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01:10 >> WELCOME TO 3ABN TOAY LIVE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS 01:14 YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. 01:17 IT'S ALMOST GONE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THANKSGIVING. 01:21 >> WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? >> I DON'T KNOW. 01:23 >> DO YOU THINK THE OLDER WE GET THE FASTER TIME GOES? 01:27 >> I KNOW IT DOES. WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG SEEMS LIKE 01:32 YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE WHOLE WORLD. 01:37 THEN, WAIT A MINUTE. MY BOTHER TOLD ME ONCE, I USED 01:41 TO BUY SHINGLES TO BUILD A HOUSE AND, HE SAID YOU WANT 10 01:46 YEAR, 20 YEAR, 30 YEAR. HE SAID 30. 01:52 >> I REALLY DON'T NEED ANY MORE THAN TEN YEARS. 01:55 HEY, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE. 01:58 >> IT IS. >> WE ARE THANKFUL. 01:59 CAN YOU IMAGINE, OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH THAT 02:05 CHRISTIANS KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING. 02:07 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COMMIT OUR LIVES AND ASK FORGIVENESS 02:11 OF OUR SINS. HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO 02:16 FORGIVE OUR SINCE AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 02:19 FROM THERE ON, WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 02:22 CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN THIS WORLD AND YOU CAME ON THE 02:28 TELEVISION, TEACHING THESE THINGS AND ALL OF THESE 02:31 POLITICIANS GOING BACK AND FORTH. 02:33 IT WOULD BE SO DISCOURAGING. NOW I CAN HAVE PEACE ABOUT IT. 02:37 HEY, WHATEVER GOES ON, WE READ THE BACK OF THE BOOK, WE SEE 02:41 ALL THE TOWBL, THE TRIALS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT 02:47 PROGRAM TONIGHT. >> WE ARE. 02:49 I'M SO EXCITED. >> WHY IS THAT? 02:51 >> ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SPEAKERS IS HERE. 02:55 >> OH, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE HIM? 02:59 >> JOHN BRADSHAW, PRESIDENT OF IT IS WRITTEN. 03:03 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU. 03:06 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BE AT 3ABN. 03:12 WONDERFUL SEE YOU. BOTH OF YOU. 03:14 >> WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE HERE. 03:16 WE'LL HAVE GREAT DISCUSSIONS. HOW DO I KNOW? 03:19 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD HIM BEFORE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:21 >> WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIEWERS. 03:23 WE'LL ASK YOU BEFORE WE GET INTO IT. 03:26 WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT OUR VIEWERS TO CENTER IN TONIGHT 03:29 AND WHAT IS IT ON YOUR HEART THAT YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS TO 03:32 THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD? 03:34 >> REGARDLESS OF THE TITLE, WE QUOTE "IS IT GOOD ENOUGHFO 03:40 GOD." ON ONE SIDE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE 03:44 JUST -- IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE 03:47 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SENSE OF SALVATION. 03:51 THEY FEEL LIKE THEY COULD NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD. 03:54 IN FACT, THERE IS TRUTH TO THAT. 03:58 THEY DON'T SEEK PEACEFULLY. THEY DON'T HAVE A SPIRIT THAT 04:03 YOU WERE SPEAKING OF A MOMENT AGO BECAUSE THEY CAN NEVER BE 04:07 GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD. THEY NEVER DO ENOUGH FOR GOD. 04:12 SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 04:17 >> THE SECOND HOUR, IF YOU HAVE TIME, WE'LL TAKE 04:21 QUESTIONS AND WE'LL PUT CHARLES ON THE HOTSHEET, WE 04:27 CALL IT. THEY WILL BRING THE CALLS OVER 04:31 AND IN THE SECOND HALF WE'LL GO FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. 04:35 BEFORE WE GO TO THE MUSIC. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER. 04:38 >> WE DO. WHEN HE HAVE "WHEN THE LION 04:48 ROARS: OVERCOME TEMPTATION." OR E-MAIL US AT LIVE @3ABN.TV. 05:00 I LOVE FREE OFFERS. IS IT FREE? 05:08 >> IT IS, IT'S A FREE OFFER. >> NOT LIKE WHEN THEY -- YOU 05:15 SAID YOU CAN GET IT FREE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 05:18 TELL US WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? >> IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 05:22 IMPORTANT, MANY PEOPLE COULD EVER READ. 05:23 WE LIVE IN THIS WORLD FILLED WITH SIN. 05:26 SIN GRABS A HOLD OF US. BUT JESUS DIDN'T COME TO SAVE 05:29 US IN OUR SIN. HE CAME TO FREE US FROM OUR 05:34 SIN. TEMPTATION IS AN ANIMAL. 05:36 IT'S A BEAST. IT'S LIKE A LION, AS A ROARING 05:42 LION GOES ABOUT SEEKING. HOW DO WE GET OUT FROM 05:47 TEMPTATION SO HOW CAN WE LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE WITHOUT 05:53 FALLING DOWN BUT STANDS UP IN THE STRENGTH OF JESUS. 05:55 THAT'S WHAT THAT LITTLE BOOK IS ABOUT. 05:57 >> ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK FOR 06:00 FREE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL US 06:03 AT 618-627-4651 OR E-MAIL US AT -- 06:10 >> GOOD JOB. SPEAKING OF GOOD JOBS. 06:13 SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS DOES A GOOD JOB IS PASTOR JOHN LOAM KANG. 06:32 LOAM LOAM. [♪♪] 06:47 AND IT FLOWS FROM DEEP WITHIN♪ ♪ THERE IS A FOUNTAIN♪ 07:03 ♪ THAT FREES THE SOUL FROM WIN. 07:18 COME TO THIS WATER♪ ♪ THERE IS A VAST SUPPLY♪ 07:31 ♪ THERE IS A RIVER♪ ♪ THAT NEVER SHALL RUN DRY♪ 07:52 ♪ THERE WAS A THIRSTY WOMAN♪ ♪ WHO WAS DRAWING FROM A WELL♪ 08:12 ♪ AND HER SOUL WAS BOUND FOR HELI. 08:39 HELL. OH, BUT THEN SHE MET THE 08:45 MASTER♪ ♪ AND HE TOLD ABOUT HER SIN♪ 08:55 ♪ AND HE SAID IF YOU DRINK THIS WATER♪ 09:02 ♪ YOU'LL NEVER THIRST AGAIN♪ ♪ OH, THERE IS A RIVER♪ 09:24 ♪ AND IT FLOWS FROM DEEP WITHIN♪ 09:34 ♪ THERE IS A FOUNTAIN♪ ♪ THAT FREES THE SOUL FROM 09:51 WIN♪ ♪ COME TO THIS WATER♪ 10:02 ♪ FOR THERE IS A VAST SUPPLY♪ ♪ THERE IS A RIVER♪ 10:23 ♪ THAT NEVER SHALL RUN DRY. [♪♪] 10:43 >> AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR JOHN. 10:46 WE WERE HARMONIZING WITH HIM. WE DIDN'T GET TO BE ON. 10:49 >> I KNOW! >> WE GOT TO DO HARMONY. 