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01:15 ONCE AGAIN SHARING A LITTLE OF YOUR DAY WITH US.
01:19 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THIS PROGRAM AND OF
01:22 THIS MINISTRY. WE REALIZE WE COULD NOT DO WHAT
01:25 WE ARE CALLED TO DO WITHOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR
01:28 PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT. SO WE SAY THOSE WORDS OFTEN.
01:32 BUT WE MEAN THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT's WORKING TOGETHER THAT
01:34 WE WILL LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS AND SEND THIS GOSPEL TO
01:38 THE FURTHEST ENDS OF THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
01:44 REALLY EXCITED TO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
01:46 NUMBER ONE THE SUBJECT MANNER. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SIGNS OF
01:49 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THAT AND
01:52 ANYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO THAT OR SWIRLS IN THAT ORBIT AS WE
01:57 GET READY FOR AN EVENT THAT IS SOON TO COME AND THAT's A CLIMAX
02:04 OF THIS EARTH's HISTORY AS WE KNOW IT USHERING OF A NEW ERA
02:08 AND TIME AS WE GO HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD.
02:10 WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
02:14 TO WADE OUR WAY THROUGH THAT, WE GOT TWO BUDDIES WITH US TONIGHT.
02:20 JOHN WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF 3ABN LATINO.
02:30 GOOD FRIEND AND PERSON. EVERY NOW AND THEN WE SIT DOWN
02:34 AND JUST TALK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER.
02:36 WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD AND A GOOD FRIEND.
02:40 AND THEN MR. DECASPER. I NEED TO REFER OUR DEFER TO YOU
02:47 FOR YOUR TITLE WHICH IS RATER NEW.-YOU LEFT US AS JOHNNY WAS
02:52 SAYING. SORT OF DROPPED US LIKE A HOT
02:54 POTATO AND WENT AWAY TO PANAMA AND CAME BACK AND I SAID, WHERE
03:01 IS DEE. WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU NOW DO.
03:04 >> MY NEW ROLE IS BRAND EVANGELIST FOR AR TV WHICH IS ON
03:11 DEMAND MEDIA PLATFORM. DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND DIGITAL
03:16 MEDIA IS THE NEW PUBLISHING WORK.
03:18 WE'RE ADVANCING TO THIS. NETFLIX LIKE IN ITS FEEL AND
03:22 STAND ALONE PLATFORM THAT YOU CAN ACCESS FROM YOUR APPLE TV
03:28 AND ROKU AND ANDROID AND IT's SHORT SHAREABLE CONTENT AND IT's
03:33 FREE. EVEN I CAN AFFORD THAT.
03:36 MISSIONARIES CAN AFFORD FREE. IT's MY RESPONSIBLE TO INCREASE
03:41 AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT W ARE DOING AND RECRUIT TALENT AND
03:45 TAKE PROGRAM IDEAS AND OVERSEE SOCIAL MEDIA.
03:49 >> WALK IS THROUGH SHORT, SHAREABLE CON TEFPBLT
03:51 >> MAJORITY OF OUR CONTENT AT LEAST 80% IS FILMED OUTSIDE OF
03:58 THE STUDIO AND IT's 5 MINUTE MARK ANDMAYBE 15.
04:04 A LOT OF NATURE PROGRAMMING AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND FAMILY
04:07 PROGRAMMING AND SPIRITUAL PROGRAMMING.
04:10 HUMAN INTEREST STORIES AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES AND
04:12 THAT's OUR BURDEN. WE CREATE CONTENT OURSELVES AND
04:16 LICENSE CONTENT FROM OTHER ENTITIES.
04:20 IT'S A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. ARTV NOW.COM IS OUR WEBSITE OR
04:25 LOOK US UP ON THE APP. I KNOW WE HAVE IT FOR APPLE TV
04:29 AND IPHONE AND ANDROID SHOULD BE COMING VERY SOON AND KINDLE FIRE
04:34 IS COMING VERY SOON AND XBOX IS NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE AS
04:43 WELL. IT ALIGNED WITH REVIEW.
04:46 >> IT's PART OF THE REVIEW. IT'S THE MIA WING OF SORTS.
04:50 >> NOW YOU ARE BASED OUT OF WHERE?
04:51 >> I'M LIVING IN THE CAT KNEWING TKPWA /* /* --
05:01 CHATTANOOGA AREA >> REASON THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE
05:04 AND WHY WE HAVE KEPT YOU SLAVING AWAY THIS WEEK TALK TO US ABOUT
05:07 THE NEW PROGRAMMING THAT YOU'RE DOING?
05:09 >> WE ARE EXCITED. I SAY WE THERE IS ONLY ONE OF ME
05:12 BUT THERE WERE TWO OTHERS AND THEY LEFT ME TODAY.
05:16 A PROGRAM CALLED RAW QUESTIONS RELEVANT ANSWERS.
05:21 IT'S A Q & A AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK AND
05:27 WE'RE DEALING WITH HEAVY HARD ISSUE STUFF WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
05:32 I HAD TWO GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE. A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AT SOUTHERN
05:36 AND FREELANCE FILMMAKER, THE THREE OF US BASICALLY WERE
05:40 DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES. WE DO IT THEMATICALLY.
05:50 WE DID TWO SEASONS WORTH. SO THE FIRST SEASON IS IN JULY
05:53 IN JUST A SERIES OF MONTHS. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
05:58 THAT. PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW THE FACEBOOK
06:01 PAGE ON FACEBOOK TO GET UPDATES ON WHEN IT's GOING TO RELEASE
06:04 AND WHERE TO FIND THEM AND DEVELOPING A WEBSITE SOON.
06:07 I'M SURE YOU HAVE PROMOS AND STUFF THAT WILL BE WEARING
06:10 THROUGH THE NETWORK TO KEEP PEOPLE UP TO DATE AS WELL.
06:13 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> EXCELLENT.
06:17 YOU SAID MICHELLE. I WAS IN SEMINARY WITH A MIKE.
06:20 >> THAT's HER DAD. HE'S A PASTOR.
06:22 >> THAT's HER DAD. SO MAKE ME FEEL OLD.
