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The central theme is the assertion of Jesus Christ's divinity, arguing that he is God, and presenting evidence from the Bible to support this claim, ultimately posing the question of what individuals will do with this understanding of Jesus.

AARON ROGERS: I BELIEVE, AND THE BIBLE TEACHES,

THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. NOW, DON'T MISS THAT.

I'M ASKING WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS.

JESUS IS GOD.

NOW, IF JESUS IS NOT GOD,

I WANT TO SAY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS AN IMPOSTER.

IF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD, HE IS AN IMPERSONATOR.

IF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD, HE IS AN IMITATOR.

IF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD, HE IS A PRETENDER,

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FROM THE WORD OF GOD,

BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THAT JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF

CLAIMED TO BE GOD THE SON AND THE SON OF GOD.

- PROFOUND TRUTH, SIMPLY STATED.

THIS IS LOVE WORTH FINDING WITH PASTOR, TEACHER,

AND AUTHOR ADRIAN ROGERS.

[APPLAUSE]

TAKE YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE, AND TURN TO MATTHEW 27,

AND LOOK IN ONE VERSE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, VERSE 22.

THE BACKGROUND IS THIS; JESUS IS ON TRIAL BEFORE PILATE.

HE'S STANDING BEFORE PILATE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS, PILATE WILL STAND BEFORE JESUS.

PILATE HAS JESUS ON HIS HANDS.

SHALL HE ALLOW JESUS TO BE EXONERATED OR EXECUTED?

COMMENDED OR CRUCIFIED?

AND PILATE IS A FENCE-STRADDLING,

POLITICIAN, AND WHATEVER, BUTTERED HIS OWN BREAD

WOULD DETERMINE HIS CONDUCT.

BUT HE ASKED A QUESTION, LOOK AT IT IN VERSE 22,

"PILATE SAITH UNTO THEM, 'WHAT SHALL I DO WITH JESUS,

WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST?'

THEY ALL SAY UNTO HIM, 'LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED.'"

NOW, I ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION,

WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? LET'S DISCUSS HIM.

I BELIEVE, AND THE BIBLE TEACHES,

THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. NOW, DON'T MISS THAT.

I'M ASKING WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?

JESUS IS GOD.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU FOUR LINES OF EVIDENCE

THAT SHOW THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST.

NOW THIS IS NOT INCIDENTAL.

THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE OF OUR FAITH; THE DEITY,

THE GODHOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO GET THE FOUR REASONS THAT

WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD.

NUMBER ONE; ALL OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF

GOD, THE FATHER ARE FOUND IN THE LORD, JESUS.

ALL OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, THE FATHER ARE

FOUND IN THE LORD, JESUS.

NOW, I WAS -- I WAS IN MY FRONT YARD,

AND A COUPLE CAME UP TO ME, OR A MAN CAME UP TO ME, RATHER,

WITH A BRIEFCASE TO TALK WITH ME ABOUT RELIGIOUS THINGS.

AND SO I SAID, "WELL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU."

I SAID, " WHAT GROUP DO YOU REPRESENT?"

HE SAID, "WELL, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE."

I SAID, "WELL, EVERYBODY HAS SOME AFFINITY GROUP.

WHERE DO YOU WORSHIP?

"HE SAID, "WELL, THAT'S -- THAT'S INCIDENTAL.

I JUST WANT TO TALK WITH YOU."

I SAID, "NO, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM."

I ALREADY KNEW, BUT I SAID, "I JUST LIKE TO FIND OUT

WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM."

I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU CALL YOURSELF?"

"WELL," HE SAID, "ALRIGHT, I'M A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS.

DOES THAT BOTHER YOU? "I SAID, "NOT AT ALL, SO AM I."

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]

HE SAID, "YOU ARE?" I SAID, "YES.

AND, BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS JEHOVAH."

HE SAID, "OH, NO." I SAID, "OH, YES."

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

"OH, YES, JESUS IS JEHOVAH, AND I WANNA SHARE

SOME SCRIPTURES."

NOW, WHEN I SAY JEHOVAH, JEHOVAH IS THE NAME FOR

GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT IS USED SOME 7,000 TIMES.

IN YOUR KING JAMES VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURE,

WHICH I'M PREACHING FROM, THAT WORD JEHOVAH

IS TRANSLATED LORD, L-O-R-D.

WHEN PIOUS JEWS WERE TRANSLATING,

NOT TRANSLATING, BUT TRANSCRIBING THE SCRIPTURES,

THEY WOULD NEVER, EVER EVEN PRONOUNCE THAT NAME AUDIBLY.

