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COMING TO YOU TODAY IN THAT ALL-POWERFUL NAME,
JESUS!
FRIEND, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR YOU,
GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
BUT IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
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(announcer) FROM STUDIOS IN AKRON, OHIO,
WELCOME TO THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB
WITH YOUR HOST,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
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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.
WE HAVE MUCH IN STORE FOR YOU, FRIEND.
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE RIGHT NOW,
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AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
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BELIEVING GOD TO MOVE FOR YOUR NEED TODAY.
FIRST WE HAVE FOR YOU
ANGEL'S GRACE CATHEDRAL CHOIR WITH,
"I FOUND JESUS."
THEN TAKING YOU INTO ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL
FOR THE SERMON TODAY BY THE REV. BROCK MILLER
PREACHING A SERIES OF MESSAGES,
AND THIS IS PART 6,
"THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER."
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♪ NOWHERE TO RUN ♪
♪ NOWHERE TO HIDE ♪
♪ WITH A BLEEDING, BROKEN HEART INSIDE ♪
♪ TEARS OF SHAME FELL IN THE SAND ♪
♪ AS THEY GATHERED 'ROUND WITH STONES IN HAND ♪
♪ BUT I HEARD HIS VOICE CALLING OUT MY NAME ♪
♪ HE SENT THE CROWD AWAY IN THEIR SHAME ♪
♪ HE TOLD ME, CHILD, COME AND FOLLOW ME ♪
♪ OH, HIS WORDS OF LOVE WERE ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS ♪
♪ NEVER WILL I BE THE SAME ♪
♪ NO MORE SIN AND NO MORE SHAME ♪
♪ I WAS LOST IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ NOW I'M WALKING IN THE LIGHT ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS ♪
♪ SON OF GOD WITH HEAVEN'S POWER ♪
♪ REACHED DOWN TO ME IN MY DARKEST HOUR ♪
♪ I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪ WHOSE LOVE HAS NO END ♪
♪
♪ FOR TWELVE LONG YEARS WITH BLOOD IMPURE ♪
♪ OH, I SOLD IT ALL TO FIND A CURE ♪
♪ BUT I HEARD A MAN FROM GALILEE ♪
♪ HE HEALED THE SICK ♪
♪ AND MADE THE BLIND TO SEE ♪
♪
♪ SO PASSING THROUGH THE CROWDED PLACE ♪
♪ WITH A DESPERATE SOUL JUST TO SEE HIS FACE ♪
♪ BUT ALL IT TOOK WAS A TOUCH OF HIS ROBE ♪
♪ WOULD YOU BELIEVE ♪
♪ I WAS MADE WHOLE ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS ♪
♪ NEVER WILL I BE THE SAME ♪
♪ NO MORE SIN AND NO MORE SHAME ♪
♪ I WAS LOST IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ NOW I'M WALKING IN THE LIGHT ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS ♪
♪ SON OF GOD WITH HEAVEN'S POWER ♪
♪ REACHED DOWN TO ME IN MY DARKEST HOUR ♪
♪ I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪ WHOSE LOVE HAS NO END ♪
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♪ LIVING IN SUCH VANITY ♪
♪ I WAS BORN IN THE DARK TO NEVER SEE ♪
♪ 'TIL A MAN CAME BY THE WAY ♪
♪ HE TOOK ME BY THE HAND ♪
♪ THEN I HEARD HIM SAY ♪
♪ FRIEND, I'VE COME TO MAKE IT RIGHT ♪
♪ ONLY BELIEVE AND RECEIVE YOUR SIGHT ♪
♪ HE SPOKE THE WORD WITH LOVE AND GRACE ♪
♪ AND SUDDENLY I COULD SEE HIS FACE ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS [I FOUND JESUS] ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME [NEVER BE THE SAME] ♪
♪ NO MORE SIN AND SHAME [NO MORE SIN AND SHAME] ♪
♪ LOST IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ NOW I'M WALKING IN THE LIGHT ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS [I FOUND JESUS] ♪
♪ SON OF GOD WITH HEAVEN'S POWER ♪
♪ REACHED DOWN TO ME IN MY DARKEST HOUR ♪
♪ I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪ WHOSE LOVE HAS NO END ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS [I FOUND JESUS] ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME [NEVER BE THE SAME] ♪
♪ NO MORE SIN AND SHAME [NO MORE SIN AND SHAME] ♪
♪ LOST IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ NOW I'M WALKING IN THE LIGHT ♪
♪ I FOUND JESUS [I FOUND JESUS] ♪
♪ SON OF GOD WITH HEAVEN'S POWER ♪
♪ REACHED DOWN TO ME IN MY DARKEST HOUR ♪
♪ I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪
♪ WHOSE LOVE HAS NO END ♪
♪ I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪ YES, I FOUND MY BEST FRIEND ♪
♪ WHOSE LOVE ♪
♪ HAS NO END... ♪
♪ [NO END] ♪
♪♪
[applause]
[applause]
GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
THE SUBJECT FOR TONIGHT IS,
"THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER."
THIS IS PART 6 IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES
ON PERSONAL SOUL WINNING.
THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER
IS THE HEART OF GOD,
AND IT'S THE HEART THAT WE ALL MUST TAKE ON
IN THIS FINAL HOUR.
THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US
THAT MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN;
AND THE REAL JESUS SOUL WINNERS
ARE GOD'S CHOSEN FEW IN THIS FINAL HOUR.
WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO DO A MIGHTY WORK.
GOD IS DEPENDING ON US TO BRING IN THE FINAL HARVEST
BEFORE HIS RETURN.
GOD PUTS GREAT EMPHASIS ON SOUL WINNING IN HIS WORD.
IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT, VALUABLE WORK.
IN PROVERBS 11:30-B,
"AND HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE."
AND DANIEL 12:3,
"AND THEY THAT BE WISE
"SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS
"OF THE FIRMAMENT;
"AND THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
AS THE STARS FOR EVER AND EVER."
HAVE YOU ANSWERED THAT CALL TO BE A SOUL WINNER?
HAVE YOU TAKEN ON THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER TONIGHT?
I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE YOUR HEART IN THIS MESSAGE
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES THE HEART OF GOD.
AND MY SUBTOPIC FOR TONIGHT IS,
"THE LOVE OF CALVARY."
THE LOVE OF CALVARY, THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE,
AND THAT IS THE LOVE THAT WE ALL MUST HAVE
AS SOUL WINNERS.
NOTHING LESS THAN CALVARY'S LOVE WILL GET THE WORK DONE.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY IS THE SAME LOVE
THAT TOOK JESUS TO THE CROSS.
WHY DID JESUS SUFFER UNTOLD AGONY?
WHY WAS HE MOCKED AND BEATEN AND SCOURGED?
WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS AND IN HIS FEET?
WHY DID HE TAKE THE SPEAR IN HIS SIDE?
WHY DID HE TAKE THAT CROWN OF THORNS UPON HIS HEAD?
