Preaching The Gospel In The Hood (O'Block) — Transcript

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1. 0:00All right, guys. We're in Oblak in
2. 0:01Chicago right now. We came here to love
3. 0:02on people. This is Oblak behind us. We
4. 0:04haven't gotten to gone inside yet, but
5. 0:05with uh Pastor Corey and Shoe Box and
6. 0:07all them, they're graciously allowing us
7. 0:09to come in and love on the people here.
8. 0:10And that's simple. We're just bringing
9. 0:11Jesus to every environment and anyone
10. 0:13that breathes oxygen. So, we're super
11. 0:14pumped and excited. Also, before we get
12. 0:16into it, we just updated the ministry
13. 0:18website, brycecrawford.org. Please go
14. 0:19check it out there. You can learn
15. 0:20everything about our ministry and you
16. 0:21can partner with us there because when
17. 0:22you guys partner with us, it allows us
18. 0:24to continue to travel across America and
19. 0:26love on people for Jesus. And so, thank
20. 0:27you guys. Enjoy the video. All right,
21. 0:29box. Tell us your deepest, darkest
22. 0:30secret right now.
23. 0:31>> My deepest, darkest secret? [laughter]
24. 0:33>> I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
25. 0:34>> I don't know.
26. 0:37>> Good answer. Good answer.
27. 0:39>> So, were you born and raised in Oblak?
28. 0:41>> Yep.
29. 0:41>> And so, pretty much anyone that like
30. 0:43grows up here, do they kind of stay
31. 0:44here?
32. 0:44>> Uh, yeah.
33. 0:46>> And how many of your friends have you
34. 0:48lost since you've been growing up?
35. 0:50>> How many friends?
36. 0:51>> Yeah. Like, have you lost any friends
37. 0:53growing up?
38. 0:53>> Uh, yeah. Yeah,
39. 0:55>> man. That's sad.
40. 0:56>> Yeah, I lost a lot of friends.
41. 0:57>> Dang, that's sad. Yeah, Pastor Cory was
42. 0:59saying how like death and stuff is just
43. 1:01like a norm here. Shootings are a norm
44. 1:03and things like that and that just
45. 1:05breaks my heart.
46. 1:06>> Yeah, that's a norm for sure.
47. 1:07>> What can we expect talking to people
48. 1:09about Jesus in here, faith and stuff
49. 1:11like that? Like what what's the what's
50. 1:13the gauge?
51. 1:14>> You'll have mixed emotions because you
52. 1:16have you have a lot of people that like
53. 1:18like believe in Christianity. You have a
54. 1:20lot of people that are Muslim.
55. 1:21>> Uhhuh.
56. 1:22>> A lot of the guys like from the area
57. 1:24they have just converted over to Muslim.
58. 1:26>> Gotcha. So yeah, you have mix mix.
59. 1:29>> Cool.
60. 1:30>> My boy Von,
61. 1:31>> what up y'all?
62. 1:32>> How's it going?
63. 1:33>> What's up, man? Y'all good?
64. 1:35>> We're good.
65. 1:36>> All right. What's up, Von?
66. 1:36>> I'm Bryce. Nice to meet you.
67. 1:38>> All right. Come on, man.
68. 1:38>> So, you guys been on tour?
69. 1:40>> Yeah, we've been on tour ever since
70. 1:41February 24th.
71. 1:42>> So, like what do you guys like do at you
72. 1:44guys show?
73. 1:45>> So, we have like a little bit of worship
74. 1:47and then uh I I I just preach from the
75. 1:49Bible. Talk about Jesus.
76. 1:51>> Oh, yeah.
77. 1:51>> Yeah. And then we got a friend from
78. 1:53Kenya that like shares his testimony. He
79. 1:55got grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. He got
80. 1:57shot when he was five and then like some
81. 1:59Americans sponsored him to help him get
82. 2:01like education and stuff like that. And
83. 2:03then um he became a Christian at 17 and
84. 2:06now like his whole family's out of
85. 2:07poverty because some people in America
86. 2:09helped him and
87. 2:10>> it's a blessing.
88. 2:11>> It's a big blessing. That's all
89. 2:12Christians should be about. We just like
90. 2:14blessing people and loving on people,
91. 2:15you know. Are you a Christian?
92. 2:17>> Yeah, I'm Christian.
93. 2:17>> I was about to say you're hanging out
94. 2:18with Pastor Cory. You've ever been a
95. 2:20Christian?
96. 2:20>> Yeah. Grew up I grew up like me and
97. 2:22Pastor Cory like like real close. Wow,
98. 2:25that's amazing. Thank you for hanging
99. 2:26out with us today.
100. 2:27>> Oh, anytime.
101. 2:29>> Leech is going to be back.
102. 2:30>> Yeah, yeah, he had to go. He had to
103. 2:31attend a funeral.
104. 2:32>> Man, that's sad. I mean, how many
105. 2:34funerals are happening in a year that
106. 2:36you guys got to go to?
107. 2:37>> Slowed down, but like it's been a few.
108. 2:40Like, I had I had um situations where
109. 2:43two of my friends have passed away
110. 2:45together twice.
111. 2:46>> What?
112. 2:47>> Yeah.
113. 2:47>> And that's heartbreaking.
114. 2:49>> What's What's up? You good?
115. 2:51>> How you feeling? I love you.
116. 2:54>> I love you too. It have been situations
117. 2:56like that.
118. 2:57>> So, aside from like the crime and and
119. 2:59the brokenness and the hopelessness and
120. 3:00stuff like that, like
121. 3:02>> how deep does the family run here?
122. 3:03>> The family real deep.
123. 3:05>> Everywhere we're walking, people know
124. 3:06you and everybody's showing love and
125. 3:08stuff like that. So, good morning.
126. 3:10>> What's up? What's up, pastor?
127. 3:11>> What's your name?
128. 3:12>> Swan.
129. 3:13>> Nice to meet you. I'm Bryce.
130. 3:14>> What's up, man?
131. 3:15>> How y'all?
132. 3:16>> We're feeling good.
133. 3:17>> What's up, pastor?
134. 3:18>> Good morning.
135. 3:19>> How you doing, my boy?
136. 3:20>> Shout out to the pastor, man. [laughter]
137. 3:22Real good guy.
138. 3:23>> He's the man. Pastor Cor is the man.
139. 3:25>> Thanks, Juan.
140. 3:26>> All right,
141. 3:28your hand.
142. 3:29>> Morning,
143. 3:29>> Box. They want to pray for some people.
144. 3:31They want you may you may want to teach
145. 3:33the word. I don't know. Whenever
146. 3:35>> you know.
147. 3:35>> Yeah, I'm Whatever you bet. Yeah, I'm
148. 3:38I'm over there.
149. 3:39>> Love you guys.
150. 3:40>> I hopefully I get to see you tonight.
151. 3:42>> We inside the gate. I have to take my
152. 3:43mask off.
153. 3:44>> Wait, why do you have to keep it on
154. 3:45outside though?
155. 3:45>> Cuz
156. 3:47you see how like we walking just people
157. 3:49flag me down stuff like that. I'm a
158. 3:50popular rapper around. So, it's like
159. 3:52>> Okay, that's cool. One of my f One of my
160. 3:54one of my friends was in here a few
161. 3:56months ago.
162. 3:56>> What's his name?
163. 3:57>> Balen.
164. 3:58>> Balen. That's He was over there with me.
165. 3:59>> Oh, was he hanging with you?
166. 4:00>> Yeah, Balon. That's my boy. I don't
167. 4:02know. That's why when I just sent you,
168. 4:04you looking familiar.
