WEBVTT 00:22.980 --> 00:27.360 In the past several months, the world has witnessed spectacular sights in the sky. 00:27.700 --> 00:30.740 Yet nothing is compared to the wonders seen in the skies this night. 00:31.400 --> 00:35.180 Eyewitnesses from every continent report strange lights descending from the skies. 00:35.960 --> 00:40.460 Video footage and sightings of religious symbols and even apparitions continues to 00:40.460 --> 00:40.640 mount. 00:41.220 --> 00:45.220 Reported visitations are occurring in towns and villages around the globe. 01:35.460 --> 01:39.740 Pioneers who predicted such events would incur our stepping forward to offer 01:39.740 --> 01:40.180 answers. 01:40.660 --> 01:44.780 They say we should welcome these visitors as benevolent, and they are here to help 01:44.780 --> 01:48.220 us move into a new era of peace and global unity. 01:54.560 --> 01:59.080 Stay tuned for an interview with a man who says angels of light have been visiting 01:59.080 --> 02:00.260 him since 1995. 02:01.040 --> 02:03.740 These alleged angels predicted this new age was soon approaching. 03:03.160 --> 03:05.480 The paranormal and the supernatural realm. 03:06.180 --> 03:10.020 How should the average person react to claims of apparitions visiting Earth? 03:10.840 --> 03:15.140 They are unexplainable, yet millions of believers lend credence to the possibility 03:15.140 --> 03:16.620 that something is happening. 03:17.740 --> 03:21.960 Recent appearances of Mary have been reported in nearly every habitable nation. 03:22.720 --> 03:24.000 Are these events legitimate? 03:24.580 --> 03:26.120 Is God sending us a message? 03:27.200 --> 03:29.200 However you answer, one thing is certain. 03:29.200 --> 03:34.220 The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary draw millions to every corner of the 03:34.220 --> 03:34.480 globe. 04:16.660 --> 04:22.000 Around the world, reports of supernatural events are drawing millions to apparition 04:22.000 --> 04:24.540 sites where the Virgin Mary is said to be appearing. 04:25.400 --> 04:30.060 Thousands of visionaries from every conceivable background describe a 04:30.060 --> 04:33.740 beautiful young woman glowing in radiant splendor. 04:36.560 --> 04:38.000 Her hair is going up. 04:38.120 --> 04:38.940 Yeah, she's beautiful. 04:39.080 --> 04:39.860 She's real big. 04:41.280 --> 04:42.280 Yeah, she's big. 04:42.360 --> 04:43.480 She's just standing there. 04:50.240 --> 04:51.820 It just paralyzed us. 04:52.180 --> 04:53.620 It was so impressive. 04:55.180 --> 04:57.500 She emanated an incredible light. 04:58.600 --> 05:03.000 It was as if I had entered into another world. 05:04.120 --> 05:06.600 There was such silence. 05:07.900 --> 05:12.760 She appears as a living, breathing, three-dimensional lady enveloped in 05:12.760 --> 05:13.700 exquisite light. 05:14.420 --> 05:19.140 Seers, when describing her, admit that the Queen of Heaven transcends human 05:19.140 --> 05:19.640 description. 05:21.460 --> 05:25.980 Millions flock to apparition sites, hoping to encounter the Blessed Virgin 05:25.980 --> 05:26.340 Mary. 05:27.260 --> 05:32.740 Consider that 15 to 20 million Marian followers visit a single shrine in 05:32.740 --> 05:35.180 Guadalupe, Mexico, every single year. 05:36.080 --> 05:42.120 The shrine is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared in 1531 to seer 05:42.120 --> 05:43.040 Juan Diego. 05:43.960 --> 05:48.180 Many of the pilgrims claim miracles are still occurring in Guadalupe today, 05:48.640 --> 05:51.060 the result of Mary's continued presence. 05:53.940 --> 05:59.700 In war-torn Bosnia, an estimated 30 million pilgrims have visited Madjugorje 05:59.700 --> 06:03.800 since the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary began in 1981. 06:03.800 --> 06:08.780 Besides the six visionaries who regularly receive messages from the Virgin, 06:09.460 --> 06:14.220 thousands of pilgrims claim to see signs and wonders, experience healing, 06:14.760 --> 06:17.120 and hear the voice of Mary at Madjugorje. 06:34.900 --> 06:40.140 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the 06:40.140 --> 06:43.660 beginning, as it is now, and for ever and ever. 06:43.880 --> 06:44.480 Amen. 06:45.740 --> 06:51.880 In Conyers, Georgia, seer Nancy Fowler has received up to 100,000 visitors to her 06:51.880 --> 06:53.260 farm on a single day. 06:54.080 --> 06:57.720 The pilgrims come from all over, many traveling great distances, 06:58.120 --> 07:00.500 to hear the Virgin's most recent message. 07:00.860 --> 07:02.000 Do I ask of you? 07:02.000 --> 07:03.760 Do I ask of you? 07:04.760 --> 07:06.120 Is to trust me. 07:06.200 --> 07:07.200 Is to trust me. 07:08.740 --> 07:10.080 Tell my children. 07:10.240 --> 07:11.000 Tell my children. 07:11.520 --> 07:12.540 I am alive. 07:14.060 --> 07:17.320 Many followers believe the Blessed Mother is present. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.840 Currently, she is appearing all over the world, hundreds of times. 07:21.260 --> 07:22.540 There are many visionaries. 07:22.980 --> 07:24.420 Nancy is one of the links. 07:25.160 --> 07:29.400 And the time is running out, and Our Lady said that she is stopping in everywhere. 07:29.400 --> 07:31.280 I definitely believe something is going on. 07:31.620 --> 07:34.480 And for all those who believe, they may now have the proof they need to 07:34.480 --> 07:35.300 convince others. 07:35.660 --> 07:39.120 Two scientists from Columbia came to the farm yesterday to study Fowler, 07:39.420 --> 07:43.320 and they say she is definitely seeing something when she goes into her trances. 07:43.680 --> 07:48.960 It has a brain activity that looks and seems to be like coma, but she is awake 07:48.960 --> 07:50.300 and fully responsive. 07:51.240 --> 07:53.340 Conyers, Georgia, is not unique. 07:53.940 --> 07:57.380 Apparitions from almost every state in America are being reported. 07:57.380 --> 08:03.460 From New York to California, visitations from a supernatural lady identifying 08:03.460 --> 08:07.480 herself as Mary, the mother of Jesus, have been documented. 08:08.420 --> 08:10.780 Nor is this phenomenon unique to America. 08:11.440 --> 08:12.720 She is appearing everywhere. 08:37.690 --> 08:43.410 In 1997, Newsweek ran a cover story on Mary's growing popularity. 08:44.150 --> 08:49.390 The article states, In many ways, the 20th century has belonged to Mary. 08:50.130 --> 08:55.430 From almost every continent, visionaries have reported more than 400 apparitions of 08:55.430 --> 08:59.350 the Virgin, more than in the previous three centuries combined. 08:59.350 --> 09:05.130 Taken together, these visions point to what the Marian movement believes is a 09:05.130 --> 09:06.730 millennial age of Mary. 09:08.670 --> 09:13.430 In Lourdes, France, the site of the apparition of Mary that proclaimed herself 09:13.430 --> 09:18.570 the Immaculate Conception, five and one-half million pilgrims descend upon the 09:18.570 --> 09:20.070 Virgin's shrine annually. 09:21.530 --> 09:25.570 Pilgrims come to adore Mary and drink from the miraculous spring. 09:26.210 --> 09:28.750 Many reported healings have been documented. 09:29.790 --> 09:33.490 The devotion to the Blessed Mother at Lourdes and around the world is 09:33.490 --> 09:34.070 remarkable. 09:36.610 --> 09:42.270 Poland's Marian shrine, Our Lady of Jasna Gora, draws an estimated five million 09:42.270 --> 09:43.290 pilgrims a year. 09:44.250 --> 09:49.150 Known as the Black Madonna of Poland, she is considered the Queen of Poland by 09:49.150 --> 09:50.830 Pope John Paul and the faithful. 10:09.480 --> 10:14.840 King Casimir the Great, he declared Our Lady Queen of Poland. 10:15.040 --> 10:15.620 Very unusual. 10:16.460 --> 10:21.940 Father Simon Stefanowicz explains Mary's importance to the people of Poland and her 10:21.940 --> 10:24.200 abiding presence at Jasna Gora. 10:24.480 --> 10:28.060 Devotion is very strong and very widespread. 10:28.800 --> 10:34.380 Constant revelation and constant apparition of Mary through this answering 10:34.380 --> 10:37.140 the prayers and the trust to God, to Mary. 10:37.140 --> 10:38.200 This I would say. 10:48.480 --> 10:51.960 Certainly the Marian movement has international scope. 10:52.860 --> 10:57.740 In Knock, Ireland, a single apparition site has drawn millions who come to pray 10:57.740 --> 10:59.520 and visit the apparition gable. 11:00.540 --> 11:05.860 This Marian shrine has been honored by four popes this century, including Pope 11:05.860 --> 11:12.120 John Paul II, who went on pilgrimage to Knock in 1979, and Mother Teresa, 11:12.460 --> 11:15.380 who visited the apparition site in 1993. 11:16.840 --> 11:21.300 Researchers and experts acknowledge that apparitions are occurring worldwide. 11:22.620 --> 11:26.040 Over the past several years, as I've traveled to many different countries 11:26.040 --> 11:28.040 around the world, I've made some observations. 11:28.860 --> 11:32.820 That apparitions of Mary are appearing or have appeared almost everywhere. 11:33.660 --> 11:37.920 One of the observations that I've made is that when apparitions are being made, 11:38.160 --> 11:42.140 there are supernatural phenomena that are associated with them, including healings, 11:42.500 --> 11:45.280 signs and wonders, and as people call them, miracles. 11:45.840 --> 11:50.160 And there's no question whatsoever in my mind that these things are credible, 11:50.600 --> 11:51.460 that they are happening. 