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S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up

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S2: The gospel changes everything.

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S5: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement

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S6: It's Carl and crew on this Freedom Friday. And freedom

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S6: in Christ is an interesting thing. It's it's not just

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S6: Find this here in Mark chapter eight, verse 34. And

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S6: But whoever loses his life for my sake and the

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S6: Got a question for you on this Freedom Friday. When

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S6: God in his grace Convicts us of our sin. So

445
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S6: we deny ourselves, take up our cross. Turn around and

446
00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:24,739
S6: follow Jesus. Only then are we born again. So I

447
00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:28,180
S6: just want to ask you, what does it profit you

448
00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:31,540
S6: to gain the whole world and lose your soul? What

449
00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:35,060
S6: does it profit you for you to fly under the

450
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S6: radar of detection, of whether or not you're born again

451
00:25:38,619 --> 00:25:42,420
S6: by people in your Christian culture and lose your soul.

452
00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:45,860
S6: What does it profit you? And the answer is nothing.

453
00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:51,139
S6: So if today you're willing to admit I'm denying myself

454
00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:56,659
S6: I'm a sinner, I need a savior. Wow. That's great.

455
00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:59,580
S6: That's a revelation from God. He loves you that much.

456
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:05,859
S6: And today, Karl, I am turning around and I am

457
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S6: following Jesus. I'm putting everything I have into his hands.

458
00:26:13,060 --> 00:26:16,660
S6: I'm trusting him. I'm surrendering all that I am. And

459
00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:22,340
S6: I'm asking you. Are you surrendering all that you are

460
00:26:22,340 --> 00:26:25,859
S6: to Jesus? And here's the beauty of it. God is

461
00:26:25,859 --> 00:26:28,220
S6: catching you at a moment this morning when you have

462
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:31,179
S6: a moment of sobriety. Shoot, I've been Christian in name only.

463
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:35,900
S6: Oh my goodness. I've never acknowledged fully I'm a sinner.

464
00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:41,540
S6: I need a savior. But today I'm doing that and

465
00:26:41,580 --> 00:26:46,380
S6: I'm repenting. I'm turning around and I'm following Jesus Christ.

466
00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:53,580
S6: That's you. Today is your day of salvation. No fanfare,

467
00:26:53,619 --> 00:26:57,780
S6: no music playing. Today. The Spirit of God is cutting

468
00:26:57,780 --> 00:27:02,379
S6: through that dark, cold heart. You've been warmed to the

469
00:27:02,380 --> 00:27:06,740
S6: culture of Christianity, but you've been cold, relatively cold to Christ.

470
00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:11,699
S6: But today he's turning your life around. And if that's you,

471
00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:14,139
S6: I want you to text the word new right now.

472
00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:16,460
S6: We want to help you in your first steps with Jesus.

473
00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:21,660
S6: Just text the word new to 805 five, five, 78, 98.

474
00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:26,619
S6: Just one word. New to 800 555 7898.

475
00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:30,899
S1: Helping you take the next step in your walk with Jesus.

476
00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:32,220
S6: God longs for.

477
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S1: Us.

478
00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:35,900
S6: Today to seek him and ask him to move in

479
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S6: ways that we never could.

480
00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:39,300
S1: You're listening to Carl and Cru.

481
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:43,899
S6: Ryan Stevenson That's what it's all about. With lifted hands.

482
00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,340
S6: I give you all that I am. It's Carl and

483
00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:48,300
S6: Cru this morning. Going to go to Cheyenne, our first

484
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,980
S6: time caller in Murfreesboro. What's your story? Shaina?

485
00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:54,780
S12: Um, hi. Um. Good morning. Good morning. At the age of.

486
00:27:54,820 --> 00:27:58,540
S12: At the age of 16, I was baptized. Well, I

487
00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:01,340
S12: could say I was forced to be baptized because I

488
00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:05,060
S12: knew then I wasn't ready to be a Christian, but

489
00:28:05,060 --> 00:28:08,890
S12: my parents made me get baptized anyway, so I did.

490
00:28:09,130 --> 00:28:11,290
S12: But at the time I tried to be the best

491
00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:14,409
S12: Christian I can be. Like, I was raised in church,

492
00:28:14,410 --> 00:28:17,450
S12: so I knew God. But that's. But there's a difference

493
00:28:17,450 --> 00:28:20,370
S12: to know about God and to know him for yourself.

494
00:28:20,410 --> 00:28:21,850
S6: Hey man.

495
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S3: Sister.

496
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S12: So at the at the age of I can say

497
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S12: 26 to 28. Okay, I, I just try to live

498
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S12: the best life I could for God. But I can

499
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S12: say I was still a sinner. I really wasn't a

500
00:28:36,290 --> 00:28:40,050
S12: Christian then, but at the age of 26 or 28,

501
00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:42,850
S12: I was living with my grandmother. And that night my

502
00:28:42,850 --> 00:28:45,570
S12: chest hurt real bad and I had the biggest fear

503
00:28:45,610 --> 00:28:48,610
S12: over my life that I have never felt before. I

504
00:28:48,610 --> 00:28:51,850
S12: went to my grandmother because she raised us and she

505
00:28:51,850 --> 00:28:54,370
S12: raised us to teach us about God. So I knew

506
00:28:54,370 --> 00:28:57,250
S12: the difference from right and wrong wrong. And I said, my.

507
00:28:57,290 --> 00:28:59,330
S12: I told my grandma, I said, grandma, I don't want

508
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S12: to die. She looked at me. She said, baby, you're

509
00:29:01,810 --> 00:29:04,650
S12: not going to die. But to be honest, I knew

510
00:29:04,690 --> 00:29:07,489
S12: if I died, I was going to hell, just to

511
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S12: be honest. Yeah. So I went in. I went in

512
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S12: her room and I got on my knees. And every

513
00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:15,410
S12: time I think about this, it makes me cry. I

514
00:29:15,410 --> 00:29:18,730
S12: asked God to come into my life and to save me.

515
00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:21,410
S12: And when I got up from my knees, I knew

516
00:29:21,410 --> 00:29:24,209
S12: that I was a different person. The things, the things

517
00:29:24,210 --> 00:29:27,930
S12: that I hated. I loved the things that I loved,

518
00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:30,890
S12: I hated. And I can say my grandma used to

519
00:29:30,890 --> 00:29:32,970
S12: say this and I can say this was my testimony.

520
00:29:33,010 --> 00:29:35,850
S12: I used to live on Broadway, but now I live

521
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S12: on straight street. So I'm a different person from inside

522
00:29:39,330 --> 00:29:41,890
S12: and out. And I knew that God came into my

523
00:29:41,890 --> 00:29:45,090
S12: life because it was a difference in me. I loved

524
00:29:45,090 --> 00:29:48,209
S12: to read about the word. I love to share the gospel,

525
00:29:48,210 --> 00:29:51,130
S12: and I can say that I will never, ever, ever

526
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S12: give my life back to Satan. My life to the

527
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S12: day I die is for Christ. Because everything that I do,

528
00:29:57,930 --> 00:29:59,650
S12: I cannot do anything without him.

529
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S6: Thank you sister. First time caller from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. That's

530
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S6: the gospel. Wow. And I just want to make sure

531
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S6: that you get this right now. I need you to

532
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,400
S6: hear me. There's someone that's listened to Shaina's story. There's

533
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,400
S6: someone that's listening. What we're saying this morning and what

534
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,280
S6: Jesus spoke 2000 years ago. He called the crowd to himself,

535
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,520
S6: and he said, if anyone would come after me, let

536
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,960
S6: him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.

537
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,560
S6: Whoever would save his life will lose it. Yeah, that

538
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,080
S6: life that you've built, you're letting go of it today, friend.

539
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,240
S6: And whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

540
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,200
S6: For what does it profit you to gain the whole

541
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S6: world and lose your soul? You know what the answer

542
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,440
S6: to that is? Nothing. And for some of you today,

543
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,800
S6: you've only been Christian in name only. But today is

544
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,360
S6: a day of salvation. And I just want to be

545
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,600
S6: straightforward here in terms of this little story that Jesus tells,

546
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S6: these truths that he gives. To deny yourself means that

547
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,120
S6: you've come to the end of yourself and you say gladly,

548
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,880
S6: I'm a sinner. God save me. Thank you for sending

549
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:18,160
S6: Jesus to die for my sin. Reject Christian in name only.

550
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:24,400
S6: Today is the day to be born again. Changed, new.

