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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:06 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:17 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:24 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:33 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDNG BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:44 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:08 >> HELLO AND WOMEN COME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 01:11 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS YOU DO EACH EVERY DAY, AND WE LOVE 01:17 THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE, DON'T YOU YVONNE. 01:20 >> OH, YES, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT. 01:27 >> OH, YES, SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT FOR DAYS. 01:30 >> HE IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SPEAKERS AND A 01:34 WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD, AND EVERY TIME HE COMES, IT'S SUCH A 01:40 BLESSING. MY SPIRIT GETS WATERED, AND I'M 01:44 REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT HE IS GOING TO TEACH US TONIGHT. 01:48 >> I'LL DO A CONFESSION FOR HIM, SO IT WON'T HURT MY SOUL, BUT IT 01:54 MIGHT HURT HIS REPUTATION -- >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO 01:57 HURT MY REPUTATION? >> NO. 01:59 NO. I CAME HERE -- WE THOUGHT WE 02:01 WERE A LITTLE LATE. I AM GOING TO SAY THIS. 02:05 I THOUGHT WE WERE A LITTLE LATE, BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT 7:30, AND 02:09 WE GO LIVE AT 8:00, AND I SAID WE GOT TO GET WITH PASTOR JOHN 02:14 AND SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. 02:17 I COME IN 7:30, I RUN IN HERE, AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE, AND 02:22 I SAY WHERE IS PASTOR JOHN? THEY SAY WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. 02:27 YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM? NO. 02:29 ABOUT 20 MINUTES 'TIL? SOMEBODY SAID ANYBODY SEEN 02:37 PASTOR JOHN? NO, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE 02:40 LATE, BUT WE'RE SO THANKFUL BROTHER JOHN BRADSHAW, YOU MADE 02:46 IT. >> GUILTY AS CHARGED. 02:48 THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CONFESSION FOR ME. 02:50 I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. [ LAUGHTER ] 02:53 >> BUT I WAS HERE IN PLENTY OF TIME, JUST A COUPLE OF 02:56 LAST-MINUTE THINGS, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 03:00 I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO BE HERE. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE MIRACLES 03:04 HAPPEN, GRACE IS POURED OUT, THIS IS A PLACE THAT GOD USES 03:07 FOR HIS GLORY, AND HE HAS FOR -- HOW MANY YEARS NOW? 03:11 >> 33. ACTUALLY NOVEMBER WILL BE 34, 03:14 STARTING, SO -- >> THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. 03:16 >> I WAS A BABY THEN. >> ABSOLUTELY. 03:21 >> DANNY SHELTON WAS 4 YEARS OLD. 03:24 >> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN EASY FOR ME TO REMEMBER, BECAUSE IT WAS HALF 03:35 OF MY LIFE. >> I DON'T WANT TO SIDE TRACK 03:38 US, BUT HOW ABOUT THAT. YOU WERE 33 YEARS OLD. 03:41 33 YEARS YOUNG. >> OH, YEAH. 03:44 >> IF YOU ARE 17 YOU THINK 33 IS GERIATRIC, IF YOU ARE 33, YOU 03:50 THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A 03:55 DISMISSIVE WAY, THAT'S KIND OF USEFUL TO TAKE SOMETHING ON THAT 03:59 ENDED UP BEING OF THIS PROPORTION. 04:02 >> MY CONFESSION IS 33 SEEMS SO YOUNG, I HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING 04:07 PEOPLE SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY HAVE IDEAS, UNLESS IT'S TECHNOLOGY, 04:11 THEN I LISTEN TO FOUR YEAR OLDS, BUT HONESTLY FOLK THAT COME AND 04:17 WORK HER, AND THEY ARE IN THEIR 30S, MY DAUGHTER MELODY -- OH, I 04:23 BETTER NOT TEL -- >> YOU STOPPED JUST IN TIME. 04:27 >> I DID. AND SHE MAY BE WATCHING, IF NOT, 04:31 MY GRANDSON IS HERE TONIGHT, AND HE WOULD PROBABLY TELL ON ME. 04:36 BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS I WENT TO WORK FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HERE 04:41 ALL OF MY LIFE, BUT I SPENT FOUR YEARS IN MICHIGAN AND MANAGED A 04:49 LUMBERYARD. AND WHEN I WENT UP THERE, I WAS 04:52 I THINK 24 YEARS OLD. I WAS ABOUT 24 YEARS OLD, SO 04:56 WHEN I TALKED TO THE OWNER, GARY, I WOULD VISIT MY COUSINS 05:02 UP THERE, SO I STOPPED IN, AND FOUND OUT, WOW, I MANAGE A 05:09 LUMBERYARD, AND HE SAID HOW OLD ARE YOU? 05:11 I WAS ALREADY MARRIED HAD THE BABY. 05:14 HE SAID HOW OLD ARE YOU? I SAID 24. 05:17 AND HE SAID THAT IS TOO BAD, BECAUSE UNTIL YOU ARE 30 TO 35, 05:23 YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. AND I SAID WHAT? 05:27 BECAUSE AT 24 YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. 05:30 >> ABSOLUTELY. I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING AT 05:34 17. [ LAUGHTER ] 05:35 >> GARY SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE A RISK ON YOU, I'M FROM SOUTHERN 05:40 MISSOURI, WE'RE NOT TOO FAR APART. 05:43 I NEED A MANGER FOR THIS -LUMBERYARD, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE A RISK ON YOU, EVEN THOUGH 05:51 I LOOK AT YOU AS JUST A KID, BUT IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL, BUT 05:56 HONESTLY WHEN WE INTERVIEW PEOPLE NOW, OUR PASTORS, YOU SEE 06:01 SOMEBODY WHO IS 25, 30 YEARS OLD, YOU THINK, THEY ARE JUST A 06:07 KID. >> YEAH, I'M GUILTY OF THAT AS 06:09 WELL. BUT YOU GO BACK TO THE EARLY AGE 06:12 WHEN THE CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED, THE WORKERS WERE YOUNG. 06:15 AND THEN YOU STOP AND THINK THESE KIDS -- THEY MAY BE 06:19 KIDS -- WE'LL SEND THEM OFF TO WAR AT 18, 19 YEARS OF AGE. 06:24 >> YEA, AND WE SAY THEY ARE MEN AND WOMEN. 06:28 >> YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF AMAZING THINGS. 06:31 >> UH-HUH. >> RIGHT NOW, WE NEED THEM, 06:34 BECAUSE THEY ARE CARRYING THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN 06:39 TECHNOLOGY -- >> GOT TO HAVE IT. 06:41 >> TECHNOLOGY IS AN AMAZING -- AMAZING 06:45 INVENTION -- ALL OF THE THINGS TELEVISION THAT WE'RE 06:48 DOING -- WHEN WE STARTED YOU COULD GET 3ABN YOU HAD TO HAVE A 06:53 10 TO 12-FOOT SATELLITE DISH. WHO WOULD KNOW 33 YEARS LATER, 06:58 YOU COULD JUST PULL OUT YOUR PHONE AND -- AND PUSH A BUTTON 07:02 AND EIGHT CHANNEL, 24/7, 3ABN CHANNELS COME UP 24/7 ANYWHERE 07:08 IN THE WORLD, OR YOU CAN TAKE THE LITTLE MY SDA BOX, ABOUT 3 07:16 INCHES BY 3 INCHES, PLUG IT IN YOUR WALL IF YOU HAVE INTERNET, 07:21 AND YOU CAN WATCH A LOT OF ADVENTIST CHANNELS, AND UNPLUG 07:27 IT, AND SAY YOU ARE TRAVELING TO AUSTRALIA -- 07:31 >> OR NEW ZEALAND. >> AND YOU CAN PLUG IT INTO THE 07:35 WALL THERE AND WATCH PROGRAMMING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S 07:39 LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THAT, NO MONTHLY FEE. 07:43 YOU CAN WATCH ON THE I PADS, OR YOUR COMMUTE PE 07:51 PEWTER -- COMPUTERS.