WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.740 I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but 00:00:04.740 --> 00:00:08.720 for them which thou hast given me, for they are 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:14.560 thine, and all mine are thine, and thine are 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:22.059 mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am 00:00:22.059 --> 00:00:24.640 no more in the world, but these are in the world, 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.899 and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep... to thine 00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:34.479 own name those whom thou hast given me, that 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:41.520 they may be one as we are. While I was with them 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.420 in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those 00:00:46.420 --> 00:00:49.799 that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:53.240 them is lost but the son of perdition, that the 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.119 scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:00.679 to thee. And these things I speak in the world, 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:04.620 that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.560 I have given them thy word, and the world hath 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.920 hated them, because they are not of the world, 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:21.579 even as I am not of the world. I pray not that 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:24.459 thou shouldest take them out of the world, but 00:01:24.459 --> 00:01:27.299 that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 00:01:28.489 --> 00:01:32.549 They are not of the world, even as I am not of 00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:38.010 the world. Sanctify them through thy truth. Thy 00:01:38.010 --> 00:01:45.129 word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the 00:01:45.129 --> 00:01:49.450 world, even so have I also sent them into the 00:01:49.450 --> 00:01:53.510 world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 00:01:53.989 --> 00:01:58.340 that they also might be sanctified. through the 00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:06.340 truth. Thus is a part of the prayer that Jesus 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:12.159 prayed to the Father, expressing the desire of 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:19.780 his own heart for you and for me, for those who 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:25.719 have accepted him as their Savior. You will remember 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.860 one of our heart -to -heart talks. I showed you 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:33.780 from the word of God that in expressing his desire 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:39.460 for his own, he expressed three desires. First, 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:48.280 keep them in thy name. And then, that they may 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:56.219 be one even as we are. And then third, keep them 00:02:56.219 --> 00:03:03.710 from... The evil. First of all, before I go a 00:03:03.710 --> 00:03:07.530 little deeper into the scripture, I want you 00:03:07.530 --> 00:03:12.129 to see something in regard to those of us who 00:03:12.129 --> 00:03:16.789 are born again. And when I say those of us, I 00:03:16.789 --> 00:03:22.490 mean men and women everywhere. To the generations. 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:28.250 Those who have become... a part of the body of 00:03:28.250 --> 00:03:35.169 Christ, born into this invisible body that we 00:03:35.169 --> 00:03:41.889 call the church. The hour has now come that Jesus 00:03:41.889 --> 00:03:46.289 must take a new position, the position of great 00:03:46.289 --> 00:03:52.509 high priest. He is leaving. As he expressed himself 00:03:52.509 --> 00:03:55.280 to the Father, The work that thou hast given 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.939 me, I have accomplished. I've carried out salvation's 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:03.780 plan. In just a few hours, I will have dismissed 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:10.020 my own spirit. And then, after the glorious resurrection, 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:19.899 I will ascend again into heaven. I will no longer 00:04:19.899 --> 00:04:26.389 be walking this earth. in person. I will be standing 00:04:26.389 --> 00:04:31.509 in the Holy Spirit. And the only ones who will 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:36.470 represent me in the flesh will be these that 00:04:36.470 --> 00:04:42.269 thou hast given unto me. Do you realize the responsibility 00:04:42.269 --> 00:04:49.050 that is that of every Christian? Do you know 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:51.220 Do you know what a Christian really is? Do you 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.319 know what it really means to be a Christian? 