The Power of Forgiveness | Billy Graham Classic Sermon

“Thirsty for something more in life that you haven’t found?” Hear Billy Graham explain how God’s forgiveness satisfies your soul in this 1993 message from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Watch more #MondayNightClassics every Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES…

THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS.

[applause]

NOW, TONIGHT I WANT YOU
TO TURN WITH ME

TO THE FOURTH CHAPTER
OF JOHN’S GOSPEL.

A WONDERFUL STORY IN
THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST.

AND JUST ONE VERSE
OF SCRIPTURE.

IT’S A VERY BRIEF VERSE.

IT SAYS, “AND HE MUST NEEDS
GO THROUGH SAMARIA.”

JESUS HAD BEEN TEACHING.

THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES
HAD BEEN LISTENING.

THEY HAD TOLD HIM THAT

JOHN THE BAPTIST
HAD JUST BEEN IMPRISONED.

AND HE TAUGHT AS ONE
HAVING AUTHORITY.

AND THE PEOPLE
CAME TO LISTEN.

AND HE TAUGHT IN
GREAT SIMPLICITY,

SO THAT THE COMMON PEOPLE
HEARD HIM GLADLY.

AND NOW HE HAS TO
GO BACK TO GALILEE.

HE’S DOWN SOUTH IN JUDEA.

NOW HE’S GOING
TO GO TO GALILEE.

HE DOESN’T GET ON A PLANE.

HE DOESN’T GET ON A BUS.

HE DOESN’T GET IN A CAR.

HE WALKS.

AND WHILE IT WASN’T
A VERY LONG DISTANCE

BY TODAY’S STANDARDS,
IN THOSE DAYS,

THAT WAS A LONG DISTANCE TO GO
FROM JUDEA UP TO GALILEE.

AND HE WAS GOING TO CANA.

BUT IT SAYS, HE MUST NEEDS
GO THROUGH SAMARIA,

BECAUSE YOU SEE,

THE SAMARITANS
AND THE JEWS DIDN’T GET ALONG.

THEY DIDN’T LIKE EACH OTHER;

THEY AVOIDED EACH OTHER.

THE SAMARITANS HAD
INTER-MARRIED.

THEY WERE NOT PURE BLOODED.

AND THEN,

THE JEWISH PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS
GO ON THE EASTERN SIDE,

OR THEY’D GO THE WESTERN
SIDE, OF THE JORDAN RIVER,

TO AVOID GOING
THROUGH SAMARIA.

BUT JESUS, IT SAYS,

MUST NEEDS GO
THROUGH SAMARIA.

WHY?

BECAUSE JESUS HAD
AN APPOINTMENT THERE

THAT HE WAS GOING TO KEEP.

THAT APPOINTMENT HAD BEEN
MADE CENTURIES EARLIER,

IN THE COUNCIL HALLS OF GOD.

THAT HE MUST NEEDS
GO THROUGH SAMARIA.

YOU KNOW, MUCH OF
THE BIBLE LANDS IS DESERT.

WATER IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

WELLS ARE IMPORTANT,
AND IN SAMARIA,

AT THE FOOT OF TWO MOUNTAINS,
WAS JACOB’S WELL,

THAT JACOB HAD DUG.

THERE’S NOT ONLY WATER
THAT YOU DRINK

FOR YOUR PHYSICAL NEEDS,
BUT THERE’S SPIRITUAL WATER.

JESUS SAID, “I AM
THE WATER OF LIFE.”

JEREMIAH SAID, “FOR MY PEOPLE
HAVE COMMITTED TWO EVILS,

“THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME,
THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS,

“AND HEWED THEM OUT CISTERNS.

“BROKEN CISTERNS,
THAT CAN HOLD NO WATER.”

IN A NUMBER OF PLACES,
THE BIBLE REFERS TO PEOPLE

WHO HAVE NO SPIRITUAL WATER.

“YE SHALL BE AS THE GARDEN,
THAT HATH NO WATER,”

SAYS ISAIAH
THE FIRST CHAPTER.

IN ZECHARIAH , IT SAYS,
“PRISONERS OF THE PIT,

“WHEREIN THERE’S NO WATER.”

II PETER 2:17:

“THESE ARE WELLS
WITH NO WATER.”

