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>> WELCOME TO 3ABN TOAY LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS
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YOU DO EACH AND EVERY
DAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
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IT'S ALMOST GONE AND
WE'RE LOOKING AT THANKSGIVING.
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>> WHERE HAS THE TIME
GONE? >> I DON'T KNOW.
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>> DO YOU THINK THE OLDER
WE GET THE FASTER TIME GOES?
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>> I KNOW IT DOES.
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG SEEMS LIKE
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YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN
FRONT OF YOU, THE WHOLE WORLD.
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THEN, WAIT A MINUTE. MY
BOTHER TOLD ME ONCE, I USED
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TO BUY SHINGLES TO BUILD A
HOUSE AND, HE SAID YOU WANT 10
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YEAR, 20 YEAR,
30 YEAR. HE SAID 30.
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>> I REALLY DON'T NEED
ANY MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
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HEY, IT'S A
GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE.
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>> IT IS. >> WE ARE THANKFUL.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE, OF ALL
THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH THAT
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CHRISTIANS KNOW
WHERE WE'RE GOING.
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ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COMMIT
OUR LIVES AND ASK FORGIVENESS
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OF OUR SINS. HE IS
FAITHFUL AND JUST TO
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FORGIVE OUR SINCE
AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
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FROM THERE ON, WE
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN
THIS WORLD AND YOU CAME ON THE
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TELEVISION, TEACHING
THESE THINGS AND ALL OF THESE
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POLITICIANS
GOING BACK AND FORTH.
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IT WOULD BE SO DISCOURAGING.
NOW I CAN HAVE PEACE ABOUT IT.
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HEY, WHATEVER GOES ON, WE READ
THE BACK OF THE BOOK, WE SEE
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ALL THE TOWBL, THE
TRIALS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT
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PROGRAM TONIGHT. >> WE ARE.
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I'M SO EXCITED. >> WHY IS THAT?
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>> ONE OF MY ALL-TIME
FAVORITE SPEAKERS IS HERE.
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>> OH, OKAY. WHY
DON'T YOU INTRODUCE HIM?
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>> JOHN BRADSHAW,
PRESIDENT OF IT IS WRITTEN.
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>> THANKS FOR HAVING
ME. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
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>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO BE AT 3ABN.
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WONDERFUL SEE YOU. BOTH OF YOU.
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>> WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE HERE.
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WE'LL HAVE GREAT
DISCUSSIONS. HOW DO I KNOW?
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BECAUSE WE'VE HAD HIM
BEFORE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> WHY DON'T YOU
TELL THE VIEWERS.
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WE'LL ASK YOU
BEFORE WE GET INTO IT.
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WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT OUR
VIEWERS TO CENTER IN TONIGHT
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AND WHAT IS IT ON YOUR HEART
THAT YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS TO
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THE VAST NUMBER OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD?
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>> REGARDLESS OF THE TITLE,
WE QUOTE "IS IT GOOD ENOUGHFO
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GOD." ON ONE
SIDE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE
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JUST -- IT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE
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PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO
SENSE OF SALVATION.
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THEY FEEL LIKE THEY COULD
NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD.
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IN FACT, THERE IS TRUTH TO THAT.
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THEY DON'T SEEK PEACEFULLY.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SPIRIT THAT
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YOU WERE SPEAKING OF A MOMENT
AGO BECAUSE THEY CAN NEVER BE
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GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD.
THEY NEVER DO ENOUGH FOR GOD.
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SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION.
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>> THE SECOND HOUR, IF
YOU HAVE TIME, WE'LL TAKE
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QUESTIONS AND WE'LL PUT
CHARLES ON THE HOTSHEET, WE
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CALL IT. THEY WILL
BRING THE CALLS OVER
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AND IN THE SECOND HALF WE'LL
GO FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
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BEFORE WE GO TO THE
MUSIC. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER.
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>> WE DO. WHEN HE
HAVE "WHEN THE LION
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ROARS: OVERCOME TEMPTATION."
OR E-MAIL US AT LIVE @3ABN.TV.
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I LOVE FREE OFFERS. IS IT FREE?
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>> IT IS, IT'S A FREE OFFER.
>> NOT LIKE WHEN THEY -- YOU
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SAID YOU CAN GET IT
FREE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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TELL US WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT? >> IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
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IMPORTANT, MANY
PEOPLE COULD EVER READ.
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WE LIVE IN THIS
WORLD FILLED WITH SIN.
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SIN GRABS A HOLD OF US.
BUT JESUS DIDN'T COME TO SAVE
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US IN OUR SIN. HE
CAME TO FREE US FROM OUR
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SIN. TEMPTATION IS AN ANIMAL.
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IT'S A BEAST. IT'S
LIKE A LION, AS A ROARING
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LION GOES ABOUT
SEEKING. HOW DO WE GET OUT FROM
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TEMPTATION SO HOW CAN WE
LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE WITHOUT
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FALLING DOWN BUT STANDS
UP IN THE STRENGTH OF JESUS.
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THAT'S WHAT THAT
LITTLE BOOK IS ABOUT.
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>> ALL RIGHT. YOU
CAN GET THIS BOOK FOR
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FREE. ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS CALL US
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AT 618-627-4651
OR E-MAIL US AT --
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>> GOOD JOB.
SPEAKING OF GOOD JOBS.
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SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS DOES A GOOD
JOB IS PASTOR JOHN LOAM KANG.
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LOAM LOAM. [¤¤]
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AND IT FLOWS FROM DEEP
WITHIN¤ ¤ THERE IS A FOUNTAIN¤
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¤ THAT FREES THE SOUL FROM WIN.
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COME TO THIS WATER¤ ¤
THERE IS A VAST SUPPLY¤
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¤ THERE IS A RIVER¤ ¤
THAT NEVER SHALL RUN DRY¤
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¤ THERE WAS A THIRSTY WOMAN¤
¤ WHO WAS DRAWING FROM A WELL¤
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¤ AND HER SOUL
WAS BOUND FOR HELI.
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HELL. OH, BUT THEN SHE MET THE
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MASTER¤ ¤ AND HE
TOLD ABOUT HER SIN¤
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¤ AND HE SAID IF
YOU DRINK THIS WATER¤
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¤ YOU'LL NEVER THIRST
AGAIN¤ ¤ OH, THERE IS A RIVER¤
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¤ AND IT FLOWS FROM DEEP WITHIN¤
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¤ THERE IS A FOUNTAIN¤
¤ THAT FREES THE SOUL FROM
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WIN¤ ¤ COME TO THIS WATER¤
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¤ FOR THERE IS A VAST
SUPPLY¤ ¤ THERE IS A RIVER¤
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¤ THAT NEVER SHALL RUN DRY. [¤¤]
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>> AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR JOHN.
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WE WERE HARMONIZING WITH
HIM. WE DIDN'T GET TO BE ON.
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>> I KNOW! >> WE
GOT TO DO HARMONY.
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>> I WAS LISTENING.
THAT'S THE PART I DO.
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I LEAVE THE
SINGING TO THE SINGERS.
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SOMEONE HAS TO LISTEN.
SOMEONE HAS TO APPRECIATE.
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>> IT IS AN AMAZING GIFT OF GOD.
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YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THE
SONG THAT YOU MAY HERE IN THE
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'70s, '80s THAT CAN COME
RIGHT BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE
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NOT EVEN TRYING TO
THINK OF THOSE THINGS.
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GOOD OR BAD. IT'S AMAZING.
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MUSIC IS A GREAT GIFT.
>> YOU PUT IT IN SONG, YOU
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NEVER FORGET. >>
ONCE AGAIN IF YOU ARE JUST
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JOINING US, PASTOR JOHN
BRADSHAW IS PRESIDENT OF IT IS
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WRITTEN. BEFORE
WE GET TO THIS MAIN
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TOPIC. YOU HAVE A
BRAND NEW FACILITY.
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I HEAR YOU HAD AN
OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW.
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>> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> DO IT YOU HAVE PICTURES AND
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VIDEOS? >> WHY
DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK.
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>> THE FIRST
PICTURE -- >> LOOK AT THAT.
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>> THIS IS ABOUT
43, 43,000 SQUARE FEET.
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>> COLLEGEVILLE? >>
A MILE AND A HALF FROM
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SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY. >> BEAUTIFUL.
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>> IF YOU TOOK
OUT THE WAREHOUSE.
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THERE IS A WAREHOUSE.
AND IF YOU TOOK OUT -- THERE
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IS A STUDIO, OBVIOUSLY.
THERE IS A STUDIO IN THERE.
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THERE IS ROOM TO GROW.
>> THE BIGGER THE BETTER.
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WE HAVE THE
CHURCH AND FACILITIES.
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WE DO CAMP FOR 40 SOME THOUSAND.
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35,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE HAVE THE SOUND CENTER.
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WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
HEY, 200,000 SQUARE FEET, THE
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SCHOOL. >> WHERE
WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT
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IT? >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
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THE STUDIOS HERE, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE YOUR REMOTE TRUCK FOR THE
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TELEVISION
NETWORK. THE LORD BLESSES.
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YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING.
YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME
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HOUSE. BUT IT'S
OPENING DOORS FOR YOU
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TO BE ABLE TO
EXPAND ALL THESE YEARS.
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STILL GROWING.
THAT'S A GREAT SIGN.
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>> A COUPLE MORE PICTURES HERE.
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LET ME SEE WHAT WE
HAVE. THERE IS THE ENTRY.
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NEXT WE SEE -- THIS IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOM.
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THAT'S THE WORSHIP ROOM.
THAT IS WHERE WE WORSHIP EVERY
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DAY. THAT IS A
BACKUP STUDIO IF WE
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NEED TO. >> HOW
MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU
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HAVE THERE? >> ON
SITE, ABOUT 44 ON SITE.
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THEN A COUPLE OFF SITE.
WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSE THERE.
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THAT LITTLE THING, THE
RESOURCES THAT GO OUT AROUND
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THE WORLD. THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE A
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LITTLE BIT OF THE
INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
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AND I THINK THE LAST
PICTURE IS -- THAT'S JUST A WALL
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BASICALLY. HERE
IN THE STUDIO, WE ARE
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USING THE STUDIOS NOW.
ONCE YOU'RE IN YOU HAVE TO
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RAMP UP. IT'S AN EXCITING TIME.
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YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> IT IS.
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IT'S GREAT. >> HOW
LONG HAS IT BEEN IN
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YOUR NEW FACILITY? >>
YOU KNOW WHAT, I SHOULD
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KNOW THAT. BUT
IT'S ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
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>> OKAY. >>
RIGHT ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
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MAYBE A LITTLE
LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
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MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. >>
SO YOU'RE GETTING THE FEEL
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FOR THE NEW ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT?
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>> DO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES.
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WHEN WE WERE ALL TOGETHER LIKE
SARDINES IN A CAN, THERE WERE
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DOWNSIDES OF THAT. AT
THE SAME TIME WE HAD A
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BUNCH OF 20-SOMETHINGS
SITTING LITERALLY ELBOW TO ELBOW
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LOOKING AT THEIR
SCREENS, DOING THEIR WORK.
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THERE IS SOMETHING
DYNAMIC ABOUT THAT.
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THERE IS SOMETHING
REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
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IN A REAL BUILDING,
PUT THEM IN A CUBICAL.
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NOW THERE ARE
FOUR WALLS AROUND THEM.
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THAT'S GOOD, BUT
IT'S ALSO NOT SO GOOD.
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YOU MOVE SOME OF THAT DYNAMISM
AND THE INTERACTION AND THE
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CREATIVITY. I'M
NOT SAYING THAT'S A
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PROBLEM. IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT.
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BEFORE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE
SOMEONE YOU WALK ADD FEW FEET.
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NOW YOU HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR
EXERCISE SHOES AND GO HIKING.
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CAME A COMPASS AND
CHANGE TIME ZONES ALONG THE WAY.
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>> TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHEN
IT IS WRITTEN WAS FOUNDED, WHO
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STARTED IT AND A LITTLE HISTORY.
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>> BACK IN 1966, A MAN
WITH A DREAM, GEORGIA VANDEMAN
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BELIEVED HE TO USE TELEVISION
TO REACH THE WORLD OF JESUS.
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>> 56? >> HE IS
63 YEARS OLD NOW.
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WE'VE STUCK WITH THAT. IT
IS WRITTEN WAS CONCEIVED AS
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A MEDIA EVANGELISM.
THAT IS WHERE WE'RE STAYING.
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NOT ONLY IN
ENGLISH, BUT IN ESPANOL.
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WE HAVE PROGRAMS
SEEN AROUND THE WORLD.
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WE KEEP HEARING
THAT FROM PEOPLE.
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TOUCHED MY LIFE
THROUGH IT IS WRITTEN.
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I FOUND JESUS
WATCHING IT IS WRITTEN.
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WE HEAR THOSE STORIES.
IT'S WHY WE DO WA WE DO.
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>> MAYBE ONE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
BEFORE ABOUT GEORGE VANDEMAN.
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WHEN WE STARTED 3ABN BACK
IN NOVEMBER OF '84, BUT '85 WE
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WERE OUT THERE
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW.
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GEORGE VANDEMAN, HE HAD
THIS GREAT PROGRAMMING, IT IS
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WRITTEN, A MEDIA CENTER
THERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'RE
JUST IN AWE OF ALL OF THIS.
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SOMEBODY TOLD HIM ABOUT TWO
CARPENTERS, TWO YOUNG MEN AND
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TWO YOUNG CARPENTERS IN
THEIR 30s BUILDING A TELEVISION
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STATION TO REACH THE
WORLD. THAT WAS THEIR GOAL.
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HE HAD BEEN IN OVER 30
YEARS, ABOUT 30 YEARS MINISTRY.
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ALMOST 30 YEARS.
ALMOST AS LONG AS 3ABN HAS
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BEEN AROUND. I WAS
THINKING IF I HEARD
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ABOUT TWO CARPENTERS, SOMEBODY
BEEN IN 30 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW
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THAT I WOULD HAVE SAID, AT
THAT POINTS I DON'T KNOW HOW I
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WOULD HAVE RESPONDED.
WE WERE GOING TO HIM AND WE
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MET HIM. I SAID
WE'RE GOING TO GO AND
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HE SAID SINCE YOU'RE BRAND NEW
AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU, WE
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NEED SOMEBODY IN THE MEDIA
THAT WILL COME AND TALK TO YOU
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AND THAT YOU CAN GET SUPPORT
AND GET PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THIS
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MINISTRY. I SAID
WHO WOULD THAT BE?
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HE SAID WHAT IF I
CALL GEORGE VANDEMAN?
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WE DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING, NO BUILDING.
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WE DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING, JUST THE DREAM.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT,
WAIT A MINUTE, WOULD THAT BE
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PRUDENT FOR HIM? HE
SAID I'LL TALK TO HIM.
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HE CALLED US BACK A FEW
DAYS LATER AND HE SAID ELDER
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VANDEMAN WILL BE HERE.
WE'LL ADVERTISE THAT ELDER
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ADVANCED MAN WILL
ATTEND OUR CHURCH.
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WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL CHURCH.
I WANT YOU TO TALK TO HIM.
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TELL HIM WHAT YOUR
DREAM WHAT YOUR VISION IT.
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HE CAME AND THAT NIGHT
WE RAISED -- WE HAD NOTHING.
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WE RAISED, I
BELIEVE, AROUND $40,000.
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HE DID IT. THEY
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW US.
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I WAS ALWAYS
GRATEFUL TO GEORGE VANDEMAN.
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I MET HIM BEFORE THAT BUT
WOULD HAVE NEVER ASKED HIM TO
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COME. THAT WAS
1982 BEFORE 3ABN WAS
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ON IT IS WRITTEN,
THE PROGRAM. >> OH, YEAH.
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>> THAT WAS BEFORE. SO
IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH
00:19:07.74\00:19:09.88
ALL OF THAT. ELDER
VANDEMAN CAME FOR 3ABN.
00:19:09.88\00:19:14.95
>> THAT IS GREAT. >>
IT WAS BEFORE WE EVEN HAD
00:19:14.95\00:19:17.92
ONE BUILDING UP. WE
WERE JUST STARTING TO
00:19:17.92\00:19:21.06
BUILD. HAD TWO
ACRES OF PROPERTY.
00:19:21.06\00:19:23.86
WHEN I SHARED WITH HIM ALL
OF THESE THINGS, AND I CALLED
00:19:23.86\00:19:27.60
HIM, DR.
THOMPSON SAID WE SHOULD.
00:19:27.60\00:19:30.23
WE GOT TO BE FRIENDS.
EVEN BACK BEFORE THAT, 1980
00:19:30.23\00:19:37.11
WORLD FAIR IN TENNESSEE.
MELODY AND I THINK KAY AT THE
00:19:37.11\00:19:41.24
TIME. TIBIAL WAS
1980 WHEN IT WAS IN
00:19:41.24\00:19:45.95
CHATTANOOGA.
SOMEONE WILL CORRECT ME, I'M
00:19:45.95\00:19:49.48
SURE. KNOXVILLE.
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.02
I THINK IT WAS 1980.
ELDER VANDEMAN HAD MET US AND
00:19:51.02\00:19:56.83
HE SAID WILL YOU COME
EVERY DAY FOR A FEW DAYS AT THE
00:19:56.83\00:20:00.26
FAIR. I HAD A BOOTH.
00:20:00.26\00:20:02.36
HE SAID I WANT YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME.
00:20:02.36\00:20:06.30
I I HADN'T SEEN
HIM IN A FEW YEARS.
00:20:06.30\00:20:10.04
YET THE IDEA OF HIM COMING.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER DO
00:20:10.04\00:20:13.98
THAT AND HE DID. IT IS WRITTEN.
00:20:13.98\00:20:17.81
>> WE HAVE BEEN
CONNECTED SINCE WAY BACK THEN.
