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00:11 Hi, kids, you wanna hear an amazing fact?
00:14 Most people choose to have children 00:15 because they want the baby to love 00:17 and they want to be loved by the baby, 00:18 but one family in Los Angeles in 1990, 00:22 they had a baby specifically for the purpose 00:24 of saving their other child. 00:26 Back in 1989, Anissa Ayala of Los Angeles 00:30 was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, 00:33 a bone marrow transplant was her only hope 00:36 for a second chance at life. 00:38 But unfortunately, neither of her parents 00:40 Mary and Abraham, 00:41 or her older brother Aaron had a bone marrow 00:44 that matched hers. 00:45 Even after they launched a massive national campaign 00:49 to find and recruit new donors, 00:51 not one was found that had bone marrow 00:53 that matched Anissa. 00:55 That's when her parents aged 44 and 42 00:58 decided they'd have another baby 01:00 to try to save her life. 01:01 Even though they knew the chances 01:03 this new baby were only one in four 01:06 that it would be a bone marrow match, 01:07 they went ahead. 01:09 And incredibly Mary did get pregnant at age 42 01:12 and their prayers were answered. 01:14 The new baby they named Marisa 01:16 turned out to be a perfect match. 01:19 And at 14 months, she donated her marrow 01:21 to her big sister Anissa without of course having 01:24 much say in the matter, 01:26 the treatment worked out perfectly. 01:28 Today, 20 years later, Anissa enjoys perfect health 01:31 and is very close to her younger sister. 01:34 You know, friends, this is not the first time 01:36 that a baby was born specifically to save others. 01:40 We're gonna learn more about it in this Amazing Adventure, 01:43 so let's get on board and discover together. 02:03 Well, good evening everyone and welcome again 02:05 to Amazing Adventure, A Journey for Life with Jesus. 02:09 I'd like to welcome all of our young people 02:11 that are here this evening, and also our friends 02:13 who are joining us 02:14 across the country and around the world 02:16 part of our amazing discovery journey 02:18 into Bible truth. 02:21 But before we get to our study this evening, 02:22 we're gonna sing our theme song 02:24 "Life is an Adventure." 02:26 And I'm gonna invite Pastor Doug to come forward. 02:28 Now, in the past when Pastor Doug has come out 02:31 he has rung the bell and when Pastor Doug... 02:34 Wait, wait when Pastor Doug rings the bell, 02:37 I want us all to say good evening, 02:39 Pastor Doug, all right? 02:40 So listen for the bell. Here it is. 02:44 Good evening, Pastor Doug. 02:47 Good evening. 02:48 Are you ready for an adventure tonight? 02:50 Yes! 02:51 I think we're gonna stand together. 02:53 We're gonna sing our song. We are. 02:54 Let's stand and we invite 02:56 our song leaders to come forward, 02:57 Life is an Adventure. 03:04 Life is an adventure Following the King 03:09 Every day with Jesus Makes us want to sing 03:14 Walking in the spirit 03:17 He will lead the way 03:19 With His words who guide us Scrolling deep inside us 03:25 Nothing can divide us Following the King 03:31 Life is an adventure Following the King 03:37 Every day with Jesus Makes us want to sing 03:42 Conquering with kindness Everywhere we go 03:48 Voices we are raising Jesus we are praising 03:53 Life is so amazing Following the King 03:59 Life is so amazing 04:03 Following the King 04:08 Amen. Thank you, singers. 04:10 You can make your way down. 04:11 But we do have some Bible questions 04:13 that some of our young people have asked. 04:14 And so we're gonna take a look at 04:16 those video Bible questions. 04:17 Our first one for this evening. 04:20 Hi, my name is Sierra Simmons, I am from Crofton, Maryland, 04:24 and I'm nine years old. 04:26 My Bible question is, 04:27 how do you give your heart to God? 04:30 Oh, probably one of the most important questions 04:33 that somebody can ask. 04:34 How do you give your heart to God? 04:37 When we say heart, often people think about 04:40 an emotional feeling. 04:41 They think about your heart here, 04:43 they think about a Valentine's heart. 04:45 In the Bible when it says, "Giving your heart to God," 04:48 it tells us in the Word of God, 04:49 "As a man thinks in his heart so is he." 04:53 Do you think with your pump or with your head? 04:55 Head. 04:56 When you give your heart to God, 04:58 you are giving your mind to God. 04:59 You're saying "Lord, I am choosing to trust You. 05:03 I believe in You, I thank You for Your love. 05:06 Lord, I'm helpless unless You help me." 05:08 Be honest with God and say, "I belong to you. 05:12 Will you change me? Will you forgive me?" 05:14 And when you do that, 05:15 you are giving your heart to God. 05:16 It's a choice to make, to give your life to Him 05:19 and ask for His forgiveness. 05:21 And will He answer that prayer? 05:23 This is our subject tonight. 05:25 So you'll learn more about that. 05:26 Okay, very good. 05:28 Our next question that we have. 05:29 Hi, my name is Samuel, 05:31 I'm 12 years old, from California. 05:33 And I want to know, 05:34 is it possible to live without sinning? 05:36 All right, another important question. 05:38 Is it possible for a person to live without sinning? 05:42 Who first tempted Adam and Eve to sin? 05:46 Satan. The devil. 05:48 Does the devil still tempt people to sin? 05:50 Yes. 05:52 When the angel appeared to Mary, and he said 05:55 "You're going to have a son 05:56 and you will call His name Jesus 05:58 because He will save His people 06:01 from their sins." 06:04 Do we all believe the devil has the power 06:06 to tempt us to sin? 06:07 Yes. 06:09 Do you believe that Jesus has the power 06:11 to save you from sin? 06:12 Yes. 06:15 Who's more powerful, Jesus or the devil? 06:17 Jesus. 06:18 Now, if you're walking with the Lord and you fall, 06:21 He'll forgive you. 06:22 But you should always try 06:24 as a Christian to be like Christ. 06:28 You see, a Christian is not a follower of Christians, 06:30 a Christian is a follower of Jesus. 06:32 Was Jesus perfect? Yes. 06:35 Yeah, Bible says He did no sin. 06:38 And so if you're following a perfect master, 06:40 you will always become more and more like Jesus 06:43 as you follow Him. 06:45 But if you say, "Oh, well, 06:47 we're all sinners and so why try" 06:50 your standard of life is gonna go down. 06:52 So you always want to seek to be like Jesus 06:55 and believe that He can keep you from falling. 06:57 That's what it says in the Book of Jude. 06:59 He is able to keep you from falling. 07:01 He can save you from your sins. 07:03 Amen. All right. 07:05 Our next question that we have. 07:07 Hi, my name is Ally, and I'm from Texas. 07:10 And my Bible question is, 07:11 why did they choose a lamb to represent Jesus? 07:14 All right. 07:15 The question there was, 07:16 why does the Bible use a lamb to represent Jesus? 07:19 You can see she's probably on a farm 07:21 and there're some goats and some animals around. 07:23 But why lamb? Why does that symbolize Jesus? 07:25 That sounded like the goat asked the question too 07:28 halfway through. 07:31 Well, you know, lambs, it's interesting, 07:33 God used several shepherds to become great leaders. 07:38 Abel, Abel was a shepherd, Moses was a shepherd, 07:44 Joseph was a shepherd, Abraham was a shepherd, 07:47 Jacob was a shepherd, David was a shepherd. 