A child gets his first taste of alcohol from mom and instantly becomes a hard partier. See why she pushes him to the bottom of the bottle and how he breaks the addiction for good on today’s 700 Club.
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MOMENT THAT WAS BREAKING.
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700
CLUB. IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL AND
IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. CONGRESS
AND THE WHITE HOUSE STILL HAVE
NO CONSENSUS ON THE DEBT
CEILING. THE JUNE 1st DEADLINE
IS LOOMING AND SOME ARE SAYING
IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE.
IF THE GOVERNMENT DEFAULTS
ON ITS DEBT PAYMENTS, ECONOMIC
RECESSION IS PREDICTED TO
FOLLOW, ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF
JOBS LOST AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF EVAPORATING FROM THE
STOCK MARKET. DALE HURD AND
REPORTS.
Reporter: AFTER A WEEKEND OF
ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN
NEGOTIATIONS OVER RAISING THE
NATION'S DEBT CEILING, THERE IS
STILL NOTHING CLOSE TO
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS AND THE WHITE
HOUSE. JOE BIDEN LANDED BACK IN
WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT AFTER THE
G7 SUMMIT, CUTTING OFF THE
SECOND HALF OF HIS TRIP TO THE
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. HE SPOKE
TO KEVIN McCARTHY BY PHONE
YESTERDAY AND BOTH SOUNDED
SOMEWHAT POSITIVE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A
PRODUCTIVE PHONE CALL.
Reporter: BUT THERE IS STILL
NO DEAL AND BIDEN AND McCARTHY
WILL MEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.
REPUBLICANS WANT THE GOVERNMENT
TO SPEND LESS NEXT YEAR THAN
THIS YEAR. THE WHITE HOUSE
PROPOSED RAISING TAXES ON
BUSINESS.
WE HAVE TO SPEND LESS MONEY
THAN WE SPENT LAST YEAR.
Reporter: BIDEN IS CALLING
REPUBLICAN DEMANDS EXTREME.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME MAGA
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE WHO
KNOW THE DAMAGE THAT IT WOULD
DO TO THE ECONOMY AND BECAUSE I
AM PRESIDENT, AND THE PRESIDENT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING,
I WOULD TAKE THE BLAME.
Reporter: BIDEN BELIEVES HE
HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO INVOKE
THE 14th AMENDMENT TO THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION TO RAISE THE DEBT
CEILING, BUT THERE IS NOT
ENOUGH TIME TO GET THROUGH THE
LEGAL CHALLENGES. TED CRUZ
CALLED BIDEN'S VIEW LEGALLY
FRIVOLOUS.
SOMEONE ELSE WHO AGREED WITH
THAT WAS BARACK OBAMA, THE LEFT
TRIED TO CONVINCE OBAMA TO DO
THIS AND OBAMA SAID NO, YOU
CANNOT DO THIS UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION.
Reporter: JANET YELLEN SAID
OVER THE WEEKEND THAT SHE
BELIEVES JUNE 1st IS THE HARD
DEADLINE FOR A DEFAULT IF THERE
IS NO DEAL. THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL IS REPORTING THAT A
DEFAULT WOULD TIP THE ECONOMY
INTO A RECESSION, COSTING MORE
THAN 7 MILLION JOBS AND CAUSING
THE STOCK MARKET TO LOSE 20% OF
ITS VALUE. FORMER DEFENSE
SECRETARY AND CIA DIRECTOR BOB
GATES TOLD CBN'S FACE THE
NATION THAT IT IS HURTING
GLOBAL REPUTATIONS.
HAVING THESE EPISODES OF
GREAT CRISIS AND SOME SOLUTION
AT THE LAST SECOND, IT REALLY
FEEDS A NOTION THAT THE U.S.
POLITICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING
AT ALL.
Reporter: ONE REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKER SUGGESTED THE CRISIS
IS ALREADY PAST THE POINT OF NO
RETURN, SAYING THERE IS NO WAY
CONGRESS CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT
BY THE JUNE 1st DEADLINE. DALE
HURD, CBN NEWS.
IT IS HIGH TIME PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE IT IS THE CRISIS
ITSELF THAT IS THE PROBLEM AND
IT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
GOING TO COME TO SOME, YOU
KNOW, 11th HOUR AGREEMENT OR
EVEN 12 HOUR AGREEMENT. IT IS
BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING FROM
CRISIS TO CRISIS POLITICALLY
THAT WE CANNOT EVER FORM
CONSENSUS AND WE CANNOT GOVERN
OURSELVES. HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY
GOVERN THE FREE WORLD IF WE
CANNOT EVEN GOVERN OURSELVES?
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT
IS MISSING FROM ALL OF THE
POLITICS HERE IS WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY SPENDING MORE MONEY
THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
EARNS. HOUR TAX RECEIPTS DO NOT
EVER MATCH OUR EXPENSES AND IF
YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THAT IS A
PROBLEM, THERE IS ANOTHER
PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE ALL
YOU'RE DOING IS PRINTING MONEY
IN ORDER TO SATISFY SOME KIND
OF POLITICAL AGENDA OR SOME
KIND OF SPECIAL CONSTITUENCY.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IN THE
LONG RUN, SPELL DOOM FOR OUR
ECONOMY, DOOM FOR OUR
CURRENCY, AND DOOM FOR OUR
GOVERNMENT. THIS IS WHERE
DEMOCRACIES GO TO DIE. WHEN THE
ELECTRIC FIGURES THAT YOU CAN
VOTE YOURSELF TREASURY. THAT
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
IT IS HAPPENING ON BOTH SIDES.
IT IS NOT A DEMOCRAT ISSUE OR A
REPUBLICAN ISSUE. IT IS
HAPPENING ON BOTH SIDES AND ALL
ADMINISTRATIONS SINCE BUSH OR
CHENEY SAID FAMOUSLY THAT
DEFICITS DO NOT MATTER. HERE WE
ARE, 20 YEARS LATER AND, YEAH,
THEY DO MATTER. WHEN WE HAVE
THESE CONTINUAL DEFICIT
BUDGETS, WELL, WE CANNOT
POSSIBLY GET OUT OF THIS HOLE.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
ALSO ANNOUNCED A MAJOR SHIFT IN
AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU
IN WASHINGTON. JOHN?
> THAT SHIFT IS UKRAINIAN
PILOTS ON FIGHTER PLANES.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAD BEEN
FIRMLY AGAINST GIVING THEM TO
UKRAINIANS OVER CONCERNS IT
WOULD LEAD TO AN ESCALATION
WITH RUSSIA. NOW, HE IS GIVING
THE GREEN LIGHT.
