How do you know Jesus is who He claims to be? He did something amazing to prove it. Billy Graham explains in this 1971 message from Chicago. Watch more #MondayNightClassics weekly at 8 p.m. Eastern.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES…
THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS.
NOW TODAY I WANT YOU TO
TURN WITH ME TO LUKE’S GOSPEL
THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER.
THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER
OF LUKE’S GOSPEL
BEGINNING WITH VERSE 29,
BEGINNING WITH VERSE 29.
I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES.
HOW MANY HAVE A BIBLE TODAY?
LIFT THEM UP.
LOOK AT THE BIBLES.
THOUSANDS OF BIBLES EVERYWHERE.
NOW THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER
AND THE 29TH VERSE
OF LUKE’S GOSPEL,
“AND WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE
GATHERED THICK TOGETHER,
“HE BEGAN TO SAY,
THIS IS AN EVIL GENERATION.
“THEY SEEK A SIGN.
“AND THERE SHALL BE NO SIGN
GIVEN IT BUT THE SIGN OF JONAH,
“THE PROPHET.
“FOR AS JONAH WAS
A SIGN UNTO NINEVEH
“SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF
MAN BE TO THIS GENERATION.
“THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT
“WITH THE MEN OF THIS GENERATION
AND CONDEMN THEM.
“FOR SHE CAME FROM
THE UTMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH
“TO HEAR THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
“AND BEHOLD A GREATER
THAN SOLOMON IS HERE.
“THE MEN OF NINEVEH SHALL
RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT
“WITH THIS GENERATION
AND SHALL CONDEMN IT.
“FOR THEY REPENTED AT
THE PREACHING OF JONAH.
“AND BEHOLD A GREATER
THAN JONAH IS HERE.”
NOW ANCIENT ISRAEL WANTED JESUS
TO DO SOMETHING SENSATIONAL
TO PROVE THAT HE WAS
REALLY THE SON OF GOD.
BUT JESUS IS SAYING
IN THIS PASSAGE
YOU’RE SEEKING FOR A SIGN.
ALL RIGHT I’LL
GIVE YOU A SIGN.
I AM THE SIGN!
AND JESUS WAS SAYING THAT
THE PEOPLE OF JONAH’S DAY
LISTENED TO THE MESSAGE
OF GOD AND REPENTED.
AND THEY’RE GOING TO RISE UP
AT THE JUDGMENT AS WITNESSES
AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF JESUS’
DAY THAT REJECTED HIM.
HE SAID, “THE QUEEN
OF THE SOUTH
“RECOGNIZED
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.”
BUT HE SAID, “IN ME YOU
HAVE A GREATER WISDOM
“THAN ALL THE WISDOM
OF SOLOMON.”
HE SAID, “YOU’RE BLIND.
“YOU CANNOT SEE THE TRUTH.
“YOU’RE DEAF AND YOU
CANNOT HEAR THE TRUTH.”
HE SAID, “I’M THE TRUTH.
“I’M THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
“I’M THE SIGN.”
NOW WHEN YOU FACE JESUS,
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
WHEN YOU’RE CONFRONTED
WITH JESUS CHRIST
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
THE REACTION OF THE SCRIBES
AND THE PHARISEES
WAS ONE OF HOSTILITY.
THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH’S
DAY WERE HUMBLED
AND REPENTED WHEN THEY FACED
AND CONFRONTED GOD.
AND THE QUESTION THAT WE ALL
ASK TODAY IS THIS QUESTION,
WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?
THERE’S A ROCK OPERA AT
THE MOMENT CALLED
“JESUS CHRIST THE SUPERSTAR.”
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT CHRIST.
THEY CAN’T ESCAPE HIM.
THERE’S A BROADWAY PLAY
RIGHT NOW ENTITLED “GODSPELL.”
A MUSICAL VERSION OF
ST. MATTHEW’S GOSPEL.