06:29 THAT's HER DAD? >> THAT's HER DAD.
06:31 SHE'S A PASTOR's KID. HE GOES TO MY COACH IN SOUTH
06:37 BAY. >> NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM PLEASE
06:39 GIVE HIM MY REGARDS. IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE WE IN
06:46 THE SEMINARY. WE'RE EDITING A NEW SEASON AND
06:49 GOT 10 SHOWS AT LEAST ROUGHED OUT THIS WEEK.
06:52 IT's BEEN A HEAVY WEEK. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
07:03 ABOUT SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING AND HOW WE MAY BE PREPARED ABOUT
07:06 THAT.-AND ABOUT FAILURE. IT REALLY INTERESTED ME.
07:14 THIS IS A KIND OF A BOARD. TABLE SETTING IS THE SECOND
07:17 COMING BUT WE MAY TOUCH ON ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES, ITEMS AND
07:20 THINGS THAT FLOW INTO THAT AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT EVENT.
07:24 SO OUR PALLET IS VERY BROAD BASED AND I'LL PAINT WITH BRUSH
07:29 STROKES. BUT HERE's WHAT WE WANT YOU TO
07:32 DO. IT OCCURRED TO ME TO MAKE US A
07:34 LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE THAN WE NORMALLY DO, GENERALLY IF YOU
07:39 CAN BRING THAT QUESTION UP, THIS IS A QUESTION WE WANT YOU TO
07:42 RESPOND TO AND WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE QUESTION AND BEGIN
07:45 WRITING EVEN NOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO TAKE YOUR OPINION ON SOME OF
07:47 THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED. I NEED TO WARN YOU, I CANNOT SAY
07:50 IT's A TRICK QUESTION, BUT I WILL SAY IT IS A LOADED QUESTION
07:56 AND DEE THE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS.
08:00 HERE's THE QUESTION WE WANT YOU TO RESPOND TO.
08:04 HOW WOULD YOU LIVE TODAY IF YOU KNEW THAT CHRIST WAS COMING
08:08 TOMORROW OR THAT THIS WAS YOUR LAST DAY?
08:12 IS HOW WOULD YOU ALTER YOUR ACTIVITIES?
08:16 HOW WOULD YOU ARRANGE YOUR DAY OR PROSECUTE YOUR DAY IF YOU
08:20 KNEW THIS WAS YOUR LAST DAY; HOW WOULD YOU STRUCTURE THAT DAY?
08:25 IT IS A LOADED QUESTION. BUT WE WANT YOUR HONEST
08:28 QUESTIONS. JUST GIVE US YOUR FIRST NAME.
08:30 WE DON'T WANT LAST NAMES. BUT WE WANT YOU TO E-MAIL.
08:33 WE'RE NOT TAKING PHONE CALLS TONIGHT.
08:35 WE WANT TO DO THIS JUST THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
08:41 E-MAIL US AT LIVE@3ABN.TV. PUT THE QUESTION BACK UP IF YOU
08:52 WILL JUST ONE MORE TIME. BRING THAT QUESTION BACK.
08:59 HOW WOULD YOU LIVE TODAY IF YOU KNEW THAT CHRIST WAS COMING
09:03 TOMORROW OR THAT THIS WAS YOUR LAST DAY? -PLAY WITH THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT
09:09 AND THEN SEND US YOUR ANSWERS. I'M VERY, VERY CURIOUS TO SEE
09:12 HOW YOU RESONATE WITH THAT QUESTION OR HOW THAT QUESTION
09:16 RESONATES WITH YOU THOSE OF US WHO ARE WATCHERS AND LISTENERS,
09:20 RESPOND TO THAT IF YOU WILL. AND BEGIN DOING SO NOW.
09:23 THE MORE WE GET THE MORE WE CAN RESPOND TO.
09:27 BECAUSE WE'RE VERY CURIOUS PARTICULAR ASPECT WHERE WE LIVE
09:30 AND HOW WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY TO THE END OF THIS EARTH's
09:34 HISTORY. COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO
09:38 DO. PERHAPS I WILL GO NOW TO OUR
09:41 MUSIC AND WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND SORT OF
09:45 WADE INTO -- BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO
09:50 READ AS WE SET UP WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
09:52 OUR MUSIC TODAY IS COMING OUR GOOD BUDDY TIM WHO IS GOING TO
10:02 BE PLAYING "ONLY TRUST HIM."
13:18 >> WELL DONE. "ONLY TRUST HIM" I'M IN THE
13:22 COMPANY OF PASTOR. I THINK I'M GOING TO START
13:28 CALLING YOU PASTOR. AND WE'RE GOING TO WADE INTO
13:34 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD.
13:35 I WANT TO READ SOMETHING FROM CHRISTIAN EDUCATION THAT's
13:39 INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT SOME THINGS FROM EDUCATION ALSO.
13:45 GREAT PAINS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO KEEP THIS SUBJECT BEFORE THE
13:51 PEOPLE. THE SOLEMN FACT IS TO BE KEPT
13:53 NOT ONLY BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD BUT BEFORE OUR OWN
13:58 CHURCHES ALSO. THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL
14:01 COME SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THE FEARFUL WARNING OF THE
14:08 PROPHETS TO EVERY SOUL IS TO EVERY SOUL.
14:12 LET NO ONE FEEL THAT HE IS SECURE FROM THE DANGER OF BEING
14:19 SURPRISED. LET NO ONE's INTERPRETATION OF
14:25 PROPHECY AND THE CONVICTION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS WOULD
14:28 SHOW THAT THIS GREAT EVENT IS NEAR AT HAND.
14:34 THIS IS PAGE 336 WRITTEN 1895. JUST A COUPLE MORE.
14:38 THERE ARE MANY WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROPHECIES
14:41 RELATING TO THESE DAYS AND THEY MUST BE INLIGTED AND DUTY OF
14:47 BOTH WATCHMAN AND LAYMAN TO GIVE THE TRUMP ANT A CERTAIN SOUND.
