
doesn't love the story of
00:28:13.86\00:28:17.46
Solomon? Solomon does
very well until, you know what?
00:28:17.46\00:28:20.50
Are there any dads here? Let me
tell you something, Pops. Your
little boy is watching you
00:28:20.50\00:28:25.17
like a hawk. Everything
you do now, he will do later.
00:28:25.17\00:28:28.20
However you live now, he will do
later. He won't wait 'til what
00:28:28.20\00:28:31.34
you do later is what he copies.
He will copy you now. He is
getting it on the hard
00:28:31.34\00:28:34.91
disk, and Solomon turns out just
like his daddy. Ends up -- get
00:28:34.91\00:28:40.68
this -- Ends up with 700 wives
-- no, I'm serious -- and 300
00:28:40.68\00:28:48.16
concubines. You know what a
concubine is? She's only for
00:28:48.16\00:28:53.16
sex. Okay? Reminds me of the
little boy who came home from
vacation Bible school and said,
00:28:53.16\00:28:56.56
"Mommy, we learned all about
King Solomon today. King Solomon
00:28:56.56\00:29:00.87
and his 300 porcupines." [
Laughter ] Well, I tell you
00:29:00.87\00:29:05.31
what. It was a prickly, sticky
mess by the time Solomon was
through. I mean, porcupines...
00:29:05.31\00:29:10.98
Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen,
there they are -- seven bad
00:29:10.98\00:29:14.62
dates, and we're not even
through the Messiah's family
tree. We did an Ancestor.com.
00:29:14.62\00:29:17.52
What's the point of this,
Dwight? Why are you telling us
00:29:17.52\00:29:20.06
this? Here's why I'm telling you
this. See this book? Between the
covers of this book
00:29:20.06\00:29:24.06
you cannot find one family
without dysfunction. Not one.
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.20
I dare you to try. We have to
know something about the details
00:29:27.20\00:29:31.43
of their family -- not just a
name in the genealogy. Not one.
00:29:31.43\00:29:34.74
Guess what -- Misery loves
company. We got great company.
00:29:34.74\00:29:38.57
Jesus married into a family tree
that is filled with dysfunction,
and if you do a little bit of
00:29:38.57\00:29:44.21
the calculations, you're gonna
find out that these seven bad
dates all had to do with sex.
00:29:44.21\00:29:50.52
Can you imagine that? The
Messiah chose -- because,
lookit, who in the universe has
00:29:50.52\00:29:55.32
ever been able to choose his own
family before he was born? This
guy's the only one that
00:29:55.32\00:30:00.03
ever had a chance to choose, and
so what did God choose? He chose
00:30:00.03\00:30:04.20
a family tree with seven bad
dates already in it. What's the
good news about that? The good
00:30:04.20\00:30:09.84
news about that is that that bad
blood was flowing in the
Messiah's veins. He knows sexual
00:30:09.84\00:30:19.28
-- sexual -- sexual dysfunction.
He knows all about it. Which is
00:30:19.28\00:30:24.32
why we're not surprised, are we,
that, when Jesus makes two
statements about sex -- count
00:30:24.32\00:30:30.63
them, two statements about sex
-- these are gonna be -- these
are gonna be -- these are gonna
00:30:30.63\00:30:35.83
be explosive to the max. I'm
gonna share them with you. Two
statements Jesus makes about
00:30:35.83\00:30:41.70
sex. Pull out your study guide.
There's -- Pastor Ben just
00:30:41.70\00:30:44.17
talked about it a moment ago.
You see that card that has the
connect card at the bottom?
00:30:44.17\00:30:47.68
Yeah, if you didn't get a study
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00:30:53.88\00:30:56.95
your hand up. If you're up in
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00:30:56.95\00:30:59.35
You're watching on television
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00:30:59.35\00:31:03.26
up, please. There you will
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00:31:03.29\00:31:06.16
www.newperceptions.tv.
That's where you're going.
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.43
Live streaming, of course,
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00:31:09.43\00:31:12.47
Make sure you get
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00:31:12.47\00:31:14.94
Roommates, Bad
Dates, and Soulmates.
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.74
This is part 2,
okay? This is part 2.
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.28
So you click on part
2. It'll say Study Guide.
00:31:20.28\00:31:23.28
Question mark, you want
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00:31:23.28\00:31:25.75
Then you'll have the same study
guide we're gonna fill in right
00:31:25.75\00:31:28.18
now. Okay, Jesus
makes two -- count
00:31:28.18\00:31:30.72
them, two -- radical
statements about sex.
00:31:30.72\00:31:34.09
Here comes Jesus&Sex #1 -- You
see that in your study guide?
00:31:34.12\00:31:38.26
Jesus&Sex #1 -- God invented
it. I'm just telling you.
00:31:38.26\00:31:44.63
God invented sex. Of
course he did. God invented it.