SPIRITUAL WATER.

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
IN ISAIAH,

“BUT THE WICKED ARE
LIKE THE TROUBLED SEA,

“WHEN IT CANNOT REST.

“WHOSE WATERS CAST UP
MIRE AND DIRT.

“THERE’S NO PEACE,
SAITH MY GOD, TO THE WICKED.”

IT SAYS THAT THE WATERS
ARE LIKE OUR OWN HEARTS.

OUR HEARTS ARE TROUBLED,
AND THEY NEVER REST.

I’VE WATCHED THE WATERS;
THEY NEVER SEEM TO REST.

THEY ARE ALWAYS MOVING,
AND DISTURBED.

AND GOD SAYS,
THERE IS NO PEACE

TO THOSE WHO REJECT GOD.

THERE’S NO PEACE TO THOSE
WHO ARE NOT LIVING FOR GOD.

NOW THE SCARCITY OF
SPIRITUAL WATER

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TODAY
IS TREMENDOUS.

PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY
AND THIRSTY.

WE READ ABOUT IT IN
OUR PAPERS CONSTANTLY.

AND PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

ARE GOING TO THE WRONG
WATERING HOLES.

SEARCHING FOR SATISFACTION.

SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT
ONLY THE WATER OF LIFE,

AND THE BREAD OF LIFE
COULD MEET,

AND THAT PERSON
IS JESUS CHRIST,

WHO IS THE WATER OF LIFE,
AND THE BREAD OF LIFE.

YOU CAN GO DOWN OUR STREETS,
IN THE MAJOR CITIES OF AMERICA,

AND SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING.

THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT.

LIKE THAT GIRL AT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

SHE CRIED FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
AND FINALLY,

THE PSYCHIATRIST SAID,
“I CAN DO NOTHING WITH HER.”

AND SO THEY CALLED FOR
THE FAMILY TO COME,

AND THE FATHER
AND MOTHER CAME.

SHE FINALLY BLURTED OUT
TO HER FATHER,

“FATHER, I WANT SOMETHING,
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS.”

AND MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE SEARCHING
FOR SOMETHING,

AND THEY GO TO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS–

WHETHER IT’S DRINK, OR SEX,
OR WHATEVER IT IS,

TO TRY TO FIND THAT ANSWER.

MAYBE IT’S MONEY,
OR MAYBE IT’S POWER.

WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT IT DOESN’T REALLY SATISFY

THE DEEPEST LONGINGS
OF OUR HEARTS.

SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT
WILL BRING SATISFACTION

AND QUENCH THIS TERRIBLE
SPIRITUAL THIRST

THAT ONLY GOD CAN SATISFY.

WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST
IS VERY SCARCE,

AND IS OFTEN HARD TO OBTAIN.

A MAN WHO OWNS A WELL OF WATER

IS SOMETIMES BETTER OFF THAN
IF HE OWNED A WELL OF OIL.

MANY WARS HAVE BEEN
FOUGHT OVER WATER.

IN OUR TEXT TODAY, JESUS
HAS BEEN TEACHING IN JUDEA.

HE’S GOING THROUGH SAMARIA.

IT’S THE SHORTEST WAY,

BUT IT’S NOT THE WAY THE
JEWISH PEOPLE OF THAT DAY WENT,

BECAUSE THEY HAD NO DEALINGS
WITH THE SAMARITANS.

JESUS KNEW ABOUT THE WOMAN,
THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEE.

HE KNEW THAT HE HAD AN
APPOINTMENT WITH THAT WOMAN.

HE WANTED TO TEACH
HIS DISCIPLES A LESSON

IN RACE RELATIONS,

OR A LESSON IN HOW
TO WIN PEOPLE TO CHRIST.

JESUS WAS WEARY.

HE SITS DOWN AT
JACOB’S WELL.

THE DISCIPLES HAD GONE
TO TOWN TO BUY FOOD.

THIS WOMAN CAME.

IT WAS ALMOST NOON.

WOMEN USUALLY CAME IN
THE EVENING, WHEN IT WAS COOLER.

BUT THIS WOMAN CAME ALONE,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,

WHEN IT WAS VERY HOT.

BUT BECAUSE OF
HER CHARACTER,

SHE WAS PROBABLY
A SOCIAL OUTCAST.

