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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - What Every Christian Should Know About Salvation (Part 2) | February 19, 2026
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- ♪ music ♪
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- From the pulpit
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- Of the first baptist church 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 "pathway to victory."
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- Imagine wrapping a special gift
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- For someone you care deeply about.
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- You present your gift to them with eager anticipation,
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- But instead of gratitude, this person responds with anger
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- And goes on to call you hateful and intolerant.
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- It sounds like a farfetched scenario, right?
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- But that's exactly what happens
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- When somebody rejects the gospel.
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- Today, i'm going to describe the far better response.
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- My message is titled,
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- What every christian should know about salvation
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- ♪ music ♪
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- ♪ the fear of the lord ♪
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- ♪ is the beginning of wisdom ♪
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- ♪ life, hope ♪
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- ♪ meaning and joy ♪
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- ♪ the fear of the lord ♪
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- ♪ is the beginning of wisdom ♪
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- ♪ so let us worship ♪
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- ♪ let us bow down ♪
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- ♪ let us fear our god ♪
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- ♪ the fear of the lord ♪
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- ♪ is the beginning of wisdom ♪
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- ♪ life, hope ♪
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- ♪ blessing and joy ♪
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- ♪ the fear of the lord ♪
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- ♪ is the beginning of wisdom ♪
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- ♪ so let us worship ♪
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- ♪ let us bow down ♪
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- ♪ let us fear our god ♪
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- ♪ to him belongs ♪
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- ♪ eternal praise ♪
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- ♪ glorious and righteous ♪
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- ♪ are his works, his ways ♪
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- ♪ to him belongs ♪
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- ♪ all reverent praise ♪
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- ♪ faithful and just ♪
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- ♪ are his works, his ways ♪
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- ♪ so let us worship ♪
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- ♪ let us bow down ♪
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- ♪ so let us worship ♪
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- ♪ let us bow down ♪
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- ♪ so let us worship ♪
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- ♪ let us bow down ♪
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- ♪ let us fear our god ♪
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- ♪ our god ♪
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- (applause)
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- Do you ever feel uncertain about what you believe
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- Or struggle to put your faith into words?
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- In a world where truth shifts with every cultural trend,
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- Christians need solid ground to stand on.
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- In "what every christian should know,"
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- Dr. robert jeffress equips you
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- To understand 10 core doctrines of christianity.
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- Build your faith and your families
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- On biblical truth that never changes.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- People say, some people say,
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- "well, you don't have to claim to be exclusive,
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- Because all religions teach basically the same thing.
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- All the world religions teach basically the same thing."
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- The only thing people who say that
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- Are people who are ignorant about world religions.
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- Because if you look at world religions,
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- You see they're very different.
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- They don't all teach the same thing,
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- And interestingly, most all of them claim to be exclusive.
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- Their way is the only way to heaven.
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- Finally, people say, "well, it's just unfair
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- For god to send people to hell,
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- Especially because they just hadn't believed
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- The right thing about jesus."
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- I mean what about all the people who've never heard
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- About jesus?
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- Is it fair for god to send them to hell?
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- We talked about that at length
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- In our series in the book of acts.
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- And remember, we saw that everybody has a knowledge
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- That there's a god.
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- They can accept it or reject it.
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- But everybody can look in the stars, and look at the sky,
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- And look at the sun and the planets,
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- And know they didn't create those things.
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- Romans 1 says, "everybody can know something about god
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- Just by looking at creation."
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- Now, believing god isn't enough to save you from hell,
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- But it is enough information if rejected
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- To continue to hell.
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- The fact is when god sees somebody who wants to know him,
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- God will send the specific information about jesus
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- That that person needs to be saved.
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- You see that in acts, acts 8.
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- Here's that ethiopian court official
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- Reading the old testament.
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- He's wondering who isaiah 53 is speaking about.
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- The messiah, he wants to know him.
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- And god miraculously sends philip the evangelist
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- To sit in that chariot with him.
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- Every day of every week we hear testimonies
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- About people in africa, most recently ukraine,
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- Who knew nothing about jesus christ,
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- But by accident they tuned into "pathway to victory,"
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- Our church's ministry and they came to us saving faith.
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- Is that by accident? no.
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- God gets the word to those who really want to know him.
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- And you know when it comes to being unfair,
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- I always use this illustration.
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- Just imagine there are a hundred people on death row
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- In huntsville, texas.