WHY DID HE SHED HIS BLOOD AND DIE FOR US?
IT WAS BECAUSE OF SOULS,
SOULS, SOULS, SOULS.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY IS A SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
IT'S A LOVE THAT IS WILLING TO PAY ANY PRICE.
IT'S A LOVE THAT IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR SOULS.
IT'S A LOVE THAT IS WILLING
TO SPEND AND BE SPENT.
JESUS WAS WILLING TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE
BECAUSE HE LOVED LOST SOULS.
HE LOVED YOU AND ME WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING US.
AND IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE ON PLANET EARTH,
JESUS STILL WOULD'VE COME
AND HE WOULD'VE SUFFERED AND DIED JUST FOR YOU.
THAT'S HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES EACH SOUL.
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE LORD'S CAPACITY FOR LOVE,
AND YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE A LIMIT
ON YOUR LOVE FOR LOST SOULS.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY HAS TO BE A PART OF YOU;
DIVINE LOVE, IT HAS TO BE A PART OF YOU.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE DIVINE LOVE IN YOUR VOICE,
IT WON'T WORK BECAUSE WHATEVER IS IN YOU
COMES OUT IN YOUR VOICE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LOVE IN YOUR HEART
AND IN YOUR SOUL,
THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT IN YOUR VOICE.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FAKE.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO FAKE THE LOVE OF GOD,
BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE IT;
IT HAS TO BE FOR REAL.
PEOPLE CAN TELL IF YOUR LOVE IS FOR REAL
OR IF IT'S JUST A PUT ON.
DO YOU HAVE THIS DIVINE LOVE IN YOUR HEART TONIGHT?
I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO I JOHN, CHAPTER 4.
I LOVE JOHN'S WRITINGS BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD
JUST FLOWED OUT OF JOHN IN AN UNBELIEVABLE WAY.
IT WAS LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
YOU CAN TELL THAT HE WAS REALLY CLOSE TO JESUS
AND THAT HE LOVED JESUS WITH ALL OF HIS HEART.
HE WAS CALLED THE DISCIPLE THAT JESUS LOVED.
HE WAS THE DISCIPLE THAT WANTED TO SIT NEXT TO JESUS
AT THE LAST SUPPER
AND LAY HIS HEAD ON HIS BREAST.
HE WAS THE ONE DISCIPLE
THAT WAS AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
WHEN JESUS WAS DYING;
AND JESUS GAVE HIS MOTHER TO JOHN
WHEN HE DIED.
JESUS WAS LOVE REALITY TO JOHN,
AND HE MUST BE LOVE REALITY TO ALL OF US.
AND SO I JOHN, CHAPTER 4,
VERSES 7 AND 8,
"BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER:
"FOR LOVE IS OF GOD;
"AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD,
"AND KNOWETH GOD.
"HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD;
FOR GOD IS LOVE."
AND IT GOES ON TO SAY IN VERSE 12,
"IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD DWELLETH IN US,
AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US."
LOVE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SIGNS OF A SOUL WINNER.
AND TO BE A SOUL WINNER,
YOU HAVE TO BE MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.
JESUS SAID, "BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT,
EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT."
AND TO BE AS PERFECT AS THE FATHER
IS TO BE PERFECT IN DIVINE LOVE.
WE MUST HAVE THAT SAME LOVE THAT JESUS HAD.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ENVY AND FOR STRIFE,
FOR BITTERNESS, FOR GRUDGES,
FOR ANY OF THE DEVIL'S JUNK.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR IT IN THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER.
IT HAS TO BE LOVE.
IT SHOULD BE LOVE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND JUST LIKE IT SAYS IN THE HYMN,
"OLD-TIME RELIGION,"
WHEN YOU HAVE OLD-TIME RELIGION,
IT MAKES YOU LOVE EVERYBODY.
AND IF YOU DON'T LOVE EVERYBODY TONIGHT,
THEN THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.
THE LOVE OF GOD IS NOT IN YOUR HEART.
JESUS SAID IN JOHN 13, VERSES 34 AND 35,
"A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU,
"THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER;
"AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
"THAT YE ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
"BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES,
IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER."
WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT LOVE IN YOU,
THEY KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT.
THAT LOVE SETS US APART.
MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALWAYS DIVINE LOVE
THAT YOU'RE SHOWING TO PEOPLE.
PAUL SAID IN GALATIANS 5:13, "BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER,"
AND THAT IS A SOUL WINNER'S VERSE FOR SURE:
"BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER."
THROUGH LOVE WE SERVE THE TRUTH TO PEOPLE,
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE SERVED DEPRESSION,
OPPRESSION, FEAR, DOUBT, DESPAIR, DISCOURAGEMENT.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT IN THEIR LIFE ALREADY.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF THEIR OWN TROUBLES.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD.
THEY NEED TO BE SHOWN DIVINE LOVE.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS LOVE
THAT WILL HEAL EVERY HURT.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS LOVE
THAT WILL REPAIR EVERY SCAR IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT NOBODY HAS EVER LOVED THEM
LIKE JESUS LOVES THEM,
AND NOBODY HAS EVER CARED FOR THEM
LIKE HE CARES.
HUMAN LOVE ALONE IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT
IN SOUL WINNING.
MANY SINNERS HAVE A LOT OF HUMAN LOVE,
BUT IT'S DIVINE LOVE THAT THEY'RE LACKING,
AND DIVINE LOVE IS WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS;
AND THAT LOVE COMES ONLY THROUGH GOD.
WE MUST BE POSSESSED BY LOVE,
NOT POSSESSED BY SELF,
OR BY THE WORLD, OR BY OTHER PEOPLE,
OR BY HOUSES AND LANDS AND POSSESSIONS,
BUT BY LOVE POSSESSED.
YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPEL OTHERS
TO COME TO CHRIST
UNLESS YOU HAVE COMPELLING LOVE.
IT TAKES THAT COMPELLING LOVE,
DIVINE LOVE TO WIN SOULS.
IN SOUL WINNING,
LOVE IS THE MOST PRECIOUS ELEMENT THAT YOU CAN USE,
BUT IT HAS TO BE FOR REAL;
IT HAS TO BE LASTING LOVE.
YOUR SOUL MUST CRY THE TEARS OF CALVARY
FOR THAT PERSON THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THE TEARS OF CALVARY AREN'T HUMAN FLESH TEARS;
THEY'RE NOT TEARS MADE OF SALT AND WATER.
THEY'RE TEARS STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART OF GOD.
THEY'RE HEAVEN'S TEARS FOR LOST SOULS.
BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE TEARS OF CALVARY,
YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE SHOES OF CALVARY,
AND THOSE ARE THE JESUS SHOES,
AND YOU HAVE TO WEAR THEM EVERY DAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME COMPASSION THAT JESUS HAD
FOR LOST SOULS.
AND DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE WORD OF GOD
WE READ THAT JESUS SAW A PERSON
AND HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION
FOR THAT PERSON.
