I don't know how
many of you have ever
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stood on the corner and listened
to a Salvation Army band play?
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But this song tonight is
entitled The Assurance March.
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And if you'll
just listen carefully
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as she plays you'll be able
to hear the Salvation Army band.
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OK:
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Maddy Couperus has been working
with us for the last 9 years
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holding crusades
different places.
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Her voice has always
been one that has been clear.
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Always has spoken to my heart.
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I hope it has to you.
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And I'm sure that you'll be
blessed in a very special way
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tonight as she
ministers to us in music.
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For what earthly reason
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would the Father send down
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His Son?
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To suffer rejection
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and pay for
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crimes He had not done.
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For what earthly reason
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would the Father
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let Him hang on the tree?
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I wept with the answer:
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the one earthly reason
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was me.
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I was the
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reason...
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the one
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earthly reason.
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I was the
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guilty;
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He was the
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sacrifice.
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I was the
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taker;
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He was
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the Giver.
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Dying
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while I go free...
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the one earthly reason
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was me.
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The fairest of heaven
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was summoned from His throne
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in the sky
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to pay for my purchase
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not even the angels
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could die.
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The only provision
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for my pardon
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was destined to be
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that sweet Lamb of glory.
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His only reason
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was me.
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I was the
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reason...
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the one earthly
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reason.
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I was the
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guilty;
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He was the
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sacrifice.
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I was the
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taker;
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He was
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the Giver.
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Dying
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while I go free...
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the one earthly reason...
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God's only reason...
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the one earthly reason
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was
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me.
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Heavenly Father,
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there was no earthly reason
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for You to send Your Son
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except, Lord, that
without Him we would be lost.
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Lord, tonight
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may we see clearly
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that life is found
only in Jesus Christ.
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May we surrender our hearts;
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may the Holy
Spirit move in our lives;
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and may each of us be
drawn close to Jesus Christ.
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For this we ask
in Your name, Amen.
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Find that today
man is trying to find
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life in many
many different places.
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Just exactly where
can I find eternal life?
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We find that some people
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think that they can
communicate with the dead.
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That life is found there.
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They look to those that
have gone on before hoping
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that some way somehow
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that they might
communicate and talk with them.
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But life is
certainly not found in man.
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Not going to find it in man.
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Man cannot offer it; it is
not to be found among mankind.
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Man has looked for it
down through the centuries
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but it can't be
found in humanity.
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Says in Genesis 3:19:
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So the Bible's very
clear that you and I
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were taken from dust.
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And it says that we
will return to dust.
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And you have stood
in funeral services
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and you've heard the
minister say the committal
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"Dust to dust
and ashes to ashes. "
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You know that when a
person dies they return back
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to the dust or to the ashes.
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So life is not found in us.
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Man does not have immortality.
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It's not found there.
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Tells us in Job 4:17:
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"Can a mortal... "
Can a what? A mortal.
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Doesn't say
immortal. Mortal means what?
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Mortal means subject to death.
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Yes.
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No way. Man is dust and
he returns back to the dust.
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So all I'm trying to
get across to you tonight
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is life - eternal life -
cannot be found in human beings.
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Man has searched for it.
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So it says clearly that
only God has immortality.
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Now what I'm doing
here tonight, folks,
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is I'm laying down a
basic principle of Scripture.
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And if you get that
real clear in your mind
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then a lot of the
troubles that people have
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will clear up.
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And so the principle that
I'm trying to lay down tonight
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is that God is the only
One that has immortality.
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Man does not have immortality.
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Man is mortal.
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OK? That means he
is subject to death.
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Goes on and says:
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Even though science
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would like to
give the idea that they
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can offer life, they
have not been able to do it.
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All you have to do is
look around right now.
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Almost in every large
city in the United States
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they now have
places where you can go
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and be frozen.
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Did you know that?
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Yeah, people now
think that when they die
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they can take
them and freeze them
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and keep them frozen
until medical science
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develops a cure for
the problem that they had
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and then they will thaw
them out and cure their problem.
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And so you can
actually pay to be frozen
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and kept that way.
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Sorry... man is
mortal, subject to death.
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I can take you to the bookstore
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and I can show
you book after book
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that will tell you that
there is life after death.
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The Bible does not teach
that there is life after death.
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Just does not do that, folks.
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In fact, there's a
place over here in Arizona
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where they tell you
that dying is just the result
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of a wrong attitude
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and that you can come to
that particular place in Arizona
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and, of course, you have
to give them all your money.