00:31:44.63\00:31:49.94
You know, some people think --
Some people think that God is
just one big killjoy.
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.68
Takes away the one thing
we enjoy -- sex. "He's always
00:31:53.68\00:31:56.68
trying to find a way to take sex
away from me." He's not trying
to take sex away from you.
00:31:56.68\00:32:00.72
He's the one -- He's the one who
invented it. And Jesus says I
00:32:00.72\00:32:04.12
want to tell you about when he
did it. Open your Bible. Let's
00:32:04.12\00:32:07.12
stay in Matthew. We're not going
anywhere else but in Matthew, so
go to Matthew chapter 19.
00:32:07.12\00:32:10.66
So, you're in 1, so just
go a few pages over to Matthew
00:32:10.66\00:32:14.50
chapter 19. My words here
in verse 4 are in red. That --
00:32:14.50\00:32:17.93
These are the "Jesus speaking"
words. Alright, so this is
Matthew -- This is Matthew
00:32:17.93\00:32:22.77
chapter 19, verse 4, Jesus
speaking. "'Haven't you read,'
Jesus replied, 'that at the
00:32:22.77\00:32:30.61
beginning, the Creator made them
male and female,' and said, 'For
this reason, a man will leave
00:32:30.61\00:32:36.62
his father and mother and be
united to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh'?
00:32:36.62\00:32:40.96
So they are no longer two, but
one flesh. Therefore, what God
00:32:40.96\00:32:46.59
has joined together, let no one
separate.'" Isn't it intriguing
that Jesus uses this one-flesh
00:32:46.59\00:32:53.80
language, which turns out to be
this -- this -- this
provocatively beautiful way to
00:32:53.80\00:32:59.34
describe the gift of sex that
the Creator personally designed
for the human race?
00:32:59.34\00:33:04.45
I got some news for you. Angels
don't have sex. Angels can't
00:33:04.45\00:33:13.49
have sex. They weren't made the
way you and I were made. The
Creator said, "No, I got my
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.93
fingerprints all over this one,
buddy." One flesh -- that's my
00:33:17.93\00:33:22.63
way of describing this
high-octane gift that I have
placed in your life."
00:33:22.63\00:33:26.97
So, we -- we humans are designed
to leave father and mother and
all the other significant others
00:33:26.97\00:33:31.11
that we've had in our lives.
Just say goodbye, goodbye,
00:33:31.11\00:33:33.91
goodbye. Not gonna abandon them,
but now we come to one other
00:33:33.91\00:33:39.15
human being. Man comes to a
woman. A husband comes to a
wife. And in that union, one
00:33:39.15\00:33:50.79
flesh. It's like your
stuck. Just pew. Magnets.
00:33:50.79\00:33:55.20
One flesh. And what God puts
together -- Oh, no, no, no, no!
00:33:55.20\00:33:59.43
Don't try to take that apart.
Put it back. Keep it together.
00:33:59.43\00:34:03.17
Whoa, that's pretty radical.
Brigham Young did an interesting
study of 2,035 married people
00:34:03.17\00:34:09.84
with findings that inform these
-- jot these down. There are
four ways that married
00:34:09.84\00:34:18.12
people experience life. Put
it on the screen. Let's do it.
00:34:18.12\00:34:21.16
There are four ways that married
people experience life. Guess
what, married people have
00:34:21.16\00:34:24.39
better sex. The research is
there. They just -- you can go
00:34:24.39\00:34:27.03
look it up. Google Brigham Young
University. They have better
00:34:27.03\00:34:31.07
sex, alright? Number two -- they
have better stability. Their
relationship is stable.
00:34:31.07\00:34:34.64
It holds on in the midst of
storm. Number three -- they have
00:34:34.64\00:34:38.01
better satisfaction. They're
happy with what they have.
00:34:38.01\00:34:40.68
Number four -- they have better
communication. They communicate
00:34:40.68\00:34:44.38
better than people who are not
married. People who are not
married can have sex, but they
00:34:44.38\00:34:48.35
don't have -- they don't have
the best, best, best, best. No.
00:34:48.35\00:34:50.72
Why? Because this thing was
designed. This was designed. I
got to show you this.
00:34:50.72\00:34:58.19
God -- God created marriage
to be a fortress. Put on the
00:34:58.19\00:35:05.53
screen, please, my favorite
castle in the whole world --
Neuschwanstein. That's the
00:35:05.53\00:35:10.17
Disneyland castle. We took our
kids there. Not to Disneyland.
That's in, uh, Austria.
00:35:10.17\00:35:14.44
That's the castle. When you
think of a fortress or a castle,
that's what I think
00:35:14.44\00:35:18.91
of. God says, "Guess what,
guys? Hey, that's marriage.