THERE’S A NEW MOVIE RIGHT
NOW CALLED “BROTHER JOHN”
IN WHICH SIDNEY POITIER
PLAYS JESUS CHRIST
IN THE FORM OF AN
ALABAMA BLACK MAN.
THE FRONT COVER OF LIFE
MAGAZINE A FEW WEEKS AGO
RAN “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.”
AND THIS ROCK OPERA
FROM ENGLAND
WAS CONFRONTING YOUNG PEOPLE
WITH ONE QUESTION,
WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
AN 87 MINUTE LONG ELECTRONIC
PROBE INTO THE LIFE OF JESUS.
WHO IS JESUS?
AND THE OPERA CONCLUDES
WITH THE VOICE OF JUDAS,
COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD
AND STILL QUESTIONING
WHO JESUS IS.
“DON’T GET ME WRONG,” SAYS
JUDAS IN THE OPERA,
“I ONLY WANT TO KNOW.”
AND THEN THE HAUNTING
CHORUS FOLLOWS,
“JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
“DO YOU THINK YOU’RE
WHAT THEY SAY YOU ARE?”
JESUS CHRIST, DO YOU
THINK YOU ARE
WHAT THEY SAY YOU ARE?
WELL, WE KNOW SOME
THINGS ABOUT HIM.
WE KNOW HE WAS A MAN.
JESUS WAS COMPLETELY HUMAN.
HE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF MAN,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE
SAYS HE WAS IDENTIFIED,
HE WAS NUMBERED
WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS.
WE KNOW THAT HE WAS HUNGRY.
WE KNOW HE GOT THIRSTY.
WE KNOW HE GOT TIRED.
WE KNOW THAT HE HAD
THE JOYS OF FRIENDSHIP.
WE KNOW THAT HE WEPT AT
THE TOMB OF A DEAD LOVED ONE.
WE KNOW THAT HE HAD ALL OF
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MAN.
AND YET VERY INTERESTINGLY,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
HE NEVER COMMITTED A SIN.
IN FACT HE STOOD IN FRONT OF
THE PEOPLE OF HIS GENERATION
AND HE SAID,
“I’VE NEVER COMMITTED A SIN.”
HE SAID, “HAVE ANY OF YOU,
MY NEIGHBORS,
“EVER SEEN ME COMMIT A SIN?”
THEY COULDN’T SAY A THING.
NOW WOULDN’T THAT BE SOMETHING?
FOR A MAN TO COME ALONG,
33 YEARS OF AGE
AND SAY, “WHO OF YOU HAVE
EVER SEEN ME COMMIT A SIN?”
WELL I TELL YOU, IF I SAID
THAT ALL MY TEAM
WOULD JUMP STRAIGHT UP
AND SAY, “I HAVE.”
MY WIFE’S HERE.
ALL OF US ARE SINNERS.
BUT JESUS WAS TEMPTED
IN EVERY POINT
LIKE AS WE ARE.
HE WENT THROUGH
EVERY TEMPTATION
YOU’VE EVER BEEN THROUGH.
THERE ISN’T A TRIAL OR
A TESTING OR A TEMPTATION
THAT JESUS HAS NOT BEEN
THROUGH BEFORE YOU,
AND HE RESISTED THEM AND
OVERCAME THEM ALL.
EVERYONE.
HE WAS A MAN.
JUST LIKE YOU.
BUT HE WAS MORE THAN THAT.
HE CLAIMED TO BE
THE UNIQUE, ONLY BEGOTTEN,
INCARNATE SON OF GOD.
IN FACT, HE CLAIMED
PRE-EXISTENCE.
THE SCRIPTURES SAYS, “IN
THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
“AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD.”
BEFORE TIME BEGAN HE EXISTED.
HE SAID, “BEFORE
ABRAHAM WAS, I AM.
“I AM IN ETERNAL EXISTENCE.”
NO WONDER THEY GOT ANGRY.
NO WONDER THEY THREW
STONES AT HIM.
