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The Writing on the Wall

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October 27, 2019

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The Writing on the Wall

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WHEN THE LOST ARE FOUND.
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O CAN YOU HEAR ALL THE ANGELS ARE SINGING
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THIS IS THE DAY THE DAY WHEN LIFE BEGINS.
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THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
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I WAS AT THE GYM THE OTHER DAY.
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IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT I GO TO THE GYM,
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BUT SOMEONE OFFERED TO WEIGH ME FOR FREE
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ON THIS VERY FANCY HIGH-TECH SCALE.
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IT NORMALLY COSTS YOU KNOW MAYBE $100.
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HE SAYS, "I'LL WEIGH YOU FOR FREE AND THEN
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I'LL MEASURE YOUR HEIGHT."
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SO I GOT ON THE SCALE AND I HAVE TO ADMIT TO YOU,
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I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED BY MY WEIGHT.
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IT WAS HIGHER THAN I WANTED IT TO BE.
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THEN HE SAID, "LET ME MEASURE YOU,"
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AND HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS 5'9"
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SO WAIT A SECOND. I USED TO BE 5'10"
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AND NOW I'M 5'9" SO I'VE SHRUNK AN INCH,
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I'VE GAINED WEIGHT AND I'M BALD.
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THIS JUST ISN'T FAIR.
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SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE GAIN WEIGHT WE GO ON DIETS.
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I'VE NOTICED THAT THE KETO DIET
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IS VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW.
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YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT? THE KETOSIS DIET.
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YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE GREATEST DIET ON EARTH
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FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS, RIGHT.
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BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY CAN EAT FAT AND PROTEINS
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BUT NO CARBS, RIGHT.
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SO YOU CAN EAT MEAT AND YOU CAN EAT BEEF AND
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CHICKEN AND PORK AND BACON AND CHEESE AND IF YOU GET
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A LATTE OR A CAPPUCCINO YOU DON'T GET IT WITH
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TWO PERCENT MILK, YOU GET IT WITH HALF AND HALF
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OR WHIPPING CREAM. IT'S AMAZING.
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BUT THEN AFTER TWO DAYS, I AM LIKE DREAMING OF CARBS.
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I'M DREAMING ABOUT PIZZA AND PANCAKES
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AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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BUT THE OBJECTIVE OF A DIET WHATEVER DIET YOU'RE
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ON IS TO GET YOUR WEIGHT TO GO DOWN ON THE SCALE.
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QUESTION: DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS SCALES TOO?
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BUT ON GOD'S SCALES, YOU DON'T WANT TO WEIGH LESS;
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YOU WANT TO WEIGH MORE.
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BEFORE US HERE IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS A STORY
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OF A YOUNG KING OF BABYLON. HIS NAME WAS BELSHAZZAR.
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HE WAS EFFECTIVELY PLACED ON GOD'S SCALES
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AND WAS TOLD BY THE LORD HIMSELF THAT
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HE WAS A SPIRITUAL LIGHTWEIGHT.
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IT IS IN THIS STORY THAT WE GET THE PHRASE
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"THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL."
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HAVE YOU HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE?
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THIS IS WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
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SO BELSHAZZAR WAS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS THE KING THAT TOOK
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THE ISRAELITES INTO CAPTIVITY INTO BABYLON.
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HE WAS A VERY WICKED KING.
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A VERY EVIL MAN, BUT AMAZINGLY HE CAME
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TO BELIEVE IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL AND ACTUALLY SENT
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THE MESSAGE OUT TO HIS WHOLE KINGDOM THAT
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HE NOW WAS A BELIEVER BUT SOMETHING DIDN'T
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GET PASSED ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION
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AND THE GENERATION TO FOLLOW.
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SO AS WE COME TO OUR STORY NOW, WE HAVE HIS GRANDSON
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BELSHAZZAR WHO IS LITERALLY GOING OUT
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OF HIS WAY TO MOCK GOD.
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HE'S GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO SHAKE HIS FIST
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AT GOD AND TO DEFY HIM.
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I SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
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BIT OF A MOCKER MYSELF.
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I WAS DRIVING ALONG ONE TIME IN THE SOUTH AND
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I SAW A TOWN CALLED MOCKSVILLE.
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I THOUGHT I SHOULD'VE BEEN BORN IN MOCKSVILLE INSTEAD
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OF LONG BEACH BECAUSE I AS A KID WOULD
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ALWAYS MOCK AUTHORITY FIGURES. I WOULD MOCK THE TEACHERS.
