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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Revive Us Again | July 20, 2025
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- Greg laurie: it's so easy to
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- Say, "well, the church should do this and other
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- Christians should do that."
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- Don't worry about the church.
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- Don't worry about other christians.
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- Start with you.
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- Are you living a passionate relationship with christ
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- Right now?
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- If not, return to the lord again.
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- Recommit yourself to the lord again.
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- ♪ this is the day ♪
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- ♪ the day when life begins ♪
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- ♪ this is the day ♪
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- ♪ the day when life begins ♪♪
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- Greg: america is at a crossroads right now.
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- It seems in many ways that our nation is unraveling before our
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- Very eyes.
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- Crime is up, drug use is up, hopelessness is up, and i think
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- The primary reason for this is because we have rejected what
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- God says in his word.
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- The bible says be careful because if you sow the wind,
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- You'll reap the whirlwind.
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- We're in a time where many are wanting to redefine what god has
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- Already defined.
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- And in many ways the times we're living in now reminds me a lot
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- Of the late '60s and the early '70s.
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- Drug use is up today.
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- Drug use was just really exploding into the culture
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- Back then.
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- Back in those days, we were taking drugs because we were on
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- A search, trying to find truth or something, at least.
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- Today, many take drugs just to escape their pain.
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- Ironically, marijuana and lsd use is up dramatically, the same
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- Drugs we were using back then.
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- In fact, i read recently more americans are smoking pot than
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- Cigarettes right now.
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- This has led to a full-blown opioid epidemic.
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- There's been a 300% increase in fentanyl deaths: 300 people a
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- Day die from fentanyl.
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- It's crazy.
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- This young generation today is looking for answers.
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- Self-harm is up 334%.
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- Overdoses are up 119%.
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- Anxiety and depression is up.
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- The us suicide rate has increased dramatically since the
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- Year 2000, and it's tripled for young girls.
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- Maybe that's why one expert dubbed generation z, "the
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- Hopeless generation."
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- Well, listen, i'm not gonna sit back and just watch this happen.
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- We've got to do something.
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- California, this is your wake-up call.
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- America, this is your wake-up call.
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- It's time to pray.
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- So you hear words like spiritual awakening, revival,
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- Jesus revolution.
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- You might wonder, what does that even mean?
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- Well, let's just take the word "revival" and demystify it a
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- Bit--a little bit.
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- It just means to restore, to restore to original condition.
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- So when i say a christian should be revived, what i'm really
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- Saying is a christian should just be, well, a christian.
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- A real christian.
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- See, there's a lot of fake christians out there right now.
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- There's a lot of posers, people that pretend to be believers but
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- Are not at all.
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- The apostle paul asked this questions, are you really
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- Christians or are you just pretending to be christians when
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- You really aren't at all?
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- Do you pass the test?
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- A lot of us are faking, but listen, you can fool all of the
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- People some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of
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- The time, but you can't fool god any of the time, right?
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- He knows.
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- He knows and you know.
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- So, i heard about a guy who was looking for some work, couldn't
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- Find a job anywhere and he heard they were hiring down at the
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- Local zoo.
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- He's kind of a big dude, so he goes down and says, "yeah, i'd
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- Like to get a job working here," and the guy said, "oh, i'm
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- Sorry, that job we were offering got taken, but i don't mean to
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- Insult you, sir, but you're a big man, and we could maybe use
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- You here in the zoo.
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- Here's the deal.
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- Our gorilla died the other day.
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- And we've ordered a new one and he's on his way, but we need
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- Someone to sort of stand in the gap, and don't be offended
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- By this.
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- If we made you a custom gorilla suit, would you be willing to
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- Pretend to be our gorilla until the real one arrives?"
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- Well, the guy was so broke, he said, "yeah, whatever," and he
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- Put on the gorilla suit.
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- He felt pretty stupid on day one when he walked out there.
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- He thought, everyone will know i'm a fraud, but they were
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- Buying it.
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- So pretty soon he's beating on his chest and he's swinging back
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- And forth.
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- By day three he's having the time of his life,
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- Swinging around.
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- Everyone believes he's a gorilla, and he got a little too
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- Excited as he swung in the vine and went a little too far and
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- Went out of the gorilla cage and into the lion's den.