11:51.960 --> 11:56.400 I think without doubt millions of people are claiming that they are seeing visions 11:56.400 --> 11:57.000 of Mary. 11:57.000 --> 12:02.680 I think it's interesting that in the last 150 years, as the devotion to Mary has 12:02.680 --> 12:06.900 increased through the proclamation of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption 12:06.900 --> 12:11.740 of Mary, and more prayer is being directed to Mary, I'm not surprised that these 12:11.740 --> 12:12.940 apparitions are appearing. 12:13.540 --> 12:16.220 The following of Mary today is becoming worldwide. 12:16.220 --> 12:23.420 I believe that it is going not only to become greater in America, but already in 12:23.420 --> 12:26.620 South America and Central America, because that's where I've been so many 12:26.620 --> 12:26.980 times. 12:27.280 --> 12:28.180 It's huge. 12:28.640 --> 12:33.500 As a matter of fact, if you don't believe in Mary, you know, you're like a cast-off. 12:33.820 --> 12:38.080 The apparitions of Virgin Mary are supernatural. 12:38.740 --> 12:39.480 There's no doubt. 12:40.540 --> 12:44.420 Beginning in Medjugorje, it's spreading all around Croatia. 12:44.420 --> 12:49.900 And people are devoted to Mary because it is a supernatural power. 12:52.040 --> 12:57.020 Unlike other alleged paranormal activities, evidence indicates that the 12:57.020 --> 13:01.800 apparitions of the Virgin Mary are of a supernatural origin and that her motives 13:01.800 --> 13:02.380 are pure. 13:03.380 --> 13:08.000 Her frequent messages to pray, turn to God, and work toward peace 13:08.000 --> 13:10.040 indicate a benevolent agenda. 13:11.060 --> 13:15.400 Also, the good fruits attributed to her appearances cannot be overstated. 13:16.580 --> 13:20.700 Many individuals claim that they have drawn closer to God since their encounter 13:20.700 --> 13:21.380 with the Virgin. 13:22.480 --> 13:28.120 Others testify to the many signs and wonders as evidence that God has sent Mary 13:28.120 --> 13:29.960 in these last days. 13:36.060 --> 13:40.560 It's just so much bigger than it actually is, just because of the miracles that take 13:40.560 --> 13:41.160 place here. 13:41.300 --> 13:44.260 I mean, there's crutches in the corner and people have been healed here. 13:45.160 --> 13:51.380 As you can see, from the hands and up here, and it soaked the inside. 13:51.600 --> 13:53.800 This was full of oil. 13:54.320 --> 13:55.840 They have cups and stuff. 13:56.260 --> 13:57.700 Exuding oil by itself? 13:57.740 --> 14:00.560 Yeah, this is something that's common in Egypt. 14:01.140 --> 14:02.920 This happens a lot and they're used to this. 14:03.120 --> 14:04.000 It's really not unusual. 14:04.500 --> 14:06.320 It's just unusual that it happened here in America. 14:06.320 --> 14:11.580 It's a chance for people to see that there is a miracle here and try to get them to 14:11.580 --> 14:17.480 believe in something that a lot of people might not believe in just hearing about 14:17.480 --> 14:17.720 it. 14:17.900 --> 14:20.400 They say God works in mysterious ways. 14:21.580 --> 14:22.380 I saw the Virgin. 14:22.520 --> 14:24.460 She came out of the clouds, you know, and I saw her. 14:24.600 --> 14:25.900 I saw the seal of water. 14:26.080 --> 14:28.880 I saw the Virgin Mary wearing a crown of gold. 14:29.460 --> 14:32.520 Mary had turned her silver into gold. 14:32.760 --> 14:34.240 This was all sterling silver. 14:35.540 --> 14:39.580 The beads and the crucifix, everything is gold. 14:39.940 --> 14:45.340 I touched my rosary to the cross hanging outside the home and it actually turned 14:45.340 --> 14:46.200 from silver to gold. 14:47.220 --> 14:53.880 And the silent young man himself produces one picture after another of the Mother 14:53.880 --> 14:59.840 Mary along with statuettes all with liquid coming from the eyes. 15:00.060 --> 15:01.880 What do you believe is on that cotton wool? 15:02.380 --> 15:03.040 Mary's tears. 15:04.240 --> 15:04.900 Tears of Mary. 15:07.380 --> 15:10.060 Is it, I mean, physically, what do you believe it is? 15:10.880 --> 15:11.660 Tears of Mary. 15:12.960 --> 15:13.660 Tears of Mary. 15:15.240 --> 15:16.880 You don't think it's scented oil? 15:17.620 --> 15:17.860 No. 15:18.320 --> 15:18.460 No. 15:18.900 --> 15:19.480 It's impossible. 15:20.120 --> 15:21.100 This oil is flowing. 15:21.220 --> 15:22.280 It cannot be scented oil. 15:22.680 --> 15:23.200 Look at it. 15:23.220 --> 15:23.720 It's just flowing. 15:23.940 --> 15:25.860 It's coming from nowhere, from the eyes. 15:26.200 --> 15:27.300 Go take a picture behind it. 15:27.320 --> 15:28.240 You called it oil. 15:28.740 --> 15:29.420 Yeah, it's oil. 15:29.640 --> 15:32.060 It's oil and the meaning of that is anointing the sick. 15:33.040 --> 15:38.180 In addition to supernatural signs, numerous bona fide healings have been 15:38.180 --> 15:38.620 recorded. 15:39.840 --> 15:44.560 David Parks was healed of terminal cancer while on pilgrimage to Medjugorje. 15:45.320 --> 15:48.000 Well, I went out to Medjugorje spiritually bankrupt. 15:48.220 --> 15:50.540 I went out with just a few weeks to live. 15:51.060 --> 15:54.900 I had a serious illness for 12 years and had 10 major surgeries. 15:55.480 --> 15:57.640 And after the last surgery I was told I had weeks to live. 15:57.980 --> 16:00.500 I went out and that's where I found our Blessed Mother. 16:00.500 --> 16:03.620 That's where I found she came. 16:04.280 --> 16:08.400 I received a great physical healing but most important of all a spiritual healing. 16:09.380 --> 16:13.040 And my whole life has been transformed because of the messages of Our Lady 16:13.040 --> 16:15.740 because all she asks to do is pray, pray and pray. 16:17.260 --> 16:21.860 All signs point to monumental activity in the supernatural realm. 16:22.860 --> 16:26.320 Does the Bible anticipate these end time events? 16:27.140 --> 16:31.080 What role will the apparitions of Mary play in the days ahead? 16:32.600 --> 16:38.680 I believe Mary will usher in global peace and unity. 16:38.880 --> 16:39.800 She is the key. 16:41.380 --> 16:46.680 She has said that her immaculate heart will triumph and it will and I believe 16:46.680 --> 16:47.640 it's very soon. 16:48.500 --> 16:53.500 But she did say that in the end her immaculate heart will triumph and there 16:53.500 --> 16:54.820 will be a time of peace. 16:55.820 --> 17:02.660 So definitely if we follow Our Lady's request, that's praying the rosary every 17:02.660 --> 17:07.140 day for the world to be consecrated to her immaculate heart. 17:08.080 --> 17:12.180 And for us to do the devotions of the first five Saturdays. 17:12.520 --> 17:17.880 Then Our Lady said that in the end her immaculate heart will triumph and there 17:17.880 --> 17:22.140 will be peace and a time of goodness and peace in the world. 17:22.140 --> 17:26.460 Mother Mary's apparitions are appearing more, much more frequently today than they 17:26.460 --> 17:27.240 did in the past. 17:28.080 --> 17:33.400 Because from what we see through this theological lens, it's approaching the 17:33.400 --> 17:35.400 eschatological times, the end times. 17:36.060 --> 17:37.560 Very nearly now. 17:37.780 --> 17:44.220 The evil is so intense that in history whenever it seems like it reached an 17:44.220 --> 17:47.940 impossible place for us, then God steps in. 17:47.940 --> 17:53.140 And He steps in with Mary as the commander-in-chief of all the forces. 17:53.900 --> 17:57.060 Do you see how these people love her in this Marian Conference? 18:01.100 --> 18:03.180 These events are truly remarkable. 18:03.760 --> 18:07.800 Millions of devout believers all over the world follow and obey the apparitions of 18:07.800 --> 18:08.080 Mary. 18:08.920 --> 18:13.860 However, the Bible tells us to test all spirits, even those that come in the name 18:13.860 --> 18:14.440 of Christ. 18:15.180 --> 18:19.380 As Christians, we believe the Bible is God's inspired message to mankind. 18:20.120 --> 18:25.000 Let's divert for a moment and examine some of the evidence which demonstrates that 18:25.000 --> 18:30.240 the Bible is truly God's word and our only source of discerning spiritual truth. 18:45.200 --> 18:54.900 I believe that the Bible is God's inspired word because of the fulfillment of 18:54.900 --> 18:55.880 prophecies. 18:55.880 --> 19:04.180 In the Old Testament, there are more than 300 predictions concerning the Messiah and 19:04.180 --> 19:09.680 His first coming that Jesus fulfilled when He came to earth. 19:10.240 --> 19:12.860 Well, there are many prophecies that we could look at. 19:13.360 --> 19:16.140 The Bible says that He would be born of a virgin. 19:16.680 --> 19:18.120 We know that that took place. 19:18.560 --> 19:22.100 The Bible says that He would be born in Bethlehem of Judah. 19:22.940 --> 19:23.980 That took place. 19:23.980 --> 19:31.280 Daniel chapter 9 says that He, the Messiah, would have to be born before 19:31.280 --> 19:36.480 the destruction of the Temple and the city of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. 19:36.980 --> 19:38.960 by Titus and the Roman army. 19:39.700 --> 19:43.380 And so Jesus, fulfilling those prophecies. 19:43.860 --> 19:52.480 Psalm 22 graphically portrays the cruel death, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 19:52.480 --> 19:59.460 In fact, Psalm 22, which graphically details the crucifixion, was written 1,000 19:59.460 --> 20:04.000 years before crucifixion was a method of punishment by the Romans. 20:05.820 --> 20:10.360 The Old Testament is replete with prophecies anticipating the Messiah. 20:11.260 --> 20:16.860 For instance, Isaiah 61 prophesied that Messiah would preach good tidings to the 20:16.860 --> 20:19.100 poor and liberty to the captives. 20:19.100 --> 20:24.960 While Deuteronomy 18.18 declared that Messiah would be a prophet. 