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00:08 ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY
00:12 LIVE." WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A GREAT 00:15 STUDY HERE, HAVEN'T WE? >> IT'S RICH. 00:18 >> WHAT ARE YOU -- YOU ARE TAKING IT ALL IN, WHAT ARE YOU 00:27 GLEAMING -- GLEANING. >> THE REAL DEAL 00:30 >> >> GLEAMING AND GLEANING. 00:32 >> THE REAL DEAL IS IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS. 00:35 IT'S NOT ABOUT US. WE CAN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH. 00:38 WE CAN'T WORK OUR WAY INTO HEAVEN. 00:41 WE CAN ONLY SURRENDER OURSELVES TO HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND 00:48 THE HOLY SPIRIT LETS US KNOW WHEN WE'RE GETTING OFF TRACK, 00:52 AND HE BRINGS US GENTLY BACK ON TRACK, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT US. 00:57 IT'S ABOUT SAYING TO JESUS, LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH ME, AND LET ME 01:03 REFLECT YOU. AND IT'S SO FREEING, BECAUSE IT 01:05 CAN BE SUCH A BURDEN TO TRY TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. 01:10 OH, MAN, I MESSED UP AGAIN. YOU KNOW THAT SONG THAT I SING 01:16 "JUST ONE MORE, I'M SORRY I BLEW IT," WELL, WE ALL BLOW IT FROM 01:22 TIME TO TIME. BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHEN WE BLOW 01:25 IT, IT'S ABOUT WHO IS THERE TO PICK US UP. 01:28 WHO IS THERE TO HELP US, TO GUIDE US. 01:32 I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THIS LESSON, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY 01:36 PEOPLE WHO LIKE MRS. SMITH IN YOUR ILLUSTRATION FEEL AS 01:40 THOUGH -- THEY -- THEY JUST HOPE THEY ARE READY WHEN JESUS COMES. 01:44 I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE READY, BUT I HOPE -- NO, HE 01:48 SAID -- WE HAVE SALVATION RIGHT NOW. 01:51 ETERNAL LIFE RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT. 01:53 >> UH-HUH. >> SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN HOLD ON 01:56 TO. ARE YOU SORRY YOU ASKED ME TO -- 01:59 >> NO, THAT'S GOOD. >> I'M JUST EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S 02:04 SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMIND -- BE REMINDED OF ALL 02:08 THAT JESUS HAS DONE TO MAKE OUR SALVATION POSSIBLE. 02:12 >> IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL SUBJECT, AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST 02:17 JOINING US, PASTOR JOHN BRADSHAW, SPEAKER DIRECTOR IT IS 02:23 WRITTEN, OUR -- WE WON'T SAY GUEST TOP, OUR ASSOCIATE, OUR 02:28 FRIEND AND BROTHER, IT'S A SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, BECAUSE SO 02:32 MANY LIVES ARE AT STEAK. >> OH, YES. 02:35 >> AND THE PROBLEM, I THINK A PERSON -- IF THEY JUST READ THE 02:39 BIBLE AND HAD A BIBLE, AND MAYBE A DESSERTED ISLAND OR SOMETHING 02:45 ELSE, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE PRISONERS THAT DIDN'T KNOW 02:48 ANYTHING ABOUT GOD, THE BIBLE, RELIGION OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU 02:52 GIVE THEM A BIBLE, AND WHEN THEY READ IT, THEY END UP -- WHEN THE-PRISON CHAPLAINS SAY WE'RE GOING 03:00 TO HAVE CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING, THEY SAY, WHY ARE WE GOING ON 03:06 SUNDAY? THE BIBLE SAYS SATURDAY. 03:09 BECAUSE NO ONE IS THERE TO INFLUENCE THEM. 03:11 AND I THINK IF YOU JUST GAVE SOMEBODY A BIBLE AND THEY READ 03:16 IT, THIS MIGHT BE EASY TO FIGURE OUT. 03:19 BUT OF ALL THINGS WE WANT TO COME TO A CHURCH SO THE CHURCH 03:23 CAN HELP US, BUT SO MANY TIMES WE'RE TOO QUICK TO JUDGE, WE'RE 03:28 TO CRITICAL. I SAW HIM OUT DOING THIS -- I 03:31 CAN'T BELIEVE IT. HE GAVE HIS HERT TO THE LORD, 03:34 AND THREE WEEKS LATER I SAW HIM OUT SMOKING A CIGARETTE. 03:40 SO NOW WORD GETS AROUND, HUH OH, JOHN, PAUL, WHOEVER IT 03:45 IS -- MAN, THIS MAN IS WAY BACK. SO I THINK WE DO SO MUCH HARM IN 03:50 THE CHURCH, IF WE CAN JUST BE PRAYING FOR JOHN, FOR PAUL, 03:54 WHOMEVER -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:55 >> -- JUST BE PRAYING FOR THEM, AND SAY, OKAY, LORD, YOU KNOW, 03:59 THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU. THIS IS NOT ABOUT US, SO WE CAN 04:03 LET THE BROTHER OR SISTER KNOW, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. 04:07 WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN YOU, BECAUSE 04:13 WHEN JESUS SAID GO AND SIN NO MORE, BUT IT'S NOT OUR 04:17 RESPONSIBILITY, ALL WE SAY IS WE CAN'T CONDEMN YOU. 04:21 WE'RE HUMANS.-WE FAIL. WE MAKE MISTAKES. 04:25 BUT YOU SAID EARLIER, TO LOVE. IT IS OUR JOB, WHAT WE D WITH 04:29 THE BABIES, WE LOVE THEM. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 04:32 >> AND NO MATTER HOW DIRTY THEY ARE WHEN YOU CHANGE THEIR 04:37 DIAPERS, AND IT'S A LITTLE BOY AND IT GOES IN YOUR FACE, YOU 04:44 LOVE THEM, YOU DON'T SPANK THEM OR GET ON THEM -- AND SPEAKING 04:48 OF BABIES, THE REASON THEY CRY ALL THE TIME, I ALWAYS SAY, 04:55 BECAUSE THEY ARE SELFISH. BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR WAY. 04:59 YOU WANT ATTENTION. THE WHOLE WORLD IS ABOUT ME. 05:03 I'M HUNGRY, I WANT THIS, I DON'T LIKE LAYING DOWN, WA. 05:08 SO I CRY ABOUT IT. I DON'T LIKE THIS, WA. 05:11 BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, MY WHOLE WORLD IS ABOUT ME. 05:15 BUT HONESTLY, THAT'S WHERE WE ALL COME FROM, BECAUSE WE START 05:19 THAT WAY, WE'RE BORN INTO SIN, AND IT'S ONLY WHEN WE FIND THAT 05:24 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, WE CAN TURN LOSE OF ALL OF THAT AND 05:28 REALIZE THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, THIS IS ABOUT A LOVING GOD -WHO -- WHO LOVED US ENOUGH THAT 05:33 HE CREATED JUST MADE A PLAN -- GOD HAD MADE A PLAN OF 05:39 SALVATION TO RESTORE SINFUL FALLEN MAN WHO LEFT ALONE WOULD 05:46 SELF DESTRUCT, AND TO SAVE US, GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY. 05:49 HOW DID HE DO THAT?