SHE CAME WITH HER
WATER POT TO GET WATER.

AND JESUS ASKED HER FOR A DRINK.

THAT ABSOLUTELY SHOOK HER.

BECAUSE SAMARITANS AND JEWS

DIDN’T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER.

AND CERTAINLY, NO JEWISH PERSON

WOULD ASK A SAMARITAN
FOR A FAVOR.

IN JUST THAT MOMENT,
JESUS WAS SWEEPING AWAY

MANY PREJUDICES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE;

LIKE RACE PREJUDICE.

ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS
WE HAVE IN AMERICA

IS FOR THE LORD TO COME INTO
OUR HEARTS AND TAKE AWAY

OUT PREJUDICE AGAINST OTHER
PEOPLE WHO DON’T

LOOK LIKE WE DO.

AND WHO DON’T HAVE THE SAME
COLOR OF SKIN THAT WE HAVE.

[applause]

IT TAKES FULL-TIME PRAYER,

SAYING, OH GOD, TAKE THIS
FROM MY HEART.

AND THEN THERE WAS
NATIONAL PREJUDICE,

BECAUSE OF THE JEWS,

AND THE SAMARITANS HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE TODAY A CRISIS IN
NATIONALISM,

IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.

IT’S RISING.

THAT’S THE REASON MANY
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED

ABOUT THE SITUATION
IN THE WORLD.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY
DANGEROUS AREAS IN THE WORLD.

AND I WAS ALWAYS THANKFUL,

FOR THE WORK THAT
THE PEOPLE LIKE JAMES BAKER DID,

TO HELP BRING PEACE
TO THE WORLD.

BUT JESUS SAW THIS WOMAN
SITTING THERE ON JACOB’S WELL,

AND HE SAID,
“WOULD YOU GIVE ME A DRINK?”

AND SHE WAS ASTONISHED
AT SUCH TOLERANCE,

COURTESY AND KINDNESS
THAT SHE SAW IN HIS EYES.

AND SHE SAID, “HOW IS IT
THAT YOU, BEING A JEW,

“ASK ME FOR A DRINK, WHICH
AM A WOMAN OF SAMARIA,

“FOR THE JEWS HAVE
NO DEALINGS WITH US SAMARITANS?”

HE DIDN’T WANT TO
FORCE RELIGION ON HER.

HE BEGINS ON ANOTHER
SUBJECT ENTIRELY.

HE’S TACTFUL.

HE’S DIPLOMATIC.

HE ASKS FOR A FAVOR.

HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER
OBLIGATION TO THE WOMAN.

JESUS SAID, “IF YOU
KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD,

“AND WHO IT IS THAT SAITH
TO YOU, GIVE ME TO DRINK,

“YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED OF HIM

“AND HE WOULD
HAVE GIVEN THEE LIVING WATER.”

GOD OFFERS ALL OF US
A GIFT TONIGHT.

IT’S SOMETHING YOU
CAN’T WORK FOR.

IT’S SOMETHING YOU
CAN’T BUY.

IT’S SOMETHING YOU
CAN’T EARN.

IT’S A GIFT;
IT’S FREE.

IT’S SPIRITUAL WATER.

IT’S FORGIVENESS OF
ALL YOUR SINS,

BECAUSE OF THE CROSS,
AND THE RESURRECTION.

ISAIAH, THE PROPHET SAID,
IN THE 55th CHAPTER.

“HO, EVERY ONE
THAT THIRSTETH,

“COME YE TO THE WATERS.

“AND YOU THAT HAVE NO MONEY,
COME AND BUY, AND EAT.

“YEA, COME AND BUY WINE,
AND MILK, WITHOUT MONEY,

“AND WITHOUT PRICE.

“WHY DO YOU SPEND MONEY FOR
THAT WHICH IS NOT BREAD?”

THE PROPHET ASKED.

“AND YOU LABOR FOR THAT
WHICH SATISFIETH NOT.”

THE THING THAT YOU WORK
SO HARD FOR,

AND THE THING THAT YOU
DESIRE SO MUCH,

AND THE THING THAT YOU
GO OUT TO ENJOY,

DOESN’T SATISFY.

THIS WOMAN REPLIED,

SHE SAID, “SIR, YOU DON’T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DRAW WITH,

“AND THE WELL IS DEEP.

“WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET
THAT LIVING WATER

“YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT?”

YOU SEE, SHE MISTOOK
THE KIND OF WATER

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
LIVING, ETERNAL WATER.

SHE WENT BACK TO THE WELL.

SHE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THAT WATER.

NOW THE BIBLE TEACHES
THAT WE ARE BLIND

TO THE GLORIES AND THE THRILL
OF THE LOVE OF GOD,

AND THE GOSPEL.

IN II CORINTHIANS 3:14,

IT SAYS, “BUT THEIR MINDS
WERE BLINDED.

II CORINTHIANS 4:3 & 4,
IT SAYS,

“BUT IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID,
IT IS HID TO THEM THAT ARE LOST,

“IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD
HATH BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM

“WHICH BELIEVE NOT,
LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS

“GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD,

“SHOULD SHINE UNTO THEM.”

THERE’S A SUPERNATURAL
POWER THAT BLINDS YOU.

SPIRITUALLY BLIND.

PHYSICALLY, YOU HAVE
PERFECT EYESIGHT,

BUT SPIRITUALLY,
YOU ARE BLIND.

YOU WERE BLINDED BY
AN OUTSIDE SPIRITUAL FORCE

CALLED THE DEVIL.

I CORINTHIANS 2 SAYS,
“BUT THE NATURAL MAN,”

(THAT’S YOU) “RECEIVETH NOT
THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD,

“FOR THEY ARE
FOOLISHNESS UNTO HIM.

“NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM,

“BECAUSE THEY ARE
SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.”

JESUS SAID, “WHOSOEVER
DRINKETH OF THIS WATER,

“SHALL THIRST AGAIN,
BUT WHOEVER DRINKS OF

“THE WATER THAT I GIVE HIM,
WILL NEVER THIRST.

“BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL
GIVE HIM SHALL BE IN HIM,

“A WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP
INTO EVERLASTING LIFE.”

HE OFFERS YOU THAT
WATER TONIGHT.

IS YOUR SOUL, IS YOUR
SPIRIT, IS YOUR MIND

THIRSTY FOR SOMETHING MORE
IN LIFE THAT YOU HAVEN’T FOUND?

OH YES, YOU MAY BE BAPTIZED.

YOU MIGHT’VE BEEN CONFIRMED,
IN THE CHURCH.

AND YOU’RE A GOOD PERSON,
AND YOU GO TO CHURCH.

A DEEP INSIDE YOUR HEART,
SOMETHING IS LACKING.

THERE ISN’T THE FULFILLMENT,
AND THE SATISFACTION,

AND THE PEACE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

AND THAT YOU BELIEVE
GOD COULD GIVE YOU.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

DRINK OF THE LIVING WATER.

JESUS PROVIDES THE LIVING WATER
AT THE CROSS.

HE WENT TO THE CROSS,

AS MRS. BAKER SO BEAUTIFULLY
TOLD US A MOMENT AGO.

AND THERE HE WAS
BEATEN AND REVILED.

THAT WASN’T HIS
REAL SUFFERING.

HIS REAL SUFFERING CAME,
WHEN HE SAID,

“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST
THOU FORSAKEN ME?”

IN THAT TERRIBLE, AWFUL,
MYSTERIOUS MOMENT,

GOD HAD LAID ON HIM,
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.

YOUR SINS, AND MY SINS.

EVERYTHING I’VE EVER DONE
WRONG WAS PUT ON JESUS.

HE TOOK THE JUDGMENT AND
THE HELL THAT I DESERVE

ON THAT CROSS.

JESUS WAS OFFERING THIS WOMAN

WATER FOR HER THIRSTY SOUL.

OUR SOULS ARE EMPTY AND
LONELY AND GUILTY.

SHE FELT THE EMPTINESS OF
HER OWN SOUL AND SHE SAID,

“SIR, GIVE ME THIS WATER
THAT I THIRST NOT.”

SHE WAS VERY SINCERE,

BUT SINCERITY ALONE
IS NOT ENOUGH.

A FEW YEARS AGO
IN THE ROSE BOWL,

A MAN PICKED UP
THE FOOTBALL.