07:51 God taught those shepherds how to care for people 07:54 by taking care of sheep because sheep, 07:57 domestic modern sheep are kind of helpless 08:00 without someone to help protect them, 08:02 and guide them, and feed them. 08:04 And so sheep have been domesticated 08:07 for thousands of years. 08:09 So they're very dependent, they're often innocent. 08:12 You don't hear too often about a person on the news, 08:14 "Someone was attacked and killed by a lamb today." 08:17 They're usually pretty gentle animals. 08:22 And so God picked this gentle innocent animal 08:26 to be a symbol of Jesus, who is the Lamb of God 08:29 that takes away the sin of the world, 08:31 which we have a story about tonight. 08:33 All right, well, with that, Pastor Doug, 08:35 we'll turn the time over to you a very important lesson. 08:37 Thank you so much, Pastor Ross. 08:40 And thank you everybody, 08:41 both here in the local church here in Michigan, 08:44 as well as our friends who are watching 08:46 via the internet and others who may be looking 08:49 in on television 08:50 to our Amazing Adventure program. 08:52 Our lesson tonight is talking about the only lifeboat. 08:57 And so God has a lifeboat 09:00 by which He is going to save us. 09:04 Now, remember our memory verse, 09:06 "Nor is there salvation in any other, 09:10 but there is no other name under heaven 09:12 given among men by which we must be saved." 09:16 So years ago, back in 1914, they built one of the most 09:22 beautiful ships that'd ever been built. 09:23 It was the biggest ship in the world at the time. 09:26 You know, the name of it was... 09:27 Titanic. The Titanic. 09:29 In my office in California, 09:31 I've actually got a piece of coal 09:34 that was on the Titanic that they recovered 09:36 from the wreck. 09:38 That's 13,000 feet below the water, 09:40 they brought up a bunch of things 09:42 and someone had some coal. 09:44 A friend of mine bought a little piece of the coal 09:45 from the original Titanic and they gave... 09:48 He send it to me as a gift. 09:50 And it's a reminder that even though that ship 09:54 had some of the very best 09:55 and most modern technology of mankind, 09:59 they said it was unsinkable. 10:01 They said we don't need 10:02 very many lifeboats on the Titanic 10:04 because we built it 10:05 with 16 waterproof compartments. 10:09 And so even if it gets punctured here or there, 10:13 it'll never sink. 10:14 So they didn't put enough lifeboats on the ship. 10:17 Well, you know the story. 10:19 Four days into the first voyage, 10:22 beautiful calm water at night. 10:24 They were going too fast, maybe not paying attention, 10:28 having too much fun partying on the boat, 10:31 and they ran into an iceberg that cut the boat 10:34 open from the bow, made a rip about 300 feet back 10:37 and water began to pour into all the different compartments 10:41 and they realized they didn't have enough lifeboats. 10:44 The sad thing is, a lot of people 10:46 did not want to get off the ship 10:48 into the lifeboats they did have, 10:50 so some of the first lifeboats that pushed off, 10:52 were almost empty. 10:55 And then it was too late when people realized 10:57 the boat was going to sink. 10:59 And everybody was trying to crowd into the lifeboats 11:02 and most of the people on the Titanic drowned 11:07 because they were not thinking 11:08 about the importance of the lifeboats. 11:11 You know, the Bible tells us about a lifeboat 11:13 that God made back early when He destroyed the world 11:18 because of their sins, there was one lifeboat 11:20 who was the captain of that boat? 11:21 Noah. 11:23 Noah, and the boat was called the what? 11:25 Ark. Noah's Ark. 11:27 And there was only one boat. 11:30 And yeah, all had to be on that boat 11:32 if you wanted to survive. 11:33 Now Noah and his family came, 11:34 most people didn't get on the lifeboat. 11:37 But Noah not only took his family, 11:38 what else did he take? 11:40 Animals. He took some animals. 11:41 You know, I just got a signal. 11:43 I think we've got a guest visitor here tonight. 11:45 And so if I'm not mistaken, yep, sure enough, 11:49 I've not even met this guest, 11:51 but we just had someone come from Noah's Ark. 11:56 Hi, is it Seth? Yes. 11:58 And Seth, what do we have here? 12:00 This is a Chinchilla and his name is 12:03 Mr. Chinchilla Man. 12:04 Mr. Chinchilla Man, 12:05 very creative like Monty Python. 12:07 Oh, yes. Yeah, got a lot of funny names. 12:10 So he's a Chinchilla. 12:11 These guys they live near the volcanoes and stuff 12:14 so they got really soft fur, 12:15 one of the softest furs of any mammal so... 12:18 Do they work hard to keep their coats clean? 12:20 Yes, they do. 12:21 They actually will roll around in volcanic ash to try 12:24 and keep their coats clean. 12:26 You know, that's a good lesson for us to do 12:29 everything we can to keep our coats clean. 12:31 Jesus gives us robes of righteousness 12:33 and we don't want to get them dirty. 12:34 So can I pet him? Absolutely. 12:37 Oh, they're so soft. 12:38 Is it okay if I have a couple of kids come up or maybe... 12:43 Now raise your hands if you have not... 12:46 If you've not been up here before. 12:47 All right, so who are some people? 12:49 I was gonna bring Isaac, you want to come up? 12:51 Yes. All right, come on up here. 12:53 Let me see. I'll get two or three. 12:55 I'll let you come. You've not been up yet? 12:56 No. 12:58 Well, there's other things you hang tight. 12:59 We got more happening here. Okay. 13:01 Mr. Chinchilla. 13:03 Now, is that the softest thing you've ever felt? 13:06 Yes. 13:07 So tell us about some of their habits. 13:09 What do they do? 13:10 Well, Chinchillas, they really like to eat the grass 13:14 that's on the mountains. 13:15 So they'll climb up and they like to keep it cool 13:18 because they got this big thick fur, 13:20 and they like to hang out with other Chinchillas, 13:23 so you'll see them chatter with each other. 13:25 And they're nocturnal, so they actually, you know, 13:27 kind of like it more at the nighttime 13:29 as opposed to daytime. 13:30 So he's just waking up right now? 13:32 Oh, yes. He's like... 13:33 Do they not eat fingers? No, no, no. 13:35 Okay, I just want to make sure. 13:36 They're herbivores, they love all the veggies. 13:39 That's what they like. Well, thank you. 13:40 Let's all thank Seth for showing us Mr. Chinchilla. 13:46 All right, kids, thanks. 13:49 Never dreamed we'd actually have a visitor from the ark. 13:53 So Noah brought two of all of the unclean animals, 13:58 clean animals were brought on the arks by seven 14:01 and after all the animals 14:03 were on the ark they went in just before the door shut. 14:07 Noah stood in the door of the ark 14:09 and he said to any of the people, 14:12 "Don't you wanna be saved? 14:14 Now is the time." 14:16 And the people said, "Well, 14:17 Noah, you've been talking about rain for 120 years 14:20 and we've never seen it rain 14:21 and there's no clouds in the sky 14:22 and we're not so sure it's gonna rain. 14:24 Maybe when we see the clouds, then we'll get on the ark." 14:29 But when they waited for the clouds, 14:30 it was too late. 14:32 He appealed and he asked the people to come 14:34 but they didn't come and finally Noah 14:36 and his family went inside. 14:38 The door of the ark was closed. 