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Welcome to from the pulpit and classic sermons

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each week We bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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christian faith And powerful sermons for modern preachers

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too this week.

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We have ray comfort with his message hell's

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best-kept secret In the late 70s god

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very graciously opened an itinerant ministry to me

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as I began to travel I found I

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had access to church growth records and found

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to my horror that something like 80 to

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90 percent of those making a decision for

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christ Were falling away from the faith that

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is modern evangelism with its methods is creating

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something like 80 to 90 of what we

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commonly call backsliders for every hundred decisions for

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christ Let me make it more real for

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you in 1991 in the first year of

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the decade of harvest A major denomination in

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the us was able to obtain 294 000

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decisions for christ that is in one year

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this major denomination of 11 and a half

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thousand churches was able to obtain 294 000

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Decisions for christ.

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Unfortunately, they can only find 14 000 in

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fellowship, which means they couldn't account For 280

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000 of their decisions and this is normal

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modern results and something I discovered way back

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in the 70s Greatly concerned me.

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I began to study the book of romans

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intently and Specifically the gospel proclamation of men

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like sturgeon wesley moody finney woodfield Luther others

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that god used down through the ages and

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I found they used a principle which is

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almost entirely neglected by modern evangelical methods I

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began teaching that principle was eventually invited to

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base our ministry in southern california the city

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of bellflower in california Specifically to bring this

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teaching to the church of the u.s

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Things were quiet for the first three years

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until I received a call from bill gothard

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Who had seen the teaching on video and

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he flew me to san jose in northern

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california.

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I shared it with a thousand pastors In

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1992 he screened that video to 30 000

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pastors the same year david wilkerson called from

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new york Called from his car.

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He'd been listening to the teaching in his

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car called me on his car phone and

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immediately flew me 3 000 miles from la

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to new york to share the one-hour

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teaching with his church.

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He considered it to be that important And

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recently I heard of a pastor who had

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listened to the audio tape 250 times I'd

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be happy if you'd listen just once to

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this teaching which is called hell's best kept

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secret The bible says in psalm 19 verse

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7 the law of the lord is perfect

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converting the soul What is it that the

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bible says is perfect and actually converts the

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soul?

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Why scripture makes it very clear the law

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of the lord is perfect converting the soul

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And to illustrate the function of god's law.

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Let's just look for a moment.

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It's civil law Imagine if I said to

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you i've got some good news for you

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Someone has just paid a 25 000 speeding

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fine on your behalf You'd probably react by

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saying What are you talking about?

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That's not good news.

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It doesn't make sense.

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I don't have a 25 000 speeding fine

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My good news wouldn't be good news, too

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You'd seem foolishness But more than that it

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would be offensive to you because i'm insinuating

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you've broken the law when you don't think

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you have However, if I put it this

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way, it may make more sense on the

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way to this meeting The law clocked you

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at going 55 miles an hour through an

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area set aside for a blind children's convention

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There were 10 clear warning signs stating that

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15 miles an hour was the maximum speed

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But you went straight through at 55 miles

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What you did was extremely dangerous There's a

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25 000 fine.

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The law was about to take its course

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when someone you don't even know Stepped in

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and paid the fine for you.

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You are very fortunate Can you see that

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telling you precisely what you've done wrong first

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actually makes the good news make sense?

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If I don't clearly bring instruction and understanding

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you violated the law then the good news

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will seem foolishness It will seem offensive But

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once you understand that you've broken the law

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then that good news will become good news

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Indeed now in the same way if I

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approach an impenitent sinner and say jesus christ

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died on the cross for your sins It'll

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be foolishness to him and offensive to him

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Foolishness because it won't make sense The bible

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says that the preaching of the cross is

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to them that perish foolishness and offensive because

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i'm insinuating He's a sinner when he doesn't

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think he is as far as he's concerned

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There are a lot of people far worse

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than him But if I take the time

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to follow the footsteps of jesus that may

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make more sense If I take the time

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to open up the divine law the ten

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commandments and show the sinner precisely what he's

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done wrong That he has offended god by

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violating his law then when he comes as

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james says convinced of the law As a

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transgressor the good news of the fine being

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paid for will not be foolishness It will

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not be offensive.

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It will be the power of god under

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salvation now with those few thoughts in mind

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by way of introduction Let's now look at

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romans 3 verse 19 We'll look at some

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of the functions of god's law for humanity

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romans 3 verse 19 Now we know the

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whatsoever things the law says it says to

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them who are under the law that every

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mouth may be stopped And all the world

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may become guilty before god So one function

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of god's law is to stop the mouth

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to stop sinners Justifying themselves and saying there's

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plenty of people worse than me.

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I'm not a bad person Really?

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No, the law stops the mouth of justification

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and leaves the whole world.

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Not just the jews, but the whole world

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guilty before god Romans 3 verse 20 therefore

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by the deeds of the law There should

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no flesh be justified in his sight for

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by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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So god's law tells us what sin is

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first john 3 4 says sin is transgression

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of the law Romans 7 verse 7.

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What should we say then says for is

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the law sin god forbid?

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No, I had not known sin But by

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the law Paul says I didn't know what

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sin was until the lord told me in

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galatians 3 24 Wherefore the law was our

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schoolmaster to bring us to christ that we

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might be justified by faith God's law acts

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as a schoolmaster to bring us to jesus

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christ that we might be justified through faith

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in his blood The law doesn't help us.

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It just leaves us helpless It doesn't justify

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us.

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It just leaves us guilty before the judgment

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bar of the holy god and the tragedy

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of modern evangelism Is because around the turn

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of the century when it forsook the law

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and its capacity to convert the soul To

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drive sinners to christ modern evangelism had to

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therefore find another reason for sinners to respond

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to the gospel And the issue that modern

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evangelism chose to attract sinners was the issue

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of life enhancement the gospel degenerated into Jesus

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christ will give you peace joy love fulfillment

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and lasting happiness Now to illustrate the unscriptural

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nature of this very popular teaching I would

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like you to listen very carefully to this

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following anecdote because the essence of what i'm

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saying pivots on this particular illustration So please

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listen carefully Two men are seated in a

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plane The first is given a parachute and

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told to put it on as it would

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improve his flight He's a little skeptical at

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first as he can't see how wearing a

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parachute a plane could possibly improve a flight

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After time he decides to experiment and see

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if the claim is true as he puts

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it on He notices the weight of it

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upon his shoulders and he finds the difficulty

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in sitting upright However, he consoles himself with

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the fact he was told the parachute would

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improve the flight So he decides to give

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the thing a little time as he waits

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He notices that some of the other passengers

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are laughing at him because he's wearing a

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parachute in a plane He begins to feel

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somewhat humiliated as they begin to point and

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laugh at him.

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He can stand it no longer He slinks

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in a seat unstraps the parachute and throws

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it to the floor Disillusionment and bitterness fill

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his heart because as far as he was

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concerned he was told an outright lie The

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second man is given a parachute but listen

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what he's told He's told to put it

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on because at any moment he'd be jumping

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25 000 feet out of the plane He

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gratefully puts the parachute on he doesn't notice

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the weight upon his shoulders nor that he

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can't sit upright His mind is consumed with

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the thought of what would happen to him

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if he jumped without that parachute Let's analyze

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the motive and the result of each passenger's

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experience The first man's motive for putting the

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parachute on was solely to improve his flight

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The result of the experience was that he

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was humiliated by the passengers He was disillusioned

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and somewhat embittered against those who gave him

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the parachute as far as he's concerned It'll

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be a long time before anyone gets one

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of those things on his back again The

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second man put the parachute on solely to

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escape the jump to come And because of

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his knowledge of what would happen to without

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it He has a deep-rooted joy and

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peace in his heart knowing that he's safe

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from sure death This knowledge gives him the

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ability to withstand the mockery of the other

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passengers His attitude or those who gave him

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the parachute is one of heartfelt gratitude Now

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listen to what the modern gospel says it

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says put on the lord jesus christ He'll

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give you love joy peace fulfillment and lasting

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happiness In other words, jesus will improve your

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flight So the sinner responds and in an

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experimental fashion puts on the savior to see

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if it claims the truth And what does

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he get the promise temptation tribulation and persecution

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the other passengers mocking?

