Thank You.
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Good evening and
welcome to each of you.
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Good to see you again.
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How long has it been?
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Some of you, I've noticed, are
bringing your sleeping bags now.
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A little sack
lunch, and that's good.
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Last night, if you'll recall,
we concluded by going inside
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the great pyramid
just outside Cairo.
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Tonight, we're going
to go back again to Egypt.
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This time, to see and
talk about King Tutankhamun.
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Or more commonly
known as King Tut.
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We've said so many, many times
that major cities are born on
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the banks of a river.
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Here, of course,
it's the river Nile.
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And baby Moses was found near
where I'm taking this picture.
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They said, you know, right here.
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The name Moses means, pulled
out, one drawn out of the water.
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I wanted to take a boat
ride and so we got aboard this
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that I soon began to
name, "the leaky teaky".
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And we had a pleasant
ride out on the Nile river
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and then we came back and
began to look around some.
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There's the Sphinx
again, there's the great pyramid
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that we went inside last night.
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But we have some other
important things to see and
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some important places to go.
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We're going to make
a very brief stop now
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at the Citadel and
also known as the tomb of
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Muhammad Ali Pasha.
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Not the Muhammad Ali
that we know and love that
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danced like a butterfly
and stung like a bee, but
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Muhammad Ali Pasha, he
who brought the faith of Islam
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in the early centuries
here to the north of Africa,
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and more
particularly to Egypt and Cairo.
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Before you may go inside,
even the courtyard, you must
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take off your shoes for
it's a holy place, holy ground.
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And then if you're a follower
of Islam, after you enter the
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courtyard, you go over to
that fountain in the center
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and there, wash your feet.
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And all of it goes back to
the time that Moses was at the
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burning bush and God
said, "Take off your shoes. "
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On nearly every street corner,
there is someone who is selling
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some fruit, some
vegetables, or some such thing.
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But if you go,
please heed the warning.
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Don't eat anything that
has not come out of an oven
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at 350 or 400 degrees, until
it's burned almost to a crisp
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because, otherwise,
you can really get sick.
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This is the backyard of
the motel in which I stayed
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while I was in the city.
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It looks as lovely as any
motel, perhaps, in this area or
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along our coast and
down in Southern California.
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And directly across
the street, there was
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kind of a gruesome sight.
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This is a military prison.
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When I shot this picture,
it was about 122 degrees.
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This was in July.
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And there are men behind
the bars up at the top, looking
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out and wishing, hoping
for a fresh breath, I suppose.
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This, ladies and
gentlemen, they call
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"the city with no problems. "
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This is one of the
many cemeteries in the city.
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In Islam, they take literally,
"dust to dust, earth to earth. "
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And so when one dies,
they don't put the body
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in a casket, but rather bury
it, just wrapped in a blanket or
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a shroud, in the ground and then
build a little house over that.
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And what made me very sad was
that these little grave houses
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are much nicer than what some
of the farmers are living in,
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if you'll remember last night.
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Now we've moved down to the
south and we're looking at the
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treasures of the burial
chamber of King Tutankhamun.
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And I want to back up
here just for a moment.
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We refer to him
often as, "the boy king. "
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We believe he was about
18 years of age when he died.
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For a long, long while, it was
wondered why he died so early.
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And then his remains
were studied scientifically
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by medical pathologists.
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And they know now that he was
just eaten up with tuberculosis.
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That's why he died.
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A man by the name of Howard
Carter, who is an Egyptologist
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and a man of Egyptian
antiquities, was doing an
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archaeological dig for a
very wealthy Brit by the name
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of Lord Carnarvon.
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He'd hired a native crew
and they were digging and they
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were looking for treasures
in which Carnarvon could place
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treasure in his
museum over in Britain.
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Lord Carnarvon had spent a
lot of money and had gotten
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in return very, very little.
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Months went by, and
then a couple of years.
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And finally, Lord Carnarvon
sent an ultimatum to Mr. Carter.
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He said, "Either find
something of value or pack it up
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and come home.
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I can no longer afford this. "
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A few pieces of broken
pottery, a little shard of this,
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a little dash of that, but
nothing of real significance.
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Howard Carter and his
crew were, indeed, packing up
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when one of the
native workmen literally
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stumbled upon something.
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He looked down and brushed
it off and it was a step.
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And they dug down and
there was another and another.
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And there long, they were
at the entrance of a tomb that
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had never,
never been vandalized.
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Now this, for your
interest sake, is down in the
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Valley of the Kings
about 500 miles south
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of the city of Cairo.
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They came to the
closed entrance of the tomb
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and with scientific precision,
they carefully made an opening,
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taking drawings and
pictures of it all along.
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And then when they
had a sufficient opening,
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Howard Carter said,
"I put in my torch. "
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And we, of course, would say he
shined inside, his flashlight.
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And he said, "The
reflection from off the gold
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that came back
nearly blinded me. "
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And news was flashed
round the world that a tomb
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of a pharaoh had been
found unmolested and untouched.
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We mentioned last night when
we visited the great pyramids
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that the pharaohs, and
the queens also, had these
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magnificent burial chambers
made because of their belief
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that there was no death.
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That as soon as one died a
spirit or a soul left the body
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where it had been caged up
and went on to another life and
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then perhaps to another, and to
wonderful and pleasant things.
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And so they would be buried with
the things that they enjoyed
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in this life and might continue
to enjoy in the afterlife.
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Every pagan culture
held these two pagan notions;
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the idea of Sunday
sacredness and Sunday worship,
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and the further idea of
the immortality of the soul
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that when you die, you don't
really die but a soul, a spirit,
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an essence, something lives on.
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It was the Greeks who
popularized it and placed it
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into the center of philosophy.
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The Greek scholars, Socrates
and Aristotle and many others
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as well, proposed what they
called and what is still today
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in psychological circles
known as Hellenistic dualism.
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In other words,
the body is carnal.
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And every nasty mean thing
we ever do is a result of the
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carnality of the
body, the influence of the
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lusts of the body.
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On the other hand, every kind
decent thing we do is the result
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of the prompting of the
soul or the spiritual side,
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the spirit of man.
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But tragically, the soul,
the spirit is locked up inside
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this carnal cage
until the time of death
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and then it is released,
finally it is released.
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Therefore, we have Socrates,
as we mentioned last night,
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saying as Shakespeare
recorded, "drunk gladly,
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"give me the hemlock," you
see, "for death is a release,"
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a graduation to
wonderful, wonderful things.
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And so, when King Tut
was buried inside his tomb,
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there was placed inside
with him a little granary.
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That's what it
is, a little seed box.
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And in those various containers
and sections, there are
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different seeds that he
might enjoy in the afterlife.
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And there were placed inside
with him, games and other things
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as we're going
to begin to notice.
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These, by the way, happen
to be the jugs, the stoppers
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for the canopic
urns in which they found
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wonderful, wonderful treasures.
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For you see, when a
pharaoh died, it would be from
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30 to 60 days between the time
of his death and the time of
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what we would call the funeral.
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And in the interim, it was not
a period of weeping or wailing
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or carrying on or
grieving, but rather a period of
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solid celebration for
the soul had been released.
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And oft times, the body of
the pharaoh or the mighty one
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would be opened up over a
well and the viscera removed.
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The heart put in one canopic urn
and the brain, which had been
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removed through the nostrils
so not to destroy the cranium,
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was placed in another.
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And then the
liver still in another.
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And then these plugs
or corks, if you please,
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were put in and it was
made air tight for preservation.
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These are some of the
canopic urns carved out of
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pure alabaster,
ladies and gentlemen.
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And those things alone
were worth a king's ransom.
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Some of the treasures from King
Tut's tomb were brought here
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to the United States in the
mid 70's and put on display.
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And the finally display of
them was over in Seattle and it
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may be that some of you folks
here were able to go see them.
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The boy king
enjoyed games, not unlike
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what would we say,
checkers; Chinese checkers.
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Or chess, or that kind of thing.
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And so they buried
inside with him a couple of
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game boards, moreover.
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They buried inside
with him, a golden chariot
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so he could take rides.
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His spirit could go for,
I don't know, I guess with a
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spiritistic horse
or some such thing.
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They buried inside
with him, a golden calf.
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And my mind, every
time I see this, goes back
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to the children of
Israel and the exodus
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when Aaron, left in
charge, made the golden calf
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and they rose up to play.
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They worshipped the bull
and the male calf because of its
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powers of fertility.
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Now this was the kings
day bed for an afternoon nap.
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And it's covered over, ladies
and gentlemen, with pure gold.
