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COMING TO YOU TODAY IN THAT ALL-POWERFUL NAME,
JESUS!
FRIEND, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR YOU
WITH PLENTY OF GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
BUT IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE TODAY;
GET READY TO RECEIVE
BECAUSE GOD IS READY TO MOVE FOR YOU!
STAY RIGHT THERE; DON'T YOU DARE GO AWAY!
(announcer) FROM STUDIOS IN AKRON, OHIO,
WELCOME TO THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB
WITH YOUR HOST,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
♪
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM,
YOU'LL ENJOY WONDERFUL GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU INTO THE AUDITORIUM
OF GRACE CATHEDRAL FOR TODAY'S SERMON!
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BRINGING YOU REPORTS OF HEAVEN'S MIRACLES
THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING ALL OVER THE WORLD
THROUGH THIS JESUS WORLD OUTREACH MINISTRY!
AND NOW YOUR HOST FOR THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
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YOU ARE SPECIAL!
AND YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
I'M THE REV. CHRIS MACHAMER.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR
AT ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL,
AND I WILL BE YOUR GUEST HOST
FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY.
FRIEND, WE HAVE MUCH IN STORE FOR YOU,
BUT IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE RIGHT NOW,
PHONE COUNSELORS ON DUTY READY TO TAKE THAT CALL.
THEN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
I'LL BE TAKING THOSE REQUESTS
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE,
BELIEVING GOD TO MOVE FOR YOUR NEED TODAY.
WELL, TO GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED,
ANGEL'S GRACE CATHEDRAL CHOIR WITH,
"BE NOT AFRAID, THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY."
THEN IT'S THE CATHEDRAL TRIO WITH,
"JESUS GET ME READY."
THEN THE SERMON FOR TODAY I PREACHED IS ENTITLED,
"THE MANY, MANY BLESSINGS
OF HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY."
YES, FRIEND, FOR EVERY CHILD OF GOD
THERE IS AN INSURANCE POLICY FROM HEAVEN.
LISTEN!
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♪ STORM CLOUDS HAVE GATHERED ♪
♪ ALL AROUND YOUR BOAT ♪
♪ AND THE LIGHTNING IS FLASHING IN THE SKY ♪
♪ YOU'RE SINKING FAST ♪
♪ AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN'T LAST ♪
♪ AND THE WAVES WILL SOON CARRY YOU AWAY ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL COME WALKING ON THE WATERS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪
♪ THE VALLEY'S DEEP ♪
♪ AND IT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE ♪
♪ WHILE THE WAVES OF FEAR ARE CLOSING IN ♪
♪ HEART BROKE IN TWO ♪
♪ NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN DO ♪
♪ CAN'T YOU HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL COME WALKING ON THE WATERS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪ YOU'RE LOSING HOPE ♪
♪ IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF THAT BOAT ♪
♪ FOR THE MASTER IS BIDDING YOU TO COME ♪
♪ DON'T FEAR THE WAVES ♪
♪ FOR THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH ♪
♪ COME WALK THE SEAS OF PROMISES TODAY ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL COME WALKING ON THE WATERS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪
♪ THE SUN IS RISING ♪
♪ THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING ON ♪
♪ THE MASTER CRIES "PEACE BE STILL" ♪
♪ AND ALL IS CALM ♪
♪ UNDER HIS RAINBOW OF LOVE ♪
♪ ALL THE FEAR IS GONE ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY [MASTER'S ON HIS WAY] ♪
♪ HE'LL COME WALKING ON THE WATERS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY [LORD WILL MAKE A WAY] ♪
♪ HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE MASTER'S ON HIS WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL COME WALKING ON THE WATERS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ BE NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ [BE NOT AFRAID, BE NOT AFRAID] ♪
♪ THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY ♪
♪ HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪ YES, HE'LL TURN VALLEYS INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ INTO MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY [WHEN YOU PRAY] ♪
♪ WHEN YOU PRAY ♪
♪♪
[applause]
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♪
♪ IT WON'T BE LONG ♪
♪ BEFORE OUR JESUS COMES ♪
♪ THE SIGNS ARE ALL AROUND US ♪
♪ IT SEEMS THIS WORLD IS SAYING ♪
♪ IT IS DONE ♪
♪
♪ MY HEART JUST LEAPS WITHIN ME ♪
♪ WHEN I THINK OF WHAT I'LL FEEL ♪
♪ WHEN I SEE HIM ♪
♪
♪ WHAT JOY WE'LL FIND WHEN IT'S TIME ♪
♪ TO LEAVE THIS SIN- SICK WORLD BEHIND ♪
♪ AND SEE THE SAINTS WE KNOW IN HEAVEN ♪
♪ ONCE AGAIN ♪
♪ JESUS GET ME READY ♪
♪ TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND ♪
♪ LORD, MAKE ME BLOOD READY ♪
♪ AND THE VICTORY WILL BE MINE ♪
♪ LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MOVE ♪
♪ AND BUBBLE DEEP WITHIN ♪
♪ SO WHEN HE COMES ♪
♪ I'LL BE ONE HE'S TAKING HOME WITH HIM ♪
♪
♪ OOO... ♪
♪ OOO... ♪
♪
♪ IT WON'T BE LONG ♪
♪ BEFORE OUR JESUS COMES ♪
♪ THE PREACHER GIVES THE WARNING ♪
♪ BUT YOU DON'T HEED THAT CALLING ♪
♪ AND YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND ♪
♪
♪ MY... ♪
♪ HEART JUST BREAKS WITHIN ME ♪
♪ WHEN I THINK OF WHAT WILL BE IF YOU DON'T GO ♪
♪
♪ THE BRIDE IS GONE ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ WHAT WILL YOU SAY BEFORE THE THRONE ♪
♪ WHEN JESUS SAYS IT'S YOU HE DOESN'T KNOW ♪
♪ JESUS GET ME READY ♪
♪ TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND ♪
♪ LORD, MAKE ME BLOOD READY ♪
♪ AND THE VICTORY WILL BE MINE ♪
♪ LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MOVE ♪
♪ AND BUBBLE DEEP WITHIN ♪
♪ SO WHEN HE COMES ♪
♪ I'LL BE ONE HE'S TAKING HOME WITH HIM ♪
♪
♪ ONLY THE FIRE CAN BURN THE WRINKLES ♪
♪ OUT... ♪
♪ ONLY BLOOD TRUTH CAN TAKE AWAY ♪
♪ THE SPOTS AND ANY DOUBT ♪
♪ LORD, I WATCH AND PRAY ♪
♪ FOR WHEN THE MIGHTY GROOM APPEARS ♪
♪ I YIELD TO YOU AND SING WITH JOYFUL TEARS ♪
♪
♪ JESUS GET ME READY ♪
♪ TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND ♪
♪ LORD, MAKE ME BLOOD READY ♪
♪ AND THE VICTORY WILL BE MINE ♪
♪ LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MOVE ♪
♪ AND BUBBLE DEEP WITHIN ♪
♪ SO WHEN HE COMES ♪
♪ I'LL BE ONE HE'S TAKING HOME WITH HIM ♪
♪
♪ JESUS GET ME READY ♪
♪ TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND ♪
♪ LORD, MAKE ME BLOOD READY ♪
♪ AND THE VICTORY WILL BE MINE ♪
♪ LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MOVE ♪
♪ AND BUBBLE DEEP WITHIN ♪
♪ SO WHEN HE COMES ♪
♪ I'LL BE ONE HE'S TAKING HOME WITH HIM ♪
♪
♪ OOO... ♪
♪ OOO... ♪
♪
♪ MMM... ♪
♪♪
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TONIGHT I'M ACTING AS THE LORD'S SALESMAN.