20:26.540 --> 20:28.900 Zechariah wrote of Messiah these words. 20:29.680 --> 20:31.980 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! 20:32.540 --> 20:34.160 Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! 20:34.960 --> 20:37.420 Behold, your King is coming to you. 20:37.940 --> 20:42.180 He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey. 20:42.920 --> 20:45.980 And the prophet Isaiah wrote this concerning Messiah. 20:45.980 --> 20:48.840 He was wounded for our transgressions. 20:49.240 --> 20:51.180 He was bruised for our iniquities. 20:51.780 --> 20:57.080 The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 20:57.940 --> 21:00.160 All we like sheep have gone astray. 21:00.800 --> 21:03.420 We have turned every one to his own way. 21:04.100 --> 21:07.420 And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 21:08.580 --> 21:14.600 In addition, the Holy Spirit predicted the crucifixion 1,000 years before it was 21:14.600 --> 21:14.940 invented. 21:15.980 --> 21:18.360 They pierced my hands and my feet. 21:19.340 --> 21:24.860 As well, God spoke through Zechariah, And I will pour on the house of David and 21:24.860 --> 21:28.900 on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. 21:29.560 --> 21:32.260 Then they will look on Me whom they pierced. 21:33.780 --> 21:40.100 What are the chance factors that Jesus could have fulfilled these 300 21:40.100 --> 21:41.080 predictions? 21:41.080 --> 21:46.440 One of the predictions is that Bethlehem would be His birthplace. 21:47.340 --> 21:52.540 Now, what chances are there for an individual to be born in Bethlehem? 21:53.400 --> 21:58.580 Well, you take the average population of the earth from the time of Micah's 21:58.580 --> 22:04.380 prophecy, and you compare it with the average population of Bethlehem. 22:04.660 --> 22:10.160 And you find that only 1 in 280,000 people were born in Bethlehem. 22:11.080 --> 22:16.540 The minute you say Bethlehem would be His birthplace, you've eliminated the vast 22:16.540 --> 22:19.120 majority of people from claiming to be the Messiah. 22:20.040 --> 22:26.280 It declared that He would be betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver. 22:27.160 --> 22:31.100 It said the silver would then be thrown down in the temple, in the house of the 22:31.100 --> 22:34.540 Lord, and it would be used to buy a potter's field. 22:35.920 --> 22:40.320 Jesus fulfilled over 300 Old Testament prophecies. 22:42.680 --> 22:45.840 I have a mere bachelor's degree in math. 22:45.940 --> 22:47.860 I know a little bit about probability. 22:49.080 --> 22:51.160 And it couldn't happen by chance. 22:51.360 --> 22:56.280 Furthermore, there are things that you just couldn't manipulate either. 22:57.100 --> 23:00.300 For example, it was prophesied He would be born in Bethlehem. 23:00.740 --> 23:02.360 How do you get yourself born in Bethlehem? 23:05.100 --> 23:09.120 It was prophesied that He would rise from the dead. 23:09.120 --> 23:12.520 How do you rise from the dead if you're not really God? 23:12.680 --> 23:18.460 It was prophesied, Daniel 9, the very day that He would ride into Jerusalem on that 23:18.460 --> 23:18.860 donkey. 23:20.340 --> 23:22.260 You've got to be born at the right time in history. 23:22.980 --> 23:27.760 And how can you manipulate a crowd, a crowd of people, that lined the road 23:27.760 --> 23:31.060 down from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem and hailed Him as the Messiah? 23:31.740 --> 23:33.240 How are you going to do that? 23:33.240 --> 23:38.660 Every detail of His betrayal, the price of the transaction, where it took place, 23:39.040 --> 23:42.680 who finally ends up with the money, and on and on it goes. 23:43.140 --> 23:45.380 Incredible details, all laid out in advance. 23:46.000 --> 23:50.220 And no one can dispute that because the Old Testament was translated into Greek 23:50.220 --> 23:54.840 three centuries before Christ was born, the so-called Septuagint Version. 23:54.960 --> 23:56.560 We have four copies of those. 23:57.960 --> 24:04.080 Amazingly, Jesus fulfilled all the Messianic prophecies exactly, though they 24:04.080 --> 24:06.720 were written hundreds of years before His birth. 24:07.500 --> 24:12.280 The probability of fulfilling just eight of these prophecies has been calculated to 24:12.280 --> 24:15.420 be one chance in 10 to the 28th power. 24:16.460 --> 24:22.580 Certainly, Jesus is the Messiah, God the Son, the Savior of the world. 24:24.760 --> 24:31.540 When Luke wrote to his friend Theophilus, the book known as the Acts of the 24:31.540 --> 24:38.500 Apostles, he said that Jesus showed Himself alive after His passion or death 24:38.500 --> 24:42.720 by many infallible proofs. 24:43.100 --> 24:47.720 With Jesus, there were many eyewitnesses of His resurrection. 24:47.720 --> 24:53.640 In fact, Paul tells us that there were over 500 at one time. 24:55.620 --> 24:59.500 The capstone of Christianity is the resurrection of Christ. 25:00.180 --> 25:03.800 The evidence that Jesus rose from the dead is overwhelming. 25:04.840 --> 25:09.780 First, the New Testament reports that hundreds of eyewitnesses saw Jesus after 25:09.780 --> 25:10.480 He rose. 25:10.480 --> 25:15.780 If I told you that John F. 25:15.840 --> 25:21.980 Kennedy was killed in Dealey Plaza by a bow and arrow, could I ever sell you that 25:21.980 --> 25:22.300 story? 25:23.040 --> 25:23.920 Of course not. 25:24.360 --> 25:24.860 Why? 25:25.900 --> 25:29.440 Because among us are eyewitnesses to that event. 25:29.980 --> 25:34.960 And when Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians, among his audience were 25:34.960 --> 25:38.800 hundreds of people, because over 500 people witnessed the Lord's return. 25:38.800 --> 25:43.240 So he didn't have the burden of trying to create that out of thin air. 25:43.360 --> 25:45.780 The people that he was writing to were aware of it. 25:46.340 --> 25:51.320 Second, the Roman and Jewish authorities were never able to produce Christ's body, 25:51.540 --> 25:53.680 though they sealed and guarded the tomb. 25:54.420 --> 25:56.220 There are two major responses to the resurrection. 25:56.940 --> 26:00.720 The first is Rome, which is, when you read in the Gospels, is quite muted, 26:01.540 --> 26:05.640 bearing in mind that there were a strong military power in Palestine at the time. 26:05.640 --> 26:12.240 And they could have, had the disciples stolen the body, they could have got the 26:12.240 --> 26:15.500 might of Rome to produce that body, but they didn't, which suggests to me that 26:15.500 --> 26:17.300 the resurrection was genuine. 26:17.800 --> 26:22.760 If the resurrection of Jesus Christ didn't occur, it would have been very easy to 26:22.760 --> 26:25.340 disprove, point to the body. 26:26.320 --> 26:29.380 The body of Jesus Christ was not found. 26:30.460 --> 26:34.940 Third, the apostles, who were cowards during Jesus' trials and crucifixion, 26:34.940 --> 26:39.940 became bold witnesses of his resurrection after they met the risen Lord, 26:40.460 --> 26:41.980 even to their dying breath. 26:43.140 --> 26:47.640 With regard to the disciples, their initial response is one of fear, 26:48.640 --> 26:52.740 intimidation of the Jews, but after the resurrection there's a great boldness. 26:53.840 --> 26:58.040 So, again, that suggests to me that something happened that changed their 26:58.040 --> 27:02.720 lives, that they were willing even to die as a result of the gospel they preached 27:02.720 --> 27:05.040 regarding the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. 27:05.640 --> 27:09.640 Suddenly you find in a few weeks' time that these men are going forth into all 27:09.640 --> 27:12.220 the world to proclaim a risen Christ. 27:12.800 --> 27:16.640 It is quite evident that the change of heart that they experienced was because 27:16.640 --> 27:18.980 they had truly seen the risen Christ. 27:19.240 --> 27:21.780 There is no other logical explanation for it. 27:22.120 --> 27:27.000 And these men, all but one of them, lost their lives proclaiming Christ, 27:27.300 --> 27:29.640 Him crucified and Him risen from the dead. 27:29.640 --> 27:32.680 Only one of them reached a ripe old age, and that was John. 27:32.920 --> 27:37.780 So it is quite clear that the evidence of history in the lives of these men confirms 27:37.780 --> 27:39.240 the resurrected Christ. 27:40.680 --> 27:46.240 Furthermore, Jesus' death and resurrection changed the course of history and rewrote 27:46.240 --> 27:53.880 time from B.C., meaning before Christ, to A.D., or Anno Domini, meaning the year 27:53.880 --> 27:54.560 of our Lord. 27:55.320 --> 28:01.600 Anyone rejecting Christ's resurrection or the Bible as the inspired word of God is 28:01.600 --> 28:06.480 rejecting a fact proven more absolutely than any other fact in the world. 28:08.380 --> 28:11.180 Someone has said that the Bible is like an anvil. 28:12.740 --> 28:18.040 That the hammers of men have been pounding against it for centuries. 28:18.800 --> 28:23.680 The hammers have long worn out, but the anvil still stands. 28:24.560 --> 28:25.640 This is the Bible, God's word. 28:25.980 --> 28:31.060 People have attacked it for years, it still stands, and the attackers have 28:31.060 --> 28:32.200 long fallen. 28:35.680 --> 28:38.740 Truly, the Bible is God's word to mankind. 28:39.580 --> 28:45.460 2 Timothy 3.16 states that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is 28:45.460 --> 28:47.880 profitable for doctrine and for instruction. 28:48.740 --> 28:53.360 In John 1, we are told that Jesus Himself is the word of God. 28:53.360 --> 29:00.500 And Psalm 138 declares that God has even magnified His word above His name. 29:01.020 --> 29:05.220 It is with the word of God that we will test these messages from heaven. 