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Greg Laurie - Tell Someone: What Is The Gospel?

August 13, 2025 | S25 E193 | 27:40

Greg Laurie - Tell Someone: What Is The Gospel?
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Tell Someone: What Is The Gospel? | August 13, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: welcome to "harvest" with greg laurie.
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  • This tv show is all about helping you get to know god
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  • Better because god loves you, and god has a plan for you,
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  • And god wants to transform your life.
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  • And he's told us everything you need to know about him and life
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  • In general in this book, the bible,
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  • The user's manual of life.
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  • So we're gonna be talking about what the bible says and what god
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  • Wants to do in your life.
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  • Again, welcome and god bless you.
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: god has put his people in the culture to influence it,
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  • To make a difference.
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  • God is not calling us as believers to isolate, but rather
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  • To infiltrate, to influence.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
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  • Baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the
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  • Holy spirit, teaching them to observe, "all things that i have
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  • Commanded you and lo am with you even to the end of the age."
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  • Greg: the gospel, now we've all heard that term, of course,
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  • And we throw it around a lot.
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  • We use it to describe everything from a certain kind of music,
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  • Gospel music, or for trying to emphasize that we're actually
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  • Saying something truthful, we might say, "listen, man, this is
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  • The gospel truth."
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  • But what is the gospel?
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  • Did you know that only one-third of americans even know
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  • What the term means?
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  • And yet we're told to go into all the world
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  • And preach the gospel.
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  • How are we gonna do that if we don't understand
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  • What the gospel is?
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  • So i want to talk a little bit about that with you right now,
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  • The gospel message.
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  • You probably know that the word
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  • "gospel" means good news,
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  • And i think before we can fully appreciate the good news,
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  • We have to first know the bad news.
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  • What's the bad news?
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  • Here it is, every one of us have sinned.
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  • The bible says, "all have sinned
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  • And fallen short of the glory of god."
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  • And then we're told over in 1 john,
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  • If we say we have no sin,
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  • We deceive ourself
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  • And the truth is not in us."
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  • So it's clear that we're all sinners.
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  • Now, sometimes you might be talking with a non believer,
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  • And you'll tell them they're a sinner.
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  • And they'll say, "well, actually, i'm not a sinner."
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  • So you may have to break that down for them because you can't
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  • Necessarily assume that even though what the term means.
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  • There are different words used in the bible to describe sin.
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  • One definition of sin is a trespass.
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  • In the book of ephesians, it says that we're dead in our
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  • Trespass, in our sin.
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  • It's interesting, two words are used.
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  • The word "trespass" means exactly what it says, it's
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  • Crossing a line.
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  • For instance, here at the pier, if a big storm came in and they
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  • Had to shut it down, you'd probably see a sign that says,
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  • "no trespassing."
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  • So when we commit a trespass, it means that we cross the line
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  • That god has set.
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  • What is that line?
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  • Well, we find that in the ten commandments.
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  • You shall not lie, you shall not steal, you shall not take the
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  • Lord's name in vain.
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  • If you break one of those commandments,
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  • You've crossed the line.
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  • So when talking to a non believer, you might say,
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  • "have you ever stolen?
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  • Have you ever lied?
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  • Have you ever taken god's name in vain?"
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  • Well, if they're honest, they'll say, "well, yeah."
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  • Then you've committed a sin.
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  • Again, here's the bad news.
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  • The book of james says if we offend in one point of the law,
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  • We're guilty of all of it.
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  • One sin is enough to keep us out of heaven.
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  • And then there's the other definition of the word "sin,"
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  • Which comes from a greek word, "hamartia,"
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  • Which means to miss a mark.
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  • And it was based on the ancient game of archery.
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  • Let's say you and i were competing,
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  • And we each had ten arrows.
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  • And we walked up, and our goal is to get all of our arrows in
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  • The bullseye.
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  • So you went up there and you fired nine of your arrows, and
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  • They all went in the bullseye.
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  • And one was just a little off, you missed the mark.
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  • Now, let's say that i went up there and all ten of my arrows,
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  • Not only did not hit the bullseye,
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  • They didn't even hit the target.
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  • In fact, one hit you in the arm.
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  • Okay, granted, i did worse than you.
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  • But listen, god's goal is absolute perfection.
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  • So if i'm not perfect, i've missed the mark.
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  • Jesus said, "be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect."
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  • So that's the bad news.
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  • We've all sinned, we've all crossed the line, we've all
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  • Fallen short of god's standards.