169. 4:05>> Yeah, dude. We want to pray for people.
170. 4:06We'll talk to anybody. I don't care if
171. 4:07they're Christian or not. You know,
172. 4:09we'll love on them.
173. 4:09>> Hey, it's a little early, so trying to
174. 4:12see where all the kids at. It feel good.
175. 4:14Everybody will be outside in a minute.
176. 4:16>> It does feel good today. I thought it
177. 4:17was going to be cold. No, today's one of
178. 4:19them them nice weather days.
179. 4:20>> Plus the spring break. There you go. Are
180. 4:23y'all on spring break?
181. 4:24>> How hard is it if you don't live in the
182. 4:25community to get inside of Oblock?
183. 4:27>> Very very like Mission Impossible.
184. 4:31>> Are you serious?
185. 4:32>> Yes.
186. 4:32>> Dang. Well, we're in.
187. 4:35>> Yeah. Thank God.
188. 4:36>> Cuz cuz of you and Bianca and Pastor
189. 4:38Gory.
190. 4:39>> Yeah.
191. 4:39>> That's cool. I knew God was going to
192. 4:41make a way, man. I was praying. And so I
193. 4:43know that there's like a couple blocks.
194. 4:45Do they are they all connected or is it
195. 4:47all separated?
196. 4:48>> Uh like this this whole area is
197. 4:51connected.
198. 4:52>> Okay.
199. 4:52>> So like this would be the beginning
200. 4:54block.
201. 4:55>> Okay.
202. 4:55>> I know it's still a little early.
203. 4:57>> Start doing it like the Mormons will
204. 4:58knock on their door. Have you ever heard
205. 5:00of the Lord Jesus Christ?
206. 5:02>> Oh, that'll be that'll be
207. 5:03>> that's so funny. [laughter]
208. 5:05That's so funny. Y'all ever had Mormons
209. 5:07come here?
210. 5:07>> No.
211. 5:08>> Oh, the cat. My wife would love that
212. 5:10cat. Oh, the cat.
213. 5:12>> Who picked the cat off? [laughter]
214. 5:14>> Hi Look how happy he is.
215. 5:16>> Hi.
216. 5:18>> Hello.
217. 5:19>> So happy. He's praying. You want to come
218. 5:21home, don't you?
219. 5:23>> He wants to hear the word of Jesus.
220. 5:24[laughter]
221. 5:25>> I can't believe he grabbed him. Oh,
222. 5:27you're cute. Look at this one. This
223. 5:28one's cute right here.
224. 5:31>> Hey,
225. 5:31>> for sure. Keith made it made it a
226. 5:33household name and then King Vaughn just
227. 5:35carried it.
228. 5:36>> Is Lil Tony popular?
229. 5:38>> Little Tony. Yeah, I know Lil Tony.
230. 5:39>> Yeah, I like him.
231. 5:40>> I love Little Tony. That's my boy.
232. 5:42>> He's a good dude.
233. 5:42>> Yeah,
234. 5:43>> he's a really good dude. Little Tony.
235. 5:44Yep. That's my guy.
236. 5:46>> He found Jesus not too long ago.
237. 5:48>> Wait, were you doing were you doing
238. 5:50something with him and he was talking
239. 5:51about like um
240. 5:53>> the dude on the mountain?
241. 5:54>> Yeah.
242. 5:54>> Yeah, that was our podcast. That was our
243. 5:56podcast.
244. 5:57>> That's why that's why I was like he
245. 5:58looks so familiar. That's what it was. I
246. 6:00was just watching that cuz it tweaked me
247. 6:02out. I'm like what? I hope I don't have
248. 6:04one of those instead right there.
249. 6:06>> Oh, heck no, dude.
250. 6:07>> I don't want I don't want a little ton.
251. 6:09That's that crazy.
252. 6:10>> I know. It's really crazy.
253. 6:12>> You know what's even crazier? I 100%
254. 6:15believe him.
255. 6:15>> Oh, it's no doubt real. What he was
256. 6:17saying was no doubt real.
257. 6:18>> I'm like, whoa.
258. 6:20>> A three-seater McLaren.
259. 6:21>> He said they pulled up to the mountain.
260. 6:23I'm like, what? I'm like, no, [laughter]
261. 6:26no, no. That's crazy.
262. 6:33>> Y'all want to go see?
263. 6:34>> Yeah, we can go see.
264. 6:35>> Come on,
265. 6:37bro.
266. 6:37>> We'll follow you.
267. 6:38>> Come on.
268. 6:39>> That's so funny. He's like, "Y'all want
269. 6:40to go see?" There's like eight cop cars
270. 6:42that [laughter] go by. So, what do you
271. 6:43do on a day-to-day basis?
272. 6:45>> I really like
273. 6:47workout like deep. I don't know
274. 6:50what they are.
275. 6:52>> And what happens if we walk that way?
276. 6:53Like it just keeps going.
277. 6:55>> No, this the it's really this the last
278. 6:56building. The ratio of Muslim is higher
279. 6:59than ratio of Christian my friend. Yes.
280. 7:02Mostly all my friends are Muslim except
281. 7:04for like
282. 7:06I think count five.
283. 7:07>> I think it's
284. 7:08>> dude. I mean those are the people I like
285. 7:10talking to. I like talking to the
286. 7:11non-Christians. So, if you know anyone
287. 7:12that'll sit down with me, I'd love to do
288. 7:14it. How's it going, bro? I'm Bryce.
289. 7:16>> Nice to meet you.
290. 7:17>> Money.
291. 7:18>> You grew up here?
292. 7:20>> Yeah.
293. 7:20>> How old are you?
294. 7:21>> I'm 24.
295. 7:22>> 24. Cool. I'm 22. Um, I'm from Georgia
296. 7:26originally.
297. 7:27>> What part of Georgia?
298. 7:28>> Carterville. It's north of Atlanta.
299. 7:30About an hour.
300. 7:31>> Little Tony, too. He was
301. 7:32>> Oh, you know, Little Tony Tony.
302. 7:33>> Yeah, I like that little we we we had
303. 7:35him in on my podcast. He was talking
304. 7:37about like uh going up on the mountain
305. 7:39and the dudes. Did you ever see that
306. 7:40video?
307. 7:41>> It was a video of Little Tony talking
308. 7:42about like he was going on a like they
309. 7:44was trying to the devil was trying to
310. 7:45get him.
311. 7:45>> Well, when he was in jail or something?
312. 7:47>> No,
313. 7:48>> no, before.
314. 7:49>> I got to find a video cuz I I remember
315. 7:50sending the video out.
316. 7:51>> Oh, we'll send it to Shoe Box and he'll
317. 7:53have send it to you. It was crazy. He
318. 7:54like went up to do a photo shoot in LA
319. 7:56at the top of a mountain and this dude
320. 7:57had a three-seater McLaren. It's like a
321. 7:59$13 million car. Gets little Tony in the
322. 8:02car and is trying to take him back
323. 8:04somewhere that he doesn't know where
324. 8:06he's going. and uh said he looked at the
325. 8:08dude and his eyes like transformed into
326. 8:11like demon eyes and then he jumped out
327. 8:13of the car and like jumped in the back
328. 8:15of the uh the male dude's car and the
329. 8:17male dude like took him down the
330. 8:18mountain cuz he had no service on his
331. 8:19phone.
332. 8:20>> Is that what he said?
333. 8:21>> That's what he said. That's the short
334. 8:23story.
335. 8:23>> You got the video.
336. 8:25>> Yeah, I believe it. Are you a Christian?
337. 8:27>> Yeah.
