¤ >>> AND WE ARE BACK. 00:00:14.81\00:00:16.71 MY GUEST IS JOHN BRADSHAW, SPEAKER, DIRECTOR OF IT IS 00:00:16.71\00:00:21.35 WRITTEN MINISTRY. A WORDWIDE MINISTRY. 00:00:21.35\00:00:25.49 CERTAINLY SEEN HERE ON 3ABN, ANY ADVENTIST SHOW, YOU ARE ON THEIR 00:00:25.49\00:00:32.26 RADIO AND TELEVISION. >> I HOPE SO. 00:00:32.26\00:00:34.86 AND MANY OTHER CHANNELS AS WELL. NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 00:00:34.86\00:00:39.73 I WISH WE COULD BE ON MORE, BUT WE LEAVE THAT WITH GOD. 00:00:39.73\00:00:43.24 >> AND GOD IS DOING GREAT WORK THROUGH YOU. 00:00:43.24\00:00:45.94 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 00:00:45.94\00:00:48.94 SALVATION, AND THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 00:00:48.94\00:00:51.75 AND I ADMITTED TO JOHN, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER EARLY ON IN MY 00:00:51.75\00:00:59.09 MINISTRY, AND I RAN INTO A STATEMENT THAT ELLEN WHITE SAID 00:00:59.09\00:01:05.33 WE SHOULD NEVER SAY WE ARE SAVED. 00:01:05.33\00:01:07.50 AND I DIDN'T BOTHER TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THAT WAS 00:01:07.50\00:01:12.47 MADE. SO I RAN AROUND AND SAYING 00:01:12.47\00:01:15.87 [ INAUDIBLE ] I PREACHED THAT FOR A WHILE, UNTIL I REALLY HAD 00:01:15.87\00:01:21.34 A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND WORK WITH IT. 00:01:21.34\00:01:24.28 AND THEN I RAN INTO THESE STATEMENTS, YOU ARE NOT WALKING 00:01:24.28\00:01:28.95 AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, I ON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T 00:01:28.95\00:01:31.89 KNOW. YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW. 00:01:31.89\00:01:34.12 SO I HAD TO BRING THEM TOGETHER AND GET SOME UNDERSTANDING. 00:01:34.12\00:01:37.99 NOW YOU ARE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 00:01:37.99\00:01:41.73 YOU OUT NOT BE HAZY ABOUT YOUR STANNING WITH THE LORD. 00:01:41.73\00:01:46.30 >> JOHN WROTE, THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN THESE THINGS I HAVE 00:01:46.30\00:01:51.01 WRITTEN TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD -- 00:01:51.01\00:01:54.01 >> YES. YES. 00:01:54.01\00:01:55.28 >> -- THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, THAT YOU MAY 00:01:55.28\00:01:59.45 CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD. 00:01:59.45\00:02:03.25 SO EVENTUALLY, JOHN WHO WROTE REVELATION HAD THE IDEA THAT WE 00:02:03.25\00:02:06.89 CAN HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 00:02:06.89\00:02:11.39 AND THAT STATEMENT INDICATES QUITE RIGHTLY THAT WE CANNOT BE 00:02:11.39\00:02:17.53 LOST. IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT I DO, I 00:02:17.53\00:02:21.30 HAVE PUNCHED MY TICKET BECAUSE YOU ARE SAVED IN CHRIST. 00:02:21.30\00:02:29.61 ONE MORNING IN THE CHAPEL, THEY WERE FILING OUT -- I'M ALWAYS AT 00:02:29.61\00:02:34.18 THE DOOR GREETING PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU, SO GLAD TO SEE 00:02:34.18\00:02:39.05 YOU. AND I SAID AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, 00:02:39.05\00:02:41.69 JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON. AND THIS WOMAN LOOKED UP AT ME, 00:02:41.69\00:02:45.79 AND SHE SAID, YES, PASTOR, AND I HOPE I'M READY. 00:02:45.79\00:02:50.33 I SAID WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE SAID PASTOR, DID I SAY 00:02:50.33\00:02:54.54 SOMETHING WRONG? I SAID YES, YOU DID. 00:02:54.54\00:02:57.41 SHE SAID AM I IN TROUBLE? I SAID, I THINK YOU ARE, WE NEED 00:02:57.41\00:03:02.21 TO TALK. I SAID TO THE NEXT PERSON IN 00:03:02.21\00:03:06.78 LINE, WAIT RIGHT THERE, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 00:03:06.78\00:03:10.05 I SAID WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE SAID I HOPE I'M READY WHEN 00:03:10.05\00:03:15.69 JESUS COME BACKS. I SAID HAVE YOU GIVEN HIM YOUR 00:03:15.69\00:03:20.16 HEART? >> YES. 00:03:20.16\00:03:21.10 OKAY. THEN HAVE YOU GOT A DRINKING 00:03:21.10\00:03:22.96 ISSUE IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, SISTER? 00:03:22.96\00:03:25.83 NO. DRUGS? 00:03:25.83\00:03:26.94 NO, OF COURSE NOT. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:03:26.94\00:03:30.77 >> BOYFRIEND? NOW, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE 00:03:30.77\00:03:34.58 CAREFUL -- I NEW HER. SHE SAID OH, PASTOR. 00:03:34.58\00:03:38.25 I SAID LISTEN SISTER, YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND 00:03:38.25\00:03:43.02 ACCEPTED HIS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YES, I HAVE. 00:03:43.02\00:03:48.49 HE HAS FORGIVEN YOU OF YOUR SINS. 00:03:48.49\00:03:58.03 THEN STOP HOPING AND START BELIEVING. 00:03:58.03\00:04:04.44 IF WE DECIDE I DON'T WANT THIS, GOD HAS NO OPTION BUT TO HONOR 00:04:04.44\00:04:08.64 OUR CHOICE. BUT THERE IS NO ONE WHO SHOULD 00:04:08.64\00:04:11.91 SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M ALMOST THERE, BUT I -- I STILL 00:04:11.91\00:04:16.58 EAT TOO MANY ALMONDS OR I HAVE CHEESE ONCE IN A WHILE, OR I 00:04:16.58\00:04:21.12 KNOW I NEED TO BETTER AGO THE WAY I ORGANIZE -- WHATEVER IT 00:04:21.12\00:04:25.33 MIGHT BE. IT'S NOT TO MAKE LIGHT OF ANY 00:04:25.33\00:04:27.66 ISSUE OF SIN. I LOSE MY TEMPER NOW AND THEN. 00:04:27.66\00:04:31.00 YOU SHOULD DON'T THAT, BUT WE'LL COME TO THIS IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:04:31.00\00:04:36.47 WE OUT TO HAVE ASSURANCE IN JESUS CHRIST. 00:04:36.47\00:04:42.31 LET ME READ FROM MARK 4. BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN THING 00:04:42.31\00:04:47.72 HERE, THAT I HOPE OFFERS HOPE. MARK 4, JESUS SAID, IN VERSE 26, 00:04:47.72\00:05:01.90 THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AS IF A MAN SHOULD SCATTER SEED ON THE 00:05:01.90\00:05:08.24 GROUND AND SLEEP BY NIGHT AND RISE BY DAY. 00:05:08.24\00:05:12.54 VERSE 28 FOR THE EARTH YIELDS CROPS BY ITSELF. 00:05:12.54\00:05:18.15 FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE HEAD, AFTER THAT THE FULL GRAIN, AND 00:05:18.15\00:05:22.68 THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE IN ISRAEL THERE 00:05:22.68\00:05:28.09 WAS NO CORN, IT WAS GRAIN. THAT'S WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD 00:05:28.09\00:05:32.09 IS LIKE. NOW IF YOU AR FAMILIAR AT ALL 00:05:32.09\00:05:35.20 WITH AGRICULTURE, YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE FIELD, AND THEY HAVE 00:05:35.20\00:05:40.00 TILLED IT UP, AND THERE IS NOTHING. 00:05:40.00\00:05:42.57 YOU JUST SEE DIRT. NOTHING. 00:05:42.57\00:05:44.37 AND THEN YOU WALK BY OR DRIVE BY AND YOU THINK DID I JUST -- DID 00:05:44.37\00:05:49.24 I -- AND YOU THINK, I THINK I SEE SOMETHING GREEN STICKING UP. 00:05:49.24\00:05:53.08 >> UH-HUH. >> MAYBE I DO. 00:05:53.08\00:05:55.62 IT'S SO SMALL TO BEGIN WITH. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY OF COURSE 00:05:55.62\00:06:02.36 IT HAS POKED ITS HEAD UP ABOVE THE GROUND. 00:06:02.36\00:06:06.73 IN THAT LITTLE GREEN IS GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 00:06:06.73\00:06:10.03 LET ME USE A MORE DELICATE ILL STATION. 00:06:10.03\00:06:14.14 IT'S LIKE A NEW BORN. A NEW BORN CANNOT TIE HER SHOE 00:06:14.14\00:06:18.31 LACES. YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR A 00:06:18.31\00:06:20.08 NEW BORN. >> YES. 00:06:20.08\00:06:21.61 >> I MEAN JUST -- JUST TO MAKE THE STATEMENT -- KIND OF GOOD 00:06:21.61\00:06:25.75 FOR NOTHING. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:06:25.75\00:06:27.18 >> SMELL. MAKING NOISE AT THE WRONG TIME. 00:06:27.18\00:06:29.65 WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR IN WELL, THEY ARE GOOD FOR LOVING. 00:06:29.65\00:06:33.39 >> YES. >> AND THEY ARE GOOD FOR 00:06:33.39\00:06:36.56 GROWING. >> UH-HUH. 00:06:36.56\00:06:39.13 >> THAT NEWBORN IS PERFECT. THE PERFECT TWO-WEEK OLD. 00:06:39.13\00:06:45.07 THERE IS A TERRIBLE 20 YEAR OLD, BUT ABSOLUTELY WHERE IT TAUGHT 00:06:45.07\00:06:51.47 BE. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT THE 00:06:51.47\00:06:53.78 FINISHED PRODUCT, GOD IS GROWING YOU. 00:06:53.78\00:06:55.94 IT'S NOT A LICENSE, BUT WE ARE CREDITED WITH CHRIST'S 00:06:55.94\00:07:02.38 RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE MESSAGE WE PROCLIMB IS THE 00:07:02.38\00:07:07.92 MESSAGE OF CHRIST, THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:07:07.92\00:07:12.59 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO HAVE NO PEACE IN THEIR 00:07:12.59\00:07:17.93 HEART. THEY SEE A DARK SPOT ON THEIR 00:07:17.93\00:07:21.04 HEART, THEY -- NOW THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO P 00:07:21.04\00:07:29.81 PRETEND TO BE ABLE TO DIVINE THIS. 00:07:29.81\00:07:32.71 WHEN THERE IS SIN IN THEIR LIFE, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? 