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FROM OUR ARCHIVES…
THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS.
[applause]
TONIGHT I WANT YOU TO TURN
WITH ME TO MARK
THE FOURTH CHAPTER.
THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF MARK
BEGINNING WITH VERSE 15.
“AND THE SAME DAY,
“WHEN THE EVENING WAS COME,
“JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM,
“LET US PASS OVER
UNTO THE OTHER SIDE,
“AND WHEN THEY SENT
AWAY THE MULTITUDE,
“THEY TOOK HIM EVEN AS
HE WAS IN THE SHIP,
“AND THERE WERE ALSO WITH HIM
OTHER LITTLE SHIPS.
“AND THERE ROSE A GREAT STORM
OF WIND AND THE WAVES BEAT
“INTO THE SHIP SO THAT IT
WAS NOW FULL AND HE WAS IN
“THE HINDER PART OF THE SHIP
ASLEEP ON A PILLOW.
“AND THEY AWOKE HIM
AND THEY SAID,
“MASTER, DO YOU NOT
CARE THAT WE PERISH?
“AND HE ROSE AND
REBUKED THE WIND
“AND SAID TO THE SEA,
PEACE, BE STILL.
“AND THE WIND CEASED AND
THERE WAS A GREAT CALM
“AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,
“WHY ARE YOU SO FEARFUL?
“IS IT THAT YOU HAVE NO FAITH?”
“AND THEY FEARED EXCEEDINGLY,
AND SAID ONE TO ANOTHER,
“WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS
“THAT EVEN THE WIND
AND THE SEA OBEY HIM?
“AND THEY CAME OVER UNTO
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA
“INTO THE COUNTRY OF
THE GADARENES.
“AND WHEN HE CAME OUT
OF THE SHIP
“IMMEDIATELY THERE MET HIM
OUT OF THE TOMBS
“A MAN WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT
“WHO HAD HIS DWELLING
AMONG THE TOMBS
“AND NO MAN COULD BIND HIM.
“NO, NOT EVEN WITH CHAINS.
“BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SO OFTEN
BOUND WITH FETTERS AND CHAINS,
“AND THE CHAINS HAD BEEN
PLUCKED ASUNDER BY HIM
“AND THE FETTERS
BROKE IN PIECES.
“NEITHER COULD
ANY MAN TAME HIM.
“AND ALWAYS NIGHT AND DAY
HE WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS
“AND IN THE TOMBS CRYING AND
CUTTING HIMSELF WITH STONES.
“AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS AFAR OFF
HE RAN AND WORSHIPPED HIM,
“AND FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM,
“AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE
AND SAID,
“WHAT HAVE I TO DO
WITH THEE JESUS,
“THOU SON OF THE MOST HIGH?”
“I ADJURE THEE BY GOD THAT
YOU DO NOT TORMENT ME.
“FOR HE SAID UNTO HIM,
“COME OUT OF THE MAN,
THOU UNCLEAN SPIRIT.”
THERE WAS AN UNCLEAN
SPIRIT IN THIS MAN.
A DEMON.
AND JESUS ASKED THE DEMON,
“WHAT IS YOUR NAME?”
AND THE DEMON REPLIED,
“MY NAME IS LEGION,
FOR WE ARE MANY.”
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
THE REST OF THE STORY,
OF WHAT I WANT TO
LEAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES
THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING
AS A DEVIL AND THE BIBLE
TEACHES THAT THERE IS
SUCH A THING AS DEMONS.
AND THESE DEMONS HAVE
TREMENDOUS POWER AND
TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE
AND THEY’RE AT WORK
IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
AND THEY’RE AT WORK IN
PHILADELPHIA TODAY.
HERE’S THE DISCIPLES
IN A STORM AT SEA.
AND THERE’S NOTHING SADDER
THAN A WRECK.
BUT THE SADDEST AND THE MOST
TRAGIC WRECK OF ALL
IS THE WRECK OF A HUMAN SOUL.
CHRIST SAID,
“FOR WHAT IS A MAN PROFITED
“IF HE SHALL GAIN
THE WHOLE WORLD
“AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?”
HE WAS COMPARING THE WORLD
WITH THE SOUL.
HE SAID YOUR SOUL,
YOUR SPIRIT,
IS MORE VALUABLE THAN
ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD
PUT TOGETHER.
