Participants: Jim Ayer
Series Code: RYL
Program Code: RYL000002
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00:04 Now we've examined the samples
00:05 and the lab results are conclusive. 00:07 I'm sorry to tell you but its bad news. 00:09 You and I have tested 100% positive. 00:13 The infection is going to be fatal 00:14 unless drastic measures are taken. 00:16 You see there is a cure but we must act immediately. 00:25 It's time to join your guide Jim Ayer 00:28 for an exciting 12 episode journey 00:31 into remodeling your life. 00:33 You're going to discover that God's transforming power is real 00:37 and He is ready to provide that power to you. 00:41 Now here is your guide Jim Ayer 00:43 to take you on the journey of a lifetime in amazing 00:46 and dynamic experience with God. 00:53 You know many church members believe that 00:55 they have immunity to the sin gene. 00:57 That it really doesn't affect them. 00:59 They think that simply being a member of the church 01:02 inoculates them from the consequences 01:04 of this deadly disease. 01:06 But this idea is farer from the truth. 01:08 We're all infected and there is only one cure 01:10 the great physician Jesus Christ. 01:13 Jesus told one patient that the cure was to be born again. 01:16 Well, a radical teaching 01:19 that this man needed to be transformed. 01:22 You see, our lives must be completely remodeled, 01:25 overhauled, change, transformed. 01:27 Real life is no good. 01:34 You see, we must allow the master craftsman 01:36 entrance into our home to tear down 01:38 and get rid of the old rotten destructive material 01:42 and replace it with the new heavenly material, God's word. 01:46 But many people have a very different idea. 01:49 They want to hang on to the old worded 01:51 rewrite Immanuel. 01:53 We want to feel good religion, 01:54 they want to shape and fit Jesus 01:56 into their own desires and their own perceive needs. 01:59 But the choice is yours to make. 02:04 Are you guilty of attempting to shape Jesus 02:08 into your own image? 02:09 Allow me to provide an illustration. 02:11 You're home owner 02:12 and you decide the home needs a lot of improvements. 02:15 Next you decide to remodel it on your own 02:18 but you have little to know experience 02:20 in the building trade. 02:21 You do however have great pride in your ability to handle it. 02:25 After all how hard can it really be? 02:28 You watch some do it all the time on television. 02:31 Well, let's put some boards here. 02:33 Let's put some boards there. 02:34 We'll do a little texture here, 02:36 little tape there and sure, you can manage it. 02:39 Ordering the marble floors, granite countertops yeah, 02:41 it shouldn't be a problem. 02:42 It shouldn't be too difficult that all to do. 02:45 Well, it took longer than you thought now. 02:48 But you know the job looks really good you've done it 02:52 and you're so happy with yourself. 02:53 It's a pretty good job if you do say so yourself. 02:57 Some years later you decide to sell your home 02:59 so you call a real estate agent and put it on the market. 03:03 You don't say a word about 03:04 your remodeling job and your expertise 03:06 but you allow them to go through house take it all in 03:09 because you got such pride. 03:11 The next day the agent comes back with the price 03:13 and listing papers. 03:15 Well, your expectations are great 03:17 but he shares the price and man 03:20 it's not what you thought it was going to be. 03:21 You thought it would be a lot more. 03:23 Why it's so low you'll ask? 03:26 And then the agent pauses and she says "well, 03:28 it's very evident 03:29 that the quality of the workmanship is tacky 03:31 and in many areas it's just really lacking." 03:35 Do you know if the home was remodeled by the owner builder? 03:39 Oh, I toured many homes over the years 03:42 and it's pretty easy to see 03:44 which job were the nonprofessional jobs 03:47 by simply looking at their work. 03:49 If you want the remodeling job to turn our way 03:51 you need a craftsman who knows what they're are doing. 03:55 But that means admitting all your own inadequacy. 