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FROM OUR ARCHIVES... AND QUOTE SCRIPTURE 00:00:58,025 --> 00:01:01,528
ABOUT UH, THE APOSTLE PAUL,
2 14
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THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS. AND IF YOU MISQUOTE IT, 00:01:01,528 --> 00:01:04,563
OR PARDON ME, TIMOTHY
3 15 HAD RECEIVED A LETTER
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[applause] THEY THINK YOU'RE USING 27
ANOTHER VERSION! 00:01:04,563 --> 00:01:06,400
4 FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL.
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NOW TONIGHT I WANT YOU 00:00:36,069 --> 00:00:38,205 28
TO TURN WITH ME [laughter] 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,936
AND BEHIND HIM
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TO THE 12TH CHAPTER AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 29
OF MATTHEW. 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:11,004
18 LOADED DOWN WITH BAGGAGE,
6 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:40,807 AND THEY SAID,
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THE 12TH CHAPTER 30
OF MATTHEW, 19 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:12,472
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7 WELL, I GUESS MY WIFE AND I
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AND BEGINNING AT VERSE 38. VERSIONS. 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:14,241
THEY SAID, "WELL, THESE ARE
8 20 THE COMMENTARIES
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SOMEBODY ASKED ME WELL, I'M GOING TO 32
WHAT VERSION I'M USING. THE KING JAMES VERSION 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:17,311
"TO TELL YOU WHAT PAUL
9 21 IS SAYING IN THAT LETTER."
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I'M USING THE SAME ONE AS I NORMALLY DO 33
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THE KING JAMES VERSION. I LIKE A NUMBER 00:01:21,815 --> 00:01:24,718
OF THE VERSIONS, "THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES
11 AND OF THE PHARISEES
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AND THEY THROW 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:28,021
12 A LOT OF LIGHT ON IT. "ANSWERED SAYING,
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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY 24
VERSIONS TODAY 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:58,025 36
AND I HEARD THE STORY 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:31,291
13 THAT SOMEONE TOLD "DO A SIGN,"
WE WANT A SIGN.
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"BUT HE ANSWERED AND
SAID UNTO THEM,
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"AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS
GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN
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"AND THERE SHALL BE NO SIGN
GIVEN IT
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"BUT THE SIGN
OF THE PROPHET JONAH."
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ISN'T IT STRANGE THAT
JESUS WOULD USE JONAH?
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HE DIDN'T TELL US NOT TO
BELIEVE THE STORY OF JONAH.
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HE ACCEPTED THE FACT
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THAT JONAH HAD BEEN
SWALLOWED BY A WHALE,
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OR A BIG FISH.
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"FOR AS JONAH WAS THREE DAYS
AND THREE NIGHTS
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"IN THE WHALE'S BELLY,
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"SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN
BE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS
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"IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH."
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HE WAS USING THAT AS
AN ILLUSTRATION
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OF HIS OWN DEATH
AND RESURRECTION.
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"THE MEN OF NINEVEH
SHALL RISE IN JUDGMENT
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"WITH THIS GENERATION
AND SHALL CONDEMN IT,
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"BECAUSE THEY REPENTED
AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH.
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"AND BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN
JONAH IS HERE."
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REMEMBER WHEN JONAH
PREACHED TO NINEVEH?
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AND NINEVEH WAS A GREAT CITY
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OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND
PEOPLE,
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AND THE GREATEST REVIVAL
OF ALL TIME TOOK PLACE?
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WHEN THAT ENTIRE CITY
TURNED TO GOD IN REPENTANCE.
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THEY REPENTED OF THEIR SINS,
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AND EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE CITY
TURNED TO GOD,
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AND GOD SPARED THAT CITY
THE JUDGMENT.
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AND I'VE BEEN PRAYING
FOR AMERICA--
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OH, GOD, SPARE AMERICA!
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BECAUSE WE SEE
THE POSSIBILITIES
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OF OUR WORLD BEING DESTROYED.
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NOT ONLY IN ATOMIC WAR,
BUT ALSO BY AIDS
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AND OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE GRIPPING OUR WORLD
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AT THE MOMENT.
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"THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT
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"WITH THIS GENERATION
AND SHE'LL CONDEMN IT
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"FOR SHE CAME FROM
THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE
EARTH
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"TO HEAR THE WISDOM
OF SOLOMON,
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"BUT BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN
SOLOMON IS HERE."
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HOW COULD A GREATER THAN
SOLOMON EVER COME?
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I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT
TONIGHT.
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I WANT TO USE SOLOMON'S LIFE
AS AN ILLUSTRATION
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OF THE LIVES OF AMERICANS TODAY
AND AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE,
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BECAUSE YOU SEE, SOLOMON WAS
A MAN OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE
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AND WE LOOK ON EVERY HAND
TODAY AND WE SEE YOUNG PEOPLE
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SEEKING KNOWLEDGE, 94
SECURITY, LOVE. 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,083
"ON THIS CAMPUS?"
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IT SEEMS THAT 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,353
THEY'RE ON A GREAT QUEST. AND HE SAID,
"LACK OF PURPOSE AND MEANING."
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YOUNG PEOPLE SEEK TO DEFINE 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:16,022
THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF THAT WAS DR. BUCK
AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
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CLOTHES THEY WEAR, 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:18,892
NOW THE RESULTS OF
86 SOLOMON'S SEARCH
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AND WE HEAR THAT THE MINI SKIRT 98
IS ON THE WAY BACK. 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:21,128
WERE EXPRESSED
87 TIME AFTER TIME.
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AND THE CROWD THEY RUN WITH 99
AND THE THINGS THEY BUY, 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:23,196
HE SAID,
88 "VANITY OF VANITIES."