29:12.180 --> 29:17.420 Those familiar with the word of God know that apparitions occurred during biblical 29:17.420 --> 29:18.060 times. 29:18.060 --> 29:21.180 Trances and apparitions are biblical. 29:22.020 --> 29:28.080 If we look in the Bible, we see examples, say, for example, in Acts 10, where Peter 29:28.080 --> 29:31.920 is fasting and in prayer, and he falls into a trance. 29:32.040 --> 29:35.900 And in this trance, an angel appears to him, and as a result of that, he brings 29:35.900 --> 29:39.000 the gospel to the Gentiles via Cornelius. 29:40.000 --> 29:44.880 And today, there is significant evidence that apparitions are manifesting. 29:44.880 --> 29:51.080 For example, the video, Marian Apparitions of the Twentieth Century, documents 29:51.080 --> 29:54.280 visionaries during actual encounters with an apparition. 30:22.340 --> 30:28.040 However, the Bible records that not all apparitions originate from God. 30:30.000 --> 30:37.760 The only way to test experiences that are biblically related is to test them 30:37.760 --> 30:38.280 biblically. 30:38.740 --> 30:44.400 Because if we embrace experiences that are extra-biblical, there is no question we 30:44.400 --> 30:45.280 are going to be deceived. 30:45.920 --> 30:50.380 It is no surprise to followers that the apparition of Mary repeatedly proclaims 30:50.380 --> 30:51.180 biblical themes. 30:51.960 --> 30:54.660 Here is an example from Our Lady of Magigori. 30:55.380 --> 30:59.620 Dear children, today I am calling you to pray with the heart. 31:00.600 --> 31:04.520 Throughout this season of grace, I wish each of you to be united to Jesus. 31:05.380 --> 31:09.820 But without unceasing prayer, you will not be able to experience the beauty and 31:09.820 --> 31:12.440 greatness of the grace which God is offering you. 31:14.680 --> 31:19.760 Larry Lewis is one of a growing number of individuals who converted because he 31:19.760 --> 31:21.620 believes the apparitions are biblical. 31:21.620 --> 31:25.760 I was a Protestant minister for over 30 years in different areas of ministry. 31:27.240 --> 31:31.980 I was very content, happy, and thrilled about it actually. 31:34.620 --> 31:39.540 Then, pastoring in the United Methodist Church, in the middle of that of my 31:39.540 --> 31:44.160 pastorate there, we were kind of blindsided by the Blessed Mother. 31:44.540 --> 31:50.000 She kind of came out of nowhere and really began to turn our whole lives around. 31:50.000 --> 31:54.760 And you take Magigoria, for example, everything that Mary says is right out of 31:54.760 --> 31:55.180 the scriptures. 31:56.120 --> 32:00.460 So what she is doing is affirming that which we know to be true and encouraging 32:00.460 --> 32:06.240 us in the process as we look forward in a sense to our coming passion or the time at 32:06.240 --> 32:09.640 least in our life when things might be tough and so forth. 32:09.800 --> 32:12.680 Turn back our eyes to Jesus and follow Him. 32:14.540 --> 32:18.160 Archimandrite Stephen Barham, a popular speaker at Marian conferences, 32:18.980 --> 32:22.080 attended Assemblies of God before becoming a priest. 32:22.520 --> 32:24.280 We look for certain signs. 32:24.620 --> 32:30.040 Number one, the positive sign, conversions, lives changed. 32:31.140 --> 32:35.500 And I think that Magigoria, when some of the bishops asked the Holy Father when 32:35.500 --> 32:39.060 they made their limited visit about Magigoria, pulled his chair back and said, 32:39.180 --> 32:43.740 conversions, conversions, everywhere, Magigoria conversions, and that's good. 32:44.460 --> 32:46.600 So he said, I pray for a good end to Magigoria. 32:46.600 --> 32:48.440 And then we look at the content. 32:49.300 --> 32:53.060 The content is the same basic structure as the Gospel. 32:54.040 --> 32:59.460 Repent, be converted, fast, pray, pray for the renewal of the Church, 32:59.540 --> 33:00.760 go back to the sacraments. 33:01.200 --> 33:05.840 All of those things authenticate that we are dealing with something real. 33:16.560 --> 33:21.860 For these reasons and others, the Roman Catholic Church has approved several 33:21.860 --> 33:22.480 apparitions. 33:23.410 --> 33:27.520 In addition, Pope John Paul has been called the Marian Pope. 33:28.300 --> 33:33.360 He credits Our Lady of Fatima with saving his life, and he has twice consecrated the 33:33.360 --> 33:38.380 entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, done in response to the apparitions 33:38.380 --> 33:39.880 request made at Fatima. 33:41.300 --> 33:45.720 Furthermore, the Pope wrote these startling words in his book, Crossing the 33:45.720 --> 33:46.700 Threshold of Hope. 33:47.680 --> 33:52.000 After my election as Pope, as I became more involved in the problems of the 33:52.000 --> 33:55.260 Universal Church, I came to have a similar conviction. 33:56.380 --> 34:01.120 On this universal level, if victory comes, it will be brought by Mary. 34:01.960 --> 34:06.140 Christ will conquer through her, because he wants the Church's victories 34:06.140 --> 34:08.820 now and in the future to be linked to her. 34:10.120 --> 34:12.980 The Pope's Marian devotion is truly exceptional. 34:14.280 --> 34:21.660 I would, of course, call Pope John Paul II the Marian Pope, because he has gone to 34:21.660 --> 34:23.020 all the Marian shrines in the world. 34:23.440 --> 34:27.800 In his first few years, in fact, he picked them out, and he came to Ireland 34:27.800 --> 34:28.180 here. 34:28.940 --> 34:32.200 And when he came to Knock, he said he had reached the goal of his pilgrimage in 34:32.200 --> 34:34.800 Ireland, when he came to this Marian shrine. 34:35.140 --> 34:40.720 I would call Pope John Paul, without any question, that he's the Marian Pope. 34:41.760 --> 34:45.840 He's widely known throughout the whole world as Mary's Pope. 34:49.290 --> 34:54.310 Even more important than the Pope's convictions, the numerous miracles or the 34:54.310 --> 34:59.410 apparent good fruit, is the fact that the apparition has at times encouraged the 34:59.410 --> 35:00.550 reading of God's Word. 35:03.190 --> 35:08.770 Dear children, today I ask you to read the Bible in your homes every day. 35:08.770 --> 35:14.470 Put it in a visible place where it will always remind you to read it and pray it. 35:20.540 --> 35:23.820 The apparition's messages have many scriptural truths. 35:24.600 --> 35:29.220 Certainly, messages to pray, read the Bible, and trust in Jesus are biblical. 35:30.140 --> 35:34.660 Is it possible that God has sent the Blessed Virgin Mary to wake us out of our 35:34.660 --> 35:35.560 spiritual slumber? 35:50.590 --> 35:54.030 There's other marks around the building, but it doesn't form a pattern like she is. 35:54.110 --> 35:55.030 I think it's for real. 35:55.250 --> 35:55.850 It's a miracle. 35:56.350 --> 35:58.610 This is the Blessed Mother's way of screaming at people. 36:04.100 --> 36:08.780 Despite the evidence that the apparitions are benevolent, a number of Christians are 36:08.780 --> 36:12.240 concerned that this phenomenon may be a grand deception. 36:12.960 --> 36:17.300 The scriptures warn us very clearly that Satan is a master deceiver. 36:18.460 --> 36:22.140 And that Satan actually can appear as an angel of light. 36:23.000 --> 36:24.840 And we know that the Word of God is light. 36:26.220 --> 36:31.220 So Satan can actually manifest himself in the form of the truth, or appear to be 36:31.220 --> 36:33.300 true, and yet be deceptive. 36:34.360 --> 36:38.260 Satan, we're told, is like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 36:38.260 --> 36:44.560 Or, as Paul writes, he is the one who schemes, or plans, to deceive the whole 36:44.560 --> 36:44.820 world. 36:45.020 --> 36:50.080 He's the God of this world, who blinds the minds of the unbelieving, so that they 36:50.080 --> 36:52.080 might not see the light of the glorious gospel. 36:52.400 --> 36:54.780 He has a master plan to deceive. 36:55.580 --> 36:59.800 I believe that we must test every experience by the Word of God. 37:00.280 --> 37:04.760 I think that is clear in the case of Peter, who had a marvelous experience, 37:04.920 --> 37:06.620 the transfiguration of Christ. 37:06.620 --> 37:11.980 And yet, in his own epistle, he wrote, we have a more sure word of prophecy, 37:12.400 --> 37:14.380 and he was referring to the Word of God. 37:14.700 --> 37:19.180 That is the standard by which we must judge all things, not our own personal 37:19.180 --> 37:19.980 experience. 37:20.260 --> 37:22.900 Because experiences are most unreliable. 37:24.660 --> 37:29.840 To critically test these manifestations, we will examine those messages that have 37:29.840 --> 37:31.500 received full church approval. 37:32.880 --> 37:37.800 Or those messages which carry the imprimatur of the local Catholic bishop. 37:39.580 --> 37:45.100 And Medjugorje, though not formally approved, it has been openly affirmed by 37:45.100 --> 37:48.780 numerous bishops, cardinals, and the Pope himself. 37:50.480 --> 37:54.560 The following represent common messages from the apparition of Mary. 37:56.100 --> 38:01.680 Dear children, today I invite you to ask yourself why I am with you this long. 38:02.500 --> 38:05.400 I am the mediatrix between you and God. 38:07.200 --> 38:10.260 Do not let yourselves be seized by fear or discouragement. 38:10.940 --> 38:15.680 Have great confidence in the powerful work of intercession and mediation of your 38:15.680 --> 38:16.420 Heavenly Mother. 38:18.880 --> 38:26.700 Many apparitions give the message that Mary is the mediator or intercessor for 38:26.700 --> 38:27.120 mankind. 