14:53 GIVE THE MESSAGE WHICH IS PRESENT TRUTH FOR THIS TIME AND
14:57 LET US SHOW THE PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE IN PROPHETIC HISTORY.
15:03 SO THE IDEA -- THE FACT THAT CHRIST IS COMING SOON IS TO BE
15:07 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
15:12 AGAIN, BECAUSE AS ROMANS 12:2 TELLS US IT's FAIRLY EASY TO BE
15:17 OVERCHARGED WITH THE CARES OF THIS WORLD.
15:18 YOU GOT TO EAT AND SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY AND THINGS THAT MUST BE
15:22 DONE AND EASY TO SORT OF LET THAT FLOAT TO THE SURFACE AND
15:29 UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT ONE DAY ALL OF THIS WILL COME TO AN END.
15:32 WE DO WELL WHEN WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT CHRIST IS COMING
15:36 SOON. THE CHURCH HAS A RULE HAS ALWAYS
15:40 WORKED -- WE REVERSE THE TREND. WE START AT THE END AND WORK
15:51 BACK. YOU LOOK AT THE END AND YOU
15:53 PREPARE FOR THAT END. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT's GOING TO
15:59 BE BUT IT OUGHT TO BE DONE SO WITH THE END IN MIND.
16:03 YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE END IN MIND BECAUSE THAT's WHAT WE ARE
16:10 LIVING FOR. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HARRY
16:23 TRUMAN. THIS IS NOT THE HARRY TRUMAN.-pTHE S IN HARRY S. TRUMAN DOESN'T
16:34 STAND FOR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST S.
16:35 HE HAD A FATHER-IN-LAW AND ANOTHER RELATIVE WHOSE NAMES
16:41 WERE S. SO WHEN HE WAS BORN, HIS PARENTS
16:43 PUT AN S SO THAT BOTH OF THEM WOULD THINK THAT HE WAS NAMED
16:50 AFTER THEM. IT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING SO
16:52 EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. THE BUT THIS IS HARRY R. TRUMAN
16:57 AND LET ME READ WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HIM.
17:00 VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HARRY R. TRUMAN.
17:02 HE'S NOT THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
17:05 HE LIVED IN A LODGE CALLED SPIRIT LAKE LODGE.
17:09 THAT's BROTHER TRUMAN RIGHT THERE.
17:14 THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE LODGE. THEY KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD THAT
17:18 MOUNT ST. HELENS WAS GOING TO EXPLODE IN MAY OF 1981 FOR QUITE
17:23 A WHILE. THEY SAW THE SHAPE OF THE
17:29 MOUNTAIN CHANGING. THERE WERE A LOT OF SEISMIC
17:33 ACTIVITIES GOING ON. THERE WERE MEN AND WOMAN GOING
17:36 UP THERE STUD 80ING THESE THINGS.
17:38 IT WAS FAIRLY WELL-KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD THIS MOUNTAIN WAS
17:40 GOING TO GO AND WHEN IT ID GO IT WAS GOING TO GO LARGE.
17:45 MOST OF THE HOTELS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE
17:50 VICINITY EVACUATED. HAIRY TRUMAN ALMOST LIVED AT THE
17:54 BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN. ONLY ONE LEFT AND HE WOULD NOT
17:57 LEAVE. THEY TRIED TO GET HIM TO LEAVE.
17:59 HE WAS 84 YEARS OF AGE. JUST KIND OF HARD HEADED.
18:06 AND WOULDN'T GO. THE SIGNS WERE THERE AND HE
18:09 WOULDN'T LEAVE. OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T FIND HIS
18:12 BODY. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.
18:14 COUPLE OTHER GEOLOGISTS WERE THERE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT
18:20 EITHER. HE HAD AMPLE WARNING.
18:21 THERE WAS NO NEED TO BE LOST EXCEPT HIS OWN STUBBORNNESS
18:33 THERE ARE SIGNS AND WARNINGS. SO GOD IS NOT TRYING TO SNEAK
18:42 ANYTHING ON US. HE WANTS US TO BE AWARE THAT THE
18:44 TIME IS SHORT. SO THERE ARE SIGNS AND SIGNS AND
18:48 SIGNS AND SIGNS ALL OF WHICH SAY CHRIST IS COMING SOON.
18:52 AND IF WE WILL HEED THESE SIGNS WE CAN BE READY FOR THE SECOND
18:55 COMING OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
19:39 THERE WERE MANY WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THAT DATE EITHER AND
19:42 HOW THOSE WHO WERE WAITING FOR THATTIC ITLER DATE THOUGHT IT
19:47 WAS THE LAST DAY. SOME PRETTY MUCH LIVED THEIR
19:50 LIVES LIKE THEY WERE ALWAYS DOING.
19:52 OTHERS PRAYD AND WAITED QUIETLY AND SOME SOLD BUSINESSES AND
19:56 OTHER LEFT POTATOES IN THE FIELD.
20:01 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR LAST DAY IFYOU
20:04 THOUGHT CHRIST WAS COMING TOMORROW.
20:07 HOW WOULD YOU LIVE THAT DAY IF TOMORROW MORNING CHRIST WAS
20:11 GOING TO BE HERE. TRUTH TO BE TOLD WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THAT
20:15 DAY BECAUSE THAT's THE BIGGEST EVENT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE
20:26 WORLD. GENTLEMEN, WHO WANTS TO WEIGH IN
20:28 ON THIS? IS>> YOU REMINDED ME OF TWO
20:36 GUYS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED DURING THE TIME WHEN THE
20:38 HURRICANE WAS GOING THROUGH NEW ORLEANS.
20:41 I THINK IT WAS NEW ORLEANS. AND THEY SHOWED LINES AND LINES
20:46 OF CARS OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE AREA AND SO THE NEWS PEOPLE WERE
20:51 TRYING TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE ABOUT THEM LEAVING BUT THEY SHOWED TWO
20:57 GUYS AND THEY ASKED THEM, SO, WHY AREN'T YOU LEAVING?
21:00 IS OH, NO, WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE. WE'RE GOING TO RIDE OUT
21:04 THIS STORM. BUT THIS IS A BIG STORM.