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  • Ah, here's the good news, 2,000 years ago, while we were yet
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  • Sinners, the bible says, christ died for us.
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  • He died in our place.
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  • He took our place on the cross.
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  • Jesus came to pay a debt he did not owe because we owed a debt
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  • We could not pay.
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  • Now, sometimes so people will say, "well, i don't think i
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  • Really need jesus.
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  • I'm a happy person, and my life is going well."
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  • But yeah, they're still a sinner, you see?
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  • That's what we want to emphasize.
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  • And as i've already said, one sin is enough to keep you
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  • Out of heaven.
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  • And here's an example.
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  • There's a story in the new testament about a brash young
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  • Man that came to jesus one day.
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  • He was wealthy, he was powerful, he was a religious man.
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  • We often call him the rich young ruler.
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  • He said, "good teacher, what must i do
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  • To inherit eternal life?"
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  • Jesus says, "why do you call me good?
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  • There's no one good except god."
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  • Then jesus lists a number of commandments
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  • That this man should be keeping.
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  • This guy foolishly said, "all of these commandments i've kept
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  • Since i've been a little boy."
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  • And then we read, jesus looked at him and loved him.
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  • But here's the point, jesus quotes the commandments, why?
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  • Because it's possible that we can keep all of them and then
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  • Get to heaven?
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  • No.
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  • He quoted the commandments to simply show, no one keeps all
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  • The commandments.
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  • That's why it's so ridiculous this young guy said, "i kept all
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  • Of these from my youth."
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  • We all break these commandments.
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  • In fact, god did not give the commandments, or the law as it's
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  • Called, to make us righteous.
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  • He gave it to us to show us how unrighteous we are.
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  • It's sort of like a moral mirror.
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  • I look at god's standards, and i realize how far short i fall.
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  • The commandments open my eyes, and they shut my mouth.
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  • So when you're speaking with people, you need to really
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  • Establish that they are sinners, and they need the savior.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: let me say something that might surprise you.
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  • I think there are good people out there.
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  • In fact, i've met people who aren't christians that i think
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  • Are nicer than some christians i've met, right?
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  • But here's the problem.
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  • Being a good person, being a nice person, will not get you
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  • Into heaven because heaven is not for good people.
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  • Heaven is for forgiven people, okay?
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  • And we've all fallen short.
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  • Here's the bottom line.
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  • When we say a person is not good, we're not saying that
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  • There are not people who have done good things.
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  • What we're saying is no one's good enough.
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  • There are good people in general, but no one's good
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  • Enough to get to heaven on their own merit.
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  • And the person might say to you,
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  • "well, you say you're good enough?"
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  • No, i'm a sinner too.
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  • And that's where jesus comes in because he paid
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  • The price for us.
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  • God poured his own wrath and anger on jesus
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  • Who died in our place.
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  • Romans 5:6 to 8 says, "when we were utterly helpless, christ
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  • Came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
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  • No one's likely to die for a good person, though someone
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  • Might be willing to die for someone who's especially good.
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  • But god showed his great love toward us that while we were yet
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  • Sinners, christ died for us."
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  • Because there was no way that greg laurie or any of us could
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  • Satisfy the righteous demands of god, god sent his son
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  • To die in our place.
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  • Because we faced a future in hell, jesus died for us.
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  • Now, if you dare use the word "hell," get ready 'cause you're
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  • Gonna get pushed back.
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  • People don't like to hear the word "hell."
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  • This is, i think, one of the reasons christians
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  • Skirt the subject.
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  • "i don't really want to talk about hell."
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  • But listen, if you only promised the glories of heaven and you
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  • Don't warn about the reality of hell, you're not declaring
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  • The whole gospel.
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  • I'm not saying we should focus primarily on hell, but we
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  • Certainly shouldn't edit it out of the message.
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  • So you might be sharing the gospel to someone, say, "you
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  • Know, jesus has filled the void in life, and i have joy and
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  • Peace and i'm so happy."
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  • "hey, that's cool, man.
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  • I can see religion's done a lot for you.
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  • I'm happy for you.
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  • But i don't really have a void in my life," they might say,
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  • "and i don't--i already feel pretty good.
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  • You know, in fact, i drank a couple of beers.
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  • I've got a good buzz going on.
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  • So i'm happy.
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  • And i like the way my life is going,
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  • And i don't think i need what you have."
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  • "oh.
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  • So what happens to me when i die?"
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  • "well, do you like warm climates?"
