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00:01 ♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME TO 3ABN'S FALL CAMP
00:29 MIEG HOMECOMING 2019. -- MEETING HOMECOMING 2019. 00:34 FEATURING INSPIRED MESSAGES FROM YOUR 3ABN FAMILY. 00:41 AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER, DOUG BACHELOR. 00:44 ALL TO PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD. 00:49 >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME! HAPPY SABBATH! 00:53 SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE FOR YOU'RE THREE ABN FALL 00:59 HOMECOMING 2019 AND SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AT HOME AS 01:03 WELL. MY SOUL HAS BEEN FED AND 01:06 NOURISHED BY THE MUSIC WE JUST HEARD. 01:09 AND TONIGHT OUR SPEAKER NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. 01:13 PASTOR DOUG BACHELOR HAS BEEN A PART AND HAS SPOKEN AND 01:18 PARTNERED WITH THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 01:22 IN FACT, WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE TRAVEL AND WE SPEAK, WE MEET 01:26 PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO SAY THEY CAME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF 01:30 TRUTH. THEY ACCEPTED THE SEVENTH DAY 01:33 ABWRATH OR SOMETHING FOUND IN GOD'S WORD BECAUSE OF THE 01:37 MINISTRY OF PASTOR DOUG PATCH LORE. 01:39 HE IS -- BACHELOR. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF AMAZING 01:42 FACTS MINISTRIES AND ALSO THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE GRANITE BAY 01:47 SEVENTH DAY AVENNIST CHURCH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 01:50 AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE HE AND HIS WIFE KAREN WITH US HERE THIS 01:54 WEEKEND. HISMENTAL FOR THE HOUR IS TIGHT 01:58 LSLED PERSIST WRING FOR HIS PRESENCE. 01:59 -- PERSISTING FOR HIS PRESENCE. WHEN HE OPENS UP THE WORD OF GOD 02:03 IT ALWAYS FEEDS MY SOUL AND I KNOW IT WILL YOURS AS WELL. 02:06 BEFORE HE COMES TO PRESENT THE WORD OF GOD, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 02:09 FROM RYAN DAY. HE WILL BE SINGING A SONG. 02:13 HE LOOKED BEYOND MY FAULT AND SAW MY NEED. 02:18 TIM WILL ACOMPANY HIM ON THE PEONO AND -- PIANO AND THEN THEY 02:25 WILL SING. THE NEXT VOICE YOU WILL HEAR 02:29 AFTER THIS IS DOUG BACHELOR. ♪ ♪ 02:52 ♪ AMAZING GRACE SHALL ALWAYS BE MY SONG OF PRAISE ♪ 03:59 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 06:48 >> AMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TIM AND BRIAN. 06:52 I REMEMBER WHEN HE SHOWED UP AT A CAMP MEETING AND SAID I WANT 06:55 TO PREACH. AND HE AND HIS BROTHER BOTH, 06:59 THEY BOTH BECAME AMAZING FACTS EVANGELISTS. 07:02 HE'S NOT ONLY GOT A GIFT FOR MUSIC. 07:05 YOU KNOW, I TAUGHT HIM EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT 07:07 SINGING. [LAUGHTER] 07:10 >> AND -- SOMEHOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT. 07:14 BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO SAY -- SEE THE WAY THE LORD IS BLESSING 07:19 THEIR GIFTS AND USING THEM IN THEIR SERVICE. 07:22 WE'LL BE WITH YOU THROUGH THE REST OF THE CAMP MEETING THIS 07:24 WEEKEND. I HOPE SOMETIME TOMORROW YOU 07:26 COME BY THE TABLE AND VISIT WITH KAREN AND I. 07:28 WE'LL BE HANGING OUT OFF AND ON OVER THERE. 07:31 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GIFTS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME IN PERSON. 07:34 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT HERE IN PERSON, YOU HAVE TO GO TO OUR 07:38 WEBSITE. BUT YOU COME BACK. 07:38 WE HAVE OUR TWO NEWEST SHARING MAGAZINES. 07:42 ONE IS ON THE SANCTUARY. WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO PUT 07:45 THAT -- I TALKED ABOUT SALVATION, THE MEANING OF THE 07:48 SANCTUARY. WHAT THE SANCTUARY SAYS ABOUT 07:51 SALVATION AND PROPHECY AND YOUR BODY AND IT'S A FINAL AMAZING. 08:04 -- AN AMAZING MAGAZINE. MEET US AT THE TABLE OR SOMETIME 08:09 TOMORROW. WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL TO BE 08:10 WITH YOU. IT'S BEEN FUN TO VISIT AND HAVE 08:13 A WONDERFUL SPIRIT HERE AT THE CAMP MEETING. 08:16 TALKING ABOUT HOW TO LIVE ABOVE THE CROWD. 08:19 LAST NIGHT WE SHARED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE STORY PLAYING IN 08:22 THE TREE OF LIFE. AND THE WAY THAT YOU GET TALLER, 08:28 WE'RE ALL STUNTED BECAUSE OF SIN. 08:32 I'D ASK TINA TODAY, I SAID YOU WEREN'T OFFENDED AT ALL, WERE 08:35 YOU. TINA, YOU WANT TO TO LEAVE? 08:41 WE'VE KNOWN TINA FOR YEARS. WE'RE ALL STUNTED BY SIN. 08:45 AND WE GET TALLER BY CLIMBING THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS THE 08:49 CROSS. TAKING UP OUR CROSS AND 08:51 FOLLOWING JESUS. AMEN? 08:55 TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERSISTING FOR HIS 08:59 PRESENCE. AND AS I ALWAYS DO, I LIKE TO 09:01 TAKE A STORY IN THE BIBLE AND HELP ELABORATE. 09:06 SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE TURN WITH ME TO THE 09:10 SECOND CHAPTER OF MARK. MARK 2. 09:14 AND THE STORY CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN LUKE AND IN MATTHEW. 09:18 IT'S AN AMAZING, THAT'S GOING TO BE SUMMER RISESSED THIS ABOUT 12 09:22 VERSUS. -- SUMMARIZED IN ABOUT 12 09:26 VERSES. AND AGAIN, HE ENTERED CA 09:30 PERSONIUM, AND AFTER SOME DAYS IT WAS HEARD THAT HE WAS IN THE 09:35 HOUSE. AND IMMEDIATELY, MANY GATHERED 09:38 TOGETHER SO THAT THERE WAS NO LONGER ROOM TO RECEIVE THEM, NOT 09:41 EVEN NEAR THE DOOR. AND HE PREACHED THE WORD TO 09:45 THEM. AND THEN THEY CAME TO HIM 09:47 BRINGING A PARALYTIC WHO WAS CARRIED BY FOUR. 09:50 AND WHEN THEY COULD NOT COME NEAR HIM BECAUSE OF THE CROWD, 09:53 THEY UNCOVERED THE ROOF HER HE WAS -- WHERE HE WAS SO WHEN THEY 09:57 HAD BROKEN THROUGH, THEY LET THEM A BED ON WHICH THE 10:01 PARALYTIC WAS LYING. WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH, HE 10:03 SAID TO THE PARALYTIC, SON, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU. 10:09 AND SOME OF THE SCRIBES WERE SITTING THERE AND WERE REASONING 10:11 IN THEIR HEARTS, WHY DOES THIS MAN SPEAK BLASPHEMY LIKE THIS? 10:18 WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS BUT GOD ALONE? 10:20 AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN THE SPIRIT THAT 10:23 THEY REASONED THUS WITHIN THEMSELVES, HE SAID TO THEM, WHY 10:26 DO YOU REASON ABOUT THESE THINGS IN YOUR HEART? 10:29 WHICH IS EASIER, TO SAY TO THE PARALITTIC, YOUR SINS ARE 10:33 FORGIVEN OR TO SAY ARISE AND TAKE UP YOUR BED AND WALK? 10:37 BUT THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO 10:42 FORGIVE SINS, HE SAID TO THE PEAR LITTIC, I SAY TO YOU -- 10:47 PARALYTIC, I SAY ARISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE. 10:50 AND IMMEDIATELY HE AROSE, HE TOOK UP THE BET, AND HE WENT OUT 10:54 IN THE PRESENCE OF THEM ALL, SO THEY WERE ALL AMAZED. 10:58 AND THEY GLORIFIED GOD SAYING, WE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 11:02 NOW, THERE IS AN A AMAZING FACT. -- AN AMAZING FACT. 11:08 THE DISCIPLES WERE IMPRESSED BY THIS STORY. 11:11 THE GOSPELS ALL REFER TO IT. IT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT 11:15 FORGET. FIRST POINT, JUST GIVE YOU THE 11:17 BACKGROUND, JESUS DID MOST OF HIS MINISTRY. 11:19 HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, GREW UP IN NAZARETH, BUT HE 11:23 MINISTERED AROUND THE SEA OF GALILEE. 