1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,031 Where will you find another Savior 2 00:00:05,031 --> 00:00:07,673 like Jesus Christ? 3 00:00:07,673 --> 00:00:10,566 So powerful and so loving. 4 00:00:10,566 --> 00:00:15,601 So omnipotent and so sympathizing. 5 00:00:15,601 --> 00:00:20,153 And I can't understand how 6 00:00:20,153 --> 00:00:22,621 if you've heard about Him 7 00:00:22,621 --> 00:00:26,812 and if He's nudging you now, 8 00:00:26,812 --> 00:00:31,375 and He's saying to you, 9 00:00:31,375 --> 00:00:32,799 it's true, you know... 10 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:37,116 what this guy with a funny accent is saying to you. 11 00:00:37,116 --> 00:00:41,155 It's true. It's true. 12 00:00:41,155 --> 00:00:43,096 You need a Savior. 13 00:00:43,096 --> 00:00:46,805 And not just any Savior, but this Savior. 14 00:00:46,805 --> 00:00:50,544 Because He is so, so great. 15 00:00:50,544 --> 00:00:52,433 So great. 16 00:00:52,433 --> 00:00:56,769 And without Him, there's going to be a future - 17 00:00:56,769 --> 00:00:59,764 you're on your own, son. 18 00:00:59,764 --> 00:01:03,119 You're on your own, girl. 19 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:05,143 As you make the big decisions in your life 20 00:01:05,143 --> 00:01:06,742 about who you're going to marry, 21 00:01:06,742 --> 00:01:08,207 and what you're going to do, 22 00:01:08,207 --> 00:01:09,835 and how you're going to work, 23 00:01:09,835 --> 00:01:13,374 and what's going to be fun... 24 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,717 you're on your own. 25 00:01:15,717 --> 00:01:17,728 And when you get ill 26 00:01:17,728 --> 00:01:19,022 and when you're lonely, 27 00:01:19,022 --> 00:01:21,242 you're on your own. 28 00:01:21,242 --> 00:01:24,154 And when you're dying, 29 00:01:24,154 --> 00:01:28,444 if you don't take my Savior, 30 00:01:28,444 --> 00:01:38,510 just you and an appalling eternity. 31 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:40,667 And this great Savior - 32 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,034 He's brought me here 33 00:01:42,034 --> 00:01:43,561 and He's brought you here, 34 00:01:43,561 --> 00:01:46,736 and we're talking about Him, aren't we? 35 00:01:46,736 --> 00:01:49,594 We're just ordinary people. 36 00:01:49,594 --> 00:01:51,689 We're not very beautiful people. 37 00:01:51,689 --> 00:01:56,094 We're not very smart. We're not very wealthy. 38 00:01:56,094 --> 00:01:58,404 All we've got to share with the world 39 00:01:58,404 --> 00:02:00,881 is the Lord Jesus Christ. 40 00:02:00,881 --> 00:02:04,682 And we're inconsistent. 41 00:02:04,682 --> 00:02:07,638 We're sorry we're not as patient and loving 42 00:02:07,638 --> 00:02:11,204 and caring as we should be. 43 00:02:11,204 --> 00:02:14,047 We're sorry about that. 44 00:02:14,047 --> 00:02:17,399 But we don't preach ourselves. 45 00:02:17,399 --> 00:02:19,635 We're not your answer. 46 00:02:19,635 --> 00:02:22,454 And all this congregation put together 47 00:02:22,454 --> 00:02:26,044 with all the talents and the gifts 48 00:02:26,044 --> 00:02:28,225 that they have - 49 00:02:28,225 --> 00:02:29,673 they're not your answer. 50 00:02:29,673 --> 00:02:31,249 This is not your answer. 51 00:02:31,249 --> 00:02:35,137 He is your answer. 52 00:02:35,137 --> 00:02:39,880 This wonderful Savior Jesus Christ. 53 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:45,574 And so we want you to know Him 54 00:02:45,574 --> 00:02:47,103 as your Lord and Savior 55 00:02:47,103 --> 00:02:50,998 by reading the Bible, listening to the preaching, 56 00:02:50,998 --> 00:02:52,333 sitting under the ministry, 57 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:55,452 reading the books and the leaflets 58 00:02:55,452 --> 00:02:57,067 and so on that we give you. 59 00:02:57,067 --> 00:02:59,230 We want you to think about these things. 60 00:02:59,230 --> 00:03:00,619 We want you to know Him 61 00:03:00,619 --> 00:03:02,334 because we want you to make 62 00:03:02,334 --> 00:03:07,331 an intelligent response. 63 00:03:07,331 --> 00:03:09,179 You've been edified. 