00:35:18.91\00:35:22.95
I have put high-octane marriage
inside the protective walls of
00:35:22.95\00:35:31.29
the castle. High-octane sex,
high-octane marriage inside
protected walls. Work within
00:35:31.29\00:35:39.97
these walls, and you'll be fine.
It works the best. You stay
00:35:39.97\00:35:45.57
within the walls. Whoa. Here's
-- Here's a Canadian writer
00:35:45.57\00:35:48.81
named Mike Mason. If you ever
get ahold of this book, buy it
on the spot. "The Mystery of
00:35:48.81\00:35:52.91
Marriage: As Iron Sharpens
Iron." Alright, Mason's words on
00:35:52.91\00:35:57.45
the screen -- "Is there any
other activity at all which an
adult man and woman may engage
00:35:57.45\00:36:04.13
in together, apart from
worship," he writes, that is
actually "more childlike, more
00:36:04.13\00:36:10.17
clean and pure, more natural and
wholesome and unequivocally
right than" is "the act of love
00:36:10.17\00:36:15.90
making?" He asks. Surely, --
now, fill it in -- "Surely sex
00:36:15.90\00:36:21.08
is the deepest communion that is
possible between human beings."
00:36:21.08\00:36:26.75
End quote. Why, 'cause it has
God's fingerprints all over it.
It'll be better, better, better,
00:36:26.75\00:36:30.25
better, better. You do it
my way, better, better, better,
00:36:30.25\00:36:33.25
better, better. That's the
point. No wonder. God protects
00:36:33.25\00:36:39.93
his gift of sex within the
fortress of marriage. By the
way, which explains Jesus'
00:36:39.93\00:36:46.90
bombshell warning in the second
sex statement. Let's just write
the -- write it down first.
00:36:46.90\00:36:50.77
Jesus&Sex #1 -- God invented it.
Now, come on. Jesus&Sex #2 --
00:36:50.77\00:36:55.04
We have dented it. You ever
buy a car that's new to you?
00:36:55.04\00:36:59.55
It may not be new to the
production line 'cause it's,
like, five years old, but it's a
00:36:59.55\00:37:04.02
new car for you, and when you
buy that new car, you know every
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.76
scratch. You know every little,
you know, malformation on it,
but from this point on,
00:37:07.76\00:37:12.46
nothing's gonna happen to this
car. I bought a '61 Volkswagen
when I was in college.
00:37:12.46\00:37:16.03
'61 Volkswagen -- had 100,000
miles on it. I drove it out to
00:37:16.03\00:37:19.77
my home in Oregon from Tennessee
where I was going to school, and
in Oregon, I had that car spray
00:37:19.77\00:37:23.94
painted candy-apple red. Oh, ho,
ho. I drove that car all the way
00:37:23.94\00:37:29.34
back from -- from Portland,
Oregon, to Chattanooga,
00:37:29.34\00:37:34.72
Tennessee. Not a scratch on it.
I made sure. The second day I am
00:37:34.72\00:37:38.72
back on campus -- I tell you the
truth -- a married upperclassman
slams into my rear -- right rear
00:37:38.72\00:37:47.20
fender. I'm sure I did not cry
visible tears, but I was weeping
00:37:47.20\00:37:53.90
in my heart. This was my -- This
was my car. This was my baby.
00:37:53.90\00:37:58.71
This is my life, and now look
what you've done to it. How do
you think God feels when
00:37:58.71\00:38:03.81
the enemy of the human race
says, "I'll take care of that
00:38:03.81\00:38:08.18
sex business." Pew! How do you
like that? Pew! How do you like
00:38:08.18\00:38:13.62
that? [ Grunts ] By the time you
got this jalopy half hanging
together just thumping down the
00:38:13.62\00:38:19.76
road out of kilter... Yeah,
we dented it. God invented it.
00:38:19.76\00:38:28.10
We dented it alright. By
the way, if I were the Devil --
00:38:28.10\00:38:33.68
you can be thankful I'm not --
and I knew as he very well does
that sex is this breathtakingly
00:38:33.68\00:38:41.15
beautiful gift from the Creator
uniquely for the human race, I
would do everything in my
00:38:41.15\00:38:47.29
diabolical power to accomplish
these two objectives --
Objective number one --
00:38:47.29\00:38:51.86
I'm gonna make certain that
there is no longer any hint of
the Creator in the ways humans
00:38:51.86\00:38:57.30
engage in sex. I'm gonna throw
that manual away that came out
00:38:57.30\00:39:01.00
of that garden, and I'm gonna --
I'm gonna rip it apart -- dent
it, explode it, nuke it -- so
00:39:01.00\00:39:06.94
that you won't even recognize
it. You know why he's so mad at
sex? There are two gifts in the
00:39:06.94\00:39:10.45
Garden -- sex and Sabbath, and
he's going after both the S's
00:39:10.45\00:39:16.95
with a vengeance. He's after
sex. Why? "Because if I can
00:39:16.99\00:39:19.09
destroy sex, then there's no
fingerprints of the Creator, and
00:39:19.09\00:39:21.72
if there are no fingerprints of
the Creator, then there's no --
00:39:21.72\00:39:23.99
nobody believes in the Sabbath
anyway because, why, there's no
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.29
creation." So he
has two objectives --
00:39:26.29\00:39:29.66
number one, "I'm
gonna destroy that.
