1 00:00:02,532 --> 00:00:05,235 IN 1949, A BOLD AND DYNAMIC YOUNG PREACHER 2 00:00:05,235 --> 00:00:07,137 SET OUT ON A JOURNEY THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT 3 00:00:07,137 --> 00:00:10,841 ON EVERY CONTINENT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 4 00:00:13,176 --> 00:00:17,113 FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND TO MORE THAN 210 MILLION PEOPLE 5 00:00:17,113 --> 00:00:19,483 BILLY GRAHAM HAS PASSIONATELY SPOKEN 6 00:00:19,483 --> 00:00:22,586 ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF HOPE FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST. 7 00:00:22,586 --> 00:00:24,588 THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT GOD 8 00:00:24,588 --> 00:00:26,756 THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND. 9 00:00:26,756 --> 00:00:30,694 I ACCEPT HIS REVELATION OF HIMSELF BY FAITH. 10 00:00:30,694 --> 00:00:32,529 HE'S BROUGHT RACES AND DENOMINATIONS TOGETHER 11 00:00:32,529 --> 00:00:33,797 TOWARD A COMMON PURPOSE 12 00:00:33,797 --> 00:00:37,133 AS HE'S PREACHED IN 185 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. 13 00:00:37,133 --> 00:00:39,503 CHRIST BELONGS TO ALL PEOPLE. 14 00:00:39,503 --> 00:00:42,272 HE BELONGS TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 15 00:00:42,272 --> 00:00:44,140 HE HAS STOOD ALONGSIDE PRESIDENTS, 16 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:46,510 MET WITH DIGNITARIES AND WORLD LEADERS, 17 00:00:46,510 --> 00:00:49,446 AND TODAY BILLY GRAHAM IS RECOGNIZED 18 00:00:49,446 --> 00:00:51,715 AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS 19 00:00:51,715 --> 00:00:53,517 IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 20 00:00:57,420 --> 00:00:59,422 FROM OUR ARCHIVES... 21 00:00:59,723 --> 00:01:01,825 THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS. 22 00:01:01,825 --> 00:01:06,830 (applause) 23 00:01:06,830 --> 00:01:12,169 NOW TODAY I WANT YOU TO TURN WITH ME TO II PETER 24 00:01:12,169 --> 00:01:16,940 THE SECOND CHAPTER BEGINNING WITH VERSE FIVE. 25 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:20,277 I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR BIBLES BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK 26 00:01:20,277 --> 00:01:24,080 ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT TODAY. 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,484 THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, THE LOVE OF GOD, 28 00:01:27,484 --> 00:01:31,821 AND THE COMING AGAIN OF JESUS CHRIST, AND THE END OF THE AGE. 29 00:01:31,821 --> 00:01:33,356 NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. 30 00:01:33,356 --> 00:01:35,792 THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN END TO THE WORLD. 31 00:01:35,792 --> 00:01:40,263 BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN END TO THE AGE IN WHICH WE LIVE, 32 00:01:40,263 --> 00:01:43,733 THAT'S DOMINATED BY THE DEVIL AND DOMINATED BY EVIL. 33 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:46,937 THAT WILL COME TO AN END AND CHRIST THE MESSIAH 34 00:01:46,937 --> 00:01:48,738 IS GOING TO COME BACK. 35 00:01:48,738 --> 00:01:51,841 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY. 36 00:01:51,841 --> 00:01:54,477 THE SECOND CHAPTER OF II PETER . 37 00:01:54,477 --> 00:01:57,447 NOW, II PETER IN YOUR BIBLES COMES RIGHT AFTER I PETER, 38 00:01:57,447 --> 00:01:59,316 IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING IT. 39 00:02:01,418 --> 00:02:05,088 BEGINNING WITH VERSE 5, 40 00:02:05,088 --> 00:02:07,891 "AND SPARED NOT THE OLD WORLD 41 00:02:07,891 --> 00:02:10,594 "BUT SAVED NOAH, THE EIGHTH PERSON, 42 00:02:10,594 --> 00:02:12,495 "A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 43 00:02:12,495 --> 00:02:16,733 "BRINGING IN THE FLOOD UPON THE WORLD OF THE UNGODLY 44 00:02:16,733 --> 00:02:21,838 "AND TURNING THE CITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH INTO ASHES 45 00:02:21,838 --> 00:02:24,007 "CONDEMNED THEM WITH AN OVERTHROW 46 00:02:24,007 --> 00:02:26,810 "MAKING THEM AN EXAMPLE UNTO ALL THOSE 47 00:02:26,810 --> 00:02:31,448 "WHO WOULD LIVE UNGODLY IN THE FUTURE. 48 00:02:35,485 --> 00:02:37,387 "AND DELIVERED JUST LOT, 49 00:02:37,387 --> 00:02:40,724 "VEXED WITH THE FILTHY LIFESTYLE OF THE WICKED. 50 00:02:40,724 --> 00:02:43,560 "FOR THE RIGHTEOUS MAN DWELLING AMONG THEM 51 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,830 "AND SEEING AND HEARING, VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL 52 00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:50,667 "FROM DAY TO DAY WITH THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS. 53 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:53,103 "THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO 54 00:02:53,103 --> 00:02:58,041 "DELIVER THE GODLY OUT OF TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS." 55 00:02:58,041 --> 00:03:00,510 IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A SERIOUS TEMPTATION NOW 56 00:03:00,510 --> 00:03:01,645 OR TRIAL NOW 57 00:03:01,645 --> 00:03:03,813 GOD KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER YOU. 58 00:03:03,813 --> 00:03:08,585 IF YOU'LL TURN TO HIM AND PRAY BY FAITH AND BELIEVE. 