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00:33 >>GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS, MY NAME IS CHUCK HOLTRY AND I WANT TO 00:35 WELCOME YOU TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:37 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO STUDY WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH OUR 00:39 LESSONS ON THE BOOK OF LUKE. BEFORE WE GET STARTED I'D LIKE 00:43 TO REMIND YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER - OR TELL YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER. 00:46 IT IS OFFER #708, TIPS FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION . 00:50 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THIS BOOKLET YOU CAN CALL 00:52 1-866-788-3966 - THAT'S 1-866-STUDY-MORE. 00:59 AS WE GET STARTED IN OUR LESSON, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT 01:02 TO BE WITH US SO IF YOU'D BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME AS WE PRAY. 01:06 FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE OPEN YOUR WORD WE PRAY THAT YOU OPEN 01:10 OUR HEARTS. WE ASK FOR THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 01:16 IN THE CIVIL WAR, THERE WAS A GENERAL WHO INSISTED ON VERY 01:23 INTERESTING TERMS OF SURRENDER. HIS TERMS WERE UNCONDITIONAL 01:29 SURRENDER. HE GOT THE NAME 'UNCONDITIONAL 01:34 SURRENDER GRANT' OR ULYSSES S. GRANT. 01:37 THE STORY IS TOLD THAT WHEN HE CAPTURED FORT DONELSON IN 01:41 TENNESSEE, IT WAS A FORMER CLASSMATE OF HIS WHO WAS LEADING 01:46 THE CONFEDERATE FORCES. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE 01:49 IN THE CIVIL WAR YOU ACTUALLY HAD CLASSMATES FIGHTING AGAINST 01:51 EACH OTHER FROM THEIR WEST POINT DAYS. 01:54 THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY GET TO TALKING A 01:58 LITTLE BIT RIGHT BEFORE THE SURRENDER IS PUT TOGETHER AND, 02:02 AS ULYSSES GRANT IS TALKING TO - I BELIEVE IT WAS GENERAL BUCKNER 02:05 - THEY WERE DISCUSSING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND HE SAID, 02:09 'HOW COME GENERAL PILLOW IS NOT HERE?' AND BUCKNER SAID, 'I 02:11 THINK THAT HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN BEING TAKEN BY YOU.' 02:16 AND ULYSSES S. GRANT SAID, 'THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 02:22 I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT HE'S FREE BECAUSE WE LIKE HIM LEADING THE 02:24 FORCES THAT ARE AGAINST US.' INTERESTING, THE DIALOGUE THAT 02:29 WOULD GO ON BETWEEN DIFFERENT GENERALS. 02:31 BUT, IN SPITE OF THE FRIENDLINESS, ULYSSES S. 02:34 GRANT ASKED FOR UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER - 'I WANT EVERYTHING. 02:38 WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU HAVE YOUR ARMS WHEN YOU LEAVE, ETC. 02:41 WE WANT TO HAVE A COMPLETE SURRENDER TO OUR FORCES.' WHAT 02:45 DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH A LESSON ON THE BAPTISM AND THE 02:50 TEMPTATION OF JESUS? QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY. 02:53 I BELIEVE AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE BAPTISM OF JESUS AND THE 02:56 TEMPTATION, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO HAVE 02:59 SUCCESS AS CHRISTIANS IS THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. 03:04 WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO START OUT WITH OUR LESSON - 03:08 SUNDAY'S LESSON - WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT OF 03:11 PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE 03:15 TEACHINGS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ALSO TYING THAT IN WITH THE 03:20 BAPTISM OF JESUS, SO LUKE CHAPTER 3 - LUKE CHAPTER 3 AND 03:27 VERSE 3. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AMAZED AT HOW 03:29 JOHN PREACHED. LUKE DESCRIBES JOHN'S PREACHING. 03:34 THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF PREACHING I WOULD DO IF I WAS 03:36 GOING TO ASK SOMEONE TO GET BAPTIZED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO 03:38 SEE THAT AS WE GO INTO IT A LITTLE BIT. 03:40 BUT IN VERSE 3 IT SAYS, "AND HE CAME INTO ALL THE COUNTRY ABOUT 03:43 JORDAN, PREACHING THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FOR THE REMISSION OF 03:49 SINS; AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE 03:55 PROPHET, SAYING, 'THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 03:57 PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT." 04:01 SO HERE IT IS, WE SEE THAT HE'S PREACHING SPECIFICALLY 04:04 REPENTANCE AND IT'S A FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY 04:08 TO PREPARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD. 04:11 AND THEN HE QUOTES THIS - PLEASE NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 5: 04:16 "EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL 04:20 SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, 04:24 AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH;" I'M PREACHING 04:29 REPENTANCE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, AND 04:33 HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN: THE HILLS ARE GOING TO BE MADE 04:36 FLAT, THE LOW PLACES ARE GOING TO BE RAISED UP, THE CROOKED 04:40 PLACES STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH PLACES WILL BE MADE SMOOTH. 04:43 YOU KNOW, REPENTANCE DOES SOMETHING - IT CHANGES YOU. 04:48 IT TAKES YOU - AND SOMETIMES IT TURNS YOU THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION 04:53 FROM WHAT YOU WERE GOING. IN FACT, YOU'RE PROBABLY 04:54 FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT THE WORD 'REPENTANCE MEANS TO CHANGE AND 04:57 TURN. TO TURN; TO CHANGE DIRECTION; TO GO A NEW WAY. 05:03 GOD TAKES THOSE WHO ARE HIGH AND LIFTED UP AND BRINGS THEM LOW. 05:09 HE TAKES THOSE WHO ARE LOW AND BRINGS THEM UP. 05:13 HE TAKES THE CROOKED AND MAKES THEM STRAIGHT. 05:15 HE TAKES THE ROUGH AND SMOOTHS IT OUT. 05:18 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS IN YOUR OWN LIFE - 05:21 HOW GOD HAS DONE MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE. 05:26 YOU REPENT AND A CHANGE TAKES PLACE. 05:29 BEFORE JESUS COULD COME AND DO A MIRACLE IN THE LIVES OF THESE 05:34 PEOPLE, THERE WAS THIS CALL, BY JOHN, FOR REPENTANCE. 05:41 IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TURN. I BELIEVE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT 05:44 FOR US TO LOOK AT. YOU KNOW, 'TO TURN' OFTENTIMES 05:51 MEANS I NEED TO SURRENDER MY IDEAS. 05:54 I NEED TO CHANGE WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT - AND THAT'S 05:59 WHAT JOHN IS ASKING FOR - A SURRENDER, IF YOU WILL - A 06:04 REPENTANCE. VERSE 7 - WHEN I READ VERSE 7 I 06:08 WONDERED WHO WAS THIS TO? BUT I READ A LITTLE BOOK CALLED 06:10 DESIRE OF AGES - YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. 06:12 IT SAID THAT THE WORDS IN VERSE 7 WERE SPECIFICALLY SPOKEN TO 06:15 THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES THAT WERE COMING TO HEAR JESUS. 06:18 HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 7: "THEN SAID HE TO THE MULTITUDE 06:22 THAT CAME FORTH TO BE BAPTIZED OF HIM, O GENERATION OF VIPERS, 06:28 WHO HATH WARNED YOU TO FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME? 06:32 BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE AND BEGIN 06:37 NOT TO SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES, 'WE HAVE ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER: 06:40 FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS ABLE OF THESE STONES TO RAISE UP 06:44 CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM." BAPTISM MUST HAVE REPENTANCE 06:53 CONNECTED TO IT. I'M NOT SAYING 'MUST' BECAUSE 06:56 IT'S SOME LEGALISTIC THING, IT'S JUST THIS IS THE NATURAL WAY 07:02 THINGS SHOULD FLOW. WHEN YOU HAVE REPENTANCE, THERE 07:05 WILL BE FRUIT. WHY THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES? 07:11 WHY DID HE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THEM? WHY DID HE SAY, 07:14 'YOU BROOD OF VIPERS?' I WOULDN'T PREACH THAT IN A 07:16 BAPTISM SERMON. I'M SURE OF IT. 07:19 WHY DID HE PREACH THAT? BECAUSE HE KNEW THEIR HEART. 