David Jeremiah - The Final Prophecy - The Triumph of the Gospel

May 16, 2026 | 57:29

Even as demonic forces work against us, God is working for us. He has ultimate power and will deliver us in His time.

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - The Final Prophecy - The Triumph of the Gospel | May 16, 2026

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Male announcer: find clarity and hope
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In god's unwavering prophetic plan
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With "understanding biblical prophecy."
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This all-new bible study from dr. jeremiah will guide you
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Through 30 powerful prophetic passages.
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As you read each prophecy, learn its context,
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Answer reflection questions, and apply it to your life,
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You will learn to understand god's word,
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Dr. david jeremiah: are we living in the end-times?
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There may have never been another time in history
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When end-times prophecy
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Has been more aligned with the culture
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And circumstances of the world than it is today.
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I believe there are ten phenomena
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We are witnessing today that were recorded centuries ago
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In bible prophecy.
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Seeing our circumstances in light of these prophecies
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Should give us resolve, purpose, and hope
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And help us answer the questions
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"what are we to do with the world around us?
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What hope do we have in times like these?
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And ultimately, where do we go from here?"
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Dr. jeremiah: rest assured, for the people of god,
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The news is always good.
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Despite the signs of our time heralding the last days,
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The gospel alone can triumph over the many challenges
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We are facing,
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And the power of christ will continue to do so,
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Even to the end of time.
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Announcer: join dr. david jeremiah
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For this special prophecy edition of "turning point"
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As he presents "a sign of the end-times,"
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"the triumph of the gospel: the final prophecy,"
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Today on "turning point."
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♪ who breaks the power of sin and darkness? ♪
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♪ whose love is mighty and so much stronger? ♪
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♪ the king of glory, the king above all kings ♪
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♪ who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder? ♪
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♪ who leaves us breathless in awe and wonder? ♪
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♪ the king of glory, the king above all kings ♪
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♪ this is amazing grace ♪
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♪ this is unfailing love ♪
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♪ that you would take my place ♪
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♪ that you would bear my cross ♪
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♪ you laid down your life ♪
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♪ that i would be set free ♪
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♪ oh, jesus, i sing for all that you've done for me ♪
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♪ worthy is the lamb who was slain ♪
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♪ worthy is the king who conquered the grave ♪
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♪ worthy is the lamb who was slain ♪
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♪ worthy is the king who conquered the grave ♪
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♪ worthy is the lamb who was slain ♪
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♪ worthy is the king who conquered the grave ♪
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♪ worthy is the lamb who was slain ♪
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♪ worthy is the king ♪
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♪ this is amazing grace ♪
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♪ this is unfailing love ♪
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♪ that you would take my place ♪
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♪ that you would bear my cross ♪
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♪ you laid down your life ♪
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♪ that i would be set free ♪
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♪ oh, jesus, i sing for all that you've done for me ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: everyone listening to this message,
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Wherever you may be,
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We all can have a part in preaching the gospel.
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We can do what god has equipped us to do.
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He's given us all these various wonderful gifts.
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Whatever it is that god has equipped you to do
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That helps move the gospel forward,
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That's what it means to preach the gospel.
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Announcer: the bible predicts the falling away
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Of the church.
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Is that what we are seeing today?
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Are the illnesses, plagues, and pestilence of our day
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Signs we are living in the end-times?
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Would you be surprised to know the decay of character
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Is a precursor for christ's return?
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Dr. david jeremiah answers these questions and more
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In his book "where do we go from here?
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How tomorrow's prophecies foreshadow
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Today's problems."
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Written especially for this time,
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Dr. jeremiah explores how bible prophecy
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Intersects with culture and events
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We are witnessing right outside our door.
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In every chapter, dr. jeremiah examines
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What bible prophecy reveals about the world today,
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What it means for believers,
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And ultimately where we go from here.
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♪♪♪
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♪ let praise be a weapon that silences the enemy ♪
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♪ let praise be a weapon that conquers all anxiety ♪
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♪ let it rise ♪
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♪ let praise arise ♪
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♪ we sing your name in the dark and it changes everything ♪
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♪ we sing with all we are and we claim your victory ♪
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♪ let it rise ♪
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♪ let praise arise ♪
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♪ we'll see you break down every wall ♪
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♪ we'll watch the giants fall ♪
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♪ fear cannot survive when we praise you ♪
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♪ the god of breakthrough's on our side ♪
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♪ forever lift him high ♪
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♪ with all creation cry god, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh ♪
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♪ let faith be the song that overcomes the raging sea ♪
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♪ let faith be the song that conquers the storm ♪
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♪ inside of me ♪
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♪ let is rise ♪
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♪ let praise arise ♪
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♪ we'll see you break down every wall ♪
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♪ we'll watch the giants fall ♪
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♪ fear cannot survive when we praise you ♪
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♪ the god of breakthrough's on our side ♪
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♪ forever lift him high ♪
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♪ with all creation cry god, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom looks like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ we'll see you break down every wall ♪
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♪ we'll watch the giants fall ♪
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♪ fear cannot survive when we praise you ♪
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♪ the god of breakthrough's on our side ♪
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♪ forever lift him high ♪
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♪ with all creation cry god, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪ oh, we praise you ♪
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♪♪♪
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Michael sanchez: come on. let's sing.