14:41 And then for seven days, everyone made fun of Noah. 14:44 But then the rain came and the thunder began to crack 14:49 and the clouds gathered and water began to pour 14:53 in great cataracts from the sky, 14:55 and it began to explode out of the earth, 14:58 and there was this terrible flood 14:59 that changed the whole planet. 15:01 And the only ones that survived were the ones in the lifeboat. 15:06 You know who the lifeboat is in the last days? 15:09 Jesus. Jesus. 15:10 "Only those in Christ..." 15:13 the Bible says that "will be saved." 15:15 We must be in Jesus, we hide in Him. 15:17 He is our Savior, He is our lifeboat. 15:20 So we're gonna go through our lesson and talk about 15:22 how do we give our hearts to the Lord? 15:24 How do we get on this lifeboat? 15:25 First question, what has God done for us 15:29 to make a lifeboat for us? 15:32 Now we've read this verse before, 15:33 John 3:16. 15:35 You want to say it with me? 15:36 "For God so loved the world 15:40 that He gave His only begotten Son, 15:43 that whoever believes in Him 15:46 should not perish but have everlasting life." 15:51 Now we read those verses, you know those words, 15:54 but what does it mean when it says "He gave His Son." 15:57 It was very painful for God to lose His Son. 16:03 Years ago 1937, there was a man named John Griffith. 16:09 He operated a railroad draw bridge 16:11 over the Mississippi River. 16:13 Most of the time they kept the railroad bridge up 16:16 until he got the whistle that a train was coming. 16:19 He signaled back, bring the train along, 16:21 he would lower the bridge 16:23 so the train wouldn't have to slow down 16:24 cause they needed to keep the bridge up 16:26 for all the ships and the boats 16:27 to go through on the Mississippi. 16:30 One day John brought his son Gregory with him to work, 16:33 his young boy about five or six years old. 16:36 And they were having lunch together 16:38 and he was showing him the machines 16:40 and he wanted to see how daddy worked. 16:42 And just then he heard the whistle 16:44 and the radio go say "Train was coming." 16:46 "So okay, you sit tight, 16:48 and you can watch the train go by." 16:50 The father went up and he radioed back, 16:52 "Tell the train to come on through." 16:53 It's the Memphis special 400 people on board and 16:58 "You don't need to slow down" 17:00 he said "I'm here, I'll lower the bridge." 17:01 So the train started coming and the father was up there, 17:04 he hit the switch and the drawbridge machine 17:06 and the cable started to lower. 17:08 And then he heard "Help, daddy." 17:11 And he looked down at the machine. 17:14 And he was horrified to see his son Greg 17:17 had not listened to him. 17:18 He got up and he went to watch the machine move. 17:20 And he didn't realize there would be a cable 17:22 going behind him 17:24 and the cable had a broken piece of cable 17:26 that was like a little hook. 17:28 It grabbed his clothes and it began to pull him up 17:30 towards the machinery. 17:33 Gears, pulleys, the father saw the train whistling 17:38 and it was coming towards him and he thought, "What do I do? 17:42 If I stopped the drawbridge that train will never be 17:45 able to stop in time. 17:47 The cars and all those people 17:49 are gonna go crash off into the Mississippi 17:51 and many will drown. 17:54 If I don't, my son will be lost." 17:58 He had a terrible decision to make. 18:00 He decided that he would sacrifice his son 18:04 to save all the people and he let the bridge go down 18:06 and his son died. 18:08 He had to listen to his son say "Daddy, help me." 18:10 And he couldn't save his son. 18:12 And then when the people went by in the train, 18:15 there was a glass booth there 18:16 where they could see the operator, 18:17 they could see John Griffith, 18:19 and all the people were waving to him 18:21 as they went by. 18:23 And they didn't realize that he just gave his son 18:26 so that they could live. 18:28 So many people in this world don't realize 18:30 how much Jesus gave so they could live. 18:34 And He says, "If you love Me, then give your heart to Me." 18:37 He's happy to die for you because He loves you. 18:41 Bible tells us that the life preserver is Christ. 18:45 You can actually read in Jude 1, 18:47 "We are preserved in Christ." 18:50 Jesus is our life preserver who saves us. 18:53 So how much does Jesus love us? 18:56 Does He really love us that much? 18:57 Does He love me personally, you might wonder 18:59 "I know He loves the whole world, 19:01 but I'm not a very good boy or girl. 19:03 Maybe He doesn't really love me that much 19:05 'cause I'm pretty bad." 19:07 I'll tell you. 19:08 If you knew me when I was your age, 19:10 I was a real scoundrel. 19:11 I used to steal. 19:13 My grandmother caught me one day. 19:15 I stole a bow and arrow from a drug store. 19:19 And she said, "I don't know how you got it 19:20 out of the store in your pants." 19:22 But somehow, you know, under my clothes, 19:23 I hid the whole bow and arrow. 19:25 She took me to the police station 19:26 'cause she... 19:28 I had such a problem of stealing. 19:29 She said, "You better put the fear in him." 19:33 They said "If you don't stop stealing, Dougie, 19:35 we're gonna put you in jail, 19:37 and you'll eat bread and water." 19:39 I said, "I don't care. I like bread and water." 19:42 And my grandmother whispered to the policeman 19:44 "Tell him he's only gonna eat canned peas." 19:48 Oh, I hated peas. 19:49 And the policeman said 19:50 "All you're gonna get is water and peas." 19:52 I said "Oh, I'm gonna stop stealing." 19:55 I didn't want to steal anymore, but I was a... 19:57 I got in a lot of trouble when I was a little boy. 20:00 But, you know, I came to realize Jesus 20:02 loves me so much, 20:04 He would have died just for me. 20:06 He loves you individually so much 20:08 He would die just for you. 20:10 The Bible says in Romans 5:8, 20:13 "God demonstrates His own love towards us, 20:15 in while we were sinners." 20:17 Jesus died. 20:18 He didn't say when you get to be good enough, 20:20 then I'll die for you. 20:21 He loves you. 20:23 You know that song Jesus loves me. 20:25 I'll tell you my verse. 20:27 Jesus loves me when I'm good, when I do the things I should, 20:30 Jesus loves me when I'm bad, even though it makes Him sad. 20:35 Yes, Jesus loves me. Good or bad, He loves you. 20:37 Nothing separates you from the love of God. 20:41 He says, "Yes, I've loved you with an everlasting love." 20:45 God loves you more than you love anything. 20:46 It's so hard for us to even understand. 20:49 He says, "You are precious in My sight." 20:52 "There is no created thing, " Romans 8:38, 20:55 "that is able to separate us 20:56 from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, 20:59 our Lord." 21:00 Someone asked a question about a sheep. 21:02 I'll tell you a story. 21:04 In Scotland years ago, there was a lighthouse keeper. 21:08 And his job was to keep the lighthouse light burning. 21:11 Every now and then... 21:12 the lighthouse was over 100 feet high. 21:14 And every now and then it was right on the coast 21:16 and there were some fields 21:18 where some sheep would graze nearby. 21:20 And he was out on top of the lighthouse one day, 21:25 there's a little railing that walks around the top 21:27 so he could wash the windows 21:29 and keep the windows clean on the lighthouse. 