-pLET'S SEE WRITE SO MANY THINGS ON THE WALL? 05:56 GO DO SO MANY PENANCES? NO. 05:59 GOD SAID I'LL SEND MY SON. JESUS OBVIOUSLY SAYS, I'LL COME 06:04 DOWN. I'LL PAY THE PRICE FOR THE 06:06 ATONEMENT OF SIN. I'LL GIVE MY LIFE. 06:10 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE -- WE -- WE REALLY DON'T KNOW -- WE THINK WE 06:14 DO, BUT ONLY WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WILL WE FULLY UNDERSTAND 06:18 THAT GREAT PLAN OF SALVATION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 06:21 >> BUT WE GET TO THAT POINT, AND WE SAY, WOW, THIS IS AMAZING, 06:25 GOD LOVES ME ENOUGH -- HE COULD HAVE JUST DESTROYED ALL OF US. 06:29 THAT'S WHY I'M NOT GOD, IF I HAD SEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 06:34 AFTER SEEING EVERYBODY KILLING EACH OTHER, DOING ALL OF THIS 06:37 STUFF, AND WORSHIPPING OTHER GODS, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID 06:41 WELL, SO MUCH FOR YOU. THAT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT GOD, BUT 06:46 GOD IN HIS LOVE FOR FALLEN MAN, SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE A WAY FOR 06:50 THOSE WHO WANT TO BE SAVED, YOU CAN DO IT, BUT THEN WE AS 06:55 CHRISTIANS WHO ARE TEACHING LITTLE JOHNNY TO BE GOOD, WE SAY 06:58 TO -- TO JOHNNY IS, BE GOOD, OR WE SAY TO JOHNNY, YOU ARE SEVEN 07:04 YEARS OLD NOW, GO TO THE ALTER AND GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS, 07:07 AND NOW YOU ARE OKAY. I MET A -- I USED TO -- I 07:11 DID -- WHEN I WAS A CARPENTER, I MET A MAN. 07:15 WE WERE BUILDING A LITTLE CHURCH FOR MIKE ATKINS BY THE WAY, MY 07:21 BROTHER AND I IN THE EARLY '80S. MIKE IS A SINGER, MAYBE WATCHING 07:25 NOW. AND THERE WAS A GUY WHO USED TO 07:27 COME AND TALK TO US ALL OF THE TIME. 07:30 AND HE WOULD ALWAYS COME OUT OF THE BAR AND TALK TO US, AND HE -ALWAYS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 07:36 BEING A CHRISTIAN, AND HE WAS SAVED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 07:42 AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, AND I 07:48 SAID YOU ARE IN THE BAR. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE? 07:53 HE SAID I WITNESS TO PEOPLE. I SAID THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE 07:59 SOMETIMES THEY MUST BE SPILLING STUFF ON YOU, BECAUSE YOUR 08:03 BREATH SMELLS LIKE ALCOHOL. AND HE SAID I DRINK. 08:06 HE EVEN SAID I HAVE RUN AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON MY WIFE, I HAVE, 08:12 AND HE SAID I'M IN THERE WITNESSING TO THOSE PEOPLE 08:16 TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO GET SAVED BECAUSE OUR CHURCH IS JUST 08:20 DOWN THE ROAD. HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT. 08:23 AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU THAN ALL OF 08:27 THE PEOPLE YOU ARE WITNESSING TO, BECAUSE THEY ARE SMOKING, 08:32 DRINKING, RUNNING AROUND, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU 08:36 AND THEM, HE SAID WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, I GAVE MY LIFE 08:40 TO JESUS, SO I'M SAVED, AND THEY ARE NOT. 08:44 >> THAT'S JUST LEGALISM. I'M SAVED BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID. 08:48 NOT BECAUSE OF WH I KNOW OR WHO HAS MY HEAR, NOT BECAUSE 08:52 THERE'S ANY KIND OF SAVING RELATIONSHIP, BUT I DID 08:56 SOMETHING, AND THAT GOT ME SALVATION, AND THAT'S -- YOU 08:59 KNOW, IT'S EVERYWHERE, IT'S THERE MANY, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT 09:05 RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, WHERE WE RELY ON NOT CHRIST AND HIS 09:09 PRESENCE AND POWER IN THEIR LIFE, BUT IN US, AND WHAT WE 09:12 HAVE DONE, WHAT WE DO, THAT'S DEADLY. 09:16 >> AMEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MUSIC 09:18 RIGHT NOW, AND I FOUND OUT THT WE MAY BE HAVING TROUBLE WITH 09:22 OUR PHONES RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN STILL EMAIL US AT I THINK 09:28 IT'S LIVE@3ABN.ORG. BUT RIGHT NOW TELL US ABOUT THE 09:34 MUSIC. >> WE HAVE NATALIA NESTERUK WHO 09:37 IS GOING TO SING "SAVIOR CAME." 09:53 ♪ ♪ I HAVE WANDER IN MY HEART ♪ 10:18 ♪ SO FAR FROM HOME ♪ ♪ I BORE THE WEIGHT OF SIN ♪ 10:31 ♪ MY FAITH GREW COLD ♪ ♪ I FEAR THE ANGELS THAT PROTECT 10:42 ME ♪ ♪ HAVE FLOWN, HAVE LEFT ME ♪ 10:47 ♪ THEN I REACHED FOR HEAVEN ♪ ♪ AND I TURNED MY FACE TO HIM ♪ 11:03 ♪ SAVIOR CAME WHEN I WAS NEEDING MERCY FOUND WHEN I WAS LOST ♪-♪ BUT FOR HE MY SOUL WOULD 11:25 PERISH ♪ ♪ 11:49 ♪ I LOST MY WAY ♪ ♪ I HAD STUMBLED INTO DARKNESS ♪ 12:04 ♪ FROM HIS LIGHT OH, STAY ♪ ♪ YES, I KNEW [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 12:23 ♪ THERE I CRIED FOR MERCY ♪ ♪ AND I FELL UPON HIS LIGHT ♪ 12:39 ♪ SAVIOR CAME WHEN I WAS NEEDING ♪ 12:46 ♪ MERCY FOUND WHEN I WAS LOST ♪ ♪ BUT FOR HIM MY SOUL WOULD 13:02 PARISH ♪ ♪ THE SAVIOR [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 13:12 ♪ TO SAVE THE ONE LOST SHEEP ♪ ♪ GOOD SHEPHERD YOU BECAME THE 13:30 KING FOR ME ♪ ♪ SAVIOR CAME WHEN I WAS 13:39 NEEDING ♪ ♪ MERCY FOUND WHEN I WAS LOST ♪ 13:49 ♪ BUT FOR HIM MY SOUL WOULD PARISH ♪ 13:59 ♪ THE SAVIOR FIND THE HEART THAT'S LOST ♪ 14:12 ♪ MY SAVIOR FOUND THE HEART THAT IS LOST ♪ 14:43 >> SHE HAS SUCH A SWEET TONE, DOESN'T SHE? 14:47 >> BEAUTIFUL. GIVE HER NAME AGAIN. 14:50 >> NATALIA NESTERUK. I LIKE THAT, IT HAS LIKE A 14:54 LITTLE ROLLE THING. [ LAUGHTER ] 14:56 >> YEAH. WELL, SHE SPEAKS SPANISH, SO SHE 14:59 IS GOOD WITH THE ROLLS. THAT TYPE OF THING, SHE CAN DO 15:04 THAT. >> YEAH. 15:05 >> WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME HERE. 15:07 HOPE -- HOPEFULLY LEARNING. WE NEVER GET TOO OLD TO LEARN, 15:12 SO I CAN SAY THAT BEING OLD, BUT WHAT A PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU ARE 15:17 BRINGING. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE 15:20 WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY, 15:24 BECAUSE WITHIN THE CHURCH -- WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 15:27 30S, I WROTE WAS A SONG, AND I WAS READING THE BIBLE, AND I WAS 15:32 EXCITED, BECAUSE I REALLY HAD FOUND A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 15:36 AND I WROTE THE SONG "I AM SAVED," IT WAS THE SHORTEST 15:43 PLAYED SONG I EVER DID, BECAUSE PEOPLE GOT UPSET ABOUT IT. 15:49 I SAID I'M EITHER SAVED OR LOST, IF JESUS CAME TODAY, I'M EITHER 15:57 GOING TO BE SAVED OR LOST, SO I PREFER TO BELIEVE I'M SAVED, NOT 16:03 BY MY WORKS, BUT BY GOD. IT'S THE SAME WAY ABOUT -pEXERCISING FAITH. 16:08 PEOPLE SAY YOU HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN ALL OF THESE MIRACLES. 16:12 AND I SAY, NO, I'M EXERCISING THE FAITH OF JESUS. 