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WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM, A PRODUCTION OF
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES, WHERE WE ARE STANDING FOR
TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR CHRISTIANS IN PUBLIC LIFE.
ALL AROUND US, THE CULTURE IS BEING TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
THERE IS A TEMPTATION TO RETREAT- TO GO BACK INSIDE
OUR CHURCHES WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE, AWAY
FROM THE CULTURAL STORMS THAT ARE BLOWING OUTSIDE.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS
CALLED US TO.
HE HAS CALLED US TO BE SALT AND LIGHT, TO LIVE
OUT OUR FAITH IN THE WORLD AND IN A WAY THAT
TRANSFORMS THE WORLD.
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, YOU ARE GOING HEAR FROM JONI
EARECKSON TADA, WHO AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS IN A
WHEELCHAIR IS MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR CHRIST
THAN EVER.
AND WE'LL SHARE A BRAND NEW MINISTRY RESOURCE WITH
YOU THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND- PERHAPS AS
NEVER BEFORE- HOW GOD WANTS TO USE YOU IN
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPHERES OF LIFE.
AS WE BEGIN, I RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN
AND TALK WITH DR. ROBBY GALLATY.
ROBBY WAS A FORMER DRUG ADDICT WHO WAS RADICALLY
TRANSFORMED BY CHRIST.
AND NOW, AS A PASTOR, HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GOD
TRANSFORMING LIVES, AND ABOUT THOSE TRANSFORMED
LIVES TRANSFORMING CULTURE.
ROBBY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS
PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU
WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE.
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES FOR THE GOSPEL IN
AMERICA AND IN MUCH OF THE WESTERN WORLD WHERE SOME
OF THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS THAT WE'VE HAD AND CLEARLY
TAKEN FOR GRANTED NOW SEEM TO BE IN THE CROSSHAIRS,
IN MANY MANY WAYS.
BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST. YES?
AMEN, YEAH VERY SIMILAR TO THE WORLD JESUS STEPPED
INTO WHEN HE CAME, WE'RE LIVING IN TUMULTUOUS
TIMES, YES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY
LEADING UP TO THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST IT
WAS A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION: THE PRESSURE OF
THE ROMANS AND THE PERSECUTION OF THE ROMANS,
THE CORRUPTION OF THE SADDUCEES, THE PRIESTHOOD.
THERE WAS THIS MANIPULATION AND
CONSPIRACY OF PURCHASING THE PRIESTHOOD LEADING UP
TO THAT.
THERE WAS THE PRESSURE AND THE INFLUENCE OF HELLENISM
ON SOCIETY WITH THE INFILTRATION OF THEATER
AND MEDIA, AND ATHLETICS AND EDUCATION.
SO THE TIMES WE LIVE IN TODAY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO
THE TIMES BACK THEN, I WOULD EVEN SAY BACK THEN
THEY WOULD EVEN BE WORSE THAN TODAY.
SO JESUS GAVE US A STRATEGY, WHAT CAN WE DO
AS CHRISTIANS?
AND HE GAVE THAT STRATEGY WHEN HE CALLED THE DISCIPLES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE VERY FIRST CALL, HE CALLS
THESE AVERAGE, ORDINARY FISHERMEN, BLUE COLLAR
WORKERS AND HE GIVES THEM A MESSAGE AND HE GIVES
THEM A METHOD.
THINK ABOUT THIS, THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS THE
SAME: REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL, THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS NEAR.
AND SO JESUS UNDERSTOOD AND HE WANTED US TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PRESENT POWER FOR US TO
LIVE IN TODAY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WAIT
FOR FOR THE FUTURE.
SO HE SAID LISTEN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS HERE,
REPENT AND BELIEVE, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE INTO THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN THAT'S THE INVITATION MESSAGE.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME.
BUT ONCE YOU INVITE PEOPLE INTO THIS WONDERFUL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD THEN THERE IS THIS
INVESTING PART.
SO FOLLOW ME HE SAYS AND I WILL MAKE YOU TO BECOME
FISHERS OF MEN.
I LOVE WHAT HERSHEL HOBBS SAID YEARS AGO, HE SAID
THE EVANGELISM PROCESS IS NEVER COMPLETE UNTIL THE
EVANGELIZED BECOMES AN EVANGELIZER.