00:20:17.81\00:20:20.65
>> YOU DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW. >> WE NEEDED A BUILDING
00:20:20.65\00:20:24.22
BECAUSE THE BUILDING WHERE
WE WERE RENTING IN SOUTHERN
00:20:24.22\00:20:28.32
CALIFORNIA, YOU MENTIONED
IT, WAS PUT ON THE MARKET FOR
00:20:28.32\00:20:31.53
SALE. WE HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE.
00:20:31.53\00:20:33.16
WE GOT ON OUR KNEES.
WE LOOKED UP AND PSALM THE
00:20:33.16\00:20:38.00
PILLAR OF CLOUD MOVING EAST
AND HOVERING OVER THIS AREA.
00:20:38.00\00:20:44.64
WE DENT WANT TO BUILD MANSIONS
AND PALACES AND CASTLES BUT WE
00:20:44.64\00:20:50.41
HAVE TO HAVE A HOME. WE
HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A
00:20:50.41\00:20:54.68
NEW MINISTRY HOME.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BUILDING,
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.82
IT'S ABOUT WHAT GOES ON INSIDE.
00:20:56.82\00:20:59.32
I AM PRAYERFUL AND I HOPE
YOU WILL BE PRAYERFUL ABOUT WHAT
00:20:59.32\00:21:03.99
GOES ON INSIDE OF THE
BUILDING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:21:03.99\00:21:06.80
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SINCE THERE
00:21:06.80\00:21:11.23
ARE REPEATS, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY WILL BE WATCHING
00:21:11.23\00:21:16.44
NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE TOO
LATE. BUT FROM NOON UNTIL 3:00.
00:21:16.44\00:21:25.55
>> AND IT WOULD BE GOOD
TO BRING YOUR BREK BOOK, THAT
00:21:25.55\00:21:29.12
WOULDN'T UPSET YOU. >>
I WOULDN'T BE UPSET ONE
00:21:29.12\00:21:32.15
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> READY TO GET INTO THE
00:21:32.15\00:21:35.46
CONVERSATION? >> YES.
00:21:35.46\00:21:37.86
I'M READY TO HEAR IT. >>
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT
00:21:37.86\00:21:42.26
YOU REMEMBER. WE'LL START HERE.
00:21:42.26\00:21:45.63
I HOPE YOU'LL BE
PATIENT AS WE BUILD.
00:21:45.63\00:21:48.57
LET'S GO TO THAT.
LET'S START WITH 1988.
00:21:48.57\00:21:54.88
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WERE IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
00:21:54.88\00:22:00.72
MEN'S 100 METERS WAS WON BY
A JAMAICAN RUNNING FOR CANADA.
00:22:00.72\00:22:05.09
HE MOVED TO CANADA AT
THE AGE OF 14, BEN JOHNSON.
00:22:05.09\00:22:12.16
IT WAS HIM AND KARL
LEWIS. KARL LEWIS WON MORE GOLD
00:22:12.16\00:22:19.93
MEDALS, ACCUMULATED MORE.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF KARL
00:22:19.93\00:22:26.44
LOOKING TO THE SIDE WITH
DISBELIEF ON HIS FACE THAT HE
00:22:26.44\00:22:31.21
IS GOING TO GET
BEATEN BY BEN JOHNSON.
00:22:31.21\00:22:35.25
THEY PLAYED "O CANADA."
AND THE MAPLE LEAF IS BLOWING
00:22:35.25\00:22:42.39
IN THE BREEZE AND IT ALL
GOES WELL UNTIL THEY REALIZED HE
00:22:42.39\00:22:50.37
GOT BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS.
00:22:50.37\00:22:53.80
HE WAS USING
SOMETHING CALLED STEROIDS.
00:22:53.80\00:22:56.74
THE GAMES THAT I REMEMBERED
IN 1976, AS A KID I KEPT A SCRAP
00:22:56.74\00:23:02.14
BOOK. THERE IS A
SWIMMER THAT, HER
00:23:02.14\00:23:09.58
NAME IS SHIRLEY,
SHE SWAM IN MEXICO CITY.
00:23:09.58\00:23:16.29
AND SHE WAS THE BIG FAVORITE
TO WIN EVERYTHING IN MONTREAL,
00:23:16.29\00:23:22.20
CANADA. EXCEPT SHE
CAME UP AGAINST THE
00:23:22.20\00:23:26.47
EAST GERMAN WOMEN'S SWIM
TEAM. THREE OF FOUR, THEY WERE
00:23:26.47\00:23:32.27
NOTHING. YOU GET
TO MONTREAL AND THEY
00:23:32.27\00:23:35.24
HELD EVERY WORLD RECORD AT
OLYMPIC DISTANCES EXCEPT ONE.
00:23:35.24\00:23:40.18
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
SHIRLEY AND THE AMERICANS
00:23:40.18\00:23:45.12
SWAM. THEY WERE
WON PRECIOUS LITTLE
00:23:45.12\00:23:47.86
GOLD. WHEN YOU
HEAR THIS STORY, YOU
00:23:47.86\00:23:50.76
WILL WONDER HOW
THAT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE.
00:23:50.76\00:23:53.50
BUT THEY GOT A LOT OF SILVER.
CORNELIA WAS THE EAST GERMAN
00:23:53.50\00:24:00.14
SWIMMER. SHE HAD
BEEN A TALL, SKINNY
00:24:00.14\00:24:02.70
GIRL WITH BLONDES
HAIR AND BLUE EYES.
00:24:02.70\00:24:05.44
BY THE TIME MONTREAL SHE
WAS TALL, SKINNY, BLUE EYED AND
00:24:05.44\00:24:09.41
NOT SKINNY. SHE
THOUGHT IT WAS HARD
00:24:09.41\00:24:13.98
TRAINING AND VITAMINS.
THE REASON THE EAST GERMANS
00:24:13.98\00:24:17.12
WERE DOING SO WELL IS
BECAUSE OF STEROID 14.25 IT WAS
00:24:17.12\00:24:23.26
INSTITUTED BY THE
EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.09
THEY WERE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE
THE SUPERIORITY OF EASTERN
00:24:25.09\00:24:29.70
EUROPEAN COMMUNISM.
THEY WERE PUMP ATHLETES FULL
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.77
OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.
00:24:32.77\00:24:37.94
>> UNBEKNOWNST.
>> UNBEKNOWNST TO THE
00:24:37.94\00:24:39.84
ATHLETES. WHEN
CORNELIA FOUND OUT THESE
00:24:39.84\00:24:42.98
WERE DRUGS SHE WAS TAKING.
SHE SAID I WORKED, THEY SAID
00:24:42.98\00:24:46.88
YOU WILL NEVER SWIM
FOR YOUR COUNTRY AGAIN.
00:24:46.88\00:24:49.92
SHE DIDN'T. AND SHE DIDN'T.
00:24:49.92\00:24:53.32
GOOD FOR HER. SHE
WAS YESTERDAY'S NEWS EVEN
00:24:53.32\00:24:56.79
THOUGH SHE WON
SO MANY GOLD MEDALS.
00:24:56.79\00:25:02.73
A FELLOW I MET, I'LL CALL HIM
A FRIEND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
00:25:02.73\00:25:06.00
STORY. SWAM FOR PENN STATE
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.04
UNIVERSITY. HE WAS
A BIG-TIME SWIMMER.
00:25:08.04\00:25:10.57
HE DIDN'T SWIM FOR THE
UNITED STATES BUT HIGH-LEVEL
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.51
COLLEGIATE. A
FRIENDS OF HIS, MANY FRIENDS
00:25:13.51\00:25:16.51
OF HIS WERE ON THE SWIM
TEAM AND ONE OF THEM TOLD THIS
00:25:16.51\00:25:20.12
STORY. THE
AMERICAN WOMEN WERE IN THE
00:25:20.12\00:25:22.48
LOCKER ROOM IN MONTREAL WHEN
THEY HEARD A DEEP VOICE COMING
00:25:22.48\00:25:28.36
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM.
KWHATION IS THE WORLD CAN THAT
00:25:28.36\00:25:32.83
BE?" YOU GO AND CHECK.
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.23
NO, YOU, YOU. I'LL LOOK.
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.26
IT WAS THE EAST GERMAN WOMEN.
ONE OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN, MY,
00:25:36.26\00:25:44.34
WHAT A DEP VOICE YOU HAVE.
THEY SAID WE DIDN'T COME HERE
00:25:44.34\00:25:47.78
TO SING. THEY WERE THERE TO WIN.
00:25:47.78\00:25:52.88
AND THEY WERE WINNING, WEIGHT
LIFTING, A GREAT WEIGHTLIFTER,
00:25:52.88\00:26:02.09
HE DIDN'T WIN WITH THE
GOLD MEDAL BUT HE HAD ONE WORLD
00:26:02.09\00:26:06.16
RECORDS. HE IS
KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN MORE
00:26:06.16\00:26:08.43
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS
IN ONE YEAR THAN ANY HUMAN.
00:26:08.43\00:26:13.34
HE WAS PUT IN A
WHEEMP AND DIED PREMATURELY.
00:26:13.34\00:26:19.04
A FARMER COULD HAVE FED UP
A WHOLE STABLE OF CATTLE WITH
00:26:19.04\00:26:21.94
THE DRUGS THIS MAN
TOOK. HERE IS THE QUESTION.