HOW CAN THAT BE?
ALL THE MONEY, ALL THE WEALTH
THAT THERE IS IN THIS WORLD
IS NOT AS VALUABLE
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD
AS YOUR SOUL.
YOUR SOUL IS THAT PART OF YOU
THAT LIVES FOREVER.
WHEN YOU WERE BORN,
YOU WERE BORN A LIVING SOUL,
A LIVING SPIRIT.
AND THAT PART OF YOU
IS GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
YOU WERE BORN TO LIVE FOREVER.
NOW YOUR ETERNAL HOME MAY BE
HELL OR IT MAY BE HEAVEN
BUT YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE
AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE
WHICH ROAD OF LIFE
YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE.
JESUS SAID THERE ARE TWO ROADS.
THERE’S A BROAD ROAD
THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION
AND A NARROW ROAD
THAT LEADS TO LIFE ETERNAL.
AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
NOW IN THE STORY
THAT WE READ ABOUT,
THIS BOAT WITH JESUS IN IT,
AND THE DISCIPLES,
LANDS ON THE BEACH.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THEY HEAR THESE WILD CRIES
ON A CLIFF ABOVE THEM.
THEY SEE A DREADFUL WRECK AND
RUIN OF A MAN RUSHING DOWN.
HE’S DISHEVELED,
HIS BODY IS NAKED,
HE’S GASHED,
HE’S BLEEDING.
FRAGMENTS OF CHAINS
ON HIS HANDS AND FEET.
A WILD, WRETCHED
REMNANT OF A MAN.
PROBABLY CAME
FROM A FINE HOME.
PERHAPS A MAN OF SUPERIOR
INTELLIGENCE IN EVERY WAY.
HE BEGINS TO ACT STRANGELY.
HE GROWS WORSE AND
EVENTUALLY HE LEAVES HOME.
HE WAS POSSESSED BY
AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT.
NOW THE BIBLE TEACHES,
THAT THERE ARE DEMONS THAT
CAN POSSESS A PERSON.
AND HE WAS LIVING
AMONG THE DEAD.
THIS MAN WAS POSSESSED
OF AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT
AND HE LIVED AMONG OTHER PEOPLE
WITH UNCLEAN SPIRITS.
HE WAS SPIRITUALLY DEAD.
AND IN DESTITUTION AND
WRETCHEDNESS
THE DEVIL PAYS HIS WAGES.
YES, THE DEVIL PAYS.
YOU SERVE HIM.
LIVE SEPARATED FROM GOD.
YOU MAY LIVE IN A FINE HOME.
YOU MAY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT
WILL BRING PLEASURE AND
HAPPINESS AND MONEY,
BUT DEEP INSIDE,
YOU’RE NOT SURE THAT
YOU KNOW CHRIST.
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG.
AND EVENTUALLY, THE DEVIL
WILL PAY YOU OFF
BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NEGLECTED CHRIST
AND TURNED YOUR LIFE
OVER TO THE DEVIL
EVEN THOUGH
YOU DIDN’T MEAN TO.
YOU JUST DID IT BY NEGLECT.
YOU SEE, YOU ARE IN TORMENT.
YOUR CONSCIENCE IS IN TORMENT.
YOUR CONSCIENCE ACTS AS
THE SALT IN THE WOUND
OR A WHIP ON
YOUR REBELLIOUS BACK.
SO MANY IN THE PRESS
TELL THE STORY
OF THEIR TORMENT IN DRUGS.
“WHAT HAVE I TO DO
WITH THEE, JESUS,
“THOU SON OF
THE MOST HIGH GOD?
“TORMENT US NOT.”
MANY PEOPLE SAY:
“WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO
WITH THEE?”
THAT’S WHAT THIS MAN SAID.
WHAT DO I HAVE
TO DO WITH YOU?
A WORKING MAN WILL SAY, WELL
HE’S TOO BUSY FOR CHRIST.
A RICH MAN SAYS THAT RELIGION
IS FOR THE POOR PEOPLE.
AN INTELLECTUAL MAN SAYS
IT’S FOR THE UNEDUCATED.
THE COMMON MAN SAYS
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT.
THE RADICAL SAYS IT ISN’T
A REVOLUTIONARY ENOUGH.