59 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:15,458 "AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT." 60 00:03:15,458 --> 00:03:16,760 THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST, 61 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,563 THOSE THAT LIVE WICKED LIVES ARE BEING RESERVED 62 00:03:20,563 --> 00:03:23,099 UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 63 00:03:23,099 --> 00:03:26,503 THERE IS A JUDGMENT DAY COMING. 64 00:03:30,573 --> 00:03:33,643 THE BIBLICAL STORY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH 65 00:03:33,643 --> 00:03:37,547 COMES DOWN TO US TODAY AS AN EXAMPLE 66 00:03:37,547 --> 00:03:41,151 OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN EVEN IN THIS DECADE, 67 00:03:41,151 --> 00:03:45,755 OR IN THE DECADES AHEAD IF WE DON'T TURN TO GOD. 68 00:03:45,755 --> 00:03:48,692 NOW SODOM AND GOMORRAH WERE TWO CITIES. 69 00:03:48,692 --> 00:03:53,430 AND THEY WERE AT THE PLACE THAT NOW THE DEAD SEA IS 70 00:03:53,430 --> 00:03:55,699 IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 71 00:03:55,699 --> 00:03:59,536 THE DEAD SEA IS TEN MILES BY FIFTY MILE INLAND LAKE 72 00:03:59,536 --> 00:04:02,272 IN THE LOWER JORDAN VALLEY. 73 00:04:02,272 --> 00:04:04,774 IT'S A MINERAL SATURATED BODY OF WATER 74 00:04:04,774 --> 00:04:09,045 WHICH IS 1,260 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL. 75 00:04:09,045 --> 00:04:12,348 IT'S THE LOWEST PART OF THE WORLD. 76 00:04:12,348 --> 00:04:17,120 IN GENESIS 13 WE READ ABOUT ABRAHAM. 77 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,689 AND ABRAHAM IS GOING THROUGH THAT PART OF THE WORLD 78 00:04:19,689 --> 00:04:24,427 WITH ALL OF HIS FLOCKS AND ALL OF HIS FAMILY, 79 00:04:24,427 --> 00:04:27,030 GOING TO THE LAND THAT GOD HAD PROMISED HIM. 80 00:04:27,030 --> 00:04:29,566 HE WAS A MAN OF GOD. 81 00:04:29,566 --> 00:04:33,036 AND HE HAD HIS NEPHEW WITH HIM BY THE NAME OF LOT. 82 00:04:33,036 --> 00:04:37,874 AND HE SAW THAT THE SERVANTS OF LOT AND HIS SERVANTS 83 00:04:37,874 --> 00:04:40,677 WERE NOT GETTING ALONG TOO WELL. 84 00:04:40,677 --> 00:04:44,347 SO HE SAID TO LOT, "LOT, LET'S DIVIDE, 85 00:04:44,347 --> 00:04:45,849 "WE'VE GOTTEN TOO BIG. 86 00:04:45,849 --> 00:04:48,251 "THERE ARE TOO MANY OF US. 87 00:04:48,251 --> 00:04:49,786 "TOO MANY CATTLE. 88 00:04:49,786 --> 00:04:53,323 "YOUR CATTLE AND MY CATTLE ARE GETTING MIXED UP. 89 00:04:53,323 --> 00:04:56,526 "YOU CHOOSE WHEREVER YOU WANNA LIVE. 90 00:04:56,526 --> 00:05:02,165 "IF YOU WANNA GO WEST," (TOWARD WHAT IS NOW PALESTINE) 91 00:05:02,165 --> 00:05:06,369 "OR IF YOU WANNA GO ACROSS THE JORDAN 92 00:05:06,369 --> 00:05:09,739 "AND GO TO THE JORDAN VALLEY WHICH IS LUSH LIKE 93 00:05:09,739 --> 00:05:11,274 "A GARDEN OF EDEN. 94 00:05:11,274 --> 00:05:14,110 "YOU TAKE A CHOICE AND I'LL TAKE THE OTHER WAY." 95 00:05:14,110 --> 00:05:18,314 SO LOT LOOKED ALL AROUND AND HE LOOKED DOWN TOWARDS SODOM, 96 00:05:18,314 --> 00:05:21,751 HE LOOKED DOWN TOWARD GOMORRAH. 97 00:05:21,751 --> 00:05:25,488 AND HE SAW THAT WAS A VERY WEALTHY PART OF THE WORLD. 98 00:05:25,488 --> 00:05:27,157 A VERY WONDERFUL PART TO LIVE IN. 99 00:05:27,157 --> 00:05:29,225 HE CONSULTED HIS WIFE. 100 00:05:29,225 --> 00:05:32,362 SHE SAID, "BY ALL MEANS WE WANT TO GO TO SODOM." 101 00:05:32,362 --> 00:05:34,297 SHE WANTED TO GO WHERE THE GOOD TIMES WERE. 102 00:05:35,865 --> 00:05:39,669 AND SO LOT TOLD ABRAHAM, "ALL RIGHT, UNCLE ABRAHAM. 103 00:05:39,669 --> 00:05:41,805 "WE'RE GOING TO GO, WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO DOWN 104 00:05:41,805 --> 00:05:43,439 "TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 105 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:47,510 "AND GO DOWN TO THE LUSH VALLEY OF THE JORDAN. 106 00:05:47,510 --> 00:05:49,579 "AND WE'LL TAKE OUR CATTLE AND OUR SERVANTS 107 00:05:49,579 --> 00:05:51,915 "AND OUR PEOPLE AND OUR FAMILY AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GO." 108 00:05:53,049 --> 00:05:55,351 ABRAHAM AGREED, SAID ALL RIGHT. 109 00:05:58,454 --> 00:06:01,624 THE DEAD SEA WAS SURROUNDED IN THAT TIME-- 110 00:06:01,624 --> 00:06:04,027 IT WAS NO DEAD SEA, OF COURSE-- 111 00:06:04,027 --> 00:06:07,330 BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS A LUSH, UNBELIEVABLY LUSH 112 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:09,632 PART OF THE WORLD. 113 00:06:09,632 --> 00:06:12,969 BUT WITH THEIR WEALTH CAME A LIFESTYLE OF HEDONISM, 114 00:06:12,969 --> 00:06:16,272 SEXUAL OBSESSION AND PERVERSION. 115 00:06:16,272 --> 00:06:18,741 THE LIKE OF WHICH HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN EQUALED 116 00:06:18,741 --> 00:06:20,343 IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 117 00:06:20,343 --> 00:06:24,681 SO THAT TODAY THE WORD SODOM IS USED TO DESCRIBE 118 00:06:24,681 --> 00:06:28,051 A CERTAIN LIFESTYLE THAT PEOPLE MAY ADOPT. 