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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:06 CC by Aberdeen Captioning 1-800-688-6621 aberdeen.io 00:14 Doug Batchelor: Biblical sacrifice is joyful. 00:16 I'm sure that the reason there's a lot of miserable Christians 00:19 out there is because there's a lot of people who want to go to 00:23 heaven and they appreciate what Jesus did, but they're not ready 00:25 to make a complete sacrifice. 00:31 Doug Batchelor: Message today, we're going to be talking about 00:33 really a very important central, core Bible theme dealing with 00:39 the beauty of sacrifice. 00:42 Sacrifice, and typically when we think about sacrifice, we recoil 00:48 a little bit at the idea because it makes us think of some form 00:53 of horrific self-denial. 00:55 And it is true that sacrifice can mean the greatest form of 01:01 self-denial at all, laying down your life. 01:06 I remember hearing a story from World War II where 1st 01:09 Lieutenant John Robert Fox was there stationed in Italy during 01:15 the heat of the battle, and his job was an advanced position 01:21 where he was looking with binoculars and he was giving 01:25 instructions and coordinates to the artillery operators to bring 01:29 in the bombs and artillery on various positions. 01:31 And he'd call on the radio, "It's a--Enemy's in 01:35 this position. 01:36 Rain down artillery and bombs here. 01:38 And oh, the enemy, they're over here." 01:41 And then somehow up this valley, he suddenly noticed that he had 01:45 missed this larger German Nazi force that was coming right in 01:49 upon him. 01:51 But he could have dropped everything and run for his life 01:52 and been okay, but he knew that they would surprise his own men 01:58 and that there was going to be a great loss of life. 02:01 So he called in the coordinates and he said, "You need to drop 02:04 everything you've got on this position." 02:06 And on the other end of the radio, they said, "Well, that's 02:10 where you are." 02:11 He said, "You better do it and you better do it fast." 02:15 And they rained in the artillery and it took his life. 02:23 When the American forces finally came to the position there, it 02:27 was in the town of Soma Colonia, Italy, they saw that there was 02:32 Lieutenant Fox surrounded by about a hundred dead 02:36 German soldiers. 02:37 And they took a medal and they placed it on his chest because 02:41 he had truly realized that other people's lives will be lost if I 02:46 don't call in the fire on my position. 02:49 And really this is what Jesus did is He called in all the 02:52 wrath of the devil on His position so that we could 02:56 be saved. 02:57 Now, that's the purest form of sacrifice, when we think of 03:01 someone laying down their life. 03:03 And Jesus said in John 15:13, "Greater love has no man than 03:07 this, that someone would lay down his life for another." 03:12 Sacrifice. 03:13 Sacrifice is really a beautiful thing, and it might be good to 03:17 look at a definition as we go on with this. 03:20 Sacrifice is, by definition, and this is not a total definition, 03:25 forfeiture or giving up of something highly valued for the 03:30 sake of someone or something considered to have greater value 03:34 or claim. 03:36 It's giving up something or sacrificing, forfeiting 03:39 something that you value to obtain something you think is of 03:44 great worth. 03:46 And we must be very valuable to the Lord that He would sacrifice 03:50 His life to save us. 03:52 Now, sacrifice for the Christian is not optional. 03:58 There's a misconception that is somehow filtered its way through 04:01 a lot of Christian churches that because Jesus sacrificed His 04:06 life, He did that so we don't need to sacrifice; that we're 04:11 off the hook somehow. 04:13 That's not the teaching of the Bible. 04:15 He sacrificed as an example for us. 04:18 Let me give you a few verses that explain that. 04:21 Mark 8:34. 04:22 Of course, we had one in our scripture reading. 04:25 "Whoever therefore desires to come after Me, let him deny 04:28 himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." 04:32 Whoever wants to come after Jesus, you've gotta self-deny 04:36 and follow him. 04:37 "For whoever desires to save his life will actually lose it, but 04:41 whoever loses his life or sacrifices his life for My sake 04:45 and the gospel's will save it. 04:49 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and 04:52 loses his own soul?" 04:53 If you refuse to make the important sacrifices because you 04:56 think you're gaining something, you're actually 04:58 losing everything. 