Robert Jeffress - The Journey Home

November 27, 2025 | 29:0

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Journey Home | November 27, 2025
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome, again, to this thanksgiving day edition
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  • Of "pathway to victory."
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  • I'm grateful that you set aside this half hour
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  • To study god's word with me.
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  • Well, can you point to a time in your life
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  • When you felt closer to god than you do now?
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  • Maybe you've had trouble finding time to study your bible
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  • Or you haven't been praying as much as you did before.
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  • Just because your relationship isn't what it used to be,
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  • Doesn't mean it can't be restored.
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  • Today, i'm going to share with you the biblical steps
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  • For reviving your relationship with god.
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  • My message is titled "the journey home"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • I once read an advertisement for a book,
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  • I love the advertisement,
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  • It said, "this book is for people who are sick and tired
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  • Of feeling sick and tired."
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  • Perhaps i'm speaking to some of you tonight
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  • Who are sick and tired
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  • Of feeling like all is not right between you and god.
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  • You're sick and tired
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  • Of wondering what god's disaster is going to be in your life
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  • That sends you back to himself.
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  • You're sick and tired of wondering what is going to happen,
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  • What really is going to happen to you after you die.
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  • You want to come back to god.
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  • You want to enjoy that relationship with him
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  • You once enjoyed,
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  • But you wonder if it's really possible.
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  • How can god possibly forgive me for what i've done?
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  • Even if he does forgive me,
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  • How can i make up for that time i have spent apart from him?
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  • And even if i do come home to a right relationship with god,
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  • How do i know that i'll remain home?
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  • I think the prodigal son probably had those same questions.
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  • "if i come back to my father, will he forgive me?"
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  • I want us to turn tonight to luke 15,
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  • The story of the prodigal son,
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  • As we look at the journey home from the far country.
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  • Luke 15 beginning with verse 16,
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  • Jesus said, and the son was longing to fill his stomach
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  • With the pods that the swine were eating,
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  • And no one was giving anything to him.
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  • But when he had come to a senses, he said,
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  • "how, many of my father's hired men
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  • Have more than enough bread,
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  • But i'm dying here with hunger?
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  • I will get up and i will go to my father,
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  • And i will say to him,
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  • 'father, i have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
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  • I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
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  • Make me as one of your hired men.'"
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  • And he got up and he came to his father.
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  • The story of the prodigal son
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  • Reminds us that there are four characteristics
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  • Of genuine biblical repentance
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  • That come straight from the text.
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  • First of all,
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  • True repentance should not be confused with grief.
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  • You see, true repentance
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  • Does not just lead to sorrow and grief,
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  • It leads to a deliberate action to a u-turn.
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  • We should never confuse grief with genuine repentance.
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  • Secondly, true repentance never leaves a residue of regret.
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  • It does not leave a residue of regret.
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  • Whenever you truly turn around and head back toward god,
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  • You're not going to be filled with that regret
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  • That you're fearful of.
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  • When you truly turn around
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  • And start moving back toward god,
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  • There won't be any regret in your life.
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  • Number three, true repentance is a gift from god.
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  • Think about the prodigal son.
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  • The bible says in luke 15:17,
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  • After months, years in the far country,
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  • It says the son finally came to his senses.
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  • He came to his senses.
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  • You know what that animates?
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  • It animates that during those months and years
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  • He was away from his father,
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  • He was out of his mind, literally.
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  • And when you think about it,
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  • It's crazy that the son of a wealthy landowner
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  • Would be out in the far country feeding the pigs.
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  • It doesn't make sense.
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  • And finally, he awakened.
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  • He came to a census and said, "this is crazy.
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  • I could do better living as a slave in my father's house
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  • Than being here in the far country."
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  • By the way, do you know it makes no sense for you and for me
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  • To be living separated from god?
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  • It makes no sense for us to be estranged
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  • From the one who created us, who loved us the most,
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  • Who wants nothing but good for us?
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  • It is absolutely ludicrous
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  • That we would run from the person who loves us the most.
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  • It makes no sense.
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  • But the only way we will ever come to our senses
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  • Is from a divine act from god's hand.
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  • Nobody ever comes to his senses on his own.
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  • It is an act of grace
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  • That allows to see things as they really are.
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  • And then finally, true repentance leads to salvation.
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  • That word salvation means completeness, maturity.
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  • It will always lead you somewhere.
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  • And by the way, you see that at work
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  • In the prodigal son's life.
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  • What about you?
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  • Do you have that sense tonight
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  • That all is not right between you and god?
