David Jeremiah - Knowing A Loving God

April 27, 2025 | 57:29

Understanding that God is present at all placed and at all times is sometimes difficult for our finite inds, but it is also an incredible knowledge that we can cling to.

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - Knowing A Loving God | April 27, 2025

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Dr. david jeremiah: some say that the greatest question
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In life is: "does god exist?"
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I say the greatest question is:
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"do i know the god who does exist?
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Do i know about him?
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Do i know him personally?"
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The study of god as he reveals himself in scripture
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Is the supreme study of a lifetime.
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It lifts our thoughts, steadies our nerves,
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Purifies our motives, expands our confidence,
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And strengthens our influence.
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It's the greatest subject we could ever study,
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For god is the apex of all reality.
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♪♪♪
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Dr. jeremiah: discover more about god than you know
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And become closer to him than you are.
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♪♪♪
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Male announcer: and now, here is your host,
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Dr. david jeremiah.
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Dr. jeremiah: the biggest little word in the bible
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May be the word "so."
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Included in "so" are all the agonies of the cross,
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And all the riches of god's grace,
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All the depths of my sins, and all the beams of his mercy.
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The cross is bound up in that adverb "so."
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God so loved the world that he went
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To extraordinary lengths to express it.
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His love is beyond comprehension,
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For we cannot fathom a god who would willingly,
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Self-sacrificially create the set of conditions
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We call "calvary."
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Today, i end my new teaching series called,
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"the god you may not know" by talking
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About a quality of god i pray for you to know well.
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That is god's unfailing love.
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As we study what is perhaps the most famous love verse
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Of all time, john 3:16, we will discover
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Seven distinct descriptions of god's wondrous love found
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Within those 25 famous words.
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So, stay tuned for today's edition of "turning point."
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ i'm souled, souled out ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ who can separate ♪
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♪ who can separate us from the love jesus ♪
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♪ not death, nor life ♪
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♪ jesus paid the price ♪
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♪ now i'm free from sin ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ soul, souled out ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ i've come through the fire ♪
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♪ i've come through the rain ♪
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♪ but god, he never left my side ♪
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♪ he's my comfort through all hurt and pain ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ oh, i'm souled, souled, souled out ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ my heart is fixed ♪
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♪ my heart is fixed, my mind's made up ♪
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♪ no room, no vacancies ♪
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♪ no room, no vacancies, i'm all filled up ♪
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♪ his spirit lives in me ♪
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♪ and that's the reason i'm souled out ♪
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♪ yeah, my heart is fixed, my mind's made up ♪
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♪ no room, no vacancies ♪
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♪ no room, no vacancies ♪
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♪ i'm all filled up ♪
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♪ his spirit lives in me ♪
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♪ and that's the reason i'm souled out ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ captives been set free ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ say have i been redeemed ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ has he filled you up ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ and is your mind made up ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ come on, are you souled out for jesus ♪
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♪ i am souled out ♪
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♪ my mind is made up ♪
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♪ ooh, my heart is fixed ♪
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♪ my heart is fixed, my mind's made up ♪
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♪ no room, no room, no vacancies ♪
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♪ no room, no vacancies, i'm all filled up ♪
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♪ his spirit lives in me ♪
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♪ and that's the reason i'm souled out ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: "the wages of sin is death,"
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And somebody has to die.
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And if it's not jesus, it's us.
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He took our place willingly because his father loved us
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So much he gave up heaven's best.
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey from knowing
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About god to deeply knowing him?
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Push past the stained glass ceiling of your faith
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As you come to understand god for who he truly is
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In dr. jeremiah's new book, "the god you may not know."
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In its pages, dr. jeremiah introduces you
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To the eternal qualities god has revealed
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About himself: god's knowledge, holiness,
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All-pervasive presence, unlimited power, love,
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And other characteristics that make him who he is.
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Nothing is more critical in your life right now
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Because you may not actually know god
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As well as you think but once you do,
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You will be overwhelmed with the wonder
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And joy of his person.
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Of any amount in support of this program.
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Teaching series on cd or dvd, a correlating study guide,
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♪ lord you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ lord, you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ people from every nation and tongue ♪
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♪ from generation to generation ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ you are good ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ lord you're good ♪
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♪ lord you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ lord you are good ♪
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♪ and your mercy endureth forever ♪
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♪ people from every nation and tongue ♪
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♪ from generation to generation ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ you are good ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ sing people, people, people ♪
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♪ people from every nation and tongue ♪
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♪ from generation to generation ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ we worship you ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ we worship you for who you are ♪
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♪ for who you are ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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♪♪♪
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Michael sanchez: let church sing, "every blessing."
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♪ every blessing you pour out, i'll ♪
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♪ turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ in the land that is plentiful ♪
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♪ where your streams of abundance flow ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ when i'm found in the desert place ♪
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♪ though i walk through the wilderness ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ every blessing you pour out, i'll ♪
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♪ turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ when the sun's shining down on me ♪
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♪ when the world's all as it should be ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ on the road marked with suffering ♪
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♪ though there's pain in the offering ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ every blessing you pour out, i'll ♪
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♪ turn back to praise ♪
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♪ when the darkness closes in, lord ♪
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♪ still i will say ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your name ♪
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♪ blessed be the name of the lord ♪
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♪ blessed be your glorious name ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: dr. david jeremiah
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Is delivering the unchanging word of god every month
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To more than half a million homes
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Through "turning points" magazine and devotional.