338. 8:28>> What do you believe in?
339. 8:30>> I believe in everything for a reason.
340. 8:33>> Uh-huh. What about Jesus? What do you
341. 8:34think about Jesus?
342. 8:37Yeah,
343. 8:38that be I know God is real though. God
344. 8:41be I be talking to God. God be God be
345. 8:44putting his type of battle mean tougher
346. 8:46soldier through battles that you know he
347. 8:48be I don't know how to explain though he
348. 8:50be looking up I ain't going to say
349. 8:52looking up like he be getting people he
350. 8:54give me a lot of chances like a lot of
351. 8:56chance like every time I went through
352. 8:57something I talk to God he'll give me
353. 8:59another chance like he'll probably take
354. 9:00his little time but he'll give me
355. 9:01another chance. Yeah, for sure.
356. 9:03>> I'm going just make example like when I
357. 9:04was in jail like when I was right act
358. 9:07crazy. I want to think about God like
359. 9:08soon as I get in God I hope I bless me
360. 9:12at court. Bless me at court. God
361. 9:14probably took a little time. He blessed
362. 9:16me though. Like at the long hand like
363. 9:18outcome I really supposed to God way
364. 9:19more. But God I know God real though.
365. 9:21>> Yeah. I always ask
366. 9:22>> I work in mystery ways though.
367. 9:23>> I ask people this like if you were to
368. 9:25die right now on a scale of 1 to 10, 10
369. 9:27being absolutely certain, one being not
370. 9:30certain at all. How confident would you
371. 9:32be that you'd go to heaven?
372. 9:33>> Like a 10.
373. 9:36>> Like being an honest like seven.
374. 9:39>> A seven?
375. 9:40>> Yeah.
376. 9:40>> Why a seven?
377. 9:41>> Because I ain't cuz I ain't going to say
378. 9:43like I'm like a fulltime Christian. Like
379. 9:46I still be have my way, you know?
380. 9:48>> Yeah. The reason I asked that question
381. 9:50is because if you say you're seven,
382. 9:51right? Would you say that Jesus only
383. 9:53died for 70% of your mistakes? Like the
384. 9:55Bible would say that Jesus died for all
385. 9:57of our mistakes, right? I love how you
386. 9:59said that you're not a full-time
387. 10:00Christian. The Bible talks about
388. 10:01lukewarmness and the Bible would
389. 10:03describe lukewarmness as Satan owns the
390. 10:05fence, right? Like I lived a large part
391. 10:07of my life where I wanted to sit on the
392. 10:08fence. I grew up in church. I went to a
393. 10:10private Christian school and I sat on
394. 10:12the fence where I was like I got just
395. 10:13enough of Jesus where I felt okay, but I
396. 10:15also got just enough of the stuff that I
397. 10:17wanted. And I thought that's how I
398. 10:18wanted to live my life. And that the
399. 10:19Bible would say that the devil owns the
400. 10:21fence because he tries to trick us into
401. 10:23thinking, "Oh man, you're doing enough."
402. 10:24And that's what it's like. Anyways, when
403. 10:25I was 17, I was going to take my life
404. 10:27one night. And the night I was going to
405. 10:28take my life, I went to Waffle House for
406. 10:30my last meal and I had a supernatural
407. 10:32encounter with Jesus and he stopped me
408. 10:34from taking my life. I've never done
409. 10:35drugs or alcohol before. So, I knew I
410. 10:37wasn't hallucinating or anything. And
411. 10:38so, I just prayed this prayer. I said,
412. 10:39"Jesus, if you're real, take away my
413. 10:41anxiety and depression." And I haven't
414. 10:42had it since that day. It's been over 5
415. 10:44years. So, that was like my foot in the
416. 10:45door. You know, if Jesus is God and he's
417. 10:47got a million things going on, why would
418. 10:48he stop me from taking my life? You
419. 10:50know, then I think that's super
420. 10:52intentional and that's how God feels
421. 10:53about you, you know? And so it's like,
422. 10:54you know, right here, like if me and you
423. 10:56were going to the Chicago Bulls game and
424. 10:57I had two courtside tickets and I gave
425. 11:00you the tickets and I was like, "Hey,
426. 11:01here's two courtside tickets. You and
427. 11:02you and Box, you guys can go to the
428. 11:04game." You guys are going to go in, scan
429. 11:05the ticket, walk downstairs, and you're
430. 11:07all going to get to the court side. And
431. 11:08the security guy's going to stop you.
432. 11:09And he's going to say, "Well Tony, why
433. 11:10should I let you in?" And you're going
434. 11:12to say, "Well, well, I got tickets,
435. 11:13>> right?"
436. 11:14>> And he's going to say, "Well, how'd you
437. 11:15get the tickets?" And you were going to
438. 11:16say, "Well, they were a gift. Bryce gave
439. 11:18them to me." And it's like, in the same
440. 11:19way, I don't get to stand before he and
441. 11:21think, "Well, God, you know, I made some
442. 11:22mistakes, but I did some good things."
443. 11:23It's like, "Look at my good record.
444. 11:24Don't look at my bad." God's like,
445. 11:26"Actually, scratch that. It's not about
446. 11:27what you can do. It's about what I did,
447. 11:29right?" And so, his gift to us is that
448. 11:31he paid the price for all of our
449. 11:33mistakes. You know, it doesn't make
450. 11:34sense. Like, imagine going to court and
451. 11:36having your sentence read, but like you
452. 11:37get to walk away with a clean record and
453. 11:39somebody else does the time. That
454. 11:41doesn't make any sense. But that's what
455. 11:43the gospel is is Jesus did the time for
456. 11:45you so that we can be in eternity with
457. 11:47him. I hate that burden of like feeling,
458. 11:50you know, I understand what you mean,
459. 11:51like feeling guilty and feeling shameful
460. 11:53and things like that. Nobody's perfect,
461. 11:54man. I'm a walking billboard of
462. 11:56mistakes, but it's grace that gets us
463. 11:58through it. It's his grace that fuels
464. 12:00us, you know. Love's a powerful
465. 12:02language. I'd love to pray for you. Can
466. 12:03I pray for you? Is that cool? Can I put
467. 12:05a hand on your shoulder? Is that cool?
468. 12:07Yeah. Jesus, thank you so much for T-
469. 12:08Money, God. Thank you for his life.
470. 12:09Thank you for his heart, God. I mean,
471. 12:11it's so evident that he knows who you
472. 12:12are, but we don't just want to know you.
473. 12:14We want to follow you, and we want to
474. 12:15give our lives towards you. Um, so Lord
475. 12:17Jesus, would you just bless him,
476. 12:19continue to speak to him, God, would you
477. 12:20give him the strength to continue to
478. 12:21follow you, um, and God to remind him
479. 12:24every day that you've paid for 100% of
480. 12:26our wrongdoing. Not just seven, 70%, but
481. 12:29100%. Lord, we love you. We thank you in
482. 12:31Jesus name. Amen.
483. 12:32>> Amen.
484. 12:33>> Come on, man. Full of grace today. Full
485. 12:35of grace. Full of grace.
486. 12:38>> What do you think about Jesus?
487. 12:39>> Yeah. You
488. 12:40>> Yeah, I love Jesus.
489. 12:41>> You love Jesus?
490. 12:42>> Yeah, it is.
491. 12:42>> You believe in Jesus?
492. 12:43>> Yes.
493. 12:44>> You born here? You raised here? No, I
494. 12:46know boy.
495. 12:46>> Where you from?
496. 12:48>> About a week.
497. 12:49>> Okay. And how long have you lived here?