551
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:32,120
S6: And then he goes on to say. When you follow

552
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S6: me and take up your cross. Meaning when you turn

553
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:42,200
S6: around you have a change of heart, change of direction,

554
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,680
S6: and you surrender all you are to Jesus and say,

555
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:50,520
S6: today I'm following Jesus. I give everything. I'm holding nothing back.

556
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,760
S6: If that's you, friend, today you are born again. It's

557
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,040
S6: a cry of the soul that says today Jesus is

558
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,760
S6: my Savior. Today I turned my life around and over

559
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,680
S6: to Jesus Christ. There's no other gospel. It's not about

560
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:11,160
S6: getting baptized. Baptism comes after you're truly born again. It's

561
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,200
S6: about you saying I'm no longer Christian in name only.

562
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:20,080
S6: Today I'm a follower of Christ. And if that's you,

563
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:25,640
S6: just text us the word new right now to (800) 555-7898.

564
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,560
S6: We're going to help you in your first steps with Jesus. God,

565
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,320
S6: use stories this morning from listeners like you and God's

566
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,000
S6: working in you today. And today is a brand new day. Friend.

567
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000
S6: I don't care how long you've been in church. Text

568
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,800
S6: new to (800) 555-7898. And we're going to help you with

569
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,080
S6: a little link in your first steps of Jesus. And

570
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,400
S6: we rejoice with you, don't we?

571
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:47,680
S4: Absolutely.

572
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,320
S6: Welcome to the family.

573
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,200
S1: The gospel changes everything.

574
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,190
S13: Where else am I going to find peace? Joy. eternal

575
00:32:57,190 --> 00:33:00,710
S13: life not found in anyone else.

576
00:33:00,750 --> 00:33:02,550
S1: You're listening to Carl and crew.

577
00:33:03,230 --> 00:33:05,430
S6: I'll tell you how much we love you. This is

578
00:33:05,430 --> 00:33:08,310
S6: your show, and you're proving it today. Asking you a question.

579
00:33:08,310 --> 00:33:10,910
S6: When did you move from Christian in name only to

580
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:14,670
S6: genuine disciple. Follower of Christ? Caroline, we're going to get

581
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S6: you in here real quick. Sister, what's your story?

582
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S14: Um, I was a raised in a Christian home, and

583
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S14: I was one of those good, compliant kids and thought

584
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S14: I was all good. And during my senior year of

585
00:33:25,910 --> 00:33:30,150
S14: high school, my family moved me to another state. And

586
00:33:30,150 --> 00:33:33,630
S14: I went through a very ugly, rebellious time where I

587
00:33:33,630 --> 00:33:37,310
S14: was sure I was going to punish God for moving me. Um,

588
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:40,510
S14: I was still claiming to be a Christian. Um, but

589
00:33:40,510 --> 00:33:44,150
S14: I definitely wasn't following the Lord. And through that, I

590
00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:49,590
S14: became overwhelmingly convicted of myself being a sinner before God.

591
00:33:49,630 --> 00:33:53,470
S14: And I just had this overwhelming conversion because I just

592
00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:57,030
S14: never saw myself as needing him and I finally needed

593
00:33:57,030 --> 00:33:58,709
S14: him other than just have him.

594
00:33:58,750 --> 00:34:01,910
S6: Yeah. Yeah. If you go to Luke 15, Caroline, what

595
00:34:01,910 --> 00:34:04,670
S6: you were, as all of us are in one or

596
00:34:04,670 --> 00:34:08,230
S6: both of the wayward sons conditions, one was the victim

597
00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:10,310
S6: of his passion, the other one was a victim of

598
00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:13,510
S6: his pride. And you had a little bit of both

599
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:16,190
S6: mixed in there, Caroline. But today you're born again. Way

600
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S6: to go, sister. Uh, Mark, first time caller from Florida.

601
00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:21,750
S6: What do you say, Mark? Give us your story.

602
00:34:22,750 --> 00:34:25,910
S15: Yes. Hey, thanks for taking my call. Um, I grew

603
00:34:25,910 --> 00:34:30,029
S15: up in a Christian home. Um, very legalistic, a lot

604
00:34:30,030 --> 00:34:32,790
S15: of do's and don'ts. When I went to church and,

605
00:34:32,830 --> 00:34:35,710
S15: you know, thought I was a Christian my whole life. And, um,

606
00:34:36,670 --> 00:34:38,910
S15: one of those situations where you kind of know, I'm

607
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:43,630
S15: really not that good, you know, within yourself. So it's like,

608
00:34:43,630 --> 00:34:45,910
S15: I think I'm a Christian, but am I a good

609
00:34:45,910 --> 00:34:49,950
S15: enough Christian? Yeah. And, um, you know, growing up and

610
00:34:49,950 --> 00:34:53,430
S15: then having kids in the family and attending a church

611
00:34:53,430 --> 00:34:58,109
S15: that preached grace. Yes, it was just amazing to realize

612
00:34:58,590 --> 00:35:01,790
S15: it's not about me. It's about him. He's done it.

613
00:35:02,070 --> 00:35:08,270
S15: And that changed everything. When you realize it's not me. Yeah,

614
00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:10,430
S15: it's not how good I am, but it's what he's

615
00:35:10,430 --> 00:35:13,190
S15: already done for me. Changed my whole life.

616
00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:15,590
S6: Yeah. Real quick. Mark, is that when you were born again,

617
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S6: when you were already married and a dad, and that's

618
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S6: when you were saved?

619
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S15: Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Let me throw one term at you

620
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S15: real quick.

621
00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:26,150
S6: Real quick. We just got a second here.

622
00:35:26,630 --> 00:35:29,950
S15: When the coin dropped, do you remember the old soda machines?

623
00:35:29,950 --> 00:35:34,029
S15: When you finally hear it drop things? You know, I

624
00:35:34,070 --> 00:35:36,469
S15: get it. Yeah. Thank you, thank you. Jesus.

625
00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:39,910
S6: Yeah. Mark. Beautiful man. First time caller. This is. This

626
00:35:39,910 --> 00:35:42,430
S6: is why this is so important. I did not know

627
00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:46,910
S6: how consequential this would be this morning, I didn't. All

628
00:35:46,910 --> 00:35:50,070
S6: we had was a central passage, but that's all we needed.

629
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S1: This is Curl and Crew on Moody Radio.

630
00:35:55,060 --> 00:35:59,380
S6: It's really funny. Boom. Crew. I want to tell you something. Someday,

631
00:35:59,380 --> 00:36:01,420
S6: when we're in the New Jerusalem. I want to tell

632
00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:03,900
S6: you about this morning on this Freedom Friday, how it

633
00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:06,060
S6: all got started and kind of what we had in

634
00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:09,819
S6: our hands and how God worked. It's pretty cool. Had

635
00:36:09,820 --> 00:36:11,980
S6: a time of prayer here before we went live an

636
00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:15,100
S6: hour ago. And I'm like, all right, Lord, you know

637
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:19,339
S6: what we got here today? We got your word. And

638
00:36:19,340 --> 00:36:23,660
S6: it's powerful. We don't really need to add to that.

639
00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:27,299
S6: Just read the word. We've been asking a question this

640
00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:32,660
S6: morning that I think Satan tries to tell me at times.

641
00:36:32,660 --> 00:36:35,379
S6: And I really believe this man. You're talking too much

642
00:36:35,380 --> 00:36:38,100
S6: about that. Hey, you don't need to bring that up.

643
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,940
S6: You bring that up all the time. Karl. That certainly

644
00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:43,259
S6: isn't the voice of God.

645
00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:43,820
S2: No.

646
00:36:45,219 --> 00:36:50,580
S6: Not not in a four hour show. It's not. But

647
00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:55,779
S6: we're dealing with this great problem that we have here

648
00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:59,140
S6: in the West. And so the question we have to

649
00:36:59,180 --> 00:37:02,340
S6: illustrate it, and boy, has it been illustrated today, Ali,

650
00:37:02,380 --> 00:37:05,420
S6: is when did you move from Christian? And let me

651
00:37:05,420 --> 00:37:08,819
S6: change this one word from move to change. When did

652
00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:15,860
S6: you change from Christian in name only to genuine disciple

653
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,299
S6: slash follower of Jesus Christ? I want to rehearse some

654
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:24,300
S6: ground that we've covered. Word Christian first century meant something,

655
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:25,180
S6: didn't it, Ali.

656
00:37:25,219 --> 00:37:27,580
S4: Yes. I mean, there was a cost attached to it.

657
00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:31,620
S4: It was certainly not the popular thing to do. So

658
00:37:32,219 --> 00:37:34,540
S4: the it was much less likely that you would sort

659
00:37:34,580 --> 00:37:38,300
S4: of be swept up into the movement kind of unintentionally

660
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:39,219
S4: or casually.

