 THE FOLLOWING IS
 A PRESENTATION
 OF THE BILLY GRAHAM
 EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION.
 IN 1949, A BOLD AND DYNAMIC
 YOUNG PREACHER
 SET OUT ON A JOURNEY THAT
 WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT
 ON EVERY CONTINENT
 FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
 FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND
TO MORE THAN 210 MILLION PEOPLE
 BILLY GRAHAM HAS
 PASSIONATELY SPOKEN
 ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF HOPE
 FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT GOD
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
OR COMPREHEND.
I ACCEPT HIS REVELATION OF
HIMSELF BY FAITH.
 HE'S BROUGHT RACES AND
 DENOMINATIONS TOGETHER
 TOWARD A COMMON PURPOSE
 AS HE'S PREACHED IN 185
 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
CHRIST BELONGS TO ALL PEOPLE.
HE BELONGS TO
THE WHOLE WORLD.
 HE HAS STOOD
 ALONGSIDE PRESIDENTS,
 MET WITH DIGNITARIES
 AND WORLD LEADERS,
 AND TODAY BILLY GRAHAM
 IS RECOGNIZED
 AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
 RELIGIOUS LEADERS
 IN THE HISTORY OF
 THE WORLD.
 FROM OUR ARCHIVES...THE BILLY
 GRAHAM CLASSICS
[applause]
TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK ON
"THE UNIVERSITY OF LIFE."
MANY OF YOU GO TO COLLEGE
OR THE UNIVERSITY,
AND IF YOU DON'T GO,
YOU MAYBE ARE PLANNING TO GO,
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE UNIVERSITY
THAT WE ALL ATTEND IN LIFE.
AND I WANT TO TAKE
AS A TEXT
 MATTH EW , THE 11TH CHAPTER,
THESE WORDS,
"COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT
LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN
"AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
"TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU
AND LEARN OF ME
"FOR I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART
"AND YE SHALL FIND REST
UNTO YOUR SOULS.
"FOR MY YOKE IS EASY
AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT."
NOW IN THIS UNIVERSITY
OF LIFE,
YOU CAN FAIL,
BUT YOU CANNOT DROP OUT.
AND "UNTO ME,"
JESUS SAID, "COME UNTO ME,"
THAT'S THE FIRST INVITATION
THAT HE EVER GAVE
WAS IN THIS PASSAGE.
"ALL YE THAT LABOR,"
THAT WORD "LABOR" MEANS
A TOILER,
A PERSON THAT CANNOT FIND REST,
"AND ARE HEAVY LADEN."
THEY WERE LADENED DOWN
WITH THE CEREMONIES OF THE LAW.
THE CEREMONIAL LAW
AND THE MORAL LAW
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
ALL THE RULES THAT
THE PHARISEES
AND THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
HAD LAID DOWN,
ALL THE LEGALISTIC THINGS.
AND THEY WERE LADENED DOWN
WITH IT.
THEY WERE LABORING WITH IT.
JESUS SAID, "COME UNTO ME
AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST."
THE REST OF REFRESHMENT.
NOT THE REST OF DOING NOTHING.
AND THIS INVITATION
IS TO MEN AND WOMEN
WHO ARE EXHAUSTED
WITH THEIR SEARCH FOR TRUTH.
YOU'VE BECOME EXHAUSTED
SEARCHING FOR THE PURPOSE
AND THE MEANING OF LIFE.
WHERE DID I COME FROM?
WHY AM I HERE?
AND, WHERE AM I GOING?
I'M SEARCHING FOR A PURPOSE
AND A MEANING TO MY LIFE.
I'M SEARCHING FOR TRUTH,
AND YOU'RE EXHAUSTED FROM IT.
JESUS IS CLAIMING THAT
THE WEARY SEARCH FOR GOD
ENDS WITH HIMSELF.
HE SAID, "NOW YOU'VE FOUND
THE TRUTH.
"I AM THE TRUTH."
YOU CAN STOP YOUR SEARCHING.
YOU'VE FOUND IT.
HE SAID, "TAKE MY YOKE
UPON YOU AND LEARN OF ME,
"FOR I'M MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART
"AND YE SHALL FIND REST
UNTO YOUR SOULS,
"FOR MY YOKE IS EASY
AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT."