THE APOSTLE PAUL,
HE SAID HE WAS ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE.
AND THE LORD--
I'M REPRESENTING HEAVEN TO YOU TONIGHT.
THE LORD WANTS ME TO REPRESENT HEAVEN
TO YOU TONIGHT,
TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE,
TO ALL OF YOU IN TELEVISION LAND.
AND THE TITLE OF TONIGHT'S MESSAGE IS,
"THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
OF HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY."
NOW HOW MANY OF YOU AS CHILDREN OF GOD
REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A POLICY WITH HEAVEN?
SOME OF YOU, YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT,
BUT YOU DO.
EVERY BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF GOD
IS UNDER HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY,
AND IT'S TIME THAT WE UNDERSTAND
ALL OF ITS MANY BENEFITS
AND COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THIS POLICY.
NOW MOST PEOPLE, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT HEAVEN HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HUMAN RACE.
AS A CHILD OF GOD, IT IS OUR DUTY,
IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO GO FORTH AND SHARE
WHAT THIS POLICY IS ALL ABOUT
WITH THOSE THAT ARE LIVING WITHOUT IT.
HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY IS THE GREATEST INSURANCE
IN THE WHOLE WORLD,
BAR NONE.
IT'S A LIFETIME POLICY.
NO MAN, NO DEVIL CAN CANCEL IT.
THE ONLY PERSON TO CANCEL THIS POLICY IS YOU.
TO FULLY APPRECIATE ALL OF ITS MANY, MANY BENEFITS,
WE MUST GO BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN
AND LOOK UPON ADAM AND EVE.
ADAM AND EVE, THEY WERE COVERED BY THIS SAME POLICY
THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO US.
UNDER THIS POLICY
THEY DID NOT HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD;
ALL OF THEIR NEEDS WERE SUPPLIED.
UNDER THIS POLICY THEY WERE NEVER TO GET SICK,
GROW OLD OR DIE.
UNDER THIS POLICY THEY WERE TO LIVE YOUNG,
FREE AND HAPPY FOREVERMORE.
NOW UNFORTUNATELY FOR US,
THEY SINNED AGAINST GOD.
AND WHEN THEY SINNED
ADAM AND EVE SOLD THIS POLICY TO THE DEVIL
FOR BUT A HANDFUL OF ASHES,
AND IT LEFT THE HUMAN RACE WITH NOTHING, UNPREPARED,
UNINSURED, UNPROTECTED AND ON A PATHWAY TO HELL.
BUT GOD IN HIS GREAT LOVE SENT JESUS TO EARTH
TO ONCE AGAIN MAKE AVAILABLE
HEAVEN'S POLICY TO THE HUMAN RACE.
NOW JESUS, WHEN HE WAS HERE ON EARTH,
HE WAS THE PERFECT SALESMAN.
HE OFFERED THIS POLICY
TO EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH,
AND NO ONE KNEW MORE ABOUT THIS POLICY THAN HE DID.
AFTER ALL, HE HELPED PREPARE
THIS POLICY FOR THE HUMAN RACE
WITH THE HELP OF THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND WHILE ON EARTH, JESUS NOT ONLY TAUGHT
ALL ABOUT HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY,
HE WENT BEYOND THAT;
HE SHOWED US IN DEMONSTRATION
THROUGH HIS OWN LIFE
THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
OF HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY.
WHY, JESUS DECLARED IF A PERSON WOULD BELIEVE ON HIM
THEY WOULD NEVER DIE.
HE WENT ON TO SAY,
"I HAVE COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE
AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY."
ABUNDANT LIFE IS GIVEN THROUGH THIS POLICY.
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY; WHAT A PRIVILEGE.
AND OH, THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
THAT MAKE UP HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY,
IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE NEXT,
LIVING, ETERNAL BENEFITS.
THIS POLICY COVERS TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF YEARS
AND THEN SOME.
THIS POLICY IS ETERNAL; IT NEVER EXPIRES.
WHAT OTHER INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD,
OR EVEN COULD,
INSURE A PERSON FOR ALL OF ETERNITY?
MAN'S INSURANCE HAS DEATH BENEFITS.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
THE PERSON WITH THE POLICY
NEVER GETS TO HAVE ANY OF THE BENEFITS.
THE BENEFITS ARE AWARDED TO OTHERS AFTER THEIR DEATH.
HOWEVER, UNDER HEAVEN'S POLICY YOU RECEIVE BENEFITS
THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE ON EARTH AND INTO ETERNITY.
GOD'S INSURANCE PROVES
THAT HIS LOVE IS BEYOND HUMAN LOVE.
WHY, EVEN THE PREMIUMS THAT HE OFFERS
ARE NOT GRIEVOUS TO MAN.
FRIEND, DO YOU REALIZE ALL THAT IS PROMISED
WITH HEAVEN'S POLICY,
ALL THAT WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THIS HEAVENLY POLICY?
WELL, FOR ONE,
WE HAVE POWER FROM ON HIGH MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THROUGH THIS POLICY WE HAVE THE NINE FRUITS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LISTED IN GALATIANS,
CHAPTER 5.
WE HAVE DIVINE LOVE, PERFECT LOVE
WHICH WILL CAST OUT ALL FEAR AND TORMENT.
WE HAVE JOY.
PETER CALLED IT JOY UNSPEAKABLE
AND FULL OF GLORY.
IN THIS POLICY WE HAVE PEACE.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IT'S PEACE
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
YOU CAN ONLY GET THIS KIND OF PEACE
UNDER HEAVEN'S POLICY.
AND THE WORLD, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT;
THEY HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HAVE IT.
IT ONLY COMES THROUGH HEAVEN'S POLICY.
AND THEN THERE'S THE GENTLENESS,
THE GOODNESS, THE LONG-SUFFERING,
THE MEEKNESS AND THE SELF-CONTROL.