119 00:06:29,953 --> 00:06:31,955 AS GOD HAD SENT A FLOOD TO DESTROY 120 00:06:31,955 --> 00:06:34,424 A CORRUPTED HUMANITY IN NOAH'S DAY, 121 00:06:34,424 --> 00:06:37,227 SO UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH 122 00:06:37,227 --> 00:06:41,998 HE SENT A TOTALLY DESTROYING JUDGMENT OF FIRE. 123 00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:48,571 AND THAT FIRE OF BRIMSTONE THAT FELL UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH 124 00:06:48,571 --> 00:06:50,240 NOT ONLY DESTROYED IT, 125 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,275 BUT SANK THAT PART OF THE WORLD 126 00:06:52,275 --> 00:06:55,478 TO THE LOWEST PART OF THE EARTH. 127 00:06:55,478 --> 00:06:57,280 NOW WHAT WERE THE SINS OF SODOM? 128 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,282 WHY DID GOD ALLOW THAT JUDGMENT TO FALL? 129 00:07:00,316 --> 00:07:02,652 THE FIRST SIN THAT THEY HAD WAS FALSE SECURITY. 130 00:07:04,888 --> 00:07:06,756 THEY WERE SECURE. 131 00:07:06,756 --> 00:07:10,226 AND WE TODAY HAVE A SECURITY BEHIND OUR OCEANS 132 00:07:10,226 --> 00:07:13,329 AND BEHIND OUR MILITARY POWER. 133 00:07:13,329 --> 00:07:15,999 PRESIDENT YELTSIN HAS STATED THAT THE WHOLE WORLD 134 00:07:15,999 --> 00:07:19,869 CAN BE STANDING UNKNOWINGLY ON THE EDGE OF AN ABYSS. 135 00:07:19,869 --> 00:07:21,771 AND YOU SAW IN YOUR PAPERS THIS MORNING 136 00:07:21,771 --> 00:07:24,941 THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, 137 00:07:24,941 --> 00:07:26,209 IN THE GOVERNMENT. 138 00:07:30,713 --> 00:07:32,949 WE HAVE A FALSE SECURITY. 139 00:07:34,217 --> 00:07:37,186 "WOE TO THEM THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT!" 140 00:07:37,186 --> 00:07:39,889 NOW EGYPT IN THAT DAY DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO DO 141 00:07:39,889 --> 00:07:41,324 WITH ISRAELI PEOPLE. 142 00:07:43,059 --> 00:07:45,028 AND YET, TIME AFTER TIME, 143 00:07:45,028 --> 00:07:47,363 THE ISRAELIS WOULD GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP. 144 00:07:48,932 --> 00:07:51,868 AND HE SAID, " WOE TO THEM THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP 145 00:07:51,868 --> 00:07:54,470 "AND STAY ON HORSES AND TRUST IN CHARIOTS, 146 00:07:54,470 --> 00:07:56,906 "BUT THEY LOOK NOT TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL 147 00:07:56,906 --> 00:07:58,608 "NEITHER SEEK THE LORD. 148 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:00,843 "NOW THE EGYPTIANS ARE MEN AND NOT GOD 149 00:08:00,843 --> 00:08:03,546 "AND THEIR HORSES FLESH AND NOT SPIRIT." 150 00:08:03,546 --> 00:08:07,116 ISAIAH THE PROPHET IS SPEAKING IN THE 31ST CHAPTER 151 00:08:07,116 --> 00:08:09,419 WHEN HE SAYS THAT. 152 00:08:09,419 --> 00:08:11,421 THEY HAD FALSE SECURITY. 153 00:08:11,421 --> 00:08:13,957 THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY SECURE. 154 00:08:13,957 --> 00:08:16,359 NOBODY COULD EVER TAKE SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 155 00:08:18,127 --> 00:08:22,865 THEN THEIR SECOND SIN THAT THE SCRIPTURE MENTIONS IS PLEASURE. 156 00:08:22,865 --> 00:08:24,167 THEY LIVED FOR PLEASURE. 157 00:08:25,535 --> 00:08:27,704 IN JOB 20 THE FIFTH CHAPTER IT SAYS, 158 00:08:27,704 --> 00:08:30,006 "THE JOY MAKING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT 159 00:08:30,006 --> 00:08:33,109 "AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE BUT A MOMENT." 160 00:08:33,109 --> 00:08:35,511 YOU ONLY HAVE A MOMENT TO ENJOY IT. 161 00:08:36,446 --> 00:08:38,214 THEN YOU HAVE ETERNITY TO REGRET IT. 162 00:08:40,016 --> 00:08:44,687 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THERE ARE PLEASURES IN SIN FOR A MOMENT. 163 00:08:44,687 --> 00:08:45,655 THEN IT'S ALL OVER 164 00:08:47,323 --> 00:08:51,027 AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING BUT THE REMORSE AND THE GUILT. 165 00:08:54,330 --> 00:08:58,668 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "THERE'S A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT UNTO A MAN 166 00:08:58,668 --> 00:09:01,337 "BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH." 167 00:09:01,337 --> 00:09:03,773 "EVEN IN LAUGHTER," THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, 168 00:09:03,773 --> 00:09:09,012 "THE HEART IS SORROWFUL AND THE END OF MIRTH IS HEAVINESS." 169 00:09:09,012 --> 00:09:11,714 EVEN WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING, MANY PEOPLE. 170 00:09:11,714 --> 00:09:14,350 IN PSALM 53:1, IT SAYS, 171 00:09:14,350 --> 00:09:17,053 "THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART THERE'S NO GOD." 172 00:09:17,053 --> 00:09:19,922 IF YOU GO BACK TO ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN HEBREW 173 00:09:19,922 --> 00:09:22,492 HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS; 174 00:09:22,492 --> 00:09:29,332 "THE FOOL HATH SAID IN HIS HEART NO TO GOD." 175 00:09:29,332 --> 00:09:31,534 HE'S NOT SAYING THERE'S NO GOD. 176 00:09:31,534 --> 00:09:34,771 HE'S JUST SAYING NO TO GOD. 177 00:09:34,771 --> 00:09:38,141 YOU SEE YOU CAN'T PROVE SCIENTIFICALLY 178 00:09:38,141 --> 00:09:39,409 THAT THERE IS A GOD 179 00:09:39,409 --> 00:09:41,978 AND YOU CAN'T PROVE SCIENTIFICALLY THERE'S NO GOD. 180 00:09:45,615 --> 00:09:47,750 BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE MUST BE A GOD. 181 00:09:50,319 --> 00:09:51,721 AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SIN 182 00:09:51,721 --> 00:09:54,490 THAT SODOM AND GOMORRAH COMMITTED. 