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00:02 - THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 00:04 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:14 - BLOOD IS THE LIQUID OF LIFE, AND JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD 00:18 TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 00:24 - YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE WE READ ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT 00:27 PATRIARCHS. HIS NAME WAS ABRAHAM. AND OUR LESSON TONIGHT 00:31 IS CALLED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND IT'S BASED UPON THIS 00:35 OLD TESTAMENT STORY ABOUT THE FATHER AND THE SON. 00:40 NOW YOU REMEMBER, ABRAHAM WAS AN OLD MAN AND HE HADN'T HAD THE 00:44 CHILD OF PROMISE THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THROUGH SARAH. 00:48 HE TRIED TO TAKE THINGS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND HE HAD A BABY WITH 00:51 HAGAR, ISHMAEL, AND THAT JUST BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF STRIFE 00:56 INTO THE FAMILY. BUT GOD WORKED A GREAT MIRACLE AND IN HIS OLD 01:00 AGE - SARAH WAS 90 - HE WAS OVER 100 - THEY HAD A BABY. 01:04 THEY NAMED HIM ISAAC, WHICH MEANS LAUGHTER, AND GOD PROMISED 01:08 ABRAHAM THAT THROUGH THIS MIRACULOUS BABY BOY, ALL THE 01:12 NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED BECAUSE JESUS WOULD COME 01:16 THROUGH THE SEED OF ISAAC. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ABRAHAM'S 01:20 AMAZEMENT, HOW DISTRAUGHT HE WAS WHEN, EARLY ONE NIGHT, THE LORD 01:26 WOKE HIM UP AND SPOKE TO HIM IN THAT CLEAR VOICE THAT WAS 01:28 UNDENIABLE. HE KNEW IT WAS GOD. 01:30 AND HE SAID, 'ABRAHAM, I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR SON - YOUR ONLY 01:35 SON ISAAC, WHO YOU LOVE, BRING HIM UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH 01:39 AND OFFER HIM THERE UNTO ME AS A BURNT OFFERING.' WELL HOW COULD 01:44 THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH ISAAC 01:46 THAT ALL HIS PROMISES WOULD BE REALIZED. 01:49 EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE HAD BEEN BUILT UP TO THIS SON ISAAC AND 01:51 NOW HE'S A HUNDRED AND SARAH'S - HE'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED NOW - 01:55 SARAH'S OVER 100 AT THIS POINT. 01:57 ISAAC'S PROBABLY 17 YEARS OF AGE - BUT HE DIDN'T DISOBEY. 02:02 HE HAD FAITH - IT SAYS IN HEBREWS THAT IF HE DID THIS, IF 02:06 GOD NEEDED TO RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE, HE 02:08 HAD LEARNED TO TRUST THE WORD OF GOD NO MATTER WHAT. 02:12 SO HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT ALL TO SARAH. 02:15 HE WOKE UP ISAAC AND SAID, 'SON, WE'RE GOING TO GO OFFER 02:18 SACRIFICE. COME WITH ME. GOT SOME SERVANTS. GOT THE DONKEYS. 02:20 THEY WENT ON A JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE GOD DIRECTED HIM 02:23 - THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH. IT WAS A THREE-DAY JOURNEY. 02:28 THEY GOT TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS - 02:30 HE TOLD THE SERVANTS TO STAY THERE. 02:32 HE PUT THE WOOD ON ISAAC'S BACK AND THEY WENT A HALF A DAY'S 02:37 JOURNEY UP TO THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE - THREE AND A HALF 02:40 DAYS. HOW LONG DID JESUS MINISTER. 02:43 - THREE AND A HALF YEARS. - THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 02:46 AND ON THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN, ISAAC THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS 02:49 PECULIAR BECAUSE HE AND HIS FATHER HAD GONE 02:51 TO OFFER SACRIFICE MANY TIMES BEFORE. 02:53 BY THE WAY, YOU FIND THIS STORY IN GENESIS 22:19. 