Announcer: DO YOU READ THE
OLD TESTAMENT AND WONDER HOW
THOSE LONG AGO PRACTICES COULD
POSSIBLY BE RELEVANT TODAY?
RANDY ROBISON BELIEVES
THEY ARE VITAL
TO A CLOSER WALK WITH JESUS
IN THE AGE OF PROMISE.
>> WHAT GOD'S SAYING IS,
"LOOK, I'M GOING TO
BURN AWAY THE JUNK.
I WANT YOU TO LAY UP
TREASURE IN HEAVEN."
AND WHEN WE MISS THE MARK,
HE'S SAYING,
"LOOK,
I'VE GOT IT COVERED.
REPENT. IF YOU AIM IT
A LITTLE TO THE LEFT,
HE'S SAYING PULL TO THE RIGHT
AND FIRE AGAIN.
Announcer: NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
James: I DIDN'T KNOW
WE WOULD BE DOING THIS.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS
SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK
TO OUR SON, RANDY.
NOW RANDY HOSTS SOME.
I THINK I'D PROBABLY
BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF RANDY
WAS INTERVIEWING ME.
BUT THIS IS WHERE
I'M INTERVIEWING HIM.
HE'S WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS.
THIS ONE, IT'S
THE AGE OF PROMISE.
THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHED IT.
SOME VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED
AMAZING PEOPLE HAVE
ENDORSED THE BOOK,
ENCOURAGED EVERYBODY
TO READ IT.
AND HE EVEN ASKED ME IF
I WOULD, AND OF COURSE, I DID.
KNOWING WHAT WAS IN IT,
I ENDORSED IT.
WOULD YOU WELCOME OUR SON,
RANDY ROBISON TO LIFE TODAY?
Randy: THANK YOU!
James: OKAY.
Randy: IT IS AN HONOR
AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE
WITH YOU. IT REALLY IS.
James: ALL RIGHT.
YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
ON THIS. WHY?
Randy: AHA! I'VE SPENT
OVER 12 YEARS ON IT.
I HAD TO KIND OF PUT IT DOWN
AT TIMES AND COME BACK TO IT.
AND FRANKLY, IT WAS BECAUSE
I KEPT RUNNING INTO THINGS
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I HAD TO GO BACK TO SCRIPTURE
OVER AND OVER,
READ, STUDY, PRAY.
I'M A WORD NERD SO I'M READING
THE HEBREW AND THE GREEK
AND TRYING TO GET THIS,
TALKING TO PEOPLE;
ASKING YOU QUESTIONS,
TALKING TO DUDLEY HALL,
TALKING TO SOME OF
OUR POOR GUESTS.
James: EVERY GUEST WE HAD ON.
Randy: I'D BE SENSITIVE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO --
BUT I WOULD ASK THEM
A QUESTION AND IF THEY'D
START FLOWING FREELY
I'D DIG FOR MORE.
BUT THERE IS JUST SO MUCH.
I WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH;
OBVIOUSLY, I'VE LISTENED
TO MORE SERMONS THAN
THE AVERAGE PERSON, I THINK.
WENT TO ORAL ROBERTS
UNIVERSITY, A GREAT SCHOOL;
I'VE BEEN IN THE CHURCH
AND STILL THERE ARE THINGS
SOMETIMES I WOULD READ
AND GO, THAT DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO I STARTED WORKING THROUGH
A LOT OF THOSE THINGS
AND WRITING THEM DOWN
AND HAVING FRAGMENTS AND BITS.
AND IT ALL FINALLY CAME
TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO.
I REALIZED, WAIT A MINUTE,
WHAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT
THE AGES, THE OLD AGE,
"THE AGE TO COME" AS THE JEWS
CALL IT, MEANING UNTO
THE MESSIAH, A LOT OF
MY CONFUSION STARTS
TO GO AWAY WHEN I SEE
THE CONTEXT OF THESE TRUTHS.
SO PUT A POINT ON
SOME OF THESE.
"THE KINGDOM" IS ONE OF
THE CHAPTERS WE'VE DISCUSSED
QUITE A BIT, AND THE PROMISE
OF THE KINGDOM.
SO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
YOU'VE GOT THE KINGDOM,
IT IS A PIECE OF LAND,
IT IS A CITY, IT IS A THRONE,
IT IS A KING, IT'S BORDERS;
IT IS A PHYSICAL THING.
SO WHEN JESUS ARRIVES
THEY'RE EXPECTING
THIS KINGDOM TO BE RESTORED.
WHY NOT?
THEY'D BEEN PROMISED IT.
IT HAD BEEN PROPHESIED
THAT KING DAVID WOULD RULE
FOREVER OVER A KINGDOM
FOR ETERNITY.
IT WOULDN'T END.