00:26:21.94\00:26:25.68
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
WHY DO THEY DO IT IT?
00:26:25.68\00:26:33.52
LANCE ARMSTRONG, WON THE
TOUR de FRANCE, SEVEN TIMES.
00:26:33.52\00:26:38.83
CAME BACK FROM WITH CANCER
STRAIGHT TO HIS LUNGS AND HIS
00:26:38.83\00:26:45.27
BRAIN. I WANTED
TO BELIEVE HE WAS A
00:26:45.27\00:26:47.64
DETERMINED
COMPETITOR WHO BEAT THE ODDS.
00:26:47.64\00:26:49.44
WHY DID HE DO IT? HE
WAS RIDING UP THE PIR KNEES
00:26:49.44\00:26:55.18
OR SOMETHING OR OTHER
AT THE TOUR de FRANCE.
00:26:55.18\00:26:59.18
A CYCLIST WENT PAST HIM
LIKE HE WAS GOING BACKWARDS.
00:26:59.18\00:27:03.12
HE GOT OFF HIS BIKE AND
SAID WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT?
00:27:03.12\00:27:08.92
THEY SAID, THEY EXPLAINED
THAT GUY WAS USING PERFORMANCE
00:27:08.92\00:27:12.76
ENHANCING DRUGS.
LANCE ARMSTRONG IF YOU CAN'T
00:27:12.76\00:27:15.46
BEAT 'EM -- >> JOIN.
00:27:15.46\00:27:18.00
>> AND HE DID. HE
DIDN'T BECOME THE BEST
00:27:18.00\00:27:21.27
CYCLIST, HE BECAME THE
BEST CHEAT IN THE WORLD.
00:27:21.27\00:27:24.04
HE FEELS POORLY
ABOUT WHAT HE DID.
00:27:24.04\00:27:25.44
HE DID IT FOR THIS
REASON. HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
00:27:25.44\00:27:32.01
HIS BEST WAS NOT GOOD
ENOUGH. IT'S ONLY SPORT.
00:27:32.01\00:27:35.88
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER AT
ALL. FLIP THAT OVER TO SPIRITUAL
00:27:35.88\00:27:40.56
THINGS. HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE RUN THE
00:27:40.56\00:27:47.13
CHRISTIAN RACE AND CALLING
IT A RACE, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
00:27:47.13\00:27:51.37
RUN THIS CHRISTIAN RACE
AND REALIZED THEIR BEST IS NOT
00:27:51.37\00:27:55.34
GOOD ENOUGH. THE
ANSWER SHOULD BE EVERYONE
00:27:55.34\00:28:00.34
DOES NOT. THE
HONEST REALIZE THEIR BEST
00:28:00.34\00:28:04.18
IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE
SELF-DELUDED ARE LYING AND
00:28:04.18\00:28:10.25
THEY SAY THEY ARE
FINE AND THEY CAN DO IT.
00:28:10.25\00:28:14.52
FIRST CORINTHIANS, VERSE
24. THEY MUST RUN IN A RACE ALL
00:28:14.52\00:28:20.56
ALONE BUT ONE
RECEIVES THE PRIZE.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.53
SO RUN THAT YOU MAY
OBTAIN. REALLY TALK ABOUT BEING
00:28:23.53\00:28:29.57
TEMPORARY IN ALL THINGS AND
THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO WIN A
00:28:29.57\00:28:33.48
CROWN. IF YOU
ARE GOING TO RUN, HE
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.78
SAID, RUN TO WIN. RUN TO WIN.
00:28:36.78\00:28:41.78
BUT SO MANY CHRISTIANS
LINE UP ON THE STARTING LINE.
00:28:41.78\00:28:46.45
THE GUN FIRES. THEY
GET OUT OF THE BLOCK.
00:28:46.45\00:28:49.52
NEXT MINUTE, THEY
ARE DOWN. THEY FAIL.
00:28:49.52\00:28:52.36
THEY FALL. THEY STUMBLE.
00:28:52.36\00:28:54.30
HERE IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE
DO. MOST PEOPLE SAY, "OKAY I'LL
00:28:54.30\00:29:00.44
GET UP AND I'LL TRY
AGAIN." I'LL JUST TRY HARDER.
00:29:00.44\00:29:07.38
OR, I'LL FAST. I'LL PRAY MORE.
00:29:07.38\00:29:13.38
I'LL GO TO PRAYER MEETING.
I'LL READ MORE OF MY BIBLE.
00:29:13.38\00:29:17.15
THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.
THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.
00:29:17.15\00:29:19.95
WE MUSTN'T MAKE THE MISTAKE
OF THINKING ANY OF THOSE THINGS,
00:29:19.95\00:29:27.56
WILL TURN SPIRITUAL FAILURE
INTO A SPIRITUAL SUCCESS.
00:29:27.56\00:29:32.33
THIS IS NUANCED DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT
00:29:32.33\00:29:39.44
ANYONE LISTENING
WILL LISTEN CAREFULLY.
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.74
NOT LOOKING FOR THE FAULTS
BUT LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT.
00:29:42.74\00:29:46.61
>> OKAY. >>
BECAUSE JESUS -- FROM
00:29:46.61\00:29:53.92
OURSELF AND THAT'S TRUE.
AND YET ALL OF US ARE IN A
00:29:53.92\00:29:59.09
WORLD FULL OF SIN WITH A
HEART THAT IN VARIOUS STAGES OF
00:29:59.09\00:30:03.06
RECOVERY FROM THE POWER OF SIN.
00:30:03.06\00:30:05.97
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT
THAT? HOW DO WE GET THE SHIP TO
00:30:05.97\00:30:10.57
FLOAT AND NOT SINK AND FLOAT
AND SINK AND FLOAT AND SINK
00:30:10.57\00:30:14.38
AND FLOAT? TWO
REAL EXPERIENCES THAT
00:30:14.38\00:30:22.55
INDICATE WHERE PEOPLE STRUGGLE
OVER ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
00:30:22.55\00:30:28.76
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN AND
ONE CAME TO ME AND HE SAID I'D
00:30:28.76\00:30:32.76
LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COPY
OF MY BOOK, PASTOR BRADSHAW.
00:30:32.76\00:30:37.90
I SAID THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
00:30:37.90\00:30:39.67
WHILE WE WERE CHATTING, I
OPENED THE BOOK UP AND STARTED
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.44
LOOKING THROUGH
THE CHAPTER TITLES.
00:30:42.44\00:30:45.47
I DON'T MUCH KNOW
WHY. JUST TO GET AN IDEA.
00:30:45.47\00:30:49.01
ONE OF THEM CALLED MY
EYE. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
00:30:49.01\00:30:51.15
I SAID WHAT IS
THIS CHAPTER ABOUT?
00:30:51.15\00:30:53.85
AND HE SAID THIS IS THE
CHAPTER IN WHICH WE TAKE ON --
00:30:53.85\00:31:01.82
WHAT DID HE TEACH? HE
SAID HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD
00:31:01.82\00:31:08.53
TO BE PERFECT. I
ASKED WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.07
A LOGICAL
QUESTION. WHAT DID HE MEAN?
00:31:12.07\00:31:16.47
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
NOTICED THIS, BUT I HAVE.
00:31:16.47\00:31:19.61
YOU CAN HAVE A
DISCUSSION WITH SOMEBODY.
00:31:19.61\00:31:22.98
AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE
ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES EVER THE
00:31:22.98\00:31:26.92
FENCE. YOU MAY
ACTUALLY BE IN THE
00:31:26.92\00:31:28.92
SAME POSITION. BUT
YOU ASCRIBE DIFFERENT
00:31:28.92\00:31:32.22
MEANINGS TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT
00:31:32.22\00:31:35.79
TENDENCIES AND PROPENSITIES
AND PERFECT AND SEAMLESS.
00:31:35.79\00:31:40.46
YOU REALLY ASK THE QUESTION,
JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
00:31:40.46\00:31:43.60
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I
SAID WHAT DID HE MEAN BY YOU
00:31:43.60\00:31:47.40
HAD TO BE PERFECT? THE
MAN RESPONDED AND SAID, HE
00:31:47.40\00:31:51.77
SAID THAT YOU
HAVE TO BE SINLESS.
00:31:51.77\00:31:56.88
I SAID OH. WHAT
DID HE MEAN BY THAT?
00:31:56.88\00:32:01.48
HE SAID, WELL HE MEANT
THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP SINNING.
00:32:01.48\00:32:06.12
AND I SAID, WELL I THOUGHT
THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA.
00:32:06.12\00:32:11.53
I THOUGHT TAT WAS
WHAT WE'RE IN THIS FOR.
00:32:11.53\00:32:15.00
AND HE SAID, . WHEN
I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I
00:32:15.00\00:32:23.24
GAVE UP THIS,
THIS, THIS AND THIS.
00:32:23.24\00:32:26.84
BECAUSE JESUS GOT IN MY
LIFE.-WHICH ONE OF THOSE FIVE
THINGS WERE THE WRONG.
