1 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:33,219 Chapter number three. 2 00:00:36,819 --> 00:00:38,979 The Gospel of Luke, Chapter number three. 3 00:00:45,219 --> 00:00:47,459 You may have heard this before, but laugh anyway. 4 00:00:47,459 --> 00:00:48,659 That's kind of funny to me. 5 00:00:49,139 --> 00:00:54,739 In a nursing home in Florida, a resident group was discussing the 6 00:00:54,739 --> 00:00:56,499 giant ailments in their lives. 7 00:00:58,059 --> 00:01:01,179 My arms are so weak, I can hardly lift this cup of coffee. 8 00:01:02,459 --> 00:01:04,059 Another one said, yeah, I know. 9 00:01:04,059 --> 00:01:07,099 My cataracts are so bad, I can't even see my coffee. 10 00:01:08,539 --> 00:01:12,459 Another one chimed in, I can't turn my head because of the arthritis 11 00:01:12,459 --> 00:01:13,339 in my neck. 12 00:01:14,699 --> 00:01:19,019 Then a man said, my blood pressure pills make me dizzy. 13 00:01:21,179 --> 00:01:25,129 He said, well, I guess that's just the price we pay for getting 14 00:01:25,129 --> 00:01:25,489 old. 15 00:01:26,449 --> 00:01:29,809 And everyone agreed, except for one little lady. 16 00:01:30,289 --> 00:01:31,929 She said, ah, it's not that bad. 17 00:01:31,929 --> 00:01:33,969 Thank God we can all still drive. 18 00:01:37,489 --> 00:01:40,329 Every time I read that, it makes me smile because I said, thank 19 00:01:40,329 --> 00:01:42,369 God I can still preach a little bit. 20 00:01:43,409 --> 00:01:46,809 And I am so glad to be here with you this morning. 21 00:01:46,809 --> 00:01:50,939 I want you to notice in the Gospel of Luke, Luke, chapter number 22 00:01:50,939 --> 00:01:51,299 three. 23 00:01:53,139 --> 00:01:54,579 Luke, chapter number three. 24 00:01:56,659 --> 00:01:59,859 We begin in verse number 23. 25 00:02:01,059 --> 00:02:07,459 And Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age. 26 00:02:07,699 --> 00:02:10,179 This is when he started his earthly ministry. 27 00:02:11,059 --> 00:02:15,059 And he's going to preach and teach and work wonderful miracles 28 00:02:15,059 --> 00:02:16,219 for three and a half years. 29 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:18,179 And then he's going to lay down his life. 30 00:02:19,179 --> 00:02:20,819 He said, no man taketh my life. 31 00:02:20,819 --> 00:02:24,779 I lay it down and he said, I'm going to take it back up again three 32 00:02:24,779 --> 00:02:25,339 days later. 33 00:02:25,339 --> 00:02:27,899 And that's exactly what he did. 34 00:02:28,699 --> 00:02:29,819 So he's 30 years old. 35 00:02:29,819 --> 00:02:33,379 And then we go to chapter number four and pick it up. 36 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:37,379 In verse one, Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned 37 00:02:37,379 --> 00:02:41,659 from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being 38 00:02:41,979 --> 00:02:45,889 40 days tempted of the devil. 39 00:02:46,369 --> 00:02:46,929 Hmm. 40 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:52,049 Didn't take long after that, for the devil attacked him. 41 00:02:53,889 --> 00:02:59,169 And then we go to verse number 17 of that same chapter. 42 00:03:01,969 --> 00:03:05,569 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. 43 00:03:06,449 --> 00:03:09,009 And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it 44 00:03:09,009 --> 00:03:09,569 was written. 45 00:03:10,659 --> 00:03:15,059 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to 46 00:03:15,059 --> 00:03:18,339 preach the gospel to the poor. 47 00:03:20,579 --> 00:03:25,699 He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance 48 00:03:26,099 --> 00:03:33,019 to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at 49 00:03:33,019 --> 00:03:41,789 liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of 50 00:03:41,789 --> 00:03:42,349 the Lord. 51 00:03:45,069 --> 00:03:47,949 And then in verse number 28 of that same chapter. 52 00:03:49,469 --> 00:03:53,749 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were 53 00:03:53,749 --> 00:04:01,709 filled with wrath and rose up and thrust him out of the city. 54 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:02,829 Can you imagine that? 55 00:04:04,639 --> 00:04:12,879 And led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built. 56 00:04:14,799 --> 00:04:18,519 That they might cast him down headlong. 57 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:24,519 We would say head first, but he, passing through the midst of 58 00:04:24,519 --> 00:04:27,119 them, went his way. 59 00:04:33,129 --> 00:04:36,329 I want you to think about this in verse number 32. 60 00:04:37,129 --> 00:04:41,369 They were astonished because he taught. 61 00:04:41,609 --> 00:04:42,849 He was preaching and teaching. 62 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:46,969 And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with 63 00:04:46,969 --> 00:04:47,369 power. 64 00:04:49,129 --> 00:04:53,129 And in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an unclean 65 00:04:53,289 --> 00:04:59,139 devil and cried out with a loud voice saying, let us alone. 66 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:01,459 What have we to do with thee? 67 00:05:01,459 --> 00:05:05,859 Thou Jesus of Nazareth, art Thou come to destroy us? 68 00:05:07,139 --> 00:05:11,779 I know thee who Thou art, the Holy One of God. 69 00:05:13,539 --> 00:05:17,859 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, hold thy peace and come out of him. 70 00:05:18,739 --> 00:05:22,159 And when the devil had thrown him in the midst of, he came out 71 00:05:22,159 --> 00:05:24,519 of him and heard him not. 72 00:05:24,519 --> 00:05:29,839 And they were all amazed and spake among themselves, saying, what 73 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:30,999 a word is this. 74 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:36,679 For with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits 75 00:05:37,559 --> 00:05:38,679 and they come out. 76 00:05:40,359 --> 00:05:46,839 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round 77 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:47,159 about. 78 00:05:48,329 --> 00:05:52,329 So thus began the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. 79 00:05:54,009 --> 00:06:00,969 Jesus, from the beginning of his earthly ministry, dealt with 80 00:06:00,969 --> 00:06:03,129 crisis after crisis. 81 00:06:05,609 --> 00:06:09,849 And I want to preach to you this morning on that title, Jesus 82 00:06:09,849 --> 00:06:12,729 the Christ of every crisis. 83 00:06:15,459 --> 00:06:17,219 The Christ of every crisis. 