0:00:00.000,0:00:05.031 Where will you find another Savior 0:00:05.031,0:00:07.673 like Jesus Christ? 0:00:07.673,0:00:10.566 So powerful and so loving. 0:00:10.566,0:00:15.601 So omnipotent and so sympathizing. 0:00:15.601,0:00:20.153 And I can't understand how 0:00:20.153,0:00:22.621 if you've heard about Him 0:00:22.621,0:00:26.812 and if He's nudging you now, 0:00:26.812,0:00:31.375 and He's saying to you, 0:00:31.375,0:00:32.799 it's true, you know... 0:00:32.799,0:00:37.116 what this guy with a funny[br]accent is saying to you. 0:00:37.116,0:00:41.155 It's true. It's true. 0:00:41.155,0:00:43.096 You need a Savior. 0:00:43.096,0:00:46.805 And not just any Savior, but this Savior. 0:00:46.805,0:00:50.544 Because He is so, so great. 0:00:50.544,0:00:52.433 So great. 0:00:52.433,0:00:56.769 And without Him, there's[br]going to be a future - 0:00:56.769,0:00:59.764 you're on your own, son. 0:00:59.764,0:01:03.119 You're on your own, girl. 0:01:03.119,0:01:05.143 As you make the big decisions in your life 0:01:05.143,0:01:06.742 about who you're going to marry, 0:01:06.742,0:01:08.207 and what you're going to do, 0:01:08.207,0:01:09.835 and how you're going to work, 0:01:09.835,0:01:13.374 and what's going to be fun... 0:01:13.374,0:01:15.717 you're on your own. 0:01:15.717,0:01:17.728 And when you get ill 0:01:17.728,0:01:19.022 and when you're lonely, 0:01:19.022,0:01:21.242 you're on your own. 0:01:21.242,0:01:24.154 And when you're dying, 0:01:24.154,0:01:28.444 if you don't take my Savior, 0:01:28.444,0:01:38.510 just you and an appalling eternity. 0:01:38.510,0:01:40.667 And this great Savior - 0:01:40.667,0:01:42.034 He's brought me here 0:01:42.034,0:01:43.561 and He's brought you here, 0:01:43.561,0:01:46.736 and we're talking about Him, aren't we? 0:01:46.736,0:01:49.594 We're just ordinary people. 0:01:49.594,0:01:51.689 We're not very beautiful people. 0:01:51.689,0:01:56.094 We're not very smart.[br]We're not very wealthy. 0:01:56.094,0:01:58.404 All we've got to share with the world 0:01:58.404,0:02:00.881 is the Lord Jesus Christ. 0:02:00.881,0:02:04.682 And we're inconsistent. 0:02:04.682,0:02:07.638 We're sorry we're not[br]as patient and loving 0:02:07.638,0:02:11.204 and caring as we should be. 0:02:11.204,0:02:14.047 We're sorry about that. 0:02:14.047,0:02:17.399 But we don't preach ourselves. 0:02:17.399,0:02:19.635 We're not your answer. 0:02:19.635,0:02:22.454 And all this congregation put together 0:02:22.454,0:02:26.044 with all the talents and the gifts 0:02:26.044,0:02:28.225 that they have - 0:02:28.225,0:02:29.673 they're not your answer. 0:02:29.673,0:02:31.249 This is not your answer. 0:02:31.249,0:02:35.137 He is your answer. 0:02:35.137,0:02:39.880 This wonderful Savior Jesus Christ. 0:02:39.880,0:02:45.574 And so we want you to know Him 0:02:45.574,0:02:47.103 as your Lord and Savior 0:02:47.103,0:02:50.998 by reading the Bible,[br]listening to the preaching, 0:02:50.998,0:02:52.333 sitting under the ministry, 0:02:52.333,0:02:55.452 reading the books and the leaflets 0:02:55.452,0:02:57.067 and so on that we give you. 0:02:57.067,0:02:59.230 We want you to think about these things. 0:02:59.230,0:03:00.619 We want you to know Him 0:03:00.619,0:03:02.334 because we want you to make 0:03:02.334,0:03:07.331 an intelligent response. 0:03:07.331,0:03:09.179 You've been edified. 