64 00:03:09,179 --> 00:03:11,793 You've learned about Jesus Christ 65 00:03:11,793 --> 00:03:13,141 from what we tell you 66 00:03:13,141 --> 00:03:18,378 so that you know who He is. 67 00:03:18,378 --> 00:03:21,101 Jesus is worthy of your mind, 68 00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:22,627 of your intellect. 69 00:03:22,627 --> 00:03:24,244 Bring your mind with you 70 00:03:24,244 --> 00:03:27,178 every Sunday when you come here. 71 00:03:27,178 --> 00:03:30,751 We want you to know Him. 72 00:03:30,751 --> 00:03:36,058 But we want you to submit to Him. 73 00:03:36,058 --> 00:03:39,762 If He's going to be your Savior, 74 00:03:39,762 --> 00:03:42,898 He's also going to be your Lord. 75 00:03:42,898 --> 00:03:46,674 And you can't separate the two. 76 00:03:46,674 --> 00:03:48,341 You know, I marry people, 77 00:03:48,341 --> 00:03:49,430 and I stand here, 78 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:50,860 and she comes down the aisle 79 00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:53,623 and he's there glowing in anticipation. 80 00:03:53,623 --> 00:03:55,065 And she looks so lovely. 81 00:03:55,065 --> 00:03:59,140 And then I say to her at one point in the service, 82 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:05,138 "Do you take him to be your loving husband?" 83 00:04:05,138 --> 00:04:08,782 "Do you take him now to be your husband?" 84 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:12,488 And she has to think... 85 00:04:12,488 --> 00:04:17,562 "Well, I'll take his credit cards. 86 00:04:17,562 --> 00:04:24,393 And I'll take his car, 87 00:04:24,393 --> 00:04:29,420 but I don't take his dirty washing. 88 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:33,844 And I don't want to be the mother of his children." 89 00:04:33,844 --> 00:04:35,283 If she said that, I would say, 90 00:04:35,283 --> 00:04:38,522 right, I pronounce you man and wife. 91 00:04:38,522 --> 00:04:40,075 I can't say that, can I? 92 00:04:40,075 --> 00:04:42,803 Because she's going to take him as her husband. 93 00:04:42,803 --> 00:04:46,247 The two are going to become one flesh. 94 00:04:46,247 --> 00:04:50,127 And there's a special relationship between the two. 95 00:04:50,127 --> 00:04:52,385 And so I've told you about this 96 00:04:52,385 --> 00:04:54,827 wonderful Savior. 97 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:57,802 And He's a wonderful Lord too. 98 00:04:57,802 --> 00:05:00,506 And if you're going to become 99 00:05:00,506 --> 00:05:03,849 a follower of Jesus Christ, 100 00:05:03,849 --> 00:05:05,605 He doesn't take His crown off 101 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:09,535 before He comes into your heart and life. 102 00:05:09,535 --> 00:05:12,629 He comes with His crown 103 00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:15,460 and His crown rights over you; 104 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:23,176 over all the big decisions that you have to make. 105 00:05:23,176 --> 00:05:26,360 This Savior - He'll forgive your sins. 106 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,852 Isn't that wonderful? 107 00:05:27,852 --> 00:05:30,330 The great chains that bind you 108 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:32,074 to your past, 109 00:05:32,074 --> 00:05:33,855 and the things that make you blush 110 00:05:33,855 --> 00:05:35,733 and you groan at 2:00 in the morning 111 00:05:35,733 --> 00:05:39,453 as you remember the people you've hurt. 112 00:05:39,453 --> 00:05:42,180 And He'll forgive you. He'll forgive you. 113 00:05:42,180 --> 00:05:43,559 Yes. 114 00:05:43,559 --> 00:05:47,093 But He comes as your Lord. 115 00:05:47,093 --> 00:05:51,467 And you can't separate what God has joined together. 116 00:05:51,467 --> 00:05:54,170 Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. 