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As our world spirals
into chaos, many are
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beginning to seek the stability,
reassurance, and peace of
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mind they rightly believe
the word of God and
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Christianity can bring.
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But it doesn't take much
searching to realize
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that Christianity, itself,
is a confusing and chaotic
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mess of competing beliefs,
practices, and organizations.
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Yet Jesus Christ never
meant it to be so.
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And the true faith established by the Son of God
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2,000 years ago is worth
finding amidst the cacophony
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of counterfeits claiming
today to be the real thing.
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Join us right now on
Tomorrow's World as
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we show you how to find
true Christianity.
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Greetings, and welcome to
Tomorrow's World, where we
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help you make sense of
your world through the
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pages of the Bible.
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And the world today is
hard to make sense of.
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In fact, the social, political, and moral confusion in
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today's world is prompting many to look for answers in the
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Bible and Christianity.
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But as we'll see,
"Christianity" means
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different things to
different people.
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The world is filled with counterfeit Christianities,
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but what the world needs is
true Christianity--the faith
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established by Jesus Christ Himself 2,000 years ago.
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Yet needing it and finding it are two different things.
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To help you on your journey, we're offering our viewers
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today our free DVD,
"Escape Fake Christianity."
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information you need to
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And many are looking these
days for the stability
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and hope that only the real
Jesus Christ can offer.
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In December of 2024, the
Wall Street Journal reported,
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"Sales of Bibles Are Booming, Fueled by First-Time Buyers
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and New Versions."
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In the article, columnist
Jeffrey Trachtenburg quotes
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the president of a publishing association as observing this:
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"People are experiencing
anxiety themselves, or
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they're worried for their children and grandchildren....
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It's related to artificial
intelligence, election cycles...
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and all of that feeds a desire for assurance that we're
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going to be OK."
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Trachtenburg reports the comments of a 38-year-old
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mother of two that will likely resonate with many of you:
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She started to read the Bible this year after feeling
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unfulfilled by years of advice on self-care, staying healthy
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and pursuing a career.
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She said she also sought
stability as "things just
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went off the rails a
little too quickly"
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throughout society.
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"We're kind of holding on
to the edge of the ship,
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like, we're not sure
what's happening here."
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Credit to all who are seeking the stability they need in
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the word of God and the teachings of Christ.
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That truly is the only place
to find lasting peace, truth,
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and understanding in a world
of sin, sorrow, and confusion.
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But what about the confusion
in Christianity, itself?
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Let's be honest with ourselves-- if you told someone that the
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world needs Christianity,
they might rightly ask you,
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"Which Christianity are
you talking about?"
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The faith that goes by the name "Christianity" is a writhing
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mass of confusing beliefs, practices, and traditions.
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Wars have been fought in
which both sides claimed
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Christ as their Savior--
so-called Christian killing
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so-called Christian...
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even killing each other about
differences in their beliefs.
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And the collection of so-called "Christian" beliefs differs
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wildly from sect to sect.
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For instance, what happens
to believers when they die?
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What about non-believers?
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How should a person
be baptized, and when?
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Or does he or she even need
to be baptized at all?
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Should we obey the Ten Commandments, or were they
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"done away at the cross"?
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Should we worship on Sunday,
or Saturday, or does it make
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no difference at all?
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Does going to church
even matter?
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How should you build a successful family, and
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what's the best way to
raise your children?
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Should Christians be separate from the world--not voting
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or participating in politics,
or should they be all the more
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engaged, fighting for social causes and legislation
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they desire?
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Why did God create man
in the first place?
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What is the purpose
of the Church?
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What is the purpose
of human life itself?
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Grab five "Christians" off
the street, and you can
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get five different answers
to each of these questions.
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Now, compare this to the
Apostle Paul's admonition
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to the first-century Church
in 1 Corinthians chapter 1...
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"Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
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Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there
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be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined
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together in the same mind and
in the same judgment."
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Later in that same letter,
Paul writes something very
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important that sheds light on the confusion we see in the
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Christianity of this world...
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"For God is not the author
of confusion but of peace,
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as in all the churches
of the saints."