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And this is his night bed.
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And I want you again to
notice on the end or at the
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foot of the bed, the two bulls,
and the high horns, and the
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solar disc to symbolize the sun.
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Here is definite evidence
of the combination of those two
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pagan elements; the
idea that when you die,
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you really don't die, and sun
worship and Sunday observance.
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And now, we see the coverings
for the digits of the boy king.
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There was made, a
funeral mask, as we'll see soon,
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but there were also
made coverings for the toes
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and for the fingers, for
preservation for the afterlife.
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One would certainly need to
have his hands and his feet,
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his fingers, you know,
in order to plant the seed,
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or whatever else.
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And it's strange how
they co-mingled these ideas
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of a spirit absent from
a body, but the necessity
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at the same time of a
physical body as well.
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Very, very strange.
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And so, there were
made by the lost wax process
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that many sculptors still use
today, many who have foundries.
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For instance, over
around Enterprise, Oregon
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there are a number of bronze
foundries and they still use
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the lost wax process.
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They make a carving or a mold
out of wax and then pour this
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molten metal on top of that
and it forms into the shape of
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the wax that had been before
it that has been surrounded by
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sand, and the wax
melts entirely away.
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These are the coverings
for the hands, as you can see
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in a folded position.
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And there, ladies and gentlemen,
is the outer sarcophagus.
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inside which there were two
smaller sarcophagi, or coffins,
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as we would,
perhaps, better know them.
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This outer sarcophagus is made
of pure gold and then has been
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embedded with
semi-precious stones and gems.
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And that outer
sarcophagus of pure gold
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weighs more than one ton.
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A ton of pure absolute gold.
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Now,
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a hundred years ago,
there came and there are still
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many of the around,
what were known as the higher
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critics of the Bible.
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Sometimes today, they're
known as historical critics.
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Pick the Bible apart, that
they believe is their mission.
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Separate the myth from
the fact and the reality.
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Anything that has to
do with the miraculous;
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virgin birth, walking on
water, turning water into wine,
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a literal second
coming, literal hell...
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that's all just a sacred myth.
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Moreover, those stories
of the children of Israel
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leaving Egypt in the
exodus and taking with them
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large amounts of
gold, and out in the desert
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making a golden calf out
of a portion of that jewelry,
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just a myth for there never
was any such gold in Egypt.
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And then they find these tombs
that were just filled with gold.
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And over and again,
ladies and gentlemen,
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the spade confirms the Bible.
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Archeology and the study
of God's word go hand in hand
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and it's amazing how
closely they agree and how
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compatible they really are.
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We're going to
conclude here now.
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And I want to thank
you for traveling with me.
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And now to our
subject, ladies and gentlemen.
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"The New Age Revisited"
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I want to begin by making a
statement that I have made here
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on several prior occasions,
but feel the necessity
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of repeating it again tonight.
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There may be someone
here for the first time.
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Here, in the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
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here in Lyle
Albrecht's prophesy meetings,
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we never sit in judgment
upon any Christian person
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or their
relationship with Jesus.
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We'll never do that.
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We'll say again that God
has His children in all faiths
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and in all churches
and all denominations.
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God has His faithful.
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I want to go
further than that tonight.
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Not only will we never
judge anyone's relationship
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with Jesus, I want to be
very clear tonight that I,
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during this subject
and particularly near
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its conclusion, mean
no harm to any person
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whether that is a doctor,
psychologist, psychiatrist,
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practitioner,
pastor, or preacher.
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I certainly mean no
slander, I mean no defamation.
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At the same time, I
have a serious concern.
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And I, more than that, would
do as the apostle Paul suggested
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he wanted to do,
stir up your pure minds.
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Tonight, I'm going to
have you go with me down
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a trail of evidence.
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And I need to be very
honest to say to you that,
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when a few weeks ago I
began this study and preparation
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for this talk, I had no
idea that I would end up where
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I have ended up, and where
you're going to end up with me
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in just a little bit.
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I, as a result of my study,
have a serious concern that I
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want to share with
every Christian person,
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and non-Christians as
well, who are willing to go down
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this road with me.
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Someone has said
that birds of a feather...
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...flock together.
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Someone has said that
you're known by the...
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...company that you keep.
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Someone has said that
there can be guilt by...
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...association.
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You know all of those
trite phrases as well as I.
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And so, as we conclude tonight,
I'm going to allow you folks
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to draw your own conclusions.
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It was March, 22-23 of
1997, the Hale-Bopp comet was
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coming closer to the
earth than it had ever been,
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at least in modern times.
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There was a cult that
had been formed together
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a few months prior.
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They became known as
the Heaven's Gate cult.
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Their leader was a
former choir director of a
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large church in Colorado.
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There were 39
folks there together in
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Rancho Santa Fe, California who
we're going to go to the beyond.
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They were going to go to be
with those who had died and were
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now in a spirit world.
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They were going to be
sucked up, they believed,
00:17:59.50\00:18:01.93
by the Hale-Bopp comet.
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And so they shaved
their heads and they put on
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their escape robes.
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Which, by the way,
were all a deep purple.
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And they said the color
of this purple was the color
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of those who had passed beyond
the veil, the color of the dead.
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Among those in this group, or
cult as some have called them,
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were 21 women and 18 men.
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They had made notes,
they had made videos,
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and written good-bye letters.
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In their pockets, each
had a fresh 5 dollar bill,
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and for some unknown
reason still, a new packet of
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lip balm or lip salve.
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There was a full moon,
there was a lunar eclipse,
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when they together
laid down upon cots
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and took poison that
killed every single one of them.
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Open your Bibles,
please, to Isaiah chapter 8.
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Isaiah chapter 8, and
I'm going to read for us
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verses 19 and 20.
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And these will be familiar
verses to most of you, I'm sure.
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But you'll not mind reviewing
them for a moment with me.
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It may be brand new for
some others here tonight.
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Isaiah chapter 8
verses 19 and 20.
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"When they say unto you
to seek to those that have
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familiar spirits and
wizards that peep and mutter,
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should not the people seek unto
their God instead of the dead?"
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Huh?
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"Wizards that peep and
mutter," that's talking about
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spirit mediums and
channelers and everything that's
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related to it.
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"Don't go to folks
like that to find out
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about the dead," it says.
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"Go to the God of the living. "
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That's the idea.
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And then it says in
verse 20, and this verse
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we know better still.
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"To the law and
to the testimony.
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If they speak not according
to this word, it is because
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there is no light in them. "
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If they claim to be speaking
for someone beyond the grave,
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beyond the veil, if they
claim to be channeling from some
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spirit of some departed person,
then know that they're liars
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and the devil is
behind all of it, he is the
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father of all lies,
as we talked last night.
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In 2 Corinthians
chapter 11 verse 14,
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there the apostle Paul said,
"I saw Satan fall from heaven
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as an angel of light. "
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And there are so many
of these associations now
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that involve channelers
and channeling and all of the
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rest of it, that name themselves
and refer to themselves
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as "The Lighted Way"
or "The White Light" or
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"Follow the Light" or
some such other notion.
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Last night we read, and
must again tonight, from
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Genesis chapter 3, so please
turn there with me right now
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to the original lie.
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By way of review, we're going to
read again, the first 5 verses
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of Genesis chapter 3.
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This is the devil who
has possessed the snake
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and this is the first lie
and the first impersonation,
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and all of the rest.
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Chapter 3 and
verse 1 of Genesis.
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"The serpent was more
subtle than the other beast
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of the field the Lord God had
made and he said to the woman,
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'Has God said you're not to eat
from every tree in the garden?'
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The woman said to the serpent,
'We may eat of the fruit
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of the trees of the garden
except for the fruit of the tree
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in the middle of the garden.
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God has said, 'Don't eat it,
don't touch it, lest you die. '
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And the serpent said to the
woman, 'You will not die. '"
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What he's saying is
God is lying to you,
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there's no such thing as death.
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And the context
really is quite clear.
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Verse 5, "For God knows that
in the day you eat that fruit,
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your eyes will be
opened and you will be Gods
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knowing both good and evil. "
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And there, ladies and
gentlemen, is the bottom line
00:21:52.62\00:21:55.47
of the New Age movement.
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There is no death, moreover
don't look outside yourself
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for God, just look inside.
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As Shirley MacLaine said,
"Line up your shockers and
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recognize that you are God.
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And when you do that,
then there'll be nothing
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you can't accomplish. "
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There is nothing beyond
you, you're God, you can create.
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You are God, you
are not going to die,
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you're going to live forever.
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And then,
moreover, look around you.
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And as you do that with the
enlightened eye, you'll discover
00:22:19.91\00:22:23.10
that God is in everything.
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He's in the tree, He's in the
flower, He's in the shrubbery
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He's in the sky, He's
in the cloud, God is there.
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You're God and God is
there and everything is God.
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Don't look beyond.
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Then once you come to
this place, you will develop
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the attitude of
positive thinking.
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And by the way, let me say
right now, I'm not in favor
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of long faces and bad attitudes.
00:22:46.43\00:22:50.04
I don't want to hang
around with folks like that.
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And one thing that has
kept me from going to the bars
00:22:54.15\00:22:57.06
is, so often times you go
in the bar and there's some guy
00:22:57.09\00:22:59.80
up there nursing his
wounds and crying, you know,
00:22:59.83\00:23:02.13
singing the blues
and pouring them down.
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Like that's going to help, huh.
00:23:06.05\00:23:07.70
Yeah.
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Positive, set your mind to it.
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You're God and there's nothing
you can't create and there's
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.83
nothing that you can't do.
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There's nothing
that's beyond you now.
00:23:15.84\00:23:17.72
And Shirley MacLaine, of whom
I spoke when I was here last
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on this very subject,
still is a very strong believer
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and a strong promoter.
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And I mentioned to you
that not very many months ago,
00:23:25.81\00:23:28.47
I was lecturing just like this
over near Olympia, Washington
00:23:28.50\00:23:32.12
and on one afternoon I drove out
toward the Indian reservation
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to see the restaurant there.
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That was my mission, really.
00:23:37.60\00:23:39.01
And I drove by J.
Z. Knight's place.
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I was not able to see her home,
they tell me it's most lovely
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and most beautiful.
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She has a great high fence
that they say is electrified
00:23:46.32\00:23:50.10
at the top layers
all around the thing.
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And she had a sign on her gate
that said, "No sessions today. "
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I guess she was out of
town, or someone said she may
00:23:56.45\00:24:00.03
well have been
on the golf course.
00:24:00.06\00:24:02.43
J. Z. Knight says that she is
the channel, and that's simply
00:24:02.46\00:24:06.43
a New Age word for a medium and
a wizard that God through Isaiah
00:24:06.46\00:24:10.99
spoke about in the prior verses.
00:24:11.02\00:24:12.98
And she says, moreover, that
there is an ancient Scottish
00:24:13.01\00:24:15.69
warrior who died
30,000 years ago who's spirit
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.78
speaks through her.
00:24:18.81\00:24:20.20
She puts herself into
this induced trance and
00:24:20.23\00:24:23.66
she then soon begins to speak
with a clear and Scottish brogue
00:24:23.69\00:24:28.03
the voice of the
Scottish warrior, Ramtha.
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Along with it has come
humanism, the power within.
00:24:31.62\00:24:34.87
And once you recognize
the power within, you begin to
00:24:34.90\00:24:38.77
look for self gratification.
00:24:38.80\00:24:40.62
And that brings us to
hedonism, instant gratification.
00:24:40.65\00:24:45.12
And along with instant
gratification, there has come
00:24:45.15\00:24:47.34
to those followers of it
all, debt and theft and rape
00:24:47.37\00:24:50.99
and murder, and
the excuse for it is,
00:24:51.02\00:24:53.50
"I'm God,
there's no one above me.
00:24:53.53\00:24:55.71
There's no one to
whom I one day give answer.
00:24:55.74\00:24:57.77
Don't worry about it, I'm God. "
00:24:57.80\00:25:00.88
And we mentioned last
night that there are those hymns
00:25:00.91\00:25:03.68
even within the church,
"Where the Soul Never Dies. "
00:25:03.71\00:25:06.84
If you believe that,
really at the bottom line
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.19
you're saying, "I'm God. "
00:25:09.22\00:25:10.49
For God only hath immortality,
as we made abundantly
00:25:10.52\00:25:13.34
clear last night.
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Now I want to share
some Bible verses with you
00:25:14.42\00:25:16.48
and you're going to have
to quickly take some notes.
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And if I misspeak...
00:25:18.56\00:25:19.53
I did last night, by the way,
and I'm going to correct myself
00:25:19.54\00:25:22.15
right now, is that fair enough.
00:25:22.18\00:25:23.75
I'm like the old preacher that
said, "Don't take me for what I
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say but for what I mean. "
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And last night as I was
hurrying through some notes
00:25:27.87\00:25:30.43
and racing against the clock,
I told you folks to write down
00:25:30.46\00:25:34.03
Job chapter 27 verse 30.
00:25:34.06\00:25:36.21
Now I have been
around long enough to know
00:25:36.24\00:25:38.55
that there are not that
many verses in the chapter.
00:25:38.58\00:25:40.95
And I suppose the "A"
students went down through there
00:25:40.98\00:25:43.82
and discovered that,
really, I was wanting to refer
00:25:43.85\00:25:46.83
to the third verse.
00:25:46.86\00:25:48.17
That as I looked quickly down
at my notes, I saw an "O" or
00:25:48.20\00:25:51.33
something there, so I
decided it must be 30.
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You'll forgive me, won't you?
00:25:57.07\00:25:58.57
This one is Ezekiel 18 verse 4.
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The soul never dies, the
soul is released when one dies
00:26:02.41\00:26:05.64
and all of the rest.
00:26:05.67\00:26:06.76
Now listen to what God says.
00:26:06.79\00:26:08.48
Ezekiel 18 verse 4,
"Behold, all souls are Mine;
00:26:08.51\00:26:12.58
the soul of the
father, the soul of the son.
00:26:12.61\00:26:15.98
And the soul that
sinneth, it shall die. "
00:26:16.01\00:26:21.58
How many of us have sinned?
00:26:21.61\00:26:22.73
How many?
00:26:22.76\00:26:23.73
You remember what Paul
said in Romans 3 and verse 23?
00:26:23.75\00:26:26.09
"All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. "
00:26:26.12\00:26:29.12
All.
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Matthew chapter 10,
Jesus at verse 28 is speaking
00:26:30.13\00:26:33.62
and He says, "Fear
Him," and He's talking about
00:26:33.65\00:26:36.55
our enemy, the devil.
00:26:36.58\00:26:37.55
"Fear Him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell. "
00:26:37.56\00:26:43.04
Or in the grave.
00:26:43.07\00:26:44.04
In Psalm 22 and verse 29, here
God through the psalmist says,
00:26:44.05\00:26:48.13
"All they that be fat upon
the earth shall eat and worship,
00:26:48.16\00:26:52.55
and all they that go down into
the dust shall bow before Him,
00:26:52.58\00:26:57.31
and none shall keep
alive his own soul. "
00:26:57.34\00:27:01.86
This morning as we studied
together in our question and
00:27:02.26\00:27:05.55
answer session, we
learned that the word soul
00:27:05.58\00:27:09.23
has been used in the Bible
to describe man's personality,
00:27:09.26\00:27:13.46
to describe man's
breath, man's mental make-up,
00:27:13.49\00:27:17.89
but never something
that could live and think and
00:27:17.92\00:27:20.92
emote outside and independently
from a living body.
00:27:20.95\00:27:24.31
The idea of a living soul
separate from a living body
00:27:24.34\00:27:26.96
is absolutely
contrary to all of God's word.
00:27:26.99\00:27:29.91
Carl Jung lived
from 1875 to 1961.
00:27:30.83\00:27:34.18
He was a Swiss psychiatrist.
00:27:34.21\00:27:35.61
He was born in
Kesswil, Switzerland on July 25
00:27:35.64\00:27:39.68
of that same year.
00:27:39.71\00:27:41.95
His father was a very,
very poor Protestant preacher.
00:27:41.98\00:27:45.00
Carl Jung received his
medical degree from the
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.64
University of
Basel in Switzerland.
00:27:47.67\00:27:49.98
He wrote a doctorial
dissertation that he entitled,
00:27:50.01\00:27:53.02
now listen, this is his book,
"Spiritualism and Occultism. "
00:27:53.05\00:27:56.83
And he based his
findings upon his relationship
00:27:56.86\00:28:00.22
with a first cousin
who was a spiritist medium
00:28:00.25\00:28:03.06
and through whom
dead people spoke.
00:28:03.09\00:28:05.42
He talked a lot
about word associations.
00:28:08.50\00:28:11.91
And he was the test
originator of that same
00:28:13.10\00:28:15.82
psychological practice.
00:28:15.85\00:28:17.55
He wrote later in his life, "The
Psychology of the Unconscious. "
00:28:19.27\00:28:22.56
That was in 1912.
00:28:22.59\00:28:24.93
He wrote also, "The Ancient
Myth and Psychotic Fantasy. "
00:28:25.33\00:28:29.99
And by the way, I'm going
to pause right here to say
00:28:30.02\00:28:32.47
to you folks; if you're
not involved, be sure to warn
00:28:32.50\00:28:35.44
your kids and your grandkids
and your great grandkids,
00:28:35.47\00:28:37.77
don't play fantasy
role playing games.
00:28:37.80\00:28:41.31
Stay away from them.
00:28:41.34\00:28:42.89
Stay a long ways away from them.
00:28:42.92\00:28:46.95
Carl Jung died June 6,
1961 in Zurich, Switzerland.
00:28:48.61\00:28:52.97
Among his teachings were these.
00:28:54.19\00:28:56.28
All people, male and
female, are bisexual.
00:28:56.31\00:29:00.12
And he wrote about the
anima, a man's feminine side;
00:29:00.15\00:29:03.37
and the animus, a
woman's masculine side.
00:29:03.40\00:29:05.81
And he said, it's
necessary so that there is
00:29:05.84\00:29:08.11
balance among humanity.
00:29:08.14\00:29:09.76
And he further
promoted the yin and the yang
00:29:09.79\00:29:12.41
that originated out
in the East and in China.
00:29:12.44\00:29:15.34
And he said that evil
is an absolute necessity
00:29:15.37\00:29:17.82
to balance good.
00:29:17.85\00:29:19.13
Does that sound like
it's something from God?
00:29:19.16\00:29:21.31
I don't think so.
00:29:21.71\00:29:22.96
He was to have an
influence on another man
00:29:23.66\00:29:26.28
by the name of Napoleon Hill.
00:29:26.31\00:29:29.20
And these influences are passed
down, ladies and gentlemen.
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.78
You must stay with me in this
chain of command, if you will.
00:29:31.81\00:29:35.08
Napoleon Hill was born in
1883 and lived until 1970.
00:29:35.11\00:29:40.21
He was born on Pound
River in Wise County, Virginia.
00:29:40.24\00:29:43.90
I have been there, by the way.
00:29:43.93\00:29:45.42
Born in 1883 and
died on November 9, 1970
00:29:45.45\00:29:50.14
in Greenville, South Carolina.
00:29:50.17\00:29:52.53
I'm going to read to you now
the names of some of his books,
00:29:52.56\00:29:55.78
and they're going to
begin to ring some bells.
00:29:55.81\00:29:57.80
He wrote first, "Grow
Rich With Peace of Mind. "
00:29:58.30\00:30:01.84
Secondly he wrote,
"Success Through a Positive
00:30:02.43\00:30:05.75
Mental Attitude. "
00:30:05.78\00:30:07.24
And thirdly, he wrote in
1937, a book that has now sold
00:30:07.70\00:30:12.47
multiplied
millions, millions of copies,
00:30:12.50\00:30:14.99
"Think and Grow Rich. "
00:30:15.02\00:30:17.82
And he coined a
phrase that's been repeated
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.49
a thousand or
more times, I am sure.
00:30:20.52\00:30:23.37
You've probably heard it
at least that many times.
00:30:23.40\00:30:25.04
"Whatever the mind
can conceive and believe,
00:30:25.07\00:30:27.75
the mind can achieve. "
00:30:27.78\00:30:31.25
You're God.
00:30:31.28\00:30:32.42
Don't look outside yourself.
00:30:32.45\00:30:34.22
Our Lord Jesus, on
the other hand said,
00:30:34.52\00:30:36.13
"Without Me, you
can do very little. "
00:30:36.16\00:30:38.45
Isn't that right?
00:30:38.48\00:30:39.49
Huh, is that what He said
in John chapter 15 verse 5?
00:30:39.52\00:30:42.46
"Without Me, you can do nothing.
00:30:42.49\00:30:44.47
Without Me, you can
do no thing at all. "
00:30:44.50\00:30:47.36
And He said the same
thing, really, about Himself
00:30:48.12\00:30:51.06
in John 5 and verse 30.
00:30:51.09\00:30:52.64
He said, "I can do
nothing without My Father,
00:30:52.67\00:30:55.70
without the
blessing of My Father. "
00:30:55.73\00:30:57.53
Napoleon Hill was the most
beloved motivational author,
00:30:58.83\00:31:02.87
I suppose, of all time.
00:31:02.90\00:31:04.90
And I want to read you 2 or
3 of his ideas and quotations.
00:31:04.93\00:31:08.63
One among them, he
said, "Cherish your dreams
00:31:08.66\00:31:11.96
and your visions.
00:31:11.99\00:31:13.46
Hold a picture of yourself in
your mind's eye and you will be
00:31:16.39\00:31:20.10
drawn to that picture. "
00:31:20.13\00:31:21.94
"Moreover," he said, "I
have proved many, many times
00:31:22.78\00:31:25.97
that every human brain
is both a broadcasting and
00:31:26.00\00:31:29.22
receiving station for vibrations
of thought frequency. "
00:31:29.25\00:31:33.79
"Furthermore," he said, "the
sixth sense is the subconscious
00:31:34.25\00:31:37.79
referred to as the imagination.
00:31:37.82\00:31:40.21
Or if you'd prefer, the
receiving set of the mind. "
00:31:40.24\00:31:44.47
He went on to say, "Through
the aid of the sixth sense,
00:31:45.06\00:31:49.68
you'll be warned
about coming dangers,
00:31:49.71\00:31:52.33
you'll be
notified of opportunities.
00:31:52.36\00:31:54.49
The sixth sense really," he
said, "is your guardian angel. "
00:31:54.52\00:31:58.65
Napoleon Hill had an
influence on many who would
00:32:02.74\00:32:06.53
soon follow him.
00:32:06.56\00:32:07.66
Among those, W. Clement Stone.
00:32:07.69\00:32:11.32
And I'm not going to go into
detail because he's so much like
00:32:11.35\00:32:13.96
Napoleon Hill and
so near to him in time.
00:32:13.99\00:32:17.67
But I am going to
mention some other disciples.
00:32:17.70\00:32:20.64
Born in 1821 and lived
until 1910 was Mary Baker Eddy.
00:32:22.51\00:32:27.60
The originator of the
Christian Science faith
00:32:28.45\00:32:31.64
and later, the
Church of Christ Scientist.
00:32:31.67\00:32:35.67
The writer of the
theology of spiritual healing
00:32:36.59\00:32:39.11
and author of the book, "The
Power of Suggestion in Healing".
00:32:39.14\00:32:43.66
The originator of the
Christian Science Monitor.
00:32:44.23\00:32:46.93
She died December 3, 1910.
00:32:47.33\00:32:51.23
Just before she died, she said,
"I know now that all disease,
00:32:51.26\00:32:55.42
all disease is mental
and none of it is physical. "
00:32:55.45\00:32:59.79
She taught what she
called, "the metaphysical system
00:32:59.82\00:33:03.37
of Christian science. "
00:33:03.40\00:33:05.10
She, and those who preceded
her, had a powerful influence
00:33:06.20\00:33:10.39
on a man by the name
of Norman Vincent Peale.
00:33:10.42\00:33:14.04
And now we're
coming down to modern time.
00:33:14.07\00:33:16.39
Before I read further, however,
I want to share with you
00:33:16.42\00:33:19.39
a very brief sentence
from one of the latest
00:33:19.42\00:33:22.80
US News World Report magazines.
00:33:22.83\00:33:25.46
There is a congressman,
whom I need not name tonight,
00:33:25.91\00:33:29.47
who is going after certain
ministers and televangelists
00:33:29.50\00:33:32.95
who are preaching
what this man refers to as,
00:33:32.98\00:33:35.84
"the gospel of excess. "
00:33:35.87\00:33:37.49
And he talks about how they're
promoting positive living
00:33:37.52\00:33:41.76
and positive thinking
and, "you'll grow rich and if
00:33:41.79\00:33:44.80
you'll send me your
offerings, you'll be blessed and
00:33:44.83\00:33:46.92
I'll be blessed and
we'll all be blessed. "
00:33:46.95\00:33:48.59
And I'm going
to stop right there
00:33:48.62\00:33:50.84
without reading
any further names.
00:33:51.61\00:33:54.53
Say, here's something that
I pulled from People magazine
00:33:57.62\00:34:00.50
and you, perhaps,
ought to know this.
00:34:00.53\00:34:03.41
People magazine...
I didn't write this.
00:34:03.44\00:34:05.49
It says, "Hillary Clinton
has confessed to communicating
00:34:07.14\00:34:10.96
with Eleanor Roosevelt
for spiritual guidance. "
00:34:10.99\00:34:14.09
Now, to the best
of my remembrance,
00:34:15.44\00:34:18.17
Mrs. Roosevelt has been
dead for a long, long time.
00:34:18.20\00:34:21.74
Norman Vincent Peale, born
in 1898 and lived until 1993,
00:34:23.50\00:34:29.27
was born in Browerville, Ohio.
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.42
He was the son of
a Methodist preacher.
00:34:32.45\00:34:34.21
He, himself, became an
ordained Methodist pastor.
00:34:34.24\00:34:37.52
And in 1937, he founded
the religio-psychiatric clinic.
00:34:37.55\00:34:44.17
He wrote a book entitled,
"The Power of Positive Thinking"
00:34:44.37\00:34:48.21
in 1952 and he originated
a little Christian magazine
00:34:48.24\00:34:52.31
known as "The Guide Post".
00:34:52.34\00:34:54.40
He died in Pawling,
New York December 24, 1993.
00:34:54.43\00:34:57.99
Now this man, Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale,
00:34:58.59\00:35:01.79
who had a congregation,
New York City's cathedral,
00:35:01.82\00:35:04.48
of thousands and thousands
and thousands of people,
00:35:04.51\00:35:07.41
said repeatedly that he
had talked to his dead father
00:35:07.44\00:35:11.42
and that his dead mother
had appeared to him in the
00:35:11.45\00:35:14.29
receiving line at the séance
chamber on numerous occasions.
00:35:14.32\00:35:18.48
Moving down the chain of
command, a lady by the name of
00:35:21.89\00:35:25.61
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
00:35:25.64\00:35:28.42
Dr. Kubler-Ross was
born on July 8, 1926.
00:35:29.63\00:35:34.57
She received her doctorate
of medicine degree from the
00:35:34.60\00:35:37.89
University of
Switzerland in 1957.
00:35:37.92\00:35:40.32
She was a doctor of psychiatry
and received that degree
00:35:41.20\00:35:44.76
1963 at the
University of Colorado.
00:35:44.79\00:35:47.70
She wrote her best known
treatise, her book entitled,
00:35:47.73\00:35:52.51
"On Death and Dying" in 1969.
00:35:52.54\00:35:56.81
Before her own death,
she had written 9 books.
00:35:56.84\00:35:59.79
She was granted 25 honorary
doctor degrees from various
00:35:59.82\00:36:03.87
universities in the
United States and elsewhere.
00:36:03.90\00:36:05.94
Moreover, she founded shortly
before her death, Shanti Nilaya.
00:36:05.97\00:36:11.54
And the translation
from that Indian phrase is,
00:36:11.57\00:36:14.74
"the final home of peace. "
00:36:14.77\00:36:18.43
She founded that in
Escondido, California
00:36:19.70\00:36:21.86
if you go looking
for it on the internet.
00:36:21.89\00:36:23.70
And she began to
teach about dealing with
00:36:23.73\00:36:28.35
those that are dying and
with the passage from this
00:36:28.38\00:36:32.08
life over to the next.
00:36:32.11\00:36:33.96
She went on, near the
end of her life, to say,
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.23
"I am so attuned with death
and dying that I can, at the
00:36:36.26\00:36:40.99
bedside of one dying, literally
see the spirit or the soul
00:36:41.02\00:36:44.85
that leaves the body
and goes to be with God. "
00:36:44.88\00:36:48.48
She wrote further a
book that she entitled,
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.43
"The Life, Death, Transition".
00:36:51.46\00:36:54.02
And in that book, she
says what all of the rest
00:36:54.05\00:36:56.89
of the mediums
say, "There is no death.
00:36:56.92\00:36:59.36
It's only just a
transition to another plane. "
00:36:59.39\00:37:02.91
She moved to Head
Waters, Virginia in 1984.
00:37:03.65\00:37:08.43
And she said, from there she'd
experienced many, many times
00:37:08.46\00:37:13.05
soul travel, astral projection,
or out of body experiences.
00:37:13.08\00:37:16.97
She died on August 24,
2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
00:37:17.00\00:37:23.56
And now, we're
going to transition again.
00:37:24.80\00:37:28.47
Among other disciples, a
man by the name of Deepak Chopra
00:37:29.73\00:37:34.66
and a lovely young lady
by the name of Oprah Winfrey.
00:37:41.59\00:37:48.57
Now again, please folks,
I'm not sitting in judgment upon
00:37:49.91\00:37:53.69
anyone, by I want you to
be aware of what's going on.
00:37:53.72\00:37:56.63
This is fresh from the
internet and was sent to me
00:37:57.73\00:38:01.31
since I have been here,
and I'm going to read to you.
00:38:01.34\00:38:05.60
Headline, "'Oprah and
Friends to a Teach Course
00:38:06.18\00:38:09.40
on a New Age Christ. '
00:38:09.43\00:38:11.12
Oprah Winfrey will be letting
out all of the stops on her
00:38:11.81\00:38:14.98
XM Satellite Radio program
beginning January 1, 2008.
00:38:15.01\00:38:20.02
'Oprah and Friends' will
offer a year long course in
00:38:20.05\00:38:23.03
New Age teachings,
A Course in Miracles,
00:38:23.06\00:38:25.97
and we're going to
use the workbook of the
00:38:27.42\00:38:29.73
Course in Miracles. "
00:38:29.76\00:38:31.28
And then dropping
down and reading again.
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.57
"Teaching this Course
in Miracles will be Oprah's
00:38:34.07\00:38:38.69
long time friend and special
XM Satellite Radio reporter
00:38:38.72\00:38:42.40
Marianne Williamson, who
also happens to be an author
00:38:42.43\00:38:46.01
and one of today's
premier New Age leaders.
00:38:46.04\00:38:52.54
She and 'Conversations
with God' co-author Neale Walsch
00:38:54.29\00:39:00.47
co-founded the American
Renaissance Alliance in 1997
00:39:00.50\00:39:04.61
and the Global Renaissance
Alliance a bit later. "
00:39:04.64\00:39:07.32
Going on, "This New Age
Spirituality will be clearly
00:39:08.61\00:39:14.18
articulated in our Course of
Miracles which is fast becoming
00:39:14.21\00:39:18.05
the New Age Bible.
00:39:18.08\00:39:19.48
Course of Miracle.
00:39:19.51\00:39:21.32
What does it teach and
where did it originate?
00:39:21.52\00:39:23.88
"A Course in Miracles is a
new revelation of Jesus Christ,"
00:39:27.42\00:39:30.39
I'm reading now.
00:39:30.42\00:39:31.59
"This 'Jesus', who
bears no doctrinal resemblance
00:39:32.88\00:39:35.46
to the Bible's Christ, began
delivering his channel teachings
00:39:35.49\00:39:39.92
in 1965 at Columbia University
Medical Psychology school
00:39:39.95\00:39:45.47
to a lady by the
name of Helen Schucman. "
00:39:45.50\00:39:48.12
I want you to
remember that, if you will
00:39:48.15\00:39:49.73
because it's going
to become more important
00:39:49.76\00:39:51.91
in just a little bit.
00:39:51.94\00:39:53.67
"A Course in
Miracles," Helen Schucman.
00:39:53.70\00:39:58.27
This writer goes
on, "I was introduced to
00:40:01.46\00:40:03.45
A Course in Miracles by
Dr. Gerald Jampolsky's book,
00:40:03.48\00:40:07.24
'Love is Letting Go of Fear'.
00:40:07.27\00:40:10.12
Jampolsky has been featured,
not only in New Age circles,
00:40:10.62\00:40:14.82
but he's, at least
twice, been on Robert Shuller's
00:40:14.85\00:40:16.87
'Hour of Power'.
00:40:16.90\00:40:17.98
While Shuller introduced
Jampolsky and his fabulous
00:40:18.81\00:40:21.35
'18 Course in Miracles'
base book to his worldwide
00:40:21.38\00:40:24.73
television audience, it was
really Marianne Williamson's
00:40:24.76\00:40:27.54
appearance on a 1992 Oprah
show that really shook things
00:40:27.57\00:40:32.11
to the rafters. "
00:40:32.14\00:40:33.53
Oprah Winfrey
00:40:34.51\00:40:36.05
Helen Schucman
00:40:38.06\00:40:39.31
Marianne Williamson
00:40:39.95\00:40:42.56
Gerald Jampolsky
00:40:43.24\00:40:45.24
Gerald Jampolsky's book
is a best seller still today,
00:40:49.44\00:40:52.49
ladies and gentlemen.