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,
YOU WILL SOMEDAY HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH GOD
AT THE JUDGMENT.
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME
AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL
CONFESS THAT
HE IS THE CHRIST.
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,
SOMEDAY YOU WILL BOW.
[applause]
WHEN I WAS TAKEN TO SOME
OF THESE AREAS IN
THE PHILADELPHIA AREA OF
DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE,
PEOPLE THAT DON’T HAVE AS MUCH
AS MAYBE SOME OTHER PEOPLE,
MAYBE SOME OF THEM INVOLVED
IN CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMES
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN
THE SUBURBS JUST LIKE THEM.
THEY JUST LIVE
IN BETTER HOMES,
MAYBE DRIVE A BETTER CAR, BUT
THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SOULS
ARE IN TORMENT FROM
THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE.
BUT JESUS MOVES
AMONG BOTH GROUPS.
HE MOVED AMONG THE WEALTHY.
HE MOVED AMONG THE POOR.
AND HE WAS UNAFRAID.
ALWAYS TENDER.
ALWAYS LOVING.
AND HE ASKED THIS MAN, HE SAID:
“WHAT IS YOUR NAME?”
AND THE DEMON ANSWERED BACK:
“MY NAME IS LEGION,”
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OF US
THAT OCCUPY THIS MAN’S LIFE
AND HEART.
AND THERE ARE
MANY DEMONS TODAY.
THE DEMON OF SEX PERVERSION.
THE DEMON OF LYING.
THE DEMON OF ANGER.
THE DEMONS OF DRUGS.
THE DEMON OF STRONG DRINK.
THE DEMON OF SEX
THAT’S OUT OF HAND.
YOU CAN’T GET IT OFF
YOUR MIND.
YOU CAN’T GET AWAY FROM IT;
IT’S EVERYWHERE.
YOU LOOK ON
A MAGAZINE STAND
AND YOU SEE SEX
AT EVERY TURN.
YOU TURN ON THE TELEVISION,
THERE’S SEX.
YOU GO TO A MOVIE,
THERE’S SEX AND PROFANITY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO
SEE A GOOD PICTURE,
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SIT
THROUGH A HALF-DOZEN
OF THAT KIND OF PICTURE
TO SEE ONE GOOD ONE.
AND TODAY THAT’S DIFFICULT
TO FIND EVEN A GOOD ONE.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT
ALL OF THEM ARE DRIPPING
WITH THESE SINS
THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ARE COMING FROM THE DEVIL.
MARY MAGDALENE
HAD SEVEN DEVILS
AND THIS MAN WAS FILLED
WITH EVIL SPIRITS.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE
LIKE THAT HERE TONIGHT.
YOU YIELD TO TEMPTATION,
AND IT BECOMES EASIER
TO YIELD THE NEXT TIME.
YOU BECOME A SLAVE.
A SLAVE TO LUST AND PASSION
AND YOUR OWN EVIL NATURE.
JESUS SAYS TO THIS MAN,
WITH A VOICE OF AUTHORITY,
JESUS SAID,
“COME OUT OF THE MAN.”
THIS SAME VOICE THAT HE USED
TO STILL THE STORM
AT THE SEA, HE SAYS:
“COME OUT OF THE MAN.”
AND AT ONCE, A CHANGE
TOOK PLACE IN THAT MAN.
HIS MUSCLES RELAXED.
THE STONES FELL
FROM HIS HANDS.
THE WILD LOOK ON
HIS FACE LEFT.
A LOOK OF THE REASON CAME.
HUMANITY WAS RESTORED.
A DISCIPLE LEANED OVER AND
WIPED BLOOD FROM HIS FACE.
ANOTHER ONE CAME AND
PUT SOME CLOTHES ON HIM.
AND THERE WERE THREE PRAYERS
THAT WERE PRAYED IN THIS STORY.
ONLY ONE WAS ANSWERED.
THE FIRST PRAYER
CAME FROM THE DEMONS.
THERE WERE 2,000 PIGS OR HOGS
THAT WERE FEEDING
OUT IN THE FIELDS,
UP ON THE CLIFF.
AND THEY WERE WATCHED
OVER BY HERDSMEN.
AND THE DEMON SAID TO JESUS,
“SEND US INTO THE SWINE.”