183 00:09:54,490 --> 00:09:57,193 IT WAS OVERINDULGENCE. 184 00:09:57,193 --> 00:09:59,829 THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD, A GREAT PART OF THE WORLD, 185 00:09:59,829 --> 00:10:03,299 LIVES UNDER WHAT WE CALL THE POVERTY LEVEL. 186 00:10:03,299 --> 00:10:04,934 AND IN LUKE 21 IT SAYS, 187 00:10:04,934 --> 00:10:07,170 "AND TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES LEST AT ANY TIME 188 00:10:07,170 --> 00:10:10,706 "YOUR HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED WITH SURFEITING AND DRUNKENNESS 189 00:10:10,706 --> 00:10:12,408 "AND THE CARES OF THIS LIFE 190 00:10:12,408 --> 00:10:15,111 "SO THAT DAY COMES UPON YOU UNAWARE." 191 00:10:17,146 --> 00:10:19,782 JOHN EASTWOOD WROTE SOME TIME AGO, 192 00:10:19,782 --> 00:10:23,252 "PEOPLE DO NOT DECIDE TO BE DRUNKARDS OR DRUG ADDICTS 193 00:10:23,252 --> 00:10:26,189 "OR PROSTITUTES OR MURDERERS OR THIEVES. 194 00:10:26,189 --> 00:10:28,724 "BUT THEY PITCH THEIR TENT TOWARD SODOM 195 00:10:28,724 --> 00:10:31,427 "AND THE POWERS OF EVIL OVERCOME THEM." 196 00:10:32,462 --> 00:10:33,830 AND HOW MANY OF US ARE LIKE THAT? 197 00:10:33,830 --> 00:10:37,600 WE PITCH OUR TENT TOWARD SODOM. 198 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,438 WE SORT OF LIVE HALF IN SODOM AND HALF WITH ABRAHAM. 199 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:46,075 WE SORT OF ENJOY SODOM. 200 00:10:46,075 --> 00:10:49,545 WE LONG FOR THE THINGS THAT SODOM HAS. 201 00:10:49,545 --> 00:10:51,347 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FUN AND THE PLEASURE 202 00:10:51,347 --> 00:10:53,583 WE IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE HAVING. 203 00:10:55,284 --> 00:10:57,053 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL THAT MONEY. 204 00:11:01,257 --> 00:11:05,762 BUT THE POWERS OF EVIL WILL OVERCOME YOU 205 00:11:05,762 --> 00:11:11,300 AND YOU WILL DIE BEFORE YOUR TIME AND BE LOST FROM GOD. 206 00:11:13,536 --> 00:11:15,204 IN JUDE THE 12TH VERSE IT SAYS, 207 00:11:15,204 --> 00:11:18,274 "THERE ARE SPOTS IN YOUR FEAST OF CHARITY 208 00:11:18,274 --> 00:11:19,809 "WHEN THEY FEAST WITH YOU, 209 00:11:19,809 --> 00:11:22,545 "FEEDING THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR." 210 00:11:22,545 --> 00:11:24,547 HOW MANY TIMES WE SEE CHARITABLE EVENTS-- 211 00:11:24,547 --> 00:11:27,083 AND WE THANK GOD FOR THOSE THAT ARE SINCERELY INTERESTED-- 212 00:11:27,083 --> 00:11:29,719 BUT THEY GO TO HAVE A BIG TIME AND TO BE SEEN. 213 00:11:31,154 --> 00:11:36,592 AND THERE'S A SPOT IN THEIR CHARITY AND THAT'S THE SPOT. 214 00:11:38,327 --> 00:11:40,029 AND THEN THE PEOPLE OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH 215 00:11:40,029 --> 00:11:43,199 HAD SOME NEW STRANGE GODS. 216 00:11:43,199 --> 00:11:46,135 WHENEVER A MAN SEEKS OR HONORS OR EXALTS 217 00:11:46,135 --> 00:11:49,071 ANYTHING MORE THAN GOD THAT'S IDOLATRY. 218 00:11:50,773 --> 00:11:54,610 AND THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT ARE GUILTY OF IDOLATRY. 219 00:11:54,610 --> 00:11:57,380 BUT WE DON'T REALIZE IT. 220 00:11:57,380 --> 00:11:59,549 IN PSALM 44 , IT SAYS, "IF WE'VE FORGOTTEN 221 00:11:59,549 --> 00:12:02,718 "THE NAME OF OUR GOD OR STRETCHED OUT OUR HAND 222 00:12:02,718 --> 00:12:06,489 "TO A STRANGE GOD, SHALL NOT GOD SEARCH THIS OUT?" 223 00:12:08,191 --> 00:12:12,028 ROMANS 1 , IT SAYS, "WE'VE CHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD 224 00:12:12,028 --> 00:12:15,998 "INTO A LIE AND WORSHIPPED AND SERVED THE CREATURE 225 00:12:15,998 --> 00:12:18,634 "MORE THAN THE CREATOR." 226 00:12:18,634 --> 00:12:22,071 WE WORSHIP OUR BODIES AND WE WORSHIP OUR GOOD TIMES 227 00:12:22,071 --> 00:12:26,175 AND WE SPEND MORE ON OUR COSMETICS 228 00:12:26,175 --> 00:12:30,880 THAN WE DO WORSHIPPING GOD 229 00:12:32,882 --> 00:12:34,016 AND CHRIST. 230 00:12:35,518 --> 00:12:36,919 THAT'S MODERN HUMANISM. 231 00:12:37,954 --> 00:12:41,824 AND THEN THEY WERE ALSO GUILTY OF GREED. 232 00:12:41,824 --> 00:12:44,093 GREED WAS A PLAGUE ON THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE 233 00:12:44,093 --> 00:12:45,695 OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 234 00:12:45,695 --> 00:12:48,598 AND ONE OF THE ADDICTION THAT TODAY HAS THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS 235 00:12:48,598 --> 00:12:52,568 IN ITS VICE IS GAMBLING. 236 00:12:52,568 --> 00:12:54,937 AND PART OF THE GAMBLING MOTIVATION IS GREED. 