ZELENSKYY SAYS THEY WILL
NOT, THEY WILL NOT USE IT TO GO
ON AND MOVE INTO RUSSIAN
GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORY.
THE TRAINING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN IN A FEW WEEKS AND WILL
TAKE MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IN THE
MEANTIME, THE COALITION WILL
DETERMINE HOW MANY JETS TO SEND
AND ONE. RUSSIA WARNED THAT
WESTERN COUNTRIES COULD FACE
HUGE RISKS FURTHER MOVE. UNITED
STATES ALSO ANNOUNCED AN
ADDITIONAL $375 MILLION IN
MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY COME AT
THE SUMMIT, EXPRESSED HIS
GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT.
TURNING NOW TO THE REPUBLICAN
RACE FOR PRESIDENT, SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT IS
SET TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE HIS
CAMPAIGN TODAY AT CHARLESTON
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. IT IS HIS
ALMA MATER. SCOTT, THE ONLY
BLACK REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE,
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A
BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER. WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT ABIGAIL
ROBERTSON WILL INTERVIEW HIM
AFTER HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONVERSATION
ON TOMORROW'S 700 CLUB, AS WELL
AS THE CBN NEWS CHANNEL AND ON
YOUTUBE.
> PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
SEEMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE
DIVISIONS IN AMERICA LIKE
NOTHING ELSE. SOME OF THOSE
ISSUES ARE ALSO MAKING INROADS
INTO OUR CHURCH'S. GARY LANE
RECENTLY SPOKE TO A COUPLE
BRIDGE BUILDERS WHO SHARED SOME
BIBLICAL THOUGHTS ON LOVING
EACH OTHER IN THE CULTURE
DESPITE THE DISAGREEMENTS.
Reporter: POLITICAL
DISAGREEMENTS OVER DONALD TRUMP
AND JOE BIDEN AND A POTENTIALLY
HOSTILE ELECTION SEASON
FRACTURING AMERICA. THE COUNTRY
IS POLARIZED AND DEEPLY DIVIDED
OVER POLITICS AND CULTURE AND
THE DIVISIONS HAVE EVEN CREPT
INTO THE CHURCH. THIS
PARTICULAR PASTOR ADDRESSES THE
PROBLEM IN HIS MOST RECENT
BOOK, AGENTS OF GRACE, HOW TO
BRIDGE DIVIDES AND LOVE AS
JESUS LOVED.
CHRISTIANS ARE SADLY, IN
MANY WAYS, WE ARE REFLECTING
THE WORLD IN THE FACT THAT WE
ARE JUST AS DIVIDED AS EVERYONE
ELSE. YOU KNOW, JESUS CALLS US
TO SOMETHING BETTER. HE SET THE
WORLD WOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE
HIS BY THE WAY WE LOVE EACH
OTHER.
Reporter: ISSUES ARE
DIVIDING DENOMINATIONS FOR
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ARE
OVER THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
PULPIT AND DISAGREEMENT OVER
HOMOSEXUAL LEADERS IN THE
CHURCH HAS SPLIT THE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH. HE BELIEVES
THE METHODISTS ARE DEALING WITH
A CULTURAL ISSUE THAT IS IN
CONFLICT WITH BIBLICAL
TEACHINGS AND SHOULD NOT CHANGE
CHURCH DOCTRINE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS,
THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR IN
SCRIPTURE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT
CHRISTIANS CANNOT YIELD ON,
THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESOLUTE AND
STAND FOR WITH COURAGE AND WITH
COMPASSION. WITH COURAGE AND
CIVILITY.
Reporter: AS FOR DAVID
ANDERSON, THE FOUNDER OF THIS
GROUP, AN ORGANIZATION WANTING
TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND CULTURE
AND FAITH AND GRACE AND WELL.
HE SAYS LEADERS OF BOTH MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES STOKE ANGER
AND LEVERAGE DIVISION ON ISSUES
LIKE RACE AND ABORTION WHEN
REAL SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED.
WHAT WE HAVE TO ASK IS HOW
DO YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE
OF GETTING LESS ABORTIONS? HOW
DO YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE
OF SAYING THIS IS WHAT GOD'S
IDEAL IS BUT THIS IS THE WORLD
WE LIVE IN.
AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE
CHURCH? DARLING WANTS
CHRISTIANS TO STAND FOR TRUTH
AND SHOW LOVE FOR THEIR
NEIGHBOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
DISAGREE. HOW DO WE DISAGREE
WELL?
I THINK WE DISAGREE WELL BY
SAYING, LOOK, THIS BROTHER OR
SISTER, I DISAGREE WITH THEM.
HERE IS WHY, BUT I LOVE THEM, I
WILL NOT BACK DOWN WHAT I
BELIEVE BUT WE CAN ALSO TREAT
OUR NEIGHBORS AND SEE THEM AS
GOD SEES THEM, AS PEOPLE MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND PEOPLE
FOR WHOM JESUS DIED.
HE SAYS THEY NEED LEADERS
WHO CAN BRIDGE THE REAL AND THE
IDEAL.
WE NEED RIDGE BUILDERS AND
WE NEED HEALERS TO SAY, LISTEN.
I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES BUT HOW
CAN WE GO FORWARD INSTEAD OF
LEFT OR RIGHT? HOW DO WE GO
HIGHER? I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE
ARE CALLED TO AS BELIEVERS
Reporter: GARY LANE, CBN
NEWS.
CHRISTIANS NATIONWIDE ARE
REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF A
LEADING PASTOR , APOLOGIST, AND
EVANGELIST. TIM KELLER DIED AT
THE AGE OF 72 AFTER BATTLING
CANCER. HIS MINISTRY IN NEW
YORK HAS INSPIRED COUNTLESS
LEADERS TO PREACH AND TEACH
WITH A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF
BOTH SCRIPTURE AND THE IDEA OF
COMMUNITY.'S
Reporter: PASTOR AND
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TIM KELLER
BROUGHT THE GOSPEL TO MILLIONS,
INFLUENCING A GENERATION FOR
CHRIST. HE SPOKE AND WROTE IN
AN APPROACHABLE WAY THAT HELPED
ANSWER TOUGH INTELLECTUAL
QUESTIONS AND DEEP CULTURAL
ISSUES.
ONE WAY TO PUT THE GOSPEL IN
A NUTSHELL IS THIS. YOU'RE MORE
WICKED THAN YOU EVER DARED
BELIEVE AND YET, YOU ARE MORE
LOVED AND ACCEPTED IN JESUS
CHRIST THAN YOU EVER DARED
HOPE.