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You know, and you
live there at that place
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all your life. And if you die,
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well the problem was you
just had the wrong attitude.
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But this is
offered today, folks.
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The Bible has this to
say in Titus 3 verse 7:
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Yeah, but it says "the
hope of eternal life. "
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Get it clear. The Bible
doesn't say eternal life now.
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It says "the hope
of eternal life. "
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OK? You need to get it clear.
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It doesn't say that
man now has eternal life.
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It's the hope of eternal life.
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Luke 2:23: "Who shall
not receive many times more
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in this present time and
in the age to come... " What?
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Yeah... "in the age
to come eternal life. "
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See, the
Bible's very very clear.
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You and I don't have to
be in any doubt about it.
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In the age to come you
and I can have eternal life
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but right now we are mortal.
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We're subject to death.
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That's what the
Scripture simply says about us.
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You're not going to find
eternal life any other place.
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There isn't such a thing
as the fountain of youth.
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There isn't a place
where you can go in this world
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and receive eternal life.
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You will find it
only in Jesus Christ.
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You see, that's the
reason when Jesus died, folks,
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and He came forth from the grave
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you find one statement
in Scripture after another
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that validates the fact that
He came forth from the grave.
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He did not make it so
there would be any doubt.
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There were over
500 people that saw Him
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after the resurrection.
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And He gave it
with infallible proof
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that He came
forth from the grave.
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I want to share just
a few with you tonight
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to show you that Jesus Christ is
the Resurrection and the Life.
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These are proofs
of His resurrection.
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These are people,
folks, that He appeared to
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and spoke to... absolute
proof of the resurrection.
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All these are
statements of proof
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that Jesus came
forth from the grave.
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That He IS the Resurrection.
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Therefore, what I'm
trying to say to you tonight
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if Christ is the Resurrection,
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and He said that He is
the Resurrection and the Life,
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then you and I, if
we're going to find life
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on the other side of the grave,
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we're going to find it only in
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Jesus Christ. We're not going
to find it any other place.
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Clear?
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So dear friend, tonight
you don't have eternal life
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if you don't have Christ.
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You see, if you don't have
Jesus you don't have anything
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because you're going to die
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and all the things you have
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are going to go to
somebody else. See?
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But if you've got
Jesus, you've got everything...
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Amen! 'cause you've got life.
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You're going to
come out of the grave.
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As He came out of the grave,
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so you and I will
have that opportunity.
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All right. Listen
as it continues on:
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Now true... you and I
need to spend time in the Book.
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This is how you come
to know Jesus Christ.
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Do you understand me?
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But dear friend, let
me tell you something:
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don't read the Book and
not get acquainted with Jesus.
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Because it says: "This is
life eternal to... " What?
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"to know You. " You see,
eternal life is in Christ
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and you and I must know Him.
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As an individual we
must know Him as our Savior.
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It's not... You can't
have an "arms-off experience"
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with Jesus Christ.
It's got to be something
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that is in your
heart and in your soul.
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It's gotta be
something that you experience.
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You take somebody
who has experienced it
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and they may not be
able to explain it to you
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but I can tell you
one thing: they know it.
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There's no question about that.
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God is a great God
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and the Lord Jesus
Christ comes into your heart
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and gives you eternal life
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I guarantee you you know it.
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No question about it.
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All right... let's go on.
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You don't have it.
You're mortal, right?
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So how am I going to
receive eternal life tonight?
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Well the Bible tells you
this is how you receive it.
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Was that clear?
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Dear friend, if you didn't
need any other text but that one
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that's clear enough.
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It says: "If you do not have
the Son you don't have life. "
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Now I hope you'll fasten
that in your mind because
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I'm coming to something.
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I'm coming to a
point in just a little bit,
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and if you don't have
that fastened in your mind
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then you may have trouble.
But if you'll fasten it clearly
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in your mind that if
you don't have the Son
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you do not have life.
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You get that real clear
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then the point we're coming
to won't be a problem with you.
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OK?
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He doesn't have life if
the wrath of God abides on him.
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That person that
believes in Jesus Christ
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has everlasting life.
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That's a promise
that God gives to you.
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OK? So we find that eternal life
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is found only in Jesus Christ.
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Now the question
is: how do I keep it?
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It's a gift! That's what
He tells me: "It's a gift;
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it's given to us.
