FROM OUR ARCHIVES... THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS. [applause] ♪ A RULER ONCE CAME ♪ ♪ TO JESUS BY NIGHT, ♪ ♪ TO ASK HIM THE WAY OF ♪ ♪ SALVATION AND LIGHT, ♪ ♪ THE MASTER MADE ANSWER ♪ ♪ IN WORDS TRUE AND PLAIN. ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ I VERILY VERILY SAY UNTO YOU ♪ ♪ YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ OH CHILDREN OF MEN, ♪ ♪ ATTEND TO THE WORD, ♪ ♪ SO SOLEMNLY OFFERED ♪ BY JESUS THE LORD. ♪ ♪ AND LET NOT THIS MESSAGE ♪ ♪ TO YOU BE IN VAIN, ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ I VERILY VERILY SAY UNTO YOU ♪ ♪ YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. ♪ ♪ [applause] I WANT US TO TURN TO THE SECOND
CHAPTER OF JOHN'S GOSPEL, BEGINNING WITH
VERSE TWENTY-THREE. JESUS HAD BEEN TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE LAND
OF PALESTINE. HE'D BEEN IN--
NOW HE'S IN GALILEE. AND THEN HE WENT ON
HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM, TO ATTEND THE FEAST
OF THE PASSOVER. AND "WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM
AT THE PASSOVER IN THE FEAST, "MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME "WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES
WHICH HE DID. "BUT JESUS DID NOT COMMIT
HIMSELF UNTO THEM "BECAUSE HE KNEW ALL MEN." "AND NEEDED NOT THAT ANY
SHOULD TESTIFY OF MAN, "FOR HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN MAN." THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED IN JESUS, THESE WERE VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THEY WERE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ON JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND THEIR SAVIOR. AND THEY'RE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST
WITH YOUR MIND, YOU BELIEVE ENOUGH
TO GO TO CHURCH, YOU BELIEVE ENOUGH TO ENGAGE
IN EVEN CHRISTIAN WORK, AND GOOD WORKS. BUT DEEP IN YOUR HEART,
YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND YOUR
MASTER AND YOUR SAVIOR. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN GREAT
BRITAIN CARRIED A HEADLINE A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT SAID,
"A NEW WORLD IS BEING BORN." YES, JESUS SAID IT'S
POSSIBLE TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. HE SAID IN THE NEXT CHAPTER,
THE THIRD CHAPTER OF JOHN, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." HE SAID IF YOU'RE
NOT BORN AGAIN YOU'LL NEVER SEE
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. JESUS SAID, "I SAY UNTO YOU,
EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, "HE CANNOT SEE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD." WHEN JESUS SAID THAT TO
THIS GREAT RELIGIOUS RULER WHO WAS A PHARISEE AND RICH, HE WAS IN THE REVIVALIST
MOVEMENT OF THAT GENERATION. HE BELONGED TO THE SANHEDRIN, THE HIGHEST RULING BODY
IN THE NATION. HE WAS ALSO A RICH MAN,
WE FIND OUT. HE WAS A PHARISEE AND THE PHARISEES WERE CONSIDERED
THE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY. NOW NICODEMUS WAS THE KIND OF
MAN THAT MOST CHURCHES WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE. BUT JESUS SAID, "NICODEMUS,
ALL YOUR GOOD WORKS "AND ALL YOUR RELIGIOUS
KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ENOUGH, "YOU NEED SOMETHING MORE." JESUS KNEW THAT MAN WAS
CAPABLE OF LYING AND CHEATING AND HATE AND PREJUDICE
AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY. HE SAID, "OUT OF THE HEART
PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS AND "MURDERS AND ADULTERIES AND
THEFTS AND FALSE WITNESSES "AND BLASPHEMIES, THESE ARE
THE THINGS," HE SAID "WHICH DEFILE A MAN." THE BIBLE ALWAYS DESCRIBES
THE DISEASE THAT WE HAVE AS THE FREE ACT OF
