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  • Hi, I'm Rick Warren.

  • I'm the author of "The Purpose Driven Life"

  • and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.

  • I'd like for you to listen to the next couple minutes

  • as if your life depends on it,

  • because it does.

  • I want to share with you the most important thing

  • you need to know in life: how to get to know God,

  • how to begin a relationship with his Son, Jesus Christ,

  • so you can have your past forgiven,

  • learn your purpose for living, and gain a home in heaven.

  • Do you know why you exist?

  • The Bible tells us that God is love

  • and God created you to love you.

  • In fact, God wants to have

  • a personal relationship with you.

  • Did you know that?

  • God knows everything about you, and he wants you to know him,

  • and he loves you in spite of everything that's happened

  • in your life: your failures, your weaknesses,

  • your mistakes, your sins.

  • Nobody's ever gonna love you more than God does.

  • Unfortunately, most people never get to know God

  • in a personal way.

  • For most people, God seems a million miles away.

  • You know, we feel disconnected from God.

  • You know?

  • Do you know why we feel that way?

  • It's because we have lost our connection to God.

  • It happened because we all have a natural desire

  • to run our own lives without God.

  • We don't want God to tell us what to do.

  • We want to be in charge, we want to be God,

  • and that attitude of denying God the right to tell us

  • what's right and what's wrong in our lives, it's called sin.

  • And you know what?

  • We've all done it. We've all sinned.

  • The Bible says, "Everyone has sinned;

  • we've all fallen short of God's glorious standard."

  • We've all said no to God in our own different ways.

  • None of us is perfect,

  • and the bad news is that that attitude,

  • our sinful attitudes and our actions,

  • they have separated us and disconnected us from God.

  • That's why you feel so far away.

  • The Bible says in the Book of Isaiah,

  • "Your sins have cut you off from God."

  • Now, obviously, that's a big problem for us,

  • but since God loves us, he came up with a plan to solve our sins

  • and our separation problem,

  • and that plan of reconnecting you to God

  • is called salvation.

  • Now, God not only wants you to know him

  • and love him here on earth,

  • he wants you to be able to spend eternity with him

  • forever in heaven.

  • Now, before I tell you about God's plan to save you,

  • it's good news,

  • let me first identify some of the man-made ways

  • of salvation that don't work.

  • You know, some people try what I call "salvation by heritage."

  • Here's their reasoning:

  • "You know, my mother and my father knew God,

  • "so I assume I'm gonna be automatically included

  • "in God's family.

  • I'm gonna be saved too."

  • You know, if you think about that for just a minute,

  • you quickly realize the idea is illogical.

  • For instance, if I said to you, "You know,

  • "my father was married, and my grandfather was married,

  • "and my great grandfather was married,

  • then I'm automatically married."

  • You see how illogical that is.

  • And like marriage, salvation is a personal choice.

  • It's a decision to love and trust the Savior

  • that God sent, Jesus,

  • and nobody else can make that decision for you.

  • Now, there's another false way that people

  • try to get to heaven: spiritual salvation.

  • It's what I call "salvation by sincerity."

  • It goes like this-- you ever heard this?

  • "You know, it doesn't really matter at all

  • what you believe about God as long as you're sincere."

  • Well, that's illogical too,

  • 'cause you can be sincerely wrong.

  • I mean, I can pick up this glass and think it's filled with tea,

  • but actually it's filled with poison.

  • If I drink it, I'll still die.

  • I'll be sincerely dead because I was sincerely wrong.

  • It takes more than sincerity to know God

  • and be accepted into heaven.

  • Heaven is God's home,

  • so you and I have to abide by his rules for getting there.

  • That makes sense.

  • There's another misconception about heaven, and it's this.

  • Some people imagine that God has this scale,

  • and at the end of your life, he's gonna weigh all your

  • bad actions and all your bad attitudes,

  • and he's gonna weigh all your good actions and all your

  • good attitudes, and if in the end, you know,

  • the scale tips this way...

  • you got a little bit more good than the bad

  • that you did in this planet, then God's gonna let me in

  • because I've earned my way into heaven.

  • You know, that's a very popular idea,

  • but there's one problem with it.

  • God tells us the exact opposite in the Bible.

  • The Bible says this,

  • here's the bad news: "The wages of sin is death."