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ this is what living looks like ♪
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♪ this is what freedom feels like ♪
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♪ this is what heaven sounds like ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪
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♪ we praise you ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ i hear the sound ♪
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♪ of a mighty rushing wind ♪
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♪ and it's closer now ♪
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♪ than it's ever been ♪
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♪ i can almost hear the trumpet ♪
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♪ as gabriel sounds the call ♪
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♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ and the midnight cry ♪
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♪ and the midnight cry ♪
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♪ and the-- at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ we'll be going home ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ i look around me ♪
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♪ i see prophecies fulfilled ♪
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♪ yes, i do ♪
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♪ the signs of the times ♪
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♪ they're appearing everywhere ♪
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♪ i can almost see the father ♪
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♪ as he says, "son, go and get my children ♪
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♪ go and get my children." ♪
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♪ at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ the bride of christ will rise ♪
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♪ when jesus steps out ♪
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♪ on a cloud to call his children ♪
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♪ the dead in christ shall rise ♪
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♪ to meet him in the air ♪
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♪ and then those that remain ♪
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♪ shall be quickly changed ♪
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♪ shall be quickly changed in a moment, oh ♪
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♪ at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ we'll be going home ♪
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♪ i look around me ♪
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♪ i see prophecies fulfilled ♪
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♪ yes, i do ♪
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♪ when i look around every day ♪
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♪ the signs of the times ♪
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♪ they're appearing everywhere ♪
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♪ and i can almost see the father ♪
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♪ oh, as he says, "son, go down and get my children ♪
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♪ go down and get my children, won't you, son ♪
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♪ right now." ♪
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♪ at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ oh, the bride of christ will rise ♪
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♪ when jesus, jesus steps out ♪
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♪ oh, on a cloud to call his children ♪
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♪ oh, all his children ♪
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♪ the dead in christ shall rise ♪
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♪ oh, to meet him in the air ♪
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♪ and then those that remain ♪
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♪ shall be quickly changed ♪
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♪ shall be changed in a moment, oh ♪
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♪ at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ oh, at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ oh, at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ oh, when jesus steps out ♪
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♪ oh, on a cloud to call-- ♪
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♪ each and all his children, yes he will ♪
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♪ the dead in christ shall rise ♪
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♪ oh, to meet him in the air ♪
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♪ oh, and then those that will remain ♪
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♪ they shall be quickly changed ♪
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♪ changed in a moment ♪
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♪ and at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ i'm talking about that midnight cry ♪
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♪ yes and yes, at the midnight cry ♪
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♪ we'll be going home ♪
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♪ we're going home ♪♪
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Announcer: in dr. david jeremiah's book
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"where do we go from here?"
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Discover ten phenomena happening in our world today
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That prove tomorrow's prophecies foreshadow
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The problems we're experiencing in our culture
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And find biblical direction for the end-times.
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In this book, dr. jeremiah examines
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What bible prophecy reveals about ten issues of our time,
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What they mean for believers,
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And ultimately, where we go from here.
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"where do we go from here?"
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And now, here is dr. jeremiah with his message
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"the triumph of the gospel: the final prophecy."
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Dr. jeremiah: back in 2018, as the easter season
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Was approaching, the sirius xm channel
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Came together with the billy graham organization
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To play billy graham's messages 24/7
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Throughout the entire easter season.
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This was advertised as a limited-time agreement,
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And when the easter season ended,
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The messages by billy graham went away,
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But the response to the great evangelist preaching
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Must have been very positive because he's back on sirius xm,
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And this time, it is a full-time, every day,
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24 hours per day, permanent agreement.
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You can now hear graham's messages
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On channel 460 around the clock,
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And i have been listening.
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Each message is introduced and it's located by the date
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On which it was preached.
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Some of the messages were recorded live
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From his huge stadium events, and some of them are replays
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Of his weekly 30-minute radio program,
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Which he recorded in a studio.
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For over 70 years, for seven decades,
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Billy graham preached, and we can listen
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To what he preached.
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He preached during times of war.
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He preached during times of peace.
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He preached during times of racial unrest.
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He preached when our nation was going through
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Serious financial crisis.
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He preached in the aftermath
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Of the assassination of president kennedy
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And when we landed our astronauts on the moon.
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He preached through the administrations
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Of 12 united states presidents.
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He preached during the terrible days
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That surrounded 9/11.
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He preached when his children were growing up
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And when his wife died.
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No matter what was happening in our world
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Or in his world, billy graham preached.
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I'm always surprised when people say,
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"you know all those people that go forward
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In the billy graham crusades,
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They don't all come and accept jesus,"
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And i don't know whether they all do or not.
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All i know is everywhere i go
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All over the world, i meet people
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Who got saved listening to billy graham preach.
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So whatever he was doing, it was making a difference,
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But i tell you about how long he preached
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Because i want to remind you
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About the subject that he preached.
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I cannot begin to tell you how my heart has been stirred
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Over these last several weeks
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As i have listened to his sermons.
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In spite of the myriad of issues that confronted him,
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He confronted them all with one thing:
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The gospel of jesus christ.
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He never wavered. he never changed.
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He never apologized.
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He seemed to get stronger and better as he got older.
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As i have listened to him, i have found myself thinking
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Of the words that paul wrote to the corinthians
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When he said, "i determined not to know anything among you
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Except jesus christ and him crucified."
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I believe that it is the gospel alone
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That can triumph over the many challenges
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We are facing in our culture at this hour.
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That was what was confirmed to me
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As i listened to this great evangelist
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On the radio.
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He believed the gospel was the answer to any question,
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And he preached that gospel as if it were our only hope,
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Because it is.
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So i want to talk with you first of all
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About what this means.
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In that respect, billy graham followed
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The great apostle paul, who, according to romans chapter 1,
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Was a servant of the gospel.
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In the book of acts that gives the history
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Of paul's preaching, and in his many epistles
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That contain the content of his preaching,
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It is the cross and the resurrection,
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It is the gospel that is at the center of it all.
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One of the best illustrations of paul's focus on the gospel
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Is found in his letter to the colossians.
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In colossians he defined the gospel like this.
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He said, "god has delivered us from the power of darkness
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And conveyed us into the kingdom of the son of his love,
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In whom we have redemption through his blood,
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The forgiveness of sins."
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That's the gospel. that's what he preached.
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That's what the world needs.