00:07:32.71\00:07:37.32 ANY SIN IS TOO MUCH SIN. BUT SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK 00:07:37.32\00:07:42.42 OF A LIFETIME. AND YOUR SALVATION ISN'T 00:07:42.42\00:07:45.49 DETERMINED BY THE OCCASIONAL DEED OR MISDEED. 00:07:45.49\00:07:50.53 I'M NOT GOING SLIGHT ON SIN. I'LL BRING THIS AROUND A LITTLE 00:07:50.53\00:07:54.34 BIT FURTHER, BUT WE CAN HAVE ASSURANCE IN CHRIST THE MOMENT 00:07:54.34\00:07:58.34 WE ACCEPT HIM AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. 00:07:58.34\00:08:00.54 >> WELL SAID. >> A WOMAN -- IMAGINE THIS SCENE 00:08:00.54\00:08:03.38 IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO PAINT THE PICTURE A LITTLE BIT 00:08:03.38\00:08:07.15 NOW WE KNOW -- WE KNOW THERE WAS A SET UP. 00:08:07.15\00:08:11.25 WE BELIEVE IT WAS A SET UP. THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. 00:08:11.25\00:08:15.26 THEY SAY THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULLRY IN THE VERY ACT. 00:08:15.26\00:08:20.06 I DO NOT SEE THOSE KINDLESS GENTLEMEN SAYING WE'LL WAIT AT 00:08:20.06\00:08:32.34 THE DOOR. I IMAGINE THEY GRABBED HER. 00:08:32.34\00:08:36.18 SO IT'S A PRETTY DELICATE SCENE. >> UH-HUH. 00:08:36.18\00:08:41.62 >> AND NO ONE SEES THIS WOMAN AND SAYS WAS IT FRAUD? 00:08:41.62\00:08:45.62 DID SHE STEAL SOMETHING FROM THE NEIGHBOR? 00:08:45.62\00:08:48.06 THEY SEE THIS, WHAT DO THEY KNOW? 00:08:48.06\00:08:50.79 HER HAIR IS ALL MESSED UP, AND THE BIBLE DIDN'T TALK ANYTHING 00:08:50.79\00:08:54.36 ABOUT A SHEET. I'M JUST IMAGINING THIS. 00:08:54.36\00:08:56.67 SHE IS TAKEN IN ADULTERY. THEY KNOW THAT WOMAN IS A 00:08:56.67\00:09:01.14 SINNER. AND WE KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS. 00:09:01.14\00:09:04.84 JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN YOU. SHE HADN'T EVEN SAID SORRY. 00:09:04.84\00:09:10.18 >> RIGHT. RIGHT. 00:09:10.18\00:09:12.01 >> I THINK JESUS KNEW SHE WAS SORRY. 00:09:12.01\00:09:14.22 >> AGREED. >> SHE HADN'T SAID SORRY. 00:09:14.22\00:09:20.86 AND JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN YOU. 00:09:20.86\00:09:24.16 NOW HE SAID GO IN SIN NO MORE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:09:24.16\00:09:28.06 BUT AT THAT MOMENT, AS SHE WAS THERE IN PUBLIC SHAME, SHE HAD 00:09:28.06\00:09:33.70 SALVATION. AND NOW SHE WAS GOING TO GROW IN 00:09:33.70\00:09:35.60 THE GRACE OF GOD, AND GROW MORE AND MORE AND MORE INTO THE 00:09:35.60\00:09:40.41 LIKENESS OF JESUS CHRIST. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 00:09:40.41\00:09:42.54 >> UH-HUH. UH-HUH. 00:09:42.54\00:09:45.58 >> THIS BUSINESS ABOUT OBEDIENCE. 00:09:45.58\00:09:48.38 WE READ BY BEHOLDING WE BECOME CHANGED. 00:09:48.38\00:09:51.85 I WAS DOING A DEVOTIONAL FOR WORSHIP AT THE OFFICE THE OTHER 00:09:51.85\00:09:57.59 DAY. AND I SHARED A STORY ABOUT A MAN 00:09:57.59\00:10:01.33 WHO CLIMBED THE TREE TO SEE JESUS. 00:10:01.33\00:10:04.07 AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED. 00:10:04.07\00:10:06.97 SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO SEE HIM. 00:10:06.97\00:10:10.07 WE SEE HIM HERE IN THIS BOOK. WE SEE HIM -- I DO'T WANT TO 00:10:10.07\00:10:14.08 GET TOO FUNNY, BUT IN PRAYER WE COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. 00:10:14.08\00:10:18.01 WE WELCOME HIM INTO OUR LIVES. WHEN WE GET INTO OUR CARS, JESUS 00:10:18.01\00:10:22.98 DRIVES WITH US. WAITING IN THE SUBWAY, JESUS IS 00:10:22.98\00:10:27.22 THERE WITH US, WE ARE AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE. 00:10:27.22\00:10:30.79 AS OUR LIVES ARE TANGLED WITH UP WITH HIS LIFE, THERE ARE THINGS 00:10:30.79\00:10:36.56 YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYMORE. 00:10:36.56\00:10:38.77 YOU REJECT THIS AND YOU REJECT THAT, AND YOU REJECT THIS. 00:10:38.77\00:10:43.10 NOW FROM THEN ON YOU ARE IN A BATTLE WITH CARNAL NATION, YOU 00:10:43.10\00:10:48.48 ARE ALSO IN A BATTLE WITH YOUR DNA, WITH YOUR CONDITIONING, 00:10:48.48\00:10:52.11 WHETHER IT'S YOUR CULTURAL -CONDITIONING, OR FAMILY CONDITIONING, YOU ARE IN A 00:10:52.11\00:10:58.32 BATTLE OF 20, 30, 40 YEARS OF HISTORY. 00:10:58.32\00:11:02.32 >> YES. >> IF YOU LET YOUR GUARD DOWN IN 00:11:02.32\00:11:05.36 THAT MOMENT YOU DEFAULT BACK INTO THOSE PRIMAL BEHAVIORS. 00:11:05.36\00:11:11.30 IT TAKES A WHILE TO UNLEARN THE THINGS IT HAS TAKEN DECADES TO 00:11:11.30\00:11:17.51 LEARN. BUT THAT BEHAVIOR IS AN 00:11:17.51\00:11:23.88 INEVITABILITY. WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO 00:11:23.88\00:11:27.25 CHRIST, IT IS A SURRENDER TO JESUS. 00:11:27.25\00:11:29.52 WHAT YOU DISCOVER IS IF YOU CAN LEARN NOT TO BE A LEGALIST -- 00:11:29.52\00:11:34.02 >> YES. >> -- SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO 00:11:34.02\00:11:36.39 SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY AN IDEAL ALMOST OF 00:11:36.39\00:11:42.23 ALMONDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 8 OR 10 OR 6, AND I DON'T 00:11:42.23\00:11:47.47 CARE ANYMORE. I'M GOING TO EAT ALMONDS. 00:11:47.47\00:11:52.04 JUST GET OVER YOURSELF. >> YEAH. 00:11:52.04\00:11:54.01 IF WE STOP AT THIS POINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THERE 00:11:54.01\00:11:58.01 ARE SO MANY CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFER UNDER THE WEIGHT OF NOT 00:11:58.01\00:12:02.02 KNOWING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ASSURANCE. 00:12:02.02\00:12:04.52 >> YEAH. >> AND I HAVE DONE THIS ALL OVER 00:12:04.52\00:12:06.89 THE WORLD. THIS IS A SERMON I TAKE, AND I 00:12:06.89\00:12:10.99 ASK PEOPLE HOW MANY KNOW THEY ARE CONVERTED. 00:12:10.99\00:12:13.76 JUST STAND. AND IT IS USUALLY LESS THAN 5%. 00:12:13.76\00:12:17.13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND I SAID THE REASON A 00:12:17.13\00:12:24.64 NUMBER OF YOU DIDN'T STAND, IS BECAUSE CONVERSION IS A CHANGE 00:12:24.64\00:12:31.75 OF DIRECTION. DO YOU STUMBLE AND FALL, OF 00:12:31.75\00:12:35.15 COURSE YOU DO? BUT YOU WALKING WITH JESUS. 00:12:35.15\00:12:37.92 YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR DIRECTION. YOU DO HAVE BAD DAYS, AND ON 00:12:37.92\00:12:42.02 THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS 00:12:42.02\00:12:47.96 BEEN MARRIED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. 00:12:47.96\00:12:51.17 THERE ARE SOME DAYS YOU FEEL VERY MARRIED. 00:12:51.17\00:12:55.84 EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME DAYS 00:12:55.84\00:12:58.57 WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL SO MARRIED. >> UH-HUH. 00:12:58.57\00:13:00.81 >> BUT ON THE DAYS WHEN YOU FEEL REALLY MARRIED, YOU ARE MARRIED. 00:13:00.81\00:13:06.08 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND ON THE DAYS WHEN YOU 00:13:06.08\00:13:09.98 DON'T FEEL QUIE SO MARRIED, YOU ARE STILL MARRIED. 00:13:09.98\00:13:13.19 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SOME DAYS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU 00:13:13.19\00:13:16.02 CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD, AND SOME DAYS YOU FEEL 00:13:16.02\00:13:19.43 LIKE YOU ARE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD. 00:13:19.43\00:13:22.80 >> YEAH. YEAH. 00:13:22.80\00:13:24.33 IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF YOUR BLOOD SUGAR. 00:13:24.33\00:13:27.00 >> YEAH, YOU ATE PIZZA BEFORE YOU WENT TO BED. 00:13:27.00\00:13:34.31 >> YEAH. SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE 00:13:34.31\00:13:38.18 DEPRESSIVE. SOME PEOPLE ARE UP AND DOWN. 00:13:38.18\00:13:39.85 IT'S JUST HOW YOU ARE WIRED. >> YEAH. 00:13:39.85\00:13:42.45 >> AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO RELY ON HOW YOU FEEL -- I BELIEVE I'M 00:13:42.45\00:13:46.42 A CHILD OF GOD. WHY? 00:13:46.42\00:13:47.89 BECAUSE I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. 