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00:21 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written. 00:23 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. 00:26 It seems to me that many people have a strange relationship 00:30 with hell, an odd sort of relationship. 00:34 I mean, think of the way people talk about hell, 00:38 the way people refer to it. 00:40 [bird chirping, water splashing] 00:41 "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." 00:45 You can debate the appropriateness 00:46 of a statement like that, but think of what it means. 00:49 It means that as bad as hell might be, 00:52 it's not as bad as an angry woman. 00:55 Now, I know we can't afford to take these phrases literally, 00:57 but it really sounds like people aren't taking hell seriously. 01:02 "The man was hellbent on doing something." 01:04 I don't even know what that means, to be honest with you, 01:06 although we know it means he was determined. 01:10 "It isn't going to happen, come hell or high water." 01:13 Which is five more words 01:14 that don't logically mean anything at all, 01:16 but we interpret that to mean that something 01:18 just isn't going to happen no matter what. 01:21 "It was a living hell." 01:23 Oh, look, it really wasn't, but we get the point. 01:25 It was bad. It was terrible. 01:28 And typically that's said in connection with something 01:30 really very bad. 01:32 A country's civil war was "a living hell." 01:34 Living with the injury as a result of that accident 01:36 was "a living hell." 01:38 Being in a terrible prison... we get the idea. 01:41 "It will happen when hell freezes over." 01:44 "It was looking tense, and then all hell broke loose." 01:48 "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." 01:50 That's actually a fairly useful one. 01:52 Good intentions aren't enough. 01:54 You've got to follow through on your promises and your plans. 01:57 The saying indicates that there will be people 01:59 who don't make it into heaven who had every intention 02:01 of getting things sorted out between them and God, 02:04 but...never happened. 02:07 When it's said that the road to hell 02:08 is paved with good intentions, 02:10 that's really a bit of a philosophical statement 02:12 intended to help people to see the need 02:14 to take serious things seriously. 02:17 But there's one saying about hell 02:19 that we're actually going to see through today. 02:22 We'll actually do it. 02:24 Have you ever heard it said that somebody went to hell and back? 02:30 Well, today on It Is Written we're actually going to go 02:34 to Hell and back. 02:35 I don't mean that figuratively, and I'm not trying to be funny. 02:39 We really are going to go to Hell, 02:42 and we'll really come back. 02:44 Now, if I were to tell you that today we are going to go 02:47 to Hell, you shouldn't be all that surprised about that. 02:51 And here's what I mean. 02:53 There are some people who have claimed 02:54 that they have visited hell. 02:56 They've then come back from hell, 02:58 written books about it and spoken about it. 03:02 And the remarkable thing is 03:04 they've even been taken seriously. 03:06 [traffic noise] 03:09 My wife and I were driving across northern Idaho 03:11 a good number of years ago, 03:12 and because we needed to make a phone call, 03:15 we stopped at a pay phone. 03:17 Now, if you're a little younger, 03:19 and you're not sure what a pay phone is, 03:20 ask someone 30 years of age or older, 03:22 and they'll be able to fill you in. 03:24 There used to be 2 million of them in the United States, 03:27 but that number has dropped by about 90 percent. 03:30 In some states there's only 2 percent or so 03:33 of the pay phones there used to be. 03:35 Then came cell phones, and pay phones started disappearing. 03:38 And now you don't see them lining the walls 03:41 of train stations and airports. 03:43 That was back in the old days. 03:46 So we stopped at a pay phone in Idaho, 03:49 and as I approached the phone, 03:51 I noticed that little phone booth was festooned 03:55 with small pink pieces of paper. 03:58 They were everywhere, 03:59 tucked into every crack 04:00 that they could possibly be tucked into. 04:02 Now, even though curiosity killed the cat, 04:04 I bravely took one of the pink papers 04:06 and with some interest looked to see what it said. 04:10 What I read fascinated me. 04:14 Whoever had written this had--well, they claimed-- 04:17 visited hell. 04:19 That's right. They had been there. 