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So what does he do?

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He takes off the lord.

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Jesus christ.

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He's offended for the word's sake He's disillusioned

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and somewhat embittered and quite rightly So he

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was promised peace joy love fulfillment and lasting

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happiness and all he got were trials and

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humiliation His bitterness is directed at those who

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gave him the so-called good news His

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latter end becomes worse than the first another

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inoculated and bitter backslider Saints instead of preaching

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that jesus improves the flight.

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We should be warning the passengers They're going

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to have to jump out of the plane

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But it's the point of the man wants

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to die and after this the judgment And

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when a sinner understands the horrific consequences of

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breaking god's law, then he will flee to

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the savior Solely to escape the wrath that's

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to come and if we're true and faithful

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witnesses That's what we'll be preaching that there

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is wrath to come that god commands all

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men everywhere to repent Why because he has

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appointed a day in which he'll judge the

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world in righteousness You see the issue isn't

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one of happiness But one of righteousness doesn't

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matter how happy a sinner is how much

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he's enjoying the pleasures of sin for a

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season without the righteousness Of the christ he'll

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perish in the day of wrath richest prophet

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not on the day of wrath But righteousness

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delivers from death peace and joy are legitimate

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fruits of salvation But it's not legitimate to

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use these fruits as a draw card for

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salvation if we continue to do so Sinners

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will spawn with an impure motive lacking repentance

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now Can you remember why the second passenger

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had joy and peace in his heart?

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Was because he knew that parachute was going

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to save him from sure death and as

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a believer I have as paul says joy

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and peace in believing because I know that

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the righteousness of christ Is going to deliver

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me from the rapids to come Now with

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that thought in mind, let's take a close

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look at an incident on board the plane

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We have a brand new stewardess.

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She's carrying a tray of boiling hot coffee

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It's her first day She wants to leave

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an impression on the passengers and she certainly

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does because as she's walking down the aisle

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She trips over someone's foot and stops that

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boiling hot coffee all over the lap of

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our second passenger Now what's his reaction that

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boiling liquid hits his tender flesh does he

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go?

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Man that hurt.

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Mm-hmm.

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He feels the pain But then does he

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rip the parachute from his shoulders throw it

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to the floor and say the stupid parachute?

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No, why should he he didn't put the

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parachute on for a better flight He put

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it on to save him from the jump

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to come If anything the hot coffee incident

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causes them to cling tighter to the parachute

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And even look forward to the jump now

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If you and I put on the lord

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jesus christ for the right motive to flee

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from the rapids to come When tribulation strikes

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when the flight gets bumpy, we won't get

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angry at god.

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We won't lose our joy and peace Why

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should we we didn't come to jesus for

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a happy lifestyle?

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We came to flee from the rapids to

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come and if anything tribulation drives the true

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believer closer to the savior And sadly, we

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have literally multitudes of professing christians who lose

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their joy and peace when the flight gets

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bumpy Why they're the product of a man

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-centered gospel.

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They came lacking repentance without which you cannot

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be saved I was in australia recently ministering

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australia is a small island off the coast

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of new zealand I preached sin law righteousness

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holiness judgment repentance and hell I wasn't exactly

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crushed by the amount of people wanting to

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give their hearts to jesus.

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In fact, the air went very tense After

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the meeting they said there's a young guy

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down the back who wants to give his

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life to christ I went down the back

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and found a teenage lad who could not

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pray the sinner's prayer because he was weeping

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so profusely Now for me, it was so

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refreshing because for many years I suffered from

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the disease of evangelical frustration I so wanted

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sinners to respond to the gospel.

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I unwittingly preached a man-centered message the

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essence of which was this You'll never find

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true peace without jesus christ You have a

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god-shaped vacuum in your heart that only

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god can fill i'd preach christ crucified I'd

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preach repentance a sinner would respond at the

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altar i'd open an eye and say oh

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no This guy wants to give his heart

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to jesus and there's an 80 chance He's

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gonna backslide and I am tired of creating

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backslides So I better make sure this guy

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really means it he better be sincere So

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I'd approach the poor guy in a gestapo

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spirit.

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I'll walk up and say What do you

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want?

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He said i'm here to become a christian.

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I said do you mean it?

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They say yeah, I said do you?

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Really mean it He'd say yeah, I reckon

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Okay, i'll pray with you, but you better

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mean it from your heart.

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He said, okay, okay Now you repeat this

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prayer sincerely after me and mean it from

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your heart sincerely and really mean it from

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your heart sincerely And make sure you mean

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it Oh god, i'm a sinner Oh god

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I'm a sinner and i'd say man.

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Why isn't there a visible sign of contrition?

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There's no outward evidence.

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The guy is inwardly sorry for his sins

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If I could have seen his motive, I

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would have seen he was 100 Sincere he

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really did mean his decision with all his

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heart He sincerely want to give this jesus

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thing a go to see if you get

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a buzz out of it He had tried

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sex drugs materials and alcohol Why not give

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this christian bit a go see if it's

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as good as all these christians say it

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is peace joy Love fulfillment lasting happiness.

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He wasn't fleeing from the wrath that was

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to come because I hadn't told him there

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was wrath to come There was this glaring

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omission from my message.

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He wasn't broken in contrition because the poor

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guy didn't know what sin was Remember romans

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7 verse 7 paul said I had not

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known Sin, but by the law, how can

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a man repent if he doesn't know what

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sin is any so-called repentance would be

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nearly what I call Horizontal repentance he's coming

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because he's lied to men He's stolen from

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men But when david sinned with basheba and

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broke all 10 of the 10 commandments when

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he coveted his neighbor's wife lived a life

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Stole his neighbor's wife committed adultery committed murder

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dishonored his parents and thus dishonored god.

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He didn't say I've sinned against man Did

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against you and you only have I sinned

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and done this evil in your sight when

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joseph was tempted sexually?

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He said how can I do this thing

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and sin against god the prodigal son said

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i've sinned against heaven Paul preached repentance towards

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god and the bible says godly sorrow works

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repentance And when a man doesn't understand that

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his sin is primarily vertical.

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He'll merely come and exercise superficial Experimental and

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horizontal repentance and fall away when tribulation temptation

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and persecution come ab earl Said i've found

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my long experience That the severest threatenings of

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the law of god have a prominent place

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in leading men to christ They must see

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themselves lost before they will cry for mercy.

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They'll not escape danger until they see it

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I'd like to do something a little unusual.

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I'll not embarrass you.

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I give you my word But I would

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like to ask How many of you were

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thinking of something else when I was reading

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that quote from ab earl now?

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I want to admit something to you I

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was thinking of something else when I was

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reading that quote from ab earl I was

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thinking nobody's listening to me.

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They're thinking of something else So to make

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a very important point i'd like to be

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really honest If you were thinking of something

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else and you haven't got a clue what

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ab earl said, could you raise your head

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up nice and high?

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Up nice and high.

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It's usually half to two thirds and we've

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got that here tonight Let's try again God

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bless you pastor for your honesty Ab earl

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was a famous evangelist of the last century

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who had 150 Converts to substantiate his claims

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satan doesn't want you to get a grip

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of this So listen very closely ab earl

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said I have found by long experience That's

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the true test that the severest threatenings of

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the law of god have a prominent place

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in leading men to christ They must see

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themselves lost before they will cry for mercy.

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They'll not escape danger until they see it

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You see you try and save a man

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from drowning when a man doesn't believe he's

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drowning He'll not be too happy with you.

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You see him swimming out in the lake.

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You think I think he's drowning Yes, I

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believe he is you dive in pull him

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to the shore without telling him anything He's

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not going to be very happy with you

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you won't want to get saved until he

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sees he's in danger They'll not escape danger

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until they see it.

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You see if you came to me and

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says hey ray I said you you said

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this is a cure to groanin's disease.

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I sold my house to raise the money

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to get this cure I'm giving it to

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you as a free gift I'd probably react

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something like this What cure to what groanin's

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disease you sold your house to raise the

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money to get this cure you're giving me

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as a free gift Why thanks a lot.

