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>> WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION
OF GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES
ON GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND GRACE.
ON TODAY'S BROADCAST,
ANDREW WILL BE SHARING ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
>> AND NOW, HERE'S ANDREW. 
WELCOME TO OUR TUESDAY'S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I'M INTO MY FOURTH WEEK
OF TEACHING
ON A BRAND-NEW SERIES
THAT I'VE GOT ENTITLED:
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE PACKAGE
OF MATERIAL HERE THAT COMES.
AND IT HAS AUDIO,
IT HAS VIDEO,
AND IT HAS THIS STUDY GUIDE,
THAT SPECIFICALLY, YOU CAN USE
TO REFERENCE THINGS,
TO UNDERLINE,
TO HIGHLIGHT.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF STATISTICS,
GRAPHS, QUOTES IN HERE
AND THINGS THAT'LL HELP YOU.
AND THIS COMING FRIDAY
WILL BE MY LAST DAY
TO OFFER THIS
OVER OUR TV PROGRAM,
SO PLEASE GO TO THE EFFORT
OF ORDERING THIS.
I PROMISE YOU IT WILL HELP YOU,
NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY,
BUT IT'LL HELP YOU
TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE,
AND TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO
START TALKING ABOUT
THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN.
THIS IS RADICAL STUFF.
MOST OF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD
SOMEBODY SAY THE THINGS
THAT I'M GOING TO BE SAYING
THE REST OF THIS WEEK
ABOUT THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN,
BUT IT'S STRAIGHT
FROM SCRIPTURE.
IT'LL HELP YOU.
SO WATCH THIS.
I'LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF TODAY'S PROGRAM.
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WELCOME TO ANOTHER SEGMENT IN
OUR BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW SERIES,
AND IN THIS SEGMENT
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO
IS TALK ABOUT
THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN.
I KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T SOUND
REALLY EXCITING
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
WHO WILL BE WATCHING THIS
PROBABLY WILL NOT AGREE
WITH THIS OR IT'S...
IT MAY NOT BE
THAT YOU REJECT IT,
IT MAY BE THAT YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD THIS.
THIS IS NOT
A COMMONLY HELD BELIEF,
AND YET, I BELIEVE
IT IS ESSENTIAL.
THIS MAY BE ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT I'VE EVER TAUGHT
AS FAR AS BALANCING THINGS OUT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT THROUGH
TEACHING ABOUT
THE TRUE NATURE OF GOD,
AND OF COURSE,
GOD HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED.
I BELIEVE IT'S INSPIRED
BY THE DEVIL
TO MISREPRESENT GOD
AND TO CAUSE PEOPLE
TO HAVE A WRONG OPINION
ABOUT HIM.
BUT SATAN ALSO HAS HID
FROM PEOPLE
WHAT THE TRUE NATURE OF MAN IS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHO WE ARE WITHOUT CHRIST.
THIS IS BEFORE WE GOT BORN AGAIN
AND EVEN AFTER
WE GET BORN AGAIN,
IT'S OUR SPIRITS
THAT GOT CHANGED.
WE STILL HAVE A SOUL;
THAT'S OUR MENTAL
AND EMOTIONAL PART OF US,
AND A PHYSICAL BODY
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SAVED.
THEY'VE BEEN PURCHASED.
GOD HAS MADE A PAYMENT FOR THEM.
SOMEDAY WE'RE GOING TO GET
A GLORIFIED BODY.
SOMEDAY WE WILL HAVE
A BRAND-NEW SOUL,
THAT WE'LL KNOW ALL THINGS
EVEN AS ALSO WE ARE KNOWN.
AND SO, PRAISE GOD FOR THAT.
BUT AT THE MOMENT,
TWO-THIRDS OF YOU
IS STILL NOT SAVED.
YOU HAVE THE SEED OF GOD
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
IN THE SPIRIT.
AND THAT BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT
IS AWESOME.
I WILL BE DEALING WITH THIS
AND I'M GOING TO AMPLIFY
ON THAT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS
THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
IN HAVING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
BUT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE IS A PART OF US
THAT IS CORRUPTED BY SIN,
THAT IS STILL SUBJECT
TO ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS,
THAT HAS TO BE RENEWED.
