My hope is built on nothing less
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Than Jesus'
blood and righteousness
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No merit of my own I claim
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But wholly lean on Jesus' name
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On Christ, the
solid rock, I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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When darkness
veils his lovely face
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I rest on his unchanging grace
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In every high and story gale
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My anchor holds within the veil
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On Christ, the
solid rock, I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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His oath, his
covenant, his blood
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Sustain me in the raging flood
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When all
supports are washed away
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He then is all my hope and stay
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On Christ, the
solid rock, I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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When he shall
come with trumpet sound
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Oh, may I then in him be found
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Clothed in his
righteousness alone
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Redeemed to
stand before the throne
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On Christ, the
solid rock, I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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Amen. Amen.
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The Bible predicted a
time, a time like ours
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when the world would be
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plummeting toward
its final destiny.
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Nature thrown out of her
course, some of the worst fires
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and natural disasters
ever recorded in history
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with violence
and crimes spreading
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like a cancer in the big cities.
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And the passions of men spilling
over into the global conflicts
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that seem to involve
every nation on earth.
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Now, it's the time to
broadcast, to witness,
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to train, to evangelize.
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In 2002, Pastor
Doug Batchelor presented
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Visions for Life in
Cameroon, Central Africa.
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His 24 night series was
held in the city of Yaoundé.
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The program was
broadcasted in 24 languages
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and reached more
than 30 countries.
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Five thousand people were
baptized in Cameroon alone.
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There were 1,600 downlink
sites on the continent of Africa
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and many countries participated
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in the 'Visions for Life'
satellite evangelistic effort.
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So in these seminars,
we're presenting Jesus.
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We're talking about Jesus as
the resurrection in the life.
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Jesus as the
Savior of your will.
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Jesus as the
theme of Bible prophecy.
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Jesus as the soon coming king.
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Jesus as our a
mediator between us and God.
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People are meeting Jesus.
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People are
becoming one with Jesus.
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They're being changed by Jesus.
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That's gonna
continue to happen as long as
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we have breath to
proclaim His message.
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Ah, I will tell you about
a friend of mine name Tim.
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Ah, he learned some
things from the Bible,
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he started watching
some television programming
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and he started
watching Doug Batchelor
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in the Millennium of Prophecy.
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He woke up one
Saturday morning and he said,
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okay, I know it's the Sabbath,
I'm going to church today.
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Now, you understand that
as when I prayed this prayer,
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I don't have a clue where
a Sabbath keeping church is
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and I'm in Sacramento.
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I'm, you know, as
I was going I said,
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Lord, I'm going to church
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and You're going to just
have to direct me where to go.
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I noticed a neighbor was
backing out of their driveway.
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A man and his wife and they
were dressed in nice clothes.
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Now I don't know
where they're going,
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but I was
impressed to follow them.
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So I mean this is
like a ten mile trip
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and I'm going, you know
where are this people going,
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they were a long
ways from my house now.
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They pulled half of the freeway
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and into a school parking lot.
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And I felt impressed
to keep following them.
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So I got out of my
car, they went into there,
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school there and
went into a auditorium
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and I was right behind them.
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And lo and behold, when I
walked into the auditorium,
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there was a Seventh-day
Adventist Church meeting
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in the school auditorium.
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So it was a very first time
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that I had ever
attended church on Sabbath.
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Amazing Facts,
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evangelists like John Bradshaw.
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Their combined efforts last
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The website
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for the searching heart.
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Go as because I wanted to
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know the Bible better
and I had this desire to,
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wanna share my
faith with people,
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but I didn't know how?
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I wanted to know the how.
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AFCO was an
incredible experience.
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I learned how to deal
with, how to work with people,
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how to share my faith,
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how to be able
to reach the heart
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and it was an
experience that just completely
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changed my own life.
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The teachers at
AFCO are wonderful.
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They're funny,
they're down to earth
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but they're, I
mean they're spiritual,
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very, very spiritual people.
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or AFCO offers a four months,
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literature evangelism course.
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It's interesting
because my husband and I
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are always, you
know, asking the Lord
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to show us ways to,
to witness to people.
00:10:03.05\00:10:07.16
I was introduced to
Amazing Facts by Kimberly.
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She came
through, I work at Ballard
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and she had come to my line
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and I noticed
that she ate very well.
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She grabbed some of my eggplant
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and holds it up and
says how do you cook this?
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And I said well,
since I'm vegetarian
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this is the way I do it.
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And she immediately says,
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oh my word, I've been wanting
to learn how to cook vegetarian.
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It was interesting
from the very beginning,
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Shawna was like,
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well,I don't know
if I believe in God.
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It's a personal
being that loves me
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that I just have such
a different perspective,
00:10:38.83\00:10:41.10
it's like, it just
bring tears in my eyes,
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I know that
there is God up there
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who loves each
and everyone of us,
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He wants to save us.
00:10:47.90\00:10:48.89
So we really found
we needed some tools
00:10:48.90\00:10:51.61
and the Millennium of Prophecy
video site from Amazing Facts,
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was an excellent tool in
guiding Shawna and David.
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And actually
I'm, my husband and I
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are getting baptized
next week, next Saturday.
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We're so excited
like I never went.
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It's about 23 years, abusing,
drugs, alcohol, cigarettes,
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and about anything I could
put into my body, I abused.
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Ah, well, I was a
drug addict for 25 years
00:11:22.32\00:11:26.39
and I found myself in
three time felon back in jail
00:11:26.40\00:11:29.68
again with weapons charges
00:11:29.69\00:11:31.87
and facing state
prison time and ended up that,
00:11:31.88\00:11:37.60
the last time I
went into prison,
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I realized that if
I didn't stop using,
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I was gonna die.
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And we were clean and sober
00:11:43.27\00:11:45.42
and we had a little
19 inch or 13 inch T.V.
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with rabbit
ears, soon he started
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flipping the
channels and lo and behold,
00:11:49.93\00:11:51.73
channel 27 came on
00:11:51.74\00:11:53.56
and it was
Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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We're having trouble
understanding the Bible
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because
everything was hard to read
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and the words
were hard to pronounce
00:11:59.23\00:12:01.54
but we'd have a
question we turned the T.V. on
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that night and he
would answer the question
00:12:04.17\00:12:06.22
whether it would be
on Sabbath or tithing
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or State of the Dead and
we knew that it was the truth.
00:12:08.01\00:12:12.29
We knew that he was
speaking from the Bible,
00:12:12.30\00:12:13.75
and the Bible only.
00:12:13.76\00:12:14.76
And one day I
walked into Taco Bell
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and there was Pastor Doug
00:12:17.54\00:12:19.64
and so I walked up
to him and I asked him
00:12:19.65\00:12:21.34
if he was the man on
T.V. and he said yes he was
00:12:21.35\00:12:23.54
and so I told him a
little about our testimony.
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And he ran out to
his car and he got a book
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and invited us to church.
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And it was Pastor Doug, he
said, how you guys are doing?
00:12:31.33\00:12:33.74
And I said Pastor
Doug, I just quit smoking.
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So we know it's
time to get baptized.
00:12:35.38\00:12:37.53
Millions of viewers like Rich
and Susan have the opportunity
00:12:37.54\00:12:40.56
to hear the word of God, pure,
simple and Christ centered.