21:07 ARE YOU SURE -- OH, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO RIDE OUT THIS STORM.
21:11 I SAID, MAN, IN MY MIND I SAID THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE.
21:17 BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE FORCE OF THE WINDS THAT ARE COMING.
21:22 THEY WERE STRONG WINDS, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS.
21:27 ONCE IT HITS YOU YOU THINK YOU'RE READY.
21:29 BUT WHEN THE FORCE OF THE WIND KNOWS, WHAT YOU THINK AS THE
21:34 PREPARATION YOU HAVE MADE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
21:37 SO I SAID BOY, I SURE HOPE THESE GUYS SURVIVE AND OF COURSE THE
21:42 NEWS NEVER CAME THROUGH TO FIND OUT, HEY, YOU STAYED HERE AND
21:46 YOU SURVVED. I NEVER FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED
21:49 TO THESE GUYS. BUT FOR ME IT WAS A QUESTION IN
21:56 MY MIND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT KNOWING THE DANGER THAT YOU
22:02 ARE IN AND LIKEWISE IN THE SECOND COMING THE LORD TALKS
22:05 ABOUT THE SIGNS FOR THE SECOND COMING AND SO, THE QUESTION
22:10 COMES TO US WHY WOULD YOU NOT PREPARE?
22:14 BECAUSE THE BLESSING OF BEING PREPARED IS THE BLESSING OF
22:18 GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD IS THAT YOU WILL SPEND ETERNITY
22:24 WITHOUT PAIN, SUFFERING, SICKNESS AND DEATH.
22:26 AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BE THE MOTIVATING FACTOR.
22:38 YOUR LOVE FOR THE LORD SHOULD SUSTAIN YOU FOR WHATEVER
22:46 CIRCUMSTANCES YOU FACE. I REMEMBER THE WORDS, I KNOW
22:55 THAT MY REDEEMER -- JOBE, HE SAID THINGS LIKE, THOUGH HE SLAY
23:03 ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM. THAT's LOVE FOR GOD.
23:10 >> IMPORTANT POINT. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HOLD US
23:13 IS A PREEXISTING CONDITION. IN MEDICINE, A PREEXISTING
23:18 CONDITION CAN GET TO YOU KICKED OFF YOUR PLAN, BUT IN THE
23:25 SPIRITUAL REALM A PREEXISTING CONDITION IS NECESSARY TO BE AN
23:29 OVERCOMER IN THIS LIFE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WORKING
23:35 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, THE LURE OF HEAVEN AND WE
23:38 WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS -- I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
23:41 IT's NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU.
23:48 THE THOUGHT OF SOMEPLACE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU REALLY DON'T
23:50 KNOW WHAT's THERE AND YOU GOT A LOOMING TEMPTATION IN FRONT OF
23:55 YOU THE IDEA OF HEAVEN WON'T KEEP YOU.
24:15 NEED SOMETHING THAT CAN GET IN YOUR HEART AND HEAD AND HOLD YOU
24:18 AND THAT's LOVING CHRIST. HE DIDN'T SAY HE CAN'T GO TO
24:29 HEAVEN. >> I WAS TEACHING AT HERITAGE
24:32 ACADEMY AND TEACHING A CLASS -- I WAS DOING THE DOCTRINES OF THE
24:39 7TH DAYED A 5-SEVENTIST CHURCH. I GOT TO THE LAW OF GOD IS AT
24:51 THAT TIME ONE OF THE BOOKS WAS THIS WHITE SIMPLE LOOKING BOOK
24:59 THERE WAS SERMON FROM SOMEONE IN THERE I NEVER HEARD OF LEWIS R.
25:05 WALTON WHO IS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE.
25:07 BUT IT WAS CALLED THE ROLE OF THE LAW IN SALVATION.
25:10 WHAT's HE GOTTO SAY AND HE MAKES THIS AMAZING POINT THAT
25:12 THE DESIRE FOR HEAVEN OR THE FEAR OF HELL BOTH KIND OF PANDER
25:19 TO THE SAME INSTINCT AND THAT SATAN CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT SAME
25:22 INSTINCT AND TRIP US UP. IT'S AN AMAZING PREMISE.
25:26 HE SAYS WHEN SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO AVOID THE PERILS OF HELL HE
25:32 SAYS THIS ONE SUBSTANCE SEEMS TO EMERGE AND HE USES THE WORD EGO
26:03 EGOCENTRICITY, SELF CENTERNESS. SATAN CAN TEMPT US TO SOMETHING
26:04 AND HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF PROXIMITY.
26:05 SO WE GET THE REWARD OF SOMETHING RIGHT NOW FROM HIM
26:08 BECAUSE HEAVEN IS FAR OFF. WE'LL ABANDON OUR FUTURE
26:10 AMBITION FOR WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER NOW AND SAME THING GOES
26:13 FOR FEAR. HE CAN MAKE US AFRAID OF PEER
26:16 PRESSURE. HE ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE
26:17 CONTEXT OF YOUTH. HE WONDERS IF THIS IS WHY SO
26:20 MANY OF THE YOUTH FAIL IN THE FACE OF PEER PRESSURE BECAUSE
26:24 YOU MAY BE AFRAID OF HELL BUT THAT HE A LONG WAY FROM NOW AND
26:26 I HAVE THE REJECTION OF MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW YOU AND MAKE
26:30 UP MAKING DECISIONS INSTEAD OF THE IMMEDIATE INSTEAD OF THE
27:05 ETERNAL. HE HROUFZ AND HE'LL FORGIVE FOR
27:08 YOUR SINS AND THEN THERE IS THE BY-PRODUCT BY THE WAY YOU'RE
27:15 GOING TO LIVE ETERNALLY AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HAPPINESS
27:23 THROUGHOUT ETERNITY. THAT's THE REASON WHY MANY WHY
27:31 PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE CHURCH OR DECIDED TO JOIN JESS.
27:34 THE BIBLE DOES SAY WHEN PERSECUTIONS COME AND ALL THESE
27:41 THINGS THEN YOU'LL WEED OUT WHO IS GOING TO BE A TRUE FOLLOWER
27:48 OF CHRIST ONLY MOTIVATION STRONG ENOUGH IS THE LOVE OF GOD.