10:53 >> I WAS LISTENING. THAT'S THE PART I DO. 10:56 I LEAVE THE SINGING TO THE SINGERS. 10:57 SOMEONE HAS TO LISTEN. SOMEONE HAS TO APPRECIATE. 11:02 >> IT IS AN AMAZING GIFT OF GOD. 11:05 YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THE SONG THAT YOU MAY HERE IN THE 11:09 '70s, '80s THAT CAN COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE 11:12 NOT EVEN TRYING TO THINK OF THOSE THINGS. 11:15 GOOD OR BAD. IT'S AMAZING. 11:19 MUSIC IS A GREAT GIFT. >> YOU PUT IT IN SONG, YOU 11:22 NEVER FORGET. >> ONCE AGAIN IF YOU ARE JUST 11:27 JOINING US, PASTOR JOHN BRADSHAW IS PRESIDENT OF IT IS 11:33 WRITTEN. BEFORE WE GET TO THIS MAIN 11:35 TOPIC. YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW FACILITY. 11:37 I HEAR YOU HAD AN OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW. 11:41 >> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> DO IT YOU HAVE PICTURES AND 11:45 VIDEOS? >> WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK. 11:48 >> THE FIRST PICTURE -- >> LOOK AT THAT. 11:53 >> THIS IS ABOUT 43, 43,000 SQUARE FEET. 11:58 >> COLLEGEVILLE? >> A MILE AND A HALF FROM 12:01 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. >> BEAUTIFUL. 12:05 >> IF YOU TOOK OUT THE WAREHOUSE. 12:08 THERE IS A WAREHOUSE. AND IF YOU TOOK OUT -- THERE 12:14 IS A STUDIO, OBVIOUSLY. THERE IS A STUDIO IN THERE. 12:26 THERE IS ROOM TO GROW. >> THE BIGGER THE BETTER. 12:31 WE HAVE THE CHURCH AND FACILITIES. 12:34 WE DO CAMP FOR 40 SOME THOUSAND. 12:37 35,000 SQUARE FEET. WE HAVE THE SOUND CENTER. 12:40 WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS. HEY, 200,000 SQUARE FEET, THE 12:46 SCHOOL. >> WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT 12:48 IT? >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. 12:50 THE STUDIOS HERE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR REMOTE TRUCK FOR THE 12:54 TELEVISION NETWORK. THE LORD BLESSES. 12:58 YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING. YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME 13:00 HOUSE. BUT IT'S OPENING DOORS FOR YOU 13:02 TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ALL THESE YEARS. 13:06 STILL GROWING. THAT'S A GREAT SIGN. 13:09 >> A COUPLE MORE PICTURES HERE. 13:10 LET ME SEE WHAT WE HAVE. THERE IS THE ENTRY. 13:19 NEXT WE SEE -- THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOM. 13:21 THAT'S THE WORSHIP ROOM. THAT IS WHERE WE WORSHIP EVERY 13:25 DAY. THAT IS A BACKUP STUDIO IF WE 13:27 NEED TO. >> HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU 13:29 HAVE THERE? >> ON SITE, ABOUT 44 ON SITE. 13:33 THEN A COUPLE OFF SITE. WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSE THERE. 13:39 THAT LITTLE THING, THE RESOURCES THAT GO OUT AROUND 13:44 THE WORLD. THE RESOURCES THAT ARE A 13:46 LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 13:49 AND I THINK THE LAST PICTURE IS -- THAT'S JUST A WALL 13:56 BASICALLY. HERE IN THE STUDIO, WE ARE 14:00 USING THE STUDIOS NOW. ONCE YOU'RE IN YOU HAVE TO 14:06 RAMP UP. IT'S AN EXCITING TIME. 14:08 YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> IT IS. 14:10 IT'S GREAT. >> HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN 14:13 YOUR NEW FACILITY? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, I SHOULD 14:17 KNOW THAT. BUT IT'S ABOUT TWO MONTHS. 14:20 >> OKAY. >> RIGHT ABOUT TWO MONTHS. 14:23 MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. 14:24 MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. >> SO YOU'RE GETTING THE FEEL 14:28 FOR THE NEW ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? 14:30 >> DO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES. 14:33 WHEN WE WERE ALL TOGETHER LIKE SARDINES IN A CAN, THERE WERE 14:39 DOWNSIDES OF THAT. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD A 14:41 BUNCH OF 20-SOMETHINGS SITTING LITERALLY ELBOW TO ELBOW 14:45 LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENS, DOING THEIR WORK. 14:49 THERE IS SOMETHING DYNAMIC ABOUT THAT. 14:51 THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT. 14:55 IN A REAL BUILDING, PUT THEM IN A CUBICAL. 15:04 NOW THERE ARE FOUR WALLS AROUND THEM. 15:07 THAT'S GOOD, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT SO GOOD. 15:11 YOU MOVE SOME OF THAT DYNAMISM AND THE INTERACTION AND THE 15:14 CREATIVITY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A 15:16 PROBLEM. IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT. 15:18 BEFORE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE SOMEONE YOU WALK ADD FEW FEET. 15:21 NOW YOU HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR EXERCISE SHOES AND GO HIKING. 15:26 CAME A COMPASS AND CHANGE TIME ZONES ALONG THE WAY. 15:34 >> TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHEN IT IS WRITTEN WAS FOUNDED, WHO 15:38 STARTED IT AND A LITTLE HISTORY. 15:40 >> BACK IN 1966, A MAN WITH A DREAM, GEORGIA VANDEMAN 15:45 BELIEVED HE TO USE TELEVISION TO REACH THE WORLD OF JESUS. 15:52 >> 56? >> HE IS 63 YEARS OLD NOW. 15:58 WE'VE STUCK WITH THAT. IT IS WRITTEN WAS CONCEIVED AS 16:04 A MEDIA EVANGELISM. THAT IS WHERE WE'RE STAYING. 16:08 NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH, BUT IN ESPANOL. 16:13 WE HAVE PROGRAMS SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. 16:16 WE KEEP HEARING THAT FROM PEOPLE. 16:19 TOUCHED MY LIFE THROUGH IT IS WRITTEN. 16:22 I FOUND JESUS WATCHING IT IS WRITTEN. 16:25 WE HEAR THOSE STORIES. IT'S WHY WE DO WA WE DO. 16:28 >> MAYBE ONE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE ABOUT GEORGE VANDEMAN. 