WE MUST HAVE THAT SAME COMPASSION.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY IS WHAT GAVE HIM THAT COMPASSION.
AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO I CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13.
THIS IS THE LOVE CHAPTER,
AND THIS CHAPTER IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL CHAPTERS
IN ALL THE WORD OF GOD,
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE CHAPTERS
THAT YOU CAN STUDY AND LEARN AS A SOUL WINNER.
AND YOU NEED TO STUDY THIS CHAPTER
BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS LOVE
THAT'S DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER,
YOU WILL NEVER WIN ALL THE SOULS
THAT GOD HAS MARKED FOR YOU TO WIN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF LOVE.
THIS IS NOT HUMAN LOVE THAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT;
THIS IS DIVINE LOVE, THE LOVE OF CALVARY.
I CORINTHIANS 13, VERSE 1,
"THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN
"AND OF ANGELS,
AND HAVE NOT CHARITY," OR LOVE,
"I AM BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS,
OR A TINKLING CYMBAL."
SEE, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW ELOQUENT
OR HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WORDS ARE THAT YOU SPEAK;
IF THOSE WORDS ARE NOT SPOKEN WITH LOVE
AND WITH THE ANOINTING OF GOD,
THEN THEY'RE POWERLESS.
THERE ARE PREACHERS TODAY WHO SPEAK BEAUTIFUL WORDS;
THEY HAVE VERY ELOQUENT MESSAGES THAT COME FORTH,
BUT THERE'S NO POWER,
AND THERE ARE NO SOULS BEING SAVED
OR COMING TO THE LORD THROUGH THOSE MESSAGES
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE LOVE OF CALVARY BEHIND THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE TEARS OF CALVARY
BEHIND THOSE MESSAGES.
DIVINE LOVE GIVES PEOPLE THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY,
NO MATTER WHO LIKES IT OR WHO DOESN'T,
THE TRUTH MUST GO FORTH.
WE MUST SPEAK THE WORDS THAT GOD WANTS SPOKEN.
AS SOUL WINNERS,
WE HAVE TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT GOES FORTH FROM THIS PULPIT
IS WHAT GOD WANTS SPOKEN.
[applause]
YES, AMEN!
[applause]
AND AS SOUL WINNERS,
OUR WORDS MUST BE SPOKEN WITH HOLY LIPS
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IN PURE LOVE.
CONTINUING IN VERSE 2,
"AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY,
"AND UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES,
"AND ALL KNOWLEDGE;
"AND THOUGH I HAVE ALL FAITH,
"SO THAT I COULD REMOVE MOUNTAINS,
"AND HAVE NOT CHARITY,
I AM NOTHING."
YOU CAN SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE EDUCATING YOURSELF,
SPEND YEARS AND YEARS IN COLLEGE STUDYING BOOKS,
STUDYING THE DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIAS,
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD,
IT MEANS NOTHING.
YOU MAY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF LIFE'S QUESTIONS,
BUT WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD
YOU'RE A BIG NOTHING IN HIS EYES.
"AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR,
"AND THOUGH I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED,
AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING."
GOOD WORKS ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.
AND IN I CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13,
THE APOSTLE PAUL GOES ON TO GIVE US
THE DEFINITION OF DIVINE LOVE.
AND YOU SHOULD REALLY TAKE TIME TO STUDY
AND MEMORIZE THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE LOVE
THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT
BECAUSE THIS IS THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION
OF A SOUL WINNER'S LOVE.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND A GREATER DEFINITION OF LOVE,
DIVINE LOVE, THAN RIGHT HERE.
BEGINNING IN VERSE 4, "CHARITY," OR LOVE,
"SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND;
"LOVE ENVIETH NOT;
"LOVE VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF,
"IS NOT PUFFED UP,
"DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY,
"SEEKETH NOT HER OWN,
"IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED,
"THINKETH NO EVIL;
"REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY,
"BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH;
"BEARETH ALL THINGS,
"BELIEVETH ALL THINGS,
"HOPETH ALL THINGS,
"ENDURETH ALL THINGS.
LOVE NEVER FAILETH."
GOD'S LOVE NEVER FAILS.
"LOVE SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND."
THE LOVE OF GOD IS LONG-SUFFERING.
IT'S PATIENT.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LOVE IN YOUR HEART,
YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR COOL WITH PEOPLE;
YOU DON'T FLY OFF THE HANDLE,
GO OFF ON THEM.
NO, YOU SHOW LOVE AND KINDNESS
TO EVERYONE THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.
LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS AND LOVE
GO A LONG WAY WITH PEOPLE
AND THEY MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON PEOPLE.
"LOVE ENVIETH NOT; VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF,
IS NOT PUFFED UP."
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ENVY AND STRIFE
IN THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER,
AND THERE'S DEFINITELY NO ROOM FOR EGO.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LOVE,
YOU DON'T GET PUFFED UP
ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE LORD.
YOU DON'T BRAG ABOUT IT TO OTHERS.
NO, YOU DO IT OUT OF THE LOVE IN YOUR HEART FOR GOD
AND OUT OF YOUR LOVE FOR LOST SOULS.
IT'S HUMBLING TO ME TO THINK THAT GOD WOULD CALL ME,
THAT HE WOULD CALL YOU TO BE A SOUL WINNER.
OUT OF ALL THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH,
HE HANDPICKED US.
HE CHOSE US TO BE HIS SOUL WINNERS.
THAT'S A HUMBLING THOUGHT.
GOD IS SO GOOD.
"LOVE DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY,
"SEEKETH NOT HER OWN, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED,
"THINKETH NO EVIL;
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH."
THIS LOVE, CALVARY'S LOVE
DOES NOT REJOICE IN THE DEVIL'S WORKS,
IN THE THINGS OF SIN,
IN THE PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD.
NO, THE LOVE OF GOD REJOICES IN THE GOOD
AND WONDERFUL THINGS THAT GOD IS DOING.
THIS KIND OF LOVE REJOICES IN THE SOULS
THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO THE KINGDOM.
"LOVE BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THINGS,
HOPETH ALL THINGS, AND ENDURETH ALL THINGS."
IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT HELPS US
THROUGH EVERY TRIAL THAT WE FACE.
IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT GIVES US STRENGTH
TO PRESS ON THROUGH THE TRIALS,
THAT GIVES US STRENGTH
AND LIFTS US OUT OF THOSE VALLEYS
AND ONTO THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT GIVES US
THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT
AND TO WIN EVERY BATTLE.
IT GIVES US THE POWER TO ENDURE HARDSHIPS
AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST.
IT GIVES US POWER TO OVERCOME THE TEMPTATIONS
AND THE PERSECUTIONS THAT COME OUR WAY.
THIS LOVE COMPELS US TO GO ON,
TO GO ON AND LET NOTHING STOP US.
AND IT'S SO STRONG THAT IT WON'T LET ANYTHING
OR ANYONE STOP YOU FROM RESCUING A SOUL
AND PLUCKING THAT SOUL AS A BRAND FROM THE FIRE.
