¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:03.83\00:00:08.04 ¤ MENDING BROKING PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:08.04\00:00:20.05 ¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD LET MY WORDS HEAL UP 00:00:20.05\00:00:32.69 HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:32.69\00:00:38.17 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:38.17\00:00:54.52 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:54.52\00:01:04.49 -p>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT 3ABN LIVE PROGRAM. 00:01:07.93\00:01:13.74 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. 00:01:13.74\00:01:18.07 IT'S A BLESSING. BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF OUR 00:01:18.07\00:01:21.91 FAMILY. TONIGHT IS REALLY A FOLLOW-UP 00:01:21.91\00:01:26.25 PROGRAM. WE'RE CALLING IT BIBLE -- 00:01:26.25\00:01:32.99 >> BIBLE QUESTIONS. >> WE ASKED YOU TO SEND IN YOUR 00:01:32.99\00:01:38.26 QUESTIONS AND EMAILS, AND THANK YOU, YOU DID. 00:01:38.26\00:01:41.66 WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SENDING IN YOUR 00:01:41.66\00:01:50.31 QUESTIONS. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG STUDYING THE 00:01:50.31\00:01:54.81 WORD OF GOD. AND WE HAVE OUR PANEL -- 00:01:54.81\00:01:58.15 >> OUR 3ABN FAMILY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:58.15\00:02:02.48 SO THANK YOU. >> WE HEARD FROM ME OF YOU WHO 00:02:02.48\00:02:07.99 SAID I DIDN'T GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 00:02:07.99\00:02:10.86 AND WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT MANY QUESTIONS. 00:02:10.86\00:02:13.23 SO THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUR 00:02:13.23\00:02:16.97 QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE SENT IN. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR 00:02:16.97\00:02:22.20 3ABN FAMILY HERE. WE HAVE PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. 00:02:22.20\00:02:26.84 >> I LOVE BIBLE QUESTIONS. >> IT'S FUN, ISN'T IT? 00:02:26.84\00:02:32.95 >> IT IS. IT IS. 00:02:32.95\00:02:35.72 >> WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR WIFE ANGIE, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN-TRAVELING THIS WEEK, BUT WE 00:02:35.72\00:02:43.43 APPRECIATE YOU AGAIN, BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE LORD JESUS 00:02:43.43\00:02:48.83 CHRIST AND FOR THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN. 00:02:48.83\00:02:52.23 >> AND FOR PASTORING THE CHURCH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:52.23\00:02:55.20 >> AND JOINING YOU IS PASTOR CA MURRAY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING 00:02:55.20\00:03:00.58 HERE WITH US. >> IT'S A PLEASURE. 00:03:00.58\00:03:04.01 ALWAYS. THE BIBLE QUESTIONS KEEPS YOU 00:03:04.01\00:03:05.88 SHARP. AND IT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES. 00:03:05.88\00:03:09.15 SO THIS IS A GOOD EXERCISE. IT'S LIKE LIFTING WAIT. 00:03:09.15\00:03:13.25 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR YOU ARE THE PRODUCER 00:03:13.25\00:03:17.03 OF THIS PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY 00:03:17.03\00:03:19.73 WE'RE NECESSARILY SITTING HERE. BUT THANK YOU, PASTOR, AGAIN, 00:03:19.73\00:03:24.00 FOR ALL OF YOUR MENTORSHIP, AND TEACHING US YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO 00:03:24.00\00:03:28.20 MOVE AND BE A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN. 00:03:28.20\00:03:33.81 AND DANNY SHELTON SENDS HIS GREETINGS TO YOU, OUR PRESIDENT 00:03:33.81\00:03:37.51 AND FOUNDER OF 3ABN. HE IS DOING WELL, BUT NOT ABLE 00:03:37.51\00:03:41.62 TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. SITTING NEXT TO YOU, IS PASTOR 00:03:41.62\00:03:50.06 KENNY SHELTON. AND IT IS AN AMEN TO HAVE YOU 00:03:50.06\00:03:54.00 BACK. >> A TWO-HANDED AMEN. 00:03:54.00\00:03:56.03 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH, SHALL 00:03:56.03\00:03:59.23 WE SAY SOME CHALLENGES AND TRIALS. 00:03:59.23\00:04:03.14 GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU 00:04:03.14\00:04:07.44 HERE. >> YES. 00:04:07.44\00:04:08.31 SOMEBODY CALLED IT A JOURNEY. I LIKE TO THINK IT'S A JOURNEY. 00:04:08.31\00:04:13.18 MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR THINGS IN THESE KIND OF 00:04:13.18\00:04:18.19 JOURNEYS, AND I THINK PROBABLY THE MAIN THEME THAT WILL HELP 00:04:18.19\00:04:21.89 AND ENCOURAGE US, IS NUMBER 1, THE PRAYER OF THE SAINTS. 00:04:21.89\00:04:26.80 I FEEL LIKE I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF THE 00:04:26.80\00:04:31.07 SAINTS. AND A LOT OF SAINTS HAVE BEEN 00:04:31.07\00:04:34.00 PRAYING. SO I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. 00:04:34.00\00:04:36.64 HE SAYS WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU. 00:04:36.64\00:04:42.88 I SENSE THAT. I BELIEVE THAT, AND I SEE IT. 00:04:42.88\00:04:46.28 IT'S BEARING FRUIT. SO DAY BY DAY GETTING STRONGER. 00:04:46.28\00:04:51.25 AND ALWAYS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS AND 00:04:51.25\00:04:55.82 CARDS, AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, 00:04:55.82\00:04:59.19 IN THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BUT THIS PROGRAM 00:04:59.19\00:05:02.93 IS NOT REALLY ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL OR THINGS THAT MAYBE 00:05:02.93\00:05:07.64 HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM HAS HAPPENED TO MILLIONS OF OTHERS, 00:05:07.64\00:05:13.24 BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT LIFTING UP JESUS CHRIST. 00:05:13.24\00:05:15.78 AND I WANT TO THANK HIM. I THINK HE HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER 00:05:15.78\00:05:20.02 OPPORTUNITY, PRIVILEGE TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD. 00:05:20.02\00:05:26.39 AND I THINK EVERY DAY I OPEN MY EYES, BROTHER CA, OH, THANK YOU, 00:05:26.39\00:05:33.46 LORD. SO I THING HIM FOR THAT, AND FOR 00:05:33.46\00:05:35.50 THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE. I HAVE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF 00:05:35.50\00:05:43.04 YOU. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND 00:05:43.04\00:05:45.31 THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT TODAY FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE 00:05:45.31\00:05:49.71 INQUIRED. PRAISE GOD. 00:05:49.71\00:05:50.61 I THANK YOU FOR IT. DOING WELL. 00:05:50.61\00:05:53.18 STILL FEEL A LITTLE ISSUES, BUT GOD HAS BEEN WORKING, BUT TODAY, 00:05:53.18\00:05:59.12 HEY, LET'S JUST LIFT HIM UP. THAT'S WHAT WILL CHANGE THE 00:05:59.12\00:06:03.09 WORLD. >> AND YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH 00:06:03.09\00:06:05.23 OPEN-HEART SURGERY, WHICH IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT. 00:06:05.23\00:06:10.63 AND I KNOW PASTOR CA YOU WENT THROUGH THAT, AND THAT IS A 00:06:10.63\00:06:16.57 PAINFUL PROCEDURE AFTERWARDS. AND LIFE IS A PRECIOUS THING. 00:06:16.57\00:06:20.14 LIFE CAN END IN JUST A MOMENT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE OR 00:06:20.14\00:06:24.01 WALK OF LIFE YOU ARE IN, BUT IT'S A GIFT FROM GOD, AND WE'RE 00:06:24.01\00:06:30.02 GOING TO BE OPENING GOD'S WORD AND BE ENCOURAGED BY HOW GOD HAS 00:06:30.02\00:06:34.72 ANSWERS IN HIS WORD. >> AMEN. 00:06:34.72\00:06:36.36 THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU 00:06:36.36\00:06:40.23 HERE. MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED US, 00:06:40.23\00:06:43.33 AND YOU ARE PRAYING ESPECIALLY FOR PASTOR KENNY. 