Participants: Pr. Lyle Albrecht
Series Code: RIN
Program Code: RIN000017
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00:59 Thank You.
01:00 Good evening and welcome to each of you. 01:03 Good to see you again. 01:05 How long has it been? 01:08 Some of you, I've noticed, are bringing your sleeping bags now. 01:12 A little sack lunch, and that's good. 01:14 Last night, if you'll recall, we concluded by going inside 01:18 the great pyramid just outside Cairo. 01:21 Tonight, we're going to go back again to Egypt. 01:24 This time, to see and talk about King Tutankhamun. 01:29 Or more commonly known as King Tut. 01:33 We've said so many, many times that major cities are born on 01:35 the banks of a river. 01:37 Here, of course, it's the river Nile. 01:41 And baby Moses was found near where I'm taking this picture. 01:44 They said, you know, right here. 01:47 The name Moses means, pulled out, one drawn out of the water. 01:51 I wanted to take a boat ride and so we got aboard this 01:55 that I soon began to name, "the leaky teaky". 02:01 And we had a pleasant ride out on the Nile river 02:05 and then we came back and began to look around some. 02:08 There's the Sphinx again, there's the great pyramid 02:10 that we went inside last night. 02:11 But we have some other important things to see and 02:14 some important places to go. 02:16 We're going to make a very brief stop now 02:20 at the Citadel and also known as the tomb of 02:26 Muhammad Ali Pasha. 02:28 Not the Muhammad Ali that we know and love that 02:32 danced like a butterfly and stung like a bee, but 02:34 Muhammad Ali Pasha, he who brought the faith of Islam 02:38 in the early centuries here to the north of Africa, 02:42 and more particularly to Egypt and Cairo. 02:46 Before you may go inside, even the courtyard, you must 02:49 take off your shoes for it's a holy place, holy ground. 02:52 And then if you're a follower of Islam, after you enter the 02:55 courtyard, you go over to that fountain in the center 02:58 and there, wash your feet. 03:01 And all of it goes back to the time that Moses was at the 03:04 burning bush and God said, "Take off your shoes. " 03:08 On nearly every street corner, there is someone who is selling 03:11 some fruit, some vegetables, or some such thing. 03:14 But if you go, please heed the warning. 03:16 Don't eat anything that has not come out of an oven 03:20 at 350 or 400 degrees, until it's burned almost to a crisp 03:24 because, otherwise, you can really get sick. 03:27 This is the backyard of the motel in which I stayed 03:29 while I was in the city. 03:30 It looks as lovely as any motel, perhaps, in this area or 03:35 along our coast and down in Southern California. 03:37 And directly across the street, there was 03:39 kind of a gruesome sight. 03:41 This is a military prison. 03:43 When I shot this picture, it was about 122 degrees. 03:46 This was in July. 03:47 And there are men behind the bars up at the top, looking 03:50 out and wishing, hoping for a fresh breath, I suppose. 03:55 This, ladies and gentlemen, they call 03:57 "the city with no problems. " 03:58 This is one of the many cemeteries in the city. 04:02 In Islam, they take literally, "dust to dust, earth to earth. " 04:05 And so when one dies, they don't put the body 04:08 in a casket, but rather bury it, just wrapped in a blanket or 04:12 a shroud, in the ground and then build a little house over that. 04:17 And what made me very sad was that these little grave houses 04:21 are much nicer than what some of the farmers are living in, 04:24 if you'll remember last night. 04:27 Now we've moved down to the south and we're looking at the 04:30 treasures of the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun. 04:34 And I want to back up here just for a moment. 04:39 We refer to him often as, "the boy king. " 04:42 We believe he was about 18 years of age when he died. 04:47 For a long, long while, it was wondered why he died so early. 04:50 And then his remains were studied scientifically 04:53 by medical pathologists. 04:56 And they know now that he was just eaten up with tuberculosis. 05:03 That's why he died. 05:06 A man by the name of Howard Carter, who is an Egyptologist 05:11 and a man of Egyptian antiquities, was doing an 05:15 archaeological dig for a very wealthy Brit by the name 05:19 of Lord Carnarvon. 05:21 He'd hired a native crew and they were digging and they 05:24 were looking for treasures in which Carnarvon could place 05:28 treasure in his museum over in Britain. 05:32 Lord Carnarvon had spent a lot of money and had gotten 05:35 in return very, very little. 05:39 Months went by, and then a couple of years. 05:41 And finally, Lord Carnarvon sent an ultimatum to Mr. Carter. 05:46 He said, "Either find something of value or pack it up 05:50 and come home. 05:51 I can no longer afford this. " 05:53 A few pieces of broken pottery, a little shard of this, 05:56 a little dash of that, but nothing of real significance. 06:00 Howard Carter and his crew were, indeed, packing up 06:04 when one of the native workmen literally 06:07 stumbled upon something. 06:11 He looked down and brushed it off and it was a step. 06:13 And they dug down and there was another and another. 06:16 And there long, they were at the entrance of a tomb that 06:20 had never, never been vandalized. 06:24 Now this, for your interest sake, is down in the 06:26 Valley of the Kings about 500 miles south 06:30 of the city of Cairo. 06:33 They came to the closed entrance of the tomb 06:37 and with scientific precision, they carefully made an opening, 06:41 taking drawings and pictures of it all along. 06:45 And then when they had a sufficient opening, 06:47 Howard Carter said, "I put in my torch. " 06:50 And we, of course, would say he shined inside, his flashlight. 06:54 And he said, "The reflection from off the gold 06:56 that came back nearly blinded me. " 06:59 And news was flashed round the world that a tomb 07:02 of a pharaoh had been found unmolested and untouched. 07:07 We mentioned last night when we visited the great pyramids 07:10 that the pharaohs, and the queens also, had these 07:14 magnificent burial chambers made because of their belief 07:18 that there was no death. 07:19 That as soon as one died a spirit or a soul left the body 07:23 where it had been caged up and went on to another life and 07:26 then perhaps to another, and to wonderful and pleasant things. 07:30 And so they would be buried with the things that they enjoyed 07:32 in this life and might continue to enjoy in the afterlife. 07:39 Every pagan culture held these two pagan notions; 07:42 the idea of Sunday sacredness and Sunday worship, 07:45 and the further idea of the immortality of the soul 07:49 that when you die, you don't really die but a soul, a spirit, 07:52 an essence, something lives on. 07:55 It was the Greeks who popularized it and placed it 07:58 into the center of philosophy. 