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We live in stressful times.
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In a world of political chaos, warfare, pandemics, and civil
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unrest, we need a source of stability, calm, and peace
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that is bigger and greater
than all of our concerns.
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That source is God.
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A deep and profound
relationship with the
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One who created you, loves
you, and has a purpose for
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your life really
is possible.
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Join us today as we reveal
"Five Keys to Knowing God."
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♪
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Greetings, and welcome to Tomorrow's World, where we help
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you make sense of your world, through the pages of the Bible.
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We're very glad
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And, frankly, we need God's promises more than ever.
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The world as we know it seems
to be unraveling at the seams.
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Our streets see
growing unrest.
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Our halls of government are alternately filled with either
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incompetence and gridlock
or chaos and conflict.
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Wars and conflicts rage as
our leaders seem increasingly
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incapable of managing the growing number of crises
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around the globe.
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Even outside of government,
the institutions at the heart
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of civilization seem to reveal themselves on a weekly basis
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as untrustworthy at best and
agenda-driven at worst.
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Our educational institutions often seem more devoted to
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indoctrinating or programming our children than they are to
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actually educating them.
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Many fields of science
increasingly seem to be
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driven more by social
agenda and political
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activism than a sincere
desire for truth and a
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devotion to reality.
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The chaos of our world
isn't merely abstract or
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academic, and it doesn't
stay within the pages of
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our newspapers.
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It impacts our lives.
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Our food and other staples
of life seem to cost
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increasingly more money,
even as we seem to have
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less money to spend.
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Parents look at their
children and understandably
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wonder what sort of
world they will inherit.
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And while there are always ups and downs, Bible prophecy
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reveals that the trend is exactly as it appears: things
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really will get far worse before they get fundamentally better.
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Nations that were once
sources of global stability
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in the world, such as the
United States or Great Britain,
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will continue their decline,
and no change in the presidency
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or premiership of these nations
is going to completely halt
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the decline and solve
the growing chaos.
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Because that decline and
that growing chaos is
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fundamentally not due
to policies or politics
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or economic plans or
anything of the sort.
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The chaos and decline is due
to the sin of these nations.
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And unless there is
fundamental national
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repentance on the part of
the people themselves and
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a turning of their hearts to
the laws of their Creator,
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then expect that chaos and decline to continue.
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So, what can we do to find
peace of mind and stability
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in a world so lacking
in peace and stability?
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In fact, there is only one source of such reassurance
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and hope: the God who
created you, who loves you,
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and who has a remarkable
plan for your life.
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On today's program, we are
going to give you five keys to
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truly knowing God--five keys
you can use to unlock a deep
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and profound relationship
with the Eternal God who
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very much wants to build a relationship with you.
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Far from being a God who is
far away and inaccessible to us,
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our Creator is near
and very accessible.
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But we must do our
part to seek Him.
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God explains through
the prophet Jeremiah,
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encouraging His people:
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"For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you,
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says the LORD, thoughts
of peace and not of evil,
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to give you a future
and a hope.
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Then you will call upon Me
and go and pray to Me,
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and I will listen to you.
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And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me
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with all your heart."
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But every search has
to start somewhere.
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And if you're willing to take advantage of these five keys,
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you'll find yourself well
on your way to a deeper
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and more invigorating walk
with your Creator.
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The first key you can use
to know God is creation.
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The entire world around us is the work of the master Creator
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of all things, and He tells us in His word that we can come
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to know Him better by spending time soaking in His Creation.
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In Romans 1:20, the Apostle
Paul addresses the ridiculous
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denial of those who look at
the Creation around us and
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deny the reality of God:
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"For since the creation of
the world His invisible
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attributes are clearly
seen, being understood by
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the things that are made,
even His eternal power and
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Godhead, so that they
are without excuse..."
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Indeed, so many of God's
invisible attributes can
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be clearly seen and
understood by the things
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that are made--including His eternal power and Godhead,
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or His divinity and deity.