11:27 AND HE WOULD HANG OUT FREBTLY AT THE HOUSE -- FREQUENTLY AT THE 11:30 HOUSE OF SIMON PETER. JESUS DID NOT HAVE HIS OWN 11:33 HOUSE. A CERTAIN SCRIBE WE BELIEVE WAS 11:36 JUDAS, ONCE SAID LORD, I'LL FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. 11:40 HE SAID FOXES HAVE THEIR HOLES, THE BIRDS HAVE NEST, BUT THE SON 11:45 OF MAN DOES NOT HAVE HIS OWN BED. 11:47 THE ONLY PERSONAL PROPERTY OF CHRIST THAT'S MENTIONED IN THE 11:50 BIBLE IS HIS CLOTHES THAT THANK YOU TOOK AWAY AT THE CRUCIFIXION 11:53 AND THEY CAMPBELLED FOR THEM. SO HE HAD -- GAMBLED FOR THEM. 11:59 SO HE'D GO STAY WITH LAZUS AND -- LAZARUS. 12:07 HE CAME TO THE HOUSE AFTER A PREACHING TOUR. 12:10 PETER'S MOTHER WAS SICK WITH A FEVER. 12:12 AND HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. AND JESUS HEALED HER. 12:15 AND SHE GOT UP THEN AND BEGAN TO CONTINUE SERVING. 12:20 SO HERE AFTER HE'S GONE THROUGH ANOTHER ONE OF HIS PREACHING 12:23 TOURS AROUND THE COAST OF GALILEE THIS THE CITIES THERE, 12:27 SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY JESUS COULD ESCAPE THE CROWD WAS TO 12:31 TELL THE DISCIPLES I NEED TO BORROW YOUR BOAT. 12:33 ONCE HE SAID TAKE YOUR BOAT AND PUSH IT OUT SO I CAN PREACH 12:36 BECAUSE THEY WERE PUSHING THEM OFF INTO THE WATER. 12:39 ANOTHER TIME, HE SENT THE CROWD AWAY. 12:41 THEY'RE READY TO MAKE HIM KING. AND HE HAD TO ACTUALLY WALK ON 12:45 WATER TO GET AWAY FROM THE CROWD. 12:48 FREQUENTLY WHEN JESUS HEALED SOMEONE, HE DID ONE OF THESE 12:52 ATOWNING MIRACLES WHERE HE WOULD -- ASTOUNDING MIRACLES 12:55 WHERE THEY WOULD HEAL A MAN FULL OF LEP PROSY. 13:00 AND HE SAID WOULD SAY DON'T TELL ANYBODY. 13:03 IT'S NOT THAT HE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GLORIFY GOD. 13:05 HE JUST KNEW THAT HIS PRINCIPAL WORK WAS PREACHING THE WORD. 13:10 THE PHYSICAL HEALING WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 13:13 BUT IT IS SECONDARY AS OUR STORY IS GOING TO BRING OUT. 13:18 AND IF HIS HEALING CREATED SO MUCH COMMOTION AND SO MUCH 13:23 OPPOSITION FROM HIS ENEMIES, THAT HE COULDN'T COULDN'T WITH 13:25 HIS PREACHING -- HE COULDN'T CONTINUE WITH HIS PREACHING, HE 13:29 DIDN'T WANT THEM TO ADVERTISE IT. 13:30 HOW DO YOU KEEP IT TO YOURSELF? WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A MIRACLE 13:33 LIKE THIS, AS SOON AS HE TOLD THEM, DON'T TELL ANYBODY, THEY 13:36 WENT AND TOLD EVERYBODY. MAYBE THAT'S THE KEY FOR GETTING 13:42 THEM TO DO EVANGELISM. DON'T TELL ANYBODY, BUT DID YOU 13:47 KNOW -- [LAUGHTER] 13:52 >> BUT THEN THEY'LL TELL EVERYBODY. 13:54 SO SAYS AGAIN, HE ENTERED AND AFTER SOME DAYS THEY HEARD THE 13:59 CROWD, THAT HE WAS IN THE HOUSE, HOUSE OF SIMON PETER. 14:02 AND IMMEDIATELY MANY GATHERED TOGETHER. 14:06 SO THERE WAS NO LONGER ROOM TO RECEIVE THEM. 14:10 NO, NOT EVEN NEAR THE DOOR. AND HE PREACHED THE WORD TO 14:16 THEM. NOW, DID JESUS PREACH THE WORD 14:21 BECAUSE MANY WERE GATHERED OR WERE MANY GATHERED BECAUSE HE 14:24 PREACHED THE WORD? OR MAYBE BOTH. 14:27 NOW, I KIND OF KNOW HOW JESUS FELT THAT WHEN THERE WERE MANY 14:31 GATHERED, YOU'D WANT TO PREACH THE WORD. 14:33 YOU KNOW THE APOSTLE PAUL. THEY WOULD LIKE ARREST HIM AND 14:38 AS HE'S BEING DRUG UP THE STEPS, HE TOLD THE GUARD, CAN I TALK TO 14:42 THE CROWD. THEY JUST GOT DONE TRYING TO 14:45 TEAR HIM LIMB FROM LIMB BUT HE HE SAID, LET'S NOT WASTE A GOOD 14:50 CROWD. LET ME PREACH TO THEM. 14:52 [LAUGHTER] >> ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 14:53 WHEN YOU'RE AN EVANGELIST, YOU JUST WANT TO PREACH. 14:56 IT'S ALL I CAN DO TO RESTRAIN MYSELF WHEN EAR ON THE AIRPLANE 15:01 AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAS THE MICROPHONE, AND I SAY, WHEN 15:03 YOU'RE DONE, CAN I SAY A FEW WORDS. 15:08 I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. [LAUGHTER] 15:10 >> YEAH, I HOPE IT'S BECAUSE I WANTED TO GLORIFY THE LORD AND 15:14 TO BRING PEOPLE TO JESUS. BUT THE LORD KNOWS MY HEART. 15:17 I'M JEALOUS SOMETIMES. I SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE COME OUT, 15:23 40,000, TO WATCH A BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL GAME. 15:25 AND I WISH THEY'D LET ME DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 15:27 AND SAY A FEW WORDS.-[LAUGHTER] >> I JUST -- YEAH. 15:33 I WANT TO PREACH. WHI SEE A CROWD -- WHEN I SEE A 15:38 CROWD. AND THE FUNNY THING I ONCE LIVED 15:39 IN A CAVE BECAUSE I COULDN'T STAND TO BE AROUND PEOPLE. 15:42 THE LORD REALLY CHANGES YOU, DOESN'T HE? 15:48 SO -- AND I THINK THERE WAS A CROWD BECAUSE HE PREACHED THE 15:54 WORD. WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO 15:57 SACRAMENTO, 25 YEARS AGO, KAREN AND I CAME FROM A CHURCH WHERE 16:00 WE HAD 100 MEMBERS. A LITTLE COUNTRY CHURCH. 16:02 A GREAT DEAL. LOVELY PEOPLE. 16:07 AND DON TALKED ABOUT GOING AND PASTORING THE CENTRAL SEARCH IN 16:10 THE CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA. I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 16:13 DO THAT. AND HERE IT WAS A VERY BIG 16:17 CHURCH WHERE KAREN GREW UP. SHE WAS BAPTIZED THERE AND WE 16:22 WERE MARRIED THERE. BEFORE SHE WAS BAPTIZED. 16:25 NO. AFTER YOU'RE BAPTIZED. 16:26 GET THAT RIGHT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES 16:32 THESE BIG CITY CHURCHES AS THE CITY SPRAWL GROWS AROUND THEM 16:36 AND ALL THE FAMILIES MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS, THE FAMILIES STOP 16:40 ATTENDING, ATTENDANCE STARTED TO DROP. 16:43 AND I TOLD THE PRESIDENT, I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT 16:46 THE EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE A CHURCH LIKE THIS. 16:49 AND I -- PEOPLE SAID, HE HAS NO PASTORAL TRAINING. 16:53 WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING HIM IN A CHURCH LIKE THAT WITH ALL THESE 16:57 PROFESSIONALS. AND KAHN SAID THEY -- DON SAID 16:59 THEY DON'T NEED A PASTOR, THEY NEED AN EVANGELIST. 17:02 I WAS AN EVANGELIST IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE 17:06 CHURCH. I TALKED TO THE YOUTH PASTOR AND 17:08 SAID, DOUG, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE. 17:12 A YOUTH PASTOR WAS OLDER THAN ME. 17:14 LET ME GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE. HE SAID I'VE BEEN HERE PASTOR. 17:16 HE'D PEN THERE 16 YEARS. HE SAID I THINK PASTORS COME AND 17:20 GO AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS AND 17:22 MACHINES AND METHODS AND CAP PAGES, TO RAISE -- CAMPAIGNS TO 17:26 RAISE MONEY. HE SAID IN A CITY THIS SIZE, IF 17:28 YOU JUST PREACH THE WORD, THEY WILL COME. 17:31 AND SO I KIND OF TOOK THAT. I SAID THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO 17:35 DO. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE BIBLE AND 17:37 I'M GOING TO PREACH THE WORKED AND YOU KNOW, THE LORD BLESSED. 17:39 IT WENT FROM LIKE 120 TO 300, 400, 500. 17:43 IT JUST KEPT GROWING. AND FINALLY WE REALIZED WHEN WE 17:47 GOT TO OVER A THOUSAND, WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN 17:51 ANOTHER CHURCH, WHICH IS HOW WE ENDED UP AT GRANITE BAY. 17:55 IT'S A PLANT OF SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND ULTIMATELY, YOU 17:58 KNOW, THE PLAN WAS I WOULD MOVE OUT TO GRANITE BAY, PASTOR CHRIS 18:04 IS THE SENIOR PASTOR. BUT THE IDEA IS TO PREACH THE 18:07 WORD. THE WORLD IS HUNGRY FOR THE 18:10 WORD. AND EVERYONE IS WONDERING, WHAT 18:12 THE SECRET FORMULA IS TO DO ESLANGISM IN -- EVANGELISM IN 18:16 THESE LAST DAYS. IT HAS NEVER CHANGED. 18:19 JESUS WANTS US TO PREACH THE WORD. 18:21 THERE'S POWER THIS THE WORD. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LORD, 18:25 THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING. IT STILL CHANGES HEARTS. 18:29 I WAS AT A -- A NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCAST CONVENTION A 18:34 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN ORLANDO. AND I -- I'M ON WHAT THEY CALL 18:41 THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN PART OF NRB. 18:43 WE DO THAT TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO BROADCAST. 18:48 AND SO I WAS AT THE MEETING AND A GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND HE 18:52 SAID -- HE'S THE THE PASTOR OF THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN 18:56 THE WORLD. USED TO BE IN SOUTH KOREA. 18:57 THAT'S NO LONGER TRUE. NOW THE LARGEST AND THE FASTEST 19:01 GROWING IS IN INDIA. A HINDU COUNTRY. 19:06 AND THE MAN'S NAME IS DR. SATTISH KUMAR. 19:09 SO HE WALKED IN THE ROOM AND EVERYONE WANTED TO VISIT. 19:12 HE WAS SORT OF THE GUEST SPEAKERRER FOR THE REGIONS 19:15 BROKERS. AND HE STOPS AND -- RELIGIOUS 19:19 BROADCASTERS. I HE SAW ME AND -- SOMETIMES 19:22 PEOPLE SEE ME AND THERE'S THAT, CULT LEADER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 19:27 THEY'RE THINKING. AND SOMETIMES IT'S POSITIVE. 19:33 AND HE -- I WENT OUT AND SHOOK HIS HANDS. 19:36 HE SAID, DOUG BACHELOR, AMAZING FACTS. 19:39 HE SAID I WATCH YOUR PROGRAMS. I THOUGHT, PRAISE THE LORD. 19:43 THE NEXT DAY HE WAS PREACHING AND I FELT THOUGHT, I'LL COME 19:47 AND LISTEN. HE'S TALKING TO THIS ROOM FULL 19:51 OF EVANGELICAL MINISTERS AND BROADCASTERS. 19:54 DANNY HAS BEEN TO NRB. HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 20:00 AND DURING HIS SERMON, HE SAID I SEE BELOW PASTOR DOUG IS HERE 20:06 WITH AMAZING FACTS. IT'S PROBABLY NOT TRUE, BUT HE 20:10 SAID THAT. HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT THE 20:13 SECOND COMING AND THE SABBATH. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, 2,000 20:18 YEARS FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM. TWO IEWRKS THUNDERSHOWERS YEARS 20:24 FROM -- 2,000 YEARS TO JESUS. AND EVERYONE IS GOING 20:27 HALLELUJAH. HONEST. 20:29 I WENT UP TO HIM AFTERWARDS. I SAID, WE'VE GOT A TRAINING 20:32 SCHOOL IN INDIA. IF I GO VISIT OUR SCHOOL, WE'D 20:35 LIKE TO COME SEE YOU. HE SAID, I HOPE YOU DO. 20:38 SO WE DID. WE WENT TO INDIA TO MEET WITH 20:43 OUR TRAINING SCHOOL OVER THERE. AND WENT TO VISIT DR. KUMAR. 20:49 CHURCH HAS 190,000 MEMBERS. AND IN -- JUST ON THE IN 21:00 OUTSKIRTS. WHILE WE WERE THERE, HE SAID, 21:02 YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE FOR US TONIGHT. 21:07 HE SAID OF COURSE OUR SERVICES ARE IN TELLIGU. 21:14 PUT WE'RE HAVING A FRIDAY NIGHTMARE MEETING. 21:17 -- NIGHT PRAYER MEETING. AND MAYBE 10:00 TO IT YOU'D LIKE 21:20 TO TALK. HE SAD WE'LL PROBABLY ABOUT 25 21:24 HERE. IT JUST FLOWN IN TO INDIA. 21:26 THAT'S A LONG FLIGHT. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE 21:28 THE LORD AND I LIKE THE ABILITY -- I GOT TO WAKE UP 21:32 EARLY AND PREACH. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO PREACH AT A 21:34 CONFERENCE THAT SAME DAY. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT, AND JOHN 21:38 IS HERE WITH US, HE ELBOWS ME AND SAYS HE'S TALKING ABOUT,000. 21:44 25,000. [LAUGHTER] 21:45 >> I SAID I'LL BE THERE! [LAUGHTER] 21:50 >> I TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT A CROWD. 21:54 [LAUGHTER] >> WE CAME THAT NIGHT AND -- WE 21:57 SPOKE EARLIER THAT DAY AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICE. 21:59 AND LATER THIS NIGHT WE GOT THERE. 22:01 THEY PRAY ALL NIGHT. THEY STAY UNTIL 5:00 IN THE 22:06 MORNING, THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT AND GO TO WORK. 22:08 TALK ABOUT COMMITMENT. AND HE STAY THERE IS WITH THEM 22:11 ALL NIGHT. HE'S NOT LIKE ONE OF THOSE 22:14 PASTORS. HE SAYS I'M GOING HOME. 22:18 SO WE GOT UP AND THE MAN IS SITTING ON ONE SIDE. 22:21 THEY SEAT 18,000 IN THE MAIN ROOM. 22:27 AND THEY -- AND HE BUILT THAT THING IN LIKE 52 DAYS. 22:31 HOW COME IT TAKES US SO LONG HERE IN CALIFORNIA? 22:34 [LAUGHTER] >> AND THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER 22:36 ROOM WITH LIKE 10,000 OVERFLOW. IT WOULD SEAT THAT. 22:40 AND HE HAS FIVE SERVICES ON SUNDAY. 22:43 AND IT WAS A PRETTY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND SHARE WITH 22:48 THEM. AND I SHARED MY TESTIMONY AND WE 22:50 STAYED IN TOUCH. HE TEXTED ME A FEW DAYS AGO. 22:54 WE WENT TO SEE THEIR CHURCH ON SUNDAY. 22:57 AND GAVE US THE V.I.P. TOUR AND I THOUGHT, WHY IS THIS CHURCH 23:04 EXPLODING? HE STANDS UP THERE. 23:06 HE OPENS THE BIBLE AND HE GOES THROUGH THE BIBLE AND HE DOES 23:10 EXPOZZER TO PREACHING OF THE WORD AND THE PEOPLE THERE ARE 23:13 HUNGERING FOR IT AND IT'S JUST EXPLODING ALL OVER INDIA. 23:16 AND HE TEXTED ME AND SAID PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. 23:20 GETTING OPPOSITION FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PASTORS 23:23 BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS GROWING SO MUCH. 23:26 AND SO WE HAVE JUST BEEN SO EXCITED TO SEE THE POWER OF THE 23:30 WORD AROUND THE WORLD. AND -- I BETTER NOT TELL YOU 23:36 THAT. ANOTHER TIME. 23:37 I WILL SOMETIME. HE PREACHES IMMEDIATELY MANY 23:46 WERE GATHERED TOGETHER. THERE WAS NO LONGER ROOM TO 23:48 RECEIVE THEM. NOT EVEN NEAR THE DOOR. 23:51 I WENT ON A CHURCH BUILDING PROJECT WITH MARANATHA, WE BUILT 23:57 70 CHURCHES IN INDIA AND WE WENT TO ONE CHURCH DEDICATION WHERE 24:01 THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, THE VERY DAY YOU DEDICATED THE 24:05 CHURCH, THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM. YOU COULD BARELY BREATHE. 24:07 IT HAD NO AIR-CONDITIONING. AND THE DOORS WERE FULL OF 24:12 PEOPLE STARING IN THE DOORS. THE WINDOWS, THE WINDOWS WERE 24:15 BLOCKED WITH PEOPLE STAIRING IN THE WINDOWS. 24:18 -- STAIRING IN THE WINDOWS. PEOPLE WERE TOTALLY SQUASHED 24:21 TOGETHER. AND WHEN I STOOD UP TO PREACH 24:23 THAT MORNING, I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. 24:26 AND THIS SERMON CAME TO MY MIND, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY THAT WAY. 24:32 AND I WAS THINKING, SEND THOSE DAYS AGAIN WHERE PEOPLE WILL 24:35 HUNGER FOR THE WORD OF GOD. RIGHT NOW THERE'S SO MANY 24:38 DISTREABSES. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR DE -- 24:40 ADDITION TRACTIONS. EVERYBODY HAS -- DISTRACTIONS. 24:43 THEY CAN'T STOP TEXTING. HAVING CAR WRECKS. 24:46 EVERYBODY IS WATCHING SOME DEVICE OR THEY'RE SITTING AT THE 24:49 COMPUTER. THEY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER 24:51 ANYMORE. AND I'VE TEXTED KAREN FROM MY 24:56 OFFICE TO HER OFFICE. [LAUGHTER] 25:01 >> HOW MANY OF HAVE YOU DONE THAT BEFORE? 25:02 FROM ONE END OF YOUR HOUSE YOU TEXT SOMEONE ON THE OTHER. 25:06 LET ME SEE THE HANDS. CONFESS! 25:12 WE NEED TO GET BACK TO BREECHING THE WORD -- PREACHING THE WORD, 25:17 READING THE WORD. NOT EVEN NEAR THE DOOR. 25:19 AND THEN THEY CAME TO HIM BRINGING A PARALYTIC. 25:23 THIS MAN COULD NOT HELP HIMSELF. HE'S PARALYZED. 25:27 THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN GET TO JESUS. 