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Greg Laurie - What You Are Really Looking For

February 25, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - What You Are Really Looking For
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - What You Are Really Looking For | February 25, 2026
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor greg laurie: hi, i'm greg laurie.
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  • You know, for almost 50 years now,
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  • I've been giving people the good news of the gospel.
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  • That's actually what the word gospel means.
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  • Good news.
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  • When i was a kid, i was a paper boy.
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  • So i had my super cool schwinn stingray
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  • With a stick shift.
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  • They don't make those anymore, probably for good reasons.
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  • They were dangerous actually, but it was fast
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  • And i had my bags or my papers, and i got pretty good
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  • At throwing those papers.
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  • The sideways fling, the underhand pass,
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  • The hard throw, always wanted to get the paper
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  • As close to the customer's door as possible.
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  • My job was not to write the news, my job was not to make
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  • The news, my job was to deliver the news and i'm still doing
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  • That many years later, but now it's the good news
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  • Of the gospel.
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  • I wanna talk to you about that.
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  • Welcome to harvest.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor greg: the title of my message is,
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  • "what you really are looking for."
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  • You know, from the moment you were born,
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  • You've effectively been on a quest.
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  • You've been searching.
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  • Goes back to your childhood and sooner or later,
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  • Every thinking person gets around to asking
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  • The big questions in life such as,
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  • What is the meaning of life?
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  • Why am i here on this earth?
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  • Why do i exist?
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  • What happens after i die?
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  • And finally, who let the dogs out?
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  • Now, that's a stupid song.
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  • I don't know where they're, i don't care about the dogs.
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  • But, we really do get around to asking these questions
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  • Because we are wired by god for something more.
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  • The bible says that god has placed eternity in our hearts.
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  • We want to make a mark.
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  • We want our life to count for something.
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  • We want to do something.
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  • We want to have significance and that's why i think
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  • So many people are so drawn to social media.
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  • I wanna get more followers and i wanna be more well known.
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  • In fact, i read recently that a poll was taken
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  • Of young people and they were asked
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  • What they wanted more than anything else
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  • And the answer was, i want to be rich and famous.
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  • Rich and famous.
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  • Is that all it's really cracked up to be?
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  • If being rich and being famous was what people thought it was,
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  • Why are there so many miserable, rich and famous people?
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  • They're miserable.
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  • You look at so many of them what's happened.
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  • There's a group of people known as the 27 club.
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  • In fact, i read about that in this new book,
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  • "lennon, dylan, alice, and jesus."
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  • What's a 27 club?
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  • These are people that unfortunately died
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  • At the very young age of 27.
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  • Some of the names in that club are jimi hendrix
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  • And janis joplin and jim morrison.
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  • Others joined this club in later times like kurt cobain
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  • And amy winehouse.
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  • In fact of fame, amy winehouse made this statement and i quote,
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  • "famous like terminal cancer.
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  • I wouldn't wish it on anyone" end quote.
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  • And then look at how many lives have been destroyed
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  • Through drugs and alcohol, such a long list,
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  • Such a tragic list.
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  • Whitney houston, heath ledger,
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  • Philip seymour hoffman, michael jackson, prince,
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  • Anna nicole smith, river phoenix, scott weiland,
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  • Cory monteith, elvis presley.
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  • Most recently taylor hawkins from the foo fighters,
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  • John belushi, chris farley,
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  • All died of drug overdoses and then there were those
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  • That have taken their life through suicide that reached
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  • All the goals people would hope to reach.
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  • People like anthony bourdain, chester bennington,
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  • Chris cornell, ernest hemingway, alexander mcqueen,
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  • Michael hutchence, hunter s. thompson, keith speed.
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  • The list just goes on and on this emptiness.
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  • No, fame is not the answer.
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  • Money is not the answer.
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  • Jesus is the answer.
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  • This is what we're looking for.
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  • I wanna tell you a story that's 2000 years old,
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  • But it is totally relevant today.
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  • I wanna tell you a story about a young man
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  • That had it all together.
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  • He was wealthy, he was climbing up the corporate ladder,
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  • He probably had a bmw chariot lowered, super cool.
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  • Came up to jesus.
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  • He was drinking a lavender, oat milk latte,
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  • And he asked jesus an important question
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  • That we're still asking today.
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  • And here's what he said, it's in matthew chapter 19 verse 16.
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  • This man came up to jesus with this question,
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  • "teacher, what good things must i do to have eternal life?
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  • Jesus said, "why do you call me good?
