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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Who Is In The Antichrist? | April 22, 2025
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- Greg laurie: hi, i'm greg laurie, and i'm so glad you've
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- Joined us, because god's word is full of promises.
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- It's alive, it's powerful, and it can change your life.
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- So, let's get started.
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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- Greg: who is the antichrist? he is a real person.
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- He is effectively the son of satan.
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- If satan ever had a son, this is him.
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- The only man even close to antichrist in the bible would be
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- Judas iscariot, because we read that satan entered judas's
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- Heart, but the antichrist is even worse than judas.
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- And i believe the coming of antichrist is
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- Getting much closer.
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- So, if the coming of antichrist is close, the coming of jesus
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- Christ for his church is even closer.
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- You know when we see christmas decorations?
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- When do we see them now, what, probably august?
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- It seems that way, doesn't it?
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- I mean, here come the christmas decorations.
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- So, when i see christmas decorations, it reminds me
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- Thanksgiving is close.
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- You say, "no, greg, they remind you that christmas is close."
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- Well, true, but if christmas is close, thanksgiving
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- Is even closer, right, because it precedes christmas.
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- And in the same way, if antichrist is close, then the
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- Coming of jesus for his church is even closer, because
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- Antichrist cannot be revealed until the church, and
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- By the church i mean true followers of jesus christ, we
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- Will be caught up to meet the lord in the air, and then
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- This wicked world leader will emerge on the scene.
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- So, let's turn in our bibles now to revelation chapter 13
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- Starting in at verse 1.
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- John, remember, he's on the island of patmos,
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- He's been given this revelation, which means the
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- Unveiling of the future.
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- So, this is what john is seeing, and he writes,
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- "then i stood on the sand of the sea.
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- And i saw a beast rising out of the sea, having seven
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- Heads and ten horns, and on his horns were ten crowns,
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- And on his heads a blasphemous name.
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- Now the beast which i saw was like a leopard, his feet were
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- Like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion.
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- The dragon gave him his power, his throne,
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- And great authority."
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- Verse 3, "and i saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally
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- Wounded, and his deadly wound which was healed.
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- And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
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- And they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast,
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- And they worshiped the beast, saying, 'who is like the beast?
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- Who is able to make war with him?'
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- And he was given a mouth speaking great things and
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- Blasphemies, and was given authority to continue for
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- Forty-two months," that's three and a half years.
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- "he opened his mouth in blasphemy against god, to
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- Blaspheme his name, his tabernacle, and
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- Those that dwell in heaven.
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- It was granted to him to make war with the
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- Saints and to overcome them.
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- His authority was given to him over every tribe, tongue, and
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- Nation, and all who dwell in the earth will worship him, whose
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- Names have not been written in the book of life of the lamb
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- Slain from the foundation of the world."
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- Then john writes, "if anyone has an ear to hear, let him hear."
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- Wow, now you read this and it looks like something out
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- Of a sci-fi movie, right?
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- Now, what john is doing here is he is speaking symbolically.
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- And for the bible student, we've seen this before,
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- Especially in the book of daniel.
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- To understand the beast, you need to understand
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- Its father, and to understand the antichrist, you
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- Need to know more about satan.
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- See, this is symbolic of different things that i'll
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- Identify for you in a moment.
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- But this coming world leader, the antichrist, is
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- Empowered by the devil himself.
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- Second thessalonians 2:9 says, "the coming of the lawless
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- One is based on satan's working with all kinds of
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- Miracles, signs, and wonders."
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- So, you might say like father, like son.
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- So, here in revelation 13 we have a lion,
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- A bear, and a leopard.
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- If we go back to the book of daniel, we see
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- That this has been mentioned before.
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- Each of these creatures, the lion, the bear, and the leopard,
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- Are representative of world kingdoms.
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- First there is the lion.
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- In fact, ancient babylon was represented by a winged lion.
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- This is speaking of the kingdom of babylon who were overcome by
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- The medo-persian empire represented by the bear.
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- The bear has massive strength, he was able to overcome babylon,
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- And you remember the last of the babylonian kings, belshazzar,
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- Saw the writing on the wall.
