WEBVTT 07:06.900 --> 07:11.020 Foundation Baptist Church, please turn your hymnal page 23 07:12.860 --> 07:17.060 Page 23 there is power in the blood 07:19.900 --> 07:20.740 All together now. 07:23.400 --> 07:28.200 Would you be free from your burden of sin? 07:28.200 --> 07:34.280 There's power in the blood, power in the blood. 07:34.280 --> 07:39.080 Would you're a evil, a victory win? 07:39.080 --> 07:44.160 There's wonderful power in the blood. 07:44.160 --> 07:51.280 There is power, power, wonder working power in the blood. 07:52.000 --> 07:54.640 of the lamb. 07:54.640 --> 07:57.920 There is power, power, 07:57.920 --> 08:00.000 wonder working power 08:00.000 --> 08:05.000 in the precious blood of the lamb. 08:06.200 --> 08:11.200 Would you be free from your passion and pride? 08:11.480 --> 08:14.480 There's power in the blood, 08:14.480 --> 08:16.840 power in the blood. 08:17.100 --> 08:22.060 Come for a cleansing to Calvary's tide 08:22.060 --> 08:27.060 There's wonderful power in the blood 08:27.060 --> 08:29.060 There is power 08:31.800 --> 08:48.600 There is power, power, wonder working power in the precious blood of the lamb. 08:50.000 --> 08:55.200 Would you be wider, much wider than snow? 08:55.200 --> 09:01.040 There's power in the blood, power in the blood 09:01.040 --> 09:06.320 Sin's stains are lost in its life-giving flow 09:06.320 --> 09:11.360 There's wonderful power in the blood 09:11.360 --> 09:14.400 There is power, power 09:15.000 --> 09:32.760 There is power, power, wonder working power in the blood of the lamb. 09:34.100 --> 09:39.220 Would you do service for Jesus your King? 09:39.220 --> 09:45.020 There's power in the blood, power in the blood! 09:45.020 --> 09:50.220 Would you live daily his praises to sing? 09:50.220 --> 09:54.820 There's wonderful power in the blood! 09:55.300 --> 10:06.180 There is power, power, wonder-working power in the blood of the Lamb. 10:06.180 --> 10:16.820 There is power, power, wonder-working power in the precious blood of the Lamb. 10:16.820 --> 10:17.860 Amen. 10:18.400 --> 10:23.920 Heavenly Father, we thank you this morning, being able to gather together, Lord, and God, 10:23.920 --> 10:29.040 we just pray for a wonderful day here at Shur Foundation. Please bless the preaching today, 10:29.040 --> 10:35.680 Lord, and teaching and help us to win souls and reach people here in Indianapolis. We thank you 10:35.680 --> 10:44.640 and praise you for all things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Page 32, he lives on high. Page 32. 10:52.500 --> 11:04.340 Christ the Savior came from heaven's glory to redeem the loss from sin and shame. 11:04.340 --> 11:15.780 On his brow he wore the thorn crowned glory and upon Calvary he took my blame. 11:16.600 --> 11:28.400 He lives on high, he lives on high, triumphant over sin and all its stain. 11:28.400 --> 11:39.200 He lives on high, he lives on high, someday he's coming again. 11:39.900 --> 11:45.900 He arose from death and all its sorrow 11:45.900 --> 11:51.900 To dwell in that land of joy and love 11:51.900 --> 11:57.900 He is coming back some glad tomorrow 11:57.900 --> 12:02.900 And he'll take all his children home above 12:04.100 --> 12:09.900 He lives on high, he lives on high 12:09.900 --> 12:15.820 Sinner, yump, fint, over, sin and all its stain 12:15.820 --> 12:21.500 He lives on high, he lives on high 12:21.500 --> 12:26.600 Someday he's coming again 12:27.300 --> 12:33.300 Where he sold to Jesus, come confessing 12:33.300 --> 12:39.300 Redemption, sin, sin, and prophecy 12:39.300 --> 12:45.300 Look to Jesus and receive a blessing 12:45.300 --> 12:50.300 There is life, there is joy and victory 12:51.700 --> 12:57.360 He lives on high, he lives on high 12:57.360 --> 13:03.360 Triumphant over sin and all it's staying 13:03.360 --> 13:09.360 He lives on high, he lives on high 13:09.360 --> 13:14.360 Someday he's coming again 13:14.360 --> 13:16.360 Okay, now for some announcements 13:19.300 --> 13:23.020 Alright, welcome to Shua Foundation Baptist Church Sunday morning service. 13:23.020 --> 13:26.540 If you need a bulletin, please raise your hand and Usher will bring one to you. 13:27.100 --> 13:30.100 Keep your hand raised until you get the bulletin. 13:30.100 --> 13:36.100 On the front of the page you can see the verse of the week, Proverbs chapter 8 verse 36. 13:36.100 --> 13:37.100 The Bible says, 13:37.100 --> 13:40.100 But he that sinneth against me, runneth his own soul. 13:40.100 --> 13:43.100 All that I hate me, love death. 13:43.100 --> 13:46.100 And that's why Christians should not celebrate Halloween, Amen. 13:46.100 --> 13:49.800 Because we believe in life and not death. 13:49.900 --> 13:56.900 So let's look at the inside page. Give us a follow on our social media platforms on YouTube, Facebook, Rumble, and X. 13:56.900 --> 14:03.300 We have Sunday morning service at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4, and Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. 14:03.300 --> 14:07.500 We'll be going through Acts chapter 19, so please join us if you're able to. 14:07.500 --> 14:13.500 We have Sunday morning this afternoon at 1.30 p.m. and Saturday morning Sunday morning at 10.30 a.m. 14:13.500 --> 14:17.900 Upcoming events will have our annual pie and pray service. 14:17.900 --> 14:22.100 during the Sunday afternoon service on November 22nd. 14:22.100 --> 14:23.420 Please bring a pie to share. 14:23.420 --> 14:26.300 It'll be a special service just to thank the Lord, 14:26.300 --> 14:27.580 just to praise God. 14:27.580 --> 14:29.140 We also have our Christmas service 14:29.140 --> 14:31.620 on Sunday, December 20th. 14:31.620 --> 14:33.740 There'll be a Pollock right after the morning service. 14:33.740 --> 14:36.060 So please invite people to join us 14:36.060 --> 14:37.460 for the Christmas service. 14:37.460 --> 14:39.700 Also Christmas Eve service will be on Thursday, 14:39.700 --> 14:42.620 December 24th, and there'll be no Wednesday night service 14:42.620 --> 14:44.500 that week and that week only. 14:44.500 --> 14:45.900 So if you don't normally come. 14:45.900 --> 14:49.500 at the midweek service. You don't want to miss the Christmas Eve service. 14:49.500 --> 14:53.740 Again, that's on Thursday, December 24th at 7 p.m. 14:54.000 --> 14:56.000 And then the Sony Marathons coming up, 14:56.000 --> 14:59.000 will next Saturday, actually this coming Saturday, 14:59.000 --> 15:01.500 will have the Evansville Sony Marathon, 15:01.500 --> 15:04.500 and Huyen here is planning on going to that 15:04.500 --> 15:07.000 Evansville Sony Marathon. 15:07.000 --> 15:10.000 Okay, have you all RSVP'd, because if you don't, 15:10.000 --> 15:12.500 then there might be consequences, okay? 15:12.500 --> 15:14.800 So, are you guys, I'm not going anymore? 15:15.600 --> 15:16.440 No? 15:16.440 --> 15:18.440 All right, gotcha. 15:18.440 --> 15:21.640 Yeah, send me the maps so I can get the Evansville 15:21.640 --> 15:26.440 sorted out and also if you want to go to the dinner, 15:26.440 --> 15:30.400 AKA Brother Wade's birthday party, please RSVP. 15:30.400 --> 15:33.560 If you don't, you only get water at the restaurant, okay? 15:33.560 --> 15:36.360 And so just let me know. 15:36.360 --> 15:39.160 Yeah, looking forward to a great Evansville event. 15:39.500 --> 15:45.100 Then Gary's someone is on November 28th and winter wonderland on December 26 15:45.340 --> 15:51.300 So again, you can find more details at our website also on God resource comm and then 15:51.860 --> 15:55.380 I mean assess October Sunday preaching schedule. It should be November 15:55.940 --> 15:59.600 So yeah, and then we'll have immense preaching 16:00.540 --> 16:07.060 We'll have men's preaching on November 29th. That's the Sunday afternoon service. If you want to preach, please let me know 16:07.500 --> 16:12.060 The general requirement is for you to attend the service, you know the week before and 16:12.460 --> 16:17.200 Just at least attend one once a winning time that week for you to be able to 16:17.700 --> 16:19.880 Preach just let me know if you have any questions 16:20.420 --> 16:23.660 And then if you want to know how to be saved or needs to be baptized 16:23.780 --> 16:28.220 Please see an usher or myself at the service. So let's finish the year strong 16:28.220 --> 16:35.280 Let's get more salvation and get more baptisms and get more visitors to to to show up here. So yeah stay on 16:35.500 --> 16:38.160 on top of your converts. 16:38.160 --> 16:40.700 Also on the back you can see the birthdays coming up 16:40.700 --> 16:42.840 for the month of October. 16:42.840 --> 16:44.820 We will sing happy birthday to them 16:44.820 --> 16:46.480 during the afternoon service. 16:46.480 --> 16:48.500 And with that being said, let's sing one more song 16:48.500 --> 16:49.700 and then we'll take up the offering. 16:53.800 --> 16:55.800 Turn to 244 16:57.220 --> 17:01.800 Amazing grace how sweet the sound amazing grace 244 17:18.400 --> 17:29.220 How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me 17:32.600 --> 17:41.800 I once was lost, but now am found. 