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Dr. Robert Jeffress | The Other Story About Two Sons Part 2 | December 23, 2021
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- [ANNOUNCER] FROM THE PULPIT
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- OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DALLAS, TEXAS,
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- THIS IS "PATHWAY TO VICTORY" WITH DR. ROBERT JEFFRESS.
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- HI, I'M ROBERT JEFFRESS
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- AND WELCOME AGAIN TO "PATHWAY TO VICTORY."
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- FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
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- THE JEWS HAVE BEEN GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE,
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- BUT WHEN JESUS CAME,
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- HE DID SOMETHING COMPLETELY RADICAL AND UNEXPECTED
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- AND OPENED THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO ANYONE WHO BELIEVES.
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- TODAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER
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- WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
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- GOD'S FREE GIFT OF SALVATION IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
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- MY MESSAGE IS TITLED THE OTHER STORY ABOUT THE TWO SONS,
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- ON TODAY'S EDITION OF PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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- ♪ THE SKY SHALL UNFOLD
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- ♪ DECLARING HIS ENTRANCE
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- ♪ THE STARS SHALL APPLAUD HIM
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- ♪ WITH THUNDERS OF PRAISE
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- ♪ AND THOSE WHO REMAIN SHALL
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- ♪ SHALL BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT
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- ♪ AND WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
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- ♪ THEN FACE TO FACE
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- ♪ WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
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- ♪ FACE TO FACE IN ALL OF HIS GLORY ♪
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- ♪ WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
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- ♪ YES, WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
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- ♪ FACE TO FACE
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- ♪ OUR SAVIOR AND LORD
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- ♪ WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM
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- ♪ OUR SAVIOR AND LORD
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- ♪ AMEN
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- (CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
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- PATHWAY TO VICTORY IS FULLY COMMITTED TO BRINGING BOLD
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- BIBLICAL TRUTH TO A WORLD THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.
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- AND BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL STRONG MATCHING CHALLENGE,
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- THAT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN HELP US REACH MORE PEOPLE
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- THAN EVER BEFORE.
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- UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST,
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- YOUR SPECIAL YEAR- END GIFT WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 2.
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- SO NOW'S THE TIME TO LEVERAGE YOUR GENEROSITY FOR THE GOSPEL
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- THROUGH THE MATCHING CHALLENGE.
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- AS TOGETHER, WE BOLDLY PROCLAIM,
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- THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS.
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- DID YOU SEE THE ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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- A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BY CHRISTINE WICKER?
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- AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DECLINE IN BAPTISMS
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- AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
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- AND NOT ONLY AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS,
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- HOW FEWER AND FEWER CHURCHES ARE REALLY BUSY
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- WINNING PEOPLE TO FAITH IN CHRIST,
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- AND SHE SAID THAT ONE REASON FOR THAT IS
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- FEWER AND FEWER CHRISTIANS REALLY BELIEVE
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- THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN.
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- FEWER AND FEWER CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
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- THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN.
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- BECAUSE OF GLOBAL TRAVEL,
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- AS CHRISTIANS ARE INTRODUCED TO OTHER CULTURES,
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- AS OTHER RELIGIONS ARE PLANTED IN AMERICA,
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- MANY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, WELL,
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- SURELY THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY TO HEAVEN
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- BESIDES FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
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- AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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- IF THAT HERESY EVER SEEPS INTO A CHURCH,
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- IT WILL KILL EVANGELISM AND THE CHURCH.
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- AFTER ALL, WHY SHOULD WE RISK OFFENDING PEOPLE
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- BY PREACHING SUCH A NARROW MESSAGE
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- THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY?
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- WHY RISK OFFENDING PEOPLE
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- IF THERE REALLY ARE MULTIPLE PATHS TO HEAVEN?
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- AND SO WHAT WE HAD HAPPENING IN MORE AND MORE CHURCHES,
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- INCLUDING BAPTIST CHURCHES IS PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
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- "WELL, THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IS MORE BROAD.
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- "IT'S BROADER THAN EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP."
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- AND SO THEY SAY, "OUR MISSION INCLUDES AIDS AWARENESS,
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- "AND CARING FOR UNWED MOTHERS, AND FEEDING THE HUNGRY,
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- "AND PROVIDING SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE HOMES.
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- "THAT'S OUR MISSION."
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- NOW HEAR ME VERY CLEARLY.
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- OUR CHURCH DOES ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
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- WE SEE THOSE MINISTRIES AS VITAL, BUT HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE:
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- IN OUR CHURCH, THOSE MINISTRIES
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- ARE ENDS NOT UNTO THEMSELVES, THEY ARE A MEANS TO AN END.
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- THEY ARE A MEANS TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE
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- TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR.
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- THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR DALLAS LIFE FOUNDATION,
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- AND OUR PREGNANCY CENTER,
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- AND EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN OUR CHURCH,
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- WE SEE IT AS A MEANS TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE
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- TO A FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
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- AND THAT IS THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
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- JESUS SAID, JOHN 6, "THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD
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- "THAT YOU BELIEVE IN HIM WHO HE HAS SENT."
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- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER WAY TO HEAVEN
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- EXCEPT FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST,
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- THEN WHY DID GOD SEND HIS SON TO SUFFER THAT HORRIFIC DEATH?