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Regrettably, in our world
today, most of us are
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increasingly separated
from the natural world.
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We live much of our lives
with concrete under our
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feet and fluorescent
lights above our heads.
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But if you would like to
really know God, consider
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spending some time
with His Creation.
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Take a walk at a local park,
if you can. Get outside,
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in natural surroundings.
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Look up on a clear night sky
and let your eyes wander
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through the stars.
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Consider the astonishing
variety of complex lifeforms
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that make their home with
us on Planet Earth.
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The Creation is a physical, living hymn that praises its
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Creator with a beautiful clarity for those who are willing
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to listen to its song.
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The consistent and dependable order of the world and the
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cosmos tells us that God is orderly and lawful.
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Its complexity and
design speaks to His
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unimaginable intelligence.
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The variety we see around
us speaks to a God who
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loves creativity
and beauty.
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For those who long to know
their Creator, the Creation,
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itself, is one of the best-
kept secrets around.
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If you want to know God,
then take advantage of the
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key of creation, and let
His craftsmanship teach
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you about who He is and
your relationship to Him.
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As King David, the Warrior
Poet of ancient Israel,
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wrote in Psalm 19:1,
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"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament
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shows His handiwork."
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We'll discuss Key 2 to
knowing God in a moment.
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Welcome back.
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Today, we're examining five
keys to truly knowing God.
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Our first key
is the creation.
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The second key to knowing
God is the Bible--
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God's sacred word.
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If you want to know the
real God, this key is
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absolutely crucial.
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Too often today, people
say they "know" God,
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but they don't.
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What they think of as "God"
is a product of their
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imagination--it's what
they imagine God to be.
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But if God is real--and He
is--then we want to know
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the real God.
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The One who created
the universe.
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The One who has the power
to work in our lives.
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And that God has given us
His word to help us do that.
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The Bible is like
God's mind in print.
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When we read it, we
discover how He thinks,
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what matters to Him, what
makes Him happy or angry, what
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His plans and desires are--both for the world, and for you.
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Reading the Bible is a key to unlocking these things for us.
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But we have to
read it right.
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In Isaiah 28, God inspires
the prophet to speak about
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understanding the
divine message.
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"Whom will he teach knowledge?
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And whom will he make to
understand the message?
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Those just weaned from milk?
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Those just drawn
from the breasts?
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For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
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Line upon line,
line upon line,
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Here a little,
there a little."
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We have to be willing
to put it all together.
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You can't just read part of
the Bible--say, only the
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New Testament or the Old.
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You have to be willing to
consider the entire book,
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as a whole, to get an
accurate understanding
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of the mind of God.
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Consider owning a large
collection of letters written
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by a great-grandfather who
died before you were born.
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Reading only one or two
letters wouldn't really
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give you a full picture--
and might even give you
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a wrong idea or cause you
to draw a conclusion about
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him without enough context.
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Many people do this with
the Bible, being fooled
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into thinking they
understand God by studying
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only the New Testament
perhaps, or throwing in
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the Psalms or a few other
Old Testament books.
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But, in 2 Timothy 3:16,
we're told the following,
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"All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and
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is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness..."
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The Scripture--all Scripture--is "given by inspiration of God,"
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or, as some translations
have it, is "God-breathed."
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If you find the idea of
studying the entire Bible
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intimidating, then I'd
recommend you start by
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visiting our website
at TomorrowsWorld.org.
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We have a number of free
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including today's free DVD.
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Yet, simply reading and
studying is not enough.
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Knowledge, by itself, does nothing but make us prideful.
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We must act on
what we learn.
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That brings us to our next
key to knowing our Creator:
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keeping God's commandments.
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God's Word contains His Law
and His commandments--
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the Ten Commandments.
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It's too easy (and wrong)
to simply think of God's
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commandments as a list of
"dos and don'ts" when
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they're so much more.
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God's laws represent a
way of life that forms
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an integral part of the
journey to eternal life.
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They also help us to
understand the mind
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and character of God.