17:41.800 --> 17:49.640 Was blind, but now I see. 17:49.640 --> 17:58.600 Twas grace that taught my heart to fear. 17:59.000 --> 18:04.920 And saints my fears believe 18:07.700 --> 18:16.700 How precious did that grace appear 18:16.700 --> 18:23.400 The hour I first believed 18:30.600 --> 18:38.200 Toils and snares I have already 18:46.300 --> 18:55.900 brought me safe thus far and grace will lead 19:05.200 --> 19:16.400 thousand years bright shining as the sun 19:20.600 --> 19:35.160 days to sing God's praise than when we first begun. 19:35.160 --> 19:36.480 Now for the tides and offering. 19:40.500 --> 19:42.400 Brother man, would you pray over us? 19:48.300 --> 19:48.800 Amen. 20:26.300 --> 20:31.580 Howdy church, please turn in your bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 30. If you don't have a 20:31.580 --> 20:36.380 Bible, please raise your hand and one will be given to you. Deuteronomy chapter 30. 20:43.100 --> 20:46.000 Deuteronomy chapter 30, the Bible reads, 20:46.000 --> 20:49.580 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, 20:49.580 --> 20:52.980 the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee, 20:52.980 --> 20:56.200 and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, 20:56.200 --> 20:58.540 whether the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 20:58.540 --> 21:00.780 and shalt return unto the Lord thy God, 21:00.780 --> 21:05.040 and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, 21:05.040 --> 21:09.100 thou and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soul. 21:09.500 --> 21:17.140 that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity and have compassion upon thee, and will return 21:17.140 --> 21:21.660 and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 21:21.660 --> 21:26.940 If any of thine be driven out unto the outermost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord 21:26.940 --> 21:30.420 thy God gather thee, and from thence he will fetch thee. 21:31.100 --> 21:38.820 the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt possess it and he will do and 21:39.020 --> 21:41.020 he will do the good and 21:41.260 --> 21:45.060 Multiply thee above thy fathers and the Lord thy God will circumcise 21:45.180 --> 21:52.020 Thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and that thou 21:52.020 --> 21:53.500 Mayst live 21:54.100 --> 22:00.300 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee 22:00.300 --> 22:02.260 which persecuted thee. 22:02.260 --> 22:07.100 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD and do all his commandments which 22:07.100 --> 22:09.100 I command thee this day. 22:09.100 --> 22:13.120 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit 22:13.120 --> 22:18.440 of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy hand for good. 22:18.440 --> 22:21.640 For the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good. 22:21.800 --> 22:27.560 as he rejoiced over thy fathers. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to keep 22:27.560 --> 22:33.640 his commandments and his statutes which are written in the book of the law, in this book of the law, 22:33.640 --> 22:40.520 and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, for this 22:40.520 --> 22:45.320 commandment which I command thee this day is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 22:45.900 --> 22:52.300 It is not in heaven that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring 22:52.300 --> 22:55.140 it unto us, that we may hear it and do it. 22:55.140 --> 23:00.700 Neither is it beyond the sea that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and 23:00.700 --> 23:03.780 bring it unto us, that we may hear it and do it. 23:03.780 --> 23:09.520 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do 23:09.520 --> 23:09.780 it. 23:10.000 --> 23:17.980 See, I have set before thee this day life and good and death and evil, in that I commanded 23:17.980 --> 23:22.600 thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments 23:22.600 --> 23:27.500 and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply, and the Lord thy 23:27.500 --> 23:31.360 God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 23:31.360 --> 23:35.320 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear. 23:35.900 --> 23:41.900 but shall be drawn away and worship other gods and serve them. I denounce unto you this day that ye 23:41.900 --> 23:48.780 shall surely perish and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land whether thou passeth over 23:48.780 --> 23:51.260 the Jordan to go to possess it. 23:51.600 --> 23:56.680 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life 23:56.680 --> 23:59.120 and death, blessing and cursing. 23:59.120 --> 24:04.340 Therefore, choose life that both thou and thy seed may live, that thou mayest love the 24:04.340 --> 24:08.180 Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice. 24:09.000 --> 24:15.560 that thou mayest cleave unto him, for he is thy life and the strength of thy days, and that thou 24:15.560 --> 24:22.280 mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 24:22.280 --> 24:25.600 to give them. Brother Eli, will you pray us in the service? 24:40.800 --> 24:45.280 Amen. You are in the book of Deuteronomy chapter number 30. 24:45.280 --> 24:48.160 Let's look at verse 19. The Bible says, 24:48.160 --> 24:51.200 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, 24:51.200 --> 24:55.040 that I have said before you life and death, blessing and cursing. 24:55.040 --> 24:59.360 Therefore choose life that both thou and thy seed may live. 24:59.360 --> 25:03.840 And the title of the sermon this morning is, Choose Life. 25:03.840 --> 25:04.960 Choose life. 25:05.400 --> 25:07.560 And life is good, amen. 25:07.560 --> 25:09.720 And God is the God of life. 25:09.720 --> 25:15.240 And in contrast, Satan, sin, and the rebellion 25:15.240 --> 25:17.800 lead toward death and destruction. 25:17.800 --> 25:20.040 And so many people glorify death today. 25:20.040 --> 25:23.160 But as Christians, we need to choose life. 25:24.000 --> 25:29.880 Now, verse 19, the context is talking more about a physical life because the context 25:29.880 --> 25:32.080 is blessing and cursing. 25:32.080 --> 25:37.120 So if the children of Israel, they obey the covenant, they will receive blessing. 25:37.120 --> 25:40.360 If they disobey, they will be cursed. 25:40.360 --> 25:42.400 Look at verse number 20. 25:42.400 --> 25:44.640 Thou mayest love the Lord thy God. 25:45.100 --> 25:50.100 that thou mayest obey his voice and that thou mayest cleave unto him for he is 25:50.100 --> 25:54.540 thy life and the length of thy days that thou mayest dwell in the land which the 25:54.540 --> 25:59.900 Lord swear unto thy fathers to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob and give them." So 25:59.900 --> 26:06.060 verse 20 says the Lord our God is our life right for he is thy life and we 26:06.060 --> 26:11.580 need to realize that God is indeed our life the Lord is our life because he is 26:11.580 --> 26:13.100 the author of life. 26:13.100 --> 26:15.600 Therefore, we should choose life. 26:15.600 --> 26:17.880 Turn to Romans chapter 6. 26:17.880 --> 26:20.880 Romans chapter number 6. 26:20.880 --> 26:25.460 And point number 1, choose eternal life. 26:25.460 --> 26:27.460 Choose eternal life. 26:27.460 --> 26:29.280 Why should we choose eternal life? 26:29.280 --> 26:34.120 Romans chapter 6, look at verse 23, a very, you know, 26:34.120 --> 26:34.400 Thanks for watching! 26:34.600 --> 26:41.440 Commonly used verse as someone in Romans 623 says for the wages of sin is death for the gift of God is eternal life 26:41.760 --> 26:46.760 Through Jesus Christ our Lord the opposite of eternal life is eternal death 26:46.920 --> 26:49.560 Which is in which is you know? 26:49.800 --> 26:53.520 Eternity in hell right and the reason people need to choose 26:53.800 --> 26:59.300 Eternal life is if they don't they will burn in hell forever. They will have this eternal damnation 26:59.300 --> 27:02.560 They will have eternal death and why do 27:02.600 --> 27:07.640 people have eternal death because sin brings death. 27:07.640 --> 27:10.240 Romans 5-12 says, wherefore, as by one man sin 27:10.240 --> 27:13.480 entered into the world, and death by sin, 27:13.480 --> 27:17.400 and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 27:17.400 --> 27:22.280 So the natural destination of sinful men is not life. 27:22.600 --> 27:24.600 It's eternal death in hell. 27:24.600 --> 27:27.600 Therefore, we all need to choose eternal life. 27:27.600 --> 27:31.600 If you are not saved today, you need to choose eternal life. 27:31.600 --> 27:34.600 Go to Colossians chapter 3. 27:34.600 --> 27:37.600 Colossians chapter number 3. 27:37.600 --> 27:40.600 Remember in Deuteronomy chapter 30, 27:40.600 --> 27:42.600 the Bible says choose life, 27:42.600 --> 27:45.600 and the Lord thy God is thy life. 27:45.600 --> 27:48.600 In Colossians chapter 3, look at verse number 4. 