661
00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:42,899
S2: It also wasn't a name they gave themselves. They were

662
00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:44,220
S2: called Christians.

663
00:37:44,540 --> 00:37:48,490
S6: You know, that's a great observation. They were. It was

664
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S6: actually a term of derision. They didn't give it to themselves.

665
00:37:51,890 --> 00:37:54,129
S6: And that. Thank you for that. You reminded me of that.

666
00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:56,410
S6: So it's used three times. If you look at the

667
00:37:56,410 --> 00:38:01,089
S6: ESV New American Standard, I think maybe has it's either

668
00:38:01,090 --> 00:38:04,450
S6: 2 or 4. Uh, but there's three times in the

669
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S6: English Standard version that it's used in each of those times. Yeah.

670
00:38:08,410 --> 00:38:12,089
S6: They were labeled by others. They didn't self-declare. They were

671
00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:17,330
S6: labeled by others as little Christs. Christian. So we've adopted

672
00:38:17,330 --> 00:38:20,209
S6: that name and we've made it part of a cultural fabric.

673
00:38:21,170 --> 00:38:26,770
S6: And the question is. Are you a follower of Christ?

674
00:38:27,450 --> 00:38:33,050
S6: That's what disciple means. And Jesus. There's no clearer place

675
00:38:33,050 --> 00:38:36,530
S6: in the Scripture than in Mark eight, verse 34. Listen

676
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:40,970
S6: to this calling the crowd to him with his disciples,

677
00:38:40,969 --> 00:38:43,250
S6: he said to them, these are the words of Christ.

678
00:38:43,410 --> 00:38:50,890
S6: If anyone would come after me. Let him deny himself,

679
00:38:50,930 --> 00:38:56,010
S6: take up his cross, and follow me, for whoever would

680
00:38:56,050 --> 00:38:59,730
S6: save his life will lose it. What's that mean? It

681
00:38:59,730 --> 00:39:04,129
S6: means that the life that you've built for yourself. When

682
00:39:04,130 --> 00:39:09,850
S6: you're ready to give that up, then and only then

683
00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:13,370
S6: are you a follower of Jesus. And then Jesus asked

684
00:39:13,370 --> 00:39:15,930
S6: this question, and I want to ask you this morning,

685
00:39:16,610 --> 00:39:19,210
S6: for what does it profit a man or a woman

686
00:39:19,210 --> 00:39:22,610
S6: to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? And,

687
00:39:22,650 --> 00:39:24,170
S6: you know, gain the whole world? Do you know what

688
00:39:24,210 --> 00:39:26,089
S6: Jesus would do? And there he was, just casting this

689
00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:30,570
S6: big bucket vision for what's it profit you to retain

690
00:39:30,570 --> 00:39:34,250
S6: your reputation as Christian, but really you're lost and on

691
00:39:34,250 --> 00:39:39,810
S6: a highway to separation eternally. Hell. What? What's a profit? You.

692
00:39:41,090 --> 00:39:43,050
S6: And if you stop and think about it for a moment,

693
00:39:43,050 --> 00:39:49,290
S6: it's like, Holy smokes, what a stupid thing to do

694
00:39:50,050 --> 00:39:55,330
S6: to be so concerned about my image in my church. Okay.

695
00:39:55,370 --> 00:39:58,210
S6: My image in my church, my image with my family

696
00:39:59,450 --> 00:40:02,610
S6: that I'm Christian in name only. And yet I've not

697
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:06,450
S6: yet denied myself taking up the cross and followed Jesus Christ.

698
00:40:07,890 --> 00:40:11,690
S6: I we're just being just friends here this morning. We're

699
00:40:11,690 --> 00:40:15,250
S6: just there's no notice. There's no great music playing in

700
00:40:15,250 --> 00:40:19,689
S6: the background. Nothing. Carl's not too amped and some days

701
00:40:19,690 --> 00:40:22,049
S6: I'm amped and it's right on. But today it's a

702
00:40:22,050 --> 00:40:25,290
S6: little chill. And we're just saying on this Freedom Friday,

703
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:29,450
S6: do you really know Jesus? You got up this morning

704
00:40:30,690 --> 00:40:33,210
S6: and you didn't know the Spirit of God was going

705
00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:35,930
S6: to invade your soul and convict you of the fact

706
00:40:35,930 --> 00:40:38,890
S6: that you are Christian in name only. But today Jesus has.

707
00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:42,120
S6: And it is an awesome thing when the Spirit of

708
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:47,760
S6: God says, what does it profit you? For you to

709
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S6: gain the whole world? And what are the ways that

710
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,680
S6: gain in the world manifests itself? It is reputation, culture,

711
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,120
S6: even Christian cultural reputation. But what else?

712
00:40:56,280 --> 00:41:01,240
S4: Sure, I mean wealth, popularity, achievement. I mean to gain

713
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,200
S4: the whole world. Do you think if it were possible

714
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,640
S4: to have every worldly gain available, the best house, the

715
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,800
S4: best car, the best family, the best.

716
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:10,920
S6: Reputation.

717
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,640
S4: The best reputation, the best job you. If it were

718
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S4: even possible to gain all of those things and you're

719
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:22,520
S4: forfeiting your soul, there's no amount of gain that would

720
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S4: make it worth it.

721
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S6: None. And so I'm going to just talk to you

722
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,399
S6: about a word that has been. It might freak you out, even,

723
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,759
S6: but I'm going to tell you the truth. Jesus 13

724
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,960
S6: times warned great men and women just like you. Don't

725
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:45,160
S6: go to hell. Now, hell is a Greek word, Gehenna.

726
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,600
S6: And you know where Gehenna comes from? Valley of Hinnom

727
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,640
S6: and the Valley of Hinnom was this ugly place so

728
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,839
S6: close to the city of God. Jerusalem. 300ft, guys, is

729
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,640
S6: where the valley of Hinnom starts. I've stood there. There's

730
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,000
S6: a little road between the wall of Jerusalem and Valley

731
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,760
S6: of Hinnom. There's a little two lane road. That's it. Alley.

732
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,520
S6: So this little two lane road and what what God

733
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,960
S6: was saying is you can be so close to the

734
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:17,840
S6: city of God and absolutely separated from him for eternity.

735
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,600
S6: The valley of Hinnom was a place of death. It

736
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,600
S6: became a garbage dump. It was a place of flames.

737
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,200
S6: See how the word comes together now? So what does

738
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,920
S6: it profit you to be so close to the city

739
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,760
S6: of God, the place of peace, and lose your soul?

740
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,200
S6: And the answer is Nothing. So you're going to let

741
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,960
S6: some people who think you're Christian hold hold you back

742
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,080
S6: from Christ? Are you going to let your ladder leaning

743
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,839
S6: against the wall of prosperity when really you go to

744
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,920
S6: church on Sunday? But really, that's where your ladder is leaning.

745
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,440
S6: You're going to let that keep you from eternity with Jesus. Really?

746
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:02,120
S6: Come on friend. God brought you here this morning. I

747
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,400
S6: just want to give the very clear gospel right from

748
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:09,879
S6: Jesus's words. He says this if anyone would come after me,

749
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,080
S6: here's what you gotta do. Deny himself. What? You know

750
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:17,120
S6: what this acknowledges? There is nothing in myself that can

751
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:25,120
S6: save myself. I am, I'm sorry. God. And today I confess.

752
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,440
S6: I'm a sinner. I need a savior. Thank you, Jesus,

753
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:33,560
S6: for dying for me. Wow, what a humbling thing. It

754
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,960
S6: goes on to say, let him deny himself, take up

755
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,790
S6: his cross and follow me. So I want to ask

756
00:43:38,790 --> 00:43:42,069
S6: you today, friend, are you willing to admit I'm a

757
00:43:42,070 --> 00:43:48,670
S6: sinner and today are you repenting, turning around and following Jesus?

758
00:43:49,950 --> 00:43:54,109
S6: Today you're turning and you know what that means for you.

759
00:43:54,110 --> 00:43:56,790
S6: It means all that you are, all that you hope

760
00:43:56,790 --> 00:43:59,510
S6: to be, all the life that you've made for yourself,

761
00:43:59,510 --> 00:44:02,710
S6: even your reputation, your image. Like Ali just said, all

762
00:44:02,710 --> 00:44:07,149
S6: these things you're saying that doesn't matter anymore. I'm following Jesus.