00:04:57.579 --> 00:05:02.139 Do you know what it really and truly means to 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:13.439 say, I am one of them? I belong to him. I know 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:17.980 we like to think of our inheritance. An heir 00:05:17.980 --> 00:05:22.279 of God and a joint heir with Christ Jesus. But 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:27.339 remember something. Before the crown, there is 00:05:27.339 --> 00:05:36.500 a cross. Know that. For me to live this very 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:45.420 hour. The next hour. Until that last day without 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:51.199 a tomorrow. For me to walk down the street. For 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:57.560 me to be a part of that family life. For me to 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:06.420 stand on that stage. For me to live is Christ. 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:15.829 I am the only Jesus that thousands... actually 00:06:15.829 --> 00:06:23.829 see with the visible eye. Sometimes that responsibility 00:06:23.829 --> 00:06:28.689 is so overwhelming that I feel it so keenly. 00:06:29.870 --> 00:06:35.370 No one knows how seriously I take this whole 00:06:35.370 --> 00:06:39.350 responsibility. Because we're still in the flesh, 00:06:39.410 --> 00:06:44.610 we're still human. I realize that when I walk 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:49.910 into the store, that little sales lady behind 00:06:49.910 --> 00:06:53.730 the counter, when I open my mouth, will say immediately, 00:06:54.009 --> 00:06:58.290 Oh, you're Catherine Coleman. And standing there, 00:06:58.430 --> 00:07:05.649 I'm the only Jesus that she sees with her natural 00:07:05.649 --> 00:07:11.819 eye. I walk down the street. A man suddenly recognizes 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:16.579 me. He has seen me on television. He dips his 00:07:16.579 --> 00:07:19.560 hat and he says, I've never seen you in person, 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:24.199 but you're Catherine Kuhlman. I realize immediately 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:29.459 my terrific responsibility. I may be the only 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:37.680 Jesus that that man is seeing. I represent Jesus. 00:07:40.490 --> 00:07:43.310 That young person. And I realize my tremendous 00:07:43.310 --> 00:07:47.550 responsibility among the youth. Those young people 00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:52.490 are seeking reality. They sense sincerity. They've 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:56.129 been looking for it all of their lives. They're 00:07:56.129 --> 00:08:00.029 seeking it. What these young people today are 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:08.110 really seeking is sincerity. The truth. I really 00:08:08.110 --> 00:08:11.269 believe that the majority of them are honest 00:08:11.269 --> 00:08:15.430 within themselves. They're seeking something. 00:08:16.189 --> 00:08:22.430 They're tired of this falseness. And the world 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:27.509 is such a sham. And most people are so false. 00:08:29.889 --> 00:08:36.529 Most men are so false. The majority of women 00:08:36.529 --> 00:08:41.730 are so false, you know. I hear their chatter. 00:08:44.210 --> 00:08:47.909 When you deal with as many people as I deal with 00:08:47.909 --> 00:08:52.429 in a week, you'll understand the fickleness of 00:08:52.429 --> 00:08:58.850 human nature, the falseness of seemingly sincerity. 00:09:02.269 --> 00:09:10.480 The world is seeking reality. And if you profess 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:15.360 to be a Christian, the unsaved man, the unsaved 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:22.419 woman, has every right to expect something different 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:25.500 from that life of yours. They have a right to. 00:09:27.460 --> 00:09:31.679 When Jesus walked this earth, the disciples could 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:36.279 see him. Literally. They could touch his person. 00:09:37.289 --> 00:09:40.850 They saw his face. They heard his audible words. 00:09:41.929 --> 00:09:45.309 As he spoke to the multitude, as he walked among 00:09:45.309 --> 00:09:48.850 the 5 ,000 that day on the hillside, they could 00:09:48.850 --> 00:09:54.610 see him. They could go home and say, we saw Jesus. 00:09:55.470 --> 00:09:59.509 I touched his garment. He walked past me. He 00:09:59.509 --> 00:10:02.809 laid his hand upon my head. He talked with me. 00:10:03.169 --> 00:10:10.629 He prayed with me. But one day Jesus said, I 00:10:10.629 --> 00:10:13.850 can no longer stay with you. It is expedient 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:17.009 for you that I go away. I must take a new position. 00:10:17.549 --> 00:10:24.769 And he left. And when he went away, he left that 00:10:24.769 --> 00:10:31.110 responsibility to you and to me. He left a responsibility 00:10:31.110 --> 00:10:37.379 to every man and every woman. who has accepted 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:41.039 him in the forgiveness of their sins. It means 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.659 something to be a Christian. If you are one who 00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:52.159 stands in that pulpit, my brother in the Lord, 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:59.059 your responsibility is great. You represent him. 