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Series Code: IIW
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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written.
00:21 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. 00:23 I'm at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, 00:27 about 45 miles in a straight line east of Orlando. 00:32 This is a very significant site for the United States 00:35 and for the world. 00:37 It was from here in 1961 that Alan Shepard launched 00:40 to become the first American ever in space. 00:43 July 16, 1969: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins 00:49 launched from here and into history. 00:53 History is being made at this place again and again and again. 00:57 Many space shuttle missions were launched from here 01:00 at the Kennedy Space Center. 01:03 There has been some tragedy involved 01:05 with the Kennedy Space Center, 01:07 but we remember the Kennedy Space Center 01:09 for real, considerable triumph. 01:12 ♪[Solemn, tense music]♪ 01:13 In 1957, the Soviet Union sent a small satellite into orbit. 01:19 Sputnik provoked the United States government 01:22 to dive headfirst into the space race. 01:26 Speaking to Congress on May 25, 1961, 01:29 President John F. Kennedy said: 01:31 >>John F. Kennedy: I believe that this nation 01:33 should commit itself to achieving the goal, 01:36 before this decade is out, 01:38 of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely 01:42 to the earth. 01:43 No single space project in this period 01:46 will be more impressive to mankind 01:49 or more important for the long-range exploration of space, 01:52 and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. 01:57 But in a very real sense, 01:58 it will not be one man going to the moon. 02:02 We make this judgment affirmatively: 02:04 It will be an entire nation, 02:07 for all of us must work to put him there. 02:09 >>Man: Four, three, two, one, zero. 02:13 [deep rumbling] All engines running. 02:16 We have a liftoff, liftoff on Apollo 11. 02:19 >>John Bradshaw: Just eight years after that speech, 02:21 after about 76 hours in space 02:24 and after traveling 240,000 miles, 02:27 Apollo 11 reached the moon's lunar orbit. 02:31 On July 20, 1969, 02:33 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human 02:36 to step on the surface of the moon, announcing... 02:39 >>Neil Armstrong: That's one small step for man, 02:42 one giant leap for mankind. 02:48 >>John: But there are some people who believe 02:50 that the moon landing didn't happen. 02:52 They believe that Neil Armstrong did not walk on the moon. 02:55 Not Armstrong, they say, nor Buzz Aldrin, 02:58 nor Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, 03:00 Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, 03:02 David Scott, James Irwin, 03:04 John Young, Charles Duke, 03:06 Gene Cernan, or Harrison Schmitt. 03:09 There are people who believe the entire thing is a hoax. 03:13 They'll tell you that that global television audience 03:15 that watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon actually didn't. 03:19 A 1999 Gallup poll found that, at that time, 03:23 6% of Americans believed that the moon landing was faked. 03:27 You'd have to think that with the influence of the internet, 03:30 that number today is much higher. 03:32 In fact, it's reported that in some countries 03:35 as much as 25% of the population does not believe 03:40 the moon landing happened. 03:41 ♪[Mysterious music]♪ 03:44 So how could that be? We've all seen the pictures. 03:48 Neil Armstrong claimed to have walked on the moon. 03:51 Astronauts from six Apollo missions were there. 03:55 Did they all lie? 03:57 Simply not possible. 04:02 Well, it's been said that the lighting in a certain photo 04:05 couldn't have been possible, and therefore it's all a hoax. 04:09 People protest about the lack of stars in the sky 04:12 or the lack of visible exhaust fumes. 04:15 And they ask why the American flag in the film 04:18 taken of Armstrong and Aldrin's time on the moon 04:21 appears to be fluttering in the wind. 04:26 It's often said that what people saw on TV at the time 04:29 was all filmed on a soundstage somewhere and was faked. 04:35 Faked so that the United States could win the space race 04:38 and to distract attention from the Vietnam War. 04:43 I wanted to talk to an expert about space. 04:47 Dr. Don Thomas qualifies as just that. 04:49 Like Neil Armstrong, he's from the state of Ohio, 04:52 and he's a veteran of four space shuttle missions. 04:58 Dr. Thomas, thanks very much for taking the time. 05:00 I appreciate it greatly. 05:01 >>Dr. Don Thomas: Very welcome. I'm honored to be here with you. 05:03 >>John: Tell me when you first got this urge, the desire, 05:06 or maybe the realization "I'm going to be an astronaut"? 