UNDER THIS POLICY WE ARE PROMISED ANGEL HELP,
MINISTERING SPIRITS,
SENT FORTH TO MINISTER TO THEM
THAT ARE HEIRS OF SALVATION.
AND IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS,
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 5,
IT TELLS US IN THIS SCRIPTURE
THAT UNDER THIS POLICY WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO US
THE MIND OF CHRIST.
THE SAME MIND THAT JESUS POSSESSED
WHILE HERE ON EARTH,
WE CAN HAVE IT;
WE CAN HAVE IT UNDER THIS POLICY.
YOU SEE, WHEN YOU'RE UNDER THIS POLICY,
YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY,
YOU NEVER HAVE TO FRET
BECAUSE ALL OF HEAVEN
AND ITS POWER AND ITS RICHES BACK THIS POLICY;
AND THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
STANDS BEHIND THIS POLICY ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT,
AND THAT PEARL OF GREAT PRICE IS JESUS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT PEARL IN YOUR LIFE TONIGHT?
THE BIBLE SAYS IN HIM WE ARE COMPLETE.
NOW HEAVEN'S POLICY, IT ALSO MAKES AVAILABLE TO US
THE POWER OF DIVINE BLOOD.
UNDER THIS POLICY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
TO USE THE POWER THAT'S IN DIVINE BLOOD.
WE CAN USE THAT BLOOD TO TRAMPLE DEVILS UNDERFOOT.
WE CAN USE THAT BLOOD TO SPRAY THE DEVIL
AND HE HAS TO FLEE.
THE BIBLE DECLARES IT:
RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE.
UNDER THIS POLICY WE ARE PROMISED GOOD HEALTH.
UNDER THIS POLICY WE HAVE THE POWER
OVER ALL SICKNESSES AND DISEASES,
ALL OF IT.
AND UNDER THIS POLICY THERE IS POWER
TO DELIVER THE DEVIL POSSESSED.
NO MATTER THE BONDAGE, SINNER,
YOU CAN BE SET FREE.
IT MAY BE ALCOHOL, DRUGS, NICOTINE, ***;
IT DOES NOT MATTER.
UNDER THIS POLICY THROUGH THE POWER OF DIVINE BLOOD
THERE'S FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FROM ALL SIN
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
IN FACT, HEAVEN'S POLICY DECLARES
THAT YOU'LL BE MADE A NEW CREATURE
THROUGH THE POWER OF DIVINE BLOOD.
II CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 17,
"IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE'S A NEW CREATURE:
"OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY;
"BEHOLD, ALL THINGS
ARE BECOME NEW."
WHY, HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY STATES,
"IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS,
"AND I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
"AND I WILL COME AGAIN,
"AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF;
THAT WHERE I AM, YE MAY BE ALSO."
THINK ABOUT IT:
A MANSION NOT MADE WITH HUMAN HANDS
FOR EVERY POLICYHOLDER.
A MANSION'S OFFERED TO YOU.
HOW GREAT IS THAT?
THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL BENEFITS
AND PROMISES UNDER THIS POLICY,
AND YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL LAID OUT FOR YOU
IN GOD'S HOLY WORD.
THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY THESE BENEFITS FOR YOURSELF.
KNOW WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS UNDER THIS POLICY
AND NEVER DOUBT IT.
NEVER BE TIMID OR ASHAMED
TO CLAIM WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS UNDER HEAVEN'S POLICY.
WHY, THIS POLICY STATES
THAT WE WHO ARE POLICYHOLDERS
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO COME BOLDLY
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE
TO FIND HELP IN TIME OF NEED.
IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY; IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE.
IN HEAVEN'S POLICY WE HAVE THE GUARANTEE BY JESUS,
"LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,
"EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH.
I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU; I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU."
THIS POLICY IS COMPLETE SUFFICIENCY.
THIS POLICY IS ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT SECURITY.
WHY, THE PSALMIST EVEN DECLARED OF THIS POLICY,
"I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW I AM OLD;
"YET HAVE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN,
OR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD."
HOWEVER, LIKE ANY INSURANCE POLICY,
THERE IS A PREMIUM TO PAY
FOR THIS POLICY TO REMAIN ACTIVE IN YOUR LIFE.
THERE ARE PREMIUMS,
BUT THE PREMIUM IS NOT MUCH
COMPARED TO THE PRICE THAT JESUS PAID AT CALVARY
TO MAKE THIS POLICY AVAILABLE TO YOU.
NOW THE PREMIUM ON HEAVEN'S POLICY,
IT CALLS FOR HOLY LIVING.
THE WORD OF GOD DECLARES, "BE YE HOLY; AS I AM HOLY."
THE PREMIUM ON THIS POLICY
CALLS FOR LOVE IN PERFECTION,
DIVINE LOVE IN OPERATION.
LOVE TOWARD GOD IN PERFECTION,
LOVE TOWARD YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST,
AND YES, EVEN LOVE TOWARD YOUR ENEMIES.
THE PREMIUM ON HEAVEN'S POLICY,
IT CALLS FOR LIVING BY FAITH.
"THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH,"
NOT BY SIGHT, NOT BY FEELINGS,
BY FAITH.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS
BECAUSE IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS,
YOU WILL NOT KEEP UP WITH YOUR PREMIUMS
ON THIS POLICY.
AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE PREMIUMS ON THIS POLICY
IS DENYING SELF.
JESUS SAID, "IF ANY MAN COME AFTER ME,
"LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS,
AND FOLLOW ME."
YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD TO THINK THAT DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS
THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE AFTER SIGNING UP FOR THIS POLICY
WHO STOPPED MAKING PAYMENTS
BECAUSE THEY COUNTED THE PREMIUM TOO GREAT A COST.
HOW SAD THAT IS,
PLACING GREATER VALUE ON SELF AND THE WORLD
THAN ON ALL THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
UNDER HEAVEN'S POLICY.
BUT I ASSURE YOU, WHEN CALAMITY STRIKES,
WHEN THEY COME TO THE END OF LIFE'S JOURNEY,
OH, THE REGRETS THEY WILL HAVE
FOR CANCELING THIS POLICY IN THEIR LIFE.
OH, THE SORROWFUL REGRETS.
NOW HEAVEN'S POLICY,
IT CALLS FOR TOTAL SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD.
THE BIBLE STATES IN FIRST JOHN,
"LOVE NOT THE WORLD,
"NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD.
"IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD,
THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM."
THANK GOD, WE CAN TRUST THIS INSURANCE POLICY.
WE CAN DEFINITELY TRUST IT.
UNLIKE SO MANY INSURANCE POLICIES IN THE WORLD TODAY,
YOU WILL FIND NO FINE PRINT IN THIS POLICY.