763
00:44:07,150 --> 00:44:11,589
S6: What a beautiful thing. And if that's you today, it's

764
00:44:11,590 --> 00:44:13,430
S6: a cry of the soul. That's why we don't have

765
00:44:13,430 --> 00:44:16,950
S6: you repeat a prayer with us. We just have little

766
00:44:16,950 --> 00:44:20,910
S6: declarative statements of I'm a sinner. I need a Savior.

767
00:44:21,150 --> 00:44:24,830
S6: His name is Jesus. And today I'm giving all that

768
00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:27,029
S6: I am to Jesus. And I'm following him for the

769
00:44:27,030 --> 00:44:31,350
S6: first time in my life. And Carl, I can tell

770
00:44:31,350 --> 00:44:33,830
S6: you for sure that I don't even care what people

771
00:44:33,830 --> 00:44:36,549
S6: say because I know what Jesus is saying in my

772
00:44:36,550 --> 00:44:39,230
S6: heart right now. And if that's you, I want you

773
00:44:39,230 --> 00:44:41,150
S6: to text the word new and we're going to help

774
00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:44,710
S6: you because that missing piece in your life has been

775
00:44:44,710 --> 00:44:48,870
S6: you didn't have a relationship with Jesus. Just text the

776
00:44:48,870 --> 00:44:51,550
S6: word new. We're going to help you get an auto response.

777
00:44:51,550 --> 00:44:53,029
S6: It's going to go out to you. Just text the

778
00:44:53,030 --> 00:45:00,069
S6: word new to 800 555, 78, 98. Just new to

779
00:45:00,110 --> 00:45:07,590
S6: 800 555 7898. Man, the word of God is powerful,

780
00:45:07,590 --> 00:45:08,390
S6: isn't it, Ali?

781
00:45:08,590 --> 00:45:09,670
S4: There's nothing like it.

782
00:45:09,670 --> 00:45:11,469
S6: Nothing like it. Wow.

783
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S1: This is Curl and crew on Moody Radio.

784
00:45:17,310 --> 00:45:20,430
S6: Hadn't planned on this. Didn't know that God was going

785
00:45:20,430 --> 00:45:23,990
S6: to go here. But already this morning. But what an

786
00:45:23,989 --> 00:45:26,989
S6: awesome thing to look at this. If anyone, Jesus said

787
00:45:26,989 --> 00:45:30,390
S6: would come after me, let him deny himself, take up

788
00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:34,979
S6: his cross and follow me. for whoever would save his

789
00:45:34,980 --> 00:45:39,060
S6: life will lose it. And whoever loses his life for

790
00:45:39,060 --> 00:45:43,060
S6: my sake and the gospel's will save it. Wow. That's heavy,

791
00:45:43,060 --> 00:45:45,819
S6: isn't it? You want. If you want to live, you

792
00:45:45,860 --> 00:45:47,900
S6: gotta die to yourself.

793
00:45:48,780 --> 00:45:50,620
S4: It's the upside down kingdom, right?

794
00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:53,660
S6: It's the upside down kingdom all over again. And then

795
00:45:53,660 --> 00:45:56,420
S6: it says, for what? Does it profit a man or

796
00:45:56,420 --> 00:46:01,420
S6: a woman to gain the whole world and forfeit their soul?

797
00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:06,020
S6: And the answer is not a thing, man. Ali, take

798
00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:06,859
S6: it away. Who do we have?

799
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S4: We've got Kerry. First time caller from Mineral City, Ohio. Kerry,

800
00:46:11,100 --> 00:46:13,500
S4: when did you change from Christian in name only to

801
00:46:13,580 --> 00:46:15,700
S4: genuine disciple of Jesus Christ?

802
00:46:17,140 --> 00:46:22,100
S16: Okay. I found Jesus when I was a teenager and Napa.

803
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:27,340
S16: I did not become a follower of Jesus Christ until.

804
00:46:28,260 --> 00:46:33,020
S16: Until I lost my grandson and a very tragic way.

805
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:38,180
S16: I ended up having to resuscitate him and that. And

806
00:46:38,180 --> 00:46:42,899
S16: my grandson passed away. And I was so, so angry

807
00:46:43,219 --> 00:46:46,259
S16: with God. And I was like, Lord, why did you

808
00:46:46,260 --> 00:46:48,339
S16: do this to me? You know, why did you put

809
00:46:48,340 --> 00:46:51,900
S16: me through this? You know, why did you take my

810
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:56,460
S16: grandson and that? And I just felt God's presence. He

811
00:46:56,460 --> 00:47:00,339
S16: literally wrapped his arms around me and he said, Sherry,

812
00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:04,540
S16: I lost my grandson, too. And that right there, I

813
00:47:04,580 --> 00:47:08,900
S16: just surrendered and that. And I was like, Lord, you're right.

814
00:47:08,900 --> 00:47:14,020
S16: You lost your son for me and that. And at

815
00:47:14,060 --> 00:47:19,700
S16: that moment, I just surrendered and followed him. And through

816
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:23,900
S16: the pain and through the grief, Jesus has been there

817
00:47:24,020 --> 00:47:24,780
S16: for me.

818
00:47:24,820 --> 00:47:27,660
S6: Yeah. Carrie, thank you for calling in first time caller

819
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S6: Mineral City. It is very easy to be culturally Christian

820
00:47:31,660 --> 00:47:34,620
S6: in name only and then hit a. And here's the

821
00:47:34,620 --> 00:47:39,580
S6: reality I don't think anyone is following Jesus today for

822
00:47:39,580 --> 00:47:42,660
S6: the first time. And we've had a large number of

823
00:47:42,660 --> 00:47:47,100
S6: you that are surrendered. Most, I would say 70% of

824
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:50,100
S6: you texting new and following Jesus today have never texted

825
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:54,460
S6: our program before. Ever. And that means that God providentially

826
00:47:54,460 --> 00:47:56,620
S6: brought you here. And the Spirit of God is working

827
00:47:56,620 --> 00:48:00,580
S6: in your heart today. And that's beautiful. But Christian in

828
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:03,940
S6: name only is so easy until we hit a point.

829
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:08,140
S6: And I'm convinced of this because of Jesus's words. Blessed

830
00:48:08,140 --> 00:48:09,980
S6: are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom

831
00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:14,620
S6: of heaven. Poor in spirit means spiritual bankruptcy. And when

832
00:48:14,620 --> 00:48:19,660
S6: you recognize, man, I'm broke spiritually. I've got nothing. Usually

833
00:48:19,660 --> 00:48:23,340
S6: through some kind of a crisis or crunch time. That's

834
00:48:23,340 --> 00:48:27,089
S6: when your heart is most tenderized to the truth of

835
00:48:27,090 --> 00:48:29,450
S6: God's Word and the good news of Jesus Christ.

836
00:48:29,489 --> 00:48:32,489
S4: Yeah. Let's go back to the phones. Geneva, thank you

837
00:48:32,489 --> 00:48:35,609
S4: for holding on. Holding on from Yorkville, Illinois. When did

838
00:48:35,610 --> 00:48:38,330
S4: that change happen for you? Christian. In name only to

839
00:48:38,370 --> 00:48:40,169
S4: genuine disciple of Jesus.

840
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S17: Yay! It was worth the wait. Well. Good morning. I

841
00:48:43,810 --> 00:48:47,370
S17: just wanted to share. Um, so I got sober from

842
00:48:47,370 --> 00:48:51,850
S17: alcohol and drugs in 2006, and I was 29 and

843
00:48:51,850 --> 00:48:55,810
S17: I had been raised with Christ. And I thought that

844
00:48:55,810 --> 00:48:59,290
S17: I knew him and I would go to him when

845
00:48:59,290 --> 00:49:03,730
S17: I was in trouble. But my actions, my actions did

846
00:49:03,730 --> 00:49:07,529
S17: not match, you know, the principles that you know that

847
00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:11,370
S17: he stands for. And so I came into recovery, a

848
00:49:11,370 --> 00:49:14,569
S17: 12 step program, and they suggested I seek a higher power.

849
00:49:14,810 --> 00:49:18,170
S17: And I didn't need to define this higher power as Christ.

850
00:49:18,290 --> 00:49:22,250
S17: I just opened it all up. And what ended up

851
00:49:22,250 --> 00:49:25,930
S17: happening was I was reading the Bible one day and

852
00:49:25,930 --> 00:49:31,969
S17: I realized that it was not me seeking Christ, but

853
00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:34,650
S17: that Christ had been seeking me.

854
00:49:34,690 --> 00:49:35,330
S3: Yes.

