“HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF
GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF.” VERSE NINE SPEAKS OF
HIS WITNESS TO US. VERSE 10 SPEAKS OF HIS WITNESS ON THE
INSIDE. YOU SEE, WHY DO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST? WELL,
FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO ME, “HE IS THE SON OF
GOD.” AND ONCE I RECEIVED HIM INTO MY HEART, NOW I HAVE THE
WITNESS IN MYSELF. AND YOU COULD ARGUE WITH ME ALL DAY LONG AND
NEVER CONVINCE ME AGAINST JESUS CHRIST. YOU COULD BRING
SOPHISTICATED ARGUMENTS TO ME, BUT I HAVE THE WITNESS ON THE
INSIDE. AND A CHRISTIAN WITH THE WITNESS IN HIS HEART IS NEVER AT
THE MERCY OF A MAN WITH AN ARGUMENT IN HIS MOUTH.” THANKS
FOR JOINING US FOR TODAY’S PROGRAM. ADRIAN ROGERS WAS A
MOTIVATOR, AN ENCOURAGER AND A LEADER OF THE FAITH, WHO
PRESENTED A CLEAR INVITATION TO FOLLOW JESUS AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY. HE WAS ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESENTING
SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION TO EVERY DAY LIFE CIRCUNSTANCES AND
YOU’LL SEE THAT IN TODAY’S PROGRAM. AND AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THIS DAYS MESSAGE AGAIN AND CHECK OUT PASTOR
ROGERS’ OUTLINES, NOTES AND TRANSCIPTS ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW
LET’S JOIN ADRIAN ROGERS. WOULD YOU TAKE GOD’S HOLY WORD
AND FIND WITH ME THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN? AND TURN TO
CHAPTER SIX IF YOU WILL, AND WE’LL FIND VERSE 66 IN JUST A
MOMENT. SOMETIME AGO, I HAD ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING
EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. I WAS IN MOSCOW, UH, THE CAPITAL OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH. AND I
PREACHED IN A MARVELOUSLY BEAUTIFUL HALL. IT WAS CALLED
THE RED ARMY THEATER. IT WAS A THEATER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THEY HELD OPERAS AND CULTURAL EVENTS, A
MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE WITH A BIG STAGE. FIRST OF ALL, I HAD TO
THANK GOD FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE; AND FRANKLY,
SPIRITUALLY I WAS TRUSTING THE LORD, BUT IN THE FLESH I WAS
INTIMIDATED TO BE THERE, BECAUSE THERE IN THAT RED ARMY THEATER,
THERE WERE THOSE MASSIVE PORTRAITS OF LENIN AND STALIN.
THERE’S THE VELVET BOX UP THERE WHERE THEY WOULD SIT TO LISTEN
TO THE PERFORMANCES. AND IN THAT AUDITORIUM WERE SOLDIERS, ARMY
OFFICERS, AND THEIR WIVES. THE SOLDIERS WERE ALL DRESSED IN
THEIR MILITARY UNIFORMS, AND THEY WERE SITTING OUT THERE,
RANK UPON RANK UPON RANK. AND GOD HAD GIVEN ME THE PRIVILEGE
TO PREACH TO THEM. FIRST OF ALL I SAID, “LORD, HOW DID THIS
HAPPEN, HOW DID I GET HERE?” AND I WON’T TAKE TIME TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PLACED ME THERE. BUT I REALIZED
IT WAS A GREAT CHALLENGE BECAUSE THESE SOLDIERS, THESE ARMY
OFFICERS HAD BEEN TAUGHT FROM THEIR YOUTH, THERE IS NO GOD.
THEY WERE RAISED IN AN ATHEISTIC SOCIETY. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY
WERE RAISED TO HATE AMERICANS. AND I WONDERED HOW MUCH OF THAT
STILL MIGHT REMAIN IN THAT AUDITORIUM. AND THIS PLACE WAS
BUILT TO GLORIFY COMMUNISM AND TOTALITARIANISM, TO THE DEGREE
THAT THEY NAMED IT, “THE RED ARMY THEATER.” NOW WHAT WOULD
YOU PREACH IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH TO A GROUP
LIKE THAT? MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE SUBJECT MATTER?
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? I KNEW IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY. NEVER AGAIN WOULD I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT. I
KNEW IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME AND PERHAPS THE ONLY TIME SOME
OF THEM WOULD EVER HEAR A MESSAGE FROM GOD. I PRAYED,
ASKED GOD, “LORD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO SAY TO THESE PEOPLE?”
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, “ADRIAN, TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] TELL THEM WHY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.”