04:22 These were little homemade tracts that had been stuck 04:24 all over this little pay phone booth. 04:27 In fact, I still have some of them. 04:29 I have no idea who wrote them or who wrote the excerpts. 04:33 Somebody suggested to me these might be excerpts 04:35 from a book written by somebody, 04:38 written by somebody who claims to have been to hell. 04:41 Maybe you recognize this. 04:42 I mean the writer no harm, but it's worth looking at this. 04:46 Let me read to you. 04:48 Jesus is acting as a tour guide 04:50 and is chaperoning this individual around hell. 04:54 ♪[eerie music]♪ 04:56 Hell is shaped like a body and is "in the center of the earth." 05:01 This person says that just as there is a body of Christ, 05:05 hell is shaped liked a body. 05:08 And then the description goes on, 05:09 of brimstone pits and people whose flesh is being melted away 05:14 by the heat and the flames. 05:16 There are rats and there are snakes, 05:20 and there are angels, fallen angels, 05:22 the size of grizzly bears with wings that are broken down 05:25 at the back, pushing people back into the pits 05:28 who would be trying to escape. 05:31 What strikes me as strange about this 05:32 is that hell doesn't seem to destroy snakes and rats. 05:36 A lot of people would hope that those things 05:37 would be among the first things to be destroyed. 05:41 And something truly bizarre: 05:43 Tracts like this make the devil out to be in charge of hell. 05:49 Sinners suffer while the devil is in cahoots with God; 05:53 he's helping God by causing the lost to suffer. 05:56 Have we forgotten that Jesus said in Matthew 25:41, 05:59 that hell is "prepared for the devil and his angels"? 06:03 And not in the sense that it's prepared for them 06:05 to do their business. 06:07 Prepared for them. 06:10 So is that what hell is like? 06:13 No. 06:14 So what's hell really like? 06:16 Well, I told you a moment ago 06:19 that we would go to Hell and back, and we're almost there. 06:23 We'll go there in just a moment. 06:26 ♪[music]♪ 06:35 >>Announcer 1: One of the most serious subjects in the Bible 06:38 is hell, yet it's one of the least understood. 06:42 What does the Bible really say about hell? 06:45 Is there a hell? 06:46 How long will it last? 06:48 Today's free offer is "Understanding Hell." 06:51 You don't have to wonder about hell anymore. 06:53 Call 800-253-3000 06:57 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 07:01 Get the "Understanding Hell" book for free today. 07:06 >>Announcer 2: When people think of India, 07:09 they often think of the Taj Mahal or Indian food. 07:12 But what you probably won't think about 07:14 is the staggering number of blind people that live in India. 07:17 Sadly, more than 15 million blind call India home, 07:21 and it doesn't have to be that way 07:23 because many of India's blind could see again 07:26 if only they could afford cataract surgery. 07:29 Today we are asking you to donate 07:31 to this life-changing work. 07:33 It takes just $75 to give one person 07:36 the precious gift of sight. 07:37 To donate, please visit our special website: 07:40 itiswritten.com/eyesforindia. 07:43 Or call us. 07:45 Our number is 1-844-974-8836. 07:49 That's 1-844-974-8836. 07:54 For only $75 you can open the eyes of the blind. 07:57 Call today: 07:59 1-844-974-8836. 08:07 ♪[soft music]♪ [waves lapping] 08:10 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me today 08:12 on It Is Written. 08:13 We are going to Hell and back, 08:15 although this place doesn't look a lot like what you'd think 08:19 hell would be like. 08:20 It looks more like what you'd imagine paradise to be. 08:24 The island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean 08:26 really is beautiful. 08:30 It's about 200 miles south of Cuba 08:32 and about the same distance west-northwest of Jamaica. 08:37 Mexico is about 400 miles in that direction. 08:41 Honduras is a little closer, 08:43 about 320 miles to the southwest. 08:47 A little over 50,000 people live on Grand Cayman. 08:50 About 9,000 others live on other Cayman islands. 08:53 And unless you don't like sand and the ocean and sunshine 08:56 and breathtaking scenery, this place is beautiful. 09:00 There's a reason cruise ships stop here. 09:03 Scuba diving and snorkeling are big, 09:05 some of the best in the world. 09:07 Beautiful beaches. 09:08 Tourists flock here. 09:10 The country is home to some of the world's largest banks, 09:13 most of the world's largest banks. 09:15 And Caymanians and Cayman Island companies are not taxed. 09:18 So that old saying about death and taxes? 