08:02 The Greek scholars, Socrates and Aristotle and many others 08:05 as well, proposed what they called and what is still today 08:09 in psychological circles known as Hellenistic dualism. 08:13 In other words, the body is carnal. 08:16 And every nasty mean thing we ever do is a result of the 08:19 carnality of the body, the influence of the 08:22 lusts of the body. 08:24 On the other hand, every kind decent thing we do is the result 08:28 of the prompting of the soul or the spiritual side, 08:32 the spirit of man. 08:33 But tragically, the soul, the spirit is locked up inside 08:37 this carnal cage until the time of death 08:39 and then it is released, finally it is released. 08:43 Therefore, we have Socrates, as we mentioned last night, 08:46 saying as Shakespeare recorded, "drunk gladly, 08:50 "give me the hemlock," you see, "for death is a release," 08:53 a graduation to wonderful, wonderful things. 08:56 And so, when King Tut was buried inside his tomb, 08:59 there was placed inside with him a little granary. 09:05 That's what it is, a little seed box. 09:08 And in those various containers and sections, there are 09:11 different seeds that he might enjoy in the afterlife. 09:15 And there were placed inside with him, games and other things 09:18 as we're going to begin to notice. 09:20 These, by the way, happen to be the jugs, the stoppers 09:23 for the canopic urns in which they found 09:26 wonderful, wonderful treasures. 09:28 For you see, when a pharaoh died, it would be from 09:32 30 to 60 days between the time of his death and the time of 09:36 what we would call the funeral. 09:38 And in the interim, it was not a period of weeping or wailing 09:41 or carrying on or grieving, but rather a period of 09:43 solid celebration for the soul had been released. 09:46 And oft times, the body of the pharaoh or the mighty one 09:50 would be opened up over a well and the viscera removed. 09:55 The heart put in one canopic urn and the brain, which had been 10:01 removed through the nostrils so not to destroy the cranium, 10:04 was placed in another. 10:05 And then the liver still in another. 10:08 And then these plugs or corks, if you please, 10:12 were put in and it was made air tight for preservation. 10:17 These are some of the canopic urns carved out of 10:20 pure alabaster, ladies and gentlemen. 10:22 And those things alone were worth a king's ransom. 10:25 Some of the treasures from King Tut's tomb were brought here 10:28 to the United States in the mid 70's and put on display. 10:32 And the finally display of them was over in Seattle and it 10:35 may be that some of you folks here were able to go see them. 10:41 The boy king enjoyed games, not unlike 10:45 what would we say, checkers; Chinese checkers. 10:48 Or chess, or that kind of thing. 10:50 And so they buried inside with him a couple of 10:52 game boards, moreover. 10:55 They buried inside with him, a golden chariot 10:58 so he could take rides. 11:00 His spirit could go for, I don't know, I guess with a 11:03 spiritistic horse or some such thing. 11:06 They buried inside with him, a golden calf. 11:09 And my mind, every time I see this, goes back 11:11 to the children of Israel and the exodus 11:13 when Aaron, left in charge, made the golden calf 11:17 and they rose up to play. 11:19 They worshipped the bull and the male calf because of its 11:23 powers of fertility. 11:24 Now this was the kings day bed for an afternoon nap. 11:28 And it's covered over, ladies and gentlemen, with pure gold. 11:32 And this is his night bed. 11:33 And I want you again to notice on the end or at the 11:36 foot of the bed, the two bulls, and the high horns, and the 11:40 solar disc to symbolize the sun. 11:42 Here is definite evidence of the combination of those two 11:46 pagan elements; the idea that when you die, 11:49 you really don't die, and sun worship and Sunday observance. 11:54 And now, we see the coverings for the digits of the boy king. 12:00 There was made, a funeral mask, as we'll see soon, 12:03 but there were also made coverings for the toes 12:06 and for the fingers, for preservation for the afterlife. 12:11 One would certainly need to have his hands and his feet, 12:14 his fingers, you know, in order to plant the seed, 12:18 or whatever else. 12:19 And it's strange how they co-mingled these ideas 12:22 of a spirit absent from a body, but the necessity 12:25 at the same time of a physical body as well. 12:28 Very, very strange. 12:30 And so, there were made by the lost wax process 12:35 that many sculptors still use today, many who have foundries. 12:38 For instance, over around Enterprise, Oregon 12:41 there are a number of bronze foundries and they still use 12:45 the lost wax process. 12:47 They make a carving or a mold out of wax and then pour this 12:51 molten metal on top of that and it forms into the shape of 12:54 the wax that had been before it that has been surrounded by 12:57 sand, and the wax melts entirely away. 13:02 These are the coverings for the hands, as you can see 13:05 in a folded position. 13:06 And there, ladies and gentlemen, is the outer sarcophagus. 13:10 inside which there were two smaller sarcophagi, or coffins, 13:15 as we would, perhaps, better know them. 13:17 This outer sarcophagus is made of pure gold and then has been 13:21 embedded with semi-precious stones and gems. 13:25 And that outer sarcophagus of pure gold 13:28 weighs more than one ton. 13:31 A ton of pure absolute gold. 13:34 Now, 13:39 a hundred years ago, there came and there are still 13:42 many of the around, what were known as the higher 13:45 critics of the Bible. 13:47 Sometimes today, they're known as historical critics. 13:51 Pick the Bible apart, that they believe is their mission. 13:55 Separate the myth from the fact and the reality. 13:59 Anything that has to do with the miraculous; 14:01 virgin birth, walking on water, turning water into wine, 14:05 a literal second coming, literal hell... 14:07 that's all just a sacred myth. 14:11 Moreover, those stories of the children of Israel 14:15 leaving Egypt in the exodus and taking with them 14:19 large amounts of gold, and out in the desert 14:21 making a golden calf out of a portion of that jewelry, 14:24 just a myth for there never was any such gold in Egypt. 14:29 And then they find these tombs that were just filled with gold. 14:35 And over and again, ladies and gentlemen, 14:37 the spade confirms the Bible. 14:40 Archeology and the study of God's word go hand in hand 14:45 and it's amazing how closely they agree and how 14:49 compatible they really are. 14:51 We're going to conclude here now. 14:52 And I want to thank you for traveling with me. 14:57 And now to our subject, ladies and gentlemen. 