27:51 FEAR CAN GET YOU STARTED BUT TAKES LOVE TO KEEP YOU GOING AND
27:56 I KNOW THAT BECAUSE MY MOM GOT SCARED INTO THE CHURCH.
28:09 I KNEW MY MOTHER WAS READY. SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE HOLIDAY
28:14 METHODISTS, EASTR, CHRISTMAS, THAT KIND OF THING.
28:17 BUT SH HAD RESPECT FOR IT AND THEED A 50-SEVENTIST CHURCH AND
28:24 T DOCTRINE.
28:42 I TOO BEEN HER TO HELL AND HELD HER OVER THE FLAME AND I TOOK
28:43 HER TO HEAVEN AND THE CROSS. I DID EVERYTHING AND SHE WAS --
28:45 SHE IS SITTING AND ROCKING AND CRYING AND ROCKING CAN CRYING
28:46 AND I KNOW SHE'S READY TO GO. I CAN'T GET HER OUT OF THAT
28:49 SEAT. I WALKED DOWN AND WALKED DOWN
28:52 AND PUT MY HAND ON HER SHOULDERS AND WALKED BOY HER AND SHE'S
29:00 ROCKING AND CRYING. FEAR CAN GET YOU STARTED BUT
29:24 IT's NOT STRONG ENOUGH MOTIVATION.
29:27 THIS GANG WILL BEAT ME UP MAYBE I'LL TAKE THE BEATING FROM THE
29:30 ONE GUY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE KIDS MY
29:33 MOTHER HAD A WEAPON OF PUNISHMENT CALLED THE STRAP.
29:36 ABOUT 3 FEET LONG AND INCH WIDE AND 2 INCHES THICK AND SHE SAID
29:40 GO GET THE STRAP. IT WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE BED IN
29:43 THE BEDROOM. WE REPENALTIED.
29:49 WE SAW THE LORD. IT WAS THE FATE, THE PUNISHMENT
30:03 THAT HE HAD ILLICIT UPON HIMSELF.
30:05 YOU CAN MAKE SOMEONE FEEL BAD FOR DOING WRONG BY PUNISHMENT.
30:09 BUT WHAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM DOING WRONG IS LOVE FOR CHRIST.
30:12 >> I WANT TO JUMP ON ONE MORE POINT OF THIS AND THIS IS EMMA
30:21 WHITE's MOTHER. IT WASN'T A BIBLICAL TEACHING
30:25 AND THEY WERE GROWING ON THIS. INSTEAD OF PREVENTING THE
30:43 SALVATION OF SINNERS IT WILL BE THE MEANS OF WINNING THEM TO
30:45 CHRIST. IF THE LOVE OF GOD WILL NOT
30:49 INDUCE THE YIELD THE TEARERS OF AN ETERNAL HELL WILL NOT DRIVE
30:53 THEM. IT DOES NOT SEEM THE PROPER WAY
30:56 TO WIN SOULS TO JESUS BY APPEALING TO ONE OF THE LOWEST
31:03 ATTRIBUTE OF THE MIND ABDUCT FEAR.
31:19 >> WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THAT AS THE SONG SAYS AMAZING GRACE,
31:25 THAT SAVE THE WRETCH LIKE ME, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THAT
31:28 REALIZATION IT's WHEN THEY WILL BE WILLING TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
31:31 >> AMEN. >> AND FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
31:34 BECAUSE HE HAS LOVED ME ENOUGH TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND
31:39 FORGIVE ME TO ARE MY SINS GOD DOESN'T JUST WANT TO FORGIVE FOR
31:46 YOUR SINS BUT HE WANTS TO CHANGE YOU.
31:48 HE WANTS TO MAKE YOU RIGHTEOUS. THAT's SOMETHING THAT IS A
31:52 MIRACLE THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY DAY.
32:02 IF YOU TAKE A PIG YOU AND WASH HIM AND PUT BLEACH ON HIM AND
32:07 EVEN PUT THE FINEST PERFUME WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT
32:10 IS. BY THE WAY, PASTOR HAS SOME GOOD
32:14 SMELLING ONES, COLORADO HROPBZ, BUT IF YOU DO THIS AND GOD
32:31 DOESN'T WANT TO JUST FORGIVE US AND CLEANSE US.
32:35 HE WANTS TO MAKE US RIGHTEOUS. THAT's WHAT WE NEED TO COOPERATE
32:48 WITH THE LORD. YES, I THINK THE LOVE OF THE
32:52 LORD IS THE BEST THING TO PRESENT.
33:01 >> SHE DOESN'T SAY CONTEMPLATE THE FLAMES OF HELL FOR AN EVERY
33:06 DAY. THINK ABOUT BAD IT's GOING TO BE
33:07 FOR YOU IF YOU END UP IN HELL. SHE SAYS CONTEMPLATE THE LOVE OF
33:13 CHRIST AND SACRIFICE FOR YOU. THAT WILL MOTIVATE YOU TO DO
33:16 RIGHT AS OPPOSED TO THINKING ABOUT TURNING OVER LIKE A
33:20 BARBECUE PIT ABOUT THE FLAMES OF HELL.
33:22 THAT's NOT ENUGH TO KEEP YOU GOING.
33:25 THE YOU HAVE TWO PLACES WE CANNOT RELATE TO.
33:28 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HELL IS LIKE. WE DON'T.
33:30 NOT REALLY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HEAVEN IS
33:32 LIKE. NOT REALLY.
33:33 >> WE CAN ONLY ASSUME. MAYBE EVEN PRESUME.
33:36 BUT WE DONT KNOW EITHER. THE FEAR OF HELL AND THE REWARD
33:41 OF HEAVEN NEITHER ARE ENOUGH. IT'S ONLY THE LOVE OF CHRIST
33:44 WHICH IS A LIVING THING WHICH IS ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU FROM SINNING.
33:50 >> I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HELL NOT TO DESIRE IT.