EVERYBODY SHOUTED, THEY WERE
ALL TO THEIR FEET

BECAUSE THE SCORE WAS TIED,

AND HE RAN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

BUT HE’D GONE
THE WRONG WAY,

AND HE SCORED FOR
THE OTHER SIDE.

HE WAS VERY SINCERE.

YOU NEVER SAW A MORE SINCERE
MAN, AS YOU WATCHED HIM,

BUT HE WAS WRONG.

YOU CAN BE SINCERE
IN YOUR RELIGION,

BUT YOU CAN BE WRONG.

“THERE IS A WAY,”
THE BIBLE SAYS,

“THAT SEEMS RIGHT
BUT THE END THEREOF

“IS THE WAY OF JUDGMENT
AND DEATH.”

YOU MAY BE ON
THE WRONG ROAD.

GOD IS ASKING YOU
TONIGHT TO TURN AROUND,

TOWARD THE CROSS BY FAITH.

REPENT OF YOUR SINS
AND RECEIVE HIM

AS YOUR LORD AND MASTER.

AND MAKE SURE OF IT.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF YOU HERE TONIGHT

THAT HAVE RELIGION, BUT
YOU’RE NOT SURE ABOUT

YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHRIST.

AND YOU’D LIKE TO MAKE SURE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE.

YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW
THAT IF YOU DIED TONIGHT,

YOU’D GO TO HEAVEN.

BUT YOU’RE NOT SURE.

YOU DON’T HAVE THAT PEACE,
AND THAT JOY,

THAT YOU BELIEVE
IS THERE SOMEWHERE FOR YOU,

AND YOU HAVEN’T FOUND IT.

COME AND TAKE OF
THIS LIVING WATER,

WHICH IS CHRIST TONIGHT.

NOW THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IS NOT ENTERED EASILY.

JESUS SAID YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH A NARROW GATE,

AND WALK A NARROW ROAD,

AND YOU MAY BE MISUNDERSTOOD,

AND EVEN PERSECUTED,

AND YOU MAY SUFFER
FOR YOUR FAITH.

SO JESUS SAID TO HER,
“GO CALL YOUR HUSBAND.”

NOW HE WAS HITTING
ON A SORE NERVE.

WHAT A SPOT HE
TOUCHED IN HER LIFE.

HE KNEW HER SINS.

HE KNOWS YOURS.

WHAT AN OVERWHELMING FLOOD
OF GUILT AND REMORSE

THIS BROUGHT TO HER.

SHE SHRANK BACK.

IT WAS AS IF A THOUSAND
SEARCHLIGHTS

HAD BEEN TURNED ON
IN HER HEART,

AND EVERY DIRTY SECRET IN
HER LIFE LEAPED INTO THE GLARE.

NO PERSON CAN COME TO CHRIST
UNTIL THERE’S CONVICTION

THAT YOU HAVE
SINNED AGAINST GOD,

AND YOU HAVE REPENTED.

AND REPENTANCE MEANS
TO CHANGE YOUR MIND,

CHANGE YOUR DIRECTION,
CHANGE YOUR WAY OF LIVING.

IT MEANS THAT YOU’RE
WILLING TO CHANGE.

SHE PARTLY COVERED IT UP,

AND SAID, “I HAVE NO HUSBAND.”

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,

“HE THAT COVERETH HIS SIN
SHALL NOT PROSPER.”

JESUS GENTLY REMINDED HER

THAT TECHNICALLY
SHE WAS RIGHT.

SHE HAD NO HUSBAND.

SHE’D HAD FIVE HUSBANDS,

AND THE MAN SHE WAS NOW
LIVING WITH WAS NOT HER HUSBAND.

AND SHE SAID TWO THINGS:

“SIR, I PERCEIVE THAT
YOU ARE A PROPHET,

“AND PLEASE SIR, WOULD YOU
GIVE ME THIS LIVING WATER?

“I WANT IT, I NEED IT.

“I NEED IT IN MY LIFE.”

AT THAT MOMENT, SHE ACTED
ON THE LIGHT THAT SHE HAD,

WHICH WASN’T MUCH.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNOW MUCH
WHEN YOU COME TO CHRIST.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNOW
THE WHOLE GOSPEL.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO
KNOW THE BIBLE.

YOU JUST COME LIKE YOU ARE.