237 00:12:56,439 --> 00:12:58,374 WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD 238 00:12:58,374 --> 00:13:01,577 ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY TRAUMATIZED BY OVERWORK 239 00:13:01,577 --> 00:13:05,414 AND THEIR EFFORT TO EARN MORE THAN THEIR NEEDS REQUIRE. 240 00:13:05,414 --> 00:13:11,888 SO WE NEGLECT OUR FAMILIES TO GET MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN, 241 00:13:11,888 --> 00:13:13,723 AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED IT. 242 00:13:16,225 --> 00:13:19,562 GOD HAS PROMISED TO SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS, 243 00:13:19,562 --> 00:13:23,132 BUT HE'S NEVER PROMISED TO SUPPLY ALL OF OUR GREEDS. 244 00:13:25,134 --> 00:13:30,072 AND THEN IN THE SINS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, 245 00:13:30,072 --> 00:13:33,943 SO BAD THAT GOD GAVE THEM UP. 246 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:38,014 IN ROMANS 1 IT SAYS THAT GOD JUST GAVE THEM UP. 247 00:13:38,014 --> 00:13:40,750 THREE TIMES, HE SAID HE GAVE THEM UP. 248 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:43,252 HAS GOD GIVEN YOU UP? 249 00:13:43,252 --> 00:13:46,222 NO, THE VERY FACT YOU'RE HERE TODAY 250 00:13:46,222 --> 00:13:49,825 SHOWS THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN YOU UP. 251 00:13:49,825 --> 00:13:51,227 GOD IS STILL SPEAKING TO YOU. 252 00:13:51,227 --> 00:13:53,896 THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR YOU TO COME TO CHRIST. 253 00:13:53,896 --> 00:13:55,264 THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU 254 00:13:55,264 --> 00:13:58,601 TO RECEIVE THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE GIFT OF GOD IN CHRIST. 255 00:14:01,337 --> 00:14:03,339 IN II TIMOTHY 3 IT SAYS, 256 00:14:03,339 --> 00:14:05,608 "MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES, 257 00:14:05,608 --> 00:14:08,978 "COVETOUS, BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT, 258 00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:11,981 "UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY." 259 00:14:11,981 --> 00:14:18,454 AND ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIGH MORALITY TODAY IS LAUGHED AT. 260 00:14:18,454 --> 00:14:23,793 JEREMIAH SAID THAT THEY HAD FORGOTTEN HOW TO BLUSH 261 00:14:23,793 --> 00:14:26,762 AND THERE'S A LOT TRUTH IN THAT. 262 00:14:27,229 --> 00:14:30,466 NOW GOD WARNS SODOM. 263 00:14:30,466 --> 00:14:34,537 HE SENT SOME ANGELS TO ABRAHAM 264 00:14:34,537 --> 00:14:36,305 TO TELL ABRAHAM WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. 265 00:14:36,305 --> 00:14:39,308 HE WAS GOING TO DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH 266 00:14:39,308 --> 00:14:41,110 WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. 267 00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:45,581 AND ABRAHAM SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE, LORD. 268 00:14:45,581 --> 00:14:50,152 "IF I WOULD FIND SOME REAL BELIEVERS IN SODOM, 269 00:14:50,152 --> 00:14:54,256 "IF I FOUND FIFTY RIGHTEOUS MEN, WOULD YOU SPARE IT?" 270 00:14:54,256 --> 00:14:55,891 AND GOD SAID, "YES." 271 00:14:57,026 --> 00:14:59,195 HE COULDN'T FIND FIFTY SO HE SAID TO THE LORD, 272 00:14:59,195 --> 00:15:01,731 "ALL RIGHT, LORD, WHAT ABOUT IF I FOUND FORTY?" 273 00:15:03,165 --> 00:15:06,802 THEN AFTER AWHILE, HE SAID, "THIRTY," THEN "TWENTY." 274 00:15:06,802 --> 00:15:09,138 FINALLY HE SAID, "IF I FIND TEN, LORD, 275 00:15:09,138 --> 00:15:10,673 "WOULD YOU SPARE THEM?" 276 00:15:12,308 --> 00:15:16,312 AND GOD SAID, "YES, IF YOU FIND TEN RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN SODOM 277 00:15:16,312 --> 00:15:18,013 "I'LL SPARE SODOM." 278 00:15:19,849 --> 00:15:21,784 BUT HE COULDN'T FIND THEM. 279 00:15:21,784 --> 00:15:23,919 AND THAT IS A LESSON TO US. 280 00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:27,790 THE IMPORTANCE OF A DEDICATED MINORITY. 281 00:15:27,790 --> 00:15:30,760 A MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE AND WHO LIVE IT. 282 00:15:34,530 --> 00:15:36,565 "EXCEPT THE LORD OF HOSTS HAD LEFT UNTO US 283 00:15:36,565 --> 00:15:39,435 "A SMALL REMNANT, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS SODOM. 284 00:15:39,435 --> 00:15:40,870 "AND WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKENED UNTO GOMORRAH," 285 00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:43,272 SAYS ISAIAH 1:9 286 00:15:45,341 --> 00:15:50,746 TO YOU CHRISTIANS, JESUS GAVE A WARNING. 287 00:15:50,746 --> 00:15:54,116 HE SAID, "REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE?" 288 00:15:54,383 --> 00:15:57,286 THE ANGELS TOLD YOU 289 00:15:57,286 --> 00:15:58,487 NOT TO LOOK BACK. 290 00:15:58,487 --> 00:16:00,256 IF YOU DID LOOK BACK, 291 00:16:00,256 --> 00:16:01,557 YOU'D BE TURNED 292 00:16:01,557 --> 00:16:02,792 TO A PILLAR SALT. 293 00:16:02,792 --> 00:16:04,860 WELL, SHE DID LOOK BACK. 294 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:07,329 AND SHE WAS TURNED 295 00:16:07,329 --> 00:16:08,864 TO A PILLAR OF SALT. 296 00:16:08,864 --> 00:16:10,833 AND JESUS SAID, 297 00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:14,470 "REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE." 298 00:16:14,470 --> 00:16:17,406 THAT'S AN EXAMPLE FOR US TODAY, 299 00:16:17,406 --> 00:16:18,741 "REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE." 300 00:16:18,741 --> 00:16:19,675 ONE OF THE SHORTEST VERSES 301 00:16:19,675 --> 00:16:20,810 IN ALL THE BIBLE. 