YOU SEE WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THE LOVE OF CALVARY IN YOUR HEART.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LOVE,
THE APOSTLE PAUL GOES ON TO SAY IN THIS CHAPTER,
IN VERSE 11,
THAT YOU PUT AWAY THE CHILDISH THINGS.
"WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD,
"I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD:
BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS."
AND THERE ARE SOME WHO CLAIM TO BE SAVED
AND ON FIRE FOR GOD,
YET THEY STILL HOLD ON TO THOSE CHILDISH THINGS:
FUSSING AND FIGHTING AND BICKERING IN THE HOME,
ARGUING AND POUTING WHEN THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY.
THAT'S CHILDISH; IT'S FOOLISH,
AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR IT IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WIN SOULS
IF YOU'RE FUSSING AND FIGHTING
WITH YOUR COMPANION,
WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LORD,
IF YOU CAN'T GET ALONG WITH THEM?
YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA MAKE THE RAPTURE
ACTING LIKE THAT,
LET ALONE WIN SOULS FOR GOD.
DO YOU HAVE THIS LOVE?
IT'S TIME TO GROW UP IN GOD IN THIS HOUR.
IT'S TIME TO GROW UP IN GOD AND SOBER UP.
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST IS GONNA BE A GROWN-UP BRIDE,
A SOBERED-UP BRIDE,
NOT FULL OF CHILDISHNESS
AND FOOLISHNESS.
THE LORD TELLS US IN HIS WORD TO BE SOBER-MINDED.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE DEEPNESS OF HIS LOVE
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, IT SOBERS YOU.
SOULS ARE AT STAKE IN THIS HOUR;
AND WHEN YOU PUT AWAY ALL THE CHILDISH THINGS,
THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL SOULS BECOME
YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 13,
"TILL WE ALL COME IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH,
"AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD,
"UNTO A PERFECT MAN,
"UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE
OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST."
THIS VERSE IS WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE STRIVING FOR EVERY DAY.
IF YOU LIVE UP TO THIS VERSE,
THEN THAT MEANS YOU'VE GROWN UP TO BE JUST LIKE JESUS.
AS SOUL WINNERS,
WE MUST COME INTO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.
THIS MEANS BEING IN ONE MIND AND ONE ACCORD
WITH GOD THE FATHER,
GOD THE SON,
AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST.
THAT'S THE KIND OF ONENESS THAT THE EARLY CHURCH HAD.
THE APOSTLES, MANY TIMES THEY WERE SEPARATED
BY MANY, MANY MILES,
BUT THEY WERE AS ONE IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.
AND THAT'S WHY GOD WAS ABLE TO USE THE EARLY CHURCH
TO DO SUCH A MIGHTY WORK,
TO EVANGELIZE THE KNOWN WORLD OF THAT DAY
IN JUST 33 SHORT YEARS.
THEY WERE IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.
AND THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN WE'RE SEPARATED
BY MANY, MANY MILES,
BUT WE MUST STAY AS ONE
IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN SOULS IN THIS LAST HOUR,
THEN YOU HAVE TO COME INTO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO
"STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD,
"A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED,
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH."
YOU HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO SEEK TO TAKE ON
THE JESUS PERSONALITY.
YOU HAVE TO STRIVE TO TAKE ON THE MIND OF CHRIST.
ONLY THEN WILL YOU STAND AS TALL AS JESUS STOOD.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY:
DO YOU HAVE THIS LOVE ABIDING IN YOU TONIGHT?
AND PAUL CLOSED OUT THE LOVE CHAPTER
BY SAYING IN I CORINTHIANS 13:13,
"AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, THESE THREE;
BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."
THINK ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL FAITH AND HOPE ARE.
WE WOULD BE IN A BAD CONDITION TODAY
IF IT WERE NOT FOR FAITH AND HOPE.
BUT AS GREAT AS FAITH AND HOPE ARE,
LOVE IS EVEN GREATER.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY,
IT'S AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
TO EACH SOUL WINNER.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
IT'S PRICELESS; IT'S SO VALUABLE.
AND THE REASON THAT SO MANY PEOPLE,
SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS AREN'T WINNING SOULS TODAY
AND AREN'T DOING A GREAT WORK FOR GOD,
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LOVE,
THE LACK OF LOVE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE LOVE OF CALVARY.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.
BUT I THANK GOD THAT ALL THE LOVE OF HEAVEN
HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO US,
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
IT'S ALL AVAILABLE,
AND WE CAN HAVE ALL THE LOVE THAT WE WANT.
WE CAN HAVE ALL THE LOVE THAT WE NEED.
GOD WILL FLOW TO YOU WITHOUT MEASURE
SO THAT YOU IN TURN CAN FLOW IT TO OTHERS.
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 5,
"AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED;
"BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS
BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO US."
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST STOP AT SALVATION,
YOU HAVE TO GO ON TO THE UPPER ROOM
AND BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AN EXPERT AT USING LOVE,
AND IT TAKES THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO MANIFEST THIS LOVE THROUGH YOU
IN AN UNBELIEVABLE WAY SO THAT YOU CAN FLOW TO OTHERS.
THE LOVE OF CALVARY HAS TO FLOW THROUGH US,
CHILD OF GOD,
LIKE MIGHTY RIVERS IN THIS FINAL HOUR
TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD.
STUDY THIS LOVE.
STUDY THE LOVE CHAPTER
AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LOVE MATCHES THE LOVE OF CALVARY.
THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER IS MADE UP OF THIS LOVE.
AND WITHOUT THIS LOVE OF GOD,
THE LOVE OF CALVARY,
WITHOUT IT WORKING IN YOU,
YOU ARE NOTHING IN THE EYES OF GOD.
GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
[applause]
[applause]
THAT WAS A GREAT MESSAGE
ON SOUL WINNING, SOUL WINNING.
AND I HAVE TOLD GOD SO MANY TIMES,
"DON'T LET ME LIVE WHEN I CAN'T WIN SOULS."
I HAVE TO HAVE SOULS.
IT'S NOT MONEY FOR MYSELF I'M AFTER.
NO, WE HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO REACH THE PEOPLE,
AND I WANT THE MONEY TO REACH THE PEOPLE.
BUT FOR MYSELF,
I'VE NEVER ASKED GOD TO MAKE ME RICH.
I'VE NEVER ASKED HIM FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR MYSELF.
NO.
AND I TAKE A VERY TINY SALARY, AS YOU KNOW,
VERY TINY.
BUT SOULS, SOULS, AND THEY'RE DRAWN TO US.
USED TO WHEN WE TRAVELED PUBLIC AIRLINES,
PEOPLE WOULD BE DRAWN TO ME EVERYWHERE I WENT.
AND IN THE AIRPORTS, THEY WOULD COME TO ME.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE ANOINTING,
PEOPLE'S COMING TO YOU.