33:54 [LAUGHTER] >> I MEAN I HAVE DURING CERTAIN
33:57 TIMES OF MY LIFE BURNED MYSELF ON SOME HOT FLAME OR
34:02 ACCIDENTALLY PLACED MY HAND ON A HOT STOVE AND I KNOW IT's NOT
34:06 PLEASANT. SO THE BIBLE TALKS TO US ABOUT
34:09 THE WICKED BEING TOSSED INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE TO EXPERIENCE THE
34:15 REWARD FOR OUR SINS. AND EVENTUALLY THE BIBLE SAYS
34:19 THE WAGE OF SIN IS DEATH. BUT THERE IS A TIME OF SUFFERING
34:23 IN THE LAKE OF FIRE THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF OUR
34:26 SINS. AND THE GRAVITY OF OUR SINS BUT
34:28 THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
34:31 SO, I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT TO SAY I DO NOT WANT TO GO THERE.
34:47 THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSES COMING IN TO THE QUESTION, IF
34:51 YOU PUT THAT QUESTION BACK UP ON THE SCREEN FOR ME HERE's THE
34:54 QUESTION WE ARE WRESTLING WITH JUST NOW.
34:58 HOW WOULD YOU LIVE TODAY -- WHAT WOULD YOU DO TODAY IF YOU KNEW -THAT CHRIST WAS COMING TOMORROW
35:04 OR THAT THIS DAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY?
35:10 HOW WOULD YOU PROSECUTE THIS PARTICULAR DAY GIVING THE
35:13 UNDERSTANDING THIS DAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY?
35:15 HOW WOULD YOU LIVE THIS DAY? REMEMBER, WE SAID IT IS NOT A
35:19 TRICK QUESTION, BUT IT IS A LOADED QUESTION.
35:21 A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TODAY AND
35:25 WE'RE NOT SAYING WHAT WOULD YOU DIFFERENTLY BUT WHAT WOULD YOU
35:27 TODAY IF YOU KNEW THIS WAS YOUR LAST DAY AND CHRIST WAS COMING
35:32 TOMORROW. SOONER OR LATER WE'LL GET TO
35:35 MATTHEW 24 BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF
35:37 THE LORD IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, YOU CAN HARDLY AVOID
35:40 MATTHEW 24. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SET SOME
35:43 GROUNDWORK HERE. THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MUST LEAVE
35:46 EACH DAY IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT CHRIST IS
35:48 COMING VERY, VERY SOON. AND WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT
35:53 COMING. AND PREPARE AS BEST WE CAN TO
35:58 THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD. GENTLEMEN, ANYONE WANT TO WEIGH
36:14 IN ON THIS AT THI POINT? >> WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOVE OF
36:18 GOD THAT's GOING TO KEEP US. WE'RE TOLD HOW TO EXPERIENCE
36:24 THAT. WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE FIRST
36:37 LOVED US. SO I THINK IT A's GOOD PLACE TO
36:39 START IF WEIGH WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY WE NEED TO DWELL AS
36:47 REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE UPON THE PRICE THAT CHRIST HAS PAID FOR
36:52 US. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION WE'RE
36:54 TALKING ALSO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING.
37:00 EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OLD TESTAMENT THE MESSAGE IS THERE
37:03 ABOUT THE SECOND COMING. THIS IS JOBE 19:25 BEGINNING
37:19 THERE. FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
37:23 LIVES AND HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH AND AFTER MY SKIN
37:27 IS DESTROYED THIS I KNOW THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD.
37:41 AT THE VERY END WHEN THIS WORLD WAS CONSUMED I'LL SEE MY
37:45 REDEEMER AND OF COURSE I HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
37:49 MENTION IT MENTIONS AN OLD TESTAMENT INDIIDUAL AND IT
37:55 SAYS, JUDE 14 CHAPTER 114. TO CONVICT ALL WHO ARE UN-GODLY
38:09 AND ALL OF THEIR UN-GODLY DEEDS WHICH THEY HAVE COMMITTED IN AN
38:16 UN-GODLY WAY. WE HAVE THE MESSAGE THERE.
38:21 >> I NEED TO MENTION ALSO THAT WHEN WE PUT THIS PROGRAM
38:25 TOGETHER, WE CONCEDED OR ASKED TO PRODUCE IT AS A GUY's NIGHT
38:28 OUT. WE'VE GOT GUYS HERE TODAY.
38:30 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PASTOR AND HE'S LITERALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE
38:34 OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. HE'S FAR, FAR AWAY.
38:38 HE'S IN NEW GUINEA. HE'S FAR, FAR AWAY AND SOME OF
38:45 THE OTHERS ARE SERVING THE LORD. I'M JUST GLAD THAT DEE POPPED IN
38:58 AND YOU JUST GOT BACK HOURS AGO. GIVE US A FLAVOR BUT THE TEXT I
39:09 WANT TO GO TO BEFORE WE READ THESE THINGS IS 1 JOHN 1:7.
39:20 BECAUSE IT SAYS, BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE
39:24 LIGHT, WE ARE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE BLOOD OF
39:28 CHRIST, HIS SON, CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN.
39:30 AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
39:34 THINGS WE NEED TO DO. ONE WE NEED TO FIND LIGHT AND
39:39 BACK IN THAT LIGHT. YOU'RE DUTY AS A CHILD OF GOD
39:42 AND CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN BEING IS TO FIND LIGHT AND WALK IN THAT
39:49 TRUTH. A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE
39:53 CONSEQUENTIAL OF WALKING IN TRUTH.
39:55 IF YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT YOU GET FELLOWSHIP.
39:57 THAT's WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. THESE ARE MY FELL LOW.
40:02 IT IS WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING
40:06 THE SAME ROAD I AM FEELING THE SAME PRESSURES AS I AM AS A
40:10 CHRISTIAN AND NON CHRISTIAN SOCIETY WHO CAN ENCOURAGE ME AND
40:12 WE CAN HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER.
40:15 TWO OF US ARE MARRIED AND ONE IS NOT.