" That's what it says
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in Romans the 5th chapter
verse 17 that it is a gift.
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So it's a gift given to
me but how do I keep it?
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Do you know how to keep it?
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'Cause I run onto
people that lose it.
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Well let's see how you keep it.
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That's how you keep it.
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I've gotta look, and I've
gotta read the Word of God.
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And I've got to walk by
faith; I've got to believe.
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As Jesus said: "Blessed is he
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who doesn't see and believes. "
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You see, I've
gotta walk by faith.
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The Christian
experience is a walk by faith.
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That's the
difference. You see, animals...
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animals live by scent.
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OK? That's how they
exist is by what they smell.
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Sinners...
sinners... they live by reason.
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That's how sinners live.
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Christians live by faith. Amen!
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Great great difference, folks.
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Great difference!
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And if I'm going to
lay hold of eternal life,
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I do that by faith.
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That means that by faith
00:24:45.51\00:24:49.82
I put Jesus Christ
00:24:50.02\00:24:52.35
above everything else.
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.82
I must... listen carefully
'cause the Scriptures going to
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.20
tell you... I must
put my priorities right.
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How do you keep it?
00:25:44.01\00:25:45.57
I keep it by making
sure my priorities are right.
00:25:46.78\00:25:51.81
That's what Jesus was talking
about when He talked about
00:25:53.01\00:25:55.85
the man that went out
and bought the piece of land.
00:25:56.05\00:25:58.39
He's talking about the man
that sold everything he had
00:25:58.59\00:26:01.39
for the pearl of great price.
00:26:01.59\00:26:03.49
I have to place it
in the right priority
00:26:03.69\00:26:06.49
and reach out and hang on to it
00:26:06.70\00:26:08.96
and hang on to it for
all I'm worth by faith.
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.83
THEN you keep eternal life.
00:26:14.44\00:26:17.11
That's what He's telling us.
00:26:17.51\00:26:18.94
All right. Now we
come to the point that
00:26:19.81\00:26:23.48
many people don't understand:
00:26:24.31\00:26:25.95
What is the penalty for sin?
00:26:26.15\00:26:29.65
What is the penalty for sin?
00:26:29.85\00:26:33.29
That's what we have to establish
00:26:33.49\00:26:35.12
because this is the area that
many people do not understand.
00:26:35.32\00:26:39.33
Sin brings forth what? Death.
00:26:56.51\00:27:00.78
The penalty for sin is death.
00:27:01.18\00:27:06.05
That's what the
Scripture tells us:
00:27:06.25\00:27:08.12
that death came
into the world by sin.
00:27:08.32\00:27:12.19
OK... through one man
sin entered the world.
00:27:20.30\00:27:24.37
"and death through sin. And
thus death spread to all men
00:27:24.57\00:27:30.28
because all sin. "
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.98
Because Adam sinned
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.02
death passed upon
the whole human race.
00:27:36.22\00:27:41.02
OK? Death means what?
00:27:41.86\00:27:46.09
Death means what?
00:27:48.86\00:27:50.80
Death means that
life ceases. Doesn't it?
00:27:53.94\00:27:58.94
It does not mean this, friends:
00:27:59.44\00:28:01.84
it doesn't mean that
you change existence.
00:28:02.04\00:28:05.31
See, that's what
some people think.
00:28:07.98\00:28:09.78
They think when you die
all you do is change existence.
00:28:09.98\00:28:12.89
No... that isn't
what the Bible says.
00:28:13.29\00:28:15.56
Death means the end of life.
00:28:16.46\00:28:20.06
Ceases. Now
there's a special death
00:28:21.30\00:28:25.27
that you and I as Christians
do not want to have happen.
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.57
The Bible's very clear on that
00:28:31.64\00:28:33.71
'cause righteous and unrighteous
both die, don't they.
00:28:33.91\00:28:39.25
Yes, OK... but watch
carefully. It tells us:
00:28:40.12\00:28:44.39
See, eternal life
is in Christ Jesus.
00:28:59.03\00:29:02.67
"He that hath
the Son hath life. "
00:29:02.87\00:29:06.04
That's the way it happens;
that's the way it takes place.
00:29:06.98\00:29:09.18
Death brings
about the end of life.
00:29:10.08\00:29:15.32
So it says in Revelation 21:8:
00:29:16.35\00:29:18.85
Now are you getting clear?