84 00:06:18,179 --> 00:06:20,179 You've already been in some crisis. 85 00:06:20,899 --> 00:06:25,619 You may be in one now, you could be in one by tomorrow. 86 00:06:27,059 --> 00:06:31,059 But Jesus is the Christ of every crisis. 87 00:06:32,259 --> 00:06:33,539 He never fail. 88 00:06:38,749 --> 00:06:40,989 In the book of Jeremiah, you need not turn there, I'm going to 89 00:06:40,989 --> 00:06:41,189 read it. 90 00:06:41,189 --> 00:06:43,389 But it says in the Lord God, thou hast. 91 00:06:43,389 --> 00:06:47,709 Ah, Lord God, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great 92 00:06:47,709 --> 00:06:50,349 power and stretched out arm. 93 00:06:50,589 --> 00:06:54,269 And there is nothing too hard for thee. 94 00:06:55,949 --> 00:06:58,269 That's repeated in other places in the Bible. 95 00:06:59,069 --> 00:07:02,029 But there's nothing too hard for God. 96 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,159 Say that with me. 97 00:07:05,159 --> 00:07:07,879 There is nothing too hard for God. 98 00:07:07,879 --> 00:07:08,519 Say it again. 99 00:07:08,679 --> 00:07:11,959 There is nothing too hard for God. 100 00:07:14,999 --> 00:07:16,679 Life encounters crisis. 101 00:07:16,679 --> 00:07:19,719 I don't have to remind you of that today. 102 00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:24,119 It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. 103 00:07:25,399 --> 00:07:27,639 And usually crises are never expected. 104 00:07:27,959 --> 00:07:28,599 Am I right? 105 00:07:29,729 --> 00:07:32,609 Most of us are not looking forward to the next crisis. 106 00:07:35,089 --> 00:07:36,449 Life is fragile. 107 00:07:36,769 --> 00:07:38,849 Sometimes God reminds us of that. 108 00:07:39,569 --> 00:07:40,849 It's unpredictable. 109 00:07:42,689 --> 00:07:48,929 But Christ is almighty and he is always predictable. 110 00:07:51,009 --> 00:07:52,369 What do I mean by that? 111 00:07:52,929 --> 00:07:54,289 We sang a moment ago. 112 00:07:54,449 --> 00:07:56,689 Standing the promises. 113 00:07:57,889 --> 00:08:02,849 If God made a promise, he'll keep that promise. 114 00:08:03,649 --> 00:08:06,529 You can predict it 100% of the time. 115 00:08:07,409 --> 00:08:08,929 If you can find a promise. 116 00:08:08,929 --> 00:08:10,689 And there's a lot of them in the Bible. 117 00:08:12,609 --> 00:08:15,809 Stand on the promises, you cannot fall. 118 00:08:17,169 --> 00:08:20,129 Standing on the promises, you cannot fail. 119 00:08:20,449 --> 00:08:23,699 Because he always Keeps his promises. 120 00:08:24,579 --> 00:08:28,899 Christ is the Christ of every crisis. 121 00:08:31,139 --> 00:08:34,459 Crisis comes into our life and most of the time we don't stop and 122 00:08:34,459 --> 00:08:35,219 think about it. 123 00:08:35,939 --> 00:08:38,498 But most of the time there are divine appointments. 124 00:08:41,059 --> 00:08:44,019 Divine appointments, because we would never choose one. 125 00:08:45,379 --> 00:08:49,709 And so God sometimes bring them into our life for all kinds 126 00:08:49,709 --> 00:08:50,749 of different reasons. 127 00:08:55,149 --> 00:08:58,029 Moments when life seems to stand still. 128 00:09:00,669 --> 00:09:03,949 Have you ever gone into something that happened and you could 129 00:09:04,029 --> 00:09:06,509 feel like your heart was going to beat out of your chest? 130 00:09:07,229 --> 00:09:10,349 You could almost hear it, the heart. 131 00:09:11,949 --> 00:09:16,989 And panic sometimes, like a dagger with stick into your heart. 132 00:09:18,669 --> 00:09:20,189 Jesus never panics. 133 00:09:21,869 --> 00:09:22,909 He's the rock. 134 00:09:25,069 --> 00:09:26,429 We just sang it a moment ago. 135 00:09:26,429 --> 00:09:31,069 On Christ, the solid rock I stand, all of the ground is sinking 136 00:09:31,069 --> 00:09:31,469 sand. 137 00:09:32,749 --> 00:09:33,389 You know what? 138 00:09:33,389 --> 00:09:35,229 We need to learn to live on the rock. 139 00:09:36,749 --> 00:09:37,949 To live on the rock. 140 00:09:38,829 --> 00:09:45,709 Rock of ages, cleft for me Let me hide myself in thee. 141 00:09:46,989 --> 00:09:51,149 Jesus says, come unto me over 600 times in the Bible. 142 00:09:51,629 --> 00:09:52,829 God says, come. 143 00:09:53,229 --> 00:09:54,029 That's a lot. 144 00:09:55,549 --> 00:09:57,949 But yet people many times go the other way. 145 00:09:57,949 --> 00:10:00,189 They run away or they walk away. 146 00:10:00,589 --> 00:10:06,829 And a lot of times God has to call behind our back, hey, turn around, 147 00:10:08,289 --> 00:10:09,409 come back, listen. 148 00:10:11,249 --> 00:10:13,249 But he's the Christ of every crisis. 149 00:10:13,249 --> 00:10:14,689 And listen. 150 00:10:14,929 --> 00:10:17,889 I believe that salvation is a crisis. 151 00:10:18,849 --> 00:10:22,049 I believe when a person decides or realizes they need to 152 00:10:22,049 --> 00:10:22,489 be saved. 153 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:24,769 I don't think there's anything casual about it. 154 00:10:26,929 --> 00:10:28,529 Some of you know what I'm talking about. 155 00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:31,809 It was a crisis. 156 00:10:33,739 --> 00:10:39,419 I mean, the day you were saved, God reached down and rescued 157 00:10:39,419 --> 00:10:41,339 you from sin and hell and death. 158 00:10:41,499 --> 00:10:43,019 Because it was a crisis. 159 00:10:44,139 --> 00:10:46,139 You were a heartbeat from hell. 160 00:10:47,339 --> 00:10:51,299 And when you realized, and that's an important word, when you 161 00:10:51,299 --> 00:11:00,529 realize, it became real that God was holy and just, mighty. 162 00:11:02,289 --> 00:11:07,729 But when you ask him, God, please have mercy and save me. 163 00:11:08,129 --> 00:11:11,209 I'm calling on you and I'm putting my faith and hope in the 164 00:11:11,209 --> 00:11:14,889 life and the death and the burial and the resurrection of Jesus 165 00:11:14,889 --> 00:11:15,249 Christ. 166 00:11:15,249 --> 00:11:16,449 That's my only hope. 167 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:19,169 Jesus is my only way to heaven. 168 00:11:22,769 --> 00:11:26,299 And he reached down and brought you up out of an horrible 169 00:11:26,299 --> 00:11:26,699 pit. 170 00:11:29,979 --> 00:11:31,819 Anybody want to go back to that pit? 171 00:11:33,979 --> 00:11:35,659 He set your feet on a rock. 172 00:11:36,539 --> 00:11:38,299 He established your goings. 