04:00 But let's transition to the spiritual realm 04:03 because dynamics are really the same. 04:05 In your own mind you are great 04:07 and you think everyone should see things the way you do. 04:10 Oh, as a matter of fact 04:11 that's how it works for James and John the disciples of Jesus. 04:15 In one town they didn't put out 04:17 the welcome map for the disciples 04:18 so they wanted to call fire down from heaven and consume it. 04:22 They must be punished for their disrespect 04:24 to their Lord they thought. 04:26 Note they were really thinking about 04:28 their own feelings at that point. 04:30 And in their mind they just knew that Jesus felt the same way. 04:35 Jesus had to break the news to them that 04:37 they will way off base. 04:39 See His character was far removed from their idea 04:42 who He should be. 04:44 I would call myself a Christian for many years 04:46 and I dressed the padre, 04:48 I acted the padre even preached the padre 04:51 but I was not much different than James and John 04:54 you see I'd would become a sterilize sinner. 04:57 If I was good enough I would no longer infect others. 05:01 Well, anybody I came in contact with 05:03 may be its right what I thought. 05:05 My attitude was that I loved Jesus 05:07 and He was a wonderful Lord but think is I had my own idea 05:12 what the word Lord means. 05:14 And it certainly didn't mean Lord of my life. 05:17 Now, I envision something 05:19 a little more along the lines of, 05:20 you know, a general friendship. 05:23 I put my money in the offering plate 05:25 and He blessed me for doing it. 05:27 Well, I got all the benefits of the relationship with 05:31 no potential downslide. 05:32 Like, needing to turnover my life decisions to Him 05:36 and allowing Him to fully control me. 05:38 You know that would not have been 05:40 that God I grew up to know and love. 05:44 Can you blame me? 05:45 Imagine giving God complete control of your life 05:48 100% to do exactly 05:50 what He wants us do in your life. 05:52 In my opinion the many of Christianity 05:56 the whole idea is to surrender everything just seem to me 06:00 and seems probably to many people 06:01 a little over the top. 06:11 David Platt in his book Radical says 06:14 "We are starting to redefine Christianity. 06:17 We are giving in to the dangerous temptation 06:19 to take the Jesus of the Bible 06:20 and twist him into a version of Jesus 06:23 we are more comfortable with." 06:25 But you and I realize what we're doing at this point 06:28 we are molding Jesus into our image. 06:31 He is beginning to look a lot like us 06:33 because after all that is whom we are most comfortable with. 06:37 And the danger now is that when we gather 06:39 in our church buildings to sing and lift up our hands in worship 06:43 we may not actually be worshiping 06:44 the Jesus of the Bible instead, 06:47 we may be worshiping ourselves. 06:50 "Could this be the reason so many non Christians 06:53 look at the Church. 06:54 Look at us and say if that's Christianity 06:57 I want nothing to do with it." 06:59 When this happens the devil could not be happy. 07:01 Our actions had destroyed 07:03 the witness of the Gospel long ago. 07:06 May be it's time to take a look into the mirror 07:09 and see whose looking back, is it you or Jesus you see. 07:23 Now it's your opportunity to purchase Jim Ayers 07:25 entire Transformation package at one low price. 07:29 You'll receive the book, the 12 week study guide 07:32 and the 12 episode DVD series. 07:34 Each item will offer you, your family and your church 07:37 the tools to transform a dull lifeless Christian experience 07:41 into a vibrant and victorious life. 07:43 This will surely be an investment for eternity. 07:46 Now here is the information you need, 07:48 call us or visit us online. 07:53 Jim and Janene have created a 12 week study guide 07:56 designed to lead you into a deeper 07:58 and more meaningful walk with Christ. 08:00 If you are a brand new Christian 08:02 or have been going to Church your entire life 08:04 this guide is for you. 08:06 It's perfect for individual study 08:07 or for an entire group. 08:09 The greatest gift you can give to your church or your family 08:12 is Transformation the 12 Weeks Study Guide. 08:15 Order it today. 08:16 Now here is the information you need, 08:18 call us or visit us online. 