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- I don't know how many are on death row,
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- But let's just suppose it's a hundred.
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- And suppose the governor one day decides
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- That he's going to pardon one of those prisoners
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- From death row, set him free.
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- Now, some might disagree with the governor over doing that,
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- But could he be accused of being unfair
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- Because he didn't release everybody?
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- I mean, after all, the one prisoner who was freed
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- Received the governor's mercy.
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- The other 99 who remain on death row
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- Are receiving justice, what they deserve.
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- But in no sense is anybody being treated unjustly.
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- And it's the same way with god's pardon of our sins.
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- The fact that god chooses to save some and not everybody
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- Is not because god is unjust.
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- People who receive christ, his pardon,
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- They receive god's mercy.
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- Those who reject christ, received god's justice,
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- But in no case is god acting unjustly.
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- Well, how do you communicate
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- That truth of the exclusivity salvation
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- In a pluralistic world in which we live?
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- You know, there are three things i like to say to people
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- When they object to this idea,
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- And i hope you'll write them down and remember them.
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- When people object to the exclusivity of christ,
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- And by the way, 60% of professing evangelical christians
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- Believe there are multiple ways to heaven.
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- So it's not only non-christians who object to this,
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- But christians as well.
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- What do you say to people?
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- First of all, i always like to say,
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- "your argument is with the bible, not with me."
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- It's very important to point people back
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- To what the bible says.
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- That's where the power is.
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- The word of god is alive and active
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- And sharper than any two-edged sword.
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- I remind people of jesus' words in john 14:6.
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- "jesus said to him,
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- 'i am the way and the truth and the life.
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- No one comes to the father except through me.'"
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- Acts 4:12, "peter said,
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- 'there is salvation in no one else.
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- There is no other name under heaven given among men
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- By which we must be saved.'"
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- It's only through jesus that we're saved.
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- Paul said it in romans 10:9,
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- "and if you confess with your mouth, 'jesus is lord,'
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- And believe in your heart
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- That god has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved."
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- Do you know what's interesting about these three verses?
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- They come from the lips of the three most prominent jews
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- In the new testament, jesus, peter, and paul.
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- Many times, i get accused of being antisemitic,
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- Because i say jews have to trust in jesus
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- In order to be saved.
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- In fact, the media loves to pull up.
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- They still do it.
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- I saw it again in the last week,
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- A clip of me from 10, 15 years ago on the tv showing show
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- Saying, "jews cannot be saved through judaism,"
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- And they cut it right there.
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- See, he's antisemitic.
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- If they had played the entire clip,
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- They would've heard me say,
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- "catholics can't be saved by catholicism.
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- Baptist can't be saved through baptist churches.
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- Only people can be saved through faith in jesus christ."
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- And who said that?
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- Paul, a jew.
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- A hebrews said, "my sole desire is that israel be saved."
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- Peter wasn't a southern baptist evangelist, he was a jew
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- And he said, "there're salvation in no one else
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- Other than the name of jesus."
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- I had a jewish man tell me, and he was kind of kidding,
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- But he said, "you know, aren't you the guy
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- Who tells jews they're going to hell?"
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- And i laughed and i said,
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- "well, actually, that idea to didn't come from me.
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- I got it from a jewish rabbi."
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- (congregation laughing)
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- His name was jesus.
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- Jesus was jew and yet he said,
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- "i am the way, the truth, and the life.
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- No man comes to the father except through me."
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- We need to remind people their argument
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- Is with the word of god, not us.
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- Secondly, we need to emphasize that god
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- Wants to save as many people as possible,
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- Not as few as possible.
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- That's the heart of god.
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- You see that in 1 timothy 2,
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- "god, our savior who desires that all men be saved
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- And come to a knowledge of the truth."
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- Now, all people won't be saved,
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- But that's god's desire that they all be saved.
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- 2 peter 3:9,
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- "for god is not slow about his promise
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- As some count slowness, but he's patient toward you,
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- Not willing that any should perish,
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- But all should come to repentance."
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- And even jesus himself said this about himself.
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- Luke 19:10, "for the son of man came to see
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- And to save those who are lost."
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- Finally, i remind people the fact
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- That god has provided one way of salvation
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- Demonstrates his love, not his hatred.
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- The fact that he provides one way of salvation
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- Demonstrates his love, not his hatred.