38:27.920 --> 38:30.320 That is contrary to the scriptures. 38:31.040 --> 38:36.500 In the book of Hebrews chapter 7, verse 25, the Bible says that Jesus Christ 38:36.500 --> 38:39.020 ever lives to make intercession for the saints. 38:39.020 --> 38:44.540 And in the book of 1 Timothy, and in the book of Hebrews, the Bible declares that 38:44.540 --> 38:49.640 there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. 38:50.080 --> 38:54.980 For someone to be the mediator between God and man, he had to be fully God, 38:55.600 --> 38:58.420 he had to be fully man, he had to be sinless. 38:59.360 --> 39:03.320 And Jesus Christ, indeed, is fully God and fully man. 39:05.740 --> 39:11.540 Little children, I am the mother of good counsel, mediator, who is trying to 39:11.540 --> 39:13.300 persuade you to listen to the call. 39:14.260 --> 39:16.860 My message is of faith, love and hope. 39:17.680 --> 39:21.620 More than anything, it brings reconciliation between people and nations. 39:22.680 --> 39:27.540 It is the only thing that can save this century from war and eternal death. 39:30.300 --> 39:35.420 Jesus is the only way, the only truth and only life, and he is the bridge builder 39:35.420 --> 39:36.820 between God and man. 39:37.100 --> 39:39.980 And if you try to go to the right or the left, you'll never get there. 39:40.200 --> 39:42.220 It's only through Jesus Christ, period. 39:44.500 --> 39:51.540 The Bible states clearly, there is one God and one mediator between God and man, 39:52.380 --> 39:54.060 the man Christ Jesus. 39:55.540 --> 40:00.920 Not only does the apparition claim to be our mediator and intercessor, but she also 40:00.920 --> 40:03.060 claims to be our advocate with God. 40:04.640 --> 40:10.340 The world is degenerating, so much so that it was necessary for the Father and the 40:10.340 --> 40:15.280 Son to send me into the world, among all the peoples, in order to be 40:15.280 --> 40:17.260 their advocate and to save them. 40:18.520 --> 40:24.120 We are told in 1 John 2 that of any man's sin, we have an advocate with the Father, 40:24.520 --> 40:26.160 Jesus Christ, the righteous. 40:26.840 --> 40:31.200 Christ alone was righteous and therefore he, on the basis of his righteousness, 40:31.420 --> 40:34.700 is able to intercede, to advocate for sinners. 40:35.160 --> 40:40.100 And so these roles belong exclusively to Christ and cannot in any shape or form be 40:40.100 --> 40:40.980 ascribed to Mary. 40:40.980 --> 40:43.080 Jesus Christ is our advocate. 40:43.480 --> 40:47.020 He never suggested that anybody come to him through Mary. 40:47.320 --> 40:50.060 Never on this earth and not now. 40:50.360 --> 40:52.000 Never ever, as this is stated. 40:52.520 --> 40:54.700 And furthermore, it denigrates Jesus Christ. 40:55.200 --> 40:56.640 Why can't I go right to him? 40:57.100 --> 40:57.860 He's my Savior. 40:58.100 --> 40:59.140 He's the one who loves me. 40:59.540 --> 41:01.880 And he said that we would go to the Father through him. 41:02.320 --> 41:03.800 Then where does Mary come in? 41:04.080 --> 41:04.920 Not in the Bible. 41:06.360 --> 41:11.960 In addition to these claims, the apparition actually says, she is here to 41:11.960 --> 41:12.940 save the world. 41:14.420 --> 41:20.120 I call upon you to open yourselves completely to me, so that through each of 41:20.120 --> 41:24.080 you I may be enabled to convert and save the world. 41:26.480 --> 41:31.400 I alone am able still to save you from the calamities which approach. 41:32.120 --> 41:35.580 Those who place their confidence in me will be saved. 41:38.680 --> 41:42.820 My daughter, in this time I am the ark for all your brethren. 41:43.620 --> 41:45.040 I am the ark of peace. 41:45.680 --> 41:47.280 I am the ark of salvation. 41:47.860 --> 41:52.780 The ark where my children must enter if they wish to live in the kingdom of God. 41:55.940 --> 42:00.980 I think it's most important in Matthew chapter 1 when the angel appears to Joseph 42:00.980 --> 42:03.180 to announce the impending birth. 42:03.760 --> 42:08.160 He says first of all about Mary, she shall bear a son. 42:08.500 --> 42:10.740 That is to be her role, to bear a son. 42:11.240 --> 42:16.040 And then he says to Joseph, and this is what he had to do, thou shalt call his 42:16.040 --> 42:19.820 name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. 42:19.820 --> 42:26.700 So Mary was to bear the son, Joseph was to name him, but Christ is the saviour. 42:26.980 --> 42:29.060 He will save people from their sins. 42:29.420 --> 42:33.560 And of course Peter confirms in his first epistle that we were not redeemed with 42:33.560 --> 42:38.740 corruptible things as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ as 42:38.740 --> 42:40.800 of a lamb without spot and without blemish. 42:41.000 --> 42:43.220 There is only one saviour of men. 42:43.600 --> 42:49.400 Christ said himself, the son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. 42:50.700 --> 42:55.800 You know Mary acknowledges that she is a sinner and she needs a saviour and here we 42:55.800 --> 43:02.240 see by the scripture that she actually is pleading for Jesus to become her own 43:02.240 --> 43:02.640 saviour. 43:02.840 --> 43:08.920 In Luke chapter 1 verse 46 it says, Mary said, my soul magnifies the Lord and 43:08.920 --> 43:11.920 my spirit has rejoiced in God my saviour. 43:12.100 --> 43:13.600 What a beautiful statement from Mary. 43:14.020 --> 43:15.860 Simple, humble Mary. 43:27.550 --> 43:33.130 The apostle Peter proclaimed that Jesus has become the chief cornerstone, 43:33.470 --> 43:39.050 nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven 43:39.050 --> 43:41.810 given among men by which we must be saved. 43:43.090 --> 43:49.590 And throughout the Bible God proclaims, you shall know no God but me, for there is 43:49.590 --> 43:51.550 no saviour besides me. 43:52.510 --> 43:57.570 Furthermore, the apparition ascribes to herself many additional characteristics 43:57.570 --> 44:00.010 that only God possesses. 44:00.230 --> 44:02.830 For example, she claims to be ever present. 44:03.630 --> 44:05.210 You will never be alone. 44:05.950 --> 44:10.570 My immaculate heart will be your refuge and the way which will lead you to God. 44:11.990 --> 44:15.530 At every moment you must be just as I would have you be. 44:16.270 --> 44:19.770 At every moment you must do just what I would have you to do. 44:19.770 --> 44:21.510 Do not be afraid. 44:22.230 --> 44:24.010 I will always be near you. 44:26.950 --> 44:28.230 Do not be grieved. 44:28.910 --> 44:31.810 I am with all of you, even though you do not see me. 44:32.550 --> 44:34.510 I am mother of all of you sinners. 44:37.550 --> 44:43.230 An amazing thing about the apparitions, she is claiming to be at the same place at 44:43.230 --> 44:46.110 the same time all over the world. 44:46.110 --> 44:50.230 That is claiming to have attributes of deity. 44:50.970 --> 44:57.950 Only God has the attribute of omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence. 44:58.230 --> 45:04.430 They are ascribing God-like qualities to Mary, who was a humble handmaid of the 45:04.430 --> 45:06.290 Lord, obedient to the Lord. 45:06.630 --> 45:12.210 She is a wonderful example to believers, but she is certainly not the omnipresent, 45:12.450 --> 45:15.590 omniscient, omnipotent Mary of Roman Catholicism. 45:16.870 --> 45:22.850 Of course, Jesus, who is God Almighty, promised his followers, I am with you 45:22.850 --> 45:25.430 always, even to the end of the age. 45:26.550 --> 45:30.310 The apparition has even proclaimed herself co-redemptrix. 45:31.810 --> 45:35.550 I stand here as the co-redemptrix and advocate. 45:36.570 --> 45:38.850 Everything should be concentrated on that. 45:39.790 --> 45:41.050 Repeat this after me. 45:41.810 --> 45:45.350 The new dogma will be the dogma of the co-redemptrix. 45:47.950 --> 45:52.710 Until I am acknowledged there, where the Most Holy Trinity has willed me 45:52.710 --> 45:59.710 to be, I will not be able to exercise my power fully in the maternal work of 45:59.710 --> 46:03.670 co-redemption and of the universal mediation of graces. 46:04.630 --> 46:09.550 The whole idea that Mary is to be a co-redemptrix of Jesus Christ, 46:09.630 --> 46:12.380 of course, is contrary to biblical understanding. 46:13.040 --> 46:16.360 It's one thing to be a little heterodox, it's one thing to be at the periphery, 46:16.400 --> 46:22.920 it's quite another to go in direct opposition to the central truth of the 46:22.920 --> 46:23.180 Bible. 46:23.720 --> 46:25.240 We're not talking about details. 46:25.340 --> 46:29.300 Many denominations have exaggerations or views about some of what we'll call 46:29.300 --> 46:30.220 peripheral issues. 46:30.860 --> 46:37.180 We're talking here about going head to head to the central theme of the gospel. 46:37.180 --> 46:42.040 And when I say gospel, I mean that theme that God has laid out from Genesis chapter 46:42.040 --> 46:43.120 3 to the end. 46:43.880 --> 46:50.160 And that's why these assertions, these claims are anti-biblical, 46:50.680 --> 46:55.520 not just non-biblical, anti-biblical and are dangerous. 47:18.270 --> 47:21.330 We read in Revelation concerning Jesus, 47:30.850 --> 47:36.530 And throughout the Bible, God reiterates that He alone is the Redeemer. 47:37.290 --> 47:43.350 As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel. 47:44.730 --> 47:49.930 In addition to these anti-biblical assertions, the apparition of Mary claims 47:49.930 --> 47:52.510 to suffer and even atone for sins. 48:10.670 --> 48:13.650 For a long time I have suffered for you. 48:14.430 --> 48:19.790 If I do not want my Son to abandon you, I am forced to pray to Him myself without 48:19.790 --> 48:20.270 ceasing. 