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The Millennium of
Prophecy series is broadcast
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on 12 networks
in the U.S., Asia,
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the Middle East and Russia and
210 T.V. stations in the U.S.
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Every Sunday evening,
Pastor Doug Batchelor presents
00:12:55.90\00:12:59.14
Bible answers live, a
nationwide call in program.
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Over 150 radio stations in
the U.S. carry the program,
00:13:03.42\00:13:07.41
enabling people to learn
00:13:07.42\00:13:08.85
many wonderful
truths from God's word.
00:13:08.86\00:13:11.88
Your
involvement in this ministry
00:13:11.89\00:13:13.64
will make a difference to
people all over the world.
00:13:13.65\00:13:16.44
We solicit your prayers for
God's guidance in the future.
00:13:16.45\00:13:20.11
Now, it's the time.
00:13:20.12\00:13:21.78
We introduced Pastor Batchelor,
00:13:28.74\00:13:30.47
Doug Batchelor last night
to our camp meeting pulpit
00:13:30.48\00:13:34.00
and we welcome him
again this morning.
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May God bless you
as the Holy Spirit
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speaks to us through you.
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Thank you. God
bless happy Sabbath.
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It's a privilege to be with
you and where is Mrs. Batchelor.
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Oh, you got up
front, God bless you heart,
00:14:00.83\00:14:03.19
thank you, dear.
00:14:03.20\00:14:05.41
I appreciate that,
she usually signals me
00:14:05.42\00:14:07.50
while I'm preaching and
when she was way back there,
00:14:07.51\00:14:09.16
I couldn't get my signals.
00:14:09.17\00:14:10.41
The signals are
something like, or she is,
00:14:12.19\00:14:18.16
I get this one a lot.
00:14:22.95\00:14:26.58
Am I right?
00:14:26.59\00:14:28.87
So I couldn't see
my signals last night.
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You know, I felt
impressed just a few minutes ago
00:14:33.05\00:14:35.39
while we're
sitting on the platform.
00:14:35.40\00:14:37.83
I've been praying
about what to share with you.
00:14:37.84\00:14:40.09
you know, I'm used to
doing evangelistic meetings
00:14:40.10\00:14:42.04
where I have 36
opportunities to tell you
00:14:42.05\00:14:45.05
what I wanna tell you
00:14:45.06\00:14:46.05
but when I have
these three messages,
00:14:46.06\00:14:49.43
it's very precious
and I really pray about
00:14:49.44\00:14:51.49
what to say and I
pray God will guide me
00:14:51.50\00:14:53.23
because everyone's
needs are different
00:14:53.24\00:14:56.43
and I just wanted to be
the most fruitful for you.
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I wanna talk to you very simply
this morning about the Gospel.
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And as a catalyst to do that,
00:15:03.90\00:15:05.89
I'm going to ask you
to turn in your Bibles
00:15:05.90\00:15:08.03
to the Gospel of
Luke, Chapter 10,
00:15:08.04\00:15:11.00
I will be going to verse 25,
00:15:13.42\00:15:18.50
as you're
finding your way there,
00:15:18.51\00:15:20.55
I would like to
just pray one more time
00:15:20.56\00:15:22.87
if that would be okay.
00:15:22.88\00:15:23.88
Oh, mighty God,
during this Holy Sabbath day,
00:15:27.45\00:15:31.55
we now in a very special
sense, want to focus our minds
00:15:31.56\00:15:37.28
and tune in to the
voice of the Holy Spirit
00:15:37.29\00:15:40.97
speaking through the Holy Bible.
00:15:40.98\00:15:43.66
Lord, I pray that
You'll speak to our hearts.
00:15:43.67\00:15:45.68
We're here now, are watching
by virtue of Your providence
00:15:45.69\00:15:50.85
and I ask that
there'll be a fruit
00:15:50.86\00:15:53.01
that will be born in
our lives as a result of
00:15:53.02\00:15:54.89
what we hear that will
help us better reflect Jesus.
00:15:54.90\00:15:58.23
In his name we pray, amen.
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The Gospel of Luke is
probably the favorite Gospel
00:16:02.93\00:16:06.00
for me of the four.
00:16:06.01\00:16:07.63
You know, most
people if you ask them,
00:16:07.64\00:16:09.07
they would say John
is their favorite Gospel.
00:16:09.08\00:16:11.31
Well, I'll ask you, how many
of your favorite Gospel is John?
00:16:11.32\00:16:14.53
Gospel of John?
Anyone vote for Matthew?
00:16:14.54\00:16:18.20
Lots of
Matthew's out there. Mark?
00:16:18.21\00:16:22.05
Mark's fast moving Gospel.
00:16:22.06\00:16:23.64
Luke? Oh, few are with me.
00:16:23.65\00:16:26.91
It's kind of odd that I'm Jewish
00:16:26.92\00:16:28.02
and my favorite Gospel is
the one written by the Gentile.
00:16:28.03\00:16:30.89
But I really
enjoy the Gospel of Luke
00:16:30.90\00:16:33.35
because it's so precious,
there's a number of stories
00:16:33.36\00:16:36.07
you find in Luke, you
don't find anywhere else.
00:16:36.08\00:16:38.20
You of course find the story
of the lost son, prodigal son.
00:16:38.21\00:16:42.03
You find the story of Zacchaeus
and number of other parables
00:16:42.04\00:16:46.35
the Lost Sheep and
this another example,
00:16:46.36\00:16:48.97
the parable of
the Good Samaritan,
00:16:48.98\00:16:50.64
where would we be
without this wonderful story
00:16:50.65\00:16:53.92
that helps us to understand
the plan of Salvation.
00:16:53.93\00:16:59.63
Jesus is going
through one of his dialogues
00:16:59.64\00:17:02.34
with some of the religious
leaders and the lawyers.
00:17:02.35\00:17:04.95
And in verse 25 that tells us
00:17:04.96\00:17:06.38
a certain lawyer
stood up and tested Him,
00:17:06.39\00:17:10.62
saying teacher what shall
I do to inherit eternal life?
00:17:10.63\00:17:15.10
That's a big
question. Can you imagine?
00:17:15.11\00:17:20.30
Just think about it.
00:17:20.31\00:17:22.86
We have the
opportunity to live forever.
00:17:22.87\00:17:26.99
Have you ever
really thought about that?
00:17:27.00\00:17:29.48
That this life is simply
the launching pad for eternity.
00:17:29.49\00:17:35.14
And how you position yourself
in this life will determine
00:17:35.15\00:17:37.86
your orbit forever and ever.
00:17:37.87\00:17:41.11
Eternal life or eternal
death? Those are our choices.
00:17:41.12\00:17:46.02
He that has the son has
life, do you have eternal life?
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Whoever believes in
him shall not perish.
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What a wonderful promise,
the gift of God is eternal life,
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penalty for sin is death,
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but the gift of
God, eternal life.
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Not in a world like this,
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you know, we only think we
can relate to is this life,
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but the Bible says you
can't imagine what that's like.
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Someone tried to illustrate
one time what eternity was like?
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I have heard a
lot of creative ideas.