25:29 IF YOU READ IN THE BOOK, IT'S PARALYSIS, DIRECTLY CONNECTED 25:33 WITH A PERSONAL SIN. AND THE THING HE'S LONGING FOR 25:37 MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THAT HE MIGHT HEAR THE WORD SAY YOU'RE 25:42 FORGIVEN. HE JUST FEELS SEPARATED BY GOD 25:45 AND SO MANY OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS BACK THEN, IF YOU WERE 25:48 SUFFERING FROM SOME TERRIBLE MALADY, THEY SAY YOU'RE BEING 25:52 PUNISHED FOR YOUR SINS. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DESERVE. 25:55 ONE TIME A DISCIPLE SAW A MAN BORN BLIND. 25:58 WAS IT HIS SINS OR HIS PARENTS'? GOD WAS PUNISHING HIM IN ADVANCE 26:04 OR WAS IT THE SINS OF HIS PARENTS AND -- AND SO THEY USED 26:08 TO THINK ANYBODY SUFFERING THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY 26:10 DESERVE. AND SO HE JUST ALWAYS FELT LIKE 26:11 HE WAS SO -- SUCH AN OUTCAST AND SO ISOLATED FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE. 26:17 AND SO CUT OFF. BUT HE HAD SOME FRIENDS AND THEY 26:23 SAID, WE WILL BRING YOU TO THE HOUSE WHERE JESUS IS PREACHING 26:28 THE WORD. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS LIKE 26:33 THAT. I'VE NOT DONE THE COUNT MYSELF, 26:34 BUT I HEARD SOMEONE SAY ONCE THAT NEARLY 50% OF THE PEOPLE 26:37 THAT WERE HEALED BY JESUS WERE EITHER BROUGHT TO JESUS OR 26:42 SOMEONE INTERCEDED IN THEIR BEHALF. 26:44 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED FORGIVENESS AND THEY NEED 26:48 HEALING AND THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO JESUS WITHOUT THE HELP 26:50 OF OTHERS. NOW, THESE FOUR FRIENDS, THAT 26:55 TAKES COMMITMENT. THEY GOT TO CARRY HIM. 26:59 THEY'RE NOT ROLLING HIM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MOST 27:02 IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN A WAR ARE CALLED THE STRETCHER BEARERS. 27:08 AND I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE FRIENDS WITH BENJAMIN DOSS. 27:13 YOU KNOW HIS SECOND WIFE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH IN NORTHERN 27:17 CALIFORNIA. SO WE'D SEE HIM PERIODICALLY. 27:20 AND JUST A WONDERFUL MAN. HE WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE HE PUT HIS 27:23 LIFE ON THE LINE SO MANY TIMES TO CARRY PEOPLE OFF THE FIELD OF 27:26 BATTLE SO THEY MIGHT BE HEALED. AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST 27:30 IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WAR. AND WE'RE IN A WAR BETWEEN GOOD 27:35 AND EVIL AND GOD NEEDS STRETCHER BEARERS THAT ARE NOT JUST GOING 27:38 TO CARE ABOUT GETTING THEMSELVES SAVED AND HEALED BUT CARING 27:43 ABOUT THE OTHERS THAT ARE WOUNDED AROUND THEM. 27:47 AND SO THEY COMMITTED TO BRINGING THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS. 27:49 I LIKE DOING AMAZING FACTS. THIS GUY IVAN FREDERICKS, HE'S 27:54 BETTER KNOWN AS RUSSIAN JACK. HE AND A BUDDY WERE DOING GOLD 27:59 MINING IN HALL WEEK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 28:02 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS, BUT IT'S THE END OF THE 28:05 WORLD. YOU KNOW, BY THE GREAT SANDY 28:08 DESERT. AND I'VE BEEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO 28:11 WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH, DARBY, BROOM. 28:14 THESE TOWNS, TO SPEAK TO A FEW ABORIGINES WATCHING OUTER 28:18 PROGRAMS OUT THERE. -- WATCHING OUR PROGRAMS OUT 28:23 THERE. I FLEW FIVE HOURS AND THE -- 28:25 THERE'S NO CLOUDS. THE LANDSCAPE DID NOT CHANGE IN 28:30 FIVE HOURS. I HAD NO IDEA. 28:32 IT WAS SO BIG. IT WAS JUST RED DIRT. 28:36 SO THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE GOLD MINING. 28:38 THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD. TRIED TO SHOOT A KANGAROO AND 28:42 WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO FETCH IT, IVAN FREDERICKS' 28:46 BUDDY, HE SLIPPED AND BROKE HIS LEG. 28:48 OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. SO IVAN SAID, WELL, THE NEAREST 28:54 CLINIC IS 100 MILES AWAY. AND ALL HE HAD WAS AN OLD HEAVY 29:00 WOODEN WHEELBARROW THEY USED FOR MINING. 29:02 HE PUT HIS FRIEND IN THE WHEELBARROW AND PUSHED HIM 100 29:06 MILES. THAT'S A FRIEND. 29:11 I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY FRIENDS THAT ARE THAT GOOD. 29:13 [LAUGHTER] >> CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW TIRED 29:15 YOUR ARMS WOULD BE? AND WHEN HE FINALLY WHEELED INTO 29:19 THE TOWN THERE IN WYNDHAM WHERE THERE WAS A CLINIC, AND THE 29:23 PEOPLE CAME RUNNING OUT, THEY SAW HIM COMING DOWN THE ROAD. 29:27 AND HE SAID, YOU JUST PUSHED HIM IN A WHEELBARROW 100 MILES FROM 29:32 HALL CREEK? HE SAID, YEAH. 29:33 AND HIS FRIEND THIS THE WHEELBARROW SAID, AND HE DIDN'T 29:36 MISS A SINGLE ROCK ON THE WAY, EITHER. 29:38 [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S A FRIEND. 29:44 SO THESE FRIENDS BROUGHT THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS. 29:46 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THE CROWD ONCE 29:51 AGAIN WAS TOO TALL. WAIT A SECOND. 29:55 THIS IS THE CROWD AT THE HOUSE WHERE JESUS IS PREACHING THE 30:00 WORD. THAT'S CALLED THE CHURCH. 30:04 AND THEY WERE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING IN. 30:09 BECAUSE HE'S PARALYZED. AND I SUPPOSE AS THEY BROUGHT 30:12 THEIR FRIEND -- I KNOW WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE. 30:15 THE FOUR, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN. 30:18 THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TYPICALLY BRING OTHERS TO JESUS. 30:20 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? I JUST MADE THAT UP, BUT THERE 30:24 IS A SPIRITUAL POINT THERE. AND SO THEY GET TO THE DOOR AND 30:28 THEY CAN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE DOOR AND THEY TAPPED ON 30:32 SOMEONE'S SHOULDER AND SAID WE'VE GOT A FELLA WHO NEEDS TO 30:35 BE IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS. AND THEY SAID WE GOT HERE FIRST. 30:38 YOU KNOW, FIRST COME-FIRST SERVE. 30:41 YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE. THIS IS OUR PLACE. 30:47 I ACTUALLY KNOW SOME PEOPLE, MEMBERS IN OUR CHURCHES, I WON'T 30:50 SAY WHAT CHURCH, BUT THEY GOT THEIR PEW. 30:53 AND IF THEY GET TO CHURCH AND SOME VISITOR HAS THE AUDACITY TO 30:58 SIT IN THEIR SPOT, THEY WILL GIVE THEM A PIECE OF THEIR MIND. 31:02 AND THEY'LL SAY, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT? 31:08 AND SEALT THEY'LL SAY, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S OUR SPOT. 31:10 AND THEY'RE GOING, I'M SORRY, FIRST TIME HERE. 31:12 I DIDN'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. 31:15 WELL WE'LL WE'LL LET IT GO THIS TIME. 31:17 [LAUGHTER] SO YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING 31:23 SOMEONE CRIPPLED TO SCREESES AND THE CROWD HEARING THE WORD -- 31:27 JESUS AND THE CROWD HEARING THE WORD WON'T LET HIM IN. 31:30 SO THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE DOOR. 31:31 THE CROWD HAS NO SYMPATHY FOR THIS MAN WHO OBVIOUSLY NEEDS IT 31:35 MORE THAN THEY DO. SO THEY TRY THE WINDOW. 31:38 ONE WINDOW. CAN'T GET IN. 31:40 THEY SAID, STOP PUSHING. WE GOT HERE FIRST. 31:43 AND IT'S HARDER WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING A STRETCHER TO BRING 31:45 YOUR FRIEND IN. TAKES A LITTLE MORE ROOM. 31:47 THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN. THEY CAN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR. 31:52 SO THE MAN IN THE STRETCHER, HE SAYS TO HIS BUDDIES, I REALLY 31:54 APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING. 31:59 MAYBE ANOTHER DAY. AND THEY SAID NOT ON YOUR LIFE. 32:05 THEY CARRIED YOU HERE. YOU'RE WALKING HOME. 32:07 THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP. CAN YOU SAY AMEN? 32:11 [CROWD NOISE] AMEN. 32:12 >> THERE WERE PLENTY OF OBSTACLES. 