Will the World Survive? | Billy Graham Classic Sermon

There’s a lot of evil in the world today—but that’s not how it will be forever. “Like you trade in an old car and get a new car, God is going to trade in this present system of evil … trade it in for a new age, and that new age will be the Kingdom of God. And that new age is going to prevail,” Billy Graham explains in this 1985 message from Anaheim, California.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES…

THE BILLY GRAHAM CLASSICS.

[applause]

NOW I WANT YOU
TO TURN WITH ME

TO THE 24TH CHAPTER
OF MATTHEW.

THE 24TH CHAPTER
OF MATTHEW,

BEGINNING AT VERSE 36.

THE 24TH CHAPTER OF MATTHEW,
BEGINNING AT VERSE 36.

“BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR
KNOWETH NO MAN,

“NO, NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN,

“BUT MY FATHER ONLY.

“BUT AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE

“SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING
OF THE SON OF MAN BE,

“FOR AS THE DAYS
THAT WERE BEFORE THE FLOOD,

“THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING
AND MARRYING

“AND GIVING IN MARRIAGE,

“UNTIL THE DAY THAT NOAH
ENTERED INTO THE ARK,

“AND KNEW NOT UNTIL THE FLOOD
CAME AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY.

“SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING
OF THE SON OF MAN BE.”

NOW THE QUESTION THAT I WANT
TO ASK TONIGHT IS THIS,

AND I WANT TO ANSWER IT
FROM THE BIBLE.

IS THE WORLD COMING TO AN END?

IS THE WORLD
GOING TO COME TO AN END?

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT FEEL THAT SOME OF YOU

YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
TONIGHT WILL SEE THAT MOMENT.

WE MAY SEE IT
IN OUR OWN LIFETIME.

HALF OF ALL AMERICANS SURVEYED
JUST TWO MONTHS AGO,

BELIEVE THAT A NUCLEAR WAR
WILL HAPPEN IN THEIR LIFETIME.

A MONTH AGO,

JUST AFTER THE HIJACKING
OF THAT TWA 847 FLIGHT,

A CONFERENCE OF WORLD EXPERTS
WAS ASSEMBLED IN WASHINGTON

TO DISCUSS THE TERRIBLE AND
REAL THREAT

OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM.

A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
GETTING A HOLD OF NUCLEAR BOMBS

AND STARTING A CHAIN REACTION

THAT COULD DESTROY
MUCH OF THE WORLD.

COULD IT HAPPEN?

DR. CARL SAGAN,
ON NETWORK TELEVISION,

HIS CURRENT CONSENSUS
OF OPINION

OF NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS,
HE SAYS,

THAT IT WOULD TAKE ONLY
ONE HUNDRED

OF THE EXISTING BOMBS

TO PLUNGE THE NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE

INTO THE NUCLEAR WINTER,

HAVING BURNED UP A THIRD
OF THE HUMAN RACE

AND LEAVING THE EARTH COVERED
WITH A BLANKET OF DARKNESS.

ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S
BIGGEST HITS THIS SUMMER

HAS BEEN CLINT EASTWOOD’S
THE PALE RIDER

WHICH HAS AS ITS SUBTITLE

A QUOTATION TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST:

“AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM.”

A GERMAN SCIENTIST
SAID THE OTHER DAY,

“IT’S NOW POSSIBLE
TO DEPOPULATE THE EARTH.”

HISTORIANS
LIKE WILLIAM VOLK SAY,

“THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
IS AT HAND.”

AND THEN COMES SOMETHING
STARTLING TO ME.

SHOCKING.

THERE IS A STRANGE SILENCE
FROM THE CHURCH

ABOUT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.

WE HAVE CHURCH LEADERS
LIKE MYSELF

THAT ARE CALLING FOR

THE REDUCTION AND
THE DESTRUCTION

OF ALL WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

I AM NOT A PACIFIST.

I’M NOT FOR UNILATERAL
DISARMAMENT.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
REACH ACCOMMODATION TO DESTROY

ALL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
IF OUR HEARTS WERE RIGHT.

BUT THAT’S WHERE JESUS SAID,
“YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.”

“OUR HEARTS ARE DECEITFUL
AND DESPERATELY WICKED,

“HOW CAN KNOW THEM?”
SAID JEREMIAH.

