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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.30,0:00:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, my name is Ryan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.06,0:00:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm 22 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.53,0:00:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm from Columbia, Missouri
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.13,0:00:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.68,0:00:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to share \Nmy testimony with you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.39,0:00:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how the Lord saved me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.22,0:00:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to read a verse first.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.53,0:00:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Galatians 6:14, Paul says,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.53,0:00:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May it never be that I would boast
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.23,0:00:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except in the cross of \Nour Lord Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.79,0:00:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which the world \Nhas been crucified to me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.13,0:00:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.16,0:00:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For neither is circumcision anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.80,0:00:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or uncircumcision,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.28,0:00:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a new creation."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.43,0:00:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a nominal Christian home -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.100,0:00:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a professing Christian home,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.42,0:00:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which, me and my brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.32,0:00:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went to church from a young age
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.100,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Christmas and Easter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.18,0:01:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by and large,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.21,0:01:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God was never spoken about in our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.11,0:01:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never really gave thought to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.17,0:01:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we would go to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.61,0:01:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were taught to say
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.76,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little repetitive prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.40,0:01:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we went to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.22,0:01:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from a young age,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.49,0:01:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never really knew anything
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.93,0:01:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of true Christianity or \Nanything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.62,0:01:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was never a point
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.79,0:01:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I doubted the existence of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.06,0:01:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which even the Scripture in Romans 1
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.81,0:01:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,testifies that all men know without excuse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.90,0:01:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is a God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.04,0:01:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that He was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.53,0:01:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew that I had a conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.52,0:01:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that there was right and wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.43,0:01:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as being born in sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.62,0:01:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a young age, I was a slave to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.81,0:01:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest bondage was \Nthat I lived for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.84,0:01:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.46,0:01:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I loved to do whatever I wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.95,0:01:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the crime of all men's crimes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.49,0:01:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they don't seek God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.88,0:01:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is none that seeks God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.40,0:01:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is none that understands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.82,0:01:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had no understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.20,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no apprehension \Nof spiritual reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I grew older,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.86,0:02:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just went right along with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.56,0:02:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in our age, there's \Nhardly any discipline
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.71,0:02:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on in the household.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.96,0:02:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically, in one sense, \Nruled my household.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.60,0:02:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would beat up my brother
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.16,0:02:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make my parents \Nangry and upset everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.74,0:02:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just full of pride
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.92,0:02:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was wanting to control the situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.05,0:02:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was manipulative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.28,0:02:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just given total freedom basically
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.60,0:02:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own sinful nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.62,0:02:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as time went on, I got worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.48,0:02:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a Christian friend \Nin the neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.56,0:02:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was about when I was 9 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.51,0:02:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember him telling me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.94,0:02:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you're going to go to hell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.24,0:02:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you go home and \Ninvite Jesus into your heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.33,0:02:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I remember, I went home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.29,0:02:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the only time I ever \Nhad any real terror of hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.20,0:02:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always thought I was right with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.14,0:02:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't a bad person.\NI wasn't a murderer or a serial killer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.10,0:02:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I remember going home and saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.99,0:02:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesus, come into my heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.07,0:02:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't feel anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.52,0:02:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I waited for a couple of minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:02:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Jesus, come into my heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.38,0:02:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't feel anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.78,0:03:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was like, well, I guess I did it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.01,0:03:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I took that and kind of forgot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.08,0:03:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all about that memory until recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.78,0:03:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I was on my way to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.80,0:03:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As time went on,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.01,0:03:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I continued into deeper and deeper sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.67,0:03:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the common snares of this age
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.74,0:03:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in pornography and in greediness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.29,0:03:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I was in high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.03,0:03:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in junior high I got heavy into drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.03,0:03:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of my conversion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.70,0:03:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was my main idol.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.09,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived to get high, to spend time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people that got high.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.96,0:03:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's crazy is I would think