40:18 AND WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE. SO, YOU'VE GOT A WIFE TO WALK
40:22 WITH YOU. BUT IT's ALSO GOOD TO HAVE GUY
40:26 FELLOWS TO WALK WITH YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH TO
40:29 WALK WITH YOU TO HAVE A SOCIETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING THE
40:35 WAY YOU WALK AND WALKING AS YOU WALK WHO YOU CAN LEAN ON INS
40:38 TIMES OF TROUBLE AND ENCOURAGE YOU AND MOVING IN THE SAME
40:41 DIRECTION AS YOU. SO ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES THE
40:44 BY-PRODUCTS OF WALKING IN CHRIST IS THAT YOU HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE
40:48 WITH THE OTHER AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST CLEANSES YOU FROM ALL
40:51 SINS. THAT's A PRETTY GOOD PACKAGE
40:53 THAT THE LORD ASSISTS YOU IN THE CHURCH IS WALKING YOU INTO A
41:14 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD THAT GOES TO THE WHOLE BIBLE AND
41:17 TEACHES TRUTH FROM THE BIBLE AND PRACTICES WHAT IT PREACHES.
41:22 THAT's PART OF YOUR DUTY AS A HUMAN BEING AND AS A WOULD BE
41:26 SAINT AND CHILD OF GOD. FIND A CHURCH.
41:32 YOU CAN SERVE THE LORD IN YOUR HOUSE BUT IT's DIFFICULT TO STAY
41:35 IN THE LORD AND STAY STRONG IN THE LORD AND GET ENCOURAGEMENT
41:40 YOU NEED READING A BIBLE BY YOURSELF.
41:43 SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET OUT AND SHARE.
41:45 YOU WILL FIND IF YOUR SPIRITALITY IS FATIGUING SHARE
41:50 THE GOSPEL WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND IN HELPING THEM YOU'LL DE
41:57 FACTO HELP YOURSELF. WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE THAT IS
42:26 STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME THING THAT I WAS AND I REMEMBER IN
42:27 THAT MOMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME I FELT HUMAN.
42:31 I WAS NO LONGER JUST SOME LOSER OR ANIMAL.
42:35 SOMEONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS I WAS CONTENDING AND I LIKE THAT
42:38 VERSE THAT's INCLUDED HERE BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
42:40 NO TEMPTATION IS OVERTAKEN YOU AND THEN HE SAYS BUT GOD IS
42:45 FAITHFUL. WHO NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE TEMPTED
42:48 BEYOND WHAT YOU WERE ABLE BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL MAKE
42:51 THE ESCAPE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT.
42:56 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS WHAT IS IMPLIED EVERY TIME YOU'RE
42:59 ATTEMPTED TO SIN THERE IS A FORK IN THE ROAD AND THIS IMPLIES
43:02 THERE IS NEVER A TIME IN WHICH YOU'RE TEMPTED THAT YOU HAVE TO
43:04 SIN FIRST OF ALL. AND ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL
43:08 ANALOGIES OF THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY OF THE WOMAN AT THE WELL.
43:12 IT HAS THIS STRANGE LINE IN JOHN CHAPTER 4 THAT JESUS IS ON HIS
43:16 WAY IN GALILEE AND HE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH SOME AREA.
43:30 IN ANYONE IS GOING TO BE U.S.A.ED IT's CERTAINLY NOT
43:33 THEM. THEY'RE LIKE THIS STRANGE HALF
43:34 BREED THAT WE WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH.
43:36 BUT JESUS NEEDS TO GO THERE, WHY?
43:39 BECAUSE THERE A WOMAN THERE WHO IS HURTING IN THE THROWS OF
43:42 TEMPTATION. HER MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM THE
43:45 BROKENNESS AND THE PERILS OF HER LIFE IS HER WATER POD.
43:48 THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES TO ESCAPE THE PROBLEMS SHE HAS.
43:52 WHEN SHE GOES TO THIS WELL IT's HIGH NOON AND BLAZING HOT
43:57 OUTSIDE AND NO ONE IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD BE THERE AND THAT's
43:59 WHY SHE'S THERE. SHE'S RUNNING FROM HER PROBLEMS,
44:02 SHE'S HAD 5 HUSBANDS AND THE MAN SHE'S LIVING WITH NOW IS NOT HER
44:06 HUSBAND. BUT I LOVE THE FACT IT's JUST
44:09 LIKE JESUS TO SHOW UP TO OUR WELLS WHEN WE'RE RUNNING TO
44:12 ESCAPE THE PROBLEMS OF OUR LIVES AND WHAT HE SAYS WHAT I HAVE TO
44:16 OFFER IS VASTLY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU'RE COMING HERE FOR.
44:50 IT'S LITERALLY A LIFE LINE FROM HEAVEN WHERE HE'S TELLING YOU I
44:53 LOVE YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOU AND I'M
44:56 OFFERING YOU SOMETHING BETTER. IF WE VIEW CONVICTION IN THIS
45:00 LIGHT WE WOULDN'T DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND I THINK THE
45:03 CONVICTION IS AN ALLY IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST SIN AND OUR
45:05 PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
45:16 I'M SURE MOST OF US CAN REMEMBER THAT WE KNEW OF AN ALTERNATIVE
45:20 IN THAT MOMENT. BUT WE CHOSE WRONGLY.
45:28 WHEN WE SAY WHY HE TO JESUS IN OUR MOMENTS OF TEMPTATION WE
45:34 DON'T DIE. IT'S NOT ALL THAT BAD.
45:37 WE REALIZE I DIDN'T DIE THE LAST TIME.
45:40 MAYBE I SHOULD RESPOND THIS TIME.
45:41 SO I THINK RESPONDING TO THE PROMPTING OF THE SPIRIT IS ONE
45:44 OF THE BEST WAYS WE CAN BE PREPARING CONVICTION TO MY MIND
45:58 IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG.
46:03 YOU COME TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE CONVICTED AND SOMETHING IS
46:05 WRONG. CHRIST NEVER LEAVES YOU AT
46:08 CONVICTION. BECAUSE HE WILL STATE TO YOU
46:11 DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT SOMETHING IS WRONG.
46:14 BUT IN THE NEXT SENTENCE HE'S TELLING YOU HOW TO GET IT RIGHT.