498. 12:52>> About two years.
499. 12:52>> Two years. Cool. Cool. Are you having a
500. 12:55good time? Are you enjoying it?
501. 12:56>> Yeah.
502. 12:56>> Well, bro, I mean, how long have you
503. 12:58been following Jesus? What's Jesus done
504. 12:59in your life?
505. 13:00>> I've been following Jesus every day.
506. 13:02>> Yeah.
507. 13:03>> Yeah. If you were to die right now, on a
508. 13:04scale of 1 to 10, 10 being absolutely
509. 13:07certain, one being not certain at all,
510. 13:09how confident would you be that you
511. 13:10would go to heaven?
512. 13:11>> I believe I'll go to heaven.
513. 13:12>> Come on. Why would you go to heaven? Cuz
514. 13:15y'all be up there, man. They dead.
515. 13:17>> Oh,
516. 13:18>> yeah.
517. 13:18>> It's because of what Jesus did for us,
518. 13:20you know, what he's done for the on the
519. 13:21cross and dying and resurrecting. It's
520. 13:24because of his sacrifice. You know, we
521. 13:26need Jesus now more than ever in this
522. 13:27country, right? There's a lot of
523. 13:28brokenness and hopelessness. So, we need
524. 13:30him more now than ever.
525. 13:31>> Amen.
526. 13:32>> Amen.
527. 13:32>> That's why we need guys like you. Keep
528. 13:34being a light.
529. 13:35>> Keep loving Jesus. We need you to smile
530. 13:37more often. We need to see that smile,
531. 13:38man. I like it.
532. 13:40>> She used to wake me up every day.
533. 13:41>> Come on, man. That's what I'm talking
534. 13:43about.
535. 13:43>> Yeah. Breath is a gift from God, too. We
536. 13:45just forget about it.
537. 13:46>> Yeah.
538. 13:47>> Yeah. I appreciate you, man.
539. 13:49>> Thank you. Can I pray for you?
540. 13:50>> Yeah.
541. 13:51>> Jesus, thank you so much for Kenneth.
542. 13:52God, thank you for his life and thank
543. 13:53you for his heart. God, would you just
544. 13:54bless him and keep him, Lord? Would you
545. 13:56continue to speak to him? God, thank you
546. 13:58that you're using him to be a light.
547. 13:59God, we love you. Thank you in Jesus
548. 14:01name. Amen.
549. 14:01>> Amen.
550. 14:02>> Nice to meet you, brother.
551. 14:03>> What's your name?
552. 14:04>> I don't got no name. I don't want to be
553. 14:05on camera.
554. 14:06>> Okay, you're good. I'm just introducing
555. 14:07myself. What's your name?
556. 14:08>> Too much.
557. 14:09>> Too much.
558. 14:10>> Nice to meet you. You doing good?
559. 14:11>> Yep. You doing good?
560. 14:12>> Yeah, bro. I'm doing good
561. 14:13>> for sure.
562. 14:14>> It's a nice day outside.
563. 14:16>> For sure.
564. 14:16>> Do y'all pretty much know everyone in
565. 14:18here? I was about to say every time we
566. 14:19walk around, Box knows literally
567. 14:20everyone that walks by. Even outside, he
568. 14:22knows everybody. You know Box, too?
569. 14:24>> Mm- I don't know who that is.
570. 14:25>> You don't know Box right there?
571. 14:26>> Who is that?
572. 14:27>> You're lying. You're lying, bro. Get out
573. 14:29of here. He couldn't even keep a
574. 14:31straight face. He's cracking a grin
575. 14:33trying to lie. You're the worst liar
576. 14:34I've ever met in my life. [laughter]
577. 14:37>> If they around, you think they don't
578. 14:39know?
579. 14:39>> Hey, I'm just wondering.
580. 14:40>> I know shorty right there. I never even
581. 14:42seen him before, but I know him.
582. 14:44>> Hey, I grew up in a small town, but we
583. 14:45didn't know everybody. I was just
584. 14:47wondering. Hey, what do you think about
585. 14:48Jesus?
586. 14:49>> Jesus?
587. 14:50I don't know, brother. Can't be talking.
588. 14:52I don't know.
589. 14:53>> Well, do you believe in God? Do you have
590. 14:54a faith or anything?
591. 14:56>> Most definitely.
592. 14:59You know that.
593. 15:00>> What do you believe in?
594. 15:01>> What you mean? What you just said?
595. 15:03>> You believe in Jesus?
596. 15:04>> God, it's everything the same. Yeah, I
597. 15:07believe in everything. Yes, I believe in
598. 15:10everything.
599. 15:11What does that mean? Like what does that
600. 15:12look like for you?
601. 15:13>> What you mean, brother?
602. 15:16>> Well, the reason why I talk about Jesus,
603. 15:17I think everyone universally knows like
604. 15:19the name of Jesus. You know, that name
605. 15:21has power. And so if you say the name of
606. 15:23Jesus, you know, the Muslim will say,
607. 15:24"Well, he's just a prophet. He's just a
608. 15:25teacher." You know, the the Buddhist
609. 15:27will say, "Ah, he had some he had some
610. 15:28good stuff. He was just a dude." But
611. 15:30>> my hands up, brother. I don't know
612. 15:32anything about that.
613. 15:33>> Really? Does it not make you curious?
614. 15:34All right, let me ask you.
615. 15:35>> Myself, yeah, I'll be thinking like that
616. 15:37by myself. But when another mother asks
617. 15:40me questions like that, I don't know.
618. 15:41>> Okay. Well, what do you think happens
619. 15:42when we die?
620. 15:43>> I don't know. I'll be asking myself
621. 15:45that. I don't.
622. 15:46>> Yeah. Does that not scare you or
623. 15:47anything or
624. 15:48>> really, dude? I asked myself those
625. 15:50questions all the time. I was telling T
626. 15:51money I I grew up I grew up with
627. 15:53depression and anxiety. I had it for
628. 15:54years. And I went to Christian school. I
629. 15:56grew up in church. Didn't mean anything
630. 15:58to me though. I just I just went to
631. 15:59Christian school. And when I was 17, I
632. 16:01was going to take my life. And then I
633. 16:03was going to take my life out of
634. 16:04supernatural encounter with Jesus. Stop
635. 16:06me from taking my life. And so I cried
636. 16:07out to Jesus. I said, "Jesus, if you're
637. 16:09real, take away my anxiety and
638. 16:10depression." And I haven't had it since
639. 16:11that day. It's been over 5 years.
640. 16:13>> How old you is?
641. 16:14>> I'm 22. So that was my foot in the door.
642. 16:16I was 17. And so if you find Jesus,
643. 16:18right, and he's the answer to the
644. 16:20suffering and the sin of the world. It's
645. 16:21like, why would you hide him? You know,
646. 16:23you would want to be bold and be like,
647. 16:24"Yo, I I think I found the answer to
648. 16:26life itself, purpose, personality.
649. 16:28>> Somebody found me."
650. 16:29>> Huh?
651. 16:29>> Do you think somebody found you?
652. 16:31>> No. I think Jesus met me. That's where
653. 16:33he found me.