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Without christ we're still in satan's grip,
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But because of god's great love for us,
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His only son, jesus, shed his blood to redeem us
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From our sins and give us full forgiveness.
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He rose from the dead, he ascended to heaven,
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He resumed his position of supreme authority,
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And when we believe and receive his good news,
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He instantly conveys unto us his family
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And takes us into his kingdom.
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That is the triumph of the gospel,
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The victory of jesus on our behalf.
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As we survey the book of colossians,
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There's several truths about the gospel
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That jump out at us.
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First of all, the message of the gospel is transforming.
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I have a friend, as many of you know,
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Who's the pastor of the largest church,
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Maybe in the world.
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I think it is, but he pastors the calvary church
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In hyderabad, india.
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Every time he preaches, he does this.
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He holds up his bible and he says,
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"all books are informational,
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But this book alone is transformational,"
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And he does it in his slow, dramatic, indian way.
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That is the truth.
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That's the difference in the gospel.
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The gospel changes things.
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I've had the joy of being a pastor of this church
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For 40 years, and for 12 years before that,
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A pastor in fort wayne, indiana, so i've had a chance to watch
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What the gospel does generationally,
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And i've seen how the gospel changes people's lives
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And changes spouses' lives and changes children's lives
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And changes grandchildren's li--
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And changes whole families, changes everything.
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A group called the atheists in kenya society in nairobi
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Issued a press release dated may 30, 2021.
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Listen to this.
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"this evening, regretfully,
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The secretary of the atheists in kenya society,
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Mr. seth mahiga,
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Informed us that he has made the decision to resign
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From his position as secretary of the society.
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Seth's reason for resigning is that he has found jesus christ
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And is no longer interested in promoting atheism in kenya."
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[applause]
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The press release went on to say,
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"we wish all the best in his newfound relationship
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With jesus christ.
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The position of secretary of the society
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Has been rendered vacant."
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The statement went on to ask for applicants for the position.
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We cannot imagine how many people like seth
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Are saved by the blood of christ.
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Every single day in this world,
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A miracle like that happens over and over and over again,
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And the ones that are the most fun for me
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Are the people that some folks come and say,
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"even god couldn't change his life,"
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And then god changes his life,
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And isn't that the wonderful thing
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About the gospel?
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Isn't that the way the gospel works?
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Paul told the colossians, "we give thanks
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To the god and father of our lord jesus christ,
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Praying always for you, since we heard of
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Your faith in christ jesus
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And of your love for all the saints;
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Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
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Of which you heard before in the word
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Of the truth of the gospel,"
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And to the thessalonians, paul wrote something similar.
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"our gospel did not come to you in word only,
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But also in power.
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You turned to god from idols
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To serve the living and true god."
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What an incredible thing the gospel is.
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It is the number one change engine
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In all of the universe.
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Nothing can change people or personalities,
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Individuals or families like the gospel.
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The message of the gospel is transforming.
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Here's the second thing.
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The work of the gospel is expanding.
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Paul went on to say, the gospel, "has come to you,
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As it also has in all the world,
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And it brings forth fruit."
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Even in paul's day he saw the gospel spreading
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And expanding like concentric circles
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Throughout the entire known world.
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Jesus said, "'and this gospel of the kingdom
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Will be preached in all the world
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As a witness to all the nations,
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And then the end will come.'"
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I don't know how you feel about what's happening
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To the gospel.
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There's some discouraging things that we could discuss,
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But given everything that's going on
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And taking a global perspective,
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A 30,000 feet look at the gospel,
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From my experience, i can tell you
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I've never seen a moment in my lifetime
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In which we are reaching more people,
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Witnessing more conversions, touching more nations than now.
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The triumphant gospel is penetrating new areas,
00:29:32.921 --> 00:29:36.324
Going places where it never would have gone before.
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Perhaps you've heard the rumors about the growth of christianity
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Within the borders of iran.
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Of all the places you would think
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The gospel would never go.
00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:48.369
Well, the rumors are true.
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One report said the gospel is spreading
00:29:50.305 --> 00:29:52.240
Through that nation at a sizzling pace.
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Another report said the holy spirit
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Is on fire in iran.
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We're on television in iran on a network called
00:30:01.983 --> 00:30:04.619
The malakoot channel,
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And that takes us into the country,
00:30:06.721 --> 00:30:10.692
And i preach, and a scroll goes across the bottom
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With the language that they observe there.
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It's amazing.
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These people, they can't tell anybody
00:30:18.666 --> 00:30:20.702
That they're listening, 'cause they'd get in trouble.
00:30:20.702 --> 00:30:23.571
We often get emails from them saying,
00:30:23.571 --> 00:30:25.607
"we want to say thank you, but please don't send
00:30:25.607 --> 00:30:27.508
Anything back to us."
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Most people that we get in the united states,
00:30:29.077 --> 00:30:30.845
They want you to send everything you can back to them,
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But the people in iran
00:30:33.248 --> 00:30:34.582
Would just as soon you not respond,
00:30:34.582 --> 00:30:36.284
But they want to tell you what the gospel is meaning
00:30:36.284 --> 00:30:38.553
In their lives.
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Plans are unfolding right now for billy graham
00:30:41.055 --> 00:30:43.892
To preach in iran.
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Can you believe that?
00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.995
Dr. graham's sermons are being dubbed into farsi
00:30:46.995 --> 00:30:50.198
And broadcast into the country.
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It's believed that his sermons will reach
00:30:52.133 --> 00:30:54.702
Over 20 million iranians
00:30:54.702 --> 00:30:56.471
In the safety of their own homes.
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I often think about that.
00:31:00.008 --> 00:31:01.342
I think there's a verse in hebrews 11, verse 4.
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Here's what it says: "he being dead still speaks,"
00:31:03.845 --> 00:31:08.349
And that's true.
00:31:08.349 --> 00:31:09.684
Billy graham still speaks.