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  • What is good?
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  • Only god is good.
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  • But to answer your question, you can have eternal life
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  • If you keep the commandments."
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  • This rich young ruler asks, "which ones?"
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  • Jesus replied, "do not murder.
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  • Do not commit adultery.
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  • Do not steal. do not lie.
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  • Honor your father and mother and love your neighbor as yourself."
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  • The man replied, "i've obeyed all these commandments.
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  • What else must i do?"
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  • Jesus said, "if you wanna be perfect,
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  • Go sell all that you have, give the money to the poor
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  • And you'll have treasure in heaven,
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  • Then come and follow me," and when the young man
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  • Heard this, he went away sadly, because he had many possessions.
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  • You see, this rich young ruler hadn't found
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  • What he was looking for.
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  • So, he comes to jesus.
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  • "what do i have to do to find eternal life?"
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  • Jesus says, "keep the commandments."
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  • Now let me point this out.
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  • Keeping the ten commandments will not make you a christian.
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  • If you are a christian, you should seek to keep them,
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  • But jesus brought this up to show this man
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  • That he had indeed had broken many of those commandments.
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  • So this young guy said, "oh, i've kept all of those
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  • Since they've been a kid."
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  • If we would've read in the next verse and jesus smacked him
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  • Across the face, it would've been relevant.
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  • By the way, it's never good to smack people across the face.
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  • Too soon?
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  • It's also not a good idea to throw water
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  • On mike tyson on an airplane.
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  • Yeah, he was sort of a heavyweight champion
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  • Of the world.
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  • I don't think this is gonna end well.
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  • He had not kept the commandments nor have you.
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  • God did not give us the commandments
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  • To make us righteous, he gave us the commandments to show us,
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  • We're not righteous.
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  • They open our eyes and they shut our mouths.
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  • Do you keep the ten commandments?
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  • We've all broken them.
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  • Most people don't even know them.
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  • I read a survey that revealed more people know the names
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  • Of the four beatles than a single commandment.
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  • Isn't that interesting?
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  • And we say, "well, i've heard some of them,
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  • Like we know one, you shall not commit murder."
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  • And you'll say,
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  • "well, at least i haven't done that."
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  • Well, i hope you haven't.
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  • And if you have, please don't raise your hand
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  • No one will wanna sit next to you.
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  • But even if you had committed that sin, god would forgive you.
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  • Remember the story in the bible of the thief on the cross,
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  • We call him actually, he was a criminal on the cross.
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  • He was probably a murderer on the cross
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  • Because the romans did not crucify thieves.
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  • He turned to jesus and he said, "what must i do?
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  • What must i do?"
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  • And he said, "remember me, lord, when you come
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  • Into your kingdom."
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  • Jesus said, "truly i say to you, today you will be with me
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  • In paradise."
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  • Man, talking about getting in under the wire.
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  • I may be talking to somebody right now that is hearing
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  • Their last sermon.
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  • Someone who is not gonna live another day.
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  • Someone's name is gonna end up
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  • In that obituary column tomorrow.
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  • This could be your moment, you know--excuse me.
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  • It doesn't take years to become a christian,
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  • It doesn't take months, it doesn't even take hours,
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  • It can happen in a moment just like that
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  • When you believe in jesus, think about it.
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  • It's not what you do for god,
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  • It's what christ has done for you.
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  • Imagine that thief ending up in heaven like, "who are you?"
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  • He says, "i don't even know how i got here.
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  • I was talking to jesus in a moment ago and here i am."
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  • All because of what christ did for him and christ did
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  • The same for you, but we've broken these commandments.
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  • You say, "well, i haven't murdered anybody."
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  • Well, the fact of the matter is, jesus said,
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  • "you've heard it said you shall not murder,
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  • But i say if you have hatred in your heart towards someone
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  • You've murdered, therefore we're all murderers."
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  • Oh, you've heard it said, jesus said,
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  • "you shall not commit adultery, but i say to you,
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  • If you look at a woman or a man with lust in your heart,
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  • You've committed adultery."
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  • We've broken these commandments.
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  • And this is the point, jesus brought this up
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  • So this man would acknowledge that he had done this very thing
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  • And would see his need for jesus.
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  • And this is what we all need to see.
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  • And jesus was giving this man a chance to believe.
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  • There's an interesting twist on this story in another gospel.
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  • After he said this, the bible says,
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  • Jesus looked at him and loved him.
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  • If you forget everything else they've said to you tonight,
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  • I want you to remember this, god loves you.
