What does the future hold?
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Where can we find certainty
in a world of uncertainty?
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The book of Revelation provides
hopeful answers for today,
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tomorrow, and forever.
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Join Mark Finley, author
and world renowned speaker,
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on a journey
into the future with
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Welcome again to Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
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I'm glad you've joined us.
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We've been on a journey
through the book of Revelation.
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And this presentation
focuses especially on Jesus
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in the book of Revelation.
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When many people think
of Revelation, they think of
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of cryptic symbols.
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They think of strange beasts.
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They think of prophetic images.
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But yet Jesus is the center
of the book of Revelation.
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Now, of course, in this series
we will discuss these various
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prophetic
symbols in their meaning.
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They're vitally important.
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But if you understand
the prophetic symbols,
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and you leave out Jesus, you've
missed the heart of the book.
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So let's pray together as
we go into this presentation.
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Father in Heaven, as we
open the Word of God again,
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as we look at the book of
Revelation, come, be with us.
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May this be more than
an exercise to satisfy our
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curiosity, but may it
be a powerful life changing
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presentation for each of us.
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In Christ's name, Amen.
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Our topic for
this presentation is
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You know, the world we live
in is a world that is filled
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with incredible stress.
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People seem to
be rushed, hurried,
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stressed out much of the time.
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And as the result of
that, scores of people are
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experiencing health problems.
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Stress is one of
the major causes of
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coronary heart disease.
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How much stress is too much?
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The researchers at a large
eastern University wanted to
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find the answer
to that question.
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And so they took a lamb,
and they put that lamb in a pen.
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And in the lamb's feeding
pen they put ten stations.
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They hooked up an electrode
to each one of these stations.
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Now the researchers could
observe what the lamb was doing,
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and the lamb
couldn't see out of the pen.
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So the lamb would go
over to one feeding station,
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and the researchers would
press a button, shock the lamb.
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They wanted to find out how much
stress this lamb could take.
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Now what do you think happened
when the lamb was shocked?
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Of course, the
lamb jumped and ran.
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The researchers were surprised.
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The lamb never went
back to the feeding station
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where it was shocked.
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The researchers kept
shocking that poor little lamb
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at every feeding station.
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And the lamb was
shocked again and again.
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Now the shocks weren't
strong enough to kill the lamb,
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just strong enough
to stress out the lamb.
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And the lamb would never
go back to the feeding station
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where it was shocked.
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Feeding station 3,
shock; feeding station 6, shock.
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Pretty soon the lamb was shocked
at every feeding station.
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The lamb ran to the center of
the pen and just began shaking,
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and shaking, and shaking.
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The lamb died of a heart
attack, a nervous breakdown.
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The amount of stress was
just so great the lamb couldn't
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take it any longer.
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Then the researchers
did something quite amazing.
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They put that lamb's twin
in the pen with its mother.
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And as they did, the lamb went
over to the feeding station,
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that little
lamb, and began to eat.
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They shocked it. The lamb
turned and looked to its mother,
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ran over to its mother.
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And the mother said something
in the lamb's ear that they
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were not sure of what that
lamb language was all about.
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And they wondered,
What's going on here?
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What's this
little lamb going to do?
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The lamb ran then to the
next feeding station and ate.
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They shocked it. Mother looked
at lamb, lamb looked at mother.
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The shock wasn't that bad.
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The lamb went ba ba,
mother lamb went ba ba,
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and the lamb kept eating.
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The researchers were amazed.
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The presence of the mother in
the pen made all the difference.
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This little lamb
had some place to run.
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This little lamb
had a place of security.
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This little lamb
had a place of refuge.
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And the stressors did not
bother the lamb any longer.
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Is there a place
that you can run in the
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stresses of your life?
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Who can carry our load?
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In the book of Revelation,
deeply within the heart of
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Scripture, in the
last book of the Bible,
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Jesus Christ is
the center theme.
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He is the One that
can bear our burdens.
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He is the One that
can lift the heavy load.
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He is the One that
can enable us to handle
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the stressors of life.
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Now remember,
Revelation 1:1, our theme.
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This book of Revelation is
the Revelation of who everybody?
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Who's it the revelation of?
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That's right! We've mentioned
it again, and again, and again.
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It is the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Throughout the book of
Revelation, Jesus has very many
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different names or titles.
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Revelation 1:5, Jesus
is the faithful witness.
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He witnesses of
the Father's love.
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He witnesses of
the Father's grace.
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He witnesses of
the Father's glory.
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Jesus is the
firstborn from the dead.
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He was
resurrected from the dead.
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Christ came out
of the tomb alive.
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He lived, He
died, He lives again.
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The Bible says that
Jesus is ruler over all
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the kings of the earth.
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This earth is not in
the hands of human beings,
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this earth is in
the hands of God.
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So titles of Christ;
what are those titles?
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Throughout the book of
Revelation the faithful witness
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of the Father's love,
the firstborn from the dead,
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the ruler over the
kings of all the earth.
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In Revelation 12:5 Jesus is
the male child that's to rule
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all nations
with the rod of iron.
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He is the One who
has supreme authority.
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In Revelation 12:5 He is
the Child caught up to God
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in the Father's
throne; the resurrected Christ.
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Throughout the
book of Revelation Jesus
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is front and center.
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We see Him again and again.
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In Revelation 14 Jesus
is the One who comes to reap
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the harvest of the earth.
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In Revelation 14:14
the Bible puts it this way:
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Here is Christ, the One who was
here once, that walked the dusty
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streets of the Galilee, the
One that forgave and healed,
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and delivered demoniacs.
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That Jesus, He
is the Son of man.
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He's coming again,
coming in the clouds of heaven,
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coming in the
imagery of Revelation to reap
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the harvest of the
earth. The text goes on.
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What is this
symbol of about Jesus?
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It's about this Christ,
this Christ who reigns over the
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kings of the earth, this
Christ who's triumphant over
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the powers of hell.
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What is this book of
Revelation all about?
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This Christ who comes one day
triumphantly to reap the harvest
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of the entire earth.
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And you remember Revelation 19
says, He is the King of kings,
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He is the Lord of lords.
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You remember the great
Hallelujah Chorus, Handel's
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Messiah, King of
kings, Lord of lords.
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King of kings, Lord of lords.
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That's who Jesus
is in Revelation.
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Throughout the book of
Revelation Christ is mentioned
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as the Lion, kingly
authority, the Lamb, sacrifice.
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There is no book in the Bible
that has more symbolism of Jesus
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than this book,
the book of Revelation.
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But the key symbol in Revelation
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is the symbol of a lamb.
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This symbol of a lamb is
mentioned twenty-seven times.
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Christ's kingly authority comes
because He was the Lamb of God.
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And so in this
presentation, let's explore that
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symbolism of a lamb.
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What does this
symbolism of a lamb mean to you?
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What does this
symbolism of a lamb mean to me?
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And how does this symbolism of
a lamb impact our lives today?
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How does it change our lives?
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John looks up into heaven and
he sees this imagery of a lamb.
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Revelation 5 talks about the
fact that there's only One that
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can provide
salvation for the human race.
