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The sermon argues that Jesus Christ is the unique and ultimate answer to life's deepest questions and needs, presenting historical, scriptural, spiritual, and personal reasons for believing in Him as the Son of God.
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Welcome To Love Worth Finding with
Pastor teacher and author Adrien Rogers
reaching out with God's love bringing
people to Christ touching lives around
the world and helping you find the
answers you need today join us as we
prepare to open God's word and discover
how your life can be changed Forever by
his great Love Worth Finding would you
take God's holy word
and find with me The Gospel according to
will and we'll find verse 66 in just a
moment some time
ago I had one of the most challenging
experiences of my
life I was in
Moscow uh the capital of the former
Soviet Union and I had the opportunity
to preach
and I preached in a marvelously beautiful
beautiful
Hall it was called the Red Army theater
it was a theater for the Performing
Arts was a place where they held operas
and cultural events a magnificent
structure with a big
stage first of all I had to thank God
for the privilege to be there and
frankly spiritually I was trusting the
Lord but in the flesh I was intim idated
to be
there because there in that red Army
theater there were those massive portraits
portraits of
of linen
linen
Stalin there's the Velvet box up there
where they would sit to listen to the
performances in that
Auditorium were
soldiers army officers and their
wives the soldiers were all dressed in
their military
uniforms and they were sitting out there
rank upon rank upon
Rank and God had given me the privilege
to preach to
them first of all I said Lord how did
this happen how did I get
here and I won't take time to tell you
about the circumstances that place me
there but I realized it was a great challenge
challenge
because these
soldiers these army officers had been
taught from their youth there is no
God they were raised in an atheistic
Society not only that they were raised
to hate
Americans and I wondered how much of
that still might remain in that
Auditorium and this place was built to glorify
glorify
communism and totalitarianism to the
degree that they named it the red Army
Army
Theater now what would you preach if you
had an opportunity to preach to a group
like that I mean what what would be the subject
subject
matter what would you
say I knew it was a once- in a-lifetime
Opportunity never again would I have an
opportunity like
that I knew it would be the first time
and perhaps the only time some of them
would ever hear a message from
lord what would you have
me to say to these
people God the holy spirit said Adrien
tell them about
Jesus tell
them why you believe in Jesus
Christ and that's what I talked to them
about and here's the text that I took
John 6:
66 from that time many of his disciples went
went
back and walked no more with
him then said Jesus unto the
twel will ye also go
away then Simon Peter answered him Lord
to whom shall we go thou Hast the words
of eternal life and we believe
and are
sure that thou art the
Christ the
son of the Living God Peter said we
believe and we are
sure that thou art the
Christ the son of the Living
God that I said to those men and their wives
wives
assembled I want to tell you why I
believe in Jesus Christ
and I want to tell you along with Simon
Peter why I am
sure that he is the
Christ the son of the Living God and I
gave them four reasons that are found in this
this
chapter and they're the same reasons I
want to give to you many of you who are
already sure that Jesus is the Christ
the son of the Living God but to
reinforce your
faith and to help you to share with
others because we live in a shrinking
world and many have never heard the
gospel that we've heard and many do not
take for granted the things today that
we take for granted Jesus had just fed the
the
5,000 and there were
Miracles that he performed that caused
people to follow after him especially
when he fed 5,000 with a few Fish and
Loaves but then as the multitudes were following
following
Jesus Jesus turned to them and began
with a challenging message to talk about
eating his flesh and drinking his blood
that is to partake of him the message
was so
Stark the message was so different it
was so
radical that people began to leave they
were Miracle mongers they they like the
Loaves and the fish but they did not
like the deeper message that was behind
that miracle and they began to leave
him and then Jesus turned to his
disciples and he said are you you're
going to go away
also and Peter asked a very penetrating
question and it's the question I'm going
to ask you if not Jesus then
what if not Jesus then
who Simon Peter said
Lord to whom shall we
go I mean if if not
Jesus Friend if Jesus isn't the
where are you going to
atheism are you going to be believe that
in the
beginning the heavens and the earth created
created
themselves and then created
man I said to these former atheists
atheism does not make
sense it's not a sign of intelligence I
reminded them of what I remind you too
