[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.64,0:00:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I would love for some help navigating Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.91,0:00:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Christian experience. Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.03,0:00:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is how far can a person Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.36,0:00:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really go as a false convert?" Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.23,0:00:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking this question for this reason: Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.94,0:00:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've been reflecting on my own life, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.28,0:00:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm a bit confused about some things Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.34,0:00:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might be evidences of salvation. Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe the Gospel, Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.14,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repented of my sin - or so I thought - Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.58,0:00:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent countless hours preaching \Nthe Gospel to people, Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.68,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evangelizing, Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.90,0:00:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even street-preached a couple of times Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.90,0:00:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overcoming much fear. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.42,0:00:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like the Holy Spirit \Nwas working to some degree. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.07,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also had a deep sensitivity, Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conviction over sin. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.29,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of time in prayer Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.90,0:00:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which I was also deeply affected. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.15,0:00:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wept over sin and for \Nothers to get saved. Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.04,0:00:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There seemed to be a real love for Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.20,0:00:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the brethren, for the lost. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.82,0:00:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing my best to \Nwalk in obedience to God, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.79,0:01:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though I suspect I wasn't wholehearted. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.30,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may have been holding \Nback some secret idols. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also fought hard and had victory Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.78,0:01:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over much sin like pornography, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.64,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much worldliness, Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though there were still a few things Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.09,0:01:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were an ongoing struggle Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.70,0:01:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I continue to fight really hard Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.42,0:01:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like lust, pride, fear of man, Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.83,0:01:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching bad TV and movies Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.18,0:01:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which often got the better of me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.65,0:01:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless, I made a lot of \Nprogress in sanctification. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.10,0:01:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I ended up holding on Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.96,0:01:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and toying with one or two of those sins Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.80,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fell into a very hardened heart Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.58,0:01:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lukewarmness Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.100,0:01:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just deliberate unrepentant sin Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.33,0:01:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stopped feeling conviction. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.64,0:01:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is: Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.43,0:01:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it really possible to have such fruits Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.99,0:01:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I have had Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.65,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still not have saving faith? Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far can a person go in deception? Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.39,0:01:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If so, how is an unsaved man Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.35,0:01:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to even feel that way Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.41,0:01:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not by the Spirit? Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.72,0:02:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any tips to help me \Nunderstand my past experience? Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.90,0:02:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could God have caused me to fall like this Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.83,0:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it would become \Nclear that I'm not saved? Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.83,0:02:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving some hope Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.45,0:02:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since only a lost person can be saved? Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.61,0:02:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to seek the Lord \Nnow for salvation, Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.04,0:02:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my past experiences have \Nbeen a cause of confusion. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.91,0:02:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence, my question. Thanks." Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.45,0:02:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to look at several texts. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.37,0:02:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far can a person go? Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.91,0:02:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking this: how far can a \Nperson go in deception? Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.84,0:02:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far can a person really go Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.10,0:02:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a false convert? Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.65,0:02:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to look at several texts. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.44,0:02:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is Hebrews 6. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.94,0:02:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far can they go? Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.84,0:02:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a brand new convert, Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.92,0:03:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read a Puritan book by Matthew Mead - Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.15,0:03:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Puritan Matthew Mead - Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.62,0:03:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "The Almost Christian Discovered." Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.37,0:03:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody heard of that book before? Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.100,0:03:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read it? Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.61,0:03:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a brand new Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.54,0:03:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself falling on my face Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.63,0:03:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the floor often as I read that book, Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.91,0:03:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleading with the Lord Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.06,0:03:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I wasn't genuine Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.01,0:03:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He would search that out and show me Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.22,0:03:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that book really rattled me. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.73,0:03:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had come to the Lord, Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.48,0:03:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it had never occurred to me - Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.60,0:03:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I was around such lost people, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.60,0:03:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just assumed - Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.46,0:03:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was around such lost people Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.44,0:03:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and around nominal Catholicism, Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.83,0:03:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just thought if people claimed Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be true Christians, they were. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.65,0:03:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I thought \Nwhen I was first saved, Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.91,0:04:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to come across that book, Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.46,0:04:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really jolted me. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.65,0:04:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 6:4. Somebody \Nbegin reading right there. Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.79,0:04:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For it is impossible in the case of those Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.50,0:04:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have once been enlightened..." Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.28,0:04:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay. Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.75,0:04:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What he's going to say Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.16,0:04:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's impossible to renew unto Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.86,0:04:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to restore unto or \Nto bring back to a state Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.09,0:04:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of repentance Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.97,0:04:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody who has been - Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.31,0:04:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is a person who it's impossible Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.100,0:04:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be saved. Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.49,0:04:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one thing we know for certain: Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.51,0:04:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've never been saved Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.16,0:04:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's impossible for them to be saved. Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.85,0:04:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been enlightened. Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.12,0:04:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the first thing that was said. Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.02,0:04:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have been enlightened. Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.33,0:04:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean? Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.43,0:04:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Light. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.36,0:04:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it's like. \NIt's dark outside. Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.55,0:04:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come to the light, you can see things. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.02,0:04:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you guys go stand on my porch, Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.28,0:04:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the light's not on, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.57,0:04:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't see things. Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.75,0:05:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I turn the light on - whoa! Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.27,0:05:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, everything \Nappears around you. Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.81,0:05:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Light we are told makes manifest. Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.01,0:05:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it about light? Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.43,0:05:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enlightenment. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.66,0:05:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means I am brought to see Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.39,0:05:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I never saw before. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.54,0:05:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how far can a person go? Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:05:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be exposed to preaching, Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.69,0:05:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Word of God. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.21,0:05:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be exposed to the light of truth Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.21,0:05:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brought to a place that \Nthey never were before. Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.86,0:05:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the next thing said there? Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.47,0:05:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Who have tasted the heavenly gift." Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.35,0:05:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay, isn't that amazing? Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.47,0:05:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've tasted. Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the heavenly gift - Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.73,0:05:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like they've taken salvation. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.44,0:05:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've put it in their mouth. Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.90,0:05:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they've rolled it \Naround on their tongue. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.34,0:05:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got the flavor of it. Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.59,0:06:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going. Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.58,0:06:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Who have shared in the Holy Spirit." Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.89,0:06:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay. Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.62,0:06:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's interesting? Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.99,0:06:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said this: Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.38,0:06:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it really possible \Nto have such fruits?" Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.78,0:06:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or he says this: Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.80,0:06:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can an unsaved man Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.49,0:06:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to even feel that way Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.94,0:06:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not by the Spirit?" Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.86,0:06:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I would say this, Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.61,0:06:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it probably was by the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.14,0:06:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what do you mean? Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.98,0:06:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saying this, Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.18,0:06:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God works in many people Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.67,0:06:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who come short of genuine salvation. Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.94,0:06:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word of God can be preached. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.20,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what you find \Noftentimes in times of revival? Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you find this even on a given Sunday. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.38,0:06:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody stands up and preaches a message. Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.26,0:06:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get people who - they're moved. Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.36,0:06:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're swayed. Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.89,0:06:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're convicted. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.33,0:07:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel some power in the preaching. Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.06,0:07:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go out and they're \Nconcerned for their souls. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.74,0:07:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their conscience has been made alive. Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.10,0:07:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.100,0:07:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've participated in \Nthe work of the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.26,0:07:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible for that to happen Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.16,0:07:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and truly be of the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.35,0:07:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they get to a \Nplace where it's impossible Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.94,0:07:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to repent. Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.40,0:07:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.90,0:07:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...And have tasted the goodness Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.95,0:07:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word of God Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.72,0:07:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the powers of the age to come." Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.01,0:07:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: See? They've tasted of the Word. Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.63,0:07:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've tasted the truths. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.41,0:07:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's swirled around \Nin their mouth as well. Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.16,0:07:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even the world to come. Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.19,0:07:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's power. Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.35,0:07:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're actually experiencing the power Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.96,0:08:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the supernatural. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.10,0:08:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just any supernatural, Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.77,0:08:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is actually the power of God Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.14,0:08:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're being exposed to. Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.11,0:08:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something even that's representative Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.25,0:08:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world to come. Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.58,0:08:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's exposure. Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.15,0:08:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going. Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.12,0:08:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...And then have fallen away." Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.19,0:08:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay, now these \Npeople have fallen away. Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.91,0:08:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the reality we looked at before. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.51,0:08:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it's genuine salvation, Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.28,0:08:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't be lost. Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.22,0:08:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these people - Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.43,0:08:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's impossible once they've tasted - Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.42,0:08:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, when it says \Nthat they've fallen away, Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.45,0:08:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't fall away from true salvation. Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.50,0:08:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because He puts His fear in us Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.31,0:09:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we not fall away; Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.62,0:09:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we not go away from Him. Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.45,0:09:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ says if you come to Me, Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.86,0:09:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will raise you up at the last day. Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.44,0:09:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, these people, Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.75,0:09:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.12,0:09:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they fell away from \Nis not being saved. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.75,0:09:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've fallen away from the very things Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.21,0:09:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are described there. Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.74,0:09:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've fallen away from the impact. Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.77,0:09:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a person Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.08,0:09:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is exposed to truth. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.29,0:09:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may claim to believe the truth. Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.65,0:09:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may make a profession. Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.22,0:09:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may get baptized. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.03,0:09:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may join the church. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.52,0:09:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel they've been impacted. Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.56,0:09:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel they've been convicted. Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.56,0:09:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, based on that text, Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.25,0:09:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's real supernatural \Noperations of the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.52,0:09:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it comes short because they fall. Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.19,0:09:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go away. Remember this: Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.18,0:10:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're sealed with the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.76,0:10:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the guarantee of your inheritance Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.21,0:10:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you acquire possession of it. Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.78,0:10:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a guarantee. Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.03,0:10:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These operations of the Spirit right here Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.44,0:10:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall short of that. Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.21,0:10:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.88,0:10:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those things right there Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.97,0:10:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person can have happen and come short. Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.30,0:10:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me take you somewhere else in Hebrews. Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.40,0:10:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn to Hebrews 12:16. Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.86,0:10:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Esau. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.31,0:10:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esau is another great example to look at Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.85,0:10:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as how far a person can go Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.53,0:10:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still come short. Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.75,0:10:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read v. 16. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.75,0:10:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...That no one is sexually immoral Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.63,0:10:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unholy like Esau Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.32,0:10:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who sold his birthright \Nfor a single meal." Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.86,0:10:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Keep going. Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.30,0:11:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...For we know that afterward, Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.39,0:11:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he desired to inherit the blessing, Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.71,0:11:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was rejected, Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.01,0:11:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for he found no chance to repent Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.10,0:11:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though he sought it with tears." Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.27,0:11:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Here's the thing. \NWe know he was lost. Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.98,0:11:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jacob I have loved; Esau I have hated." Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.16,0:11:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This text says he's an evil person. Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.25,0:11:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what was true of him? Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.37,0:11:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you two things that \Ncan be true of a person Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.12,0:11:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they fall short. Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.46,0:11:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see them there. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.87,0:11:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can repent of sorts. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.40,0:11:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, that's a change of mind. Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.26,0:11:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had a change of mind Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.14,0:11:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he easily cast away his birthright. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.21,0:11:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then later had a change of mind. Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.31,0:11:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted it back. Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.14,0:11:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, he even wept tears. Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.22,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person can weep. Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.24,0:11:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person can change their mind, Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.22,0:11:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fall short. Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.15,0:11:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to see another one. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.84,0:12:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn to Luke 8. Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.14,0:12:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read verse 13. Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.80,0:12:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And the ones on the rock Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.09,0:12:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those who when they heard the Word Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.55,0:12:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,received it with joy." Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.04,0:12:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay, you can have people Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.86,0:12:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who hear the true Word. Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.71,0:12:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something has happened in them. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.24,0:12:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit may be moving and convicting. Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.09,0:12:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may see something in this Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.75,0:12:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their eyes have been opened to - Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.19,0:12:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightenment like we saw in Hebrews 6. Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.91,0:12:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They embrace it. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.42,0:12:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They receive it with joy, Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.99,0:12:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but keep reading. Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.23,0:12:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...But these have no root. Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.80,0:12:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They believe for awhile..." Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.22,0:12:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Notice that. They believe for awhile. Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.49,0:12:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very interesting. Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.80,0:13:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going. Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.28,0:13:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And in time of testing fall away." Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.24,0:13:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: They fall away. Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.34,0:13:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they weren't genuine. They had no root. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.49,0:13:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never had any root. Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.65,0:13:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like they were saved, Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.08,0:13:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they weren't saved. Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.65,0:13:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were defective from the beginning. Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.63,0:13:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing, Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.83,0:13:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be enlightened. Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.54,0:13:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can taste of the heavenly gift. Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.88,0:13:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can taste of this good gift. Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.63,0:13:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can participate in \Nthe operations of the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.44,0:13:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can repent. Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.86,0:13:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can weep tears. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.35,0:13:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can even believe. Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.10,0:13:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can receive gladly. Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.90,0:13:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Matthew 7 says. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.53,0:13:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say, "Lord, Lord." Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.42,0:13:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can know the right lingo. Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.16,0:13:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Lord, Lord." What did they do? Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.80,0:13:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we cast out demons, Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.37,0:13:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we prophesied in Your name. Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.15,0:13:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cast out demons in Your name. Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.65,0:13:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Your name! Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.34,0:13:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We prophesied in Your name. Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.69,0:14:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did many mighty works in Your name. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.46,0:14:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember Judas? Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.38,0:14:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He undoubtedly cast out \Njust as many demons Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.90,0:14:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and healed people as well as the others. Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.23,0:14:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do many mighty works in His name. Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.63,0:14:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not saying the people didn't do them. Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.75,0:14:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of these things can happen Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.42,0:14:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still people fall short. Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.59,0:14:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the church at Sardis? Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.42,0:14:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have a name that you're \Nalive, but you're dead." Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.27,0:14:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you can call yourself \Nall the right names. Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.98,0:14:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.26,0:14:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a child of God. I'm born again. Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.22,0:14:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say all the right things. Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.24,0:14:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say, "Lord, Lord." Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.92,0:14:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says it's not everybody \Nthat says to Me, "Lord, Lord." Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.99,0:14:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have a name that you're alive, Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.90,0:14:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the name is a lie. Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.18,0:14:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People run around calling themselves \N(incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.68,0:14:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus comes, He's \Ngoing to set all names right. Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.66,0:15:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to put the \Nright names on people. Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.94,0:15:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there's a place there in fact, Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.67,0:15:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus talks about the people \Nwho say they're Jews, Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.28,0:15:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're not. They lie. Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.95,0:15:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physically they were Jews, Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.22,0:15:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they weren't really Jews. Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.24,0:15:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus is going to set all names right. Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.01,0:15:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People love to call themselves by names. Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.13,0:15:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can call yourself many names Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.90,0:15:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still fall short of being genuine. Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.50,0:15:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I just want us to think. Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.96,0:15:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, how does all of that Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.28,0:15:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compare to the genuine? Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.33,0:15:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the thing. Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.55,0:15:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And James preached through \NPhilippians not long ago Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.84,0:15:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think I mentioned it last week Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.30,0:15:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or one of the last times. Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.06,0:15:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Philippians 3:3 - Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.78,0:15:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can anybody quote it besides James? Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.19,0:16:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James, can you quote it? Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.59,0:16:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For we are the circumcision, \Nwho worship by the Spirit of God Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.81,0:16:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and glory in Christ Jesus and \Nput no confidence in the flesh..." Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.87,0:16:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Yeah, worship in the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.85,0:16:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is the reality Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.94,0:16:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their glory is in Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.47,0:16:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worship in the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.92,0:16:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put no confidence in the flesh. Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.81,0:16:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their confidence is in Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.58,0:16:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look, listen. Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.66,0:16:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If somebody falls away \Nbecause of persecution, Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.44,0:16:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.55,0:16:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what they really believed? Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.34,0:16:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't believe that Jesus \Nwas to be had at all costs. Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.89,0:16:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will make a man \Nwalk away from Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.17,0:16:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only if he truly believes that Christ Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.72,0:16:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't the most necessary thing. Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.98,0:16:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as persecution goes up, Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.44,0:16:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why does it cause people to fall away? Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.02,0:17:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they put suffering \Nand Christ in the scale, Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.88,0:17:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they say my own not suffering, Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.09,0:17:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own ease, Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.25,0:17:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own not being \Npersecuted and feeling bad Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.23,0:17:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more important than having Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.40,0:17:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason the true believer \Nwill not let go of Christ Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.50,0:17:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because he truly believes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.96,0:17:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He believes he's got \Nto have Christ or perish Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.13,0:17:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he won't let go of Him for anything. Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.86,0:17:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He glories in that. Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.06,0:17:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is his hope. Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.66,0:17:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worships God in the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.24,0:17:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Christ said \Nthe Father's looking for. Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.20,0:17:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not worshiping in the flesh. Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.70,0:17:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what do you mean? Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.34,0:17:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what worship in the flesh is? Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.20,0:17:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's praying like the heathen do. Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.12,0:17:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think by their repetitions, Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.46,0:18:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going to get God. Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.73,0:18:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believing that because you pray - Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.31,0:18:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's trusting your prayer. Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.03,0:18:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trusting the repetition of your prayer. Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.03,0:18:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's trusting in what you do. Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.32,0:18:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person who worships by the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.42,0:18:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's happening? Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.72,0:18:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the heart, Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.89,0:18:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they delight in God. Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.96,0:18:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the heart, they admire Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.66,0:18:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they adore Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.70,0:18:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're amazed Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.17,0:18:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're in awe, Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.65,0:18:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they find God glorious Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.54,0:18:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're shaken by His majesty Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.67,0:18:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by His purity and by His holiness. Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.33,0:18:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they sing, there's a joy that comes. Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.30,0:18:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, those who don't \Nworship by the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.15,0:18:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a work. Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.02,0:18:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happening in the worship Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.01,0:18:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's an exercise that they go through Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.77,0:19:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're \Naccumulating points with God. Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.42,0:19:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus the worship that's of the Spirit - Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.12,0:19:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's when the Spirit \Ntakes the blinders off Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.85,0:19:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allows us to see the beauty Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.88,0:19:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and majesty of God Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.22,0:19:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we worship Him from the heart level Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.47,0:19:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're thankful, Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.93,0:19:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we find beauty. Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.67,0:19:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're legitimately thankful. Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.72,0:19:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come to God thankful that He saved us Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.42,0:19:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the merits of Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.76,0:19:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not like the Catholic comes Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.41,0:19:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who counts the beads. Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.12,0:19:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is bead counting? Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.79,0:19:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Why each one? Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.86,0:19:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's merit. Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.70,0:19:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm doing it to get something. Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.90,0:19:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I count all these out. I'm rigorous. Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.88,0:19:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk on my knees till they bleed. Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.61,0:19:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told you guys this. Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.54,0:19:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to high school with a guy Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.22,0:19:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that became a Jesuit priest. Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.84,0:19:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He likes to tell people \Nthat when he was a kid Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.53,0:19:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back when he was my friend - Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.17,0:20:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up with this guy - Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.74,0:20:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he put rocks in his shoes. Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.78,0:20:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He likes to tell people. Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.56,0:20:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.78,0:20:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's another notch in the belt Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.26,0:20:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his righteousness Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.60,0:20:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's earning this merit. Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.91,0:20:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it's all about. Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.62,0:20:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think purgatory is? Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.35,0:20:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purgatory is where you go pay in the fire. Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.28,0:20:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you weren't able to \Npay well enough here Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.90,0:20:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get enough here Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.67,0:20:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do enough here, Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.23,0:20:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you pay more there. Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.62,0:20:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all this merit system. Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.36,0:20:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you worship God in the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.32,0:20:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's totally different Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.89,0:20:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what the Spirit \Ndoes is exalts Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.66,0:20:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see there. There's appreciation Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.56,0:20:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's thankfulness Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.97,0:20:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He has saved you. Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.92,0:20:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's based on Him. Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.60,0:20:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's thankfulness and gratefulness. Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.12,0:20:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't put confidence in the flesh. Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.17,0:20:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counting those beads is all flesh. Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.99,0:20:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what you can do in your own strength. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.44,0:20:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, we cast that away. Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.76,0:20:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul did. Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.94,0:20:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Philippians 3 is. Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.91,0:21:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this great big list \Nof all these things Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.16,0:21:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he put his confidence in. Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.32,0:21:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.28,0:21:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to \Nworship in the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.92,0:21:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit comes in and just devastates Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.80,0:21:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the confidences that we formerly had. Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.72,0:21:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the hopes we formerly had Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.32,0:21:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how we were going to get to heaven - Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.20,0:21:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just devastates them all Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.80,0:21:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we're broken, we're \Nempty, we're bankrupt, Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.19,0:21:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's only one hope, Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.12,0:21:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's we glory in Christ Jesus. Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.94,0:21:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those three things stated \Nthere in Philippians 3:3. Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.41,0:21:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the essence of it. Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.32,0:21:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people can feel discouraged Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.90,0:21:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you feel like when I \Nwas a brand new convert Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.62,0:21:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading this Puritan book Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.08,0:21:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and falling on my face all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.82,0:21:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality is even though Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.72,0:21:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many things can be real of your life Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.92,0:21:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you fall short of \Nbeing the real thing, Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.80,0:21:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never fall short \Nof being the real thing Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.45,0:21:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your only confidence \Nis in Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.95,0:21:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not be put to shame. Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.22,0:21:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what else may happen, Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.72,0:21:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter whatever winds may blow, Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.44,0:22:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever persecutions may come, Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.95,0:22:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever attacks you may suffer, Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.00,0:22:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever thoughts may \Nrun through your mind, Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.76,0:22:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this - Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.87,0:22:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your sole confidence in \Nbeing saved before God Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.74,0:22:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rests in the merits, \Nthe death of Jesus Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.47,0:22:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's your only hope, Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.23,0:22:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's your only confidence, Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.88,0:22:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have none in the flesh - Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.02,0:22:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your own doings, in your own worship, Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.20,0:22:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your own merit - Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.46,0:22:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none in your own goodness, Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.64,0:22:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not there, it's only in Him, Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.61,0:22:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll guarantee you this: you are saved. Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.60,0:22:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are going to glory. Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.12,0:22:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture promises it. Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.60,0:22:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have root if that's the case. Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.80,0:22:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this guy, I would say this to him. Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.91,0:22:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I made a lot \Nof progress in sanctification." Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.87,0:22:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he says, Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.76,0:23:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've ended up holding \Non to one or two sins." Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.20,0:23:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "...lust, pride, fear of man, Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.20,0:23:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching bad TV, bad movies... Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.38,0:23:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often gets the better of me." Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.86,0:23:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this, Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.58,0:23:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that isn't a good \Npicture of sanctification. Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.54,0:23:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "I've made lots\Nof progress in sanctification." Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.26,0:23:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think that is lots of \Nprogress in sanctification likely. Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.36,0:23:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If lust, pride, fear of \Nman, watching bad TV Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.18,0:23:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bad movies are often \Ngetting the better of him, Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.58,0:23:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not a good \Npicture of sanctification. Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.68,0:23:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, what I would \Nsay to people like this Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.17,0:23:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if you look at your life Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.70,0:24:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you recognize something's wrong - Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.19,0:24:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, people are looking for the solution. Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.62,0:24:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're looking for the magic formula. Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.50,0:24:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.67,0:24:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if something's wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.22,0:24:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's only One who can fix it, Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.78,0:24:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't. Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.39,0:24:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is you've got to be Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.78,0:24:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like blind Bartimaeus Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.33,0:24:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you cry out until He fixes it. Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.83,0:24:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cry out until He sets your eyes right. Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.56,0:24:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you don't, Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.99,0:24:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you just go back to your life, Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.01,0:24:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back to your sin, Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.74,0:24:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back to your religion, Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.20,0:24:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just ignore these kinds of things, Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.10,0:24:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just let them go, Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.06,0:24:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's going to drift deeper and deeper Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.02,0:24:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into what he describes as lukewarmness, Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.34,0:24:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unrepentant sin, Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.52,0:24:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop feeling conviction, Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.19,0:24:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard heart. Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.93,0:24:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you just wake up in hell. Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.54,0:25:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cry out until the Lord heals you Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.29,0:25:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you perish. Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.67,0:25:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If something's wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.10,0:25:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's only one place to go. Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.88,0:25:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the church. \NThe church doesn't heal you. Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.27,0:25:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the pastors - any of them. Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.24,0:25:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us together - Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.68,0:25:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the pastors in our church, Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.56,0:25:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the pastors from every church in town, Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.60,0:25:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can come together Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.78,0:25:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can all lay hands on you Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.28,0:25:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't do anything for you. Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.91,0:25:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can pray for you, Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.04,0:25:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the end, we're \Ngoing to call upon Him Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.19,0:25:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is your only hope. Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.78,0:25:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the only hope \Nof anybody sitting here, Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.39,0:25:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody listening. Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.54,0:25:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If something's wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.50,0:25:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're spiraling into sin, Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.19,0:25:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, what we can say is this: Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.33,0:25:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture says in no uncertain terms Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.15,0:25:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've been raised to newness of life. Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.99,0:25:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin shall not have dominion over you. Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.83,0:25:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to reckon yourselves dead to sin. Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.31,0:25:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality of Scripture is Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.04,0:25:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without holiness, you don't see the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.72,0:26:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is God is in the business Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.44,0:26:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of transforming people Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.90,0:26:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the image of Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.96,0:26:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that is not happening Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.65,0:26:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some stark, very real, Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.21,0:26:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very recognizable fashion, Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.53,0:26:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something is wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.94,0:26:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I say, if something is wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.30,0:26:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only Jesus can set it right. Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.21,0:26:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only He can heal this. Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.69,0:26:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only He is the doctor to do Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.46,0:26:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of surgery that's necessary Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.97,0:26:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the heart of people. Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.01,0:26:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to Him. You go to Him. Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.58,0:26:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cry to Him. You look to Him. Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.75,0:26:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture says if you call \Nupon the name of the Lord Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.05,0:26:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be saved. Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.09,0:26:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you call. You call. You go there. Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.16,0:26:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the only hope. Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.62,0:26:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other place to direct people. Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.99,0:26:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would give the Lord no rest Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.64,0:26:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're in a position \Nwhere you're uncertain. Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.97,0:26:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whether there's such things happening Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.99,0:26:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your life with regards to lukewarmness Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.97,0:26:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hardness and spiraling into sin Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.64,0:27:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just not really knowing Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.13,0:27:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it even means to worship the Lord Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.34,0:27:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Spirit and glory in Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.40,0:27:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find all your hope there. Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.85,0:27:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give Him no rest. Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.57,0:27:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, hell is real and once you're there, Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.70,0:27:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's permanent. It's done. It's over. Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.90,0:27:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're devastated forever. Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.82,0:27:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're damned. Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.69,0:27:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're destroyed. Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.52,0:27:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no hope. Fire is real. Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.14,0:27:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't cast yourself into a bonfire. Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.99,0:27:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of the lake of fire. It's real. Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.100,0:27:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to be cast in there. Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.10,0:27:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to just play with your soul Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.27,0:27:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though it's some cheap little toy, Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.78,0:27:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something easily squandered. Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.75,0:27:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.28,0:27:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You lose your soul - Jesus said, Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.100,0:27:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what will a man give in \Nexchange for his soul? Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.44,0:27:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.03,0:27:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll give everything in \Nexchange for your soul. Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.68,0:27:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing to hold on to Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.65,0:27:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the cost of your soul. Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.50,0:27:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sin that you think \Nthat you have to have? Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.37,0:28:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will curse yourself one \Nday for holding on to it Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.54,0:28:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it costs you your soul Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.15,0:28:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you end up perishing. Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.54,0:28:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when you were so close. Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.45,0:28:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you perish after having sat Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.24,0:28:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the preaching Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.81,0:28:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you people have sat under, Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.16,0:28:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a horror in that! Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.06,0:28:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine? Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.14,0:28:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one thing to end up in hell Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.63,0:28:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how devastating that is, Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.52,0:28:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can you imagine? Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.83,0:28:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine if you came this close? Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.01,0:28:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like, wow, God put me in church Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.35,0:28:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they taught the truth Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.88,0:28:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I heard the truth Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.64,0:28:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I entertained the truth Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.25,0:28:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw it from the pages of Scripture Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.86,0:28:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I heard Christ proclaimed Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.70,0:28:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He was lifted up as the only hope. Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.24,0:28:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know there were times Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.67,0:28:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even experienced some of \Nthat power of the Holy Spirit Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.60,0:28:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt convicted Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.03,0:28:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came this close. Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.65,0:28:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were times I was even reaching. Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.74,0:28:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were times I asked the Lord to save. Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.94,0:28:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I look back now and I recognize Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.93,0:29:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't totally committed to that. Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.87,0:29:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't totally want it. Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.38,0:29:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't really being honest. Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.39,0:29:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was some movements Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.22,0:29:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was this close! Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.63,0:29:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine if you got that close Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.43,0:29:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Treasure? Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.94,0:29:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To touching the Treasure Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.99,0:29:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you turned Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.02,0:29:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you chose your sin instead? Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.26,0:29:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you perished. Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.14,0:29:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will curse yourself forever. Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.04,0:29:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You came that close. Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.54,0:29:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will hear those words. Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.92,0:29:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is now going to be more tolerable Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.89,0:29:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Sodom than for you. Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.69,0:29:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Scripture says. Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.63,0:29:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Father, I pray that there would be Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.27,0:29:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some serious dealings with You Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.03,0:29:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hopefully some of these young men Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.04,0:29:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have written will hear these things Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.55,0:29:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others like them. Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.80,0:30:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I pray, Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.50,0:30:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have compassion upon sinners. Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.03,0:30:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray You'd bring revival to our land. Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.15,0:30:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bring a stirring. Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.73,0:30:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweep people into Your kingdom. Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.21,0:30:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause salvation to fall down from above. Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.67,0:30:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask it in Christ's name, Amen.