00:13:47.89\00:13:52.56 OKAY, JOHN, WHAT ABOUT SIN? GOD IS WORKING ON THAT. 00:13:52.56\00:13:54.60 WE'RE WORKING ON IT TOGETHER. FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR, 00:13:54.60\00:13:58.50 AND THEN THE FULL CORN AND THE EAR. 00:13:58.50\00:14:00.27 >> UH-HUH. >> AND LET ME MAKE IT REALLY 00:14:00.27\00:14:04.11 SIMPLE. DO WE THINK JOHN WESLEY DIED A 00:14:04.11\00:14:08.11 SAVED MAN? >> YES. 00:14:08.11\00:14:10.08 >> MARTIN LUTHER? >> YES. 00:14:10.08\00:14:14.62 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. YEAH, SURE WE DO. 00:14:14.62\00:14:17.19 I BETTER NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO NOW -- IT'S BETTER TO LEAVE IT 00:14:17.19\00:14:22.16 WITH HISTORICAL FIGURES. BUT DO WE THINK THOSE PEOPLE 00:14:22.16\00:14:28.06 EVER MADE MISTAKES? SURE THEY MADE MISTAKES. 00:14:28.06\00:14:33.94 LUTHER, HE MADE A TON OF MISTAKES, BUT HE WAS A MAN OF 00:14:33.94\00:14:38.37 GOD. SO DON'T MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF 00:14:38.37\00:14:40.88 MOLE HILLS, YOU KNOW? SO YOU ARE A SINNER -- LET 00:14:40.88\00:14:44.15 ME -- LET ME -- LET ME SAY THIS. SOMEBODY WITH FAR MORE WISDOM 00:14:44.15\00:14:50.92 THAN I ONCE SAID THE GREATEST BATTLE WE EVER HAVE TO FIGHT 00:14:50.92\00:14:55.49 AGAINST IS BATTLE WITH SELF. >> TRUE. 00:14:55.49\00:14:57.79 >> WE THINK THE BATTLE WITH SELF IS I'M CRAVING CHOCOLATE. 00:14:57.79\00:15:02.83 WELL, CHOCOLATE IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, AND SO FORTH. 00:15:02.83\00:15:06.43 BUT THAT'S NOT THE SUM TOTAL OF THE BATTLE WITH SELF.-D 00:15:06.43\00:15:13.41 DIET IS VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE SUM 00:15:13.41\00:15:17.55 TOTAL. I WAS TEMPTED TO BE ANGRY. 00:15:17.55\00:15:20.65 OKAY. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE SUM 00:15:20.65\00:15:22.15 TOTAL OF IT EITHER. >> UH-HUH. 00:15:22.15\00:15:24.45 >> LET ME ADD THIS TO IT FOR YOU. 00:15:24.45\00:15:28.89 WHEN -- WHEN YOU SAY I'M NOT SURE IF -- IF I CAN HAVE 00:15:28.89\00:15:34.03 CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDGMENT OR WHAT JESUS IS GOING TO 00:15:34.03\00:15:37.93 SEE -- THE PROBLEM THERE IS SELF. 00:15:37.93\00:15:40.37 >> AGREED. YEAH. 00:15:40.37\00:15:42.47 YEAH. >> IT'S SELF. 00:15:42.47\00:15:46.34 I DON'T KNOW IF JESUS COULD SAVE SOMEONE LIKE ME. 00:15:46.34\00:15:49.51 THAT PERSON IS SELF CENTERED. TOTALLY THOROUGHLY SELFISH, 00:15:49.51\00:15:55.75 BECAUSE JESUS SAYS I DIED FOR YOU. 00:15:55.75\00:15:57.59 THE BIBLE SAYS THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON, TAKES 00:15:57.59\00:16:04.76 AWAY YOUR SINS. SO IF YOU ARE WALLOWING IN PITY, 00:16:04.76\00:16:10.23 OH, I HAD A BAD DAY, I DON'T KNOW IF GOD CAN FORGIVE ME. 00:16:10.23\00:16:14.30 YOU CAN LOOKING AT THE BIBLE AND SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 00:16:14.30\00:16:17.34 BELIEVE THIS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT JESUS WITH 00:16:17.34\00:16:19.37 HIS ARMS OUT, SAYING THAT MUST BE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 00:16:19.37\00:16:24.58 YOUR EYES AREN'T ON JESUS ANYMORE, THEY ARE ON YOURSELF. 00:16:24.58\00:16:27.92 >> YEAH. >> SELF CENTEREDNESS. 00:16:27.92\00:16:31.02 SO IF WE LEARN TO LOOK FOR JESUS, WE'LL HAVE CONFIDENCE. 00:16:31.02\00:16:36.02 HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU IS FAITHFUL TO PERFORM IT 00:16:36.02\00:16:41.10 UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST. SO IN THE JUDGMENT, I'M GOING TO 00:16:41.10\00:16:45.13 SAY I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED. YOU GIVE JESUS YOUR HEART EVERY 00:16:45.13\00:16:49.67 DAY. WHEN SIN COMES -- HERE IS THIS 00:16:49.67\00:16:53.31 TENSION. IT SHOULDN'T BE THEE. 00:16:53.31\00:16:54.54 >> YEAH. >> WE WANT IT OUT OF OUR LIVES. 00:16:54.54\00:16:57.51 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT THE FACT IS, WE'RE STILL 00:16:57.51\00:17:01.08 GROWING. >> YEAH. 00:17:01.08\00:17:01.92 >> SOMETIMES WE SLIP. >> YEAH. 00:17:01.92\00:17:04.49 YEAH. >> I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO 00:17:04.49\00:17:06.79 GROW CLOSER AND CLOSER TO JESUS AND SLIP LESS AND LESS AND LESS. 00:17:06.79\00:17:10.03 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:17:10.03\00:17:12.43 >> AND THE TENSION TOO WHEN YOU PREACH GRACE LIKE THIS, THERE 00:17:12.43\00:17:16.70 ARE THOSE WHO WILL TAKE THAT FOR LIBERTY. 00:17:16.70\00:17:19.80 BUT GOD IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. HE IS TRYING TO BALANCE IT OUT, 00:17:19.80\00:17:23.74 AND WHAT HE LOOKS AT AS YOUR RECORD ARE ONLY THE THINGS THAT 00:17:23.74\00:17:27.94 YOU PUT THERE. HE IS NOT GOING TO ADD ANYTHING. 00:17:27.94\00:17:30.48 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND IF YOU ASK HIM, AND PRAY 00:17:30.48\00:17:33.75 TO HIM, HE WILL OVERLOOK A LOT OF STUFF. 00:17:33.75\00:17:36.72 HE IS NOT TRYING TO KEEP YOU OUT. 00:17:36.72\00:17:39.42 HE IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. AND USING A PRODUCTION METAPHOR,-I'M SO GLAD GOD JUDGES US ON THE 00:17:39.42\00:17:56.20 VIDEO AND NOT THE SNAPSHOT. I'M SO GLAD THAT GOD DOESN'T 00:17:56.20\00:18:00.88 LIKE AT CA MURRAY IN 1999. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THERE WAS 00:18:00.88\00:18:07.52 ALMOST THAT ASPECT OF THE PREACHING. 00:18:07.52\00:18:10.82 WHEN YOUR NAME IS UP, IT IS GOING TO BE ON THIS DAY, AND 00:18:10.82\00:18:14.76 THAT'S IT. BUT HE JUDGES ON THE VIDEO -- I 00:18:14.76\00:18:18.49 ALMOST WANT TO SAY DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE. 00:18:18.49\00:18:24.60 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU FEEL SO 00:18:24.60\00:18:29.20 BAD, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SUCH A HARD JOB, BUT SHE GOT UP AND 00:18:29.20\00:18:33.54 LIMPED TO THE FINISH. WE GET CREDIT FOR THAT. 00:18:33.54\00:18:37.21 >> YEAH. THERE'S A WONDERFUL STORY, AND 00:18:37.21\00:18:39.68 THE ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN USED MANY TIME BY ME AND OTHERS -- I 00:18:39.68\00:18:44.95 SHOULDN'T FORGET HIS NAME. ANYWAY HE WAS THE 400-METER 00:18:44.95\00:18:54.13 RUNNER RUNNING FOR BARCELONA, AND AS HE WAS RUNNING ARK THE 00:18:54.13\00:19:00.50 SECOND RIM, HIS HAMSTRING BLOWS OUT. 00:19:00.50\00:19:05.14 THEY ALL RUN PAST HIM, AND HE IS ON THE GROUND. 00:19:05.14\00:19:09.18 HIS DAD COMES OUT, CLIMBED OVER THE BARRIER AND WALKED OUT TO 00:19:09.18\00:19:13.31 WHERE HIS SON WAS AND THE SON WAS TRYING -- WAS TRYING TO GET 00:19:13.31\00:19:18.05 DOWN THE STRAIGHT, BUT HE IN S IN AGONY, YOU KNOW? 00:19:18.05\00:19:23.69 HE CHASED OFF THE MIX. AND HIS DAD SAID IF WE'RE GOING 00:19:23.69\00:19:29.23 TO DO THIS AT ALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER AND HE 00:19:29.23\00:19:33.40 STOOD HIM UP, AN TOGETHER THEY WENT DOWN THE HOME STRETCH. 00:19:33.40\00:19:37.47 LOUDEST CHEER OF THE BARCELONA OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1992, WAS FOR A 00:19:37.47\00:19:43.45 MAN WHO DIDN'T FINISH UNDER HIS OWN STEAM BUT WAS ASSISTED TO 00:19:43.45\00:19:48.88 THE FINISH. THAT'S US. 00:19:48.88\00:19:50.09 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S A THIN METAPHOR, BECAUSE 00:19:50.09\00:19:54.29 PAUL USED IT, WE HAVE TO LEAN ON JESUS AND TRUST IN THE LOVE OF 00:19:54.29\00:19:58.36 GOD. WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE ABSOLUTE 00:19:58.36\00:20:00.86 ASSURANCE IN TH JUDGMENT. NOW -- NOW, OF COURSE HERE IS A 00:20:00.86\00:20:05.30 QUESTION, AND THE QUESTION MIGHT BE SO WHEN HAVE I GONE TOO FAR? 00:20:05.30\00:20:10.77 WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION? 00:20:10.77\00:20:13.81 WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ARE -- IF YOU ARE 00:20:13.81\00:20:19.75 SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, GOD IS GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AND SAY 00:20:19.75\00:20:23.45 THAT WASN'T RIGHT. IN FACT HE'LL SPEAK TO YOU AT 00:20:23.45\00:20:30.16 THE MOMENT. YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK THE 00:20:30.16\00:20:34.20 QUESTION, WHEN HAVE I GONE TOO FAR? 00:20:34.20\00:20:36.67 I REMEMBER GETTING FROM 10TH GRADE TO 11TH GRADE, WE JUST 00:20:36.67\00:20:40.97 NEEDED 50%. AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS COUNTED 00:20:40.97\00:20:43.17 ON THAT. THEY DIDN'T WANT 99%, AS LONG AS 00:20:43.17\00:20:47.28 I GET 51. I'LL MAKE IT TO THE 11TH GRADE. 