14:59 "The New Age Revisited" 15:07 I want to begin by making a statement that I have made here 15:12 on several prior occasions, but feel the necessity 15:16 of repeating it again tonight. 15:18 There may be someone here for the first time. 15:21 Here, in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 15:23 here in Lyle Albrecht's prophesy meetings, 15:26 we never sit in judgment upon any Christian person 15:30 or their relationship with Jesus. 15:33 We'll never do that. 15:34 We'll say again that God has His children in all faiths 15:38 and in all churches and all denominations. 15:41 God has His faithful. 15:44 I want to go further than that tonight. 15:47 Not only will we never judge anyone's relationship 15:50 with Jesus, I want to be very clear tonight that I, 15:54 during this subject and particularly near 15:57 its conclusion, mean no harm to any person 16:02 whether that is a doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, 16:06 practitioner, pastor, or preacher. 16:08 I certainly mean no slander, I mean no defamation. 16:14 At the same time, I have a serious concern. 16:18 And I, more than that, would do as the apostle Paul suggested 16:21 he wanted to do, stir up your pure minds. 16:25 Tonight, I'm going to have you go with me down 16:29 a trail of evidence. 16:30 And I need to be very honest to say to you that, 16:33 when a few weeks ago I began this study and preparation 16:35 for this talk, I had no idea that I would end up where 16:39 I have ended up, and where you're going to end up with me 16:42 in just a little bit. 16:45 I, as a result of my study, have a serious concern that I 16:48 want to share with every Christian person, 16:51 and non-Christians as well, who are willing to go down 16:55 this road with me. 16:57 Someone has said that birds of a feather... 17:01 ...flock together. 17:03 Someone has said that you're known by the... 17:06 ...company that you keep. 17:07 Someone has said that there can be guilt by... 17:11 ...association. 17:13 You know all of those trite phrases as well as I. 17:17 And so, as we conclude tonight, I'm going to allow you folks 17:21 to draw your own conclusions. 17:26 It was March, 22-23 of 1997, the Hale-Bopp comet was 17:31 coming closer to the earth than it had ever been, 17:33 at least in modern times. 17:35 There was a cult that had been formed together 17:37 a few months prior. 17:38 They became known as the Heaven's Gate cult. 17:40 Their leader was a former choir director of a 17:43 large church in Colorado. 17:45 There were 39 folks there together in 17:48 Rancho Santa Fe, California who we're going to go to the beyond. 17:53 They were going to go to be with those who had died and were 17:57 now in a spirit world. 17:59 They were going to be sucked up, they believed, 18:01 by the Hale-Bopp comet. 18:04 And so they shaved their heads and they put on 18:07 their escape robes. 18:10 Which, by the way, were all a deep purple. 18:14 And they said the color of this purple was the color 18:19 of those who had passed beyond the veil, the color of the dead. 18:24 Among those in this group, or cult as some have called them, 18:27 were 21 women and 18 men. 18:30 They had made notes, they had made videos, 18:33 and written good-bye letters. 18:35 In their pockets, each had a fresh 5 dollar bill, 18:38 and for some unknown reason still, a new packet of 18:42 lip balm or lip salve. 18:47 There was a full moon, there was a lunar eclipse, 18:50 when they together laid down upon cots 18:54 and took poison that killed every single one of them. 19:02 Open your Bibles, please, to Isaiah chapter 8. 19:09 Isaiah chapter 8, and I'm going to read for us 19:11 verses 19 and 20. 19:13 And these will be familiar verses to most of you, I'm sure. 19:16 But you'll not mind reviewing them for a moment with me. 19:20 It may be brand new for some others here tonight. 19:22 Isaiah chapter 8 verses 19 and 20. 19:28 "When they say unto you to seek to those that have 19:31 familiar spirits and wizards that peep and mutter, 19:34 should not the people seek unto their God instead of the dead?" 19:40 Huh? 19:43 "Wizards that peep and mutter," that's talking about 19:45 spirit mediums and channelers and everything that's 19:49 related to it. 19:51 "Don't go to folks like that to find out 19:54 about the dead," it says. 19:55 "Go to the God of the living. " 19:57 That's the idea. 19:58 And then it says in verse 20, and this verse 20:01 we know better still. 20:02 "To the law and to the testimony. 20:03 If they speak not according to this word, it is because 20:06 there is no light in them. " 20:08 If they claim to be speaking for someone beyond the grave, 20:11 beyond the veil, if they claim to be channeling from some 20:14 spirit of some departed person, then know that they're liars 20:18 and the devil is behind all of it, he is the 20:20 father of all lies, as we talked last night. 20:24 In 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 14, 20:28 there the apostle Paul said, "I saw Satan fall from heaven 20:32 as an angel of light. " 20:35 And there are so many of these associations now 20:38 that involve channelers and channeling and all of the 20:40 rest of it, that name themselves and refer to themselves 20:43 as "The Lighted Way" or "The White Light" or 20:46 "Follow the Light" or some such other notion. 20:50 Last night we read, and must again tonight, from 20:53 Genesis chapter 3, so please turn there with me right now 20:56 to the original lie. 20:58 By way of review, we're going to read again, the first 5 verses 21:01 of Genesis chapter 3. 21:05 This is the devil who has possessed the snake 21:08 and this is the first lie and the first impersonation, 21:12 and all of the rest. 21:13 Chapter 3 and verse 1 of Genesis. 21:16 "The serpent was more subtle than the other beast 21:18 of the field the Lord God had made and he said to the woman, 21:20 'Has God said you're not to eat from every tree in the garden?' 21:24 The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat of the fruit 21:26 of the trees of the garden except for the fruit of the tree 21:28 in the middle of the garden. 21:29 God has said, 'Don't eat it, don't touch it, lest you die. ' 21:33 And the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not die. '" 21:38 What he's saying is God is lying to you, 21:40 there's no such thing as death. 21:41 And the context really is quite clear. 21:43 Verse 5, "For God knows that in the day you eat that fruit, 21:48 your eyes will be opened and you will be Gods 21:50 knowing both good and evil. " 21:52 And there, ladies and gentlemen, is the bottom line 21:55 of the New Age movement. 21:57 There is no death, moreover don't look outside yourself 22:00 for God, just look inside. 