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  • He loves you.
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  • God is not mad at you, he's mad about you.
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  • He wants a relationship with you.
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  • That's what we're talking about.
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  • Folks, this is not about religion.
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  • This is not about just going to church.
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  • This is about having your life transform by jesus christ
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  • Right here, right now, it can happen.
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  • Greg: you know, we say to a new believer, "start reading the
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  • Bible," but they don't know where to start, do they?
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  • So, we have a special edition of the bible called
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  • The new believer's bible.
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  • I wrote thousands of notes for it, and i sort of see it as what
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  • I would do if i was sitting down with a person over a cup of
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  • Coffee and explaining the basics of the christian life to them.
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  • There's over 10 million copies of this bible in print, but
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  • Here's the exciting news:
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  • We have personally given out 700,000 of these at no charge to
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  • People to help them in their spiritual journey.
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  • So we need your help to keep doing this.
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  • So, let's invest in the spiritual future of people that
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  • Are going to come to christ, who will get a copy of
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  • The new believer's bible for themselves.
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  • Thank you for your financial support.
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  • Together we can change lives.
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  • Pastor greg: there's a story in the bible about a father
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  • Who had two sons and one of the sons ran away from home.
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  • He was tired of his father's rules and regulations.
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  • He thought he could have more fun
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  • Outside of his father's house.
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  • And jesus said, this young man went away to another country
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  • And spent all of his money.
  • 00:12:31.719 --> 00:12:34.188
  • He was impoverished, he lost his money and he lost his friends.
  • 00:12:34.188 --> 00:12:37.458
  • You know, when you have a lot of money,
  • 00:12:37.458 --> 00:12:38.793
  • You'll have a lot of friends.
  • 00:12:38.793 --> 00:12:40.528
  • But when his money was gone, his friends were gone too.
  • 00:12:40.528 --> 00:12:43.397
  • Reminds you of two guys that were out camping probably here
  • 00:12:43.397 --> 00:12:45.733
  • In idaho and they were getting up in the morning
  • 00:12:45.733 --> 00:12:49.804
  • And one friend was putting his running shoes on
  • 00:12:49.804 --> 00:12:52.173
  • Really quickly and he said, "where are you going?"
  • 00:12:52.173 --> 00:12:54.509
  • He goes look and there was a big bear running at them full speed.
  • 00:12:54.509 --> 00:12:58.179
  • And his buddy said,
  • 00:12:58.179 --> 00:12:59.514
  • "you don't think you can outrun the bear, do you?"
  • 00:12:59.514 --> 00:13:01.682
  • He says, "i don't need to outrun the bear,
  • 00:13:01.682 --> 00:13:03.518
  • I just need to outrun you," see.
  • 00:13:03.518 --> 00:13:07.722
  • That's how some so-called friends are.
  • 00:13:07.722 --> 00:13:10.925
  • They walk out when you need them?
  • 00:13:10.925 --> 00:13:12.660
  • They're not there.
  • 00:13:12.660 --> 00:13:14.061
  • So this boy lost all of his friends
  • 00:13:14.061 --> 00:13:16.497
  • And he came to his senses and he said,
  • 00:13:16.497 --> 00:13:18.199
  • "i'll just go back home and say, dad, i've messed up,
  • 00:13:18.199 --> 00:13:21.369
  • I've sinned.
  • 00:13:21.369 --> 00:13:22.703
  • I'm not worthy to be called your son anymore.
  • 00:13:22.703 --> 00:13:25.306
  • Could you just give me a job?
  • 00:13:25.306 --> 00:13:26.707
  • I don't expect to be returned to sonship again,"
  • 00:13:26.707 --> 00:13:30.144
  • But jesus who told this story to show us what god is like,
  • 00:13:30.144 --> 00:13:33.447
  • Said when that boy was still at great ways away,
  • 00:13:33.447 --> 00:13:36.117
  • The father saw him got up, and ran to him
  • 00:13:36.117 --> 00:13:39.220
  • And threw his arms around him and kissed him
  • 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:41.422
  • And said, let's have a party.
  • 00:13:41.422 --> 00:13:43.758
  • Let's have some barbecue because my son who is dead is alive
  • 00:13:43.758 --> 00:13:48.629
  • Again and he who was lost is found.
  • 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:50.932
  • And that's how god feels about you right now.
  • 00:13:50.932 --> 00:13:53.968
  • I might be talking to a prodigal son or daughter.