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No, the confusion we see
in the religion called
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"Christianity" in this world
is not of God, but is of the
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Devil, who has confused and twisted the teachings of
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Christ and the Apostles for 2,000 years--presenting,
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as Paul says in his second letter to the Corinthians,
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"another Jesus,"
"a different spirit,"
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and "a different gospel."
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Yet, Jesus promised us 2,000 years ago in Matthew 16:18
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that He would build His Church, and the grave would never
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prevail against it.
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So, somewhere, here on this earth, we should be able to
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find true Christianity--a faith that is not a part of the
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confusion that is the modern Christian world, but the true
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faith, beliefs, and practices
of Jesus Christ and the Church
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He founded two millennia ago.
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And that is the
faith we need.
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So, how do we cut through
the confusion to find
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true Christianity?
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We'll begin doing just
that in just a moment.
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First, let me pause and give
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specially chosen to help you disentangle yourself from the
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false, so-called "Christian" teachings of today's confusing
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Christianity and discover the true Christianity of the Bible--
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disciples in the first century.
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Who was the real Jesus and
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How does almost everyone misunderstand the world's
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most popular Bible verse?
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What day of the week does
Jesus want His followers
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to worship on?
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Does it really matter?
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His name?
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Welcome back.
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In our last segment we
explained that the confusion
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you see in Christianity today
is not what Jesus Christ
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intended when He founded His
Church 2,000 years ago.
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But amidst the chaotic collection of congregations
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and disarray of doctrinal disagreement, is there a way
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to find true Christianity?
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Yes, there is.
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If we want to find the real Christianity, then we simply
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need to look to the teachings of the founder of Christianity
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Himself: Jesus Christ.
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Jesus didn't ascend into heaven and then call it a day.
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He left Himself a witness to
His message and teachings and
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a record of the practices of
His Church written by those
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He taught face-to-face.
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That witness and record
is the key.
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If we want to cut through
the confusion and find the
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true Christianity, we need
to let Jesus Christ and His
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disciples speak for themselves.
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Let's do just that.
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Let's dive into the Bible and examine Christ's own teachings.
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Let the Founder of Christianity tell us what it truly is,
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what its doctrines and beliefs are, and what its practices
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and observances should be.
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In fact, a great place to
start is what the Bible
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says about itself.
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For instance, what is the ultimate source of authority
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in Christianity?
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Some say the Bible is that perfect, ultimate authority--
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the word of God.
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But among those consider
themselves "Christian,"
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attitudes and teachings differ.
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Some believe the Bible is
a great book, but just a
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human book, and that Christians need to ignore parts of the
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Bible that don't fit the times-- such as teachings on sexual
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purity before marriage,
or the roles of man
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and woman in marriage.
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Others believe that the Bible
is incomplete, and they attach
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the writings or teachings of their own leaders or
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supposed prophets.
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Still others believe that
Jesus instilled ultimate
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authority over beliefs and
practices in certain men
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whose decisions are assumed to be perfectly inspired by God--
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even if their teachings completely contradict what
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is recorded in the Bible.
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Again: Confusion.
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So, let's resolve the confusion and ask ourselves what Jesus
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Christ, Himself, taught about the Bible's authority.
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Speaking of God's written word in John 10:35, Jesus made a
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plain declaration...
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"the Scripture
cannot be broken."
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According to Christ,
the Scriptures do not
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contradict themselves.
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In fact, in John 17:17 while praying aloud to God about
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His followers, Jesus asks
His Father in heaven...
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"Sanctify them by Your truth.
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Your word is truth."
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His first disciples and
Apostles were just as clear.
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In 2 Timothy chapter 3, we see the Apostle Paul, writing to
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the young evangelist, speaking of the word of God, commending
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him and encouraging him
to remain true to...
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"the Holy Scriptures, which
are able to make you wise for
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salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
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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, that the
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man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
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every good work."
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And how did Jesus regard
the idea of men being
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able to "overrule" the Bible
with their own, man-made
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commandments and traditions?
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We see His own answer in Mark 7.
