Now, Harry
Orchard carried the name
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"Dynamite-killer"
for a good reason.
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He had killed 14--
actually killed 21 men,
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14 in one dynamite killing alone
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when he blew up a
train loaded with miners
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just getting
off the night shift.
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He was we would
say who watched paladin
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have gone will travel
a hired gun, a "hit man"
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willing to kill
anyone, any place,
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any time, just
for the right price.
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In fact, Boise's newspaper,
"The Idaho Statesman,"
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gave this description
of Harry and I'm quoting.
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"The face of the man
suggests cruelty, cunning,
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and contempt for everything
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that appeals to
the ordinary person.
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The eyes being of
that shifting character
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that suggests an evil nature.
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He is the devil incarnate."
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Well, Harry Orchard was
hired by corrupt labor union
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to determine and
he was determined
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to kill anyone who block
them from having their own way.
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And his biggest hit
ever was the governor
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Frank Steunenberg,
who stood in their way
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when he was governor
of the State of Idaho.
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And it happened
one night in December,
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Harry Orchard happened to be
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playing cards at
the Saratoga Hotel
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when he saw his chance
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because right
there in the lobby,
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he spotted Governor Steunenberg
visiting with some friends
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preparing to leave for home.
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Well, Orchard
hurried upstairs to his room,
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he picked up the dynamite bomb,
he wrapped it in newspaper,
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tucked it under his arm
and he dashed out to his car.
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At the Steunenberg home,
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he quickly wired
that bomb to the gate
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and then he sneaked
away in the gathering dark.
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Movements later, as
the governor arrived home
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there was a terrific explosion.
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And as Frank Steunenberg
blood poured out of the snow
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his wife and
children stunned rushed out
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to find their
husband and father dying.
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Minutes later the fatal surprise
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rocked Caldwell, Idaho.
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Frank Steunenberg, known to all
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and loved by
most, was assassinated.
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Well, Harry Orchard was
caught and he admitted the crime
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and he was tried
and he was convicted
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and sentenced to die
for his heinous deed.
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Now Mrs. Steunenberg had
every reason to hate this man
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that had destroyed
her husband so cruelly
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but she happened
to be a Christian.
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And she sent Harry
Orchard a message in prison
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expressing
forgiveness with a little book
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wrapped up
called Steps to Christ.
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And the guard went
down the cell block
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and he said to Harry,
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"Here's a package from the wife
of the man that you murdered."
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Well, frightened,
thinking that little package
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might be a bomb to get revenge,
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he was so terrified he
didn't want to open it.
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But when he finally did and saw
the title, "Steps to Christ,"
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and he just threw it
down on the cell with a curse
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because he hadn't
heard that name used except
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years and years ago in swearing.
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Well, ladies and gentlemen,
to make a long story short,
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this is a true story.
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The very thought of
Mrs. Steunenberg's kindness
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and forgiveness to
him was just too much
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for even this hardened murderer.
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Eventually, he
took up that little book
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and he began to read.
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And it was a
message of God's love
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and forgiveness
and his hardened heart
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was strangely warmed
as he read that book.
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Then he began to read the
Bible and as Orchards read,
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he thought about the
spirit of forgiveness
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of that widow of that
victim had shown to him
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and his heart was
strangely softened
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and he didn't know
what was going on inside.
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He discovered in a book
that he had ridiculed for years
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the Bible that
there was good news.
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He found as he read the
Bible that there was hope
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and there was
forgiveness for even him,
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and for every
other sinner on earth.
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Romans 6:23 particularly
caught his attention.
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"For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God
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is eternal life in
Jesus Christ our Lord."
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Now he knew that
he deserve death.
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But now he learned that God
wanted to give him eternal life
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in spite of the
sins that he had done.
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Harry on death row,
made an amazing discover
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that every single
person in the world
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is also on death row.
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But the Bible
says in Romans 3:23.
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"For all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God."
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And then he found
over Roman 3:10-12.
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"There is none
righteous, no, not one.
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There is none who understands,
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There is none
who seeks after God,
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There is none who
does good, no, not one."
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Well, that's
sounds like bad news
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it get even worse as
you turn over to Roman 6:23.
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"For the wages of
sin" Harry "is death."
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Well, Harry knew well enough
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why he had to die for his crime.
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Made perfect sense.
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But it was so
frightening to face eternity
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with this
judgment of condemnation
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hanging over him
because of his sins.
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I mean that was enough to
make a person really despair.
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And then he kept on reading
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the rest of the
passage in Roman 6:23.
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The wages of sin Harry, is death
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"but the gift of
God is eternal life
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in Christ Jesus our Lord."
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Could it be true? For me?
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Well, the further
that he searched the Bible
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the better it got
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and a little glimmer of
hope began to break through.
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He read Ephesians 2:8-9.
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Harry, "For by
grace you have been saved
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through faith,
that not of yourselves
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it is the gift of
God, not of works,
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lest anyone should boast."
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Well, the bad news was beginning
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to turn into the good news.
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Oh, but don't
think when a person
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begins to turn to
Christ it gets easy.
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Harry Orchard was
tortured with thoughts
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that he because of his
sin had just gone too far.
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"Surely, I'm
beyond God's forgiveness.
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There's no hope for me.
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God couldn't
possibly forgive a murderer."
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So he was afraid fearing
there was no hope for him
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almost ready to give up
any thought of forgiveness.
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Yet something
kept him hanging on
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reading about God's great
love for His wayward children.
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"Could it be true?
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Jesus took the
penalty for my sin, too?
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And for everyone who
ever lived or ever would live?
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Imagine what Harry
thought when one day
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that governors wife
Mrs. Steunenburg herself
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came and paid him a
visit in the prison.
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And she came down to the cell
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and she sat there and
she personally told him,
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"Harry, I forgive you
because I am a Christian.
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But Harry, I want to invite
Jesus to come into your heart."
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Incredible, forgiving
love from a heart-broken widow
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to this cold-blooded
murderer of her husband
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and father of their children.
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Harry Orchard
came to the conclusion
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that all he could
do was cast himself
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of the feet of
Jesus and ask for mercy
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and forgiveness
and for eternal life.
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And by faith Harry Orchard
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accepted Jesus
Christ as his savior.
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I wanted to tell you,
Harry Orchard's conversion
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was so genuine, so
deep, so revolutionary
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he was baptized
into Jesus Christ
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and he joined at
least from prison
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Mrs. Steunenberg church family.
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And because he
turned states evidence,
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states witness.
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His sentence was changed
from death to life in prison.
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Now I want you to fast
forward with me 50 years
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till just not many
months ago when he died,
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I read it in the paper.
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All of those years,
he was a model prisoner.
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In fact, he became
such a positive witness
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for his faith that
he led several prisoners
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to accept Jesus
as their savior too.
