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(Ray Comfort) Who was John Lennon?
(female) He was one of the Beatles.
For me, John Lennon is alive.
Brilliant in his own right.
- How did he die? - I don't know.
He shot himself with a shotgun.
- Heart attack. - Airplane accident.
- Was it from cancer? - Stabbed by a fan.
Was it drugs and drink?
And people *** me because my mother was a single mother.
(Ray Comfort) And look how strong you've become because of it--
You're [bleep] right I'm strong!
(Ray Comfort) You would *** for $10 million?
Yeah, I don't know the guy.
(Ray Comfort) So you'd *** an innocent man?
Yeah, why not?
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
(Ray Comfort) Who was John Lennon?
He was one of the Beatles.
He sings one of my favorite songs, "Here Comes the Sun."
He was a member of the Beatles.
For me, John Lennon is alive.
John Lennon's from the Beatles.
My favorite musician.
Singer in the Beatles.
(Ray Comfort) Who was John Lennon?
The singer of the Beatles?
He was a member of the Beatles.
The man that has a late night show?
Brilliant in his own right.
There's nobody that can write a song like John Lennon.
♪♪♪
John Lennon was the president--
the 14th president of America.
[laughter]
He's the guy who formed the Beatles.
(Ray Comfort narrating) John Lennon was born October the 9th, 1940
in Liverpool, England.
Early in John's youth,
his mother had an extra marital affair
and became pregnant.
His aunt complained to the social services
and consequently, John was raised by his aunt
who sent him to a local Anglican Sunday school
where he sang in the choir.
In 1956, John formed a rock group
which evolved into the Beatles
and gained unprecedented worldwide fame.
On March the 4th, 1966,
John conducted a casual interview
with a British newspaper in which he said,
"We're more popular than Jesus."
The story was picked up 2 weeks later by Newsweek
without controversy, but later that year,
the American teen magazine, Datebook,
printed the quote once again,
and this time it created a firestorm.
Suddenly, radio stations in America's Bible Belt
were banning Beatles' music.
The national news media were showing clips
of teenagers smashing and burning Beatles' albums.
There were even threats on the band members' lives.
John was bewildered by all the hostility
because certain things he said seemed to indicate
that he sincerely thought it was true.
International television and radio
had given the Beatles instant international popularity
and the Beatles were passionately loved
by hundreds of millions throughout the world.
In the United States alone, an estimated 73 million people
tuned in to watch "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964
when the group made their first U.S. television appearance.
But perhaps there's another reason Lennon thought
that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
Could it be that John's words were motivated
by the spiritual climate in the U.K. at the time?
Generally speaking,
traditional church services in 1960s England
were a little dull with dry hymns and monotone priests
and ministers who preached lifeless sermons
to a group of sad, elderly people.
They often sat in a cold, stone building
that was appropriately surrounded by a graveyard.
And there you have Christianity from the perspective
from a young and vibrant John Lennon.
It was dying, if not dead, and Jesus Christ was simply
an interesting, but historical figure
that had little relevance to contemporary British youth
who were going wild over the Beatles.
It seemed that the average British teenager
was about as interested in British Christianity
as a toddler was in studying Shakespeare
written in Pig Latin.
(news announcer) The Beatles, of course, have proven to be
one of Britain's prime exports.
They have brought in more foreign exchange
than many industries.
After all, they are an industry unto themselves.
And the queen saw fit
to reward their economic contribution to the nation.
The award entitles the Beatles to put the letters MBE
after their names.
(Ray Comfort narrating) On August the 11th, 1966,
a meek and still mystified John Lennon
held a news conference in Chicago.
A reporter asked,
"Some teenagers have repeated your statements:
'I like the Beatles more than Jesus Christ.'
What do you think about that?"
We meant more to kids than Jesus did,
or religion at that time.
I wasn't knocking it or putting it down.
I was just saying it as a fact,
and it is true more for England than here.
I'm not saying that we're better or greater,
or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person.
I just said what I said and it was wrong.
Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.
(Ray Comfort narrating) In his book, "The Gospel According to the Beatles,"
Steve Turner said, "It was really quite frightening
and they wanted to cancel the tour,
but they knew they couldn't.
