At 6:29 PM on Thursday, the
23rd July, 2020, a high speed
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criminal car chase ended
here in a spectacular car crash.
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A white Juke came around this
corner, fish-tailed, rolled and
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smashed through the
road barrier before landing
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back on its wheels right here.
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As many Gold Coast
residents and holiday makers
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were relaxing near
the beach and having fun,
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one man was fighting for
his life and possessions.
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The police soon
arrived arrested the driver
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and quickly
established a crime scene.
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The sensational incident
was telecast on national news
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across Australia
and around the world.
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Today, we're going to meet
some of the people involved
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and re-live this
amazing story as we make this
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high-speed journey, perhaps
we'll discover what's really
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worth living for and what
gives true meaning to our lives.
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The Gold Coast is
Australia's Holiday Capitol,
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it's famed for its
long sandy beaches,
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world-renowned surfing
spots and an elaborate system of
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inland canal
systems and waterways.
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Thousands flock here to
holiday and have fun in the sun.
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And family fun on the Gold Coast
starts on its golden beaches
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and then with a visit to
one of its many theme parks.
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Choose your own adventure
from extreme water slides
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to roller coasters
and attractions and
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when you are ready for a
break from all of the action and
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excitement, just a few
kilometers Inland, you could
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find peace and tranquility
hiking the trails that
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crisscross Lamington National
Parks mountains and ridges and
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valleys home to waterfalls,
rare birds, and rainforests.
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The Gold Coast, it's got it all,
no wonder it's been attracting
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Australian families for decades.
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The Gold Coast is
Australia's sixth largest city
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and one of its fastest-growing,
thousands of people are moving
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to the Gold Coast each
year and they're coming to stay.
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The growing population means
more homes, shops, offices,
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and factories, each new building
needs glass windows, glass doors
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and sometimes even glass roofs.
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And one of the many
builders and glass specialists
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on the Gold Coast who
delivers and fits all this glass
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is Robert Brzeski.
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Robert and his family fled
their night of Poland and its
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draconian communist government
in 1981, seeking freedom and
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the ability to worship and
practice religion according
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to their conscience.
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Traveling at night
with the help of friends
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they escaped across the
border into Czechoslovakia
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and then made their way
through Hungary and the former
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Yugoslavia into Austria.
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They were
apprehended crossing the border
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into Germany and were
placed in a refugee camp.
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Robert was 17 at the time
and had completed a brick laying
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apprenticeship before fleeing
Poland, after many months in
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limbo desperately seeking
a country to take them in.
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Australia accepted Robert and
his family as Political refugees
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they arrived in Sydney aboard a
Quantas flight in December 1982.
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Robert reveled in the
freedom of his new country
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and soon embraced the Australian
culture and way of life.
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Robert enrolled as a carpenter's
apprentice and became a licensed
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carpenter two and
a half years later.
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Then, while working as a
carpenter Robert completed a
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five-year building
management course and became a
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licensed builder.
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While completing his builder's
course, Robert fell in love with
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Biatta, a fellow
refugee from Czechoslovakia
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just across the border
from his native Poland.
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Robert and Biatta were
married in 1989, and honeymooned
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on the Gold Coast, they
soon discovered that they had
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not only fallen in love
with each other but also with
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the Gold Coast.
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Married life drew not only
responsibilities and Robert
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worked long hours as he
established a reputation
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as a top class builder. He was
A perfectionist and made sure
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he had the very
best tools for his work.
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He saw these tools as
an important and worthwhile
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investment as they were a
critical part of his every day
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activities. Before long,
he owned thousands of dollars
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worth of tools and equipment.
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Robert and Biatta's
family expanded to five
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with the arrival of
two sons and a daughter.
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Now Robert's work, tools,
and equipment became even more
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important as he had a
growing family to care for.
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Whenever they could, they
would return to the Gold Coast
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for their holidays and
they moved permanently to the
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Gold Coast in 2004, where Robert
established a building business.
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Robert began to specialize in
glass and aluminum installations
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he fitted out and provided
services for large shopping
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centers, new high-rise
apartments and luxury homes.
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His tool kit was growing
all the time and became more
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and more important in providing
and caring for his family.