16:34 WHEN WE STARTED 3ABN BACK IN NOVEMBER OF '84, BUT '85 WE 16:43 WERE OUT THERE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW. 16:46 GEORGE VANDEMAN, HE HAD THIS GREAT PROGRAMMING, IT IS 16:52 WRITTEN, A MEDIA CENTER THERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 16:56 YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'RE JUST IN AWE OF ALL OF THIS. 17:00 SOMEBODY TOLD HIM ABOUT TWO CARPENTERS, TWO YOUNG MEN AND 17:06 TWO YOUNG CARPENTERS IN THEIR 30s BUILDING A TELEVISION 17:10 STATION TO REACH THE WORLD. THAT WAS THEIR GOAL. 17:14 HE HAD BEEN IN OVER 30 YEARS, ABOUT 30 YEARS MINISTRY. 17:21 ALMOST 30 YEARS. ALMOST AS LONG AS 3ABN HAS 17:26 BEEN AROUND. I WAS THINKING IF I HEARD 17:29 ABOUT TWO CARPENTERS, SOMEBODY BEEN IN 30 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW 17:34 THAT I WOULD HAVE SAID, AT THAT POINTS I DON'T KNOW HOW I 17:39 WOULD HAVE RESPONDED. WE WERE GOING TO HIM AND WE 17:45 MET HIM. I SAID WE'RE GOING TO GO AND 17:48 HE SAID SINCE YOU'RE BRAND NEW AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU, WE 17:51 NEED SOMEBODY IN THE MEDIA THAT WILL COME AND TALK TO YOU 17:56 AND THAT YOU CAN GET SUPPORT AND GET PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THIS 18:01 MINISTRY. I SAID WHO WOULD THAT BE? 18:03 HE SAID WHAT IF I CALL GEORGE VANDEMAN? 18:07 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, NO BUILDING. 18:10 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, JUST THE DREAM. 18:15 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WAIT A MINUTE, WOULD THAT BE 18:18 PRUDENT FOR HIM? HE SAID I'LL TALK TO HIM. 18:24 HE CALLED US BACK A FEW DAYS LATER AND HE SAID ELDER 18:27 VANDEMAN WILL BE HERE. WE'LL ADVERTISE THAT ELDER 18:30 ADVANCED MAN WILL ATTEND OUR CHURCH. 18:33 WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL CHURCH. I WANT YOU TO TALK TO HIM. 18:36 TELL HIM WHAT YOUR DREAM WHAT YOUR VISION IT. 18:40 HE CAME AND THAT NIGHT WE RAISED -- WE HAD NOTHING. 18:43 WE RAISED, I BELIEVE, AROUND $40,000. 18:47 HE DID IT. THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW US. 18:50 I WAS ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO GEORGE VANDEMAN. 18:55 I MET HIM BEFORE THAT BUT WOULD HAVE NEVER ASKED HIM TO 18:59 COME. THAT WAS 1982 BEFORE 3ABN WAS 19:03 ON IT IS WRITTEN, THE PROGRAM. >> OH, YEAH. 19:07 >> THAT WAS BEFORE. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH 19:09 ALL OF THAT. ELDER VANDEMAN CAME FOR 3ABN. 19:14 >> THAT IS GREAT. >> IT WAS BEFORE WE EVEN HAD 19:17 ONE BUILDING UP. WE WERE JUST STARTING TO 19:21 BUILD. HAD TWO ACRES OF PROPERTY. 19:23 WHEN I SHARED WITH HIM ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I CALLED 19:27 HIM, DR. THOMPSON SAID WE SHOULD. 19:30 WE GOT TO BE FRIENDS. EVEN BACK BEFORE THAT, 1980 19:37 WORLD FAIR IN TENNESSEE. MELODY AND I THINK KAY AT THE 19:41 TIME. TIBIAL WAS 1980 WHEN IT WAS IN 19:45 CHATTANOOGA. SOMEONE WILL CORRECT ME, I'M 19:49 SURE. KNOXVILLE. 19:51 I THINK IT WAS 1980. ELDER VANDEMAN HAD MET US AND 19:56 HE SAID WILL YOU COME EVERY DAY FOR A FEW DAYS AT THE 20:00 FAIR. I HAD A BOOTH. 20:02 HE SAID I WANT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME. 20:06 I I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN A FEW YEARS. 20:10 YET THE IDEA OF HIM COMING. I THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER DO 20:13 THAT AND HE DID. IT IS WRITTEN. 20:17 >> WE HAVE BEEN CONNECTED SINCE WAY BACK THEN. 20:20 >> YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. >> WE NEEDED A BUILDING 20:24 BECAUSE THE BUILDING WHERE WE WERE RENTING IN SOUTHERN 20:28 CALIFORNIA, YOU MENTIONED IT, WAS PUT ON THE MARKET FOR 20:31 SALE. WE HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE. 20:33 WE GOT ON OUR KNEES. WE LOOKED UP AND PSALM THE 20:38 PILLAR OF CLOUD MOVING EAST AND HOVERING OVER THIS AREA. 20:44 WE DENT WANT TO BUILD MANSIONS AND PALACES AND CASTLES BUT WE 20:50 HAVE TO HAVE A HOME. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A 20:54 NEW MINISTRY HOME. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BUILDING, 20:56 IT'S ABOUT WHAT GOES ON INSIDE. 20:59 I AM PRAYERFUL AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE PRAYERFUL ABOUT WHAT 21:03 GOES ON INSIDE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. 21:06 >> ABSOLUTELY. TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SINCE THERE 21:11 ARE REPEATS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL BE WATCHING 21:16 NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE TOO LATE. BUT FROM NOON UNTIL 3:00. 21:25 >> AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING YOUR BREK BOOK, THAT 21:29 WOULDN'T UPSET YOU. >> I WOULDN'T BE UPSET ONE 21:32 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> READY TO GET INTO THE 21:35 CONVERSATION? >> YES. 21:37 I'M READY TO HEAR IT. >> THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT 21:42 YOU REMEMBER. WE'LL START HERE. 21:45 I HOPE YOU'LL BE PATIENT AS WE BUILD. 21:48 LET'S GO TO THAT. LET'S START WITH 1988. 21:54 THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. 22:00 MEN'S 100 METERS WAS WON BY A JAMAICAN RUNNING FOR CANADA. 22:05 HE MOVED TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF 14, BEN JOHNSON. 22:12 IT WAS HIM AND KARL LEWIS. KARL LEWIS WON MORE GOLD 22:19 MEDALS, ACCUMULATED MORE. THERE IS A PICTURE OF KARL 22:26 LOOKING TO THE SIDE WITH DISBELIEF ON HIS FACE THAT HE 22:31 IS GOING TO GET BEATEN BY BEN JOHNSON. 22:35 THEY PLAYED "O CANADA." AND THE MAPLE LEAF IS BLOWING 22:42 IN THE BREEZE AND IT ALL GOES WELL UNTIL THEY REALIZED HE 22:50 GOT BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. 22:53 HE WAS USING SOMETHING CALLED STEROIDS. 