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- Remember that story?
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- He was having a big party, and they were mocking the god of
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- Israel, and there was a writing on the wall, a hand, a
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- Disconnected hand writing on the plaster of the wall.
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- And the message was, "you've been weighed in the balances,
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- And you've been found lacking."
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- And right outside of the walls of the kingdom of babylon were
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- The medo-persians that came in and established their kingdom
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- And then their leader, darius, was in charge, and daniel
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- Survived all of this, amazingly.
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- He was an old man at this point, and it was under king darius
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- That daniel was sent to the lion's den and he survived that,
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- But that's that kingdom, the medo-persian empire.
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- The medo-persians were overtaken by the greeks under the
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- Direction of the great military tactician, alexander the grape,
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- Symbolized by--not the grape, the great, ha-ha.
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- Alexander the grape, he was the conqueror of the vineyards,
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- You see, but the conqueror of the medo-persians
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- Was alexander the grape.
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- I said it again. the great, the great.
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- And so, symbolized by a leopard.
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- So, a bear is a powerful creature, a leopard is a fast
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- Creature, and with great speed, alexander and his forces just
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- Spread across the planet.
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- The story is told that when he was still a young man,
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- He realized there were no kingdoms left to
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- Conquer and he openly wept.
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- But now daniel reveals one more kingdom from which the final
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- Antichrist would emerge.
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- He says in daniel 7:7, "in my vision that night i saw a fourth
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- Beast, terrifying, dreadful, and very strong.
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- It devoured and crushed its victims with huge iron teeth
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- And trampled what was left beneath its feet.
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- It was different from all the other beasts and
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- It had ten horns."
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- This is a symbol of rome. the romans overtook the greeks.
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- They took a lot of greek culture, adapted it, even
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- A form of government, but rome was a military machine
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- Like the world had never seen before.
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- And no other nation really conquered rome.
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- Babylon was conquered by the medo-persians, the medo-persians
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- Were conquered by the greeks, but the greeks were conquered by
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- Rome, but no one ever conquered rome.
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- But rome effectively collapsed beneath its own weight, and it
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- Is from the ruins that this phoenix will rise,
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- If you wanna call it that.
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- It's from the ruins of this that the antichrist, this coming
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- World leader, emerges on the scene in the last days.
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- The pharaohs, nebuchadnezzar, alexander the great, the
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- Caesars, napoleon, even hitler were all precursors to the most
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- Evil man that has ever emerged on the scene, this antichrist
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- Who will harness economic and technological power.
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- He'll form a one-world government, a one-world economy,
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- And a one-world religion.
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- So, here's five things you need to know about the
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- Antichrist, if you're taking notes.
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- Number one, the antichrist is energized and
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- Empowered by satan himself.
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- Verse 2 of revelation 13 days, "the dragon gave him
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- His power, his throne, and great authority."
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- And we're already told in revelation
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- That the dragon is satan.
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- So, satan gives to his son, if you will, antichrist, the power
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- To do what he does, and it is the devil's to give.
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- You'll remember during the temptation in the wilderness,
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- Jesus was shown all the kingdoms of the world by satan in a
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- Moment of time, and satan said, "all of this is mine, and i can
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- Give it to whomever i want to give it to, and if you will
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- Worship me, it will be yours."
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- This has always been satan's issue.
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- This once beautiful, powerful angel in heaven
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- Rebelled against god, why?
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- Because he wanted to be god.
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- Over in isaiah, it says that he said, "i will be like god.
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- I will be like the most high."
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- So, now he's saying to jesus, "why don't
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- You worship me right now?"
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- And of course jesus resisted that temptation, but he's taken
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- Now his authority, and he's giving it to antichrist.
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- So, jesus christ wouldn't go with it, but antichrist will.
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- So, satan is authorizing and empowering this individual.
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- But understand, he's given permission.
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- Look at revelation 13:5, "he was given authority to
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- Continue for three and a half years."
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- So, the lord says i'm gonna let you do this, but you have
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- Three and a half years.