173 00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:41,339 He even put a song in your mouth, even though you don't think 174 00:11:41,339 --> 00:11:42,059 you can sing. 175 00:11:42,299 --> 00:11:49,619 But God put a song in your mouth and he gave you a reason to 176 00:11:49,619 --> 00:11:49,899 live. 177 00:11:51,899 --> 00:11:53,499 And then he gave you eternal life. 178 00:11:55,019 --> 00:11:56,939 You'll never die if you're saved. 179 00:11:58,299 --> 00:12:00,459 Saved by his power divine. 180 00:12:01,259 --> 00:12:03,179 Saved to new life sublime. 181 00:12:03,419 --> 00:12:06,059 Life now is sweet and my joy is complete. 182 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:07,179 For I'm saved. 183 00:12:07,819 --> 00:12:10,379 I'm saved, Saved. 184 00:12:14,219 --> 00:12:16,459 But in this life, and only in this Life. 185 00:12:16,459 --> 00:12:21,149 If you are saved, you're still going to have crisis. 186 00:12:23,229 --> 00:12:25,069 Jesus never led any other way. 187 00:12:25,149 --> 00:12:28,749 He said, in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good 188 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:29,069 cheer. 189 00:12:29,069 --> 00:12:30,349 I have overcome the world. 190 00:12:31,229 --> 00:12:33,149 We live in a sin, cursed world. 191 00:12:33,149 --> 00:12:34,989 This world is being run. 192 00:12:35,389 --> 00:12:36,709 God's watching over it. 193 00:12:36,709 --> 00:12:41,669 But the Bible says that Satan is the prince of this world and we're 194 00:12:41,669 --> 00:12:42,229 aliens. 195 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:44,189 When you get saved, we don't fit. 196 00:12:46,419 --> 00:12:51,219 And it bothers people when we talk about Jesus or act like Jesus 197 00:12:51,539 --> 00:12:57,099 or quote scripture because we're in a strange world. 198 00:12:57,099 --> 00:13:01,299 Once you get saved, everything changes. 199 00:13:02,979 --> 00:13:06,579 And by the way, if you don't get saved, hell is a forever crisis. 200 00:13:08,099 --> 00:13:11,459 Can you imagine a crisis that never goes away, ever? 201 00:13:13,129 --> 00:13:14,569 That's what hell's going to be like. 202 00:13:15,769 --> 00:13:19,249 We can't really fully comprehend it, but Jesus preached 203 00:13:19,249 --> 00:13:23,009 more on hell than he did heaven because the Bible says he's 204 00:13:23,009 --> 00:13:24,569 not willing that any should perish. 205 00:13:24,729 --> 00:13:26,729 Nobody has to go to hell. 206 00:13:27,369 --> 00:13:29,209 They have a lot of choices to make. 207 00:13:31,129 --> 00:13:32,569 You have to climb to hell. 208 00:13:33,289 --> 00:13:35,249 People say it's hard to get to heaven. 209 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:36,169 No, it is not. 210 00:13:36,169 --> 00:13:37,689 You just trust in Christ. 211 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:41,259 But if you're going to go to hell, you got to climb over the Bible. 212 00:13:42,539 --> 00:13:44,219 You got to climb over the preaching. 213 00:13:44,219 --> 00:13:47,899 You got to climb over the hymns of singing that has the gospel 214 00:13:47,899 --> 00:13:48,379 in it. 215 00:13:48,699 --> 00:13:51,339 You have to climb over people that are praying for you. 216 00:13:53,259 --> 00:13:55,499 You have to really want to get to hell. 217 00:13:56,299 --> 00:13:57,499 You say, well, I don't. 218 00:13:58,379 --> 00:13:59,619 Well, then why aren't you saved? 219 00:13:59,619 --> 00:14:01,659 Why don't you trust Christ as your savior? 220 00:14:07,269 --> 00:14:10,469 Salvation ought to be a crisis, not casual. 221 00:14:11,189 --> 00:14:12,549 I've been around a long time. 222 00:14:12,549 --> 00:14:15,949 I've had people come down chewing bubble gum, saying they want 223 00:14:15,949 --> 00:14:16,709 to get saved. 224 00:14:17,989 --> 00:14:25,989 Looking around, I know, don't hear something I didn't say, okay. 225 00:14:28,469 --> 00:14:30,069 Whosoever will, may come. 226 00:14:31,939 --> 00:14:32,419 Okay. 227 00:14:33,059 --> 00:14:37,539 When somebody just kind of skips down the aisle, you may not 228 00:14:37,539 --> 00:14:38,179 have tears. 229 00:14:38,259 --> 00:14:42,419 Some people don't shed a lot of tears, but they just casually 230 00:14:42,419 --> 00:14:43,819 say, yeah, I don't want to go to hell. 231 00:14:43,819 --> 00:14:44,739 What do I got to do? 232 00:14:45,379 --> 00:14:46,339 Something wrong with that? 233 00:14:49,859 --> 00:14:50,899 It's a crisis. 234 00:14:55,219 --> 00:14:56,659 There's a lot of crisis. 235 00:14:58,579 --> 00:15:03,539 Our church could be possibly, we'd say in a crisis. 236 00:15:05,539 --> 00:15:12,819 I mean, the future of the Heritage Baptist Church could be 237 00:15:12,819 --> 00:15:15,299 determined today. 238 00:15:16,979 --> 00:15:17,619 I don't think. 239 00:15:17,619 --> 00:15:20,419 I haven't noticed anybody that goes, yeah, I heard about that. 240 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:23,629 No, I can feel what you're feeling. 241 00:15:24,429 --> 00:15:25,349 You have a weight. 242 00:15:25,349 --> 00:15:26,589 You have a heart. 243 00:15:26,909 --> 00:15:27,789 You're heavy. 244 00:15:29,549 --> 00:15:30,189 You care. 245 00:15:32,109 --> 00:15:32,749 You're saved. 246 00:15:32,749 --> 00:15:34,749 If you're saved, the Holy Spirit's in you. 247 00:15:36,989 --> 00:15:39,949 You remember when I first Came here a few weeks ago. 248 00:15:39,949 --> 00:15:43,709 We had a picture of a ship in a storm. 249 00:15:44,589 --> 00:15:45,789 I love that picture. 250 00:15:47,709 --> 00:15:50,909 When the storms of life are raging Stand by me. 251 00:15:55,239 --> 00:16:04,719 When the storms of life are raging Stand by me there's another 252 00:16:04,719 --> 00:16:05,239 picture. 253 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:09,399 We don't see a storm. 254 00:16:09,399 --> 00:16:10,439 We see a battle. 255 00:16:14,999 --> 00:16:22,049 In fact, on the left there, it almost reminds me a little bit of 256 00:16:23,969 --> 00:16:24,609 the church. 257 00:16:24,689 --> 00:16:25,489 This church. 258 00:16:25,809 --> 00:16:26,929 We're not sinking. 259 00:16:27,169 --> 00:16:30,929 I said we're not sinking, but we've been hit. 260 00:16:33,489 --> 00:16:36,129 When you're in war, there's casualties, there's damage. 261 00:16:37,409 --> 00:16:37,969 Okay? 262 00:16:37,969 --> 00:16:40,129 We're not on a pleasure cruise. 263 00:16:43,739 --> 00:16:48,219 When you get on board of a church that stands true and solid 264 00:16:48,219 --> 00:16:54,739 and straight and strong for the word of God, you're going to 265 00:16:54,739 --> 00:16:55,579 be fired at. 266 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:01,979 In the midst of tribulation. 