They were under obligation to the tour promoters.
And when he made his apology in Chicago,
the band's press officer told me that John was actually in tears
before he went in to make the apology."
However, others think that John knew full well
what he was saying because of the context of his quote.
He said, quote, "Christianity will go.
It will vanish and shrink.
I needn't argue with that.
I'm right and I'll be proved right.
We're more popular than Jesus now.
I don't know which will go first,
rock and roll or Christianity."
End of quote.
And so people have come to different conclusions
on the issue.
Just months before he died,
John Lennon told Playboy magazine,
"Everyone talks in terms of the last record
or the last Beatle concert, but God willing,
there are another 40 years of productivity to go.
I don't want to die at 40."
Tragically, John Lennon died at the age of 40.
- How did he die? - I don't know.
I don't know how he died.
- He was stabbed? - Stabbed?
Yeah?
I have no clue.
- I don't know. - Uh...
(male) Let's go with "drug overdose."
(female) No!
Plane crash.
Stabbed by a fan.
Was it from cancer?
An airplane? I don't know.
Was it in a safari?
- How he died? - Plane crash?
Airplane accident.
He shot himself with a shotgun.
- Committed suicide? - Stabbed?
Was it drugs and drink?
- Heart attack. - Drug overdose?
Killed in a New York elevator, I think.
(Ray Comfort) How did he die?
I have no idea.
I have no idea!
John Lennon was shot.
By a crazy maniac who was obsessed
with "Catcher in the Rye."
Outside of his apartment building by a man
whose name I actually can't remember at the moment.
(Ray Comfort) Probably just as well.
Yeah.
(Ray Comfort narrating) He was shot in the back by a deranged fan
who hours earlier had had John autograph his record album.
The killer pleaded guilty to ***
and was sentenced to life in prison.
Years later he admitted having considered murdering
Johnny Carson, the famous American talk show host,
and actress Elizabeth Taylor, among others.
John Lennon happened to be the most convenient.
He said that he murdered him so that he could become famous.
(Ray Comfort) So where's John Lennon now?
- Hopefully in heaven. - He's above us.
(Ray Comfort) He's above us?
Where do you think John Lennon is now?
You think he's in heaven?
I think he's definitely in heaven.
There is no heaven!
(Ray Comfort) I didn't-- I said "if."
- There is no heaven. - Okay, how do you know?
Do you think he's in heaven?
Of course.
I think I'll meet John Lennon up there.
(Ray Comfort) Do you think heaven exists?
- Yes, I do. - What about you?
- Absolutely. - I do.
I think heaven exists.
I'm not sure if it's heaven or hell,
but there's something else.
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Of course it does. - Yeah.
- Yes, I do. - I'm not sure.
It's up there.
Do you believe God exists?
No, I do not believe in God.
- Are you an atheist? - No, I am Buddhist.
I believe that I have all of the powers,
that anybody who calls God "God,"
I have all of that within me.
I was born with it.
It's called the universe.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, I've got a scenario for you.
You find your apartment is next door to a bank.
You find a secret trap door leading into their vault
where there's billions of dollars,
so much money they haven't got a clue how much is there.
You can take $2 million
and you will not get caught for sure.
Would you take the money?
- Yes. - What about you?
I'd think about it first.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, think about it, $2 million.
- Yes, I would. - Yes.
(Ray Comfort) Would you take the money?
- Honestly? - Of course.
I'd take it and give it to charity.
Yes.
I probably would be tempted, but I won't. I won't do it.
If it was from the Federal Reserve
I may take the money.
- Would you take the money? - Yes, I would.
(Ray Comfort) Would you take the money?
Yeah.
No...
I'm on camera, I'm supposed to say no.
- Would you take the money? - Yes.
We would all three do it together at the same time.
- As one; we're brothers. - We're $6 million richer now.
If I would never get caught... Yes, I would do it.
- [bleep] yeah. - Yup. - Of course.
(Ray Comfort) Would you take it?
I probably would, take off to Mexico.
(Ray Comfort) Would you take it?
Not for myself.
Spend half of it, buy a house.
(Ray Comfort) Who would you take it for?
Friends and family.
Disappear a couple of months and come back.
