¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY
LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤
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¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤
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¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤
LORD, LET MY WORDS ¤
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¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤
HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤
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¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE
¤ ¤ MENDNG BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
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¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE
¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤
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>> HELLO AND WOMEN
COME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS YOU
DO EACH EVERY DAY, AND WE LOVE
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THURSDAY NIGHT
LIVE, DON'T YOU YVONNE.
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>> OH, YES, AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT.
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>> OH, YES, SHE HAS
TALKED ABOUT IT FOR DAYS.
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>> HE IS ONE OF MY
ALL-TIME FAVORITE SPEAKERS AND A
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WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD, AND
EVERY TIME HE COMES, IT'S SUCH A
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BLESSING. MY SPIRIT
GETS WATERED, AND I'M
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REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT
HE IS GOING TO TEACH US TONIGHT.
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>> I'LL DO A CONFESSION FOR HIM,
SO IT WON'T HURT MY SOUL, BUT IT
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MIGHT HURT HIS REPUTATION --
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
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HURT MY REPUTATION? >> NO.
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NO. I CAME HERE -- WE THOUGHT WE
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WERE A LITTLE LATE.
I AM GOING TO SAY THIS.
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I THOUGHT WE WERE A LITTLE LATE,
BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT 7:30, AND
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WE GO LIVE AT 8:00, AND I SAID
WE GOT TO GET WITH PASTOR JOHN
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AND SEE WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
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I COME IN 7:30, I RUN IN HERE,
AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE, AND
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I SAY WHERE IS PASTOR JOHN?
THEY SAY WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
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YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM? NO.
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ABOUT 20 MINUTES 'TIL?
SOMEBODY SAID ANYBODY SEEN
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PASTOR JOHN? NO, HE
SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE
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LATE, BUT WE'RE SO THANKFUL
BROTHER JOHN BRADSHAW, YOU MADE
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IT. >> GUILTY AS CHARGED.
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THAT CONFESSION FOR ME.
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I FEEL SO MUCH
BETTER. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> BUT I WAS HERE IN
PLENTY OF TIME, JUST A COUPLE OF
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LAST-MINUTE THINGS,
BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
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I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO BE HERE.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE MIRACLES
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HAPPEN, GRACE IS POURED OUT,
THIS IS A PLACE THAT GOD USES
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FOR HIS GLORY, AND HE HAS
FOR -- HOW MANY YEARS NOW?
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>> 33. ACTUALLY
NOVEMBER WILL BE 34,
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STARTING, SO -- >>
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
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>> I WAS A BABY
THEN. >> ABSOLUTELY.
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>> DANNY
SHELTON WAS 4 YEARS OLD.
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>> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN EASY FOR ME
TO REMEMBER, BECAUSE IT WAS HALF
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OF MY LIFE. >> I
DON'T WANT TO SIDE TRACK
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US, BUT HOW ABOUT
THAT. YOU WERE 33 YEARS OLD.
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33 YEARS YOUNG. >> OH, YEAH.
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>> IF YOU ARE 17 YOU THINK 33
IS GERIATRIC, IF YOU ARE 33, YOU
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THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER.
BUT I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A
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DISMISSIVE WAY, THAT'S KIND OF
USEFUL TO TAKE SOMETHING ON THAT
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ENDED UP BEING
OF THIS PROPORTION.
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>> MY CONFESSION IS 33 SEEMS SO
YOUNG, I HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING
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PEOPLE SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY HAVE
IDEAS, UNLESS IT'S TECHNOLOGY,
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THEN I LISTEN TO FOUR YEAR OLDS,
BUT HONESTLY FOLK THAT COME AND
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WORK HER, AND THEY ARE IN THEIR
30S, MY DAUGHTER MELODY -- OH, I
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BETTER NOT TEL -- >>
YOU STOPPED JUST IN TIME.
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>> I DID. AND SHE
MAY BE WATCHING, IF NOT,
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MY GRANDSON IS HERE TONIGHT, AND
HE WOULD PROBABLY TELL ON ME.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS I WENT TO
WORK FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HERE
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ALL OF MY LIFE, BUT I SPENT FOUR
YEARS IN MICHIGAN AND MANAGED A
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LUMBERYARD. AND WHEN
I WENT UP THERE, I WAS
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I THINK 24 YEARS OLD. I
WAS ABOUT 24 YEARS OLD, SO
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WHEN I TALKED TO THE OWNER,
GARY, I WOULD VISIT MY COUSINS
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UP THERE, SO I STOPPED IN,
AND FOUND OUT, WOW, I MANAGE A
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LUMBERYARD, AND HE
SAID HOW OLD ARE YOU?
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I WAS ALREADY
MARRIED HAD THE BABY.
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HE SAID HOW OLD
ARE YOU? I SAID 24.
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AND HE SAID THAT IS TOO BAD,
BECAUSE UNTIL YOU ARE 30 TO 35,
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YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING. AND I SAID WHAT?
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BECAUSE AT 24 YOU
THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. I
THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING AT
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17. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> GARY SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE
A RISK ON YOU, I'M FROM SOUTHERN
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MISSOURI, WE'RE
NOT TOO FAR APART.
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I NEED A MANGER FOR THIS
-LUMBERYARD, BUT I'M GOING TO
TAKE A RISK ON YOU, EVEN THOUGH
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I LOOK AT YOU AS JUST A KID, BUT
IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL, BUT
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HONESTLY WHEN WE INTERVIEW
PEOPLE NOW, OUR PASTORS, YOU SEE
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SOMEBODY WHO IS 25, 30 YEARS
OLD, YOU THINK, THEY ARE JUST A
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KID. >> YEAH,
I'M GUILTY OF THAT AS
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WELL. BUT YOU GO
BACK TO THE EARLY AGE
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WHEN THE CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED,
THE WORKERS WERE YOUNG.
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AND THEN YOU STOP AND
THINK THESE KIDS -- THEY MAY BE
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KIDS -- WE'LL SEND THEM OFF
TO WAR AT 18, 19 YEARS OF AGE.
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>> YEA, AND WE SAY
THEY ARE MEN AND WOMEN.
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>> YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE
CAPABLE OF AMAZING THINGS.
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>> UH-HUH. >>
RIGHT NOW, WE NEED THEM,
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BECAUSE THEY ARE CARRYING
THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN
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TECHNOLOGY -- >> GOT TO HAVE IT.
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>> TECHNOLOGY IS
AN AMAZING -- AMAZING
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INVENTION -- ALL OF THE
THINGS TELEVISION THAT WE'RE
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DOING -- WHEN WE STARTED YOU
COULD GET 3ABN YOU HAD TO HAVE A
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10 TO 12-FOOT SATELLITE DISH.
WHO WOULD KNOW 33 YEARS LATER,
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YOU COULD JUST PULL OUT YOUR
PHONE AND -- AND PUSH A BUTTON
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AND EIGHT CHANNEL, 24/7, 3ABN
CHANNELS COME UP 24/7 ANYWHERE
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IN THE WORLD, OR YOU CAN TAKE
THE LITTLE MY SDA BOX, ABOUT 3
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INCHES BY 3 INCHES, PLUG IT IN
YOUR WALL IF YOU HAVE INTERNET,
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AND YOU CAN WATCH A LOT OF
ADVENTIST CHANNELS, AND UNPLUG
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IT, AND SAY YOU ARE
TRAVELING TO AUSTRALIA --
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>> OR NEW ZEALAND. >>
AND YOU CAN PLUG IT INTO THE
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WALL THERE AND WATCH PROGRAMMING
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S
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LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS
FOR THAT, NO MONTHLY FEE.
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YOU CAN WATCH ON THE I
PADS, OR YOUR COMMUTE PE
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PEWTER -- COMPUTERS.-THIS TELLS
ME THE LORD IS SERIOUSLY READY
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TO COME HOME. HE SAID I'M GOING
TO GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE THAT IS
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GOING TO HELP YOU TAKE
THIS GOSPEL TO ALL OF THE WORLD.
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>> MY GOODNESS WE HAVE
SEEN IT. >> WE HAVE SEEN
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IT -- LITERALLY -- NOT
EVEN YEAR, BUT EVERY FEW MONTHS.
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WE BUY EQUIPMENT -- WE HAVE
THESE NEW LED LIGHTS, AND THEY
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CAME OUT THREE OR FOUR
YEARS AGO, GREATEST THING IN THE
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WORLD. THE VERY
NEXT YEAR, THERE IS
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SOME SMALLER, PIXELS AR
SMALLER, BETTER PICTURES, AND
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IT'S LIKE WE NEED THESE.
THE VERY NEXT YEAR, THE SAME
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THING, AND YOUR PHONES
-- YOU JUST GET A PHONE --
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
-- AND THEN THEY COME OUT
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WITH AN iPHONE 4 OR 5 OR
WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN 6S AND
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7S AND NOW 10S. I'M
ONE OF THESE THAT FALL FOR
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IT, SO I HAVE A 10 SITTING ON
MY WAISTBAND -- IT IS OFF BY THE
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WAY, IT IS ON SILENT, BUT
WHAT DO YOU DO WITHOUT THAT
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TECHNOLOGY. >> WHAT DO YOU DO?
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AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH AND SHARE
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AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL
THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN
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THINKABLE WHEN GEORGE STARTED
IT IS WRITTEN 62 YEARS AGO, IT
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WOULD HAVE NEVER ENTERED
HIS HEAD, ONE DAY PEOPLE CARRY A
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PHONE -- FOR ONE IT WAS ALWAYS
ON A CURLILY CHORD STUCK TO THE
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WALL, THEY WILL CARRY A
PHONE TO WATCH PROGRAMMING.
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>> IT IS AMAZING. THE
LAST LITTLE STORY BEFORE WE
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GET INTO THIS GREAT STUDY IS
ABOUT ELDER VANDERMAN, WHEN WE
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FIRST STARTED ON THE AIR -- WE
WENT ON IN '86, I THINK WAS WHEN
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HE FIRST
STARTED GOING FULL-TIME.
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AND ELDER VANDERMAN WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST -- YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T
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HAVE -- WASN'T ALL OF THESE
ADVENTIST TELEVISION AND RADIO
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MINISTRIES BACK THEN. HE
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
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TO COME TO 3ABN. WELL,
WE'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY,
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A THOUSAND OAKS IN THE BIG MEDIA
CENTER OUT THERE, BECAUSE I HAD
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BEEN A GUEST WITH ELDER
VANDERMAN IN LIKE '82, '83, AND
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THEN '84 THIS
STARTS, SO WE COMES TO 3ABN.