22:56 THE GAMES THAT I REMEMBERED IN 1976, AS A KID I KEPT A SCRAP 23:02 BOOK. THERE IS A SWIMMER THAT, HER 23:09 NAME IS SHIRLEY, SHE SWAM IN MEXICO CITY. 23:16 AND SHE WAS THE BIG FAVORITE TO WIN EVERYTHING IN MONTREAL, 23:22 CANADA. EXCEPT SHE CAME UP AGAINST THE 23:26 EAST GERMAN WOMEN'S SWIM TEAM. THREE OF FOUR, THEY WERE 23:32 NOTHING. YOU GET TO MONTREAL AND THEY 23:35 HELD EVERY WORLD RECORD AT OLYMPIC DISTANCES EXCEPT ONE. 23:40 WHAT HAD HAPPENED? SHIRLEY AND THE AMERICANS 23:45 SWAM. THEY WERE WON PRECIOUS LITTLE 23:47 GOLD. WHEN YOU HEAR THIS STORY, YOU 23:50 WILL WONDER HOW THAT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE. 23:53 BUT THEY GOT A LOT OF SILVER. CORNELIA WAS THE EAST GERMAN 24:00 SWIMMER. SHE HAD BEEN A TALL, SKINNY 24:02 GIRL WITH BLONDES HAIR AND BLUE EYES. 24:05 BY THE TIME MONTREAL SHE WAS TALL, SKINNY, BLUE EYED AND 24:09 NOT SKINNY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HARD 24:13 TRAINING AND VITAMINS. THE REASON THE EAST GERMANS 24:17 WERE DOING SO WELL IS BECAUSE OF STEROID 14.25 IT WAS 24:23 INSTITUTED BY THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT. 24:25 THEY WERE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIORITY OF EASTERN 24:29 EUROPEAN COMMUNISM. THEY WERE PUMP ATHLETES FULL 24:32 OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS. 24:37 >> UNBEKNOWNST. >> UNBEKNOWNST TO THE 24:39 ATHLETES. WHEN CORNELIA FOUND OUT THESE 24:42 WERE DRUGS SHE WAS TAKING. SHE SAID I WORKED, THEY SAID 24:46 YOU WILL NEVER SWIM FOR YOUR COUNTRY AGAIN. 24:49 SHE DIDN'T. AND SHE DIDN'T. 24:53 GOOD FOR HER. SHE WAS YESTERDAY'S NEWS EVEN 24:56 THOUGH SHE WON SO MANY GOLD MEDALS. 25:02 A FELLOW I MET, I'LL CALL HIM A FRIEND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS 25:06 STORY. SWAM FOR PENN STATE 25:08 UNIVERSITY. HE WAS A BIG-TIME SWIMMER. 25:10 HE DIDN'T SWIM FOR THE UNITED STATES BUT HIGH-LEVEL 25:13 COLLEGIATE. A FRIENDS OF HIS, MANY FRIENDS 25:16 OF HIS WERE ON THE SWIM TEAM AND ONE OF THEM TOLD THIS 25:20 STORY. THE AMERICAN WOMEN WERE IN THE 25:22 LOCKER ROOM IN MONTREAL WHEN THEY HEARD A DEEP VOICE COMING 25:28 FROM THE LOCKER ROOM. KWHATION IS THE WORLD CAN THAT 25:32 BE?" YOU GO AND CHECK. 25:34 NO, YOU, YOU. I'LL LOOK. 25:36 IT WAS THE EAST GERMAN WOMEN. ONE OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN, MY, 25:44 WHAT A DEP VOICE YOU HAVE. THEY SAID WE DIDN'T COME HERE 25:47 TO SING. THEY WERE THERE TO WIN. 25:52 AND THEY WERE WINNING, WEIGHT LIFTING, A GREAT WEIGHTLIFTER, 26:02 HE DIDN'T WIN WITH THE GOLD MEDAL BUT HE HAD ONE WORLD 26:06 RECORDS. HE IS KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN MORE 26:08 PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN ONE YEAR THAN ANY HUMAN. 26:13 HE WAS PUT IN A WHEEMP AND DIED PREMATURELY. 26:19 A FARMER COULD HAVE FED UP A WHOLE STABLE OF CATTLE WITH 26:21 THE DRUGS THIS MAN TOOK. HERE IS THE QUESTION. 26:25 WHY DO THEY DO IT? WHY DO THEY DO IT IT? 26:33 LANCE ARMSTRONG, WON THE TOUR de FRANCE, SEVEN TIMES. 26:38 CAME BACK FROM WITH CANCER STRAIGHT TO HIS LUNGS AND HIS 26:45 BRAIN. I WANTED TO BELIEVE HE WAS A 26:47 DETERMINED COMPETITOR WHO BEAT THE ODDS. 26:49 WHY DID HE DO IT? HE WAS RIDING UP THE PIR KNEES 26:55 OR SOMETHING OR OTHER AT THE TOUR de FRANCE. 26:59 A CYCLIST WENT PAST HIM LIKE HE WAS GOING BACKWARDS. 27:03 HE GOT OFF HIS BIKE AND SAID WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT? 27:08 THEY SAID, THEY EXPLAINED THAT GUY WAS USING PERFORMANCE 27:12 ENHANCING DRUGS. LANCE ARMSTRONG IF YOU CAN'T 27:15 BEAT 'EM -- >> JOIN. 27:18 >> AND HE DID. HE DIDN'T BECOME THE BEST 27:21 CYCLIST, HE BECAME THE BEST CHEAT IN THE WORLD. 27:24 HE FEELS POORLY ABOUT WHAT HE DID. 27:25 HE DID IT FOR THIS REASON. HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 27:32 HIS BEST WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S ONLY SPORT. 27:35 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER AT ALL. FLIP THAT OVER TO SPIRITUAL 27:40 THINGS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE RUN THE 27:47 CHRISTIAN RACE AND CALLING IT A RACE, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE 27:51 RUN THIS CHRISTIAN RACE AND REALIZED THEIR BEST IS NOT 27:55 GOOD ENOUGH. THE ANSWER SHOULD BE EVERYONE 28:00 DOES NOT. THE HONEST REALIZE THEIR BEST 28:04 IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE SELF-DELUDED ARE LYING AND 28:10 THEY SAY THEY ARE FINE AND THEY CAN DO IT. 28:14 FIRST CORINTHIANS, VERSE 24. THEY MUST RUN IN A RACE ALL 28:20 ALONE BUT ONE RECEIVES THE PRIZE. 28:23 SO RUN THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN. REALLY TALK ABOUT BEING 28:29 TEMPORARY IN ALL THINGS AND THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO WIN A 28:33 CROWN. IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN, HE 28:36 SAID, RUN TO WIN. RUN TO WIN. 28:41 BUT SO MANY CHRISTIANS LINE UP ON THE STARTING LINE. 28:46 THE GUN FIRES. THEY GET OUT OF THE BLOCK. 28:49 NEXT MINUTE, THEY ARE DOWN. THEY FAIL. 28:52 THEY FALL. THEY STUMBLE. 28:54 HERE IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO. MOST PEOPLE SAY, "OKAY I'LL 29:00 GET UP AND I'LL TRY AGAIN." I'LL JUST TRY HARDER. 29:07 OR, I'LL FAST. I'LL PRAY MORE. 29:13 I'LL GO TO PRAYER MEETING. I'LL READ MORE OF MY BIBLE. 29:17 THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS. THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS. 29:19 WE MUSTN'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING ANY OF THOSE THINGS, 29:27 WILL TURN SPIRITUAL FAILURE INTO A SPIRITUAL SUCCESS. 29:32 THIS IS NUANCED DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT 29:39 ANYONE LISTENING WILL LISTEN CAREFULLY. 29:42 NOT LOOKING FOR THE FAULTS BUT LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT. 29:46 >> OKAY. >> BECAUSE JESUS -- FROM 29:53 OURSELF AND THAT'S TRUE. AND YET ALL OF US ARE IN A 29:59 WORLD FULL OF SIN WITH A HEART THAT IN VARIOUS STAGES OF 30:03 RECOVERY FROM THE POWER OF SIN. 30:05 WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? HOW DO WE GET THE SHIP TO 30:10 FLOAT AND NOT SINK AND FLOAT AND SINK AND FLOAT AND SINK 30:14 AND FLOAT? TWO REAL EXPERIENCES THAT 30:22 INDICATE WHERE PEOPLE STRUGGLE OVER ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. 