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I felt like God wanted to warn someone not to do this ( I could be totally wrong) · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  I'll never forget the day when my mother looked at me in her
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  backyard and said Joe, I blinked and I turned 50.
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  I wonder now if there's someone watching this video who can say
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  the same thing. I blinked and I was 50I blinked
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  and that was it. I was 60, I was 70.
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  I think time's kind of similar to driving a car when you're 10
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  years old. Everything feels like it's going
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  so slow. It's like it's going at 10 mph
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  and you think, I can't wait to turn 11, then you get to 30,
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  then you get to 40, OK, now. Now we're speeding up.
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  Now things are going faster. And let's be honest, perhaps
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  there's someone watching this video now who's thinking, well,
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  Joe, I'm over the speed limit. Things are going really fast
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  now. I'm getting into older age.
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  So there's one thing I want every single person to know by
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  the end of this video, and it's this.
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  You've actually not got that much time left.
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  Whether you're 10 years old or whether you're 70 years old,
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  none of us have got as much time as we think we have left.
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  So here's my question to you. What season of life are you in
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  right now? You see, we've all got these
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  doors of opportunity. There are doors that are open
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  today that tomorrow will be shut.
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  There are windows of opportunity that are open today.
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  You can go through it today, but tomorrow those windows might be
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  closed. So every single one of us needs
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  to think, where am I at this point in life and how can I
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  manage my time? How can I have good command over
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  my time to do as much as I can for the Lord in these times that
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  He's given me? So Young man, young woman, work
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  hard, study hard, get your studies, get your degrees.
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  Make sure that you do not fritter away the time playing
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  video games and procrastinating. Get your studies down.
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  Read as many Christian books as you can.
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  Now whilst you're single, go on short term missions because once
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  you get married, once you get children, suddenly things are
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  going to become busy and you need to get as much knowledge.
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  You need to remember your Creator in the days of your
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  youth while you still can. Mothers cherish your children
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  while they are young. The first five years of a
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  child's life are so, so precious.
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  And we only get as parents. We only get one chance to get
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  that right. We only get one chance to absorb
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  every happy memory. And that's it.
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  It's gone forever. So don't be anxious, Don't be
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  worried. I'm a warrior.
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  I worry a lot, but you know that it robs you of your joy.
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  The devil wants you to be so anxious that you don't enjoy the
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  blessings that God pours out into your life on a daily basis.
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  So today, maybe after this video, get your small children,
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  sit them on your knee, read them a nursery rhyme and enjoy them.
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  Look into their eyes while they're young and say thank you
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  God that you have blessed me with a beautiful child.
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  Dads, husbands, shepherd your wives and children and bring
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  them closer to the Lord. Again, you only get one
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  opportunity to be a husband, to be a father.
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  You only get one opportunity to guide those precious hearts to
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  the Lord Jesus Christ. So don't work every single hour
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  that you can. Don't spend so much time with
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  your friends and and doing all of your own pursuits.
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  Make sure that you look after your family.
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  And guys, I'm preaching to myself now.
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  You know, there's one thing I'm totally ashamed of.
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  I've been married to my wife Emma for six years now, and to
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  this day, I have still not established a firm family.
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  Quiet time. We don't do family worship every
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  night. We rarely do family worship, and
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  it's not good enough. And perhaps there's another man
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  watching this today who knows that they too need to get their
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  family together and read the word of God on a daily basis.
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  And then to the retired, to the seasons that are watching my
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  video. OK, you've worked hard.
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  No one can take that away from you, and you deserve to rest.
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  You deserve to to enjoy the fruits of your labour now in
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  your old age. But I would like to just say
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  this one thing. Don't spend all of your time
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  playing golf. Don't spend all of your time at
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  growing vegetables. Do it a little bit, but make
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  sure that you use these latter years to work for the Lord God.
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  You have more time now to pray. You have more time now to to
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  give. And if your body is able to, why
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  not become an evangelist in your old age?
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  Many older people have become evangelists in their latter
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  years of life. A professor who was dying was
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  once asked when he was interviewed at a Christian
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  conference. Are you now going to stop doing
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  as much open air preaching? Are you going to now stop doing
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  as many missions now that you're so sick and you're coming
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  towards the end? This was his response.
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  When an athlete comes very close to the finishing line and there
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  he can see there's that line, it's just at the end, does he
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  slow down? No, He runs faster and faster.
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  And so there might be people watching this, and you know that
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  you're coming to the end, but soon you're going to see your
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  master. Soon you're going to see your
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  Lord and Saviour run faster. Do more now, because God can
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  certainly use you right now in the place that you are, if
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  you're willing to be used by the Lord, young or old.
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  Every single one of us, without exception, will one day give an
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  account for the time we have lived on this earth to our Lord
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  God. So let us remember this.
