Most Christians can easily recite John 3:16. And many think the goal of salvation is just the forgiveness of sin to avoid hell. But there’s more to salvation than avoiding hell. John 3:16 shows that Jesus came to also give us eternal life. Unfortunately, the term “eternal life” has been largely misunderstood by the church.
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
> I LOVE THE STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…
> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.
> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE
> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
> IF IT HADN’T BEEN
FOR THIS MINISTRY,
> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
THIS WEEK I’M GOING TO
BE TEACHING
ON A VERY SPECIAL SUBJECT.
AND BEFORE I TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHAT THE TITLE OF THAT IS,
LET ME JUST INTRODUCE THIS
BY SAYING THAT I HAD
AN EMPLOYEE, JAMES LISI,
AND I CAN’T REMEMBER
THE EXACT TIMING ON THIS
BUT IT’S PROBABLY
BEEN 20 YEARS AGO OR MORE,
AND THIS MAN,
HE GOT A…HE HAD
A MIRACULOUS CONVERSION.
HE HAD BEEN ON DRUGS,
AND I FORGET ALL OF THE DETAILS,
BUT I MEAN, WHEN HE GOT SAVED,
HE GOT TOTALLY SAVED,
AND HE CAME TO WORK FOR ME
AND HE STARTED JUST DEVOURING
MY TEACHING.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO
TO OUR WEB SITE,
WE’VE GOT OVER 200,000 HOURS
OF FREE TEACHING ON MY WEB SITE
AND THERE’S JUST A LOT
OF MATERIAL.
AND SO I FORGET THE EXACT LENGTH
OF TIME BUT AFTER SIX MONTHS
OR A YEAR OR SOMETHING,
AND HE HAD LISTENED
TO A LOT OF MY TEACHING,
HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAYS,
IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE CHANCE
TO MINISTER TO A PERSON,
WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE?
WHAT I…WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO A PERSON IF YOU ONLY HAD
ONE CHANCE, AND HONESTLY,
I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT
THAT WAY,
AND SO IT TOOK ME A DAY OR TWO
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
I DECIDED THAT I WOULD TEACH ON
WHAT I’M OFFERING THIS WEEK,
A SINGLE TEACHING
THAT I’VE ENTITLED ETERNAL LIFE,
AND THAT TITLE MAY PUT YOU OFF,
AND PEOPLE THINK,
OH, ETERNAL LIFE,
MAN, I’VE HEARD ABOUT THIS,
YOU KNOW.
SEEMS LIKE OUT OF ALL THE THINGS
YOU’VE MINISTERED,
YOU COULD MINISTER
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
BUT WHAT THIS REALLY IS ABOUT
IS ABOUT INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
CONNECTED TO WHERE YOU ARE
REALLY IN TOUCH
WITH JESUS PERSONALLY
AND NOT JUST KNOWING ABOUT HIM,
EVEN THE DEVILS KNOW
ABOUT THE LORD.
IT SAYS OVER IN JAMES,
CHAPTER 2,
THAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE
IN ONE GOD;
WELL: THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE,
AND TREMBLE.
BUT WON’T YOU KNOW,
O VAIN MAN, THAT FAITH
WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD?
DID YOU KNOW THE…
THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN GOD.
THE DEVIL KNOWS ABOUT GOD.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE SECOND COMING,
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ANY OF THESE THINGS,
SATAN BELIEVES ALL THAT STUFF.
HE’S JUST NEVER SUBMITTED
HIMSELF TO THE LORD.
SO TRUE CHRISTIANITY
IS MORE THAN JUST
KNOWING ABOUT GOD,
IT’S ABOUT HAVING
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM,
AND THAT’S WHAT THIS
ETERNAL LIFE IS ABOUT.
IT’LL TAKE ME A LITTLE WHILE
TO EXPLAIN THIS.
I’LL BE GOING THROUGH THIS
ALL WEEK LONG.
IT’S ONLY GOING TO BE
THESE FIVE PROGRAMS THIS WEEK
THAT I SHARE THIS,
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE.
IF I ONLY HAD ONE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE,
I THINK I WOULD SHARE THIS
BECAUSE IF YOU RECEIVE
WHAT I’M SAYING,
IT’LL CONNECT YOU
DIRECTLY TO GOD
AND THEN GOD WILL TEACH YOU
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED.
MAN, THAT’S A POWERFUL
STATEMENT.
BUT LET ME START
WITH THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
THAT JUST ABOUT ANYBODY
WATCHING THIS
COULD PROBABLY QUOTE.