00:20:47.28\00:20:51.68 YOU WANT TO GIVE GOD 100% AND LET HIM WORK IN YOUR LIFE. 00:20:51.68\00:20:58.75 IT'S ALWAYS TOO MANY. >> YES. 00:20:58.75\00:21:01.36 >> THAT'S WHAT FORGIVENESS AND GRACE IS FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT 00:21:01.36\00:21:05.49 THE IN-DWELLING PRESENCE OF CHRIST IS FOR, TO GROW YOU TO 00:21:05.49\00:21:11.67 THAT PLACE YOU DONE WANT TO BE THAT GUY. 00:21:11.67\00:21:14.44 >> YEAH. >> LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY, AND 00:21:14.44\00:21:17.57 EVERY DAY, LORD I SURRENDER MY LIFE TO YOU TODAY. 00:21:17.57\00:21:23.48 YOU TAUGHT TO DO THAT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. 00:21:23.48\00:21:26.78 YOU ARE AT THE SUPERMARKET AND THE PERSON BEHIND THE CHECKOUT 00:21:26.78\00:21:34.22 GETS SNIPPY WITH YOU, LORD -- AND YOU LEARN TO 00:21:34.22\00:21:37.73 SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST. >> AND MOST PEOPLE WHO ASK THAT 00:21:37.73\00:21:42.06 QUESTION, DONE REALLY WANT AN ANSWER? 00:21:42.06\00:21:44.47 WHEN DID I GO TOO FAR? >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:44.47\00:21:47.30 >> YOU WENT TOO FAR YESTERDAY. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:21:47.30\00:21:49.70 >> NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THAT. 00:21:49.70\00:21:52.84 THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY 00:21:52.84\00:21:57.45 WANT ASSURANCE THAT THAT WAS NOT THE END. 00:21:57.45\00:21:59.78 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, SOMETHING THAT WORKS LIKE AN 00:21:59.78\00:22:03.92 ADDICTION. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT SOME 00:22:03.92\00:22:07.82 PEOPLE JUST STRUGGLE WITH FOR THE LONGEST TIME. 00:22:07.82\00:22:11.39 >> UH-HUH. >> I DONE WANT TO NAME ANY OF 00:22:11.39\00:22:14.60 THE TYPICAL THINGS. IT MIGHT BE A BAD TEMPER, 00:22:14.60\00:22:22.77 SOMETHING NICE AND SIMPLE. THIS GUY HAS BEEN WRESTLING WITH 00:22:22.77\00:22:26.88 THAT BAD TEMPER FOR 25 YEARS. IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD BE 00:22:26.88\00:22:32.25 THINKING THAT GOD COULD HAVE WORKED THAT OUT OF YOUR LIFE, 00:22:32.25\00:22:35.55 BUT LET'S UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU MAY BE PRONE TO LOSE YOUR 00:22:35.55\00:22:39.29 TEMPER, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR DEFAULT. 00:22:39.29\00:22:41.26 PETER TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF JESUS, AND DOWN HE WENT. 00:22:41.26\00:22:45.79 SO IF THAT HAPPENS, ASK YOURSELF ARE YOU LOOKING AT JESUS OFTEN 00:22:45.79\00:22:51.13 ENOUGH? ARE YOU SPENDING ENOUGH TIME IN 00:22:51.13\00:22:52.73 HIS WORD? ARE YOU PRAYING -- IT'S NOT THAT 00:22:52.73\00:22:55.50 YOU CAN PRAY AWAY THE SIN, BUT ARE YOU LEARNING TO SURRENDER TO 00:22:55.50\00:23:01.14 JESUS IN THAT MOMENT? >> UH-HUH. 00:23:01.14\00:23:02.78 >> WE HAVE A PERFECT RIGHT TO GO TO GOD AND SAY I'M SICK AND 00:23:02.78\00:23:07.55 TIRED OF THIS. YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 00:23:07.55\00:23:10.95 GOD SAYS A NEW HEART WILL GIVE YOU. 00:23:10.95\00:23:13.52 YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GO TO GOD AND POUND YOUR FIST ON THE 00:23:13.52\00:23:17.23 TABLE AND SAY YOU PROMISED ME A NEW HEART. 00:23:17.23\00:23:21.93 I MUST HAVE THIS NEW HEART. >> AND HE IS READY. 00:23:21.93\00:23:25.13 AND THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO. 00:23:25.13\00:23:28.07 >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE ENERGY YOU PUT INTO IT, 00:23:28.07\00:23:34.11 MUST BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE ENERGY YOU PUT INTO IT. 00:23:34.11\00:23:39.21 >> AMEN. THERE IS A PASSAGE THAT I'M FOND 00:23:39.21\00:23:44.55 TO APPEALING TO IN ZECHARIAH 3. HE SHOWED ME JOSHUA THE HIGH 00:23:44.55\00:23:52.26 PRIEST STANDING WITH THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, STANDING AT HIS 00:23:52.26\00:23:57.10 RIGHT-HAND -- >> YES. 00:23:57.10\00:23:59.83 YES. >> JOSHUA'S CLOTHED WITH FILTHY 00:23:59.83\00:24:03.91 GARMENTS, AND HE ANSWERED THOSE WHO SPOOK BY HIM AND SAID TAKE 00:24:03.91\00:24:07.84 AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM. 00:24:07.84\00:24:11.05 AND HE SAID SEE, I WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH RICH ROBES. 00:24:11.05\00:24:15.35 I SAID LET THEM PUT A CLAN TURBIN ON HIS HEAD. 00:24:15.35\00:24:19.85 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY. 00:24:19.85\00:24:24.76 VERSE 7, IF YOU WALK IN MY WAYS AND KEEP MY COMMAND AND SO 00:24:24.76\00:24:29.56 FORTH -- AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, WHAT HAPPENED? 00:24:29.56\00:24:32.93 GOD TOOK AWAY THE DIRTY CLOTHES. TOOK THEM AWAY. 00:24:32.93\00:24:37.87 GAVE HIM CLEAN CLOTHES. WHAT DID JOSHUA DO IN THAT 00:24:37.87\00:24:43.68 TRANSACTION? >> ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. 00:24:43.68\00:24:45.15 >> YEAH, HE DIDN'T FIGHT. HE LET IT HAPPEN. 00:24:45.15\00:24:48.95 AND IF WE LEARN TO LET GOD BE GOD -- 00:24:48.95\00:24:51.29 >> UH-HUH. >> AND LET'S BE HONEST. 00:24:51.29\00:24:55.06 PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SIN. 00:24:55.06\00:24:57.83 THERE ARE SOME GUYS WHO THINK IT IS OKAY TO GO HOME AND YELL AT 00:24:57.83\00:25:01.86 THEIR WIVES OR HIT THEIR WIVES.-THAT'S NOT OKAY. BREAK 00:25:01.86\00:25:07.04 THE SABBATH. IT'S NOT OKAY. IF YOU ARE A NEW BABY CHRISTIAN, 00:25:07.04\00:25:10.41 AND YOU ARE FINDING YOUR WAY AND YOU ARE GROWING. 00:25:10.41\00:25:19.41 BUT NO, THERE ARE SOME THINGS -- WELL, ALL SIN -- GOD'S 00:25:19.41\00:25:27.89 NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. WE SHOULD NOT LOWER THE BAR TO 00:25:27.89\00:25:34.73 CATER TO OUR PREELECTION TOWARDS SIN. 00:25:34.73\00:25:39.23 BUT IF YOU ARE THE CAREFUL KIND OF CHRISTIAN, TIME TO LOOK AGAIN 00:25:39.23\00:25:44.21 AT YOUR CONVERSION EXPERIENCE. >> YES, VERY MUCH SO. 00:25:44.21\00:25:48.08 >> IF YOU LOVE ME. KEEP MY COMMAND. 00:25:48.08\00:25:52.81 JESUS MEANT IT. DON'T STEAL. 00:25:52.81\00:25:56.18 THOSE TAX DEDUCTIONS THAT YOU ARE TAKING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE 00:25:56.18\00:26:01.66 TAKING, THAT IS THEFT. NOT IT OFF. 00:26:01.66\00:26:04.86 BUT ONCE YOU COME TO THAT CONVICTION, OH, LORD, I'M SORRY. 00:26:04.86\00:26:09.00 PLEASE FORGIVE ME. YES, I FORGIVE YOU. 00:26:09.00\00:26:11.73 >> AND IF YOUR MIND IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, YOU WILL BE 00:26:11.73\00:26:19.47 SENSITIVE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:26:19.47\00:26:20.31 >> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS UH-HUH. 00:26:20.31\00:26:23.41 THE SPIRIT IS SAYING NO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:26:23.41\00:26:27.35 >> AND HE MAY NOT SCREAM IT, HE WILL JUST SAY, NO, NO. 00:26:27.35\00:26:31.49 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THAT, 00:26:31.49\00:26:33.76 AND THE MORE YOU ATTUNE YOUR EAR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT. 00:26:33.76\00:26:37.96 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AS THE STIMULUS COMES, NO, 00:26:37.96\00:26:41.76 I'M NOT DOING THAT. >> CHRISTIANITY IS A GROWTH 00:26:41.76\00:26:44.90 EXPERIENCE, AND IF YOU LEARN TO LIVE YOUR LIFE CONNECTED TO GOD, 00:26:44.90\00:26:51.34 AND INVITE GOD INTO YOUR CONVERSATIONS AND THOUGHTS AND 00:26:51.34\00:26:55.08 ACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT CHOICES, AND WHATEVER. 00:26:55.08\00:26:58.15 IF YOU MAKE A DECISION NOW -- PERHAPS FOR SOME PEOPLE 00:26:58.15\00:27:01.75 THEY HAVE GOT TO DECIDE WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS. 00:27:01.75\00:27:04.29 >> UH-HUH. >> WE HAVE YOU KNOW USING 00:27:04.29\00:27:09.96 MATTHEW 4:4 FOREVER. >> YEAH. 00:27:09.96\00:27:12.46 >> THAT'S SAFE. LET THE BIBLE BE YOUR GUIDE. 00:27:12.46\00:27:14.73 >> UH-HUH. >> SO IF YOU ARE AT THAT PLACE 00:27:14.73\00:27:18.70 WHERE THE BIBLE IS NOT YOUR -GUIDE. YOU DO THE CHURCH THING. 00:27:18.70\00:27:22.94 AND YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS IN CHURCH SCHOOL, AND THE REST OF THE TIME 00:27:22.94\00:27:27.58 YOU ARE DOING YOUR OWN THING. SOMETIME TO STOP AND LOOK. 00:27:27.58\00:27:31.41 IS THE BIBLE REALLY YOUR GUIDE? IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE 00:27:31.41\00:27:35.02 WHO SAYS I BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE, BUT -- THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE 00:27:35.02\00:27:39.22 TO BE. >> UH-HUH. 00:27:39.22\00:27:41.19 DEFINE FOR ME -- BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE THE NEXT 00:27:41.19\00:27:43.79 STEP -- ALONG THE LINE -- WHAT IS HOPE IN A BIBLICAL SENSE? 