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- And god knows that satan is gonna hang himself, and god's
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- Giving satan enough rope to hang himself.
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- The same thing happened to the devil at the cross.
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- His plan backfired.
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- He filled the heart of judas iscariot to betray jesus.
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- He orchestrated all these events to put an end to the ministry of
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- The son of god, and when it was all said and done, he helped to
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- Bring about god's purpose, because the bible says it
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- Pleased the father to bruise the son.
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- So, the devil was helping god accomplish his goal.
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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- Greg: i heard a story about a man who owned a palatial estate
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- On a huge piece of land.
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- He was so wealthy, he had his own personal forest.
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- And in the midst of that forest was a towering redwood tree,
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- Taller than all of the others.
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- He loved that tree.
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- He would come down and visit that tree every day
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- And just look at it and admire it.
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- Well, this guy had a neighbor who was jealous.
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- He wasn't as successful as that wealthy man, and he hated that
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- Wealthy man for all of his success.
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- So, one day that jealous neighbor decided he was gonna
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- Climb over the fence and cut down that towering tree.
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- So, as night fell, he climbed over with the saw and he began
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- To saw the mighty redwood, and he was shocked by how thick it
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- Was and how long it was taking.
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- Sweat was pouring down his face, but he was determined to cut
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- That tree down, and now the morning has come, and the sun is
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- Rising, and this jealous neighbor is still cutting away
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- At this tree, and he looks in the distance, and here comes the
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- Owner of the great estate with some other people with him, and
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- He's thinking, "this is perfect.
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- He's gonna see the tree fall."
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- And just as that wealthy man and the people with him
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- Approached, the tree began to topple, and the
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- Jealous neighbor yelled, "timber!"
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- But he wasn't paying attention, and the tree fell on
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- The jealous man, and he was beneath the weight
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- Of the tree, clearly dying.
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- But he was happy because he cut down that tree.
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- But that man who owned the estate looked at him and said,
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- "oh, friend, this is so tragic.
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- I don't know why you've done this.
- 00:13:17.473 --> 00:13:19.275
- You see, these men are builders and we're gonna build new houses
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- Out here, and we were trying to figure out how do we cut down
- 00:13:23.946 --> 00:13:27.049
- That one tree that towers above all the others, so you've
- 00:13:27.049 --> 00:13:30.686
- Actually helped to accomplish my purpose."
- 00:13:30.686 --> 00:13:33.956
- That's what happened at the cross.
- 00:13:33.956 --> 00:13:35.958
- Satan accomplished the purpose of god because the scripture
- 00:13:35.958 --> 00:13:39.361
- Said messiah would be crucified, and in this same way, the tree
- 00:13:39.361 --> 00:13:42.898
- Effectively falls on antichrist, and the dragon, or satan,
- 00:13:42.898 --> 00:13:47.703
- Who gives him his power.
- 00:13:47.703 --> 00:13:49.538
- You can see how some would think he is the messiah.
- 00:13:49.538 --> 00:13:51.974
- Oh, he's doing all these wonderful things, but he
- 00:13:51.974 --> 00:13:53.742
- Hasn't revealed who he really is yet.
- 00:13:53.742 --> 00:13:55.878
- He's a fake christ.
- 00:13:55.878 --> 00:13:58.047
- He is satan's ultimate masterpiece, the crowning
- 00:13:58.047 --> 00:14:00.950
- Counterfeit, a forged replica of jesus.
- 00:14:00.950 --> 00:14:05.287
- What is the agenda of the antichrist?
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- He's coming to deify satan. he's coming to deify satan.
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- Verse 4 of revelation 13, "they worshiped the dragon,"
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- That's satan, remember?
- 00:14:17.166 --> 00:14:18.567
- "who gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the
- 00:14:18.567 --> 00:14:20.836
- Beast, saying, 'who is like the beast and who is
- 00:14:20.836 --> 00:14:24.039
- Able to make war with him?'"
- 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:26.775
- And this is what the devil, of course, has always wanted.