  • You see, God's not just the God of love,

  • he's the God of justice, so he makes sure that evil

  • gets punished, that we don't just get away with it,

  • that people like Hitler don't just get away with it,

  • that all evil gets punished.

  • The problem is I've got some evil in my life and so do you.

  • But here's the best news you're ever going to hear.

  • Are you listening?

  • The penalty for everything you've ever done wrong in life,

  • every mistake, every fault, every sin,

  • every selfishness has already been paid for by Jesus Christ

  • when he died on the cross for your sins.

  • That's why he's called the Savior of the world.

  • You see, being saved, quote "saved,"

  • salvation is not something that you do

  • for yourself or earn.

  • It's something that is done for you by God.

  • That's the good news.

  • Jesus came to earth, he lived a perfect, sinless life,

  • so he never sinned, then he died on the cross for you

  • so you don't have to pay for your sins.

  • Wow.

  • Trusting in him and in his perfection,

  • not your imperfection, that's your only ticket to heaven.

  • The only way any of us get into heaven is by

  • God's mercy and grace.

  • It's all been done for you.

  • That's why it's called the gospel.

  • Do you know what the word "gospel" means?

  • It's just the Old English word for "good news."

  • It's the best news in the world.

  • Now here's what Jesus said.

  • He said, "I am, I am the way,

  • "I am the truth, and I am the life.

  • No one comes to the Father," that's God the Father,

  • "except through me."

  • That's a pretty strong statement.

  • Notice Jesus doesn't say, "I might be the way."

  • He doesn't say, "I point the way."

  • He doesn't say, "I teach the way."

  • He doesn't say, "I'm looking for the way."

  • He says, "I'm it. I am."

  • And he doesn't say, "I'm one way."

  • He says, "I am the way. I'm the only way.

  • No one comes to the Father."

  • Nobody gets into heaven except through God's plan,

  • which was to send Jesus to be the bridge

  • between heaven and earth.

  • The way to heaven is through faith

  • in God's Son, Jesus Christ.

  • You know, as a young man, I studied all the major religions

  • of the world.

  • I actually lived in Asia for awhile.

  • One of the things that I discovered is that

  • every religion deals with this idea of truth.

  • Truth.

  • In Japanese, it's shinjitsu.

  • For instance, the Hindu Scriptures, the Vedas, says,

  • "Truth is very illusive.

  • It's very hard to find and very few people find it."

  • It's not very encouraging.

  • Buddhism-- at the end of his life,

  • Buddha made a very famous statement.

  • He said, "I'm still searching for the truth."

  • He said, "I haven't found it."

  • Muhammad claimed to be a prophet of God's truth.

  • But none of these religious leaders claim to be the truth,

  • claim to be God, claim to be the source of truth.

  • That's what makes Jesus unique.

  • Jesus says, "I'm it. I am the truth.

  • Not that I point to it or teach it, but I am the truth."

  • And he also said this: "When you know the truth,

  • the truth will set you free."

  • So, the big question is really this: if Jesus is the truth,

  • how do I get to know him in a way that sets me free?

  • Well, I'm no authority on this,

  • but let me tell you what Jesus said.

  • He said, "You do four things.

  • First," he says, "you admit."

  • I admit.

  • I admit that I'm disconnected from God.

  • I admit that I have sinned against God

  • and I've sinned against other people.

  • I've hurt other people in my life with my attitudes

  • and my actions.

  • Now, admitting my sin is called confession.

  • That's the Bible word.

  • And the Bible says this: "If we confess our sins--"

  • This is a great promise.

  • "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and he can be

  • depended on to forgive us of all our sins."

  • All we've got to do is confess it and he will

  • "purify us from all our sinfulness."

  • Now, not only does this first step,

  • the step of confession or admitting,

  • prepare me for the perfect place in heaven,

  • it also sets me free from all the guilt, and shame,

  • and regrets I've been carrying here on earth.

  • And let me tell you something, that's a burden

  • I don't want to carry the rest of my life.

  • You don't need to carry all that junk from year to year.

  • You can be forgiven completely of anything and everything

  • you've ever done wrong, not because you deserve it,

  • 'cause you don't, but because of God's mercy and grace.

  • So, the first thing I do to get God's salvation is I admit it,

  • I need it.