00:32:26.84\00:32:34.75
HE LOOKED. WHICH
SHOULD I NOT HAVE GIVEN
00:32:34.75\00:32:37.89
UP? HE ANSWERED
BY SAYING ALL OUR
00:32:37.89\00:32:43.89
RIGHTEOUSNESSES. I
SAID NICE, BUT YOU JUST
00:32:43.89\00:32:48.33
PIVOTED. THAT
WASN'T THE ANSWER TO THE
00:32:48.33\00:32:50.87
QUESTION. SO LET'S COME BACK.
00:32:50.87\00:32:53.10
WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS
SHOULD I NOT HAVE GIVEN UP?
00:32:53.10\00:32:59.01
HE STARTED TO
GET A LITTLE HOSTILE.
00:32:59.01\00:33:01.51
THE LOVE WAS GONE. I
SAID, IT'S BEEN NICE TALKING
00:33:01.51\00:33:06.41
TO YOU. GOOD
WASTING EACH OTHER'S
00:33:06.41\00:33:09.98
TIME. HE SUCCUMBED DOWN A LITTLE
00:33:09.98\00:33:11.59
BIT. I SAID LET
ME ASK YOU ANOTHER
00:33:11.59\00:33:15.06
QUESTION. A
THIEF COMES TO FAITH IN
00:33:15.06\00:33:20.30
CHRIST CHOOSE TO STOP STEALING.
00:33:20.30\00:33:26.50
NO, HE SHOULD NOT. REALLY.
00:33:26.50\00:33:28.90
I SAID, OH, YOU MEAN THAT HE
WILL WANT TO TRY BUT IN AND OF
00:33:28.90\00:33:36.85
HIMSELF HE
DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY.
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.95
NO, HE DIDN'T MEAN THAT AT ALL.
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.95
MAN CANNOT STOP
AND WILL NOT STOP.
00:33:40.95\00:33:45.95
I SAID, WELL, WHY IS
THAT? HE WON'T BE ABLE TO.
00:33:45.95\00:33:55.06
>> THERE IS VICTORY.
>> THE DEVIL MAKING SIN A
00:33:55.06\00:33:59.07
GREATER THAN JESUS'
POWER TO BE A STAIN.
00:33:59.07\00:34:05.27
HAVE YOU QUIT
SIN? WE'LL GET TO THAT.
00:34:05.27\00:34:12.45
I DON'T DIVULGE
EVERYTHING. MAYBE I DON'T.
00:34:12.45\00:34:16.99
HE SAID THE MAN WILL WANT
TO. BUT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO.
00:34:16.99\00:34:21.62
I SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE
DROPPED THAT INTO THE MIDDLE OF
00:34:21.62\00:34:27.10
ROMAN'S CHAPTER 7. THE
THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO
00:34:27.10\00:34:30.43
I FIND MYSELF DOING.
OH, WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM,
00:34:30.43\00:34:34.47
WHO WILL DELIVERY ME.
PAUL GAVE AN ANSWER BUT HE WAS
00:34:34.47\00:34:38.24
GETTING NO ANSWER.
HE IS STUCK IN SIN.
00:34:38.24\00:34:41.88
NO WAY OUT. GOD
CAN'T CHANGE YOUR HEART.
00:34:41.88\00:34:45.18
JESUS CAN'T KEEP
YOU FROM SINNING.
00:34:45.18\00:34:51.22
ROMANS 7 WOULD BE THE
MOST DISCOURAGING, DEPRESSING
00:34:51.22\00:34:54.32
CHAPTER IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE,
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT
00:34:54.32\00:34:58.86
PAUL CAME BACK AND
ANSWERED HIS QUESTION.
00:34:58.86\00:35:02.60
WHO SHALL DELIVER ME?
HE SAID I THANK GOD THROUGH
00:35:02.60\00:35:07.00
JESUS CHRIST BY LORD.
THEN THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS
00:35:07.00\00:35:10.91
SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUND
WORDS OF ALL THE LITERATURE.
00:35:10.91\00:35:15.64
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW
NO CONDEMNATION FOR THEM IN
00:35:15.64\00:35:22.45
CHRIST JESUS WHO WALK IN
THE FLESH BUT -- SO THAT'S AN
00:35:22.45\00:35:29.32
EXTREME. YOU WILL
FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:35:29.32\00:35:32.39
WHO IF THEY ARE NOT ALL THE
WAY THERE BUT HAVE THEIR FOOT
00:35:32.39\00:35:37.17
IN THAT CAMP. THEY
USE IT TO EXCUSE THEIR
00:35:37.17\00:35:39.70
LOVE OF SIN. THEY
USE IT TO EXCUSE THEIR
00:35:39.70\00:35:45.07
PREDILECTION FOR SIN AND THEY
USE IT TO EXCUSE THE FACT THEY
00:35:45.07\00:35:47.94
HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT
HOW TO LOOK TO JESUS.
00:35:47.94\00:35:51.55
IT'S AN EXCUSE FOR THEM.
I'VE HEARD A MILLION TIMES.
00:35:51.55\00:35:59.29
WE'LL KEEP ON SINNING,
THERE IS NOTHING ANYBODY CAN DO
00:35:59.29\00:36:02.26
ABOUT IT. I WAS
DAMNED TO BE FOR THE
00:36:02.26\00:36:07.03
REST OF MY LIFE. THE
SAME AS I WAS BEFORE I
00:36:07.03\00:36:10.27
CAME TO JESUS, I WOULD
NEVER HAVE COME TO JESUS.
00:36:10.27\00:36:12.77
WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF THAT?
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.20
I WANTED A NEW
HEART. I WANTED A NEW LIFE.
00:36:14.20\00:36:16.71
I FOUND THAT IN CHIEFT.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE THAT
00:36:16.71\00:36:20.34
TO ME T WOULD HAVE BEEN
POINTLESS COMING TO JESUS AT
00:36:20.34\00:36:23.24
ALL. I READ WHERE THE GOSPEL
00:36:23.24\00:36:26.31
CONTEMPLATES OUR COMPLETE
RECOVERY FROM THE POWER OF
00:36:26.31\00:36:29.55
SATAN. THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL
00:36:29.55\00:36:32.39
STATEMENT. BUT NOW
LEST I HAVE GIVEN TOO
00:36:32.39\00:36:36.29
MUCH AMMUNITION TO
PEOPLE WHO HUSE IT UNWISELY.
00:36:36.29\00:36:39.63
WE ARE TALKING A MAN WHO CAME
TO ME AT THAT SAME CONVENTION.
00:36:39.63\00:36:43.77
HE COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN MORE THAN 26.
00:36:43.77\00:36:47.80
YOUNGER. HE SAID,
PASTOR, I REALLY NEED
00:36:47.80\00:36:55.61
TO TALK TO YOU. OH, WHAT ABOUT?
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.35
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST
DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING
00:36:58.35\00:37:03.22
TO BE SAVED AND GO TO HELL.
I SAID E OH, MAN, WHY IS THAT?
00:37:03.22\00:37:08.92
HE SAID BECAUSE I FOUND
THAT THERE IS SIN IN MY LIFE.
00:37:08.92\00:37:16.10
WELL, THAT MAKES YOU
THE SAME AS THE REST OF US.
00:37:16.10\00:37:20.50
WHAT MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT?
HE SAID, WELL I'VE BEEN TOLD
00:37:20.50\00:37:25.94
THAT UNLESS I PUT EVERY LAST
SIN OUT OF MY LIFE, LIVING A
00:37:25.94\00:37:34.08
PERFECT SINNER'S LIFE, THAT
THERE IS NO WAY I CAN HAVE THE
00:37:34.08\00:37:37.29
ASSURANCE I WILL EVER BE SAVED.
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.75
I'VE GOT TO GET TO THAT LEVEL
AND THEN I CAN HAVE ASSURANCE.
00:37:39.75\00:37:48.26
AND I SAID, PUT
IT OUT OF YOUR MIND.
00:37:48.26\00:37:57.01
DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
BECAUSE THERE IS A WAY OUT AND
00:37:57.01\00:38:02.81
WE'LL GET THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
00:38:02.81\00:38:05.81
I HAD THE YOUNG MAN'S ATTENTION.
00:38:05.81\00:38:09.62
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
MANY, MANY PEOPLE FORGET.
00:38:09.62\00:38:14.56
AND I THINK
I'LL READ IT. MARK 4.
00:38:14.56\00:38:22.13
JESUS, THESE PAIR   
PARABLES WEREN'T FOR NOTHING.
00:38:22.13\00:38:29.34
IT IS VERSE 26. THIS
IS WHERE JESUS SAID SO IS
00:38:29.34\00:38:33.38
THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS IF
IS MAN CAST A SEED INTO THE
00:38:33.38\00:38:39.28
GROUND. I PAUSE HERE.
00:38:39.28\00:38:41.22
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY MAY WELL
MAKE SOME SAY, I'M OKAY WITH
00:38:41.22\00:38:47.26
THAT. BECAUSE
IT GIVES AN IMMENSE
00:38:47.26\00:38:51.73
AMOUNT OF HOPE TO SOME PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO
00:38:51.73\00:38:56.40
LOOK STRAIGHT BECAUSE
EVERYTHING IS A BIT OF A BLUR,
00:38:56.40\00:38:59.80
A BIT AFTER A BIT OF A HAZE.