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He was soon to find out
just how much those tools meant
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to him and what extremes
he was prepared to go to
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in order to protect them.
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At 5:45 pm, after work on
Thursday the 23rd of July, 2020,
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Robert attended an appointment
at the Robina Chiropractic
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Wellness Center just a
few meters behind me here.
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It was the only place at
the group of shops open after
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business hours, and there
were only a few other cars
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in the parking lot. He parked
his Juke outside the building
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under the street lights.
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He was only away for about
half an hour and on his return,
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he heard and saw something
that got his heart pounding
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and the adrenaline
racing through his body.
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After leaving the appointment
I heard that somebody's been
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walking around my
truck and slammed my toolbox
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I turned around and I
saw a gentleman carrying
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tools out of my truck.
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Robert immediately ran towards
the man, shouting for him
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to stop. As he got
closer the man threw the tools
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onto the seat of his
own Juke and jumped inside
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and started the vehicle.
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In an instant, the Juke was
racing directly towards Robert
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with the engine revving
and the tires screeching
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again, Robert
yelled out STOP, STOP.
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All he could think about
was getting his tools back
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and he just had to recover
them. In a flash, the Juke was
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bearing down on him, at
that moment he realized that
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the driver fully intended to
crash into him, or run over him.
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Now, his life was
in serious danger.
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At this moment, I was in
front of the car and I saw
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that it is not going to go
anywhere after asking to stop,
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I jumped on the
truck on the bonnet...
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Now, he was face-to-face
with his assailant as he clung
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onto the bonnet for dear life.
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Robert hoped the driver would
stop, however, the thief had
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no intention of
slowing down or stopping.
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He floored the accelerator and
raced off out of the car park
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towards the exit. As the Juke
screeched out of the parking lot
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the thief swerved sharply
to the left, and that caused me
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to slide off the
truck, off his bonnet and at
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that stage, I grabbed a
ladder that was on his roof rack
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and that ladder has slid
along the roof rack causing me
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sliding with the ladder
and falling off the truck
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and breaking his side mirror.
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The Juke was now traveling
at speed and the driver
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swerved sharply to the
left again trying to dislodge
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Robert. Then he entered
the main roadway at high speed
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cutting in front of traffic
with Robert, who at this stage
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was hanging on the side
of the Juke with his legs
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close to the road surface.
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Robert could see all
the traffic behind the Juke,
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he was fearing for his
life but he couldn't let go
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as the Juke was traveling
at high speed and was still
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accelerating. Once on the
road the thief swerved from the
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left lane to the right
lane causing Robert to be thrown
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back onto the
bonnet of the Juke again.
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While the Juke was swerving
from side to side, Robert
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somehow managed to
regain his balance and proceeded
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to crawl higher up the
bonnet towards the top of the
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windscreen. He then
reached over the windscreen and
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clamored over the cab
roof before he jumped into the
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tray of the Juke and
landed between the toolboxes.
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Meanwhile, the driver continued
to swerve from left to right
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without stopping, desperately
trying to shake Robert off.
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He traveled about one and
a half a kilometer down the
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main roadway with Robert
bracing himself between the
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toolboxes on the back tray.
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As he looked around, Robert saw
more of his tools lying on the
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back of the tray.
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At this stage, I saw all my
tools on the back of the truck
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and I picked up the
one that's got a metal tip,
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then broke the rear windscreen.
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Once the window was smashed
open, Robert started to talk
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to the thief in a calm manner.
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He told him how foolish he
was an asked if he understood
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what he'd done. Robert
encouraged the thief to stop.
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He asked him if he had a
plan regarding what he intended
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to do now. All of a
sudden Robert felt a
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rapid acceleration as the Juke
started to turn to the right,
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once it had made the right
turn the vehicle began to skid
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and soon was
fishtailing down the road.
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I saw a Juke coming quite
fast from the left, and it was
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turning right, and I
slowed my speed and watched him
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go around the corner, he started
to drift a little bit and
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that's when I noticed the guy
in the back holding on to the
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tray, and he looked like he
was surfing or carrying on a
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little bit, so the first
thing that registered was
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ahh, just a couple of idiots
being stupid, and then I saw
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the Juke clips the
curb and flipped over.