AND THAT’S WHAT I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, AND HERE’S THE TEXT THAT
I TOOK; JOHN CHAPTER SIX VERSE 66, “FROM THAT TIME MANY OF HIS
DISCIPLES WENT BACK AND WALKED NO MORE WITH HIM. THEN SAID
JESUS UNTO THE TWELVE, ‘WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY?’ THEN SIMON PETER
ANSWERED HIM, ‘LORD,’” HUH, “‘TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? THOU HAST THE
WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE, AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT THOU
ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.’” PETER SAID, “‘WE
BELIEVE, AND WE ARE SURE THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF
THE LIVING GOD.’” AND I SAID TO THOSE MEN AND THEIR WIVES
ASSEMBLED, “I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ALONG WITH SIMON PETER WHY I AM SURE
THAT HE IS, ‘THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.’” AND I GAVE
THEM FOUR REASONS THAT ARE FOUND IN THIS CHAPTER. AND THEY’RE THE
SAME REASONS I WANT TO GIVE TO YOU, MANY OF YOU WHO ARE ALREADY
SURE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. BUT
TO REINFORCE YOUR FAITH AND TO HELP YOU TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SHRINKING WORLD AND MANY HAVE NEVER HEARD
THE GOSPEL THAT, UH, WE’VE HEARD, AND MANY DO NOT TAKE FOR
GRANTED THE THINGS TODAY THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. JESUS HAD JUST
FED THE FIVE THOUSAND. AND THERE WERE MIRACLES, UH, THAT HE
PERFORMED THAT CAUSED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW AFTER HIM, AND ESPECIALLY
WHEN HE FED FIVE THOUSAND WITH A FEW FISH AND LOAVES. BUT THEN,
AS THE MULTITUDES WERE FOLLOWING JESUS, JESUS TURNED TO THEM AND
BEGAN, WITH A CHALLENGING MESSAGE, TO TALK ABOUT EATING
HIS FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD, THAT IS TO PARTAKE OF
HIM. THE MESSAGE WAS SO STARK. THE MESSAGE WAS SO DIFFERENT. IT
WAS SO RADICAL, THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO LEAVE. THEY WERE
MIRACLE-MONGERS. THEY, HUH, THEY LIKED THE LOAVES AND FISH. BUT
THEY DID NOT LIKE THE DEEPER MESSAGE THAT WAS BEHIND THAT
MIRACLE, AND THEY BEGAN TO LEAVE HIM. AND THEN JESUS TURNED TO
HIS DISCIPLES AND HE SAID, “ARE, ARE YOU GOING TO GO AWAY ALSO?”
AND PETER ASKED A VERY PENETRATING QUESTION. AND IT’S
THE QUESTION I’M GOING TO ASK YOU: IF NOT JESUS, THEN WHAT? IF
NOT JESUS, THEN WHO? SIMON PETER SAID, “LORD! TO WHOM SHALL WE
GO?” I MEAN, IF, IF NOT JESUS, FRIEND, IF JESUS ISN’T THE
ANSWER, IF YOU TURN FROM JESUS, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? ARE
YOU GOING TO TURN FROM HIM TO ATHEISM? ARE YOU GOING TO BEGIN,
BELIEVE THAT IN THE BEGINNING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
CREATED THEMSELVES, AND THEN CREATED MAN? I SAID TO THESE
FORMER ATHEISTS, “ATHEISM DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IT’S NOT A SIGN
OF INTELLIGENCE.” I REMINDED THEM OF WHAT I REMIND YOU: THAT
THE INTELLIGENCIA OF THE AGES HAVE BELIEVED IN GOD. SOCRATES,
BACON, GALILEO, NEWTON, PASTEUR, EINSTEIN, WERNHER VON BRAUN,
THEY ALL BELIEVED IN GOD. CAN YOU TURN TO ATHEISM? THEN I
ASKED THEM A QUESTION: ARE YOU GOING TO TURN TO PHILOSOPHY? IF
YOU REJECT JESUS CHRIST; PHILOSOPHY? A SYSTEM THAT TELLS
US WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IN WORDS WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND? A FORMER
PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH, DR. R.G. LEE, SAID, “PHILOSOPHY IS A, A
CHUNK OF CLOUD BANK BUTTERED WITH THE NIGHT WIND.” STUDY THE
GREAT PHILOSOPHERS AND SEE IF PHILOSOPHY SATISFIED THEIR
HEART. SCHOPENHAUER, ONE OF THE GREATEST, SAID, “LIFE IS A CURSE
OF ENDLESS CRAVING AND ENDLESS UNHAPPINESS.” ALDOUS HUXLEY SAID
CONCERNING US, HE SAID, “IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE A CANCER ON THE
GLOBE.” H. G. WELLS TRIED PHILOSOPHY, AND H. G. WELLS SAID
THIS, “UNLESS THERE’S A MORE ABUNDANT SCHEME BEFORE MANKIND,
THIS SCHEME OF SPACE AND TIME IS A BAD JOKE, AN EMPTY LAUGH
BRAYING ACROSS THE MYSTERIES.” I ASKED THOSE MEN, “ARE YOU GOING
TO TURN TO PHILOSOPHY?” THEN I ASKED THIS QUESTION: ARE YOU
GOING TO TURN TO MATERIALISM? IS THAT THE ANSWER? IF NOT ATHEISM
AND PHILOSOPHY, IS IT, IS IT MATERIALISM? IS THAT WHERE
YOU’RE GOING TO GO? DO YOU THINK THAT THINGS CAN SATISFY YOU? I
WENT INTO THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF MOSCOW. I WENT UP THOSE, THAT
RED CARPET, WALKED ACROSS THOSE MARBLE FLOORS, WENT INTO THAT
BIG CONFERENCE ROOM, SAT DOWN THERE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
HEART OF MOSCOW, LOOKED ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THOSE MEN, AND I
SAID, “SIRS, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. THE SOVIET EMPIRE HAS
DISSOLVED AS SUCH. COMMUNISM HAS COME CRUMBLING DOWN.” BUT I
SAID, “IF YOU FOLLOW THE WEST WITH ECONOMIC IDEAS AND THAT’S
ALL, AND YOU SAY, ‘CAPITALISM IS THE ANSWER RATHER THAN
COMMUNISM.’” I SAID, “BOTH CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM ARE
BOTH TWO FORMS OF MATERIALISM, [AUDIENCE: THAT’S RIGHT] AND
THEY WILL NEVER SATISFY THE DEEPEST LONGING OF YOUR HEARTS!