654. 16:33>> Touch. You know, the Bible says he
655. 16:35created all things. So, he created you,
656. 16:37he created me, he created all this. But
657. 16:39my my personal take with with
658. 16:40Christianity as a whole is Jesus is the
659. 16:42only God out of any religion that comes
660. 16:45down and meets human beings where
661. 16:46they're at. Every other religion is,
662. 16:48hey, you're broken. Figure it out. Work
663. 16:49your way to perfection. Do enough good
664. 16:51stuff and then you'll figure it out. But
665. 16:53Jesus is perfection and he came down
666. 16:55from heaven. And so, he lived in the
667. 16:57same suffering world we lived in. Jesus
668. 16:58was sold out by friends. Judas sold him
669. 17:00out for 30 for 30 shekels of silver. I
670. 17:03mean, he was spit on, gossiped about,
671. 17:04people tried to stone him to death. So,
672. 17:06if anyone knows suffering as a out of
673. 17:08God of out of all religions, it'd be
674. 17:09Jesus. You know, I don't like it if
675. 17:11somebody tries to tell me how to live my
676. 17:12life and they do the total opposite.
677. 17:14You, you know,
678. 17:16>> that's how it should be sometimes.
679. 17:18>> It is. Look, man, I'd love to pray for
680. 17:20you.
681. 17:21>> Come on. I need that.
682. 17:22>> Can I pray for you?
683. 17:24>> Can I put a hand on your shoulder? Is
684. 17:25that cool?
685. 17:26>> Yeah.
686. 17:26>> Cool. All right. Jesus, thank you so
687. 17:28much for my friend, God. Thank you
688. 17:29[music] for too much, God. Would you
689. 17:30just move in his life, Lord? Would you
690. 17:32reveal yourself to him? Would your love
691. 17:33just overwhelm him? Peace and joy from
692. 17:36heaven. God, would you grip his heart?
693. 17:38Use him in a mighty way. Um Lord, bless
694. 17:40him and keep him. Would your face shine
695. 17:41upon him? Jesus name. Amen.
696. 17:44>> Amen.
697. 17:44>> Easy, bro. Hey, Jesus didn't claim to be
698. 17:46a way. He claimed to be the way, the
699. 17:48truth. You know,
700. 17:50>> that there's only one God that's alive,
701. 17:52and that's Jesus.
702. 17:54>> That's alive.
703. 17:55>> That's alive.
704. 17:56>> Alive.
705. 17:57>> Alive and real.
706. 17:58>> They alive.
707. 17:59>> Jesus. Yeah, he's alive.
708. 18:03>> He's real. He rose from the dead three
709. 18:04days later after being crucified
710. 18:06publicly. 500 people saw him.
711. 18:08>> You believe that?
712. 18:09>> Absolutely. Do you believe World War II
713. 18:11happened?
714. 18:12>> Oh, hell yeah.
715. 18:13>> Why? You didn't see it? There's a lot of
716. 18:15people that saw it and they recorded it.
717. 18:17Same thing
718. 18:18>> happened.
719. 18:18>> But ain't nobody sees
720. 18:21>> God coming from,
721. 18:22>> you know, we have more evidence that
722. 18:24Jesus was a real dude than we do
723. 18:26Alexander the Great.
724. 18:27>> Who you talking about? Alexander the
725. 18:29Great.
726. 18:30>> The Great. Who was that?
727. 18:31>> He's a historian back in the day. We
728. 18:33have like non-Christian historians,
729. 18:34people that had no rhyme or reason to
730. 18:36prove that Jesus was real. Non-Christian
731. 18:38historians writing that Jesus was real.
732. 18:40He was a man of his word. He lived a
733. 18:42life. He died. Now, if they're not
734. 18:44Christian, they're not going to say he
735. 18:45rose from the dead. But it says that the
736. 18:46tomb was empty. Cornelius, Tacitus,
737. 18:48Josephus, Ply the Winy. These guys, they
738. 18:51they wrote about it. You know, the same
739. 18:52way we know World War II happened. Same
740. 18:54way we know Civil War happened. The same
741. 18:56way we know how the Constitution was
742. 18:58formed. We weren't there, but there were
743. 19:00people that recorded it. And that's what
744. 19:02the Bible is, man. It's it's a history
745. 19:04book. Transcendent piece of literature.
746. 19:05It's impacted people before us, impacts
747. 19:07us today, and will continue to impact
748. 19:09people.
749. 19:10>> What do you think about Jesus? Do you
750. 19:12believe in Jesus? You go with uh Pastor
751. 19:14Brooks?
752. 19:15>> No, I go to church. I would.
753. 19:16>> Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. I don't know. I
754. 19:18don't know his name, but no name.
755. 19:20>> Does he That's just his name. No name.
756. 19:23Does no name believe in Jesus?
757. 19:24>> Yeah. Dang. Shoe box was lying. He said
758. 19:27there's more people that claim to follow
759. 19:28Jesus in here than he told me. I asked
760. 19:30all these guys if they follow Jesus.
761. 19:31He's like, "Yeah, I follow Jesus."
762. 19:32"Yeah, I follow Jesus." You told me that
763. 19:34there weren't that many in here.
764. 19:35>> No, it's a lot of a lot of Muslims here.
765. 19:38>> Oh, where the Muslims at? I want to be a
766. 19:40Muslim.
767. 19:40>> Why do you want to be a Muslim?
768. 19:43[laughter]
769. 19:45>> Wait, why do you want to be a Muslim?
770. 19:46>> I don't know. I want to do that.
771. 19:49>> You do want to do it?
772. 19:50>> Yeah. Hell yeah.
773. 19:51>> You know, you know Muhammad was a
774. 19:52pedophile. They ain't got with me.
775. 19:54>> Muhammad.
776. 19:55>> Who was that?
777. 19:56>> Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.
778. 19:57>> Oh,
779. 19:58>> he was a pedophile. You know, in jail,
780. 20:00they killed dudes that do that. Muhammad
781. 20:01was a straight pedophile. I'm not even
782. 20:03kidding. In the hadiths, he married a
783. 20:05six-year-old and had sex with her when
784. 20:06she was nine. It's in Sar Alkari, Hadith
785. 20:0951.
786. 20:10>> You went to college?
787. 20:11>> Well, I do it online, but no, I I didn't
788. 20:13go in person. I I do it on the computer
789. 20:15now, but
790. 20:16>> I became a Christian when I was a junior
791. 20:17and then I just
792. 20:18>> followed it.
793. 20:19>> Started following Jesus. Man,
794. 20:20>> that's just a passion for some people.
795. 20:22What? Christianity. Well, like if you go
796. 20:24out of the country, right? That's like
797. 20:25one thing I respect about Muslims is
798. 20:27it's like culture, you know?
799. 20:28>> You heard what you said. If you go out
800. 20:29of the country, that's if somebody go
801. 20:31out the country, everybody don't do that
802. 20:33type of
803. 20:33>> Well, here Christianity is just a label,
804. 20:36you know? It's like it's like a brand on
805. 20:37that on on your sweatshirt. But that's
806. 20:39not what the Bible would say about
807. 20:40following Jesus. The Bible would say
808. 20:41it's a lifestyle. You know, we should
809. 20:43live it out. You know, if I if I said I
810. 20:45was a Christian, but I was cussing
811. 20:46people out and I was cheating on my wife
812. 20:48and I was doing all that other stuff,
813. 20:49then you would be like, "Oh, he's not a
814. 20:50Christian." You know what I mean?
815. 20:52>> You could do that though.
816. 20:53>> No, not necessarily.
817. 20:54>> You're not supposed to, but you could do
818. 20:55that.
819. 20:56>> Who said
820. 20:57>> you could do whatever you want?
821. 20:58>> You're right. We have free will. But if
822. 20:59you follow Jesus, right? If I follow
823. 21:01Jesus, I'm trusting that Jesus's way is
824. 21:03better than how I feel. Does that make
825. 21:05sense? So like I get angry at a lot of
826. 21:06people.
827. 21:07>> Can't think like that.