  • 00:13:53.968 --> 00:13:57.038
  • You were raised in the church, you were raised believing,
  • 00:13:57.038 --> 00:13:59.740
  • But you've walked away from god or you've never even had
  • 00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:03.911
  • A relationship with god perhaps.
  • 00:14:03.911 --> 00:14:06.447
  • You can come back to him and he will welcome you with open arms.
  • 00:14:06.447 --> 00:14:11.819
  • You wanna find out who your real friends are?
  • 00:14:11.819 --> 00:14:14.155
  • Follow jesus christ and you'll know quickly.
  • 00:14:14.155 --> 00:14:18.359
  • So after i became a christian, i had a bunch of friends
  • 00:14:22.496 --> 00:14:26.601
  • That were druggies, we did drugs together,
  • 00:14:26.601 --> 00:14:29.537
  • Made a lot of bad decisions and i didn't know what to do.
  • 00:14:29.537 --> 00:14:34.642
  • I wasn't quite comfortable around the christians yet,
  • 00:14:34.642 --> 00:14:37.745
  • A little too much praise the lord and hallelujah
  • 00:14:37.745 --> 00:14:40.181
  • From my taste, but of my friends
  • 00:14:40.181 --> 00:14:43.217
  • That i used to hang out with, i didn't wanna do what they did
  • 00:14:43.217 --> 00:14:45.720
  • Anymore so i went a week without talking to them.
  • 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.189
  • So we used to go to this one guy's house,
  • 00:14:48.189 --> 00:14:50.291
  • Not far from my high school, we would literally
  • 00:14:50.291 --> 00:14:52.460
  • Get high there every day.
  • 00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:54.562
  • And, but i hadn't seen them for a week since i accepted christ.
  • 00:14:54.562 --> 00:14:58.332
  • And so i was on my way over to their house just to see
  • 00:14:58.332 --> 00:15:00.768
  • What they were up to and one of the christians ran up to me
  • 00:15:00.768 --> 00:15:03.404
  • And said, "greg, greg brother, greg,"
  • 00:15:03.404 --> 00:15:05.973
  • I'm thinking, who is this guy?
  • 00:15:05.973 --> 00:15:07.308
  • I'm not his brother.
  • 00:15:07.308 --> 00:15:08.709
  • Unless it's a brother from another mother, i don't know.
  • 00:15:08.709 --> 00:15:12.046
  • He says, "bro, praise god."
  • 00:15:12.046 --> 00:15:14.582
  • I'm like, yeah. okay, fine.
  • 00:15:14.582 --> 00:15:16.651
  • Whatever.
  • 00:15:16.651 --> 00:15:17.985
  • "bro, i have a bible for you."
  • 00:15:17.985 --> 00:15:20.221
  • And he gives me a bible.
  • 00:15:20.221 --> 00:15:22.590
  • It was a beat up thrashed bible with popsicle sticks on it,
  • 00:15:22.590 --> 00:15:25.726
  • In the shape of a cross.
  • 00:15:25.726 --> 00:15:27.261
  • "this is your bible, bro."
  • 00:15:27.261 --> 00:15:29.330
  • I'm like, okay, thank you.
  • 00:15:29.330 --> 00:15:31.365
  • And he walks off, and i shoved it in my pocket,
  • 00:15:31.365 --> 00:15:33.668
  • I didn't want anyone to see it.
  • 00:15:33.668 --> 00:15:35.836
  • I wasn't ready to talk about my faith yet.
  • 00:15:35.836 --> 00:15:38.039
  • So i went over to my friend's house where i'd often gone
  • 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.441
  • And i hid my bible in the bushes, in front of his house.
  • 00:15:40.441 --> 00:15:46.013
  • I wasn't a very bold witness yet.
  • 00:15:46.013 --> 00:15:48.950
  • And i walked in and they said, "laurie, where have you been?"
  • 00:15:48.950 --> 00:15:50.985
  • I said, "nowhere."
  • 00:15:50.985 --> 00:15:52.453
  • "what have you been up to?" i said, "nothing."
  • 00:15:52.453 --> 00:15:55.056
  • And god told holy spirit spoke to me and said,
  • 00:15:55.056 --> 00:15:57.525
  • "tell them about jesus." and i said, "no way."
  • 00:15:57.525 --> 00:16:02.797
  • So i sat down.
  • 00:16:02.797 --> 00:16:04.131
  • One of them said, "greg, you wanna get high?"
  • 00:16:04.131 --> 00:16:05.466
  • I said, "no."
