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The 700 Club - May 22, 2023

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. Read Transcript


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

800-519-4790.

> 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

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HOW WAS THIS MISSING FROM MY

LIFE ALL THIS TIME? HOW IS IT

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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.

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