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WE'RE IN THE CORN FIELD.
AND THERE IS THIS 33-FOOT
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DIAMETER DISH
SHOOTING UP TO THE SATELLITE.
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AND I'M DRESSED BASICALLY
WITHOUT A TIE, YOU KNOW, AND SO
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HE IS WATCHING, AND LOOKS AT
OUR SET, AND HE IS LIKE, SO, NOW
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LET'S SEE WHO
DESIGNED YOUR SET HERE?
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> WO
WELL, WE DESIGNED IT
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OURSELVES. SO YOU
GO CASUAL ON THE AIR?
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AND WAS LIKE,
YEAH. AND HE IS LIKE OH.
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I HAD BEEN TO IT IS WRITTEN AND
THIS GUY LOOKS PERFECT, EVERY
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HAIR IN PLACE, HE WAS A
SHARP DRESSER, AND LOOED GOOD.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND
SO WE -- WE WERE GOING TO
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DO AN INTERVIEW, SO HE IS
LIKE WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
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AND I SAID I DON'T
KNOW YET. YOU DON'T KNOW?
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I SAID WE'LL TALK
ABOUT IT WHEN GET ON THE AIR.
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YOU DON'T HAVE AN OUTLINE? I
SAID WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. IT
IS WRITTEN AND THE GOSPEL.-SO HE
SAID OH, SO AFTER THE
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PROGRAM HE SAID CAN I
TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE?
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I SAID SURE ELDER VANDERMAN.
HE SAID I HAVE BEEN DOING
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THIS -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YEAR -- BUT THIS PART I
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REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR 31 YEARS, AND HE
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SAID SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT PRODUCTION AND A LITTLE
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BIT ABOUT TAKING THE GOSPEL TO
THE WORLD, SO HE SAID ANY TIME
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YOU WANT SOME ADVICE, JUST
COME AND TALK TO ME, AND HE
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SAID -- HE SAID I'LL BE HAPPY TO
HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT, AND
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THEN HERE IS MY CONFESSION
THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, AT THE
TIME,-pI'M 3 -- PROBABLY 35 BY
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THEN, 36. I THOUGHT
31 YEARS, ANYBODY THAT
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IS DOING ANYTHING FOR 31 YEARS,
THAT IS JUST ABOUT TOO LONG.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND
NOW 31 CAME, 32, 33, AND
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SOME OF YOU ARE SITTING AT HOME
SAYING -- ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN
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THERE 33 YEARS, 35, 36 YEARS
OLD, 25, THAT OLD MAN, HE NEEDS
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TO QUIT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
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IT IS JUST LIFE, SOMEONE IT?
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED ELDER
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VANDERMAN. >> HE
WAS A WONDERFUL MAN.
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>> YEAH, HE WAS. >> A
MAN OF GOD WHO BELIEVED IN
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE GOSPEL
AND BRINGING THEM TOGETHER.
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>> WE'RE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE,
ELDER JOHN BRADSHAW SPEAKER AND
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DIRECTOR OF IT IS WRITTEN.
I KNOW YOUR TRAVELING SCHEDULE
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AS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN RECENTLY?
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>> WELL, THERE ARE SOME PLACES
YOU GO, AND YOU HAVE TO BE
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CAREFUL TO ADMIT IT, BECAUSE
FOLKS THINK YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY,
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BUT WE WERE IN GUAM AND
PALOU, BEAUTIFUL PLACES.
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AND JUST HERE NOW AT THE GENERAL
CONFERENCE FOR A WEEK OF PRAYER,
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AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. A
WEEK FROM TOMORROW, WE START A
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SERIES OF
MEETINGS IN KANSAS CITY --
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>> OH, GOOD. >>
-- WE START A MAJOR
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EVANGELISTIC
SERIES IN KANSAS CITY.
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THEN WE GO BACK TO ROME TO
FINISH UP OUR MEETINGS IN ROME,
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AND NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE
HAVE A EVANGELISM MISSION IN THE
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PHILIPPINES, SO
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.
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IT'S PRETTY CONSTANT.
WE'RE FILMING AS MUCH AS WE CAN
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IN BETWEEN, AND WRITING,
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE SCHEDULE.
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DID YOU SAY KANSAS
CITY. >> KANSAS CITY.
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>> SO FOLKS MAYBE WE CAN FINE
BEFORE THIS PROGRAM IS OVER, AND
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TAKE A BREAK WHERE YOU ARE GOING
TO BE, SO WE CAN TELL THE FOLKS
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AT HOME TO LET YOUR FRIENDS,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR ENEMIES
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EVERYBODY THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
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HOW LONG ARE YOU
GOING TO BE THERE?
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>> MONTH. >> OH, WONDERFUL.
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SO YOU WILL WANT TO BE
A PART OF THIS FOR SUR.
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>> AND TAKE SOME
FRIENDS WITH YOU.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
TAKE YOUR NEIGHBORS.
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INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO
COME. WE REALLY HAVE TO BE MORE
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INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVANGELISM
AND SHARING WITH OUR FRIENDS AND
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NEIGHBORS. >> WE -- WE DO.
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WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL
NOW IS HAVNG TO BE -- WE HAVE
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TO BE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, SO
ENERGETIC FOR THE LORD BECAUSE
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IT'S HARD TO -- TO CHANGE
PEOPLE'S -- WE GET IN A RUT,
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GOOD OR BAD, AND IT'S HARD
TO CHANGE YOUR NORMAL LIFESTYLE
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UNLESS SOMETHING CATCHING YOUR
ATTENTION, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
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TO THINK OF SOMETHING, SAY LORD
HELP US, HOW DO WE REACH THE
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MASSES OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOUGH
TECHNOLOGY HAS -- YOU KNOW,
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ADVANCED -- I MEAN TO THE
EXTREMES BEAUTIFULLY FOR 3ABN,
00:15:15.01\00:15:20.08
SO HAS THE DEVIL TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF ALL OF THIS AND REACHING
00:15:20.08\00:15:24.42
MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
SO WE'RE HERE TO COUNTERACT THE
00:15:24.42\00:15:29.39
COUNTERFEIT, BUT BY GOD'S POWER
AND GRACE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO
00:15:29.39\00:15:33.23
FORWARD, AND WE WANT YOU
TO PRAY FOR BROTHER BRADSHAW.
00:15:33.23\00:15:43.07
HE KNEW YOU WOULD BE HERE
TO STAND UP AND PROCLAIM AN
00:15:43.07\00:15:51.01
UNDILUTED THREE
ANGELS' MESSAGES TO THE WORLD.
00:15:51.01\00:15:52.91
TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
00:15:52.91\00:15:56.48
THERE IS A LOT OF -- PEOPLE
HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, A LOT OF
00:15:56.48\00:16:01.19
MISUNDERSTANDING. BUT
TONIGHT WE WANT TO REALLY
00:16:01.19\00:16:04.73
UNDERSTAND
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
00:16:04.73\00:16:08.60
>> AMEN. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S AN INTERESTING
00:16:08.60\00:16:11.57
VERSE IN THE BIBLE -- I GUESS WE
COULD COME TO THIS FROM A NUMBER
00:16:11.57\00:16:16.71
OF ANGLES. WHAT IS
RIGHT  -- RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:16:16.71\00:16:27.45
WHAT IS FAITH?-THE
FAMILY WAS SEPARATED FROM GOD.
00:16:27.45\00:16:32.02
THERE WAS NO HOPE OF SALVATION
EXCEPT FOR WHAT GOD DID FOR THE
00:16:32.02\00:16:36.59
HUMAN FAMILY, SO FROM ADAM
TO THE CROSS PEOPLE LIVED IN THE
00:16:36.59\00:16:40.00
HOPE OF THE MESIAH, AND THE
MESSIAH WOULD BRING SALVATION.
00:16:40.00\00:16:47.34
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH A
BIG PROBLEM, WE HAVE A CORRUPT
00:16:47.34\00:16:52.97
HEART. THE BIBLE
SAYS THE HEART IS
00:16:52.97\00:16:56.24
DISSEATFUL. >> UH-HUH.
00:16:56.24\00:16:57.65
>> WE ARE CORRUPT. WE
ARE SINFUL, AND WE KNOW THAT
00:16:57.65\00:17:03.18
SIN-FILLED PEOPLE
AREN'T GOING TO HEAVEN.
00:17:03.18\00:17:05.02
>> UH-HUH. >> SO
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET
00:17:05.02\00:17:09.22
TO HEAVEN? LET ME
SHARE A STORY WITH YOU.
00:17:09.22\00:17:12.49
FIRST I'LL READ
THIS BIBLE VERSE.
00:17:12.49\00:17:15.80
JOHN SAYS THESE THINGS HAVE I
RISEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON
00:17:15.80\00:17:19.87
THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD
THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
00:17:19.87\00:17:26.04
ETERNAL LIFE, THAT YOU MAY
BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON
00:17:26.04\00:17:29.08
OF GOD. SOME OF US WE'RE NOT TOO
00:17:29.08\00:17:33.11
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
WE HAVE FRIENDS THAT SAID I GOT
00:17:33.11\00:17:37.85
SAVED ON THE 17TH
OF FEBRUARY, 2001.
00:17:37.85\00:17:41.96
>> I WAS 7 YEARS OLD.
>> I REMEMBER THE TIME.
00:17:41.96\00:17:44.93
>> YEAH. >> I
REMEMBER THE CHOIR WAS
00:17:44.93\00:17:48.43
SINGING AND THE MINISTER MADE
THE APPEAL AND I CAME FORWARD
00:17:48.43\00:17:54.60
AND GOT SAVED. BUT
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US THAT
00:17:54.60\00:17:57.91
SHY AWAY FROM THAT
LANGUAGE. AND THAT MAY BE OKAY.
00:17:57.91\00:18:01.91
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT
COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THE FACT
00:18:01.91\00:18:05.15
THAT THEY ARE SAVED. >> UH-HUH.
00:18:05.15\00:18:07.65
I KNOW. >> THAT
THEY HAVE SALVATION,
00:18:07.65\00:18:10.65
SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE -- OF ALL
THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BE THE
00:18:10.65\00:18:14.56
MOST CONFIDENT -- >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:18:14.56\00:18:16.76
>> -- I SPOKE TO A LADY AFTER
EARLY SERVICE IN THE CHAPEL, I
00:18:16.76\00:18:23.40
WAS SHAKING HANDS AT THE DOOR
AND SISTER SMITH CAME BY, SHE IS
00:18:23.40\00:18:30.61
A WIDOW, I BELIEVE. GOD
BLESS YOU SISTER SMITH AND
00:18:30.61\00:18:38.55
HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, PASTOR.