- 00:14:26.775 --> 00:14:30.546
- Also, antichrist is coming to defy and
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- Take the place of jesus.
- 00:14:33.849 --> 00:14:35.885
- So, he's coming to defy and take the place of jesus.
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- Revelation 13, verse 5, "he was given a mouth speaking
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- Great blasphemies and things, and he was given authority to
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- Continue for three and a half years."
- 00:14:47.096 --> 00:14:50.633
- He opposes christ and also he's coming to kill
- 00:14:50.633 --> 00:14:55.070
- Believers, to kill christians.
- 00:14:55.070 --> 00:14:58.407
- Look at verse 7, "it was granted to him to make war with the
- 00:14:58.407 --> 00:15:01.310
- Saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him
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- Over every tribe, tongue, and nation."
- 00:15:04.113 --> 00:15:07.049
- Now, you're probably thinking, "wait, kill christians?
- 00:15:07.049 --> 00:15:09.818
- I thought christians would be caught up to meet
- 00:15:09.818 --> 00:15:12.221
- The lord in the rapture."
- 00:15:12.221 --> 00:15:13.923
- Well, they will be, millions of them, but other people are gonna
- 00:15:13.923 --> 00:15:18.560
- Come to christ in the tribulation period.
- 00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:20.963
- Some have falsely thought that the holy spirit is
- 00:15:20.963 --> 00:15:23.365
- Gonna be removed from the earth during the
- 00:15:23.365 --> 00:15:25.167
- Tribulation period, not true.
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- The bible says, "he who now restrains will continue to do so
- 00:15:27.836 --> 00:15:31.307
- Until he is taken out of the way, and then the wicked one
- 00:15:31.307 --> 00:15:34.977
- Will be revealed whom the lord will destroy with
- 00:15:34.977 --> 00:15:37.513
- The brightness of his coming."
- 00:15:37.513 --> 00:15:39.415
- So, the restraining force in the world today is the holy spirit
- 00:15:39.415 --> 00:15:43.385
- Working through christians.
- 00:15:43.385 --> 00:15:46.388
- After christians are caught up to meet the lord in the air,
- 00:15:46.388 --> 00:15:49.491
- Thousands, even millions, are gonna come to christ.
- 00:15:49.491 --> 00:15:52.795
- Some of the greatest outpourings of the holy spirit will
- 00:15:52.795 --> 00:15:56.432
- Happen in the tribulation period.
- 00:15:56.432 --> 00:15:59.635
- So, these believers will be persecuted by the antichrist.
- 00:15:59.635 --> 00:16:04.473
- Antichrist is also coming to dominate the globe.
- 00:16:04.473 --> 00:16:08.177
- Verse 7, "authority was given to him over
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- Every tribe, tongue, and nation."
- 00:16:10.446 --> 00:16:14.049
- How is he able to do this? he's energized by the devil.
- 00:16:14.049 --> 00:16:18.854
- He's called the man of sin in 2 thessalonians 2:3.
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- He's called the wicked one in 2 thessalonians 2:8.
- 00:16:23.592 --> 00:16:28.063
- And by the way, antichrist does not act alone, he has
- 00:16:28.063 --> 00:16:32.001
- A partner in crime, a sidekick if you will,
- 00:16:32.001 --> 00:16:35.838
- Identified as the false prophet.
- 00:16:35.838 --> 00:16:39.508
- Revelation 13:11 says, "another beast that looks
- 00:16:39.508 --> 00:16:43.612
- Like a lamb and speaks like a dragon."
- 00:16:43.612 --> 00:16:47.683
- So, this is another evil man, different from the antichrist.
- 00:16:47.683 --> 00:16:53.155
- So, you've heard of the dynamic duo of batman and robin,
- 00:16:53.155 --> 00:16:57.393
- This is the demonic duo of antichrist and his religious
- 00:16:57.393 --> 00:17:02.831
- Leader, the false prophet.
- 00:17:02.831 --> 00:17:06.135
- Now, you add satan to the mix and you have an unholy trinity.