AND I’VE OFTEN
THOUGHT TO MYSELF
HOW AWFUL THE EXISTENCE
OF HELL MUST BE,
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A SWINE
INSTEAD OF HELL.
ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC AND
DREADFUL PRAYERS EVER UTTERED.
THEY DIDN’T WANT
TO GO TO HELL.
HELL MUST BE AWFUL IF
THE DEMONS BEGGED CHRIST
TO SEND THEM TO THE SWINE.
IT’S A TERRIBLE LESSON
FOR US TO LEARN.
HELL IS CALLED IN THE BIBLE
MANY NAMES.
IT’S CALLED “A HORRIBLE
TEMPEST” IN PSALM 11.
IT’S CALLED THE “PLACE OF
SORROWS” IN PSALM 18 .
IT’S CALLED THE “PLACE OF
WALLING” IN MATTHEW 13 .
IT’S CALLED THE “PLACE OF
WEEPING” IN MATTHEW 8.
IT’S CALLED THE “PLACE OF
TORMENT” IN LUKE 16.
IT’S CALLED A “PLACE OF OUTER
DARKNESS” IN MATTHEW 8.
IN REVELATION 20:15,
IT’S CALLED “THE LAKE OF FIRE.”
WHATEVER ALL THOSE THINGS
MEAN, IT’S TERRIBLE.
IT WILL BE SEPARATION FROM GOD.
THAT IS HELL.
TO BE SEPARATED FROM GOD,
AND YOU CAN HAVE HELL
ON THIS EARTH.
AND SOME OF YOU
ARE LIVING IN HELL NOW
BECAUSE YOU’RE SEPARATED
FROM GOD.
THE PROBLEM WITH YOU
IS NOT YOUR WIFE.
IT’S NOT YOUR HUSBAND.
IT’S NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
IT’S NOT YOUR CHILDREN.
IT’S THE SEPARATION FROM GOD.
GOD LOVES YOU.
HE’S THERE TO HELP YOU
EVERY DAY.
HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU
BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU.
[applause]
AND THEN THE SECOND PRAYER
WAS THE PEOPLE’S PRAYER.
THESE HERDSMEN.
THEY RUSH INTO THE CITY TO
INFORM THE PEOPLE THAT
AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE
HAS BEFALLEN THE HOGS.
THAT’S WHERE THEY
MADE THEIR LIVING,
FROM THOSE PIGS,
THOSE HOGS.
THEY SAW THE TRANSFORMED MAN
BUT ALL THEY COULD THINK ABOUT
WAS THE LOSS OF MONEY.
THEY BEGGED CHRIST TO
LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY.
LEAVE US ALONE.
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE;
WE DON’T NEED YOU HERE.
YOU’RE SPOILING THE MONEY
THAT WE USE
FOR OUR PLEASURES
AND OUR LIVELIHOOD.
NOW HERE, JESUS WAS READY TO
BRING HEALING AND SALVATION
TO THAT WHOLE AREA, BUT THEY
WERE MORE INTERESTED IN MONEY
AND MATERIAL THINGS
THAN THEY WERE IN JESUS.
AND THIS IS TRUE TODAY.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
WHO DO NOT WANT CHRIST.
THEY ARE AFRAID THAT IF
HE COMES INTO THEIR LIVES,
IT’LL BE A REVOLUTION.
THEY DON’T WANT
TO BE DISTURBED.
I KNOW MANY CHURCH MEMBERS
TODAY THAT ARE COMFORTABLE
WITH THEIR SITUATION.
THEY GO TO CHURCH.
THEY LIVE ANY WAY
THEY WANT TO.
THEY DON’T WANT
TO BE DISTURBED.
THEY DON’T WANT THE PREACHER
TO TALK ABOUT SIN.
THEY DON’T WANT HIM
EVER TO MENTION HELL.
THEY DON’T WANT HIM TO TALK
ABOUT THE BLOOD
THAT WAS SHED ON THE CROSS.
THEY DON’T WANT
TO BE DISTURBED.
THEY DON’T WANT TO BE TOLD
THAT THEY NEED TO REPENT
OF THEIR SINS AND RECEIVE
CHRIST AS SAVIOR PERSONALLY.
THEY THINK EVERYTHING’S
ALL RIGHT.
THEY’VE BEEN BAPTIZED,
AS I WAS IN THE CHURCH.