30:28 YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN AND ONE CAME TO ME AND HE SAID I'D 30:32 LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF MY BOOK, PASTOR BRADSHAW. 30:37 I SAID THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 30:39 WHILE WE WERE CHATTING, I OPENED THE BOOK UP AND STARTED 30:42 LOOKING THROUGH THE CHAPTER TITLES. 30:45 I DON'T MUCH KNOW WHY. JUST TO GET AN IDEA. 30:49 ONE OF THEM CALLED MY EYE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. 30:51 I SAID WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ABOUT? 30:53 AND HE SAID THIS IS THE CHAPTER IN WHICH WE TAKE ON -- 31:01 WHAT DID HE TEACH? HE SAID HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD 31:08 TO BE PERFECT. I ASKED WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE 31:12 A LOGICAL QUESTION. WHAT DID HE MEAN? 31:16 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE NOTICED THIS, BUT I HAVE. 31:19 YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH SOMEBODY. 31:22 AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES EVER THE 31:26 FENCE. YOU MAY ACTUALLY BE IN THE 31:28 SAME POSITION. BUT YOU ASCRIBE DIFFERENT 31:32 MEANINGS TO DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT 31:35 TENDENCIES AND PROPENSITIES AND PERFECT AND SEAMLESS. 31:40 YOU REALLY ASK THE QUESTION, JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 31:43 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I SAID WHAT DID HE MEAN BY YOU 31:47 HAD TO BE PERFECT? THE MAN RESPONDED AND SAID, HE 31:51 SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO BE SINLESS. 31:56 I SAID OH. WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT? 32:01 HE SAID, WELL HE MEANT THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP SINNING. 32:06 AND I SAID, WELL I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA. 32:11 I THOUGHT TAT WAS WHAT WE'RE IN THIS FOR. 32:15 AND HE SAID, . WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I 32:23 GAVE UP THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS. 32:26 BECAUSE JESUS GOT IN MY LIFE.-WHICH ONE OF THOSE FIVE THINGS WERE THE WRONG. 32:34 HE LOOKED. WHICH SHOULD I NOT HAVE GIVEN 32:37 UP? HE ANSWERED BY SAYING ALL OUR 32:43 RIGHTEOUSNESSES. I SAID NICE, BUT YOU JUST 32:48 PIVOTED. THAT WASN'T THE ANSWER TO THE 32:50 QUESTION. SO LET'S COME BACK. 32:53 WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS SHOULD I NOT HAVE GIVEN UP? 32:59 HE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE HOSTILE. 33:01 THE LOVE WAS GONE. I SAID, IT'S BEEN NICE TALKING 33:06 TO YOU. GOOD WASTING EACH OTHER'S 33:09 TIME. HE SUCCUMBED DOWN A LITTLE 33:11 BIT. I SAID LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER 33:15 QUESTION. A THIEF COMES TO FAITH IN 33:20 CHRIST CHOOSE TO STOP STEALING. 33:26 NO, HE SHOULD NOT. REALLY. 33:28 I SAID, OH, YOU MEAN THAT HE WILL WANT TO TRY BUT IN AND OF 33:36 HIMSELF HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY. 33:38 NO, HE DIDN'T MEAN THAT AT ALL. 33:40 MAN CANNOT STOP AND WILL NOT STOP. 33:45 I SAID, WELL, WHY IS THAT? HE WON'T BE ABLE TO. 33:55 >> THERE IS VICTORY. >> THE DEVIL MAKING SIN A 33:59 GREATER THAN JESUS' POWER TO BE A STAIN. 34:05 HAVE YOU QUIT SIN? WE'LL GET TO THAT. 34:12 I DON'T DIVULGE EVERYTHING. MAYBE I DON'T. 34:16 HE SAID THE MAN WILL WANT TO. BUT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO. 34:21 I SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE DROPPED THAT INTO THE MIDDLE OF 34:27 ROMAN'S CHAPTER 7. THE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO 34:30 I FIND MYSELF DOING. OH, WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM, 34:34 WHO WILL DELIVERY ME. PAUL GAVE AN ANSWER BUT HE WAS 34:38 GETTING NO ANSWER. HE IS STUCK IN SIN. 34:41 NO WAY OUT. GOD CAN'T CHANGE YOUR HEART. 34:45 JESUS CAN'T KEEP YOU FROM SINNING. 34:51 ROMANS 7 WOULD BE THE MOST DISCOURAGING, DEPRESSING 34:54 CHAPTER IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT 34:58 PAUL CAME BACK AND ANSWERED HIS QUESTION. 35:02 WHO SHALL DELIVER ME? HE SAID I THANK GOD THROUGH 35:07 JESUS CHRIST BY LORD. THEN THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS 35:10 SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUND WORDS OF ALL THE LITERATURE. 35:15 THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THEM IN 35:22 CHRIST JESUS WHO WALK IN THE FLESH BUT -- SO THAT'S AN 35:29 EXTREME. YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE 35:32 WHO IF THEY ARE NOT ALL THE WAY THERE BUT HAVE THEIR FOOT 35:37 IN THAT CAMP. THEY USE IT TO EXCUSE THEIR 35:39 LOVE OF SIN. THEY USE IT TO EXCUSE THEIR 35:45 PREDILECTION FOR SIN AND THEY USE IT TO EXCUSE THE FACT THEY 35:47 HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOOK TO JESUS. 35:51 IT'S AN EXCUSE FOR THEM. I'VE HEARD A MILLION TIMES. 35:59 WE'LL KEEP ON SINNING, THERE IS NOTHING ANYBODY CAN DO 36:02 ABOUT IT. I WAS DAMNED TO BE FOR THE 36:07 REST OF MY LIFE. THE SAME AS I WAS BEFORE I 36:10 CAME TO JESUS, I WOULD NEVER HAVE COME TO JESUS. 36:12 WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF THAT? 36:14 I WANTED A NEW HEART. I WANTED A NEW LIFE. 36:16 I FOUND THAT IN CHIEFT. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE THAT 36:20 TO ME T WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTLESS COMING TO JESUS AT 36:23 ALL. I READ WHERE THE GOSPEL 36:26 CONTEMPLATES OUR COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE POWER OF 36:29 SATAN. THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL 36:32 STATEMENT. BUT NOW LEST I HAVE GIVEN TOO 36:36 MUCH AMMUNITION TO PEOPLE WHO HUSE IT UNWISELY. 