- 00:17:06.135 --> 00:17:10.339
- Just as there is a holy trinity, a father, son, and holy spirit,
- 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:15.044
- There's an unholy trinity as satan in the place of god,
- 00:17:15.044 --> 00:17:18.680
- Antichrist in the place of jesus christ, and this false prophet
- 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:23.419
- In the place of the holy spirit.
- 00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:26.889
- But listen to this, this false prophet that emerges on
- 00:17:26.889 --> 00:17:30.426
- The scene will actually be able to do miracles.
- 00:17:30.426 --> 00:17:34.029
- I'll put that word in quotes, "miracles," signs and wonders.
- 00:17:34.029 --> 00:17:37.866
- Romans 13:13 says of the false prophet,
- 00:17:37.866 --> 00:17:41.970
- "he performs great signs.
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- He makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight
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- Of men and deceives those who dwell on the earth by those
- 00:17:46.942 --> 00:17:49.778
- Signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast."
- 00:17:49.778 --> 00:17:53.615
- Here's a real twist in the story.
- 00:17:53.615 --> 00:17:56.485
- Antichrist is gonna have a mock death and
- 00:17:56.485 --> 00:17:59.621
- Resurrection, a mock death and resurrection.
- 00:17:59.621 --> 00:18:03.792
- Look at verse 3, john says, "i saw one of his heads as if it
- 00:18:03.792 --> 00:18:07.329
- Had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed, and
- 00:18:07.329 --> 00:18:11.834
- All the world marveled and followed the beast."
- 00:18:11.834 --> 00:18:15.904
- So, it appears from this text that there will be an
- 00:18:15.904 --> 00:18:18.640
- Assassination attempt on antichrist, and it will even
- 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.811
- Appear that it is successful.
- 00:18:22.811 --> 00:18:26.682
- But then, somehow, the antichrist survives it.
- 00:18:26.682 --> 00:18:29.918
- Imagine if when president kennedy was shot in dallas,
- 00:18:29.918 --> 00:18:33.589
- If he survived that horrible shot, or multiple shots,
- 00:18:33.589 --> 00:18:39.061
- That hit his head.
- 00:18:39.061 --> 00:18:40.562
- Or if john lennon had somehow survived the shooting that
- 00:18:40.562 --> 00:18:43.432
- Happened in the dakota hotel there, or
- 00:18:43.432 --> 00:18:46.702
- Apartments in new york city.
- 00:18:46.702 --> 00:18:48.871
- Wow, it'd be like a dead person had come back to life.
- 00:18:48.871 --> 00:18:51.974
- That's exactly what's happening, and what
- 00:18:51.974 --> 00:18:53.542
- Story does that remind us of?
- 00:18:53.542 --> 00:18:55.410
- It reminds us of the resurrection of jesus.
- 00:18:55.410 --> 00:18:59.148
- And what is the results of this so-called
- 00:18:59.148 --> 00:19:01.049
- "resurrection" of antichrist?
- 00:19:01.049 --> 00:19:03.051
- Revelation 13:4, "so they worshiped the dragon.
- 00:19:03.051 --> 00:19:06.688
- They gave authority to the beast and worshiped the beast, saying,
- 00:19:06.688 --> 00:19:09.491
- 'who is like the beast?'"
- 00:19:09.491 --> 00:19:11.960
- So, incredible, it's such an imitator.
- 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.764
- He will deceive people that don't know better.
- 00:19:15.764 --> 00:19:18.767
- Let me close with this.
- 00:19:18.767 --> 00:19:20.702
- I titled this "who is the antichrist?"
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- Now i'm gonna give you the answer, ready?
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- Who is the antichrist? i don't know.
- 00:19:25.541 --> 00:19:28.343
- By the way, nobody knows, so don't waste
- 00:19:28.343 --> 00:19:30.746
- Your time looking for antichrist.
- 00:19:30.746 --> 00:19:35.083
- Again, jesus said, "when you see these things begin to
- 00:19:35.083 --> 00:19:37.152
- Happen, look up, for your redemption draws near."