- Would you take the money? - [Bleep] yeah, ha, ha, ha!
(Ray Comfort) Would you take it?
- Yes, I would. - And what about you?
Of course.
(Ray Comfort) Would you take the money?
- Yeah. - And what about you, Jay?
- Of course. - You would? No hesitation?
Would you take the money?
Yeah, of course.
(Ray Comfort) Of course? You wouldn't hesitate?
No.
(Ray Comfort) I've got another dilemma for you:
This lady wants to get rid of her husband.
She says he's a rat.
All you have to do is drop one tablet of arsenic
into his coffee when he's not looking.
You will get away with it, you'll not get caught,
and she'll give you $10 million cash.
Would you do it?
- Yes. - What about you?
- I'd do it for free. - Oh, cut it out.
No, I would.
I'd call my buddy Ronnie to do it for $20,
and I'll take the rest.
(Ray Comfort) Would you do it?
No.
Everyone has their price, so yes.
- You would kill him? - Yes.
(Ray Comfort) You seem tempted.
I mean, $10 million is a lot of money and I like money.
(Ray Comfort) For $10 million you'd become a murderer?
For $10 million he'd become dead.
(Ray Comfort) Would you do it for 5?
- Yes, of course. - $1 million?
Yes.
(Ray Comfort) So you'd *** someone for a million dollars?
Yes.
(Ray Comfort) Let's say she says she'll double it to $20 million.
That's going to set you up for life as a very rich man.
- Would you do it? - Yeah, I'd do it.
- $20 million? - Yeah.
If somebody offered me $20 million to kill somebody
and I was never going to get caught
I probably would do it. I mean, who wouldn't?
(Ray Comfort) I wouldn't.
Well, I guess you have morals and I don't, huh?
- Most definitely. - You would do it?
- Yes. - You wouldn't hesitate? - No.
I'm thinking about it right now.
I wouldn't think about it any later; I'd do it.
- Would you do it? - Yes.
- Would you do it? - Yes, I would.
(Ray Comfort) You would *** for $10 million?
Yeah, I don't know the guy
and he's a rat apparently, so why not?
(Ray Comfort) Let's say she's lying.
Not my problem. Just give me the money.
- What about you? - Yup.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, no hesitation.
So you would *** an innocent man?
- Yeah, why not? - Most definitely.
- I'd do it. - Yes.
- I'd do it for free. - Yes, I would.
- Yup. - Yes.
Yes.
(Ray Comfort) You just need to drop one drop of arsenic into his coffee
and she'll give you $10 million. Would you do it?
No, sir.
(Ray Comfort) So where do you get your morals from?
How do you make a choice like that?
Is it because you were brought up that way,
or is it a belief in God or something like that?
It's a belief in God.
(Ray Comfort) Why not?
It's-- it's taking a human life.
It's the most precious thing we got.
- Would you do it? - Nah, man.
Can't do that.
(Ray Comfort) So where do you get your morals from?
My morals? From my mother and my father.
I can't kill nobody.
(Ray Comfort) Why not? $10 million.
Because a life is worth more than $10 million.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, $20 million.
Nah, I wouldn't kill nobody.
- Would you do it? - No.
- Would you do it? - No.
I could do it but my heart won't let me.
I'm not going to kill-- I don't know that guy.
(Ray Comfort) Why not?
Because I'd be murdering somebody.
You're taking somebody else's life
when it's not your place to take a life.
(Ray Comfort) Yeah, so what? You give the money to charity.
Yeah, but I gotta kill someone in the process.
I'm not going to kill him.
(Ray Comfort) You're not going to get caught.
It's all right.
(Ray Comfort) Where do you get your morals from?
Myself.
(Ray Comfort) So why wouldn't you do it?
'Cause it's a moral value that I have to deal with
for the rest of my entire life.
- Would you do it? - No, I'm not a killer.
(Ray Comfort) Are you afraid of facing God on Judgment Day or something?
Yeah.
(Ray Comfort) Is it because you've got a belief in God?
Yeah, I do.
- So that comes into it? - Yes.
I'm not going to kill nobody, but I'll be Robin Hood.
(Ray Comfort) So you don't mind stealing, but you wouldn't ***?
Yes.