22:02 As Shirley MacLaine said, "Line up your shockers and 22:05 recognize that you are God. 22:07 And when you do that, then there'll be nothing 22:10 you can't accomplish. " 22:11 There is nothing beyond you, you're God, you can create. 22:14 You are God, you are not going to die, 22:16 you're going to live forever. 22:17 And then, moreover, look around you. 22:19 And as you do that with the enlightened eye, you'll discover 22:23 that God is in everything. 22:24 He's in the tree, He's in the flower, He's in the shrubbery 22:27 He's in the sky, He's in the cloud, God is there. 22:29 You're God and God is there and everything is God. 22:32 Don't look beyond. 22:34 Then once you come to this place, you will develop 22:38 the attitude of positive thinking. 22:42 And by the way, let me say right now, I'm not in favor 22:46 of long faces and bad attitudes. 22:50 I don't want to hang around with folks like that. 22:54 And one thing that has kept me from going to the bars 22:57 is, so often times you go in the bar and there's some guy 22:59 up there nursing his wounds and crying, you know, 23:02 singing the blues and pouring them down. 23:06 Like that's going to help, huh. 23:08 Yeah. 23:09 Positive, set your mind to it. 23:11 You're God and there's nothing you can't create and there's 23:14 nothing that you can't do. 23:15 There's nothing that's beyond you now. 23:17 And Shirley MacLaine, of whom I spoke when I was here last 23:21 on this very subject, still is a very strong believer 23:24 and a strong promoter. 23:25 And I mentioned to you that not very many months ago, 23:28 I was lecturing just like this over near Olympia, Washington 23:32 and on one afternoon I drove out toward the Indian reservation 23:35 to see the restaurant there. 23:37 That was my mission, really. 23:39 And I drove by J. Z. Knight's place. 23:42 I was not able to see her home, they tell me it's most lovely 23:45 and most beautiful. 23:46 She has a great high fence that they say is electrified 23:50 at the top layers all around the thing. 23:52 And she had a sign on her gate that said, "No sessions today. " 23:56 I guess she was out of town, or someone said she may 24:00 well have been on the golf course. 24:02 J. Z. Knight says that she is the channel, and that's simply 24:06 a New Age word for a medium and a wizard that God through Isaiah 24:11 spoke about in the prior verses. 24:13 And she says, moreover, that there is an ancient Scottish 24:15 warrior who died 30,000 years ago who's spirit 24:18 speaks through her. 24:20 She puts herself into this induced trance and 24:23 she then soon begins to speak with a clear and Scottish brogue 24:28 the voice of the Scottish warrior, Ramtha. 24:31 Along with it has come humanism, the power within. 24:34 And once you recognize the power within, you begin to 24:38 look for self gratification. 24:40 And that brings us to hedonism, instant gratification. 24:45 And along with instant gratification, there has come 24:47 to those followers of it all, debt and theft and rape 24:51 and murder, and the excuse for it is, 24:53 "I'm God, there's no one above me. 24:55 There's no one to whom I one day give answer. 24:57 Don't worry about it, I'm God. " 25:00 And we mentioned last night that there are those hymns 25:03 even within the church, "Where the Soul Never Dies. " 25:06 If you believe that, really at the bottom line 25:09 you're saying, "I'm God. " 25:10 For God only hath immortality, as we made abundantly 25:13 clear last night. 25:14 Now I want to share some Bible verses with you 25:16 and you're going to have to quickly take some notes. 25:18 And if I misspeak... 25:19 I did last night, by the way, and I'm going to correct myself 25:22 right now, is that fair enough. 25:23 I'm like the old preacher that said, "Don't take me for what I 25:26 say but for what I mean. " 25:27 And last night as I was hurrying through some notes 25:30 and racing against the clock, I told you folks to write down 25:34 Job chapter 27 verse 30. 25:36 Now I have been around long enough to know 25:38 that there are not that many verses in the chapter. 25:40 And I suppose the "A" students went down through there 25:43 and discovered that, really, I was wanting to refer 25:46 to the third verse. 25:48 That as I looked quickly down at my notes, I saw an "O" or 25:51 something there, so I decided it must be 30. 25:57 You'll forgive me, won't you? 25:58 This one is Ezekiel 18 verse 4. 26:02 The soul never dies, the soul is released when one dies 26:05 and all of the rest. 26:06 Now listen to what God says. 26:08 Ezekiel 18 verse 4, "Behold, all souls are Mine; 26:12 the soul of the father, the soul of the son. 26:16 And the soul that sinneth, it shall die. " 26:21 How many of us have sinned? 26:22 How many? 26:23 You remember what Paul said in Romans 3 and verse 23? 26:26 "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. " 26:29 All. 26:30 Matthew chapter 10, Jesus at verse 28 is speaking 26:33 and He says, "Fear Him," and He's talking about 26:36 our enemy, the devil. 26:37 "Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. " 26:43 Or in the grave. 26:44 In Psalm 22 and verse 29, here God through the psalmist says, 26:48 "All they that be fat upon the earth shall eat and worship, 26:52 and all they that go down into the dust shall bow before Him, 26:57 and none shall keep alive his own soul. " 27:02 This morning as we studied together in our question and 27:05 answer session, we learned that the word soul 27:09 has been used in the Bible to describe man's personality, 27:13 to describe man's breath, man's mental make-up, 27:17 but never something that could live and think and 27:20 emote outside and independently from a living body. 27:24 The idea of a living soul separate from a living body 27:26 is absolutely contrary to all of God's word. 27:30 Carl Jung lived from 1875 to 1961. 27:34 He was a Swiss psychiatrist. 27:35 He was born in Kesswil, Switzerland on July 25 27:39 of that same year. 27:41 His father was a very, very poor Protestant preacher. 27:45 Carl Jung received his medical degree from the 27:47 University of Basel in Switzerland. 27:50 He wrote a doctorial dissertation that he entitled, 27:53 now listen, this is his book, "Spiritualism and Occultism. " 27:56 And he based his findings upon his relationship 28:00 with a first cousin who was a spiritist medium 28:03 and through whom dead people spoke. 28:08 He talked a lot about word associations. 28:13 And he was the test originator of that same 28:15 psychological practice. 28:19 He wrote later in his life, "The Psychology of the Unconscious. " 28:22 That was in 1912. 28:25 He wrote also, "The Ancient Myth and Psychotic Fantasy. " 28:30 And by the way, I'm going to pause right here to say 28:32 to you folks; if you're not involved, be sure to warn 28:35 your kids and your grandkids and your great grandkids, 28:37 don't play fantasy role playing games. 