27:49.800 --> 27:53.640 Colossians chapter 3 verse 4 says this, 27:53.640 --> 27:57.240 when Christ, don't miss the next four words, 27:57.240 --> 28:02.840 who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 28:03.200 --> 28:07.280 Now, I do think Colossians 3 and 4 has an interesting 28:07.280 --> 28:10.880 connection with Deuteronomy chapter 30, right? 28:10.880 --> 28:13.820 Because in Deuteronomy, the Bible says, 28:13.820 --> 28:15.640 the Lord thy God is our life. 28:15.640 --> 28:17.060 But in Colossians 3 and 4, it says, 28:17.060 --> 28:19.140 for Christ, who is our life. 28:19.140 --> 28:22.380 It proves that Jesus Christ is God, right? 28:22.380 --> 28:23.480 But also, 28:23.480 --> 28:23.500 you 28:23.600 --> 28:27.920 It shows that Jesus Christ is our life. 28:27.920 --> 28:29.520 He is life. 28:29.520 --> 28:33.600 Go to the Gospel of John, go to John chapter 1. 28:33.600 --> 28:35.000 John chapter 1. 28:37.400 --> 28:43.040 Throughout the Gospel of John, the Bible is clear that Jesus is our life, that He is the 28:43.040 --> 28:44.040 author of life. 28:44.040 --> 28:49.280 John chapter 1 verse 1 says this, in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and 28:49.280 --> 28:50.880 the Word was God. 28:50.880 --> 28:52.600 It's a great verse about the Trinity, right? 28:52.600 --> 28:58.440 The Word is the Lord Jesus Christ, He was with God the Father and that He is God. 28:58.800 --> 29:03.120 Verse 2, the same, talking about Jesus, the word was in the beginning with God. 29:03.120 --> 29:06.800 All things were made by Him. Everything was made by Jesus. 29:06.800 --> 29:10.480 And without Jesus, without Him, was not anything made that was made. 29:10.480 --> 29:15.120 In Him, in Jesus was life. And life was the light of man. 29:15.120 --> 29:18.160 So Jesus Christ is our life, right? He is life. 29:18.160 --> 29:20.000 Turn to John chapter 5. 29:20.000 --> 29:21.440 John chapter number 5. 29:23.400 --> 29:26.580 Look at verse 24, John 5 24 says this, 29:26.580 --> 29:29.420 verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word 29:29.420 --> 29:34.480 and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life 29:34.480 --> 29:36.320 and shall not come into condemnation, 29:36.320 --> 29:38.960 but is passed from death unto life. 29:38.960 --> 29:42.760 If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, 29:42.760 --> 29:45.820 you have eternal life, you have everlasting life, 29:45.820 --> 29:49.600 you will no longer be having this eternal death, right? 29:49.600 --> 29:51.400 You'll pass from death unto life. 29:51.400 --> 29:53.000 Could be John chapter 6. 29:53.700 --> 29:57.860 John chapter 6, look at verse 35, John 6 35, 29:57.860 --> 30:01.860 and Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life, 30:01.860 --> 30:04.360 not the crackers that the Catholics eat, okay? 30:04.360 --> 30:08.580 I am the bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never hunger, 30:08.580 --> 30:10.980 and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 30:10.980 --> 30:14.780 The Bible says if you partake this bread of life, 30:14.780 --> 30:18.020 aka believe on Christ, ye shall never hunger. 30:18.020 --> 30:21.260 That's why the Catholic Communion is just bogus, right? 30:21.260 --> 30:21.700 because we 30:21.700 --> 30:23.820 because you have to eat it every single week. 30:23.820 --> 30:26.820 Based on the Bible, if you take it once, you are set. 30:26.820 --> 30:27.660 OK? 30:27.660 --> 30:29.140 So the challenge chapter 10. 30:29.140 --> 30:30.400 Challenge chapter number 10. 30:33.600 --> 30:35.360 Look at verse 28. 30:35.360 --> 30:37.600 John 10, 28 says this. 30:38.900 --> 30:40.500 Here's Lord Jesus Christ speaking, 30:40.500 --> 30:43.220 and I give unto them eternal life, 30:43.220 --> 30:46.700 and they shall never perish, neither shall any man plug 30:46.700 --> 30:48.860 them out of my hand. 30:48.860 --> 30:51.220 Salvation is eternal life, meaning 30:51.220 --> 30:54.220 you can never lose your salvation for any reason. 30:54.220 --> 30:56.340 Doesn't matter what you do, all right? 30:56.340 --> 30:59.340 Because it's eternal life, eternal means forever. 30:59.340 --> 31:00.540 You shall never perish. 31:00.540 --> 31:01.900 You will never go to hell. 31:01.900 --> 31:03.600 You will never spend one second in hell. 31:03.600 --> 31:05.940 There's no such thing as purgatory. 31:05.940 --> 31:06.900 Go to John 11. 31:06.900 --> 31:11.900 John 11, look at verse 25. John 11, 25 says this, 31:12.800 --> 31:16.960 Jesus said unto her, I'm the resurrection and the life. 31:16.960 --> 31:19.300 He doth believeth in me, though he were dead, 31:19.300 --> 31:21.300 yet shall he live. 31:21.300 --> 31:24.720 As saved Christians, we might encounter physical death. 31:24.720 --> 31:27.300 You know, we might die physically, 31:27.300 --> 31:30.020 but we will never encounter the second death, right? 31:30.020 --> 31:33.900 We will never go to hell, but we will have eternal life. 31:33.900 --> 31:36.560 And Jesus Christ is the life. 31:36.800 --> 31:40.160 Of course, the famous verse in John 14, 6, when Christ said, 31:40.160 --> 31:43.280 I'm the way and the truth and the life, 31:43.280 --> 31:46.600 no man cometh unto the Father but by me. 31:46.600 --> 31:49.040 First, John 5, 11 says, and this is the record 31:49.040 --> 31:51.000 that God had given to us eternal life, 31:51.000 --> 31:53.800 and this life is in His Son. 31:54.000 --> 31:58.000 And he that had the son has life, and he that had not the son had not life. 31:58.000 --> 32:01.000 And there are ultimately two kinds of people in the world. 32:01.000 --> 32:05.000 Those who have the son and those who don't have the son. 32:05.000 --> 32:09.000 Those who have life and those who don't have eternal life. 32:09.600 --> 32:12.360 And how do you receive eternal life? 32:12.360 --> 32:13.660 It's very simple. 32:13.660 --> 32:16.200 Whosoever believeth in him in Christ 32:16.200 --> 32:19.100 shall not perish but have everlasting life. 32:19.100 --> 32:21.000 It's only by believing in Jesus 32:21.000 --> 32:23.440 and not by trusting in your works, right? 32:23.440 --> 32:26.480 We should trust him alone to save us, and that's it. 32:26.480 --> 32:29.820 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved. 32:29.820 --> 32:33.720 So before you can have any type of abundant life, 32:33.720 --> 32:36.480 any great life on this earth, 32:36.480 --> 32:37.520 you need to make sure that... 32:37.600 --> 32:40.080 you actually have eternal life. 32:40.080 --> 32:41.760 We need you to choose life. 32:41.760 --> 32:45.040 Go to John chapter 10 again, John chapter 10. 32:45.040 --> 32:47.600 So if you are not sure that you are going to heaven 32:47.600 --> 32:50.240 when you die, please talk to myself or an usher 32:50.240 --> 32:51.440 after the service. 32:51.440 --> 32:53.000 Choose eternal life. 32:53.000 --> 32:56.960 Point number two, choose abundant life. 32:56.960 --> 32:58.800 Choose abundant life. 32:59.400 --> 33:02.400 And I know most of you here are saved. 33:02.400 --> 33:04.400 You already have eternal life. 33:04.400 --> 33:08.400 But what are you going to do with the life that God has given you? 33:08.400 --> 33:10.400 John chapter 10, verse 10. 33:10.400 --> 33:12.400 John 10 says this, 33:12.400 --> 33:18.400 The thief cometh not before to steal and to kill and to destroy. 33:18.400 --> 33:21.400 I am come that they might have life. 33:21.400 --> 33:24.400 Jesus Christ comes so that people can be saved. 33:24.400 --> 33:26.400 But that's not only 33:26.700 --> 33:30.040 Jesus Christ does not only want us to have eternal life, 33:30.040 --> 33:32.500 and the Bible says, and that they might have it 33:32.500 --> 33:34.420 more abundantly, right? 33:34.420 --> 33:37.060 So God doesn't just want us to have eternal life, 33:37.060 --> 33:42.060 but he wants us to have an abundant life on this earth. 33:42.080 --> 33:43.980 Go to Romans chapter 12. 33:43.980 --> 33:46.800 Romans chapter number 12. 33:48.600 --> 33:51.200 If you are saved, if you have eternal life, 33:51.200 --> 33:53.860 let's have an abundant life on this earth 33:53.860 --> 33:56.320 because you can be alive spiritually speaking 33:56.320 --> 33:59.360 and waste your physical life on this earth. 33:59.360 --> 34:00.840 Romans chapter 12, look at verse 1. 34:00.840 --> 34:03.560 Romans 12.1 says this, I beseech you therefore, brethren, 34:03.560 --> 34:06.920 by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, 34:06.920 --> 34:10.760 don't miss this, a living sacrifice, 34:10.760 --> 34:13.920 holy, acceptable unto God, which is a reasonable service. 34:14.500 --> 34:17.260 I like this phrase, living sacrifice. 34:17.260 --> 34:20.900 It means a sacrifice that's alive, right? 34:20.900 --> 34:23.620 That's your life on this earth. 34:23.620 --> 34:27.220 And God doesn't just want you to be saved from hell. 34:27.220 --> 34:28.980 He wants your life. 34:28.980 --> 34:30.540 He wants your life right now. 34:30.540 --> 34:34.180 He wants your life to be a sacrifice unto him. 34:34.180 --> 34:37.140 That's how you can have an abundant life, right? 