00:27:43.79\00:27:48.43 >> HOPE IN A BIBLICAL SENSE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL, I HOPE 00:27:48.43\00:27:54.77 I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. I HOPE I GUESS TO GO TO NEW 00:27:54.77\00:28:00.24 ZEALAND NEXT WEEK. I HOPE -- IS THAT LIGHT, THAT 00:28:00.24\00:28:09.52 SUBSTANCE LESS. >> PAUL WROTE ABOUT THE BLESSED 00:28:09.52\00:28:12.29 HOPE. THAT'S ONE THING. 00:28:12.29\00:28:13.36 THAT'S THE COMING OF JESUS. WE HOPE FOR THAT. 00:28:13.36\00:28:15.92 >> UH-HUH. >> WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT. 00:28:15.92\00:28:17.99 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT SALVATION ISN'T A HOPE. 00:28:17.99\00:28:22.53 THAT'S BLESSED ASSURANCE. >> YES. 00:28:22.53\00:28:24.57 >> THAT'S ASSURANCE. >> UH-HUH. 00:28:24.57\00:28:27.14 >> NOW WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST, BUT NOT WISHFUL THINKING IN 00:28:27.14\00:28:32.54 CHRIST, NOT MAYBE IN CHRIST. MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS 00:28:32.54\00:28:44.79 THAN RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> I WAS GOING BACK TO THAT LADY 00:28:44.79\00:28:50.59 WHO SAID I HOPE I'M READY. >> SHE SAID ALL GOING WELL. 00:28:50.59\00:28:54.73 IF SHE HAD SAID PASTOR, ISN'T IT GOOD THAT WE HAVE HOPE? 00:28:54.73\00:28:58.70 AH, SURE, WE HAVE HOPE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S BUILT ON FAITH. 00:28:58.70\00:29:02.70 THAT'S BUILT ON THE WORD. THAT'S A CERTAINTY. 00:29:02.70\00:29:05.77 BUT NOT THE -- NOT THE -- OH, MAYBE. 00:29:05.77\00:29:08.54 OH, I REALLY HOPE SO. NOT THE NAIL BITING, I HOPE SO. 00:29:08.54\00:29:12.81 THAT'S A DIFFERENT HOPE ALL TOGETHER. 00:29:12.81\00:29:14.55 >> YEAH. YEAH. 00:29:14.55\00:29:15.82 >> THAT'S NOT HOPE IN THE CHRISTIAN SALVATIONAL SENSE. 00:29:15.82\00:29:18.92 >> THAT'S A LACK OF HOPE. >> THAT'S A LACK OF HOPE. 00:29:18.92\00:29:21.62 IT IS. IT IS. 00:29:21.62\00:29:24.59 >> YOUR SALVATION SHOULD NEVER COME DOWN TO IF I'M LUCKY. 00:29:24.59\00:29:29.33 YOU EITHER KNOW CHRIST OR YOU DON'T. 00:29:29.33\00:29:31.43 IF YOU ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, TRUST IN HIM, 00:29:31.43\00:29:36.07 AND GROW IN HIS GRACE, LEANING ON JESUS ALWAYS, BELIEVING IN 00:29:36.07\00:29:40.74 JESUS ALWAYS, TRUSTING IN HIM, TURNING TOWARDS HIM. 00:29:40.74\00:29:45.58 >> UH-HUH. THAT -- THAT KIND 00:29:45.58\00:29:49.98 HOPE -- ACTUALLY, THE VISIONAL I-GET WATERING DOWN THE BLOOD OF 00:29:49.98\00:29:55.79 THE CROSS. >> OH, YEAH. DID JESUS DIE FOR YOU? 00:29:55.79\00:29:58.99 >> YES. >> BELIEVE IT THEN. 00:29:58.99\00:30:00.56 BELIEVE IT. >> LET ME TAKE A COUPLE OF 00:30:00.56\00:30:05.37 QUESTIONS HERE. I DON'T WANT TO START WITH THAT 00:30:05.37\00:30:09.57 ONE. THIS IS RICHARD AND AMANDA, THEY 00:30:09.57\00:30:15.28 MET YOU ANOTHER GC. HOW DO WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS, 00:30:15.28\00:30:20.05 MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL? THANKS, RICHARD AND MAIN DA. 00:30:20.05\00:30:25.72 >> HOW DO WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL. 00:30:25.72\00:30:33.66 RIC RIC 00:30:33.66\00:30:38.03 RICHARD AND AMANDA, I HOPE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 00:30:38.03\00:30:46.14 HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD LOVES YOU? OH, WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, 00:30:46.14\00:30:51.35 I GOT A DOG, AND I KNEW THAT GOD LOVED ME. 00:30:51.35\00:30:57.52 AND I WAS ONCE STUCK AT AN AIRPORT, AND SOMEBODY GAVE ME 00:30:57.52\00:31:08.83 $200, AND I KNEW GOD LOVED ME. THEY GOT TO ME, AND I SAID 00:31:08.83\00:31:14.00 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO. THAT'S IT. 00:31:14.00\00:31:16.40 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO. YOU CANNOT TRUST -- NOW, IF THE 00:31:16.40\00:31:20.54 QUESTION WAS, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN GOD'S LOVE AT WORK IN YOUR LIFE. 00:31:20.54\00:31:24.35 THE PUPPY, THE PLANE TICKET, THE KIND OLD LADY, SURE, BUT 00:31:24.35\00:31:30.05 EVIDENCE -- BUT WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES YOU? 00:31:30.05\00:31:33.82 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SCRIPTURE. >> UH-HUH. 00:31:33.82\00:31:36.76 >> WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? >> YEAH, THE QUESTION -- HOW DO 00:31:36.76\00:31:42.56 WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL? 00:31:42.56\00:31:46.47 >> YEAH. I -- I -- I SEE I'M MISSING THE 00:31:46.47\00:31:50.61 POINT OF THE QUESTION, BUT IF YOU WERE SAYING HOW DO I KEEP 00:31:50.61\00:31:54.88 THE REALITY BEFORE ME? GO TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND READ 00:31:54.88\00:31:59.75 THE PASSAGES ABOUT ASSURANCE AND HOPE AND SALVATION AND FUTURE. 00:31:59.75\00:32:05.55 THOUGHTS TO GIVE YOU A HOPE OF THE FUTURE. 00:32:05.55\00:32:08.12 YOU WILL SEARCH ME AND FIND ME WHEN YOU LOOK WITH ALL YOUR 00:32:08.12\00:32:15.66 HEART. THE WORD OF GOD HAS ALL OF THESE 00:32:15.66\00:32:18.80 PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES MADE TO US. 00:32:18.80\00:32:23.10 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE QUESTION IS GETTING AT? 00:32:23.10\00:32:25.34 >> A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME TO MY MIND. 00:32:25.34\00:32:28.18 I HAVE A SERIES OF LITTLE THINGS I DO, CALLED FAITH IS, AND ONE 00:32:28.18\00:32:32.71 OF THEM THAT IS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD FAITH IS BASED ON FAITH 00:32:32.71\00:32:42.59 NOT FEELING. AND AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT SOME 00:32:42.59\00:32:45.76 DAYS YOU GET UP FEELING STRONG, OTHER DAYS YOU GET UP FEELING 00:32:45.76\00:32:51.43 WEEK, AND YOU ACT LIKE YOU DO ON THE STRONG DAYS, BECAUSE YOU 00:32:51.43\00:32:55.50 HAVE TAKEN AND UNDERSTOOD THE PROMISES OF GOD. 00:32:55.50\00:32:58.11 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT 00:32:58.11\00:33:00.68 ALSO TO -- TO SPENDING TIME IN THE WORD SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 00:33:00.68\00:33:06.28 PROMISES -- YOU HAVE CASH IN THE BANK AND NO PIN NUMBER. 00:33:06.28\00:33:09.62 YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS THERE SO YOU CAN DRAW ON THAT STUFF. 00:33:09.62\00:33:13.12 YOU ACT ON THE PROMISES OF GOD, AND GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS 00:33:13.12\00:33:17.59 SPIRIT AND GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO KEEP ACTING AND TRUSTING. 00:33:17.59\00:33:23.13 >> I CAME ACROSS SOMETHING VERY, VERY HOPEFUL. 00:33:23.13\00:33:27.04 GOD SAID TO PAUL, PAUL WAS CRYING OUT, TAKE AWAY THE THORN 00:33:27.04\00:33:32.01 IN THE FLESH. AND GOD DID NOT. 00:33:32.01\00:33:34.81 PRAYED THREE TIMES, THAT WAS IT. AND GOD SAID TO PAUL, IT'S OKAY, 00:33:34.81\00:33:42.62 BECAUSE MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKESS. 00:33:42.62\00:33:46.12 GOD HELPS THE WEAK. NOW CAREFUL HOW YOU HEAR ME SAY 00:33:46.12\00:33:51.49 THAT. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE STRONG, A 00:33:51.49\00:33:54.20 PHYSICIAN CAN'T HELP YOU. IF YOU CAN SAY I'M WEAK, THEN 00:33:54.20\00:33:58.23 YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL UNITE HIS STRENGTH WITH YOU. 00:33:58.23\00:34:02.67 SO ON THE WEAK DAYS -- THE WEAK DAYS -- 00:34:02.67\00:34:06.04 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GO TO GOD AND SAY LORD IN MY 00:34:06.04\00:34:09.78 WEAKNESS, I BELIEVE IN STRENGTH. >> UH-HUH. 00:34:09.78\00:34:12.38 >> THIS CHRISTIANITY IS FAITH. FAITH. 00:34:12.38\00:34:15.08 I'M NOT GOING TO WORK ON SABBATH. 00:34:15.08\00:34:18.99 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE 00:34:18.99\00:34:23.76 FOR ME. I'M LOOKING FOR A LIFE PARTNER. 00:34:23.76\00:34:27.46 GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR ME. WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THE 00:34:27.46\00:34:31.57 MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM TO MAKE THE RENT, BUT WE BELIEVE 00:34:31.57\00:34:36.84 GOD WILL COME THROUGH FOR US. I HAVE CONFESSED MY SIN. 00:34:36.84\00:34:41.11 FAITH TELLS ME I AM FORGIVEN. WE HAVE TO BE RELENT LESS IN THE 00:34:41.11\00:34:48.92 WORD OF GOD. >> I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT 00:34:48.92\00:34:53.66 ANSWER. WE USED TO CALL OURSELVES A 00:34:53.66\00:34:57.63 PROOF-TEXT CHURCH. >> YEAH. 00:34:57.63\00:34:59.29 >> I THINK WE CAN BE A PROOF [ INAUDIBLE ] CHURCH. 