08:24 In you respect I had to ask myself 08:26 what happened. 08:27 What was the reason I didn't want to fully give God 08:30 control of my life? 08:32 It was really quite simple actually, 08:34 I was not converted. 08:35 All I'd certainly had my moments but over time 08:38 those moments became fewer and farther between. 08:41 Is that sounds strange to you? 08:43 Well, with God you're told about 08:44 continuity of commitment, life's direction. 08:48 It's a little like this pathway I am walking on today. 08:51 When Jesus speaks to you 08:53 and you decide to answer the call you turn 08:56 and you go the opposite direction. 08:58 You see you no longer walk in the old direction 09:01 and you don't run back and forth from the path 09:04 each day trying to figure out a new path. 09:06 You stick on the new path. 09:08 And the only way that you can make that happen 09:10 is with God's help. 09:12 This about faith means your new path is diametrically 09:15 opposite to the direction of the rest of the human race. 09:19 The old attractions will fall away 09:21 you'll begin a new journey of the eternal life. 09:24 Make no mistake about it. 09:26 The allurements of the world will continually call out 09:29 that we have chosen the new path in Jesus Christ. 09:32 The siren call will have little effect on us 09:35 those things of this world. 09:37 In the Book of Luke Chapter 22 Jesus said to Peter. 09:41 And these are my words kind of Jim Ayer translation 09:43 "the devil wants you 09:44 but I have been praying for you, Peter. 09:46 And when you're converted 09:47 you'll strengthen your followers." 09:50 When you're converted 09:51 because at the end of Jesus earthly ministry 09:53 three and half years Peter had walked along side of God 09:57 and all that time he still had the same whole heart 10:01 as when he originally joined the Church. 10:04 It is true that he was on a different path way 10:07 but he had not given his mental ascent 10:10 to the direction he was going. 10:11 He was still looking for a top place 10:14 in the new world order. 10:15 Even have his eyes focused on the right place. 10:18 Does that make sense? 10:20 At the end of time he saw it no better options in life. 10:24 No way to measure those believes. 10:26 It was the prudent thing to do and it seems right to him. 10:30 He enjoyed been around the daily miracles 10:32 and being part of the casting out of demons 10:34 while some days 10:35 he felt like he was on top of the world 10:38 but in his heart 10:39 he not fully surrendered his own will 10:41 to have this feet guided every single day, 10:44 ever single step of the way. 10:53 Talking about the Christian life I really like the way 10:55 Dietrich Bonhoeffer have to put it. 10:57 "When Christ calls a Lamb, He bids him come and die. 11:01 Apostle Paul made the same statement 11:04 little bit different. 11:05 He said, "I died daily." 11:08 You got to ask what did he mean. 11:09 Let's unpack this dying idea. 11:12 What are these fellows actually talking about? 11:14 Well, it's evident that Paul wasn't speaking about 11:17 what happened to him on physical level 11:19 even he didn't die everyday 11:21 nor was he resurrected every night 11:23 in order to start the process all over again. 11:26 You know, there was some thing else 11:27 and my illustration let me share something with you. 11:30 I was down in the Dominican Republic 11:33 invited there by a pastor to do some evangelistic meetings. 11:37 And the meetings were going very well 11:39 it was about a month long 11:40 and the pastor one night came to me 11:41 and said "Jim, a fellow died 11:43 and I need to do the funeral 11:45 but I really don't have a lot of time, 11:47 would you mind doing it for me?" 11:49 Well, that wasn't on the top of my phone list but I 11:52 you know I was staying in home 11:53 and he it made me feel like yeah, 11:57 I kind of should so I said yes. 11:58 The next day I began talking within the moment 12:00 because the funeral was going to be that day. 12:03 I said "was he a Christian?" 12:05 No he wasn't. 12:07 Well, can you tell me a little more about him? 12:08 Well, he didn't even like Christians. 12:11 Now, now I realized why he wanted me to do the funeral. 