NO WONDER THEY
TRIED TO KILL HIM.
AND NO WONDER THEY
EVENTUALLY DID CRUCIFY HIM.
HE STOOD AND SAID,
“I AM GOD!”
WAS HE?
WAS HE WHO HE CLAIMED TO BE?
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
ONE DAY HE ASKED
HIS DISCIPLES,
“WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?”
AND PETER ANSWERED AND SAID,
“WELL SOME OF THEM SAY
“YOU’RE JOHN THE BAPTIST
COME BACK
“OR YOU’RE JEREMIAH,
OR YOU’RE ELIJAH.
HE SAID, “I’M REALLY
NOT INTERESTED
“IN WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
“I’M INTERESTED, PETER,
IN WHAT YOU SAY.
“WHAT DO YOU SAY?”
PETER SAID,
“THOU ART THE CHRIST,
“THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.”
AND JESUS SAID, “PETER,
YOU’VE DONE WELL.
“YOU’VE PASSED YOUR EXAMINATION.
“BUT PETER, THOSE ARE
NOT YOUR THOUGHTS.
“THOSE THOUGHTS CAME FROM GOD.
“IT HAS BEEN REVEALED
TO YOU BY GOD.”
JESUS CHRIST CLAIMED TO BE
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
AND YOU KNOW AT HIS
INCARNATION, OR HIS BIRTH,
THAT WAS NOT HIS BIRTH.
OR THAT WASN’T THE BEGINNING,
THAT WASN’T THE ORIGIN OF JESUS.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF HIS INCARNATION.
BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED,
FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING
HE IS GOD THE BIBLE SAYS.
“AND THE WORD WAS MADE
FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.”
IN OTHER WORDS,
THE LOGOS , THE WORD OF GOD,
THE ETERNAL GOD BECAME FLESH
IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST
AND LIVED LIKE A MAN AMONG US.
THAT’S WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
AND WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS
CHRIST YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT.
HE WASN’T JUST
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY.
HE WASN’T JUST ANOTHER HIPPIE.
HE WAS NOT JUST
ANOTHER GREAT MAN.
HE WAS GOD IN THE FLESH.
AND OH, THE ETHICS
THAT HE TAUGHT.
NEVER A MAN SPAKE
LIKE THAT MAN.
“WHEN YOU GET HIT ON
ONE SIDE,” HE SAYS,
“TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.”
HE NEVER SAID WHAT
TO DO AFTER THAT.
BUT HE DID SAY
FORGIVE 70 TIMES 7.
COUNT THAT UP.
HOW ABOUT THE LITTLE IRRITATIONS
FROM YOUR WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND?
70 TIMES 7 YOU FORGIVE.
MY WIFE ONCE SAID THAT THE
SECRET OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE
IS TWO GOOD FORGIVERS.
AND THAT’S WHAT IT IS.
TWO GOOD FORGIVERS.
PEOPLE THAT CAN
FORGIVE EACH OTHER.
JESUS TAUGHT THAT
WE’RE TO FORGIVE.
HE TAUGHT A REVOLUTION
IN THE WAY WE’RE TO LIVE.
HE TAUGHT US THAT IT WASN’T
JUST OUR OUTWARD ACTIONS
THAT JESUS JUDGES BUT IT’S
THE INWARD THOUGHTS AND INTENTS.
HE SAID, “MOSES SAID THAT
IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
“THOU SHALT NOT
COMMIT ADULTERY.”
“BUT I TELL YOU THAT IF YOU
EVEN LOOK ON A WOMAN
“TO LUST AFTER HER
YOU’VE ALREADY COMMITTED IT.”
HE SAID, “MOSES SAID
THY SHALT NOT MURDER.
“BUT I TELL YOU IF YOU
HAVE HATE IN YOUR HEART
“AGAINST YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT
CAUSE YOU’RE ALREADY GUILTY.”