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- And then a lion saw him and started walking quickly
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- Toward him.
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- The guy in the gorilla suit was terrified.
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- He couldn't contain himself any longer, and he yells
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- Out, "help!"
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- And the lion says, "shut up, or you'll get us both fired."
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- And the man in the gorilla suit was me.
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- I've never shared that story before.
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- Not really.
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- He was a faker, and there's fakers today.
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- We need a revival.
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- We need to be real christians.
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- The early church turned their world upside down.
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- Today, i fear the world is turning the church upside down.
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- It's time for us to let our light so shine for jesus christ
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- And live this life, earning us the right to share the gospel
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- With others, right?
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- We need a revival.
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- A great evangelist named billy sunday once said, "they tell me
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- A revival is only temporary, but so is a bath, and it does
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- You good."
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- Yeah, we could use that bath right now.
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- Revival is when god gets so sick and tired of being
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- Misrepresented, he shows up himself.
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- So i was talking to chuck smith once, who is regarded by most as
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- The father of the jesus movement.
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- And i asked him, "chuck, do you think we'll ever see another
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- Jesus revolution, another jesus movement?"
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- His response was, "greg, i don't know if we're desperate
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- Enough yet."
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- Well, some time has passed since then, and i think we may be
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- Desperate enough again.
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- The prophet habakkuk understood this when he prayed this prayer:
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- "i've heard all that you've done, lord.
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- I'm filled with awe by the amazing things you've done.
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- In this time of deep need, revive your work as you did in
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- Days gone by."
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- So some of you are young and you're saying, "wow, that must
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- Have been a cool time to be in the middle of a
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- Spiritual awakening."
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- Pray that god will do it in your time.
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- Listen, my generation, the boomers, our day is coming to
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- A close.
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- The boomers have done their thing.
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- Now it's time for the zoomers, okay?
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- It's time for you to have your own spiritual awakening.
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- My generation, the boomers, we've gone from acid rock to
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- Acid reflux.
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- Bands from our era are still touring.
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- The who, they're still out there playing in stadiums, but instead
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- Of singing, "talking about my generation," now they're
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- Singing, "talking about my medication."
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- See, things have changed.
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- So it's your turn now.
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- We're praying that your generation will have your own
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- Spiritual awakening.
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- You know, when we made this film, "jesus revolution," we did
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- Not make that to have a peace sign nostalgia fest of a bunch
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- Of old baby boomers.
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- Telling the story of a revival can inspire another generation
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- To pray for their own.
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- The fame of revival spreads the flame of revival.
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- So we're saying, lord, do it again.
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- Okay, now i'm gonna show you a scene from the "jesus
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- Revolution" film.
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- How many of you wanna see a scene from the film, okay?
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- [congregation cheering]
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- This is a great scene.
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- It's a great scene based on a true story.
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- The whole youth culture is just unraveling, and chuck's an older
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- Guy and he doesn't know what's going on.
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- He doesn't see any hope for this generation, but his wife kay has
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- A heart for these young kids, and his daughter jan tells her
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- Dad, "you should be more open to reaching them.
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- You've never even met a hippie," and chuck says, "well, if god
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- Brings me a hippie, i'll talk to him."
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- So jan goes out and finds this hippie evangelist named lonnie
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- Frisbee, and she brought him to her dad, and this is what
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- Happened next.
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- Look at the screen.
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- Chuck smith: tell me about yourself, lonnie.
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- And your umm...people.
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- Lonnie frisbee: my people.
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- I like the sound of that.
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- You know, it reminds me of the words of jesus.
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- "to what, then, can i compare the people of this generation?
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- What are they like?"
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- I was up in san francisco for a long time.
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- Living in haight-ashbury.
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- On the streets. all over.
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- Man, we did everything and everyone.
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- But that was the point.
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- You see, the drugs, it's a quest.
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- Chuck: for what?
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- Lonnie: for god.
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- How can you not see that?
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- There is an entire generation right now searching for god.
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- Man, we thought acid was gonna save the world.
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- Thank you.
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- Chuck: thanks, mom. lonnie: but that was a lie.
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- As much of a lie as what we were rebelling against.
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- Chuck: and what brought you to that realization?