36:39 WE ARE TALKING A MAN WHO CAME TO ME AT THAT SAME CONVENTION. 36:43 HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 26. 36:47 YOUNGER. HE SAID, PASTOR, I REALLY NEED 36:55 TO TALK TO YOU. OH, WHAT ABOUT? 36:58 HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING 37:03 TO BE SAVED AND GO TO HELL. I SAID E OH, MAN, WHY IS THAT? 37:08 HE SAID BECAUSE I FOUND THAT THERE IS SIN IN MY LIFE. 37:16 WELL, THAT MAKES YOU THE SAME AS THE REST OF US. 37:20 WHAT MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT? HE SAID, WELL I'VE BEEN TOLD 37:25 THAT UNLESS I PUT EVERY LAST SIN OUT OF MY LIFE, LIVING A 37:34 PERFECT SINNER'S LIFE, THAT THERE IS NO WAY I CAN HAVE THE 37:37 ASSURANCE I WILL EVER BE SAVED. 37:39 I'VE GOT TO GET TO THAT LEVEL AND THEN I CAN HAVE ASSURANCE. 37:48 AND I SAID, PUT IT OUT OF YOUR MIND. 37:57 DON'T EVEN GO THERE. BECAUSE THERE IS A WAY OUT AND 38:02 WE'LL GET THERE PRETTY QUICKLY. 38:05 I HAD THE YOUNG MAN'S ATTENTION. 38:09 THERE IS SOMETHING THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE FORGET. 38:14 AND I THINK I'LL READ IT. MARK 4. 38:22 JESUS, THESE PAIR PARABLES WEREN'T FOR NOTHING. 38:29 IT IS VERSE 26. THIS IS WHERE JESUS SAID SO IS 38:33 THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS IF IS MAN CAST A SEED INTO THE 38:39 GROUND. I PAUSE HERE. 38:41 WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY MAY WELL MAKE SOME SAY, I'M OKAY WITH 38:47 THAT. BECAUSE IT GIVES AN IMMENSE 38:51 AMOUNT OF HOPE TO SOME PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO 38:56 LOOK STRAIGHT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS A BIT OF A BLUR, 38:59 A BIT AFTER A BIT OF A HAZE. 39:11 SOP IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND NIGHT AND DAY AND THE SEED 39:21 SHOULD SPRING AND GROW UP. THEN JESUS SAID FOR THE EARTH 39:25 BRING IT FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF. 39:28 FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR, THEN THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR. 39:35 BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT FORTH, THE HARVEST HAS COME. 39:42 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 39:47 MONDAY, I WAS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, JUST OUT OF SANTA 39:53 CRUZ. THE HENRY RED WOOD STATE PARK. 40:00 THEY REACH RIGHT UP AND SCRAPE THE CLOUDS. 40:03 YOU CAN'T HARDLY LOOK AT THE TREES IN YOUR BACKWARD, YOU 40:08 JUST SHAKE YOUR HEAD. THERE WAS A REDWOOD THAT HAD 40:16 FALLEN OVER. CAN YOU SEE THE RINGS AND THIS 40:20 HAD BEEN GROWING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS 40:24 BORN. BUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THESE 40:30 WILL THIN OUT. LITERAL TEENAGERS. 40:36 SKINNY LITTLE GREEN THINGS. JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT GROWTH. 40:44 A REDWOOD TREE WILL START WITH A SEED OR A CONE, A SEED IN A 40:49 CONE. THAT SEED WILL GO INTO THE 40:52 GROUND. SOMETHING IS GOING TO POP UP 40:56 OUT OF THE GROUND. WHAT IS THAT THAT POPS UP OUT 41:00 OF THE GROUND. THAT IS A REDWOOD TREE. 41:04 COMPARE IT TO THIS THING HERE UP IN THE AIR THIS REDWOOD 41:10 TREE ISN'T MUCH. WHEN JESUS SPOKE TO NICODEMUS, 41:19 HE SAID -- HE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE HIKE THIS HERE. 41:27 NICODEMUS SAID, OH, HOW CAN THAT BE AND SO FORTH. 41:33 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 41:37 NO ONE IS BORN 37 YEARS OLD. NO ONE IS BORN WITH A LICENSE 41:42 TO DRIVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE BORN AS BABIES. 41:48 THE SPIRITUALLY BORN ARE SPIRITUAL BABIES. 41:52 THAT'S JUST HOW IT ISEN I LIKE THEM, I REALLY DO LIKE THEM. 41:59 I LIKE MY OWN MORE THN MOST PEOPLE'S. 42:03 THEY ARE WONDERFUL. LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT BABIES. 42:07 WE HAVE ALL BROUGHT BABIES HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. 42:12 THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO. MOST WHAT THEY DO, THEY ARE 42:19 PRETTY ANTI-SOCIAL. THEY SCREAM IN THE NIGHT AND 42:22 THEY SMELL FUNNY, THEY SPIT UP ON YOU. 42:28 OFTEN, YOU PUT ON THAT POWDER OR LOTION, MMM, THAT ONLY 42:33 LASTS A SHORT TIME. THEN THEY ARE BACK. 42:38 THE BABY CANNOT FEED ITSELF. WHEN MY SON WAS TRYING TO FEED 42:45 HIMSELF, HE WOULD END UP WITH THE MARK OF DEFEAT. 42:52 CANNOT PUT THEIR SHOES ON. CANNOT DRESS THEMSELVES. 42:57 AT THAT AGE, THEY SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'LL HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT 43:07 THIS. DO I HAVE A SAY IN THIS 43:11 TRANSACTION. THEY CAN'T DRIVE A CAR OR 43:16 PILOT AN AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR MUCH. 43:20 JUST BE FRANK. EXCEPT THEY ARE GOOD FOR 43:25 LOVING AND GROWING. >> YES. 43:30 >> LOVING AND GROWING. ONE LITTLE REDWOOD, YOU WON'T 43:33 CUT THAT DOWN AND MAKE ANY FURNITURE OUT OF IT. 43:36 THAT WILL NEVER BE A BUILDING. CUT THEM DOWN, YOU CAN MAKE 43:51 STUFF OUT OF THEM, FINE. BUT WHEN THEY ARE A YEAR OLD, 43:55 THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING. 43:57 IF YOU OWN A PINE PLANTATION, YOUR PINE TREES ARE ONE YEAR 44:02 OLD, THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING, YOU WOULD SAY, HOLD 44:07 ON, THEY ARE VALUABLE THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO 44:11 MATURITY YET. YOU LOOK IN THE FIELD AND SAY 44:19 THERE IS NOTHING THERE. ONE DAY YOU DRIVE BY, I THINK 44:24 THERE IS SOMETHING THERE. YOU CAN SEE LITTLE GREEN. 44:29 YOU ALMOST CAN'T SEE. IT BEFORE LONG, THE BIG ONIONS 44:35 ARE READY TO HARVEST. >> YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH 44:38 THING AS A SWEET ONION. THERE IS NO SUCH THING, MY 44:43 STOMACH TELLS ME. I WENT TO WALLA WALLA AND I 44:47 TOTALLY AGREE. I DO NOT EATON YOINS. 44:51 >> OH, BUT YOU WILL LAS VEGAS THESE. 44:54 I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO ONIONS IN IT. 45:00 THESE AREN'T REGULAR, THESE ARE WALL LAWALLA SWEETS. 