0:00:09.963,0:00:12.100 My name is Daniel. 0:00:12.100,0:00:14.754 I'm 18 years old. 0:00:14.754,0:00:22.661 And almost a year ago, God saved me. 0:00:22.661,0:00:24.731 I stand here. 0:00:24.731,0:00:27.800 I want to proclaim the Gospel 0:00:27.800,0:00:32.231 in my own testimony 0:00:32.231,0:00:35.731 and just how God did that work in me 0:00:35.731,0:00:41.007 that you too may come to faith in Him. 0:00:41.007,0:00:44.921 Most of all I want to tell you 0:00:44.921,0:00:46.391 that there's no level of sin 0:00:46.391,0:00:51.699 and there's no amount of wickedness 0:00:51.699,0:00:53.111 that keeps a man from God, 0:00:53.111,0:00:57.560 but it's his own pride not to come. 0:00:57.560,0:00:59.157 And for a long time, 0:00:59.157,0:01:02.351 I was prideful enough to [br]keep my sin in the dark. 0:01:02.351,0:01:05.651 My dark deeds were [br]not exposed to the light 0:01:05.651,0:01:08.759 because they would expose [br]them for what they are. 0:01:08.759,0:01:11.499 And if that was true, 0:01:11.499,0:01:16.980 God would have judged me. 0:01:16.980,0:01:19.830 They were true 0:01:19.830,0:01:23.702 and He would have judged me. 0:01:23.702,0:01:27.204 But you need to know that now 0:01:27.204,0:01:30.450 I serve a living Savior. 0:01:30.450,0:01:33.900 He's alive in me. 0:01:33.900,0:01:36.810 And He's done a work. 0:01:36.810,0:01:42.470 Please hear this testimony [br]I have to tell you 0:01:42.470,0:01:45.421 that you may come to saving faith. 0:01:56.699,0:01:58.641 God shows His love for us 0:01:58.641,0:02:03.131 in that while we were still sinners, 0:02:03.131,0:02:08.800 Christ died for us. 0:02:08.800,0:02:13.341 On April 23rd, 1991, 0:02:13.341,0:02:16.535 I began my war with God. 0:02:16.535,0:02:22.222 That's the day I was born. 0:02:22.222,0:02:25.180 At age 5 or 6, 0:02:25.180,0:02:31.727 though God created me to mature 0:02:31.727,0:02:42.283 and to be holy and pure before Him, 0:02:42.283,0:02:48.851 at age 5 or 6, Satan said 0:02:48.851,0:02:51.801 your sexuality begins. 0:02:51.801,0:03:00.091 And I said, yeah, you're right. 0:03:00.091,0:03:02.800 And through elementary 0:03:02.800,0:03:06.560 and throughout middle school, 0:03:06.560,0:03:11.331 Satan said this perversion continues, 0:03:11.331,0:03:16.532 and I agreed with him. 0:03:16.532,0:03:22.141 And high school came and I stopped. 0:03:22.141,0:03:30.410 I stopped living my secret sexual lusts - 0:03:30.410,0:03:35.392 these actions that no one knew about 0:03:35.392,0:03:40.130 except God. 0:03:40.130,0:03:46.861 And the only reason it ended 0:03:46.861,0:03:49.841 was the fear of man 0:03:49.841,0:03:55.231 because I didn't want to stop doing it. 0:03:55.231,0:03:56.372 I loved it. 0:03:56.372,0:04:03.822 I loved what killed my conscience. 0:04:03.822,0:04:06.990 And if it could have been seen, 0:04:06.990,0:04:08.810 it would have been a scarred, 0:04:08.810,0:04:12.770 brutally beaten body - almost to death. 0:04:12.770,0:04:17.631 That's what my conscience was like then. 0:04:17.631,0:04:21.437 And the only reason I stopped 0:04:21.437,0:04:24.046 was because I was growing up 0:04:24.046,0:04:25.704 and I knew what people would think 0:04:25.704,0:04:29.800 if I continued this way [br]and they found out 0:04:29.800,0:04:34.060 how I felt about people of my own gender 0:04:34.060,0:04:37.502 and even my own flesh and blood 0:04:37.502,0:04:41.090 and the things I did in the dark. 0:04:41.090,0:04:48.870 The things that God's [br]law says are perverse. 