00:40:52.52\00:40:53.49
And he's still very much around.
00:40:53.52\00:40:55.26
His book is entitled,
"Love is Letting Go of Fear".
00:40:55.67\00:40:59.71
That sounds good,
it sounds really nice.
00:40:59.74\00:41:02.38
He wrote, "Love is Letting Go of
Fear" and based his writings on
00:41:03.33\00:41:08.13
this book, "A
Course in Miracles".
00:41:08.16\00:41:10.74
Now what is this
book and who's behind it?
00:41:10.77\00:41:12.96
You have to do some careful
research, ladies and gentlemen,
00:41:12.99\00:41:15.34
believe me, before you
discover who's at the bottom of
00:41:15.37\00:41:18.08
this book that is
behind Oprah's new outreach and
00:41:18.11\00:41:21.48
behind Gerald Jampolsky, and
some others that we're going to
00:41:21.51\00:41:23.93
mention in just a moment.
00:41:23.96\00:41:25.16
Who's behind this course?
00:41:25.19\00:41:26.65
Who authored the
"Course in Miracles"?
00:41:26.68\00:41:28.07
Well, the lady who's
given most credit is this lady
00:41:28.10\00:41:31.95
Helen Schucman and
an associate by the name
00:41:31.98\00:41:34.17
of Kenneth Wapnick.
00:41:34.20\00:41:35.76
In her book, Helen Schucman,
"A Course in Miracles",
00:41:36.88\00:41:39.21
Helen Schucman, down near
the back, is honest to say
00:41:39.24\00:41:42.65
that she got the information
from a voice from beyond.
00:41:42.68\00:41:46.90
She went on to say, "I'm only
just the shorthand secretary
00:41:47.30\00:41:50.78
of my spirit guide. "
00:41:50.81\00:41:52.68
She then further
wrote a book entitled,
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.36
"Purpose,
Process, and Practice".
00:41:55.39\00:41:57.78
And she said, "This book was
dictated to me in the same way
00:41:57.81\00:42:01.54
by the same spirit guide. "
00:42:01.57\00:42:03.94
I want to go on record
tonight by saying to you
00:42:03.97\00:42:06.42
that the book "Course
in Miracles" is illogical,
00:42:06.45\00:42:09.25
it is non-theological,
and it is irresponsible.
00:42:09.28\00:42:12.57
Moreover, I'll say
that, to my mind at least,
00:42:12.60\00:42:15.63
and forgive me, I believe it's
little more than psycho-babble.
00:42:15.66\00:42:19.74
The book teaches,
again, you are the Creator.
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.07
That's on page 34.
00:42:23.10\00:42:24.53
It teaches that there will
never be any judgment from God.
00:42:24.56\00:42:27.08
That's also from the same page.
00:42:27.11\00:42:28.39
It teaches that everybody
will ultimately be looked upon
00:42:28.42\00:42:31.33
as his own creator, from
the same book and the same page.
00:42:31.36\00:42:34.64
A very well respected
medical doctor by the name of
00:42:35.04\00:42:38.66
Bernie S. Siegel MD,
his book is entitled,
00:42:38.69\00:42:43.39
"Love, Medicine, and Miracles"
and it has sold millions.
00:42:43.42\00:42:48.09
And the thing is so
subtle, ladies and gentlemen,
00:42:48.12\00:42:50.17
the spiritism in it is so
very, very subtle that it almost
00:42:50.20\00:42:56.01
grabs you, I mean, I myself
found myself really enjoying
00:42:56.04\00:42:59.89
portions of it and saying,
"amen, boy that's right. "
00:42:59.92\00:43:02.81
The Bible says, "If possible,
there would be deceived
00:43:04.36\00:43:07.58
the very elect. "
00:43:07.61\00:43:09.51
And I have to pray
God, for my own safety
00:43:09.54\00:43:12.45
when I delve
into things like this.
00:43:12.48\00:43:14.49
But I feel the necessity of
doing it to share with the world
00:43:14.52\00:43:17.53
because they're unaware
of what's going on out there.
00:43:17.56\00:43:19.92
The devil has put on a suit and
tie and moved into the church.
00:43:20.32\00:43:23.08
And preachers are not only
at funerals teaching spiritism
00:43:23.11\00:43:25.82
and saying "they're not dead,
they've gone to be with Jesus. "
00:43:25.85\00:43:27.96
I mean, this thing has big time
moved into the Christian world.
00:43:27.99\00:43:31.34
And it's, to a large
degree, taken control.
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.84
It's taken control.
00:43:35.77\00:43:36.90
And I'll make that abundantly
clear in just a minute.
00:43:36.93\00:43:38.91
Bernie Siegel is a
surgeon, but he had a specialty
00:43:40.19\00:43:44.47
in cancer surgery.
00:43:44.50\00:43:45.92
And he became so disgusted
with the negative attitudes of
00:43:45.95\00:43:50.10
cancer patients, given them
largely by their medical doctor,
00:43:50.13\00:43:52.80
given no hope, that he formed
a little club that he called
00:43:52.83\00:43:57.03
"ECaP", which stands for
00:43:57.06\00:44:06.98
"Exceptional Cancer Patients".
00:44:07.01\00:44:09.69
In the biography, and again,
you have to be a careful student
00:44:11.11\00:44:14.62
to come upon
some of these things.
00:44:14.65\00:44:16.32
In his selected
biography of his book,
00:44:16.35\00:44:19.51
"Love, Medicine, and Miracles",
he promotes Helen Schucman
00:44:19.54\00:44:22.95
on page 238, the one who wrote
her book by the spirit guide.
00:44:22.98\00:44:28.31
He promotes
Robert Monroe who wrote,
00:44:29.25\00:44:32.30
"The Journey out of the Body".
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.94
He promotes Dr
Raymond Moody, Jr. who wrote,
00:44:33.97\00:44:37.19
"Life After Death".
00:44:37.22\00:44:38.86
He promotes Dr
Kubler-Ross on page 237, of whom
00:44:38.89\00:44:42.22
we've also spoken.
00:44:42.25\00:44:43.22
He promotes Dr
Jampolsky, of whom we've
00:44:43.23\00:44:45.56
mentioned, on page 236.
00:44:45.59\00:44:47.15
And he promotes Carl Jung.
00:44:47.18\00:44:49.45
On pages 19 and 20,
of Bernie Seigel's book,
00:44:53.97\00:44:57.68
"Love, Medicine, and Miracles".
00:44:57.71\00:44:59.82
And by the way, his
philosophy, now, is being...
00:44:59.85\00:45:03.15
How many of you folks...
00:45:03.18\00:45:04.15
Let me back up a little
bit and ask you a question.
00:45:04.16\00:45:05.96
How many of you folks have
been impressed from time to time
00:45:05.99\00:45:08.82
about an ad on television
that comes across from
00:45:08.85\00:45:12.29
some cancer institute?
00:45:12.32\00:45:13.32
Maybe it's on the east
coast, maybe it's in California,
00:45:13.35\00:45:15.33
maybe it's over in Seattle.
00:45:15.36\00:45:16.75
And they say, "We
give complete cancer care.
00:45:16.78\00:45:19.58
Not only just
surgery, not only just chemo,
00:45:19.61\00:45:22.41
not only just nuclear
medicine, but we will treat
00:45:22.44\00:45:25.60
your mind as well. "
00:45:25.63\00:45:27.13
Almost each of these
cancer centers has borrowed
00:45:27.16\00:45:30.96
Dr. Bernie Seigel's
philosophy and his teaching.
00:45:30.99\00:45:34.82
So be very, very careful
when you send your loved one
00:45:36.44\00:45:38.74
away somewhere.
00:45:38.77\00:45:39.80
Do your
research, will you please.
00:45:40.62\00:45:42.21
In his book, Dr. Seigel on pages
19 and 20 says, now I'm quoting,
00:45:43.03\00:45:47.49
"Through meditation, I
met my own inner guide.
00:45:47.88\00:45:52.03
His name is George.
00:45:52.06\00:45:54.83
He's bearded and
he has long hair.
00:45:55.57\00:45:57.90
He's a young man who
wears an immaculate white gown
00:45:59.59\00:46:02.82
and a skull cap.
00:46:02.85\00:46:04.77
He's been my
invaluable companion ever since
00:46:04.80\00:46:07.93
our first meeting. "
00:46:07.96\00:46:10.26
Page 218, 219 of
Dr. Seigel's book.
00:46:12.99\00:46:17.29
He speaks about a
patient relationship,
00:46:17.32\00:46:19.96
a doctor/patient relationship
with a lady whose husband
00:46:19.99\00:46:24.72
had been his patient.
00:46:24.75\00:46:25.83
Her name was Janet.
00:46:25.86\00:46:27.40
"I told Janet that I did
believe her dead husband's
00:46:28.15\00:46:32.13
spirit existed still.
00:46:32.16\00:46:33.76
Yes, indeed I do.
00:46:33.79\00:46:35.44
Moreover, my own dead
grandmother has visited
00:46:35.47\00:46:38.29
my father, I know that. "
00:46:38.32\00:46:40.13
On page 219, he says, "A spirit
medium speaks through me. "
00:46:41.17\00:46:49.25
And he's alluding to
a speech that he gave.
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.36
He said, "When I sat down,
I had no idea what I'd said.
00:46:52.78\00:46:56.72
And someone came
to me and said to me,
00:46:57.20\00:46:59.58
'That was remarkable,
that speech was miraculous.
00:46:59.61\00:47:02.76
Where did you get it?'
00:47:02.96\00:47:03.98
And then," he said, "it
dawned upon me that I was only
00:47:04.01\00:47:06.96
a channel for George. "
00:47:06.99\00:47:09.36
On page 220, Dr. Seigel says,
"I have received many, many
00:47:11.96\00:47:17.27
messages from patients of mine
who have died and gone beyond. "
00:47:17.30\00:47:22.52
And now folks, I'm going to stop
preaching and go to meddling.
00:47:26.54\00:47:31.85
And I know that I'm, with
some, stepping on thin ice.
00:47:31.88\00:47:35.87
But at the same
time, I beg your indulgence
00:47:35.90\00:47:39.67
and I don't mean to offend
anybody, but I feel compelled
00:47:39.70\00:47:44.71
to go further with this and
to take you to its final end.
00:47:45.41\00:47:48.48
And as I said at the outset,
I had no idea that I would
00:47:49.61\00:47:52.57
end up here when I began
this research a few weeks ago.
00:47:52.60\00:47:56.69
Someone not so
very long ago asked me,
00:47:59.75\00:48:02.10
"Lyle, have you read
The Purpose Driven Life?
00:48:02.13\00:48:07.28
Have you read, have
you studied, have you used
00:48:09.00\00:48:11.21
The Purpose Driven Church?"
00:48:11.24\00:48:13.18
And my answer was, "No
sir. I have not read it. "
00:48:14.23\00:48:18.36
I hadn't then.
00:48:18.39\00:48:19.96
I said, "Since Jesus
came into my life, my life
00:48:21.49\00:48:24.25
has been purpose driven.
00:48:24.28\00:48:25.96
I've known where I come
from, I've known why I'm here,
00:48:25.99\00:48:29.41
and I've known where I'm going.
00:48:29.44\00:48:31.20
And I have spent my
ministry helping others
00:48:34.21\00:48:38.01
find purpose in Jesus Christ,
and in Jesus Christ alone. "
00:48:38.76\00:48:42.15
The Purpose Driven
Church, The Purpose Driven Life,
00:48:48.41\00:48:52.42
is filled, ladies
and gentlemen, filled,
00:48:52.45\00:48:54.84
I believe, with thinly disguised
thoughts and quotations
00:48:54.87\00:49:00.43
from a number of
formerly mentioned people;
00:49:00.46\00:49:04.57
Carl Jung, Dr.
Jampolsky, Dr. Bernie Seigel,
00:49:04.60\00:49:09.64
and I could go on and on.
00:49:09.67\00:49:11.42
And if you, in private, want
more information, if you want
00:49:12.17\00:49:14.72
to do some further
research, I can give you
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.55
plenty of direction.
00:49:16.58\00:49:17.66
The "feel good theology"
is there in that book as well.
00:49:18.19\00:49:21.59
And you'll, by the way,
find it, I believe, down at
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.25
Willow Creek in Chicago
where so many pastors have gone
00:49:23.28\00:49:25.82
to try to learn how to
plant and grow churches.
00:49:25.85\00:49:28.22
And I don't know why in
the world we have to continue
00:49:28.25\00:49:30.30
sending preachers to
Willow Creek in Chicago when the
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.55
blueprint is found
in the book of Acts.
00:49:33.58\00:49:35.52
It's very plain there.
00:49:35.55\00:49:36.84
All we need to do is go
there and follow the blueprint.
00:49:36.87\00:49:40.19
The book of Acts is the
history of the first 30 years in
00:49:41.30\00:49:43.29
the Christian church.
00:49:43.32\00:49:44.29
And folks were so on fire for
Jesus that they told everybody.
00:49:44.30\00:49:47.81
And at the time of
the great revival of the
00:49:47.84\00:49:49.83
Methodist movement, a
Baptist person wouldn't hire a
00:49:49.86\00:49:53.47
Methodist housekeeper,
nor would a Catholic because
00:49:53.50\00:49:55.68
they knew good and well that
the Methodist was so on fire
00:49:55.71\00:49:58.63
that he'd try to convert
the other upstairs maid and the
00:49:58.66\00:50:02.88
downstairs maid and
the housekeeper at the
00:50:02.91\00:50:05.22
middle level as well.
00:50:05.25\00:50:06.61
We don't need to go to Florida,
and we don't need to go to
00:50:07.70\00:50:10.97
Chicago, and we don't
need to go to California
00:50:11.00\00:50:14.19
because it's all right
there in God's blueprint.
00:50:14.22\00:50:17.65
And it's time that we stop
checking theology by preachers,
00:50:19.03\00:50:22.75
as I've said before, and start
checking preachers by the Bible.
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.80
It's time we do that.
00:50:25.83\00:50:27.86
Feel good theology.
00:50:28.72\00:50:30.28
And I could
mention some other names.
00:50:30.31\00:50:32.44
Joel Osteen
00:50:32.47\00:50:33.95
You hear the same
thing, best seller.
00:50:34.12\00:50:36.14
They're selling his
books now at the Costco and the
00:50:36.17\00:50:38.05
Wal-Mart and everywhere else.
00:50:38.08\00:50:39.18
And Dr. Shuller, whom we alluded
to just a little bit before.
00:50:39.21\00:50:41.93
And I didn't realize until
most recently, but John Hagee.
00:50:41.96\00:50:45.30
I tuned in to him
just a few days ago at the
00:50:45.33\00:50:47.37
request of a friend.
00:50:47.40\00:50:48.43
He said, "I know where
you're going with that message.
00:50:48.46\00:50:50.12
You better listen to this. "
00:50:50.15\00:50:51.18
And I heard the same thing.
00:50:51.21\00:50:52.63
"Trust God and send me your
money, and God will bless you.
00:50:52.66\00:50:55.79
You'll prosper. "
00:50:55.82\00:50:56.99
And I'm going to go a step
further to say that there have
00:50:57.64\00:50:59.77
been some from our own ranks
who've fallen into this pit.
00:50:59.80\00:51:03.67
Called to preach the
gospel, gifted with the ability
00:51:06.88\00:51:10.04
to spread the gospel and
do the work of evangelist.
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.67
And trade it for a few bucks.
00:51:14.24\00:51:16.38
I've had my opportunities,
and I'm not bragging.
00:51:22.11\00:51:25.27
I went, several years ago,
to one of the largest television
00:51:29.04\00:51:32.46
studios in the United States.
00:51:32.49\00:51:34.31
It happened to be
in Memphis, Tennessee.
00:51:34.34\00:51:36.60
The William Tanner agency.
00:51:38.05\00:51:39.82
There happened to be a young
girl making a Coca-Cola jingle.
00:51:40.12\00:51:43.99
And someone said, "You
better listen to this girl.
00:51:44.39\00:51:45.98
She's going to
become somebody. "
00:51:46.01\00:51:47.66
And she did, her
name was Janie Fricke.
00:51:47.69\00:51:49.83
And after I'd made my television
spots, the producer came to me.
00:51:51.24\00:51:56.03
He said, "How would you like
to make some serious money?"
00:51:56.43\00:51:58.94
He said, "The camera likes you.
00:51:58.97\00:52:00.67
You come across to the camera. "
00:52:01.44\00:52:03.85
And he said, "We
could partner up and make
00:52:03.88\00:52:05.64
some serious money. "
00:52:05.67\00:52:06.99
And I said, "I don't
care about serious money.