267 00:17:02,219 --> 00:17:07,219 Stand by me when the host of hell assail and my strength begins 268 00:17:07,219 --> 00:17:15,209 to fail Thou who never lost a battle Stand by me the history of 269 00:17:15,209 --> 00:17:16,329 this church is great. 270 00:17:16,329 --> 00:17:17,569 To the glory of God. 271 00:17:18,609 --> 00:17:19,169 It is. 272 00:17:19,169 --> 00:17:20,209 Believe me, it is. 273 00:17:20,209 --> 00:17:20,849 I've been around. 274 00:17:22,289 --> 00:17:27,089 This church has a wonderful past, a heritage. 275 00:17:31,409 --> 00:17:32,609 But what about the future? 276 00:17:36,459 --> 00:17:38,699 Christ is the Christ of every crisis. 277 00:17:39,339 --> 00:17:43,819 It's his church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against 278 00:17:43,819 --> 00:17:44,219 it. 279 00:17:50,459 --> 00:17:51,899 Thank God for His grace. 280 00:17:53,499 --> 00:17:58,379 Through many dangerous toils and snares we have already come. 281 00:17:59,429 --> 00:18:01,749 And his grace hath brought us safe thus far. 282 00:18:02,389 --> 00:18:04,229 And his grace will lead us home. 283 00:18:05,429 --> 00:18:07,669 I'm nearer home than I was yesterday. 284 00:18:09,269 --> 00:18:11,429 Because he's the Christ of every crisis. 285 00:18:13,029 --> 00:18:14,789 The Christ of every crisis. 286 00:18:16,789 --> 00:18:18,469 What about the crisis of death? 287 00:18:19,909 --> 00:18:21,469 That's a crisis, I guess. 288 00:18:21,469 --> 00:18:22,149 Amen. 289 00:18:23,749 --> 00:18:29,369 But Jesus said, because I live, ye shall live also if you're 290 00:18:29,369 --> 00:18:29,729 saved. 291 00:18:29,729 --> 00:18:32,009 Today you know Christ as your Savior. 292 00:18:32,329 --> 00:18:39,489 You consciously realized there was no way for you to get into heaven 293 00:18:39,489 --> 00:18:40,289 except through Christ. 294 00:18:40,289 --> 00:18:42,409 And you received Christ as your Savior. 295 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:44,769 If you know that, you're saved. 296 00:18:44,769 --> 00:18:46,449 And the Bible says we can know. 297 00:18:46,449 --> 00:18:49,489 We don't have to hope, we don't have to think, we don't have 298 00:18:49,489 --> 00:18:50,009 to try. 299 00:18:50,009 --> 00:18:52,829 These things are written that you may know you. 300 00:18:52,979 --> 00:18:54,019 You have eternal life. 301 00:18:54,499 --> 00:18:56,019 Not everybody believes that. 302 00:18:56,819 --> 00:18:58,779 In fact, most people don't believe that. 303 00:18:58,779 --> 00:19:02,539 Most people believe you've got to try to live a good enough life 304 00:19:02,539 --> 00:19:04,179 to be accepted into heaven. 305 00:19:04,819 --> 00:19:05,819 Well, who's good? 306 00:19:05,819 --> 00:19:06,379 What's good? 307 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:07,539 How good do you have to be? 308 00:19:09,219 --> 00:19:12,739 If you've committed one sin, the Bible says you're guilty of all. 309 00:19:16,499 --> 00:19:20,829 But if you're saved, you put your faith in Christ. 310 00:19:21,789 --> 00:19:23,549 Death is the least of your worries. 311 00:19:24,589 --> 00:19:25,149 The least. 312 00:19:29,069 --> 00:19:39,989 When a doctor comes into the room and sits down, he says, there's 313 00:19:39,989 --> 00:19:41,229 nothing more we can do. 314 00:19:43,389 --> 00:19:47,499 And Jesus whispers in our ear, you're with me. 315 00:19:49,259 --> 00:19:51,499 I'm the Christ of every crisis. 316 00:19:53,339 --> 00:19:54,619 Home is straight ahead. 317 00:19:57,099 --> 00:20:00,539 But if you're not saved, you don't have a home. 318 00:20:03,099 --> 00:20:03,819 You don't. 319 00:20:05,499 --> 00:20:08,059 There's no such thing as purgatory in the Bible. 320 00:20:08,299 --> 00:20:09,819 Jesus never mentioned it. 321 00:20:10,379 --> 00:20:13,259 There's no in between stage where God can think it over. 322 00:20:14,809 --> 00:20:19,609 He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son 323 00:20:19,689 --> 00:20:20,889 hath not life. 324 00:20:20,889 --> 00:20:23,449 But the wrath of God abideth on him. 325 00:20:24,569 --> 00:20:27,609 You see, to be saved means to be rescued. 326 00:20:27,849 --> 00:20:30,729 It means to be delivered from the wrath of God. 327 00:20:31,449 --> 00:20:36,129 Because God poured out his wrath on Jesus as he hung on the 328 00:20:36,129 --> 00:20:36,489 cross. 329 00:20:37,049 --> 00:20:40,009 All of his wrath, his wrath, was poured out at the flood. 330 00:20:40,249 --> 00:20:43,679 And when Jesus comes back, he's going to pour out his wrath 331 00:20:43,679 --> 00:20:51,159 again in fire after the tribulation period in the millennial 332 00:20:51,159 --> 00:20:51,559 reign. 333 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:54,519 But in the middle is the cross. 334 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,279 And God poured out all of his wrath. 335 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:04,079 He paid for every man's sin that would ever be born and for every 336 00:21:04,079 --> 00:21:07,399 sin of every sinner that would ever be committed. 337 00:21:07,479 --> 00:21:07,739 Jesus. 338 00:21:07,969 --> 00:21:10,449 Jesus suffered for it. 339 00:21:11,889 --> 00:21:15,689 And so if you're saved, the Bible says we're not appointed under 340 00:21:15,689 --> 00:21:16,769 the wrath of God. 341 00:21:17,969 --> 00:21:19,969 Why would God pour out his wrath on us? 342 00:21:19,969 --> 00:21:23,649 If we put our faith in Christ, who took the wrath of God for us. 343 00:21:30,929 --> 00:21:33,649 But if you're not saved, you face eternal crisis. 344 00:21:35,059 --> 00:21:35,619 Luke 16. 345 00:21:35,699 --> 00:21:37,459 In hell, he lift up his eyes. 346 00:21:38,579 --> 00:21:41,139 It is appointed unto a man once to die. 347 00:21:41,219 --> 00:21:42,259 And after this. 348 00:21:42,419 --> 00:21:43,179 After this. 349 00:21:43,179 --> 00:21:44,059 That's not the end. 350 00:21:44,059 --> 00:21:45,379 Death is not the end. 351 00:21:46,659 --> 00:21:49,219 It's appointed unto man once to die. 352 00:21:49,459 --> 00:21:54,099 And after this, the Bible says the judgment. 353 00:21:55,859 --> 00:21:58,659 But there's still time this morning for you to get saved. 354 00:22:01,469 --> 00:22:02,349 You're living right now. 355 00:22:02,349 --> 00:22:03,149 You're breathing. 356 00:22:04,989 --> 00:22:08,189 I don't know where you'll be or where I'll be an hour from now. 357 00:22:08,189 --> 00:22:09,149 You got plans. 358 00:22:09,149 --> 00:22:11,949 You plan to be here and do this and that, and that's okay. 359 00:22:12,509 --> 00:22:16,429 But nobody's guaranteed, and you're alive. 360 00:22:16,749 --> 00:22:20,789 And if you've never been saved, you can be saved today. 