Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), John Bradshaw
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017504B
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00:14 ♪ >>> AND WE ARE BACK.
00:16 MY GUEST IS JOHN BRADSHAW, SPEAKER, DIRECTOR OF IT IS 00:21 WRITTEN MINISTRY. A WORDWIDE MINISTRY. 00:25 CERTAINLY SEEN HERE ON 3ABN, ANY ADVENTIST SHOW, YOU ARE ON THEIR 00:32 RADIO AND TELEVISION. >> I HOPE SO. 00:34 AND MANY OTHER CHANNELS AS WELL. NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 00:39 I WISH WE COULD BE ON MORE, BUT WE LEAVE THAT WITH GOD. 00:43 >> AND GOD IS DOING GREAT WORK THROUGH YOU. 00:45 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 00:48 SALVATION, AND THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 00:51 AND I ADMITTED TO JOHN, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER EARLY ON IN MY 00:59 MINISTRY, AND I RAN INTO A STATEMENT THAT ELLEN WHITE SAID 01:05 WE SHOULD NEVER SAY WE ARE SAVED. 01:07 AND I DIDN'T BOTHER TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THAT WAS 01:12 MADE. SO I RAN AROUND AND SAYING 01:15 [ INAUDIBLE ] I PREACHED THAT FOR A WHILE, UNTIL I REALLY HAD 01:21 A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND WORK WITH IT. 01:24 AND THEN I RAN INTO THESE STATEMENTS, YOU ARE NOT WALKING 01:28 AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, I ON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T 01:31 KNOW. YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW. 01:34 SO I HAD TO BRING THEM TOGETHER AND GET SOME UNDERSTANDING. 01:37 NOW YOU ARE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 01:41 YOU OUT NOT BE HAZY ABOUT YOUR STANNING WITH THE LORD. 01:46 >> JOHN WROTE, THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN THESE THINGS I HAVE 01:51 WRITTEN TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD -- 01:54 >> YES. YES. 01:55 >> -- THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, THAT YOU MAY 01:59 CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD. 02:03 SO EVENTUALLY, JOHN WHO WROTE REVELATION HAD THE IDEA THAT WE 02:06 CAN HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. 02:11 AND THAT STATEMENT INDICATES QUITE RIGHTLY THAT WE CANNOT BE 02:17 LOST. IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT I DO, I 02:21 HAVE PUNCHED MY TICKET BECAUSE YOU ARE SAVED IN CHRIST. 02:29 ONE MORNING IN THE CHAPEL, THEY WERE FILING OUT -- I'M ALWAYS AT 02:34 THE DOOR GREETING PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU, SO GLAD TO SEE 02:39 YOU. AND I SAID AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, 02:41 JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON. AND THIS WOMAN LOOKED UP AT ME, 02:45 AND SHE SAID, YES, PASTOR, AND I HOPE I'M READY. 02:50 I SAID WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE SAID PASTOR, DID I SAY 02:54 SOMETHING WRONG? I SAID YES, YOU DID. 02:57 SHE SAID AM I IN TROUBLE? I SAID, I THINK YOU ARE, WE NEED 03:02 TO TALK. I SAID TO THE NEXT PERSON IN 03:06 LINE, WAIT RIGHT THERE, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 03:10 I SAID WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE SAID I HOPE I'M READY WHEN 03:15 JESUS COME BACKS. I SAID HAVE YOU GIVEN HIM YOUR 03:20 HEART? >> YES. 03:21 OKAY. THEN HAVE YOU GOT A DRINKING 03:22 ISSUE IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, SISTER? 03:25 NO. DRUGS? 03:26 NO, OF COURSE NOT. [ LAUGHTER ] 03:30 >> BOYFRIEND? NOW, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE 03:34 CAREFUL -- I NEW HER. SHE SAID OH, PASTOR. 03:38 I SAID LISTEN SISTER, YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND 03:43 ACCEPTED HIS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YES, I HAVE. 03:48 HE HAS FORGIVEN YOU OF YOUR SINS. 03:58 THEN STOP HOPING AND START BELIEVING. 04:04 IF WE DECIDE I DON'T WANT THIS, GOD HAS NO OPTION BUT TO HONOR 04:08 OUR CHOICE. BUT THERE IS NO ONE WHO SHOULD 04:11 SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M ALMOST THERE, BUT I -- I STILL 04:16 EAT TOO MANY ALMONDS OR I HAVE CHEESE ONCE IN A WHILE, OR I 04:21 KNOW I NEED TO BETTER AGO THE WAY I ORGANIZE -- WHATEVER IT 04:25 MIGHT BE. IT'S NOT TO MAKE LIGHT OF ANY 04:27 ISSUE OF SIN. I LOSE MY TEMPER NOW AND THEN. 04:31 YOU SHOULD DON'T THAT, BUT WE'LL COME TO THIS IN JUST A MOMENT. 04:36 WE OUT TO HAVE ASSURANCE IN JESUS CHRIST. 04:42 LET ME READ FROM MARK 4. BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN THING 04:47 HERE, THAT I HOPE OFFERS HOPE. MARK 4, JESUS SAID, IN VERSE 26, 05:01 THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AS IF A MAN SHOULD SCATTER SEED ON THE 05:08 GROUND AND SLEEP BY NIGHT AND RISE BY DAY. 05:12 VERSE 28 FOR THE EARTH YIELDS CROPS BY ITSELF. 05:18 FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE HEAD, AFTER THAT THE FULL GRAIN, AND 05:22 THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE IN ISRAEL THERE 05:28 WAS NO CORN, IT WAS GRAIN. THAT'S WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD 05:32 IS LIKE. NOW IF YOU AR FAMILIAR AT ALL 05:35 WITH AGRICULTURE, YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE FIELD, AND THEY HAVE 05:40 TILLED IT UP, AND THERE IS NOTHING. 05:42 YOU JUST SEE DIRT. NOTHING. 05:44 AND THEN YOU WALK BY OR DRIVE BY AND YOU THINK DID I JUST -- DID 05:49 I -- AND YOU THINK, I THINK I SEE SOMETHING GREEN STICKING UP. 05:53 >> UH-HUH. >> MAYBE I DO. 05:55 IT'S SO SMALL TO BEGIN WITH. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY OF COURSE 06:02 IT HAS POKED ITS HEAD UP ABOVE THE GROUND. 06:06 IN THAT LITTLE GREEN IS GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 06:10 LET ME USE A MORE DELICATE ILL STATION. 06:14 IT'S LIKE A NEW BORN. A NEW BORN CANNOT TIE HER SHOE 06:18 LACES. YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR A 06:20 NEW BORN. >> YES. 06:21 >> I MEAN JUST -- JUST TO MAKE THE STATEMENT -- KIND OF GOOD 06:25 FOR NOTHING. [ LAUGHTER ] 06:27 >> SMELL. MAKING NOISE AT THE WRONG TIME. 06:29 WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR IN WELL, THEY ARE GOOD FOR LOVING. 06:33 >> YES. >> AND THEY ARE GOOD FOR 06:36 GROWING. >> UH-HUH. 06:39 >> THAT NEWBORN IS PERFECT. THE PERFECT TWO-WEEK OLD. 06:45 THERE IS A TERRIBLE 20 YEAR OLD, BUT ABSOLUTELY WHERE IT TAUGHT 06:51 BE. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT THE 06:53 FINISHED PRODUCT, GOD IS GROWING YOU. 06:55 IT'S NOT A LICENSE, BUT WE ARE CREDITED WITH CHRIST'S 07:02 RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE MESSAGE WE PROCLIMB IS THE 07:07 MESSAGE OF CHRIST, THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS. 07:12 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO HAVE NO PEACE IN THEIR 07:17 HEART. THEY SEE A DARK SPOT ON THEIR 07:21 HEART, THEY -- NOW THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO P 07:29 PRETEND TO BE ABLE TO DIVINE THIS. 07:32 WHEN THERE IS SIN IN THEIR LIFE, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? 07:37 ANY SIN IS TOO MUCH SIN. BUT SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK 07:42 OF A LIFETIME. AND YOUR SALVATION ISN'T 07:45 DETERMINED BY THE OCCASIONAL DEED OR MISDEED. 07:50 I'M NOT GOING SLIGHT ON SIN. I'LL BRING THIS AROUND A LITTLE 07:54 BIT FURTHER, BUT WE CAN HAVE ASSURANCE IN CHRIST THE MOMENT 07:58 WE ACCEPT HIM AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. 08:00 >> WELL SAID. >> A WOMAN -- IMAGINE THIS SCENE 08:03 IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO PAINT THE PICTURE A LITTLE BIT 08:07 NOW WE KNOW -- WE KNOW THERE WAS A SET UP. 08:11 WE BELIEVE IT WAS A SET UP. THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. 08:15 THEY SAY THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULLRY IN THE VERY ACT. 08:20 I DO NOT SEE THOSE KINDLESS GENTLEMEN SAYING WE'LL WAIT AT 08:32 THE DOOR. I IMAGINE THEY GRABBED HER. 08:36 SO IT'S A PRETTY DELICATE SCENE. >> UH-HUH. 08:41 >> AND NO ONE SEES THIS WOMAN AND SAYS WAS IT FRAUD? 08:45 DID SHE STEAL SOMETHING FROM THE NEIGHBOR? 08:48 THEY SEE THIS, WHAT DO THEY KNOW? 08:50 HER HAIR IS ALL MESSED UP, AND THE BIBLE DIDN'T TALK ANYTHING 08:54 ABOUT A SHEET. I'M JUST IMAGINING THIS. 08:56 SHE IS TAKEN IN ADULTERY. THEY KNOW THAT WOMAN IS A 09:01 SINNER. AND WE KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS. 09:04 JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN YOU. SHE HADN'T EVEN SAID SORRY. 09:10 >> RIGHT. RIGHT. 09:12 >> I THINK JESUS KNEW SHE WAS SORRY. 09:14 >> AGREED. >> SHE HADN'T SAID SORRY. 09:20 AND JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN YOU. 09:24 NOW HE SAID GO IN SIN NO MORE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 09:28 BUT AT THAT MOMENT, AS SHE WAS THERE IN PUBLIC SHAME, SHE HAD 09:33 SALVATION. AND NOW SHE WAS GOING TO GROW IN 09:35 THE GRACE OF GOD, AND GROW MORE AND MORE AND MORE INTO THE 09:40 LIKENESS OF JESUS CHRIST. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 09:42 >> UH-HUH. UH-HUH. 09:45 >> THIS BUSINESS ABOUT OBEDIENCE. 09:48 WE READ BY BEHOLDING WE BECOME CHANGED. 09:51 I WAS DOING A DEVOTIONAL FOR WORSHIP AT THE OFFICE THE OTHER 09:57 DAY. AND I SHARED A STORY ABOUT A MAN 10:01 WHO CLIMBED THE TREE TO SEE JESUS. 10:04 AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED. 10:06 SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO SEE HIM. 10:10 WE SEE HIM HERE IN THIS BOOK. WE SEE HIM -- I DO'T WANT TO 10:14 GET TOO FUNNY, BUT IN PRAYER WE COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. 10:18 WE WELCOME HIM INTO OUR LIVES. WHEN WE GET INTO OUR CARS, JESUS 10:22 DRIVES WITH US. WAITING IN THE SUBWAY, JESUS IS 10:27 THERE WITH US, WE ARE AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE. 10:30 AS OUR LIVES ARE TANGLED WITH UP WITH HIS LIFE, THERE ARE THINGS 10:36 YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYMORE. 10:38 YOU REJECT THIS AND YOU REJECT THAT, AND YOU REJECT THIS. 10:43 NOW FROM THEN ON YOU ARE IN A BATTLE WITH CARNAL NATION, YOU 10:48 ARE ALSO IN A BATTLE WITH YOUR DNA, WITH YOUR CONDITIONING, 10:52 WHETHER IT'S YOUR CULTURAL -CONDITIONING, OR FAMILY CONDITIONING, YOU ARE IN A 10:58 BATTLE OF 20, 30, 40 YEARS OF HISTORY. 11:02 >> YES. >> IF YOU LET YOUR GUARD DOWN IN 11:05 THAT MOMENT YOU DEFAULT BACK INTO THOSE PRIMAL BEHAVIORS. 11:11 IT TAKES A WHILE TO UNLEARN THE THINGS IT HAS TAKEN DECADES TO 11:17 LEARN. BUT THAT BEHAVIOR IS AN 11:23 INEVITABILITY. WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO 11:27 CHRIST, IT IS A SURRENDER TO JESUS. 11:29 WHAT YOU DISCOVER IS IF YOU CAN LEARN NOT TO BE A LEGALIST -- 11:34 >> YES. >> -- SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO 11:36 SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY AN IDEAL ALMOST OF 11:42 ALMONDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 8 OR 10 OR 6, AND I DON'T 11:47 CARE ANYMORE. I'M GOING TO EAT ALMONDS. 11:52 JUST GET OVER YOURSELF. >> YEAH. 11:54 IF WE STOP AT THIS POINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THERE 11:58 ARE SO MANY CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFER UNDER THE WEIGHT OF NOT 12:02 KNOWING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ASSURANCE. 12:04 >> YEAH. >> AND I HAVE DONE THIS ALL OVER 12:06 THE WORLD. THIS IS A SERMON I TAKE, AND I 12:10 ASK PEOPLE HOW MANY KNOW THEY ARE CONVERTED. 12:13 JUST STAND. AND IT IS USUALLY LESS THAN 5%. 12:17 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND I SAID THE REASON A 12:24 NUMBER OF YOU DIDN'T STAND, IS BECAUSE CONVERSION IS A CHANGE 12:31 OF DIRECTION. DO YOU STUMBLE AND FALL, OF 12:35 COURSE YOU DO? BUT YOU WALKING WITH JESUS. 12:37 YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR DIRECTION. YOU DO HAVE BAD DAYS, AND ON 12:42 THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS 12:47 BEEN MARRIED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. 12:51 THERE ARE SOME DAYS YOU FEEL VERY MARRIED. 12:55 EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME DAYS 12:58 WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL SO MARRIED. >> UH-HUH. 13:00 >> BUT ON THE DAYS WHEN YOU FEEL REALLY MARRIED, YOU ARE MARRIED. 13:06 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND ON THE DAYS WHEN YOU 13:09 DON'T FEEL QUIE SO MARRIED, YOU ARE STILL MARRIED. 13:13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SOME DAYS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU 13:16 CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD, AND SOME DAYS YOU FEEL 13:19 LIKE YOU ARE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD. 13:22 >> YEAH. YEAH. 13:24 IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF YOUR BLOOD SUGAR. 13:27 >> YEAH, YOU ATE PIZZA BEFORE YOU WENT TO BED. 13:34 >> YEAH. SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE 13:38 DEPRESSIVE. SOME PEOPLE ARE UP AND DOWN. 13:39 IT'S JUST HOW YOU ARE WIRED. >> YEAH. 13:42 >> AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO RELY ON HOW YOU FEEL -- I BELIEVE I'M 13:46 A CHILD OF GOD. WHY? 13:47 BECAUSE I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. 