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GET INTO TROUBLE AND I USED TO MOCK CHRISTIANS.
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I THOUGHT THEY WERE COLLECTIVELY NUTS.
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I THOUGHT THEY WERE ONE TACO SHORT OF A
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COMBINATION PLATE, RIGHT, AND THEY WERE
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ON MY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
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WE DIDN'T CALL THEM CHRISTIANS; WE CALLED
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THEM JESUS FREAKS AND MY FRIENDS WARNED ME AND THEY
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SAID, BECAUSE I JUST TRANSFERRED TO THAT CAMPUS
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IN NEWPORT BEACH HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL,
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THEY SAID "GREG, BE CAREFUL.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF JESUS FREAKS ON THIS CAMPUS."
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I SAID, "GIVE ME A BREAK.
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THE LAST THING GREG LAURIE WILL EVER DO
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IS BECOME A JESUS FREAK." FAMOUS LAST WORD.
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[laughter]
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SO I THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY.
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I DISMISSED THEM.
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BUT THEN I SAW THIS REALLY CUTE GIRL AND SHE HAD
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A BIBLE AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
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"WHY WOULD A PERFECTLY CUTE GIRL CARRY A BIBLE?"
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SO I WAS INTRIGUED.
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SO I WENT AND SAT CLOSE ENOUGH TO ONE OF THEIR
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MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY HAD THESE LITTLE BIBLE STUDIES
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IN THE FRONT LAWN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
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I SAT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SORT OF EAVESDROP ON THEIR
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CONVERSATION BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH WHERE PEOPLE WOULD
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THINK I WAS ACTUALLY JOINING THEM AND THAT WAS
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THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE GOSPEL AND THAT WAS THE
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DAY I PUT MY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AND I HAVE
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NEVER REGRETTED THAT DAY. NEVER.
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[applause]
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SO COMING BACK TO OUR STORY.
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HERE IS BELSHAZZAR SHAKING HIS FIST AT GOD.
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THE MESSAGE HAD NOT BEEN PASSED ON.
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ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE HE HAD A FATHER
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WHOSE NAME WAS EVIL MERODACH.
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I MEAN WHO NAMES THEIR KID EVIL?
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YOU KNOW THAT KID IS NOT GOING TO TURN OUT
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WELL IF YOU NAME HIM EVIL.
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UNLESS HE'S EVEL KNIEVEL WHO ACTUALLY,
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I HEARD, CAME TO CHRIST.
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SO THAT WORKED OUT FOR EVEL KNIEVEL.
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WELL THIS EVIL MERODACH LIVED UP TO HIS NAME AND
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HE HAS A SON NAMED BELSHAZZAR WHO HAS
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NO INTEREST IN GOD WHATSOEVER.
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WHY DO I BRING THAT UP?
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LISTEN TO THIS,
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JUST BECAUSE YOUR GRANDPARENTS, OR EVEN YOUR
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PARENTS BELIEVED IN JESUS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
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AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A BELIEVER.
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JESUS SAID, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN."
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[applause]
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I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "WELL YOU KNOW, I'M A
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CHRISTIAN I'M JUST NOT ONE OF THOSE BORN AGAINS."
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LISTEN MAN, YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO
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ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND I'M GOING TO
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TELL YOU HOW TO DO THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
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SO HERE'S THE STORY RIGHT HERE IN DANIEL CHAPTER FIVE.
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LET ME READ IT TO YOU.
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"KING BELSHAZZAR GAVE A GREAT FEAST FOR 1.000 OF
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HIS NOBLES, AND HE DRANK WINE WITH THEM.
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WHILE BELSHAZZAR WAS DRINKING THE WINE, HE GAVE
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ORDERS TO BRING IN THE GOLD AND SILVER CUPS
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THAT HIS PREDECESSOR, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, HAD TAKEN
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FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
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THESE WERE HOLY OBJECTS USED IN WORSHIP BY THE
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JEWISH PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN WITH THE JEWISH
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PEOPLE INTO CAPTIVITY INTO BABYLON.
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HE WANTED TO DRINK FROM THEM WITH HIS NOBLES, HIS
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WIVES, AND HIS CONCUBINES."
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A CONCUBINE IS AND YOU'RE
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YOUNG, ASK YOUR MOM AND DAD LATER.