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.55,0:03:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man, these people are greedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.05,0:03:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never want to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.36,0:03:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all the while, I'm spending \Nall of my money on this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.99,0:03:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and living for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.03,0:03:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there's people starving to death,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.92,0:03:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm selfishly sitting in some dark room
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.83,0:03:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to feel good and get high.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that was the \Nextent of my depravity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.44,0:03:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was getting high, \NI was self-righteous
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.96,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in even thinking that I was good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that had a strong grip on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.98,0:03:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew it had a grip on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.52,0:04:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that I was a slave to sin
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.47,0:04:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I couldn't get out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.84,0:04:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to get out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.16,0:04:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was miserable in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have any hope or reason to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.14,0:04:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any direction, any purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.62,0:04:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know what I was going to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.28,0:04:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the grace of God, my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.09,0:04:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made my brother and I
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.63,0:04:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was 15 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.75,0:04:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my brother was roughly 12 or 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.43,0:04:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they made us start going
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.08,0:04:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this liberal protestant church
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.70,0:04:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my hometown.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.08,0:04:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very big one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.43,0:04:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I thought I was a believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.58,0:04:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I used to get high before \Ngoing to church even.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.40,0:04:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have a thing \Ncalled a confirmation class.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.89,0:04:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go through the confirmation class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.84,0:04:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was an older kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.01,0:04:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went through the confirmation class
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.05,0:04:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bunch of kids that were younger,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.15,0:04:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe three years younger than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.85,0:04:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember, in my mind I'm thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.84,0:04:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is such a joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.90,0:04:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lady's telling us about \NChrist and this and that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.24,0:04:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had no reality. She was \Nnot saved as far as I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor do I think the vast \Nmajority of the people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.90,0:04:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that congregation were saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.63,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I thought I was a believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.64,0:05:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got sprinkled with water
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.09,0:05:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they presented me \Nin front of the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.30,0:05:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone claps their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.83,0:05:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all the youth that have now been added
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.91,0:05:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the church and praise God, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.11,0:05:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in that church,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.71,0:05:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no concept \Nof being lost or saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.12,0:05:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have any concept of that at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.48,0:05:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was never any mention of hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.75,0:05:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact, my pastors taught
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.47,0:05:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone was going to be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.43,0:05:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not uncommon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.57,0:05:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is common in liberal \Nprotestant churches in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.41,0:05:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's heresy. It's lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.53,0:05:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will damn people to hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.84,0:05:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat under that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.86,0:05:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not really knowing anything else
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.22,0:05:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.80,0:05:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, my parents made me go
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.17,0:05:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this mission trip with \Nthe youth group there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.27,0:05:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we went to Tennessee.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.17,0:05:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there in the mountains of Tennessee,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.93,0:05:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was one of those mission trips
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.07,0:05:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you go and help out old ladies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.50,0:05:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clean up their yard \Nand stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.83,0:05:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was there that \Nthe Lord met with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.08,0:05:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you would have seen me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.28,0:05:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the kid on the bus
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.87,0:06:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had my headphones on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.64,0:06:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not smiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.74,0:06:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone is laughing, having a good time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.43,0:06:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was one that was quiet
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.39,0:06:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting on the bus on our \Nway there as we left
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.29,0:06:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.31,0:06:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not wanting to be with \Nthese happy-go-lucky people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.78,0:06:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went on this mission trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.81,0:06:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember as I was riding down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.72,0:06:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my mind, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.84,0:06:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, maybe I should keep an open mind
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.33,0:06:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this whole Christianity thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.34,0:06:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even to think that thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.71,0:06:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can look back now and see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.03,0:06:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not a natural thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.47,0:06:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the grace of God already