13:52 OKAY, JOHN, WHAT ABOUT SIN? GOD IS WORKING ON THAT. 13:54 WE'RE WORKING ON IT TOGETHER. FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR, 13:58 AND THEN THE FULL CORN AND THE EAR. 14:00 >> UH-HUH. >> AND LET ME MAKE IT REALLY 14:04 SIMPLE. DO WE THINK JOHN WESLEY DIED A 14:08 SAVED MAN? >> YES. 14:10 >> MARTIN LUTHER? >> YES. 14:14 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. YEAH, SURE WE DO. 14:17 I BETTER NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO NOW -- IT'S BETTER TO LEAVE IT 14:22 WITH HISTORICAL FIGURES. BUT DO WE THINK THOSE PEOPLE 14:28 EVER MADE MISTAKES? SURE THEY MADE MISTAKES. 14:33 LUTHER, HE MADE A TON OF MISTAKES, BUT HE WAS A MAN OF 14:38 GOD. SO DON'T MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF 14:40 MOLE HILLS, YOU KNOW? SO YOU ARE A SINNER -- LET 14:44 ME -- LET ME -- LET ME SAY THIS. SOMEBODY WITH FAR MORE WISDOM 14:50 THAN I ONCE SAID THE GREATEST BATTLE WE EVER HAVE TO FIGHT 14:55 AGAINST IS BATTLE WITH SELF. >> TRUE. 14:57 >> WE THINK THE BATTLE WITH SELF IS I'M CRAVING CHOCOLATE. 15:02 WELL, CHOCOLATE IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU, AND SO FORTH. 15:06 BUT THAT'S NOT THE SUM TOTAL OF THE BATTLE WITH SELF.-D 15:13 DIET IS VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE SUM 15:17 TOTAL. I WAS TEMPTED TO BE ANGRY. 15:20 OKAY. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE SUM 15:22 TOTAL OF IT EITHER. >> UH-HUH. 15:24 >> LET ME ADD THIS TO IT FOR YOU. 15:28 WHEN -- WHEN YOU SAY I'M NOT SURE IF -- IF I CAN HAVE 15:34 CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDGMENT OR WHAT JESUS IS GOING TO 15:37 SEE -- THE PROBLEM THERE IS SELF. 15:40 >> AGREED. YEAH. 15:42 YEAH. >> IT'S SELF. 15:46 I DON'T KNOW IF JESUS COULD SAVE SOMEONE LIKE ME. 15:49 THAT PERSON IS SELF CENTERED. TOTALLY THOROUGHLY SELFISH, 15:55 BECAUSE JESUS SAYS I DIED FOR YOU. 15:57 THE BIBLE SAYS THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON, TAKES 16:04 AWAY YOUR SINS. SO IF YOU ARE WALLOWING IN PITY, 16:10 OH, I HAD A BAD DAY, I DON'T KNOW IF GOD CAN FORGIVE ME. 16:14 YOU CAN LOOKING AT THE BIBLE AND SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 16:17 BELIEVE THIS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT JESUS WITH 16:19 HIS ARMS OUT, SAYING THAT MUST BE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 16:24 YOUR EYES AREN'T ON JESUS ANYMORE, THEY ARE ON YOURSELF. 16:27 >> YEAH. >> SELF CENTEREDNESS. 16:31 SO IF WE LEARN TO LOOK FOR JESUS, WE'LL HAVE CONFIDENCE. 16:36 HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU IS FAITHFUL TO PERFORM IT 16:41 UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST. SO IN THE JUDGMENT, I'M GOING TO 16:45 SAY I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED. YOU GIVE JESUS YOUR HEART EVERY 16:49 DAY. WHEN SIN COMES -- HERE IS THIS 16:53 TENSION. IT SHOULDN'T BE THEE. 16:54 >> YEAH. >> WE WANT IT OUT OF OUR LIVES. 16:57 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT THE FACT IS, WE'RE STILL 17:01 GROWING. >> YEAH. 17:01 >> SOMETIMES WE SLIP. >> YEAH. 17:04 YEAH. >> I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO 17:06 GROW CLOSER AND CLOSER TO JESUS AND SLIP LESS AND LESS AND LESS. 17:10 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 17:12 >> AND THE TENSION TOO WHEN YOU PREACH GRACE LIKE THIS, THERE 17:16 ARE THOSE WHO WILL TAKE THAT FOR LIBERTY. 17:19 BUT GOD IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. HE IS TRYING TO BALANCE IT OUT, 17:23 AND WHAT HE LOOKS AT AS YOUR RECORD ARE ONLY THE THINGS THAT 17:27 YOU PUT THERE. HE IS NOT GOING TO ADD ANYTHING. 17:30 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND IF YOU ASK HIM, AND PRAY 17:33 TO HIM, HE WILL OVERLOOK A LOT OF STUFF. 17:36 HE IS NOT TRYING TO KEEP YOU OUT. 17:39 HE IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. AND USING A PRODUCTION METAPHOR,-I'M SO GLAD GOD JUDGES US ON THE 17:56 VIDEO AND NOT THE SNAPSHOT. I'M SO GLAD THAT GOD DOESN'T 18:00 LIKE AT CA MURRAY IN 1999. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THERE WAS 18:07 ALMOST THAT ASPECT OF THE PREACHING. 18:10 WHEN YOUR NAME IS UP, IT IS GOING TO BE ON THIS DAY, AND 18:14 THAT'S IT. BUT HE JUDGES ON THE VIDEO -- I 18:18 ALMOST WANT TO SAY DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE. 18:24 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU FEEL SO 18:29 BAD, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SUCH A HARD JOB, BUT SHE GOT UP AND 18:33 LIMPED TO THE FINISH. WE GET CREDIT FOR THAT. 18:37 >> YEAH. THERE'S A WONDERFUL STORY, AND 18:39 THE ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN USED MANY TIME BY ME AND OTHERS -- I 18:44 SHOULDN'T FORGET HIS NAME. ANYWAY HE WAS THE 400-METER 18:54 RUNNER RUNNING FOR BARCELONA, AND AS HE WAS RUNNING ARK THE 19:00 SECOND RIM, HIS HAMSTRING BLOWS OUT. 19:05 THEY ALL RUN PAST HIM, AND HE IS ON THE GROUND. 19:09 HIS DAD COMES OUT, CLIMBED OVER THE BARRIER AND WALKED OUT TO 19:13 WHERE HIS SON WAS AND THE SON WAS TRYING -- WAS TRYING TO GET 19:18 DOWN THE STRAIGHT, BUT HE IN S IN AGONY, YOU KNOW? 19:23 HE CHASED OFF THE MIX. AND HIS DAD SAID IF WE'RE GOING 19:29 TO DO THIS AT ALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER AND HE 19:33 STOOD HIM UP, AN TOGETHER THEY WENT DOWN THE HOME STRETCH. 19:37 LOUDEST CHEER OF THE BARCELONA OLYMPIC GAMES IN 1992, WAS FOR A 19:43 MAN WHO DIDN'T FINISH UNDER HIS OWN STEAM BUT WAS ASSISTED TO 19:48 THE FINISH. THAT'S US. 19:50 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S A THIN METAPHOR, BECAUSE 19:54 PAUL USED IT, WE HAVE TO LEAN ON JESUS AND TRUST IN THE LOVE OF 19:58 GOD. WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE ABSOLUTE 20:00 ASSURANCE IN TH JUDGMENT. NOW -- NOW, OF COURSE HERE IS A 20:05 QUESTION, AND THE QUESTION MIGHT BE SO WHEN HAVE I GONE TOO FAR? 20:10 WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION? 20:13 WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ARE -- IF YOU ARE 20:19 SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, GOD IS GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AND SAY 20:23 THAT WASN'T RIGHT. IN FACT HE'LL SPEAK TO YOU AT 20:30 THE MOMENT. YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK THE 20:34 QUESTION, WHEN HAVE I GONE TOO FAR? 20:36 I REMEMBER GETTING FROM 10TH GRADE TO 11TH GRADE, WE JUST 20:40 NEEDED 50%. AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS COUNTED 20:43 ON THAT. THEY DIDN'T WANT 99%, AS LONG AS 20:47 I GET 51. I'LL MAKE IT TO THE 11TH GRADE. 