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Read articles and devotionals from dr. jeremiah each month
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And strengthen your walk with the lord.
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You'll find inspirational articles
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From dr. jeremiah on biblical themes
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He believes are most relevant for today's times,
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As well as daily devotionals,
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Including an uplifting thought from dr. jeremiah,
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A powerful verse to remember,
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♪♪♪
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♪ i have a hope, i have a future ♪
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♪ i have a destiny that is yet awaiting me ♪
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♪ my life's not over ♪
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♪ a new beginning's just begun ♪
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♪ i have a hope ♪
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♪ i have this hope ♪
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♪ god has a plan ♪
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♪ it's not to harm me ♪
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♪ but it's to prosper me ♪
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♪ and to hear me when i call ♪
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♪ he intercedes for me ♪
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♪ working all things for my good ♪
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♪ though trials may come, i have this hope ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him ♪
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♪ my great redeemer ♪
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♪ i will yet stand up ♪
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♪ and give him glory with my life ♪
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♪ he takes my darkness ♪
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♪ and he turns it into light ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him ♪
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♪ my lord, my god ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ my god is for me ♪
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♪ he's not against me ♪
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♪ so, tell me whom then ♪
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♪ tell me whom then shall i fear ♪
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♪ he has prepared for me ♪
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♪ great works he'll help me to complete ♪
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♪ i have a hope, i have this hope ♪
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♪ goodness and mercy, they're gonna follow me ♪
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♪ and i'll forever dwell in the house ♪
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♪ of my great king ♪
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♪ no eye has ever seen ♪
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♪ all he's preparing there for me ♪
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♪ though trials may come, i have this hope ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him ♪
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♪ my great redeemer ♪
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♪ i will yet stand up ♪
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♪ and give him glory with my life ♪
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♪ he takes my darkness and he turns it into light ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him, my lord, my god ♪
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ 'cause the god of heaven loves me ♪
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Michael: come on, sing that with me.
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ 'cause the god of heaven loves me ♪
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Michael: come on, it's true.
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ 'cause the god of heaven loves me ♪
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♪ oh, one more time ♪
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ 'cause the god of heaven loves me ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him, my great redeemer ♪
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♪ i will yet stand up ♪
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♪ and give him glory with my life ♪
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♪ he takes my darkness and he turns it into light ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him, my lord, my god ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him ♪
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♪ my great redeemer ♪
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♪ i will yet stand up ♪
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♪ and give him glory with my life ♪
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♪ he takes my darkness and he turns it into light ♪
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♪ i will yet praise him, my lord, my god ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ right now i can stand and say ♪
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♪ i know the god of heaven loves me ♪
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♪ come on ♪
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ right now i can stand and say ♪
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♪ i know the god of heaven loves me ♪
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♪on more time, yeah ♪
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♪ there's still hope for me today ♪
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♪ right now i can stand and say ♪
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♪ i know the god of heaven loves me ♪♪
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Now, here is dr. jeremiah with his message,
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"knowing a loving god."
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Dr. jeremiah: prior to their crucial playoff game
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Against the pittsburgh steelers in january of 2012,
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The denver broncos had lost their last 3 games
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By an average of 16 points, 3 games, 16 points.
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Then came the famous matchup that has gone down
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In nfl history as "the 3:16 game."
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The broncos hosted the pittsburgh steelers
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During the playoffs, and denver's quarterback,
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Tim tebow, had painted "john 3:16"
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In the black eye paint that he wore on his head.
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First time he did this was back in 2009 during
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The bcs national championship, and when he did it,
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It lit up the internet, with google reporting
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90 million searches for "john 3:16."
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Can you believe that?
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It was also the number-one trending item on twitter.
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During the nfl playoff game, a crucial moment came
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When the steelers quarterback, ben roethlisberger,
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Through a game interception, the only interception
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Of the game.
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It was on 3rd down and 16,
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Which led to a denver field goal.
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And there's more.
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During the game, tebow threw for 316 yards.
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He averaged 31.6 yards per completion.
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It was the highest single game post-season completion
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Average in nfl history.
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His yards per rush were 3.16.
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Pittsburgh's time of possession was 31 minutes and 6 seconds.
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And cbs's ratings for the game peaked at 31.6.
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Without being irreverent, i have to confess it seemed like
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The lord wanted to grab our nation's attention
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With john 3:16.
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What a great verse is john 3:16.
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In fact, most of you would say, "it's my favorite verse."
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And we put that word in our heart because it's hard
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For us to find someone willing to love us as we are,
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And we know that god does, and he does it perfectly.
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And the bible says, "god is love."
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It doesn't merely say, "he's loving."
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He is that, but the bible says, "god is love,"
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That god is the very embodiment of love,
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The very personification of love,
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The essence of all that love means.
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John made that statement twice in his first letter.
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1 john 4:8 and 16, he said: "god is love...
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And we have known and believed the love
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That god has for us.
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God is love, and he who abides in love abides in god,
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And god in him."
