WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.899 Today, you and I are going to have another good 00:00:02.899 --> 00:00:08.919 heart -to -heart talk about a most important 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:16.839 person. Do you realize that it does make all 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:20.239 the difference in the world as to what you believe? 00:00:21.859 --> 00:00:31.449 I repeat that statement. difference in the world 00:00:31.449 --> 00:00:36.630 as to what you believe. And you're going to have 00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:41.890 to do something with Jesus Christ. That's one 00:00:41.890 --> 00:00:48.350 person that you cannot be neutral when it comes 00:00:48.350 --> 00:00:57.710 to your views about Jesus Christ. It's what you... 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:04.129 do with him that literally marks the destiny 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:09.629 of your soul. So you and I are having a mighty 00:01:09.629 --> 00:01:15.109 important heart -to -heart talk. We saw something 00:01:15.109 --> 00:01:17.709 the other day, and that is the fact that there 00:01:17.709 --> 00:01:20.989 have been three views in the world about Christ. 00:01:22.349 --> 00:01:26.109 One, that he was wicked. Another, that he was 00:01:26.109 --> 00:01:31.280 good. but mistaken about his claims, and the 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:37.040 other that he was God, God manifest in the flesh, 00:01:37.219 --> 00:01:41.180 the Redeemer who came to save a needy world. 00:01:43.459 --> 00:01:52.640 That is our belief, and I am so strong in my 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:58.489 belief that Jesus Christ is all that he said 00:01:58.489 --> 00:02:03.090 that he was, that I have literally staked everything 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:09.930 on that belief. You see, the life of Christ is 00:02:09.930 --> 00:02:14.710 the answer to all contentions as to himself, 00:02:15.050 --> 00:02:23.310 his life. He flings out the challenge. Who of 00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:29.349 you can convict me of sin? Oh, what a challenge. 00:02:32.250 --> 00:02:36.210 Who in the whole universe has ever been able 00:02:36.210 --> 00:02:40.789 to fling forth that challenge? You can't do it. 00:02:41.550 --> 00:02:46.710 Neither can I. The Apostle Paul could not have 00:02:46.710 --> 00:02:52.050 done it. The greatest saint that ever lived could 00:02:52.050 --> 00:02:59.300 never fling forth that challenge. else could 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:07.300 cry out, who of you can convict me of sin? We 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:11.879 can convict all others of sin. We can find defects 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:19.520 in every life that we know anything about. You 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:24.060 can find defects in sin in the founders of great 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:31.039 religions like Buddha. Mohammed. You may be a 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:35.180 follower of Buddha, but Buddha was never able 00:03:35.180 --> 00:03:37.939 to put forth that challenge and say, who can 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:42.599 convict me of sin? You may be a worshiper of 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:48.479 Mohammed, but my friend, Mohammed was never able 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:54.759 to fling forth that challenge and say, who can 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:01.969 convict me? me of sin. The greatest religious 00:04:01.969 --> 00:04:08.990 leaders in the whole universe were never able 00:04:08.990 --> 00:04:15.569 to put forth that challenge. But Jesus brings 00:04:15.569 --> 00:04:20.050 out the challenge to the whole world. Is there 00:04:20.050 --> 00:04:24.290 one ill -advised word that he ever spoke? Is 00:04:24.290 --> 00:04:27.850 there one selfish deed that he ever did? Who 00:04:27.850 --> 00:04:30.529 of all the world can convict him of sin? There 00:04:30.529 --> 00:04:33.910 he stands against the horizon, the Son of Man. 00:04:34.610 --> 00:04:42.269 Not a son of man, but the Son of Man. For all 00:04:42.269 --> 00:04:49.269 humanity is summed up in him. The Son of Man, 00:04:49.430 --> 00:04:57.000 yet the sinless. Son of man. If you look for 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.620 the highest example of meekness that the world 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:03.660 has ever known, you'll not turn to Moses, who 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:07.579 was called the meekest man. But you turn to Christ, 00:05:07.779 --> 00:05:13.000 meek and lonely in heart. If you look for the 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.139 highest example of patience, you do not turn 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:21.759 to Job, called the most patient man, but to Christ. 00:05:23.629 --> 00:05:28.990 who when he was reviled, reviled not again. If 00:05:28.990 --> 00:05:32.629 you look for the highest example of wisdom, you 00:05:32.629 --> 00:05:36.129 do not turn to Solomon, who was called the wisest 00:05:36.129 --> 00:05:42.209 man, but to Christ, who spake as never man spake. 