>> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE ORDINARY GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE EXTRAORDINARY. (MUSIC PLAYING) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER. (MUSIC PLAYING) WE WORSHIP SING HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.HALLELUJAH WE WORSHIP FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE WORSHIP YOU, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH WE WORSHIP YOU. FOR WHO YOU ARE. LORD, YOU ARE GOOD. LORD, YOU ARE GOOD. FOREVER. PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION. FROM GENERATIONS. TO GENERATION. WE WORSHIP YOU, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH WE WORSHIP YOU. FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE WORSHIP YOU. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH WE WORSHIP YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE GOOD. YES, YOU ARE. SO GOOD. YES, YOU ARE. YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD ALL THE TIME. YOU ARE GOOD ALL THE TIME. (MUSIC PLAYING) YOU ARE GOOD. LORD, YOU ARE GOOD. FOREVER. LORD, YOU ARE GOOD. FOREVER. LORD, YOU ARE GOOD. (MUSIC PLAYING) IF PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION WE WORSHIP YOU. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH WE WORSHIP YOU. FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE WORSHIP YOU. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. FOR WHO YOU ARE. FOR WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE GOOD. >> (MUSIC PLAYING) EVERY NATION. GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. ALL THE CHILDREN SINGING GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. (MUSIC PLAYING) SINGING GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. SINGING GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. SINGING GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. SINGING GLORY, GLORY. HALLELUJAH. >> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> (APPLAUSE). >> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> (MUSIC PLAYING) ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. TO EVERY WORD YOU SAY. WHEN GENERATION TO THE NEXT. (MUSIC PLAYING) WE WILL STAND ON EVERY WORD YOU SAY. (MUSIC PLAYING) FATHER, LET YOUR GLORY FALL. FATHER, LET YOUR GLORY FALL BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. FATHER, LET YOUR GLORY FALL, FATHER LET YOUR GLORY FALL. FATHER LET YOUR GLORY FALL BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. WE NEED YOU. (MUSIC PLAYING). >> (APPLAUSE). >> LET'S PRAY TOGETHER, TODAY WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GATHER HERE IN YOUR NAME. WITH A PRESENTATION OF THOSE LEGS THAT CAME THROUGH THIS ROOM GOD WE KNOW, AS WE SING HERE TODAY AS WE WORSHIP TODAY GOD WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE BILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD WHO NEED TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. THE FACT YOU LOVE THEM SO MUCH THAT YOU GAVE YOUR ONLY SON JESUS, ROSE AGAIN THREE DAYS LATER, AS A RESULT OF BELIEVING IN HIM NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY THEY GREW UP IN, NO MATTER WHAT OPPOSITION THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE GIVEN THE PROMISE OF HEAVEN BY BELIEVING IN JESUS WE PRAY TODAY, THAT WE WILL HAVE NEW EYES, A NEW VISION FOR THE WORLD. OF DOING WHAT WE CAN FROM RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA WE CAN SEND THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD. WHETHER WE PRAY NO MATTER WHAT WE DO FATHER WE WILL BE FOREVER FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE DO AS JESUS TOLD US TO DO, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER HERE TODAY. ENCOURAGE US, GROW US, DRAW US CLOSER TO YOU WE WILL GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. HE SAW THOSE FLAGS, GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK. IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, A PARADE OF NATION REPRESENTATION OF THE 85 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. OVER 700 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HISTORY, THE COUNTRY OF QATAR REPRESENTED ON CAMPUS. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE GLOBE OF COMING TOGETHER IN THIS PLACE AT LIBERTY. THROUGH THIS FOCUS WEEK WE HOPE YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF CONNECTING, GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK REMEMBER I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU CAN TEXT GFW TO GET ALL INFORMATION, ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ESPECIALLY TODAY. FOCUSING ON A CITY, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ACTUALLY BE GOING OUT TO SAN DIEGO, TAKING A HYGIENE KITS TO THE BORDER. ALL THE THINGS TAKING PLACE. WITH THIS TODAY PASTOR GONZALES, HIS WIFE MARIA UP IN THE BOX OVER HERE I DON'T OW IF WE CAN SEE THEM BUT THEY MIGHT WAIVE. THEY DO MINISTRY ON THE BORDER IN SOUTH SAN DIEGO THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 5:00 OVER AT THE STARBUCKS, PACKING UP 2000 OR MORE HYGIENE KITS, IN THE COMING WEEKS GO OUT TO SAN DIEGO AND PASTOR GONZALES, HIS WIFE MARIA AND OTHERS DISTRIBUTING THOSE. SO THIS AFTERNOON 3:00 P.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT TO STARBUCKS. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HIS HEART OF MINISTRY RIGHT THERE ON THE BORDER OF SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO. ALSO, TOMORROW THURSDAY AGAIN SATURDAY A LOT OF STUDENTS GOING DOWN TO FORT PICKETT, AS WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE OTHER DAY ABOUT 6000 AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT ARE STATIONED THERE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM AFGHANISTAN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THEY CAME OUT OF AFGHANISTAN WITH NOTHING BUT LITERALLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS SO INVITED TO GO OVER THERE TO MINISTER TO THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE SUPPLIES TO THEM. A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN OF SOME OF THE ITEMS COLLECTED IN THE LAST THREE DAYS. BAPTIST CHURCH. ALL OF THESE ITEMS LOADED UP ON TRUCKS, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT STARTING TODAY, THE TRAILER LOCATED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU WHAT WE NEED ARE SUPPLIES LIKE STOCKS, DIAPERS, BABY WIPES, HYGIENE ITEMS, TOYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, SOCCER BALLS. IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT STUFF, BRING IT AND PUT IT RIGHT INTO THE TRAILER TONIGHT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT PACT WITH THE THINGS YOU BRING TODAY. TOMORROW SENDING DOWN A BUSLOAD OF 45 STUDENTS ON SATURDAY ANOTHER BUSLOAD. TAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MULTIPLE TRIPS, MAYBE EVEN 20 TRIPS GOING DOWN TO FORT PICKETT TO BLESS THEM OVER 10,000 REFUGEES WITHIN THE COMING DAYS. WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY GOING AROUND THE WORLD TO MINISTER THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ME KIND OF COOL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A MISSIONS TRIP, ONLY 1.5 HOURS AWAY TO REACH THE PEOPLE FROM AFGHANISTAN.E ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. GET PLUGGED IN GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK ALL WEEK. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THIS WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, WE ALSO HAVE THE IMPERATIVE JESUS SAID GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL IT IS NOT AN OPTION. SO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN PLAY A PART IN THAT. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING OR MERCURY SPEAKER, I AM GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESIDENT DOCTOR JERRY,, GOING TO INTRODUCE. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BE CAREFUL OF THE STEPS I ALMOST TRIPPED ON THEM ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TODAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED YOUR PRAYERS, WHY? IT WAS RAINING WE COULDN'T GO TO THE STADIUM. DIVIDE YOU UP AND PUT TO OTHER PLACES SO I CALLED SOMEBODY, IS THIS 50 PERCENT RULE A STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW? THEY SAID NO. I SAID WELL WHOSE LAW IS IT? THEY SAID IT IS OUR STAFF. ONE GUY. I SAID YOU MEAN ONE GUY SAID WE CANNOT HAVE 100 PERCENT? I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY I CAN CHANGE THAT. >> (APPLAUSE). >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I AM GLAD YOU AGREE BECAUSE I STAND BEFORE JUDGE I MAY NEED ALL OF YOU TO COME AND TESTIFY FOR ME ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL LADIES SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND UP MY WIFE. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. >> (APPLAUSE). >> NOW, THEY LOOK SOPHISTICATED BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE DOWN TO EARTH LADIES, THEY ARE VERY APPROACHABLE. SO DO NOT HESITATE TO COME UP TO THEM AND SPEAK TO THEM, LET THEM VISIT WITH YOU. THEY SAY THAT OPPOSITES ATTRACT. I THINK THERE IS TRUTH TO THAT MY WIFE AND I WE BECAME SWEETHEARTS IN OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH. I STILL MARRIED HER, SHE STILL MARRIED ME. NOW A YEAR AFTER WE GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WE GOT MARRIED WENT OFF TO BIBLE COLLEGE. TOGETHER EVER SINCE. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT GREAT JOURNEY. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MANY MORE YEARS. MANY OF YOU GOING TO FIND YOUR PARTNER HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. YEAH. >> (APPLAUSE). >> NOW, GUYS THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD LOOKING GIRLS HERE. GIRLS, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF GOOD LOOKING BOYS. I AM JUST KIDDING YOU I AM JUST KIDDING. YOU KNOW WHEN I ASKED PASTOR JONATHAN TO BECOME THE CAMPUS PASTOR HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY I WAS THRILLED WHEN HE SAID THIS THREE LETTER WORD, HE SAID YES, I WILL BE LET'S GIVE OUR CAMPUS PASTOR A BIG HAND WOULD YOU PLEASE? PASTOR JOHN AT THE END. >> (APPLAUSE). >> A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON HERE AT LIBERTY ALL THE TIME BUT THIS WEEK HAVING A SPECIAL EMPHASIS WEEK AND GLAD TO HAVE J HERE AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER. HE HAS SPOKEN FOR ME IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HIM. BECAME A TIME IN HIS LIFE THAT HE BECAME DEPRESSED, DISCOURAGED, HE FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO PURPOSE IN HIS LIFE SO IN HIS ROOM HE TOOK A PISTOL. POINTED IT TOWARD HIS HEAD, ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. FORTUNATELY, A FRIEND WALKED INTO THE ROOM AT THAT TIME AND HE DID NOT. THANK GOD HE DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WENT TO A SPIRITUAL EVENT LIKE THIS. GOD SPOKE TO HIM, HE SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO GOD. WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO I WILL DO IT. I WANT YOU TO WATCH WHAT OUR SPEAKER HAS BEEN DOING BY WAY OF VIDEO. >> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> A BIG WARM LIBERTY WELCOME TO JAY LOWDER. >> (APPLAUSE). >> ALL RIGHT EYE AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN NO SENSE OF HESITATING. I AM GOING TO BE READING A PASSAGE THIS MORNING FROM MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 MANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. THE GREATEST SERMON THAT HAS EVER BEEN PREACHED SO I WANT TO BEGIN IN VERSE 21. THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID, NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME LORD LORD, SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BUT HE DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. VERSE 22 MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY LORD LORD HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED IN THAT NAME, THY NAME CAST OUT DEVILS. IN THE NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS. VERSE 23 HE SAYS THEN I WILL PROFESS ONTO THEM DEPART FOR ME, I NEVER KNEW YOU. FATHER GOD WE THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE IN TECHNICALLY YOUR HOUSE. I THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND LORD WONDERING HOW MANY OF THEM MAY BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION TO WHAT I WAS YEARS AGO. NO DOUBT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THIS MORNING THAT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT NEVER BEGAN A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THIS MORNING WHO DO KNOW YOU, THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE RUN. SO WE PRAY THIS MORNING YOUR SPIRIT WOULD COME, LITERALLY PUT US ON THE GPS, SEND YOUR SPIRIT IN THIS ROOM TO SPEAK TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT THIS DAY WOULD BE A TURNING POINT IN THE LIVES OF THE THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE, IN JESUS'S MIGHTY NAME I PRAY AMEN. FEW YEARS AGO I WAS PRETTY EXCITED I PLAYED BASKETBALL. I LOVE BASKETBALL. MY OLDEST SON IS A BIG BASKETBALL FAN FOR HIS BIRTHDAY THE GOAL WAS LIVING IN TEXAS GOING TO TAKE HIM TO A DALLAS MAVERICKS BASKETBALL GAME. HE WAS GOING TO SEE THE MAVERICKS BUT SEE A LEGENDARY PLAYER BY THE NAME OF VINCE CARTER WHO WAS PLAYING FOR THE OPPOSING TEAM. HE WAS A BIG CARTER FAN, HE HAD THE POSTER UP ON HIS WALL. FOLLOWING THE BASKETBALL THE WAY WE DO HE KNEW ALL DETAILS ABOUT IT, WHERE HE WAS BORN. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. SO WE ALSO KNEW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE SEATED UP IN THE NOSEBLEED SECTION IF WE GOT THERE EARLY ENOUGH THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW PARENTS TO BRING THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY COULD STAND COURTSIDE FOR THE WARM-UPS. SO WE WERE THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE IN LINE WAITING FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN. AS ME AND MY WIFE AND MY OLDEST WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS TRYING TO HURRY AND GET DOWN, STAND INCHES FROM THE COURT. AS WE MADE OUR WAY DOWN THERE, ONLY ONE PLAYER WHO WAS WARMING UP. THE FIRST PLAYER ON THE COURT WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE LEGENDARY VINCE CARTER. WE STOOD THERE, VINCE IS THE SAME HEIGHT, JUST WATCHING HIM WARM UP BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST ONES, MOST OF THE OTHER PEOPLE GOING TO THEIR SEATS JUST FEET AWAY FROM VINCE CARTER. SO IN A PUBLIC PLACE TRY NOT TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF, MY SON BROUGHT HIS JERSEY HOPING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH WE START HOLLERING, VINCE. MR. CARTER. WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY ON CAMPUS, YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO TALK, YOU ACT LIKE YOU DID NOT SEE THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT. WE KEPT HOLLERING, MY WIFE IS FIVE FOOT ONE INCH, SHE SAYS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? I TOOK MY SON'S POSTER. ACTING LIKE A