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AND THE PLACES THEY GO, 100
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89 LIFE IS NOTHING
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AND THE ROCK CONCERTS
THEY ATTEND. 101
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90 AND THE WORD
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BUT MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
TODAY ARE LONELY. 102
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91 MEANS A BUBBLE
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AND I WAS TALKING TO THE DEAN
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00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:05,445 HE SOUGHT PLEASURE
OF ONE OF OUR GREAT
EASTERN UNIVERSITIES, 104
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93 BY EVERY CONCEIVABLE MEANS.
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AND I SAID, 105
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BUT IT WAS NOTHING
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BUT A BURSTING BUBBLE.
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SOLOMON HAD IT ALL,
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AND AT THE END HE SAID
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IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
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FIRST SOLOMON ATTAINED
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GREAT KNOWLEDGE.
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HE KNEW MORE THAN ANY MAN
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THAT EVER LIVED,
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EXCEPT JESUS CHRIST.
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HE SAID,
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"I'VE GOT MORE WISDOM
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"THAN ALL THEY THAT HAVE
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"BEEN BEFORE ME,
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"AND ALL OF THOSE
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"THAT ARE GOING TO FOLLOW ME,"
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IN ECCLESIASTES 1:16.
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IN I KINGS 4:30 IT SAYS,
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"SOLOMON'S WISDOM
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"EXCELLED THE WISDOM
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"OF ALL THE EAST,
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"AND ALL THE WISDOM OF EGYPT."
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HE SAID, "I GAVE MY HEART
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"TO KNOW WISDOM,
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"AND I PERCEIVE THAT THIS ALSO
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"IS VEXATION OF SPIRIT,
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"FOR IN MUCH WISDOM
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"AND KNOWLEDGE,
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"THERE IS MUCH GRIEF."
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HE SAID
YOU CAN KNOW IT ALL!
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HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE
AND HAVE ALL THE Ph.D.'s
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AND ALL THE REST,
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BUT IT DOESN'T SATISFY
SOMETHING
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DEEP INSIDE OUR HEARTS
AND OUR SOULS.
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VANITY OF VANITIES,
ALL IS VANITY.
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AND THE STRUGGLE INTENSIFIES
AROUND THE GLOBE RIGHT NOW,
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FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS
OF YOUTH.
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BUT CHRIST SAID WE'RE TO
LOVE GOD WITH OUR HEART,
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SOUL, STRENGTH AND MIND.
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AND YOU CANNOT COME TO GOD
ALONE
THROUGH YOUR MIND.
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OUR NATURAL MINDS HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY SINS.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN
II CORINTHIANS 3:14,
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"THEIR MINDS WERE BLINDED."
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IN II CORINTHIANS 4:4,
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"THE GOD OF THIS WORLD
HATH BLINDED THE MINDS
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"OF THEM THAT BELIEVE NOT."
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THE GOD OF THIS WORLD
IS THE DEVIL.
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THE BIBLE TEACHES
THERE IS A DEVIL.
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THERE ARE DEMONS.
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AND THEY HAVE THE POWER
TO BLIND YOUR MIND
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TOWARD SPIRITUAL THINGS.
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"IN THE FUTILITY
OF THEIR THINKING
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"THEY ARE DARKENED
IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING,"
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SAYS PAUL IN EPHESIANS
THE FOURTH CHAPTER.
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NOW THAT'S
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION,
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BY THE WAY,
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THAT PARTICULAR SCRIPTURE
I JUST QUOTED.
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NOW THE BIBLE TEACHES
IN TITUS 1
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THAT OUR MINDS ARE DEFILED.
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IN DANIEL 5 IT SAYS
THEY'RE FILLED WITH PRIDE.
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IN I TIMOTHY 6:5
IT SAYS THEY'RE CORRUPT.
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IN EPHESIANS 4 IT SAYS
THEY'RE FILLED WITH VANITY.
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IN PROVERBS 21
IT SAYS THEY'RE WICKED.
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WITH ALL OF OUR STOCKPILES
OF KNOWLEDGE,
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DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED?
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WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING
THAT ADAM AND EVE
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DID NOT KNOW
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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WE'VE LEARNED
THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL.
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ADAM AND EVE GAINED
THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL
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WHEN THEY SINNED AGAINST GOD.
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GOD NEVER MEANT THAT WE WERE
TO KNOW WHAT EVIL WAS.
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HE CREATED US
PERFECT HUMAN BEINGS.
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WE WERE TO LIVE THOUSANDS
OF YEARS ON THIS PLANET.
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WE WERE TO BUILD A WONDERFUL
WORLD WITH GOD'S HELP,

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BUT WE REBELLED AGAINST GOD.
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AND WE GAINED
THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL,
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AND NOW WE'VE REACHED
THE POINT IN CIVILIZATION
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WHERE WITH ALL OF OUR
KNOWLEDGE,
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WE HAVE NOW INVENTED
THE ATOMIC BOMB,
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AND THE HYDROGEN BOMB,
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AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
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AND COMPUTERS AND ALL THE REST
THAT MAKE IT
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SO THAT MAN CAN BE WIPED OUT
IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
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RECEIVE CHRIST!
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LET HIM DOMINATE YOUR MIND.
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"LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU
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"WHICH WAS ALSO
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"IN CHRIST JESUS."
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THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
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YOU CAN BE TRANSFORMED
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IN YOUR THINKING.
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"BE YE TRANSFORMED
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"BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR
MIND."
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GIVE YOUR MIND TO CHRIST.
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YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEACE
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BECAUSE CHRIST
IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
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HE'S GOING TO BRING PEACE,
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BUT ONLY THROUGH GOD
ARE WE GOING TO FIND PEACE.
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YOU CAN HAVE PEACE
IN YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW.