00:39:29.66\00:39:31.47
I'm gonna destroy every
semblance of a representation of
00:39:31.47\00:39:35.97
the Creator." And
number two, if I were the
00:39:35.97\00:39:38.64
Devil, I would so confuse
human sexuality that the divine
00:39:38.64\00:39:42.41
blueprint for sex and marriage
would be annihilated from the
00:39:42.41\00:39:45.05
face of the Earth, and I would
that -- I would put that on
00:39:45.05\00:39:48.18
every billboard
I could think of.
00:39:48.18\00:39:50.22
I'd put that in the Internet and
every pop-up ad I can think of.
I'd put that in the video game,
00:39:50.25\00:39:54.72
every video game I can think of.
I'd put that in every Hollywood
movie that ever gets produced.
00:39:54.72\00:39:59.39
I would put in my version of sex
and destroy any evidence that
there's a Creator who has a
00:39:59.39\00:40:06.07
blueprint and a master plan.
I would just destroy it. Oh, my.
00:40:06.07\00:40:11.37
Talking about an over-sexed age
in which we all live, as one
writer put it, this is a
00:40:11.37\00:40:16.68
pornified world. It is, isn't
it? Somebody's been working
00:40:16.68\00:40:22.58
overtime. I'm not surprised.
Jesus' two bombshell statements
00:40:22.58\00:40:27.89
about marriage. I'm not
surprised. You said, "Dwight,
00:40:27.89\00:40:31.03
where's that second one?" Okay,
I'll show it to you. Just go
00:40:31.03\00:40:33.50
back to Matthew chapter 5. This
is the profound Sermon on the
00:40:33.50\00:40:37.03
Mount. Everybody knows the
Sermon on the Mount. Go back to
00:40:37.03\00:40:41.14
Matthew chapter 5. Red letters
here for sure. Jesus speaking.
Verse 27 -- "You have heard that
00:40:41.14\00:40:45.11
it was said, 'You shall not
commit adultery.' But I tell you
00:40:45.11\00:40:50.11
that anyone who looks at a woman
lustfully has already committed
adultery with her in his heart."
00:40:50.11\00:40:56.25
Now, this is in the form of a
man looking at a woman. Guess
what, you can turn it
00:40:56.25\00:40:59.52
around. You can have a woman
looking at a man with lust.
00:40:59.52\00:41:03.96
You can have a man looking at
a man with lust. You can have a
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.86
woman looking at a woman with
lust. "I'm just warning you,"
00:41:06.86\00:41:11.50
Jesus says. "If you lust
after that person, you'll kill
00:41:11.50\00:41:24.35
yourself." Wow. Yep. Has
the De-- Ha-- How has the Devil
00:41:24.35\00:41:29.92
deceived us so that lust becomes
a springboard for sex? Let me
give you three -- three
00:41:29.92\00:41:34.62
kinds of sex today. Put it
on the screen, and you will jot
00:41:34.62\00:41:37.83
these down. How has the Devil
done this? How has he -- How has
he dented this gift?
00:41:37.83\00:41:42.43
Pornographic sex -- jot this
down, please -- pornographic sex
is sex without marriage.
00:41:42.43\00:41:48.20
It's usually with yourself.
Alright, don't act like you're
00:41:48.20\00:41:52.37
surprised. You know exactly what
I'm talking about. Number two --
00:41:52.37\00:41:57.78
premarital sex is sex before
marriage. That's sex with
someone else. Number three --
00:41:57.78\00:42:04.55
extramarital sex is sex outside
of marriage. That's sex with
someone who isn't your spouse.
00:42:04.55\00:42:09.19
And all three of them -- get
this -- pornographic sex,
premarital sex, and extramarital
00:42:09.19\00:42:15.03
sex are triggered by this thing
called lust. That's what Jesus
00:42:15.03\00:42:19.67
calls it. Lust. "Hey, Dwight,
what's the definition of lust?"
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.87
Glad you asked. Put it on the
screen. Simply put, lust is "I
00:42:21.87\00:42:25.54
gotta have it now." You
know when you're really hungry?
00:42:25.54\00:42:28.08
I mean you've gone -- you've
missed a meal today and you just
would think you're going crazy?
00:42:28.08\00:42:31.08
I can't -- I'm about to die.
When your stomach is growling,
what's that stomach saying?
