[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.46,0:00:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your life? Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.01,0:00:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a vapor. Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.50,0:00:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says your life Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.19,0:00:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like a puff of steam. Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.47,0:00:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There for a moment, and then it's gone. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.75,0:00:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Kevin. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.18,0:00:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Manchester in England Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.17,0:00:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the seventies, Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.92,0:00:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a background in those days, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.86,0:00:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were either considered \Na Roman Catholic, Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.83,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like us, we were considered an Anglican Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is Church of England now. Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.73,0:00:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never went to church. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.31,0:00:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that means is I was \Nchristened as a child. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.83,0:00:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Infant baptism is a big ritual there. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.02,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a big superstition. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People believe that you \Ncan't get into heaven Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.79,0:00:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without some sort of infant ritual. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.91,0:00:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the only times in my childhood Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I set foot in a church Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.80,0:00:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was at one of these christenings Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.59,0:00:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or was at somebody's wedding. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.37,0:00:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, when I got to secondary school Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.74,0:00:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or high school Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just professed to be an atheist Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.89,0:01:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in those days. Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.78,0:01:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, even though I didn't know much Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.73,0:01:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Bible back then, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.22,0:01:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know much about Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.02,0:01:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did really know one thing. Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.49,0:01:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew deep down it was all true Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.68,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the days when I professed Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.81,0:01:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be an atheist. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.90,0:01:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was just something inside of me - Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.94,0:01:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nagging thought - my conscience Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.11,0:01:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which told me it was all true. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.14,0:01:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as time went on, Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.64,0:01:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left school and I just became Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.95,0:01:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big sinner. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.09,0:01:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drank up as much sin as I could Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.44,0:01:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in various ways. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.64,0:01:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did things which are \Nreal shameful to speak about Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.82,0:01:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.13,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so time went on and I became Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.00,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a worse and worse sinner. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got to my mid-twenties, Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.91,0:01:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started asking those questions Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.48,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everybody asks at some point in life. Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are we here Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.73,0:01:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happens when this life is over? Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.58,0:01:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would philosophize. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.58,0:01:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember each day Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.75,0:02:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just philosophize more and more. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.02,0:02:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd come up with the silliest \Ninterpretations of things. Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.91,0:02:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would keep on going. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.30,0:02:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew there was a God at this time. Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.89,0:02:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just looked at the whole creation, Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.88,0:02:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible says, declares His handiwork. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.39,0:02:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my conscience again \Njust keeps telling me Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.45,0:02:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is true. Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.62,0:02:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, I would look at other religions. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.77,0:02:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to become \Nanything but a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.51,0:02:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember, I looked \Nat things like Buddhism. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.93,0:02:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was just all fairy tale stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.67,0:02:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just nonsense really. Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.30,0:02:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then eventually, Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.32,0:02:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to open the Bible and look at it Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.33,0:02:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as like a history book. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.69,0:02:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an old Bible that was passed down Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.98,0:02:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the family from my granddad, Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.71,0:02:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just started in Genesis 1:1, Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.51,0:02:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In the beginning, God created Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.62,0:02:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heavens and the earth." Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.39,0:02:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just kept on reading Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.35,0:02:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seemed to make sense. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.54,0:03:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I didn't really \Nunderstand it at that time, Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.23,0:03:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was trying to interpret it Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.37,0:03:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through my atheistic \Nworldview I still had. Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.51,0:03:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though I wasn't an atheist, Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.05,0:03:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still had a naturalistic worldview. Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.81,0:03:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember reading about Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.09,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the manna in the desert. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.48,0:03:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking, well, that must be snow. Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.56,0:03:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people must not really understand - Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.55,0:03:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these primitive people. Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.65,0:03:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I still knew it was all true. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.38,0:03:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about the same time, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.88,0:03:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to go to a high Anglican church, Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.85,0:03:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is basically like Catholicism Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.34,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without the Pope. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all prayer book rituals. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.38,0:03:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sermons there were \Nonly 10 to 15 minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.45,0:03:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there wasn't really \Nthe Gospel preached there - Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.85,0:03:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the message of how to get saved. Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.64,0:03:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what truth I did hear there Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.63,0:03:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was all surrounded in hypocrisy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.06,0:03:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all filtered through that. Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.26,0:03:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was doing things in that time Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.67,0:03:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I just become \Nmore and more religious. Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.12,0:03:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I was a Christian \Nfor about six years. Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.68,0:03:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to that church, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.93,0:03:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I never knew Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.60,0:04:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never really knew Him. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.56,0:04:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was so much hypocrisy going on. Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.84,0:04:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, me myself, Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have thought Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.10,0:04:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that for an hour and a half on a Sunday Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.15,0:04:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was deeply religious. Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.07,0:04:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the rest of the week, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.68,0:04:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just lived like a complete hypocrite. Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.79,0:04:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I'd go to nightclubs and things Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.38,0:04:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do shameful things Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.05,0:04:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'd be in church on a Sunday. Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.62,0:04:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I knew that was wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.58,0:04:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'd look at other people in the church Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.35,0:04:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'd be getting blind drunk as well Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.10,0:04:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Saturday night. Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.32,0:04:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd just think, well, \Nthey've been Christians Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.35,0:04:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,longer than me. Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.03,0:04:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this time just went \Non and on like this. Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.86,0:04:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, I always knew Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.72,0:04:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was something \Nmore to Christianity Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.57,0:04:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't have. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.64,0:04:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, of course, it was Jesus Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.48,0:04:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in this time, Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.77,0:04:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God was just always a distant deity to me. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.01,0:04:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really know Him. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.79,0:04:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a cliche - I would say, Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.73,0:05:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a relationship with Jesus. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.66,0:05:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is a relationship with Jesus, Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.75,0:05:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't really know Him. Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.77,0:05:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I started to listen to sermons Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.83,0:05:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and messages and look at teachings Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.83,0:05:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of the church I was in. Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.22,0:05:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was going through a series Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.23,0:05:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Sermon on the Mount, Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.27,0:05:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one day I sat in the garden Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.41,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to a sermon Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.92,0:05:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I heard the words of Jesus Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.66,0:05:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Matthew 5:27-30 Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.23,0:05:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Jesus said, "You have heard Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.93,0:05:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was said of old, Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.36,0:05:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'you shall not commit adultery,' Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.47,0:05:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I say unto you, if you look at a woman Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.92,0:05:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lust after her, Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.25,0:05:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've already committed adultery with her Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.35,0:05:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your heart." Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.44,0:05:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus went on to say there, Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.98,0:05:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"cast your eye out, because it is better Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.74,0:05:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter heaven with one eye Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.56,0:05:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to enter hell with both." Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.34,0:05:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the context there \Nis of course adultery. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.16,0:05:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not saying it's a sin Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.65,0:05:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a man to have sexual \Ndesire for his wife Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.25,0:05:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vice versa, Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.58,0:06:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Jesus does clearly say in those verses Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.09,0:06:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to lust over someone \Nyou're not married to Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.09,0:06:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a sin that will surely take you to hell Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.53,0:06:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's not repented of. Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.94,0:06:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I had heard those \Nverses many times before. Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.17,0:06:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, I remember discussing it Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.16,0:06:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a few weeks earlier. Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.80,0:06:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explained them away every time Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.19,0:06:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying surely it doesn't mean Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.13,0:06:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He says there Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.65,0:06:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody does that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.46,0:06:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody just lusts all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.82,0:06:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that day, when I \Nheard those words of Jesus, Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.56,0:06:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew He meant what He said. Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.26,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew for the first time, Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.53,0:06:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that God was a holy God Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.42,0:06:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who I could no longer play games with. Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.18,0:06:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in all this, it just felt like Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.37,0:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the love of Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.06,0:06:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I realized that God could have Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.43,0:06:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.46,0:06:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, my life is in His hands, Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.39,0:06:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He could have killed me Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.70,0:06:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put me in hell a week before, Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.33,0:06:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a year before or two years before, Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.95,0:07:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing the shameful things I did. Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.09,0:07:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He would have been \Nperfectly just in doing so. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.41,0:07:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the kindness and \Nthe long-suffering of God Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.12,0:07:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is meant to lead \Na person to repentance, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.11,0:07:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led me to repentance, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.86,0:07:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I just saw the great love of God. Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.55,0:07:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd been mocking Him for so long Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.72,0:07:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing games with God. Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.54,0:07:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He just loved me. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.47,0:07:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He just died for me. Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.72,0:07:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2 Corinthians 5:21, the Bible says, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.16,0:07:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He Who knew no sin became sin for us Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.92,0:07:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might become Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.44,0:07:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the righteousness of God." Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.44,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ on a cross 2,000 years ago, Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became a sin offering for us. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.61,0:07:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became a sin offering for me. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.68,0:07:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He died in my place. Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.58,0:07:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on that cross, Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.65,0:07:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the guilt of my sin, Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.39,0:07:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shame of my sin, Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.75,0:07:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just all my wrongdoings I ever did Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.53,0:08:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were placed upon Jesus on that cross. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.07,0:08:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only did Jesus pay for that, Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.20,0:08:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take away all my sin, Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.34,0:08:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there is therefore now Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.37,0:08:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condemnation left for me Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.02,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Christ has already been condemned Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.40,0:08:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my place. Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.57,0:08:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He also lived a \Nrighteous and perfect life. Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.34,0:08:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the greatest commandment Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.79,0:08:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture we are told Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.55,0:08:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to love God the Father \Nwith all our heart, Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.89,0:08:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soul, mind, and strength Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.43,0:08:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.96,0:08:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in the life of Jesus, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.09,0:08:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He always perfectly loved God the Father Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.84,0:08:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all His heart, \Nsoul, mind, and strength Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.21,0:08:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He always perfectly loved His neighbor Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.17,0:08:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Himself for every \Nmillisecond of His life. Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.18,0:08:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since becoming a Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.26,0:08:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we never do that for even one second. Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.43,0:08:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never perfectly love God. Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.76,0:08:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from the moment \NI believed on Jesus Christ; Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.05,0:09:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the moment I saw \NHis great love for me, Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.70,0:09:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then not only was all my sin gone, Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.09,0:09:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gone forever, Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.06,0:09:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as the east is from the west Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible says, Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.65,0:09:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He remembers our sin no more, Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.75,0:09:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God now looks at me Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.62,0:09:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I have lived the perfect, Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.98,0:09:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,righteous life of Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.66,0:09:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, God now looks at me and says Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.94,0:09:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is My beloved son, Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.23,0:09:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in whom I am well pleased. Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.14,0:09:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cross of Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.08,0:09:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is such a wonderful thing. Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.13,0:09:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an old hymn that goes, Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.69,0:09:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my sin, oh the joy \Nof this glorious thought; Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.94,0:09:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sin, not in part, \Nnot just part of my sin, Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.61,0:09:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the whole, Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.100,0:09:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nailed to the cross Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.61,0:09:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bear it no more. Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.48,0:09:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise the Lord! Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.62,0:09:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise the Lord, O my soul! Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.86,0:09:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't know Jesus, Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.47,0:09:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were like me Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.16,0:10:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with just not knowing your sin's forgiven, Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.73,0:10:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not really knowing God, Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.69,0:10:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I plead with you, Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.50,0:10:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus really paid it all \Nfor you on that cross. Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.33,0:10:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He paid every drop of my wrath in hell. Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.11,0:10:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my hell Jesus \Npaid for on the cross. Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.03,0:10:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what He did for us. Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.37,0:10:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you will come to Him, Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.64,0:10:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you will surrender to Him, Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.56,0:10:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I plead with you, Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus - He doesn't want part of your life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.18,0:10:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants all of your life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.84,0:10:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is so worthy. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.79,0:10:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is so good. He is so kind. Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.03,0:10:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All together lovely. Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.18,0:10:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.87,0:10:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just had a miserable, worthless, Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.30,0:10:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pathetic life Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.83,0:10:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for so much of my life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.47,0:10:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasted so much of my life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.83,0:10:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was by coming to Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.32,0:10:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I now have true joy, Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.95,0:10:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true peace of the heart, Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.67,0:10:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and true life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.06,0:10:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He offers that to you Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.66,0:10:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you'll come to Him. Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.12,0:11:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He offers that to you this day. Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.94,0:11:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the love Jesus has Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.33,0:11:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the believer is just perfect. Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.40,0:11:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says - as Jesus said, Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.43,0:11:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As the Father has loved Me, Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.86,0:11:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even so, I have loved you." Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.98,0:11:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the Song of Solomon says Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.70,0:11:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus - He comes to the believer Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.30,0:11:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaping across the mountains. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.96,0:11:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all my sin and all \Nmy shame before God, Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.35,0:11:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I go to Him, Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.72,0:11:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus comes running to me Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.38,0:11:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with His arms open wide, Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.25,0:11:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hands that were pierced for me, Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.32,0:11:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with holes in them for my sin. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.32,0:11:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just comes to us ready to embrace us Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.24,0:11:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His everlasting love for us. Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.24,0:11:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eternity! Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.46,0:11:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next life is forever. Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.61,0:11:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing more important Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.27,0:11:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than being right with God Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.94,0:11:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eternity. Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.35,0:11:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.81,0:11:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is appointed unto men Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.28,0:12:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once to die, but after this, Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.74,0:12:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the judgment. Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.28,0:12:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After death, there are no second chances Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.49,0:12:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get right with God. Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.92,0:12:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you must make peace with God Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.42,0:12:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you meet Him.