0:03:09.179,0:03:11.793 You've learned about Jesus Christ 0:03:11.793,0:03:13.141 from what we tell you 0:03:13.141,0:03:18.378 so that you know who He is. 0:03:18.378,0:03:21.101 Jesus is worthy of your mind, 0:03:21.101,0:03:22.627 of your intellect. 0:03:22.627,0:03:24.244 Bring your mind with you 0:03:24.244,0:03:27.178 every Sunday when you come here. 0:03:27.178,0:03:30.751 We want you to know Him. 0:03:30.751,0:03:36.058 But we want you to submit to Him. 0:03:36.058,0:03:39.762 If He's going to be your Savior, 0:03:39.762,0:03:42.898 He's also going to be your Lord. 0:03:42.898,0:03:46.674 And you can't separate the two. 0:03:46.674,0:03:48.341 You know, I marry people, 0:03:48.341,0:03:49.430 and I stand here, 0:03:49.430,0:03:50.860 and she comes down the aisle 0:03:50.860,0:03:53.623 and he's there glowing in anticipation. 0:03:53.623,0:03:55.065 And she looks so lovely. 0:03:55.065,0:03:59.140 And then I say to her at[br]one point in the service, 0:03:59.140,0:04:05.138 "Do you take him to[br]be your loving husband?" 0:04:05.138,0:04:08.782 "Do you take him now to be your husband?" 0:04:08.782,0:04:12.488 And she has to think... 0:04:12.488,0:04:17.562 "Well, I'll take his credit cards. 0:04:17.562,0:04:24.393 And I'll take his car, 0:04:24.393,0:04:29.420 but I don't take his dirty washing. 0:04:29.420,0:04:33.844 And I don't want to be the[br]mother of his children." 0:04:33.844,0:04:35.283 If she said that, I would say, 0:04:35.283,0:04:38.522 right, I pronounce you man and wife. 0:04:38.522,0:04:40.075 I can't say that, can I? 0:04:40.075,0:04:42.803 Because she's going to[br]take him as her husband. 0:04:42.803,0:04:46.247 The two are going to become one flesh. 0:04:46.247,0:04:50.127 And there's a special[br]relationship between the two. 0:04:50.127,0:04:52.385 And so I've told you about this 0:04:52.385,0:04:54.827 wonderful Savior. 0:04:54.827,0:04:57.802 And He's a wonderful Lord too. 0:04:57.802,0:05:00.506 And if you're going to become 0:05:00.506,0:05:03.849 a follower of Jesus Christ, 0:05:03.849,0:05:05.605 He doesn't take His crown off 0:05:05.605,0:05:09.535 before He comes into your heart and life. 0:05:09.535,0:05:12.629 He comes with His crown 0:05:12.629,0:05:15.460 and His crown rights over you; 0:05:15.460,0:05:23.176 over all the big decisions[br]that you have to make. 0:05:23.176,0:05:26.360 This Savior - He'll forgive your sins. 0:05:26.360,0:05:27.852 Isn't that wonderful? 0:05:27.852,0:05:30.330 The great chains that bind you 0:05:30.330,0:05:32.074 to your past, 0:05:32.074,0:05:33.855 and the things that make you blush 0:05:33.855,0:05:35.733 and you groan at 2:00 in the morning 0:05:35.733,0:05:39.453 as you remember the people you've hurt. 0:05:39.453,0:05:42.180 And He'll forgive you. He'll forgive you. 0:05:42.180,0:05:43.559 Yes. 0:05:43.559,0:05:47.093 But He comes as your Lord. 0:05:47.093,0:05:51.467 And you can't separate what[br]God has joined together. 0:05:51.467,0:05:54.170 Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. 