AN INTELLIGENT, MORAL, RESPONSIBLE BEING. THERE ARE MANY WORDS IN THE
BIBLE THAT ARE TRANSLATED SIN. MANY WORDS. TRANSGRESSION IS ONE OF THEM. TRANSGRESSION MEANS THAT WE'VE
BROKEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND EVERY PERSON HERE TONIGHT
HAS BROKEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
YOU TOLD ONE LIE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU'VE
BROKEN ONE COMMANDMENT, YOU'VE BROKEN THEM ALL. SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE
BROKEN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS. AND WE HAVEN'T LIVED UP TO
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. WE'RE MISSING THE MARK,
"ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN," THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
IN I JOHN 5:17. THEN THERE'S INIQUITY. INIQUITY MEANS THERE'S
A TURNING ASIDE FROM THE STRAIGHT PATH. "ALL WE LIKE SHEEP
HAVE GONE ASTRAY. "WE'VE TURNED EVERY ONE
TO HIS OWN WAY." THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT
THE SPIRIT IS DEAD TOWARD GOD. WE HAVE A BODY BUT LIVING
INSIDE IS OUR SPIRIT AND IT'S THAT SPIRIT OF OURS
THAT IS GOING TO LIVE FOREVER EITHER IN HEAVEN OR HELL. AND THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE
ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. MARK TWAIN WAS ONCE ASKED,
WHAT ARE THE TWO GREATEST WORDS IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE? AND HE REPLIED, "NOT GUILTY." THE TWO GREATEST WORDS,
NOT GUILTY. AND THAT'S WHAT GOD IS
GOING TO SAY TO YOU AT THE JUDGMENT,
IF YOU KNOW CHRIST. IF YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIST,
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST,
YOU'LL BE DECLARED GUILTY AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. WELL, WHAT IS THE NEW BIRTH? WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO START OVER? NICODEMUS ASKED
THAT QUESTION, "HOW CAN A MAN BE
BORN WHEN HE'S OLD?" HE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT. BUT JESUS INDICATED TO HIM
THAT THERE'S A MYSTERY ABOUT IT, HE SAID IN JOHN 1:13 "WHICH WERE BORN NOT OF BLOOD
NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH "NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN
BUT OF GOD." YOU CAN BE BORN IN A GARAGE BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE
YOU AN AUTOMOBILE. YOU CAN BE BORN IN
A CHRISTIAN HOME BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE
YOU A CHRISTIAN. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT
YOU COULD BE BAPTIZED AND THAT WOULD
GET YOU TO HEAVEN. OH, YOU SHOULD BE BAPTIZED
AFTER YOU COME TO CHRIST. SIMON THE SORCERER WAS
BAPTIZED BY PHILLIP AFTER HAVING
INTELLECTUALLY BELIEVED, BUT PETER TOLD HIM
YOUR HEART'S NOT RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. YOU NEED CHRIST. OR CONFIRMATION,
OR WHATEVER PRACTICE THEY HAVE IN YOUR DENOMINATION,
IN YOUR CHURCH. THE CONDITIONS
OF BELONGING TO THE CHURCH WERE THAT YOU
MUST FIRST BE SAVED. SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SAVED AT CONFIRMATION, AND SOME MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN. ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS
WHEN A PERSON IS BORN AGAIN. WHEN THAT LINE IS CROSSED. I BELIEVE A PERSON LIKE
BECKY THAT SPOKE TO US A FEW MOMENTS AGO, SHE WOULD SAY
THAT DAY THAT SHE MADE THAT DECISION WAS THE MOMENT
SHE WAS BORN AGAIN. I BELIEVE I KNOW THE DAY
I WAS BORN AGAIN, BUT MY WIFE DOESN'T
KNOW THE DAY. SHE KNOWS SHE'S
ALWAYS LOVED CHRIST. SHE CANNOT REMEMBER THE DAY
THAT SHE DIDN'T LOVE HIM AND SHE CAN'T REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN SHE DIDN'T PUT HIM