05:00 Someone said, "That which you sacrifice for God is never lost. 05:04 It multiplies." 05:06 You do not lose anything you sacrifice for God. 05:11 "Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul." 05:13 Matthew 13:44, you know this parable, "Again, the kingdom of 05:16 heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which when a man 05:20 finds it he hides it; and for joy over it--" notice the 05:24 word "joy." 05:26 True sacrifice is beautiful. 05:27 It's a blessing. 05:29 "For joy over it he goes and he sells all that he has any buys 05:33 the field." 05:35 I just want to give you the picture. 05:36 In Bible times, they didn't have banks. 05:38 They didn't have a Savings and Loan with a big safe in the 05:40 middle of it. 05:42 A lot of people, if you had money you were saving, they 05:44 would actually dig a hole and bury it. 05:45 And they'd pace it off, and figure where they buried it, and 05:48 have some landmarks, and maybe tell a few trusted family 05:52 members in case something happened to them. 05:54 You've probably heard in England, these guys were out 05:56 there with a metal detector going. 05:59 One man had a metal detector and he just was combing over the 06:01 different fields because he knew that the Romans had once 06:05 occupied Great Britain and they'd hidden their gold in 06:09 the fields. 06:10 And sure enough, his detector went off and it registered 06:13 something that looked like a solid metal, like gold. 06:16 And they dug down and they found this--I think it's called the 06:19 Hoxne Hoard. 06:21 Millions of dollars of gold and stuff that someone just buried 06:24 out in the field. 06:26 So it wasn't uncommon in Bible times, you'd be leasing 06:28 someone's field and you'd be farming. 06:30 And you're goin' along with your donkey pulling the plow, and all 06:34 of a sudden the plow hits something and it unturns 06:37 this rock. 06:38 And you look under the rock and there's a box, and you look in 06:40 the box and there's treasure. 06:42 But you're an honest man, it's not your field, meaning it's not 06:43 your treasure, so you cover it back up and you go to the owner 06:46 and you say, "I'd like to buy that field." 06:49 Says, "What would you want with that old field?" 06:53 He said, "I just--you know, it just has become very precious 06:56 to me. 06:57 And what's it going to cost?" 07:01 Well, he gives him the price. 07:03 He says, "Wow, in order to do that, I'm going to have to 07:06 liquidate everything." 07:09 And you go home and you tell your wife, says, "We're 07:11 selling everything." 07:12 What for? 07:14 "For Homer's field." 07:15 Homer's field? 07:16 There's nothing out there. 07:18 Sorry you ever rented that field. 07:19 What do you want to buy that field for? 07:20 "Trust me." 07:22 You want to sell everything we've got for that field? 07:23 Must have been some interesting conversations. 07:26 It's worth more than they know, and they sell everything. 07:30 They have a garage sale. 07:31 They sell everything they've got, and they put the last penny 07:34 on the table, and they buy Homer's field. 07:36 I just made up the name Homer just because you needed that. 07:40 Was it worth it? 07:42 Oh yeah, he knows there's much more in the field. 07:44 But Jesus said in order to get that treasure, you gotta 07:48 sell everything. 07:49 You gotta be sold out for the gospel. 07:51 And then He goes on a similar parable and He says, "Or it's 07:53 like a merchant seeking precious pearls, who, when he finds a 07:57 pearl of great price, he goes and he sells," how much? 08:01 All that he has, and he buys the field. 08:06 Luke 14:27, Jesus said, "Whoever does not bear his cross and come 08:11 after Me cannot be My disciple." 08:14 You pick up your cross because there's going to be a sacrifice, 08:17 and if it's your cross, it's probably your sacrifice. 08:21 Take your cross. 08:22 You're crucified with Christ. 08:24 Again, He says in Luke 14--He says it three times in Luke. 08:26 I'm just reading you two. 08:27 Luke 14:33, "So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake 08:32 all that he has cannot be My disciple." 08:38 That means when you come to Christ, it takes everything. 08:42 He wants the complete surrender. 08:43 And so many, I'm sure that the reason there's a lot of 08:47 miserable Christians out there is because there's a lot of 08:50 people who want to go to heaven and they appreciate what Jesus 08:53 did, but they're not ready to make a complete sacrifice. 08:56 So they have enough religion to know about the dos and the 08:59 don'ts, but they don't have the joy of really believing their 09:02 sins are forgiven 'cause they've made a partial sacrifice. 