00:52:07.02\00:52:10.14
I want enough to pay my
bills and to feed my kids,
00:52:10.17\00:52:12.86
but I know what
I'm called to do.
00:52:12.89\00:52:14.87
And I wouldn't sell
it out for anything. "
00:52:16.11\00:52:18.23
And I don't believe that
God has called any preacher
00:52:18.26\00:52:22.23
to go around giving
some kind of a power seminar,
00:52:22.26\00:52:25.28
think and grow rich.
00:52:25.31\00:52:26.79
And I've become convinced,
I've studied this thing for
00:52:28.56\00:52:31.48
years and years,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:52:31.51\00:52:32.91
As I've said before, I
almost fell into the same trap.
00:52:32.94\00:52:36.29
I was terribly tempted to do it.
00:52:36.32\00:52:38.46
But God saved me from it.
00:52:39.26\00:52:40.77
But I have given it a lot
of study over the last 30 years
00:52:40.80\00:52:44.09
and it has dawned upon me quite
clearly that those who promote
00:52:44.12\00:52:47.61
this idea of "think
and grow rich" are the ones
00:52:47.64\00:52:49.99
who do a little of the thinking
and doing the getting rich.
00:52:50.02\00:52:54.54
Because you buy their
tapes and you buy their books
00:52:54.57\00:52:57.17
and you pay them contracts
to come in and talk to you.
00:52:57.20\00:53:00.00
They say, "Send me your
money and God will bless you. "
00:53:00.03\00:53:02.06
And they're the ones who
go home with a fat check.
00:53:02.09\00:53:04.97
"Purpose Driven Life"
is so filled with dangerous
00:53:11.40\00:53:15.34
paraphrases of the Bible that
are so easy to lead one into
00:53:15.37\00:53:20.22
a false area and into a false
understanding of God's word.
00:53:20.25\00:53:24.62
In his book, Rick
Warren promotes Aeronais
00:53:25.61\00:53:28.99
who was an early Catholic
father who taught spiritism.
00:53:29.02\00:53:32.39
He promotes Madam Guyon
who was a Catholic mystic.
00:53:32.42\00:53:35.77
He promotes Brother Lawrence
who is really in reality
00:53:35.80\00:53:38.66
Nicholas Herman, a
Catholic Carmelite who promoted
00:53:38.69\00:53:41.45
in the Catholic church
praying through the dead Mary.
00:53:41.48\00:53:44.61
He promotes Anais Nin, an
erotic writer, does Rick Warren.
00:53:47.00\00:53:52.24
He promotes Dietrich Bonhoeffer
who was a religious humanist
00:53:52.64\00:53:56.44
and a mystic who rejected
the fundamentals of the Bible
00:53:56.47\00:53:59.39
and rejected the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
00:53:59.42\00:54:01.83
He promotes Gary Thomas,
the author of "Sacred Pathways"
00:54:01.86\00:54:05.45
and "Your Souls Path to God".
00:54:06.08\00:54:08.55
Thomas says and I'm quoting,
"My inspiration is from my
00:54:08.58\00:54:12.43
spirit guide named Philemon
who is the same one that gave
00:54:12.46\00:54:15.71
information to Carl Jung. "
00:54:15.74\00:54:17.35
Rick Warren, further,
promotes Richard Foster,
00:54:18.00\00:54:20.62
a Quaker mystic who
promoted Eastern meditation and
00:54:20.65\00:54:24.03
guided imagery
and astral projection.
00:54:24.06\00:54:26.45
I'm here tonight to
promote only one person
00:54:31.88\00:54:35.88
and that's Jesus Christ.
00:54:35.91\00:54:37.86
I'm here tonight to
say to every one of you,
00:54:38.39\00:54:41.02
you check everybody out.
00:54:41.05\00:54:43.24
You check every preacher, you
check out every new idea that
00:54:43.27\00:54:47.57
comes across your plate
or comes to your mailbox.
00:54:47.60\00:54:51.09
You check everyone out
carefully by God's word.
00:54:51.12\00:54:54.48
And then keep your eyes
focused on Jesus Christ.
00:54:54.51\00:54:57.64
Don't you let your eyes
go to this man or that man
00:54:57.67\00:55:00.49
or that man, for
we're all with feet of clay.
00:55:00.52\00:55:04.21
And if you knew me like
Peggy knows me, you'd throw
00:55:04.24\00:55:06.46
rocks at me as I
leave the parking lot.
00:55:06.49\00:55:08.52
I promise you, you would.
00:55:08.55\00:55:09.88
You keep your eyes on Jesus and
you'll never be disappointed.
00:55:09.91\00:55:13.26
Jesus, "And I, if I be lifted
up, I'll draw all men to Me. "
00:55:14.21\00:55:18.01
Jesus, the way and
the truth and the life.
00:55:18.04\00:55:20.15
Jesus is the
vine, Jesus is the salt.
00:55:20.18\00:55:23.49
He's the light of the word, He's
the resurrection and the life.
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.33
Jesus is our example.
00:55:26.36\00:55:28.43
The example of
Jesus; think and grow rich?
00:55:28.48\00:55:30.69
Huh?
00:55:30.72\00:55:31.69
Born in a barn.
00:55:34.00\00:55:36.03
Positive attitude? Absolutely.
00:55:38.70\00:55:41.31
"I can do all
things through Christ. "
00:55:41.34\00:55:44.07
"I and My Father are one. "
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.36
I can't do anything
without Him, but with Him
00:55:47.39\00:55:49.39
all things are possible.
00:55:49.42\00:55:51.43
Jesus Christ;
poor, born in a barn.
00:55:51.83\00:55:56.57
Jesus Christ,
without a roof over His head
00:55:56.60\00:55:59.93
during His life
and His ministry.
00:55:59.96\00:56:01.80
Jesus Christ, who at
His death was so poor
00:56:01.83\00:56:04.89
He had to be buried
in a borrowed grave.
00:56:04.92\00:56:08.59
Jesus is my example, and
I'm not promoting poverty.
00:56:08.99\00:56:12.79
There's nothing wrong
with having a few bucks
00:56:13.65\00:56:15.75
if it wouldn't ruin most of us.
00:56:15.78\00:56:17.20
And I really believe
God would make us all rich
00:56:17.23\00:56:19.45
if it wouldn't
destroy us spiritually.
00:56:19.48\00:56:21.60
I know what would
happen to me, I know.
00:56:22.16\00:56:25.03
God keeps me
hanging on the edge.
00:56:25.39\00:56:27.22
I think, "Well
going to get everything.
00:56:27.25\00:56:28.73
We're going to be able to
retire in just a few months. "
00:56:28.76\00:56:30.85
And then the bus motor falls
apart and there's $23,000 gone.
00:56:30.88\00:56:34.59
And at the end of the
month, there's always too much
00:56:34.62\00:56:38.46
more left over than money,
as someone has tritely said.
00:56:38.49\00:56:41.40
And you wonder, "Boy, am I
going to make it next month?"
00:56:41.43\00:56:44.46
And so you go to your knees.
00:56:44.49\00:56:46.57
That's why most
of us aren't rich.
00:56:46.60\00:56:49.64
Because it would destroy our
faith and we wouldn't need God.
00:56:49.67\00:56:52.68
Jesus will be my example.
00:56:54.21\00:56:55.63
And I want to say to
all of you as I come to a
00:56:55.66\00:56:58.26
conclusion
tonight; if you are honest
00:56:58.29\00:57:02.32
and if you have Jesus Christ,
00:57:04.02\00:57:06.25
you are both rich and successful
00:57:07.70\00:57:12.09
even if you've
gone into bankruptcy.
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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look full into
His wonderful face,
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and these things of
earth will grow strangely dim
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in the light of His
glory and His grace.
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Now let's pray.
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Lord Jesus, You
warned that in the last days,
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the devil would become
so cunning that if possible
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he would deceive the very elect.
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Long ago, we learned from
Your word to stay away from
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channelers and
wizards that peep and mutter
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and open spiritism
and occultism, long ago.
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The devil knows that
the average Christian is not
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going to be taken in by
any of those subtleties,
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and so he's become most wise.
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He's put on the suit and tie
and moved right in to the pew.
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He speaks from ornate pulpits.
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Save us, dear Lord.
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Save us, if
necessary, and likely it is,
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from our own ignorance.
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And we, tonight and tomorrow
and always, will give You the
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praise and the glory.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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