AND IT'S THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF EVANGELISM AND
DISCIPLESHIP.
WE'RE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING; WE BECOME
DISCIPLES TO BE A DISCIPLE MAKER.
AMEN.
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS LOOK AT EVERY SPHERE OF HUMAN
ENDEAVOR BUT INCLUDING GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS AS
AN AREA OF MINISTRY?
YEAH YOU KNOW I THINK WHEN CHRISTIANS SAY I'M NOT
INVOLVED IN POLITICS, WE CAN NEVER SAY THAT,
BECAUSE THE VERY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL
CHURCH THAT WE'RE A PART OF IS A POLITICAL
STATEMENT.
THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING THAT JESUS
CHRIST IS LORD AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT.
JESUS IS THE KING OF KINGS, THE LORD OF LORDS
AND EVERYONE ELSE IS NOT, SO THE VERY STATEMENT THAT
WE MAKE BY BEING A PART OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY CALLED A
CHURCH IS A POLITICAL STATEMENT.
I THINK THE REASON WE'RE NOT SEEING MORE CHRISTIANS
BE SALT AND LIGHT IN THE WORLD WHICH IS WHAT JESUS
SAID, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT PASSAGE IS
NOTICE WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY.
HE DOESN'T SAY WOULD YOU PLEASE BECOME SALT OF THE
EARTH, HE DOESN'T SAY WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN ON
YOUR LIGHT, HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS EMPHATICALLY HE SAYS
YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH, YOU ARE THE LIGHT
OF THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
MINISTRY, APPRECIATE EVANGELISM EXPLOSION WE'VE
USED IT AT CHURCHES I'VE PASTORED FOR YEARS.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT PEOPLE:
YOU NEED A TOOL TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE A TOOL, THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS OUT THERE,
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A TOOL.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT AS
EVANGELISTIC AS THEY COULD BE OR SHOULD BE IS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NOTHING IN THE WELL.
SO WE HAVE THIS GENERATION OF UNDISCIPLED DISCIPLES.
THEY WANT TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY SHOULD SHARE THE GOSPEL, THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW, AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO WHEN PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE IN THESE SMALL,
INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS; I'VE BEEN IMPACTED
PERSONALLY BY DISCIPLESHIP BECAUSE I'M THE PRODUCT OF
DISCIPLESHIP.
WE ALWAYS SAY GET INTO THE WORD UNTIL THE WORD GETS
INTO YOU.
JESUS WAS THE WALKING WORD, SO WE WANT TO GET IN
THE WORD UNTIL THE WORD GETS INTO US, SO THE WORD
COMES OUT OF US.
SO OUR COMMITMENT TO DISCIPLESHIP AND OUR
PURPOSE FOR EVANGELISM IS AND SHOULD BE AN OVERFLOW
OF OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST SO THAT WE ALMOST CAN'T NOT
TELL OTHER PEOPLE AND YET I LIKE THAT ILLUSTRATION
AND YET WHEN THE WELL IS EMPTY THE OVERFLOW IS NOT
THERE.
YEAH AND IT'S BOTH, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY AN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY, BUT
WE HAVE A DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY.
YES.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT WAVING
THE BANNER OF DISCIPLESHIP, I'M WAVING
THE BANNER OF JESUS; SO WHEN YOU WAVE THE BANNER
OF JESUS YOU ALWAYS GET DISCIPLESHIP, YOU ALWAYS
GET EVANGELISM; AND TO HAVE A BIBLICAL
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINISTRY OF
EVANGELISM THAT HAS INTEGRITY, A MINISTRY OF
EVANGELISM THAT FEEDS DISCIPLESHIP, YOU CAN'T
HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
IT'S LIKE ROWING A BOAT WITH ONE OAR, YOU'RE GOING
TO KEEP GOING IN CIRCLES, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH.
I THINK IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT CONSUMERS
JUST OF THE GOSPEL, THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE IS
TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST, TO BE
EQUIPPED TO BE SAINTS TO DO THE WORK OF MINISTRY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN EMPOWERED TO SHOULDER THE
MINISTRY THEN WE MOVE TO GOSPEL COWORKERS.
WHAT THEN DOES DISCIPLESHIP IN THE
CONTEXT OF A LOCAL CHURCH LOOK LIKE?