16:17 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IS WHEN YOU ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART 16:20 AND JESUS TAKES OVER CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, YOUR MINE, YOUR 16:25 HEART, YOUR SOUL, THEN IT'S ON HIM. 16:27 >> IT IS. >> SO NOW WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY 16:30 SAYING I DIDN'T DO THIS -- I CAN'T DO THIS -- I CAN'T WATCH 16:34 THIS -- I CAN'T DO -- YOU DON'T WANT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, 16:38 BECAUSE YOU ARE SO FULL OF THE LOVE OF JESUS. 16:41 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I HAVEN'T TYPICALLY HAD TOO MANY 16:45 ORGANIZATIONS ASKING FOR THINGS THAT I SAID. 16:48 SOMETIMES A PASTOR WILL PREACH AND WHEN HE LEAVES THERE IS A 16:52 RIOT. BUT ONE TIME I HEARD THE DRUMS 16:54 WERE BEATING. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS GUY BACK HERE 16:58 AGAIN. IT WAS BECAUSE I SAID PEOPLE 17:00 OUGHT TO BE CONFIDENT IN THEIR SALVATION. 17:05 I -- WE CAN'T HAVE THT BROTHER BACK. 17:13 I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING WROTE IN CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS THAT WE 17:17 SHOULD NEVER SAY WE'RE SAVED. BUT YOU HAVE TO READ IT IN 17:21 CONTEXT. IN THAT AUTHOR WAS SAYING DON'T 17:23 EVER SAY THAT YOU CAN'T BE LOST. DON'T EVER SAY THAT YOU ARE 17:27 BEYOND THE REACH OF TEMPTATION. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION. 17:32 WE MEAN WE'RE IN SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 17:35 WE POSSESSION THE GIFT OF SALVATION NOW. 17:38 >> I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT IN THE PAST. 17:41 I THINK IT WAS THE COUNTERACT THE ONE SAY ALWAYS SAY. 17:45 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WE SHOULD NEVER SAY ONCE SAVE, 17:50 ALWAYS SAVED. I CANNOT GET LOST. 17:53 BUT WE SHOULDN'T LOOK AT SALVATION LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR. 18:03 THE FURTHER YOU GET IN YOUR GROWTH WITH JESUS, YOU'LL HIT 18:06 YOUR THUMB WITH THE HAMMER AND YOU'LL SEE, OH, JESUS HELP ME, 18:12 THAT -- THAT HURT. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TURN THE 18:16 AIR BLUE, BECAUSE YOU ARE GROWING. 18:18 SO WE -- WE AGREE, AND WE ARE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS. 18:22 THE DEAD LEAVES OUGHT TO FALL OFF OF THE TREE WITH THE NEW 18:28 LIFE. IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR THE SAP TO 18:31 START RUNNING THROUGH THE TREES. AND EVEN NOW WHERE I LIVE IN THE 18:36 CHATTANOOGA AREA, THERE ARE BUGS AND GREEN LEAVES, BUT THERE WERE 18:42 STILL SOME OF THE DEAD LEAVES HANGING ON THE TREE, WHAT 18:48 HAPPENS IS THE NEW LIFE WILL START SHOOTING THROUGH THE TREE 18:53 AND THE DEAD LEAVES WILL BE PUSHED OFF. 18:56 >> YES. SO WHAT IS THE ROLE THAT 18:59 SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES PLAY IN THE WHOLE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH 19:05 CONSTRUCT? IN OTHER WORDS, PRAYER, AND 19:11 BIBLE STUDY, AND SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH THE LORD. 19:14 HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH, OR DOES 19:17 IT? >> OH, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. 19:20 IT DOESN'T PLAY INTO THE TRANSACTION. 19:24 TO USE AN EXTREME EXAMPLE. THE DRUNK WHO WAKES UP IN THE 19:28 GUTTER, AND HE IS COVERED IN VOMIT, AND HE REEKS OF ALCOHOL, 19:33 AND HIS HEAD IS POUNDING, AND HE SAYS WHAT A FOOL. 19:38 I REMEMBER SABBATH SCHOOL AS A CHILD. 19:42 I REMEMBER PASTOR RODRIGUEZ'S SERMONS. 19:46 I REMEMBER MY MOTHER AND DADDY PRAYING FOR ME. 19:50 JESUS PLEASE FORGIVE ME. THAT PERSON, WE BELIEVE, HAS 19:56 RECEIVED THE GIFT OF SALVATION. THE VILEST OFFENDER WHO TRULY 20:02 BELIEVES THAT MOMENT FROM JESUS APART AND RECEIVES, PRAISE THE 20:05 LORD -- >> YEAH. 20:06 >> WE SING IT, SO WE OUGHT TO BELIEVE IT. 20:11 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH 20:14 JESUS, YOU ARE NOT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IN THERE 20:20 IS NOT COMMUNICATION. IF YOU DON'T EAT, YOU ARE GOING 20:23 TO GET HUNGY, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET WEAK. 20:26 THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET SICK, AND THEN YOU WILL DIE, SIMPLY 20:30 BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T EAT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DEAD MEN 20:34 AND WOMEN WALKING EVEN IN THE CHURCH TODAY, THAT HAVN'T BEEN 20:38 FEEDING ON THE WORD OF GOD. MAN SHOULD NOT LIVE BY BREAD 20:43 ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD. WE FEED ON THIS. 20:46 SO WE RECEIVE GOD THROUGH PRAYER AND OUR STUDY OF THE BIBLE, 20:50 THROUGH OUR MEDITATING ON THE SCRIPTURES. 20:53 JESUS COMES INTO OUR LIFE THE MORE -- AS YOU ARE ACTIVE IN 20:58 SERVICE WITH GOD, AS YOU -- AS YOU SPEND YOU RECEIVE, THE 21:02 SPIRIT OF GOD FLOWS IN AND FLOODS INTO YOUR LIFE. 21:06 SO AS WE ARE THE LEAST BIT SERIOUS ABOUT HAVING A 21:10 SUCCESSFULLY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, TAKING TIME TO PRAY IS 21:15 JUST SO, SO IMPORTANT. ANYONE WHO HAS MARRIED 21:18 UNDERSTANDS WITHOUT COMMUNICATION, THE RELATIONSHIP 21:21 FALLS APART. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. 21:23 ISN'T IT FASCINATING THAT THE THINGS GOD GAVE US FOR OUR 21:27 SPIRITUAL SALVATION ARE THE SIMPLE THINGS. 21:30 BROTHER DANNY, IN ORDER TO BE SAVED ONCE A WEEK, YOU MUST 21:36 CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. 21:40 BAREFOOT WITHOUT OXYGEN. COME ON, LORD, THAT'S TOO MUCH. 21:44 HE SAYS LET'S MEET TOGETHER ONCE IN THE MORNING, AND ONCE IN THE 21:48 EVENING, AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY,-LET'S KEEP IN TOUCH. I HAVE WRITTEN 66 BOOKS FOR YOU. 21:55 HOW ABOUT YOU READ AND FEED ON THE WORD. 21:58 IF YOU CAN'T READ, LISTEN. PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO THE BIBLE. 22:01 IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, HAVE SOMEONE ELSE READ IT TO YOU. 22:04 THAT'S A SIMPLE THING. READ, TALK, IF THERE IS 22:08 SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR VOCAL CHORDS, YOU CAN PRAY IN YOUR 22:14 MIND. I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. 22:17 GOD -- WE MUST KEEP IN TOUCH WITH GOD, AND GOD WANTS US TO 22:21 KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIM. SIMPLE THINGS, PRAYER AND 22:25 READING THE BIBLE, AND STUDYING THE BIBLE, AND DIGGING INTO THE 22:31 WORD OF GOD. THERE IS A FASCINATING PASSAGE 22:35 IN THE BIBLE. JOHN 3:16, GOD SO LOVED THE 22:39 WORLD THAT HE GAVE IT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. 