02:55 AND HE SAID, 'FATHER,' - THERE WAS A LONG SILENCE AND HE KNEW 03:01 SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. HIS FATHER LOOKED LIKE HIS HEART 03:04 WAS BREAKING AND HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 03:06 HE SAID, 'FATHER, WE'VE GOT THE WOOD AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES 03:11 TO MAKE THE FIRE, BUT WE'RE MISSING THE LAMB.' AND HE SAID, 03:18 'WHERE IS THE LAMB?' ABRAHAM SAID, 'MY SON, GOD WILL 03:21 PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB FOR OUR SACRIFICE.' THOSE WERE PROPHETIC 03:28 WORDS BECAUSE GOD DID PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB. 03:33 SO THEY CONTINUED ON THEIR WAY - THEY WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN - AND 03:36 AT SOME POINT ABRAHAM NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO ISAAC WHAT WAS GOING 03:39 ON. YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T WRESTLE 03:41 HIS TEENAGE SON TO THE GROUND. HE COULDN'T OUTRUN HIM. 03:44 HE SAID, 'SON, I NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS ASKED ME 03:47 TO DO.' AND AFTER EXPLAINING THIS, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT 03:51 ISAAC IS A WILLING SACRIFICE. JESUS WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE. 03:56 JESUS HAD THE WOOD PLACED UPON HIS BACK. 03:59 THEY EMBRACED EACH OTHER. 04:01 ISAAC THEN WAS BOUND BY HIS FATHER, HIS TREMBLING HANDS 04:05 PLACED UPON THE STONE ALTAR AND JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO 04:10 BRING DOWN THE KNIFE - HE'D RESIGNED HIMSELF TO DO WHAT GOD 04:13 HAD TOLD HIM TO DO - THE HAND OF AN ANGEL STOPPED HIM AND SAID, 04:17 'ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, DON'T DO THE LAD ANY HARM FOR NOW I KNOW THAT 04:21 YOU TRUST ME.' WHY DO YOU THINK HE HAD ABRAHAM ACT THAT WHOLE 04:27 EXPERIENCE OUT? WHAT GREATER SACRIFICE COULD BE 04:32 ASKED OF ANYONE THAN TO GIVE THEIR CHILD. 04:36 THIS IS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 04:39 HEAVENLY FATHER AND JESUS THE SON, IN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN 04:44 GIVING THEMSELVES FOR US - BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE SON 04:48 THAT SUFFERED. THE FATHER SUFFERED. 04:51 THE FATHER SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE THE SON. 04:54 AND THIS IS WHY JESUS CAME. ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU CAN 04:58 SEE THESE ALLEGORIES OF SALVATION. 05:02 IT'S ALL POINTING TO THE TIME WHEN GOD WOULD COME TO THE EARTH 05:05 IN THE FORM OF A MAN. NOW OUR LESSON TONIGHT IS GOING TO TALK 05:09 ABOUT THE CENTRAL THEME OF WHY JESUS CAME, THIS LAMB OF GOD. 05:13 LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTION IN OUR LESSON. 05:15 WHOM DID THE ANIMAL THAT WAS SACRIFICED IN ISAAC'S PLACE 05:19 REPRESENT? YOU REMEMBER WHEN ISAAC - WHEN 05:23 ABRAHAM - I'M SORRY - WAS READY TO BRING DOWN THE KNIFE, THE 05:26 ANGEL STOPPED ABRAHAM AND HE DIRECTED HIS ATTENTION TO A RAM 05:30 THAT WAS CAUGHT BY HIS HORNS IN A THORN BUSH CALLED A THICKET. 05:34 THERE'S A RAM WITH A CROWN OF THORNS. 05:37 DID JESUS HAVE A CROWN OF THORNS? 05:40 AND THAT RAM WAS SACRIFICED IN THE PLACE OF ISAAC. 05:43 WHO DOES THIS LAMB REPRESENT? YOU CAN READ IT IN JOHN - THE 05:47 GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 29. 05:50 WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST SAW JESUS COMING IT SAYS, "THE NEXT DAY 05:54 JOHN SEETH JESUS COMING AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, "BEHOLD THE - 06:00 - LAMB. - LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY 06:04 THE SIN OF THE WORLD. JESUS IS THAT LAMB. JOHN RECOGNIZED - 06:08 ALL THE LAMBS THAT THEY SACRIFICED ALL POINTED TO JESUS. 06:12 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN REVELATION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE LAMB SLAIN 06:16 FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 06:18 WHEN ADAM AND EVE SINNED THEY TRIED TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS 06:21 WITH WHAT? FIG LEAVES, YOU REMEMBER? 06:24 GOD SAID, 'THAT WON'T DO.' FOR ONE THING IT SAYS THAT THEY MADE 06:26 APRONS OF LEAVES - LITTLE MINI SKIRTS. 