21:31 And he was walking around and he was cleaning the windows 21:33 and he leaned back, and he didn't realize 21:35 the railing had gotten so rusty from the salt air 21:37 had corroded it 21:40 that it broke and he fell. 21:44 And as he's falling through the air he thought, 21:45 "Oh, that's the end of my life." 21:48 Then he woke up, and he thought, 21:51 "I must be in heaven." 21:52 He saw clouds floating by the blue sky. 21:56 And then he thought, "If I'm in heaven, 21:59 why does my back hurt so much." 22:02 And he kind of shook himself awake 22:03 and he realized he didn't die. 22:06 He landed on a sheep. 22:12 But the sheep died. 22:15 And he felt so bad. 22:17 That big, fat, fluffy sheep broke his fall 22:22 and so the man lived. 22:24 You know, Jesus tells us or the Bible tells us that 22:26 Jesus is the Lamb of God. 22:27 You read in John 1:29, John the Baptist, 22:31 when he introduced Jesus, he said, 22:34 "Behold, the Lamb of God 22:36 that takes away the sin of the world." 22:39 Jesus came to take away our sin. 22:41 Now, how exactly does that work? 22:44 All right. 22:45 So, here you got Jesus, here you got sin, 22:51 here you got you and me. 22:52 So Bible says, 22:54 "Though our sins be like scarlet." 22:55 So I'll just put a little bit of it in here 22:58 and the more you put in here 23:01 you can see it's starting to turn, 23:03 it gets red. 23:07 So sin, it contaminates and it pollutes our lives. 23:12 But no matter what happens, 23:14 Jesus was tempted by the devil many times but... 23:19 You notice, He never sinned. 23:23 The devil tried and tried to tempt Jesus, 23:25 but it wouldn't work. 23:27 But when you and I get sin in us, you know, 23:30 it just, it makes us worse. 23:35 More sin, darker it gets. 23:39 But if you put the sin in Jesus... 23:47 Sin... 23:48 Bible says, God is not tempted with evil. 23:50 Every good and perfect gift is from God. 23:52 God doesn't sin. Makes us worse. 23:57 But the solution is, I wonder what happens if you put Jesus. 24:02 Oh, no, there's not near enough sin 24:03 in here right now let's... 24:05 I want you to see then. 24:12 But what happens if we accept Jesus 24:14 into our lives? 24:17 While we were yet sinners, Jesus loved us, 24:19 He comes into our lives and He purifies us, 24:24 and someday what is Jesus 24:26 gonna do to the sin in the world? 24:31 And the whole universe is gonna be clean. 24:34 And if you use that, 24:35 that will clean your clothes too. 24:36 All right, thank you very much. I'm going to get my... 24:39 You know, the most important decision a young person 24:42 can make is that decision to follow Jesus 24:44 and begin that amazing adventure to eternity. 24:47 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 24:49 the new Amazing Adventure programs that are available. 24:53 During these nearly 10 hours 24:54 of exciting high definition programs, 24:57 the young people will do science experiments, 24:59 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 25:02 and most of all, they'll learn about Jesus 25:05 from the Word of God. 25:06 There's a beautifully illustrated 25:07 Bible Study Guide to go along with 25:09 each of the video presentations. 25:12 These beautiful illustrated study guides 25:14 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 25:17 They'll lead your kids 25:18 through an incredible journey with Jesus. 25:20 And for me, the most exciting thing 25:21 is this new Amazing Adventure series 25:24 goes along with the Amazing Facts 25:25 Adventure Bible. 25:27 The Bible, the study guides, the DVDs are all designed 25:30 to lead your young person 25:32 on a Journey for Life with Jesus. 25:34 Call the number on your screen or contact us 25:37 at afbookstore.com. 25:40 It's a miracle how God cleans us from sin. 25:44 You know, somebody asked 25:45 the preacher Billy Sunday one time. 25:48 They said, "How can the blood of Jesus wash away my sin?" 25:51 You know what he said? 25:53 "I don't know how a black cow can eat green grass 25:58 and make yellow butter and white milk. 26:02 Black cow eats green grass, 26:04 makes yellow butter and white milk. 26:06 He said "I don't understand it, but I enjoy ice cream." 26:10 You don't have to understand it all to enjoy it. 26:14 It is a miracle that God takes away our sins. 26:16 But trust me, He did it for me, He will do it for you. 26:19 Number three, what did Jesus come to do for me? 26:24 The Bible says, 26:25 "God sent His only begotten Son into the world, 26:28 that we might live through Him." 26:31 And this is the love of God, not that we love God, 26:34 but it starts because of His love for us. 26:37 In that He loves us, 26:39 and He sent His son, this is a big word, 26:42 "to be the propitiation," 26:43 that means the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 26:47 Now, why is this so important to us? 26:50 Because the penalty for sin is death, 26:54 but God is offering us a gift, a gift of eternal life. 26:57 All right, I need a volunteer. Let me see here. 27:00 I'm gonna go find someone here, 27:02 you can't move but if you've raised your hand 27:04 before, let me see here. 27:09 Young man right here, you can come up, okay. 27:12 Now nobody... 27:13 You're getting a really special opportunity right now. 27:17 Because several people have been in the treasure chest 27:20 but nobody's been in the captain's cabin. 27:22 You know this boat, the SS or HMS 27:25 Adventure has a lifeboat. 27:28 Are you strong? I want you to... 27:30 You're pretty good. 27:31 Go in there, there's a little lifeboat in there. 27:33 Open that door and look, I want you to see 27:36 if you can find the lifeboat. 27:37 You got to pick it up, it's a little heavy 27:38 and bring it out with you. 27:40 Do you see a little boat there? That's it. 27:45 All right. 27:46 Very good. 27:48 That's a good boy. He even closed the door. 27:50 Well trained. What was your name? 27:52 Jayden. Jayden? 27:54 Okay, Jayden, and I want to tell you a story. 27:56 There was a boy... 27:57 That's not too heavy for you, is it? 27:58 Okay. 28:00 There was a boy, he built a model boat. 28:03 He lived by the river, he loved sailboats. 28:06 And so he spent a lot of time and he carved 28:08 and he got the sail, and he sewed 28:11 and he made himself a model boat, 28:12 and he put it on a string. 28:14 And he let it go out in the river 28:15 when the wind was blowing a little bit 28:17 he'd sail it up and down the river, 28:18 and he pulled it back across, 28:20 and he had so much fun with this boat. 28:21 This was years ago. 28:23 One day the wind was really blowing 28:24 and he didn't have the string tied very tight. 28:27 And the boat blew away from him. 28:31 And his beloved sailboat drifted down the river. 28:36 And he was so sad. 28:37 He had spent days and weeks making it 28:39 and now it was gone. 28:42 A couple weeks later, he was in town, 28:44 town nearby where they did their shopping 28:46 and what do you think he saw in the window 28:48 of one of the pawn shops there? 28:51 There was his boat. 28:53 And he was so excited, he went and he told the man 28:54 he said "That boat... 28:56 That's my boat." 28:57 Man looked a little trouble, he said, "Well, 29:00 maybe that's your boat but someone sold it to me. 29:03 And I've paid $20 for that boat." 29:05 He did a really good job making the boat. 29:08 He said, "But it's my boat." 29:09 And the man said, "Look, I bought it so I could sell it 29:12 and make a profit. 29:13 I'll make a deal. I will sell it you... 29:16 Sell it back to you for the same price 29:19 that I bought it for." 29:21 And he said $20. He said $20. 