Reporter: IN 1989, KELLER
LEFT HIS SMALL VIRGINIA
CONGREGATION OUTSIDE OF
RICHMOND TO BEGIN REDEEMER
PRESBYTERIAN IN MANHATTAN. HE
SOON LEARNED HOW TO REACH
SKEPTICAL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
WITH MESSAGES THAT MADE
SCRIPTURE BOTH INVITING AND
CONVICTING.
THE BIBLE IS NOT THE RECORD
OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE RULES
AND GRABBING A BLESSING. IT IS
A RECORD OF GRACE BREAKING INTO
PEOPLE'S LIVES, USUALLY IN THE
FORM OF SUFFERING, WHO
OTHERWISE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO OVERCOME THEIR OWN
CORRUPTION AND BROKENNESS.
Reporter: HE LED REDEEMER
AND ITS CHURCH PLANS FOR 28
YEARS WHILE ALSO PUBLISHING
BEST-SELLING BOOKS LIKE "THE
REASON FOR GOD" AND HE
COFOUNDED THE GOSPEL COALITION,
A FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL
CHURCHES IN THE REFORMED
TRADITION. MANY PASTORS AND
OTHERS HAVE CITED HIS INFLUENCE
ON THEIR THINKING, CALLING HIM
A BRILLIANT, PROPHETIC SCHOLAR
WHO UNDERSTOOD GOD AND CULTURE.
IN 2020, HE ANNOUNCED HIS
BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC CANCER.
IN RECENT DAYS, FAMILY SAID HE
PRAYED, READY TO SEE JESUS,
"SEND ME HOME." HEATHER SELLS,
CBN NEWS.
> A GIANT IN THE FAITH.
GORDON?
TRULY, A GIANT IN THE FAITH
AND HIS LAST WORDS, THERE IS NO
DOWNSIDE TO ME LEAVING. WHAT A
WONDERFUL EXPRESSION. TO DIE IS
TO GAIN. THAT IS HOW THE
APOSTLE PAUL PUT IT. I LOVE
KELLER SAYING, THERE IS NO
DOWNSIDE TO ME LEAVING. WE WILL
MISS HIM AND CERTAINLY 31 BOOKS
AND OVER 50 NUMBER AND SERMONS
LATER, HE HAS LEFT A PROFOUND
IMPACT ON CHRISTIANITY. NOT
JUST IN AMERICA, BUT AROUND THE
WORLD. HE WILL BE GREATLY
MISSED. LET US ALL REMEMBER ONE
OF THE SINGULAR MESSAGES. GRASP
THE GOSPEL. YOU DO NOT EARN
IT. YOU DO ENOUGH GOOD THINGS
PEOPLE WHO KILLED HIM, I
WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO KILL THEM
AND THAT REALLY LET ME DOWN A
PATH OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
TOMORROW ON THE 700 CLUB.
THAT NIGHT CHANGED ME.
STAY CONNECTED WITH CBN NEWS
ALL DAY ACROSS OUR PLATFORMS.
> NINE JEWISH PRIESTS AND
FIVE RED HEIFERS , ALL THESE
ELEMENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR WHAT
SOME JEWS AND GENTILES BELIEVE
IS THE KEY TO BUILDING THE
THIRD JEWISH TEMPLE. AM ALSO
BELIEVE IT INDICATES THE COMING
OF THE MESSIAH. CHRIS MITCHELL
REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM. PLANS
INCLUDE MOVING THEM SOMETIME
SOON TO A VISITOR CENTER IN
SHILOH, WHERE THE TABERNACLE OF
THE LORD ONCE STOOD FOR NEARLY
400 YEARS. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
EXPLAINS THAT ASHES OF THE RED
HEIFER ARE USED TO PURIFY
PRIESTS FOR THEIR SERVICE IN
THE TEMPLE.
NOW, THE÷LORD÷SPOKE TO MOSES
AND AARON, SAYING, THIS÷IS÷THE
ORDINANCE OF THE LAW WHICH
THE÷LORD÷HAS COMMANDED, SAYING,
SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL, THAT THEY BRING YOU A
RED HEIFER WITHOUT÷BLEMISH, IN
WHICH THERE÷IS÷NO÷DEFECT÷AND÷ON
WHICH A YOKE HAS NEVER COME.
YOU SHALL GIVE IT TO ELEAZAR
THE PRIEST, THAT HE MAY TAKE
IT÷OUTSIDE THE CAMP, AND IT
SHALL BE SLAUGHTERED BEFORE
HIM. ITS OFFAL SHALL BE BURNED
FOR THE WATER OF÷PURIFICATION.
IT÷IS÷FOR PURIFYING FROM SIN.
Reporter: THESE RED HEIFERS
ARE NOW BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF
AND TWO YEARS OLD. TO REPLICATE
THE CEREMONY MENTIONED IN THE
BIBLE, THEY NEED TO BE AT LEAST
THREE YEARS OLD. WITHIN THAT
TIME SPAN, THEY CANNOT HAVE A
BLEMISH OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD
DISQUALIFY THEM FOR THE
CEREMONY, EVEN ONE WHITE OR
BLACK HAIR.÷ ACCORDING TO
THOSE WORKING ON THE PROJECT,
THE CEREMONY OF THE RED HEIFER
NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE
MOUNT OF OLIVES, IN A PLACE
THAT WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIRECTLY
INTO WHERE THE TEMPLE STOOD.
THE LAND DIRECTLY EAST OF THE
TEMPLE MOUNT, PURCHASED 12
YEARS AGO, MEETS BOTH OF THOSE
STANDARDS.÷
IT HAD TO BE EXACTLY AT THE
FRONT OF THE PLACE THAT THE
PRIEST THAT MADE THIS CEREMONY
CAN SEE THE HOLY OF THE HOLY
PLACE.
Reporter: THEY ARE DEDICATED
TO REBUILDING A THIRD TEMPLE
AND HE OWNS THE LAND HERE ON
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. AND WE
HOPE THAT IN A YEAR AND A HALF
FROM TODAY, WE CAN MAKE HERE IN
THIS AREA THE CEREMONY OF THE
RED HEIFER THAT ACTUALLY WILL
BE THE FIRST STEP TO THE
TEMPLE.
Reporter: HE SAYS THE
CEREMONY NEEDS PRIESTS WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN DEFILED BY TOUCHING
ANYTHING DEAD.
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
ACTUALLY HAS NINE PURE PRIESTS.