James: THERE'S GOING TO BE
A KINGDOM LIKE EVEN BEYOND
WHAT THEY HAD IMAGINED.
Randy: ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THEN JESUS SAYS SOMETHING
TO PILATE THAT DISRUPTED
A LOT OF THAT.
HE SAID, "MY KINGDOM
IS NOT OF THIS WORLD."
SO WE SEE THIS TECTONIC
SHIFT IN THE IDEA OF
A KINGDOM IN JESUS CHRIST.
OKAY. SO WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN TO US TODAY?
WELL, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
TO ESTABLISH A LAND
AND A CITY AND A THRONE,
WE HAVE TO LET GOD RULE OVER
OUR HEARTS AND MINDS WHICH
IS ANOTHER DEFINITION
OF A KINGDOM;
IT IS THE AUTHORITY
OR THE RIGHT TO RULE.
SO NOW WE SEE, OKAY.
James: IS THAT WHAT HE MEANT
WHEN HE SAID, "MY KINGDOM
IS WITHIN YOU?"
Randy: ABSOLUTELY.
SO NOW WE SEE, OKAY, WE'RE
ACTUALLY PART OF A KINGDOM.
TO GIVE YOU A WEIRD EXAMPLE
OF HOW THE KINGDOM
KIND OF THING WORKS,
WE RECOGNIZE THE NATION OF
ISLAM AS A GROUP IN AMERICA.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT
ACTUALLY A NATION.
NO, BUT THEY'RE UNDER
AN AUTHORITY.
SO THEY KIND OF ARE
A NATION WITHIN A NATION.
NOW THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT
THE GOAL FOR CHRISTIANS.
OUR NATION, OUR KINGDOM
IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN --
SAME THING.
IT TAKES PLACE WHEN
"THY KINGDOM COMES AND
THY WILL IS DONE ON EARTH
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."
WELL, HERE'S THE PROMISE.
James: DOES THAT IMPLY THAT
IT COULD BE DONE ON EARTH?
DOES IT IMPLY THAT
WHEN JESUS SAYS PRAY FOR IT
THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
PRAYERS ANSWERED AND BELIEVE
THAT PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED,
BELIEVE GOD ANSWERS PRAYER,
THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE
KINGDOM POWER MANIFEST
ON THIS EARTH?
Randy: THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT IT MEANS.
James: THAT'S THE AGE
OF PROMISE.
Randy: THAT'S THE PROMISE
RELATED TO THE KINGDOM.
James: CAN I TELL YOU I THINK
I LIVE IN THAT KINGDOM?
Randy: I'VE SEEN YOU.
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT.
James: BUT I ALSO THINK
I SHARE IT; DO I?
Randy: THAT'S WHAT WE DO
ON LIFE TODAY.
LIKE WITH THE RESCUE LIFE
OUTREACH, WE ARE SHARING
THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH
PEOPLE IN DESPERATE NEED
AND IT CHANGES THEM.
James: AND BY THE WAY,
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HELP US
DO THAT, ARE THEY FULFILLING
A KINGDOM PURPOSE?
Randy: THAT'S THE BEAUTY
OF THE KINGDOM.
SO EVERYONE THAT IS A PART
OF THE KINGDOM WHERE
CHRIST RULES IN OUR HEARTS
AND IN OUR MINDS,
WE HAVE A CALLING TO SHARE
HIS KINGDOM AND TO PLAY
OUR PART IN THE KINGDOM.
THERE IS NO INSIGNIFICANT ROLE
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
IF YOU'RE RAISING CHILDREN
AT HOME, YOU ARE SPREADING
THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH
WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
James: IS WHAT SHE DID
AT HOME MORE IMPORTANT
OR EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT
AS WHAT I WAS DOING GOING
ALL OVER THE WORLD PREACHING
TO BIG CROWDS?
Randy: WELL, THE IMPORTANCE
IS NOT TO BE COMPARED ONE
TO ANOTHER,
THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
WE RECOGNIZE OUR ROLE
IN THE KINGDOM AND HEAR
GOD'S VOICE AND OBEY IT
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE...
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN; RIGHT?
SO WHEN WE EXERCISE OUR ROLE
IN THE KINGDOM AND OBEDIENCE
TO CHRIST THAT'S WHEN
WE SHARE HIS KINGDOM,
HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY,
HIS GRACE, HIS REDEMPTION
WITH OTHERS NO MATTER
WHERE WE ARE, SCHOOL,
WORK, HOME, EVERYWHERE.
James: AND IF WHAT YOU DO IS
NOT AS VISIBLE AS WHAT
SOMEONE ELSE DOES DOESN'T
LESSEN THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
I FRANKLY THINK WHAT BETTY
DID WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
WHAT I WAS DOING.
NOW RANDY SAYS
WE SHOULDN'T COMPARE
AND HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT.