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But they only reveal that mind and character to those who do
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more than read about them;
they must be obeyed and lived.
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As verse 10 of Psalm 111 says,
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"A good understanding have all those who do His commandments."
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Unknown to most of mankind
is the purpose of God,
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which involves His
reproducing His own
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character inside us.
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Paul pointed to an element of this purpose when he wrote
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in Philippians 2:5,
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"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus..."
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Seeking to live by the
commands of God is a
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part of the process by
which God duplicates the
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mind and character of
Jesus Christ in us.
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It is how we learn how God and Jesus see right and wrong, how
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They want to be worshiped, and how They want us to interact
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with Them and with others.
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And obeying those commands
is how we begin to make
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Their character our own.
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But it can't be just
an academic pursuit.
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It isn't just a matter of learning to know God through
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what we read with our eyes
or hear with our ears.
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It's a very personal
matter of getting to know
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Him through what we choose
to do with our hands and
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where we choose to
go with our feet.
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Keeping God's commands is
so crucial to knowing God
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that He inspired the Apostle John to warn us very clearly:
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"Now by this we know
that we know Him,
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if we keep His commandments.
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He who says, 'I know Him,'
and does not keep His
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commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him."
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Those are strong words,
straight from your own Bible.
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Anyone seeking to know God
must keep His commandments,
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and that includes you and me.
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We have two more keys to
knowing God left to cover
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in our program, but first
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the intimate fourth key.
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Don't go away.
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♪
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This clear and
straight-forward resource
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will help you understand
this vital truth--
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♪
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Welcome back.
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Today, we're revealing five keys to truly knowing your Creator.
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Not just knowing about Him
or simply believing He exists,
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but establishing a deep and profound relationship with Him.
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Let's review our
first three keys.
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First, we pointed you to
creation, encouraging you
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to truly open your eyes to
all you can learn about
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the God who made you by
taking the time to soak
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in the majesty and design
of the world around you.
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Next, we directed you to
God's Word, the Bible.
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The Holy Scriptures represent God's own mind in print--
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telling us His thoughts,
plans, and purposes.
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Though our world is increasingly forgetting the miracle this
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book represents, it remains
a powerful and necessary
16:37.029 --> 16:40.265
key to understanding the
God who inspired it.
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Third, we highlighted
the necessity of keeping
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God's commandments.
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The Bible strongly declares
that those who claim to know
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God but who do not keep His commandments are liars--
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whether they know they
are liars or not.
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God's character and heart
is taught to us by not just
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knowing His commandments, but
by keeping them, ourselves.
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Our fourth key today to
knowing God, personally
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and intimately, may seem
increasingly difficult in
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a busy world that demands
more and more of our time,
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from the second we wake up
to the moment we collapse
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on our beds, for a short
night of sleep before we
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start all over again.
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But this key is a necessity,
and we cannot come to know
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God without it.
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The fourth key is the
practice of regular prayer.
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Here at Tomorrow's World studios, we know that this
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program is broadcast to
peoples and nations all
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around the world.
17:34.253 --> 17:36.488
And when I say "prayer,"
many of you may have
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different ideas about
what that means.
17:39.224 --> 17:42.127
For some, it might be
memorized words or a
17:42.194 --> 17:44.930
formula that you recite,
perhaps in connection with
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something like prayer beads.
17:46.832 --> 17:49.768
It might even involve some
sort of ritualistic chant.
17:49.835 --> 17:53.138
But none of these are
biblical, nor are
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they sufficient to
help you know God.
17:55.641 --> 17:59.878
Jesus is plain about this
in Matthew chapter 6:
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"And when you pray, do
not use vain repetitions
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as the heathen do.
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For they think that they will
be heard for their many words.
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Therefore do not
be like them.
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For your Father knows the
things you have need of
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before you ask Him."
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No, the sort of prayer the
Bible is speaking of is a
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wholehearted conversation
with God, speaking to Him
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about what is on your
mind and in your heart.