29:26 Well, he would mow lawns for 50 cents. 29:30 So how many lawns that he have to mow? 29:32 Forty. Forty, some good math students. 29:34 He had to mow 40 lawns and finally came back 29:37 and he handed the man $40. 29:40 He didn't realize his boat was worth so much 29:41 but as he walked away, he handed him $20, thank you. 29:47 He didn't realize his boat was so valuable 29:50 and he walked away and he looked at his boat 29:52 and he started talking to it, he says "You are my boat." 29:54 Says, "You are double my boat." 29:56 Says, "You are my boat 29:58 because I made you and you are my boat 30:00 because I redeemed you. 30:02 I bought you back." 30:03 He says, "You're my boat twice". 30:06 I'll tell you what I'm going to do for you. 30:09 "I'm going to give you a better boat tomorrow. 30:11 Are you coming back?" 30:12 You come back tomorrow Jayden, I'm gonna give you a boat. 30:14 This one's borrowed for the night. 30:15 How's that sound? We got a deal? 30:17 All right, thank you very much. Let's give him a hand. 30:25 Poor Jayden had to stand there and hold the heavy boat. 30:29 How do I accept Jesus and truly show that 30:32 I believe in Him? 30:34 What do we do? 30:36 Well, the Bible says, "Ask and it will be given to you." 30:40 So if you want eternal life, 30:42 do you have to climb a mountain? 30:44 In order to get eternal life, 30:46 do you have to whip yourself or crawl on your knees? 30:49 Jesus says, what do we do? 30:52 Ask right there ask and it will be given. 30:55 If we come to Him, there is a thief on the cross 30:58 who is dying next to Jesus and you know, 31:01 he prayed one of his final prayers 31:03 he said, Lord, remember me 31:05 when You come into Your kingdom, 31:06 and did Jesus hear his prayer? 31:08 And He promised He would give him 31:10 everlasting life. 31:11 Acts 16:31, ask and what else do you do? 31:15 Believe. 31:17 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 31:18 and you will be saved." 31:20 So it's not just asking, when you ask, believe. 31:22 Let me tell you a story. 31:24 When I was a young Christian, I was 17 years old, 31:27 little older than most of you when I accepted the Lord. 31:29 I didn't know much about praying, 31:31 but when I realized the Bible was true, 31:33 I learned from reading prophecy, 31:35 I would pray the most amazing things. 31:38 I was standing on the road hitchhiking, 31:39 I said, "Lord, please help me get a ride 31:42 from Oklahoma to California. 31:43 I need some money and some food." 31:45 Soon as I finished praying, car picked me up, 31:48 took me 2000 miles, almost 2000 miles, 31:51 fed me all the way out and gave me money 31:54 and I didn't ask for it, I'd ask the Lord. 31:57 I remember I was with a friend one time 31:59 we were, I had no money. 32:00 We were playing the guitar and begging. 32:02 I played the flute. 32:03 My friend, his name was Doug also. 32:05 Doug played the guitar. And I played the flute. 32:07 And I was telling him about Jesus. 32:10 He said, "I'm not so sure I believe in Jesus." 32:13 He said, "I believe in, 32:14 you know, reincarnation and these." 32:15 I said, "No, Jesus is real." 32:17 I said, "Doug, I'll prove it to you." 32:19 He said, "How you going to prove it to me? 32:20 I said, "Well, we're trying 32:22 to get some money to eat, right?" 32:24 So he said, "Yeah, I said, "How much money do we need?" 32:27 He said, "Well, it'd be great if we got $4. 32:30 We could probably eat in a restaurant 32:31 instead of just going to the supermarket." 32:33 Back then you could eat $2 32:34 you could buy a meal in a restaurant. 32:37 And so I know it's amazing, isn't it? 32:40 Taco Bell, you're still pretty close. 32:42 So I said, "I tell you what, Doug, 32:45 I'm going to ask Jesus to give us $4 32:48 and He's going to prove that He's real." 32:51 I had so much faith back then. I believed. 32:54 So we saw lady walking up the street in Palm Springs 32:57 and she was a dignified looking lady, 32:59 and we started to play, I played my flute, 33:01 he played the guitar. 33:03 She stopped for a moment to listen. 33:04 And then when we got done playing, 33:06 we said, "Miss, would you have any spare change? 33:08 We'd like to get something to eat." 33:10 She looked a little surprised by our question. 33:11 She said, "Normally, I wouldn't do this. 33:15 But you're both about the age of my son." 33:19 And so she reached in her purse, and she said, 33:21 "How would $4 help?" 33:24 And Doug looked at me. 33:26 And after that Doug started praying to Jesus. 33:31 And we, I saw so many miracles, 33:33 when you pray, things happen, 33:35 sometimes the answer doesn't come right away. 33:36 But you look back and you say, ah, 33:38 God answered our prayer. 33:39 God has answered thousands 33:41 and thousands of prayers for me. 33:42 Believe, so what's the most important 33:44 prayer you can pray? 33:46 Lord, forgive my sins, accept me as a child 33:51 and give me the gift of everlasting life 33:53 and He will do it. 33:55 Why don't more people ask for it? 33:57 He wants to give it to them. 33:59 And why do we love the Lord? 34:02 "We love Him 'cause He first loved us." 34:05 When you look at the cross 34:07 and you see how much He loves you, 34:09 it makes you want to love Him back. 34:12 The Bible says, 34:13 "The goodness of God leads us to repentance." 34:16 When we see His goodness, we become aware of our badness 34:19 and then we're sorry. 34:21 Now, it's important that you know 34:24 who knows what repentance means. 34:27 Repentance means being sorry for your sins 34:30 and a willingness to stop. 34:32 For example, like, 34:33 if I'm walking in this direction 34:36 and I realize that I'm going the wrong way. 34:38 See, I went to military school. 34:40 They taught us how to do about-face. 34:42 And then you walk this way. 34:44 Repentance is when you turn around. 34:45 And so repentance means you change directions. 34:50 Yeah, and you're on the road to destruction. 34:55 You change directions and you follow the Lord. 34:59 So telling the Lord you're sorry. 35:01 How many of you remember every sin 35:02 you've ever committed? 35:04 Well, not too many of you can remember all your... 35:06 No, you don't remember all your sins. 35:09 Most of you can't remember all the sins from one day. 35:12 So do you have to remember and confess all of your sins? 35:17 The Bible says, "If we confess our sins, 35:19 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 35:22 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 35:26 But who remembers all their sins? 35:28 So what do you do? I need someone to help me. 35:31 No, this won't be tutor, 35:32 you can come up front, this one. 35:34 Now what's your name? Gabriel. 35:36 Gabriel? Okay, Gabriel. 35:39 Now if we're walking out of the church 35:41 and you step on my foot, go ahead, step on my foot. 35:44 Aw. What would you say to me? 35:47 Sorry. Sorry, okay. 35:49 But if we're walking out of the church, 35:51 and you push into me and you knock me down, 35:54 would you just say you're sorry? 35:56 Or would you say, let me help you up? 35:58 Let me help you up. Let me help you up, right. 36:01 So if we're walking out of the church, 36:03 I didn't tackle you too hard, did I? 36:04 If we're walking out of the church, 36:06 and I'm carrying a load of books, 36:08 and you're running out of the church 36:10 and you tripped me and I fall, I break my arm. 36:13 Would you just look back and say, 36:15 "Sorry," and keep going? 