09:21 Only half of that really applies here. 09:24 And did I say it's beautiful here? 09:26 ♪[upbeat instrumental music]♪ 09:28 The largest town on Grand Cayman is George Town, 09:31 the island's capital. 09:34 Bodden Town is in the middle of the island, 09:37 and there's East End and North Side and West Bay. 09:41 And oddly enough, there's a place 09:43 up in the northwest of the island called...Hell. 09:48 Now, it isn't a town, strictly speaking, 09:51 but there's a service station and a post office, 09:55 and you can send a postcard home from Hell. 09:59 So why in the world is there a place called Hell 10:03 on an island like this? 10:06 Well, I said we'd go to Hell today, and I was serious. 10:09 We're going to Hell to find out. 10:12 ♪[percussion music]♪ 10:16 This isn't the only spot on earth 10:18 that there's a place called Hell. 10:21 There's one in Michigan, northwest of Ann Arbor. 10:24 And in the cold winters there, you know what happens. 10:29 This is Hell, Cayman Islands. 10:35 And why did it get its name? 10:37 Well, Hell in the Cayman Islands is an area about half the size 10:41 of a football field, 10:42 and it's covered in short black limestone formations. 10:46 So you can imagine someone once said something flippant 10:49 about the geography, someone else was amused, 10:52 and once it drew tourists, the name stuck. 10:55 How many places in the world are there where you can go to Hell? 11:00 But you see what's happened? 11:01 If hell was 10 percent as serious as the Bible says it is, 11:04 5 percent, 1 percent, no one would be joking about it. 11:09 It seems you wouldn't be naming a tourist attraction Hell 11:12 if you really thought that hell was a place of final destruction 11:15 for lost people, people who have no hope 11:18 of ever experiencing salvation and eternal life. 11:22 Serious business when you think about it, isn't it? 11:24 Hell represents the end of the line, 11:27 the no-turning-back point, 11:29 the place of utter hopelessness for people, 11:32 where folks are eternally cut off from God. 11:35 Is that something you joke about? 11:38 So think about this from God's point of view. 11:40 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." 11:43 Well, what for? 11:45 We were created for God's glory, according to Isaiah 43:7. 11:49 God created you so you could live with Him forever, 11:53 so close that the relationship between God and His children 11:56 is described in the Bible as a marriage. 11:59 The book of Song of Solomon is a love story, 12:02 the story of Solomon and a woman he loved. 12:05 But it's also descriptive of the love of God for His church. 12:10 God's love for humanity is serious. 12:12 And if you've ever doubted that, you just look at John 3:16, 12:15 which says that "God so loved the world, 12:18 that He gave His only begotten Son, 12:20 that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 12:23 but have everlasting life." 12:25 Who dies on a cross? 12:27 Who's crucified for someone else, 12:30 especially for people who've almost entirely rejected Him? 12:33 Who does that? 12:35 You've really only got two choices: 12:36 either a mad man 12:38 or Someone compelled by love to demonstrate that love 12:42 in a desperate effort to save the lost. 12:45 So that's how God feels. 12:47 And then, hell is going to take place, 12:51 where God's own children will perish. 12:55 And when you consider what the Bible has to say 12:57 about the fate of the lost, well, it's pretty descriptive. 13:02 Revelation 14:9-11 says, 13:05 "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, 13:09 'If any man worship the beast and his image, 13:13 and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, 13:16 the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 13:20 which is poured out without mixture 13:21 into the cup of His indignation; 13:24 and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone 13:26 in the presence of the holy angels, 13:28 and in the presence of the Lamb: 13:31 and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: 13:34 and they have no rest day nor night, 13:37 who worship the beast and his image, 13:40 and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.'" 13:43 Revelation 20:9 and 10, 13:46 "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, 13:48 and compassed the camp of the saints about, 13:50 and the beloved city: 13:52 and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 13:58 And the devil that deceived them 13:59 was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, 14:02 where the beast and the false prophet are, 14:04 and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." 