BUT YOU KNOW,
THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH

THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO
COME TO AN END.

THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THERE
WILL BE AN END TO AN AGE,

THE AGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THE AGE THAT WE’RE NOW IN,

AND THAT A NEW AGE
IS GOING TO BE USHERED IN.

IN OTHER WORDS,

LIKE YOU TRADE IN AN OLD CAR
AND GET A NEW CAR,

GOD IS GOING TO TRADE IN
THIS PRESENT SYSTEM OF EVIL

THAT WE CALL COSMOS,
OR WORLD SYSTEM,

TRADE IT IN FOR A NEW AGE,

AND THAT NEW AGE WILL BE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

AND THAT NEW AGE
IS GOING TO PREVAIL.

NOW LET’S TURN TO THE BIBLE.

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,

THE NEW BIRTH
IS MENTIONED NINE TIMES.

REPENTANCE IS MENTIONED
SEVENTY TIMES.

BAPTISM, TWENTY TIMES.

SOMEONE HAS SAID,
I HAVE NOT COUNTED THEM,

AND I DON’T KNOW WHETHER
THIS IS EXAGGERATED OR NOT,

BUT SOMEBODY HAS SAID

THAT THE SECOND COMING
OF JESUS CHRIST

IS MENTIONED OVER 380 TIMES.

CERTAINLY IT’S MENTIONED
MANY TIMES.

CHRIST SAID,
“AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE

“SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING
OF THE SON OF MAN BE.”

NOW THE STORY OF NOAH
HAS BECOME POPULAR AGAIN

IN FICTION
AND IN CARTOONS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
TV LOG THIS PAST WEEK

IN THE PROGRAM ADVERTISING,

IT TALKED ABOUT
NOAH’S ANIMALS.

NOW THE PICTURE
OF CIVILIZATION IN NOAH’S DAY

RUNS LIKE THIS:

IT’S LISTED IN GENESIS
THE SIXTH CHAPTER.

IT SAYS THAT THEY WERE FILLED
WITH WICKEDNESS,

EVIL IMAGINATION,
CORRUPTION,

VIOLENCE,

EVERY IMAGINATION
OF MAN’S THOUGHT WAS EVIL.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE OUR DAY?

WE CAN’T HELP BUT IMAGINE EVIL
WHEN WE WATCH ENOUGH TELEVISION

AND SEE SO MUCH
VIOLENCE AND CRIME,

AND READ ABOUT THE CRIME
IN OUR NEWSPAPERS.

EVERY DAY PEOPLE THAT ARE
BEING RAPED AND MURDERED

AND MUGGED AND ALL THE REST
THAT’S GOING ON.

WE CAN’T HELP BUT
THINK ABOUT IT.

OUR MINDS ARE THERE,

AND MANY OF US
HAVE BECOME AFRAID.

IT WAS A WORLD IN WHICH
MARRIAGE WAS ABUSED.

SEX PERVERSION PREVAILED.

IT WAS A WORLD IN WHICH
VIOLENCE PREVAILED.

AGAIN AND AGAIN
IN THE UNITED NATIONS’

SPONSORED WORLD CONFERENCE
FOR WOMEN IN NAIROBI,

THE MATTER OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN

CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION.

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN.

PEOPLE WHO ABUSE THEIR CHILDREN.

CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
CONTINUE TO ESCALATE.

IT’S A WORLD WITH
A DECADENT RELIGION.

I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY,

BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYBODY
IN THE WORLD IS RELIGIOUS.

EVERYBODY.

BUT IT’S A DECADENT TYPE
OF RELIGION.

IT’S NOT TRUE FAITH IN GOD.

NOW IT’S ALSO,

IT WAS ALSO A WORLD THREATENED
BY THE JUDGMENT OF GOD.

GOD SAID, “I’M GOING TO JUDGE
THIS GENERATION.”

AND SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING BY TELEVISION,

YOU’LL SEE A NUMBER
ON THAT SCREEN.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE
AND CALL SOMEONE.

THEY’RE WAITING TO TALK
TO YOU NOW.

AND THEY’LL ANSWER
YOUR QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU.