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- Lonnie: i kept searching and searching.
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- I just finally got to the end of it and there was still a void.
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- And my people?
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- Well, they're a desperate bunch.
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- And desperation, man, there's power in that word.
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- What would it take for you, chuck smith, to be desperate?
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- Janette tells me you're a pastor.
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- Chuck: yes, currently.
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- Lonnie: i know we must seem pretty strange, but if you look
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- A little deeper, if you look with love, you'll see a bunch of
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- Kids that are searching for all the right things, just in all
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- The wrong places.
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- So to answer your question, how do i describe my people?
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- They're sheep without a shepherd, chasing hard
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- After lies.
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- And the trouble is, your people reject them.
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- So i ask you, pastor, how can they believe in the one of whom
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- They have not heard?
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- We can only walk through doors open to us.
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- And your church, well, that's a door that's shut.
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- ♪♪♪
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- Greg: powerful.
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- Pastor chuck smith had the original vision to do these
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- Harvest crusades over 30 years ago.
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- He stood on this platform for many years.
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- Many of you remember him, but he had this vision, and to his
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- Credit, chuck opened the door, he let the hippies in, and when
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- Chuck met lonnie, it was like nitro met glycerin.
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- And the result was explosive and the spiritual awakening broke
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- Out, and we pray that god will do it again.
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- So we want to see a spiritual revival.
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- What should we do?
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- 2 chronicles 7:14 actually lays out what we ought to do if we
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- Wanna see this spiritual awakening.
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- God says, "if my people, which are called by my name, will
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- Humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their
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- Wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven and forgive their
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- Sin and heal their land."
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- What a powerful verse that is.
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- We want god to heal our land.
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- America is filled with division.
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- America is filled with conflict.
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- Some even think we could have another civil war.
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- God help us, lord, heal our land.
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- But notice where god points his finger.
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- He doesn't point his finger at the white house.
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- He points his finger at his house, at your house, at
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- My house.
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- He says, "if my people, which are called by my name, will
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- Humble themselves and pray."
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- He's talking to us who are believers.
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- He's saying, you guys, it starts with you.
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- "humble yourself from praying, seek my face, and turn from your
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- Wicked ways."
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- Do you have any wicked ways you need to turn from right now?
- 00:14:06.535 --> 00:14:10.506
- You say you're a christian, but yet you're living in sin.
- 00:14:10.506 --> 00:14:14.076
- You're doing things the bible says you should not do.
- 00:14:14.076 --> 00:14:17.146
- "hey, i'm a christian, but i'm partying and getting drunk on
- 00:14:17.146 --> 00:14:19.882
- The weekends.
- 00:14:19.882 --> 00:14:21.216
- Oh, i'm a christian, but i'm doing drugs.
- 00:14:21.216 --> 00:14:23.552
- I'm a christian but i'm sleeping with my boyfriend or my
- 00:14:23.552 --> 00:14:26.121
- Girlfriend or being unfaithful with my spouse.
- 00:14:26.121 --> 00:14:28.624
- Oh, i'm a christian, but i'm lying and ripping people off."
- 00:14:28.624 --> 00:14:31.393
- Hey, again, check up on yourself.
- 00:14:31.393 --> 00:14:33.462
- Are you really a christian or are you just pretending to be
- 00:14:33.462 --> 00:14:36.532
- When you aren't one at all?
- 00:14:36.532 --> 00:14:38.000
- It's time to repent, to repent of your sin.
- 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:46.542
- God says, i want to send an awakening, and we point our
- 00:14:46.542 --> 00:14:50.012
- Finger at hollywood, we point our finger at washington, we
- 00:14:50.012 --> 00:14:53.682
- Point our finger at the culture.
- 00:14:53.682 --> 00:14:55.417
- God points his finger at us and says, "you guys, my people, turn
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- From your wicked ways and call out to me."
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- Pray with passion.
- 00:15:03.926 --> 00:15:06.395
- Pray aggressively.
- 00:15:06.395 --> 00:15:08.197
- Don't take no for an answer.
- 00:15:08.197 --> 00:15:09.798
- Lord, send a revival, but listen, revival, awakening,
- 00:15:09.798 --> 00:15:13.435
- Starts with you.
