1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,800 Don't read the comments. It will spoil a very beautiful 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,000 ending. This is an interesting pair of 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,200 identical twins. Nathan was a born-again 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,200 Christian. He loved God. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,100 He loved reading his Bible and everyone knew him as a really 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,100 nice family, man, but it brother Nigel. 7 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:23,800 On the other hand was the complete opposite Nigel was 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,500 loud. He was obnoxious and he often 9 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:29,300 found himself in trouble with the police. 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,400 What night? Nigel is playing pool in a bar. 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,400 When he accuses the man who's playing pool with of cheating, 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,900 the man is adamant saying, there's, no way, I've cheated. 13 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:42,600 I played fairly the whole game, and so, Nigel began to get 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,500 angry. He pushed the man, and the man 15 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:49,700 retaliated, he picked up his pool cue and he slammed it on 16 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:52,000 Nigel's. Head the man then started to 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,100 exchange blow after blow for what felt like a lifetime until 18 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:00,500 eventually, Nigel pulled back his fist and he slammed Punch 19 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,800 into the other man's jaw, not cold, strangely. 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,000 There was actually a doctor who was in the bar that evening and 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,300 he ran over to the man, that Nigel adjust, punched and 22 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:14,400 checked him over. And to his disbelief, he found 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,700 that the man was no longer breathing. 24 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,600 Nigel began to panic and he ran out of the bar covered in blood 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,400 and he ran to the only place. He felt he could go. 26 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,900 He ran to his twin brother Nathan's house, Nathan, Nathan. 27 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,600 I've drank too much. Much again and I've punched a 28 00:01:31,607 --> 00:01:36,400 man and I believe that I've ended his life Nigel Nigel, calm 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,300 down said Nathan here. Take my clean white shirt, and I 30 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,500 want you to go upstairs and have a shower. 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,200 Give me your shirt and listen, when the police come, I'll deal 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,700 with them. So that's exactly what Nigel 33 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,300 went to do. He washed the blood off himself 34 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,800 in the shower and whilst he was in the shower, the police 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,300 knocked on the door and Nathan answered the door, but what was 36 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:00,900 he wearing? He was wearing In Nigel's 37 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:05,000 blood-stained shirt, Nigel Smith, we are arresting you on 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,500 suspicion of and Nathan silently and willingly allowed the police 39 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:14,300 to arrest him and he was later. Pay the price for his twin 40 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:17,300 brothers crimes. I've got to ask you now, do you 41 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:20,600 think that was fair? I mean, what goes through your 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,400 mind as you hear that story, he probably heard Christine's talk 43 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,900 about something called The Gospel but what is the gospel 44 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:33,300 but just like know Nigel had a person who stood in his place 45 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:37,400 who silently went away to take the punishment for his crimes. 46 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,200 So you and I have someone who stood in our place, okay? 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Perhaps we have not committed crimes, like Nigel has, but 48 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,300 every single one of us has tried to run the show. 49 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:50,100 Every single one of us has done things that were not proud of, 50 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:54,000 every single one of us, has rebelled against God, and the 51 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,100 Bible calls this sin. So who is this person who stood 52 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:01,900 in our place? Well, this Son is Jesus Christ 53 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:04,800 and the Bible uses a beautiful picture of Jesus. 54 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,700 It describes Jesus like a lamb. Now listen to it, he was 55 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:11,400 oppressed and he was afflicted yet. 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,600 He opened not his mouth, he was led as a lamb to the slaughter 57 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:19,500 and as a sheep before it's Shearer's is silent. 58 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:22,300 So he opened not his mouth. You see the Lord. 59 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:26,900 Jesus Christ was like a quiet gentle lamb and he suffered a 60 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:30,800 dreadful death in our place, he didn't come Plain, he didn't 61 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,900 shout, he didn't stop. Although he had so much power to 62 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:37,500 he could have called an army of angels to stop it at any moment. 63 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,500 Yes, silently. He enjoyed the punishment for 64 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:42,300 our sin. I don't think I've ever told you 65 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:46,700 this before, but my favorite verse in all of the Bible is 66 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:51,000 second Corinthians 5 verse 21. What does it say for? 67 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:57,100 He made him who knew no sin to be sin, so that we might inherit 68 00:03:57,100 --> 00:03:59,800 the righteousness of God. What does that? 69 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,900 The well, let's go back to our plot twist in our story, Nigel 70 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:09,200 takes Nathan's shirts, and Nathan gives Nigel his clean 71 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,400 shirt and that's pretty much the central message of the Gospel. 