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IN 1949, A BOLD AND DYNAMIC
YOUNG PREACHER
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SET OUT ON A JOURNEY THAT
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT
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ON EVERY CONTINENT
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND
TO MORE THAN 210 MILLION PEOPLE
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BILLY GRAHAM HAS
PASSIONATELY SPOKEN
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ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF HOPE
FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST.
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THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT GOD
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THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
OR COMPREHEND.
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I ACCEPT HIS REVELATION OF
HIMSELF BY FAITH.
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HE'S BROUGHT RACES AND
DENOMINATIONS TOGETHER
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TOWARD A COMMON PURPOSE
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AS HE'S PREACHED IN 185
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
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CHRIST BELONGS TO
ALL PEOPLE.
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HE BELONGS TO
THE WHOLE WORLD.
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HE HAS STOOD
ALONGSIDE PRESIDENTS,
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MET WITH DIGNITARIES
AND WORLD LEADERS,
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AND TODAY BILLY GRAHAM
IS RECOGNIZED
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AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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IN THE HISTORY OF
THE WORLD.
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES...
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THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS.
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(applause)
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NOW TODAY I WANT YOU TO
TURN WITH ME TO II PETER
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THE SECOND CHAPTER
BEGINNING WITH VERSE FIVE.
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I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR BIBLES
BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK
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ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT
SUBJECT TODAY.
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THE JUDGMENT OF GOD,
THE LOVE OF GOD,
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AND THE COMING AGAIN OF JESUS
CHRIST, AND THE END OF THE AGE.
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NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.
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THERE'S NOT GOING TO
BE AN END TO THE WORLD.
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BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN END
TO THE AGE IN WHICH WE LIVE,
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THAT'S DOMINATED BY THE DEVIL
AND DOMINATED BY EVIL.
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THAT WILL COME TO AN END
AND CHRIST THE MESSIAH
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IS GOING TO COME BACK.
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WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
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THE SECOND CHAPTER OF II PETER .
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NOW, II PETER IN YOUR BIBLES
COMES RIGHT AFTER I PETER,
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IF YOU'RE HAVING
TROUBLE FINDING IT.
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BEGINNING WITH VERSE 5,
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"AND SPARED NOT THE OLD WORLD
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"BUT SAVED NOAH,
THE EIGHTH PERSON,
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"A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
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"BRINGING IN THE FLOOD UPON
THE WORLD OF THE UNGODLY
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"AND TURNING THE CITIES OF
SODOM AND GOMORRAH INTO ASHES
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"CONDEMNED THEM
WITH AN OVERTHROW
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"MAKING THEM AN EXAMPLE
UNTO ALL THOSE
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"WHO WOULD LIVE UNGODLY
IN THE FUTURE.
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"AND DELIVERED JUST LOT,
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"VEXED WITH THE FILTHY
LIFESTYLE OF THE WICKED.
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"FOR THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
DWELLING AMONG THEM
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"AND SEEING AND HEARING,
VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL
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"FROM DAY TO DAY
WITH THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS.
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"THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO
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"DELIVER THE GODLY
OUT OF TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS."
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IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
A SERIOUS TEMPTATION NOW
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OR TRIAL NOW
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GOD KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER YOU.
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IF YOU'LL TURN TO HIM
AND PRAY BY FAITH AND BELIEVE.
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"AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST
UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT."
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THOSE THAT ARE
OUTSIDE OF CHRIST,
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THOSE THAT LIVE WICKED LIVES
ARE BEING RESERVED
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UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
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THERE IS A JUDGMENT DAY COMING.
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THE BIBLICAL STORY OF
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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COMES DOWN TO US TODAY
AS AN EXAMPLE
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OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN
EVEN IN THIS DECADE,
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OR IN THE DECADES AHEAD
IF WE DON'T TURN TO GOD.
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NOW SODOM AND GOMORRAH
WERE TWO CITIES.
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AND THEY WERE AT THE PLACE
THAT NOW THE DEAD SEA IS
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IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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THE DEAD SEA IS TEN MILES
BY FIFTY MILE INLAND LAKE
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IN THE LOWER JORDAN VALLEY.
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IT'S A MINERAL SATURATED
BODY OF WATER
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WHICH IS 1,260 FEET
BELOW SEA LEVEL.
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IT'S THE LOWEST PART
OF THE WORLD.
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IN GENESIS 13 WE READ
ABOUT ABRAHAM.