855
00:49:35,530 --> 00:49:41,170
S17: And he and he revealed himself, Jesus Christ, the God,

856
00:49:41,170 --> 00:49:45,089
S17: the one true God, revealed himself to me, and he

857
00:49:45,090 --> 00:49:49,090
S17: continues to reveal himself to me every single day. And

858
00:49:49,090 --> 00:49:52,370
S17: all I need is a little bit of willingness and

859
00:49:52,370 --> 00:49:54,930
S17: anybody can do it. A little bit of willingness. We

860
00:49:54,930 --> 00:49:59,250
S17: can ask Jesus, who are you? Show me who you are.

861
00:50:00,050 --> 00:50:02,969
S17: All the different things. And he will come. He will come.

862
00:50:03,410 --> 00:50:08,010
S17: And every day is such an amazing adventure because I

863
00:50:08,050 --> 00:50:09,890
S17: think about the verse and I don't know exactly what

864
00:50:09,890 --> 00:50:13,250
S17: one it is, but the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ

865
00:50:13,290 --> 00:50:18,089
S17: Jesus my Lord. Yeah. Um, so, you know, it's an

866
00:50:18,090 --> 00:50:22,129
S17: awesome thing to be sober. And this love affair that

867
00:50:22,130 --> 00:50:26,410
S17: I have with Christ now is everything. I was looking

868
00:50:26,410 --> 00:50:30,370
S17: in the alcohol and drugs times a billion, a billion,

869
00:50:30,410 --> 00:50:33,009
S17: a billion. So thank you for letting me share.

870
00:50:33,290 --> 00:50:36,250
S6: Now, Geneva. That's awesome. And let me tell you, sister, I,

871
00:50:36,290 --> 00:50:40,290
S6: I mean, I distinctly remember this, um, I don't even

872
00:50:40,290 --> 00:50:42,729
S6: think I've said this on the show, but Geneva, I

873
00:50:42,730 --> 00:50:48,010
S6: was absolutely loaded one night, uh, on a pretty serious

874
00:50:48,010 --> 00:50:51,970
S6: cocaine binge. And some of you are listening right now going,

875
00:50:52,010 --> 00:50:54,609
S6: hold it. What's hold on, you haven't listened to this

876
00:50:54,610 --> 00:50:57,690
S6: show very long and you're like, all the time out. Yeah.

877
00:50:57,730 --> 00:51:01,049
S6: Before I was called out of Darkness and into the light,

878
00:51:01,050 --> 00:51:04,890
S6: I had had this deep Christian culture that I was

879
00:51:04,890 --> 00:51:07,730
S6: raised in. So I knew what it was because I

880
00:51:07,730 --> 00:51:09,730
S6: heard people all the time talking about crying out to

881
00:51:09,770 --> 00:51:12,090
S6: God when I'm in trouble, and he meets me there.

882
00:51:12,370 --> 00:51:12,810
S4: Yeah.

883
00:51:13,210 --> 00:51:17,009
S6: And I'm on this cocaine runner and I'm not going

884
00:51:17,050 --> 00:51:19,370
S6: to tell you the incident that went down because it's

885
00:51:19,370 --> 00:51:23,319
S6: just it's not even okay for on air, but it.

886
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,799
S6: And it wasn't illegal or anything weird like that. It

887
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:29,400
S6: was just dark. And I remember crying out to God going,

888
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,959
S6: God help me. And I remember the hollowness of. There

889
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:40,080
S6: was no one talking back. Why? Because God wanted me

890
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:44,439
S6: and he was calling me. And it was about two

891
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:47,279
S6: months later after that incident that Jesus said, are you

892
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,680
S6: done yet? And on that day, God called me out

893
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,160
S6: of darkness and into the light. What did it take?

894
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:58,920
S6: I recognized that Jesus was my Savior of my life. Meaning,

895
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,280
S6: for the first time ever, I knew that I couldn't

896
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:04,399
S6: do it without him. And I repented and I turned

897
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,759
S6: around and it was hard because. And I remember how

898
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,560
S6: hard it was saying goodbye to all my old partying buddies.

899
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,200
S6: And I thought, oh boy, I'm going to miss them

900
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,080
S6: and this and that. And then I realized something. They

901
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,480
S6: didn't miss me at all.

902
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:18,520
S4: Moved on quickly, huh?

903
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:20,800
S6: Yeah, they were moving on quickly. In fact, a couple

904
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,440
S6: of them were just glad I wasn't turning state's evidence

905
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,200
S6: and turning them over to the feds for cocaine distribution.

906
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,399
S6: So they were like, all right, don't call us, man.

907
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:35,000
S6: We're good out of here, dude. Wow. But they I

908
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,680
S6: found a whole new group of friends, people that were

909
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:43,800
S6: genuine followers of Jesus. And you're right, Geneva. Jesus calls

910
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,799
S6: us out of darkness. We don't go find him. And

911
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,920
S6: someone's hearing his voice today. Ali, I want you to

912
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,320
S6: give the gospel right now.

913
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:54,560
S4: Yeah. You know, when you when we think about that,

914
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,880
S4: Jesus came to seek and save the lost. And I

915
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:01,840
S4: just was reading an article just yesterday that talked about

916
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:05,440
S4: how we have to preach the good news. But sometimes

917
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,560
S4: before we get to the good news, we people have

918
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:12,000
S4: to understand the bad news. And and that really hit

919
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,799
S4: home because sometimes people don't know that they need to

920
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,469
S4: be saved because they don't realize that they're lost.

921
00:53:18,510 --> 00:53:19,190
S3: Yes.

922
00:53:19,350 --> 00:53:22,390
S4: And so it's the if you know today that you

923
00:53:22,430 --> 00:53:26,750
S4: are lost, you're lost in your sin, you're lost in

924
00:53:26,750 --> 00:53:29,790
S4: your pursuit of whatever it is you're chasing after to

925
00:53:29,830 --> 00:53:31,670
S4: try to find that fulfillment.

926
00:53:31,710 --> 00:53:32,709
S6: Even religion.

927
00:53:32,710 --> 00:53:37,350
S4: Religion, sometimes it's religion you're doing, going through the motions.

928
00:53:37,630 --> 00:53:41,310
S4: Jesus came to seek and save the lost. That's you

929
00:53:41,310 --> 00:53:44,190
S4: and that's me. And today, if you don't know Jesus,

930
00:53:44,190 --> 00:53:46,270
S4: maybe you've been in church for a lot of years.

931
00:53:46,270 --> 00:53:49,469
S4: Maybe you could share the gospel right back to me

932
00:53:49,469 --> 00:53:52,390
S4: because you've heard it that many times, but it's not

933
00:53:52,390 --> 00:53:55,750
S4: been real to you. You've not surrendered your life to him.

934
00:53:55,750 --> 00:53:58,830
S4: You've not taken up your cross. You've not denied yourself.

935
00:53:59,350 --> 00:54:03,590
S4: Today is the day. Don't waste any more time. Don't wait.

936
00:54:03,590 --> 00:54:06,990
S4: Don't let pride hold you back. Like Carl said, today

937
00:54:06,989 --> 00:54:10,670
S4: is the day of salvation for you. Yes, you. Who's

938
00:54:10,670 --> 00:54:14,230
S4: been religious, who was raised in a Christian home today.

939
00:54:14,350 --> 00:54:17,509
S4: Let today be the day that it's. That it's real.

940
00:54:18,550 --> 00:54:20,910
S6: And if that's you and what Ali just said, if

941
00:54:20,910 --> 00:54:24,710
S6: you confess Jesus, you're my savior. Today for the first time.

942
00:54:24,710 --> 00:54:27,510
S6: And today I'm turning around and I'm following you. And

943
00:54:27,510 --> 00:54:28,989
S6: I don't even know how I'm going to do it,

944
00:54:28,989 --> 00:54:32,390
S6: but I'm putting all my chips with you. God, if

945
00:54:32,390 --> 00:54:34,350
S6: that's you, we're going to help you in your first steps.

946
00:54:34,350 --> 00:54:40,830
S6: Just text the word new to (800) 555-7898. Just new to

947
00:54:40,870 --> 00:54:47,670
S6: 800 555 7898. Just that one word. So many surrendering

948
00:54:47,670 --> 00:54:49,750
S6: to Christ today. But you know what the time is

949
00:54:49,750 --> 00:54:52,510
S6: right now, friend. It's for you. And you're, you're hearing

950
00:54:52,510 --> 00:54:55,270
S6: me say that you heard you say this and you're like, God,

951
00:54:55,550 --> 00:54:59,390
S6: it's me today, isn't it? Today's my day and we're

952
00:54:59,390 --> 00:55:01,830
S6: going to help you in those first steps. Text one

953
00:55:01,830 --> 00:55:06,790
S6: word new to 800 555, 7898.