GOD MADE YOU FOR GOD. HE MADE YOU FOR HIMSELF. AND EVEN IF YOU
HAVE MATERIAL THINGS, YOU WILL STILL FIND YOUR HEARTS AND LIVES
EMPTY.” THEY NODDED THEIR HEAD, AND BY THE WAY, WE GAVE THEM
SOME GOOD BOOKS, SOME BIBLES, SOME BOOKS BY C. S. LEWIS, SOME
BOOKS ON THE HOME BY JAMES DOBSON, AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO
HELP THESE MEN TO BEGIN TO BUILD THEIR LIVES ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST. WILL YOU TURN TO MATERIALISM? IS THAT THE ANSWER?
OR WILL YOU TURN TO FALSE RELIGIONS? YOU KNOW, MAN IS
INCURABLY RELIGIOUS. AND IF HE GOES AWAY FROM JESUS CHRIST,
HE’S GOING TO GO TO SOME OTHER FALSE RELIGION. BUT REMEMBER
WHAT JE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PETER SAID TO JESUS? “TO WHOM SHALL WE
GO? YOU ALONE HAVE THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.” IF YOU GO TO
CONFUCIUS’ GRAVE IT’LL BE OCCUPIED. IF YOU GO TO BUDDHA’S
GRAVE, IT’LL BE OCCUPIED. IF YOU GO TO MOHAMMED’S GRAVE, IT WILL
BE OCCUPIED. IF YOU GO TO JESUS’ GRAVE, IT’S EMPTY. [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] IT’S EMPTY! JESUS CAME OUT OF THAT GRAVE. YOU CAN TAKE
BUDDHA OUT OF BUDDHISM AND STILL HAVE BUDDHISM. YOU CAN TAKE
CONFUCIUS OUT OF CONFUCIANISM AND STILL HAVE CONFUCIANISM. YOU
CAN TAKE MOHAMMED OUT OF ISLAM AND STILL BASICALLY NOTHING HAS
CHANGED. BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE JESUS OUT OF CHRISTIANITY
[AUDIENCE: THAT’S RIGHT] AND HAVE CHRISTIANITY. [AUDIENCE:
THAT’S RIGHT] CHRISTIANITY IS NOT JUST A CREED OR A CODE OR A
CAUSE OR A CHURCH; IT IS CHRIST. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] IT IS A VITAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. AND, AND, AND, AND SIMON PETER
ASKED THIS QUESTION, “WELL, UH, WHERE SHOULD WE GO? WE GO TO
ATHEISM, WE GO TO PHILOSOPHY, WE GO TO MATERIALISM, WE GO TO
FALSE RELIGIONS. WHERE SHALL WE GO? YOU ALONE HAVE THE ANSWER.”
NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. PEOPLE,
LISTEN TO ME. IF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING ON TELEVISION,
LISTEN TO ME. JESUS CHRIST ALONE, ONLY JESUS HAS THE ANSWER
TO THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. ONLY JESUS CAN MEET THE
DEEPEST HUNGER OF THE HUMAN HEART. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] ONLY
JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO MAN’S SIN. ONLY JESUS GIVES MEANING TO
LIFE AND DEATH. ONLY JESUS CAN TAKE THE STING OUT OF SIN, THE
GLOOM OUT OF THE GRAVE, THE PAIN OUT OF PARTING, AND GIVE HOPE
THAT IS STEADFAST AND SURE. “TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?” HE ALONE HAS
THE ANSWERS OF LIFE AND DEATH. BUT THAT BRINGS A QUESTION. HOW
DO WE KNOW THAT JESUS IS WHO WE SAY HE IS? WHY, WHY DO WE
BELIEVE IN JESUS? WHY HAVE I GIVEN MY LIFE TO HIM? WHY DO I
SERVE HIM? WHY WOULD I BE WILLING TO DIE FOR HIM IF
NECESSARY? WHY? FOUR REASONS, FOUR REASONS THAT WE CAN KNOW
AND BE SURE THAT WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT, “THOU ART THE
CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.” THE FIRST REASON THAT I
SHARED WITH THESE, AND I SHARED WITH YOU IS THE HISTORICAL
REASON. JESUS CHRIST IS A F-A-C-T, FACT OF HISTORY. NOW I
DON’T CARE WHETHER YOU’RE A BELIEVER OR WHETHER YOU’RE NOT A
BELIEVER, WHETHER YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN OR SOMEONE ELSE. YOU
MUST ADMIT, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THE MAN NAMED JESUS WAS HERE
UPON THIS EARTH. ALL OF THE SEC, SECULAR HISTORIANS THAT HAVE ANY
MERIT AT ALL ADMIT THE FACT OF JESUS CHRIST, REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THEY BELIEVE ABOUT HIM. H. G. WELLS IN HIS OUTLINE OF HISTORY
LISTED THE TEN GREATEST MEN OF HISTORY, AND NUMBER ONE ON THE
LIST WAS JESUS CHRIST. HE’S A HISTORIAN. SIR G., UH, J. G.