FIRST IN HER LIFE. FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA WAS A PROFESSING CHRISTIAN. HE ONCE INVITED VOLTAIRE THE FAMOUS ATHEIST TO A BANQUET. AND DURING THE TOAST, VOLTAIRE SAID, "I WILL BARTER MY SEAT IN HEAVEN "FOR ONE PRUSSIAN MARK." AFTER A SILENCE A FELLOW GUEST SPOKE UP AND SAID TO VOLTAIRE, "SIR, IN PRUSSIA WE HAVE A LAW "THAT SAYS BEFORE WE CAN "SELL ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO "HAVE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP. "CAN YOU PROVE THAT YOU "HAVE A SEAT IN HEAVEN?" I ASK YOU THIS, CAN YOU PROVE THAT YOU HAVE A SEAT IN HEAVEN? THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET A SEAT IS TO COME TO THE CROSS AND CONFESS THAT YOU'RE A SINNER AND RECEIVE CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR. AND COME TO THE EMPTY TOMB AND BELIEVE THAT HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD. VOLTAIRE WAS SPEECHLESS, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. TO BE BORN AGAIN MEANS TO BE BORN FROM ABOVE. THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD COMES IN AND GIVES YOU A NEW HEART. YOU SEE, YOUR OLD NATURE IS NO GOOD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEW NATURE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEW HEART. "A NEW HEART ALSO WILL I "GIVE YOU AND NEW SPIRIT "WILL I PUT WITHIN YOU," SAYS EZEKIEL 36. IN ACTS PETER CALLED IT
REPENTING AND BEING CONVERTED. IN ROMANS PAUL SPEAKS OF IT
AS BEING ALIVE FROM THE DEAD. IN II CORINTHIANS HE CALLS IT
BEING A NEW CREATION, OLD THINGS
HAVE PASSED AWAY, EVERYTHING BECOMES NEW. HAS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU? IT COULD HAPPEN TONIGHT. IT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
SOME OTHER DAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT OFF. IN COLOSSIANS PAUL CALLS IT
"PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN "WITH HIS DEEDS AND PUTTING ON
THE NEW MAN WHICH IS RENEWED "IN KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE
OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM." JUST BEFORE I CAME HERE A MAN
IN THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE NEAR OUR HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA
PULLED A GUN ON THE TELLER WHO HANDED HIM
THE MONEY AS INSTRUCTED. BUT THAT MAN DID NOT
KNOW THAT THE BAG ALSO CONTAINED A DYE BOMB. AND WHEN IT EXPLODED
IT COVERED THE MONEY, THE BAG AND
HIS HAND WITH THIS DYE AND HE COULDN'T GET IT OFF. AND WHEN THEY CAUGHT HIM
THE DYE WAS EASY TO SEE. AND BECAUSE OF SIN
WE HAVE DYE ON OUR SOULS AND WE CAN'T WASH IT OFF. BECAUSE OF THIS DYE
WE'RE EASILY SPOTTED AND CAUGHT AND BROUGHT
TO THE JUDGMENT. BUT JESUS CAN CLEANSE
THE DYE WITH HIS BLOOD. THE ONLY WAY TO CLEANSE
THE DYE OF SIN IS BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST,
"THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST "HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM
ALL SIN," THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. AND THAT'S WHAT
YOU NEED TONIGHT. [applause] NOW WHAT HAPPENS? NICODEMUS ASKED JESUS,
HE SAID, HOW CAN IT HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENS? JESUS SAID THERE'S
A MYSTERY TO IT. HE USED THE ANALOGY
OF THE WIND, HE SAID, "THE WIND BLOWS
WHERE IT LISTETH," YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YOU CAN'T CATCH IT,
BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT. YOU CAN SEE
THE EFFECTS OF IT. THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES INTO
OUR HEARTS AND GIVES US A NEW NATURE AND YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP
AND ANALYZE IT WITH YOUR HANDS OR PUT IT IN A LABORATORY. IT'S THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
OF GOD IN YOU WHEN YOU SAY YES TO CHRIST. THERE'S THE ANALOGY
OF THE NEW BIRTH. THERE'S THE MOMENT