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- DO YOU THINK IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY TO BE SAVED,
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- GOD WOULD HAVE SENT HIS SON TO MAKE SUCH A SACRIFICE?
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- THE FACT THAT CHRIST CAME AND WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS
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- MEANS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
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- A PERSON CAN GO TO HEAVEN WHEN HE DIES.
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- AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
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- (MAN EXCLAIMS)
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- NOW, I APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE,
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- BUT LET'S GET PERSONAL FOR JUST A MOMENT.
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- ALL OF US ARE BUSY.
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- I MEASURE IF I WERE TO ASK YOU TODAY ARE YOU TIRED?
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- YOU WOULD SAY, "PASTOR, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TIRED I AM."
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- AND WE'RE ALL TIRED, WE'RE WORN OUT.
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- BUT WHAT ARE YOU TIRED FROM?
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- LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST WEEK AT YOUR ACTIVITIES,
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- WHETHER IT WAS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES,
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- WORK RESPONSIBILITIES, ALL THESE THINGS YOU'RE DOING,
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- HOW MUCH TIME DURING THE LAST SEVEN DAYS
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- DID YOU SPEND DOING THE ONE THING GOD ASKED YOU TO DO?
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- HIS WORK?
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- HOW MUCH TIME, HOW MUCH ENERGY DID YOU DEVOTE
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- IN THIS LAST WEEK?
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- TO EITHER INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO JESUS
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- OR HELPING THEM GROW IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
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- I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON A GUILT TRIP.
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- I MEAN, EVEN IN CHURCH WORK, I'M IN CHURCH WORK,
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- IT IS EASY TO GET INVOLVED DOING PERIPHERAL THINGS
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- INSTEAD OF DOING THE ONE THING WE WERE COMMANDED TO DO.
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- WHAT I'M SAYING IS OUR MAIN WORK IS TO DO GOD'S WORK
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- AND GOD'S WORK IS TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO CHRIST.
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- OUR MAIN WORK IS TO PERFORM GOD'S WORK.
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- THIRD, OUR WORK IS THE RESULT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
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- OUR WORK IS THE RESULT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
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- NOTICE IN THIS PARABLE,
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- HE DOESN'T GO TO SOME STRANGER
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- AND PICK HIM OFF OF THE STREET AND SAY,
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- "STRANGER, GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD TODAY."
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- NO, HE GOES TO HIS OWN SON.
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- HE SAYS, "SON, YOU GO AND WORK IN MY VINEYARD."
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- HE SAID, "SON, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING
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- "THAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU IN THE PAST,
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- "IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE INHERITANCE
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- "THAT IS GOING TO BE YOURS IN THE FUTURE,
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- "YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO WORK IN MY VINEYARD."
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- AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF US.
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- THE REASON WE'RE TO DO GOD'S WORK IS FIRST OF ALL
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- BECAUSE WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US IN SAVING US.
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- 1 CORINTHIAN 6 SAYS DO YOU NOT KNOW YOU'RE NOT YOUR OWN?
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- YOU'VE BEEN REDEEMED WITH A PRICE.
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- IN LIGHT OF WHAT GOD'S DONE FOR US IN THE PAST,
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- BUT ALSO IN THE LIGHT OF ALL
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- THAT IS GOING TO BELONG TO US IN THE FUTURE.
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- BECAUSE OF OUR ETERNAL INHERITANCE,
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- WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO WORK, TO DO GOD'S WORK.
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- JUST IMAGINE THAT YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES
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- BUILDING A FAMILY BUSINESS,
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- A BUSINESS THEY INTEND TO LEAVE TO YOU ONE DAY.
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- YOUR PARENTS ARE GETTING ADVANCED IN YEARS
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- AND ONE DAY YOUR DAD CALLS YOU AND SAYS,
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- "YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING OLDER
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- "AND WE REALLY COULD USE SOME HELP,
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- "AND I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
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- "AND WORK RESPONSIBILITIES,
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- "BUT DO YOU THINK YOU COULD JUST SPEND ONE DAY A WEEK
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- "AND HELP US IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS?"
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- YOU SAY, "SURE, DAD, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU."
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- AND YOU HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF DOING THAT,
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- BUT YOUR OWN WORK RESPONSIBILITIES,
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- THE PULL OF YOUR OWN FAMILY
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- KEEP YOU FROM FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT COMMITMENT.
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- ONE DAY, YOU RECEIVE THE PHONE CALL
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- THAT YOUR DAD HAS PASSED AWAY,
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- AND SO YOU TRAVEL TO THE OFFICE THAT YOUR DAD HAD
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- FOR SO MANY YEARS WHERE HE RAN THE FAMILY BUSINESS,
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- AND TO YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT,
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- YOU DISCOVER THAT WHAT HAD ONCE BEEN A THRIVING ENTERPRISE
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- HAD NOW SHRIVELED UP INTO NOTHING.
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- YOU'RE FILLED WITH REGRET, YOU THOUGHT,
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- "IF ONLY I HAD DONE WHAT MY FATHER HAD ASKED ME TO DO,
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- "THIS BUSINESS WOULD STILL BE A SUCCESS TODAY."