22:44 THEY CALL IT THE BEST KNOWN VERSE IN THE BIBLE. 22:48 IN THAT VERSE WA SPOKEN TO NICODEMUS. 23:00 NICODEMUS CAME TO JESUS ONE NIGHT, AND HE WAS BLOWING SMOKE. 23:04 AND JESUS SAID, LISTEN, MY BROTHER, YOU NEED TO BE BORN 23:08 AGAIN. SO HE GOES DOWN THIS ROAD. 23:10 HOW DO THAT HAPPEN? JESUS SAID, WATER AND THE 23:19 SPIRIT. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. 23:21 WATER BAPTISM AND CONVERSION. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. 23:26 BUT HE KIND OF -- HE KIND OF PLAYED DUMB, I THINK YOU COULD 23:31 SAY, AND SO JESUS WAS TRYING TO HELP NICODEMUS UNDERSTAND 23:37 CONVERSION. AND WHAT DID HE SAY? 23:40 RIGHT BEFORE JOHN 3:16, RIGHT BEFORE, HE SAYS THIS, AND AS 23:48 MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUCH THE 23:53 SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP. >> HUM. 23:57 >> HUM. >> SO JESUS -- REMEMBER THE 24:00 QUESTION, RIGHT BEFORE GOD -- REMEMBER THE QUESTION. 24:04 HOW AM I TO BE BORN AGAIN? AND JESUS SAYS, REMEMBER THAT 24:09 STORY? REMEMBER THAT STORY? 24:12 NOW WE DON'T OFTEN -- WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR THAT STORY TALKED 24:17 ABOUT. RIGHT BEFORE THE MOST BELOVED 24:19 VERSE IN THE BIBLE, JESUS REFERENCES THIS ODD BALL LITTLE 24:23 THINGS THAT HAPPENED BACK IN NUMBERS 21, AND HE IS SAYING 24:28 REMEMBER THAT, THAT WHO SO EVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PARISH-BUT HAVE EVER-LASTING LIFE. 24:34 EVEN AS MOSES LIFTED UP THOR IS PEN, THE SON OF MAN MUST BE 24:43 LIFTED UP TO NOT PARISH BUT LIVE. 24:48 THEY WERE WONDERING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS COMPLAINING. 24:53 AND THE COMPLAINING GOT SO BAD. WHY DID YOU BING US OUT HERE TO 24:59 DIE? HAD THEY FORGOTTEN WHAT THEY HAD 25:02 COME FROM? SLAVERY OF THE WORST KIND. 25:08 KIND YOUR OWN STRAW FOR THE BRICKS. 25:10 MAKE MORE. IT WAS TERRIBLE, AND THEY SAID 25:14 WE'RE WORSE OFF OUT HERE THAN WE WERE BACK IN EGYPT. 25:17 HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET. >> UH-HUH. 25:19 >> AND THEN THEY SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT, AND WE 25:26 HATE THIS MANNA GOD GIVES US. SO GOD HAD TO GET THEIR 25:31 ATTENTION OFF OF THEMSELVES, AND ON TO HIM AND THE BEAUTY OF 25:38 SALVATION. HE ALLOWED VENOMOUSER IS 25:44 SURPANTS TO COME AND THEY STARTED TO BITE THE PEOPLE, AND 25:47 THEY WERE DIEING, AND THEY CALLED OUT TO MOSES, AND MOSES 25:51 WENT TO GOD, AND GOD SAID MAKE A SNAKE OUT OF BRASS AND PUT IT ON 25:57 A POLE, SO THAT ANYONE WHO LOOKS WILL LIVE. 26:02 >> HUM. >> AND THIS WAS JESUS 26:05 REFERENCING THAT STORY, EXPLAINING TO NICODEMUS WHAT IT 26:10 MEANS TO BE BORN AGAIN. ISN'T IT INTERESTING? 26:13 NOW I SAY THIS WITH RESPECT -- AND I'M NOT WANTING 26:16 TO BE AN EXTREMIST. WE LOVE THE BIBLE, WE LOVE THE 26:19 TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE, WE LOVE THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH, WE 26:23 BELIEVE IN THEM, WE BELIEVE PEOPLE OUGHT TO LIVE LIVES FOR 26:28 THE GLORY OF GOD, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 26:32 BUT HOW DOES ALL OF THIS COME ABOUT? 26:34 AND THE REASON -- I TELL YOU WHAT, BROTHER DANNY, THE MORE I 26:40 TRAVEL, THE MORE PLACES I GO, THE MORE PEOPLE I RUN INTO, THE 26:44 MORE I COME TO REALIZE THAT GOD'S PEOPLE NEED LESS OF DEEP 26:50 THEOLOGY -- AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT. 26:53 >> I UNDERSTAND. >> AND MORE OF THE TRULY DEEP 26:57 THEOLOGY, THE SIGNS OF SALVATION. 26:59 HOW A PERSON CAN HAVE ASSURANCE OF EVER-LASTING LIFE. 27:04 HOW A PERSON CAN KNOW THEIR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. 27:08 YOU WILL MEET SOMEBODIES IN THEIR 70S, AND THEY ARE NOT 27:12 SWEATING THE BOOK OF REVELATION. THEY ARE LOOKING BACK OVER THEIR 27:17 LIVES BECAUSE THEY JUST WENT TO THE DOCTOR, AND THE DOCTOR SAI, 27:20 WE SEE A SHADOW, AND WE NEED TO DO A BIOPSY, AND NOW THEY ARE 27:27 SAYING, I MAY DIE. AND THEN THEY START TO SAY, AM I 27:32 RIGHT WITH GOD? THEY SHOULD BE SAYING, WHATEVER 27:40 THAT SHADOW IS, IT'S OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH GOD 27:45 BUT THEY ARE NOT SAYING WHAT DO THE -- WHAT DO THE PILLARS 27:50 OF -- IN THE -- AROUND THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY REPRESENT, I 27:56 HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT, I'M SO DESPERATE. 28:00 AND I'M NOT AGAINST THAT. THERE IS GOOD MEAT IN THOSE 28:04 STUDIES, BUT THEY ARE NOT SAYING JUST A MINUTE, WAS IT 457 BC? 28:11 OH, MY GOODNESS. I HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BEFORE 28:18 I DIE. BUT I'M FINDING MORE AND MORE 28:21 AND MORE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD IS PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW 28:26 THAT THEY CAN LOOK AND LIVE. SO, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE 28:32 SAYING BRADSHAW SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW YOU BEHAVE, SO IT'S AN 28:39 EASY PATH TO HEAVEN. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 28:43 AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, AND 28:46 IF THEY ARE TAKING TIME TO PRAY AND READ YOU KNOW, SIN HURTS 28:53 THE SINNER MORE THAN ANYBODY. YOU SAY SOMETHING CARELESS TO 29:03 SOMEBODY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY PUT A KNIFE IN THEM. 29:07 OH, NO, DID I REALLY SAY THAT TO MY SPOUSE? 29:16 I WANT TO JOKE AND SAY MY WIFE SAYS THAT ALL THE TIME. 29:22 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW COULD I BE SO UNKIND? 29:24 I'M LOOKING AND LIVING, BUT WHEN YOU SEE JESUS, IT MAKES THE 29:30 STING OF SIN SHARPER, NOT DULLER. 29:34 SHARPER. WHEN YOU LOOK -- YOU SEE A 29:37 SAVIOR ON A CROSS. WHEN YOU LOOK YOU SEE SOMEBODY 29:40 GOING AROUND DOING GOOD. YOU SEE SOMEBODY FRATERNIZING 29:47 WITH THE SINNERS IN ORDER TO LIFT THEM UP. 29:53 YOU DON'T LOOK AT JESUS -- AND SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW I 29:58 LIVE. YOU DON'T LOOK AT JESUS AND FEEL 30:00 LIKE THAT. IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE. 30:03 YOU LOOK AT JESUS AND BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THIS CHRIST, AND 30:08 YOU LOOK TO HIM, AND THERE IS LIFE IN JSUS -- YOU KNOW THOSE 30:13 PEOPLE WHO WERE DIEING FROM SNAKEBITES, THEY RECOVERED. 30:21 WE HAVE ALL BEEN BITTEN BY SIN. IN THAT SERPENT HAS BITTEN US. 30:29 SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE WANT TO GET TO HEAEN. 