THIS IS VERY FAMILIAR,
JOHN, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16.
IT SAYS, FOR GOD SO LOVED
THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH
IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
AND YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SO FAMILIAR TO PEOPLE
THAT SOMETIMES THEY DON’T KNOW
WHAT IT SAYS.
YOU GET TO WHERE YOU BECOME
SO FAMILIAR WITH SOMETHING
YOU REALLY DON’T THINK
ABOUT IT MUCH.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY IT THIS WAY.
LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT THIS DOESN’T SAY.
THIS DIDN’T SAY
THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON
SO THAT YOU COULD BELIEVE ON HIM
AND NOT PERISH, PERIOD.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IT SAYS.
THE REAL FOCUS OF THIS VERSE
IS SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE,
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT
IN BETWEEN YOU AND ETERNAL LIFE
WAS THIS BARRIER OF SIN.
IT SAYS, IN ISAIAH, CHAPTER 59,
VERSES 1, 2 AND 3,
RIGHT IN THERE.
IT SAYS THAT GOD’S HAND
ISN’T SHORTENED,
THAT IT CANNOT SAVE
NOR HIS EAR HEAVY,
THAT IT CANNOT HEAR:
BUT YOUR INIQUITIES
HAVE SEPARATED
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD.
SIN SEPARATED US FROM GOD,
AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23,
THAT ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
SO EVERY SINGLE PERSON
ON THIS PLANET HAS BEEN
SEPARATED FROM GOD.
AGAIN, THERE’S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN JUST KNOWING
THAT GOD EXISTS
AND EVEN BELIEVING
THAT GOD EXISTS
AND MAYBE EVEN KNOWING THINGS
ABOUT GOD.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THAT AND HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
SIN SEPARATED US FROM GOD,
AND SO JESUS CAME AND DIED
FOR OUR SINS
TO REMOVE THIS BARRIER
THAT HAD SEPARATED US
FROM HIS FATHER.
MAN, WHAT A GREAT GIFT.
NONE OF US DESERVED IT.
NONE OF US COULD EARN
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
JESUS CAME AND JUST PAID
OUR PRICE AND PAID
FOR OUR SINS.
BUT…NOW LISTEN TO WHAT
I’M SAYING RIGHT HERE,
IF ALL YOU DID WAS COME
AND SAY, FATHER, FORGIVE ME
OF MY SINS,
I PUT MY FAITH IN JESUS,
AND YOU RECEIVE YOUR SINS
BEING BLOTTED OUT,
BUT IF YOU DON’T MOVE INTO
WHAT THE BIBLE HERE CALLS
ETERNAL LIFE,
THEN YOU’RE MISSING
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF SALVATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT THINK, WELL NOW
WAIT A MINUTE.
SAL…ETERNAL LIFE IS JUST
AN AUTOMATIC BYPRODUCT
OF GETTING BORN AGAIN.
YOU GO TO HEAVEN
AND YOU LIVE FOREVER
WITH THE LORD.
LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU
THAT ETERNAL LIFE AS DEFINED
IN SCRIPTURE IS NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT OFF IN THE FUTURE.
NOW IT WILL INVOLVE THAT
BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER DIE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
IN ETERNITY,
AND SO ETERNAL LIFE
INCLUDES THE FUTURE.
IT INCLUDES HEAVEN,
IT INCLUDES E…ETERNITY,
BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE NOW.
LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU
RIGHT HERE IN THIS SAME CONTEXT.
REMEMBER THAT MEN ARE THE ONES
WHO PUT IN THE CHAPTER
AND VERSE DIVISIONS
AND IT HELPS US
TO REFERENCE THINGS.
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT,
BUT YOU CAN’T THINK
THAT THIS IS
A BRAND-NEW TEACHING
THAT’S SEPARATE.
THIS IS IN THE SAME CONTEXT,
AND IF YOU GO DOWN TO JOHN,
CHAPTER 3, AND VERSE 36,
IT SAYS, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON
THE SON HATH EVERLASTING LIFE…
EVERLASTING LIFE ISN’T
WHEN YOU DIE
AND GO TO HEAVEN
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START
LIVING IN THIS SPIRIT REALM
AND THAT’S WHERE
EVERLASTING LIFE IS.
NO, EVERLASTING LIFE
IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOW,
AND IT’S NOT ONLY QUALITY
OF LIFE.