IN OTHER WORDS,
THERE'LL BE NO SURPRISES IN THE POLICY,
NO TRICKS IN THIS POLICY.
NO, NOT AT ALL.
IN FACT, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS,
ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THIS POLICY,
YOU'LL FIND THEM IN ONE PLACE,
GOD'S HOLY BIBLE.
IT'S ALL LAID OUT THERE PLAIN AND CLEAR
FOR MANKIND TO READ FOR THEMSELVES.
AND PARENTS, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL
TO INSURE YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU DO SO BY TEACHING THEM THE WORD OF GOD,
BY GIVING THEM GOOD GODLY DISCIPLINE,
AND DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
A FAMILY ALTAR IN THE HOME
WHERE THE FAMILY COMES TOGETHER ON A DAILY BASIS
TO HONOR GOD, TO PRAY, TO READ SCRIPTURE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS,
"TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO:
AND WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT."
AND BY TAKING THESE MEASURES,
WHEN YOUR CHILDREN COME TO THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
THERE'S A MUCH GREATER CHANCE THAT THEY, TOO,
WILL SIGN UP FOR HEAVEN'S POLICY.
OH, SUCH PEACE, SUCH SECURITY THAT COMES
IN KNOWING THE VALUE OF THIS POLICY THAT YOU POSSESS.
LET HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY BECOME REAL TO YOU
ON A DAILY BASIS.
TREASURE IT ALWAYS, AND NEVER, NEVER BE CARELESS
OR NEGLIGENT WITH IT
BECAUSE YOU WON'T PLACE PROPER VALUE ON IT THEN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BAD TO NEGLECT YOUR MONTHLY BILLS,
TO BE LATE ON PAYMENTS,
OR WORSE YET FORGET TO MAKE PAYMENTS;
BUT YOU MUST NEVER DO SO WITH HEAVEN'S POLICY.
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENTS ON THIS POLICY
WITH YOUR LIFE EACH AND EVERY DAY,
TOTAL OBEDIENCE TO THE WILL OF GOD,
PRAYER, FASTING AND LIVING IN THE WORD.
FAILING TO MAKE PAYMENTS IS THE RESULT
OF A CARELESS AND LUKEWARM SPIRIT
THAT WILL LEAD TO TROUBLE FOR YOU,
AND ULTIMATELY IT WILL CAUSE HEAVEN
TO REVOKE YOUR POLICY, SO YOU MUST BEWARE.
JESUS SPOKE TO ONE OF THE CHURCHES
IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
AND HE TOLD THEM,
"I WOULD THAT YOU WERE HOT OR COLD,
"BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE LUKEWARM,
I'LL SPUE YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH."
AND NO SINNER IS IN THE MOUTH OF GOD.
SO WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF
IN THIS LUKEWARM, CARELESS CONDITION,
NOT MAKING PAYMENTS ON YOUR PREMIUM,
THE LORD'S GETTING READY TO SPEW YOU
OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
CHILD OF GOD, ARE YOU REAPING
ALL OF THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
OF HEAVEN'S POLICY?
ARE YOUR PRAYERS BEING ANSWERED?
ARE THE PROMISES OF GOD BEING FULFILLED
IN YOUR LIFE?
IF NOT, IT'S TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
ARE YOU PAID UP ON YOUR PREMIUMS?
IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
THAT WOULD BRING THE FROWN OF GOD UPON YOU?
ARE YOU WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS,
LIVING AND ABIDING IN HIM?
JESUS TELLS US IN HIS WORD,
"IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU,
YE SHALL ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE."
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO,
THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THAT IN THE LAST DAYS
MULTITUDES WOULD BE DECEIVED, MULTITUDES,
THAT THERE WOULD BE A GREAT FALLING AWAY FROM TRUTH,
AND SEDUCERS WOULD WAX WORSE AND WORSE,
DECEIVING AND BEING DECEIVED.
AND YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THAT HOUR RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE MANY IN CHURCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY
THINKING THAT THEY ARE UNDER HEAVEN'S INSURANCE,
DECEIVED WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
THAT COMES THROUGH FALSE DOCTRINE.
THEY THINK THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN
WHEN IN FACT THEY'RE JUST ONE BREATH AWAY FROM HELL.
AND WHY IS THAT?
WELL, GOD'S POLICY MAKES IT VERY CLEAR:
WILLFUL SIN MAKES HEAVEN'S INSURANCE VOID
IN A PERSON'S LIFE.
THE BIBLE STATES OVER AND OVER,
"THE SOUL THAT SINNETH, IT SHALL DIE."
AND IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 26,
IT READS, "FOR IF WE SIN WILFULLY
"AFTER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH,
THERE REMAINETH NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS."
JUST ONE SIN
AND A PERSON WILL LOSE THEIR SALVATION.
JUST ONE SIN WILL KEEP A PERSON OUT OF HEAVEN.
ONE SIN IS ALL IT TOOK
TO PUT ADAM AND EVE OUT OF THE GARDEN.
ONE SIN IS ALL IT TOOK FOR SATAN AND THE ANGELS
TO BE CAST OUT OF HEAVEN,
SIN, ONE SIN.
GOD WILL NEVER ALLOW HIS PLACE OF DWELLING
TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SIN EVER AGAIN.
AND DON'T THINK THAT WHEN YOU COME TO THE END
OF LIFE'S JOURNEY,
YOU WILL WALK THROUGH HEAVEN'S GATES BY YOUR WORKS.
NOT SO, FOR HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOOD WORKS
BECAUSE EPHESIANS,
CHAPTER 2, VERSES 8 AND 9 DECLARE,
"FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH;
"AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES:
"IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD:
NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."
YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL,
HE MAKES PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ACT SO FOOLISH.
NOW PEOPLE LOVE LIFE; THEY WANT LIFE.
THEY REACH FOR LIFE,
BUT THEY REACH FOR IT IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES.
THEY REACH FOR LIFE REACHING INTO SIN,
REACHING INTO THE WORLD,
REACHING INTO PLEASURES AND ENTERTAINMENT
WHEN REALLY ALL THEY'RE DOING
IS REACHING, REACHING, REACHING
FOR DEATH, DEATH, DEATH.
CHILD OF GOD, ARMED WITH HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY
YOU SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR, NO DOUBT ABOUT YOUR FUTURE
IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT.
WITH ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT SECURITY,
YOU SHOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON EARTH.
WITH HEAVEN'S JOY YOU SHOULD HAVE GREAT STRENGTH AND ZEAL
TO GO FORTH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
AND SHARE THIS POLICY WITH OTHERS WHO LIVE WITHOUT IT.
AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THIS POLICY,
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE JESUS' PLACE ON EARTH.
