John Bradshaw - The Immortal Woman

February 2, 2025 | S25:E5

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It Is Written with John Bradshaw | John Bradshaw - The Immortal Woman | February 2, 2025

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>>john bradshaw: this is it is written.
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I'm john bradshaw. thanks for joining me.
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Now, to call her "immortal" is, is slightly inaccurate,
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Slightly.
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But even though she died in 1951 at the age of just 31,
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To call her anything but "immortal"
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Wouldn't be entirely accurate either.
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It's a truly remarkable story.
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It's a story of historic proportions.
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If you haven't heard it, you're going to wonder why
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You didn't know about the woman who has had a greater impact
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On human health than practically any other woman in history.
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Scientists all over the world are grateful for her.
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She's offered hope to people in every country on every continent
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On the entire planet-- people who in many cases
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Would have had little or no hope at all.
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To show you how influential she's been,
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Let's try a little, uh, word association here,
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Or maybe, maybe name association.
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Now, when i say "polio vaccine," you say...who?
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Right. you say jonas salk, the scientist from new york city.
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You know, it's interesting that salk chose not to profit
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From his work on the polio vaccine
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So that it could be distributed as widely as possible.
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Within 25 years, transmission of polio had been eliminated
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In the united states because of jo--
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Oh, wait a minute.
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Wait a minute, not because of jonas salk only,
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Because jonas salk had help.
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And you'll likely have never heard of the woman
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Who really ought to get a lot of the credit for what salk did
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And certainly the credit for what she did.
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Now, if i say "measles," what do you think of? or who?
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How about mumps? or, or hiv?
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Who are you thinking of now?
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Are you thinking of a humble woman born and raised
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In the south who died in obscurity?
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Probably not.
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And, of course, we want to look at the story
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Because it has direct spiritual parallels.
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Immortality, everlasting life,
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Is promised to everyone who believes in jesus
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And accepts him into his or her life.
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It's the burden of the most well-known verse
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Of the 31,000-plus verses in the bible, john 3:16.
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It says, "for god so loved the world, that he gave
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"his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him
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Should not perish, but have everlasting life."
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The bible begins with the account of creation,
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Then the fall into sin, then abraham, isaac, jacob, israel,
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Israel and judah, the prophets,
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Jesus, the early church,
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And then the final chapters of the bible
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Dealing with the return of jesus, the removal of sin,
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Heaven, the earth made new,
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And god's people finally living with him forever.
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So let me tell you about "the immortal woman."
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Loretta pleasant was born on august the 1st, 1920,
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In roanoke, virginia.
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She was one of 10 children.
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Her mother died giving birth to that 10th child.
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So loretta, who along the way became known as henrietta,
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Went to live with her grandfather in tiny clover,
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Virginia, where her ancestors had worked as slaves.
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She was raised in a small cabin that had once been
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Slave quarters.
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She married, had children, and moved with her husband
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And children to baltimore, maryland.
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The massive steel mill at sparrows point employed
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Thousands of men.
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And although the work was hard and even unsafe,
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It meant a steady paycheck for henrietta's husband, david,
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Or, or "day," as he was known.
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And life was, well, pretty good--
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Until henrietta became ill.
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She knew she had problems before they left virginia,
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But things got so bad she ended up
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At johns hopkins medical center in baltimore.
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Now, keep in mind, it was 1951 by now,
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The lacks might have lived in maryland,
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But like african-americans all over the country,
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They lived deep in the heart of jim crow.
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Even johns hopkins was segregated,
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With blacks-only bathrooms and blacks-only drinking fountains.
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Black patients were kept in blacks-only wards.
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But johns hopkins accepted black patients,
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And it was the only major hospital anywhere nearby
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That did.
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So day drove henrietta to hopkins,
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Where it was found that henrietta had cervical cancer.
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Now, there were treatment options,
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And henrietta received good treatment,
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According to the treatment protocols of the day.
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But the cancer was aggressive,
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And within a year henrietta lacks was dead.
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But along the way an interesting thing happened.
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I'll give you some background.
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At that time, cervical cancer killed 15,000 women a year
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In the united states.
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Now, for some context, the population of the united states
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Is now more than double what it was then,
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And yet deaths from cervical cancer have fallen
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To a little over 4,000 a year.
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So there was a lot of work to do in understanding
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And treating cancer.
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And there was a lot of controversy, a lot of debate,
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About how to best treat cervical cancer.
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Doctors and scientists everywhere were conducting
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Research, but in 1951, well, that was the stone age
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For cancer research compared to modern science today.
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People were trying to understand the biology of the human cell.
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And keep in mind, cancers begin with a single cell gone wrong.
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The key to getting a grip on cervical cancer
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And so many other cancers, and so many other diseases,
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Was working with cells to understand them
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And to understand disease much better.