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:08.399 You do not represent a religion. You do not represent 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:16.120 some great organization. You represent the Son 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:26.539 of God. You represent Christ. You represent God 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:32.840 Almighty just as much as Jesus represented the 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:37.159 Father when he was here on earth. And in representing 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:45.779 him, be careful that you glorify him. Do you 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:50.000 really understand what I'm trying to say? That 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.980 man, that woman who sits in that pew, being a 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:57.039 Christian is something more than sitting in that 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.639 pew for 30 minutes, 45 minutes, an hour once 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:07.120 a week. It means something more than that. It 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:10.340 means that when you walk out of that sanctuary, 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:15.220 when you walk out of that cathedral, when you 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:19.919 walk out of that church for the Catholic or Protestant, 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:27.879 Jew or Gentile, black or white, when you walk 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:31.399 out of that place of worship, you're going out 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:36.720 into the world. A world that you are not a part 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:41.279 of. You're in the world. You still walk the same 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:44.799 streets that the unregenerated man walks. You 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:48.679 still go into the same stores. You still buy 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.399 your groceries from the same place that the unregenerated 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:55.620 man buys. You are in the world because you steal 00:12:55.620 --> 00:13:01.409 the flesh. But you're not of the world. You're 00:13:01.409 --> 00:13:04.009 not a part of it. You do not do the things that 00:13:04.009 --> 00:13:06.629 the unregenerated man, the unregenerated woman 00:13:06.629 --> 00:13:09.190 does. You see, we've gotten to the place where 00:13:09.190 --> 00:13:11.750 we think everybody else is doing it. It's the 00:13:11.750 --> 00:13:16.529 thing to do. Everybody's doing it. So what? It's 00:13:16.529 --> 00:13:22.429 a spirit of the age. It's old -fashioned to do 00:13:22.429 --> 00:13:32.730 differently. My friend. Jesus never has changed 00:13:32.730 --> 00:13:39.190 his laws, his code of ethics, nor his standards 00:13:39.190 --> 00:13:45.129 for any one generation, not even for the day 00:13:45.129 --> 00:13:51.950 in which you and I live. What he is saying here, 00:13:52.009 --> 00:13:57.649 I'm going away. I leave the whole responsibility 00:13:57.649 --> 00:14:04.480 now. To those who will accept me, the teaching 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.379 of the word, the truth. And remember, his word 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:13.500 is truth. And the whole thing is based on faith 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:19.759 and trust and confidence. He might have said, 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:25.919 if they fail, I have failed. The whole thing 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:30.080 crumbles. It all comes down. Do you realize what 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:34.059 confidence Jesus had in you and in me? Do you 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:39.960 realize? I stopped talking about my faith in 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.299 him. I haven't preached a sermon on faith for 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:47.659 so long. I'm beginning now to get a glimpse of 00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:52.100 the faith that he must have in you and he must 00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:54.360 have in me. I'm not worried about my faith in 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.639 him. That'll take care of itself. When I need 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:01.840 faith, I have the confidence that he'll give 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.820 me that faith for that need. When I come to the 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:08.080 edge of my Red Sea, I'm not going to have to 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.820 worry about my faith in crossing that Red Sea. 