NOW GOD SAID, “I’M GOING
TO JUDGE THE WORLD.

“I’M GOING TO MAKE IT RAIN
FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS,

“AND I’M GOING TO DESTROY MAN
WHOM I CREATED.

“HE’S GOTTEN TOO EVIL,

“AND I’M GOING TO START
THE HUMAN RACE OVER AGAIN.”

BUT THEN GOD SAW ONE MAN

IN ALL OF THE FILTH
AND THE DIRT AND THE VIOLENCE

AND THE PERVERSIONS,
HE SAW ONE MAN LIVING FOR HIM.

HIS NAME WAS NOAH.

NOAH DARED TO WALK WITH GOD.

HE BELIEVED IN GOD.

AND TRUE BELIEF DETERMINES
HOW YOU LIVE.

HE LIVED A DISCIPLINED LIFE.

HE WAS A MAN OF MORAL INTEGRITY.

HE WORSHIPPED GOD.

HE DARED TO STAND ALONE.

HE WAS A NON-CONFORMIST.

THEY LAUGHED AT HIM
AT THE PLACE THAT HE WORKED.

OR THEY LAUGHED AT HIM

IN THE SOCIAL EVENTS
THAT HE WENT TO.

HIS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
COULDN’T UNDERSTAND HIM.

THEY CALLED HIM STRANGE,

BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT GOD

AND HE PRAYED AND
HE BELIEVED IN GOD

THAT GOD SOMEHOW WAS IN CONTROL.

THE BIBLE SAYS,
“BY FAITH, NOAH…”

“BY FAITH,” NOTICE.

“BY FAITH, NOAH BEING WARNED
OF GOD OF THINGS NOT SEEN AS YET

“MOVED WITH FEAR,
PREPARED A SHIP.”

GOD SAID,
“I’M GOING TO SEND THE FLOOD,

“BUT I’VE GOT TO SAVE NOAH
AND HIS FAMILY.

“NOAH LIVES FOR ME.”

AND GOD CANNOT JUDGE A PERSON
THAT IS LIVING FOR HIM.

A PERSON THAT HAS
COME TO CHRIST AT THE CROSS

AND HAD HIS SINS FORGIVEN,

AND IS LIVING A LIFE FOR CHRIST
CANNOT BE JUDGED.

“THERE IS THEREFORE NOW
NO JUDGMENT TO THEM

“THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.”

YOU’LL NEVER STAND
AT THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY,

IF YOU’RE IN CHRIST.

THAT’S THE ONE PLACE
OF REFUGE.

NOW NOAH COULD NOT BE JUDGED,

SO GOD SAID, “I’VE GOT TO
FIND A WAY TO SAVE NOAH

“AND HIS FAMILY.”

SO GOD CAME TO NOAH ONE DAY
AND SAID,

“NOAH, I’M GOING TO DESTROY
THE WORLD.

“I’M GOING TO START OVER.

“I WANT YOU TO BUILD
A BIG SHIP.

“I WANT YOU TO MAKE IT
OF GOPHER WOOD.

“PITCH IT WITHIN AND WITHOUT
WITH PITCH.

“450 FEET LONG,
45 FEET HIGH,

“75 FEET WIDE,
THREE STORIES.

“PUT ONE WINDOW IN IT,
AND PUT ONE DOOR IN IT.

“AND START BUILDING NOW.”

NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW PEOPLE LAUGHED?

TO BUILD A BIG SHIP,

AS BIG AS A MODERN OCEAN LINER,

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT

WHERE THERE WAS NO WATER.

BUT NOAH, I SUPPOSE,
PAID UNION WAGES,

SO HE WAS ABLE TO GET
PEOPLE TO WORK FOR HIM.

AND THEY STARTED
BUILDING THAT SHIP.

AND I IMAGINE IT BECAME
A BIG TOURIST ATTRACTION,

LIKE DISNEYLAND.

PEOPLE CAME FROM EVERYWHERE
TO SEE THE CRAZY PEOPLE.

TO SEE THIS CRAZY MAN
BUILDING THIS SHIP

OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.

AND ALL HE HAD TO GO ON
WAS GOD’S WORD, THAT’S ALL!