00:42:31.08\00:42:36.35
"Just feed me. Feed me. If you
feed me, I'll quit growling,"
00:42:36.35\00:42:40.36
right? That's what lust is.
It's a growling deep within the
00:42:40.36\00:42:43.29
system. "I've got to have this.
I gotta have it now. I'm not
00:42:43.29\00:42:45.69
waiting. I'm not waiting. I
don't care what the Book says. I
have to have it now."
00:42:45.69\00:42:51.07
Yeah, that's lust. And that's
what Jesus is warning us away
00:42:51.07\00:42:56.54
from. Jennifer Schwirzer, in
her wonderful book, "13 Weeks to
00:42:56.54\00:43:00.81
Love" -- and I'm gonna see if we
can bring her to this campus --
tells about what they call the
00:43:00.81\00:43:04.61
Coolidge effect. You ever
heard about the Coolidge effect?
00:43:04.61\00:43:06.98
I hadn't heard about it, either,
until I read. It's named after
00:43:06.98\00:43:09.95
the American President Calvin
Coolidge. Everybody's heard of
00:43:09.95\00:43:12.52
Calvin Coolidge. Now, here's the
Coolidge effect. One day, Mrs.
Coolidge -- that would be his
00:43:12.52\00:43:16.79
wife -- observed a rooster
copulating all day. I don't have
to explain that word to you.
00:43:16.79\00:43:20.20
You know what it means. Okay.
She turns to the farmer, and she
00:43:20.20\00:43:24.87
asked the farmer to tell her
husband the secret to this. The
President overhears and
00:43:24.87\00:43:32.71
quickly asks the farmer, "Uh,
does the rooster do this with
00:43:32.71\00:43:37.98
the same hen?" The farmer said,
"No, no, he's got to have a
different hen every time."
00:43:37.98\00:43:41.18
And the President said, "Would
you please inform that to Mrs.
00:43:41.18\00:43:48.46
Coolidge?" Now, she writes,
describing that moment, "The
point of this story..." see it
00:43:48.46\00:43:53.86
on the screen, "...is that
sexuality, especially male
sexuality," fellas, "tends to be
00:43:53.86\00:43:58.17
novelty-driven." What are
you talking about? Keep reading.
00:43:58.17\00:44:01.54
"Male rats will copulate, then
tire and stop sexual activity
until scientists drop a new
00:44:01.54\00:44:06.84
female rat into the cage, when
suddenly the male feels his mojo
00:44:06.84\00:44:11.65
return." [ Scattered laughter ]
"He will continue to copulate
with each partner until he
00:44:11.65\00:44:17.75
literally dies of exhaustion."
Mercy. "Clearly, this
00:44:17.75\00:44:24.76
novelty-driven sexuality moves
in the opposite direction from
God's plan of long-term
00:44:24.76\00:44:29.23
faithfulness to one partner."
Hence Jesus' warning. What did
00:44:29.23\00:44:32.07
Jesus say? "But I tell you that
anyone who looks at a woman --"
anyone who looks at a man
00:44:32.07\00:44:38.21
"lustfully has already committed
adultery with her --" with him
in that heart. What's he warning
00:44:38.21\00:44:46.51
us away from? How does the
proverb go? Put it up, please,
for us. Why buy the cow if you
00:44:46.51\00:44:51.49
can get the milk for free? Do
you get the proverb now? Why
should I go through any kind
00:44:51.49\00:44:57.03
of commitment? I can
get the milk just like that.
00:44:57.03\00:45:00.96
Netflix chillin'.
Just like that. Huh.
00:45:00.96\00:45:13.07
Too bad the wisest man who
ever lived didn't follow his own
00:45:13.07\00:45:17.08
council. This was before the 700
wives that he wrote this and the
300, uh, concubines.
00:45:17.08\00:45:23.02
This is King Solomon on the
screen. Proverbs 6, verse 25,
00:45:23.02\00:45:26.52
27, and 32... "Do not lust in
your heart after her" or his
"beauty or let her"
00:45:26.52\00:45:31.76
or him "captivate you with her"
or his "eyes. Can a man scoop
00:45:31.76\00:45:37.13
fire into his lap without his
clothes being burned? "But a man
00:45:37.13\00:45:40.80
who commits adultery --" that's
sex outside of God's fortress of
marriage -- a man or woman "who
00:45:40.80\00:45:45.81
commits adultery has no
sense. Whoever does so destroys
00:45:45.81\00:45:49.88
himself." She destroys herself.
End quote. And there's some of
00:45:49.88\00:45:53.25
you right now who are saying,
"You know what? I know that. I
00:45:53.25\00:45:59.09
know that. There's no hope for
me. Do you know -- Do you know
00:45:59.09\00:46:03.36
my story? No, I don't. There's
no hope for me. It's too late.
00:46:03.36\00:46:08.30
I got some great news for you,
sir, madame, great news. It's
00:46:08.30\00:46:13.20
not too late. It's not too late.