THEY WERE CONFIRMED,
AS I WAS, IN THE CHURCH.
AND THEY SAY,
WELL, THAT’S ENOUGH.
AND I GO TO CHURCH
ONCE IN A WHILE.
THAT’S ENOUGH.
I BELIEVE IN GOD.
I BELIEVE IN CHRIST.
YES, YOU HAVE A HEAD BELIEF.
JESUS SAID,
“YOU BELIEVE IN ME.
“YOU SERVE ME
WITH YOUR MOUTH,
“BUT YOUR HEART
IS FAR FROM ME.”
DOES JESUS LIVE
IN YOUR HEART?
DO YOU KNOW HE’S THERE?
ARE YOU CERTAIN
THAT HE’S THERE?
BECAUSE YOU SEE,
IF YOU’RE NOT SURE,
YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE TONIGHT
BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE.
“NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME
OF SALVATION.”
TODAY IS THE DAY OF
SALVATION.
COME WHILE HE’S ABLE.
[applause]
THOSE PEOPLE THAT
DON’T WANT CHRIST
ARE LIKE A DROWNING MAN WHO’S
THROWING AWAY A LIFE BELT.
THEY’RE LIKE A POISONED MAN
THROWING AWAY THE ANTIDOTE.
THEY ARE LIKE A WOUNDED MAN
TEARING OPEN HIS WOUNDS.
THEY’RE LIKE A LOST MAN
SHUDDERING IN THE DARKNESS
ON THE BRINK OF HELL,
REFUSING CHRIST.
DO YOU FEAR THAT YOU’LL HAVE
TO GIVE UP SOMETHING,
AND SO YOU’VE ASKED
JESUS TO LEAVE?
YOU’RE AFRAID HE MIGHT
LOOK IN SOME SECRET CHAMBER
OF YOUR LIFE.
THE MOST TERRIBLE VERSE
ALL THE BIBLE
IS FOUND IN PSALM 106:15.
“AND HE GAVE THEM
THEIR REQUEST
“BUT SENT LEANNESS
TO THEIR SOUL.”
GOD IS ANSWERING
YOUR PRAYER.
HE’S SENDING YOU
YOUR REQUEST FOR A JOB.
A DECENT HOME.
A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE.
BUT YOUR SOUL IS
LEAN TOWARD GOD,
AND YOU’RE SEPARATED
FROM HIM.
AND YOU NEED TO COME TO HIM.
THAT’S WHAT THE CROSS
IS ALL ABOUT.
THAT’S WHY HE DIED.
AND THOSE TWO ARMS
OF THE CROSS
ARE TO BRING YOU TOGETHER.
AND HE REACHES OUT
WITH ONE HAND
AND YOU REACH OUT WITH
THE OTHER AND GRASP HIS HAND
AND HE’LL HOLD YOU.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT HOLDING ON TO HIM;
HE’LL DO THE HOLDING.
AND THEN THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:
“EPHRAIM IS JOINED
TO HIS IDOLS.
“LET HIM ALONE.”
AND THREE TIMES
IN THE BOOK OF THE ROMANS,
IT SAYS, “GOD GAVE THEM UP.”
SEE, GOD CAN GIVE YOU UP.
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT COME
TO CHRIST UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT
CONVICTS YOU AND DRAWS YOU
AND SPEAKS TO YOU
AND GIVES YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS.
YOU BETTER COME
WHILE YOU CAN.
IF THERE’S EVEN THE SLIGHTEST
DISTURBANCE IN YOUR HEART,
OR THE SLIGHTEST INDICATION
THAT YOU NEED CHRIST
YOU BETTER COME TONIGHT.
THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER NIGHT
LIKE THIS FOR YOU.
WHAT A TERRIBLE THING FOR GOD
TO QUIT SPEAKING TO YOU
AND FOR GOD TO QUIT
DISTURBING YOU.
THANK GOD HE DOES DISTURB YOU.
THANK GOD HE DOES USE
YOUR CONSCIENCE.
THANK GOD HE DOES USE
YOUR BRAIN.
[applause]
GOD WILL CONTINUE TO LOVE YOU
AND IT’S NEVER TOO LATE.
MY FATHER HAD THIS STRANGE IDEA
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN
THAT HE HAD COMMITTED
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
AND HE CARRIED THAT
WITH HIM FOR YEARS.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS
TOO LATE FOR HIM.