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Imagine a sparrow lands on
half a dome in your cemetery,
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that great big granite boulder,
mountain, granite mountain
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and he sharpens his beak
once every thousand years,
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a sparrow lands on that
granite half dome mountain
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sharpens his beak.
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When that mountain has worn away
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from a sparrow
sharpening his beak
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once every thousand years,
ternity will have just began.
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Isn't that right?
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Because eternity never ends,
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you never get off
the starting line.
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Do you want eternal life?
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You know the Bible says
it's not like this life,
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at His right hand are
pleasures forever more,
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bliss, joy, happiness,
no more tears, no more pain.
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You'll able to
see like an eagle,
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hear like an elephant, smell
like a Basset Hound, right?
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Could be taken two
ways. You can't imagine it.
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You know, I think that
if we had more assurance
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that we have life we
would be better soul winners.
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If we really believe that
we're going to live forever
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and be with Jesus in
glory, in bliss forever,
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I think we'd be happier.
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But you know
Seventh-day Adventists,
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because we have been
carefully trained not to say
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I'm saved or rightly
so, we think that means
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we cannot have assurance.
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And why we should not
brag that we have arrived,
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I think God
wants us to have a joy
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and an assurance that He
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that He's began a good
work in us will perform it.
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He's the author and
the finisher of our faith.
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And if you have faith in God
and if you got everlasting life,
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that ought to give
you a joy and confidence,
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that's contagious.
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Christians ought to
have more zip in their hip
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and pep in their step
and spunk in their trunk
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and maybe a little less
fanatic in the attic, right?
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And if we've got this
joy and this assurance
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and this
confidence, it's contagious.
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You know, we'll just
be going from one person
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to the next and
telling them about
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what the Lord has done for us.
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Its like a man in New York
city who had this eye surgery,
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he was virtually blind,
he went to an eye doctor
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that not only restored his sight
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but gave him 20-20
after years of being blind,
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having that peeled away.
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Can you imagine
what that's like?
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A few years ago,
Karen, when I married her,
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she had, well is it 2,200?
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She was blind
without her glasses
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and I had these visions
that during the time of trouble.
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I'd be leading
her through the hills
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if she lost her glasses.
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She went to have
this Lasik surgery now,
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just about perfect vision.
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She doesn't wear
glasses or contacts anymore
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and now I have got glasses.
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Isn't that,
that's not fair, is it?
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So this man goes to the doctor
after years of not seeing.
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He has surgery, virtually
blind, now he could see,
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he's so
excited, he goes and sees
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the doctor every few weeks,
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he takes a stack
of business cards,
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he goes through the
subway on his way to work,
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he said I always almost blind,
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this doctor gave me my sight,
I was always almost blind,
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this doctor gave me back
my sight, you got to see him.
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Everybody with
glasses, he gives those to.
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Why does he do that?
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He is so happy
that he's got his sight,
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he wants
everyone else to have it.
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If you have eternal
life, you want to tell people,
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Amen. Amen
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Bible tells us in
Second Kings Chapter 7 verse 9,
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those lepers found
that incredible treasure
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and they began to
hoard it and bury it
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and one of them
came to his senses
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and he said today
is the day of good news
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and we hold our peace.
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If we tarry till
the morning light,
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some mischief will
come upon us, come now
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that we may go and
tell the kings household,
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this is a day of good news.
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All beggars lay out of the gate,
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desiring the crumbs
would fall from our table
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while we argue among ourselves.
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Eternal life. What a message.
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But you know ancient is
real like modern is real,
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they did not have assurance.
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And so here's a lawyer,
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he spends all his
time studying the word
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and he doesn't know
how to get eternal life.
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Very basic thing.
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He said Lord what
must I do that I have,
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can have eternal life?
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Now what does Jesus say
what is written in the law,
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now don't miss that.
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The answer to eternal
life is in what is written.
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God has given us the answer.
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If you read what is
written, you'll find the answer.
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Christ is the
word, Jesus is life
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and He's the bread of
life, He's the word made flesh,
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it is written and
He's saying to the lawyer
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whose full time
occupation is studying the word
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and yet he doesn't know
where to get eternal life?
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Few things are more
pathetic than a person
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who is full time employed
and telling others about Jesus
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and eternal life who
himself does not know
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how to get eternal life.
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And this lawyer is
asking Jesus and He says
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it's in the word and then
He also refers into the law.
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You know there are
couple of occasions
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where somebody
specifically said to Jesus,
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what must I do that I
can have eternal life?
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The rich young ruler came to him
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and he said what
is written in law
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What are the commandments?
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Now don't miss this.
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We're saved by grace
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but when we're aved by grace,
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God gives us new hearts
and He wants us to obey Him.
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Obedience is not legalism.
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Do not ever be
ashamed of telling people
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that God wants us to turn
from our sins and obey Him.
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And so He directs him and He
says what is written in the law.
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Well, He summarizes
the Ten Commandments
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and you know, this is what Jesus
did for the rich young ruler.
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He summarized
the Ten Commandments,
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and here He
summarizes the Ten Commandments
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and He says, you
should love the Lord your God,
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I'm in verse 27, with all
your heart, with all your soul,
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with all your
strength, with all your mind
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and love your
neighbor as yourself.
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This is the essence of the
great love, the moral quote,
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the Ten Commandments is to love
the Lord with all your heart
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and love your neighbor.
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And if you really love God
and really love your neighbor,
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you'll be keeping
the Ten Commandments.
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You cannot explain
to me a rational reason
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why you'd break
the Ten Commandments,
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while you really love
the Lord with all your heart
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and love your
neighbor as yourself.
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And so Jesus said you
have answered correctly,
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do this and you'll live.
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Well, that seems too simple,
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He needed to make
it more complicated.
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Well, I can understand
what it means the love of God,
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but you know, its very hard
to tell who our neighbor is.
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And so he fell kind of
sheepish when Jesus said
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you have answered
your own question.
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So he said well,
but who is my neighbor
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Verse 29, and I think
it's interesting the Bible,
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it says love your enemies
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and then it says
love your neighbors.
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Is that because our neighbors
are often our biggest enemies?
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You notice that
the children of Israel
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often had more stress and
grief from their own family
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than they did from
the Pagans around them.
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Who was it that
betrayed Joseph? His brothers.
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Who was it that
rebelled against David?
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His son. Who
tried to kill David?
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King Sol, his king.
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You go through the
Bible and you'll find
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that it was the northern kingdom
killing the southern kingdom
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that did more
damage than the Philistines
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were the Ammonites,
or Edomites, or Moabites.
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And we can get distractive
fighting among ourselves
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and forget what
the real mission is.
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That's what the
Bible says, love your enemy
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and then it says
love your neighbor,
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your enemy is
often your neighbor.
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Who is my neighbor?
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Well, Jesus then
illustrates with a parable.
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A certain man will
identify in a moment,
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he went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho
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and he fell among thieves who
stripped him of his clothing,
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wounded him and
departed leaving him half dead.
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Now here Christ begins
to relate an actual event
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and it's filled
with significance, it.
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it's an allegory of salvation.
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This man is
going from Jerusalem,
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that's the place
of worship, Jerusalem,
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city of peace down to
Jericho that was a city
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that was cursed by Joshua.
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He's going from the
mountains to the valley,
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from above sea
level to below sea level,
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from the city of God,
from the church to Vegas,
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that's what it amounts to.