06:30 AND THEN IT SAYS GOD GAVE THEM TUNICS OF SKIN. 06:34 IT WASN'T VINYL THAT HE BOUGHT FROM WAL-MART. 06:37 WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT SKIN CAME FROM? 06:39 SOMETHING HAD TO BE SACRIFICED. THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WAS 06:43 ESTABLISHED THERE TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS. 06:46 AS THE LAMB OF GOD, JESUS - HIS ROBE - COVERS OUR SIN. 06:49 WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR JESUS TO DIE? 06:53 PEOPLE SAY, 'COULDN'T HE HAVE JUST FORGIVEN US? 06:55 WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE? 06:56 THE BIBLE TELLS US - ROMANS CHAPTER 3:23 - I BET MOST OF YOU 07:00 KNOW THIS - "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF 07:05 GOD." WE'VE ALL SINNED. 07:07 AND YOU GO ON - WHY IS THAT SUCH A SERIOUS THING? 07:09 SIN IS BREAKING GOD'S LAW. WHAT IS THE PENALTY? 07:12 ROMANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS - 07:18 - DEATH. - DEATH. 07:20 BUT GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DIE AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO BE 07:24 FORGIVEN WAS TO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE. 07:26 AND JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I WILL TAKE YOUR 07:29 PLACE. I WILL COME INTO THE WORLD. 07:32 I WILL LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE THAT I WANTED YOU TO LIVE, BUT I 07:37 WILL DIE THE DEATH THAT YOU DESERVE TO DIE. 07:39 I WILL GIVE YOU MY GOODNESS AND I WILL TAKE YOUR BADNESS. 07:42 I'LL GIVE YOU MY LIFE. I WILL TAKE YOUR DEATH. 07:45 I'LL GIVE YOU MY POWER. I WILL TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS.' 07:48 HE MADE AN EXCHANGE WITH US THAT WE RECEIVE BY FAITH AND THEN 07:51 IT BECOMES REAL. IT REALLY DOES. 07:55 BUT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY. 07:59 FURTHERMORE, WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO 08:03 REMISSION - AND THAT MEANS NO FORGIVENESS. 08:05 THE BIBLE SAYS THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 08:07 ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS THAT GO TO EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY - 08:11 FINGERNAILS, HAIR, EVERYTHING - IT'S CLEANSED AND IT'S SUSTAINED 08:16 BY BLOOD. BLOOD IS THE LIQUID OF LIFE AND 08:19 JESUS POURED OUT HIS BLOOD TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 08:23 THE BIBLE TELLS US CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS. 08:29 NOW WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT BUT WE'VE ALL SINNED. 08:32 YOU SEE, WHEN GOD FIRST MADE MAN, HE MADE US TO BE MOTIVATED, 08:38 NATURALLY, BY LOVE. 08:40 BUT WHEN MAN CHOSE TO FOLLOW THE DEVIL, WE TOOK ON THE NATURE OF 08:44 THE DEVIL, WHICH IS THE REVERSE OF THAT - IT'S SELFISHNESS. 08:47 WE FELL. WE WERE TRICKED. 08:50 AND SO GOD SAID, 'LOOK, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO GIVE 08:53 HUMANITY ANOTHER CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. 08:56 I WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE. 08:58 DO YOU WANT A HEART THAT IS MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS, LIKE 09:01 THE DEVIL, OR DO YOU WANT A HEART LIKE MINE THAT IS 09:03 MOTIVATED BY LOVE?' AND THE ONLY WAY IS TO HAVE THAT 09:07 NEW BIRTH AND TO GET THAT NEW HEART. WE COME TO JESUS. 09:09 HE TAKES AWAY OUR SINFUL NATURES AND HE GIVES US HIS OWN HEART - 09:13 HIS OWN SPIRIT. AND IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS. 09:15 IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALL HAPPEN AT ONCE. 09:18 WHY DID GOD MAKE SUCH A FANTASTIC SACRIFICE FOR US? 09:23 ANSWER: YOU ALL KNOW THIS ONE - JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16, "FOR 09:27 GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON." 09:35 - THE ONLY TIME THAT GOD WAS EVER BEGOTTEN AS A MAN WAS IN 09:38 JESUS. GOD THE SON BECAME A MAN TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE. 09:42 THREE REASONS JESUS CAME: SHOW US WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE, TO 09:45 BE AN EXAMPLE TO YOU AND I - HOW WE OUGHT TO LIVE - AND THEN TO 09:51 BE OUR SUBSTITUTE - TO DIE ON THE CROSS. 09:53 AND LOOK AT HOW HE SUFFERED. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DESERVE FOR 09:56 OUR SINS. BUT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO 09:58 SUFFER, HE SAID, 'I WILL TAKE IT FOR YOU IN YOUR PLACE.' WHAT 10:01 MUST I DO TO BENEFIT FROM JESUS' SACRIFICIAL DEATH? 