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Many a man
waiting on death's row
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actually would
refuse to see a chaplain
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but they ask for Harry Orchard
to come and pray for them.
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After more than 50
years in prison, he said this
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and this is the quotation
that was is the papers.
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"Iron bars and prison
walls have kept my body captive,
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but my soul has
long been set free."
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Amen.
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It's quite a story. Amen.
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But you know
ladies and gentlemen,
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there is no doubt
about it, he was right.
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We have all sinned,
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we're all damaged
goods if you wish.
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Well, someone says,
hey wait a minute Lonnie,
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you know I'm pretty good.
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Really I mean when you
compare Harry Orchard to me,
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I would hardly ever sin at all.
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I mean, I might
do little gooses.
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No biggies.
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But I want to do the
math with me little bit here.
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Would you? Let's
say I am pretty good?
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Let's say I only
sin 10 sins a day.
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Oh, let's say I'm
really good, I down to five.
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But let's see we make it three.
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Three sins a day.
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Well, if you multiply that times
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about 365 days a
year that's 1,095.
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Well, say as sin-- 1,000 a year.
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Well, if you
multiplied that by your age,
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if you lived to be
70 years old, 1000 times
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70 that's 70,000 sins
in my lifetime, big time.
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Say you've got a
major sin problem
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big as the New York
City telephone directory.
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So we need help,
don't we? Big time.
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You know, when I first saw
this I really got depressed
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but then I learned
how to have peace of mind
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and you can have it too.
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Just four simple steps.
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First, to discover
the steps to eternal life
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as Harry Orchard did.
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You got to
recognize that God loves you.
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He loves me.
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He wants to
give me eternal life.
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That's the first step.
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But the second step is I
also must recognize I'm sinful
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and the wages
of my sin is death.
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You see, if a
person has terminal illness
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and he never
admits or she never admits
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their problem or seeks
medical advice they will die.
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And that is precisely
the fate of the sinner
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who doesn't recognize
his spiritual condition
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and fails to seek help.
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Why?
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Oh, friend, because sin
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is the most serious
thing in the universe.
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So I have to realize I have
a problem like Harry Orchard.
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The Bible says in Isaiah 59:2.
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"But your
iniquities, your sins" Lonnie
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"have separated
you from your God."
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You see God is life and
for me to be separated from God
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is to separate from
life so I die eternally.
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When Adam and Eve sinned
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they separated
themselves from God
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and soon as they
did they begin to die.
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That's what sin does.
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But not just Adam and Eve,
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we all are under
that sentence of death
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because we all live
on the same ball of mud.
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But God doesn't
just tell me Lon,
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you're gonna die
without giving you some hope,
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aren't you glad for that?
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There is good news.
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Harry Orchard
discovered the third step
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and it is founded in Romans 6:23
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and it's a text
we've already read
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and you know it tonight.
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"The wages of
sin is death" Lonnie
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"but the gift of
God is eternal life
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through Jesus Christ our Lord."
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Salvation is a
gift we don't deserve,
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you can't earn it,
and you can't buy it.
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Because you can't put
God under obligation to you
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by your own good works.
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By the way,
every single religion
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outside of true
Christianity does teach
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that you do receive forgiveness
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and eternal life
by doing God deeds.
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One of our staff members
took these pictures in India.
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Long-bearded men
clad in scanty loincloths
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sit on beds of
spikes, believing that
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by torturing their
bodies they can earn God's favor
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and flagellants beat their backs
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and bruise their
bodies with whips and chains.
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Some people walk
bare-footed on hot white coals,
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like the fire-walkers
that I have seen in Fiji.
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While others place
skewers like bicycle spokes
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with sharp points in
their skin through their cheeks
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and through there bodies here
all seeking favor of their Gods
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by unusual acts
of physical abuse.
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In fact our
friends the Buddhists
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believe that they can gain merit
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for a future life
by building pagodas
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or feeding the holy
men, or you see them
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put little food
outside their front door steps.
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For our Moslems
friends there is no greater joy
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or better way of
earning favor with God
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then pilgrimage to Mecca
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or as we all know
dying in defense of Islam.
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But before you
jump to conclusions
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and judge them as
well there is somewhat
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unfortunately maybe
not as wise as we are
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unfortunately many Christians
unwittingly do the same thing.
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They think by doing
things, by attending church,
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by giving offerings by going out
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and helping the community chest.
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By following the golden rule
they think that they will earn
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favor with God
and thus in the end
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they will deserve eternal life.
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But my question
tonight is, is that possible?
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Can we through
good works bribe God
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to grant
forgiveness and eternal life?
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Do we earn salvation or
do we win it kind of like
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one does an Olympic
medal in the Olympics?
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Is heaven have
rewarded for being good
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or maybe even self discipline?
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No, thank you.
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Ephesians 2:8-9 says,
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"For by grace are
you saved through faith
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and that not of yourselves
it is the gift of God,
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not of works, lest
any man should boast."
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It's a gift.
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You see if I
could earn salvation,
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it wouldn't be a gift.
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Suppose your employer handed
you an envelope and he said,
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I have a gift for
you and you discovered
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your pay check in
there for the past two weeks.
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Would that be a gift?
Not if you had earned it.
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But now perhaps someone
asking why would the mighty God
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who rules the universe
why would he be concerned
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about people out
here on a sin sick planet
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far out on the edge of space?
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Why didn't He just
abounded rebellious sinners
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and leave us to suffer
the consciousness of our sins?
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Well, the answer is
found throughout the Bible
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in just three words but
I love it in 1 John 4:16.
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"God is love." Amen.
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He loves us
terminally ill patients
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with the disease of sin.
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Can I share little
personal human illustration?
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One of my own loved
ones and his young wife
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they excitedly brought their
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little baby home
from the hospital.
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Within days they discovered
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that baby began
to cry day and night
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with sever case of something
that was not diagnosed.
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Well, it was colic or what
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but the parents
followed the physician advice,
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but nothing seemed to help.
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They walk the floor, they
sang to that little child.
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They tried all
sources of advice from friends
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but nothing worked.
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Well, I'm happy to tell you that
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kid is now 22 years of age.
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But all of his
life and he's still
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continues to have many
strange medical problem.
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And they are exhausted,
they are drained financially
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but not once did those
parents ever considered
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well just giving the child away
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or abounding him,
let him suffer alone.
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No. Why?
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They love that
helpless little child
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all the more because of
the pain and the suffering
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that he has to endure.
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And you know
that's what God like.
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We His children
on this planet earth
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have developed the colic of sin
and the pain and the suffering
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we endure because of it
well, that only intensifies
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Gods loves for us
and he never gives up.
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Never has God
considered abounding us.
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No, never is He considered
leaving us to just perish
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and suffer the
consequences of our rebellion.
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Now the Bible
says in 2 Peter 3:9.
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"The Lord is
longsuffering toward us,
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not willing that
any should perish
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but that all should
come to repentance."