00:29:36.84\00:29:38.91
You see, righteous and unright-
eous both die the first death
00:29:39.11\00:29:44.01
but only the wicked
will die the second death.
00:29:45.11\00:29:49.42
See, you have
eternal life in Christ Jesus.
00:29:51.35\00:29:54.19
Jesus said: "Even
though a man may die
00:29:54.39\00:29:57.46
yet he shall live. "
00:29:57.66\00:29:59.69
Just as He died and
came forth from the grave
00:29:59.89\00:30:02.80
so the righteous will die
and will go into the grave
00:30:03.00\00:30:06.00
but they will come out.
00:30:06.20\00:30:07.54
They will be resurrected.
They have life in Christ Jesus.
00:30:08.40\00:30:12.14
But the wicked the
Bible says very clearly
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.98
will be
resurrected but they will die
00:30:16.18\00:30:19.98
the second death. From
that there is no return.
00:30:20.18\00:30:25.79
And dear friends,
it is not... it is not
00:30:26.19\00:30:30.66
a place where the devil
00:30:31.86\00:30:35.73
is going to stoke the
fires of hell for eternity.
00:30:36.33\00:30:40.27
It is not that.
00:30:40.47\00:30:41.90
Death means the ceasing of life.
00:30:42.10\00:30:46.64
Comes to an end.
00:30:47.04\00:30:48.38
Does not continue on.
00:30:48.68\00:30:50.55
You see? There's a resurrection
of the just AND the unjust.
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And they come
forth from the grave.
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.40
There's just a great
difference in the two.
00:31:14.60\00:31:17.14
Those that are
righteous, those that are just,
00:31:17.91\00:31:20.38
they have eternal life.
00:31:20.58\00:31:24.48
The Bible says
that they are changed
00:31:25.35\00:31:29.18
in a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye
00:31:29.38\00:31:32.25
at the last trump. For
this mortal must put on
00:31:32.45\00:31:35.92
immortality. And
so as the righteous
00:31:36.12\00:31:39.86
come forth from that grave
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.36
they have life
eternal... immortality! Amen!
00:31:42.56\00:31:48.07
The wicked? NO! NO!
00:31:48.27\00:31:52.04
They come forth from the grave
00:31:53.51\00:31:55.61
to die the second death.
00:31:55.81\00:31:58.88
And from that
there is no return.
00:31:59.88\00:32:04.22
Let me take a moment on this.
00:32:06.35\00:32:07.99
I hope you'll
understand something.
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.79
Do you understand
what you're worth tonight?
00:32:13.23\00:32:16.00
Do you understand
what you're worth?
00:32:16.83\00:32:18.53
Do you understand tonight that
there is not another individual
00:32:19.57\00:32:25.51
anywhere in the entire universe
00:32:25.91\00:32:30.28
that's exactly like you?
00:32:30.48\00:32:32.08
Do you understand that?
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.35
That's what makes
you of supreme value.
00:32:35.18\00:32:39.42
You see, if that
was not the case,
00:32:39.82\00:32:42.89
then when sin
came into the world
00:32:43.09\00:32:45.43
God could have just wiped
it all out and started over.
00:32:45.83\00:32:50.03
But the fact is
there is not another person
00:32:50.90\00:32:54.87
like you anywhere in
the vast universe of God.
00:32:55.07\00:32:59.64
That's what makes
you of supreme value.
00:33:00.14\00:33:03.95
That's why Jesus Christ would
have come and He would have died
00:33:04.15\00:33:08.28
if it had only been
you. Amen! Praise the Lord!
00:33:08.48\00:33:12.35
Now, that's also why
00:33:13.56\00:33:16.62
that if you're lost
00:33:17.69\00:33:21.00
if you are
involved in the second death
00:33:21.20\00:33:24.53
how terrible that is.
00:33:24.93\00:33:26.77
I mean, you will never be.
00:33:27.74\00:33:30.01
It'll be the end. There'll
never throughout eternity
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.91
be an individual like you.
00:33:34.11\00:33:35.44
You're lost...
gone... for eternity.
00:33:36.44\00:33:40.32
How terrible!
00:33:40.52\00:33:41.85
Never would there be
another person like you.
00:33:42.25\00:33:45.22
That's why the Lord
Jesus Christ said: "Listen,
00:33:47.99\00:33:52.79
I'll come to this old
planet and I'll die for you. "
00:33:53.19\00:33:57.63
"I'll die just for you
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.40
that you might
have eternal life. "
00:34:00.80\00:34:04.67
That's what He did
for you and for me.