AND IF YOU DON'T
FULLY APPRECIATE
WHAT JESUS SAVED YOU FROM,
THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE
A FULL APPRECIATION
OF WHAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY
THAT HONESTLY THINK
THAT THEY ARE AWESOME
ON THEIR OWN, APART FROM CHRIST.
AND I'M GOING TO BE
GOING THROUGH
A LOT OF SCRIPTURES
AND SHOWING YOU A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT THE LORD SAID
THAT WITHOUT HIM
WE CAN DO NOTHING.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T AGREE
WITH THAT.
MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT I AM AWESOME AND THAT,
GOD, IF YOU WILL JUST
GET ME INTRODUCED,
I CAN HANDLE IT FROM HERE.
NO WONDER YOU CHOSE ME.
WHAT A GREAT CHOICE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
THAT ATTITUDE WILL LEAD YOU
TO TOTAL DEFEAT?
YOU KNOW I'VE GOT A VERY GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE WHO I LOVE
AND HE'S A GREAT MAN.
BUT HE IS JUST SUPER TALENTED,
HAS ALL OF THESE ABILITIES.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS
IN HIS OWN STRENGTH
AND IN HIS OWN POWER
AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
GOD-DEPENDENT THE WAY I DO
OR THE WAY THAT SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE DO.
YOU KNOW, HE CAN JUST GET
A LOT OF THINGS DONE ON HIS OWN,
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD SLIPPED.
HE WAS GOING ON HIS OWN STRENGTH
AND OWN ENERGY,
AND HE JUST CRASHED AND BURNED.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT,
IT'S DEVASTATING TO HIM.
I BELIEVE THAT THE END RESULT
OF THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY GOOD
BECAUSE HE'S NOW COME
TO THE PLACE THAT HE REALIZES
THAT HIS FLESH MAY BE BETTER
THAN MY FLESH,
BUT IT'S STILL FLESH.
IT JUST...IT DOESN'T WORK,
AND YOU HAVE TO COME
TO THIS REALIZATION.
YOU NEED TO HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT IT'S ONLY THROUGH CHRIST
THAT WE CAN DO ALL THINGS,
PHILIPPIANS 4:13.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE JUST LEFT OFF
THAT LITTLE PHRASE,
THAT I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST.
AND THEY ARE JUST UP SAYING
THAT I CAN DO ALL THINGS,
AND THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS
EVEN TEACHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A NEW PERSON
AND YOU NEED TO BELIEVE GOD
FOR BIG THINGS.
AND ALL OF THOSE STATEMENTS
ARE TRUE,
BUT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WHEN YOU ARE BELIEVING GOD
FOR AWESOME THINGS
AND FOR GOD TO USE YOU
AND TO BLESS YOU
AND TO PROSPER YOU
AND THINGS TO HAPPEN,
THAT IT IS ONLY THROUGH CHRIST
THAT YOU CAN DO THIS.
IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR YOU
TO RECOGNIZE WHO WE WERE
BEFORE WE GOT SAVED.
AND EVEN AFTER WE GOT SAVED,
THAT IT'S ONLY IN THE SPIRIT
THAT WE ARE PERFECT AND COMPLETE
AND HAVE OUR NEW IDENTITY.
THAT WE STILL HAVE A SOUL
AND A BODY
THAT WERE ALL PROGRAMMED WRONG.
WE HAVE WRONG VALUES AND STUFF,
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF RENEWING OUR MIND.
AND UNLESS YOU ARE TURNING AWAY
FROM THIS SELF-CONFIDENCE
AND SELF-PROMOTION AND SELF-LOVE
TO WHERE YOU ARE DOING
EVERYTHING TO GLORIFY GOD
AND TO FLOW IN HIS POWER
AND LET HIM LIVE THROUGH YOU.
AS THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
IN GALATIANS 2:20,
THAT I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST:
NEVERTHELESS I LIVE; YET NOT I,
BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME:
AND THE LIFE THAT I NOW LIVE
IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY
THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD,
WHO LOVED ME,
AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.
THE SECRET TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
IS NOT YOU JUST...
