Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AA
Program Code: AA000004
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00:05 In a world surrounded by darkness,
00:08 there is a voice that whispers to every young heart, 00:13 urging them to find the treasure of truth. 00:22 Those who follow the path 00:24 will discover eternal riches beyond their wildest dreams. 00:28 Join us now for an "Amazing Adventure, 00:31 A Journey for life with Jesus." 00:38 Good evening again, friends. 00:40 Welcome to "Amazing Adventure, A Journey for Life with Jesus." 00:44 Again, welcome all of those here at our local site. 00:47 We are glad you are here, 00:48 are you glad to be here this evening? 00:50 Yeah. All right. 00:52 We've been having a wonderful time studying God's word. 00:55 We have another great lesson tonight 00:57 that Pastor Doug would be sharing with us, 00:58 a very important lesson. 01:00 For those of you who are watching, 01:01 for more information on the lessons, 01:03 if you haven't ordered them yet, 01:05 you'll need to go the Amazing Facts Kids website 01:08 and you can order the study guides right there 01:11 on the website and we'd be happy to send that out to you. 01:14 Well, friends have you enjoyed singing our theme song 01:16 from night to night, "Life is an adventure." Yeah. 01:19 All right, let's stand together as we sing once more. 01:22 Every day with Jesus makes us want to sing. 01:36 Life is an adventure following the King 01:41 Everyday with Jesus makes us want to sing 01:46 Walking in the spirit, He will lead the way 01:51 With His word to guide us glowing deep inside us 01:56 Nothing can divide us following the King 02:03 Life is an adventure following the King 02:08 Everyday with Jesus makes us want to sing 02:13 Conquering with kindness everywhere we go 02:18 Voices we are raising, Jesus we are praising 02:24 Life is so amazing following the King 02:29 Life is so amazing following the King 02:37 Please remaining standing 02:39 for our scripture reading and prayer. 02:42 We've got Justin, who would be doing 02:43 our scripture reading for us tonight. 02:46 Justin, what is the scripture reading tonight? 02:48 I'm reading Revelation 22:14. 02:55 "Blessed are those who do His commandments, 02:58 that they may have the right to the tree of life, 03:01 and may enter through the gates into the city." 03:05 All right, thank you very much. 03:07 Our prayer is coming to us by Mickey, Mikey, Mikey. 03:12 Let's bow our heads as we pray. 03:16 Thank you Lord for this good day. 03:22 Please bless us all here, we love You Jesus, amen. Amen. 03:26 Thank you very much, you may all be seated. Thank you. 03:30 I'm going to invite Pastor Doug Batchelor to come forward. 03:32 We have some Bible questions 03:35 and we have three video Bible questions tonight 03:38 and then one written question. 03:39 So if you're ready, we'll get started. 03:41 I'm excited, we'll wait and see. Okay. 03:44 Let's go with the first video question for tonight. 03:48 Hi, my name is Gabriel, 03:50 and I am 8 years old and my question is. 03:53 Why didn't God let us have contact 03:57 with other people in other solar systems? 04:00 That's a good question. 04:02 How many of you believe that there is life in other planets, 04:05 in other worlds and galaxies. 04:07 There probably is, you know the Bible teaches, 04:10 that not only did Jesus make our world, 04:13 the Bible tells us in the Book of Hebrews 04:15 and in the Book of Colossians, 04:16 that God through Christ made the worlds. 04:20 When you put an 's' on the end of the word, 04:22 what does that mean? Plural. 04:24 Worlds, and then you can read in the Book of Job Chapter 1, 04:28 there was a day when the sons of the God 04:29 came to present themselves before the Lord. 04:32 And as Satan came and God said to Satan, 04:35 "Where did you come from?" 04:36 He said, ''I came from earth." 04:38 So this meeting isn't on earth, 04:39 because he came from earth, so there are angels, 04:43 we all know that, right? 04:44 So God has other life in other worlds, 04:47 probably in other galaxies. 04:49 It's a very big universe. 04:51 How come we can't talk to them? 04:54 First of all, I don't believe 04:55 that the UFOs that people claim that they see 04:59 are aliens from another planets coming to visit us. 05:01 I think most of those are optical illusions. 05:04 I remember flying along, 05:06 we got a little airplane in the Batchelor family, 05:07 with little fan out front called the propeller, 05:10 and my wife and I and the kids 05:11 were flying one day and I saw a UFO. 05:14 And that was just space ship, 05:17 red space ship out there in the sky. 05:21 And I thought and I got to get-I didn't know 05:23 whether to fly the other way and run for cover, 05:25 but I'm very curious. 05:26 So I wanted to see what it was. 05:28 So we started flying, I said, what is it? 05:29 I got to find out what they speak, 05:30 may be we could talk to these space creatures. 05:33 Started flying over there, got closer and closer, 05:35 and you know what it was? 05:37 Someone had one of these big red Mylar party balloons 05:42 that were helium filled, and floating out there 05:44 in the middle of the sky with the sun hitting, 05:46 it looked like a spacecraft. 05:48 I thought it was far away, 05:49 but it was a little balloon that was closer. 05:52 So I don't believe that the UFOs, 05:54 but the reason we can't talk 05:55 to the un-fallen sinless creatures in other worlds, 05:59 is because we have sinned down here and it's a disease 06:03 and it's like our world is quarantined, 06:06 you all know what that means. 06:07 You know sometimes you have a cold 06:09 and your mom and dad want you to stay away from everyone else, 06:11 so they don't catch your cold. 06:12 Well, this world's got a cold, it's sick. 06:14 And so the reason, we can't talk to the un-fallen worlds 06:18 is because we're sick. 06:19 When you're in a hospital, and you got a contagious disease, 06:22 the only one that you get to see is the doctors and the nurses. 06:26 While God's a doctor and the angels are the nurses. 06:28 That's the only one we can see until we're healed from sin, 06:31 then we'll get to this, that these other worlds. 06:34 All right, very good. We have another video question. 06:37 And we're ready for that at this time. 06:39 Hi, my name is Jazmine, I am 8 years old. 06:41 My question is, was Jesus really born on Christmas? 06:46 Was Jesus really born on Christmas? 06:49 I think she means, December 25, 06:51 what we typically think of this Christmas, probably not. 06:55 Now how do I know that from the Bible? 06:57 And you'll have to write some of these things down. 07:00 In Luke 3, it tells us, 07:02 Jesus was baptized about his 30th birthday. 07:06 As He began to be 30 years of age, 07:08 that's when He was baptized. 07:09 And that makes sense because that's when you had to begin. 07:12 He had to be 30 before He could be a priest. 07:15 Kind David began to reign when he was 30. 07:17 Joseph was 30 when he began to lead Egypt. 