THEY WERE NOT BORN IN HOSPITAL,
OKAY? THEY WERE BORN AT HOME
BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIESTS. SO,
ANYWAY, THEY DON'T GO TO ANY
SYMMETRY AND THEY ARE PURE AND
THEY ARE WAITING.÷ SO, WE HAVE
THE PRIESTS, WE HAVE THE RED
HEIFERS, AND WE HAVE THE LAND.÷
WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY. WE
JUST NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER ONE
AND A HALF YEARS.
Reporter: BYRON STINSON FROM
BONEH ISRAEL HELPED FIND THE
RED HEIFERS IN THE UNITED
STATES. THIS WOULD BE THE
FIRST IN 2000 YEARS AND THAT
THE PROCESS TOWARD A THIRD
JEWISH TEMPLE BEGAN WHEN THE
JEWISH PEOPLE STARTED THEIR
RETURN TO THE PROMISED LAND
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE
WORLD, CULMINATING WITH ISRAEL
BECOMING A NATION.
AND THEN IN 1948, IN ONE
DAY, THEY WERE REBORN AS A
NATION, AND NOBODY SAID THAT
COULD HAPPEN.÷AND THEN, YOU
MOVE FORWARD, ISRAEL CONTINUES
TO BE THIS STRONG NATION AND
ALL OF THESE PROPHECIES START
FULFILLING. THERE'S SO MANY NOW
BEING FULFILLED. IT IS JUST
INCREDIBLE. THE EVIDENCE OF
WHAT GOD IS DOING WITH
JERUSALEM IS THE CENTER OF
THAT. AND THE TEMPLE IS THE
CENTER OF JERUSALEM, AND SO HOW
CAN IT HAPPEN AND HOW WILL IT
HAPPEN?÷ I DON'T THINK ANYONE
REALLY KNOWS FOR SURE.
Reporter: STINSON MAINTAINS
THE TEMPLE IS MEANT TO BE A
HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL
NATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE, IT
SAYS WHEN SOLOMON BUILT THE
FIRST TEMPLE, HE SAID, THIS IS
A HOUSE OF WORSHIP FOR ALL
NATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE
TEMPLE IS. AND I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST A JEWISH
TEMPLE, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
IT'S FOR ALL THE NATIONS OF THE
EARTH.
Reporter: AUTHOR JOEL
ROSENBERG WROTE ABOUT THE THIRD
TEMPLE IN HIS NOVEL, THE COPPER
SCROLL. HE TOLD CBN NEWS THAT
JEWS HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON
THE SUBJECT.
JEWS ARE ACTUALLY DIVIDED
BETWEEN. DOES THE MESSIAH
HIMSELF HAVE TO COME AND BUILD
THE TEMPLE OR DO YOU BUILD THE
TEMPLE AND THE MESSIAH COMES?
SO, AMONG THOSE JEWS, ISRAELIS,
THOSE WHO CARE, THEY'RE DIVIDED
INTO TWO DIFFERENT CAMPS. I
THINK MOST ISRAELIS DON'T THINK
ABOUT IT, DON'T CARE, AND
ACTUALLY WOULD GET A LITTLE
WORRIED OF TALK OF A THIRD
TEMPLE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE
ENOUGH TROUBLE.
Reporter: ROSENBERG ALSO
SEES VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW
THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY.
THOSE WHO THINK ABOUT IT AND
THOSE WHO DON'T. MOST
CHRISTIANS, I THINK, DON'T
THINK ABOUT THE THIRD TEMPLE.
BUT THOSE WHO DO BELIEVE THAT
IT WILL BE BUILT BEFORE JESUS
RETURNS, FOR THE SECOND COMING,
NOT NECESSARILY BEFORE THE
RAPTURE, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE
THE SECOND COMING, AND THAT THE
ANTI-CHRIST WILL TAKE OVER THAT
THIRD TEMPLE DURING THE
TRIBULATION AND TRY TO RULE THE
WORLD FROM THERE. COULD IT
HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIME? THAT,
TO ME, IS INTRIGUING. I THINK
WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE ARE
SOME JEWS WHO ARE REALLY MAKING
-- AS YOU'RE REPORTING ON --
PREPARATIONS TO GET READY FOR
THAT MOMENT, AND THAT'S
SOMETHING TO WATCH CLOSELY.
Reporter: STINSON TOLD CBN
NEWS THEY PLAN TO INVITE
EVERYONE TO THE RED HEIFER
CEREMONY THAT MAY TAKE PLACE
DURING PASSOVER, 2024.
EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE NOW
WITH THE RED HEIFERS.÷ AS LONG
AS THEY STAY PURE, ONE OF THEM
STAYS PURE. THEN WE HAVE
EVERYTHING IN PLACE, INCLUDING
THE PRIESTS.
Reporter: RABBI MAMO
RECALLED THE WRITINGS OF THE
JEWISH SAGE MAIMONEDES, WHO
COUNTED NINE RED HEIFERS FROM
MOSES TO THE TIME OF THE SECOND
TEMPLE.
IT IS NOT HIS WAY TO WRITE,
BUT SUDDENLY HE SAID THAT THE
TENTH HEIFER WILL MAKE THE
COMING OF MESSIAH. SO MAYBE --
NOT MAYBE, WE KNOW -- THAT THE
MESSIAH WILL MAKE THE 10th.
MAYBE WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO
BE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
HELP THE MESSIAH TO DO IT.
THAT'S IT. SO, WE'RE WAITING.
Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS, THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,
JERUSALEM.
A LOT OF INTERPRETATIONS ON
THIS, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP IN
MIND THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET,
JEREMIAH, THAT THE ARK OF THE
COVENANT WILL NOT EVEN BE
REMEMBERED ANYMORE. HOW CAN YOU
HAVE A THIRD TEMPLE WITHOUT
THAT ARK OF THE COVENANT? THERE
WAS NOT ONE IN THE SECOND
TEMPLE, HOWEVER DO WE NEED THAT
ARE IN ORDER TO REALLY
ESTABLISH THAT TEMPLE? AND
THEN DO WE HAVE THE WORDS OF
STEPHEN AS HE WAS BEING STONED,
THAT GOD DOES NOT DWELL IN
TEMPLES MADE FROM HAND? HE
DWELLS IN YOU AND ME. ARE WE
THE THIRD TEMPLE? WELL,
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE OF
DIFFERENT MINDS ABOUT THIS.
DOES A TEMPLE NEED TO BE ON THE
TEMPLE MOUNT IN ORDER FOR THE
MESSIAH TO COME? IS THE MESSIAH
GOING TO CONSTRUCT THAT TEMPLE?
IF SO, WHAT ARE THE SACRIFICES?