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Bye Guys are not I mean, that's probably

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how i'd react if you sold your house

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to raise the money to get a cure

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for disease I've never heard of you're giving

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to me as a free gift.

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I think you're rather strange But instead if

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you came to me and said ray you've

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got groanin's disease I can see 10 clear

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symptoms on your flesh You're going to be

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dead in two weeks and I became convinced

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I had the disease the symptoms are so

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evident and said Oh, what should I do?

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And then you said Don't worry.

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This is a cure to groanin's disease sold

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my house to raise the money to get

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this cure Given to you as a free

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gift.

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I'm not going to despise your sacrifice I'm

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going to appreciate it and i'm going to

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appropriate it.

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Why because i've seen the disease But I

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might appreciate the cure and sadly what's happened

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in the u.s And the western world

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has followed is that we have preached the

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cure without first convincing of the disease We

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have preached the gospel of grace without first

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convincing men of the law that transgresses and

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consequently Almost everyone I try and witness to

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in southern california or around the bible belt

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has been born again six or seven times

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They say you need to give your life

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to jesus christ I did that when I

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was 7 11 17 23 25 28 32

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You know, the guy's not a christian.

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He's a fornicator He's a blasphemer, but he

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thinks he's saved because he's been born again.

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What's happening?

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He's using the grace of our god for

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an occasion of the flesh He doesn't esteem

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the sacrifice for him.

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It's not a bad thing to trample the

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blood of christ underfoot Why because he's never

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been convinced of the disease that he might

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appreciate the cure biblical evangelism is always without

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exception Law to the proud and grace to

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the humble Never will you see jesus giving

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the gospel the good news the cross the

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grace of our god to a proud arrogant

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self-righteous person No, no with the law.

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He breaks the hard heart and with the

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gospel.

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He heals the broken heart.

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Why?

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Because he always did those things that pleased

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the father God resists the proud and gives

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grace the humble everyone who is proud of

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heart scripture says is an abomination to the

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lord Jesus told us in the gospel is

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for he said the spirit of the lord

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is upon me Because he has anointed me

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to preach the gospel to the poor the

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broken-hearted the captives and the blind Now

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they are spiritual statements the poor in spirit

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the broken-hearted are the contrite ones the

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captives Are those of whom satan has taken

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captive to do his will and the blind?

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Are those of whom the god of this

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world is blinded?

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At least the light of the gospel should

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shine on them only the sick need a

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physician And only those who are convinced of

533
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the disease will appreciate an appropriate cure So

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we're going to now very briefly look at

535
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examples of lord of the proud and grace

536
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to the humble Luke 10 24 Luke 10

537
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24 and when I give you a reference

538
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from the pulpit i'll give it twice Because

539
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I know that men are present and men

540
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need to be told things twice Men need

541
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to be told things twice This can be

542
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backed up biblically when god speaks to men

543
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in the bible He uses the name twice

544
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abraham abraham saul saul moses moses samuel samuel

545
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because men need to be told things twice

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women once I don't know how many times

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i've sat in a pew preacher said i'll

548
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look 10 25.

549
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I turn to my wife and say What

550
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do you say?

551
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She says luke 10 25.

552
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I said, thank you, dear help Mate, that's

553
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why god created women because men could not

554
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handle it on their own.

555
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The whole thing is Men lose things women

556
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find things Where's the keys love hanging on

557
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your nose dear?

558
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I mean, I don't know how many times

559
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open a cupboard.

560
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There's no honey here, honey.

561
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She says here it is here dear Where

562
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would man be without women?

563
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Hmm still in the garden of eden eve

564
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found the tree Adam didn't really know what

565
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was going on In fact, if you look

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at the creation of women to create women

567
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The bible says god put man into a

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deep sleep and scripture doesn't say if it

569
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came out of it In luke 10 25,

570
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we see a certain lawyer stood up and

571
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tempted jesus.

572
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This is not an attorney But a professing

573
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expert in god's law stood up and he

574
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said to jesus How can I get everlasting

575
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life now?

576
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What did jesus do?

577
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He gave him law.

578
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Why?

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Because he was proud Arrogant self-righteous here.

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We have a professing expert in god's law

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Tempting the son of god the spirit of

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his question was and what do you think

583
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we've got to do to get everlasting life?

584
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So jesus gave him law.

585
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He says what is written in the law?

586
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What is your reading of it?

587
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He says, uh, you should love the lord

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your god with your heart mind soul and

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strength Love your neighbor as yourself and jesus

590
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said this too And you shall live Then

591
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the scripture says but he willing to justify

592
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himself said to jesus Who's my neighbor the

593
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living bible brings that more clearly the effect

594
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of the law on the man?

595
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And said the man wanted to justify his

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lack of love for some kinds of people.

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So he asked Which neighbor so he didn't

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mind jews, but he didn't like samaritans So

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jesus then told him the story of what

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we call the Good samaritan.

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It was not good at all And loving

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his neighbor as much as he loved himself

603
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He merely obeyed the basic requirements of god's

604
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law And the effect of the essence of

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the law the spirituality of the law of

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what the lord demands and truth was that

607
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that man's mouth was stopped See, he didn't

608
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love his neighbor to that degree The law

609
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was given to stop every mouth and leave

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the whole world guilty before god Similarly in

611
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luke 18 verse 18 the rich young ruler

612
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came to jesus said how can I get

613
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everlasting life?

614
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I mean, how would most of us react

615
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if someone came up and said?

616
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How can I get everlasting life would say

617
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oh quickly say this prayer before you change

618
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your mind But what did jesus do with

619
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this potential convert?

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He pointed him to the law.

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He gave him five horizontal commandments Commandments to

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do with his fellow men and when he

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said i've kept those for my youth Jesus

624
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said one thing you lack and he used

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the essence of the first of the ten

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commandments I'm the lord your god You shall

627
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have no other gods before me to show

628
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this man that his god was his money

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and you cannot serve god and men Lord

630
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of the proud then we see grace being

631
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given to the humble in the case of

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nicodemus Nicodemus was a leader of the jews.

633
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He was a teacher in israel.

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Therefore.

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He was thoroughly versed in god's law He

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was humble of heart because he came to

637
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jesus and acknowledged the deity of the son

638
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of god a leader in israel We know

639
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that you've come from god for no man

640
00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:24,200
can do these miracles that you do unless

641
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,500
god is with him So jesus gave the

642
00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:28,100
sincere seeker of truth who had a humble

643
00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:29,980
heart and a knowledge then via the law

644
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The good news of the fine being paid

645
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for him for god so loved the world

646
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that he gave his only begotten son And

647
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it was not foolishness to nicodemus, but the

648
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power of god to salvation Similarly in the

649
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case of nathaniel nathaniel was an israelite brought

650
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up under the law indeed Not just in

651
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:45,940
word in whom there was no guile.

652
00:22:46,140 --> 00:22:48,280
There was no deceit in his heart Obviously

653
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,200
the law was a schoolmaster to bring this

654
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,900
godly to christ similarly with the jews on

655
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,480
the day of pentecost They were devout jews

656
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godly jews who therefore ate drank and slept

657
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god's law Matthew henry the bible commentator said

658
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the reason they were gathered together on the

659
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day of pentecost was to celebrate the giving

660
00:23:03,340 --> 00:23:05,460
of god's law In mount sinai, so when

661
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peter stood up to preach to these godly

662
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,720
jews, he didn't preach wrath No, the law

663
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works wrath.

664
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They knew that he didn't preach righteousness or

665
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judgment.

666
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No No, he just told them the good

667
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news Of the fine being paid for them

668
00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:18,340
and they were pricked in their heart and

669
00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,800
cried men and brethren What should we do?

670
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,160
The law was a schoolmaster to bring them

671
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to christ They might be justified through faith

672
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in his blood as the hymn writer said

673
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by god's word at last my sin I

674
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learned then I trembled at the law i'd

675
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spurned till my guilty soul imploring turned to

676
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calvary first timothy chapter 1 verse 8 says

677
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Now we know that the law is good

678
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,980
if it is used lawfully for the purpose

679
00:23:41,980 --> 00:23:44,460
for which it was designed God's law is

680
00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:46,660
good if it's used lawfully for the purpose

681
00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:47,420
for which it was designed.