36:17 You would? 36:20 All right, I need somebody else up here. 36:22 No, no, no. 36:25 Now if you've knocked me down and broke my arm, 36:27 you just say sorry and walk out. 36:30 Wouldn't you try and say, "Well, let me see 36:32 if I could call an ambulance for you or something, right?" 36:35 I mean, if you step on my toes, you just say, "I'm sorry." 36:38 And I say "That's fine. No problem." 36:40 If you trip me, you help me back up. 36:42 If you break my arm, you do a little more apology. 36:46 You stay around. 36:47 Let me help you, call the doctor 36:49 or you're gonna run off and leave me, huh? 36:52 Right, you can sit down. All right. 36:54 You know, the most important decision 36:56 a young person can make 36:57 is that decision to follow Jesus 36:59 and begin that amazing adventure to eternity. 37:02 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 37:04 the new Amazing Adventure programs 37:06 that are available. 37:07 During these nearly 10 hours 37:09 of exciting high definition programs, 37:11 the young people will do science experiments, 37:14 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 37:17 and most of all, they'll learn about Jesus 37:19 from the Word of God. 37:21 There's a beautifully illustrated Bible Study Guide 37:23 to go along with each of the video presentations. 37:26 These beautiful illustrated study guides 37:29 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 37:31 They'll lead your kids through 37:33 an incredible journey with Jesus. 37:35 And for me, the most exciting thing 37:36 is this new Amazing Adventure series goes along 37:39 with the Amazing Facts Adventure Bible. 37:41 The Bible, the study guides, the DVDs are all designed 37:45 to lead your young person 37:47 on a Journey for Life with Jesus. 37:49 Call the number on your screen or contact us 37:52 at afbookstore.com. 37:55 Do you confess your sins to God because He doesn't know? 37:59 Does God know everything? 38:01 So why are you confessing your sins to Him? 38:05 The same reason that he would say, 38:07 I'm sorry when he stepped on my foot. 38:08 When he stepped on my foot, I know he stepped on my foot, 38:11 he knows he stepped on my foot, 38:12 but it's appropriate to say I'm sorry. 38:15 When you sinned against God, 38:16 we need to tell God we're sorry. 38:18 When I was about four years old, 38:21 I lived with my father and my brother 38:23 in Southern California. 38:25 My father had a shoeshine machine, 38:27 in the upstairs hall. 38:31 It was, it was like a chrome silver machine. 38:34 It had a big black furry brush on this side, 38:37 and a big red furry brush 38:39 on that side and a button on top. 38:41 And my dad before he went to work, 38:43 he'd walk into the hall, 38:45 he'd step on the motor, he would go... 38:47 The brushes would spin really fast. 38:49 It was powerful. 38:51 He put his shoes under there, he buffed them. 38:54 Then he'd step on it and he'd go to work. 38:57 I was fascinated. 38:58 When I was four years old with that machine, 39:00 I've never had so much power in my control. 39:03 And when no one was looking, I'd sit there 39:05 and I hit the button, it'd go... 39:08 And I tried to stop the brushes with my hand, 39:10 I couldn't, my hands would get 39:12 so hot from the friction, and I turned it off 39:15 and I turned it on. 39:16 I had so much fun playing with that shoeshine machine 39:19 until one morning... 39:21 Yeah, there I was. 39:23 I woke up Sunday morning before everybody else 39:27 and then wouldn't sleep, and I'm bored 39:29 and I walked out of my bedroom. 39:30 I walked in the hall, there was a shoeshine machine. 39:33 And so I sat there and I turned it on. 39:35 Whoo. I turned it off. 39:37 I tried to stop it, turned it on. 39:39 And I thought it's a shoeshine machine, 39:42 I should shine some shoes. 39:45 So I tiptoed into my father's bedroom. 39:48 He was still snoring. 39:50 And I grabbed his black shoes 39:51 that he kicked off there by the bed. 39:53 And I brought him out and I shut the door. 39:55 And I was going to buff them and I thought 39:57 I'm almost sure that dad's got shoe polish 40:00 in the bathroom under the sink. 40:01 I'll use shoe polish. 40:03 So I went in the bathroom, I left the shoes there. 40:05 Went in the bathroom under the sink sure enough 40:07 there was a bottle of shoe polish. 40:09 Now this was not the kind of little can where it's wax. 40:11 This was the liquid shoe polish 40:14 that had an applicator on top, 40:16 but I didn't understand all that 40:17 and somehow I got the lid off and I was smart enough to know 40:21 black shoe polish goes on the black brush. 40:24 So I poured a generous amount 40:26 of black shoe polish on that black brush, 40:28 got it good and went 40:29 because I wanted the shoes really shiny. 40:32 Then I hit the button. Something terrible happened. 40:38 First of all the machine began to bounce 40:40 because all the weight of the wet shoe polish 40:42 was on one side and started to hop 40:44 and then it picked up speed, it went... 40:47 And it discarded all of the polish. 40:50 All the polish was sprayed off the brush. 40:53 It went up the wall through the middle 40:56 of a very expensive Spanish soldier picture, 40:59 some Spanish conquistador. 41:02 Across the ceiling back down the other side of the hall, 41:05 it just created the black rainbow in the hall 41:09 and I quickly I hit the button and turned it off 41:11 and I looked at that, and I thought, 41:14 probably time to go back to bed. 41:17 I went back in my bedroom and I crawl back into my bed. 41:21 And I'm laying there under the covers, 41:22 I'm thinking nobody saw, 41:25 nobody will know that I'm responsible. 41:29 Little while it took forever but pretty soon 41:31 I heard my dad stumble around 41:33 and I heard the sink go on in the bathroom 41:34 and then I heard his bedroom door open 41:36 and my little heart was going like this 41:37 and I felt, I'll just pretend I'm asleep. 41:40 And he walks out in the hall and then I hear... 41:44 He made these noises I'd never heard before. 41:47 He went right to my bedroom door 41:49 and he opened up the door 41:50 and he looks and he goes Dougie, 41:52 and I wondered why he said me 41:54 because I had my brother, 41:55 I had my stepbrother but he went right to me, 41:57 he said, "Get in here." 41:59 I acted like I was asleep. Dougie! 42:01 Oh, yeah. 42:04 And I came out, and he pointed me 42:08 to the rainbow that looked as ominous as ever. 42:12 He said, "Do you know anything about this?" 42:15 I wanted to tell the truth but I thought, 42:17 no man, no one will know. 42:19 I said, "No." 42:22 He said, "Are you sure?" 42:26 I don't know. What happened? 42:29 I thought, you know, 42:30 someone maybe broke into my house 42:32 and a robber might have tried to steal my dad's shoes 42:34 and shine them before he left. 42:36 Anything could have happen? 42:39 And my dad said, "All right, Doug, 42:41 I'm gonna spank you until you tell the truth." 42:45 There was a convenient bench right there in the hall 42:48 where he used to put his shoes on, 42:49 he sat down and he pulled me over his knee 42:52 and he began to swat me on my posterior. 42:56 You'll know where that is. 42:58 That's your gluteus maximus, 43:00 there, yeah, and, and I was going, 43:04 I didn't do it. I didn't do it. 43:06 I didn't do it. I did it. 43:07 I did it. I did it. 43:11 Because, you know, 43:12 we all crack under torture after a while. 