00:06:43.33\00:06:46.84 AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND JUST SEE THE WAY GOD 00:06:46.84\00:06:51.04 IS WORKING. WE WANT TO GO TO OUR MUSIC NOW. 00:06:51.04\00:06:58.31 WE HAVE RUDY WITH US. AND THE SONG HE IS GOING TO DO 00:06:58.31\00:07:04.55 FOR US NOW IS "OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE." 00:07:04.55\00:07:33.48 ¤ JUST THE TIME I FEEL [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ 00:07:33.48\00:07:50.70 ¤ JUST THE TIME I FEEL MY MIND'S BEEN BOUGHT BY WORLDLY WEALTH ¤ 00:07:50.70\00:08:02.24 ¤ ¤ OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE ¤ 00:08:02.24\00:08:25.30 ¤ DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL ¤-p¤ I WANT TO KNOW YOU, OH, I WANT TO 00:08:25.30\00:08:34.68 KNOW YOU ¤ ¤ FEEL YOUR HEART AND KNOW YOUR MIND ¤ 00:08:34.68\00:08:37.85 ¤ LOOKING IN YOUR EYES ¤ ¤ 00:08:37.85\00:08:51.36 ¤ OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU, LORD ¤ ¤ 00:08:51.36\00:09:30.67 ¤ ¤ OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU ¤ 00:09:30.67\00:10:34.03 ¤ AND I WILL GIVE YOU FINAL BREATH AND KNOW YOU IN YOUR 00:10:34.03\00:10:41.54 DEATH AND RESURRECTION ¤ ¤ OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE ¤ 00:10:41.54\00:10:47.24 ¤ OH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU ¤ ¤ KNOW YOU ¤ 00:10:47.24\00:10:59.69 ¤ LORD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE ¤ 00:10:59.69\00:11:16.97 >> AMEN. THANK YOU, RUDY. 00:11:26.61\00:11:29.28 WHAT A GREAT SONG. "I WANT TO KNOW YOU," YOUR 00:11:29.28\00:11:35.49 HEAVENLY FATHER MORE. TONIGHT IS BIBLE QUESTIONS AND 00:11:35.49\00:11:37.99 ANSWERS. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO A PROGRAM 00:11:37.99\00:11:41.76 SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHERE WE WERE NOT -- WELL, JILL AND I ARE NOT 00:11:41.76\00:11:47.57 NECESSARILY THE PASTORS ON OUR PANEL. 00:11:47.57\00:11:51.77 BUT WE COULDN'T ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO 00:11:51.77\00:11:55.41 WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THEM TONIGHT BY THE GRACE OF GOD. 00:11:55.41\00:12:00.05 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD? 00:12:00.05\00:12:03.55 >> I MEAN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU AS PASTORS, YOU HAVE 00:12:03.55\00:12:08.19 QUESTIONS. BUT WHY DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? 00:12:08.19\00:12:10.56 WELL, LET ME ASK THAT. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK 00:12:10.56\00:12:17.80 THE QUESTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD? 00:12:17.80\00:12:20.10 >> I SAID TO SOMEONE ONCE IF YOU MEET A DOCTOR THAT IS NO LONGER 00:12:20.10\00:12:25.17 PRACTICING, DON'T SEE HIM. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:12:25.17\00:12:27.54 >> BECAUSE HE COULD BE A DOCTOR FOR 25 YEARS, BUT HE IS STILL 00:12:27.54\00:12:33.15 PRACTICING. BECAUSE THERE'S NEW INFORMATION 00:12:33.15\00:12:35.52 CONTINUALLY BEING BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. 00:12:35.52\00:12:40.09 IT'S NOT BEING CONTINUALLY WRITTEN IN, BUT IT'S A LIGHT 00:12:40.09\00:12:45.69 THAT SHINETH MORE AND MORE. WE HAVE READ CERTAIN SCRIPTURES 00:12:45.69\00:12:50.20 IN THESE BIBLE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD AN EPIPHANY THAT, 00:12:50.20\00:12:58.87 OH, WOW, NOW IT MAKES SENSE. MANY THINGS I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU 00:12:58.87\00:13:03.81 NOW, BUT YOU CANNOT BARE IT, BUT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IT LATER ON. 00:13:03.81\00:13:09.42 AND ALSO JOHN SAYS IF -- IF BOOKS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT 00:13:09.42\00:13:14.09 EVERYTHING THAT JESUS WAS DONE, I SUPPOSE NOT EVEN THE WORLD 00:13:14.09\00:13:17.63 ITSELF COULD CONTAIN ALL OF THESE BOOKS. 00:13:17.63\00:13:20.96 THE NUMBER 1 THING IS, I COULD ALWAYS SAY IT'S NOT MY OPINION. 00:13:20.96\00:13:25.77 THAT'S WHAT THE AUTHORITIES -STATE ON GOD'S WORD. PASTOR CA? 00:13:25.77\00:13:32.31 >> PAUL SAYS [ INAUDIBLE ] APPROVED. 00:13:32.31\00:13:35.44 ON A VERY BASIC LEVEL THE BIBLE IS LIKE A TOOL. 00:13:35.44\00:13:39.28 YOU ARE A PRETTY HANDY GUY WITH A HAMMER. 00:13:39.28\00:13:43.05 >> YEAH, I LIKE TO HAMMER NAILS. >> YEAH. 00:13:43.05\00:13:46.69 AND THE MORE YOU USE A PARTICULAR TOOL THE MORE 00:13:46.69\00:13:51.69 FACILITY YOU DEVELOP WITH THAT TOOL. 00:13:51.69\00:13:55.30 IT'S LIKE A VIOLIN. IF JAMIE GEORGE PLAYS THE 00:13:55.30\00:14:01.17 VIOLIN, AND I TOOK SOME VIOLIN LESSONS FOR A YEAR, MANY, MANY 00:14:01.17\00:14:06.64 YEARS AGO, I SUSPECT IF I TOOK JAMIE'S VIOLIN AND BEGAN TO 00:14:06.64\00:14:14.55 PLAY, I COULDN'T SOUND QUITE LIKE HE SOUNDS. 00:14:14.55\00:14:17.69 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BECAUSE I HAVE NOT TRAINED 00:14:17.69\00:14:20.26 MYSELF ON THE TOOL. AND THE MORE YOU SPEND TIME WITH 00:14:20.26\00:14:24.86 A TOOL, THE MORE PROFICIENT YOU BECOME WITH THAT TOOL. 00:14:24.86\00:14:29.60 AND SINCE WE KNOW THEY WERE ALL GOING TO BE TESTED, THEN THAT 00:14:29.60\00:14:35.40 OUGHT TO BE OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE. 00:14:35.40\00:14:37.87 YOU HAVE NOT TO KNOW HOW TO WIELD THAT WEAPON IF YOU ARE 00:14:37.87\00:14:43.61 GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE BATTLE WITH THE LORD. 00:14:43.61\00:14:47.98 WHEN YOU ARE TESTED, THEN YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK OR 00:14:47.98\00:14:52.19 WHAT POWER YOU HAVE. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS 00:14:52.19\00:14:55.02 YOU ALONG -- ALONG THE WAY. >> AMEN. 00:14:55.02\00:14:58.16 >> I USE THAT ILLUSTRATION THAT YOU DID WITH THE VIOLIN. 00:14:58.16\00:15:01.90 THE GUITAR, I USED TO PLAY QUITE A BIT. 00:15:01.90\00:15:05.63 AND WHEN YOU PLAY QUITE OFTEN YOU GET THE LITTLE CALLUSES ON 00:15:05.63\00:15:09.14 YOUR FINGERS. AND RIGHT NOW I CAN PICK IT UP 00:15:09.14\00:15:12.04 AND MAKE TWO OR THREE CHORDS AND I SAY OH, WAIT. 00:15:12.04\00:15:16.08 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW COME THESE THINGS ARE 00:15:16.08\00:15:19.38 HURTING? AND WHY AM I MUTING SOME OF THE 00:15:19.38\00:15:22.08 STRINGS? WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 00:15:22.08\00:15:24.95 PRACTICING. SO WE NEED TO BE IN PRACTICING 00:15:24.95\00:15:28.36 THE WORD OF GOD. OUR FAITH NEEDS TO BE INCREASED. 00:15:28.36\00:15:32.39 AND THE BIBLE SAYS FAITH COMETH BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE 00:15:32.39\00:15:36.93 WORD OF GOD. WE REALIZE JESUS IS COMING. 00:15:36.93\00:15:40.00 WE NEED TO SPEND THAT -- OUR TIME IN THE WORD NOW. 00:15:40.00\00:15:43.24 >> AMEN. >> AND I HAVE BEEN REMINDED OVER 00:15:43.24\00:15:46.78 AND OVER THAT WE ARE HERE TO HELP OTHERS. 00:15:46.78\00:15:50.18 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT 00:15:50.18\00:15:52.71 OURSELVES, IT'S ABOUT OTHERS. AND THE LORD HAS REMINDED ME 00:15:52.71\00:15:56.18 OVER AND OVER. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 00:15:56.18\00:16:00.42 IT'S ABOUT OTHER FOLKS AND LIFTING HIM UP. 00:16:00.42\00:16:02.46 AND STUDYING THE WORD LIFTS HIM UP. 00:16:02.46\00:16:05.63 AND THE MORE YOU ARE IN THE WORD, THE MORE SPIRITUAL MINDED 00:16:05.63\00:16:11.13 THAT YOU ARE. THE CLOSER YOU GET TO HIM, THE 00:16:11.13\00:16:14.67 MORE THAT THE WORDS CAN SEEM TO COME OUT AND THE THOUGHTS COME 00:16:14.67\00:16:18.41 OUT, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT GETS CLOSER TO YOU, SO, MAN, WE NEED 00:16:18.41\00:16:22.14 TO STAY IN THE WORD >> AMEN. 00:16:22.14\00:16:24.18 >> YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. 00:16:24.18\00:16:27.92 HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN WATCH A BASKETBALL GAME, OR FOOTBALL 00:16:27.92\00:16:33.02 GAME, FOR HOURS ON TELEVISION, AND YOU ARE FINE. 00:16:33.02\00:16:35.92 AND YOU OPEN UP THE WORD OF GOD, IN THE BEGINNING . . . AND FIVE 00:16:35.92\00:16:42.96 MINUTES LATER YOU ARE GONE. >> THAT'S THE WORK OF THE ENEMY. 