OFTEN YOU’LL HEAR PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE
AND THEY’LL SAY,
WELL, IT’S HAVING THE ZOE,
THAT’S THE GREEK WORD
THAT IS USED, Z-O-E,
AND THEY’LL SAY,
THE ZOE KIND OF LIFE,
WHERE YOU HAVE HIS JOY
AND HIS PEACE AND HIS POWER
AND HIS AUTHORITY
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS
THAT GO WITH LIFE THROUGH JESUS.
AGAIN, IT INCLUDES THAT,
BUT IT’S NOT ONLY THAT.
LET ME TURN OVER AND READ TO YOU
FROM JOHN, CHAPTER 17.
THIS IS JESUS PRAYING A PRAYER
BEF…RIGHT AFTER
THE LAST SUPPER
THAT HE HAD WITH HIS DISCIPLES,
RIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT TO GO
INTO THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED,
AND THEN OF COURSE,
THEY STARTED THIS MOCK TRIAL,
AND THE NEXT DAY
THEY CRUCIFIED HIM
AND HE PAID FOR OUR SINS.
AND THIS IS THE PRAYER
THAT HE PRAYED
WITH HIS DISCIPLES THE NIGHT
BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXION.
SO IN JOHN, CHAPTER 17,
VERSE 1, IT SAYS, THESE WORDS
SPAKE JESUS, AND LIFTED UP
HIS EYES TO HEAVEN, AND SAID,
FATHER, THE HOUR IS COME;
GLORIFY THY SON,
THAT THY SON
ALSO MAY GLORIFY THEE:
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM
POWER OVER ALL FLESH,
THAT HE SHOULD GIVE ETERNAL LIFE
TO AS MANY AS THOU
HAST GIVEN HIM.
NOW REMEMBER THIS IS
WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT IS,
WHAT IS E…ETERNAL LIFE,
EVERLASTING LIFE?
HE SAYS THAT THIS IS
WHAT GOD ANOINTED HIM TO DO,
WAS TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE
TO AS MANY AS THOU
HAST GIVEN HIM,
AND THEN IN VERSE 3,
IT’S JUST LIKE
IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK UP,
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION
OF ETERNAL LIFE?
IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
A SPIRITUAL DICTIONARY
THAT DEFINED ALL OF THESE WORDS
FOR YOU, HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION
OF ETERNAL LIFE,
JOHN, CHAPTER 17, VERSE 3,
AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL,
THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE
THE ONLY TRUE GOD,
AND JESUS CHRIST,
WHOM THOU HAST SENT.
SO HERE’S JESUS,
THE AUTHOR OF ETERNAL LIFE,
TELLING US WHAT ETERNAL LIFE IS,
AND HE SAYS,
IT’S KNOWING GOD
AND JESUS CHRIST.
AND I IMAGINE THAT
THERE’S SOME PEOPLE HERE
THINKING, IT’S JUST KNOWING GOD?
I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING
MORE THAN THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR…
LIVING FOREVER IN ETERNITY
OR SOMETHING.
DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY
LIVES FOREVER?
THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS WHEN A PERSON DIES, THAT
THAT’S JUST IT AND IT’S OVER.
OUR…OUR SPIRIT MAN
IS IMMORTAL.
NOW IT’S NOT GOING TO
NECESSARILY LIVE FOREVER
IN HEAVEN,
BUT IT WILL LIVE FOREVER,
EITHER IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL,
BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS A PERSON JUST DYING
AND CEASING TO EXIST.
THAT’S NOT
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES TEACH.
EVERYBODY LIVES FOREVER.
AND THEN SOME PEOPLE
MIGHT SAY, WELL,
IT’S NOT JUST LIVING FOREVER
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIVE
FOREVER IN HELL, IN TORMENT,
SEPARATED FROM GOD,
BUT IT’S LIVING FOREVER
IN HEAVEN.
BUT AGAIN, THESE VERSES HERE
SAY THAT IT’S…WE…
IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOW,
AND THIS SAYS
THAT ETERNAL LIFE ISN’T JUST
LIVING FOREVER,
BUT IT’S KNOWING GOD
AND JESUS CHRIST.
AND THIS ISN’T TALKING ABOUT
JUST INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE,
JUST KNOWING ABOUT GOD,
SAYING…YOU KNOW, I PICKED UP
A GUY YESTERDAY
WHO WAS HITCHHIKING
AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM
ABOUT THE LORD AND I ASKED HIM
IF HE KNEW THE LORD.
OH, YEAH, I KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THE LORD.
AND ANYWAY, I WENT ON
AND TALKED TO HIM
AND I DON’T KNOW THAT
I EVER TOTALLY PENETRATED
EVERYTHING,
BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
IN KNOWING ABOUT GOD,
BEING ABLE TO TELL
CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT HIM
AND KNOWING HIM PERSONALLY.