34:37.140 --> 34:40.700 Is to present your bodies a sacrifice that's alive, 34:40.700 --> 34:42.100 a living sacrifice. 34:42.100 --> 34:52.100 Romans chapter 6. Romans chapter 6. Look at verse 11. Romans 6-11 says this, 34:54.700 --> 35:01.660 Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through 35:01.660 --> 35:03.820 Jesus Christ our Lord. 35:03.820 --> 35:10.380 We should put, you know, sins metaphorically to death, but alive unto God, right? 35:10.380 --> 35:11.380 Live for Christ. 35:11.380 --> 35:13.220 That's how we live an abundant life. 35:13.220 --> 35:17.200 Verse 12, let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey it in the 35:17.200 --> 35:18.200 luster of. 35:18.200 --> 35:22.680 yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness on to sin but yield 35:22.700 --> 35:27.780 unto God as those that are alive from the dead, meaning if you are passed from 35:27.780 --> 35:32.900 dead unto life, live like it, right? Yield yourselves unto God and your members as 35:32.900 --> 35:37.780 instruments of righteousness unto God, for sin shall not have dominion over you, 35:37.780 --> 35:42.420 for ye are not under the law but under grace. We have the freedom, we have the 35:42.420 --> 35:47.220 grace to not sin, because now we can actually yield to God's strength. Amen. 35:47.220 --> 35:49.100 Good equation chapter 2. 35:49.500 --> 35:51.100 Galatian Chathamartu. 35:53.900 --> 35:55.820 Paul said in Philippians chapter 1, 35:55.820 --> 36:01.100 for to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. 36:01.100 --> 36:03.780 That's a super powerful statement. 36:03.780 --> 36:08.780 For me to cry, for me to live is Christ living in me. 36:08.780 --> 36:11.140 That's an abundant life. 36:11.140 --> 36:13.100 Galatians chapter 2, look at verse 20. 36:13.100 --> 36:14.600 Galatians 2, 20. 36:15.600 --> 36:21.600 The Bible says, I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, 36:21.600 --> 36:26.200 and the life which I now live in the flesh. That's Paul's physical life. 36:26.200 --> 36:32.800 The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 36:32.800 --> 36:38.800 If you think about how you receive your salvation, what Christ did to give you this salvation, 36:38.800 --> 36:43.600 you should live your life by the faith of the Son of God, because he loved you. 36:43.600 --> 36:45.600 and he died for you, right? 36:45.600 --> 36:47.560 The life which I now live in the flesh, 36:47.560 --> 36:49.560 you should be living unto God. 36:50.720 --> 36:54.480 And Colossians says that Christ is our life. 36:54.480 --> 36:58.080 Philippians says to me to live as Christ, 36:58.080 --> 37:01.520 so if Christ is your life, live like it. 37:01.520 --> 37:03.240 That's the whole point, right? 37:03.240 --> 37:05.880 So what's the ramification of all this? 37:05.880 --> 37:08.080 Don't live your life on vanity. 37:08.080 --> 37:10.520 Don't live your life on things that don't matter. 37:11.000 --> 37:13.760 Solomon said in the book of Ecclesiastes, 37:13.760 --> 37:15.800 let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. 37:15.800 --> 37:17.640 Fear God and keep His commandments, 37:17.640 --> 37:21.000 for this is the whole duty of man. 37:21.000 --> 37:24.040 Turn to actually go to Colossians chapter 3, 37:24.040 --> 37:25.240 Colossians chapter 3. 37:26.600 --> 37:29.400 Let me read to you Ephesians 5.15. 37:29.400 --> 37:32.120 See then that ye walk circumspectly, 37:32.120 --> 37:34.200 not as fools, but as wise, 37:34.200 --> 37:37.160 redeeming the time because the days are evil. 37:37.160 --> 37:39.080 Wherefore be ye not unwise, 37:39.080 --> 37:43.220 but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 37:43.220 --> 37:45.760 We should walk cautiously, 37:45.760 --> 37:48.880 we should walk wisely because the time is short. 37:48.880 --> 37:52.120 Redeem the time to live an abundant life. 37:52.120 --> 37:54.080 Psalm 90 verse 12 says this. 37:54.080 --> 37:54.600 So teach. 37:54.600 --> 37:59.680 us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts onto wisdom. 37:59.680 --> 38:04.000 And we only get so many years in this life, and there's nothing inherently wrong with 38:04.000 --> 38:08.320 entertainment, video games, or sports, but don't waste your life on them. 38:08.320 --> 38:09.320 Right? 38:09.320 --> 38:14.120 There's nothing wrong to relax, go on vacation, but don't make your life about them. 38:14.120 --> 38:16.520 Colossians chapter 3 verse 1. 38:16.520 --> 38:17.520 Colossians 3, 1. 38:17.900 --> 38:26.300 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 38:26.300 --> 38:30.940 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 38:30.940 --> 38:34.380 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ. 38:34.700 --> 38:40.860 In God, when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 38:40.860 --> 38:42.940 Again, the principle is the same. 38:42.940 --> 38:47.020 If you are saved, you should live like you are saved. 38:47.020 --> 38:48.720 Right? Because the Bible says in verse 3, 38:48.720 --> 38:51.180 and your life is hid with Christ in God, 38:51.180 --> 38:53.820 meaning your life is attached to Christ now. 38:53.820 --> 38:55.460 Christ has saved you, right? 38:55.460 --> 38:57.860 Your life is securely bound up with Christ. 38:57.860 --> 38:59.300 Your life is hidicated with Christ. 38:59.300 --> 39:00.380 So live like it. 39:00.380 --> 39:02.620 Live like Christ is actually your life. 39:03.000 --> 39:04.240 Look at verse 5. 39:04.240 --> 39:06.320 Here's the ramification. 39:06.320 --> 39:10.440 Mourn if I therefore put to death your members which 39:10.440 --> 39:13.000 are upon the earth fornication and cleanliness, 39:13.000 --> 39:16.720 inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, 39:16.720 --> 39:19.040 and covetousness which is idolatry. 39:19.040 --> 39:22.560 Because your life is Christ, because Christ is your life, 39:22.560 --> 39:24.640 therefore put your members, put your lust, 39:24.640 --> 39:27.760 put your desires to death, metaphorically speaking. 39:27.760 --> 39:28.260 OK? 39:28.260 --> 39:28.500 Thanks for watching! 39:29.000 --> 39:33.600 So the point is, live for eternal things. 39:33.600 --> 39:37.400 Live for have an abundant life. 39:37.400 --> 39:40.880 So if Christ wants us to have an abundant life, 39:40.880 --> 39:43.680 this means Christianity can be super fun. 39:43.680 --> 39:44.400 Yep. 39:44.400 --> 39:50.180 And some people think denying yourself and living for God is just rigid and boring, 39:50.180 --> 39:53.560 but that's how you have abundant life. 39:53.560 --> 39:57.960 Abundant means plentiful. It's a fulfilled life. 39:57.960 --> 40:05.320 And that's why being a good Christian can be super super fun, can be super super exciting. 40:05.700 --> 40:09.140 and the souls that you want to Christ are eternal. 40:09.140 --> 40:09.780 Right? 40:09.780 --> 40:12.300 And the time that you spend reading the Bible, 40:12.300 --> 40:15.220 memorizing scripture, teaching and preaching the Word of God 40:15.220 --> 40:19.820 is not wasted time because God's Word is also eternal. 40:19.820 --> 40:22.540 The people that you invest in spiritually 40:22.540 --> 40:26.380 are also eternal because when you invest in them, 40:26.380 --> 40:28.980 it will help them live for eternity. 40:29.700 --> 40:32.060 This means teaching your children the Bible, 40:32.060 --> 40:35.820 strengthening your marriage, encouraging a weaker Christian, 40:35.820 --> 40:37.540 or helping somebody grow. 40:37.540 --> 40:43.380 And the Lord is also investing in something that matters forever. 40:43.380 --> 40:47.340 Also, prayer is investing in eternal things. 40:47.340 --> 40:49.820 You can pray for people to be saved, right? 40:49.820 --> 40:55.180 But you can also bring in eternal souls and spiritual needs before God. 40:56.300 --> 41:00.980 You know, you can pray for people to serve God, pray for preachers, pray for missionaries, 41:00.980 --> 41:05.300 and pray for churches, and pray for food church generations, and these things can last forever. 41:05.900 --> 41:10.300 And giving to the work of God has eternal value, 41:10.300 --> 41:12.900 because money itself may be temporary, 41:12.900 --> 41:17.780 but it can be converted into eternal fruit. 41:17.780 --> 41:21.260 Like tithing to a local church, giving to missions, 41:21.260 --> 41:22.820 go on a mission trip. 41:22.820 --> 41:26.300 Hey, the money, even though it's temporary, 41:26.300 --> 41:30.180 you can invest them into eternal things. 41:30.180 --> 41:32.340 to Acts chapter 11, Acts 17. 41:32.900 --> 41:36.260 Act 17. 41:36.260 --> 41:38.860 So as I said, point number one, choose eternal life. 41:38.860 --> 41:41.500 Point number two, choose abundant life. 41:41.500 --> 41:45.740 Point number three, choose physical life. 41:45.740 --> 41:47.200 Choose physical life. 41:47.500 --> 41:50.300 Let me read to Genesis 2 verse 7. 