-THIS TELLS ME THE LORD IS SERIOUSLY READY TO COME HOME. 07:58 HE SAID I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GOING TO HELP 08:02 YOU TAKE THIS GOSPEL TO ALL OF THE WORLD. 08:05 >> MY GOODNESS WE HAVE SEEN IT. >> WE HAVE SEEN 08:08 IT -- LITERALLY -- NOT EVEN YEAR, BUT EVERY FEW MONTHS. 08:12 WE BUY EQUIPMENT -- WE HAVE THESE NEW LED LIGHTS, AND THEY 08:17 CAME OUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, GREATEST THING IN THE 08:20 WORLD. THE VERY NEXT YEAR, THERE IS 08:23 SOME SMALLER, PIXELS AR SMALLER, BETTER PICTURES, AND 08:27 IT'S LIKE WE NEED THESE. THE VERY NEXT YEAR, THE SAME 08:31 THING, AND YOUR PHONES -- YOU JUST GET A PHONE -- 08:33 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> -- AND THEN THEY COME OUT 08:37 WITH AN iPHONE 4 OR 5 OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN 6S AND 08:43 7S AND NOW 10S. I'M ONE OF THESE THAT FALL FOR 08:46 IT, SO I HAVE A 10 SITTING ON MY WAISTBAND -- IT IS OFF BY THE 08:52 WAY, IT IS ON SILENT, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WITHOUT THAT 08:56 TECHNOLOGY. >> WHAT DO YOU DO? 08:58 AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH AND SHARE 09:03 AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN 09:12 THINKABLE WHEN GEORGE STARTED IT IS WRITTEN 62 YEARS AGO, IT 09:16 WOULD HAVE NEVER ENTERED HIS HEAD, ONE DAY PEOPLE CARRY A 09:21 PHONE -- FOR ONE IT WAS ALWAYS ON A CURLILY CHORD STUCK TO THE 09:26 WALL, THEY WILL CARRY A PHONE TO WATCH PROGRAMMING. 09:30 >> IT IS AMAZING. THE LAST LITTLE STORY BEFORE WE 09:34 GET INTO THIS GREAT STUDY IS ABOUT ELDER VANDERMAN, WHEN WE 09:40 FIRST STARTED ON THE AIR -- WE WENT ON IN '86, I THINK WAS WHEN 09:44 HE FIRST STARTED GOING FULL-TIME. 09:48 AND ELDER VANDERMAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST -- YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T 09:53 HAVE -- WASN'T ALL OF THESE ADVENTIST TELEVISION AND RADIO 10:00 MINISTRIES BACK THEN. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE 10:03 TO COME TO 3ABN. WELL, WE'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, 10:07 A THOUSAND OAKS IN THE BIG MEDIA CENTER OUT THERE, BECAUSE I HAD 10:13 BEEN A GUEST WITH ELDER VANDERMAN IN LIKE '82, '83, AND 10:19 THEN '84 THIS STARTS, SO WE COMES TO 3ABN. 10:22 WE'RE IN THE CORN FIELD. AND THERE IS THIS 33-FOOT 10:27 DIAMETER DISH SHOOTING UP TO THE SATELLITE. 10:30 AND I'M DRESSED BASICALLY WITHOUT A TIE, YOU KNOW, AND SO 10:33 HE IS WATCHING, AND LOOKS AT OUR SET, AND HE IS LIKE, SO, NOW 10:39 LET'S SEE WHO DESIGNED YOUR SET HERE? 10:43 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WO WELL, WE DESIGNED IT 10:48 OURSELVES. SO YOU GO CASUAL ON THE AIR? 10:52 AND WAS LIKE, YEAH. AND HE IS LIKE OH. 10:55 I HAD BEEN TO IT IS WRITTEN AND THIS GUY LOOKS PERFECT, EVERY 10:59 HAIR IN PLACE, HE WAS A SHARP DRESSER, AND LOOED GOOD. 11:03 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND SO WE -- WE WERE GOING TO 11:05 DO AN INTERVIEW, SO HE IS LIKE WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? 11:10 AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW YET. YOU DON'T KNOW? 11:13 I SAID WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN GET ON THE AIR. 11:17 YOU DON'T HAVE AN OUTLINE? I SAID WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 11:22 SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. IT IS WRITTEN AND THE GOSPEL.-SO HE SAID OH, SO AFTER THE 11:29 PROGRAM HE SAID CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE? 11:33 I SAID SURE ELDER VANDERMAN. HE SAID I HAVE BEEN DOING 11:37 THIS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR -- BUT THIS PART I 11:41 REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 31 YEARS, AND HE 11:46 SAID SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRODUCTION AND A LITTLE 11:50 BIT ABOUT TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, SO HE SAID ANY TIME 11:53 YOU WANT SOME ADVICE, JUST COME AND TALK TO ME, AND HE 11:57 SAID -- HE SAID I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT, AND 12:01 THEN HERE IS MY CONFESSION THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME,-pI'M 3 -- PROBABLY 35 BY THEN, 12:10 36. I THOUGHT 31 YEARS, ANYBODY THAT 12:13 IS DOING ANYTHING FOR 31 YEARS, THAT IS JUST ABOUT TOO LONG. 12:18 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND NOW 31 CAME, 32, 33, AND 12:21 SOME OF YOU ARE SITTING AT HOME SAYING -- ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN 12:25 THERE 33 YEARS, 35, 36 YEARS OLD, 25, THAT OLD MAN, HE NEEDS 12:31 TO QUIT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 12:34 IT IS JUST LIFE, SOMEONE IT? BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED ELDER 12:39 VANDERMAN. >> HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN. 12:40 >> YEAH, HE WAS. >> A MAN OF GOD WHO BELIEVED IN 12:44 TECHNOLOGY AND THE GOSPEL AND BRINGING THEM TOGETHER. 12:48 >> WE'RE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE, ELDER JOHN BRADSHAW SPEAKER AND 12:54 DIRECTOR OF IT IS WRITTEN. I KNOW YOUR TRAVELING SCHEDULE 12:56 AS BEEN TREMENDOUS. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN RECENTLY? 12:59 >> WELL, THERE ARE SOME PLACES YOU GO, AND YOU HAVE TO BE 13:03 CAREFUL TO ADMIT IT, BECAUSE FOLKS THINK YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY, 13:08 BUT WE WERE IN GUAM AND PALOU, BEAUTIFUL PLACES. 13:19 AND JUST HERE NOW AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR A WEEK OF PRAYER, 13:23 AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, WE START A 13:28 SERIES OF MEETINGS IN KANSAS CITY -- 13:32 >> OH, GOOD. >> -- WE START A MAJOR 13:36 EVANGELISTIC SERIES IN KANSAS CITY. 13:37 THEN WE GO BACK TO ROME TO FINISH UP OUR MEETINGS IN ROME, 13:42 AND NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE HAVE A EVANGELISM MISSION IN THE 13:49 PHILIPPINES, SO THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. 13:51 IT'S PRETTY CONSTANT. WE'RE FILMING AS MUCH AS WE CAN 13:55 IN BETWEEN, AND WRITING, AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. 13:59 >> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SCHEDULE. 14:02 DID YOU SAY KANSAS CITY. >> KANSAS CITY. 14:05 >> SO FOLKS MAYBE WE CAN FINE BEFORE THIS PROGRAM IS OVER, AND 14:09 TAKE A BREAK WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE, SO WE CAN TELL THE FOLKS 14:15 AT HOME TO LET YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR ENEMIES 14:20 EVERYBODY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE THERE. 14:22 HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE? 14:25 >> MONTH. >> OH, WONDERFUL. 14:26 SO YOU WILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS FOR SUR. 14:29 >> AND TAKE SOME FRIENDS WITH YOU. 14:31 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> TAKE YOUR NEIGHBORS. 