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Jericho was were
all- that's where
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Zacchaeus had
headquarters, right?
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The chief of the publicans is
where all the caravans stopped.
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Ah, there was one perpetual hoot
and he going down in Jericho.
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And he's got his back to God,
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maybe he has been
raised in the church
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and he's on his way from
the place of worship down
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and on his way he
falls among thieves.
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The Bible says the
devil is a thief and a robber,
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who beat him half
to death, strip him,
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one reason they
take his clothing
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is because of
course clothing is a symbol
00:27:46.31\00:27:48.38
for righteousness in the Bible.
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The devil after
he met Adam and Eve,
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he left them
naked too, didn't he?
00:27:52.61\00:27:56.34
People used to hide
their money in their clothes.
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I have a friend who's a
thief in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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He was baptized after that,
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but he said
when he robbed people
00:28:05.62\00:28:06.78
he'd also takes
their clothes from them
00:28:06.79\00:28:08.10
for a couple of reasons,
00:28:08.11\00:28:09.13
one they were less
inclined to chase after him.
00:28:09.14\00:28:12.97
Two, they often hid
their money in their clothes.
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Bible times, they did
not carry credit cards,
00:28:15.78\00:28:18.31
it was not a
cashless society and so you,
00:28:18.32\00:28:20.48
people would sow their money
00:28:20.49\00:28:21.75
in different
parts of their clothing,
00:28:21.76\00:28:23.01
so they took their clothes.
00:28:23.02\00:28:24.82
So here's this man, he's
laying there virtually naked,
00:28:24.83\00:28:27.83
severely wounded,
he cannot help himself
00:28:27.84\00:28:30.93
and he's dying, he's fallen.
00:28:30.94\00:28:35.29
You know the Bible describes
00:28:35.30\00:28:37.28
the condition
of man as the fall.
00:28:37.29\00:28:39.64
Adam and Eve fell.
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And so into this
situation some players wonder
00:28:43.42\00:28:48.73
and as we read on, it tells us.
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Now by chance,
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I think this is an example
of Jesus incorporating humor
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.16
because nothing
happens by chance
00:28:54.17\00:28:55.89
with God, the irony of it.
00:28:55.90\00:28:59.62
Now by chance, a certain
priest came down the road
00:28:59.63\00:29:02.51
and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side.
00:29:02.52\00:29:09.63
Now you can't
really blame him that much.
00:29:09.64\00:29:14.40
Have you ever gotten
to this scene of a crime
00:29:14.41\00:29:16.68
or someone who
has just been mugged?
00:29:16.69\00:29:19.01
And you can see
that it is just happened.
00:29:19.02\00:29:21.50
instinctively, one of
the natural responses is,
00:29:21.51\00:29:24.49
this is a recent crime,
the perpetrator is not far away
00:29:24.50\00:29:28.27
which means I could be next.
00:29:28.28\00:29:31.22
And the priest seeing
that he looked around,
00:29:31.23\00:29:34.51
he thought I'm
going to get out of here,
00:29:34.52\00:29:35.61
I'm going to skid out,
00:29:35.62\00:29:37.97
so he wasn't as concerned
00:29:37.98\00:29:39.59
with his friend's
injury as his own welfare.
00:29:39.60\00:29:44.46
He would not
risk himself for even
00:29:44.47\00:29:46.12
one of his own church members.
00:29:46.13\00:29:47.96
This is a priest whose
job was to shepherd the flock
00:29:47.97\00:29:54.54
and really all he thinks
about it, it's his own interest.
00:29:54.55\00:29:59.64
Well, our son Daniel is
in the Marines by his choice
00:29:59.65\00:30:05.47
and praise God he was in Iraq
00:30:05.48\00:30:07.89
and he made it
safely back from Iraq.
00:30:07.90\00:30:10.34
Couple of weeks ago,
we went camping together,
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isn't that terrible?
00:30:13.11\00:30:14.21
He comes back from spending
months in the desert of Iraq
00:30:14.22\00:30:16.51
and I take him
camping in the desert.
00:30:16.52\00:30:19.82
Ah, dad, you wanna go camping?
00:30:19.83\00:30:21.22
Oh, sure, where are you going?
00:30:21.23\00:30:22.75
We're going off to desert.
00:30:22.76\00:30:24.87
We gonna ride
around on four wheelers
00:30:24.88\00:30:26.18
and he's you know, he's a driver
00:30:26.19\00:30:27.31
of one of these
six by sixes in Iraq.
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.43
Anyway, you know, he
was telling us some stories
00:30:29.44\00:30:31.75
and one of the
things if they beat
00:30:31.76\00:30:34.86
into the marines is not only,
00:30:34.87\00:30:38.21
you know, learning
how to defend yourself
00:30:38.22\00:30:39.65
and operate your weapons,
00:30:39.66\00:30:41.05
but they, they hammer into
the marines a heroic attitude.
00:30:41.06\00:30:45.93
Some of the
marines behave as heroes
00:30:45.94\00:30:47.86
not because they're heroes but
00:30:47.87\00:30:48.86
but because they are
very thoroughly programmed
00:30:48.87\00:30:51.35
that if your buddy is hurt,
00:30:51.36\00:30:52.63
even if you get
killed, you go get him.
00:30:52.64\00:30:56.03
They're trained to
sacrifice to save each other.
00:30:56.04\00:30:59.28
They don't even think twice.
00:30:59.29\00:31:02.24
With God, that we all
felt that way for our brothers.
00:31:02.25\00:31:06.03
Often Christians will
leave the wounded behind
00:31:06.04\00:31:09.60
because we're more
concerned about ourselves
00:31:09.61\00:31:11.20
or its inconvenient.
00:31:11.21\00:31:13.92
So the priest, he
even changes lanes
00:31:13.93\00:31:18.08
when he passes, barely
glances in rear view mirror.
00:31:18.09\00:31:22.47
It could also be, I'm not sure
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.65
it doesn't tell us but you know
00:31:24.66\00:31:26.33
the religious
leaders in Jesus day,
00:31:26.34\00:31:28.71
actually believed that bad
things happen to bad people
00:31:28.72\00:31:33.12
because they're
getting what they deserve.
00:31:33.13\00:31:35.79
And he may have been thinking
00:31:35.80\00:31:36.99
well, I don't want to
interfere with providence
00:31:37.00\00:31:39.14
because this man may, he
probably did something wrong
00:31:39.15\00:31:41.79
and his Karma's
catching up with him
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.53
and if God wants to
save him, God will save him.
00:31:43.54\00:31:46.61
But this is the
providence of God,
00:31:46.62\00:31:47.98
so he goes on down the road.
00:31:47.99\00:31:50.32
Then the next character comes
00:31:50.33\00:31:51.91
and Jesus goes on to
say, likewise a Levite,
00:31:51.92\00:31:55.35
verse 32, when he
arrived at the place,
00:31:55.36\00:31:58.01
he came and he
looked, he evidently paused,
00:31:58.02\00:32:02.95
but then he passes
by on the other side.
00:32:02.96\00:32:05.11
He at least stopped and
probably offered a prayer.
00:32:05.12\00:32:09.00
Well, this is
terrible? How did this happen?