NOW TODAY, YOU AND I
HAVE GOD’S WORD

THAT PREDICTS THE FUTURE
JUDGMENT UPON THE WORLD,

BUT WE ALSO HAVE
ALL THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

THAT IT CAN HAPPEN,

AND MAY HAPPEN,

AND PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN

ACCORDING TO MANY OF
OUR SCIENTISTS

AND POLITICAL LEADERS.

AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD

IN THE CAPITALS OF THE WORLD
ARE FRIGHTENED.

WHEN I WAS IN THE SOVIET UNION

THE ONE THING ALMOST EVERYBODY
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS PEACE.

HOW CAN WE GET PEACE?

THEY EVEN TOOK ME
TO THE KREMLIN

TO MEET WITH SOME OF
THE LEADERS IN THE KREMLIN.

MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO,

AND THERE ARE ONLY
FOURTEEN MEMBERS.

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT PEACE.

HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE PEACE?

AND OUR PEOPLE MEETING
IN WASHINGTON

WITH THE PRESIDENT.

AND PEOPLE MEETING IN GENEVA
THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED,

TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PEACE,

AND IF EVER MAN’S HEARTS
ARE FAILING THEM FOR FEAR,

AND WRINGING THEIR HANDS

AND NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE
THE ANSWER, IT’S NOW.

AND IF THEY DON’T
FIND AN ANSWER,

GOODBYE.

UNLESS GOD INTERVENES,

AND THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN–

GOD WILL INTERVENE.

CHRIST IS GOING TO COME BACK.

AND THAT’S THE GLORIOUS HOPE

THAT EVERY ONE OF US HAS
IN OUR HEARTS.

[applause]

NOW DURING ALL THIS TIME,
NOAH PREACHED.

HE WORKED AND PREACHED.

IT SAYS THAT HE WAS A PREACHER
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND REPENTANCE.

AND HE WOULD CALL UPON
THE PEOPLE,

“REPENT OF YOUR SINS!

“TURN TO GOD!

“A FLOOD IS COMING!”

NOW, THEY’D NEVER HEARD
OF A FLOOD.

THEY’D NEVER HAD A FLOOD BEFORE.

AND UH, THE METEOROLOGISTS
DISPUTED HIM ALL THE TIME.

THERE’S NO SIGN
OF ANY RAIN,

THERE’S NO SIGN
OF A FLOOD.

HE’S A FOOL,

HE DOESN’T KNOW
WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT.

HE’S NOT SCIENTIFIC.

SO HE WAS SCOFFED AT.

AND THE CARPENTERS

THAT HELPED HIM BUILD THE ARK,
OR THE SHIP,

THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE.

THEY WERE WORKING FOR
THEIR WAGES.

EVEN SOME OF NOAH’S FAMILY
HAD A DIFFICULT TIME BELIEVING.

BUT HE JUST WENT RIGHT ON.

AND HE HADN’T HEARD FROM GOD
IN A HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS.

THINK OF IT NOW.

HE HAD THAT ONE MESSAGE
FROM THE LORD,

AND HE BELIEVED IT,

HE ACCEPTED IT BY FAITH.

THAT’S WHAT A MAN OF FAITH
NOAH WAS,

AND A HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS
LATER HE WAS STILL WORKING ON

THAT SHIP AND ONE DAY,
HE FINISHED IT,

AND WHEN HE FINISHED IT,
GOD CAME TO HIM AND SAID,

“NOAH, I’M GOING TO GIVE
THE WORLD SEVEN MORE DAYS.

“SEVEN MORE DAYS TO REPENT.

“AND IF THEY DON’T,
THE JUDGMENT IS GOING TO COME.”

THE BIBLE WARNS THAT THE WORLD
IS IN FOR JUDGMENT.

AND THE BRIGHT SPOT
ON THE HORIZON

IS THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
AND HIS PROMISED RETURN.

IT’S THE HOPE OF THE PROPHETS.

ISAIAH 66, IT TELLS THAT
THE LORD IS COMING WITH FIRE

AND CHARIOTS LIKE A WHIRLWIND
TO RENDER HIS ANGER AND FURY.

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,

THERE ARE SO MANY PASSAGES
THAT I COULD TAKE AN HOUR

READING THEM TO YOU.

