Finding True Peace Through Reconciliation with God
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"The Bible says that this problem is the greatest problem in the whole universe. The difficult problems are not the problems of shooting a man up into outer space or even landing a man on the moon or on Mars. That's not the difficult problem. Do you know the problem? The problem is man himself: why he lives as he does, why he is irrational, why he is a fool, why he has wars and rumors of wars. Simple problem? It's the profound problem in the whole universe." [00:32:19]
"According to this teaching, man, far from being the center and the control and the governor, is nothing but the helpless slave of evil powers and forces entirely unseen. You can't see them, you can't analyze them, you can't describe them, but they're there. There is an evil power controlling this universe, and man is just being handled and manipulated by this evil power." [00:37:24]
"Man is selfish and self-centered. I know he's got a great brain, but why does he behave as he does? Because he's selfish, because he is self-centered, because he's a creature of greed and of ambition and of desire, and these forces in him are so strong that he becomes utterly irrational. He knows what's right, but he doesn't do it. Why? Well, because he prefers the other thing." [00:40:40]
"Man is helpless. He cannot respond. He's a victim, he's a slave. He needs to be delivered. He needs to be changed. He needs to be delivered from the wrath of God and to be blessed again and smiled upon by God. He needs to be delivered from the power of the devil, the forces and factors unseen that are round and about him and that are too much for him." [00:44:58]
"Christ came into this world in order that the wrath of God against sin might come upon him. That's why he took our sins and his guilt himself in his burn body on the cross, and there God was reconciling the world unto himself by punishing our iniquity and sin in his own son, and there he reconciles and again we come under the blessing and the benediction of God." [00:46:59]
"Jesus Christ, if you believe in him, will give you a new nature. You'll be made a new man, my friend. He doesn't just appeal to your reason and leave you to try to do it now. No, he'll give you a new reason, a new understanding. Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. What this offers is a rebirth, a new beginning." [00:47:58]
"Christ has beaten him. He's a vanquished foe. He's delivered us from the power of the devil and hell as well as from the wrath of God and the lust that masters us within. He and he alone can do this because he reconciles men to God, because he and he alone can reconcile men to men." [00:48:35]
"The moment we're all humbled together before God, we're at peace with one another. We recognize there's only one God, and we live for him and for his glory and in his strength and in his power. That's the only solution. It's the only way. Every other way has been tried, and you see where it brings us." [00:49:51]
"Here is a way that does succeed. Here is a way that in the first century reconciled Jew and Gentile for the first time. Here is a way that has reconciled people who have been at warfare with one another thousands and thousands of times. Here is a way that is still working. He is the king of righteousness and the prince of peace." [00:50:01]
"The battle is not merely a battle between men. It is ultimately this great cosmic battle between God and the devil, and Jesus Christ is the captain of salvation. He came into this world, he beat the devil in face-to-face contact in the temptation in the wilderness and in many another time. He defeated him finally upon the cross." [00:50:34]
"A day will come when he will come back into this world, and he'll finally rout his every enemy, the devil and all his forces, and Hades and evil in every shape and form will be cast to everlasting destruction. And Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, the King of Righteousness, the Prince of Peace, will reign from shore to shore." [00:51:02]
"Thank God the position is not hopeless. In spite of the irrationality, God has provided a way of deliverance, a way of salvation. Oh, my dear friend, while there is still time, enter into it. Believe this message, acknowledge its truth, submit yourself unto God, and he will deliver you in and through his dearly beloved Son." [00:53:09]
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"According to this teaching, man, far from being the center and the control and the governor, is nothing but the helpless slave of evil powers and forces entirely unseen. You can't see them, you can't analyze them, you can't describe them, but they're there. There is an evil power controlling this universe, and man is just being handled and manipulated by this evil power." [00:37:24]
"Man is selfish and self-centered. I know he's got a great brain, but why does he behave as he does? Because he's selfish, because he is self-centered, because he's a creature of greed and of ambition and of desire, and these forces in him are so strong that he becomes utterly irrational. He knows what's right, but he doesn't do it. Why? Well, because he prefers the other thing." [00:40:40]
"Man is helpless. He cannot respond. He's a victim, he's a slave. He needs to be delivered. He needs to be changed. He needs to be delivered from the wrath of God and to be blessed again and smiled upon by God. He needs to be delivered from the power of the devil, the forces and factors unseen that are round and about him and that are too much for him." [00:44:58]
"Christ came into this world in order that the wrath of God against sin might come upon him. That's why he took our sins and his guilt himself in his burn body on the cross, and there God was reconciling the world unto himself by punishing our iniquity and sin in his own son, and there he reconciles and again we come under the blessing and the benediction of God." [00:46:59]
"Jesus Christ, if you believe in him, will give you a new nature. You'll be made a new man, my friend. He doesn't just appeal to your reason and leave you to try to do it now. No, he'll give you a new reason, a new understanding. Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. What this offers is a rebirth, a new beginning." [00:47:58]
"Christ has beaten him. He's a vanquished foe. He's delivered us from the power of the devil and hell as well as from the wrath of God and the lust that masters us within. He and he alone can do this because he reconciles men to God, because he and he alone can reconcile men to men." [00:48:35]
"The moment we're all humbled together before God, we're at peace with one another. We recognize there's only one God, and we live for him and for his glory and in his strength and in his power. That's the only solution. It's the only way. Every other way has been tried, and you see where it brings us." [00:49:51]
"Here is a way that does succeed. Here is a way that in the first century reconciled Jew and Gentile for the first time. Here is a way that has reconciled people who have been at warfare with one another thousands and thousands of times. Here is a way that is still working. He is the king of righteousness and the prince of peace." [00:50:01]
"The battle is not merely a battle between men. It is ultimately this great cosmic battle between God and the devil, and Jesus Christ is the captain of salvation. He came into this world, he beat the devil in face-to-face contact in the temptation in the wilderness and in many another time. He defeated him finally upon the cross." [00:50:34]
"A day will come when he will come back into this world, and he'll finally rout his every enemy, the devil and all his forces, and Hades and evil in every shape and form will be cast to everlasting destruction. And Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, the King of Righteousness, the Prince of Peace, will reign from shore to shore." [00:51:02]
"Thank God the position is not hopeless. In spite of the irrationality, God has provided a way of deliverance, a way of salvation. Oh, my dear friend, while there is still time, enter into it. Believe this message, acknowledge its truth, submit yourself unto God, and he will deliver you in and through his dearly beloved Son." [00:53:09]
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