0:05:54.170,0:05:56.270 He's here and He comes into your life 0:05:56.270,0:05:59.096 for you from now on to serve Him. 0:05:59.096,0:06:00.988 And if there are some things that are 0:06:00.988,0:06:02.793 tremendously precious to you, 0:06:02.793,0:06:12.973 your mind, your love of music and sport, 0:06:12.973,0:06:18.416 your relationships - 0:06:18.416,0:06:22.722 you can't keep them from Him. 0:06:22.722,0:06:26.950 The dearest idol you've known has to go. 0:06:26.950,0:06:29.215 You have to give it over to Jesus Christ, 0:06:29.215,0:06:32.742 this Savior who is also the Lord. 0:06:32.742,0:06:36.027 You have to hand them to Him. 0:06:36.027,0:06:38.381 And then He'll do something wonderful. 0:06:38.381,0:06:39.935 He'll give them back to you, 0:06:39.935,0:06:45.085 but no longer will they[br]be lording it over you. 0:06:45.085,0:06:46.650 And you can have them, 0:06:46.650,0:06:53.726 but they are then in a servant's role. 0:06:53.726,0:06:56.213 So you can keep your interest in cameras 0:06:56.213,0:06:58.112 and photography, 0:06:58.112,0:07:01.001 and your interest in music and sport, 0:07:01.001,0:07:03.432 and all the things that[br]we are interested in - 0:07:03.432,0:07:07.469 God's creation gifts. 0:07:07.469,0:07:09.030 You're not going to serve them. 0:07:09.030,0:07:12.437 You're not going to live for them. 0:07:12.437,0:07:14.693 You're going to live for Him. 0:07:14.693,0:07:18.201 This great Savior who has[br]come into your life now 0:07:18.201,0:07:23.228 as your Lord. 0:07:23.228,0:07:26.075 And you bow to Him. 0:07:26.075,0:07:30.641 And you receive Him. 0:07:30.641,0:07:34.865 You can receive Him now where you are 0:07:34.865,0:07:36.642 just sitting and listening to me 0:07:36.642,0:07:39.199 and thinking about all I said to you 0:07:39.199,0:07:43.501 about the great Jesus Christ. 0:07:43.501,0:07:44.699 And you can think, 0:07:44.699,0:07:48.199 yeah, it's about time I stop 0:07:48.199,0:07:51.302 sitting on the fence, 0:07:51.302,0:07:58.111 and stop putting it off[br]until another Sunday. 0:07:58.111,0:08:01.332 I'll have Him. 0:08:01.332,0:08:05.511 I must have Him. 0:08:05.511,0:08:06.904 A friend of mine was talking 0:08:06.904,0:08:11.573 to a Scottish farmer named Douglas. 0:08:11.573,0:08:13.017 Douglas didn't want to come 0:08:13.017,0:08:18.361 to evangelistic meetings. 0:08:18.361,0:08:20.457 David spoke to him and spoke to him. 0:08:20.457,0:08:24.771 Look, he said, in this hand 0:08:24.771,0:08:29.512 I've got everything that[br]you have as a farmer, 0:08:29.512,0:08:31.318 and as a highland wrestler, 0:08:31.318,0:08:33.465 and as a good Scotsman - 0:08:33.465,0:08:35.015 your health and strength 0:08:35.015,0:08:38.383 and all your future - it's there. 0:08:38.383,0:08:40.436 And in this hand, 0:08:40.436,0:08:46.227 I have Jesus Christ. 0:08:46.227,0:08:55.457 Which one are you going to take? 0:08:55.457,0:09:01.601 It's the same decision that[br]faces you this morning. 0:09:01.601,0:09:03.405 Are you going to have 0:09:03.405,0:09:06.330 all that this world has to offer? 0:09:06.330,0:09:10.615 Is it: I want that. 0:09:10.615,0:09:13.925 Or are you going to take 0:09:13.925,0:09:19.033 this great, sympathetic, divine, 0:09:19.033,0:09:22.182 tender, loving, Savior Jesus Christ 0:09:22.182,0:09:23.874 for now and forever. 0:09:23.874,0:09:26.071 Which one? 0:09:26.071,0:09:31.004 Which one are you going to have? 0:09:31.004,0:09:32.044 Which one? 0:09:32.044,0:09:33.942 You've got to choose. 0:09:33.942,0:09:35.960 You must choose. 0:09:35.960,0:09:39.480 He says He's your God. 0:09:39.480,0:09:44.976 He's your God. He's your Lord. 0:09:44.976,0:09:49.265 Which one are you going to choose?