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Regardless of how
good or bad God loves you.
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He wants to save you, friend.
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He is not willing
that you should perish.
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Romans 5:8.
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"But God commendeth
His love toward us, that,
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while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
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Now I have a little
theological question for you,
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want you to think
a little bit tonight.
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How can it be,
how can it be that God
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who is sinned
against can punish sin
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and yet forgive us
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not counting our sins against us
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because
admittedly, we have all sinned.
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We've all rebelled
against God, broken His law.
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Earthly governments
cannot long tolerate
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lawlessness and survive.
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Can they?
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Violators when they found
guilty or always punished.
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But you see violating Gods
love is far most serious thing
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because sin
separates us from God.
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The one who created us
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and the only one who can help us
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and the only
one who can save us.
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So you see there
is a problem here,
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there is a tension here.
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Even though God is a
God of everlasting love
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He is also a God
of perfect justice.
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A God of love.
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In fact, He describes himself
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to Moses on Mount
Sinai in Exodus 34:6, 7.
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"The Lord God,
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compassionate and
gracious God, slow to anger,
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abounding in
love and faithfulness,
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maintaining love for thousands,
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and forgiving
wickedness, rebellion and sin.
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Yet He does not leave
the guilty unpunished."
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So even God had dilemma.
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He is loving and
merciful but at the same time
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He is also a God of
perfect law and perfect justice.
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He would by no
means clears the guilty,
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says by King James Version.
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So nobody gets off the
hook. The wages of sin is death.
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So here is the
$64,000 question tonight.
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How can these two
seeming opposites be reconciled?
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God loves us, wants to
give everyone eternal life.
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But His justice
and His law demand
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that He punish law-breakers.
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"The wages of sin is
death." Is there no solution?
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No way out? Thank
God, there is a way out.
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A loving God found a way
to save us and still be just
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He found a perfect
substitute to die in our place,
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pay the penalty for our sins
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and then crediting it to
us so that we could live.
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John, the beloved disciple
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explains it
this way in John 3:16
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and many of you
know this passage
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is the most
famous in all the Bible.
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Say it out loud, wherever
you are in the seminar location
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or satellite
locations and here in Columbia.
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"God so loved the world that
he gave his only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life."
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Jesus came down here to
our sewer cesspool world
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to live as a man,
face the same problems
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and temptations that
ever human being faced,
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but He proved by His
perfect life of obedience
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that there is no excuse for sin.
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But then, as the one
sinless representative
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of the human
race, Christ voluntarily
00:21:16.96\00:21:20.05
took upon Himself
the guilt of every person
00:21:20.08\00:21:23.03
who would ever live,
and died on their behalf.
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He paid the penalty for
our sin, your sin, my sin.
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Paul wrote in Romans 5:19.
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For as by one man,"
this is talk about Adam now,
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"For as by one
man's disobedience
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many were made sinners,
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so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous."
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See Jesus is death was
not to appease an angry God,
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as Mater Luther first thought.
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Jesus willingly offered to
die to save us from our sins.
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And God loved us so much
00:22:02.39\00:22:03.97
He was willing to
allow His only Son
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to be sacrificed in
our place as a ransom
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and that's how much
salvation cost heaven.
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Jesus the
sacrificial Lamb of God.
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Go back with me,
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several thousand years
back into the Old Testament
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when God was leading His people,
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Israel, out of Egypt.
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He gave them a most dramatic
00:22:25.64\00:22:27.49
kindergarten illustration
of the plan of salvation.
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That sin means death.
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Fifteen centuries
before Jesus came to die,
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God calls man's attention
to faith in a future Calvary,
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were the true
Lamb would be sacrifice
00:22:44.10\00:22:46.81
for the sins of
mankind, everybody.
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So here came this
sinner, can you see him there?
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He is bringing along
with little sacrificial animal
00:22:52.27\00:22:54.26
perhaps a lamb.
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And he is going to
participate in that dramatic
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and very shocking
visualization of Calvary.
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He places his hands
there over that little lamb,
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that animal, confesses his sin.
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But then he has
to take out a knife
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.55
and himself kill that
lamb, symbolizing that his sins
00:23:11.58\00:23:16.14
would one day
because the death of Jesus
00:23:16.17\00:23:18.65
who would come to die
as these sacrificial lamb.
00:23:18.68\00:23:21.68
And it was a revolting ceremony
in vivid 3-D Technicolor
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burning into their minds
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.83
the wages of
sin is very serious.
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Gruesome?
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Do you think
about gruesome? Yes.
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Absolutely. Yes.
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I mean, imagine there
00:23:37.29\00:23:38.37
standing on that little
altar hanging onto that lamb
00:23:38.40\00:23:42.34
and he is jumping
around on top of the altar.
00:23:42.37\00:23:44.10
It's trying to get away
00:23:44.13\00:23:45.16
and it's finally
bleeding to death.
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Horrible
shocking to the end degree
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and the sinner would
fall down on his knees
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and he says, my God,
my God, what I have done?
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This is what my
sins on Calvary cross
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will do to Jesus
the Lamb of God someday.
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You see their sacrifices,
show death their faith
00:24:01.86\00:24:05.37
in the coming death of
Jesus the true Lamb of God
00:24:05.40\00:24:09.35
who die in our
place as our substitute.
00:24:09.38\00:24:12.12
Aren't you glad we
don't have to sacrifice
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.07
a lamb every time within now?
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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John 1:29 says,
"Behold the Lamb of God
00:24:17.10\00:24:20.83
who takes away
the sin of the world!"
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.90
And how ironic that the very men
00:24:23.93\00:24:26.01
Jesus came to save
plotted to take His life.
00:24:26.04\00:24:29.94
Jesus, totally
innocent, was beaten, mocked,
00:24:29.97\00:24:34.63
crucified the cruelest
form of execution ever devised,
00:24:34.66\00:24:38.10
that was reserved for
the worst of criminals.
00:24:38.13\00:24:40.97
He was the one 1 Peter
2:22 says, "Who did no sin,
00:24:41.00\00:24:45.17
neither was guile
found in his mouth."
00:24:45.20\00:24:49.36
But he died on an
instrument of torture,
00:24:49.39\00:24:54.00
dying our death
taking on Himself my sins
00:24:54.03\00:24:59.76
and so identifying with sinners.
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.90
In fact, as we
said the other night
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He was crucified
between two thieves.
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And God placed on Him
the sins of the whole world
00:25:07.23\00:25:11.89
and that's why He
cried out in Mathew 27:46.
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"My God, My God, why
have You forsaken me?"
00:25:14.69\00:25:18.80
He felt the terrible knife,
00:25:18.83\00:25:21.84
sin brings separation from
God and Jesus couldn't bare
00:25:21.87\00:25:27.07
the agony of
separation from His own Father.