FRAZER, A HISTORIAN, YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN’T CALL HIM AN
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN, A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, SAID THIS AND
LISTEN TO IT, “MY THEORY ASSUMES THE HISTORICAL REALITY OF JESUS
OF NAZARETH AS THE GREAT RELIGIOUS AND MORAL TEACHER WHO
FOUNDED CHRISTIANITY, AND WAS CRUCIFIED AT JERUSALEM UNDER THE
GOVERNORSHIP OF PONTIUS PILOT. THE TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPELS,
CONFIRMED BY THE HOSTILE EVIDENCE OF TACITUS AND YOUNGER
PLINY, APPEARS AMPLY SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THESE FACTS TO THE
SATISFACTION OF UNPREJUDICED INQUIRERS.” WHAT’S HE SAYING?
HE’S SAYING, IF YOU’RE A HISTORIAN, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT,
YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE MAN JESUS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELSE
YOU THINK ABOUT HIM, THAT HE WAS HERE. HIS BIRTH AND LIFE SPLITS
HISTORY. EVERY TIME YOU, UH, PUT YOUR DATE ON A CHECK, OR ON A
LETTER, YOU’RE GIVING TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT A MAN NAMED
JESUS OF NAZARETH WAS HERE. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT HIM, HE IS A FACT OF HISTORY. THERE’S NO WAY TO
EXPLAIN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THE FACT THAT WE’RE HERE, APART
FROM THE FACT THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS HERE. AND WHAT DID THE EARLY
CHURCH BEGIN TO PREACH? NOT ONLY THAT THE MAN WAS HERE, BUT THAT
MAN WALKED OUT OF THE GRAVE. THAT WAS THE CENTRAL FACT OF THE
PREACHING OF THE EARLY CHURCH. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? HOW DO
YOU EXPLAIN, NOT OUR CHURCH TODAY, BUT THAT CHURCH BACK
YONDER THAT GREW OUT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS CHRIST? THOSE
WHO WERE EYEWITNESSES, THEY BELIEVED IN HIS RESURRECTION.
SOMEONE SAYS, “WELL, THEY WERE HALLUCINATING.” WELL, HE
APPEARED TO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED AT ONE TIME. THAT’S A
LOT OF HALLUCINATION. UH, SOMEBODY SAYS, “WELL, UH, UH, HE
WAS A GHOST.” NO, HE ATE WITH THEM. THEY FELT HIM. THEY
TOUCHED HIM. SOMEBODY SAYS, “WELL, THEY WERE JUST, MADE UP A
STORY. IT, THEY SAID THEY TOUCHED HIM. THEY SAID THEY ATE
WITH HIM.” OH? THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR THEIR FAITH? DO YOU
THINK THEY WOULD DIE FOR A LIE WILLINGLY, KNOWINGLY? A MAN MAY
LIVE FOR A LIE. BUT FEW MAY DIE FOR A LIE. THESE EARLY
CHRISTIANS PAID WITH THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FAITH. HOW DO YOU
EXPLAIN THE HISTORICAL FACT OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHURCH,
APART FROM THE REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST? I
BELIEVE IN HIM FOR HISTORICAL REASONS. IT IS WELL BEEN SAID
THERE IS MORE PROOF THAT JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD THAN
THAT JULIUS CAESAR LIVED. “HE HAS SHOWN TO BE THE SON OF GOD
WITH POWER BY THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD.” AND THE BIBLE
SAYS, “HE SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE WITH MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS.”
HERE’S THE SECOND REASON I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST. AND,
AND, UH, BY THE WAY IF YOU, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME SCRIPTURE. UH,
LOOK IF YOU WILL IN CHAPTER SIX VERSE 38. THIS DEALS WITH THE
HISTORICAL FACT, “FOR I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.” HE WAS HERE.
THAT’S THE HISTORICAL FACT. NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE SECOND
REASON I BELIEVE IN HIM. NOT ONLY FOR HISTORICAL REASONS, BUT
I BELIEVE IN HIM FOR SCRIPTURAL REASONS. LOOK IF YOU WILL NOW IN
CHAPTER SIX VERSE 44. THIS JESUS WHO CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN SAID,
“NO MAN CAN COME TO ME EXCEPT THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME
DRAW HIM AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY. IT IS WRITTEN
IN THE PROPHETS AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.” NOW
HERE’S THE SECOND REASON: NOT ONLY THE HISTORICAL REASON, BUT
THE BIBLICAL, THE SCRIPTURAL REASON. I TOLD THOSE MEN AND I
TELL YOU TODAY THAT I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF GOD. WELL YOU SAY, “PASTOR, THAT JUST,
THAT JUST MOVES THE QUESTION BACK A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE TO
SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THE
BIBLE CAUSES US TO ASK, “HOW DO WE KNOW THE BIBLE IS TRUE?”
THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. AND I TALKED TO THOSE MEN AND I SAID,
“I WANT TO TELL YOU,” AND TO THOSE LADIES, AND TO THOSE
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, AND ARMY OFFICERS. “I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHY I BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD.” AND I TOOK TIME TO
EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW I KNOW THAT THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I GAVE THEM THE GREAT FIVE PROOFS OF THE INSPIRATION OF
HOLY SCRIPTURE. AND WHAT ARE THEY? NUMBER ONE: FULFILLED
PROPHECY. NUMBER TWO: THE WONDERFUL UNITY OF THE BIBLE,
WRITTEN OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS BY AT LEAST FORTY
DIFFERENT AUTHORS IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, ON ALL
KINDS OF SUBJECTS, SIXTY-SIX BOOKS THAT MAKE ONE BOOK, THE
WONDERFUL UNITY OF THE BIBLE. I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE
LONGEVITY OF THE BIBLE, HOW THE BIBLE HAS LASTED THROUGH THE
CENTURIES AND HOW, HOW MEN HAVE MADE LAWS AGAINST IT AND HOW
EVEN THERE IN, IN, IN, UH, SOVIET RUSSIA IT WAS A CRIME TO
BRING BIBLES INTO SOVIET RUSSIA. AND I REMINDED THEM, EVERY ONE
OF THEM, THERE THAT I HAD A BIBLE FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM WHEN
THEY LEFT, AND THEY BROKE OUT IN APPLAUSE. TO GIVE TO THEM THE
WORD OF GOD. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE LONGEVITY, THE EVER-LIVING
QUALITY OF THE BIBLE? I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF
THE BIBLE AND THE SCIENTIFIC AND THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THE
BIBLE. THEN I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE POWER OF THE BIBLE.
JESUS SAID, “THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU THEY ARE SPIRIT
AND THEY ARE LIFE.” AND HE SAID THAT IS THIS SIXTH CHAPTER. AND
I TOLD THEM HOW THE READING OF GOD’S WORD, IT TRANSFORMED MY
LIFE. AND I TOLD THEM THAT WE KNOW THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF
GOD. AND I TOLD THEM, AS I TELL YOU; THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE
BIBLE IS JESUS CHRIST. NOW IF YOU READ THE BIBLE AND YOU DON’T
FIND JESUS CHRIST, GO BACK AND REREAD THE BIBLE. HE IS THE HERO
OF THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE IS HIS STORY. IT IS THE STORY OF JESUS
CHRIST. PUT THIS VERSE IN YOUR MARGIN, ACTS 10 VERSE 43, “TO
HIM,” THAT IS TO JESUS, “GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS, THAT
THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM,” UH, “SHALL
HAVE REMISSION OF SINS.” AND SO JESUS SAID HERE IN JOHN SIX
VERSE 45, “IT IS WRITTEN IN THE PROPHETS, AND THEY SHALL BE
TAUGHT OF GOD.” JESUS CALLED UPON THE SCRIPTURES TO TESTIFY
OF HIM. AND HOW DO THE SCRIPTURES TELL US OF JESUS?
WHAT JESUS DO THESE INSPIRED WORDS TELL US ABOUT? WELL, THEY
TELL US ABOUT THE VIRGIN BORN SON OF GOD. HIS LIFE BEGAN WITH
A MIRACULOUS BIRTH. THEN HE LIVED A MIRACULOUS LIFE. I TOLD
THEM AS I’M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW JESUS CHRIST IS ABSOLUTELY
UNIQUE AS HE’S PRESENTED IN THE BIBLE. NOW IT’S ONE THING TO
BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS HERE, BUT WHAT KIND OF JESUS DOES THE
BIBLE DESCRIBE? IT DESCRIBES A SINLESS MAN, A MAN WHO NEVER
MODIFIED OR WITHDREW ANY STATEMENT THAT HE EVER MADE. A
MAN WHO NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR ANYTHING HE DID, THOUGH HE WERE
OFTEN UNDERSTOOD, MISUNDERSTOOD. A MAN WHO NEVER ASKED ADVICE
FOR, FROM ANYBODY, EVEN THOUGH HE WALKED AMONG THE PHARISEES
AND THE SCRIBES AND THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW. A MAN WHO NEVER
TROUBLED TO JUSTIFY HIS ACTIONS WHEN MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD
WHAT HE DID, LIKE WHEN HE DELAYED TO COME, UH, TO LAZARUS’
SICK BED. HE NEVER TRIED TO JUSTIFY OR SAY “I’M SORRY,” OR
“I HOPE YOU’LL UNDERSTAND.” HE NEVER CONFESSED SIN ONE TIME!
NEVER ASKED FORGIVENESS ABOUT ANYTHING. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
LIFE HE LIVED! THAT’S PRESENTED IN THE BIBLE. WHAT STRONG POINTS
DID JESUS HAVE? NONE, ‘CAUSE HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY WEAK POINTS.