41:50.300 --> 41:53.500 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 41:53.500 --> 41:57.020 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 41:57.020 --> 41:59.660 and man became a living soul. 41:59.660 --> 42:02.220 So God is the author of life. 42:02.220 --> 42:05.740 If you are alive today, I mean I hope you all are, okay? 42:05.740 --> 42:08.620 If you are alive today, God gave you life. 42:08.620 --> 42:10.300 God gave you the breath of life. 42:10.300 --> 42:11.820 Acts 17, look at verse 24. 42:11.820 --> 42:13.500 Acts 17, 24 says this. 42:14.500 --> 42:32.500 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands, neither is worship with man's hands as though he needed anything, seeing he, God, giveth to all life and breath and all things. 42:32.700 --> 42:36.400 God gave you life, God gave you bread, and God gave you all things. 42:36.400 --> 42:43.400 So if life comes from God, Christians ought to have a high view of human life. 42:43.400 --> 42:47.700 What am I talking about? I'm talking about abortion is murder. 42:47.700 --> 42:50.700 Because we need to choose physical life. 42:50.700 --> 42:55.700 Because life began at conception and not... 42:55.800 --> 42:59.240 You know, and not two days after fertilization. 42:59.240 --> 43:02.280 Not two hours after fertilization. 43:02.280 --> 43:04.440 Life begins at conception. 43:04.440 --> 43:07.800 Life begins at fertilization. 43:07.800 --> 43:09.080 Go to Proverbs chapter 6. 43:09.080 --> 43:10.500 Proverbs chapter 6. 43:10.600 --> 43:16.480 Isaiah 714 says, therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign, behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son. 43:17.000 --> 43:25.320 Matthew chapter 1 quoted that verse as saying, behold a virgin shall be with child. That means conception is the same as with child. 43:26.660 --> 43:33.480 John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth's womb because the baby in the womb is life. 43:36.100 --> 43:42.340 About 1,126,000 clinical provided abortions 43:42.340 --> 43:46.140 occurred in the US in 2025. 43:46.140 --> 43:49.620 And that was essentially unchanged from 2024 43:49.620 --> 43:53.980 being 1,124,000. 43:53.980 --> 43:56.980 And that was the highest annual number since 2009. 43:57.400 --> 44:06.400 So last year, just the US alone had 1,126,000 clinical provided abortions. 44:06.400 --> 44:16.400 If you do some math, that's 3,085 abortions per day, 128 abortions per hour, and 2.1 abortions per minute. 44:17.200 --> 44:18.960 That's pretty messed up, right? 44:18.960 --> 44:22.880 By the way, these are only clinical provided abortions, 44:22.880 --> 44:25.440 not including abortions taking place outside 44:25.440 --> 44:28.400 the formal clinical system. 44:28.400 --> 44:31.560 And the Bible says, Proverbs chapter 6, look at verse 16. 44:31.560 --> 44:35.920 Proverbs 6.16 says this, these six things that the Lord hate, 44:35.920 --> 44:39.640 they seven are an abomination unto him, a proud look, 44:39.640 --> 44:43.760 a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. 44:43.760 --> 44:45.000 So if there's anybody. 44:45.500 --> 44:49.940 who qualifies as innocent, as defenseless, 44:49.940 --> 44:51.780 it's an unborn child. 44:51.780 --> 44:54.020 And God hates abortion doctors because they 44:54.020 --> 44:56.780 are shedding innocent blood. 44:56.780 --> 44:57.940 Go to Numbers 35. 44:57.940 --> 44:59.200 Numbers 35. 44:59.400 --> 45:04.760 I don't care about what kind of excuse that a mother has, it is murder and the righteous 45:04.760 --> 45:10.280 government will put the mother and the abortion doctor to death. 45:10.280 --> 45:16.000 If I become the president, that might actually happen I guess. 45:16.000 --> 45:17.840 If you never know. 45:17.840 --> 45:19.680 Verse 35, okay, verse 16. 45:20.600 --> 45:24.200 Numbers 35 verse 16 says this. 45:24.200 --> 45:28.160 To me, Numbers 35, 16 is a great verse against abortion. 45:28.160 --> 45:31.040 Numbers 35, 16 says this. 45:31.040 --> 45:34.000 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron 45:34.000 --> 45:36.200 so that he die, he is a murderer. 45:36.200 --> 45:38.520 The murderer shall surely be put to death. 45:38.520 --> 45:40.800 If you are familiar with the abortion process, 45:40.800 --> 45:44.720 some states literally insert an instrument of iron 45:44.720 --> 45:46.600 just to rip the baby apart, right? 45:46.600 --> 45:48.600 That's exactly what verse 16 is kind of this. 45:48.600 --> 45:55.600 And the Bible says he is a murderer, and the murderer shall surely be put to death. 45:55.600 --> 45:57.160 Go to Exodus 21. 45:57.160 --> 46:00.960 Exodus chapter 21. 46:00.960 --> 46:01.960 Exodus 21. 46:01.960 --> 46:03.280 Look at verse 22. 46:06.000 --> 46:09.440 Exodus 21 verse 22 the Bible says this 46:10.100 --> 46:17.300 If men strive, if two men are fighting with each other and hurt a woman with child. 46:17.300 --> 46:24.800 By the way, the phrase with child is the same as saying that she is pregnant because the baby in her belly is considered life, right? 46:24.800 --> 46:35.600 She is with child. So that her fruit departs from her, so that if two men were fighting and they, you know, just by chance cause a miscarriage of some sort, 46:35.600 --> 46:38.000 And yet, no mischief follow. 46:38.100 --> 46:40.420 meaning that the man were not intentional, 46:40.420 --> 46:41.940 is not premeditated. 46:41.940 --> 46:44.220 He shall surely be punished according 46:44.220 --> 46:46.500 as the woman's husband will lay upon him, 46:46.500 --> 46:49.700 and he shall pay as the judge is determined. 46:49.700 --> 46:52.900 So if you were fighting and you are not intentionally knocked 46:52.900 --> 46:55.420 down a woman and that she has a miscarriage, 46:55.420 --> 46:57.540 that would be a second degree murder, right? 46:57.540 --> 46:58.920 But look at verse 23. 46:58.920 --> 47:03.100 If any mischief follow, if this is premeditated, 47:03.100 --> 47:06.100 if this is intentional, like abortion, then 47:06.100 --> 47:09.260 thou shall give life for life. 47:09.260 --> 47:11.740 So my question is, how can you give life for life 47:11.740 --> 47:13.820 if it's not a life? 47:13.820 --> 47:16.300 And based on the Bible, anyone who's knowingly 47:16.300 --> 47:19.780 ending the pregnancy has committed first degree 47:19.780 --> 47:21.260 premeditated murder. 47:21.260 --> 47:23.980 And that person needs to be put to death. 47:23.980 --> 47:26.240 And stop playing the what if games, OK? 47:26.240 --> 47:27.780 What if I'm a rape victim? 47:27.780 --> 47:28.980 Well, what did the baby do? 47:29.700 --> 47:35.700 The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. 47:35.700 --> 47:37.300 What if I can't afford a baby? 47:37.300 --> 47:41.700 The Bible says children are in heritage of the Lord. 47:41.700 --> 47:45.300 Children belong to God, so if you have faith, you know, God will take care of them. 47:45.300 --> 47:46.200 Amen? 47:46.200 --> 47:48.100 What if that's going to hurt my body? 47:48.100 --> 47:50.500 Well, what about thou shall not kill? 47:50.500 --> 47:54.500 Why are you so selfish? 47:54.500 --> 47:57.700 It's God that gives the child life in the first place. 47:58.800 --> 48:02.000 What if the baby has some genetic disorder? 48:02.000 --> 48:04.800 Well, what about thou shall not kill? 48:04.800 --> 48:07.600 Maybe those, you know, Down syndrome babies 48:07.600 --> 48:09.200 are special blessings from God. 48:09.200 --> 48:10.800 Hey, maybe God wants those babies 48:10.800 --> 48:12.800 to be born to a good Christian family 48:12.800 --> 48:14.300 so that they can thrive. 48:14.300 --> 48:15.800 What about that? 48:15.800 --> 48:18.000 Go to Psalm 106. 48:18.000 --> 48:20.200 Psalm 106. 48:20.200 --> 48:22.200 And God's judgment is on this nation 48:22.200 --> 48:24.000 for shedding innocent blood. 48:24.000 --> 48:25.200 Amen, that's right. 48:25.500 --> 48:28.560 Deuteronomy 27 verse 25 says this, 48:28.560 --> 48:32.700 curse be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. 48:32.700 --> 48:37.740 And all the people shall say, amen. 48:37.740 --> 48:42.500 That's what this planned barrenhood is, right? 48:42.500 --> 48:45.780 They take money to slay an innocent person. 48:45.780 --> 48:47.780 Psalm 106, look at verse 37. 48:49.000 --> 48:52.000 Psalm 106 verse 37 says this, 48:52.000 --> 48:55.600 Yay, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. 48:55.800 --> 48:58.720 and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons 48:58.720 --> 49:01.080 and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed 49:01.080 --> 49:03.160 unto the idols of Canaan, and the land 49:03.160 --> 49:04.760 was polluted with blood. 49:04.760 --> 49:06.280 So back in the Old Testament, if you're 49:06.280 --> 49:08.240 familiar with the story, they literally 49:08.240 --> 49:12.800 sacrificed their babies unto Baal, onto demons. 49:12.800 --> 49:16.560 But now people still sacrifice them onto demons. 49:16.560 --> 49:17.800 It's called idols of pleasure. 49:18.500 --> 49:21.940 idols of money, idols of convenience, right? 