OF CONCEPTION, THERE'S THE NINE
MONTHS OF GESTATION, THEN THERE'S BIRTH. AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
THERE'S THE RECEPTION OF THE WORD OF GOD, "BEING BORN AGAIN
NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED "BUT OF INCORRUPTIBLE
BY THE WORD OF GOD "WHICH LIVETH AND
ABIDETH FOREVER." YOU HEAR THE SCRIPTURE
QUOTED HERE TONIGHT, YOU SAY YES TO CHRIST,
CONCEPTION OR IT MAY BE ONE OTHER STEP IN GESTATION
OR IT MAY BE BIRTH. I DON'T KNOW, ONLY GOD
WOULD KNOW THAT. "FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND
HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD." THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD THAT HAS TO DO WITH
YOUR SALVATION. "IT PLEASED GOD BY THE
FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING," (OR DECLARATION OR PROCLAMATION)
"TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE." IT'S THE WORK OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU SEE,
HE CONVICTS YOU OF SIN. YOU BECOME CONSCIOUS OF
THE FACT THAT YOU'VE SINNED. YOU'VE COME SHORT OF
WHAT GOD REQUIRES. THAT'S THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
OF GOD INSIDE YOU. THEN WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST
HE COMES TO INDWELL. HE WILL INDWELL YOU. HE WILL LIVE IN YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE HERE
TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE WHICH YOU CAN'T
DO BY YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
LIVING IN YOU TO HELP YOU TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. I COULDN'T LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE AN HOUR WITHOUT THE WORK OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND I'M A FAILURE. I FEEL MY SENSE OF
FAILURE ALL THE TIME. I'M NOT A GREAT
GIANT SAINT OF GOD. PEOPLE PUT A PERSON WHO IS
PUBLICIZED A LITTLE BIT ON A PEDESTAL,
I DON'T BELONG THERE. I BELONG IN THE GUTTER
WITH ALL THE SINNERS THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED BY GRACE. I'M A SINNER SAVED
BY THE GRACE OF GOD. [applause] JESUS USES AN
INTERESTING ILLUSTRATION, HE REACHES OVER TO
THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
WHEN THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY OUT OF EGYPT, HAD ALL BEEN
BITTEN BY SERPENTS, SNAKES. AND THEY WERE DYING AND
SUFFERING AND SCREAMING. AND SO MOSES LIFTED UP A
SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS MADE OF BRASS AND HE SAID,
"IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SERPENT "YOU'LL BE SAVED,
YOU'LL BE HEALED." WELL, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
FOOLISHNESS, THERE'S NO SAVING QUALITIES OR HEALING QUALITIES
IN THAT BRASS. TO JUST LOOK AND BE SAVED,
THINK OF IT, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. AND THOUSANDS OF THEM DID
AND THEY WERE SAVED. BUT THOUSANDS OF THEM DIDN'T,
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TOO FOOLISH AND TOO RIDICULOUS
AND TOO SIMPLE. AND THAT'S THE WAY SOME OF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST AND YOU THINK ABOUT
THE CROSS AND THE RESURRECTION. IT'S TOO SIMPLE. IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE. WHAT BECKY SAID
CAN'T BE TRUE. WHAT HAS BEEN SUNG HERE
TONIGHT CAN'T BE TRUE. IT'S TOO EASY,
IT'S TOO SIMPLE. SEE, YOU COME TO CHRIST,
THAT'S EASY IN A WAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TO REPENT OF SIN, THAT MEANS THAT YOU
HAVE TO SAY TO GOD, "I'M SORRY, I'M A SINNER. "I'M WILLING TO TURN
FROM MY SIN BUT LORD "I'LL NEED YOUR HELP, "EVEN WHEN I GIVE
THESE THINGS UP "I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF. "I'M CAUGHT IN THOSE CHAINS
THAT WAS SUNG TO US "A FEW MOMENTS AGO. "CHAINS OF HABIT. "AND I'VE TRIED TO