30:32 WE LOOK TO JESUS, WHICH IS WHY PAUL WROTE -- I BELIEVE IT PAUL 30:39 WHO WROTE IN THE HEBREWS LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND 30:50 FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. >> WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE 30:55 CHURCH, THERE WERE SOE FOLK THAT CAME HERE FROM THE SOUTH, 30:59 AND THEY GAVE US THE BIGGEST DONATION WE HAD TO BEGIN WITH. 31:05 AND THEY WOULD COME UP EVERY FEW WEEKS WATCHING US BUILD THE 31:09 STATION, BUT I BEGAN TO HEAR THEM WITH EACH OTHER AND THE 31:13 TALKING GOING BACK AND FORTH AND HOW THE -- I HAVE LEARNED WHAT 31:19 THE WORD LEGALISM REALLY MEANT, AND I THOUGHT, YET THEY ARE 31:23 GIVING MONEY AND REALLY SUPPORTING, BUT THEY SEEM 31:26 EVERYTHING AS WHAT DID HE EAT, WHAT DID HE -- SO THEY SAID WE 31:31 WANT YOU TO COME SEE OUR FOARM. WE'RE GOING TO DONATE IT TO 31:40 3ABN, BUT ON ONE CONDITION THAT NO ONE EATS ANY MEAT OR FISH. 31:45 THAT YOU NEVER HAVE ANY FISH HERE. 31:49 AND I SAID WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? 31:51 AND THEY SAID WE HEARD YOU EAT FISH FROM TIME TO TIME. 31:58 SO WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, YOU CAN HAVE 32:03 IT, IF YOU PROMISE YOU'LL NEVER EAT FISH, AND I SAID, NO, I'M 32:08 NOT GOING TO PROMISE YOU THAT, AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE'LL GIVE 32:14 IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I SAID GIVE IT TO WHO YOU ANY 32:18 YOU SHOULD, BECAUSE WHAT I SAW IN THAT -- I ASKED THEM WHY 32:22 NOT -- BUT SHE HAS BEEN A LITERATURE OF EVANGELIST FOR 50 32:27 YEARS. HE HAD BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 32:30 50 YEARS. THEY RETIRED, INVESTED IN 32:34 THINGS, AND HAD MONEY, SO THEY WERE GOING TO AFRICA IN THEIR 32:38 70S, AND SHE GOT THE REPORT THAT -- THE CANCER -- THAT SHE 32:43 WAS -- CANCER, AND SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO DIE, AND 32:47 LATE 70S, SO THERE WAS A MISSIONARY FROM EUROPE THAT 32:51 CAME -- I THINK IT WAS IRELAND, THAT CAME OVER HERE, AND SHE 32:55 SAID HAVE YOU SEEN AND GAVE THE WOMAN'S NAME? 32:59 AND I SAID NOT IN A WHILE. AND SHE SAID I WENT DOWN TO SEE 33:03 HER, AND WHEN I DID, SHE SAID TO ME, NOW KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO 33:09 DIE AND -- BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN. 33:13 I DON'T THINK I'M SAVED. AND HER HUSBAND SAID SHE DOESN'T 33:18 KNOW WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT, SHE HAD BEEN AN ED 33:32 A -- ADVENTIST FOR 50 YEARS. AND SHE SAID, NO, I HAVE NO 33:38 ASSURANCE. SO THE WOMAN ASKED THE WOMAN WHO 33:41 IS A MISSIONARY, CAN YOU TAKE ME OUTSIDE. 33:45 SO SHE SAID SURE. I TOOK HER OUTSIDE OVER THE 33:48 HUSBAND'S OBJECTIONS, AND WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE SHE GOT ON HER 33:53 HANDS AND KNEES AND BEGAN TO PULL GRASS. 33:56 AND I SAID WHAT DID YOU DO? AND SHE SAID I GOT DOWN ON MY 34:00 HANDS AND KNEES AND PULLED GRASS WITH HER, AND SHE LOOKED OVER AT 34:05 ME AND SHE SAID I HAVE NO ASSURANCE, I HAVE GIVEN 34:09 EVERYTHING, MY LIFE, I HAVE TRIED TO BE GOOD, AND TRIED TO 34:12 DO ALL OF THE WORKS THAT I COULD. 34:15 MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE GIVEN NEARLY EVERYTHING WE OWN FOR 34:21 SALVATION, AND SHE SAID I JUS SEE DARKNESS.-AND SHE SAID LET ME TELL YOU A 34:28 STORY, AND TOLD HER THE SIMPLE PLAN OF SALVATION. 34:32 AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THE WOMAN ASKED THAT I COME TO THE SOUTH 34:36 AND SING FOR HER FUNERAL. THEY SAID, SHE GOT WHERE SHE 34:40 COULDN'T SPEAK. THE HUSBAND WAS VERY UPSET, SHE 34:43 IS OUT OF HER MIND, OF COURSE SHE IS SAVED. 34:46 BUT WHEN I GOT DOWN THERE, THEY SAID, SHE WANTED US TO GIVE YOU 34:52 THIS, BECAUSE WHEN SHE COULDN'T TALK, SHE HAD ASKED FOR A PENCIL 34:56 AND PAPER AND SAID GIVE THIS TO BROTHER DANNY. 34:59 SHE SAID, NOW I BELONG TO JESUS. NOW HE BELONGS TO ME. 35:05 AND LITTLE LIKE X'S AND O'S. I LOVE JESUS. 35:10 JESUS LOVES ME. SHE FOUND JESUS IN THE GRASS 35:13 CLOSE TO 80 YEARS OLD, THOUGH, SHE HAD WORKED TO BE GOOD, 35:18 BROTHER JOHN ALL OF HER LIFE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 35:21 >> AND THE HUSBAND NEVER REALIZED IT. 35:24 AND SAID OF COURSE SHE IS SAVED, BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED FOR GOD 35:27 ALL OF OUR LIVES. AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN MY 35:35 LIFE GROWING UP THAT I FELT THAT WAY. 35:38 >> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. 35:41 >> NO. >> I'M GOING TO READ FROM 35:48 PHILIPPINES 3. PAUL WROTE TO THE PHILLIPIANS 35:51 AND HE SAID WE ARE THE CIRCUMCISION THAT REJOICE IN THE 35:57 SPIRIT OF JESUS, AND WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. 36:01 AND HE SAID, THOUGH, I MIGHT ALSO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE 36:06 FLESH. IF ANY OTHER MAN THINKS HE HAS 36:09 TRUST IN THE FLESH, I MORE. AND HE RECITES THIS LIST OF 36:18 VIRTURES. THEY AR LIKE THE MEDICALS THAT 36:21 A SERVICEMAN OR WOMAN MIGHT WEAR ON HIS CHEST. 36:30 YOU ARE THE HEBREW OF HE BREWS HE SAID. 36:39 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW, I WAS BLAMELESS. 36:43 YOUR FRIEND WAS BLAMELESS WHEN IT CAME TO TH RIGHTEOUSNESS OF 36:46 THE LAW. BUT WHAT GAINS CAME TO ME. 36:49 THESE I COUNTED LOST FOR CHRIST. YAY DOUBTLESS I COUNT ALL OF 36:56 THESE THIGS BUT LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF 37:05 JESUS. THINK OF THAT. 37:06 WE HAVE THAT. WE HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS. 37:09 FROM WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS, AND I 37:13 [ INAUDIBLE ] REFUSE, THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST AND BE FOUND IN HIM, 37:20 NOT HAVING MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS OF THE LAW, BUT THAT 37:25 WHICH IS THROUGH THE FAITH OF CHRIST -- NOTICE THIS -- THE 37:30 RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD BY FAITH. 37:33 SO IF YOU WANT TO RAISE THE BAR, PAUL SAYS THAT WHAT WE OUGHT TO 37:38 HAVE IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. 