(Ray Comfort narrating) Notice in these cases what it was that separated
those who would commit *** from those who wouldn't;
it was a God-given belief in moral accountability.
When a nation loses that restraint,
that guiding conviction,
it will become lawless and ultimately spin out of control.
And there's nothing that gets rid of moral accountability
like atheistic evolution:
the belief that there's no God
and that we're the descendants of primates.
- You're a descendant of an ape? - Yeah.
- That's what you believe? - Yep.
(Ray Comfort) There's no proof for evolution; it's a belief!
(male) There is. What are you going to say--
(Ray Comfort) Okay, you must tell me the proof for evolution.
What was in the beginning, Christian?
Stardust, a supernova exploded.
(Ray Comfort) Where did it come from?
(Christian) Space.
(Ray Comfort) No, where did the supernova come from?
(Christian) You know, they don't really know yet.
- Who doesn't know yet? - Nobody.
(Ray Comfort) So you don't know what was in the beginning,
so you're in darkness about that.
I mean, in the beginning it was just darkness.
(Ray Comfort) Where did that come from?
It's darkness.
(Ray Comfort) Where did the darkness come from?
(Christian) Nowhere. Maybe like a different universe or--
(Ray Comfort) Okay, let's go with your belief, okay?
Okay, yeah.
(Ray Comfort) There was a big explosion, a big ***,
and rock came off the big *** and what did that become?
It wasn't rock, it was like--
it was minerals and things like that, fusion.
(Ray Comfort) Minerals? And where did they come from?
The came from a supernova exploding.
(Ray Comfort) And they're very complex minerals, aren't they?
- Uh, yeah. - So who designed them?
Uh, fusion--
(Ray Comfort) You don't know.
Nobody designed them, they just kinda--
- Just happened. - Science, you know.
(Ray Comfort) That's called blind faith; that's a belief.
So, this rock with minerals on it came to this earth
and then over millions of years,
how long did it take to produce males and females
and 1.4 million different kinds of animals?
Insects, birds, fish.
Billions, billions of years.
So you think rocks produced giraffes, elephants, horses,
cows, dogs, cats, human beings?
All with male and female,
all producing after their own kind;
with seasons, the air, the sun, the moon, the stars?
All that came because of the big *** in space
that nobody knows how it got there?
That's called blind faith and I'm a skeptic.
I wouldn't believe it if you paid me.
So you've got a big problem.
In the beginning was God.
He said, "Let there be light,"
and God created man in His own image.
(Christian) Okay, but who created God?
(Ray Comfort) No beginning, no end; He created time.
- Says who? - He's eternal.
- Says who? - He did.
And He has the authority in His Word to say,
"I'm the Lord, I change not."
The Bible says He's immortal, invincible, the only wise God.
And, Christian, you have to face Him on Judgment Day
whether you believe in Him or not.
And you've lied and stolen and blasphemed
and had sex out of marriage; you've sinned against God.
You're in big trouble and I don't want you to go to hell.
(Ray Comfort narrating) John Lennon didn't believe in the theory of evolution.
He said it was garbage.
Listen to his words:
"I don't believe in the evolution
of fish to monkeys to men.
It's absolutely irrational garbage.
They set up these idols and then they knock them down.
It keeps all the old professors happy at the university.
It gives them something to do.
Everything they told me as a kid
has already been disproved by the same type of 'experts'
who made them up in the first place."
(Ray Comfort) Do you think you're a good singer?
I hope so. Yeah, I think so.
(Ray Comfort) How would you rate yourself as a singer between 1 and 10?
As a singer? Probably 7.
7.5.
10.
11.
♪ For the land of the free ♪♪
[clears throat] Early.
(Ray Comfort narrating) We tend to overrate ourselves
when it comes to our singing ability
and we do the same thing ethically.
(Ray Comfort) Let me ask you a question:
If there's a heaven, are you going to go there?
Are you a good person?
I guess we'll see when we're done here, huh?
- Yes, I'm a good person. - I like to think so.
- And what about you? - I think so.
(Ray Comfort) Do you think you'll enter heaven?
Good question.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, let's put that to the test.
How many lies have you told in your whole life?
- About a hundred. - Thousands.
- Maybe about a million. - About a billion.