- 00:15:13.435 --> 00:15:15.004
- Revival or revolution, to use that word, just means to come
- 00:15:15.004 --> 00:15:18.841
- Back around again, returning to what we might call one's
- 00:15:18.841 --> 00:15:23.879
- First love.
- 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:25.280
- Greg: you know, when jesus hung on the cross, three times he
- 00:15:29.451 --> 00:15:33.122
- Called out to the father, at the beginning, middle, and end of
- 00:15:33.122 --> 00:15:37.393
- The crucifixion.
- 00:15:37.393 --> 00:15:38.761
- His first words from calvary were, "father, forgive them, for
- 00:15:38.761 --> 00:15:41.630
- They know not what they do."
- 00:15:41.630 --> 00:15:43.599
- Then, as all the sin of the world was placed upon him, he
- 00:15:43.599 --> 00:15:46.402
- Said, "my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?"
- 00:15:46.402 --> 00:15:50.205
- And finally he said to the father, "into your hands i
- 00:15:50.205 --> 00:15:53.342
- Commit my spirit."
- 00:15:53.342 --> 00:15:55.177
- This is a reminder to us that we should call on god at the
- 00:15:55.177 --> 00:15:58.614
- Beginning, middle, and end of our life.
- 00:15:58.614 --> 00:16:01.383
- You know, if you're young and you're watching me right now,
- 00:16:01.383 --> 00:16:04.386
- Remember, the best thing you can do is commit your life to jesus.
- 00:16:04.386 --> 00:16:07.389
- I became a christian at the age of 17.
- 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:11.093
- That was about 51 years ago, and i've never regretted
- 00:16:11.093 --> 00:16:15.664
- That decision.
- 00:16:15.664 --> 00:16:16.999
- The bible says: "remember the creator in the days of
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- Your youth."
- 00:16:19.635 --> 00:16:20.969
- But then in middle age, sometimes we're preoccupied,
- 00:16:20.969 --> 00:16:23.639
- We're getting our family going, we're pursuing our career, and
- 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:27.276
- We forget about god.
- 00:16:27.276 --> 00:16:28.610
- But listen, god has not forgotten about you.
- 00:16:28.610 --> 00:16:30.979
- Keep god at the forefront of your life, and certainly at the
- 00:16:30.979 --> 00:16:34.149
- End, when we're at eternity's door, and we know we'll see him,
- 00:16:34.149 --> 00:16:38.320
- Call out to him.
- 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.822
- Call out to the lord at the beginning and the middle and the
- 00:16:39.822 --> 00:16:43.459
- End of your life.
- 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:45.060
- Greg: here's what jesus says in revelation chapter 2 to a church
- 00:16:49.264 --> 00:16:53.302
- That was doing just that, he says, "you've left your
- 00:16:53.302 --> 00:16:56.638
- First love.
- 00:16:56.638 --> 00:16:58.040
- Remember from where you have fallen, repent and do the
- 00:16:58.040 --> 00:17:00.709
- First works."
- 00:17:00.709 --> 00:17:02.077
- Listen, if you want to get right with god, as one of his
- 00:17:02.077 --> 00:17:04.646
- Followers, there's three things you need to do.
- 00:17:04.646 --> 00:17:07.282
- I call them the three r's of getting right with god.
- 00:17:07.282 --> 00:17:10.085
- Number one, remember.
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- Mark that point in time where maybe your faith was stronger.
- 00:17:12.721 --> 00:17:16.191
- Mark that point in time when you were walking
- 00:17:16.191 --> 00:17:19.094
- Closely with the lord.
- 00:17:19.094 --> 00:17:20.429
- Some of you, looking at these scenes from this film, are
- 00:17:20.429 --> 00:17:22.731
- Having a flashback.
- 00:17:22.731 --> 00:17:25.334
- You say, "i was one of those jesus people.
- 00:17:25.334 --> 00:17:28.537
- I remember."
- 00:17:28.537 --> 00:17:30.839
- "clear," buh-boom, "i'm still here."
- 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.209
- Okay, that's nice.
- 00:17:34.209 --> 00:17:35.577
- I'm glad you were around back then, but how are you doing with
- 00:17:35.577 --> 00:17:37.346
- The lord now?