HE'S 100% RIGHT,
SO I STAND CORRECTED.
BUT THE POINT IS THIS IS
NOT OF LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE.
AND RANDY, I WISH OUR VIEWERS
WOULD UNDERSTAND BECAUSE
THEY SEE THE MISSIONARIES
AND THEY SAY, "LOOK WHAT
THE MISSIONARIES ARE DOING.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
AND LOOK, YOU ALL WENT
OVER AND HELPED."
WELL, YOU'RE THE ONES
THAT LET THEM BE THERE.
YOU'RE THE REASON
THEY STAY THERE.
AND I MEAN THE BOTTOM LINE
IN SENDING THE GOSPEL
IS THE ONE WHO SENDS THEM.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GO
PREACH IF THEY'RE NOT SENT?
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BELIEVE
IF THEY DON'T HEAR?
HOW DO THEY PREACH
IF THEY'RE NOT SENT?
IT ALL FITS TOGETHER.
Betty: I THINK THAT'S WHERE
WE GET STUCK, THOUGH,
AS CHRISTIANS.
JUST LIKE YOU COULD SAY
MY PART IN BEING A HOMEMAKER,
A WIFE AND A MOTHER
AND HOMEMAKER IS NOT
AS IMPORTANT AS HIM GOING OUT
AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
Randy: WHY? BECAUSE IT IS
NOT AS VISIBLE TO MEN?
Betty: THAT'S THE WAY
WE LOOK AT IT.
Randy: BUT YOU KNOW HOW
VISIBLE IT IS TO GOD.
Betty: WHEN YOU REALIZE
WHAT GOD'S CALLED
THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO AND
TO BE, WHAT HIGHER CALLING
COULD YOU ASK FOR?
I AM SO THRILLED THAT GOD
CALLED ME TO BE A WIFE
AND A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER
AND NOW A GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
BUT IN THAT PROCESS,
IN THAT CALLING I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT GOD
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE KEY.
Randy: THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE CALLED TO DO.
AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU'RE EMPOWERED TO DO IT,
YOU CAN DO IT FEARLESSLY
AND YET WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT IS YOUR CALLING
AND NOBODY ELSE'S CALLING,
YOU CAN DO IT WITH
THE FULFILLMENT THAT GOD
WANTS YOU TO GET OUT OF IT.
James: YOU'RE UNIQUELY
DESIGNED TO FULFILL
HIS KINGDOM PURPOSE.
NOW HE DOESN'T IMPLY
A TAKEOVER, WHICH IS WHAT
A LOT OF HIS FOLLOWERS
AND PEOPLE WHO WERE IN
THE NATION OF ISRAEL
WERE LOOKING FOR THIS
BIG DOMINION TAKEOVER
AND RULE, HE WAS SAYING
THAT THE TRANSFORMATION
THAT TAKES PLACE IN
PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND MINDS
AND THE RENEWING OF THE MIND,
THAT'S WHAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
SO THAT THE WILL OF GOD
IS BEING DONE ON EARTH.
IT'S BEING DONE IN US
AND THROUGH US.
Randy: IT'S A TAKEOVER
LET ME ASSURE YOU.
WHEN YOU SUBMIT...
James: BUT IT IS NOT LIKE
A MILITARY TAKEOVER.
Randy: IT IS NOT
A FORCED TAKEOVER.
James: THIS IS THE WAY
HE STRAIGHTENS HIS DAD OUT.
WHAT HE DOES, IT'S A GIFT.
WHEN THE GUY,
WHEN HE'S IN HIGH SCHOOL,
HE'S MEMORIZING THE DICTIONARY
AND THE THESAURUS AND
HE CAN READ BOOKS LIKE THAT
JUST IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
WITH GREAT COMPREHENSION.
I'M THINKING, OKAY, OKAY.
RANDY, I THINK THAT PEOPLE
WILL FIND THE BIBLE
COMING ALIVE.
BETTY, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Betty: THAT'S WHAT
I LOVED ABOUT IT.
YOU WALKING US THROUGH
THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE OLD
COVENANT AND CARRYING IT IN
AND MESHING IT WITH
THE NEW COVENANT.
WE HAD TO HAVE THAT TO WALK
INTO THE NEW COVENANT WHERE
JESUS CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
Randy: RIGHT.
AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE OLD IS NOW OBSOLETE
BECAUSE CHRIST FULFILLED IT;
SO THAT'S THE SHADOW,
THAT'S THE PICTURE,
CHRIST IS THE LIGHT.
SO HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES
A LOT OF PARABLES TO TRY
TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO THEM
AND STILL THEY DIDN'T GET IT.
THAT'S SORT OF THE HUMAN
CONDITION; WE'RE A LITTLE
SLOW ON THE UPTAKE.
James: HE SAID, "IF YOU DON'T
GET THIS, HOW DO YOU
UNDERSTAND ANYTHING?"