07:24 THEY WERE WANTING TO GET BAPTIZED FOR SHOW - 'MAYBE IF 07:27 WE'RE CONNECTED TO THIS FAMOUS YOUNG PREACHER, MAYBE PEOPLE'LL 07:30 LOOK AT US AND WE'LL GET MORE POPULAR.' BAD REASON TO GET 07:34 BAPTIZED? I REMEMBER AS A CHILD I CONTEMPLATED GETTING BAPTIZED 07:39 FOR THE WRONG REASON. HAVE ANY OF YOU CONSIDERED THAT? 07:42 MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT GETTING BAPTIZED 07:45 BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING BAPTIZED. 07:47 OR MAYBE GETTING BAPTIZED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE 07:50 REALLY WANTS YOU TO GET BAPTIZED. 07:53 BAPTISM IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THE RESULT OF 07:55 REPENTANCE AND THAT REPENTANCE IS A TURNING - IT'S A CHANGE - 08:00 AND THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO BRING FRUIT. 08:02 THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT WE SEE BEING LAID OUT HERE. 08:05 VERSES 8 AND 9 I FOUND EXCITING, BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T NEED TREES 08:14 TO GET FRUIT. DID YOU NOTICE THAT? 08:18 LOOK AT THAT IN VERSE 8, "BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF 08:22 REPENTANCE, AND BEGIN NOT TO SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES, WE HAVE 08:25 ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER: FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS ABLE OF 08:30 THESE STONES TO RAISE UP CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM. 08:32 AND NOW ALSO THE AXE IS LAID UNTO THE ROOT OF THE TREES: 08:36 EVERY TREE THEREFORE WHICH BRINGETH NOT FORTH GOOD FRUIT IS 08:38 HEWN DOWN, AND CAST INTO THE FIRE." 08:40 SO IF THE TREE IS NOT BRINGING FORTH FRUIT, GOD SAID, 'DON'T 08:42 WORRY ABOUT IT, I'LL USE STONES.' NOT QUITE, BUT THAT'S 08:49 THE PICTURE THAT HE'S LAYING OUT HERE. 08:51 HE SAID, 'YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM, WELL HAVE 08:54 FRUIT LIKE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE FRUIT LIKE 08:56 A CHILD OF ABRAHAM, I'LL MAKE A STONE INTO A CHILD OF ABRAHAM 08:59 AND I'LL GET FRUIT FROM IT. THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT GOD LAYS 09:03 OUT. YOU KNOW, TREES FOR THE FIRE, 09:06 FRUIT FROM A STONE. KIND OF AN INTERESTING WAY. 09:11 GOD DOESN'T OPERATE, NECESSARILY, THE WAY WE OPERATE. 09:13 BUT REPENTANCE CAN DO THOSE THINGS. 09:18 YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING IN VERSES 11 AND 14 - 11, 12, 13, 09:23 AND 14 - YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMING AND SAYING, 'OKAY, WHAT 09:26 ARE WE GOING TO DO? YOU'RE ASKING US TO REPENT. 09:29 WE SEE THAT WE'RE A BROOD OF VIPERS. WE SEE WE'RE MESSED UP. 09:32 WHAT DO WE DO?' GOD'S COUNSEL IS VERY SIMPLE - 09:35 VERY SIMPLE - HE SPEAKS TO THREE SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PEOPLE. 09:38 THE FIRST GROUP ARE THE PEOPLE. 09:42 THE SECOND GROUP ARE THE PUBLICANS, AND THE NEXT GROUP 09:46 ARE THE SOLDIERS AND HE GIVES THEM THREE VERY SIMPLE THINGS. 09:50 ALL OF THEM ARE VERY PRACTICAL IN HOW THEY RELATED TO THEIR 09:53 FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. 'GIVE TO THEM WHAT THEY NEED. 09:58 DON'T EXACT MORE THAN YOU SHOULD, AND DON'T BE CRUEL TO 10:03 PEOPLE.' VERY SIMPLE MESSAGES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN OUT HERE. 10:08 THIS KIND OF TEACHING, THIS KIND OF PREACHING, THIS BAPTISM OF 10:13 REPENTANCE - JESUS NOW COMES TO GET BAPTIZED AND, FOR ME, THAT'S 10:17 INTERESTING - WHY JESUS WOULD GET BAPTIZED AT A BAPTISM OF 10:23 REPENTANCE. DID JESUS HAVE ANYTHING HE NEEDED TO REPENT OF? 10:26 ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO WHY? YOU KNOW, THERE'S DESIRE OF AGES 10:35 PAGE 111 SAYS THIS: THAT JESUS IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS. 10:43 IT'S KIND OF A NICE THING, ISN'T IT? HE IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS. 10:46 HE WASN'T A SINNER BUT HE IDENTIFIED WITH SINNERS AND WENT 10:50 THROUGH THE VERY STEPS THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH. 10:53 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 - IF YOU WANT TO TURN THERE WITH ME - A 10:56 BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE HERE IN PAUL'S LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT CORINTH 11:01 - 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 - THE BIBLE SAYS THIS: "FOR HE HATH MADE HIM 11:11 TO BE SIN FOR US," - GOD MADE JESUS CHRIST TO BE SIN FOR US - 11:16 "WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD 11:20 IN HIM." THIS IS THE PICTURE - JESUS 11:24 BECAME SIN FOR YOU AND FOR ME. HE IDENTIFIED WITH US. 11:30 YOU KNOW, PHILIPPIANS TELLS US THAT HE HUMBLED HIMSELF FOR YOU 11:35 AND FOR I. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE IS LAID 11:38 OUT BY THE LIFE OF JESUS' CONDESCENSION. 11:43 SO WE SEE JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY 11:49 BEAUTIFUL THAT COMES OUT IN THIS PICTURE. 11:51 AFTER JESUS TAKES ON OR ADMITS - ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE BAPTIZED - 11:57 WE SEE THIS IN LUKE CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21 - IT SAYS THAT HE 12:03 WAS BAPTIZED AND PRAYING THEN HEAVEN WAS OPENED. 12:05 VERSE 22 SAID - THE NEXT THING IS, "AND THE HOLY GHOST 12:08 DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON HIM, AND A VOICE 12:12 CAME FROM HEAVEN, WHICH SAID, 'THOU ART MY BELOVED SON; IN 12:16 THEE I AM WELL PLEASED." GOD'S VOICE - GOD THE FATHER'S 12:24 VOICE - HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FOR 4,000 YEARS. 12:30 4,000 YEARS THERE'S BEEN SILENCE. 12:33 YOU SAY, 'WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THERE ON MOUNT SINAI, 12:36 RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY THE VOICE OF GOD WAS 12:39 HEARD THERE.' WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF STUDY AND YOU REALIZE IT'S 12:41 TALKING ABOUT - THAT WAS GOD THE SON WHO WAS SPEAKING TO THEM. 12:43 GOD THE FATHER'S VOICE HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FOR 4,000 YEARS, BUT 12:49 NOW SOMETHING SPECIAL HAS HAPPENED. 12:51 AGAIN, HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE BEING CONNECTED. 12:55 THEY'RE BEING CONNECTED IN THE LIFE OF A MAN - THE SON OF GOD, 13:00 JESUS CHRIST - AND THE VERY VOICE OF GOD BEING SPOKEN AT 13:05 THIS POINT WAS A SIGN THAT SOMETHING WAS STARTING TO BE 13:09 REUNITED AGAIN. GOD AND MAN WERE NO LONGER GOING TO BE SEPARATE. 13:12 WHAT A PICTURE IS BEING PUT TOGETHER HERE. 13:15 YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BAPTISM, THE FIRST THING WE SEE AFTER JESUS 13:23 BEING BAPTIZED IS THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDING AND THEN THE VOICE OF 13:26 GOD. HUMILITY IS THE PRECURSER TO THE 13:36 ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 13:39 LEADS US TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. 13:47 THE WAY JESUS EXPERIENCED IT IS THE WAY YOU AND I CAN EXPERIENCE 13:50 IT. I WANT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. HOW ABOUT YOU? 13:55 THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED 13:58 THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOK OF CHUCK. 14:00 I MEAN, I'D JUST LOVE TO OPEN IT UP IN THE MORNING AND READ AND 14:02 SAY, 'WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TODAY? 