- 00:17:37.346 --> 00:17:39.181
- Remember.
- 00:17:39.181 --> 00:17:40.849
- Number two, if it's not the way it used to be, repent.
- 00:17:40.849 --> 00:17:43.986
- All the word "repent" means is to change your direction.
- 00:17:43.986 --> 00:17:47.022
- It's a military term.
- 00:17:47.022 --> 00:17:48.390
- It means to do an about-face.
- 00:17:48.390 --> 00:17:49.758
- You just turn around like that, right?
- 00:17:49.758 --> 00:17:52.261
- So you turn back, remember, repent, and then repeat.
- 00:17:52.261 --> 00:17:56.932
- Repeat, do those first things again.
- 00:17:56.932 --> 00:17:59.968
- As the apostle paul says, "get back, get back, get back to
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- Where you once belonged."
- 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.908
- Oh, that's paul mccartney, not the apostle paul, but
- 00:18:05.908 --> 00:18:08.076
- I knew it was a paul.
- 00:18:08.076 --> 00:18:10.646
- That was a joke, not a very funny one, apparently.
- 00:18:10.646 --> 00:18:13.982
- All the old people went, "pretty good."
- 00:18:13.982 --> 00:18:15.617
- Kids are like, "who?"
- 00:18:15.617 --> 00:18:17.986
- Kids, there was once a band called the beatles, okay?
- 00:18:17.986 --> 00:18:20.389
- I'm just saying.
- 00:18:20.389 --> 00:18:23.692
- No, but we need to let it start in our heart.
- 00:18:23.692 --> 00:18:26.128
- It's so easy to say, "well, the church should do this and other
- 00:18:26.128 --> 00:18:29.531
- Christians should do that."
- 00:18:29.531 --> 00:18:30.866
- Don't worry about the church.
- 00:18:30.866 --> 00:18:32.234
- Don't worry about other christians.
- 00:18:32.234 --> 00:18:33.802
- Start with you.
- 00:18:33.802 --> 00:18:35.170
- Are you living a passionate relationship with christ
- 00:18:35.170 --> 00:18:39.908
- Right now?
- 00:18:39.908 --> 00:18:41.276
- If not, return to the lord again.
- 00:18:41.276 --> 00:18:45.247
- Recommit yourself to the lord again.
- 00:18:45.247 --> 00:18:48.750
- So let me answer the question that is on the minds of
- 00:18:49.952 --> 00:18:53.889
- Some, which is simply this, "is armageddon near?"
- 00:18:53.889 --> 00:18:59.528
- Short answer, no, and let me explain why.
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- The word armageddon is a word from the bible,
- 00:19:03.832 --> 00:19:06.969
- And it is a word that describes a specific battle
- 00:19:06.969 --> 00:19:10.472
- That's gonna happen in a time that's coming upon the earth
- 00:19:10.472 --> 00:19:13.875
- Called the great tribulation period
- 00:19:13.875 --> 00:19:17.012
- That will be inaugurated by the emergence of a charismatic
- 00:19:17.012 --> 00:19:21.250
- World leader identified as the antichrist.
- 00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:25.621
- And then it culminates with the battle of armageddon
- 00:19:25.621 --> 00:19:29.858
- And the return of jesus christ.
- 00:19:29.858 --> 00:19:33.228
- Okay, so, armageddon is not near, but yet
- 00:19:33.228 --> 00:19:37.399
- We should not disregard these threats,
- 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:40.469
- Because here's the thing, if armageddon is near
- 00:19:40.469 --> 00:19:45.374
- In a distant sense, then the return of jesus christ
- 00:19:45.374 --> 00:19:49.878
- For his people is even closer, okay?
- 00:19:49.878 --> 00:19:53.915
- So, let me be the person that shows you the way to heaven
- 00:19:53.915 --> 00:19:59.254
- So you can know that when death comes--
- 00:19:59.254 --> 00:20:01.256
- And listen, death will come.
- 00:20:01.256 --> 00:20:03.191
- The statistics on death are very impressive.
- 00:20:03.191 --> 00:20:05.827
- One out of every one persons will die, okay?
- 00:20:05.827 --> 00:20:08.597
- So, there's no escaping death.