WHEN THEY CAME TO THAT NAME, THEY WOULD JUST BOW THEIR HEAD,

SHUT THEIR EYES, AND WORSHIP.

WHEN THEY WOULD WRITE THE NAME IN THE SCRIPTURE,

THEY WOULD LAY ASIDE THE OLD PEN AND GET

A BRAND NEW PEN JUST TO WRITE THAT NAME,

JEHOVAH, JEHOVAH.

NOW, IT WAS THE PERSONAL NAME THAT GOD USED

WHEN HE WAS DEALING WITH HIS PEOPLE.

IT SPEAKS OF A COVENANT-KEEPING GOD WHOSE NAME IS JEHOVAH.

WHAT I PROPOSE TO SHOW YOU TODAY, AND I WANT

YOU TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, THAT THE JEHOVAH OF

THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE JESUS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

ARE ONE AND THE SAME.

NOW, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SCRIPTURE.

TAKE YOUR PEN.

YOU WON'T HAVE TIME TO TURN TO THESE,

SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU JOT THEM DOWN, AS I HAVE.

FIRST OF ALL, ISAIAH 40:3.

HERE'S A PROPHECY CONCERNING OUR LORD,

"THE VOICE OF HIM THAT CRIETH IN THE WILDERNESS,

'PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD.'"

NOW THAT IS THE WORD JEHOVAH.

"PREPARE YE THE WAY OF JEHOVAH, AND MAKE STRAIGHT IN THE DESERT

A HIGHWAY FOR OUR GOD." WHO IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

JEHOVAH, OUR GOD.

NOW SEE HOW THIS IS FULFILLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

LOOK IN MATTHEW 3:3, DON'T TURN TO IT, JOT IT DOWN.

"FOR THIS IS HE THAT WAS SPOKEN OF BY THE PROPHET,

ISAIAH, SAYING, 'THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING

IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD,

MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.'"

JOHN THE BAPTIST, JOHN THE BAPTIST

SAYING OF JESUS, "BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD."

JOHN WAS SPEAKING OF JESUS; ISAIAH WAS SPEAKING OF JEHOVAH.

AND THE SAME SCRIPTURE IS USED, AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT,

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS FULFILLED THIS SCRIPTURE.

OR LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMPARISON.

EXODUS 20:10-11, SPEAKING OF THE SABBATH,

"BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF

THE LORD THY GOD; IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK,

THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER,

THY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT,

NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THY STRANGER

THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES; FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD

MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN IT IS,

AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY; THEREFORE, THE LORD BLESSED

THE SABBATH DAY, AND HALLOWED IT."

NOW, IT IS THE SABBATH OF JEHOVAH,

BUT IN MATTHEW 12:8, "FOR THE SON OF MAN

IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY."

SO I'M JUST -- WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU, FOLKS --

ARE YOU LISTENING?

WHEN YOU ARE WITNESSING FOR JESUS, YOU ARE

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS.

THE JEHOVAH OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

AND THE JESUS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE ONE.

NOW I'M -- I'VE JUST USED THE SCRIPTURES.

YOU SEE, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PREEXISTENCE OF JESUS.

JESUS DID NOT HAVE HIS BEGINNING AT BETHLEHEM.

THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN THE LORD JESUS WAS NOT.

PUT THIS SCRIPTURE DOWN, JOHN 1:1, "IN THE BEGINNING

WAS THE WORD." IT'S THE GREEK WORD LOGOS.

"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE LOGOS, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,

AND THE WORD," THE LOGOS, "WAS GOD."

JESUS IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD.

AND THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS, "HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING

WITH THE FATHER, AND HE WAS GOD."

WHEN HE WAS BORN AT BETHLEHEM, HE WAS AS OLD AS HIS FATHER

AND OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER, WHEN HE WAS BORN.

THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN HE WAS NOT.

JESUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

YOU SAY, "WELL, PASTOR ROGERS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT."

WELL, THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND GOD.

CAN THE FINITE UNDERSTAND THE INFINITE?

I UNDERSTAND THAT, ALBERT EINSTEIN CAME UP

WITH THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY.

IT'S SO COMPLICATED THAT ONLY 12 MEN CAN UNDERSTAND

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY.

I CAN'T VOUCH FOR THAT BECAUSE I'VE NEVER MET THE OTHER 11,

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

THAT -- THAT'S THAT COMPLICATED.