48:21.230 --> 48:22.250 You pay no heed. 48:23.110 --> 48:27.930 However much you would do, you could never recompense the pain I have taken for you. 48:31.480 --> 48:37.520 I boldly assert that His suffering became my suffering because His heart was mine. 48:38.180 --> 48:44.420 And just as Adam and Eve sold the world for an apple, so in a certain sense my Son 48:44.420 --> 48:47.240 and I redeemed the world with one heart. 48:51.000 --> 48:56.300 In many of the apparitions that people get in the day of Mary, she claims to suffer 48:56.300 --> 48:58.180 and atone with Jesus. 48:58.720 --> 49:04.640 That is not biblical because the Bible declares that Christ has suffered for our 49:04.640 --> 49:04.780 sins. 49:04.780 --> 49:06.440 In fact, when He died, He said, It is finished. 49:06.920 --> 49:11.240 He has paid our sins and our suffering completely on the cross. 49:12.740 --> 49:19.220 Peter writes, For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, 49:19.780 --> 49:23.940 that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, 49:24.120 --> 49:25.660 but made alive by the Spirit. 49:26.420 --> 49:31.600 And the book of Hebrews states that Jesus, after He had offered one sacrifice for 49:31.600 --> 49:37.520 sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His 49:37.520 --> 49:39.460 enemies are made His footstool. 49:40.240 --> 49:45.500 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 49:46.100 --> 49:48.440 There is no longer an offering for sin. 49:49.880 --> 49:55.800 I've often heard Roman Catholic people and prelates teaching that Mary was suffering 49:55.800 --> 49:56.440 for sin. 49:56.440 --> 50:01.620 But by saying that, they fail to understand what it means to suffer for 50:01.620 --> 50:01.940 sin. 50:02.420 --> 50:06.620 To suffer for sin is to suffer vicariously as a substitute. 50:07.360 --> 50:11.000 And it means to take punishment inflicted upon you by God. 50:11.500 --> 50:16.600 And the Word of God makes it plain, for instance, in Isaiah 53, that He was 50:16.600 --> 50:17.700 wounded for our transgressions. 50:18.500 --> 50:20.640 He was bruised for our iniquities. 50:20.880 --> 50:23.900 And the chastisement of our peace was led upon Him. 50:23.900 --> 50:26.800 This is referring prophetically to Christ. 50:27.180 --> 50:32.640 The last verse of Romans 4 says that He, Christ, was delivered for our offenses. 50:33.320 --> 50:38.280 Peter says that He, that is Christ, bore our sins in His own body upon the 50:38.280 --> 50:38.600 tree. 50:39.180 --> 50:44.820 And the suffering for sin had to involve death, because the wages of sin is death. 50:45.160 --> 50:47.860 So therefore Mary in no sense suffered for us. 50:49.580 --> 50:55.280 This comparison could go on and on, as the apparition ascribes to Mary nearly 50:55.280 --> 50:57.780 every attribute found only in Christ. 50:58.620 --> 51:04.080 For instance, the Bible says that all have sinned except Jesus, yet the apparition 51:04.080 --> 51:05.420 claims to be sinless. 51:06.620 --> 51:11.580 While Jesus is the new Adam, the apparition claims to be the new Eve. 51:12.400 --> 51:18.200 Jesus ascended bodily, yet the apparition claims that Mary was assumed bodily. 51:19.240 --> 51:25.080 Jesus alone destroyed the works of the devil, yet the apparition claims that Mary 51:25.080 --> 51:26.120 will crush the serpent. 51:27.120 --> 51:33.260 The Bible calls Jesus the morning star, while the apparition refers to Mary as the 51:33.260 --> 51:33.980 morning star. 51:35.140 --> 51:39.280 Despite the apparition's claims, God is jealous for His glory. 51:39.280 --> 51:45.360 I am the Lord, that is my name, and my glory I will not give to another, 51:45.880 --> 51:47.700 nor my praise to carved images. 51:56.070 --> 52:00.730 We have examined only church-approved messages, and those from Medjugorje, 52:00.970 --> 52:03.690 yet even these clearly contradict the Bible. 52:04.490 --> 52:07.930 Certainly the humble maidservant to the Lord would never draw attention to 52:07.930 --> 52:08.310 herself. 52:08.310 --> 52:12.450 Nor would the Blessed Virgin Mary ever contradict the Word of God. 52:13.110 --> 52:16.770 If this is not the Mary of Nazareth, then how do we explain these events? 52:17.690 --> 52:20.570 Who, or what, is behind these manifestations? 52:34.150 --> 52:37.350 This one has the Blessed Mother in it, if you can see. 52:38.390 --> 52:39.950 That is the Blessed Mother. 52:40.330 --> 52:47.430 We did see the miracle of the sun, we saw the sun spinning, so we were very 52:47.430 --> 52:47.750 thrilled. 52:48.910 --> 52:54.350 I saw the cross, okay, right, okay, in the sun, and then I saw the host, 52:54.750 --> 52:57.190 right in the middle of the sun, and then I saw another circle. 53:00.560 --> 53:04.440 Some of the apparition's messages are shamelessly unbiblical. 53:05.800 --> 53:09.060 I am she who is related to the Divine Trinity. 53:09.840 --> 53:11.680 I am the Virgin of Revelation. 53:13.780 --> 53:18.240 Yet God declares, I am the first, and I am the last. 53:18.800 --> 53:20.920 Besides me, there is no God. 53:23.960 --> 53:28.600 My children, I am the door of heaven, and the help on earth. 53:31.320 --> 53:35.380 In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord referred to the broad road which would 53:35.380 --> 53:38.680 lead to destruction, and many there be that find that road. 53:38.680 --> 53:43.760 But then he talked about the narrow road, namely himself, and few there would be who 53:43.760 --> 53:44.660 would find him. 53:45.020 --> 53:48.260 So it is the narrow road, there is only one path to God. 53:48.700 --> 53:54.240 Jesus said, I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. 53:54.440 --> 53:57.360 There is only one way to heaven, and that is through Christ and Him 53:57.360 --> 53:57.840 crucified. 53:59.420 --> 54:01.080 There are many other problems. 54:01.820 --> 54:06.520 For instance, the apparition even commands her followers to venerate her statues. 54:07.200 --> 54:12.620 As mother, I want to tell you that I am here with you, represented by the statue 54:12.620 --> 54:13.420 you have here. 54:14.540 --> 54:19.500 Each of my statues is a sign of a presence of mine, and reminds you of your heavenly 54:19.500 --> 54:19.840 mother. 54:20.840 --> 54:25.020 Therefore, it must be honored and put in places of greater veneration. 54:26.100 --> 54:29.500 You should look with love at every image of your heavenly mother. 54:31.900 --> 54:35.280 Contrast this with the Lord's command given in Deuteronomy. 54:35.280 --> 54:41.260 Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to 54:41.260 --> 54:43.500 you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire. 54:44.120 --> 54:48.680 Lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of 54:48.680 --> 54:52.000 any figure, the likeness of male or female. 54:54.420 --> 55:00.020 The apparition has also requested shrines be erected in her honor around the globe. 55:01.880 --> 55:08.100 I ardently desire a temple built for me here, where I can show and offer all my 55:08.100 --> 55:10.880 love, compassion, help, and protection. 55:11.580 --> 55:13.940 For I am your merciful mother. 55:18.780 --> 55:24.520 Most of the apparitions ask for a shrine to be built, and shrines are built, 55:24.600 --> 55:26.660 there are thousands all over the world. 55:26.660 --> 55:29.740 And people come and kneel before Mary. 55:30.380 --> 55:36.360 I've seen them walking on their knees, bloody knees, at Fatima and so forth. 55:37.500 --> 55:41.740 And they're doing this out of penance and trying to curry Mary's favor. 55:42.440 --> 55:43.520 You don't have to do that. 55:43.600 --> 55:45.180 Furthermore, we don't need Mary's favor. 55:46.100 --> 55:51.740 We need Christ's redemption, his grace and mercy, and it comes to us by grace. 55:52.140 --> 55:54.300 It's not of works, otherwise it wouldn't be grace. 55:54.300 --> 55:56.280 So you can't earn it. 55:56.700 --> 56:00.740 And never, ever did anyone in the Bible bow down before Mary. 56:00.940 --> 56:03.460 Even when Mary was there at the birth of Jesus. 56:03.820 --> 56:05.180 It says they worshipped him. 56:05.880 --> 56:08.280 They didn't bow down to Mary or to Joseph. 56:08.560 --> 56:14.400 When these apparitions are pointing to Mary and asking the people to give her 56:14.400 --> 56:20.020 great reverence and to honor her with shrines or with these other things, 56:20.020 --> 56:28.100 it flies in the face of the scripture of which Jesus said the Holy Spirit will lead 56:28.100 --> 56:30.740 us to the worship of Jesus and him alone. 56:31.240 --> 56:36.000 It is very apparent to me that the Mary of the Bible is not the Mary of the 56:36.000 --> 56:38.280 apparitions that are taking place in the world today. 56:38.740 --> 56:42.260 Because the apparition Mary draws attention to herself. 56:43.460 --> 56:48.440 And the Mary of the Bible clearly pointed people to Jesus Christ, her Son. 57:05.010 --> 57:09.230 If the apparitions are not Mary, who then is appearing? 57:10.230 --> 57:13.370 Ironically, the apparition gives us the answer. 57:15.950 --> 57:21.110 I am Mary, the Queen of Heaven and the Queen of Angels. 57:22.610 --> 57:24.510 Mary is definitely the Queen of Heaven. 57:24.770 --> 57:25.970 She is the mother of God. 57:25.970 --> 57:27.570 She is our mother. 57:28.590 --> 57:33.270 There is no other woman in this whole world that ever could compare to the 57:33.270 --> 57:33.850 Blessed Mother. 57:34.930 --> 57:38.990 The apparitions often come in the name or the term the Queen of Heaven. 