09:06 And until you come to the point of really putting it all on the 09:09 line for the Lord and saying, "All that I have and all that I 09:12 am are yours," you don't experience the freedom. 09:17 That's the joy of making that sacrifice. 09:20 Someone wrote that, "Since the Son of God has died for me, the 09:23 least I can do is the same for him." 09:25 If Jesus is God and God died for me, then no sacrifice--really, 09:30 what sacrifice is too much to make for God who made 09:32 everything, who died for you? 09:37 It might mean sacrificing what looks like a high 09:41 earthly position. 09:42 A lot of people have decided to put the Lord first. 09:46 The Bible talks about Moses, who seemed to have the promise of 09:50 being in the line of Pharaoh. 09:53 Hebrews 11:24, "By faith." 09:57 And when you make a sacrifice it's often done by faith. 10:01 "By faith Moses, when he became of age, he refused to be called 10:04 the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer 10:08 affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing 10:12 pleasures of sin." 10:14 People thought, "Moses, you're missing your chance in 10:17 the palace." 10:18 More people know about Moses now when--here's this guy, goes out 10:22 in the desert, and he thought, "No one will ever hear from 10:23 me again. 10:25 I'm just following around these sheep. 10:27 No one's ever going to know about me." 10:29 The whole world knows about him because he chose to forsake the 10:34 pleasures of sin for a season. 10:36 And the Bible's full of heroes like that, for you and I to 10:40 think about. 10:41 Of course, one of the great sacrifice stories is Abraham. 10:44 What would be harder, give yourself or to give your child? 10:50 What's a more difficult sacrifice? 10:53 Abraham, these are the sacrifice heroes in the Bible, took his 10:57 son up the mountain. 10:58 He had faith, offered his son. 11:00 Jephthah offered his daughter rather than to violate a vow 11:05 to God. 11:07 Hannah offered to sacrifice her son. 11:10 She prayed for a child for years. 11:12 Finally, God gives her child. 11:13 She said, "I'm giving it to God." 11:15 Now, that's a sacrifice. 11:17 He didn't die. 11:18 I mean--and Jephthah, by the way, did not burn his daughter. 11:20 Some people misunderstand that. 11:22 He also gave his daughter to the temple. 11:24 She would never marry and have children after that. 11:29 Elisha, wealthy son of these farmers, they got 12 teams 11:34 of oxen. 11:35 And he kisses his mother and father goodbye, decides to 11:39 follow Elijah, and become the apprentice of a poor prophet. 11:41 I mean, really, you know, Elisha you know, he lives by a creek, 11:46 and he's fed by birds, and lives in the attic of a widow. 11:50 It wasn't a very promising future to be the apprentice for 11:52 a poor prophet. 11:54 Lives in a cave out in the wilderness. 11:56 Elisha said, "I'll leave everything and follow you." 11:59 And you know, that's why when Elijah was about to go to 12:02 heaven, he said, "Anything I can do for you?" 12:04 He said, "Yeah, I want a double portion of your inheritance," 12:07 which was the Holy Spirit. 12:10 And the firstborn was supposed to get a double portion of the 12:12 inheritance, but he had faith and he made that sacrifice. 12:16 Nehemiah leaves the Persian palace to go and try and build 12:20 these ruins in the promised land. 12:23 The apostles, it tells us about Peter, James, John, Andrew, 12:28 and Matthew. 12:29 The others probably made similar sacrifices. 12:33 Luke 5:11, "So when they brought their boats to land, they 12:36 forsook all and followed him." 12:40 So what does it cost? 12:43 Most Christians don't really understand what it means to make 12:46 that kind of sacrifice. 12:49 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing, 12:51 free resource. 12:53 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 12:55 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 12:58 mobile device. 12:59 To get your copy of today's free gift, simply call us and ask for 13:03 the offer number shown on your screen or visit the web address 13:06 and download a digital copy. 13:08 And be sure to select the "Digital Download" option on the 13:11 request page. 13:12 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 13:15 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want, and most 13:19 important, to share it with others. 13:24 Doug Batchelor: You know, Jesus tells a story. 13:25 Actually it's not a story, it's a true event, but He drew 13:29 attention to this widow. 13:31 Mark 12:41, "Many who were rich put in much." 13:36 They'd blow the trumpet and everyone gathered, "So and so's 13:38 making this donation." 