You know why I know? Because
there are two family
00:46:13.20\00:46:16.17
trees -- count them -- one, two.
We've already seen one. Bad
blood, bad dates flowing
00:46:16.17\00:46:20.21
through that family tree. The
Messiah -- The Messiah's blood
is bad blood, bad dates,
00:46:20.21\00:46:26.88
but there's a second family
tree, which is why He came. To
heal the first family tree.
00:46:26.88\00:46:33.19
And they nailed Him up to the
second tree. They nailed Him up,
00:46:33.19\00:46:37.93
and that has now become the
family tree for every sexual
sinner in the world -- you and
00:46:37.93\00:46:42.46
me and all the rest of them.
You got it? That family tree --
00:46:42.46\00:46:47.40
family tree number two -- is
your assurance that you can turn
00:46:47.40\00:46:54.81
this baby around. You can write
a new chapter, and the gift of
that life -- we sang about the
00:46:54.81\00:47:01.52
blood a moment ago -- the gift
of that life assures you --
spotless. Wow, somewhere in the
00:47:01.52\00:47:08.39
Bible, it reads, "And the Lord
has laid on him --" the man on
the center cross -- "He has laid
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.19
on him the inequity of us all."
Somewhere else it reads, "By his
wounds we are healed."
00:47:12.19\00:47:17.33
Get this. Bad blood and bad
dates can be healed by saving
00:47:17.33\00:47:23.20
blood that flows from the
Messiah of the universe. The
King, the rightful King for
00:47:23.20\00:47:29.74
this planet. It's not too
late. It is not too late at all.
00:47:29.74\00:47:37.02
This good news is ready for you
to embrace now. But before you
00:47:37.02\00:47:43.49
do, or while you're doing it, I
want to invite my three college
friends to come on up here.
00:47:43.49\00:47:48.43
Students here at Andrews
University. They're gonna help
00:47:48.43\00:47:53.20
me now. They joined me last
week. They'll join me next week.
We got the best coming last as
00:47:53.20\00:47:58.51
we wrap it up next week. But,
uh, we're talking about William,
00:47:58.51\00:48:02.61
Rebecca, and Alex. I introduced
them to you last week. So, guys,
we've been -- we've
00:48:02.61\00:48:06.31
been, uh -- we've been talking
about this. We've been studying,
00:48:06.31\00:48:08.75
and, in fact, William, you were
the one that was assigned to
actually study sexuality for us.
00:48:08.75\00:48:16.36
We gotta -- We gotta really
bring this down to where the
rubber meets the road.
00:48:16.36\00:48:19.16
Let's not -- I got a study here
that we were gonna look at
together -- 26 different
00:48:19.16\00:48:23.67
research studies that prove that
premarital sex will never reach
the bar of marital sex.
00:48:23.67\00:48:30.54
God's fingerprints all over
those, but, um, I'm gonna skip
00:48:30.54\00:48:35.91
that. Alex, when we were
chatting earlier this week, I
liked that some of the practical
00:48:35.91\00:48:42.32
stuff that, uh, you got through
your folks just kind of watching
00:48:42.32\00:48:47.22
life. Tell us about this 11:00
thing. >> Yeah, so, it's
something my mom taught me, and
00:48:47.22\00:48:52.59
I truly discovered that it was
helpful to me and that I've
learned by is nothing good ever
00:48:52.59\00:48:57.17
happens after 11:00, and that
philosophy of being with other
people, of somebody that you're
00:48:57.17\00:49:04.01
attracted to or stuff like that,
'cause it just puts you in a
situation where there's too many
00:49:04.01\00:49:09.04
chances to take -- to make too
many wrong mistakes. There's
been studies done here
00:49:09.04\00:49:13.05
at Andrews, other places, that
the majority of times that
people have sex or, um, have a
00:49:13.05\00:49:19.49
situation that puts them in the
opportunity are by circumstances
and by just happening, and so
00:49:19.49\00:49:27.76
it's really important that
we put ourselves in the right
00:49:27.76\00:49:31.00
location. The other thing that's
really important is that we
surround ourselves with people
00:49:31.00\00:49:34.77
that will help promote good
relationships with the opposite
00:49:34.77\00:49:39.87
sex. In the Bible, in 1
Corinthians 15:33, it says...
00:49:39.87\00:49:50.52
"Don't be misled. Bad company
corrupts good character." And 34
-- "Come back to your
00:49:50.52\00:49:54.99
senses as you ought and stop
sinning, for there are some who
are ignorant of God.
00:49:54.99\00:50:00.73
I say this to your shame." So we
really need to surround
ourselves with people that are
00:50:00.73\00:50:07.97
gonna help us be the best that
we possibly can and be smart
about the decisions that we make
00:50:07.97\00:50:12.91
so that we don't have long-term
consequences. >> That was great.