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"SO THEY BROUGHT THESE GOLD CUPS TAKEN FROM THE
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TEMPLE, THE HOUSE OF GOD IN JERUSALEM, AND THE KING
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AND HIS NOBLES, HIS WIVES, WERE DRINKING FROM THEM.
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WHILE THEY DRANK FROM THEM THEY PRAISED THEIR IDOLS
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MADE OF GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, SUDDENLY THEY SAW
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THE FINGERS OF A HUMAN HAND WRITING ON THE WALL
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OF THE KING'S PALACE NEAR THE LAMPSTAND.
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THE KING SAW THE HAND AS IT WROTE AND HIS FACE
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TURNED PALE WITH FRIGHT.
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HIS KNEES KNOCKED TOGETHER IN FEAR
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AND HIS LEGS GAVE WAY BENEATH HIM."
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WOW. WHAT A VIVID STORY.
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SO HERE'S THE KING PARTYING AWAY.
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THESE OLD ANCIENT KINGS -THEY LOVE TO FLAUNT THEIR WEALTH.
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IF BELSHAZZAR WAS AROUND TODAY AND HAD AN INSTAGRAM
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ACCOUNT HE WOULD BE SITTING ON A PILE OF MONEY
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WITH GOLD CHAINS HANGING AROUND HIS NECK WITH
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BABES AND BENTLEYS IN THE BACKGROUND.
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HE WAS FLAUNTING HIS WEALTH. LIVING LARGE.
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LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
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HE WAS DRINKING.
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NOT USUALLY A GOOD COMBINATION.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE NOTICED THIS BUT DRINKING
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MAKES YOU DO STUPID STUFF.
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I JUST READ ABOUT A FOUR-YEAR STUDY
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THAT DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING:
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"YOUNG ADULTS WHO BINGE DRINK FREQUENTLY ARE
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MORE LIKELY TO SHOW DISADVANTAGEOUS DECISION
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MAKING PATTERNS THAN THEIR PEERS WHO DON'T DRINK."
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YOU NEEDED A FOUR-YEAR STUDY TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
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GIVE ME A BREAK. SO HERE HE IS.
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HE IS HAVING A BIG OLD PARTY.
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YOU KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN JUST
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LIVE AS THEY WANT AND DISREGARD THE STANDARDS
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THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
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WE CALL THEM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
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YOU SHALL NOT STEAL. YOU SHALL NOT LIE.
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YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
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YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN.
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GOD DOESN'T GIVE US THOSE STANDARDS TO RUIN OUR LIVES.
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HE GIVES THEM TO US TO PROTECT US FROM HARM.
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THEY ARE NOT SOME BIG WALL THAT KEEPS THE FUN OUT.
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THEY ARE A WALL OF PROTECTION THAT KEEP US SAFE.
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WHEN YOU START BREAKING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS
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YOU ARE GOING TO REAP THE CONSEQUENCES.
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OH I KNOW YOU THINK I CAN DRINK.
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IT WON'T AFFECT ME.
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I CAN DO SOME DRUGS HERE AND I WON'T BECOME
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AN ADDICT OF ANY KIND.
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I WILL GET INTO THIS THING AND IT WON'T TAKE ME OVER.
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AND THEN ONE DAY YOU FIND YOURSELF FACING
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THE MASSIVE CONSEQUENCES OF ALL OF THE BAD DECISIONS
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THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
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SO HERE IS THE KING LIVING LARGE AND SUDDENLY WE READ
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HE SAW A HAND WRITING ON A WALL.
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IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD.
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I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE MUSICIAN MOBY WHO HAS
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HAD GLOBAL SUCCESS.
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HE WROTE ABOUT IT IN A BOOK WITH THE TITLE
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AND THEN IT FELL APART.
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IN THE BOOK IT SAYS OF HIS LIFE, "FAME WAS GOLD AND
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PLATINUM RECORDS STACKED IN THE HALLWAY OF HIS
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SMALL MOTT STREET APARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
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FAME WAS ALSO LOTS OF SPONTANEOUS SEX, ECSTASY,
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VODKA, AND ANYTHING ELSE OFFERED."
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SOME PEOPLE ARE HEARING THIS GOING THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
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WELL IT WASN'T SO AWESOME FOR MOBY BECAUSE HE FOUND
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HIMSELF LOOKING WITH ENVY ON HIS FRIEND HEATH LEDGER
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WHO HAD DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE NOT FAR FROM
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WHERE MOBY WAS LIVING.