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,500 Here we are. We are wearing a dirty shirt. 73 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:22,000 Is disgusting is covered in the stains of sin and everyone can 74 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 see that we're on clean. Everyone can see that we deserve 75 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,700 to be punished. But Jesus says here, take my 76 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:32,000 shirt. My I clean righteous shirt and 77 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,600 put it on. Go and wash yourself. 78 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,700 Go and have a shower in my forgiveness. 79 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,100 Be cleansed be clean. Put on my clean shirts and I 80 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:42,500 will wear your filthy garments and on the cross. 81 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,700 Jesus really did where our filthy garments. 82 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:49,600 He was clothed in our sin. So that God, the father on the 83 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,600 cross could deal with our sin and he punished Jesus there. 84 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,500 He poured out his wrath. There was Darkness over all of 85 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:59,800 the land when Jesus died in our place. 86 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,500 And that Justice judgment was satisfied because our sin was 87 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:09,200 dealt with, but Jesus Remember gives us his righteous clean 88 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,500 garment. So God doesn't see Joe's past 89 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:15,200 Josh. Angels guiltiness, he doesn't 90 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,700 see your shame, you're past your guiltiness. 91 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:21,800 He sees Christ whether man or woman puts their trust, in the 92 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,700 Lord, Jesus Christ, when they put on Christ and they wear 93 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:28,500 those clean. Garments is all God sees is his 94 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,800 son. And remember, Who is Saint, is 95 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,600 this is the one who made blind men. 96 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,700 See, this is the one who could turn water into wine. 97 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:41,700 This is the one who fed 5000. This is the one who healed the 98 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:44,700 sick, who loved the poor, who taught amazing things. 99 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:49,200 So Christ Jesus is perfect, track record is attributed to 100 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:54,000 Filthy sinners, like, you and me, isn't that amazing news? 101 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:56,400 And that is why it's called the gospel. 102 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,700 That not only are our sins forgiven, but our sins. 103 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,300 Forgotten. Okay. 104 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,000 Now I am not here to bash anyone else's religion. 105 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,900 I'm not here to put down anyone else's beliefs, but I know some 106 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:12,100 of you will be asking this question right now. 107 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,500 What's the difference? What's the difference between 108 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,300 Christianity and Islam? What's the difference between 109 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:20,000 Christianity and Hinduism? What's the difference between a 110 00:06:20,008 --> 00:06:22,800 Christian and a Buddhist? What is the difference? 111 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,200 Joe, I'll tell you, there are two very distinct differences. 112 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,700 The first one is this Jesus Christ. 113 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,500 Iced was God In the Flesh. Jesus Christ was very, very 114 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:37,700 special. He did something that no man, no 115 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:39,900 woman has ever done before. Yes. 116 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:43,600 Every single one of us dies, you know, that anyone who's got a 117 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,900 skin, anyone who's got a heartbeat, will one day go into 118 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:50,000 a grave and will die, but Jesus Christ. 119 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,900 He also died, just like you and I, he went into a gray but he 120 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:58,300 did something very, very interesting on the third day. 121 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,400 After being put inside this, To Christ rose from the dead. 122 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,500 I don't know anyone else in the world who's ever done that and 123 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:08,400 if you know someone who has risen from the grave and there's 124 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,700 true evidence just like there's a heap of evidence towards the 125 00:07:11,707 --> 00:07:14,000 Lord Jesus Christ rising from the dead. 126 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,300 If you can show me that or then I'll put my trust in that 127 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:19,900 person. And then the second difference 128 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:24,600 is this every other religion says, you can Curry up the favor 129 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,400 of God by doing good works. If you do this and do that, well 130 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,800 then yes, I think you will likely get a place in heaven or 131 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,100 perhaps you'll get to Nirvana. But what does Christianity say, 132 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,300 don't do anything. Do nothing is already been done 133 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:44,600 at the cross and that is what. All this video is about this one 134 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,600 word beginning with G. What is the word I'm talking 135 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:54,500 about Grace, God's riches at, Christ's expense. 