00:50:12.91\00:50:17.68
Yeah, glad you found that one.
Uh, birds of a feather flock
00:50:17.68\00:50:24.22
together. And we can set
ourselves up for temptation,
can't we? Yeah, go to a club and
00:50:24.22\00:50:29.02
spend, you know -- you date at a
club. Just get a little Netflix
00:50:29.02\00:50:33.60
or whatever. Chill around. Just
-- it happens just like that,
00:50:33.60\00:50:37.57
yeah. Alex, thank you. So,
William, you're the guy that did
00:50:37.57\00:50:45.07
the research here. You guys are
Gen Z-ers, okay? We got a lot of
Gen Z-ers sitting right here.
00:50:45.07\00:50:49.58
So, you've somehow been able to
steer through this thing. This
is landmines everywhere.
00:50:49.58\00:50:54.65
Landmine. [ Imitates explosion ]
So, just speak as a Gen Z-er to
00:50:54.65\00:51:00.06
us now. What -- What --
How do you avoid these sexual
00:51:00.06\00:51:03.89
landmines? >> Yeah, of course. A
big part is communication, and
maybe we all know, maybe we
00:51:03.89\00:51:10.07
don't know, but the majority of
our communication actually comes
from our body language, and I'll
00:51:10.07\00:51:15.24
give you an example. I got
my brother Marcos up here in the
00:51:15.24\00:51:18.34
front. You can ask him. If a
girl came up to him, maybe tease
him a little bit, bit her
00:51:18.34\00:51:23.28
lip, what is he gonna get
from that? Just think about it.
00:51:23.28\00:51:28.18
Think about how you -- how you
act, how your interactions are.
Now, that's a radical example,
00:51:28.18\00:51:32.22
and it's not just girls. It's
guys, too. Where are your eyes
00:51:32.22\00:51:35.69
going when you're talking to
someone? Are you looking at her
eyes? Are you looking at her
00:51:35.69\00:51:40.40
butt? Hmm, where are you putting
your hands? Think about what
00:51:40.40\00:51:44.73
you're thinking about. People
sense that. It comes through.
00:51:44.73\00:51:47.57
So, a question, maybe, you
can ask yourself is what is your
00:51:47.57\00:51:53.48
body saying? >> That's good. I
like that. Yeah, what is she
thinking your body is saying?
00:51:53.48\00:51:59.21
>> Yeah. >> Yeah, or he,
yeah. Uh, Rebecca...uh...
00:51:59.21\00:52:05.45
and I just popped this on you
this morning, but here you are,
a Gen Z young woman...
00:52:05.45\00:52:14.10
and... the truth is, girls get
sucked in -- "I gotta hang with
00:52:14.10\00:52:18.73
this guy. I don't want to
lose him," and they roll over.
00:52:18.73\00:52:21.84
They roll over. "Okay, you want
this? You want your milk without
00:52:21.84\00:52:24.24
buying the cow? I'll give you
the milk." Uh, what would you
00:52:24.24\00:52:30.68
say to girls that might be just
caught on the edge of that? Any
00:52:30.68\00:52:38.39
council for them? >> Well,
personally, I think that God is
writing a story for all of us,
00:52:38.39\00:52:43.09
and, especially love stories,
and He's -- whether it's someone
special or out there, He's
00:52:43.09\00:52:47.66
writing that story, and a lot of
the times, we do have options,
and it's a beautiful thing about
00:52:47.66\00:52:51.27
our walk with God, too, is He
gives us free will, but not
everything that's being handed
00:52:51.27\00:52:55.44
to us is where we're supposed to
go, so just because we have a
couple of good guys that we
00:52:55.44\00:53:00.58
think would be good friends,
maybe they're just supposed to
be friends, and so, for me, one
00:53:00.58\00:53:05.58
ground thing that I think about
is just how do I see myself? And
the world teaches us a lot
00:53:05.58\00:53:11.22
of the times to -- to love
ourselves and to love ourselves
and put ourselves before other
00:53:11.22\00:53:17.63
people, but I think what's more
important is to think about how
God sees us, and as a young
00:53:17.63\00:53:22.90
woman, that is how -- who am I
as a daughter of God, and how am
00:53:22.90\00:53:27.24
I being seen? And so, in my
relationship with other people,
whether it be a different
00:53:27.24\00:53:32.94
individual and a special
individual, whoever they may be,
it's who am I as a daughter of
00:53:32.94\00:53:38.68
God, and how can that character
flow into the next person, and,
also, on the topic of if there
00:53:38.68\00:53:44.62
are some of us that have been
walking this path and, you know,
we want to turn back, and we
00:53:44.62\00:53:48.39
don't know where to go, I think
there's always hope for that. >>
Don't give up. Don't give up.