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE
GOD JUST...WE HAD BEEN
KNOCKED FLAT OF OUR FACE
THROUGH SIN
AND THROUGH THE THINGS,
AND SO GOD PICKS US UP
AND POINTS US
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
WINDS US UP AND SAYS,
NOW, SEE IF YOU CAN
DO IT BETTER.
I CAN GUARANTEE,
IF THAT'S ALL THERE WAS
TO SALVATION,
YOU AND I WOULD DESTROY
THE SALVATION
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US
JUST AS SURELY
AS THE VERY FIRST TIME
THAT WE TRIED IT.
NO, GOD DIDN'T JUST DUST US OFF
AND SAY, NOW SEE IF YOU CAN
DO IT BETTER.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
IS NOT A CHANGED LIFE.
IT'S AN EXCHANGED LIFE.
YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO
TURN FROM YOUR OWN LOGIC
AND THERE'S SO MANY SCRIPTURES.
I'M GOING TO BE REFERRING
TO THESE,
BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
TRUST IN THE LORD
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART;
AND LEAN NOT
UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,
AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.
AND I'M GOING TO BE GOING INTO
A LOT MORE DETAIL,
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THIS
IN WAY OF INTRODUCTION.
THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK,
WELL, LET'S FORGET ABOUT
WHAT MISTAKES I'VE MADE
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO US
WHEN WE WERE LOST.
I'M A NEW PERSON NOW
AND LET'S GO ON
AND JUST FIND OUT WHO WE ARE
AND WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES ARE
IN CHRIST.
WELL, IF YOU FULLY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DELIVERED FROM
AND IF YOU HAD NO CONFIDENCE
IN THE FLESH,
THAT WOULD BE FINE.
BUT THE SAD FACT IS
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD
THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
BECAUSE OF THIS,
THEY JUST USE THE LORD
WHEN THEY RUN TO THE END
OF THEMSELF.
WHEN THEIR ABILITY...
SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IN FINANCES
YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING
AND YOU HIT A ROUGH SPOT,
AND WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE
MOST PEOPLE CALL OUT
TO GOD FOR HELP.
BUT IF THEY AREN'T IN TROUBLE,
WELL THEN, THEY'RE JUST CONTENT
TO DO THINGS ON THEIR OWN.
WHEN IT COMES TO
PHYSICAL THINGS,
MOST PEOPLE JUST GO ON
AND THEY TAKE FOR GRANTED
THEIR HEALTH AND ALL OF
THESE KINDS OF THINGS,
DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS,
AND THEN THEY GET
TO SEEKING THE LORD.
I'M TELLING YOU
THE TIME TO BE BUILDING
YOUR HOUSE UPON THE ROCK
IS NOT WHEN THE STORM IS RAGING
AND WHEN YOU ARE IN
A BATTLE FOR YOUR LIFE.
YOU NEED TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE
WHILE THE SUN IS OUT
AND SHINING
AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
THAT'S WHEN YOU DO THE WORK.
BEFORE YOU GET SICK,
BEFORE YOU ARE IN TROUBLE
YOU NEED TO BE BUILDING YOURSELF
AND...AND ESTABLISHING
YOUR FAITH UPON
WHAT GOD HAS SAID ABOUT YOU.
BUT SEE, MOST PEOPLE AGAIN,
THEY DON'T DEPEND UPON GOD
UNTIL THEY COME TO
THE END OF THEMSELF.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
ON TRAGEDY TO BRING YOU
TO THAT PLACE.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
AND IF YOU WILL RECEIVE
THE SCRIPTURES AND THE THINGS
THAT I'M GOING TO BE SAYING
TO YOU HERE,
YOU CAN COME TO THIS
BY REVELATION AND NOT THROUGH
BEING KNOCKED FLAT OF YOUR FACE.
YOU KNOW THERE REALLY IS
NO BAD WAY FOR YOU
TO COME TO THE END OF YOURSELF.
THIS FRIEND OF MINE
THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
THAT JUST, YOU KNOW,
MADE SOME STUPID MISTAKES
AND HE'S...IS REALLY
IN A BAD POSITION RIGHT NOW,
I...AS I WAS TALKING TO HIM,
HE...YOU KNOW,
WE ADMITTED THAT
IF HE RESPONDS PROPERLY TO THIS,
THIS COULD BE ONE OF
THE BEST THINGS
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED
IN HIS LIFE.