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- THE BIBLE SAYS, FOLKS, ONE DAY,
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- EVERYTHING THAT BELONGS TO GOD IS GOING TO BELONG TO US.
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- WE ARE JOINT HEIRS WITH JESUS CHRIST.
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- WE'VE GOT A GREAT INHERITANCE
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- THAT AWAITS US IN HEAVEN ONE DAY,
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- AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT MEANS,
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- BUT WHAT I DO UNDERSTAND IS THIS:
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- OUR EFFORT OR OUR LACK OF EFFORT IN THIS LIFE
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- IN DOING GOD'S WORK
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- WILL PROFOUNDLY AFFECT THE SIZE OF OUR INHERITANCE.
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- IT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD
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- THAT OBLIGATES US TO DO HIS WORK.
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- AND NUMBER FOUR, OUR WORK SHOULD BEGIN TODAY.
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- OUR WORK SHOULD BEGIN TODAY.
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- NOTICE AGAIN, IN VERSE 28, HE SAYS,
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- "SON, GO WORK TODAY IN THE VINEYARD."
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- I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS IRONIC THAT WE HUMAN BEINGS
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- WHO THE BIBLE SAYS ARE JUST LIKE VAPORS
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- THAT APPEAR FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN THEY VANISH.
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- WE TEND TO SQUANDER TIME,
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- BUT GOD WHO IS ETERNAL FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING,
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- HE VALUES TIME.
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- TO US, TIME IS LIMITLESS.
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- TO GOD, TIME IS INVALUABLE.
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- FOR US WHO ARE HUMAN BEINGS,
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- THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME TO BEGIN DOING SOMETHING
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- IS TOMORROW.
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- FOR GOD, THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME TO BEGIN IS TODAY.
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- ISN'T THAT WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
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- GOD SAYS TODAY.
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- IN HEBREWS 3:18 HE SAYS, "BUT ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER ALL THE
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- MORE WHILE IT IS STILL CALLED 'TODAY.'"
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- OR HEBREWS 3:7, TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
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- DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART.
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- THE FATHER IS SAYING TO THE SON,
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- "TODAY, SON, GO WORK IN THE VINEYARD."
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- OUR WORK, WHATEVER IT IS, IS TO BEGIN TODAY.
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- THE FIRST SON SAID, "I'LL GO, FATHER,"
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- BUT HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT COMMITMENT.
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- BUT NOW LOOK AT THE SECOND SON, VERSE 30.
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- AND THE FATHER CAME TO THE SECOND SON
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- AND SAID THE SAME THING, BUT HE ANSWERED AND HE SAID,
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- "I WILL NOT GO," YET AFTERWARD HE REGRETTED IT AND HE WENT.
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- WE DON'T KNOW THE REASON,
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- BUT HE HAD SOME FEELING OF REBELLION IN HIS HEART,
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- SOME DEFIANCE IN HIS HEART,
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- AND HE SAID TO HIS FATHER,
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- "I'M NOT GOING TO DO WHAT YOU ASKED ME TO DO."
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- BUT LATER ON, HE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART
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- AND HE SAID, "I'LL OBEY, I'LL GO WORK IN THE VINEYARD."
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- NOW REMEMBER, JESUS WAS CALLING FOR A VERDICT,
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- SO HE SAYS TO THESE JEWISH LEADERS, VERSE 31,
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- "WHICH OF THE TWO DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER?"
- 00:14:03.933 --> 00:14:09.872
- NOW, THIS ISN'T A TRICK QUESTION. (CHUCKLES)
- 00:14:09.872 --> 00:14:12.308
- YOU'VE HEARD THE STORY OF THE TWO SONS.
- 00:14:12.308 --> 00:14:14.376
- ONE SAID, "I WILL GO" BUT NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH.
- 00:14:14.376 --> 00:14:17.146
- THE SECOND SAID, "I WILL NOT GO,"
- 00:14:17.146 --> 00:14:18.614
- BUT HAD A CHANGE OF HEART
- 00:14:18.614 --> 00:14:19.748
- AND DID GO WORK IN THE VINEYARD.
- 00:14:19.748 --> 00:14:21.150
- WHICH ONE DID THE WILL OF THE FATHER?
- 00:14:21.150 --> 00:14:23.986
- AND THE PEOPLE SAID, "THE LATTER."
- 00:14:23.986 --> 00:14:26.155
- AND JESUS SAID, "TRULY, I SAY TO YOU
- 00:14:26.155 --> 00:14:28.390
- "THAT THE TAX GATHERERS AND THE HARLOTS
- 00:14:28.390 --> 00:14:30.826
- "WILL GET INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEFORE YOU DO."
- 00:14:30.826 --> 00:14:35.731
- YOU SEE, IF THE FIRST SON REPRESENTS THE JEWISH LEADERS
- 00:14:35.731 --> 00:14:38.300
- WHO PROFESS TO BE GOD LOVERS, BUT NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH,
- 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:42.471
- THEN THE SECOND SON REPRESENTED THE GENTILES,
- 00:14:42.471 --> 00:14:45.607
- THE NON-JEWS, WHO FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS HAD REJECTED GOD,
- 00:14:45.607 --> 00:14:50.412
- BUT NOW THEY HAD HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.