that the intelligencia of the ages have
believed in God Socrates bacon Galo
Newton pasture Einstein wner Von braa
God can you turn to
atheism then I asked them a
question are you going to turn to
philosophy A system that tells us what
we already know and words we can't
understand a former pastor of this
church Dr RG Lee said philosophy is a a
chunk of cloud Bank buttered with the night
night
wind study the great philosophers and
see if philosophy satisfied their heart
scopow one of the greatest said life is a
a
curse of endless craving and endless unhappiness
unhappiness
alist Huxley said concerning us he said
it seems like we're a cancer on the
globe HG
Wells tried
philosophy and HG Wells said this unless
there is a more abundant scheme before
mankind this scheme of space and time is
braying across the Mysteries I ask those
men are you going to turn to
philosophy then I ask this question are
you going to turn to
materialism is that the answer if not
atheism and philosophy is it is it
materialism is that where you're going
to go do you think that things can satisfy
satisfy
you I went into the mayor's office in
Moscow I went up those that red carpet
walked across those marble floors went
into that big conference room sat down
there with the leadership of the heart
of Moscow looked across the table from
those men and I said sir I want to tell you
you
something the Soviet Empire has
dissolved as such communism has come
crumbling down but I said if you follow
the West with economic ideas and that's
all and you say capitalism is the answer
rather than
communism I said both capitalism and
communism are both two forms of
materialism and they will never satisfy
the deepest longing of your
hearts God Made You for God he made you
for himself and even if you have
material things you will still find your
hearts and lives empty they nodded the
head and by the way we gave them some
good books some Bibles some books by CS
Lewis some books on the home by James
Dobson and some other things to help
these men to begin to build their lives
on the Lord Jesus
Christ will you
turn to materialism is that the
turn to false
religions you know man is incurably
religious and if he goes away from Jesus
Christ he's going to go to some other
false religion but remember what je what
what what Peter said to Jesus to whom
shall we go you
alone have the words of eternal
life if you go to confucious grave it'll be
be
occupied if you go to Buddha's grave
it'll be occupied if you go to
Muhammad's grave it will be
occupied if you go to Jesus grave it's
empty it's empty Jesus came came out of
that grave you can take Buddha out of
Buddhism and still have Buddhism you can
take confucious out of Confucianism and
still have Confucianism you can take
Muhammad out of Islam and still
basically nothing has changed but you
can't take Jesus out of
Christianity and have
Christianity Christianity is not just a
Creed or a code or a cause or church it
is Christ it is a vital relationship
with Jesus Christ and and and and Simon
Peter asked this question well uh where
should we go
go we go to atheism we go to philosophy
we go to materialism we go to false
religions where shall we go you
alone have the answer now let me tell
you something about Jesus
Christ people listen to me those of you
who are listening on television listen
to me Jesus Christ
Alone only Jesus has the answer to the
things that really matter only Jesus
Jesus can meet the deepest hunger of the
human heart only Jesus is the answer to
man's sin only Jesus gives meaning to
life and death only Jesus can take the
sting out of sin the Gloom out of the
Grave the pain out of parting and give
hope that is steadfast and sure to whom
shall we go he alone has the answers of
life and death but that brings a
question how do we know
that Jesus is who we say he is
is
why why do we believe in Jesus why have
I given my life to
him why would I be willing to die for
him if necessary why four
reasons four reasons that we can know
and be sure that we believe and are sure
that thou art the Christ the son of the
Living God the first reason that I
shared with these and I shared with
you is the historical reason Jesus
f fact of history now I don't care
whether you're a Believer or whether
you're not a Believer whether you're a
Christian or someone
else you must admit you have to admit
the man named Jesus was here upon this
Earth all of the SEC secular
historians that have any Merit at all
admit the fact of Jesus Christ
regardless of what they believe about
him HG wells in his outline of
History listed the 10 greatest men of
history and number one on the list was Jesus
Jesus
Christ he's a
historian sir G uh JG Fraser
a historian you certainly wouldn't call
him an Evangelical Christian a born-
again Christian said this and listen to
it my theory assumes the historical
reality of Jesus of Nazareth as the
great religious and moral teacher who
founded Christianity and was crucified
at Jerusalem under the governorship of
Pontius Pilate the testimony of the
gospels confirmed by the Hostile
evidence of tacitus and younger plenty
appears amply sufficient to establish
these facts to the the satisfaction of
unprejudiced inquirers what's he