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YOU CAN HAVE PEACE OF MIND
RIGHT NOW
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BY SURRENDERING YOUR LIFE
AND YOUR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST.
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THE BIBLE SAYS,
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"GOD MADE THE WISDOM
OF THIS WORLD LOOK FOOLISH.
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"THE WORLD FAILED TO FIND HIM
BY ITS WISDOM,
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"AND HE CHOSE TO SAVE
THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH
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"IN THE FOLLY
OF THE GOSPEL."
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NOTICE HE CALLS THE GOSPEL
FOLLY.
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THE GOSPEL IS FOLLY
TO THIS WORLD
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THAT HAS ITS MIND BLINDED
AND AFFECTED BY THE DEVIL.
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YOU SEE, SIN IS A DISEASE.
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IT'S ALSO A DISEASE
OF THE MIND.
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IT'S WORSE THAN
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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,
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OR ANY OTHER DISEASE
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THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
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IT'S DESTRUCTIVE,
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AND WE ALL HAVE IT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS,
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"ALL HAVE SINNED."
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WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
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COME TO THE CROSS.
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LET CHRIST FORGIVE YOURS SINS,
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CHANGE YOUR LIFE,
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TURN YOU IN A NEW DIRECTION,
230
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AND GIVE YOU A NEW MIND,
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BECAUSE CHRIST CAN BECOME
THE LORD OF YOUR MIND
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AS WELL AS YOUR BODY
AND AS WELL AS YOUR SOUL.
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AND THEN SOLOMON WAS
NOT ONLY THE SMARTEST MAN,
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AND THE MOST BRILLIANT MAN
THAT EVER LIVED,
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AND THE BEST EDUCATED,
236
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BUT HE GAVE HIMSELF
TO GREAT PLEASURES.
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IN ECCLESIASTES 2:1 HE SAID,
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"I SAID IN MY HEART,
GO TO NOW,
239
00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:42,582
"I WILL PROVE THEE
WITH LAUGHTER,
240
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"THEREFORE I'M GOING TO
ENJOY PLEASURE!"
241
00:09:46,853 --> 00:09:51,090
HE HAD EVERY SENSUAL PLEASURE
THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
242
00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,794
THE BIBLE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL
ALL THAT HE HAD.
243
00:09:54,794 --> 00:09:58,331
HE HAD THE FINEST SWIMMING
POOL
YOU'VE EVER READ ABOUT.
244
00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:01,034
IT WAS FLANKED BY TWELVE LIONS
OF GLEAMING BRONZE.
245
00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:04,270
HE DRANK THE FINEST WINES
IN GOLDEN GOBLETS.
246
00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,741
HE HAD 700 WIVES,
247
00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:11,644
AND 300 CONCUBINES.
248
00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:13,680
TALK ABOUT SEX!
249
00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:14,647
HE HAD IT!
250
00:10:14,647 --> 00:10:15,982
[laughter]
251
00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:17,584
MORE THAN ANY OF YOU
WILL EVER HAVE.
252
00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:19,752
[laughter]
253
00:10:19,752 --> 00:10:21,688
AND EVERY PLEASURE
THAT YOU COULD THINK OF
254
00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:23,556
WAS AT HIS BECK AND CALL.
255
00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:26,059
HE DID WHAT MANY OF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DO
256
00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:27,460
BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.
257
00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:31,898
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE BAD.
258
00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:33,900
[laughter]
259
00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:35,668
BUT GOD DOESN'T COUNT THAT.
260
00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:38,004
SOME SIN IS EXPENSIVE.
261
00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:41,341
WITH EVERY IMAGINABLE DEVICE
OF PLEASURE AND LUST
262
00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:42,809
AT HIS FINGERTIPS,
263
00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,078
SOLOMON SAT OUT
UNDER THE STARS ONE NIGHT
264
00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:47,647
AND CONTEMPLATED
THE EMPTINESS OF IT ALL.
265
00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:51,951
HE SAID, "VANITY OF VANITIES,
IT'S ALL VANITY!"
266
00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:54,287
IT'S A BUBBLE THAT BURSTS!
267
00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:58,057
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE
CRYING TONIGHT ON THE INSIDE?
268
00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:04,230
ON THE OUTSIDE,
YOU HAVE A MASK.
269
00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:09,936
INSIDE, THE PEACE AND THE JOY
AND THE HAPPINESS
270
00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:12,438
THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS SEARCHED
FOR
IS MISSING.
271
00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:14,374
SOMETHING'S WRONG
IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
272
00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:15,975
SOMETHING'S WRONG
IN YOUR COURTSHIP.
273
00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:17,644
SOMETHING'S WRONG
IN YOUR SCHOOL.
274
00:11:17,644 --> 00:11:19,012
SOMETHING'S WRONG
IN YOUR LIFE.
275
00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:20,947
SOMETHING'S WRONG BETWEEN
YOU
AND YOUR PARENTS.
276
00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:23,383
SOMETHING'S WRONG BETWEEN
YOU
AND YOUR FRIENDS.
277
00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:26,352
SOMETHING'S JUST MISSING
IN YOUR LIFE.
278
00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,022
DO YOU KNOW CHRIST?
279
00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:30,356
DO YOU HAVE THE JOY
AND THE PEACE
280
00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,758
THAT HE CAN BRING?
281
00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,628
BECAUSE IN HIM ARE THE
PLEASURES
THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
282
00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:38,698
AND THEN SOLOMON
WAS THE RICHEST MAN
283
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,166
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
284
00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,534
HIS INCOME WAS STAGGERING.
285
00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,069
IT'S ALL LISTED
IN THE BIBLE.
286
00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:46,239
THE WEIGHT OF GOLD THAT CAME
TO
SOLOMON IN ONE YEAR

287
00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:49,943
WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE
AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD.
