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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> 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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> 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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> 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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

♪ MUSIC ♪

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.

♪ MUSIC ♪

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