NOW IT'S A SHAME
THAT HE GOT THERE
THROUGH MAKING THE MISTAKES
THAT HE DID.
BUT IF HE RESPONDS CORRECTLY,
THIS COULD BE A TURNING POINT
AND HE COULD LOOK BACK
AND THIS COULD BE
A DEFINING MOMENT IN HIS LIFE;
COULD BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIM.
SO IN THAT SENSE, YOU KNOW,
IF...IF THE OUTCOME OF IT
IS GOOD, WELL THEN,
THAT'S...THAT'S GREAT.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST
MAKE THESE MISTAKES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE
SATAN THIS AMMUNITION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET HIM
LITERALLY DESTROY YOUR LIFE
AND BRING YOU TO WHERE YOU
ARE JUST LIVING IN THE PIGPEN
BEFORE YOU REALIZE
THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
YOU CAN RECEIVE IT
BY REVELATION.
YOU KNOW, IN ISAIAH, CHAPTER 51,
VERSE 1, IT SAYS,
HEARKEN UNTO ME,
YE THAT FOLLOW
AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS,
YE THAT SEEK THE LORD...
HOPEFULLY THAT'S ALL OF US.
HOPEFULLY THE REASON
THAT YOU'RE WATCHING THIS TODAY
IS BECAUSE YOU ARE
SEEKING AFTER GOD,
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS JUST
TALKING ABOUT
YOUR RIGHT RELATIONSHIP,
RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD.
IF YOU WERE DESIRING TO HAVE
RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
AND YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE
FOR YOU, THEN THIS IS FOR YOU.
HEARKEN TO ME, YE THAT FOLLOW
AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS,
YE THAT SEEK THE LORD;
LOOK UNTO THE ROCK
WHENCE YE ARE HEWN,
AND TO THE HOLE OF THE PIT
WHENCE YE ARE DIGGED.
YOU KNOW, GOD USED THIS
IN MY LIFE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND WHAT THIS IS SAYING
IS THE ROCK
THAT YOU WERE HEWN FROM
IS JESUS.
AND WE HAVE MADE THIS CONFESSION
AND HE IS A ROCK,
HE IS A REFUGE FOR US,
AND WE HAVE BEEN
CUT OUT OF THAT PIECE OF ROCK.
THERE'S MANY SYMBOLISMS
IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THIS
THAT WOULD VERIFY THAT.
AND THE HOLE OF THE PIT
THAT YOU ARE DIGGED FROM
IS TALKING ABOUT,
LOOK AT WHAT YOU WERE IN.
LOOK WHAT YOUR LIFE WAS LIKE
BEFORE YOU MET THE LORD.
AND I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO BE
LOOKING IN BOTH
OF THESE DIRECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, IN ONE SENSE,
LOOKING UNTO JESUS,
THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER
OF YOUR FAITH,
FINDING OUT WHO YOU ARE IN HIM
IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE
THE DIRECTION OF LOOKING
WHERE YOU CAME FROM
AND LOOKING AT THE MESS
THAT YOU WERE IN.
BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO BE
LOOKING IN BOTH OF
THESE DIRECTIONS.
YOU DON'T EVER NEED TO FORGET
WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
IN LUKE, CHAPTER 7,
AND VERSE 47,
THIS IS WHERE JESUS WAS
IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE.
THE WOMAN CAME
AND ANOINTED HIS FEET
WITH THIS PRECIOUS OINTMENT
THAT WAS NEARLY A YEAR'S SALARY
IS HOW EXPENSIVE
THIS OINTMENT WAS.
AND THEN SHE BEGAN
TO WIPE HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR
AND SHE SHOWED THIS TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF AFFECTION FOR JESUS.
AND THE PHARISEES AND JUDAS
AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING
THIS OINTMENT COULD'VE BEEN SOLD
FOR SO MUCH MONEY
AND GIVEN TO THE POOR.
THEY SAID, IF THIS MAN
WAS REALLY A TRUE PROPHET,
HE WOULD UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS WOMAN IS A SINNER.
AND THE WAY THAT JESUS RESPOND
TO THIS WAS TO SAY,
SIMON, I CAME INTO YOUR HOUSE
AND YOU DIDN'T ANOINT
MY HEAD WITH OIL.