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I was on the phone
with my sister at the time
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and I noticed, I just freaked
out a little bit, and I just
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said look, I got to go, I think
I've just watched someone die.
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So, really quickly, I
turned around and pulled out
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next to where the
Juke flipped and landed...
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The driver had lost control
of the vehicle and had hit
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side curb and
flipped onto its side.
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The Juke then skidded on
its side across the footpath
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and into the garden
before it came to a full stop
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Robert managed to walk
away with only a few scratches.
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Once off the Juke, Robert
saw that it had rolled back
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onto its wheels again, he
was afraid that the driver would
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take off again and so quickly
ran over and opened the driver's
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door, he grabbed the thief
and held him back in his seat
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as he was trying to
get out of the Juke,
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then Robert noticed that
the thief was reaching for
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the ignition keys and
trying to restart the vehicle.
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He was trying to start the
car and with a bit of a struggle
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I regained control and took
the keys out of his ignition.
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At this stage, he was
screaming abuse, help, help
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he's abusing me, and
spectators started coming and
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started screaming at me.
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I saw a guy holding the
driver in the seat, trying to
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restrain him and the
first thing that registered was
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where's the guy in the back
and I'm trying to look for him
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and I'm like, oh man, there's
a guy in the back, where is he
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and the guy's, it's me,
I was in the back, okay,
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how are you alive?
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People start helping me
and I start screaming for them
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to call cops and ambulance
and at this stage, as soon as
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I took the keys out of his
ignition, he stopped struggling
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because he realized
that he has nowhere to go.
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Then the driver
holding the driver in the seat
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he was explaining that
the driver had just stolen
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some tools from his truck
and to my amazement, I just
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man, you shouldn't be
worried about your tools,
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you should be worried about
you, and he didn't even have
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a scratch on him somehow,
but, yeah it's just a pretty
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extraordinary sight. And he
asked to come out of the car
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and I said, definitely not, and
I asked him to reseat himself
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and his sin is not going away.
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I think that driver was
pretty defeated by that point
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by the time I roughed him up
and a few people gathered around
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and he just submitted, and
he just sat there until the
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police came.
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And when the police came, I
just stepped back and let the
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police take the charge, and
I just became one of the crowd.
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Robert risked his
life to recover his tools,
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he used them every day at
work and those tools meant
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a lot to him as they allowed
him to provide for his family.
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and he is willing to risk
every- thing for his family
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and their well-being.
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Robert Bresky's experience
reminds us that there are times
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when it's good and appropriate
even necessary to stop, reflect,
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and take a close look at
our lives and consider what
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we're willing to die for.
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What do we love more than life?
What things are worth dying for?
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Now, why is it
important even vital to do this?
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Well, simply because the
things worth dying for reveal
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most powerfully, the
things worth living for.
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You see, the things
we are willing to die for
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are properly understood, the
very things that we should live
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for, the things
that give live meaning.
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Now, of course, there are
many things that are not worth
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dying for or even
worth living for that matter
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these include so much
of what the media, society,
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and our modern culture values
and prizes and brainwashes us
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to think they're vitally
important, such as acquiring
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more and more meaningless
things seeking pleasure,
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achieving high status, success,
power, the focus is on self,
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me, I. Yes, it's all about me.
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We live in an age when we
become preoccupied with self,
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the whole focus is
inward rather than outward.
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The question is moved from
what is best for other people
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and the family to
what is best for me?
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Some even think we're
becoming a nation of narcissists
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that's when people
become self-centered and focused
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on themselves and need excessive
admiration and approval
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from mothers while showing
disregard for other people's
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sensitivities.
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The rise of hugely popular
social media networking sites
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have only promoted and
exacerbated the situation.
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Recent research found that
people who posted large numbers
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of selfies on social
media developed a 25% rise
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in narcissistic traits
over a four-month period.
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Now, I think we'd all agree
that whole scene and situation
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certainly isn't worth
dying for, or even living for.
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So, what is worth dying
for? Well, let's remember
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that when we talk about what's
worth dying for, we're really
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talking about what's worth
living for because the answer
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to each is the same.
What's worth dying for
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and living for? Only love.
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Throughout history, men and
women have been willing to die
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for family,
friends, country and beliefs.