  • 00:16:05.466 --> 00:16:06.801
  • "come on.
  • 00:16:06.801 --> 00:16:08.135
  • What have you been up to laurie?"
  • 00:16:08.135 --> 00:16:09.470
  • I said, "nothing."
  • 00:16:09.470 --> 00:16:10.805
  • They're all thinking. something's wrong with greg?
  • 00:16:10.805 --> 00:16:12.139
  • And then the guy's mother walks in holding my bible.
  • 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:17.078
  • She says, "i found this in the bushes,
  • 00:16:17.078 --> 00:16:19.146
  • Who does this belong to?"
  • 00:16:19.146 --> 00:16:21.248
  • Like i committed a crime or something.
  • 00:16:21.248 --> 00:16:23.918
  • And that lady, you have kids doing drugs in your house
  • 00:16:23.918 --> 00:16:26.220
  • And you're worried about a bible?
  • 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:29.056
  • "who does this belong to?"
  • 00:16:29.056 --> 00:16:30.391
  • Every eye in the room went to the bible
  • 00:16:30.391 --> 00:16:32.093
  • And then they went to me.
  • 00:16:32.093 --> 00:16:33.427
  • They knew there was a connection.
  • 00:16:33.427 --> 00:16:35.830
  • I said, "oh that's mine."
  • 00:16:35.830 --> 00:16:37.531
  • "laurie, what is that?" i said, "bible."
  • 00:16:37.531 --> 00:16:40.034
  • "what?" "it's a bible."
  • 00:16:40.034 --> 00:16:41.435
  • "what?" "it's a bible!"
  • 00:16:41.502 --> 00:16:43.437
  • One of my friends said, "oh, a bible.
  • 00:16:43.437 --> 00:16:45.940
  • Oh, praise the lord, brother, greg."
  • 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:49.977
  • "are we gonna be christians now?"
  • 00:16:49.977 --> 00:16:51.612
  • I said, "no, i'm gonna hit you in the mouth."
  • 00:16:51.612 --> 00:16:54.882
  • I had not read 1 corinthians 13 yet, okay, so.
  • 00:16:54.882 --> 00:16:57.752
  • They mocked me, they made fun of me, they gave me a hard time
  • 00:16:59.887 --> 00:17:03.557
  • And i walked down and i said,
  • 00:17:03.557 --> 00:17:04.892
  • "i don't need these so-called friends anymore."
  • 00:17:04.892 --> 00:17:07.461
  • So that's how you'll find out real fast who your friends are,
  • 00:17:07.461 --> 00:17:10.031
  • Follow jesus christ.
  • 00:17:10.031 --> 00:17:11.732
  • But listen, this young man did not want to give up
  • 00:17:13.934 --> 00:17:15.770
  • His possessions.
  • 00:17:15.770 --> 00:17:17.104
  • It wasn't about his possessions, it was about his heart.
  • 00:17:17.104 --> 00:17:20.541
  • Yes, you have to give some things up to follow
  • 00:17:20.541 --> 00:17:22.643
  • Jesus christ, but whatever you give up
  • 00:17:22.643 --> 00:17:25.112
  • To follow him, he will more than make up to you.
  • 00:17:25.112 --> 00:17:29.083
  • Think about it.
  • 00:17:29.083 --> 00:17:30.551
  • What are you gonna be giving up?
  • 00:17:30.551 --> 00:17:32.153
  • You're gonna be giving up emptiness for fulfillment.
  • 00:17:32.153 --> 00:17:34.922
  • Misery for joy.
  • 00:17:34.922 --> 00:17:37.158
  • Hell for heaven.
  • 00:17:37.158 --> 00:17:38.726
  • That's a good deal.
  • 00:17:38.726 --> 00:17:40.294
  • So this young man heard this message of christ
  • 00:17:44.231 --> 00:17:48.335
  • And the bible says he went away sad.
  • 00:17:48.335 --> 00:17:50.905
  • I can't do that.
  • 00:17:50.905 --> 00:17:52.239
  • I'm not willing to make a change.
  • 00:17:52.239 --> 00:17:54.075
  • I'm not willing to do anything differently.
  • 00:17:54.075 --> 00:17:55.843
  • He went away sad.
  • 00:17:55.843 --> 00:17:57.411
  • Now let me tell you another story briefly about a man
  • 00:17:57.411 --> 00:18:00.314
  • That went to jerusalem, searching for god.
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  • He worked for the queen of ethiopia.
  • 00:18:02.750 --> 00:18:05.719
  • He was powerful, he was wealthy,
  • 00:18:05.719 --> 00:18:07.621
  • He was like a government official.
  • 00:18:07.621 --> 00:18:10.057
  • And he went there searching for answers to his spiritual
  • 00:18:10.057 --> 00:18:12.760
  • Questions and he did not find them because religion
  • 00:18:12.760 --> 00:18:15.830
  • Does not have the answers to the questions you have.
  • 00:18:15.830 --> 00:18:19.467
  • But then the bible says there was a man named philip
  • 00:18:19.467 --> 00:18:22.036
  • Who was a preacher who saw this man from ethiopia
  • 00:18:22.036 --> 00:18:24.738
  • And this man who was visiting that city was reading out loud
  • 00:18:24.738 --> 00:18:29.009
  • From isaiah 53, that actually talks about the death
  • 00:18:29.009 --> 00:18:32.480
  • And sacrifice of jesus and philip said
  • 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.149
  • To this ethiopian dignitary,
  • 00:18:35.149 --> 00:18:37.418
  • "do you understand what you're reading?"
  • 00:18:37.418 --> 00:18:39.019
  • The man said, "how can i, unless someone shows me the way?"
  • 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:42.690
  • And philip climbed up into his chariot with him and read him
  • 00:18:42.690 --> 00:18:45.593
  • The scripture and explained it and that man believed
  • 00:18:45.593 --> 00:18:48.596
  • In jesus at that very moment.
  • 00:18:48.596 --> 00:18:51.098
  • So here's two wealthy, affluent men, two powerful men,
  • 00:18:51.098 --> 00:18:54.502
  • One went away mad, the other went away glad.
  • 00:18:54.502 --> 00:18:58.072
  • So you have a choice tonight
  • 00:18:58.072 --> 00:18:59.406
  • As you leave the extramile arena,
  • 00:18:59.406 --> 00:19:01.408
  • You can go away mad, you can go away sad,
  • 00:19:01.408 --> 00:19:05.346
  • Or you can go away glad, it's up to you.
  • 00:19:05.346 --> 00:19:08.682
  • What do you wanna do?
  • 00:19:08.682 --> 00:19:10.050
  • It comes down to what you do with jesus christ.
  • 00:19:12.953 --> 00:19:15.789
  • Jesus christ was the son of god who came to this earth
  • 00:19:15.789 --> 00:19:19.426
  • And was born in a manger in bethlehem.
  • 00:19:19.426 --> 00:19:21.795
  • He lived a perfect life.
  • 00:19:21.795 --> 00:19:23.864
  • Then he died a perfect death and died on the cross
  • 00:19:23.864 --> 00:19:27.968
  • For your sin and as spikes were driven through his hands
  • 00:19:27.968 --> 00:19:31.172
  • And his feet, he took all of the sin
  • 00:19:31.172 --> 00:19:33.274
  • Of the world upon himself, including yours.
  • 00:19:33.274 --> 00:19:35.943
  • And then he rose again three days later
  • 00:19:35.943 --> 00:19:38.579
  • And he's alive and he's here with us right now.
  • 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:41.315
  • And jesus says, "behold, i stand at the door and i knock
  • 00:19:43.083 --> 00:19:45.519
  • And if you'll hear my voice and open the door, i will come in."
  • 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:49.723
  • So here's the choice before you.
  • 00:19:49.723 --> 00:19:52.059
  • You can go away mad, you can go away glad, you can go away sad.
  • 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:56.530
  • It's up to you.
  • 00:19:56.530 --> 00:19:58.699
  • If you say yes, to jesus christ, he will come into your life
  • 00:19:58.699 --> 00:20:02.736
  • And forgive you of all of your sins.
  • 00:20:02.736 --> 00:20:04.805
  • Think about that for a moment, every wrong you've ever done.
  • 00:20:04.805 --> 00:20:07.975
  • Every sin you've ever committed will be forgiven and
  • 00:20:07.975 --> 00:20:11.245
  • God doesn't just forgive sins, he forgets sins.
  • 00:20:11.245 --> 00:20:14.815
  • The bible says, god speaking, "their sins and iniquities
  • 00:20:14.815 --> 00:20:18.018
  • While i remember no more."
  • 00:20:18.018 --> 00:20:20.854
  • So how do you come into this relationship with god?
  • 00:20:20.854 --> 00:20:23.557
  • How can you know that you'll go to heaven when you die?
  • 00:20:23.557 --> 00:20:26.961
  • How can you find this joy in this happiness
  • 00:20:26.961 --> 00:20:29.630
  • That you're longing for?