  • Second, the Bible says, "I repent."

  • Now, what does that mean?

  • What does repent mean?

  • Well, repent comes from the Greek word metanoia,

  • which literally means "meta" is your mind,

  • "meta" means a change

  • and "noia" is your mind, which means to change my mind.

  • When I repent, it just means I make a mental U-turn,

  • I think in a new way,

  • and I turn from thinking my way to God's way.

  • The third thing I do, Jesus said, is I believe.

  • I believe that God came to earth

  • about 2,000 years ago in the form of Jesus Christ,

  • that he died to pay for all my sins even though he didn't

  • deserve to die, and that he came back to life,

  • rising from the dead 3 days later

  • after he died on the cross.

  • He came back to life on Easter to prove that he really was

  • who he said he was.

  • He's our Savior, he's the Son of God.

  • Now, the Bible says this about believing: "If we confess

  • "with our mouth that Jesus is Lord

  • "and we believe in our hearts that God raised him

  • from the dead, we will be saved."

  • That's promise. Okay?

  • Now, it doesn't say you might be saved.

  • It says you will be saved.

  • That's an absolute certainty, and I can tell you one thing,

  • God does not lie.

  • The Bible also promises this:

  • "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ

  • and you will be saved."

  • So, let me review.

  • I admit my sin; I make a mental U-turn and I say,

  • "God, I'm gonna think your way, not my way,"

  • I repent and change my mind about who's gonna be in charge;

  • and number three, I believe, I believe that Jesus died for me

  • even when I didn't deserve it; and then fourth and finally,

  • I receive,

  • I receive God's free gift of salvation

  • and forgiveness in my life.

  • Let me give you another great promise out of the Bible.

  • It says this in the first chapter of John,

  • The Book of John: "To all who received him,"

  • talking about Jesus.

  • "To all who receive him, and who believe in his name--"

  • Think about these words, receive and believe.

  • "Jesus gives the right to become children of God."

  • Wow.

  • Okay, this is how I get in God's family.

  • There are two very simple but key words in that verse:

  • believe and receive.

  • I believe in Jesus and I receive him into my life.

  • Now, you may be thinking, "That's it?

  • "I mean, you've gotta be kidding me.

  • "That's it?

  • "For eternal salvation, there's gotta be more.

  • Salvation cannot be this simple."

  • Well, it is.

  • God made it so simple,

  • no one can say it's too hard to understand.

  • It's simply believing and receiving.

  • Receiving, in faith, the gift of all that God has done for you

  • in Jesus.

  • Here's what the Bible says: "It is by grace you have been saved,

  • "through faith--and this is not of yourselves,

  • it's the gift of God-- it's not of works."

  • In other words, you can't work for it, you can't earn it,

  • you can't earn your way to heaven.

  • "It's not of works, it's a gift of God,

  • so no one can brag about it--can boast about it."

  • It is only by God's grace, God's mercy that you and I

  • have any hope of getting into heaven.

  • God's already done everything you need to get to know him,

  • to be forgiven,

  • to begin the life that he created you to live

  • in the first place, and to spend eternity with him in heaven.

  • What you need to do is just receive the gift.

  • You say, "How do I do that?"

  • Well, you do it by having a conversation with God.

  • You know, that's all prayer is.

  • It's just talking to God.

  • It's just--you don't have to use any fancy,

  • complex religious words, say "thee"s and "thou"s,

  • or theological terms.

  • You just tell God how you feel.

  • You tell him how grateful you are for all he's done,

  • that, you know, that he's shown mercy and grace to you

  • rather than--and gave you what you needed not what you deserve.

  • You just talk to him.

  • So, to end our time, what I'd like to do is I'd like the honor

  • and the privilege of introducing you to God and leading you

  • in a prayer of salvation.

  • Now, this prayer, you don't have to say it out loud

  • 'cause God knows every thought you've ever had,

  • including the ones you've got right now.

  • But God has been waiting this moment--for this moment

  • all your life.

  • In fact, a thousand years before you were born,

  • God knew that you would be listening to me right now.

  • So, what I want us to do is let's bow our heads in prayer.

  • And why do we bow our heads?

  • Just to show humility.

  • It kind of focuses our attention, okay?