- 00:14:50.412 --> 00:14:52.514
- THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE ACTUALLY COMING
- 00:14:52.514 --> 00:14:54.583
- TO FAITH IN CHRIST AT THIS POINT IN JESUS' MINISTRY,
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- WHILE THE JEWS REJECTED HIM.
- 00:14:57.686 --> 00:15:00.022
- AND JESUS SAID TO THE JEWS,
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- "IT IS THESE WHO INITIALLY REJECTED ME AND ARE COMING TO ME
- 00:15:01.457 --> 00:15:05.561
- "THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEFORE YOU."
- 00:15:05.561 --> 00:15:09.665
- WHAT'S THE APPLICATION OF THIS MESSAGE?
- 00:15:09.665 --> 00:15:11.567
- LOOK AT VERSE 32.
- 00:15:11.567 --> 00:15:13.202
- JESUS SAID, "FOR JOHN CAME TO YOU
- 00:15:13.202 --> 00:15:15.304
- "IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU DID NOT BELIEVE HIM,
- 00:15:15.304 --> 00:15:19.008
- "BUT THE TAX GATHERERS AND THE HARLOTS DID BELIEVE HIM,
- 00:15:19.008 --> 00:15:22.411
- "AND YOU, SEEING THIS, DID NOT EVEN FEEL REMORSE AFTERWARD
- 00:15:22.411 --> 00:15:27.416
- "SO AS TO BELIEVE."
- 00:15:27.416 --> 00:15:31.987
- I THINK THIS PARABLE HAS TWO SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS.
- 00:15:31.987 --> 00:15:36.291
- FIRST OF ALL, FOR NON-CHRISTIANS.
- 00:15:36.291 --> 00:15:38.727
- FOR NON-CHRISTIANS,
- 00:15:38.727 --> 00:15:40.529
- THERE'S SOME OF YOU LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE TODAY,
- 00:15:40.529 --> 00:15:43.966
- (SIGHS) YOU'RE FAR OFF FROM GOD
- 00:15:43.966 --> 00:15:46.335
- AND YOU'RE HESITANT TO BELIEVE
- 00:15:46.335 --> 00:15:47.703
- GOD COULD REALLY FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS.
- 00:15:47.703 --> 00:15:51.206
- YOU'RE THINKING "PASTOR,
- 00:15:51.206 --> 00:15:52.374
- "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'VE DONE.
- 00:15:52.374 --> 00:15:54.276
- "GOD COULD NEVER FORGIVE ME."
- 00:15:54.276 --> 00:15:58.580
- LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS SAID.
- 00:15:58.580 --> 00:16:00.849
- JESUS SAID, "EVEN IF YOU ARE ON THE BOTTOM RUNG,
- 00:16:00.849 --> 00:16:04.420
- "EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE CATEGORY
- 00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:06.221
- "OF A PROSTITUTE AND A CHEAT,
- 00:16:06.221 --> 00:16:09.191
- "THE PROSTITUTE, THE CHEAT, THE MURDERER,
- 00:16:09.191 --> 00:16:11.860
- "THE FORNICATOR, THE HOMOSEXUAL
- 00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:14.530
- "WHO TRUST IN CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR
- 00:16:14.530 --> 00:16:17.332
- "IS MORE HOLY IN GOD'S EYES THAN A RELIGIOUS PERSON
- 00:16:17.332 --> 00:16:23.505
- "WHO NEVER CONFESSES HIS NEED FOR FORGIVENESS."
- 00:16:23.505 --> 00:16:27.676
- THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS SAYING HERE.
- 00:16:27.676 --> 00:16:29.945
- IF YOU ARE TEMPTED TO THINK THAT YOUR SIN
- 00:16:29.945 --> 00:16:31.980
- IS TOO GREAT TO BE FORGIVEN, REMEMBER THIS:
- 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:34.550
- THE REASON GOD SENT HIS SON JESUS TO DIE ON THE CROSS
- 00:16:34.550 --> 00:16:38.720
- WAS NOT FOR THOSE LITTLE SINS OF YOURS,
- 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.956
- IT WAS FOR THOSE GIGANTIC SINS OF OURS
- 00:16:40.956 --> 00:16:43.759
- THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE GOD CAN FORGIVE.
- 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:45.594
- THAT'S WHY CHRIST CAME TO DIE FOR YOU.
- 00:16:45.594 --> 00:16:48.997
- NO ONE IS BEYOND THE REALM OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS.
- 00:16:48.997 --> 00:16:52.668
- IN ISAIAH 1:18, REMEMBER WHAT GOD SAID?
- 00:16:52.668 --> 00:16:55.437
- "COME, LET US REASON TOGETHER," SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.
- 00:16:55.437 --> 00:16:58.841
- "THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET,
- 00:16:58.841 --> 00:17:01.176
- "I WILL MAKE THEM WHITE AS SNOW.
- 00:17:01.176 --> 00:17:03.145
- "THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON,
- 00:17:03.145 --> 00:17:04.847
- "I WILL MAKE THEM AS WOOL."