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There, Jesus is having
a discussion with the
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Pharisees, the religious
leaders of the Jews who,
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in Jesus' own words,
sat in Moses' seat.
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His words to them concerning what He thought of those
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who believe their authority and traditions trump God's written
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word is very plain...
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He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy
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of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors
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Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
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And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the
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commandments of men.'
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In verse 9, He continues
His condemnation...
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He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment
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of God, that you may
keep your tradition."
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For those who desire to find true Christianity, the
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teachings of Jesus Christ
make the answer plain.
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No, the Bible is not filled with values that become out of date,
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like milk that has passed
its expiration date.
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Instead, He says...
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"the Scripture cannot
be broken."
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And to those who believe their human authority can override
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the word of God, He condemns setting aside God's commandments
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for the sake of their own traditions and creeds--
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and condemns those who
set them aside.
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Again, if we're looking for true Christianity, then looking to
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the recorded teachings of Jesus and His disciples reveals how
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it differs with those that are Christian in name only.
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We'll see more examples
in our next segment.
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First, let's take another
break, very brief this time,
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to give you another opportunity to request a copy of our
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In times like these, you
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religions and churches that promise a relationship with
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Jesus Christ but which offer, instead, a counterfeit
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substitute, crafted by the Devil, who presents himself
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as an angel of light.
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You can escape fake Christianity and find the path to a real
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relationship with the real Jesus Christ--and come to understand
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the real and inspiring
purpose for your life.
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And the free DVD really is free.
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In fact, that itself is
one of the hallmarks of
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true Christianity.
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Jesus Christ commanded His followers to offer the
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truth absolutely free
and without price.
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If you see a ministry offering its teachings in books and
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DVD's that you have to buy to receive, you might be looking
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at fake Christianity.
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And you won't see that with us.
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Request your free copy of our DVD, "Escape Fake Christianity,"
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and I'll be right back in just a minute to continue showing you
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how to find true Christianity.
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Don't go away.
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♪
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This clear and straight-forward resource will help you
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understand this vital truth-- straight from the pages
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of the Bible.
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Welcome back.
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In our search for true Christianity, we saw in
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our last segment that the
founder of Christianity,
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Jesus Christ, has inspired
for us a durable standard--
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God's Word, the Bible.
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In fact the Lord promised His disciples in words that continue
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to resound 20 centuries later...
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"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will
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by no means pass away."
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His inspired word is our standard for navigating
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through the confusion to
find true Christianity.
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Not the traditions or creeds
of men, not our own personal
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ideas and preferences,
but His own teachings
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and inspired instruction.
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Let's look at an example to illustrate how relying
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on the standard of God's
word helps us to sort
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through the confusion and
find true Christianity.
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For instance, what does true Christianity teach about
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the Ten Commandments?
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Many denominations teach that the Ten Commandments are a
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matter of "legalism" and "works," and are no longer
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required of Christians--
they were "done away with"
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at the cross of Christ.
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They'll rightly say that Christians are under grace,
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but then claim that being
"under grace" means that God's
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law and His commandments are no longer required of us by God.
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Yet, when pressed, many of them will still agree that Christians
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are commanded not to murder,
or commit adultery, or steal.
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Some will say you shouldn't worship idols, while
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cloaking their idol worship by calling it something else.
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In reality, what most mean when they say that the law and the
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commandments are "done away" is that you don't have to keep
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the fourth commandment and observe the seventh-day Sabbath.
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All of this double talk about God's law and picking-and-
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choosing among His commandments is a big part of what helped
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to create the confusion we
see in global Christianity
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in the first place.
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Again, if we want to find true Christianity, then we need to
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look at what Jesus Christ and His disciples say on the matter.
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We've already seen how Christ condemned the religious leaders
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of His day for rejecting God's commandments to keep their
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own traditions.
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And those words
clearly apply here.
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But let's look even further at Christ's teachings on the law
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of God and the Commandments.
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Did He plan to do away
with them at the cross?
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For instance, notice in Matthew 19 what Jesus said to a wealthy
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young man who asked Him what he should do to have eternal life.
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Christ's words were plain,
and He told the young man...