682
00:23:47,540 --> 00:23:49,140
Well, what was the law designed for?

683
00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:52,260
Following verse tells us the law was not

684
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made for a righteous man but for sinners

685
00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:00,260
It even lists the sinners homosexuals Fornicators if

686
00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:01,460
you want to bring a homosexual to christ

687
00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:03,480
don't get into an argument with him over

688
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,480
his perversion He's ready for you with his

689
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,220
boxing gloves on.

690
00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,320
No, no, give him the ten commandments The

691
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,280
law was made for homosexuals show him that

692
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,920
he is damned despite his perversion If you

693
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,280
want to bring a jew to christ lay

694
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,460
the weight of the law upon him Let

695
00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:17,000
it prepare his heart for grace as happened

696
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:17,800
on the day of pentagon.

697
00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:19,240
You ought to bring a muslim to christ

698
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:20,780
Give them the law of moses.

699
00:24:20,980 --> 00:24:23,360
They accept moses as a prophet Well, give

700
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,000
them the law of moses and strip them

701
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,420
of their self-righteousness and bring them to

702
00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:28,400
the foot of a blood-stained cross I

703
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,660
heard of a muslim reading a book held

704
00:24:29,660 --> 00:24:32,000
best kept secret and god's family saved him

705
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,560
purely through reading the book Why because the

706
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,640
law of the lord is perfect converting the

707
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,440
soul Think of the woman caught in the

708
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,180
act of adultery violation of the seventh commandment

709
00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:43,200
the law called for her blood She found

710
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,340
herself between a rock and a hard place

711
00:24:45,340 --> 00:24:47,880
She had no avenue but to fling herself

712
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:48,980
at the feet of the son of god

713
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:51,140
for mercy And that is the function of

714
00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:53,340
god's law paul spoke of being shot up

715
00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:53,760
under the law.

716
00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:57,520
It condemns You say you can't condemn sinners

717
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,800
Saints, they're already condemned john 3 verse 17

718
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,020
He that believes not is condemned already.

719
00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:04,960
All the law does is show him himself

720
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,380
in his true state Ladies, you might recognize

721
00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:09,860
this thought your table needs dusting in your

722
00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:12,260
living room So you dust it clean all

723
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,060
the dust is gone Then you draw back

724
00:25:14,060 --> 00:25:15,580
the curtains and let in the early morning

725
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:15,980
sunlight.

726
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:16,940
What do you see on the table?

727
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:18,820
Dust, what do you see in the air

728
00:25:18,820 --> 00:25:19,520
dust?

729
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,060
Did the light create the dust?

730
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,060
The light merely exposed the dust and when

731
00:25:24,060 --> 00:25:25,320
you and I take the time to draw

732
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,840
back the curtains of the holy of holies

733
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,500
And let the light of god's law shine

734
00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:31,220
upon the sinner's heart All that happens is

735
00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:32,440
that he sees himself in truth.

736
00:25:32,580 --> 00:25:34,480
The commandment is a lamp and the law

737
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,760
is light That's why paul said by the

738
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,760
law is the knowledge of sin That's why

739
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,700
he said by the commandment sin became exceedingly

740
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:44,260
sinful In other words the law showed him

741
00:25:44,260 --> 00:25:46,960
sin in its true light Now normally at

742
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,640
this stage of this teaching I guess with

743
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,220
the ten commandments one by one But what

744
00:25:50,220 --> 00:25:51,940
i'll do is share with you how I

745
00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:54,340
witness personally because I think it would be

746
00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:57,060
more beneficial Now i'm a strong believer in

747
00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:59,880
following the footsteps of jesus Never ever would

748
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,820
I approach someone and say jesus loves you

749
00:26:01,820 --> 00:26:03,960
totally unbiblical There's no precedent for that in

750
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:04,240
scripture.

751
00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:05,700
Neither would I go up to someone and

752
00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:06,620
say i'd like to talk to you about

753
00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,080
jesus christ Why?

754
00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:10,080
Because if I want to awaken you from

755
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,580
a deep sleep, I wouldn't use a flashlight

756
00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:14,300
in your eyes That will offend you i'd

757
00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:17,180
turn on a light dimmer very gently first

758
00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:19,940
the natural Then the spiritual why because the

759
00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:21,420
natural man receives not the things of the

760
00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:22,720
spirit of god Neither can he know them

761
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,620
their foolishness to him because they're spiritually understood

762
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,820
Now the precedent in scripture is given in

763
00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:28,760
john 4 for personal witness We can see

764
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,800
jesus example with the woman at the well

765
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,580
he started in the natural realm Swung to

766
00:26:33,580 --> 00:26:36,500
the spiritual bought conviction using the seventh commandment

767
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,580
and then revealed himself as the messiah.

768
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,140
So when I meet someone I'll talk about

769
00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:41,480
the weather.

770
00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:43,260
I talk about sport let them feel a

771
00:26:43,260 --> 00:26:45,200
little bit of sanity Get to know them

772
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,680
maybe joke here and there and then deliberately

773
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,700
swing from the natural to the spiritual Now

774
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,260
the way I do this is that I

775
00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:54,420
use gospel tracks I've printed millions and millions

776
00:26:54,420 --> 00:26:56,960
of tracks and our tracks are unusual if

777
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,700
you get a hold of them What you'll

778
00:26:58,700 --> 00:26:59,780
have to do is have a stack on

779
00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:01,580
you because people chase you and ask for

780
00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:03,440
more Let me give an example This is

781
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,560
our optical illusion track which looks bigger if

782
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:06,760
you can see does the pink look bigger

783
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:07,740
you see that?

784
00:27:08,220 --> 00:27:12,440
For those listening by tape They're the same

785
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,720
size it's an optical illusion they say it's

786
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,680
actually a gospel track instructions are on the

787
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,600
back how to get saved They say you

788
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,600
can keep that he said hey Thanks a

789
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:20,740
lot.

790
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,540
This is me.

791
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,900
Whoa got another gift for you out of

792
00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,920
my pocket I get a pressed penny with

793
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:26,940
the ten commandments on it.

794
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,560
We have a machine that does this we

795
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,700
buy the pennies new from the bank Nice

796
00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:32,260
golden looking pennies and we feed them into

797
00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:33,640
this machine and it presses them We'll do

798
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:34,860
your thumbnail if you want to hold still

799
00:27:35,380 --> 00:27:36,820
But it presses them with the ten commandments.

800
00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:37,840
It's legal to do this.

801
00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:38,740
This is considered art.

802
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,080
It's not the facing a penny So I

803
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:40,620
say here's a gift.

804
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,460
He says well, what is it?

805
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,480
I say it's a penny with the ten

806
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,260
commandments on it Did it with my teeth?

807
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,140
The eyes of my teeth, but the ease

808
00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:51,800
are really difficult Now what I'm doing is

809
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,500
I am putting out a feeler to see

810
00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:55,360
if he's open to spiritual things if he

811
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:56,780
says ten commandments Thanks a lot.

812
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:57,720
He's not open.

813
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,160
But the usual reaction is ten commandments.

814
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:00,760
Hey, thanks.

815
00:28:01,020 --> 00:28:03,580
Appreciate this Yeah, I think you've kept the

816
00:28:03,580 --> 00:28:04,140
ten commandments.

817
00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:05,120
He's not you pretty much.

818
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,060
So let's go through them.

819
00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:08,320
Never told a lie He's oh, yeah.

820
00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:09,940
Yeah wanted to so what does that make

821
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:10,120
you?

822
00:28:10,380 --> 00:28:11,020
This is a sinner.

823
00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:11,900
I said no.

824
00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:12,940
No specifically.

825
00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:13,740
What does it make you?

826
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:14,460
He's a one man.

827
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,240
I'm not a liar So say how many

828
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,140
lies then do you have to tell to

829
00:28:17,140 --> 00:28:18,460
be a liar pen and the bell rings

830
00:28:18,460 --> 00:28:21,600
and cross your forehead Is it true you

831
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:22,860
tell one lie and makes you a liar?