saying he's saying if you're a historian
you have to admit you have to admit that
the man Jesus regardless of what else
you think about him that he was
here his birth and life splits
history every time you uh put your date
on a check or on a letter you're giving
testimony to the fact that a man named
Jesus of Nazareth was here regardless of
what you think about him he is a fact of
history there's no way to explain the
Christian Church the fact that we're
here apart from the fact that Jesus
Christ was here and what did the early
Church begin to
preach not only that the man was here
but that man walked out of the Grave
that was the central fact of the
preaching of the early church how do you
explain that how do you explain not our
backy that grew out of The Life and
eyewitnesses they believed in his
resurrection someone says well they were
hallucinating well he appeared to more
hallucination somebody says well uh uh
he was a ghost no he ate with him they
felt him they touched him somebody says
well they were just made up a story it
they said they touched him they said
they ate with him
oh these men who died for their
faith do you think they would die for a
lie willingly knowingly a man may live
for a
lie but few may die for a
lie these early Christians paid with
their Li
for their faith how do you explain the
historical fact of Jesus Christ and the church
church
apart from the reality of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ I believe
in him for historical reasons it has
well been said there is more proof that
Jesus Christ rose from the dead than
that Julius Caesar lived he has shown to
be the Son of God with power by the
resurrection from the dead and the Bible
says he showed himself alive with many
infallible proofs here's the second
reason I believe in Jesus
Christ and and uh by the way if you let
me give you some scripture uh look if
you will in chapter 6: 38 this deals
with the historical fact for I came down
from heaven he was here that's the
historical fact now let me give you the
second reason I believe in him not only
for historical
reasons but I believe in him for
scriptural reasons look if you will now
in chapter 6:44
this Jesus who came down from heaven
said no man can come to me except the
Father which hath sent me draw him and I
will raise him up at the last day it is
written in the prophets and they shall
all be taught of God I told those men
and I tell you today that I believe in
Jesus Christ because I believe the Bible
the word of God well you say Pastor that
just that just moves the question back a
little bit because to say that you
believe in Jesus Christ because you
believe the Bible causes us to ask how
do we know the Bible is true that's a
good question and I talked to those men
and I said I want to tell you and to
those ladies and to those Russian
soldiers and army officers I want to
tell you why I believe the Bible is the
word of God and I took time to explain
to them how I know that the Bible is the
word of God and I gave them the great
five proofs of the inspiration of Holy
Scripture and what are they number one fulfilled
fulfilled
prophecy number two the wonderful Unity
of the Bible written over 1500 years by
at least 40 different authors in three different
different
languages on all kinds of subjects 66
books that make one book The Wonderful
Unity of the Bible I talked to them
about the longevity of the Bible how the
Bible has lasted through the centuries
and how how men have made laws against
it and how even there in in in uh Soviet
Russia it was a crime to bring Bibles in
to Soviet Russia and I reminded them
every one of them there that I had a
Bible for them to give them when they
left and they broke out in
Applause to give to them the word of God
how do you explain the longevity the
everliving quality of the Bible I talked
to them about the accuracy of the Bible
and the scientific and the historical
accuracy of the Bible then I talked to
them about the power of the Bible Jesus
said the words that I speak unto you
they are spirit and they are life he
said that in the sixth
chapter and I told them how the reading
of God's word had transformed my life
and I told them that we know the Bible
is the word of God and I told them as I
tell you the central theme of the Bible
is Jesus Christ now if you read the
Bible and you don't find Jesus Christ go
back and reread the Bible he is the hero
of the Bible the Bible is his story it
is the story of Jesus Christ put this
verse in your margin acts
10:43 to him that is to Jesus give all
the prophets witness that through his
name whosoever believeth in him uh shall
have remission of sins and so Jesus said
here in John 6: 45 it is written in the
prophets and they shall be taught of God
Jesus called upon the scriptures to
testify of him and how do the scriptures
tell us of Jesus what
Jesus do these inspired words tell us
about well they tell us about the Virgin
born son of God his life began with a miraculous
miraculous
birth then he lived a miraculous life I
told them as I'm going to tell you how
Jesus Christ is absolutely unique
as he's presented in the Bible that's
one thing to believe that Jesus was here