SOMEBODY ASKED MRS. EINSTEIN ONE TIME, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY?"

SHE SAID, "NO, BUT I UNDERSTAND DR. EINSTEIN."

SHE KNEW HIM! SHE KNEW HIM!

LISTEN, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF JESUS,

BUT I BELIEVE IT.

"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD."

LISTEN, THE ABSOLUTE HOLINESS OF JESUS CHRIST IS TAUGHT,

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WHO IS ABSOLUTELY HOLY,

AND THAT IS GOD HIMSELF.

HOSEA 11:9, GOD SAYS, "FOR I AM GOD AND NOT MAN;

THE HOLY ONE IN THE MIDST OF THEE."

"I AM GOD AND NOT MAN."

THERE IS NO MAN THAT IS INHERENTLY HOLY, ONLY GOD.

BUT JESUS CHRIST, JOHN 8:48, COULD LOOK AT HIS DETRACTORS,

HIS ENEMIES, THOSE WHO WERE SNIPPING AT HIM,

AND HE COULD SAY, "WHICH OF YOU CONVINCETH ME OF SIN?

"I WOULDN'T ASK THAT TO MY FRIENDS,

MUCH LESS MY ENEMIES.

"WHICH OF YOU CONVINCETH ME OF SIN?"

AND THE APOSTLES, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION

OF JESUS SAID IN ACTS 3:14.

"BUT YE DENIED THE HOLY ONE AND THE JUST."

HIS ABSOLUTE, PRISTINE HOLINESS SETS HIM APART

FROM ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT, IN THE BIBLE, JESUS NEVER

ONCE PRAYED FOR FORGIVENESS? THINK ABOUT IT.

HE NEVER ONCE PRAYED FOR FORGIVENESS.

HE TAUGHT US TO PRAY, "AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS,

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US, OUR DEBTORS."

HE NEVER -- EITHER THAT WAS CONSUMMATE ARROGANCE OR HE WAS,

INDEED, ABSOLUTELY HOLY.

SO WHAT HAVE I TALKED ABOUT?

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU SOME LINES OF

EVIDENCE OF HIS -- OF HIS DEITY, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

HIS ATTRIBUTES.

BUT, SECONDLY, LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER REASON

THAT I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD.

NOW, DON'T MISS THIS. FOLKS, THIS IS NOT INCIDENTAL.

THE ADORATION THAT HE RECEIVED SHOWS HIM TO BE GOD.

JESUS RECEIVED ADORATION. NOW LISTEN TO ME.

JESUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE WORSHIPPED.

NOW, IDOLATRY IS THE ULTIMATE SIN, TO WORSHIP ANY OTHER GOD,

OTHER THAN YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, AND YET JESUS ALLOWED HIMSELF,

JESUS HIMSELF KNEW THAT ONLY GOD IS TO BE WORSHIPPED.

NOW, DON'T MISS THIS POINT.

SATAN TRIED TO GET JESUS TO WORSHIP HIMSELF, SATAN.

SATAN SAID TO JESUS, "I'LL GIVE YOU THE KINGDOMS

OF THIS WORLD IF YOU WILL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME."

PUT THIS VERSE DOWN, LUKE 4:8, HEAR WHAT JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF

SAID, "AND JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID UNTO HIM,

'GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN, FOR IT IS WRITTEN,

'THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD

AND HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.'"

WORSHIP IS RESERVED FOR GOD ALMIGHTY ONLY.

NOW, JESUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE WORSHIPPED.

MATTHEW 28:9, "AND AS THEY WENT TO TELL HIS DISCIPLES, BEHOLD,

JESUS MET THEM, SAYING, 'ALL HAIL,' AND THEY CAME

AND HELD HIM BY THE FEET AND WORSHIPPED HIM."

THE SAME ONE WHO SAID THAT, "GOD, AND GOD ONLY,

IS TO BE WORSHIPPED," AND HERE HE IS ALLOWING

HIS DISCIPLES TO WORSHIP HIM.

IF JESUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE WORSHIPED

WHEN HE HIMSELF SAID THAT, "GOD ALONE IS TO BE WORSHIPPED,"

EITHER HE IS GUILTY OF ULTIMATE ARROGANCE

AND INCULCATING THE MOST DESPICABLE SIN OF IDOLATRY,

OR ELSE HE'S GOD. THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.

THE ADORATION THAT JESUS HAS RECEIVED SHOWS HIM TO BE GOD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIS ATTRIBUTES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIS ADORATION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HIS OWN ADMISSION.

HERE'S THE THIRD REASON.

JESUS IS SHOWN TO BE GOD BY HIS OWN ADMISSION.

AN INTERESTING THING.

JESUS IS HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THE PHARISEES.

THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HE WAS GOD IN FLESH,

AND SO, IN JOHN 8:56, JOT IT DOWN.

YOU CAN LOOK THESE UP LATER, BUT WE'VE GOT

A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TO COVER.

JESUS SAID, "YOUR FATHER, ABRAHAM, REJOICED TO SEE MY DAY;

AND HE SAW IT, AND WAS GLAD."

NOW, ABRAHAM HAD BEEN DEAD FOR CENTURIES, AND JESUS SAID,

"LOOK, YOUR FATHER, ABRAHAM, THE ONE THAT YOU ADORE,

HE REJOICED TO SEE MY DAY."

VERSE 57, "THEN SAID THE JEWS UNTO HIM, 'THOU ART NOT YET

FIFTY YEARS OLD, HAST THOU SEEN ABRAHAM?'"

AND NOW WATCH VERSE 58.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T -- IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE IN

THIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING, I WANT YOU TO GET THIS.

THIS IS JOHN 8:58, "JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM,

'VERILY, VERILY.'"

NOW, LISTEN, WHEN JESUS SAYS, "VERILY," YOU PAY ATTENTION.

WHEN HE SAYS, "VERILY, VERILY," YOU'D BETTER PAY ATTENTION.

"VERILY, VERILY."

THIS, HE IS SAYING IT FOR EMPHASIS.

"VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU," NOW LISTEN,

"BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM." DON'T MISS THIS.

HE DIDN'T SAY, "BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I WAS."

HE DIDN'T SAY, "I GOT HERE FIRST."

HE IS SAYING, "BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM."

AND WHEN HE SAID THAT, LOOK IN VERSE 59,

"THEN TOOK THEY UP STONES TO CAST AT HIM."

THEY'RE READY TO STONE HIM NOW BECAUSE HE SAID,

"BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM."

WHY WERE THEY, WHY DID THEY WANT TO STONE HIM?

BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS, "I AM."

YOU SEE, LISTEN, GOD CALLED MOSES TO LEAD THE JEWS

OUT OF EGYPT INTO THE PROMISED LAND.

AND MOSES SAID, "WELL, WHO SHALL I SAY SENT ME?"

NOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE EGYPTIANS WORSHIPPED

2,200 DIFFERENT GODS, 2,200 GODS AND SO MOSES

HAS TO GO AND SAY, "WHICH -- WHO IS THE TRUE GOD?

WHO SHALL I SAY SENT ME?"

PUT THIS DOWN, IN EXODUS 3:14, "AND GOD SAID UNTO MOSES,

'I AM THAT I AM,' AND HE SAID, 'THUS SHALT THOU SAY UNTO

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 'I AM HATH SENT ME UNTO YOU.'"

"YOU WANT TO KNOW MY CREDENTIALS.

THE I AM SENT ME.

NOT I WAS, NOT I WILL BE, BUT I AM."

THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN HE WAS NOT.

THERE NEVER WILL BE A TIME WHEN HE WILL NOT BE.

HE IS THE GREAT, PRE-EXISTENT, ETERNAL GOD.

THIS SACRED NAME FOR GOD, THE I AM, THE I AM, THE I AM!

AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, THEY SAID, "WHY, ARE YOU --

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ABRAHAM.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN FIFTY YEARS OLD."

HE SAID, "LOOK, BEFORE ABRAHAM EVER GOT HERE, I AM. I AM."

I'M TELLING YOU, FOLKS, THAT THE JEHOVAH OF

THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE JESUS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

HE HIMSELF CLAIMED TO BE.

JESUS SAID TO PHILLIP,

"PHILIP, IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER."

NOT SOMEBODY LIKE THE FATHER.

"YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER." BY HIS OWN ADMISSION.

LAST POINT, LASTLY, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY.

HE IS SHOWN TO BE GOD BY HIS ABILITIES,

BY HIS ABILITIES, HIS MIGHTY ABILITIES.

I WANT TO JUST MENTION THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE,

WHERE THE BIBLE MENTIONS HIS ABILITY,

WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO.

FIRST OF ALL, HE, BECAUSE HE IS GOD, IS ABLE TO SAVE.

REMEMBER OVER THERE IN ISAIAH, JEHOVAH SAID,

"BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR?"

BUT, PUT DOWN HEBREWS 7:25, WHICH SAYS, "WHEREFORE, HE,"

JESUS, "IS ABLE TO SAVE UNTO THE UTTERMOST THEM

THAT COME UNTO GOD BY HIM."

I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY HE'S ABLE TO SAVE YOU.

THERE'S NO ONE THAT HE'S NOT ABLE TO SAVE.

ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE SAVED CAN BE SAVED.

YOU SAY, "WELL, HAVE I COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN?"

FRIEND, IF YOU WANT TO BE SAVED, YOU CAN BE SAVED.

ANYBODY WANTS TO BE SAVED HASN'T COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.

YOU SAY, "AM I ONE OF THE ELECT?"

DO YOU WANT TO BE SAVED? JUST COME ON.

WHO ARE THE ELECT?

I CAN PUT IT -- I CAN PUT THAT IN FIFTEEN SECONDS.

THE ELECT ARE THE, "WHOSOEVER WILLS."

"WHOSOEVER WILL MAY COME."

"HE IS ABLE TO SAVE UNTO THE UTTERMOST THEM THAT

COME UNTO GOD BY HIM," AND, "WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL

UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED."

HALLELUJAH! HE'S ABLE TO SAVE.

NOT ONLY IS HE ABLE TO SAVE, BUT HE'S ABLE TO SUBDUE.

PHILIPPIANS 3:21, SPEAKS OF OUR LORD,

"WHO SHALL CHANGE OUR VILE BODY, THAT IT MAY BE FASHIONED

LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING

WHEREBY HE IS ABLE EVEN TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF."

FRIEND, ONE OF THESE DAYS HE'S GOING TO MAKE YOU LIKE HIMSELF.

HE'S ABLE TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS: EVERY DUST, EVERY SPECK OF DUST,

EVERY MOUNTAIN, EVERY CELESTIAL BODY MUST OBEY HIS WILL.

HE IS ABLE TO SAVE. HE IS ABLE TO SUBDUE.

AND, FURTHERMORE, HE'S ABLE TO SECURE.

HE'S ABLE TO KEEP YOU SAVED.

2 TIMOTHY 1:12, PAUL SAYS, "FOR THE WHICH CAUSE

I ALSO SUFFER THESE THINGS."

PAUL, WHEN HE HAD BEEN BEATEN, PUT IN PRISON, HE SAID,

"I SUFFER THESE THINGS; NEVERTHELESS, I'M NOT ASHAMED;

FOR I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED AND AM PERSUADED THAT

HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED

UNTO HIM AGAINST THAT DAY."

HE IS ABLE, HE IS ABLE. WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE.

EVERY NEED THAT YOU HAVE, HE'S ABLE TO SUPPLY.

A MISSIONARY WAS GOING TO THE FOREIGN FIELD.

AND JUST AS THE MISSIONARY WAS GETTING ON THE SHIP,

A MAN HANDED THE MISSIONARY AN ENVELOPE, A SEALED ENVELOPE,

AND SAID, "PUT THIS IN YOUR POCKET.

KEEP IT WITH YOU.

AND IF ANYTIME OVERSEAS YOU EVER COME TO A PLACE

WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN OR WHAT TO DO,

OPEN THIS ENVELOPE."

AND THE MISSIONARY CAME HOME, AFTER HAVING SPENT A LIFETIME

ON THE FOREIGN FIELD.

AND HE CAME HOME TO GIVE HIS REPORT TO HIS CHURCH,

AND HE TOLD ABOUT THE TRIALS AND THE TEMPTATIONS

AND THE PERSECUTION AND ALL OF THE PERPLEXITIES.

THEN HE REACHED IN HIS POCKET AND PULLED OUT THAT ENVELOPE,

NEVER OPENED, NEVER OPENED. THANK GOD.

THANK GOD, FRIEND, THERE NEVER COMES TO

THE CHILD OF GOD A TIME WHERE HE DOES NOT

HAVE A SAVIOR THAT HE CAN COME TO AND CLING TO,

AND HE IS ABLE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I HOPE YOU DO.

OH, WHAT A MIGHTY SAVIOR WE HAVE.

I LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF MY HEART.

TO EXPLAIN HIM IS IMPOSSIBLE. TO IGNORE HIM IS DISASTROUS.

TO REJECT HIM IS FATAL. WHAT A MIGHTY GOD.

HUMAN SPEECH IS TOO LIMITED TO DESCRIBE HIM.

YOUR HUMAN MIND IS TOO FINITE TO COMPREHEND HIM.