832
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:24,860
He says Yeah, I guess you're right.

833
00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:26,120
So have you ever stolen something?

834
00:28:26,180 --> 00:28:27,720
He says no say come on.

835
00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:28,520
You've just admitted to me.

836
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:34,360
You're a liar Have you ever stolen something

837
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,300
even if it's small he says yeah I

838
00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:37,080
said what does that make you?

839
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,640
He says a thief So jesus said if

840
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:39,740
you look at a woman and lust after

841
00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:40,960
you commit adultery with her in your heart

842
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,540
ever done that he says Yeah plenty of

843
00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:44,540
times so from your own admission You're a

844
00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:46,280
lying thieving adulterer at heart and you have

845
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,020
to face god on judgment day And we've

846
00:28:48,020 --> 00:28:49,360
only looked at three of the ten commandments.

847
00:28:49,540 --> 00:28:50,760
There's another seven where they can be pointed

848
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,060
at you Have you used god's name in

849
00:28:52,060 --> 00:28:52,280
vain?

850
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,100
Yeah, i've been trying to stop You know

851
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,720
what you're doing instead of using a fully

852
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,360
of filth word beginning with s to express

853
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,580
disgust you're using god's name in its place

854
00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:02,060
That's called blasphemy And the bible says every

855
00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:03,500
idle word a man speaks who given account

856
00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:04,900
thereof in the day of judgment The law

857
00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:06,380
will not hold him guiltless who takes his

858
00:29:06,380 --> 00:29:07,920
name in vain Other says if you hate

859
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,180
someone you are a murderer folks when you

860
00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:11,900
look at those commandments They certainly leave us

861
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:12,200
guilty.

862
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:13,960
They don't paint a pretty picture in the

863
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,480
mirror And the one I am the lord

864
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:15,900
your god.

865
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,740
You shall have no other gods before me

866
00:29:17,740 --> 00:29:20,620
That means god our creator commands that he

867
00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,940
be the focal point of our affections We

868
00:29:22,940 --> 00:29:24,840
are commanded to love the lord our god

869
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,960
with all our heart Mind soul and strength

870
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,520
and to love our neighbor as much as

871
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,420
ourselves to a point where our love for

872
00:29:31,420 --> 00:29:33,720
mom and dad brother and sister And our

873
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,300
own life seems like hatred Compared to the

874
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:37,540
love that we have for the god who

875
00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:39,600
gave those loved ones And that life to

876
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,180
us and there's none of us that can

877
00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:42,340
say i've kept the first of the ten

878
00:29:42,340 --> 00:29:44,960
commandments The bible says there's none that seek

879
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,020
after god Second is you should not make

880
00:29:47,020 --> 00:29:48,100
yourself a graven image.

881
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:49,860
You should not make a god either with

882
00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:52,880
your hands Or with your mind Will one

883
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,220
say oh my god isn't a god of

884
00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:55,140
wrath and judgment.

885
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:56,880
My god is a god of love and

886
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,480
mercy He would never create hell Someone says

887
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,280
that to you agree with them say you're

888
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,000
right Your god would never create hell because

889
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,120
he couldn't he doesn't exist He's a figment

890
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,960
of your imagination the place of imagery.

891
00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:10,880
You've shaped a god to suit your sins

892
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,300
You said i'm the potter you're the clay

893
00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:13,980
made a god to suit yourself It's called

894
00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:14,540
idolatry.

895
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,980
It's the oldest sin in the book and

896
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:18,400
the bible says idolaters will not inherit the

897
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,900
kingdom of god And the wonderful thing about

898
00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:22,920
god's law is that god has taken the

899
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,940
time to write it upon our heart Romans

900
00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:26,880
2 verse 15 which show the work of

901
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,200
the law written in their hearts the conscience

902
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,500
bearing witness Now conscience means with knowledge con

903
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:35,620
is with science is knowledge conscience So when

904
00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:39,720
he lies lusts fornicates blasphemes commits adultery he

905
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,320
does it With knowledge that it's wrong god

906
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,300
has given light to every man The holy

907
00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:49,100
spirit convicts him of sin righteousness and judgment

908
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:51,500
sin, which is transgression of the law righteousness

909
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,300
Which is of the law judgment, which is

910
00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:55,780
by the law his conscience accuses him the

911
00:30:55,780 --> 00:30:57,100
work of the law written on his heart

912
00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,940
And the law condemns him.

913
00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:01,340
So I say so god judges you by

914
00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:03,320
this standard on the day of judgment You're

915
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,160
going to be innocent or guilty.

916
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,820
He says guilty I say well, do you

917
00:31:07,820 --> 00:31:09,400
think you'll go to heaven or hell and

918
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,880
the usual answer is heaven Product of the

919
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:14,320
modern gospel.

920
00:31:14,420 --> 00:31:15,480
I say why do you feel like that?

921
00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:16,720
Because you think god is good and you'll

922
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,360
overlook your sins.

923
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,540
He says that's it He'll overlook my sense

924
00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:20,420
I said we'll try it out in the

925
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:22,940
court of law You've committed rape murder drug

926
00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:25,740
pushing very serious crime The judge says you're

927
00:31:25,740 --> 00:31:27,800
guilty all the evidence is here Have you

928
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,240
anything to say before I pass sentence and

929
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:30,900
you say yes judge I'd like to say

930
00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:32,240
I believe you're a good man and you'll

931
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,860
overlook my crimes The judge would probably say

932
00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:35,900
you're right about one thing.

933
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,920
I am a good man and because of

934
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,240
my goodness I'm going to see that justice

935
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,140
is done because of my goodness I'm going

936
00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:42,960
to see that you're punished And the very

937
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,540
thing that sinners are hoping will save them

938
00:31:44,540 --> 00:31:45,980
on the day of judgment the goodness of

939
00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:47,680
god Will be the very thing that will

940
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,240
condemn them because if god is good He

941
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,580
must by nature punish murderers rapists thieves liars

942
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,120
fornicators Blasphemous god is going to punish sin

943
00:31:58,120 --> 00:31:58,820
wherever it's found.

944
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,120
So with this knowledge He's now able to

945
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,540
understand he now has light that his sin

946
00:32:03,540 --> 00:32:05,780
is primarily vertical that he has sinned against

947
00:32:05,780 --> 00:32:07,900
heaven That he has violated god's law and

948
00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:09,560
he has angered god and the wrath of

949
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,520
god abides upon him He can now see

950
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,620
these weighed in the balance of eternal justice

951
00:32:13,620 --> 00:32:16,480
and found wanting Can now understand the need

952
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,060
for a sacrifice Christ redeemed us from the

953
00:32:19,060 --> 00:32:20,320
curse of the law being made a curse

954
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,840
for us God commended his love toward us

955
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,320
and that while we get sinners christ died

956
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:24,640
for us.

957
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,460
We broke the law He paid the fine.

958
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,180
It's as simple as that And if a

959
00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:30,840
man will repent if a woman repent and

960
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,840
put their faith in jesus God will remit

961
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,120
their sins so that on the day of

962
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,100
judgment when their court case comes up God

963
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:37,740
can say your case is dismissed through lack

964
00:32:37,740 --> 00:32:40,540
of evidence Christ redeemed us from the curse

965
00:32:40,540 --> 00:32:41,880
of the law being made a curse for

966
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,260
us And therefore exercise repentance towards god faith

967
00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:45,700
toward the lord.

968
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,740
Jesus christ Put his hand on the plow

969
00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:50,540
and not look back because he's fit for

970
00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:54,180
the kingdom That word fit means ready for

971
00:32:54,180 --> 00:32:55,740
use the soil of his heart has been

972
00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:57,820
turned that he might receive the engrafted word

973
00:32:57,820 --> 00:32:59,920
Which is able to save the soul Now

974
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,340
I haven't got time to share these quotes

975
00:33:01,340 --> 00:33:03,960
with you, but they're in a literature These

976
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,020
men i'm sure you recognize their names John

977
00:33:07,020 --> 00:33:09,780
Wycliffe He said this is the bible translator

978
00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:11,940
said the highest service to which a man

979
00:33:11,940 --> 00:33:13,980
may obtain on earth Is to preach the

980
00:33:13,980 --> 00:33:17,160
law of god why because it'll drive sinners

981
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,520
to faith in the savior to everlasting life

982
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,400
Martin luther said the first duty of the

983
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,280
gospel preacher is to declare god's law and

984
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,620
show the nature of sin in fact We

985
00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:26,420
read these quotes.