00:31:09.684 --> 00:31:11.019
Everywhere you go there's somebody listening.
00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.620
It's on the radio.
00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.955
Tbn runs a billy graham classic thing every saturday.
00:31:13.955 --> 00:31:16.691
I love watching that, and it's so funny to see
00:31:16.691 --> 00:31:19.827
How people dressed back in the '40s and '50s.
00:31:19.827 --> 00:31:24.032
As followers of christ we read the news
00:31:24.032 --> 00:31:26.701
Differently than other people.
00:31:26.701 --> 00:31:28.736
The lord is at work behind the headlines.
00:31:28.736 --> 00:31:30.772
The gospel is moving into every corner of the earth,
00:31:30.772 --> 00:31:33.942
And its message of triumph--
00:31:33.942 --> 00:31:35.543
It's spreading all over the world.
00:31:35.543 --> 00:31:37.745
So the message of the gospel is transforming,
00:31:37.745 --> 00:31:40.715
And the work of the gospel is expanding,
00:31:40.715 --> 00:31:43.484
And the followers of the gospel are maturing.
00:31:43.484 --> 00:31:47.355
The apostle paul told the colossians
00:31:47.355 --> 00:31:49.691
That he was praying.
00:31:49.691 --> 00:31:51.025
This is one of the best prayers in the new testament.
00:31:51.025 --> 00:31:53.795
"that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will
00:31:53.795 --> 00:31:56.230
In all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
00:31:56.230 --> 00:31:59.400
And that you may walk worthy of the lord,
00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.536
Fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work
00:32:01.536 --> 00:32:05.206
And increasing in the knowledge of god;
00:32:05.206 --> 00:32:07.775
Strengthened with all might,
00:32:07.775 --> 00:32:09.811
According to his glorious power,
00:32:09.811 --> 00:32:11.913
For all patience and longsuffering with joy."
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Paul prayed for the colossian believers,
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Not just that they would become christians,
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But they'd become mature christians,
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And he used these wonderful words--
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Might and power and patience and longsuffering and joy.
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How many of us need a lot more of those qualities in our lives?
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Paul asked god to strengthen the colossians,
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And we need that, and god is doing that.
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While the world is worsening,
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The lord's servants are increasing
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And his churches are advancing.
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When i look at the students and young adults
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In this church and in our schools,
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I'm not discouraged; i'm encouraged.
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We have a young generation whose growth
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In zeal and godliness surely will be tested,
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But which will triumph in the years ahead.
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Despite all of the anguish and the abuse of our age,
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The gospel is going to triumph through the church
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As we mature in christ and bear fruit
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In every good work.
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Never underestimate the power of your local church.
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If this isn't your local church, make sure your local church
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Is a big part of your life.
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That's something god has promised to bless.
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I know we have many parachurch organizations,
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And i applaud them all, but there's nothing
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That god has promised to bless like the local church.
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If you listen to me on the radio,
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You know every friday i tell people: go to church.
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Don't stay home and watch us on television.
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Go to church because the church is what god has promised.
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He says the gates of hell will not prevail
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Against the local church.
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How many of you know the gates of hell
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Are at work today?
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But the church of jesus christ has the promise
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That it will stand strong.
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So why shouldn't you be a part of the church?
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Maybe this is a good place for me to insert
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My little promotional.
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If you're not going to church
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Because you stopped going to church during covid
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And you've gotten comfortable going to church in your pajamas,
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It's time to go back to church,
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And the church needs you and you need the church.
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[applause]
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So the message of the gospel is transforming,
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And the work of the gospel is expanding,
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And the followers of the gospel are maturing,
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And the author of the gospel, oh,
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The author of the gospel is preeminent.
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One more thing we must remember--
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And that the author of the gospel
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Is our lord jesus christ.
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Listen to colossians 1: "he is the image
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Of the invisible god, the firstborn over all creation.
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For by him all things were created.
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And he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
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And he is the head of the body, the church,
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Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
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That in all things he might have the preeminence."
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Richard chin was the national director
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Of the australian fellowship of evangelical students.
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He has a profound ministry with young people
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On multiple continents, but always wasn't that way.
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Back in the early part of july in 1983,
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Chin was a student whose christian experience
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Was barely existent.
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One day while attending a conference,
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He heard the speaker ask one question.
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Here was the question.
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Is jesus christ number one in your life?
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He knew he was a good number two or three,
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But he was not number one.
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"sometime that week," he said,
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"i joyfully received jesus as my lord, and i moved him up
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From number three to number one,"
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And he began to study his bible
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And he was drawn to the book of colossians,
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And he was so infected by this book
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He memorized the book, and he was amazed
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At the triumphant picture of christ
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Found in its pages.
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As we see jesus more clearly, men and women,
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The gospel gets bigger and bigger in our hearts.
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His death becomes more wonderful,
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His resurrection becomes more astonishing,
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Sin becomes more disgusting, and the devil seems more evil.
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The restoring work of the spirit gets mightier,
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The global extent of the gospel becomes more important,
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And the connection between everything in the bible
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Becomes clearer.
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Our yearning for eternity becomes greater,
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And the love of god becomes more delightful
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In our lives.
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When you put jesus number one, everything else starts to get
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In its right place.
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"jesus is preeminent in everything," wrote chin.
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"he rules everything in this creation,
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And he rules everything in the age to come."
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The question that changed richard chin's life
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Is profoundly important now.
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Is jesus truly preeminent in your life?
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Is he number one?
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If he's a good two or three, there will be nothing victorious
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About your experience.
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Someone said a long time ago, "only in the christian life
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Does surrender bring victory."
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So surrender your life to christ,
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Make sure he's number one,
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And then the theme of the gospel is energizing.
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Another triumphal note in colossians sounds
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Like a blast from the trumpet.
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Here it is.
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Colossians 1:27, "christ in you, the hope of glory."
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What a slogan. what a motto.