07:20 Christ began His ministry at 30. 07:23 Then you can also read in the Bible 07:25 that the shepherds were out in their fields with the flocks. 07:29 Well, in Jerusalem around December 25th its cold 07:32 and the shepherds are not out in the fields with their flocks, 07:35 they're all hurdled up inside the sheepfold. 07:37 So that probably wasn't the right season 07:40 and then there's another reason, 07:42 Caesar Augustus issued a census, 07:45 so that the whole world could go to their hometown to be taxed. 07:49 No king or Caesar would do that at the coldest time of the year, 07:53 when there was no food in the fields for the people. 07:55 They usually did that during the harvest time. 07:57 Jesus was probably born sometime in the fall. 08:00 But since we don't know the exact day, 08:02 December 25th is probably as good a day as any 08:05 to celebrate His birthday, right. 08:07 Are we commanded in the Bible to celebrate His birthday? Yes. 08:11 No, there's no command in the Bible. 08:13 It says in Romans 14, "If one man regards a day, 08:16 do it to the Lord, if you don't regard the day, you don't. 08:19 No command that you have to remember His birthday. 08:21 But there are some things He commanded us to remember, 08:23 we'll talk about that later. 08:25 All right, we have a question that someone is asking. 08:29 Is it wrong to pray or talk to your guardian angel? 08:34 Well, there is no example in the Bible 08:36 of someone being told to pray to their angel. 08:39 We're told to pray to God. 08:41 Matter of fact, even Jesus said, when you pray, say, 08:45 our Father, which are in heaven. 08:47 We address our prayers to God. 08:49 God often uses the angels to answer our prayers, 08:53 and it's good for you to be conscious 08:55 that God has angels around you, 08:57 but I don't think too many of you know 08:59 the name of your guardian angel, do you? 09:02 So you probably have to give him a nickname or say, 'Hey, you.' 09:05 Or something like that. So, that won't be very nice. 09:08 But so there's no real command or example of anyone talking 09:11 to the guardian angel, Balaam talked to his donkey, 09:15 but the angel of the Lord appeared to him, 09:18 so there are angels that appear to people in Bible 09:21 but I don't think we're encouraged anywhere 09:22 to pray to them or talk to them. 09:25 Our last video question for this evening. 09:28 My name is Keona Walsh and I want to know, 09:30 is the animals going with us to heaven? 09:33 Are animals going with us to heaven? 09:36 Well, you might be wondering more specifically, 09:39 will our pets that we love, go to heaven with us. 09:43 How many of you have some pet that you love, you got. 09:46 How many have a dog? Cats? 09:50 Hamster? Boa Constrictor? 09:55 I've had all kinds of pets. 09:56 We've had in our house, horses and dogs and cats 10:00 and birds and mice and snakes. 10:05 We called it little bitty baby, Rosy boa, that big. 10:07 He looked like a worm, but he was a snake, 10:09 very cute and had him for pet for a little while. 10:12 So we've had a lot of pets, we had this one dog, 10:15 it was such a great dog, we named him Spot. 10:17 Took us forever to think of that name, not really. 10:22 And he protected the kids for years of loyal, wonderful pet, 10:26 and of course you know, dog get old and they die. 10:28 They don't live as long as people, it's very sad. 10:31 So you might wonder will they be in heaven. 10:33 There's no scripture that says, our pets will be in heaven. 10:36 But there are scriptures that say, 10:38 there will be a lot of animals in heaven. 10:40 In Isaiah 11, another places and in the new earth, 10:43 God's going to have the animals 10:45 just like when He first made the world. 10:46 Did God make animals? Yes. 10:48 Is He going to have the animals 10:50 again in the Garden of Eden in the new world? 10:52 Sure, He will. Will your pets be there? 10:54 Bible doesn't say but don't be surprised, God can surprise us. 10:59 He's going to make everybody happy. 11:01 Talking about pets, Pastor Doug, I found something today. 11:06 I drove by a field and I found a pet cemetery. 11:10 You know that there's pet cemeteries out there? 11:12 And I went in there, I didn't steal this, 11:14 but I asked the person there, if I could borrow this stone. 11:18 And this is in loving memory for Coco. 11:22 Now, I don't know who Coco is, 11:24 whether that's a dog, a cat, a bird. 11:25 Kind of date there, I think its probably 11:27 the date of Coco's deceased. 11:29 Yes, 1997. About 10 years ago. 11:31 So do you think God in heaven could create a Coco, 11:34 whatever that might be, a dog or a cat, for this person. 11:38 A new glorified Coco. 11:39 Okay, very good. He could do it. 11:41 All right, well, thank you again for bringing in your questions. 11:44 Those of you who are watching, 11:45 if you'd like to email us a question, you can do so. 11:48 Go to Amazing Facts Kids website 11:51 and there is a link to email your questions to us. 11:53 I'm going to invite the Amazing Adventures singers 11:55 to come forward. 11:56 They have a special song they are gonna sing, 11:59 "Wait on the Lord." 12:13 Ask, and it shall be given 12:18 Seek, and ye shall find 12:23 Knock, and it shall be opened unto you 12:28 Opened to God's love 12:33 He have not because he asked not 12:38 So ask and see he see can find 12:43 For the Lord gives the things in His time 12:54 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 13:00 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 13:05 Wait I say wait on the Lord 13:13 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 13:21 Wait on the Lord Wait, wait, wait upon the Lord 13:37 Ask, and it shall be given 13:42 Seek, and ye shall find 13:47 Knock, and it shall be opened unto you 13:53 Opened in God's time 13:58 We have not because we asked not 14:03 So ask and seek and find 14:08 For the Lord gives the things in His time 14:20 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 14:26 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 14:31 Wait I say wait on the Lord 14:41 Wait on the Lord Wait on the Lord 14:47 Wait on the Lord Wait, wait, wait upon the Lord 15:07 Amen, Beautiful job. 15:12 Thank you so much to our singers. 15:14 How is everybody tonight? 15:16 Good. Good to see you. 15:17 I want to welcome our friends that are watching 15:19 all different parts of North America 15:21 and the world and we are having an Amazing Adventure. 15:25 Tonight we've got a very important study. 15:28 Our lesson is talking about 15:29 the ''Code of the King'', the "Code of the King." 15:33 And tonight I'm going to tell you, 15:35 where the most important treasure 15:38 in the world is located. 15:40 You think I'm kidding. I'm serious. 15:44 It's the most valuable treasure in the world. 15:48 Now, when you think about the code, 15:50 I'm not talking about like a spy secret code, 15:53 I'm talking about a code that a person lives by. 15:57 It's a set of guidelines. 