45:06 >> THIS MAY BE A HUGE STATEMENT. 45:09 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, THEY ARE NOT SWEET. 45:30 JESUS WASN'T TALKING ABOUT MONTERREY PINES. 45:33 HE IS TALKING ABOUT BELIEVERS. I WANTED TO SAY TO MY YOUNG 45:37 FRIENDS AT THE CONVENTION. YOU ARE PARTLY TO BLAME. 45:41 GET USED TO IT. THE INFANT THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD 45:45 SPENT TIME FALLING OVER. IT'S WHAT 2 YEARS OLD DO. 45:49 WHEN THEY ARE 5 THEY STILL TUMBLE FROM TIME TO TIME. 45:54 AT 15 THEY HAVE THE OCCASIONAL TRIP. 45:57 IT IS LESS AND LESS. SO YOU GOT TO GROW. 46:04 THIS I BELIEVE IS THE MISSING LINK IN THE CHRISTIAN 46:09 EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUBJECT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 46:12 BY FAITH. BY THE WAY, THE AUTHOR THAT I 46:16 TOLD YOU ABOUT WAS A PASTOR. GOODNESS, WHERE IT'S GONE, I 46:24 HATE TO THINK. SO YOU START SMALL. 46:28 AND YOU GROW. THIS IS THE MISSING LINK IN 46:34 RIGHTEOUSNESS. MY BOOK-WRITING FRIEND HAS 46:36 PEOPLE SITTING, YOU CAN'T COUNT ON ANYTHING MORE, THAT'S 46:42 JUST HOW IT'S BE. THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS. 46:46 BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE IS A TENDENCY THAT SAYS, 46:49 HOLD OWE A MINUTE. YOU DIDN'T EAT THE RIGHT 46:54 AMOUNT OF ALMONDS. I SAW A SNEAK A CHOCOLATE CHIP 46:58 COOKIE. YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. 46:59 HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN. 47:02 EUROPE NOT PERFECT ENOUGH. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PERFECT, 47:06 THEN JESUS CAN'T COME BACK AND ALL THIS. 47:11 WE SAID EARLIER, THE PROBLEM WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS THERE 47:16 IS A MODICUM OF TRUTH. JESUS DOES WANTS US TO BE 47:21 SAVED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 47:22 YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS. 47:25 WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE PERFECTION COMES FROM AND WHAT 47:28 IT LOOKS LIKE. HE DOES WANT TO YOU HAVE THESE 47:30 THINGS. HOW DO WE GET FROM HERE TO 47:33 THERE. HOW CAN WE HAVE A VIBRANT 47:35 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS AND HAVE ASSURANCES OF OUR 47:40 SALVATION WITH TREATING THE GOT PELL WITH INTEGRITY. 47:45 THE GOSPEL WITH INTEGRITY. JESUS WAS CLEAR. 47:49 FIRST THE BLADE. THEN THE EAR. 47:50 WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE 47:52 PROCESS OF GROWING. GROWTH. 47:57 I WOULDN'T LIE TO ANYBODY AND CLAIM I AM THE FINISHED 48:01 PRODUCT. I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. 48:04 I'M NOT. BUT MY EXPECTATION, I'M 48:11 GROWING AND CONTINUING TO GROW. 48:13 I THANK GOD I'M NOT WHAT I WAS WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CHRIST. 48:19 I'M A MILLION MILES FROM THERE. 48:24 NEVERTHELESS, I HAD SALVATION. I WASN'T DOING EVERYTHING 48:28 RIGHT. I WASN'T FOLLOWING ALL THE 48:30 RULES. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF 48:32 THE PRINCIPLES. SOME I DID UNDERSTAND BUT, 48:36 WHOO, NO WAY I CAN DO THAT IN MY LIFE. 48:38 I HAVE A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO. 48:40 THERE IS A CHALLENGE AND THE CHALLENGE IS MULTI-FACETED. 48:45 YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CHURCH. 48:49 WE'LL SEGUE AWAY FROM IT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T 48:55 KNOW THEY HAVE SALVATION OR THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE 48:59 SALVATION BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING RIGHT WHAT HAPPENS IS 49:03 THIS. WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE A 49:06 PROBLEM SEPARATING PERFORMANCE FROM SALVATION. 49:14 RIGHT? SEPARATING PERFORMANCE FROM 49:18 SALVATION. FOR EXAMPLE, I LOST MY TEMPER 49:20 THIS MORNING, SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE SALVATION. 49:24 YOU KNW, I LIKE TO EAT THE FOOD I SHOULDN'T EAT, I HAVE A 49:31 WEAKNESS. I HAVE A HANKERING. 49:33 ONCE IN A WHILE I WEAKEN, SO I DON'T HAVE SALVATION. 49:38 NONSENSE. WHAT YOU HAVE IS JESUS AND YOU 49:40 ARE GROWING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FACTOR 49:44 IN WHAT IS THE ATTITUDES OF YOUR HEART. 49:48 WHAT IS THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR HEART. 49:50 ARE YOU SINCERE? WE HAVE TO FACTOR THAT GROWTH 49:56 IN. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE 49:57 ARE HAVING AN EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, 50:01 YES, I AM GROWING IN JESUS. I MAY HAVE MY WEAKNESSES BUT 50:06 I'M BRINGING THEM TO JESUS BUT HE IS GROWING ME. 50:09 A LITTLE PATIENCE WITH OURSELVES. 50:10 YOU DON'T WANT TO GET COMFORTABLE IN YOUR SIN. 50:13 THIS IDEA WE HAVE TO PULL OURSELVES BY OUR BOOT STRAPS 50:17 AND WE CANNOT HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION UNTIL 50:20 WE REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL IS DEVASTATING. 50:25 IT DRIVES PEOPLE AWAY FROM JESUS. 50:28 >> I THINK WHAT IT DOES, THIS IS ONE OF HIS PLOYS AND THAT 50:35 IS TO DETRACT FROM THE TRUE CHARACTER OF GOD. 50:41 SO YOU THINK -- HE IS WAITING FOR YOU TO MESS UP SO THAT HE 50:48 CAN BLOCK YOUR NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE. 50:51 THEN YOU HAVE A TOTALLY DISTORTED VIEW OF WHO GOD IS. 50:55 THAT'S WHAT SATAN WANTS TO YOU DO. 50:56 IT'S A JOURNEY. IT'S A PROCESS. 50:59 >> YES. >> IT'S NOT JUST THIS IS 51:01 THERE. IF THAT'S THE CASE WE WOULD 51:05 ALL BE -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 51:07 >> WE NO MORE BECOME PERFECT BY OUR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS, 51:11 NOT DOING THIS, NOT DOING THAT, THAN WE CAN BECOME 51:15 PERFECT PHYSICALLY. INSTEAD OF GETTING OLDER AND 51:18 LOSING OUR HAIR AND TEETH, JUST SAY, LOOK, I'LL JUST BE 51:23 PERFECT. WE HAVE NO MORE CONTROL OF 51:25 THAT THAN THE OTHER. ONLY THROUGH CHRIST, I'VE BEEN 51:30 THERE. I'VE SEEN THEM. 51:35 YOU DIDN'T DO THIS, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT, HOW CAN YOU 51:40 POSSIBLY -- PEOPLE COME TO MY HOUSE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN 51:44 THE MINISTRY, INVITE THEM OVER. 51:47 I'VE HAD PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE CABINET AND READ THE LAIBLESZ. 