12:15 You know, I'm walking up the street toward the funeral 12:17 part of the home actually 12:19 and as I get there, there is a crowd everywhere. 12:21 There's people everywhere they're all waiting for me 12:23 and immediately when I get there they usher me into the house 12:26 and they take me right up against this wall, 12:29 holds me right there and there is a casket 12:31 right in front of me. 12:33 I mean, I didn't have any room to move in there 12:36 and on the top of it it's an open casket. 12:38 The little old man is looking right above at me. 12:41 I am thinking and still thinking Lord, 12:42 what am I gonna do? 12:43 What am I gonna say these people 12:45 of the guy who hated Christians, 12:47 who hated all this he was a grumpy old man. 12:50 And then Lord impressed me just to talk about 12:52 the second coming of Jesus Christ 12:54 and that's what I did. 12:55 I preached the whole message on soon coming of Christ. 12:58 And I invited people there to come to my meetings. 13:01 You know, people responded, people came to my meetings 13:05 and you know what that little old man had to say about 13:07 all of this preaching about the second coming of Jesus, 13:11 not a thing he is dead. 13:13 You see and that's the point. 13:14 That's the point. 13:15 God want's us to die for self 13:18 so we have no opinions of our own. 13:20 We allow God to take all the pain. 13:23 See both Bonhoeffer and Paul were saying that 13:25 in order to follow Christ pathway of growth 13:28 we must surrender our own plans, our own will every day. 13:32 We must guide ourself, 13:34 after all does a dead person have any will of their own. 13:37 But how do you and I reach this point. 13:40 In ancient times if you wanted to become 13:43 particular teacher or something like that 13:46 you wanted to follow a rabbi 13:47 and you wanted to follow him very closely. 13:49 You want to follow him as closely as you could 13:51 mimic every move. 13:53 Listen to every word they have to say 13:55 and virtually imitate every thing about them. 13:59 You wanted to stay right in their shadow. 14:02 It was a saying that grew out of this life experience. 14:07 Basically it was this. 14:08 May the dust of your rabbi fall upon you. 14:12 You see, there could be no separation 14:14 between you and your teacher to experience 14:16 the dust of your rabbi falling upon you. 14:19 How about you? 14:21 Are you following Jesus so closely 14:24 that the dust of Jesus sandals is falling upon you? 14:35 In the garden of Gethsemane 14:36 the disciple Peter made a bold statement to Jesus. 14:39 Over the years he made many 14:41 but this one was really over the top. 14:43 He shouted out for everyone 14:45 to hear in his brazen fishermen voice. 14:47 "Even if everyone else forsake you 14:49 I will never leave you." 14:51 But only a short time later while trying to blend in 14:54 with the very crowd that arrested Jesus 14:56 with his words fresh on his lips 14:58 he spewed out a villous profanity 15:01 turning the air blue in an attempt to deny 15:03 any knowledge of Jesus Christ. 15:06 If we back track back to the garden 15:08 a short time earlier in his boastful claim 15:11 of never leaving Jesus 15:12 we witness the mob arresting Jesus 15:14 and calling Him down the hill to the city. 15:17 The question is what happened to Peter? 15:19 Well, he pulled out a sword 15:21 and he cut off the ear of a servant 15:22 which Jesus healed instantly. 15:25 But from that point onward 15:27 He is to be found only in the shadows. 15:30 The next scene is specifically recorded in Matthews Chapter 26 15:33 and speaking of Peter it says, 15:35 he followed Jesus from a distance. 15:38 Now this short sentence is full of meaning 15:40 because I believe it holds a key to the Peters downfall 15:43 in denial of Jesus. 15:45 It says "that he followed Jesus from a distance." 15:48 Remember the saying I shared with you earlier, 15:50 may the dust of your rabbi fall upon you. 15:54 If you are going to be influenced by the master 15:55 you must stay close enough to touch him at all times. 