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God isn't just loving.
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God is love.
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All love originates with god.
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The bible even tells us that, "we love god
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Because he first loved us."
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We don't have any of our own love
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That we can offer back to god.
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We have to get our love from god so we can give it back to him.
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And as we look at this part of god's nature,
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We discover we have a creator who loves us.
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He never asks us to get rid of our baggage
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Before he accepts us.
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He takes us as we are, to be sure when he moves in
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And begins to rule in our lives, he cleans up a few things
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Here and there.
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He erases the past through his forgiveness.
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He begins working in us what is pleasing to him.
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We're transformed over time by grace.
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And from the beginning, at the very inception,
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And continually, and throughout eternity,
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We have a god who looks at us just as we are and says,
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"i love you.
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I love you just as you are.
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I love you too much to leave you the way you are."
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And the bible says of god, "for god so loved the world
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That he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes
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In him should not perish but have everlasting life."
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The love of jesus is so incredible
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That the ancient writers had to create a new word for "love"
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When he came on the scene.
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The new testament was originally written in greek,
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Which was the universal language of the 1st century,
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And the greeks had a lot of words for "love."
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Their top words were "eros," which means "erotic love,"
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Or "phileo," which was "brotherly love."
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But there was no greek word to describe self-sacrificial love
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Until jesus came on the scene.
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Isn't that an interesting thing?
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A new word appeared as the savior appeared, a unique word.
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It's the word "agape."
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This is true love, the love that seeks the best for the one
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It loves without any expectation of anything in return.
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In my estimation, only those who know christ are capable
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Of agape love because it only comes from god.
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That's the kind of love the bible is talking about
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When the bible says, "god is love."
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God is agape.
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He reaches out to every one of us just as we are,
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Despite our brokenness and baggage, and he says,
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"i am focusing my infinite love on you.
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Not because of who you are, but in spite of who you are
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And because of who i am."
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He expects nothing back from us except to love him in return.
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Why does god love you?
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Not because you're bigger or better than anyone else,
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But simply because he loves you.
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God loves us because he loves us.
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It is his nature.
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God is love.
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In our study of the attributes of god,
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I have saved this one until last because, to me,
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It's the best news in all the world.
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To be painfully honest with you, there's a sense in which
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I cower at the holiness of god.
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I mean, i'm forever thankful he's holy,
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And the universe would be in disastrous shape if he wasn't.
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But the blinding purity of god's holiness
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Overwhelms my imagination.
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When it comes to god's mercy, sometimes i wanna cry
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When i think about it.
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His faithfulness encourages me and makes me wanna search out
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All of his promises.
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And i'm boggled and blessed by his omnipresence
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And his omniscience.
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All of god's attributes affect me emotionally,
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But i am most of all affected by his love.
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When i think of how much he loves me,
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How much he loves you, how much he loves the world,
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I am moved more deeply than i can express.
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And yet, the truth is expressed in the simplest verse
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In all the bible.
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It's that verse that tim tebow painted in his eye black,
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The verse that sometimes you see on signs in the end zone
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When you're watching the nfl game.
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I'm sure a lot of people wonder what john 3:16 is.
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They've seen it hundreds of times.
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I want you to say it with me.
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You know it well.
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Let's say it out loud together: "for god so loved the world that
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He gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him
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Should not perish but have everlasting life."
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That, ladies and gentlemen, is the gospel in one verse.
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In fact, did you know the gospel's in that verse?
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Let me show you.
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"for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
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That whoever believes in him should not perish
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But have everlasting life," the gospel.
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That's the greatest verse in the bible,
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According to many, because it's the gospel.
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But what is the gospel?
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What does the word "gospel" mean?
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It's a term in our english bible that is translated
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From the original greek word "euangelion,"
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And the middle letters of that greek term are "eu-angel-ion,"
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"angel" is in that word.
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And "angel" is the word in the greek language
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Which also means "messenger."
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So, the word "gospel" literally means "the good message,
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The glad tidings, the good news."
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As it relates to the traits of god,
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The good news isn't simply that he is just.
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I'm glad he's righteous, or he couldn't be god,
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But that isn't necessarily good news to me.
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I mean, the fact that god's gonna treat me as i deserve,
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I don't know if that's really good news.
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It isn't simply that god is holy.
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The good news of the gospel is that god is love.
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When we read about this in john 3:16, we're astounded.
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If you have to distill the message
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Of the whole bible into one verse, this is it.
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This is the grounds at the end of the cup of coffee
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Down at the bottom.
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It's simple, it's deep, so i wanna unpack it
00:31:23.487 --> 00:31:26.523
For you in just a few minutes.
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I remember reading someplace that
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There's several thousands different outlines of john 3:16.
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Can you imagine that, one verse
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With over a thousand different outlines out there
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Somewhere floatin' around?
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Let me just give you my little outline,
00:31:40.604 --> 00:31:43.573
And let's find out for sure that we know what this verse means.
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First of all, the surpassing quality of god's love.
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That's the first thing, and that's all wrapped up
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In one word.
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"for god so loved the world."
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Do you ever have a little child come up to you and say,
00:32:04.361 --> 00:32:06.930
"poppy, i love you so much"?
