1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,490 I think it's wonderful that you have come here to place blame and guilt upon us. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:06,220 I think it's wonderful that you have 3 00:00:06,250 --> 00:00:10,170 reminded us just how face and vile that we are. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,940 And I think, sir, that Christ would be quite pleased 5 00:00:12,970 --> 00:00:17,540 with you, because he did come to our world and he did say, get up on a stage, 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,380 talk to people in Masses, tell them how awful they are. 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,900 Don't get on your knees and wash their feet. 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,580 Don't pick up the prospects puts off 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,140 of the street and help them better their lives. 10 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:30,300 Don't go down here to downtown, sir, 11 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:34,140 and take your fancy coat off and give it to a homeless man that needs it. 12 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,500 Don't give him that lot of money 13 00:00:35,530 --> 00:00:40,180 that you've held in your hand this entire time that you've been on the stage, okay? 14 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:43,620 Why don't you take all of that you have go 15 00:00:43,650 --> 00:00:46,660 down there, sir, and give us a demonstration of Christianity. 16 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,980 Because Christ did not say, get on this podium and say as I say. 17 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:53,820 He said, do as I do. 18 00:00:53,850 --> 00:00:57,180 And I don't see you out here helping us with our homework. 19 00:00:57,210 --> 00:01:00,160 I don't see you giving us advice on how we 20 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,500 should live our lives, how we should have meaningful, 21 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:05,380 committed relationships with our partners of our choice. 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,050 I don't see you doing any of this. 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,820 What I see you do is pass judgment, and that is for God to do. 24 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:13,180 If God exists, that is. 25 00:01:13,210 --> 00:01:14,490 It's not yours, sir. 26 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,570 Work on yourself. 27 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,700 Work on your world, work on your community, work on your kids. 28 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,720 They're going to need it. And that is all I have to say. 29 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:29,780 Okay, well, ignoring the fact that she just judged me for judging people 30 00:01:29,810 --> 00:01:33,660 and assuming, of course, that Christians do none of those things, 31 00:01:33,690 --> 00:01:38,490 like build homeless shelters and adopt more kids than people who are not 32 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,260 Christians do and who give more than people who are not Christians. 33 00:01:42,290 --> 00:01:44,290 Despite all those evidences of salt 34 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,140 and light, christians are the adopting people. 35 00:01:47,170 --> 00:01:49,060 Christians are the feeding people. 36 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,570 Christians are the people who are taking care of the homeless. 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,380 And you know what, though? 38 00:01:52,410 --> 00:01:55,340 I will tell you this, christians are still sinners. 39 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:56,780 I'll tell you that for a fact. 40 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:59,980 Look, if I've given the impression by the way, this is about $4. 41 00:02:00,010 --> 00:02:04,420 If I've given the impression that I'm better than you, I'm sorry. 42 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,020 Because I did not come here to tell you that I'm better than you. 43 00:02:07,050 --> 00:02:10,860 That's the last thing I'll tell you what I will proclaim to you. 44 00:02:10,890 --> 00:02:14,780 I am hands down, the worst person here right now. 45 00:02:14,810 --> 00:02:15,780 I'm telling you, 46 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:19,980 I will go to the mattresses or the mats on that one wrestling with you. 47 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:21,700 I am the worst person. 48 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:25,170 If there is anybody in this place right now that is a sinner, it is. 49 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,610 I'll take myself through the committee. 50 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,140 Do you want to hear something amazing? 51 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,940 Do you think I'm an arrogant jerk? Okay. 52 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:31,940 I used to be even worse. 53 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:35,300 If you can imagine that I actually studied to be a pastor. 54 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,610 And you know what? I wasn't even a Christian at the time. 55 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,080 But anybody who didn't measure up 56 00:02:40,110 --> 00:02:44,260 to my theological standard, I thought I was superior, and I was a better person. 57 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:47,580 I was an arrogant slime ball. Oh, man. 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,610 I'm telling you, I would take advantage of you in a heartbeat. 59 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,610 I'd get your money, get something I wanted from you. 60 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,500 I'm telling you, I'm the worst of the worst. 61 00:02:55,530 --> 00:03:00,060 My thought life, if you could look inside of my brain, it is so disgusting and vile. 62 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,860 I'm not here to tell you I'm better than you. 63 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,660 You want to look at my track record of life? 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,220 You're right. I don't feed enough people. 65 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:08,460 I don't adopt enough people. You're right. 66 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,260 I don't. I don't help you with your homework. 67 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:12,660 I don't. And you know what? 68 00:03:12,690 --> 00:03:15,300 I'm a bad person. 