SEE, THE BIBLE USES
THIS WORD KNOW DIFFERENTLY
THAN WHAT MOST OF US TODAY DO.
MOST PEOPLE TODAY…
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY,
DO YOU KNOW ANDREW WOMMACK,
AND THERE’S MANY OF YOU
THAT WE HAVE NEVER MET
EACH OTHER,
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ME
EXCEPT ON TELEVISION,
BUT MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN ME,
YOU’VE HEARD SOME OF MY STORIES.
IF YOU’VE GOTTEN
ANY OF MY MATERIALS,
I USE A LOT OF PERSONAL EXAMPLES
TO ILLUSTRATE THINGS
I’M TALKING ABOUT,
AND THERE’S PEOPLE
THAT KNOW THINGS ABOUT ME
FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
THEY CAN COME AND TELL ME
A LOT OF THINGS,
AND SO THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT SAY, OH, YEAH,
I KNOW ANDREW WOMMACK,
BUT YOU DON’T KNOW ME.
YOU KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT ME,
BUT YOU DON’T
KNOW ME INTIMATELY.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT OVER IN GENESIS,
CHAPTER 4.
IT SAYS, AND ADAM KNEW
HIS WIFE EVE,
AND THAT SHE CONCEIVED
AND BORE A SON.
AND ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE,
OLD AND NEW TE…COVENANT,
IT WILL TALK ABOUT
A MAN AND A WIFE,
AND IT SAYS
THAT THE MAN KNEW HIS WIFE.
THAT’S TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN
JUST INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE.
I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE
MY TELEVISION TIME TO EXPLAIN
THE FACTS OF LIFE TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW
WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,
BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW A PERSON
MORE THAN JUST INTELLECTUAL
IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHILD.
IT’S TALKING ABOUT
AN INTIMATE UNION AND COMMUNION.
AND THIS IS THE WAY
THAT THE BIBLE USES
THIS WORD KNOW.
SO WHEN JESUS SAID,
THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL,
THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE
THE ONLY TRUE GOD,
AND JESUS CHRIST,
WHOM HE HAST SENT,
MAN, THIS IS AMAZING.
ETERNAL LIFE IS KNOWING GOD
IN AN INTIMATE, CLOSE,
PERSONAL WAY.
MAN, THAT’S…
THAT’S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, IT…IT JUST AMAZES ME
THAT WE CAN EVEN BE FORGIVEN
OF OUR SINS.
IT’S A DEBT THAT NONE OF US
COULD HAVE EVER PAID.
NONE OF US DESERVE SALVATION,
BUT IF GOD HAD FORGIVEN US
AND JUST WASN’T GOING TO
SEND US TO HELL
AND WASN’T GOING TO PUNISH US,
THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN
WE DESERVE.
BUT TO THINK THAT HE NOT ONLY
WANTS TO FORGIVE US,
BUT HE WANTS THIS INTIMACY
WITH US.
HE WANTS TO KNOW
YOU PERSONALLY.
HE WANTS YOU
TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY,
NOT JUST KNOW ABOUT HIM,
BUT EXPERIENCE HIM.
YOU KNOW, I’VE GOT MANY,
MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS,
BUT I REMEMBER ONE TIME
WHEN I WAS IN VIETNAM,
AND I WAS A RELATIVELY
YOUNG BELIEVER.
I DIDN’T KNOW A LOT OF THE WORD,
AND I HAD A MAN COME
TO A BIBLE STUDY
THAT I WAS HOSTING IN VIETNAM.
THERE WAS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN
PEOPLE THERE, AND HE CAME IN.
HE WAS A PRINCETON GRADUATE.
HE LISTENED TO ME
FOR JUST A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME
AND THEN HE GOT TO ASKING ME
THESE REAL TOUGH QUESTIONS
THAT I DIDN’T KNOW THE ANSWER
TO THEM AT THAT TIME.
AND ANYWAY, HE JUST SHOWED ME
THAT I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW A LOT
ABOUT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT,
AND HE GOT UP
AND RIDICULED THE THING,
SAID, THERE IS NO GOD,
AND HE MOCKED ME AND HE SAYS,
I’M LEAVING,
WHO WILL GO WITH ME?
AND MY ENTIRE GROUP,
ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN GUYS,
THEY ALL LEFT WITH THE ATHEIST,
WHO OUT TALKED ME.