- 00:19:37.152 --> 00:19:42.658
- You know, if an earthquake is coming, you will have
- 00:19:42.658 --> 00:19:44.726
- Foreshocks, and i think we're seeing foreshocks of antichrist,
- 00:19:44.726 --> 00:19:50.032
- Foreshocks of armageddon, foreshocks of end-times events
- 00:19:50.032 --> 00:19:55.037
- Right now as they get closer and closer together, not unlike
- 00:19:55.037 --> 00:19:58.607
- Labor pains a woman experiences when she's ready to give birth.
- 00:19:58.607 --> 00:20:03.745
- So, as we see these events get closer together, things i've
- 00:20:03.745 --> 00:20:07.349
- Talked about in this message, it says antichrist is coming,
- 00:20:07.349 --> 00:20:11.820
- But it also says jesus christ is even coming sooner,
- 00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:16.892
- Because again, jesus will come for his people
- 00:20:16.892 --> 00:20:19.828
- Before antichrist is revealed.
- 00:20:19.828 --> 00:20:22.631
- Now, let me close with this, kind of a provocative question.
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- Are you an antichrist?
- 00:20:27.002 --> 00:20:29.238
- You say, "now greg, i'm confused.
- 00:20:29.238 --> 00:20:30.906
- I thought you said it's a coming world leader."
- 00:20:30.906 --> 00:20:32.975
- Yes, but that phrase, antichrist, is used
- 00:20:32.975 --> 00:20:35.377
- Elsewhere in the bible.
- 00:20:35.377 --> 00:20:37.246
- First john 2:22 says, "who is the great liar?
- 00:20:37.246 --> 00:20:40.148
- The one who says jesus is not the christ.
- 00:20:40.148 --> 00:20:43.118
- Such people are antichrists, and they have denied
- 00:20:43.118 --> 00:20:46.555
- The father and the son."
- 00:20:46.555 --> 00:20:49.124
- You know, it comes down to this: i have a choice.
- 00:20:49.124 --> 00:20:51.326
- I'm gonna either follow jesus christ, or i'm gonna
- 00:20:51.326 --> 00:20:55.397
- Follow, in effect, antichrist.
- 00:20:55.397 --> 00:20:59.001
- It's really up to me. it's emmanuel or jezebel.
- 00:20:59.001 --> 00:21:04.439
- It's antichrist or jesus christ. it's really god or satan.
- 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:10.045
- You wanna make the right decision, because you are
- 00:21:10.045 --> 00:21:12.514
- Following the living god or you're following a false god.
- 00:21:12.514 --> 00:21:17.185
- And by the way, everybody has a god.
- 00:21:17.185 --> 00:21:19.254
- No matter who you are, you have some altar you bow before.
- 00:21:19.254 --> 00:21:23.258
- It might be the altar of you.
- 00:21:23.258 --> 00:21:25.394
- You worship yourself, effectively.
- 00:21:25.394 --> 00:21:28.497
- Or it might be the altar of materialism, or it might be the
- 00:21:28.497 --> 00:21:32.034
- Altar of pleasure, or some other thing that you bow before.
- 00:21:32.034 --> 00:21:36.371
- But you wanna make sure you bow before the lord, because if you
- 00:21:36.371 --> 00:21:39.908
- Do, your name will be written in the book of life.
- 00:21:39.908 --> 00:21:43.912
- Look at revelation 13:8, "all who dwell on the earth will
- 00:21:43.912 --> 00:21:47.883
- Worship him, whose names have not been written in the book of
- 00:21:47.883 --> 00:21:50.519
- Life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
- 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:55.457
- Is your name written in the book of life?
- 00:21:55.457 --> 00:21:57.025
- You say, "what is that?"
- 00:21:57.025 --> 00:21:58.460
- It's a book in heaven, a scroll, and if you believe in
- 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:02.297
- Jesus christ, your name is there.
- 00:22:02.297 --> 00:22:05.233
- And if you don't believe in jesus christ,
- 00:22:05.233 --> 00:22:06.835
- Your name is not there.