Too many to count.
(Ray Comfort) What do you call someone who tells lies?
- A liar. - Definitely a liar.
(Ray Comfort) Have you ever stolen something?
Never.
(Ray Comfort) That's not one of those lies, is it?
Definitely not lying on that one.
Yeah, sunglasses.
(Ray Comfort) You want to change your mind?
Nope.
(Ray Comfort) Have you ever taken music off the Internet that wasn't yours?
Yeah. [laughing]
(Ray Comfort) Now, have you ever used God's name in vain?
Probably, yeah.
(Ray Comfort) That's called blasphemy; it's very serious.
Yes, I have.
(Ray Comfort) You ever used God's name in vain?
- Yes, sir. - What about you?
- Yes, sir. - Multiple times.
- Oh, my [bleep]. - Uh, yes.
(Ray Comfort) We have to bleep you out
'cause that's using God's name in vain,
not giving it due honor,
using it in place of a cuss word.
It's called blasphemy. Did you know that?
It's very serious. - Oh, okay.
(Ray Comfort) Now, Jesus said if you look with ***,
you commit adultery in your heart.
He said, "Whoever looks upon a woman to *** after her
has committed adultery already with her in his heart."
Have you ever looked at a woman with ***?
- Yes. - Yes, I do it all the time.
- Definitely. - [bleep] yeah.
I did this morning.
I'm looking at a woman with *** right now.
I'm doing it right now.
[laughing] Of course.
Yes.
- Yeah, everyone does. - Look right there.
- No. - Are you homosexual?
Oh, [bleep] no.
(Ray Comfort) So here's a summation of your standing before God:
By your admission you're a lying thief
and an adulterer at heart.
So if you face God on Judgment Day
and He judges you by the Ten Commandments,
you going to be innocent or guilty?
- Probably guilty. - I'd probably be guilty.
Well, the way you put it, guilty.
I would be guilty of more than just those.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, fornication, sex out of marriage?
Yep.
- Guilty. - Heaven or hell? - Hell.
(Ray Comfort) You're both right.
If you died today and God gave you justice,
you'd end up in hell.
My sister passed away yesterday, so believe me,
like I said, I have to go see her eventually.
(Ray Comfort) So would you go to heaven or hell?
Um, I don't know.
I don't believe in hell though, so--
(Ray Comfort) Well, if I didn't believe in the electric chair
and a judge sentenced me to the electric chair
it doesn't make any difference what I believe.
And hell exists.
If God is good, He must punish people like Hitler
and rapists and thieves,
but He's going to punish liars and blasphemers and fornicators.
So you're in big trouble on Judgment Day.
Very true.
(Ray Comfort) So, does it concern you that if you died today
you'd end up in hell?
A little bit.
(Ray Comfort) Now, do you both still think you're good people
after looking at the Ten Commandments?
I think I am; deep down inside I know I'm a good person.
According to God's rules I'm not.
- Yeah, sure. - Guys, this is serious.
Don't you realize we've just seen how wicked your heart is?
You'd *** for money.
You'd violate your conscience.
You'd take another man's life.
Still think you're a good person?
No.
(Ray Comfort) Does it concern you that you'd end up in hell
if you died today?
It would concern me, yes.
(Ray Comfort) Do you know what God did for guilty sinners
so we wouldn't have to go to hell?
- Died on the cross? - And do you understand that?
Yeah, He gave His life for us.
(Ray Comfort) But if you're a good person
you don't need His forgiveness, do you?
That's why it's so important to acknowledge your sins
and realize that your sins in God's eyes are very serious.
Doing all the good works in the world won't wash away your sins.
But there's good news.
God provided a Savior, Jesus of Nazareth,
who suffered and died on the cross
so you wouldn't have to go to hell.
But God can legally dismiss your case
because your fine's been paid by Jesus 2,000 years ago.
What you've gotta do is repent and trust alone in Jesus.
You know how you were trusting your own goodness?
"I'm a good person"?
Transfer your trust from yourself to the Savior.
God will give you everlasting life the second you do that,
but you have to let go of your beloved sins.
You have to turn from them.
God can proclaim you innocent and righteous
because your fine was paid for by another.