GOD HAS MARKED MANY FOR EACH OF ONE OF US TO WIN,
AND YOU HAVE TO BE READY
BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT CROSS YOUR PATH
BUT ONE TIME IN LIFE,
AND IT MAY BE JUST A FEW MINUTES YOU HAVE
TO GET THEM SAVED.
NEVER TRY TO PREACH TO THEM.
NO, BE READY WITH WORDS OF WISDOM LIKE JESUS.
HE JUST SIMPLY SAID TO ZACCHAEUS, "COME DOWN!"
HE WAS A SHORT MAN.
HE WAS A VERY RICH MAN, BUT LITTLE IN STATURE;
BUT HE HAD CLIMBED A SYCAMORE TREE TO SEE JESUS.
HE'D HEARD ABOUT HIM; HE WANTED TO SEE HIM.
BUT HE NEVER THOUGHT
THAT JESUS WOULD SEE HIM UP THERE.
HE DIDN'T INTEND FOR JESUS TO SEE HIM.
BUT JESUS IS MINDFUL OF EVERYBODY,
ALL OF US, AND ALL THE LOST,
UNLESS THEY HAVE BLASPHEMED
AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST.
AND HE LOOKED UP AND SAID, "ZACCHAEUS, COME DOWN!
I'M GOING HOME WITH YOU."
OH, THINK WHAT THAT CROWD MUST HAVE THOUGHT,
THAT THERE JESUS WAS GOING HOME WITH LITTLE ZACCHAEUS.
BUT HE WAS LITTLE BUT LOUD,
AND HE WELCOMED JESUS TO GO HOME WITH HIM.
AND JESUS GRACED HIS HOUSE.
JESUS WON ZACCHAEUS.
HE PROBABLY BECAME A GREAT SOUL WINNER FOR THE LORD.
BUT IT TAKES THE HOLY GHOST.
AND PEOPLE WON'T GO ON AND GET THE BAPTISM,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WIN SOULS.
THESE CHURCHES THAT DON'T RECEIVE
THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM--
AND I DON'T MEAN SPEAKING IN TONGUES AT WILL,
PROPHESYING AT WILL.
THAT'S NO HOLY GHOST AT ALL FROM HEAVEN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME HOLY GHOST POWER
THAT WAS RECEIVED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
THE DISCIPLES, IT TRANSFORMED THEM
INTO SOUL WINNERS.
AND EVEN THE LAYPEOPLE GOT THE HOLY GHOST
AND THEY WENT FORTH TAKING THE GOSPEL,
PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
THE MORE THEY WERE PERSECUTED,
THE MORE SOULS THEY WON.
AND SOME OF YOU, YOU MAKE PEOPLE--
YOU LET PEOPLE INTIMIDATE YOU AND STOP YOU.
YOU MUST NEVER DO THAT.
I DON'T LET THEM EVER STOP ME.
NO.
AND YOU DON'T TRY TO PRESSURE PEOPLE.
THEY EITHER WANT GOD OR THEY DON'T WANT GOD.
THEY EITHER WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE.
AND SO YOU CAN'T DO MORE THAN JESUS DID.
ALL MEN DIDN'T LISTEN TO JESUS.
IT'S TOO SAD,
AND HE HAD COME ALL WAY FROM HEAVEN.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT LAZARUS BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD
WOULD'VE BROUGHT THOUSANDS THEN AND THERE TO THE LORD,
THAT IT WOULD'VE GONE EVERYWHERE,
BUT THEY WANTED TO KILL LAZARUS AND JESUS.
YOU SEE, WHEN PEOPLE,
WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD,
THEY'RE READY TO KILL THOSE THAT HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD,
READY AT LEAST TO KILL THEIR INFLUENCE.
THAT'S THE DEVIL IN THEM THAT CAUSES THEM TO DO THAT.
YET THEY CLAIM TO BE ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN,
BUT NOT GOD'S HEAVEN.
THEY'LL NEVER MAKE IT LIKE THAT.
IT JUST WON'T WORK; IT JUST WILL NOT WORK.
AND THEN DANIEL GOT A REVELATION ON SOUL WINNING.
THAT WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
I MARVEL AT THAT.
DANIEL WAS SO CLOSE TO GOD.
IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW MANY PEOPLE HE WON FOR THE LORD.
IT'S HARD TO TELL.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS WON BY HIM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
THAT WAS A GREAT SOUL WINNING FOR DANIEL.
AND HE HAD THE VISION: "HEWN DOWN THE TREE."
HE WAS THAT TREE AND JUST A STUMP LEFT.
SEVEN YEARS HE ATE GRASS IN THE FIELDS LIKE THE CATTLE
TO HUMBLE HIM, TO HUMBLE HIM.
BUT THAT WAS REALLY THE GRANDFATHER OF BELSHAZZAR,
THE ONE THAT SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL,
ORDERED THE HOLY VESSELS FROM GOD'S TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
THAT THEY HAD STOLEN AND HAULED AWAY.
"BRING THEM OUT!"
AND THEY WORSHIPED THE GODS OF STONE,
THE GODS OF WOOD, EVERY KIND OF GOD.
THEY WERE DRUNK AND HAVING ONE GREAT TIME,
AND SUDDENLY A HAND!
BELSHAZZAR SAW THAT HAND.
THE HAND OF GOD BEGAN TO WRITE OVER ON THE WALL
BY THE CANDLESTICK,
"WEIGHED, AND FOUND WANTING."
SUDDENLY THEY WANTED SOMEBODY.
THE SOOTHSAYERS, THE ASTROLOGERS,
THE SO-CALLED WISE MEN,
NONE OF THEM COULD READ THE WRITING.
IT WAS GOD'S LANGUAGE.
BUT SOMEBODY REMEMBERED DANIEL.
DANIEL WASN'T AT THAT WILD PARTY.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.
I'M SURE HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN THEY SENT FOR HIM.
AND THE KING BEGAN TO TELL HIM
WHAT ALL WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM,
HOW HE WOULD BE SO BLESSED,
AND HOW A GOLD CHAIN WOULD BE AROUND HIS NECK,
AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
HE SAID, "YOUR GIFTS BE TO YOURSELF."
AND NOW HE BEGAN TO TELL HIM,
"YOU'VE BEEN WEIGHED BY GOD.
"YOU'VE BEEN FOUND WANTING,
"AND THIS NIGHT, BELSHAZZAR,
YOU WILL DIE."
DID HE DIE? YES, HE DID.
AT THE VERY TIME HE THOUGHT HE HAD LIFE--
THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY INTO THE CITY,
BUT THERE WAS A RIVER THAT RAN THROUGH THE CITY,
CAME UNDER THE WALLS AND RUSHED ON THROUGH;
AND THEY WERE TURNING THE RIVER,
THE ENEMY WAS TURNING THE RIVER ANOTHER WAY.
AND THEY CAME RUSHING IN WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE,
TOOK THE CITY...
AND KILLED BELSHAZZAR.
BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO LIVE ANYWAY.
HE HAD BLASPHEMED AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST.
GOD COULD NOT DO ONE THING WITH HIM.
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE LIKE THAT TONIGHT.
YOU CAN'T WIN EVERYBODY.
SOME OF YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR OWN HOME
THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BLASPHEMED
AND YOU KNOW IT NOT;
BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE HARD-HEARTED.
AND THEY'RE NOT IN IGNORANCE,
OR THEY WERE NOT.
BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY'D GET BY, THEY'D GET BY,
BUT THEY WERE IGNORANT, TOO,
IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD.
IGNORANCE HAD DONE IT TO THEM.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES PEOPLE DOUBT GOD,
BEING IGNORANT TO GOD.
THEY DON'T KNOW HIM.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW JESUS
AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION.
WHY DIDN'T THEY KNOW?
JESUS TOLD THEM WHY.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
YOU'RE BLIND BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE."
HOW SAD; AND SO IT IS.
YOU PEOPLE IN TELEVISION LAND,
RADIO LAND,
YOU'VE YOU REALLY GOTTEN A GREAT MESSAGE,
GREAT MESSAGE PREACHED TONIGHT ON SOUL WINNING.
AND YOU CAN FIND HIM ON THE INTERNET.
OUR ONLINE COLLEGE, HE TEACHES SOUL WINNING,
AND HE'S GOOD AT IT!
YOU CAN TUNE IN.
YOU CAN TAKE THE COURSE OF SOUL WINNING,
AND YOU CAN WIN SOULS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN WIN SOULS IN YOUR CHURCH.
YOU CAN WIN SOULS WHEREVER YOU GO;
YOU LEARN HOW TO DO IT.
THE BIBLE SAID IF YOU LACK WISDOM ABOUT IT
TO ASK OF HIM;
HE'LL GIVE IT AND WON'T REBUKE YOU.
AND THAT'S WONDERFUL INDEED.
HELP ME PRAY FOR THE LOST.
YOU THAT'S JOINED US BY TELEVISION,
ARE YOUR SINS ALL GONE?
YOU HAVE TO LIVE FREE FROM SIN.
YOU HAVE TO BE FREE OF SIN.
WHY WOULD THE LORD FORGIVE YOU OF ALL YOUR SINS
AND THEN YOU CAN'T LIVE FREE?
HE GIVES YOU THE POWER TO LIVE FREE FROM ALL SIN.
SAY, OH, GOD! [audience repeats]
I AM LOST.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
I KNOW THERE'S A BURNING HELL.
I BELIEVE YOUR WORD.
AND I KNOW WHY YOU CAME,
TO SAVE US FROM HELL.
AND I CONFESS
THAT I'M LOST,
BUT I WANT TO BE FOUND
AND I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN.
I'VE COME TO THE LIGHT.
I'M TIRED OF THE DARK,
AND I'VE COME TO THE LIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE,
OH, I DO BELIEVE
THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WASHES AWAY ALL OF MY SINS,
ALL OF MY SINS!
SAY, COME INTO MY HEART, JESUS!
COME ON IN, JESUS! COME ON IN, JESUS!
IF YOU MEANT IT, YOU CAN SAY,
HALLELUJAH! JESUS IS MINE!
HALLELUJAH! JESUS IS MINE!
HALLELUJAH! JESUS IS MINE!
NOW WALK LIKE HIM, TALK LIKE HIM,
LIVE IN HIS WORD.
PRAYER, FASTING, LIVING IN THE WORD
WILL KEEP YOU ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
ONE DAY YOU'LL LIFT UP YOUR EYES
AND HEAVEN WILL BE HOME FOR YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY,
NO MORE SADNESS, NO MORE TEARS,
NO MORE DYING THAT SEPARATES LOVED ONES FROM YOU.
NO, AND WHEN JESUS COMES,
OUR LOVED ONES THAT DIED IN THE LORD,
HE'S BRINGING THEM WITH HIM,
AND WE'LL MEET THEM IN THE AIR.
HOW WONDERFUL.
AND NOW WHY DON'T YOU GET A MIRACLE?
AND THAT MAKES YOU A BETTER SOUL WINNER.
HE WENT TO THE WHIPPING POST FOR YOUR PHYSICAL HEALING.
ISAIAH, ONE OF THE GREAT PROPHETS
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SAID,
"WITH HIS STRIPES," MEANING HIS BLOOD STRIPES,
"WE ARE HEALED."
PETER SAID IN HIS WRITINGS
BY THE HOLY GHOST,
"BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE HEALED."
IT'S ALREADY DONE.
HE MEANT IT WAS ALREADY PAID FOR.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PRAY AND PRAY FOR IT.
IT COMES, IT COMES, IT COMES.
THAT'S THE WAY THE MIRACLES AND HEALINGS COME HERE
IN THE HEALING LINE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
COME AND SEE,
AND YOU'LL BELIEVE IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE.
AND YOU CAN HAVE A MIRACLE.
YOU CAN HAVE A MIRACLE.
AND NOW PUT YOUR HAND
AGAINST MINE ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN,
OR IF IT'S RADIO YOU'RE LISTENING TO,
REACH OVER AND TOUCH THE RADIO.
GET READY FOR YOUR MIRACLE.
I'M NOT YOUR HEALER.
I'M NOT A HEALER; I'M A BELIEVER,
AND A BELIEVER WILL A HANDS ON YOU,
JESUS SAID, AND YOU WILL GET WELL.
AND HE TOLD ME OVER 30 YEARS AGO
AS I STOOD BEFORE THE TELEVISION CAMERAS
GOING ON THE AIR TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD,
HE TOLD ME TO LIFT MY HAND AND TELL THE PEOPLE
TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN,
HE'D HEAL THEM.
HOW MANY MILLIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED,
SAVED, HEALED, DELIVERED,
AND BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST.
LORD, HERE THEY ARE.
SOME OF THEM HAVE AIDS; THE DOCTORS CAN'T CURE IT.
THEY HAVE DIABETES,
AND THE DOCTORS CAN'T CURE IT.
THEY CAN ARREST IT, LORD, BUT THEY CAN'T CURE IT.
BUT YOUR BLOOD CURES EVERYTHING,
EVEN RAISES THE DEAD.
AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
HEAL!
IN THE ALL-POWERFUL BLOOD-NAME,
HEAL!
AND AS I SAY THAT,
THE POWER OF GOD GOES THROUGH MY SHOULDERS,
MY BODY, MY ARMS, MY HANDS,
MY FACE, MY HEAD.
THERE'S SUCH A GREAT ANOINTING HERE,
SUCH A GREAT ANOINTING HERE,
SUCH A GREAT ANOINTING.
TAKE THIS POWER.
GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR HEALING YOU
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST HIS SON.
HE SENT HIM ALL THE WAY FROM HEAVEN
TO HEAL AND SAVE AND DELIVER YOU.
THERE'S FREEDOM AND LIBERTY IN THE LORD.
HE BROUGHT GRACE; HE BROUGHT DIVINITY.
HE BROUGHT EVERYTHING WE NEED
TO OVERCOME THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
AND WALK IN THE LIGHT OF HOLINESS
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.