15:59 Some of the features or prominent statements 16:02 that guide them. 16:04 You know, during the time of the medieval knights, 16:06 the knights have this code of honor 16:09 that they would live by. 16:10 Matter of fact that someone had a little list here, 16:13 what some of the code statements of those knights 16:17 from the time of King Arthur would live by. 16:22 Defending those who could not defend themselves. 16:25 Caring for the orphans and the widows. 16:27 Showing respect for God. 16:30 Obeying those in authority. Always telling the truth. 16:34 Being fair and honest with everyone. 16:36 And never turning from the enemy. 16:38 This was the code of honor that they would die to defend them, 16:41 they had it memorized. 16:43 Do you know that God has a code? 16:46 And God's code, it's the Christian code of honor, 16:49 is the most important code in the world. 16:52 Now I told you a few minutes ago, 16:54 that I was going to give you the most important, 16:57 I'll tell you where the most important 16:58 treasure in the world is. 17:01 And it's closer than you think. 17:05 Let's get into our lessons tonight, 17:06 and I'm going to tell you where some gold is located. 17:09 Question number one in your lesson. 17:12 How did the law or the ''Code of the king'' come to us? 17:17 Now if you got your lessons, I hope you're following along, 17:20 that's question number one. 17:21 It says in Exodus 31:18, and this is talking about 17:26 when Moses went up to Mount Sinai 17:28 and he received the Ten Commandments. 17:31 It says "And when He had made an end of speaking 17:34 with him on Mount Sinai, 17:37 then He gave Moses two tablets of the testimony, 17:40 tablets of stone, written with the finger of God." 17:44 This is talking about what? 17:47 What was written with the finger of God? 17:50 The Ten Commandments. 17:52 This was the most important code in the world. 17:55 Because most of the time, when the Lord spoke to us, 17:58 He spoke through angels or He impressed men 18:00 with His Holy Spirit and they wrote some things down. 18:03 But what's different about the Ten Commandments? 18:08 You know, what's different about the Ten Commandments? 18:09 God wrote them with His own finger. 18:13 God spoke them with His own voice. 18:15 You can read this, Exodus 32:16, 18:18 "And the tablets were the work of God, 18:21 and the writing was the writing of the God, 18:24 graven upon the tablets." 18:27 This was written with the very fingers of the Lord. 18:30 Now that's very important. 18:31 "So he declared to you His covenant 18:33 which He commanded you to perform, 18:36 even Ten Commandments, 18:38 and he wrote them on two tables of stone." 18:42 Now there's no other time in the history of the world, 18:44 when God audibly spoke to a nation, 18:48 when He wrote something with His own finger. 18:51 Well, of course, Jesus one time wrote 18:52 in the dust of the temple floor. 18:55 But when God gave the Ten Commandments, 18:57 He wrote it with His own finger. 18:58 And He cut out these stones and He gave them to Moses. 19:02 Then what did Moses do with the Ten Commandments, who knows? 19:06 What did he do? 19:07 Brought them down the mountain and where did he put them? 19:10 He put them inside the Ark of the Covenant. 19:15 This beautiful golden box that was made. 19:19 Now, do you know what? 19:21 I'm going to tell you where that is right now. 19:23 Do you know that Ark? 19:24 That golden box has been missing for 2, 500 years 19:29 and a lot of people have wondered where it was 19:31 and people have gone on expeditions looking for it, 19:34 they even made movies about it, talking about where is the Ark? 19:37 If you found this, you gonna be a millionaire. 19:41 You would be a billionaire. 19:43 It would be the most valuable treasure in the world, 19:47 if you could have this Ark of the testimony. 19:52 I want to tell you where it is? 19:55 The Bible says, back in the days of Jeremiah, 19:59 King Nebuchadnezzar was getting ready to come 20:02 and to conquer Jerusalem. 20:04 God told Jeremiah, the prophet, 20:06 that the city would be destroyed and the temple, 20:09 where the Ark of the Covenant was kept, 20:10 was going to destroyed also. 20:13 And Jeremiah knowing that, 20:15 knowing that the temple and everything 20:17 was going to be destroyed, 20:18 at night he with some of the loyal priests, 20:21 they took the Ark out of the temple, 20:23 and they hid it in the cave, somewhere underneath Jerusalem 20:28 and they sealed the opening. 20:29 And only a handful of priests knew where it was. 20:32 Only a few people knew what had been hidden there. 20:36 Well then Nebuchadnezzar came, he destroyed the city, 20:39 he burned the temple. 20:41 It tells in the Bible about all the articles of the temple 20:44 that he carried off but it never mentions 20:47 the Ark of the Covenant. 20:49 And that tells us that it's still there somewhere hidden, 20:54 but it's even that treasure is even closer 20:56 than you think and now I'm going to tell you tonight, 20:58 how you can know how to find the treasure. 21:00 Would you like to know that? Yes. 21:02 Okay, well, you keep listening and I'll be telling you. 21:04 Question number two. 21:06 Why did God give the Ten Commandments? 21:10 The answer is in the Bible. 21:11 If you look in Galatians 3:24, it says, 21:15 "The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ." 21:20 The purpose of the law is to help us get to know the Lord 21:23 and to bring us closer to Him. 21:26 Now we're going to talk about the Ten Commandments tonight, 21:28 because this is the code of the king, 21:30 and it's very important lesson. 21:33 Are the Ten Commandments something 21:34 that should make us happy or sad? 21:35 Happy. Happy. 21:37 The Bible says that, Proverbs 29:18, 21:41 God says in the book, in the Bible, 21:43 "Happy is he who keeps the law." 21:47 Now if I go out there on the street 21:48 and I steal from somebody, 21:50 and I'm in jail because I stole. 21:51 Am I going to be happy in jail? No. 21:54 Or if I go out there and, you know, 21:58 I break one of the law, if I were to kill somebody 22:01 and I'm in jail, may be on death row in Texas. 22:05 Would I be very happy? No. 22:06 The people who break the law are not happy. 22:08 The devil wants you to think. 22:10 Ah, you're going to be happy if you break the law. 22:12 Obeying the law is too hard, so just break it. No. 22:17 The Bible says, happy are those, that obey God's law, 22:20 but we can't do it without His help. Proverbs 3:1-2. 22:25 It says "Keep my commands, for length of days 22:29 and long life and peace they will add to you." 22:31 Not only will you be peaceful, not only will you be happy, 22:35 it says 'length of days' what is that mean? Long life. 22:40 When you obey the Lord, you stay out of the lot of trouble. 22:43 Chances are you're going to live a lot longer too. 22:46 And again Exodus 19:5, 22:48 "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice", God says, 22:53 "and keep My covenant," meaning the commandments, 22:55 "then you will be a special treasure 22:58 to Me above all people." 