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- Romans 5:8 says,
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- "for god demonstrated his love toward us;
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- And that while we were yet sinners,
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- He sent christ to die for us."
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- You might use this illustration.
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- Imagine you're awakened in the middle of the night
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- By the smell of smoke.
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- You look around and you realize your house is on fire
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- And you can't find a way out.
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- When suddenly the fireman
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- Comes crashing through your bedroom door and says,
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- "follow me, there's one way out
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- Of this burning house."
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- Would you accuse that fireman of being hatred, hateful
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- Or intolerant, because he said there's only one way
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- Out of the house?
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- Would you say, "i'm going to argue with you about this.
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- I think there may be another way."
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- No.
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- If a fireman came into your burning bedroom and said,
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- "there is one way out,"
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- You would thank him and you would follow him.
- 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:54.990
- The reason jesus said there is one way out of this planet
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- That is soon to be destroyed
- 00:14:00.696 --> 00:14:02.798
- Is because there is only one way out.
- 00:14:02.798 --> 00:14:06.035
- And the fact that god has provided
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- And told us what that one way out
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- Is not a sign of his hatred toward us.
- 00:14:09.772 --> 00:14:13.442
- It's a sign of his love for us.
- 00:14:13.442 --> 00:14:16.178
- God demonstrated his love toward us
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- And that while we were yet sinners, christ died for us.
- 00:14:18.414 --> 00:14:22.318
- Well, who is able to be saved?
- 00:14:22.318 --> 00:14:24.987
- The availability of salvation,
- 00:14:24.987 --> 00:14:26.922
- I included this because there are a lot of theologians
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- And would be theologians who love to argue
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- About who can be saved.
- 00:14:33.062 --> 00:14:34.897
- Is it just the predestine and the elect?
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- Do we believe in limited atonement
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- That jesus' sins were just for the elect
- 00:14:39.969 --> 00:14:43.005
- Or is jesus' blood sufficient for all to be saved?
- 00:14:43.005 --> 00:14:47.109
- Who can be saved?
- 00:14:47.109 --> 00:14:48.877
- An interesting study for you to do sometime
- 00:14:48.877 --> 00:14:50.946
- Is look up the word whosoever.
- 00:14:50.946 --> 00:14:54.183
- Whosoever and see how many times
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- It's used in the new testament.
- 00:14:56.118 --> 00:14:57.987
- "for god so loved the world," jesus said,
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- "that he sent his only son that whosoever believes in him
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- Shall not perish, but shall have eternal life."
- 00:15:06.428 --> 00:15:09.531
- Or what does the word of god say in 1 john 2:2,
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- "and he," talking about jesus,
- 00:15:13.936 --> 00:15:16.305
- "and he himself is the propitiation
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- For our sins and not for our sins only,
- 00:15:20.409 --> 00:15:23.412
- But for those of the whole world."
- 00:15:23.412 --> 00:15:27.116
- That word propitiation means satisfaction.
- 00:15:27.116 --> 00:15:30.753
- It means to appease somebody who is angry.
- 00:15:30.753 --> 00:15:34.356
- Jesus' blood is the satisfaction.
- 00:15:34.356 --> 00:15:37.760
- It satisfies the wrath of god.
- 00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:40.829
- As we sing that song on the crossword,
- 00:15:40.829 --> 00:15:43.365
- "jesus died, the wrath of god was satisfied."
- 00:15:43.365 --> 00:15:47.403
- That is propitiation not just for our sins,
- 00:15:47.403 --> 00:15:51.607
- But for the sins of the entire world.
- 00:15:51.607 --> 00:15:53.208
- Well, wait a minute, pastor.
- 00:15:53.208 --> 00:15:55.010
- If his blood is for the whole world,
- 00:15:55.010 --> 00:15:56.845
- Then does that mean everybody is automatically saved?
- 00:15:56.845 --> 00:15:59.715
- Everybody's automatically saved?
- 00:15:59.715 --> 00:16:01.650
- No.
- 00:16:01.650 --> 00:16:02.951
- Remember what we saw last time in romans 5?
- 00:16:02.951 --> 00:16:05.921
- "paul said,
- 00:16:05.921 --> 00:16:07.689
- 'through one man, adam, sin came into the world
- 00:16:07.689 --> 00:16:10.359
- And all have sinned.'"
- 00:16:10.359 --> 00:16:11.794
- By one man's sin, everybody was condemned.