HE LIFTED MAN’S ETHICS
TO THE HIGHEST PLANE
AND DEMANDED THAT WE LIVE
THAT KIND OF A LIFE.
AND THEN LOOK AT
THE DEATH HE DIED.
DID EVER A MAN DIE LIKE JESUS?
THE LIGHTNING FLASHED
AND THE THUNDER ROARED
AND THE EARTH BEGAN TO SHAKE.
AND EVEN THE SOLDIERS
CONFESSED THAT THIS MUST
BE THE SON OF GOD.
ANYONE THAT CAN
SEE JESUS ON THAT CROSS
AND NOT BE TOUCHED
HAS A HEART OF STONE.
THEY FIRST TOOK
OFF HIS CLOTHES.
THEN THEY TOOK LONG LEATHER
THONGS WITH STEEL PELLETS
OR LEAD PELLETS ON THE END
AND BEAT HIM ACROSS THE BACK
UNTIL HE COULD HARDLY STAND UP.
THEN THEY PUT A CROWN OF
THORNS ON HIS BROW,
AND HIS FACE WAS BLEEDING.
AND THEY LAUGHED AT HIM
AND THEY SPIT ON HIM
AND THEY MOCKED HIM.
AND WITH ONE SNAP OF HIS
FINGERS 72,000 ANGELS
HAD ALREADY DRAWN THEIR SWORDS,
READY TO COME TO HIS RESCUE
AND WIPE THIS PLANET OUT OF
EXISTENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
AND JESUS SAID, “NO,
TO THIS END WAS I BORN.”
AND HE DRAGGED AND LIFTED
AND HAULED THAT CROSS.
AND DON’T YOU BLACK PEOPLE
EVER FORGET ONE THING.
THE MAN THAT HELPED JESUS
CARRY THAT CROSS
WAS A BLACK MAN.
AND DON’T EVER FORGET
ANOTHER THING.
JESUS BELONGS TO AFRICA AS
MUCH AS HE DOES
TO EUROPE AND ASIA.
HE WAS BORN IN
THAT PART OF THE WORLD
THAT TOUCHES AFRICA
AND ASIA AND EUROPE.
AND JESUS WAS NOT
A WHITE MAN LIKE ME.
NOR WAS HE AS BLACK
AS SOME OF YOU.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN.
BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN
A DARK COLOR
LIKE THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY.
BECAUSE HE WAS
A MAN LIKE THEM.
DON’T EVER SAY
IT’S A WHITE MAN’S RELIGION
OR A BLACK MAN’S RELIGION.
IT’S A WORLD RELIGION.
HE BELONGS TO THE WORLD.
[applause]
WHEN HE DIED ON THAT CROSS,
THEY NAILED HIM,
THEY PUT THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
“FORGIVE THEM, THEY
KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.”
FORGIVE THEM.
COULD YOU FORGIVE SOMEBODY
THAT’S PUTTING
NAILS IN YOUR HANDS
AND YOU KNOW YOU
DIDN’T DESERVE IT?
HE DIDN’T SQUIRM.
HE DIDN’T YELL.
HE DIDN’T SCREAM.
HE JUST TOOK IT AND SAID,
“LORD, FORGIVE THEM,
“THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.”
THAT’S HOW HE CONFRONTED
THE VIOLENCE OF HIS DAY.
AND THEN ON THE CROSS
HE SAID, “MY GOD WHY
HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?”
AND THEN HE DROPPED HIS HEAD
AND SAID, “IT’S FINISHED.”
WHAT DID HE MEAN?
HE MEANT YOUR PLAN OF
SALVATION IS FINISHED.
GOD CAN NOW FORGIVE YOU
OF ALL YOUR SINS
BECAUSE JESUS HAD FINISHED
GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR SALVATION.
BECAUSE YOU SEE GOD KNOWS
EVERY ONE OF YOU BY NAME.
HE HAS THE HAIRS OF
YOUR HEAD NUMBERED.