828. 21:08>> Well, imagine like this. If I follow
829. 21:09Jesus, right, and T- Money, for example,
830. 21:11he made me angry. My human response
831. 21:13would be, well, I want to get angry
832. 21:15back, right? But the Bible would say,
833. 21:16and Jesus would say, if someone has done
834. 21:18you wrong, you don't do wrong back to
835. 21:20them. And that's not what society
836. 21:21teaches.
837. 21:22>> And so you're trusting that if you
838. 21:23believe that Jesus is God and he created
839. 21:26all things and he has always existed and
840. 21:28Jesus is the standard, then you are
841. 21:29trusting that his way is better than our
842. 21:31way. Cuz I've only lived 22 years. God
843. 21:33has always existed. So I'm trusting that
844. 21:35he knows better than I do.
845. 21:36>> You know, same way you listen, you
846. 21:38listen to people older than you, you
847. 21:39know, cuz they've done more life and
848. 21:41you're trusting that they know better
849. 21:42than we do. You know, when I was growing
850. 21:43up, I wanted to eat ice cream every
851. 21:45morning for breakfast and my parents
852. 21:46wouldn't let me and I thought that they
853. 21:48were just being mean. But if I would
854. 21:49have ate ice cream every morning, I
855. 21:50might have had diabetes. I might have
856. 21:51had some health issues. You know what I
857. 21:53mean? So, same way. But the Bible says
858. 21:55in Romans 6, so now that Jesus has
859. 21:57forgiven us, does that mean we can go do
860. 21:59whatever we want? And it says absolutely
861. 22:01not. That's abusing God's grace. That's
862. 22:03like if I punched you in the face right
863. 22:04now and I said, "Oh, bro, I'm so sorry.
864. 22:06I didn't mean to do that." You'd
865. 22:07probably be like, "All right, whatever."
866. 22:08But then if I kept punching you in the
867. 22:09face and apologizing over and over, at
868. 22:11some point you'd be like, "Okay, Bryce
869. 22:12isn't sorry. He doesn't care." Same
870. 22:14thing with God. We need to put our money
871. 22:16where our mouth is. Sometimes we
872. 22:17actually need to live it out. So that's
873. 22:18why the Bible says it costs something to
874. 22:20follow Jesus. You know, sometimes it
875. 22:21costs our preferences. Sometimes it
876. 22:23costs the things that are comfortable to
877. 22:24us, but it's worth it in the end. You
878. 22:26know,
879. 22:27>> we have them thoughts on phone.
880. 22:28>> What's what's stopping you from going
881. 22:30all in then?
882. 22:31>> I can't say that. I can't say it. Well,
883. 22:35if you know, you know. That's all I'm
884. 22:36going to say. If you know, you will
885. 22:38know.
886. 22:38>> Well, you know, transparency leads to
887. 22:40transformation. You know, vulnerability
888. 22:42isn't weakness. Jesus said, "Blessed are
889. 22:44the pure in heart, for they shall see
890. 22:45God." And actually he said, "Blessed are
891. 22:47the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
892. 22:49kingdom of heaven." Aka, blessed are
893. 22:51those who are spiritually bankrupt and
894. 22:52need someone outside of themselves to
895. 22:54save them. And so, you know, if you want
896. 22:55something you've never had, sometimes
897. 22:56you got to do something you never done.
898. 22:58What's What's stopping you from going
899. 22:59all in?
900. 23:02>> I can't say that.
901. 23:04>> Mistakes or
902. 23:06>> That's one of them. But I don't even be
903. 23:09making mistakes no more. So, it's really
904. 23:11It's just me. It's me. It's just me,
905. 23:15folk.
906. 23:16>> Like, what? You just You just You want
907. 23:18to make the change or you don't want to
908. 23:20make the change?
909. 23:20>> Yeah, I do.
910. 23:23I I'm not doing it.
911. 23:24>> Are you afraid of maybe what other
912. 23:26people will think of you or
913. 23:27>> Oh, hell no.
914. 23:30I just I don't know.
915. 23:33A lot of going on.
916. 23:34>> Mhm.
917. 23:36>> That's how
918. 23:38a lot of brokenness and suffering.
919. 23:40>> You can say that somewhat.
920. 23:41>> Yeah. Yeah.
921. 23:42>> I ain't going to say broken though cuz I
922. 23:44ain't broken.
923. 23:45>> No, no, not like that financially. I
924. 23:47mean,
925. 23:47>> I'm saying broken. I ain't broken.
926. 23:50>> Yeah,
927. 23:50>> bro. I know what you mean.
928. 23:51>> Yeah, man. I mean, look, there's nothing
929. 23:52like that you can intellectually
930. 23:54believe. I I can't just like conjure up
931. 23:56logic in my brain and go, "Oh, yeah, now
932. 23:58I'mma believe in God." You know that the
933. 24:00Bible says it's a heart issue. You know,
934. 24:02but the beauty of it is is the free
935. 24:04gifts on the table to anyone that wants
936. 24:05it. And so, look, man, like I'm a
937. 24:08Christian, but I I you know, I think
938. 24:10that's the beauty of it is like I'm
939. 24:11still broken, you know? I I have a hard
940. 24:13time sometimes. I I still get hurt by
941. 24:15things.
942. 24:16>> You know what I mean? And so, that keeps
943. 24:18me humble and relying on God knowing
944. 24:20that that knowing that I'm broken and
945. 24:21stuff like that. I The reason why I like
946. 24:23talking about it is cuz I want you to
947. 24:24experience the blessings I've
948. 24:26experienced following Jesus. You know
949. 24:27what I mean? I want you to be able to
950. 24:28reap these benefits and blessings of
951. 24:30knowing God. It's more than just like
952. 24:32religion. Mhm.
953. 24:33>> Like, yes, Christianity is a religion,
954. 24:35but Jesus is alive. He's real.
955. 24:37>> Is a religion.
956. 24:38>> Yeah, Christianity is. It is.
957. 24:39>> I can say I'm a Christian, though.
958. 24:41>> How so?
959. 24:42>> I go to church. I don't read the Bible
960. 24:44no more, but I go to church.
961. 24:46>> Yo, let me just show you this really
962. 24:47quick. Exactly what you're saying. Jesus
963. 24:49talked about people who would say stuff
964. 24:50like that. I'm serious.
965. 24:51>> I don't know. That's why I don't know.
966. 24:53>> Look, he says, "Not everyone who says to
967. 24:55me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom
968. 24:57of heaven." And then he jumps down and
969. 24:58says, "Many people will come to me and
970. 25:01say, All right, keep going. Keep going.
971. 25:03>> On that day, so judgment day, like we
972. 25:05believe one day we're going to stand
973. 25:06before God and our lives and our actions
974. 25:08and our words are going to testify
975. 25:10against us. Meaning like I can't blame
976. 25:11someone else for the mistakes I've done.
977. 25:13He says, "Many will come to me and say,
978. 25:14did we not prophesy in your name and
979. 25:16cast out demons in your name and do many
980. 25:18mighty works in your name?" So what it's
981. 25:20saying is a bunch of people are going to
982. 25:21come to Jesus and we'll say, "Well,
983. 25:22look, I went to church every Sunday and
984. 25:25I I helped the homeless man and I did a
985. 25:27bunch of good stuff. Look at all the
986. 25:29good stuff I did." And Jesus's response
987. 25:31says, "I never knew you. Depart from me,
988. 25:34you workers of lawlessness." So the
989. 25:36issue,
990. 25:36>> what that what that got to do with what
991. 25:38I said? I said, I can say that. I didn't
992. 25:41say I'm a I am a Christian.