00:34:05.27\00:34:08.38
No more. All the way down
through the corridors of time
00:34:21.86\00:34:27.53
never never again
will the wicked be.
00:34:27.73\00:34:33.40
How terrible!
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.67
They're going to perish.
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.26
They will be no
more... never again.
00:35:03.87\00:35:06.97
Are you beginning to understand?
00:35:13.41\00:35:15.68
See, that's
what's going to happen.
00:35:17.18\00:35:18.51
The wicked just
aren't going to be any more.
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.18
They're going to be destroyed
and they will be no more...
00:35:21.38\00:35:26.29
never again.
00:35:26.49\00:35:27.99
Says the wicked will
be like brute beasts.
00:35:46.98\00:35:51.38
They'll be
destroyed; they'll be no more.
00:35:51.58\00:35:54.98
That's what God says is
going to happen to them.
00:35:56.08\00:35:58.99
So what I'm trying to
tell you tonight, dear friends,
00:35:59.19\00:36:02.32
is you can have life.
00:36:03.12\00:36:05.39
God offers you life.
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.56
All you've gotta do
is accept Jesus Christ
00:36:08.06\00:36:10.63
and give your heart to Him.
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.30
Surrender your life to Him.
00:36:12.70\00:36:14.64
He'll give you eternal life.
00:36:15.54\00:36:17.14
How thoroughly is
He going to do His job?
00:36:27.35\00:36:29.75
Never, throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity
00:36:34.99\00:36:38.79
will sin ever come again.
00:36:38.99\00:36:42.46
"Affliction shall
not rise a second time. "
00:36:43.30\00:36:47.07
Glory Hallelujah!
It'll be and end of it!
00:36:47.47\00:36:50.97
There will be no
more... never, all the way down
00:36:51.17\00:36:54.68
through the
ceaseless ages of time
00:36:54.88\00:36:57.91
will sin ever raise
its ugly head again.
00:36:58.11\00:37:00.68
Will be no more.
00:37:01.58\00:37:02.92
That God offers
to you and to me.
00:37:03.95\00:37:07.52
How could this be, folks?
00:37:08.49\00:37:11.33
Now you think with me:
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06
How could this be?
00:37:13.19\00:37:14.83
If there was a place called hell
00:37:16.77\00:37:20.44
where the wicked
burn for eternity,
00:37:21.64\00:37:26.57
how could this text be?
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.75
There it would be a constant
sight, a constant reminder
00:37:31.15\00:37:35.05
of what sin was?
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.49
No... not what
the Scripture says.
00:37:37.69\00:37:40.46
What is going to
happen? Is there a hell?
00:37:42.12\00:37:44.16
Yes, there's a hell.
00:37:44.36\00:37:45.83
You and I have a hell to
shun and a heaven to win.
00:37:46.70\00:37:49.73
Oh, yes, there's punishment...
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.17
but let's see what
the Scripture says.
00:37:53.10\00:37:56.44
This is referring to the wicked.
00:38:03.95\00:38:05.41
Have you ever seen a
stubble field on fire?
00:38:11.05\00:38:14.42
Do you know what
I'm talking about?
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.16
I grew up in Oklahoma.
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.19
The western part of Oklahoma
has huge huge wheat fields.
00:38:20.33\00:38:25.03
Wheat fields so big that
you can't see across them.
00:38:25.43\00:38:28.30
OK? And they come in
there the latter part of May
00:38:28.80\00:38:32.57
first of June and
they cut that wheat
00:38:32.77\00:38:34.94
and they leave about
that much stubble sticking up.
00:38:35.34\00:38:38.45
And then it begins to dry.
00:38:39.31\00:38:43.05
By the time you hit August
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.32
that stubble is golden brown.
00:38:46.52\00:38:49.22
There is no
moisture in it at all.
00:38:50.19\00:38:52.43
And you let it get on fire
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.40
and I will tell you
you haven't seen a fire
00:38:55.60\00:38:58.83
till you've seen a
stubble field on fire.
00:38:59.03\00:39:00.94
I mean, it'll
roll across that field.
00:39:01.14\00:39:03.44
You can hear the roar
of the fire for miles away
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.84
as it burns across that field.
00:39:07.04\00:39:08.61
And when it's through there
is absolutely nothing left.
00:39:08.81\00:39:13.18
That's what it's talking
about when it says the wicked
00:39:14.08\00:39:16.48
will be like stubble that
is fully burned, fully dried.
00:39:16.99\00:39:22.96
You see, folks,
that text didn't say
00:39:41.34\00:39:43.35
the fire shall burn them.
00:39:43.55\00:39:46.95
It says: "It
shall burn them up. "
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.55
Don't miss that little word up.
00:39:50.75\00:39:53.09
So it says the wicked
are going to be burned.
00:39:59.86\00:40:02.43
They're going to be burned up.
00:40:02.63\00:40:04.10
It will leave them
"neither root nor branch. "
00:40:04.30\00:40:07.97
How thoroughly
does it do its work?
00:40:08.17\00:40:10.21
So it says the wicked
are going to be burned up.
00:40:22.22\00:40:24.92
They're going to
be turned into ashes.
00:40:25.12\00:40:27.56
It speaks of the
wicked as "stubble. "
00:40:29.89\00:40:32.69
Do you know what the Scripture
speaks of the righteous as?
00:40:33.86\00:40:36.83
Hmm?
00:40:39.37\00:40:40.70
It talks about the
wicked as "stubble. "
00:40:41.30\00:40:43.17
What does it
speak of the righteous?
00:40:44.21\00:40:47.24
What does it call them?
00:40:47.44\00:40:48.78
Well it refers to
the righteous as gold.
00:40:49.88\00:40:53.45
The Bible talks
about them as gold.
00:40:54.58\00:40:56.89
Fire burns up stubble.
00:40:57.85\00:41:01.62
Fire does what to gold?
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.29
Refines it... purifies it.
00:41:06.26\00:41:08.33
See? Marvelous what it does!
00:41:08.53\00:41:11.87
Marvelous what God does to
the righteous: they're gold.
00:41:12.07\00:41:16.67
Refines, purifies them.
00:41:17.07\00:41:19.24
But the wicked?
They are "stubble. "
00:41:19.44\00:41:22.08
They will be no more.
00:41:22.28\00:41:24.75
Some people say:
"Well Brother Cox,
00:41:25.15\00:41:27.22
when you die, you
know, well your soul
00:41:27.42\00:41:30.45
it goes off some other place. "
00:41:30.65\00:41:32.65
Do you know what a soul is?
00:41:33.46\00:41:34.92
Let me clarify what a soul is.
00:41:35.12\00:41:37.39
The Bible says
that you are a soul.
00:41:37.79\00:41:40.86
OK?
00:41:41.60\00:41:42.93
What makes a soul?
00:41:43.06\00:41:44.60
The Bible says it takes the body
00:41:44.80\00:41:47.67
and the breath of
life to make a soul.
00:41:48.07\00:41:51.01
That's why it
refers to you as souls.
00:41:51.21\00:41:53.17
It even refers to the
fish in the sea as a soul.
00:41:53.38\00:41:55.98
OK?
00:41:56.85\00:41:58.18
'Cause it has a body,
has the breath of life.
00:41:59.05\00:42:01.12
OK? So you are a soul.
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.85
When a person dies, the
body goes back to the ground
00:42:06.76\00:42:10.53
the Scripture
says. It says the spirit
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.93
which is the breath
of life goes back to God.
00:42:13.13\00:42:16.53
On the resurrection morning...
on the resurrection morning
00:42:18.03\00:42:22.20
God's going to
form the body again.
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.87
And the breath of life
will enter it, and that person
00:42:25.51\00:42:28.78
will be a living soul.
00:42:28.98\00:42:30.75
See, that's what it says.
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.05
That's why this text says this:
00:42:33.21\00:42:35.65
All right?
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.13
Yes... destroy the person.
00:42:53.44\00:42:55.67
That means they will be no more!
00:42:55.87\00:42:59.11
That will forever
be the end of them.
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.68
Says that the
fire will burn them.
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.21
Burn them up.
They will be no more.
00:43:06.01\00:43:09.75
Now I run onto
people who have trouble here
00:43:19.59\00:43:21.60
'cause it says -
speaking of the wicked -
00:43:22.93\00:43:24.93
that they're going to go into
what? Everlasting punishment.
00:43:25.13\00:43:29.50
OK? "but the
righteous into eternal life. "
00:43:29.70\00:43:34.31
Now folks, the problem
here is this word punishment.
00:43:34.51\00:43:39.25
You see, what I run onto people
00:43:40.02\00:43:42.85
is they try to take this
word and apply it the wrong way.