OR BETTER YET WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
SO, LET ME DEFINE THE TERMS OF DISCIPLESHIP.
FOR ME AS I STUDY THE NEW TESTAMENT, DISCIPLESHIP IS
INTENTIONALLY EQUIPPING BELIEVERS WITH THE WORD OF
GOD THROUGH ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIPS EMPOWERED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ORDER TO REPLICATE FAITHFUL
FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.
SO THE WORD OF GOD IS THE TEXTBOOK.
IT'S SAD TO SAY WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE
EVERYTHING BUT THE BIBLE.
FAITH COMES BY HEARING AS YOU KNOW, DR. KENNEDY USED
TO SAY IT'S THE WORD OF GOD THAT LEADS PEOPLE TO
GOD, SO FAITH COMES BY HEARING, HEARING BY THE
WORD OF GOD THROUGH ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, BEFORE WE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR GOD WE'VE
GOT TO BE IN GOD.
WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST TRUMPS WHAT WE EVER DO FOR
CHRIST, AND THE BEING LEADS TO THE DOING ALWAYS.
ROBBY THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, PLEASURE,
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.
GOOD TO BE HERE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AS DR. ROBBY GALLATY SHARED, DISCIPLESHIP IS A
KEY TO CHRISTIAN GROWTH.
WHEN WE ARE SAVED, EVERYTHING ABOUT US BEGINS
TO CHANGE.
WE SEE THINGS FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE- AN
INCREASINGLY BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE- IN FACT WE
ARE ABLE TO SEE THINGS FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE OF LOVING GOD BETTER, AND
HONORING HIM IN OUR LIVES, IS UNDERSTANDING HOW HIS
TRUTH APPLIES TO EVERYTHING.
LATER IN THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL UNVEIL A BRAND NEW
RESOURCE- ONE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE-
THAT WILL HELP YOU TO A GREATER, DEEPER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GOD'S TRUTH APPLIES TO EVERY
AREA OF LIFE.
AND AS DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY SHARES, THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BELIEVER'S VIEW OF LIFE
AND THAT OF THE UNBELIEVER IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LIGHT AND DARKNESS, BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
HERE IS A PORTION OF DR. KENNEDY'S MESSAGE,
"THE DIFFERENCE FAITH MAKES."
THE GERMAN WORD IS WELTANSCHAUUNG.
DID YOU GET THAT?
WELTANSCHAUUNG, THAT'S WITH TWO U'S AT THE END.
AND IT MEANS WORLDVIEW; A WORLD-AND-LIFE VIEW; OUR
OVER-ALL CONCEPT OF THIS WORLD AS WE THINK THAT IT
IS, AND OF THE LIFE THAT WE LIVE IN IT.
NOW THERE ARE TWO VERY DISTINCT WELTANSCHAUUNGS
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
THERE IS, ON THE ONE HAND, THE VIEW, WHICH GOES BY
NUMEROUS NAMES, WHETHER IT BE ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM,
HUMANISM, OR JUST SECULARISM.
THE ESSENCE OF IT IS IT IS THE VIEW OF UNBELIEF.
IN THIS VIEW, GOD, CHRIST, RELIGION, THE BIBLE,
PRAYER, ARE ALL EITHER IGNORED OR DISCARDED AS
IRRELEVANT RELICS OF A LESS SOPHISTICATED AND
LESS ENLIGHTENED AND SCIENTIFIC PAST;
ANACHRONISMS OUT OF OUR DIM HISTORY, BEST
FORGOTTEN IN A MODERN AGE.
NOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INEVITABLE COROLLARIES
THAT FLOW FROM THIS VIEW.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR VIEW CONCERNING MAN.
MAN, ACCORDING TO THEM, IS BASICALLY A COMPLEX AND
HIGHLY EVOLVED ANIMAL; THOUGH HE MAY BE HIGHLY
COMPLEX, HE IS, NONETHELESS, MERELY AN
ANIMAL; HE IS ONLY MATTER; HE HAS NO SOUL AND NO
SPIRIT.
OR, AS CARL SAGAN SAID, IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS
SERIES ON COSMOS, "THERE IS NOT, AND NOR HAS THERE
EVER BEEN, ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE OTHER THAN
MATTER."