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AND ABRAHAM IS GOING THROUGH
THAT PART OF THE WORLD
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WITH ALL OF HIS FLOCKS
AND ALL OF HIS FAMILY,
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GOING TO THE LAND THAT
GOD HAD PROMISED HIM.
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HE WAS A MAN OF GOD.
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AND HE HAD HIS NEPHEW
WITH HIM BY THE NAME OF LOT.
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AND HE SAW THAT THE SERVANTS
OF LOT AND HIS SERVANTS
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WERE NOT GETTING ALONG TOO WELL.
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SO HE SAID TO LOT,
"LOT, LET'S DIVIDE,
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"WE'VE GOTTEN TOO BIG.
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"THERE ARE TOO MANY OF US.
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"TOO MANY CATTLE.
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"YOUR CATTLE AND MY CATTLE
ARE GETTING MIXED UP.
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"YOU CHOOSE WHEREVER
YOU WANNA LIVE.
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"IF YOU WANNA GO WEST,"
(TOWARD WHAT IS NOW PALESTINE)
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"OR IF YOU WANNA
GO ACROSS THE JORDAN
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"AND GO TO THE JORDAN VALLEY
WHICH IS LUSH LIKE
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"A GARDEN OF EDEN.
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"YOU TAKE A CHOICE AND
I'LL TAKE THE OTHER WAY."
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SO LOT LOOKED ALL AROUND AND
HE LOOKED DOWN TOWARDS SODOM,
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HE LOOKED DOWN
TOWARD GOMORRAH.
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AND HE SAW THAT WAS A VERY
WEALTHY PART OF THE WORLD.
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A VERY WONDERFUL PART
TO LIVE IN.
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HE CONSULTED HIS WIFE.
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SHE SAID, "BY ALL MEANS
WE WANT TO GO TO SODOM."
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SHE WANTED TO GO WHERE
THE GOOD TIMES WERE.
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AND SO LOT TOLD ABRAHAM,
"ALL RIGHT, UNCLE ABRAHAM.
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"WE'RE GOING TO GO,
WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO DOWN
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"TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
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"AND GO DOWN TO THE LUSH
VALLEY OF THE JORDAN.
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"AND WE'LL TAKE OUR CATTLE
AND OUR SERVANTS
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"AND OUR PEOPLE AND OUR FAMILY
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GO."
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ABRAHAM AGREED,
SAID ALL RIGHT.
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THE DEAD SEA WAS
SURROUNDED IN THAT TIME--
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IT WAS NO DEAD SEA,
OF COURSE--
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BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS A LUSH,
UNBELIEVABLY LUSH
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PART OF THE WORLD.
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BUT WITH THEIR WEALTH CAME
A LIFESTYLE OF HEDONISM,
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SEXUAL OBSESSION
AND PERVERSION.
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THE LIKE OF WHICH HAS
HARDLY EVER BEEN EQUALED
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IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
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SO THAT TODAY THE WORD SODOM
IS USED TO DESCRIBE
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A CERTAIN LIFESTYLE
THAT PEOPLE MAY ADOPT.
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AS GOD HAD SENT
A FLOOD TO DESTROY
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A CORRUPTED HUMANITY
IN NOAH'S DAY,
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SO UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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HE SENT A TOTALLY DESTROYING
JUDGMENT OF FIRE.
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AND THAT FIRE OF BRIMSTONE THAT
FELL UPON SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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NOT ONLY DESTROYED IT,
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BUT SANK THAT PART OF THE WORLD
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TO THE LOWEST PART OF THE EARTH.
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NOW WHAT WERE THE SINS OF SODOM?
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WHY DID GOD ALLOW
THAT JUDGMENT TO FALL?
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THE FIRST SIN THAT THEY HAD
WAS FALSE SECURITY.
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THEY WERE SECURE.
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AND WE TODAY HAVE A SECURITY
BEHIND OUR OCEANS
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AND BEHIND OUR MILITARY POWER.
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PRESIDENT YELTSIN HAS
STATED THAT THE WHOLE WORLD
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CAN BE STANDING UNKNOWINGLY
ON THE EDGE OF AN ABYSS.
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AND YOU SAW IN
YOUR PAPERS THIS MORNING
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THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE
HAVING IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW,
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IN THE GOVERNMENT.
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WE HAVE A FALSE SECURITY.
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"WOE TO THEM THAT
GO DOWN TO EGYPT!"