THE THIEF ON THE CROSS
DIDN’T KNOW VERY MUCH,

BUT HE TURNED TO JESUS WHILE
HE WAS DYING, AND SAID,

“LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU
COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.”

JUST “REMEMBER ME.”

HE HAD NO TIME
TO JOIN A CHURCH.

HE HAD NO TIME
TO BE BAPTIZED.

HE HAD NO TIME
FOR ANYTHING.

HE JUST SAID,
“LORD, REMEMBER ME.”

AND THAT’S ALL THAT WAS NEEDED,
BECAUSE JESUS SAID,

“TODAY YOU WILL BE
WITH ME IN PARADISE.”

JESUS SAID, “GOD IS A SPIRIT,
AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM

“MUST WORSHIP HIM IN
SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.”

YOU AND I ARE TO WORSHIP GOD
IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

WHERE YOU WORSHIP GOD IS
NOT THE IMPORTANT THING.

IT’S HOW YOU WORSHIP GOD.

YOU WORSHIP HIM IN PRAYER.

IN THE READING OF THE BIBLE.

IN GIVING TO THE CHURCH.

IN GOING TO CHURCH.

WE WORSHIP GOD,
AND WE ADORE HIM.

AND EVERYTHING WE DO
IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP,

IF YOU KNOW CHRIST.

IN ALL THESE WAYS,
WE WORSHIP GOD.

JESUS MADE THE GREATEST OF
ALL REVELATIONS TO HER

WHEN HE SAID, “I KNOW
THAT MESSIAH COMETH,

“WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST.

“WHEN HE IS COME, HE IS GOING
TO EXPLAIN ALL THINGS TO US.”

JESUS SAID TO HER, “I AM HE.”

“I AM THE MESSIAH.”

WHAT A SHOCK
THAT WAS TO HER;

THAT SHE WAS TALKING
TO THE MESSIAH THAT

THE SAMARITANS AND THE JEWS
BOTH WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND WE ARE
LOOKING FOR TODAY.

AT THAT MOMENT,
SHE WAS CONVERTED.

AT THAT MOMENT, HER NAME WAS
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AT THAT MOMENT,
SHE GUARANTEED,

SHE WAS GUARANTEED A PLACE
IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON,
SHE BECAME A WITNESS.

SHE PROVED THAT
SHE HAD MET CHRIST.

SHE LEFT HER WATER POT, AND
WENT HER WAY INTO THE CITY,

AND SAITH TO THE MEN–

(SHE DIDN’T SAY IT
TO THE LADIES,

(BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER)–

THE MEN KNEW HER.

SO SHE SAID IT TO THE MEN,

“COME SEE A MAN WHICH TOLD ME

“ALL THE THINGS THAT I EVER DID.

“IS IT NOT THIS THE CHRIST,

“THAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR?”

AND MANY SAMARITANS

IN THAT CITY BELIEVED.

HERE WAS A WOMAN EVANGELIST,

EVANGELIZING AMONG MEN,

TELLING THEM ABOUT JESUS.

SHE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH
THEOLOGY TO TELL THEM.

SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

ALL SHE SAID WAS,
“COME AND SEE JESUS,

“AND JESUS WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE,

“AS HE’S CHANGED MINE.”

HAVE YOU BEEN TO
JESUS THAT WAY?

HAVE YOU COME?

ARE YOU SURE YOUR SINS
ARE FORGIVEN?

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CROSS,

AND SAID, “LORD, I HAVE SINNED.

“I’M SORRY FOR MY SIN.

“I’M WILLING TO
CHANGE MY WAY OF LIFE,

“AND I COME BY FAITH.

“I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT ALL,
BUT BY FAITH I RECEIVE YOU

“AS MY LORD, AND MY MASTER,
AND MY SAVIOR.”

WE’VE SEEN
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE,

EACH OF THESE TWO NIGHTS,
THAT WE’VE BEEN HERE, COME.

AND I ASK PEOPLE TO COME AND
STAND IN FRONT OF THE PLATFORM,

AND AS THEY COME,
YOU’RE COMING AND SAYING,

“LORD, I’M COMING TO YOU.

“I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

“I WANT THIS LIVING WATER.

“I WANT THIS LIVING WATER IN
MY OWN LIFE AND IN MY HOME.