- 00:17:04.847 --> 00:17:08.684
- BUT I BELIEVE THE PRIMARY APPLICATION OF THIS MESSAGE
- 00:17:08.684 --> 00:17:11.186
- REALLY ISN'T FOR NON-CHRISTIANS,
- 00:17:11.186 --> 00:17:13.822
- I BELIEVE IT'S FOR CHRISTIANS.
- 00:17:13.822 --> 00:17:15.924
- WILL YOU NOTICE AGAIN THE SECOND SON?
- 00:17:15.924 --> 00:17:19.294
- IT'S SO EASY, AS ONE COMMENTATOR SAID,
- 00:17:19.294 --> 00:17:21.563
- TO GET HUNG UP ON WHAT THE FIRST SON DID WRONG
- 00:17:21.563 --> 00:17:25.734
- AND MISS WHAT THE SECOND SON DID THAT WAS RIGHT.
- 00:17:25.734 --> 00:17:29.238
- SEE, WHAT THE SECOND SON DID WAS RIGHT WAS THIS.
- 00:17:29.238 --> 00:17:31.807
- EVEN THOUGH HE HAD REBELLED AGAINST GOD,
- 00:17:31.807 --> 00:17:34.343
- EVENTUALLY HE CAME TO GOD.
- 00:17:34.343 --> 00:17:37.713
- AND HERE'S AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE,
- 00:17:37.713 --> 00:17:39.381
- IT IS NOT OUR FIRST RESPONSE THAT IS IMPORTANT,
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- IT'S OUR FINAL RESPONSE.
- 00:17:42.117 --> 00:17:45.854
- THIS SECOND SON, HE REBELLED INITIALLY,
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- BUT EVENTUALLY HE RESPONDED
- 00:17:49.424 --> 00:17:52.594
- AND THEREIN IS A GREAT LESSON FOR ALL OF US.
- 00:17:52.594 --> 00:17:55.898
- MAYBE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN WHO HAS WANDERED AWAY FROM GOD
- 00:17:55.898 --> 00:17:59.801
- AND YOU BEGIN TO THINK YOU'RE TOO FAR GONE
- 00:17:59.801 --> 00:18:02.337
- TO EVER COME BACK INTO A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
- 00:18:02.337 --> 00:18:05.674
- LISTEN TO ME THIS MORNING,
- 00:18:05.674 --> 00:18:07.176
- IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE WANDERED AWAY FROM GOD.
- 00:18:07.176 --> 00:18:10.112
- IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN AROUND
- 00:18:10.112 --> 00:18:12.981
- AND COME BACK HOME TO A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
- 00:18:12.981 --> 00:18:17.252
- YOU SEE, SATAN LOVES TO PARALYZE US WITH GUILT.
- 00:18:17.252 --> 00:18:19.788
- SATAN LOVES TO MAKE US FEEL
- 00:18:19.788 --> 00:18:21.223
- WE ARE TOO FAR GONE TO EVER COME BACK TO GOD.
- 00:18:21.223 --> 00:18:24.893
- GUILT HAS A WAY OF PARALYZING US IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
- 00:18:24.893 --> 00:18:30.566
- MAYBE YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT, YOU'RE OUT OF SHAPE,
- 00:18:30.566 --> 00:18:34.536
- AND YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:18:34.536 --> 00:18:35.771
- "I'M TOO FAR GONE TO EVER TURN THIS AROUND.
- 00:18:35.771 --> 00:18:37.973
- "WHY EVEN TRY?" AND SO YOU JUST GIVE UP.
- 00:18:37.973 --> 00:18:41.143
- OR MAYBE YOU'RE SWIMMING IN DEBT.
- 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:42.811
- YOU'VE GOT BILLS STACKED UP TO YOUR EYEBALL
- 00:18:42.811 --> 00:18:45.814
- AND YOU THINK, "I AM SO FAR DOWN,
- 00:18:45.814 --> 00:18:48.050
- "WHY EVEN TRY TO MANAGE MY MONEY?
- 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:50.352
- "I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE MY FINANCIAL SITUATION."
- 00:18:50.352 --> 00:18:54.289
- IT'S THE SAME THING IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
- 00:18:54.289 --> 00:18:56.558
- SOMETIMES WE GET TO THE POINT TO THINK
- 00:18:56.558 --> 00:18:58.227
- WE HAVE GONE TOO FAR FOR SO LONG
- 00:18:58.227 --> 00:19:00.963
- THAT WE CAN NEVER TURN AROUND.
- 00:19:00.963 --> 00:19:03.999
- BUT LISTEN TO THE SECOND SON.
- 00:19:03.999 --> 00:19:06.535
- THE SECOND SON IS SAYING TO US
- 00:19:06.535 --> 00:19:09.071
- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR FIRST RESPONSE IS,
- 00:19:09.071 --> 00:19:12.007
- IT'S YOUR FINAL RESPONSE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
- 00:19:12.007 --> 00:19:15.210
- JESUS IS SAYING IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH WHERE YOU ARE
- 00:19:15.210 --> 00:19:18.714
- IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
- 00:19:18.714 --> 00:19:21.283
- AS IT DOES WHERE YOU'RE HEADED.
- 00:19:21.283 --> 00:19:24.052
- JESUS IS SAYING IT IS NEVER TOO LATE
- 00:19:24.052 --> 00:19:26.388
- TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING.