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Taken together, this is the triumph of the gospel
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And you can make it your own.
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Christ in me, the hope of glory.
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The moment we put christ as our savior,
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He comes through his spirit to live and reign within us,
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And one day we're gonna see him face to face.
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One day soon we'll literally walk and talk with him
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As the disciples did long ago.
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We will share his glory and have a part
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In his inheritance, reigning with him
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Over the new heavens and the new earth.
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The new living translation says it this way:
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"and this is the secret: christ lives in you.
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This gives you assurance of sharing his glory."
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So what does this mean and where do we go from here?
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What do we take away from this that we can unpack in our lives
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Every day?
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If the gospel is the preeminent, triumphant message,
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If it triumphs over everything else,
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If there's no problem that we face in our culture today
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That is not overwhelmed by the gospel of jesus christ,
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And we believe that's true and the bible says it's true,
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So what do we do now?
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How do we respond to that as followers of christ?
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Well, first of all, let me suggest
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That we preach the gospel with our lips.
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We must keep preaching christ.
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We must keep holding the cross up.
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Colossians 1:28 and 29 says, "him we preach,
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Warning every man, teaching every man
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In all wisdom, that we may present
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Every man perfect in christ jesus.
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To this end i labor," said paul,
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"striving according to his working
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Which works in me mightily."
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I don't know if you know this,
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But paul was a renaissance man in many respects.
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There wasn't anything that paul couldn't do.
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He was a great student.
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He was a writer. he was a theologian.
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He's the one that basically started
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All the churches that you read about
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In the new testament.
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He wrote 12 or 13 of the letters
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In the new testament scripture.
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He was very, very gifted in many areas, but i know this.
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If you asked paul, "paul, what do you do for a living,"
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He would say, "i preach, i'm a preacher."
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And if you go through his writings,
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You can pick that up.
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In 1 corinthians 1:23, he said, "we preach christ crucified."
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In 1 corinthians 9:16, "if i preach the gospel,
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I have nothing to boast of."
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2 corinthians 4:5, "we do not preach ourselves,
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But we preach jesus christ the lord."
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Philippians 1:18. "what then?
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Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth,
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Christ is preached; and in this i rejoice."
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"well," you say, "dr. jeremiah, that's great for you,
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'cause you're a preacher."
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Not everybody is called to be a preacher,
00:40:20.134 --> 00:40:22.703
But everybody's called to be a vocational preacher.
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Did you know that?
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We are all called to preach
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Or tell the good news of the gospel.
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Naomi reed interviewed an asian christian
00:40:30.077 --> 00:40:32.713
Named rasham who told her, "i have parkinson's disease.
00:40:32.713 --> 00:40:37.351
I can't walk anywhere, i'm mostly in my bed,
00:40:37.351 --> 00:40:40.287
I can't leave this room, i can't go to church,
00:40:40.287 --> 00:40:42.423
I can't visit people, and it's such a change for me.
00:40:42.423 --> 00:40:45.860
I spent my whole adult life sharing the gospel.
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Back then i walked through 72 districts of nepal,
00:40:48.696 --> 00:40:52.099
Preaching the gospel,
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And we started a bible correspondence course.
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In total, we had 700,000 students.
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I was put in jail three times for my faith
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And i was tortured, but i can't walk anymore,
00:41:01.642 --> 00:41:04.578
I can't get out of bed, and the challenge for me today
00:41:04.578 --> 00:41:08.716
Is in reading colossians 1:28 and 29,"
00:41:08.716 --> 00:41:11.285
And here's what that says.
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"him we preach, warning every man,
00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:15.389
Teaching every man in all wisdom,
00:41:15.389 --> 00:41:17.491
That we may present every man perfect
00:41:17.491 --> 00:41:19.426
In christ jesus.
00:41:19.426 --> 00:41:21.195
To this end i labor," said paul,
00:41:21.195 --> 00:41:22.963
"striving according to his working
00:41:22.963 --> 00:41:25.065
Which works in me mightily."
00:41:25.065 --> 00:41:27.134
Rasham continued, "i want to be like paul.
00:41:27.134 --> 00:41:30.871
I know that he used all of his energy
00:41:30.871 --> 00:41:32.907
To share the gospel, and i want to do that too.
00:41:32.907 --> 00:41:37.344
I don't have any energy in my body anymore,
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But i still have energy in my heart and in my mind,
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So even now people can ring me on my phone
00:41:44.852 --> 00:41:47.354
And they ask me about jesus, and i tell them.
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I am still taking calls from our bible correspondent students.
00:41:50.424 --> 00:41:54.328
I'm still using all my energy, even when i'm lying on my bed.
00:41:54.328 --> 00:41:58.265
All the energy that christ has given me,
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I've given it back to him to advance the cause of christ."
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Isn't that the way it should be?
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[applause]
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So, basically a story like that takes all of our excuses away.
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There's a way that everyone listening to this message,
00:42:12.112 --> 00:42:14.782
Wherever you may be,
00:42:14.782 --> 00:42:16.417
We all can have a part in preaching the gospel.
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We can do what god has equipped us to do.
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He's given us all these various wonderful gifts.
00:42:22.056 --> 00:42:25.192
Whatever it is that god has equipped you to do
00:42:25.192 --> 00:42:27.261
That helps move the gospel forward,
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That's what it means to preach the gospel.
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So preach the gospel with your lips.
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Here's the second one.
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Picture the gospel with your life.
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In verses 6 and 7 of chapter 2 in colossians
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We read, "as you therefore have received christ jesus the lord,
00:42:41.842 --> 00:42:46.246
Walk in him, rooted and built up in him
00:42:46.246 --> 00:42:49.149
And established in the faith,
00:42:49.149 --> 00:42:50.884
As you have been taught, abounding in it
00:42:50.884 --> 00:42:52.720
With thanksgiving."