00:32:09.01\00:32:14.44
You know, I'm ruing
the day that I ended up
00:32:14.45\00:32:20.39
in the city of Sacramento
because I hate traffic.
00:32:20.40\00:32:23.88
You know, I came from--
00:32:23.89\00:32:24.88
Karen and I was
pastoring a church
00:32:24.89\00:32:26.16
with the hundred members
in Covelo, population 15.
00:32:26.17\00:32:31.44
You heard of a one horse town,
00:32:31.45\00:32:34.17
Covelo's horse
didn't have a saddle,
00:32:34.18\00:32:36.90
little town, people
stop in the middle of road
00:32:36.91\00:32:39.06
and visit with each
other and just drive around.
00:32:39.07\00:32:41.27
You ever have been
in towns like that?
00:32:41.28\00:32:44.07
Then you go to
Sacramento, they get 24 hour day
00:32:44.08\00:32:46.19
traffic reports and
so often interstate five
00:32:46.20\00:32:49.55
and interstate 80
get clocked and you think
00:32:49.56\00:32:51.68
oh, there's must
some accident up there
00:32:51.69\00:32:53.21
and somebody is off
the road changing the tyre.
00:32:53.22\00:32:56.81
And everybody
slows down and call it
00:32:56.82\00:32:58.26
rubbernecking, you know
what I am talking about.
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.70
Everyone slows
down, it's like we,
00:33:00.71\00:33:02.60
we offer the salute of sympathy,
00:33:02.61\00:33:06.22
oh, should be glad it's not me,
00:33:06.23\00:33:07.92
so we slow down out of respect.
00:33:07.93\00:33:11.60
We think there's some
virtue at looking at somebody
00:33:11.61\00:33:14.20
who's suffering instead
of doing anything for them.
00:33:14.21\00:33:16.87
Oh, sorry.
00:33:16.88\00:33:18.97
But we all slow down it's
not implied to drive quickly
00:33:18.98\00:33:21.82
by somebody who's broken down.
00:33:21.83\00:33:26.67
You know, I'm really
concerned about something
00:33:26.68\00:33:29.21
I have seen happened to me.
00:33:29.22\00:33:32.09
When I first became a Christian,
I was very sympathetic
00:33:32.10\00:33:36.16
and empathetic about
hitchhikers because see,
00:33:36.17\00:33:39.55
I spent many, many
hours, probably days standing
00:33:39.56\00:33:44.80
in the side of the
road begging for a ride.
00:33:44.81\00:33:48.60
Anyone out
there, done this before.
00:33:48.61\00:33:52.91
No, I'm not
telling you to feel bad
00:33:52.92\00:33:54.94
for not picking up hitchhikers
00:33:54.95\00:33:56.22
but I remember
making some foolish vows
00:33:56.23\00:33:58.68
where I'd be there eight hours
00:33:58.69\00:33:59.77
and I'd pray for a
ride, and I say Lord,
00:33:59.78\00:34:01.66
if you give my ide, I
promise if I ever get a car,
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.31
I'll pick up
every hitchhiker I see.
00:34:04.32\00:34:07.53
Be careful what you promise.
00:34:07.54\00:34:08.77
Let me just tell you right now.
00:34:08.78\00:34:12.18
But you know, I've tried
after I got my first car,
00:34:12.19\00:34:14.67
I'd get to an on
ramp on some interstate,
00:34:14.68\00:34:16.90
there'll be 12 people
there in Southern California
00:34:16.91\00:34:18.88
asking for a ride,
I'd try getting them
00:34:18.89\00:34:20.32
all with their
dog in my Volkswagen.
00:34:20.33\00:34:22.73
Well, I mean, I
really cared back then
00:34:22.74\00:34:25.13
because I knew how it's felt.
00:34:25.14\00:34:26.50
I empathize with them.
00:34:26.51\00:34:29.05
But then as the Lord
blessed, and I got better cars
00:34:29.06\00:34:32.39
I became more discriminating.
00:34:32.40\00:34:36.18
And I started being more
selective in who I've picked up.
00:34:36.19\00:34:38.53
Well I am not going very far,
00:34:38.54\00:34:40.09
you know, it doesn't
make sense to pick them up,
00:34:40.10\00:34:41.82
or that guy doesn't look
like he's had a bath in a while
00:34:41.83\00:34:44.55
and this
upholstery is still clean.
00:34:44.56\00:34:46.20
And then I got to
where I have been in a hurry
00:34:49.25\00:34:50.89
and I would say well, I
don' t have time to pick him up
00:34:50.90\00:34:52.44
but I'll pray
for him as I go by.
00:34:52.45\00:34:55.43
"Lord, please give him a ride".
00:34:55.44\00:34:58.80
So like James said, you
pray be warmed and filled
00:34:58.81\00:35:01.78
and you don't do anything
practical for their needs,
00:35:01.79\00:35:04.00
so maybe the Levite
stopped and he prayed and said,
00:35:04.01\00:35:06.43
look I've got your license,
00:35:06.44\00:35:07.64
I'll call 888
when I get to Jericho
00:35:07.65\00:35:10.90
but he didn't do anything.
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.61
Now after two of the
most prominent church members
00:35:13.62\00:35:16.30
go by this man
and they don't help.
00:35:16.31\00:35:19.21
Put yourself in
his shoes for a minute?
00:35:19.22\00:35:21.98
He's laying there, struggling
to breathe, broken ribs,
00:35:21.99\00:35:26.31
one eye swollen
shut, maybe broken bones,
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.86
they beat him half
to death, half dead,
00:35:29.87\00:35:31.93
that describes the sinner.
00:35:31.94\00:35:34.96
We have fallen among
thieves, we have been stripped,
00:35:34.97\00:35:37.32
we've gonna
robbed, we'r half dead
00:35:37.33\00:35:38.82
and we're dying.
00:35:38.83\00:35:40.07
We're under a death sentence.
00:35:40.08\00:35:42.39
He's laying
there, probably praying
00:35:42.40\00:35:46.17
and then he sees
the pastor come by
00:35:46.18\00:35:48.71
and he thinks praise
the Lord and he keeps going.
00:35:48.72\00:35:54.93
And then he's dehydrated,
his lips are parched,
00:35:54.94\00:35:57.32
he sees the birds are
just starting to circle
00:35:57.33\00:36:01.40
and then the Levite comes by.
00:36:01.41\00:36:03.09
Oh, praise the
Lord and he stops,
00:36:03.10\00:36:05.12
ha, come on and he keeps going,
00:36:05.13\00:36:08.47
See he offer him a
prayer, but he keeps going.
00:36:08.48\00:36:13.25
Then it says a
certain Samaritan,
00:36:13.26\00:36:15.49
now I've got to stop you,
00:36:15.50\00:36:16.55
you have to understand this.
00:36:16.56\00:36:20.37
It's an understatement
to say that Samaritans
00:36:20.38\00:36:23.26
and Jews did
not like each other.
00:36:23.27\00:36:27.12
Think Palestinian and Israelite
and that's still doesn't cover.