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"if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
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and followed up with several
of the Ten Commandments,
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lest we imagine He was
speaking of anything else.
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And look earlier in Matthew,
in chapter 5 and verse 17...
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"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
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I did not come to destroy
but to fulfill."
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Here Jesus says directly,
do not think that My
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teachings destroy the
Law or the Prophets.
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Do not say that Christianity teaches that God's Law is
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done away.
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True Christianity will
agree with Christ.
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He says He came to fulfill the Law--to fill it to the full.
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In His famous Sermon on the Mount, did Jesus say it was
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ok to commit adultery now?
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No.
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He said, rather, that you
should even obey God's
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commandment in your heart by
not even lusting after someone.
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Those who say that Jesus
"did away" with the Law
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but that somehow that's not
the same as "destroying" the
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Law are playing the Devil's word games to confuse the truth.
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If He wasn't clear enough,
Jesus Christ makes it
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remarkably plain in the
very next passage...
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"For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
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one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till
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all is fulfilled.
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Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments,
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and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of
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heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called
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great in the kingdom of heaven."
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Friends, I guarantee you that, if you go outside, you will
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see that heaven and earth
are still there.
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They have not passed away, and-- according to the Son of God--
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God's law is not done away.
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In fact, notice the words of His faithful Apostle John, written
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long after Christ's crucifixion and resurrection...
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"Now by this we know that
we know Him, if we keep
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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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Even in the very last book of the Bible, the book of
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Revelation, notice how the
body of believers, the saints
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are described...
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"Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who
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keep the commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus."
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You would read the same thing
in Revelation 12:17.
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Even in the end times, the
Bible describes true Christians
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as faithfully keeping the commandments of God--
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including the Fourth Commandment about the Sabbath.
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Nominal Christianity may be confused, but the Bible and
20:37.903 --> 20:40.038
True Christianity are not.
20:40.105 --> 20:43.542
In fact as the prophet
Isaiah proclaimed...
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"To the law and to
the testimony!
20:46.878 --> 20:51.016
If they do not speak according to this word, it is because
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there is no light in them."
20:53.719 --> 20:57.689
Our topic today is finding
True Christianity, and God's
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word tells us that, in our search, we should turn away
21:01.159 --> 21:04.496
from preachers, teachers, and others who do not honor and
21:04.563 --> 21:08.834
teach observance to the laws and commandments of God, because
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there is no light in them.
21:11.403 --> 21:14.473
What a powerful tool
Scripture is for seeking
21:14.539 --> 21:16.141
true Christianity.
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But as we'll see, finding
True Christianity is more
21:20.212 --> 21:22.481
than a matter of knowledge
and understanding.
21:22.547 --> 21:24.983
It's also a matter of courage.
21:25.050 --> 21:27.919
We'll discuss that in
our last segment.
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by long-time evangelist
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Then, my colleague here on Tomorrow's World, Gerald Weston,
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will explain the hidden depths of the popular verse John 3:16,
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and how this one verse reveals truths about the teachings of
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Christ that almost all the world's churches that call
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themselves Christian
seek to deny.
22:17.469 --> 22:20.539
Then, Richard Ames will open the Bible and answer the question
22:20.605 --> 22:24.443
of whether the seventh-day Sabbath or Sunday is the
22:24.509 --> 22:27.312
day God the Father wants
us to worship Him.
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Finally, we'll imagine
ourselves in a court,
22:29.981 --> 22:33.218
judging the case of
Christianity vs. Christ,
22:33.285 --> 22:37.022
examining the evidence of the Bible together so that you,
22:37.089 --> 22:40.058
yourself, can draw
your own verdict.
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Welcome back.
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In our search for True Christianity, we've seen how
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we need to use the recorded word of God as a standard to judge
24:08.647 --> 24:12.651
right teachings, doctrines, practices, and beliefs.
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It is the founder of Christianity--Jesus Christ
24:15.453 --> 24:19.124
Himself--who determines
what true Christianity is,
24:19.191 --> 24:22.861
not man-made councils or creeds, preaching traditions or dogmas
24:22.928 --> 24:25.363
that contradict His word.