20:51 YOU WANT TO GIVE GOD 100% AND LET HIM WORK IN YOUR LIFE. 20:58 IT'S ALWAYS TOO MANY. >> YES. 21:01 >> THAT'S WHAT FORGIVENESS AND GRACE IS FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT 21:05 THE IN-DWELLING PRESENCE OF CHRIST IS FOR, TO GROW YOU TO 21:11 THAT PLACE YOU DONE WANT TO BE THAT GUY. 21:14 >> YEAH. >> LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY, AND 21:17 EVERY DAY, LORD I SURRENDER MY LIFE TO YOU TODAY. 21:23 YOU TAUGHT TO DO THAT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. 21:26 YOU ARE AT THE SUPERMARKET AND THE PERSON BEHIND THE CHECKOUT 21:34 GETS SNIPPY WITH YOU, LORD -- AND YOU LEARN TO 21:37 SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST. >> AND MOST PEOPLE WHO ASK THAT 21:42 QUESTION, DONE REALLY WANT AN ANSWER? 21:44 WHEN DID I GO TOO FAR? >> THAT'S RIGHT. 21:47 >> YOU WENT TOO FAR YESTERDAY. [ LAUGHTER ] 21:49 >> NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THAT. 21:52 THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY 21:57 WANT ASSURANCE THAT THAT WAS NOT THE END. 21:59 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, SOMETHING THAT WORKS LIKE AN 22:03 ADDICTION. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT SOME 22:07 PEOPLE JUST STRUGGLE WITH FOR THE LONGEST TIME. 22:11 >> UH-HUH. >> I DONE WANT TO NAME ANY OF 22:14 THE TYPICAL THINGS. IT MIGHT BE A BAD TEMPER, 22:22 SOMETHING NICE AND SIMPLE. THIS GUY HAS BEEN WRESTLING WITH 22:26 THAT BAD TEMPER FOR 25 YEARS. IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD BE 22:32 THINKING THAT GOD COULD HAVE WORKED THAT OUT OF YOUR LIFE, 22:35 BUT LET'S UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU MAY BE PRONE TO LOSE YOUR 22:39 TEMPER, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR DEFAULT. 22:41 PETER TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF JESUS, AND DOWN HE WENT. 22:45 SO IF THAT HAPPENS, ASK YOURSELF ARE YOU LOOKING AT JESUS OFTEN 22:51 ENOUGH? ARE YOU SPENDING ENOUGH TIME IN 22:52 HIS WORD? ARE YOU PRAYING -- IT'S NOT THAT 22:55 YOU CAN PRAY AWAY THE SIN, BUT ARE YOU LEARNING TO SURRENDER TO 23:01 JESUS IN THAT MOMENT? >> UH-HUH. 23:02 >> WE HAVE A PERFECT RIGHT TO GO TO GOD AND SAY I'M SICK AND 23:07 TIRED OF THIS. YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 23:10 GOD SAYS A NEW HEART WILL GIVE YOU. 23:13 YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GO TO GOD AND POUND YOUR FIST ON THE 23:17 TABLE AND SAY YOU PROMISED ME A NEW HEART. 23:21 I MUST HAVE THIS NEW HEART. >> AND HE IS READY. 23:25 AND THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO. 23:28 >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE ENERGY YOU PUT INTO IT, 23:34 MUST BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE ENERGY YOU PUT INTO IT. 23:39 >> AMEN. THERE IS A PASSAGE THAT I'M FOND 23:44 TO APPEALING TO IN ZECHARIAH 3. HE SHOWED ME JOSHUA THE HIGH 23:52 PRIEST STANDING WITH THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, STANDING AT HIS 23:57 RIGHT-HAND -- >> YES. 23:59 YES. >> JOSHUA'S CLOTHED WITH FILTHY 24:03 GARMENTS, AND HE ANSWERED THOSE WHO SPOOK BY HIM AND SAID TAKE 24:07 AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM. 24:11 AND HE SAID SEE, I WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH RICH ROBES. 24:15 I SAID LET THEM PUT A CLAN TURBIN ON HIS HEAD. 24:19 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY. 24:24 VERSE 7, IF YOU WALK IN MY WAYS AND KEEP MY COMMAND AND SO 24:29 FORTH -- AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, WHAT HAPPENED? 24:32 GOD TOOK AWAY THE DIRTY CLOTHES. TOOK THEM AWAY. 24:37 GAVE HIM CLEAN CLOTHES. WHAT DID JOSHUA DO IN THAT 24:43 TRANSACTION? >> ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. 24:45 >> YEAH, HE DIDN'T FIGHT. HE LET IT HAPPEN. 24:48 AND IF WE LEARN TO LET GOD BE GOD -- 24:51 >> UH-HUH. >> AND LET'S BE HONEST. 24:55 PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SIN. 24:57 THERE ARE SOME GUYS WHO THINK IT IS OKAY TO GO HOME AND YELL AT 25:01 THEIR WIVES OR HIT THEIR WIVES.-THAT'S NOT OKAY. BREAK THE SABBATH. 25:07 IT'S NOT OKAY. IF YOU ARE A NEW BABY CHRISTIAN, 25:10 AND YOU ARE FINDING YOUR WAY AND YOU ARE GROWING. 25:19 BUT NO, THERE ARE SOME THINGS -- WELL, ALL SIN -- GOD'S 25:27 NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. WE SHOULD NOT LOWER THE BAR TO 25:34 CATER TO OUR PREELECTION TOWARDS SIN. 25:39 BUT IF YOU ARE THE CAREFUL KIND OF CHRISTIAN, TIME TO LOOK AGAIN 25:44 AT YOUR CONVERSION EXPERIENCE. >> YES, VERY MUCH SO. 25:48 >> IF YOU LOVE ME. KEEP MY COMMAND. 25:52 JESUS MEANT IT. DON'T STEAL. 25:56 THOSE TAX DEDUCTIONS THAT YOU ARE TAKING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE 26:01 TAKING, THAT IS THEFT. NOT IT OFF. 26:04 BUT ONCE YOU COME TO THAT CONVICTION, OH, LORD, I'M SORRY. 26:09 PLEASE FORGIVE ME. YES, I FORGIVE YOU. 26:11 >> AND IF YOUR MIND IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, YOU WILL BE 26:19 SENSITIVE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 26:20 >> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS UH-HUH. 26:23 THE SPIRIT IS SAYING NO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 26:27 >> AND HE MAY NOT SCREAM IT, HE WILL JUST SAY, NO, NO. 26:31 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THAT, 26:33 AND THE MORE YOU ATTUNE YOUR EAR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT. 26:37 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AS THE STIMULUS COMES, NO, 26:41 I'M NOT DOING THAT. >> CHRISTIANITY IS A GROWTH 26:44 EXPERIENCE, AND IF YOU LEARN TO LIVE YOUR LIFE CONNECTED TO GOD, 26:51 AND INVITE GOD INTO YOUR CONVERSATIONS AND THOUGHTS AND 26:55 ACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT CHOICES, AND WHATEVER. 26:58 IF YOU MAKE A DECISION NOW -- PERHAPS FOR SOME PEOPLE 27:01 THEY HAVE GOT TO DECIDE WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS. 27:04 >> UH-HUH. >> WE HAVE YOU KNOW USING 27:09 MATTHEW 4:4 FOREVER. >> YEAH. 27:12 >> THAT'S SAFE. LET THE BIBLE BE YOUR GUIDE. 27:14 >> UH-HUH. >> SO IF YOU ARE AT THAT PLACE 27:18 WHERE THE BIBLE IS NOT YOUR -GUIDE. YOU DO THE CHURCH THING. 27:22 AND YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS IN CHURCH SCHOOL, AND THE REST OF THE TIME 27:27 YOU ARE DOING YOUR OWN THING. SOMETIME TO STOP AND LOOK. 27:31 IS THE BIBLE REALLY YOUR GUIDE? IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE 27:35 WHO SAYS I BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE, BUT -- THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE 27:39 TO BE. >> UH-HUH. 27:41 DEFINE FOR ME -- BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE THE NEXT 27:43 STEP -- ALONG THE LINE -- WHAT IS HOPE IN A BIBLICAL SENSE? 