A VERY SIMPLE STATEMENT TO MAKE BUT ASSERTIONS AND
PROOF ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SECONDLY, THIS VIEW HOLDS THAT THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE
MORALS OR GOD-GIVEN LAWS FOR THE CONDUCT OF OUR
LIVES.
SINCE GOD DIDN'T CREATE US, HE CERTAINLY HAS
NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
THIRDLY, THERE IS NO FUTURE DESTINY BEYOND THE
GRAVE.
THERE IS NO WORLD TO COME, NO HELL TO FEAR, NO HEAVEN
TO ASPIRE UNTO.
THERE IS NO JUDGMENT, NO GREAT ASSIZE.
THERE IS NO ONE WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO BEYOND THE
GRAVE.
AND FOURTHLY, THERE IS NO PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP WITH A
LIVING GOD, A PERSONAL CREATOR OR SAVIOR IN THIS
LIFE.
THE OTHER WORLD VIEW, OR WELTANSCHAUUNG, IS THE
CHRISTIAN WORLD-AND-LIFE VIEW.
IN THIS VIEW IT IS HELD VERY DEFINITELY THAT THERE
IS A LIVING AND PRESENT AND EXISTENT TRIUNE GOD
WHO HAS CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE AND HAS GIVEN UNTO
US HIS WORD.
THE COROLLARIES OF THIS ARE THAT WE ARE CREATURES
MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF THE
EVERLASTING GOD AND, THEREFORE, ARE OF INFINITE
VALUE, MUCH MORE THAN MANY SPARROWS OR ANY OTHER
ANIMAL CREATION.
WE HAVE, SECONDLY, AN ABSOLUTE MORALITY, A
GOD-GIVEN SET OF LAWS CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF
OUR LIVES IN THIS WORLD AND WE ARE NOT LEFT TO
SIMPLY AD-LIB OUR WAY THROUGH THIS MORAL MORASS.
THIRDLY, WE HAVE A GLORIOUS FUTURE, WHICH
EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THIS LIFE AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF
ETERNITY IN PARADISE.
AND FOURTHLY, WE HAVE A DAILY, HOURLY FELLOWSHIP
WITH A LOVING AND CARING SAVIOR.
WE CAN BRING TO HIM ALL OF OUR CARES AND ALL OF OUR
BURDENS AND HE LOVES US AND IS CONCERNED FOR US.
HE HEARS US AND IS WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE IT?
YOU CAN HAVE IT EVEN THIS VERY HOUR, THIS MOMENT, BY
INVITING THE LIVING, RISEN CHRIST, WHO LOVED US AND
DIED FOR US, TO COME INTO YOUR HEART, TO WASH YOU
FROM EVERY STAIN OF SIN, TO CLEANSE YOU AND MAKE
YOU WHITER THAN SNOW, TO RELEASE YOU FROM THE
BONDAGE OF THE HABITS OF SIN, TO GIVE YOU A
STRENGTH TO LIVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LIFE
THAN YOU COULD EVER LIVE BY YOURSELF, TO MAKE YOU A
NEW PERSON IN JESUS CHRIST, AND TO GIVE YOU
AN INHERITANCE WITH THE SAINTS IN LIGHT, A
PASSPORT TO PARADISE ITSELF, A PURPOSE AND
MEANING TO YOUR LIFE, AND A PURPOSE AND MEANING THAT
WILL GO ON FOR ALL ETERNITY.
THAT CAN BE YOURS BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
YES, FAITH DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AS DR. KENNEDY EXPLAINED, REAL FAITH MAKES A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOR THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT.
ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND EXAMPLES OF THIS TRUTH IS
THE AMAZING FAITHFULNESS AND INFLUENCE OF MY FRIEND
JONI EARECKSON TADA, WHO HAS BEEN A QUADRIPLEGIC
SINCE JULY 1967, MARKING 50 YEARS NOW IN HER
WHEELCHAIR.
I'M HONORED THAT PEOPLE WOULD SEE THIS WHEELCHAIR
AND IDENTIFY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A QUADRIPLEGIC, THEY DON'T
HAVE TO BE A WHEELCHAIR USER, BUT DISABILITIES
COME AT US IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, IN ALL FORMS
AND VARYING DEGREES.