- 00:20:08.597 --> 00:20:12.134
- But the question is where do we go after we die?
- 00:20:12.134 --> 00:20:15.937
- We decide in this life where we will spend the afterlife.
- 00:20:15.937 --> 00:20:20.942
- Where are you going to go when you die?
- 00:20:20.942 --> 00:20:24.646
- Many of us would say, "well, heaven."
- 00:20:24.646 --> 00:20:26.381
- Are you sure of that?
- 00:20:26.381 --> 00:20:28.216
- I mean, are you absolutely certain you will go to heaven
- 00:20:28.216 --> 00:20:31.186
- When you die?
- 00:20:31.186 --> 00:20:32.521
- You say, "well, i'm hoping that, you know, if i live a good life,
- 00:20:32.521 --> 00:20:34.523
- The good lord will let me in."
- 00:20:34.523 --> 00:20:36.291
- But hold on, you don't wanna risk this.
- 00:20:36.291 --> 00:20:38.894
- You wanna know for sure about this.
- 00:20:38.894 --> 00:20:41.463
- You wanna be ready.
- 00:20:41.463 --> 00:20:43.031
- You need to know the way.
- 00:20:43.031 --> 00:20:44.700
- Jesus said, "i am the way, the truth and the life and no man
- 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:47.969
- Comes to the father but by me."
- 00:20:47.969 --> 00:20:50.739
- There's one way to heaven and it's through jesus christ.
- 00:20:50.739 --> 00:20:55.210
- God has dropped one lifeline.
- 00:20:55.210 --> 00:21:00.148
- God has dropped one lifeline to heaven.
- 00:21:00.148 --> 00:21:02.818
- You don't just make up the rules as you go.
- 00:21:02.818 --> 00:21:05.320
- You wouldn't even use the word "heaven" if you had not heard it
- 00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:08.890
- From the bible.
- 00:21:08.890 --> 00:21:10.225
- It's a bible word.
- 00:21:10.225 --> 00:21:11.593
- It's a real place for real people to do real things.
- 00:21:11.593 --> 00:21:15.864
- How do you get to heaven?
- 00:21:15.864 --> 00:21:17.232
- Living a good life?
- 00:21:17.232 --> 00:21:18.567
- No, that's not gonna work.
- 00:21:18.567 --> 00:21:19.968
- Heard about a man that died and went to the pearly gates and
- 00:21:19.968 --> 00:21:22.771
- Peter met him, and then peter said, "okay, buddy, this is how
- 00:21:22.771 --> 00:21:26.174
- You get into heaven.
- 00:21:26.174 --> 00:21:27.509
- It takes 1000 points."
- 00:21:27.509 --> 00:21:29.644
- This is a true story.
- 00:21:29.644 --> 00:21:32.347
- Not really.
- 00:21:32.347 --> 00:21:33.715
- Okay, "takes 1000 points to get in.
- 00:21:33.715 --> 00:21:36.051
- So tell me all the good things you've done in your life, and
- 00:21:36.051 --> 00:21:38.954
- I'll give you points for everything good you've done."
- 00:21:38.954 --> 00:21:42.157
- The man said, "oh, okay, well, listen, i've been married to the
- 00:21:42.157 --> 00:21:45.460
- Same woman for 50 years.
- 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:47.996
- I've never cheated on her.
- 00:21:47.996 --> 00:21:49.631
- I've never even had an impure thought about another woman."
- 00:21:49.631 --> 00:21:52.768
- Peter said, "good, that's worth three points."
- 00:21:52.768 --> 00:21:55.570
- "wait, three points?
- 00:21:55.570 --> 00:21:57.572
- How many do i need to get into heaven?"
- 00:21:57.572 --> 00:21:59.107
- Peter says, "you need 1000."
- 00:21:59.107 --> 00:22:00.776
- "oh, wow, okay, wait."
- 00:22:00.776 --> 00:22:02.644
- This man says, "i went to church every sunday and i supported the
- 00:22:02.644 --> 00:22:06.515
- Church with my tithes."
- 00:22:06.515 --> 00:22:07.849
- Peter said, "that's good. that's worth one point."
- 00:22:07.849 --> 00:22:09.885
- "one point?"