361 00:22:20,789 --> 00:22:22,189 But if I were you, I'd run. 362 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,269 I'd run to the cross. 363 00:22:25,239 --> 00:22:27,079 There's room at the cross for you. 364 00:22:27,399 --> 00:22:30,839 Though millions have come, there's still room for one. 365 00:22:31,959 --> 00:22:35,239 There's room at the cross for you. 366 00:22:37,239 --> 00:22:38,759 Everybody goes through the same door. 367 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:40,359 Jesus has said, I am the door. 368 00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:45,239 Okay, so everybody is saved the same way. 369 00:22:45,559 --> 00:22:49,199 We like to categorize as big sinners and little sinners, but the 370 00:22:49,199 --> 00:22:50,279 Bible doesn't do that. 371 00:22:51,409 --> 00:22:52,769 Everybody comes the same way. 372 00:22:52,769 --> 00:22:54,529 The ground is level at the Cross. 373 00:23:01,569 --> 00:23:07,129 And the Bible says there's no condemnation to them who are in Christ 374 00:23:07,129 --> 00:23:07,649 Jesus. 375 00:23:07,649 --> 00:23:09,409 Romans, chapter 8, verse 1. 376 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:10,609 Hallelujah. 377 00:23:11,729 --> 00:23:13,089 No condemnation. 378 00:23:15,329 --> 00:23:17,959 Jesus met that woman and the street. 379 00:23:18,839 --> 00:23:20,159 An adulterous woman. 380 00:23:20,159 --> 00:23:22,839 In fact, they not only heard about it, they actually caught her 381 00:23:22,999 --> 00:23:23,799 in the act. 382 00:23:27,879 --> 00:23:31,399 And Jesus said, he that is without sin cast the first stone. 383 00:23:32,519 --> 00:23:34,199 They were getting ready to stone her. 384 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:39,119 And the Bible says Jesus wrote some things in the stone. 385 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:39,919 Can you imagine that? 386 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,479 They're all holding these stones. 387 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:43,159 Nobody's smiling. 388 00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:44,909 The woman is trembling. 389 00:23:45,789 --> 00:23:47,469 And Jesus is writing something. 390 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:49,869 And the Bible doesn't really tell us what it was. 391 00:23:50,509 --> 00:23:54,669 He could have written other sins, maybe he wrote their names. 392 00:23:55,949 --> 00:23:56,829 Who knows? 393 00:23:57,949 --> 00:24:00,869 But all of a sudden, you could hear the thump of rocks as they were 394 00:24:00,869 --> 00:24:01,789 dropped on the ground. 395 00:24:02,429 --> 00:24:04,989 He that is without sin casts the first stone. 396 00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:09,389 And the Bible says every one of them dropped their rocks and left. 397 00:24:09,389 --> 00:24:12,409 And she's left on the ground kneeling before Jesus. 398 00:24:13,769 --> 00:24:15,209 Where are those that condemn you? 399 00:24:16,569 --> 00:24:18,249 She says, there's none, Lord. 400 00:24:19,689 --> 00:24:21,689 He said, neither do I condemn thee. 401 00:24:23,769 --> 00:24:25,129 Go and sin no more. 402 00:24:28,249 --> 00:24:29,929 You think that lady had a good day? 403 00:24:31,689 --> 00:24:33,609 You think she told anybody about it? 404 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:35,049 You think she went home different? 405 00:24:36,169 --> 00:24:37,569 She was already condemned. 406 00:24:37,569 --> 00:24:38,809 She was in condemnation. 407 00:24:38,889 --> 00:24:40,249 She was on death row. 408 00:24:42,749 --> 00:24:48,629 And all of a sudden, she's taken off the road to hell and put 409 00:24:48,629 --> 00:24:49,709 on the road to heaven. 410 00:24:52,589 --> 00:24:54,549 If you're not saved, I beg you to come. 411 00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:59,589 Hurry, get down to the place and trust Christ as your savior. 412 00:24:59,589 --> 00:25:00,949 Get in the ark, Noah. 413 00:25:00,949 --> 00:25:06,109 Noah preached for 120 years while he was building the ark. 414 00:25:06,109 --> 00:25:08,069 The Bible says he preached the word of God. 415 00:25:08,069 --> 00:25:13,999 He preached the gospel and nobody listened. 416 00:25:13,999 --> 00:25:14,639 They mocked. 417 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:16,759 They thought this guy's crazy. 418 00:25:22,599 --> 00:25:24,519 But he didn't make anybody get in. 419 00:25:26,919 --> 00:25:28,999 The door was open for 120 years. 420 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:32,199 Jesus says to us, come. 421 00:25:32,199 --> 00:25:38,039 And God said, noah, come thou thy family into the ark. 422 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,319 He didn't say go. 423 00:25:39,319 --> 00:25:40,879 He said, come on into the ark. 424 00:25:40,879 --> 00:25:42,599 I guess God was already in the ark. 425 00:25:42,839 --> 00:25:43,639 Yeah, he was. 426 00:25:47,239 --> 00:25:48,839 And then God shut the door. 427 00:25:51,639 --> 00:25:52,839 You don't have to die. 428 00:25:53,959 --> 00:25:54,999 You're going to leave the body. 429 00:25:55,079 --> 00:25:56,519 Soul and spirit will leave the body. 430 00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:57,719 Everybody's going to leave the body. 431 00:25:58,519 --> 00:26:01,519 But you're a soul and spirit that's going to be alive in eternity, 432 00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:02,599 either in heaven or hell. 433 00:26:05,029 --> 00:26:06,029 There's a lot of crisis. 434 00:26:06,029 --> 00:26:07,909 But he's the Christ of every crisis. 435 00:26:08,469 --> 00:26:11,269 What about the crisis of disease getting sick? 436 00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:13,989 Can he handle that? 437 00:26:15,429 --> 00:26:16,869 Nothing too hard for God. 438 00:26:17,349 --> 00:26:19,669 In him we live and move and have our being. 439 00:26:20,949 --> 00:26:24,229 He can heal, he can comfort, he can give grace. 440 00:26:25,189 --> 00:26:29,349 And you know what I believe that when a Christian Dies, that's 441 00:26:29,349 --> 00:26:30,469 the ultimate healing. 442 00:26:32,989 --> 00:26:36,469 Because if God heals you down here, and he may or he may not, he 443 00:26:36,469 --> 00:26:41,789 may have something better for you or a purpose, but when he heals 444 00:26:42,109 --> 00:26:47,109 a person, say, of cancer, there's probably going to be some 445 00:26:47,109 --> 00:26:49,309 other things down the road you're going to need healing for. 446 00:26:49,949 --> 00:26:52,069 But when you get to heaven, there'll be no more healing because 447 00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:53,229 it won't be necessary. 