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  • Wait.
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  • See, here's the thing, you're focusing on the fringe benefits
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  • Of salvation, and you're not addressing the core issue.
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  • The fringe benefits of salvation are peace, purpose,
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  • Fulfillment, joy.
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  • But the biggest thing about salvation,
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  • You want to know what it is?
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  • You're not going to hell anymore.
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  • You're going to heaven now.
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  • That's the biggest thing.
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  • You have to know that.
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  • Okay, so if i only offered jesus as sort of an additive, like a
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  • New product out on the market that will make their teeth
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  • Whiter and give them more spring in their step, that's not true
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  • Gospel preaching.
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  • I have to tell them the truth that you're separated from god
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  • By sin, and there is a place called hell.
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  • Now, you might be surprised to know that most americans believe
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  • In some kind of an afterlife.
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  • 82% of americans believe in heaven
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  • And 70% believe in hell.
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  • So a lot of people believe in hell, but they just don't think
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  • They're going there.
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  • Because for every american who believes he's going to hell,
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  • There's 120 who believe they're going to heaven.
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  • But that's in direct contradiction to what jesus said
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  • Because he said in matthew 7, "broad is the way that leads to
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  • Destruction and many there are that go that way.
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  • But narrow is the way that leads to life and few there
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  • Are that find it."
  • 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.389
  • And know this, you can't edit hell out of scripture.
  • 00:10:56.389 --> 00:11:01.127
  • Did you know jesus spoke more about hell than all the other
  • 00:11:01.127 --> 00:11:04.030
  • Preachers in the bible put together?
  • 00:11:04.030 --> 00:11:06.966
  • That surprises some people, why?
  • 00:11:06.966 --> 00:11:09.402
  • Because he and he alone knows the horrors and reality of helm.
  • 00:11:09.402 --> 00:11:13.606
  • J.i. packer said, quote,
  • 00:11:13.606 --> 00:11:14.974
  • "an endless hell can no more be removed from
  • 00:11:14.974 --> 00:11:17.343
  • The new testament than an endless heaven can," end quote.
  • 00:11:17.343 --> 00:11:22.114
  • Greg: well, there's a lot of things to be anxious about
  • 00:11:26.252 --> 00:11:29.188
  • Right now, aren't there?
  • 00:11:29.188 --> 00:11:31.323
  • All the turmoil in our country, all the fighting,
  • 00:11:31.323 --> 00:11:34.093
  • Which hasn't gotten better, it's actually gotten worse.
  • 00:11:34.093 --> 00:11:37.396
  • Can i make a couple of recommendations?
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  • Maybe don't watch the news for hours on end;
  • 00:11:39.865 --> 00:11:43.636
  • Maybe don't spend all your time on twitter
  • 00:11:43.636 --> 00:11:47.039
  • And fighting with people on social media, et cetera.
  • 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:50.109
  • And i'm not saying don't be uninformed
  • 00:11:50.109 --> 00:11:51.744
  • Because we need to be aware of what's going on,
  • 00:11:51.744 --> 00:11:53.779
  • So we know how to pray intelligently,
  • 00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:56.282
  • But take time to fill your mind with the word of god.
  • 00:11:56.282 --> 00:12:00.786
  • Take time to focus on your relationship with god.
  • 00:12:00.786 --> 00:12:05.691
  • We all know this verse very well that says:
  • 00:12:05.691 --> 00:12:08.394
  • "don't worry about anything; pray about everything and
  • 00:12:08.394 --> 00:12:12.098
  • The peace of god will guard your heart and mind in christ jesus."
  • 00:12:12.098 --> 00:12:15.434
  • Scripture also says that "i will keep him in perfect peace
  • 00:12:15.434 --> 00:12:19.038
  • Whose mind has stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee."
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  • So if you find yourself in turmoil and anguish,
  • 00:12:22.908 --> 00:12:26.112
  • And if you find yourself filled with anxiety,
  • 00:12:26.112 --> 00:12:28.647
  • Put your mind on the lord,
  • 00:12:28.647 --> 00:12:31.183
  • Turn your thoughts toward the lord, fill your life
  • 00:12:31.183 --> 00:12:35.321
  • With the word of god, with worship music,
  • 00:12:35.321 --> 00:12:37.623
  • With good bible teaching.
  • 00:12:37.623 --> 00:12:39.592
  • But listen, look to jesus right now and let's keep praying
  • 00:12:39.592 --> 00:12:43.863
  • For our nation that god's will will be done,
  • 00:12:43.863 --> 00:12:47.466
  • But let's also pray that he will give us personal peace.