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Consider how you came to
know your spouse while
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you were dating, or how
you became close to your
18:29.908 --> 18:31.910
nearest and dearest friends.
18:31.977 --> 18:36.081
Those relationships took time and included conversation--
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a sharing of thoughts, ideas, concerns, hopes, and dreams.
18:41.153 --> 18:44.056
If you want to know God,
you need to spend that
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sort of time in prayer
to Him, as well.
18:47.125 --> 18:50.095
Not many do--at least
not the sort of time
18:50.162 --> 18:51.563
we're talking about.
18:51.630 --> 18:54.867
In fact, one of God's complaints about His people in prophecy
18:54.933 --> 18:57.870
reflects such a lack
of heartfelt prayer.
18:57.936 --> 19:00.372
As the Moffatt translation
of the Bible renders His
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words in Hosea 7:14,
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"They never put their heart
into their prayers."
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But there is so much to
be gained by doing so.
19:09.681 --> 19:12.718
By humbling ourselves,
kneeling before God,
19:12.784 --> 19:15.354
and pouring out
our heart to Him.
19:15.420 --> 19:18.824
That sort of wholehearted
contact not only invites Him
19:18.891 --> 19:22.861
to lift our burdens from us,
but also opens up an avenue
19:22.928 --> 19:27.799
through which we can grow
to find Him and know Him.
19:27.866 --> 19:29.902
As He said to ancient Israel,
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"...you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me
19:33.739 --> 19:35.407
with all your heart.
19:35.474 --> 19:39.711
I will be found by
you, says the LORD..."
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To some extent, this key
of prayer can work with
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our second key today, the
Bible, and act as a sort
19:46.118 --> 19:47.653
of electrical circuit.
19:47.719 --> 19:49.888
If you remember your
studies from high school
19:49.955 --> 19:52.257
science, you might recall
that electricity needs
19:52.324 --> 19:54.359
a closed loop to
flow through.
19:54.426 --> 19:56.862
For a light bulb to glow,
the electricity needs
19:56.929 --> 19:59.798
to flow through the bulb,
which isn't possible when
19:59.865 --> 20:01.233
the circuit is broken.
20:01.300 --> 20:04.102
In a similar way, prayer
can work with our study
20:04.169 --> 20:05.270
of the Bible.
20:05.337 --> 20:09.074
As God shows us more about
Himself in His word and
20:09.141 --> 20:12.678
shares with us, then we,
in turn, can talk to Him
20:12.744 --> 20:15.581
about what we're learning
and how we see it reflected
20:15.647 --> 20:19.151
in our lives, and we can
share with Him our questions,
20:19.217 --> 20:21.219
hopes, and concerns.
20:21.286 --> 20:24.456
Then He, in return,
can share more with us.
20:24.523 --> 20:29.194
So many who claim not to be
able to find God have not truly
20:29.261 --> 20:32.531
sought to build a relationship with Him in this way.
20:32.598 --> 20:35.100
But if that relationship
is what you seek,
20:35.167 --> 20:38.470
then you must turn
the key of prayer.
20:38.537 --> 20:41.640
Actually, there is far
more we could say about
20:41.707 --> 20:44.376
how to have meaningful,
satisfying prayer
20:44.443 --> 20:47.212
that produces real
results in our lives.
20:47.279 --> 20:50.048
It is a deep topic that
deserves far more time than
20:50.115 --> 20:53.385
we could possibly squeeze
into today's program.
20:53.452 --> 20:56.555
Prayer is discussed very
thoroughly, however,
20:56.622 --> 21:01.026
in today's free DVD,
"Claim God's Promises."
21:01.093 --> 21:04.096
This DVD includes the full
Tomorrow's World telecast
21:04.162 --> 21:07.366
"Answered Prayer" which
explains more about how
21:07.432 --> 21:10.369
to achieve more than you
thought possible from
21:10.435 --> 21:12.471
the time you spend
with God in prayer.