EVERY LIFE, EVERY PART OF HIS LIFE WAS COMPLETELY, TOTALLY
BALANCED IN PERFECT SYMMETRY. THE BIBLE PRESENTS HIS MIRACLE
BIRTH. THE BIBLE PRESENTS HIS MIRACLE LIFE. THE BIBLE TELLS
ABOUT HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WAS UNIQUE
ABOUT THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST. NOT THAT HE DIED; OTHER MARTYRS
HAVE DIED. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CHOSE TO DIE. YOU SAY,
“WELL, OTHER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DIE.” OH NO. EVEN A SUICIDE
DOESN’T CHOOSE TO DIE; HE JUST CHOOSES TO DIE EARLY. A NEW
STATISTIC OUT ON DEATH: ONE OUT OF ONE PEOPLE DIE. EVERYBODY’S
GOING TO DIE EXCEPT JESUS. THERE WAS NO SIN IN HIM. THERE WAS NO
REASON FOR HIM TO DIE. JESUS SAID, “NO MAN TAKES MY LIFE FROM
ME. I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF.” HE WAS THE ONLY MAN WHO CHOSE TO
DIE. THE BIBLE PRESENTS HIM AS THE ONE WHO CAME OUT OF THAT
GRAVE. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
YOU SAY, “NOW WAIT A MINUTE, PASTOR. OTHER PEOPLE CAME BACK
TO LIFE. WHAT ABOUT LAZARUS?” LAZARUS WAS RESUSCITATED TO DIE
AGAIN. JESUS WAS RESURRECTED, AND HE LIVES IN A GLORIFIED BODY
AND HAS BECOME THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL OF THOSE OF US WHO SLEEP.
AND JESUS SAID HE WILL, “RAISE US UP AT THE LAST DAY.” WHAT I’M
TRYING TO SAY IS: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS AN
HISTORICAL FACT. THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST APART FROM THE HISTORY OF JESUS, WHO LIVED,
DIED, AND ROSE AGAIN. AND I BELIEVE IN HIM BECAUSE OF THE
BIBLE. THE BIBLE, A MIRACLE BOOK, THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF
THE AGES, PRESENTS JESUS CHRIST AS ABSOLUTELY AND TOTALLY
UNIQUE. LET ME GIVE YOU THE THIRD REASON THAT I BELIEVE IN
JESUS CHRIST. AND I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST FOR SPIRITUAL
REASONS. LOOK IF YOU WILL NOW IN VERSE 63 OF THIS SAME CHAPTER.
JESUS, PRESENTING HIMSELF TO THOSE MULTITUDES SAID, “IT IS
THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH, THE FLESH PROFITETH NOTHING.” YOU
WILL NEVER WITH YOUR HUMAN MIND COMPREHEND WHO JESUS CHRIST IS.
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THAT QUICKENS, THAT
HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND, THAT GIVES LIFE. JESUS SAID OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, “HE WILL TESTIFY OF ME.” JUST PUT YOUR BOOKMARK
THERE, AND TURN, IF YOU WILL, AH, TO ANOTHER BOOK THAT JOHN
WROTE. TURN TO FIRST JOHN CHAPTER FIVE, IF YOU WOULD. LET
ME SHOW YOU HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL CONVICT YOU AND
CONVINCE YOU AS TO WHO JESUS CHRIST IS, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW.
LOOK IF YOU WILL IN, IN FIRST JOHN, UH, FIVE AND VERSE SIX,
“THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, EVEN JESUS CHRIST;
NOT BY WATER ONLY, BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD.” HE’S TALKING ABOUT
THE WATER AND THE BLOOD THAT CAME OUT OF JESUS’ SIDE WHEN HE
WAS CRUCIFIED. NOW NOTICE IN VERSE, UH, SIX, “AND IT IS THE
SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH.
THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR RECORD IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER, THE WORD,
AND THE HOLY GHOST. AND THESE THREE ARE ONE. AND THERE ARE
THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN EARTH, THE SPIRIT, THE WATER,
AND THE BLOOD. AND THESE THREE AGREE IN ONE.” “NOW, PASTOR
ROGERS, DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, JUST
BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT HE WAS A HISTORICAL FACT? EVEN IF I
BELIEVE THAT, I’M NOT GOING TO TRUST HIM.” OR, “DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT I’M GOING TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST JUST BECAUSE YOUR
BOOK SAYS THAT HE LIVED AND YOU HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE
INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE? THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME.” I WILL
AGREE. YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE. YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
TO SAY, “AMEN” TO THESE OTHER FACTS. YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
OF GOD TO TAKE YOU AND CONVICT YOU AND CONVINCE YOU. I’VE TOLD
YOU BEFORE, ANYTHING I CAN TALK YOU INTO; SOMEBODY ELSE CAN TALK
YOU OUT OF. BUT NOW NOTICE IN VERSE NINE, “IF WE RECEIVE THE
WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER. FOR THIS IS THE
WITNESS OF GOD WHICH HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON.” GOD THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL TESTIFY IN YOUR HEARTS. I MEAN, WE RECEIVE THE
WITNESS OF MEN. SOMEBODY TELLS US SOMETHING IS TRUE, AND WE
BELIEVE IT. I ATE IN A RESTAURANT; I HAD TO TRUST THE
COOK. YOU READ A MAP; YOU TRUST THE MAP MAKER. I MEAN YOU,
YOU’RE TRUSTING THE ENGINEER THAT BUILT THIS BUILDING. THAT’S
A PRETTY BIG SPAN ACROSS THERE. IT MAY COME DOWN IN THREE
SECONDS. I HOPE YOU’RE READY TO GO. WHAT AM I SAYING? I’M SAYING
WE TRUST PEOPLE EVERY DAY. “IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN,
THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER.” AND THE WORD “IF” THERE MAY BE
TRANSLATED “SINCE.” SINCE WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE
WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, I TOLD THESE
AND I WILL TELL YOU. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO JESUS CHRIST IS, ASK
THE HOLY SPIRIT. GOD DOESN’T JUST SAY THAT, “YOU MUST
BELIEVE, AND IF YOU CAN’T BELIEVE THAT’S YOUR HARD LUCK.”