00:18:38.55\00:18:45.09
JESUS IS COMING SOON.
AND SHE SAID, AND I HOPE I'M
00:18:45.09\00:18:50.26
READY. AND MY EYES
GOT BIG, AND MY HEAD
00:18:50.26\00:18:53.80
TILTED, AND SHE SAID
DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?
00:18:53.80\00:18:56.33
AND I SAID, I THINK YOU
DID. AM I IN TROUBLE PASTOR?
00:18:56.33\00:19:00.90
I SAID, WELL, I THINK YOU ARE.
WE NEED TO TALK, AND I SAID TO
00:19:00.90\00:19:05.44
THE PERSON NEXT IN LINE, PLEASE
JUST WAIT, IT WON'T BE LONG, AND
00:19:05.44\00:19:09.84
I DIDN'T LET GO OF SISTER
SMITH'S HAND, I PUT MY HAND ON
00:19:09.84\00:19:15.02
HER ELBOW AND SAID
LET'S COME OVER HERE.
00:19:15.02\00:19:17.22
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAID?
WELL, YOU SAID THAT JESUS IS
00:19:17.22\00:19:22.32
COMING BACK, AND I
SAID I HOPE I'M READY.
00:19:22.32\00:19:25.43
WHY WOULD YOU HOPE
TO BE READY? >> UH-HUH.
00:19:25.43\00:19:28.90
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE
EVER HAD THE QUESTION PUT TO HER
00:19:28.90\00:19:32.67
BASED ON HER
EXPRESSION. WELL, WELL.
00:19:32.67\00:19:36.91
CAN YOU EVER ACCEPT
JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR?
00:19:36.91\00:19:40.91
YES. DID YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?
00:19:40.91\00:19:44.88
NO. I SAID SO ARE YOU DRINKING?
00:19:44.88\00:19:48.75
NO. DRUGS?
00:19:48.75\00:19:50.65
[ LAUGHTER ] >>
DRUGS, SISTER SMITH?
00:19:50.65\00:19:52.65
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID NO.
I SAID IS IT BOYFRIENDS, IF YOU
00:19:52.65\00:20:01.70
ASK A DEAR OLD SISTER THAT
QUESTION, YOU BETTER BE SURE YOU
00:20:01.70\00:20:07.24
ARE ON SAFE GROUND.
SHE SAID OH, PASTOR.
00:20:07.24\00:20:11.97
I SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE
ACCEPTED JESUS AND YOU HAVEN'T
00:20:11.97\00:20:15.84
TURNED YOUR BACK ON HIM.
AND YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT
00:20:15.84\00:20:19.61
YOU ARE STILL NOT EVERYTHING
YOU WANT TO BE, BUT IF YOU HAVE
00:20:19.61\00:20:22.92
ACCEPTED JESUS, DO
YOU THINK HE ACCEPTED YOU?
00:20:22.92\00:20:26.72
YES, I THINK HE DID.
DID HE CHANGE HIS MIND?
00:20:26.72\00:20:31.19
OH, I HOPE NOT. NO NO
NO HE NEVER CHANGED HIS
00:20:31.19\00:20:35.66
MIND. SO HOW ABOUT
WE UPGRADE YOU FROM
00:20:35.66\00:20:39.13
AN I HOPE I'M READY, SO
A PRAISE GOD, I AM READY.
00:20:39.13\00:20:43.61
>> THAT'S GOOD. >>
AND SHE REFLECTED AND SHE
00:20:43.61\00:20:46.81
SMILED AND SHE
SAID, I THINK I LIKE THAT.
00:20:46.81\00:20:50.45
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I
SAID GODS LIKE IT TOO.
00:20:50.45\00:20:53.08
>> YEAH. >> GOD LIKES IT TOO.
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.35
>> UH-HUH. >>
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
00:20:55.35\00:20:59.22
PRESUMPTION, BUT IF THE BIBLE
SAYS I'M WRITING THESE THINGS SO
00:20:59.22\00:21:02.42
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
SALVATION -- WHAT A MISERABLE
00:21:02.42\00:21:04.79
LIFE IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE TO
THINK IF I DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH
00:21:04.79\00:21:10.63
TODAY, I'M NOT SURE I'M
GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY.
00:21:10.63\00:21:14.80
GOD DOES NOT WANT THAT FOR
US. HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE
00:21:14.80\00:21:21.24
PRESUMPTUOUS EITHER. HE
DOESN'T WANT US TO WALLOW IN
00:21:21.24\00:21:28.12
SIN AND SAY, I DOESN'T
MATTER, BECAUSE I HAVE JESUS.
00:21:28.12\00:21:33.19
THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. I DO
BELIEVE THAT WE STILL HAVE
00:21:33.19\00:21:39.16
A PROBLEM AS CHRISTIANS THINKING
THAT WE HAVE TO BE GOOD ENOUGH
00:21:39.16\00:21:44.03
TO GO TO HEAVEN. >> UH-HUH.
00:21:44.03\00:21:46.23
>> YES. >> I HAVE
TOLD THIS STORY MANY
00:21:46.23\00:21:48.74
TIMES EVEN HERE AT 3ABN, BUT
I'LL SHARE IT AGAIN, WHEN MY SON
00:21:48.74\00:21:52.51
WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD, WE
WERE KNEELING BY HIS BED SAYING
00:21:52.51\00:22:00.25
HIS PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO
BED, AND AS HE PRAYED, HE SAID,
00:22:00.25\00:22:05.62
AND DEAR JESUS,
PLEASE HELP ME TO BE GOOD.
00:22:05.62\00:22:09.32
>> UH-HUH. >> AND I
THOUGHT, I CAN'T LET
00:22:09.32\00:22:13.66
THAT GO. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:22:13.66\00:22:15.30
>> I PUT MY HAND DOWN ON HIM,
IT WAS THIS HAND, HE WAS TO MY
00:22:15.30\00:22:21.04
RIGHT.-SON, STOP. AND
HE IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO
00:22:21.04\00:22:24.57
SEEING PRAYERS
INTERRUPTED. >> SURE.
00:22:24.57\00:22:27.71
>> SON, STOP, WE NEED TO TALK.
I PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON
00:22:27.71\00:22:32.21
THE BED IN FRONT OF ME SO I
COULD LOOK HIM IN THE EYE, THERE
00:22:32.21\00:22:38.22
COMES A TIME WE AS PARENTS KNOW
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TALK WITH
00:22:38.22\00:22:41.89
YOUR KIDS. AND MY
SON WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
00:22:41.89\00:22:45.83
HE WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR
THE TALK, AND HERE IT CAME.
00:22:45.83\00:22:50.87
SON, I HEARD YOU ASK
JESUS TO HELP YOU TO BE GOOD.
00:22:50.87\00:22:54.84
YES. I SAID I
DON'T WANT YOU TO PRAY
00:22:54.84\00:22:58.64
THAT EVER AGAIN. HE IS
LOOKING AT ME AND HE GETS
00:22:58.64\00:23:02.08
THIS -- OKAY, WHAT
ARE YOU DRIVING AT LOOK?
00:23:02.08\00:23:04.85
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT DADDY
DOESN'T WANT HIM TO BE BAD, SO
00:23:04.85\00:23:09.68
WHY IS DADDY TELLING
HIM NOT TO PRAY TO BE GOOD?
00:23:09.68\00:23:15.99
WHEN WE TELL OUR CHILDREN THAT
THEY MUST BE GOOD IN ORDER TO GO
00:23:15.99\00:23:19.33
TO HEAVEN, HONESTLY, WE'RE
SETTING THEM UP TO GO TO HELL.
00:23:19.33\00:23:24.33
I'LL TELL YOU WHY. I
SAID TO MY SON, JACOB, THE
00:23:24.33\00:23:29.24
BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS
NONE THAT IS GOOD, NOT ONE.
00:23:29.24\00:23:33.94
>> UH-HUH. >> IN
FACT, I TOL MY THREE YEAR
00:23:33.94\00:23:37.18
OLD AT THE TIME, A MAN CAME
TO JESUS ONE DAY AND SAID GOOD
00:23:37.18\00:23:43.79
MASTER, WHAT GOOD THING DO
I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE.
00:23:43.79\00:23:48.39
AND JESUS SAID SO WHY ARE
YOU CALLING ME GOOD IN NO ONE IS
00:23:48.39\00:23:51.63
GOOD EXCEPT FOR
ONE, THAT'S THE FATHER.
00:23:51.63\00:23:54.20
SO I SAID TO MY BOY, IF YOU
ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD, THEN THE
00:23:54.20\00:23:58.80
TRUTH IS, YOU
ARE TRYING TO BE GOD.
00:23:58.80\00:24:03.67
>> HUM. >> OH.
00:24:03.67\00:24:04.61
>> I DON'T WANT TO
LOSE ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.
00:24:04.61\00:24:07.88
>> WE'RE HANGING WITH
YOU. >> I'M GOING TO BRING THIS
00:24:07.88\00:24:12.21
AROUND. YOU SAID TO
JOHNNY WHEN HE WAS 3
00:24:12.21\00:24:18.15
YEARS OLD, BE GOOD.
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE GOOD.
00:24:18.15\00:24:21.16
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU SAYING
THAT, AND JOHNNY SAYS I'M TRYING
00:24:21.16\00:24:24.83
TO BE GOOD, AND 30 MINUTES
LATER HE IS IN A FIGHT WITH HIS
00:24:24.83\00:24:29.16
BROTHER, OR PULLING HIS SISTER'S
PIG TAIL, AND HE KNOWS THAT IS
00:24:29.16\00:24:33.84
NOT GOOD.-SO HE HAS TO
MAKE PEACE WITH HIMSELF.
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.37
HE KNOWS HE IS NOT GOOD.
AND HE SNEAKS OUT TO THE KITCHEN
00:24:36.37\00:24:41.01
AND TAKES A COOKIE
WHEN MOMMA IS NOT LOOKING.
00:24:41.01\00:24:45.35
AND MOMMA SAYS SOMEBODY HAS BEEN
EATING THESE COOKIES, WAS IT YOU
00:24:45.35\00:24:50.72
IN AND JOHNNY HAS CHOCOLATE
AROUND HIS MOUTH, AND HE SAYS
00:24:50.72\00:24:54.59
NO, IT WASN'T ME. AND HE
SAYS, THAT WAS A LIE, BUT
00:24:54.59\00:24:59.23
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
GOOD. KIDS ARE KIDS, YOU KNOW.