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  • Can you look back and see
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  • How god has been using certain crises in your life
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  • To get your attention?
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  • Are you ready to come back home again?
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  • You know the old saying.
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  • "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
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  • For you, that single step
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  • Might be breaking off that immoral relationship.
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  • It might mean giving up that job
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  • That you know is destroying your relationship with god.
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  • It might mean saying, "no,"
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  • To that addiction that is destroying you.
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  • It may mean tonight beginning to spend five minutes
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  • Reading the bible,
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  • Even though you have no desire to do so whatsoever.
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  • The journey of a thousand miles
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  • Begins with that single step.
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  • But you know what?
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  • If you're willing to learn from those reproves
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  • That god has sent in your life instead of resist them,
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  • If you're willing to make that u-turn
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  • And take that first step in a new direction toward god,
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  • When you do that,
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  • Like the prodigal son,
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  • You're going to find a surprise awaiting you
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  • At the end of the journey.
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  • Maybe you're off in the far country
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  • Or perhaps you're simply not as close to god
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  • As you once were.
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  • I hope today's message encourages you to come home
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  • To the father who loves you.
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  • And friends, that's exactly why "pathway to victory" exists:
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  • To bring people home to jesus christ.
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  • Together, we're on a rescue mission
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  • To draw people out of the darkness
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  • And into the light through our ministry together.
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  • That's why i'm inviting you
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  • To take part in the now is the time matching challenge,
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  • The largest in our ministry's history.
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  • To establish a matching fund of $1.7 million.
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  • That means your gift today will be matched,
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  • And therefore doubled in impact until we reach the goal.
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  • Again, from now through december 31st,
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  • Every gift you give will go twice as far
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  • In helping us deliver life-transforming biblical truth
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  • On radio, television, online, and in print.
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  • As 2 corinthians 6 says,
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  • "now is the time of god's favor.
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  • Now is the day of salvation."
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  • Thank you in advance for partnering with us
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  • To reach as many people as possible
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  • With the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • Now, stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • And now, i want to invite you to join me
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  • For a very special presentation.
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  • Every year, the first baptist church of dallas
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  • Hosts a wonderful vacation bible school
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  • Where thousands of children
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  • Can come and enjoy a fun-filled week of worship,
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  • Activities, and bible teaching.
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  • At the end of the week,
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  • It's my joy and privilege
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  • To share the gospel message with those children
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  • And personally invite them to trust in jesus christ
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  • As their savior.
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  • If you have little ones with you,
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  • I encourage you to gather them around
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  • Because the message i'm about to share
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  • Is especially for them.
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  • Please join me now for this special presentation
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  • Of "the gift: the gospel for children."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • For today, boys and girls,
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  • I want to talk to you about the most important decision
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  • You'll ever make in your life.
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  • And today, you're going to have an opportunity
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  • To make that decision.
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  • Today, we're going to talk about how to become a christian
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  • And know for sure you're going to go to heaven when you die.
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  • You know, the bible says all of us are going to die one day.
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  • Did you know that?
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  • Everybody's going to die.
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  • You may know somebody, a grandmother, or grandfather,
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  • Or somebody close to you who died.
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  • But the fact is, we're all going to die at some point.
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  • And when we die, we go to one of two places when we die.
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  • We can either go to heaven, where jesus is,
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  • And enjoy all the wonderful things
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  • That jesus has for us in the future.
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  • We can enjoy a world
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  • Where there's never any sadness, or sickness, or death.
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  • We can be in heaven.
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  • Or when we die, we can go to hell where the devil lives.
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  • And it's a terrible place.
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  • It's the worst place you can imagine.
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  • I imagine most of you would rather go to heaven than hell,
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  • Wouldn't you?
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  • How many would say,
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  • "boy, i'd like to go to heaven when i die."
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  • That's every one of us just about.
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  • Well, today, i'm going to talk
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  • About how you can know for sure when you die,
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  • God's going to welcome you into heaven.
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  • And to go to heaven when you die,
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  • There are four things you have to understand in your head,
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  • But also believe in your heart.
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  • The first thing we have to believe and understand
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  • Is that all of us have sinned.
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  • Say that with me, "all of us have sinned."
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  • The bible says in romans 3:23, "for all of us have sinned
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  • And fallen short of the glory of god."
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  • That means the pastor has sinned, your parents have sinned,
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  • And you have sinned.
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  • All of us have sinned.
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  • And to become a christian, we have to believe that,
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  • That we've sinned.
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  • The second thing we need to understand
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  • Is we deserve to be punished for our sins.