but what kind of Jesus does the bible
describe it describes a sinless man a
man who never modified or withdrew any
statement that he ever made a man who
never apologized for anything he did
though he were often understood
misunderstood a man who never asked
advice for from anybody even though he
walked among the Pharisees and the
scribes and the doctor of the law a man
who never troubled to justify his
actions when many people misunderstood
what he did like when he delayed to come
uh to
Lazarus sick bed he never tried to
justify or say I'm sorry I hope you'll
understand he never confessed sin one
time never asked forgiveness about
anything what an incredible life he
Bible what strong points did Jesus have
have
none because he didn't have any weak
points every life every part of his life
was completely totally balanced in perfect
perfect
cemetry the Bible presents his Miracle
birth the Bible presents his Miracle
life the Bible tells about his sacrificial
sacrificial
death let me tell you what was unique
about the death of Jesus Christ not that
he died other Martyrs have died he was
the only one who chose to die you say
well other people choose to die oh no
even a suicide doesn't choose to die he
just chooses to die
early a new statistic out on death one
out of one people
die everybody's going to die except
Jesus there was no sin in
him there was no Reon reason for him to
die Jesus said no man takes my life from
me I lay it down of
myself he was the only man who chose to
Die the Bible presents him as the one
who came out of that grave he is the
only one who has been raised from the
dead you say now wait a minute Pastor
other people came back to life what
about Lazarus Lazarus was resuscitated
to die again Jesus was resurrected and
he lives in a glorified body and has
become the first fruits of all of those
of us who sleep and Jesus said he will
raise us up at the last day what I'm
trying to say is I believe in Jesus
Christ because he is an historical fact
there is no way that you can explain the
Church of Jesus Christ apart from the
history of Jesus who lived died and rose
again and I believe in him because of
the Bible the Bible a miracle book that
has stood the test of the ages presents
Jesus Christ as absolutely and totally
unique let me give you the third reason
that I believe in Jesus Christ and I
believe in Jesus Christ for Spiritual
reasons look if you will now in verse 63
of this same
chapter Jesus presenting himself to
those multitudes said it is the
spirit that quickeneth the flesh
profiteth nothing you will never with
your human
mind comprehend who Jesus Christ is it
is the spirit of God the holy spirit
that quickens that helps you to
understand that gives life Jesus said of
the Holy Spirit he will testify of me
just put your bookmark there and turn if
you will uh to another book that John
wrote turn to First John chapter 5 if you
you
would let me show you how the holy
spirit of God will convict you and
convince you as to who Jesus Christ is
if you want to know look if you will in
in 1 John uh five and verse
6 this is he that came by water and
blood even Jesus Christ not by water
only but by water and blood he's talking
about the water and the blood that came
out of Jesus side when he was crucified
now notice in verse uh six and it is the
spirit that beareth witness because the
spirit is truth there are three that
bear record in heaven the Father the
word and the Holy Ghost ghost and these
three are one and they three that bear
witness in Earth the spirit the water
and the blood and these three agree in one
one
now Pastor
Rogers do you expect me to believe in
Jesus Christ just because you say that
he was a historical fact even if I
believe that I'm not going to trust him
or do you believe that I'm going to
believe in Jesus Christ just because
your book says that he lived and you
have evidence for the inspiration ation
of the Bible that's not enough for me I
will agree you need something else you
need the holy spirit of God to say Amen
to these other facts you need the holy
spirit of God to take you and convict
you and convince you I've told you
before anything I can talk you into
somebody else can talk you out of but
now notice in verse 9 if we receive the
witness of men the witness of God is greater
greater
for this is the witness of God which he
has testified of his son God the holy
spirit will testify in your
hearts I mean we receive the witness of
men somebody tells us something is true
and we believe it I ate in a restaurant
I had to trust the
cook you read a map you trust the map
maker I mean you're trusting the
engineer that built this building that's
a pretty big SP across there it may come
down in 3 seconds I hope you're ready to
go what am I saying I'm saying we trust
people every day if we receive the
witness of
men the witness of God is greater and
the word if there may be translated
since since we receive the witness of
men the witness of God is greater God
the Holy Spirit I told these and I will
tell you if you want to know who Jesus
Christ is ask the the Holy
Spirit God doesn't just say that you
must believe and if you can't believe
that's your hard luck God says if you