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NOW EGYPT IN THAT DAY
DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO DO
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WITH ISRAELI PEOPLE.
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AND YET, TIME AFTER TIME,
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THE ISRAELIS WOULD GO
DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP.
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AND HE SAID, " WOE TO THEM
THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP
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"AND STAY ON HORSES
AND TRUST IN CHARIOTS,
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"BUT THEY LOOK NOT TO
THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
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"NEITHER SEEK THE LORD.
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"NOW THE EGYPTIANS
ARE MEN AND NOT GOD
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"AND THEIR HORSES FLESH
AND NOT SPIRIT."
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ISAIAH THE PROPHET IS SPEAKING
IN THE 31ST CHAPTER
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WHEN HE SAYS THAT.
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THEY HAD FALSE SECURITY.
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THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
ABSOLUTELY SECURE.
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NOBODY COULD EVER TAKE
SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
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THEN THEIR SECOND SIN THAT THE
SCRIPTURE MENTIONS IS PLEASURE.
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THEY LIVED FOR PLEASURE.
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IN JOB 20 THE FIFTH CHAPTER
IT SAYS,
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"THE JOY MAKING OF
THE WICKED IS SHORT
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"AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE
BUT A MOMENT."
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YOU ONLY HAVE A MOMENT
TO ENJOY IT.
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THEN YOU HAVE ETERNITY
TO REGRET IT.
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THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THERE ARE
PLEASURES IN SIN FOR A MOMENT.
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THEN IT'S ALL OVER
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AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING BUT
THE REMORSE AND THE GUILT.
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THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "THERE'S A
WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT UNTO A MAN
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"BUT THE END THEREOF
ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH."
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"EVEN IN LAUGHTER,"
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
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"THE HEART IS SORROWFUL AND
THE END OF MIRTH IS HEAVINESS."
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EVEN WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING,
MANY PEOPLE.
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IN PSALM 53:1, IT SAYS,
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"THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART
THERE'S NO GOD."
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IF YOU GO BACK TO
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN HEBREW
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS;
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"THE FOOL HATH SAID
IN HIS HEART NO TO GOD."
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HE'S NOT SAYING THERE'S NO GOD.
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HE'S JUST SAYING NO TO GOD.
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YOU SEE YOU CAN'T
PROVE SCIENTIFICALLY
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THAT THERE IS A GOD
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AND YOU CAN'T PROVE
SCIENTIFICALLY THERE'S NO GOD.
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BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS
THERE MUST BE A GOD.
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AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SIN
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THAT SODOM AND
GOMORRAH COMMITTED.
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IT WAS OVERINDULGENCE.
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THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD,
A GREAT PART OF THE WORLD,
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LIVES UNDER WHAT WE CALL
THE POVERTY LEVEL.
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AND IN LUKE 21 IT SAYS,
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"AND TAKE HEED
TO YOURSELVES LEST AT ANY TIME
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"YOUR HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED
WITH SURFEITING AND DRUNKENNESS
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"AND THE CARES OF THIS LIFE
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"SO THAT DAY COMES
UPON YOU UNAWARE."
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JOHN EASTWOOD
WROTE SOME TIME AGO,
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"PEOPLE DO NOT DECIDE TO BE
DRUNKARDS OR DRUG ADDICTS
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"OR PROSTITUTES OR MURDERERS
OR THIEVES.
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"BUT THEY PITCH THEIR TENT
TOWARD SODOM
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"AND THE POWERS OF EVIL
OVERCOME THEM."
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AND HOW MANY OF US
ARE LIKE THAT?
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WE PITCH OUR TENT
TOWARD SODOM.
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WE SORT OF LIVE HALF IN SODOM
AND HALF WITH ABRAHAM.
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WE SORT OF ENJOY SODOM.
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WE LONG FOR THE THINGS
THAT SODOM HAS.
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WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FUN
AND THE PLEASURE
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WE IMAGINE THAT
THEY'RE HAVING.
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WE'D LIKE TO HAVE
ALL THAT MONEY.
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BUT THE POWERS OF EVIL
WILL OVERCOME YOU
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AND YOU WILL DIE BEFORE
YOUR TIME AND BE LOST FROM GOD.
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IN JUDE THE 12TH
VERSE IT SAYS,
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"THERE ARE SPOTS IN
YOUR FEAST OF CHARITY
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"WHEN THEY FEAST WITH YOU,
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"FEEDING THEMSELVES
WITHOUT FEAR."