993. 25:43>> No, I know. I know. But being a
994. 25:44Christian is more than just going to
995. 25:46church.
996. 25:46>> What is more to that?
997. 25:48>> Being a Christian is following Jesus.
998. 25:50And following Jesus doesn't always look
999. 25:52like just going to church, right? Jesus
1000. 25:54is taking following God from a rulebook
1001. 25:56to a relationship. So this is what he
1002. 25:58does. He sums up following God by
1003. 26:00saying, "Love the Lord your God with
1004. 26:03your whole heart, soul, mind, and
1005. 26:04strength, right? And love your neighbor
1006. 26:06as yourself." So he says, "Love God with
1007. 26:08your whole heart and love people."
1008. 26:10Because when you begin to love God, you
1009. 26:11realize that God values everyone else
1010. 26:13the same way he values you despite the
1011. 26:15bank account number in their bank
1012. 26:16account, despite where they come from,
1013. 26:17what shoes they grew up in, things like
1014. 26:19that. And so he's saying it's more than
1015. 26:21just things that you do. Your love from
1016. 26:23God should fuel you to do those things.
1017. 26:24You don't do those things because you
1018. 26:26have to. Does that make sense? Like I
1019. 26:28don't go to church because I have to. I
1020. 26:30do it because I want to. Because I love
1021. 26:32Jesus. So it's deeper than just doing
1022. 26:34things. It's all pure love. That's why
1023. 26:36we came here. It's cuz we wanted to love
1024. 26:38on people, you know.
1025. 26:39>> Well, basically what you saying to be a
1026. 26:40Christian,
1027. 26:41>> you got to love.
1028. 26:42>> Mhm.
1029. 26:43>> I do love though.
1030. 26:45>> But you got to love the truth. Jesus
1031. 26:47says in John 14,
1032. 26:49>> the truth about what?
1033. 26:50>> Jesus. He says, "I am the way, the
1034. 26:52truth, and the life. No one comes to the
1035. 26:55father except through me." So eternal
1036. 26:57life, heaven, heaven is just infinite
1037. 27:00time with God.
1038. 27:01>> So being a follower,
1039. 27:02>> being a follower of Jesus, that's
1040. 27:04following the truth. Yep.
1041. 27:06>> But that's why we need this. And dude, I
1042. 27:08hate reading, bro. I hate reading.
1043. 27:10>> Somebody wrote that.
1044. 27:12>> Well, listen to this. 40 different
1045. 27:13authors wrote the 66 books in here over
1046. 27:16the course of 1500 years.
1047. 27:18>> And it had been a lot of different words
1048. 27:20and different writtens in that book.
1049. 27:23Well, not necessarily the transmission
1050. 27:25of scripture. We have thousands of
1051. 27:27manuscripts that we can look back that
1052. 27:29date back that date back to show that
1053. 27:30the the consistency of the narrative is
1054. 27:32true. So, we have thousands and
1055. 27:34thousands of manuscripts. The Bible was
1056. 27:36written in Greek, Hebrew, and a little
1057. 27:37bit of Aramaic. You ever heard of the
1058. 27:39Dead Sea Scrolls?
1059. 27:40>> No.
1060. 27:41>> Any of this stuff, it's just history
1061. 27:42about how why the Bible remains true.
1062. 27:44So, we have the documents to prove that
1063. 27:46what we have today is what they had
1064. 27:49thousands of years ago. Does that make
1065. 27:50sense? never had a knowledge or or or
1066. 27:53people ain't never told me or I never
1067. 27:55heard about the that being real
1068. 27:57like the Bible itself. I know God and
1069. 28:00the things that happen real but the
1070. 28:02Bible I don't think that I ain't
1071. 28:03going to say me but people can say that
1072. 28:05>> you don't think this is real.
1073. 28:06>> I didn't say me.
1074. 28:07>> Uh-huh. Yeah. I mean dude, there's a lot
1075. 28:09of people that don't think this is real.
1076. 28:10That's what that's what faith is. Faith
1077. 28:13is the assurance of things hoped for.
1078. 28:16The conviction of things unseen, the
1079. 28:18Bible would say. So, like faith is not
1080. 28:20like, you know, I I I I know that you're
1081. 28:22real because we're here and we, you
1082. 28:23know, we've touched and talked, but I I
1083. 28:25I can't grab God. I can't grab him.
1084. 28:28Faith is trust. I'm trusting that this
1085. 28:30is true and his way is great. I'm a
1086. 28:32Christian. I follow Jesus. So, if I die
1087. 28:34and I realize that Jesus is not real,
1088. 28:36nothing happens to me. But if I follow
1089. 28:39Jesus and I die and he is real, I gain
1090. 28:41everything. On the contrary,
1091. 28:43>> he is everything.
1092. 28:45>> He is everything. He is everything that
1093. 28:47we've looked for. If I choose not to
1094. 28:48follow Jesus and he is real, I'm
1095. 28:50separated from God for an eternity. I go
1096. 28:52to hell.
1097. 28:52>> What is hell?
1098. 28:54>> So hell is a justice system and a
1099. 28:56choice. So I've done wrong.
1100. 28:58>> People choose to go to hell.
1101. 29:00>> Everyone chooses to go to hell.
1102. 29:01>> How do you do that?
1103. 29:02>> Well, it's two different things, right?
1104. 29:04So like I've made mistakes, you've made
1105. 29:05mistakes. The same way that we have the
1106. 29:07American justice system is partially
1107. 29:10what hell is. We have to do time. You
1108. 29:12know, if I killed someone and the police
1109. 29:14arrested me and then took me to go get
1110. 29:16coffee and donuts and let me slide,
1111. 29:18everyone would be really upset. I need
1112. 29:20to go to court. I need to be tried for
1113. 29:21my crimes and I need to do my time.
1114. 29:24>> You need to
1115. 29:25>> cuz that's justice, right? If I do
1116. 29:27something wrong, I should be punished.
1117. 29:29Now, the Bible would say
1118. 29:30>> all the time.
1119. 29:31>> All the time.
1120. 29:33>> All the time.
1121. 29:34>> Well, what do you mean by that?
1122. 29:36Every time you do something or whenever
1123. 29:38you did something bad or that wasn't
1124. 29:40good, you're supposed to get
1125. 29:43punished for that. Well, no. I'm I'm
1126. 29:45using that as an example here in real
1127. 29:47life, right? Like if I if I kill
1128. 29:48someone, if I murder someone, I'm going
1129. 29:50to go to court and they're going to say,
1130. 29:51"Hey, you did something wrong. You're
1131. 29:53going to go to jail and do time for
1132. 29:54murdering someone." Right? So, in the
1133. 29:56same way, we've all made mistakes and
1134. 29:58because of our mistakes, we have to do
1135. 30:01time for our mistakes. And so we would
1136. 30:03go to hell because we're sinners. We've
1137. 30:05made mistakes. Now Jesus says instead of
1138. 30:08you doing your time, you stand before a
1139. 30:10judge. They read your sentence. But
1140. 30:11imagine the judge says you walk away
1141. 30:13free. No record wrong. Somebody else is
1142. 30:16going to go to jail in your place. That
1143. 30:17doesn't make sense. But someone has to
1144. 30:19pay the price. And so Jesus came down
1145. 30:21from heaven on earth. He's the only one
1146. 30:23who lived a perfect life. He died on the
1147. 30:25cross. The most gruesome death ever
1148. 30:26recorded in human history.
1149. 30:28>> That it was recorded.