00:24:59.23\00:25:03.73
AND YOU CAN TELL THM TO BE GOOD
UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE,
00:25:03.73\00:25:07.87
BUT THEY ARE KIDS. NOT
50 YEARS OLD WITH DECADES OF
00:25:07.87\00:25:12.24
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, SO JOHNNY
REALIZES HE IS NOT GOOD, BUT HE
00:25:12.24\00:25:16.41
KNOWS HE NEEDS TO BE GOOD, SO IN
HIS MIND, I'LL BE GOD ONE DAY.
00:25:16.41\00:25:21.75
AND THEN LET'S SAY HE TURNS 14,
AND GIRLS -- YOU KNOW, THEY USED
00:25:21.75\00:25:29.02
TO HAVE COOTIES, BUT NOW, HEY,
I'M 14 YEARS OLD, AND I NEVER
-REALIZED THERE WAS SO MUCH
00:25:29.02\00:25:35.73
ABOUT GIRLS THAT WAS
INTERESTING. OR MAYBE HE'S 16
00:25:35.73\00:25:40.40
YEARS OLD, BUT HE KNOWS THAT HE
SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS, BECAUSE
00:25:40.40\00:25:45.91
THAT'S NOT GOOD, RIGHT?
BUT EVERYTHING INSIDE HIM IS
00:25:45.91\00:25:48.48
TELLING HIM, GIRLS -- AND I'M
SORRY -- I'M JUST USING THIS AS
00:25:48.48\00:25:52.95
AN EASY EXAMPLE >> SURE.
00:25:52.95\00:25:54.48
>> AND HE SAYS TO HIMSELF I GOT
TO BE GOOD, BUT MY GOODNESS THIS
00:25:54.48\00:25:59.65
IS NOT GOOD. AND HE
GETS INTO HIS EARLY 20S
00:25:59.65\00:26:02.92
AND HE STRUGGLES THROUGH COLLEGE
AND HE MAY HAVE MADE SOME
00:26:02.92\00:26:08.93
MISTAKES, AND, YOU KNOW, MAY
HAVE REALLY FAILED A FEW TIMES,
00:26:08.93\00:26:12.23
IF IT'S INTELLECTUALLY HONEST,
AND IF HE IS BEING TOLD AGAIN
00:26:12.23\00:26:17.04
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BE
GOOD.-pIF HE IS INTELLECTUALLY
00:26:17.04\00:26:23.75
HONEST, HE'LL LEAVE THE CHURCH.
IF HE'S NOT INTELLECTUALLY
00:26:23.75\00:26:27.18
HONEST, HE'LL SAY I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE GOOD, BUT I'M NOT GOOD,
00:26:27.18\00:26:32.25
AND HE WILL STAY AND BE
MISERABLE AND MAKE OTHER PEOPLE
00:26:32.25\00:26:37.93
MISERABLE. BECAUSE
THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN
00:26:37.93\00:26:40.06
JOHNNY BE GOOD, AND
JOHNNY REALIZES, BUT I'M NOT.
00:26:40.06\00:26:43.63
AND NO ONE HAS EVER
HELPED HIM BRIDGE THIS CHASM.
00:26:43.63\00:26:48.14
HE HAS BEEN TOLD THAT
HEAVEN IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE.
00:26:48.14\00:26:52.17
I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC, AND I WAS
TOLD THE SAME THING, AND I WAS
00:26:52.17\00:26:57.58
DESPERATE, BECAUSE I KNOW
BY THE TIME I WALKED HOME FROM
00:26:57.58\00:27:01.72
CONFESSION, FIVE HOUSES UP THE
STREET INVARIABLY, I HAD SINNED.
00:27:01.72\00:27:07.56
NOT GOOD. SO I
WANTED TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT
00:27:07.56\00:27:10.73
I DIDN'T KNOW THE WAY, AND I
CERTAINLY WAS NEITHER GOOD, NOR
00:27:10.73\00:27:15.33
GOOD ENOUGH. SO WHAT
DO WE TELL OUR JOHNNYS
00:27:15.33\00:27:20.24
AND OUR JOHNETS ABOUT ETERNITY?
BECAUSE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME,
00:27:20.24\00:27:26.57
WE DON'T TELL
OUR KIDS TO BE BAD.
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.64
>> UH-HUH. >> UH-HUH.
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.38
>> I SAID TO MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON,
I SAID LET'S TRY THIS, HOW ABOUT
00:27:30.38\00:27:34.58
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE GOOD,
AND REALIZING THE DISAPPOINTMENT
00:27:34.58\00:27:38.85
FROM BEING GOOD, HOW
ABOUT INSTEAD OF THAT, WE SIMPLY
00:27:38.85\00:27:43.53
INVITE JESUS TO
LIVE HIS LIE IN US.
00:27:43.53\00:27:45.13
>> UH-HUH. >>
BECAUSE WHEN JESUS COMES INTO
00:27:45.13\00:27:48.03
YOUR LIFE, CAN
YOU BE BAD? >> OKAY.
00:27:48.03\00:27:51.93
>> AND MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON HAD
THE WHEREWITHAL AND SAY, NO, YOU
00:27:51.93\00:27:57.84
CAN'T. >> UH-HUH.
00:27:57.84\00:27:58.67
>> AND SO WHAT WE WANT
TO DO -- WE CANNOT BE GOOD.
00:27:58.67\00:28:03.98
THAT'S SALVATION BY WORDS.
>> THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE
00:28:03.98\00:28:08.85
FLESH -- >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
00:28:08.85\00:28:11.32
ABSOLUTELY. INSTEAD
OF TRYING HARD TO BE
00:28:11.32\00:28:14.66
GOOD -- THE BIBLE DOESN'T
SAY ANYWHERE TRY AND BE GOOD.
00:28:14.66\00:28:19.53
THE BIBLE SAYS YIELD, ROMANS
6:16, DON'T YOU KNOW YOU YIELD
00:28:19.53\00:28:26.84
YOURSELF -- WHETHER SIN
UNDER DEET OR OBESANCE UNDER
00:28:26.84\00:28:34.14
RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHAT
WE DO IS CONSENT THAT GOD
00:28:34.14\00:28:37.81
COMES INTO OUR LIVES
AND LIVES HIS LIFE IN US.
00:28:37.81\00:28:40.85
WHEN CHRST COMES INTO OUR LIFE,
HE BRINGS HIS GOODNESS, HIS
00:28:40.85\00:28:46.99
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS OBEDIENCE,
WE SURRENDER TO THE IN-DWELLING
00:28:46.99\00:28:52.29
PRESENCE OF JESUS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO BE
00:28:52.29\00:28:55.93
GOOD. PLEASE
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
00:28:55.93\00:29:02.10
ITEM NOT SUGGESTING IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LIVE.
00:29:02.10\00:29:05.41
OF COURSE IT DOES. IT
WAS JESUS WHO SAID IF YOU
00:29:05.41\00:29:08.44
LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMANDMENT.
BUT HE DIDN'T SAY, DANNY, PROVE
00:29:08.44\00:29:13.15
YOU LOVE ME BY
KEEPING MY COMMANDMENT.
00:29:13.15\00:29:16.28
HE SAID IF YOU LOVE ME,
YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENT.
00:29:16.28\00:29:20.26
THIS IS RIGHTEOUSNESS
BY FAITH. FAITH IN CHRIST.
00:29:20.26\00:29:25.63
FAITH IN WHAT JESUS IS
GOING TO DO IN YOUR LIFE.
00:29:25.63\00:29:29.90
NOT FAITH IN WHAT YOU ARE GOING
TO DO FOR HIM, BECAUSE YOU ARE
00:29:29.90\00:29:33.70
GOING TO FALL AND FALL AND FALL
AND EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE SAY, I'M
00:29:33.70\00:29:40.01
DONE I CAN'T DO THIS. >> TRUE.
00:29:40.01\00:29:42.01
>> UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAY I
CAN'T DO THIS, THEY WALK OUT OF
00:29:42.01\00:29:45.61
THE CHURCH, INSTEAD OF SAYING
I CAN'T DO THIS, SO I NEED JESUS
00:29:45.61\00:29:51.55
TO DO IT. I WOULD
SAY IT'S RIGHT BEING NOT
00:29:51.55\00:29:55.62
JUST RIGHT DOING.
IT'S NOT EXTERNAL.
00:29:55.62\00:29:58.83
IT'S NOT I WENT TO CHURCH ON THE
RIGHT DAY, AND I GIVE THE RIGHT
00:29:58.83\00:30:03.83
PERCENTAGE IN THE OFFERING
PLATE, I ATE THE RIGHT FOOD AND
00:30:03.83\00:30:08.30
SHUNNED THE WRONG
FOOD. THAT'S RIGHT DOING.
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.41
THERE IS A RIGHT
BEING. I'M RIGHT WITH GOD.
00:30:10.41\00:30:14.31
HE HAS POSSESSION
OF MY HEART. >> UH-HUH.
00:30:14.31\00:30:16.61
>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
WE HAVE IS FALSE MODESTY.
00:30:16.61\00:30:21.15
YOU SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO
MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BECAUSE YOU
00:30:21.15\00:30:25.42
KNOW THAT THIS GUY OVER HERE SAW
YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER WITH YOR
00:30:25.42\00:30:29.29
SPOUSE, AND IF YOU SAY, I'M
SAVED, WELL, HE THINKS YOU ARE A
00:30:29.29\00:30:36.77
HYPOCRITE. WE
MISUNDERSTAND SALVATION.
00:30:36.77\00:30:38.50
I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS
I SAY THIS, AND SO I HOPE THAT
00:30:38.50\00:30:43.57
FOLKS HEAR ME CAREFULLY.
WE CAN HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF
00:30:43.57\00:30:52.38
SALVATION WITHOUT HAVING
MADE IT TO WHERE ENOCH MADE IT.
00:30:52.38\00:30:59.22
HERE IS WHAT I MEAN.
IN FACT, LET ME READ THIS.
00:30:59.22\00:31:02.29
SOMEBODY IS THINKING,
OH, BRADSHAW, I -- I HAVE NO
00:31:02.29\00:31:09.16
IDEA -- HE HAS DRIVEN OFF A
CLIFF AND TAKEN 3ABN DOWN WITH
00:31:09.16\00:31:13.37
HIM. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:31:13.37\00:31:14.04
>> NO, NO, NO. HOLD ON A MINUTE.