986
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,380
These men are so They have so much

987
00:33:29,380 --> 00:33:29,800
conviction.

988
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:31,240
You can feel their teeth grip They say

989
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,000
things like if you do not use the

990
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,300
law in gospel proclamation, you will fill the

991
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:37,940
church with false converts Stony ground hearers who

992
00:33:37,940 --> 00:33:40,420
receive the word with joy and gladness Listen,

993
00:33:40,540 --> 00:33:42,520
what martin luther said is that satan the

994
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,680
god of all dissension?

995
00:33:44,340 --> 00:33:47,240
stirs up daily new sects The last of

996
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:48,780
all which of all others I should never

997
00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:50,840
have foreseen or once suspected He has raised

998
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,600
up a sect such as teach that men

999
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,880
should not be terrified by the law But

1000
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,560
generally exhorted by the preaching of the grace

1001
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:57,060
of christ.

1002
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:58,540
So what's luther saying?

1003
00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:01,300
He's saying listen guys There's a demonic satanic

1004
00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:02,980
sect has just risen up man.

1005
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,820
I never ever would have believed this could

1006
00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:06,640
happen He's raised up a sect such as

1007
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,440
teach that men should not be terrified by

1008
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,739
the law But gently exhorted by the preaching

1009
00:34:10,739 --> 00:34:12,699
of the grace of christ, which perfectly sums

1010
00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:16,280
up most of our evangelism Matthew henry john

1011
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,900
wesley said to a friend of writing to

1012
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:18,580
a young evangelist.

1013
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,179
He said preach 90 percent law and 10

1014
00:34:21,179 --> 00:34:24,620
percent grace You say 90 percent law 10

1015
00:34:24,620 --> 00:34:25,780
percent grace pretty heavy.

1016
00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:27,320
Couldn't it be 50 50 think of it

1017
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,239
like this I'm a doctor You're a patient

1018
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,080
You have a terminal disease I have a

1019
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,500
cure But it's absolutely essential that you are

1020
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,100
totally committed to this cure If you're not

1021
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:38,679
100 committed, it will not work.

1022
00:34:38,780 --> 00:34:40,239
How am I going to handle it probably

1023
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:40,719
like this?

1024
00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:45,159
Come in here sit down Some very serious

1025
00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:45,760
news for you.

1026
00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:47,060
You have a terminal disease.

1027
00:34:47,139 --> 00:34:49,420
I see you begin to shake I think

1028
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:50,100
to myself good.

1029
00:34:50,139 --> 00:34:51,699
He's beginning to see the seriousness of the

1030
00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:53,780
situation I bring up charts.

1031
00:34:53,860 --> 00:34:54,840
I bring out x-rays.

1032
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,480
I show you the poison seeping through your

1033
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,220
system I speak to you for 10 whole

1034
00:34:59,220 --> 00:35:02,440
minutes about this terrible disease How long then

1035
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,600
do you think i'm going to talk about

1036
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:03,980
the cure?

1037
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,420
Not long at all when he's sitting there

1038
00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:07,300
trembling after 10 minutes.

1039
00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:09,740
I say by the way Here's the cure

1040
00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:13,600
you go Your knowledge of the disease and

1041
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,860
a terrific consequence has made you desire the

1042
00:35:16,860 --> 00:35:19,140
cure You see before I was a christian.

1043
00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:21,700
I had as much desire for righteousness as

1044
00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,080
a four-year-old boy has for the

1045
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,320
word bath What's the point see jesus said

1046
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,700
a blessed of those who hunger and thirst

1047
00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:30,720
after righteousness How many non-christians do you

1048
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:32,940
know who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness?

1049
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,060
The bible says there's none that seek after

1050
00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:37,040
god Since they love the darkness they hate

1051
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:38,120
the light neither will they come to the

1052
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,360
light place their deeds to be exposed The

1053
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,020
only thing they drink in is iniquity like

1054
00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:43,600
water But the night I was confronted with

1055
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,280
the spiritual nature of god's law and understood

1056
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,400
that god requires truth in the inward paths

1057
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,520
That he saw my thought life and considered

1058
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,100
lust to be the same as adultery hatred

1059
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:51,920
the same as murder.

1060
00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:54,360
I began to say I can see i'm

1061
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,700
condemned What must I do to be made

1062
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:57,420
right?

1063
00:35:57,740 --> 00:36:00,760
I began to thirst for righteousness the law

1064
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,820
put salt on my tongue It was a

1065
00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:05,120
schoolmaster bring me to christ charles spurgeon said

1066
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,540
they will never accept grace until they tremble

1067
00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:09,920
before a just and holy law D l

1068
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,080
moody john bunyan john newton who wrote amazing

1069
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,400
grace and if anyone had a grip on

1070
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,300
grace, it was newton.

1071
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,460
He said that the correct understanding of the

1072
00:36:17,460 --> 00:36:19,260
harmony between law and grace is to preserve

1073
00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:22,240
oneself from being Entangled by errors on the

1074
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,260
right hand and on the left Charles finney

1075
00:36:25,260 --> 00:36:26,900
said evermore the law must prepare the way

1076
00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:27,520
for the gospel.

1077
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,320
He said to overlook this and instructing souls

1078
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,520
There's almost certain to result in false.

1079
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,600
Hope the introduction of a false standard of

1080
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,720
christ experience and to fill the church with

1081
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:39,860
false converts Since the first thing david wilkerson

1082
00:36:39,860 --> 00:36:40,880
said to me when he called me on

1083
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,700
his car phone was I thought I was

1084
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,120
the only one who didn't believe in follow

1085
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,080
-up Now I believe in feeding a new

1086
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,620
convert I believe in nurturing him I believe

1087
00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:51,160
in discipling him biblical and most necessary, but

1088
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,620
I don't believe in following him I can't

1089
00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:53,340
find it in scripture.

1090
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,400
The ethiopian eunuch was left without follow-up

1091
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,660
How could he survive all he had was

1092
00:36:58,660 --> 00:36:59,580
god and the scriptures?

1093
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,900
You see, it's my understanding You know what

1094
00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:03,980
follow up now?

1095
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,200
Let me explain follow up for those of

1096
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,260
you who don't know follow up is when

1097
00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:08,420
we get decisions either through crusades or local

1098
00:37:08,420 --> 00:37:10,540
church And we take laborers from the harvest

1099
00:37:10,540 --> 00:37:12,220
fields who are few as it is And

1100
00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:14,520
give them this disheartening task of running after

1101
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,120
these decisions to make sure they're going on

1102
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,220
with god What it is is a sad

1103
00:37:18,220 --> 00:37:19,800
admission to the amount of confidence we have

1104
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,280
in the power of our message And in

1105
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,400
the keeping power of god if god has

1106
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:24,960
saved them god will keep them.

1107
00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:26,360
They're born of god They'll never die if

1108
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:27,400
he's begun a good work in them.

1109
00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:28,640
He'll complete it to that day If he's

1110
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,080
the author of their faith, he'll be the

1111
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,440
finish of their faith He's able to save

1112
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,960
the uttermost them that come to god by

1113
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,280
him He's able to keep them from falling

1114
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,060
present and faultless before the presence of his

1115
00:37:36,060 --> 00:37:38,080
glory the exceeding joy Jesus said no one

1116
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,460
will pluck you from my father's hand.

1117
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,500
See the problem is saints Lazarus is four

1118
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:43,660
days dead.

1119
00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:44,980
We can run in the tomb.

1120
00:37:45,340 --> 00:37:46,060
We can pull him out.