God can let you live forever because of what Jesus did
on the cross through His death and resurrection.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have--"
"Everlasting life."
(Ray Comfort) Okay, now, that's the issue we're talking about,
everlasting life.
So if you want to trust in yourself
and in your own goodness, you're going to be in trouble
on Judgment Day because we know by God's standards
you've really sinned, really bad and you're under His wrath.
But if you repent and trust in Jesus Christ,
God will forgive every sin you've ever committed
and grant you the gift of everlasting life.
Does that make sense?
Makes sense, yeah.
(Ray Comfort) Do you know what you have to do to receive that gift
of everlasting life?
No, tell me.
(Ray Comfort) Repent and trust alone in Jesus.
Does that make sense? - Yes, it does.
(Ray Comfort) When do you think you're going to do that?
When I pray tonight.
I would do that right away.
Right away? You mean that?
Yes, of course.
(Ray Comfort) Let's say you die before tonight?
Oh wow, then I guess when you leave I'm going to pray.
(Ray Comfort) You're going to think about this?
Definitely. Actually, yeah.
(Ray Comfort) So when are you going to repent and trust in Christ?
I think pretty soon.
- Right now. - You mean that?
Yes, yes I do.
(Ray Comfort) When are you going to do that?
Uh, now I guess.
- Are you serious? - Yeah!
(Ray Comfort) Why not now?
You could die in the next hour.
Your heart could give out.
I could die 2 seconds from now so I should do it right now.
- The earlier the better. - I'm going to think about this.
(Ray Comfort) Yeah, please do. Do you have a Bible at home?
- Yes, I do. - What were you going to say?
I was going to say--
Oh, I was just surprised that I ran into you today, you know?
- Does it make sense? - It sure does. Yes, sir.
- Do you have a Bible at home? - Yup.
(Ray Comfort) Do you believe what I'm saying?
- I do. - Eye opener.
You're blowing my mind here, man.
You're changing my life here in 30 seconds.
(Ray Comfort narrating) Not many people know that John Lennon
once made a commitment to Christ,
but his motive was for happiness.
He said, "The point is this:
I want happiness.
I don't want to keep on with drugs.
Explain to me what Christianity can do for me."
Those who come for happiness rather than to repent
are soon disillusioned.
♪♪♪
I suffered and people made fun of me and people beat me up
and people *** me because my mother was a single mother.
And look how strong you've become because of it--
(female) You're [bleep] right I'm strong!
There is no heaven!
(Ray Comfort) How do you know?
How do you know there's no afterlife?
- How do you know? - Don't deflect my question.
You're asking me a question. I want to know how you know.
- So just say "I don't know." - I don't know.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, so you don't know if there's an afterlife.
- No. - Are you a good person?
Will you go there if there is one?
Absolutely I would go there.
I am one of the best people on the earth.
(Ray Comfort) Jesus said if you look with ***
you commit adultery in the heart.
Have you ever looked with ***?
Oh, yeah.
(Ray Comfort) Have you had sex before marriage?
Oh, yeah.
Cindy, I'm not judging you,
but you're not a good person; you're like the rest of us.
By your own admission you're a lying, thieving, blasphemous,
fornicating adulterer at heart.
No wonder you don't want to believe in God's existence--
(Cindy) Who made those rules up?
Who made that up?
(Ray Comfort) God's rules.
God, somebody who wrote a book
before they understood anything about science.
They wrote a book. And you're believing something
they wrote back 2,000 years ago?
Are you going to be innocent or guilty on Judgment Day,
if He judges you by those commandments?
I will be guilty!
(Ray Comfort) Will you go to heaven or hell?
(Cindy) I will go to heaven!
(Ray Comfort) You broke God's law and Jesus paid your fine.
That means God can legally dismiss your case.
Cindy, God can let you live forever
because of what Jesus did on the cross.
Strike my [bleep] down now!
(Ray Comfort) Isn't He patient?
You can say that a hundred times--
Why doesn't He strike me down?
Because He doesn't take pleasure
in the death of the wicked!
He wants you to be saved.
He doesn't want you to end up in hell!
I'm already saved, honey.
How much more saved can I be?
You're putting yourself higher than me.
What gives you the right to think you're better than me?