00:25:27.10\00:25:29.53
You see friends, it wasn't
the nails that killed Him.
00:25:29.56\00:25:34.25
He died from our
sins of a broken heart.
00:25:34.28\00:25:39.88
And the crowd shouted out there,
00:25:39.91\00:25:41.84
well, "He saved others,
Himself he cannot save."
00:25:41.87\00:25:45.83
How true that was,
because He couldn't save Himself
00:25:45.86\00:25:48.41
and save us too
and save other people.
00:25:48.44\00:25:52.00
But you see,
Gods love couldn't be
00:25:52.03\00:25:54.89
completely satisfied
until He restored us,
00:25:54.92\00:25:58.46
restored mankind
back to Gods family.
00:25:58.49\00:26:01.37
God loves us so much
that He gave His own Son
00:26:01.40\00:26:04.51
to die in our
place, as our substitute.
00:26:04.54\00:26:08.48
And by paying the price himself,
00:26:08.51\00:26:11.62
God has the right now
00:26:11.65\00:26:13.78
to give us credit
for what Christ did.
00:26:13.81\00:26:17.46
He has charged our
sins to Jesus account
00:26:17.49\00:26:20.90
make Him die to pay our debt
00:26:20.93\00:26:23.80
and then God turns
around and credits us
00:26:23.83\00:26:26.52
with the perfect
life Jesus lived.
00:26:26.55\00:26:29.65
Amazing grace we say,
how sweet to sound, isn't it?
00:26:29.68\00:26:34.82
Paul the apostle said it,
we said it tonight already.
00:26:34.85\00:26:36.97
"For it is by grace
you have been saved,
00:26:37.00\00:26:40.61
through faith."
00:26:40.64\00:26:42.91
Now how does this
faith in Jesus work?
00:26:42.94\00:26:47.60
Well, that's the question
00:26:47.63\00:26:48.66
that the Philippians
jailer wanted to know.
00:26:48.69\00:26:51.64
What must I do?
How do I get salvation?
00:26:51.67\00:26:56.13
Well, you know receiving
salvation is really so simple
00:26:56.16\00:26:58.40
yet many people
make it difficult
00:26:58.43\00:26:59.98
and all kinds of
complicated steps.
00:27:00.01\00:27:02.63
But Paul answered
that man in Acts 16:31
00:27:02.66\00:27:07.00
"Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ,
00:27:07.03\00:27:09.90
and you will be saved."
00:27:09.93\00:27:12.31
Believe or faith, same
word basically and the original.
00:27:12.34\00:27:17.29
But I want you to
tell you something listen,
00:27:17.32\00:27:18.75
there are
different kinds of faith,
00:27:18.78\00:27:21.70
different kinds of belief.
00:27:21.73\00:27:24.49
In the Bible in fact, there are
three different kinds at least.
00:27:24.52\00:27:28.49
And you got to have
right kind of faith.
00:27:28.52\00:27:31.99
Let me have you
follow me very carefully.
00:27:32.02\00:27:34.03
First kind of faith is
what I would like to call,
00:27:34.06\00:27:36.13
Intellectual faith.
00:27:36.16\00:27:38.36
Brain power, IQ.
00:27:38.39\00:27:41.85
But agreeing in your mind
00:27:41.88\00:27:43.87
that well, Jesus
lived on this earth,
00:27:43.90\00:27:46.80
I believe that,
that's not enough.
00:27:46.83\00:27:50.71
I'm gonna pull out my billfold,
00:27:50.74\00:27:52.33
my last little piece
of money here tonight.
00:27:52.36\00:27:55.73
I have a $20 bill.
00:27:55.76\00:27:57.20
It's been used a number of times
00:27:57.23\00:27:58.36
it's little wrinkled
and but it is genuine.
00:27:58.39\00:28:02.76
You folks out there
and watching the satellite,
00:28:02.79\00:28:05.18
you have intellectual
faith in this U.S $20 bill,
00:28:05.21\00:28:08.56
who has Jackson on there.
00:28:08.59\00:28:10.27
You believe in its existence,
you believe in its reality
00:28:10.30\00:28:12.80
and you believe in its worth.
00:28:12.83\00:28:15.03
Now you see it's
a same with Jesus,
00:28:15.06\00:28:17.54
most of the world
00:28:17.57\00:28:19.03
intellectually
believes in Jesus.
00:28:19.06\00:28:21.52
They believe in His existence,
they believe in His reality,
00:28:21.55\00:28:24.20
He was an historical person.
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.14
His worth, yes
He did good things.
00:28:26.17\00:28:28.70
They have intellectual
faith in the historical fact,
00:28:28.73\00:28:31.91
Jesus probably lived
and He probably died.
00:28:31.94\00:28:35.18
But you see mentally
saying in your brain,
00:28:35.21\00:28:37.15
"Okay, well, Jesus lived
on earth 2,000 years ago,"
00:28:37.18\00:28:40.63
that is not enough.
00:28:40.66\00:28:41.84
That is not saving faith.
00:28:41.87\00:28:45.49
Intellectual faith
believing in this $20 bill
00:28:45.52\00:28:49.40
doesn't make it yours.
00:28:49.43\00:28:51.39
Does it, ma'am?
00:28:51.42\00:28:54.01
James 2:19 says, in fact,
00:28:54.04\00:28:56.37
"Even the devils
believe, and tremble."
00:28:56.40\00:29:02.53
But intellectual faith
won't say if the devil you see.
00:29:02.56\00:29:06.14
It takes more than
intellectual faith,
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.31
belief in your mind.
00:29:08.34\00:29:09.89
There is a second kind of faith,
00:29:09.92\00:29:12.03
what I'd like to
call, temporal faith.
00:29:12.06\00:29:15.98
You know what this $20 will buy,
00:29:16.01\00:29:18.15
not very much
anymore but still okay.
00:29:18.18\00:29:21.45
Temporal, physical,
material, tangible, stuff
00:29:21.48\00:29:25.50
that you can go down and buy.
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.07
You know what it can accomplish.
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.69
Well, many people
have temporal faith.
00:29:29.72\00:29:31.58
They know Jesus came,
they know why He came.
00:29:31.61\00:29:34.93
They believe He is the
answer to the sin problem.
00:29:34.96\00:29:37.71
They believe in
what He accomplished.
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.89
So they even go to church,
00:29:39.92\00:29:42.18
they might even put
this in the offering plate.
00:29:42.21\00:29:44.53
They might do a lot of
good things, temporal stuff.
00:29:44.56\00:29:49.58
But temporal faith
wont save you either.
00:29:49.61\00:29:52.00
Temporal faith in fact by itself
00:29:52.03\00:29:53.93
is just plain old legalism.
00:29:53.96\00:29:57.09
Being good won't save you.
00:29:57.12\00:30:01.31
You see there is a
third kind of faith.
00:30:01.34\00:30:04.05
Now I called
it, accepting faith.