AND ALL OVER THE WORLD,
PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHERE IS CIVILIZATION HEADED?
I WAS ASKED BY A REPORTER TODAY,
"ARE WE HEADED FOR ARMAGEDDON?"
WHEN WILL THAT TAKE PLACE?
YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE
AN ARMAGEDDON.
SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN.
IT MAY BE A THOUSAND YEARS
FROM NOW,
OR IT MAY BE BEGINNING
NEXT WEEK, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME WHEN
MAN STANDS AT THE VERY BRINK
WHEN CIVILIZATION
COULD BE DESTROYED,
AND GOD IS GOING TO INTERVENE
AND CHRIST IS GOING TO COME.
THE HUMAN RACE WILL NOT
BE DESTROYED
IN AT ATOMIC WAR.
PART OF IT MAY BE,
I PRAY NOT,
BUT PART OF IT MAY BE,
IF WE DON'T TURN TO GOD
AND REPENT OF OUR SINS
AND IF WE DON'T SOLVE
SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS,
WE MAY GO INTO
A TERRIBLE NUCLEAR EXCHANGE
THAT COULD DESTROY
A GREAT DEAL OF CIVILIZATION.
BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE
PEOPLE LEFT, A REMNANT LEFT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE
AT ARMAGEDDON.
OR THEY MAY BE PEOPLE THAT WILL
LAST AFTER ARMAGEDDON,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT
CHRIST IS GOING TO COME BACK,
AND WE'RE GOING TO JOIN HIM
IN THE CLOUDS
TO BE FOREVER WITH THE LORD.
JESUS SAID, "COME TO ME ALL YE
THAT ARE WEARY AND BURDENED,
"AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST."
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE
THE RELAXATION AND THE REST
THAT JESUS CAN GIVE YOU?
THERE'S SOME OF YOU
WATCHING BY TELEVISION
THAT WOULD LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN PICK UP A PHONE
AND CALL RIGHT NOW
AND TALK TO A PERSON
WHO IS TRAINED
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
AND HELP YOU,
BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE
THIS RELAXATION AND PEACE
AND FORGIVENESS AND JOY
THAT CHRIST CAN BRING
INTO YOUR LIFE.
PICK UP THE PHONE NOW AND CALL.
BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO ESCAPE FROM LIFE.
AND THEY SAY WITH THE PSALMIST,
"O THAT I HAD WINGS
LIKE A DOVE,
"FOR THEN WOULD I FLY AWAY
AND GET OUT OF THE WORLD."
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED
TO DO THAT?
JUST GET OUT OF THE MESS
YOU'RE IN?
GET AWAY FROM THE PRESSURES
OF LIFE AND FLY AWAY.
WELL, YOU CAN'T.
THE PSALMIST'S
LONGING TO ESCAPE,
HAS BECOME THE CRY OF
SO MANY IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
THE BIBLE IS RIGHT UP TO DATE.
IT IS THE BOOK OF LIFE FOR MAN,
AND IT'S NEVER CHANGED.
THE PSALMIST ALSO SAID,
"I'M FULL OF HEAVINESS AND
I LOOKED FOR SOME TO TAKE PITY,
"BUT THERE WAS NONE,
"AND FOR COMFORTERS,
BUT I FOUND NONE."
AND YOU'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE
FOR HELP,
AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO FIND IT.
JESUS SAID,
"LEARN OF ME."
YOU SEE, JESUS WAS THE PROFESSOR
AT THIS UNIVERSITY
AND HE SPOKE AS ONE
HAVING AUTHORITY.
AND TODAY I WANT US TO SIT
AT THE FEET OF JESUS
AS A PROFESSOR.
NOW THERE ARE THREE
REQUIRED COURSES
IN THIS UNIVERSITY OF LIFE.
THREE REQUIRED COURSES--
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM.
THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
FIRST, YOU'VE BEEN BORN,
LIFE ITSELF.
NOW, YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE
TO BE BORN.
ONE MAN SAID TO HIS SON,
"SON, IF YOU HAD ASKED
TO BE BORN,
"THE ANSWER WOULD HAVE BEEN NO."
[laughter]
WE WERE NOT CONSULTED
ABOUT LIVING.
NOTHING WE CAN DO
TO STOP LIVING.
YOU DID NOT CHOOSE WHERE
YOU WERE GOING TO BE BORN.
AND YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE
WHAT COLOR SKIN
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THAT'S THE REASON YOU SHOULDN'T
EVER HAVE RACIAL PREJUDICE.
THAT PERSON WHO MAY HAVE
WHITE SKIN,
OR THAT PERSON WHO MAY HAVE
DARK SKIN, OR A BROWN SKIN,
THEY DIDN'T ASK,
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE!
LOVE THEM AS
FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS,
AND CERTAINLY LOVE THEM
AS FELLOW CHRISTIANS
OR BELIEVERS,
IF THEY ARE.
SO YOU CANNOT ESCAPE.
YOU CAN'T JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN.
YOU CAN'T JUMP OUT OF YOUR RACE.
YOU CAN'T JUMP OUT OF LIFE.
YOU'RE HERE.
SO THAT'S ONE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.
NOW THE SECOND REQUIRED COURSE
IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
YOU'RE BORN,
YOU LIVE,
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE
SOMETIME.
GOD SAID TO HEZEKIAH,
"THOU SHALT DIE AND NOT LIVE."
THE BIBLE SAID, "IT'S APPOINTED
UNTO MAN ONCE TO DIE,
"AND AFTER THAT,
THE JUDGMENT."
 ECCLESIASTES SAYS
THERE'S A TIME TO BE BORN
AND A TIME TO DIE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER
IT'S FIVE YEARS OR TEN YEARS,
OR FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW,
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
MANY BIBLICAL CHARACTERS
AND MANY PEOPLE IN HISTORY
WHO LIVED MANY YEARS,
BUT THEY ALL DIED.
THERE'S A DAY,
THERE'S AN HOUR,
THERE'S A MINUTE
ALREADY APPOINTED,
ALREADY SET FOR YOUR DEATH.
THE BIBLE SAYS,
"SEEING HIS DAYS ARE DETERMINED,
"THE NUMBER OF HIS MONTHS
ARE WITH THEE.
"THOU HAST APPOINTED HIS BOUNDS
AND HE CANNOT PASS."
THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN
IN HISTORY
WHO DID NOT HAVE TO DIE,
AND THAT WAS JESUS CHRIST.
BUT HE CHOSE TO DIE,
TO DIE FOR YOU
IN YOUR PLACE ON THE CROSS.
"NO MAN TAKETH IT FROM ME,
"BUT I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF,"
HE SAID.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE.
HE DID IT VOLUNTARILY
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU,
AND HE LOVES YOU
AND HE LOVES YOU.
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING
TO KNOW THAT HE'S WILLING TO
HELP US CARRY
THE BURDENS OF LIFE,
AND THAT HE LOVES US
AND HE'S WILLING TO
FORGIVE OUR SINS
AND OUR FAILURES
AND OUR MISTAKES,
AND WE CAN START LIFE
ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE CAN BE BORN ANEW,
BORN AFRESH, BORN AGAIN.
THINK OF IT--
HE NOT ONLY DIED ON THE CROSS
AND THEY BURIED HIM,
BUT HE WAS RAISED
FROM THE DEAD
AND HE'S COMING BACK.
HE SAID, "THERE'S MORE!
"THE BEST IS YET TO BE."
"FOR TO THIS END,
CHRIST BOTH DIED AND ROSE
"THAT HE MIGHT BE LORD
"BOTH OF THE DEAD AND
THE LIVING."
"IF IN THIS LIFE ONLY
WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST,
"WE ARE OF ALL MEN
MOST MISERABLE."
IF THIS IS THE END,
IF THIS LIFE
IS ALL THERE IS,
WE'RE MISERABLE.
WHAT'S LIFE ALL ABOUT
IF THIS IS IT?
WE LIVE A SHORT TIME
AND WE DIE?
THEN IT'S ALL OVER?
DON'T TELL ME THAT.
THERE'S A MEANING TO LIFE!
THERE'S A PURPOSE TO LIFE!
AND IT'S OUTLINED
IN THE BIBLE.
OUTLINES EXACTLY WHAT
IT'S GOING TO BE.
AND TELLS YOU EXACTLY
HOW TO DO IT.
DEATH IS NEVER THE LAST WORD
IN THE LIFE OF A GOOD PERSON.
THERE'S LIFE AFTER DEATH.
PAUL WROTE TO THE ROMANS
"THAT IF THOU SHALT CONFESS
"WITH THY MOUTH
THE LORD JESUS,
"AND BELIEVE IN THINE HEART
THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM
"FROM THE DEAD,
"THOU SHALT BE SAVED."
THOU SHALT BE SAVED,
YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIST
AS LORD AND SAVIOR AND
YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART
AND COMMIT YOURSELF
TO A RISEN CHRIST,
YOU CAN BE SAVED TONIGHT!
AND YOU CAN KNOW IT!
AND THEN THE THIRD THING
IN THIS UNIVERSITY
THAT'S REQUIRED,
AND THAT IS THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
IS REQUIRED.
SOME DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE
A MORAL ACCOUNT
OF THE LIFE
THAT YOU LIVED HERE.
YOU SEE, FROM THE MOMENT
THAT YOU WERE CONCEIVED,
GOD HAS BEEN WATCHING YOU,
AND RECORDING
IN SOMETHING CALLED THE BOOKS,
EVERY THOUGHT
THAT YOU EVER THINK,
EVERY MOTIVE THAT YOU HAVE,
EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE,
EVERY WORD THAT YOU SAY,
ALL THE HIDDEN THINGS ARE THERE
TO BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN
SOME DAY AT THE JUDGMENT,
AND TO BE LISTENED TO.
AND YOU WILL BE JUDGED
ACCORDING TO WHAT IS THERE,
UNLESS YOU HAVE COME
TO THE CROSS
AND REPENTED OF YOUR SINS,
AND RECEIVED CHRIST
AS SAVIOR,
THEN THE TAPES ARE ERASED.
THE PICTURES ARE WIPED OUT,
AND EVEN GOD CANNOT RECALL THEM.
IT SAYS,
GOD FORGETS OUR SINS.
HE BURIES THEM
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA.
AND THAT JUDGMENT DAY IS
DESCRIBED VERY VIVIDLY
IN THE 20TH CHAPTER
OF REVELATION.
"AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE
"AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT,
"FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH
AND THE HEAVEN FLED AWAY,
"AND THERE WAS FOUND
NO PLACE FOR THEM.
"AND I SAW THE DEAD,
SMALL AND GREAT,
"STAND BEFORE GOD,
"AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED,"
NOTICE, "THE BOOKS
WERE OPENED."
BUT THERE'S,
"ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED,
"WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE,
"AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED
OUT OF THOSE THINGS
"WHICH WERE WRITTEN
IN THE BOOKS
"ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS,
"AND THE SEA GAVE UP
THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM.
"AND DEATH AND HELL
"DELIVERED UP THE DEAD
WHICH WERE IN THEM.
"AND THEY WERE JUDGED
EVERY MAN
"ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.
"AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST
INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
"THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.
"AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
"WAS CAST INTO
THE LAKE OF FIRE."
THE BIBLE TEACHES
THERE ARE TWO ROADS OF LIFE.
EITHER THROUGH
THE NARROW GATE,
OR "ENTER THROUGH
THE NARROW GATE
"FOR WIDE IS THE GATE
AND BROAD IS THE ROAD
"THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION,
"AND MANY THERE BE
THAT GO THEREIN,
"BUT SMALL IS THE GATE
AND NARROW IS THE WAY
"THAT LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE,
"AND FEW THERE BE
THAT FIND IT."
HE SAID ONLY A FEW OF
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BORN
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
ARE GOING TO FIND
THAT NARROW GATE.
THEY MAY FIND IT,
BUT THEY REFUSE TO GO IN.
OR THEY NEGLECT TO GO IN.
THE NARROW GATE IS THE CROSS.
YOU HAVE TO COME
BY THE WAY OF THE CROSS.
OH, WE LIKE TO HAVE
A CROSS AROUND OUR NECK.
WE LIKE TO HAVE IT EMBOSSED
ON OUR BIBLES.
WE LIKE TO SEE
BEAUTIFUL GOLD CROSSES.
WE LIKE TO SEE THE CROSS
ON THE TOP OF THE STEEPLES
IN THE CHURCHES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS
WHERE CHRIST DIED
AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR YOU.
YOU COME TO THAT CROSS
AND SAY, "LORD, I AM A SINNER
AND I'M SORRY,
"AND I'M WILLING TO TURN
FROM MY SINS
"AND I RECEIVE YOU
FROM THIS MOMENT ON
"AND I MAKE TOTAL COMMITMENT
TO YOU WITHOUT RESERVATION."
THAT'S WHEN YOUR NAME
IS BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOKS,
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE WALKING
ON THE NARROW ROAD.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
THE NARROW GATE
THAT LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE.
JEREMIAH SAID,
"THUS SAITH THE LORD,
"BEHOLD I SET BEFORE YOU
THE WAY OF LIFE
"AND THE WAY OF DEATH."
THERE ARE TWO WAYS
SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE.
THE WAY OF LIFE,
THE WAY OF DEATH.
WHICH WAY ARE YOU ON?
WHICH ROAD ARE YOU ON?
I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT
TO CHANGE ROADS
BECAUSE YOU'RE ON
THE WAY OF DEATH,
YOU'RE ON THE BROAD ROAD
THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.
TURN! CHANGE!
YOU CAN!
THAT'S WHAT THIS MEETING
IS ALL ABOUT.
THAT'S WHY THESE MEN
HAVE WORKED AND PRAYED
AND THESE WOMEN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
TO BRING THIS ALL ABOUT
SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU
WILL CHANGE ROADS
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
YOU SEE, SATAN USED
A BEAUTIFUL SERPENT
TO COME AND DECEIVE
ADAM AND EVE.
AND HE TEMPTS IN THREE WAYS
AND HE'S TEMPTING IN THOSE SAME
THREE WAYS TONIGHT TO YOU.
APPETITE,
BEAUTY,
PRIDE.
IN GENESIS 3:6,
SHE SAW THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
THAT IT WAS GOOD FOR FOOD.
APPETITE.
SECONDLY,
PLEASANT TO THE EYES--
BEAUTY.
MAKE ONE WISE--
PRIDE.
SATAN DID NOT DISGUISE HIMSELF
WHEN HE TEMPTED CHRIST
IN THE SAME THREE WAYS.
JESUS RESISTED HIM.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW JESUS
RESISTED THE DEVIL
WHEN HE CAME IN THE SAME
THREE WAYS THAT HE DID TO EVE?
BY QUOTING SCRIPTURE.
HE DIDN'T ARGUE
WITH THE DEVIL.
HE JUST QUOTED SCRIPTURE.
HE SAID,
"IT IS WRITTEN,
"THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT
THE LORD THY GOD."
NOW HE TEMPTS YOU
IN THE SAME WAY THREE WAYS.
THERE'S FIRST,
THE LUST OF THE EYE.
THAT'S THE APPETITE
FOR THINGS.
POSSESSIONS CAN BECOME
THE SUPREME OBJECT OF YOUR LIFE.
THESE THINGS ARE
NOT WRONG,
BUT WHEN YOUR LIFE
IS CENTERED
IN THE ACQUISITION
OF MONEY AND POSSESSIONS,
THAT'S WRONG.
THAT BECOMES IDOL WORSHIP.
AND GOD HATES IDOL WORSHIP
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SIN.
THAT'S THE LUST OF THE EYE.
THEN THERE'S THE LUST
OF THE FLESH, PLEASURE.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
THERE'S LUST.
PHYSICAL THINGS.
LUXURY, ENTERTAINMENT
TAKING FIRST PLACE OVER GOD.
AND SOME OF US ARE SELLING
OUR SOULS FOR PLEASURE.
OVEREATING.
WRONG USE OF SEX.
TOO MUCH ALCOHOL.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY
AND THE LUST THEREOF,
"BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL
OF GOD SHALL ABIDE FOREVER."
THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD
A MOMENT AGO.
IT PASSES AWAY.
ALL OF THIS THAT YOU SEE
AND HEAR AND ARE DOING
WILL BE GONE IN A SHORT TIME.
THE ONLY THING
THAT WILL LAST
IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING
FOR GOD
AND YOUR FAITH IN HIM.
THEN THERE'S THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
THAT'S POSITION, THE EGO,
WITH ALL OF
ITS SELF-CENTEREDNESS.
NOT ONLY ARE THESE THINGS
WRONG IN GOD'S EYES,
BUT THEY DO NOT GIVE
PERMANENT SATISFACTION.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING
THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE
YOU CAN CHOOSE WHO'S MASTER,
WHO'S GOING TO BE YOUR MASTER.
THE QUESTION
PUT TO PILATE WAS:
"WHAT SHALL I DO WITH JESUS?"
THAT WAS HIS QUESTION.
WHAT SHALL I DO WITH JESUS?
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTION IN THE WORLD.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
WITH JESUS?
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE JESUS CHRIST
IN OUR GENERATION,
HE'S EVERYWHERE.
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
HE'S KNOCKING
AT PEOPLE'S DOORS,
ASKING TO COME IN.
NOT PUSHING THE DOOR OPEN,
JUST ASKING FOR YOU
TO TURN THE HANDLE AND SAY,
"COME IN, LORD JESUS,
AND TAKE CHARGE OF MY LIFE.
"I'M MAKING A MESS OF IT."
THE DISCIPLES ASKED HIM
IN AN EARLIER CHAPTER,
"WHOM DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?"
HE IS THE LORD AND THE MASTER,
THE SON OF GOD.
AND THEN THIRDLY,
YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR DESTINATION.
"WIDE IS THE GATE
AND BROAD IS THE WAY
"THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION.
"NARROW IS THE GATE
AND HARD IS THE WAY
"WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE,"
BUT YOU CHOOSE WHICH ROAD
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON.
THAT'S YOUR CHOICE,
THAT'S YOUR OPTION.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT
TONIGHT TO CHRIST.
AND SAY YES TO HIM.
I'VE MET THREE PEOPLE
ALREADY TODAY THAT SAID
THAT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT
TO JESUS CHRIST
IN ONE OF OUR CRUSADES
SOMEWHERE.
WELL, THREE TONIGHT.
ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TODAY,
IN ALL.
AND THEY WOULDN'T TURN BACK
FOR ANYTHING.
THE JOY AND THE PEACE
AND THE SENSE OF FORGIVENESS
AND FULFILLMENT
THAT THEY FOUND IN CHRIST.
AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
COME WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG.
DON'T WAIT 'TIL YOU GET OLDER.
BECAUSE YOU SEE,
THE OLDER YOU GET,
THE HARDER YOUR HEART BECOMES.
AND THERE'LL COME A TIME
WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD
WILL SPEAK TO YOU
BUT YOUR HEART
IS TOO HARD TO HEAR.
YOU'VE PUT IT OFF TOO LONG.
COME WHILE YOU CAN.
AND MANY OF YOU OLDER PEOPLE
OR SENIOR CITIZENS
THAT MAY BE HERE TONIGHT
THAT GOD HAS EVEN WHISPERED
TO YOU, "YOU COME,"
THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST MOMENT
WHEN YOU'LL BE SO CLOSE
TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
YOU OPEN YOUR HEART
AND LET CHRIST IN.
YOU SAY,
"WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?"
FIRST,
REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
THE WORD "REPENT"
MEANS TO CHANGE.
CHANGE YOUR MIND.
CHANGE YOUR WAY OF LIVING.
BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU HAVE NO POWER TO DO THAT.
THERE'S SOME THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU KNOW ARE WRONG
THAT YOU CANNOT GIVE UP,
BUT GOD WILL HELP YOU
IF YOU'LL LET HIM.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING,
YOU MUST RECEIVE HIM
BY FAITH.
NOW THE WORD "FAITH"
MEANS COMMITMENT,
TOTAL COMMITMENT.
I TOTALLY COMMIT MYSELF
TO CHRIST WITHOUT RESERVATION.
I'M GOING TO TRUST HIM
AND HIM ALONE FOR MY SALVATION.
AND I WANT TO KNOW
THAT I'M READY TO MEET HIM.
YOU MAY BE A MEMBER
OF THE CHURCH,
YOU MAY BE
A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
YOU MAY EVEN BE A PASTOR
OF A CHURCH,
BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT
WHERE YOU STAND WITH GOD.
THERE WAS A BISHOP
ON THE WEST COAST
SUMMER BEFORE LAST
THAT CAME FORWARD
IN ONE OF OUR CRUSADES
AND I WENT TO HIM
AND I ASKED HIM,
I SAID, "SIR, WHY DID YOU
COME FORWARD TONIGHT?
"YOU'RE THE BISHOP
OF THE CHURCH."
HE SAID, "MR GRAHAM,"
HE SAID, "I AM A BISHOP,
"AND I'VE READ THE BIBLE
"AND I'VE BEEN RELIGIOUS
FOR MANY YEARS,
"BUT I HAVE NO ASSURANCE
IN MY HEART
"IF I DIED RIGHT NOW
I'D GO TO HEAVEN.
"I CAME FORWARD TONIGHT
TO BE SURE.
"I WANT TO MAKE SURE."
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO COME TONIGHT AND MAKE SURE.
NOW IT'S NOT EASY
TO FOLLOW CHRIST,
I DON'T WANT YOU
TO GET ME WRONG.
IT COSTS YOU SOMETHING.
YOU MUST DENY SELF,
ALL YOUR SELFISH AMBITIONS
AND DREAMS,
AND PUT THEM IN HIS HANDS,
AND SAY,
"THY WILL BE DONE, LORD."
AND THEN,
YOU MUST BE WILLING
TO TAKE UP A CROSS
AND THAT'S NOT EASY
TO TAKE UP A CROSS,
A PLACE OF EXECUTION.
TAKE YOUR STAND FOR CHRIST
IN YOUR BUSINESS,
OR IN SCHOOL,
OR HERE IN FT. LAUDERDALE,
WHERE YOU'RE VISITING,
OR WHERE YOU LIVE.
AND LET ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS
AND FRIENDS KNOW
THAT YOU'RE STANDING
FOR CHRIST NO MATTER WHAT.
THAT'S TAKING UP THE CROSS.
BECAUSE YOU'LL BE RIDICULED.
THEY MAY LAUGH AND SNEER AND...
NOT AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO.
PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING
TO RESPECT THOSE
THAT STAND UP FOR CHRIST,
IN OUR COUNTRY, AT LEAST.
I'VE BEEN TO SOME COUNTRIES
WHERE IT'S HARD TO SERVE CHRIST.
I'VE BEEN TO COUNTRIES
THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF
AND THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW,
WE ARE PERSECUTED
"FOR OUR FAITH IN CHRIST,
"BUT WE'D RATHER HAVE
OUR PERSECUTION,
"THAN ALL THE THINGS
YOU IN AMERICA HAVE
"TO TEMPT US
AND PULL US AWAY FROM CHRIST.
"WE'D RATHER HAVE CHRIST
AND THE SUFFERING
"THAN TO HAVE
A PARTIAL CHRIST
"OR TO BE A HALFWAY CHRISTIAN
WITH NO SUFFERING."
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO COME TONIGHT
AND SAY, BY COMING,
"I WANT TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
"I WANT TO MARCH WITH HIM.
"I WANT TO FOLLOW HIS FLAG.
"I WANT TO SERVE HIM.
"I WANT HIM TO FORGIVE
MY SINS
"AND GIVE ME THE CERTAINTY
THAT IF I DIED I'D GO TO HEAVEN
"AND THAT MY SINS
ARE FORGIVEN."
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GET UP
OUT OF YOUR SEAT RIGHT NOW,
HUNDREDS OF YOU,
AND DO WHAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL
THOUSAND PEOPLE DO ALREADY
IN THE FIRST FOUR NIGHTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GET UP
OUT OF YOUR SEAT
AND COME AND STAND
IN FRONT OF THE PLATFORM,
AND AFTER YOU'VE COME
AND STOOD HERE FOR A MOMENT,
I'M GOING TO SAY A WORD TO YOU
AND HAVE A PRAYER WITH YOU,
AND GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE
TO HELP YOU
IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
YOU SAY,
"WHY DO YOU ASK PEOPLE
"TO COME FORWARD PUBLICLY?"
BECAUSE EVERY PERSON
JESUS CALLED
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
HE CALLED PUBLICLY.
HE SAID, "IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING
TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME BEFORE MEN,
"I'LL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
BEFORE MY FATHER
"WHICH IS IN HEAVEN."
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
COMING FORWARD PUBLICLY
THAT SETTLES IT AND SEALS IT
IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU COME FORWARD TONIGHT
AND MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
IF THERE'S A DOUBT
IN YOUR LIFE,
YOU MAKE SURE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE
BECAUSE YOU MAY NEVER
HAVE A CHANCE LIKE THIS AGAIN.
"HE THAT HARDENETH HIS HEART,
BEING OFTEN REPROVED,
"SHALL SUDDENLY BE CUT OFF,
AND THAT WITHOUT REMEDY."
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON YOU.
IF YOU COME FROM THAT STAND
BACK THERE,
IT TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE,
A MINUTE-AND-A-HALF.
OVER HERE, THE SAME,
ABOUT A MINUTE,
MAYBE TWO MINUTES TO COME.
AND IF YOU'RE WITH RELATIVES,
OR YOU'VE COME IN A BUS,
THEY'LL WAIT.
QUICKLY, YOU COME.
♪ JUST AS I AM
WITHOUT ONE PLEA ♪
♪ BUT THAT THY BLOOD WAS
SHED FOR ME... ♪
 AS YOU SEE THESE MANY HUNDREDS
 RESPONDING TO THIS INVITATION
 TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST
 AS LORD AND SAVIOR,
 YOU, TOO, CAN MAKE
 THAT SAME COMMITMENT
 BY CALLING
 THE PHONE NUMBER
 THAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN
 RIGHT NOW.
 COUNSELORS ARE WAITING
 TO TALK WITH YOU.
 SO MAKE THAT CALL NOW.
♪ ...I COME ♪
♪ I COME ♪
TO YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
BY TELEVISION,
YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE
IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMING
TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
TO JESUS CHRIST.
YOU CAN MAKE
THE SAME COMMITMENT
WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
TO CHRIST
WITH THESE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE COMING HERE
IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
GOD BLESS YOU.
AND BE SURE AND GO TO CHURCH
NEXT SUNDAY.
♪
♪
 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT
 YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST
 PLEASE CALL US RIGHT NOW TOLL
 FREE AT
 1-800-380-6804
 THAT'S 1-800-380-6804
 OR YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT
 BILLY GRAHAM,
 1 BILLY GRAHAM PARKWAY,
 DEPARTMENT C,
 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
 28201.
 OR YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THE
 WEB
 24/7 AT:
 BILLYGRAHAMTV.ORG
WE'LL GET THE SAME HELPS TO YOU
 THAT WE GIVE TO EVERYONE
WHO RESPONDS AT THE INVITATION.
 ON BEHALF OF FRANKLIN GRAHAM,
 AND THE BILLY GRAHAM
 EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION,
 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
HE SAID I WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL
LIFE.
 EXPERIENCE IT ALL AT THE BILLY
 GRAHAM LIBRARY.
 WITH EXCITING ADDITIONS,
 INSPIRED UPDATES
 AND MUCH MORE.
 THE ONLY WAY THAT EARTH CAN
 EVER
 FIND
 RECONCILIATION WITH HEAVEN
 IS BY WAY OF THE CROSS
 AND IF JESUS CHRIST HAD NOT
 GONE
 TO THE CROSS
 YOU COULD NEVER HAVE SIN
 FORGIVEN
 THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE HUMAN
 HEART
 ARE THE SAME THE WORLD AROUND
 CHRIST BELONGS TO ALL PEOPLE
 HE BELONGS TO THE WHOLE WORLD