00:05:43.389 --> 00:05:46.709 For the highest example of zeal, you do not turn 00:05:46.709 --> 00:05:51.410 to Paul, but to Christ, concerning whom it is 00:05:51.410 --> 00:05:56.839 written, the zeal of thine house hath eaten me 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:03.000 up for the highest example of love you do not 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:09.500 turn to john gentle john who was a wonderful 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:14.800 example of love but not the highest example of 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:22.629 love you turn to christ who so loved us that 00:06:22.629 --> 00:06:24.930 he offered himself through the Holy Spirit to 00:06:24.930 --> 00:06:29.550 be given, who so loved us that he left his father's 00:06:29.550 --> 00:06:33.029 house and came down to earth and lived his life 00:06:33.029 --> 00:06:40.589 of unselfishness, climbed his cross and died 00:06:40.589 --> 00:06:45.829 thereon out of pure love for you and for me and 00:06:45.829 --> 00:06:51.759 for all broken, sinning humanity. Yes, beloved, 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:56.319 the life of Christ is the answer to his own divine 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.939 claim. Not even Pilate could find fault in him. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.899 The searchlight of criticism, both from his friends 00:07:04.899 --> 00:07:09.439 and his foes, has been focused on Jesus for over 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.800 1900 years, and yet there he stands, flawless, 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:18.939 spotless, sinless. And you cannot say that about 00:07:18.939 --> 00:07:24.709 anyone else. You can find faults with Moses. 00:07:26.610 --> 00:07:35.990 And with Abraham. With Job. With Isaiah. And 00:07:35.990 --> 00:07:42.329 there was David. You can even take the life of 00:07:42.329 --> 00:07:48.089 Paul, that great saint of God, to whom God entrusted 00:07:48.089 --> 00:07:53.720 so much. And Paul will be the very first one 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.860 to tell you that he was the chiefest of all sinners. 00:07:58.779 --> 00:08:07.519 Oh, to me, that is something. Not one of the 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:13.899 saints ever claimed perfection outside of the 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:23.519 Lord Jesus Christ. Not one. faults in every one 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:29.519 of their lives. Sure. You can put your finger 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:41.019 on men and women down through the centuries and 00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:46.799 without exception you can find fault with their 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:53.960 lives. Oh, sure. But Christ alone stands flawless, 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:59.580 spotless, without sin. And you cannot say that 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:06.899 about any other life. His life speaks for itself. 00:09:07.179 --> 00:09:12.179 I have to believe that he is the very son of 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:15.820 the living God. If for no other reason than just 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:21.799 his life. Look at his teachings. Christ is the 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:27.360 one who is the universal teacher. Oh, sometimes 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.399 you see a picture on the wall, no matter where 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:36.620 you are, and the eyes of that one will look right 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:39.179 at you. You may change your place wherever you 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:41.679 will, and those eyes follow you no matter where 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.440 you go. And so it is with the teachings of Christ. 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:50.850 They find the universal humanity. He's the universal 00:09:50.850 --> 00:09:55.289 teacher. His words are equally adapted to men 00:09:55.289 --> 00:09:59.450 of all races, of all countries, of all centuries, 00:09:59.730 --> 00:10:02.330 to the white man, to the black, to the brown, 00:10:02.429 --> 00:10:06.590 to the red, every man of every color. His teachings 00:10:06.590 --> 00:10:10.970 are for all men. And when you live contrary to 00:10:10.970 --> 00:10:13.169 his teachings, you find that you get yourself 00:10:13.169 --> 00:10:17.240 into trouble. That's what's wrong with the world 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.320 today when you come right down to final analysis. 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:24.059 Man is trying to live contrary to the teachings 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:30.159 of Christ. Man is living contrary to that which 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:34.379 Christ taught. And in so doing, they're finding 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:38.259 themselves in a mess. I don't care who you are. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:47.220 Every man of every color every race throughout 00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:54.899 the universe. When that man lives contrary to 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:57.860 the teachings of Christ, he gets into trouble. 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:04.299 When a nation lives contrary to the teachings 00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:08.399 of Christ, that nation will go down in defeat 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:16.590 sooner or later. Christ is the one universal 00:11:16.590 --> 00:11:21.929 teacher. He's the one we want to hear about. 00:11:23.269 --> 00:11:28.490 Jesus, born in the first century, belongs to 00:11:28.490 --> 00:11:32.309 the 20th century, even as he did to the first. 00:11:35.850 --> 00:11:40.570 He's now the universal teacher of all men. the 00:11:40.570 --> 00:11:42.990 wise and the ignorant, the high and the low, 00:11:43.129 --> 00:11:46.529 are probed alike by his questions and by his 00:11:46.529 --> 00:11:54.909 teachings. Sure. Oh, beloved, Jesus belongs to 00:11:54.909 --> 00:12:01.769 all people. He is the one who walked this old 00:12:01.769 --> 00:12:08.230 earth and the only one who belongs to all people. 