00:32:06.930 --> 00:32:10.701
This verse describes the surpassing quality
00:32:10.701 --> 00:32:12.970
Of god's love.
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Notice, "god so loved the world."
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The bible doesn't just say that "god loved the world,"
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As wonderful as that would be.
00:32:19.409 --> 00:32:20.944
The bible says, "god so loved the world."
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"so" is the biggest little word in the bible.
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Included in "so" are all the agonies of the cross,
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All the riches of god's grace, all the depths of your sin
00:32:30.687 --> 00:32:34.291
And my sin, and all of the wonders of his mercy.
00:32:34.291 --> 00:32:37.494
The cross is bound up in the word "so."
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This is the truth that makes the heathen wonder
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And makes the devil tremble.
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God so loved that he went to the extraordinary lengths
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To express it.
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His love is beyond comprehension.
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We cannot fathom a god who would willingly,
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Self-sacrificially create the set of conditions
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We call "salvation" and "calvary."
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I should spend hours meditating on that tiny word "so,"
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And never began to get to the bottom of it.
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That's why sometimes we hesitate even to preach on john 3:16.
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I'm embarrassed to tell you that i was a preacher
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For 25 years before i ever preached on john 3:16,
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And then i read these words from a wonderful bible teacher
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By the name of g. campbell morgan.
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He said: "there is a text that i have never attempted
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To preach on, though i have gone around it and around it.
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It's john 3:16. it's too big.
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When i have read it, there's nothing left to say."
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That's the way you feel when you read this verse.
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"how do i comment on this?
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How can i make this better, 'cause it's already
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As good as it can be?"
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He understood that nothing is as simple or as deep as
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The significance of, "for god so loved."
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This is the quality of god's love.
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"god so loved us that he gave his only son."
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This world is astounded by the surpassing love of god.
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Notice, the surprising object of god's love.
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He loved the world.
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The world is made up of the unlovely and the unloving,
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The lonely and the loathsome, the arrogant
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And the lawbreakers, and god loves each and every one.
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I grew up in a christian home, but i went through a period
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As a teenager that i wrestled with some aspects of the bible.
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All of us do that, i'm sure.
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One of the things that used to really plague me
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Was the thought that one person could die for everybody.
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I mean, i'd hear my dad preach, and he'd preach about
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How jesus died for the whole world.
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And i went, "how could that be?"
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In all of human history, there have been over 100 billion souls
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Who have passed through the corridors of time.
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And the population of the earth today is over 7 billion.
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How can one person offer himself as a sacrifice for billions
00:34:54.264 --> 00:34:58.668
Of people?
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And then i realized that this person wasn't just a person,
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It was the person, the person,
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The son of god, god in the flesh.
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And just as god is infinite in his being,
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He's infinite in his life, he's also infinite in his death.
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So he could die a death that would be equal to everyone
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Who would ever live, and therefore,
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Sufficient for everyone who would ever believe.
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And when i began to understand the deity of christ,
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That christ was and is and always will be god,
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That helped me.
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And the more i tried to take it in,
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The more i felt dizzy trying to understand it.
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It was always an abstraction.
00:35:36.006 --> 00:35:37.841
How does god love the world?
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I had it up here, but i couldn't get it here.
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And then i noticed somethin' one day when i was studying
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The crucifixion story.
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While jesus christ was hanging on the cross for the sin
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Of the whole world, he turned to one somebody,
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One suffering individual suspended on the cross
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Next to him, and he loved that man,
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And he forgave that man, and he said to that man,
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"assuredly, i say to you,
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Today you will be with me in paradise."
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It was as if god were saying to us, "i love the whole world,
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But remember, that includes you.
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I don't love the world in general.
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I love the whole world of everybody,
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And i personally love everybody in the whole world."
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Saint augustine said it this way:
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"god loves each one of us
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As if there were only one of us to love."
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That's the object of god's love.
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"god so loved the world."
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Here's the sacrificial cost of god's love:
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"he gave his only begotten son."
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"god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son."
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This has been an interesting week in my life.
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It's been a reference and a reprise on other weeks
00:37:08.064 --> 00:37:10.467
That have gone before.
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Several years ago, when my oldest son david had graduated
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From high school, he decided that he would go
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To liberty university.
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I have no idea why all my children decided to go to school
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On the east coast, but that's how it happened.
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The plan was made that he and his friend who was going there
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With him would leave in the middle of the night, really,
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From our home, which, at that time,
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Was up here right behind the church.
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And so we got up, and they had a pickup truck,
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And they'd loaded the back of it with all of their stuff.
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And early in the morning, i stood out in front
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Of my house and i watched my oldest son disappear
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Down that hill and go 2,500 miles away.
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I wasn't ready for that.
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At that time, i was a lot younger
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Than i am now.
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I was running the block.
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I would start at my house up there.
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I'd run down, and i'd run down all around where the buses go,
00:38:12.529 --> 00:38:15.198
All around, past the high school and back,
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And up the hill to my house.
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And for the next two weeks, i did great till
00:38:20.270 --> 00:38:22.639
I got to the football field, and then i just fell apart.
00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:30.113
And then i experienced that with jennifer and jan and daniel.