00:36:27.13\00:36:32.82
If you were a religious
Jew and you lost your temper,
00:36:32.83\00:36:36.12
you wanted to curse someone out,
00:36:36.13\00:36:37.71
you would say, you publican,
00:36:37.72\00:36:40.97
you demon-possessed Samaritan,
00:36:40.98\00:36:44.51
and then people would go ooh,
00:36:44.52\00:36:46.60
he told it, that's the one of
the worst things you could do.
00:36:46.61\00:36:49.15
It was so bad in
the time of Christ
00:36:49.16\00:36:52.61
that the
religious leaders had a law
00:36:52.62\00:36:54.30
that if the shadow of
a Samaritan fell on you,
00:36:54.31\00:36:57.36
you're unclean.
00:36:57.37\00:36:58.36
That's why, the
apostles, they said to Jesus,
00:36:58.37\00:37:03.79
when they were going
through Sychar, they said,
00:37:03.80\00:37:05.50
"you stay here by the well,
00:37:05.51\00:37:06.64
we've got to go
through the Samaritan town
00:37:06.65\00:37:08.21
and we've got to buy some food,
00:37:08.22\00:37:09.35
but we don't want you
to risk contamination."
00:37:09.36\00:37:12.95
And they come
back, and he's talking
00:37:12.96\00:37:14.10
to a Samaritan women no less.
00:37:14.11\00:37:17.01
Her shadow well over him.
00:37:17.02\00:37:20.50
I can see it now in
some Samaritan village
00:37:20.51\00:37:22.37
when the Jews went shopping
about 5:00 in the afternoon,
00:37:22.38\00:37:24.43
they probably had a good time,
00:37:24.44\00:37:25.47
huh, huh, get to shadow.
00:37:25.48\00:37:26.47
And the Jews are
trying to stay clean.
00:37:28.84\00:37:30.88
They're hating each other
00:37:30.89\00:37:32.58
and they would
never miss an opportunity
00:37:32.59\00:37:35.04
to get even or to hurt someone.
00:37:35.05\00:37:39.08
Constant terrorism going on
00:37:39.09\00:37:40.75
between the
Samaritans and the Jews.
00:37:40.76\00:37:42.87
And then it says
here in the story,
00:37:42.88\00:37:47.00
but a certain Samaritan as
he journey came to where he was.
00:37:47.01\00:37:50.81
Now can you picture this?
00:37:50.82\00:37:53.23
That man's laying there buzzards
are closing their circle,
00:37:53.24\00:37:56.13
he's drifting in and
out of consciousness.
00:37:56.14\00:37:59.02
The head elder and
the pastor have gone by
00:37:59.03\00:38:01.68
and he's praying.
00:38:01.69\00:38:02.92
And around the bend comes
00:38:02.93\00:38:04.25
a Samaritan with his donkey,
00:38:04.26\00:38:06.42
no witnesses and
this Samaritan stops.
00:38:06.43\00:38:11.13
He probably looks to
the right, left wondering
00:38:11.14\00:38:12.71
where the thieves are
and this wounded man thinks
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.71
he was wondering will
there be any witnesses,
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.20
I'm gonna finish him off.
00:38:17.21\00:38:19.58
And he thinks this is not good
00:38:19.59\00:38:22.36
and as the
Samaritan comes up to the man,
00:38:22.37\00:38:24.73
he's probably trying to crawl
away with all those strength
00:38:24.74\00:38:26.62
he's got left, groaning,
but listen to what it says,
00:38:26.63\00:38:29.97
he doesn't hurt him.
00:38:29.98\00:38:31.12
It says when he saw him,
he had compassion on him.
00:38:33.98\00:38:40.77
You know what compassion is?
00:38:40.78\00:38:43.14
It's combined
with the word pathos,
00:38:43.15\00:38:46.76
feeling for empathy, sympathy.
00:38:46.77\00:38:52.48
Compassion is
not the same as pity.
00:38:52.49\00:38:54.31
When the Levite stopped and
offered a prayer that was pity.
00:38:54.32\00:38:58.19
Compassion is different.
00:38:58.20\00:39:00.90
I like to use the
illustration, it's true story.
00:39:00.91\00:39:02.99
There was an
accident in San Francisco
00:39:03.00\00:39:06.28
where a trolley car
pinned a pedestrian.
00:39:06.29\00:39:10.53
And all these
crowd of rubberneckers
00:39:10.54\00:39:12.74
stopped to look
and this man was caught
00:39:12.75\00:39:15.51
underneath the
chassis, greasy street car
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.94
and he was
bleeding and he was injured.
00:39:19.95\00:39:22.60
Then some people leaned over
00:39:22.61\00:39:23.81
and looked underneath and said
00:39:23.82\00:39:24.83
we called for the emergency
vehicles, help is on the way.
00:39:24.84\00:39:28.58
Some even got down
on their hands and knees
00:39:28.59\00:39:31.31
and they looked at the
man, keep an eye on him.
00:39:31.32\00:39:33.78
He's there trembling,
one man in a business suit
00:39:33.79\00:39:37.28
got down on his belly
and did the combat crawl,
00:39:37.29\00:39:40.87
went underneath the
greasy chassis of this truck,
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.44
got right up to the
man's ear, put his hand on him
00:39:43.45\00:39:47.16
and said in his ear, I'm
gonna stay here with you,
00:39:47.17\00:39:50.52
you're going to be
okay and someone illustrated
00:39:50.53\00:39:53.75
this is the difference
between pity and compassion.
00:39:53.76\00:39:57.89
Pity looks down,
compassion gets down.
00:39:57.90\00:40:02.65
I'm so thankful that
Jesus did not just look down
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.39
at our world that
was lost but He got down,
00:40:05.40\00:40:07.60
He became one of us to save us.
00:40:07.61\00:40:09.61
The Bible says He went to
him, light shown in the prison,
00:40:09.62\00:40:13.91
God comes to us in
our lost condition.
00:40:13.92\00:40:16.36
He does not wait for
us to save ourselves,
00:40:16.37\00:40:18.60
He comes to us
when we're helpless.
00:40:18.61\00:40:21.58
He went to him.
00:40:21.59\00:40:24.01
And He goes on to say,
00:40:24.02\00:40:27.47
he bandaged his wounds,
00:40:27.48\00:40:30.82
pouring on oil and wine
00:40:30.83\00:40:33.53
and he set him
on his own animal.
00:40:33.54\00:40:35.63
I want to pause.
Those are all symbols.
00:40:35.64\00:40:37.41
First of all you
know who the thief is.
00:40:37.42\00:40:40.67
Who's the thief in the story?
00:40:40.68\00:40:42.75
Say, who is the man
that fell among thieves?
00:40:42.76\00:40:47.94
Me? You?
00:40:47.95\00:40:51.08
Have you been
beat up by the devil?
00:40:51.09\00:40:52.86
Has he wounded
you? Have you fallen?
00:40:52.87\00:40:57.26
You know the Bible says
00:40:57.27\00:40:58.26
he's able to
keep you from fallen,
00:40:58.27\00:41:00.19
but we've all fallen.
00:41:00.20\00:41:02.60
Has he stripped you of your
dignity, your righteousness?
00:41:02.61\00:41:06.31
All of us are like
filthy rags, left half dead,
00:41:06.32\00:41:09.66
we're under a death sentence.
00:41:09.67\00:41:12.21
And then who is the
good Samaritan, that's Jesus.