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.42,0:06:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,softening my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.51,0:06:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing me for this time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.97,0:06:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I got to get away from the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.85,0:06:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and away from everything \Nthat I was used to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.70,0:06:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up there in the mountains of Tennessee.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.91,0:06:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.76,0:06:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how to explain it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.38,0:06:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except by the second day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.98,0:06:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd be singing Christian songs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.59,0:06:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the second day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.02,0:06:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking around \Nsinging all of a sudden.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.14,0:06:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like I was meaning the things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.55,0:06:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was singing about Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.100,0:06:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming and dying
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.43,0:06:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these various things that were taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.33,0:06:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that camp, no one ever clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.04,0:06:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preached the Gospel to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.91,0:06:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never heard anyone \Npreach against sin before.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.90,0:07:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it didn't happen at that camp either.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.100,0:07:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as I know, I was not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.05,0:07:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under heavy conviction of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.96,0:07:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of my sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.22,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and aware of the bondage that I was in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One night, I got away from \Nthe rest of the group
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.34,0:07:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went out under the stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.22,0:07:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And probably the first time I ever
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.05,0:07:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really truly prayed to the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.27,0:07:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told the Lord Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.03,0:07:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted to serve Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.89,0:07:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't have told you anything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.83,0:07:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the necessity of \Nrepentance and faith
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.68,0:07:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.87,0:07:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what God \Nwas working in my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.14,0:07:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I no longer wanted to live for sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.12,0:07:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I no longer wanted to live for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.55,0:07:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God opened my eyes there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.30,0:07:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the glory of God
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.61,0:07:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.24,0:07:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what salvation is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.75,0:07:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When someone's eyes are opened
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.62,0:07:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the first time they see that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.77,0:07:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was not this little \Nold historical figure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.34,0:07:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went around carrying lambs around
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.93,0:07:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patting children on the head
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.98,0:07:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying nice, little moral teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.64,0:07:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But their eyes are open to see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.54,0:07:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus Christ, He's the Lord of Glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.99,0:08:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the Christ. He's the \NSon of the living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.49,0:08:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that He was living.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.02,0:08:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even think so much \Nabout the death of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.09,0:08:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was enamored with \Nthe resurrection of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.32,0:08:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That He was a risen, living Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.33,0:08:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I came back from that trip born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.19,0:08:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever used the \Nlanguage "born again."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.31,0:08:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in liberal protestantism.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.60,0:08:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.18,0:08:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother was shocked
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.30,0:08:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was no longer beating him up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.86,0:08:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My best friend just couldn't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.70,0:08:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.67,0:08:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All my pothead friends thought
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.09,0:08:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd been brainwashed \Nat some church camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.55,0:08:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in reality, most of those kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.43,0:08:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those happy-go-lucky kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.86,0:08:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of them have gone their own way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.42,0:08:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are in the world completely
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.70,0:08:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are believing lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.09,0:08:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord looked down with mercy on me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.55,0:08:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saved me -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.67,0:08:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the worst of the worst
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.56,0:08:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demonstrate His grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.75,0:08:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demonstrate His power,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.21,0:08:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demonstrate His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.52,0:08:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Lord's been good to me ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.14,0:08:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's led me in paths of righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.52,0:08:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His name's sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.20,0:08:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many struggles coming \Nout of false doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.59,0:08:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even giving way to sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.86,0:08:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Lord was gracious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.18,0:08:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He brought me out of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.51,0:09:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's continuing to do a work in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.80,0:09:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saved me from the penalty of sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.78,0:09:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from everlasting damnation and hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.66,0:09:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trusting only in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.70,0:09:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He came into this world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.68,0:09:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save sinners.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.01,0:09:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He took my place,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.20,0:09:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He bore the wrath of God on the cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.93,0:09:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He paid for my sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.20,0:09:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The eye of faith can only be on one thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.97,0:09:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my eye of faith is not on myself
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.89,0:09:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the strength of my faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.40,0:09:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's on Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.20,0:09:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The finished work of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.67,0:09:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He paid, He died to save me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.74,0:09:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all those various sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.43,0:09:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that He rose again on the third day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.96,0:09:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,victoriously triumphing over death
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.24,0:09:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hell and all the powers of hell