  • 00:12:47.466 --> 00:12:51.137
  • Male announcer: "revelation: a book of promises,"
  • 00:12:53.305 --> 00:12:55.574
  • By greg laurie.
  • 00:12:55.574 --> 00:12:56.976
  • Why study revelation?
  • 00:12:56.976 --> 00:12:58.611
  • The word "revelation" means unveiling.
  • 00:12:58.611 --> 00:13:01.347
  • God's desire is to reveal, not conceal.
  • 00:13:01.347 --> 00:13:04.917
  • And this book unveils pictures of the spirit world,
  • 00:13:04.917 --> 00:13:07.753
  • Great cataclysmic events in store for the planet,
  • 00:13:07.753 --> 00:13:10.723
  • And the coming antichrist.
  • 00:13:10.723 --> 00:13:12.925
  • But as greg laurie explains, the primary objective
  • 00:13:12.925 --> 00:13:15.594
  • Of this book isn't to reveal the antichrist.
  • 00:13:15.594 --> 00:13:18.497
  • It's to reveal jesus christ and his soon coming.
  • 00:13:18.497 --> 00:13:22.168
  • "revelation: a book of promises" is designed to help you see
  • 00:13:22.168 --> 00:13:25.671
  • Jesus as the centerpiece, the star,
  • 00:13:25.671 --> 00:13:28.507
  • And the focus of revelation.
  • 00:13:28.507 --> 00:13:30.843
  • With this eminently practical guide, you can experience the
  • 00:13:30.843 --> 00:13:34.180
  • Blessing promised to those who read, hear, and keep the words
  • 00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:38.250
  • Of this prophetic book.
  • 00:13:38.250 --> 00:13:40.019
  • After all, bible prophecy is not given to inflate our brains,
  • 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:43.823
  • But to enlarge our hearts.
  • 00:13:43.823 --> 00:13:46.759
  • Request "revelation" by greg laurie
  • 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:48.928
  • When you give today.
  • 00:13:48.928 --> 00:13:50.296
  • Female announcer: jesus says that where two or three are
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  • Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them,
  • 00:13:54.967 --> 00:13:59.505
  • And you are welcome here.
  • 00:13:59.505 --> 00:14:03.676
  • This is harvest.
  • 00:14:03.676 --> 00:14:09.481
  • Greg: now, here's what's gonna be asked next.
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  • You already know it.
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  • I don't even have to tell you.
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  • "oh, wait a second."
  • 00:14:17.590 --> 00:14:18.924
  • They act like they dream this question up themself.
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  • "how can a god of love send someone to hell?"
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  • Right.
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  • How many of you heard that question?
  • 00:14:26.632 --> 00:14:28.267
  • Of course, you have.
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  • Okay, here's your answer.
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  • Because he's a god of love and justice, he invented hell.
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  • But know this, hell was not made for people.
  • 00:14:37.276 --> 00:14:41.347
  • Hell was created according to jesus for the devil
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  • And his angels.
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  • If a person ends up in hell, god is, in effect, giving them
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  • What they wanted all along.
  • 00:14:51.156 --> 00:14:53.859
  • C.s. lewis summed it up this way,
  • 00:14:53.859 --> 00:14:55.561
  • "there are two kinds of people in the end,
  • 00:14:55.561 --> 00:14:57.529
  • Those who say to god, thy will be done, and those
  • 00:14:57.529 --> 00:15:00.499
  • To whom god says, in the end, thy will be done."
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  • Lewis concludes, "all that are in hell choose it.
  • 00:15:04.904 --> 00:15:09.008
  • Without that self choice, there could be no hell," end quote.
  • 00:15:09.008 --> 00:15:13.512
  • Timothy keller wrote, quote, "people only get in the
  • 00:15:13.512 --> 00:15:17.549
  • Afterlife what they have most wanted either to have god as
  • 00:15:17.549 --> 00:15:20.886
  • Savior and master or to be their own saviors and masters.
  • 00:15:20.886 --> 00:15:24.390
  • Hell is simply one's freely chosen path going on forever.
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  • We wanted to get away from god, and god, in his infinite
  • 00:15:29.461 --> 00:15:32.264
  • Justice, sends us where we wanted to go," end quote.
  • 00:15:32.264 --> 00:15:37.403
  • See, it's not that god's sending anyone to hell.