00:16:42.96\00:16:46.30 >> IT IS THE WORK OF THE ENEMY. HE KNOWS THERE IS POWER IN THE 00:16:46.30\00:16:50.24 WORD. SO HE WANTS YOU TO BE DISTRACTED 00:16:50.24\00:16:54.14 FROM READING THE WORD. SO YOU REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP A 00:16:54.14\00:16:59.58 MIND SET. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NEED TO 00:16:59.58\00:17:03.39 READ A WHOLE CHAPTER, JUST READ A COUPLE OF VERSES, AND THEN YOU 00:17:03.39\00:17:08.36 DEVELOP YOUR SPIRITUAL MUSCLES THAT YOU CAN READ LONG PASSAGES. 00:17:08.36\00:17:13.60 AND THEN YOU FIND STUFF STICKS. AND SOMEONE SAYS WHAT ABOUT SO 00:17:13.60\00:17:17.17 AND SO. AND BOOM HERE COMES A TEXT. 00:17:17.17\00:17:20.10 I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT TEXT IN THERE, BUT IT'S THERE. 00:17:20.10\00:17:24.97 BECAUSE THE LORD PLANTED IT THERE. 00:17:24.97\00:17:27.68 >> AND THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF THE STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD IS 00:17:27.68\00:17:31.98 WHAT DAVID SAID, THY WORD THAT I HID IN MY HEART. 00:17:31.98\00:17:39.59 UNLESS YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING IS RIGHT OR 00:17:39.59\00:17:44.23 WRONG, IT DOEN'T EVEN IMPACT YOUR DECISIONS. 00:17:44.23\00:17:46.23 THE WORD OF GOD IS AN ENABLER, IT'S ALSO A DISABLER. 00:17:46.23\00:17:51.13 IT ENABLES US TO DO RIGHT. IT DISABLES US FROM DOING WRONG. 00:17:51.13\00:17:57.04 AND THE OTHER DAY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, AND THIS THOUGHT 00:17:57.04\00:18:00.91 CAME TO ME -- IT WAS LIKE A MEDIA JUST FALLING IN MY 00:18:00.91\00:18:07.42 BACKYARD. AND THE THOUGHT CAME TO ME, GOD 00:18:07.42\00:18:10.52 DOESN'T LEARN. HE DOESN'T LEARN ANYTHING NEW. 00:18:10.52\00:18:13.62 WE ARE LEARN. WE ARE EVER-LEARNING, BUT GOD 00:18:13.62\00:18:17.33 DOESN'T LEARN. HE KNOWS IT ALL. 00:18:17.33\00:18:20.13 HAVE YOU MET ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO LEARN? 00:18:20.13\00:18:22.80 THAT BLEW ME AWAY. SO WHEN I OPEN THE BIBLE, I AM 00:18:22.80\00:18:27.17 BEING EXPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO LEARN, BECAUSE 00:18:27.17\00:18:29.97 HE KNOWS IT ALL. >> YEAH. 00:18:29.97\00:18:31.74 >> AND THAT TO ME WAS PROFOUND THAT GOD KNOWS IT ALL. 00:18:31.74\00:18:36.08 THE APOSTLE PAUL IN SO MANY WAYS -- AND WE GO BACK TO GREG'S 00:18:36.08\00:18:40.92 EXAMPLE.-IT'S HARD TO THINK THIS WONDERFULLY CLAD YOUNG MAN LOVES 00:18:40.92\00:18:45.59 TO CUT TREES WITH CHAIN SAWS, SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU CLEAN UP 00:18:45.59\00:18:55.66 WELL. HE GETS DIRTY WELL. 00:18:55.66\00:18:58.20 GREG KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT THERE -- 00:18:58.20\00:19:01.64 >> PUT A BALL CAP UP. >> PUT A BALL CUP ON, AND HE CAN 00:19:01.64\00:19:08.64 CUT DOWN ALL OF YOUR TREES. BUT WHEN I SEE HIM WITH A 00:19:08.64\00:19:13.11 HAMMER, I KNOW HE CAN RIGHTLY DIVIDE HIS CRAFT. 00:19:13.11\00:19:16.62 WHEN YOU STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, YOU CAN RIGHTLY DIVIDE YOUR 00:19:16.62\00:19:21.69 CRAFT. SO PEOPLE WHO AVOID CONFRONTING 00:19:21.69\00:19:24.03 WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, THEY CAN SOME -- COME TO SHAME. 00:19:24.03\00:19:30.60 WHEN I LIVED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, I WAS OF A DIFFERENT 00:19:30.60\00:19:35.80 DENOMINATION. AND EVERY QUESTION THIS PASTOR 00:19:35.80\00:19:39.17 REQUEST -- ASKED ME, AND I WOULD SAY THE BIBLE SAYS -- AND 00:19:39.17\00:19:45.55 HE STOPPED ME AND SAID WOULD YOU STOP SAYING THE BIBLE SAYS AND 00:19:45.55\00:19:52.72 JUST GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER. AND I SAID SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY 00:19:52.72\00:19:57.03 AUTHORITY. IT'S ON GOD'S WORD THAT I HAVE 00:19:57.03\00:20:01.83 AUTHORITY. AND NEVER INVITED HIM BACK, BUT 00:20:01.83\00:20:04.17 THEY INVITED ME BACK FOR THREE MORE PROGRAMS EVEN THOUGH THE 00:20:04.17\00:20:07.90 STATION WAS OWNED BY A DIFFERENT DENOMINATION. 00:20:07.90\00:20:12.54 >> AMEN. >> SO GOD'S WORD TODAY WE ARE 00:20:12.54\00:20:15.44 GOING TO FIND IN ANSWERING THE QUESTION. 00:20:15.44\00:20:17.85 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO GOD'S WORD. >> I SEE A PATTERN NOW. 00:20:17.85\00:20:27.62 SOMETHING THE PASTOR SAID ABOUT HAVING YOUR OWN OPINION. 00:20:27.62\00:20:30.39 AND WE NEED TO GET TO THE -QUESTIONS. BUT JEREMIAH 10:23, 00:20:30.39\00:20:39.07 YOU ARE GOING TO COME UP TO SOME WISDOM THAT YOU NEED HELP. 00:20:39.07\00:20:43.54 AND IT'S JOHN'S OPINION, KENNY'S OPINION, OR MY OPINION, 00:20:43.54\00:20:50.05 EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION, BUT OUR OPINION HAS TO BE SUBJECT TO 00:20:50.05\00:20:54.92 THE WORD OF GOD. SO YOU GO TO GOD. 00:20:54.92\00:20:58.02 YOU GET THE TRUTH EACH TIME AND EVERY TIME BECAUSE GOD IS TRUTH. 00:20:58.02\00:21:01.82 >> AMEN. NOW WE GET TO QUESTIONS HERE. 00:21:01.82\00:21:04.29 >> WONDERFUL. >> THIS IS FROM BECKY. 00:21:04.29\00:21:08.33 ARE WE PREDESTINED TO BE BORN A HOMOSEXUAL, A MURDERER, A THIEF, 00:21:08.33\00:21:13.90 A PROSTITUTE? IS IT A CURSE FROM OUR PARENTS 00:21:13.90\00:21:18.41 OR SOMEONE ELSE'S SIN IMPOSED ON US. 00:21:18.41\00:21:21.41 HOW CAN THIS STOP? I THINK SHE MEANS HOW CAN THESE 00:21:21.41\00:21:26.31 SINS STOP. IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY OUT? 00:21:26.31\00:21:29.15 PLEASE GIVE ME SCRIPTURES OF WHAT AND HOW. 00:21:29.15\00:21:36.66 >> PSALMS IS IT 51:5. IN SIN I WAS BORN -- 00:21:36.66\00:21:43.33 >> ALL RIGHT. >> IT'S PSALMS -- 00:21:43.33\00:21:46.47 >> 51 -- >> 54. 00:21:46.47\00:21:50.87 I'M HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT. BUT LET ME GIVE MY THOUGHTS. 00:21:50.87\00:21:56.54 I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS BORN INTO A PARTICULAR SIN. 00:21:56.54\00:21:59.58 I THINK WE'RE BORN INTO A SINFUL CONDITION THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF 00:21:59.58\00:22:05.05 IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS. >> OKAY. 00:22:05.05\00:22:07.76 >> THERE IS SO MUCH I HAVE READ -- THERE IS SO MUCH 00:22:07.76\00:22:12.19 MATERIAL ON HOMOSEXUALITY, WHETHER IT'S TAUGHT, WHETHER 00:22:12.19\00:22:16.13 IT'S GENETIC, AND THE SCIENTISTS ARE STILL DEBATING IF IT IS 00:22:16.13\00:22:21.00 SOMETHING YOU PICK UP ALONG THE WAY, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU 00:22:21.00\00:22:24.24 ARE BORN WITH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWER 00:22:24.24\00:22:27.14 PER SE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. >> OKAY. 00:22:27.14\00:22:29.41 >> WHAT WE NEED TO LEAN ON IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE TOLD IN THE 00:22:29.41\00:22:36.32 PROPHETIC WORD THAT THOSE SINS EITHER CONGENITAL OR THOSE THAT 00:22:36.32\00:22:41.09 WE PICKED UP ALONG THE WAY CAN BE DEFEATED IN JESUS CHRIST. 00:22:41.09\00:22:45.56 PAUL SAYS IN I THINK 2 CORINTHIANS, CHRIST ALWAYS LEADS 00:22:45.56\00:22:53.70 US IN TRIUMPH SO THAT WE CAN BE -- AND THERE IS A THEME OF 00:22:53.70\00:22:58.51 OVERCOMER, IT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT -- THAT WE CAN 00:22:58.51\00:23:02.28 BE OVERCOMERS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST THE LORD. 00:23:02.28\00:23:06.25 SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIN YOU HAVE, BE IT SOMETHING THAT YOU 00:23:06.25\00:23:10.09 WERE BORN WITH OR SOMETHING THAT YOU PICKED UP ALONG THE WAY, IT 00:23:10.09\00:23:14.02 CAN BE OVERCOME THROUGH JESUS CHRIS. 