49:21.940 --> 49:24.980 Idols of my body, my choice, okay? 49:24.980 --> 49:26.980 And God hates that. 49:26.980 --> 49:31.620 And we should choose life even when that life is inconvenient, 49:31.620 --> 49:34.300 even when that life may be unwanted, 49:34.300 --> 49:36.900 even when that life is weak, voiceless, 49:36.900 --> 49:40.460 or dependent upon somebody else, right? 49:41.000 --> 49:47.320 And I also want to make a point that because we are pro-life, we should be also pro the death penalty. 49:47.320 --> 49:48.600 Amen! 49:48.600 --> 49:49.880 Genesis 9-6 says, 49:49.880 --> 49:55.800 Whoso shall shedeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man. 49:55.800 --> 49:57.800 And because God made life, 49:57.900 --> 50:02.900 So for someone to intentionally and unjustly take another person's life, 50:02.900 --> 50:04.900 deserve to be put to death. 50:04.900 --> 50:08.900 If you don't support a death penalty, then you are not really pro-life. 50:08.900 --> 50:12.900 Because we are pro-innocent life. 50:12.900 --> 50:16.900 I know a devil whose name is Pope Francis. 50:16.900 --> 50:19.900 He has explicitly opposed the death penalty. 50:20.000 --> 50:28.000 In 2018, the Vatican revised paragraph 2267 of the Catechism says, 50:28.000 --> 50:35.700 the death penalty is inadmissible because it's an attack on the invulnerability and dignity of the person. 50:36.200 --> 50:38.920 By the way, that statement is anti-God. 50:38.920 --> 50:41.240 That's contrary to what the Bible says, 50:41.240 --> 50:43.880 because the pope is an anti-Christ. 50:43.880 --> 50:46.120 And Pope Leo also made a similar statement. 50:46.120 --> 50:49.000 He also supported efforts to abolish the death penalty 50:49.000 --> 50:51.680 in the US and also worldwide. 50:51.680 --> 50:53.280 Well, Pope Leo needs to be put to death 50:53.280 --> 50:59.400 because he's a false prophet if I become the president. 50:59.400 --> 51:02.240 What about bombing hospitals and the schools? 51:02.500 --> 51:05.700 Well, God has hands that shed innocent blood. 51:05.700 --> 51:08.740 First of all, most wars can be avoided. 51:08.740 --> 51:11.620 They were started out of lust. 51:11.620 --> 51:16.420 And even if nations declare war on a different country, 51:16.420 --> 51:18.900 at least try not killing the innocent. 51:18.900 --> 51:21.660 Since when have we lost common sense? 51:21.660 --> 51:24.900 That's why I think the US nuking Japan was wrong. 51:24.900 --> 51:25.400 OK? 51:25.600 --> 51:27.320 Now, I'm Chinese. 51:27.320 --> 51:29.320 If I think that, I must be right. 51:29.320 --> 51:31.820 OK? 51:31.820 --> 51:34.360 Although I get it, people will try to argue, 51:34.360 --> 51:36.440 it's prevented a lot of loss of other life. 51:36.440 --> 51:39.080 But to me, you are killing innocent people, right? 51:39.080 --> 51:41.960 So if you disagree, it's totally fine, OK? 51:41.960 --> 51:45.640 But go to Proverbs chapter 8. 51:45.640 --> 51:48.080 Proverbs chapter 8. 51:48.080 --> 51:49.240 So as I said, point number 1. 51:49.240 --> 51:49.400 you 51:49.700 --> 51:51.260 Choose eternal life. 51:51.260 --> 51:53.420 Point number two, choose abundant life. 51:53.420 --> 51:55.620 Point number three, choose physical life. 51:55.620 --> 51:59.860 Point number four, choose life over Halloween. 51:59.860 --> 52:02.220 Choose life over Halloween. 52:02.220 --> 52:05.620 And God's people should not delight in death, darkness, 52:05.620 --> 52:09.580 occult, gore, fear, witchcraft, right? 52:09.580 --> 52:13.860 Because God associates himself with light and life. 52:14.600 --> 52:16.960 Let me read to you John chapter 8, verse 12. 52:16.960 --> 52:19.000 Then speak Jesus again unto them, 52:19.000 --> 52:20.560 saying, I'm the light of the world. 52:20.560 --> 52:23.120 He that follows me shall not walk in darkness, 52:23.120 --> 52:26.120 but shall have the light of life. 52:26.120 --> 52:29.080 Ephesians 5a, for ye were sometimes darkness. 52:29.080 --> 52:31.160 Before you were saved, you were in darkness. 52:31.160 --> 52:34.280 But now are ye light in the Lord? 52:34.280 --> 52:36.960 Walk as children of light. 52:36.960 --> 52:39.440 So if you are saved, hey, let's walk in the light. 52:39.440 --> 52:40.560 Let's not walk in darkness. 52:41.400 --> 52:42.640 First Thessalonians. 52:42.640 --> 52:45.600 Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day. 52:45.600 --> 52:49.040 We are not of the night nor of darkness. 52:49.040 --> 52:50.520 Ye are in Proverbs chapter 8. 52:50.520 --> 52:51.760 Look at verse 36. 52:51.760 --> 52:55.040 Proverbs 8.36 says this. 52:55.040 --> 52:58.800 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul. 52:58.800 --> 53:00.160 Or did I hate me? 53:00.160 --> 53:01.200 Love death. 53:01.700 --> 53:08.000 That's you know, that's describing people who are decking out or the skeletons, you know for Halloween, right? 53:08.000 --> 53:13.940 They love death because they hate the Lord who is the author of life who is the God of light 53:15.300 --> 53:21.060 Ephesians 5 11 says and and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 53:21.660 --> 53:22.900 Reprove them 53:23.400 --> 53:27.240 Now, Halloween's origin traced back over 2,000 years ago 53:27.240 --> 53:32.360 to an ancient pagan festival of the Celtic, also known 53:32.360 --> 53:36.880 as Samhain, S-A-M-H-A-I-N, Samhain. 53:36.880 --> 53:41.240 Now, Samhain was a Gaelic New Year festival marking 53:41.240 --> 53:44.920 summer's end and the start of the dark winter season. 53:44.920 --> 53:49.680 And the Celts believed that on the night of October 31, 53:49.680 --> 53:51.400 The boundary between the living and the dead. 53:51.400 --> 53:54.600 and the spirit world blurred, allowing supernatural beings 53:54.600 --> 53:58.300 and the souls of the dead to cross into our world. 53:58.300 --> 54:01.240 It was a time when people feared encountering 54:01.240 --> 54:03.820 ghosts or harmful spirits. 54:03.820 --> 54:08.840 So to ward off evil, Celtic villagers lit huge bonfires 54:08.840 --> 54:12.040 and made sacrifices of crops and animals 54:12.040 --> 54:14.440 to appease their pagan gods. 54:14.440 --> 54:16.520 They also wore costumes and masks. 54:17.100 --> 54:24.900 often animal skins or grotesque disguises, believing this would confuse or scare away 54:24.900 --> 54:26.940 roaming spirits. 54:26.940 --> 54:28.100 Turn to Deuteronomy chapter 18. 54:29.300 --> 54:35.260 In fact, the practice of guising, also known as door-to-door-in costume, was part of the 54:35.260 --> 54:44.700 sewing even in the early centuries, as people offered rhymes or songs in exchange for food. 54:44.700 --> 54:50.060 Many of our modern Halloween traditions, like jack-o-lantern, costumes, trick-or-treating, 54:50.060 --> 54:57.180 can be directly traced back to these pagan superstitions and the rites of sewing. 54:57.300 --> 54:59.660 One thing just putting on custom is just innocent, 54:59.660 --> 55:04.220 because they actually did that to appease their pagan gods, 55:04.220 --> 55:08.540 just to try and scare away those roaming spirits. 55:08.540 --> 55:10.340 The Bible says in Deuteronomy chapter 18, 55:10.340 --> 55:12.940 look at verse number 9. 55:12.940 --> 55:14.820 Deuteronomy 18, verse 9 says this. 55:16.500 --> 55:20.380 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, I shall not learn 55:20.380 --> 55:23.200 to do after the abominations of those nations." 55:23.200 --> 55:27.420 So when you come to America, hey, don't do the abominations of the American Indians, 55:27.420 --> 55:28.420 okay? 55:28.420 --> 55:33.060 There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass 55:33.060 --> 55:38.740 through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, 55:38.740 --> 55:42.460 or a witch, or a charmer, or a consultor with familiar spirits. 55:42.460 --> 55:43.700 That's the day of the dead, right? 55:43.700 --> 55:44.500 conjuring up demons. 55:44.500 --> 55:47.620 that disguises as your human ancestors. 55:47.620 --> 55:49.580 These are familiar spirits to you, 55:49.580 --> 55:51.780 or a wizard or a necromancer. 55:51.780 --> 55:54.820 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, 55:54.820 --> 55:56.900 and because of these abominations, 55:56.900 --> 56:00.180 the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 56:00.180 --> 56:01.700 So God hates the occult. 56:01.700 --> 56:05.600 God hates witches, wizards, necromancers, right? 56:06.400 --> 56:08.280 And of course, over the centuries, 56:08.280 --> 56:11.840 Halloween evolved from these mixed pagan origins 56:11.840 --> 56:14.200 into the form that we celebrate. 56:14.200 --> 56:16.520 Some people celebrate nowadays. 56:16.520 --> 56:19.760 And Irish and the Scottish immigrants 56:19.760 --> 56:25.480 brought Halloween costumes to America in the 1800s, 56:25.480 --> 56:28.720 including folk beliefs about ghosts, witches, 56:28.720 --> 56:30.000 and midnight pranks. 56:31.000 --> 56:34.440 And other ethnic groups added their own twist. 