288
00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:52,312
THAT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
289
00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:56,282
DID YOU KNOW HE HAD A STABLE
OF 40,000 HORSES?
290
00:11:57,317 --> 00:12:00,787
BUT ONE NIGHT HE SAT ON THE TOP
OF HIS HOUSE IN LEBANON
291
00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:02,922
AND WITH INDIGESTION,
292
00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:05,158
HIS HAND CLUTCHED
AT HIS EMPTY HEART,
293
00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:06,192
AND HE SAID,
294
00:12:06,192 --> 00:12:07,860
"VANITY OF VANITIES,
ALL IS VANITY."
295
00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,495
IT'S ALL A BUBBLE THAT BURSTS!
296
00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:10,930
IT'S NOTHING!
297
00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:13,700
ALL THIS PLEASURE,
ALL THESE RICHES AND EVERYTHING
298
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,234
ARE NOTHING!
299
00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:17,470
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 37,
300
00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,439
"A LITTLE THAT
A RIGHTEOUS MAN HATH,
301
00:12:19,439 --> 00:12:22,375
"IS BETTER THAN THE RICHES
OF MANY WICKED."
302
00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:26,346
I'D RATHER BE AS POOR
AS JOB'S TURKEY,
303
00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:29,082
AND KNOW CHRIST,
304
00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:31,017
THAN TO BE THE RICHEST MAN
IN THE WHOLE WORLD
305
00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:32,619
WITHOUT CHRIST.
306
00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:35,054
IN PROVERBS 23 HE WROTE,
307
00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:38,024
"WILT THOU SET THINE EYES
UPON THAT WHICH IS NOT?
308
00:12:38,024 --> 00:12:40,326
"FOR RICHES CERTAINLY
MAKE THEMSELVES WINGS
309
00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:42,161
"AND THEY FLY AWAY
LIKE AN EAGLE."
310
00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:45,298
JESUS SAID,
"BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS,
311
00:12:45,298 --> 00:12:47,367
"FOR A MAN'S LIFE
CONSISTETH NOT
312
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:50,003
"IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE
THINGS
WHICH HE POSSESSETH."
313
00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,372
AND WE LOOK ON WALL STREET.
314
00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:54,674
SOMETIMES THEY SHOW
THOSE PICTURES
315
00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:56,242
OF THOSE MEN GOING CRAZY.
316
00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:58,244
JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY
KEEP UP WITH IT ALL.
317
00:12:59,178 --> 00:13:02,849
BUT PEOPLE GO CRAZY OVER
MONEY.
318
00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:05,485
AND EVEN POOR PEOPLE
LONG FOR MONEY.
319
00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:07,887
THEY SAY, "IF ONLY I HAD
A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS,
320
00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,655
"I'D BE HAPPY."
321
00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,423
NO, YOU WOULDN'T.
322
00:13:10,423 --> 00:13:14,494
BECAUSE YOU'D WANT 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,093 YOU HAVE A NAME
A FEW THOUSAND MORE. SUPPOSE HE HAD
ALL THE KNOWLEDGE 347
323 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:06,713
00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:18,931 334 ON A CHURCH ROLE.
AND THEN SOLOMON HAD 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:48,928
GREAT POWER. AND ALL THE WEALTH 348
AND ALL THE POWER 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:07,613
324 YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED,
00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:21,334 335
MEN LIKE POWER 00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:51,264 349
AND PRESTIGE. IN THE WHOLE WORLD TODAY 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:09,449
AND ALL OF THAT,
325 336
00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:25,505 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:53,733 350
AND NO NATION OF THE WORLD AND LOST YOUR SOUL. 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:10,683
OF THAT DAY DARED DEFY BUT DEEP IN
SOLOMON. 337 YOUR HEART,
00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:54,901
326 AND MANY OF YOU 351
00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:27,807 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:12,085
HE HAS MORE POWER THAN ANY 338 SOMETHING IS
MAN 00:13:54,901 --> 00:13:56,002 MISSING.
OF HIS GENERATION. ARE DOING JUST THAT.
352
327 339 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:13,586
00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:30,376 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:56,869 YOU DON'T KNOW
HE HAD THE GREATEST ARMY, YOU'VE GAINED WHAT IT IS.
HE HAD THE GREATEST NAVY
340 353
328 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,304 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,554
00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:32,478 IN YOUR CIRCLE OF WORLD. THE THING
IN THE WORLD OF THAT DAY. THAT'S MISSING
341
329 00:13:58,304 --> 00:13:59,305 354
00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:34,447 YOU'VE GAINED 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:15,421
AND HE LOOKED UPON IS THAT
HIS MIGHTY MILITARY POWER 342 PERSONAL
00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:00,540
330 ALL THAT YOU CAN GAIN, 355
00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:37,784 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:17,356
AND HE SAID, 343 RELATIONSHIP
"IT'S ALL A BUBBLE THAT BURSTS." 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,941 WITH CHRIST.
BUT YOUR SOUL
331 356
00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:42,021 344 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:20,760
"WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN," 00:14:01,941 --> 00:14:03,443 BUT PAUL
JESUS SAID, YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT. TALKED ABOUT

332 345 357

00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:45,925 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:04,911 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,162
"IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD YOU GO TO CHURCH. ANOTHER POWER
AND LOSES HIS SOUL?" THAT COMES.