00:30:04.08\00:30:07.15
Now this gets
very, very personal.
00:30:07.18\00:30:09.87
This is where I reach out
and I pick up this $20 bill
00:30:09.90\00:30:14.50
and I trust it and I
accept it for myself.
00:30:14.53\00:30:18.94
Now If I would have say tonight,
00:30:18.97\00:30:20.39
that I was going to give this
$20 bill to the first person
00:30:20.42\00:30:22.94
who would reach out their hand
and I would offer it to you.
00:30:22.97\00:30:25.24
You would by just reaching
it out make it yours tonight.
00:30:25.27\00:30:29.33
Would it? No.
00:30:29.36\00:30:32.20
What makes it
yours? Accepting faith.
00:30:32.23\00:30:35.85
Who wants this $20 bill?
00:30:35.88\00:30:37.49
Come on first person up
here come up and take it.
00:30:37.52\00:30:41.76
All right, thank you.
00:30:41.79\00:30:45.31
Got a question for
you, listen carefully,
00:30:45.34\00:30:49.31
how many of you folks believe
it that was a good $20 bill?
00:30:49.34\00:30:53.87
All right.
00:30:53.90\00:30:55.25
You had
intellectual faith in it.
00:30:55.28\00:30:57.53
How many of you believe
00:30:57.56\00:30:58.59
that I had really
would give it away?
00:30:58.62\00:31:01.58
You have temporal faith.
00:31:01.61\00:31:04.04
How many of
you-- third question,
00:31:04.07\00:31:06.01
how many of you right now,
00:31:06.04\00:31:07.39
know this movement
that $20 bill is yours?
00:31:07.42\00:31:10.36
I better see hand over there.
00:31:13.46\00:31:16.48
You see there
is a different kind
00:31:16.51\00:31:17.99
of accepting
faith here involved.
00:31:18.02\00:31:20.41
Do you see the point?
00:31:20.44\00:31:21.85
And it makes all the
difference in the world.
00:31:21.88\00:31:24.12
Have you personally reached out
00:31:24.15\00:31:27.23
an accepted Jesus
Christ as your Savior?
00:31:27.26\00:31:30.21
Have you invited Him
in to forgive your sins?
00:31:30.24\00:31:32.45
Personally accepted
His free gift of salvation
00:31:32.48\00:31:35.09
so that you know,
you have eternal life.
00:31:35.12\00:31:40.93
The Guinness Book of Records
tells a most remarkable story
00:31:40.96\00:31:44.98
of the right kind
of faith and trust.
00:31:45.01\00:31:48.73
The greatest 19th Century
00:31:48.76\00:31:50.45
tightrope walker
ever was Francis Gravelet,
00:31:50.48\00:31:54.68
alias Charles Blandin
did from 1824 to 1897.
00:31:54.71\00:31:59.34
He was from France.
00:31:59.37\00:32:01.57
Well, he was the
very first human being
00:32:01.60\00:32:03.16
to ever cross the Niagara
Falls on a three inch rope,
00:32:03.19\00:32:07.82
1,100 feet long, 160 feet above
Niagara Falls on June 30, 1859.
00:32:07.85\00:32:14.19
In fact believe or not,
00:32:14.22\00:32:15.49
he actually pushed a wheelbarrow
00:32:15.52\00:32:17.43
across the Niagara
Falls on that rope.
00:32:17.46\00:32:19.87
He stopped midway
and he ate his lunch.
00:32:19.90\00:32:22.55
Amazing.
00:32:22.58\00:32:24.25
One day as he was walking
back and forth across the Falls,
00:32:24.28\00:32:27.53
a young specter shouted
out, Mr. Blandin, why don't you
00:32:27.56\00:32:32.46
carry someone across the
Falls on your back, piggy back?
00:32:32.49\00:32:36.53
You've sat out on
their stool there,
00:32:36.56\00:32:38.08
you ate your lunch in
the middle of the Falls.
00:32:38.11\00:32:40.61
Why don't you
take someone piggy back
00:32:40.64\00:32:42.07
across the Niagara Falls?
00:32:42.10\00:32:44.16
Well, replied Mr.
Blender, do you really believe
00:32:44.19\00:32:48.23
that I could do that young man?
00:32:48.26\00:32:51.14
Yes, I'm sure, you
could was the answer.
00:32:51.17\00:32:55.07
Well, Blandin called,
come on up here let's try it.
00:32:55.10\00:33:00.87
This is true, the young
man disappeared in the crowd
00:33:00.90\00:33:02.97
they never saw him again.
00:33:03.00\00:33:05.45
You see his believe
in Blandin was just talk.
00:33:05.48\00:33:09.66
But one year later,
this is true, June 30, 1860
00:33:09.69\00:33:13.16
Blandin
returned to Niagara Falls
00:33:13.19\00:33:15.44
and he did carry his own agent,
00:33:15.47\00:33:17.82
Harry Colcord, piggy
back across the Niagara Falls.
00:33:17.85\00:33:21.43
What made the
difference? Accepting faith.
00:33:21.46\00:33:28.46
See, why did Colcord do it?
00:33:28.49\00:33:31.58
He not only had intellectual
00:33:31.61\00:33:33.47
and temporal believe in Blandin,
00:33:33.50\00:33:35.57
he trusted him
with his whole life.
00:33:35.60\00:33:39.92
This is real faith,
real belief, real trust
00:33:39.95\00:33:43.34
put in your full weight
on something, accepting.
00:33:43.37\00:33:47.64
I got something back here
00:33:47.67\00:33:48.79
I want to
illustrate one more time.
00:33:48.82\00:33:52.00
This good old Samsonite chair,
00:33:52.03\00:33:53.71
I don't-- maybe I
shouldn't advertise.
00:33:53.74\00:33:58.02
But the Bible
says, Proverbs 3:5,6.
00:33:58.05\00:34:01.84
Let me just first
talk about this chair.
00:34:01.87\00:34:03.93
How many of you believe this
is a really a folding chair?
00:34:03.96\00:34:06.09
Okay.
00:34:06.12\00:34:07.15
How many of you
believe that you hold you up
00:34:07.18\00:34:08.42
if you try to sit on it?
00:34:08.45\00:34:09.63
You got intellectual
faith, you got temporal faith.
00:34:09.66\00:34:12.50
But it isn't until I put
my whole weight on that chair
00:34:12.53\00:34:17.55
the Bible says that
I have accepting faith.
00:34:17.58\00:34:21.49
Is this accepting
faith? How about this?
00:34:21.52\00:34:24.94
No. No.
00:34:24.97\00:34:26.14
How about this?
00:34:26.17\00:34:28.16
When I finally do this,
00:34:28.19\00:34:30.67
and I put my whole
weight on that chair,
00:34:30.70\00:34:33.65
now that's accepting faith
and that's what Proverbs says,
00:34:33.68\00:34:36.54
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:34:36.57\00:34:38.38
lean not on your
own understanding,
00:34:38.41\00:34:40.38
in all your
ways acknowledge Him,
00:34:40.41\00:34:42.29
and He shall direct your paths."
00:34:42.32\00:34:44.72
You see, the big
question tonight is,
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.64
do you really fully trust Him?
00:34:46.67\00:34:50.07
Are you willing to put
your full weight on Him?
00:34:50.10\00:34:51.95
Let Him control your
whole life because saving faith
00:34:51.98\00:34:55.18
is kind of like marriage vows,
00:34:55.21\00:34:58.33
will you say okay Jesus, I do.
00:34:58.36\00:35:03.48
I personally trust You,
I receive You, I accept You
00:35:03.51\00:35:06.55
as the full and
complete atonement for every sin
00:35:06.58\00:35:09.32
I've ever personally committed.
00:35:09.35\00:35:11.20
From now on, Lord is
not gonna be what I do
00:35:11.23\00:35:14.10
that saved me but
what Christ did on Calvary?
00:35:14.13\00:35:17.13
I can't save myself so I
put my whole weight on you.
00:35:17.16\00:35:23.07
Trusting God completely,
take control of my life.
00:35:23.10\00:35:27.35
Well, listen carefully,
there is one more step here,
00:35:27.38\00:35:29.72
many people are happy to say,
00:35:29.75\00:35:31.21
well I accept
Christ as my Savior
00:35:31.24\00:35:33.31
but they don't really accept Him
00:35:33.34\00:35:34.69
or want to accept Him
as Lord of their lives.
00:35:34.72\00:35:40.03
There's a difference.
00:35:40.06\00:35:41.82
Billy Graham, who
lives up the road here
00:35:41.85\00:35:43.30
in North Carolina.
00:35:43.33\00:35:44.52
He has a
saying, this way he said
00:35:44.55\00:35:46.67
people got not only
accept Jesus as Savior
00:35:46.70\00:35:49.32
but Lord of their life and what
that means is now He is boss.
00:35:49.35\00:35:53.50
He is number one.
00:35:53.53\00:35:54.88
We give Him complete control
of our lives to change us.
00:35:54.91\00:35:58.58
Willing to do
whatever He asks in His Word.
00:35:58.61\00:36:00.47
We go over and get
the discover Bible course
00:36:00.50\00:36:02.16
and find out more about
what He really wants to know.
00:36:02.19\00:36:04.71
We completely trust
Him by putting Him first
00:36:04.74\00:36:07.57
and foremost in our
life and in our plans.
00:36:07.60\00:36:10.97
But it's just like I
gave away that $20 bill.
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.13
My pocket feels a little later.
00:36:14.16\00:36:17.83
Can that person pay
me for that $20 bill?
00:36:17.86\00:36:20.48
Can he? No.
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.25
If your friend gives
you a birthday present,
00:36:23.28\00:36:25.21
do you try to pay them for it?
00:36:25.24\00:36:27.42
Of course not. That
would cease to be a gift.
00:36:27.45\00:36:30.05
You graciously simply accept it.
00:36:30.08\00:36:33.61
What Jesus offers
you His free forgiveness
00:36:33.64\00:36:36.90
and
righteousness and eternal life
00:36:36.93\00:36:38.85
and salvation as
a free gift of love.
00:36:38.88\00:36:41.81
And even if you wanted to you,
you could never pay Him for it.
00:36:41.84\00:36:45.26
And then to boot, He
promises if you accept Him,
00:36:45.29\00:36:48.85
He will feel your life
with power and change you
00:36:48.88\00:36:52.37
and give you victor over
sins, you never dream possible.
00:36:52.40\00:36:55.96
Can you beat that?
00:36:55.99\00:36:57.18
Sound too good to
be true but it is true.
00:36:57.21\00:36:59.96
And that's what salvation
is all about accepting faith
00:36:59.99\00:37:05.17
or you can do is reached
out as the young man did hear
00:37:05.20\00:37:08.77
and graciously
accept heavens gift.
00:37:08.80\00:37:13.00
Friend, it is as real as
lifting your heart to heaven
00:37:13.03\00:37:15.65
and praying a
prayer like this right now.
00:37:15.68\00:37:17.82
God, I recognize I'm a sinner.
00:37:17.85\00:37:20.84
I need help, intellectually
I know Jesus was a real person,
00:37:20.87\00:37:25.92
temporally I
believe He died the death
00:37:25.95\00:37:28.16
that I deserve in
my place, but now Lord,
00:37:28.19\00:37:31.73
I choose to
personally accept to reach out
00:37:31.76\00:37:34.71
and receive Jesus
as my Savior and Lord.
00:37:34.74\00:37:37.26
I'm sorry for
the sins I have done.
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.42
Please forgive every
sin I have ever committed
00:37:39.45\00:37:42.22
but I'm inviting You
right now to come into my heart,
00:37:42.25\00:37:44.65
take complete
control of my life.
00:37:44.68\00:37:46.86
I invite you in
Jesus, come into my heart,
00:37:46.89\00:37:50.01
help me live for You.
00:37:50.04\00:37:52.66
But thank You for giving
me your gift to eternal life
00:37:52.69\00:37:55.68
in exchange for my
sins in Jesus name.
00:37:55.71\00:38:00.18
When you pray
that prayer sincerely
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.05
and faith friend,
at that very movement
00:38:02.08\00:38:04.93
God gives you eternal
life because 1 John 5:11-13,
00:38:04.96\00:38:09.53
my favorite text
in the Bible says
00:38:09.56\00:38:11.27
"This is the record that God
hath given to us eternal life,
00:38:11.30\00:38:15.64
and this life is in His Son,
00:38:15.67\00:38:18.25
He that hath the
Son has eternal life,
00:38:18.28\00:38:21.35
he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life.
00:38:21.38\00:38:24.88
These things have I
written unto you that believe
00:38:24.91\00:38:27.67
or that put your whole weight
on the name of the son of God.
00:38:27.70\00:38:31.56
That you can know
you have eternal life."
00:38:31.59\00:38:36.01
And what this
means, is if you have Jesus
00:38:36.04\00:38:38.43
then you have eternal life.
00:38:38.46\00:38:41.15
So tonight wherever you
are listening Jesus extends
00:38:41.18\00:38:44.57
a personal invitation
to everyone in John 3:16
00:38:44.60\00:38:47.38
"Whosoever believes
in him should not perish,
00:38:47.41\00:38:51.54
but have everlasting life."
00:38:51.57\00:38:53.10
Amen.
00:38:53.13\00:38:54.58
Wouldn't you like to receive
that free gift of eternal life
00:38:54.61\00:38:57.82
which Jesus left heaven
00:38:57.85\00:38:59.17
and died on a cross to give you?