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  • Say that with me, "we deserve to be punished for our sins."
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  • Romans 6:23 in the bible says,
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  • "for the wages of sin is death."
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  • Wages means payments.
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  • It means what we deserve from god when we sin
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  • Is to be punished.
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  • Now, think with me for a moment.
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  • When you break your parents' rules, what do they do to you?
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  • They punish you, they may give you a spanking,
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  • They may send you to your room,
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  • They may keep you from watching tv for a while.
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  • But the bible says...
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  • We know, when we break our parents' rules,
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  • We're going to be punished for by them.
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  • But when we break god's rules,
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  • We deserve to be punished by god.
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  • And the punishment we deserve from god
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  • Is a lot worse than a spanking,
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  • Or getting grounded, or not watching tv.
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  • The bible says, we deserve to go to hell when we die.
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  • We deserve to go to that awful place forever and ever
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  • With the devil and his demons.
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  • The bible says we all deserve to go there.
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  • That's pretty bad news, isn't it?
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  • If we got what we deserve,
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  • Every one of us would go to hell
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  • Because we've broken god's rules.
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  • But here is the third thing, and it's the good news,
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  • And that is jesus paid for our sins.
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  • Would you say that with me?
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  • "jesus paid for our sins."
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  • John 3:16 says, "for god so loved the world
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  • That he gave his only begotten son,
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  • That whoever believes in him will not perish,
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  • But have eternal life."
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  • Who was jesus? can somebody tell me what...
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  • Yes.
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  • God's son.
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  • And you know what made jesus different
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  • Than any other person who's ever lived?
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  • Jesus never did once sin.
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  • He never did one thing wrong
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  • The whole that time he was on earth.
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  • He never disobeyed his parents.
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  • He never said a bad word.
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  • He never had a bad thought.
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  • He never did anything wrong.
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  • But even though he was completely innocent,
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  • Even though he kept all of his heavenly father's rules,
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  • He was willing to die on the cross
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  • And be punished not for his sins,
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  • But our sins.
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  • When jesus died on the cross,
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  • You know that story about jesus dying on the cross?
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  • When he died on the cross,
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  • He took all of the punishment from god that you deserve.
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  • And why did he do that?
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  • Because he loved us.
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  • You know, i want you to think about it for just a moment.
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  • How many of you have a brother or sister?
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  • Many of us do,
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  • But just imagine that you have a brother or sister
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  • That did something really bad
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  • And your dad got really angry
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  • With your brother or sister and said,
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  • "i'm going to give you the worst spanking you ever had
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  • Because you disobeyed me."
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  • And suddenly, you walked in the room,
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  • And you saw that your father
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  • Was about to spank your brother or sister,
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  • And you yelled out, "stop!
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  • Stop!
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  • I don't want them to get a spanking.
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  • You can spank me instead."
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  • Can you imagine doing that?
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  • Boy, why should you get a spanking
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  • For something you didn't do?
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  • You'd only do that because you loved your brother or sister.
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  • Now, listen to me.
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  • When jesus died on the cross, he died on the cross.
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  • He took the punishment that you deserve
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  • Because he loves you so much.
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  • And the best gift you can ever receive from god
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  • Is the gift of god's forgiveness of your sins
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  • By believing in all of your heart that jesus died for you.
  • 00:15:42.798 --> 00:15:48.137
  • Now, what if we said you have to believe
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  • To become a christian?
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  • All of us have sinned, we have to believe that we've sinned.
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  • Secondly, we believe we deserve to be punished for our sins.
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  • Thirdly, we believe that jesus paid for our sins,
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  • But boys and girls, listen to me.
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  • That's not enough to become a christian.
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  • The fourth thing we have to believe
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  • Is that we must receive god's gift of forgiveness.
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  • We must receive god's gift of forgiveness.
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  • The bible says in john 1:12,
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  • "but as many as received jesus
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  • To those he gave the power to become the children of god,
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  • Even those who believe on his name.
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  • We must receive the gift of forgiveness."
  • 00:16:32.247 --> 00:16:34.950
  • You know, a gift isn't a gift,
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  • Unless we receive that gift.
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  • Let me show you what i mean.
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  • Ms. shelly, i want you to come up here
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  • And stand right here by me.
  • 00:16:43.859 --> 00:16:45.894
  • Don't you love ms. shelly?
  • 00:16:46.462 --> 00:16:47.996
  • She is such a great bible school leader.
  • 00:16:47.996 --> 00:16:50.933
  • She designed this whole bible school
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  • And she has so many workers.