IS THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS
ENOUGH FOR ALL, FOR ALL
ETERNITY AS A CHRISTIAN? I
BELIEVE THAT. AIR IS SOMETHING
YOU MAY NOT KNOW. THE CHINESE
HAVE A RED HEIFER SACRIFICE AND
THE SACRIFICE GOES BACK AT
LEAST 3000 YEARS AND MAYBE
LONGER. CONFUCIUS TALKED ABOUT
IT, THAT THE MAN WHO COULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS CALLED THE
BORDER SACRIFICE COULD RULE
CHINA AS EASILY AS HE LOOKS IN
THE PALM OF HIS HAND. NOW, AN
UNBLEMISHED RED HEIFER WAS
SACRIFICE ON THE WINTER
SOLSTICE ON DECEMBER 21 AT THE
TEMPLE OF HEAVEN. YOU CAN GO TO
THE TEMPLE TODAY IN BEIJING AND
THAT IS SORT OF, IF YOU WILL,
THE MODERN ONE , THE ONE THAT
WAS BUILT ABOUT 600 YEARS AGO.
HOWEVER, IT IS AMAZING THAT
WITHIN CHINESE CULTURE, THEY
HAVE A TRADITION THAT THE KING,
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, AS THE
SON OF HEAVEN, IS THE ONLY ONE
QUALIFIED TO MAKE THE BORDER
SACRIFICE. IN ORDER TO MAKE IT,
HE HAS TO OFFER AN UNBLEMISHED
RED HEIFER. GO FIGURE. WHY DID
TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE
CIVILIZATIONS HAVE THE SAME
OBSERVANCE? IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR EVIDENCE OF GOD, THERE IS
SOME EVIDENCE THERE THAT THE
PRAYERS, THE PSALMS, THE THINGS
THAT WERE DONE IN THE TANG
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> TODD WENT FROM BABY BOTTLES
TO LIQUOR BOTTLE. HIS MOM GAVE
HIM HIS FIRST TASTE OF ALCOHOL
WHEN HE WAS JUST FIVE YEARS
OLD. HE GREW UP SURROUNDED BY
DRINKING AND PARTYING AND WHEN
HE BECAME A DAD HIMSELF, HE
MADE THE SAME MISTAKES AS HIS
PARENTS.
I DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT
ANYBODY ELSE, BUT MYSELF. I
WANTED TO BE FAMOUS. IN MY
HOUSEHOLD, ROCK AND ROLL WAS
GOD. THE DRINKING WAS NONSTOP.
IT WAS CONTINUOUS. I HONESTLY
THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO
DIE, AND I EVEN ACCEPTED THAT.
TODD GREW UP WITH EVERYTHING
A CHILD COULD NEED, FOOD,
CLOTHES, TOYS, AND A ROOF OVER
HIS HEAD. HE HAD IT ALL, EXCEPT
FOR THE LOVE OF HIS PARENTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO BE LOVED. WAS I BEING
PAID ATTENTION TO? NO. MY DAD,
HE WAS A FINANCIAL PROVIDER.
THAT MEANS NOTHING IF YOU'RE
NOT THERE EMOTIONALLY, IF
YOU'RE NOT THERE PHYSICALLY.
BOTH OF TODD'S PARENTS WERE
HEAVY INTO DRINKING AND
PARTYING. HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM
HIS FIRST TASTE OF ALCOHOL AT
THE AGE OF FIVE, AND HE KNEW
FROM THEN ON WHAT HE NEEDED TO
DO TO GAIN HER ACCEPTANCE.
IT WAS JUST LIKE HANGING OUT
WITH YOUR FRIEND. IT WAS
NONSTOP PARTYING. WHATEVER SHE
WAS DOING, I WANTED TO DO. THIS
WAS A WAY OF FITTING IN.
AS A CHILD, TODD DISCOVERED
HIS TALENT FOR SINGING, WHICH
ALSO PROVIDED SOME OF THE
ATTENTION HE DESIRED.
MUSIC WAS AN OUTLET FOR ME.
MY MOM, EVERYBODY I WAS AROUND,
THEY WERE TELLING ME, YOU GOT
SOMETHING SPECIAL. YOU HAVE A
GIFT. MADE ME FEEL GOOD. IT
MADE ME FEEL ACCEPTED. MADE ME
FEEL LIKE I DO HAVE A PURPOSE.
IN HIS TEENS GOING INTO HIS
TWENTIES, TODD WAS MAKING A
NAME FOR HIMSELF AS AN R&B
SINGER AND THE CAREER PAIRED
WELL WITH THE HABITS HE HAD
DEVELOPED AT HOME.
I SIGNED MY FIRST RECORD
DEAL. THEY WERE DRINKING IN THE
STUDIO, THEY WERE PARTYING. SO
IT WAS STILL LIKE, THIS IS
LIFE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. I
WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE I LOVE
THE ATTENTION.
BUT THE ALCOHOL STARTED TO
TAKE ITS TOLL.
I WOULD TELL MY MOM, I FEEL
SICK. I FEEL SICK BECAUSE OF
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF BEING HUNG
OVER, YOU KNOW? AND SHE WOULD
TELL ME, HEY, CRACK OPEN
ANOTHER ONE. IT WENT FROM I'M
TRYING TO FIT IN TO, OKAY, NOW
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IS
A PART OF ME, IT'S MY LIFE NOW.
I STARTED TO GET DEPRESSED.
EVEN SINGING, SINGING WASN'T
FUN ANYMORE.
WHILE TODD'S DRUNKENNESS AND
TOXIC ATTITUDE BEGAN TO BURN
BRIDGES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY,
HE ALSO BECAME A FATHER. HE
TRIED TO PROVIDE FOR HIS
FAMILY, BUT EMOTIONALLY HE WAS
DETACHED.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE
THEM THE LOVE AND THE ATTENTION
THAT THEY DESERVED. I COULDN'T
HOLD DOWN A JOB. AS SOON AS THE
LIQUOR STORE OPENED UP, I WAS I
WAS RIGHT THERE. I WAS JUST
NUMB, I REALLY WAS.
THEN ONE DAY, HE RAN INTO AN
OLD FRIEND WHO HE HAD LOST
CONTACT WITH OVER THE YEARS.
THIS FRIEND WAS NOW A YOUTH
PASTOR AND HE SHARED THE LOVE
OF JESUS WITH TODD.