  • You know, it doesn't make the prayer any better,

  • but it's just a simple act of humility.

  • And I'm gonna lead you in a simple prayer.

  • First, I'm gonna pray for you,

  • and then you follow me in a prayer.

  • Okay?

  • Let's bow our heads.

  • Lord, I've been your friend for a long time,

  • and I've known you now for many, many years,

  • and I thank you for the relationship that I've had

  • with you, and I thank you that one day,

  • somebody helped me get to know you just like I'm about to help

  • a new friend get to know you.

  • And I thank you, Lord, for all the changes in my life,

  • for all the good.

  • Thank you that I know that I'm not afraid to die

  • 'cause I know where I'm going when I die,

  • but more than that, I'm not afraid to live

  • because I know you're gonna help me every day

  • and it's not a religion

  • but it's a daily relationship.

  • So, I'm now asking you to help this person in the same way

  • that you helped me, to hear their prayer as they

  • honestly commit themselves to you.

  • Now, you pray.

  • I'm just gonna say a prayer and as I pray it,

  • if this represents the words of your heart, you just, you say,

  • "Me too, God. Me too."

  • Dear Jesus, thank you for making me and loving me

  • even when I ignored you and didn't know you.

  • I want you to say that in your mind.

  • Dear God, dear Jesus, thank you for making me and loving me

  • even when I ignored you,

  • I didn't know you, I went my own way.

  • But today, I realize that I need you in my life

  • and I want to take these steps to get reconnected to you.

  • I need your salvation.

  • I admit I've done a lot of wrong things in my life.

  • Just say, "God, you know that."

  • I've done a lot of wrong things in my life,

  • and I've sinned both against you and other people,

  • but I want all that to change.

  • I want to repent.

  • I want to turn from my way to your way.

  • I want to make a paradigm shift.

  • I want you to help me start thinking in a new way.

  • I want to start living your way.

  • I'm sorry for my past, and I ask you to forgive me

  • and give me a clean conscience.

  • And then say this: God, take away all the guilt

  • for all the things I've done.

  • From this day forward, I want you to be the Lord

  • and manager and president of my life.

  • I don't understand it all, but I thank you for dying on the cross

  • for me and for coming back to life to show everybody

  • that you are God.

  • Please help me understand it more.

  • As much as I know how, I want to receive you into my life.

  • Make me a new person inside.

  • Give me a fresh start on life.

  • I accept your gift of salvation.

  • I want to learn to love you and trust you, God,

  • more each day.

  • Amen.

  • Now, look up here and let me close.

  • Did you really mean that when you prayed that prayer,

  • or are you just going, "Me too."

  • If you did, let me share a verse with you.

  • The Bible makes this incredible promise:

  • "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

  • Now, God never lies, so if you sincerely meant that prayer that

  • you just prayed, then you called on the name of the Lord,

  • and based on the truth of God's Word and the promise

  • of God's Word, you have been saved forever.

  • So, congratulations!

  • I mean, really, congratulations.

  • You say, "Well, I may feel different."

  • You may feel different, you may not feel different.

  • Feelings come and go.

  • I had a little delayed reaction when I gave my life to the Lord.

  • I didn't get happy about it 'til a few days later,

  • but the more I understood it, the more I began to see the joy.

  • Feelings come and go.

  • What matters is that God keeps his promise.

  • Now, there's a whole lot more I'd like to share with you

  • that'll help you grow spiritually,

  • help you get started in discovering and living

  • God's purpose for your life.

  • So, here's what I want you to do: send me an e-mail.

  • Just send me an e-mail to PastorRick@Saddleback.com.

  • Okay? PastorRick@Saddleback.com.

  • And just send me a one line note that says,

  • "Rick, I prayed that salvation prayer."

  • And you know what I'll do? I promise you, I'll do this.

  • I will immediately e-mail you back some material

  • that I've written to help you grow.

  • It's free, there's no cost to it.

  • It's just my gift to you, but I want to help you grow.

  • E-mail me at PastorRick@Saddleback--that's

  • S-A-D-D-L-E-B-A-C-K.

  • Saddleback.com, and I'll send you that material.

  • And by the way, tell somebody else

  • who's already made this decision

  • that you have made your decision for Jesus Christ.

  • God bless you.

Hi, I'm Rick Warren.

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