05:08 >>Dr. Thomas: I remember that day very well. 05:10 It was May 5th, 1961. 05:12 That was the day we launched the first American into space 05:15 from Cape Canaveral here. 05:17 And, uh, in my elementary school-- 05:19 and I was only in kindergarten at the time-- 05:21 they brought all of us to our gymnasium, we sat on the floor, 05:24 and I watched that launch on a small black-and-white TV, 05:27 and as soon as Alan Shepard was in space, 05:30 I remember sitting there saying, "I wanna do that." 05:32 So that was the day, uh, that was the inspirational moment 05:36 that forever changed my life. 05:37 I knew that's what I wanted to do. 05:40 >>John: So one day you were sitting in a, 05:42 in a vehicle much like the one behind us here, 05:45 and you were thinking, "I'm about to go. I'm about..." 05:49 Describe that feeling. 05:50 >>Dr. Thomas: It's, it's really amazing. 05:51 I remember the night before my first launch, 05:54 I went out to the launch pad around midnight, 05:56 and I'm just staring up at the space shuttle there, 05:59 and I couldn't believe where I was and what I was about to do, 06:02 knowing like 12 hours from right now 06:05 I'll be inside that thing blasting off. 06:08 So on launch morning, um, 06:09 there's a little bit of, uh, of fear, I, I will say. 06:13 You know, I'm a little scared-- 06:14 "Boy, I hope we make it up there"-- 06:16 but mainly just 99 percent is just like, "I want to do this. 06:19 This is the dream of my life. 06:21 I've trained for four years for this moment. 06:23 I want to be a part of exploration 06:25 and part of the space program." 06:27 So it is a huge adrenaline rush. 06:30 And when I heard the engines firing, 06:32 and I could feel the shaking and vibration, 06:35 a few seconds later I felt the push in my back, 06:37 which had indicated we had taken off. 06:40 Once you feel that push, there is no turning back. 06:42 You're going somewhere that day. 06:44 And I remember I had my helmet on, visor down, 06:47 nobody in the world could hear me, 06:48 and I'm screaming inside my helmet, 06:50 "Ya-hoo! Let's go!" 06:52 'Cause this is the dream of my life; 06:54 it's taking place right in front of your eyes. 06:56 Such an incredible moment. 06:57 >>John: Describe for me the experience of being in space. 07:03 You're in a fairly confined space, 07:05 but what's the, even maybe some of the mundane things, 07:08 but what's that experience like, 07:10 that day-to-day experience of circling the earth up there? 07:14 >>Dr. Thomas: Yeah, yeah, we work on a 24-hour day up there, 07:16 just like we do here on earth. 07:17 They give us seven or eight hours to sleep. 07:20 You get an hour for lunch, an hour for dinner, 07:21 an hour to exercise. 07:23 The rest of the day you're very busy working on experiments 07:26 or whatever is the objective of your mission. 07:29 And the inside of the space shuttle is quite small. 07:32 Our crew compartment is, uh, 07:34 about the size of your kitchen at home. 07:36 It's not a large area, 07:37 and you'll have seven people in there for, you know, 16 days. 07:41 That was the longest that I was up there. 07:43 So there was always somebody bumping into you. 07:45 No matter what you're doing, somebody is right there. 07:48 So for me, 07:49 I, I enjoy, at home, going for a walk around the block, 07:53 just getting out a little bit, and in space you can't do that. 07:56 So when I wanted to, uh, just get away 07:59 and have a little quiet time, I would go to the window, 08:02 put in some headphones, just listen to some music, 08:05 and I would be in my own little world there. 08:07 But, uh, the day-to-day routine up there is very busy. 08:11 Shuttle missions were only two weeks long, 08:13 so the pace was very, uh, quick. 08:16 I mean, we had a full schedule of, of what we had to do. 08:19 There was never big breaks of time where you could just 08:22 hang out at the window for hours and hours. 08:24 The day is very scheduled; 08:27 every minute of your day is pretty much scheduled up there. 08:30 >>John: There'd be no one more familiar 08:32 with the moon landing conspiracies than you-- 08:34 or maybe somebody--but as an astronaut, you've heard it all. 08:36 Let me ask you this: 08:38 Did you ever hear, ever hear 08:41 a single moon landing conspiracy theory that made you say, "Hmm"? 08:45 Did you ever hear even-- you've heard them all, 08:48 the, the fluttering flag and not enough light for the photograph 08:50 and the no radiation after going through 08:52 the Van Allen belt and all of that. 08:54 Did any single thought or suggestion ever stop, 08:58 cause you to stop and go, "Yeah, got a point there"? 