HE BASICALLY WAS JUST LIKE,
GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE
FOR YOUR LIFE. BUT AT THE TIME,
I WASN'T RECEIVING IT BECAUSE I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
THE TWO EXCHANGED NUMBERS
AND THE FRIEND CONTINUED TO
URGE TODD TO ATTEND CHURCH WITH
HIM OVER THE COMING WEEKS. HE
REFUSED. BUT THEN HE CAME HOME
ONE EVENING TO FIND THAT HIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN HAD LEFT HIM.
HIS RESPONSE WAS TO START
WRITING A SONG, BUT THE WORDS
WOULD NOT COME OUT.
SOMETHING AT THAT MOMENT WAS
BREAKING. I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT, GOD? IF YOU CAN DO WHAT
YOU SAY YOU CAN DO, TAKE THIS
FROM ME. I DON'T WANT ANY OF
THIS ANYMORE. AND AT THAT
MOMENT, I FELT LIKE THIS PEACE
JUST CAME OVER ME THAT I NEVER
FELT BEFORE, AND I JUST CRIED.
TODD THEN CONTACTED HIS
FRIEND, ASKING TO GO TO CHURCH.
WHILE THERE, THE PASTOR CALLED
HIM TO THE FRONT, WHERE HE WAS
PRAYED FOR, TODD ACCEPTED JESUS
AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR.
I FELT THIS SENSE OF
FREEDOM. I FELT LIKE THIS
OVERWHELMING LOVE. IT WAS THAT
TRUE, TRUE LOVE THAT I WAS
ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR FROM A
YOUNG CHILD, NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS
SEARCHING FOR. I FINALLY FELT
COMPLETE. I FINALLY FELT LIKE I
KNOW WHO I AM NOW, I KNOW MY
TRUE IDENTITY. IF I HAVE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST, I HAVE
EVERYTHING.
TODD COMMITTED HIMSELF TO
READING THE BIBLE AND PRAYING
AND HAS NOT REACHED FOR A
BOTTLE SINCE. HE RECONCILED
WITH HIS PARENTS, FORGIVING
THEM FOR THEIR ROLE IN HIS
ALCOHOLISM, AND NOW FOCUSES ON
RAISING A CHRIST-CENTERED
FAMILY. HE TRAVELS THE COUNTRY
WITH HIS BAND USING HIS VOICE,
NOT TO GLORIFY HIMSELF ANYMORE,
BUT TO HONOR GOD.
LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I'M
VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT
I HAVE A SOBER MINDSET. I'M
GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT I'M
NOT DEALING WITH THE DEPRESSION
THAT I WAS DEALING WITH. I'M
GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT I AM
IN A PLACE OF JUST PEACE, YOU
KNOW? AND I'M NOT SAYING LIKE
LIFE'S PERFECT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT. BUT I TELL YOU THIS,
THOUGH, I WOULDN'T TAKE IT BACK
FOR ANYTHING. BECAUSE I KNOW
GOD IS GOING TO GET THE GLORY
OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT I WENT
THROUGH.
IT IS SO INTERESTING. WE ARE
NOT MADE TO STRUGGLE AND STRIVE
APART FROM GOD. YET, THAT SEEMS
TO BE THE PATH WE ALL TAKE
UNTIL SOME REVELATION COMES TO
OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS, THAT
THERE IS MORE THAN THIS. YOU
KNOW, I CAN RELATE TO SOME OF
HIS STORY BECAUSE THERE WAS A
SEASON IN MY OH MY FOR I DID
NOT LIVE WITH PARENTS WHO GAVE
ME ALCOHOL EARLY ON. I JUST
WENT MY OWN WAY. MAYBE YOU CAN
RELATE TO THAT. IN THAT WAY,
AFTER A WHILE, WHAT I SAW WERE
AS WE ALL SUPPORTED EACH OTHER
IN OUR LOSTNESS. YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU HAVE HAD SOMETHING DONE TO
YOU LIKE WHAT WAS DONE TO TODD
AS A YOUNG CHILD, YOU DO NOT
EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMETIMES. YOU JUST KNOW
YOUR EMPTY INSIDE. YOU JUST
KNOW ONE MORE DRINK, ONE MORE
HIGH DOES NOT DO IT BECAUSE THE
NEXT DAY, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE AFTERMATH OF THAT, BUT YOU
ARE WHERE YOU STARTED. MAYBE
SOME OF YOU ARE THERE RIGHT
NOW. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE
AND YOU CAME OUT OF THAT BUT
YOU HAVE NOT REALLY FELT A
PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE. THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT WE WERE CREATED
WITH THE INTENTION AND PURPOSE
THAT GOD KNEW US BEFORE WE WERE
FORMED IN OUR MOTHERS WOMBS.
THAT WE WERE CREATED WITH GOOD
WORKS , NOT TO EARN OUR
SALVATION, BUT THAT GOD HAD
PLANS AND PURPOSE FOR US.
THINGS HE WANTS US TO DO WHILE
WE ARE HERE. NOT ON OUR OWN
STIRRING. NOT THE WAY THE WORLD
WOULD TELL US TO DO IT, BUT
GOD'S WAY. HIS WAY IS SO
DIFFERENT. HOW ELSE DO YOU
EXPLAIN THAT THIS MAN, WHO HAD
BEEN DRINKING AND HIS WIFE HAD
BEEN CONTROLLED BY EMPTINESS
AND DRUNKENNESS, HIS LIFE, HE
COMES BROKEN AND HUMBLED TO
CHURCH. AS PEOPLE PRAY OVER
HIM, HE HAS INVITED -- HE IS
FREE. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? IT
IS A MIRACLE FOR US TO COME TO
THE PLACE WHERE IT -- WE LAY
DOWN THE LOSTNESS OF WHERE WE
HAVE TRAVELS, WHERE WE HAVE
WANDERED, WANDERING AROUND,
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT
MATTERS, FEELING LESS THAN .
WANDERING AROUND, FEELING
HOPELESS. BECAUSE IF THERE IS
NOTHING MORE THAN THAT, THAN
WHAT AM I HERE FOR? IN MY OWN
LIFE, WHEN I FINALLY CAME TO
CHRIST, I PRAYED THIS PRAYER.
GOD, IF THERE IS A GOD, JESUS,
IF YOU ARE REAL, I WILL GIVE
YOU WHAT IS LEFT OF MY WIFE.
IT IS PRETTY SARCASTIC. PRETTY
INDEPENDENT. BUT PRETTY
KNOWLEDGEABLE THAT THERE HAD TO
BE SOMETHING MORE THAN ME.
THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT I COULD SEE AROUND
ME, AND GOD MET ME IN THAT
PLACE. IN SOME WAYS, IN THE
SAME WAY HE DID TODD, THERE
WERE NO WRITING ON THE RALL.