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And the whole universe sings,
Worthy, Worthy is the Lamb
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that was slain to receive
glory, and honor, and power.
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Before sin ever began, when
God gave to the human race the
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capacity to choose, knowing
that the human race can make
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the wrong choice, God put into
motion a plan that would deal
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with the sin of Adam and Eve.
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God's foreknowledge foresaw what
would happen, yet He created the
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human race with freedom of will.
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And He provided a
sacrifice, a One who would come,
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the Lamb of God, to be
sacrificed for the human race.
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Revelation 12 talks
about a dragon-like beast that
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would attack the
Lamb, and make war with the
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followers of the Lamb.
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But again the Lamb,
Jesus Christ, is triumphant.
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Again the Lamb,
Jesus Christ, is conqueror.
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Again the Lamb, Jesus Christ,
defeats and crushes all evil.
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The Bible says
in Revelation 12:11,
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What was it about the blood
of the Lamb that enabled these
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followers of Christ in
the early centuries to be able
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to be conquerors and triumphant?
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How do we
understand this expression,
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the blood of the Lamb?
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It's kind of foreign to
modern 21st Century ears.
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What does it mean?
We're going to explore that,
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and why this symbolism
of a lamb is so significant.
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Throughout the book of
Revelation one thing that
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kind of startles you is
the Lamb and the dragon fight.
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If the Lamb and dragon fight,
who do you thinks' going to win?
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Obviously the dragon.
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Not so! The book of Revelation
turns that on its head.
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Revelation 17:14 says, These
will make war with the Lamb.
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It's talking about a
great confederacy at end time.
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And the Lamb will overcome them.
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The Lamb overcomes all
the powers of evil at the end.
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There's something
about the blood of the Lamb,
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something about the blood
of the Lamb that enables God's
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plan to triumph over the
principalities and powers
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of hell in the Universe. Why?
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So the Lamb triumph's over
the dragon, and the Lamb becomes
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King of Kings,
and Lord of lords.
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Now how can we understand,
in 20th Century terms,
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what this blood
of the Lamb means?
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We're going to go back
throughout the Old Testament
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and try to discover
the significance of that.
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Be prepared for some
surprises, because tonight God's
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going to speak to you.
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In this presentation
God's going to touch your heart.
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In this presentation you're
going to discover why this
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imagery of the blood of
the Lamb is so significant.
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You will find forgiveness.
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You'll find freedom from guilt.
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You'll find a new
power in your life.
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And you will find
that the greatest power in
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the Universe is love.
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And this whole
imagery of the blood of the
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Lamb speaks of love.
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The love of a God
that would not let you go.
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The love of a God that
will follow you wherever you go.
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The love of God that will touch
your life, and change your life,
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and transform your life.
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Satan has tried to dominate
the Universe in the great
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controversy between
good and evil, by lies,
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deception, and force.
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Jesus dominates by one
thing, and He dominates by love.
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That's the
significance of this symbolism.
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Now you remember,
God creates Adam and Eve.
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He creates them perfect.
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He creates them with no flaw.
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He creates them in His
own image, the Bible says.
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And He creates Adam and
Eve with the power of choice,
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with the capacity to
choose between good and evil.
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Eve goes to the tree.
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Satan says to her, Has
God really said that you
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can't eat of this tree?
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When you eat of it you'll become
as God's, knowing good and evil.
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But controversy wages on earth.
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That controversy that we studied
about in Revelation that waged
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in heaven, wages on earth.
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Eve, and her husband Adam, are
caught in a Titanic struggle.
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They're caught with a choice:
God said, You shall not eat.
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Disobeying God. They
partake of that fruit of the
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tree of good and
evil, and immediately evil,
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and wickedness, and
sin come into their bodies.
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They're separated from God.
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Does God push this
planet out into space
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and simply annihilate it,
and let selfishness reign,
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and let the entire
human race be destroyed?
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Does God simply
swat and destroy evil,
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like swatting a mosquito?
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Does God simply
destroy Adam and Eve and say,
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Okay, you've sinned.
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The wages of sin is death.
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I'm going to
start all over again?
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God does not do that at all.
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God develops a plan,
a plan that would deal
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with the sin problem, because
sin develops a major problem.
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And this is what the
text says: The wages of sin...
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Can you say it with me?
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You may know the text.
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Why is sin's wage death?
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Because sin
separates us from God.
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God is the source of life.
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So to be separated from God, is
to be separated from the source
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of life; therefore death ensues.
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If you have an apple tree
and you break a branch off
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of the apple tree, the sap in
the branch may cause the leaves
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still to be green, and may
cause the apples still to be
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there on that branch.
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But you come back a day later,
2 days later, 5 days later,
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pretty soon you see that
branch separated from the
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tree, dying in decay.
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Exact same thing with sin.
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Sin separates us
from the source of life.
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Sin separates us from God,
and death ensues in our bodies.
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Now, how do you deal
with the problem of death?
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That's where the Lamb comes in.
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Now the blood represents life.
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When the life of Jesus
is poured out on the cross,
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His life atones for Adam's sin.
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Down through the Old Testament
the symbolism of a lamb,
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and the
symbolism of a dying lamb
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represents the dying Christ.
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Blood represents life.
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The blood of the Lamb shed
throughout the Old Testament,
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represents the life of
the sinner that must die,
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not simply a physical
death, but an eternal death,
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because of sin,
unless there's a substitute.
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So throughout the Old
Testament men and women who
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sinned brought lambs. Why?
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The dying Lamb
represents the dying of Christ.
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Now you say that's terrible!
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That's terrible that
all these sacrifices,
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all this blood had to be shed.
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It's terrible because
the lamb didn't do anything.
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It is terrible. Sin
brings its consequences.
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Sin brings death. But
there's something more terrible
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than the death of a
lamb, and that's the death of
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Jesus Christ, the
Divine Son of God.
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Sin has its wages,
and those wages are death.
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And all of heaven was
willing to pay that wage
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for the human race.
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So let's go to the Old Testament
Sanctuary and see if we can
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learn some lessons
that apply to our lives
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about this dying lamb.
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Here's a man that gets in a
big argument with his neighbor,
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and the argument is
over a land dispute.
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And so the man begins yelling
and screaming at his neighbor.
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And as this man is yelling, as
he's screaming at his neighbor,
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he slaps his
neighbor across the face.
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That night, as this man
goes back to his tent in ancient
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Israel, he begins to
think of what he's done.
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He begins to think of his sin.
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He kneels down before God,
and he says, God, I've sinned.
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My anger got the best of me!
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I slapped my neighbor.
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Not only must he go to
his neighbor and ask for
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forgiveness, but he
has to bring a lamb.
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And he brings a lamb
here to the Sanctuary.
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As he enters the
Sanctuary with the lamb,
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he's met by the priest.
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He comes to that Sanctuary
with his lamb, and he places his
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hands over the head of the lamb.
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Not simply over
the head of the lamb,
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but on the head of the lamb.
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The full weight
of that man's body
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is on the head of that lamb.
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And then this man
must take the knife,
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and he must come to that lamb.
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As he's placing his
hands on the head of the lamb,
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as that lamb is against his
knee, that man must take the
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knife and he must slit
the throat of the lamb.
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As he confesses his sin
over the head of the lamb,
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the guilt of the
sin is transferred from
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the man to the lamb.
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You say, The lamb
didn't do anything.
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The lamb didn't sin.
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In fact the Bible says you bring
a lamb without spot or blemish.
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Now there were multiple
offerings in the Sanctuary.
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They could bring a bullock, they
could bring a lamb, depending on
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the sin, and depending on
the nature of the individual.
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You know, actually,
very poor people at times
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brought grain offerings.
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There was a perpetual
sacrifice, a blood offered for
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them at the Sanctuary.
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But the provisions of the
Sanctuary for all humanity,
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whoever you are you cam come.
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Whoever you are
you can find grace.
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Whoever you are
you can find mercy.
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So the person has to
slit the throat of the lamb
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there at the altar in the court.
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Once that lamb is slain in
the court, part of the blood is
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poured out at the basin
of that altar of sacrifice.
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But the priest took the
blood into the Sanctuary
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and sprinkled it before
the veil, behind which was the
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ark of the
covenant, or the law of God.
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Now notice how
Leviticus puts it.
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Now notice the last part
of the text; very interesting.
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So if it was a lie,
he had to confess that.
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If it was anger, he
had to confess that.
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If it was selfishness or
greed, whatever that sin was.
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So sin was very, very
specifically confessed.
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Too many times Christians
get on their knees and say,
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Oh Jesus, if I sinned
today, please forgive me.
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That kind of general confession,
which is really not confession,
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it's really self-justification;
that general confession does not
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bring the peace to the soul.
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It does not
bring joy to the heart.
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It does not bring
deliverance from guilt.
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But when you and I get
on our knees, and before God
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barefacedly repent and
say, God, today I was selfish.
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God, today I was
less than honest.
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God today pride filled my heart.
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Jesus, I know you are my Lamb.
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That makes all the difference.
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So the sinner
must bring the Lamb.
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He must take his
knife... Notice what it says.
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He shall bring his trespass
offering to the Lord for his
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sin, which he has committed.
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Every lamb pointed
forward to the coming of Christ,
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the Divine Lamb of God.
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Do you remember what John
the Baptist said in John 1:29?
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He saw Jesus coming and he
said, Behold the Lamb of God,
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which takes away
the sin of the world.
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Your sin can be taken away.
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Your sin can be forgiven.
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Provision through
Christ has been made for that.
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The Bible is very clear.
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The Bible is very plain.
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So the tabernacle of Christ
in heaven was foreshadowed
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with the earthly tabernacle.
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You see, in the book of Hebrews
you have three major themes.
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1. Christ is better.
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Christ is better, and
His sacrifice is better than
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earthly sacrifices.
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2. The priesthood of Christ
is better than the priesthood
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of earthly priests.
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3. The Sanctuary of
Christ in heaven is better than
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the earthly Sanctuary.
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So all of Hebrews is
about Christ is better.
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But we see in the Old Testament
clearly the outline of this plan
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of salvation that would
be manifest in Christ when He
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came centuries later.
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So the text says.
And it goes on to say,
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Jesus once for all, after
His sacrifice on the cross,
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ascended to heaven.
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And He says, as we
come seeking forgiveness,
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as we come seeking
grace, as we come seeking
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freedom from guilt.
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Jesus says, This man,
this woman, is one of Mine.
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He writes pardon after our name.
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Why? Because His blood was shed.
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It is not the blood of lambs,
the blood of bulls, and goats
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that provides
forgiveness for sin.
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That simply foreshadowed,
that simply kept people focused,
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if they knew or understand.
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The Bible says
in Hebrews 9:28...
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Can you read it from the
screen with me wherever you are?
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maybe in your home,
and maybe with friends.
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Let's read it together.
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Just like the sinner confessed
their sin, the guilt is
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transferred to the Lamb.
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The Lamb dies, not in behalf
of the sinner, but as a symbol
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of Christ who would die
in behalf of the sinner.
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Now let me ask you
this: Where was the sin before
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the sinner confessed it?
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Who had it? When the sinner
is coming with the Lamb by his
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side, to His Sanctuary,
who has the sin? That's right!
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The sinner has it. Is
the sinner guilty? Certainly.
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Is the sinner burdened
with guilt? Definitely.
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Now, once the sinner confesses
the sin, and it's transferred
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to the Lamb, who has it now?
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You say, the Lamb! Right.
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Isn't that why
the Lamb had to die?
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Because it was a transference of
guilt from the man to the Lamb?
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When the man walks
away from the Sanctuary,
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what kind of
feelings do you think he has?
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He's filled with joy! Why?
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Because the sin is
transferred to the Lamb.
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The blood of the Lamb is shed.
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That blood, with
the record of that sin,
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goes into the Sanctuary.
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Who does not have the guilt now?
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The man doesn't.
He's, he's singing.
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He's filled with praise!
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He's been forgiven!
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Let me ask you this question:
Why are you still bearing guilt?
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You confessed your sin to Jesus.
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Why are you still carrying
that load of guilt around?
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Why do you still feel
that emptiness in your soul?
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If you have confessed your
sin to Jesus, you no longer need
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to carry that guilt.
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That's what the blood
of the Lamb is all about.
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We confess our sin
and that guilt is gone.
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We don't have to
bear that sin any longer.
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Many people are on
antidepressants, often because
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they are so guilty
because of what they've done.
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Now I don't mean
that's the only reason,
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but it is one reason.
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Guilty about their past,
guilty about their failures,
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guilty about the
things they should have done.
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There is a fountain
filled with blood that's drawn
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from Immanuel's veins.
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And sinners plunged
beneath that flood lose all
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their guilty stains.
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Redeemed how I
love to proclaim it.
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Amazing grace
how sweet the sound,
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that saved a wretch like me.
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I once was lost,
but now I'm found.
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Once we come to Jesus
that guilt in Christ is gone.
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Once we come in our imagination
with our Lamb to the Sanctuary,
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and once we kneel and
confess our sins at the foot of
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Calvary's cross, the
guilt is taken from us.
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It is placed on our Savior
and Lord, and our Redeemer.
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We need not bear
that guilt anymore.
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We are free! We are free!
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We are free in Jesus Christ!
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That's good news
for somebody tonight.
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That's good news for
somebody watching this program.
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Tonight, this very moment that
you're watching this program.
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As I speak, in your mind
you can say, Jesus, I'm sorry.
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Jesus, I failed You.
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Jesus, I let you down.
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Jesus, I disappointed Your
heart, but Your eternal love
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would not let me go.
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Your eternal love came
and lived the perfect life
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I should have
lived, and died the death
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that I should have died.
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And, Lord, I come to
You to receive that grace,
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to receive that mercy. You see,
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that One eternal
sacrifice, the Lamb of God
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that would die for our sins.
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You know, there are many people
that even when they're trying
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to have reconciliation
with another person,
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they'll say something like this:
You know, if I did anything
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to hurt you, please forgive me.
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Once you start with if,
it's not a confession at all.
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Well, if I've
offended You, Oh God...
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If, God, I sinned
today, please forgive me.
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Drop your if's.
Get rid of the if's.
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Simply come to God and
acknowledge your guilt.
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But somebody says, That would
make me feel uncomfortable.
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Bless your heart!
Whether you feel uncomfortable
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or not is not the issue.
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You would feel
more uncomfortable
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if you don't confess.
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You'd feel more
guilty if you don't confess.
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In barefaced
repentance come to God.
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Because, you know,
you're never going to be
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free from that guilt.
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You're never going to be
free from those condemning
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voices in your brain unless
you acknowledge that you failed,
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unless you really
clearly acknowledge your guilt.
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And once you acknowledge
that, once you acknowledge that,
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then you can receive the gift of
God, and eternal life in Christ.
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Because, look, Romans 6:23.
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Remember we read the first
part of it earlier? It says:
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You can never receive the gift
unless you acknowledge the sin.
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I was speaking
in the Philippines,
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way up outside of Legazpi City.
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It was up in like a jungle area.
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It was on an old dirt road.
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And we put up a wooden
table, and set up a lantern,
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called the villagers, and
they were sitting on the road.
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And I was talking
about Jesus, talking about
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the gift of salvation.
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And I really
wanted them to understand
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the gift of salvation.
00:30:33.40\00:30:34.96
And it seemed everything I
was saying, they have this blank
00:30:35.00\00:30:38.40
look on their faces.
00:30:38.43\00:30:39.77
And I had
something in my pocket.
00:30:39.80\00:30:41.67
I don't remember now
whether it was a comb or a pen.
00:30:41.70\00:30:44.21
Let's say it was a
pen, a real nice pen.
00:30:44.27\00:30:46.01
And I said, I need to
offer this to them as a gift.
00:30:46.04\00:30:49.38
Maybe they'll understand
the gift of salvation.
00:30:49.41\00:30:51.58
Took the pen out of my pocket.
00:30:51.61\00:30:53.55
A lot of little
kids sitting there.
00:30:53.58\00:30:55.02
I said, Here's
something for you. You want it?
00:30:55.05\00:30:57.45
Now they saw this
big tall American coming,
00:30:57.49\00:30:59.75
and these little
tiny Philippino children.
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.72
One boy got up, and I
came to him and I said,
00:31:01.79\00:31:03.66
Do you want this? He was
so shy he jumped up and ran
00:31:03.73\00:31:05.89
back into the jungle.
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.26
I went to another boy.
00:31:07.30\00:31:08.63
Hey, do you want this pen?
00:31:08.66\00:31:10.00
Jumped up and
ran into the jungle.
00:31:10.03\00:31:11.37
Went up to another boy.
00:31:11.40\00:31:12.73
Do you want pen? He grabbed
it out of my hand and ran.
00:31:12.77\00:31:14.60
And pretty soon the elders
of the village said, Come back!
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.47
Come back! Come back!
00:31:17.51\00:31:18.84
So all the kids came back.
00:31:18.87\00:31:20.21
They gathered around me, and
I said, Now, to the first boy.
00:31:20.24\00:31:21.78
Do you have the pen?
00:31:21.84\00:31:23.18
No, I don't have it sir.
00:31:23.21\00:31:24.55
I said to the next
one, Do you have the pen?
00:31:24.58\00:31:26.58
No, I don't have it sir.
00:31:26.61\00:31:27.95
Said to the next
one, Do you have the pen?
00:31:27.98\00:31:29.72
He kind of sheepishly
pulls it out of his pocket
00:31:29.75\00:31:32.52
and said, I have the pen.
00:31:32.55\00:31:33.89
I said to the other two, Why
does he have it and you don't?
00:31:33.92\00:31:36.86
They said, Well,
because he took it.
00:31:36.89\00:31:39.39
I said, You can have it.
00:31:39.43\00:31:40.76
He can have that? It's a gift?
00:31:40.80\00:31:42.26
He can have it. Why
don't you have it, boy?
00:31:42.30\00:31:45.30
I didn't take it. You can
have the gift of salvation.
00:31:45.33\00:31:48.97
Reach out and take it.
00:31:49.00\00:31:51.01
Reach out and say,
Jesus, I acknowledge my guilt.
00:31:51.04\00:31:53.98
Jesus' salvation is a gift.
00:31:54.01\00:31:56.11
It's not something I can earn.
00:31:56.14\00:31:57.65
Well, well, Pastor Mark,
I'm going to become a Christian
00:31:57.68\00:32:01.12
and I'm going to go to
church, and I'm going to pray,
00:32:01.15\00:32:03.69
and I'm going to be faithful
in my offerings, and then can I
00:32:03.75\00:32:06.55
have the gift of salvation?
00:32:06.59\00:32:07.92
The Bible says, no,
you can have it right now.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.99
We do not do good
works in order to be saved.
00:32:10.03\00:32:14.50
We do good works
because we are saved.
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.40
We've come to Christ, and we've
seen His love, and His grace,
00:32:17.43\00:32:21.24
and it has changed our lives.
00:32:21.27\00:32:23.57
The burden of guilt is gone.
00:32:30.01\00:32:32.11
We no longer are seized
with that guilt that crushes out
00:32:32.15\00:32:36.72
the very joy of our life.
00:32:36.79\00:32:38.62
Look what Hebrews 9:14 says.
00:32:38.65\00:32:41.42
The Scripture is so plain.
00:32:52.60\00:32:54.20
If the blood of bulls and
goats foreshadowed Christ,
00:32:56.77\00:33:01.64
when we meet the fulfillment,
the One who all the shadows
00:33:01.68\00:33:06.51
of the Old Testament
point forward to, we come to Him
00:33:06.55\00:33:10.45
and our life is
changed. It says He can
00:33:10.49\00:33:13.09
Do you want your
conscience cleaned?
00:33:18.73\00:33:21.03
There's many a man, and many
a woman that would pay hundreds
00:33:21.06\00:33:26.33
of dollars to a counselor
to get their conscience clean,
00:33:26.37\00:33:29.50
to get their head straight.
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.11
Jesus Christ can
straighten out your head.
00:33:31.17\00:33:34.71
He can give you
a clean conscience.
00:33:34.74\00:33:38.25
You can find in Christ
the longing of your heart.
00:33:38.28\00:33:42.28
The guilt, the shame,
the condemnation can be gone.
00:33:42.32\00:33:46.25
In this living Christ, Jesus
can take away everything that
00:33:46.29\00:33:52.29
It is gone in Christ.
00:33:57.53\00:33:59.53
We no longer
need to handle that.
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.00
This is the message of
Scripture, and specifically the
00:34:02.04\00:34:04.81
message of the
book of Revelation.
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.37
Twenty-seven times in the
book of Revelation Jesus is
00:34:06.41\00:34:10.01
mentioned as the Lamb, the
Lamb of God that takes away
00:34:10.05\00:34:13.82
our sin, the Lamb of God
who reaches out in love to us,
00:34:13.88\00:34:17.62
the Lamb of God who
forgives us, the blood of
00:34:17.65\00:34:20.76
Christ that changes us.
00:34:20.79\00:34:22.19
This Lamb that will
triumph through love over the
00:34:22.22\00:34:25.53
principalities and
powers of darkness.
00:34:25.56\00:34:27.56
This Lamb who will
triumph through love over the
00:34:27.60\00:34:30.43
oppressive forces of evil.
00:34:30.47\00:34:31.80
This Lamb who will triumph
through love over everything
00:34:31.83\00:34:35.90
that Satan throws at us.
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.54
The Lamb and the dragon fight.
00:34:37.57\00:34:39.31
There is only One
who can take away our
00:34:41.34\00:34:42.84
shame, and that is Jesus.
00:34:42.88\00:34:44.81
One of the most amazing
passages in all of Scripture.
00:34:46.88\00:34:51.02
For He, that is God,
made Him, that was Christ,
00:34:51.05\00:34:55.06
who knew no sin...
Did Jesus ever sin? Never!
00:34:55.12\00:34:59.09
Jesus became sin for us.
00:35:07.50\00:35:12.44
All of the guilt, all of the
shame, all of the condemnation,
00:35:12.47\00:35:17.35
all of the horrible
nature of sin was placed upon
00:35:17.38\00:35:21.92
Christ on the cross.
00:35:21.95\00:35:23.35
Now remember, the wages
of sin is what everybody?
00:35:23.39\00:35:28.66
The wages of sin is death.
00:35:28.69\00:35:30.49
Is that physical
death, or eternal death?
00:35:30.53\00:35:32.99
See, if the wages of
sin is only physical death,
00:35:33.03\00:35:36.00
then you can
live beyond eternally.
00:35:36.03\00:35:38.57
So the wages of sin must
not only be physical death,
00:35:38.60\00:35:41.24
the consequence of
sin is physical death,
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.11
but the ultimate wage
of sin or the wages of sin,
00:35:44.14\00:35:47.71
that's eternal death.
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.08
That means you go into the
grave and never, ever come out.
00:35:49.11\00:35:51.18
So when Christ hung on the
cross, He bore the condemnation
00:35:51.21\00:35:55.98
of sin, and that's why when
He cried out, My God, My God,
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.29
why has Thou forsaken Me?
that the whole sin problem was
00:35:59.32\00:36:03.73
weighing on His back
in the great controversy
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.76
between good and evil.
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.13
And although Jesus said, Destroy
this body, and in three days
00:36:07.16\00:36:09.86
I'll raise it up again,
when He hung on the cross He,
00:36:09.90\00:36:13.13
according to Hebrews 2:8
would taste death for every man,
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.81
He could not see Himself coming
through the portals of the tomb.
00:36:16.87\00:36:20.11
That's why at the end of
His life He made that statement
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.84
of faith: Father into Thy
hands I commend My Spirit.
00:36:22.88\00:36:25.15
He had to trust God
completely for the resurrection,
00:36:25.18\00:36:28.38
but all around Him was
sin, and shame, and death.
00:36:28.42\00:36:31.25
And when Jesus hangs on
that cross bearing the sins of
00:36:31.29\00:36:34.56
humanity, watch this point.
00:36:34.59\00:36:36.49
Don't miss this point.
00:36:36.52\00:36:37.86
Jesus Himself was willing,
because of love to go into the
00:36:37.89\00:36:43.67
grave and never, ever, ever
come out, if that was necessary
00:36:43.70\00:36:48.90
to pay the wages
of sin for you and me.
00:36:48.94\00:36:51.54
It was like Jesus was saying
this, I am willing to go into
00:36:51.57\00:36:55.34
the grave and be there
for ever, and ever, and ever;
00:36:55.38\00:36:59.55
be separated from My Father
for ever if that's what it takes
00:36:59.58\00:37:03.92
to save the human race.
00:37:03.95\00:37:05.29
There is nothing like this in
any other religion in the world.
00:37:05.32\00:37:09.12
There's nothing
like this in Hinduism.
00:37:09.16\00:37:11.19
There's nothing
like this in Islam.
00:37:11.23\00:37:13.23
There's nothing
like this in Shintuism.
00:37:13.26\00:37:15.30
There's nothing like
this in Confucianism.
00:37:15.33\00:37:17.30
There is nothing like
this in any religion of the
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.73
world except Christianity.
00:37:19.80\00:37:21.27
See, all religions say
that human beings have failed,
00:37:21.30\00:37:26.41
and they need
to get back to God.
00:37:26.44\00:37:28.38
And so most of them say
you do that by good works,
00:37:28.41\00:37:31.71
you do that by performing works
of charity, you do that by being
00:37:31.75\00:37:36.38
kind, but Christianity says that
Christ came and He lived the
00:37:36.42\00:37:41.06
perfect life we
should have lived.
00:37:41.09\00:37:42.96
He died the death on
the cross, paying the
00:37:42.99\00:37:48.16
ransom price for our sin.
00:37:48.20\00:37:50.37
He died that death bearing all
the guilt and shame of our sin.
00:37:50.40\00:37:54.64
He was willing to go into
the grave, and be separated from
00:37:54.67\00:37:57.31
the Father forever and ever,
if that's what it took to save
00:37:57.34\00:38:01.04
you and to save me.
00:38:01.08\00:38:02.41
The glory of the cross is
the glory of a love that would
00:38:02.44\00:38:07.12
never, ever, ever let us go.
00:38:07.15\00:38:09.88
That's why Jesus cried out in
00:38:09.92\00:38:11.99
See, He could not
see the Father's face.
00:38:20.00\00:38:23.37
He did not
recognize the Father's love.
00:38:23.40\00:38:26.17
It was not that He had the
feeling that His Father was
00:38:26.20\00:38:29.87
there embracing Him.
00:38:29.90\00:38:31.34
Sin was so evil, sin was
so wicked, sin was so horrible
00:38:31.37\00:38:36.14
it was like Jesus' heart was
ripped apart from the Father.
00:38:36.18\00:38:39.61
Why did He stay there?
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.65
It wasn't the physical pain,
and the nails through His hands
00:38:41.68\00:38:45.09
that was
excruciatingly agonizing.
00:38:45.12\00:38:48.12
It wasn't the crown
of thorns upon His head.
00:38:48.16\00:38:50.33
It wasn't the horror,
the physical crucifixion.
00:38:50.36\00:38:53.56
It wasn't the emotional
sense of being betrayed.
00:38:53.60\00:38:56.83
It was the sense that His heart
was ripped out from the Father.
00:38:56.87\00:39:00.94
Therefore He hung
in love for you and me.
00:39:00.97\00:39:04.91
And all I can do is fall
at His feet and worship Him.
00:39:04.94\00:39:09.78
All I can do is praise the
Lamb that was slain from the
00:39:09.81\00:39:13.95
foundation of the world.
00:39:13.98\00:39:15.32
Because Jesus on that cross
bore the corporate, consolidated
00:39:15.35\00:39:19.92
focused guilt of all
humanity of every sin
00:39:19.95\00:39:24.03
that was ever committed.
00:39:24.06\00:39:25.86
He bore that shame, He bore the
pain, the suffering, the death
00:39:25.89\00:39:29.46
of that sin that all humanity
should have born in their own
00:39:29.50\00:39:34.50
bodies through eternal death.
00:39:34.54\00:39:36.57
Jesus bore that agony, and
that's why Scripture says in
00:39:36.60\00:39:40.08
We are saved by
grace through faith.
00:39:51.95\00:39:55.56
You can reach out and
say, Jesus, Thank You so much!
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.66
Wouldn't it be a shame to
turn our backs on that grace?
00:39:58.69\00:40:01.56
Wouldn't it be a shame
to walk away from that love?
00:40:01.60\00:40:04.10
Wouldn't it be a shame to
crucify Him again, and bring
00:40:04.13\00:40:08.67
pain to His heart by
denying what He has done for us
00:40:08.70\00:40:13.17
on the cross of Calvary.
00:40:13.21\00:40:16.41
We can come and say,
00:40:16.44\00:40:18.31
That's the
message of Revelation,
00:40:29.39\00:40:31.19
the message that you
can come. The Bible says in
00:40:31.23\00:40:35.40
The life of the flesh is in the
blood, and the shedding of His
00:40:44.27\00:40:47.24
blood speaks to us of love, a
love that is so strong that He
00:40:47.28\00:40:53.72
would go for you into that
grave, a love that reaches out
00:40:53.75\00:41:00.76
to you this very moment.
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.93
But somebody says, Pastor Mark,
make it plain, make it simple.
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.96
I want to know tonight.
00:41:08.00\00:41:09.66
I want to know
that I have eternal life
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.10
through Jesus Christ.
00:41:12.13\00:41:13.47
I want to know that
my sins are forgiven.
00:41:13.50\00:41:15.30
I want to know
that I am Christ's.
00:41:15.34\00:41:18.17
Can you make it plain?
00:41:18.21\00:41:19.54
Let me give you five simple
steps to receive the gift of
00:41:19.57\00:41:23.11
salvation and eternal
life. Here is the fact:
00:41:23.14\00:41:25.35
No matter what you feel
about yourself, God doesn't feel
00:41:28.38\00:41:30.72
that way about you.
00:41:30.75\00:41:32.09
Jeremiah 31:3 says, I have loved
you with an everlasting love.
00:41:32.12\00:41:34.99
First accept the
fact that God loves you.
00:41:35.02\00:41:38.56
You've not turned on
this presentation by accident.
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.64
You're not watching
3ABN by chance tonight.
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.61
God's love has drawn you here.
00:41:50.64\00:41:52.91
He loves you more than you
ever know, and He loves you
00:41:52.94\00:41:55.34
more than you'll ever realize.
00:41:55.38\00:41:56.71
So, Fact 1., Step 1. of
salvation, accept the fact
00:41:56.75\00:41:59.91
that God loves you.
00:41:59.95\00:42:01.28
All your good works are not
going to save you, because one
00:42:05.32\00:42:07.69
sin is worthy of eternal death,
and the wages of sin is death.
00:42:07.72\00:42:10.89
So all of us are sinners.
00:42:10.93\00:42:12.73
We are all on the same boat.
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.40
We all have a
disease that's fatal.
00:42:14.43\00:42:16.23
But the Divine
Physician has a cure.
00:42:16.26\00:42:19.13
Accept the fact that God loves
you, and wants to save you.
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.90
What's the next word?
00:42:32.21\00:42:33.55
What is it everybody?
00:42:33.58\00:42:34.92
We cannot save
ourself, but He can save us.
00:42:38.75\00:42:42.49
Now don't only
believe Jesus can save you.
00:42:46.19\00:42:48.40
I've met a lot of people that
are giving lectures all over
00:42:48.43\00:42:50.80
the world and they say, Oh,
I believe Jesus can save me.
00:42:50.83\00:42:52.97
Do you believe He will save you?
00:42:53.00\00:42:54.80
There's a difference.
00:42:54.84\00:42:56.17
Grasp by faith that there's
nothing more important to Christ
00:42:56.20\00:43:00.58
than your salvation.
00:43:00.61\00:43:01.94
Grasp by faith that Jesus is
heaven's best gift given by the
00:43:01.98\00:43:07.12
Father to save you.
00:43:07.15\00:43:08.52
Accept by faith that God
will send every angel is heaven
00:43:08.55\00:43:11.95
to beat back the powers of hell
in your life if you'll let Him.
00:43:11.99\00:43:15.26
Accept by faith that God
will fill your life with His
00:43:15.29\00:43:18.59
Holy Spirit, reveal to
you through His Word His love.
00:43:18.63\00:43:21.86
Believe that not only Jesus
can, but Jesus will save you.
00:43:21.90\00:43:26.60
For God... If you
know it, wherever you
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.40
are, say it with me.
00:43:29.44\00:43:30.77
Now notice what the text says.
00:43:41.92\00:43:43.52
God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son.
00:43:43.55\00:43:46.72
God gave because
He wanted to redeem.
00:43:46.76\00:43:49.16
That whoever... the Bible does
not say a rich man a poor man,
00:43:49.19\00:43:52.29
it says,
whoever believes in Him.
00:43:52.33\00:43:54.43
Once we come to Christ, and
know that He desires to save
00:43:58.93\00:44:03.71
us, come confess it.
00:44:03.74\00:44:05.07
Scripture says, If
we confess our sins,
00:44:05.11\00:44:08.18
He is faithful and
just... To do what?
00:44:08.21\00:44:11.21
If we do the confessing,
He will do the forgiving.
00:44:14.78\00:44:19.05
So come, come
with your Lamb, Jesus.
00:44:19.09\00:44:22.26
Believe that God loves you.
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.29
Accept the fact that
you're a sinner, and without Him
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.93
you can't be saved.
00:44:27.96\00:44:29.30
Believe that not only
does He want to save you,
00:44:29.33\00:44:33.47
but believe He will save you.
00:44:33.50\00:44:35.67
Come confessing,
and as you confess,
00:44:35.70\00:44:38.91
See, once we confess our sins,
the Living Christ enters our
00:44:44.15\00:44:48.12
life and, you know, once
we confess our sins we then
00:44:48.15\00:44:52.65
can serve Him forever.
00:44:52.69\00:44:54.66
Let me introduce
you to this Christ.
00:44:54.69\00:44:56.86
Let me introduce you to some
people who've met this Christ.
00:44:56.89\00:45:00.66
Come with me on a
journey, and meet a woman cast
00:45:00.70\00:45:03.93
at His feet in adultery.
00:45:03.97\00:45:05.47
Let her give the
testimony to you this day.
00:45:05.50\00:45:09.57
What does she say, with
a brightness in her eyes?
00:45:09.60\00:45:12.57
Now she's no longer
condemned, she is forgiven.
00:45:12.61\00:45:16.18
Jesus, can You forgive sin?
00:45:16.21\00:45:18.81
Mary says, Yes, I was caught
in adultery; in the very act.
00:45:18.85\00:45:22.78
But I came to Jesus.
00:45:22.82\00:45:24.15
Come, meet this Christ who
touches the eyes of the blind,
00:45:24.19\00:45:27.36
that are open, and they
receive new life in Christ.
00:45:27.39\00:45:30.43
Listen to the
testimony of men and women
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throughout the New Testament.
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.10
Look at the boys and girls that
sit on His lap, and find in Him
00:45:34.13\00:45:37.70
such acceptance, such
grace, such mercy, such love.
00:45:37.73\00:45:42.10
Come with me when He breaks
the bread on the mountainside,
00:45:42.14\00:45:46.17
and the hillside of the Galilee,
and look at 5,000 people
00:45:46.21\00:45:50.15
whose physical needs are met.
00:45:50.18\00:45:52.31
But not only that, they
accept Him as the bread of life,
00:45:52.35\00:45:55.25
and they want to make Him king.
00:45:55.28\00:45:57.19
Come and meet this Jesus.
00:45:57.22\00:45:59.05
He walks through
the valleys of Galilee.
00:45:59.09\00:46:03.19
He walks the cobblestone
streets of Jerusalem.
00:46:03.22\00:46:06.23
He forgives, He changes,
He heals, He transforms.
00:46:06.26\00:46:09.80
This is the Christ of
the book of Revelation.
00:46:09.83\00:46:13.64
Come meet this Christ when
the crowds gather around Him,
00:46:13.67\00:46:17.41
and sing Hosanna,
Hosanna to His name!
00:46:17.44\00:46:20.21
Come meet this Christ.
00:46:20.24\00:46:22.28
He is not some
mythical figure like King Arthur
00:46:22.31\00:46:26.82
and the Knights
of the Round Table.
00:46:26.85\00:46:28.85
He is the living Christ.
00:46:28.88\00:46:30.49
He walked and talked, and
lived and breathed, He healed
00:46:30.52\00:46:34.46
and forgave, and empowered,
and delivered demoniacs.
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He is the Lamb of God!
00:46:37.93\00:46:39.59
Come meet this Christ as
He gives a woman back her son
00:46:39.63\00:46:43.97
again; He cares, He loves.
00:46:44.00\00:46:45.87
You say, What's God like?
00:46:45.90\00:46:47.24
Look at Jesus. Look at Jesus in
the New Testament and see this
00:46:47.27\00:46:51.04
Christ walking
among men and women,
00:46:51.07\00:46:53.21
and transforming their lives.
00:46:53.24\00:46:55.54
Look at this Christ.
00:46:55.58\00:46:57.05
Watch Him as a crown of
thorns is jammed upon His head.
00:46:57.08\00:47:00.58
Look at the blood
running down His face.
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.48
Why does He suffer the agony?
00:47:02.52\00:47:04.29
Watch with me as the
Divine Son of God is beaten,
00:47:04.32\00:47:09.82
is whipped, is flagellated.
00:47:09.86\00:47:12.33
Watch the blood
running down His back.
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.43
Why does He go through that?
00:47:14.46\00:47:16.00
The One worshipped by all the
angels, the One at whose very
00:47:16.03\00:47:20.30
name angels sang
praise, and praise, and praise,
00:47:20.34\00:47:24.37
the One that's existed with
the Father from all eternity.
00:47:24.41\00:47:26.91
Why does He suffer so?
00:47:26.94\00:47:28.51
Come with me as they
stretch out His hands,
00:47:28.54\00:47:32.05
and nail Him to a cross.
00:47:32.08\00:47:34.32
Watch as strong armed
Roman soldiers drive those nails
00:47:34.35\00:47:40.09
through His hands and feet.
00:47:40.12\00:47:41.46
Why does He suffer so?
00:47:41.49\00:47:43.32
Come with me, come with
me to that cross and see Him
00:47:43.36\00:47:49.86
hanging there baring
the sins of all humanity.
00:47:49.90\00:47:53.90
Why is He doing it?
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.50
Because you are too precious,
because you are too valuable,
00:47:55.54\00:48:01.04
because He does not want
to live in heaven without you.
00:48:01.08\00:48:04.65
Heaven's not worth it
for Him if you're not there.
00:48:04.68\00:48:09.52
And so He hangs there
baring all the sin of humanity.
00:48:09.55\00:48:14.12
He hangs there on that cross.
00:48:14.16\00:48:17.19
For God so loved the
world that... What did He do?
00:48:17.23\00:48:20.66
He gave. What did He give?
00:48:20.70\00:48:22.86
His only begotten Son.
00:48:22.90\00:48:24.80
That whoever... Whoever
means you, whoever means me.
00:48:24.83\00:48:29.60
Whoever believes in
Him should not perish,
00:48:29.64\00:48:33.38
but have everlasting life.
00:48:33.41\00:48:35.94
Come with me for a moment
to the very heart of Africa.
00:48:35.98\00:48:40.58
I traveled to Rwanda
shortly after the genocide.
00:48:40.62\00:48:47.46
Thousands of people were killed
in a very short period time;
00:48:47.49\00:48:52.69
in about six
months of time actually.
00:48:52.73\00:48:55.06
My host, Brother Amon
Rutalinga, shared with me
00:48:55.10\00:49:02.04
the story that during the
genocide his wife, children,
00:49:02.07\00:49:06.27
and grand children were killed.
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.11
It was a terrible battle between
the Hutus and the Tutsis.
00:49:08.14\00:49:13.01
And people were slain
simply because they were part of
00:49:13.05\00:49:17.95
one particular tribe.
00:49:17.99\00:49:20.19
It was a horrible
time for the nation.
00:49:20.22\00:49:23.26
Bodies were
stacked up in the streets.
00:49:23.29\00:49:25.46
Dogs ate them. Bodies
were thrown in the river,
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.93
blood stained rivers.
00:49:27.96\00:49:29.53
As I talked to Brother
Rutalinga he said to me,
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I want you to meet a woman.
00:49:33.54\00:49:35.24
And when you meet that
woman, it will change your life.
00:49:35.27\00:49:39.47
Her name is Mrs. Selfoo.
00:49:39.51\00:49:41.48
We got in a little pickup truck
and drove out over dirt roads.
00:49:41.51\00:49:46.05
We drove out to a
little African village.
00:49:46.08\00:49:49.78
Pastor Rutalinga gave me
the background of her story.
00:49:49.82\00:49:55.29
She was with her
husband when he was murdered.
00:49:55.32\00:49:58.19
The killers were coming,
slaying Tutsis in each village.
00:49:58.23\00:50:03.40
And as they came through
those villages, one person,
00:50:03.43\00:50:06.87
another person, another person,
another person was slain.
00:50:06.90\00:50:10.97
The blood was
flowing in the streets.
00:50:11.01\00:50:14.18
The villagers were killed, died.
00:50:14.21\00:50:18.48
Mrs. Selfoo and her
husband, who happened to be a
00:50:18.51\00:50:21.02
Seventh-day Adventist pastor,
fled with a number of other
00:50:21.05\00:50:23.45
people, about sixty
of them, into a church.
00:50:23.49\00:50:27.12
They thought that if
they were in that church
00:50:27.16\00:50:29.22
it might be a sanctuary.
00:50:29.26\00:50:30.59
It might be a place
where they could hide.
00:50:30.63\00:50:33.56
They were in the church.
00:50:33.60\00:50:35.63
The killers came in.
00:50:35.66\00:50:37.47
They began to kill
people left and right.
00:50:37.50\00:50:40.27
People were screaming.
00:50:40.30\00:50:41.84
Some were trying to get away.
00:50:41.87\00:50:43.24
Mrs. Selfoo was holding
the hand of her husband.
00:50:43.27\00:50:45.14
And as she did the
killer came over with a machete,
00:50:45.17\00:50:48.94
struck her husband in the
head, split his head open.
00:50:48.98\00:50:52.65
Blood was everywhere,
spilling over Mrs. Selfoo.
00:50:52.68\00:50:55.28
Her husband died
instantly in her arms.
00:50:55.32\00:50:57.15
Then the killer took his
machete, a young man about
00:50:57.19\00:51:00.32
twenty-one, and hit her
in the head, split her head,
00:51:00.36\00:51:03.59
hit her in the
arm, split her arm.
00:51:03.63\00:51:06.63
And as she fell over
he thought she was dead.
00:51:06.66\00:51:11.00
Her body lay among the
dead bodies for three days.
00:51:11.03\00:51:14.70
After those three
days villagers came to bury
00:51:14.74\00:51:22.48
the townspeople that had died.
00:51:22.51\00:51:24.98
And as they were burying
them somebody took her pulse
00:51:25.01\00:51:27.68
and said, This, this
woman is still alive!
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.65
This woman is still alive!
00:51:29.68\00:51:31.35
They took her to the
hospital and nursed her,
00:51:31.39\00:51:35.12
for three
months, back to health.
00:51:35.16\00:51:38.56
When she was well, she began
thinking, I can be a bitter,
00:51:38.59\00:51:45.20
angry old woman, or, or, I
can accept the fact that Jesus
00:51:45.23\00:51:52.14
Christ has saved me, that
Jesus Christ has forgiven me,
00:51:52.17\00:51:56.11
that His grace is mine.
00:51:56.14\00:51:58.41
I can reach out to others.
00:51:58.45\00:52:00.75
She began going to the prison.
00:52:00.78\00:52:02.78
She began ministering to
the prisoners, the killers.
00:52:02.82\00:52:05.85
Because by now
the genocide was over.
00:52:05.89\00:52:08.49
There were seventeen
prisons, or thereabouts, built.
00:52:08.52\00:52:11.39
A 180,000 prisoners were placed
in that prison, those prisons,
00:52:11.43\00:52:17.57
those many prisons.
00:52:17.60\00:52:19.80
They were killers, murderers.
00:52:19.83\00:52:21.24
She began ministering to them.
00:52:21.27\00:52:22.60
One day in that prison
she met the man that had
00:52:22.64\00:52:27.08
killed her husband.
00:52:27.11\00:52:28.44
The man that put that
terrible scar on her head.
00:52:28.48\00:52:30.48
She reached out in grace to him.
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.88
He found
forgiveness. He found Christ.
00:52:32.91\00:52:35.88
Finally he was baptized in
the name of the Father, the Son,
00:52:35.92\00:52:38.92
and the Holy Spirit.
00:52:38.95\00:52:40.29
And then she said to me
as I talked to her that day,
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.29
Do you want to meet him?
00:52:42.32\00:52:43.66
Because he was
let out of prison.
00:52:43.69\00:52:46.03
And, Pastor Mark,
he's accepted God's grace,
00:52:46.06\00:52:49.16
and I've adopted him as my son.
00:52:49.20\00:52:53.00
He accepted the
invitation of Revelation 22:17.
00:52:53.03\00:52:57.74
The Spirit and the
bride say come, and let him
00:52:57.77\00:53:00.34
who hears say come.
00:53:00.38\00:53:01.71
And whoever thirsts let him take
of the water of life freely.
00:53:01.74\00:53:06.21
Whoever you are, you
can receive God's grace.
00:53:06.25\00:53:11.65
Whoever you are,
looking for purpose and meaning,
00:53:11.69\00:53:15.46
you can say, I'd rather
have Jesus than silver or gold.
00:53:15.49\00:53:21.70
I'd rather have
Him than riches untold.
00:53:21.73\00:53:26.74
He speaks to you of His
love and grace right now.
00:53:26.77\00:53:29.04
Why not bow your head and
accept Him as Celestine sings?
00:53:29.07\00:53:31.94
I'd rather have
Jesus than silver or gold.
00:53:39.21\00:53:48.46
I'd rather be His
than have riches untold.
00:53:48.49\00:53:57.57
I'd rather have
Jesus than houses or lands.
00:53:57.60\00:54:06.57
I'd rather be led by
His nail pierced hands.
00:54:06.61\00:54:16.42
Than to be the
king of a vast domain,
00:54:16.45\00:54:25.33
and be held in sin's dread sway.
00:54:25.39\00:54:34.97
I'd rather have
Jesus than anything this
00:54:35.00\00:54:45.55
world affords today.
00:54:45.58\00:54:53.36
I'd rather have
Jesus than man's applause.
00:54:58.13\00:55:07.04
I'd rather be
faithful to His dear cause.
00:55:07.07\00:55:15.94
I'd rather have
Jesus than worldwide fame.
00:55:15.98\00:55:24.79
I'd rather be
true to His Holy name,
00:55:24.82\00:55:33.66
than to be the
king of a vast domain,
00:55:33.70\00:55:42.47
and be held in sin's dread sway.
00:55:42.50\00:55:52.51
I'd rather have
Jesus than anything this
00:55:52.55\00:56:02.56
world affords today.
00:56:02.59\00:56:10.93
I'd rather have Jesus.
00:56:14.74\00:56:22.41
Is that your desire?
00:56:24.65\00:56:26.72
An African woman
reached out to a young man that
00:56:26.75\00:56:35.49
killed her own husband.
00:56:35.52\00:56:36.86
She reached out in
love, and in grace,
00:56:36.89\00:56:41.23
and in forgiveness and mercy.
00:56:41.26\00:56:45.00
And she adopted that
young man as her son.
00:56:45.03\00:56:49.74
Jesus reaches
out to you right now.
00:56:49.77\00:56:52.34
Whatever you have
done, His love embraces you.
00:56:52.37\00:56:57.65
You can come asking
Him for forgiveness.
00:56:57.68\00:57:00.92
You can come
asking Him for grace.
00:57:00.95\00:57:03.59
You can come
asking Him for mercy.
00:57:03.62\00:57:06.15
You can come and be a
new man, or a new woman
00:57:06.19\00:57:08.89
right now as we pray.
00:57:08.92\00:57:10.26
Father in Heaven, we
come opening our hearts
00:57:10.29\00:57:15.63
to the love of Christ.
00:57:15.66\00:57:17.07
We come accepting His grace,
His mercy, His forgiveness,
00:57:17.10\00:57:22.50
His power in the
name of Jesus, Amen.
00:57:22.54\00:57:26.07
Thank you for
joining us for Revelation's
00:57:26.11\00:57:29.58
Ancient Discoveries.
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