00:43:43.05\00:43:46.39
You see, the
punishment is eternal.
00:43:47.76\00:43:53.43
When the wicked are destroyed
they're never never coming back.
00:43:54.43\00:43:59.20
The punishment is eternal.
00:43:59.93\00:44:02.30
Are you with me?
That's why it says
00:44:03.14\00:44:04.64
they're going to go
into everlasting punishment.
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.68
Means they're destroyed.
Never, throughout eternity,
00:44:07.08\00:44:09.81
will they ever come back.
00:44:10.01\00:44:11.35
Please do not take
that word everlasting
00:44:11.38\00:44:14.38
and apply it to punishing.
00:44:14.58\00:44:17.05
The punishment is
eternal... not the punishing.
00:44:18.65\00:44:22.09
And that's where
people get it all mixed up.
00:44:22.92\00:44:25.49
They take it and
apply it to punishing
00:44:25.69\00:44:27.70
rather than punishment.
00:44:27.90\00:44:29.23
And the Bible gives you
a very very clear example
00:44:29.63\00:44:34.17
so that you don't have to be
in any doubt about it at all.
00:44:34.37\00:44:36.91
OK?
00:44:37.31\00:44:38.74
You remember a city by the
name of Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:44:38.94\00:44:42.28
Wicked. So wicked
00:44:44.31\00:44:49.55
that God said: "I'll
have to destroy it. "
00:44:50.72\00:44:54.56
And so God sent some angels.
00:44:56.42\00:44:59.69
You remember those angels had
to take Lot and his 2 daughters
00:45:00.10\00:45:04.53
and wife and lead them
out of Sodom and Gomorrah
00:45:04.73\00:45:08.34
by their hand?
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.01
And then Lot's wife
didn't even make it then.
00:45:10.21\00:45:13.11
OK?
00:45:13.31\00:45:14.71
Would you like to see what
the Scripture says about this?
00:45:14.91\00:45:17.91
Watch... 'cause
it's making a comparison.
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.95
Sodom and Gomorrah suffered
the vengeance of eternal fire.
00:45:45.84\00:45:48.84
Are Sodom and
Gomorrah burning today?
00:45:49.24\00:45:51.41
No! No. Do you
know where they are?
00:45:52.35\00:45:55.18
Oh, they're under
about 3 feet of water
00:45:57.89\00:46:01.86
in the lower
end of the Dead Sea.
00:46:02.06\00:46:03.56
Certainly not burning today.
00:46:03.96\00:46:06.39
But the punishment was
eternal not the punishing.
00:46:06.59\00:46:12.00
Are you with me?
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See... the Bible
makes that very very clear.
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The punishment?
Yes... that's eternal.
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The punishing is not.
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So the wicked
will receive punishment
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but God is not,
folks... God is not
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a God of... how
should I say? vengeance
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in the sense that
He's not a sadist.
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He's not interested
in punishing people.
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That's not God's way.
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When will it take place?
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Well, let's see.
The Scripture makes it
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very clear when
it's going to take place.
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Doesn't say wrath now.
It says: "Wrath to come. "
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Get it clear...
it's not happening now.
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When people die
they don't go to hell.
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That does not happen...
they DO NOT go to hell.
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They are asleep, and
the "wrath to come" is when
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they will face it... not now.
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When is it? "End of this age. "
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That's when that's
going to happen... not now
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but at the end of the age
is when it will take place.
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This is... This subject, folks,
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is important because
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you misunderstand
the character of God
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if you don't
understand it right.
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Very very hard to love a God
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who is not merciful.
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You take... if you
put somebody in hell,
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if you say when
they die they go to hell,
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people that died 6,000 years ago
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they've been burning
in hell for 6,000 years?
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They get 6,000 years more
punishment than people today?
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No! You see, God's
not that way. Amen!
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God is just; God is
kind, longsuffering.
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Oh, don't misunderstand me.
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Sure there's punishment
but He's a God of mercy.
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God loves you, cares about you.
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All right now. The Scripture
is just as clear as can be.
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"The wicked are
reserved for the day of doom.
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They shall be brought
out on the day of wrath. "
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That's what the wicked are
going to receive... all of that.
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Hmm... "a vigil
kept over the tomb"
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waiting for the
day of resurrection.
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If you don't know Jesus Christ,
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if you don't know Him
as your personal Savior,
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the Bible says
you have an angel.