00:53:48.39\00:53:54.36
In fact, let's talk about that
just as a wrap for the four of
00:53:54.36\00:53:58.90
us. Okay, so a friend that has
crashed and burned sexually.
Alright, crashed and burned,
00:53:58.90\00:54:03.84
comes to you just totally
distraught. What kind of council
00:54:03.84\00:54:07.81
are you gonna give? Okay, so,
what does that -- that friend
00:54:07.81\00:54:11.38
do? What would you recommend?
Rebecca, I want to go back to
you, because David crashed and
00:54:11.38\00:54:18.12
burned. There is absolutely no
question David was the biggest
00:54:18.12\00:54:20.99
crash-and-burn sexually that
the world knows from scriptures,
00:54:20.99\00:54:25.83
it's that famous. Give some --
Give some hope. >> I mentioned
just a second ago about free
00:54:25.83\00:54:30.70
will, and I think that free will
not only applies in the choices
that we make towards making
00:54:30.70\00:54:35.07
decisions on what is good and
what is not, but it also still
applies in making decisions
00:54:35.07\00:54:39.77
towards walking back to him.
00:54:39.77\00:54:41.21
And so there's a verse that
I want to share with everyone
00:54:41.24\00:54:43.35
here, and, in fact,
it is from King David.
00:54:43.35\00:54:45.78
In Psalm 51:7 -- verse 7, 9, and
10, it says, "Cleanse me with
hyssop, and I will be clean.
00:54:45.81\00:54:52.89
Wash me, and I will be whiter
than snow." Verse 9 says, "Hide
00:54:52.89\00:54:57.83
your face from my sins and blot
out all my iniquity. Create in
00:54:57.83\00:55:02.26
me a pure heart, O God, and
renew a steadfast spirit within
00:55:02.26\00:55:06.57
me. >> It strikes me, William,
and Rebecca, and Alex, that's
00:55:06.60\00:55:10.64
really describing
spiritual virginity. >> Mm-hmm.
00:55:10.64\00:55:13.34
>> In other words,
"I'm gonna do it all.
00:55:13.34\00:55:15.18
I'm gonna start over with you.
I can't take the scars away, but
00:55:15.18\00:55:17.91
God can turn our scars
into stars, so let's not give up
00:55:17.91\00:55:21.12
just 'cause we have scars.
00:55:21.12\00:55:22.48
But I can give you a new
virginity. If any woman is in
00:55:22.52\00:55:26.09
Christ, she's a new creation.
Create in me a clean heart."
That text is so critical.
00:55:26.09\00:55:30.06
People that are listening right
now or watching right really
00:55:30.06\00:55:34.10
need to hear that. They need to
just know that God says, "We can
build again." Now, once God does
00:55:34.10\00:55:40.24
that rebuilding -- final
comment, Will -- once God does
that rebuilding, what do I do so
00:55:40.24\00:55:45.64
that I don't go into those
landmines again? >> That's a
great question, and
00:55:45.64\00:55:52.61
it's answered in Psalm 119,
verse 1. This is what it says.
00:55:52.61\00:55:59.29
It asks a question. "How
can a young person stay pure?"
00:55:59.29\00:56:03.16
And the response is actually in
the verse. It says, "By obeying
00:56:03.16\00:56:07.40
Your Word," and it's a daily
thing that you have to do. The
days you don't feel like it
00:56:07.40\00:56:11.47
is the days you have to do
it the most. You wake up, first
00:56:11.47\00:56:15.47
thing you say -- "God, please,
give me this -- this will to get
into Your Word, to learn You, to
00:56:15.47\00:56:22.91
learn how to You are, to become
in a relationship with You." And
that's the secret to it all.
00:56:22.91\00:56:28.48
>> GPS. What we were talking
with the kids a moment ago --
00:56:28.48\00:56:31.55
GPS. You stay here. You're not
gonna go down into that muck and
00:56:31.55\00:56:35.96
be stuck. Stay with me.
Yeah. Good council, guys.
00:56:35.96\00:56:38.99
>> One more thing, actually --
Psalm 32:5 -- just to show you
how much this works.
00:56:38.99\00:56:46.27
David was in a place of guilt,
and he prayed. The moment he
00:56:46.27\00:56:51.64
confessed his sins -- you guys
can check it out, Psalm 32:5 --
it says at the moment that he
00:56:51.64\00:56:55.88
confessed his sins, his guilt
was no more. Pshh, washed away.
00:56:55.88\00:57:00.08
And it works. >> Yeah. >> It's
a fact. >> Will, Rebecca, Alex,
00:57:00.08\00:57:02.82
God bless you. Thank you
for -- for sharing with us.
00:57:02.82\00:57:06.02
[ Applause ] Yeah,
you may, yeah, of course.
00:57:06.02\00:57:11.33
>> I want to take an extra
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00:57:30.61\00:57:32.35
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