  • 00:15:37.403 --> 00:15:40.806
  • It's that you send yourself there because you're living this
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  • Life you want to live without god.
  • 00:15:44.076 --> 00:15:46.779
  • And god's saying, "well, i'm gonna give you that free will
  • 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:48.814
  • And you can go on.
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  • But listen, you're gonna have to kind of climb over my dead body
  • 00:15:50.149 --> 00:15:53.385
  • To get there because i sent my son jesus christ to die on the
  • 00:15:53.385 --> 00:15:57.823
  • Cross in your place so you don't have to go to this place
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  • Called hell."
  • 00:16:01.694 --> 00:16:03.028
  • Listen, the last thing that god wants is for any man or woman
  • 00:16:03.028 --> 00:16:06.198
  • Made in his image to spend eternity separated from him in
  • 00:16:06.198 --> 00:16:10.202
  • This place called hell.
  • 00:16:10.202 --> 00:16:12.471
  • Greg: i mean, that's really true.
  • 00:16:15.941 --> 00:16:17.276
  • The last thing god wants is for any man or woman, uniquely made
  • 00:16:17.276 --> 00:16:21.146
  • In his image, to spend all eternity in this place
  • 00:16:21.146 --> 00:16:25.084
  • Called hell.
  • 00:16:25.084 --> 00:16:26.752
  • I mean, think about it this way.
  • 00:16:26.752 --> 00:16:28.554
  • Let's say you're walking down the street and you saw a house
  • 00:16:28.554 --> 00:16:30.489
  • Was on fire.
  • 00:16:30.489 --> 00:16:31.824
  • You heard people screaming.
  • 00:16:31.824 --> 00:16:33.993
  • Would you do something to help the people?
  • 00:16:33.993 --> 00:16:35.694
  • I mean, at the very least, would you call 911?
  • 00:16:35.694 --> 00:16:38.797
  • You might even go in the house and try to help somebody, but to
  • 00:16:38.797 --> 00:16:42.034
  • Keep walking, well, that's not just being indifferent, that's
  • 00:16:42.034 --> 00:16:45.604
  • Downright criminal.
  • 00:16:45.604 --> 00:16:47.139
  • See, we've got the message of the gospel, the only message
  • 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:50.609
  • That can change a person's eternal address from a place
  • 00:16:50.609 --> 00:16:54.246
  • Called hell to a place called heaven.
  • 00:16:54.246 --> 00:16:56.515
  • Listen, heaven is not the default destination
  • 00:16:56.515 --> 00:16:58.917
  • Of every person.
  • 00:16:58.917 --> 00:17:00.419
  • They need to put their faith in christ to have their ticket, if
  • 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:04.089
  • You will, to get to heaven.
  • 00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:06.025
  • Really, why was jesus uniquely qualified to bridge the gap
  • 00:17:06.025 --> 00:17:09.261
  • Between holy god and sinful humanity?
  • 00:17:09.261 --> 00:17:13.298
  • Because jesus is the only person who ever walked this earth who
  • 00:17:13.298 --> 00:17:17.803
  • Was a god man, not just a good man, the god man, not man
  • 00:17:17.803 --> 00:17:22.775
  • Becoming god, that's impossible, but god becoming a man.
  • 00:17:22.775 --> 00:17:26.912
  • Jesus was fully god, yet he was fully man.
  • 00:17:26.912 --> 00:17:30.949
  • So when he hung on the cross and they pounded those spikes
  • 00:17:30.949 --> 00:17:33.552
  • Through his hands and his feet, in effect, with one hand he took
  • 00:17:33.552 --> 00:17:37.356
  • All of that holy god that we've all offended by our sin.
  • 00:17:37.356 --> 00:17:40.559
  • And with the other hand, he took hold of sinful humanity.
  • 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.296
  • And those spikes were driven through and he died there for
  • 00:17:44.296 --> 00:17:46.899
  • Us, and he effectively bridged that gap.
  • 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:49.268
  • The bible says, "there is no other name given
  • 00:17:49.268 --> 00:17:52.304
  • Under heaven whereby a man can be saved."
  • 00:17:52.304 --> 00:17:55.374
  • Jesus is not one of many choices,
  • 00:17:55.374 --> 00:17:57.743
  • He's the only choice.
  • 00:17:57.743 --> 00:17:59.912
  • He's our only hope.
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  • And we need to proclaim this message to people.
  • 00:18:01.647 --> 00:18:06.185
  • Greg: now let me see something that may surprise you.