00:38:59.20\00:39:01.71
Would you like to
ask Him into your life?
00:39:01.74\00:39:04.52
The good news is
you can. Right now.
00:39:04.55\00:39:08.20
Doesn't have to be complicated,
00:39:08.23\00:39:09.29
even if you feel
your hopeless sinner,
00:39:09.32\00:39:11.58
God can turn the
most hopeless situation
00:39:11.61\00:39:13.97
in the victory like
the thief on the cross.
00:39:14.00\00:39:16.82
No sins too great,
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.41
if you invite him
into your life right now,
00:39:18.44\00:39:20.55
Jesus promises in Luke 23:43,
00:39:20.58\00:39:23.26
"You will be
with Me in Paradise."
00:39:23.29\00:39:30.08
Jesus is in this
meeting right here
00:39:30.11\00:39:31.96
tonight at this very moment.
00:39:31.99\00:39:33.90
He is ready to take
your sins in exchange
00:39:33.93\00:39:36.77
for His gift of
eternal life and salvation.
00:39:36.80\00:39:40.16
So all together tonight,
00:39:40.19\00:39:41.42
I want to invite you to
pray this sinner's prayer
00:39:41.45\00:39:44.23
that the dying
thief discovered long ago
00:39:44.26\00:39:46.77
and that Harry
Orchard discovered.
00:39:46.80\00:39:49.64
Review with me just quickly,
here is the good news tonight.
00:39:49.67\00:39:52.68
Eternal life is a free gift
00:39:52.71\00:39:56.35
and if I accept Jesus
as my Savior and Lord,
00:39:56.38\00:39:59.14
if I repentant
and confess my sin,
00:39:59.17\00:40:01.61
I have eternal life.
00:40:01.64\00:40:04.51
Revelation 3:20,
Jesus says, behold
00:40:04.54\00:40:09.28
I stand at the door and knock.
00:40:09.31\00:40:13.19
He is knocking, He is listening
right now He is waiting.
00:40:13.22\00:40:17.97
There's an artist who
painted the picture of the Jesus
00:40:18.00\00:40:20.07
standing at the
heart stone and knocking
00:40:20.10\00:40:21.47
but if you ever notice closely,
00:40:21.50\00:40:23.38
you see that there
is no door handle there
00:40:23.41\00:40:25.23
because you see
Jesus is the gentleman,
00:40:25.26\00:40:28.23
He never wants to
force His way in your life.
00:40:28.26\00:40:31.12
You don't have to
be force to choose Him.
00:40:31.15\00:40:33.42
The choice is up to you.
00:40:33.45\00:40:34.66
We must open
the door from inside
00:40:34.69\00:40:37.41
and He promises
to gladly come in
00:40:37.44\00:40:38.99
and wash away our heart
clean and forgive our sins.
00:40:39.02\00:40:42.51
He will give you power
to help you live a new life.
00:40:42.54\00:40:45.68
So friends, just now I
want to invite you tonight
00:40:45.71\00:40:49.00
to open that
door, ask Him to come in
00:40:49.03\00:40:52.68
and when you do,
you are born again.
00:40:52.71\00:40:56.77
Invite Jesus to come
in. Say Jesus, come in.
00:40:56.80\00:41:02.32
Right now I would
like to invite everyone
00:41:02.35\00:41:03.58
at every seminar location
just bow your head quietly
00:41:03.61\00:41:07.21
and we pray just a few
short sentences together
00:41:07.24\00:41:09.67
inviting Jesus into our heart.
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I will lead and you will follow
kind of like wedding vows.
00:41:11.43\00:41:15.23
We will do that
right after Joey sings,
00:41:15.26\00:41:16.96
one stanza of a
song to prepare us
00:41:16.99\00:41:18.85
for repeating our vows
00:41:18.88\00:41:20.84
as we pray the
sinner's prayer together.
00:41:20.87\00:41:23.99
Daily we build our defenses
00:41:27.37\00:41:34.54
Trying to prove we are strong
00:41:34.57\00:41:42.08
Only when darkness has fallen
00:41:42.11\00:41:48.96
Do we see where we belong
00:41:48.99\00:41:56.36
Come as a child to the Father
00:41:56.39\00:42:03.93
Trusting where doubting has been
00:42:03.96\00:42:11.75
Open your heart to the Savior
00:42:11.78\00:42:19.73
He's waiting there
00:42:19.76\00:42:23.11
To come in
00:42:23.14\00:42:28.67
He's waiting there
00:42:28.70\00:42:32.98
To come in
00:42:33.01\00:42:37.98
Right now as our head are bowed
00:42:41.61\00:42:44.88
I want you to know
that angels are here
00:42:44.91\00:42:48.66
listening to
record your commitment.
00:42:48.69\00:42:51.98
I want you to repeat
after me some simple sentences
00:42:52.01\00:42:54.87
just everyone together.
00:42:54.90\00:42:55.93
Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus,
I recognize I'm a sinner.
00:42:55.96\00:43:00.72
I recognize I'm a sinner.
00:43:00.75\00:43:02.44
And can't save
myself. And can't save myself.
00:43:02.47\00:43:05.92
I don't deserve eternal life.
I don't deserve eternal life.
00:43:05.95\00:43:09.56
I need your
help. I need your help.
00:43:09.59\00:43:12.77
So I accept Jesus
is my Savior and Lord.
00:43:12.80\00:43:16.08
So I accept Jesus
is my savior and Lord.
00:43:16.11\00:43:18.97
Come into my heart right now.
Come into my heart right now.
00:43:19.00\00:43:22.85
And wash away my
sins. Wash away my sins.
00:43:22.88\00:43:26.57
Take complete
control of my life.
00:43:26.60\00:43:29.32
Take complete
control of my life.
00:43:29.35\00:43:31.60
Help me now. Help me now.
00:43:31.63\00:43:33.99
As I walk the Christian way.
As I walk the Christian way.
00:43:34.02\00:43:38.18
In Jesus name.
00:43:38.21\00:43:41.03
While your heads still bowed
I'm gonna ask the row captains
00:43:41.06\00:43:43.61
to send those
little containers down.
00:43:43.64\00:43:46.69
I want you to
mark a response card,
00:43:46.72\00:43:49.51
there are several
different decisions
00:43:49.54\00:43:51.17
most important tonight
00:43:51.20\00:43:53.14
and I want you to
take that pencil pass them
00:43:53.17\00:43:55.16
right down to
the rest of the isle.
00:43:55.19\00:43:56.76
Quickly just
move those write down
00:43:56.79\00:43:58.34
wherever you're
in downlink locations
00:43:58.37\00:44:02.02
I want you to
look at that first one.
00:44:02.05\00:44:03.33
I want to go over these with you
00:44:03.36\00:44:04.39
because nothing more important
00:44:04.42\00:44:05.86
than what we
are doing right now.