REALLY, PEOPLE DON'T SEEM
TO UNDERSTAND THE KINGDOM
AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING
A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO HELP
ALL OF US UNDERSTAND.
Randy: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
TO ME WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT.
I'M READING THE STUFF
GOING I DON'T GET IT.
I'M READING ONE CHAPTER HERE,
ONE CHAPTER THERE.
OKAY, NOW YOU START READING
THE WHOLE BOOKS AND THEN
LOOKING AT IT IN THE LIGHT
OF CHRIST AND
THE NEW TESTAMENT TRUTH
AND REALITY, WELL, NOW
YOU GET THE MESSAGE THAT
WAS TRYING TO BE COMMUNICATED
TO US THROUGH
THE OLD INTO THE NEW.
SO THAT HELPED ME.
THERE'S ONE THING,
IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
OKAY, SO THERE'S THIS PROMISE
THAT I FOUND THAT
I DIDN'T EXPECT AND THAT'S
IN THE PROMISE OF JUDGMENT.
THAT WAS A TERRIFYING
TOPIC TO ME, JUDGMENT
BECAUSE YOU READ
THE OLD TESTAMENT AND BUDDY,
IT IS BAD, BAD NEWS FOR
THOSE WHO AREN'T PERFECT --
AND I'M NOT PERFECT.
BUT WHEN YOU REALIZE
HOW CHRIST CAME, HE FULFILLED
A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
JUDGMENT THAT WAS PROMISED
ON THOSE WHO REJECTED GOD
AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
THE MESSIAH AND THEN
HE SET UP THIS NEW TONE
FOR JUDGMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT WORD
IN THE GREEK THAN THE OLD,
OF THE CRISIS.
IT'S NOW THIS I LIKE
TO CALL IT AN AWARD CEREMONY
WHERE ALL OF OUR FAILURES,
ALL OF OUR SINS,
ALL OF OUR SHORTCOMINGS
ARE PURIFIED BY THE FIRE
WHICH IS SYMBOLIC
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE DROSS IS JUST BURNED AWAY
AND NOTHING IS LEFT BUT
THE GOLD AND THE SILVER,
THE PRECIOUS METAL.
James: IT IS REFINED
BY THE FIRE.
Randy: SO ONCE I UNDERSTOOD
HOW THAT -- BECAUSE ACTUALLY
THAT WHOLE PASSAGE HAS BEEN
USED BY A FEW UNNAMED
PREACHERS, NOT YOU,
TO JUST SCARE ME AS A KID.
BUT WHEN YOU REALIZE,
NO, NO NO.
WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS LOOK,
I'M GOING TO BURN AWAY
THE JUNK.
I WANT YOU TO LAY UP TREASURE
IN HEAVEN AND WE DO THAT
BY HEARING GOD'S VOICE
AND ACTING ON IT,
IT IS OBEDIENCE.
NOW WE'RE LAYING UP
THIS TREASURE, THIS GOLD,
THIS SILVER.
AND WHEN WE MISS THE MARK,
HE'S SAYING, "LOOK,
I'VE GOT IT COVERED. REPENT."
IF YOU'RE AIMING A LITTLE
TO THE LEFT HE IS SAYING,
"JUST PULL TO THE RIGHT
AND FIRE AGAIN."
A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK
OH, I MESSED UP.
GOD IS GOING TO JUDGE ME.
AND WE JUST STOP FIRING.
HE'S SAYING, "UNH-UH.
YOU JUST NEED
A LITTLE CORRECTION
AND KEEP FIRING AWAY."
NOW WE'RE STARTING
TO LAY UP THAT TREASURE
AND WE'RE CHANGING THINGS.
SO ONCE I REALIZED KIND OF
WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH
THAT WHOLE JUDGMENT THING
AND HOW I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THE WRATH OF GOD
BECAUSE THE WRATH WAS
POURED OUT ON CHRIST,
HE TOOK IT ALL,
NOW I START SEEING MYSELF
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
I GET BOLDER IN CHRIST
BECAUSE IF I MESS UP,
HE'S GOT IT COVERED.
I'M TRYING TO BE OBEDIENT,
HE GETS IT AND HE'LL TELL ME
WHEN I'M WRONG AND
I'LL LISTEN AND TRY
TO CORRECT WHEN I'M WRONG.
BUT NOW I SEE PEOPLE
DIFFERENTLY.
BECAUSE IT USED TO BE
WHEN I SAW SOMEONE WHO WAS
WRONG OR EVEN EVIL,
I THOUGHT THERE IS
A RIPE TARGET FOR
THE WRATH OF GOD.
GOD CAN'T WAIT
TO BURN THEM UP!
[Laughter]
RIGHT? AND LET'S FACE IT,
SOME PEOPLE...