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.200 He spoke his first words and his last words, 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:16.120 recorded in the New Testament, over 19 centuries 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.659 ago. And these words are not out of date today. 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:27.120 Was there ever another lullaby sung by a mother 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.519 to her child so haunting, so sweet as those words 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.299 from the lips of Jesus when he said, Come unto 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:39.500 me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. and 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:49.720 I will give you rest. The world needs that rest. 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:56.840 The world needs to come to him today as never 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:02.480 before. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:07.639 for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:12.379 find rest. unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:18.659 my burden is light. If ever the world needed 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:25.340 those words, it needs those words today. There 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:30.120 never was a generation that knew less security 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:35.600 than this generation in this very hour. Jesus 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:42.769 says, Take my yoke upon you. Learn of me. My 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:48.909 yoke is easy. My burden is light. Take these 00:13:48.909 --> 00:13:53.009 invitations from Christ and they are as honey 00:13:53.009 --> 00:13:57.970 out of the rock of God. And he comes closer and 00:13:57.970 --> 00:14:02.649 closer. And then there's that wonderful relationship 00:14:02.649 --> 00:14:08.700 with him. Hear him as he says, oh, render unto 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:11.740 Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:20.899 God the things that are God's. That saying of 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:29.639 Christ holds true this very hour. Christ is the 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:32.980 only person who can answer the big question that 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:37.460 comes to us. How can I make my peace with God, 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:46.940 though I am broken by sin? That man in the midnight 00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:53.059 hour is asking the same question that Nicodemus 00:14:53.059 --> 00:15:00.340 asked of him centuries ago. The same answer holds 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:06.970 good today. i am the way the truth and the life 00:15:06.970 --> 00:15:15.009 no man cometh unto the father but by me how shall 00:15:15.009 --> 00:15:19.789 i treat my fellow -men what are to be the relations 00:15:19.789 --> 00:15:24.509 of my race towards the other races of men and 00:15:24.509 --> 00:15:31.250 jesus said do unto others as you would have others 00:15:31.250 --> 00:15:38.470 do unto you do you want the answer to the world's 00:15:38.470 --> 00:15:43.529 ills do you want the answer to the racial question 00:15:43.529 --> 00:15:50.509 to -day he holds the answer it's just as up to 00:15:50.509 --> 00:15:54.210 date as the hour when he spoke the words and 00:15:54.210 --> 00:16:01.980 he's still speaking do to others as you would 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:07.840 have others do unto you. Jesus answered that 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.360 by giving the parable of the Good Samaritan, 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:18.700 showing that the man of a hated race was neighbor 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:25.399 to the Jew in need. Then who is my neighbor, 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:31.429 we ask. Jesus tells us. Your neighbor is anybody 00:16:31.429 --> 00:16:35.289 on the face of the earth who needs you. Whether 00:16:35.289 --> 00:16:38.350 that person is in Pittsburgh, in Los Angeles, 00:16:38.590 --> 00:16:47.169 in New York City, in Vietnam. Maybe he lives 00:16:47.169 --> 00:16:50.450 in the wilds of Africa and he's the most ignorant 00:16:50.450 --> 00:16:53.950 creature walking the earth today. Very well. 00:16:55.850 --> 00:17:00.580 Wherever. Under the whole heavens, there's a 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:05.900 human being who needs you. He or she is your 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:11.160 neighbor. Wherever that person is who needs me, 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:20.339 wherever they are, that one is my neighbor, and 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:26.519 I must not hesitate to help him. That's what 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.619 Jesus taught. That's exactly what Jesus taught. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:36.059 Jesus stands at the open grave in the presence 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:43.839 of sorrow, bereavement, telling us that death 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:51.079 is not all. Then that moment he cries out, I 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:57.839 am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:02.519 in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.740 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:10.720 never die. Greater words were never spoken. No 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:15.140 other man dared to speak those words. The greatest 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:19.819 religious leaders of all times. Buddha never 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:24.000 dared to speak those words. Mohammed never... 