THE HUMAN HEART IS TOO SMALL TO CONTAIN HIM.

JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. NOW, I COME BACK TO OUR TEXT.

WHAT SHALL I DO WITH JESUS? WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?

YOU CAN CROWN HIM OR CRUCIFY HIM.

THEY SAID, "LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED."

YOU CAN ACCEPT HIM OR REJECT HIM.

YOU CAN LOVE HIM OR DESPISE HIM.

YOU CAN BELIEVE HIM OR IGNORE HIM.

BUT YOU CANNOT BE NEUTRAL.

PILATE TRIED THAT, BUT HE COULD NOT BE NEUTRAL.

JESUS IS IN YOUR HANDS TODAY.

YOU MUST DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE YOU NEED HIM IN LIFE.

IN LIFE, IF THERE WERE NO HEAVEN AND NO HELL,

YOU NEED JESUS DAY BY DAY.

HE IS -- HE IS LIKE BLOOD TO YOUR BODY, AIR TO YOUR LUNGS.

YOU NEED HIM IN LIFE. YOU NEED HIM IN DEATH.

YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'LL NEED HIM IN DEATH.

YOU'LL NEED HIM AT THE JUDGMENT.

YOU'LL STAND BEFORE GOD ONE DAY TO BE JUDGED.

WHAT WILL YOU SAY THEN? "GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME.

I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE." HE'LL SHOW YOU THIS SCENE TODAY.

WHAT WILL YOU SAY?

"GOD, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND."

HE'LL REPLAY THE MESSAGE TODAY.

FRIEND, EVERY EXCUSE THAT YOU HAVE WILL FALTER AND FAIL.

AND RIGHT NOW JESUS IS IN YOUR HANDS, BUT AT THE JUDGMENT

YOU'LL BE IN HIS HANDS. I ASK YOU AGAIN THIS QUESTION.

IT IS A PERSONAL QUESTION. IT'S A PRESENT QUESTION.

IT IS A PRESSING QUESTION. IT IS A PERTINENT QUESTION.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?

WOULD YOU ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR?

IF YOU WILL, I PROMISE YOU ON THE AUTHORITY OF

THE WORD OF GOD, HE WILL FORGIVE EVERY SIN.

SECONDLY, HE WILL COME INTO YOU TO GIVE YOU STRENGTH AND POWER

AS HE'S DONE TO ME FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY.

THIRDLY, HE'LL USE YOU AS HIS INSTRUMENT

TO LIVE HIS LIFE THROUGH YOU.

FOURTHLY, WHEN YOU DIE OR WHEN HE COMES,

HE'LL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN,

I PROMISE ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD OF GOD.

BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER.

HEADS ARE BOWED AND EYES ARE CLOSED.

IF YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN THAT YOU'RE SAVED TODAY,

LET'S GET IT SETTLED.

YOU CAN KNOW FOR CERTAIN TODAY THAT YOU'RE SAVED BY RECEIVING

JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

AND I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT BECOMING A BAPTIST

OR A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT JUST TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF

AND TRYING TO DO BETTER, TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT RECEIVING JESUS CHRIST BY FAITH

INTO YOUR HEART.

THE BIBLE SAYS, "BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED."

AND THAT WORD BELIEVE MEANS TRUST.

WOULD YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER?

"DEAR LORD JESUS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD

AND GOD, THE SON.

I BELIEVE YOU PAID FOR MY SIN WITH YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD RAISED YOU FROM THE DEAD.

AND I NOW, BY FAITH ACCEPT THE GIFT OF SALVATION.

I TAKE THE HAND OF FAITH AND RECEIVE THE GIFT

OF SALVATION. COME INTO MY HEART.

FORGIVE MY SIN. SAVE ME, JESUS."

PRAY THAT PRAYER. "SAVE ME, JESUS."

DID YOU ASK HIM? DID YOU?

ALRIGHT, BY AN ACT OF FAITH PRAY THIS,

"THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

I RECEIVE IT BY FAITH ACCORDING TO YOUR PROMISE,

AND THAT SETTLES IT. I DON'T ASK FOR A SIGN.

I DON'T LOOK FOR A FEELING. I STAND ON YOUR WORD.

I TRUST YOU AND YOU ONLY. THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME.

NOW GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.

HELP ME NOT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOU.

AND BEGIN NOW TO MAKE ME THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE.

IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN."

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YouTube Transcript:Adrian Rogers: Is Jesus God?