BUT ONE DAY CHRIST
CAME INTO HIS HEART
AND CHANGED HIM
WHEN HE WAS IN HIS FIFTIES,
AND MADE HIM A NEW PERSON.
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET
WHAT A CHANGE IT MADE
IN OUR HOME.
AND THEN THE LAST PRAYER WAS
THE HEALED MAN’S REQUEST.
HE WANTS TO FOLLOW CHRIST
AND STAY WITH CHRIST,
AND LIVE WITH CHRIST.
AND JESUS SAID, “NO.
“GO HOME.
“GO BACK TO THE STREET
WHERE YOU LIVE.
“GO BACK TO YOUR FRIENDS.
“GO BACK TO
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
“GO BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY,
“AND TELL THEM
WHAT GREAT THINGS
“THE LORD HAS DONE FOR YOU.”
AND HE HAD
COMPASSION ON HIM.
YOU SEE, WE ARE TO GO
BACK HOME TONIGHT
AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT
GOD HAS DONE FOR US.
BECAUSE CHRIST IS GOING TO DO
SOMETHING FOR YOU TONIGHT
THAT YOU NEVER EXPECTED
BEFORE YOU CAME HERE.
YOU CAN HAVE
A BRAND NEW LIFE
WHEN YOU WALK OUT
OF THIS STADIUM.
YOU SAY,
“CAN IT HAPPEN THAT FAST?”
IT HAPPENS THAT FAST.
DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON
THAT JESUS CALLED,
HE CALLED PUBLICLY?
EVERY ONE.
NOW NICODEMUS CAME
TO HIM BY NIGHT–
I KNOW THAT.
BUT EVERYONE THAT JESUS CALLED
AND TRANSFORMED AND CHANGED,
IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS
AND IT WAS PUBLIC.
AND I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
IN A MOMENT
TO GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT
AND COME PUBLICLY
AND SAY TONIGHT,
“I WANT MY SINS FORGIVEN.
“I WANT TO KNOW
I’M GOING TO HEAVEN.
“I RECEIVE CHRIST INTO
MY HEART BY FAITH.
“I REPENT OF MY SINS.”
THERE WERE THREE THINGS
THAT THIS MAN HAD.
HE NOW HAD REST.
“COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT
LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN,
“AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST,”
SAID JESUS.
HE NOW WAS CLOTHED BECAUSE
HE HAD BEEN NAKED BEFORE,
LIKE ADAM AND EVE.
AND YOU AND I ARE NAKED
BEFORE GOD.
SIN MAKES US NAKED
AND CHRIST PROVIDED
THE CLOTHES AT CALVARY.
AND WE’RE CLOTHED IN
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
AND WHEN GOD LOOKS AT ME,
HE DOESN’T SEE BILLY GRAHAM.
HE DOESN’T SEE THE EVIL
HEART THAT I HAVE.
HE DOESN’T SEE THE SINS
I’VE COMMITTED.
HE SEES THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF JESUS CHRIST,
BECAUSE I’M CLOTHED IN
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
[applause]
“FOR BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED.
“THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES,
NOT OF WORKS
“LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.”
YOU CAN’T WORK
YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN.
YOU CAN’T BUY YOUR WAY.
GOD GIVES IT TO YOU.
BUT IT COMES BY
THE WAY OF THE CROSS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT CHRIST
LIVES IN YOU TONIGHT?
IF I HAD A DOUBT
IN MY HEART,
YOU COULDN’T GET ME
TO LEAVE THIS STADIUM
TILL I’D FOUND OUT.
BECAUSE IT’S TOO DANGEROUS.
“WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN
IF HE GAINED THE WHOLE WORLD
“BUT LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?”
AND THEN HE HAD REASON.
HE CAME TO HIS SENSES.
HE WAS IN HIS RIGHT MIND.
SIN DESTROYS THE MIND
AND DISTORTS THE MIND.
AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE
MORAL INSANITY.
SO CHRIST CAN CURE;
HE CAN CLEANSE;
AND HE CAN CHANGE.
AND HE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU
TONIGHT, IF YOU’LL LET HIM.