- 00:22:09.885 --> 00:22:11.386
- The guy says, "i set up a soup kitchen and opened up a shelter
- 00:22:11.386 --> 00:22:15.190
- For homeless people."
- 00:22:15.190 --> 00:22:16.525
- "that's good," peter said.
- 00:22:16.525 --> 00:22:17.926
- "that's worth two points."
- 00:22:17.926 --> 00:22:19.294
- "two points?
- 00:22:19.294 --> 00:22:20.629
- At this rate, the only way i'm going to get into heaven is by
- 00:22:20.629 --> 00:22:22.564
- The grace of god."
- 00:22:22.564 --> 00:22:23.932
- Peter said, "that's 1000 points.
- 00:22:23.932 --> 00:22:25.367
- Come on in," see?
- 00:22:25.367 --> 00:22:32.674
- You think you're living a good life.
- 00:22:32.674 --> 00:22:34.476
- I hate to break this to you, it's not good enough because the
- 00:22:34.476 --> 00:22:38.180
- Bible says we all fall short of the glory of god.
- 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:41.116
- Listen to this: heaven is not for good people.
- 00:22:41.116 --> 00:22:44.186
- Heaven is for forgiven people.
- 00:22:44.186 --> 00:22:47.522
- Now let me say something that might surprise you.
- 00:22:47.522 --> 00:22:49.958
- Listen to this.
- 00:22:49.958 --> 00:22:51.326
- There's gonna be some bad people in heaven and there's gonna be
- 00:22:51.326 --> 00:22:56.364
- Some, quote, "good people" in hell.
- 00:22:56.364 --> 00:23:00.235
- "i don't get that at all."
- 00:23:00.235 --> 00:23:01.603
- Okay, let me explain.
- 00:23:01.603 --> 00:23:03.371
- There'll be some bad people in heaven.
- 00:23:03.371 --> 00:23:06.808
- How do i get to heaven?
- 00:23:06.808 --> 00:23:08.143
- By turning from my sin and putting my faith in christ, who
- 00:23:08.143 --> 00:23:11.513
- Died for me on the cross.
- 00:23:11.513 --> 00:23:13.281
- Think about that man who was crucified next to jesus.
- 00:23:13.281 --> 00:23:17.552
- We call him the thief on the cross, but he was probably
- 00:23:17.552 --> 00:23:19.955
- Guiltier--or guilty of a far worse crime than stealing,
- 00:23:19.955 --> 00:23:25.093
- Probably was a murderer, an insurrectionist.
- 00:23:25.093 --> 00:23:27.929
- But yet he turned to jesus and said, "lord, remember me when
- 00:23:27.929 --> 00:23:31.132
- You come into your kingdom," and jesus said, "truly, truly, i
- 00:23:31.132 --> 00:23:35.103
- Say to you today you will be with me in paradise."
- 00:23:35.103 --> 00:23:39.074
- Wow, talk about being at the right place at the right time.
- 00:23:39.074 --> 00:23:44.479
- That man was an evil man.
- 00:23:44.479 --> 00:23:45.814
- He was a sinful man, but he said, "lord, remember me," and
- 00:23:45.814 --> 00:23:48.984
- Jesus forgave him.
- 00:23:48.984 --> 00:23:50.352
- So in a sense, a bad person is in heaven.
- 00:23:50.352 --> 00:23:53.622
- But then there'll be some good people in hell and by that i
- 00:23:53.622 --> 00:23:56.224
- Mean people that trusted in their religion, people that
- 00:23:56.224 --> 00:23:59.828
- Trusted in their good works.
- 00:23:59.828 --> 00:24:01.530
- The bible says it's not by works that god saves us, but it's by
- 00:24:01.530 --> 00:24:06.368
- His grace.
- 00:24:06.368 --> 00:24:08.103
- That's how we get to heaven.
- 00:24:08.103 --> 00:24:09.938
- So how can you know for certain you'll go to heaven when
- 00:24:09.938 --> 00:24:12.807
- You die?
- 00:24:12.807 --> 00:24:14.142
- If you haven't heard anything else i've said tonight, listen
- 00:24:14.142 --> 00:24:16.678
- To me now because i'm almost done.