LIKE HIM, WE MUST TELL THE WORLD
ABOUT THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND YES, LIKE HIM WE MUST SHOW THEM
THROUGH OUR OWN LIVES THE MANY, MANY BENEFITS
OF HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY.
NOW THIS POLICY IS FOR ALL PEOPLES:
MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS POLICY IS FOR THE RICH AND THE POOR.
THIS POLICY IS FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN.
IT'S WHOSOEVER WILL,
LET HIM COME AND SIGN UP WITH THIS GREAT POLICY.
IN REVELATION 22:17,
"AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME.
"AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY, COME.
"AND LET HIM THAT IS ATHIRST COME.
"AND WHOSOEVER WILL,
LET HIM TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY."
PEOPLE TODAY, THEY ARE SO CONCERNED
ABOUT SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES,
LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR FAMILIES
WITH A POLICY THAT CARRIES A GREAT PAYOUT
OF MONETARY VALUE,
AND THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING WELL BY THAT
WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT CARRYING HEAVEN'S POLICY INTO ETERNITY,
BUT THEY'RE NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY,
THEY DON'T PUT MUCH VALUE ON THIS GREAT INSURANCE POLICY.
THEY OVERLOOK IT,
AND THE REASON THEY OVERLOOK IT
IS BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE BOUGHT WITH MONEY;
AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT IS DE-VALUED IN THEIR EYES,
AND HOW SAD THAT IS.
PEOPLE TODAY,
THEY ARE SO SELF-CENTERED,
FILLED WITH GREED,
FILLED WITH *** FOR MONEY AND POSSESSIONS,
DEVOTING SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY
AND THEIR VERY LIVES TO GATHERING UP GOODS,
WEALTH OF MONETARY VALUE,
BUT YET AT THE END OF LIFE'S JOURNEY
WHAT IS IT WORTH?
WHEN THEY COME TO THE END OF LIFE,
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN THEN?
YOU KNOW, JESUS SPOKE OF A RICH MAN,
A RICH MAN WHO BROUGHT IN A GREAT HARVEST ONE SEASON,
SO MUCH SO THAT HE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT
ALL HIS GOODS AND HIS HARVEST.
"AND HE SAID WITHIN HIMSELF,
""WHAT WILL I DO?
"THIS WILL I DO:
"I'LL TEAR DOWN MY BARNS; I'LL BUILD GREATER BARNS,
"AND I'LL TELL MY SOUL, SOUL,
"THOU HAST MUCH GOODS LAID UP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
"TAKE THINE EASE,
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY."
WHAT WAS GOD'S REPLY?
"THOU FOOL,
"THIS NIGHT THY SOUL SHALL BE REQUIRED OF THEE:
"THEN WHOSE THINGS SHALL THEY BE,
WHICH THOU HAST PROVIDED?"
IN OTHER WORDS,
WHAT WILL ALL THIS WEALTH MEAN TO YOU
NOW THAT YOUR SOUL IS REQUIRED OF ME?
WHAT KIND OF POLICY DO YOU HAVE?
DO YOU HAVE JUST AN EARTHLY POLICY?
OR DO YOU HAVE HEAVEN'S ETERNAL POLICY?
HEAVEN'S POLICY IS BUILT ON
THE ANOINTED PROMISES OF GOD,
AND THROUGH THIS POLICY WE CAN ALL BE AN ENOCH,
PLEASING GOD EVERY DAY WE HAVE LEFT
'TIL RAPTURE GROUND.
AND I WANT TO ASK YOU TONIGHT,
HOW MANY OF YOU IN THIS GREAT CONGREGATION,
YOU HAVE YOUR PREMIUM ON HEAVEN'S POLICY PAID IN FULL
AS OF TONIGHT, IT'S PAID IN FULL?
OR ARE YOU ONE,
YOU'VE BEEN COMING UP SHORT ON YOUR PAYMENTS?
ARE YOU WITHOUT SPOT, WRINKLE OR BLEMISH?
IF THE RAPTURE TRUMPET WOULD SOUND RIGHT NOW,
WOULD YOUR FEET LEAVE THE GROUND?
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND SINNER,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING A GREAT RISK
WITHOUT HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY.
TRAVELING THIS JOURNEY OF LIFE,
YOU HAVE NO PROTECTION FOR SOUL, MIND OR BODY,
AND SOONER OR LATER IT WILL CATCH UP TO YOU,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STORMS OF LIFE STRIKE.
OH, YOU MAY THINK YOU'LL GET BY,
BUT YOU WON'T.
YOU'RE WALKING A PATHWAY OF SIN,
A BROAD WAY WHOSE END IS ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION.
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23 STATES,
"FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH;
"BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD."
WITHOUT HEAVEN'S INSURANCE POLICY,
YOU ARE IN SUCH A VULNERABLE POSITION.
AT ANY MOMENT YOU COULD TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH
AND PLUNGE INTO ETERNITY UNPREPARED,
UNDONE WITHOUT GOD.
BACKSLIDER, AT ONE TIME IN THE PAST
YOU OWNED THIS POLICY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS POLICY'S ABOUT,
BUT YOU LET THE DEVIL DISCOURAGE YOU,
CAUSE YOU TO BECOME NEGLIGENT,
TO REACH OUT FOR SIN.
THE DEVIL CONVINCED YOU TO STOP MAKING PAYMENTS
ON YOUR PREMIUM,
TO STOP WORSHIPING THE LORD IN SPIRIT
AND IN TRUTH;
AND NOW THE DEVIL REJOICES
THINKING HE'S WON,
BUT HE HASN'T,
NOT YET.
FOR THE GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO HAVE DROPPED THIS POLICY IN THE PAST,
JESUS SAID IN HIS WORD
THAT HE'S MARRIED TO THE BACKSLIDER.
AND HE SPOKE TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES
IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THROUGH JOHN'S WRITINGS,
HE POINTED OUT THEIR SINS,
THEIR FAILURES, THEIR SHORTCOMINGS,
BUT THEN HE TOLD THEM TO REPENT,
REPENT, REPENT, REPENT.
AND TODAY, THE LORD IS CALLING TO YOU, BACKSLIDER;
HE'S CALLING YOU HOME.
HE'S CALLING FOR YOU TO REPENT WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
FRIEND, THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE.
ON BEHALF OF HEAVEN,
I OFFER YOU THIS GREAT INSURANCE POLICY.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
YOU KNOW, IN ALL MY MANY, MANY YEARS OF MINISTRY,
I HAVE NEVER MET ONE PERSON
THAT WHEN THEY CAME TO THE END OF LIFE'S JOURNEY,
THEY REGRETTED HAVING THIS POLICY,
NEVER, NOT ONE TIME.
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT CAN BE THE GREATEST INVESTMENT
YOU WILL EVER MAKE.
GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
[applause]
THAT'S A GOOD MESSAGE,
THE GOSPEL AND THE INSURANCE POLICY
THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE MOST OF YOU CARRY INSURANCE
FOR THIS LIFE;
BUT THE NEXT LIFE IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS.
IT'S BAD NOT TO CARRY IT FOR THOSE THAT YOU LOVE.
AND CARRY IT SO THEY DON'T HAVE A BURDEN
WHEN YOU DO DIE.
BUT THE OTHER INSURANCE POLICY,
IT REALLY GOES INTO OPERATION WHEN YOU DIE.
YOU HAVE THAT, IT'S WONDERFUL.
YOUR DEATH IS WONDERFUL IN THE EYES OF GOD,
THE BIBLE TELLS US, AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE--
IF YOU'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH YOUR PREMIUMS,
IT'S NOT IN EFFECT,
AND THAT'S SAD BECAUSE ETERNITY NEVER ENDS;
IT COVERS TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF YEARS.
NO POLICY, AS HE TOLD YOU TONIGHT,
WILL DO THAT THAT MAN GIVES,
AND THERE'S MANY INSURANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICA.
INSURANCE IS REALLY HIGH,
YET PEOPLE FEEL THEY MUST PAY THE PRICE,
BUT THEY LEAVE OFF THE ONE THAT REALLY COUNTS,
THE ONE THAT REALLY COUNTS.
AND IT'S A LAW IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT IF YOU DRIVE A CAR,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
THAT'S A GOOD LAW, A VERY GOOD LAW,
BUT PEOPLE'S FORCED INTO IT.
THEY'LL TAKE YOUR DRIVERS' LICENSE FROM YOU
AND THEY SHOULD
IF YOU DON'T CARRY INSURANCE
TO COVER IF YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY ASK FOR.
THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT COMPANY YOU'RE WITH
IF YOU DO HAVE INSURANCE...
JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVERS' LICENSE.
BUT THE LORD TELLS YOU IN PLAIN ENGLISH
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS POLICY.
THIS PLAN OF HIS IS A LIFE PLAN FOR ALL ETERNITY,
AND ETERNITY NEVER ENDS; THERE'S NO END TO IT.
IT'S LIKE GOD HIMSELF.
THERE'S NO END TO GOD, NO END TO JESUS CHRIST,
NO END TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
LET'S GET THIS POLICY.
YOU IN TELEVISION LAND, RADIO LAND,
LET'S GET THIS POLICY.
I'M GLAD I HAVE IT.
MY PREMIUMS, I KEEP THEM PAID UP IN FULL.
I DO, I DO, I DO.
EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE THAT INSURANCE POLICY PAID UP,
YOU'VE GOT THE PREMIUMS UP TO PAR, UP TO DATE,
HELP ME SAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER
WITH THE PEOPLE IN TELEVISION LAND, RADIO LAND.
AND ANYONE HERE THAT'S UNSAVED,
TAKE OUT THE POLICY TONIGHT;
IT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
SAY, OH, GOD! [audience repeats]
I WANT THAT POLICY.
I WANT TO BE SECURE
FOR ETERNITY.
PLEASE, GOD, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
HELL IS AN AWFUL PLACE
AND IT IS FOREVER;
AND I MUST HAVE THIS PROTECTION
OR I DON'T HAVE PEACE
AND I DON'T HAVE YOUR LOVE,
I DON'T HAVE YOUR HOPE,
I DON'T HAVE YOUR HUMILITY.
AND HELP ME, LORD.
PLEASE HELP AND FORGIVE ME.
I REPENT FOR NOT HAVING THE POLICY.
I WANT IT TONIGHT,
AND I BELIEVE
THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WASHES AWAY ALL OF MY SINS,
ALL OF MY SINS!
SAY, COME INTO MY HEART.
COME ON IN, JESUS! COME ON IN!
IF YOU MEANT IT, HE IS YOURS.
HE IS YOURS.
HE IS YOURS NOW AND FOREVERMORE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP UP WITH YOUR PREMIUMS:
LIVING HOLY--
THAT'S SUCH A LITTLE THING, ISN'T IT?
AND TO BE LIKE JESUS,
THE GREATEST PERSON THAT EVER WALKED THIS PLANET,
JESUS, THE SON OF GOD.
HE CAME TO MAKE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD.
HE BROUGHT AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR ALL OF US.
I'M GLAD I TOOK IT OUT AT 18.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE VALUE OF IT
ALTHOUGH I WAS RAISED IN SUCH A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL GODLY HOME.
AND I KNEW YOU HAD TO BE BORN NEW.
I KNEW IT WAS A MUST TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.
I KNEW YOU HAD TO LIVE HOLY.
I KNEW THAT.
I HAD KNOWN THAT.
I DON'T EVER REMEMBER NOT KNOWING
AND BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE GOOD FROM EVIL.
WHEN I WAS 2 AND 3 YEARS OF AGE I KNEW,
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING.
AND I REMEMBER SO WELL, REMEMBER SO WELL.
THAT BIBLE WAS IN THE HOME WHEN I ARRIVED,
AND THAT WAS GOD TO ME.
THAT BIBLE WAS GOD.
THAT WAS GOD-TALK.
I NEVER DOUBTED ONE WORD IN THE WHOLE BOOK, NEVER.
AND IN THAT DAY THE PREACHERS...
WHEN WE FOUND HOLINESS,
HOLY LIVING, THEY PREACHED IT
AND MOST OF THEM LIVED IT, TOO.
WE HAD WONDERFUL PASTORS THAT PREACHED IT
AND LIVED IT;
AND THEN WONDERFUL SCHOOLS TO ATTEND.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA
WERE GREATER WHEN I WAS A BOY
THAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ARE TODAY.
A LOT OF THESE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS TODAY,
THEY'RE ANYTHING BUT CHRIST-LIKE,
ANYTHING BUT CHRIST-LIKE.
SOME OF THEM WERE GOOD YEARS AGO
AND THEY HAVE BACKSLIDDEN TO THE BOTTOM.
BUT WHEN WE WERE IN GRADE SCHOOL,
WE HAD BIBLE, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC.
AND BIBLE I REJOICED IN AS A CHILD.
I NEVER GOT LESS THAN AN "A" ON BIBLE,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
A LOT OF KIDS NEVER MADE AN "A" ON BIBLE,
WHICH WAS SO SIMPLE FOR ME TO DO.
THERE WASN'T AN EASIER SUBJECT FOR ME;
I TOOK INTEREST IN IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO MEMORIZE
A WHOLE SCRIPTURE, AND I JUST--
A WHOLE CHAPTER AND SAY IT VERBATIM.
I KNEW I COULD DO IT.