10:05 IT IS TRUE THAT JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT 10:09 WILL THE WHOLE WORLD BE SAVED? NO, WHY? 10:13 YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IT SAYS - IT TELLS US IN THE 10:18 BIBLE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 10:21 AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED. BY THE WAY, THE WORD 'BELIEVE' 10:25 DOES NOT SIMPLY MEAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE EXISTED. 10:29 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I'M GOING TO HEAVEN BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN 10:32 JESUS.' BUT THEIR LIFE IS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 10:35 AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?' 10:37 'WELL, I BELIEVE.' 'WELL, ARE YOU SHOWING THAT YOU BELIEVE BY 10:40 YOUR LIFE?' SEE, IN THE BIBLE, WHEN IT SAYS 10:45 'BELIEVE' IT MEANS 'BE LIVE' IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 10:48 IF YOU BELIEVE THEN YOU RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, 10:54 LORD' AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING HE SAYS, DO YOU BELIEVE? 10:57 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE ARE DEVILS THAT BELIEVE HE 11:00 EXISTS. THE DEVILS ACTUALLY BELIEVE 11:02 BETTER THAN US BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND HIM FOR MILLIONS OF 11:05 YEARS OR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THEY FELL. 11:07 SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGING HE EXISTS OR EVEN 11:10 ACKNOWLEDGING HE DIED ON THE CROSS, IT'S SURRENDERING YOUR 11:13 LIFE TO HIM AND SAYING, 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO SERVE YOU. 11:16 I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU.' THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE. 11:18 IT STARTS WITH BELIEVING HERE, BUT THEN THAT BELIEF NEEDS TO GO 11:22 INTO THE HEART AND THEN THAT BELIEF WILL GO FROM THE HEART 11:25 INTO THE LIFE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE COMPLETE BELIEF. 11:28 HOW THEN AM I FORGIVEN AND CLEANSED? 11:31 NOW IF WE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT PROPHECY AND WE MISS THE 11:34 MAIN POINT OF PROPHECY - THAT JESUS WAS COMING, THEN YOU'VE 11:37 MISSED IT ALL. WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW DOES 11:40 THIS ALL AFFECT ME? ALL THESE PROPHECIES IN 11:43 REVELATION TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 11:45 PEOPLE COME TO THESE SEMINARS AND THEY SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, I 11:48 DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS, BUT TELL ME ABOUT THE BEAST. 11:50 I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST.' BY THE WAY, THE 11:53 WORD ANTICHRIST DOES NOT APPEAR IN REVELATION, DID YOU KNOW 11:55 THAT? IT'S IN THE LETTERS OF JOHN. 11:57 THEY SAY, 'I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ARMAGEDDON' AND 'I WANT TO 12:00 KNOW...' WELL, WHAT'S THE BOOK OF REVELATION CALLED? 12:03 FIRST WORDS: THE REVELATION OF JESUS . 12:06 SO YOU CAN'T TEACH PROPHECY AND SEPARATE IT FROM JESUS, FRIENDS. 12:11 AMEN? 12:13 - DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, IN JUST A MOMENT 12:15 WE'RE GOING TO RETURN WITH THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 12:19 NO DOUBT, YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD THAT JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS 12:23 AND THAT HE PAID AN ENORMOUS PRICE TO SAVE 12:26 YOU FROM SIN AND DEATH. 12:28 IT SOUNDS IMPORTANT, BUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR DAY-TO-DAY 12:31 LIFE 2,000 YEARS LATER? 12:34 WELL, FRIEND, YOUR RESPONSE TO JESUS'S SACRIFICE IS GOING TO BE 12:38 IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO HOW YOU UNDERSTAND ITS VALUE. 12:43 IN FACT, YOUR ETERNITY ACTUALLY HINGES UPON KNOWING THE TRUTH 12:48 ABOUT THIS VITAL SUBJECT. 12:50 THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL GIFT 12:53 CALLED, "THE HIGH COST OF THE CROSS." 