00:34:59.29\00:35:02.73 IN OTHER WORDS PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ON THE PROMISE. 00:35:02.73\00:35:06.94 IF THE PROMISE IS THERE, STEP ON THAT PROMISE, AND TRUST THAT IT 00:35:06.94\00:35:11.94 WILL HOLD YOU. TAKE THE PROMISE AT HIS WORD, 00:35:11.94\00:35:16.34 TRUST HIM, TRY HIM, PROVE HIM. AND MAKE SURE THAT IS REAL IN 00:35:16.34\00:35:21.38 YOUR LIFE. >> I HOPE I READ THE QUESTION 00:35:21.38\00:35:24.62 RIGHT. MAKE THE PRACTICAL THING THREW 00:35:24.62\00:35:29.32 ME A LITTLE BIT. >> 1 TIMOTHY 4:4, THAT HAS TO DO 00:35:29.32\00:35:39.30 WITH -- LET ME FIND IT HERE. >> YEAH. 00:35:39.30\00:35:42.80 >> EVERYTHING IS GOOD, EVERY CREATURE IS GOOD -- 00:35:42.80\00:35:47.24 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. NOTHING WILL BE REFUSED IF IT IS 00:35:47.24\00:35:51.45 RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING. HOW DO WE ANSWER THAT? 00:35:51.45\00:35:55.52 REALLY EASY. KEEP READING. 00:35:55.52\00:35:58.49 PALE WAS NOT WRITING IN HIS DAY TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD 00:35:58.49\00:36:04.89 EAT ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO. HE WAS SAYING TO PEOPLE -- IN 00:36:04.89\00:36:09.73 FACT VERSE 3 TALKING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD GIVEN HEED TO 00:36:09.73\00:36:14.67 SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS, FORBIDDING TO MARRY, 00:36:14.67\00:36:19.01 AND COME MANNING TO ABSTAIN FROM FOODS WHICH GOD COMMITTED FOR 00:36:19.01\00:36:24.35 THANKSGIVING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAN NASISM. 00:36:24.35\00:36:28.38 I WAS RAISED IN A CHURCH WHERE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO MEAT ON 00:36:28.38\00:36:34.26 FRIDAYS. I DON'T EAT ANY MEAT AT ALL NOW. 00:36:34.26\00:36:37.89 I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WISEST DIETARY CHOICE, BUT IN A CERTAIN 00:36:37.89\00:36:42.43 SENSE IT'S DEALING WITH THAT TYPE OF THING. 00:36:42.43\00:36:45.37 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GO SAID IN THE BIBLE SHOULD NEVER 00:36:45.37\00:36:49.57 BE EATEN BY ANYONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 00:36:49.57\00:36:52.97 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S CERTAINLY DIFFERENT FROM 00:36:52.97\00:36:56.85 WHAT WE EAT TODAY. BUT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE 00:36:56.85\00:36:59.88 CREATED TO BE RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING, PAUL SAYS EVERY 00:36:59.88\00:37:04.29 CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD. DON'T REFUSE IT. 00:37:04.29\00:37:07.19 BUT HERE IS THE GUIDELINE. IT IS SANCTITIFIED BY TWO 00:37:07.19\00:37:13.40 THINGS, PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD. 00:37:13.40\00:37:16.67 >> UH-HUH. YES. 00:37:16.67\00:37:20.74 >> SO IN THE BOOK -- IN THE BOOK OF LIVE IT CUSS, DEALING WITH 00:37:20.74\00:37:26.17 THE FINS AND SCALES AND CLOVEN HOOF AND SO ON. 00:37:26.17\00:37:31.55 >> YEAH. >> SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN 00:37:31.55\00:37:34.95 MIND, THE WORD OF GOD. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO EAT 00:37:34.95\00:37:39.35 COCKROACHES. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO HOME AND 00:37:39.35\00:37:42.56 STIR-FRY MICE. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:37:42.56\00:37:44.33 >> WE KNOW THAT PAUL DIDN'T MEAN EVERY CREATURE. 00:37:44.33\00:37:47.56 NO WAY. >> YEAH. 00:37:47.56\00:37:49.56 YEAH. SO IF IT'S NOT SANCTIFIED BY THE 00:37:49.56\00:37:53.13 WORD, YOUR PRAYER CANNOT SANCTIFY IT. 00:37:53.13\00:37:56.07 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. GOD EXPRESLEY FORBADE THE EATING 00:37:56.07\00:38:01.81 OF CERTAIN THINGS.-AND IN A WORLD WHEE PEOPLE ARE SICK, SICK, SICKER THAN EVER 00:38:01.81\00:38:08.25 BEFORE, IT WOULD BE RISE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE ROOT 00:38:08.25\00:38:12.32 CAUSE OF OUR ILLNESSES AND THINKING WE SHOULDN'T BE EATING 00:38:12.32\00:38:18.56 EVERYTHING WE CAN SWALLOW DOWN. >> HOW DO WE SEND OUR SINS 00:38:18.56\00:38:24.87 BEFOREHAND? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 00:38:24.87\00:38:28.00 >> HOW DO WE SIN THEM BEFORE HAND? 00:38:28.00\00:38:32.24 TALKING ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF JUDGMENT. 00:38:32.24\00:38:37.08 FATHER IN HEAVEN FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. 00:38:37.08\00:38:41.78 JUST CONFESS YOUR SINS. THAT'S ALL. 00:38:41.78\00:38:44.25 YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT OVERLY COMPLEX. 00:38:44.25\00:38:49.12 THE OTHER THING IS -- WHAT IF I FORGET ONE? 00:38:49.12\00:38:52.46 HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT. YOU SAY, FORGIVE EVERYTHING THAT 00:38:52.46\00:38:58.93 NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN. DONE. 00:38:58.93\00:39:02.77 WHEN GOD BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE -- 00:39:02.77\00:39:08.08 >> DEAL WITH IT. >> IF YOU ARE BANKRUPT AND YOU 00:39:08.08\00:39:12.71 OWE A DEBT OF A GAZILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN'T PAY THE DEBT. 00:39:12.71\00:39:18.89 YOU PLEAD FOR MERCY. THERE IS ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY 00:39:18.89\00:39:22.76 FOR GOD TO LISTEN TO EVERY LAST SIN I COMMITTED. 00:39:22.76\00:39:25.69 THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE SINS 00:39:25.69\00:39:30.57 THEY COMMITTED. WHEN WE GET HUNG UP ON THESE 00:39:30.57\00:39:33.87 LITTLE THINGS, WE ARE MAKING GOD OUT TO BE SILLY. 00:39:33.87\00:39:37.44 IF GOD BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOUR CONSCIOUS, DO YOU REMEMBER IT? 00:39:37.44\00:39:42.01 OH, I'M SO SORRY. LORD FORGIVE ME FOR BEING A 00:39:42.01\00:39:47.92 THIEF, FORGIVE ME FOR LOSING MY TEMPERATURE, FORGIVE ME FOR 00:39:47.92\00:39:53.22 LASHING OUT AT PEOPLE. AND IT'S NOT -- OH, THERE WAS 00:39:53.22\00:39:57.09 THIS FELLOW IN THE 4TH GRADE, GOD, I FORGET ABOUT HIM. 00:39:57.09\00:40:04.30 IF YOU SAY GOD GIVE ME A CLEAN HEART, YOUR HEART IS CLEAN. 00:40:04.30\00:40:08.37 AND NOW AS YOU GO THROUGH EACH DAY, THEN YOU WANT TO CLEAR 00:40:08.37\00:40:12.31 THINGS UP WITH GOD. IF YOU FEAR THAT YOU HAVE 00:40:12.31\00:40:18.18 FORGOTTEN SOMETHING, FORGOODNESS SAKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO WORRY 00:40:18.18\00:40:24.35 ABOUT TRIVIAL THINGS. GOD IS LOOKING FOR REASONS TO 00:40:24.35\00:40:28.89 GET YOU IN. HE IS NOT TRYING TO GET YOU OUT. 00:40:28.89\00:40:32.29 BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE JUDGMENT AND HAVE JESUS SAY WHAT 00:40:32.29\00:40:36.30 ABOUT ALL OF THIS SIN? WHAT SIN? 00:40:36.30\00:40:38.17 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE SIN YOU CONVENIENTLY 00:40:38.17\00:40:43.51 IGNORED FOR 50 YEARS. >> YES. 00:40:43.51\00:40:45.91 >> OH, THAT. NO, TAKE CARE OF THAT AHEAD OF 00:40:45.91\00:40:49.34 TIME, AND GO TO GOD IN CONFESSION. 00:40:49.34\00:40:53.11 >> YEAH. I'LL SAY THIS REAL QUICK, WHILE 00:40:53.11\00:40:56.02 YOU ARE COLLECTING YOUR THOUGHTS. 00:40:56.02\00:40:57.95 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SIN. 00:40:57.95\00:40:59.75 IT'S A ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP. >> YES, IT IS. 00:40:59.75\00:41:03.86 >> YOU SAID TO THAT LADY, BECAUSE YOU KNEW HER. 00:41:03.86\00:41:06.76 AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP YOU COULD PRESS 00:41:06.76\00:41:09.76 YOUR POINT. WELL, IT'S THE SAME WITH GOD. 00:41:09.76\00:41:14.80 IT'S NOT EVERY INDIVIDUAL, NICHE, AND SCRATCH. 00:41:14.80\00:41:19.24 IT'S I LOVE THE LORD, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. 00:41:19.24\00:41:22.91 AND AT THING OF THE DAY, LORD IF I HAVE DONE ANYTHING TODAY -- I 00:41:22.91\00:41:27.28 KNOW I WAS LOUD AND RUDE WITH JOHN, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER 00:41:27.28\00:41:31.72 STUFFS I DONT KNOW ABOUT, LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. 00:41:31.72\00:41:35.72 HE'S NOT LIKE, HEY, REMEMBER AT LUNCH, YOU HAD THAT LITTLE 00:41:35.72\00:41:39.16 DEAL -- HE IS NOT TRYING TO GET YOU OUT. 00:41:39.16\00:41:41.60 HE IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. >> THAT'S RIGHT? 