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SO ONE NIGHT MOBY PULLED OUT A PLASTIC BAG,
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PUT IT OVER HIS HEAD,
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FASTENED A BELT AT IT'S BASE AND CLOSED HIS EYES
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EFFECTIVELY ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.
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THANKFULLY HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
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AND WENT AND SOUGHT TREATMENT.
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BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN SO DESPONDENT YOU
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HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE.
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SOME OF YOU LISTENING TO MY MESSAGE RIGHT NOW HAVE
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AS WELL.
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BECAUSE YOU CHASED AFTER EVERYTHING THIS CULTURE
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HAS TO OFFER AND YOU FOUND IT WAS EMPTY.
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YOU CHECKED ALL OF THE BOXES.
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YOU GOT TO THE TOP.
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YOU FOUND OUT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO FILL THAT HOLE IN YOUR
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SOUL? DRUGS? DRINKING? SEX? SOME WOULD SAY FAME.
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"MAN, IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING FAMOUS.
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I WANT TO BE INSTA-FAMOUS. I WANT TO BE A YOUTUBER.
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I WANT TO BE AN INFLUENCER." REALLY?
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I READ IN 2017 FORBES MAGAZINE REPORTED THAT
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1 IN 4 MILLENNIALS WOULD QUIT THEIR JOBS TO BECOME FAMOUS.
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WELL, BELSHAZZAR WAS FAMOUS AND HE WAS
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POWERFUL AND NOW HE WAS IN TROUBLE.
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AS HE SEES THE HAND WRITING ON THE WALL.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT SAYS HIS KNEES
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STARTED KNOCKING AND ONE TRANSLATOR LOOKING AT
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THIS VERSE SAID THAT HE BASICALLY DEFECATED.
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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YES, HE POOPED IN HIS PANTS.
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IF YOU SAW A HAND WRITING ON THE WALL,
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YOU MIGHT DO THE SAME THING.
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IT FREAKED HIM OUT AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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SO HE CALLED IN ALL THESE ASTROLOGERS FOR ADVICE AND
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THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AND THEN SOMEONE
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SAID, "MAN, YOU BETTER TALK TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER,"
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SO GRANDMA COMES WALKING IN AND LISTEN,
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SHE WASN'T HAPPY.
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IF MOMMA AIN'T HAPPY, AIN'T NOBODY HAPPY.
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AND GRANDMA, THE WIFE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAID, "WHY
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HAVEN'T YOU CALLED ON THE PROPHET DANIEL?"
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HE REALLY HELPED OUT YOUR FATHER,
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YOUR GRANDFATHER RATHER.
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WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM?"
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"ALL RIGHT, BRING THE OLD DUDE IN.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO SAY TO ME.
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I'M THE YOUNG BOY KING."
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SO IN COMES DANIEL. HE'S AROUND 90 YEARS OLD.
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HE HADN'T BEEN DOING MUCH LATELY.
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HE HAD GONE OFF ALL SOCIAL MEDIA.
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HE WAS JUST KIND OF OFF THE GRID.
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DANIEL WALKS IN, HE LOOKS ON THE WALL, HE SEES THE
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WRITING AND HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS AND NOW HE'S
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GOING TO TELL THE KING WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
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WE READ THAT DANIEL SAYS TO HIM, "O BELSHAZZAR, YOU
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KNEW THESE THINGS, AND YOU'VE NOT HUMBLED YOURSELF."
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTION,
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HOW COULD A GOD OF LOVE SEND SOMEONE TO HELL?
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE REAL ISSUE PEOPLE ARE
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SOMETIMES COMING TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT ABOUT THE
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PERSON WHO HAS NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL BEFORE?
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WILL GOD SEND THEM TO HELL?
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LISTEN TO ME, THE LAST THING GOD ALMIGHTY WANTS
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TO DO IS TO SEND ANY MAN OR ANY WOMAN TO HELL.
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HELL WAS NOT MADE FOR PEOPLE;
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HELL WAS MADE FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
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GOD WANTS YOU TO GO TO HEAVEN.
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THAT'S WHY HE SENT HIS SON JESUS CHRIST ON A RESCUE
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MISSION FROM HEAVEN TO DIE ON THE CROSS AND PAY FOR
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YOUR SINS SO YOU COULD GO TO HEAVEN.