21:12.537 --> 21:14.840
"Claim God's Promises"
includes two more full
21:14.906 --> 21:18.944
programs, "Overcoming
Stress" and "God Heals!"
21:19.011 --> 21:22.547
Your loving Creator longs
to be able to work in
21:22.614 --> 21:25.450
your life to answer your
prayers, to provide
21:25.517 --> 21:28.253
healing and comfort, and
to replace the anxiety
21:28.320 --> 21:32.324
and worry you feel with
a deep peace of mind.
21:32.391 --> 21:35.460
God's word is full of His
promises, and this DVD
21:35.527 --> 21:38.897
has been created with a
mind toward your need of
21:38.964 --> 21:41.366
those divine promises
in your life.
21:41.433 --> 21:44.236
As always, it is free of
charge and without any
21:44.302 --> 21:45.937
obligation whatsoever.
21:46.004 --> 21:48.440
Get your copy today,
and I'll be right back
21:48.507 --> 21:52.010
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fifth key to knowing God.
21:52.077 --> 21:53.111
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Welcome back.
22:53.839 --> 22:56.074
We have been talking today
about how you can come
22:56.141 --> 22:58.810
to know God--to
really know Him.
22:58.877 --> 23:02.614
Not just know about
Him, but to know Him.
23:02.681 --> 23:05.784
The last key adds power to
all the others, and without
23:05.851 --> 23:10.021
it, we can only go so far in truly coming to know God.
23:10.088 --> 23:15.127
That last key is the Son of
God, Jesus Christ, Himself.
23:15.193 --> 23:18.096
The Bible tells us that
long before this world,
23:18.163 --> 23:21.700
or this universe, ever
existed, the Being we now
23:21.767 --> 23:24.903
call Jesus Christ lived
in eternity past with
23:24.970 --> 23:27.305
the One we now call
God the Father.
23:27.372 --> 23:30.942
In the very beginning of his gospel account, the Apostle John
23:31.009 --> 23:35.013
calls the pre-incarnate Christ "the Logos" or "the Word"
23:35.080 --> 23:38.817
of God, and he describes the intimate union between these
23:38.884 --> 23:42.554
two God Beings, that They
shared before the world was:
23:42.621 --> 23:46.625
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
23:46.691 --> 23:48.827
and the Word was God."
23:48.894 --> 23:52.764
This member of the Godhead
became flesh and blood, walking
23:52.831 --> 23:57.369
and teaching among us 2,000 years ago as the Son of God.
23:57.435 --> 24:00.672
Part of His purpose in doing
so was to reveal the Father
24:00.739 --> 24:02.440
more intimately to us.
24:02.507 --> 24:06.878
As He says, Himself,
in Matthew 11:27,
24:06.945 --> 24:11.817
"All things have been delivered
to Me by My Father, and no one
24:11.883 --> 24:14.653
knows the Son except the Father.
24:14.719 --> 24:17.856
Nor does anyone know the
Father except the Son,
24:17.923 --> 24:21.793
and the one to whom the
Son wills to reveal Him."
24:21.860 --> 24:25.030
If we truly want to know
God, then the teachings
24:25.096 --> 24:28.366
of Jesus Christ are
an indispensable key.
24:28.433 --> 24:33.104
In fact, in John 14:9,
He tells His disciples,
24:33.171 --> 24:37.242
"He who has seen Me has
seen the Father..."
24:37.309 --> 24:40.512
Now He wasn't saying
that He was the Father.
24:40.579 --> 24:43.849
Rather, Christ is saying
that everything we need to
24:43.915 --> 24:47.953
know about God the Father
was revealed through Him.
24:48.019 --> 24:53.024
Jesus Christ was the perfect revelation of God to mankind.
24:53.091 --> 24:55.794
In His love, mercy, and
compassion for others;
24:55.861 --> 24:59.297
in His wisdom, insight,
and remarkable teachings;
24:59.364 --> 25:02.968
and in His character, example,
and obedience to the laws
25:03.034 --> 25:06.638
and ways of God; Jesus
Christ is the revelation
25:06.705 --> 25:11.276
we need of God's own love,
wisdom, and goodness.