SOME OF OUR DISABILITIES ARE VERY VISIBLE, OTHERS
ARE INVISIBLE.
SO, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE INSIGHTS THAT I'VE GLEANED
IN THIS WHEELCHAIR AND IMPRESS THEM ON THEIR OWN
HEARTS, THAT MEANS A LOT.
SUFFERING IS AN UNAVOIDABLE FACT OF LIFE,
AND IT'S ALSO THE MOST DIFFICULT THING ANY OF US
FACES.
JONI EARECKSON TADA CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS HOW
IT FEELS TO DEAL WITH SUFFERING.
WHEN I GOT THE NEWS THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A
QUADRIPLEGIC FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE WITHOUT USE OF
MY HANDS OR MY LEGS, IT WAS OVERWHELMING AND
TERRIBLY DEPRESSING AND SUICIDALLY DESPAIRING I
WAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TRUST THE GOD OF THE
BIBLE WHO IN HIS SOVEREIGNTY HAD ALLOWED
THIS TO HAPPEN.
ON JULY 30, 1967 A DIVING ACCIDENT CHANGED THE LIFE
OF 17 YEAR OLD JONI EARECKSON WHO NOW MARKS
HALF A CENTURY AS A QUADRIPLEGIC.
I EXPERIENCE THIS EVERY SINGLE MORNING WHEN I WAKE
UP.
PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M AN EXPERT AT QUADRIPLEGIA.
I'M NOT A VETERAN.
I DEAL DAILY WITH CHRONIC PAIN.
I DEAL DAILY WITH THE CHALLENGES OF HANDS THAT
DON'T WORK AND FEET THAT DON'T WALK.
I'VE BATTLED STAGE 3 CANCER AND I WAKE UP IN
THE MORNING AND I DON'T HAVE THE HUMAN
WHEREWITHAL.
I JUST DON'T.
I LOOK AT THE DAY AND SOMETIMES I AM SO
OVERWHELMED HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE IT TO LUNCHTIME.
JESUS, I HAVE NO RESOURCES.
I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF SOMEBODY ELSE COMING
INTO MY BEDROOM THIS MORNING TO EXERCISE MY
LEGS, DO MY TOILETING ROUTINE, GIVE ME A BED
BATH, GET ME DRESSED, SIT ME UP IN A WHEELCHAIR,
BRUSH MY TEETH, BLOW MY NOSE.
JESUS, I CAN'T DO THIS IT'S TOO MUCH!
JONI DIDN'T LET THIS ACCIDENT RUIN HER LIFE.
SHE HAS CONTINUED FORGING AHEAD BECAUSE OF HER
STEADFAST FAITH IN THE COMPLETE SOVEREIGNTY OF
GOD.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE A FRIEND SHARED WITH ME TEN
LITTLE WORDS THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD.
IT WAS SIMPLY THE PHRASE, "GOD PERMITS WHAT HE HATES
TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH HE LOVES."
AND JUST LIKE GOD PERMITTED WHAT HE HATED AT
THE CROSS, HE HATED THE GRUESOME TORTURE OF HIS
OWN PRECIOUS SON, THE MURDER AND INJUSTICE AND
TREASON, ALL OF THESE THINGS LEADING UP TO THE
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST, THAT HE PERMITTED WHAT HE
HATED TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH HE LOVED.
AND MY FRIEND SAID TO ME, "JONI, THAT'S VERY MUCH
THE SAME WAY IN YOUR LIFE."
GOD PERMITTED WHAT HE HATED.
I TOOK THOSE TEN LITTLE WORDS AND I RAN WITH IT.
AND I PUT GOD TO THE TEST AND OVER TIME I BEGAN TO
SEE THAT, YES, THE JOY AND THE PEACE, THIS PROFOUND
PEACE, THE SUBTLENESS OF SOUL, WAS SO SATISFYING TO
ME THAT IT WAS WORTH THE INCONVENIENCE OF MY
QUADRIPLEGIA.
OH, THAT I MIGHT COME TO KNOW THIS JESUS WHO DIED
FOR ME BETTER AND THAT I CAN DO IT BEST IN SHARING
IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERING TO ME WAS
AMAZING.
SHE HAS GONE ON TO SPEAK ALL OVER THE WORLD, TO
WRITE BOOKS, TO SING, AND TO DISTRIBUTE WHEELCHAIRS
TO THOSE IN NEED.