I KNEW IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO DO,
STAND BEFORE A CLASS AND SAY IT VERBATIM
AND THE TEACHER WATCHING TO MAKE SURE
THAT I DIDN'T MISS A WORD;
EVERY WORD HAD TO BE IN PLACE.
BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME NERVOUS.
I WAS CONFIDENT.
I HAD IT.
AND IT WAS SETTLED.
THAT WAS A--
A CHAPTER IN THE WORD OF GOD,
THAT WAS AN ASSIGNMENT IN GRADE SCHOOL
FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
AND SHE GAVE IT ONE DAY
AND I WOULD SAY IT THE NEXT MORNING.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER DID IT IN MY CLASS.
BUT GOD WAS WITH ME.
THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT THE BIBLE LIKE I DID.
THEY DIDN'T LOVE THE BIBLE LIKE I LOVED THE BIBLE.
I HAD SUCH A SPECIAL LOVE AND RESPECT
FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
YOU DIDN'T DOUBT GOD.
SO AS A SINNER BOY,
I DIDN'T MAKE ROOM FOR DOUBT.
I KNEW GOD SAID IT AND HE MEANT IT.
I KNEW THAT.
WELL, NOW THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THE POLICY,
KEEP UP WITH THE PREMIUMS AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
WHEN DEATH COMES, IT WON'T REALLY BE DEATH.
NO.
JESUS SAID, "BECAUSE I LIVE,
YOU WILL LIVE ALSO."
THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY CALLS FOR.
IT TAKES THE SHADOWS OUT OF THE VALLEY
THAT THE PSALMIST TOLD ABOUT IN THE 23rd PSALM.
THERE'S NO SHADOWS FOR A CHILD OF GOD.
I KNOW WHEN MY ANGEL WENT TO HEAVEN,
SHE WAS SO JUBILANT THAT SHE CRIED,
"JESUS, LET DOWN THE BRIDGE
SO I CAN GO ACROSS."
SHE SAID, "JESUS IS STANDING OVER THERE
BY THE TABLE,"
SHE MEANT THE LAMP TABLE.
HE HAD COME FOR HER.
HE LET DOWN THE BRIDGE, AND I KNEW SHE WOULD GO.
SHE'D READ EVERY SCRIPTURE
SHE COULD FIND IN THE WORD OF GOD.
NO MATTER WHAT I WAS DOING,
SHE'D COME RUSHING TO ME AND SAY, "HONEY,
DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS IN THE BIBLE ABOUT HEAVEN?"
I KNEW SHE WAS SLIPPING AWAY.
I TOLD HER SHORTLY BEFORE SHE WENT,
I MADE A PROMISE--
YOU NEVER MAKE A PROMISE
IF YOU DON'T STAKE YOUR LIFE ON IT--
I SAID, "I KNOW YOU'VE FINISHED WITH LIFE, HONEY,
"BUT IF THE LORD STARTS TO TAKE YOU,
"I PROMISE YOU,
I WON'T TRY TO STOP HIM FROM TAKING YOU."
I HAD TO FACE THAT A FEW WEEKS LATER
BECAUSE SUDDENLY SHE WAS DYING,
AND ME WALKING THE FLOOR SAYING,
"GOD, I TOLD HER; GOD, I PROMISED HER.
"I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T HINDER HER FROM GOING
"IF THE LORD CAME FOR HER.
"LORD, I CAN'T ASK YOU NOT TO TAKE HER.
I PROMISED."
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST PROMISES I EVER HAD TO KEEP
IN MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I KEPT IT.
I KEPT IT.
I'M GLAD I KEPT IT.
SHE WANTED TO GO; SHE WAS ANOINTED TO GO.
THE LORD TRIED TO WARN ME AND TELL ME,
BUT I WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE LORD WOULD
TAKE THE ONLY LITTLE LAMB I HAD.
AND WE WERE SO CLOSE TOGETHER,
WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT HER?
BUT I HAD TO LEARN TO LIVE AGAIN,
AND THE LORD PUT ME TOGETHER TO BE STRONGER THAN EVER.
AND SO MANY THOUSANDS OF TIMES
I'VE THANKED GOD FOR TAKING HER
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
SHE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE GONE THROUGH
IN THIS LIFE THAT SHE ESCAPED,
AND I'M HAPPY FOR HER.
AND NOW YOU CAN BE HEALED.
THE LORD HEALED ME WHEN I WAS AT DEATH'S DOOR AT 23.
HE CAME THAT NIGHT HIMSELF.
HE MADE ME WHOLE ALL OVER.
HE WASN'T IN ANY HURRY.
HE LINGERED TO TELL ME,
"LATER, YOU'LL GO ON A LONG FAST."
NO MEDICAL DOCTOR WOULD'VE TOLD ME THAT
'CAUSE MY BODY WENT DOWN TO ABOUT NOTHING.
IT WAS AWFUL.
I COULDN'T STOP IT.
I KNEW I WAS DYING
AND A FEW MORE DAYS TO LIVE.
BUT THERE HE WAS.
HE WASN'T GOING TO LET ME DIE.
HE WAS TELLING ME THE FUTURE.
I WAS GOING TO HAVE HIS HEALING MINISTRY
TO TAKE TO THE WORLD.
I WAS GOING TO LIVE.
I THOUGHT MY FAITH WAS GONE.
IT WASN'T GONE.
I HAD JUST SUFFERED SO MUCH
AND I COULDN'T FEEL IT;
BUT I HAD IT.
AND WHEN HE CAME, HE PROVED TO ME I HAD IT.
HE TOLD ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
"WHEN I HEALED YOU, I HEALED YOU OF EVERYTHING."
AND HE'LL HEAL YOU OF EVERYTHING
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DID WHEN HE WAS HERE ON EARTH.
WHEN HE HEALED PEOPLE, HE HEALED THEM OF EVERYTHING.
AND THAT NIGHT--
I HAD SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH ME,
AND I KNEW MORE AND MORE OF MY ORGANS WERE AFFECTED,
AND I WAS DYING.
BUT I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO FACE DEATH,
AND I WANTED TO LIVE.
OH, I WANTED TO LIVE AND PREACH THE GOSPEL;
AND ANGEL AND I HADN'T BEEN MARRIED--
IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR MARRIAGE,
AND THAT WAS JUST GRIEVING ME TO DEATH TO LEAVE HER.
I'D COME TO MYSELF IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING
AND SHE'D BE IN THE FLOOR BESIDE MY BED,
THE TEARS ROLLING,
AND SHE'D BE BEGGING GOD TO SPARE MY LIFE,
TO HEAL ME, TO RAISE ME UP.
SHE KNEW I WAS CLOSE TO DEATH,
AND I'D BECOME UNCONSCIOUS.
I KNOW IT STIRRED HER.
BUT I WAS DETERMINED TO DIE IN THE PULPIT.