15:59 Did Peter, purposely put distance between himself 16:03 and the master and result he lost his way. 16:07 But one of those curses 16:08 were still dripping from his lying lips. 16:10 He was compelled to turn and when he did he saw Jesus 16:13 standing in the judgment hall looking right at him. 16:17 But there was no condemnation for Peter in that look 16:20 there was only sadness and sorrow 16:22 seen in the eyes of Lord. 16:24 That single look ripped Peter's hearts. 16:27 Self had reigned supreme in that heart 16:29 but it was torn apart laid bare 16:31 so he can realize that human condition is evil 16:34 above all things desperately wicked. 16:38 Blinded by a flood of tears 16:39 he stumbled back at the garden of Gethsemane 16:41 where that image of Jesus burdened was mind forever. 16:44 Oh, he wished he could die and he did. 16:48 He died the self that night so that Jesus could live. 16:51 He experienced what Christians called 16:53 the born again experience, the rebirth experience. 16:56 He had a rebirth of mind no longer his mind 16:59 but the mind of Christ now rein with him. 17:02 From that day forward he allowed Jesus to direct his life 100%. 17:08 How do you know that he had rebuilt experience? 17:10 When you are willing to follow your Lord 17:12 with no distance between you 17:14 then you're His disciple 17:15 and your actions will demonstrate the fact. 17:18 I think about Hudson Taylor an amazing young man 17:21 who followed Christ to the other side of the world. 17:31 At age 17 Hudson Taylor accepted Jesus Christ. 17:36 Soon afterwards he felt called to be a missionary in China 17:40 but that meant leaving his beloved England. 17:43 In 1853, at age 21 he did that very thing. 17:47 He stood on the docks there and talked to his mother 17:50 the moment they went up on the ship. 17:53 And they knew that this would be their final good-bye. 17:55 And I would like to share with you in his own words 17:59 what that parting was like. 18:01 "She sat by my side, and joined me in the last hymn 18:04 that should be sung together for the long parting. 18:07 We knelt down, and she prayed. 18:09 The last mother's prayer 18:11 I was to hear before starting for China. 18:13 Then notice was given that we must separate, 18:15 and we had to say good-bye, 18:17 never expecting to meet on earth again. 18:20 For my sake she restrained her feelings 18:21 as much as possible. 18:23 We parted and she went to the shore, 18:26 giving me her blessing. 18:28 I stood alone on the deck, and she followed the ship 18:31 as it moved towards the dock gates. 18:33 As we passed through the gates, 18:35 and the separation really commenced, 18:37 I shall never forget the cry of anguish wrung 18:39 from that mother's heart. 18:41 It went through me like a knife. 18:42 I never knew so fully, until then, 18:44 what God so loved the world meant. 18:47 And I am quite sure that my precious mother 18:49 learned more of the love of God to the perishing in that hour 18:52 than in all her life before." 18:57 What an amazing story from a man 18:59 who committed all could the Jesus Christ. 19:02 You see being been fully God's men and women 19:04 means you will follow your God to ends of the earth 19:06 if He asked you to do so. 19:09 Another person who followed Christ 19:10 because he had fallen so in love with Him was David Livingston. 19:14 He wrote in his diary, "Lord, send me anywhere, 19:17 only go with me. 19:19 Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. 19:21 Sever any ties save the tie that binds me 19:24 to Thy service and to Thy heart." 19:30 David Livingston experienced the amazing 19:32 transforming power in his life that came from God. 19:36 Dr. Livingston was from a past century 19:38 and the question is 19:39 does God still work in the same way of today. 19:42 Well, let me share story with you about a lady 19:44 I met in Madagascar, an amazing lady. 19:47 She grew up in a household speaking with demons. 19:50 Yeah, that's right as a little girl she grew up 19:53 speaking to demons in this particular household. 19:56 And the demons said we'd like to make you witch. 19:59 We'll give you amazing powers. 