“I WANT THIS LIVING WATER
IN MY WORK.

“I WANT THIS LIVING WATER
AT ALL TIMES.

“I’M THIRSTY.

“I NEED GOD.

“I NEED TO MAKE SURE.

“I NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN.”

WE NEVER KNOW WHEN OUR MOMENT
IS GOING TO COME,

WHEN WE HAVE TO FACE GOD.

I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO GET UP AND COME TONIGHT

AND MAKE SURE OF
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.

IF YOU’RE WITH
FRIENDS OR RELATIVES,

THEY’LL WAIT ON YOU.

AND AFTER YOU’VE ALL COME,

I AM GOING TO HAVE
A PRAYER WITH YOU;

SAY A WORD TO YOU, AND
GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE,

THAT YOU CAN TAKE
BACK TO YOUR HOME,

AND STUDY AND READ, AND
IT’LL HELP YOU TO GROW.

ALL OVER THE STADIUM.

FROM THAT TOP STADIUM
UP THERE, WE’VE TIMED IT,

IT TAKES ABOUT FIVE OR SIX
MINUTES FOR YOU TO COME.

DON’T LET DISTANCE
KEEP YOU FROM CHRIST,

BECAUSE YOU MAY NEVER HAVE
A MOMENT LIKE THIS AGAIN.

WHEN WILL YOU EVER HAVE
A MOMENT IN PITTSBURGH,

LIKE THIS AGAIN,
WHEN YOU CAN COME

AND MAKE A COMMITMENT
LIKE THIS?

JESUS SAID, “IF YOU’RE NOT
WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME

“PUBLICLY BEFORE MEN,
I’LL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU

“BEFORE MY FATHER
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.”

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT,
COMING FORWARD PUBLICLY,

AND SETTLING IN, AND
SEALING IT IN YOUR LIFE.

JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS
PUBLICLY FOR YOU.

NOW YOU CAN COME, PUBLICLY,
AND SAY YES TO HIM.

YOU MAY BE
SITTING DOWN HERE,

AND YOU MAY BE UP THERE.

YOU MAY BE UP HERE IN
THAT MIDDLE SECTION,

WHEREVER YOU ARE,
GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU.

THERE’S A LITTLE VOICE THAT SAYS
YOU OUGHT TO COME TO CHRIST.

WE’RE GOING TO WAIT ON YOU,
AS YOU COME, RIGHT NOW,

TO THIS LIVING WATER.

♪ 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 ♪

♪ TO RID MY SOUL
OF ONE DARK BLOT ♪

♪ TO THEE, WHOSE BLOOD
CAN CLEANSE EACH SPOT ♪

♪ OH, LAMB OF GOD,
I COME ♪

♪ I COME ♪

JUST AS HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO

MR. GRAHAM’S INVITATION TO
MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO

JESUS CHRIST, SO CAN YOU,
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

JUST CALL THE PHONE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

SPECIAL FRIENDS
WANT TO HELP YOU

WITH THIS IMPORTANT DECISION,
SO DON’T WAIT.

PLEASE CALL NOW.

YOU’VE COME TONIGHT,

NOT TO HEAR BILLY GRAHAM,

OR COME TO BILLY GRAHAM–

YOU’VE COME TO CHRIST.

YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING,
CAN COME AND DRINK OF

THIS LIVING WATER AND
EAT OF THIS LIVING BREAD,

THAT JESUS HAS PROMISED.

AND IT’LL SPRING UP INTO YOU,

A WELL OF EVERLASTING LIFE,

AND CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

AND CHANGE YOUR HOME AND
CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND
YOUR FRIENDS AROUND ABOUT.

GIVE YOUR LIFE TO
CHRIST TONIGHT.

TURN FROM YOUR
FORMER WAY, AND SAY,

“LORD, I’M READY FOR A CHANGE.

“BUT YOU’RE GOING
TO HAVE TO HELP ME

“BECAUSE I’M TOO WEAK
TO CHANGE.

“I’VE TRIED.

“AND IT DOESN’T WORK.

“LORD, YOU HELP ME.”

HE’LL HELP YOU.

HE LOVES YOU WITH
AN EVERLASTING LOVE,

DEEPER THAN ANY LOVE YOU’VE
NEVER KNOWN ON THIS EARTH.

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
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