- 00:19:26.388 --> 00:19:29.391
- WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU CAN TURN AROUND
- 00:19:29.391 --> 00:19:32.594
- AND HEAD HOME TO GOD.
- 00:19:32.594 --> 00:19:36.231
- IN HIS BOOK, "SIMPLE FAITH,"
- 00:19:36.231 --> 00:19:39.234
- CHUCK SWINDOLL TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF ROBERT ROBINSON.
- 00:19:39.234 --> 00:19:44.139
- ROBERT ROBINSON WAS BORN 200 YEARS AGO IN ENGLAND.
- 00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:48.910
- WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY, HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY
- 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:51.113
- AND HIS MOTHER, UNABLE TO CARE FOR HIM,
- 00:19:51.113 --> 00:19:53.282
- BUNDLED HIM UP AND SENT HIM TO LIVE
- 00:19:53.282 --> 00:19:54.916
- WITH SOME RELATIVES IN LONDON.
- 00:19:54.916 --> 00:19:56.818
- SHE HAD PLANNED FOR HIM TO BECOME A BARBER,
- 00:19:56.818 --> 00:19:58.687
- TO LEARN THE SKILL OF BARBERING.
- 00:19:58.687 --> 00:20:01.189
- WELL, WHILE HE WAS IN LONDON AS A TEENAGER,
- 00:20:01.189 --> 00:20:04.226
- ROBERT ROBINSON CAME UNDER THE PREACHING INFLUENCE
- 00:20:04.226 --> 00:20:06.762
- OF THE METHODIST EVANGELIST GEORGE WHITEFIELD
- 00:20:06.762 --> 00:20:09.998
- AND HE WAS MARVELOUSLY SAVED
- 00:20:09.998 --> 00:20:11.566
- AND LATER CALLED TO THE MINISTRY.
- 00:20:11.566 --> 00:20:14.870
- WHEN ROBERT ROBINSON WAS 25 YEARS OF AGE,
- 00:20:14.870 --> 00:20:17.139
- HE BECAME THE PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH
- 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:19.207
- IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
- 00:20:19.207 --> 00:20:21.276
- AND IMMEDIATELY HIS CAREER SKYROCKETED LIKE A METEOR.
- 00:20:21.276 --> 00:20:27.149
- I MEAN, EVERYBODY AROUND ENGLAND
- 00:20:27.149 --> 00:20:29.017
- HEARD ABOUT ROBERT ROBINSON,
- 00:20:29.017 --> 00:20:30.686
- THEY FELL UNDER THE SPELL OF HIS PREACHING.
- 00:20:30.686 --> 00:20:34.056
- BUT DURING THAT PERIOD IN HIS LIFE,
- 00:20:34.056 --> 00:20:35.557
- ROBERT ROBINSON FELL INTO A MORAL TRANSGRESSION
- 00:20:35.557 --> 00:20:39.795
- THAT CAUSED HIM TO HAVE TO LEAVE HIS CHURCH
- 00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:42.397
- AND HE FADED FROM THE MINISTERIAL SCENE
- 00:20:42.397 --> 00:20:44.833
- AS QUICKLY AS HE HAD APPEARED ON IT.
- 00:20:44.833 --> 00:20:47.469
- SOON PEOPLE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE LIFE
- 00:20:47.469 --> 00:20:49.571
- AND MINISTRY OF ROBERT ROBINSON.
- 00:20:49.571 --> 00:20:53.542
- MANY YEARS LATER, ROBINSON WAS IN A STAGECOACH
- 00:20:53.542 --> 00:20:57.512
- RIDING TO A DESTINATION.
- 00:20:57.512 --> 00:20:59.081
- HE WAS SEATED NEXT TO A WOMAN WHO WAS READING A SMALL BOOK
- 00:20:59.081 --> 00:21:03.952
- AND SHE KEPT READING THE SAME PAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
- 00:21:03.952 --> 00:21:08.390
- AND FINALLY SHE HANDED IT TO ROBINSON AND SAID,
- 00:21:08.390 --> 00:21:11.093
- "READ THIS AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS TO YOU."
- 00:21:11.093 --> 00:21:15.063
- HE LOOKED DOWN AT IT AND HE READ THE FIRST LINES,
- 00:21:15.063 --> 00:21:18.066
- IT WAS A HYMN.
- 00:21:18.066 --> 00:21:20.836
- COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING,
- 00:21:20.836 --> 00:21:24.506
- TUNE MY HEART TO SING THY PRAISE.
- 00:21:24.506 --> 00:21:27.909
- STREAMS OF MERCY NEVER CEASING,
- 00:21:27.909 --> 00:21:31.246
- CAUSE FOR SONGS OF LOUDEST PRAISE.
- 00:21:31.246 --> 00:21:36.084
- "WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?" SHE SAID.
- 00:21:36.084 --> 00:21:39.621
- ROBINSON TRIED TO DISTRACT HER
- 00:21:39.621 --> 00:21:42.190
- AND ENGAGE IN ANOTHER CONVERSATION,
- 00:21:42.190 --> 00:21:44.159
- BUT SHE WOULDN'T LET IT GO.
- 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:45.360
- "NO, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK THIS MEANS."