14:09 So, does the story of the rich man and Lazarus 14:13 fit in with this? 14:14 Well, not if you're being theologically consistent. 14:18 If you're being theologically responsible, 14:20 you'll realize the story of the rich man and Lazarus 14:24 is a parable. 14:25 God isn't teaching us that the saved and the lost 14:28 can speak to each other from their various abodes. 14:32 No suffering soul is going to ask for a drop of water 14:35 to relieve its stress. 14:37 The point of the rich man and Lazarus story 14:39 isn't a commentary on the fate of the lost or the saved, 14:43 but to teach us various things. 14:44 Number one, being rich doesn't necessarily mean you're blessed, 14:49 and being a beggar, for example, 14:50 certainly doesn't mean that you've been cursed by God. 14:53 But that's what the Pharisees believed. 14:55 This teaching was for them. 14:57 Second thing, the story teaches that you cannot be saved 15:01 by your family tree, by heredity. 15:04 You certainly cannot be saved 15:05 simply because you belong to a certain church. 15:09 Who does the rich man call out to 15:10 in the story of the rich man and Lazarus? 15:12 He calls out to Father Abraham. 15:16 The religious leaders in Jesus' day proudly said, 15:19 "Our father is Abraham," 15:20 and yet these children of Abraham had the Messiah 15:23 in their midst and rejected Him. 15:27 The prophecies that they were studying told them 15:29 when the Messiah would come, which is why Jesus, 15:33 when He was baptized, said, "The time is fulfilled, 15:37 and the kingdom of God is at hand." 15:39 That's Mark chapter 1, verse 15. 15:41 He was telling them that the prophecies in the book of Daniel 15:44 that pointed out the timing of the coming of the Messiah 15:48 had been fulfilled. 15:49 The Messiah was in their midst, 15:51 and yet they're all about "We are the children of Abraham." 15:55 Their hope was in the wrong place, 15:58 and this story was given to show them that. 16:00 And further, point number three, the rich man said this: 16:04 "I have five brothers. 16:05 Send Lazarus to them so that they'll know 16:07 that they should make sure they don't come to this place." 16:10 And in the story he is told, 16:12 "They have Moses and the prophets." 16:15 If they won't believe that, they won't be convinced, 16:18 even if someone went to them from the dead, 16:20 which is interesting because an actual Lazarus did come back 16:24 from the dead, and still they rejected Christ. 16:28 So the story is told to convince them--and us-- 16:32 that we should take Moses and the prophets, 16:35 the Word of God, seriously. 16:38 So should we be scared of hell? 16:41 And do many people even believe that there is a hell anymore? 16:45 I'll have that next. 16:46 ♪[music]♪ 16:56 ♪[upbeat music]♪ 16:58 >>Announcer 3: Planning for your financial future 17:00 is a vital aspect of Christian stewardship. 17:04 For this reason, It Is Written is pleased to offer 17:06 free planned giving and estate services. 17:09 For information on how we can help you, 17:11 please call 800-992-2219. 17:16 Call today 17:17 or visit our website, hislegacy.com. 17:20 Call 800-992-2219. 17:26 >>John Bradshaw: Join me on It Is Written TV 17:28 for "Great Chapters of the Bible: 17:31 1 Corinthians [Chapter] 15." 17:33 It's the resurrection chapter, 17:35 which means the Bible in 1 Corinthians 15 17:38 offers us hope. 17:40 Everybody wants hope. 17:42 And everybody, if Jesus does not return, is bound to die. 17:46 But what then? 17:47 First Corinthians chapter 15 tells us that death is an enemy, 17:52 the last enemy that will be destroyed. 17:55 But the Word of God assures us that there is hope 17:58 beyond the grave, and there is life after life in this world. 18:03 First Corinthians 15, 18:04 it's one of the great chapters of the Bible. 18:07 You will be encouraged, 18:08 and you will be blessed as you collide with the hope 18:12 that we have in Jesus Christ 18:14 and the resurrection which is to come. 18:17 "Great Chapters of the Bible, 1 Corinthians [Chapter] 15." 18:21 Don't miss it. 18:23 Watch now on It Is Written TV. 18:27 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me today 18:28 on It Is Written. 18:30 We've come to Hell, 18:31 Hell on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. 