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But the challenge with researching cancer cells in 1951
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Was that cells would die outside the human body.
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Human cells will typically divide and then divide again.
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In fact, they divide around 50 times, and then they die.
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And no one had ever kept cells alive indefinitely in a lab.
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But here's the interesting thing,
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That history-altering thing.
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During her treatment, cells from henrietta lacks' body
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Were brought into a lab and cultured.
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A physician named dr. george gey had spent 30 years
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Trying to grow cancerous cells outside the human body,
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But without success.
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Now, another physician, knowing about gey's obsession,
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Began collecting cancer cells and giving them to dr. gey.
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There was no shortage of patients at johns hopkins.
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And the ethics of taking cells from the public patients
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That came through wasn't a question for anyone concerned
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In that day.
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Henrietta's cells were accepted by an assistant,
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Who wrote "hela" on the samples, shorthand for henrietta lacks.
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By now no one was expecting anything to be different
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From any of the other samples that had been taken.
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It was expected they'd survive a while, then die,
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And that would be that.
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But something strange happened, something for which to this day
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There's not really a good explanation.
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The cells taken from henrietta lacks began to divide rapidly,
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And they didn't stop dividing.
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Before long, dr. gey had millions and millions
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And millions of cancer cells dividing and dividing
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And dividing--and not dying.
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It was a first, a massive scientific breakthrough.
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And it meant that although she was dead,
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Henrietta lacks was still living!
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The world had its first immortal woman.
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I'll be right back.
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>>john bradshaw: thanks for joining me today
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On it is written.
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When dr. george gey realized he had succeeded
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In growing human cells outside a human body,
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And that the cells taken from henrietta lacks were not dying,
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The research potential became obvious,
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And gey began enthusiastically giving the cells to researchers
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Who wanted to use them.
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It was a seriously big deal.
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And this is where, even after her death,
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Henrietta lacks, the immortal woman,
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Continued to impact and benefit the world.
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Hela cells allowed jonas salk to test his polio vaccine.
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They've been used to study measles and mumps and ebola,
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To develop treatments for aids,
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And to develop chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
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Henrietta lacks' cells have even traveled to outer space.
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Now, there are limitations as to what can and can't be achieved
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Using hela cells, but there's no question
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That henrietta lacks' cells have advanced science
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And benefited all of humanity.
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As you might imagine, there are ethical questions that persist.
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Henrietta wasn't told that her cells would be used
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For scientific purposes.
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But that was normal in the 1950s.
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Informing a patient or relatives about the use of samples
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Obtained through medical procedures
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Wasn't required in 1951.
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In fact, it's not required today.
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And henrietta's case shines a light on those ethical issues.
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But here's what you've got:
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A woman who's been dead since 1951,
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Whose cells have been living on in laboratories around the world
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For 70 years.
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Researchers believe they've figured out why the hela cells
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Continue to live when others do not.
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But it's, it's an exception.
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It's, it's one of those things that you accept happens,
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Even if you don't really fully understand
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The reasons why or how.
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And here's where we see the strong and obvious
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Spiritual parallel.
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The bible makes these interesting statements
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In the book of 1 timothy.
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It speaks of "our lord jesus christ's appearing,
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"which he will manifest in his own time,
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"he who is the blessed and only potentate,
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"the king of kings and lord of lords,
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Who alone has immortality."
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In chapter 1 of the same book, it says:
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"now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible,
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"to god who alone is wise,
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Be honor and glory forever and ever. amen."
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The bible says that we "seek for glory,
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Honor, and immortality," in romans 2 in verse 7.
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Immortality is not something human beings inherently have.
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Since sin entered the world, we humans have had a problem,
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And that is, we die, and life after death isn't assured.
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In fact, everlasting life is out of our grasp.
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There are only three people in the world who have immortality:
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The father, the son, and the holy spirit.
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And for about as long as we can remember,
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Human beings have been trying to solve aging.
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They've been trying to fight back against death.
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The tower of babel was an attempt by humans
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To reach heaven under their own steam.
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And right down to our day, that obsession hasn't stopped.
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In september 2013, calico was created,
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The california life company, backed by google.
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It's now a subsidiary of alphabet.
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Its mission is to find out what it takes to live longer
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And get people on that track.
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But can, can google crack the code of life and end aging?
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A google engineer thinks so.
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He spoke of "computers the size of blood cells,
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Little robotic devices that can go through our bloodstream,"
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And those little devices, he said,
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Will be "[connected] to the cloud."
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Now, if you're wondering when this is going to happen,
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It was said that it'll be reality by 2030.
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The same google engineer, ray kurzweil, said that by 2045,
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Our brains will be connected to the internet,
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And human beings will be able to live forever.
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Well?