448 00:26:53,789 --> 00:26:58,349 The ultimate healing absent from the body present with the Lord. 449 00:27:01,249 --> 00:27:02,049 You're not going to. 450 00:27:02,449 --> 00:27:03,969 If you're saved, you're not going to. 451 00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:09,329 You are not going to die until the Lord is through with you according 452 00:27:09,329 --> 00:27:11,249 to what the teaching of the Bible is. 453 00:27:12,129 --> 00:27:15,409 So, evidently, pretty good crowd here this morning. 454 00:27:15,409 --> 00:27:17,089 Evidently God's not through with you. 455 00:27:23,489 --> 00:27:28,159 And maybe you're at gotten some news and you're facing a crisis 456 00:27:29,679 --> 00:27:34,679 and maybe you're praying and you're wondering if God could take 457 00:27:34,679 --> 00:27:37,319 you through this and add more years to your life. 458 00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:38,399 Hezekiah did. 459 00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:42,959 God said, hezekiah, put thy house in order. 460 00:27:44,639 --> 00:27:45,599 Checking out here. 461 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:49,279 And the Bible says, Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and 462 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:50,239 prayed and wept. 463 00:27:50,979 --> 00:27:55,619 God said, I've seen your tears and I've heard your prayer. 464 00:27:56,019 --> 00:27:58,899 And he said, I'm going to add 15 more years to your life. 465 00:27:59,859 --> 00:28:02,699 Isn't that something you say? 466 00:28:02,699 --> 00:28:04,499 Well, I didn't think God changed his mind. 467 00:28:05,299 --> 00:28:05,859 He did. 468 00:28:05,859 --> 00:28:06,179 Then. 469 00:28:13,539 --> 00:28:15,019 The crisis of disease. 470 00:28:15,019 --> 00:28:15,859 You're in pain. 471 00:28:17,559 --> 00:28:18,919 Christ knew all about pain. 472 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,239 He knew more about pain than anybody that ever lived. 473 00:28:24,839 --> 00:28:26,279 What about disasters? 474 00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:28,279 You see me almost like last night. 475 00:28:31,079 --> 00:28:33,479 Well, we've seen real disasters, haven't we? 476 00:28:35,479 --> 00:28:39,999 Storms that wipe out whole towns and cities and people and fires 477 00:28:39,999 --> 00:28:41,359 that they couldn't contain. 478 00:28:41,359 --> 00:28:46,109 And floods not very long ago not far from here. 479 00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:50,749 All those children, earthquakes. 480 00:28:52,269 --> 00:28:55,069 Thousands of people perishing in an earthquake. 481 00:28:56,669 --> 00:28:58,909 And then there's the disasters of war. 482 00:29:02,509 --> 00:29:05,149 911 was a disaster. 483 00:29:08,439 --> 00:29:10,919 Jesus is the Christ of every crisis. 484 00:29:13,479 --> 00:29:17,399 He said, I'll never leave thee nor forsake thee. 485 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:22,519 Never, you say, well, what about those three Hebrew boys they 486 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:23,399 threw in the fire? 487 00:29:24,759 --> 00:29:26,999 Well, when they got in the fire and the man looked in, there 488 00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:27,559 was four. 489 00:29:28,679 --> 00:29:30,119 They only threw in three. 490 00:29:30,199 --> 00:29:31,639 And who was the fourth one? 491 00:29:33,169 --> 00:29:35,969 Christ was in the fire. 492 00:29:38,609 --> 00:29:40,849 What about the crisis of discouragement? 493 00:29:41,409 --> 00:29:42,609 Is that a crisis? 494 00:29:44,209 --> 00:29:47,689 My wife and I like old movies and we watch It's a Wonderful Life 495 00:29:47,689 --> 00:29:53,409 sometimes at Christmas time, and if you don't, that's fine, but 496 00:29:53,409 --> 00:29:53,969 I'm always. 497 00:29:54,129 --> 00:29:54,769 I'm always. 498 00:29:56,689 --> 00:29:58,129 It's just amazing to me when. 499 00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:00,699 When Clarence is talking. 500 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:01,419 God's talking. 501 00:30:01,419 --> 00:30:02,579 Clarence, I'm Going to send you down. 502 00:30:02,579 --> 00:30:04,059 Take care of George Bailey. 503 00:30:04,059 --> 00:30:06,459 And Clarence says, is he sick? 504 00:30:08,059 --> 00:30:09,819 And God says, no, it's worse. 505 00:30:10,779 --> 00:30:11,979 He's discouraged. 506 00:30:14,219 --> 00:30:15,179 Isn't that something? 507 00:30:17,259 --> 00:30:18,299 Discouragement. 508 00:30:22,059 --> 00:30:28,789 Did you know the Bible says the spirit of a man will save his 509 00:30:28,789 --> 00:30:29,349 infirmity? 510 00:30:29,349 --> 00:30:30,829 It'll help him through his infirmity. 511 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:32,629 But it says, a wounded spirit. 512 00:30:32,629 --> 00:30:35,909 Who can bear a wounded spirit. 513 00:30:35,909 --> 00:30:36,709 Who can bear. 514 00:30:37,109 --> 00:30:38,549 That's a rhetorical question. 515 00:30:38,549 --> 00:30:42,229 It means nobody really can bear a wounded spirit. 516 00:30:45,749 --> 00:30:48,549 I'm talking about a wounded spirit, not just having a bad day. 517 00:30:50,159 --> 00:30:55,399 I'm talking when you're broken and smashed on the inside and you're 518 00:30:55,399 --> 00:30:56,159 discouraged. 519 00:30:57,599 --> 00:31:02,279 And discouragement can lead to alcohol and to drugs and even to 520 00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:02,959 suicide. 521 00:31:04,399 --> 00:31:09,199 And by the way, children and teenagers can be discouraged too. 522 00:31:09,759 --> 00:31:15,039 It's not just an adult thing, but Christ. 523 00:31:15,769 --> 00:31:16,969 You bring him into the picture. 524 00:31:17,769 --> 00:31:19,289 He says, I can handle that. 525 00:31:20,089 --> 00:31:22,089 I'm the Christ of every crisis. 526 00:31:22,569 --> 00:31:24,489 No one understands like Jesus. 527 00:31:24,489 --> 00:31:25,289 I've been there. 528 00:31:25,449 --> 00:31:27,209 I know what discouragement's like. 529 00:31:30,969 --> 00:31:32,969 What about the crisis of a divorce? 530 00:31:34,649 --> 00:31:37,289 Don't raise your hand, but you've been through that. 531 00:31:37,289 --> 00:31:38,329 Was it a picnic? 532 00:31:39,769 --> 00:31:40,569 Was it hard? 533 00:31:43,859 --> 00:31:44,899 Was it a crisis? 