12:56 THIS EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE DIVES DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE 13:00 CHRISTIAN FAITH BY EXPLORING THE REASONS WHY JESUS HAD TO DIE AND 13:04 HOW MUCH HE SACRIFICED TO OPEN THE GATES OF HEAVEN FOR YOU, 13:07 SO DON'T WAIT, FRIEND. 13:09 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND ASK FOR 13:12 OFFER NUMBER 156 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 13:16 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 13:18 MAKE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 13:20 WELL, LET'S RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 13:23 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 13:27 - HOW THEN AM I TO BE CLEANSED AND FORGIVEN 13:29 - OR FORGIVEN AND CLEANSED? 13:32 ACTS CHAPTER 3, IT SAYS, 'REPENT YE THEREFORE AND BE CONVERTED.' 13:39 - THAT'S A CHANGE OF HEART - 'THAT YOUR SINS MIGHT BE BLOTTED 13:41 OUT.' NOW WHAT DOES REPENTANCE MEAN? 13:45 REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY 13:50 FROM IT. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR 13:53 AND COME TO TERMS WITH YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 13:55 GOD CANNOT SAVE YOU, CLEANSE YOU, HEAL YOU FROM YOUR PROBLEM 13:57 UNTIL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT. 13:59 YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF AND THEN HE CAN LIFT YOU UP. 14:01 AND YOU COME BEFORE THE LORD AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M A SINNER.' AND 14:06 THE NEXT PART OF THAT - LET'S GET TO THE NEXT VERSE - IT SAYS 14:09 IN 1 JOHN 1, VERSE 9 - IN CONNECTION WITH REPENTANCE 14:12 THERE'S SORT OF A STEREO PART OF THAT. 14:15 IT SAYS, "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO 14:21 FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM SOME 14:24 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS?" - ALL. 14:27 - DID YOU CATCH THAT? TO CLEANSE US FROM HOW MUCH 14:29 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? - ALL. 14:31 - ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. SO PART OF BEING SORRY IS THEN 14:34 VERBALIZE IT TO THE LORD. GET OFF BY YOURSELF. 14:38 THIS IS WHAT REAL REPENTANCE AND REAL SALVATION IS ABOUT. 14:40 INVITING GOD TO EMPOWER YOU TO BE A NEW PERSON. 14:43 YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEPS AND DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND IT WILL 14:46 GIVE YOU SUCH A REFRESHING AND A PEACE THAT COMES AFTERWARD. 14:50 YOU KNOW, NEW THINGS DON'T SPROUT UNTIL THERE'S BEEN A 14:53 RAIN. AND SOMETIMES THE NEW BIRTH 14:55 COMES AFTER TEARS AND PAIN AND THAT'S WHAT REPENTANCE IS. 14:58 QUESTION #7: WHO ENTERS THE HEART OF EACH BORN-AGAIN 15:05 CHRISTIAN? THE BIBLE TELLS US IN JOHN 14, 15:08 VERSE 17, EVEN THE "SPIRIT OF TRUTH...YOU KNOW HIM FOR HE 15:15 DWELLS WITH YOU AND WILL BE" - WHAT? 15:17 - IN YOU. - IN YOU. 15:19 GOD IS REAL AND JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, I'M GOING THAT I MIGHT 15:22 SEND A COMFORTER - I'M GOING TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 15:26 I CAN BE WITH YOU PHYSICALLY, BUT HE WILL BE IN YOU.' AND I 15:28 CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE JUST KNOWN THAT THE HOLY 15:31 SPIRIT WAS IN ME AND PROMPTING ME. 15:34 SOMETIMES HE PROMPTS ME TO SAY SOMETHING. 15:36 SOMETIMES HE PROMPTS ME NOT TO SAY SOMETHING. 15:39 SOMETIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTS ME TO, YOU KNOW, AN 15:42 ACTION OR TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE. 15:48 I WAS DRIVING UP THE STREET THE OTHER DAY HERE IN TOWN AND I SAW 15:51 ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE STANDING ON THE CORNER AND HE HAD AN UNUSUAL 15:55 SIGN. IT SAID, 'I'VE LOST EVERYTHING 15:58 BUT MY FAITH.' AND, YOU KNOW, I USED TO PANHANDLE AND I SIZED 16:04 HIM UP AND, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SOBER AND MAYBE HE 16:07 REALLY WAS HAVING A HARD TIME AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW. 16:10 SO I STOPPED AND I GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT AND I GAVE HIM AN 16:13 INVITATION TO THE MEETING AND I KNEW THE HOLY SPIRIT TOLD ME TO 16:17 DO THAT. WELL, I THEN WENT ON