13:39 And they'd go, "Oh!" 13:41 and then they'd all applaud and go "ooh" and "ahh." 13:43 They dropped the coins in one by one, big gold coins, big thunk 13:46 on the bottom of the box. 13:48 "Then one poor widow," she was waiting until the fanfare 13:51 drifted away, and she quietly, by herself, hoping nobody would 13:54 notice, "she threw in two mites, which make a quadrans." 13:59 Now a mite, just so you know, you got gold coins, and you got 14:03 silver coins, and then you had bronze coins. 14:05 They weren't even copper. 14:06 It was cheaper than copper. 14:08 It's bronze, and it was a little bitty bronze coin. 14:11 And one Bible commentator I read said we have nothing in our 14:15 currency to explain it because it was about a third of a penny. 14:20 So she throws in two thirds of one penny, but then Jesus said 14:24 it was everything she had. 14:27 You might be able to buy a piece of a piece of bread with that. 14:32 Oh, maybe more. 14:33 I don't know what bread cost back then but it wasn't much. 14:37 And she--and Jesus called His disciples to himself. 14:41 He said, "Assuredly, I say to you this poor widow," He nodded 14:45 towards this widow that just went through the line, "has put 14:48 in more than all of those--" and they can tell by the way she's 14:52 dressed she's poor. 14:54 She may not only be a widow, she may be a widow with 14:57 orphaned children. 15:00 And it says, "She put in more than all those who've given to 15:04 the treasury; for they put in of their abundance, but from her 15:09 poverty she put in her whole livelihood." 15:13 In other words, she gave everything. 15:16 Isn't it interesting? 15:17 I've observed, it seems like poor people, it's more easy for 15:21 them to give everything. 15:24 Perhaps they figure, "Well, I'm so close to nothing anyway, what 15:26 difference will it make if you give your last $2." 15:32 It sometimes is interesting how those who have the least give 15:36 the most. 15:37 They may not give the most in numeric value, but they give the 15:40 most in percentage. 15:44 And Jesus was calling attention to her and says, "Yeah, you 15:47 know, on the scale you might not think it's much, but she's 15:51 giving 100%." 15:54 And so when the Lord looks at what we give, is it the amount 15:58 or is it the percentage of the heart God's interested in? 16:04 Everyone's going to give differently based on the 16:05 resources that we have, but if we all gave so we all felt it. 16:10 A lot of people give, and you'll drive home in the same car, and 16:14 you'll live under the same roof, and you'll--everything will be 16:16 the same. 16:18 A sacrifice means you give so you actually experience 16:23 some difference. 16:25 There's a vacuum. 16:26 That's a sacrifice. 16:28 Everything else is an offering or a donation. 16:31 Sacrifice is different. 16:35 The widow gave 100%. 16:38 You know, I've thought about it before. 16:40 It's going to be interesting for her in the judgment. 16:42 Jesus, you know, He points to her. 16:43 She was hoping that she could discreetly give her two cents 16:46 and then slip out of the temple. 16:48 And He says, "See that widow?" 16:50 And she goes, "Oh no, no, I'm so embarrassed. 16:52 I had nothing to give, just--" He said, "She gave more 16:54 than anybody." 16:56 Now, in the resurrection when things take on their real value, 17:01 all of the Jews who went through the temple that day and blew the 17:06 trumpet, made their donations and tried to get a lot 17:08 of attention. 17:09 They gave to be seen of men and Jesus says that's all the reward 17:13 they're going to get. 17:15 All of their names have drifted off into obscurity. 17:17 Nobody knows who they are. 17:19 But when you get to heaven, the two cents that that widow gave 17:24 by her example has inspired more giving. 17:28 I'm guessing billions and billions of dollars have come 17:34 into the cause of God because Jesus drew attention to her 17:38 two cents. 17:39 Wasn't even two cents, two thirds of one cent. 17:42 Won't that be something? 17:44 It's like I'm telling the story today. 17:45 Hopefully it inspires you. 17:47 It's been inspiring people for 2000 years all over the world in 17:51 virtually every church. 17:53 Think about how her gift multiplied and she probably went 17:56 up to the offering box that day and thought, "I know this won't 17:59 make any difference." 18:02 What a difference it made! 18:04 You figure the whole world has been changed by that little 18:07 bitty gift that she gave. 18:09 So if you're thinking, "Well, you know, I'd like to give, but 18:11 my little bit, it won't make a big difference," you have no 18:15 idea what God can do with your little gift. 18:17 Because she gave her all, it's made a big difference. 