56:34.440 --> 56:37.800 For example, the German immigrants 56:37.800 --> 56:40.680 added their superstition about black cats. 56:40.680 --> 56:43.160 And then the English traditions of fortune telling games 56:43.160 --> 56:46.440 on Halloween also were introduced. 56:46.440 --> 56:51.800 And by the early 20th century in North America, 56:51.800 --> 56:54.520 Halloween had become a popular secular holiday 56:54.520 --> 56:56.080 focused on community. 56:56.400 --> 56:59.880 community parties, pranks, and children dressing up 56:59.880 --> 57:01.280 to beg for candy. 57:01.280 --> 57:02.920 By the way, candies are not healthy anyway, 57:02.920 --> 57:05.200 so why would people do that? 57:05.200 --> 57:06.920 And the custom of trick-or-treating 57:06.920 --> 57:10.040 became widespread by the mid-1900s, 57:10.040 --> 57:13.480 drawing from the old practice of a guy thing 57:13.480 --> 57:17.680 and sewing in Europe. 57:17.680 --> 57:22.200 Basically, the trick-or-treating is a tradition 57:22.200 --> 57:24.360 for treating the awful. 57:24.360 --> 57:24.400 you 57:24.400 --> 57:25.680 prayers for the dead. 57:25.680 --> 57:27.600 And that's the origin of trickle-treating, 57:27.600 --> 57:29.880 going like door-to-door in costumes. 57:29.880 --> 57:33.600 And that's why Christians should never go trickle-treating, 57:33.600 --> 57:36.680 or tractle-treating, or trunkle-treating, 57:36.680 --> 57:39.400 because the Bible says we should abstain from all appearance 57:39.400 --> 57:40.760 of evil. 57:40.760 --> 57:44.320 Some church, they try to replace trickle-treating 57:44.320 --> 57:45.240 with trunkle-treating. 57:45.240 --> 57:48.680 But why are we playing with, why are we 57:48.680 --> 57:50.520 having the appearance of evil? 57:50.520 --> 57:51.920 We should abstain from that. 57:52.700 --> 57:57.180 Jack-o-lantern, those like innocent pumpkins, right? 57:57.180 --> 58:00.820 This jack-o-lantern evolved from the Celtic practice 58:00.820 --> 58:04.580 of carving turnips with scary faces 58:04.580 --> 58:07.020 to frighten away evil spirits. 58:07.020 --> 58:09.900 And in America, pumpings were more plentiful and just easier 58:09.900 --> 58:10.820 to carve. 58:10.820 --> 58:15.540 So the hollowed out pumpkin lantern 58:16.100 --> 58:21.300 Became a Halloween symbol of warding off ghosts. Okay, so basically that's the origin of carved out 58:21.900 --> 58:26.720 Pumpkins, so should you carve out pumpkins in the fall? No 58:27.260 --> 58:33.160 By the way, I'm not against pumpkin decorations. Okay, but be careful not having the appearance of evil 58:34.100 --> 58:37.260 By the way, kids, don't think those spider, skeleton 58:37.260 --> 58:39.020 decorations are funny. 58:39.020 --> 58:40.460 They are wickedness. 58:40.460 --> 58:43.220 God hates that, and God hates darkness, 58:43.220 --> 58:44.980 because we need to choose life. 58:44.980 --> 58:48.500 Because sometimes when the kids go swimming, 58:48.500 --> 58:51.060 they might see those snakes and spiders to be pretty funny. 58:51.060 --> 58:54.220 But these are symbols of darkness, 58:54.220 --> 58:56.020 and we should not be associated with that. 58:57.100 --> 59:05.500 And further, the most recent US estimate for Halloween this year is $13.5 billion. 59:05.500 --> 59:14.100 That's about $4.4 billion in costumes, $4.3 billion in decorations, $4.1 billion in candies, 59:14.100 --> 59:22.300 $0.8 billion in greeting cards, and the average spending in Halloween is about $115 per person. 59:23.200 --> 59:25.960 Here's a better use of $1.15. 59:25.960 --> 59:29.520 Go to Saraga and buy me a meal, OK? 59:29.520 --> 59:33.480 Because you get good Chinese food and good fellowship, OK? 59:33.480 --> 59:36.080 So just reinvest that money into something better, 59:36.080 --> 59:37.040 like Chinese food. 59:37.040 --> 59:38.000 Amen. 59:38.000 --> 59:40.240 Go to Galatians chapter 5. 59:40.240 --> 59:41.560 Galatians chapter 5. 59:41.560 --> 59:44.960 And here's what we will do on Saturday, October 31. 59:44.960 --> 59:47.040 We'll go to Evansville and preach the gospel. 59:47.040 --> 59:47.540 Amen. 59:48.100 --> 59:50.140 And no, we are not going track or treating. 59:50.140 --> 59:51.620 We're just going soul winning. 59:51.620 --> 59:54.300 Amen? 59:54.300 --> 59:56.940 So I said point number one, choose eternal life. 59:56.940 --> 59:59.540 Point number two, choose abundant life. 59:59.540 --> 01:00:01.860 Point number three, choose physical life. 01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:05.420 Point number four, choose life over Halloween. 01:00:05.420 --> 01:00:10.380 Point number five, choose life for your brethren. 01:00:10.380 --> 01:00:13.220 Choose life for your brethren. 01:00:13.220 --> 01:00:15.900 Virtually, everyone here is pro-life, right? 01:00:16.200 --> 01:00:21.920 But you can claim to be pro-life while trying to destroy everybody around you. 01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:25.260 That's not really pro-life. Galatians chapter 5, look at verse 13. 01:00:25.260 --> 01:00:27.580 Galatians 5.13 says this, 01:00:27.580 --> 01:00:30.860 For brethren ye have been called unto liberty, 01:00:30.860 --> 01:00:33.740 only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, 01:00:33.740 --> 01:00:36.600 but by love serve one another. 01:00:36.600 --> 01:00:40.520 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this. 01:00:40.520 --> 01:00:43.000 Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 01:00:43.000 --> 01:00:45.280 But if ye bite and devour one another, 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:49.120 take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 01:00:49.120 --> 01:00:51.440 So if you seek to destroy your fellow Christians, 01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:54.160 you will be destroyed based on verse 15. 01:00:54.160 --> 01:00:56.160 You will be consumed one of another. 01:00:56.160 --> 01:00:56.600 other. 01:00:56.800 --> 01:01:00.920 By the way, the language here is pretty, it's like almost grotesque, right? 01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:06.760 Biting, devouring, consuming, that's called spiritual cannibalism, right? 01:01:06.760 --> 01:01:12.520 Now you say, what kind of Christians would do that to their fellow brethren? 01:01:12.520 --> 01:01:15.800 Well, based on this passage, these people exist. 01:01:15.800 --> 01:01:18.560 And that's the opposite of giving life, right? 01:01:18.560 --> 01:01:24.200 And good Christians build others up, and bad Christians seek to destroy their own. 01:01:25.000 --> 01:01:28.000 Romans chapter 14. 01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:34.640 The Bible says in Proverbs 18, verse 21, 01:01:34.640 --> 01:01:37.600 death and life are in the power of the tongue, 01:01:37.600 --> 01:01:40.220 and they that love it shall eat of fruit thereof. 01:01:40.220 --> 01:01:42.360 So your tongue, the words you say, 01:01:42.360 --> 01:01:47.120 can speak life or death into another person, 01:01:47.120 --> 01:01:48.840 into another believer. 01:01:48.840 --> 01:01:50.840 So make sure that you are not quick to speak. 01:01:52.400 --> 01:02:01.200 For example, to some baby Christians, you need to be gentle, recognize that not everyone is at the same spiritual level as you. 01:02:01.200 --> 01:02:05.600 And you might think you are more spiritual than someone else, but are you really? 01:02:05.800 --> 01:02:09.280 That's why we should approach things in meekness. 01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:10.280 Amen. 01:02:10.280 --> 01:02:13.880 And we should never want other Christians to fail. 01:02:13.880 --> 01:02:17.160 We should help, love, serve one another. 01:02:17.160 --> 01:02:19.960 And some Christians secretly enjoy 01:02:19.960 --> 01:02:24.360 seeing another preacher fail, maybe a church struggle, 01:02:24.360 --> 01:02:28.120 maybe another family having problems, somebody else, 01:02:28.120 --> 01:02:31.560 children go astray, someone lose their job, somebody they 01:02:31.560 --> 01:02:32.840 disagree gets fired. 01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:33.800 But that's not the right attitude. 01:02:33.800 --> 01:02:35.180 attitude, right? 01:02:35.180 --> 01:02:38.660 We should build people up instead of tearing people down. 01:02:38.660 --> 01:02:41.100 Romans 14, look at verse 19. 01:02:41.100 --> 01:02:44.100 Romans 14, 19 says this, let us therefore follow 01:02:44.100 --> 01:02:47.240 after the things which make for peace and things 01:02:47.240 --> 01:02:50.000 wherewith one may edify another. 01:02:50.600 --> 01:02:53.880 We should seek for peace, and we should seek edification. 01:02:53.880 --> 01:02:56.120 The word edify means to build up, right? 01:02:56.120 --> 01:02:58.480 Because in Spanish, you have another word, 01:02:58.480 --> 01:03:00.640 edificio, meaning a building, right? 01:03:00.640 --> 01:03:03.240 We're supposed to build people up. 01:03:03.240 --> 01:03:05.920 Go to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. 01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:09.280 1 Thessalonians chapter number 5. 