14:04 WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO?' I'D JUST BE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR. 14:07 BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS IT CAN BE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME A 14:11 LITTLE BIT CROOKED WITH THAT, MAYBE. HOW COULD THAT BE? 14:14 BECAUSE, IF I HUMBLE MYSELF - CONDESCEND - GOD CAN FILL ME 14:23 WITH HIS SPIRIT AND THEN I CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. 14:28 YOU KNOW, A PERSON WAS ONCE SAYING, 'WHEN IT RAINS WHERE 14:32 DOES THE WATER GO?' I KNOW WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF 14:35 THAT HERE, NECESSARILY, BUT WHEN IT RAINS - YOU HAVE A REALLY 14:37 HEAVY RAIN, WHERE DOES THE WATER GO, UP OR DOWN? 14:39 >>DOWN. >>DOWN. AND IT FILLS UP WHAT - 14:42 THE HIGHEST PLACE OR THE LOWEST PLACE? 14:43 >>LOWEST. >>THAT'S RIGHT. 14:44 THE SAME THING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:46 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT WITH POWER, THAT WILL FILL - 14:50 HE WILL FILL THE LOWEST PLACES. 14:52 IT IS THEN THAT POWERFUL THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE. 14:57 CONDESCEND - LOWER; OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - HEARING THE 15:01 VOICE OF GOD. THAT'S A PICTURE OF A 15:03 PROGRESSION WE SEE HERE IN THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. 15:06 NOW, A MAJORITY OF OUR LESSON TAKES PLACE - TAKES PLACE AFTER 15:11 THE BAPTISM, BUT IF THE BAPTISM HADN'T HAPPENED FIRST, I THINK 15:16 THIS STORY WOULDN'T BE DIFFERENT, BUT THERE'S A SPECIAL 15:18 ELEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE BAPTISM THAT PREPARES JESUS FOR 15:21 WHAT'S ABOUT TO FOLLOW. RIGHT AFTER THE BAPTISM, WHAT 15:25 TAKES PLACE NEXT? THE TEMPTATION - THAT'S THE NEXT 15:29 THING WE SEE TAKING PLACE IN THE LIFE OF JESUS. 15:31 RIGHT AFTER THE BAPTISM WE SEE A TEMPTATION. 15:33 SO WHOSE VOICE DO WE HEAR AT THE BAPTISM? GOD THE FATHER. 15:37 BUT WHAT DOES HE SAY SPECIFICALLY? 15:41 'THIS IS MY - THIS IS MY SON' - OR - 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON.' 15:46 VERY CLEAR AFFIRMATION FROM GOD THE FATHER: 'I SUPPORT YOU MY 15:51 SON. I SUPPORT THE PATH YOU'RE ON. YOU'RE MINE. 15:54 I WANT TO BE CLEAR.' AND NOW JESUS IS GOING AND HE'S ABOUT TO 15:59 BE TEMPTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING - IF HE IS THE SON. 16:04 BUT HE'S GOT RINGING IN HIS EARS THE VOICE OF WHO? 16:07 HIS FATHER SAYING, 'YOU ARE MY SON.' AND SO THE WHOLE NEXT 16:10 THREE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 IS AN 16:14 ATTEMPT OF SATAN TO MAKE JESUS FORGET THE WORDS OF GOD. 16:17 YOU SEE THAT? I WANT HIM TO FORGET, SOMEHOW, 16:22 SOME WAY. I WAS TRYING TO IMAGINE THIS 16:30 SCENE: JESUS, THE FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS - STILL 16:36 THE COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS, BUT IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT NOW. 16:38 HE LAID ASIDE ALL HIS POWER. HE LAID ASIDE HIS GLORY. 16:40 HE'S COME DOWN TO THIS PLANET TO TAKE ON HUMANITY AND, MORE 16:46 IMPORTANTLY, TAKE ON SINFUL HUMANITY. 16:49 HE TOOK IT ON WITH ALL THE INFIRMITIES, ALL THE WEAKNESSES. 16:52 4,000 YEARS OF DEGENERACY HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 16:55 HE HAS ACCEPTED THAT UPON HIMSELF. 16:57 AND NOW HE'S MEETING THE ONE THAT HAD MET AND BATTLED BEFORE 17:02 IN HEAVEN. IT'S A DIFFERENT SCENE NOW. 17:05 JESUS IS NOT THE HEAD OF A WHOLE HOST OF ANGELS, HE'S ALONE. 17:11 AND HIS LONELINESS IS STARK BECAUSE, NOT ONLY IS HE ALONE, 17:16 HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 40 DAYS IN FASTING AND PRAYER. 17:23 NOW, I KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE AFTER A DAY OR TWO OF FASTING, 17:27 AND IT'S NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE. JESUS HAS SPENT 40 DAYS - AND 17:31 YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, THIS IS SUPERNATURAL.' AND I DO AGREE, 17:34 BUT JESUS WAS HUNGRY, I MEAN, FAMISHED. 17:40 THE PANGS OF HUNGER HE COULD FEEL. 17:43 IN FACT, IN DESCRIBING THIS SCENE, MY FAVORITE AUTHOR PUTS 17:48 IT THIS WAY, USING ISAIAH 52 TO DESCRIBE HIM, "HIS FACE WAS 17:56 MARRED MORE THAN THE SONS OF MEN." 17:58 YOU KNOW, I USED TO APPLY THAT ALWAYS TO ISAIAH 42 - APPLY THAT 18:03 TO JESUS AT HIS CRUCIFIXION, RIGHT? AND THE TRIAL. 18:06 BUT IT'S APPLIED HERE AT JESUS' TEMPTATION. 18:11 THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH. THAT IS HIS EXPERIENCE. 18:14 SATAN COMES UP TO HIM TO TEMPT HIM. 18:20 SATAN'S GOAL IS VERY SIMPLE. I WANT JESUS TO DOUBT WHO HE IS. 18:29 JESUS IS WHAT? HE'S THE SON OF GOD. 18:35 'I WANT HIM TO DOUBT WHO HE IS.' AND I BELIEVE THAT SATAN HASN'T 18:41 CHANGED HIS TACTICS MUCH. HE COMES TO YOU AND I AND HE 18:45 WANTS US TO DOUBT THAT WE ARE THE SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD. 18:49 AM I RIGHT? THE WORD OF GOD IS CLEAR, WE CAN READ IT IN ROMANS 18:54 CHAPTER 8, VERSE 14, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT IT, ROMANS 8:14. 18:58 THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IS I WAS GOING TO QUOTE IT AND I 19:00 COMPLETELY FORGOT IT. ROMANS 8 AND VERSE 14 - BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE 19:12 - "FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE" - 19:20 >>SONS. >>"SONS (AND DAUGHTERS) OF 19:22 GOD." THAT'S RIGHT. 19:23 "FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD." 19:25 NOW, QUICK QUESTION - LUKE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1 - WAS JESUS 19:31 LED BY THE SPIRIT? IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR, ISN'T IT? 19:35 LUKE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1 - HE WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE 19:37 WILDERNESS. SO HERE IT IS - "AS MANY AS ARE 19:40 LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD." 19:43 SO NOT ONLY IS THERE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT THE VOICE FROM 19:45 HEAVEN, HE WAS FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT. 19:46 SO WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR, JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. 19:48 AND I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN ILLUSTRATION FOR US. 19:52 ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT OF GOD? 19:56 ARE YOU GOING WHERE HE WANTS YOU TO GO? 19:58 ARE YOU LISTENING TO HIS VOICE? 19:59 GOOD NEWS, SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD. 20:03 AND SATAN, SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE DOING THAT, WILL COME UP TO US 20:07 AND SAY, 'HMM, HOW CAN I GET THEM TO NOT BELIEVE THEY'RE A 20:12 SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD? HOW CAN I DO THAT?' 20:15 I BELIEVE THAT IS A GOAL THAT SATAN HAS. 20:17 HE TRIED IT WITH JESUS. HE TRIES IT WITH US. 20:22 HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH JESUS AND, BY GOD'S GRACE, AS WE 20:25 SUBMIT TO HIM, HE WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITH US. 20:33 WHY WOULD GOD ALLOW JESUS TO LOOK SO BAD? 20:42 TO BE SO HUNGRY? TO BE SO TEMPTED? 20:48 WHY WOULD GOD THE FATHER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR HIS SON? 20:52 THAT WAS THE INSINUATION IN THE PHRASE, 'IF THOU BE THE SON OF 20:59 GOD.' 'YOU'RE OUT HERE? 21:03 YOU SAID YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD BUT LOOK AT YOU.' OF COURSE HE'S 21:07 NOT SAYING THAT, BUT THE INSINUATION - 'LOOK AT YOU, 21:09 YOU'RE EMACIATED. YOUR BODY IS WORN. 21:14 YOU CAN SEE AT 30 YEARS OLD YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 50 OR 60. 21:17 IT CAN'T BE.' IN THOSE DAYS, THAT WAS VERY OLD. 21:21 IN TODAY'S DAYS IT'S VERY YOUNG. 'HOW CAN THAT BE? 21:29 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.' AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE INSINUATIONS 21:32 THAT ARE COMING AT JESUS. DOES THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES FOR 21:37 US TOO? 'ARE YOU SURE GOD'S LEADING YOU? 21:43 YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLES IN YOUR LIFE. 21:47 SURELY, IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLES IN LIFE, GOD WOULDN'T 21:50 DO THAT TO YOU.' SATAN TEMPTS US TO SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE 21:57 DIFFICULTIES WE FACE ARE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BELONGING TO GOD WHEN, 22:02 IN REALITY, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWING GOD. AM I RIGHT? 22:09 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS WE'RE 22:13 STUDYING THIS AND LOOKING AT THIS. 22:15 SO WHAT IS THIS TEMPTATION? LET'S LOOK AT IT. 22:17 LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND VERSE 3, "AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM, IF THOU 22:23 BE THE SON OF GOD, COMMAND THIS STONE THAT IT BE MADE BREAD." 22:28 "IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, COMMAND THIS STONE THAT IT BE 22:30 MADE BREAD." JESUS IS HUNGRY. SO WHY DOES HE NOT DO IT? 22:37 YOU KNOW, THE TEMPTATION IS VERY SIMPLE HERE. 22:39 YOUR PHYSICAL WANTS - JESUS - ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE 22:46 REQUIREMENTS OF GOD. GOD HASN'T TOLD YOU TO DO THIS. 22:49 YOU'RE FOLLOWING GOD AND HE'S GIVEN NO COMMAND. 22:52 YOU'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HE TELLS YOU TO DO. 22:55 WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF RIGHT NOW? 22:59 THAT IS A TEMPTATION. AND YOU SAY, 'WELL CHUCK, IT'S 23:01 CONNECTED WITH APPETITE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 23:04 APPETITE IS THAT - A DESIRE TO FULFILL MY PHYSICAL NEEDS AND/OR 23:10 WANTS AHEAD OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD. 23:14 APPETITE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT 23:16 HUMANITY FACES. WHAT ARE YOUR PHYSICAL NEEDS? 23:19 WHAT ARE YOUR PHYSICAL WANTS? YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, NEEDS ARE 23:22 IMPORTANT.' THEY ARE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, A PHYSICAL NEED IS 23:24 NOTHING IN RELATION TO A REQUIREMENT OF GOD. 23:28 THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES CHRISTIANS - FOLLOWERS OF THE CREATOR GOD 23:33 OF HEAVEN - FROM THOSE WHO ARE NOT. 23:37 YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS BEING SPOKEN 23:44 TO MYSELF. WHAT ARE MY PHYSICAL NEEDS AND 23:48 WANTS THAT I'M TEMPTED TO PUT AHEAD OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF 23:51 GOD? DO YOU HAVE ANY? 23:53 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S 23:55 SOMETHING I THINK IT'S VALID FOR US TO CONSIDER. 23:58 GOD - DOES GOD TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE? 24:03 DOES HE TAKE CARE OF THEM IN HIS TIME? 24:06 IS HIS TIME THE BEST TIME? I'M GLAD YOU'RE SAYING THAT. 24:09 IS IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT? >>YES. 24:12 >>YES IT IS - AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THIS TEMPTATION WAS 24:16 SO HARD FOR JESUS. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. 24:22 WHO WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE - I LIKE TO DO THIS EVERY 24:25 NOW AND THEN - WHO ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO ACTUALLY 24:28 FELL INTO THIS TEMPTATION? MY PHYSICAL NEED AND WANT OVER 24:33 THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD? >>SAUL. 24:35 >>SAUL - AND YOU'RE THINKING OF KING SAUL, YES? 24:39 OLD TESTAMENT - RIGHT ON. >>ESAU. 24:40 >>ESAU? ABSOLUTELY. >>SAMSON. 24:44 >>SAMSON, DEFINITELY. EVE? YES. 24:48 WE CAN EVEN ADD HER HUSBAND IN THERE. 24:50 >>SOLOMON. >>SOLOMON, YES. 24:54 >>DAVID. >>DAVID, YES. 25:00 YOU COULD PROBABLY GO ON. THIS LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE 25:02 LISTED AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN REPEATING IT, BUT SOLOMON 25:04 AND DAVID AND EVE AND ADAM AND SEVERAL OTHERS - THESE PEOPLE - 25:12 WERE THEIR LIVES BETTER BECAUSE THEY TOOK CARE OF THEIR NEEDS? 25:18 IS YOUR LIFE BETTER IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS INSTEAD OF 25:22 TRUSTING GOD? NO, IT'S NOT. BUT DOES IT FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES 25:29 IT WOULD BE BETTER? YOU KNOW, I WAS SCARED, IN 25:35 COLLEGE, OF WHO GOD WAS GOING TO HAVE ME MARRY. 25:39 I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TOO LONG BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS 25:42 NERVOUS GOD WAS GOING TO GIVE ME SOMEBODY I JUST COULD NOT LIKE. 25:46 I WAS JUST SURE OF IT, YOU KNOW? SO, 'GOD, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE 25:49 OF THIS PART OF MY LIFE, THANK YOU.' AND I STARTED REALIZING 25:53 THAT WHEN I TRIED THAT, IT WASN'T REALLY SUCCESSFUL. 25:58 IT'S WHEN I ALLOWED GOD TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT NEED THAT GOD 26:05 GAVE ME WHAT WAS BEST IN HIS TIME. 26:09 IT'S A GOOD THING. WHERE HAS GOD LED YOU? 26:17 WHERE IS GOD LEADING YOU RIGHT NOW? 26:19 DO YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO TRUST HIM AND SAY, 'I WILL LET YOU 26:25 PROVIDE FOR MY NEEDS IN YOUR TIME. 26:29 I THINK THAT'S THE CALL THAT WE SEE AND THAT KIND OF FAITH 26:32 BRINGS SUCCESS IN THE FIRST TEMPTATION. 26:37 LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE. TEMPTATION #2 - LET'S READ THIS 26:41 FROM LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND WE'LL BE READING STARTING WITH VERSE 5, 26:50 "AND THE DEVIL, TAKING HIM UP INTO AN HIGH MOUNTAIN, SHEWED 26:53 UNTO HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN A MOMENT OF TIME. 26:57 AND THE DEVIL SAID UNTO HIM, 'ALL THIS POWER WILL I GIVE 27:01 THEE, AND THE GLORY OF THEM: FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; 27:04 AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT. 27:07 IF THOU THEREFORE WILT WORSHIP ME, ALL SHALL BE THINE.' AND 27:13 JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, 'GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN: 27:18 FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD, AND 27:22 HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.''" NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE 27:30 NOTICED QUICKLY THAT THE ORDER OF TEMPTATIONS HERE IN LUKE 27:35 SWAPS THE SECOND AND THIRD FROM THE ORDER OF TEMPTATIONS THAT 27:38 YOU SEE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 3. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE 27:42 WITH THE ORDER AS IS HERE IN LUKE. 27:46 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BOTH WRITERS, THROUGH INSPIRATION OF 27:49 THE HOLY SPIRIT, ARE FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. 27:52 IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE THAT. 27:54 LUKE, I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY HE'S LAYING IT OUT HERE BECAUSE 27:58 HE'S SHOWING TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION, AND THEN A 28:02 TEMPTATION WHERE THE TEMPTOR IS ACTUALLY USING SCRIPTURE - KIND 28:06 OF A LAYOUT LIKE THAT, WHEREAS MATTHEW SEEMS TO BE SHOWING, 28:10 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE VERY BASIC TEMPTATION GETTING HARDER 28:14 AND HARDER, TO THE MOST DIFFICULT. 