  • 00:18:08.687 --> 00:18:12.191
  • I do believe all roads lead to god.
  • 00:18:12.191 --> 00:18:15.227
  • So someone says, "i believe all roads lead to god.'
  • 00:18:15.227 --> 00:18:17.229
  • You can say, "i believe that too."
  • 00:18:17.229 --> 00:18:19.465
  • Whatever road you're on, you'll get to god.
  • 00:18:19.465 --> 00:18:22.968
  • If you're a believer, if you're a non believer, you'll get to
  • 00:18:22.968 --> 00:18:25.104
  • God, but only one road leads to heaven.
  • 00:18:25.104 --> 00:18:28.640
  • See the difference?
  • 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.175
  • So you can live without god, but one day you'll stand before god.
  • 00:18:30.175 --> 00:18:33.145
  • Even the atheist will stand before god because the bible
  • 00:18:33.145 --> 00:18:36.281
  • Says, "every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that
  • 00:18:36.281 --> 00:18:39.918
  • Jesus christ is the lord to the glory of god the father."
  • 00:18:39.918 --> 00:18:43.388
  • So you'll stand before god, and then you'll face your sins.
  • 00:18:43.388 --> 00:18:48.660
  • And if you said no to jesus christ, you'll face the
  • 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:51.163
  • Repercussions of those sins.
  • 00:18:51.163 --> 00:18:54.433
  • So a road will lead you to god, but only one road will get you
  • 00:18:54.433 --> 00:18:57.636
  • Into heaven, and that is the road through jesus christ who
  • 00:18:57.636 --> 00:19:01.607
  • Died in our place and satisfied the righteous demands of god.
  • 00:19:01.607 --> 00:19:06.311
  • Listen, here's the bottom line.
  • 00:19:06.311 --> 00:19:08.113
  • When you're sharing the gospel, you want to know what you've
  • 00:19:08.113 --> 00:19:10.382
  • Gotta make a beeline to?
  • 00:19:10.382 --> 00:19:12.651
  • Ready for this, you make a beeline to the cross.
  • 00:19:12.651 --> 00:19:16.955
  • The essence of the gospel message is not your testimony.
  • 00:19:16.955 --> 00:19:20.359
  • That's just a bridge to get started.
  • 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:22.194
  • The essence of the gospel message is not just that jesus
  • 00:19:22.194 --> 00:19:25.464
  • Will make you a happier person, though he will do that for you.
  • 00:19:25.464 --> 00:19:28.667
  • The essence of the gospel message is, i don't have to go
  • 00:19:28.667 --> 00:19:31.703
  • To hell, i can go to heaven because jesus christ died
  • 00:19:31.703 --> 00:19:36.241
  • On the cross.
  • 00:19:36.241 --> 00:19:37.709
  • Paul said, "brothers," 1 corinthians 2, "i did not come
  • 00:19:37.709 --> 00:19:41.213
  • With eloquence or superior wisdom.
  • 00:19:41.213 --> 00:19:43.949
  • I just don't want to know anything else among you except
  • 00:19:43.949 --> 00:19:46.285
  • Jesus christ and him crucified."
  • 00:19:46.285 --> 00:19:49.154
  • Paul says in 1 corinthians 1:17, "christ did not send me to
  • 00:19:49.154 --> 00:19:52.925
  • Baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of human
  • 00:19:52.925 --> 00:19:56.461
  • Wisdom, lest the cross of christ be emptied of its power."
  • 00:19:56.461 --> 00:20:01.466
  • Years ago, i was in billy graham's home, a great honor,
  • 00:20:01.466 --> 00:20:06.305
  • The greatest evangelist who's ever lived in human history.
  • 00:20:06.305 --> 00:20:10.008
  • And it's kind of intimidating to hang around billy graham,
  • 00:20:10.008 --> 00:20:12.778
  • I'll tell you.
  • 00:20:12.778 --> 00:20:14.112
  • And even though i'd gotten to know him quite well,
  • 00:20:14.112 --> 00:20:15.714
  • I was still nervous.
  • 00:20:15.714 --> 00:20:17.049
  • And we're sitting at the table and his wife, ruth, who's now in
  • 00:20:17.049 --> 00:20:20.686
  • Heaven, had made us a wonderful lunch of fried chicken.
  • 00:20:20.686 --> 00:20:23.522
  • And they had one of those little lazy susans there on the table,
  • 00:20:23.522 --> 00:20:26.291
  • You know, those little things, you turn them around.
  • 00:20:26.291 --> 00:20:28.727
  • And so we're eating, and billy turned to me and said, "greg,
  • 00:20:28.727 --> 00:20:32.197
  • Would you like a coke?"
  • 00:20:32.197 --> 00:20:33.565
  • And it's just when he said, "coke," it's just, you know,
  • 00:20:33.565 --> 00:20:36.602
  • The way billy spoke.
  • 00:20:36.602 --> 00:20:37.936
  • Whatever he said, it sounds authoritative, you know?
  • 00:20:37.936 --> 00:20:41.106
  • "do you want a coke?"
  • 00:20:41.106 --> 00:20:43.575
  • "yes, i don't even like coke but i want it because
  • 00:20:43.575 --> 00:20:47.913
  • The way you said it."
  • 00:20:47.913 --> 00:20:50.048
  • "coke."
  • 00:20:50.048 --> 00:20:52.417
  • So i'm drinking the coke i didn't really want.
  • 00:20:52.417 --> 00:20:55.621
  • And i'm thinking i gotta ask billy a question.
  • 00:20:55.621 --> 00:20:57.289
  • When am i gonna get a chance like this again?
  • 00:20:57.289 --> 00:20:59.024
  • I gotta ask him a question.
  • 00:20:59.024 --> 00:21:00.726
  • My mind went blank.
  • 00:21:00.726 --> 00:21:02.327
  • Finally a question came.
  • 00:21:02.327 --> 00:21:04.196
  • I know what i'll ask him.
  • 00:21:04.196 --> 00:21:05.530
  • I said, "billy, let me ask you this.
  • 00:21:05.530 --> 00:21:07.032
  • If an older billy was speaking to a younger billy, what advice
  • 00:21:07.032 --> 00:21:11.270
  • Would you give yourself?
  • 00:21:11.270 --> 00:21:13.238
  • What would you say, as someone who's done this for years, to a
  • 00:21:13.238 --> 00:21:16.675
  • Younger version of you?"
  • 00:21:16.675 --> 00:21:18.277
  • Without skipping a beat billy said, "i would preach more on
  • 00:21:18.277 --> 00:21:21.713
  • The cross and the blood of christ.
  • 00:21:21.713 --> 00:21:24.283
  • That's where the power is."
  • 00:21:24.283 --> 00:21:26.451
  • Wow, this evangelist remembered that.
  • 00:21:26.451 --> 00:21:29.321
  • And what's true of a preacher is true of a christian.
  • 00:21:29.321 --> 00:21:31.790
  • When you're talking to someone about jesus, you talk about
  • 00:21:31.790 --> 00:21:34.826
  • The blood that he shed.
  • 00:21:34.826 --> 00:21:36.161
  • You talk about the death that he died.
  • 00:21:36.161 --> 00:21:38.263
  • You talk about his resurrection.
  • 00:21:38.263 --> 00:21:39.998
  • Here's the problem, sometimes in our attempt to crossover,
  • 00:21:39.998 --> 00:21:44.136
  • We don't bring the cross over.
  • 00:21:44.136 --> 00:21:47.172
  • We want to be cool.
  • 00:21:47.172 --> 00:21:48.740
  • We want to relate.
  • 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:50.075
  • We want to get along.
  • 00:21:50.075 --> 00:21:51.410
  • And we want them to like us, but there's gonna come a moment
  • 00:21:51.410 --> 00:21:54.012
  • Where you're gonna have to get to the bottom line and say, tell
  • 00:21:54.012 --> 00:21:56.682
  • Them they're a sinner, tell them there's a judgement, tell them
  • 00:21:56.682 --> 00:21:59.651
  • Jesus died on the grass, but that's what the power is.
  • 00:21:59.651 --> 00:22:02.821
  • Don't miss that stuff.
  • 00:22:02.821 --> 00:22:04.156
  • I've heard presentations of the gospel, so-called,
  • 00:22:04.156 --> 00:22:06.491
  • That never mentioned the cross.
  • 00:22:06.491 --> 00:22:08.894
  • As far as i'm concerned, that's not a presentation
  • 00:22:08.894 --> 00:22:10.829
  • Of the gospel at all.
  • 00:22:10.829 --> 00:22:12.631
  • This is the message we are to share.
  • 00:22:12.631 --> 00:22:15.367
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:22:15.434 --> 00:22:21.740
  • Greg: okay, so here's your assignment for this coming week.