27:48 >> HOPE IN A BIBLICAL SENSE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL, I HOPE 27:54 I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. I HOPE I GUESS TO GO TO NEW 28:00 ZEALAND NEXT WEEK. I HOPE -- IS THAT LIGHT, THAT 28:09 SUBSTANCE LESS. >> PAUL WROTE ABOUT THE BLESSED 28:12 HOPE. THAT'S ONE THING. 28:13 THAT'S THE COMING OF JESUS. WE HOPE FOR THAT. 28:15 >> UH-HUH. >> WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT. 28:17 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT SALVATION ISN'T A HOPE. 28:22 THAT'S BLESSED ASSURANCE. >> YES. 28:24 >> THAT'S ASSURANCE. >> UH-HUH. 28:27 >> NOW WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST, BUT NOT WISHFUL THINKING IN 28:32 CHRIST, NOT MAYBE IN CHRIST. MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS 28:44 THAN RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> I WAS GOING BACK TO THAT LADY 28:50 WHO SAID I HOPE I'M READY. >> SHE SAID ALL GOING WELL. 28:54 IF SHE HAD SAID PASTOR, ISN'T IT GOOD THAT WE HAVE HOPE? 28:58 AH, SURE, WE HAVE HOPE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S BUILT ON FAITH. 29:02 THAT'S BUILT ON THE WORD. THAT'S A CERTAINTY. 29:05 BUT NOT THE -- NOT THE -- OH, MAYBE. 29:08 OH, I REALLY HOPE SO. NOT THE NAIL BITING, I HOPE SO. 29:12 THAT'S A DIFFERENT HOPE ALL TOGETHER. 29:14 >> YEAH. YEAH. 29:15 >> THAT'S NOT HOPE IN THE CHRISTIAN SALVATIONAL SENSE. 29:18 >> THAT'S A LACK OF HOPE. >> THAT'S A LACK OF HOPE. 29:21 IT IS. IT IS. 29:24 >> YOUR SALVATION SHOULD NEVER COME DOWN TO IF I'M LUCKY. 29:29 YOU EITHER KNOW CHRIST OR YOU DON'T. 29:31 IF YOU ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, TRUST IN HIM, 29:36 AND GROW IN HIS GRACE, LEANING ON JESUS ALWAYS, BELIEVING IN 29:40 JESUS ALWAYS, TRUSTING IN HIM, TURNING TOWARDS HIM. 29:45 >> UH-HUH. THAT -- THAT KIND 29:49 HOPE -- ACTUALLY, THE VISIONAL I-GET WATERING DOWN THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS. 29:55 >> OH, YEAH. DID JESUS DIE FOR YOU? 29:58 >> YES. >> BELIEVE IT THEN. 30:00 BELIEVE IT. >> LET ME TAKE A COUPLE OF 30:05 QUESTIONS HERE. I DON'T WANT TO START WITH THAT 30:09 ONE. THIS IS RICHARD AND AMANDA, THEY 30:15 MET YOU ANOTHER GC. HOW DO WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS, 30:20 MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL? THANKS, RICHARD AND MAIN DA. 30:25 >> HOW DO WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL. 30:33 RIC RIC 30:38 RICHARD AND AMANDA, I HOPE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 30:46 HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD LOVES YOU? OH, WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, 30:51 I GOT A DOG, AND I KNEW THAT GOD LOVED ME. 30:57 AND I WAS ONCE STUCK AT AN AIRPORT, AND SOMEBODY GAVE ME 31:08 $200, AND I KNEW GOD LOVED ME. THEY GOT TO ME, AND I SAID 31:14 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO. THAT'S IT. 31:16 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO. YOU CANNOT TRUST -- NOW, IF THE 31:20 QUESTION WAS, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN GOD'S LOVE AT WORK IN YOUR LIFE. 31:24 THE PUPPY, THE PLANE TICKET, THE KIND OLD LADY, SURE, BUT 31:30 EVIDENCE -- BUT WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES YOU? 31:33 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SCRIPTURE. >> UH-HUH. 31:36 >> WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? >> YEAH, THE QUESTION -- HOW DO 31:42 WE IN PRACTICAL WAYS MAKE OUR HOPE IN JESUS REAL? 31:46 >> YEAH. I -- I -- I SEE I'M MISSING THE 31:50 POINT OF THE QUESTION, BUT IF YOU WERE SAYING HOW DO I KEEP 31:54 THE REALITY BEFORE ME? GO TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND READ 31:59 THE PASSAGES ABOUT ASSURANCE AND HOPE AND SALVATION AND FUTURE. 32:05 THOUGHTS TO GIVE YOU A HOPE OF THE FUTURE. 32:08 YOU WILL SEARCH ME AND FIND ME WHEN YOU LOOK WITH ALL YOUR 32:15 HEART. THE WORD OF GOD HAS ALL OF THESE 32:18 PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES MADE TO US. 32:23 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE QUESTION IS GETTING AT? 32:25 >> A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME TO MY MIND. 32:28 I HAVE A SERIES OF LITTLE THINGS I DO, CALLED FAITH IS, AND ONE 32:32 OF THEM THAT IS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD FAITH IS BASED ON FAITH 32:42 NOT FEELING. AND AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT SOME 32:45 DAYS YOU GET UP FEELING STRONG, OTHER DAYS YOU GET UP FEELING 32:51 WEEK, AND YOU ACT LIKE YOU DO ON THE STRONG DAYS, BECAUSE YOU 32:55 HAVE TAKEN AND UNDERSTOOD THE PROMISES OF GOD. 32:58 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT 33:00 ALSO TO -- TO SPENDING TIME IN THE WORD SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 33:06 PROMISES -- YOU HAVE CASH IN THE BANK AND NO PIN NUMBER. 33:09 YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS THERE SO YOU CAN DRAW ON THAT STUFF. 33:13 YOU ACT ON THE PROMISES OF GOD, AND GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS 33:17 SPIRIT AND GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO KEEP ACTING AND TRUSTING. 33:23 >> I CAME ACROSS SOMETHING VERY, VERY HOPEFUL. 33:27 GOD SAID TO PAUL, PAUL WAS CRYING OUT, TAKE AWAY THE THORN 33:32 IN THE FLESH. AND GOD DID NOT. 33:34 PRAYED THREE TIMES, THAT WAS IT. AND GOD SAID TO PAUL, IT'S OKAY, 33:42 BECAUSE MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKESS. 33:46 GOD HELPS THE WEAK. NOW CAREFUL HOW YOU HEAR ME SAY 33:51 THAT. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE STRONG, A 33:54 PHYSICIAN CAN'T HELP YOU. IF YOU CAN SAY I'M WEAK, THEN 33:58 YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL UNITE HIS STRENGTH WITH YOU. 34:02 SO ON THE WEAK DAYS -- THE WEAK DAYS -- 34:06 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GO TO GOD AND SAY LORD IN MY 34:09 WEAKNESS, I BELIEVE IN STRENGTH. >> UH-HUH. 34:12 >> THIS CHRISTIANITY IS FAITH. FAITH. 34:15 I'M NOT GOING TO WORK ON SABBATH. 34:18 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE 34:23 FOR ME. I'M LOOKING FOR A LIFE PARTNER. 