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In a sense, these
are natural loves.
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Love is demanding
it draws us not inwards
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but outside ourselves.
Love changes our focus from
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self to others. Consider
these four natural loves.
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Let's start with the
family. Families at their best
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are an exercise in
self-denial for those we love.
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Mothers and Fathers make
huge sacrifices to raise and
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protect their children, the
whole focus is directed toward
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their children, their family.
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Parents are prepared to
make from small sacrifices to
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major life changes in
order to make sure their kids
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have a better life.
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Parents strive to make their
kids' lives better before they
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come into this world
and continue to do that
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to their very last breath.
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The sacrifices they make for
their family, their children,
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are innumerable.
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Just consider some
of these sacrifices.
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Time, money, relationships,
personal life, sleep,
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freedom, social life, career,
food desires, the list goes
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on and on. Parents are
prepared to sacrifice everything
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all because they have
unconditional love for their
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family, their children.
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Sometimes that means
making the ultimate sacrifice
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like the heroic mother in
Hunan, China, who was trapped
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with her two children in a
blazing 4th-floor apartment
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with no way of escape.
00:19:02.24\00:19:03.87
She managed to salvage
some bed sheets and throw them
00:19:03.91\00:19:07.34
out of the window to
onlookers below to use to catch
00:19:07.38\00:19:11.01
the children. Racing
against time and the toxic smoke
00:19:11.05\00:19:14.62
that was weakening
her, she lifted her daughter
00:19:14.65\00:19:17.45
and threw her out of
the window to safety.
00:19:17.49\00:19:20.39
Then using her last ounce
of energy, she managed to lift
00:19:20.42\00:19:25.06
her son to the window so that
he too could jump to safety.
00:19:25.09\00:19:29.46
But all that effort
taxed her body to the limit and
00:19:29.50\00:19:34.14
sapped all her energy,
she collapsed and was overcome
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by the fumes and fire. She
made the ultimate sacrifice
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to save her children.
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She knew what she
was willing to die for.
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Here is another
example of natural love.
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Friendship. It's generally
a more mild love than family
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and the notion of dying
for a friend may seem remote
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however, Jesus once said.
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And indeed in
almost every culture since
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the beginning of time,
sacrificing your own life
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in order that others may
live, has been regarded as the
00:20:16.44\00:20:20.32
ultimate act of
selflessness and courage.
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Understandably, it's an
act only few people are ever
00:20:22.88\00:20:26.92
willing to make but over
the course of history some
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remarkable people
have done just this,
00:20:30.86\00:20:32.99
they've given up their
own lives so that others
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can carry on living.
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.53
Max Colby was one of
them, he was a Polish Priest
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who was sent to Auschwitz
Concentration Camp in 1941?
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Now, there was a rule
in Auschwitz, that 10 men
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would be if one attempted to
escape the concentration camp.
00:20:51.55\00:20:56.02
A man from Colby's
bunker escaped in July 1941
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so 10 men elected
to be starved to death.
00:21:00.82\00:21:05.33
One of the chosen prisoners
who Colby had befriended,
00:21:05.36\00:21:09.16
cried out about his wife and
young children who needed him.
00:21:09.20\00:21:13.07
Immediately Max Colby
stepped forward and asked
00:21:13.10\00:21:17.57
to take his place, the
commandant agreed, two weeks
00:21:17.61\00:21:22.21
later Colby was dead, but he
knew what was worth dying for.
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Another example of natural
love that people are willing
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to die for is our country.
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.62
History is full of
stories of young men and women,
00:21:34.66\00:21:37.53
soldiers that have been willing
to risk their lives to protect
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their country and fellow
citizens, and thousands of them
00:21:41.70\00:21:45.73
have paid the
ultimate sacrifice.
00:21:45.77\00:21:47.97
One of them is John
Simpson, who enlisted in
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World War I. He was a stretcher
bearer with the Third Australian
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Film Ambulance Brigade
during The Gallipoli Campaign
00:21:55.28\00:21:58.91
After the landing on the Anzak
Cove on the 25th of April, 1915,
00:21:58.95\00:22:04.12
Simpson used donkeys to provide
first aid and carry wounded
00:22:04.15\00:22:09.02
soldiers to the safety
of the beach from where
00:22:09.06\00:22:12.16
they could be evacuated.