I WASN'T GOING TO LET THE DEVIL DEFEAT ME;
I WOULD DIE PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
SHE'D HAVE TO HELP DRESS ME AND GET ME READY.
I'D GONE DOWN SO I COULDN'T DRESS MYSELF,
AND SHE'D HELP ME TO GET READY.
I'D HOLD TO THE BIBLE STAND AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.
NOW I'M 90-SOME YEARS OF AGE,
WILL BE 92 IN A SHORT WHILE,
AND I HAVE SO MUCH STRENGTH,
READY TO TAKE--
WE'RE TAKING THIS GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD,
AND THAT INCLUDES YOU AND YOU AND YOU.
SAY THIS PRAYER THAT YOU SAID A WHILE AGO,
ONLY THIS TIME SAY, LORD, HEAL ME.
LORD, HEAL ME.
I WANT TO BE MADE WHOLE.
LORD, HERE THEY ARE,
AND I'VE GIVEN THEM YOUR FAITH.
I'VE TOLD THEM OF YOUR FAITH
AND HOW IT WORKS THROUGH ME.
YOUR GIFTS OF HEALING ARE IN MY LIFE
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT OPERATES THEM.
HEAL!
I CURSE EVERY DISEASE IN YOUR BODIES.
FEEL THIS POWER AS I'M FEELING IT NOW.
HEAL! HEAL!
IN THE BLOOD- NAME OF JESUS!
JESUS!
THE BLOOD! THE BLOOD!
THE DIVINE BLOOD THAT CURES EVERYTHING.
THERE'S NO DISEASE, NO DEFORMITIES,
NOTHING THAT THAT BLOOD CANNOT DO.
JESUS GAVE ALL OF HIS BLOOD.
HE WENT TO THE WHIPPING POST AND GAVE HIS BLOOD.
THEY ABOUT BEAT HIM TO DEATH FOR OUR HEALING;
AND ISAIAH, THE GREAT PROPHET SAID,
"WITH HIS STRIPES," HIS BLOOD STRIPES,
"WE ARE HEALED."
PETER WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY,
"WITH HIS STRIPES YE WERE HEALED."
THAT'S WONDERFUL INDEED.
GET WELL,
AND WRITE AND TELL ME ABOUT
HOW YOU TOOK THE INSURANCE POLICY
THAT OUR MINISTER TONIGHT TOLD US ABOUT.
YOU'LL BE HAPPY.
I TREASURE THAT POLICY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE CARELESS WITH THAT POLICY.
I'M INSURED FOR TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS
AND TRILLIONS OF YEARS.
TIME WILL CEASE.
ETERNITY IS TIMELESS,
BUT THAT POLICY STAYS ALIVE RIGHT ON,
RIGHT ON AND ON AND ON AND ON;
AND WE'LL BE INSIDE THE GATES OF PEARL,
THE STREETS OF GOLD, IN THAT WONDERFUL CITY
WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD.
WE ARE INSURED,
AND THOSE ARE OUR BENEFITS FOREVERMORE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
FRIEND, I HOPE THE PROGRAM TODAY
WAS A GREAT BLESSING TO YOU.
AND BEFORE I PRAY
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CALLED IN TODAY,
I WANT TO OFFER YOU REV. ANGLEY'S POWERFUL BOOK,
"REALITY OF THE BLOOD," VOLUME 5,
AND THE TOPIC IS, "DON'T WASTE THE BLOOD."
MANY CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE AGES
HAVE COME UP SHORT IN THEIR WALK WITH GOD
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT REAPED
THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE DIVINE BLOOD
AND THE POWER THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM
THROUGH THAT BLOOD.
OVER 300 PAGES FILLED WITH SCRIPTURES
FROM THE WORD OF GOD ON HOW TO USE THE BLOOD
TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER THE DEVIL.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THIS BOOK,
IT'S A $10 DONATION; REQUEST OFFER B-28.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK
FOR JUST AN $8 DONATION
AT ERNESTANGLEY.ORG.
FRIEND, AS CHILDREN OF GOD,
WE MUST KNOW HOW TO USE THE BLOOD.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE WITH US
IN THE SERVICES THIS WEEKEND
AT ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL.
WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS:
IN CUYAHOGA FALLS AT 2700 STATE ROAD,
AND IN AKRON AT 1055 CANTON ROAD
IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
THE MIGHTY FRIDAY NIGHT MIRACLE SERVICE AT 7 PM
IS IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION,
GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING,
PRAYER FOR THE SICK AND AFFLICTED.
SATURDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE A GREAT YOUTH SERVICE AT 7 PM
IN OUR AKRON LOCATION IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP,
A MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKER.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, PREACH, TESTIFY,
SING AND MAKE MUSIC FOR THE LORD.
SUNDAY, TWO GREAT SERVICES
BACK IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION.
THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE IS AT 10 AM.
WE HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
ON THE UPPER LEVEL
IN OUR JUNIOR CHURCH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN SUNDAY EVENING AT 7 PM,
IT'S THE MIGHTY EVANGELISTIC SERVICE,
MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING.
FRIEND, YOU NEED TO PAY US A VISIT.
WE'RE INTER- DENOMINATIONAL.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN US
IN ANY OF OUR SERVICES.
IT'S PRAYER TIME NOW ON THE BROADCAST
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE CALLED IN TODAY
WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST.
I WANT YOU TO PLACE YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE
ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN AS A POINT OF CONTACT.
I'M NOT THE HEALER; JESUS IS THE HEALER.
I'M JUST HIS BELIEVER.
LORD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I BRING TO YOU THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED IN
WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST.
GOD, LAY YOUR HEALING HAND UPON EACH ONE.
IN THE HOLY BLOOD-NAME OF JESUS,
HEAL!
HEAL! HEAL!
LORD, LET YOUR BLOOD-POWER FLOW
TO EACH PERSON RIGHT NOW.
BREAK EVERY BONDAGE, LIFT EVERY BURDEN.
LORD, I CURSE EVERY SICKNESS AND DISEASE;
I PUT IT UNDER THE BLOOD TO BE DESTROYED.
AND GOD, RAISE THEM UP IN THIS HOUR
TO BE A TESTIMONY FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND AMEN.
FRIEND, YOU NOTICE IMPROVEMENT DAILY
AND GIVE GOD THE HONOR AND THE GLORY.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND THE GOOD LORD.
GOD BLESS YOU TODAY!
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(announcer) THANKS FOR JOINING US IN OUR MISSION
TO SERVE THE GOSPEL OF TRUTH
TO THOSE LOST IN DARKNESS!
DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST
REV. ANGLEY'S BOOK OF THE MONTH
WHEN YOU SEND IN YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
WELL, 'TIL THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER,
REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
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