00:38:59.80\00:39:11.41
SOP IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND NIGHT AND DAY AND THE SEED
00:39:11.41\00:39:21.16
SHOULD SPRING AND GROW UP.
THEN JESUS SAID FOR THE EARTH
00:39:21.16\00:39:25.29
BRING IT FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF.
00:39:25.29\00:39:28.43
FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR,
THEN THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR.
00:39:28.43\00:39:35.34
BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT
FORTH, THE HARVEST HAS COME.
00:39:35.34\00:39:42.31
JESUS IS TALKING
ABOUT SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
00:39:42.31\00:39:47.32
MONDAY, I WAS IN SANTA CRUZ,
CALIFORNIA, JUST OUT OF SANTA
00:39:47.32\00:39:53.02
CRUZ. THE HENRY
RED WOOD STATE PARK.
00:39:53.02\00:40:00.63
THEY REACH RIGHT UP
AND SCRAPE THE CLOUDS.
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.43
YOU CAN'T HARDLY LOOK AT
THE TREES IN YOUR BACKWARD, YOU
00:40:03.43\00:40:08.50
JUST SHAKE YOUR HEAD.
THERE WAS A REDWOOD THAT HAD
00:40:08.50\00:40:16.81
FALLEN OVER. CAN YOU
SEE THE RINGS AND THIS
00:40:16.81\00:40:20.58
HAD BEEN GROWING A COUPLE OF
HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS
00:40:20.58\00:40:24.25
BORN. BUT IN
FRONT OF THEM AND THESE
00:40:24.25\00:40:30.73
WILL THIN OUT.
LITERAL TEENAGERS.
00:40:30.73\00:40:36.06
SKINNY LITTLE GREEN THINGS.
JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT GROWTH.
00:40:36.06\00:40:44.14
A REDWOOD TREE WILL START WITH
A SEED OR A CONE, A SEED IN A
00:40:44.14\00:40:49.61
CONE. THAT SEED WILL GO INTO THE
00:40:49.61\00:40:52.35
GROUND. SOMETHING
IS GOING TO POP UP
00:40:52.35\00:40:56.69
OUT OF THE GROUND. WHAT
IS THAT THAT POPS UP OUT
00:40:56.69\00:41:00.89
OF THE GROUND.
THAT IS A REDWOOD TREE.
00:41:00.89\00:41:04.53
COMPARE IT TO THIS THING
HERE UP IN THE AIR THIS REDWOOD
00:41:04.53\00:41:10.63
TREE ISN'T MUCH. WHEN
JESUS SPOKE TO NICODEMUS,
00:41:10.63\00:41:19.11
HE SAID -- HE SAID YOU
HAVE TO BE HIKE THIS HERE.
00:41:19.11\00:41:27.52
NICODEMUS SAID, OH, HOW
CAN THAT BE AND SO FORTH.
00:41:27.52\00:41:33.52
JESUS IS TALKING
ABOUT SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
00:41:33.52\00:41:37.33
NO ONE IS BORN 37 YEARS OLD.
NO ONE IS BORN WITH A LICENSE
00:41:37.33\00:41:42.73
TO DRIVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
THEY ARE BORN AS BABIES.
00:41:42.73\00:41:48.80
THE SPIRITUALLY BORN
ARE SPIRITUAL BABIES.
00:41:48.80\00:41:52.31
THAT'S JUST HOW IT ISEN I LIKE
THEM, I REALLY DO LIKE THEM.
00:41:52.31\00:41:59.18
I LIKE MY OWN
MORE THN MOST PEOPLE'S.
00:41:59.18\00:42:03.42
THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT BABIES.
00:42:03.42\00:42:07.16
WE HAVE ALL BROUGHT
BABIES HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
00:42:07.16\00:42:12.36
THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN
DO. MOST WHAT THEY DO, THEY ARE
00:42:12.36\00:42:19.20
PRETTY ANTI-SOCIAL.
THEY SCREAM IN THE NIGHT AND
00:42:19.20\00:42:22.14
THEY SMELL FUNNY,
THEY SPIT UP ON YOU.
00:42:22.14\00:42:28.51
OFTEN, YOU PUT ON THAT
POWDER OR LOTION, MMM, THAT ONLY
00:42:28.51\00:42:33.35
LASTS A SHORT
TIME. THEN THEY ARE BACK.
00:42:33.35\00:42:38.22
THE BABY CANNOT FEED ITSELF.
WHEN MY SON WAS TRYING TO FEED
00:42:38.22\00:42:45.09
HIMSELF, HE WOULD END
UP WITH THE MARK OF DEFEAT.
00:42:45.09\00:42:52.77
CANNOT PUT THEIR SHOES
ON. CANNOT DRESS THEMSELVES.
00:42:52.77\00:42:57.91
AT THAT AGE, THEY SAY, OKAY,
NOW WE'LL HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT
00:42:57.91\00:43:07.58
THIS. DO I HAVE A SAY IN THIS
00:43:07.58\00:43:11.52
TRANSACTION. THEY
CAN'T DRIVE A CAR OR
00:43:11.52\00:43:16.86
PILOT AN AIRCRAFT.
THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR MUCH.
00:43:16.86\00:43:20.90
JUST BE FRANK.
EXCEPT THEY ARE GOOD FOR
00:43:20.90\00:43:25.77
LOVING AND GROWING. >> YES.
00:43:25.77\00:43:30.24
>> LOVING AND GROWING.
ONE LITTLE REDWOOD, YOU WON'T
00:43:30.24\00:43:33.88
CUT THAT DOWN AND MAKE
ANY FURNITURE OUT OF IT.
00:43:33.88\00:43:36.85
THAT WILL NEVER BE A BUILDING.
CUT THEM DOWN, YOU CAN MAKE
00:43:36.85\00:43:51.36
STUFF OUT OF THEM, FINE.
BUT WHEN THEY ARE A YEAR OLD,
00:43:51.36\00:43:55.00
THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING.
00:43:55.00\00:43:57.33
IF YOU OWN A PINE PLANTATION,
YOUR PINE TREES ARE ONE YEAR
00:43:57.33\00:44:02.94
OLD, THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR
ANYTHING, YOU WOULD SAY, HOLD
00:44:02.94\00:44:07.44
ON, THEY ARE VALUABLE
THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO
00:44:07.44\00:44:11.91
MATURITY YET. YOU
LOOK IN THE FIELD AND SAY
00:44:11.91\00:44:19.99
THERE IS NOTHING THERE.
ONE DAY YOU DRIVE BY, I THINK
00:44:19.99\00:44:24.23
THERE IS SOMETHING
THERE. YOU CAN SEE LITTLE GREEN.
00:44:24.23\00:44:29.16
YOU ALMOST CAN'T SEE. IT
BEFORE LONG, THE BIG ONIONS
00:44:29.16\00:44:35.37
ARE READY TO HARVEST. >>
YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH
00:44:35.37\00:44:38.31
THING AS A SWEET ONION.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING, MY
00:44:38.31\00:44:43.38
STOMACH TELLS ME. I
WENT TO WALLA WALLA AND I
00:44:43.38\00:44:47.25
TOTALLY AGREE. I
DO NOT EATON YOINS.
00:44:47.25\00:44:51.52
>> OH, BUT YOU
WILL LAS VEGAS THESE.
00:44:51.52\00:44:54.89
I THOUGHT THERE
WAS NO ONIONS IN IT.
00:44:54.89\00:45:00.96
THESE AREN'T REGULAR,
THESE ARE WALL LAWALLA SWEETS.
00:45:00.96\00:45:06.20
>> THIS MAY BE A HUGE STATEMENT.
00:45:06.20\00:45:09.27
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU
SAY, THEY ARE NOT SWEET.
00:45:09.27\00:45:30.16
JESUS WASN'T TALKING
ABOUT MONTERREY PINES.
00:45:30.16\00:45:33.86
HE IS TALKING ABOUT BELIEVERS.
I WANTED TO SAY TO MY YOUNG
00:45:33.86\00:45:37.67
FRIENDS AT THE CONVENTION.
YOU ARE PARTLY TO BLAME.
00:45:37.67\00:45:41.00
GET USED TO IT. THE
INFANT THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD
00:45:41.00\00:45:45.07
SPENT TIME FALLING OVER.
IT'S WHAT 2 YEARS OLD DO.
00:45:45.07\00:45:49.31
WHEN THEY ARE 5 THEY
STILL TUMBLE FROM TIME TO TIME.
00:45:49.31\00:45:54.05
AT 15 THEY HAVE
THE OCCASIONAL TRIP.
00:45:54.05\00:45:57.55
IT IS LESS AND
LESS. SO YOU GOT TO GROW.
00:45:57.55\00:46:04.79
THIS I BELIEVE IS THE
MISSING LINK IN THE CHRISTIAN
00:46:04.79\00:46:09.23
EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE SUBJECT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:46:09.23\00:46:12.83
BY FAITH. BY THE
WAY, THE AUTHOR THAT I
00:46:12.83\00:46:16.34
TOLD YOU ABOUT WAS A PASTOR.