09:01 >>Dr. Thomas: Uh, I've never heard a good argument like that, 09:03 and, uh, I think maybe it was seven or eight years ago, 09:07 we had the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft 09:09 orbiting the moon, and they, this spacecraft passed over 09:13 the lunar landing sites-- I think from 15 or 20 miles up-- 09:17 and photographed them. 09:18 You can see the descent stage of the lunar modules on the moon. 09:23 You can't see the individual footprints of the astronauts, 09:26 but you can see a trail as if they walked through deep snow, 09:29 and they left a trail behind them. 09:31 You can see that on the moon. 09:33 So the, like, you can go to each of the landing sites and say, 09:36 yeah, this is, Neil Armstrong walked to this crater, 09:39 looked in there. 09:40 You can see the trail with his footprints. 09:43 So that is just overwhelming evidence for me; 09:46 like, yes, for sure we went to the moon. 09:48 Go take a look at the pictures, you know. 09:51 Uh, you'll see that. 09:51 So, I firmly believe we went to the moon, 09:54 and I have not heard any, not even a shred of evidence 09:57 that, that would make me pause and think, 09:59 hmm, maybe, maybe they have something. 10:01 >>John: Because, of course, the strange thing is, if we didn't, 10:03 you've got hundreds of thousands of people who worked on it, 10:06 on the, on moon missions, 10:07 12 astronauts who walked on the moon, 10:11 and people like you who flew, 10:13 who must all be part of the hoax. 10:16 How does that make you feel on a personal level 10:19 when you know that someone therefore 10:20 is looking at somebody like you with "NASA" on your shirt, 10:23 saying, "Eh, you're part of the problem"? 10:25 >>Dr. Thomas: You know, it, uh, there's no convincing somebody 10:28 who doesn't want to believe that we went to the moon. 10:31 There's no convincing them. 10:33 In a similar vein, there's no convincing anybody 10:35 who believes the earth is flat. 10:37 There's nothing I can say that'll convince them 10:39 that the earth is round. 10:41 And so I, I try not to engage too much. 10:43 I don't want to argue with anybody 10:44 about did we go to the moon or not. 10:46 If you want to believe we did not go to the moon, 10:49 I'm okay with that. 10:50 If you want to believe the earth is flat, I'm okay with that. 10:54 I don't think they're founded on, on good science 10:56 or, or, uh, you know, the data, the facts at all. 11:00 But if, if individuals want to believe that, have at it. 11:03 >>John: Why do you think it is that today, 11:05 uh, there's an increasing, it seems, 11:08 it seems, an increasing amount of chatter about this? 11:11 >>Dr. Thomas: Yeah, it's, it's a mystery, 11:13 but I, I think it's from, uh, 11:15 just distrust of governments anymore. 11:18 We see that around the world, you know-- 11:19 "We don't trust your government." 11:21 Uh, "All the reports are fake news." 11:23 Uh, so a lot of people just think, 11:25 "Well, those pictures of the landing are fake. 11:28 The pictures of Neil Armstrong's footprints on the moon are fake. 11:31 Everything is fake." 11:32 This is "fake." I'm "fake"-- it gets out of hand. 11:36 So I think it comes just from distrust, distrust of authority, 11:41 distrust of government sometimes. 11:43 Um, I'm not, I'm not sure it's exactly well-placed. 11:47 >>John: It didn't seem like it at the time, 11:50 but when you look back, 11:52 the first space shuttle flight was really pretty close in time 11:58 to the moon landing flight. 12:00 We're just talking about essentially a few years. 12:04 So to be able to go from that to the space shuttle 12:08 leaving the earth, coming back, 12:10 circling the earth numerous times, 12:14 it would seem the technological leap was vast, 12:18 but in time, the step was really very short. 12:22 Talk to me about the technology that made machines 12:25 like this possible in an age, looking back, 12:29 that was pretty technologically archaic. 12:31 >>Dr. Thomas: Yeah. 12:32 >>John: There were no cell phones then. 12:33 There weren't really personal computers to speak of. 12:35 How did we do this? 12:37 >>Dr. Thomas: You know, the, if you look at the computer age, 12:39 we went from, uh, big UNIVAC computers 12:43 that took up a full room of an office building 12:46 to small Compaq, uh, personal laptop computers, 12:50 you know, in 20 years or so. 12:52 And, and a lot of that technology really helped enable, 12:55 you know, the space shuttle program. 12:57 We started building the space shuttles. 12:59 They got, this program was approved in 1972 13:02 while we were still landing on the moon. 13:04 I think the Congress approved it 13:05 during the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. 13:08 So they started working on this. 13:10 It's pretty old technology by today's standards, 13:13 um, but still this is an amazing vehicle. 