GOD LOOKS UPON YOU
AS THOUGH YOU WERE
THE ONLY PERSON IN
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.
HE SEES YOU AND YOU ALONE.
AND ON THAT CROSS
JESUS HAD THE CAPACITY
TO THINK OF YOU.
AND HE LOVED YOU ENOUGH
TO STAY ON THE CROSS.
WAS THERE EVER
SUCH A LOVE AS THAT
WHEN HE COULD HAVE BEEN RESCUED
AND TAKEN BACK TO HEAVEN
TO SIT ON HIS THRONE?
BUT HE DIDN’T.
HE SAID, “NO,
“I’M DOING IT FOR THE JOY
THAT IS SET BEFORE ME.”
BECAUSE HE SAW THAT HE WOULD
BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
HE SAW THAT THERE
WOULD BE A GATHERING
IN THE GENERATIONS TO COME
OF A PEOPLE FOR HIS NAME
THAT WOULD MAKE UP HIS BODY.
HE SAW THE DAY WHEN WE
WILL REIGN WITH HIM
IN HIS KINGDOM.
YES, THEY LAID HIM
AWAY IN A TOMB.
AND THAT’S WHERE “JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR” LEAVES HIM.
BUT OUT IN KANSAS CITY
SOME PEOPLE
GOT HOLD OF THE ROCK OPERA
AND THEY CARRIED IT
RIGHT ON TO THE NEXT STEP,
THE RESURRECTION.
AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE
THE RESURRECTION
YOU DON’T HAVE ANY GOSPEL.
JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE.
AND WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO
THE TOMB THAT MORNING
THEY HEARD THE GREATEST NEWS
THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN,
“HE IS NOT HERE,
HE IS RISEN!”
HE IS ALIVE TODAY.
AND THE THING THAT
INSPIRED THE DISCIPLES
TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE
DOWN IN THEIR DAY
WAS THE RESURRECTION.
THEY WENT EVERYWHERE DECLARING
THAT “JESUS IS ALIVE.”
IF JESUS CLAIMED TO BE GOD
KNOWING HE WASN’T GOD
THEN HE’S A LIAR.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO SAY,
“JESUS, YOU’RE A LIAR.
“YOU’RE A FRAUD AND A HOAX
AND YOU’RE THE BIGGEST FRAUD
“IN THE HISTORY
OF THE HUMAN RACE.”
OR IF JESUS THOUGHT HE WAS GOD
AND DID NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
THEN HE DESPERATELY
NEEDED MENTAL HELP.
HE NEEDED SEVERAL
PSYCHIATRISTS.
THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE IS THAT
HE WAS WHO HE CLAIMS TO BE
GOD IN THE FLESH.
I BELIEVE THAT
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING
THAT HE IS WHO
HE CLAIMS TO BE,
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
BUT I CANNOT PROVE
IT SCIENTIFICALLY.
BUT I CAN PROVE IT BY THE LIVES
THAT HE TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY.
I CAN PROVE IT BECAUSE IN
MY HEART I DON’T SAY,
“I THINK, I HOPE.”
I SAY, “I KNOW!”
AND YOU KNOW THERE’S
ANOTHER ELEMENT IN OUR LIVES
THAT WE DON’T THINK MUCH ABOUT
AND THAT’S THE ELEMENT OF FAITH.
YOU THINK OF THE FAITH THAT
YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYDAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH
THAT YOUR WIFE
DIDN’T PUT POISON IN YOUR
COFFEE THIS MORNING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE
FAITH IN HER.
SHE MIGHT HAVE FELT
LIKE IT BUT SHE DIDN’T.
[laughter]
YOU HAVE TO HAVE
FAITH IN THE BANK
WHEN YOU WRITE
A CHECK AND SIGN IT
AND YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH THAT
THE BANK’S GONNA PAY IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE
FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT
WHEN YOU PULL OUT A DOLLAR BILL.