28:16 YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THOSE AND, OF COURSE, DIFFICULT - THAT'S 28:18 BASED UPON MY HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT 28:21 IT. THE MAIN FOCUS OF WHAT SATAN'S BEEN ALWAYS AFTER, 28:26 THOUGH, IS SEEN HERE IN THE SECOND ONE AND THAT IS, HE WANTS 28:29 WORSHIP. ISAIAH CHAPTER 14, 'I WANT TO BE 28:33 LIKE GOD. I WANT TO ASCEND INTO THE 28:38 HEIGHTS. I WANT TO BE ABOVE THE STARS. 28:41 I WANT TO BE WORSHIPED LIKE GOD.' THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS 28:44 DESIRE AND NOW HE'S JUST MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. 28:50 WHY? WHY DOES SATAN WANT IT? 28:54 WELL, I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE HE THINKS OF HIMSELF, RIGHT? 28:58 SELF WOULD BE THE CENTER OF ALL THAT HE IS. 29:03 WOULD JESUS' LIFE HAVE BEEN EASIER IF HE'D ACCEPTED SATAN'S 29:09 OFFER? NO CRUCIFIXION. 29:20 NO SPENDING ADDITIONAL - NO, NOT ADDITIONAL, ANOTHER THREE AND A 29:26 HALF YEARS WITH SOME ORNERY DISCIPLES - THAT'D BE EASIER. 29:34 SO WOULD SOME ELEMENTS BE EASIER? 29:41 THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THIS - WE GET INTO A HABIT IN OUR SOCIETY - 29:47 AND I THINK SATAN HAS PROGRAMMED US THIS WAY - THAT WE LOOK AT 29:51 THE PRODUCT MORE THAN WE LOOK AT THE PRICE. AM I RIGHT? 29:56 WE'RE KIND OF TRAINED TO LOOK AT THE PRODUCT AND SOMETIMES - I 30:00 WENT INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP AND I - I LIKE MY MINIVAN AND THEY HAD 30:03 A MUCH NEWER MODEL OF MINIVAN THERE AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT 30:08 AND MY WIFE AND I WERE DREAMING ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE NICE TO 30:10 PRESS BUTTONS AND HAVE THE DOORS OPEN FOR US. MY WIFE ESPECIALLY 30:16 DREAMS ABOUT THAT - WHEN YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND GROCERIES. 30:20 AND AS WE LOOKED AT IT, YOU START THINKING ABOUT HOW GREAT 30:25 IT IS - ALL THESE NICE FEATURES - AND YOU FORGET ABOUT THE PRICE 30:31 UNTIL YOU GET HIT BY STICKER SHOCK. 30:37 AND THEN THEY STILL TRY TO HELP YOU FORGET THE PRICE. 30:39 'OH, IT'S NOT THAT BIG - THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. 30:40 FORGET ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY. 30:43 THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.' AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 30:45 SIMPLE THING THAT'S BEING USED IN THE CAR DEALERSHIP, BUT SATAN 30:49 DOES THAT ALL THE TIME WITH TEMPTATION. 30:51 'JUST THINK HOW FUN IT WILL BE. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUN 30:57 YOU COULD HAVE TODAY.' YOU MAY BE MISERABLE FOR THE REST OF 31:02 YOUR LIFE, BUT HOW MUCH FUN YOU CAN HAVE TODAY. 31:05 HE WOULD NEVER SAY THE MISERABLE BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRICE AND WHO 31:07 WANTS TO DISCUSS THE PRICE - WHEN IT COMES TO SIN? 31:11 AM I RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S - IT'S ACTUALLY 31:14 JUST THE OPPOSITE WITH JESUS. SATAN FLIPS IT AROUND. 31:19 HE SAYS, 'WHO WANTS TO BE A CHRISTIAN? 31:20 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO PAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN? 31:22 YOU KNOW HOW HARD YOUR LIFE WILL BE WHEN YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN? 31:25 IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK YOU'RE 31:29 ODD. THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS 31:32 GOING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU. YOUR FRIENDS ARE GOING TO THINK 31:34 YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, 'OUT TO LUNCH' - OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 31:38 THE PRICE - SATAN EXALTS THE PRICE OF CHRISTIANITY AND TRIES 31:44 TO VEIL FROM OUR SIGHT WHAT WE RECEIVE - THE PRODUCT. 31:48 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SIN, ALL HE SHOWS IS THE NICE PRODUCT AND HE 31:56 TRIES TO VEIL FROM OUR EYES THE PRICE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 32:00 TAKING PLACE HERE CLEARLY, WITH THIS TEMPTATION OF JESUS. 32:04 HE SHOWED HIM ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WERE BEFORE HIM - 32:07 ALL THE KINGDOMS AND THEIR GLORY AND POWER. 32:10 AND IT SAID THAT HE - YOU GET THE IMPRESSION HERE THAT IT'S 32:14 VEILED FROM HIM - THE UGLINESS OF THOSE KINGDOMS. 32:19 IT SAYS HE SHOWED HIM ALL THE GLORY OF THEM. 32:25 I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED - THIS NEXT STATEMENT, VERSE 7, "IF THOU 32:30 THEREFORE WILT WORSHIP ME, ALL SHALL BE THINE." 32:38 NOW, WHEN YOU WORSHIP SOMEBODY, AND YOU REALLY, TRULY WORSHIP 32:43 THEM, ALL THAT YOU HAVE IS THEIRS, RIGHT? 32:50 WHEN YOU TRULY WORSHIP SOMEONE - IF YOU TRULY WORSHIP GOD AND YOU 32:55 HONOR HIM COMPLETELY - HE IS EVERYTHING TO YOU - ALL THAT YOU 32:58 HAVE IS HIS. IF YOU WORSHIPED - TRULY 33:07 WORSHIPED - SATAN, ALL THAT YOU HAVE BECOMES HIS. 33:11 AND SO, INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY THE WORLD, SATAN WOULD BE SIMPLY 33:15 RECEIVING IT. AMAZING - HE PROMISES US THE WORLD. 33:26 HE PROMISES US ENJOYMENT. HE PROMISES US FINANCES. 33:31 HE PROMISES US ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE 33:34 GOING TO RECEIVE. BUT IN REALITY, ALL WE'RE DOING 33:37 IS GIVING AWAY AND HE'S RECEIVING. HE'S TRICKED US 33:42 INTO THINKING THE REVERSE OF WHAT'S REALLY TAKING PLACE. 33:48 THERE IS - OH YES, I HAD SOMETHING WRITTEN IN MY NOTES 33:56 HERE - A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL IS NOT A DEAL. 34:02 I KNOW THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL IS NOT A 34:05 DEAL. NO, IT COULD BE A BAD DEAL. 34:14 WHAT KIND OF DEALS IS SATAN OFFERING YOU RIGHT NOW? 34:20 THESE ARE - HE COULD BE OFFERING YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH, 34:25 YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D JUST BE WILLING TO GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT 34:28 HERE OR SACRIFICE A LITTLE BIT HERE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU 34:32 WILL GET. I HAVE A COUSIN OF MINE WHO WAS 34:39 A VERY, VERY GIFTED WRESTLER. HE WAS, I WOULDN'T SAY 34:45 UNDEFEATED, BUT ALMOST UNDEFEATED HIS SENIOR YEAR OF 34:47 HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WAS GOING TO 34:50 HONOR THE SABBATH. SO HE NEVER WENT TO A MEET ON 34:57 SABBATH. HE REFUSED. 35:00 HE WOULD MAKE SURE HE WENT AND ENJOYED HIS TIME IN CHURCH. 35:02 HE ACTUALLY HELPED TEACH IN SABBATH SCHOOL. 35:04 HE WAS PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THE CHURCH SERVICE. 35:06 HE WAS GOING TO HONOR GOD A HUNDRED PERCENT. 35:12 I HONOR THAT. I APPRECIATE SOMEONE WHO'S 35:16 WILLING TO SAY, 'THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE IN IT.' 35:19 DO YOU THINK THERE WERE OFFERS? OH ABSOLUTELY! 35:23 CAN YOU IMAGINE SATAN SAYING, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW YOU'RE 35:26 THE BEST THAT'S OUT THERE.' AND, BY THE WAY, HE WAS REALLY GOOD 35:30 - 'YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE BEST THAT'S OUT THERE. 35:32 IF YOU JUST SIMPLY MET THAT MEET A COUPLE TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE 35:36 YOU TO THE TOP. YOU KNOW THAT. 35:39 YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM. DOORS WOULD OPEN BEFORE YOU. 35:42 YOU'RE REALLY GOOD.' BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO. 35:47 I REMEMBER ONE TIME MY FATHER WAS OVER AT HIS HOUSE AND WE 35:51 WERE TRYING TO GET A JACK TO JACK UP THE BACK END OF THE CAR 35:56 SO MY DAD COULD CHANGE TIRES AND PUT IT UP ON JACK STANDS. 36:00 AND MY COUSIN - THEY COULDN'T FIND THE JACK SO MY COUSIN SAID, 36:03 'HERE, LET ME HELP YOU.' HE PICKED UP THE BACK OF THE CAR 36:05 AND MY DAD PUT THE JACK STANDS UNDERNEATH. 36:08 SO DID - THERE WAS PLENTY OF GIFT - PLENTY OF TALENT - TO GO 36:12 AS FAR AS HE WANTED IT TO. 36:14 THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WOULD HINDER EXCEPT THIS: A 36:17 DETERMINATION: 'I'M GOING TO DO WHAT GOD HAS ASKED ME TO DO.' SO 36:23 YOU WOULD SAY - YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WOULD TELL THE TESTIMONY 36:25 OF MY COUSIN KIND OF LIKE THIS: 'AND HE GAVE IT UP. 36:31 POOR GUY IS NOW LIVING A MEDIOCRE LIFE JUST BECAUSE HE 36:34 WAS WILLING TO HONOR GOD.' THAT'S KIND OF A SATAN THING, 36:38 ISN'T IT? LOOKING AT THE PRICE AND IGNORING THE PRODUCT. 36:46 BUT, MY FRIENDS, THE FAITHFULNESS TO GOD ALWAYS IS 36:52 THE BEST PRODUCT - ALWAYS THE BEST PRODUCT. IT DOESN'T FEEL 36:56 LIKE IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS THE BEST PRODUCT. 37:00 WE'VE LOOKED AT THE FACT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING. 37:07 THE CALL FOR REPENTANCE WAS ACTUALLY A CALL TO SURRENDER. 37:11 WE LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT JESUS, AT HIS BAPTISM, IN 37:15 ESSENCE WAS SURRENDERING - HUMBLING HIMSELF, RIGHT? 37:19 WE SAW THE PROGRESSION OF SALVATION SEEN THERE IN THAT 37:21 BAPTISM. NOW WE SEE JESUS - HIS FIRST 37:25 TEMPTATION TO TURN THE ROCK TO BREAD. 37:30 IT WAS A SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD. 37:33 'YOU'RE IN CHARGE, GOD, NOT ME. 37:34 I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS MOVE.' WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THIS 37:37 TEMPTATION - TO RECEIVE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD - NO, 37:40 I'D RATHER NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING, BUT I WANT TO REMAIN TRUE TO 37:44 GOD. IT'S AN ISSUE OF SURRENDER. 37:47 NOW THE FINAL ONE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT: CHRIST THE VICTOR . 37:54 LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH VERSE 9 37:58 AND JUST READ THIS SECTION. 38:00 "AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO JERUSALEM, AND SET HIM ON A 38:03 PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID UNTO HIM, IF THOU BE THE SON OF 38:05 GOD, CAST THYSELF DOWN FROM HENCE: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'HE 38:11 SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OF THEE, TO KEEP THEE: AND IN THEIR 38:15 HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP, LEST AT ANY TIME THOU DASH THY 38:18 FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS 38:23 SAID, 'THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD.' 38:27 AND WHEN THE DEVIL HAD ENDED ALL THE TEMPTATION, HE DEPARTED FROM 38:30 HIM FOR A SEASON." NOTICE SOMETHING HERE: JESUS IS 38:38 TAKEN TO THE HOLY CITY, HE'S PUT ON TOP OF THE HOLY TEMPLE, AND 38:44 HE'S QUOTED WORDS FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURE. 38:47 THIS JUST SOUNDS SPIRITUAL. IT SOUNDS GOOD. HOLY PLACE - A 38:54 REALLY NICE PLACE - WITH HOLY WORDS BEING SPOKEN. 38:59 SATAN IS PULLING OUT EVERYTHING IN THIS TEMPTATION. 39:03 'YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL. 39:06 I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL, JESUS. 39:08 YOU'VE PROVED YOUR FAITHFULNESS BY NOT TURNING THE ROCKS TO 39:12 BREAD. YOU'VE PROVED YOUR FAITHFULNESS 39:14 TO GOD BY NOT BOWING DOWN TO ME AND ACCEPTING WHATEVER. 39:19 I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY FAITHFUL PERSON AND, BECAUSE OF YOUR 39:23 FAITH, I'M SURE THAT YOU COULD CAST YOURSELF OFF OF THIS TEMPLE 39:27 AND YOUR GOD WOULD SAVE YOU.' 39:34 FAITH IS VERY CLOSE TO PRESUMPTION - VERY CLOSE. 39:42 JESUS - SATAN WAS ACTUALLY USING JESUS' STRENGTHS NOW, TO BE A 39:49 WEAPON AGAINST HIM. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE THOUGHT. 39:52 HE DOES DO THAT TO US, THOUGH, DOESN'T HE? 39:55 YOU KNOW, OUR STRENGTHS - OUR STRENGTHS - CAN BECOME OUR 40:02 WEAKNESSES IF THEY BECOME OUR STRENGTHS. YEAH? 40:10 AND I THINK THAT'S THE DANGER THAT SATAN WAS HOPING JESUS 40:13 WOULD FALL INTO. BUT NOT FOR JESUS, BECAUSE HIS 40:19 STRENGTH WAS FOUND IN WHOM? >>HIS FATHER. 40:22 >>IT WAS IN HIS FATHER. 40:23 YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE HERE - I'M 40:25 SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES, BUT IN LUKE CHAPTER 4, 40:27 VERSES 10 AND 11 - WHEN HE'S QUOTING HERE, HE'S QUOTING FROM 40:31 WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE? >>PSALMS. 40:33 >>PSALMS. WHAT CHAPTER? PSALM 91 - THIS IS THE KIND OF 40:37 CHAPTER THAT I LIKE TO QUOTE. BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER, FULL OF 40:39 PROMISE, BUT HE'S DOING SOMETHING - HE'S MAKING A 40:43 MISTAKE HERE. WHAT IS IT? HE IS SKIPPING PART OF A VERSE. 40:48 IN PSALMS CHAPTER 91 - LET'S LOOK AT IT - PSALMS CHAPTER 91 - 40:51 YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FINGERS IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 - PSALM CHAPTER 40:55 91 AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 11. PSALM 91, VERSE 11 SAYS, "FOR HE 41:06 SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE," - WHAT'S THAT NEXT 41:10 PHRASE? >>TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 41:13 >>"TO KEEP THEE" - OR KEEP YOU - IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 41:15 DO YOU SEE THAT IN LUKE CHAPTER 4? 41:17 THAT SECOND PART OF THE PHRASE ISN'T THERE - 'TO KEEP YOU IN 41:20 ALL YOUR WAYS" - OR - "TO KEEP THEE IN ALL THY WAYS" DEPENDING 41:22 WHAT YOU HAVE. IT'S JUST NOT THERE. 41:23 THEN IT CONTINUES ON, "FOR HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS" - EXCUSE 41:27 ME - "THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN THEIR HANDS, LEST THOU DASH THY 41:29 FOOT AGAINST A STONE." THERE'S CLEARLY SOMETHING BEING 41:32 LEFT OUT HERE. SATAN SHOWS HIMSELF TO OBVIOUSLY 41:38 BE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH SCRIPTURE, TO KNOW WHAT TO QUOTE 41:42 AND WHAT NOT TO QUOTE FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES. 41:45 HE'S HOPING THAT MAYBE QUOTING SCRIPTURE WILL BE ENOUGH. 41:51 YOU KNOW, I GET NERVOUS WHEN I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AROUND 41:55 CHRISTIANS WHO KNOW WHAT THEIR PASTOR SAID ABOUT A PASSAGE AND 42:02 THEY CAN QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE, KIND OF, TO YOU. 42:04 I'VE HEARD ONE PERSON SAY, 'MAN, THIS PERSON QUOTES SO MUCH 42:08 SCRIPTURE, I KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE TELLING ME THE TRUTH.' BUT 42:12 YOU AND I CAN TELL HIM 'THAT'S NOT TRUE. 42:15 SATAN CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE. HE CAN PROBABLY QUOTE IT WITH 42:16 THE BEST OF THEM. BUT, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE QUOTES 42:22 SCRIPTURE OR JUST BECAUSE YOU HEAR SCRIPTURE, DOESN'T MEAN 42:24 THAT THE CONTEXT IN WHAT A PERSON IS PUTTING INTO IS TRUTH. 42:28 WE MUST BE AWARE AND KNOW THE WORD FOR OURSELVES - BE LED BY 42:34 GOD. ASK GOD TO TEACH US. 42:39 THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR ONE'S SELF TO VINDICATE ONE'S SELF, 42:49 EVEN IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS. I WANT TO VINDICATE MY FAITH. 42:54 I BELIEVE IN GOD. I BELIEVE HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR 42:56 ME SO I'M GOING TO PRAY THIS JUST TO PROVE IT'S TRUE. 42:59 NOW I'M SURE NO ONE WOULD DO THAT, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY 43:05 THAT SOMETIMES WE WANT TO VINDICATE OUR SPIRITUALITY. 43:10 I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M A SPIRITUAL PERSON, SO I WILL MAKE 43:15 SURE THAT I SAY SPIRITUAL THINGS AROUND SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. 43:19 I PRAY NICE PRAYERS AROUND PEOPLE. 