IN 1982, SHE MARRIED KEN TADA.
WE WILL ONLY EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF CHRIST AS WE
GIVE HIS LOVE AWAY, AS WE INVEST OUR LIVES IN OTHERS
AS WE SERVE AND DO MINISTRIES OF MERCY AS WE
TAKE CHRIST'S LEAD AND REACH OUT TO THE HOMELESS,
THE POOR, THE DISADVANTAGED.
JESUS SAID, GO OUT, FIND THE DISADVANTAGED, THE
LAME AND THE BLIND BRING THEM IN.
AS WE GIVE OURSELVES AWAY, THEN WE END UP FINDING
OURSELVES.
IT'S AS JESUS SAID, LOSE LIFE FOR MY SAKE AND
YOU'LL FIND IT.
THAT'S GOOD ADVICE FOR LIVING.
DESPITE HER EXHAUSTING DAILY CHALLENGES, JONI
PRESSES ON.
SHE HAS HER FIRM FOUNDATION BUILT ON THE
ROCK OF HER REDEEMER AND SHE DAILY STRIVES TO MAKE
HER LIFE COUNT.
EVERY DAY FOR ME, IT IS A DIVESTING OF MYSELF THOSE
SINS THAT SO EASILY ENTANGLE AND HINDER ME IN
MY WALK WITH CHRIST.
WHEN WE COME TO CHRIST WE MAKE AN AGREEMENT TO GIVE
OUR LIVES UP FOR HIS SAKE, TO DIE TO SELF AND LIVE TO
CHRIST.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE NATURALLY INCLINED TO DO.
JESUS, SHOW ME AREAS IN MY LIFE WHERE I CAN CHANGE.
JESUS, I WANT TO BE A DIFFERENT JONI TODAY THAN
I WAS YESTERDAY.
HELP ME TO PUT SIN BEHIND ME, HELP ME TO TRUST YOU
MORE BECAUSE I KNOW ONLY IN THAT AM I GOING TO BE
TRULY SATISFIED AND CONTENT WITH MY LIFE AND
IN YOU.
SO, TO BE MOST LIKE CHRIST IS TO BE SINLESS, WE CAN'T
BE SINLESS BUT WE CAN SIN LESS.
JONI EARECKSON TADA IS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL,
EFFECTIVE CHRISTIANS I'VE EVER KNOWN.
BUT IN ORDER TO BECOME THAT, SHE NEEDED TO
UNDERSTAND SOME IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT GOD.
SHE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOD HAD A PURPOSE FOR
HER LIFE, EVEN BOUND TO HER WHEELCHAIR, BECAUSE HE
IS SOVEREIGN OVER EVERY PART OF LIFE.
SHE NEEDED TO LEARN THAT THERE'S NO PART OF HER
LIFE THAT IS UNAFFECTED BY GOD'S TRUTH.
SO OFTEN, CHRISTIANS FIND THEMSELVES FRUSTRATED IN
LIVING OUT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THE SPIRITUAL WORLD OF GOD
MELDS WITH OUR OWN WORKADAY WORLD.
WELL, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW MINISTRY RESOURCE TO
HELP US ALL GO DEEPER IN THAT UNDERSTANDING.
AND HERE IS MY VERY DEAR FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY
CASSIDY TO TELL US MORE.
JENNIFER WELCOME.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
THIS NEW BOOK IS A PROJECT OUR MINISTRY IS VERY
EXCITED ABOUT, AND THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME.
IT'S CALLED MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT: DISCOVER GOD'S PLAN
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
THERE IS SIMPLY NO OTHER BOOK LIKE THIS OUT THERE,
WHICH IN READABLE, CONCISE, UNDERSTANDABLE
LANGUAGE EXPLAINS HOW GOD RELATES TO EACH OF THE
AREAS OF THE LIFE THAT SURROUND US, FROM OUR WORK
TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO EDUCATION, TO FAMILY.
MY FATHER WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT PROCLAIMING GOD'S
SOVEREIGNTY OVER EVERY PART OF LIFE.