32:14 BUT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THEIR FRIEND INTO 32:17 THE PRESENCE OF JESUS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE 32:23 MIRACLES HAPPEN. IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE CONNECTED 32:28 WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF THEORD, THAT'S -- WORD, THAT'S WHERE OUR 32:33 BATTLE IS. THE WORD -- BIBLE TELLS US THE 32:36 WORD OF GOD DESCENDS TO HEAVEN LIKE THE RAIN. 32:40 IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE THING THAT I'VE ORDAINED. 32:44 AND IF WE CAN -- YOU GO AROUND, YOU GET PEOPLE, DVDs. 32:48 DOES ANYONE DO THAT ANYMORE? SOME PEOPLE. 32:51 YOU GIVE A DVD OR YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LINK TO SOMEBODY. 32:54 YOU SEND THEM A LINK. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO GET THEM 32:57 TO LISTEN TO THE WORD OR TO WATCH THE WORD. 33:00 AND THERE'S POWER IN THAT. THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD 33:04 ENOUGH THAT THEY BRING THEIR FRIEND TO THE HOUSE WHERE JESUS 33:08 IS PREACHING THE WORD BECAUSE HOUSES DON'T SAVE ANYBODY. 33:11 THEY NEEDED TO GET THEIR FRIEND INTO THE PRESENCE OF JESUS 33:15 PREACHING THE WORD AND JESUS IS THE WORD INCARNATE. 33:20 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT 33:23 AMONG US. AND SO THEY WOULD NOT GIVE UP 33:25 UNTIL THEY GOT HIM CONNECTED WITH THE WORD. 33:27 HE HAD TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST. 33:30 AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF US ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO COME TO 33:34 JESUS AND HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. 33:38 WE ALL NEED A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER TO JESUS. 33:41 IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SURROUNDING THE HOUSE WHERE 33:45 JESUS WAS, BUT THEY DIDN'T EXPERIENCE A MIRACLE THIS MAN 33:49 EXPERIENCED, BECAUSE HIS FRIENDS PERSISTED IN GETTING HIM INTO 33:52 THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS. NOW, WE ALL HAVE LOVED ONES THAT 33:58 WE CARE ABOUT. WE ALL HAVE FRIENDS WE'D LIKE TO 34:01 SEE SAVED THAT MAYBE DON'T KNOW THE LORD. 34:03 ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS THAT I GET IS, WHAT CAN I DO TO 34:10 REACH -- MY SON, MY DAUGHTER, MY GRANDKIDS, MY SPOUSE, MY 34:15 FRIENDS, MY WORK ASSOCIATES, FAMILY MEMBER. 34:18 DOUG, WHAT CAN I DO. AND THEY THINK THAT MAYBE I'VE 34:20 GOT SOME SECRET FORMULA. THREE THINGS. 34:25 I LEARNED THIS FROM STEVIE BROOKS AND I NEVER FOUND A 34:29 BETTER ANSWER. THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR THE 34:32 PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO REACH. THERE'S ONLY THREE THINGS. 34:35 BUT THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL THINGS. 34:37 WELL, THERE'S THREE AND A HALF. ONE, IF THEY'RE OPEN, SHARE 34:42 INFORMATION WITH THEM. GIVE THEM A BOOK, A MAGAZINE. 34:47 IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE A BIBLE, GET THEM A BIBLE. 34:51 -- HAVE A BIBLE, GIVE THEM A BIBLE. 34:52 GIVE THEM A TAPE. DOES ANYONE HAVE A TAPE PLAYER 34:56 ANYMORE. HOW MANY STILL HAVE A CASSETTE 34:59 PLAYER? LOOK AT THAT, I KNEW IN THIS 35:00 GROUP I COULD ASK THAT QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] 35:02 >> SO YOU GIVE THEM A DVD OR MAGAZINE. 35:05 GIVE THEM THE WORD. AND IF THEY'LL LISTEN TO THE 35:07 WORD OR TAKE A BIBLE STUDY FROM YOU, GIVE THEM A BIBLE STUDY. 35:10 TAKE THEM TO THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDIES OR SOMETHING. 35:14 SO INFORMATION. IF THEY'LL LISTEN TO 35:16 INFORMATION, THAT'S ONE THING. SECOND THING, IS PRAY FOR THEM. 35:22 SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY, AND THEY ALWAYS FEEL-LIKE THAT'S SORT OF A COPOUT, 35:28 LIKE IT'S NOT POWERFUL. BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY PRAYING, 35:32 AND ONE TIME THE DISCIPLES TRIED TO CAST OUT A DEVIL AND THEY 35:35 COULDN'T DO IT. THEY SAID LORD, HOW COME YOU CAN 35:38 CAST THEM OUT AND WE COULDN'T. HE SAID THIS KIND DOES THOUGHT 35:42 COME FORTH EXCEPT PI PRAYER AND FASTING. 35:44 -- BY PRAYER AND FASTING. SO YOU MAY EVEN FAST AND PRAY 35:47 FOR THEM. AND YOU MAY DO IT MORE THAN 35:50 ONCE. AND THEN THIRD THING IS BE A 35:52 GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU CAN BE A STRETCHER BEARER 35:57 AND BRING PEOPLE TO JESUS BY DOING THOSE THINGS. 36:02 AND THEN THE FOURTH THING, I TOLD YOU IT'S THREE AND A HALF, 36:07 DO THOSE THINGS PATIENTLY AND PERSISTENTLY. 36:11 SO ONCE YOU FIGURE IT WHAT IT'S DOING, CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD 36:14 WITNESS. IF THEY'RE OPEN, SHARE 36:15 INFORMATION. IF THEY DON'T WANT INFORMATION, 36:17 DON'T PUSH THEM. YOU'LL DRIVE THEM AWAY. 36:19 I KNOW SOME DEAR LOVING PARENTS AND THEY WANT TO REACH THEIR 36:22 KIDS AND THEY JUST KEEP BRINGING THINGS ON THEM AND THE KIDS FEEL 36:25 LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS PREACHING TO ME, AND IT DRIVES THEM AWAY. 36:28 YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO BACK OFF. 36:29 IT'S HARD, I KNOW. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT MAN THAT 36:33 IS BROUGHT INTO THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IS NOT BROUGHT INTO THE 36:36 PRESENCE OF JESUS BY ONE PERSON. IT'S FOUR PEOPLE. 36:40 SO OFTEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SAVED, IT'S NOT THE WORK OF ANY ONE 36:44 PERSON. EVEN PAUL SAID ONE PERSON MIGHT 36:47 SOW, ANOTHER PERSON READY, CULTIVATES. 36:51 WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. I USED TO THINK I'D STOP AND 36:55 PICK UP HITCHHIKERS AND I'D WITNESS TO THEM. 36:58 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME. 37:01 I PRAYED AND THIS CHRIS CHRISTIE PICKED ME AND UP -- CHRISTIAN 37:05 PICKED ME UP AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE BIBLE THE WHOLE WAY. 37:08 AND I HAD TO LIST TON HIM OR GYM -- LISTEN TO HIM OR JUMP OUT 37:11 THE CAR. YOU'VE GOT A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. 37:14 SO I'D PICK UP HITCHHIKERS AND I'D PICK THEM UP AT POINT A AND 37:18 THEN I'D THINK, HOW FAR BEFORE THEY'RE GETTING OFF AND I HAVE 37:21 TO DO A GOSPEL PRESENTATION. I'M ONLY GOT SIX MILES. 37:25 AND I ALWAYS FELT LIKE, I WOULD MAYBE NOT PICK THEM UP IF I 37:31 DIDN'T HAVE LONG ENOUGH TO DO A GOSPEL PRESENTATION. 37:34 AND I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT I ADMITTED. 37:37 I'M TURNING OFF JUST IN TWO MILES UP HERE. 37:40 HOW MUCH CAN I SHARE IN THAT TIME. 37:42 AND I DROVE BY THEM. AND ONE DAY THE LORD SAID DOUG, 37:47 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY PART OF THE GOSPEL THEY'RE 37:49 EVER GOING TO HEAR. SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD CARE A 37:52 LITTLE BIT. MAYBE YOU JUST GIVE THEM A RIDE 37:54 BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND THEY NEED A RIDE. 37:57 THEY NEED A RIDE. IT'S LIKE SOME OF US WON'T GIVE 38:00 A PERSON A TRACK BUT WE WON'T GIVE THEM BREAD WHEN THEY'RE 38:05 HUNGRY. SO I REALIZED, LORD, I DON'T 38:07 HAVE TO DO IT ALL MYSELF. AND WHEN I PRAY FOR PEOPLE I 38:10 LOVE, I SAY, LORD, I PRAY YOU'LL SEND PEOPLE INTO THEIR LIVES. 38:14 NOT JUST ONE PERSON. SEND PEOPLE INTO THEIR LIVES. 