00:23:14.02\00:23:16.62 AND THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IS -- I SAID THIS BEFORE, I GOT 00:23:16.62\00:23:21.80 STUFF. YOU GOT STUFF. 00:23:21.80\00:23:23.16 ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN GOT STUFF. SO I CAN TROD OFF MY STUFF, AND 00:23:23.16\00:23:29.97 JILL AND GREG, WE CAN ALL LOOK AT OUR STUFF, BUT THE REASON 00:23:29.97\00:23:38.01 DIAGNOSE PARTICULAR DISEASES, SO THAT THE TREATMENT WILL BE 00:23:38.01\00:23:48.02 PERTINENT TO THAT DISEASE. IF YOU COME IN WITH A COLD AND 00:23:48.02\00:23:52.63 YOU COME IN WITH CANCER, YOUR TREATMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE 00:23:52.63\00:23:57.27 SAME. >> EITHER THAT ON YOU NEED A NEW 00:23:57.27\00:24:01.14 DOCTOR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:01.14\00:24:03.07 IN JESUS THE TREATMENT IS THE SAME REGARD LESS OF HIS DISEASE. 00:24:03.07\00:24:07.64 WELL, HE IS HOMOSEXUAL. WELL HE IS A THEF, WELL HE 00:24:07.64\00:24:13.01 BEATS UP HIS MOTHER. WELL, HE BEATS UP HIS WIFE. 00:24:13.01\00:24:17.42 THOSE ARE ALL SINS THA WILL TAKE US TO HELL IF WE DO NOT 00:24:17.42\00:24:22.66 SURRENDER TO THE LORD. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME, 00:24:22.66\00:24:29.10 SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST. WE TEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME 00:24:29.10\00:24:33.23 ON A DISEASE, AND WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THE CURE. 00:24:33.23\00:24:38.97 >> ONE QUICK VERSE ROMANS 12:1. I BESEECH YOU BROTHER AND 00:24:38.97\00:24:47.62 BROTHER, MERCY OF GOD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING 00:24:47.62\00:24:52.19 SACRIFICE, HOLY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE 00:24:52.19\00:24:57.03 SERVICE. HOW INTERESTING THAT IS. 00:24:57.03\00:24:59.19 THAT'S GOD'S PLAN FOR US. WE FIND MEN MAY FAIL. 00:24:59.19\00:25:03.93 GOD MAY EVEN CHANGE HIS PLANS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH MAN KIND, BUT 00:25:03.93\00:25:08.80 HE NEVER, NEVER ABANDONED HIS PURPOSE FOR MAN KIND. 00:25:08.80\00:25:14.94 IT'S FOR US TO BE CREATED INTO HIS IMAGE. 00:25:14.94\00:25:19.28 SO THAT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WE GO ABOUT THIS, WE TALK ABOUT 00:25:19.28\00:25:24.95 LUGGAGE AND BAGGAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ALL 00:25:24.95\00:25:28.09 HAVE. PRESENT IT TO JEUS CHRIS, ALL 00:25:28.09\00:25:31.59 THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. VICTORY IS ASSURED TO THOSE WHO 00:25:31.59\00:25:34.83 GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER. >> AND PASTOR CA, YOUR SCRIPTURE 00:25:34.83\00:25:45.14 WAS PSALMS 54:5.-PASTOR JOHN? >> THERE WAS THE STORY OF THE 00:25:45.14\00:25:52.98 HEALING OF THE BLIND MAN, WHO HAD A MOTHER, A FATHER, IN A 00:25:52.98\00:26:00.52 QUANTITY ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED. 00:26:00.52\00:26:03.69 >> JOHN 9? >> JOHN 9. 00:26:03.69\00:26:05.66 >> THIS STORY IS SO REMNANT OF OUR CONDITION. 00:26:05.66\00:26:11.23 IN VERSE 34 JOHN 9. THE PHARAOHSIES SAID THEY 00:26:11.23\00:26:17.14 ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, YOU WERE COMPLETELY BORN IN SIN. 00:26:17.14\00:26:25.78 THAT'S OUR CONDITION. ALL OF US ARE BORN IN SIN. 00:26:25.78\00:26:29.42 THAT'S JUST THE CONDITION. ROMANS 3:23 FOR ALL HAVE SINNED 00:26:29.42\00:26:35.12 AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOT. 00:26:35.12\00:26:40.30 1 CORINTHIANS 22. AS AN ADAM, WE INHERITED THE 00:26:40.30\00:26:45.57 NATURE OF ADAM, THE NATURE OF SIN. 00:26:45.57\00:26:48.70 THE NATURE OF SIN IS NOT THE ACT OF SINS. 00:26:48.70\00:26:52.87 THE NATURE IS WHAT PREDISPOSES US TO BECOME ANYTHING. 00:26:52.87\00:26:57.35 >> PRECISELY. >> THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT OUR 00:26:57.35\00:27:00.55 ENVIRONMENT. WHAT MAKES ME A HOMOSEXUAL, 00:27:00.55\00:27:04.89 THIEF, ADULTER, ROBBER, LIAR, OFTENTIMES WE ARE SHAPED BY OUR 00:27:04.89\00:27:11.56 ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN THERE ARE THREE 00:27:11.56\00:27:14.10 DISPOSITIONS. ONE I CALL IT HEREDITARY. 00:27:14.10\00:27:17.57 SOME -- SOME CHILDREN ARE BORN PREDISPOSED TO ALCOHOLISM, 00:27:17.57\00:27:23.97 BECAUSE THEY CALL THEM ALCOHOL BABIES OR DRUG BABIS. 00:27:23.97\00:27:26.91 YOU WOULD GO TO THE WARDS AND SEE THESE BABIES BORN PREMATURE. 00:27:26.91\00:27:35.62 WHAT HAPPENED? MOTHER SMOKED. 00:27:35.62\00:27:39.42 MOTHER TOOK DRUGS. DAD WAS A CRACK ADDICT. 00:27:39.42\00:27:42.36 THOSE ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE CHILD'S LIFE. 00:27:42.36\00:27:46.29 BUT THE BIBLE MAKES IT CLEAR, FORGIVING THE INIQUITY AND 00:27:46.29\00:27:53.60 TRANSGRESS AND SIN, BUT BY NO MEANS CLEARING THE GUILTY. 00:27:53.60\00:27:59.87 VISITING THE INIQUITIES UPON THE CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN'S 00:27:59.87\00:28:05.88 CHILDREN. WE CALL THAT A GENERATIONAL 00:28:05.88\00:28:09.22 CURSE. IT CAN BE BROKEN. 00:28:09.22\00:28:12.19 JOHN 8:36. SO THE SIN CAN BE FREED. 00:28:12.19\00:28:20.83 WHAT IS THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH IN THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH IS 00:28:20.83\00:28:24.47 VERY SIMPLE. MATTHEW 7, 14-15, A BAD TREE 00:28:24.47\00:28:31.14 CANNOT BRING FORTH GOOD FRUT. SO AS SINNERS WE BRING FORTH BAD 00:28:31.14\00:28:36.75 FRUIT UNTIL WE ARE NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THAT CORRUPT TREE. 00:28:36.75\00:28:41.92 IF THE VINE IS GOOD SO ARE THE FRUIT OF THE BRANCH. 00:28:41.92\00:28:46.12 BUT THE NET SHELL OF THIS IS, NOW I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO 00:28:46.12\00:28:51.49 VERSE 2 OF JOHN 9. THE VIRAL WE LIVE IN -- I 00:28:51.49\00:28:55.70 MENTIONED HEREDITARY, WHICH IS WHAT WE OFTEN SOMETIMES GET FROM 00:28:55.70\00:29:00.27 OUR PARENTS. AND PEOPLE SAY YOU SEEM JUST 00:29:00.27\00:29:03.37 LIKE YOUR MOTHER. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FROM? 00:29:03.37\00:29:08.18 PART OF THE FAMILY HERITAGE IS FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 00:29:08.18\00:29:14.32 AND PEOPLE SAY THAT AREA KNOWN FOR SINGERS. 00:29:14.32\00:29:23.73 AND MY DAD WAS NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN. 00:29:23.73\00:29:27.50 AND THEY SAID YOU WERE PREDESTINED TO BE A SINGER. 00:29:27.50\00:29:32.27 I DID'T KNOW MY MOTHER. DIDN'T KNOW MY DAD, DIDN'T KNOW 00:29:32.27\00:29:37.51 HE WAS A JAZZ MUSICIAN. BUT I WAS RAISED IN A HOME BY A 00:29:37.51\00:29:43.95 MAN WHO EVERY WEEKEND WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK WHATEVER, MY UNCLES 00:29:43.95\00:29:50.45 WOULD BRING OVER THEIR GUITARS AND PLAY CALYPSO. 00:29:50.45\00:29:58.63 SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU YIELD, JAMES 1, WHEN THAT SIN BEGINS TO 00:29:58.63\00:30:06.87 GROW, YOU GIVE BIRTH TO SIN. PEOPLE TEND TO DABBLE IN THE SIN 00:30:06.87\00:30:12.64 OF OUR GENERATION. WE ARE CONDITIONING OUR 00:30:12.64\00:30:17.75 GENERATION TO TRY ANYTHING. MAKING THEM THINK THERE AE NO 00:30:17.75\00:30:21.68 LASTING IMPACTS TO THAT. I MENTIONED HEREDITARY. 00:30:21.68\00:30:25.62 AND CULTIVATED. PRACTICE SOMETHING, AND ALL OF A 00:30:25.62\00:30:30.23 SUDDEN -- THE RECALCITRANCE AND THE ABHORRENCE TO THAT SIN IS NO 00:30:30.23\00:30:38.87 LONGER THERE. SO WHAT WAS EVIL TO YOU, AS WITH 00:30:38.87\00:30:42.94 THE FIRST PACK OF THE CIGARETTE, YOU CAN NOW SMOKE THREE PACKS A 00:30:42.94\00:30:49.84 DAY WITHOUT CHOKING. WE ARE SINNERINGS BY INHAIRANCE. 00:30:49.84\00:30:55.12 WE ARE ALL BORN IN THE NATURE OF SIN. 00:30:55.12\00:30:59.79 >> AMEN. >> WHAT YOU BECOME -- AND A LOT 00:30:59.79\00:31:02.66 OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS -- WHAT YOU BECOME IS THE 00:31:02.66\00:31:06.13 CHOICE YOU MAKE. SOME PEOPLE SAY I WASN'T 00:31:06.13\00:31:09.60 PREDESTINED TO BE HOMOSEXUAL. THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN 00:31:09.60\00:31:14.34 GENETICALLY. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE BORN 00:31:14.34\00:31:16.17 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. AND AFTER 6,000 YEARS, PASTOR 00:31:16.17\00:31:21.88 CA, IF YOU PHOTOCOPY SOMETHING FOR 6,000 YEAR. 00:31:21.88\00:31:25.55 WHERE IS THE ORIGINAL? WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. 00:31:25.55\00:31:30.29 THE CORRUPTION OF MAN'S SEED BEGINS TO BRING ABOUT ALL KINDS 00:31:30.29\00:31:36.36 OF MALADIES IN OUR GENERATION THAT ARE INEXPLAINABLE. 00:31:36.36\00:31:43.53 BUT PROSTITUTION AND HOMOSEXUALITY, IS NOT A MALADY, 00:31:43.53\00:31:50.64 BUT IT'S A CHOICE WE MAKE. BUT THE QUESTION IS CAN WE BE 00:31:50.64\00:31:56.71 DELIVERED. >> THAT'S THE QUESTION. 00:31:56.71\00:31:57.85 >> ROMANS 8, CAN WE BE DELIVERED. 00:31:57.85\00:32:05.52 THERE IS NOTHING GOD CAN'T GIVE YOU FROM. 00:32:05.52\00:32:08.22 WE TEND TO GIVE THE SIN MORE WEIGHT THAN THE SAVIOR. 00:32:08.22\00:32:12.76 WELL, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THIS IS HOW I HAVE BEEN ALL MY 00:32:12.76\00:32:16.80 LIFE. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, YOU MUST 00:32:16.80\00:32:20.44 BE -- >> BORN AGAIN. 00:32:20.44\00:32:22.54 >> PASTOR, SOME STUFF IS TOUGH. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:32:22.54\00:32:26.81 HANDED A TOUGH HAND, BUT GREATER IS HAE [ INAUDIBLE ] WORLD. 00:32:26.81\00:32:31.41 YOU HAVE GOT TO RELY ON THE ABILITY OF JESUS TO FREE YOU 00:32:31.41\00:32:35.52 FROM WHATEVER YOU HAVE, AND DON'T MAKE YOUR SIN BIGGER THAN 00:32:35.52\00:32:39.25 YOUR SAVIOR. >> RIGHT. 00:32:39.25\00:32:40.72 THAT'S TRUE. GOOD POINT. 00:32:40.72\00:32:42.52 >> I MENTIONED JOHN 9, BUT WE'RE GOING TO READ ROMANS. 00:32:42.52\00:32:47.23 THE QUESTION WAS ASKED BY THE RABBI. 00:32:47.23\00:32:50.53 WHO SINNED? THIS MAN OR HIS PARENTS THAT HE 00:32:50.53\00:32:55.10 WAS BORN -- WHATEVER THE CONDITION -- BLIND. 00:32:55.10\00:32:58.31 WHICH MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MAN'S CONDITION? 00:32:58.31\00:33:05.65 WHAT CAN JESUS DO? ROMANS 9:2. 00:33:05.65\00:33:08.72 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE -- 9:2. 00:33:08.72\00:33:13.19 >> 8:2. >> OKAY. 00:33:13.19\00:33:14.72 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 00:33:14.72\00:33:16.42 >> ROMANS 8:2 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN CHRIST JESUS 00:33:16.42\00:33:22.90 HAS MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. 00:33:22.90\00:33:29.64 ROMANS 6:7 SAYS TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM BEING IN CHRIST, FOR HE 00:33:29.64\00:33:34.21 WHO HAS DIED HAS BEEN FREED FROM SIN. 00:33:34.21\00:33:38.18 IN THAT HAS DIED TO ALL NATURE THAT CONTROLLED YOU. 00:33:38.18\00:33:41.62 IF WE DIED WITH CHRIST WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO LIVE WITH 00:33:41.62\00:33:46.35 HIM. AND HERE IS KEY. 00:33:46.35\00:33:48.96 DEATH NO LONGER HAS DOMAIN OVER HIM. 00:33:48.96\00:34:02.44 >> THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN -- I WAS GETTING READY TO HEAD TO 00:34:02.44\00:34:10.25 THIS. >> OKAY. 00:34:10.25\00:34:15.68 >> SIN IS LUSTFUL. IT HAS A CALL TO IT. 00:34:15.68\00:34:19.89 BUT YOU GOT TO MAKE A CHOICE, DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORE 00:34:19.89\00:34:28.83 TALL BODY. WHY OBEY IT? 00:34:28.83\00:34:30.63 WHEN YOU OBEY IT, YOU BECOME A SLAVE IT TO. 00:34:30.63\00:34:34.07 SLAVES CAN'T FREE THEMSELVES. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE CALLED 00:34:34.07\00:34:37.61 SLAVES. BUT JESUS CAN FREE US. 00:34:37.61\00:34:40.28 >> CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, OH GOD, AND RENEW THE SPIRIT 00:34:40.28\00:34:45.01 WITHIN ME. SO BASICALLY PRAY THAT PRAYER. 00:34:45.01\00:34:49.68 >> AMEN. >> WHAT THE PASTORS ARE SHARING, 00:34:49.68\00:34:53.59 THESE ARE PROMISES, AND NOT JUST PROMISES FROM MAN, PROMISES FROM 00:34:53.59\00:35:00.90 WHO? THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 00:35:00.90\00:35:02.23 >> AND HOW OFTEN DID PAUL THE APOSTLE -- HOW OFTEN DID HE SAY 00:35:02.23\00:35:07.50 HE NEEDED TO RECOMMIT HIMSELF TO GOD. 00:35:07.50\00:35:10.37 DAY BY DAY. >> I'M THINKING MOMENT BY 00:35:10.37\00:35:13.17 MOMENT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:35:13.17\00:35:14.28 WE'RE NOT SAVED BY A MOMENT, UNLESS WE DO THAT. 00:35:14.28\00:35:17.21 >> I'M THINKING ABOUT THE -- LOT'S TWO DAUGHTERS, AND 00:35:17.21\00:35:22.12 THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I WAS BORN THIS WAY. 00:35:22.12\00:35:25.29 I WAS BORN THIS SIDE OF THE TRACKS, THIS OR THAT. 00:35:25.29\00:35:30.33 BUT IT SAID LOT'S TWO DAUGHTERS DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE 00:35:30.33\00:35:38.77 BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY SPENT THEIR TIME. 00:35:38.77\00:35:43.47 IT'S POSSIBLE WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW RIGHT AND WRONG OR WE SAY 00:35:43.47\00:35:48.98 CIRCUMSTANCES, SPIRIT PROPHECY ALSO SAYS ABOUT CIRCUMSTANCES. 00:35:48.98\00:35:53.01 CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN WE -- WELL, CIRCUMSTANCE THAT'S WHY I DID 00:35:53.01\00:35:56.22 IT, BECAUSE. HE SAID CIRCUMSTANCES IS NEVER 00:35:56.22\00:35:58.29 TO CONTROL US. WE ARE TO CONTROL CIRCUMSTANCES 00:35:58.29\00:36:00.96 BY THE GRACE OF GOD. >> UH-HUH. 00:36:00.96\00:36:04.33 >> THINK ABOUT IT. CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE THIS WAS 00:36:04.33\00:36:07.00 HAPPENING. THIS IS WHY I DID. 00:36:07.00\00:36:09.30 WE ARE TO CONTROL CIRCUMSTANCE BY THE GRACE OF GOD. 00:36:09.30\00:36:12.17 >> YEAH. >> THAT IS VERY POWERFUL WHEN 00:36:12.17\00:36:14.74 YOU LOOK AT IT. >> THAT IS TRUE. 00:36:14.74\00:36:17.47 AND I APPRECIATE WHAT PASTOR JUST SAID. 00:36:17.47\00:36:23.68 THROUGH SIN OUR WILL POWER HAS BEEN DAMAGED. 00:36:23.68\00:36:26.15 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU CAN BY FORCE OF YOUR WILL SAY I'M NOT 00:36:26.15\00:36:30.49 GOING TO DO THAT. AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER DAYS 00:36:30.49\00:36:34.36 WHEN YOUR FLESH IS STRONGER THAN YOUR WILL. 00:36:34.36\00:36:37.06 I HAD A YOUNG LADY WHEN I WAS PASTORING, WHO HAD A CRACK 00:36:37.06\00:36:42.73 ADDICTION. SHE TOLD ME THAT I DID NOT KNOW 00:36:42.73\00:36:44.97 THAT CRACK HAD THE ABILITY TO HOOK YOU AFTER ONE SAMPLING. 00:36:44.97\00:36:49.80 ONE SAMPLING AND SHE WAS HOOKED. SHE HAD AN ADDICTIVE 00:36:49.80\00:36:54.11 PERSONALITY, AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS BEING GIVEN, AND 00:36:54.11\00:36:59.45 FROM THE FIRST TIME IT TOUCHED HER, SHE WAS HOOKED. 00:36:59.45\00:37:02.32 >> WOW. AND IT LOOK A LOT OF WORK TO TRY 00:37:02.32\00:37:05.12 TO FREE HER -- FREE HER FROM THAT. 00:37:05.12\00:37:07.06 LET ME GIVE YOU THIS CLIP, AND I'LL DO IT REAL FAST. 00:37:07.06\00:37:12.69 >> SURE. THE WILL, I BELIEVE SHOULD NOT 00:37:12.69\00:37:24.41 BE USED TO TRY TO NOT DO SOMETHING. 00:37:24.41\00:37:27.68 THE WILL SHOULD BE USED TO SURRENDER TO JESUS. 00:37:27.68\00:37:32.81 >> AMEN. >> SUPPOSE I HAVE A THING FOR 00:37:32.81\00:37:43.29 JILL. SO I SAY I'M GOING TO IMPOSE MY 00:37:43.29\00:37:46.19 WILL IN NOT THINKING ABOUT JILL. SO IN NOT THINKING ABOUT JILL, I 00:37:46.19\00:37:51.37 AM IN EFFECT NOT THINKING ABOUT JILL. 00:37:51.37\00:37:54.14 I'M NOT GOING TO THIK ABOUT JIM. 00:37:54.14\00:37:56.84 THAT'S AN INCORRECT USE OF THE WILL. 00:37:56.84\00:37:59.27 YOU USE THE WILL TO SURRENDER TO JESUS, SO WHEN THOUGHTS OF JILL 00:37:59.27\00:38:05.61 OR CRACK OR HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR COME IN MIND, I THINK I'M GOING 00:38:05.61\00:38:11.52 TO PUT MY MIND ON JESUS. SO YOU PUT CHRIST AT THE POINT 00:38:11.52\00:38:15.22 OF THE ATTACK. YOU LEAD WITH CHRIST, NOT WITH 00:38:15.22\00:38:19.19 YOUR WILL. AS YOU SURRENDER TO 00:38:19.19\00:38:23.43 CHRIST -- THE SECRET HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SURRENDER. 