AND I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT
RIGHT NOW AND COME
AND STAND IN FRONT,
PUBLICLY AND OPENLY, AND SAY,
“I WANT TO BE SURE.”
YOU MAY BE A MEMBER OF
THE BEST CHURCH IN
YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU MAY BE LOOKED UPON
AS A GOOD PERSON
BUT YOU’RE NOT SURE
HOW YOU STAND,
AND YOU’D LIKE TO BE SURE.
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME.
ESPECIALLY YOU FROM UP HERE
IN THE UPPER GALLERY,
BECAUSE IT TAKES
A MINUTE OR TWO LONGER.
AND AFTER YOU’VE ALL COME
AND STOOD HERE,
I’M GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU,
HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU
AND GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE
TO HELP YOU IN YOUR FUTURE
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
TONIGHT, YOU COME.
MEN, WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE,
FATHERS, MOTHERS,
WHOEVER YOU ARE…
GRANDPARENTS.
I’M GOING TO ASK THAT NO ONE
LEAVE THE STADIUM NOW.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL
WANT TO GO AND LEAVE,
AND BE AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE,
BUT THIS IS THE HOLY MOMENT,
OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
YOU GET UP AND COME
AND MAKE SURE.
♪ JUST AS I AM,
WITHOUT ONE PLEA ♪
♪ BUT THAT THY BLOOD
WAS SHED FOR ME ♪
♪ AND THAT THOU BIDST ME,
COME TO THEE ♪
♪ OH, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪
♪ I COME. ♪
♪
♪ JUST AS I AM
AND WAITING NOT… ♪
JUST AS HUNDREDS HERE HAVE
RESPONDED TO THE INVITATION
TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT
TO JESUS CHRIST
YOU CAN TOO,
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
SPECIAL FRIENDS
WANT TO HELP YOU
WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION YOU CAN EVER MAKE.
DON’T WAIT.
CALL RIGHT NOW.
♪ …CAN CLEANSE EACH SPOT ♪
♪ OH, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪
♪ I COME ♪
YOU’VE BEEN
WATCHING TONIGHT.
YOU’D LIKE TO MAKE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
WHERE YOU ARE,
IN A HOTEL ROOM,
IN A BAR,
IN YOUR HOME.
WHEREVER YOU ARE,
JUST SAY
“YES, LORD JESUS,
COME INTO MY HEART.
“FORGIVE MY SINS.
“I RECEIVE YOU INTO
MY HEART BY FAITH.”
IF YOU’LL DO THAT,
HE’LL COME,
AND HE’LL BE THERE
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.
IT’S MY PRAYER THAT MANY
WILL MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
TONIGHT.
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER
WITH MY FATHER,
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST,
WHY DON’T YOU CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THERE TO
TALK WITH YOU, PRAY WITH YOU AND
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND REMEMBER,
GOD LOVES YOU!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT
YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST,
PLEASE CALL US RIGHT NOW,
TOLL FREE AT
1-877-772-4559.
THAT’S 1-877-772-4559.
OR YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT:
BILLY GRAHAM
1 BILLY GRAHAM PARKWAY
DEPARTMENT C
CHARLOTTE, NC 28201
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ON BEHALF OF
FRANKLIN GRAHAM AND
THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
TOWARD THE BATTLE.
INTO THE DARKNESS.
ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
SHARING HOPE.
(Child whispers)
JESUS.
THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION.
ALWAYS BRINGING GOOD NEWS.
(Franklin Graham)
THE BIBLE SAYS SEEK THE LORD
WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND.
CALL UPON HIM
WHILE HE IS NEAR.
THE BIBLE SAYS WITHOUT FAITH IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD,
BECAUSE ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM
MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS
AND THAT HE REWARDS
THOSE WHO SEEK HIM.
YOU COME TO CHRIST TONIGHT,
YOU’VE GOT TO BE WILLING
TO TURN YOUR BACK
ON YOUR SINS.
WILL YOU CALL UPON HIS NAME?
WILL YOU SEEK HIM TONIGHT?
(Billy Graham)
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY,
ONLY ONE HOPE.
♪ HEAR THE SOUND OF
A BRAND NEW DAY ♪
♪ WITNESS THE STORY
THAT NEVER FA-A-ADES ♪
♪ COME, COME WITH ME ♪
♪ TO THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY ♪