  • 00:16:53.802 --> 00:16:55.737
  • And shelly, i want to,
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  • Just on behalf of the kids and the sponsors,
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  • Thank you for what you did.
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  • In fact, what you did was so outstanding.
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  • Amy and i brought you a present.
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  • Oh, wow.
  • 00:17:07.516 --> 00:17:08.484
  • I went to north park,
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  • And i looked at all the different stores at north park,
  • 00:17:09.885 --> 00:17:13.388
  • And i went into a particular store and i said,
  • 00:17:13.388 --> 00:17:16.925
  • "oh, that's what shelly would really like."
  • 00:17:16.925 --> 00:17:20.129
  • And so amy and i spend a lot of money to buy you a gift
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  • As a way of saying thank you for what you've done
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  • In vacation bible school.
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  • Are you excited about the gift?
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  • Oh, pastor, i'm so excited about that gift.
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  • Well, do you believe i bought it for you?
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  • I do, i believe you bought it.
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  • Don't you think the wrapping is nice?
  • 00:17:36.445 --> 00:17:38.580
  • -it's beautiful. -it took me three hours
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  • -just to wrap it. -(congregation laughing)
  • 00:17:40.549 --> 00:17:41.950
  • Yes, sir. it's beautiful.
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  • Do you believe we care about you, shelly?
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  • Yes, sir.
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  • Now, shelly, you believe i've given you a gift.
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  • You think it's something you would like to have?
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  • You agree that it's beautifully wrapped,
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  • But is this gift shelly's gift yet?
  • 00:17:57.699 --> 00:18:00.736
  • No, as long as i'm holding it, it's not hers.
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  • For her to actually have this gift herself,
  • 00:18:05.374 --> 00:18:08.777
  • She has to reach out her hands and receive the gift.
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  • And only when she receives the gift is it hers.
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  • Boys and girls, listen to me very carefully.
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  • You can believe that jesus died for your sins.
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  • You can be grateful jesus died for your sins.
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  • But you have to receive
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  • God's gift of forgiveness in your life
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  • For his gift to become yours.
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  • And that's what we want to do this morning.
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  • We want to give you a chance
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  • To receive god's gift of forgiveness.
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  • Would you bow your head wherever you are?
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  • I don't think it's an accident
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  • That you're in vacation bible school this week.
  • 00:18:47.249 --> 00:18:50.385
  • God has brought many of you here
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  • So that today, at this very moment,
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  • You can receive god's gift of forgiveness.
  • 00:18:55.724 --> 00:18:59.761
  • And if you would like to receive god's gift of forgiveness
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  • In your life right now,
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  • I want you to say this prayer with me to god,
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  • Knowing that he's listening to you.
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  • Every eye closed, every head bowed, everybody listening.
  • 00:19:10.772 --> 00:19:15.410
  • If you want to receive god's gift, say this with me out loud.
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  • Dear god, thank you for loving me.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • I know that i have sinned,
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:19:26.688 --> 00:19:28.824
  • And i'm really sorry about my sins,
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  • But i believe you sent jesus to die for me
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  • To take the punishment
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  • From you, god, that i deserve to take.
  • 00:19:45.307 --> 00:19:49.077
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:19:49.077 --> 00:19:51.146
  • And right now,
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  • I'm trusting in jesus
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • To forgive me of my sins.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Thank you for loving me.
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  • In jesus' name.
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:20:06.495 --> 00:20:08.096
  • Now, with your heads bowed and your eyes closed,
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  • I want to ask you, if you prayed that prayer,
  • 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.469
  • Would you just raise your hand where i can see?
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  • Pastor, i prayed the prayer today.
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  • This is what i'm going to ask you to do.
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  • With your heads bowed and your eyes closed,
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  • I'm going to ask you to stand up for just a minute.
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  • Very quietly, just stand wherever you are,
  • 00:20:27.983 --> 00:20:30.719
  • And i'm going to ask the teachers to come forward right now.
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  • If you prayed that prayer to become a christian,
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:20:36.892 --> 00:20:38.427
  • I want you to walk down to one of the adults you know,
  • 00:20:38.427 --> 00:20:42.497
  • Or maybe you don't know, but just one of the adults here,
  • 00:20:42.497 --> 00:20:45.534
  • And just say to them,
  • 00:20:45.534 --> 00:20:47.169
  • "i prayed that prayer with pastor today
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  • To become a christian,"
  • 00:20:50.305 --> 00:20:51.840
  • And just come and stand with your teacher to tell them,
  • 00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:54.476
  • "i prayed the prayer to become a christian today."