37:41 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S SOME PRETTY SERIOUS -RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WE RECEIVE IT 37:46 BY FAITH. YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS, YOU 37:50 RECEIVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 37:52 WE JUST HAVE TIME FOR A FEW. >> OKAY. 37:55 LET'S RACE THROUGH THEM. >> START WITH WHICHEVER ONE YOU 37:59 WANT. >> THIS ONE SAYS HELP ME TO 38:02 UNDERSTAND MATTHEW 5:48. EXPLAIN HOW WE ARE TO BE PERFECT 38:06 AS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN? IS THE BIBLICAL PERFECTION 38:11 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE DICTIONARY SAYS? 38:20 PLEASE EXPLAIN. >> HOW ABOUT YOU JUST GIVE ME A 38:24 DIFFICULT ONE INSTEAD. [ LAUGHTER ] 38:31 >> MY DEAR FRIENDS CAME TO OUR WORKER'S MEETING ONE DAY, AND HE 38:36 SAYS IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. 38:40 OKAY, SO LISTEN, AM I PERFECT? I AM NOT. 38:45 I AM NOT PHYSICALLY PERFECT, I AM NOT EMOTIONALLY PERFECT, NOR 38:50 AM I MORALLY PERFECT. I'M GROWING, BUT I'M NOT THE 38:55 COMPLETED ARTICLE. CAN I BE PERFECT? 38:57 YES, I CAN. HOW? 38:59 I JUST READ, I HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 39:03 IT IS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS. YOU CANNOT -- LOOK, IF I MAY RUN 39:09 THE RISK OF SOUNDING BLASPHEMOUS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE 39:15 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD BY FAITH, YOU AS RIGHTEOUSNESS AS 39:19 JESUS IS, BECAUSE IT IS HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 39:22 THERE ARE GRADES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BROTHER DAY IS 39:27 SLIGHTLY RIGHTEOUSNESS, SISTER YVONNE IS MORE RIGHTEOUSNESS -- 39:40 [ LAUGHTER ] >> CAN YOU LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT 39:45 SINNING? YES, YOU CAN. 39:47 DO YOU LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT SINNING? 39:49 LOOK, WHEN YOU START GOING DOWN THAT ROAD, IT GETS REALLY DODGY, 39:53 BECAUSE YOU START TRYING TO BE GOOD. 39:56 WE MUST -- OKAY. TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY. 40:00 HERE I WAS WITH BIBLE WORKERS AND I ASKED THEM TO RECONCILE 40:07 SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FATE WITH STRIVE TO ENTER THE GATE. 40:15 AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THEM TOGETHER. 40:18 AND THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY SAID DADDY, I THINK I KNOW HOW. 40:24 I SAID ALL RIGHT, SON, OH, MY GOODNESS, EXPLAIN THIS FOR US, 40:29 OH, WISE ONE. HE SAID, DAD, I HAVE BEEN 40:33 LISTENING TO THE BOOK OF CHRISTIANA, AND SHE IS ON HER 40:41 WAY TO THE CELESTIAL CITY, AND SHE FEELS SHE WILL NEVER GET 40:46 THERE, BUT SOMEBODY SAYS TO HER, YOU WILL BE OKAY AS LONG AS YOU 40:50 KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LIGHT. AND MY SON SAID DADDY I THINK 40:55 WHAT JESUS IS TELLING US IN THOSE VERSES IS THAT WE SHOULD 41:00 STRIVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE LIGHT. 41:02 SO HOW ARE YOU PERFECT? YOU ARE TO BE PERFECT RIGHT NOW 41:06 IN CHRIST. YEAH, BUT I HAVE AN OCCASIONAL 41:11 BAD TEMPER. ALL RIGHT. 41:18 REPENT AND TELL GOD YOU NEED HELP, AND WHEN YOU HEAR IT 41:21 COMING, CRY OUT TO GO, AND CHOOSE THAT WAY OF ESCAPE THAT 41:26 THE BIBLE PROMISES. SO YOU ARE PERFECT IN CHRIST. 41:30 SO IS HE JUST SAYING YOU SIN UNTIL YOU ARE SAVED? 41:35 NO, MAN. WHAT WORD DID WE USE EARLIER, 41:39 SANCTIFICATION. BUT IT'S THE WORK OF A LIFETIME. 41:42 WE UNDERSTAND THAT. WE DESPAIR WHEN WE SIN. 41:46 WE APPEAL TO GOD, WE CRY OUT, WE RECEIVE JESUS, WE GO AGAIN. 41:52 THE BIBLE PRESUPPOSES YOU WILL FALL, IF ANY MAN SINS, WE HAVE 41:58 AN ADVOCATE. THE BIBLE ALSO PRESUPPOSES WE'LL 42:02 EXPERIENCE VICTORY IN JESUS CHRIST, SO THE ANSWER IS THIS, 42:05 YOU KEEP LOOKING TO JESUS. YOU KEEP LOOKING TO JESUS. 42:10 LOOK AWAY FROM YOUR SIN, LOOK TO JESUS, AND CONTINUE TO GROW IN 42:15 HIS GRACE. LET THAT BE A CONTINUAL FOREVER 42:20 AND EVER AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE. 42:23 >> WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 14, 15 MINUTES. 42:27 WE HAVE SEVERAL, MAYBE WE CAN GET TO SEVERAL QUESTIONS HERE. 42:30 BUT THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. READ THIS PLEASE. 42:33 >> IT SAYS I DID SOMETHING, AND I FEEL LIKE THE LORD IS LETTING 42:39 ME KNOW HOW WRONG I WAS FOR DOING IT. 42:44 THINK PUT A CHECK IN THE MAILBOX KNOWING IT SHOULD MAKE IT BY 42:50 SABBATH, NOW THE CHECK IS MISSING. 42:53 I FEEL SO DIRTY. >> 1 JOHN 1:9. 43:03 I THINK A LITTLE GUILT IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL. 43:07 BUT DON'T WALLOW IN IT, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE DONE WRONG, AND 43:11 THERE WOULD BE SOME WHO ARGUE THAT WITH YOU, BUT IT'S YOUR 43:16 CONSCIENCE, GO TO GOD, TELL HIM YOU ARE SORRY. 43:19 THEN TELL GOD, YOU BELIEVE THAT HE FORGIVES YOU HAVE, AND THEN 43:24 TELL GOD. THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE FORGIVEN 43:28 ME. AND THEN GET OFF YOUR KNEES AND 43:30 DON'T GIVE IT ANOTHER THOUGHT. >> NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, NOT 43:35 NECESSARY JUST WHAT IS BOTHERING HER -- 43:37 >> EXACTLY. OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO BE 43:40 CRIPPLED BY THIS UNHELPFUL GUILT. 43:43 LET YOUR CONSCIENCE SPEAK TO YOU, AND SAID YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE 43:47 DONE THAT, AND THEN SAY THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR SPEAKING TO 43:51 ME.-JESUS KEEP ME AWAY FROM WHATEVER THIS WAS, AND NOW I REJOICE IN 43:56 THE FORGIVENESS THAT I HAVE. I DON'T BELIEVE GUILT IS BAD. 44:00 IF YOU DID SOMETHING BAD, YOU OUGHT TO FEEL BAD. 44:03 >> THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CONVICTING YOU. 44:05 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HE IS GOING TO LET YOU KNOW 44:07 THAT YOU HAVE FALLEN OFF OF THE TRACK, BUT THAT DOESN'T 44:11 MEAN -- THERE IS UNHEALTHY GUILT. 44:13 >> OH, YEAH, JUST GET BACK ON THE TRACK. 44:16 >> YES. THIS WAS A COMMENT, IT SAYS 44:20 KEEPING SABBATH IS WORK. EXPLAIN MORE REGARDING KEEPING 44:25 IT HOLY. >> ABSOLUTELY IT IS NOT WORK, IT 44:28 IS FAITH. JESUS SAID IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP 44:31 ANY COMMANDMENTS. IF YOU WERE TO SAY, I'LL KEEP 44:37 SUNDAY THAT WOULD BE WORKS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE YOU DOING 44:41 WHAT GOD HAS NOT ASKED YOU TO DO. 44:43 WHEN YOU BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD -- REMEMBER ABRAHAM BELIEVED 44:48 GOD, THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH, I BELIEVE IT. 44:52 THAT FAITH. NOT WORKS. 