1121
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,600
We can prop him up We can open

1122
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,400
his eyes, but he's stinker He needs to

1123
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,300
hear the voice of the son of god

1124
00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:54,300
and the sinner is four days dead in

1125
00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:56,260
his sins We can run up and say

1126
00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:58,700
say this prayer Still he needs to hear

1127
00:37:58,700 --> 00:37:59,900
the voice of the son of god or

1128
00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:01,360
there is no life in him And the

1129
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:02,900
things that primes the sinner's ear to hear

1130
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:03,940
the voice of the son of god is

1131
00:38:03,940 --> 00:38:06,140
the law It's a schoolmaster to bring him

1132
00:38:06,140 --> 00:38:07,580
to christ that he might be justified through

1133
00:38:07,580 --> 00:38:10,020
faith Saints the law works it converts the

1134
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:11,500
soul that makes a person a new creature

1135
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,660
in christ that all things pass away Behold,

1136
00:38:13,820 --> 00:38:16,060
all things have become new so find yourself

1137
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:19,300
a sinner an experiment on them But as

1138
00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:23,300
you do so Remember this one anecdote You're

1139
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:23,920
sitting on a plane.

1140
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:24,740
You're suffering your coffee.

1141
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:25,400
You're biting a cookie.

1142
00:38:25,460 --> 00:38:26,060
You're watching a movie.

1143
00:38:26,420 --> 00:38:28,740
It's a good flight Very pleasurable when suddenly

1144
00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:31,760
you hear This is your captain speaking you

1145
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,120
have an announcement to make because the tail

1146
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,600
section has just formed this plane.

1147
00:38:34,860 --> 00:38:37,560
We're about to crash There's a 25 000

1148
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,300
foot drop.

1149
00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:39,340
There's a parachute under your seat.

1150
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,100
We'd appreciate if you put it on Thank

1151
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:41,680
you for your attention.

1152
00:38:41,980 --> 00:38:44,300
And thank you for flying with us airline

1153
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,720
25 000 feet Man, am I glad to

1154
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:51,460
be wearing this parachute you look next to

1155
00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:51,560
you.

1156
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:52,540
The guy next to you is biting this

1157
00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:54,540
cookie Suffering this coffee watching the movie.

1158
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,280
You say excuse me.

1159
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:56,460
Did you hit a captain put the parachute

1160
00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:56,800
on?

1161
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,180
Turns to him and says I really don't

1162
00:38:59,180 --> 00:39:01,000
think the captain means it besides i'm quite

1163
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,060
happy and thanks Don't turn to him in

1164
00:39:03,060 --> 00:39:06,160
sincere zeal and say Oh, please put the

1165
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,760
parachute on It'll be better than the movie

1166
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,740
And that doesn't make sense If you tell

1167
00:39:11,740 --> 00:39:13,040
him that somehow the parachute is going to

1168
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,140
improve his flight he's going to put it

1169
00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:16,020
on for a wrong motive If you want

1170
00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:17,200
him to put it on and keep it

1171
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,240
on Tell him about the jump say excuse

1172
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:22,640
me ignore the captain if you wish jump

1173
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,780
without a parachute splat He says i'm, sorry,

1174
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:26,440
I beg your pardon.

1175
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:28,460
I said if you jump without a parachute

1176
00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:31,420
law of gravity on the ground he says

1177
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:32,820
Goodness me.

1178
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,300
I see what you're saying Thank you very

1179
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,580
much And as long as that man knows

1180
00:39:37,580 --> 00:39:39,020
as long as he has knowledge he has

1181
00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:40,940
to pass through the door And face the

1182
00:39:40,940 --> 00:39:43,200
consequences of breaking the law of gravity There's

1183
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:44,540
no way you're going to get that parachute

1184
00:39:44,540 --> 00:39:47,320
off his back because his very life depends

1185
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,660
on it Now if you look around you

1186
00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:50,380
find there are plenty of passengers enjoying the

1187
00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:52,680
flight They're enjoying the pleasures of sin for

1188
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,820
a season godman's excuse me Did you hear

1189
00:39:54,820 --> 00:39:56,380
the command from the captain of our salvation

1190
00:39:56,380 --> 00:39:57,340
put on the lord?

1191
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,460
Jesus christ he turns to and says if

1192
00:39:59,460 --> 00:40:01,540
I really don't think god means that god

1193
00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:02,420
is love besides.

1194
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:03,060
I'm quite happy.

1195
00:40:03,180 --> 00:40:05,020
I am Thanks, don't turn to him in

1196
00:40:05,020 --> 00:40:08,060
sincere zeal without knowledge and say Please put

1197
00:40:08,060 --> 00:40:08,400
on the lord.

1198
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,180
Jesus christ He'll give you love joy peace

1199
00:40:10,180 --> 00:40:12,080
fulfillment lust and happiness got you back in

1200
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,380
my heart Only god can fairly hear a

1201
00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:15,120
marriage problem drug problem alcohol problem.

1202
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,000
Just give your heart to jesus No, he'll

1203
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,280
give him a wrong motive for his commitment

1204
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,800
Instead say oh god, give me courage and

1205
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,860
tell him about the jump So say hey,

1206
00:40:24,940 --> 00:40:26,040
it's a point of a man wants to

1207
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,200
die If you die in your sins god

1208
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:28,480
will be forced to give you justice and

1209
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:29,940
his judgment is going to be so thorough

1210
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,160
Every idle word a man speaks you've given

1211
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,220
a counter of in the day of judgment

1212
00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:34,920
If you've lusted you've committed adultery if you've

1213
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,320
hated someone you've committed murder Jesus warned that

1214
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:38,720
justice will be so thorough the fist of

1215
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:41,240
eternal wrath will come upon you and Grind

1216
00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:44,740
you to powder god bless I think i'm

1217
00:40:44,740 --> 00:40:47,860
not talking about hellfire preaching hellfire preaching will

1218
00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:51,460
produce fear-filled converts Using god's law will

1219
00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:54,620
produce tear-filled converts This one comes because

1220
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,460
why he wants to escape the fires of

1221
00:40:56,460 --> 00:40:58,960
hell but in his heart he thinks god

1222
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,460
is harsh and unjust Because the law hasn't

1223
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,560
been used to show him the exceeding sinful

1224
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,000
nature of sin He doesn't see hell as

1225
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,560
being as just as it but he deserves

1226
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:08,920
hell.

1227
00:41:09,420 --> 00:41:09,640
Therefore.

1228
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,400
He doesn't understand mercy or grace And therefore

1229
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,440
he lacks gratitude to god for his mercy

1230
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,020
and gratitude is the prime motivation for evangelism

1231
00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:20,740
There'll be no zeal in the heart of

1232
00:41:20,740 --> 00:41:23,080
a false convert to evangelize But this one

1233
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,400
comes knowing he has sinned against heaven The

1234
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,260
god's eye is in every place beholding the

1235
00:41:27,260 --> 00:41:28,500
evil and the good and god has seen

1236
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,200
darkness as though a pure light He's seen

1237
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,680
his thought life Of god and his holiness

1238
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,100
on the day of wrath Made manifest all

1239
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,620
the secret sins of his heart all the

1240
00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:38,660
deeds done in darkness He made man of

1241
00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:40,740
all his evidence of his guilt god could

1242
00:41:40,740 --> 00:41:42,060
pick him up as an unclean thing and

1243
00:41:42,060 --> 00:41:43,280
cast him into hell and do That which

1244
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,340
is just but instead of giving him justice.

1245
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,840
He's given him mercy He's commended his love

1246
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,060
toward him that what he's here to sinner

1247
00:41:49,060 --> 00:41:50,740
christ died from he falls on his knees

1248
00:41:50,740 --> 00:41:52,880
before that blood-stained cross And says oh

1249
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,100
god, if you do that for me, i'll

1250
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:55,080
do anything for you.

