Don't read the comments. It will spoil a very beautiful
ending. This is an interesting pair of
identical twins. Nathan was a born-again
Christian. He loved God.
He loved reading his Bible and everyone knew him as a really
nice family, man, but it brother Nigel.
On the other hand was the complete opposite Nigel was
loud. He was obnoxious and he often
found himself in trouble with the police.
What night? Nigel is playing pool in a bar.
When he accuses the man who's playing pool with of cheating,
the man is adamant saying, there's, no way, I've cheated.
I played fairly the whole game, and so, Nigel began to get
angry. He pushed the man, and the man
retaliated, he picked up his pool cue and he slammed it on
Nigel's. Head the man then started to
exchange blow after blow for what felt like a lifetime until
eventually, Nigel pulled back his fist and he slammed Punch
into the other man's jaw, not cold, strangely.
There was actually a doctor who was in the bar that evening and
he ran over to the man, that Nigel adjust, punched and
checked him over. And to his disbelief, he found
that the man was no longer breathing.
Nigel began to panic and he ran out of the bar covered in blood
and he ran to the only place. He felt he could go.
He ran to his twin brother Nathan's house, Nathan, Nathan.
I've drank too much. Much again and I've punched a
man and I believe that I've ended his life Nigel Nigel, calm
down said Nathan here. Take my clean white shirt, and I
want you to go upstairs and have a shower.
Give me your shirt and listen, when the police come, I'll deal
with them. So that's exactly what Nigel
went to do. He washed the blood off himself
in the shower and whilst he was in the shower, the police
knocked on the door and Nathan answered the door, but what was
he wearing? He was wearing In Nigel's
blood-stained shirt, Nigel Smith, we are arresting you on
suspicion of and Nathan silently and willingly allowed the police
to arrest him and he was later. Pay the price for his twin
brothers crimes. I've got to ask you now, do you
think that was fair? I mean, what goes through your
mind as you hear that story, he probably heard Christine's talk
about something called The Gospel but what is the gospel
but just like know Nigel had a person who stood in his place
who silently went away to take the punishment for his crimes.
So you and I have someone who stood in our place, okay?
Perhaps we have not committed crimes, like Nigel has, but
every single one of us has tried to run the show.
Every single one of us has done things that were not proud of,
every single one of us, has rebelled against God, and the
Bible calls this sin. So who is this person who stood
in our place? Well, this Son is Jesus Christ
and the Bible uses a beautiful picture of Jesus.
It describes Jesus like a lamb. Now listen to it, he was
oppressed and he was afflicted yet.
He opened not his mouth, he was led as a lamb to the slaughter
and as a sheep before it's Shearer's is silent.
So he opened not his mouth. You see the Lord.
Jesus Christ was like a quiet gentle lamb and he suffered a
dreadful death in our place, he didn't come Plain, he didn't
shout, he didn't stop. Although he had so much power to
he could have called an army of angels to stop it at any moment.
Yes, silently. He enjoyed the punishment for
our sin. I don't think I've ever told you
this before, but my favorite verse in all of the Bible is
second Corinthians 5 verse 21. What does it say for?
He made him who knew no sin to be sin, so that we might inherit
the righteousness of God. What does that?
The well, let's go back to our plot twist in our story, Nigel
takes Nathan's shirts, and Nathan gives Nigel his clean
shirt and that's pretty much the central message of the Gospel.
Here we are. We are wearing a dirty shirt.
Is disgusting is covered in the stains of sin and everyone can
see that we're on clean. Everyone can see that we deserve
to be punished. But Jesus says here, take my
shirt. My I clean righteous shirt and
put it on. Go and wash yourself.
Go and have a shower in my forgiveness.
Be cleansed be clean. Put on my clean shirts and I
will wear your filthy garments and on the cross.
Jesus really did where our filthy garments.
He was clothed in our sin. So that God, the father on the
cross could deal with our sin and he punished Jesus there.
He poured out his wrath. There was Darkness over all of
the land when Jesus died in our place.
And that Justice judgment was satisfied because our sin was
dealt with, but Jesus Remember gives us his righteous clean
garment. So God doesn't see Joe's past
Josh. Angels guiltiness, he doesn't
see your shame, you're past your guiltiness.
He sees Christ whether man or woman puts their trust, in the
Lord, Jesus Christ, when they put on Christ and they wear
those clean. Garments is all God sees is his
son. And remember, Who is Saint, is
this is the one who made blind men.
See, this is the one who could turn water into wine.
This is the one who fed 5000. This is the one who healed the
sick, who loved the poor, who taught amazing things.