  • 00:20:29.630 --> 00:20:31.465
  • Here's what you need to do.
  • 00:20:31.465 --> 00:20:33.000
  • Step number one, you need to realize you're a sinner.
  • 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.503
  • I know some people don't like to be called sinners,
  • 00:20:36.503 --> 00:20:39.106
  • But the bible says,
  • 00:20:39.106 --> 00:20:40.441
  • "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god."
  • 00:20:40.441 --> 00:20:44.445
  • There's not one righteous, no not one.
  • 00:20:44.445 --> 00:20:46.513
  • What does it mean to sin?
  • 00:20:46.513 --> 00:20:47.982
  • It means to cross a line.
  • 00:20:47.982 --> 00:20:50.117
  • You've seen a sign in a park maybe that says no trespassing?
  • 00:20:50.117 --> 00:20:54.021
  • To sin is to trespass, it's to cross the line.
  • 00:20:54.021 --> 00:20:56.824
  • It's to break one of the commandments
  • 00:20:56.824 --> 00:20:58.459
  • Like we've all done, but sin also means to miss a mark.
  • 00:20:58.459 --> 00:21:02.429
  • God has set a mark for all of humanity which is perfection.
  • 00:21:02.429 --> 00:21:05.933
  • Jesus said,
  • 00:21:05.933 --> 00:21:07.434
  • "be perfect, as your father in heaven is perfect."
  • 00:21:07.434 --> 00:21:10.337
  • You say, "who can be perfect?"
  • 00:21:10.337 --> 00:21:12.039
  • Answer, "no one."
  • 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.674
  • That's where jesus comes in.
  • 00:21:13.674 --> 00:21:15.609
  • That's why he died for your sin so you have to admit
  • 00:21:15.609 --> 00:21:18.312
  • You are a sinner.
  • 00:21:18.312 --> 00:21:20.147
  • Number two, recognize christ died on the cross in your place.
  • 00:21:20.147 --> 00:21:24.752
  • Jesus said, "i am the way, the truth and the life
  • 00:21:24.752 --> 00:21:27.688
  • And no man comes to the father but by me."
  • 00:21:27.688 --> 00:21:30.724
  • Only christ was qualified to bridge the gap
  • 00:21:30.724 --> 00:21:33.661
  • Between a holy god and sinful humanity.
  • 00:21:33.661 --> 00:21:37.965
  • Realize that he did that for you.
  • 00:21:37.965 --> 00:21:41.035
  • Coming back to the rich young ruler's question.
  • 00:21:41.035 --> 00:21:43.504
  • "what good things must i do to have eternal life?"
  • 00:21:43.504 --> 00:21:46.807
  • Answer.
  • 00:21:46.807 --> 00:21:48.175
  • There are not enough good things you could do
  • 00:21:48.175 --> 00:21:49.977
  • To have eternal life.
  • 00:21:49.977 --> 00:21:52.680
  • You couldn't even have all those great works
  • 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.749
  • To get your way in even if you tried.
  • 00:21:55.749 --> 00:21:58.385
  • Besides heaven is not for good people,
  • 00:21:58.385 --> 00:22:00.487
  • Heaven is for forgiven people.
  • 00:22:00.487 --> 00:22:03.691
  • You need to be forgiven of your sin.
  • 00:22:03.691 --> 00:22:09.330
  • Eternal life is a gift.
  • 00:22:09.330 --> 00:22:12.333
  • The bible calls it the indescribable gift.
  • 00:22:12.333 --> 00:22:15.769
  • So if i were to offer you a gift here tonight,
  • 00:22:15.769 --> 00:22:19.273
  • And you wanted the gift, what do you need to do?
  • 00:22:19.273 --> 00:22:21.375
  • You just reach out and take it.
  • 00:22:21.375 --> 00:22:23.544
  • And i don't care how you take it, just take it,
  • 00:22:23.544 --> 00:22:25.312
  • It's a gift.
  • 00:22:25.312 --> 00:22:26.647
  • You don't earn it, you don't deserve it,
  • 00:22:26.647 --> 00:22:28.115
  • But god offers it to you.
  • 00:22:28.115 --> 00:22:29.516
  • Christ bought it for you at the cross with his own blood.
  • 00:22:29.516 --> 00:22:33.587
  • It's sort of like when you give a gift to a man or a woman.