44:55 THAT'S SALVATION BY FAITH. IS NOT KILLING SOMEBODY WORKS? 45:01 I BET YOU DON'T THINK IT IS? IS HONORING YOUR FATHER AND 45:05 MOTHER IS THAT WORKS? NO, WE BELIEVE IN THAT. 45:09 LET'S NOT GET CONFUSED AND MAKE THE SABBATH DIFFERENT THAN THE 45:13 OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLOWING GOD'S WORD TO BE FULFILLED IN 45:16 YOUR LIFE. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF FAITH. 45:21 BELIEVING WHAT GOD SAYS IS TRUTH, AND EXPECTING GOD TO DO 45:24 WHAT HE SAYS, THAT IS FAITH. KEEPING THE SABBATH IS FAITH. 45:31 IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WORKS. WHEN YOU START SAYING I 45:34 SHOULDN'T DO THIS OR THAT ON THE SABBATH, THAT COULD BE WORKS. 45:39 IT COULD BE FAITH. ON THE SABBATH, I DON'T GO 45:43 SHOPPING. I DON'T EAT OUT -- 45:45 >> AND ARE YOU DOING THAT BY WORKS? 45:47 >> I HOPE NOT. MY BELIEF IS THAT I DO THESE 45:51 THINGS OUT OF LOVE FOR JESUS. >> BECAUSE HE ASKED YOU TO SPEND 45:54 THAT TIME WITH HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. 45:57 HE SAYS LET'S GO FOR A WALK. JESUS SAYS I'M NOT GOING TO BE 46:02 AT THE RESTAURANT ON THE SABBATH. 46:04 I'M NOT GOING TO BE THERE. I WANT YOU TO BE WITH ME. 46:08 GREAT, I'LL BE WITH YOU. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN? 46:11 THAT'S NOT WORKS. THAT'S FAITH. 46:13 YOU ARE ALLOWING GOD'S WILL TO BE DONE IN YOUR LIFE. 46:18 >> AND HE SAYS IF YOU LOVE ME -- AND IF WE LOVE EACH OTHER. 46:23 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> DID PASTOR BRADSHAW SAY THAT 46:30 JESUS IS SHEDDING HIS BLOOD IN HEAVEN. 46:33 HOW CAN THAT BE? >> HE IS PLEADING HIS BLOOD. 46:36 NOT SHEDDING HIS BLOOD. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. 46:39 TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY. 46:42 MAYBE I SAID SOMETHING -- >> I THINK YOU SAID PLEADING. 46:45 >> YEAH. >> THAT'S GOOD TO CLEAR THAT UP. 46:48 >> THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH THAT SHE THOUGHT YOU SAID SHEDDING -- 46:51 >> NO, HE WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN. 46:55 >> ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? >> YES. 46:58 ONCE FOR ALL. AMEN. 47:02 PLEASE EXPLAIN STEP BY STEP HOW ONE MAKES A FULL COMPLETE 47:07 SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST, PLEASE MAKE IT SIMPLE ENOUGH 47:10 THAT A CHILD COULD FOLLOW. >> WELL, IT IS SO SIMPLE THAT WE 47:16 THINK IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING. 47:20 IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT, BECAUSE IT 47:23 DOESN'T COME EASY. LET ME THINK THIS THROUGH. 47:26 I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT A STEP BY STEP TO SURRENDER. 47:31 JESUS GAVE US THE EXAMPLE IN GETHSEMANE. 47:36 I DONE WANT TO DO THIS. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. 47:41 NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE. 47:44 AND BECAUSE YOU ARE KEEPING CLOSE TO GOD, BECAUSE YOU ARE IN 47:47 A MOMENT BY MOMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, THEN WHEN YOU ARE AT 47:51 WAL-MART AND THE LADY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASH REGISTER -pGETS SNIPPY WITH YOU, SOMETHING 47:57 RISES UP, AND YOU CAN GOING TO SAY TO HER, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU 48:01 ARE TALKING TO ME LIKE THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO TELL HER, BECAUSE 48:05 SHE IS OUT OF LINE. BUT THAT'S NOT A CHRISTIAN THING 48:07 TO DO. SO IT STARTED TO RISE IN YOU, 48:10 AND THIS IS WHERE JESUS SAYS, EXCUSE ME, WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS 48:16 WE SAY DON'T BOTHER ME NOW, JESUS, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF 48:20 THIS WOMAN. BUT WHEN WE'RE CLOSE TO CHRIST 48:27 AND HE SPEAKS AND HE SAYS JOHN, YOU SAY JESUS, WHAT? 48:31 I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO, AND I CAN KEEP YOU FROM THAT, 48:35 AND I WANT TO KEEP YOU FROM THAT. 48:38 WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO. AND JESUS WILL SAY SWALLOW THOSE 48:41 WORD, AND YOU DO. AND JESUS WILL SAY REMEMBER THAT 48:45 BIBLE VERSE, AND YOU DO. AND JESUS WILL SAY SMILE, AND 48:48 YOU DO. AND JESUS WILL SAY, SAY 48:52 SOMETHING SWEET TO THAT LADY, AND YOU SAY I HOPE YOU HAVE A 48:56 GREAT DAY TODAY. SURRENDER IS SOMETHING THAT YOU 49:00 PRACTICE. NOBODY WAS BORN SURRENDERED. 49:02 NOBODY MAKES A DECISION AND THEN GOES ON SURRENDERING FROM THEN 49:09 ON. >> BUT TONIGHT SOMEBODY IS 49:11 WATCHING, AND THEY SAY I WANT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 49:15 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WHAT IS MY FIRST STEP IN HOW DO 49:19 I COME TO JESUS BECAUSE I'M -- I'M DIRTY, I'M UNCLEAN, 49:23 HOW DO I COME TO HIM LIKE THIS. >> YOU COME TO HIM RIGHT AS YOU 49:27 ARE, AND YOU SAY, I'M DIRTY. I'M UNCLEAN, AND I NEED YOU IN 49:31 MY LIFE, AND I CANNOT DO THIS ON MY OWN. 49:36 SURRENDER -- YOU KNOW, IN THE WARTIME, IN THE OLD WAR MOVIES 49:42 THEY RAN UP THE WHITE FLAG, AND THAT MEANT, I'M NOT FIGHTING 49:46 AGAINST YOU ANYMORE. COME OVER AND DO WHATEVER YOU 49:49 WANT TO DO. RUN UP THAT WHITE FLAG AND SAY 49:52 JESUS I'M NOT FIGHTING AGAINST YOU ANYMORE. 49:56 JUST COME INTO MY LIFE AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO. 50:00 >> WHY DO WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO JESUS WHEN HE ALREADY KNOWS 50:06 THOSE SINS. >> HE DOES. 50:09 BUT THIS IS SAYING I RECOGNIZE THE SINFULNESS OF THIS. 50:13 >> WE ALL HAVE SIN AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD -- 50:17 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU ARE SAYING I RECOGNIZE 50:22 MY SINFULNESS, BUT WE TELL GOD, I NEED YOU, AND THEN YOU 50:32 BELIEVE -- HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE HOLY 50:39 SPIRIT -- SO WE SAY I BELIEVE WE CAN'T GIVE GOD OUR HEART, BUT WE 50:46 CAN ALLOW HIM TO TAKE OUR HEART. LORD I SURRENDER. 50:51 TAKE MY HEART. MAKE IT YOURS. 50:55 AND NOW I WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU MOMENT BY MOMENT, AND YOU CAN'T 51:01 SURRENDER TO WAL-MART UNTIL YOU GET TO WAL-MART, BUT YOU CAN 51:06 SURRENDER YOUR HEART TO JESUS NOW. 51:08 SO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD TALK WITH JESUS. 