  • 00:20:54.476 --> 00:20:57.879
  • ♪ music ♪
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  • The rest of us, let's be praying for them
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  • As they make this very important decision.
  • 00:21:03.885 --> 00:21:07.255
  • And boys and girls standing here at the front, and teachers,
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  • Would you turn around and face me for a moment?
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • We are so excited for you, because today,
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  • You made the most important decision you will ever make.
  • 00:21:20.335 --> 00:21:24.506
  • Now, when you go home today and you tell your parents,
  • 00:21:24.506 --> 00:21:29.845
  • Some of your parents may be very excited.
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  • Your parents are christians,
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  • They know how important this is,
  • 00:21:34.583 --> 00:21:36.752
  • And they'll be very excited for you, and that's great.
  • 00:21:36.752 --> 00:21:40.522
  • But some of you will go home and tell your parents,
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  • And they may not understand.
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  • In fact, they may not think you're old enough
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  • To become a christian.
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  • It's because they don't understand.
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  • It may be because they're not christians yet themselves.
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  • I don't want you to be discouraged or disappointed
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  • If your parents don't understand.
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  • You know why? because god understands.
  • 00:22:01.243 --> 00:22:04.413
  • And he is very excited for what you've done today.
  • 00:22:04.413 --> 00:22:07.949
  • And you know what, boys and girls?
  • 00:22:07.949 --> 00:22:09.351
  • You may be the first person in your family
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  • To become a christian.
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  • Because of your decision today,
  • 00:22:13.155 --> 00:22:15.323
  • You may help your mom and dad become christians as well
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  • So you can be together in heaven.
  • 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:21.396
  • But i want you to be encouraged today
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  • That you made that most important decision.
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  • Now, i'm going to dismiss you in a moment
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  • To go with your teachers outside,
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  • And they're going to get some information from you.
  • 00:22:30.739 --> 00:22:33.475
  • You know, after you become a christian,
  • 00:22:33.475 --> 00:22:35.444
  • The next thing you're supposed to do is to be baptized,
  • 00:22:35.444 --> 00:22:39.681
  • And that's the way of showing other people
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  • You've become a christian.
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  • If you don't go to first baptist dallas,
  • 00:22:43.585 --> 00:22:45.754
  • You can be baptized in your church.
  • 00:22:45.754 --> 00:22:48.557
  • But if you don't have a church home,
  • 00:22:48.557 --> 00:22:50.592
  • We'd love to have you come to first baptist dallas,
  • 00:22:50.592 --> 00:22:53.662
  • And be baptized here,
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  • And be a part of our wonderful children's ministry.
  • 00:22:55.130 --> 00:22:58.300
  • But just know we love each one of you
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  • And are so grateful for you.
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  • Now, we're going to let you go with your teachers
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  • Up these two aisles, follow them carefully,
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  • And boys and girls out in the pews,
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  • Let's give them a hand
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  • For the great decision they made today.
  • 00:23:13.281 --> 00:23:16.084
  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
  • 00:23:16.084 --> 00:23:20.121
  • Thank you for joining me for this special presentation
  • 00:23:20.121 --> 00:23:22.858
  • Of "the gift: the gospel for children."
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  • And if any of your children just prayed that prayer with me,
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  • You want to grow closer to god.
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  • You want your faith to be vibrant and real.
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  • What if you could live every day abiding in christ,
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  • Connected to the vine that gives you life?
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  • Discover what it means to truly abide
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  • Jesus said, "i am the vine, you are the branches.
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  • The one who remains in me and i in him bears much fruit."
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  • Abiding means staying connected to christ through his word,
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  • In humility, obedience, and servanthood.
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  • Of god's instruction manual for living,
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  • Today, you may feel far away from home,
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  • Like there's no way to restore god's love for you.
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  • Let me assure you that the great shepherd
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  • Waits to welcome you home just as you are.
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  • Your journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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  • Well, in recent decades,
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  • I've become increasingly aware of an alarming fact.
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  • More and more people, both christians and non-christians,
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  • Are embracing the idea that sin isn't really that serious.
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  • But the truth is, understanding the gravity of our sin
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  • Is the first step toward experiencing god's amazing grace.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • On "pathway to victory."
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  • As we're going to discover today,
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  • Those christians who are most aware of their sin
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  • Are the christians who are most appreciative
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  • Of their savior.
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  • And we see that truth illustrated
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  • In the story from jesus' life we're going to look at today.
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  • "the prostitute who loved jesus,"
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  • Part of the series "reigniting your passion for christ"
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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