(Ray Comfort) I'm not better than you.
- Have you ever cussed? - Yes.
Have you ever stolen?
Yes, I've broken all of those commandments.
- Have you ever lied? - Yes.
Then strike his [bleep] down!
Don't need to. Jesus was struck in my place.
Cindy, please think about your salvation.
You don't know when you're going to die.
It could be tonight.
My salvation is in my soul; it's in me.
So you trust yourself?
I trust myself.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, let's go through some of these, okay?
How many of each animal did Moses take into the ark?
- Two. - You sure?
What's the name of the raised print that deaf people use?
Braille.
(Ray Comfort) Spell the word "silk."
S-I-L-K.
What do cows drink?
Milk.
(Ray Comfort) Okay, you got this one wrong.
Moses didn't take any animals into the ark; it was Noah.
Deaf people don't need Braille 'cause they can see.
And cows don't drink milk, they drink water, okay?
So don't trust yourself, Cindy; trust God.
- Oh no, no, no, no. - Yes, yes, yes.
No, no, no. I will only trust myself,
whether I get it right or wrong.
(Ray Comfort narrating) According to Christianity Today,
John wrote a letter to another Christian ministry
in which he again expressed regret
that he had said that the Beatles
were more popular than Jesus.
Steve Turner went on to say that, in 1977,
John became deeply moved by NBC's broadcast of the movie
"Jesus of Nazareth," and told his friends that he had been
born again and was a Christian.
Unfortunately, his professed conversion didn't last.
John eventually changed his view on Christianity
and wrote an angry and extremely blasphemous song called
"Serve Yourself."
Tragically, John Lennon was the victim of a gospel that promises
that God has a wonderful plan, with a problem-free
life of happiness.
Literally millions have had false conversions
because of this unbiblical gospel,
and have fallen away and become bitter or disillusioned.
But many stay within the church as false converts
and will be sorted out on Judgment Day.
Those who preach a wonderful plan
with the promise of a happy problem-free life
are not being faithful to the Scriptures,
and are filling our churches with false converts.
(Ray Comfort) You will get away with it. You'll not get caught.
Would you do it?
Ooh, that's a tough one.
Um, yeah, I'm going to have to pass.
I'm a Christian, so you know, we don't get down like that.
(Ray Comfort) You just told me you'd steal $2 million.
Would you take the money?
Yeah--
But the Lord knows my heart.
- Have you been born again? - Yes, I have.
- Are you born again? - Yes, sir.
People that believe in Jesus Christ will go to heaven
because He was here to forgive us of our sins.
- Do you have a fear of God? - Yes, sir.
(Ray Comfort) So you just have to trust in Jesus?
- Oh, yeah. - Absolutely.
- Are you a Christian? - I'm a Christian.
I asked God to come into my life.
I am a born-again Christian.
I accepted Him as my Lord and my Savior.
- Are you living in holiness? - Yes, sir.
(Ray Comfort) So you're living in holiness?
I'm not perfect, honey; I'm just forgiven.
(Ray Comfort) Are you living in holiness?
I try to.
(Ray Comfort) Are you a good person?
I consider myself a good-- I have good karma.
Do you think you're a good person?
- Yes, sir. - You got a good heart? - Yes, sir.
- Are you a good person? - For sure.
(Ray Comfort) Are you going to make it to heaven?
Absolutely.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you say you are
with your Christian walk at the moment?
I'd say it's about 4.
Probably a 6.
Been drinking a little bit. Backsliding, but it's okay.
(Ray Comfort) Do you read your Bible?
Almost every day.
I think I'm a good person.
Well, not every day. Maybe once a week.
Are you having sex out of marriage?
Yes.
I'm backsliding right now.
Still think you're a good person?
I think I'm a good person.
Okay, now here's a dilemma for you.
In Mark 10:17 Jesus said, "There's none good but God."
Was Jesus wrong?
No.
(Ray Comfort) So do you still think you're a good person?
- I have work to do. - Yeah.
See, what I'm doing is taking you through the moral law,
the Ten Commandments, to bring a knowledge of sin
so that you could be genuinely sorry for your sins
so you could find a place of Biblical repentance.