00:31:14.04\00:31:18.54
>> WE'RE
INNOCENT. WE'RE JUST HERE.
00:31:18.54\00:31:21.24
WE'LL SEE HOW THEY
RESPOND. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:31:21.24\00:31:23.24
>> THIS IS JESUS SPEAKING IN
MARK 4, AND HE SAID VERSUS 26,
00:31:23.24\00:31:30.95
SO IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS
A MAN SHOULD CAST SEED INTO THE
00:31:30.95\00:31:36.52
GROUND, AND SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT
AND DAY, AND THE SEED SHOULD
00:31:36.52\00:31:41.96
GROW UP, FOR THE
EARTH BRINGTH FORTH ITS.
00:31:41.96\00:31:52.04
FIRST THE BLADE AND THEN THE
EAR, AND TRANSLATORS CALLED IT
00:31:52.04\00:31:57.51
ALL CORN, WHEN THE FRUIT IS
BROUGHT FORIMMEDIATELY HE PUTS
00:31:57.51\00:32:02.82
IT IN THE SICKLE BECAUSE
HE KNOWS THE HARVEST HAS COME.
00:32:02.82\00:32:07.82
YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTRY,
AND YOU SEE THE PLANTS COMING
00:32:07.82\00:32:13.29
UP. AND IN THE
BEGINNING, IT IS JUST
00:32:13.29\00:32:17.23
DIRT. AND THEN
YOU THINK, WAIT, DID I
00:32:17.23\00:32:19.47
SEE GREEN? AND THERE
IS THIS FAINT LINE OF
00:32:19.47\00:32:23.30
GREEN. WHEN YOU
SEE ONION PLANT OR A
00:32:23.30\00:32:29.71
WHEAT STOCK THAT IS 3 INCHES
TALL, IT ISN'T GOOD FOR MUCH.
00:32:29.71\00:32:34.78
WHEN WE COME TO GOD, THE
BIBLE SAYS WE ARE BORN AGAIN.
00:32:34.78\00:32:39.55
I DON'T BELIEVE JESUS USED THOSE
WORDS RANDOMLY OR HAPHAZARDLY.
00:32:39.55\00:32:46.90
YOU ARE BORN AGAIN.
NOBODY IS BORN 6'3".
00:32:46.90\00:32:51.17
WE'RE ALL BORN 20, 21
INHES LONG, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:32:51.17\00:32:55.20
BABIES. FUNNY
THING ABOUT BABIES, MAN,
00:32:55.20\00:32:58.27
THEY -- THEY -- THEY SMELL
OFTEN, AND SOMETIMES NICE, BUT
00:32:58.27\00:33:03.14
OFTEN NOT VERY NICE. >> UH-HUH.
00:33:03.14\00:33:05.51
>> THEY MAKE THE WRONG KIND
OF NOISES AT THE WRONG TIME.
00:33:05.51\00:33:09.68
THEY WAKE YOU DAY AND NIGHT,
NIGHT AND DAY, THEY HAVE NO
00:33:09.68\00:33:14.19
RESPECT FOR YOUR
SLEEPING PATTERNS.
00:33:14.19\00:33:16.62
THEY CAN'T DRIVE A CAR, TIE
THEIR OWN SHOE LACES, OR FEED
00:33:16.62\00:33:20.90
THEMSELVES, WHAT
ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.43
>> UH-HUH. >> THEY
ARE GOOD FOR LOVING, AND
00:33:22.43\00:33:25.17
THEY ARE GOOD FOR GROWING,
SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO JESUS
00:33:25.17\00:33:29.50
CHRIST AND ACCEPTS HIM AS THEIR
SAVIOR, THAT PERSON MAKES NOISES
00:33:29.50\00:33:33.81
AT THE WRONG TIME, THAT PERSON
SMELLS IN VARIOUS WAYS, THAT
00:33:33.81\00:33:38.11
PERSON DOESN'T HAVE
HER OR HIS ACT TOGETHER.
00:33:38.11\00:33:42.28
WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR IN THEY
ARE BABY BELIEVERS, THEY ARE
00:33:42.28\00:33:46.02
GOOD FOR LOVING AND GROWING.
SOMETIMES THAT GROWTH PROCESS IS
00:33:46.02\00:33:50.39
A LITTLE MORE PROTRACTED,
AT LEAST INITIALLY, SOMETIMES
00:33:50.39\00:33:54.66
PEOPLE JUST CAST AWAY LOTS
OF OLD STUFF REAL QUICKLY, BUT
00:33:54.66\00:34:00.67
SOMEBODY SAID THIS THING,
SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK OF A
00:34:00.67\00:34:04.61
LIFETIME, AND SO WE GROW.
THOSE LITTLE ONIONS AT 2 INCHES
00:34:04.61\00:34:10.98
TALL, YOU CAN'T TOOK THEM.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT THEM,
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.35
OR PUT THEM IN A SALAD OR
ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU LOVE
00:34:14.35\00:34:17.55
THEM, YOU TEND TO
THEM, YOU GROW THEM.
00:34:17.55\00:34:20.16
SO YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN AND
RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME THINGS
00:34:20.16\00:34:26.16
ABOUT ME THAT -- THAT NEED
TO CHANGE, AND I WANT TO WARN
00:34:26.16\00:34:32.70
AGAINST PRESUMPTION, BUT YOU CAN
SAY, I HAVE JESUS AS MY SAVIOR,
00:34:32.70\00:34:38.44
I HAVE GIVEN HIM MY HEART,
I CLAIM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
00:34:38.44\00:34:44.68
CHRIST AS MY OWN. YOU
CAN BE ASSURED OF THE GIFT
00:34:44.68\00:34:47.98
OF SALVATION. YOU ARE GROWING.
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.59
NOW, IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL
TO DECIDE HOW GENUINE THAT
00:34:50.59\00:34:54.79
PERSON IS. WE KNOW
-- WE KNOW -- PEOPLE
00:34:54.79\00:34:58.26
KNOW WHETHER THY ARE HONESTLY
LIVING IN THE DIRECTION OF JESUS
00:34:58.26\00:35:01.73
OR JUST PLAYING THE GAME.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.77
US TO ALLOW CHRISTIANS TO
GROW IN THEIR OWN SKIN, TO TRUST
00:35:04.77\00:35:11.84
PEOPLE. SO I DON'T
NEED TO TIE THIS UP
00:35:11.84\00:35:14.44
TOO TIGHT. IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:35:14.44\00:35:16.64
UNDERSTAND WE MAY POSSESS THE
GIFT OF SALVATION IN THE HERE
00:35:16.64\00:35:20.25
AND NOW. IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
00:35:20.25\00:35:22.52
WE ARE IN A PROCESS CALLED
-pGROWTH, AND THAT GOD GROWS US.
THESE GUYS WERE WITH JESUS FOR
00:35:22.52\00:35:31.86
3.5 YEARS, AND THEY WEREN'TED
TO BURN UP PEOPLE THAT DISAGREED
00:35:31.86\00:35:37.20
WITH THEM. AND
PETER WHEN HE HAD THE
00:35:37.20\00:35:40.40
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THAT'S
MY FRIEND, HE SAID, NO, I DON'T
00:35:40.40\00:35:43.41
KNOW WHO HE IS. AND
THEN THOMAS AFTER THE
00:35:43.41\00:35:48.44
CRUCIFIXION, AFTER THE
RESURRECTION, SAID I DON'T CARE
00:35:48.44\00:35:52.51
WHAT YOU SAY, I'M NOT GOING
TO BELIEVE IT UNTIL I SEE IT
00:35:52.51\00:35:57.75
MYSELF. THESE
WEREN'T SUPER SAINTS,
00:35:57.75\00:36:00.12
THESE WERE MEN SUCH AS WE ARE,
AND THEY WERE GROWING, THEY WERE
00:36:00.12\00:36:04.59
GROWING, YOU SEE. AND
WE GROW, GROW, GROW, GROW
00:36:04.59\00:36:08.33
TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
I THINK LEGALISM IS STILL A
00:36:08.33\00:36:16.91
PROBLEM, LIBERALISM IS A PROBLEM
TOO, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA
00:36:16.91\00:36:20.04
OF ANY STANDARDS.
IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER.
00:36:20.04\00:36:22.71
LET ME SAY THIS, THE PERSON WHO
IS WAY OUT ON THE LEFT AND SAYS
00:36:22.71\00:36:27.45
IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER AS LONG
AS YOU BELIEVE, AND THE PERSON
00:36:27.45\00:36:31.95
WHO IS WAY OVER HERE ON THE
RIGHT THEY ARE COUNTING THEIR
00:36:31.95\00:36:35.59
SOYBEANS AND MAKING SURE THEY
GET THE EXACT RIGHT AMOUNT OF
00:36:35.59\00:36:40.83
GARLIC -- YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN --
00:36:40.83\00:36:44.73
>> SURE. CHEW
YOUR FOOD 32 TIMES --
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.77
>> THAT'S IT. THOSE
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET
00:36:47.77\00:36:49.90
TO HEAVEN EXACTLY THE
SAME WAY, THROUGH THEIR WORKS.
00:36:49.90\00:36:53.21
THIS GUY OR LADY, WHOEVER IT
MIGHT BE IS DOING ALL OF THESE
00:36:53.21\00:36:57.25
THINGS, DOING ALL OF THESE
THINGS IN ORDER TO CURRY FAVOR
00:36:57.25\00:37:03.02
WITH GOD. THE
PERSON ON THE LEFT DID
00:37:03.02\00:37:05.35
SOMETHING AS
WELL. I CHOSE JESUS.
00:37:05.35\00:37:09.26
THAT MUST BE ENOUGH.
NEITHER -- YOU HAVE GOT -- YOU
00:37:09.26\00:37:13.90
HAVE GOT THE OPPOSITE
SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
00:37:13.90\00:37:17.63
KNIGHTER IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.
THIS PERSON DID SOMETHING TO GET
00:37:17.63\00:37:21.37
TO HEAVEN, CHOSE JESUS.
THIS PERSON DID SOMETHING TO GET
00:37:21.37\00:37:24.11
TO HEAVEN, ALL OF THIS LAUNDRY
LIST OF DOS AND DON'TS AND INS
00:37:24.11\00:37:30.88
AND OUTS. THE
CHRISTIAN SURRENDERS AND IS
00:37:30.88\00:37:34.42
IN A SAVING
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
00:37:34.42\00:37:37.52
HE IS LIVING HIS LIFE
IN ME. WHAT DID YOU DO?