302 00:16:20,810 --> 00:16:23,312 DON'T LOOK BACK. 303 00:16:23,312 --> 00:16:25,347 MANY OF US LOOK LONGINGLY 304 00:16:25,347 --> 00:16:26,515 AT THE WORLD 305 00:16:26,515 --> 00:16:27,750 AND MANY ARE LIKE DEMAS, 306 00:16:27,750 --> 00:16:29,919 HAVING FORSAKEN CHRIST 307 00:16:29,919 --> 00:16:31,821 BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF 308 00:16:31,821 --> 00:16:33,189 THIS PRESENT WORLD. 309 00:16:33,189 --> 00:16:35,391 NOW THE CLIMAX OF HISTORY 310 00:16:35,391 --> 00:16:36,992 IS GOING TO BE JUDGMENT. 311 00:16:36,992 --> 00:16:40,129 THE BIBLE WARNS THAT THE WORLD 312 00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:42,431 IS IN FOR A GIGANTIC JUDGMENT. 313 00:16:42,431 --> 00:16:45,167 THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT 314 00:16:45,167 --> 00:16:46,669 IS THE PROMISED RETURN 315 00:16:46,669 --> 00:16:48,237 OF JESUS CHRIST. 316 00:16:48,237 --> 00:16:49,638 BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES 317 00:16:49,638 --> 00:16:50,940 FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER 318 00:16:50,940 --> 00:16:52,208 THAT CHRIST IS GOING 319 00:16:52,208 --> 00:16:53,676 TO COME BACK SOMEDAY. 320 00:16:53,676 --> 00:16:55,277 HE'S GOING TO 321 00:16:55,277 --> 00:16:56,645 SET UP HIS KINGDOM. 322 00:16:56,645 --> 00:16:58,314 AND EVIL AND THE DEVIL 323 00:16:58,314 --> 00:17:00,082 ARE GOING TO BE ELIMINATED 324 00:17:00,082 --> 00:17:01,750 AND THIS IS GOING TO BE 325 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,252 HEAVEN ON EARTH, 326 00:17:03,252 --> 00:17:05,254 WHEN JESUS COMES BACK. 327 00:17:05,254 --> 00:17:14,663 [applause] 328 00:17:14,663 --> 00:17:16,232 YOU SEE, JESUS CHRIST 329 00:17:16,232 --> 00:17:18,067 LOVED US SO MUCH 330 00:17:18,067 --> 00:17:19,635 THAT HE WENT TO THE CROSS 331 00:17:19,635 --> 00:17:22,538 AND DIED FOR US. 332 00:17:22,538 --> 00:17:25,808 HE TOOK ALL THE HELL 333 00:17:25,808 --> 00:17:26,842 AND ALL THE JUDGMENT 334 00:17:26,842 --> 00:17:28,277 ON HIM AT THE CROSS. 335 00:17:30,246 --> 00:17:32,147 AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS 336 00:17:32,147 --> 00:17:34,283 "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD," 337 00:17:34,283 --> 00:17:35,851 GOD SO LOVED 338 00:17:35,851 --> 00:17:37,019 THIS PRESENT WORLD 339 00:17:37,019 --> 00:17:38,254 "THAT HE GAVE 340 00:17:38,254 --> 00:17:40,289 "HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON 341 00:17:40,289 --> 00:17:41,323 "THAT WHOSOEVER," 342 00:17:41,323 --> 00:17:42,458 THAT INCLUDES YOU, 343 00:17:42,458 --> 00:17:43,926 "WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM 344 00:17:43,926 --> 00:17:44,927 "SHOULD NOT PERISH 345 00:17:44,927 --> 00:17:46,962 "BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." 346 00:17:50,165 --> 00:17:52,234 YOU SAY, WELL, WHEN IS CHRIST 347 00:17:52,234 --> 00:17:53,469 GOING TO COME BACK? 348 00:17:56,005 --> 00:17:57,406 JESUS SAID, "BUT OF THAT DAY 349 00:17:57,406 --> 00:17:58,807 "AND HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN. 350 00:17:58,807 --> 00:17:59,909 "NO, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS 351 00:17:59,909 --> 00:18:00,776 "OF HEAVEN, 352 00:18:00,776 --> 00:18:02,044 "BUT MY FATHER ONLY." 353 00:18:02,044 --> 00:18:03,612 WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY, 354 00:18:03,612 --> 00:18:04,713 DON'T SPECULATE. 355 00:18:04,713 --> 00:18:08,083 IT'S COMING, IT'S SURE. 356 00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:09,752 HE LEFT US CERTAIN SIGNS, 357 00:18:09,752 --> 00:18:10,853 I WISH WE HAD TIME TO 358 00:18:10,853 --> 00:18:12,021 GO INTO ALL OF THEM TODAY. 359 00:18:12,021 --> 00:18:13,055 I BELIEVE THAT EVERY ONE 360 00:18:13,055 --> 00:18:14,156 OF THOSE SIGNS 361 00:18:14,156 --> 00:18:15,791 IS BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW. 362 00:18:15,791 --> 00:18:17,826 AND CHRIST COULD COME BACK 363 00:18:17,826 --> 00:18:18,827 AT ANY TIME. 364 00:18:18,827 --> 00:18:26,835 [applause] 365 00:18:26,835 --> 00:18:29,138 HOW WILL CHRIST COME? 366 00:18:29,138 --> 00:18:30,339 "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF 367 00:18:30,339 --> 00:18:31,507 "SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN 368 00:18:31,507 --> 00:18:33,075 "WITH A SHOUT AND THE VOICE 369 00:18:33,075 --> 00:18:34,276 "OF THE ARCHANGEL 370 00:18:34,276 --> 00:18:35,511 "AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD 371 00:18:35,511 --> 00:18:36,545 "AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST 372 00:18:36,545 --> 00:18:37,980 "SHALL RISE FIRST!" 