YOU DIDN'T WASH MY FEET.
YOU DIDN'T SHOW ME THE KINDNESS
THAT THIS WOMAN HAS DONE,
AND YOU ARE SITTING THERE
CRITICIZING HER
BECAUSE SHE'S...SHE'S A SINNER,
BUT THE FACT IS THAT
THOSE WHO'VE BEEN FORGIVEN MUCH
WILL LOVE MUCH.
THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN FORGIVEN
A LOT AND THEREFORE
SHE LOVES A LOT,
AND SO THE LORD ACCEPTED
HER WORSHIP
AND ACTUALLY BLESSED HER
AND PRAISED HER FOR IT.
AND SO, THE POINT IS
THAT THOSE WHO'VE BEEN
FORGIVEN A LOT,
LOVE A LOT.
YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS
EVERY ONE OF US
HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN A LOT.
THERE ISN'T A HELL NUMBER 2
OR A HELL NUMBER 3.
IF YOU MISS HEAVEN BY AN INCH,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE
IN THE SAME CATEGORY
AS THE PERSON WHO MISSED IT
BY A MILE.
THE PERSON WHO
TOTALLY HATED GOD
AND DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING
TO DO WITH GOD
THAT WAS A RAPIST, A MURDERER,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
IN THE SAME SPOT
WITH ALL OF THEM.
IT'S NOT LIKE
THERE IS A GOOD SECTION
OF HELL
AND THEN A BAD SECTION OF HELL.
IF YOU MISS HEAVEN BY AN INCH,
YOU MISS IT BY A MILE.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
WELL THEN, EVERY ONE OF US
HAVE A LOT TO BE
PRAISING GOD FOR.
BUT JESUS DID SAY
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
FORGIVEN MUCH WILL LOVE MUCH.
AND I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY,
YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'VE BEEN BLESSED.
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,
I WAS BACK IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS,
WHERE I GREW UP.
I WAS BACK THERE
FOR A FRIEND OF MINE
HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY, JOE NAY,
THE MAN WHO WAS LIKE MY MENTOR
AND I WENT BACK TO SEE HIM.
AND I JUST DROVE AROUND,
AND I WENT TO THE HOUSE
THAT JAMIE GREW UP IN.
WE GREW UP
ABOUT A MILE APART
FROM EACH OTHER.
I WENT BY MY HOUSE.
I WENT TO THE PLACE
WHERE I RECEIVED
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WHERE GOD TOUCHED MY LIFE
MARCH THE 23RD, 1968,
THE PLACE WHERE I SPOKE
IN TONGUES FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE PLACE WHERE GOD CALLED ME
TO PREACH.
I WENT BY AND SAW THE HOUSE
WHERE I CAST THE FIRST DEMON
OUT OF A PERSON.
AND I JUST...I MEAN
A FLOOD OF MEMORIES
CAME BACK TO ME.
AND I WAS JUST PRAISING GOD
AND THANKING GOD FOR THE WAY
THAT HE'S MOVED IN MY LIFE,
THAT MY PARENTS INSTRUCTED ME.
I GOT BORN AGAIN
WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD.
I'VE NEVER DONE
A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE,
AND SO THEREFORE,
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
WELL THEN, YOU JUST CAN'T
LOVE GOD AS MUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE,
AND I'M JUST NOW...
I MEAN, 51 YEARS LATER
AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE
MARCH THE 23RD, 1968,
51 YEARS LATER,
I AM JUST NOW BEGINNING
TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS.
BUT THE WAY
THAT GOD TOUCHED MY LIFE
I BELIEVE, HAS MADE
A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ME
AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
THAT MAYBE HAVE HEARD
AND GOD HAS REVEALED TO THEM
SOME OF THE EXACT SAME THINGS
HE SHOWED ME.
BUT THE WAY THAT HE MOVED
IN MY LIFE, I LIVED THIS
RELATIVELY HOLY LIFE,
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
I GOT INTO
THIS PHARISEE SYNDROME
WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER
THAN OTHER PEOPLE.
I WAS LOOKING DOWN MY NOSE
AND THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T DIP OR CUSS OR CHEW
OR GO WITH THOSE THAT DO,
AND BECAUSE OF IT
I'M BETTER THAN YOU.