01:03:09.280 --> 01:03:09.500 Thanks for watching! 01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:14.200 Look at verse 11. 01:03:14.200 --> 01:03:19.520 First, Thessalonians 5.11 says this. 01:03:19.520 --> 01:03:24.880 Wherefore, comfort yourselves together and edify one another, 01:03:24.880 --> 01:03:27.040 even as also ye do. 01:03:27.040 --> 01:03:30.440 We should be comforting each other, means with strength. 01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:36.760 Build someone up and to edify one another. 01:03:36.760 --> 01:03:38.920 So you may say you are pro-life. 01:03:38.920 --> 01:03:39.560 That's great. 01:03:39.560 --> 01:03:39.800 you 01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:42.800 Be pro-life when it comes to babies. 01:03:42.800 --> 01:03:47.440 But be pro-life toward the brethren sitting across the aisle too. 01:03:47.440 --> 01:03:51.840 Don't abort someone's reputation because you don't like them. 01:03:51.840 --> 01:03:54.840 Don't murder someone with your tongue. 01:03:54.840 --> 01:04:01.840 Don't rejoice when somebody else's ministry, marriage, family, or life falls apart. 01:04:01.840 --> 01:04:03.960 Because we need to choose life. 01:04:03.960 --> 01:04:05.960 21 Peter chapter 3 01:04:05.960 --> 01:04:07.600 1 Peter chapter number 3 01:04:08.400 --> 01:04:14.400 Because you never know that your good influence can help another believer in their spiritual journey. 01:04:14.400 --> 01:04:14.900 Right. 01:04:14.900 --> 01:04:19.900 What you say or do can build someone up or can destroy someone else. 01:04:19.900 --> 01:04:20.400 Yep. 01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:22.400 Let me just tell you a story. 01:04:22.400 --> 01:04:28.400 Back in August 2018, you know that was years ago, right? 01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:36.400 I was a relatively new Christian because I got saved in the fall of 2016. 01:04:36.700 --> 01:04:40.580 And I went to Faithful War Baptist Church in Los Angeles. 01:04:40.580 --> 01:04:44.220 That was before it became First Works Baptist Church. 01:04:44.220 --> 01:04:48.940 And evangelist Bruce Mejia back then and I, 01:04:48.940 --> 01:04:50.540 we went soloing together. 01:04:50.540 --> 01:04:54.500 And during that trip, we made a Chinese gospel track together 01:04:54.500 --> 01:04:57.340 and my Bible way to heaven in like Mandarin. 01:04:57.340 --> 01:04:59.020 Many of you may have seen that. 01:04:59.400 --> 01:05:01.720 But I do want to share one soul-winding story, OK? 01:05:01.720 --> 01:05:06.320 So Pastor Mahia and I, we were at an apartment, 01:05:06.320 --> 01:05:09.840 and I shared the gospel with a lady, and she got saved. 01:05:09.840 --> 01:05:13.360 And then we talked to more people at that apartment. 01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:16.120 And after a while, we came down of that apartment, 01:05:16.120 --> 01:05:18.680 and we were about to walk back to our car. 01:05:18.680 --> 01:05:22.680 So the same lady that I got saved just waved at us 01:05:22.680 --> 01:05:24.840 and said, hey, can you save my mom? 01:05:25.300 --> 01:05:29.300 So Pastor Mejia shared the gospel with her and her mom, God Save, as well. 01:05:29.800 --> 01:05:31.140 And we were about to leave. 01:05:31.140 --> 01:05:35.020 She waved at us and said, I will see you guys in heaven. 01:05:35.600 --> 01:05:41.400 Wonderful story, right? And during that weekend the whole group had a total of 81 salvations. That's 01:05:41.400 --> 01:05:50.480 2018. And you know that was really my first new IFB church experience because I've never been to a 01:05:50.480 --> 01:05:56.280 new IFB church before that. And basically after that trip, you know, I was fired up in my old 01:05:56.280 --> 01:06:02.440 church and I wanted to serve God more. I was preaching, song-leading, ushering, doing security, 01:06:02.440 --> 01:06:03.600 directing. 01:06:03.600 --> 01:06:05.880 choir at my old church. 01:06:05.880 --> 01:06:08.560 And I will say that without that visit, 01:06:08.560 --> 01:06:10.720 and without Pastor Bruce Mejia, I 01:06:10.720 --> 01:06:14.080 would not be where I am today. 01:06:14.080 --> 01:06:17.080 So my point is, let's choose life. 01:06:17.080 --> 01:06:20.400 And we need to be careful not to stretch forth our hands 01:06:20.400 --> 01:06:24.200 against the Lord's anointed. 01:06:24.200 --> 01:06:27.960 But don't also forget, I am also the Lord's anointed. 01:06:27.960 --> 01:06:28.460 Amen. 01:06:28.900 --> 01:06:30.900 1 Peter chapter 3, look at verse 8. 01:06:30.900 --> 01:06:32.900 1 Peter 3, 8 says this. 01:06:51.900 --> 01:06:53.900 Don't miss verse number 10. 01:06:55.900 --> 01:06:59.660 and seek good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, 01:06:59.660 --> 01:07:02.740 and his lips that they speak no guile. 01:07:02.740 --> 01:07:05.500 Let him eschew evil and do good, 01:07:05.500 --> 01:07:08.860 let him seek peace and ensue it. 01:07:08.860 --> 01:07:12.020 So if you love life, if you're truly pro-life, 01:07:12.020 --> 01:07:15.340 let's refrain our tongue from evil, 01:07:15.340 --> 01:07:18.300 let's seek peace and let's ensue it. 01:07:18.300 --> 01:07:19.140 Amen? 01:07:19.140 --> 01:07:20.980 Because we need to choose life. 01:07:20.980 --> 01:07:21.100 you 01:07:21.900 --> 01:07:24.400 So I said point number one, choose eternal life. 01:07:24.400 --> 01:07:26.480 Point number two, choose abundant life. 01:07:26.480 --> 01:07:29.080 Point number three, choose physical life. 01:07:29.080 --> 01:07:31.960 Point number four, choose life over Halloween. 01:07:31.960 --> 01:07:36.600 And point number five, choose life for your brethren. 01:07:36.600 --> 01:07:39.720 So are you truly pro-life? 01:07:39.720 --> 01:07:42.560 I mean, if you are truly pro-life, 01:07:42.560 --> 01:07:45.080 you should believe on Christ and have eternal life. 01:07:45.800 --> 01:07:49.560 But after you are saved, hey, let's live a life for Christ 01:07:49.560 --> 01:07:52.840 so we can have this abundant life. 01:07:52.840 --> 01:07:55.040 But if you're pro-life, you should also 01:07:55.040 --> 01:07:58.720 defend innocent human life. 01:07:58.720 --> 01:08:01.880 And if you're pro-life, hey, don't glorify the things of death. 01:08:01.880 --> 01:08:04.320 Stay far away from Halloween. 01:08:04.320 --> 01:08:07.960 And if you are truly pro-life, let's build up the brethren 01:08:07.960 --> 01:08:10.080 instead of devouring them. 01:08:10.080 --> 01:08:10.600 Amen? 01:08:10.600 --> 01:08:11.520 Let's choose life. 01:08:12.300 --> 01:08:16.140 Let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for life and thank you for giving us eternal life. 01:08:16.140 --> 01:08:20.540 Lord, I pray that we will live abundant life and seek to build each other up and not to 01:08:21.180 --> 01:08:24.380 tear people down. And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 01:08:29.200 --> 01:08:36.900 Turn to page 315 your hymnal we will finish with take my life and let it be page 315 01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:49.400 Take my life and let it be 01:08:51.200 --> 01:08:53.200 Consecrated 01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:55.960 Nor to the 01:08:57.200 --> 01:09:02.720 Take my hands and let them move 01:09:03.760 --> 01:09:05.760 at the 01:09:06.480 --> 01:09:09.620 Impulse of the love 01:09:11.500 --> 01:09:16.940 At the impulse of thy love 01:09:16.940 --> 01:09:23.820 Take my feet and let them be 01:09:23.820 --> 01:09:30.540 Swift and beautiful for thee 01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:37.520 Take my voice and let me sing 01:09:37.520 --> 01:09:44.520 Always only for my king 01:09:44.520 --> 01:09:47.160 Always on- 01:09:49.800 --> 01:10:04.800 King take my silver and my gold not a might would I withhold 01:10:05.300 --> 01:10:19.300 Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise, 01:10:19.300 --> 01:10:33.060 Let them flow in ceaseless praise, Take my will and make it thine. 01:10:33.400 --> 01:10:40.360 It shall be no longer mine. 01:10:40.360 --> 01:10:47.400 Take my heart, it is thine own. 01:10:47.400 --> 01:10:54.440 It shall be thy royal throne. 01:10:54.440 --> 01:11:00.520 It shall be thy royal throne. 01:11:02.500 --> 01:11:06.300 Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for this service, Lord. 01:11:06.300 --> 01:11:09.460 And God, we thank you, Lord, for salvation. 01:11:09.460 --> 01:11:11.700 We thank you for eternal life, Lord. 01:11:11.700 --> 01:11:15.460 And we just pray that those around us in our daily lives, 01:11:15.460 --> 01:11:18.780 Lord, would choose life, that we could influence them, 01:11:18.780 --> 01:11:22.540 Lord, to be saved, to follow you, Lord. 01:11:22.540 --> 01:11:25.460 And God, we just ask you continue to bless our church, 01:11:25.460 --> 01:11:28.220 help us reach those in Indianapolis and abroad. 01:11:28.220 --> 01:11:29.580 In Jesus' name we pray. 01:11:29.580 --> 01:11:30.180 Amen. 01:11:30.180 --> 01:11:30.500 Amen.