43:15 And then my father used to cry and he said, 43:17 "Stop crying. 43:19 Go in the bathroom, wash your face." 43:20 So I went crying off into the bathroom 43:22 and I had a little stool I used to stand on 43:24 so I could see in the sink. 43:26 I was still pretty small. 43:28 I stood up on the sink to wash my face 43:29 and I'm looking in the mirror. 43:32 I had black spots all over my face. 43:37 Here I am. 43:39 I'm looking at my father, 43:40 got black spots all over my face. 43:41 He says, "Do you know anything about this shoe polish?" 43:43 I am going, "No, not me." 43:47 Can we get away with anything with God? 43:49 No. 43:50 It's like sometimes your parents say, 43:52 "Did you get into the chocolate chip cookies," 43:54 and you're going... 43:56 You got chocolate chips all around you. 43:58 Not me. 44:00 Your parents usually know, right? 44:03 You always want to tell the truth 44:06 and confess your sins to God. 44:08 You don't have to hide anything from God. 44:10 So be honest with Him. 44:12 Tell Him what your sins are, and He will forgive you. 44:15 He's very merciful. 44:18 Will my life change when I give it to Jesus 44:20 and join His family? 44:22 What does Jesus help me do? 44:25 "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." 44:29 You become a new creature. 44:31 Old things are passed away. 44:32 All things are made new. 44:35 You're born again. 44:37 Jesus said, then if you love Him, 44:38 because you're a new creature, 44:40 because of the love for God, 44:42 you want to keep His commandments, 44:43 it actually pleases you. 44:46 Now, all of you been born once. 44:47 How many have been born at least once? 44:49 That should have been everybody, right? 44:51 You know that if you're only born once, 44:54 you will die twice. 44:56 The Bible says, 44:58 you will not only die the first death, 44:59 but after the millennium, you die the second death. 45:02 But if you're born twice, you may only die once 45:06 and you may not die at all if you're alive 45:08 when Jesus comes, you must be born again. 45:11 I read about a little girl. 45:14 Her name was Macie Hope McCartney. 45:16 She was actually born twice. 45:19 She was born twice as a baby. 45:21 You see, when her mom was about 45:22 five and a half months pregnant, 45:24 they did an ultrasound X ray and they found out 45:27 Macie had a very dangerous tumor 45:29 that was growing on her spine 45:32 and she was only about that big. 45:34 She weighed less than a pound, 45:35 probably weighed as much 45:37 as a 50 cent piece or silver dollar. 45:39 And the doctor said, "Unless we do the surgery, 45:43 she won't survive, 45:45 but it's a very dangerous surgery. 45:47 We need to operate, 45:49 take Macie out of the mother's womb, 45:53 do the surgery, put her back in her tummy again." 45:57 And they did that surgery 45:59 and it went perfectly successful. 46:00 She's now a very happy, young lady. 46:04 So she was born in March, they put her back 46:06 and then she was born again in May. 46:08 Two months later so she was born twice. 46:10 But you need to be born twice spiritually 46:13 and Jesus does a surgery on your heart. 46:15 The Bible says in Jeremiah 1:5, 46:18 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." 46:21 God has known us from the very beginning. 46:24 Will I be happier when I accept Jesus? 46:27 Oh, infinitely happier. 46:30 These things, Jesus said, "These things I've spoken 46:32 to you that your joy might be full." 46:35 And yet the tables yet I will rejoice in the Lord, 46:38 I will joy in the God of my salvation. 46:42 Being a Christian can be a happy life. 46:44 "I delight to do your will, O my God, 46:46 and Your law is within my heart." 46:49 And then we say, Lord, he says, 46:51 "I have come that they might have life," 46:54 Jesus said, "and we might have it more 46:56 abundantly." 46:57 God wants you to have an abundant life. 46:59 I need two volunteers. 47:02 Okay, you know, I'm neglecting you guys 47:04 way over here. 47:06 I feel so bad. 47:07 I'll tell you what, we got like five girls here so. 47:12 Here I like to take you 47:14 'cause you were sitting down all right. 47:15 Look in the box there and see if you can find, 47:19 one of you see if you can find something to start a fire. 47:23 That scares people I know. 47:25 Look around, see if there's something 47:26 there might start a fire and wave while you're there. 47:36 You found it. He's got it. All right. 47:39 I picked two of you 'cause I got two candles here. 47:42 All right, do you think you could light that thing, 47:44 it takes, you gotta have a pretty firm grip. 47:46 You pull in the trigger, you squeeze, 47:48 and you press the button. 47:49 Come on over here so people can see. 47:51 Pull the handle in like this. 47:54 Just pull the handle and just squeeze the handle in. 47:57 Stay with it. Stay with it. 47:58 You're not gonna run out. All right, now let... 48:00 What's your name? Adora. 48:02 Adora, you can see if you can light the other one, 48:03 squeeze it real hard. 48:07 There we go. Keep it squeezed down. 48:09 Don't push it over. 48:11 That's good. You got it. 48:12 All right. Now here's a question. 48:13 Come on over here with me, you guys, we can set that down. 48:19 Can you see something different with those two candles? 48:21 Yes, one is bigger. One's taller, all right. 48:25 Which one do you think is gonna burn longer? 48:28 Tall one. Okay. 48:32 Which one do you think is going to give more light out 48:36 over time? 48:37 Taller one. So here's my question. 48:40 What is worth more, 10 plus 70 or 70 plus 10? 48:45 They are equal. Sounds equal, doesn't it. 48:49 Now let me tell you what I'm talking about. 48:52 Are you better off being 10 years old 48:54 giving your heart to the Lord and serving him for 70 years 48:58 or being 70 years old giving your heart to the Lord 49:00 and serving Him for 10 years? 49:04 You want to do it when you're 10 years old. 49:06 Okay? 49:07 Here like, I got something for you. 49:12 Since I'm a guy, she's a girl. Isn't that pretty? 49:14 You like that? Isn't that beautiful? 49:16 I don't know if it smells I think it's an iris. 49:18 And what was your name? Luke? 49:22 I got one for you too, Luke. 49:24 Now they're both irises. Which one looks better? 49:29 This one. 49:31 Well, I guess that's a matter of opinion. 49:35 It's no contest, let's admit it. 49:38 So if you're going to give your life to the Lord, 49:40 do you want to give your life to the Lord 49:41 like that in its blossom, 49:43 in its youth or do you want to wait 49:44 until all the petals fall off and say here, Jesus, 49:46 I'm going to give you my life. 49:48 Will the Lord take you at any time? 49:50 Yes. 49:51 But isn't it better to give Him your life in your youth, 49:54 in your strength? 49:56 I say this because some people say, 49:58 "I'm gonna live for the devil and when I'm old before I die, 50:01 I'm gonna give my life to the Lord." 50:03 That's a terrible mistake. 50:05 You're not gonna shine for God for very long. 50:08 He'll accept you but how much better 50:10 to give him your life in your prime 50:12 when you're young. 