117 00:05:54,170 --> 00:05:56,270 He's here and He comes into your life 118 00:05:56,270 --> 00:05:59,096 for you from now on to serve Him. 119 00:05:59,096 --> 00:06:00,988 And if there are some things that are 120 00:06:00,988 --> 00:06:02,793 tremendously precious to you, 121 00:06:02,793 --> 00:06:12,973 your mind, your love of music and sport, 122 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:18,416 your relationships - 123 00:06:18,416 --> 00:06:22,722 you can't keep them from Him. 124 00:06:22,722 --> 00:06:26,950 The dearest idol you've known has to go. 125 00:06:26,950 --> 00:06:29,215 You have to give it over to Jesus Christ, 126 00:06:29,215 --> 00:06:32,742 this Savior who is also the Lord. 127 00:06:32,742 --> 00:06:36,027 You have to hand them to Him. 128 00:06:36,027 --> 00:06:38,381 And then He'll do something wonderful. 129 00:06:38,381 --> 00:06:39,935 He'll give them back to you, 130 00:06:39,935 --> 00:06:45,085 but no longer will they be lording it over you. 131 00:06:45,085 --> 00:06:46,650 And you can have them, 132 00:06:46,650 --> 00:06:53,726 but they are then in a servant's role. 133 00:06:53,726 --> 00:06:56,213 So you can keep your interest in cameras 134 00:06:56,213 --> 00:06:58,112 and photography, 135 00:06:58,112 --> 00:07:01,001 and your interest in music and sport, 136 00:07:01,001 --> 00:07:03,432 and all the things that we are interested in - 137 00:07:03,432 --> 00:07:07,469 God's creation gifts. 138 00:07:07,469 --> 00:07:09,030 You're not going to serve them. 139 00:07:09,030 --> 00:07:12,437 You're not going to live for them. 140 00:07:12,437 --> 00:07:14,693 You're going to live for Him. 141 00:07:14,693 --> 00:07:18,201 This great Savior who has come into your life now 142 00:07:18,201 --> 00:07:23,228 as your Lord. 143 00:07:23,228 --> 00:07:26,075 And you bow to Him. 144 00:07:26,075 --> 00:07:30,641 And you receive Him. 145 00:07:30,641 --> 00:07:34,865 You can receive Him now where you are 146 00:07:34,865 --> 00:07:36,642 just sitting and listening to me 147 00:07:36,642 --> 00:07:39,199 and thinking about all I said to you 148 00:07:39,199 --> 00:07:43,501 about the great Jesus Christ. 149 00:07:43,501 --> 00:07:44,699 And you can think, 150 00:07:44,699 --> 00:07:48,199 yeah, it's about time I stop 151 00:07:48,199 --> 00:07:51,302 sitting on the fence, 152 00:07:51,302 --> 00:07:58,111 and stop putting it off until another Sunday. 153 00:07:58,111 --> 00:08:01,332 I'll have Him. 154 00:08:01,332 --> 00:08:05,511 I must have Him. 155 00:08:05,511 --> 00:08:06,904 A friend of mine was talking 156 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:11,573 to a Scottish farmer named Douglas. 157 00:08:11,573 --> 00:08:13,017 Douglas didn't want to come 158 00:08:13,017 --> 00:08:18,361 to evangelistic meetings. 159 00:08:18,361 --> 00:08:20,457 David spoke to him and spoke to him. 160 00:08:20,457 --> 00:08:24,771 Look, he said, in this hand 161 00:08:24,771 --> 00:08:29,512 I've got everything that you have as a farmer, 162 00:08:29,512 --> 00:08:31,318 and as a highland wrestler, 163 00:08:31,318 --> 00:08:33,465 and as a good Scotsman - 164 00:08:33,465 --> 00:08:35,015 your health and strength 165 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:38,383 and all your future - it's there. 166 00:08:38,383 --> 00:08:40,436 And in this hand, 167 00:08:40,436 --> 00:08:46,227 I have Jesus Christ. 168 00:08:46,227 --> 00:08:55,457 Which one are you going to take? 169 00:08:55,457 --> 00:09:01,601 It's the same decision that faces you this morning. 170 00:09:01,601 --> 00:09:03,405 Are you going to have 171 00:09:03,405 --> 00:09:06,330 all that this world has to offer? 172 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:10,615 Is it: I want that. 173 00:09:10,615 --> 00:09:13,925 Or are you going to take 174 00:09:13,925 --> 00:09:19,033 this great, sympathetic, divine, 175 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:22,182 tender, loving, Savior Jesus Christ 176 00:09:22,182 --> 00:09:23,874 for now and forever. 177 00:09:23,874 --> 00:09:26,071 Which one? 178 00:09:26,071 --> 00:09:31,004 Which one are you going to have? 179 00:09:31,004 --> 00:09:32,044 Which one? 180 00:09:32,044 --> 00:09:33,942 You've got to choose. 181 00:09:33,942 --> 00:09:35,960 You must choose. 182 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,480 He says He's your God. 183 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:44,976 He's your God. He's your Lord. 184 00:09:44,976 --> 00:09:49,265 Which one are you going to choose?