Reporter: In your speech you said that whoever looks at a woman
to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his
heart. Are you aware of the emphasis on sex appeal and violence in
modern entertainment and advertising?
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Jesus: "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, "thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness. "All these evil things come from within and defile a
man." (Mark 7:21-23 NKJV)
Slide 4
Reporter: You spoke of divorce. What is your view of no-fault
divorce?
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Jesus: "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for
sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and
whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." (Matthew
19:9 NKJV)
Slide 6
Reporter: Same sex marriage is increasingly acceptable in this
country and there is some debate about what constitutes
marriage.
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Jesus: And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read
that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
"and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
(Matthew 19:4-5 NKJV)
Slide 8
Reporter: Apparently you take a literal view of the creation
story. Do you also believe such stories as Jonah and the whale and
Noah and the big flood?
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Jesus: "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the
belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40 NKJV) "But
as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man
be. (Matthew 24:37 NKJV)
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Reporter: We have heard that you appointed twelve apostles.
What were their names? Was there a woman among them?
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Jesus: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first,
Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas
and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and
Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. (Matthew 10:2-4 NKJV)
Slide 12
Reporter: We are a very diverse society. Wouldnt you consider
all religions valid?
Slide 13
Jesus: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6
NKJV) "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
(Matthew 7:21 NKJV)
Slide 14
Reporter: Sir, followers of some of the worlds great religions
do not accept you as the Son of God. What would you say to
them?
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Jesus: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;
for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
(John 8:24 NKJV) "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples
indeed. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free." (John 8:31- 32 NKJV)
Slide 16
Reporter: What do you advise your followers to do about people
of other religions? Should they ignore them or fight them?
Slide 17
Jesus: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the
age." Amen. (Matthew 28:18- 20 NKJV)
Slide 18
Reporter: Are you suggesting that baptism is essential to make
one your disciple?
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Jesus: "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of
water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (John 3:5
NKJV) "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
does not believe will be condemned. (Mark 16:16 NKJV)
Slide 20
Reporter: One more question. It has been 2,000 years since you
were on earth and times have changed more than you probably
realize. Those things you are saying just do not fit our times.
Surely you dont expect your followers to live by such outdated
concepts, do you?
Slide 21
Jesus: "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has
that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him
in the last day. (John 12:48 NKJV) "Heaven and earth will pass
away, but My words will by no means pass away. (Matthew 24:35
NKJV)
Slide 22
Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then
you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as
My Father taught Me, I speak these things. "And He who sent Me is
with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those
things that please Him." As He spoke these words, many believed in
Him. (John 8:28-30 NKJV)
Slide 23
And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they
crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the
other on the left. Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they
do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast
lots. (Luke 23:33-34 NKJV)
Slide 24
"He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does
not believe will be condemned. (Mark 16:16 NKJV) "Therefore whoever
confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father
who is in heaven. (Matthew 10:32 NKJV) "I tell you, no; but unless
you repent you will all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3 NKJV) Be
faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
(Revelation 2:10b NKJV)
Slide 25
If Jesus came to the National Cathedral Article by Sewell Hall
Biblical Insights February 2015 Reporter Pictures from Google
Images.