NOW I KNOW IT’S SHRINKING,
BUT YOU HAVE FAITH THAT
BACK OF IT IS A DOLLAR.
THAT PEOPLE WILL
ACCEPT IT AS MONEY.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS BY FAITH.
NOW FOR EXAMPLE WHEN
I COME UPON A HILL
AND I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HILLS.
I DON’T STOP MY CAR BEFORE
I GET TO THE CREST OF THE HILL
AND GET OUT AND WALK OVER
AND SEE IF SOMEBODY’S COMING
UP THE OTHER SIDE
ON THE WRONG SIDE.
I HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE
THAT THE DRIVERS
ARE GONNA STAY ON THEIR SIDE.
FAITH, FAITH, FAITH!
EVERYTHING.
WHEN YOU SAT IN THAT CHAIR,
HAD YOU EVER SAT IN
THAT CHAIR BEFORE?
I BET YOU DIDN’T PICK IT
UP AND EXAMINE IT
AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON IT
TO SEE IF IT WOULD HOLD YOU.
BY FAITH YOU JUST
SAT DOWN IN IT.
YOU HAD FAITH THAT PEOPLE
WOULDN’T BUILD A CHAIR
THAT WOULDN’T HOLD YOU.
EVERYTHING WE DO
IS BY FAITH.
ALL RIGHT TAKE THE SAME FAITH,
PUT IT IN JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND
YOU WILL KNOW WHO JESUS IS.
YOU ACCEPT HIM BY FAITH!
AND HE COMES INTO YOUR
LIFE AND INTO YOUR HEART
AND YOU KNOW THAT HE’S
WHO HE CLAIMS TO BE.
[applause]
ON THAT DAMASCUS ROAD THAT
I REFERRED TO A MOMENT AGO,
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID,
“WHO ART THOU LORD?”
AND THEN PAUL ASKED
HIM ANOTHER QUESTION.
PAUL SAID, “WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO, LORD?”
AND JESUS SAID,
“ARISE AND GO.”
I’M ASKING YOU TODAY TO
ARISE AND COME TO HIM.
NOW SOME OF YOU CAN RIDICULE.
SOME OF YOU CAN REJECT HIM.
SOME OF YOU CAN
PUT IT OFF AND SAY
I’M GONNA WAIT
TILL ANOTHER TIME.
OR YOU CAN ACCEPT HIM AS
YOUR LORD AND YOUR SAVIOR
AND YOUR MASTER
AND THE SON OF GOD.
AND HE WILL COME INTO YOUR
HEART AND FORGIVE YOUR SIN
AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR,
JUDAS,
“DON’T GET ME WRONG,
I ONLY WANT TO KNOW,” HE SAID.
AND THEN THE HAUNTING CHORUS,
“JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
“DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
WHAT THEY SAY YOU ARE?”
YES!
AND MORE,
TEN THOUSANDS TIMES MORE,
THAN TWO MEN IN ENGLAND
EVER PUT IN THOSE LYRICS
IS JESUS CHRIST.
THE SON OF GOD AND YOU ARE
ASKED TODAY TO RECEIVE HIM.
IN FACT, IF YOU’RE GOING
TO GO TO HEAVEN,
THE BIBLE TEACHES
YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE HIM.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
YOUR SINS FORGIVEN
YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE HIM.
AND I’M GOING TO ASK
YOU TO DO IT TODAY.
AND I’M GOING TO ASK
YOU TO DO IT PUBLICLY.
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
I’M GOING TO ASK
HUNDREDS OF YOU
TO GET UP OUT OF
YOUR SEAT RIGHT NOW
AND COME AND
STAND IN FRONT OF
THIS PLATFORM QUIETLY
AND REVERENTLY.
AND SAY, “I WANT
CHRIST IN MY HEART.
“I WANT HIM TO
FORGIVE MY SIN.
“I WANT TO KNOW I’M
GOING TO HEAVEN.
“I WANT HIM TO
CHANGE MY LIFE.