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[applause]
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YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON WHO HAS
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NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL?
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
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YOU KNOW, THE PERSON LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.
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THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE
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OF A DESERT FOR SOME REASON.
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HEY, GOD WILL JUDGE THEM ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT
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THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED, BUT CHECK THIS OUT.
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KNOWLEDGE BRINGS RESPONSIBILITY AND
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YOU'RE HEARING THE GOSPEL TONIGHT.
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YOU SAY, WHAT IS THIS THING YOU SAY GOSPEL?
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WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE WORD GOSPEL MEANS GOOD NEWS.
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HERE'S THE GOSPEL IN A NUTSHELL,
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HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU.
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YOU WERE MADE BY GOD IN HIS IMAGE,
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BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOU'RE SEPARATED FROM
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GOD BY YOUR SIN AND EVERYBODY SINS.
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SOME SIN MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT EVERYONE SINS.
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THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A HOLE IN YOUR HEART.
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THAT'S WHY THERE'S A VOID IN YOUR LIFE.
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THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEARCHING.
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SO THAT'S THE BAD NEWS - YOU'VE SINNED, YOU'VE
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BROKEN GOD'S COMMANDMENTS YOU'RE SEPARATED FROM GOD.
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BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, GOD SENT HIS SON TO DIE ON
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THE CROSS FOR YOUR SIN BECAUSE ONLY JESUS CHRIST
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WAS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN
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HOLY PERFECT GOD AND UNHOLY IMPERFECT HUMANITY
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AND WITH ONE HAND AND THE OTHER HAND ON THE CROSS,
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SPIKES WERE DRIVEN THROUGH THEM.
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AND WITH ONE HAND JESUS TOOK HOLD OF SINFUL PEOPLE
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LIKE US AND HE TOOK HOLD OF THE HOLY HAND OF GOD
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AND HE DIED THERE IN OUR PLACE.
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JESUS CAME TO PAY A DEBT HE DID NOT OWE BECAUSE
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WE OWED A DEBT WE COULD NOT PAY.
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SO YES, YOU'LL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU KNOW.
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SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE HERE TONIGHT SAYING,
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"I NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS.
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I NEVER REALIZED I NEEDED TO BELIEVE IN JESUS."
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NOW YOU KNOW.
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HERE'S THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
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THE WORDS WERE "MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN."
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DANIEL LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS,
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"OKAY, MAN, THIS IS NOT THE BEST NEWS.
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WHAT THIS MEANS IS YOU'VE BEEN WEIGHED IN GOD'S
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SCALES AND YOU'VE BEEN FOUND LACKING."
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YEAH. THAT'S IT. PARTY IS OVER.
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LISTEN, THERE'S GOING TO COME A LAST NIGHT TO EVERY
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PERSON AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE WHAT WILL
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BE YOUR LAST WORDS.
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YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE YOUR LAST
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WORDS BUT THEY WILL BE.
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MICHAEL JACKSON WAS LEAVING PRACTICE FOR HIS
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"THIS IS IT" CONCERT TOUR AND HIS LAST WORDS WERE
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"THIS IS IT. THIS REALLY IS IT,"
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AND HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
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THE LAST WORDS OF P. T. BARNUM, THEY ACTUALLY MADE A MOVIE
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ABOUT HIS LIFE CALLED "THE GREATEST SHOWMAN",
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THE LAST WORDS OF THIS GREAT SHOWMAN WERE
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"WHAT WERE LAST NIGHTS RECEIPTS?"
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YOU CAN SEE WHERE HIS PRIORITIES WERE.
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ON MARCH 14, 1883, KARL MARX WAS PREPARING TO DIE
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AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER SAID, "TELL ME YOUR LAST WORDS,
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AND I'LL WRITE THEM DOWN."
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KARL MARX SAID, "GET OUT!
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LAST WORDS ARE FOR FOOLS WHO HAVEN'T SAID ENOUGH."
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IN CONTRAST TO KARL MARX, GROUCHO MARX GAVE HIS LAST
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WORDS WHICH WERE, "DIE, MY DEAR, WHY THAT'S THE LAST
00:17:41.030 --> 00:17:44.140
THING I'LL DO," AND THEN HE DIED.