69 00:03:15,330 --> 00:03:17,900 I was in the bottom of the barrel, 70 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:22,300 and God saw fit to scrape down and save me a sinner. 71 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,740 So if I gave you the impression I'm superior, I'm sorry, because I'm not. 72 00:03:25,770 --> 00:03:28,580 I am a beggar who has been shown bread. 73 00:03:28,610 --> 00:03:30,980 I was thirsty, and God gave me living water. 74 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:34,340 And the only reason I came here was to simply share with you. 75 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,980 There is something amazing out there 76 00:03:36,010 --> 00:03:41,180 called the Good News of Jesus Christ that God died for sinners. 77 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,540 Why would I come here today? 78 00:03:42,570 --> 00:03:43,900 I'm not asking for money. 79 00:03:43,930 --> 00:03:45,700 I'm not taking up a collection. 80 00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:48,700 I'm not looking to sign anybody up for my Twitter account. 81 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,780 I'm here to simply I'm going to leave, and then you're not going to see me anymore. 82 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,020 I'm not getting anything out of this 83 00:03:53,050 --> 00:03:56,580 but to share with you something that I know is true. 84 00:03:56,610 --> 00:03:58,610 I know this to be true. 85 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,610 God died for sinners. 86 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:02,920 That's how good he is. 87 00:04:02,950 --> 00:04:06,260 He died for you, and I came to proclaim it today. 88 00:04:06,290 --> 00:04:08,580 I know the reputation of Christianity is bad. 89 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,900 I know we don't feed enough. 90 00:04:09,930 --> 00:04:11,100 That's our problem. 91 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,700 We don't say enough good things. 92 00:04:12,730 --> 00:04:14,060 That's our problem. 93 00:04:14,090 --> 00:04:17,420 We don't go overseas and malaria and people die. 94 00:04:17,450 --> 00:04:18,540 We don't do enough. 95 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:19,860 But it's even worse than that. 96 00:04:19,890 --> 00:04:22,500 It's not just the stuff we fail to do. 97 00:04:22,530 --> 00:04:24,700 Those are sins of omission. 98 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,220 Consider our sins of commission. 99 00:04:28,250 --> 00:04:32,780 How many evil things have you done? 100 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,900 Okay, let me ask you, and I asked this gently. 101 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,980 How many poor people have you fed the day? 102 00:04:38,010 --> 00:04:40,620 How many orphans did you adopt today? 103 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:42,420 How many strangers did you want? 104 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,820 Have you helped anybody with their homework today? 105 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:48,180 If we're going to use that standard, we are all falling short. 106 00:04:48,210 --> 00:04:49,660 That's the point. 107 00:04:49,690 --> 00:04:54,020 We don't do what we should, and the things that we shouldn't do, we do. 108 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,420 That is our problem. 109 00:04:55,450 --> 00:05:00,180 And is there anything today that we can agree with, that nobody does enough good? 110 00:05:00,210 --> 00:05:02,300 Can we agree with that? Right? 111 00:05:02,330 --> 00:05:05,020 Can we also agree that we all do things that are bad? 112 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,100 You don't have to admit them. 113 00:05:06,130 --> 00:05:07,740 I don't need to see your resume. 114 00:05:07,770 --> 00:05:09,700 But do we not all lust? 115 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,940 Do we not all lie? 116 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:14,580 Do we not all take things that don't belong to us? 117 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,540 Downloading music or answers from somebody 118 00:05:16,570 --> 00:05:19,540 else or a pencil we don't return to somebody's office? 119 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:24,300 Did we not all dishonor our parents by being little snotty kids who didn't 120 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:27,020 disobey or threw a tantrum and fell down on the floor? 121 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,340 Or how's about the fact that you look at pornography? 122 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,060 Does that not dishonor your mom and dad? 123 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,780 Think of what all the things that you've 124 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:39,180 done, and God will make sure that you receive what you deserve. 125 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,260 It's as simple as that. 126 00:05:40,290 --> 00:05:42,260 Justice will be done. 127 00:05:42,290 --> 00:05:43,580 It is certain. 128 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,340 It's called Judgment Day. 129 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,220 But before that day comes, you have a chance to be forgiven. 130 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:52,740 Because the punishment you deserve, jesus Christ took for you. 131 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,100 The death that you deserve. 132 00:05:54,130 --> 00:05:55,660 Jesus died for you. 133 00:05:55,690 --> 00:05:59,180 And you can trust Him because he rose from the dead defeating death. 134 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,540 And you don't have to be scared to meet God anymore. 135 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,460 You don't have to be scared of the grave. 136 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,660 He will forgive you if you will repent and put your trust in Him today. 137 00:06:07,690 --> 00:06:10,700 And all of your sins will be forgiven. 138 00:06:10,730 --> 00:06:15,500 If you are terrified to witness to a loved one who is enslaved, you are qualified. 139 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:16,020 Why? 140 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,580 Paul came to the Corinthians with fear and much trembling. 141 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,740 Now it's time to get equipped. Terrified. 142 00:06:22,770 --> 00:06:26,540 A Witness manual and witness encounters with a Baxter and Baptist. 143 00:06:26,570 --> 00:06:28,860 A Lukewarm lutheran? Atheist. 144 00:06:28,890 --> 00:06:30,620 Agnostics. 145 00:06:30,650 --> 00:06:37,400 So you can learn how to witness and share your furiously.