13:16 I think, uh, it, it's going to be hard to top a vehicle 13:20 like this for going to space any time soon. 13:24 >>John: In a moment, the greatest conspiracy of them all. 13:27 It's real, and it's all around you. 13:30 That's next. 13:31 ♪[Music]♪ 13:40 >>John: It's a question that many people have asked, 13:42 and it's a good question and deserves a good answer: 13:45 Can God be trusted? 13:47 Find out what the Bible has to say. 13:49 Our free offer is "Can God Be Trusted?" 13:52 Call us on 800-253-3000 13:56 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 14:01 800-253-3000. 14:04 Call right now or visit us at iiwoffer.com. 14:11 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is Written. 14:14 I'm John Bradshaw. 14:16 You know, at the end of the day it probably doesn't hurt anyone 14:19 to believe whatever they want to believe on this. 14:22 But there's a greater conspiracy that really is going on. 14:25 It's happening right before our eyes. 14:28 And it's one that people are missing. 14:30 And we shouldn't be missing it. 14:31 Missing it will hurt you. 14:34 To miss this one is to fail to understand 14:36 why much of what we see in the world is actually happening. 14:39 And it's fitting we talk about space 14:42 because this conspiracy got its start in deep, deep space. 14:48 We've identified this conspiracy yet earlier in this series, 14:52 but I'll tell you what it is. 14:53 Long, long ago in a place far, far away, 14:57 a perfect angel decided he wanted to receive 15:00 the worship that only God is entitled to. 15:03 Isaiah 14:13 and 14, 15:06 "I will ascend into heaven, 15:07 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; 15:11 I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, 15:14 in the sides of the north: 15:16 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; 15:20 I will be like the Most High." 15:23 He came to earth and beguiled Eve, the Bible says. 15:27 Paul wrote of Adam's transgression. 15:30 One of their sons murdered another. 15:33 Planet Earth was in free fall. 15:35 So here we are 6,000 years after creation. 15:38 The world is sick. The world is skeptical. 15:41 Morally, society hasn't only fallen off a cliff; 15:45 there's no shortage of people or institutions or even churches, 15:48 if we're honest, who are willing to usher unsuspecting people 15:52 in the direction of the precipice. 15:54 Someone says, "The moon landing never happened." 15:57 Who are you going to check with? 15:58 Well, you could ask astronauts who were there. 16:01 While I'm standing here, 16:02 astronauts Aldrin, Scott, Duke, and Schmitt are all still alive, 16:07 so you could ask them, 16:09 or people who worked on the mission 16:11 or someone at NASA or the US Air Force 16:13 or scientists or historians or...on and on and on. 16:17 But in this colossal battle between good and evil, 16:22 where do you go for authoritative answers? 16:25 There's only one place, and that's the Bible. 16:29 The Bible is the Word of God. It was inspired by God. 16:33 Paul wrote to Timothy 16:35 that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God." 16:38 "But wait!" someone just cried out. 16:40 "The Bible itself saying it is inspired is self-serving, 16:44 unreliable." 16:45 Ah, but "wait!" back. 16:47 It's not that the Bible says the Bible is inspired; 16:50 God says the Bible is inspired. 16:53 Fulfilled prophecy indicates the Bible is inspired, 16:56 and fulfilled prophecies are everywhere. 16:59 Zechariah wrote ahead of time that Jesus would be sold 17:02 for 30 pieces of silver. 17:05 The same prophet wrote that Jesus would ride 17:07 into Jerusalem on a donkey. 17:09 Daniel wrote and said when Jesus would be anointed 17:12 as the Messiah. 17:13 He wrote about the rise and the fall of great world kingdoms, 17:17 and they all rose and fell just as he said they would. 17:20 Noah said it would rain, and it rained and rained. 17:24 Isaiah said a virgin would conceive. 17:26 He said Jesus would be despised and rejected. 17:30 He wrote that a man named Cyrus, Cyrus the Great, 17:33 the king of Persia, would deliver God's people, 17:37 and he wrote about him 150 years or so before Cyrus was born. 17:41 We could continue. 17:43 David wrote about the crucifixion of the Messiah 17:45 in excruciating detail in Psalm 22. 17:49 Jesus predicted the destruction of Jerusalem, 17:52 His own crucifixion, that Peter would deny Him, 17:55 and that Judas would betray Him. 17:57 If you're looking for a reliable guide, it's the Bible, 18:02 and in this battle it's what God calls us to lean on. 18:07 David said we should hide God's Word in our heart. 18:10 Jesus urged us to live 18:11 "by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." 