THERE IS JUST THIS PIECE. YOU
KNOW, THIS WILL LEAVE FROM THE
STRIVING, THE RELIEF FROM THE
ACHING EMPTINESS. AND THEN I
GOT INTO THE WORD OF GOD. I
BEGAN TO READ AND I THOUGHT,
HOW WAS THIS MISSING FROM MY
LIFE ALL THIS TIME? HOW IS IT
POSSIBLE I DID NOT KNOW THESE
THINGS? I WANT TO SAY TO YOU
TODAY, IF YOU ARE LOST, IF YOUR
LIFE FEELS EMPTY. IF YOU ARE
NOT SENSING THE PURPOSE FOR
WHICH YOU WERE CREATED, COME TO
JESUS. HE SAYS IF YOU COME TO
ME, I WILL MEET YOU THERE. I AM
COMING TOWARD YOU. LET HIM GIVE
YOU THE PURPOSE AND THE MEANING
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> WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
PROSTATE CANCER, HIS DOCTOR
RECOMMENDED SURGERY. HE
SUGGESTED PRAYER INSTEAD. THAT
SET THE STAGE FOR A MIRACLE.
WHEN DR. MERCHANT SAID "YOU
HAVE CANCER," THAT WAS LIKE A
BODY BLOW.
ON MARCH 19th , 2007, KEN
JOHNSTON OF MIDLOTHIAN,
VIRGINIA WENT FOR A ROUTINE
CHECKUP, BUT THE RESULTS OF HIS
BLOOD TEST SHOWED ELEVATED PSA,
A MARKER FOR PROSTATE CANCER. A
12 SAMPLE BIOPSY CONFIRMED THE
DIAGNOSIS WAS CANCER.
MY HEART SANK BECAUSE MY
MOTHER HAD DIED OF CANCER AND
SHE HAD A FAIRLY LENGTHY,
LINGERING DEATH. SO, THAT WAS
VERY, VERY SOBERING.
HIS UROLOGIST, DR. WILSON
MERCHANT, RECOMMENDED SURGERY,
BUT KEN, A PASTOR FOR OVER 30
YEARS, WAS NOT CONVINCED
SURGERY WAS THE ANSWER.
I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE WHAT
GOD HAD SAID IN HIS WORD IN
JAMES 5 ABOUT HEALING. AND SO I
SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT MAYBE WE
PRAY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSES
SLOWLY OVER 10 TO 20 YEARS, SO
I WAS OKAY WITH WAITING A FEW
MONTHS AND I WAS CERTAINLY FINE
WITH PRAYING ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
WE PRAYED RIGHT THERE IN HIS
OFFICE AND HE ACTUALLY LED IN
PRAYER.
I PRAYED IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST, WHO I BELIEVE IS
THE SON OF GOD AND WALKED ON
THIS EARTH AND HE HEALED
PEOPLE. I THINK WE, AS
PHYSICIANS, NEED TO ALWAYS TURN
TO GOD TO HEAL.
KEN TOLD HIS CHURCH AND
ASKED THEM TO PRAY FOR HEALING,
BUT HE QUICKLY PUSHED HIS
CONCERNS AND PRAYERS FOR
HIMSELF ASIDE.
THERE ARE ALWAYS LOTS OF
URGENT THINGS THAT DEMAND
ATTENTION NOW, SO IT'S
DIFFICULT TO GET AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME TO SEEK GOD.
TWO MONTHS LATER, HIS PSA
HAD RISEN TO 15.5.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE
MIGHT BE SOME PROGRESSION, SO I
SUGGESTED THAT HE CONSIDER
SURGERY AT THAT TIME.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
FRIGHTENING. I HAD BEEN
REGRETTING THE FACT THAT I HAD
NOT REALLY SOUGHT GOD AS
SERIOUSLY AS I MIGHT HAVE. I
DIDN'T GIVE IT ALL I HAD IN
TERMS OF SEEKING GOD.
IN SPITE OF KEN'S
RESERVATIONS ABOUT SURGERY, HE
SCHEDULED IT FOR LATER THAT
FALL, BUT SINCE KEN OPTED FOR A
NEWER PROCEDURE USING ROBOTICS,
ANOTHER DOCTOR IN THE PRACTICE
HAD TO TAKE OVER. SO, A MONTH
BEFORE THE SURGERY, THE NEW
DOCTOR HAD KEN GO IN FOR
ANOTHER PSA TEST. WHEN HE --
I WASN'T TOO SURE IF I
SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE
OR IF I SHOULD JUST SIMPLY GO
FOR SURGERY. I JUST PRAYED A
LITTLE PRAYER OUT IN THE
PARKING LOT. LORD, I NEED A
SIGN FROM YOU AS TO WHICH WAY
TO GO. I REALIZED THIS IS
SERIOUS BUSINESS. I HAVE A
WIFE. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME.
INSIDE, KEN MET MEDICAL
ASSISTANT REBECCA WHITTLE.
I JOKINGLY SAID TO HER, I
NEED A GOOD REPORT. AND THEN I
SAID TO HER, ACTUALLY, WHAT I
REALLY NEED IS A HEALING.
AND I JUST SAY, WELL, YOU
KNOW, GOD SENT YOU TO THE RIGHT
GOD HEALED ME OF CANCER, SO
GOD WILL HEAL YOU. AND THAT'S
WHEN HE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, HOW HE WAS A PASTOR
AND EVERYTHING AND HE PREACHED
IT. I SAID, WELL, THEN YOU NEED
TO LIVE IT! IF YOU PREACH IT,
YOU NEED TO LIVE IT BECAUSE
IT'S TRUE! AND I SAID, AND I
PUT MY FAITH WITH YOURS THAT
GOD IS GOING TO HEAL YOU FROM
THIS.
REBECCA TOOK HIS BLOOD
SAMPLE. SOON AFTER, SHE GOT THE
REPORT. KEN'S PSA HAD DROPPED
FROM 15.5 TO 7.4. THAT WAS ALL
--
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THIS
HAS TO BE GOD. THIS IS GOD
SENDING ME A MESSAGE.
KEN POSTPONED THE SURGERY
AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME HE WENT TO
A FRIEND'S CABIN WHERE HE SPENT
THE NEXT THREE DAYS ALONE WITH
GOD, PRAYING AND FASTING.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND DAY,
--
THERE CAME AN ASSURANCE DOWN
OVER ME THAT I WAS HEALED. AND
I FELT LIKE GOD WAS SAYING TO
ME, I WANT YOU TO FAST ONE MORE
DAY AND THEN YOU CAN GO HOME. I
KNEW THAT I KNEW I WAS HEALED
BECAUSE I FOUND THAT I COULD
NOT PRAY FOR HEALING ANYMORE.