14:34 INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO COME. WE REALLY HAVE TO BE MORE 14:39 INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVANGELISM AND SHARING WITH OUR FRIENDS AND 14:42 NEIGHBORS. >> WE -- WE DO. 14:43 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL NOW IS HAVNG TO BE -- WE HAVE 14:48 TO BE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, SO ENERGETIC FOR THE LORD BECAUSE 14:53 IT'S HARD TO -- TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S -- WE GET IN A RUT, 14:57 GOOD OR BAD, AND IT'S HARD TO CHANGE YOUR NORMAL LIFESTYLE 15:03 UNLESS SOMETHING CATCHING YOUR ATTENTION, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 15:06 TO THINK OF SOMETHING, SAY LORD HELP US, HOW DO WE REACH THE 15:10 MASSES OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOUGH TECHNOLOGY HAS -- YOU KNOW, 15:15 ADVANCED -- I MEAN TO THE EXTREMES BEAUTIFULLY FOR 3ABN, 15:20 SO HAS THE DEVIL TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THIS AND REACHING 15:24 MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF PEOPLE, SO WE'RE HERE TO COUNTERACT THE 15:29 COUNTERFEIT, BUT BY GOD'S POWER AND GRACE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO 15:33 FORWARD, AND WE WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR BROTHER BRADSHAW. 15:43 HE KNEW YOU WOULD BE HERE TO STAND UP AND PROCLAIM AN 15:51 UNDILUTED THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES TO THE WORLD. 15:52 TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 15:56 THERE IS A LOT OF -- PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, A LOT OF 16:01 MISUNDERSTANDING. BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO REALLY 16:04 UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 16:08 >> AMEN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTERESTING 16:11 VERSE IN THE BIBLE -- I GUESS WE COULD COME TO THIS FROM A NUMBER 16:16 OF ANGLES. WHAT IS RIGHT -- RIGHTEOUSNESS, 16:27 WHAT IS FAITH?-THE FAMILY WAS SEPARATED FROM GOD. 16:32 THERE WAS NO HOPE OF SALVATION EXCEPT FOR WHAT GOD DID FOR THE 16:36 HUMAN FAMILY, SO FROM ADAM TO THE CROSS PEOPLE LIVED IN THE 16:40 HOPE OF THE MESIAH, AND THE MESSIAH WOULD BRING SALVATION. 16:47 WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH A BIG PROBLEM, WE HAVE A CORRUPT 16:52 HEART. THE BIBLE SAYS THE HEART IS 16:56 DISSEATFUL. >> UH-HUH. 16:57 >> WE ARE CORRUPT. WE ARE SINFUL, AND WE KNOW THAT 17:03 SIN-FILLED PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HEAVEN. 17:05 >> UH-HUH. >> SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET 17:09 TO HEAVEN? LET ME SHARE A STORY WITH YOU. 17:12 FIRST I'LL READ THIS BIBLE VERSE. 17:15 JOHN SAYS THESE THINGS HAVE I RISEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON 17:19 THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 17:26 ETERNAL LIFE, THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON 17:29 OF GOD. SOME OF US WE'RE NOT TOO 17:33 COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LANGUAGE. WE HAVE FRIENDS THAT SAID I GOT 17:37 SAVED ON THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY, 2001. 17:41 >> I WAS 7 YEARS OLD. >> I REMEMBER THE TIME. 17:44 >> YEAH. >> I REMEMBER THE CHOIR WAS 17:48 SINGING AND THE MINISTER MADE THE APPEAL AND I CAME FORWARD 17:54 AND GOT SAVED. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US THAT 17:57 SHY AWAY FROM THAT LANGUAGE. AND THAT MAY BE OKAY. 18:01 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THE FACT 18:05 THAT THEY ARE SAVED. >> UH-HUH. 18:07 I KNOW. >> THAT THEY HAVE SALVATION, 18:10 SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE -- OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BE THE 18:14 MOST CONFIDENT -- >> ABSOLUTELY. 18:16 >> -- I SPOKE TO A LADY AFTER EARLY SERVICE IN THE CHAPEL, I 18:23 WAS SHAKING HANDS AT THE DOOR AND SISTER SMITH CAME BY, SHE IS 18:30 A WIDOW, I BELIEVE. GOD BLESS YOU SISTER SMITH AND 18:38 HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, PASTOR. 18:45 JESUS IS COMING SOON. AND SHE SAID, AND I HOPE I'M 18:50 READY. AND MY EYES GOT BIG, AND MY HEAD 18:53 TILTED, AND SHE SAID DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG? 18:56 AND I SAID, I THINK YOU DID. AM I IN TROUBLE PASTOR? 19:00 I SAID, WELL, I THINK YOU ARE. WE NEED TO TALK, AND I SAID TO 19:05 THE PERSON NEXT IN LINE, PLEASE JUST WAIT, IT WON'T BE LONG, AND 19:09 I DIDN'T LET GO OF SISTER SMITH'S HAND, I PUT MY HAND ON 19:15 HER ELBOW AND SAID LET'S COME OVER HERE. 19:17 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAID? WELL, YOU SAID THAT JESUS IS 19:22 COMING BACK, AND I SAID I HOPE I'M READY. 19:25 WHY WOULD YOU HOPE TO BE READY? >> UH-HUH. 19:28 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE EVER HAD THE QUESTION PUT TO HER 19:32 BASED ON HER EXPRESSION. WELL, WELL. 19:36 CAN YOU EVER ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR? 19:40 YES. DID YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? 19:44 NO. I SAID SO ARE YOU DRINKING? 19:48 NO. DRUGS? 19:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> DRUGS, SISTER SMITH? 19:52 SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID NO. I SAID IS IT BOYFRIENDS, IF YOU 20:01 ASK A DEAR OLD SISTER THAT QUESTION, YOU BETTER BE SURE YOU 20:07 ARE ON SAFE GROUND. SHE SAID OH, PASTOR. 20:11 I SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AND YOU HAVEN'T 20:15 TURNED YOUR BACK ON HIM. AND YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT 20:19 YOU ARE STILL NOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO BE, BUT IF YOU HAVE 20:22 ACCEPTED JESUS, DO YOU THINK HE ACCEPTED YOU? 20:26 YES, I THINK HE DID. DID HE CHANGE HIS MIND? 20:31 OH, I HOPE NOT. NO NO NO HE NEVER CHANGED HIS 20:35 MIND. SO HOW ABOUT WE UPGRADE YOU FROM 20:39 AN I HOPE I'M READY, SO A PRAISE GOD, I AM READY. 20:43 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> AND SHE REFLECTED AND SHE 20:46 SMILED AND SHE SAID, I THINK I LIKE THAT. 20:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I SAID GODS LIKE IT TOO. 20:53 >> YEAH. >> GOD LIKES IT TOO. 20:55 >> UH-HUH. >> WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 20:59 PRESUMPTION, BUT IF THE BIBLE SAYS I'M WRITING THESE THINGS SO 21:02 YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SALVATION -- WHAT A MISERABLE 21:04 LIFE IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE TO THINK IF I DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH 21:10 TODAY, I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY. 21:14 GOD DOES NOT WANT THAT FOR US. HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE 21:21 PRESUMPTUOUS EITHER. HE DOESN'T WANT US TO WALLOW IN 21:28 SIN AND SAY, I DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE I HAVE JESUS. 