GOD SAYS, “IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE I WILL HELP YOU TO
UNDERSTAND, AND TO KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE TRUE.” AND
DON’T ANYBODY IN THIS BUILDING TELL ME YOU CANNOT BELIEVE. YOU
MAY REFUSE TO BELIEVE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS: THAT IF YOU
WANT TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, IF YOU SEEK TRUTH, GOD THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL SPEAK TO YOU AND CONFIRM TO YOU THAT JESUS IS THE
CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. HE WITNESSES TO YOU, AND
THEN HE WITNESSES IN YOU. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN VERSE 10, “HE
THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF.”
VERSE NINE SPEAKS OF HIS WITNESS TO US. VERSE 10 SPEAKS OF HIS
WITNESS ON THE INSIDE. YOU SEE, WHY DO I BELIEVE IN JESUS
CHRIST? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO ME, “HE IS
THE SON OF GOD.” AND ONCE I RECEIVED HIM INTO MY HEART, NOW
I HAVE THE WITNESS IN MYSELF. AND YOU COULD ARGUE WITH ME ALL
DAY LONG AND NEVER CONVINCE ME AGAINST JESUS CHRIST. YOU COULD
BRING SOPHISTICATED ARGUMENTS TO ME, BUT I HAVE THE WITNESS ON
THE INSIDE. AND A CHRISTIAN WITH THE WITNESS IN HIS HEART IS
NEVER AT THE MERCY OF A MAN WITH AN ARGUMENT IN HIS MOUTH. LEARN
THAT, MY FRIEND. THE BIBLE SAYS, “TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS
GOOD.” AND I GAVE MY TESTIMONY TO THESE IN THE RED ARMY
THEATER, AND I’LL GIVE MY TESTIMONY TO YOU. I HAVE TASTED
AND I KNOW. AND IF YOU WERE TO TELL ME THAT APPLE PIE IS NOT
GOOD, OR THERE IS NO APPLE PIE WHEN I’VE JUST EATEN A PIECE OF
APPLE PIE, YOU CAN ARGUE ALL YOU WANT, BUT I’VE GOT THE EVIDENCE
ON THE INSIDE, AMEN? “TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD.” “HE
THAT BELIEVETH HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF.” WHY DO WE BELIEVE
IN JESUS CHRIST? THE HISTORICAL REASONS, “I’M THAT BREAD THAT
CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.” THE SCRIPTURAL REASONS, “THE
PROPHETS TESTIFY OF ME,” HE SAID. THE SPIRITUAL REASONS,
“THE WORDS I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY’RE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE
LIFE. THE FLESH PROFITETH NOTHING. IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT
QUICKENETH.” THEN I GAVE THEM THE LAST OF THESE REASONS THAT I
WANT TO GIVE YOU WHY I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST. I BELIEVE IN
HIM FOR PERSONAL REASONS. NOTICE WHAT PETER SAID HERE, AGAIN; GO
BACK TO OUR TEXT IF YOU WILL. GO BACK TO JOHN CHAPTER SIX AND
LOOK FOR JUST ONE MORE MOMENT. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN VERSE 68,
“THEN SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM, LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? THOU
HAST THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE, AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT
THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.” WHAT WAS PETER
SAYING? PETER WAS SAYING, “I KNOW IT PERSONALLY. I KNOW IT
PERSONALLY. I HAVE PROVEN IT.” NOT ONLY DOES HISTORY TELL ME
THAT HE’S THE SON OF GOD, NOT ONLY DOES THE BIBLE TELL ME HE’S
THE SON OF GOD, NOT ONLY DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT TELL ME THE SON
OF, THAT HE’S THE SON OF GOD, BUT I KNOW THROUGH PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, FOR PERSONAL REASONS. I CAN TESTIFY. I’M
SURE. I PRAYED WITH A YOUNG MAN TO RECEIVE CHRIST. HE WAS
SEARCHING. I’LL NEVER FORGET HIS QUESTION. HE LOOKED AT ME. HE
SAID, “PASTOR, TELL ME, IS HE REAL TO YOU?” UH, AND I SAID,
“YES, HE’S REAL. YES, HE IS REAL! HE IS REAL TO ME! I KNOW!