18:15 And why is that? 18:16 Because it's reliable and it's true, 18:19 and in an age where skepticism urges distrust 18:23 and where postmodernism posits that you're fine 18:25 believing whatever you want to believe-- 18:27 "I have my truth; you have your truth"-- 18:30 there must be something that will help you 18:31 cut through confusion and deceptions. 18:35 And that, well, that can only be the Word of God. 18:40 I'll have more in just a moment. 18:41 ♪[Music]♪ 18:50 >>John: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 18:52 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 18:55 To support this international life-changing ministry, 18:59 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 19:03 You can send your tax-deductible gift 19:04 to the address on your screen, 19:06 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 19:10 Thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. 19:13 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 19:17 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 19:21 >>John: It was like a ticking time bomb 19:23 just waiting to explode. 19:24 And when it did, a city was plunged into chaos; 19:28 a town was completely destroyed. 19:31 More than 300 people were left dead 19:34 and thousands left homeless. 19:36 It remains one of the nation's least-known atrocities, 19:39 yet it was one of the most destructive race riots 19:42 in United States history. 19:44 Join It Is Written on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 19:48 for "Black Wall Street," 19:50 as we look at the problem of evil. 19:54 We'll investigate the destruction of a community 19:56 and ask some searching questions. 19:58 How can this happen? And who would do such a thing? 20:02 How do "good people" commit truly wicked acts? 20:05 "Black Wall Street" will take you there, 20:07 to the very streets where evil reared its ugly head 20:11 in a way not often seen. 20:13 Don't miss "Black Wall Street" 20:16 on It Is Written TV. 20:21 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me today 20:23 on It Is Written. 20:24 A few moments ago, I told you that there must be something 20:26 that could help you to, to cut through confusion 20:29 and even deception, 20:30 and that that something has to be the Word of God. 20:34 Now, before you think I'm suggesting that you'll be fine 20:36 as long as you believe just like me, 20:39 that's not my point, and that's the beauty of the Bible. 20:42 In old times, people couldn't access the Bible. 20:45 Until the time of the Reformation, 20:47 the Bible was kept out of the hands of the people 20:49 by a church trying to maintain its own hegemony, 20:53 its control over people. 20:55 Then the Bible became more accessible, 20:57 and now it's so accessible it's easy enough for a person 20:59 to take hold of a Bible and read it for herself or himself. 21:03 You don't need someone to tell you what to believe. 21:06 You can read God's personal communication with you, 21:10 pray for His guidance, 21:11 and God will reveal Himself and His Word to you. 21:15 That's not to say you shouldn't listen to another person 21:17 or sit in a congregation. 21:19 Sure, that's fine. 21:20 But you don't need to cede the spiritual authority 21:23 for your life to somebody else. 21:26 The Bible is God's first line of communication to you. 21:32 One survey recently reported that the number of Americans 21:35 who identify as having no religion 21:39 has risen by 266% since 1991, 21:45 and that "nones," as they're called, 21:47 are greater in number than Catholics or Protestants. 21:51 That's in spite of the fact that today you can buy a Bible 21:54 at a dollar store. 21:56 Even so, less people than ever are reading the Bible. 22:00 Paul wrote that "the time will come 22:03 when they will not endure sound doctrine." 22:06 Second Timothy 4, verse 3. 22:09 It seems that time has come. 22:12 The Bible turns you in the direction of God. 22:15 It presents a loving Savior, 22:17 One who died for you so you can live eternally. 22:20 The Bible presents the love of God. 22:23 But there's an enemy who has succeeded in turning people away 22:27 from the best news ever 22:29 so that they instead would believe a lie. 22:32 Well, what could be better than eternal life? 22:34 Look around at what people are doing. 22:35 The answer seems to be apparently a lot. 22:39 What could be better than love as the basis for your existence? 22:42 Of course, nothing. 22:44 But there's a devil who's convinced multitudes 22:46 that God isn't good, that God isn't loving, 22:49 that God's ways are not worth bothering with. 22:53 Essentially, the human family has replaced God with itself. 22:58 When you reject God's guidance to rely on your own, 23:01 you've made yourself your own god. 23:03 The wise man wrote, 23:05 "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, 23:08 but the end thereof are the ways of death." 