21:33 THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE STILL HAVE 21:39 A PROBLEM AS CHRISTIANS THINKING THAT WE HAVE TO BE GOOD ENOUGH 21:44 TO GO TO HEAVEN. >> UH-HUH. 21:46 >> YES. >> I HAVE TOLD THIS STORY MANY 21:48 TIMES EVEN HERE AT 3ABN, BUT I'LL SHARE IT AGAIN, WHEN MY SON 21:52 WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD, WE WERE KNEELING BY HIS BED SAYING 22:00 HIS PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO BED, AND AS HE PRAYED, HE SAID, 22:05 AND DEAR JESUS, PLEASE HELP ME TO BE GOOD. 22:09 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I THOUGHT, I CAN'T LET 22:13 THAT GO. [ LAUGHTER ] 22:15 >> I PUT MY HAND DOWN ON HIM, IT WAS THIS HAND, HE WAS TO MY 22:21 RIGHT.-SON, STOP. AND HE IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO 22:24 SEEING PRAYERS INTERRUPTED. >> SURE. 22:27 >> SON, STOP, WE NEED TO TALK. I PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON 22:32 THE BED IN FRONT OF ME SO I COULD LOOK HIM IN THE EYE, THERE 22:38 COMES A TIME WE AS PARENTS KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TALK WITH 22:41 YOUR KIDS. AND MY SON WAS THREE YEARS OLD. 22:45 HE WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR THE TALK, AND HERE IT CAME. 22:50 SON, I HEARD YOU ASK JESUS TO HELP YOU TO BE GOOD. 22:54 YES. I SAID I DON'T WANT YOU TO PRAY 22:58 THAT EVER AGAIN. HE IS LOOKING AT ME AND HE GETS 23:02 THIS -- OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING AT LOOK? 23:04 BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT DADDY DOESN'T WANT HIM TO BE BAD, SO 23:09 WHY IS DADDY TELLING HIM NOT TO PRAY TO BE GOOD? 23:15 WHEN WE TELL OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY MUST BE GOOD IN ORDER TO GO 23:19 TO HEAVEN, HONESTLY, WE'RE SETTING THEM UP TO GO TO HELL. 23:24 I'LL TELL YOU WHY. I SAID TO MY SON, JACOB, THE 23:29 BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS NONE THAT IS GOOD, NOT ONE. 23:33 >> UH-HUH. >> IN FACT, I TOL MY THREE YEAR 23:37 OLD AT THE TIME, A MAN CAME TO JESUS ONE DAY AND SAID GOOD 23:43 MASTER, WHAT GOOD THING DO I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE. 23:48 AND JESUS SAID SO WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME GOOD IN NO ONE IS 23:51 GOOD EXCEPT FOR ONE, THAT'S THE FATHER. 23:54 SO I SAID TO MY BOY, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD, THEN THE 23:58 TRUTH IS, YOU ARE TRYING TO BE GOD. 24:03 >> HUM. >> OH. 24:04 >> I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYBODY RIGHT NOW. 24:07 >> WE'RE HANGING WITH YOU. >> I'M GOING TO BRING THIS 24:12 AROUND. YOU SAID TO JOHNNY WHEN HE WAS 3 24:18 YEARS OLD, BE GOOD. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE GOOD. 24:21 AND I UNDERSTAND YOU SAYING THAT, AND JOHNNY SAYS I'M TRYING 24:24 TO BE GOOD, AND 30 MINUTES LATER HE IS IN A FIGHT WITH HIS 24:29 BROTHER, OR PULLING HIS SISTER'S PIG TAIL, AND HE KNOWS THAT IS 24:33 NOT GOOD.-SO HE HAS TO MAKE PEACE WITH HIMSELF. 24:36 HE KNOWS HE IS NOT GOOD. AND HE SNEAKS OUT TO THE KITCHEN 24:41 AND TAKES A COOKIE WHEN MOMMA IS NOT LOOKING. 24:45 AND MOMMA SAYS SOMEBODY HAS BEEN EATING THESE COOKIES, WAS IT YOU 24:50 IN AND JOHNNY HAS CHOCOLATE AROUND HIS MOUTH, AND HE SAYS 24:54 NO, IT WASN'T ME. AND HE SAYS, THAT WAS A LIE, BUT 24:59 I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD. KIDS ARE KIDS, YOU KNOW. 25:03 AND YOU CAN TELL THM TO BE GOOD UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE, 25:07 BUT THEY ARE KIDS. NOT 50 YEARS OLD WITH DECADES OF 25:12 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, SO JOHNNY REALIZES HE IS NOT GOOD, BUT HE 25:16 KNOWS HE NEEDS TO BE GOOD, SO IN HIS MIND, I'LL BE GOD ONE DAY. 25:21 AND THEN LET'S SAY HE TURNS 14, AND GIRLS -- YOU KNOW, THEY USED 25:29 TO HAVE COOTIES, BUT NOW, HEY, I'M 14 YEARS OLD, AND I NEVER -REALIZED THERE WAS SO MUCH ABOUT 25:35 GIRLS THAT WAS INTERESTING. OR MAYBE HE'S 16 YEARS OLD, BUT 25:40 HE KNOWS THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT 25:45 GOOD, RIGHT? BUT EVERYTHING INSIDE HIM IS 25:48 TELLING HIM, GIRLS -- AND I'M SORRY -- I'M JUST USING THIS AS 25:52 AN EASY EXAMPLE >> SURE. 25:54 >> AND HE SAYS TO HIMSELF I GOT TO BE GOOD, BUT MY GOODNESS THIS 25:59 IS NOT GOOD. AND HE GETS INTO HIS EARLY 20S 26:02 AND HE STRUGGLES THROUGH COLLEGE AND HE MAY HAVE MADE SOME 26:08 MISTAKES, AND, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE REALLY FAILED A FEW TIMES, 26:12 IF IT'S INTELLECTUALLY HONEST, AND IF HE IS BEING TOLD AGAIN 26:17 AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BE GOOD.-pIF HE IS INTELLECTUALLY HONEST, 26:23 HE'LL LEAVE THE CHURCH. IF HE'S NOT INTELLECTUALLY 26:27 HONEST, HE'LL SAY I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD, BUT I'M NOT GOOD, 26:32 AND HE WILL STAY AND BE MISERABLE AND MAKE OTHER PEOPLE 26:37 MISERABLE. BECAUSE THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN 26:40 JOHNNY BE GOOD, AND JOHNNY REALIZES, BUT I'M NOT. 26:43 AND NO ONE HAS EVER HELPED HIM BRIDGE THIS CHASM. 26:48 HE HAS BEEN TOLD THAT HEAVEN IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE. 26:52 I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC, AND I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, AND I WAS 26:57 DESPERATE, BECAUSE I KNOW BY THE TIME I WALKED HOME FROM 27:01 CONFESSION, FIVE HOUSES UP THE STREET INVARIABLY, I HAD SINNED. 27:07 NOT GOOD. SO I WANTED TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT 27:10 I DIDN'T KNOW THE WAY, AND I CERTAINLY WAS NEITHER GOOD, NOR 27:15 GOOD ENOUGH. SO WHAT DO WE TELL OUR JOHNNYS 27:20 AND OUR JOHNETS ABOUT ETERNITY? BECAUSE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME, 27:26 WE DON'T TELL OUR KIDS TO BE BAD. 27:28 >> UH-HUH. >> UH-HUH. 27:30 >> I SAID TO MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON, I SAID LET'S TRY THIS, HOW ABOUT 27:34 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE GOOD, AND REALIZING THE DISAPPOINTMENT 27:38 FROM BEING GOOD, HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF THAT, WE SIMPLY 27:43 INVITE JESUS TO LIVE HIS LIE IN US. 27:45 >> UH-HUH. >> BECAUSE WHEN JESUS COMES INTO 27:48 YOUR LIFE, CAN YOU BE BAD? >> OKAY. 27:51 >> AND MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON HAD THE WHEREWITHAL AND SAY, NO, YOU 27:57 CAN'T. >> UH-HUH. 27:58 >> AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO -- WE CANNOT BE GOOD. 28:03 THAT'S SALVATION BY WORDS. >> THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE 28:08 FLESH -- >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 28:11 ABSOLUTELY. INSTEAD OF TRYING HARD TO BE 28:14 GOOD -- THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE TRY AND BE GOOD. 28:19 THE BIBLE SAYS YIELD, ROMANS 6:16, DON'T YOU KNOW YOU YIELD 28:26 YOURSELF -- WHETHER SIN UNDER DEET OR OBESANCE UNDER 28:34 RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHAT WE DO IS CONSENT THAT GOD 28:37 COMES INTO OUR LIVES AND LIVES HIS LIFE IN US. 28:40 WHEN CHRST COMES INTO OUR LIFE, HE BRINGS HIS GOODNESS, HIS 28:46 RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS OBEDIENCE, WE SURRENDER TO THE IN-DWELLING 28:52 PRESENCE OF JESUS. IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO BE 28:55 GOOD. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. 29:02 ITEM NOT SUGGESTING IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LIVE. 29:05 OF COURSE IT DOES. IT WAS JESUS WHO SAID IF YOU 29:08 LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMANDMENT. BUT HE DIDN'T SAY, DANNY, PROVE 29:13 YOU LOVE ME BY KEEPING MY COMMANDMENT. 29:16 HE SAID IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENT. 29:20 THIS IS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. FAITH IN CHRIST. 29:25 FAITH IN WHAT JESUS IS GOING TO DO IN YOUR LIFE. 29:29 NOT FAITH IN WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR HIM, BECAUSE YOU ARE 29:33 GOING TO FALL AND FALL AND FALL AND EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE SAY, I'M 29:40 DONE I CAN'T DO THIS. >> TRUE. 29:42 >> UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAY I CAN'T DO THIS, THEY WALK OUT OF 29:45 THE CHURCH, INSTEAD OF SAYING I CAN'T DO THIS, SO I NEED JESUS 29:51 TO DO IT. I WOULD SAY IT'S RIGHT BEING NOT 29:55 JUST RIGHT DOING. IT'S NOT EXTERNAL. 29:58 IT'S NOT I WENT TO CHURCH ON THE RIGHT DAY, AND I GIVE THE RIGHT 30:03 PERCENTAGE IN THE OFFERING PLATE, I ATE THE RIGHT FOOD AND 30:08 SHUNNED THE WRONG FOOD. THAT'S RIGHT DOING. 30:10 THERE IS A RIGHT BEING. I'M RIGHT WITH GOD. 30:14 HE HAS POSSESSION OF MY HEART. >> UH-HUH. 30:16 >> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS FALSE MODESTY. 30:21 YOU SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BECAUSE YOU 30:25 KNOW THAT THIS GUY OVER HERE SAW YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER WITH YOR 30:29 SPOUSE, AND IF YOU SAY, I'M SAVED, WELL, HE THINKS YOU ARE A 30:36 HYPOCRITE. WE MISUNDERSTAND SALVATION. 30:38 I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS I SAY THIS, AND SO I HOPE THAT 30:43 FOLKS HEAR ME CAREFULLY. WE CAN HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF 30:52 SALVATION WITHOUT HAVING MADE IT TO WHERE ENOCH MADE IT. 30:59 HERE IS WHAT I MEAN. IN FACT, LET ME READ THIS. 31:02 SOMEBODY IS THINKING, OH, BRADSHAW, I -- I HAVE NO 31:09 IDEA -- HE HAS DRIVEN OFF A CLIFF AND TAKEN 3ABN DOWN WITH 31:13 HIM. [ LAUGHTER ] 31:14 >> NO, NO, NO. HOLD ON A MINUTE. 31:18 >> WE'RE INNOCENT. WE'RE JUST HERE. 31:21 WE'LL SEE HOW THEY RESPOND. [ LAUGHTER ] 31:23 >> THIS IS JESUS SPEAKING IN MARK 4, AND HE SAID VERSUS 26, 31:30 SO IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A MAN SHOULD CAST SEED INTO THE 31:36 GROUND, AND SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY, AND THE SEED SHOULD 31:41 GROW UP, FOR THE EARTH BRINGTH FORTH ITS. 31:52 FIRST THE BLADE AND THEN THE EAR, AND TRANSLATORS CALLED IT 31:57 ALL CORN, WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT FORIMMEDIATELY HE PUTS 32:02 IT IN THE SICKLE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE HARVEST HAS COME. 32:07 YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTRY, AND YOU SEE THE PLANTS COMING 32:13 UP. AND IN THE BEGINNING, IT IS JUST 32:17 DIRT. AND THEN YOU THINK, WAIT, DID I 32:19 SEE GREEN? AND THERE IS THIS FAINT LINE OF 32:23 GREEN. WHEN YOU SEE ONION PLANT OR A 32:29 WHEAT STOCK THAT IS 3 INCHES TALL, IT ISN'T GOOD FOR MUCH. 32:34 WHEN WE COME TO GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE BORN AGAIN. 32:39 I DON'T BELIEVE JESUS USED THOSE WORDS RANDOMLY OR HAPHAZARDLY. 32:46 YOU ARE BORN AGAIN. NOBODY IS BORN 6'3". 32:51 WE'RE ALL BORN 20, 21 INHES LONG, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 32:55 BABIES. FUNNY THING ABOUT BABIES, MAN, 32:58 THEY -- THEY -- THEY SMELL OFTEN, AND SOMETIMES NICE, BUT 33:03 OFTEN NOT VERY NICE. >> UH-HUH. 33:05 >> THEY MAKE THE WRONG KIND OF NOISES AT THE WRONG TIME. 33:09 THEY WAKE YOU DAY AND NIGHT, NIGHT AND DAY, THEY HAVE NO 33:14 RESPECT FOR YOUR SLEEPING PATTERNS. 33:16 THEY CAN'T DRIVE A CAR, TIE THEIR OWN SHOE LACES, OR FEED 33:20 THEMSELVES, WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? 33:22 >> UH-HUH. >> THEY ARE GOOD FOR LOVING, AND 33:25 THEY ARE GOOD FOR GROWING, SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO JESUS 33:29 CHRIST AND ACCEPTS HIM AS THEIR SAVIOR, THAT PERSON MAKES NOISES 33:33 AT THE WRONG TIME, THAT PERSON SMELLS IN VARIOUS WAYS, THAT 33:38 PERSON DOESN'T HAVE HER OR HIS ACT TOGETHER. 33:42 WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR IN THEY ARE BABY BELIEVERS, THEY ARE 33:46 GOOD FOR LOVING AND GROWING. SOMETIMES THAT GROWTH PROCESS IS 33:50 A LITTLE MORE PROTRACTED, AT LEAST INITIALLY, SOMETIMES 33:54 PEOPLE JUST CAST AWAY LOTS OF OLD STUFF REAL QUICKLY, BUT 34:00 SOMEBODY SAID THIS THING, SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK OF A 34:04 LIFETIME, AND SO WE GROW. THOSE LITTLE ONIONS AT 2 INCHES 34:10 TALL, YOU CAN'T TOOK THEM. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT THEM, 34:14 OR PUT THEM IN A SALAD OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU LOVE 34:17 THEM, YOU TEND TO THEM, YOU GROW THEM. 34:20 SO YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN AND RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME THINGS 34:26 ABOUT ME THAT -- THAT NEED TO CHANGE, AND I WANT TO WARN 34:32 AGAINST PRESUMPTION, BUT YOU CAN SAY, I HAVE JESUS AS MY SAVIOR, 34:38 I HAVE GIVEN HIM MY HEART, I CLAIM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF 34:44 CHRIST AS MY OWN. YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THE GIFT 34:47 OF SALVATION. YOU ARE GROWING. 34:50 NOW, IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO DECIDE HOW GENUINE THAT 34:54 PERSON IS. WE KNOW -- WE KNOW -- PEOPLE 34:58 KNOW WHETHER THY ARE HONESTLY LIVING IN THE DIRECTION OF JESUS 35:01 OR JUST PLAYING THE GAME. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 35:04 US TO ALLOW CHRISTIANS TO GROW IN THEIR OWN SKIN, TO TRUST 35:11 PEOPLE. SO I DON'T NEED TO TIE THIS UP 35:14 TOO TIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 35:16 UNDERSTAND WE MAY POSSESS THE GIFT OF SALVATION IN THE HERE 35:20 AND NOW. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 35:22 WE ARE IN A PROCESS CALLED -pGROWTH, AND THAT GOD GROWS US. THESE GUYS WERE WITH JESUS FOR 35:31 3.5 YEARS, AND THEY WEREN'TED TO BURN UP PEOPLE THAT DISAGREED 35:37 WITH THEM. AND PETER WHEN HE HAD THE 35:40 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THAT'S MY FRIEND, HE SAID, NO, I DON'T 35:43 KNOW WHO HE IS. AND THEN THOMAS AFTER THE 35:48 CRUCIFIXION, AFTER THE RESURRECTION, SAID I DON'T CARE 35:52 WHAT YOU SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT UNTIL I SEE IT 35:57 MYSELF. THESE WEREN'T SUPER SAINTS, 36:00 THESE WERE MEN SUCH AS WE ARE, AND THEY WERE GROWING, THEY WERE 36:04 GROWING, YOU SEE. AND WE GROW, GROW, GROW, GROW 36:08 TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I THINK LEGALISM IS STILL A 36:16 PROBLEM, LIBERALISM IS A PROBLEM TOO, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA 36:20 OF ANY STANDARDS. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER. 36:22 LET ME SAY THIS, THE PERSON WHO IS WAY OUT ON THE LEFT AND SAYS 36:27 IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE, AND THE PERSON 36:31 WHO IS WAY OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT THEY ARE COUNTING THEIR 36:35 SOYBEANS AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THE EXACT RIGHT AMOUNT OF 36:40 GARLIC -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN -- 36:44 >> SURE. CHEW YOUR FOOD 32 TIMES -- 36:47 >> THAT'S IT. THOSE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET 36:49 TO HEAVEN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, THROUGH THEIR WORKS. 36:53 THIS GUY OR LADY, WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE IS DOING ALL OF THESE 36:57 THINGS, DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS IN ORDER TO CURRY FAVOR 37:03 WITH GOD. THE PERSON ON THE LEFT DID 37:05 SOMETHING AS WELL. I CHOSE JESUS. 37:09 THAT MUST BE ENOUGH. NEITHER -- YOU HAVE GOT -- YOU 37:13 HAVE GOT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. 37:17 KNIGHTER IS THE RIGHT APPROACH. THIS PERSON DID SOMETHING TO GET 37:21 TO HEAVEN, CHOSE JESUS. THIS PERSON DID SOMETHING TO GET 37:24 TO HEAVEN, ALL OF THIS LAUNDRY LIST OF DOS AND DON'TS AND INS 37:30 AND OUTS. THE CHRISTIAN SURRENDERS AND IS 37:34 IN A SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 37:37 HE IS LIVING HIS LIFE IN ME. WHAT DID YOU DO? 37:41 I DIDN'T DO NOTHING. I YIELDED MY HEART AND JESUS 37:47 TOOK ME AND MADE ME HIS. THE SAVING RELATIONSHIP IS WHERE 37:51 WE MUST BE, NOT THE I DID SOMETHING, SO THEREFORE I'M 37:56 FINE. NOT THE I'M BREATHLESSLY DOING 37:58 ALL OF THESE THINGS, SO THEREFORE I AM FINE. 38:02 BUT CHRIST HAS FILLED MY HEART WITH HIS PRESENCE, I'M A 38:06 CHRISTIAN, AND I'M GROWING IN THE GRACE OF GOD. 38:08 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THAT'S SO FREEING. 38:11 >> I THINK IT IS? >> BECAUSE SO OFTEN, WE 38:14 CHRISTIANS WILL LOOK AT OURSELVES AND SAY, OKAY, ALL 38:17 RIGHT. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? 38:20 OKAY. AND -- IT'S -- IT'S SELF CON 38:32 CONSCIENCENESS VERSUS JESUS CONSCIENCENESS. 38:39 >> THE BATTLE AGAINST SELF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IS NOT TAKING TWO 38:46 DESSERTS INSTEAD OF ONE. OR MAYBE TRYING TO HOLD THEIR 38:52 TEMPER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S OKAY. 38:54 BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 38:57 FOR SOME PEOPLE THE BATTLE AGAINST SELF IS WHEN THEY SAY, I 39:01 HAVE GOT TO DO THIS, OR WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? 39:06 OR I HAVE GONE TOO FAR NOW. >> YES. 39:10 >> JESUS CAN'T POSSIBLY FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE. 39:13 GOD DOESN'T WANT ME NOW. >> UH-HUH. 39:18 >> THAT IS SIMPLY SELF-CENTEREDNESS. 39:21 WE HAVE A SAVIOR WHO DIED ON THE CROSS, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT 39:26 YOU. WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE 39:28 FATHER, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT YOU? 39:32 JESUS IS PLEADING HIS BLOOD FOR YOU IN HEAVEN -- READ THE BOOK 39:36 OF HEBREWS, WE CAN COME BOLDLY, AND YET YOU WOULD HAVE THE 39:42 TENACITY TO SAY, I WONDER IF GOD-CAN FORGIVE ME? >> RIGHT. 39:47 >> THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE LOOKING AT OURSELVES. 39:52 NO ONE KNOWS YOU LIKE YOU. INSTEAD WE CAN AFFORD TO LOOK 39:57 AWAY FROM SELF AND LOOK TO JESUS. 39:59 >> UH-HUH. >> I'M NOT ADVOCATING 40:02 CARELESSNESS OR IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LIVE. 40:05 IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. SO MUCH SO, THAT YOU NEED 40:09 JESUS'S HELP TO KEEP YOU STRAIGHT. 40:11 >> RIGHT. >> AND EVEN WHEN WE FALL, GOD IS 40:14 NOT DONE WITH US. >> UH-HUH. 40:18 >> IF ANY MAN SINS, THAT PERSON HAS AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER. 40:24 JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS. >> SO WE'RE SAYING THE DEVIL 40:28 DOESN'T CARE WHICH SIDE OF THE BOAT, AS WE SAY, WE FALL OUT OF, 40:34 BUT THE FACT -- SOMEWHAT LEGALISTIC, MY PARENTS LOVED THE 40:39 LORD, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF DOS AND DON'TS, AND I'M GLAD 40:45 THEY SET BOUNDARIES FOR US FOR SURE, BUT STILL, YET, IT WAS 40:50 TRYING TO BE GOOD. I WENT TO PULIC SCHOOL MOST OF 40:52 THE TIME, SO I TRIED TO BE GOOD, BECAUSE I WAS A SEVENTH-DAY 40:57 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN, AND I DIDN'T GO OUT TO THE BALL GAMES, 41:01 AND WE CAN'T GET TO PLAY SPORTS ON THE SABBATH AND THOSE TYPES 41:05 OF THINGS, AND IN A WAY I REALLY WISHED I COULD HAVE, BUT I 41:10 DIDN'T, BUT SO -- BUT IN MY OWN MIND, I FELT WE WERE DOING GOOD. 41:16 I HAVE TOLD THIS TO HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND. 41:18 MY BROTHER KENNY AND I, WE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL AND GOT MARRIED, 41:26 WE STARTED A FAST-PITCH TEAM, AND WE WOULD PLAY OVER 100 GAMES 41:33 FROM LIKE MAY TO SEPTEMBER -- THROUGH SEPTEMBER. 41:35 >> WOE. >> ABOUT LIKE THE BIG LEAGUES 41:38 DO, 160 OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD PLAY DOUBLEHEADERS TWO NIGHTS A 41:43 WEEK, IF THERE WERE TOURNAMENTS SOMETIMES MORE THAN THAT, 41:48 BECAUSE WE JUST LOVED FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL. 41:53 BUT WE WERE ADVENTISTS, AND WE WANTED TO KEEP THE SABBATH, SO 41:59 IF WE GOT IN A TOURNAMENT AND WE WON -- LET'S SAY IT'S FRIDAY 42:04 EVENING. AND WE PLAY, WE STARTED AT 6:00 42:08 AND SUNDOWN WAS AT 8:00. WE WOULD PULL OURSELVES OUT OF 42:12 THE GAME, GO GET IN OUR CAR GO HOME AND HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS 42:16 ON THE BENCH TAKE OUR PLACE, AND IF WE FOND OUT OUR TEAM WON, 42:21 AND WE WERE PLAYING AGAIN TOMORROW EVENING, WE WOULD GET 42:27 DRESSED IN OUR BALL SUITS. SIT IN OUR CARS UNTIL ABOUT 42:31 8:00, OR TWO MINUTES AFTER, AND GO IN AND CALL TIME-OUT AND PUT 42:35 OURSELVES BACK IN. NOW WE WERE TRYING TO BE GOOD. 42:40 >> RIGHT. >> WE WANTED TO BE SAVED. 