- 00:16:11.794 --> 00:16:15.564
- But then paul says in romans 5:17,
- 00:16:15.564 --> 00:16:19.034
- "the gift of salvation is not like the curse."
- 00:16:19.034 --> 00:16:22.204
- The curse comes automatically.
- 00:16:22.204 --> 00:16:23.672
- You don't have to do one thing to be under the curse.
- 00:16:23.672 --> 00:16:27.176
- All you have to do is be born.
- 00:16:27.176 --> 00:16:29.411
- And you don't have to do anything to go to hell
- 00:16:29.411 --> 00:16:31.180
- When you die, just keep going the way you're going.
- 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:33.782
- And if nothing happens in your life
- 00:16:33.782 --> 00:16:35.584
- And your relationship with god, you'll end up in hell.
- 00:16:35.584 --> 00:16:38.053
- We are all under the curse.
- 00:16:38.053 --> 00:16:40.789
- But the gift is different.
- 00:16:40.789 --> 00:16:42.357
- "it doesn't come automatically," paul says.
- 00:16:42.357 --> 00:16:44.993
- Romans 5:17, "for if by the transgression of the one,
- 00:16:44.993 --> 00:16:48.931
- Death reign through the one," that is adam,
- 00:16:48.931 --> 00:16:51.667
- "much more those who receive
- 00:16:51.667 --> 00:16:55.604
- The abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
- 00:16:55.604 --> 00:16:59.441
- Will reign in life through the one jesus christ."
- 00:16:59.441 --> 00:17:03.512
- I often use this phrase,
- 00:17:03.512 --> 00:17:05.080
- It's built on somebody else's phrase.
- 00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:07.015
- I tweaked it a little bit about the blood of christ.
- 00:17:07.015 --> 00:17:10.018
- Christ's death was sufficient for all,
- 00:17:10.018 --> 00:17:14.156
- But it's efficient for only believers.
- 00:17:14.156 --> 00:17:17.659
- Christ forgiveness is available to everyone,
- 00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:20.729
- But it only applies to those who receive it.
- 00:17:20.729 --> 00:17:23.265
- Isn't that what john 1:12 says?
- 00:17:23.265 --> 00:17:25.200
- "but as many as," what?
- 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.869
- "received christ, to them he gave the power
- 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:30.506
- To become the children of god,
- 00:17:30.506 --> 00:17:32.241
- Even to those who believe on his name."
- 00:17:32.241 --> 00:17:36.411
- I love being a pastor. i just love it.
- 00:17:37.212 --> 00:17:39.982
- I love every day of it.
- 00:17:39.982 --> 00:17:41.583
- I've loved every day of these 15 years of being your pastor.
- 00:17:41.583 --> 00:17:45.821
- Some people sometimes ask me,
- 00:17:45.821 --> 00:17:47.156
- "what's your favorite part of being pastor?"
- 00:17:47.156 --> 00:17:49.024
- I have to say there's one day of a year
- 00:17:49.024 --> 00:17:50.792
- That's my favorite day,
- 00:17:50.792 --> 00:17:52.494
- And that's thursday at vacation bible school.
- 00:17:52.494 --> 00:17:56.031
- Because i get to present
- 00:17:56.031 --> 00:17:57.766
- To hundreds and hundreds of children
- 00:17:57.766 --> 00:18:00.335
- The plan of salvation, how to become a christian.
- 00:18:00.335 --> 00:18:02.804
- We have a lot of fun doing it,
- 00:18:02.804 --> 00:18:04.239
- But we always just see so many come to faith.
- 00:18:04.239 --> 00:18:07.009
- And i go through the four things
- 00:18:07.009 --> 00:18:08.977
- You have to believe in your heart to become a christian.
- 00:18:08.977 --> 00:18:11.914
- All of us have sinned.
- 00:18:11.914 --> 00:18:13.849
- We deserve to be punished for our sins.
- 00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:16.485
- Christ died to pay for our sins.
- 00:18:16.485 --> 00:18:19.188
- And i explain each one of those.
- 00:18:19.188 --> 00:18:21.190
- And i stop and i say,
- 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:22.324
- "but boys and girls, you can believe
- 00:18:22.324 --> 00:18:23.926
- Every one of those things and still go to hell when you die.
- 00:18:23.926 --> 00:18:27.663
- There's a fourth thing you have to believe,
- 00:18:27.663 --> 00:18:29.698
- And that is we must receive christ's gift of forgiveness."