MY ERRAND 16:19 TO THE STORE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND, YOU KNOW, I FOUND 16:22 OUT HE REALLY WAS HUNGRY BECAUSE I SAW HIM COMING 16:23 OUT OF THE STORE WITH FOOD. - WOW. 16:26 - SO I SAID, 'THANK YOU, LORD, FOR IMPRESSING ME.' BUT THE HOLY 16:29 SPIRIT WILL TALK TO YOU IN JUST THESE LITTLE AFFAIRS OF LIFE. 16:31 QUESTION #8: WHY SHOULD I BE CONFIDENT THAT MY 16:36 NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL? 16:39 IT SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 1, VERSE 6, "HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK 16:45 IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST." 16:50 YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT - IF YOU 16:51 COME TO JESUS ON A DAILY BASIS, 16:53 SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE WILL FINISH THE WORK THAT HE 16:57 STARTS IN YOUR LIFE. PEOPLE SAY, 'OH LORD, BUT I MAY 17:00 FALL.' YOU PROBABLY WILL. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 17:03 WE ALL SOMETIMES GET DISTRACTED AND WE'LL MAKE MISTAKES AND 17:07 WE'LL FALL, BUT HE THAT BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BE THE 17:10 AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH. HE WILL FINISH WHAT HE 17:14 STARTED IF YOU CONTINUE TO SURRENDER YOURSELF TO HIM. 17:17 BECAUSE WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS EITHER SIN'LL KEEP YOU FROM THE BIBLE 17:21 OR THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN. YOU KEEP PRAYING, YOU KEEP 17:25 READING THE BIBLE, YOU'LL BE SO MISERABLE WITH YOUR SIN YOU HAVE 17:28 TO GIVE UP GOD OR YOU'LL GIVE UP YOUR SIN. 17:29 BUT THE TWO WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE. 17:31 YOU JUST KEEP COMING TO HIM AND HE'LL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED. 17:35 YOU BELIEVE THAT? SOME PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED AND 17:38 THEY THROW THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR. 17:39 YOU KEEP PLEADING WITH JESUS. YOU KEEP PRAYING. 17:41 HE WILL TRANSFORM YOU. AND IT'S A GROWING EXPERIENCE SO 17:44 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. HOW CAN I KNOW THAT JESUS 17:47 ACCEPTS ME AND THAT I'M CALLED HIS CHILD? 17:51 WELL, BECAUSE THE BIBLE MAKES SOME PROMISES. 17:54 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN TITUS 1, VERSE 2, "...GOD, THAT CANNOT 17:59 LIE, HAS PROMISED." SOME THINGS GOD CAN'T DO - ONE 18:03 THING HE CAN'T DO IS HE CAN'T LIE. 18:06 GOD ALSO CANNOT FIND A SINNER THAT HE DOESN'T LOVE. 18:10 I KNOW, I USED TO THINK, 'OH LORD, WELL, I KNOW YOU CREATED 18:14 THIS PLAN OF SALVATION FOR PEOPLE BUT I'VE GONE TOO FAR.' 18:18 AND GOD WANTS US TO KNOW 'I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THROUGH 18:21 EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH IF IT WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MAKE 18:23 IT.' MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, VERSE 7, 18:27 IT SAYS, "ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU." 18:32 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN ASK FOR? 18:34 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU HAVE A SON AND HE COMES TO YOU - MATTHEW 18:38 CHAPTER 7 - 'AND SAYS, 'CAN I HAVE A LOAF OF BREAD?' 18:41 WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A STONE?' THAT'D BE KIND OF A CRUEL JOKE 18:44 IF THEY'RE HUNGRY. OR IF HE SAYS, 'CAN I HAVE A FISH?' 18:47 WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SCORPION? 18:50 IF HE ASKS FOR AN EGG WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SERPENT?' 18:55 - LUKE ADDS ONE MORE - HE THEN SAYS, 'IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, 18:58 KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE 19:03 WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT 19:06 ASK HIM? HE JUST WANTS US TO ASK. 19:10 EVERY DAY, ASK AND WHAT HAPPENS? 'ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.' 