  • 00:22:33.587 --> 00:22:36.690
  • When you give a gift to a woman with a card,
  • 00:22:36.690 --> 00:22:39.059
  • She'll open the card.
  • 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.994
  • She might even be touched by what she reads.
  • 00:22:40.994 --> 00:22:43.831
  • Thank you so much.
  • 00:22:43.831 --> 00:22:45.733
  • She'll carefully undo the ribbon.
  • 00:22:45.733 --> 00:22:47.768
  • She'll say i'm gonna use this somewhere else.
  • 00:22:47.768 --> 00:22:51.538
  • Undo the package, open it, "thank you."
  • 00:22:51.538 --> 00:22:53.707
  • That's a woman opening a gift.
  • 00:22:53.707 --> 00:22:56.810
  • You give a gift to a man, he opens a card,
  • 00:22:56.810 --> 00:22:59.380
  • He's not reading it.
  • 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:02.049
  • He's just seeing if there's money in it or a gift card.
  • 00:23:02.049 --> 00:23:06.987
  • He tosses it aside, the wrapping paper is just a barrier to him.
  • 00:23:06.987 --> 00:23:11.325
  • I don't care if you open it like a man or a woman,
  • 00:23:11.325 --> 00:23:13.861
  • Just open the gift of eternal life
  • 00:23:13.861 --> 00:23:15.929
  • That god offers to each and every one of you here
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  • And you that are watching as well.
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  • It's a gift.
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  • The bible also says you need to repent of your sin.
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  • What does repent mean?
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  • It's a military term.
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  • It means to change your direction,
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  • Sort of like an about face.
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  • So you turn away from that old life.
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  • You turn away from that sin.
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  • The bible says, "repent and be converted and
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  • Times of refreshment will come from the presence of the lord."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor greg: so would you like to accept jesus christ
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  • Into your life right now?
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  • Here's what you need to know.
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  • You're a sinner.
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  • I don't mean that as an insult, we're all sinners.
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  • The bible says,
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  • "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god."
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  • That's why we need a savior.
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  • That's why jesus died on the cross for us.
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  • The bible says, "while we were yet sinners christ died for us."
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  • He took all of the punishment for your sin,
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  • For my sin upon himself as he hung there.
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  • With one hand he took hold of god,
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  • With the other hand he took hold of humanity
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  • And they pounded spikes to those hands,
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  • And as the bible says, christ died for our sins.
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  • "so what do i need to do?"
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  • Well, i need to turn from my sin.
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  • The bible says, repent and be converted.
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  • The word repent is a military term.
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  • It sort of means an about face.
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  • So, turn your back on sin and now start walking towards god.
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  • And then you need to receive jesus christ into your life.
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  • You see, becoming a christian is not becoming a religious person.
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  • I don't wanna be a religious person.
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  • This is about a relationship where you ask jesus
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  • To be your friend, your savior, your lord.
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  • Jesus says, "behold, i stand at the door and i knock
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  • And if you'll hear my voice and open the door, i will come in."
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  • So you need to ask christ to come into your life
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  • And then you need to do it right now.
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  • The bible says, "today is the day of salvation."
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  • Right now, christ can come and live inside of your heart
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  • And i'm gonna lead you in a simple prayer.
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  • I would ask that you would pray this prayer out loud after me.
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  • If you want your sin forgiven.
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  • If you wanna know that you'll go to heaven when you die.
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  • If you wanna fill that big hole in your heart,
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  • Pray this prayer with me right now.
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  • Pray, "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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  • But i know that you're the savior
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  • Who died on the cross for me.
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  • I turn from my sin and i choose to follow you
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  • From this moment forward.
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  • Thank you for hearing this prayer and answering it
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  • In jesus name i pray, amen."
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  • If you just prayed that prayer and meant it,
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  • I want you to know on the authority of scripture
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  • That jesus christ himself has come to take residence
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  • In your heart.
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  • Now, on the screen there's a phone number.
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  • If you call that number, it would be our joy
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  • To send you what is called the new believer's bible.
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  • This is a very friendly translation of the bible, the
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  • New testament, actually, called the new living translation.
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  • And it's filled with hundreds of notes that i wrote
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  • To encourage you in this commitment you just made.
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  • It's sort of like you and me going out for a cup of coffee
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  • And talking about the bible, that's how it's written.
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  • You're gonna love it.
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  • I wanna send that to you at no charge,
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  • Is right there on the screen.
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  • With your copy of the new believer's bible.
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  • And thanks for watching.
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  • And god bless you.
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  • You've made the most important decision of your life.
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