00:37:37.52\00:37:41.86
I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. I
YIELDED MY HEART AND JESUS
00:37:41.86\00:37:47.30
TOOK ME AND MADE ME HIS.
THE SAVING RELATIONSHIP IS WHERE
00:37:47.30\00:37:51.20
WE MUST BE, NOT THE I DID
SOMETHING, SO THEREFORE I'M
00:37:51.20\00:37:56.47
FINE. NOT THE I'M
BREATHLESSLY DOING
00:37:56.47\00:37:58.77
ALL OF THESE THINGS,
SO THEREFORE I AM FINE.
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.21
BUT CHRIST HAS FILLED MY
HEART WITH HIS PRESENCE, I'M A
00:38:02.21\00:38:06.51
CHRISTIAN, AND I'M
GROWING IN THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.82
>> UH-HUH. >> AND
THAT'S SO FREEING.
00:38:08.82\00:38:11.05
>> I THINK IT IS?
>> BECAUSE SO OFTEN, WE
00:38:11.05\00:38:14.92
CHRISTIANS WILL LOOK AT
OURSELVES AND SAY, OKAY, ALL
00:38:14.92\00:38:17.99
RIGHT. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
00:38:17.99\00:38:20.50
OKAY. AND --
IT'S -- IT'S SELF CON
00:38:20.50\00:38:32.54
CONSCIENCENESS
VERSUS JESUS CONSCIENCENESS.
00:38:32.54\00:38:39.61
>> THE BATTLE AGAINST SELF FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE IS NOT TAKING TWO
00:38:39.61\00:38:46.05
DESSERTS INSTEAD OF ONE.
OR MAYBE TRYING TO HOLD THEIR
00:38:46.05\00:38:52.43
TEMPER, AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S OKAY.
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.40
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.77
FOR SOME PEOPLE THE BATTLE
AGAINST SELF IS WHEN THEY SAY, I
00:38:57.77\00:39:01.77
HAVE GOT TO DO THIS,
OR WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
00:39:01.77\00:39:06.71
OR I HAVE GONE
TOO FAR NOW. >> YES.
00:39:06.71\00:39:10.48
>> JESUS CAN'T POSSIBLY
FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE.
00:39:10.48\00:39:13.98
GOD DOESN'T WANT
ME NOW. >> UH-HUH.
00:39:13.98\00:39:18.12
>> THAT IS SIMPLY
SELF-CENTEREDNESS.
00:39:18.12\00:39:21.59
WE HAVE A SAVIOR WHO DIED ON THE
CROSS, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT
00:39:21.59\00:39:26.63
YOU. WE HAVE AN
ADVOCATE WITH THE
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.60
FATHER, AND YOU
ARE LOOKING AT YOU?
00:39:28.60\00:39:32.03
JESUS IS PLEADING HIS BLOOD FOR
YOU IN HEAVEN -- READ THE BOOK
00:39:32.03\00:39:36.07
OF HEBREWS, WE CAN COME BOLDLY,
AND YET YOU WOULD HAVE THE
00:39:36.07\00:39:42.01
TENACITY TO SAY, I WONDER IF
GOD-CAN FORGIVE ME? >> RIGHT.
00:39:42.01\00:39:47.15
>> THE PROBLEM IS WE
ARE LOOKING AT OURSELVES.
00:39:47.15\00:39:52.62
NO ONE KNOWS YOU LIKE YOU.
INSTEAD WE CAN AFFORD TO LOOK
00:39:52.62\00:39:57.19
AWAY FROM SELF
AND LOOK TO JESUS.
00:39:57.19\00:39:59.13
>> UH-HUH. >> I'M NOT ADVOCATING
00:39:59.13\00:40:02.50
CARELESSNESS OR IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LIVE.
00:40:02.50\00:40:05.73
IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
SO MUCH SO, THAT YOU NEED
00:40:05.73\00:40:09.77
JESUS'S HELP TO
KEEP YOU STRAIGHT.
00:40:09.77\00:40:11.74
>> RIGHT. >> AND
EVEN WHEN WE FALL, GOD IS
00:40:11.74\00:40:14.04
NOT DONE WITH US. >> UH-HUH.
00:40:14.04\00:40:18.05
>> IF ANY MAN SINS, THAT PERSON
HAS AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.
00:40:18.05\00:40:24.65
JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS.
>> SO WE'RE SAYING THE DEVIL
00:40:24.65\00:40:28.42
DOESN'T CARE WHICH SIDE OF THE
BOAT, AS WE SAY, WE FALL OUT OF,
00:40:28.42\00:40:34.46
BUT THE FACT -- SOMEWHAT
LEGALISTIC, MY PARENTS LOVED THE
00:40:34.46\00:40:39.07
LORD, AND THERE WERE A LOT
OF DOS AND DON'TS, AND I'M GLAD
00:40:39.07\00:40:45.74
THEY SET BOUNDARIES FOR US
FOR SURE, BUT STILL, YET, IT WAS
00:40:45.74\00:40:50.18
TRYING TO BE GOOD. I
WENT TO PULIC SCHOOL MOST OF
00:40:50.18\00:40:52.58
THE TIME, SO I TRIED TO BE GOOD,
BECAUSE I WAS A SEVENTH-DAY
00:40:52.58\00:40:57.79
ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN, AND I
DIDN'T GO OUT TO THE BALL GAMES,
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.36
AND WE CAN'T GET TO PLAY SPORTS
ON THE SABBATH AND THOSE TYPES
00:41:01.36\00:41:05.46
OF THINGS, AND IN A WAY I REALLY
WISHED I COULD HAVE, BUT I
00:41:05.46\00:41:10.83
DIDN'T, BUT SO -- BUT IN MY OWN
MIND, I FELT WE WERE DOING GOOD.
00:41:10.83\00:41:16.04
I HAVE TOLD THIS TO
HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND.
00:41:16.04\00:41:18.94
MY BROTHER KENNY AND I, WE GOT
OUT OF SCHOOL AND GOT MARRIED,
00:41:18.94\00:41:26.11
WE STARTED A FAST-PITCH TEAM,
AND WE WOULD PLAY OVER 100 GAMES
00:41:26.11\00:41:33.25
FROM LIKE MAY TO
SEPTEMBER -- THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
00:41:33.25\00:41:35.49
>> WOE. >> ABOUT
LIKE THE BIG LEAGUES
00:41:35.49\00:41:38.96
DO, 160 OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD
PLAY DOUBLEHEADERS TWO NIGHTS A
00:41:38.96\00:41:43.97
WEEK, IF THERE WERE TOURNAMENTS
SOMETIMES MORE THAN THAT,
00:41:43.97\00:41:48.24
BECAUSE WE JUST
LOVED FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL.
00:41:48.24\00:41:53.38
BUT WE WERE ADVENTISTS, AND WE
WANTED TO KEEP THE SABBATH, SO
00:41:53.38\00:41:59.51
IF WE GOT IN A TOURNAMENT AND
WE WON -- LET'S SAY IT'S FRIDAY
00:41:59.51\00:42:04.59
EVENING. AND WE
PLAY, WE STARTED AT 6:00
00:42:04.59\00:42:08.19
AND SUNDOWN WAS AT 8:00.
WE WOULD PULL OURSELVES OUT OF
00:42:08.19\00:42:12.33
THE GAME, GO GET IN OUR CAR GO
HOME AND HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS
00:42:12.33\00:42:16.77
ON THE BENCH TAKE OUR PLACE,
AND IF WE FOND OUT OUR TEAM WON,
00:42:16.77\00:42:21.40
AND WE WERE PLAYING AGAIN
TOMORROW EVENING, WE WOULD GET
00:42:21.40\00:42:27.38
DRESSED IN OUR BALL SUITS.
SIT IN OUR CARS UNTIL ABOUT
00:42:27.38\00:42:31.68
8:00, OR TWO MINUTES AFTER, AND
GO IN AND CALL TIME-OUT AND PUT
00:42:31.68\00:42:35.88
OURSELVES BACK IN. NOW
WE WERE TRYING TO BE GOOD.
00:42:35.88\00:42:40.89
>> RIGHT. >> WE
WANTED TO BE SAVED.
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.63
WE WANTED TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT,
BUT INSTEAD OF -- IT TOOK ME A
00:42:43.63\00:42:48.40
LOT OF YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU JUST SAID SO BEAUTIFULLY AND
00:42:48.40\00:42:52.63
SIMPLY, THAT IT'S ABOUT JESUS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT US, BECAUSE
00:42:52.63\00:42:56.40
THAT'S WHAT DISCOURAGES SO
MANY PEOPLE, AND THEY LEAVE THE
00:42:56.40\00:42:59.47
CHURCH AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE LORD, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
00:42:59.47\00:43:03.78
FEEL LIKE THEY SUCCEEDED.
THEY CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH.
00:43:03.78\00:43:07.05
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO
WHEN YOU SAY I CAN'T BE
00:43:07.05\00:43:10.39
GOOD ENOUGH, WHY
EVEN TRY. SO YOU QUIT.
00:43:10.39\00:43:12.99
NOW THE COUNTER TO THAT
IS, THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES
00:43:12.99\00:43:16.36
AND -- AND -- ONE OF -- OURS WE
TALK ABOUT THE SABBATH, AS BEING
00:43:16.36\00:43:23.67
SAVED, BUT JOHNNY COMES TO THE
ALTER WHEN HE IS 6 YEARS OLD.
00:43:23.67\00:43:28.64
HE GIVES HIS HEART TO JESUS,
AND WHEN HE IS 35 YEARS OLD, HE
00:43:28.64\00:43:36.04
MIGHT BE OUT SMOKING, DRINKING,
AND DOING OTHER THINGS, BUT HE
00:43:36.04\00:43:40.48
STILL SAYS I'M SAVED, BECAUSE
I GAVE MY HEART TO JESUS WHEN I
00:43:40.48\00:43:44.19
WAS 7. >> THAT'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS
00:43:44.19\00:43:46.76
AS WELL. HE DOES NOT HAVE THE
00:43:46.76\00:43:50.83
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. HE
HAS NOT SURRENDERED HIS LIFE
00:43:50.83\00:43:54.40
TO JESUS, BUT HE BELIEVES HE IS
RIGHTEOUS BY VIRTUE OF WHAT HE
00:43:54.40\00:44:05.94
DID WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD.
WE WANT TO BE LIVING GOOD LIVES
00:44:05.94\00:44:12.05
BUT WHEN WE TRY, WE FAIL.