23:00 Now we are talking about treasure tonight. 23:03 There's not only a treasure in the Ark of the Covenant. 23:06 There's a treasure in this room. 23:08 There is a treasure right there, those of you who are watching. 23:12 You are a treasure to God. 23:14 How do you know, what makes gold valuable? 23:17 Do you know why diamonds are valuable? 23:19 Why are rubies valuable? 23:22 Do you know, because they are rare, they are precious? 23:28 When some pays a lot for something, 23:29 that means it's valuable. 23:31 You know there is a painting that Van Gogh painted. 23:36 And back when he was alive, nobody paid anything for it, 23:38 but afterwards, someone started paying millions of dollars 23:42 for his paintings and the Van Gogh painting 23:43 now is worth millions of dollars, 23:46 because they are so valuable, 23:48 they are so, so much is paid for them. 23:50 What was the most expensive price 23:53 ever paid for anything in the universe? 23:57 Do you know? 23:58 Now the problem is if I call on you here, in Richardson, Texas 24:01 they're not going to hear you on my microphone. 24:03 What was the most-- I'll ask some of you. 24:05 What was the most expensive gift, in the back? 24:08 Leonardo da Vinci. No, it's not Leonardo da Vinci. 24:12 The price Jesus paid for us. 24:14 That's right, the price that Jesus paid for us. 24:18 What's more valuable? 24:22 Mountain of gold, where a person 24:25 who can make a mountain of gold, what's worth more? 24:27 The mountain of gold or the person who can make it? 24:31 The person who can make it. So what's worth more? 24:34 Diamonds or a person who can make diamonds? 24:38 The person who can make diamonds. 24:39 The most valuable gift in the world is when God 24:43 who made everything that's worth anything gave Himself. 24:49 He paid the highest price ever paid for you. 24:54 So how valuable are you to God. 24:57 And He says that when we trust Him 24:59 and we're willing to obey Him, 25:01 we become a very great treasure to Him. 25:04 He's looking through this world for people who would trust Him. 25:07 Question number three. 25:09 You might be wondering, why can't we see God? 25:13 Well, I think you can see God in the things that we make, 25:16 but after Adam and Eve sinned, they couldn't see God anymore. 25:20 The Bible tells us in Isaiah 59:2, 25:23 "But your iniquities--" You know the word 'iniquities' means? 25:25 It mean sins. 25:27 "Have separated you from your God. 25:30 And your sins have hidden His face from you." 25:34 Remember we showed the illustration 25:36 with a light last night, and that very bright light. 25:39 You remember when I shined the light on girl's face up here. 25:43 Even though she couldn't see the light, she felt the heat. 25:46 God is so bright and God is so glorious. 25:49 If God were suddenly to appear in this room right now, 25:52 what do you think would happen? 25:54 Even Moses who is a holy man said, 25:57 he couldn't talk to God face to face. 26:00 God said, "If you look at My face, you won't even live." 26:02 So the reason that we can't see God is 26:04 because He loves us and His brightness would destroy us. 26:08 But when we're cleansed from our sins, 26:10 and He gives us our new bodies, 26:11 we'd be able to see Him face to face, the Bible says. 26:15 But right now, we can't. 26:16 So His law is there to protect us. 26:18 In Romans 3:23, it tells us that we have all sinned. 26:24 How many is that? Everybody. 26:27 How many people in the world today? 26:30 Over 6 billion, I think it's like 6.7 billion. 26:33 So you know how many of those have sinned? 6.7 billion. 26:38 Everybody in this room, everybody who is watching, 26:41 we've all sinned. 26:43 And what is the penalty for sin? It's very serious it's death. 26:47 And God wants to save us, that's why Jesus died on our behalf. 26:51 But after He died for us, He says, 26:54 "Look I'll give you power and I'll give you new heart 26:56 but you must trust Me and be willing to obey Me." 26:59 The law is not there to restrict our freedom. 27:02 The law is there to keep us safe and to protect us. 27:06 Some children went on a school trip. 27:08 You ever gone on a trip with your school? 27:10 They went to the zoo. And you've been to the zoo? 27:13 And at this zoo, they had the lion's cage, 27:17 this is few years ago and then they had a barrier, 27:20 they had a hedge, that separated the path from the lion's cage, 27:24 and there was a sign there, it said, "Don't cross the hedge. 27:27 Don't get near the lion's cage." 27:29 But some of the boys looked and said, that old lion, 27:32 he's just laying there snoring. 27:34 I'm not afraid of that lion. 27:36 So couple of the boys, they said, 27:38 I'm going to go get up to the lion's cage 27:41 and I'm going to look at him through the cage, 27:43 I want to get closer. 27:44 So they snuck through the little hedge of leaves and bushes, 27:48 and they went above by the lion's cage 27:50 and right then, the zoo keeper was watching. 27:53 He said, "you boys, get away from that cage." 27:55 And right when the zoo keeper said that, the lion jumped up, 27:59 he saw them, he snapped like a bolt of lightning, 28:02 he ran for the cage he stuck his paws and his claws 28:05 through the cages and he swiped at the boys 28:08 and they just got away from him by a hair's breadth. 28:13 They thought that they could play there by the lion's cage. 28:16 Let me ask you? 28:17 Where those kids glad that there was a cage 28:20 to stop the lion from reaching them? Yes. 28:23 Should they have listened to the sign that says, 28:25 don't cross the hedge? Yes. 28:28 Was it there to keep away their happiness 28:30 or to protect their happiness? 28:33 The devil is like a roaring lion. 28:36 He's going around wanting to see who he can devour. 28:40 And he doesn't want you to obey God's law. 28:42 But God's law is there to protect you 28:45 and to keep you safe. 28:47 Now you trust God and you obey Him, 28:51 you're going to save yourself from a lot of heartache 28:53 and a lot of people get in trouble 28:55 because they think, I'll just disobey this once. 28:58 And Jesus is very merciful, and He'll forgive us 29:00 but when we disobey the law of the King, 29:03 it makes the Lord sad, it makes the angel sad. 29:07 And it makes the devil mad, when you obey. 29:09 So what do you want to do? 29:11 You want to make the Lord happy 29:12 or you want to make the devil happy? 29:14 Lord happy. Obey the Lord. 29:16 You can't do it without His help 29:17 but with His help, you can do everything. 29:20 Now we got to go back and talk a little about a definition. 29:22 Number four. What is sin? 29:26 And why did we need a law? 29:28 Well it tells us in I John 3:4 "Sin is lawlessness." 29:36 That means, when we sin, we are breaking the law. 29:39 Sin is the transgression of the law. 29:41 Whenever we talk about sin, 29:43 it means we are breaking God's law. 29:45 Do you know, it's very sad, 29:46 I'm going to tell you something, right now. 29:50 That it just makes me ashamed, even sad. 29:53 There are some Christians who believe 29:55 that we don't have to keep the Ten Commandments anymore 29:58 that God doesn't really care. 30:00 That because Jesus saves us by His grace, it doesn't matter. 