00:44:05.89\00:44:09.61
So everyone got one?
00:44:09.64\00:44:12.32
The first one says,
I know that salvation
00:44:12.35\00:44:15.71
comes only by grace
through faith in Jesus.
00:44:15.74\00:44:19.02
I think we could
all write that one down.
00:44:19.05\00:44:20.80
Put a check there.
00:44:20.83\00:44:23.25
But now please
before you put a mark
00:44:23.28\00:44:24.93
on number two or number
three, if this is a first time
00:44:24.96\00:44:29.11
experience for
you in either of this,
00:44:29.14\00:44:31.02
I want you to put a big cross
right there and setup a check.
00:44:31.05\00:44:35.44
From number two,
I once knew Jesus
00:44:35.47\00:44:38.62
but I drifted away tonight
I recommit my life to Him.
00:44:38.65\00:44:42.87
Put a cross if
that applies to you.
00:44:42.90\00:44:46.15
And then number
three, perhaps someone here
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.97
is giving their lives to Jesus
tangibly you just spoken it
00:44:49.00\00:44:53.09
and you invited
Him into your life.
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.29
There you want to put a
cross there by number three.
00:44:55.32\00:44:57.33
I want to surrender
my life repentant my sins
00:44:57.36\00:45:00.17
and accept Jesus
as my personal Savior.
00:45:00.20\00:45:03.45
You put a cross
their by number three.
00:45:03.48\00:45:06.20
And there maybe individuals here
00:45:06.23\00:45:07.58
who would like to
check number four.
00:45:07.61\00:45:09.48
I would like additional material
00:45:09.51\00:45:11.15
to help me learn
more about Jesus.
00:45:11.18\00:45:13.68
Would you please mark
your decision cards right now
00:45:13.71\00:45:16.05
and then I have
some other instructions
00:45:16.08\00:45:17.41
before we leave
tonight as Joey sings again.
00:45:17.44\00:45:20.05
There is no
shame in your weakness
00:45:23.14\00:45:30.34
Neither regretting your past
00:45:30.37\00:45:37.79
Only rejoice now and praise Him
00:45:37.82\00:45:44.75
His is a love that will last
00:45:44.78\00:45:52.06
Come as a child to the Father
00:45:52.09\00:45:58.99
Oh, trusting
where doubting has been
00:45:59.02\00:46:06.99
Open your heart to the Savior
00:46:07.02\00:46:14.91
He's waiting there
00:46:14.94\00:46:18.44
To come in
00:46:18.47\00:46:24.48
He's waiting there
00:46:24.51\00:46:29.10
To come in
00:46:29.13\00:46:34.60
Let's pray together.
00:46:37.84\00:46:39.15
Lord, I want to
continue our prayer moment
00:46:39.18\00:46:41.06
for just a little longer.
00:46:41.09\00:46:42.50
I want to thank You for
each sincere commitment.
00:46:42.53\00:46:45.99
Lord, we may not
feel any different
00:46:46.02\00:46:47.89
but we can't trust our feelings
were something so important.
00:46:47.92\00:46:51.66
It's a fact because God says so.
00:46:51.69\00:46:55.59
So Holy Spirit fill each
person with peace just now
00:46:55.62\00:46:58.71
and power and new desired
to walk the Christian way
00:46:58.74\00:47:01.71
and send us home with joy
00:47:01.74\00:47:03.81
knowing that just now
we have been born again.
00:47:03.84\00:47:07.32
We're new persons in Christ,
00:47:07.35\00:47:09.30
baby Christians and
that if we die today,
00:47:09.33\00:47:12.90
we know we would
have eternal life.
00:47:12.93\00:47:15.62
Thank you in Jesus name.
00:47:15.65\00:47:19.06
Got two questions
for you right now.
00:47:19.09\00:47:22.22
Where is Jesus living right now?
00:47:22.25\00:47:25.57
In my heart. In your heart.
00:47:25.60\00:47:27.87
You just invited Him in
00:47:27.90\00:47:30.28
because you now
have eternal life.
00:47:30.31\00:47:32.55
He that have the
Son has eternal life.
00:47:32.58\00:47:35.30
And you've got power
now you never have before.
00:47:35.33\00:47:37.70
Second tonight, if
you would die tonight
00:47:37.73\00:47:40.50
do you know that you
would have eternal life?
00:47:40.53\00:47:42.40
Yes.
00:47:42.43\00:47:43.46
He that has the
Son has eternal life.
00:47:43.49\00:47:47.07
We have a
special gift for you is
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.89
the row captains
and maybe as you leave
00:47:48.92\00:47:51.39
be sure to get
this little booklet.
00:47:51.42\00:47:53.33
What the Bible
says about Salvation,
00:47:53.36\00:47:55.68
you want to read this
tonight before you get to home.
00:47:55.71\00:47:58.25
Also in many downlink locations
in the next couple of weeks,
00:47:58.28\00:48:00.95
we're gonna give you a copy
of this book, Steps to Christ.
00:48:00.98\00:48:04.71
We have ready for you
but you be sure to ask
00:48:04.74\00:48:07.24
for it in your downlink location
00:48:07.27\00:48:08.50
we're talking
about another night.
00:48:08.53\00:48:10.84
Be sure to pass those
cards in now the row captains
00:48:10.87\00:48:13.38
will be receiving
them wherever you are.
00:48:13.41\00:48:15.67
Thank you for coming tonight.
00:48:15.70\00:48:16.79
Ladies and gentlemen,
remember tomorrow night
00:48:16.82\00:48:18.97
is one of our most
important subjects.
00:48:19.00\00:48:22.81
Facing the
Judgment with Confidence.
00:48:22.84\00:48:27.61
You prayed that
prayer just now tonight,
00:48:27.64\00:48:29.78
I think you
feel a lot difference
00:48:29.81\00:48:31.29
already about the
judgment, don't you?
00:48:31.32\00:48:33.49
But invite your
friends to come with you.
00:48:33.52\00:48:35.36
Facing the
Judgment with Confidence.
00:48:35.39\00:48:39.71
Thank you for listening.
00:48:39.74\00:48:41.32
Those here in the
Carolinas were here
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.69
at downlink
locations like to invite you.
00:48:43.72\00:48:46.55
If you have any questions
or you would like to meet
00:48:46.58\00:48:48.20
some of our
staff to move over here
00:48:48.23\00:48:49.73
unto that great big ribbon
for the hospitality center.
00:48:49.76\00:48:52.58
Especially if you just
given your heart to Jesus Christ
00:48:52.61\00:48:56.82
we would like to see you
00:48:56.85\00:48:57.97
otherwise rest
of you're dismissed.
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.28
Remember to say the end
of our broadcast friend,
00:49:00.31\00:49:02.98
God really does
love you. Good night.
00:49:03.01\00:49:07.96
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:49:07.99\00:49:09.02