136 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,500 But hello, I know exactly what some of my religious friends 137 00:07:57,500 --> 00:07:58,700 will say. Right now. 138 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:03,300 They will say, How is that fur that just gives you a free 139 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:06,800 license to sin that just gives you permission to go on and do 140 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,100 what you like, because Jesus died for your sins. 141 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:12,200 You've got a free pass now, what's to stop Nigel from not 142 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,900 going out another night and committing the exact same crime. 143 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Well, if you think like this, you have to hear this true story 144 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,400 because I think it will change your mind. 145 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:26,900 I want to introduce you to the first Queen Elizabeth of 146 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:29,500 England. She reigned between the years 147 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,500 15:58 and 1603. And during that time, there was 148 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:38,200 actually a number of assassinations that took place 149 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,299 against her life. One is rather fascinating. 150 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:46,300 He see there was a young woman and she wanted to take out the 151 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:48,600 queen. So somehow she managed to get 152 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,100 hold of, and male servants garments, and male servants 153 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:54,700 uniform, and she dressed herself in this. 154 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:58,500 She then snuck into the palace, and once in the palace, she 155 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:03,100 found Queen Bedroom and hid herself in the wardrobe. 156 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,800 Now, what this woman didn't realize is that Queen 157 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Elizabeth's. Guards were very diligent, they 158 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,500 checked every nook. Every cranny to make sure the 159 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,900 room was safe for the queen to enter. 160 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,900 And so, what did they find as they open the Wardrobe? 161 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:22,200 They found that young woman holding a small sword ready to 162 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,100 assassinate the Queen, the young woman knowing that a case was 163 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:28,600 hopeless. Flung herself at the feet of 164 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,700 Queen. Elizabeth And cried out. 165 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:35,000 Please have mercy on me, but the queen looked at the young woman, 166 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,900 rather coldly and said, if I show you Grace, what will you do 167 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:43,400 for me in return? And this would be a assassin. 168 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:45,700 And remember, now she's at the feet of the queen. 169 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:50,800 She responds rather boldly and says, but your majesty, if Grace 170 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:55,000 has conditions attached to it, then it's not Grace at all. 171 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,300 And this actually touched Queen Elizabeth's hearts and she said 172 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,000 you're right. It's by Grace, I pardon you. 173 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:07,700 And apparently this young woman then became a servant of the 174 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:12,400 queen and not just any servants, she was known as the most loyal, 175 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,200 the most devoted, the most faithful servant in all of the 176 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,200 palace and my dear friend. That is what Grace does to the 177 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,100 heart. When there's no conditions 178 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:28,200 attached to it, when it's totally free, it transforms us. 179 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,400 It changes us where we We say I have been forgiven of, a great 180 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,800 debt. My sins have been washed away. 181 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,900 God has saved me and asked for nothing in return. 182 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:41,900 So now I want to serve him with all that I have not because it 183 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:45,800 will give me a place in heaven, but just out of gratitude to say 184 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,600 thank you Jesus for dying for me. 185 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,400 I really do hope that there's someone out there right now, for 186 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,800 the first time ever, finally understanding the grace of God. 187 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,900 That it's a free gift that it's Totally free, and it's all there 188 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,700 in the Lord. Jesus Christ. 189 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,400 If that's you, if you believe this message right now was 190 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,700 speaking just to you, I'm going to ask you to do something. 191 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,100 When I ask you right now to sit there, quietly, close your eyes, 192 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:19,000 and call out to the Lord, Jesus Christ to save, you just like 193 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,700 that woman fell at the Queen's feet and ask for Mercy, that's 194 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:25,700 all you have to do is ask for mercy. 195 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:29,100 And the God who hears, all things will answer your prayer. 196 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:31,900 Really? You might think I'm a horrible 197 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,200 person. You might think I'm hopeless. 198 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,600 No one could love me. But I want to tell you that God 199 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:41,700 loves you more than you could ever imagine and he's ready to 200 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:45,300 forgive you, to save you and to make you into one of his 201 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:48,900 servants, where you'll serve him for all of eternity in his new 202 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:51,900 kingdom. But perhaps, I've not done a 203 00:11:51,908 --> 00:11:55,900 very good job, maybe you still got questions about the grace of 204 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:57,800 God. If that's you please, would you 205 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,600 give me a second chance? Click. 206 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:02,500 Here and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.