So Christ Jesus is perfect, track record is attributed to
Filthy sinners, like, you and me, isn't that amazing news?
And that is why it's called the gospel.
That not only are our sins forgiven, but our sins.
Forgotten. Okay.
Now I am not here to bash anyone else's religion.
I'm not here to put down anyone else's beliefs, but I know some
of you will be asking this question right now.
What's the difference? What's the difference between
Christianity and Islam? What's the difference between
Christianity and Hinduism? What's the difference between a
Christian and a Buddhist? What is the difference?
Joe, I'll tell you, there are two very distinct differences.
The first one is this Jesus Christ.
Iced was God In the Flesh. Jesus Christ was very, very
special. He did something that no man, no
woman has ever done before. Yes.
Every single one of us dies, you know, that anyone who's got a
skin, anyone who's got a heartbeat, will one day go into
a grave and will die, but Jesus Christ.
He also died, just like you and I, he went into a gray but he
did something very, very interesting on the third day.
After being put inside this, To Christ rose from the dead.
I don't know anyone else in the world who's ever done that and
if you know someone who has risen from the grave and there's
true evidence just like there's a heap of evidence towards the
Lord Jesus Christ rising from the dead.
If you can show me that or then I'll put my trust in that
person. And then the second difference
is this every other religion says, you can Curry up the favor
of God by doing good works. If you do this and do that, well
then yes, I think you will likely get a place in heaven or
perhaps you'll get to Nirvana. But what does Christianity say,
don't do anything. Do nothing is already been done
at the cross and that is what. All this video is about this one
word beginning with G. What is the word I'm talking
about Grace, God's riches at, Christ's expense.
But hello, I know exactly what some of my religious friends
will say. Right now.
They will say, How is that fur that just gives you a free
license to sin that just gives you permission to go on and do
what you like, because Jesus died for your sins.
You've got a free pass now, what's to stop Nigel from not
going out another night and committing the exact same crime.
Well, if you think like this, you have to hear this true story
because I think it will change your mind.
I want to introduce you to the first Queen Elizabeth of
England. She reigned between the years
15:58 and 1603. And during that time, there was
actually a number of assassinations that took place
against her life. One is rather fascinating.
He see there was a young woman and she wanted to take out the
queen. So somehow she managed to get
hold of, and male servants garments, and male servants
uniform, and she dressed herself in this.
She then snuck into the palace, and once in the palace, she
found Queen Bedroom and hid herself in the wardrobe.
Now, what this woman didn't realize is that Queen
Elizabeth's. Guards were very diligent, they
checked every nook. Every cranny to make sure the
room was safe for the queen to enter.
And so, what did they find as they open the Wardrobe?
They found that young woman holding a small sword ready to
assassinate the Queen, the young woman knowing that a case was
hopeless. Flung herself at the feet of
Queen. Elizabeth And cried out.
Please have mercy on me, but the queen looked at the young woman,
rather coldly and said, if I show you Grace, what will you do
for me in return? And this would be a assassin.
And remember, now she's at the feet of the queen.
She responds rather boldly and says, but your majesty, if Grace
has conditions attached to it, then it's not Grace at all.
And this actually touched Queen Elizabeth's hearts and she said
you're right. It's by Grace, I pardon you.
And apparently this young woman then became a servant of the
queen and not just any servants, she was known as the most loyal,
the most devoted, the most faithful servant in all of the
palace and my dear friend. That is what Grace does to the
heart. When there's no conditions
attached to it, when it's totally free, it transforms us.
It changes us where we We say I have been forgiven of, a great
debt. My sins have been washed away.
God has saved me and asked for nothing in return.
So now I want to serve him with all that I have not because it
will give me a place in heaven, but just out of gratitude to say
thank you Jesus for dying for me.
I really do hope that there's someone out there right now, for
the first time ever, finally understanding the grace of God.
That it's a free gift that it's Totally free, and it's all there
in the Lord. Jesus Christ.
If that's you, if you believe this message right now was
speaking just to you, I'm going to ask you to do something.
When I ask you right now to sit there, quietly, close your eyes,
and call out to the Lord, Jesus Christ to save, you just like
that woman fell at the Queen's feet and ask for Mercy, that's
all you have to do is ask for mercy.
And the God who hears, all things will answer your prayer.
Really? You might think I'm a horrible
person. You might think I'm hopeless.
No one could love me. But I want to tell you that God
loves you more than you could ever imagine and he's ready to
forgive you, to save you and to make you into one of his
servants, where you'll serve him for all of eternity in his new
kingdom. But perhaps, I've not done a
very good job, maybe you still got questions about the grace of
God. If that's you please, would you
give me a second chance? Click.
Here and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.