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.75,0:09:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving that He was indeed \Nthe divine Son of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.73,0:09:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole message \Nof the Bible is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.80,0:09:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you don't have to be lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.38,0:09:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to be in the misery of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.37,0:09:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bondage of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.64,0:09:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you can be set free.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.14,0:09:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you can be forgiven all of your sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.89,0:09:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says He'll cast your sins -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.15,0:09:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like they're cast in \Nthe depths of the sea
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.05,0:09:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He remembers them no more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.49,0:09:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the promise of the New Covenant
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.98,0:09:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you repent of your sins -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.04,0:09:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means you let go of this life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.19,0:10:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you let go of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.38,0:10:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the things that you love so much
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.01,0:10:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are not God,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.55,0:10:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you let go and repent and cast yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.73,0:10:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely on Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.42,0:10:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust in Him alone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.70,0:10:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your Lord and Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.40,0:10:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you give everything to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.20,0:10:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bow down to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.82,0:10:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your Lord and your Master
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.40,0:10:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as your only hope -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.69,0:10:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do that, that He will save you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.49,0:10:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will embrace you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.69,0:10:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll know the infinite love of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.66,0:10:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You couldn't offer me all \Nthe money in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.74,0:10:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever, you couldn't offer me \Nall the women in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.08,0:10:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back to my life of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.08,0:10:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not comparable to knowing Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.21,0:10:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the joy of knowing Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.98,0:10:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the joy of having life in Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.98,0:10:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a daily walk with Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.14,0:10:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.19,0:10:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have fellowship with Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.69,0:10:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to read the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.37,0:10:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my question for you today is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.11,0:10:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This verse that I read:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.84,0:10:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you crucifed to the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.98,0:10:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this world dead to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.40,0:10:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does it still capture your heart?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.15,0:10:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you still living for it?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.55,0:10:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when God saves a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.41,0:10:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't just save them from hell
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.91,0:10:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they on their merry way
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.28,0:10:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can live life \Nhow they want to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.28,0:10:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless God, we're Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.30,0:11:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're still getting drunk \Nevery Saturday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.13,0:11:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still looking at pornography.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saves people to radically change them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.45,0:11:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to conform them to the image of His Son,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.87,0:11:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would be lovers of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.11,0:11:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So are you dead to the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.45,0:11:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you crucified with Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.04,0:11:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you been raised \Nup to newness of life?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.28,0:11:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you the same person \Nyou've always been?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.74,0:11:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you're the same person
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.11,0:11:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've always been from birth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.99,0:11:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're lost because you were born in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.78,0:11:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were born alienated from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.43,0:11:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the message of the Bible is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.25,0:11:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you need to turn to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.34,0:11:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look to Him all the ends \Nof the earth and be saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.84,0:11:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for He is God and there is none other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.39,0:11:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no other Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.66,0:11:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no other name by \Nwhich we must be saved
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.25,0:11:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than the name of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.68,0:11:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you let go of your sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.18,0:11:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you let go of any trust in yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.94,0:11:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your baptism or any \Nsinner's prayer that you said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.87,0:11:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any false confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.62,0:11:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you did this or that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.05,0:11:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because you think you're a good person.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.46,0:11:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you let go of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.03,0:11:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.37,0:11:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust only in Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.65,0:11:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.90,0:11:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's mighty to save. He's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.37,0:11:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.32,0:11:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is worthy of glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.97,0:11:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's sin not to give Him the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.43,0:11:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sin not to give Him the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.22,0:12:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I praise the Lord for His grace to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.03,0:12:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I praise Him for all the \Nmercy He's shown me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.56,0:12:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I pray and I plead with you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.41,0:12:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you would turn to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.78,0:12:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you would let go of your sins
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.26,0:12:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.47,0:12:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have concern for your soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.43,0:12:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can get in contact with Ryan
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.15,0:12:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by emailing him here:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.02,0:12:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ryanmskinner@gmail.com