COMPLETE IT IT WAVING THIS POSTER. FINALLY THE CROWD BEGAN TO BUILD, BEFORE LONG WE KNEW THAT THE VISITING TEAM WAS GOING TO BE GOING OUT. BECAUSE I WAS WANTING MY SON TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH, TRYING TO STRATEGIZE. EVEN THOUGH HE HEARD US, WHAT COULD WE DO TO GET NEAR ENOUGH TO HIM WHERE MY SON COULD GET THAT AUTOGRAPH WE SNUCK OUR WAY AROUND ON THE LOWER LEVEL. WE SNUCK OUR WAY AROUND WHERE THEY WOULD EXIT AT THE TUNNEL. ALONG THE RAILWAY, SO AS VINCE WAS EXITING THERE WAS A LADY THAT HAD THE NERVE TO WEAR A TORONTO RAPTORS JERSEY. SHE STUCK OUT A MARKER TO HAVE HIM SIGN HER JERSEY. EVEN THOUGH VINCE WAS WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET VINCE KEPT WALKING BY AND SAID WE ARE IN TROUBLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH. LITERALLY ME AND MY WIFE AND MY SON, LITERALLY I COULD HAVE REACHED OVER AND PUT MY HAND ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. IT WASN'T PLANNED BUT IT WORKED OUT WHERE AT THE SAME TIME AS IF WE HAD STRATEGIZE, ALL THREE ALL SAID AT THE SAME TIME, VINCE STANDING DIRECTLY BELOW US, STOPPED UPON HEARING HIS NAME, HE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS. WHO HAD JUST CALLED HIM I KID YOU NOT, LITERALLY SEE VINCE'S EYES GO FOR ME TO MY WIFE TO MY SON. REALIZED THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ADDRESSED HIM, TURNED AWAY AND WALKED IN THE TUNNEL. MY SON WAS SO LET DOWN. THAT AUTOGRAPH THAT HE WAS HOPING TO GET OBVIOUSLY NEVER CAME TO PASS, WE MADE OUR WAY IN THE SECTION. I NEVER CHEERED FOR A TEAM TO LOSE AS HARD AS I DID FOR THE RAPTORS. I WAS THRILLED WHEN THE MAVERICKS PUT IT ON THEM. MAKING THE TRACK TO HOME, MY WIFE WAS ASLEEP AND MY SON WAS ASLEEP. REPLAY THE EVENTS OF THAT NIGHT I MADE A COMMITMENT I WAS GOING TO MEMORIZE GOD'S WORD. SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO BECAUSE I KNEW IF I WAS GOING TO BE THE MAN I NEEDED TO HAVE GOD'S WORD. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HAD DONE, MEMORIZED MATTHEW FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN THAT LEGENDARY SERMON. THESE WORDS I WRITE TO YOU THIS MORNING IN JOHN CHAPTER 7 I COULD QUOTE THEM IN MY SLEEP. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED GOD BROUGHT YOU MEMORY THOSE VERSES I READ TO YOU THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THEM, THEY TOOK ON A NEW MEANING. I BELIEVE THAT GOD BROUGHT THESE VERSES TO MY MIND TO GIVE ME A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT WE READ, I DON'T KNOW I REALLY COULD UNDERSTAND IT THE WAY I DID AS WE WERE DRIVING HOME. AS I THOUGHT BACK TO WHAT WE HAD ENCOUNTERED, HOW LITERALLY WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT CARTER, WE KNEW WHERE HE WAS BORN, WE KNEW HIS HEIGHT. WE KNEW EVERY DETAIL YOU COULD KNOW ABOUT CARTER BUT THE PROBLEM WAS EVEN KNOW WE KNEW ABOUT, WE DID NOT KNOW VINCE CARTER PERSONALLY. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THAT DARK HIGHWAY, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS IN MANY WAYS OUR ENCOUNTER WITH CARTER WAS A REFLECTION OF WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ENCOUNTER WAS GOING TO BE ONE DAY BEFORE THE STOOD BEFORE JESUS CHRIST. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE FANS WE DID NOT KNOW VINCE CARTER. THAT IS WHAT WE SEE THIS MORNING, JESUS SAYS THERE IS GOING TO COME A DAY WHEN THERE IS GOING TO BE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW ALL ABOUT ME, THEY CAN QUOTE THE VERSES, TALK ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION, YET IN SPITE OF THE FACT THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH THEY ARE SO FAR. SADLY MANY PEOPLE, I FEAR EVEN AS SOME OF YOU, MIGHT ONE DAY STAND BEFORE CHRIST, REMEMBER THE WORDS I SPOKE THIS MORNING, TO GO TO A GREAT SCHOOL LIKE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, EXPOSED TO SO MUCH LIGHT, IN THE MIDST OF SO MUCH DARKNESS. YESTERDAY AS I WAS SITTING IN THE AIRPORT WE DROVE TO DALLAS, FLEW TO CHARLOTTE. I SAW AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG GIRL, PROBABLY FLYING TO LYNCHBURG. I SAID TO HER, DO YOU GO TO LIBERTY? I GOT MY MASTERS FROM LIBERTY. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION? I SAID WHEN I GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY I SAID I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I WAS SPEAKING THIS WEEK, WE WERE FORCED TO GO TO A THING CALLED A CHAPEL. I SAID I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WENT TO THAT THING EVERY WEEK BECAUSE I HAD TO GO, FOR $10 BILLION I CANNOT TELL YOU ONE THING THAT WAS SAID. EITHER DOZED OFF OR TRIED TO GET SOME HOMEWORK DONE I WASN'T THERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THERE. I ASKED THIS GIRL, I SAID WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS FAR AS THE STUDENTS? GOING TO BE THERE TOMORROW MORNING, THAT LOVES JESUS. TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR LIFE TO HAVE AN IMPACT OTHERS VINCE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE. I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S GOING TO BE STUDENTS THAT HEAR ME SPEAK TOMORROW THAT ARE TRUE BELIEVERS. MAYBE LIFE OR SCHOOL OR SIN HAS GOTTEN IN THE WAY. IN YOUR OPINION AS A STUDENT THAT GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS DEGREE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE THERE TOMORROW THAT REALLY WANT TO BE THERE. I WOULD GUESS 60 OR 70 PERCENT. SHE SAID, IN MY OPINION AT LEAST 60 PERCENT ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE THERE. CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU I WAS GOING TO PREACH A DIFFERENT MESSAGE AS A RESULT OF THAT ENCOUNTER YESTERDAY, I FELT LED TO GO IN THE DIRECTION I AM NOW GOING. NOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. THE DOCTOR MENTIONED ABOUT MY TESTIMONY, NOT GOING TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL. MAYBE I WILL THURSDAY. FRIDAY BECAUSE I AM DOING CONDO TWICE THIS WEEK. MAYBE TELL YOUR PARENTS TO TUNE IN ONLINE. I WILL SAY THIS, I GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, MY MOM TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL. EVERYBODY WENT TO CHURCH. A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. I WENT EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY, WE USED TO GET WASTED SATURDAY NIGHT. I AM NOT PROUD OF IT, SUNDAY MORNING, IT WAS A JOKE. WE DID NOT HAVE A LIFE. WE WENT THROUGH THE MOTIONS, EVENTUALLY I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND AGAIN WENT TO A CHAPEL EVERY WEEK, 21 YEARS OF AGE. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN I WALKED AN AISLE IN SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, IN SAN ANTONIO. I WALKED SOMEBODY HAD ME FILL OUT A CARD, A SHORT TIME LATER I WAS BAPTIZED. BEFORE IT WAS DONE I WAS BAPTIZED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. SOMEBODY THAT COULD QUOTE JOHN 316. YOU MIGHT FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT I COULD BRING PEOPLE ON THE STAGE THAT I SHARED THE GOSPEL WITH, THAT BECAME A BELIEVER IN CHRIST, I WASN'T EVEN A TRUE CHRISTIAN. AFTER DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE, WITH AN ALCOHOL ADDICTION, FORGING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, LIVING IN AN $80 A MONTH RENT HOUSE, 21 YEARS OF AGE. WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR CAR, YOUR JOB YOUR GIRLFRIEND IT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. ALL YOU DO IS SIT AROUND ALL DAY AND DRINK, YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 22 CALIBER PISTOL. I AM TELLING YOU, IT WASN'T JUST MY LIFE WAS OVER, THANK GOD MY ROOMMATE, HIS FATHER SENT HIM HOME, HE WORKS FOR DEL COMPUTER. IN ALL THE YEARS HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER HIS FATHER NEVER SENT HIM HOME EARLY WITH PAY BUT ONE DAY THE DAY I WAS SITTING ON A SOFA. I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE WITHOUT HOPE TO STRUGGLE WITH SUICIDE. THAT IS WHY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE THERE FOR THE NEXT CONVERSATION, TELL YOUR MOM OR DAD TO WATCH IT. SOMEBODY NOT HAVE INVITED ME TO THAT EVENT, I DID NOT GO TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. BEEN THERE, DONE IT IT WAS NOT REAL TO ME. THE GUY SPEAKING HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE MAYBE HE COULD GET ME AN APPLICATION OR ROADMAP TO HELPED ME GET AWAY FROM THESE THOUGHTS. I WALKED IN THE AUDITORIUM, ON THE TOP ROW. WHAT IS WEIRD ABOUT IT, DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIS SUICIDE ATTEMPT NOT A WORD, THE ONLY REASON I WENT. HE WENT THROUGH THE GOSPEL AND THE LIGHTS AND THE DEATH I HEARD ALL OF THAT A MILLION TIMES BUT NEVER HEARD IT ABOUT THAT. THEY TOOK THE CAT OF NINE TAILS, ON HIS BODY. THE PIECES OF BONE WOULD DATE IN HIS FLESH. LITERALLY WATCHING THE WHOLE THING HAPPEN. I WAS MESMERIZED. HE GOT TO THE END, HE QUOTED A VERSE. DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. THAT IS ME. I AM LOVING OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE A LIFE I HAVE NO PURPOSE I AM JUST EXISTING. SOME OF YOU GREW UP IN CHURCH. BAPTIZED, YOU MAY HAVE EVEN WALKED AN AISLE AND YOU ARE LOST. ONE DAY WAKE UP QUOTING JOHN 16 SINGING AMAZING GRACE. I WANT TO TELL YOU BEFORE GOD AT THAT MOMENT I REALIZED EVEN THOUGH I WAS RELIGIOUS, I WAS LOST. I WAS PROFESSING SOMETHING I DID NOT POSSESS AT THE MOMENT I CAN SAY MORE THAN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE I WANT TO JESUS. DID NOT WANT SOME TICKET TO GET TO HEAVEN DID NOT WANT TO BREAK FREE FROM MY ADDICTION. DID NOT WANT TO BREAK FREE FROM SUICIDAL TENDENCIES I WANTED CHRIST. EARLIER I WAS MEETING WITH SOME OF THE STAFF FROM LIBERTY, 10 OR 12,000 PEOPLE. NEVER ENVISIONED DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS I AM A NOBODY. NOBODY IS SPECIAL. I TOLD MY DAUGHTER A WHILE AGO, NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD ONE DAY STAND ON A STAGE LIKE THIS. NEVER DREAMED I WOULD WRITE BOOKS NEVER DREAMED I WOULD BE INVITED ON FOX, NOT WHY I GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST. THIS MORNING EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 7. ALMOST MAGICAL THAT REALLY JESUS IS TALKING, HE GIVES US THIS SNEAK PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN.ITERALLY LOTS AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY STAND BEFORE HIM. VERY FASCINATING. THIS MORNING I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS. THE FIRST THING WE SEE HERE VERSE 21 JESUS SAYS NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME LORD, LORD I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHEN JESUS IS SPEAKING SPEAKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE DEVOTED AND RELIGIOUS. BECAUSE THEY DID NOT JUST ADDRESS HIM AS GOD OR FATHER, THEY SAID LORD IT WAS THEIR CLAIM OF DEVOTION. IT WAS THEIR CLAIM OF BEING A BELIEVER. JESUS WAS SAYING THESE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEFORE HIM, PEOPLE THAT SAY YOU ARE OUR LORD. WE KNOW YOU. WHO HE IS ADDRESSING, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING TO HIM, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HELP OF FALSE RELIGION. AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE A RELIGION BUT NOT RELIGION TO LIVE BY. A LOT OF PEOPLE, NFL FOOTBALL TEAMS, IN PRISONS, COLLEGES. IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY PREVALENT HOW MANY PEOPLE WEAR A LABEL BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LIFE. WHEN I WENT TO THIS UNIVERSITY, I WAS DAY THREE. I NEEDED TO BORROW SOMETHING ACROSS THE HALLWAY. AGAIN I AM NOT A BELIEVER, JUST A GUY THAT WENT TO CHURCH. TO BORROW SOMETHING FROM THIS GUY IN SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHRISTIAN PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HIS DOOR IS CRACKED. BEFORE HE COULD PUT IT AWAY, SITTING ON HIS BED READING A PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THE LABEL THAT DO NOT LIVE THE LIFE. CAN I ASK YOU QUESTION THIS MORNING? LIVING IN A DAY, WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA. INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, FACEBOOK. PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WATCHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE PUT IT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THEM TO WATCH. AMAZES ME HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT I MEET ARE FOCUSED ON HOW MANY FOLLOWERS THEY CAN GET ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK. NOT INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING CHRIST. GOING TO A GREAT SCHOOL LIKE THIS, MAYBE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE IN YOUR LIFE YOU COULD BE SO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH YET SO FAR? DANGEROUS FOR THOSE OF US EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THIS AND WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. I HAD A ROOT CANAL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT IS EXCITING. WHEN I GO GET THESE CANALS, ALWAYS HAD WEAK TEETH ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO, THEY GIVE ME THESE SHOTS THAT ARE REALLY GREAT IN THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH. GIVING TO ME SO THAT THERE CAN BE A PROCESS. INOCULATES ME FROM THE PAIN. I WONDER ABOUT YOU AS YOU SIT IN YOUR SEAT ARE WATCHING ON THE INTERNET. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT JESUS BUT NEVER REALLY MET HIM. ACCORDING TO WHAT JESUS SAYS, SAYING WE KNOW YOU, YOU ARE OUR LORD. THE NEXT THING HE SAYS, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THAT TODAY. MAYBE I CAN BE INVITED BACK TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TRUE IDENTIFIERS ARE OF A PERSON WHO REALLY KNOWS CHRIST. WHO DOESN'T JUST HAVE RELIGION BUT HAS RELATIONSHIPS. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE THAT JESUS CLARIFIES, NOT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ME LORD SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER, WASN'T TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE PERFECT, MY DAUGHTERS HERE THIS MORNING, MY WIFE IS WATCHING IN TEXAS, THEY CAN TELL YOU I HAVE PLENTY OF FLAWS. PLENTY OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT AWARE THEY NEED TO BE. SOME OF THESE MENTALLY PEOPLE CALLING ME SIR, I AM J. A LOT OF ISSUES, JESUS SAYS THAT PEOPLE THAT WILL GO TO HEAVEN NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO SAID YOU ARE OUR LORD, THE PEOPLE THAT DO HIS WILL. DOWN IN YOUR HEART SUPERNATURAL EAGERNESS TO FOLLOW GOD. NOW LISTEN AGAIN ADMITTED I FAIL ALL THE TIME I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU YOU CAN ASK MY DAUGHTER I AM NOT THE MAN THAT I NEED TO BE BUT I WANT TO BE THAT WHEN I GET AWAY FROM GOD, WHEN CINDY CREEPS IN MY LIFE, THE SPIRIT OF GOD SITS ON ME. REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID, LISTEN TO THIS A DIRECT QUOTE. WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD IF YOU DO NOT DO THE THINGS THAT I SAY? LUKE 1128, BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, AND KEEP IT. CHAPTER 2, THREE AND FOUR. HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM WAIT A MINUTE, A WAY THAT YOU AND I CAN KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE KNOW HIM. THE NEXT VERSE, WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. LISTEN TO THE NEXT VERSE, HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM, THIS IS ", HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. GOD'S WORD, IF YOU SAY YOU LOVE JESUS YOU SAY YOU KNOW CHRIST, NOT THE SUPERNATURAL DESIRE WITHIN YOUR HEART TO DO HIS WILL, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU ARE A LIAR. SO POWERFUL TO THINK ABOUT THE STATEMENT. THAT JESUS MAKES. I WISH WE HAD TIME TO GO FURTHER. IN THIS SAME CHAPTER CHAPTER 7, REMEMBER THE OTHER VERSES. I WILL JUST QUOTE THEM. JESUS ELABORATES, LET ME TELL YOU. WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE, I WILL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE MAN WHICH BUILT HIS HOUSE ON A ROCK. THE RAIN DESCENDED, THE FLOODS CAME. THE WINDS BLEW. THEY BEAT UP ON THE HOUSE, IT FELL NOT BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED ON A ROCK. VERSE 26, THEREFORE WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE AND DOES THEM NOT IS LIKE A FOOLISH MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE ON THE SAND. THE RAIN DESCENDED, THE WINDS BLEW, THEY BEAT UPON THE HOUSE, LISTEN, GREAT WAS THE FALL OF IT. NOTICE WHEN I QUOTED THIS TO YOU JESUS SAID TWO HOUSES, ONE IS BUILT ON A ROCK ONE ON THE SAND. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO HOMES BOTH ENCOUNTERED THE WIND, BOTH ENCOUNTERED THE SAME RAIN BOTH ENCOUNTERED THE SAME STORMS EVERY SINGLE ASPECT IS EXACTLY THE SAME OF WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. WHAT THEY WERE BUILT ON. THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME. JESUS SAID THE HOUSE BUILT ON THE ROCK, THE ROCK IS GOD'S WORD, HE SAYS THOSE LIVES BUILT ON THAT THEY WOULD STAND. ALL THE ADVERSITY AND THE PAIN AND THE SUFFERING OF LIFE. THOSE OTHER FOLKS THAT DO NOT BUILD ON THE ROCK, BUILD ON HOW MANY FOLLOWERS THEY CAN HAVE OR HOW MUCH PLEASURE THEY CAN GET EVENTUALLY THEIR HOUSE COMES CRASHING DOWN. WHAT A POWERFUL STATEMENT. THE NEXT THING IS VERSE 22. SO EASY TO MISS THIS. THIS ONE WORD HE SAID MANY. JESUS IS GIVING US THIS GLIMPSE INTO WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE ONE DAY WHEN PEOPLE STAND BEFORE CHRIST. JESUS USES THIS WORD MANY. 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. CLAIM THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL GO TO HEAVEN. 90 PERCENT. NOW THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT I SEE IN THE TEACHING OF THE BIBLE, ABOUT THIS FALSE RELIGION. OVER AND OVER. REMEMBER IN THIS EARLIER SERMON, TWO MORE VERSES. ATTHEW CHAPTER 7 VERSE 13 AND 14 LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS SAID. ENTER IN AT THE STRAIT GATE, THE NARROW GATE. FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, BROAD IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO DESTRUCTION. MANY THERAPIES THAT GO IN IT. ECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE NARROW IS THE WAY. YOU THERE BE THAT FIND IT. ACCORDING TO JESUS HE SAYS THERE ARE TWO ROADS ONE IS THE WIDE GATE LIVING THEIR LIFE, DOING YOUR THING OBLIVIOUS TO GOD. I AM GOING TO SEEK PLEASURE, GOING TO SEEK MONEY. WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE SEEKING. ON THIS BROAD ROAD, USES THE WORD MANY MORE PEOPLE GOING DOWN THE BROAD ROAD WHICH LEADS TO SEPARATION FROM GOD. THE OTHER ROAD, THE NARROW GATE. WHEN JESUS SPOKE OF THE NARROW GATE HE SAID GOING TO BE FEW PEOPLE THAT FIND THAT. UNDERSTAND THIS MORNING THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, 10 OR 12,000, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US RIGHT NOW YOU EITHER KNOW CHRIST OR YOU DO NOT THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. EITHER ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN OR ON YOUR WAY TO ETERNITY SEPARATED FROM GOD. JESUS SAID EITHER YOU ARE FOR ME OR AGAINST ME. EITHER YOU KNOW ME OR YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. EITHER ON THE WIDE ROAD OR ON THE NARROW ROAD PRETTY EASY TO SAY WELL LISTEN MAN, I AM CATHOLIC, METHODIST, WHATEVER IT IS. I AM A PRETTY GOOD PERSON. I GO TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. OR YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY NO LISTEN, I BELIEVE IN JESUS. REALLY JESUS LIKE WE KNEW VINCE CARTER. DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN JESUS AND STILL SPEND ETERNITY SEPARATED FROM GOD. IN JAMES CHAPTER 2. EVEN THE DEMONS BELIEVE. BELIEVE NOT JUST SOME HISTORICAL STORY OF 2000 YEARS AGO OR SOME MAN DIED ON THE CROSS, WHEN THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT BELIEVE YOU CAN NOT SEPARATE IT FROM OBEDIENCE AND REPENTANCE. GOD NOT ONLY AM I SORRY FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE, I HAVE BEEN ON DEATH ROW BEFORE. ONE GUY THAT STABBED A YOUNG GIRL 42 TIMES, I TOLD THAT GUY EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIME, WILLING TO REPENT YOUR SINS CHRIST WILL FORGIVE YOU. NFL HALL OF FAMERS. I SAID BEFORE GUY BEEN ON THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. ON A MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME. HOW IRONIC. ALL THAT MONEY, ALL THAT FAME MISERABLE. YOU CAN BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND NOT KNOW HIM JESUS SAID MANY ARE GOING TO BE ON THE WRONG ROAD. I WISH SOMEHOW I HAD THE ABILITY. I COULD CONVEY THE STRUGGLE I FELT SINCE I LANDED HERE. I AM WARNING YOU FROM MY STORY. I FEEL LIKE FOR MANY OF YOU YOU ARE ME. YOU MAY NOT FIGHT DEPRESSION. JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH YET SO FAR. I LITERALLY FEAR, I KID YOU NOT HAPPINESS IN MY HEART THIS MORNING, MAYBE PEOPLE IN THIS AUDITORIUM ARE WATCHING BY TELEVISION. THIS MAY BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY THAT GOD'S SPIRIT WOULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO TRY TO DRAW YOU TO CHRIST. IT IS NOT A SCARE TACTIC. I RECOGNIZE THE BLOODLESS IN MY OWN LIFE. SATAN IS THE DECEIVER OF THE UNBELIEVERS MIND. NOTHING REGISTERED BECAUSE THERE WAS A BLINDNESS IN MY LIFE. I WORRY THAT FOR YOU THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE EXACTLY AS I WAS, ONE DAY BEFORE CHRIST SAYING I WENT TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. JESUS MIGHT SPEAK THE SADDEST WORDS YOU COULD EVER POTENTIALLY HERE, I NEVER KNEW YOU. THE NEXT THING I SEE, THIS IS SO COOL. JESUS TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE SAY, HE SAYS MANY WILL SAY TO ME, HAVING NOT PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME. WHO COULD TELL THE FUTURE. COULD LITERALLY BE SOMEBODY WHO STANDS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND PREACHES THE GOSPEL. LITERALLY I WAS PREACHING AN EVENT, IT WAS CRAZY. I MEAN GOD SHOWED UP YOU COULD ALMOST FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD. HE WAS ALL OVER THAT PLACE. THE WORSHIP LEADER, SHE WAS TORE UP FOR THE FLOOR UP, WE INVITED PEOPLE. WE BELIEVE IF YOU MENTION IT WE BELIEVE IF YOU'RE SERIOUS, YOU ARE UNASHAMED. SO I INVITED PEOPLE TO MAKE A STAND FOR CHRIST. WORSHIP LEADER EILEEN OVER TO HER, I SAID IF YOU NEED TO GO UP FRONT I THOUGHT SHE NEEDED TO PRAY FOR SOMEBODY. THE WORSHIP LEADER, SUPER GIFTED. WORSHIP LEADER FOR A LONG TIME THE NEXT THING I SEE THE PASTOR'S WIFE IN THE FRONT ROW, SHE COMES FORWARD, SHE IS ON HER KNEES. THESE ARE SOME TRAINING PEOPLE AROUND HERE. THE NEXT THING THE GUY OPERATING THE SOUNDBOARD, HE IS CONTROLLING MY MICROPHONE. HE GETS UP AND COMES