38:18 THAT'S FOUR STRETCHER BEARERS. JESUS SAID HE'LL SEND THE ANGELS 38:21 TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. 38:23 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. THE SYMBOL FOR SOMETHING JIEWNL 38:27 UNIVERSAL. FOUR ANGELS HOLDING BACK THE 38:29 FOUR WINDS OF STRIKE. GOD IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE 38:32 FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR LIFE, ALL CORNERS, TO 38:35 REACH THEM. SO REMEMBER THAT. 38:38 HE HAS HIS WAYS. BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, SHARE 38:43 INFORMATION, AND PRAY FOR THEM, AND DO THOSE THINGS 38:48 PERSISTENTLY. SO THEY SAID WE'RE NOT GIVING 38:51 UP. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, INSTEAD 38:53 OF LOOKING HORIZONTALLY, THEY SAID WE GOT TO LOOK LOVE THE 38:58 CROWD. THAT'S OUR THEME FOR THIS WEEK. 39:00 THEY FINALLY DECIDED, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO IN THROUGH THE DOOR 39:03 AND WINDOW. MAYBE WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT 39:05 THIS RIGHT. INSTEAD OF LOOKING THIS WAY, WE 39:07 GOT TO LOOK THIS WAY. NOW, REALLY, THERE'S BOTH 39:10 INVOLVED IN BEING A CHRISTIAN. THERE'S THE HORIZONTAL AND 39:14 THERE'S THE VERSE CAL. -- VERTICAL. 39:17 THE DOS PEL IS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL. 39:20 GREAT INVITATION, MATH THROUGH 11, COME UNTO ME. 39:24 THIS IS THE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP. 39:27 COME UNTO ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE REST. 39:28 YOU COME TO CRIETSZ. THEN YOU'VE GOT -- CITES. 39:30 THEN YOU'VE GOT THE HOZZAL, MAT -- HORIZONTAL, MATTHEW 28. 39:35 GO AND TELL THE WHOLE WORLD. WHAT ARE THE TWO COMMANDMENTS. 39:39 LOVE THE LORD AND THE VERTICAL, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 39:42 AS YOURSELF. AND SO THE WHOLE GOSPEL IS 39:46 SUMMARIZED INTO COMING TO JESUS AND GOING FOR JESUS. 39:50 SO THEY HAD DONE THEIR BEST TO DO THE HORIZONTAL. 39:53 AND ONE OF THEM SAID, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK UP. 39:58 AND SO THEY TOOK THEIR FRIEND AROUND BACK. 40:02 THE CROWD WAS A LITTLE THINNER THERE. 40:04 AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE, ESPECIALLY DOWN BY THE 40:09 SEE OF GALILEE. KAREN AND I WERE THERE ABOUT A 40:12 YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND IT'S VERY HOT DOWN BY TIE 40:19 BEERIOUS. AND THE HOUSES ARE BUILT THERE 40:20 SO THAT YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE GAS RANGES OR ELECTRIC 40:24 RANGES. THEY HAD A FIRE. 40:26 AND IN THE SUMMERTIME THEY'D -- NINE THE THE WINTER, THEY HAD A 40:29 LITTLE PLACE IN THE ROOF THAT THEY'D OPEN UP. 40:31 THEY'D PULL ASIDE SOME TILES AND SOME OF THE COVERING AND THE AIR 40:35 WOULD COME IN FROM THE DOORS AND THE WINDOWS AND THE CONVECTION 40:39 WOULD CAUSE IT TO GO OUT THE CHIMNEY UP AND THEY USED TO 40:42 BUILD THEIR HOMES BACK THEN WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WOULD GO OUT 40:44 ON THE ROOF. YOU REMEMBER PETER IS UP ON THE 40:47 ROOF. I THINK WAITING FOR DINNER. 40:48 AND YOU READ ABOUT MOSES SAID YOU'RE TO BUILD A LITTLE RAILING 40:52 ON THE ROOF OF YOUR HOUSE SO WHEN YOUR FRIENDS UP THERE, IF 40:56 HE FALLS OUT, YOU'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS BLOOD TO 40:59 PROTECT HIM. AND DAVID WAS WALKING OUT OF THE 41:01 ROOF. HE GOT IN TROUBLE FOR DOING 41:03 THAT. SO THEY WOULD GO UP ON THE ROOF. 41:06 IT WASN'T UNCOMMON. THERE WAS A PLACE ON THE ROOF. 41:08 SO THESE GUYS THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE HIM UP ON THE ROOF. 41:12 AND LET'S PULL ASIDE THE TILES THAT THEY USED FOR THE CHIMNEY. 41:17 AND WE'LL JUST -- IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET US IN, WE'RE NOT 41:20 GIVING UP. THE STORY WHEN PETER GOT OUT OF 41:25 PRISON, HE WENT TO THE CHURCH. YOU KNOW THAT STORY? 41:29 HE GETS OUT OF PRISON, HE GOES TO THE UPPER ROOM WHERE THE 41:31 CHURCH IS PRAYING FOR HIM. BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE PRAYING FOR 41:35 PETER WITHOUT CEASING AND HE KNOCKS. 41:38 [KNOCKING] >> AND HE WON'T OPEN THE DOOR. 41:41 AND HE KEEPS KNOCKING AND FINALLY A GIRL COMES TO THE 41:44 DOOR. SHE SAYS, WHO'S THERE. 41:46 PETER! CAN'T HELP YOU, WE'RE HAVING A 41:50 PRAYER MEETING FOR PETER RIGHT NOW. 41:52 [LAUGHTER] >> HE SAID, WHO'S THERE. 41:54 PETER? PETER, PETER. 41:55 SHE RUNS AND SHE TELLS THEM THEY'RE HAVING A PRAYER MEETING. 41:59 SHE SAYS, EXCUSE ME. HELP YOUR SERVANT PETER. 42:03 PLEASE, BRING HIM, BRING HIM OUT. 42:05 DO SOMETHING WONDERFUL. AND SHE SAID PETER'S AT THE 42:08 DOOR. YOU'RE CRAZY. 42:08 THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. HE'S AT THE CHURCH PRAYING FOR 42:14 PETER TO BE DELIVERED AND PETER IS AT THE DOOR. 42:15 AND PETER IS STILL OUT THERE. [KNOCKING] 42:18 [LAUGHTER] >> ROMAN SOLDIERS ARE SWARMING 42:19 THE STREETS LOOKING FOR HIM. AND THEY SAID, PETER CONTINUED 42:25 KNOCKING. DON'T GIVE UP. 42:27 IF YOU GO TO THE CHURCH AND THE CROWD -- I MEAN, EVEN THOSE 42:31 DISCIPLES BACK IN PETER'S DAY THAT HAD RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF 42:35 THE HOLY SPIRIT WEREN'T HIM BACK IN THE CHURCH. 42:38 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? HERE HE IS A PREACH AND THEY 42:42 WON'T -- PREACHER AND HE WON'T OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM. 42:45 BUT PETER WOULDN'T BE DISKUHNLED. 42:47 IF YOU'VE TRIED -- DISCOURAGED. IF YOU'VE TRIED TO BRING PEOPLE 42:50 TO THE CHURCH, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. 42:53 JESUS WAS IN THAT HOUSE. IN SPITE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH 42:56 THE CROWD, ALL THROUGH THIS STORY THE CROWD IS A PROBLEM. 43:01 BUT JESUS WAS IN THE HOUSE. I'D LIKE A PREACHER ONCE -- IT'S 43:05 LIKE A PREACHER ONCE SAID, DURING TH FLOOD PROBABLY ONE OF 43:08 THE LAST PLACES IN THE WORLD YOU WOULD WANT TO BE IS IN THE ARK. 43:11 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SEA SICKNESS THAT WOULD BE COMPOUNDED BY THE 43:15 SMELL OF THE ANIMALS AND THE AWFUL SOUNDS THAT WERE MADE? 43:19 BUT IT WAS BETTER THAN BEING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ARK. 43:23 AND WITH ALL OF ITS FAILINGS, WITH ALL OF ITS FLAWS, THE 43:28 BOOK'S TELLS US THIS IS -- COMMENTARY ON THAT -- THAT IN 43:32 SPITE OF ITS FAILURES AND FLAWS, THE CHURCH IS THE OBJECT ON 43:36 EARTH UPON WHICH HE BESTOWS HIS SUPREME REGARD. 43:41 IT'S THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. AND YES, THE PROBLEM WITH THE 43:46 CHURCH IS THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH AND I KNOW THERE ARE 43:50 HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH AND THE CROWD SOMETIMES IS AN OBSTACLE 43:53 FOR JESUS. WON'T DON'T LET THAT KEEP YOU 43:56 FROM COMING BECAUSE THERE ARE HYPOCRITES. 43:59 ONE PASTOR SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 44:02 YOU SHOULD JOIN ANYWAY. [LAUGHTER] 44:05 >> SOMEONE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO HARD TO COME TO THE 44:09 CHURCH. THEY DON'T SEEM VERY LOVING. 44:10 HAVE YOU HEARD SOMEONE SAY, I WON'T GO TO THE CHURCH THAT 44:14 SUBJECT SEEM VERY LOVING. THAT'S THE BEST CHURCH TO GO TO 44:17 BECAUSE YOU NEED TO LEARN TO LOVE. 44:19 AND IF EVERYONE IS LOVING, YOU DON'T LEARN ANYTHING. 44:21 IT'S LIKE IF YOU WANT PATIENCE, DON'T PRAY FOR PATIENCE IF 44:25 YOU'RE AN IMPATIENT PERSON BECAUSE GOD WILL SEND YOU DELAY. 