00:38:30.113 --> 00:38:38.722
And this week, my son got in a pickup truck with his son
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Bradley and they drove across the country
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And i couldn't understand
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Why my son was so emotional.
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And then i thought, "it serves you right.
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That's what you did to me."
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And i tell you this story because there isn't any kind of
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A bond that i know of like the bond between a man and his son.
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I know there's a different kinda relationship with your daughter.
00:39:31.975 --> 00:39:34.577
I get that, and it's special, and some people will say,
00:39:34.577 --> 00:39:37.414
"oh, yeah, it's--" they're both different.
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They're different kinds of bonds.
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But when i read in the bible that god gave up
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His only begotten son and sent him here
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To this earth to die for my sin, i am just overwhelmed.
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I mean, i love you all you guys.
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I love you with a lot of love, but not enough to give you
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My son.
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You can't have him.
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And you get what i'm meaning, don't you?
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Let's don't spiritualize this so that it ends up in the cloud
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Someplace, and, "oh, yeah, well, that was some sort of a--"
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No, no, god put in the terms that he put it
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In so we would get the message.
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God loved his son as much as we love our sons,
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And he sent his son into this world,
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And he not only sent him into the world,
00:40:30.567 --> 00:40:32.101
He sent him knowing he would suffer and die
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So that you and i could be set free.
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Because, "the wages of sin is death," and somebody has to die.
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And if it's not jesus, it's us.
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And he took our place willingly because his father loved us
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So much he gave up heaven's best and sent jesus christ
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Down here to be our substitute so that through him,
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The infinite god, we could be set free.
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The sacrificial cost of god's love,
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And then there's the serious offer of god's love.
00:41:05.869 --> 00:41:10.540
As the words continue to unfold in john 3:16,
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We learn that "god so loved the world that he gave his only
00:41:13.543 --> 00:41:16.679
Begotten son that whoever," "whoever" means "you and me."
00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:21.718
And according to scripture, jesus died for the sin
00:41:21.718 --> 00:41:24.087
Of the entire world.
00:41:24.087 --> 00:41:25.421
There's enough grace at calvary to cover ever single person
00:41:25.421 --> 00:41:28.625
Who's ever lived in all the past eras of history,
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Or who will ever live as long as the planet endures,
00:41:31.594 --> 00:41:33.963
Or who is ever living now.
00:41:33.963 --> 00:41:36.466
He offers eternal life to everybody in north america,
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South america, asia, europe, antarctica, oceania,
00:41:39.469 --> 00:41:42.071
Africa, australia, uttermost parts of the world.
00:41:42.071 --> 00:41:46.709
You might be saying, "pastor jeremiah,
00:41:46.709 --> 00:41:48.478
You don't know how bad i am.
00:41:48.478 --> 00:41:51.714
You don't know how much baggage i have or how messed up i am."
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That doesn't make any difference.
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"whoever" means "you."
00:41:57.387 --> 00:41:59.455
There are no conditions on that word.
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In fact, here's a good thing for you to do.
00:42:01.457 --> 00:42:02.959
Go back and read it and put your name in there.
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"for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son
00:42:05.161 --> 00:42:07.330
That if david jeremiah would believe,
00:42:07.330 --> 00:42:10.567
He could have eternal life."
00:42:10.567 --> 00:42:13.002
That's how personal it is, how pointed it is.
00:42:13.002 --> 00:42:17.340
But we also learn the selective choice of god's love is
00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:19.943
You have to believe.
00:42:19.943 --> 00:42:22.312
Is the grace of god sufficient for everybody?
00:42:22.312 --> 00:42:24.514
Absolutely, but god doesn't just make a fiat decision,
00:42:24.514 --> 00:42:27.383
"okay, i love everybody, everybody gets to go to heaven."
00:42:27.383 --> 00:42:31.220
It's not how it works.
00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:33.723
Everybody is a candidate for heaven,
00:42:33.723 --> 00:42:36.259
But you only get to go to heaven if you believe.
00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:39.162
The offer is made to everybody, but its only received by those
00:42:39.162 --> 00:42:42.065
Who place their faith in christ.
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Many people reject this verse, and they choose not to believe,
00:42:44.067 --> 00:42:48.171
And they don't seem to want to benefit from the death
00:42:48.171 --> 00:42:50.239
Of the cross.
00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.741
But the bible says, "if you believe,
00:42:51.741 --> 00:42:54.210
You get in on the deal."
00:42:54.210 --> 00:42:56.446
Can i just put it that crassly?
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God has paid all the price.
00:42:58.881 --> 00:43:00.717
He's done all the work.
00:43:00.717 --> 00:43:02.051
There's nothing else you can do.
00:43:02.051 --> 00:43:03.720
Salvation is a free gift, but a gift has to be received
00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:07.290
In order for it to matter.
00:43:07.290 --> 00:43:09.292
And if you don't receive this free gift,
00:43:09.292 --> 00:43:11.094
If you just know about it, if you just learn about it,
00:43:11.094 --> 00:43:13.296
You hear it in church, you read about it in books,
00:43:13.296 --> 00:43:15.064
But you've never personally made a decision to say,
00:43:15.064 --> 00:43:18.568
"yes, i will receive that gift," if you haven't done that,
00:43:18.568 --> 00:43:23.906
Then the gift is meaningless to you.