34:27 GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR ME. WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THE 34:31 MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM TO MAKE THE RENT, BUT WE BELIEVE 34:36 GOD WILL COME THROUGH FOR US. I HAVE CONFESSED MY SIN. 34:41 FAITH TELLS ME I AM FORGIVEN. WE HAVE TO BE RELENT LESS IN THE 34:48 WORD OF GOD. >> I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT 34:53 ANSWER. WE USED TO CALL OURSELVES A 34:57 PROOF-TEXT CHURCH. >> YEAH. 34:59 >> I THINK WE CAN BE A PROOF [ INAUDIBLE ] CHURCH. 35:02 IN OTHER WORDS PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ON THE PROMISE. 35:06 IF THE PROMISE IS THERE, STEP ON THAT PROMISE, AND TRUST THAT IT 35:11 WILL HOLD YOU. TAKE THE PROMISE AT HIS WORD, 35:16 TRUST HIM, TRY HIM, PROVE HIM. AND MAKE SURE THAT IS REAL IN 35:21 YOUR LIFE. >> I HOPE I READ THE QUESTION 35:24 RIGHT. MAKE THE PRACTICAL THING THREW 35:29 ME A LITTLE BIT. >> 1 TIMOTHY 4:4, THAT HAS TO DO 35:39 WITH -- LET ME FIND IT HERE. >> YEAH. 35:42 >> EVERYTHING IS GOOD, EVERY CREATURE IS GOOD -- 35:47 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. NOTHING WILL BE REFUSED IF IT IS 35:51 RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING. HOW DO WE ANSWER THAT? 35:55 REALLY EASY. KEEP READING. 35:58 PALE WAS NOT WRITING IN HIS DAY TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD 36:04 EAT ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO. HE WAS SAYING TO PEOPLE -- IN 36:09 FACT VERSE 3 TALKING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD GIVEN HEED TO 36:14 SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS, FORBIDDING TO MARRY, 36:19 AND COME MANNING TO ABSTAIN FROM FOODS WHICH GOD COMMITTED FOR 36:24 THANKSGIVING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAN NASISM. 36:28 I WAS RAISED IN A CHURCH WHERE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO MEAT ON 36:34 FRIDAYS. I DON'T EAT ANY MEAT AT ALL NOW. 36:37 I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WISEST DIETARY CHOICE, BUT IN A CERTAIN 36:42 SENSE IT'S DEALING WITH THAT TYPE OF THING. 36:45 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GO SAID IN THE BIBLE SHOULD NEVER 36:49 BE EATEN BY ANYONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 36:52 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S CERTAINLY DIFFERENT FROM 36:56 WHAT WE EAT TODAY. BUT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE 36:59 CREATED TO BE RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING, PAUL SAYS EVERY 37:04 CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD. DON'T REFUSE IT. 37:07 BUT HERE IS THE GUIDELINE. IT IS SANCTITIFIED BY TWO 37:13 THINGS, PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD. 37:16 >> UH-HUH. YES. 37:20 >> SO IN THE BOOK -- IN THE BOOK OF LIVE IT CUSS, DEALING WITH 37:26 THE FINS AND SCALES AND CLOVEN HOOF AND SO ON. 37:31 >> YEAH. >> SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN 37:34 MIND, THE WORD OF GOD. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO EAT 37:39 COCKROACHES. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO HOME AND 37:42 STIR-FRY MICE. [ LAUGHTER ] 37:44 >> WE KNOW THAT PAUL DIDN'T MEAN EVERY CREATURE. 37:47 NO WAY. >> YEAH. 37:49 YEAH. SO IF IT'S NOT SANCTIFIED BY THE 37:53 WORD, YOUR PRAYER CANNOT SANCTIFY IT. 37:56 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. GOD EXPRESLEY FORBADE THE EATING 38:01 OF CERTAIN THINGS.-AND IN A WORLD WHEE PEOPLE ARE SICK, SICK, SICKER THAN EVER 38:08 BEFORE, IT WOULD BE RISE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE ROOT 38:12 CAUSE OF OUR ILLNESSES AND THINKING WE SHOULDN'T BE EATING 38:18 EVERYTHING WE CAN SWALLOW DOWN. >> HOW DO WE SEND OUR SINS 38:24 BEFOREHAND? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 38:28 >> HOW DO WE SIN THEM BEFORE HAND? 38:32 TALKING ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF JUDGMENT. 38:37 FATHER IN HEAVEN FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. 38:41 JUST CONFESS YOUR SINS. THAT'S ALL. 38:44 YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT OVERLY COMPLEX. 38:49 THE OTHER THING IS -- WHAT IF I FORGET ONE? 38:52 HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT. YOU SAY, FORGIVE EVERYTHING THAT 38:58 NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN. DONE. 39:02 WHEN GOD BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE -- 39:08 >> DEAL WITH IT. >> IF YOU ARE BANKRUPT AND YOU 39:12 OWE A DEBT OF A GAZILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN'T PAY THE DEBT. 39:18 YOU PLEAD FOR MERCY. THERE IS ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY 39:22 FOR GOD TO LISTEN TO EVERY LAST SIN I COMMITTED. 39:25 THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE SINS 39:30 THEY COMMITTED. WHEN WE GET HUNG UP ON THESE 39:33 LITTLE THINGS, WE ARE MAKING GOD OUT TO BE SILLY. 39:37 IF GOD BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOUR CONSCIOUS, DO YOU REMEMBER IT? 39:42 OH, I'M SO SORRY. LORD FORGIVE ME FOR BEING A 39:47 THIEF, FORGIVE ME FOR LOSING MY TEMPERATURE, FORGIVE ME FOR 39:53 LASHING OUT AT PEOPLE. AND IT'S NOT -- OH, THERE WAS 39:57 THIS FELLOW IN THE 4TH GRADE, GOD, I FORGET ABOUT HIM. 40:04 IF YOU SAY GOD GIVE ME A CLEAN HEART, YOUR HEART IS CLEAN. 40:08 AND NOW AS YOU GO THROUGH EACH DAY, THEN YOU WANT TO CLEAR 40:12 THINGS UP WITH GOD. IF YOU FEAR THAT YOU HAVE 40:18 FORGOTTEN SOMETHING, FORGOODNESS SAKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO WORRY 40:24 ABOUT TRIVIAL THINGS. GOD IS LOOKING FOR REASONS TO 40:28 GET YOU IN. HE IS NOT TRYING TO GET YOU OUT. 40:32 BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE JUDGMENT AND HAVE JESUS SAY WHAT 40:36 ABOUT ALL OF THIS SIN? WHAT SIN? 40:38 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE SIN YOU CONVENIENTLY 40:43 IGNORED FOR 50 YEARS. >> YES. 40:45 >> OH, THAT. NO, TAKE CARE OF THAT AHEAD OF 40:49 TIME, AND GO TO GOD IN CONFESSION. 40:53 >> YEAH. I'LL SAY THIS REAL QUICK, WHILE 40:56 YOU ARE COLLECTING YOUR THOUGHTS. 40:57 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SIN. 40:59 IT'S A ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP. >> YES, IT IS. 41:03 >> YOU SAID TO THAT LADY, BECAUSE YOU KNEW HER. 41:06 AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP YOU COULD PRESS 41:09 YOUR POINT. WELL, IT'S THE SAME WITH GOD. 41:14 IT'S NOT EVERY INDIVIDUAL, NICHE, AND SCRATCH. 41:19 IT'S I LOVE THE LORD, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. 41:22 AND AT THING OF THE DAY, LORD IF I HAVE DONE ANYTHING TODAY -- I 41:27 KNOW I WAS LOUD AND RUDE WITH JOHN, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER 41:31 STUFFS I DONT KNOW ABOUT, LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. 