28:41 Stay away from them. 28:42 Stay a long ways away from them. 28:48 Carl Jung died June 6, 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. 28:54 Among his teachings were these. 28:56 All people, male and female, are bisexual. 29:00 And he wrote about the anima, a man's feminine side; 29:03 and the animus, a woman's masculine side. 29:05 And he said, it's necessary so that there is 29:08 balance among humanity. 29:09 And he further promoted the yin and the yang 29:12 that originated out in the East and in China. 29:15 And he said that evil is an absolute necessity 29:17 to balance good. 29:19 Does that sound like it's something from God? 29:21 I don't think so. 29:23 He was to have an influence on another man 29:26 by the name of Napoleon Hill. 29:29 And these influences are passed down, ladies and gentlemen. 29:31 You must stay with me in this chain of command, if you will. 29:35 Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 and lived until 1970. 29:40 He was born on Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. 29:43 I have been there, by the way. 29:45 Born in 1883 and died on November 9, 1970 29:50 in Greenville, South Carolina. 29:52 I'm going to read to you now the names of some of his books, 29:55 and they're going to begin to ring some bells. 29:58 He wrote first, "Grow Rich With Peace of Mind. " 30:02 Secondly he wrote, "Success Through a Positive 30:05 Mental Attitude. " 30:07 And thirdly, he wrote in 1937, a book that has now sold 30:12 multiplied millions, millions of copies, 30:15 "Think and Grow Rich. " 30:17 And he coined a phrase that's been repeated 30:20 a thousand or more times, I am sure. 30:23 You've probably heard it at least that many times. 30:25 "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, 30:27 the mind can achieve. " 30:31 You're God. 30:32 Don't look outside yourself. 30:34 Our Lord Jesus, on the other hand said, 30:36 "Without Me, you can do very little. " 30:38 Isn't that right? 30:39 Huh, is that what He said in John chapter 15 verse 5? 30:42 "Without Me, you can do nothing. 30:44 Without Me, you can do no thing at all. " 30:48 And He said the same thing, really, about Himself 30:51 in John 5 and verse 30. 30:52 He said, "I can do nothing without My Father, 30:55 without the blessing of My Father. " 30:58 Napoleon Hill was the most beloved motivational author, 31:02 I suppose, of all time. 31:04 And I want to read you 2 or 3 of his ideas and quotations. 31:08 One among them, he said, "Cherish your dreams 31:11 and your visions. 31:16 Hold a picture of yourself in your mind's eye and you will be 31:20 drawn to that picture. " 31:22 "Moreover," he said, "I have proved many, many times 31:26 that every human brain is both a broadcasting and 31:29 receiving station for vibrations of thought frequency. " 31:34 "Furthermore," he said, "the sixth sense is the subconscious 31:37 referred to as the imagination. 31:40 Or if you'd prefer, the receiving set of the mind. " 31:45 He went on to say, "Through the aid of the sixth sense, 31:49 you'll be warned about coming dangers, 31:52 you'll be notified of opportunities. 31:54 The sixth sense really," he said, "is your guardian angel. " 32:02 Napoleon Hill had an influence on many who would 32:06 soon follow him. 32:07 Among those, W. Clement Stone. 32:11 And I'm not going to go into detail because he's so much like 32:13 Napoleon Hill and so near to him in time. 32:17 But I am going to mention some other disciples. 32:22 Born in 1821 and lived until 1910 was Mary Baker Eddy. 32:28 The originator of the Christian Science faith 32:31 and later, the Church of Christ Scientist. 32:36 The writer of the theology of spiritual healing 32:39 and author of the book, "The Power of Suggestion in Healing". 32:44 The originator of the Christian Science Monitor. 32:47 She died December 3, 1910. 32:51 Just before she died, she said, "I know now that all disease, 32:55 all disease is mental and none of it is physical. " 32:59 She taught what she called, "the metaphysical system 33:03 of Christian science. " 33:06 She, and those who preceded her, had a powerful influence 33:10 on a man by the name of Norman Vincent Peale. 33:14 And now we're coming down to modern time. 33:16 Before I read further, however, I want to share with you 33:19 a very brief sentence from one of the latest 33:22 US News World Report magazines. 33:25 There is a congressman, whom I need not name tonight, 33:29 who is going after certain ministers and televangelists 33:32 who are preaching what this man refers to as, 33:35 "the gospel of excess. " 33:37 And he talks about how they're promoting positive living 33:41 and positive thinking and, "you'll grow rich and if 33:44 you'll send me your offerings, you'll be blessed and 33:46 I'll be blessed and we'll all be blessed. " 33:48 And I'm going to stop right there 33:51 without reading any further names. 33:57 Say, here's something that I pulled from People magazine 34:00 and you, perhaps, ought to know this. 34:03 People magazine... I didn't write this. 34:07 It says, "Hillary Clinton has confessed to communicating 34:10 with Eleanor Roosevelt for spiritual guidance. " 34:15 Now, to the best of my remembrance, 34:18 Mrs. Roosevelt has been dead for a long, long time. 34:23 Norman Vincent Peale, born in 1898 and lived until 1993, 34:29 was born in Browerville, Ohio. 34:32 He was the son of a Methodist preacher. 34:34 He, himself, became an ordained Methodist pastor. 34:37 And in 1937, he founded the religio-psychiatric clinic. 34:44 He wrote a book entitled, "The Power of Positive Thinking" 34:48 in 1952 and he originated a little Christian magazine 34:52 known as "The Guide Post". 34:54 He died in Pawling, New York December 24, 1993. 34:58 Now this man, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, 35:01 who had a congregation, New York City's cathedral, 35:04 of thousands and thousands and thousands of people, 35:07 said repeatedly that he had talked to his dead father 35:11 and that his dead mother had appeared to him in the 35:14 receiving line at the séance chamber on numerous occasions. 35:21 Moving down the chain of command, a lady by the name of 35:25 Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. 35:29 Dr. Kubler-Ross was born on July 8, 1926. 35:34 She received her doctorate of medicine degree from the 35:37 University of Switzerland in 1957. 35:41 She was a doctor of psychiatry and received that degree 35:44 1963 at the University of Colorado. 35:47 She wrote her best known treatise, her book entitled, 35:52 "On Death and Dying" in 1969. 35:56 Before her own death, she had written 9 books. 