00:41:12.22\00:41:16.27
See, Samaritans
were hated by the Jews
00:41:16.28\00:41:18.21
because they were part Jewish.
00:41:18.22\00:41:20.28
They embrace some
of the Jewish religion
00:41:20.29\00:41:22.06
and then they had some relation,
00:41:22.07\00:41:23.92
some of the
blood of the ten tribes
00:41:23.93\00:41:25.61
mingled with the Syrian blood,
00:41:25.62\00:41:27.28
they were sort of half breeds.
00:41:27.29\00:41:30.67
And you know,
that's what Jesus is.
00:41:30.68\00:41:32.42
Except Jesus isn't 50-50,
00:41:32.43\00:41:33.82
Jesus is a 100 percent
God and 100 percent man.
00:41:33.83\00:41:36.76
I can't comprehend it friends,
00:41:36.77\00:41:38.00
but that's what
the Bible teaches.
00:41:38.01\00:41:41.14
And He says now, he
bandages his wounds,
00:41:41.15\00:41:43.62
you think he had a
first aid box on his donkey,
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.94
you know, what I think he did,
00:41:46.95\00:41:48.61
He took His own clothing
and He ripped into strips,
00:41:48.62\00:41:51.95
a symbol of the
righteousness of Christ.
00:41:51.96\00:41:55.44
He poured him the wine,
00:41:55.45\00:41:57.49
a symbol of the
blood of the covenant,
00:41:57.50\00:41:59.86
and the oil,
symbol of the Holy Spirit.
00:41:59.87\00:42:04.06
And the man then was
too weak to propel himself,
00:42:04.07\00:42:07.71
so He puts Him on his own beast,
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.13
the beast in the Bible
is the symbol of strength,
00:42:09.14\00:42:11.60
through the strength of the ox,
00:42:11.61\00:42:13.60
there is much in grace.
00:42:13.61\00:42:16.58
And then He
takes him to the inn.
00:42:16.59\00:42:18.89
What do you think
the inn would represent?
00:42:18.90\00:42:22.33
It's a church.
00:42:22.34\00:42:23.38
After the Lord saves people,
He takes them to the inn.
00:42:23.39\00:42:26.00
Inns, back then were
not chains and franchise,
00:42:26.01\00:42:28.34
they were mom and
pop organizations.
00:42:28.35\00:42:31.19
They were cottage industries.
00:42:31.20\00:42:33.95
Suppose to be like a
family, takes him to the inn.
00:42:33.96\00:42:36.69
He personally cares for
him, He gets him stabilized
00:42:36.70\00:42:41.17
and then He commits
the care of this man
00:42:41.18\00:42:44.36
to the innkeeper and his family.
00:42:44.37\00:42:47.30
You know, Jesus discipled
us in how to reach others
00:42:47.31\00:42:51.22
and He said As the
Father sent me, so send thy you.
00:42:51.23\00:42:54.54
Now I've given
you out an example,
00:42:54.55\00:42:55.73
I've got you started, I'm going,
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.04
I'll send the Holy
Spirit, you take care of him.
00:42:57.05\00:43:00.53
This is the whole story of
the Gospel here, amen. Amen.
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.68
And then you know what
He says to the innkeeper.
00:43:03.69\00:43:07.30
No, I don't want
to tell you that yet.
00:43:07.31\00:43:09.93
I want to focus on this point.
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Matthew Chapter 25,
you don't have to turn,
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trust me it's there.
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In the great judgment
day, Jesus said He separates,
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the shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats
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and He declares to
the save the sheep,
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I was hungry and You fed me,
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I was thirsty,
You gave me drink,
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I was naked and You clothe me,
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I was a stranger
and You took me in,
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I was sick or in
prison and You came to me
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and they'll say Lord,
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when did we see
You in this conditions.
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He says as much as you did it
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to one of the least of
these you did it to Me.
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You notice, he doesn't say
enter into the joy of the Lord,
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because you kept
all my commandments.
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How do they show they're
keeping His commandments,
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by the loving their fellowmen.
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Then he declares to the lost.
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I was hungry,
you didn't feed me,
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I was thirsty, you
didn't give me drink,
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I was naked or
stranger or in prison or sick
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and you did not
minister on to me
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and they'll say Lord, when.
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He said and as much
as you did not do it
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to the least of
these my brethren,
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you did not do it me.
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Depart in everlasting fire,
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prepared for the
devils and his angels.
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We're going to be judged
by how we love each other.
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Now look at these six
conditions that are described,
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I was hungry, not only should
Christians feed the hungry,
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yeah, that means
one-o-one, do we not know that?
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But I gave you
the bread of life.
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I was thirsty, now
like I should be kept
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water to the thirsty,
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that's so basic
even the Pagans do that.
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But we give them
the living water.
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I was naked and you gave
me his robe of righteousness.
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I was alienated from God,
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I was a stranger
and you made atonement,
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you brought me to Him.
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I was in prison by
sin and you liberated me
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through the Gospel
that unlocks out chains.
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I was sick, sin is
described as a sickness
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from the crown of the
head to the sole of the foot
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we're full of wounds and bruises
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and putrefying
sores, it's nauseating,
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it's a sickness and we
got the balm of Gilead, amen.
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This is describing
the ministry of the church
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but it's more than that.
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Those six conditions there
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described the
suffering of Jesus.
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When Christ was on the cross,
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he took all the
suffering of humanity.
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Was He hungry?
Hadn't eaten in 24 hours.
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Most of us don't
go that long, do we?
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Was He thirsty? He said He was.
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Was he sick?
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See how you feel
after crucifixion
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and being whipped with a cat
of nine-tails 39 times twice,
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beaten by soldiers.
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Was He a stranger?
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He came on to His
own and they didn't know.
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Was He in prison?
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Can you imagine more perfect
example of being in prison
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and being suspended
between heaven and earth
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and nailed by your
feet and your hands?
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When Jesus was
hanging on the cross,
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He embraced all the
suffering of humanity.
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And He said as much as
you have done it on to one
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of the least of these,
you have done it to me.
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Think about this for a
second. I'm almost done.
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God is
omnipresent, God is omnipotent,
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God is all knowing omniscient.
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I would like to add one sub
category if you will allow me.
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God is omnipathic,
because God knows everything,
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He feels everything.
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Now another government tells us
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that they feel our pain, right.
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I have serious
doubts about that.
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But if God knows everything.
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Does he know
everything, everything?
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Is there
anything He doesn't know?
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Is He aware of every
tingling of every nerve,
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fiber on the end of
every hair on your body?
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Does He feel when
the sparrows are hungry?
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He feels when
the dog wags its tail
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because you pet his head.
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God feels everything.
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How much pain do you think
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the Lord is feeling now
coming from this planet?
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You and I can't comprehend it.
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It just gives us brain meltdown.
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How much God must be hurting?
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He loves us so much
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and there's so much
suffering in this planet.
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When Jesus said, "As
the Father has sent me,
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so send I you" He has sent
us out there to do everything
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we can by relieving
the physical suffering
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of humanity by giving
them the bread of life
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and the living water
and the balm of Gilead
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and all those
things that I've mentioned.
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But He's also sent us out
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to relieve the
spiritual suffering,
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physical and spiritual.