346
333 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:05,845 358
00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:24,163 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:40,980 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:12,411
"FOR GOD HATH "I GOT ME MEN SINGERS THEN HE SAID, "I LOOKED UPON
NOT GIVEN US AND WOMEN SINGERS ALL THE WORKS THAT MY HANDS

359 370 382

00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:25,164 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,749 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:16,382
"THE SPIRIT "AND THE DELIGHTS "HAD WROUGHT AND ON THE
OF FEAR, OF THE SONS OF MEN LABOR
THAT I HAD LABORED TO DO,
360 371
00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:26,566 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:44,150 383
"BUT OF POWER "AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS." 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:19,585
AND OF LOVE "AND BEHOLD, IT WAS ALL VANITY
372 AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT,
361 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:47,453
00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:28,034 HE GOT ORCHESTRAS, 384
"AND A SOUND AND HE GOT BALLET, 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:25,091
MIND." "AND THERE'S NO PROFIT
373 UNDER THE SUN."
362 00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:48,921
00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,902 HE GOT EVERYTHING. 385
SO SOLOMON 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:29,495
TURNED TO 374 YOU SEE, IF YOU HAD IT ALL
00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:51,390 THAT YOU'RE STRIVING AFTER,
363 "AND WHATSOEVER MY EYES
00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:30,770 DESIRED," HE SAID, 386
THE AESTHETIC 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,230
LIFE. 375 IT WOULDN'T BRING THE PEACE
00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,893 AND THE HAPPINESS
364 "I KEPT NOT FROM THEM.
00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,739 387
HE SAID, "WELL, 376 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:32,165
MAYBE I CAN 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,696 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
"I HAD EVERYTHING I COULD
365 EVER THINK ABOUT OR DESIRE," 388
00:14:32,739 --> 00:14:33,740 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:33,166
"DO SOME 377 WHY?
OTHER THINGS 00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:59,499
BUT HE SAID, 389
366 "IT WAS ALL VANITY." 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,168
00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:34,674 BECAUSE IT'S FOUND IN CHRIST.
"THAT'LL BRING 378
HAPPINESS 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:02,568 390
HE DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR ART 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,102
367 AND MUSIC AND CULTURE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,609
"AND PEACE AND 379 391
JOY TO MY LIFE." 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,071 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:37,904
HE BUILT BEAUTIFUL GARDENS. "BEHOLD A GREATER THAN
368 SOLOMON IS HERE."
00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,377 380
HE SAID, 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:07,907 392
"I MADE POOLS OF WATER. HAD MUSICAL RECITALS. 00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:40,573
NOW SOLOMON ALSO TRIED
369 381 RELIGION.

393
00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:42,375
HE VOWED TO BUILD
THE GREATEST TEMPLE
394
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,410
THAT THE WORLD
HAD EVER SEEN.
395
00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,712
SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO BUILD,
396
00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:50,116
AND WAS CALLED ONE OF
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE
WORLD.
397
00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:53,119
HIS TEMPLE WAS
AN ARCHITECTURAL WONDER.
398
00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,021
IT WAS MADE READY
AT A QUARRY,
399
00:15:55,021 --> 00:15:57,657
SO THAT WHEN IT WAS BUILT,
400
00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,525
THEY DIDN'T USE
ANY HAMMERS OR AXES
401
00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:01,761
OR ANY TOOLS
OF IRON WAS HEARD
402
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,896
WHILE IT WAS
BEING PUT TOGETHER.
403
00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,698
IT WAS SO PERFECT.
404
00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:08,100
HE OVERLAID THE TEMPLE
WITH PURE GOLD.
405
00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,502
THE FLOOR WAS MADE OF GOLD.
406
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:15,875
IT TOOK 150,000 LABORERS
WORKING SEVEN YEARS TO BUILD
IT.
407
00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:18,711
BUT RELIGION WITHOUT
A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH
CHRIST
408
00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,980
WILL NOT SAVE THE SOUL.
409
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,382
IT WON'T BRING PEACE
TO YOUR SOUL,
410
00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:26,452
THAT YOUR SOUL LONGS FOR.
411
00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:28,454
WHERE IS PEACE?
412
00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,590
WHERE IS FULFILLMENT?
413
00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:33,826
WHERE IS LIFE'S PURPOSE
AND MEANING?
414
00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:36,662
FINALLY SOLOMON CAME TO
THIS CONCLUSION.
415
00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:40,099
HE SAID,
"LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION
416
00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:41,834
"OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
417
00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,537
"FEAR GOD,
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS,
418
00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:46,372
"FOR THIS IS THE WHOLE
DUTY OF MAN,
419
00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:49,008
"FOR GOD SHALL BRING
EVERY WORK INTO JUDGMENT
420
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,877
"EVERY SECRET THING
421
00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:53,412
"WHETHER IT BE GOOD
OR WHETHER IT BE EVIL."
422
00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:54,347
IN OTHER WORDS,
423
00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:55,281
HE SAID
424
00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:56,515
THERE'S A JUDGMENT COMING
425
00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:57,450
AND TO BE PREPARED
426
00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:58,384
FOR THAT JUDGMENT
427
00:16:58,384 --> 00:16:59,518
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
428
00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:01,387
IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
429
00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:04,022
COME TO THE CROSS!
430
00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:05,190
THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE
431
00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:07,126
YOU CAN FIND FORGIVENESS.
432
00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:09,528
AND JESUS SAID, "BEHOLD,
433
00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:10,896
"A GREATER THAN SOLOMON
434
00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:12,364
"IS HERE."
435
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:13,199
JESUS SAID,
436
00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:14,467
"YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH,
437
00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:15,401
"AND THE TRUTH
438
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:17,270
"SHALL MAKE YOU FREE."
439
00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,471
JESUS SAID WHAT WE SEE
440
00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:19,271
ON THAT SIGN:
441
00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:22,340
"I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH,
AND THE LIFE."
442
00:17:22,340 --> 00:17:24,509
I AM THE EMBODIMENT
OF ALL TRUTH.
443
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:27,512
THINK OF A MAN
STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WORLD
444
00:17:27,512 --> 00:17:31,284
AND SAYING, "I AM THE
EMBODIMENT
OF ALL TRUTH."