CHRIST SAID, “I GO TO PREPARE
A PLACE FOR YOU.

“AND IF I GO TO PREPARE
A PLACE FOR YOU,

“I WILL COME AGAIN
AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF

“AND WHERE I AM,
THERE YE MAY BE ALSO.”

ONE OF THE T.V. PROGRAMS

TO TOP THE NIELSEN RATINGS
LAST WEEK WAS

HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN.

THE ONLY HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
IN THIS BIBLE IS JESUS CHRIST.

HE PROVIDED A WAY TO HEAVEN.

HE PROVIDED A WAY OF SALVATION.

[applause]

HE SAID, “I AM THE WAY.”

“I AM THE WAY,

“I AM THE TRUTH,

“I AM THE LIFE.”

CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEBODY
STANDING UP AND SAYING,

“I AM THE WAY AND
NO MAN CAN COME TO GOD

“EXCEPT THROUGH ME”?

CAN YOU IMAGINE
SOMEBODY SAYING,

“I AM THE EMBODIMENT
OF ALL TRUTH”?

ALL SCIENTIFIC TRUTH,
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTH.

I AM THE EMBODIMENT
OF ALL RELIGIOUS TRUTH,

MORAL TRUTH.

WHY, THE MAN’S CRAZY.

HE’S EITHER A LIAR
OR HE’S CRAZY

OR HE’S WHO HE CLAIMS TO BE.

AND THAT’S THE DECISION
YOU HAVE TO MAKE.

IF JESUS CHRIST
IS WHO HE CLAIMS TO BE,

THE SON OF GOD
AND THE ONLY WAY OF SALVATION,

THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE
THE COMING JUDGMENT,

THEN YOU BETTER MAKE YOUR WAY
TO CHRIST FAST, TONIGHT.

DON’T WAIT BECAUSE WE NEVER
KNOW WHEN OUR HOUR IS COMING.

BECAUSE, YOU SEE,
THE END OF THE WORLD FOR YOU

COULD BE TONIGHT.

THE MOMENT YOU DIE,
THE MOMENT YOU DIE,

THAT IS THE END OF THE WORLD
FOR YOU.

AND THAT COULD COME
AT ANY MOMENT.

BUT FOR THE WHOLE POPULATION
OF THE WORLD,

IT’S NOT GOING TO COME
THE WAY SOME SCIENTISTS THINK,

BECAUSE THEY DON’T TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT GOD.

GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE
AND MERCY.

HE’S A GOD OF PLANNING, YES.

HE’S A GOD OF JUDGMENT, YES.

BUT THERE ARE GOING
TO BE PEOPLE

THAT ARE GOING TO BE SAVED
OUT OF ALL THIS MESS

AND GOD IS GOING TO BUILD
A NEW WORLD AND A NEW KINGDOM.

THAT DAY IS GOING TO COME
AS SURE AS I’M STANDING HERE.

“YE MEN OF GALILEE,

“WHY STAND YE GAZING

“INTO HEAVEN?”

WHEN THESE DISCIPLES SAW JESUS
ASCENDING INTO HEAVEN,

AND TEARS WERE IN THEIR EYES,

AND THEY SAW
THEIR MASTER GOING,

AND TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM
IN WHITE APPAREL,

AND SAID,
“YOU MEN OF GALILEE,

“WHY DO YOU STAND HERE
GAZING INTO HEAVEN?

“THIS SAME JESUS
THAT’S TAKEN UP FROM YOU

“IS GOING TO COME
IN LIKE MANNER

“AS YOU’VE SEEN HIM
GO INTO HEAVEN.”

HE’S GOING TO COME BACK.

WHEN IS CHRIST GOING TO COME?

WE DON’T KNOW.

HE SAID, “BUT OF THAT DAY
AND HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN,

“NO, NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN,
BUT MY FATHER ONLY.”

CHRIST SAID, “BE YE READY,
FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR

“AS YE THINK NOT,
THE SON OF MAN COMETH.”

ARE YOU READY?

ARE YOU READY?

BE QUIET AND STILL A MOMENT
AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

ARE YOU READY?

IN AMOS 4 IT SAYS,
“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD.”

ARE YOU PREPARED?

YOU SAY, “BILLY, WHAT DO I
HAVE TO DO TO BE PREPARED?