18:23 Sacrifice, as I mentioned, will cost you something. 18:26 King David--there was this plague going through Israel and 18:30 David knew he needed to make an offering to God to intercede for 18:34 his people to stay the plague. 18:37 And he went to this man that owned this big threshing floor, 18:39 named Ornan. 18:40 And big threshing floor on top of Mount Mariah was right where 18:42 Abraham offered Isaac. 18:45 And the King said, "Look, I'd like to buy this threshing 18:49 floor, big flat area, make an offering to God." 18:51 And this man had a big heart, he said, "You're the King. 18:53 I give it to you." 18:55 And King said, "No." 18:56 He said, No, I want to give it to you. 18:57 And David said, "No, I am not going to sacrifice to the Lord 19:00 something that doesn't cost me. 19:03 I will not sacrifice." 19:05 He said, "Surely I will pay you the price. 19:07 Nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which 19:10 cost me nothing." 19:11 That is not a sacrifice. 19:13 If it costs you nothing, there's no sacrifice. 19:17 A lot of us want free Christianity. 19:20 We want a discount. 19:21 We want to get a good deal. 19:23 We want to get it on sale. 19:26 You're not going to find Christianity discounted. 19:33 Now, having said all that, it's making us nervous, some of you. 19:37 Biblical sacrifice is joyful. 19:41 Hebrews 12, verse 1 and 2, it says, "And let us run with 19:45 endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the 19:49 author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was 19:53 set before Him--" nobody made a bigger sacrifice than Jesus, but 19:56 was it a sad sacrifice? 19:58 Why did Jesus do it? 20:00 He was looking at the joy beyond the sacrifice that would come. 20:05 What is a sacrifice? 20:06 Well, you forfeit something for something worth more. 20:10 Jesus was looking at you being redeemed and He thought, "That's 20:13 worth more. 20:15 It's worth My suffering." 20:16 "For the joy that was set before Him He endured the cross, 20:20 despising the shame, and He has sat down now at the right hand 20:24 of the throne of God." 20:26 David Livingstone, when he spent the years in Africa, and he 20:28 endured all kinds of hardship, and he had malaria, and hunger, 20:32 and exposure, and threatened-- he was attacked by lions, and 20:35 natives, and all kinds of problems, and listen to what 20:38 living Livingstone said, "People talk of the sacrifice that I've 20:42 made in spending so much of my life in Africa. 20:45 Can it be called a sacrifice, which is simply paying back a 20:48 small part of the great debt owing to our God which we could 20:52 never repay? 20:54 Is it a sacrifice which brings its own blessed rewards and 20:57 healthy activity, the consciousness of doing good, the 21:01 peace of mind of bright hope of glorious destiny in the future? 21:05 Away with such a word in such a view with such a thought! 21:08 It is emphatically no sacrifice! 21:11 Say rather it is a privilege. 21:13 I've never made a sacrifice. 21:14 We ought not talk of sacrifice when we remember the great 21:17 sacrifice that he made who left His Father's throne on high to 21:22 give himself for us." 21:24 He had a good attitude. 21:26 He actually wanted to go to China, but China closed. 21:28 He ended up going to Africa. 21:30 He just wanted to go serve the Lord. 21:33 I just thought I'd throw this in, it's interesting. 21:35 An English mission society wrote to Livingstone one time when he 21:39 was in Africa, and he's now in the center of Africa in just a 21:43 very difficult part. 21:44 They said, "Have you found a good road to where you are? 21:46 If so, we'd like to send some men to join you." 21:49 Livingstone wrote 'em back, he said, "If they will only come if 21:53 there's a good road, don't send them." 21:59 He did make a sacrifice. 22:02 Christians are often accused of being morbid when they talk of 22:05 the joy of sacrificing. 22:06 I think it is one of the deepest truths of the Christian 22:09 religion, far from being the source of sadness. 22:12 Sacrifice is the greatest joy and the source of illumination, 22:16 perhaps the greatest of all joys. 22:18 Sometimes we give God a lame sacrifice. 22:22 Ephesians 5:1-2, "Therefore be imitators of God, dear children. 22:26 And walk in love, as Christ is also loved us and given Himself 22:31 for us." 22:32 We want to give him the best sacrifice. 22:34 Malachi says in chapter 1, verse 8, "And when you offer to the 22:38 Lord the blind as a sacrifice--" You know, you're supposed to 22:41 give the best of your sheep. 