51:54 ANYTHING WITH A LABEL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE EATING IT. 52:00 I DIDN'T KNOW. I NOPE IT'S ONE THING THAT THE 52:03 PEOPLE WHO ARE SO LEGALISTIC, SO DO AND DON'T, ARE SOME OF 52:09 THE MOST UNHEALTHY PEOPLE. >> THEY DON'T HAVE THE JOY OF 52:17 SALVATION. NO, NO, NO. 52:20 WE'LL BE VERY, GOOD. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SIN. 52:24 JESUS IS AGAINST. IT BIBLE IS AGAINST IT. 52:28 WE WON'T GIVE ANYBODY A FREE PASS. 52:30 THE FOLKS THAT WANT THE LOWER THE BOOM ON YOU OR ON THEMSELF 52:34 THEY CANNOT HAVE JOY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 52:38 THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING 52:42 FOR STRIVING, HOPING, WISHING BUT THEY NEVER KNOW. 52:49 JOHN WROTE SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL 52:53 LIFE. TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST 52:56 TO PIVOT -- I USED THAT WORD BEFORE. 52:59 SOME THINGS WE'LL COME BACK TO, I'M NOT DONE. 53:02 HERE IS WHERE IT BECOMES DEVASTATING IN THE CHURCH. 53:05 I'M LOOKING AT ME AND I'M SAYING I CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH 53:09 FOR GOOD. I CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO 53:11 TO HEAVEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID. 53:15 I GOT ANGRY WITH A GUY WHO CUT ME OFF IN TRAFFIC. 53:18 WHAT THAT TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE GROWING TO DO. 53:21 IT DOESN'T TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE LOST. 53:22 IT DOESN'T TELL YOU YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN. 53:28 IF WE DON'T WRITE THE PRESCRIPTION FOR SOMEONE 53:31 ELSE'S SALVATION, WE HAVE TO TRUST. 53:34 THAT PERSON COMING IN YOUR CABINETS IS WANTING TO DRAG 53:38 YOU HIS OR HER WAY. HE DOESN'T TRUST YOUR 53:41 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT GOD CAN GUIDE YOU. 53:43 WE HAVE TO TRUST PEOPLE TO GROW WITH JESUS. 53:48 WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS. HE COMES TO THE CHURCH AND HE 54:00 HE -- I UNDERSTAND PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN. 54:03 I GET THAT. THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 54:08 THAT'S A TEACHING MOMENT. YOU KNOW EMILY, MOMMY DOESN'T 54:14 DRESS THAT WAY BUT WE LOVE PEOPLE WHO DO. 54:18 SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE WAY WE DO. 54:21 YOU CAN EASILY USE THESE AS TEACHING MOMENTS. 54:24 WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN A MAN COMES IN, PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH 54:31 ARE SAYING THIS MAN ISN'T A REAL CHRISTIAN. 54:36 THIS MAN MAYBE -- MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE IN IN THE CHURCH 54:43 AND THEY HAVE AN ANGER PROBLEM. 54:46 I'M NOT MINIMIZING THAT. NOW YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN YOUR 54:50 NOSE AT THAT PERSON, SAYING HE IS NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN. 54:54 OR THIS PERSON DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW, HE IS 54:57 NOTE A TRUE CRIMP. THAT PERSON IS MORE THAN 55:01 LIKELY -- IT'S LIKE SAYING THIS ISN'T A TRUE REDWOOD 55:04 TREE. OF COURSE IT'S A TRUE REDWOOD 55:10 TREE. LET'S GET IN YOUR CORN PATCH 55:12 AND CUT IT ALL DOWN BECAUSE THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO 55:17 EAT. YOU'D SAY GET OUT OF MY CORN 55:21 PATCH. I'M ABOUT TO ADD NITROGEN AND 55:24 SOON I'LL HAVE THE BEST CORN IN THE COUNTY. 55:27 LET IT GROW. DON'T HURT T LET IT GROW. 55:30 KEEP THE PESTS AWAY SO IT CAN GROW. 55:32 KEEP THE BUGS OUT SO IT CAN GROW. 55:36 KEEP THE PESTS AWAY SOME OF THE CHRISTIANS, SOME OF THE 55:40 NEW BELIEVERS SO THEY CAN GROW. 55:42 IT'S AN IMPORTANT STAGE. IT'S MORE WISDOM THAN I'VE 55:50 GOT, THE WORK OF A LIFETIME. TALKING ABOUT GROWING. 55:53 AND WE GROW IN JESUS. WE JUST DON'T STOP GROWING. 56:00 ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE IS A QUESTION I'M GOING 56:04 TO ASK. IT'S A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION. 56:08 >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK BUT TELL US WHAT IT WILL BE. 56:11 >> SOME PEOPLE WILL FALL FOR. IT EVERYBODY DOES. 56:14 I ASK A QUESTION. SHOULD A PERSON BE PERFECT, 56:19 DOES A PERSON HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN ORDER TO -- DON'T 56:24 ANSWER. DOES A PERSON HAVE TO BE 56:28 PERFECT IN ORDER TO BE BAPTIZED. 56:30 I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES. 56:34 I'LL TELL YOU WHY. >> OH, OKAY. 56:37 >> FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. >> I KNOW. 56:47 WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME SO FAR. FOR THOSE OF YOU WE'LL TAKE A 56:50 BREAK, CALL IN FOR YOUR FREE OFFER. 56:55 ALSO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 56:58 I'LL TAKE THE LAST 30 MINUTES, WE WANT HIM TO WALK US THROUGH 57:02 THIS WHOLE TIME AND WHATEVER TIME LEFT WE'LL ASK THE FOLKS 57:06 TO BRING YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR QUESTIONS. 57:09 WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK IN JUST A 57:13 FEW MOMENTS. TELL US HOW WE CAN GET THIS. 57:16 >> CALL US AT 618-627-4651 OR E-MAIL US. 57:29 SOMETIMES HE BRINGS US, MOST OF THE TIME, THINGS WE DON'T 57:32 ALREADY KNOW. >> I LOVE THOSE. 57:36 >> THIS IS SO FREEING. >> IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER. 57:42 GOODER AND BETTER. DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE BACK 57:46 IN JUST A MINUTE. |
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