GOODNESS, WHERE IT'S GONE, I
00:46:16.34\00:46:24.51
HATE TO THINK.
SO YOU START SMALL.
00:46:24.51\00:46:28.28
AND YOU GROW. THIS
IS THE MISSING LINK IN
00:46:28.28\00:46:34.49
RIGHTEOUSNESS. MY
BOOK-WRITING FRIEND HAS
00:46:34.49\00:46:36.56
PEOPLE SITTING, YOU CAN'T
COUNT ON ANYTHING MORE, THAT'S
00:46:36.56\00:46:42.46
JUST HOW IT'S BE.
THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
00:46:42.46\00:46:46.07
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THERE IS A TENDENCY THAT SAYS,
00:46:46.07\00:46:49.67
HOLD OWE A MINUTE.
YOU DIDN'T EAT THE RIGHT
00:46:49.67\00:46:54.08
AMOUNT OF ALMONDS. I
SAW A SNEAK A CHOCOLATE CHIP
00:46:54.08\00:46:58.11
COOKIE. YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG.
00:46:58.11\00:46:59.81
HOW CAN YOU CALL
YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN.
00:46:59.81\00:47:02.92
EUROPE NOT PERFECT ENOUGH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PERFECT,
00:47:02.92\00:47:06.09
THEN JESUS CAN'T
COME BACK AND ALL THIS.
00:47:06.09\00:47:11.89
WE SAID EARLIER, THE PROBLEM
WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS THERE
00:47:11.89\00:47:16.13
IS A MODICUM OF TRUTH.
JESUS DOES WANTS US TO BE
00:47:16.13\00:47:21.00
SAVED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
00:47:21.00\00:47:22.67
YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU
TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS.
00:47:22.67\00:47:25.87
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE
PERFECTION COMES FROM AND WHAT
00:47:25.87\00:47:28.44
IT LOOKS LIKE. HE
DOES WANT TO YOU HAVE THESE
00:47:28.44\00:47:30.71
THINGS. HOW DO
WE GET FROM HERE TO
00:47:30.71\00:47:33.08
THERE. HOW CAN WE HAVE A VIBRANT
00:47:33.08\00:47:35.98
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
AND HAVE ASSURANCES OF OUR
00:47:35.98\00:47:40.76
SALVATION WITH TREATING
THE GOT PELL WITH INTEGRITY.
00:47:40.76\00:47:45.36
THE GOSPEL WITH
INTEGRITY. JESUS WAS CLEAR.
00:47:45.36\00:47:49.03
FIRST THE BLADE. THEN THE EAR.
00:47:49.03\00:47:50.50
WHAT IS HE TALKING
ABOUT? HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE
00:47:50.50\00:47:52.67
PROCESS OF GROWING. GROWTH.
00:47:52.67\00:47:57.91
I WOULDN'T LIE TO ANYBODY
AND CLAIM I AM THE FINISHED
00:47:57.91\00:48:01.94
PRODUCT. I
WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
00:48:01.94\00:48:04.28
I'M NOT. BUT MY EXPECTATION, I'M
00:48:04.28\00:48:11.25
GROWING AND CONTINUING TO GROW.
00:48:11.25\00:48:13.25
I THANK GOD I'M NOT WHAT I
WAS WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CHRIST.
00:48:13.25\00:48:19.39
I'M A MILLION MILES FROM THERE.
00:48:19.39\00:48:24.53
NEVERTHELESS, I HAD SALVATION.
I WASN'T DOING EVERYTHING
00:48:24.53\00:48:28.54
RIGHT. I WASN'T
FOLLOWING ALL THE
00:48:28.54\00:48:30.57
RULES. I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND SOME OF
00:48:30.57\00:48:32.21
THE PRINCIPLES. SOME
I DID UNDERSTAND BUT,
00:48:32.21\00:48:36.48
WHOO, NO WAY I CAN
DO THAT IN MY LIFE.
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.95
I HAVE A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO.
00:48:38.95\00:48:40.68
THERE IS A CHALLENGE AND
THE CHALLENGE IS MULTI-FACETED.
00:48:40.68\00:48:45.39
YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
COMING INTO THE CHURCH.
00:48:45.39\00:48:49.26
WE'LL SEGUE AWAY FROM IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
00:48:49.26\00:48:55.03
KNOW THEY HAVE SALVATION OR
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE
00:48:55.03\00:48:59.77
SALVATION BECAUSE I'M NOT
DOING RIGHT WHAT HAPPENS IS
00:48:59.77\00:49:03.00
THIS. WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE A
00:49:03.00\00:49:06.64
PROBLEM SEPARATING
PERFORMANCE FROM SALVATION.
00:49:06.64\00:49:14.82
RIGHT?
SEPARATING PERFORMANCE FROM
00:49:14.82\00:49:18.19
SALVATION. FOR
EXAMPLE, I LOST MY TEMPER
00:49:18.19\00:49:20.29
THIS MORNING, SO I
DON'T THINK I HAVE SALVATION.
00:49:20.29\00:49:24.59
YOU KNW, I LIKE TO EAT THE
FOOD I SHOULDN'T EAT, I HAVE A
00:49:24.59\00:49:31.27
WEAKNESS. I HAVE A HANKERING.
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.17
ONCE IN A WHILE I WEAKEN,
SO I DON'T HAVE SALVATION.
00:49:33.17\00:49:38.34
NONSENSE. WHAT YOU
HAVE IS JESUS AND YOU
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.98
ARE GROWING. IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE FACTOR
00:49:40.98\00:49:44.98
IN WHAT IS THE
ATTITUDES OF YOUR HEART.
00:49:44.98\00:49:48.08
WHAT IS THE
ATTITUDE OF YOUR HEART.
00:49:48.08\00:49:50.59
ARE YOU SINCERE? WE
HAVE TO FACTOR THAT GROWTH
00:49:50.59\00:49:56.02
IN. WE HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
00:49:56.02\00:49:57.73
ARE HAVING AN EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY,
00:49:57.73\00:50:01.70
YES, I AM GROWING IN JESUS.
I MAY HAVE MY WEAKNESSES BUT
00:50:01.70\00:50:06.60
I'M BRINGING THEM TO
JESUS BUT HE IS GROWING ME.
00:50:06.60\00:50:09.40
A LITTLE
PATIENCE WITH OURSELVES.
00:50:09.40\00:50:10.81
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET
COMFORTABLE IN YOUR SIN.
00:50:10.81\00:50:13.44
THIS IDEA WE HAVE TO PULL
OURSELVES BY OUR BOOT STRAPS
00:50:13.44\00:50:17.95
AND WE CANNOT HAVE THE
ASSURANCE OF SALVATION UNTIL
00:50:17.95\00:50:20.92
WE REACH A CERTAIN
LEVEL IS DEVASTATING.
00:50:20.92\00:50:25.69
IT DRIVES
PEOPLE AWAY FROM JESUS.
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.32
>> I THINK WHAT IT DOES, THIS
IS ONE OF HIS PLOYS AND THAT
00:50:28.32\00:50:35.86
IS TO DETRACT FROM
THE TRUE CHARACTER OF GOD.
00:50:35.86\00:50:41.50
SO YOU THINK -- HE IS WAITING
FOR YOU TO MESS UP SO THAT HE
00:50:41.50\00:50:48.58
CAN BLOCK YOUR NAME
OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.
00:50:48.58\00:50:51.41
THEN YOU HAVE A TOTALLY
DISTORTED VIEW OF WHO GOD IS.
00:50:51.41\00:50:55.12
THAT'S WHAT
SATAN WANTS TO YOU DO.
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.85
IT'S A JOURNEY. IT'S A PROCESS.
00:50:56.85\00:50:59.12
>> YES. >> IT'S NOT JUST THIS IS
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.82
THERE. IF THAT'S
THE CASE WE WOULD
00:51:01.82\00:51:05.73
ALL BE -- >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.50
>> WE NO MORE BECOME PERFECT
BY OUR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS,
00:51:07.50\00:51:11.57
NOT DOING THIS, NOT
DOING THAT, THAN WE CAN BECOME
00:51:11.57\00:51:15.80
PERFECT PHYSICALLY.
INSTEAD OF GETTING OLDER AND
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.87
LOSING OUR HAIR AND TEETH,
JUST SAY, LOOK, I'LL JUST BE
00:51:18.87\00:51:23.81
PERFECT. WE HAVE
NO MORE CONTROL OF
00:51:23.81\00:51:25.88
THAT THAN THE OTHER.
ONLY THROUGH CHRIST, I'VE BEEN
00:51:25.88\00:51:30.42
THERE. I'VE SEEN THEM.
00:51:30.42\00:51:35.06
YOU DIDN'T DO THIS, YOU
DIDN'T DO THAT, HOW CAN YOU
00:51:35.06\00:51:40.73
POSSIBLY -- PEOPLE COME TO MY
HOUSE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN
00:51:40.73\00:51:44.27
THE MINISTRY, INVITE THEM OVER.
00:51:44.27\00:51:47.67
I'VE HAD PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE
CABINET AND READ THE LAIBLESZ.