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HOW MANY TIMES WE SEE
CHARITABLE EVENTS--
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AND WE THANK GOD FOR THOSE
THAT ARE SINCERELY INTERESTED--
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BUT THEY GO TO HAVE A BIG
TIME AND TO BE SEEN.
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AND THERE'S A SPOT IN THEIR
CHARITY AND THAT'S THE SPOT.
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AND THEN THE PEOPLE OF
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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HAD SOME NEW STRANGE GODS.
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WHENEVER A MAN SEEKS
OR HONORS OR EXALTS
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ANYTHING MORE THAN GOD
THAT'S IDOLATRY.
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AND THERE ARE MANY OF US
THAT ARE GUILTY OF IDOLATRY.
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BUT WE DON'T REALIZE IT.
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IN PSALM 44 , IT SAYS,
"IF WE'VE FORGOTTEN
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"THE NAME OF OUR GOD
OR STRETCHED OUT OUR HAND
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"TO A STRANGE GOD,
SHALL NOT GOD SEARCH THIS OUT?"
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ROMANS 1 , IT SAYS,
"WE'VE CHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD
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"INTO A LIE AND WORSHIPPED
AND SERVED THE CREATURE
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"MORE THAN THE CREATOR."
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WE WORSHIP OUR BODIES AND
WE WORSHIP OUR GOOD TIMES
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AND WE SPEND MORE
ON OUR COSMETICS
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THAN WE DO WORSHIPPING GOD
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AND CHRIST.
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THAT'S MODERN HUMANISM.
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AND THEN THEY WERE
ALSO GUILTY OF GREED.
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GREED WAS A PLAGUE ON
THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
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OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
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AND ONE OF THE ADDICTION THAT
TODAY HAS THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
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IN ITS VICE IS GAMBLING.
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AND PART OF THE GAMBLING
MOTIVATION IS GREED.
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WORKERS THROUGHOUT
THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD
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ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
TRAUMATIZED BY OVERWORK
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AND THEIR EFFORT TO EARN MORE
THAN THEIR NEEDS REQUIRE.
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SO WE NEGLECT OUR FAMILIES TO
GET MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN,
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AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED IT.
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GOD HAS PROMISED TO SUPPLY
ALL OF OUR NEEDS,
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BUT HE'S NEVER PROMISED
TO SUPPLY ALL OF OUR GREEDS.
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AND THEN IN THE SINS OF
SODOM AND GOMORRAH,
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SO BAD THAT GOD GAVE THEM UP.
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IN ROMANS 1 IT SAYS THAT
GOD JUST GAVE THEM UP.
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THREE TIMES, HE SAID
HE GAVE THEM UP.
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HAS GOD GIVEN YOU UP?
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NO, THE VERY FACT
YOU'RE HERE TODAY
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SHOWS THAT GOD HAS
NOT GIVEN YOU UP.
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GOD IS STILL SPEAKING TO YOU.
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THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR YOU
TO COME TO CHRIST.
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THERE'S STILL AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
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TO RECEIVE THE LOVE OF GOD
AND THE GIFT OF GOD IN CHRIST.
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IN II TIMOTHY 3 IT SAYS,
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"MEN SHALL BE LOVERS
OF THEIR OWN SELVES,
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"COVETOUS, BOASTERS,
PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT,
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"UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY."
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AND ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIGH
MORALITY TODAY IS LAUGHED AT.
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JEREMIAH SAID THAT THEY
HAD FORGOTTEN HOW TO BLUSH
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AND THERE'S A LOT TRUTH IN THAT.
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NOW GOD WARNS SODOM.
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HE SENT SOME ANGELS TO ABRAHAM
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TO TELL ABRAHAM WHAT
HE WAS GOING TO DO.
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HE WAS GOING TO DESTROY
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
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WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE.
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AND ABRAHAM SAID,
"WAIT A MINUTE, LORD.
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"IF I WOULD FIND SOME REAL
BELIEVERS IN SODOM,
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"IF I FOUND FIFTY RIGHTEOUS MEN,
WOULD YOU SPARE IT?"
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AND GOD SAID, "YES."
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HE COULDN'T FIND FIFTY
SO HE SAID TO THE LORD,
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"ALL RIGHT, LORD, WHAT
ABOUT IF I FOUND FORTY?"
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THEN AFTER AWHILE, HE SAID,
"THIRTY," THEN "TWENTY."