20:00 We'll give you incredible power if you join us. 20:03 She said oh, that sound good. 20:06 The demons told her instructed her to go down to the river 20:08 where she went to the river 20:10 and then they told her to go underwater 20:12 where she stayed with the demons for one and half days. 20:15 I stopped the filming and I said what did you say? 20:18 One and half days. 20:20 She said yes, she said while I was under water 20:22 the demons gave me power of lightening 20:24 I could control lightening. 20:26 I could be shot with the gun it wouldn't hurt me. 20:28 She said one day the armies came to take over her village 20:31 I created a portion kept the entire armies 20:34 away from my village. 20:37 Friends, if you think you can 20:39 deal with the devil on your own 20:41 you are greatly mistaken. 20:42 The devil has incredible power. 20:44 You see he was the fourth most powerful being 20:46 in all the universe next to the God. 20:48 Amazing powers but let me tell you 20:50 I've read my Bible from cover to cover and God never looses. 20:54 God always wins. 20:56 Well, this lady one day made the demons very mad 20:59 and she was sick and she went to doctor, 21:01 to doctor, to doctor no healing, no healing. 21:04 In bed there was knock at the door 21:06 one day these young ladies came to the door 21:08 and said we understand that you're sick. 21:11 We represent a God in heaven who can heal you. 21:14 Well, she thought the demons haven't done 21:16 anything for me lately go ahead. 21:18 And they prayed for and she was instantly healed. 21:22 And then they said if you listen to this program 21:23 which was a program about Jesus Christ. 21:25 She said it will change your life and it certainly did. 21:28 She fell in love with Jesus Christ 21:30 and she said I was baptized. 21:33 And then I asked her a question 21:34 because I have seen this happen many places of the world. 21:36 I said, did the demons do, did the devil try and drown you 21:39 while you're in the water. 21:40 She said no she said because people prayed 21:43 and fasted for me seven days 21:45 but the moment I came up out of the water 21:47 she said the moment I came up 21:48 I had my house laid next to the river 21:50 it burned to the ground. 21:51 The devil burned it to the ground. 21:53 I went kicking through the ashes when everything cooled down 21:56 and there she said I found my Bible 21:58 completely untouched and unhurt by the flames. 22:02 And because of that she said many people believed 22:04 and then she stopped me and she said can you help me. 22:07 I said help you do what? 22:09 Oh, she says help me build a church. 22:11 I said why. 22:12 Well, she says I have 100 people now 22:15 that I have shared Jesus with 22:16 and they've accepted Jesus Christ. 22:19 My friends, the power of God is transforming, 22:22 the power of God is amazing 22:24 and that power is waiting for you too. 22:30 I'm often asked why we don't see these happen in 22:33 here in United States these amazing miracles. 22:35 Well, I think I have got an answer for you. 22:38 Remember Peter and John walked up to the temple 22:41 and there was a beggar. 22:42 The beggar got all excited because the fellow stopped 22:45 but then John pulls out the pocket 22:47 and he says you know I don't have any silver. 22:49 And matter of fact I don't have any gold 22:52 but what I have I give to you. 22:54 And he reached down he took the beggar by the hand 22:56 and he lifted him up. 22:58 He was instantly healed. 23:00 Now the question is here in the United States 23:03 what do we have? 23:04 Well, we have got all the silver and we have all the gold 23:07 what don't we have, we don't have the Holy Spirit. 23:10 What did Peter had? 23:11 Peter had the Holy Spirit. 23:13 See Dwight L.Moody once said 23:15 "Our greatest fear should not be of failure, 23:18 but of our greatest fear should of succeeding of something 23:21 that really doesn't matter." 23:23 There is only one thing that matters in the world 23:26 in this life and this relationship 23:28 and it's a relationship with Christ 23:30 everything else is going to be burned out. 23:42 And this is perhaps one greatest books ever written 23:45 on the biblical teachings of Christ. 23:47 Jesus use parables to open 23:49 the vistas of heaven to the people 23:52 and to expend their thinking. 