GOD KEEP YOU.
DO PAY US A VISIT WHEN YOU CAN.
PEOPLE FLY IN HERE THOUSANDS OF MILES
FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT MIRACLE SERVICES.
THESE SERVICES HAVE BEEN GOING ON
FOR IT'LL SOON BE 60 YEARS.
AND IT'S "HURRY FRIDAY" IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE.
"HURRY FRIDAY" BECAUSE IT'S THE DAY OF THE LORD,
THAT THE LORD HAS CHOSEN.
IT'S MIRACLE DAY, MIRACLE NIGHT,
MIRACLE DAY, MIRACLE NIGHT.
GOD KEEP YOU IN HIS FAITH,
IN HIS LOVE AND IN HIS GRACE.
AND YOU THAT HAVE GOTTEN SAVED,
BECOME A SOUL WINNER.
GO ON AND GET THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM.
YOU CAN RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BY JUST PRAISING HIM.
HE COMES IN ON PRAISE.
YOU CAN GET IN YOUR PRAYER CHAMBER AND SAY
GLORY! GLORY! GLORY!
THAT WORD GIVES ALL THE GLORY TO THE LORD,
AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
AND THE HOLY GHOST WILL COME IN.
THERE ARE MANY EVIDENCES OF THE HOLY GHOST,
BUT THE INITIAL EVIDENCE, MEANING THE FIRST EVIDENCE,
IS THE SPEAKING WITH OTHER TONGUES.
ACTS 2:4,
"AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST,
"AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES,
AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE."
AND AS MUCH AS THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT HUMBLE THEMSELVES
AND SEEK GOD AND GET THIS GREAT BLESSING,
THIS GREAT POWER FROM ON HIGH
TO HELP THEMSELVES AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY,
THEIR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYBODY ELSE
THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH.
HOW SAD INDEED.
THEIR CHURCHES ARE DEAD, THEIR PREACHERS ARE DEAD,
AND IT'S A DEAD TIME FOR THEM.
BUT YOU CAN BE ALIVE,
AND YOU CAN FLEE YOUR DEAD CHURCH.
YOU CAN HAVE AN ALTAR IN YOUR HOME
IF YOU'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO US THAT YOU CAN COME.
THE LORD TOLD ME YEARS AGO
HE WOULD SHOW THE PEOPLE WHERE TO GO,
BUT HE CAN'T FIND THE CHURCHES
TO SHOW THEM WHERE TO GO
BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE CHURCHES ARE DEAD, DEAD.
THEY HAVE THROWN OFF ON GOD'S POWER.
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BLASPHEMED
AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST,
SAITH THE LORD.
EVEN PREACHERS:
MANY OF THEM HAVE, AND HOW SAD IT IS.
HOW SAD IT IS.
IF EZEKIEL THE GREAT PROPHET WERE HERE,
HE'D BE TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
AND THE LORD TOLD HIM
IF HE DIDN'T TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH
AND THEY DIED IN THEIR SINS,
HE'D BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
BUT HE SAID, "IF YOU GIVE THEM THE TRUTH
"AND THEY DIE IN THEIR SINS,
"IT WOULD BE UPON THEIR OWN SOULS,
THEIR OWN HEADS."
SO EZEKIEL REALLY GAVE THE TRUTH.
SOME OF THOSE PROPHETS WERE REALLY FOR REAL.
AND THERE'S PEOPLE TODAY,
GOD STILL HAS,
HE HAS PREACHERS THAT ARE FOR REAL
AND THEY'RE WINNING SOULS.
THEY'RE THE WISE ONES.
FIVE WISE, FIVE FOOLISH:
HOW SAD.
GOD BE WITH YOU.
WRITE AND TELL ME HOW YOU FOUND THE LORD,
HOW YOU GOT HEALED DURING THIS SERVICE
AND THE WONDERFUL INSTRUCTIONS,
THE WONDERFUL MESSAGE THAT WAS GIVEN
THROUGH THE MAN OF GOD TONIGHT
ON PERSONAL SOUL WINNING.
"HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE"
IN THE EYES OF GOD; AMEN!
♪
(announcer) IN A MOMENT,
WE'LL RETURN FOR THE CONTINUATION
OF TODAY'S PROGRAM.
BUT FIRST, THIS PERSONAL WORD...
OH, FRIEND, I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING TODAY'S PROGRAM.
AND YOU HEARD REV. ANGLEY MENTION
THAT GREAT FRIDAY NIGHT MIRACLE SERVICE,
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE WITH US
IN OUR SERVICES.
TWO BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS:
IN CUYAHOGA FALLS AT 2700 STATE ROAD,
AND IN AKRON,
1055 CANTON ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
COME TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT MIRACLE SERVICE
AT 7 PM IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION.
WE ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL YOUTH SERVICE
AT 7 PM
ON SATURDAY IN OUR AKRON LOCATION
IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
AND THEN SUNDAY WE HAVE TWO MORE GREAT SERVICES
IN OUR CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION:
THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE AT 10 AM
AND THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE AT 7 PM.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
REV. ANGLEY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
"HURRY FRIDAY."
WHAT A POWERFUL BOOK THIS IS
ON THE LIFE OF REV. ERNEST ANGLEY
AND HIS BELOVED LATE WIFE, ANGEL;
443 PAGES.
IT'S ALSO INCLUDING 48 PAGES OF PHOTOS,
AND IT'S ALL JUST A $30 DONATION.
BE SURE AND REQUEST OFFER B-20.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK
FOR JUST A $16 DONATION
AT ERNESTANGLEY.ORG.
FRIEND, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART
OF THIS JESUS WORLD- WIDE OUTREACH MINISTRY
BY SENDING IN YOUR TITHES AND YOUR OFFERINGS.
ALL THAT YOU INVEST IN THIS JESUS MINISTRY
GOES TOWARD WINNING LOST SOULS.
NO ONE LIVES HIGH AROUND HERE,
SO YOU CAN EXPECT GOD TO BLESS YOU
FOR ALL THAT YOU INVEST IN HERE.
AND EACH MONTH THAT YOU SPONSOR
THIS WORLDWIDE OUTREACH MINISTRY,
YOU WILL GET A NEW BOOK OF THE MONTH,
POWERFUL MESSAGES BY THE REV. ERNEST ANGLEY
IN BOOKLET FORM.
WELL, WE HAVE MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC
AND SINGING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
FIRST IT'S THE SINGING MEN'S QUARTET WITH,
"HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY."
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE ROCK TRIO,
AND THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NUMBER FOR YOU;
AND THE TITLE OF THAT NUMBER IS,
"I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO HEAVEN."
NOW LISTEN AND BE GREATLY BLESSED!