00:22:12.19\00:22:13.73
Day after day and week after
week Simpson and his donkey
00:22:13.76\00:22:18.50
would wind their way
through the hills and valleys
00:22:18.53\00:22:21.10
looking for wounded
soldiers even though it was
00:22:21.14\00:22:24.37
very dangerous. Simpson
would crawl on his belly
00:22:24.41\00:22:28.41
often under heavy fire and
drag soldiers back to safety.
00:22:28.44\00:22:32.41
He would then put the injured
soldier on the donkey's back
00:22:32.45\00:22:35.75
and lead him down to
the beach and safety.
00:22:35.78\00:22:39.12
He continued this work
for three and a half weeks
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until he was killed by machine
gun fire while trying to save
00:22:42.32\00:22:46.39
another soldier.
00:22:46.43\00:22:47.83
John Simpson knew
what was worth dying for.
00:22:47.86\00:22:52.77
Another example of
natural love that people are
00:22:52.80\00:22:56.94
willing to die for is Beliefs.
00:22:56.97\00:22:59.47
Down through history, people
have been willing to sacrifice
00:22:59.51\00:23:03.68
their lives for what
they believe in and that's
00:23:03.71\00:23:06.98
certainly true
about religious beliefs.
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.42
Take, for
example, Christian beliefs.
00:23:09.45\00:23:12.65
Since the time of Christ,
many of His followers have been
00:23:12.69\00:23:17.43
prepared to die for
their faith and belief in Him.
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.60
During the time of the
early church, there was Stephen
00:23:20.63\00:23:24.43
and Polycarp and many others.
Then, later, there were people
00:23:24.47\00:23:29.44
like William Tyndale, who
was willing to die in order to
00:23:29.47\00:23:34.04
translate the
Bible into English.
00:23:34.08\00:23:36.11
And then there were
others like Jerome and Leon Huss
00:23:36.14\00:23:40.28
who were willing to die
for their belief of Jesus
00:23:40.32\00:23:42.98
and Bible truth. For them belief
and faith in Jesus wasn't just
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something to live for, it
was also something to die for.
00:23:48.92\00:23:53.80
Yes, they knew what was worth
dying for, so there they are
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Four Natural Loves: family,
friends, country, and beliefs.
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Throughout history, men and
women have been willing to die
00:24:09.18\00:24:13.21
for them. What about you and me?
00:24:13.25\00:24:15.85
It's certainly
important to ask ourselves,
00:24:15.88\00:24:18.62
what's worth dying for
because what's worth dying for
00:24:18.65\00:24:24.06
reveals most powerfully
the things worth living for.
00:24:24.09\00:24:28.06
The things that
give life meaning.
00:24:28.10\00:24:30.70
and they're all
centered around relationships.
00:24:35.97\00:24:39.21
That's what life is all about.
00:24:39.24\00:24:42.54
No wonder men and women
have been willing to die
00:24:42.58\00:24:45.85
for these four loves,
but did you know that there's
00:24:45.88\00:24:49.12
a fifth love worth
dying for? and that's you.
00:24:49.15\00:24:53.92
In God's eyes, you
are worth dying for.
00:24:53.96\00:24:58.59
Here's what the Bible says in
Romans chapter 5 verses 6 to 8.
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We're not perfect people, we
make mistakes, we are sinners,
00:25:27.39\00:25:34.00
and even though we were sinners
and enemies Christ died for us.
00:25:34.03\00:25:39.37
This is unimaginable
good news because God knows
00:25:39.40\00:25:45.34
what is worth dying
for and in His eyes,
00:25:45.37\00:25:48.94
you are worth dying for.
00:25:48.98\00:25:52.01
To God, you are so precious,
so valuable, so wonderful,
00:25:52.05\00:25:57.55
so worthwhile, that He wants
to spend eternity with you.
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And to make that possible
He was prepared to die for you
00:26:01.72\00:26:05.93
and pay the penalty
for your sins and mistakes
00:26:05.96\00:26:08.73
so that you can
live with Him forever.
00:26:08.76\00:26:12.13
In God's eyes, you
are worth dying for.
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