23:53 As the no other book has ever done 23:54 Ellen White unwraps the parables 23:56 allowing us to see Christ our salvation 23:59 revealed in all of His beauty and splendor 24:01 throughout each and every page. 24:03 Order your copy today. 24:05 Now here is the information you need. 24:06 Call us or visit us online. 24:14 There is a cost associated with commitment, 24:17 David Livingston understood that. 24:19 Livingston spent most of his life 24:21 faithfully serving God in Africa. 24:23 Is God calling you to Africa? 24:25 Well, probably not 24:27 but He has calling you to place your complete trust in Him 24:30 before all else, Jesus Christ. 24:32 Livingston once said 24:34 I will place more value in anything I have 24:36 or may posses excepting relation to the kingdom of Christ. 24:41 Jesus taught radical commitment to him. 24:44 He did not preach a prosperity gospel. 24:46 He was not looking to raise up secret friendly mega churches. 24:49 He was looking for people who fell in love with Him 24:52 and realized that nothing else mattered. 24:59 Let's look it how Jesus interacted 25:01 with those who came seeking Him. 25:02 It's recorded in Luke Chapter 9. 25:06 And it happened as they were going their way 25:09 one said and Lord, I follow You wherever you go. 25:12 Jesus said to Him 25:13 "Foxes have holes and birds have nests 25:16 but the Son of Man doesn't even have anywhere to lay his head." 25:19 But you're going to claim the kingdom of God. 25:21 And the other one also said, Lord, 25:24 you know I will follow You 25:25 but first allow me to take leave for those in my house. 25:28 Jesus said no, no, no 25:31 first when a man puts his hand on the plough 25:33 he doesn't look back. 25:35 You need to follow the kingdom of God. 25:38 Then a rich man came running to Him 25:39 saying Lord, I want to follow You. 25:41 I want to do every thing I can to follow You. 25:44 When Jesus heard this story then He said look 25:47 you lack one thing sell all of that you have 25:51 and distribute it to the poor 25:52 and you shall have treasure in heaven 25:54 and come follow Me. 25:56 And when he heard this he went away very sorrowful 25:59 because he was extremely rich, extremely rich. 26:08 You know, Christ was on an absolutely role 26:10 when you describe what real and total commitment was to Him. 26:14 Let me read from John, then Jesus said to them. 26:17 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, 26:18 except eat the flesh of the Son of Man, 26:21 and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 26:24 Whosoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, 26:27 has eternal life 26:29 and I will raise him up at the last day, 26:31 for my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 26:36 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, 26:38 dwells in me, and I in him." 26:41 When they heard these things 26:43 they finally realized what real commitment was, 26:46 what God was asking them. 26:47 And many Bible records walk with Him no more, 26:51 absolutely no more. 26:53 They realized total commitment. 26:55 And that's what God is looking from-- 26:56 for each of us to is complete and total commitment. 27:03 Now Christ would not be pastoring a mega church 27:05 in the suburban metropolitan area of the United States. 27:09 It's very evident that is interesting 27:11 not focused on mega church growth 27:14 but the growth of the individual 27:16 restoring them to the position among the sons and daughters 27:20 of His eternal family. 27:22 Have you made that kind of commitment to serve Christ? 27:28 Real commitment is not as scary as it sounds. 27:30 It's simply giving the Lord permission to remodel your life 27:34 using His beautiful blueprints 27:36 that are designed to remake into royalty. 27:39 You know, if you're feeling conflicted about this decision 27:42 that may be if God is speaking to you right now. 27:45 Our energy transfers by saying yes Lord, 27:47 I'm willing to let You remodel my life. 27:51 If you believe that God cannot accept you 27:52 because you've been such a sinner 27:54 may be even a professed Christian 27:56 sitting in the church pew doing not much 27:58 but it's a lie of the devil. 28:00 God loves you. 28:02 I invite you join me the next time 28:04 for a second chance. |
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