AND YOU KNOW,
I WAS JUST SITTING THERE
PRAYING AND SAYING,
OH GOD, WHAT A MESS.
I DIDN’T…DIDN’T REPRESENT YOU
VERY WELL, AND I WAS PRAYING,
GOD, HELP ME.
HELP ME TO, YOU KNOW,
LEARN SO THAT I CAN ANSWER
PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS
AND THAT I COULD REPRESENT
YOU PROPERLY.
AND AS I WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS,
THIS GUY WHO HAD JUST
RUINED MY BIBLE STUDY
WALKED BACK IN AND SAT DOWN.
I WAS IN LIBRARY SITUATION,
AND HE WALKED IN AND SAT DOWN
AND MADE LIKE HE WAS
READING A BOOK
OR DOING SOMETHING,
AND MAN, I STARTED PRAYING
AND SAYING, OH GOD, GIVE ME
ANOTHER CHANCE.
HOW COULD I REACH THIS GUY?
AND THIS GUY JUST WALKED OVER
TO ME AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE
HAD LEFT AND HE WALKED OVER
AND HE SAYS,
I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE,
AND I WAS SHOCKED
BECAUSE HE HAD JUST
OUT TALKED ME.
HE HAD MADE A FOOL OF ME
AND…AND MY ENTIRE BIBLE STUDY
GROUP LEFT WITH HIM,
AND YET WITHIN 10 OR 15 MINUTES
HE SAYS, I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE,
AND I SAID…I SAID, WHY?
I SAID, YOU JUST OUT TALKED ME,
YOU MADE A FOOL OF ME.
AND HE SAYS…HE…
THAT’S WHEN HE TOLD ME, HE SAYS,
I’M A PRINCETON GRADUATE.
MY WHOLE LIFE IS BUILT
ON INTELLECT.
IT’S BUILT ON AN ARGUMENT
AND I CAN ARGUE, AND HE SAYS,
I OUT ARGUED YOU,
BUT YOU’VE GOT SOMETHING
THAT’S MORE THAN INTELLECT.
HE SAYS, YOU STILL BELIEVE.
EVEN THOUGH I MADE YOU
LOOK LIKE A FOOL,
YOU HAVE SOMETHING
THAT I DON’T HAVE.
YOU’VE GOT AN EXPERIENCE
WITH GOD.
I WANT THAT, AND I WAS ABLE
TO LEAD THIS MAN TO THE LORD.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
BUT SEE, THIS IS WHAT
I’M TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE
RIGHT HERE,
THAT TRUE CHRISTIANITY
ISN’T JUST KNOWING ABOUT GOD.
I STILL DON’T
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
THERE ARE STILL TIMES,
THAT MAN, I JUST WALK AWAY
AND THINK, GOD, I NEED TO HAVE
A BETTER ANSWER THAN THIS,
AND I DON’T ALWAYS
REPRESENT GOD,
AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT…
THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
THEY’RE SO STRICT
AND SO ESTABLISHED
IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE
THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO PENETRATE THAT,
BUT I KNOW GOD.
MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS ONE
OF THE THINGS
THAT I TOLD THIS GUY.
I SAID, LOOK, YOU CAN’T TELL ME
THERE’S NOT A GOD
BECAUSE I TALK TO HIM
ALL THE TIME.
I’VE TALKED TO HIM TODAY.
I’M TALKING TO HIM RIGHT NOW
AND HE TALKS TO ME.
I SAID, YOU CAN’T TELL ME
THAT THERE ISN’T A GOD
BECAUSE I KNOW HIM,
I EXPERIENCE HIM,
AND HE WANTED THAT.
SEE, THIS IS WHAT
TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS.
TRUE ETERNAL LIFE IS KNOWING GOD
AND JESUS CHRIST.
NOT JUST KNOWING ABOUT HIM;
BUT KNOWING GOD PERSONALLY.
AND YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
I COULD…THERE’S NO WAY
THAT I CAN KNOW YOUR IDENTICAL
OR YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION,
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GOD.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ARGUE
SOME THINGS.
YOU MAY HAVE READ THE BIBLE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARGUING,
DISCUSSING SO THAT YOU COULD BE
INFORMED AS YOU SIT HERE
AND CRITICIZE
OR DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
AND YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT GOD,
BUT YOU DON’T KNOW GOD.
AND I’M TELLING YOU,
IF THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENED
TO YOU,
YOU’VE MISSED SALVATION.
SALVATION ISN’T JUST
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT GOD EXISTS.
AGAIN, I GO BACK
TO JAMES, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 19.
IT SAYS, YOU BELIEVE
THAT THERE’S ONE GOD
YOU DO WELL:
THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE,
AND TREMBLE.
BUT WON’T YOU KNOW,
O VAIN MAN,
THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
IS DEAD?
IF YOU…IF ALL YOU DO
IS JUST BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS A GOD,
THE DEVIL BELIEVES THAT,
AND YET THE DEVIL’S NOT SAVED.
IT TAKES MORE
THAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT GOD EXISTS.
IT MAKES…IT TAKES MORE
THAN JUST KNOWING SOME FACTS
ABOUT GOD AND MAYBE SOME
OF THE FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE.
YOU HAVE TO CONNECT PERSONALLY
WITH THE LORD,
AND THE GOOD NEWS
IS GOD WANTS THIS
MORE THAN YOU WANT IT.
GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIM.
NOT JUST KNOW ABOUT HIM,
BUT TO KNOW HIM,
TO EXPERIENCE HIM,
AND GOING BACK
TO THAT FIRST VERSE
I STARTED WITH,
JOHN 3:16, GOD SO LOVED
THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES
IN HIM WOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE,
BUT WOULD GET
TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.
THAT’S WHAT GOD’S WILL IS.
GOD DIDN’T SAVE YOU;
HE DIDN’T SEND JESUS TO DIE
FOR YOUR SINS JUST OUT OF PITY
BECAUSE HE FELT RESPONSIBLE
AS CREATOR,
AND SO HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING
BECAUSE AFTER ALL HE’S THE ONE
THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING
THAT HAS GOTTEN TOTALLY
OUT OF HAND,
AND SO HE DID IT OUT OF A SENSE
OF RESPONSIBILITY,
DEBT, OBLIGATION.
NO, HE DID IT OUT OF LOVE.
GOD SO LOVED YOU AND ME,
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU
ARE THINKING,
MAN, YOU DON’T KNOW ME.
GOD KNOWS YOU AND GOD LOVED YOU.
PAUL IS THE ONE THAT WROTE
HALF OF THE BOOKS
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND YET, PAUL WAS A MURDERER.
HE WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS,
AND YET JESUS DIED FOR HIM.
AND PAUL SAID
THAT GOD HAD SAVED HIM
TO BE AN EXAMPLE
TO OTHER PEOPLE,
THAT MAN, IF GOD CAN SAVE ME,
HE CAN SAVE ANYBODY.
THE LORD LOVES YOU.
GOD SO LOVED.
HE DIDN’T DIE FOR YOUR SINS
OUT OF A SENSE OF DEBT
OR OBLIGATION.
HE DID IT OUT OF LOVE.
GOD WANTS TO KNOW
YOU PERSONALLY.
GOD WANTS TO TALK TO YOU
AND HAVE YOU TALK TO HIM.
HE WANTS YOU
TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, I C…
I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY,
I DON’T THINK
THAT I HAVE PLUMBED THE DEPTHS
OF RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
I STILL WANT TO KNOW GOD MORE,
BUT I HAVE HAD TIMES
THAT I HONESTLY FELT LIKE
I WAS GOING TO EXPLODE
JUST BECAUSE
I WAS FELLOWSHIPPING WITH GOD
AND GOD WAS SO REAL IN MY LIFE
THAT HONESTLY I FELT LIKE
I CAN’T…I CAN’T TAKE ANYMORE.
I LITERALLY ONE TIME,
ASKED GOD TO STOP.
I SAID, I CANNOT HANDLE
ANY MORE.
I’VE REGRETTED SAYING THAT.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE TRIED.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE
TO JUST BEEN MAYBE CAUGHT UP
INTO HEAVEN OR SOMETHING,
I DON’T KNOW,
BUT WHAT I’M SAYING IS,
I HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD.
I…I KNOW HIM.
MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD,
BUT MORE THAN I EVER HAVE
AND MORE THAN
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO,
AND THIS IS WHAT ETERNAL LIFE
IS ALL ABOUT,
IS ABOUT KNOWING GOD
ON AN INTIMATE, CLOSE,
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP LEVEL.
AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE THAT,
YOU’RE MISSING OUT
ON WHAT SALVATION IS.
SALVATION ISN’T JUST GETTING
YOUR SINS FORGIVEN
SO THAT YOU WON’T GO TO HELL,
BUT INSTEAD GO TO HEAVEN.
NO, SALVATION IS ALL ABOUT
KNOWING GOD RIGHT NOW
IN THIS INTIMATE, CLOSE,
PERSONAL WAY,
AND I KNOW THAT
THERE’S MANY OF YOU
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT MAYBE YOU DON’T HATE GOD,
MAYBE YOU AREN’T ANTAGONISTIC,
BUT YOU CAN’T SAY THAT YOU KNOW
HIM INTIMATELY LIKE THAT.
YOU NEED TO COME TO KNOW HIM,
AND THAT’S WHAT THIS TEACHING
IS ALL ABOUT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST
A SINGLE TEACHING,
BUT IF I ONLY HAD ONE SHOT
AT A PERSON AND COULD ONLY
TELL THEM ONE THING, THIS IS
WHAT I WOULD SHARE WITH THEM
IS ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE,
THAT GOD WANTS
TO KNOW YOU PERSONALLY.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE
THIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP,
AND IF YOU CAN TAP INTO THAT,
THEN EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS,
EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS,
WILL COME THROUGH THAT.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IN GALATIANS,
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 6,
THAT FAITH WORKS BY LOVE.
IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND
GOD’S GREAT LOVE TOWARDS YOU,
AND NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND IT
MENTALLY, BUT EXPERIENCE IT,
HAVE AN E…EXPERIENTIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
WHERE THIS LOVE IS FLOWING
THROUGH YOU, I GUARANTEE YOU,
FAITH WOULD JUST
AUTOMATICALLY WORK.
YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO HAVE
ALL THE FAITH BOOKS
AND ALL THE FAITH TEACHING
IF YOU JUST REALLY UNDERSTOOD
HOW MUCH GOD LOVED YOU,
IF YOU WERE WALKING AND DWELLING
IN THAT LOVE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT
I’M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
ALL WEEK LONG.
I’VE JUST LAID A FOUNDATION
TODAY AND THERE’S A LOT MORE
THAT THE WORD OF GOD HAS TO SAY
ABOUT THIS,
AND IF YOU WILL RECEIVE IT,
THIS COULD TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE,
AND THIS ISN’T ONLY FOR PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NEVER MADE
JESUS THEIR LORD.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE
WHO ARE BORN AGAIN,
AND IF YOU WERE TO DIE,
YOU WOULD GO TO BE WITH THE LORD
RIGHT NOW,
BUT YOU STILL DON’T HAVE
THIS INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP.
YOU ARE WAITING UNTIL HEAVEN.
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN
WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE,
BUT I’M TELLING YOU,
JESUS IS FOR THE ROUGH
NOW AND NOW,
NOT JUST THE SWEET BY AND BY,
AND YOU CAN HAVE
THIS INTIMACY WITH GOD TODAY.
THAT’S WHAT THIS TEACHING
IS ALL ABOUT.
THIS IS JUST A SINGLE LITTLE CD
THAT I WILL GIVE TO YOU
AS A GIFT.
THERE’S NO CHARGE TO THIS.
IF YOU WILL SIMPLY CALL US
OR WRITE US,
WE’LL GIVE THIS TO YOU
AND SHARE IT WITH YOU.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEB SITE
AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS
AS A FREE TEACHING.
SO I BELIEVE THAT
THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS EVER
SPOKEN TO ME.
IT’S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE
TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER
AS HE GIVES YOU
SOME MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS,
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO PLEASE CALL OR WRITE,
BUT RECEIVE THIS TEACHING
ON ETERNAL LIFE.
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>> ANDREW WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
HIS COMPLETE TEACHING
TITLED, ETERNAL LIFE,
IN YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER
A BOOKLET, OR A SINGLE CD
AS HIS FREE GIFT TO YOU TODAY.
THIS OFFER IS LIMITED
TO ONE FREE PRODUCT
PER HOUSEHOLD
AND IS ONLY AVAILABLE
IN THE US, UK, CANADA
AND AUSTRALIA.
GO TO AWMI.NET TO ORDER
YOUR FREE CD OR BOOKLET TODAY.
YOU CAN BECOME
A GRACE PARTNER
OR ORDER RESOURCES
THROUGH OUR WEB SITE
AT AWMI.NET.
WHILE THERE, YOU CAN DISCOVER
MORE PRODUCT DETAILS
AND DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL
FREE RESOURCES.
OR YOU CAN CALL
OUR HELPLINE AT 719-635-1111.
OUR HELPLINE IS OPEN
24 HOURS A DAY,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
AND FROM 7:30AM TO 6PM
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
TO WRITE US, USE THE ADDRESS
ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY
AND HOPE TO HEAR
>> FROM YOU TODAY.
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YOU KNOW, I’VE HAD A DESIRE
TO HAVE A 24/7 PHONE CENTER
WHERE WE COULD TAKE CALLS
ALL OF THE TIME.
RIGHT NOW WE’RE OPERATING
FIVE DAYS A WEEK,
24 HOURS A DAY,
BUT WE ARE STARTING TO OPEN
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
FROM 7:30 IN THE MORNING
UNTIL 6PM JUST SO THAT WE CAN
MINISTER TO YOU BETTER.
SO WE’VE EXPANDED THESE HOURS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT.
IT’S 719-635-1111.
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>> DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT OUR WEB SITE?
WE DESIGNED IT WITH YOU IN MIND.
NOW YOU CAN BROWSE
ON ALL YOUR MOBILE DEVICES.
EVERYTHING IS WHERE YOU WOULD
EXPECT IT TO BE,
AND IF YOU CAN’T FIND SOMETHING,
THE SEARCH BAR WILL.
IT’S FAST, EASY, AND IT JUST
MAKES SENSE.
>> CHECK IT OUT AT AWMI.NET.
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>> READY TO GET MORE
OUT OF GOD’S WORD
THAN EVER BEFORE?
WE GLADLY ANNOUNCE
THE ANDREW WOMMACK
LIVING COMMENTARY.
THIS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED
LIVING COMMENTARY
IS NOW AVAILABLE
EXCLUSIVELY AS A DOWNLOAD
FOR BOTH MAC AND WINDOWS
>> AT AWMI.NET.
YOU SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS
I’M NOT GOING BY WHAT I SEE.
I GO BY WHAT
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.
THERE’S MORE THAN
JUST THIS PHYSICAL REALM.
THERE’S ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM.
I DON’T CARE
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,
I KNOW WHAT
GOD’S WORD SAYS.
>> I WAS TOLD THAT
I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
SEVERE ASTHMA
>> AND FOOD ALLERGIES.
>> I WAS BORN MISSING
THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEART
WITH A VERY SMALL CHANCE
>> OF LIVING.
>> THE DOCTORS INDICATED
THAT I HAD A PERMANENT
BRAIN INJURY
AND THAT I WOULD NEVER FUNCTION
>> IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AGAIN.
>> I’M TIM MCDERMOTT
AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TOLD
THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOVER
FROM AUTISM.
FROM A YOUNG AGE
I HAD SEVERAL DIAGNOSES
INCLUDING ASPERGER’S SYNDROME,
DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME,
AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
MY BROTHER JAMES WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH AUTISM BEFORE HE TURNED 3.
FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE
WE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL,
BUT THEN MY PARENTS
STUMBLED ACROSS
THE HEALING JOURNEY
OF HANNAH TERRADEZ.
A FEW WEEKS LATER WE WENT
TO ANDREW’S FREE
GRACE AND FAITH CONFERENCE
WHERE WE WERE HEALED OF AUTISM.
TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER
I’M STILL WALKING IN
MY COMPLETE HEALING
>> AND I’M NOT ALONE.
>> I HAVEN’T NEEDED MY INHALER
IN YEARS AND NOW I EAT
>> WHATEVER I WANT.
>> MY HEART GREW BACK
ITS MISSING PIECE
AND THE DOCTORS COULD NOT
>> EXPLAIN IT.
>> TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY
HEALED, AND I GET TO TEACH
>> GOD’S TRUTH ABOUT HEALING.
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
PARTNERED WITH ANDREW
WOMMACK MINISTRIES,
WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN
OUR LIVES BACK.
WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY,
BUT THERE ARE STILL MILLIONS
OF LIVES OUT THERE
LOOKING FOR THE SAME TRUTH
THAT SET US FREE.
WILL YOU HELP US BRING
>> THIS MESSAGE TO THEM?
>> THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT
TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.
PLEASE CONSIDER
>> A PARTNERSHIP.
>> PLEASE PARTNER
WITH THIS MINISTRY.
>> IT’S AMAZING.
>> PLEASE CONSIDER
BEING A PARTNER
>> WITH THIS MINISTRY.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW
THESE PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW
EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
THAT YOU JUST SAW THEM
GIVE A TESTIMONY,
AND I TELL YOU,
JESUS CHANGED THEIR LIFE
BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS.
IF YOU’VE NOT YET JOINED WITH US
AND BECOME A PARTNER,
I ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT
AND JOIN WITH US TODAY.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO CHECK OUT GOSPEL TRUTH TV.
YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS
TO MY TEACHING
AND A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS 24/7.
IT’LL BE A BLESSING.
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