00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:54.521
Paul said, "okay, you're all christians.
00:42:54.521 --> 00:42:56.824
Now live like christians.
00:42:56.824 --> 00:42:59.159
Walk like christians.
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Don't just be christians in name.
00:43:00.628 --> 00:43:02.763
Be christians all the way through to the bone.
00:43:02.763 --> 00:43:04.632
Be christians in all that you do."
00:43:04.632 --> 00:43:06.467
Oh, how we need that today.
00:43:06.467 --> 00:43:08.135
One of the great rips on christianity is
00:43:08.135 --> 00:43:11.005
That so many people who claim to be christians
00:43:11.005 --> 00:43:13.040
Don't live any differently than the people in the world,
00:43:13.040 --> 00:43:15.909
And we don't have to be a bunch of weirdos and cranks
00:43:15.909 --> 00:43:17.878
And all the kinds of things that people thinks that we are,
00:43:17.878 --> 00:43:21.115
But there should be a qualitative difference
00:43:21.115 --> 00:43:23.217
In our lives if jesus christ is who we say he is.
00:43:23.217 --> 00:43:27.354
"walk" is a term that is often used to describe
00:43:27.354 --> 00:43:29.823
The christian life.
00:43:29.823 --> 00:43:31.225
The word is in the present tense,
00:43:31.225 --> 00:43:32.860
And it means continually walking.
00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:35.996
Someone once told me that the hardest thing
00:43:35.996 --> 00:43:37.631
About being a christian is that it's so daily.
00:43:37.631 --> 00:43:41.402
Isn't that the truth? it's so daily.
00:43:41.402 --> 00:43:44.071
Every day you got to get up and do it over again,
00:43:44.071 --> 00:43:47.174
But here's the good news.
00:43:47.174 --> 00:43:48.842
It's daily but the eternal spirit of god
00:43:48.842 --> 00:43:51.645
Lives within your heart,
00:43:51.645 --> 00:43:53.447
And he enables you to do what you couldn't do.
00:43:53.447 --> 00:43:56.183
We preach the gospel with our lips,
00:43:56.183 --> 00:43:58.318
But we picture the gospel with our lives.
00:43:58.318 --> 00:44:01.755
People need to see jesus christ in us.
00:44:01.755 --> 00:44:05.526
Charles spurgeon called this adorning the gospel,
00:44:05.526 --> 00:44:10.464
Dressing up the gospel.
00:44:10.464 --> 00:44:12.332
Here's what he wrote: "what is appropriate to the gospel?
00:44:12.332 --> 00:44:14.868
Well, holiness suits the gospel.
00:44:14.868 --> 00:44:18.305
Adorn the gospel with a holy life.
00:44:18.305 --> 00:44:20.407
How pure, how clean, how sweet, how heavenly the gospel is.
00:44:20.407 --> 00:44:25.245
Hang, then, the jewels of holiness around your neck,
00:44:25.245 --> 00:44:28.215
And place them as rings on your hands.
00:44:28.215 --> 00:44:31.418
The gospel is also to be adorned with mercifulness.
00:44:31.418 --> 00:44:35.355
It is all mercy. it is all love.
00:44:35.355 --> 00:44:37.324
There is no love like it. god so loved the world.
00:44:37.324 --> 00:44:39.893
Well then, adorn the gospel with the suitable jewels
00:44:39.893 --> 00:44:43.097
Of mercifulness and kindness to other people."
00:44:43.097 --> 00:44:46.900
He went on to say, "the gospel is also the gospel of happiness.
00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:50.871
It is called the glorious gospel of the blessed god.
00:44:50.871 --> 00:44:54.675
A more correct translation would be "the happy god."
00:44:54.675 --> 00:44:58.145
Well then, adorn the gospel by being happy."
00:44:58.145 --> 00:45:01.682
How many of you know some christians just look so sad?
00:45:01.682 --> 00:45:06.787
The bible says if christ is in our heart
00:45:06.787 --> 00:45:09.456
And we have the joy of the holy spirit,
00:45:09.456 --> 00:45:11.859
What's in our heart needs to get translated to our faces.
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It doesn't mean we walk around all giddy all the time,
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But when christians are walking with the lord,
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As paul has instructed us here in colossians,
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There's a quality difference in how we live.
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We are to walk in the lord as we have received him.
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We're to preach the gospel with our lips
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And picture the gospel with our life
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And practice the gospel with our love.
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He says in verse 14 of chapter 3 in colossians,
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"but above all these things put on love,
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Which is the bond of perfection."
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We have this triumphant gospel,
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But those who share it must be clothed in love
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And carry in their hearts a genuine burden
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For their neighbors as much as they do for their enemies.
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Colossians 4:5 says, "walk in wisdom
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Toward those who are outside, redeeming the time."
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You know, one of the things it says about jesus
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Was that he was filled with grace and truth,
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And it seems to me as you look out
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At the christian world today,
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We have a lot of people who are on either side of it
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And not as many people who have joined the two together.
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Jesus said we're to be filled with truth and love,
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And especially for those of us who are christians.
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There are many other instructions for us,
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But i want to end with a strange little verse
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At the end of the book.
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We're to love and we're never to stop loving.
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Here it is, colossians 4:17.
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Paul said, "say to archippus, 'take heed to the ministry
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Which you have received in the lord,
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That you may fulfill it.'"
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Now, that sounds like an extraneous verse,
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And what's that in there for,
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And who in the world is archippus?
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I never heard of him.
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Well, first of all, archippus was the son of philemon.
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I know that.
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Paul called him a fellow soldier,
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So he had to be a christian worker of some sort,
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But that's all we know.
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We don't know very much about him,
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But paul cared enough about this man
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That he sent this instruction to him in the letter
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That he wrote to the colossians,
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And here was the instruction.
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Make sure that by the end of your life,
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You have come to the end of your list.
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Do everything that you were assigned to do.