WE ALL DESERVE IT. OKAY?
BUT NO, GOD POURED OUT
HIS JUDGMENT ON CHRIST AND
NOW HE WANTS TO LIFT US ALL UP
AND PURIFY THE JUNK
AND ON TOP OF THAT
IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT
NONE SHOULD PERISH.
GOD DIDN'T COME INTO THE WORLD
TO CONDEMN THE WORLD BUT
THAT THE WORLD MIGHT
BE SAVED THROUGH HIM.
MAYBE GOD WANTS ME TO NOT
LOOK AT PEOPLE AS A TARGET
FOR HIS WRATH AND JUDGMENT
BUT RATHER A TARGET
FOR HIS LOVE AND MERCY
AND GRACE AND REDEMPTION.
James: THAT'S HOW
HE WANTS US TO SEE THEM.
Randy: SO MAYBE I SHOULD LOOK
AT THEM THAT WAY TOO.
WHEN YOU START LOOKING,
I THINK AT THE WORLD
IN GOD'S EYES, WHAT I THINK
IS GOD'S EYES, IT CHANGES
HOW YOU APPROACH THEM.
James: I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU REFERENCE
THE WRATH OF GOD
AND THIS TAKES THE ENTIRE
OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING
IN WITH IT, THAT THE WRATH
OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM
HEAVEN AGAINST UNGODLINESS.
I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU SEE THIS.
IF YOU DECIDE -- WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHAT ISRAEL DID --
IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE OUT OF
THE SHELTER, THE SHADOW OF
THE SHEPHERD, THE OVERSIGHT,
AND YOU BECOME VULNERABLE
TO THE BIRDS OF PREY
AND THE PREDATORS AND
THE WOLVES, AND YOU GET OUT
THEN YOU ARE VULNERABLE.
AND IN ROMANS CHAPTER ONE
HE SAYS THAT THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN
AGAINST UNGODLINESS IN WHAT?
IN THAT IF YOU DECIDE NOT
TO LIVE IN THE SHELTER
AND SHADOW AND SECURITY THAT
GOD OFFERS IN THIS FREEDOM
AND GRACE, YOU WILL BE THEN
CONTROLLED BY ENEMIES
THAT ARE TRESPASSING
ON THE CULTIVATED FIELD
AND YOU CAN BE HELD CAPTIVE
BY THOSE APPETITES THAT JESUS
CAME TO SET US FREE FROM.
SO THAT'S PART OF IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M BURNING
YOU UP, IT'S YOU'VE INVITED
THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD
TO COME IN AND TRAMPLE
YOUR GARDEN, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU'RE NO LONGER PROTECTING
THE CULTIVATED FIELD.
YOU ABANDON
A CULTIVATED FIELD.
IT GROWS WEEDS FASTER
THAN ANYTHING.
THAT PICTURE IS A PICTURE
OF EVEN NATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS
OR FAMILIES THAT
TURN AWAY FROM GOD,
THEY FIND THEMSELVES BOUND
BY THEIR OWN APPETITES
AND DEFEATED.
IT'S A VERY SAD SIGHT.
Randy: FRANKLY, THERE IS
NO HOPE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST.
THERE'S NOTHING GOOD TO SAY
OUTSIDE OF CHRIST.
BUT ONCE WE ARE IN CHRIST,
ONCE WE ARE BORN AGAIN
THEN ALL THE BENEFITS OF WHAT
HE DID ON THE CROSS TRANSFER
TO US RIGHT NOW TODAY.
THOSE ARE HIS PROMISES.
James: WE CAN LIVE
AS OVERCOMERS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE
TRAMPLED GROUND, WE CAN
LITERALLY BECOME LIKE
HE TALKED ABOUT
THE VARIOUS SOILS AND HOW
THEY RECEIVED THE WORD
WHICH IS THE SEED AND THAT
IT IS NOT SNATCHED AWAY,
THEY BECOME FRUITFUL
IN THEIR LIFE.
AND THAT MEANS SO MUCH MORE
THAN MATERIAL GAIN BUT
GOD DOESN'T LIMIT THAT.
HE DOESN'T LIMIT PROSPERING
PEOPLE OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE
LED THEM INTO A LAND
THAT WAS FLOWING WITH
MILK AND HONEY AND
UNLIMITED FRUITFULNESS.
HE JUST WARNED THEM
AGAINST THE IDOLATRY
AND THE BONDAGE THAT
WOULD COME TO WORSHIPPING
SOMETHING OTHER THAN HIM.
SO WHAT HE IS OFFERING US
IN CHRIST IS THE WISEST
POSSIBLE OVERSIGHT,
THE GREATEST SHELTER,
THE GREATEST SHADOW,
THE GREATEST LIGHT,
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
KNOWN TO HUMANITY AND
IT IS FOUND IN CHRIST.