46:16 IF YOU STAY AT CONVICTION YOU'LL BE DEPRESSED.
46:32 CONVICTION AND CONVERSION KIND OF LOOK ALIKE BUT THEY'RE NOT.
46:35 BECAUSE CONVICTION IS JUT GUILT RIDDEN BUT IF YOU STAY THERE
46:44 IT's GOING TO DEPRESS YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO TURN YOUR BACK
46:47 ON THE LORD OR JUST KIND OF WASH OUT.
46:55 YOU GOT TO MOVE FOM CONVICTION TO CONVERSION.
46:57 BECAUSE CONVERSION IS GETTING IT RIGHT.
47:27 HE HAD GUILT BUT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO CONVERSION.
47:36 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRUE REPENTANCE WHICH IS GODLY SORROW
47:43 FOR SIN AND THEN THERE IS THE DESIRE OF THE PERSON WHO IS BORN
47:47 IN GOD WHO SAYS I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
47:53 AND SO, THERE ARE SCRIPTURES THAT SAY JESUS THEY'RE ABOUT TO
48:03 THROW HIM OVER THE CLIFF. HE ESCAPED OUT OF THEIR HANDS.
48:22 HE HAS THIS GUILT BUT HE DOESN'T MOVE TO CONVICTION.
48:24 HE DOESN'T SEE JESUS 100% AS MY SAVIOR HE SEES HIM AS A GOOD MAN
48:34 THAT HAVE TAKEN THE THRONE BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO.
48:38 HE HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF BEING THE KING RIGHT NOW BUT HE DIDN'T
49:17 GO. WE CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THIS
49:19 AND DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP. THERE'S THIS STRONG STRUGGLE
49:24 THAT WE HAVE THAT WE SAY BECAUSE WE TRY TO DO IT ON OUR OWN.
49:41 WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, AND YOU LET HIM RULE YOUR
49:44 LIFE YOU'RE GOING TO BE A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN.
50:28 SO WE LIVE THIS LIFE IN THE FLESH THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
50:31 >> IT's THE LOVE OF CHRIST THAT COMPELS US.
50:51 HER IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO GO SHARE.
50:55 AND SHE BECAME A MANAGER FOR A KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
51:29 HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PICK UP A FEW COINS IN THE DEAL.
51:33 WE GET CHRIST TO TAKE THE THRONE AND TAKE OVER WHICH WE ALL KNOW
51:37 HE'S GOING TO DO AND HEY, I PICK UP SOME COINS.
51:42 GOOD DEAL. THEN WHEN CHRIST ALLOWED HIMSELF
51:46 TO BE TAKEN THE TRAIN CAME OFF THE TRACKS.
51:48 IF YOU LOOK AT JUDITH's SIN WHICH WAS GREED HE WAS A PRODUCT
51:53 OF A CULTURE THAT EVEN JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS NOT A -- JOHN THE
52:00 BAPTIST THOUGHT CHRIST WOULD SET OO OF COURSE JOHN THE BAPTIST's
52:04 DISCIPLES SAID, JESUS CAME TO SET THE PEOPLE FREE.
52:07 YOU AIN'T FREE. YOU'RE IN PRISON.
52:13 YOU'RE NOT FREE. HE'S GETTING DEPRESSED BECAUSE
52:20 HE THINKS CHRIST WILL DO THIS INCH THIS.
52:24 SO THEY'VE ALL GOT THAT. PETER DENIES HE'S EVEN PART OF
52:46 THIS WHOLE -- I DON'T KNOW THIS GUY.
52:57 BUT PETER CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT THERE.
53:03 2232. HE SAYS SATAN HAS DESIRED TO
53:06 SIFT YOU AS WHEAT. BUT I PRAYED FOR YOU WHEN YOU
53:13 ARE CONVERTED. HIS's APPROACH WAS THE SAME.
53:41 JESUS WASHES JUDAS's FEET AT THE LAST HOUR AND HE TURNS HIS BACK
53:44 ON JESUS AND THERE'S THIS MOMENT WHERE JESUS LOOKS THROUGH THE
53:49 COURTYARD AND MAKES EYE CONTACT WITH PETER.
53:51 WHAT HE SEES IS NOT SHAME AND CONDEMNATION.
53:54 WHAT HE SEES IS MERCY AND COMPASSION AND IT RECOLLECTS
53:57 HIM. AND THIS IS WHAT DRIVES PETER TO
53:59 CONVERSION. IT's THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
54:02 THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS TO REPENTANCE AND I BELIEVE THAT's
54:07 THE REPENTANCE THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPENTED OF.
54:43 THE LORD AND TURNED AND LOOKED AT PETER AND THE LOOK SAID TO
54:46 HIM, PETER, I LOVE YOU. IT WASN'T I TOLD YOU PETER.
55:37 IN IDEA THAT CHRIST DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE YOU WHAT YOU DESERVE
55:40 AT THAT POINT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BREAK YOUR HEART.
55:44 LET's LOOK AT SIMON THE LEPER. WE FIND FROM JOHN CHAPTER 12
55:51 THAT JUDAS IS SIMON's SON. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
56:39 SIMON REALIZES THAT CHRIST KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AND COULD
56:42 EXPOSE HIM AT HIS OWN PARTY SURROUNDED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE.
57:02 HE WAS HEALED AND I'LL USE MY TERM, HE WAS STILL A RAT.
57:08 HE HASN'T CHANGED BUT THE FACT THAT CHRIST DID NOT DO THAT THAT
57:12 BROKE HIS HEART AND HE DID BECOME A LOVING DISCIPLE BECAUSE
57:15 HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE DESERVES AND THAT SHOWS THE LOVE AND
57:22 GOODNESS OF THE LORD. WE HAVE COME DOWN TO THE FIRST
57:37 END OF THE FIRST HOUR. I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THIS
57:39 SUBJECT. WE'LL COME BACK AND BEGIN
57:41 READING SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU SENT IN.
57:43 AGAIN, SEND THEM IN AND WE'LL READ THEM.
57:45 WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES AND TWO SECONDS.


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