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It says that that
angel keeps record...
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keeps record of
all the things we do.
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If you know Jesus
Christ and you die,
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then that angel will
be there to welcome you
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when the
resurrection takes place.
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If you don't know Jesus Christ,
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that angel keeps a
vigil over the tomb
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so that on the
resurrection of the wicked
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they will come forth to
receive their punishment.
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To receive their PUNISHMENT.
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So the Bible says the
wicked are going to die.
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Clods of the earth
will be sweet to them.
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They'll be
there, but on that day
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when God calls all the
people forth from the grave
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judgment will take place.
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And then it says the
wicked will be destroyed.
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It says this earth will burn.
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All the wicked
will be burned up in it.
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Now let me explain something.
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God takes no pleasure whatsoever
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in the punishment of the wicked.
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That is contrary to
the nature of God, friends.
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And if you've been
one of these people that
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down through the years
have never been able to...
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to put together how a God
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could punish people through
the ceaseless ages of eternity,
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I hope tonight you're seeing
that that is not how God is.
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That God loves
you; He cares for you.
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He doesn't want you lost.
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He takes no pleasure whatsoever
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in the punishment of the wicked.
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That's what God has pleasure in.
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"Turn from your way and live! "
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You understand that?
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The Bible calls that conversion.
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With me?
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You understand conversion?
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I think I told you one
night what conversion is.
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That's right. "I'm going
to hell, I'm going to hell,
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I'm going to hell,
I'm going to hell. "
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Turn around. "I'm going to
heaven; I'm going to heaven. "
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That's conversion!
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TURN AROUND AND LIVE!
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That's what God offers to you.
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I don't have to be lost.
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THAT's what God has pleasure in.
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That's what He
wants: He wants you SAVED!
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Wants you in the
kingdom of heaven.
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So tonight God is
just simply offering to you
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life in Christ Jesus.
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I want you to think
with me a little bit.
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What's the penalty for sin?
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Are you clear on that tonight?
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The penalty for sin is death.
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Did Jesus pay
that penalty for you?
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Yes. Huh? Yes!
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Are all of you clear on that?
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Yes! That Jesus
paid the penalty for you?
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Praise the Lord! Amen!
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Paid the penalty.
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OK... now think with me.
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If the penalty for
sin was to go to hell
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and burn in hell for eternity,
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then Jesus didn't pay it.
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Are you with me?
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See, any time you do that
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you just moved
Jesus out of the picture.
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No, He paid it.
The penalty was death.
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He died...
understand me tonight...
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Jesus died like the sinner died.
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That's why He cried
out: "My God! My God!
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Why has Thou forsaken Me? "
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Because He died as a sinner.
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He didn't die as you and
I as a Christian might die
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and have hope.
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He died understanding
that He was paying the price
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for sin. He paid that
price... the horrible price.
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He paid for your sins and mine.
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You and I... we
can die by faith.
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And even though I may die
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yet I still can live - Amen!
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because of what Jesus
Christ has done for you and me.
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Don't let people
mix you up on that.
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The opposite of life is death.
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Death is not life.
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OK?
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OK... that's
simply the way it is.
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Now let me ask you a question:
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what do I have to do
to have eternal life?
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What do I have to do
to have eternal life?
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I have to accept Jesus
Christ as my personal Savior.
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Life is in Him.
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That's how I
receive eternal life.
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Now I don't know if
you put it all together.
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You see, dear friend,
you've got to have Christ
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to receive life.
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You can't get eternal life
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in hell.
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Did you just follow me?
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Only way you can get
eternal life is in Christ.
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You can't get
eternal life in hell.
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It's impossible!
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It's the end of life.
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The wicked are going to die
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and they're going
to die the second death
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and that will
be the end of them.
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They'll be no more.
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But to you and to me
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we have a promise of
life... life in Christ Jesus.
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That's what He offers to us.
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And so tonight I hope that you
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by faith will
just simply reach out,
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accept Jesus Christ into
your heart as your Savior,
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and find life in Him.
Because He wants to give
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life to you in a very
very definite and special way.
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank you
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for all that You
have done for each of us.
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Wonderful hope that we
have in Christ our Lord
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to know that in Christ
Jesus we can have life eternal.
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May each one of
claim that today by faith.
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We pray, Lord, that we all
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each day might rejoice
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in what You have done
for us. For this way pray
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in Christ's name, Amen.
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