00:43:23.906 --> 00:43:26.275
And someday, you'll stand before god and he's gonna say to you,
00:43:26.275 --> 00:43:28.945
"why should i let you into my heaven?"
00:43:28.945 --> 00:43:30.713
And you're gonna have to admit, "i knew about the gift.
00:43:30.713 --> 00:43:33.549
I saw the gift.
00:43:33.549 --> 00:43:34.884
It was laying right there in front of me, but i just never
00:43:34.884 --> 00:43:36.686
Picked it up and unwrapped it and made it my own."
00:43:36.686 --> 00:43:40.590
Friends, i need to tell you that to get to heaven,
00:43:40.590 --> 00:43:43.059
You have to receive the gift of eternal life through
00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:45.828
Jesus christ our lord.
00:43:45.828 --> 00:43:49.098
"for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
00:43:49.165 --> 00:43:54.070
That whoever believes in him," and that leads us
00:43:54.070 --> 00:43:58.675
To the special promise of god's love, "should not perish."
00:43:58.675 --> 00:44:06.215
God loved us so much he gave us his son,
00:44:08.184 --> 00:44:10.620
And the result of receiving his son is that you don't perish.
00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:13.623
You say, "well, what does it mean to perish?"
00:44:13.623 --> 00:44:16.025
It doesn't mean to be annihilated.
00:44:16.025 --> 00:44:18.394
Please hear me.
00:44:18.394 --> 00:44:19.896
A lot of people say, "well, i'm not worried about
00:44:19.896 --> 00:44:21.464
All this religious stuff.
00:44:21.464 --> 00:44:22.799
One day i'm gonna die, and i'll just go in the ground,
00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:24.801
And i'll die like a dog, and it's over."
00:44:24.801 --> 00:44:26.436
No, it's not over.
00:44:26.436 --> 00:44:28.805
Hear me carefully.
00:44:28.805 --> 00:44:30.273
Everybody in this room is gonna be alive somewhere forever,
00:44:30.273 --> 00:44:32.575
Ever, and ever.
00:44:32.575 --> 00:44:36.145
You'll either be alive forever in the presence of god,
00:44:36.145 --> 00:44:38.848
Or you'll be alive forever in the absence of god.
00:44:38.848 --> 00:44:42.585
But you don't die like a dog.
00:44:42.585 --> 00:44:44.520
When you die, your body goes in the ground,
00:44:44.520 --> 00:44:47.390
But your soul and spirit continues to live on.
00:44:47.390 --> 00:44:50.526
And one day, according to the word of god,
00:44:50.526 --> 00:44:52.628
If you know jesus christ as your savior,
00:44:52.628 --> 00:44:54.630
Your soul and spirit will be reunited with your body
00:44:54.630 --> 00:44:58.234
And you will go to heaven and spent eternity with the lord.
00:44:58.234 --> 00:45:02.171
But there's also the truth that you will not disappear
00:45:02.171 --> 00:45:05.708
If you don't know the lord.
00:45:05.708 --> 00:45:07.143
You will be accountable to god for your rejection
00:45:07.143 --> 00:45:09.779
And your rebellion.
00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:12.515
Notice the verse itself helps us.
00:45:12.515 --> 00:45:15.985
We're told that those believe have everlasting life,
00:45:15.985 --> 00:45:20.189
And those who don't, perish.
00:45:20.189 --> 00:45:22.759
So, what does it mean to perish?
00:45:22.759 --> 00:45:24.727
It means not to have everlasting life.
00:45:24.727 --> 00:45:26.596
The word "death" in the bible is not a word that means "the end."
00:45:28.364 --> 00:45:32.268
It means "separation."
00:45:32.268 --> 00:45:34.670
When you die, your soul and spirit are separated
00:45:34.670 --> 00:45:37.874
From your body.
00:45:37.874 --> 00:45:39.208
The bible says, "absent from the body,
00:45:39.208 --> 00:45:40.543
Present with the lord."
00:45:40.543 --> 00:45:43.312
The word "death" means "separation,"
00:45:43.312 --> 00:45:45.748
And spiritual death is the separation of your soul
00:45:45.748 --> 00:45:49.952
Forever and ever from almighty god.
00:45:49.952 --> 00:45:54.123
You can survive the first death, but you cannot survive
00:45:54.123 --> 00:45:56.726
The second death.
00:45:56.726 --> 00:45:58.494
If you don't receive jesus christ,
00:45:58.494 --> 00:45:59.829
If you don't accept his word, if you don't acknowledge
00:45:59.829 --> 00:46:02.131
His grace in your life and receive the gift
00:46:02.131 --> 00:46:04.500
That he sent his son to prepare for you, you perish.
00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:11.641
Don't take any comfort in that word.
00:46:11.641 --> 00:46:13.810
That word doesn't mean, "it's all over.
00:46:13.810 --> 00:46:15.745
I won't ever have to think about this again.
00:46:15.745 --> 00:46:17.480
My life is finished.
00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.948
I didn't get in all that religious stuff
00:46:18.948 --> 00:46:20.983
While i was living.
00:46:20.983 --> 00:46:22.351
I had a good time, and then i just perished."
