SOME OF YOU HERE TONNIGHT WILL BE IN THAT SAME PREDICAMENT - STILL IN YOUR TRESPASSES AND SINS, BUT THE WHY OF CHRISTMAS MEANS YOU CAN BE REDEEMED AND MADE A CHILD OF GOD.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A TRUE STORY TO DRIVE THIS TRUTH HOME TONIGHT. IT’S TOLD BY ERNEST GORDON INFACT THERE IS A FILM BASED ON THE TRUE STORY IT’S CALLED TO END ALL WARS.
IT’S ABOUT FOUR ALLIED POW’S WHO ENDURED HARSH TREATMENT FROM THEIR JAPANESE CAPTORS DURING WORLD WAR II WHILE BEING FORCED TO BUILD A RAILROAD THROUGH THE BURMESE JUNGLE. ONE OF THE POWS BY THE NAME OF DUSTY DEMONSTRATES THE GREATEST ACT OF SACRIFICE FOR HIS FRIENDS, HE FORGIVES HIS ENEMIES AND LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE IN ORDER TO REDEEM OTHERS.
IF THAT HAS NOT MOVED YOU I WANT YOU TO WATCH IT IN ACTION……….
• VIDEO SLOT (SEE WING CLIPS) TO END ALL WARS SACRIFICE - REDEMPTION
THAT’S WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU…….. THAT’S THEY WHY OF CHRISTMAS…….
JESUS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN ORDER TO SAVE YOU.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? THERE ARE ONLY TWO RESPONSES AVAILABLE TO YOU.