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FINALLY HE SAID,
"IF I FIND TEN, LORD,
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"WOULD YOU SPARE THEM?"
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AND GOD SAID, "YES, IF YOU FIND
TEN RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN SODOM
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"I'LL SPARE SODOM."
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BUT HE COULDN'T FIND THEM.
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AND THAT IS A LESSON TO US.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
A DEDICATED MINORITY.
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A MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE AND WHO LIVE IT.
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"EXCEPT THE LORD OF HOSTS
HAD LEFT UNTO US
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"A SMALL REMNANT, WE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN AS SODOM.
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"AND WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
LIKENED UNTO GOMORRAH,"
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SAYS ISAIAH 1:9
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TO YOU CHRISTIANS,
JESUS GAVE A WARNING.
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HE SAID, "REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE?"
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THE ANGELS TOLD YOU
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NOT TO LOOK BACK.
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IF YOU DID LOOK BACK,
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YOU'D BE TURNED
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TO A PILLAR SALT.
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WELL, SHE DID LOOK BACK.
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AND SHE WAS TURNED
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TO A PILLAR OF SALT.
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AND JESUS SAID,
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"REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE."
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THAT'S AN EXAMPLE FOR US TODAY,
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"REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE."
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ONE OF THE SHORTEST VERSES
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IN ALL THE BIBLE.
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DON'T LOOK BACK.
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MANY OF US LOOK LONGINGLY
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AT THE WORLD
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AND MANY ARE LIKE DEMAS,
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HAVING FORSAKEN CHRIST
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BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF
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THIS PRESENT WORLD.
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NOW THE CLIMAX OF HISTORY
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IS GOING TO BE JUDGMENT.
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THE BIBLE WARNS THAT THE WORLD
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IS IN FOR A GIGANTIC JUDGMENT.
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THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT
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IS THE PROMISED RETURN
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OF JESUS CHRIST.
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BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES
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FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER
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THAT CHRIST IS GOING
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TO COME BACK SOMEDAY.
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HE'S GOING TO
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SET UP HIS KINGDOM.
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AND EVIL AND THE DEVIL
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ARE GOING TO BE ELIMINATED
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AND THIS IS GOING TO BE
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HEAVEN ON EARTH,
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WHEN JESUS COMES BACK.
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[applause]
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YOU SEE, JESUS CHRIST
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LOVED US SO MUCH
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THAT HE WENT TO THE CROSS
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AND DIED FOR US.
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HE TOOK ALL THE HELL
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AND ALL THE JUDGMENT
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ON HIM AT THE CROSS.
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AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
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"GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,"
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GOD SO LOVED
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THIS PRESENT WORLD
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"THAT HE GAVE
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"HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
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"THAT WHOSOEVER,"
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THAT INCLUDES YOU,
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"WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM
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"SHOULD NOT PERISH
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"BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
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YOU SAY, WELL, WHEN IS CHRIST
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GOING TO COME BACK?
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JESUS SAID, "BUT OF THAT DAY
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"AND HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN.
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"NO, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS
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"OF HEAVEN,
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"BUT MY FATHER ONLY."
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WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY,
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DON'T SPECULATE.
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IT'S COMING, IT'S SURE.
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HE LEFT US CERTAIN SIGNS,
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I WISH WE HAD TIME TO
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GO INTO ALL OF THEM TODAY.
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I BELIEVE THAT EVERY ONE
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OF THOSE SIGNS
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IS BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW.
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AND CHRIST COULD COME BACK
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AT ANY TIME.
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[applause]
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HOW WILL CHRIST COME?
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"FOR THE LORD HIMSELF
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"SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN
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"WITH A SHOUT AND THE VOICE
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"OF THE ARCHANGEL
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"AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD
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"AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST
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"SHALL RISE FIRST!"
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WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME
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THAT'S GOING TO BE
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WHEN CHRIST RETURNS.
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THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL,
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I'M LOOKING FORWARD
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TO HEARING THAT VOICE.
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I'VE NEVER HEARD
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AN ARCHANGEL.
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AND THE TRUMP OF GOD,
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WHAT TRUMPETS THAT WILL BE.
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THAT WILL ALSO BE A TIME
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OF PERSONAL JUDGMENT
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WHEN YOU IF YOU'VE REALLY
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NEVER RECEIVED CHRIST,
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NOW YOU MAY BE BAPTIZED
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00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:03,038
AND YOU MAY BE CONFIRMED
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00:19:03,038 --> 00:19:04,506
AND YOU MAY BE A CHURCH MEMBER
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00:19:04,506 --> 00:19:05,341
AND ALL OF THAT.