00:46:22.351 --> 00:46:26.589
No, you're gonna be alive somewhere forever.
00:46:26.589 --> 00:46:30.760
And if you don't like that, i'm sorry.
00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:35.198
And if you don't think it's true,
00:46:35.198 --> 00:46:36.532
You should read the bible.
00:46:36.532 --> 00:46:37.867
Read the gospels and read how carefully the lord jesus defined
00:46:37.867 --> 00:46:42.104
What happens to you after you die if you have rejected
00:46:42.104 --> 00:46:46.108
His grace while you're alive.
00:46:46.108 --> 00:46:50.580
You know, the bible uses the word "saved" a lot.
00:46:50.580 --> 00:46:54.217
We've kinda almost stopped usin' that.
00:46:54.217 --> 00:46:55.818
Nobody wants to use the word "saved."
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I think there's somethin' about that word.
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I was riding in a car one day on my way to graduate school
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In denton, texas, and i saw a sign on the field
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That probably captured it.
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The first sign said, "are you saved?"
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And the second sign said, "i'm not interested
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In being saved except from nuts like you."
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That's what the sign said.
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And there's a lot of people that make fun of the word
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"being saved," but it's a good word.
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The bible uses the word: "whoever calls
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On the name of the lord shall be--"
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"if you confess with your mouth the lord jesus
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And believe that god has raised him from the dead,
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You will be--"
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Saved from what?
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From perishing.
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People who claim this promise as their own are freed
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From the fear of death, freed from perishing.
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The bible says that there are some people who go through
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Their whole life in bondage because of their fear of death.
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They can't ever live life, because all they think about
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Is dying.
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I've read so many stories about that.
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It's becoming almost epidemic.
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You know what?
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I don't wanna die, but i'm not afraid of it.
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What happens when you die if you're a christian is
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You shift into overdrive, amen?
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Your life just continues, but it gets better.
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Death is a hard thing. nobody wants to die.
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I don't know anybody in their right mind who wants to die.
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When i accepted jesus christ, really understood it,
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It didn't keep me awake at night anymore,
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Wondering what would happen if somethin' happened to me
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Before the morning hours.
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Hundreds and thousands of times as pastor of your church,
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I have witnessed people come to christ,
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And what happens to them is an amazing story.
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There's so many stories in this church.
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I could devote a whole month to just telling you the stories
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Of what god's done in the lives of people who have been saved,
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Saved by the grace of god.
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My father had a radio ministry when i was growing up,
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And his theme song was an old gospel song that went like this:
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"saved, saved, saved."
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Every word was "saved" just about.
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It was a high-energy song.
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We used to sing that every sunday night
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Because the sunday-night service was broadcast live.
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And we need to reinstitute the word "saved."
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Somebody asks you, "how are you doing?"
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You say, "i'm saved."
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See what that does.
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I'm sure you'll have a good conversation about that.
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Here's the last point, number seven, the satisfying
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Fulfillment of god's love, "but have everlasting life."
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Let me tell you something important
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About everlasting life.
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It doesn't begin when you die.
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I've heard people say, and even see it on--
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I see it on tombstones, "born: such and such a time,
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Entered into everlasting life: and the day of their death."
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That's not biblical.
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The bible says, "the moment you believe in jesus christ,
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Everlasting life starts, everlasting life begins."
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It doesn't begin when we die.
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It begins the moment we receive jesus christ.
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And the biblical concept of eternal life
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Isn't merely about the duration of life.
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It's about the quality of life.
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Jesus said, "i have come that you might have life
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And have it more abundantly."
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Everlasting life is everyday life
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Elevated to a whole new level.
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The day you trust jesus christ as your savior is
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The day you begin living in the dimension of everlasting life.
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You are born again.
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"if anyone is in christ, he's a new creature."
00:50:40.476 --> 00:50:44.180
When we die, we shift into overdrive.
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We go on living without interruption with the lord.
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So if you're lookin' to find some satisfying quality of life
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Apart from god, you're on a mission
00:50:55.057 --> 00:50:56.892
That can never ever happen.
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If you're trying to cram a lot of experiences
00:50:59.562 --> 00:51:01.730
Into the empty space in your heart, it won't work.
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If you're seeking more pleasures to deaden your pain, forget it.
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What you really are looking for is the kind of life
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The bible describes as, "abundant, eternal,
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Everlasting life."
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And only jesus can give you that.
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Back in 1952, billy graham began a daily newspaper column called
00:51:23.452 --> 00:51:27.990
"my answer," and it was, like, somebody would write
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In a question, and billy graham would write a little article
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About the question.
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The column ran for over 60 years in most of the newspapers
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Around the world.
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But a few days after he passed away,
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His column appeared for the final time.
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And obviously, he had written this before he died.
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He was all ready.
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He wrote this column and filed it so it could be printed
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The day after he died.
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Here's what he said: "by the time you read this,
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I'll be in heaven.
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And as i write this, i'm looking forward with great anticipation
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To the day when i will be in god's presence forever.
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I'm convinced that heaven's far more glorious
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Than anything we can possibly imagine right now.
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And i look forward not only to its wonder and peace,
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But to the joy of being reunited with those who have gone
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Before me, especially my dear wife, ruth.