30:03 Well, that's not true. 30:04 It is true we are not saved by keeping the law, 30:07 but if we love the Lord, 30:08 we will keep His commandments we want to. 30:11 We are not saved by the law, 30:13 but you cannot get to heaven deliberately breaking God's law. 30:16 It's so important you understand that. 30:19 The purpose of the law, it says in Romans 3:20 30:22 "By the law is the knowledge of sin. 30:25 It's the law that shows us what our sins are. 30:27 Now I need a couple of volunteers, 30:30 to go into the mystery chest for me tonight, all right. 30:36 Here's a young lady, you can come up 30:38 and what, you can come on up here, all right. 30:40 Go ahead, we're not done. 30:42 Just we're going to give some more of you a chance tonight. 30:45 All right, let's start with you. Is that Ash? 30:48 Ashton. Ashton. 30:49 why don't you reach in the chest 30:50 and see if you find something that reflects in there, okay. 30:54 And you come over here Balboa and just stand, 30:56 you can turn around facing the people. 30:58 Is it something that reflects in there. 31:01 I hope there is. Okay. 31:08 Let's see what we got going on here. All right. 31:13 Now, would it bother you if I went through 31:16 the rest of the meeting with this on my forehead, 31:19 would that distract you a little bit. 31:20 Yeah. No. 31:21 Some of you say, no, it didn't bother me. 31:25 What I used to do is I used to take a pen, 31:27 I draw something on my head to illustrate this 31:29 and one day I grabbed a wrong kind of pen 31:32 and it was a permanent marker. 31:33 And so now I use tape for this. 31:36 Are you-do you know that I have no idea 31:38 what I look like right now. 31:40 Have you ever talked to somebody and while they're talking, 31:43 if they just got done with the lunch 31:44 and haven't brushed their teeth yet 31:45 and they got a big piece of like 31:46 parsley on their teeth and they're smiling. 31:49 Got big green leaf there 31:50 and you can't hear what they're saying, 31:51 all you could think is, 31:53 what you got big old green thing on their teeth. 31:56 And I remember I had a meeting with a man during lunch one time 32:00 and he had a white shirt on and he had spaghetti for lunch 32:02 and he spilt big old blob of spaghetti sauce on shirt. 32:06 And the whole time I am talking to him, all I think is, 32:08 I kept looking at this big spaghetti sauce on his shirt, 32:11 it was distracting because it just didn't look right. 32:13 So if I would've keep this for the rest of the lesson 32:15 like this, you won't be hearing what I'm saying 32:17 because, you'd say, 32:18 'Why is he got that big old spot on his head. 32:21 And just in case you're wondering 32:22 this is not the mark of the beast 32:24 that Pastor Doug has on his head right now. 32:27 Now there's something wrong with my appearance, 32:31 but I don't see it, did you know that. 32:33 I can try, but I can't see it. 32:39 What do I have to do if I want to see it. 32:41 Look at the mirror. 32:43 Okay, Ashton's got something here for me. 32:45 So when I look in this mirror, 32:48 oh, my, it's bigger than that I thought. 32:51 Big black square on my forehead. 32:53 You wouldn't go out to school like this, would you? 32:55 No. This is not appropriate. 32:58 Now someday this-- I might start a new fad, 33:00 the way things are today, anything is possible, right. 33:03 So I felt okay until I looked in the mirror. 33:07 And so since it was the mirror that showed me 33:10 the big spot on my head, then it would make sense 33:12 that the mirror would take it off, right. No. 33:15 So, still there, didn't help. 33:23 The mirror is going to show it to me, 33:24 but it's going to help us, that's not very nice, 33:26 it's just been critical. 33:28 So if I felt okay, until I looked in the mirror, 33:33 the answer now would be just to throw the mirror away 33:36 or to put it down and to break it. 33:38 Is that the answer? And then everything's okay. 33:41 I don't have this mirror anymore, 33:42 I don't see the spot, right. 33:45 You're enjoying this, ah. Okay. 33:47 Balboa in the box, you're going to see something red, 33:49 you want to get that out for me. 33:52 So this is going to show me my problem 33:54 but it's not helping me with my problem, 33:56 I need something else to help me, don't I. 34:00 What you got in there, very good. Okay. 34:04 Let's pretend this as a spot, like dirt. 34:09 The mirror might show you the dirt on your face, 34:12 but it's not going to wash it away. 34:14 You need something else to wash it away. 34:16 Matter of fact, you might even use something like this, 34:18 and you go up there and you say, all right well, 34:20 I've cleaned it off. Huh. 34:22 Isn't he handsome? 34:26 This, what does this represent, who knows? 34:30 This is the blood of Jesus and this is the law of God. 34:36 The purpose of the law of God is show us our sins, 34:41 but it doesn't take our sins away. 34:43 It's Jesus and His blood that takes our sins away. 34:46 Thank you very much, let's give them the hand for their helping. 34:54 So you see this picture of the little girl 34:56 up there on the screen. 34:58 You look in the law and you see that we've got sin in our lives. 35:03 But the law can't take our sins away, 35:05 it's only Jesus that can take our sins away. 35:08 Psalm 19:7 says, 35:10 "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." 35:14 When we look at the law of God, we say, ooh, I need some help, 35:17 I've not been honest, may be I've been stealing, 35:21 may be I've been using bad language 35:23 and you realize, I need Jesus' help. 35:25 The devil doesn't want you to know about the law of God. 35:28 Because when you know about the law of God, 35:30 then you realize you need Jesus. 35:32 You know about your sin, you need a Savior from sin. 35:35 Matter of fact, it says that, Romans 7:7, 35:38 "I would not have known about sin except through the law. 35:42 For I would not have known about covetousness 35:45 unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." 35:49 So the Bible is telling us that the law is there to help us 35:52 realize we need Jesus. 35:53 In James 2, you know everybody's ultimately judged by the law. 35:59 The law of the God is the mirror 36:00 that shows if your face is clean. 36:02 See once I washed my face, I look back in the mirror, 36:06 to see if everything was okay. 36:08 Ultimately, everyone is judged by the law. 36:10 James 2:12, "So speak and so do 36:14 as those who will be judged by the law of liberty." 36:18 It's called the law of liberty because when you obey the law, 36:20 you're not in the jail, you're free. 36:23 Those who disobey the law, where are they? Jail. 36:26 They end up in jail or prison, right. Romans 3:31. 