Our churches are filled with people that are strangers
to genuine repentance, because they've never had
the law applied to their conscience.
Those commandments haven't shown them
how exceedingly sinful sin is.
They've never seen their own sin in its true light
and never fully repented and trusted in Christ.
Consequently, many of them on Judgment Day will cry out,
"Lord, Lord," and He will say,
"Depart from me, you worker of iniquity.
I never knew you."
Are you a cross-dresser?
Yes.
(Ray Comfort) And you're a Christian?
Right.
I do not read my Bible anymore.
(Ray Comfort) You think marijuana should be legalized?
Absolutely.
- You smoking it now? - Yes, I am.
Have you been drinking?
I have been drinking a little bit.
We accept homosexuals--
(Ray Comfort) And they don't have to change?
No.
Now, Jesus said if you look at a woman and *** after her--
I love it.
--you commit adultery with her in your heart.
That's true, that's true, but it happens.
There are a lot of Christians I know who are this way.
They've accepted themselves this way,
and God loves them just as much.
So you're drinking with the drunken?
Sure, sure.
I enjoy cross-dressing.
Your language was terrible when I first spoke to you.
Sure, [bleep] yeah.
You think you could be a false convert?
A false convert?
Jesus spoke of that.
Well, have you ever thought about this,
that there's such a thing as idolatry where we shape a god
to suit ourselves.
I did it before I was a Christian;
I shaped a god to suit my sins.
And that's a scary place to be in,
where you believe in God but you don't obey Him,
you're not living in holiness, playing the hypocrite.
And so--
Gambling.
(Ray Comfort) Yeah, gambling with your very life,
so I plead with you, get right with God today.
I admire what you're doing.
(Ray Comfort) Thank you so much.
(Ray Comfort narrating) The Bible says, "Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
nor thieves will inherit the kingdom of God."
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When John Lennon's murderer was at a parole hearing
the media reported, quote,
"He has a deep relationship with Christ that started
when he was in a Christian camp at age 16."
The killer said, "When Mr. Lennon passed me,
I turned, pulled out my weapon, and shot him in the back.
I emptied the revolver.
I was a Christian before I committed my crime."
Now, wait a minute. If you call yourself a Christian
and yet you lie, steal, take illegal drugs, blaspheme,
or you're into fornication, ***, or adultery,
you need to do what the Bible says
and examine yourself to see if you're in the faith.
Christians not only read God's Word regularly; they obey it.
They live in holiness
and they certainly don't go around murdering people.
An atheist once said that "Imagine" is an anthem
for atheism, but think about it for a moment.
If I said,
"Imagine there's no New York. It's easy if you try,"
I'm saying that New York is a real place,
but let's imagine or pretend that it isn't.
So the song is actually acknowledging the existence
of heaven and hell as real places.
In his interview with Playboy magazine,
John explained what "Imagine" is all about.
He said, "It is the concept of positive prayer.
If you could imagine a world at peace,
with no denominations of religion--not without religion,
but without this my-god-is- bigger-than-your-god thing--
then it can be true."
Even though John Lennon's religious views
may have varied over the years,
it seems that his real contention
may not have been with heaven or hell,
whatever he may have conceived them to be,
or with countries or religion, possessions or wars;
but rather with wicked people who cause wars
over possessions and countries in the name of their religion.
Whatever the case, the time will come when God Himself
will stop all evil, and will usher in the reality
where the world will live as one.
Make sure you're part of that coming kingdom
where peace will have a chance
and where God's will will be done on this earth
as it is in heaven.
Millions of us are waiting for the day
when the lion will lie down with the lamb.
I hope someday you'll join us.
Even better, I hope that today you'll join us
because as John said in his last interview,
"Tomorrow only comes for us if God is willing."
Did you know that the Beatles have sold
more than 2,303,500,000 record albums?
Did you also know that back in June 2012
they hit number-one on iTunes?
That every year since 2005 John Lennon's "Imagine"
has been played just before the New Year's ball drop
in Times Square;
that it was played during the 1996 and 2004 Olympics,
as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics opening
and in London at the 2012 closing ceremony?
Little did they know that when they opened with Paul McCartney
and closed with John Lennon with 2 billion people watching,
that they were preparing the way for "Genius."
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