AND I WAS HAVING THIS ATTITUDE,
AND I FELT LIKE
GOD OWED ME SOMETHING.
I FELT LIKE I DESERVED
GOD'S GOODNESS IN MY LIFE,
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME.
I WAS WITNESSING.
I WAS LEADING PEOPLE
TO THE LORD,
AND...AND I COULD SPEND
THE ENTIRE TIME ON THIS.
I'M WANTING TO SAY THESE THINGS
VERY QUICKLY AND GET ON
TO OTHER POINTS.
BUT I WAS LEADING PEOPLE
TO THE LORD.
I WAS AN INTROVERT
AND YET I WAS FORCING MYSELF
TO OVERCOME THIS FEAR
THAT I HAD OF BEING AROUND
AND SPEAKING TO PEOPLE
THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND I WOULD GO OUT
AND I STARTED
A SPECIAL YOUTH VISITATION.
I WAS LEADING PEOPLE
TO THE LORD EVERY WEEK.
I SAY, LEADING THEM TO THE LORD,
I WAS LEADING THEM
THROUGH OUR LITTLE PROGRAM
THAT WE HAD,
AND I WOULD JUST SAY,
IS THERE ANY REASON
YOU CAN'T PRAY WITH ME?
AND THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE
THAT'LL JUST SAY...
THEY AREN'T AS BOLD AS TO SAY
YES, I WANT TO GO TO HELL,
LEAVE ME ALONE.
I COULD GET PEOPLE
TO PRAY WITH ME.
NOW WHETHER THEY WERE BORN AGAIN
OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WAS SUPPOSEDLY
LEADING PEOPLE TO THE LORD.
EVERY SUNDAY I WOULD GET UP
IN FRONT OF MY CHURCH
AND SHOW THEM THE SCALPS,
HOW MANY PEOPLE
I LED TO THE LORD.
I WOULD COME BACK
AND I WAS DOING ALL OF THIS,
BUT I WAS DOING IT ALL FOR ME.
I WAS DOING IT ALL
SO THAT I COULD RECEIVE PRAISE
FROM PEOPLE.
I WASN'T DOING IT FOR GOD.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY CARE
ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE.
I HAD THIS LITTLE THING
THAT I WENT THROUGH,
AND AGAIN, I WAS AN INTROVERT,
SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DO THIS
AND I HAD MEMORIZED A SPIEL.
WE WENT THROUGH A TRAINING,
AND WHEN YOU WALK INTO
A PERSON'S HOUSE
IF THEY WOULD LET YOU IN,
YOU LOOK AROUND
AND IF YOU SEE A PICTURE
OF A HORSE
OR SOMETHING ON THE WALL,
YOU SAY,
OH, YOU MUST LOVE HORSES.
WELL, I HAVE HORSES,
AND YOU...YOU START
STRIKING UP A CONVERSATION,
AND...AND IT WAS A FORMULA
THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
AND THEN I WOULD TELL THEM
THESE THINGS.
WE HAD THE ROMAN ROAD,
ROMANS 3:23, ROMANS 6:23,
ROMANS 5:8, ROMANS 10:9 AND 10,
AND I WOULD LEAD THEM THROUGH
AND BUILD UP TO THIS AND SAY,
NOW, WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?
AND I COULD GET PEOPLE
TO PRAY THE PRAYER.
BUT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WERE TRULY BORN AGAIN,
I DON'T KNOW,
AND I HONESTLY DIDN'T CARE.
IT WASN'T ABOUT THEM.
IT WAS ABOUT ME.
I WANTED THE PRAISE OF PEOPLE.
AND NOT ONLY
THE PRAISE OF PEOPLE
BUT I THOUGHT
THAT THIS WOULD EARN ME
FAVOR WITH GOD.
AND SO, I WAS DOING ALL OF
THESE RELIGIOUS THINGS
AND FORCING MYSELF TO BE
OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE
AND TO DO THINGS.
BUT IN THIS PRAYER MEETING
ON MARCH THE 23RD, 1968,
I WAS THERE
WITH MY BEST FRIENDS,
AND THIS IS WHAT WE DID
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT,
WE WOULD...WE WOULD GET TOGETHER
AND WE WOULD PRAY FROM LIKE
10 O'CLOCK UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NOW THAT GIVES YOU
SOME INDICATION
OF WHAT MY LIFE WAS LIKE.