00:41:41.60\00:41:46.00 JOHN 5, JESUS -- THIS IS THE VERSE WE KNOW SO WELL, JOHN 00:41:46.00\00:41:57.15 5:39. JOHN 40, SEE I HAVE MADE THIS 00:41:57.15\00:41:59.05 STATEMENT BEFORE -- AND WHEN YOU MAKE A STATEMENT, YOU HOPE THAT 00:41:59.05\00:42:02.15 PEOPLE LISTEN IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU SPEAK. 00:42:02.15\00:42:04.35 >> UH-HUH. >> SIN ISN'T OUR PROBLEM. 00:42:04.35\00:42:12.63 LET ME EXPLAIN THAT. DID JESUS NOT DIE ON THE CROSS? 00:42:12.63\00:42:17.37 >> YES, HE DID. >> WHAT DID HE DIE FOR? 00:42:17.37\00:42:20.30 >> FOR SIN. >> SO THE SIN PART HAS BEEN 00:42:20.30\00:42:24.57 TAKEN CARE OF. FOR THE CASE OF THIS 00:42:24.57\00:42:29.98 CONVERSATION, SIN IS NOT OUR PROBLEM. 00:42:29.98\00:42:32.31 BUT YOU WILL NOT COME TO ME THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE LIFE. 00:42:32.31\00:42:37.72 THAT'S THE PROBLEM, JESUS HAS GRACE FOR SIN. 00:42:37.72\00:42:41.79 THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT ARE YOU BRINGING YOUR HEART TO 00:42:41.79\00:42:45.79 CHRIST? WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE HAVE REALLY 00:42:45.79\00:42:48.43 GOT THINGS SORTED OUT THEN. JESUS SAID YOU WILL NOT COME TO 00:42:48.43\00:42:52.47 ME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE. IF EVERYONE CAME TO HIM THAT 00:42:52.47\00:42:57.91 THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THE STRONG INFERENCE IS WHEN YOU 00:42:57.91\00:43:02.54 COME, YOU HAVE LIFE. >> AND IT'S STATED PLAINLY IN 00:43:02.54\00:43:06.75 JOHN. >> THAT'S ETERNAL LIFE. 00:43:06.75\00:43:08.18 SO THE QUESTION IS COMING TO JESUS -- LET'S TALK ABOUT TWO 00:43:08.18\00:43:12.65 KINGS. ONE SOL, AND ONE DAVID. 00:43:12.65\00:43:16.66 WHAT DO WE REMEMBER ABOUT SOL? WE REMEMBER HE SAW THE WITCH. 00:43:16.66\00:43:23.83 WE REMEMBER HE KILLED A BUNCH OF PRIESTS. 00:43:23.83\00:43:27.70 THAT WAS VERY BAD. HE HUNTED DAVID. 00:43:27.70\00:43:30.44 HE MAY WELL HAVE SUFFERED FROM CLINICAL DEPRESSION. 00:43:30.44\00:43:36.31 HE SEEMED TO BE UP AND DOWN, SO MAYBE THAT WAS A BATTLE THAT HE 00:43:36.31\00:43:40.65 FOUGHT. HE CERTAINLY HAD SOME ISSUES. 00:43:40.65\00:43:44.59 DIED A LOST MAN. THERE IS ANOTHER KING, GOOD KING 00:43:44.59\00:43:50.09 DAVID. IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE OLD 00:43:50.09\00:43:54.93 TESTAMENT IS QUOTED AS HE IS REFERRED TO AS THE MAN AFTER 00:43:54.93\00:44:00.17 GOD'S OWN HEART. LET'S TALK ABOUT DAVID. 00:44:00.17\00:44:02.80 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DAVID IN HE SEES BATHSHEBA ONE NIGHT. 00:44:02.80\00:44:09.08 THAT NOT A SIN, UNLESS HE WAS ON THE PROWL. 00:44:09.08\00:44:14.85 WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IS JUST WALKED AWAY, BUT HE DIDN'T. 00:44:14.85\00:44:19.29 IT TURNED INTO LUST. IT TURNED INTO MURDER. 00:44:19.29\00:44:23.16 DECEPTION, AND ADULTERY. WHAT THEN? 00:44:23.16\00:44:26.73 WHAT THEN? THE GUY WAS A TERRIBLE FATHER. 00:44:26.73\00:44:29.73 >> YES. >> HE HAD THIS AWFUL IMMORAL 00:44:29.73\00:44:32.77 SITUATION IN HIS FAMILY AMONG HIS KIDS. 00:44:32.77\00:44:35.44 IT SHOULD HAVEN'T HAPPENED -- >> YEAH, HE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 00:44:35.44\00:44:39.41 >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:44:39.41\00:44:42.08 HIS SON REBELLED BECAUSE HE WAS A TERRIBLE FATHER. 00:44:42.08\00:44:45.68 DAVID SHOULD HAVE GONE, COME ON, SON, LET'S GO FISHING, AND WORK 00:44:45.68\00:44:50.82 SOME STUFF OUT LIKE WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY. 00:44:50.82\00:44:54.02 >> UH-HUH. >> GREAT DAD, THAT WOULD BE 00:44:54.02\00:44:57.23 FINE. IF I ASKED YOU THE QUESTION OF 00:44:57.23\00:45:01.20 DAVID'S WIFE. YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE QUESTION 00:45:01.20\00:45:04.20 ONE? WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO THE DEAD, 00:45:04.20\00:45:08.17 ONE OF HIS WIVES SAID LET'S GET THE LADY NEXT DOOR TO CRAWL INTO 00:45:08.17\00:45:15.98 BED WITH HIM TO KEEP HIM WARM. WE DON'T DO THAT AROUND MY PLACE 00:45:15.98\00:45:21.25 FOR WARMTH OR ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU LOOK AT DAVID'S LIFE, THE 00:45:21.25\00:45:25.25 MAN WAS A TRAIN WRECK. >> THE RAP SHEET MUCH, MUCH 00:45:25.25\00:45:30.99 LONGER -- >> OH, YEAH. 00:45:30.99\00:45:32.83 HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN SAID ARE YOU SURE? 00:45:32.83\00:45:36.13 I'M THE KING. YOU BET I'M SURE. 00:45:36.13\00:45:38.60 OKAY. LET'S GO. 00:45:38.60\00:45:41.00 70,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF DAVID'S PIG 00:45:41.00\00:45:45.51 HEADEDNESS. >> UH-HUH. 00:45:45.51\00:45:46.98 >> IF YOU ARE PUTTING THE SINS ON SCALES, DAVID'S SINS WOULD 00:45:46.98\00:45:53.62 OUT WEIGHT SOLS. >> BY FAR. 00:45:53.62\00:45:57.89 BY FAR. AND YET WE KNOW WE HAVE LUKE 00:45:57.89\00:46:01.82 WRITING THE BOOK OF ACTS. HE DIDN'T REFER TO HIM AS A 00:46:01.82\00:46:08.23 REFORMED MURDERER -- >> YEAH. 00:46:08.23\00:46:10.07 >> HE DIDN'T REFER TO HIM AS THE FORMER A ADULTER, HE QUOTED THAT 00:46:10.07\00:46:16.20 PART. >> UH-HUH. 00:46:16.20\00:46:17.64 >> AND ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DAVID'S ACCEPTELER CAN. 00:46:17.64\00:46:29.58 HE IS DEAD AND WAITING FOR THE RESURRECTION. 00:46:29.58\00:46:34.49 >> SURE. >> SO ONE WHAT WAS THE 00:46:34.49\00:46:36.46 DIFFERENCE. ONE MAN SAID, I'M JUST SORRY, 00:46:36.46\00:46:39.19 WILL YOU FORGIVE ME? AND THE OTHER DID NOT. 00:46:39.19\00:46:42.56 >> PRECISELY. >> ON BALANCE DAVID WAS A GOOD 00:46:42.56\00:46:45.47 GUY. BUT THEY ARE NOT SAVED ON 00:46:45.47\00:46:47.90 BALANCE. IF YOU WANT TO SAY HE GOT IT 00:46:47.90\00:46:50.17 RIGHT AT THEN OF HIS LIFE. HE DIDN'T. 00:46:50.17\00:46:54.71 THIS GUY WAS BIPOLAR, UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN IN HIS 00:46:54.71\00:46:58.65 EXPERIENCE -- THAT'S NOT TO SAY -- NOW, THE BIBLE COVERS A 00:46:58.65\00:47:02.05 LOT OF YEARS, AND SO HE IS GOT NUMEROUS LOW POINTS BUT THEY ARE 00:47:02.05\00:47:07.89 SPREAD OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS. 00:47:07.89\00:47:09.62 I JUST MENTIONED THEM IN FIVE MINUTES. 00:47:09.62\00:47:11.63 >> YEAH. >> THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE GRACE 00:47:11.63\00:47:13.53 OF GOD WAS ACCEPTED BY DAVID AND REJECTED BY SOL. 00:47:13.53\00:47:18.83 >> SURE. >> AND DAVID DIED IN ASSURANCE. 00:47:18.83\00:47:22.77 HE HAD DONE SO MUCH THAT WAS WRONG, BUT HE DIED WITH 00:47:22.77\00:47:28.01 ASSURANCE. AND WE SHOULD LIVE WITH 00:47:28.01\00:47:29.94 ASSURANCE AND DIE WITH ASSU ASSURANCE, BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS 00:47:29.94\00:47:35.45 IN CHRIST. HE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 00:47:35.45\00:47:37.55 DEATH AND LIFE. HE -- SHE THAT HAS THE SON HATH 00:47:37.55\00:47:44.06 LIFE. AND KNOWING THAT IS GOING TO 00:47:44.06\00:47:45.96 LIGHT YOU UP. SOMEONE SAID WE SHOULD SPEND A 00:47:45.96\00:47:51.13 THOUGHTFUL HOUR EACH DAY CONTEMPLATING THE LIFE OF 00:47:51.13\00:47:54.37 CHRIST. DO YOU THAT, IT WILL CHANGE YOU. 00:47:54.37\00:47:56.74 YOU FOCUS ON CHRIST, READ THE BIBLE, YOU BEHOLD THE LAMB OF 00:47:56.74\00:48:00.91 GOD, AND HE WILL TAKE AWARE YOUR SINS AS WELL AS THE SINS OF THE 00:48:00.91\00:48:05.88 WORLD. >> YEAH. 00:48:05.88\00:48:07.28 YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON GOD AND NOT JUST -- IF I LOOK AT ME. 00:48:07.28\00:48:13.15 I GET DEPRESSED. I AM WRITING A BOOK, AND I HAVE 00:48:13.15\00:48:18.96 BEEN DEALING WITH THE NUANCES OF DAVID. 00:48:18.96\00:48:23.40 AND THE RESPONSES TO ALL OF THAT, AND HOW HIS LIFE -- AND 00:48:23.40\00:48:27.07 FOR THAT LIFE TO BE SAVED, MAN THAT HAS GOT TO GIVE YOU HOPE. 00:48:27.07\00:48:35.68 IF DAVID CAN GET IN -- >> YEAH, IMAGINE THAT. 00:48:35.68\00:48:39.01 GOOD KING DAVID? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 00:48:39.01\00:48:43.35 >> YEAH, GOOD AND DAVID IT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FUNNY. 00:48:43.35\00:48:48.16 THE KEY IS, WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, IS IT GOD'S FAULT OR IS IT MINE? 00:48:48.16\00:48:52.89 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT I FOUND SOMETHING ELSE 00:48:52.89\00:48:55.90 THAT DOES -- WE FOUND OUT ABOUT S 00:48:55.90\00:49:09.44 SOL'S LIFE, HE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. 