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THAT'S WONDERFUL.
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I'M THANKFUL.
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00:19:07,776 --> 00:19:09,211
BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
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JESUS TALKED TO NICODEMUS
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AND SAID, "NICODEMUS,
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00:19:11,981 --> 00:19:13,015
"ALL OF YOUR RELIGION
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"IS NOT ENOUGH.
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00:19:14,049 --> 00:19:15,851
"YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN."
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00:19:17,753 --> 00:19:19,521
THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVE CHRIST,
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THE MOMENT YOU OPEN YOUR HEART
AND SURRENDER TO HIM
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AS LORD AND MASTER AND SAVIOR,
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00:19:23,959 --> 00:19:27,263
AT THAT MOMENT, YOUR NAME IS
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
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00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:31,800
AND IF MY NAME WERE NOT WRITTEN
IN THAT BOOK OF LIFE,
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00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,435
YOU'D NEVER GET ME
OUT OF THIS STADIUM
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UNTIL I'D MADE SURE
IT'S BEEN WRITTEN THERE.
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00:19:36,572 --> 00:19:39,375
BECAUSE ONLY THOSE WHO ARE
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
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00:19:39,375 --> 00:19:41,176
ARE GOING TO ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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00:19:44,179 --> 00:19:47,816
[applause]
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YOU SEE, FOR THOSE WHO ARE
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE,
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00:19:52,621 --> 00:19:55,324
JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS.
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THEY PUT NAILS IN HIS HANDS
AND A SPIKE THROUGH HIS SIDE
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AND A CROWN OF THORNS
ON HIS BROW
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00:20:01,230 --> 00:20:04,500
AND HE SUFFERED ONE OF THE MOST
AGONIZING PHYSICAL DEATHS
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00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,635
THAT A PERSON CAN SUFFER.
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00:20:06,635 --> 00:20:08,837
BUT THAT WASN'T
HIS REAL SUFFERING.
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00:20:08,837 --> 00:20:11,607
THE REAL SUFFERING OF
JESUS CHRIST WAS WHEN HE SAID,
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"MY GOD, MY GOD,
WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME."
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00:20:16,045 --> 00:20:20,282
BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,
GOD TOOK YOUR SINS
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AND MY SIN AND LAID ON CHRIST.
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00:20:23,819 --> 00:20:25,054
HE BORE OUR SINS.
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00:20:25,054 --> 00:20:26,989
HE WENT TO HELL FOR US.
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00:20:26,989 --> 00:20:28,624
HE TOOK THE JUDGMENT FOR US.
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00:20:28,624 --> 00:20:31,060
SO THE CROSS IS A JUDGMENT.
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00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,429
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
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00:20:33,429 --> 00:20:36,565
REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
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00:20:36,565 --> 00:20:37,833
AND YOU'RE NOT SURE
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00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:39,034
THAT YOU'VE REPENTED.
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00:20:39,034 --> 00:20:43,339
TO SURRENDER TOTALLY TO CHRIST.
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00:20:43,339 --> 00:20:44,973
YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND,
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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
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00:20:50,512 --> 00:20:51,847
IN YOUR LIFE.
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00:20:51,847 --> 00:20:52,781
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE
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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
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00:20:57,486 --> 00:20:59,288
PEOPLE DO THIS PAST WEEK.
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00:20:59,288 --> 00:21:00,522
GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT
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00:21:00,522 --> 00:21:01,924
FROM ALL OVER THIS STADIUM
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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
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00:21:06,962 --> 00:21:08,197
AND HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU
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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,
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00:21:13,902 --> 00:21:14,837
A BOOK THAT'LL HELP YOU
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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
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00:21:17,172 --> 00:21:18,540
AND DON'T DELAY,
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00:21:18,540 --> 00:21:21,710
BECAUSE HE SAYS,
"NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME.
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00:21:21,710 --> 00:21:25,047
"TODAY IS THE DAY
OF SALVATION."
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00:21:25,047 --> 00:21:26,915
YOU MAY NEVER HAVE ANOTHER
MOMENT LIKE THIS
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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?
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00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,656
MAYBE ANOTHER GENERATION
OR MAYBE NEVER.
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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.
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