- 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:48.630
- HE BURST INTO TEARS AND HE SAID, "MADAM,
- 00:21:48.630 --> 00:21:51.500
- "I'M THE POOR SOUL WHO WROTE THAT SONG MANY YEARS AGO
- 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:56.538
- "AND I WOULD GIVE A THOUSAND WORLDS
- 00:21:56.538 --> 00:21:58.640
- "IF I COULD REGAIN THAT FEELING I HAD BACK THEN."
- 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:04.045
- IRONICALLY, THE LAST PORTION OF THAT HYMN
- 00:22:04.045 --> 00:22:06.882
- PROPHESIED HIS OWN DEPARTURE FROM THE FAITH.
- 00:22:06.882 --> 00:22:10.585
- REMEMBER WHAT IT SAYS?
- 00:22:10.585 --> 00:22:12.854
- PRONE TO WANDER, LORD, I FEEL IT.
- 00:22:12.854 --> 00:22:16.725
- PRONE TO LEAVE THE GOD I LOVE.
- 00:22:16.725 --> 00:22:20.162
- HERE'S MY HEART, OH, TAKE AND SEAL IT.
- 00:22:20.162 --> 00:22:23.131
- SEAL IT FOR THY COURTS ABOVE.
- 00:22:23.131 --> 00:22:28.970
- THE TRAGEDY OF ROBERT ROBINSON
- 00:22:28.970 --> 00:22:31.673
- WAS NOT THAT HE DEPARTED FROM GOD.
- 00:22:31.673 --> 00:22:36.044
- THE TRAGEDY WAS HE FORGOT HOW EASY IT IS TO RETURN.
- 00:22:36.044 --> 00:22:42.484
- ♪ MUSIC
- 00:22:42.484 --> 00:22:47.422
- WHEN WE PRESENT "PATHWAY TO VICTORY,"
- 00:22:47.422 --> 00:22:49.257
- WE NEVER KNOW HOW A PRODIGAL MIGHT RESPOND.
- 00:22:49.257 --> 00:22:52.894
- I WAS ENCOURAGED TO HEAR FROM A GENTLEMAN IN NEW YORK CITY.
- 00:22:52.894 --> 00:22:56.565
- LLOYD SAID, "PASTOR JEFFRESS, I GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME
- 00:22:56.565 --> 00:23:00.335
- "WITH A MOTHER WHO'S A STALWART OF THE FAITH.
- 00:23:00.335 --> 00:23:03.505
- "I ACCEPTED CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE,
- 00:23:03.505 --> 00:23:06.074
- "BUT AS AN ADULT, I STRAYED FROM THE PATH.
- 00:23:06.074 --> 00:23:08.910
- "I'VE MADE MISTAKES THAT ARE LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN
- 00:23:08.910 --> 00:23:11.713
- "AROUND MY NECK AND FEET,
- 00:23:11.713 --> 00:23:13.482
- "AND NOW I'M ASKING GOD TO HELP ME COME HOME."
- 00:23:13.482 --> 00:23:18.320
- I LOVE LLOYD'S RAW, UNFILTERED HONESTY
- 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:22.557
- AND THE ONLY BARRIER THAT STANDS IN THE WAY
- 00:23:22.557 --> 00:23:24.759
- OF HELPING PEOPLE LIKE LLOYD ARE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO.
- 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:29.097
- WHEN YOU INVEST IN "PATHWAY TO VICTORY,"
- 00:23:29.097 --> 00:23:31.266
- YOU'RE BECOMING A DIRECT CONDUIT
- 00:23:31.266 --> 00:23:33.869
- TO DELIVER A MESSAGE OF HOPE
- 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:35.804
- TO PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
- 00:23:35.804 --> 00:23:39.975
- MAY I COUNT ON YOU TO GIVE A GENEROUS GIFT TODAY?
- 00:23:39.975 --> 00:23:43.745
- BECAUSE OF THE RECORD -SETTING MATCHING CHALLENGE
- 00:23:43.745 --> 00:23:46.481
- RIGHT NOW YOUR GENEROUS GIFT WILL HAVE TWICE THE IMPACT.
- 00:23:46.481 --> 00:23:50.519
- PLEASE HELP US REACH OUR GOAL
- 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:52.487
- SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR MINISTRY
- 00:23:52.487 --> 00:23:54.589
- EVEN MORE DURING THE COMING NEW YEAR.
- 00:23:54.589 --> 00:23:57.726
- NOW STAY RIGHT THERE, I'LL BE BACK
- 00:23:57.726 --> 00:23:59.361
- WITH MORE "PATHWAY TO VICTORY" IN JUST A MOMENT.
- 00:23:59.361 --> 00:24:02.664
- ♪ MUSIC
- 00:24:02.664 --> 00:24:05.166
- TO SUSTAIN OUR LIVES. WE DO SIMPLE THINGS
- 00:24:05.166 --> 00:24:08.303
- LIKE EAT HEALTHY FOOD.
- 00:24:08.303 --> 00:24:09.704
- STAY HYDRATED.
- 00:24:09.704 --> 00:24:10.772
- GET A LITTLE EXERCISE AND A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
- 00:24:10.772 --> 00:24:13.141
- THIS DAILY ROUTINE PRODUCES A HEALTHY OUTCOME.