I FEEL LIKE YOU TOOK
THE OLD TESTAMENT
ALL THE WAY INTO THE NEW.
YOU INTRODUCED US INTO
THE AGE OF PROMISE AND
I HAVE AN IDEA WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER BOOK COMING TO SHOW
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
Randy: PERHAPS.
IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER 12 YEARS.
[Laughter]
I JUST WANT PEOPLE
TO EXPERIENCE WHAT
I'VE EXPERIENCED AS
I'VE REALLY DUG INTO THE WORD
AND PRAYED AND TALKED
TO GODLY PEOPLE BECAUSE
IT REALLY HAS CHANGED THE WAY
I VIEW EVERYTHING.
James: WELL, WE JUST THANK
GOD, RANDY FOR THE JOY
OF BEING YOUR PARENTS
AND WATCHING YOUR BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN WHO ARE REMARKABLE.
I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR THEM.
ONE OF YOUR SONS IS HERE,
LOOKING AT US THAT
I LOVE SO MUCH.
I'VE TOLD A LOT OF STORIES.
ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES
THAT I TELL ON ALEK
AND I'M SURE THEY WILL
PROBABLY CUT TO HIM WHILE
HE IS LISTENING TO ME,
HE IS THE LITTLE ONE THAT
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY,
AND ALL THE KIDS WOULD SAY,
"PAPAW, PAWPAW!
LET'S GO DO THIS!"
HE WOULD JUMP UP IN MY LAP
AFTER I'D ALREADY RUN AROUND
DOING ALL KIND OF STUFF
AND HE WOULD SIT DOWN
AND LOOK UP AT ME AND SAY,
"PAWPAW, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO?"
AND GOD SPOKE TO ME
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
ONE DAY, AND HE SAID,
"JAMES, YOU USED TO ALWAYS
RUN TO ME, 'GOD DO THIS,'
'GOD DO THIS!'"
BUT HE SAID, "YOU'VE LEARNED
TO COME TO ME LIKE ALEK
USED TO COME TO YOU.
YOU GET UP IN MY LAP,
YOU LOOK IN MY FACE
AND YOU SAY, "FATHER,
WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART?"
SO ALEK, YOU'VE BEEN
A TREMENDOUS BLESSING TO ME
AND ALWAYS WILL.
RANDY, YOU ARE
AN INDESCRIBABLE BLESSING
AND WE JUST THANK GOD FOR YOU
AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THE AGE OF PROMISE.
WOULD YOU JOIN BETTY AND ME
IN SAYING THANKS
TO OUR SON, RANDY?
YOU'RE A REAL BLESSING.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR
THE JOURNEY AND THE EFFORT
THAT WENT INTO THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH US
RIGHT NOW TO RESCUE TRAPPED,
IMPRISONED, PRECIOUS,
PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND PEOPLE.
THIS WAS A PLACE RANDY
JUST FOUND HIMSELF WHILE
HE WAS DOING KINGDOM LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
AND LISTEN.
Announcer: THERE ARE DANGERS
IN THIS WORLD WE SEE EVERY DAY
IN THE NEWS THAT IMPACT THE
LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
BUT THERE IS A HIDDEN DANGER
RARELY SEEN BY MOST OF US.
IT DESTROYS THE LIVES
OF INNOCENT CHILDREN
AND YOUNG GIRLS
BY ENSLAVING THEM
IN THE HIDDEN WORLD
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Randy: A HUMAN TRAFFICKER
CAME THROUGH HERE
MANY MONTHS AGO AND PROMISED
THIS YOUNG LADY'S SISTER
A BETTER LIFE,
LURED HER AWAY.
THEY HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM HER.
SHE IS, AS FAR AS
THEY KNOW GONE.
THEY HAVE HER PICTURE
AND THEY HAVE A PRAYER
THAT SHE WILL
COME BACK,
A HOPE THAT THEY WILL
SEE HER AGAIN.
THIS IS
THE REALITY HERE
AND IN PLACES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY RESCUE LIFE
IS CRITICAL.
WE MUST FIRST REACH
INTO PLACES LIKE THIS
WITH EDUCATION
SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
WHEN THESE PREDATORS
COME THROUGH.
WE MUST RESCUE THE GIRLS
THAT WE CAN AND GET THEM
OUT OF THE SEX TRADE
AND WE MUST RESTORE THEM.
WE MUST GIVE THEM
A HOPE AND A FUTURE.
WE CAN DO THAT; WE CAN DO IT
ON A LARGER SCALE.
BUT WE HAVE
TO HAVE YOUR HELP.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL
HELP US AS WE TRY TO HELP
SO MANY GIRLS.
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS ABUSE
-- IT IS NOT RIGHT.
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING.
JOIN WITH US
AS WE RESCUE LIFE.