954
00:55:07,590 --> 00:55:10,550
S1: Celebrating the unstoppable gospel.

955
00:55:10,670 --> 00:55:13,110
S2: It's not that I've got to fill in these check boxes.

956
00:55:13,110 --> 00:55:15,149
S2: So he's okay with me, but it's that I get

957
00:55:15,150 --> 00:55:18,029
S2: to stand close to him so that I can experience

958
00:55:18,030 --> 00:55:19,750
S2: the life that he has for me.

959
00:55:19,989 --> 00:55:21,910
S1: You're listening to Carl and Crew.

960
00:55:22,870 --> 00:55:24,830
S6: Okay. This is one of these mornings that we're going

961
00:55:24,870 --> 00:55:27,830
S6: to look back at one day and almost laugh some

962
00:55:27,870 --> 00:55:30,390
S6: some day in the New Jerusalem Boom crew, all of

963
00:55:30,390 --> 00:55:32,990
S6: you who are born again, it's going to be fun

964
00:55:32,989 --> 00:55:34,750
S6: to be able to. We're going to have plenty of

965
00:55:34,750 --> 00:55:38,750
S6: time to just rehearse what's going on in these glorified bodies.

966
00:55:38,790 --> 00:55:41,910
S6: I we know for certain that we're going to be

967
00:55:41,950 --> 00:55:44,589
S6: able to rehearse the the wonders of God's grace here

968
00:55:44,590 --> 00:55:47,430
S6: on earth, and even some of the cool things he did.

969
00:55:48,270 --> 00:55:50,830
S6: A lot of people texting for the very first time.

970
00:55:51,870 --> 00:55:56,030
S6: You know, it's fascinating to. I remember the first time

971
00:55:56,030 --> 00:55:59,710
S6: I ever shared the gospel on air and asked for

972
00:55:59,710 --> 00:56:02,510
S6: people to surrender to Christ. Super dad, do you remember

973
00:56:02,510 --> 00:56:04,390
S6: that day who was in studio with me?

974
00:56:04,430 --> 00:56:05,270
S4: Doctor Erwin.

975
00:56:05,270 --> 00:56:05,910
S5: Lutzer.

976
00:56:06,150 --> 00:56:06,630
S6: Doctor, do.

977
00:56:06,630 --> 00:56:08,510
S5: You remember that morning? Yes.

978
00:56:08,510 --> 00:56:12,860
S6: And that was an epic day. Since that time, thousands

979
00:56:12,860 --> 00:56:17,260
S6: upon thousands have surrendered to Christ on air here. And

980
00:56:17,260 --> 00:56:21,700
S6: it's beautiful because there's something really different about us talking

981
00:56:21,700 --> 00:56:25,340
S6: to you over the air. Oftentimes, it was a captive audience.

982
00:56:25,340 --> 00:56:28,180
S6: It's just you alone with the Word of God as

983
00:56:28,180 --> 00:56:31,620
S6: we read it, and then boom, the Holy Spirit begins

984
00:56:31,620 --> 00:56:34,340
S6: to move. It's one of the most powerful things about

985
00:56:34,340 --> 00:56:37,819
S6: radio is this unique medium where it's just you and

986
00:56:37,820 --> 00:56:41,739
S6: me or Ali and you. Yeah, it's just cool, isn't it?

987
00:56:41,940 --> 00:56:44,379
S4: It is. And so we don't get to see you.

988
00:56:44,380 --> 00:56:48,420
S4: But this connection that we get to have is really powerful.

989
00:56:48,460 --> 00:56:51,739
S6: Yeah. It is. And sometimes, I'll admit, I look here

990
00:56:51,739 --> 00:56:54,140
S6: at this foam piece in front of me and I'm like, hello,

991
00:56:55,020 --> 00:56:57,219
S6: to use the super hello.

992
00:56:57,620 --> 00:56:58,060
S3: Hello?

993
00:56:58,140 --> 00:56:58,660
S6: Anyone out.

994
00:56:58,660 --> 00:56:59,580
S3: There? Hello?

995
00:56:59,820 --> 00:57:02,020
S6: Is anyone there? And then all of a sudden we

996
00:57:02,020 --> 00:57:05,780
S6: get flooded with texts and resources and stories of life change.

997
00:57:05,780 --> 00:57:11,660
S6: When did you change from Christian in name only to

998
00:57:11,739 --> 00:57:15,660
S6: genuine disciple of Christ. Bert, first time caller, Tampa, Florida.

999
00:57:15,660 --> 00:57:16,780
S6: What's your story, Bert?

1000
00:57:18,340 --> 00:57:20,420
S18: How are we doing today? God bless you.

1001
00:57:20,460 --> 00:57:22,700
S6: Doing great. Bert. What's your story? My man.

1002
00:57:23,460 --> 00:57:29,700
S18: My story is I've, uh, grew up basically in church, Pentecostal. And, um,

1003
00:57:30,420 --> 00:57:35,340
S18: you know, as time wore on, you go through your journeys.

1004
00:57:36,060 --> 00:57:39,860
S18: But there was a time when I finally moved to Florida,

1005
00:57:39,860 --> 00:57:43,500
S18: and I really started trying to find out what my

1006
00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:45,820
S18: relationship with the Lord was. And one time I was

1007
00:57:45,820 --> 00:57:49,580
S18: reading in John 1426, and it impacted me in such

1008
00:57:49,580 --> 00:57:53,220
S18: a great way where the Lord Jesus himself speaking, saying

1009
00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:55,260
S18: where he's going back to the father, and he's going

1010
00:57:55,300 --> 00:57:57,780
S18: to send one who's the comforter, the Holy Spirit, who

1011
00:57:57,780 --> 00:57:59,740
S18: will be the one to teach us and remind us

1012
00:57:59,980 --> 00:58:02,540
S18: of all that the Lord has taught us. And that

1013
00:58:02,540 --> 00:58:06,580
S18: hit me in such a way where it reminded me

1014
00:58:06,580 --> 00:58:10,419
S18: that I need to be reading my Bible. Being led

1015
00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:13,660
S18: by the Holy Spirit, showing me and teaching me the

1016
00:58:13,660 --> 00:58:16,780
S18: truth of God's Word. And who else better to do

1017
00:58:16,780 --> 00:58:20,940
S18: it than God himself? There's no confusion. There is no

1018
00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:25,860
S18: back and forth. It's just being obedient, subservient to the Lord,

1019
00:58:26,100 --> 00:58:28,460
S18: and letting the Holy Spirit lead you, guide you. And

1020
00:58:28,460 --> 00:58:31,820
S18: ever since then, I've been walking. And the great work

1021
00:58:31,820 --> 00:58:36,180
S18: today is surrender. We have to completely surrender to the

1022
00:58:36,180 --> 00:58:41,620
S18: Lord completely not worrying about this physical thing that's only temporary,

1023
00:58:41,820 --> 00:58:45,300
S18: but focusing on the spiritual things of God that's eternal.

1024
00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:48,900
S6: So let me get everything. So let me get this right, Bert.

1025
00:58:49,140 --> 00:58:51,860
S6: So although you were raised in church and went through

1026
00:58:51,860 --> 00:58:54,900
S6: all the rituals and all the stuff and everything, it

1027
00:58:54,900 --> 00:58:58,380
S6: was the text in John 1426, which is all about

1028
00:58:58,380 --> 00:59:00,459
S6: the power of the Holy Spirit, by the way, that

1029
00:59:00,460 --> 00:59:03,780
S6: convicted you of your need for God to lead your life,

1030
00:59:03,780 --> 00:59:06,490
S6: is that when you move from Christian in name only

1031
00:59:06,490 --> 00:59:08,090
S6: to being a disciple of Christ?

1032
00:59:08,970 --> 00:59:12,890
S18: Yes, because I have been a man who's always wanted

1033
00:59:12,890 --> 00:59:16,610
S18: and needed truth in my life. Yeah. And there's nothing

1034
00:59:16,610 --> 00:59:19,210
S18: in this. Everything in this world is nothing but deception

1035
00:59:19,210 --> 00:59:19,690
S18: and lies.

1036
00:59:19,730 --> 00:59:20,890
S6: Boy, you got that right.