41:35 HE'S NOT LIKE, HEY, REMEMBER AT LUNCH, YOU HAD THAT LITTLE 41:39 DEAL -- HE IS NOT TRYING TO GET YOU OUT. 41:41 HE IS TRYING TO GET YOU IN. >> THAT'S RIGHT? 41:46 JOHN 5, JESUS -- THIS IS THE VERSE WE KNOW SO WELL, JOHN 41:57 5:39. JOHN 40, SEE I HAVE MADE THIS 41:59 STATEMENT BEFORE -- AND WHEN YOU MAKE A STATEMENT, YOU HOPE THAT 42:02 PEOPLE LISTEN IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH YOU SPEAK. 42:04 >> UH-HUH. >> SIN ISN'T OUR PROBLEM. 42:12 LET ME EXPLAIN THAT. DID JESUS NOT DIE ON THE CROSS? 42:17 >> YES, HE DID. >> WHAT DID HE DIE FOR? 42:20 >> FOR SIN. >> SO THE SIN PART HAS BEEN 42:24 TAKEN CARE OF. FOR THE CASE OF THIS 42:29 CONVERSATION, SIN IS NOT OUR PROBLEM. 42:32 BUT YOU WILL NOT COME TO ME THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE LIFE. 42:37 THAT'S THE PROBLEM, JESUS HAS GRACE FOR SIN. 42:41 THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT ARE YOU BRINGING YOUR HEART TO 42:45 CHRIST? WHEN YOU DO THAT, WE HAVE REALLY 42:48 GOT THINGS SORTED OUT THEN. JESUS SAID YOU WILL NOT COME TO 42:52 ME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE. IF EVERYONE CAME TO HIM THAT 42:57 THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THE STRONG INFERENCE IS WHEN YOU 43:02 COME, YOU HAVE LIFE. >> AND IT'S STATED PLAINLY IN 43:06 JOHN. >> THAT'S ETERNAL LIFE. 43:08 SO THE QUESTION IS COMING TO JESUS -- LET'S TALK ABOUT TWO 43:12 KINGS. ONE SOL, AND ONE DAVID. 43:16 WHAT DO WE REMEMBER ABOUT SOL? WE REMEMBER HE SAW THE WITCH. 43:23 WE REMEMBER HE KILLED A BUNCH OF PRIESTS. 43:27 THAT WAS VERY BAD. HE HUNTED DAVID. 43:30 HE MAY WELL HAVE SUFFERED FROM CLINICAL DEPRESSION. 43:36 HE SEEMED TO BE UP AND DOWN, SO MAYBE THAT WAS A BATTLE THAT HE 43:40 FOUGHT. HE CERTAINLY HAD SOME ISSUES. 43:44 DIED A LOST MAN. THERE IS ANOTHER KING, GOOD KING 43:50 DAVID. IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE OLD 43:54 TESTAMENT IS QUOTED AS HE IS REFERRED TO AS THE MAN AFTER 44:00 GOD'S OWN HEART. LET'S TALK ABOUT DAVID. 44:02 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DAVID IN HE SEES BATHSHEBA ONE NIGHT. 44:09 THAT NOT A SIN, UNLESS HE WAS ON THE PROWL. 44:14 WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IS JUST WALKED AWAY, BUT HE DIDN'T. 44:19 IT TURNED INTO LUST. IT TURNED INTO MURDER. 44:23 DECEPTION, AND ADULTERY. WHAT THEN? 44:26 WHAT THEN? THE GUY WAS A TERRIBLE FATHER. 44:29 >> YES. >> HE HAD THIS AWFUL IMMORAL 44:32 SITUATION IN HIS FAMILY AMONG HIS KIDS. 44:35 IT SHOULD HAVEN'T HAPPENED -- >> YEAH, HE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 44:39 >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 44:42 HIS SON REBELLED BECAUSE HE WAS A TERRIBLE FATHER. 44:45 DAVID SHOULD HAVE GONE, COME ON, SON, LET'S GO FISHING, AND WORK 44:50 SOME STUFF OUT LIKE WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY. 44:54 >> UH-HUH. >> GREAT DAD, THAT WOULD BE 44:57 FINE. IF I ASKED YOU THE QUESTION OF 45:01 DAVID'S WIFE. YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE QUESTION 45:04 ONE? WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO THE DEAD, 45:08 ONE OF HIS WIVES SAID LET'S GET THE LADY NEXT DOOR TO CRAWL INTO 45:15 BED WITH HIM TO KEEP HIM WARM. WE DON'T DO THAT AROUND MY PLACE 45:21 FOR WARMTH OR ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU LOOK AT DAVID'S LIFE, THE 45:25 MAN WAS A TRAIN WRECK. >> THE RAP SHEET MUCH, MUCH 45:30 LONGER -- >> OH, YEAH. 45:32 HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN SAID ARE YOU SURE? 45:36 I'M THE KING. YOU BET I'M SURE. 45:38 OKAY. LET'S GO. 45:41 70,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF DAVID'S PIG 45:45 HEADEDNESS. >> UH-HUH. 45:46 >> IF YOU ARE PUTTING THE SINS ON SCALES, DAVID'S SINS WOULD 45:53 OUT WEIGHT SOLS. >> BY FAR. 45:57 BY FAR. AND YET WE KNOW WE HAVE LUKE 46:01 WRITING THE BOOK OF ACTS. HE DIDN'T REFER TO HIM AS A 46:08 REFORMED MURDERER -- >> YEAH. 46:10 >> HE DIDN'T REFER TO HIM AS THE FORMER A ADULTER, HE QUOTED THAT 46:16 PART. >> UH-HUH. 46:17 >> AND ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DAVID'S ACCEPTELER CAN. 46:29 HE IS DEAD AND WAITING FOR THE RESURRECTION. 46:34 >> SURE. >> SO ONE WHAT WAS THE 46:36 DIFFERENCE. ONE MAN SAID, I'M JUST SORRY, 46:39 WILL YOU FORGIVE ME? AND THE OTHER DID NOT. 46:42 >> PRECISELY. >> ON BALANCE DAVID WAS A GOOD 46:45 GUY. BUT THEY ARE NOT SAVED ON 46:47 BALANCE. IF YOU WANT TO SAY HE GOT IT 46:50 RIGHT AT THEN OF HIS LIFE. HE DIDN'T. 46:54 THIS GUY WAS BIPOLAR, UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN IN HIS 46:58 EXPERIENCE -- THAT'S NOT TO SAY -- NOW, THE BIBLE COVERS A 47:02 LOT OF YEARS, AND SO HE IS GOT NUMEROUS LOW POINTS BUT THEY ARE 47:07 SPREAD OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS. 47:09 I JUST MENTIONED THEM IN FIVE MINUTES. 47:11 >> YEAH. >> THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE GRACE 47:13 OF GOD WAS ACCEPTED BY DAVID AND REJECTED BY SOL. 47:18 >> SURE. >> AND DAVID DIED IN ASSURANCE. 47:22 HE HAD DONE SO MUCH THAT WAS WRONG, BUT HE DIED WITH 47:28 ASSURANCE. AND WE SHOULD LIVE WITH 47:29 ASSURANCE AND DIE WITH ASSU ASSURANCE, BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS 47:35 IN CHRIST. HE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 47:37 DEATH AND LIFE. HE -- SHE THAT HAS THE SON HATH 47:44 LIFE. AND KNOWING THAT IS GOING TO 47:45 LIGHT YOU UP. SOMEONE SAID WE SHOULD SPEND A 47:51 THOUGHTFUL HOUR EACH DAY CONTEMPLATING THE LIFE OF 47:54 CHRIST. DO YOU THAT, IT WILL CHANGE YOU. 47:56 YOU FOCUS ON CHRIST, READ THE BIBLE, YOU BEHOLD THE LAMB OF 48:00 GOD, AND HE WILL TAKE AWARE YOUR SINS AS WELL AS THE SINS OF THE 48:05 WORLD. >> YEAH. 48:07 YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON GOD AND NOT JUST -- IF I LOOK AT ME. 48:13 I GET DEPRESSED. I AM WRITING A BOOK, AND I HAVE 48:18 BEEN DEALING WITH THE NUANCES OF DAVID. 48:23 AND THE RESPONSES TO ALL OF THAT, AND HOW HIS LIFE -- AND 48:27 FOR THAT LIFE TO BE SAVED, MAN THAT HAS GOT TO GIVE YOU HOPE. 48:35 IF DAVID CAN GET IN -- >> YEAH, IMAGINE THAT. 48:39 GOOD KING DAVID? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 48:43 >> YEAH, GOOD AND DAVID IT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FUNNY. 48:48 THE KEY IS, WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, IS IT GOD'S FAULT OR IS IT MINE? 48:52 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT I FOUND SOMETHING ELSE 48:55 THAT DOES -- WE FOUND OUT ABOUT S 49:09 SOL'S LIFE, HE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. 