25:11.343 --> 25:14.512
And, having been resurrected from the grave and glorified,
25:14.579 --> 25:17.749
and reigning over His Church from heaven until His soon
25:17.816 --> 25:22.187
coming return, Jesus is
alive today, right now--
25:22.254 --> 25:26.591
able to empower all who will
sincerely yield to Him and come
25:26.658 --> 25:28.159
to know their Creator.
25:28.226 --> 25:31.563
If you truly long to have
a relationship with God,
25:31.630 --> 25:35.834
then Jesus Christ is the
only way to fully do so.
25:35.901 --> 25:39.504
In fact, your knowledge of
and relationship with God
25:39.571 --> 25:43.341
will fall far short if you
do not seek the Son of God
25:43.408 --> 25:44.776
in your life, as well.
25:44.843 --> 25:47.879
As Jesus says in John 14:6,
25:47.946 --> 25:51.850
"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
25:51.917 --> 25:55.854
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
25:55.921 --> 25:59.457
Let me give you an opportunity to request this free DVD,
25:59.524 --> 26:01.393
"Claim God's Promises!"
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This DVD contains three full Tomorrow's World programs,
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which will enhance your walk with God, help you to know Him,
26:09.668 --> 26:14.639
and clear pathways to make His power more obvious in your life.
26:14.706 --> 26:18.009
This DVD includes the full Tomorrow's World telecast,
26:18.076 --> 26:21.413
"Answered Prayer"--which explains more about how to
26:21.479 --> 26:24.749
achieve more than you thought possible, from the time you
26:24.816 --> 26:26.318
spend with God in prayer.
26:26.384 --> 26:29.554
"Claim God's Promises!" includes two more full programs,
26:29.621 --> 26:32.824
"Overcoming Stress,"
and "God Heals."
26:32.891 --> 26:36.995
Your loving Creator longs to
be able to work in your life,
26:37.062 --> 26:40.598
to answer your prayers, to provide healing and comfort,
26:40.665 --> 26:44.169
and to replace the anxiety
and worry you feel, with a
26:44.235 --> 26:46.204
deep peace of mind.
26:46.271 --> 26:49.607
God's word is full of His promises, and this DVD has
26:49.674 --> 26:53.078
been created with a mind
toward your need of those
26:53.144 --> 26:55.080
divine promises in your life.
26:55.146 --> 26:58.016
As always, it is free of
charge and without any
26:58.083 --> 26:59.818
obligation whatsoever.
26:59.884 --> 27:01.720
Get your copy today.
27:01.786 --> 27:06.057
These five keys--Creation,
The Bible, Keeping God's
27:06.124 --> 27:10.328
Commandments, Prayer, and
Jesus Christ--can help
27:10.395 --> 27:12.998
start you on your way to a relationship with God that
27:13.064 --> 27:16.868
will not only carry you through today's hard times, but right
27:16.935 --> 27:20.505
on through to the Kingdom
of God for all eternity.
27:20.572 --> 27:24.509
I hope you'll take them to heart, just as, I hope
27:24.576 --> 27:27.512
you'll request a copy
of today's free DVD,
27:27.579 --> 27:29.047
"Claim God's Promises."
27:29.114 --> 27:31.783
And I hope you'll join
us again next time.
27:31.850 --> 27:34.519
Gerald Weston, Richard
Ames, Rod McNair, and I
27:34.586 --> 27:37.722
will be right here waiting
for you, ready to share the
27:37.789 --> 27:40.625
teachings of Jesus Christ,
the hope of the coming
27:40.692 --> 27:44.062
Kingdom of God, and the meaning
of end-time prophecy.
27:44.129 --> 27:47.265
Until then, from all of us
on both sides of the camera
27:47.332 --> 27:49.801
here at the Tomorrow's
World studio, take care.
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