1037
00:59:21,770 --> 00:59:24,210
S18: The only thing that is real and true in this

1038
00:59:24,210 --> 00:59:27,410
S18: world is God. And if we walk in spirit and

1039
00:59:27,410 --> 00:59:30,610
S18: in truth, everything is going to be okay. Being led

1040
00:59:30,610 --> 00:59:33,770
S18: by the Holy Spirit, then letting him guide us, not

1041
00:59:33,770 --> 00:59:38,290
S18: worrying about our financial needs, our physical needs. Nothing about

1042
00:59:38,290 --> 00:59:41,770
S18: this world that is temporal, but just focusing on letting

1043
00:59:41,770 --> 00:59:45,730
S18: the Holy Spirit leading us, guiding us daily. Yeah, looking

1044
00:59:45,730 --> 00:59:48,090
S18: and focusing on what he has in store for us

1045
00:59:48,090 --> 00:59:50,290
S18: for his will. And then we're going to live in

1046
00:59:50,290 --> 00:59:54,210
S18: true joy, which is Jesus, others and then yourself.

1047
00:59:54,250 --> 00:59:57,170
S6: Yeah, yeah. You might be listening, Bert, right now. And

1048
00:59:57,170 --> 00:59:59,810
S6: thank you, Bert. Boom, brother. I haven't been booming you

1049
00:59:59,810 --> 01:00:03,090
S6: guys today, so let me put a blanket boom, boom, boom,

1050
01:00:03,130 --> 01:00:04,970
S6: triple boom over the whole last hour and a half.

1051
01:00:04,970 --> 01:00:07,690
S6: There we go. Got it covered. Uh, call you the

1052
01:00:07,690 --> 01:00:15,850
S6: boom crew. Because the stories like Bert and. It never

1053
01:00:15,850 --> 01:00:18,930
S6: ceases to amaze me. Every time we give the gospel here,

1054
01:00:18,930 --> 01:00:23,330
S6: how many people respond. And I got a lot of

1055
01:00:23,330 --> 01:00:25,770
S6: questions for God when I get to heaven. And that

1056
01:00:25,770 --> 01:00:27,410
S6: is one of them is going to be. Now, how

1057
01:00:27,410 --> 01:00:30,530
S6: did this work? Did you just bring people at certain times?

1058
01:00:30,530 --> 01:00:32,490
S6: And I know what he's going to say. Well, not

1059
01:00:32,490 --> 01:00:35,250
S6: everybody was broken on the same day, or else I

1060
01:00:35,250 --> 01:00:36,930
S6: would have brought them all in. And then you just

1061
01:00:36,930 --> 01:00:39,730
S6: go talk about how to grow up in this relationship

1062
01:00:39,730 --> 01:00:42,770
S6: with Jesus. But as we sit here from day to day,

1063
01:00:42,770 --> 01:00:47,050
S6: week to week, we have to debunk myths. And one

1064
01:00:47,050 --> 01:00:51,730
S6: of them is that being Christian in name is somehow

1065
01:00:51,770 --> 01:00:55,970
S6: transformative itself. Being raised in a Christian church, even walking

1066
01:00:55,970 --> 01:00:58,690
S6: an aisle, getting baptized saves you. And we've had story

1067
01:00:58,690 --> 01:01:01,010
S6: after story this morning debunking that myth.

1068
01:01:01,050 --> 01:01:03,160
S4: Ali, do we have all morning long.

1069
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:07,480
S6: Yeah. I mean, it doesn't it doesn't end. All right,

1070
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:09,200
S6: young Thunder, I'm going to give you a shot at

1071
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:14,160
S6: this man. Gospel is really clear. Chapter eight verse 34.

1072
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:17,120
S6: Give it to us, my man. Yeah. Let's go.

1073
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:24,320
S2: Absolutely. The gospel is really clear. We cannot find God

1074
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:30,560
S2: on our own. We need Jesus. God sent His son

1075
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:34,360
S2: to live a life we couldn't live, and to die

1076
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:36,960
S2: a death and pay a price that we couldn't pay.

1077
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:42,160
S2: He calls us to believe and have faith in what

1078
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:45,520
S2: he's done for us, and it's our faith that makes

1079
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:51,360
S2: us righteous. And he also calls us to follow him in.

1080
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,520
S2: Mark 834 says, then he called the crowd to him

1081
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,400
S2: along with his disciples, and said, whoever wants to be

1082
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,920
S2: my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross

1083
01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:06,439
S2: and follow me. The natural production of faith is surrender.

1084
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:10,640
S2: When we believe in what Jesus has done for us,

1085
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:17,440
S2: our response, our our response that comes from that belief is, God,

1086
01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:24,040
S2: I give you everything because I'm incapable of anything. God,

1087
01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:27,760
S2: take my life, take my desires and change them, form them.

1088
01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:30,560
S2: And God walk with me through this life because I

1089
01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:34,800
S2: don't want to just say I believe in you and

1090
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:38,160
S2: then go live how I want to live. I did

1091
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:44,360
S2: that for a long time and it's really unfulfilling. Lord,

1092
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:47,240
S2: I believe in you and I want to follow you

1093
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:51,040
S2: because I want you to change my every fiber of

1094
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:55,400
S2: my being. We put our trust in him, and when

1095
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:59,280
S2: we follow him, we find true salvation, true fulfillment that

1096
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,400
S2: God shaped hole can be filled.

1097
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:04,200
S6: So two things come right out of Mark eight. If

1098
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:07,600
S6: anyone would come after me, let him deny himself. It's

1099
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:10,680
S6: saying I no longer live, but Christ who lives in me.

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S6: I accept the salvation, the life that was paid on

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S6: the cross for my sins. I'm a sinner. I need

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S6: a Saviour. Secondly, take up his cross and follow me.

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S6: It means saying goodbye to all the image that you have.

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S6: And why would I say that? Because Jesus goes on

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S6: to say, what does it profit a man to gain

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S6: the whole world and lose his soul? You know what's funny?

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S6: Some of us, some of us are going to have

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S6: to turn our backs on the wealth that we've built,

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S6: the reputation that we've built. And sometimes that reputation is

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S6: with people that are in the church and we're like,

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S6: we can't admit we didn't. Are you kidding me? What

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S6: does it profit you to gain and retain your reputation

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S6: of being a Christian when you aren't? Right? That's his point,

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S6: as I can be. What does it profit you to

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S6: retain your reputation of being a Christian when you're not

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S6: a Christ follower? Whoa! And the answer is nothing.

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S4: Nothing, nothing.

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S6: You're going to lose your soul for eternity. So if

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S6: today is a day of repentance, today I'm turning around.

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S6: Today I recognize my need for a Savior. And there is.

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01:04:19,590 --> 01:04:22,350
S6: And that is true of you. And there's nothing holding

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01:04:22,350 --> 01:04:26,550
S6: you back. God is turning your life around today. Just

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01:04:26,550 --> 01:04:28,150
S6: text the word new and we're going to help you

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01:04:28,150 --> 01:04:33,910
S6: in your first steps. Just text new to (800) 555-7898. Just

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01:04:33,910 --> 01:04:39,990
S6: that one word. New to (800) 555-7898. We're going to help

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01:04:39,990 --> 01:04:43,430
S6: you in these first steps with Jesus. Cool little resource

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01:04:43,430 --> 01:04:45,630
S6: coming your way. It's got links, how to even look

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S6: for a church with people that are on this new

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S6: path with you. Yeah, it's just dynamite. And you know what?

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01:04:52,190 --> 01:04:55,710
S6: God knew you'd be here today. And I know what

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01:04:55,710 --> 01:04:58,950
S6: you're feeling. Just like when God spoke to me and said,

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S6: are you done yet? You feel like, oh my goodness,

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S6: I am at the center of the universe. His bull's

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01:05:04,270 --> 01:05:09,310
S6: eye is on me. Praise God. So when you're ready

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01:05:09,310 --> 01:05:13,870
S6: to follow Jesus, admitting you're a sinner and repenting and

1136
01:05:13,870 --> 01:05:17,630
S6: turning around and surrendering everything to Jesus, just text the

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S6: word new to 805 five, five, 78, 98. One word

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01:05:22,510 --> 01:05:28,470
S6: new to 805, five, five, 78, 98. And we'll help

1139
01:05:28,470 --> 01:05:33,310
S6: you in your first steps with Jesus. Let's go back

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S6: to the phones. Get Angela here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. What's

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01:05:36,430 --> 01:05:37,470
S6: your story? Angela?

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01:05:38,590 --> 01:05:42,990
S19: Good morning. I was convicted when I was reading the

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01:05:43,230 --> 01:05:46,670
S19: Sunday school lesson. It was coming up to Easter, and

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01:05:46,670 --> 01:05:49,830
S19: the lesson was saying the part about Jesus. And they

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01:05:49,830 --> 01:05:52,870
S19: mocked and they scourged. The Holy Spirit spoke to me

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01:05:52,950 --> 01:05:56,470
S19: and said, Angie, you've done that. Said, when you live

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S19: a life that is not according to God's Word, doing

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S19: what you want to do, you are mocking and scourging Jesus.