00:38:23.43\00:38:29.24 IT'S USING THAT -- WELL, YOU WILL FIGHT AGAINST EVIL, BUT IF 00:38:29.24\00:38:37.18 YOU START TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST EVIL, YOU ARE NOT GOING 00:38:37.18\00:38:40.35 TO HAVE SUCCESS. BUT THE SECRET IS SURRENDERING 00:38:40.35\00:38:45.82 TO JESUS. THAT CHRIST FIGHT FOR YOU, AND 00:38:45.82\00:38:50.63 WITH YOU SOMETIMES -- THE ONE ABOUT DELIVERANCE FROM SIN IS 00:38:50.63\00:39:01.74 THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU CAN ASK. 00:39:01.74\00:39:04.71 BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF THE 00:39:04.71\00:39:09.54 KINGDOM. SIN IS GOING TO KEEP YOU OUT OF 00:39:09.54\00:39:12.28 THE KINGDOM, SO BEAR WITH ME ONE MORE MOMENT. 00:39:12.28\00:39:16.45 BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE -- EVERY ONE OF US STRUGGLES 00:39:16.45\00:39:21.09 WITH SOMETHING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:39:21.09\00:39:22.49 >> AND I SO APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU USED THE WORD WILL. 00:39:22.49\00:39:27.23 YOU HAVE TO SAY, LORD NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL. 00:39:27.23\00:39:32.47 >> WEL SAID. >> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE 00:39:32.47\00:39:35.14 TEXT HERE IN ROMANS 8. THIS IS MINISTRY OF HEALING, 00:39:35.14\00:39:45.61 PAGE 176. AND YOU CAN GET THIS THROUGH THE 00:39:45.61\00:39:50.85 CALL CENTER. THIS IS THE GOVERNING POWER IN 00:39:50.85\00:39:53.96 THE NATURE OF MAN. >> YES. 00:39:53.96\00:39:55.72 >> THE POWER OF DECISION OF CHOICE. 00:39:55.72\00:39:59.59 EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE RIGHT ACTION OF THE WILL. 00:39:59.59\00:40:02.16 >> UH-HUH. >> DESIRE FOR GOODNESS AND 00:40:02.16\00:40:06.03 PURITY ARE RIGHT AS FAR AS THEY GO, BUT IF WE STOP HERE, THEY 00:40:06.03\00:40:12.31 AVAIL NOTHING. MANY WILL GO DOWN TO RUIN, WHILE 00:40:12.31\00:40:15.48 HOPING AND DESIRING TO OVERCOME THEIR EVIL PROPENSITIES. 00:40:15.48\00:40:22.82 THEY DO NOT YIELD THE WILL TO GOD. 00:40:22.82\00:40:29.66 >> PRECISELY. >> THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO 00:40:29.66\00:40:33.46 THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, THEY ARE IN -- WHO WALKED NOT 00:40:33.46\00:40:40.94 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 00:40:40.94\00:40:45.01 >> AND CHRIST WAS TEMPTED -- >> WE'RE TALKING OURSELVES INTO 00:40:45.01\00:40:48.61 ANOTHER PROGRAM. >> YEAH, WE ARE. 00:40:48.61\00:40:52.65 >> SIN HAS SO MANY MANIFESTATIONS. 00:40:52.65\00:40:57.59 IT CAN COME AT YOU IN SO MANY POSITIONS. 00:40:57.59\00:41:02.29 I KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO NOW HAS A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS DRESSING 00:41:02.29\00:41:07.83 THEIR SON IN FEMALE CLOTHING, AND THEY ARE SAYING WHEN HE GETS 00:41:07.83\00:41:20.18 OLD ENOUGH, HE CAN MAKE UP WHICH WAY HE WANTS TO GO. 00:41:20.18\00:41:24.41 WELL, YOU ARE MAKING UP HIS MIND FOR HIM. 00:41:24.41\00:41:27.65 BUT THAT'S THE MIN THAT DOESN'T HAVE GOD IN IT. 00:41:27.65\00:41:31.02 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT MORE THAN THAT, WHY WOULD 00:41:31.02\00:41:34.09 YOU -- WHY WOULD YOU CONFUSE THAT CHILD. 00:41:34.09\00:41:36.52 >> WOW. >> THAT -- THAT -- THAT WAY. 00:41:36.52\00:41:39.43 BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE -- AGAIN, YOUR OPINION. 00:41:39.43\00:41:43.60 YOU LISTEN TO DOCTOR WHOEVER. >> YES. 00:41:43.60\00:41:46.33 >> AND NEGATE THE WORD OF GOD. YOUR STRENGTH IS IN GETTING 00:41:46.33\00:41:51.47 COUNCIL FROM SOMEBODY -- AND YOU SAID GOD DOESN'T IMMENEED TO BE 00:41:51.47\00:41:59.08 TAUGHT. HE KNOWS. 00:41:59.08\00:42:04.59 A QUICK TEXT PASTOR. I CAN FEEL YOU ITCHING. 00:42:04.59\00:42:11.19 EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, THIS I -- [ INAUDIBLE ] I GET SO 00:42:11.19\00:42:15.50 EXCITED I GET TONGUE TIED. >> THAT'S OKAY. 00:42:15.50\00:42:19.40 [ LAUGHTER ] >> EPHESIANS 4. 00:42:19.40\00:42:23.44 >> VERSE 17, I TESTIFY IN THE LORD THAT YOU SHOULD NO LONGER 00:42:23.44\00:42:27.28 WALK AS THE REST OF THE GENTILES WALK IN THE FUTILITY OF THEIR 00:42:27.28\00:42:32.38 MIND. YOU ARE TRYING T ANSWER -- YOU 00:42:32.38\00:42:34.58 ARE TRYING TO DRIVE YOUR OWN BUS. 00:42:34.58\00:42:36.82 AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU HAVE GOT TO -- YOU HAVE GOT 00:42:36.82\00:42:40.26 TO LET CHRIST GET IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND NO BACK SEAT 00:42:40.26\00:42:44.76 DRIVING. YOU CAN'T TELL HIM WHEN TO TURN 00:42:44.76\00:42:47.83 LEFT OR RIGHT OR SLOW DOWN. ONE MORE TEXT AND I'M DONE. 00:42:47.83\00:42:56.84 BEING ALEE INAT ITTED FROM THE LIFE OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE 00:42:56.84\00:43:01.68 IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM. BECAUSE OF THE BLINDNESS OF 00:43:01.68\00:43:04.68 THEIR HEARTS, WHICH IS WHY THE WORD OF GOD IS SO IMPORTANT, 00:43:04.68\00:43:10.05 BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING. 00:43:10.05\00:43:12.69 IF NOT YOU ARE GOING ON THE FUELS OF YOUR OWN LIFE. 00:43:12.69\00:43:15.66 EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HIT A WALL, WHEN YOUR LITTLE BRAIN IS 00:43:15.66\00:43:18.86 NOT ENOUGH TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND LEAD YOUR OWN LIFE. 00:43:18.86\00:43:22.73 YOU HAVE TO SURRENDER THAT TO THE LORD. 00:43:22.73\00:43:25.17 >> PASTOR KENNY, I SEE YOUR FINGER IN MULTIPLE PLACES IN THE 00:43:25.17\00:43:30.87 BIBLE. >> YEAH. 00:43:30.87\00:43:31.51 >> GO FOR IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:43:31.51\00:43:34.34 >> WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT GETTING THEIR BIBLES OUT 00:43:34.34\00:43:37.65 AND THUMBING THROUGH. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS 00:43:37.65\00:43:41.98 SAID. HE IS GOING TO HOLD US 00:43:41.98\00:43:44.65 RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. SO WE CAN MAKE EXCUSES AND SAY 00:43:44.65\00:43:48.12 BECAUSE OF AND ALL OF THIS, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE. 00:43:48.12\00:43:54.56 EPHESIANS 5 BECAMES VERY PLAIN. WHY DON'T WE READ EPHESIANS 00:43:54.56\00:44:01.27 CHAPTER 5, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 1, BE THEREFORE FOLLOWERS OF 00:44:01.27\00:44:10.01 GOD. GIVEN AN OFFERING, NOTICE, A 00:44:10.01\00:44:12.95 SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A SWEET-SMELLING SAVIOR. 00:44:12.95\00:44:17.75 BUT FORNICATION, UNCLEANLINESS, LET IT NOT ONCE BE NAMED AMONG 00:44:17.75\00:44:23.96 YOU AS BECOME A SAINT. SO IT HAS BECOME PRETTY CLEAR. 00:44:23.96\00:44:30.00 NEAR FILTHINESS NOR FOOLISH TALKING, BUT RATHER GIVING OF 00:44:30.00\00:44:36.87 THANKS YOU HAVE KNOW NOER WHO MONGER, FOR ANY IDOL TER HAVE 00:44:36.87\00:44:44.55 ANY INHERITANCE IN THE KING T TOM -- KINGDOM OF GOD. 00:44:44.55\00:44:52.79 BY GOD'S GRACE IT IS PLAIN BY EVERYONE HERE, VICTORY CAN BE 00:44:52.79\00:44:58.79 GIVEN TO EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SITUATION OR HOW FAR YOU 00:44:58.79\00:45:02.26 WENT DOWN, GOD IS ABLE TO GO DOWN, GET YOU, AND PULL YOU 00:45:02.26\00:45:07.84 BACK-UP. >> AND THAT'S KEY. IT'S GOD, NOT US. 00:45:07.84\00:45:11.97 >> IF WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THE BIBLE HAS SAID NOT TO DO, WE'RE 00:45:11.97\00:45:19.25 NOT GOING TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 00:45:19.25\00:45:24.09 SO THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT VERY 00:45:24.09\00:45:28.26 CAREFULLY. THERE IS A WAY OUT. 00:45:28.26\00:45:30.26 GOD IS ALWAYS THAT WAY OUT. WE HAVE TO BE CONVICTED, 00:45:30.26\00:45:34.76 CONVERTED, CHANGE OF HEART, CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE, ALL OF THIS 00:45:34.76\00:45:37.73 HAS TO DO WITH THE CONVERTED WILL. 00:45:37.73\00:45:41.47 >> AMEN. >> THE WILL MUST BE CONVERTED. 