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And whenever you do
any good thing for anybody
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and they feel
better because you speak
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a word of encouragement,
because you smile at them,
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because you take care
of their practical needs,
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because you help them
with their spiritual needs.
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Jesus said, as much as
you've done it for them,
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you've done it for me,
because He feels the relief.
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When you give
water to a thirsty dog
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and that dog is relieved.
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Does the Lord feel that?
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He's aware of every
sensation in the cosmos.
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This isn't pantheism friends
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this is Biblical
Christian theology.
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You got that?
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This is very clear,
God knows everything.
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Anything you and I do,
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I used to think it's a metaphor
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as much as you
have done it for them
00:48:32.09\00:48:33.17
the least of these you've
done if for me, that's nice.
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It's not just a
metaphor, it's true.
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How many
opportunities have we passed up
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to make God feel better?
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In our discouraged and
suffering brothers and sisters
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and even the creatures.
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What a privilege, what an,
wonderful privilege we have
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to be followers of good
and blessing in the world.
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That's what He's
called every Christian
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to be and the more
you're willing to give
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of the goodness
of God to others,
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the Lord will give you to give.
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He wants us to be conduits
of blessing to the world.
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Well, this Samaritan understood
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that and he took
care of this man's needs,
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now think about it.
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It was at his expense,
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this man who was
not even his friend,
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his enemy, he loved him.
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God loves us while
we were yet sinners,
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He died for us.
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It was his wine, Jesus blood,
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the Holy Spirit,
the oil, his clothing,
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he put him on his
beast, he traded places,
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he says I want you ride.
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This is the Gospel, friends.
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The Lord is saying,
I'll trade places with you.
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He goes to the end, He
says I'll sleep on the floor,
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you take the bed, you're sick.
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He even pays out of His pocket
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and then He tells the innkeeper,
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I'm coming back.
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Whatever you spend
before I come back,
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I'll repay you.
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Do you hear the echoes
of Jesus in that statement?
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Amen. I'm coming back.
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As the father
sent me, so send I you,
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the world's been
beat up by the devil.
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It might cost us
something to take care of Him
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until He comes back but
He says He'll pay us, amen.
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We'll have our reward.
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This is the story of Gospel.
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Some of you, everybody here
fits in this story somewhere.
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Some of us have been walking
by those who're suffering.
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Some of us have
been beat up by the devil
00:50:29.77\00:50:33.76
and we're still on
the ground half dead.
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Some of us are doing
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the ministry of
a good Samaritan.
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We're trying to be
fountains of blessing
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to all that we
meet that are hurting.
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And I like to begin by
making very specific appeal.
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We don't have any
music or fanfare here,
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but I think it's appropriate.
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Some of you heard
the truth in what I said
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this morning, afternoon,
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and you feel like
you've been beat up
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and stripped and
robbed by the enemy
00:51:04.41\00:51:08.64
and you'd like to be restored,
00:51:08.65\00:51:10.54
you'd like to accept
the wine of Christ blood
00:51:10.55\00:51:14.19
to heal your wounds,
his robe of righteousness,
00:51:14.20\00:51:17.26
you'd like to have the
Holy Spirit anoint you.
00:51:17.27\00:51:22.10
If there are some here who
either have not surrendered
00:51:22.11\00:51:25.02
their lives to Jesus
or maybe you did once
00:51:25.03\00:51:28.09
and you slipped away
00:51:28.10\00:51:30.75
and you like to
return right now.
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I'd like to invite you to stand.
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We wanna have
special prayer for you.
00:51:34.28\00:51:36.40
Don't worry about what
anyone here might stand
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or remain
standing, you might think,
00:51:38.28\00:51:39.90
this is between
you and God, amen.
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We're all in
this thing together.
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Praise the Lord
for these decisions.
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There're some others,
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you feel a struggle
in your heart right now,
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I always call people publicly,
00:51:48.52\00:51:50.45
Jesus died for you
publicly, don't be ashamed.
00:51:50.46\00:51:56.78
You're feeling the
struggle going on in your heart,
00:51:56.79\00:51:58.94
the Lord's asking you to return,
00:51:58.95\00:52:00.22
or come for the first time,
00:52:00.23\00:52:01.95
that's a battle between
your devil and your Savior
00:52:01.96\00:52:04.99
and you have the
tie breaking vote.
00:52:05.00\00:52:08.69
Vote for life. Come to Him now.
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Some of you maybe
even raised in the church
00:52:12.72\00:52:14.26
and you know
you're not living for God.
00:52:14.27\00:52:17.69
You're still
beat up by the enemy
00:52:17.70\00:52:20.24
and you'd like to instead
of being down on the ground,
00:52:20.25\00:52:23.39
you'd like to be doing the
work of the good Samaritan.
00:52:23.40\00:52:27.40
Come to Him now.
Say, Lord here I am.
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Are there
others, I am just going
00:52:31.01\00:52:32.03
to extend this a moment longer.
00:52:32.04\00:52:33.27
Praise the Lord
for these decisions.
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Now I'd like to open it up,
00:52:36.50\00:52:38.71
those of us who'd
like to do a better job
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.59
are being channels of blessing
to this world that is hurting.
00:52:41.60\00:52:47.35
Let's ask God for His help.
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Father in heaven, we thank You
00:52:55.34\00:52:59.00
for the message of
Jesus in this parable,
00:52:59.01\00:53:02.95
that helps to encapsulate.
00:53:02.96\00:53:05.62
First of all,
who is our neighbor?
00:53:05.63\00:53:07.38
Anybody who is
hurting and helps us to see
00:53:07.39\00:53:11.07
what the plan of
devil is, to humiliate,
00:53:11.08\00:53:14.95
to strip us of our
dignity, our righteousness,
00:53:14.96\00:53:18.63
to take our lives, to rob us.
00:53:18.64\00:53:22.82
And then Lord we see the
plan of Jesus to restore us,
00:53:22.83\00:53:25.87
to heal us, to tenderly care,
00:53:25.88\00:53:27.57
the compassion
and love of the Lord
00:53:27.58\00:53:29.43
that He comes
to us where we are.
00:53:29.44\00:53:31.90
Lord we're all in
this story somewhere.
00:53:31.91\00:53:34.81
I pray You help us to identify
00:53:34.82\00:53:36.30
where we are and
help us by your grace
00:53:36.31\00:53:40.88
to position ourselves
as ministers of Christ.
00:53:40.89\00:53:45.17
Everyone of us to be
sharing with the word
00:53:45.18\00:53:48.22
that's hurting
not passing them by.
00:53:48.23\00:53:51.29
Lord, heal those
that are beat up,
00:53:51.30\00:53:53.93
forgive those
who've been indifferent.
00:53:53.94\00:53:57.25
And I pray Lord that
You'd empower our churches
00:53:57.26\00:53:59.48
that we can be an inn
that will care for the hurting
00:53:59.49\00:54:02.42
that replace within our hands.
00:54:02.43\00:54:05.11
Pour out Your Spirit
on this camp meeting.
00:54:05.12\00:54:07.90
I pray that you will help us
00:54:07.91\00:54:09.20
to be aware of Christ presence
00:54:09.21\00:54:11.20
on the ground
through these holy hours.
00:54:11.21\00:54:14.12
In His name we ask, amen.
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