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No.
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In 2014, a silicon valley hedge fund manager
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Offered a $1 million prize challenging scientists
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To hack the code of life
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And push human life span past 120 years.
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You see, that seems to be our limit.
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More and more people are living longer.
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More people are living to 100 than ever before,
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At least in modern times.
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But the very oldest human beings still seem to die at around 115.
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Joon yun, the hedge fund manager,
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Believes it's possible for scientists to solve aging.
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This is really just a modern iteration of the legend
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Of juan ponce de león, whose search for the fountain of youth
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Led him to florida in the year 1513.
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Forever is a very long time, but it is possible to live forever.
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We really need to understand how.
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To do so, let's go right back to the very beginning.
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Genesis 1, verse 1:
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"in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth."
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Then on day 6 of creation week, god created people.
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"and the lord god formed man of the dust of the ground,
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"and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
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And man became a living being."
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So, where did life come from?
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Life came from god.
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Look at nehemiah 9, verse 6:
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"you alone are the lord. you have made the heavens,
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"the heaven of heavens with all their host,
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"the earth and all that is on it,
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"the seas and all that is in them,
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"you give life to all of them
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And the heavenly host bows down before you."
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It's god who gives life.
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This is psalm 36, verse 9:
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"for with you is the fountain of life;
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In your light we see light."
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So where is life? life is in god.
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In the beginning god originated life.
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When sin came into the world, death entered the world,
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Because human beings surrendered their connection with god.
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It was as though adam and eve drank poison when they sinned.
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But instead of standing by and watching them die,
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God intervened.
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Jesus took their sin, and yours and mine,
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And offers us his purity, his righteousness.
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He offers us his, his life.
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This is 1 john 5, verse 12:
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"he"--or she, for that matter-- "who has the son has life;
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He who does not have the son of god does not have life."
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Everlasting life.
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So now let me bring it home to you.
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Can you have everlasting life?
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And what do you tell someone
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If they ask you if they can have everlasting life?
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I'll tell you that in just a moment.
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>>john bradshaw: when henrietta lacks died at the age of 31,
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Cells that had been taken from her body did not; they lived on.
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They still live, even though she died so many years ago.
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Which leads us to questions about immortality.
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That's ultimately the goal of every believer:
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Everlasting life,
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That eternal life granted to believers in jesus.
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So let me ask you this:
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Why is it only believers in jesus
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That receive everlasting life?
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You might wanna know why there are plenty
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Of otherwise perfectly decent people
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Who won't receive everlasting life.
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And you might wonder why that's the case
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Simply because they never believed in jesus.
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Does that make god unfair?
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Unfair? wait.
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Let's say there's someone in deep water,
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And they're going to drown. what do you throw them?
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You throw them a life preserver.
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In some countries you'd call that a life buoy.
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Right? that's what you'd throw them.
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Would you throw them... a brick? a rock?
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Would you offer a drowning person an anchor?
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No, you would not, because that cannot save them.
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When it comes to a sinner, and, and we're all sinners,
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That sinner needs something that will save her, save him.
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You don't throw morality,
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Because morality cannot save a sinner.
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You don't throw that person a self-help book
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Or the sayings of some wise person,
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Because none of those things remedy the sin problem,
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Which is another way of describing alienation from god.
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Look, humans have turned their backs on god.
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And god sent jesus into the world to try to convince us
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That god is good, that god loves us,
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That god wants the very best for us.
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So, the sinner needs jesus,
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Just like a drowning person needs a life preserver.
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And there's a second part to this.
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What if you throw the drowning person a life preserver,
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And that person refuses to take hold of it?
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Sounds crazy, but you know it happens.
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You have a chance to be saved right now.
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And jesus will save you.
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You have a chance to receive life, eternal life,
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Everlasting life.
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You know what the bible says?
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First thessalonians, chapter 4:
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"for the lord himself shall descend from heaven
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"with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
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"and with the trump of god:
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"and the dead in christ shall rise first:
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"then we which are alive and remain
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"shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
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"to meet the lord in the air:
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And so shall we ever be with the lord."
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In other words, and so will we be with the lord forever.
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And this isn't small stuff.
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Eternity isn't about sitting around doing nothing.
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First corinthians 2 and verse 9 has often been quoted
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To describe life after life.
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It says, "eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
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"nor have entered into the heart of man the things
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Which god has prepared for those who love him."
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We can't even imagine how good it's going to be.
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But think of the alternative, death,
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Or you can have everlasting life.
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This is the no-brainerest no-brainer
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That you've ever encountered.
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It's a wonder to me that god has to try to convince people
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That this is a good idea.
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Why wouldn't you want eternal life?
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God wants it for you,
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So much so, that he had jesus come to this world
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To die for you and to show you what god is really like,
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To demonstrate the love of god.