- 00:22:06.835 --> 00:22:08.770
- And there's coming a final judgement, spoken of in
- 00:22:08.770 --> 00:22:11.039
- Revelation, when people will stand before god, great people,
- 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:16.078
- Unknown people, famous people, every person who doesn't know
- 00:22:16.078 --> 00:22:20.115
- God, and the bible says if their name is not found written in the
- 00:22:20.115 --> 00:22:23.352
- Book of life, they're cast into the lake of fire.
- 00:22:23.352 --> 00:22:27.556
- God doesn't want anyone to face judgement, that's why he poured
- 00:22:27.556 --> 00:22:30.559
- His judgement on his son, jesus christ, who died in our place.
- 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:35.664
- As i said before, god treated jesus as if he had lived your
- 00:22:35.664 --> 00:22:39.668
- Life, so he could treat you as though you had lived his life.
- 00:22:39.668 --> 00:22:44.172
- Christ died in your place, and i love this phrase that
- 00:22:44.172 --> 00:22:47.376
- Is used here in revelation, "the lamb slain from
- 00:22:47.376 --> 00:22:49.778
- The foundation of the world."
- 00:22:49.778 --> 00:22:52.247
- That means back in the counsels of eternity.
- 00:22:52.247 --> 00:22:54.916
- Before there was as garden of eden.
- 00:22:54.916 --> 00:22:57.652
- Before there was a planet called earth.
- 00:22:57.652 --> 00:23:00.055
- Before there was anything, god decided that one day his son
- 00:23:00.055 --> 00:23:03.825
- Would come to this earth and be born in a manger in bethlehem,
- 00:23:03.825 --> 00:23:07.729
- And then die on a cross and rise again from the dead.
- 00:23:07.729 --> 00:23:11.833
- He was the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
- 00:23:11.833 --> 00:23:14.903
- Consider this, if you're a parent, you'll know what i'm
- 00:23:14.903 --> 00:23:18.573
- Talking about, even a grandparent.
- 00:23:18.573 --> 00:23:20.909
- If anything happens to one of your kids or your
- 00:23:20.909 --> 00:23:23.178
- Grandkids, if they're sick, or they fall, you can
- 00:23:23.178 --> 00:23:26.515
- Almost feel the pain, can't you?
- 00:23:26.515 --> 00:23:29.251
- It was harder for the father to send the son than it would have
- 00:23:29.251 --> 00:23:33.155
- Been for the father himself to have come to this cross.
- 00:23:33.155 --> 00:23:37.526
- He had to watch his beloved son suffer and die,
- 00:23:37.526 --> 00:23:40.796
- But what did jesus tell us?
- 00:23:40.796 --> 00:23:42.431
- "for god so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son."
- 00:23:42.431 --> 00:23:49.004
- What a gift.
- 00:23:49.004 --> 00:23:50.705
- "and whoever believes in him should not perish,
- 00:23:50.705 --> 00:23:53.241
- But have everlasting life."
- 00:23:53.241 --> 00:23:55.610
- Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart, and you have seen
- 00:23:59.347 --> 00:24:03.251
- Your need for jesus christ.
- 00:24:03.251 --> 00:24:05.954
- Jesus christ is the son of god who came from
- 00:24:05.954 --> 00:24:09.424
- Heaven to this earth.
- 00:24:09.424 --> 00:24:11.193
- He was born in a manger. he died on a cross.
- 00:24:11.193 --> 00:24:15.330
- He rose again from the dead. why?
- 00:24:15.330 --> 00:24:16.731
- Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
- 00:24:16.731 --> 00:24:20.769
- Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
- 00:24:20.769 --> 00:24:22.704
- I don't want to be a religious person, i don't think
- 00:24:22.704 --> 00:24:25.240
- You wanna be one either.
- 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.641
- I'm talking about relationship with god.
- 00:24:26.641 --> 00:24:29.945
- Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the
- 00:24:29.945 --> 00:24:33.448
- Door of your life and he knocks.
- 00:24:33.448 --> 00:24:35.484
- And he says if you'll hear his voice and open the
- 00:24:35.484 --> 00:24:38.053
- Door, he will come in.