  • 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:25.477
  • You want to go tell someone the gospel.
  • 00:22:25.477 --> 00:22:29.348
  • Again, what is the gospel?
  • 00:22:29.348 --> 00:22:30.682
  • Remember, it means good news but before we can fully appreciate
  • 00:22:30.682 --> 00:22:35.253
  • The good news, we have to also know the bad.
  • 00:22:35.253 --> 00:22:37.823
  • The bad news is we've all sinned against god.
  • 00:22:37.823 --> 00:22:40.492
  • We've crossed that line, that's trespasses.
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  • We've fallen short of his glory, and that's where jesus comes in
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  • Because we can't save ourself, we need a savior.
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  • And we want to make a beeline to the cross.
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  • The cross is where the power is.
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  • And as i said earlier, sometimes in our attempts to cross over,
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  • We forget to bring the cross over.
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  • There's power in this message of the cross.
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  • That's why paul said, "i don't want to hear anything else among
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  • You, except jesus christ, and him crucified."
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  • And paul also wrote, he is not ashamed of the gospel, for it is
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  • The power of god to salvation to everyone who believes.
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  • And that word for power is an interesting word.
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  • It's a greek word "dunamis."
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  • We get our english word "dynamite" from it.
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  • Paul is effectively saying there's explosive power in
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  • The message of the gospel.
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  • So look for someone you can tell this week about jesus christ.
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  • Look for an opportunity.
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  • Actually, they're everywhere.
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  • So here's your homework assignment for this week.
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  • Go tell someone.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: so the mission is clear.
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  • We're commanded to go into all the world and preach the gospel,
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  • To share the good news anytime, anywhere.
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  • So go to your family, go to your neighborhood, go to your
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  • Workplace, go to your sphere of influence, go and tell someone.
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  • Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart and you have seen
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  • Your need for jesus christ.
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  • Jesus christ is the son of god who came from heaven
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  • To this earth.
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  • He was born in a manger.
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  • He died on a cross.
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  • He rose again from the dead, why?
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  • Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
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  • Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
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  • I don't want to be a religious person.
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  • I don't think you want to be one either.
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  • I'm talking about relationship with god.
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  • Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life
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  • And he knocks and he says if you'll hear his voice and open
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  • The door, he will come in.
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  • Question, have you asked jesus christ to come and live inside
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  • Of you?
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  • You might say, "well, i think so.
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  • I'm not sure."
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  • Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
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  • Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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  • I'm sure you would.
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  • And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
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  • You will know.
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  • And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
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  • He's just a prayer away.
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  • All you need to do is say,
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  • "jesus, i want this relationship with you.
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  • I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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  • I want to go to heaven when i die."
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  • Would you like to do that?
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  • Would you like christ to come into your life?
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  • If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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  • You can pray it out loud or you can pray it in the quietness of
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  • Your heart, but this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ
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  • To be your savior and lord.
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  • Pray this with me now.
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  • "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner, but i know that you're
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  • The savior who died on the cross for my sin and rose again
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  • From the dead.
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  • Now come into my life.
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  • I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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  • Thank you for hearing this prayer
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  • And answering this prayer.
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  • In jesus's name, amen."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If so, i want you to know in the authority of scripture that
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  • Christ himself has come to live inside of you.
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  • Congratulations and welcome to the family of god.
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  • Male announcer: "revelation: a book of promises,"
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  • By greg laurie.
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  • Why study revelation?
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  • The word "revelation" means unveiling.
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  • God's desire is to reveal, not conceal.
  • 00:26:40.432 --> 00:26:44.002
  • And this book unveils pictures of the spirit world,
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  • Great cataclysmic events in store for the planet,
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  • And the coming antichrist.
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  • But as greg laurie explains, the primary objective
  • 00:26:52.010 --> 00:26:54.679
  • Of this book isn't to reveal the antichrist.
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  • It's to reveal jesus christ and his soon coming.
  • 00:26:57.582 --> 00:27:01.252
  • "revelation: a book of promises" is designed to help you see
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  • Jesus as the centerpiece, the star,
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  • And the focus of revelation.
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  • With this eminently practical guide, you can experience the
  • 00:27:09.928 --> 00:27:13.264
  • Blessing promised to those who read, hear, and keep the words
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  • Of this prophetic book.
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  • After all, bible prophecy is not given to inflate our brains,
  • 00:27:19.104 --> 00:27:22.907
  • But to enlarge our hearts.
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  • Request "revelation" by greg laurie
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  • When you give today.
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