19:14 HOW WILL TRUE CONVERSION CHANGE A LIFE? 19:18 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SPECTRUM OF ANSWERS HERE. 19:21 IT SAYS IN JOHN 13:35, "BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE 19:27 MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER." 19:31 GOD'LL DO SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART - BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 19:34 YOU'LL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE WITH, 19:36 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. 19:39 GOD CAN CHANGE YOUR HEART. HE CAN GIVE THE ABILITY TO 19:43 FORGIVE. AND SOME OF US NEED THE SPIRIT 19:45 OF GOD TO FORGIVE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE FEEL SO GUILTY. 19:49 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE'S PLACES IN MY PAST I 19:52 DON'T WANT TO GO. WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT WHAT I 19:54 SAID OR WHAT I DID, I JUST CRINGE. 19:55 AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT JESUS HAS FORGIVEN ME, SO WHAT RIGHT 19:59 DO I HAVE TO BE A HIGHER COURT THAN GOD. 20:03 IF HE'S FORGIVEN ME, THEN THAT MUST BE GOOD FOR ME TOO, AMEN? 20:07 HE'LL HELP US HAVE LOVE FOR HIM AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 20:10 NOW I'M GOING THROUGH, KIND OF, THE ALPHABETICAL ANSWERS HERE. 20:13 ANSWER B - THIS IS IN A SERIES THAT FALLS UNDER THAT QUESTION - 20:15 "IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A" - WHAT? 20:21 - NEW CREATURE. - "A NEW CREATURE. 20:23 OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW." 20:26 WE - YOU BECOME TRANSFORMED AND THINGS ARE ALL DIFFERENT. 20:32 THINGS THAT YOU ONCE LOVED, YOU NOW HATE. 20:35 I USED TO - THE FIRST FEW TIMES I WENT TO CHURCH, I'LL BE 20:37 PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC OF THE 20:40 WORLD. MY MOTHER WAS A SONGWRITER AND 20:42 GREAT COMPOSERS CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND I LOVE MUSIC, BUT 20:45 CHURCH MUSIC? WHOA. IT WAS SO SLOW. 20:48 I'D GO TO CHURCH AND I'D LOOK AT THE HYMN THAT THEY PICKED IN THE 20:52 BULLETIN AND IT WOULD SAY - IF IT HAD MORE THAN THREE VERSES, I 20:55 WENT TO THE BATHROOM UNTIL THEY GOT DONE SINGING. THE THINGS I 21:00 ONCE LOVED, I HATED AND THE THINGS I ONCE HATED I LOVE. 21:03 NOW I HEAR THOSE SONGS AND IT JUST BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES 21:05 BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE WORDS AND WHAT THEY MEAN. PLACES I 21:08 USED TO LOVE TO GO, I HATE NOW. THINGS I USED TO LOVE TO DO 21:11 I DON'T WANT TO DO AND THINGS I USED TO HATE I WANT TO DO. 21:13 I MEAN, GOD JUST CHANGES YOU - MAKES YOU A WHOLE NEW CREATURE. 21:16 ANSWER C: 1 JOHN 3:22, "...WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO" - 21:24 THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN - "THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS 21:28 SIGHT." THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 21:30 HE MAKES YOU A NEW CREATURE AND YOU WANT TO BE A DOER OF THE 21:33 WORD. GOD'LL JUST TOTALLY TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. 21:37 ANSWER D: IT SAYS, "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE 21:43 YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT WE MIGHT PROVE 21:49 WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. 21:54 IT SAYS, 'YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME.' 21:58 THEN WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE. 22:00 WE SHOW OTHERS WHAT JESUS IS LIKE. 22:02 WHAT WONDERFUL PROMISES COME WITH THE CHRISTIAN LIFE? 22:07 A NUMBER OF OTHER WONDERFUL PROMISES. 22:09 A - WE'LL DO THESE QUICKLY, OKAY? PHILIPPIANS 4:13, 22:12 "I CAN DO" - HOW MUCH? - ALL. 22:15 - "ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME." 22:18 ANSWER B - PHILIPPIANS 4:19 - THE BIBLE SAYS, "GOD SHALL 22:23 SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS." HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 22:28 HE'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PROSPER, AS A PARENT 22:31 WOULD. MARK CHAPTER 10, VERSE 27 - DON'T FORGET THIS ONE - "WITH 22:36 GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." ANSWER D - JOHN 15, VERSE 11 - 22:44 IT SAYS, "THAT YOUR JOY" - IS THE CHRISTIAN LIFE A SAD 22:49 EXPERIENCE OR IS THE GOSPEL GOOD NEWS? 22:51 CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 22:53 WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE THAT BEGINS NOW. 22:56 WE BECOME CITIZENS IN HIS KINGDOM. 