♪
♪
♪ WHEN THE VALLEY IS DEEP, DARK AND DREARY ♪
♪ AND THE WAY GROWS LONG AND WEARY ♪
♪ JESUS CARES [JESUS CARES] ♪
♪ I KNOW HE CARES ♪
♪ WHEN THE RIVERS OF LIFE ARE OVERFLOWING ♪
♪ WHEN THE SUN ISN'T SHINING ♪
♪ JESUS CARES ♪
♪ [JESUS CARES] ♪
♪ I KNOW HE CARES ♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ HE WILL GUIDE OUR SHIP TO SHORE ♪
♪ WE MUST PUT OUR TRUST IN JESUS ♪
♪ 'TIL THE RAGING STORMS PASS O'ER ♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ WE'RE NOT OUT HERE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE LIGHTHOUSE ♪
♪ HE WILL BRING US SAFELY HOME ♪
♪
♪ WHEN THE DEVIL USES PEOPLE AGAINST US ♪
♪ JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS OF JESUS ♪
♪ HE WILL HIDE ♪
♪ [HE WILL HIDE] ♪
♪ YOU UNDER HIS WINGS [UNDER HIS WINGS] ♪
♪ DON'T YOU LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS MAY BE SAYING ♪
♪ HOLD TO JESUS AND KEEP PRAYING ♪
♪ HE WILL BRING ♪
♪ [HE WILL BRING] HIS DAYS OF GRACE ♪
♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ HE WILL GUIDE OUR SHIP TO SHORE ♪
♪ WE MUST PUT OUR TRUST IN JESUS ♪
♪ 'TIL THE RAGING STORMS PASS O'ER ♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ WE'RE NOT OUT HERE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE LIGHTHOUSE ♪
♪ HE WILL BRING US SAFELY HOME ♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ HE WILL GUIDE OUR SHIP TO SHORE ♪
♪ WE MUST PUT OUR TRUST IN JESUS ♪
♪ 'TIL THE RAGING STORMS PASS O'ER ♪
♪ HE'S OUR LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFETY ♪
♪ WE'RE NOT OUT HERE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE LIGHTHOUSE ♪
♪ HE WILL BRING US SAFELY HOME ♪
♪ KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE LIGHTHOUSE ♪
♪ HE WILL BRING ♪
♪ BRING US SAFELY HOME ♪
♪ HOME... ♪
♪ SAFELY HOME ♪
♪♪
[applause]
♪
♪
♪ THERE'S A PLACE AND IT'S CALLED HEAVEN ♪
♪ IT'S BEAUTIFUL I'M TOLD ♪
♪ THE WEATHER THERE IS PERFECT ♪
♪ IT NEVER WILL GET COLD ♪
♪ THE FLOWERS BLOOM ♪
♪ THEY NEVER FADE ♪
♪ AND THERE'S A CLEAR RUNNING RIVER ♪
♪ BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ♪
♪ SINCE THE DAY I WAS DELIVERED ♪
♪
♪ NOW THE STREETS ARE MADE OF GOLD ♪
♪ THE JEWELS THERE ALL ABOUND ♪
♪ ANYTHING A MAN COULD WANT ♪
♪ YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AROUND ♪
♪ I'M GONNA SEE ALL MY LOVED ONES ♪
♪ AND EVERYONE WILL BE MY FRIEND ♪
♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO ♪
♪ THIS JOY WILL NEVER END ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ IT'S BEAUTIFUL I'M TOLD ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY MANSION ♪
♪ WALK DOWN THE STREETS OF GOLD ♪
♪ I WANNA SEE ALL THE ANGELS ♪
♪ AND GAZE ACROSS THE CRYSTAL SEA ♪
♪ BUT THE THING I WANT TO SEE THE MOST IS ♪
♪ JESUS SMILING BACK AT ME ♪
♪
♪ I KNOW I'LL HAVE MANSION ♪
♪ IT'LL BE A SIGHT TO SEE ♪
♪ I KNOW I'LL HAVE A CROWN OF GOLD ♪
♪ THAT WAS MADE JUST FOR ME ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT I'LL BE GIVEN THINGS ♪
♪ I NEVER DREAMED ABOUT BEFORE ♪
♪ BUT THE ONE I WANT TO SEE THE MOST ♪
♪ IS JESUS CHRIST MY LORD ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ IT'S BEAUTIFUL I'M TOLD ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY MANSION ♪
♪ WALK DOWN THE STREETS OF GOLD ♪
♪ I WANNA SEE ALL THE ANGELS ♪
♪ AND GAZE ACROSS THE CRYSTAL SEA ♪
♪ BUT THE THING I WANT TO SEE THE MOST IS ♪
♪ JESUS SMILING BACK AT ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ IT'S BEAUTIFUL I'M TOLD ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY MANSION ♪
♪ WALK DOWN THE STREETS OF GOLD ♪
♪ I WANNA SEE ALL THE ANGELS ♪
♪ AND GAZE ACROSS THE CRYSTAL SEA ♪
♪ BUT THE THING I WANT TO SEE THE MOST ♪
♪ OH, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE MOST ♪
♪ IF NOTHING ELSE I WANT TO SEE ♪
♪
♪ JESUS SMILING BACK AT ME ♪
♪
♪♪
[applause]
OH, FRIEND,
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NUMBER THAT IS
BY THE ROCK TRIO.
WELL, IT'S PRAYER TIME NOW ON THE BROADCAST
FOR THOSE OF YOU, YOU'VE CALLED IN TODAY
WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST,
MAYBE YOU'RE SICK AND AFFLICTED,
THERE'S A BONDAGE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED BROKEN.
WELL, I WANT YOU RIGHT NOW
TO PLACE YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE
ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN AS A POINT OF CONTACT.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN'T REACH THE TELEVISION SCREEN,
LIFT UP YOUR HAND IN FAITH BELIEVING.
LORD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I BRING THE SICK AND AFFLICTED TO YOU,
THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED IN WITH THEIR SPECIAL REQUEST.
GOD, MOVE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
LAY A HEALING HAND UPON THEM.
AND IN THE HOLY BLOOD-NAME OF JESUS,
HEAL!
HEAL! HEAL!
LET YOUR BLOOD-POWER FLOW TO EACH PERSON.
GOD, I CURSE EVERY SICKNESS AND DISEASE;
I PUT IT ALL UNDER THE BLOOD.
LORD, BREAK EVERY BONDAGE, LIFT EVERY BURDEN.
MOVE RIGHT NOW
AND MANIFEST YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE.
LORD, RAISE THEM UP AS A WITNESS,
AS A TESTIMONY FOR YOUR HONOR AND YOUR GLORY.
IN THE BLOOD-NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AND AMEN.
AND FRIEND, YOU NOTICE EVERY IMPROVEMENT EACH DAY,
AND YOU GIVE GOD THE HONOR, THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY.
AND WRITE AND LET US KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND THE GOOD LORD.
GOD BLESS YOU TODAY!
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(announcer) IT'S TIME TO TAKE THIS JESUS GOSPEL TO THE WORLD!
YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED
AND ARE USED TO HELP WIN SOULS
FOR THE LORD'S KINGDOM!
WELL, 'TIL THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER,
REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
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