49:12 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHEN DAVID GOT CAUGHT, HE 49:16 SAID LORD COUNT TO TEN AND THEN GIVE ME MY PUNISHMENT. 49:23 >> THAT'S RIGHT. FORGIVE ME FOR NOT GOING HERE 49:27 EARLIER. LET ME READ THIS. 49:28 THIS WAS DAVID'S RESPONSE TO HIS OWN SHENANIGANS. 49:35 PSALM 51 HAVE MERCY UPON ME OH GOD ACCORDING TO THE THY LOVING 49:48 KINDNESS. CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN, I 49:50 ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS, MY SIN IS EVER BEFORE ME. 49:55 AGAINST THEE HAVE I EVER BEEN AND SO ON. 50:02 >> I SAT ON DEATH ROW WITH A FOLLOW WHO IS STILL ALIVE, THANK 50:07 THE LORD. HE IS A CHURCH MEMBER NOW. 50:10 HE LOVES GOD. INTERESTING THING HE SAID TO ME. 50:16 BECAUSE IF YOU DO PRISON MINISTRY, NOT ALL OF THE PEOPLE 50:20 IN PRISON WILL SAY I DID IT. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HEAR PEOPLE 50:24 SAY I DIDN'T DO IT. MAYBE SOME DIDN'T, BUT IT'S 50:28 PRETTY COMMON, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T DO IT. 50:32 THIS GUY SAID I'M VERY SORRY FOR MY CRIMES WHICH I HAVE 50:39 COMMITTED. GOD CAN SAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT. 50:41 CAN'T UNDO THE PAST. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THIS MAN 50:45 AND OTHERS LIKE HIM HAVE TERRIBLY AFFECTED. 50:49 BUT LIKE DAVID THIS MAN SAID I DID IT. 50:52 I'M SO, SO SORRY. >> UH-HUH. 50:54 >> GOD CAN SAVE THAT PERSON. AND IN THE JUDGMENT -- YOU KNOW, 51:00 I SPOKE TO THIS FELLOW, AS TEARS WERE POURING OUT OF HIS EYES. 51:09 IN SCRIPTURE HE FINDS ASSURANCE THAT EVEN HE CAN HAVE ASSURANCE. 51:18 >> THAT'S VERY POWERFUL. IN PRISON THEY ASK WHAT ARE YOU 51:22 IN FOR? >> RIGHT. 51:24 >> THE SEASON DOCTORS DIAGNOSE SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE CORRECT 51:30 TREATMENT. SO WHAT YOUR SIN IS, DOESN'T 51:32 MATTER, BECAUSE THE CURE IS THE SAME. 51:34 SO WE LOOK AT SOL'S LIST AND DAVID'S LIST, THEY BOTH COULD 51:41 HAVE BEEN SAVED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 51:43 >> BECAUSE THE ANSWER WAS CHRIST. 51:45 ONE AVEILED HIMSELF OF IT, THE OTHERS DID NOT. 51:53 JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THAT. 51:55 >> YES, HE IS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 51:59 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT, IT'S QUITE A TECHNICAL SUBJECT THIS 52:04 THE BAPTIST WILLIAM MILLER GOT TO 8:14, HE THOUGHT IT MEANT 52:10 THAT JESUS WAS COMING BACK. HE WAS SLIGHTLY OFF. 52:14 MORE OFF WITH HIS THEOLOGY THAN HIS MATH. 52:20 NEVERTHELESS GOD BROUGHT WONDERFUL THINGS OUT OF THAT. 52:22 >> UH-HUH. >> IT WAS INTERESTING THAT 52:25 MILLER WAS -- WAS NOT A MATHEMATICIAN. 52:28 HE WAS A BIBLE STUDENT. AND MILLER SAID THE SCRIPTURES 52:32 BECAME A DELIGHT, AND IN JESUS, I FOUND A FRIEND. 52:36 >> A FRIEND, YEAH. >> YOU CAN THINK THAT MILLER WAS 52:41 STUDYING TRYING TO GET THE DATES RIGHT, YOU KNOW? 52:44 BUT MILLER WAS -- HE FOUND A FRIEND -- THE SCRIPTURES BECAME 52:49 MIGHT DELIGHT. AS YOU STUDY THE JUDGMENT, WHAT 52:53 YOU DISCOVER IS THAT THRE IS A JUDGMENT TAKING PLACE. 52:56 YOU LOOK AT THE 70-WEEK'S PROPHECY, YOU START WAY, WAY 53:04 BACK IN ANTIQUITY. FROM 457 BC DOWN TO 27 AD, WHAT 53:14 IS THAT? THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. 53:20 YOU ADD THE OTHER THINGS -- 1810 YEARS AND YOU COME TO THE 53:26 JUDGMENT WHERE JESUS IS NOW HIGH PRIEST AND HE'S MINISTERING HIS 53:31 BLOOD IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. AND IT PORE TENS THE SECOND 53:40 COMING OF JESUS. YOU CAN'T FALL OVER IN THE DAYS 53:46 WITHOUT LANDING ON JESUS. IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. 53:49 AND IT HAS BECOME -- I GUESS EASY FOR FOLKS LIKE ME TO SUCK 53:53 THE LIFE OUT OF THAT PROPHECY, AND PRESENT A MATHEMATICAL 53:59 CALCULATION, AND LEAVE PEOPLE FEELING GUILTY, INSTEAD OF 54:02 SAYING WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS. 54:05 HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW, PLEADING HIS BLOOD FOR YOU. 54:11 THE BIBLE SAYS JUDGMENT IS FOR US, NOT AGAINST US. 54:16 SO IF JUDGMENT IS FOR YOU AND JESUS IS YOUR LAWYER IN HEAVEN, 54:22 HE IS ON REALLY GOOD TERMS WITH THE JUDGE, YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF 54:27 A GOOD OUTCOME. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SINCERITY 54:32 OF YOUR HEART. LORD, I'M SORRY, I LOVE YOU. 54:35 PLEASE WORK IN MY LIFE. >> YEAH. 54:37 >> AND TOMORROW WHEN YOU BLOW IT, YOU PLAY THE SAME PRAYER 54:43 AGAIN. >> AMEN. 54:45 AMEN. >> AND LORD JUST GROW ME. 54:46 TAKE THIS OUT OF MY LIFE. MAKE THAT CHANGE. 54:53 A HEAD ELLER IN A CHURCH WHERE I WAS PASTURING, HE TALKED ABOUT 55:00 HE HAD A HARD, HEART. AND HE SAID IT WAS A MIRACLE. 55:05 GOD GAVE ME A SOFT HEART. HE WIPES AWAY TEARS AND FEELS 55:10 HUMAN EMOTION. HE IS JUST A LOVELY KIND-HEARTED 55:14 MAN. BEAUTIFUL MAN. 55:15 GOD DOES THAT WORK. >> UH-HUH. 55:17 >> I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE SAY LORD I NEED TO QUIT 55:22 SMOKING -- GONE. OTHERS -- 55:23 >> STRUGGLE. >> OH, THEY STRUGGLE. 55:26 YOU KNOW WHAT, I FIGURED THAT GOD KNEW THAT THAT PERSON NEEDED 55:31 TO STRUGGLE. NEEDED TO KNOW THAT WHEN THINGS 55:41 ARE ROUGH, GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. 55:44 SO LET'S LEAVE IT UP TO GOD TO WORK IT OUT IN OUR LIVES. 55:50 WE SURRENDER, AND WE LIVE EACH DAY WITH GOD, AND LET'S HAVE 55:57 ASSURANCE. >> YES. 55:58 >> THAT JESUS IS OUR SAVIOR. AND JESUS IS OUR FRIEND. 56:02 >> PRAISE THE LORD. WE WANTED TO GO TO AN ADDRESS 56:05 ROLL FOR YOU. BUT I CAN'T WANT TO CUT YOU IN 56:09 THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE YOU WERE PREACHING -- 56:11 >> I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 56:13 WE PUT IT ON THE LOWER THIRDS. THAT'S OUT OF CONTEXT. 56:20 JOHN BRADSHAW IT IS WRITTEN THERE IS THE NUMBER 56:29 844-974-8836. ITISWRITTEN.COM. 56:30 SO IT'S EASY. IF YOU FORGET THAT, CALL US HERE 56:35 AT 3ABN AND WE'LL GET IT TO YOU. THEY DESERVE YOUR PRAYERS AND 56:44 FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THEY CAN KEEP ON DOING WHAT THEY ARE 56:48 DOING. JOHN IN SUMMATION, JUDGMENT IS 56:50 NOT TO BE FEARED? >> NO, IT SHOULD BE WELCOMED. 56:53 >> WHY? >> BECAUSE JESUS HAS TAKEN OUR 56:56 SIN AND HE IS OFFERING US ETERNAL LIFE. 57:01 >> AMEN. AND I'M IN CLOSING NOW TO WISH 57:05 YOU BOTH GRACE AND PEACE THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS 57:12 CHRIST. GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS. 57:14 ♪ |
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