44:29 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND IF YOU SAY, LORD, GIVE ME A 44:33 LOVING HEART. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO 44:36 DO? SURROUND YOU WITH LOVING PEOPLE? 44:37 YOU SAY LORD, GIVE ME A LOVING HEART. 44:40 HE'LL SAY, OKAY, BRACE FOR IMPACT. 44:43 [LAUGHTER] >> I'M GOING TO SEND YOU PEOPLE 44:46 THAT ARE GOING TO STRETCH YOUR LOVE MUSCLES. 44:48 [LAUGHTER] >> AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT 44:51 WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY S WHAT GOD -- DAY S WHAT GOD SAYS. 44:56 BUT GOD LOVES US WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS. 44:59 CHRIST DIED FOR US. SO THEY GO UP ON THE ROOF AND 45:04 THEY START PULLING THE TILES ASIDE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 45:09 THERE'S LIGHT COMES STREAMING THROUGH. 45:11 JESUS IS IN THERE AND HE'S SURROUNDED PI THE PEOPLE. 45:14 HE'S GOT THE APOSTLES. THEY'RE ALL CROWDED WITH PEOPLE 45:17 AND THE OTHER APOCKLES AND SCRIBES -- APOSTLES THE SCRIBES 45:22 AND FACER -- PHAROSES. PROBABLY SOME SPIES AND PEOPLE 45:26 CRANING THEIR NECKS IN THE DOORS AND WINDOWS LISTENING TO EVERY 45:30 WORD. SOME OF THEM ARE SINCERE 45:31 BELIEVERS. SOME OF THEM ARE JUST CURIOSITY 45:34 SEEKERS. SOME OF THEM GO WHEREVER THERE'S 45:35 A CROWD. THEY GET IN LINE. 45:37 THEY JUST -- THEY FOLLOW THE BANDWAGON WHEREVER IT GOING. 45:42 AND THEY'RE -- SO HE HAD ALL KINDS. 45:45 CHURCHES SOMETIMES HAVE ALL THOSE KINDS, TOO. 45:48 SO HE'S TEACHING. THEY START PULLING ASIDE THE 45:52 TILES AND IN THE STREAMS OF SUNLIGHT. 45:54 THE CLUTTER AND THE CLATTER UP ON THE ROOF. 45:56 AND OF SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE THINKING, THESE 46:00 CRUDE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN. YOU COME UP BY HERE BY GALILEE 46:04 AND THEY HAVE NO BREEDING. IT'S LIKE THOMASVILLE OR 46:07 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE -- 46:11 [LAUGHTER] >> COUNTRY FOLKS! 46:15 THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. I DON'T MEAN THE THOMPSONVILLE. 46:19 THE RELIGIOUS LEADER, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. 46:21 THEY'RE GALILEANS. WHAT DO THEY KNOW. 46:22 THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SO RUDE AND CRUDE AND THEY HAD AN ACCENT 46:27 AND THEY TALKED FUNNY. AND FORGIVE ME, ABOUT THE 46:31 THOMPSONVILLE PART. I WAS KIDDING THERE. 46:33 IT'S A JOKE. MOSTLY. 46:37 [LAUGHTER] >> NOW DOES JESUS GET UPSET? 46:45 HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO BE INTERRUPTED WHEN YOU'RE GIVING A 46:49 BIBLE STUDY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW -- RIGHT WHEN 46:56 YOU'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE YOUR APPEAL, SOME DEVIL PINCHES 46:59 A BABY. [LAUGHTER] 47:04 >> ARE THE KIDS ON THE FRONT ROW START PASSING THEIR PHONES BACK 47:06 AND FORTH AND SNICKERING. THEY'RE NOT PAYING ANY 47:09 ATTENTION. I I GET DISTRACT. 47:11 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LAUGHING AT BECAUSE I'VE GOT 47:15 ADD. AND SO NO ONE WANTS TO BE 47:17 DISTRACTED IN A SERMON, BUT HOW DOES JESUS RESPOND? 47:21 WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH, HE WAS HAPPY. 47:27 THEY LED HIM DOWN ON HIS BED AND HE SAW THEIR FAITH. 47:32 HE SAID SAID TO THE PARE A LITTIC -- PARALYTIC, SON, YOUR 47:37 SINS ARE FORGIVEN. WAIT A SECOND. 47:39 WHY DID JESUS START THERE? I WOULD THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IF 47:42 HE'S KNOWN AS A HEALER AND THIS MAN WHO'S OBVIOUSLY PHYSICALLY 47:46 HANDICAPPED IS LOWERED DOWN INTO THE PRESENCE OF JESUS, THAT 47:49 JESUS IS THINKING, HE'S PARALYZED. 47:52 HIS PROBLEM IS OBVIOUS AND YOU GO RIGHT TO THE SICKNESS. 47:56 WHY DID JESUS START WITH THE SIN? 48:00 PLEASE ALWAYS REMEMBER, THAT EVERY PHYSICAL HEALING THAT 48:05 JESUS EVER PERFORMED WAS ONLY TEMPORARY. 48:09 EVEN LAZARUS WHO WAS RESER RENTED IS NOW -- REZZER RENTED 48:13 IS NOW DEAD. YOU KNOW THAT. 48:15 BUT THE REASON THAT JESUS HEALED PHYSICALLY IS TO SHOW HIS LOVE 48:19 AND BETTER EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SEEK AFTER THE REAL PRIORITY, 48:23 WHICH IS THE SPIRITUAL HEALING. NOW, I BELIEVE IN HEALTH 48:30 MESSAGE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 48:32 BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IF I'VE GOT TO CHOOSE THIS PERSON 48:38 COULD HAVE PHYSICAL HEALING OR THEY CAN HAVE SPIRITUAL HEALING, 48:41 WHICH HEALING IS GOING TO LAST FOREVER? 48:43 AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME TO US AS PASTORS AND SAY THEY'D LIKE 48:48 TO HAVE AN ANOINTING. WE WANT TO BE HEALED. 48:50 IT'S A PHYSICAL PROBLEM AND WE BELIEVE IN THAT. 48:52 AND WE'VE SEEN MIRACLES. WE HAVE, PHYSICAL HEALING, 48:57 MIRACLES. AND THE FIRST THING I SAY, WHEN 48:59 I PRAY WITH THEM, LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE SIN. 49:02 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TELLS US IN JAMES 5 AND IF HE OR SHE 49:07 HAS COMMITTED SINS, THEY'LL BE FORGIVEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE REED 49:11 ISSUE. -- REAL ISSUE. 49:13 JESUS CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS. 49:16 WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THIS WORLD? 49:20 YOU ASK THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, WHAT DOES CHRISTIANITY 49:23 DO FOR THE WORLD. AND SOME MIGHT SAY, WELL, THEY 49:26 KEECH GOOD VALUES AND THEY TEACH MORALITY. 49:30 AND THERE'S BENEFIT IN THE HEALTH MESSAGE. 49:32 AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT 49:36 CHRISTIANITY IN GENERAL. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE BIG 49:38 THING IS. WE'RE ALL PARISHING. 49:41 WE'RE GOING TO -- PERISHING. WE'RE GOING TO DIE. 49:47 THEY PAY FOR THEIR SINS. THE PENALTY OF DEATH IS DYING 49:51 AND WE'RE DYING BECAUSE OF SIN. THE MOST GOSH THINGS 49:56 CHRISTIANITY -- IMPORTANT THING CRIZTY DOES FOR THE WORLD SIT 49:59 GIVES FORGIVENESS FOR SKIN. IF YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN NO 50:03 MATTER WHAT ELSE MIGHT HAPPEN, WHEN YOU DIE YOU HAVE 50:05 EVERLASTING LIFE. IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO 50:08 MORE PHYSICAL SUFFERING OR PROBLEMS OR SORROW OR PAIN OR 50:11 DEATH. SO WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT 50:13 THAN SAYING, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN? 50:16 THEN WHEN JESUS COMES, YOU'VE GOT YOUR TICKET. 50:20 EVERYTHING ELSE WE PRAY FOR AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT -- LIKE THE 50:24 GUY IN JAIL. HE SAYS, LORD, THIS JAIL ASK 50:29 MISERABLE. NO HEATING, NO AIR. 50:31 WILL YOU PLEASE HELP US GET SOME CENTRAL HEATING AND AIR IN THIS 50:35 JAIL. IT IS SO HOT. 50:37 IN THE SUMMER, AND AND IT'S SO COLD IN THE WINTER. 50:41 LORD, THE BED IS SO HARD. CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE THE BED MORE 50:46 COMFORTABLECH IT'S SO CROWD WITH THE PRISONERS. 50:49 LORD, CAN I HAVE CARPET FOR MY PRISON CELL. 50:52 AND THE LORD IS SAYING, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THAT I GET YOU OUT 50:55 OF JAIL. WE TYPICALLY PRAY THAT GOD WILL 50:58 MAKE US MORE COMFORTABLE IN OUR PRISON. 