35:59 She was granted 25 honorary doctor degrees from various 36:03 universities in the United States and elsewhere. 36:05 Moreover, she founded shortly before her death, Shanti Nilaya. 36:11 And the translation from that Indian phrase is, 36:14 "the final home of peace. " 36:19 She founded that in Escondido, California 36:21 if you go looking for it on the internet. 36:23 And she began to teach about dealing with 36:28 those that are dying and with the passage from this 36:32 life over to the next. 36:33 She went on, near the end of her life, to say, 36:36 "I am so attuned with death and dying that I can, at the 36:41 bedside of one dying, literally see the spirit or the soul 36:44 that leaves the body and goes to be with God. " 36:48 She wrote further a book that she entitled, 36:51 "The Life, Death, Transition". 36:54 And in that book, she says what all of the rest 36:56 of the mediums say, "There is no death. 36:59 It's only just a transition to another plane. " 37:03 She moved to Head Waters, Virginia in 1984. 37:08 And she said, from there she'd experienced many, many times 37:13 soul travel, astral projection, or out of body experiences. 37:17 She died on August 24, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona. 37:24 And now, we're going to transition again. 37:29 Among other disciples, a man by the name of Deepak Chopra 37:41 and a lovely young lady by the name of Oprah Winfrey. 37:49 Now again, please folks, I'm not sitting in judgment upon 37:53 anyone, by I want you to be aware of what's going on. 37:57 This is fresh from the internet and was sent to me 38:01 since I have been here, and I'm going to read to you. 38:06 Headline, "'Oprah and Friends to a Teach Course 38:09 on a New Age Christ. ' 38:11 Oprah Winfrey will be letting out all of the stops on her 38:15 XM Satellite Radio program beginning January 1, 2008. 38:20 'Oprah and Friends' will offer a year long course in 38:23 New Age teachings, A Course in Miracles, 38:27 and we're going to use the workbook of the 38:29 Course in Miracles. " 38:31 And then dropping down and reading again. 38:34 "Teaching this Course in Miracles will be Oprah's 38:38 long time friend and special XM Satellite Radio reporter 38:42 Marianne Williamson, who also happens to be an author 38:46 and one of today's premier New Age leaders. 38:54 She and 'Conversations with God' co-author Neale Walsch 39:00 co-founded the American Renaissance Alliance in 1997 39:04 and the Global Renaissance Alliance a bit later. " 39:08 Going on, "This New Age Spirituality will be clearly 39:14 articulated in our Course of Miracles which is fast becoming 39:18 the New Age Bible. 39:19 Course of Miracle. 39:21 What does it teach and where did it originate? 39:27 "A Course in Miracles is a new revelation of Jesus Christ," 39:30 I'm reading now. 39:32 "This 'Jesus', who bears no doctrinal resemblance 39:35 to the Bible's Christ, began delivering his channel teachings 39:39 in 1965 at Columbia University Medical Psychology school 39:45 to a lady by the name of Helen Schucman. " 39:48 I want you to remember that, if you will 39:49 because it's going to become more important 39:51 in just a little bit. 39:53 "A Course in Miracles," Helen Schucman. 40:01 This writer goes on, "I was introduced to 40:03 A Course in Miracles by Dr. Gerald Jampolsky's book, 40:07 'Love is Letting Go of Fear'. 40:10 Jampolsky has been featured, not only in New Age circles, 40:14 but he's, at least twice, been on Robert Shuller's 40:16 'Hour of Power'. 40:18 While Shuller introduced Jampolsky and his fabulous 40:21 '18 Course in Miracles' base book to his worldwide 40:24 television audience, it was really Marianne Williamson's 40:27 appearance on a 1992 Oprah show that really shook things 40:32 to the rafters. " 40:34 Oprah Winfrey 40:38 Helen Schucman 40:39 Marianne Williamson 40:43 Gerald Jampolsky 40:49 Gerald Jampolsky's book is a best seller still today, 40:52 ladies and gentlemen. 40:53 And he's still very much around. 40:55 His book is entitled, "Love is Letting Go of Fear". 40:59 That sounds good, it sounds really nice. 41:03 He wrote, "Love is Letting Go of Fear" and based his writings on 41:08 this book, "A Course in Miracles". 41:10 Now what is this book and who's behind it? 41:12 You have to do some careful research, ladies and gentlemen, 41:15 believe me, before you discover who's at the bottom of 41:18 this book that is behind Oprah's new outreach and 41:21 behind Gerald Jampolsky, and some others that we're going to 41:23 mention in just a moment. 41:25 Who's behind this course? 41:26 Who authored the "Course in Miracles"? 41:28 Well, the lady who's given most credit is this lady 41:31 Helen Schucman and an associate by the name 41:34 of Kenneth Wapnick. 41:36 In her book, Helen Schucman, "A Course in Miracles", 41:39 Helen Schucman, down near the back, is honest to say 41:42 that she got the information from a voice from beyond. 41:47 She went on to say, "I'm only just the shorthand secretary 41:50 of my spirit guide. " 41:52 She then further wrote a book entitled, 41:55 "Purpose, Process, and Practice". 41:57 And she said, "This book was dictated to me in the same way 42:01 by the same spirit guide. " 42:03 I want to go on record tonight by saying to you 42:06 that the book "Course in Miracles" is illogical, 42:09 it is non-theological, and it is irresponsible. 42:12 Moreover, I'll say that, to my mind at least, 42:15 and forgive me, I believe it's little more than psycho-babble. 42:20 The book teaches, again, you are the Creator. 42:23 That's on page 34. 42:24 It teaches that there will never be any judgment from God. 42:27 That's also from the same page. 42:28 It teaches that everybody will ultimately be looked upon 42:31 as his own creator, from the same book and the same page. 42:35 A very well respected medical doctor by the name of 42:38 Bernie S. Siegel MD, his book is entitled, 42:43 "Love, Medicine, and Miracles" and it has sold millions. 42:48 And the thing is so subtle, ladies and gentlemen, 42:50 the spiritism in it is so very, very subtle that it almost 42:56 grabs you, I mean, I myself found myself really enjoying 42:59 portions of it and saying, "amen, boy that's right. " 43:04 The Bible says, "If possible, there would be deceived 43:07 the very elect. " 43:09 And I have to pray God, for my own safety 43:12 when I delve into things like this. 43:14 But I feel the necessity of doing it to share with the world 43:17 because they're unaware of what's going on out there. 43:20 The devil has put on a suit and tie and moved into the church. 43:23 And preachers are not only at funerals teaching spiritism 43:25 and saying "they're not dead, they've gone to be with Jesus. " 43:27 I mean, this thing has big time moved into the Christian world. 43:31 And it's, to a large degree, taken control. 43:35 It's taken control. 43:36 And I'll make that abundantly clear in just a minute. 43:40 Bernie Siegel is a surgeon, but he had a specialty 43:44 in cancer surgery. 43:45 And he became so disgusted with the negative attitudes of 43:50 cancer patients, given them largely by their medical doctor, 43:52 given no hope, that he formed a little club that he called 43:57 "ECaP", which stands for 44:07 "Exceptional Cancer Patients". 44:11 In the biography, and again, you have to be a careful student 44:14 to come upon some of these things. 44:16 In his selected biography of his book, 44:19 "Love, Medicine, and Miracles", he promotes Helen Schucman 44:22 on page 238, the one who wrote her book by the spirit guide. 44:29 He promotes Robert Monroe who wrote, 44:32 "The Journey out of the Body". 44:33 He promotes Dr Raymond Moody, Jr. who wrote, 44:37 "Life After Death". 44:38 He promotes Dr Kubler-Ross on page 237, of whom 44:42 we've also spoken. 44:43 He promotes Dr Jampolsky, of whom we've 44:45 mentioned, on page 236. 44:47 And he promotes Carl Jung. 44:53 On pages 19 and 20, of Bernie Seigel's book, 44:57 "Love, Medicine, and Miracles". 44:59 And by the way, his philosophy, now, is being... 45:03 How many of you folks... 45:04 Let me back up a little bit and ask you a question. 45:05 How many of you folks have been impressed from time to time 45:08 about an ad on television that comes across from 45:12 some cancer institute? 45:13 Maybe it's on the east coast, maybe it's in California, 45:15 maybe it's over in Seattle. 45:16 And they say, "We give complete cancer care. 45:19 Not only just surgery, not only just chemo, 45:22 not only just nuclear medicine, but we will treat 45:25 your mind as well. " 45:27 Almost each of these cancer centers has borrowed 45:30 Dr. Bernie Seigel's philosophy and his teaching. 45:36 So be very, very careful when you send your loved one 45:38 away somewhere. 45:40 Do your research, will you please. 45:43 In his book, Dr. Seigel on pages 19 and 20 says, now I'm quoting, 45:47 "Through meditation, I met my own inner guide. 45:52 His name is George. 45:55 He's bearded and he has long hair. 45:59 He's a young man who wears an immaculate white gown 46:02 and a skull cap. 46:04 He's been my invaluable companion ever since 46:07 our first meeting. " 46:12 Page 218, 219 of Dr. Seigel's book. 46:17 He speaks about a patient relationship, 46:19 a doctor/patient relationship with a lady whose husband 46:24 had been his patient. 46:25 Her name was Janet. 46:28 "I told Janet that I did believe her dead husband's 46:32 spirit existed still. 46:33 Yes, indeed I do. 46:35 Moreover, my own dead grandmother has visited 46:38 my father, I know that. " 46:41 On page 219, he says, "A spirit medium speaks through me. " 46:49 And he's alluding to a speech that he gave. 46:52 He said, "When I sat down, I had no idea what I'd said. 46:57 And someone came to me and said to me, 46:59 'That was remarkable, that speech was miraculous. 47:02 Where did you get it?' 47:04 And then," he said, "it dawned upon me that I was only 47:06 a channel for George. " 47:11 On page 220, Dr. Seigel says, "I have received many, many 47:17 messages from patients of mine who have died and gone beyond. " 47:26 And now folks, I'm going to stop preaching and go to meddling. 47:31 And I know that I'm, with some, stepping on thin ice. 47:35 But at the same time, I beg your indulgence 47:39 and I don't mean to offend anybody, but I feel compelled 47:45 to go further with this and to take you to its final end. 47:49 And as I said at the outset, I had no idea that I would 47:52 end up here when I began this research a few weeks ago. 47:59 Someone not so very long ago asked me, 48:02 "Lyle, have you read The Purpose Driven Life? 48:09 Have you read, have you studied, have you used 48:11 The Purpose Driven Church?" 48:14 And my answer was, "No sir. I have not read it. " 48:18 I hadn't then. 48:21 I said, "Since Jesus came into my life, my life 48:24 has been purpose driven. 48:25 I've known where I come from, I've known why I'm here, 48:29 and I've known where I'm going. 48:34 And I have spent my ministry helping others 48:38 find purpose in Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ alone. " 48:48 The Purpose Driven Church, The Purpose Driven Life, 48:52 is filled, ladies and gentlemen, filled, 48:54 I believe, with thinly disguised thoughts and quotations 49:00 from a number of formerly mentioned people; 49:04 Carl Jung, Dr. Jampolsky, Dr. Bernie Seigel, 49:09 and I could go on and on. 49:12 And if you, in private, want more information, if you want 49:14 to do some further research, I can give you 49:16 plenty of direction. 49:18 The "feel good theology" is there in that book as well. 49:21 And you'll, by the way, find it, I believe, down at 49:23 Willow Creek in Chicago where so many pastors have gone 49:25 to try to learn how to plant and grow churches. 49:28 And I don't know why in the world we have to continue 49:30 sending preachers to Willow Creek in Chicago when the 49:33 blueprint is found in the book of Acts. 49:35 It's very plain there. 49:36 All we need to do is go there and follow the blueprint. 49:41 The book of Acts is the history of the first 30 years in 49:43 the Christian church. 49:44 And folks were so on fire for Jesus that they told everybody. 49:47 And at the time of the great revival of the 49:49 Methodist movement, a Baptist person wouldn't hire a 49:53 Methodist housekeeper, nor would a Catholic because 49:55 they knew good and well that the Methodist was so on fire 49:58 that he'd try to convert the other upstairs maid and the 50:02 downstairs maid and the housekeeper at the 50:05 middle level as well. 50:07 We don't need to go to Florida, and we don't need to go to 50:11 Chicago, and we don't need to go to California 50:14 because it's all right there in God's blueprint. 50:19 And it's time that we stop checking theology by preachers, 50:22 as I've said before, and start checking preachers by the Bible. 50:25 It's time we do that. 50:28 Feel good theology. 50:30 And I could mention some other names. 50:32 Joel Osteen 50:34 You hear the same thing, best seller. 50:36 They're selling his books now at the Costco and the 50:38 Wal-Mart and everywhere else. 50:39 And Dr. Shuller, whom we alluded to just a little bit before. 50:41 And I didn't realize until most recently, but John Hagee. 50:45 I tuned in to him just a few days ago at the 50:47 request of a friend. 50:48 He said, "I know where you're going with that message. 50:50 You better listen to this. " 50:51 And I heard the same thing. 50:52 "Trust God and send me your money, and God will bless you. 50:55 You'll prosper. " 50:57 And I'm going to go a step further to say that there have 50:59 been some from our own ranks who've fallen into this pit. 51:06 Called to preach the gospel, gifted with the ability 51:10 to spread the gospel and do the work of evangelist. 51:14 And trade it for a few bucks. 51:22 I've had my opportunities, and I'm not bragging. 51:29 I went, several years ago, to one of the largest television 51:32 studios in the United States. 51:34 It happened to be in Memphis, Tennessee. 51:38 The William Tanner agency. 51:40 There happened to be a young girl making a Coca-Cola jingle. 51:44 And someone said, "You better listen to this girl. 51:46 She's going to become somebody. " 51:47 And she did, her name was Janie Fricke. 51:51 And after I'd made my television spots, the producer came to me. 51:56 He said, "How would you like to make some serious money?" 51:58 He said, "The camera likes you. 52:01 You come across to the camera. " 52:03 And he said, "We could partner up and make 52:05 some serious money. " 52:07 And I said, "I don't care about serious money. 52:10 I want enough to pay my bills and to feed my kids, 52:12 but I know what I'm called to do. 52:16 And I wouldn't sell it out for anything. " 52:18 And I don't believe that God has called any preacher 52:22 to go around giving some kind of a power seminar, 52:25 think and grow rich. 52:28 And I've become convinced, I've studied this thing for 52:31 years and years, ladies and gentlemen. 52:32 As I've said before, I almost fell into the same trap. 52:36 I was terribly tempted to do it. 52:39 But God saved me from it. 52:40 But I have given it a lot of study over the last 30 years 52:44 and it has dawned upon me quite clearly that those who promote 52:47 this idea of "think and grow rich" are the ones 52:50 who do a little of the thinking and doing the getting rich. 52:54 Because you buy their tapes and you buy their books 52:57 and you pay them contracts to come in and talk to you. 53:00 They say, "Send me your money and God will bless you. " 53:02 And they're the ones who go home with a fat check. 53:11 "Purpose Driven Life" is so filled with dangerous 53:15 paraphrases of the Bible that are so easy to lead one into 53:20 a false area and into a false understanding of God's word. 53:25 In his book, Rick Warren promotes Aeronais 53:29 who was an early Catholic father who taught spiritism. 53:32 He promotes Madam Guyon who was a Catholic mystic. 53:35 He promotes Brother Lawrence who is really in reality 53:38 Nicholas Herman, a Catholic Carmelite who promoted 53:41 in the Catholic church praying through the dead Mary. 53:47 He promotes Anais Nin, an erotic writer, does Rick Warren. 53:52 He promotes Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was a religious humanist 53:56 and a mystic who rejected the fundamentals of the Bible 53:59 and rejected the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 54:01 He promotes Gary Thomas, the author of "Sacred Pathways" 54:06 and "Your Souls Path to God". 54:08 Thomas says and I'm quoting, "My inspiration is from my 54:12 spirit guide named Philemon who is the same one that gave 54:15 information to Carl Jung. " 54:18 Rick Warren, further, promotes Richard Foster, 54:20 a Quaker mystic who promoted Eastern meditation and 54:24 guided imagery and astral projection. 54:31 I'm here tonight to promote only one person 54:35 and that's Jesus Christ. 54:38 I'm here tonight to say to every one of you, 54:41 you check everybody out. 54:43 You check every preacher, you check out every new idea that 54:47 comes across your plate or comes to your mailbox. 54:51 You check everyone out carefully by God's word. 54:54 And then keep your eyes focused on Jesus Christ. 54:57 Don't you let your eyes go to this man or that man 55:00 or that man, for we're all with feet of clay. 55:04 And if you knew me like Peggy knows me, you'd throw 55:06 rocks at me as I leave the parking lot. 55:08 I promise you, you would. 55:09 You keep your eyes on Jesus and you'll never be disappointed. 55:14 Jesus, "And I, if I be lifted up, I'll draw all men to Me. " 55:18 Jesus, the way and the truth and the life. 55:20 Jesus is the vine, Jesus is the salt. 55:23 He's the light of the word, He's the resurrection and the life. 55:26 Jesus is our example. 55:28 The example of Jesus; think and grow rich? 55:30 Huh? 55:34 Born in a barn. 55:38 Positive attitude? Absolutely. 55:41 "I can do all things through Christ. " 55:45 "I and My Father are one. " 55:47 I can't do anything without Him, but with Him 55:49 all things are possible. 55:51 Jesus Christ; poor, born in a barn. 55:56 Jesus Christ, without a roof over His head 55:59 during His life and His ministry. 56:01 Jesus Christ, who at His death was so poor 56:04 He had to be buried in a borrowed grave. 56:08 Jesus is my example, and I'm not promoting poverty. 56:13 There's nothing wrong with having a few bucks 56:15 if it wouldn't ruin most of us. 56:17 And I really believe God would make us all rich 56:19 if it wouldn't destroy us spiritually. 56:22 I know what would happen to me, I know. 56:25 God keeps me hanging on the edge. 56:27 I think, "Well going to get everything. 56:28 We're going to be able to retire in just a few months. " 56:30 And then the bus motor falls apart and there's $23,000 gone. 56:34 And at the end of the month, there's always too much 56:38 more left over than money, as someone has tritely said. 56:41 And you wonder, "Boy, am I going to make it next month?" 56:44 And so you go to your knees. 56:46 That's why most of us aren't rich. 56:49 Because it would destroy our faith and we wouldn't need God. 56:54 Jesus will be my example. 56:55 And I want to say to all of you as I come to a 56:58 conclusion tonight; if you are honest 57:04 and if you have Jesus Christ, 57:07 you are both rich and successful 57:13 even if you've gone into bankruptcy. 57:16 Turn your eyes upon Jesus, 57:18 look full into His wonderful face, 57:22 and these things of earth will grow strangely dim 57:25 in the light of His glory and His grace. 57:29 Now let's pray. 57:31 Lord Jesus, You warned that in the last days, 57:35 the devil would become so cunning that if possible 57:37 he would deceive the very elect. 57:42 Long ago, we learned from Your word to stay away from 57:45 channelers and wizards that peep and mutter 57:48 and open spiritism and occultism, long ago. 57:54 The devil knows that the average Christian is not 57:56 going to be taken in by any of those subtleties, 57:58 and so he's become most wise. 58:01 He's put on the suit and tie and moved right in to the pew. 58:05 He speaks from ornate pulpits. 58:09 Save us, dear Lord. 58:12 Save us, if necessary, and likely it is, 58:16 from our own ignorance. 58:19 And we, tonight and tomorrow and always, will give You the 58:22 praise and the glory. 58:23 In Jesus' name, amen. |
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