1251
00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:56,880
I delight to do your will Oh my

1252
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,640
god Your law is written upon my heart

1253
00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,900
and like the man who knew he had

1254
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:01,860
to pass through the door And face the

1255
00:42:01,860 --> 00:42:04,440
consequences of breaking the law of gravity would

1256
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,240
never take his parachute off because his very

1257
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,540
life depended on it So he who comes

1258
00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:10,560
to the savior knowing he has to face

1259
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,080
the holy god on the day of wrath

1260
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,540
Would never forsake the righteousness of god in

1261
00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:18,280
christ because his very life Depends on it.

1262
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:19,680
Let me see if I can coagulate this

1263
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,000
teaching as we draw it to a close

1264
00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:23,100
I was in a store some time ago

1265
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:25,900
and the Owner of the store was serving

1266
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:28,400
a customer and using god's name and blasphemy

1267
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,120
Now if somebody used my wife's name and

1268
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,780
blasphemy I'll be extremely offended if they If

1269
00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:35,400
they used her name as a curse word

1270
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,840
in that sense But someone was this guy

1271
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,720
was using god's name as a curse word

1272
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,020
when god had given him life His eyes

1273
00:42:42,020 --> 00:42:44,980
the ability to think his children his food

1274
00:42:44,980 --> 00:42:46,700
every pleasure He's ever had was given him

1275
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:48,480
by the goodness of god and using god's

1276
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,960
name as a curse word Indignantly between him

1277
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:51,420
and his customer.

1278
00:42:51,580 --> 00:42:52,720
I leaned and said, excuse me.

1279
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:53,980
Is this a religious meeting?

1280
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:55,740
The guy says what?

1281
00:42:56,580 --> 00:42:57,280
H-e-l-l.

1282
00:42:57,380 --> 00:42:58,600
No, I said yes it is because now

1283
00:42:58,600 --> 00:42:59,680
you're talking about hell.

1284
00:43:00,140 --> 00:43:01,240
Let me get you one of my books

1285
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:02,460
So I went out of my car.

1286
00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:03,000
Sorry.

1287
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,950
I went out of my car And got

1288
00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:08,950
a book that i've written called god doesn't

1289
00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:12,730
believe in atheists Proof the atheist doesn't exist

1290
00:43:13,350 --> 00:43:15,810
And it's a book which uses logic humor

1291
00:43:15,810 --> 00:43:18,210
reason and rationalism to prove the existence of

1292
00:43:18,210 --> 00:43:19,430
god Which you can do in two minutes

1293
00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:20,730
without the use of faith It's a very

1294
00:43:20,730 --> 00:43:23,750
simple thing to conclusively absolutely prove god's existence

1295
00:43:23,750 --> 00:43:26,190
and it proves also that the atheist doesn't

1296
00:43:26,190 --> 00:43:27,610
exist In fact, let me show you a

1297
00:43:27,610 --> 00:43:30,610
bumper sticker national atheist day april the first

1298
00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:37,630
So I gave him this book and two

1299
00:43:37,630 --> 00:43:38,750
months later I went and gave him another

1300
00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:40,130
book I've written a book called my friends

1301
00:43:40,130 --> 00:43:43,010
are dying a book which Is a true

1302
00:43:43,010 --> 00:43:44,990
and gripping story about the ministry of the

1303
00:43:44,990 --> 00:43:47,490
gospel in the most murderous portion of los

1304
00:43:47,490 --> 00:43:49,650
angeles a book Which also uses humor in

1305
00:43:49,650 --> 00:43:51,770
its presentation gave him those books and he

1306
00:43:51,770 --> 00:43:53,170
called me and told me that what had

1307
00:43:53,170 --> 00:43:54,950
happened In fact, he told me his wife

1308
00:43:54,950 --> 00:43:56,410
gave him filthy looks because there he was

1309
00:43:56,410 --> 00:43:57,890
reading a book called my friends are dying

1310
00:43:57,890 --> 00:43:59,910
and laughing Every two minutes, but he's cleaning

1311
00:43:59,910 --> 00:44:01,350
out his room and he he picked up

1312
00:44:01,350 --> 00:44:02,830
god doesn't believe in atheists He said ah

1313
00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:04,470
And he opened it up and read the

1314
00:44:04,470 --> 00:44:05,630
first page and then he read the whole

1315
00:44:05,630 --> 00:44:07,510
book 260 pages He said it was weird

1316
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:09,270
because I hate reading then he read my

1317
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:10,810
friends are dying gave his life to christ

1318
00:44:10,810 --> 00:44:12,270
Bought himself a bible came around to say

1319
00:44:12,270 --> 00:44:14,250
hi and told me after two days of

1320
00:44:14,250 --> 00:44:15,890
being a christian in his bible He was

1321
00:44:15,890 --> 00:44:17,150
already up to what he called the book

1322
00:44:17,150 --> 00:44:20,540
of leviticus And I guess he was going

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to read palms and then job But up

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until his commitment the man was a practicing

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witch The law of the lord is perfect

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converting the soul And so god looked down

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upon me as for many years I open

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air preached as I fought off the enemy

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of the feather duster of modern evangelism This

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is oh god said what are you doing

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weapons of water?

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Not carnal, but mighty through god are the

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pulling down a stronghold Here are 10 great

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canons and as I lined up the 10

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canons of god's law no longer did sinners

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scoff and mock No, their faces went pale.

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They lifted their hands and said I surrender

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all all of jesus I freely give came

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across to the winning side never to become

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deserters such converts become soul winners not pew

1341
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warmers Laborers not layabouts assets not liabilities for

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the local church And now saints with every

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head raised and every eye open and no

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music playing Let me challenge you as to

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00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,400
the validity of your salvation modern evangelism says

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00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,340
never question your salvation The bible says the

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exact opposite It says examine yourself and see

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if you're in the faith better now than

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00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,920
on the day of judgment The bible says

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make your calling election sure and some of

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00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:27,200
you know that something is radically wrong in

1352
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,420
your christian walk You lose your peace and

1353
00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:30,980
joy when the flight gets bumpy There is

1354
00:45:30,980 --> 00:45:33,200
a lack of zeal to evangelize you never

1355
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,120
fell on your face before a mighty god

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and said i've sinned against you Oh god,

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have mercy upon me You've never fled to

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00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,460
jesus christ and his blood for cleansing and

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00:45:41,460 --> 00:45:43,660
desperation crying out god be merciful to me

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a sinner And there's a lack of gratitude.

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There's not a burning zeal for the lost.

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You can't say you're on fire for god

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In fact, you're in danger of being one

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of the ones that are called luke warm

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00:45:51,420 --> 00:45:52,500
Will be spewed out of the mouth of

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christ on the day of judgment when multitudes

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00:45:54,660 --> 00:45:57,640
will cry out to jesus lord lord You'll

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say depart from your worker of iniquity lawlessness

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I never knew no regard to the divine

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law The bible says let everyone that names

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00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:08,680
the name of christ depart from iniquity lawlessness

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So today you need to readjust the motive

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00:46:10,860 --> 00:46:12,220
for your commitment friend.

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Don't let your pride stop you I would

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like to pray for you or remain up

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00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:16,800
here you remain in your seat If you'd

1377
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like to be included in this prayer, I'd

1378
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:18,820
like you to slip up your hand But

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remember this if you say well, I should

1380
00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:21,520
put my hand up, but what will people

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00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:21,820
think?

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00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,280
That's pride You prefer the praises of men

1383
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,220
to the praises of god Everyone who is

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00:46:26,220 --> 00:46:27,760
proud of heart is an abomination to the

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lord.

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God resists the proud gives grace to the

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humble So humble yourself before the mighty hand

1388
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:33,560
of god He'll exalt you in due time

1389
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,900
call it a recommittal call it a committal

1390
00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:36,960
or whatever you call it.

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00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:42,190
Make your calling and election sure You've been

1392
00:46:42,190 --> 00:46:44,010
listening to the from the pulpit and classic

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00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:46,750
sermons series This week you heard ray comfort

1394
00:46:46,750 --> 00:46:49,750
with his message hell's best kept secret Tune

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00:46:49,750 --> 00:46:51,310
in next week to hear vince havner speak

1396
00:46:51,310 --> 00:46:53,190
about the country preacher who came to town

1397
00:46:53,190 --> 00:46:55,950
on from the pulpit and classic sermons You