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NOSTRADAMUS WHO IS KNOWN FOR PREDICTING THE FUTURE,
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NOT VERY ACCURATELY I MIGHT ADD, PREDICTED
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THE FUTURE RIGHT ONE TIME WHEN HE SAID,
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"TOMORROW I SHALL NO LONGER BE HERE."
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AND THOSE TURNED OUT TO BE HIS LAST WORDS.
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BRAD DELP THE LEAD SINGER OF THE ROCK BAND
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"BOSTON" COMMITTED SUICIDE.
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ON A NOTE CLIPPED TO HIS SHIRT WERE HIS FINAL WORDS:
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"I AM A LONELY SOUL."
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ONE DAY YOU'LL GIVE YOUR LAST WORDS.
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ONE DAY YOU'LL HAVE YOUR LAST MEAL.
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SEE IT WAS TOO LATE FOR BELSHAZZAR.
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NOW, IF HE HAD TURNED TO GOD AT THAT MOMENT, GOD
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WOULD'VE FORGIVEN HIM; BUT HE DIDN'T AND THERE'S
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GOING TO COME A LAST MOMENT AND I WONDER IF
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THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY HERE IN THIS STADIUM OR
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SOMEBODY HEARING ME OR WATCHING ME RIGHT NOW THAT
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IS HEARING THE GOSPEL FOR THE LAST TIME.
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SOMEONE'S NAME IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE STATISTICS
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LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
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ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PASSED INTO ETERNITY.
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ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO BE YOU AND ONE DAY IT'S GOING
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TO BE ME BECAUSE THE STATISTICS ON DEATH
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ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE.
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ONE OUT OF EVERY ONE PERSONS WILL DIE.
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BUT THE CHRISTIAN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO DIE.
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IT'S NOT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT, WE JUST
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DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF IT BECAUSE DEATH WAS
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DEFEATED AT THE CROSS WHEN JESUS DIED FOR US.
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[applause]
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OH, SURE, OUR BODIES WILL BE LAID INTO THE GROUND
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ONE DAY, BUT OUR SOUL GOES TO HEAVEN BECAUSE
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WE PUT OUR FAITH TO CHRIST. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:27.050
"TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN."
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THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
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LET ME CLOSE WITH ONE STORY ABOUT ANOTHER
00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:36.020
TIME THAT GOD WROTE.
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THIS TIME IT WASN'T ON A WALL.
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THIS TIME IT WAS IN THE SAND.
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IT WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS CAUGHT IN
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THE VERY SIN OF ADULTERY.
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THEY DRUG HER AND THREW HER DOWN ON THE GROUND
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IN FRONT OF JESUS, AND THEY SAID "THE LAW SAYS SHE
00:19:51.290 --> 00:19:55.050
SHOULD BE CONDEMNED. WHAT DO YOU SAY?"
00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:59.260
JESUS LOOKED AROUND AND THE BIBLE SAYS
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HE WROTE ON THE GROUND.
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WROTE.
00:20:03.190 --> 00:20:05.110
THEN HE STOOD UP AND HE SAID, "LET HIM THAT
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IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE."
00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.010
THEN HE STOOPED DOWN AND WROTE ON THE GROUND AGAIN.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THEY LEFT FROM
00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:16.020
THE OLDEST TO THE YOUNGEST. I WONDER WHAT HE WROTE.
00:20:16.050 --> 00:20:19.290
I BET HE WROTE THE NAMES OF SOME OF THEM.
00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:22.230
I SEE A JOSHUA JOSHUA.
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MAYBE HE WROTE NEXT TO HIS NAME THE SIN HE WAS
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COMMITTING AT THAT MOMENT.
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HE CLEARED THE HOUSE.
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SO HERE'S THIS WOMAN ON THE GROUND AND JESUS SAYS
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TO HER, "WOMAN," AND BY THE WAY HE USED THE VERY
00:20:34.270 --> 00:20:37.120
RESPECTFUL TERM ALMOST LIKE SAYING, "LADY" OR "MA'AM."
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"MA'AM, LADY, WHERE ARE YOUR ACCUSERS?"
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SHE LOOKS AROUND.
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SHE SAYS, "LORD, I DON'T HAVE ANY."
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HE SAYS, "NEITHER DO I ACCUSE YOU.
00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:51.190
GO AND SIN NO MORE."
00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:54.250
THAT'S WHAT JESUS WILL SAY TO YOU TONIGHT.
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HE CAN FORGIVE YOU OF ALL OF YOUR SIN.