00:51:47.67\00:51:54.94
ANYTHING WITH A LABEL,
YOU SHOULDN'T BE EATING IT.
00:51:54.94\00:52:00.52
I DIDN'T KNOW. I NOPE
IT'S ONE THING THAT THE
00:52:00.52\00:52:03.35
PEOPLE WHO ARE SO LEGALISTIC,
SO DO AND DON'T, ARE SOME OF
00:52:03.35\00:52:09.69
THE MOST UNHEALTHY PEOPLE.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE THE JOY OF
00:52:09.69\00:52:17.13
SALVATION. NO, NO, NO.
00:52:17.13\00:52:20.54
WE'LL BE VERY, GOOD. WE
ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SIN.
00:52:20.54\00:52:24.91
JESUS IS AGAINST.
IT BIBLE IS AGAINST IT.
00:52:24.91\00:52:28.81
WE WON'T GIVE
ANYBODY A FREE PASS.
00:52:28.81\00:52:30.85
THE FOLKS THAT WANT THE LOWER
THE BOOM ON YOU OR ON THEMSELF
00:52:30.85\00:52:34.78
THEY CANNOT HAVE JOY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
00:52:34.78\00:52:38.32
THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
00:52:38.32\00:52:42.52
FOR STRIVING, HOPING,
WISHING BUT THEY NEVER KNOW.
00:52:42.52\00:52:49.16
JOHN WROTE SO THAT YOU
CAN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL
00:52:49.16\00:52:53.47
LIFE. TAKE A
COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST
00:52:53.47\00:52:56.71
TO PIVOT -- I
USED THAT WORD BEFORE.
00:52:56.71\00:52:59.94
SOME THINGS WE'LL
COME BACK TO, I'M NOT DONE.
00:52:59.94\00:53:02.94
HERE IS WHERE IT BECOMES
DEVASTATING IN THE CHURCH.
00:53:02.94\00:53:05.88
I'M LOOKING AT ME AND I'M
SAYING I CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH
00:53:05.88\00:53:09.08
FOR GOOD. I CAN'T
BE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO
00:53:09.08\00:53:11.69
TO HEAVEN. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID.
00:53:11.69\00:53:15.02
I GOT ANGRY WITH A GUY
WHO CUT ME OFF IN TRAFFIC.
00:53:15.02\00:53:18.29
WHAT THAT TELLS YOU,
YOU HAVE GROWING TO DO.
00:53:18.29\00:53:21.23
IT DOESN'T TELL
YOU THAT YOU ARE LOST.
00:53:21.23\00:53:22.93
IT DOESN'T TELL YOU
YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN.
00:53:22.93\00:53:28.80
IF WE DON'T WRITE THE
PRESCRIPTION FOR SOMEONE
00:53:28.80\00:53:31.67
ELSE'S
SALVATION, WE HAVE TO TRUST.
00:53:31.67\00:53:34.28
THAT PERSON COMING IN YOUR
CABINETS IS WANTING TO DRAG
00:53:34.28\00:53:38.41
YOU HIS OR HER WAY.
HE DOESN'T TRUST YOUR
00:53:38.41\00:53:41.75
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
THAT GOD CAN GUIDE YOU.
00:53:41.75\00:53:43.99
WE HAVE TO TRUST
PEOPLE TO GROW WITH JESUS.
00:53:43.99\00:53:48.02
WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS. HE
COMES TO THE CHURCH AND HE
00:53:48.02\00:54:00.87
HE -- I UNDERSTAND
PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
00:54:00.87\00:54:03.54
I GET THAT.
THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
00:54:03.54\00:54:08.98
THAT'S A TEACHING MOMENT.
YOU KNOW EMILY, MOMMY DOESN'T
00:54:08.98\00:54:14.85
DRESS THAT WAY BUT
WE LOVE PEOPLE WHO DO.
00:54:14.85\00:54:18.39
SOME PEOPLE DON'T
SEE THE WAY WE DO.
00:54:18.39\00:54:21.49
YOU CAN EASILY USE
THESE AS TEACHING MOMENTS.
00:54:21.49\00:54:24.43
WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN A MAN
COMES IN, PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
00:54:24.43\00:54:31.63
ARE SAYING THIS MAN
ISN'T A REAL CHRISTIAN.
00:54:31.63\00:54:36.30
THIS MAN MAYBE -- MAYBE THERE
IS SOMEONE IN IN THE CHURCH
00:54:36.30\00:54:43.14
AND THEY HAVE AN ANGER PROBLEM.
00:54:43.14\00:54:46.51
I'M NOT MINIMIZING THAT.
NOW YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN YOUR
00:54:46.51\00:54:50.39
NOSE AT THAT PERSON, SAYING
HE IS NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN.
00:54:50.39\00:54:54.26
OR THIS PERSON DOESN'T KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW, HE IS
00:54:54.26\00:54:57.56
NOTE A TRUE CRIMP.
THAT PERSON IS MORE THAN
00:54:57.56\00:55:01.60
LIKELY -- IT'S LIKE
SAYING THIS ISN'T A TRUE REDWOOD
00:55:01.60\00:55:04.90
TREE. OF COURSE
IT'S A TRUE REDWOOD
00:55:04.90\00:55:10.01
TREE. LET'S GET
IN YOUR CORN PATCH
00:55:10.01\00:55:12.17
AND CUT IT ALL DOWN BECAUSE
THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO
00:55:12.17\00:55:17.85
EAT. YOU'D SAY
GET OUT OF MY CORN
00:55:17.85\00:55:21.08
PATCH. I'M ABOUT
TO ADD NITROGEN AND
00:55:21.08\00:55:24.99
SOON I'LL HAVE THE
BEST CORN IN THE COUNTY.
00:55:24.99\00:55:27.49
LET IT GROW. DON'T
HURT T LET IT GROW.
00:55:27.49\00:55:30.13
KEEP THE PESTS
AWAY SO IT CAN GROW.
00:55:30.13\00:55:32.56
KEEP THE BUGS
OUT SO IT CAN GROW.
00:55:32.56\00:55:36.03
KEEP THE PESTS AWAY SOME
OF THE CHRISTIANS, SOME OF THE
00:55:36.03\00:55:40.30
NEW BELIEVERS SO THEY CAN GROW.
00:55:40.30\00:55:42.87
IT'S AN IMPORTANT STAGE.
IT'S MORE WISDOM THAN I'VE
00:55:42.87\00:55:50.05
GOT, THE WORK OF A
LIFETIME. TALKING ABOUT GROWING.
00:55:50.05\00:55:53.98
AND WE GROW IN JESUS.
WE JUST DON'T STOP GROWING.
00:55:53.98\00:56:00.92
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THERE IS A QUESTION I'M GOING
00:56:00.92\00:56:04.33
TO ASK. IT'S A
PROVOCATIVE QUESTION.
00:56:04.33\00:56:08.06
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK
BUT TELL US WHAT IT WILL BE.
00:56:08.06\00:56:11.60
>> SOME PEOPLE WILL
FALL FOR. IT EVERYBODY DOES.
00:56:11.60\00:56:14.54
I ASK A QUESTION.
SHOULD A PERSON BE PERFECT,
00:56:14.54\00:56:19.04
DOES A PERSON HAVE TO BE
PERFECT IN ORDER TO -- DON'T
00:56:19.04\00:56:24.45
ANSWER. DOES A PERSON HAVE TO BE
00:56:24.45\00:56:28.08
PERFECT IN ORDER TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:56:28.08\00:56:30.02
I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES.
00:56:30.02\00:56:34.26
I'LL TELL YOU WHY. >> OH, OKAY.
00:56:34.26\00:56:37.36
>> FROM ONE SIDE TO
THE OTHER. >> I KNOW.
00:56:37.36\00:56:47.17
WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME SO FAR.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WE'LL TAKE A
00:56:47.17\00:56:50.84
BREAK, CALL IN
FOR YOUR FREE OFFER.
00:56:50.84\00:56:55.91
ALSO IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
00:56:55.91\00:56:58.95
I'LL TAKE THE LAST 30 MINUTES,
WE WANT HIM TO WALK US THROUGH
00:56:58.95\00:57:02.75
THIS WHOLE TIME AND WHATEVER
TIME LEFT WE'LL ASK THE FOLKS
00:57:02.75\00:57:06.15
TO BRING YOUR
COMMENTS, YOUR QUESTIONS.
00:57:06.15\00:57:09.99
WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK IN JUST A
00:57:09.99\00:57:13.56
FEW MOMENTS. TELL
US HOW WE CAN GET THIS.
00:57:13.56\00:57:16.77
>> CALL US AT
618-627-4651 OR E-MAIL US.
00:57:16.77\00:57:29.71
SOMETIMES HE BRINGS US, MOST
OF THE TIME, THINGS WE DON'T
00:57:29.71\00:57:32.91
ALREADY KNOW. >> I LOVE THOSE.
00:57:32.91\00:57:36.58
>> THIS IS SO FREEING.
>> IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER.
00:57:36.58\00:57:42.62
GOODER AND BETTER.
DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE BACK
00:57:42.62\00:57:46.36
IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:57:46.36\00:57:47.23