445
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:34,420
HE'S EITHER CRAZY,
OR HE'S LYING,
446
00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,889
OR HE'S WHAT HE CLAIMS TO BE.
447
00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,091
JESUS SAID,
"I AM THE TRUTH."
448
00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:40,826
"AND I CAN SET YOU FREE.
449
00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:42,395
"FREE FROM YOUR ANXIETIES,
450
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,498
"FREE FROM YOUR TROUBLES AND
PROBLEMS.
451
00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:47,266
"I CAN GIVE YOU A PEACE
TO GO THROUGH THEM."
452
00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:50,002
NOW HE DOESN'T TAKE
YOUR TROUBLES AND PROBLEMS
AWAY
453
00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:52,238
AS DAWN TOLD US
A FEW MOMENTS AGO,
454
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,440
BUT HE GIVES YOU A PEACE
AND A JOY
455
00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,510
THAT'LL ENABLE YOU TO
GO THROUGH THEM
456
00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:58,711
AND LIVE THROUGH THEM
457
00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:01,681
IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST
AND YOUR FAITH IN HIM.
458
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,684
YES, JESUS WAS GREATER
IN WISDOM.
459
00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,953
IT SAYS, "IN WHOM ARE HID
ALL THE TREASURES
460
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:08,421
"OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE."
461
00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:11,757
IT'S IN CHRIST,
IN COLOSSIANS 2.
462
00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,759
IN JESUS CHRIST.
463
00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,761
IF YOU KNOW CHRIST,
464
00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:20,666
YOU KNOW MORE THAN
THE PROFESSOR

465
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,868
AT THE GREATEST UNIVERSITY,
466
00:18:22,868 --> 00:18:25,071
BECAUSE THAT PROFESSOR
IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
467
00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:29,675
THAT YOU'VE FOUND.
468
00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:32,311
CHRIST WAS GREATER
IN GIVING PLEASURE,
469
00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:34,280
BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
IN HEBREWS 12,
470
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,816
"WHO FOR THE JOY
THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM."
471
00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:38,284
YOU SEE,
472
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,485
WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST
473
00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:40,653
THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO
474
00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:41,721
LIVE IN YOUR LIFE
475
00:18:41,721 --> 00:18:44,557
AND HE PRODUCES IN YOU JOY.
476
00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:47,560
IT'S SUPERNATURAL JOY.
477
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,627
AND THERE'S PLEASURE
478
00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:49,695
BEYOND ANYTHING
479
00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:52,264
THAT YOU EVER DREAMED
480
00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:55,668
IN JESUS CHRIST.
481
00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:57,770
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER WAS
DYING,
482
00:18:57,770 --> 00:18:59,605
A FEW YEARS AGO,
483
00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:01,807
UP HERE IN CHARLOTTE.
484
00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,775
AND THE LAST WORDS
485
00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,243
MY MOTHER WAS HEARD TO SAY
486
00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:05,344
WAS IN A LOUD VOICE
487
00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:06,712
AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
488
00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,981
SHE'D BEEN IN A COMA.
489
00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:09,915
SHE HADN'T SAID A WORD,
490
00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:11,617
SHE HADN'T MOVED.
491
00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:12,551
AND SHE WAS A GREAT
492
00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,520
WOMAN OF GOD.
493
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,424
BUT SHE SUDDENLY SAT UP IN BED,
494
00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,459
THE DAY SHE DIED,
495
00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:24,397
AND SHOUTED OUT!
496
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:27,533
" PSALM 149:5 , LET THE SAINTS
497
00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:28,968
"BE JOYFUL IN GLORY
498
00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:30,036
"AND LET THEM SING
499
00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:32,605
"UPON THEIR BEDS."
500
00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:34,640
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
501
00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:35,908
I THINK SHE WAS ALREADY
502
00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,544
IN HEAVEN.
503
00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:39,812
IN I PETER 1 IT SAYS,
504
00:19:39,812 --> 00:19:41,914
"WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN YOU
LOVE,
505
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,050
"IN WHOM THOUGH YE NOW
506
00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:45,051
"SEE HIM NOT,
507
00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:46,419
"YET BELIEVING, YOU REJOICE
508
00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:47,953
"WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE
509
00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:50,456
"AND FULL OF GLORY."
510
00:19:50,456 --> 00:19:51,857
"IN THY PRESENCE
511
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:53,059
"IS FULLNESS OF JOY.
512
00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:53,893
"AT THY RIGHT HAND
513
00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:54,693
"THERE ARE PLEASURES
514
00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:55,428
"FOREVERMORE,"
515
00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:59,398
THE BIBLE SAYS, PSALM 16:11.
516
00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,000
DO YOU KNOW THAT?
517
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,401
DO YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF JOY?
518
00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,235
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
519
00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,603
SUPERNATURALLY PRODUCED.
520
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:06,372
YOU CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
521
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:08,107
YOU CAN'T FIND IT
IN SEX EXPERIENCE.
522
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:10,109
YOU CAN'T FIND IT
IN DRUGS.
523
00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:13,279
YOU SEE, THE WHOLE COUNTRY'S
ON A QUEST FOR SOMETHING.
524
00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:16,515
IN DRUGS, IN SEX,
IN ENTERTAINMENT.
525
00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:18,184
WE WANT SOMETHING.
526
00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:20,319
WE DON'T QUITE KNOW
WHAT IT IS.
527
00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:21,754
AND IT'S ILLUSIVE.
528
00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,090
WE HAVEN'T-,
WE DON'T FIND IT.
529
00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:26,192
OH, YOU CAN GO OUT
AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AT A
PARTY
530
00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:28,360
AND PROM IS GONNA BE
AROUND THE CORNER.