- 00:24:13.141 --> 00:24:16.645
- THE SAME IS TRUE IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AS WELL.
- 00:24:16.645 --> 00:24:19.915
- THIS COMING YEAR JOIN US ON A DAILY JOURNEY TOWARD A
- 00:24:19.915 --> 00:24:23.518
- STRONGER, HEALTHIER, SPIRITUAL LIFE,
- 00:24:23.518 --> 00:24:25.820
- WHERE YOU WALK WITH GOD EVERY DAY
- 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:28.323
- GUIDED BY THE BRAND- NEW 2022
- 00:24:28.323 --> 00:24:31.259
- PATHWAY TO VICTORY DAILY DEVOTION.
- 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.528
- THIS 528 PAGE LEATHER BOUND BOOK CONTAINS 260 BIBLICAL
- 00:24:33.528 --> 00:24:39.868
- PRACTICAL DEVOTIONS BASED ON THE TEACHING OF
- 00:24:39.868 --> 00:24:42.604
- DR. ROBERT JEFFRESS.
- 00:24:42.604 --> 00:24:43.972
- THAT'S ONE INSPIRATIONAL READING FOR
- 00:24:43.972 --> 00:24:46.174
- EVERY WEEKDAY IN THE NEW YEAR.
- 00:24:46.174 --> 00:24:48.643
- FROM JANUARY TO MARCH
- 00:24:48.643 --> 00:24:49.945
- YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO CONQUER THE OBSTACLES THAT
- 00:24:49.945 --> 00:24:52.480
- KEEP YOU FROM LIVING YOUR DREAMS.
- 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.549
- FROM APRIL TO JUNE
- 00:24:54.549 --> 00:24:56.151
- YOU'LL GAIN SPIRITUAL COURAGE.
- 00:24:56.151 --> 00:24:58.053
- LEARNING HOW TO THRIVE IN A CULTURE THAT'S OPPOSED
- 00:24:58.053 --> 00:25:01.156
- TO GOD'S TRUTH
- 00:25:01.156 --> 00:25:02.524
- IN THE SUMMER. YOU'LL EXPLORE THE EXCLUSIVITY
- 00:25:02.524 --> 00:25:05.427
- OF CHRIST AND WHY IT MATTERS.
- 00:25:05.427 --> 00:25:07.729
- AND IN FALL AND WINTER, YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO WIN YOUR
- 00:25:07.729 --> 00:25:10.532
- UNSEEN BATTLES AGAINST AN INVISIBLE ENEMY.
- 00:25:10.532 --> 00:25:15.070
- REQUEST, THE NEW 2022 DEVOTIONAL FOR YOURSELF
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- AND ORDER ADDITIONAL COPIES TO GIVE AS GIFTS
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- TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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- THE HABITS WE BEGIN TODAY, SHAPE OUR TOMORROW.
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- SO SPEND A FEW MINUTES EACH DAY DRAWING CLOSER TO THE GOD
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- WHO LOVES YOU WITH THE NEW
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- 2022 PATHWAY TO VICTORY DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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- ♪ MUSIC
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- TWO SONS WITH TWO VERY DIFFERENT RESPONSES.
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- ONE SAID HE WOULD OBEY THE FATHER,
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- WHILE THE OTHER ACTUALLY OBEYED THE FATHER.
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- THE PARABLE MAKES IT PERFECTLY CLEAR
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- WHICH SON WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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- WELL, THE ISSUE OF SALVATION
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- IS A COMMON THREAD IN MANY OF JESUS' STORIES
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- AND NEXT TIME, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PARABLE
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- THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION HOW A PERSON CAN BE SAVED
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- AND HOW A PERSON CAN KNOW FOR SURE
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- HE OR SHE IS GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN ONE DAY.
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- STAY TUNED FOR A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT TIME
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- ON "PATHWAY TO VICTORY."
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- YOU KNOW, CLEAR VISION CAN BE PAINFUL SOMETIMES,
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- (CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SEEING OURSELVES AS GOD SEES US.
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- AND YET SEEING OURSELVES CLEARLY THE WAY GOD SEES US
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- IS THE FIRST STEP TO RECEIVING GOD'S GIFT OF FORGIVENESS.
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- THAT'S THE POINT OF THE PARABLE
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- WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TODAY.
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- [NARRATOR] SET YOUR DVR AND JOIN US NEXT TIME
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- FOR THE MESSAGE "CONFESSIONS OF AN IRS AGENT"
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- HERE ON "PATHWAY TO VICTORY"
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- ♪ MUSIC
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- ISAIAH 40:8 SAYS, "THE GRASS WITHERS,
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- THE FLOWER FADES, BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD STANDS FOREVER."
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- WHILE YOU PREPARE YOUR FAMILY'S WILL OR ESTATE,
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- I'M URGING YOU TO SPECIFICALLY NAME PATHWAY TO VICTORY AS ONE
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- OF THE RECIPIENTS OF YOUR LEGACY GIVING.
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- PATHWAY TO VICTORY WILL ENSURE THAT THE WORD OF OUR GOD
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- IS BOLDLY DECLARED LONG BEYOND YOUR LIFETIME HERE ON EARTH.
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- GOT TO PTV.ORG/LEGACY
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