WHEN HE DOES HIS WORK IN US, WE
00:44:12.05\00:44:17.62
SUCCEED. SOME
PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE SCARED
00:44:17.62\00:44:21.02
OF THAT WHOLE IDEA.
THEY WANT US TO SAY, HEY, YOU
00:44:21.02\00:44:24.19
HAVE GOT TO DO THIS AND THAT,
AND YOU NEED TO KEEP THIS AND
00:44:24.19\00:44:27.76
THAT. WELL, I
HARDLY NEED TO TELL
00:44:27.76\00:44:30.07
PEOPLE THAT, BECAUSE THE BIBLE
MAKES CLEAR ALL OF THE RIGHT
00:44:30.07\00:44:33.30
THINGS THAT ARE GOING
ON IN A PERSON'S LIFE.
00:44:33.30\00:44:36.07
I MAINTAIN WHEN YOU SPENDING
TIME IN THE BIBLE, WHEN YOU LOOK
00:44:36.07\00:44:40.61
TO JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND THE
FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, WHEN YOU
00:44:40.61\00:44:44.61
BEHOLD HIM, YOU'LL BE CHANGED.
IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE YOURSELF,
00:44:44.61\00:44:48.88
YOU ARE GOING TO BE
MISERABLE. >> UH-HUH.
00:44:48.88\00:44:51.99
>> BUT IF YOU COME TO GOD
AND SAY I MUST HAVE YOUR HOLY
00:44:51.99\00:44:55.52
SPIRIT, IT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE,
YOU MUST LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME.
00:44:55.52\00:44:59.63
LEAVE ME TO MYSELF AND I
SHALL FAIL AND SHAME YOU.
00:44:59.63\00:45:03.70
SO HEAR IS MY HEART,
DO IN ME WHAT I CAN'T DO.
00:45:03.70\00:45:07.04
NOW YOU ARE
GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
00:45:07.04\00:45:09.24
BUT IF YOU SAY, I THINK I'M
FINE-WITH GOD, BECAUSE AFTER ALL
I DO THESE FEW THINGS, WHEN YOU
00:45:09.24\00:45:15.68
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET
AN AWFUL SHOCK ON JUDGMENT DAY,
00:45:15.68\00:45:19.58
BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A FORM OF
GODLINESS, BUT YOU HAVE DENIED
00:45:19.58\00:45:24.65
THE POWER THEREOF,
AND THAT POWER IS JESUS.
00:45:24.65\00:45:27.89
SOME FOLKS SAY WE GET ALL
SOPPY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JESUS.
00:45:27.89\00:45:33.26
AND THAT'S TOO BAD.
WITHOUT CHRIST, WE ARE NOTHING.
00:45:33.26\00:45:36.30
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> UH-HUH.
00:45:36.30\00:45:37.83
>> NOTHING. >> AND
THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE TO
00:45:37.83\00:45:41.50
BE RIGHTEOUS, GOOD
PEOPLE DON'T GO TO HEAVEN.
00:45:41.50\00:45:44.47
HOLY PEOPLE GO
TO HEAVEN. >> OKAY.
00:45:44.47\00:45:46.44
BUT YOU CAN'T BE HOLY
WITHOUT JESUS IN YOUR LIFE.
00:45:46.44\00:45:49.68
>> EXACTLY. SEE THAT
RAISES THE BAR, DOESN'T
00:45:49.68\00:45:56.02
IT. GOOD PEOPLE DON'T GO, HOLY
00:45:56.02\00:45:57.89
PEOPLE GO, SO THE QUESTION IS
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I BE HOLY?
00:45:57.89\00:46:02.39
IN FACT, YOU MUST BE RIGHTEOUS.
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I BE
00:46:02.39\00:46:10.47
RIGHTEOUS? AND WE
BECOME RIGHTEOUS THROUGH
00:46:10.47\00:46:16.34
FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. THE
BIBLE TELLS US, FOR BY GRACE
00:46:16.34\00:46:22.88
ARE YOU SAVED, THROUGH
FAITH NOT OF YOURSELVES.
00:46:22.88\00:46:29.62
IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. SO
THE WONDER OF IT ALL IS, THAT
00:46:29.62\00:46:34.92
THIS GREAT GOD OF HEAVEN WOULD
CON DA SEND TO LIVE HIS LIFE IN
00:46:34.92\00:46:41.23
FALLEN, BROKEN, UNWORTHY PITIFUL
HUMAN BEINGS, BUT IT'S WHAT HE
00:46:41.23\00:46:46.43
DOES. HE LIFTS US UP.
00:46:46.43\00:46:48.00
AND WHAT WE DISCOVER IS
THERE'S HOPE FOR EVERYBODY.
00:46:48.00\00:46:52.04
THERE'S HOPE FOR EVERYBODY.
IF IT WAS UP TO US TO CLEAN
00:46:52.04\00:46:55.91
OURSELVES UP,
THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ANYBODY.
00:46:55.91\00:46:59.71
BUT LOOK THROUGH THE BIBLE AND
LOOK AT THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO
00:46:59.71\00:47:04.02
GOD SAVED.
RAYHAB WHO WAS A HARLOT.
00:47:04.02\00:47:11.73
AND SHE ENDED UP BEING
INSERTED IN THE LIVE OF JESUS.
00:47:11.73\00:47:19.00
MARY OF MAGDALEN. GOD
ALLOWED HER TO BE THE FIRST
00:47:19.00\00:47:26.44
TO THE TOMB. A WOMAN
WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY,
00:47:26.44\00:47:37.89
AND THE LAW CONDEMNED HER, AND
THEY DRAGGED HER TO JESUS, AND I
00:47:37.89\00:47:44.16
CAN JUST IMAGINE SHE GRABBED
A BED SHEET AND IS TRYING TO
00:47:44.16\00:47:48.30
PRESERVE HER
DIGNITY IN SOME WAY.
00:47:48.30\00:47:52.27
IT WAS THE HEIGHT OF SHAME.
AND JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN
00:47:52.27\00:47:56.84
YOU. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:47:56.84\00:47:57.94
>> UH-HUH. >> CAN
YOU IMAGINE THE KINDS OF
00:47:57.94\00:48:03.01
PEOPLE. KING MANASSEH, WHO DID
00:48:03.01\00:48:06.45
UNSPEAKABLE
CRIMES. GOD FORGAVE HIM.
00:48:06.45\00:48:09.45
SALOMON, THIS
BROTHER WENT SO FAR INTO SIN.
00:48:09.45\00:48:12.42
HE -- HE WAS A
CHANGED MAN. GOD SAVED HIM.
00:48:12.42\00:48:16.76
DAVID, GOD SAVED HIM.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T
00:48:16.76\00:48:20.13
SAVED WERE PEOPLE WHO
DID NOT WANT TO BE SAVED.
00:48:20.13\00:48:22.90
AND GOD RESTORED THEM. OUR
GOSPEL IS A HOPEFUL GOSPEL.
00:48:22.90\00:48:27.54
IT REALLY IS GOOD NEWS.
THAT GOD WOULD SEND HIS SON
00:48:27.54\00:48:33.07
JESUS INTO THE WORLD, SO THAT WE
CAN BE BORN AGAIN -- HEY, LET'S
00:48:33.07\00:48:37.18
DO THIS. WE'LL
LOOK AT A PASSAGE IN THE
00:48:37.18\00:48:40.35
BIBLE.-WE'LL TRY TO GET
INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
00:48:40.35\00:48:45.82
ZECHARIAH. >> WHILE
YOU ARE LOOKING THAT
00:48:45.82\00:48:46.89
UP, I WOULD LIKE TO
TELL THE FOLKS AT HOME.
00:48:46.89\00:48:50.89
WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT OR NINE
MINUTES IN THIS FIRST HOUR, IN
00:48:50.89\00:48:56.33
THE SECOND HOUR, YOU MAY HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS, YOU CAN EMAIL US
00:48:56.33\00:49:01.47
HERE AT 3ABN, YOU CAN
CALL US AT 618-627-4651.
00:49:01.47\00:49:08.18
YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENT,
PLEASE GET THOSE TO US, OR EMAIL
00:49:08.18\00:49:11.88
THEM TO US, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL
PUT UP HOW YOU CAN EMAIL US AS
00:49:11.88\00:49:20.46
WELL. IT'S LIVE@3ABN.ORG.
00:49:20.46\00:49:34.54
WE'LL HAVE TIME, WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE HE GETS
00:49:34.54\00:49:37.87
WHAT HE WANTS TO GET ACROSS, BUT
THE SECOND HOUR SOMETIME, WE'LL
00:49:37.87\00:49:42.44
HAVE AT LEAST 30, 40 MINTES
WE HOPE, TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR
00:49:42.44\00:49:48.95
QUESTIONS. >> AMEN.
00:49:48.95\00:49:53.19
ZECHARIAH IS A FASCINATING BOOK.
THERE IS SOMETHING IN ZECHARIAH
00:49:53.19\00:49:59.06
CHAPTER 3 THAT WE
CAN'T MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:49:59.06\00:50:01.80
NOW JOSHUA WAS CLOTHED
WITH FILTHY GARMENTS, AND STOOD
00:50:01.80\00:50:06.80
BEFORE THE ANGEL -- NOW WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REPRESENTS,
00:50:06.80\00:50:11.37
DIRTY CLOTHING
REPRESENTS UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:50:11.37\00:50:19.15
SEW HE WAS A SINFUL MAN.
A MAN WAS COVERED IN SIN,
00:50:19.15\00:50:26.19
SYMBOLICALLY SPEAKING.
AND THE ANGEL SPOKE TO THOSE
00:50:26.19\00:50:31.36
THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM SAYING
TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS
00:50:31.36\00:50:36.30
FROM HIM. IN FACT,
I SHOULD HAVE STARTED
00:50:36.30\00:50:39.93
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER.
JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST STANDING
00:50:39.93\00:50:43.97
BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD.
SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT HAND
00:50:43.97\00:50:48.71
TO RESIST HIM. AND
THE LORD SAID -- JERUSALEM
00:50:48.71\00:50:55.22
REBUKE THE, IS THIS NOT A
BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE.
00:50:55.22\00:50:58.52
I HAVE SAVED THIS MAN.
GOD IS ADMITTING, THIS MAN HAD
00:50:58.52\00:51:02.99
PROBLEMS. BUT I HAVE SAVED HIM.
00:51:02.99\00:51:04.53
>> UH-HUH. >> I HAVE SAVED HIM.