18:35 Years ago someone took a look at the geography 18:37 and made a remark, and the name Hell stuck, 18:40 and so today tourists can come here from all over the world 18:43 and say that they have been to Hell. 18:46 You can even send a postcard or a letter home from Hell, 18:50 with the Hell postmark right on it. 18:53 Now, Jesus certainly believed in hell. 18:56 Matthew 10:28, Jesus says, 18:59 "Fear not them [that are able to] kill the body, 19:01 but [cannot] kill the soul: 19:03 but rather fear Him [who] is able to destroy 19:05 both soul and body in hell." 19:08 The Bible speaks plainly about the subject, 19:11 but it's fair to say that often people wildly misconstrue 19:16 what the Bible says about hell. 19:20 Take the story of the rich man and Lazarus. 19:24 That's helped a lot of preachers over the years 19:27 because it sounds as though you can point to the rich man 19:29 and make the case that lost people are condemned to suffer 19:33 in a place of fiery torment for all eternity. 19:38 But you don't need to misinterpret the parable 19:40 of the rich man and Lazarus to make the point very clearly 19:44 that hell is no laughing matter. 19:46 Every time someone refers to hell in a casual sense 19:49 they're trivializing something that's phenomenally important. 19:53 It's like those cartoons depicting the devil 19:55 wearing a red suit and brandishing a pitchfork. 19:59 It diminishes the solemnity of the subject, 20:01 makes something that should be taken seriously 20:04 nothing more than a laughing matter. 20:06 [waves fizzing and splashing] 20:13 So hell is serious. 20:16 Now, it seems that not that many people believe in hell anymore. 20:22 A survey by Pew Research 20:24 indicates that a little more than half of all Americans 20:27 believe in the existence of hell. 20:30 One would think that back in the days when Jonathan Edwards 20:34 was preaching about "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," 20:38 those numbers might have been a little bit higher. 20:41 "The wrath of God burns against them, 20:44 their damnation does not slumber; 20:47 the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, 20:51 the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; 20:55 the flames do now rage and glow. 20:59 The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, 21:03 and the pit hath opened its mouth under them." 21:07 It might even be that sermons like that 21:10 have got something to do with those numbers dropping. 21:13 You see, when you present God as cruel, 21:16 when you portray God as, as rubbing His hands together 21:19 with glee at the prospect of another suffering soul, 21:23 thinking people reject that. 21:25 You cannot on the one hand say that God is love 21:29 and then depict God as though He's loving the process 21:33 of tormenting suffering sinners. 21:37 In Ezekiel 33:11, God says, 21:40 "As I live...I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; 21:45 but that the wicked turn from his way and live: 21:48 turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 21:52 for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" 21:57 But again, while Jesus believed in hell, 22:01 and He made clear that sinners will ultimately be destroyed, 22:04 there's no reason to become theologically inaccurate 22:07 when you talk about this. 22:09 I believe you'll find a lot of people have rejected God 22:11 because of what people say about hell. 22:14 The thing is this: Hell is ultimately going to destroy sin. 22:19 The very sad fact is that there will be many people 22:22 who are attached to sin. 22:24 When God destroys sin, the unrepentant who've chosen sin 22:29 will be destroyed along with it. 22:32 So should a person live in fear of hell? 22:35 Well, anybody ought to have a healthy respect 22:38 for what the future holds for them, 22:39 should they choose to live in opposition to God. 22:42 But live in fear of hell? 22:44 No, your focus is in the wrong place when you do that. 22:48 In the old days, the preachers used to do everything they could 22:50 to make hell sound absolutely horrifyingly bad, 22:53 but when you focus on that, and when you talk about a God 22:56 who just can't wait to fry people, 22:58 there's no wonder people give up on God altogether. 23:02 Now, you can use the subject to portray God as hateful 23:06 and cruel and vindictive, 23:08 but He isn't. 23:09 He is just, and He is going to get rid of sin. 23:14 But He's not a tyrant. 23:16 Too often people get told that God's going to send 23:18 bad people to hell. 23:20 While you can make a case for that, it's a pretty lazy case. 23:24 The people who will be lost are those who've chosen 23:28 not to accept God's gift of eternal life through Jesus. 