“I RECEIVE HIM AS
MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
IF YOU’RE WITH
FRIENDS OR RELATIVES
OR IN A DELEGATION THEY’LL WAIT.
IF YOU’VE COME IN A BUS,
THEY’LL WAIT.
WHY DO I ASK YOU
TO COME FORWARD?
BECAUSE EVERY PERSON JESUS EVER
CALLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
HE CALLED PUBLICLY.
YOU COME PUBLICLY AND
OPENLY AND DECLARE YOURSELF.
YOU MAY BE PROTESTANT,
YOU MAY BE CATHOLIC,
YOU MAY BE JEWISH,
YOU MAY BE ORTHODOX
OR YOU MAY NOT
HAVE ANY RELIGION.
BUT GOD HAS SPOKEN
TO YOU TODAY
AND YOU KNOW THAT
YOU NEED CHRIST.
YOU COME AND MAKE SURE
RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE GOING TO WAIT.
AND I’M GOING TO ASK THAT
NO ONE LEAVE THE SERVICE
PLEASE, NOT AT
THIS HOLY MOMENT.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO
BECAUSE OF THE CROWD,
BUT DON’T LEAVE.
JUST GET UP AND
COME RIGHT NOW.
QUICKLY FROM EVERYWHERE.
HUNDREDS OF YOU.
WE’RE GOING TO WAIT.
FROM ALL OVER THE STADIUM
AS GOD IS SPEAKING.
YOU MAY BE IN THE CHOIR
AND THIS MAY BE YOUR
LAST MOMENT WITH GOD.
YOU MAY NEVER HAVE
ANOTHER HOUR LIKE THIS.
YOU COME.
AS HUNDREDS ARE RESPONDING
TO MR. GRAHAM’S INVITATION
TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT
TO JESUS CHRIST,
YOU CAN MAKE
THAT SAME COMMITMENT
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE
AND CALL THE NUMBER
YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN
SPECIAL FRIENDS ARE WAITING TO
TALK WITH YOU AND PRAY WITH YOU
ABOUT THIS MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION.
♪ AND THAT THOU BIDST ME
COME TO THEE, ♪
♪ O, LAMB OF GOD
I COME, I COME ♪
♪ JUST AS I AM
AND WAITING NOT ♪
♪ TO RID MY SOUL
OF ONE DARK BLOT ♪
♪ TO THEE WHOSE BLOOD
CAN CLEANSE EACH SPOT ♪
♪ O, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME, I COME ♪
YOU’RE WATCHING
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PLEASE CALL THE PHONE NUMBER
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♪ THOUGH TOSSED ABOUT ♪
♪ WITH MANY A CONFLICT,
MANY A DOUBT ♪
♪ FIGHTINGS AND FEARS
WITHIN, WITHOUT ♪
♪ O, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME, I COME ♪
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
BY TELEVISION
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE COMING HERE
AT McCORMICK PLACE IN CHICAGO
TO MAKE THEIR COMMITMENT
TO JESUS CHRIST,
TO ACCEPT HIM AS THEIR LORD,
THEIR SAVIOR, AS THEIR MASTER,
AS THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO MAKE THAT SAME COMMITMENT
WHERE YOU ARE AT HOME.
I’M PRAYING THAT YOU’LL
MAKE THAT DECISION.
GOD HELP YOU TO DO IT.
AND I’LL HOPE THAT YOU’LL
GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
♪
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,
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THAT’S 1-877-772-4559.
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THAT WE GIVE TO EVERYONE
WHO RESPONDS AT THE INVITATION.
ON BEHALF OF
FRANKLIN GRAHAM AND
THE BILLY GRAHAM
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
(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 ♪
(Franklin Graham)
WE STILL HAVE
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
TO REACH A LOST
AND DYING WORLD
WITH THE TRUTH
OF GOD’S LOVE.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE.
WE’VE GOT
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TELL OTHERS
ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH IT?