43:21 I MAY DO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS SPIRITUAL AT THE RIGHT TIME. 43:25 AND IT'S NOT, IN ANY WAY, A DESIRE TO VINDICATE GOD, IT'S A 43:31 DESIRE TO VINDICATE ONE'S OWN SELF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 43:38 I HAVE SEEN THAT THAT IS A TENDENCY THAT I CAN HAVE. 43:45 WHY DO I DO RIGHTEOUS THINGS? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? 43:53 I'M ALL GETTING THIS FROM THE CONCEPT OF JESUS THROWING 43:57 HIMSELF OFF THE TEMPLE. WHY WOULD HE BE DOING THAT? 44:00 WHY WOULD JESUS THROW HIMSELF OFF THE TEMPLE? 44:02 WHAT WAS THE TEMPTATION OF SATAN? 44:03 THROW YOURSELF OFF THE TEMPLE TO DO WHAT? 44:05 PROVE THAT YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD. 44:09 IF YOU ARE, DO THIS - PROVE IT - VINDICATE YOURSELF. 44:16 JESUS DIDN'T EVEN ARGUE WITH HIM. 44:19 HE WASN'T GOING TO EVEN GET INTO IT - WHY? 44:22 'I DON'T NEED TO VINDICATE WHO I AM.' BECAUSE IN THE BACK OF HIS 44:25 MIND WAS RINGING THIS: 'YOU ARE MY SON. YOU ARE MY SON.' 44:34 I MEAN, THAT'S THE KIND OF MESSAGE I WANT TO 44:37 BE RINGING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. 44:41 WHEN SATAN COMES TO TEMPT YOU AND HE COMES TO TEMPT ME, IN THE 44:45 BACK OF OUR MIND WE WANT TO HEAR JESUS SAY, 'YOU'RE MY DAUGHTER.' 44:48 'YOU'RE MY SON, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS; YOU BELONG TO ME.' 44:54 YOU KNOW, I WAS READING A CHILD RAISING BOOK RECENTLY, FOR SOME 44:59 REASON - THERE'S A 4-YEAR-OLD OR A 16-MONTH-OLD, ONE OF THE TWO - 45:04 AND I WAS READING A CHILD RAISING BOOK AND IT SAID 45:05 SOMETHING LIKE THIS: 'YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT 45:10 HERE'S HOW YOUR FAMILY OPERATES AND THIS IS WHAT YOUR FAMILY 45:15 DOES.' NOW LET ME USE IT FOR MY PERSPECTIVE: HOLTRYS DON'T LIE. 45:21 SO I TELL MY DAUGHTER, 'YOU'RE A HOLTRY AND HOLTRYS DON'T LIE. 45:23 IT'S NOT AN OPTION.' IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT THE REASON 45:27 WHY I BROUGHT IT UP IS THIS: YOU ARE A SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD. 45:33 THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR YOU. YOU'RE A SON AND DAUGHTER OF 45:37 GOD. IT'S NOT AN OPTION. 45:41 YOU BELONG TO GOD. ISN'T THAT A NICE WAY TO THINK? 45:45 WHEN TEMPTATION COMES I'M NOT GOING TO PARLAY WITH IT. 45:49 I'M NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE. IT'S NOT AN OPTION. 45:53 YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE, AS WE LOOK AT THE STORY OF JESUS, THE MAIN 46:01 GOAL IN ALL OF THESE TEMPTATIONS WAS TO GET JESUS TO LEAVE THE 46:07 REVEALED WILL OF GOD. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO THE 46:13 TEMPTATION - THE GOAL OF TEMPTATIONS - OF JESUS WITH US. 46:17 WHAT IS THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD IN OUR LIVES? 46:20 YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL PROBABLY AT DIFFERENT POINTS 46:23 IN OUR JOURNEY WITH JESUS. WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN 46:25 OUR JOURNEY, BUT I DO REALIZE THAT GOD IS CONSTANTLY REVEALING 46:27 THINGS TO US. AM I RIGHT? 46:29 PROVERBS 4:18 SAYS, "THE PATH OF THE JUST IS AS A SHINING LIGHT 46:32 THAT GROWS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER TO THE PERFECT DAY." - 46:34 SLIGHT PARAPHRASE. THAT'S THE PICTURE. 46:37 AND SO, THERE IS A REVEALING THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR LIVES 46:40 AND WALKING IN THAT REVEALING SHOWS A FAITH IN GOD. 46:45 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT WALKING AND REVEALING AS A WORK. 46:48 I'M GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE TO. NO. 46:53 WALKING IN THE LIGHT REVEALS THAT I HAVE FAITH THAT GOD KNOWS 46:57 WHAT'S BEST FOR ME. 'GOD GAVE ME THIS LIGHT, 47:00 OBVIOUSLY HE WANTS ME TO WALK IN IT BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST PLACE 47:03 FOR ME TO BE RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL DO IT.' WAIT A MINUTE, THAT 47:06 INVOLVES NOT EATING FOR - IN JESUS' CASE - FORTY DAYS. 47:11 THAT INVOLVES BEING IN A PLACE WHERE I COULD BE TEMPTED. 47:17 I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT: I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU GO TO 47:20 PLACES WHERE YOU COULD BE TEMPTED. BUT SOMETIMES SATAN - 47:23 GOD BRINGS US INTO PLACES WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US. 47:28 BUT IF GOD IS LEADING, I WILL WALK. 47:34 WHERE HE LEADS ME IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR ME TO BE. 47:40 I'M GOING TO WALK IN THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD. 47:43 AND THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS FROM EACH ONE OF US. 47:46 SO WHERE'S THE REVEALED WILL OF GOD FOR YOU? 47:50 WHERE DOES HE WANT YOU TO BE RIGHT NOW? 47:53 YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THIS LESSON; WE LOOKED AT THE 47:54 CONCEPT OF SURRENDER. WE STARTED OUT WITH THIS LITTLE 47:58 STORY OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND FORT DONELSON - 48:00 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. WE'VE SEEN SURRENDER IN THE 48:05 PREACHINGS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, RIGHT? 'REPENT! 48:09 TURN FROM THE PATH THAT YOU'RE ON, TO A NEW PATH.' WE'VE SEEN 48:14 SURRENDER THROUGH THE ACT OF JESUS CHRIST AS HE WAS BAPTIZED. 48:20 HIS SURRENDER LED TO THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 48:25 LED TO THE HEARING OF WHAT? THE VOICE OF GOD, RIGHT? 48:30 WE SEE THAT AND WE SEE, CLEARLY, THE SURRENDER OF JESUS IN 48:33 TEMPTATIONS - FROM TURNING THE STONE TO BREAD - FROM FALLING 48:38 DOWN AND WORSHIPING SATAN, TO THIS LAST ONE, CASTING HIMSELF 48:42 OFF THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE. SURRENDER - TIME AND TIME AGAIN 48:48 - GOD'S CALLING FOR THAT TODAY. HE'S CALLING FOR A SURRENDER. 48:53 I THINK THE GREATEST NEED OF THE CHURCH TODAY IS MEN AND WOMEN 48:56 WHO ARE SURRENDERED TO GOD - REALLY, TRULY SURRENDERED. 48:59 WE DON'T NEED INTELLECT SO MUCH AS WE NEED SURRENDER. 49:02 WE DON'T NEED GENERALS, WE NEED PRISONERS OF WAR. 49:06 THAT'S OUR GREATEST NEED IN THE CHURCH TODAY. 49:11 YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE STORY AND I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 49:17 IT'S A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON AND I FEEL LIKE PREACHING. 49:23 LET'S GO TO MARK CHAPTER 12. LET'S LOOK AT ONE STORY HERE AS 49:25 WE CLOSE UP - MARK CHAPTER 12. JESUS IS SITTING IN THE TEMPLE, 49:31 AND AS HE'S SITTING IN THE TEMPLE HE'S NOTICING PEOPLE WALK 49:35 BY THE MONEY BOX AND DROP THEIR GOLD AND GIFTS IN. 49:42 HE CAN HEAR THE CLANK. HE CAN HEAR THE THUD OF THE 49:46 DIFFERENT GIFTS AS THEY'RE GOING IN - AS THEY RESONATE. 49:51 BUT SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT WITH THIS NEXT ONE - VERSE 41 - "AS 49:56 JESUS SAT OVER AGAINST THE TREASURY, AND BEHELD HOW THE 49:58 PEOPLE CAST MONEY INTO THE TREASURY: AND MANY THAT WERE 50:01 RICH CAST IN MUCH. AND THERE CAME A CERTAIN POOR 50:03 WIDOW, AND SHE THREW IN TWO MITES, WHICH MAKE A FARTHING." 50:07 AS SHE'S THROWING IT IN, I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THERE'S NO NOISE. 50:12 THEY'RE SO SMALL THERE'S JUST NO SOUND THAT COMES - MAYBE WITH A 50:16 BACKGROUND OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, THERE'S JUST NOTHING. 50:19 IN FACT, SHE'S ACTUALLY HOPING THERE WOULD BE NOTHING 50:21 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT THE SOUND OF THAT IS DIFFERENT 50:23 THAN THE SOUND OF EVERYONE ELSE'S. 50:26 IT SAYS, IN VERSE 43, "AND HE CALLED UNTO HIM HIS DISCIPLES, 50:34 AND SAITH UNTO THEM, 'VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT THIS POOR 50:37 WIDOW HATH CAST MORE IN, THAN ALL THEY WHICH HAVE CAST INTO 50:41 THE TREASURY:" - AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, TODAY, THAT IT'S 50:44 IMPOSSIBLE FOR TWO CENTS TO BE WORTH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED 50:47 MILLION, UNLESS THAT TWO CENTS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THE TWO 50:57 HUNDRED MILLION IS FIVE PERCENT. GOD'S LOOKING AT PERCENTAGE. 