36:30 "Even though Jesus forgives us from our sins by His blood, 36:34 the sacrifice of Jesus did not give us 36:37 permission to break God's law. 36:39 Paul says in Romans 3:31 "Do we then make void the law." 36:42 In other words, do we break the law, 36:44 through faith? Certainly not! 36:47 "On the contrary, we establish the law." 36:50 Some people think, well, since Jesus died, 36:52 He's given us permission to break the Ten Commandments. 36:55 Is that true? No. 36:57 No but there are even Christians who think that, 36:59 now that Jesus has died, we don't need to obey 37:01 the Ten Commandments anymore. 37:03 That's a dangerous thing to teach. 37:06 Matter of fact, Solomon, the wisest man 37:09 who ever lived, he said this. 37:11 Last thing he said in his book called Ecclesiastes. 37:14 "Fear God and keep His commandments, 37:18 for God will bring every work into judgment, 37:21 including every secret thing, whether be good or evil." 37:25 Have you ever done something you didn't think anybody saw you. 37:30 Did someone see you. 37:32 You know something you got to be careful about today. 37:35 We are living in a day where there are 37:36 video cameras everywhere. 37:37 I mean we got lots of cameras here in this church right now, 37:40 broadcasting this series, 37:41 but even when you're driving down the streets, 37:43 when you are walking down through the supermarket, 37:45 when you're going to the bank, you look up everywhere you look, 37:48 there's little cameras watching you everywhere now. 37:51 And lot of people have done some really silly things 37:53 and they didn't know someone was video taping them. 37:56 But, you know, video camera recording 37:58 what you're doing is not new. 38:00 Ever since the beginning, the Lord has videod everything. 38:04 You have never really got away with anything. 38:07 Whether it was a cookie you took 38:08 that you weren't supposed to take 38:10 or something that you said, you weren't supposed to say. 38:13 God knows everything. 38:15 That's why it's important for us to confess 38:16 and be honest with God about our sins. 38:19 He'll forgive us everything, because that's why Jesus came, 38:23 to provide mercy and a new beginning. 38:26 Number 5. 38:27 Why did God choose these special laws? 38:30 The Ten Commandments. 38:31 Answer, Psalm 40:8, 38:34 "I delight to do Your will, O my God, 38:37 Your law is within my heart." 38:40 You see the law of God reflects 38:43 what God's plan is, what His will is. 38:44 Matter of fact, the law of God tells us who Jesus is. 38:48 The law is a perfect reflection of Jesus, His character. 38:52 Let me give you an example 38:53 and you might want to write some of these verses now. 38:56 The Bible tells us, God is good. 38:59 It says the law is good in Romans 7:12. 39:02 The Bible says that God is holy, it says His law is holy. 39:06 God is just, His law is just. God is perfect, God is love. 39:11 God is righteous, God is truth, God is pure, God is spiritual, 39:16 God is immutable, and God is eternal. 39:18 Everything it says about God, 39:20 it says the very same things about the law. 39:23 So those who say, I don't like the law of God. 39:25 I don't like the Ten Commandments. 39:28 Who are they really rejecting 39:29 when they rejecting the law of God? God. 39:32 When you reject the code of the King, 39:35 you're rejecting the King. 39:37 That's why this is the most important treasure. 39:39 What was the law of God written on? Stone. 39:43 You know what Jesus is sometimes called, 'The rock of ages.' 39:48 Jesus is the rock of ages. 39:50 He is something that is enduring and durable. 39:54 Matter of fact, that's our next question, question number 6. 39:57 Does God ever change, 40:00 or Do His commandments ever change, the Ten Commandments." 40:04 Oh, no the Bible is very clear. 40:06 Malachi 3:6, God says, 40:10 "For I Am the Lord, I do not change." 40:13 You know why some people change because they made a mistake. 40:16 Does God ever make mistakes? No. 40:18 He's perfect. He never needs the change. 40:21 If something's wrong in this world, 40:22 does God need to change, 40:23 or do our hearts need to change? Our hearts. 40:26 The purpose of the plan of salvation 40:28 is to change us and make us new creatures. 40:30 It's not because God's changing. 40:32 Matter of fact, Isaiah 40:8, 40:34 "The grass will wither, the flowers will fade, 40:37 but the word of our God stands" 40:40 for how long? "Forever." 40:42 And Jesus said, "Even the heaven and earth will pass away, 40:46 but My words will by no means pass away." 40:49 All right, I need a couple of more volunteers, 40:52 young lady, right here is it Emma. 40:54 Yeah, you come on up and let me see, 40:56 get some for a-- what's your name, Alexia? 40:59 Yeah, Alexia you come on up here. 41:01 Who hasn't? 41:02 Okay, you are right here, you're close the aisle, 41:05 I got three of you and now I'm doing the best I can. Okay. 41:08 Look in there and see if you find something pink. 41:11 In the chest. Who wants to go first? 41:13 There's three, so you can-- 41:15 one of you can reach and wave to the camera 41:16 when you go in there. 41:17 Oh, see your camera again, everything's recorded. 41:21 You see, get all three of them out there, 41:23 there should be three. Okay. 41:26 And you're sharing with your friends right here. 41:31 Let me see if I can borrow this out. 41:32 I'll get a couple more volunteers real quick here. 41:35 I can see here. All right come up here, buddy. 41:38 What's your name, Johnny? You want to hold this for me? 41:43 Okay. All right. 41:45 We got something written here. 41:48 You know what I like about these boards. 41:50 Who knows why these boards are neat? 41:53 Used to be, if you wrote on piece of paper, 41:55 you can take your rubber eraser like that, 41:56 you can erase things a little bit, but let me see, 41:59 you make a muscle here, make a muscle for me. 42:01 You know how to make a muscle. Pretty good. 42:04 All right let me see if you're strong enough to erase that. 42:07 Go ahead. Look at that, let's get it all clean. 42:10 You can make it all disappear, just spare my thumbs, okay. 42:13 All right very good look at that. 42:15 So it's easy to erase, all right girls. 42:17 You need to stand aside just a little bit for a second. 42:21 No, right behind you here, all right, here we go, 42:25 stand back, stand back. 42:29 What do you think that's made of? 42:33 Now is the spare from the cemetery. 42:36 No, we didn't take it without permission, 42:39 but that is an engraving in granite. 42:42 Are you girls have some erasers there? 42:45 I want to see if you can erase that. Go ahead. 42:47 I haven't tested, it may work I don't know. 42:52 Let me know how you're doing. 42:54 Have you ever used those erasers before? 42:57 I bet Johnny, he's pretty strong, he can probably do it. 42:59 You want to try. 43:05 You want to try with one of the rubber erasers. 43:08 Yeah, I mean that's not a bad idea worked on the other board. 43:12 All right, what do you think, 43:14 how long you guys gonna have to work on that. 43:16 It's not going to go away. No. 43:18 You guys want to keep those erasers as a memento. 