42:43 WE WANTED TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT, BUT INSTEAD OF -- IT TOOK ME A 42:48 LOT OF YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID SO BEAUTIFULLY AND 42:52 SIMPLY, THAT IT'S ABOUT JESUS. IT'S NOT ABOUT US, BECAUSE 42:56 THAT'S WHAT DISCOURAGES SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THEY LEAVE THE 42:59 CHURCH AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 43:03 FEEL LIKE THEY SUCCEEDED. THEY CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH. 43:07 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO WHEN YOU SAY I CAN'T BE 43:10 GOOD ENOUGH, WHY EVEN TRY. SO YOU QUIT. 43:12 NOW THE COUNTER TO THAT IS, THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES 43:16 AND -- AND -- ONE OF -- OURS WE TALK ABOUT THE SABBATH, AS BEING 43:23 SAVED, BUT JOHNNY COMES TO THE ALTER WHEN HE IS 6 YEARS OLD. 43:28 HE GIVES HIS HEART TO JESUS, AND WHEN HE IS 35 YEARS OLD, HE 43:36 MIGHT BE OUT SMOKING, DRINKING, AND DOING OTHER THINGS, BUT HE 43:40 STILL SAYS I'M SAVED, BECAUSE I GAVE MY HEART TO JESUS WHEN I 43:44 WAS 7. >> THAT'S RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS 43:46 AS WELL. HE DOES NOT HAVE THE 43:50 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. HE HAS NOT SURRENDERED HIS LIFE 43:54 TO JESUS, BUT HE BELIEVES HE IS RIGHTEOUS BY VIRTUE OF WHAT HE 44:05 DID WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. WE WANT TO BE LIVING GOOD LIVES 44:12 BUT WHEN WE TRY, WE FAIL. WHEN HE DOES HIS WORK IN US, WE 44:17 SUCCEED. SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE SCARED 44:21 OF THAT WHOLE IDEA. THEY WANT US TO SAY, HEY, YOU 44:24 HAVE GOT TO DO THIS AND THAT, AND YOU NEED TO KEEP THIS AND 44:27 THAT. WELL, I HARDLY NEED TO TELL 44:30 PEOPLE THAT, BECAUSE THE BIBLE MAKES CLEAR ALL OF THE RIGHT 44:33 THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN A PERSON'S LIFE. 44:36 I MAINTAIN WHEN YOU SPENDING TIME IN THE BIBLE, WHEN YOU LOOK 44:40 TO JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, WHEN YOU 44:44 BEHOLD HIM, YOU'LL BE CHANGED. IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE YOURSELF, 44:48 YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISERABLE. >> UH-HUH. 44:51 >> BUT IF YOU COME TO GOD AND SAY I MUST HAVE YOUR HOLY 44:55 SPIRIT, IT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE, YOU MUST LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME. 44:59 LEAVE ME TO MYSELF AND I SHALL FAIL AND SHAME YOU. 45:03 SO HEAR IS MY HEART, DO IN ME WHAT I CAN'T DO. 45:07 NOW YOU ARE GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE. 45:09 BUT IF YOU SAY, I THINK I'M FINE-WITH GOD, BECAUSE AFTER ALL I DO THESE FEW THINGS, WHEN YOU ARE 45:15 PROBABLY GOING TO GET AN AWFUL SHOCK ON JUDGMENT DAY, BECAUSE 45:19 YOU MAY HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT YOU HAVE DENIED 45:24 THE POWER THEREOF, AND THAT POWER IS JESUS. 45:27 SOME FOLKS SAY WE GET ALL SOPPY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JESUS. 45:33 AND THAT'S TOO BAD. WITHOUT CHRIST, WE ARE NOTHING. 45:36 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> UH-HUH. 45:37 >> NOTHING. >> AND THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE TO 45:41 BE RIGHTEOUS, GOOD PEOPLE DON'T GO TO HEAVEN. 45:44 HOLY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN. >> OKAY. 45:46 BUT YOU CAN'T BE HOLY WITHOUT JESUS IN YOUR LIFE. 45:49 >> EXACTLY. SEE THAT RAISES THE BAR, DOESN'T 45:56 IT. GOOD PEOPLE DON'T GO, HOLY 45:57 PEOPLE GO, SO THE QUESTION IS HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I BE HOLY? 46:02 IN FACT, YOU MUST BE RIGHTEOUS. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I BE 46:10 RIGHTEOUS? AND WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS THROUGH 46:16 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. THE BIBLE TELLS US, FOR BY GRACE 46:22 ARE YOU SAVED, THROUGH FAITH NOT OF YOURSELVES. 46:29 IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. SO THE WONDER OF IT ALL IS, THAT 46:34 THIS GREAT GOD OF HEAVEN WOULD CON DA SEND TO LIVE HIS LIFE IN 46:41 FALLEN, BROKEN, UNWORTHY PITIFUL HUMAN BEINGS, BUT IT'S WHAT HE 46:46 DOES. HE LIFTS US UP. 46:48 AND WHAT WE DISCOVER IS THERE'S HOPE FOR EVERYBODY. 46:52 THERE'S HOPE FOR EVERYBODY. IF IT WAS UP TO US TO CLEAN 46:55 OURSELVES UP, THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ANYBODY. 46:59 BUT LOOK THROUGH THE BIBLE AND LOOK AT THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO 47:04 GOD SAVED. RAYHAB WHO WAS A HARLOT. 47:11 AND SHE ENDED UP BEING INSERTED IN THE LIVE OF JESUS. 47:19 MARY OF MAGDALEN. GOD ALLOWED HER TO BE THE FIRST 47:26 TO THE TOMB. A WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY, 47:37 AND THE LAW CONDEMNED HER, AND THEY DRAGGED HER TO JESUS, AND I 47:44 CAN JUST IMAGINE SHE GRABBED A BED SHEET AND IS TRYING TO 47:48 PRESERVE HER DIGNITY IN SOME WAY. 47:52 IT WAS THE HEIGHT OF SHAME. AND JESUS SAID I DON'T CONDEMN 47:56 YOU. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 47:57 >> UH-HUH. >> CAN YOU IMAGINE THE KINDS OF 48:03 PEOPLE. KING MANASSEH, WHO DID 48:06 UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES. GOD FORGAVE HIM. 48:09 SALOMON, THIS BROTHER WENT SO FAR INTO SIN. 48:12 HE -- HE WAS A CHANGED MAN. GOD SAVED HIM. 48:16 DAVID, GOD SAVED HIM. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T 48:20 SAVED WERE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE SAVED. 48:22 AND GOD RESTORED THEM. OUR GOSPEL IS A HOPEFUL GOSPEL. 48:27 IT REALLY IS GOOD NEWS. THAT GOD WOULD SEND HIS SON 48:33 JESUS INTO THE WORLD, SO THAT WE CAN BE BORN AGAIN -- HEY, LET'S 48:37 DO THIS. WE'LL LOOK AT A PASSAGE IN THE 48:40 BIBLE.-WE'LL TRY TO GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 48:45 ZECHARIAH. >> WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING THAT 48:46 UP, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE FOLKS AT HOME. 48:50 WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT OR NINE MINUTES IN THIS FIRST HOUR, IN 48:56 THE SECOND HOUR, YOU MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, YOU CAN EMAIL US 49:01 HERE AT 3ABN, YOU CAN CALL US AT 618-627-4651. 49:08 YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENT, PLEASE GET THOSE TO US, OR EMAIL 49:11 THEM TO US, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL PUT UP HOW YOU CAN EMAIL US AS 49:20 WELL. IT'S LIVE@3ABN.ORG. 49:34 WE'LL HAVE TIME, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE HE GETS 49:37 WHAT HE WANTS TO GET ACROSS, BUT THE SECOND HOUR SOMETIME, WE'LL 49:42 HAVE AT LEAST 30, 40 MINTES WE HOPE, TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR 49:48 QUESTIONS. >> AMEN. 49:53 ZECHARIAH IS A FASCINATING BOOK. THERE IS SOMETHING IN ZECHARIAH 49:59 CHAPTER 3 THAT WE CAN'T MISUNDERSTOOD. 