00:45:41.47\00:45:44.37 I TRY TO TWO THAT ON A BASIS -- AND VERY FEW PEOPLE I 00:45:44.37\00:45:48.68 FOUND PRAY THIS. I SAY LORD I GIVE YOU MY WILL. 00:45:48.68\00:45:52.18 I AM NOT ABLE. >> WELL SAID. 00:45:52.18\00:45:54.55 >> I'M NOT ABLE TO CONTROL IT. BECAUSE EVERY CHOICE I MAKE 00:45:54.55\00:45:58.15 WOULD BE WRONG WITHOUT YOU. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:45:58.15\00:46:00.99 >> HELP ME TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND DECISION. 00:46:00.99\00:46:05.69 DON'T LET ME MAKE A ONE, BECAUSE I'LL MESS IT UP. 00:46:05.69\00:46:09.83 THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE SOMETHING I PRAY FOR. 00:46:09.83\00:46:12.17 >> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD. 00:46:12.17\00:46:15.64 >> WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER TEMPTATION IS NOT SIN. 00:46:15.64\00:46:18.71 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> COME ON NOW. 00:46:18.71\00:46:21.81 >> JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE TEMPTED, YOU HAVEN'T SINNED YET. 00:46:21.81\00:46:25.91 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> ELLEN WHITE MAKES THE 00:46:25.91\00:46:29.42 STATEMENT THAT EVERY MORNING WE OUGHT TO AUDIBLY SAY TO THE 00:46:29.42\00:46:34.19 LORD, GIVE ME A HOLY SPIRIT. >> AMEN. 00:46:34.19\00:46:36.96 >> AND TAKE IT ON DAY AT A TIME. 00:46:36.96\00:46:49.34 I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE FROM NOW UNTIL THANKSGIVING. 00:46:49.34\00:46:54.01 I'M NOT GOING TO DRINK NOW. I'M NOT GOING TO DRINK FOR THE 00:46:54.01\00:46:58.28 NEXT FEW MINUTES. BUT DON'T PUT YOURSELF UNDER THE 00:46:58.28\00:47:01.95 KIND OF BURDENS THAT YOU CANNOT MASTER. 00:47:01.95\00:47:05.15 YOU GO TO CHURCH AND YOU COME OUT, I WILL NEVER EVER SIN 00:47:05.15\00:47:09.02 AGAIN. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:47:09.02\00:47:09.72 >> AND WHEN YOU SAY IT, YOU MEAN IT. 00:47:09.72\00:47:12.19 AND YOU CAN'T KEEP THAT. YOU CAN'T. 00:47:12.19\00:47:14.73 BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU SAY, I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS.-SATAN SAYS, I HAVE 00:47:14.73\00:47:20.37 DECIDED YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS. AND NOW THE WAR 00:47:20.37\00:47:25.74 BEGINS. >> AMEN. WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS IS 00:47:25.74\00:47:29.81 ENCOURAGING TO YOU AT HOME, WHETHER YOU ARE ACTUALLY 00:47:29.81\00:47:35.72 WALLOWING IN THAT SIN, OR MAKING CHOICES WHEREVER YOU ARE, IT 00:47:35.72\00:47:39.79 DOESN'T MATTER, JESUS SAYS I CAN FORGIVE YOU. 00:47:39.79\00:47:43.49 HE CAN FORGIVE US AND CLEANSE US FROM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:47:43.49\00:47:53.23 LET HIM LIVE HIS LIFE IN YOU, AND HE WILL PERFECT THAT, WHICH 00:47:53.23\00:47:58.14 YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO HIM. >> AMEN. 00:47:58.14\00:48:00.91 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, WHAT WAS THE LADY'S NAME. 00:48:00.91\00:48:04.18 >> BECKY. >> BECKY. 00:48:04.18\00:48:06.58 THANK YOU. WE ONLY HAVE NINE MINUTES LEFT 00:48:06.58\00:48:08.82 IN THIS FIRST HOUR. BUT THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH. 00:48:08.82\00:48:12.35 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I HAVE TO -- BOY, WE 00:48:12.35\00:48:16.12 SHOULD HAV STARTED THIS HOUR WITH PRAYER. 00:48:16.12\00:48:18.33 WE STARTED IT BEFORE WE WENT LIFE -- 00:48:18.33\00:48:20.63 >> YES. >> BUT LET'S PRAY OBVIOUSLY FOR 00:48:20.63\00:48:25.73 GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED OUT TO THOSE VIEWING TO ALL OF 00:48:25.73\00:48:28.97 US HERE ON THE SET, BUT ALSO THIS LIFE AND DEATH PROPERTY, 00:48:28.97\00:48:33.41 BECAUSE ALL OF US STRUGGLE WITH SOMETHING. 00:48:33.41\00:48:36.51 LET'S PRAY NOW, BUT IT'S EXCITING, ISN'T IT? 00:48:36.51\00:48:39.48 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR JOHN? 00:48:39.48\00:48:41.45 >> LOVING FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 00:48:41.45\00:48:46.99 WE ARE FINITE IN SO MANY WAYS. WE ARE FRAIL AND FAULTY. 00:48:46.99\00:48:51.86 WE SEEK TO DO YOUR WILL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO PERFORM 00:48:51.86\00:48:55.56 IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:48:55.56\00:48:56.50 >> UH-HUH. >> SO LORD JESUS COME INTO OUR 00:48:56.50\00:49:01.00 HEARTS AND LIVES, AND CONTINUE THE WORK THAT YOU BEGAN. 00:49:01.00\00:49:04.44 FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS PROGRAM, RIGHT 00:49:04.44\00:49:08.21 NOW SOMEBODY MIGHT BE STRUGGLING AND ASKING FOR DELIVERANCE ON A 00:49:08.21\00:49:14.72 PARTICULAR THING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE THEM INCARCERATED OR 00:49:14.72\00:49:20.16 CHAINS. IN THEIR MINDS THEY ARE 00:49:20.16\00:49:23.02 ENSLAVED. LORD JESUS, YOU SAID THE SON 00:49:23.02\00:49:26.09 THEREFORE MAKES YOU FREE, YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED. 00:49:26.09\00:49:32.63 SEN YOUR HOLY SPIRIT LORD NOT JUST TO CONVICT THEM, BUT TO 00:49:32.63\00:49:38.44 EMPOWER THEM. SAY FATHER I YIELD MY CHOICES 00:49:38.44\00:49:41.34 AND LIFE TO YOU. COME IN AND WORK IN ME BOTH TO 00:49:41.34\00:49:45.01 WILL AND TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOOD PLEASURE. 00:49:45.01\00:49:48.58 BRING FREEDOM TO THOSE WHO ARE BOUNDED. 00:49:48.58\00:49:50.89 THIS IS YOUR MISSION TO CLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTURED. 00:49:50.89\00:49:54.76 MAY THOSE WHO ARE CAPTURED TODAY, OR CAPTIVATED BY SIN, 00:49:54.76\00:49:58.99 FIND FREEDOM IN CHRIST, AND LORD AS WE LIVE EACH DAY, HELP US TO 00:49:58.99\00:50:06.40 SUBMIT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND EVERY MOMENT OF THE 00:50:06.40\00:50:09.67 DAY, SUBMIT TO CHOICES THAT END UP WITH CHRIST BEING GLORIFIED. 00:50:09.67\00:50:15.71 WE ASK THIS IN JESUS, WE PRAY. AMEN. 00:50:15.71\00:50:18.75 >> AMEN. >> THIS TOPIC IS AN EXHAUSTIVE 00:50:18.75\00:50:22.55 ONE. >> IT IS. 00:50:22.55\00:50:23.18 >> ROMANS 1, THEY DIDN'T LIKE -- BIBLE -- THE BIBLE 00:50:23.18\00:50:27.69 OUTLINES THE SINS OF THE [ INAUDIBLE ] HE SAYS THEY 00:50:27.69\00:50:30.49 DIDN'T LIKE TO RETAIN GOD AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE. 00:50:30.49\00:50:33.66 ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW GOD, THEY WOULDN'T GLORIFY HIM AS GOD. 00:50:33.66\00:50:37.43 SO LET'S GO ON. >> SO IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES 00:50:37.43\00:50:41.10 HERE OF THE FIRST HOUR -- >> WE HAVE A SECOND HOUR. 00:50:41.10\00:50:43.71 >> WE DO. PRAISE THE LORD. 00:50:43.71\00:50:45.37 WE'RE DOING GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:50:45.37\00:50:47.68 >> WE'RE SECURING ANOTHER PROGRAM. 