43:20 You can sell them on eBay, it might be 43:21 worth something, aren't they. 43:24 You got it Johnny, you give your eraser 43:26 back to that lady right there. 43:28 You guys know, what I'm going to say now. 43:30 You can go down, thank you very much, we appreciate their help. 43:38 Was the law of God written on paper? 43:41 Was the law of God written on a scroll? 43:44 Was it written on an erasable board? No. 43:47 What was it written on? Stone. 43:50 When God wrote it on stone, 43:51 did He plan on erasing it or changing it? No. 43:54 It's eternal, it is never to change, like His own character. 43:58 And that's one of the biggest lies 44:00 that the doctrines of devils 44:02 that God's law is going to be done away with. 44:04 "All of His commandments stand for ever. 44:07 Jesus said do not think 44:09 that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets." 44:11 This is Mathew 5:17, "I did not come to destroy but to fulfill." 44:16 So the law of God is something He wants to last forever 44:20 and I want to go on to our next question 44:23 because I'm running out of time here. 44:25 Even Jesus, now what is a Christian? 44:27 A Christian is a follower of Christ, isn't that right. 44:30 Did Jesus keep the law? 44:33 He did, He said, "I kept My Father's commandments." 44:35 Number seven. 44:36 What are the Ten Commandments all about? 44:40 How many of you have memorized the Ten Commandments. 44:42 Any of you know them by heart. 44:44 Could you do all 10. That's pretty good. 44:47 Do you know there used to be that a good Jewish boy, 44:51 he not only knew the Ten Commandments, 44:53 he knew every chapter in the Book of Deuteronomy. 44:57 And we should at least know 45:00 how to memorize the Ten Commandments. 45:01 I put an abbreviated list of the Ten Commandments up here, 45:05 so that you can get the preview. 45:07 There's more to it and you can find this in Exodus 20 45:10 and you read through the whole chapter there. 45:12 You'll also find it in Deuteronomy 5. 45:15 It says "For the first commandment, 45:17 thou shalt have another Gods before me." 45:20 First four commandments deal with your love for God. 45:23 "You shall not make any graven image." 45:26 "You should not take the name of the Lord, your God in vain." 45:29 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 45:32 Then the last six commandments deal 45:34 with our relationships with one another. 45:36 "Honor your father and mother." "Thou shalt not kill." 45:40 "Thou shalt not commit adultery." 45:42 "Thou shalt not steal." 45:44 "Thou shalt not bear false witness." 45:46 "Thou shalt not covet." 45:47 That's the summary of the Ten Commandments. 45:50 And let me get some-- can you mind coming up here 45:54 for just a second, I just need someone close 45:56 so I just called you up right. 45:58 And your name is? Samson. 45:59 Samson, okay. Good name. You are strong also. 46:02 You get teased probably about that, okay. 46:04 You got two arms, just want to check, 46:06 how many fingers you have. 46:07 You got 10 fingers. All right. 46:09 The Bible says, the law of God is summed up in love. 46:13 God is love, right. 46:15 Love to God, that's his arm, 46:18 loved your fellow man, that's his arm. 46:21 You got 10 fingers, I could do this myself, 46:24 it's much more fun doing with him. 46:26 You got 10 fingers. 46:28 Each one of these does something because this does something. 46:31 If I take his arm away, how much do his fingers do? Nothing. 46:36 Without love for God, can you keep those commandments, 46:40 and without love for your fellowman you can't keep these. 46:44 So you got these two arms, love God, love your fellowman 46:47 and when you really love God and your fellowman, 46:49 you'll demonstrate it, then in your actions. 46:52 Thank you very good. 46:53 Samson, I appreciate that. Good job. 46:59 Mathew 19:17, Jesus said. 47:03 Who said this? Jesus. 47:05 "If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." 47:09 A young rich ruler came to Jesus, he said, what must I do? 47:14 He said, you need to keep the commandments. 47:15 But you don't keep them to be saved. 47:18 You keep when your heart is changed. 47:20 No matter how hard you try, 47:22 if you're trying to keep God's law 47:23 without God inside, it's impossible. 47:26 You need to have the Lord in you, living through you, 47:29 and that's how you're be able to keep His law, 47:31 of loving Him with all of your heart, 47:34 and loving your neighbors as yourself. 47:35 When you love the Lord with all your heart, 47:37 you're going to keep the first four commandments. 47:40 When you love your neighbors as yourself, 47:41 you'll keep the last six. Isn't that right? 47:44 1 John 2:3-4 "Now by this we know that we know Him, 47:51 if we keep His commandments." 47:53 A lot of people say, well I know the Lord, 47:55 but they're not obeying God. 47:57 It goes on to say, "He who says, I know Him, 47:59 and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, 48:03 and the truth is not in him." 48:04 You're going to meet people who say, 48:06 oh, yes I love the Lord 48:08 but they don't obey God or keep His commandments. 48:11 And I think that's the dangerous thing to say. 48:14 You know I told you, I was gonna tell you where the treasure is. 48:20 You're listening. 48:21 In the Middle East, in the land of Israel, 48:25 it's called the holy land, 48:26 there is the city called the holy city. 48:29 And in that city, there was a place years ago, 48:31 called the holy temple, and in that holy temple, 48:35 there was the holy place. 48:37 And in the holy place of the temple, 48:39 you went in and then you went into the holy of the holies. 48:41 And there was one thing in the holy of the holies, 48:44 who knows what that was? 48:47 The Ark of the Covenant, that golden box. 48:50 How many of you like to find that golden box. 48:52 It's why, would the gold be valuable. 48:55 Yes, But what's the most valuable thing 48:58 about the Ark of the Covenant? 49:00 What was inside the Ark of the Covenant? 49:05 The code of the King. You know what? 49:08 I have the Ten Commandments, I've got the treasure. 49:13 Everyone wants to find the golden box 49:15 and they're not interested in the rocks in the box. 49:17 The valuable thing was not the gold, 49:20 it was the words in the box. 49:23 And you got the treasure. 49:25 How many of you have the Bible? Do you have the Bible? 49:27 You got the code of the King right here. 49:29 The most valuable thing that God 49:31 ever gave to this world was His word. 49:34 And the most valuable part of the Word of God 49:37 is the law of God spoken by His voice. 49:39 It's an expression of His love for us 49:41 and how we should love our fellowman. 49:43 And if you want to be His child and His warrior, 49:46 He wants you to live by that. 49:49 You know, they've got the shrimp that swim in the ocean. 49:52 And when the shrimp live close to the shore, 49:55 and the waves are crashing, they keep spinning around. 