531
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,097
YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME
ON YOUR PROM NIGHT,
532
00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:33,732
IF YOU GET THE RIGHT GUY.
533
00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:36,402
BUT...
534
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:38,904
SOMETHING'LL BE MISSING.
535
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,740
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IN THE MIDST OF A CROWD,
536
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:41,941
IN THE MIDST OF A DANCE,
537
00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:44,276
IN THE MIDST
OF THE ORCHESTRA PLAYING,
538
00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:47,880
IN THE MIDST
OF THE BAND PLAYING,
539
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,583
YOUR FACE WILL SUDDENLY
HAVE A LITTLE CLOUD OVER IT.
540
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,284
JUST FOR AN INSTANT.
541
00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:54,153
IT'S JUST A MOMENT
IN WHICH IT SEEMS

542
00:20:54,153 --> 00:20:55,721
THAT IT'S NOT
ALL PUT TOGETHER.
543
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:57,723
THE PUZZLE IS NOT
PUT TOGETHER,
544
00:20:57,723 --> 00:20:59,959
AND THEN YOU FORGET IT
AND YOU GO ON.
545
00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:01,360
BUT IT'S THERE,
546
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,230
AND IT'LL GROW
THROUGH THE YEARS.
547
00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:05,865
HE WAS ALSO GREATER
IN RICHES.
548
00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:06,966
IT SAYS,
"THOUGH HE WAS RICH
549
00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:09,368
"YET FOR YOUR SAKES
HE BECAME POOR
550
00:21:09,368 --> 00:21:12,271
"THAT YE THROUGH HIS POVERTY
MIGHT BE RICH."
551
00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:14,440
THERE'S NO RICHES
COMPARED TO THE RICHES
552
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,775
IN JESUS CHRIST.
553
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:17,910
COME TO CHRIST,
554
00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:20,846
AND HE GIVES YOU
THE REAL THINGS OF LIFE.
555
00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,214
AND THEN HE WAS GREATER
IN POWER.
556
00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:24,583
IT SAYS, "ALL POWER
IS GIVEN UNTO HIM
557
00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,218
"IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH."
558
00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:28,487
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
SOMEDAY HE'S GOING TO COME
BACK
559
00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:35,127
IN POWER AND GREAT GLORY,
AND HIS HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM.
560
00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:38,230
NO WONDER THE APOSTLE PAUL
SAID, "I AM NOT ASHAMED
561
00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:39,431
"OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
562
00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:42,535
"FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION
563
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,637
"TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVES."
564
00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:46,438
DO YOU KNOW THAT POWER?
565
00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:47,239
HAS THAT POWER
566
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:49,074
COME INTO YOUR HEART?
567
00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:50,543
HAVE YOU RECEIVED HIM?
568
00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:51,644
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TONIGHT
569
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:54,513
TO MAKE SURE OF
570
00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:56,615
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
571
00:21:56,615 --> 00:21:57,950
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
572
00:21:57,950 --> 00:22:02,588
TO ENTER INTO HIS FORCE,
573
00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:05,291
AND MARCH UNDER HIS BANNER,
574
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:07,226
UNDER HIS FLAG,
575
00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:09,461
AND SAY, "FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
576
00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:11,397
"I'M FOLLOWING CHRIST,"
577
00:22:11,397 --> 00:22:12,298
LIKE DAWN SAID
578
00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:14,800
A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

579
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,402
DO YOU KNOW HIM?
580
00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:18,137
ARE YOU SURE OF IT?
581
00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:19,038
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
582
00:22:19,038 --> 00:22:20,206
TO COME AND STAND IN FRONT
583
00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:20,973
OF THIS PLATFORM
584
00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:21,907
AND SAY BY COMING,
585
00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:23,609
"I WANT TO COME TO CHRIST
586
00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:25,444
"WITH ALL MY HEART.
587
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,213
"I WANT TO SURRENDER TO HIM.
588
00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:28,814
"I WANT TO MAKE SURE."
589
00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:31,050
YOU WANT TO RECEIVE HIM
590
00:22:31,050 --> 00:22:31,984
INTO YOUR HEART,
591
00:22:31,984 --> 00:22:33,219
OR YOU WANT TO REDEDICATE
592
00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:34,587
YOUR LIFE TO HIM,
593
00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:35,554
YOU GET UP AND COME
594
00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:36,355
AND STAND HERE.
595
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:37,323
AND AFTER YOU'VE ALL COME
596
00:22:37,323 --> 00:22:38,524
AND STOOD HERE,
597
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:39,758
I'M GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU
598
00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:41,093
AND HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU,
599
00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,995
THEN GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE
TO HELP YOU
600
00:22:42,995 --> 00:22:45,197
IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
601
00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,733
YOU SAY, "WELL, WHY DO YOU
ASK PEOPLE PUBLICLY?"
602
00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:49,635
WELL, THE REASON I ASK PEOPLE
PUBLICLY IS BECAUSE
603
00:22:49,635 --> 00:22:53,539
EVERY PERSON JESUS EVER CALLED,
HE CALLED PUBLICLY.
604
00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:55,941
HE HUNG ON THE CROSS
PUBLICLY.
605
00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:58,978
HE SAID, "IF YOU WILL NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE ME BEFORE MEN,
606
00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,579
"I'LL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
BEFORE MY FATHER
607
00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:02,147
"WHICH IS IN HEAVEN."
608
00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,148
THE SCRIPTURE ALSO SAYS,
609
00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:05,517
"HE THAT HARDENETH HIS HEART,
BEING OFTEN REPROVED,
610
00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:08,821
"SHALL SUDDENLY BE CUT OFF
AND THAT WITHOUT REMEDY."
611
00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:11,090
YOU MAY NEVER AGAIN
IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE
612
00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:13,659
HAVE A MOMENT LIKE THIS
TONIGHT.