- 00:18:29.698 --> 00:18:35.037
- And then, i illustrate it for the boys and girls this way.
- 00:18:36.205 --> 00:18:37.806
- I bring up shelly taylor, our wonderful children's director,
- 00:18:37.806 --> 00:18:42.277
- And i pull out from under a chair a big box
- 00:18:42.277 --> 00:18:44.880
- That's wrapped beautifully, has a big bow on it.
- 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.749
- And i tell this story, i said,
- 00:18:47.749 --> 00:18:49.384
- "you know, amy and i were at the mall the other night
- 00:18:49.384 --> 00:18:52.321
- And we so appreciated what you've done
- 00:18:52.321 --> 00:18:54.556
- For vacation bible school
- 00:18:54.556 --> 00:18:55.891
- That we bought this nice gift for you."
- 00:18:55.891 --> 00:18:58.193
- And shelly says, "oh, well thank you very much, pastor."
- 00:18:58.193 --> 00:19:00.796
- I said, "would you like to have this gift?"
- 00:19:00.796 --> 00:19:02.764
- "oh, i would love to have that gift."
- 00:19:02.764 --> 00:19:05.467
- She still stands there with her hands for her side.
- 00:19:05.467 --> 00:19:07.803
- I said, "would you believe this gift is for you?"
- 00:19:07.803 --> 00:19:09.705
- "oh, yes."
- 00:19:09.705 --> 00:19:10.973
- "do you believe we spend a lot of money?"
- 00:19:10.973 --> 00:19:12.107
- "oh, yes."
- 00:19:12.107 --> 00:19:13.575
- And then, i turned to the boys and girls and i said,
- 00:19:13.575 --> 00:19:15.143
- "she believes the gift is for her.
- 00:19:15.143 --> 00:19:17.012
- She'd like to have the gift, but is the gift hers yet?"
- 00:19:17.012 --> 00:19:20.449
- And they yell, "no, no."
- 00:19:20.449 --> 00:19:22.284
- I said, "what does she have to do?"
- 00:19:22.284 --> 00:19:23.619
- "she has to take it."
- 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:25.420
- And that's right.
- 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.355
- And shelly holds out her hands,
- 00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:28.123
- And i put the gift into her hands.
- 00:19:28.123 --> 00:19:30.659
- And i say, "now, the gift belongs to her."
- 00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:33.962
- And in the same way,
- 00:19:33.962 --> 00:19:36.098
- We must receive that gift of salvation.
- 00:19:36.932 --> 00:19:41.003
- It's not enough to believe it's there.
- 00:19:41.003 --> 00:19:43.038
- It's not enough to believe in the love of god
- 00:19:43.038 --> 00:19:45.574
- And the sacrifice of his son.
- 00:19:45.574 --> 00:19:47.242
- There has to be a point in time
- 00:19:47.242 --> 00:19:49.278
- When we receive that gift by trusting in christ
- 00:19:49.278 --> 00:19:53.115
- For ourselves.
- 00:19:53.115 --> 00:19:54.016
- "as many as received him,
- 00:19:54.016 --> 00:19:56.018
- To them gave him the power to become the children of god,
- 00:19:56.018 --> 00:19:59.488
- Even to those who believed on his name."
- 00:19:59.488 --> 00:20:02.658
- William cowper was an 18th century poet
- 00:20:02.658 --> 00:20:06.928
- Who had a horrible life.
- 00:20:06.928 --> 00:20:08.830
- When he was six years of age, his mother died
- 00:20:08.830 --> 00:20:11.566
- And relatives bundled him up
- 00:20:11.566 --> 00:20:13.735
- And sent him to a boarding school,
- 00:20:13.735 --> 00:20:16.438
- Where he was bullied and badgered by older boys.
- 00:20:16.438 --> 00:20:21.143
- He fell into deep depression.
- 00:20:21.143 --> 00:20:23.945
- He tried to commit suicide several times.
- 00:20:23.945 --> 00:20:27.349
- Finally, in 1756, at the age of 25,
- 00:20:27.349 --> 00:20:30.719
- William cowper was committed
- 00:20:30.719 --> 00:20:32.421
- To what they used to call an insane asylum.
- 00:20:32.421 --> 00:20:36.758
- That was the worst fate that could befall anybody
- 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.128
- In the 18th century.