49:58 But there is a way they can figure out which side is up 50:00 when they spun around. 50:03 When they shed their skin, they mold, 50:05 they shed their skin several times a year. 50:07 They swim down to the bottom of the beach there 50:10 and they grab one little rock, a little stone 50:12 and they put it in the crevice that they got in their head. 50:15 So you could say they got rocks in their head. 50:18 And they put that piece of sand in there 50:20 and it's called status stone 50:22 and it helps them keep their balance. 50:25 But, you know, our scientists did an experiment, 50:27 it's kind of funny. 50:28 He took a bunch of shrimp and put them in an aquarium 50:31 and he put little iron filings, little iron and sand 50:34 in the bottom of the aquarium, 50:36 and when the shrimp were ready to mold 50:39 and they went down to the bottom, 50:41 they picked up a piece of iron 50:42 and they stuck it in their crevice, 50:44 so they all had little pieces of iron sand 50:45 because that's all they have. 50:47 Then the scientist put a magnet on top of the aquarium, 50:51 and he turned it on, so the shrimp wouldn't know 50:53 what was up or down anymore. 50:55 And the shrimp when he turned on the electric magnet, 50:58 they were all swimming like this, they flipped around, 51:00 started swimming upside down. 51:04 And then the scientist took a shrimp from another aquarium, 51:07 that didn't have iron in his head, 51:08 he had a regular rock in his head, 51:10 and he dropped him in 51:11 and he was the only one swimming right side up, 51:14 because he had a real rock in his head. 51:16 Well, then he had the outside forces. 51:19 You know a lot of people in this world 51:20 are swimming upside down, aren't they? 51:23 Because they don't have the law of God in their hearts. 51:26 The Bible says, "Thy word I've hidden in my heart 51:29 that I might not sin." 51:31 God wants you to have His word in your heart. 51:33 How can we keep, number eight, the Ten Commandments? 51:38 Without Jesus how much can we do? Nothing. 51:41 But how much can we do through Jesus. 51:44 Through Jesus could Peter walk on water. 51:47 Through Jesus could David killed Goliath. 51:49 Through Jesus could Samson slay a whole army by himself. Yes. 51:53 Through Jesus all things are possible. 51:55 Through Jesus can you obey God? Yes. 51:58 Is the devil stronger or is God stronger? God. 52:01 If a devil can tempt you to sin, the question is, 52:04 can Jesus keep you from sin. Yes. 52:07 If you ask Him, He can, if you love Him, He can. 52:11 The penalty for sin is very dangerous. It's death. 52:16 And that's why it's so important that we trust the Lord. 52:18 But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus. 52:22 He's offering you all that gift of everlasting life. 52:26 A man was driving down the road one day 52:28 and he was going little too fast, and you know, pretty soon, 52:32 he saw the police car behind him and he pulled over. 52:36 And when the policeman got out and he started to walk over, 52:39 he thought oh, no, here I go, 52:40 another ticket, all these policemen. 52:42 And he looked in his rearview mirror 52:43 and he could say, oh, the policeman, well, that's Bob. 52:46 He goes to my church. 52:48 The highway patrolman went to the same church 52:49 as John who was speeding. 52:52 And Bob came over. He said 'Hi, John.' 52:55 And he's really embarrassed, 52:56 now he's going to probably give me a ticket anyway and-- 53:00 he said, oh, you know, I'm sorry I was going so fast, 53:02 see I was in rush to get home. 53:03 I spent such a busy day and I've got so much to do 53:05 and the football game is on and Bob walked away from the car 53:10 and began to write, and John was thinking 53:12 oh, he's going to give me a ticket anyway. 53:15 But why didn't he asked for my license? 53:17 Few minutes later Bob, the policeman came back. 53:20 He said, thank you very much. 53:22 He handed a note through the window and John drove away. 53:25 He's little bit mad, and then he pulled over, 53:28 he said, wait this isn't a ticket. 53:30 And he opened it up and he looked, 53:32 and it was a note from Bob, the policeman 53:34 and it said "John, I used to have two children. 53:39 I had a little girl, 6 years old 53:41 and she was hit by someone speeding and I lost her. 53:44 The man who is driving too fast, he just paid a fine 53:48 and he spent a few months in jail. 53:50 He said I'm having problems, forgive them. 53:53 May be by forgiving you right now for speeding, 53:55 it will help me a little bit, would you please slow down. 53:59 Oh, when John read that, 54:01 he thought that man lost his child 54:04 to someone who was speeding. 54:06 And I've got children at home that I love. 54:08 When he pulled back out on the road, 54:10 he drove away was he speeding? 54:13 He saw how much his sin of speeding hurt somebody. 54:18 And because of love for his friend 54:20 and because of his friend's mercy for him, 54:22 he said, I'm going to slow down. 54:25 Our sins and our disobedience, does it hurt Jesus? 54:29 Did it cost Jesus something. He wants to save you. 54:34 He wants you to have everlasting life. 54:37 The last question is. Don't you want to be like Jesus? 54:40 Jesus obeyed the Father and He says, 54:42 if you follow Him, you can be like Him too. 54:44 He'll give you a new heart. 54:46 How many of you want that new heart? 54:48 To be able to have the power 54:50 in the Holy Spirit and do God's will. 54:51 He will help you tonight. We're going to ask Him. 54:54 Matter of fact let's pray right now. 54:57 And those who are watching, you and your groups, 54:59 let's pray together. 55:01 Father in heaven, we're very thankful 55:03 that You've sent us the code of the King, 55:05 the greatest treasure in the world in Your Word 55:08 and the greatest amount ever paid was paid for our lives. 55:12 You paid for these children and you love them Lord. 55:15 Help them to invite Jesus into their hearts 55:17 and to know all of their sins 55:19 and disobedience can be forgiven. 55:21 Give them joy help us be ready for your return 55:24 and continue to bless these meetings, 55:26 we ask in Jesus' name, amen. 55:30 All right friends, now you know the Bible says, 55:33 in Revelation 22, I'm ending with our scripture reading. 55:37 It says in verse 14, "Blessed are those 55:40 who do His commandments that they may have the right 55:43 to enter through the gates of the city 55:46 and eat from the tree of life." 55:47 Blessed, last thing it says in the Bible. 55:50 And I want that blessing on each of you. 55:52 Don't forget to tune in. When is our next meeting? 55:55 Tomorrow night our lesson is 55:57 ''Dealing with only one lifeboat." 55:59 You really going to enjoy it. 56:01 And so you can still bring your friends. 56:03 You all coming back here in Richardson, Texas. 56:05 You want everyone to come, let's invite everybody. 56:08 God bless you till tomorrow night. |
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