57:39.790 --> 57:42.070 And this is interesting to me in light of the scriptures. 57:42.810 --> 57:47.410 Because in the Old Testament, Jeremiah talked about very clearly the Queen of 57:47.410 --> 57:50.370 Heaven as an abomination before God. 57:51.950 --> 57:56.930 Repeatedly in the book of Jeremiah, God Himself identifies the Queen of Heaven 57:56.930 --> 58:00.970 as a pagan goddess and rebukes His people for following her. 58:02.290 --> 58:07.050 My people Israel make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink 58:07.050 --> 58:10.350 offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 58:11.350 --> 58:16.870 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, Behold, my anger and my fury will be 58:16.870 --> 58:18.250 poured out on this place. 58:20.370 --> 58:25.110 When I hear the title Queen of Heaven, it reminds me of a prophecy from the book 58:25.110 --> 58:25.650 of Jeremiah. 58:26.970 --> 58:32.210 When Jehovah God rebukes people, when they offer sacrifices to the Queen of 58:32.210 --> 58:35.630 Heaven, and it was against His will, and He was mad. 58:35.790 --> 58:41.230 Because He is a jealous guy, a jealous God, and His glory He won't give to 58:41.230 --> 58:41.550 anyone. 58:42.910 --> 58:48.370 The only title to Queen of Heaven in the Bible is a female deity that was condemned 58:48.370 --> 58:54.730 by God in the Old Testament in Jeremiah chapter 7 and Jeremiah chapter 44. 58:55.130 --> 59:00.210 And I find that title given to the Mary of the Bible as being extremely offensive. 59:08.890 --> 59:14.770 Furthermore, the Queen of Heaven often appears with a baby, presumably Jesus. 59:17.330 --> 59:21.730 Dear children, here is my Son in my arms. 59:22.610 --> 59:26.390 I would like to ask you to be a light for all in the year to come. 59:27.310 --> 59:30.130 I would like to call you again to live my messages. 59:32.570 --> 59:36.790 Sometimes in His apparitions, Mary appears holding a living baby Jesus. 59:38.190 --> 59:43.050 Again, I would say these are all deceptions of the enemy. 59:44.010 --> 59:48.510 Because Jesus, as we know, was crucified as a man, He's not going to come back as a 59:48.510 --> 59:48.770 baby. 59:49.430 --> 59:54.570 In fact, the Bible declares He'll come back as a man to judge this world. 59:54.930 --> 59:58.690 So again, that would give evidence, if people were seeking for truth, 59:59.090 --> 01:00:02.470 that these visions or apparitions are not of God. 01:00:03.490 --> 01:00:09.470 Peter writes, Jesus Christ has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, 01:00:09.790 --> 01:00:14.210 angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. 01:00:15.370 --> 01:00:20.670 If Jesus is in His glorified body, reigning from heaven, then the Queen of 01:00:20.670 --> 01:00:23.470 Heaven must be presenting a false Christ. 01:00:27.910 --> 01:00:32.810 The Queen of Heaven has been around for millennia, seducing and deceiving God's 01:00:32.810 --> 01:00:33.130 people. 01:00:33.130 --> 01:00:37.070 Is it possible that she is the entity that is impersonating Mary? 01:00:37.770 --> 01:00:41.650 Does the Bible indicate that she'll be active during earth's final days? 01:00:42.510 --> 01:00:47.230 Do the scriptures warn us of a wicked woman, lady and queen who will deceive the 01:00:47.230 --> 01:00:47.570 nations? 01:00:53.450 --> 01:00:58.290 In the book of Revelation, we are told of a queen who will influence the world. 01:00:59.150 --> 01:01:03.570 I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters. 01:01:04.310 --> 01:01:09.950 The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, 01:01:10.390 --> 01:01:11.850 nations and tongues. 01:01:12.770 --> 01:01:18.570 Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, for she says in her heart, 01:01:19.070 --> 01:01:20.270 I sit as queen. 01:01:21.950 --> 01:01:28.310 In the book of Revelation, which is the last book in the Bible, John reveals to us 01:01:28.310 --> 01:01:34.830 a portion of his vision in that in the last days there will be a wicked woman who 01:01:34.830 --> 01:01:39.230 will be part of a delusion that will deceive the whole world. 01:01:39.810 --> 01:01:43.330 And it's in reference to a woman being a queen. 01:01:45.130 --> 01:01:49.410 Of course, the apparition often refers to herself as the queen. 01:01:50.930 --> 01:01:56.910 The lady of all nations, who is the bride of the Lord, the queen of the king, 01:01:57.610 --> 01:02:00.410 who has now received this title from the Lord. 01:02:01.290 --> 01:02:06.850 She has once again saved the world by her intercession, once more saved it. 01:02:10.740 --> 01:02:13.320 Jesus Christ is going to glorify her as the queen. 01:02:13.740 --> 01:02:17.000 And she'll be here, and she'll be recognizable as the queen of everything 01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:17.640 that God has made. 01:02:17.680 --> 01:02:20.580 The queen of the universe, the queen of all mankind, the queen of everything that 01:02:20.580 --> 01:02:21.200 God has created. 01:02:22.320 --> 01:02:25.240 And she'll be the queen, and she'll be a glorified queen. 01:02:25.460 --> 01:02:28.100 It won't be any question about who she is. 01:02:29.240 --> 01:02:34.280 And she will be the loving mother of Jesus Christ, who has all power. 01:02:35.860 --> 01:02:41.820 In addition, Isaiah chapter 47 predicts the end-time demise of the lady of 01:02:41.820 --> 01:02:42.180 kingdoms. 01:02:43.040 --> 01:02:46.540 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. 01:02:47.360 --> 01:02:49.120 Sit on the ground without a throne. 01:02:49.120 --> 01:02:52.620 For you shall no longer be called the lady of kingdoms. 01:02:53.420 --> 01:02:59.280 But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day, the loss of children 01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:00.360 and widowhood. 01:03:01.380 --> 01:03:04.880 They shall come upon you in their fullness because of the multitude of your 01:03:04.880 --> 01:03:05.520 sorceries. 01:03:18.640 --> 01:03:24.320 It is disturbing to discover that a major apparition calls herself the lady of all 01:03:24.320 --> 01:03:24.700 nations. 01:03:25.520 --> 01:03:29.680 At the international day of prayer of the mother and lady of all nations, 01:03:29.820 --> 01:03:35.920 held since 1997 in Amsterdam, thousands gathered to honor and spread the messages 01:03:35.920 --> 01:03:38.040 of the lady of all nations. 01:03:40.540 --> 01:03:48.060 I, together with my auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Punt, approved the title lady of 01:03:48.060 --> 01:03:52.880 all nations and allowed its public veneration. 01:04:00.460 --> 01:04:04.460 Mary promised in Fatima that her immaculate heart would triumph. 01:04:05.540 --> 01:04:10.040 This triumph will not be achieved with nuclear arms, however, but through the 01:04:10.040 --> 01:04:13.310 simple hearts of those who suffer and are persecuted. 01:04:13.920 --> 01:04:18.720 Of those who have dedicated themselves wholly to Mary, the co-redemptrix. 01:04:19.100 --> 01:04:25.700 Under the title lady and mother of all nations, Mary shows us in Amsterdam the 01:04:25.700 --> 01:04:31.440 way to peace and unity for the church and through the church for the world. 01:04:33.580 --> 01:04:38.800 As startling as these claims are, the apparition's desire to be declared 01:04:38.800 --> 01:04:41.220 co-redemptrix may soon be met. 01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:49.900 When the dogma, the last dogma in Marian history has been proclaimed, the lady of 01:04:49.900 --> 01:04:54.320 all nations will give peace, true peace to the world. 01:04:55.120 --> 01:05:00.000 The nations, however, must say my prayer in union with the church. 01:05:00.840 --> 01:05:07.320 They must know that the lady of all nations has come as co-redemptrix, 01:05:08.100 --> 01:05:09.980 mediatrix and advocate. 01:05:09.980 --> 01:05:11.540 So be it. 01:05:17.960 --> 01:05:23.240 I am convinced that through the lady and mother of all nations, we will be led into 01:05:23.240 --> 01:05:26.660 the deepest mystery, the co-redeeming task of Mary. 01:05:27.480 --> 01:05:29.640 She is truly the co-redemptrix. 01:05:30.800 --> 01:05:36.200 There is an apparition that is taking place today in Amsterdam, that says I am 01:05:36.200 --> 01:05:39.480 no longer Mary, I am the lady of all nations. 01:05:39.980 --> 01:05:45.720 And it's this apparition that claims that she must be the co-redeemer. 01:05:46.220 --> 01:05:52.400 And that if she is proclaimed co-redeemer by the Pope, then she will usher in an era 01:05:52.400 --> 01:05:53.100 of peace. 01:05:55.120 --> 01:06:00.400 It is also interesting that almost all apparitions stress the importance of peace 01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:00.960 and unity. 01:06:01.740 --> 01:06:06.180 For example, the apparition that identifies herself as the mother of the 01:06:06.180 --> 01:06:11.860 Eucharist has declared, Speak about the mother of the Eucharist, because the 01:06:11.860 --> 01:06:13.960 mother of the Eucharist closes history. 01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:18.940 All the messages come from God, and everywhere that I am appearing, 01:06:19.460 --> 01:06:21.600 I am speaking about the same things. 01:06:22.700 --> 01:06:27.300 Because through the triumph of the Eucharist, the mother wants all the 01:06:27.300 --> 01:06:33.340 churches to be reunited, so that there will be only one church for all the 01:06:33.340 --> 01:06:33.680 people. 01:06:37.360 --> 01:06:42.840 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. 