James: WOW! THIS IS
OUR EMPHASIS ON SETTING
PRECIOUS WOMEN AND
CHILDREN FREE, REACHING THEM,
RESCUING THEM
AND RESTORING THEM.
BETTY, I'M PRAYING
THE GREATEST OUTPOURING
OF LOVE IN A SINGLE PROGRAM
FOR A SINGLE PURPOSE
WILL HAPPEN TODAY.
THAT YOU WILL HEAR
WHAT GOD WAS SAYING THROUGH
OUR SON RANDY WHO IS SITTING
HERE WITH US; THAT WE DO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESCUE
PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRLS
LIKE THAT.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SIN
CAN HAVE SUCH A GRIP ON PEOPLE
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUR APPETITES
BEGIN TO CONTROL YOU
AND YOU'RE UNDER THE CONTROL
OF ANOTHER FORCE OTHER THAN
THE FATHER AND THE SHEPHERD,
YOU'RE IN TOTAL BONDAGE.
THEN THEY USE THESE
TO EITHER MAKE MONEY
FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR
THEIR OWN GRATIFICATION.
BUT WE CAN SET THEM FREE
TO REACH THEM,
TO RESCUE THEM,
AND TO RESTORE THEM.
IT AVERAGES $128 A YEAR.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
LET ME TELL YOU
HOW MOVED SOME OF
OUR FRIENDS ARE, BETTY.
THEY HAVE SAID WE WILL MATCH
WHAT'S GIVEN AND THEY PUT UP
$320,000 IN ADVANCE
TO SAY "TO MATCH" --
THAT'S JUST A START.
SO IF YOU GAVE $128 TO
RESCUE ONE YOU'VE RESCUED TWO;
YOU CAN TAKE $1280
AND RESCUE 10,
NOW YOU'RE RESCUING 20.
I PRAY FOR THIS OUTPOURING
BECAUSE I THINK RANDY
SHARED IT SO CLEARLY
THAT THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO.
RANDY, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
AND YOU SAW THAT AND YOU KNOW
NOW THAT OUR VIEWERS ARE
THE ANSWER TO THE CRY
OF THE HEART OF THESE
WHO ARE HELD CAPTIVE AND
ALSO TO WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
Randy: THE FUNNY THING ABOUT
THAT IS WE WERE IN THAT
VILLAGE FOR WATER FOR LIFE.
WE DRILLED A WELL THERE;
THAT WAS THE NEED THERE.
BUT WHILE WE WERE WALKING
AROUND THE VILLAGE
I LITERALLY LOOKED UP
AT THIS ONE HUT AND THEY'RE
ON STILTS BECAUSE OF
THE RAINY SEASON AND STUFF.
I SAID, "WHY DOES THAT ONE
HAVE METAL AROUND IT AND
A METAL ROOF BECAUSE NONE
OF THE REST OF THEM DO?"
THEY SAID, "WELL, A GENTLEMAN
CAME THROUGH HERE
AND BOUGHT THEM THAT AND
GAVE THEM A CELL PHONE AND
HE WORKED THEM, LURED THEM."
WE JUST STUMBLED INTO
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE
RESCUE LIFE AND I THINK
THAT'S WHAT KINGDOM LIVING
IS ABOUT.
WHEN GOD PUTS THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF YOU
TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE,
TO FURTHER HIS KINGDOM,
YOU'VE GOT TO ANSWER THE CALL.
Betty: IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT
YOU THOUGHT THE PLAN WAS.
COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
James: AND HERE'S THE DEAL.
THE FULFILLMENT OF KINGDOM
PURPOSE IS FINALIZED
IN YOU FOR THOSE.
IN OTHER WORDS YOU COULD SAY,
"RANDY, I'VE GOT THAT ONE."
BUT IT WILL BE DOUBLED.
WOULD YOU JUST RIGHT NOW
GO ONLINE OR DIAL THAT NUMBER?
WOULD YOU GET UP AND GO GET
YOUR BANKCARD; BE SURE YOU
GET THE NUMBER DOWN OR
THE WEBSITE BUT GET THAT
BANKCARD AND I WANT YOU
TO MAKE THE GIFT GOD PUTS
ON YOUR HEART.
WOULD YOU SAY, "LORD,
LEAD ME RIGHT NOW IN
YOUR KINGDOM PURPOSE
FOR THIS MOMENT."
AND YOU WILL MAKE A KINGDOM
IMPACT THAT LASTS
FOR ALL ETERNITY.
PLEASE DO IT.
WE HAVE RANDY'S BOOK THAT
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO SAY
THANK YOU AS A GIFT
FOR ANY GIFT YOU MAKE.
$128 MAY BE A REACH FOR
SOME OF YOU BUT $64 WILL
BE DOUBLED AND YOU'VE GOT
ANOTHER RESCUE BECAUSE
IT IS GOING TO BE MATCHED.