- 00:24:16.678 --> 00:24:18.680
- Number one, you must realize you're a sinner.
- 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.017
- We've all sinned.
- 00:24:22.017 --> 00:24:23.552
- We've all fallen short of god's glory.
- 00:24:23.552 --> 00:24:26.154
- See, god has given us a standard of perfection.
- 00:24:26.154 --> 00:24:28.924
- None of us measures up.
- 00:24:28.924 --> 00:24:30.559
- Now, granted, some of us do better than others, but we still
- 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:34.162
- Fall short.
- 00:24:34.162 --> 00:24:35.564
- So understand you're a sinner, and that's why you need
- 00:24:35.564 --> 00:24:37.832
- A savior, and that's why jesus came.
- 00:24:37.832 --> 00:24:41.102
- Jesus did not just come to this earth to give amazing teachings,
- 00:24:41.102 --> 00:24:44.406
- Though they are the most amazing ever given.
- 00:24:44.406 --> 00:24:47.442
- He didn't just come to this planet to work miracles.
- 00:24:47.442 --> 00:24:50.812
- He came to this planet with the express purpose of going to the
- 00:24:50.812 --> 00:24:54.482
- Cross and dying for the sin of the world, and that is why jesus
- 00:24:54.482 --> 00:24:58.587
- Christ and christ alone is qualified to bridge the gap
- 00:24:58.587 --> 00:25:03.491
- Between a holy god and sinful humanity.
- 00:25:03.491 --> 00:25:07.295
- With one hand he took hold of that holy god, with the other
- 00:25:07.295 --> 00:25:10.665
- Hand he took hold of sinful humanity, and nails were driven
- 00:25:10.665 --> 00:25:14.469
- Through those hands and through those feet, and he died.
- 00:25:14.469 --> 00:25:17.439
- The bible says christ died for your sins, why?
- 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:21.843
- Because he loves you.
- 00:25:21.843 --> 00:25:24.112
- "for god so loved the world he gave his only begotten son, and
- 00:25:24.112 --> 00:25:28.483
- Whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have
- 00:25:28.483 --> 00:25:31.486
- Everlasting life."
- 00:25:31.486 --> 00:25:34.289
- I love the way the apostle paul personalized it when he said,
- 00:25:34.289 --> 00:25:37.759
- "he loved me and he gave himself for me."
- 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.796
- Recognize christ died on that cross for your sin.
- 00:25:41.796 --> 00:25:44.332
- Then you must turn from that sin and repent of the sin.
- 00:25:44.332 --> 00:25:48.403
- The bible says god has commanded people everywhere to repent.
- 00:25:48.403 --> 00:25:52.707
- So you say, "lord, i don't wanna live that way anymore.
- 00:25:52.707 --> 00:25:55.377
- I wanna believe in jesus, i want a new life.
- 00:25:55.377 --> 00:25:57.679
- I want the hope of heaven.
- 00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:59.314
- I want my guilt removed," and then you must receive christ
- 00:25:59.314 --> 00:26:03.518
- Into your life.
- 00:26:03.518 --> 00:26:04.886
- Listen, jesus christ, who died on the cross, rose again from
- 00:26:04.886 --> 00:26:08.456
- The dead three days later, and he's with us right now at angel
- 00:26:08.456 --> 00:26:12.560
- Stadium, or wherever you are watching or listening, and he's
- 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:16.031
- Standing at the door of your life, and he's knocking, and he
- 00:26:16.031 --> 00:26:19.567
- Is saying if you'll hear his voice and open the door, he'll
- 00:26:19.567 --> 00:26:22.604
- Come in.
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- Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you.
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- God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
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- Here's the problem: we're separated from god by our sin
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- Because we've all broken his commandments.
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- But the good news is that 2,000 years ago, god sent
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- His son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin,
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- And then to rise again from the dead.
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- The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready
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- To come into your life right now.
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- Would you like your sin forgiven?
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- Would you like to know that when you die you will go to heaven?
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- If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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- Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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- You're the savior, who died on the cross for my sin.
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- I turn from my sin now, and i choose to follow you
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- From this moment forward."
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- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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- If you did, god in heaven has heard you.
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- Congratulations, and welcome to the family of god.
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