THREE MONTHS LATER, IN
JANUARY 2008, HE WENT BACK FOR
ANOTHER PSA TEST AND A NEW
BIOPSY. KEN'S HOPES WERE HIGH,
BUT THE TEST RESULTS WERE
DISAPPOINTING. HIS PSA HAD
JUMPED FROM 7.4 TO 8.7.
I THOUGHT, IF I AM HEALED,
WHY IS THIS NUMBER A LITTLE
HIGHER? SO, I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT
THAT. AND GOD SEEMED TO SPEAK
TO ME VERY CLEARLY AND SAY,
WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THE
BIOPSY.
A FEW DAYS LATER, ON JANUARY
18th, 2008, KEN GOT THE BIOPSY
RESULTS.
ALL OF THE 12 BIOPSIES WERE
FREE OF CANCER.
I WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE I
THOUGHT, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE
SEEN THE POWER OF GOD HERE!
THIS IS THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE POWER OF GOD. AND THAT
THRILLED MY SOUL.
SINCE THAT TIME, KEN HAS
BEEN CLEAR OF PROSTATE CANCER.
HE CREDITS PRAYER WITH CHANGING
HIS OUTCOME AND DR. MERCHANT
AGREES.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING
THAT THIS WAS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S
HEALING. AND HE HEALS IN
DIFFERENT WAYS. SOMETIMES HE
WILL USE PHYSICIANS AND THEIR
SURGICAL PROCEDURES TO HEAL. I
SEE GOD BEHIND IT IN ALL
THINGS.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD
WITHOUT FAITH. SO YOU JUST PUT
YOUR FAITH OUT THERE AND
BELIEVE HIM. GOD IS NOT GOING
TO LET YOU DOWN.
HE CAME THROUGH IN A
WONDERFUL WAY, AND SO I HAVE
MORE CONFIDENCE WITH REGARD TO
PRAYING FOR WHATEVER IT MIGHT
BE, AS WELL AS HEALING.
TESTIMONY ALWAYS GIVES USE
CONFIDENCE FOR PRAYING OTHERS
FOR HEALING. WHEN YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED THAT TOUCHED FOR
YOURSELF, WHEN YOU HAVE BROKEN
THROUGH AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE
GRACE THAT GOD HAS FOR US, WHEN
YOU UNDERSTAND HE WANTS TO DO
IT, THAT IT IS HIS PERFECT WILL
FOR YOU TO BE IN HEALTH JUST AS
YOU ARE SOLD PROSPEROUS, HE
WANTS THESE THINGS FOR YOU. IT
IS HIS WILL. NOW, SUDDENLY,
INSTEAD OF SAYING IF IT B WILL,
YOU SAY, I KNOW IT IS YOUR
WILL. I AM GOING TO ASK AND I
AM GOING TO SEEK AND I AM GOING
TO KNOCK UNTIL WE GET THE
ANSWER. NOW, FOR KENNETH, HE
HAD TROUBLE. WHEN YOU GET THESE
REPORTS FROM DOCTORS AND YOU
HAVE TROUBLING NUMBERS, IT
TROUBLES YOU AND IT STARTS TO
BRING DOUBT AND UNBELIEF INTO
YOUR HEART. FOR KEN, HE SAID,
OKAY, I SEE THESE PSA NUMBERS
GOING OUT. YOU HAVE AN ANSWER
FOR ME AND YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
ASSURANCE AND, GOD, CANCER --
HE SAID WEIGHT. WAIT FOR THE
NEXT TEST. FOR YOU, YOU JUST
SAW A MIRACLE. YOU JUST SAW
SOMEONE WHO WAS HEALED, WHO HAD
CANCER AND IS NOW CANCER FREE.
THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU JUST SAW
IT HAPPEN. THE DOCTOR SAID THIS
DID NOT HAPPEN MEDICALLY. YOU
HAVE HEARD THESE THINGS. LET
THAT TESTIMONY GO DEEP INSIDE
YOU. NOW, GOD IS NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS. WHAT HE HAS DONE
FOR OTHERS, HE WILL DO FOR YOU.
YOU ARE HIS CHILD. YOU ARE
FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
HE WANTS TO DO ALL OF THESE
THINGS FOR YOU TOO. SO, WHEN
YOU SEE TESTIMONIES, WHEN YOU
HEAR THEM, DO NOT SAY THAT IS
GOOD FOR THEM. YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND MY CONDITION. YOU DO
NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE BEEN
THROUGH OR THE TESTS I HAVE HAD
OR THE REPORTS I HAVE HAD. TAKE
ALL OF THAT TO GOD. LET US GO
BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE
AND ASK AND IF WE KNOW THAT WE
ASK IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS
WILL, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE HEARD
AND IF WE ARE HEARD, WE KNOW
THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO OUR
PRAYER. SO, LET'S DO THAT. IF
THERE IS ANYTHING BLOCKING YOU
FROM ACCESS TO THAT, GET RID OF
IT. TURN FROM IT. YOU SAW A
WONDERFUL SALVATION. YOU CAN
HAVE THAT SAME SALVATION. WITH
THAT SALVATION, YOU GET EVERY
HUMAN NEED. YOU GET HEALING.
YOU GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
LET'S PRAY. LET'S BELIEVE GOD.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU. WE COME
TO YOU WITH THANKSGIVING. WE
COME TO YOU BELIEVING. THAT YOU
FORGIVE ALL OUR INIQUITIES. SO,
LORD, WE TURN FROM ANYTHING
THAT WE ARE DOING , ANY
MEDITATION OF OUR HEART, AND HE
THOUGHT, ANY ACT, WE TURN FROM
ALL OF IT AND WE TURN TO YOU
AND WE HUMBLY ASK FORGIVE US,
LORD, GOD. NOW, YOU HEAL ALL
OUR DISEASES. WE CLAIM THAT.
YOU RENEW OUR YOUTH. YOU RENEW
OUR STRENGTH. YOU RENEW US.
SO, FROM THE TOP OF OUR HEADS
TO THE SO
PROCLAIM HEALING, RESTORATION,
LIFE, AND ENERGY IN JESUS'
NAME. TERRY?
SOMEBODY HAS A RASH AROUND
YOUR MIDRIFF WITH BLISTERS HERE
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW. IT WILL NOT SPREAD
ANYMORE. IT IS OVER.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE ARE
HERE FOR YOU. JUST CALL US.
HERE IS A WORD FROM PSALM 118.
I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVES AND
DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD.