asking fans to keep him in their prayers
pop superstar justin bieber unveils a
stunning diagnosis as you can see this
eye is not blinking
i can't smile on this side of my face
my mom raised me as a christian this
nostril will not move
i believe in god
so there's full paralysis in the side of
my face
god is the only one keeping me sane
right now and it is from
this
virus
that um
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attacks the nerve in my ear
my facial
nerves
and has caused my face to have paralysis
it's gonna be okay and i have hope and
um i trust god and um i trust that this
is all gonna
it's all for a reason
if justin bieber is a christian why are
these horrible things happening his wife
just had a mini stroke they did some
scans and they were able to see that i
had suffered a small blood clot to my
brain basically it's like having a mini
stroke
anara's face is paralyzed isn't god
supposed to look after his children
shouldn't a christian be living an
abundant life as the scriptures promise
this comes from a misunderstanding of
the word abundant it merely means full
the apostle paul had a full life it was
filled with beating stoning shipwreck
imprisonment and martyrdom the truth is
problems sometimes get worse when you
become a christian let me tell you why
by quoting jesus
he said
therefore whoever hears these sayings of
mine and does them are likened to a wise
man who built his house on the rock
and the rain descended the floods came
and the winds blew and beat on that
house and it did not fall for it was
founded on the rock
but everyone who hears these sayings of
mine and does not do them will be like a
foolish man who built his house on the
sand and the rain descended the floods
came and the winds blew and beat on that
house and it fell and great was its fall
notice that the storms came to both the
foolish man and the wise man the foolish
man crumbled and the wise man stood firm
the fact is when it rains christians get
wet if we fall over we bruise and if we
get cut we bleed just like everyone else
we have the same problems that
non-christians have the only difference
is that we have the absolute assurance
of everlasting life we have what the
bible calls a hope that's an anchor of
the soul
a wise man once said christianity
doesn't offer a smooth flight but it
does offer a safe landing and when death
finally comes to the christian whether
it's today or tomorrow we conquer it all
because of what jesus did on the cross
this young man was flippant about god
until i said one thing that really shook
him up and caused him to listen closely
to the gospel it will shake you too
here's the question why is there so much
pain in life have you ever had so much
pain that you wanted to die yes if you
live a happy life without any
vulnerability you never learn i would
rather read about a root canal than have
one
okay and rather read about cancer than
experience it
and so i don't need pain and suffering
to understand it are you familiar with
the story of the rich young ruler in the
bible that's very famous he came running
to jesus knelt down and said good master
what should i do to inherit eternal life
have you heard of that story he asked
how to get everlasting life what do you
think jesus said to him i'm not sure you
wake up and there's a pain in the lower
part of your neck and you say man this
really hurts you got the doctor and say
doctors hurts what is it goes away does
some tests he comes back he says it's
lymph node cancer you've got two weeks
to live it's metastasized there's
nothing we can do i'm so sorry here's
some painkillers they'll help a little
bit you're so nauseated by the drugs
he's given you're not thinking about
partying or sex or food or any of those
things you're just thinking yourself
what should i do to find everlasting
life that's realistic i mean over 600
000 americans will die of cancer in the
next year does that scenario scare you
yeah my mom died to cancer so sorry what
about you does that scare you yeah my
dog died i can't do two weeks ago so
what do you think jesus would have said
to this guy how can i get everlasting
life he said why do you call me good
there's no one good but god and then he
gave him five of the ten commandments so
i'm going to give you some of the
commandments do you think you're a good
person morally i would consider myself a
good person more earlier and what about
you i do think this is the ninth
commandment adrian how many lies have
you told a lot have you ever stolen
something even if it's small yes yes
what do you call someone who steals a
thief so what are you a thief no you're
a lying thief have you ever used god's
name in vain
once or twice and what about you you
love your mum yeah of course would you
ever use her name as a cuss word no and
you've done that with the name of the
god who gave your mother who gave you
life itself his name is holy and you
used it in place of the s word which is
called blasphemy punishable by death in
the old testament now jesus said we're
going a little personal here but he said
whoever looks with lust has committed
adultery in their heart have you ever
locked with lust will go to you first no
i'm saying have you ever locked with
lust yes when's your last look at
pornography a couple of weeks ago that's
lust get it yes it's committing adultery
in your heart do you know what the bible
says death actually is it calls it wages
did you know that we just yeah it says
the wages of sin is death in other words
sin is so serious to holy god he's given
you the death sentence did you know that
god's given you the death sentence like
a judge looks at a heinous criminal he's
murdered three girls after he raped them
and he says you've earned the death
sentence and the criminal says look
judge this is no big deal they were
prostitutes they were a scum of the
earth i was cleaning up society and the
judge says i'm going to show you how
serious this is
i'm giving you the death sentence this
is your wages this is what's due to you
this is what we're paying you
and sin is so serious in the eyes of a
holy god he's given us the death
sentence your death will be evidence
that god is serious about sin you're not
a little bit of lying stealing using
god's name of vain no big deal can you
hear what i'm saying
yes would you be innocent or guilty on
judgement day i'm guilty heaven or hell
hell for sure we've earned your wages
this has been a little painful but we're
coming out of the darkness into the
light now what did god do for guilty
sinners so we wouldn't have to go to
hell do you know he died for our sins
did you know that yeah
now most people know that that jesus
died on the cross for our sins but they
don't know this and this will change
everything for you if you can get a grip
of this
the ten commandments are called the
moral law
you and i broke the law jesus paid the
fine do you remember his last words on
the cross just before he dismissed his
spirit he said three words in english do
you know what they were
i don't remember
he said it is finnish that's the english
rendering but in the greek he just said
one word tetelestai or tatalistai and
that means
paid in full
we broke the law
he paid the fine paid in full if you're
in court and you've got speeding fines
someone else pays them a judge will
actually let you go even though you're
guilty he said it's been paid in full
you can leave god can take the death
sentence off us because jesus paid the
fine on the cross and rose from the dead
and defeated death all you have to do to
find everlasting life it's so simple a
child can understand it is repent of
those sins don't just confess them to a
priest but go to god and say god i'm
turning from these sins
and then you trust in jesus like you
trust a parachute and the second you put
your faith in christ the bible promises
and god cannot lie because he's without
sin it's impossible for god to lie
he promises he'll grant you everlasting
life as a free gift not because you're
good
but because god is good and kind and
rich in mercy is this making sense yes
i'm going to think about what we talked
about of course
is it making sense to you yeah
i've noticed that while i've been
talking to your friend here you've been
sort of laughing and joking about it
you're going to think seriously about it
now of course yeah
and i can't tell you how serious this is
if you're going to die at midnight
tonight and you really knew that you'd
hang on to every word i'm saying and say
i've got to find out if this is true
i've got to find out so have that
attitude there's one thing that'll stop
you coming to christ it's your love of
sin your your addiction to the pleasure
of pornography that'll stop you
but if you come to god and say god
change my heart he'll change you on the
inside he says i'll create a clean heart
in you and renew a right spirit in you
and that's the miracle of conversion
when you're born again when are you
going to get right with the lord today
and what about you don't feel pressured
by me just so maybe sometime but if you
want to get right with the lord i'd love
to pray with you as soon as i could
seriously
yes
can i pray with you guys sir wouldn't
embarrass you no
father i pray for angelina and adrian
that this day hey sam being a good boy
no
this looks like a bundle of money but
it's not the gospels of john
god can grant you everlasting life as a
free gift the moment you repent and put
your faith in jesus so are you going to
think about what we talked about yes i
will when are you going to get right
with the lord today you're serious yeah
so you realize you're a sinner you're
sorry for your sins and you want to put
your faith in jesus is that right yes
may i pray with you yeah of course
father i pray for kalia thank you for
her honest and open heart today i pray
that she'll truly truly be sorry for her
sins and turn from them with your help
and have a name written in the book of
life all because of your mercy in jesus
name we pray amen
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