23:12 Proverbs 16:25. 23:15 There were false teachers in the days of Jesus 23:18 and in the time of the early Christian church. 23:21 There have been false teachers throughout the Christian era, 23:24 and no doubt they exist today. 23:26 And when you look into the Bible, 23:27 you see in Revelation chapter 14 23:29 a time of real crisis coming for the world. 23:33 Daniel wrote that there's going to come "a time of trouble, 23:35 such as never was since there was a nation." 23:38 Daniel 12, verse 1. 23:40 And John wrote in Revelation 14 that before things wrap up 23:44 here on Planet Earth, 23:46 there'll be a call go out to everyone in the world, 23:50 a warning message, 23:51 a warning message that covers what we could reduce 23:54 to three main points: 23:56 The third is a warning against receiving the mark of the beast. 24:00 The second is a pronouncement that Babylon has fallen. 24:05 And the first contains very strong encouragement 24:09 to worship Christ, to worship the Creator. 24:13 As Revelation chapter 14:7 says, 24:15 to "worship Him that made heaven, and earth, 24:18 and the sea, and the fountains of waters." 24:22 See what that comes back to? 24:23 It comes back to worship, 24:24 which is where this battle between sin and evil, 24:27 between Christ and Satan began. 24:30 Worship. 24:31 How do you avoid the mark of the beast? 24:33 How do you avoid false worship? 24:35 How do you worship Christ and not Antichrist? 24:39 It's right there in the Word of God. 24:41 If the Bible is your guide, you'll stand. 24:44 You'll be kept by the power of God. 24:47 But step away from the Bible, 24:49 build not on the rock but on the sand, 24:52 and as Jesus taught in the parable, 24:55 your fall will be great. 24:58 How is it with you and God's Word? 24:59 Are you reading it? 25:01 Are you fortifying your mind with its message? 25:03 Are you receiving from God on a daily basis? 25:06 Is, is Jesus coming to you through the Word of God? 25:10 What are you relying on? What's strengthening you? 25:14 My prayer is that you'll find your strength 25:17 in the Word of God. 25:20 >>John: It's a question that many people have asked, 25:23 and it's a good question and deserves a good answer: 25:26 Can God be trusted? 25:28 Find out what the Bible has to say. 25:29 Our free offer is "Can God Be Trusted?" 25:33 Call us on 800-253-3000 25:36 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 25:41 800-253-3000. 25:44 Call right now or visit us at iiwoffer.com. 25:51 >>John Bradshaw: There's a conspiracy raging. 25:54 Satan is undermining the government of God, 25:57 the authority of God, the place of God, 26:00 so that ultimately he'll receive the worship of the world. 26:04 You can see all around you just how much success he's having. 26:07 But don't let yourself be dragged into a web of deception 26:10 and destruction. 26:11 Make the Bible your strength and your guide today. 26:16 Let's pray together. 26:17 ♪[Soft music]♪ Our Father in heaven, 26:20 we thank You that You've given us Your sacred Word, 26:22 Your Holy Word. 26:24 And we pray that You'd give us grace to live 26:26 according to Your Word. 26:28 Not to treat it as a set of rules we must keep, 26:31 but to recognize it as an expression of Your will, 26:33 of Your character. 26:35 And to understand by experience that when Jesus lives His life 26:39 in us, He will do in us what we could never do ourselves. 26:44 Friend, if you have sins that need to be forgiven, 26:47 open your heart to God now. 26:48 Say, "Lord, forgive me." He'll forgive you. 26:50 If there's weakness in your life, 26:51 invite Jesus to be your strength. 26:54 If you're walking with Jesus right now, 26:57 then we can recommit your life to Him in this very moment. 27:01 If you've been distant from God, far from God, 27:04 never come to God, then would you do so now? 27:07 Take Jesus as your Lord. 27:09 Let His Word be your guide and your strength. 27:12 Father, take our hearts; make us Your own. 27:16 In this moment there are many people becoming Your children 27:19 for the very first time, others recommitting themselves to You. 27:23 Now keep and bless and grow each of us 27:26 so that when Jesus returns, when this thing is done, 27:30 we will be with You throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. 27:34 Let it be so, we pray and thank You, in Jesus' name. 27:39 Amen. 27:40 Thank you for joining me. 27:41 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:43 Until then, remember: 27:45 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:48 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:54 ♪[Theme music]♪ |
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