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[applause]
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SO IN THIS STORY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:04.100
THE BOOK OF DANIEL, GOD WROTE ON THE WALL.
00:21:04.130 --> 00:21:06.250
IN THE STORY I JUST TOLD YOU, GOD WROTE IN THE SAND.
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GOD CAN WRITE A NEW ENDING TO YOUR STORY RIGHT NOW.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "WE LIVE OUR LIFE LIKE A STORY
00:21:15.270 --> 00:21:18.180
THAT'S BEING TOLD AND THE WAY THAT YOU'RE LIVING
00:21:18.210 --> 00:21:21.020
YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR STORY IS
00:21:21.050 --> 00:21:23.120
GOING TO BE A TRAGEDY, BUT GOD CAN CHANGE YOUR STORY.
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GOD CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING, BUT YOU MUST COME
00:21:27.110 --> 00:21:30.280
TO HIM AND SAY, "LORD, I NEED YOUR HELP.
00:21:31.010 --> 00:21:33.050
I NEED YOUR FORGIVENESS."
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I JUST WROTE A BOOK ABOUT JOHNNY CASH,
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THE MUSICAL LEGEND.
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WHAT A FASCINATING GUY HE IS.
00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:41.100
RAISED IN THE CHURCH, RAISED BELIEVING,
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AND THEN JOHNNY REACHED GLOBAL FAME IN HIS
00:21:44.190 --> 00:21:47.020
CAREER SELLING MILLIONS OF RECORDS.
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SELLING OUT HUGE ARENAS.
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BUT THEN HE STARTED USING AMPHETAMINES
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AND HE STARTED DRINKING AND HE MESSED UP
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A LOT OF TIMES IN HIS LIFE.
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BUT HERE IS WHY JOHNNY CASH DID NOT JOIN THE
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PANTHEON OF ROCK STARS OF DAYS GONE BY WHO DIED TOO YOUNG.
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HERE'S WHY JOHNNY DID NOT JOIN THE RANKS OF
00:22:07.230 --> 00:22:10.090
JIMI HENDRIX AND JANIS JOPLIN AND KURT COBAIN OR
00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:16.260
AMY WINEHOUSE OR A HOST OF OTHERS,
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BECAUSE JOHNNY KNEW WHEN HE WAS IN TROUBLE
00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:21.240
HE NEEDED TO TURN TO GOD.
00:22:21.270 --> 00:22:23.230
HE DIDN'T LIVE A PERFECT LIFE BUT HE WAS A BELIEVER
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AND GOD FORGAVE HIM AND GAVE HIM SECOND CHANCES
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AND GOD STILL GIVES SECOND CHANCES
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AND HE'LL GIVE ONE TO YOU TONIGHT.
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[applause]
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YOU SAY, "OKAY, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?"
00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:42.090
OKAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO ANYTHING ELSE
00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:44.230
I'VE SAID, JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A MOMENT.
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IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR SIN FORGIVEN, IF YOU WANT
00:22:47.170 --> 00:22:52.210
TO FILL THAT HOLE IN YOUR HEART, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:56.250
YOUR GUILT REMOVED, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU'LL
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GO TO HEAVEN ONE DAY, HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
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1. ADMIT YOU'RE A SINNER.
00:23:03.130 --> 00:23:06.220
SOME PEOPLE CHOKE ON THAT WORD.
00:23:06.250 --> 00:23:08.230
"OH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M SICK.
00:23:08.260 --> 00:23:11.110
MAYBE I HAVE SOME KIND Of A DISEASE."
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NO. YOU'RE A SINNER.
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THE BIBLE SAYS ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT
00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:18.070
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.240
EVERY ONE OF US HAVE BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENTS.
00:23:19.270 --> 00:23:22.010
YOU SAY, "WELL, I HAVEN'T BROKEN THAT MANY."
00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:24.210
YEAH, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU OFFEND IN ONE POINT
00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:27.270
OF THE LAW YOU'RE GUILTY OF ALL OF IT.
00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:30.080
I MENTIONED SOME COMMANDMENTS EARLIER.
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QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER LIED? NO.
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YOU'RE LYING RIGHT NOW, SUCKER.
00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.210
DON'T TELL ME YOU HAVEN'T LIED.
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HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN?
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HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN SOMETHING?
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OF COURSE YOU HAVE. WE ALL HAVE SINNED.
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ADMIT YOU'RE A SINNER. JUST OWN IT.