I AM SURE THAT HE’S THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.” I
WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. THE BEST PEOPLE I KNOW KNOW HIM.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] THE BEST PEOPLE I KNOW LOVE HIM. I MEAN I’VE MET
A LOT OF FOLKS. I’VE MET SOME CHARLATANS. I’VE MET SOME
HYPOCRITES. I’VE MET SOME IMPOSTERS. AND JESUS IN THIS
SIXTH CHAPTER OF JOHN TALKED ABOUT JUDAS WHO WAS A FALSE
APOSTLE. BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ONE THING FOLKS, YOU LIVE A
FEW YEARS, TRAVEL IN MAHA, AROUND. MEET GOD’S WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL FAMILY. SEE HOW HE CHANGES LIVES. SEE WHAT HE MEANS
TO YOU. BE ABLE TO SING IT, SAY IT, AND MEAN IT, “VICTORY IN
JESUS.” AND HE DOES GIVE THE VICTORY. AND I SAID TO THOSE MEN
WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, “THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND I
WANT TO ASK YOU TO BELIEVE IN HIM. BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY,”
AND THEY DID. THEN I SAID, “IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND ASKED
CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART, WOULD YOU LIFT UP YOUR HAND?” AND IT
LOOKED TO ME LIKE MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE SOLDIERS THERE LIFTED
UP THEIR HAND, AND THEY PRAYED TO RECEIVE CHRIST AS THEIR
PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. AND I WONDER, OH PRECIOUS FRIEND
TODAY, DO YOU KNOW HIM? HE ALONE IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR HEART’S
NEED. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] THERE’S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. WHERE ELSE
WILL YOU GO IF YOU DON’T GO TO JESUS? NO ONE ELSE HAS THE
ANSWER TO YOUR SIN. NO ONE ELSE CAN FILL THE LONGING OF YOUR
HEART. NOBODY ELSE CAN GIVE YOU PEACE THAT PASSETH
UNDERSTANDING. NOBODY ELSE HAS THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE! NO
ONE ELSE WALKED OUT OF THAT GRAVE. BUT JESUS DID. AND I WANT
YOU TO KNOW AND BE SURE THAT HE’S THE SON OF GOD. WOULD YOU
BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER? AND I’D LIKE FOR YOU TO PRAY AND ASK
HIM INTO YOUR HEART TODAY. I’D LIKE FOR YOU TO TRUST HIM AND BE
SAVED TODAY. WOULD YOU PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS? JUST BOW YOUR
HEAD, AND PRAY IT OUT OF YOUR HEART. “DEAR GOD, I NEED YOU. I
WANT YOU. I NEED TO BE SAVED. JESUS, I BELIEVE YOU’RE THE SON
OF GOD. I BELIEVE YOU PAID MY SIN DEBT WITH YOUR BLOOD. I
BELIEVE THAT GOD RAISED YOU FROM THE DEAD, AND NOW I REPENT OF MY
SIN. I OPEN MY HEART, BY FAITH LIKE A CHILD. BY FAITH LIKE A
LITTLE CHILD I RECEIVE YOU AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. COME INTO MY
HEART; FORGIVE MY SIN, SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.” WOULD YOU PRAY THAT
PRAYER? “COME INTO MY HEART; FORGIVE MY SIN, SAVE ME, LORD
JESUS.” THEN WOULD YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER? “LORD JESUS, GIVE ME THE
POWER, AND HELP ME TO OBEY AND TO MAKE IT PUBLIC WHAT I’VE
DONE. HELP ME NOT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOU. IN YOUR NAME I PRAY,
AMEN.” FRIEND, REMEMBER THIS, THAT THE
END OF TIME IS COMING. AND SATAN HAS TURNED THIS WORLD INTO A
CONCENTRATION CAMP WITH ALL OF THE INMATES NUMBERED. BUT JESUS
GIVES US ALL A NAME. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS REALLY THIS;
REMEMBER, THAT WHEN THE END OF ALL THINGS HAS COME, WILL YOUR
NAME BE CALLED OR WILL YOUR NUMBER BE UP? INTERESTING! WELL,
HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED? BY GIVING
YOUR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST. AND YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU
CAN TRUST HIM. SALVATION IS A GIFT AND YOU CAN RECEIVE IT BY
FAITH THIS VERY MOMENT. WOULD YOU PRAY LIKE THIS FROM YOUR
HEART? MEAN IT! “DEAR GOD, I NEED YOU, I WANT YOU. JESUS, YOU
DIED TO SAVE ME AND PROMISED TO SAVE ME IF I WOULD TRUST YOU, I
DO TRUST YOU, RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL OF MY HEART. COME IN TO MY
LIFE, FORGIVE MY SIN, CLEANSE ME BY YOUR PRECIOUS SHED BLOOD,
SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.” FRIEND, PRAY IT AND MEAN IT. DON’T JUST
SAY THE WORDS, PRAY IT FROM YOUR HEART. AND IF YOU DO AND YOU’RE
SINCERE, WOULD YOU WRITE TO US SO WE CAN REJOICE WITH YOU AND
WE’LL SEND YOU SOME LITERATURE TO HELP YOU TO GET STARTED IN
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