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  None of us are spectators. None of us are called to be
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  passengers. None of us are on holiday while
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  we still have breath in our lungs, while our heart is
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  beating today, let us find out what is the will of God for our
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  lives. What is the work that God wants
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  me to do? And let us make sure that while
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  we have energy, while we are healthy, while we're able to do
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  so, that we live every single second for the Lord God keeping
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  our eyes on the pride. So hey, now, let's get real
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  practical. How much sleep do you get at
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  night? What time do you go to bed?
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  What time do you get up at? How much do you read the Bible
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  for every day? How much time do you spend in
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  prayer? How much time do you spend
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  following selfish pursuits? Are you obedient or do you waste
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  time in sin? Now, I could be totally wrong
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  about this, but as I was writing notes for this message, I felt
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  compelled to say this. I believe there could be someone
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  watching this video right now who is about to make a total
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  mess of their life. You're going to make the biggest
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  mistake you've ever made in your life, and I want to say this to
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  you, if that's you right now, I beg you, I plead with you, don't
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  do it. Stop letting your mind dwell on
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  sin and turn from it. Because the fact is this, There
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  will come a day when you would wish that you had the money to
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  buy a million clocks, a billion clocks, in hopes that just one
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  of those clocks had the power to turn back the time.
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  So if that is you, confess your weakness to this loving Heavenly
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  Father, and he will have mercy on you and he'll guide you right
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  back to the shepherd's side, because you know, that's where
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  you belong. In the 1990s they did a study on
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  American Christianity and they asked many, many Americans how
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  long do you spend watching television every single day.
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  Their answer was around 2 1/2 hours.
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  And then they asked the American Christians this How long do you
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  spend reading the word of God? Do you know what they said?
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  Just 7 minutes a day? Can I ask you a question?
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  Are you cheating God of your devotion?
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  Am I giving God the very creme de la creme the best hours of
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  the day? You see, God has given us the
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  most precious book in the world, the Bible, and we are to feed on
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  it. We are to relish it every single
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  day. Just like a starving man feeds
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  on that food, that bread, and it satisfies his soul.
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  So we are to be satisfied by the word of God every time we flick
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  through the pages. Now I'm going to choose my words
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  very, very carefully. But if you're a person who is
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  away from God, I want to chat to you right now.
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  Hebrews 3 verses 7 to 8 say this.
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  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says today, if you hear His
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  voice, do not harden your hearts.
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  So if you right now are away from the living God, can I ask
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  you a question? What are you pursuing your time
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  with? Perhaps it's good things.
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  Maybe you're searching after a relationship, or maybe you're
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  looking after family members. Perhaps you're working on your
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  career and you're putting in lots of hours to to to help the
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  business grow. Maybe you're just working on a
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  project on yourself, going to the gym, on a diet.
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  But whatever it is, be honest with me now, it's not God, is
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  it? Well, Jesus Christ, the Son of
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  God has a word for you, He once said about people who are rich
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  to themselves but a poor to God. He told them that they are fools
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  because this very night their life will be required from them.
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  Oh, mark my words, one of the biggest lies that the evil one
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  is infecting into the minds of the masses is that they've got
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  plenty of time. They've got lots of time left.
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  There is an urgency to your decision.
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  Oh, my dear friends, my dear friend, if you can hear today
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  the Son of God breathing his last breath, if you can see him
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  on the cross, you can see his soul in turmoil, being smitten
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  by God, bearing in his body the sins that you and I have
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  committed. If you can see that today, don't
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  look the other way. If today, this very day, you can
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  see the Son of God triumphant over the grave, he beat the
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  grave He conquered death. If you can see him triumphant,
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  raised over all of his enemies, and today he knocks on your
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  heart and says, open the door, let me in.
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  I want to give you eternal life. Whatever you do.
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  Don't shut the door in his face. Today, this very day, come to
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  the gentle Saviour, the one who loves you, the one who says you
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  don't have to do anything to earn your salvation.
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  It was done at the cross. I love you.
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  Just receive this gift of salvation.
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  Put your trust in me. Put your faith in me, and I'll
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  give you eternal life. I have no authority to say to
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  you today, Go away and think about it.
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  I have no authority to say come back next week, watch another
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  video, and then give your life to Christ.
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  No, The only authority I have is the authority which is written
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  in the word of God. And it says now is the accepted
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  time, today is the day of salvation.
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  So whoever you are, wherever you're from, whatever your plans
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  are for the next hour, they can wait.
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  The next YouTube video, it can wait.
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  If you have not yet, put your trust in the saviour of the
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  world, if you have not yet cried out to God to have mercy on you,
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  for you are a Sinner. I am a Sinner, then do it right
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  now. Because let's be honest, the
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  clock is ticking and none of us know if we'll be here tomorrow.