00:49:09.44\00:49:12.21 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHEN DAVID GOT CAUGHT, HE 00:49:12.21\00:49:16.48 SAID LORD COUNT TO TEN AND THEN GIVE ME MY PUNISHMENT. 00:49:16.48\00:49:23.06 >> THAT'S RIGHT. FORGIVE ME FOR NOT GOING HERE 00:49:23.06\00:49:27.03 EARLIER. LET ME READ THIS. 00:49:27.03\00:49:28.80 THIS WAS DAVID'S RESPONSE TO HIS OWN SHENANIGANS. 00:49:28.80\00:49:35.00 PSALM 51 HAVE MERCY UPON ME OH GOD ACCORDING TO THE THY LOVING 00:49:35.00\00:49:48.02 KINDNESS. CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN, I 00:49:48.02\00:49:50.15 ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS, MY SIN IS EVER BEFORE ME. 00:49:50.15\00:49:55.86 AGAINST THEE HAVE I EVER BEEN AND SO ON. 00:49:55.86\00:50:02.13 >> I SAT ON DEATH ROW WITH A FOLLOW WHO IS STILL ALIVE, THANK 00:50:02.13\00:50:07.70 THE LORD. HE IS A CHURCH MEMBER NOW. 00:50:07.70\00:50:10.27 HE LOVES GOD. INTERESTING THING HE SAID TO ME. 00:50:10.27\00:50:16.48 BECAUSE IF YOU DO PRISON MINISTRY, NOT ALL OF THE PEOPLE 00:50:16.48\00:50:20.18 IN PRISON WILL SAY I DID IT. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HEAR PEOPLE 00:50:20.18\00:50:24.92 SAY I DIDN'T DO IT. MAYBE SOME DIDN'T, BUT IT'S 00:50:24.92\00:50:28.36 PRETTY COMMON, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T DO IT. 00:50:28.36\00:50:32.93 THIS GUY SAID I'M VERY SORRY FOR MY CRIMES WHICH I HAVE 00:50:32.93\00:50:39.33 COMMITTED. GOD CAN SAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT. 00:50:39.33\00:50:41.90 CAN'T UNDO THE PAST. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THIS MAN 00:50:41.90\00:50:45.54 AND OTHERS LIKE HIM HAVE TERRIBLY AFFECTED. 00:50:45.54\00:50:49.34 BUT LIKE DAVID THIS MAN SAID I DID IT. 00:50:49.34\00:50:52.31 I'M SO, SO SORRY. >> UH-HUH. 00:50:52.31\00:50:54.98 >> GOD CAN SAVE THAT PERSON. AND IN THE JUDGMENT -- YOU KNOW, 00:50:54.98\00:51:00.26 I SPOKE TO THIS FELLOW, AS TEARS WERE POURING OUT OF HIS EYES. 00:51:00.26\00:51:09.46 IN SCRIPTURE HE FINDS ASSURANCE THAT EVEN HE CAN HAVE ASSURANCE. 00:51:09.46\00:51:18.84 >> THAT'S VERY POWERFUL. IN PRISON THEY ASK WHAT ARE YOU 00:51:18.84\00:51:22.78 IN FOR? >> RIGHT. 00:51:22.78\00:51:24.68 >> THE SEASON DOCTORS DIAGNOSE SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE CORRECT 00:51:24.68\00:51:30.02 TREATMENT. SO WHAT YOUR SIN IS, DOESN'T 00:51:30.02\00:51:32.55 MATTER, BECAUSE THE CURE IS THE SAME. 00:51:32.55\00:51:34.72 SO WE LOOK AT SOL'S LIST AND DAVID'S LIST, THEY BOTH COULD 00:51:34.72\00:51:41.90 HAVE BEEN SAVED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:51:41.90\00:51:43.90 >> BECAUSE THE ANSWER WAS CHRIST. 00:51:43.90\00:51:45.83 ONE AVEILED HIMSELF OF IT, THE OTHERS DID NOT. 00:51:45.83\00:51:53.48 JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THAT. 00:51:53.48\00:51:55.28 >> YES, HE IS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 00:51:55.28\00:51:59.95 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT, IT'S QUITE A TECHNICAL SUBJECT THIS 00:51:59.95\00:52:04.69 THE BAPTIST WILLIAM MILLER GOT TO 8:14, HE THOUGHT IT MEANT 00:52:04.69\00:52:10.59 THAT JESUS WAS COMING BACK. HE WAS SLIGHTLY OFF. 00:52:10.59\00:52:14.66 MORE OFF WITH HIS THEOLOGY THAN HIS MATH. 00:52:14.66\00:52:20.50 NEVERTHELESS GOD BROUGHT WONDERFUL THINGS OUT OF THAT. 00:52:20.50\00:52:22.70 >> UH-HUH. >> IT WAS INTERESTING THAT 00:52:22.70\00:52:25.37 MILLER WAS -- WAS NOT A MATHEMATICIAN. 00:52:25.37\00:52:28.68 HE WAS A BIBLE STUDENT. AND MILLER SAID THE SCRIPTURES 00:52:28.68\00:52:32.28 BECAME A DELIGHT, AND IN JESUS, I FOUND A FRIEND. 00:52:32.28\00:52:36.28 >> A FRIEND, YEAH. >> YOU CAN THINK THAT MILLER WAS 00:52:36.28\00:52:41.29 STUDYING TRYING TO GET THE DATES RIGHT, YOU KNOW? 00:52:41.29\00:52:44.63 BUT MILLER WAS -- HE FOUND A FRIEND -- THE SCRIPTURES BECAME 00:52:44.63\00:52:49.93 MIGHT DELIGHT. AS YOU STUDY THE JUDGMENT, WHAT 00:52:49.93\00:52:53.94 YOU DISCOVER IS THAT THRE IS A JUDGMENT TAKING PLACE. 00:52:53.94\00:52:56.87 YOU LOOK AT THE 70-WEEK'S PROPHECY, YOU START WAY, WAY 00:52:56.87\00:53:04.01 BACK IN ANTIQUITY. FROM 457 BC DOWN TO 27 AD, WHAT 00:53:04.01\00:53:14.69 IS THAT? THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. 00:53:14.69\00:53:20.86 YOU ADD THE OTHER THINGS -- 1810 YEARS AND YOU COME TO THE 00:53:20.86\00:53:26.07 JUDGMENT WHERE JESUS IS NOW HIGH PRIEST AND HE'S MINISTERING HIS 00:53:26.07\00:53:31.44 BLOOD IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. AND IT PORE TENS THE SECOND 00:53:31.44\00:53:40.88 COMING OF JESUS. YOU CAN'T FALL OVER IN THE DAYS 00:53:40.88\00:53:46.65 WITHOUT LANDING ON JESUS. IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. 00:53:46.65\00:53:49.72 AND IT HAS BECOME -- I GUESS EASY FOR FOLKS LIKE ME TO SUCK 00:53:49.72\00:53:53.46 THE LIFE OUT OF THAT PROPHECY, AND PRESENT A MATHEMATICAL 00:53:53.46\00:53:59.53 CALCULATION, AND LEAVE PEOPLE FEELING GUILTY, INSTEAD OF 00:53:59.53\00:54:02.57 SAYING WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS. 00:54:02.57\00:54:05.64 HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW, PLEADING HIS BLOOD FOR YOU. 00:54:05.64\00:54:11.85 THE BIBLE SAYS JUDGMENT IS FOR US, NOT AGAINST US. 00:54:11.85\00:54:16.99 SO IF JUDGMENT IS FOR YOU AND JESUS IS YOUR LAWYER IN HEAVEN, 00:54:16.99\00:54:22.19 HE IS ON REALLY GOOD TERMS WITH THE JUDGE, YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF 00:54:22.19\00:54:27.66 A GOOD OUTCOME. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SINCERITY 00:54:27.66\00:54:32.00 OF YOUR HEART. LORD, I'M SORRY, I LOVE YOU. 00:54:32.00\00:54:35.20 PLEASE WORK IN MY LIFE. >> YEAH. 00:54:35.20\00:54:37.97 >> AND TOMORROW WHEN YOU BLOW IT, YOU PLAY THE SAME PRAYER 00:54:37.97\00:54:43.04 AGAIN. >> AMEN. 00:54:43.04\00:54:45.25 AMEN. >> AND LORD JUST GROW ME. 00:54:45.25\00:54:46.92 TAKE THIS OUT OF MY LIFE. MAKE THAT CHANGE. 00:54:46.92\00:54:53.69 A HEAD ELLER IN A CHURCH WHERE I WAS PASTURING, HE TALKED ABOUT 00:54:53.69\00:55:00.43 HE HAD A HARD, HEART. AND HE SAID IT WAS A MIRACLE. 00:55:00.43\00:55:05.47 GOD GAVE ME A SOFT HEART. HE WIPES AWAY TEARS AND FEELS 00:55:05.47\00:55:10.51 HUMAN EMOTION. HE IS JUST A LOVELY KIND-HEARTED 00:55:10.51\00:55:14.48 MAN. BEAUTIFUL MAN. 00:55:14.48\00:55:15.18 GOD DOES THAT WORK. >> UH-HUH. 00:55:15.18\00:55:17.95 >> I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE SAY LORD I NEED TO QUIT 00:55:17.95\00:55:22.12 SMOKING -- GONE. OTHERS -- 00:55:22.12\00:55:23.82 >> STRUGGLE. >> OH, THEY STRUGGLE. 00:55:23.82\00:55:26.19 YOU KNOW WHAT, I FIGURED THAT GOD KNEW THAT THAT PERSON NEEDED 00:55:26.19\00:55:31.13 TO STRUGGLE. NEEDED TO KNOW THAT WHEN THINGS 00:55:31.13\00:55:41.27 ARE ROUGH, GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. 00:55:41.27\00:55:44.17 SO LET'S LEAVE IT UP TO GOD TO WORK IT OUT IN OUR LIVES. 00:55:44.17\00:55:50.88 WE SURRENDER, AND WE LIVE EACH DAY WITH GOD, AND LET'S HAVE 00:55:50.88\00:55:57.82 ASSURANCE. >> YES. 00:55:57.82\00:55:58.52 >> THAT JESUS IS OUR SAVIOR. AND JESUS IS OUR FRIEND. 00:55:58.52\00:56:02.22 >> PRAISE THE LORD. WE WANTED TO GO TO AN ADDRESS 00:56:02.22\00:56:05.66 ROLL FOR YOU. BUT I CAN'T WANT TO CUT YOU IN 00:56:05.66\00:56:09.73 THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE YOU WERE PREACHING -- 00:56:09.73\00:56:11.90 >> I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 00:56:11.90\00:56:13.74 WE PUT IT ON THE LOWER THIRDS. THAT'S OUT OF CONTEXT. 00:56:13.74\00:56:20.94 JOHN BRADSHAW IT IS WRITTEN THERE IS THE NUMBER 00:56:20.94\00:56:29.28 844-974-8836. ITISWRITTEN.COM. 00:56:29.28\00:56:30.99 SO IT'S EASY. IF YOU FORGET THAT, CALL US HERE 00:56:30.99\00:56:35.62 AT 3ABN AND WE'LL GET IT TO YOU. THEY DESERVE YOUR PRAYERS AND 00:56:35.62\00:56:44.20 FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THEY CAN KEEP ON DOING WHAT THEY ARE 00:56:44.20\00:56:48.30 DOING. JOHN IN SUMMATION, JUDGMENT IS 00:56:48.30\00:56:50.04 NOT TO BE FEARED? >> NO, IT SHOULD BE WELCOMED. 00:56:50.04\00:56:53.98 >> WHY? >> BECAUSE JESUS HAS TAKEN OUR 00:56:53.98\00:56:56.28 SIN AND HE IS OFFERING US ETERNAL LIFE. 00:56:56.28\00:57:01.15 >> AMEN. AND I'M IN CLOSING NOW TO WISH 00:57:01.15\00:57:05.22 YOU BOTH GRACE AND PEACE THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS 00:57:05.22\00:57:12.09 CHRIST. GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS. 00:57:12.09\00:57:14.93 ¤ 00:57:14.93\00:57:20.44