373 00:18:37,980 --> 00:18:39,682 WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME 374 00:18:39,682 --> 00:18:40,950 THAT'S GOING TO BE 375 00:18:40,950 --> 00:18:42,418 WHEN CHRIST RETURNS. 376 00:18:42,418 --> 00:18:44,119 THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, 377 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,321 I'M LOOKING FORWARD 378 00:18:45,321 --> 00:18:46,455 TO HEARING THAT VOICE. 379 00:18:46,455 --> 00:18:47,289 I'VE NEVER HEARD 380 00:18:47,289 --> 00:18:48,390 AN ARCHANGEL. 381 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:49,692 AND THE TRUMP OF GOD, 382 00:18:49,692 --> 00:18:51,527 WHAT TRUMPETS THAT WILL BE. 383 00:18:53,262 --> 00:18:54,930 THAT WILL ALSO BE A TIME 384 00:18:54,930 --> 00:18:56,398 OF PERSONAL JUDGMENT 385 00:18:56,398 --> 00:18:58,367 WHEN YOU IF YOU'VE REALLY 386 00:18:58,367 --> 00:18:59,868 NEVER RECEIVED CHRIST, 387 00:18:59,868 --> 00:19:01,170 NOW YOU MAY BE BAPTIZED 388 00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:03,038 AND YOU MAY BE CONFIRMED 389 00:19:03,038 --> 00:19:04,506 AND YOU MAY BE A CHURCH MEMBER 390 00:19:04,506 --> 00:19:05,341 AND ALL OF THAT. 391 00:19:05,341 --> 00:19:06,408 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 392 00:19:06,408 --> 00:19:07,776 I'M THANKFUL. 393 00:19:07,776 --> 00:19:09,211 BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. 394 00:19:09,211 --> 00:19:11,113 JESUS TALKED TO NICODEMUS 395 00:19:11,113 --> 00:19:11,981 AND SAID, "NICODEMUS, 396 00:19:11,981 --> 00:19:13,015 "ALL OF YOUR RELIGION 397 00:19:13,015 --> 00:19:14,049 "IS NOT ENOUGH. 398 00:19:14,049 --> 00:19:15,851 "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." 399 00:19:17,753 --> 00:19:19,521 THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVE CHRIST, 400 00:19:19,521 --> 00:19:21,924 THE MOMENT YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND SURRENDER TO HIM 401 00:19:21,924 --> 00:19:23,959 AS LORD AND MASTER AND SAVIOR, 402 00:19:23,959 --> 00:19:27,263 AT THAT MOMENT, YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. 403 00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:31,800 AND IF MY NAME WERE NOT WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK OF LIFE, 404 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,435 YOU'D NEVER GET ME OUT OF THIS STADIUM 405 00:19:33,435 --> 00:19:36,572 UNTIL I'D MADE SURE IT'S BEEN WRITTEN THERE. 406 00:19:36,572 --> 00:19:39,375 BECAUSE ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE 407 00:19:39,375 --> 00:19:41,176 ARE GOING TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 408 00:19:44,179 --> 00:19:47,816 [applause] 409 00:19:50,152 --> 00:19:52,621 YOU SEE, FOR THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, 410 00:19:52,621 --> 00:19:55,324 JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS. 411 00:19:56,592 --> 00:19:59,361 THEY PUT NAILS IN HIS HANDS AND A SPIKE THROUGH HIS SIDE 412 00:19:59,361 --> 00:20:01,230 AND A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS BROW 413 00:20:01,230 --> 00:20:04,500 AND HE SUFFERED ONE OF THE MOST AGONIZING PHYSICAL DEATHS 414 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,635 THAT A PERSON CAN SUFFER. 415 00:20:06,635 --> 00:20:08,837 BUT THAT WASN'T HIS REAL SUFFERING. 416 00:20:08,837 --> 00:20:11,607 THE REAL SUFFERING OF JESUS CHRIST WAS WHEN HE SAID, 417 00:20:11,607 --> 00:20:16,045 "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME." 418 00:20:16,045 --> 00:20:20,282 BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT, GOD TOOK YOUR SINS 419 00:20:20,282 --> 00:20:23,819 AND MY SIN AND LAID ON CHRIST. 420 00:20:23,819 --> 00:20:25,054 HE BORE OUR SINS. 421 00:20:25,054 --> 00:20:26,989 HE WENT TO HELL FOR US. 422 00:20:26,989 --> 00:20:28,624 HE TOOK THE JUDGMENT FOR US. 423 00:20:28,624 --> 00:20:31,060 SO THE CROSS IS A JUDGMENT. 424 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,429 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? 425 00:20:33,429 --> 00:20:36,565 REPENT OF YOUR SINS. 426 00:20:36,565 --> 00:20:37,833 AND YOU'RE NOT SURE 427 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:39,034 THAT YOU'VE REPENTED. 428 00:20:39,034 --> 00:20:43,339 TO SURRENDER TOTALLY TO CHRIST. 429 00:20:43,339 --> 00:20:44,973 YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND, 430 00:20:44,973 --> 00:20:47,743 YOUR BODY, YOUR LIFE 431 00:20:47,743 --> 00:20:50,512 SO THAT CHRIST IS FIRST 432 00:20:50,512 --> 00:20:51,847 IN YOUR LIFE. 433 00:20:51,847 --> 00:20:52,781 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE 434 00:20:52,781 --> 00:20:54,817 THAT COMMITMENT THIS AFTERNOON. 435 00:20:54,817 --> 00:20:56,352 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO 436 00:20:56,352 --> 00:20:57,486 WHAT WE'VE SEEN THOUSANDS OF 437 00:20:57,486 --> 00:20:59,288 PEOPLE DO THIS PAST WEEK. 438 00:20:59,288 --> 00:21:00,522 GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT 439 00:21:00,522 --> 00:21:01,924 FROM ALL OVER THIS STADIUM 440 00:21:01,924 --> 00:21:04,093 AND COME AND STAND IN FRONT. 