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What a word that is today.
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We believe archippus lived his life that way,
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But paul encouraged him.
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I don't want to get off on this.
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This is one of my pet peeves--
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That so many of god's people have bought in to the idea
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That at a certain time in life, usually about 65,
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You check out and vegetate for the rest of the time
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You're on this earth.
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I hope you're not among that.
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I've already proven to you that i'm not
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And i don't intend to be, but listen to me.
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[applause]
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There's so much that needs to be done,
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And i'll be one to tell you there's a lot of things
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That i used to do that i can't do,
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But a lot of things that i can do better
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Because i've learned how to do them over a time,
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And oftentimes what i've noticed in the church
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Is that just when people have the giftedness
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That will make them so effective,
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They decide it's time for them to go do something else.
00:48:19.446 --> 00:48:22.549
You know, people ask me why i keep doing what i'm doing,
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And i say, "you know, when i was 54, i got cancer
00:48:25.118 --> 00:48:29.556
And it was pretty serious.
00:48:29.556 --> 00:48:30.891
It was stage 4 large cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma.
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By all of the measures of life, i shouldn't be here,
00:48:37.497 --> 00:48:42.436
But god brought me through that, and i got a--" yeah.
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[applause]
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"and he gave me a new vision for my life,"
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And people ask me, "why do you do what you do?"
00:48:53.046 --> 00:48:55.082
And i say, "when god brought me through cancer,
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He didn't do it so i could go sit on a beach somewhere.
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He did it so i could serve him with my life,"
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And i've had so much joy doing that.
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You know, i don't know if this is true for everybody,
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But it seems like that god has saved the best
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To last for me.
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Every day i get up, there's something new and exciting
00:49:11.398 --> 00:49:13.667
That he's doing that i never dreamed would ever happen.
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I'm glad he let me stay around for all this,
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'cause it's really fun.
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I just want you to see if you wouldn't put your name
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In this verse.
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Say to david jeremiah, take heed to the ministry
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Which you have received in the lord
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That you may fulfill it.
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Put your name in there and ask god to help you to finish
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What you have started.
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Do you know that jesus said-- one of the earliest things
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That we read about him in the bible
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Is when he went to the temple with his parents--
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His parents left him,
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One of the most human, quintessential things
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That ever happened in his life,
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And jesus as a young boy said, "'i must be about
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My father's business.'"
00:49:54.541 --> 00:49:56.076
In other words, "i have a job to do,"
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And at the end of his natural life
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On this earth, this is what jesus said,
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"father, i have glorified you on earth.
00:50:03.850 --> 00:50:07.220
I have finished the work which you have given me to do."
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Now watch what he said and what he didn't say.
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He didn't say, "i have finished all the work there is to do."
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Some people try to do that, and they burn out
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And they don't have anything left.
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He didn't say that.
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No, he said, "i've finished the work
00:50:23.637 --> 00:50:24.971
That you have given me to do."
00:50:24.971 --> 00:50:26.306
God gives each of us something to do.
00:50:26.306 --> 00:50:28.175
If we want to know what that is, we can ask him
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And he will tell us,
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And we will know what we're supposed to do,
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And he's given you certain gifts for his glory
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And certain tasks for his kingdom.
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Make sure you complete them.
00:50:38.452 --> 00:50:40.120
You don't have to get out of this world alive,
00:50:40.120 --> 00:50:42.522
But you do have to complete the work that god assigned you,
00:50:42.522 --> 00:50:46.493
And if we do that, we will see a resurgence of service
00:50:46.493 --> 00:50:51.765
Among the more senior people in our churches
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That will be a glory to the church
00:50:54.568 --> 00:50:56.403
And such a blessing to the younger folks
00:50:56.403 --> 00:50:58.705
Who are coming up and trying to figure out
00:50:58.705 --> 00:51:00.040
What this is all about.
00:51:00.040 --> 00:51:01.475
Why should we make them learn all the hard lessons
00:51:01.475 --> 00:51:04.111
That we've learned?
00:51:04.111 --> 00:51:05.445
Let's help them with that. let's lead them.
00:51:05.445 --> 00:51:06.980
The bible is full of instructions
00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:08.615
That we're to do that.
00:51:08.615 --> 00:51:10.217
The apostle paul said this about his life.
00:51:10.217 --> 00:51:12.419
He said, "but my life is worth nothing to me
00:51:12.419 --> 00:51:15.021
Unless i use it for the finishing of the work
00:51:15.021 --> 00:51:17.324
Assigned me by the lord jesus--
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The work of telling others the good news
00:51:19.593 --> 00:51:22.028
About the wonderful grace of god."
00:51:22.028 --> 00:51:24.998
So, friends, the gospel is what god has given us.
00:51:24.998 --> 00:51:28.602
It's this commodity that we have.
00:51:28.602 --> 00:51:30.303
It's the blessing of being a christian.
00:51:30.303 --> 00:51:33.073
We have this wonderful thing called the gospel.
00:51:33.073 --> 00:51:36.476
I can think of no one who sought to fulfill this verse
00:51:36.476 --> 00:51:39.079
More than billy graham.
00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:40.981
He's still preaching, and his iconic voice
00:51:40.981 --> 00:51:43.216
Touches my heart and inspires me to be
00:51:43.216 --> 00:51:45.819
A better preacher.
00:51:45.819 --> 00:51:47.787
He held more than 400 crusades in his life
00:51:47.787 --> 00:51:51.691
In more than 185 countries.
00:51:51.691 --> 00:51:55.295
His final crusade was in new york city in 2005,
00:51:55.295 --> 00:51:59.065
And this is what he said.
00:51:59.065 --> 00:52:00.734
"i have one message:
00:52:00.734 --> 00:52:02.068
That jesus christ came, he died on a cross,
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He rose again, and he asked us to repent of our sins
00:52:05.105 --> 00:52:09.309
And receive him by faith as lord and savior,
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And if we do, we have forgiveness of all our sin."