FORWARD. COME TO FIND OUT ALL THREE OF THEM WHO I ASSUME WERE COMING FORWARD TO PRAY, TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. RELIGIOUS BUT LOST. SO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH YET SO FAR INOCULATED. JESUS SAYS, THIS FIRST GROUP GOING TO SAY LORD WE PROPHESIES IN YOUR NAME. LORD, REMEMBER ME I SHARED MY TESTIMONY. REMEMBER THAT TIME I WAS AT LIBERTY. I TOLD HIM ABOUT CHRIST. THE NEXT GROUP, GOING TO BE SOME GOING TO SAY, I PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME. LISTEN TO THIS. JESUS SAYS AS HE PEELS BACK THE CURTAIN HE SAYS ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE, GOING TO SAY LORD WE CAST OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME. I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK THAT IS HOKEY POKEY. THE NEW HALLOWEEN MOVIES COMING OUT THIS MONTH. HOLLYWOOD GENRE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, EVIL IS REAL AND SO IS DEMON POSSESSION. TELL YOU HOW REAL EVIL IS. YOU CANNOT SEE IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU AND I CANNOT SEE, FORCES OF DARKNESS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN KEEP SOME OF US FROM HEARING WHAT GOD WANTS TO SAY TO US PEOPLE LITERALLY THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, MAYBE THEY GOT A FLAT TIRE. IT IS THE FORCES OF DARKNESS TRYING TO KEEP THEM FROM THE TRUTH. A WAR GOING ON IN THIS ROOM. JUST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS NOT REAL. SUCH A POWER ON OUR LIFE, WE COULD CAST OUT DEMONS. YEARS AGO, I WAS PART OF A TOUR. GOING AROUND EXPOSING THE FORCES OF DARKNESS DOING A SERIES ABOUT EVIL, SPIRITUAL BATTLES. ACTUALLY SATANIC BIBLE, WHO NOW IS DEAD. MANY HAVE SEEN HIM ON T.V. ANYWAY, HIS DAUGHTER ZINA, AT THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN CALIFORNIA WAS COMING TO OUR MEETINGS. I WILL TELL LUCAS, HONESTLY SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN IN EVENTS, IN OHIO, I SAW A YOUNG GIRL 14, 15 NO EXAGGERATION. LITERALLY THROWING GROWN MEN ACROSS THE ROOM. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAID HEY LORD, WE CAST OUT DEMONS. IN COURT WHEN MOSES STOOD BEFORE. MOSES TOOK HIS STAFF, TURNED INTO A SERPENT. THEY BASICALLY TOOK THEIR OWN STAFF AND REPLICATED THE MIRACLE OF MOSES. JESUS SAID GOING TO BE PEOPLE GOING TO SAY LORD, DADDY I CAST OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME. JESUS KIND OF PULLS IT ALL TOGETHER WITH THIS LAST GROUP. I GOT TO THINK OF ALL THE GROUPS THAT JESUS LETS US HEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY, OF ALL THE GROUPS THIS HAS TO BE THE BIG ONE. THIS THIRD GROUP ACCORDING TO JESUS THEY SAY LORD, LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD THINGS I HAVE DONE. AT THIS FOR A LOT OF YEARS NOW. AFTER I GOT SAVED THREE MINUTES LATER I WALKED INTO AN EVENT A PLACE WHERE GEORGE STRAIT HAD BEEN IN TEXAS. DID NOT EVEN PACK THE PLACE OUT SO MANY STUDENTS. SAVED THREE DAYS. I DID NOT KNOW JOE FROM JOB. I WALKED INTO THE STADIUM, SO MANY PEOPLE THE SPEAKER HAD TO INVITE THE PARENTS TO LEAVE SO THERE WAS ROOM FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS.NVITED TO GIVE THEIR LIFE TO CHRIST. REPENT OF THEIR SIN. HUNDREDS GOT UP AND SAID I WANT CHRIST IN MY LIFE. I WANT TO GIVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST. I TURNED TO MY ROOMMATE, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MINISTRY. I POKED HIM ON THE SHOULDER THAT IS WHAT I WILL DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE. THE REST OF MY LIFE HELPING PEOPLE LIKE ME I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO STRUGGLES. NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO FIGHTS DEPRESSION. NOW JESUS SAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE, GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR STORY. LORD I HAVE DONE GOOD THINGS REMEMBER WHEN I HELPED THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. VOLUNTEERED AT THE SALVATION ARMY. I SUNG ON THE CHOIR. I WAS ON THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. DON'T YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS? HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LITERALLY TENS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME YOU KNOW I THINK I HAVE LIVED A PRETTY DECENT LIFE. JESUS SAYS THESE PEOPLE GOING TO SAY LORD, I HAVE DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS. SHIRLEY YOU KNOW WHO I AM. IT IS CRAZY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THEN TO ME WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE SADDEST VERSE IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. JESUS SAYS FOUR WORDS. THESE PEOPLE STAND BEFORE HIM THEY MAKE THEIR PLEA AND JESUS SAYS, I NEVER KNEW YOU. I BELIEVE JESUS PROBABLY SPEAKS THESE WORDS WITH TEARS ROLLING DOWN HIS CHEEKS. THIS WORD NEW, IT HIM FOR INTIMATE RELATIONS. IT IS JESUS SAYING I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE BUT I NEVER HAD INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS MORNING I PRAY TO GOD NOBODY OF THE 10 OR 12,000 LISTENING TO ME SPEAK IN THIS AUDITORIUM OR WATCH ONLINE, I PRAY TO GOD THAT IF YOU ONE DAY LOOK INTO THE FACE OF THE SON OF GOD, FROM HIS LIPS THE WORDS, I NEVER KNEW YOU. YOU SEE MY FRIEND IT TAKES ABSOLUTELY NO DECISION AT ALL TO SPEND AN ETERNITY SEPARATED FROM GOD. A FEW YEARS AGO I WILL NOT SAY HIS NAME, A WORLD-FAMOUS GUY. INVITED TO HIS HOUSE FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. IT WAS A BIG HONOR FOR ME. I GOT INVITED TO THIS GUY'S HOUSE. THEN I WAS ON A TELEVISION SHOW, HE WAS THERE. BECAUSE I LOOKED UP TO HIM, THINK HIGHLY OF HIM I JUST WANTED HIM TO REMEMBER ME. EVEN THOUGH I MEAN I MADE A FOOL OF MYSELF IT WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER, I WILL CALL HIM JOHN. I SAID JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN DO YOU REMEMBER ME? HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE WHAT? I REMEMBER YOU YOU WERE AT MY HOUSE ALL DAY LONG. SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I RESPECTED HIM THAT HE REMEMBERED WHO I WAS. JESUS WILL SAY I NEVER KNEW YOU. YOU CAST OUT DEMONS YOU SHARED TESTIMONY. YOU NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. YOUR NAME IS NOT IN MY BOOK. BECAUSE I DID NOT DIE FOR YOU, BECAUSE I DID NOT LOVE YOU, MIGHT EVEN SAY REMEMBER ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS HE WENT TO ADD LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. A CONVICTION IN YOUR HEART, IT WAS MY SPIRIT TRYING TO DRAW YOU TO ME YET YOU PUT IT OFF YOU SAID MAYBE LATER. NOT NOW I AM GOING TO FINISH SCHOOL, GET MARRIED. NOT EVEN REALIZE EVERY TIME YOU SAID NO TO ME YOU WERE PARDONING YOUR HEART MORE AND MORE AND MORE INCREASING YOUR OWN BLINDNESS. MAN I PRAY TO GOD I BEGGED THE LORD LAST NIGHT, LAST NIGHT I BEGGED THE LORD GOD PLEASE, PLEASE I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO HEAR ME SPEAK. TOMORROW MORNING, JUST LIKE ME. RELIGIOUS, ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS. THEY DO NOT KNOW YOU. THE ENEMY HAS DECEIVED THEM, GOD PLEASE MAKE THE MESSAGE OF YOUR CROSS AND YOUR SON IRRESISTIBLE. DO NOT LET PEOPLE LEAVE EVEN THOSE WATCHING ON THE INTERNET TO NOT LET THEM BECOME MORE HARDENED TO THE TRUTH GIVE THEM TO BE COURAGE. TO PUT THEIR FAITH IN YOU AND YOU ALONE. I AM OUT OF TIME I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS. YEARS AGO I COULD ONLY HANDLE IT FOR THREE MONTHS. ACTUALLY NOT LONG BEFORE SEVERAL MONTHS, NOT TOO LONG BEFORE I GOT SAVED. I WORKED AT A MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE REASON I LEFT AFTER THREE MONTHS BECAUSE I CANNOT WALK AWAY, I WAS TAKING THINGS HOME WITH ME. A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED BUT ONE THING THAT HAPPENED, LAST NIGHT AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY AND THIS MESSAGE THAT WAS ETCHED IN MY MIND. IMPRESSION ON ME. GUY AGAIN I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT USE HIS REAL NAME, HE HAD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. I DO NOT KNOW, NOT GOOD AT GUESSING AGES PROBABLY LATE 60s EARLY 70s IN SUPER HEALTH HE SPENT HIS WHOLE DAY LITERALLY OF COURSE THE MENTAL HOSPITAL WAS ONE BIG CIRCLE. HE WOULD SPEND HIS WHOLE DAY, HE WOULD WALK THIS FAST. HE WOULD WALK NONSTOP THEN HE WOULD BE PULLING HIS RIGHT HERE, THE EARLOBE ON HIS RIGHT HERE HUNG DOWN THREE INCHES BECAUSE THIS IS ALL HE DID. ONE DAY NOTIFIED THAT HIS WIFE WAS COMING TO SEE HIM. I INQUIRED DETAILS, THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR KIDS TOGETHER MARRIED FOR LIKE 50 YEARS. THEY WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. THEY ASKED IF I WOULD CORRAL JOE, ESCORT HIS WIFE FIRST TO THE ROOM, THEN CORRAL JOE. THIS LADY GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. SILVER HAIR, CANDID SLOW AS SHE WALKED BUT A BEAUTIFUL LADY. JUST A GREAT THING ABOUT HER. THE SWEETNESS OF THE WAY SHE SPOKE I WAS ENDEARED TO HER. SO I KIND OF PATTED HER ON THE BACK AS WE WALKED TO THIS ROOM, SHE SAT DOWN. SO THEN IT WAS MY TIME TO GO, GET HER HUSBAND. HERE HE IS MAKING THAT AROUND AND AROUND. I SAID JOE, YOUR WIFE IS HERE. SHE IS SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU. HE LOOKED AT ME, JOE YOUR WIFE. HE REALLY CANNOT COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE HIS ALZHEIMER'S.O NOW WALKING WITH THEM TRYING TO KEEP UP JOE WE GOT TO GO WITH YOUR WIFE IS WAITING TO SEE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LADY SO SWEET. SHE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU. A GREAT REUNION. STILL DOING HIS QUICK PACE SO FINALLY I WAITED UNTIL WE MADE THE LOOP CLOSE TO THE ROOM ALMOST HAD TO CHUG HIM IN THAT ROOM. SHE WAS SITTING AT THE CHAIR, THIS RADIANT GLOW UPON HER FACE. HE KIND OF LOOKED AT HER, LIKE HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS. THIS IS THE WOMAN, MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS. OBLIVIOUS TO WHO SHE WAS, JOE SET DOWN YOUR WIFE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU. I DO NOT KNOW HER.THIS IS YOUR WIFE, YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN. I FORCED HIM TO SIT DOWN. HIS WIFE WAS TALKING TO HIM JOE WAS COMPLETELY CHECKED OUT HE HAD NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS. THE TEARS RUN DOWN THAT LADY'S FACE. JOE GOT UP AND LEFT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE CAN COME A TIME IN A PERSON'S LIFE WHERE THEY HAVE REJECTED CHRIST FOR SO LONG THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER RECOGNIZE WHO HE IS. I PRAY TO GOD THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH YOU. WOW YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THIS BOW YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYES NOT TO LEAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. THE REASON I ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD, I DON'T WANT YOU FOCUSED ON ANYBODY AROUND YOU. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. CLOSE YOUR EYES BECAUSE I WANT JUST FOR MINUTE FOR YOU TO DO SELF EVALUATION. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS 13, FIVE TO EXAMINE OURSELVES WHETHER IN THE FAITH. AS YOU SIT THERE WITH YOUR HEAD BOWED, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. COULD YOU SAY THAT YOU KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THESE WORDS, I NEVER KNEW YOU.OT BECAUSE YOU GO TO LIBERTY, NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE A BAPTIST OR CATHOLIC. SAY I KNOW I WILL NEVER HEAR THOSE WORDS BECAUSE I REPENTED OF MY SINS. DO NOT INTELLECTUALLY BELIEVE IN THE STORY ABOUT I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I AM NOT PERFECT. BUT I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT MY RELATIONSHIP IS REAL. REALLY SAY THAT THIS MORNING? DO YOU REALLY KNOW FOR SURE YOU MIGHT SAY WHILE NOBODY KNOWS THAT, I WILL FIGURE THAT OUT ONE DAY WHEN I DIE. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU CAN KNOW FOR ABSOLUTE CERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN YOU. DO YOU KNOW THAT? YOU SEE THAT NIGHT WHEN THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED TO ME EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN BAPTIZED THREE TIMES I KNEW THAT I CANNOT SAY YES. IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED IF I WALKED IN I'LL I COULD HAVE SAID YEAH. IF I SAID A PRAYER THAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND I WOULD HAVE SAID YES. DID I KNOW FOR SURE JESUS CHRIST LIVED IN ME. THE ANSWER WAS I DID NOT KNOW. SO THIS MORNING I WANT TO DO FOR YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE DID FOR ME. BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THERE MAY MAY IT NEVER BE ANOTHER MOMENT LIKE THIS. WORK GOD'S SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOU KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART, DRAWS YOU TO HIMSELF. WITH EYES CLOSED, I WONDER HOW MANY WOULD BE HONEST TO SAY I JUST DO NOT KNOW THAT. MAYBE ONE TIME YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN, AS I SIT HERE THIS MORNING IN THIS ARENA I JUST DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE. THAT MY RELATIONSHIP IS REAL. WOULD YOU JUST LIFT YOUR HEAD, EVERYBODY ELSE HAD THEIR HEADS BOWED. IF YOU'RE LOOKING THIS WAY, I JUST DO NOT KNOW. I AM NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU IN ANY WAY BUT I WANT TO DO FOR YOU WHAT SOMEBODY DID FOR ME. AGAIN YOU MAY BE A FAITHFUL RELIGIOUS PERSON, YOU MAY HAVE SHARED THE GOSPEL. BUT YOU SAY I DO NOT KNOW, JUST LEFT YOUR HEAD. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. BECAUSE THAT NIGHT I WAS DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. ALL MY BAPTISMS, MY MOTHER TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL, I WANTED TO KNOW. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY THERE ARE HUNDREDS LOOKING AT ME. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE THE ONLY ONE BUT YOU ARE NOT. ANYBODY ELSE REALLY QUICKLY LIFT THEIR HEAD, I JUST DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY ELSE QUICKLY. HUNDREDS OF YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL, THE GOSPEL IS SIMPLE. JESUS LOVED YOU SO MUCH HE LITERALLY WAS EXECUTED SO YOU COULD KNOW. HIS DEMAND OF YOU IS THIS, DO MORE THAN JUST BELIEVE IN YOUR HEAD BUT RECEIVE INTO YOUR HEART AND LIFE PUT YOUR FAITH IN HIM ONLY HIM, WILLING TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. THAT BIG FANCY WORD THAT MEANS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO TURN YOUR BACK ON WHATEVER HAS HELD YOU FROM CHRIST AND HE WOULD GO TO HIM. WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. I HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE MEXICAN MAFIA, PEOPLE COMMITTED THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG YOUR SIN IS GOD'S GRACE IS BIGGER. NOT JUST PRAYING SOME PRAYER, A COMMITMENT OF YOUR LIFE. CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD FOR SOME OF YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE HAS COMMITTED TO BRING YOU TO THIS POINT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. THE INVITATION HAS BEEN GIVEN. WHAT I WANT TO DO, THOUSANDS. I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE IS HUNDREDS. AGAIN I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AND HOW YOU FEEL BECAUSE I WAS THERE. I WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU, ISN'T SAYING ANYWHERE YOU RECEIVED BY PRAYING SOME PRAYER. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY YOU ARE SAVED, BY PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST AND REPENTING. CALLING ON HIS NAME. SO WHAT I AM GOING TO INVITE YOU TO DO, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE SEATED IF THIS MORNING YOU SAY I DO NOT KNOW BUT I WANT TO KNOW, WILLING TO RECEIVE CHRIST BY FAITH WILLING BY HIS POWER TO TURN MY BACK ON MY SIN, GOING TO INVITE YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE SEATED. LITERALLY ON THE TOP ROW, ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT. INVITE YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME. PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST. IT IS YOUR WAY TO DO IT. NO MAGIC WORDS. GOING TO LEAD YOU IN PRAYER. JUST PRAY THIS WITH ME. GO SOMETHING LIKE THIS DEAR GOD I THINK YOU IN JESUS NAME, FOR SPEAKING TO ME TODAY SOME OF YOU BY INTERNET. JESUS I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR ME, I BELIEVE YOU ROSE FROM THE GRAVE. I WANT YOU IN MY LIFE. LORD YOU SAID WHOEVER CALLED ON YOUR NAME YOU WOULD SAVE I AM CALLING ON YOU MY FAITH RIGHT NOW I PLACE INTO YOU JESUS CHRIST. I RECEIVE YOU INTO MY LIFE. GOD CHANGED ME, USE ME TO BUILD YOUR KINGDOM. RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW BY YOUR POWER I TURN MY BACK ON MY SIN, I RECEIVE YOU AS MY LORD AND MY GOD, AMEN. GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING. NOT GOING TO BE EASY. SOME OF US MORE CONCERNED WITH OUR IMAGE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I BELIEVE IF YOU MEAN IT YOU MENTION IT. IF YOU JUST PRAY THAT PRAYER WITH ME, GOING TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW TO STAND UP AS TESTIMONY. DO NOT BE ASHAMED JUST STAND UP REMAIN STANDING. >> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> (APPLAUSE). >> KEEP STANDING. JUST KEEP STANDING. (APPLAUSE) JUST KEEP STANDING WITH ME FOR A MINUTE. SAY I INVITED CHRIST INTO MY LIFE. PEOPLE STILL STANDING ANYBODY ELSE? PEOPLE STILL STANDING UP. TAKE A STAND ANYBODY ELSE? (APPLAUSE) PEOPLE ARE STILL STANDING. ANYBODY, I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYBODY. ANYBODY ELSE? APPRECIATE YOU BUDDY. ANYBODY ELSE? I INVITED CHRIST IN MY LIFE. THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. GOING TO ASK EVERYONE OF YOU STANDING REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW YOU HAVE CLASS. MEET ME IN THE FRONT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. SAY EXCUSE ME MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY. COME ON. PUSHED THEM ASIDE IT DOESN'T MATTER. GIVE THEM A CLAP. COME ON. MAKE YOUR WAY, COME ON. PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING. LISTEN, LITERALLY I DO NOT KNOW HUNDREDS. YOU ALL HANG WITH ME FOR A MINUTE. LITERALLY HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS. THAT IS STILL COMING THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN. IF YOU JUST PRAY THAT PRAYER WITH ME ONLINE, TEXT 839858. TEXT, NOBODY WANTS YOUR MONEY. THEY WANT TO SEND YOU SOME MATERIALS. MANY OF YOU ONLINE, 839858. LET ME SAY PEOPLE LITERALLY STILL COMING. (APPLAUSE). >> NOTHING LIKE THIS. I REMEMBER APRIL 5, I DID THE SAME THING. I PRAYED A PRAYER. I AM TIRED OF LIVING THE WAY I AM LIVING I WANT YOU TO CHANGE ME. WHEN ONE PERSON GETS RIGHT WITH GOD THE BIBLE SAYS THE ANGELS THAT FLY AROUND HIS THRONE 24/7, THEY REJOICE WHEN ONE PERSON GETS RIGHT WITH GOD. I DO NOT KNOW I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS WHERE THERE MAY BE A THOUSAND OF YOU, I DO NOT KNOW. THERE IS REJOICING IN HEAVEN. WHEN HE PUT YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST, WHEN I GOT TO THE HOTEL THEY ASKED ME MY NAME. GOD GIVES YOU A RESERVATION. HIS IS THE BEGINNING. THIS ISN'T THE FINISH LINE THIS IS THE STARTING LINE. YOU NEED TO GET IN BIBLE, YOU NEED TO BE SHARING WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. OBVIOUSLY I DO NOT KNOW ANY OF YOU, I KNOW ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE IN THIS WHOLE STADIUM. I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS, GOD KNOWS YOU YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, THIS WILL BE A TURNING POINT IN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. NOW, I DO NOT KNOW, OKAY DO WE HAVE A WAY ÃI KNOW A LOT OF YOU. SOME OF YOU LITERALLY ALREADY TO THE BACK BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE IT DOWN. I KNOW YOU HAVE CLASS. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES. JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. GIVE US A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO PRAY WITH YOU. JUST PRAY WITH YOU. BASED ON WHAT I KNOW, IF YOUR TEACHER GIVES YOU HASSLE, THE DOCTOR WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT GET IN ANY TROUBLE. HE SAYS YES. THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY, I JUST GOT SAVED. GET OFF OF ME. I JUST GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST. >> (APPLAUSE). >> SO LAST THING, GOING TO GO BOTH WAYS. TWO THINGS, ASK EVERYBODY TO NOT GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT. EVERYONE OF YOU TO JUST GO THAT WAY. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I KEEP GETTING MY DAYS CONFUSED BUT PROBABLY IS THE OTHER ONE. GOING TO GIVE A MESSAGE OF COURAGE, YOU MAY HAVE SOME BUDDIES BACK HOME, MAYBE YOUR MOM AND DAD, NOT ONLY PETER BUT BRING SOMEBODY WITH YOU. LISTEN, I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. I KNOW YOU WILL NOT EITHER SO QUICKLY EVERYBODY JUST STARTED GOING RIGHT AROUND THE STAGE. DO NOT GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT. GIVE THE LORD A HAND CLAP FOR THESE FOLKS AS THEY GO. >> (APPLAUSE). >> KEEP CLAPPING. RAISE THE ROOF. >> (APPLAUSE). >> KEEP GOING. >> (MUSIC PLAYING). >> (APPLAUSE) A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NOTHING THAT IS GREATER THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. LIVES ARE CHANGE, CHANGE FOR ETERNITY. A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS, A LOT OF YOUR DORM MATES, CLASSMATES TODAY GOING BACK TO THIS BACK ROOM. EVERY ONE OF THEM SEE THEM IN YOUR DORM, YOUR CLASSES, IN THE CAFETERIA, THEY GOD NOW SEE THEM IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY. ISN'T THAT GREAT NEWS. WHAT A PICTURE GOING TO SPEAK AGAIN FRIDAY. PLANNING ON MOVING IT BACK TO THE STADIUM. UNLESS THE DOCTOR SAYS NO. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW ON THE SPOT HERE OR THE STADIUM? RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE. >> (APPLAUSE). >> I FIGURE IF WE GOT THE DOCTOR IN TROUBLE EARLIER WE MIGHT AS WELL THROW THEM ALL THE WAY IN. COME BACK FRIDAY MORNING. DO NOT MISS IT BY THE WE ALSO DO NOT FORGET TONIGHT CAMPUS COMMUNITY 7:00 DAVID IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT. SO ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT DO NOT FORGET GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK GET CONNECTED WITH ONE OF THE GROUPS. A LOT OF LOCAL CHURCHES ARE PARTNERING WITH US. HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, GOSPEL COMMUNITY. LOTS OF GREAT CHURCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S SERVE, LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD. GOD BLESS YOU. WE WILL SEE YOU BACK TONIGHT AT 7:00. >> (MUSIC PLAYING)