want to believe I will help you to
understand and to know that these things
are true and don't anybody in this
believe you may refuse to believe but I
will tell you this that if you want to
believe in Jesus Christ if you seek
truth God the Holy Spirit will speak to
you and confirm to you that Jesus is the
Christ the son of the Living God he
witnesses to you and then he Witnesses
in you look if you will in verse 10 he
that believeth on the Son of God hath
the witness in himself verse n speaks of
his witness to us verse 10 speaks of his
witness on the
inside you see why do I believe in Jesus
Christ well first of all the holy spirit
said to me he is the Son of God and once
I received him into my heart now I have
the witness in myself and you could
argue with me all day long and never
convince me against Jesus Christ you
could bring sophisticated arguments to
me but I have the witness on the inside
and a Christian with the witness in his
heart is never at the mercy of a man
with an argument in his mouth learn that
my friend the Bible says taste and see
that the Lord is good and I gave my
testimony to these in the Red Army
theater and I'll give my testimony to
you I have tasted and I I know and if
you were to tell me that apple pie is
not good or there is no apple pie when
I've just eaten a piece of apple pie you
can argue all you want but I've got the
evidence on the inside amen taste and
see that the Lord is good he that
believeth hath the witness in
himself why do we believe in Jesus
Christ the historical Reasons I'm that
bread that came down from
heaven the scriptural reasons the
prophets testify of me he said the spiritual
spiritual
reasons the words I speak unto you there
spirit in their life the flesh profiteth
nothing it is the spirit that quickeneth
then I gave them the last of these
reasons that I want to give you why I
believe in Jesus Christ I believe in him
for personal reasons notice what Peter
said here again go back to our text if
you will John chapter 6 and look for
just one more moment look if you will in
verse 68 then Simon Peter answered
himl to whom shall we go thou Hast the
words of eternal life and we believe and
are sure that thou art the Christ the
son of the Living God what was Peter
saying Peter was saying I know it
personally I know it personally I have
proven it not only does history tell me
that he's the son of God not only does
the bible tell me he's the son of God
God not only does the Holy Spirit tell
me the son of that he's the son of God
but I know through personal experience
for personal reasons I can testify I'm
sure I prayed with a young man to
receive Christ he was searching I'll
never forget his
question he looked at me he said pastor
tell me is he real to
you and I said yes he's real
yes he is
real he is real to me I
know I am sure that he's the Christ the
son of the Living God I want to tell you
something else the best people I know
know him amen the best people I know
love him I mean I've met a lot of folks
I met some charlatans I met some
Hypocrites I've met some Impostors and
Jesus in this sixth chapter of John
talked about Judas who was a false
Apostle but I'm going to tell you one thing
thing
folks you live a few
years travel
around meet God's wonderful wonderful
family see how he changes
lives see what he means to
you be able to sing it say it and mean it
it
Victory in
Jesus and he does give the Victory and I
said to those men what I want to say to
you this is why I believe in
Jesus and I want to ask you to believe in
in
him bow your heads and pray and they
did then I said if you prayed that
prayer and ask Christ into your heart
would you lift up your
hand and it looked to me like more than
half of those soldiers there lifted up
their hand they pray to receive Christ
as their personal Lord and
Savior and I wonder oh precious friend
today do you know
him he alone is the answer to your
heart's needen there's nowhere else to
go where else will you go if you going
go to Jesus no one else has the answer
to your sin no one else can feel the
longing of your heart
nobody else can give you peace that
passeth understanding nobody else has
the words of eternal life no one else
walked out of that grave but Jesus
did and I want you to know and be sure
that he's the son of God would you bow
your heads in
prayer and I'd like for you to pray and
ask him into your heart
today I'd like for you to trust him and
be saved today would you pray a prayer
like this just bow your head and pray it
out of your heart dear God I need you I
want you I need to be
saved Jesus I believe you're the Son of
God I believe you paid my sin debt with
your blood I believe that God raised you
from the dead and now I Repent of my sin
I open My Heart by faith like a child by
faith like a little child I receive you
as my Lord and Savior come into my heart
forgive my
sin Save Me Lord Jesus would you pray
that prayer come into my heart forgive
my sin Save Me Lord Jesus then would you
pray this prayer Lord
Jesus give me the power and help me to
obey and to make it public What I've
Done help me not to be ashamed of you in
amen we pray God has blessed you as
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