01:06:44.260 --> 01:06:52.220 Furthermore, on October 8, 2000, Pope John Paul with 1,500 bishops, 01:06:52.400 --> 01:06:57.800 the largest group to assemble since Vatican II, entrusted humanity and the 01:06:57.800 --> 01:07:04.460 third millennium to Our Lady of Fatima, an apparition who promises her triumph and 01:07:04.460 --> 01:07:05.340 global peace. 01:07:09.960 --> 01:07:14.780 Dear God, you have given us the mother as queen. 01:07:19.200 --> 01:07:29.220 Through her intercession, grant us the grace of living eternity with she and her 01:07:29.220 --> 01:07:29.500 son. 01:07:30.760 --> 01:07:40.060 So her goal and her objective is to bring the body of Christ together, so that we 01:07:40.060 --> 01:07:43.420 who have been separated, whether it's the Orthodox, whether it's the Protestants, 01:07:43.540 --> 01:07:46.320 whether it's from the Catholics, you know, whatever group you're talking 01:07:46.320 --> 01:07:51.140 about, we who have been estranged from one another for all of these years would come 01:07:51.140 --> 01:07:55.460 together, that we might in fact be the body of Christ as a whole unit, 01:07:55.720 --> 01:07:57.840 as Christ prayed in John 17, that we would be. 01:07:57.840 --> 01:08:05.900 To me, the Marian movement has reached out beyond the Catholic Church. 01:08:06.280 --> 01:08:10.260 It is apparent that a common front is being presented by these apparitions 01:08:10.260 --> 01:08:14.420 around the world, no matter where they take place, there's a common message, 01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:20.360 and that is a global peace, global unity for peace, and no one apparition has ever 01:08:20.360 --> 01:08:21.780 denied any other apparition. 01:08:22.700 --> 01:08:27.880 Well, I think the world is very, very hungry for peace, and clearly there 01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:30.020 will be no real peace until the Prince of Peace comes. 01:08:30.140 --> 01:08:31.140 There will be a false peace. 01:08:31.700 --> 01:08:35.540 The Bible lays out a great deal of detail of world events. 01:08:36.300 --> 01:08:40.720 The whole geopolitical horizon is laid out in a period of time that we call the end 01:08:40.720 --> 01:08:41.240 times. 01:08:41.720 --> 01:08:46.820 The messages of peace are also prophetically relevant, but the Bible 01:08:46.820 --> 01:08:52.920 tells us when they say peace and safety, then comes sudden destruction. 01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:59.340 This global peace and unity theme is interesting, because the world is also 01:08:59.340 --> 01:09:05.420 moving towards what is called ecumenicalism, and that all sounds good at 01:09:05.420 --> 01:09:05.760 first. 01:09:05.960 --> 01:09:10.340 Gee, we're all going to get along, until you realize it involves the denial 01:09:10.340 --> 01:09:10.880 of truth. 01:09:12.020 --> 01:09:16.780 The Bible warns of a false peace and unity that will deceive the nations. 01:09:17.640 --> 01:09:22.280 Furthermore, Jesus and the New Testament writers caution that deception will 01:09:22.280 --> 01:09:23.820 increase in the last days. 01:09:24.720 --> 01:09:30.440 For example, Paul writes, But evil men and imposters will grow worse and worse, 01:09:30.800 --> 01:09:32.320 deceiving and being deceived. 01:09:33.500 --> 01:09:38.880 In addition, the Bible warns that The coming of the lawless one is according to 01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:44.820 the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all 01:09:44.820 --> 01:09:49.520 unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the 01:09:49.520 --> 01:09:51.820 love of the truth, that they might be saved. 01:09:54.740 --> 01:09:59.920 Throughout the New Testament we see many different writers, and of course Jesus 01:09:59.920 --> 01:10:03.060 himself, warning regarding deception in the last days. 01:10:03.060 --> 01:10:06.740 Jesus said many will be deceived in my name, by many. 01:10:07.060 --> 01:10:11.320 Paul talked about this deception, regarding an apostasy that would take 01:10:11.320 --> 01:10:15.220 place, and many being deceived, believing the lie. 01:10:15.560 --> 01:10:19.920 Peter writes about the deception, beware of deception that's coming, 01:10:20.360 --> 01:10:23.200 and believe me, it seems to be happening all around us. 01:10:23.720 --> 01:10:29.300 In Matthew 24, 24 it says this, this is again Jesus speaking in 24, 01:10:29.300 --> 01:10:34.980 He says, for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and show great signs 01:10:34.980 --> 01:10:40.280 and wonders, known as to be deceived, if possible the very elect. 01:10:40.680 --> 01:10:44.640 So Jesus here in the 24th chapter is speaking to his disciples, he's speaking 01:10:44.640 --> 01:10:48.140 to us too, and he's sharing that in the last days there's going to be a great 01:10:48.140 --> 01:10:48.700 deception. 01:10:49.380 --> 01:10:53.040 There's going to be not only Mary worshippers, but there's going to be also 01:10:53.040 --> 01:10:57.000 other worshippers that will come, in the name of Christ, saying they have 01:10:57.000 --> 01:10:57.740 the right way. 01:10:57.740 --> 01:11:03.600 Jesus predicts that prior to his return, that false prophets would arise, 01:11:03.920 --> 01:11:06.740 and if possible would even deceive the elect. 01:11:07.740 --> 01:11:13.060 That suggests to me that these signs and wonders would be so convincing, 01:11:13.920 --> 01:11:18.180 that apart from the grace of God, even genuine Christians can find 01:11:18.180 --> 01:11:20.560 themselves being deceived and led away. 01:11:21.300 --> 01:11:26.560 And only by trusting in Jesus, and Him totally, will we find liberty and 01:11:26.560 --> 01:11:27.660 freedom from sin. 01:11:27.740 --> 01:11:33.020 And I would call upon you, if you're out there and you're trusting in your church, 01:11:33.120 --> 01:11:36.320 you're trusting in your works, none of that will save you. 01:11:36.720 --> 01:11:41.600 What you need is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He will set you free, 01:11:41.880 --> 01:11:43.600 and He will give you eternal life today. 01:11:44.260 --> 01:11:50.940 Whenever a person says that they are trusting in Jesus and, the moment they say 01:11:50.940 --> 01:11:52.780 and, they've gone too far. 01:11:54.360 --> 01:12:01.560 Our trust in Jesus alone will bring to us salvation and eternal life. 01:12:02.440 --> 01:12:11.400 There is a hymn that is sung in the church, that talks about, I dare not trust 01:12:11.400 --> 01:12:16.260 the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. 01:12:16.260 --> 01:12:23.560 On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. 01:12:24.800 --> 01:12:29.320 The Bible is very clear regarding the gospel of Jesus Christ. 01:12:30.160 --> 01:12:32.780 And that is the message which sets us free. 01:12:33.640 --> 01:12:40.340 That Jesus Christ loved us so much, that He Himself came to this earth and 01:12:40.340 --> 01:12:43.700 died for us, as a sacrifice for our sins. 01:12:43.700 --> 01:12:46.460 We couldn't do it, He did. 01:12:47.260 --> 01:12:51.220 And because of His sacrifice, and because of who He is and what He's done, 01:12:52.200 --> 01:12:57.720 and when we recognize who we are and what we've done, and ask Him to forgive us for 01:12:57.720 --> 01:13:03.480 our sins, the Bible says that we can enter into a relationship with Him, the Creator 01:13:03.480 --> 01:13:06.960 of the universe, and that relationship will last for eternity. 01:13:07.700 --> 01:13:10.380 Jesus is the Creator, He is the Redeemer. 01:13:10.380 --> 01:13:15.320 However, there is only one Redeemer, and His name is Jesus Christ. 01:13:24.380 --> 01:13:30.260 You must choose, whether to follow Jesus and Him alone, or to risk following a 01:13:30.260 --> 01:13:31.140 deceptive spirit. 01:13:32.380 --> 01:13:37.080 Jesus loves you, and offers eternal life freely for those who will turn to Him by 01:13:37.080 --> 01:13:37.460 faith. 01:13:38.140 --> 01:13:40.600 However, the Lord will not force you to follow Him. 01:13:41.200 --> 01:13:42.360 The choice is yours. 01:13:43.660 --> 01:13:47.600 Our prayer is that you will test these events with the Word of God, and trust in 01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:48.880 the Jesus of the Bible. 01:13:49.980 --> 01:13:53.620 His way is the truth, and the only road to everlasting life. 01:13:55.160 --> 01:13:59.920 My name is Patrick Powell, and may the Lord guide you and bless you with His 01:13:59.920 --> 01:14:00.620 grace and truth. 01:14:14.570 --> 01:14:33.150 In the morning, when I rise In the morning, when I rise In the morning, 01:14:33.390 --> 01:14:39.670 when I rise Give me Jesus 01:14:46.550 --> 01:14:57.490 Give me Jesus Give me Jesus 01:15:01.390 --> 01:15:13.010 Give me Jesus You can have all this world But give me Jesus. 01:15:18.290 --> 01:15:40.570 And when I am alone, Oh, and when I am alone, And when I am alone, Give me Jesus. 01:15:44.630 --> 01:15:49.330 Give me Jesus. 01:15:51.310 --> 01:15:55.170 Give me Jesus. 01:15:55.170 --> 01:15:56.190 Yes, 01:15:59.710 --> 01:16:06.210 you can have all these worries 01:16:09.970 --> 01:16:18.370 of mine. 01:16:42.180 --> 01:17:02.180 And when I come to die, Oh, and when I come to die, And when I come to die, 01:17:03.480 --> 01:17:07.600 Give me Jesus. 01:17:11.180 --> 01:17:16.000 Oh, give me Jesus. 01:17:16.000 --> 01:17:22.000 Give me Jesus. 01:17:26.460 --> 01:17:31.140 You can have all this world. 01:17:32.260 --> 01:17:37.220 You can have all this world. 01:17:38.080 --> 01:17:43.580 You can have all this world. 01:17:53.690 --> 01:18:03.130 But give me Jesus.