- 00:20:40.128 --> 00:20:42.831
- He was in that asylum.
- 00:20:42.831 --> 00:20:44.399
- He would wake up in the middle of the nights, crying out,
- 00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:46.735
- "my sin, my sin,
- 00:20:46.735 --> 00:20:49.237
- If only there were a fountain somewhere to cleanse me
- 00:20:49.237 --> 00:20:52.774
- Of my sin."
- 00:20:52.774 --> 00:20:54.309
- But then in the providence of god,
- 00:20:55.043 --> 00:20:56.611
- A doctor took over his case,
- 00:20:56.611 --> 00:20:59.114
- A christian who was a psychiatrist, dr. cotton.
- 00:20:59.114 --> 00:21:03.285
- And dr. cotton introduced william cowper to jesus christ
- 00:21:03.285 --> 00:21:07.889
- Who could forgive him of his sin.
- 00:21:07.889 --> 00:21:10.125
- Later, william cowper
- 00:21:10.625 --> 00:21:11.960
- Gave this testimony of what happened to him.
- 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.796
- He said, "the happy period,
- 00:21:14.796 --> 00:21:16.198
- Which was to shake off my feathers
- 00:21:16.198 --> 00:21:18.033
- And afford me a clear opening
- 00:21:18.033 --> 00:21:20.168
- Of the free mercy of god had now arrived.
- 00:21:20.168 --> 00:21:23.538
- I flung myself into a chair near the window
- 00:21:23.538 --> 00:21:26.975
- And seeing a bible there, ventured once more
- 00:21:26.975 --> 00:21:29.778
- To apply to it for comfort and instruction.
- 00:21:29.778 --> 00:21:33.382
- The first verses i saw were in the third chapter of romans
- 00:21:33.382 --> 00:21:37.586
- Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
- 00:21:37.586 --> 00:21:41.690
- That is in christ jesus, whom god had set forth
- 00:21:41.690 --> 00:21:45.260
- To be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
- 00:21:45.260 --> 00:21:48.930
- To manifest his righteousness."
- 00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:51.400
- "immediately," cowper said,
- 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.301
- "i received the strength to believe
- 00:21:53.301 --> 00:21:55.637
- And the full beings of the sun of righteousness
- 00:21:55.637 --> 00:21:58.640
- Shone upon me, i saw the sufficiency of the atonement.
- 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:03.044
- He has made my pardon in his blood and the fullness
- 00:22:03.044 --> 00:22:06.748
- And completeness of his justification.
- 00:22:06.748 --> 00:22:09.785
- In a moment, i believed and i received the gospel."
- 00:22:09.785 --> 00:22:16.425
- Many years later, william cowper
- 00:22:17.058 --> 00:22:18.927
- Would write a song about his experience.
- 00:22:18.927 --> 00:22:22.297
- It's a song we still sing today.
- 00:22:22.297 --> 00:22:24.833
- "there is a fountain filled with blood
- 00:22:25.667 --> 00:22:30.105
- Drawn from immanuel's veins;
- 00:22:30.705 --> 00:22:33.742
- And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
- 00:22:33.742 --> 00:22:36.511
- Lose all their guilty stain;
- 00:22:36.511 --> 00:22:39.548
- The dying thief rejoice to see
- 00:22:39.548 --> 00:22:43.051
- That fountain in his day.
- 00:22:43.051 --> 00:22:45.654
- And there may i, though vile as he,
- 00:22:45.654 --> 00:22:49.858
- Wash all my sins away."
- 00:22:49.858 --> 00:22:53.495
- Would you sing it with me?
- 00:22:54.062 --> 00:22:56.064
- -♪ wash all ♪ -♪ wash all ♪
- 00:22:56.064 --> 00:22:58.567
- -♪ my sins away ♪ -♪ my sins away ♪
- 00:22:58.567 --> 00:23:02.204
- -♪ wash all ♪ -♪ wash all ♪
- 00:23:02.204 --> 00:23:06.208
- -♪ my sins away ♪ -♪ my sins away ♪
- 00:23:06.208 --> 00:23:10.846
- -♪ and there may i ♪ -♪ and there may i ♪
- 00:23:10.846 --> 00:23:14.649
- -♪ though vile as he ♪ -♪ though vile as he ♪
- 00:23:14.649 --> 00:23:18.653
- -♪ wash all ♪ -♪ wash all ♪
- 00:23:18.653 --> 00:23:21.456
- -♪ my sins away ♪ -♪ my sins away ♪
- 00:23:21.456 --> 00:23:26.995
- Salvation is not a reward.