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.620 When my iron has to swim, I'm no longer worried 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:20.340 about my faith. When I need that faith to make 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:23.799 that iron to swim, he'll provide it. It'll be 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.799 there. He'll give it to me. because he's the 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.820 author and the finisher of my faith. What I'm 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:29.679 thinking about more than I've ever thought about 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:33.659 in my whole Christian life is his confidence 00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:41.240 in me. His faith in me. I don't dare fail. I 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.539 get tired. I get weary. I'm human. And many a 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:53.049 time I feel like I've carried it so long. I've 00:15:53.049 --> 00:15:57.909 carried it so long, this responsibility. And 00:15:57.909 --> 00:16:03.330 yet suddenly, I realize he has confidence in 00:16:03.330 --> 00:16:08.809 me. I don't dare let him down. I just don't dare 00:16:08.809 --> 00:16:15.049 let him down. I don't. He's depending on me. 00:16:15.830 --> 00:16:20.210 He's got confidence in me. You know, it's the 00:16:20.210 --> 00:16:22.690 most beautiful thing in the world to know that 00:16:22.690 --> 00:16:27.090 somebody has complete confidence in you. Have 00:16:27.090 --> 00:16:28.450 you ever had that feeling, do you know what I'm 00:16:28.450 --> 00:16:31.309 talking about? Maybe you live and die and never 00:16:31.309 --> 00:16:32.730 know what I'm talking about when I talk about 00:16:32.730 --> 00:16:36.450 faith and talk about confidence. That confidence 00:16:36.450 --> 00:16:40.549 that your little son has in you. Man, how in 00:16:40.549 --> 00:16:42.870 the world can you live the type of life that 00:16:42.870 --> 00:16:44.769 you're living, the kind of life that you're living, 00:16:44.830 --> 00:16:48.039 if you're a daddy? And you have a young son. 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:52.419 For the life of me, I cannot see how any daddy 00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:56.279 dare goes wrong. How can you do the things that 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.159 you do? How can you be the immoral person that 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:01.580 you are? How can you be the failure that you 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:03.519 are? How can you be the drunkard that you are? 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:09.079 How can you? When at home, you have a little 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:14.289 boy who thinks you're the... greatest human being. 00:17:14.349 --> 00:17:19.250 He thinks his daddy can do anything. He's the 00:17:19.250 --> 00:17:24.609 strongest. He's the biggest. Maybe you don't 00:17:24.609 --> 00:17:28.390 hear him bragging about you and boasting about 00:17:28.390 --> 00:17:32.789 you to the other kids on the playground. Many 00:17:32.789 --> 00:17:38.009 a time he has to cover up for you. He sees things 00:17:38.009 --> 00:17:42.359 he doesn't want to see and he thinks. His eyes 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:48.480 are lying to him. He'll tell wonderful stories 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.680 about his wonderful dad that really aren't true. 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:57.640 He tells them because he wants you to be that 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.160 kind of a person. He'll tell the other kids, 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:07.380 you're stronger and bigger than any other man 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:13.539 in the world. You're dead. Why, he says, my dad 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:19.420 can lick your dad. He can lick any guy. My dad 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:21.819 could just, you know, do this and that and the 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:29.539 other thing. That confidence. When a person has 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:33.779 confidence in you and you know they have confidence 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:39.039 in you, there's something about it you're not 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:41.750 going to let go. them down for anything in the 00:18:41.750 --> 00:18:45.029 world. You'll keep working. You'll keep plugging. 00:18:45.690 --> 00:18:49.589 You'll do what you can't do in the natural because 00:18:49.589 --> 00:18:54.009 you want to live up to everything that they think 00:18:54.009 --> 00:18:57.890 about you and to all the confidence and the faith 00:18:57.890 --> 00:19:01.329 that they have in you. You see, that's the way 00:19:01.329 --> 00:19:09.009 that I feel about Jesus. I'll work like Rob. 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.140 I'll work until my heart takes its last beat. 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:18.779 He has confidence in me. And so before he went 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:24.119 away, he talked to the Father about those of 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.440 us to whom he has given this terrific responsibility. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:33.160 And your responsibility is just as great as mine. 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.480 My responsibility is no greater than yours. Know 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:42.930 that. I've only used myself as an example. As 00:19:42.930 --> 00:19:50.089 a Christian, your responsibility is just as great 00:19:50.089 --> 00:19:59.309 as mine. When you fail another, you're failing 00:19:59.309 --> 00:20:00.789 him.