23:32 Once you start saying, 23:33 "You'll be lost because of your drunkenness"; 23:35 "You'll be lost because of your, your dishonesty"-- 23:38 that sort of thing-- 23:39 essentially, all you're doing is being a legalist, 23:42 telling somebody that they will be lost because of this deed 23:45 or that deed. 23:46 Oh, now, of course I agree sin is bad; 23:48 I wouldn't say otherwise. 23:50 Romans 6, verse 23: "The wages of sin is death." 23:54 But people are lost because they don't have Christ. 23:58 The drunkenness and the lying and whatever else, 24:02 they're just a symptom of that. 24:05 Jesus said in 1 John 5:12, "He that hath the Son hath life; 24:11 and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 24:15 And I want you to notice what Jesus said in John 5, verse 40: 24:19 "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." 24:25 So how are things with you? 24:27 When the subject of hell comes up, 24:29 it's usually presented one of two ways: 24:31 the hottest, the worstest, the roastingest, 24:35 God is the cruelest and the most unhappiest, 24:39 or the subject just presented as though it's of no concern. 24:43 Well, it's of great concern. 24:45 And God is love; He's not cruel. 24:47 It doesn't mean this is not serious. It is. 24:49 But if we focus on the flames, 24:52 we're really not focusing on the most important thing. 24:54 And the most important thing is your heart 24:56 and whether God has it. 24:57 If Jesus has your heart, you have His life as your own. 25:01 The Word of God says, "He that hath the Son hath life." 25:04 First John 5, verse 12. 25:06 So the question really is, do you have the Son? 25:10 And you can have Him now by simply opening up your heart 25:13 to Jesus and saying, "I choose You; I accept You. 25:17 Come into my life. Be my Lord and Savior." 25:21 Would you do that? 25:22 I encourage you to do that now. 25:24 And make certain that you have secured 25:27 a bright, a joy-filled eternal future with a God of love. 25:37 >>Announcer 1: One of the most serious subjects in the Bible 25:40 is hell, yet it's one of the least understood. 25:43 What does the Bible really say about hell? 25:47 Is there a hell? 25:48 How long will it last? 25:50 Today's free offer is "Understanding Hell." 25:53 You don't have to wonder about hell anymore. 25:55 Call 800-253-3000 25:58 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 26:03 Get the "Understanding Hell" book for free today. 26:07 >>John Bradshaw: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 26:09 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 26:13 To support this international life-changing ministry, 26:16 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 26:20 You can send your tax-deductible gift 26:21 to the address on your screen, 26:23 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:27 Thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. 26:30 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 26:34 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:38 >>John Bradshaw: Let's pray together now. 26:40 Our Father in heaven, 26:41 ♪[soft music]♪ 26:42 we thank You today that You are good and holy 26:45 and righteous and pure. 26:47 Yes, we know that You are just, 26:49 and we know that sin causes You great pain. 26:51 We're thankful that one day it will be gone, 26:54 that You'll rid this universe of sin. 26:58 Heavenly Father, right now there's someone 26:59 who has been thinking, if sin goes, I go. 27:03 Friend, if that's your thought, 27:05 then let go of sin and take hold of Jesus the Savior. 27:11 If you're not certain you can let go of your sin, 27:13 then just take hold of Jesus anyway. 27:15 He'll do the work that needs to be done. 27:17 The Bible says it is God who works in you 27:20 "to will and to do of His good pleasure." 27:22 Our Father, would You do that? 27:24 And we will look forward with confidence; 27:26 we will look forward with hope; 27:27 we will look forward with Jesus living and abiding in us. 27:32 Today we thank You. 27:33 We thank You for the gift of eternal life, 27:35 and we claim it, and we praise You for it, in Jesus' name. 27:39 Amen. 27:41 Thank you so much for joining me. 27:42 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:44 Until then, remember: 27:46 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:50 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:54 ♪[theme music]♪ |
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