22:43 And sometimes, well, it's time to offer a sacrifice. 22:45 I've gotten the old mangy sheep I can give. 22:48 There's a blind one. 22:49 Oh, I may as well sacrifice. 22:50 He's already blind. 22:52 That one, he's kinda gimpy. 22:53 He's got one bad leg. 22:54 He got run over by a truck. 22:56 I'll sacrifice that one. 22:58 And he says that they bring these to the Lord, and he said, 23:02 "Boy, if you are going to give a donation to your governor, you 23:06 don't bring a lame sheep." 23:07 You wouldn't offer it to your governor. 23:10 You wouldn't offer it to a king. 23:13 Do you offer the leftovers to the Lord or your best? 23:17 Oswald Chambers said, "Our notion of sacrifice is though 23:20 it's the ringing out of us something we don't want to give 23:23 up, full of pain, and agony, and distress. 23:26 The Bible idea of sacrifice is that I give as a love gift the 23:31 very best thing I have." 23:34 So why am I dwelling on this about sacrifice? 23:37 Why am I talking about this? 23:39 Because when I read these stories in the Bible and I think 23:41 about sacrifice, I say, "Lord, it'd be so easy to give 100% if 23:46 I loved 100%." 23:48 So if we're struggling to sacrifice and give the way God 23:51 wants us to give of our lives, of our time, of our means, of 23:55 our service, whatever it is, if sacrifice is a struggle, is it 24:00 that we just gotta try harder? 24:02 Is that we've got to love more? 24:04 The more you love, the easier it is. 24:08 Is it hard for a mother to care for her baby that keeps them up 24:12 all night? 24:13 Well, maybe sometimes, but they do it. 24:16 Why? 24:18 The more you love, the easier it is. 24:21 And that's also true in the Christian economy. 24:24 "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. 24:29 And we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." 24:33 This is what sacrifice means, and this is a beautiful thing. 24:36 Christianity, it's not like sacrificing a baseball game 24:41 where you're giving up a run tryin' to get another base. 24:44 It's talking about where the rubber meets the road. 24:47 It's not talkin' about a donation, it's talking about 24:49 a heart. 24:51 We give our hearts to him. 24:53 And when the Lord has our hearts, He has everything else. 24:56 He'll have your service. 24:57 He'll have your time. 24:59 But what will move us to make that kind of sacrifice, to 25:03 give all? 25:05 It's gotta be we love Him because He first loved us. 25:10 When you see Jesus dying on that cross where you belong because 25:15 He loved you, it should touch our heart and say, "Lord, I'm 25:20 willing to give my life for You because You're God, so You--oh, 25:22 and because You created me, and You're my Savior, oh, and 25:25 because You bought me back, and I am willing to sacrifice for 25:30 You my life." 25:33 Is that your desire? 25:38 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing, 25:40 free resource. 25:41 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 25:44 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 25:46 mobile device. 25:48 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, simply text 25:51 the keyword on your screen to 40544 or visit the web address 25:56 shown on your screen. 25:57 And be sure to select the "Digital Download" option on the 26:00 request page. 26:01 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 26:04 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want, and most 26:08 important, to share it with others. 26:23 ♪♪♪ 26:33 ♪♪♪ 26:43 ♪♪♪ 26:53 ♪♪♪ 27:03 ♪♪♪ 27:09 Doug Batchelor: You wish you could get a new start. 27:11 I'd like to live my life over knowing what I know now. 27:13 I don't want to start over and just make all the same mistakes. 27:15 I want to have my memories so I don't make the same mistakes. 27:19 But you do get a new beginning. 27:20 You become a new creature, that feeling of all your sins being 27:23 washed away because God promises it. 27:25 Isn't that a wonderful concept, friends? 27:27 male: "I was thirsty and you gave me drink. 27:37 In as much as you did it to one of the least of these, my 27:40 brethren, you did it to me." 27:54 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's free offer. 27:57 It's sure to be a blessing. 27:58 And thank you for your continued support as we take the gospel of 28:02 Jesus Christ to the world. 28:04 We hope you'll join us next week as we delve deep into the Word 28:07 of God to explore more amazing facts. 28:10 ♪♪♪ 28:20 ♪♪♪ 28:24 male announcer: This presentation was brought to you 28:26 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. |
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