SO AT WHATEVER LEVEL --
AND I DO PRAY, IF YOU CAN
RESCUE TEN, DO IT.
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
JUST DO IT.
WE HAVE OTHER GIFTS WE WANT
TO SEND TO SAY THANK YOU
BUT YOU ARE REALLY GIVING
THE GREATEST GIFT.
IN LOVE YOU'RE SHARING FREEDOM
AND YOU'RE GIVING LIFE.
AND FOR MOST OF THEM,
IT'S NOT ONLY FREEDOM IN
A NEW LIFE IT IS ETERNAL LIFE
IN CHRIST BECAUSE
OF THE MESSAGE
THE MISSIONARIES SHARE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THAT KINGDOM IMPACT.
IT WILL LAST
FOR ALL ETERNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Announcer: INNOCENT CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE
LONGING TO BE LOVED
AND CARED FOR
ARE BEING ABDUCTED
AND SOLD
AT THE HANDS
OF VIOLENT PREDATORS;
THEIR SPIRIT
AND BODIES BROKEN
UNDER HORRIFIC EMOTIONAL
AND PHYSICAL ABUSE.
THROUGH MISSION: RESCUE LIFE
YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO WARN CHILDREN VULNERABLE
TO SEX TRAFFICKERS.
YOU CAN HELP RESCUE
THOSE ALREADY ENSLAVED.
AND YOU CAN HELP
RESTORE YOUNG LIVES
AND GIVE THEM
A FUTURE.
AND NOW A GENEROUS OPPORTUNITY
OF A $320,000 MATCHING GIFT
MEANS YOUR GIFT OF $128
TO HELP RESCUE A CHILD
WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP TWO CHILDREN.
YOUR $64 GIFT WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE ONE CHILD
FROM THE HORRORS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND A $32 RESCUE GIFT
WILL BE DOUBLED TO $64.
WITH YOUR GIFT WE'LL SEND YOU
THE AGE OF PROMISE,
RANDY ROBISON
REVEALS TEN PROMISES
WOVEN THROUGH ALL OF SCRIPTURE
THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE WAY
YOU VIEW GOD,
YOURSELF, AND OTHERS.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $128
OR MORE YOU'LL RECEIVE
"THE PRAYER IS POWERFUL"
WOOD PLAQUE.
THIS UNIQUE SCRIPTURE
ART PIECE
IS PRINTED ON
PREMIUM BIRCHWOOD,
A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER
OF THE POWER OF PRAYER.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1280,
WHICH WILL NOW HELP
RESCUE 20 CHILDREN
AND YOU MAY REQUEST THE
BEAUTIFUL "BRIDGE OF FAITH"
FRAMED CANVAS PRINT
BY THOMAS KINKADE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY.
James: WELL, I'VE GOT A SMILE
ON MY FACE BECAUSE I THINK
SOME KINGDOM BUILDERS
STEPPED UP.
I THINK SOME OF YOU SAID,
"THY KINGDOM COME,
THY WILL BE DONE."
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
IT'S DONE IS WHEN
THE KING, THE SHEPHERD,
AND THE FATHER'S HEART
AND WILL IS ACCOMPLISHED;
YIELDED VESSELS,
CHANNELS OF HONOR THROUGH
WHICH HE FLOWS STREAMS
OF LIVING WATER,
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
GLAD TO SEND YOU RANDY'S BOOK.
YOU MIGHT TELL YOUR FRIENDS
TO GO ONLINE.
SAY, "WHY DON'T YOU
GET RANDY'S BOOK?"
I THINK GOD'S GIVEN US A GIFT
THAT WE WILL SEE
THIS GREAT GIFT MORE CLEARLY.
AGAIN, WILL YOU JOIN US
SAYING THANKS TO RANDY?
THANK YOU!
Randy: THANKS, DAD, MOM!
I APPRECIATE IT.
James: THANK YOU. BLESS YOU.
THANKS FOR SHARING LIFE,
LOVE.
♪
♪
♪
>> GUESS WHAT? NO MATTER
HOW GOOD OR BAD THE PAST IS,
THE BEST IS YET
TO COME.
Announcer:
FAITH FORWARD FUTURE,
CHAD VEACH
TOMORROW ON LIFE TODAY!
>> LIFE TODAY IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORTERS OF
LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL.
YOUR GIFT WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF LIFE.
THE MINISTRY FEATURES
SPECIFIC OUTREACHES
AS EXAMPLES OF THE PROGRAMS
IT SUPPORTS AND CONDUCTS.
GIFTS ARE CONSIDERED
TO BE WITHOUT RESTRICTION
AS TO USE UNLESS EXPLICITLY
STIPULATED BY THE DONOR.
THE MINISTRY IS A MEMBER
OF THE E.C.F.A.