441 00:21:04,093 --> 00:21:05,494 AND AFTER YOU'VE ALL COME 442 00:21:05,494 --> 00:21:06,962 I'M GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU 443 00:21:06,962 --> 00:21:08,197 AND HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU 444 00:21:08,197 --> 00:21:10,199 AND YOU CAN GET UP 445 00:21:10,199 --> 00:21:11,300 AND GO BACK 446 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:12,034 AND JOIN YOUR FRIENDS. 447 00:21:12,034 --> 00:21:12,901 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 448 00:21:12,901 --> 00:21:13,902 SOME LITERATURE, 449 00:21:13,902 --> 00:21:14,837 A BOOK THAT'LL HELP YOU 450 00:21:14,837 --> 00:21:15,704 IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. 451 00:21:15,704 --> 00:21:17,172 BUT YOU GET UP AND COME 452 00:21:17,172 --> 00:21:18,540 AND DON'T DELAY, 453 00:21:18,540 --> 00:21:21,710 BECAUSE HE SAYS, "NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME. 454 00:21:21,710 --> 00:21:25,047 "TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION." 455 00:21:25,047 --> 00:21:26,915 YOU MAY NEVER HAVE ANOTHER MOMENT LIKE THIS 456 00:21:26,915 --> 00:21:28,984 AS LONG AS YOU LIVE. 457 00:21:28,984 --> 00:21:31,920 WHEN WILL YOU EVER SEE ANOTHER THING LIKE THIS IN PITTSBURGH? 458 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,656 MAYBE ANOTHER GENERATION OR MAYBE NEVER. 459 00:21:34,656 --> 00:21:38,093 AND AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED, IT MAY NEVER BE. 460 00:21:38,093 --> 00:21:40,896 WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR YOU. 461 00:21:40,896 --> 00:21:42,531 YOU COME FROM WAY UP THERE, 462 00:21:42,531 --> 00:21:45,067 WHEREVER YOU ARE, GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU. 463 00:21:45,067 --> 00:21:47,803 AND BACK HERE, WHERE THE SEATS HAVE FILLED IN, 464 00:21:47,803 --> 00:21:49,872 YOU COME AND JOIN THEM. 465 00:21:49,872 --> 00:21:54,109 ♪ 466 00:21:54,109 --> 00:22:06,054 ♪ JUST AS I AM WITHOUT ONE PLEA ♪ 467 00:22:06,054 --> 00:22:15,898 ♪ BUT THAT THY BLOOD WAS SHED FOR ME ♪ 468 00:22:15,898 --> 00:22:27,810 ♪ AND THAT THOU BIDST ME COME TO THEE ♪ 469 00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:42,224 ♪ OH LAMB OF GOD, I COME, I COME ♪ 470 00:22:42,224 --> 00:22:44,259 ♪ 471 00:22:44,259 --> 00:22:54,303 ♪ JUST AS I AM AND WAITING NOT ♪ 472 00:22:54,303 --> 00:23:04,980 ♪ TO RID MY SOUL OF ONE DARK BLOT ♪ 473 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:15,490 ♪ TO THEE WHOSE BLOOD CAN CLEANSE EACH SPOT ♪ 474 00:23:15,490 --> 00:23:29,605 ♪ OH LAMB OF GOD, I COME, I COME ♪ 475 00:23:29,605 --> 00:23:33,475 ♪ 476 00:23:33,475 --> 00:23:35,344 JUST AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO 477 00:23:35,344 --> 00:23:37,012 MR. GRAHAM'S INVITATION TO 478 00:23:37,012 --> 00:23:39,781 MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST, 479 00:23:39,781 --> 00:23:42,985 SO CAN YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. 480 00:23:42,985 --> 00:23:47,089 JUST CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 481 00:23:47,089 --> 00:23:50,158 SPECIAL FRIENDS WANT TO HELP YOU WITH THIS IMPORTANT DECISION 482 00:23:50,158 --> 00:23:51,793 SO DON'T WAIT. 483 00:23:51,793 --> 00:23:53,462 PLEASE CALL NOW. 484 00:23:53,462 --> 00:24:03,438 ♪ 485 00:24:03,438 --> 00:24:13,515 ♪ 486 00:24:13,515 --> 00:24:27,930 ♪ 487 00:24:29,765 --> 00:24:31,767 YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING BY TELEVISION 488 00:24:31,767 --> 00:24:35,304 HERE IN THIS GREAT THREE RIVERS STADIUM IN PITTSBURGH 489 00:24:35,304 --> 00:24:39,341 WHERE THREE RIVERS COME TOGETHER RIGHT HERE, 490 00:24:39,341 --> 00:24:45,948 YOU'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE AND GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU 491 00:24:45,948 --> 00:24:48,250 AND WE'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME HERE. 492 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:51,486 MANY MORE HUNDREDS ARE ON THE WAY. 493 00:24:51,486 --> 00:24:54,723 YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST WHERE YOU ARE. 494 00:24:54,723 --> 00:24:58,093 YOU CAN SAY YES TO CHRIST. 495 00:24:58,093 --> 00:24:59,761 HE LOVES YOU. 496 00:24:59,761 --> 00:25:01,697 HE WANTS TO FORGIVE YOU. 497 00:25:01,697 --> 00:25:05,901 HE WANTS TO CHANGE YOU AND GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE. 498 00:25:05,901 --> 00:25:09,271 LET HIM COME INTO YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW. 499 00:25:09,271 --> 00:25:13,542 JUST SAY, "LORD, I AM A SINNER AND I'M SORRY. 500 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:16,178 "I DO REPENT OF MY SINS AS BEST I KNOW HOW. 501 00:25:16,178 --> 00:25:17,879 "I'M NOT SURE THAT I KNOW HOW, BUT LORD, 502 00:25:17,879 --> 00:25:22,050 "HELP ME TO REPENT AND HELP ME TO BELIEVE, LORD. 503 00:25:22,050 --> 00:25:24,519 "I NEED YOUR HELP EVEN IN THE BELIEVING. 504 00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:29,091 "AND HELP ME TO FOLLOW YOU AND SERVE YOU." 505 00:25:29,091 --> 00:25:31,093 HE'LL HELP YOU.