24:25.430 --> 24:29.901
As the Apostle Paul says
in Romans 3 and verse 4...
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"[L]et God be true but
every man a liar."
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We do need ministers and guides to teach the word of God,
24:38.243 --> 24:41.646
but no man on earth has the authority to supersede
24:41.713 --> 24:45.150
God's word and supplant it
with his own judgment.
24:45.217 --> 24:47.619
And we saw that Jesus
Christ condemns those
24:47.686 --> 24:49.287
who seek to do so.
24:49.354 --> 24:51.623
And, as an example, we
compared the popular
24:51.690 --> 24:55.460
teachings of many churches and faiths that claim the name
24:55.527 --> 24:58.964
of Christ concerning what they teach about the law of God
24:59.030 --> 25:00.131
and His commandments.
25:00.198 --> 25:04.336
When we did so, we saw that Jesus' own teaching and
25:04.402 --> 25:07.906
those of His disciples flew
in the face of standard,
25:07.973 --> 25:11.710
so-called Christian teaching--
that Christ taught obedience
25:11.776 --> 25:14.446
to the laws and commandments
of God, not that they were
25:14.512 --> 25:16.248
done away at His crucifixion.
25:16.314 --> 25:20.352
The more you make a practice
of making God's word your
25:20.418 --> 25:23.388
guiding light, the more
True Christianity begins to
25:23.455 --> 25:27.392
reveal itself--in contrast to what is called "Christianity"
25:27.459 --> 25:29.027
all over the world.
25:29.094 --> 25:31.997
But that is where we come
to a place where more than
25:32.063 --> 25:33.665
knowledge is needed.
25:33.732 --> 25:37.569
Finding True Christianity is
not just about what you know--
25:37.636 --> 25:40.171
it's about what you
are willing to do.
25:40.238 --> 25:41.806
And we need more
than knowledge.
25:41.873 --> 25:43.241
We need courage.
25:43.308 --> 25:46.544
Because True Christianity
makes demands of us.
25:46.611 --> 25:48.847
When the world says to
worship Christ one way,
25:48.914 --> 25:51.883
True Christianity tells us
to do something else.
25:51.950 --> 25:53.985
When the world says that Christians no longer need
25:54.052 --> 25:57.155
to obey the commandments
of God, True Christianity
25:57.222 --> 26:00.759
tells us that Christ does want us to keep those commands--
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even that it plays a role in
the very purpose of our lives.
26:05.263 --> 26:07.832
When the world says that Christians need to focus
26:07.899 --> 26:11.169
on fixing this world by participating in the
26:11.236 --> 26:14.306
politics of our day and getting
the right people elected,
26:14.372 --> 26:17.976
True Christianity tells us that Christians' commitment to the
26:18.043 --> 26:22.113
coming Kingdom of God transforms both their relation to the
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world around them and
their role in it.
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Frankly, True Christianity
involves a commitment of one's
26:28.286 --> 26:32.624
whole life to following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ--
26:32.691 --> 26:34.659
and that involves change.
26:34.726 --> 26:38.930
Many--after working to find
True Christianity--discover
26:38.997 --> 26:42.267
that they prefer the comforts
of false Christianity...
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prefer the easy promises of
the false, counterfeit Jesus
26:46.071 --> 26:49.307
they're used to, instead of
the commands of the True Jesus
26:49.374 --> 26:53.044
who is the Son of God reigning in Heaven and soon to intervene
26:53.111 --> 26:54.746
in the affairs of the world.
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They discover that they don't have the courage it takes
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to let go of the comfortable
and embrace the truth.
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But for those who do have
that courage--and those who
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may not at first, but are humble enough to let Jesus Christ
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grow that courage within them--
there is no greater reward
27:13.698 --> 27:17.702
than finding--and embracing--
true Christianity.
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Rod McNair, and I will be right
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here waiting for you--eager to share with you the Gospel
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of the Kingdom of God, the teachings of Jesus Christ
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and His instruction for your life, and the end-time
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prophecies of the Bible that shed the light of truth
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