- 00:23:27.562 --> 00:23:31.299
- It is a gift from god
- 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:33.668
- Based on the redemptive work of jesus christ.
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- ♪ music ♪
- 00:23:37.672 --> 00:23:42.777
- Salvation is a priceless gift.
- 00:23:43.411 --> 00:23:45.747
- There's nothing we can do to earn it.
- 00:23:45.747 --> 00:23:49.317
- Well, in the time remaining on today's broadcast,
- 00:23:49.317 --> 00:23:52.020
- I want to share a note i received
- 00:23:52.020 --> 00:23:53.989
- From a grateful viewer in florida, who wrote,
- 00:23:53.989 --> 00:23:57.192
- "pastor jeffress, i want to say thank you
- 00:23:57.192 --> 00:23:59.227
- For making your books and series
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- So easily available.
- 00:24:00.762 --> 00:24:02.631
- For several years now,
- 00:24:02.631 --> 00:24:04.165
- I've relied on these books as pastoral tools
- 00:24:04.165 --> 00:24:07.435
- To teach and disciple young men in the church i serve.
- 00:24:07.435 --> 00:24:11.072
- Your books and messages are the best tools i have
- 00:24:11.072 --> 00:24:14.242
- Outside the bible to do just that."
- 00:24:14.242 --> 00:24:17.078
- Now, i should tell you, this man is 91 years young.
- 00:24:17.078 --> 00:24:21.883
- And it's faithful friends like you who provide the resources
- 00:24:21.883 --> 00:24:25.053
- For this man to touch lives.
- 00:24:25.053 --> 00:24:27.489
- Thank you so much for partnering with us
- 00:24:27.489 --> 00:24:29.824
- As together, we pierce the darkness
- 00:24:29.824 --> 00:24:32.527
- With the light of god's word.
- 00:24:32.527 --> 00:24:34.596
- Now, please stay right there.
- 00:24:34.596 --> 00:24:35.931
- I'll be back with more "pathway to victory,"
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- In just a moment
- 00:24:38.667 --> 00:24:39.935
- When everything around you is shifting,
- 00:24:40.735 --> 00:24:42.871
- When friends question your beliefs,
- 00:24:42.871 --> 00:24:45.106
- When you hear something that doesn't sound right
- 00:24:45.106 --> 00:24:47.309
- But don't know what to say,
- 00:24:47.309 --> 00:24:49.044
- You need confidence in what you believe
- 00:24:49.044 --> 00:24:51.179
- And why you believe it.
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- In "what every christian should know,"
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- Dr. robert jeffress gives you a biblical foundation
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- You and your family can build your faith upon.
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- You'll discover practical truth
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- That deepens your relationship with god
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- And strengthens your confidence
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- In what you believe.
- 00:25:06.761 --> 00:25:08.263
- If you've ever struggled to put your faith into words,
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- You're not alone.
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- We can become vulnerable to false teaching.
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- In my book, "what every christian should know,"
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- I'll walk you through 10 essential truths of christianity,
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- Explaining not just what the bible teaches,
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- But why it matters for your life today.
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- The foundation, the thing that lifts up the truth of god,
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- We need to know what that truth is.
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- Thank you for partnering with "pathway to victory."
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- In a constantly shifting world,
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- Your generous support helps us equip believers
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- With the confidence they need to stand firm
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- On solid ground in their faith.
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- I don't believe it's an accident that you're here today
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- Or that you've tuned into this program.
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- If you've never opened your heart
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- To receive the gift of salvation
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- That jesus came to provide for you,
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- Please don't let another moment pass by.
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- Reach out and receive god's gift today.
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- Well, once we place our faith in jesus christ,
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- The next step for the new christian
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- Is to join a local church.
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- And next time, i'm going to share
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- What every christian should know about the church.
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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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- Most people think of the church as a peripheral issue.
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- The reason it's peripheral in their mind
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- Is because it's peripheral in their life.
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- The fact is they think the church
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- Is just one other nice organization
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- That wants your money and your time,
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- But is on its way to extinction.
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- And yet, as ephesians 5:25 tells us,
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- "christ loved the church
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- And he gave himself up for her."
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- Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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- What every christian should know about the church,
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- Here on "pathway to victory."
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