“I’VE ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED,

“I BELONG TO A CHURCH.”

THAT’S NOT WHAT
I’M TALKING ABOUT.

THAT’S FINE,
YOU OUGHT TO BE,

BUT HAVE YOU REALLY RECEIVED
CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART

AS LORD AND MASTER?

HAVE YOU REPENTED?

HAVE YOU REPENTED
OF YOUR SINS?

REPENTANCE MEANS TO TURN,
TO CHANGE.

CHANGE YOUR MIND.

CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE
ABOUT GOD, ABOUT YOURSELF,

ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS.

IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE
A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE

UNDER THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST.

IT MEANS THAT YOU LOVE
THE OPPRESSED.

IT MEANS THAT GOD WILL
GIVE YOU A NEW POWER

TO LOVE PEOPLE OF ANOTHER RACE.

IT MEANS THAT GOD IS GOING TO
COME INTO YOUR LIFE

IN THE PERSON
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AND GIVE YOU THE POWER
TO LOVE

AND TO HAVE PEACE
THAT YOU’VE NEVER FOUND,

AND TO HAVE PURPOSE
AND MEANING TO YOUR LIFE.

IT MEANS HEAVEN IN THIS LIFE,

AS WELL AS HEAVEN TO COME.

IT MEANS THAT GOD
WILL COME IN

AND HELP YOU
IN YOUR MARRIAGE.

IT MEANS THAT GOD WILL HELP
SOME OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE

TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PERSON
TO MARRY.

THERE’S SO MANY THINGS
THAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU

WHEN YOU COME TO CHRIST.

THAT’S REPENTANCE.

IT MEANS A CHANGE.

AND A LOT OF THE OLD THINGS
THAT ARE WRONG IN YOUR LIFE,

YOU’VE GOT TO TURN LOOSE OF.

YOU’VE GOT TO QUIT.

YOU HAVE TO PAY A PRICE.

IT’S NOT EASY.

AND WE’RE NOT OFFERING
A CHEAP GRACE

AND A CHEAP CONVERSIONISM,
AND A CHEAP FOLLOWING CHRIST.

JESUS SAID,
“IF YOU COME AFTER ME,

“YOU’VE GOT TO DENY SELF
AND TAKE UP A CROSS.”

HE SAID IT’S NOT
GOING TO BE EASY

AND HE SAID, “ALL THAT LIVE
GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS,

PAUL SAID,
“SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION.”

THEY’LL LAUGH AT YOU
LIKE THEY LAUGHED AT NOAH.

AND YOUR FAITH
MUST BE IN CHRIST.

YOUR FAITH DOESN’T
HAVE TO BE STRONG,

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BIG.

JUST THE FAITH
OF A MUSTARD SEED.

A LITTLE SEED
THAT YOU CAN HARDLY SEE.

IF IT’S CENTERED IN CHRIST,
IT’S ENOUGH.

SO YOU REPENT,

AND YOU PUT YOUR FAITH
AND YOUR COMMITMENT IN CHRIST.

ARE YOU READY?

HAVE YOU PREPARED?

YOU’VE COME TO
THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

PROBABLY EXPECTING TO LIVE
MANY MORE YEARS,

BUT YOU DON’T KNOW!

DON’T WAIT!

MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT NOW!

WE’LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER
SITE LIKE THIS MAYBE

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE’LL NEVER HAVE
ANOTHER MOMENT

WHEN YOU’RE SO CLOSE
TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AS YOU ARE TONIGHT.

IN OUR CRUSADE IN ENGLAND
LAST MONTH,

I HEARD OF A MAN THAT WAS KILLED
IN A CAR CRASH

AFTER COMMITTING HIS LIFE
TO CHRIST EARLIER IN THE DAY,

OR, EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

I’M CERTAIN THAT HE WAS GLAD
AND THANKFUL TODAY

THAT HE MADE THAT COMMITMENT
TO CHRIST.

THERE WAS A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO WAS GOING TO VISIT

HER GRANDPARENTS

AND SHE WAS FLYING ALONE
ON AN AIRPLANE

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND HER MOTHER HAD ARRANGED
FOR THE CHILD’S GRANDFATHER

TO MEET HER AT THE AIRPORT
WHEN SHE ARRIVED.