51:07 HE WANTS OUR HEARTS. WHAT PERCENTAGE HAS HE GIVEN US? 51:13 A HUNDRED PERCENT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHY? BECAUSE A 51:17 HUNDRED PERCENT IS ONLY POSSIBLE FROM A HEART OF LOVE. 51:21 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 51:25 MARRIED COUPLES WOULD AGREE WITH ME INSTANTLY. 51:28 A HUNDRED PERCENT COULD ONLY COME FROM A HEART OF LOVE AND 51:31 THAT IS WHAT GOD IS ASKING FROM US - NOTHING BIG - JUST 51:36 EVERYTHING A HUNDRED PERCENT - ALL THAT YOU ARE - 51:40 THAT'S WHAT I'M DESIRING FROM YOU. 51:43 IN GIVING IT TO HIM, WE GET THE BEST THAT WE COULD EVER GET. 51:51 IN GIVING HIM ALL THAT WE ARE, WE GET ALL THAT HE IS. 51:55 WHAT DO WE HAVE TO GIVE UP ANYHOW? MESSED UP LIVES; GUILTY 52:01 CONSCIENCES; SHAMEFUL PASTS. WHAT DO WE GET WHEN WE GET HIM? 52:07 WE GET ALL THAT HEAVEN HAD TO GIVE. THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT. 52:12 YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THAT STORY OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND 52:15 GENERAL BUCKNER - THEY'RE AT FORT DONELSON AND THERE'S THIS 52:18 INTERPLAY AND INTERCHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, BUCKNER WAS VERY ANGRY 52:22 AT FIRST, WHEN HE GOT THIS FROM ULYSSES S. GRANT. 'HOW COULD HE 52:26 SAY THIS?' YOU KNOW, 'GENTLEMANLY WAY OF DOING 52:29 SURRENDER IS TO SAY, 'OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR HORSE 52:32 AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR ARMS AND, YOU KNOW,' 52:34 ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE THE GENERAL. 52:36 YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PASS THAT'S GIVEN TO YOU AND YOU CAN, KIND 52:39 OF, LIVE OUT YOUR LIFE IN RELATIVE OKAYNESS. 52:42 BUT NOT WITH GENERAL GRANT; HE WANTED EVERYTHING. 52:47 THREE TIMES THIS STORY IS TOLD OF HIM. 52:50 FORT DONELSON IS ONE AND THERE'S TWO OTHER TIMES WHEN HE 52:52 SAID, 'I WANT UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.' THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 52:57 IT'S THAT KIND OF MIND-SET THAT ENDED THE WAR AND IT'S THAT KIND 53:04 OF MINDSET THAT WILL END THE BATTLE WITH SIN, EVENTUALLY, 53:11 THROUGH THE INDWELLING CHRIST AND HIS SOON COMING. 53:14 WHAT A PICTURE WE CAN SEE. I WANT TO BE UNCONDITIONALLY 53:18 SURRENDERED TO GOD, HOW ABOUT YOU? I WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF 53:22 EXPERIENCE SO THAT JESUS, WHO IS THE MASTER, LIVES IN MY HEART 53:28 AND THAT I HAVE THE VERY BEST GIFT THAT HEAVEN CAN GIVE. 53:33 I'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US AS WE CLOSE OUT 53:37 THIS LESSON AND JUST ASK THAT HE TAKE THESE WORDS AND SINK THEM 53:39 INTO OUR MINDS. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? 53:42 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU LOVE US SO MUCH THAT 53:48 YOU GAVE ALL FOR US AND YOU CAME DOWN AND SHOWED US HOW WE, TOO, 53:53 CAN GIVE ALL TO LIVE THE HAPPIEST, MOST FULFILLING LIFE 53:55 IN THE WORLD. WE PRAY YOU'LL DRAW CLOSE TO 53:59 EACH ONE OF US HERE - TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE HEARING THIS 54:01 LESSON ONLINE - WE PRAY THAT, FATHER, YOU WILL FILL US WITH 54:06 YOUR SPIRIT. WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 54:10 I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR STUDYING WITH US TODAY, BOTH 54:14 HERE IN OUR LIVE AUDIENCE AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING. 54:17 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER #708 - 54:21 TIPS FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION . 54:23 MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF THIS. 54:24 THAT NUMBER AGAIN IS 1-866-788-3966 - 54:28 THAT'S 1-866-788-3966. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 54:32 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STUDYING WITH YOU NEXT WEEK. 54:36 >>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES. >>I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS 54:50 VERY SATURATED WITH GOD. WE HAD MORNING WORSHIP. 54:54 WE HAD EVENING WORSHIP. WE WERE TAUGHT FROM YOUNG 54:56 CHILDREN TO HAVE PERSONAL DEVOTIONS EACH DAY, BUT FOR 55:01 WHATEVER REASON, I SEEMED TO ALWAYS FIND MYSELF ALONE. 55:05 I NEVER REALLY HAD A BIG GROUP OF FRIENDS AND IT ALWAYS SEEMED 55:10 TO BE LIKE FRIENDS WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. I WOULD PRAY 55:14 FOR FRIENDS AND THEN I'D MEET SOMEONE AND SIX MONTHS LATER 55:17 THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 55:19 AND SO FINALLY IT WAS JUST LIKE I'M NOT - I'M NOT GOING TO PRAY 55:23 FOR ANY MORE FRIENDS BECAUSE IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO LOSE THEM. 55:31 BUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AS I GOT CLOSER TO GOD, I STARTED 55:34 TO BE ABLE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE ALONE TIMES, BECAUSE I WAS 55:38 FORCED, IN THAT ALONENESS, TO SEEK GOD. 55:45 THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT HAS MADE ME WHO I AM AND GIVEN ME THE 55:50 EXPERIENCE WITH GOD THAT I HAVE NOW. 55:53 THE PLACE WHERE I FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IS BEING ALONE WITH 55:57 GOD. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 56:03 QUESTIONS ABOUT 'WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS? 56:07 IF GOD IS SUCH A LOVING GOD, WHY IS THE WORLD SO BAD?' 56:13 EMBRACE THE PAIN. EMBRACE THE HARD TIMES AND LET 56:22 GOD REVEAL HIMSELF THROUGH THAT BECAUSE HE HAS ANSWERS TO 56:26 QUESTIONS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ASK. 56:35 >>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER 56:38 BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 56:45 >>IN MARCH 2015 AMAZING FACTS AND PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR 56:49 TRAVELED TO THE PHILIPPINES TO SHARE THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL 56:52 OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BUSTLING 56:55 METROPOLIS OF MANILA. 56:58 THIS LIFE-CHANGING SERIES OF MESSAGES CALLED PROPHECY 57:00 COUNTDOWN: A BIBLE STUDY ADVENTURE FOR THE LAST DAYS WAS 57:04 PRESENTED AT THE CUNETA ASTRODOME IN PASAY, TO TENS OF 57:07 THOUSANDS OVER A TWO-WEEK PERIOD AND LIVES WERE CHANGED. 57:12 TODAY, THE LOVE AND POWER OF JESUS CHRIST IS MORE ALIVE IN 57:16 THE PHILIPPINES THAN EVER, AND LIVES ARE STILL BEING CHANGED BY 57:19 THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE FUTURES OF SO MANY IN THE PHILIPPINES 57:23 ARE RENEWED WITH HOPE, JOY, AND PEACE. 57:26 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING AMAZING FACTS ON THIS MISSION OF 57:29 FAITH THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. 57:31 WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. 57:35 >>FRIENDS, WE'VE JUST COME TO THE END OF OUR PROPHECY 57:37 COUNTDOWN SERIES HERE IN MANILLA, IN THE PHILIPPINES AND 57:40 IT HAS BEEN A THRILL AND A JOY TO SEE PEOPLE COME. 57:43 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THEY OPENED THE WORD OF GOD, HEARTS AND 57:46 LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED - HUNDREDS WERE BAPTIZED - AND 57:49 IT'S ONLY BY GOD'S BLESSING AND YOUR PARTICIPATION ALL THIS HAS 57:52 HAPPENED. WELL, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORLD LEFT TO REACH. 57:55 NOW, OFF TO OTHER MISSION FIELDS! 58:02 (MUSIC) |
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