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STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR IT, BUT THE BIBLE WARNS
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THE WAGES OF SIN ARE DEATH.
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2. REALIZE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU.
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THAT'S WHY HE DIED FOR YOU BECAUSE THERE'S
00:24:00.150 --> 00:24:02.150
NOTHING YOU OR I CAN DO TO MEET
00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:05.120
THE RIGHTEOUS STANDARDS OF GOD.
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SO GOD REACHED DOWN TO US AND CHRIST DIED FOR US.
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JESUS SAID, "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, HE GAVE
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HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON AND WHOSEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
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SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
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THAT'S WHY JESUS DIED.
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THEY DIDN'T TAKE HIS LIFE FROM HIM.
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HE LAID IT DOWN.
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HE DIED IN OUR PLACE VOLUNTARILY.
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NAILS DID NOT HOLD CHRIST TO THAT CROSS 2.000 YEARS AGO.
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LOVE DID. LOVE FOR YOU. HE DIED FOR YOU.
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3. YOU NEED TO REPENT OF YOUR SIN.
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YOU MIGHT SAY, "I DON'T EVEN KNOW
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WHAT THAT MEANS TO REPENT.
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'VE PENTED.
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HOW DO I REPENT?"
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REPENT JUST MEANS CHANGE YOUR DIRECTION.
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IT'S ACTUALLY A MILITARY TERM.
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IT MEANS ABOUT FACE. TURN AROUND.
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SO INSTEAD OF GOING AWAY FROM GOD, GO TO GOD.
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INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM GOD, RUN TO GOD.
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TURN AWAY FROM THAT OLD SIN.
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4. YOU MUST RECEIVE CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE.
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SEE, BEING A CHRISTIAN, THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS THING.
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I'M NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE A RELIGIOUS PERSON BECAUSE
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RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE WEIRD.
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BUT I AM A PERSON WHO HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
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AND THE WAY THAT HAPPENED...
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YOU ARE TOO. MANY OF YOU.
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[applause]
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THE WAY THAT HAPPENED IS WHEN I JUST REALIZED I
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NEED GOD IN MY LIFE AND I ASKED JESUS TO FORGIVE ME
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OF MY SIN AND HE CAME TO LIVE INSIDE OF ME. YES.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM HE
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GAVE THEM THE POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD."
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YOU RECEIVE HIM. IT'S LIKE A GIFT.
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IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU A GIFT TONIGHT AND SAY,
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"HEY I GOT YOU A GIFT." RECEIVE THE GIFT.
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YOU KNOW GIRLS AND GUYS THEY RECEIVE GIFTS DIFFERENTLY.
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IF YOU WRAP A GIFT AND GIVE IT TO A GIRL SHE'LL
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UNDO THE RIBBON VERY CAREFULLY AND SHE'LL SAY,
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"I MIGHT USE THIS LATER."
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THEN SHE'LL NICELY UNDO THE WRAPPING PAPER.
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BUT FIRST OF ALL, SHE'LL OPEN THE CARD YOU GAVE HER
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AND READ WHAT YOU WROTE AND EVEN SAY,
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"THAT'S VERY SWEET."
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THEN SHE'LL OPEN THE GIFT AND ENJOY IT.
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YOU GIVE A GIFT TO A GUY, HE'LL OPEN THE CARD.
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HE ACTS LIKE HE'S READING IT.
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HE'S NOT READING IT.
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HE'S JUST OPENING IT TO SEE IF THERE'S MONEY OR
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A GIFT CARD IN THERE.
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[laughter and applause]
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WRAPPING PAPER- A MERE OBSTACLE.
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HE RIPS IT APART.
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"WHAT DID YOU GET ME?!"
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LOOK, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU OPEN THE GIFT, JUST
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RECEIVE IT AND OPEN IT.
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GOD IS OFFERING TO YOU TONIGHT THE GIFT
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OF ETERNAL LIFE AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
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IS RECEIVE IT FOR YOURSELF.
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[applause]
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JESUS SAYS, "BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND
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KNOCK AND IF YOU'LL HEAR MY VOICE AND OPEN
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THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN."
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[Phil Wickham: This is the Day] THIS IS THE DAY
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WHEN THE LOST ARE FOUND.
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O CAN YOU HEAR ALL THE ANGELS ARE SINGING
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THIS IS THE DAY THE DAY WHEN LIFE BEGINS.
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