FOR AN 18-YEAR-OLD BOY
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
TO BE GETTING TOGETHER
WITH HIS BEST FRIENDS
AND PRAYING, SAYS A LOT
WITHOUT ME HAVING TO GO
INTO MORE DETAIL.
WE ALSO HAD THE YOUTH DIRECTOR
OF OUR CHURCH THERE.
WE HAD THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON
AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
AND WE WERE MEETING
IN THE BAPTIST PASTOR'S STUDY
OF UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH
IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
I JUST WENT THERE
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO
AND WAS SITTING OUTSIDE
LOOKING AT THIS PLACE
WHERE I REALLY ENCOUNTERED GOD.
NOW I WAS BORN AGAIN,
BUT I WAS DOING THESE THINGS
TRYING TO EARN THE PRAISE OF MEN
AND THE PLEASURE OF GOD.
AND AS WE WERE GETTING THERE
TO PRAY,
AGAIN, MY PRAYER LIFE
WAS VERY SHALLOW.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,
A MINUTE OR TWO AT A TIME
IS ALL I COULD FORCE MYSELF
TO DO AND IT WAS JUST
A TYPICAL TYPE OF PRAYER.
LIKE, GOD, FORGIVE US
OF OUR MANY SINS.
LORD, HELP US.
LORD, SEND REVIVAL.
WE...IF SOMEBODY WAS HURTING
OR SOMETHING,
WE MIGHT MENTION THEIR NAME
AND PRAY FOR THEM,
AND IT WAS JUST THE SAME THING
OVER AND OVER.
BUT WE HAD THIS ONE MAN
IN OUR CHURCH.
HE WAS THE YOUTH DIRECTOR.
HIS NAME WAS MARION WARREN.
AND THIS MAN, WHEN WE PRAYED,
HIS PRAYER WAS DIFFERENT
THAN MY PRAYERS
OR ANYBODY ELSE'S THAT I KNEW.
I MEAN, HE TALKED TO THE LORD
LIKE GOD WAS RIGHT THERE.
IT WASN'T JUST VAIN REPETITION.
IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW,
GOING THROUGH A PRAYER LIST
AND SAYING,
OH GOD, BLESS THIS PERSON
AND BLESS THIS PERSON.
HE TALKED TO GOD,
AND HE WOULD ACTUALLY
SOMETIMES STOP,
AND THE LORD WOULD
TALK BACK TO HIM
AND HE WOULD CARRY ON
THIS CONVERSATION.
AND I LOVED IT.
I MEAN, IT REALLY TOUCHED ME
AND IT INSPIRED ME
AND LET ME REALIZE
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT I HAD,
AND SO I LOVED HEARING HIM PRAY.
BUT ONCE HE PRAYED
AND, I MEAN, HE COULD PRAY
FOR 15 OR 20 MINUTES,
AND ONCE HE PRAYED
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
FOR ME TO SAY.
SO I ALWAYS MADE A POINT
OF GETTING MY LITTLE
TWO MINUTE PRAYER
OUT OF THE WAY
BEFORE MARION PRAYED
BECAUSE AFTER HE PRAYED
THERE WAS NOTHING FOR ME TO SAY
AND THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN WHAT I DID
AND WHAT HE DID
JUST MADE ME LOOK BAD.
AND SO ANYWAY,
I ALWAYS PRAYED FIRST.
WELL, I WAS SITTING THERE
VISITING WITH MY FRIENDS
AND WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING
AND MARION WAS REALLY BURDENED
ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT NIGHT
AND MARION JUST FELL ON HIS FACE
IN THIS PASTOR'S STUDY
AND STARTED PRAYING
AND POURING OUT HIS HEART
AND PRAYING TO GOD.
AND INSTEAD OF ME ENTERING IN
AND PRAYING WITH HIM
AND SHOWING ANY COMPASSION
OR CONCERN ABOUT HIM
OR THE PEOPLE
HE WAS PRAYING FOR,
YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING?
I WAS THERE.
I WAS KNEELING DOWN
ON THE GROUND
AND I HAD MY EYES CLOSED,
BUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME.