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WORK AND GOD'S WILL FOR EVERY
PART OF LIFE WILL HELP YOU TO LIVE OUT YOUR CHRISTIAN
LIFE WITH NEWFOUND PURPOSE AND RESOLVE, WHETHER
YOU'RE JUST GOING INTO COLLEGE, RAISING A FAMILY,
OR ENJOYING YOUR SENIOR YEARS.
QUITE SIMPLY, MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT IS A BOOK THAT
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AND IT ANSWERS SO MANY QUESTIONS.
FOR INSTANCE, SO MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS COME
BECAUSE WE DON'T DISTINGUISH THE ROLE GOD
HAS GIVEN TO PARENTS FROM THE ROLES HE'S GIVEN TO
GOVERNMENT.
AND OFTEN FALSELY THINK OUR WORK IS MEANINGLESS
UNLESS WE HAPPEN TO BE IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY.
THESE FALSE IDEAS HAVE SPIRITUALLY PARALYZED MANY
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WE OFTEN USE THE PHRASE, "SECULAR SOCIETY," BUT
MANY LACK A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT
REALLY MEANS.
A SECULAR SOCIETY IS ONE THAT EITHER IGNORES GOD
COMPLETELY, OR RELEGATES HIM TO THE PERIPHERY,
DENYING HIM ANY MEANINGFUL ROLE.
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON A CHRISTIAN BASE BY MEN WHO
SAW THE HAND OF GOD IN EVERYTHING.
THEY GAVE US A FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROTECT
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AND YET THE DETERMINED EFFORT TO
OFFICIALLY PUSH GOD OUT OF PUBLIC LIFE HAS BEEN
UNDERWAY FOR DECADES.
ONE FAVORITE TACTIC OF THE SECULAR LEFT HAS BEEN TO
INCREASINGLY POLITICIZE EVERY AREA OF LIFE AND
THEN TELL US THAT, BECAUSE POLITICS AND RELIGION
DON'T MIX, OUR RELIGION MUST GO.
BERNIE SANDERS, THE RECENT SOCIALIST CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT, GAVE US A PRIME PICTURE OF THIS SORT OF
THINKING RECENTLY.
NOTING THAT THE NOMINEE FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET HELD
THE BASIC CHRISTIAN BELIEF THAT SALVATION IS THROUGH
CHRIST ALONE, SANDERS DECLARED HIM
"ISLAMOPHOBIC," AND ANGRILY DECLARED THAT THE
NOMINEE WAS NOT FIT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
IN HIS VITRIOL SENATOR SANDERS GAVE US A TELLING
GLIMPSE OF WHAT LIFE UNDER A PRESIDENT SANDERS WOULD
HAVE BEEN LIKE- VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION, LITMUS
TESTS FOR EVERY PUBLIC SERVANT, AND A VIEW OF THE
HISTORIC CHRISTIAN RELIGION BORDERING ON
FASCISM.
THIS IS RADICAL, LIBERAL SECULARISM RUN AMOK.
OF COURSE, SENATOR SANDERS APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY A
WAVERING GRASP ON AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION,
WHICH EXPLICITLY STATES IN ARTICLE 6 THAT:
BEYOND THAT, THE GOD OF THE BIBLE WILL NOT BE
SHUTTLED OFF INTO SOME OBSCURE CORNER- NO MATTER
HOW MUCH THE LIKES OF BERNIE SANDERS DESIRE IT.
BUT LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
THIS PROCESS OF SECULARIZATION IS THE
PROCESS OF DENYING THINGS, WHICH GOD HAS MADE
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.
THIS RADICAL SECULARIZATION OF SOCIETY
IS A KIND OF MORAL INSANITY.
AND INCREASINGLY, WE ONLY NEED LOOK AROUND TO SEE IT
EVERY DAY.
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES IS STANDING FOR TRUTH AND
DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
I'M FRANK WRIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
NEXT WEEK ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
THE BIRTH TEXT OF PROTESTANTISM
IT IS CARVED INTO THIS PULPIT IN FRONT OF YOU
AS IT IS WRITTEN THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
THAT WAS LIKE THE PRESIDENT, THAT WAS JUST
THE OPENING OF THE DOOR TO THE KIND OF REFORMATION
THAT HAD TO TAKE PLACE AND WELL AS SOON AS I WAS
NAMED EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED THE BATTLE STARTED.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
TODAY'S PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE ON DVD FOR YOUR
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