AND THROUGHOUT THE DAYS
OF ANTICIPATION AND PREPARATION

THE MOTHER ASSURED HER DAUGHTER
THAT SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO WORRY,

HER GRANDDADDY WOULD BE THERE
TO MEET HER WHEN SHE ARRIVED.

WHEN THE MOTHER
PUT HER DAUGHTER ON THE PLANE,

AND A TEAR ROLLED DOWN
BOTH THEIR CHEEKS

AS THEY SAID GOODBYE,

THE MOTHER ASKED,
“DARLING, ARE YOU SCARED?”

THE LITTLE GIRL REPLIED,
“NO, MAYBE A LITTLE,

“BUT WHENEVER I GET WORRIED

“I JUST THINK ABOUT WHO’S GOING
TO MEET ME ON THE OTHER END

“AND EVERYTHING’S ALL RIGHT.”

WHEN WE GET WORRIED,

WE THINK ABOUT WHO’S GOING TO
MEET US ON THE OTHER END.

I’LL TELL YOU WHO IT IS.

JESUS IS GOING TO MEET YOU
ON THE OTHER END!

[applause]

A WOMAN HERE
CAME FOR REDEDICATION,

WANTING GOD TO HELP HER
WITH HER ANGER

TOWARD HER HUSBAND,
WHO HAD LEFT HER,

AND THEN CAME BACK
WITHOUT EVEN AN APOLOGY.

AND AS SHE WAS BEING COUNSELED,

SHE LOOKED PAST
THE COUNSELOR’S SHOULDER,

RIGHT HERE IN THIS STADIUM
AND GASPED!

SHE SAID,
“THERE’S MY HUSBAND!”

HE HAD BEEN IN THE STANDS,
HEARD THE MESSAGE

AND WAS MAKING A FIRST-TIME
COMMITMENT TO CHRIST,

AND THEY LEFT THE STADIUM

WITH THEIR ARMS
AROUND EACH OTHER.

THAT’S WHAT CHRIST CAN DO.

[applause]

[applause]

A 32-YEAR-OLD TECHNICIAN
AT MCDONNELL DOUGLAS

CAME TO ACCEPT CHRIST
THE OTHER NIGHT.

HE SAID, “MONEY HAS BEEN
GETTING IN THE WAY

“OF MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHRIST

“AND I WANT TO TURN OVER
MY LOVE FOR MONEY TO HIM.

“I WANT HIM TO BE
THE LORD OF MY LIFE.”

A STUDENT AT CAL TECH SAID,

“I SAW ALL THESE CHRISTIANS
WHO SEEMED TO BE SO HAPPY,”

I THOUGHT, “THERE’S SOMETHING
MISSING IN MY LIFE.

“I’M GOING OUT TO THE STADIUM
AND SEE WHAT IT IS.”

AND HE CAME,
AND FOUND IT IN JESUS CHRIST

AS HIS SAVIOR
AND HIS LORD.

THERE WAS A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN,

SAID HE WAS BORN IN CHINA,
HE GREW UP IN KOREA,

AND THIS WEEK
HE CAME TO ANAHEIM STADIUM

AND GAVE HIS LIVE TO CHRIST,

AND HE SAID, “I SHOULD HAVE
DONE THIS YEARS AGO,

“BUT I DIDN’T KNOW.”

I COULD TELL YOU STORY
AFTER STORY.

WE HAVE STACKS OF THEM
THAT COUNSELORS HAVE TURNED IN

OF WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE NOW

THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
TONIGHT.

YOU SAY, “WELL, BILLY,
YOU’VE BEEN CALLING PEOPLE

“TO COME FORWARD
AND MAKE THEIR COMMITMENT.

“YOU COULDN’T DO THAT
WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE BACK HERE,

“WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?”

I’LL TELL YOU WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO DO.

WE’VE GOT IT ALL PLANNED.

I’M GOING TO ASK THAT NO ONE
LEAVE THE STADIUM NOW.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND EVERYONE BE QUIET,
VERY QUIET.

I ASK PEOPLE TO COME
FORWARD PUBLICLY

BECAUSE EVERY PERSON
THAT JESUS CALLED

HE CALLED PUBLICLY.

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

“BEFORE MEN, I’LL NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE YOU BEFORE MY FATHER

“WHICH IS HEAVEN.”

THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN NICODEMUS,

AND WE’RE NOT SURE THAT
THAT WAS THE NIGHT

HE MADE HIS COMMITMENT,

BECAUSE HE CAME TO SEE JESUS
BY NIGHT.

BUT ALL THE OTHERS
THAT JESUS DEALT WITH

HE DID IT PUBLICLY,
IN THE OPEN.

I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST

IN THE OPEN.

TONIGHT.

I’M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU
TO COME FORWARD AND STAND

AS WE’VE DONE EVERY NIGHT
SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE.

THERE’S NO ROOM.

BUT I AM GOING TO ASK YOU
TO DO SOMETHING

THAT MAY BE EVEN HARDER,
AND I HOPE IT IS HARDER.

THE TOUGHER IT IS
THE MORE YOU’LL MEAN IT.

I’M GOING TO ASK
THAT WE BOW OUR HEADS

AND HAVE SILENT PRAYER…

PRAY FOR THE PERSON
TO THE RIGHT OF YOU,

AND LEFT OF YOU,

AND BACK OF YOU
AND FRONT OF YOU.

THEN I’M GOING TO ASK
EVERY PERSON HERE TONIGHT,

YOU’RE NOT SURE
YOU’RE READY TO MEET GOD,

YOU’RE NOT SURE
YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN,

YOU’RE NOT SURE IF YOU DIED,
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAVEN,

YOU WANT TO BE SURE,

YOU WANT TO OPEN YOUR HEART
AND LET CHRIST COME IN

AND YOU’RE READY
TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS

AND RECEIVE HIM BY FAITH
AS SAVIOR AND LORD.

HE SAID, “BUT AS MANY
AS RECEIVED HIM,

“TO THEM GAVE HE POWER
TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD

“EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE
ON HIS NAME.”

“IF WE CONFESS WITH OUR MOUTH
THE LORD JESUS

“AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS
THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM

“FROM THE DEAD,
WE SHALL BE SAVED.”

I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND

WHERE YOU ARE,

AS A SILENT WITNESS.

JUST STAND UP
AND STAND THERE FOR A WHILE,

AND THEN WE’LL ALL HAVE PRAYER
TOGETHER IN A FEW MINUTES.

IN A FEW MINUTES,

I’M GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU
AND HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU,

AND THEN YOU CAN
SIT BACK DOWN.

BUT I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO STAND UP WHERE YOU ARE,

HUNDREDS OF YOU,
THOUSANDS OF YOU,

JUST STAND UP
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

UP IN THAT UPPER PLACE,
ALL OVER.

DON’T APPLAUD NOW PLEASE.

LET PEOPLE TAKE THEIR TIME,
THINK ABOUT IT,

AND JUST STAND WHERE YOU ARE.

THERE’S A PHONE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN

THAT YOU CAN CALL NOW
FOR SPIRITUAL HELP AND COUNSEL.

AND AS THE PEOPLE
ARE RESPONDING HERE,

MAKE THAT TELEPHONE CALL.

AND YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
WATCHING ON TELEVISION,

YOU CAN MAKE
THE SAME COMMITMENT

THAT YOU SEE MANY HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HERE MAKING.

YOU CAN SAY YES TO CHRIST
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM,

IN YOUR LIVING ROOM,

IN YOUR BEDROOM,
WHEREVER YOU ARE.

GOD HELP YOU TO MAKE
THAT COMMITMENT,

AND BE SURE AND GO TO CHURCH
NEXT SUNDAY.

AS YOU’VE WATCHED
THE TELECAST THIS EVENING,

GOD HAS BEEN SPEAKING
TO YOUR HEART,

AND AGAIN, WE WOULD WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU,

TAKE TIME TONIGHT

TO EXPRESS YOUR DESIRE
TO RECEIVE CHRIST

AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD.

PEOPLE ARE STANDING BY
READY TO TALK TO YOU

AND TO HELP 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,
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

OR YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THE WEB
24/7 AT PEACEWITHGOD.TV.

WE’LL GET THE SAME HELPS TO YOU
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.

(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?