BREAK THEM AND I CAN'T." TELL GOD THAT. AND LET THE HOLY SPIRIT COME IN
AND BREAK THEM FOR YOU. AND HE WILL DO IT AND
HE'LL DO IT TONIGHT. [applause] ABOUT SEVEN OR
EIGHT YEARS AGO, A LITTLE PLANE WAS GOING
FROM MIAMI TO NASSAU AND IT CRASHED IN THE OCEAN. AND THE PILOT SURVIVED
THE CRASH BUT HAD BLOOD ON HIS FOREHEAD WHICH
ATTRACTED SHARKS. AND HE SPENT HOURS,
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT-- HE SPENT HOURS KICKING
THOSE SHARKS AWAY, AS HE WAS FLOUNDERING
AROUND IN THE WATER. AFTER HE'D BEEN IN THE WATER
TEN HOURS HE SAW AN AIRCRAFT AND WAVED HIS ORANGE
LIFE VEST AT THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SPOTTED HIM AND
DROPPED A SMOKE CANISTER AND RADIOED A COAST GUARD CUTTER
THAT WAS TWELVE MINUTES AWAY, AND SAID, "HURRY,
THERE'S A GUY OUT THERE "THAT'S SURROUNDED BY SHARKS." THE COAST GUARD CUTTER CAME
AND THEY HELPED HIM TO SCRAMBLE UP THE ROPE LADDER. NOTHING LESS THAN THE
OUTSIDE INTERVENTION OF THAT COAST GUARD CUTTER
COULD HAVE SAVED THAT MAN FROM A TERRIBLE
AGONIZING DEATH. GOD WILL INTERVENE TONIGHT IN
YOUR LIFE AND IN YOUR HEART AND TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THOSE
SHARKS THAT WANT TO DESTROY YOU. YOU SEE, THAT MAN DIDN'T
NEED BETTER TECHNIQUES, HE DIDN'T NEED ENCOURAGEMENT,
HE NEEDED TO BE SAVED. AND THAT'S YOUR
POSITION TONIGHT, YOU NEED TO BE SAVED. AND YOU CAN TONIGHT BY
OPENING YOUR HEART TO CHRIST. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WE SAW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE--
OVER 3,000 LAST NIGHT DO. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GET UP
OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME AND STAND IN FRONT OF
THE PLATFORM AND SAY TONIGHT, "I WANT TO OPEN MY
HEART TO CHRIST. "I WANT TO HAVE THIS ENCOUNTER
WITH CHRIST IN MY LIFE." YOU MAY GO TO CHURCH
OR YOU MAY NOT. YOU MAY BE A BELIEVER WITH
YOUR MIND BUT SOMEHOW YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN THAT
CHRIST HAS CONTROL OF YOU, IS IN HEART. IF YOU COME FROM THAT
TOP STAND UP THERE, IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT TWO
MINUTES EXTRA FOR YOU SO START NOW. HUNDREDS OF YOU, THOUSANDS
OF YOU THAT NEED TO COME, YOUNG AND OLD. IF YOU'RE UNDER
NINETY-NINE YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE A PERSON
THAT NEEDS CHRIST. AND YOU MAY NOT BE SURE.
YOU MAY EVEN BE A CLERGYMAN. WE'VE HAD CLERGYMEN
IN ALMOST EVERY CRUSADE THAT COME FORWARD, AND SAY, "I'VE BEEN PREACHING
FOR YEARS BUT I'M NOT SURE "THAT CHRIST REALLY HAS ME. "I'M NOT CERTAIN OF
MY RELATIONSHIP TO GOD "AND I WANT TO BE SURE." YOU GET UP AND COME. AND AFTER YOU'VE COME I'M
GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU, HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU, THEN YOU CAN GO BACK
AND JOIN YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU'RE WITH RELATIVES OR
FRIENDS, THEY'LL WAIT ON YOU. IF YOU'VE COME WITH A
GROUP, THEY'LL WAIT. IT WILL ONLY TAKE
A FEW MOMENTS AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
EVENING TO COME. YOU GET UP AND COME. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON YOU. WHY DO I ASK YOU TO COME? JESUS DIED PUBLICLY ON
THE CROSS FOR YOU, PUBLICLY. HE SAID IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING
TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME BEFORE YOUR FELLOW MAN, I'LL NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE YOU BEFORE MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
COMING FORWARD AND STANDING PUBLICLY THAT MAKES IT
GENUINE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU GET UP AND COME
FROM ALL AROUND. IT'LL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS
BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A LARGE PLACE, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO WAIT ON YOU. AND EVERYBODY HERE IS GOING
TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU. YOU COME WHILE
THE REST OF US PRAY. ♪ JUST AS I AM
WITHOUT ONE PLEA, ♪ ♪ BUT THAT THY BLOOD
WAS SHED FOR ME. ♪ ♪ AND THAT THOU BIDST ME
COME TO THEE, ♪ ♪ OH LAMB OF GOD
I COME, ♪ ♪ I COME. ♪ ♪ JUST AS I AM
THOUGH TOSSED ABOUT ♪ ♪ WITH MANY A CONFLICT,
MANY A DOUBT ♪ ♪ FIGHTINGS WITHIN
AND FEARS WITHOUT ♪ ♪ OH, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪ ♪ I COME ♪ JUST AS THESE HUNDREDS
ARE COMING FORWARD TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CHRIST
HERE IN CLEVELAND, YOU CAN TOO RIGHT
WHERE YOU ARE. JUST CALL THE NUMBER
ON THE SCREEN. SPECIAL FRIENDS ARE
WAITING TO HELP YOU START LIFE OVER AGAIN
WITH JESUS CHRIST, SO DON'T WAIT, CALL NOW. ♪ MAY ALL I NEED
IN THEE TO FIND ♪ ♪ OH, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪ ♪ I COME ♪ I WANT TO SAY A WORD
TO ALL OF YOU THAT MAY BE WATCHING
BY TELEVISION. WE'RE NOT ON LIVE ANYWHERE
BUT THIS WILL BE SHOWN SOME MONTHS LATER,
PERHAPS SOMEWHERE. AND I WANT TO SAY A WORD
TO YOU AND TELL YOU THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME
HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO IN THIS GREAT STADIUM, TO MAKE THEIR COMMITMENT
TO CHRIST TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN MAKE THAT
COMMITMENT WHERE YOU ARE. JUST SAY YES TO CHRIST. SAY, "LORD, I DO REPENT OF
MY SINS AS BEST I KNOW HOW, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL. "BUT WHAT LITTLE I DO KNOW,
I ACT ON IT. "I COME TO THE FOOT
OF YOUR CROSS AND I SAY, "OH GOD, I'M A SINNER, HELP ME,
SAVE ME. FORGIVE ME." HE WILL. HE'LL CHANGE YOU TOO. YOU CAN MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
RIGHT NOW, WHERE YOU ARE. IN YOUR HOME,
IN A HOTEL ROOM OR WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE
SOMEWHERE. MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. ♪ JUST AS I AM... ♪ THERE'S STILL TIME TO MAKE
THAT DECISION TO FOLLOW CHRIST. JUST CALL THE NUMBER
ON THE SCREEN AND SOMEONE WILL TALK WITH YOU
AND PRAY WITH YOU. IF THE LINES ARE BUSY, WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN
AND CALL BACK LATER. WE'LL BE HERE AS LONG AS
THE CALLS KEEP COMING IN. IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER
WITH MY FATHER, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST, WHY DON'T YOU CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN. THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THERE TO
TALK WITH YOU, PRAY WITH YOU AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. AND REMEMBER,
GOD LOVES YOU! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT
YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST, PLEASE CALL US RIGHT NOW,
TOLL FREE AT 1-877-772-4559. THAT'S 1-877-772-4559. OR YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT: BILLY GRAHAM 1 BILLY GRAHAM PARKWAY DEPARTMENT C CHARLOTTE, NC 28201 OR YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THE WEB
24/7 AT PEACEWITHGOD.TV. WE'LL GET THE SAME HELPS TO YOU
THAT WE GIVE TO EVERYONE WHO RESPONDS AT THE INVITATION. ON BEHALF OF
FRANKLIN GRAHAM AND THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. TOWARD THE BATTLE. INTO THE DARKNESS. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. THIS IS OUR MISSION. SHARING HOPE. (Child whispers)
JESUS. THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION. ALWAYS BRINGING GOOD NEWS. (Billy Graham)
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY,
ONLY ONE HOPE. ♪ HEAR THE SOUND OF
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