534 00:31:46,099 --> 00:31:47,299 Most of the time it is. 535 00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:48,819 Changes everything. 536 00:31:50,899 --> 00:31:53,299 But Christ is the Christ of every crisis. 537 00:31:55,939 --> 00:32:00,419 The woman at the well, she had five husbands. 538 00:32:05,139 --> 00:32:06,899 And then she's living with another man. 539 00:32:06,899 --> 00:32:10,619 When Jesus sat down with her and talked to her about the water, 540 00:32:11,339 --> 00:32:20,939 the living water, and she got saved and went back into town and 541 00:32:22,139 --> 00:32:23,219 told everybody about it. 542 00:32:23,219 --> 00:32:24,019 She was a great soul. 543 00:32:24,019 --> 00:32:24,539 Winner. 544 00:32:25,179 --> 00:32:29,659 Bible says everybody came out and many got saved. 545 00:32:29,659 --> 00:32:31,659 In fact, twice, it says, and then many more. 546 00:32:34,779 --> 00:32:35,739 Come see a man. 547 00:32:36,809 --> 00:32:38,889 Divorce is not the unpardonable sin. 548 00:32:38,889 --> 00:32:39,849 God hates it. 549 00:32:41,129 --> 00:32:42,329 It's a crisis. 550 00:32:44,009 --> 00:32:46,009 But he's the Christ of every crisis. 551 00:32:48,089 --> 00:32:50,969 God can forgive and restore. 552 00:32:52,249 --> 00:32:55,249 And if you've been through a divorce and maybe you're in a second 553 00:32:55,249 --> 00:32:58,089 or third marriage, I don't know, that's between you and God. 554 00:32:58,169 --> 00:33:01,209 But as far as I understand this book and the power of the blood, 555 00:33:03,169 --> 00:33:04,649 you're not a second rate Christian. 556 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:05,009 Now. 557 00:33:07,809 --> 00:33:10,929 You're just as important to God, and God can still use you. 558 00:33:13,249 --> 00:33:15,929 You don't have to go around in life saying, well, I guess I'll never 559 00:33:15,929 --> 00:33:16,849 be a good Christian. 560 00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:19,809 You might even be a better Christian than a lot of Christians. 561 00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:25,649 Division in the family, boy, that's a crisis. 562 00:33:26,849 --> 00:33:31,009 People you love, your own family, blood, family. 563 00:33:31,089 --> 00:33:32,369 Sometimes there's division. 564 00:33:33,729 --> 00:33:34,849 That's a crisis. 565 00:33:39,489 --> 00:33:40,849 Can Christ handle that? 566 00:33:41,969 --> 00:33:44,049 He gave us a story of the prodigal son. 567 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,729 All is forgiven. 568 00:33:45,729 --> 00:33:46,369 Come home. 569 00:33:50,049 --> 00:33:53,569 A man and his son got In a bad fight in Spain, the country of Spain, 570 00:33:53,569 --> 00:33:54,049 years ago. 571 00:33:54,049 --> 00:33:56,549 And it just really got out of hand. 572 00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:58,229 And, I mean, they just disagreed. 573 00:33:58,229 --> 00:34:00,949 Started out as an argument, but pretty soon the boy said things 574 00:34:00,949 --> 00:34:02,069 and the man said things. 575 00:34:02,149 --> 00:34:04,789 And finally the young kid ran out the door. 576 00:34:05,029 --> 00:34:07,989 And he didn't come back for a long time. 577 00:34:08,789 --> 00:34:10,829 In fact, the father couldn't even find him. 578 00:34:10,829 --> 00:34:14,229 And the father's heart was broken, and he wanted to forgive 579 00:34:14,229 --> 00:34:16,389 and he wanted his son back. 580 00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:17,709 And he didn't know how to do it. 581 00:34:17,709 --> 00:34:18,949 He didn't know where he lived. 582 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:23,919 And so he took out an ad in the paper. 583 00:34:24,879 --> 00:34:26,319 The boy's name was Paco. 584 00:34:26,319 --> 00:34:32,159 And said, dear Paco, I love you, I miss you, I need you. 585 00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:33,679 All is forgiven. 586 00:34:34,559 --> 00:34:35,279 Come home. 587 00:34:35,918 --> 00:34:39,519 Meet me at the fountain at the center of the city. 588 00:34:39,759 --> 00:34:42,159 And he had it splattered on the newspaper. 589 00:34:44,479 --> 00:34:47,119 He said, meet me Saturday at the fountain. 590 00:34:47,279 --> 00:34:50,079 And the father went to the fountain next Saturday morning. 591 00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:53,099 And there was 200 kids there named Paco. 592 00:34:58,379 --> 00:35:03,139 A lot of boys, a lot of girls, a lot of daughters and sons and grandsons 593 00:35:03,139 --> 00:35:06,059 and granddaughters and families and cousins and aunts. 594 00:35:07,818 --> 00:35:08,819 It's a crisis. 595 00:35:08,819 --> 00:35:17,789 And if they could just know that they were forgiven and they 596 00:35:17,789 --> 00:35:20,069 didn't have to earn their way back into the family. 597 00:35:21,909 --> 00:35:22,629 Just come. 598 00:35:27,509 --> 00:35:29,749 Dealing with the devil is a crisis, isn't it? 599 00:35:31,909 --> 00:35:37,269 Jesus told Peter, satan hath desired to have you, that he may 600 00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:38,469 sift you as wheat. 601 00:35:40,389 --> 00:35:44,719 But Jesus said, but I have prayed for you, and when you are 602 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,399 converted, strengthen the brethren. 603 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,719 You think that was a crisis when Peter denied the Lord three 604 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:53,039 times? 605 00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:54,399 Oh, boy, it was. 606 00:35:55,599 --> 00:35:56,599 We meet him in heaven. 607 00:35:56,599 --> 00:35:58,239 He probably won't want to talk about it. 608 00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:08,439 I'll close, but I just want you to be encouraged that the crisis 609 00:36:08,439 --> 00:36:14,879 that you are in or may go into is not the end of the world if you 610 00:36:14,879 --> 00:36:15,679 know Jesus. 611 00:36:18,159 --> 00:36:26,199 That woman that sat at the well, she told Jesus, we're waiting 612 00:36:26,199 --> 00:36:27,199 for the Messiah. 613 00:36:27,598 --> 00:36:28,479 Are you listening? 614 00:36:29,999 --> 00:36:33,839 You know what Jesus said when she said, we're waiting for the Messiah? 615 00:36:33,999 --> 00:36:37,119 He leaned over to her and said, I'm he. 616 00:36:39,269 --> 00:36:39,989 I am he. 617 00:36:41,429 --> 00:36:42,789 I am the Messiah. 618 00:36:44,149 --> 00:36:46,229 Wow, can you imagine her face? 619 00:36:49,669 --> 00:36:51,269 And she became a Christian. 