- 00:24:38.053 --> 00:24:39.788
- Question, have you asked jesus christ to come and
- 00:24:39.788 --> 00:24:42.390
- Live inside of you?
- 00:24:42.390 --> 00:24:43.859
- You might say, "well, i think so, i'm not sure."
- 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:45.994
- Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
- 00:24:45.994 --> 00:24:48.363
- Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
- 00:24:48.363 --> 00:24:51.099
- I'm sure you would.
- 00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.434
- And in the same way, if christ has come to live
- 00:24:52.434 --> 00:24:55.003
- Inside of you, you will know.
- 00:24:55.003 --> 00:24:56.705
- And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
- 00:24:56.705 --> 00:25:00.542
- He's just a prayer away.
- 00:25:00.542 --> 00:25:02.110
- All you need to do is say, "jesus, i want
- 00:25:02.110 --> 00:25:04.446
- This relationship with you.
- 00:25:04.446 --> 00:25:06.548
- I want you to forgive me of my sin.
- 00:25:06.548 --> 00:25:08.650
- I want to go to heaven when i die."
- 00:25:08.650 --> 00:25:10.719
- Would you like to do that?
- 00:25:10.719 --> 00:25:12.120
- Would you like christ to come into your life?
- 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:14.155
- If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me.
- 00:25:14.155 --> 00:25:17.993
- You could pray it out loud, or you can pray it
- 00:25:17.993 --> 00:25:20.195
- In the quietness of your heart.
- 00:25:20.195 --> 00:25:22.230
- But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ
- 00:25:22.230 --> 00:25:24.766
- To be your savior and lord.
- 00:25:24.766 --> 00:25:27.068
- Pray this with me now.
- 00:25:27.068 --> 00:25:28.537
- "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner, but i know that
- 00:25:28.537 --> 00:25:32.440
- You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin and
- 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:36.778
- Rose again from the dead.
- 00:25:36.778 --> 00:25:38.513
- Now come into my life.
- 00:25:38.513 --> 00:25:40.715
- I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
- 00:25:40.715 --> 00:25:44.986
- Thank you for hearing this prayer and
- 00:25:44.986 --> 00:25:47.322
- Answering this prayer.
- 00:25:47.322 --> 00:25:49.124
- In jesus's name, amen."
- 00:25:49.124 --> 00:25:51.660
- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
- 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:54.062
- If so, i want you to know on the authority of scripture that
- 00:25:54.062 --> 00:25:57.165
- Christ himself has come to live inside of you, and i would love
- 00:25:57.165 --> 00:26:01.136
- To send to you, at no charge,
- 00:26:01.136 --> 00:26:03.038
- Something called the new believer's bible.
- 00:26:03.038 --> 00:26:05.941
- It's a very friendly translation of the new testament you'll find
- 00:26:05.941 --> 00:26:09.144
- Very understandable, and it's filled with hundreds of notes
- 00:26:09.144 --> 00:26:12.948
- That i wrote that will encourage you in this commitment you've
- 00:26:12.948 --> 00:26:16.151
- Just made to follow jesus.
- 00:26:16.151 --> 00:26:18.453
- Let me send that to you at no charge, and let me
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- Be the first to say to you
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- Congratulations and welcome to the family of god.
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- Male announcer: explore the life and legacy of one
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- Of the bible's most captivating
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- And relatable people, king david.
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- From shepherd to warrior king, david's journey is marked
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- By incredible triumphs, heartbreaking failures,
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- And a relentless pursuit of god's heart.
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- For a limited time, you can receive "house of david:
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- 30 days with the man after god's own heart"
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- With your gift of any amount to harvest ministries.
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- This brand new devotional is the official companion piece
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- To the new series on amazon prime,
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- Exploring timeless lessons from david's life.
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- It reveals how his story can inspire
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- And guide your walk with god
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- David's story reminds us that god uses imperfect people
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- To do extraordinary things.
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- Support the work of harvest ministries
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- And request your copy of "house of david" today
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- At harvest.org/give
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- Step into david's story and discover how his faith
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- Can strengthen yours.
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