GOD, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY?
MARION IS GOING TO PRAY
FOR 30 MINUTES
AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BAD.
ALL OF MY FRIENDS,
I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD,
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED,
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT'S LIKE GOD REMOVED A CURTAIN.
HE OPENED UP MY EYES
AND SHOWED ME
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE HYPOCRITE
I WAS,
THAT ALL OF THE WITNESSING
I WAS DOING, MY HOLY LIVING,
MY PRAYER,
EVERYTHING I WAS DOING
WAS FOR THE PRAISE
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
AND HE SHOWED ME THAT I WAS
A MODERN-DAY PHARISEE.
THAT I MIGHT'VE BEEN DOING
SOME OF THE RIGHT THINGS,
BUT I WAS DOING IT
FOR THE PRAISE OF MEN,
AND HE JUST SHOWED ME
THAT THE WORSE SIN OF ALL,
AND MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN
AGREE WITH THIS,
BUT I BELIEVE IT.
THE WORST SIN OF ALL IS
THE SIN OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS;
TRUSTING IN YOURSELF,
GLORIFYING YOURSELF,
DEPENDING UPON YOURSELF.
AND I DON'T KNOW
HOW IT HAPPENED,
BUT I UNDERSTOOD THIS.
IT WAS JUST A IMPARTATION.
IT WAS A REVELATION FROM GOD.
GOD SHOWED ME THIS.
AND AS MARION WAS ON
THE FLOOR PRAYING,
GOD WAS JUST DEALING WITH ME
AND SHOWING ME
WHAT A HYPOCRITE I WAS.
AND HE WASN'T DOING IT
BECAUSE HE HATED ME.
NOW, AT THE TIME,
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
AND I HAD BEEN TAUGHT
THAT GOD IS THE ONE
THAT KILLED MY DAD
WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD
AND THAT GOD NEEDED HIM
IN HEAVEN.
I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD THAT
BY THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.
AND I WAS TAUGHT
THAT IF YOU DID STUFF WRONG,
IF YOU SINNED,
THAT, MAN, GOD IS LIABLE
TO PUT SICKNESS ON YOU.
HE'S LIABLE TO KILL SOMEBODY
CLOSE TO YOU.
HE LET YOUR MARRIAGE FAIL.
HE'LL LET YOUR BUSINESS FAIL
AND STUFF,
AND I HAD A WRONG IMPRESSION
OF GOD.
AND I HONESTLY,
WHEN I SAW MYSELF
AS A RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITE
AND I SAW THAT
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT I HAD IN ME,
I HONESTLY THOUGHT
THAT GOD WAS GOING TO KILL ME.
AND I KNOW THAT FOR SOME OF YOU,
YOU MAY THINK THAT I JUST MADE
ALL OF THIS UP
AND THAT IT WAS ONLY SOMETHING
INSIDE OF ME.
BUT I MEAN, THIS WAS 180 DEGREES
OPPOSITE OF THE WAY
I HAD EVER THOUGHT IN MY LIFE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THIS WAS A REVELATION FROM GOD.
I SAW MYSELF IN RELATION
TO HIS PERFECT STANDARD
AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDES.
I SAW MYSELF
AS AN ABSOLUTE SINNER
AND WHEN IT CAME MY TURN,
I BEGAN TO PRAY
AND INSTEAD OF MY LITTLE
TWO OR THREE MINUTE PRAYER,
I PRAYED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF,
MAYBE AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES,
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BEFORE GOD.
I HONESTLY THOUGHT
THAT GOD WAS GOING TO KILL ME.
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COMPARED TO WHAT GOD INTENDED
AND THAT ALL OF MY MOTIVES
WERE COMPLETELY WRONG,
I HONESTLY THOUGHT
THAT GOD WAS GOING TO KILL ME.
I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
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HOW TO MAKE THIS CLEARER
TO PEOPLE.
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THE GLORY OF GOD
CAME INTO THAT PLACE.
GOD REVEALED HIMSELF TO ME.
I SAW THE GLORY OF GOD
AND I SAW IN RELATION
TO HIS PERFECT STANDARD,
THAT MAN,
ALL OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS
WAS LIKE A FILTHY RAG.
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