50:01 NOW JOSHUA WAS CLOTHED WITH FILTHY GARMENTS, AND STOOD 50:06 BEFORE THE ANGEL -- NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REPRESENTS, 50:11 DIRTY CLOTHING REPRESENTS UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 50:19 SEW HE WAS A SINFUL MAN. A MAN WAS COVERED IN SIN, 50:26 SYMBOLICALLY SPEAKING. AND THE ANGEL SPOKE TO THOSE 50:31 THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM SAYING TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS 50:36 FROM HIM. IN FACT, I SHOULD HAVE STARTED 50:39 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER. JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST STANDING 50:43 BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT HAND 50:48 TO RESIST HIM. AND THE LORD SAID -- JERUSALEM 50:55 REBUKE THE, IS THIS NOT A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE. 50:58 I HAVE SAVED THIS MAN. GOD IS ADMITTING, THIS MAN HAD 51:02 PROBLEMS. BUT I HAVE SAVED HIM. 51:04 >> UH-HUH. >> I HAVE SAVED HIM. 51:06 AND HE SHOWS US WHAT HE DOES. HE DOES THIS THING WHERE HE SAYS 51:11 TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM IN VERSE 4, AND UNTO 51:17 HIM HE SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE CAUSED YOUR INNIC QUESTIONTY TO 51:25 PASS FROM YOU, AND I WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH A CHANGE. 51:29 >> UH-HUH. >> SO HE WAS CLOTHED IN DIRTY 51:33 CLOTHES. >> UH-HUH. 51:34 >> AND IT WAS GOD WHO SAID, HE SAID TO OTHERS, TAKE THOSE DIRTY 51:41 CLOTHES AWAY. HE DID NOT SAY TO JOSHUA, WHAT 51:44 ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT YOUR DIRT? 51:48 HE DID NOT SAY, DON'T COME IN HERE LOOKING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE 51:52 A WASHER IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND A DRYER. 51:57 GO AND CLEAN THOSE CLOTHES. EVIDENTLY, JOSHUA COULDN'T CLEAN 52:02 HIMSELF. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. 52:04 SO GOD SAID TAKE THOSE FILTHY GARMENTS AWAY, AND THEN HE SAID 52:09 TO JOSHUA, BEHOLD, I HAVE CAUSED YOUR INIQUITY TO PASS FROM YOU, 52:16 AND I WILL CLOTHE YOU WITH A CHANGE OF ARRAIGNMENT. 52:24 SO THIS WAS SOMETHING GOD DID. JOSHUA COULDN'T CHANGE HIMSELF. 52:29 COULDN'T SAVE HIMSELF. SO GOD SAID, I WILL CLEAN YOU 52:35 UP. AND I SAID, LET THEM SET A FAIR 52:43 MITER UPON HIS HEAD AND SO THEY DID SO, AND THE ANGEL OF THE 52:48 LORD STOOD BY. HE HAD THE SINNER AND HIS SIN 52:51 WAS VISIBLE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. 52:56 THE END GAME HERE IS TO GET RID OF THE SIN. 52:59 WE ARE NOT TAKING IT TO HEAVEN. RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH DOESN'T 53:04 MEAN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. IT MEANS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 53:08 SO GOD WANTS US TO GET RID OF THE SIN. 53:11 THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 53:17 IT HAPPENS WHEN GOD DOES IT IN US. 53:21 WHEN GOD CLEAN US UP. HE TAKES AWAY THE DIRTY CLOTHES. 53:26 HE GIVES US CLEAN CLOTHES. HE PUTS THE HEAD COVERING ON THE 53:31 GUY. HE CAUSES -- HE SAYS I WILL 53:33 CAUSE -- OR I HAVE CAUSED YOUR INIQUITY TO PASS FROM YOU. 53:40 AS A YOUNG CATHOLIC KID I WAS DESPERATE TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT I 53:47 HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HEAVEN WAS FOR THE GOOD. 53:50 AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU COULD GO TO GOD AND SAY WOULD 53:53 YOU CHANGE MY LIFE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 53:58 BECAUSE TO ME YOU GO TO THE PRIEST, BLESS ME FATHER, FOR I 54:04 HAVE SINNED, HERE IS MY SINS. SO SAY THE PRAYER AND HAIL MARY, 54:14 AND YOU ARE GOOD. SO I'M CLEAN, BUT THERE'S NO 54:18 POWER. THERE'S NO HELP. 54:21 NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED. >> NO VICTORY. 54:23 >> NO VICTORY. NO VICTORY. 54:25 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT GOD SAYS I WANT YOU TO 54:29 HAVE VICTORY. WE SHOULDN'T BE FRIGHTENED BY 54:32 THAT. I REMEMBER CONSIDERING THIS AS A 54:34 BRAND NEW CHRISTIAN, AND THINKING, HOW CAN MY WOLE LIFE 54:39 CHANGE? THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES. 54:40 I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON ALIVE WHO CANNOT THINK ABOUT 54:44 SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED IN THEIR LIFE. 54:46 I USED TO DO THIS AND NOW I DON'T. 54:50 I USED TO HAVE THIS BAD VICE, AND NOW I DON'T. 54:54 SO IF GOD CAN TAKE AWAY THAT, HE-CAN TAKE AWAY THAT AND THAT AND THAT AND THAT AND KEEP ON 55:04 CLEANING, AND KEEP ON CLANING UNTIL THE CLEANING IS ALL DONE. 55:11 HERE, HERE, JOSHUA'S SIN WAS TAKEN AWAY, AND GOD GIVE HIM 55:17 RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT NOW, 55:19 NOT ZECHARIAH SO MUCH, BUT LOOKING BACK ANOTHER THE CROSS, 55:23 THIS WAS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST, THIS WAS GOD'S 55:25 RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT HE RECEIVED, AND NOW AS HE STOOD BEFORE GOD, 55:30 HE WAS CLEAN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHAT ABOUT THE SIN? 55:33 THE SIN IS GONE.-WELL, WHAT ABOUT -- WHAT ABOUT THE DEFECTS IN HIS CHARACTER? 55:39 NOW WE COME BACK TO THIS PROCESS CALLED GROWTH. 55:42 I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO GOD, THEY KNOW THEY 55:47 ARE FORGIVEN, AND THEY THINK NOW I CAN'T COMMIT ANOTHER SIN. 55:53 OF COURSE GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO COMMIT SIN, BUT WHAT WE LEAVE 55:56 OUT IS THE PROCESS OF GROWTH. SOME PEOPLE THINK IF YOU TALK 56:00 ABOUT GROWTH, YOU ARE LICENSING SIN. 56:04 OH, JOE, YOU ARE GROWING, OF COURSE YOU WILL. 56:08 I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE. BUT I NEVER DID MEET A BABY WHO 56:13 LEARNED TO WALK WITHOUT FALLING DOWN A HUNDRED, 200, 300 TIMES. 56:20 I NEVER MET ANYBODY WHO LEARNED TO DRIVE A CAR WITHOUT STALLING 56:23 THE CAR AT THE LIGHTS, GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THAT LINE. 56:28 THERE'S A GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE, AND THAT'S 56:30 TRUE IN YOUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 56:35 AND IF WE AREN'T CHRISTIAN ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE, FIRST THE 56:42 BLADE, THE SHOOT, THEN THE EAR, THEN THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR, 56:48 THERE IS A GROWTH PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE UNTIL THE HARVEST. 56:51 >> WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS IN THE CHURCH, WE FEEL LIKE, AND WE 56:56 ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT THIS PART OF THE HOUR, WE FEEL 57:00 LIKE IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE JOHN AND JOE ARE LOOKING AND 57:04 DRESSING JUST LIKE WE HAVE THERE. 57:06 AND WE HAVE BEEN CHRISTIAN FOR 30 YEARS, AND WANT TO KNOW WHY 57:10 HE DOESN'T DO ALL OF THESE THINGS LIKE US, WHICH IN ITSELF 57:15 WE HAVE PROBLEMS TOO. >> YES, IT DOES. 57:18 >> IF YOU HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YOU CAN EMAIL US HERE 57:26 AND LIVE@3ABN.ORG. AND CALL US AT 618-627-4651. 57:36 SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND FOR 57:40 THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, WE'RE SO GLAD YOU WITH HERE WITH US ALSO. 57:44 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, AND WE'L BE BACK IN JUST 57:48 A MOMENT. ♪ |
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