0:04:48.870,0:04:53.338 He absolutely hates. 0:05:11.969,0:05:15.588 No, I truly didn't stop doing it 0:05:15.588,0:05:20.018 because it was an abomination to God. 0:05:20.018,0:05:25.578 I truly stopped because... 0:05:25.578,0:05:28.467 I cared more about what people thought 0:05:28.467,0:05:31.128 than anything in the world - 0:05:31.128,0:05:32.938 even more than my lusts. 0:05:32.938,0:05:36.028 That's how much I cared 0:05:36.028,0:05:39.422 what people thought about me. 0:05:39.422,0:05:42.808 Not because I hated sin. 0:05:42.808,0:05:48.599 I loved sin. 0:05:48.599,0:05:56.382 But in the midst of this - 0:05:56.382,0:05:59.028 me growing up this way - 0:05:59.028,0:06:01.988 I began to isolate myself. 0:06:01.988,0:06:06.718 Fear and shame became my outer shell. 0:06:06.718,0:06:10.517 And I began to collect [br]in the midst of all of it 0:06:10.517,0:06:16.786 all types of materialistic idolatries, 0:06:16.786,0:06:20.518 but never truly worshiping 0:06:20.518,0:06:25.820 or considering the God who created me. 0:06:25.820,0:06:31.580 And for that I am ashamed. 0:06:31.580,0:06:36.019 I am so ashamed. 0:06:41.069,0:06:48.978 With everyone applauding my good grades, 0:06:48.978,0:06:52.501 I began the greatest abomination of all. 0:06:52.501,0:06:54.418 In the midst of what I knew I was 0:06:54.418,0:06:57.819 and had done and was [br]still doing in my mind, 0:06:57.819,0:07:00.325 though I physically stopped it, 0:07:00.325,0:07:02.782 I actually thought I was better 0:07:02.782,0:07:06.460 than most everyone else. 0:07:06.460,0:07:08.977 And I looked to people's approval 0:07:08.977,0:07:10.738 of my behavior externally 0:07:10.738,0:07:15.072 and my own conduct in school. 0:07:15.072,0:07:18.802 I began to think of myself as good. 0:07:29.142,0:07:33.978 But if I had faced God in those days, 0:07:33.978,0:07:36.589 He would have ended my life. 0:07:36.589,0:07:43.530 And if He would have brought [br]me right before Him, 0:07:43.530,0:07:48.319 the angels would have been [br]the ones applauding. 0:07:48.319,0:07:50.149 They would have been applauding 0:07:50.149,0:07:54.107 my damnation. 0:08:01.207,0:08:05.489 Then my teenage "churchianity" 0:08:05.489,0:08:09.238 only multiplied what I can imagine 0:08:09.238,0:08:16.208 God felt toward me - fierce wrath 0:08:16.208,0:08:22.594 and wanting to pour out vengeance. 0:08:29.306,0:08:32.947 Because I treated myself then 0:08:32.947,0:08:36.455 at that point in my life as redeemed. 0:08:36.455,0:08:41.395 And it was under a false Gospel. 0:08:52.936,0:08:58.502 But God being the merciful [br]Savior that He was 0:08:58.502,0:09:03.145 and He still is 0:09:03.145,0:09:07.968 just showed me 0:09:07.968,0:09:12.827 the consuming fire that He is, 0:09:12.827,0:09:16.305 and in that blinding light 0:09:16.305,0:09:19.646 He brought me face-to-face with Christ 0:09:19.646,0:09:25.057 almost a year ago from today. 0:09:25.057,0:09:30.998 And I felt like I could not escape then. 0:09:30.998,0:09:34.634 And I felt outside of Him 0:09:34.634,0:09:36.965 enough to proclaim to those 0:09:36.965,0:09:38.335 giving me the Gospel 0:09:38.335,0:09:44.946 that I had been hearing a false Gospel. 