00:50:47.68\00:50:50.65 >> TWO, THREE, OR FOUR. SO THIS COMES FROM ITALIA, AND 00:50:50.65\00:50:56.08 THEY ASK, PLEASE HELP ME OUT ON THIS ONE, IF GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY 00:50:56.08\00:51:00.66 ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES, AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH 00:51:00.66\00:51:06.03 NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANYMORE 00:51:06.03\00:51:10.53 PAIN, FOR THE NORM -- FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY, WHY 00:51:10.53\00:51:17.11 SHOULD WE NEED THE LEAVES OF THE TREE FOR HEALING IN THE MIDST OF 00:51:17.11\00:51:21.01 THE TREE OF IT, WAS THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH YIELDED FRUIT EVERY 00:51:21.01\00:51:28.22 MONTH, AND THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE 00:51:28.22\00:51:32.65 NATIONS. WHY WOULD WE NEED THE LEAVES OF 00:51:32.65\00:51:34.19 THE TREE FOR HEALING IN HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH. 00:51:34.19\00:51:37.69 >> I LOVE THAT ONE. CAN I START? 00:51:37.69\00:51:40.30 >> SURE. >> THE TEXT -- YOU ALREADY CITED 00:51:40.30\00:51:43.16 THE TEXT. BUT FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A 00:51:43.16\00:51:46.94 COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN EDEN AS COMPARED TO WHAT IS 00:51:46.94\00:51:50.61 GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEW VE VERSE -- JERUSALEM. 00:51:50.61\00:51:56.54 I LIKE TO LOOK AT EDEN LOST TO EDEN RESTORED. 00:51:56.54\00:52:01.88 ADAM AND EVE WERE DENIED ACCESS TO THAT TREE AFTER THEY CHOSE TO 00:52:01.88\00:52:05.35 SIN. SO THEY COULDN'T BE HEALED. 00:52:05.35\00:52:08.52 THEY COULD NOT BE HEALED. SO THE LORD SAYS I'LL HEAL YOU, 00:52:08.52\00:52:15.50 AND GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE TREE. IT'S ANALOGY TO WHAT ADAM LOST 00:52:15.50\00:52:24.54 ACCESS TO. THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR THERE 00:52:24.54\00:52:28.24 TO BE CONTINUED HEALING. BUT THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS, 00:52:28.24\00:52:32.45 IN THIS EARTH, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TOWER OF BABEL, THE NATIONS 00:52:32.45\00:52:41.86 WERE DIVIDED. AND THE POINT OF UNITY WOULD BE 00:52:41.86\00:52:47.60 THE TREE OF LIFE. THE TREE WOULDN'T GIVE US LIFE. 00:52:47.60\00:52:50.83 BUT THE TREE IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE GIFT OF LIFE 00:52:50.83\00:52:55.00 THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AS A BLESSING FROM THE LORD. 00:52:55.00\00:53:00.38 SO DIVISION HERE, UNITY THERE. WE DON'T NEED THE LEAVES TO BE 00:53:00.38\00:53:05.11 HEALED. THE SON IS THE ONE THAT HEALS 00:53:05.11\00:53:07.62 US, BUT IT'S JUST SIMPLY A SYMBOL OF WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED 00:53:07.62\00:53:12.05 IN CHRIST. THE DIVISION HERE, THE UNITY 00:53:12.05\00:53:14.26 HERE. NO ACCESS TO THE TREE HERE. 00:53:14.26\00:53:17.46 ACCESS TO THE TREE THERE. >> PASTOR KENNY. 00:53:17.46\00:53:21.43 >> WELL, LIKE HE MENTIONED IN THE GARDEN OF LIFE, THERE WAS 00:53:21.43\00:53:24.60 THE TREE OF LIFE. IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE 00:53:24.60\00:53:29.17 SIN, THEY STILL HAD TO BE' BEADANT. 00:53:29.17\00:53:35.84 SO CERTAINLY IN HEAVEN THERE IS GOING TO BE A TREE IN LIFE. 00:53:35.84\00:53:42.85 SOME PEOPLE ARGUE THERE IS NO NEED FOR A TREE OF LIFE UP 00:53:42.85\00:53:47.52 THERE. THE LEAVES WERE FOR THE P 00:53:47.52\00:53:59.07 PREVENTION. HE HAS GIVEN IT TO US THAT WE 00:53:59.07\00:54:01.57 MAY READ AND FIND, WHAT? ETERNAL LIFE. 00:54:01.57\00:54:06.51 SO I'M THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS THIS. 00:54:06.51\00:54:09.44 AND IT IS HERE FOR US TODAY. AND IT IS THE ANTIDOTE OF DEATH. 00:54:09.44\00:54:14.25 >> YES, WHAT THIS IS REFERRING TO, IT'S NOT CATCHING THE COMMON 00:54:14.25\00:54:19.12 COLD OR SOMETHING -- >> NO. 00:54:19.12\00:54:22.76 >> -- HEALING AS WE MIGHT THINK OF HEALING HERE. 00:54:22.76\00:54:26.09 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THAT TREE. 00:54:26.09\00:54:30.67 THIS LINE IS LONG? [ LAUGHTER ] 00:54:30.67\00:54:33.80 >> BUT MALACHI 4:2 SAYS HEALING WITHIN HIS WINGS -- 00:54:33.80\00:54:43.51 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEPARATED BY 00:54:43.51\00:54:46.85 CAST, BY FINANCES, BY SOCIETAL NORMS. 00:54:46.85\00:54:51.82 BUT THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATION THERE. 00:54:51.82\00:54:54.92 FINALLY THE PRAYER OF JESUS WILL BE A REALITY. 00:54:54.92\00:54:58.39 >> AMEN. >> ISAIAH 3 OR 00:54:58.39\00:55:03.30 4 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] A DISSERVICE. >> RIGHT. 00:55:03.30\00:55:05.57 >> IT'S NOT -- BECAUSE THERE IS SOME ASPECT OF THAT TOO, BUT 00:55:05.57\00:55:09.07 IT'S NOT JUST YOUR PHYSICAL HEALING WHEN CHRIST COMES INTO 00:55:09.07\00:55:13.44 YOUR LIFE YOUR WORLD IS HEALED, YOUR SEPARATION IS HEALED, YOUR 00:55:13.44\00:55:17.31 MIND IS HEALED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:17.31\00:55:19.71 SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST -- OKAY, I KNOW THAT LORD IS GOING TO 00:55:19.71\00:55:24.15 TAKE CARE OF THIS BROKEN LEG, BECAUSE HE HAD HEALED MY 00:55:24.15\00:55:30.03 DEFEATED. NO, HE IS HEALING EVERYTHING. 00:55:30.03\00:55:31.69 HE IS HEALING YOUR SEPARATION, HE IS HEALING YOUR SIN PROBLEM. 00:55:31.69\00:55:36.46 SO BY HIS STRIPES, BY THE BLOOD HE SHED FOR YOU, YOUR WHOLE LIFE 00:55:36.46\00:55:40.90 IS MADE NEW. THERE IS A WHOLENESS THAT IS 00:55:40.90\00:55:45.24 BROUGHT TO YOUR LIFE THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. 00:55:45.24\00:55:46.44 IF YOU JUST LIMIT IT TO PHYSICAL HEARING, YOU ARE DOING THE TEXT 00:55:46.44\00:55:52.11 OF DISSERVICE BECAUSE ALL OF THAT FOLLOWS THAT CATEGORY. 00:55:52.11\00:55:57.49 >> SHALL I RAPID FIRE ONE IN THE LAST MINUTE-40. 00:55:57.49\00:56:03.89 DO REALLY POOR PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE TITHE AND OFFERINGS? 00:56:03.89\00:56:08.06 >> AMEN. AND AMEN. 00:56:08.06\00:56:10.07 THE POORER YOU ARE, THE MORE YOU NEED TO GIE TITHE AND 00:56:10.07\00:56:14.90 OFFERINGS. >> AND WHY IS THAT? 00:56:14.90\00:56:16.94 >> GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU. 00:56:16.94\00:56:20.34 >> THANK YOU, MY PASTOR. >> GOOD MEASURE, PRESS DOWN, 00:56:20.34\00:56:26.41 SHAKEN TOGETHER AND RUNETH OVER. IF YOU GAVE SOMEBODY A TEASPOON 00:56:26.41\00:56:31.85 OF SALT, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET. 00:56:31.85\00:56:34.79 IF YOU MEASURE IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN. 00:56:34.79\00:56:38.63 SO DON'T GIVE GRUDGINGLY, NOR OUT OF NECESSITY. 00:56:38.63\00:56:44.13 GOD LOVES THE GIVER. >> PROVE ME TEST ME TRY ME. 00:56:44.13\00:56:56.14 WHEN YOU GIVE GOD WHAT HE CLAIMS, ONE YOU ARE NOT STEALING 00:56:56.14\00:57:00.72 FROM HIM, BUT TWO YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR BLESSINGS. 00:57:00.72\00:57:04.75 A CLOSED FIST CAN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING. 00:57:04.75\00:57:07.32 SO THE POORER YOU ARE, THE MORE YOU NEED TO GIVE TO GOD, BECAUSE 00:57:07.32\00:57:12.19 GOD HAS PROMISED YOU GIVE, I'LL GIVE BACK. 00:57:12.19\00:57:15.30 >> AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, TRY IT OUT. 00:57:15.30\00:57:18.57 >> IF YOU WANT THINGS TO CHANGE DO WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN HIS 00:57:18.57\00:57:24.37 WORD. THANKS WILL CHANGE. 00:57:24.37\00:57:27.04 TRY GOD'S WAY. BLESSINGS WILL COME. 00:57:27.04\00:57:30.58 >> AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH THE END OF 00:57:30.58\00:57:33.38 THIS HOUR HAS COME VERY QUICKLY. WE'RE GOING TO TRADE OUT SEATS 00:57:33.38\00:57:39.29 WITH PASTOR KENNY WITH SHELLEY QUINN FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 00:57:39.29\00:57:43.59 THANK YOU, PASTOR KENNY. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A COUPLE 00:57:43.59\00:57:47.23 OF MOMENTS WITH MORE OF YOUR BIBLE QUESTIONS. 00:57:47.23\00:57:50.43 SO DON'T GO AWAY. ¤ 00:57:50.43\00:57:53.07