51:00 THAT'S RIGHT. OUR PRAYERS ARE THAT GOD WILL 51:02 BLESS US WHILE WE CONTINUE WITH THE LIFE OF SIN. 51:07 THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANT INFORMATION DO. 51:09 HE WANTS YOU TO SAVE YOU THERE YOUR SIN BECAUSE THAT'S THE 51:13 SOURCE OF ALL OUR MISERY. AND OUR. 51:16 MAT DELIVERANCE FROM ANY PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL 51:19 PROBLEM WILL BE FORGIVENESS OF SIN. 51:22 IF YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN, THEN YOU GOT EVERYTHING. 51:27 MY GRANDFATHER USED TO SAY, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR HEALTH, YOU'RE A 51:31 RICH MAN. AND I'VE COME TO BELIEVE THAT 51:34 THOUGH THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, I SAY IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR 51:39 FORGIVENESS, YOU ARE A RICH MAN OR RICH WOMAN. 51:42 IF YOU KNOW YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN, THEN YOU'VE GOT 51:48 ETERNAL LIFE. HE SAID, SON, YOUR SINS ARE 51:52 FORGIVEN. SOME OF THE SCRIBES WERE SITTING 51:53 THERE. THEY'RE REASONING IN THEIR 51:54 HEARTS, WHY DOES THIS MAN SPEAK BLASPHEMIES LIKE THIS? 51:58 WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS BUT GOD ALONE? 52:00 THEY WERE RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURES 52:03 TEACH. ONLY GOD COULD FORGIVE SIN. 52:05 NOW, THEY NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION. 52:07 WAS JESUS GOD OR WAS HE A BLAST FEMMER? 52:13 TO PROVE THEM THAT HE WAS GOD, HE READS THE THOUGHTS OF THEIR 52:17 HEARTS. IMMEDIATELY JESUS PERCEIVED IN 52:20 THE SPIRIT, THEY REASONED THUS WESTERN THEMSELVES. 52:23 WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS? ONLY GOD? 52:25 WAS JESUS GOD? THE BIBLE SAYS GOD AND GOD ONLY 52:29 KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS. 52:31 JESUS KNEW WHAT WAS IN MAN. JESUS FILLS ALL OF THE 52:34 DEFINITIONS OF GOD. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED. 52:36 ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE WERE MADE BY CHRIST. 52:39 IS THAT RIGHT? IT SAYS, HE IS THE WORD. 52:42 THE WORD BECAME FLESH. BIBLE SAYS THERE IS ONE SAVIOR. 52:45 IT SAYS THAT JESUS WAS SAVIOR. HE'S THE ONLY NAME GIVEN AMONG 52:49 MEN WHERE SPI WE MUST BE SAVED. JESUS MUST BE GOD. 52:53 BIBLE SAYS ONLY GOD SHOULD BE WORSHIPED. 52:55 WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. THOMAS SAID, MY LORD AND MY GOD. 52:59 AND THE OTHER DISCIPLES FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM. 53:05 EVEN ANGELS THAT DON'T WORSHIP ME WORSHIP GOD. 53:08 JESUS MEETS THE DEFCISION. AND THEY SAY ONLY GOD CAN 53:11 FORGIVE SIN. HE SAID THAT'S MY POINT. 53:14 WHY DO YOU REASON THOSE THINGS? HE'D -- HE'S RADING THE HEARTS. 53:20 TO SAY TO THE PARALYTIC YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN? 53:22 YOU WANT EVIDENCE OF GOD. SHOULD YOUR SINS BE FORGIVEN? 53:26 ARISE, PICK UP YOUR BED AND WALK. 53:28 BUT THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO 53:32 FORGIVE SINS. HE SAID TO THE SICK OF THE 53:36 PALSY, I SAY ARISES, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE. 53:40 NOW, THAT MAN, HE WAS ALREADY HAPPY WHEN HE HEARD JESUS SAY, 53:43 YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. HIS FACE WAS JUST FLUSHED WITH 53:47 PEACE AND REJOICE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 53:50 THAT HE WANTED. THE BOOK DESIRE -- 268. 53:55 NOW IN WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE MUSIC ON THE SUFFICIENTER 54:02 OVER -- SUFFICIENTER'S YEAR, YOUR -- SUFFERER'S EAR. 54:08 THE PEACE OF FORGIVENESS RESTS UPON HIS APPEARANCE. 54:13 HIS PHYSICAL PAIN IS GONE. HIS WHOLE BEING IS TRANSFORMED. 54:16 THE HELPLESS PARALYTIC IS HEALED. 54:20 IN SIMPLE FAITH HE ACCEPTS THE WORD OF JESUS AS THE BON OF NEW 54:25 LIFE. HE URGED NO FURTHER REQUESTS BUT 54:27 HE LAYS IN BLISSFUL SILENCE TO HAPPY FOR WORDS. 54:31 HE DOESN'T KNOW HE CAN GET UP AND WALK. 54:35 MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN. THE -- THE PEOPLE LOOKED UPON 54:39 THE SCENE WITH AWE. EVERYTHING SAW SOMETHING THAT 54:41 HAPPENED TO HIM. A PEACE COMES OVER HIM. 54:44 BUT NOW JESUS SAYS, YOU DON'T THINK THAT I'M GOD? 54:46 HE SAYS, THE MAN ARISE, PICK UP YOUR BED, AND -- IN OBEDIENCE TO 54:52 THE LORD, HE GETS UP. AND PROBABLY IS IN SHOCK 54:57 HIMSELF. HE ROLLS UP HIS STRETCHER. 55:00 THAT BED THAT CARRIED HIM AROUND, SICK, AND NOW HE CARRIES 55:06 IT OUT. AND THE BIKE SAYS, THEY WERE -- 55:08 BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE ALL AMAZED. THEY SAID, THEY'D NEVER SEEN 55:11 ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 55:14 IMPORTANT POINTS. JESUS SAID TO HIS FRIENDS WHEN 55:19 HE SAW THEIR FAITH -- DIDN'T SAY HIS FAITH -- WHEN THEY SAW THEIR 55:24 FAITH, THIS MAN IS HEALED AT LEAST IN PART BECAUSE OF THE 55:27 FAITH AND PERSISTENCE OF HIS FRIENDS, THAT PERSISTED TO BRING 55:33 HIM INTO THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST. DON'T GIVE UP FOR YOUR LOVED 55:35 ONES AND FRIENDS. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH 55:39 GOD. AMEN? 55:40 THE OTHER IMPORTANT POINT, IS THAT MAN CAME TO CHRIST CARRIED 55:46 BY HIS BED. IN ALL OF US AS HUMANS WE'VE GOT 55:49 THESE THREE NATURES AT WAR. WE HAVE THE SPIRIT AND THE 55:55 FLESH. THERE'S A WORD -- WAR THAT GOES 55:58 ON. EVEN AFTER YOU'VE SAVED YOU FEEL 56:00 THE WAR. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRITUAL 56:02 DESIRE, THE FLESH, THE SELF ISSUENESS AND THE LUST OF THE 56:08 EYES -- SELFISHNESS. AND THE LUS OFT OF THE EYES AND WE 56:12 ALL HAVE IT. HE WENT TO THE BED -- HE WENT 56:16 WHERE THE BED TOOK HIM. AFTER HE MET JESUS, DOES HE 56:19 STILL HAVE THE BED? BUT WHO'S CARRYING WHO? 56:22 THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU'RE SAVED, SIN SHALL NO LONGER HAVE 56:27 DOMINION OVER YOU. SIN NO LONGER REIGNS. 56:31 DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT CARNAL NATURE, PUT NOW CHRIST IS ON THE 56:35 THRONE IN YOUR WIFE AND YOU'RE NOT LED BY THE FLESH. 56:37 YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT, AMEN? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 56:40 WE COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST AND WE HEAR HIM SAY, SON, 56:44 YOU KNOW WHAT HE CALLED HIM. SON, YOU'RE ADOPTED. 56:48 YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. HE SENSE THAT BY FAITH. 56:52 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A MIRACLE TAKES PLACE AND HE CAN WALK IN A 56:55 NEW WALK AND A NEW LIFE. THAT MAN WENT OUTSIDE WITH THE 57:01 WHOLE PACKAGE. HE'S GOT THE INNER HEALING AND 57:03 THE OUTER HEALING. YOU WANT -- JESUS THROUGH THE 57:08 POWER OF HIS WORD, HE CAN DO BOTH FOR YOU. 57:12 AS WE CLOSE TONIGHT FOR THOSE HERE AND THOSE WHO MAY BE 57:15 WATCHING, IF YOU WANT TO SAY, LORD, I WANT THAT EXPERIENCE, I 57:18 WANT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND BE COMPLETELY HEALED AND 57:21 FORGIVEN. PRAISE GOD. 57:22 WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AS WE CLOSE OUT THE PROGRAM AND ASK HIM. 57:25 FATHER IN HEAVEN, LORD, WE JUST -- WE JUST GLORIFY YOU AND 57:30 WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE TRUTH THAT JESUS 57:33 CAME THAT THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS, THAT HIS WORD AND HIS 57:37 POWER CAN SET US FREE, LORD, THERE'S SOME HERE WE NEED TO 57:42 HEAR YOU SAY, SON, DAUGHTER, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN AND 57:46 BELIEVE BY FAITH THAT THT'S WHY HE CAME. 57:48 HELP US NOT BE DESCOURAGED WHEN SOMETIMES THE CROWD GETS IN THE 57:53 WAY. AND LORD, I ALWAYS PRAY |
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