0:09:44.946,0:09:47.266 I was able to admit it. 0:09:47.266,0:09:49.656 Only in God's mercy was He allowing me 0:09:49.656,0:09:53.825 to see that and believe that. 0:09:53.825,0:10:00.496 The living Christ in these [br]pages of His Word - 0:10:00.496,0:10:06.365 they came alive to me that night. 0:10:06.365,0:10:12.055 And realizing God, I fled [br]to the living Christ. 0:10:12.055,0:10:14.934 I fled to Him - that Savior. 0:10:14.934,0:10:17.360 That Mighty One. 0:10:17.360,0:10:19.893 He gave up His life 0:10:19.893,0:10:26.744 and bled on that tree. 0:10:26.744,0:10:30.247 I was able to live and see 0:10:30.247,0:10:32.720 the way Christ lived 0:10:32.720,0:10:35.717 and the way He saw God. 0:10:35.717,0:10:38.305 I was able to live like Him. 0:10:38.305,0:10:40.477 I was able to live like Christ. 0:10:40.477,0:10:42.666 I was able to see the Father 0:10:42.666,0:10:47.596 the way God the Son saw God the Father. 0:10:52.234,0:11:00.086 And now, to some of you, 0:11:00.086,0:11:02.336 I will see in that final day 0:11:02.336,0:11:04.617 doing the very things, 0:11:04.617,0:11:07.485 having done those very [br]same things that I did, 0:11:07.485,0:11:09.075 hearing this truth - 0:11:09.075,0:11:12.188 even doing worse things than I did, 0:11:12.188,0:11:19.434 being poured into the lake of fire. 0:11:19.434,0:11:22.735 That was what I deserve. 0:11:22.735,0:11:27.370 But God responded to my hate 0:11:27.370,0:11:29.984 with His own love and His Son 0:11:29.984,0:11:32.356 in that while I was a sinner, 0:11:32.356,0:11:35.871 He died for me. 0:11:35.871,0:11:39.238 And many of you it is my prayer 0:11:39.238,0:11:43.906 will stand with me as brethren on that day 0:11:43.906,0:11:46.346 having done what I did, 0:11:46.346,0:11:50.074 having lived what I lived, 0:11:50.074,0:11:55.064 and rejoicing as He pours out His love - 0:11:55.064,0:11:57.295 His undeserved love - 0:11:57.295,0:11:58.824 and it is of light. 0:11:58.824,0:12:02.065 And it is a consuming fire. 0:12:02.065,0:12:05.965 A burning love and bright love 0:12:05.965,0:12:08.074 that fills those heavens 0:12:08.074,0:12:10.154 so that there is no sun, 0:12:10.154,0:12:11.855 there is no moon. 0:12:11.855,0:12:15.096 There's just Him. 0:12:15.096,0:12:18.114 And all that thirst will come to Him 0:12:18.114,0:12:21.324 because He has given them life. 0:12:21.324,0:12:23.197 And all my false relationships 0:12:23.197,0:12:24.510 and all my lusts 0:12:24.510,0:12:26.617 and all my perverted sexuality 0:12:26.617,0:12:29.229 and all of my pride and self-righteousness 0:12:29.229,0:12:31.517 in the midst of those lies - 0:12:31.517,0:12:33.257 He abundantly pardons 0:12:33.257,0:12:36.306 and gives me a true relationship 0:12:36.306,0:12:38.025 and a true love 0:12:38.025,0:12:40.275 and a true romance 0:12:40.275,0:12:43.906 that is Christ with His bride 0:12:43.906,0:12:46.816 for all eternity. 0:12:46.816,0:12:49.838 And amen. 0:12:49.838,0:12:55.650 You alone are my heart's desire 0:12:55.650,0:13:03.156 and I long to worship You. 0:13:03.156,0:13:10.137 You alone are the true joy giver 0:13:10.137,0:13:19.055 and Lord, I want to yearn for You. 0:13:19.055,0:13:28.035 You alone are my strength, my shield. 0:13:28.035,0:13:37.435 To You alone does my spirit yield. 