51:11 TELL HIM I NEED YOU TO TAKE MY HEART. 51:13 I NEED YOU TO FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT AND I AM YOURS, AND NOW I 51:18 WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU MOMENT BY MOMENT. 51:21 KEEP IN TOUCH WITH GOD, PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY, BUT IT'S A 51:26 MOMENT BY MOMENT SURRENDER. PAUL SAID I DIE DAILY. 51:30 HE SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO GOD ON A DAILY BASIS. 51:38 >> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DRUNK IN THE STREET, AND HE 51:43 WAKES UP, AND SAID LORD, FORGIVE ME, AND AT THAT MOMENT HE IS 51:51 FORGIVEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 51:52 HE IS FORGIVEN, AND NOW HE IS GROWING IN THE GRACE OF GOD. 51:56 HE IS GOING TO GO HOME AND POUR HIS LIQUOR DOWN THE DRAIN. 52:02 A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, HE IS GOING TO SAY THESE CIGARETTES 52:07 HAVE TO GO TOO. AND THEN HE IS GOING TO WAKE UP 52:10 NEXT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND SAY SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT, AND THEN 52:14 HE IS GOING TO SAY, I REALLY NEED TO GO TO CHURCH, AND HE IS 52:19 GROWING. >> SO BIG KEY, THEN ONCE YOU DO 52:22 THAT, BEGIN TO DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP BY TALKING TO GOD, 52:25 AND YOU SAID STUDY YOUR BIBLE, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE NOT STUDYING 52:29 YOUR BIBLE, THE DEVIL IS GOING TO BE THROWING HBO CHANNELS, AND 52:36 WHOEVER ELSE YOUR WAY, AND PEOPLE BEING UGLY TO YOU, AND 52:39 ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE UNDER DEMONIC 52:47 ATTACK, AND YOU HAVE TO SAY LORD, I'M TRUSTING YOU TO GET ME 52:51 OUT OF THIS JAM. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT GROWTH 52:54 PROCESS STARTS TO TAKE. AND THEN JESUS SAYS GO AND TELL 52:57 WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, RIGHT? >> YES. 53:00 >> SO NOT ONLY DO WE CONFESS OUR SINS, BUT THEN HE SAYS GO AND 53:06 TELL, BECAUSE OUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY IS OUR GREATEST ASSET 53:09 THAT WE HAVE, NOT THAT WE HAVE MEMORIZED THE WHOLE BOOK OF 53:17 REVELATIONS OR WHATEVER, WHEN WE CAN TELL WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR 53:21 US, NOBODY CAN ARGUE WITH YOUR TESTIMONY. 53:24 >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL PART OF 53:30 THAT EXPERIENCE. >> WE HAVE PLENTY MORE 53:34 QUESTIONS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES. 53:37 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SPENDING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 53:44 TIME PRAYING. I BELIEVE SOMEBODY IS WATCHING 53:47 THAT IS SAYING I REALLY DO WANT TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN, AND GIVE 53:52 MY LIFE, AND THOUGH, YOU ARE SAYING THIS, I JUST NEED 53:55 SOMEBODY TO HELP ME, TO PRAY WITH ME, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU 53:59 TO JUST SAY A PRAYER FOR ALL OF THOSE WATCHES RIGHT NOW THAT 54:03 SAYS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ACCEPT JESUS, BUT BROTHER JOHN PRAY FOR 54:08 ME, BECAUSE I -- I NEED SUPPORT, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE PRAYING 54:14 FOR YOU HERE. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO HEAR 54:17 EVEN YOUR HEART NOT JUST WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I JUST WANT THESE 54:20 FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WE LOVE THEM, WE CARE FOR THEM, AND WE'RE 54:24 THERE TO SUPPORT, AND YOU TO HELP LEAD THEM IN A PRAYER FOR 54:28 THEIR NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. 54:31 >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE TONIGHT WHO -- WHO HAVE MAYBE BEEN IN 54:35 THE CHURCH FOR DECADES, AND THEY ARE GOING TO START A NEW 54:40 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. LET'S PRAY. 54:42 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TONIGHT TO KNOW THE GOD 54:46 IN HEAVEN NOT ONLY IS A GOD OF LOVE, BUT HE IS LOVE. 54:51 WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS OUR SAVIOR AND OUR LORD. 54:55 WE ARE SORRY. WE ARE SINNERS. 54:58 WE'RE SINFUL. WE HAVE ERRED, WE HAVE STRAYED, 55:04 WE HAVE -- WE HAVE JUST GONE AHEAD AND DONE THINGS EVEN WHEN 55:09 WE KNEW THEY WERE WRONG. WE FIND OURSELVES AT THIS MOMENT 55:13 WANTING TO BE RIGHT WITH YOU. NOW WE CAN'T CROSS TOMORROW'S 55:19 BRIDGES TOAY. WE CAN ASK YOU NOW TO TAKE OUR 55:21 HEART AND MAKE IT YOURSELVES. >> UH-HUH. 55:25 >> FATHER JESUS LIVED HIS LIFE FOR US, AS WE SURRENDER TO YOU, 55:33 JESUS IS OURS, AND SALVATION IS OURS. 55:36 >> YES. >> WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT. 55:38 >> YES. >> AND THEN WHEN WE WAKE 55:41 TOMORROW, WE'LL BELIEVE IT THEN,-WE'LL REDEDICATE OUR LIFE TO YOU THEN. 55:47 I PRAY THAT WE'LL BE REMINDED IN YOUR WORD AND REMINDED IN PRAYER 55:51 WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT WE MAY BE IN YOU. 55:55 SO FOR THAT PERSON RIGHT NOW, WHO IS WANTING TO GIVE YOUR 56:01 HEART TO JESUS. DO IT. 56:03 YOU WANT A NEW START, TIRED OF TRYING AND FAILING, IT'S A GOOD 56:08 YOU ARE TIRED OF THAT. AND NOW JESUS WILL TAKE YOUR 56:13 HEART AND MAE IT HIS. SO LORD, DO THAT, AND GIVE US 56:18 THE ASSURANCE SO THAT WE KNOW WE MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 56:22 WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. WE PRAY WITH ASSURANCE IN FAITH 56:28 IN JESUS NAME >> THANK YOU. 56:29 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 56:31 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR 56:35 THAT PRAYER. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE 56:38 WATCHING THIS AND MADE A NEW COMMITMENT WITH JESUS CHRIST, 56:42 YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT US ANY TIME OF THE WEEK, EXCEPT DURING 56:48 THE SABBATH HOUR, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THINGS THAT WILL 56:55 HELP YOU IN THAT JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRST. 56:58 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF YOUR FAMILY. 57:02 THANK YOU BROTHER JOHN, THANK YOU, YVONNE. 57:08 AND UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MAY THE LORD ABUNDANTLY BLESS 57:12 YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER ASK OR THINK. 57:18 ♪ |
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