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The bible says, 'now we see but a poor reflection
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As in a mirror, but we shall see face to face.'
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I won't be in heaven," said billy graham,
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"because i've preached to large crowds,
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Or because i've tried to live a good life.
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I'll be i heaven for one reason: many years ago,
00:52:38.227 --> 00:52:41.997
I put my faith and trust in jesus christ,
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Who died on the cross to make our forgiveness possible
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And rose again from the dead to give us eternal life.
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Do you know you will go to heaven when you die?"
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He wrote.
00:52:54.710 --> 00:52:56.378
"you can know that by committing your life to jesus christ."
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And the last words he ever wrote before he went to heaven were:
00:52:59.882 --> 00:53:04.186
"for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
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That whoever believes in him shall not perish
00:53:09.491 --> 00:53:12.461
But have everlasting life."
00:53:12.461 --> 00:53:14.830
Ladies and gentlemen, if you do not know jesus christ,
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There's nothing more important for you to deal with.
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You might have great business things goin' on,
00:53:25.608 --> 00:53:28.010
Family issues to deal with, but if you don't know christ,
00:53:28.010 --> 00:53:30.646
You're starting way down the list of priorities.
00:53:30.646 --> 00:53:35.017
The most important thing you can ever do is make sure you are
00:53:35.017 --> 00:53:38.554
Related to the father in heaven through his son jesus christ.
00:53:38.554 --> 00:53:41.890
Jesus said it this way.
00:53:41.890 --> 00:53:43.659
He said, "i am the way, the truth, and the life.
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And no one comes to the father except through me."
00:53:46.829 --> 00:53:51.634
I wanna ask you today, have you trusted christ as your savior?
00:53:51.634 --> 00:53:54.503
I know you think, "pastor jeremiah,
00:53:54.503 --> 00:53:56.038
You keep talkin' about this all the time."
00:53:56.038 --> 00:53:58.807
I'm never ever gonna stop talkin' about it,
00:53:58.807 --> 00:54:01.944
So let me ask you again.
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What are you going to say when you stand before almighty god
00:54:03.912 --> 00:54:07.383
In heaven and he says to you, "why should i let you
00:54:07.383 --> 00:54:10.286
Into my heaven?"
00:54:10.286 --> 00:54:11.987
Don't give me all this mitigating nonsense
00:54:11.987 --> 00:54:13.589
About a good life.
00:54:13.589 --> 00:54:14.923
That's doesn't make any difference,
00:54:14.923 --> 00:54:16.358
'cause you can never live a perfect life,
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And that's the standard.
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You need to be able to say, "because, oh, god,
00:54:20.396 --> 00:54:22.431
One day i heard the message of the gospel,
00:54:22.431 --> 00:54:24.767
And i received your son jesus christ
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That you gave to this earth so that i could be forgiven.
00:54:26.702 --> 00:54:30.105
I have no claim to heaven except in jesus."
00:54:30.105 --> 00:54:32.474
And you will hear him say, "welcome to heaven,
00:54:32.474 --> 00:54:35.511
Welcome to heaven, welcome to eternal life with jesus christ."
00:54:35.511 --> 00:54:40.716
Male announcer: dr. jeremiah will return
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Announcer: and now, with one last word
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For today's program, here is dr. jeremiah.
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Dr. jeremiah: the grace of god is sufficient for everybody,
00:55:49.318 --> 00:55:52.521
But it's only efficient for those
00:55:52.521 --> 00:55:54.823
Who put their trust in him.
00:55:54.823 --> 00:55:57.426
The offer is made to all, but it's received only
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By those who've placed their faith in him.
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We have to choose to trust christ and make him
00:56:03.832 --> 00:56:07.002
Our savior and lord.
00:56:07.002 --> 00:56:09.338
So, if you have never made that choice,
00:56:09.338 --> 00:56:12.241
I want to invite you to do that today.
00:56:12.241 --> 00:56:15.077
If you do, not only will you enjoy everlasting life
00:56:15.077 --> 00:56:18.714
In heaven, but you will experience
00:56:18.714 --> 00:56:21.150
The abundant life here on earth
00:56:21.150 --> 00:56:23.886
That comes only by knowing christ.
00:56:23.886 --> 00:56:26.422
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00:56:27.790 --> 00:56:30.626
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Announcer: next time on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: what we do know for sure is,
00:56:57.586 --> 00:56:59.488
From the time you became a christian
00:56:59.488 --> 00:57:01.156
And the time i became a christian,
00:57:01.156 --> 00:57:03.091
The coming of christ is nearer than it was then.
00:57:03.091 --> 00:57:05.594
Sheila walsh: that's good news.
00:57:05.594 --> 00:57:06.929
Dr. jeremiah: and what we aren't supposed to do
00:57:06.929 --> 00:57:08.630
Is try to determine the time,
00:57:08.630 --> 00:57:10.666
But to be ready whatever time it is.
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Announcer: join dr. jeremiah next time for his series,
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"signs, undeniable prophecies of the apocalypse,"
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Starting with a special interview where dr. jeremiah
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Discusses the importance of studying prophecy,
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Here on "turning point."
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David Jeremiah - Knowing A Loving God

April 27, 2025 | 57:29

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