22:58 GOD WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU A PURPOSE. 23:01 JOHN 10:10 - IT SAYS, "THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE MORE ABUNDANT." 23:09 JESUS DOESN'T COME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR LIFE, HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE 23:11 AN ABUNDANT LIFE. HEBREWS 13, VERSE 5, "I WILL" - 23:17 JESUS PROMISES - "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU." 23:22 HE SAYS WHEREVER YOU GO, HE'S WITH YOU. 23:25 HE'LL WATCH OVER YOU. AND THEN, YOU CAN ALSO READ IN 23:29 HEBREWS CHAPTER 13, VERSE 6 - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF 23:33 ANYTHING. SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR. 23:35 IT SAYS, "I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT MAN CAN DO UNTO ME." 23:40 YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 23:44 AFRAID OF ANYTHING. IF YOU'RE FEARING GOD, YOU DON'T 23:46 HAVE TO FEAR ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU DO NOT FEAR GOD, YOU'RE 23:48 GOING TO END UP FEARING EVERYTHING ELSE. 23:50 PEOPLE HAVING PANIC ATTACKS - A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR. 23:53 SOME ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES - THEY'RE TAKING 23:55 MEDICATIONS AND I'M NOT A DOCTOR BUT I THINK A LOT OF THESE 23:58 THINGS COULD BE RESOLVED BY HAVING FAITH IN GOD. 24:01 HE GIVES YOU - THAT'S THE LAST ONE - JOHN 14:27 - 24:07 HE SAYS, "MY PEACE I GIVE YOU." 24:11 JESUS COULD SLEEP THROUGH A STORM BECAUSE HE KNEW HIS FATHER 24:13 WAS ALWAYS WITH HIM AND JESUS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. 24:16 SO WHAT'S THE SUM OF WHAT I'M SAYING, FRIENDS? 24:20 THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FOR YOU TO REALLY HAVE PEACE AND 24:24 POWER AND PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE AND IT'S TO ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE 24:28 OF GOD'S SON. YOU KNOW, THIS TOOK ON NEW MEANING FOR ME. 24:32 I USED TO READ THAT VERSE ALL THE TIME: 'GOD SO LOVED THE 24:35 WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON' AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS DOING SOME 24:38 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WHILE I WAS 24:43 THERE I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL MY FIRSTBORN SON, MICAH, 24:45 AND JUST SEE HOW HE'S DOING. THEY HAD THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY 24:49 CALLED SKYPE - IT HAD A DIFFERENT NAME BACK THEN AND I 24:53 WANTED TO MAKE A CHEAP PHONE CALL ON MY COMPUTER. 24:56 SO I CALLED HIM UP. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AS A 24:59 FATHER AND SON - JUST, 'WHAT YOU DOING? 25:01 OH, I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME.' AND WE TALKED AND JUST 25:03 BEFORE I HUNG UP I THOUGHT ABOUT SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU 25:06 SON.' BUT YOU KNOW HE'S A TOUGH KID AND YOU KNOW YOU GO TO HUG 25:09 HIM AND 'OH, C'MON DAD, YOU'RE GETTING MUSHY.' AND SO I SAID, 25:12 'I LOVE YOU, I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK.' THAT NEXT MORNING I 25:15 GOT A PHONE CALL. HE WAS A CONTRACTOR - 23 YEARS 25:21 OLD - HAD A FATAL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT. 25:25 AND WHEN YOU GET THE WORD, AS A PARENT, THAT YOU'VE LOST YOUR 25:30 CHILD, YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE. 25:35 DEATH IS SUCH A TERRIBLE PERMANENT SITUATION. 25:40 AND I CANNOT READ THAT VERSE ANYMORE, WHERE IT SAYS 'FOR GOD 25:44 SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON' THE SAME WAY BECAUSE I KNOW 25:49 HOW MUCH IT BROKE MY HEART - AND OUR FAMILY - 25:52 WHEN WE GOT THE NEWS ABOUT MICAH. 25:56 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESURRECTION AND GETTING OTHER 25:58 PEOPLE READY. 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