00:52:11.745 --> 00:52:15.682
He said that in the first message
00:52:15.682 --> 00:52:17.117
That he ever preached, and he said it
00:52:17.117 --> 00:52:18.552
In the last one that he ever preached.
00:52:18.552 --> 00:52:21.421
He delivered his final sermon in a television broadcast
00:52:21.421 --> 00:52:24.457
On his 95th birthday.
00:52:24.457 --> 00:52:27.127
This is what he said.
00:52:27.127 --> 00:52:29.429
"our country is in a great need of a spiritual awakening.
00:52:29.429 --> 00:52:33.033
There have been times that i have wept
00:52:33.033 --> 00:52:34.834
As i have gone from city to city
00:52:34.834 --> 00:52:36.970
And i've seen how far our people have wandered from god.
00:52:36.970 --> 00:52:41.074
Of all the things that i've seen and heard,
00:52:41.074 --> 00:52:43.076
There is only one message that can change
00:52:43.076 --> 00:52:45.412
People's lives and hearts.
00:52:45.412 --> 00:52:47.414
I want to tell people about the meaning of the cross,
00:52:47.414 --> 00:52:50.116
The cross of christ.
00:52:50.116 --> 00:52:51.518
He loves you.
00:52:51.518 --> 00:52:52.852
He's willing to forgive you of all of your sins."
00:52:52.852 --> 00:52:56.223
What a testimony to somebody who's coming along after,
00:52:56.223 --> 00:53:00.694
To see a man who started preaching the gospel,
00:53:00.694 --> 00:53:03.263
He just got stronger and stronger,
00:53:03.263 --> 00:53:04.898
And he preached the gospel.
00:53:04.898 --> 00:53:06.666
No matter what country he was in,
00:53:06.666 --> 00:53:08.134
No matter what situation he was in,
00:53:08.134 --> 00:53:10.103
It was always the gospel.
00:53:10.103 --> 00:53:12.606
God help us to be that kind of a pastor
00:53:12.606 --> 00:53:15.575
And be that kind of a preacher in our churches.
00:53:15.575 --> 00:53:18.445
Of course, none of us are billy graham.
00:53:18.445 --> 00:53:20.046
He was unique, but we all have the same gospel.
00:53:20.046 --> 00:53:23.883
It doesn't belong to billy graham.
00:53:23.883 --> 00:53:25.585
The gospel is god's gift to all of us.
00:53:25.585 --> 00:53:28.121
It is the good news of jesus christ for you
00:53:28.121 --> 00:53:30.490
As much as it is for anyone in all the world,
00:53:30.490 --> 00:53:33.460
And it triumphs all the headlines of history.
00:53:33.460 --> 00:53:36.763
The gospel is the only beam of light shining
00:53:36.763 --> 00:53:39.499
In this dark world, but its megawatts are unlimited.
00:53:39.499 --> 00:53:43.870
The gospel can brighten any life,
00:53:43.870 --> 00:53:46.206
Dispel every shadow.
00:53:46.206 --> 00:53:48.074
We are not beaten-down people. we're not on the ropes.
00:53:48.074 --> 00:53:51.111
We are not an endangered species as christians.
00:53:51.111 --> 00:53:54.514
We're not a people worried about where we go from here.
00:53:54.514 --> 00:53:57.317
We know where we're going because of the gospel.
00:53:57.317 --> 00:53:59.919
We know him who has prepared the way because of the gospel.
00:53:59.919 --> 00:54:03.323
We are more than conquerors through our lord jesus christ
00:54:03.323 --> 00:54:06.326
Because of the gospel, the triumph of the gospel,
00:54:06.326 --> 00:54:08.895
And i hope you've discovered it for yourself.
00:54:08.895 --> 00:54:11.031
Whatever you're facing, the gospel,
00:54:11.031 --> 00:54:13.833
Because it's jesus christ, is your victory.
00:54:13.833 --> 00:54:17.270
Wherever you're going, he's your guide.
00:54:17.270 --> 00:54:19.572
However you're feeling, he's your sole and solid hope.
00:54:19.572 --> 00:54:22.776
Whatever you're worried about by the falling fragments
00:54:22.776 --> 00:54:25.545
Of our collapsing planet, you can look up to heaven
00:54:25.545 --> 00:54:28.748
And see him who came down to earth for you.
00:54:28.748 --> 00:54:31.217
He's right now seated at the right hand of the father,
00:54:31.217 --> 00:54:34.187
Making intercession for us
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And waiting for when we come through the door
00:54:35.755 --> 00:54:38.325
To say to us, "welcome home, good and faithful servant."
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May that be our hope, amen.
00:54:42.562 --> 00:54:44.964
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Cutting right through those peaks and valleys
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Is a steady, stable message that has never changed:
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The gospel of jesus christ.
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The gospel has been and remains god's lifeline to humanity.
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00:56:15.955 --> 00:56:18.558
Have you received jesus christ as your lord and savior?
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00:56:22.328 --> 00:56:26.366
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Dr. jeremiah: when you get jesus,
00:56:55.829 --> 00:56:57.163
You get the holy spirit.
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The holy spirit comes to live within you.
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So if you're a christian, you have the indwelling holy spirit.
00:57:00.233 --> 00:57:03.937
He's living within you right now.
00:57:03.937 --> 00:57:05.305
You may not feel it, you may not know it,
00:57:05.305 --> 00:57:07.607
You may not understand it,
00:57:07.607 --> 00:57:09.108
But it doesn't make any difference.
00:57:09.108 --> 00:57:10.443
It's still true.
00:57:10.443 --> 00:57:11.778
The holy spirit indwells every single believer.
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David Jeremiah - The Final Prophecy - The Triumph of the Gospel

May 16, 2026 | 57:29

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