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:29.119 dared to speak those words. The greatest saints 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.359 that ever lived never dared. The greatest religious 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:39.420 philosophers and world leaders never dared to 00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:48.559 speak those words. Because I live, Jesus said, 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:55.500 ye shall live also. In other words, he was saying, 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:59.039 be not afraid of this last and greatest enemy 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:08.099 called death if your trust is in me. You need 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:14.160 have no fear of death. When death stares you 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:19.299 in the face, you can have peace of mind and peace 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:27.269 of soul Fear, if your trust and your confidence 00:19:27.269 --> 00:19:31.529 is in Jesus, the very Son of the living God. 00:19:32.390 --> 00:19:39.029 What else? Not only does the life of Christ attest 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:43.390 his divine claims, and not only does his teaching 00:19:43.390 --> 00:19:49.470 give added strength to our belief, but his death 00:19:49.470 --> 00:19:56.450 on the cross. confirms his divine claims. The 00:19:56.450 --> 00:19:58.789 centurion, standing at the foot of that cross, 00:19:58.970 --> 00:20:01.730 seeing Jesus die and hearing him as he prayed 00:20:01.730 --> 00:20:08.230 for him, turned and gave the greatest testimony 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:10.509 that was ever given in that hour when he said, 00:20:10.710 --> 00:20:19.289 truly, this was the Son of God. Even the very 00:20:19.289 --> 00:20:25.650 death... of Christ was unique. And wherever the 00:20:25.650 --> 00:20:28.470 facts concerning Christ's life and his death 00:20:28.470 --> 00:20:32.029 are told throughout the world, men's hearts and 00:20:32.029 --> 00:20:34.710 consciences are stirred and they begin to ask, 00:20:34.869 --> 00:20:43.329 what must we do to be saved? And why? Jesus tells 00:20:43.329 --> 00:20:47.829 us. And I... If I be lifted up from the earth, 00:20:47.930 --> 00:20:54.410 will draw all men unto me. This, he said, signifying 00:20:54.410 --> 00:21:01.730 by what death he should die. The death of Christ 00:21:01.730 --> 00:21:07.630 was more than an example. It was a sacrificial 00:21:07.630 --> 00:21:17.619 death, making atonement for human sin. Verily 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:22.259 he was the sacrificial lamb of God, which taketh 00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:25.759 away the sin of the world. The scriptures tell 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.880 us that he bore our sins in his own body on the 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:32.500 tree, and that his blood cleanseth us from all 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:36.019 sin. My friend, it does make all the difference 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:41.640 in the world what you believe. If your belief 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:45.880 is contrary to what Jesus taught, is contrary 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:50.460 to the Word of God, then you believe in error. 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.720 There is no other way into the presence of God. 00:21:57.700 --> 00:22:01.980 There can be no eternal life outside of Jesus 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:06.579 Christ, the Son of the living God. You may be 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:10.259 sincere in what you believe and yet be sincerely 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:15.509 wrong. For is what you do with Jesus Christ, 00:22:15.809 --> 00:22:18.670 the very Son of the Living God, that literally 00:22:18.670 --> 00:22:21.470 marks the destiny of your never -dying soul? 00:22:23.150 --> 00:22:33.589 Mm -hmm. Remember the one who wrote, I saw one 00:22:33.589 --> 00:22:41.279 hanging on the tree in agony and blood. who fixed 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:46.400 his languid eyes on me as near the cross I stood. 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:55.019 Sure, never till my latest breath can I forget 00:22:55.019 --> 00:23:00.940 that look. It seemed to charge me with his death, 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:07.319 though not a word he spoke. My conscience felt 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:12.200 and owned the guilt. It plunged me in despair. 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:18.759 I knew my sins his blood had spilt and helped 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:24.240 to nail him there. A second look he gave, which 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:33.319 said, I freely all forgive. This blood is for 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:45.440 thy ransom paid. thou mayest live. This, my friend, 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:52.579 is the way home. This is the way to eternal life. 00:23:55.779 --> 00:24:07.480 Jesus died like a God. He was God. He died the 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:12.019 day just for the unjust, that He might bring 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:24.079 us to God. Choose Him this day as your Savior. 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.339 God bless you.