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Think of that.
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When jesus was here on earth, he healed people, blessed people,
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Fed people, taught people, cast demons out of people.
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He forgave people. he loved people.
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He raised people from the dead.
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And all of this was so that you could see
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What god is really like.
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As he said, "he that [has] seen me [has] seen the father."
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God has done so much for us.
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A verse in isaiah, chapter 5 sums this up, where god said,
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"what more could have been done to my vineyard
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That i have not done in it?"
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He's done all he can...for you.
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And if you think it's selfishness
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That inspires a person to want to live forever,
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Let me tell you otherwise.
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It's god's will that you live forever.
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That's how god set this thing up.
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We have eternity to look forward to.
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That's why the return of jesus is referred to as
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The "blessed hope,"
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Because once jesus returns, eternity.
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I mean, think about this.
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Without eternal life, you're going to get what?
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India, average life span: 70 years;
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Jamaica, almost 75;
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Puerto rico, 80;
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Japan, 85.
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And yet god offers you eternity.
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Seventy, 75, 80, 85 years? you're just getting started.
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Life is really a bit of a cruel joke
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If this world is all you have.
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But it isn't.
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God offers you everlasting life in a perfect world
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With no sin or pollution or injustice or illness.
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So how can a person receive everlasting life?
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It's easy.
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Jesus spoke to a group of people once and he said,
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"but you are not willing to come to me that you may have life."
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That's john 5, verse 40.
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You just come to jesus.
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He described himself as "the bread of life."
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He said, "he who comes to me shall never hunger,
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And he who believes in me shall never thirst."
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John 6:35.
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If you can make room in your life for a god of love--
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Don't worry about hypocritical christians who drive you crazy.
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Don't worry about how weak you are.
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You don't come to jesus once you beat your addiction
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Or clean up your act.
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You let him into your life because there are some things
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That you just cannot do on your own.
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Can you believe that there's a god?
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Sure you can.
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Can you believe his son jesus came into the world?
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You can believe that, too.
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If you have any doubt at all, read the bible.
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I spoke with a man recently who told me there was a time
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In his life that he wasn't sure about faith in god.
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So he started reading the bible.
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He wanted to check it out for himself.
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He said that by the time he got to the kings,
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He was convinced.
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The word of god just got hold of him.
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So if you've never given the bible a real chance,
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You wanna do so. read it. check it out.
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And then you ask yourself, is this a good idea?
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Weigh it up.
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You get 80 years here, if you're fortunate.
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Or you could have eternity there,
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Without humidity in the summer,
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Without shoveling snow in the winter.
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You get to be with the one who made you
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And who loved you enough to give his life for you,
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Eternal life that just doesn't end.
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It's wonderful that henrietta lacks' cells have done so much
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For so many people.
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In her death she's a modern-day hero,
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Enabling science and scientists to go
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Where they couldn't have gone without her.
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She didn't benefit, and her family hasn't benefited
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From her contribution to science,
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But there's a little part of henrietta lacks
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That lives today.
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Those cells, they're small; they're tiny.
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You're not gonna see one without a microscope.
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But those small cells taken from a courageous woman
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With a big heart have done so much.
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Think, then, of the value of you, all of you,
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Throughout eternity.
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We're talking about something truly amazing:
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A life lived forever, without end, without interruption.
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This is what god offers you now,
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In spite of your past, in spite of your present,
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In spite of your troubles, your problems, your weaknesses.
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God says, "i want to give you eternal life."
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Will you accept that gift today?
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Everlasting life-- why would you be without it?
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>>john: thank you for remembering that it is written
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>>john bradshaw: let me pray for you now. let's pray together.
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Our father in heaven, in jesus' name we come to you,
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Grateful now for the gift of everlasting life.
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We see the remarkable things that you have done
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Through the cells, these cells that live on,
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Cells from a remarkable woman, who lived and died
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Not knowing that she had blessed all of humanity.
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And so i pray right now with thanks for jesus,
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For life, for eternity.
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And, friend, as we pray, i speak to your heart.
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Have you said to the god of heaven,
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"i want, i choose, i accept from you everlasting life"?
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If that's your prayer, pray it now. say with me:
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God of heaven,
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We accept the gift of everlasting life in jesus.
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Let him live his life in us.
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We thank you that we look beyond this world to an eternal world.
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Save us there at last, we pray.
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We thank you for the assurance we have today in jesus.
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And we pray in jesus' name,
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Amen.
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time.
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Until then, remember:
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"it is written, 'man shall not live by bread alone,
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But by every word that proceeds from the mouth of god.'"
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♪[dramatic theme music]♪
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♪[music ends]♪
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John Bradshaw - The Immortal Woman

February 2, 2025 | S25:E5

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