620 00:36:51,909 --> 00:36:52,789 I am he. 621 00:36:54,789 --> 00:36:58,949 You may be out there today saying, I wish I knew somebody who 622 00:36:58,949 --> 00:37:00,229 really cared about me. 623 00:37:00,869 --> 00:37:02,149 Jesus said, I'm he. 624 00:37:03,919 --> 00:37:05,759 No one ever cared for me like Jesus. 625 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,999 I wish I knew somebody who could understand me. 626 00:37:09,999 --> 00:37:11,279 Nobody understands me. 627 00:37:11,759 --> 00:37:12,559 I am he. 628 00:37:12,559 --> 00:37:14,799 Jesus said, I understand. 629 00:37:17,679 --> 00:37:20,879 I wish I knew somebody who'd tell me the truth that I could trust. 630 00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:22,319 I'm he. 631 00:37:23,359 --> 00:37:24,959 Jesus said, you can trust me. 632 00:37:27,519 --> 00:37:29,439 I'm the way, the truth and the life. 633 00:37:30,929 --> 00:37:34,209 I wish I knew somebody who would not condemn me all the time. 634 00:37:34,529 --> 00:37:35,809 Jesus said, I'm He. 635 00:37:39,169 --> 00:37:40,369 Some of you need a friend. 636 00:37:41,489 --> 00:37:44,209 So I wish I could just find one good friend. 637 00:37:46,769 --> 00:37:47,529 I am he. 638 00:37:47,529 --> 00:37:53,649 Jesus said, what a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs 639 00:37:53,649 --> 00:37:54,209 to bear. 640 00:37:57,819 --> 00:37:59,659 I wish somebody could tell me what to do. 641 00:37:59,659 --> 00:38:00,499 My wits end. 642 00:38:00,499 --> 00:38:01,379 I don't know what to do. 643 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:02,539 I wish I had somebody. 644 00:38:02,699 --> 00:38:04,059 Jesus said, I'm he. 645 00:38:05,419 --> 00:38:06,219 I'm right here. 646 00:38:11,178 --> 00:38:11,819 Guess what? 647 00:38:12,779 --> 00:38:17,419 Jesus is sitting right beside you right now, says, I am He. 648 00:38:18,299 --> 00:38:25,229 I'm whatever you need, and I am whenever you need, and I am wherever 649 00:38:25,229 --> 00:38:25,749 you need. 650 00:38:27,269 --> 00:38:32,509 Come unto me, all you that are tired and heavy laden, and I will 651 00:38:32,509 --> 00:38:33,189 give you rest. 652 00:38:35,269 --> 00:38:36,869 Boy, that sounds good, doesn't it? 653 00:38:38,069 --> 00:38:38,469 Rest. 654 00:38:38,789 --> 00:38:40,789 He wasn't talking about physical rest. 655 00:38:41,429 --> 00:38:43,029 We're going to have that when we get to heaven. 656 00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:43,589 Amen. 657 00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:52,729 Won't be tired anymore or retired, But we'll have rest. 658 00:38:53,609 --> 00:38:59,289 But you can have rest down here in the midst of chaos and confusion 659 00:39:00,249 --> 00:39:04,649 and all the things we see on television constantly every day. 660 00:39:06,729 --> 00:39:11,449 You can sit down in the chair and say, I have the peace of God 661 00:39:11,449 --> 00:39:15,489 that passeth all understanding, and I have the joy 662 00:39:15,489 --> 00:39:24,809 of the Lord that doesn't depend on people or things or circumstances. 663 00:39:26,889 --> 00:39:29,449 Would you bow your head, please, and stand to your feet? 664 00:39:32,809 --> 00:39:34,729 Just stand quietly for a moment. 665 00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:41,079 Could we take another moment or two and invite you once again 666 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:41,959 to come to Christ? 667 00:39:41,959 --> 00:39:45,359 If you're not saved, you say, well, I joined the church. 668 00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:46,239 That won't save you. 669 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:47,439 The church can't save you. 670 00:39:47,439 --> 00:39:48,879 Baptism can't save you. 671 00:39:48,879 --> 00:39:50,559 Giving money can't save you. 672 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,479 Being a good person can't save you. 673 00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:56,399 Only Christ. 674 00:39:58,079 --> 00:39:59,359 Did you get in the ark? 675 00:39:59,439 --> 00:40:00,799 Christ is our ark. 676 00:40:01,279 --> 00:40:01,879 Do you get. 677 00:40:01,879 --> 00:40:02,719 Have you gotten in? 678 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,159 Do you know how you got in or when you got in or how. 679 00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:08,279 I mean, when did you get into Christ? 680 00:40:08,359 --> 00:40:09,799 When did Christ get into you? 681 00:40:09,799 --> 00:40:12,759 When did you become a born again believer? 682 00:40:13,639 --> 00:40:15,879 Say, I don't know the answer to any of those questions. 683 00:40:17,319 --> 00:40:18,519 Why don't you come today? 684 00:40:18,519 --> 00:40:19,959 We're not going to embarrass you. 685 00:40:20,279 --> 00:40:22,879 You're not going to have to stand up in front of everybody and 686 00:40:22,879 --> 00:40:24,759 repeat a prayer or say anything. 687 00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:29,959 Why don't you just come and let one of our men or women just 688 00:40:29,959 --> 00:40:30,999 show you in the Bible? 689 00:40:31,849 --> 00:40:33,129 I mean, you can trust the Bible. 690 00:40:33,129 --> 00:40:34,729 It's never been wrong about anything. 691 00:40:35,529 --> 00:40:37,489 Just read it and then do what it says. 692 00:40:37,489 --> 00:40:39,689 And the Bible says, God will save you. 693 00:40:42,249 --> 00:40:44,729 If you're a sinner, you're qualified to be saved. 694 00:40:46,249 --> 00:40:47,609 Would you consider that? 695 00:40:48,569 --> 00:40:50,729 I'll give you my word we'll not embarrass you. 696 00:40:51,049 --> 00:40:55,769 We just want to tell you and show you Christian. 697 00:40:55,769 --> 00:40:56,409 What about you? 698 00:40:56,409 --> 00:40:57,529 Are you in a crisis? 699 00:40:57,529 --> 00:40:58,769 Have you been through a crisis? 700 00:40:58,769 --> 00:40:59,529 How'd you get through? 701 00:40:59,529 --> 00:41:01,049 By the grace of God, that's how. 702 00:41:03,089 --> 00:41:05,089 Maybe things are looking a little dark out there. 703 00:41:06,129 --> 00:41:08,369 Christ is the light. 704 00:41:09,489 --> 00:41:12,329 Why don't you come and kneel here for a moment? 705 00:41:12,329 --> 00:41:15,849 If God's touched your heart, maybe you want to join the church. 706 00:41:15,849 --> 00:41:17,249 You're not a member of this church. 707 00:41:19,009 --> 00:41:21,169 You feel like God wants you here for some reason? 708 00:41:22,529 --> 00:41:23,729 We want to invite you. 709 00:41:23,969 --> 00:41:26,849 Just come and say, I'd like to become a part of this church family.