0:13:37.435,0:13:44.806 You alone are my heart's desire 0:13:44.806,0:13:51.805 and I long to worship You. 0:13:51.805,0:13:53.174 Amen. 0:13:55.677,0:13:59.715 Everything that I would have owed God 0:13:59.715,0:14:02.696 and never would have finished paying for, 0:14:02.696,0:14:07.741 God justified me. 0:14:07.741,0:14:11.746 God is love. 0:14:11.746,0:14:14.964 But for some, 0:14:14.964,0:14:19.274 they will be as metals cast into a furnace 0:14:19.274,0:14:24.243 melting under the pressing [br]heat of His anger. 0:14:24.243,0:14:27.415 Come to Him. 0:14:27.415,0:14:29.446 He will justify you. 0:14:29.446,0:14:32.277 Believe in Him 0:14:32.277,0:14:40.804 that you may be saved. 0:14:40.804,0:14:41.836 Romans 1:21-32 0:14:41.836,0:14:44.167 For although they knew God, [br]they did not honor him as God 0:14:44.167,0:14:46.359 or give thanks to him, but they [br]became futile in their thinking, 0:14:46.359,0:14:48.215 and their foolish hearts were darkened. 0:14:48.215,0:14:49.716 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 0:14:49.716,0:14:52.104 and exchanged the glory [br]of the immortal God for images 0:14:52.104,0:14:54.247 resembling mortal man and birds [br]and animals and creeping things. 0:14:54.247,0:14:57.344 Therefore God gave them up in the [br]lusts of their hearts to impurity, 0:14:57.344,0:14:59.404 to the dishonoring of their [br]bodies among themselves, 0:14:59.404,0:15:01.855 because they exchanged [br]the truth about God for a lie 0:15:01.855,0:15:04.215 and worshiped and served the [br]creature rather than the Creator 0:15:04.215,0:15:05.858 who is blessed forever! Amen. 0:15:05.858,0:15:08.264 For this reason God gave them [br]up to dishonorable passions. 0:15:08.264,0:15:10.655 For their women exchanged [br]natural relations 0:15:10.655,0:15:12.686 for those that are contrary to nature; 0:15:12.686,0:15:15.105 and the men likewise gave [br]up natural relations with women 0:15:15.105,0:15:17.957 and were consumed with [br]passion for one another, 0:15:17.957,0:15:20.176 men committing shameless acts with men 0:15:20.176,0:15:22.669 and receiving in themselves [br]the due penalty for their error. 0:15:22.669,0:15:25.010 And since they did not [br]see fit to acknowledge God, 0:15:25.010,0:15:28.476 God gave them up to a debased mind [br]to do what ought not to be done. 0:15:28.476,0:15:31.276 They were filled with all manner of [br]unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. 0:15:31.276,0:15:34.045 They are full of envy, murder, [br]strife, deceit, maliciousness. 0:15:34.045,0:15:36.734 They are gossips, slanderers, haters [br]of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, 0:15:36.734,0:15:39.435 inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, [br]foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 0:15:39.435,0:15:41.593 Though they know God's righteous decree 0:15:41.593,0:15:43.869 that those who practice [br]such things deserve to die, 0:15:43.869,0:15:46.971 they not only do them but give [br]approval to those who practice them. 0:15:46.971,0:15:49.612 1 Corinthians 6:9[br]Or do you not know that the unrighteous 0:15:49.612,0:15:51.764 will not inherit the kingdom of God? 0:15:51.764,0:15:54.092 Do not be deceived: neither the [br]sexually immoral, nor idolaters, 0:15:54.092,0:15:56.262 nor adulterers, nor men [br]who practice homosexuality... 0:15:56.262,0:15:58.282 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone[br]is in Christ, he is a new creation. 0:15:58.282,0:16:00.438 The old has passed away;[br]behold, the new has come."