50:13 I wish I was even younger when I had come to the Lord, 50:16 I wasted several years and you never know 50:18 when your life is gonna end. 50:20 You can't decide, well, maybe when I'm old, 50:22 a few years before I die, the doctor will say 50:24 you've got six months to live, 50:26 then I'll give my life to the Lord. 50:28 You want to give it to Him, not just for you 50:30 because you want to serve him too, amen? 50:32 Oh, you got to keep that one. 50:34 You can keep that one too if you want to. 50:35 Sorry about that, Luke. Thank you. 50:36 Let's give them a hand. Thank you very much. 50:41 I remember once a story, a father was sailing through 50:46 the Caribbean with his teenage boys 50:50 and he told them, 50:53 don't be running around the ship 50:55 and don't be getting in trouble. 50:56 He says if you fall overboard, this is a dangerous area. 50:59 There is a chicken slaughterhouse near here 51:02 and because there's a chicken slaughterhouse, 51:04 there's a lot of sharks in the area 51:06 because all of the garbage from the chicken slaughterhouse 51:08 goes out in the ocean and the sharks are very thick 51:11 and they're very aggressive. 51:13 And the boy said, "Okay, dad." 51:14 Dad was always being really cautious 51:16 and having rules and they said, "Yeah, dad, yeah, dad." 51:18 They didn't believe him. 51:20 Well as they were going along, the boys began to run, 51:23 chase each other and play tag on the boat 51:25 and they were wrestling or fighting or something 51:26 and one of them began to slip 51:28 and go over the little cord railing. 51:30 He grabbed his brother's t-shirt. 51:32 They both fell off and the boat was going, 51:34 it was under sail, it was moving, 51:35 they both fell overboard as the boat was moving 51:37 and went splash into the warm Caribbean waters. 51:41 Well, they were good swimmers and water wasn't that deep. 51:44 The father heard the boat splash. 51:46 They said, "Hey, dad." 51:48 He ran up from below, he was in the kitchen, 51:50 the galley down below. 51:51 He came up and it took a minute to try 51:53 to lower the sail and stop the boat. 51:55 It's not that easy to stop it right away. 51:57 The boys are off in the distance 51:59 and the father's trying to turn the boat around 52:00 and he got up on the deck 52:02 and he said, "Swim back to the boat." 52:04 He dropped the sail and boat was slowly drifting 52:07 and they were gonna swim back. 52:08 Well, they're out there in the water dunking each other 52:10 and fighting, they're enjoying being in the water. 52:13 And then the father saw from where he stood, sharks. 52:18 And he said, "Boys, I see sharks. 52:22 Come quickly back to the boat. 52:24 Swim calmly, but quickly, 52:26 you don't want to stir the water too much." 52:28 The boys looked at each other and they said, 52:30 "We haven't seen any sharks all day. 52:32 I don't see any dorsal fins going through the water. 52:35 There are no sharks. 52:36 He's probably just trying to scare us." 52:38 And as the boys began to say, 52:39 "Oh, no help, I'm drowning, sharks." 52:42 And they're making fun of their father. 52:44 And they're slowly swimming back to the boat. 52:47 Well, the father saw he's getting really frightened 52:49 'cause there are more and more black shadows 52:51 under the water that are gathering 52:53 and circling the son and he understood 52:55 the nature of sharks. 52:57 Sharks are kind of cowards, but they'll circle 53:00 and one of them eventually will go in 53:01 and take a sample bite. 53:03 But once they smell blood, 53:05 they go into a frenzy of biting and tearing. 53:10 And the father saw the shark were closing the circle. 53:13 He said, "Boys get back to the boat." 53:15 And he picked up a life preserver, 53:17 you know, the ring and it was on a rope. 53:18 He said, "Do you having problems." 53:20 He threw it to them and they said, 53:22 "We don't need that, we can get back on our own." 53:25 And then he saw the sharks were going to dive in, 53:27 in any moment in or attack one of the boys 53:31 and he knew that would be the end of it, 53:32 'cause now there were like 50 of them. 53:35 So the father did something that was very shocking. 53:39 He took a fish knife that was on the boat. 53:42 He cut his wrists. 53:44 He dove in the water and swim in another direction. 53:48 And soon, the dark shadows 53:50 all went over towards the father. 53:52 And the water began to turn and turn red. 53:56 And the boys saw what happened. 53:59 Now, here's the question. 54:00 If they choose to stay in the water 54:03 after their father gave his life, 54:05 is there anything more their father can do? 54:09 If we choose to continue hanging around with the devil, 54:13 and stay out in the world after God gives His Son, 54:16 Jesus gave His blood to save us. 54:19 Is there anything more He can do? 54:22 So, God's done as much as He can do 54:25 in giving Jesus to save us. 54:28 And the only lifeboat is Christ. 54:31 Jesus is our lifeboat, we must come to Him. 54:34 The Bible says, "He who has the Son has life. 54:38 He that does not have the Son does not have life." 54:42 So do you see how much Jesus loves you? 54:45 Don't you want to accept Jesus 54:46 and start living a new life for Him? 54:50 You know, the Bible tells us that without Him, 54:51 we can't do anything. 54:53 But how much can we do through Christ? 54:56 All things are possible through Christ. 54:59 And then you know, one of the things 55:01 that's often forgotten, one of the most important steps 55:03 after you make a decision to accept Jesus, 55:06 tell somebody else about it. 55:08 You want to share the good news. 55:10 It says in the Bible, 55:11 "If you confess with your mouth, 55:12 the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart, 55:15 you will be saved." 55:16 So seal your decision by sharing 55:18 and tell someone else what Jesus has done for you. 55:21 His promise is, He will never leave you or forsake you. 55:26 You know, God has given His own Son 55:29 because He loves you so much. 55:32 I remember hearing a story about a boy. 55:36 His sister had a rare disease, his younger sister, 55:40 and the doctor said, "Tommy, 55:43 you have the same blood type as Lisa, 55:46 your three year old sister. 55:48 The only way that Lisa is gonna live 55:50 is if you would be willing to give her blood." 55:54 And he thought long time about that 55:56 'cause he was only like eight or nine years old 55:58 and he thought boy kind of scary 56:00 when someone pokes a needle in you and, and he said yes, 56:05 I'm willing to give my blood to Lisa. 56:08 So they laid him down in a hospital bed and, 56:11 and he was starting to tear up when he thought about it 56:14 and the doctors to put the rubber band 56:16 around his arm and they, 56:18 they got where they found a vein. 56:20 They poked a needle and he cried a little bit. 56:22 And he saw the blood running down 56:23 the tube into a bottle. 56:27 And he said, "Doctor, is it gonna hurt to die?" 56:31 And they said, "Well, you're not gonna die." 56:33 "Said, but after you take all my blood won't I die?" 56:37 They said, "They're not going to take all of your blood. 56:41 You just need to give a little bit, you'll be alive." 56:43 And he was so relieved. 56:45 He was willing to die to save his sister. 56:48 He thought they were going to take all of his blood. 56:52 That's what the Lord does in the heart of somebody 56:54 when they love someone. 56:56 He loved his sister so much he was willing to die for her. 56:58 Do you love Jesus so that you're willing to live for Him? 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