613
00:23:13,659 --> 00:23:15,828
WHAT A GORGEOUS EVENING.
614
00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:17,730
THERE MAY NEVER BE
ANOTHER MOMENT
615
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,632
WHEN YOU'RE SO CLOSE
TO THE KINGDOM
616
00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:20,499
AS YOU ARE TONIGHT,

617
00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,401
AND THE BIBLE WARNS
TIME AFTER TIME,
618
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:23,535
"NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME,
619
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,537
"TODAY IS THE DAY
OF SALVATION."
620
00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:27,506
YOU HAVE NO PROMISE
OF TOMORROW.
621
00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:28,841
YOU HAVE NO PROMISE
THAT YOUR HEART
622
00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:33,045
WILL BE FEELING THE WAY
IT FEELS TONIGHT.
623
00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:35,014
GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU.
624
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:37,816
YOU'RE MAKING A CHOICE
TONIGHT.
625
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:40,319
YOU'RE MAKING A CHOICE
BETWEEN CHRIST
626
00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:42,721
AND ALL THAT THE WORLD
HAS TO OFFER
627
00:23:42,721 --> 00:23:43,422
AND YOU'RE SAYING,
628
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:46,292
"LORD, I'M PUTTING YOU FIRST
FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
629
00:23:46,292 --> 00:23:49,728
"I WANT TO GET ON YOUR SIDE."
630
00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:52,564
YOU GET UP AND COME
RIGHT NOW, HUNDREDS OF YOU.
631
00:23:53,666 --> 00:24:02,808
♪ JUST AS I AM,
WITHOUT ONE PLEA ♪
632
00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:12,851
♪ BUT THAT THY BLOOD
WAS SHED FOR ME ♪
633
00:24:12,851 --> 00:24:23,629
♪ AND THAT THOU BIDST ME
COME TO THEE ♪
634
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:32,504
♪ O LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪
635
00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:37,609
♪ I COME ♪
636
00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,180
NOW TO YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
637
00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:42,247
WATCHING BY TELEVISION,
638
00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:44,516
YOU'RE SEEING THAT HERE
639
00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:46,051
IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
640
00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:47,686
IN THIS GREAT FOOTBALL STADIUM
641
00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:49,421
AT THE UNIVERSITY,
642
00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:50,656
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
643
00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:52,024
THAT ARE MAKING THEIR
COMMITMENT
644
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:53,892
TO JESUS CHRIST.
645
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:56,095
MANY OF THEM YOUNG PEOPLE,
646
00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:58,564
FINDING PURPOSE AND MEANING
647
00:24:58,564 --> 00:24:59,698
IN THEIR LIVES,
648
00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,500
AND DIRECTION IN THEIR LIVES.
649
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,335
THEY'RE CHOOSING CHRIST.
650
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,336
I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE
651
00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:05,371
THE SAME CHOICE
652
00:25:05,371 --> 00:25:06,805
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
653
00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,374
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM,
654
00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:09,608
IN YOUR HOME,
655
00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:11,477
WHEREVER.
656
00:25:11,477 --> 00:25:12,878
GIVE YOUR HEART AND YOUR LIFE
657
00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:14,913
TO CHRIST WHERE YOU ARE.
658
00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:15,948
AND PICK UP THE TELEPHONE
659
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:16,949
AND CALL THAT NUMBER
660
00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:17,783
ON THE SCREEN.
661
00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:18,851
THERE ARE PEOPLE STANDING BY
662
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,119
TO TALK TO YOU.
663
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:26,191
♪ JUST AS I AM... ♪
664
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:28,761
AND AS HUNDREDS ARE MAKING
THEIR COMMITMENTS TO CHRIST
665
00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:31,330
HERE AT THE WILLIAMS-BRICE
STADIUM IN COLUMBIA,
666
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:32,965
SOUTH CAROLINA,
667
00:25:32,965 --> 00:25:36,468
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISION
FOR CHRIST RIGHT NOW.
668
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:38,237
MR. GRAHAM HAS ALREADY
ENCOURAGED YOU
669
00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:40,105
TO MAKE THAT TELEPHONE CALL.
670
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:41,673
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL.
671
00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:43,442
SPECIAL FRIENDS
ARE STANDING BY
672
00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:45,544
READY TO TALK TO YOU.
673
00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:48,046
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER
WITH MY FATHER,
674
00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:49,214
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
675
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,683
ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST,
676
00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:54,319
WHY DON'T YOU CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
677
00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:57,322
THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THERE TO
TALK WITH YOU, PRAY WITH YOU
AND
678
00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:58,757
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
679
00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:02,461
AND REMEMBER,
GOD LOVES YOU!
680
00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:06,598
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT
YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST,
681
00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:09,935
PLEASE CALL US RIGHT NOW,
TOLL FREE AT
682
00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:14,573
1-877-772-4559.
683
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:19,912
THAT'S 1-877-772-4559.
684
00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,947
OR YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT:
685
00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:23,115
BILLY GRAHAM
686
00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:24,583
1 BILLY GRAHAM PARKWAY
687
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:25,951
DEPARTMENT C
688
00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:29,588
CHARLOTTE, NC 28201
689
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:34,893
OR YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THE
WEB
24/7 AT PEACEWITHGOD.TV.
690
00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:37,496
WE'LL GET THE SAME HELPS TO YOU
THAT WE GIVE TO EVERYONE
691
00:26:37,496 --> 00:26:39,965
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692
00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:42,067
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693
00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,770
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EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION

694
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,238
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695
00:26:46,238 --> 00:26:50,943
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696
00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:56,915
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697
00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:05,491
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698
00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:11,830
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that never fa-a-ades ♪

699
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:16,902
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700
00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:20,205
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