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01:06:04,390 --> 01:06:07,750
S19: And that convicted my heart. And I've changed ever since

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01:06:07,910 --> 01:06:10,630
S19: I was in my young um, I was a young adult.

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01:06:10,630 --> 01:06:13,470
S19: I'm 60 years old now and by the grace of God,

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01:06:13,830 --> 01:06:16,830
S19: I'm growing and I'm growing more and more every day.

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01:06:17,110 --> 01:06:19,550
S19: And I'm always a child. I'll never grow up.

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S3: Yeah.

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S6: Right on. And that's. Well, Angela, that's exactly what Jesus said.

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01:06:24,470 --> 01:06:26,990
S6: Unless you become as one of these children, the Greek

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01:06:26,990 --> 01:06:29,550
S6: word was NetBIOS. It means one without words. You're not

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S6: fit for the kingdom of God.

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S1: Want to hear that again? Just download the Kernel and

1160
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S1: Crew podcast wherever you like to stream.

1161
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S6: You're just boiling it down. We're just getting very non-dramatic

1162
01:06:42,630 --> 01:06:47,550
S6: very straightforward. See, Christian in name only is so prevalent

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S6: in the West, but when did you change from Christian

1164
01:06:51,140 --> 01:06:54,580
S6: in name only to genuine disciple of Christ.

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S4: Let's go to Linda calling in this morning from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Linda,

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01:06:58,300 --> 01:07:00,820
S4: when did you change from Christian in name only to

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S4: genuine disciple of Jesus?

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S20: Um, good morning guys. Uh, not too long ago, actually, um,

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S20: I moved to Florida from Canada in, um, 2024. And

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S20: my whole life, I grew up as a Catholic and

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S20: I believed all the things that I was saved because

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S20: I went to church, I did good works. Um, I

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S20: didn't miss Sunday church. And when I moved to Fort Lauderdale,

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S20: I met a man. And I realized the more I

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S20: got into the Word of God, I realized I was sinning.

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S20: And one day I read a scripture that stood out

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S20: to me, uh, about the sin of, um, sex out

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S20: of marriage. And Chris Fabry had a guest speaker and

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S20: I was listening, I called in, they confirmed it, and, uh,

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S20: I called a Christian friend and she advised me to

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S20: go to a different type of church. And so I

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S20: went to my local. Well, it's not local. It's a

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S20: pretty big church here in Fort Lauderdale. Uh, and I

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S20: was saved on August 8th, and my relationship with the

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S20: Lord has only grown stronger. So I try to tell

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S20: my family what you've been told all your life about

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01:08:05,860 --> 01:08:09,020
S20: having a relationship with Jesus is not true. Going to

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S20: church isn't going to save you. And, um, and being

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S20: a good person isn't going to save you. And so

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S20: I started my own business and it's based on trying

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01:08:18,540 --> 01:08:22,340
S20: to bring more people closer to Jesus because that's awesome.

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S6: Linda, thank you. From Fort Lauderdale. That's tough. And for

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S6: some of you, that's tough to hear. But going to

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01:08:30,020 --> 01:08:32,979
S6: church doesn't save you and being good doesn't save you.

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01:08:32,979 --> 01:08:38,219
S6: And cultural Christianity doesn't save you. And being Christian in

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01:08:38,220 --> 01:08:41,900
S6: name only is dangerous. And Jesus said it. Find it

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S6: in Mark eight. What does it profit a man or

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S6: a woman to gain the whole world and lose your soul?

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S6: I'll tell you the one that's been hitting me today. Ali,

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S6: is when you have Christian in name only. Sometimes the

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S6: cost is admitting to yourself and others. I wasn't a Christian.

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S4: Yeah.

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S6: That's the cost.

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S4: And that can be hard.

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S3: Yes.

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01:09:05,290 --> 01:09:06,530
S4: I can really be hard.

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S6: I think that can be bigger. And I want to

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01:09:09,210 --> 01:09:11,130
S6: be bold for you. With you for a moment here.

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01:09:11,689 --> 01:09:15,050
S6: I want you to listen to me very closely. In

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S6: my young 20s, I was a cocaine crown royal addict.

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S6: And I'm going to make a major statement here that

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01:09:22,130 --> 01:09:25,129
S6: I've never made on radio or preaching in my life.

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01:09:25,770 --> 01:09:30,610
S6: I think it is more difficult for a person to

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S6: admit that they've been a good church attender, trying to

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S6: live a good life, being Christian in name only, admitting

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S6: that to people around them and surrendering to Christ than

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S6: it is for me to leave cocaine and Crown Royal

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S6: and come to Jesus. I think it is a greater challenge.

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01:09:52,570 --> 01:09:57,849
S6: I do you know how I know it. I'm a pastor.

1220
01:09:57,850 --> 01:10:02,370
S6: I see it every day of my life. It is.

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01:10:05,410 --> 01:10:09,889
S6: There's something about the end of yourself. With my years

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S6: of coke and carousing that when I crushed at the

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S6: crash at the end, it was like no surprise to

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S6: anyone else that I needed Jesus, right?

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01:10:20,689 --> 01:10:21,169
S4: Yeah.

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S6: But it's a shocker when you've been going through the

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S6: Christian in name only motions, and then you realize by

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S6: the power of the Holy Spirit, I've never been born again. Friend,

1229
01:10:32,210 --> 01:10:38,010
S6: listen to me. Your Christian activity cannot save you. Your

1230
01:10:38,810 --> 01:10:41,689
S6: this this little path that you're on, trying to be

1231
01:10:41,689 --> 01:10:45,809
S6: good and do good. and you've got the songs. That

1232
01:10:45,810 --> 01:10:47,889
S6: can't save you. And I'm going to tell you. What

1233
01:10:47,890 --> 01:10:49,169
S6: can straight ahead.

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S1: You're listening to Curl and Crew on Moody Radio.

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S6: All right. I'm going to do this quickly for you.

1236
01:10:55,370 --> 01:10:58,210
S6: And I want you to listen closely. I do believe

1237
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S6: one of the greatest demonic strongholds on a person's life

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S6: is Christian in name only. And when God reveals that

1239
01:11:07,210 --> 01:11:10,250
S6: to you, you're faced with a really tough prospect. AM

1240
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S6: I willing to swallow my pride and admit to people

1241
01:11:13,490 --> 01:11:17,530
S6: in that Christian culture that I never knew Jesus, that

1242
01:11:17,530 --> 01:11:20,530
S6: I was Christian in name only? It can be one

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S6: of the greatest challenges that. I got to ask you

1244
01:11:23,490 --> 01:11:25,610
S6: one question. What does it profit you to gain the

1245
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S6: whole world and lose your soul? The answer to that

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01:11:27,970 --> 01:11:31,610
S6: is nothing. If you're holding on to your image of

1247
01:11:31,610 --> 01:11:35,050
S6: being a Christian while you are not a follower of Christ,

1248
01:11:35,050 --> 01:11:39,009
S6: that is deadly. And I'm asking you today to repent

1249
01:11:39,010 --> 01:11:42,480
S6: of your sins, to turn around and follow Jesus And today,

1250
01:11:42,479 --> 01:11:45,160
S6: for the first time ever to admit I'm a sinner,

1251
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:48,680
S6: I need a Savior. It's that simple. And you know what?

1252
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:51,040
S6: I don't even need to translate that the Holy Spirit's

1253
01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:52,840
S6: doing it in your life. But we do want to

1254
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:56,479
S6: help you. And if today you are, for the first

1255
01:11:56,479 --> 01:12:00,640
S6: time ever becoming a disciple of Christ, no longer Christian

1256
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:03,000
S6: in name only, we're going to help you right now,

1257
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:04,439
S6: and I want you to act on this.

1258
01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:07,320
S4: So if that's you, just text new n e w

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S4: to 800 555 7898. Just text that one word new

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01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:17,519
S4: to 800 555 7898. We're going to send you some

1261
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,640
S4: quick follow up materials just to give you some next steps.

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01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:24,240
S6: Yeah. And welcome to the family. Welcome to the family.

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01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:29,920
S6: Just the word new to 805 five five, 7898. Today

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01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:32,679
S6: is your day of salvation. Today you're saying I'm a sinner.

1265
01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:35,960
S6: I need a Savior. Today I'm turning everything over to

1266
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:39,360
S6: Jesus Christ and I'm turning my life around. Text us

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01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:40,599
S6: and we will help you.