00:51:04.53\00:51:06.96
AND HE SHOWS US WHAT HE DOES.
HE DOES THIS THING WHERE HE SAYS
00:51:06.96\00:51:11.47
TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS
FROM HIM IN VERSE 4, AND UNTO
00:51:11.47\00:51:17.01
HIM HE SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE
CAUSED YOUR INNIC QUESTIONTY TO
00:51:17.01\00:51:25.25
PASS FROM YOU, AND I
WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH A CHANGE.
00:51:25.25\00:51:29.02
>> UH-HUH. >> SO HE
WAS CLOTHED IN DIRTY
00:51:29.02\00:51:33.59
CLOTHES. >> UH-HUH.
00:51:33.59\00:51:34.66
>> AND IT WAS GOD WHO SAID, HE
SAID TO OTHERS, TAKE THOSE DIRTY
00:51:34.66\00:51:41.43
CLOTHES AWAY. HE DID
NOT SAY TO JOSHUA, WHAT
00:51:41.43\00:51:44.57
ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT YOUR DIRT?
00:51:44.57\00:51:48.54
HE DID NOT SAY, DON'T COME IN
HERE LOOKING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE
00:51:48.54\00:51:52.44
A WASHER IN THE
LAUNDRY ROOM AND A DRYER.
00:51:52.44\00:51:57.05
GO AND CLEAN THOSE CLOTHES.
EVIDENTLY, JOSHUA COULDN'T CLEAN
00:51:57.05\00:52:02.62
HIMSELF. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
00:52:02.62\00:52:04.72
SO GOD SAID TAKE THOSE FILTHY
GARMENTS AWAY, AND THEN HE SAID
00:52:04.72\00:52:09.16
TO JOSHUA, BEHOLD, I HAVE CAUSED
YOUR INIQUITY TO PASS FROM YOU,
00:52:09.16\00:52:16.10
AND I WILL CLOTHE YOU
WITH A CHANGE OF ARRAIGNMENT.
00:52:16.10\00:52:24.64
SO THIS WAS SOMETHING GOD DID.
JOSHUA COULDN'T CHANGE HIMSELF.
00:52:24.64\00:52:29.88
COULDN'T SAVE HIMSELF. SO
GOD SAID, I WILL CLEAN YOU
00:52:29.88\00:52:35.95
UP. AND I SAID,
LET THEM SET A FAIR
00:52:35.95\00:52:43.32
MITER UPON HIS HEAD AND SO THEY
DID SO, AND THE ANGEL OF THE
00:52:43.32\00:52:48.53
LORD STOOD BY. HE HAD
THE SINNER AND HIS SIN
00:52:48.53\00:52:51.93
WAS VISIBLE FOR
EVERYBODY TO SEE.
00:52:51.93\00:52:56.07
THE END GAME HERE IS
TO GET RID OF THE SIN.
00:52:56.07\00:52:59.07
WE ARE NOT TAKING IT TO HEAVEN.
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH DOESN'T
00:52:59.07\00:53:04.68
MEAN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
IT MEANS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
00:53:04.68\00:53:08.58
SO GOD WANTS US TO
GET RID OF THE SIN.
00:53:08.58\00:53:11.55
THAT'S WHAT HE
WANTS. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
00:53:11.55\00:53:17.13
IT HAPPENS WHEN
GOD DOES IT IN US.
00:53:17.13\00:53:21.83
WHEN GOD CLEAN US UP. HE
TAKES AWAY THE DIRTY CLOTHES.
00:53:21.83\00:53:26.07
HE GIVES US CLEAN CLOTHES.
HE PUTS THE HEAD COVERING ON THE
00:53:26.07\00:53:31.11
GUY. HE CAUSES -- HE SAYS I WILL
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.61
CAUSE -- OR I HAVE CAUSED
YOUR INIQUITY TO PASS FROM YOU.
00:53:33.61\00:53:40.05
AS A YOUNG CATHOLIC KID I WAS
DESPERATE TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT I
00:53:40.05\00:53:47.12
HAD BEEN TOLD THAT
HEAVEN WAS FOR THE GOOD.
00:53:47.12\00:53:50.09
AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU
COULD GO TO GOD AND SAY WOULD
00:53:50.09\00:53:53.56
YOU CHANGE MY
LIFE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
00:53:53.56\00:53:58.10
BECAUSE TO ME YOU GO TO THE
PRIEST, BLESS ME FATHER, FOR I
00:53:58.10\00:54:04.31
HAVE SINNED, HERE IS MY SINS.
SO SAY THE PRAYER AND HAIL MARY,
00:54:04.31\00:54:14.58
AND YOU ARE GOOD. SO
I'M CLEAN, BUT THERE'S NO
00:54:14.58\00:54:18.72
POWER. THERE'S NO HELP.
00:54:18.72\00:54:21.02
NOTHING REALLY
HAPPENED. >> NO VICTORY.
00:54:21.02\00:54:23.79
>> NO VICTORY. NO VICTORY.
00:54:23.79\00:54:25.63
>> UH-HUH. >> BUT
GOD SAYS I WANT YOU TO
00:54:25.63\00:54:29.40
HAVE VICTORY. WE
SHOULDN'T BE FRIGHTENED BY
00:54:29.40\00:54:32.80
THAT. I REMEMBER
CONSIDERING THIS AS A
00:54:32.80\00:54:34.70
BRAND NEW CHRISTIAN, AND
THINKING, HOW CAN MY WOLE LIFE
00:54:34.70\00:54:39.14
CHANGE? THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES.
00:54:39.14\00:54:40.74
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON
ALIVE WHO CANNOT THINK ABOUT
00:54:40.74\00:54:44.68
SOMETHING THAT HAS
CHANGED IN THEIR LIFE.
00:54:44.68\00:54:46.98
I USED TO DO
THIS AND NOW I DON'T.
00:54:46.98\00:54:50.25
I USED TO HAVE THIS
BAD VICE, AND NOW I DON'T.
00:54:50.25\00:54:54.39
SO IF GOD CAN TAKE AWAY THAT,
HE-CAN TAKE AWAY THAT AND THAT
AND THAT AND THAT AND KEEP ON
00:54:54.39\00:55:04.67
CLEANING, AND KEEP ON CLANING
UNTIL THE CLEANING IS ALL DONE.
00:55:04.67\00:55:11.91
HERE, HERE, JOSHUA'S SIN
WAS TAKEN AWAY, AND GOD GIVE HIM
00:55:11.91\00:55:17.58
RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE
WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT NOW,
00:55:17.58\00:55:19.45
NOT ZECHARIAH SO MUCH, BUT
LOOKING BACK ANOTHER THE CROSS,
00:55:19.45\00:55:23.12
THIS WAS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF CHRIST, THIS WAS GOD'S
00:55:23.12\00:55:25.79
RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT HE RECEIVED,
AND NOW AS HE STOOD BEFORE GOD,
00:55:25.79\00:55:30.29
HE WAS CLEAN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
WHAT ABOUT THE SIN?
00:55:30.29\00:55:33.16
THE SIN IS GONE.-WELL, WHAT
ABOUT -- WHAT ABOUT THE DEFECTS
00:55:33.16\00:55:39.27
IN HIS CHARACTER? NOW WE
COME BACK TO THIS PROCESS CALLED
00:55:39.27\00:55:42.44
GROWTH. I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO GOD,
00:55:42.44\00:55:47.31
THEY KNOW THEY ARE FORGIVEN, AND
THEY THINK NOW I CAN'T COMMIT
00:55:47.31\00:55:53.35
ANOTHER SIN. OF COURSE GOD DOES
NOT WANT YOU TO COMMIT SIN, BUT
00:55:53.35\00:55:56.52
WHAT WE LEAVE OUT IS THE PROCESS
OF GROWTH. SOME PEOPLE THINK IF
00:55:56.52\00:56:00.26
YOU TALK ABOUT
GROWTH, YOU ARE LICENSING SIN.
00:56:00.26\00:56:04.96
OH, JOE, YOU ARE
GROWING, OF COURSE YOU WILL.
00:56:04.96\00:56:08.50
I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
BUT I NEVER DID MEET A BABY WHO
00:56:08.50\00:56:13.44
LEARNED TO WALK WITHOUT FALLING
DOWN A HUNDRED, 200, 300 TIMES.
00:56:13.44\00:56:20.51
I NEVER MET ANYBODY WHO LEARNED
TO DRIVE A CAR WITHOUT STALLING
00:56:20.51\00:56:23.58
THE CAR AT THE LIGHTS, GETTING
A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THAT LINE.
00:56:23.58\00:56:28.08
THERE'S A GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
THAT TAKES PLACE, AND THAT'S
00:56:28.08\00:56:30.92
TRUE IN YOUR
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
00:56:30.92\00:56:35.06
AND IF WE AREN'T CHRISTIAN
ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE, FIRST THE
00:56:35.06\00:56:42.10
BLADE, THE SHOOT, THEN THE EAR,
THEN THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR,
00:56:42.10\00:56:48.24
THERE IS A GROWTH PROCESS THAT
TAKES PLACE UNTIL THE HARVEST.
00:56:48.24\00:56:51.44
>> WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS IN
THE CHURCH, WE FEEL LIKE, AND WE
00:56:51.44\00:56:56.41
ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT
THIS PART OF THE HOUR, WE FEEL
00:56:56.41\00:57:00.58
LIKE IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE
JOHN AND JOE ARE LOOKING AND
00:57:00.58\00:57:04.82
DRESSING JUST
LIKE WE HAVE THERE.
00:57:04.82\00:57:06.69
AND WE HAVE BEEN CHRISTIAN FOR
30 YEARS, AND WANT TO KNOW WHY
00:57:06.69\00:57:10.76
HE DOESN'T DO ALL OF THESE
THINGS LIKE US, WHICH IN ITSELF
00:57:10.76\00:57:15.70
WE HAVE PROBLEMS
TOO. >> YES, IT DOES.
00:57:15.70\00:57:18.27
>> IF YOU HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, YOU CAN EMAIL US HERE
00:57:18.27\00:57:26.74
AND LIVE@3ABN.ORG. AND
CALL US AT 618-627-4651.
00:57:26.74\00:57:36.05
SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU
ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND FOR
00:57:36.05\00:57:40.52
THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, WE'RE SO
GLAD YOU WITH HERE WITH US ALSO.
00:57:40.52\00:57:44.93
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT
BREAK, AND WE'L BE BACK IN JUST
00:57:44.93\00:57:48.76
A MOMENT. ¤
00:57:48.76\00:57:50.87