1150. 30:29>> It was recorded. The Bible says and
1151. 30:31historical documents, Jesus was beaten
1152. 30:34so bad he didn't even look like a human
1153. 30:35being. He was beaten 39 times with a
1154. 30:37whip that had nails and glass on it that
1155. 30:39would rip his skin off his back. And
1156. 30:41then he was nailed to a cross. He was
1157. 30:42crucified.
1158. 30:45But Jesus died. That was the whole
1159. 30:46purpose of his death was because someone
1160. 30:48had to pay the price.
1161. 30:49>> It happens to people.
1162. 30:51>> What do you mean that happens to people?
1163. 30:53people
1164. 30:55that look.
1165. 30:56>> But that's the beauty is like, you know,
1166. 30:57we've both made mistakes, but knowing
1167. 30:59that somebody else was willing to love
1168. 31:00us enough and give us something that we
1169. 31:03don't deserve is beautiful.
1170. 31:06>> You say that one more time.
1171. 31:07>> To know that like we've made mistakes,
1172. 31:09but we don't have to pay the punishment
1173. 31:11for our mistakes is beautiful. And so,
1174. 31:13hell is a justice system, but it's also
1175. 31:16a choice. The Bible says if we choose to
1176. 31:18follow Jesus and trust in Jesus,
1177. 31:20>> we know that though.
1178. 31:20>> Do we know that though? Well, we're
1179. 31:22trusting through the scriptures. I
1180. 31:23cannot 100% prove without the shadow of
1181. 31:26a doubt that Jesus Christ is God and
1182. 31:27he's real. I have to look at evidence,
1183. 31:29right?
1184. 31:30>> Where's the overwhelming amount of
1185. 31:32evidence? And the Bible and history
1186. 31:34would say that Jesus Christ being God
1187. 31:36has the most overwhelming amount of
1188. 31:38evidence pointing to it. And so if we
1189. 31:40trust in Jesus, he wipes our slate clean
1190. 31:42as if we've never done anything wrong.
1191. 31:44But if we choose not to follow Jesus, it
1192. 31:46breaks his heart. But we spend an
1193. 31:48eternity separate from him. So hell is
1194. 31:50also a place without God. I can believe
1195. 31:52that. How you say it, too. I could
1196. 31:54believe that.
1197. 31:55>> I don't know about you. I want the place
1198. 31:56where God's at.
1199. 31:59>> I really don't even care.
1200. 32:00>> Why not? Let me ask you this question.
1201. 32:03If God could do a miracle in your life
1202. 32:04right now, what would that be?
1203. 32:06>> A miracle.
1204. 32:06>> A miracle.
1205. 32:07>> What else?
1206. 32:08>> If he could do a miracle in your life,
1207. 32:10what would that be? Like, is there
1208. 32:11something that you need or want? Like,
1209. 32:12that's like if God did this for me,
1210. 32:14>> what would he be doing? The thing that I
1211. 32:16need that I want.
1212. 32:18>> The thing that you need. Like, you know,
1213. 32:19does is there a family member that's
1214. 32:21sick? Do you have pain in your body or
1215. 32:22you need help in this area? Like if God
1216. 32:25could do a miracle, what would that be?
1217. 32:26>> Listen, drop some more to me.
1218. 32:30>> Money.
1219. 32:30>> Oh yeah.
1220. 32:32>> Outside of money.
1221. 32:33>> I don't need or want anything else. All
1222. 32:36BBs.
1223. 32:37>> You said that last part.
1224. 32:39>> No, this a song.
1225. 32:40>> Okay.
1226. 32:40>> I wouldn't want nothing else though. I
1227. 32:42don't need
1228. 32:44>> When I was 18, I had a good job. I made
1229. 32:46a lot of money when I was 18 years old.
1230. 32:48I've had money. I've made mistakes with
1231. 32:50girls. I've done a bunch of stuff, but
1232. 32:52I'm telling you, dude, Jesus is greater
1233. 32:54than any dollar amount, any
1234. 32:55relationship, any any dopamine high.
1235. 32:58He's the best thing I've ever had.
1236. 33:00Having Jesus. Best thing I've ever had.
1237. 33:02>> I need Jesus.
1238. 33:03>> Oblak jersey swap. All right. Give me
1239. 33:06the shirt off your back. I'm just
1240. 33:08kidding. I'm just kidding. [laughter]
1241. 33:09>> Now, I got your number now. You can't
1242. 33:11run away from me now. I'm going to text
1243. 33:12you all the time. I'm going to start
1244. 33:13FaceTiming you randomly. Hey, you got
1245. 33:15that camera saying [laughter]
1246. 33:18he just told my you can't run away from
1247. 33:21>> How's it going? What's the weather my
1248. 33:23boy? I'm Bryce.
1249. 33:24>> This This a Muslim right here.
1250. 33:26>> Nice to meet you. Are you Muslim?
1251. 33:27>> How long you been Muslim?
1252. 33:28>> It to be a year.
1253. 33:29>> Really? Why are you Muslim?
1254. 33:30>> You said what?
1255. 33:31>> Yeah. What made you be a Muslim?
1256. 33:32>> Cuz man, I want to prepare for no
1257. 33:35questions. Okay.
1258. 33:37>> Oh no, bro. I'm I've been a Christian
1259. 33:39for 5 years. So I was 17. I'm from
1260. 33:41Georgia and uh I was going to take my
1261. 33:43life when I was 17. I went to Waffle
1262. 33:45House for my last meal. I had a
1263. 33:46supernatural encounter with Jesus. He
1264. 33:48stopped me from taking my life. And so
1265. 33:49that that was kind of like my foot in
1266. 33:51the door of, okay, if God is real, could
1267. 33:52it be Jesus? So, you've been like in it
1268. 33:54about a year.
1269. 33:55>> Yeah, I had to be a year. Just did my
1270. 33:57first Radar.
1271. 33:58>> I have a lot of respect for Muslims.
1272. 34:00Yeah. They pray more than a lot of
1273. 34:01Christians do. They give more than a lot
1274. 34:03of Christians do. I just have an issue.
1275. 34:05I have an issue with Muhammad.
1276. 34:07>> All right. You ready? I'm about to tell
1277. 34:08you something crazy. You know Muhammad
1278. 34:10was a pedophile. You know about that?
1279. 34:12>> Yeah. the hadiths. You know the hadiths?
1280. 34:15>> Yeah. Uh and
1281. 34:16>> you said I got just looking up online,
1282. 34:19>> bro. I'll show you right now.
1283. 34:20>> Mhm.
1284. 34:21>> You want to see this, bro? It'll blow
1285. 34:23your mind. Okay. This is Bikatti, which
1286. 34:26was Muhammad's best friend. He writes
1287. 34:28some of the most reliable hadiths. All
1288. 34:29right. This is 5134. The prophet married
1289. 34:32her when she was 6 years old and
1290. 34:35consummated his marriage when she was
1291. 34:36nine. You know what that means? He had
1292. 34:38sex with her when she was 9 years old.
1293. 34:40>> Yeah.
1294. 34:42>> Yeah. That's crazy.
1295. 34:44>> That's pretty crazy, right? Hey, I don't
1296. 34:46I don't follow pedophiles. I follow
1297. 34:48Jesus, man. That's who I follow.
1298. 34:49>> All right, bet. Now you say cool though.
1299. 34:51I'm going get up with you. My name Ctis.
1300. 34:53>> Nice to meet you, Cortis. I'm Bryce. God
1301. 34:54bless you, man.
1302. 34:56>> F [music]
1303. 34:57ain't afraid. It's a new crusade. This
1304. 34:59ain't no charade. Keep it safe.
1305. 35:03>> [music]