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Carlton, what is going on?

You know, I wake up every morning

and I expect to feel like my old self.

To feel the need to go out there

and save people, but I...

I don't.

I- I don't. I feel... I feel free of that.

First, I thought it was just those people

in Africa, but it's not. It's everybody.

Everybody. His blood covered everybody.

No, that's heresy, son.

- Chief...

- It is heresy, believe me.

Now, listen to me, please.

I watched you build your church

and your ministry,

and nothing filled me with more pride

than to see how quickly

they came to see you.

Blacks and whites together,

that's a very rare thing.

And now, you've got

the television broadcast

with a whole lot more people

listening to you.

So, I need to ask you one question, son.

And think about this.

Are you certain

it was God's voice you heard?

You know how the devil works.

You saw your uncle die, unsaved.

He saw you weak and vulnerable,

and told you what you wanted to hear.

If everyone you love cannot enter

the kingdom through the narrow gate,

he will widen that gate

to accommodate them.

It makes sense

because he makes it make sense.

Satan's a snake. He's a ventriloquist.

And he chose to speak through you.

But if you continue

to lead people down this path,

it's not only your eternal salvation

you're putting at risk, it's theirs, too.

And that's Satan's victory,

so I ask you again, son,

are you certain it was God's voice

you heard and not the devil?

You need to consider everything

you're putting at risk,

and not just for yourself.

We can go and reason things out later,

but first, we need to fix this.

We'll write something together

right here, right now.

And come Sunday,

you'll make all this right.

All right.

Now, lookie here.

I was taking some notes

and I'm going to suggest that you...

consider Romans 10:9.

I know you're familiar with it.

I've heard you preach on it.

All right.

I want you to consider that,

and also consider preparing...

Henry came by.

Why? He knew where I was.

He came to talk to me.

He thinks you're having

a nervous breakdown.

What did Oral say?

He wants me to recant.

Is that what you're gonna do?

Do you believe God spoke to me?

Well, what does it matter what I think

or what anyone thinks?

Matters to me.

Oh?

Since when?

Henry wants to knowabout our home,

and if I'll talk some sense into you,

and you're looking at me for,

- I don't know what.

- Why are you angry?

Because you believed it.

You were sure.

It's not that simple.

God spoke to you or he didn't.

And everyone else,

Oral and Henry and the church,

they have nothing to do

with whether it's true or not.

- It's easy for you, Gina.

- How is it easy for me?

Because I'm responsible

for a lot of things and a lot of people,

including you and Julian and Majesty...

You'd just as soon

see the church go up in smoke.

You said it yourself.

Wow.

The lawyer? You wanna go there?

You're really gonna bring

that up right now, Carlton?

The only reason I spoke to him

was so that maybe you would listen.

Maybe you would notice I was in the room.

I had children for you

and for this church.

Carlton, why would I want

to see it go up in smoke?

I thought being with you

meant standing with God.

I thought it meant being a part

of something meaningful.

Is Oral here?

Not yet.

When he gets here,

show him to the front, would you?

Sure.

Come on, just one last time.

Submit your will unto His will.

Y'all yet holding on?

- Keep on keeping on.

- Keep on keeping on.

Turn to somebody and say,

"We're still here."

We're still here.

I said look at somebody and say,

"We're still here."

We're still here.

I'm gonna get straight into it, okay?

Now, last Sunday, I...

I told you that God spoke to me and...

he told me that all those people...

out there starving and dying in Africa,

without being saved...

they're all going to heaven.

Now...

that's quite a statement.

And to come up here

and just blurt it out the way I did...

I regret it.

All week, people have been...

talking to me...

and trying to help me understand

what I heard and why.

I'm sure many of you've been having

those same conversations.

You say, "If they're saved,

does that mean everybody's saved?"

And if that's true, if you don't need

to accept Jesus, then...

why come to church at all?

And if the Bible says that only those

that accept Christ can be saved,

then it all points to one thing.

That it wasn't God's voice I heard.

Something else.

Now Romans...

Romans 10:
9 says...

I've been...

I've been reading and praying all week,

trying to understandit.

Romans 10:
9 says, um...

Henry?

Henry, could you come up here

and read something for me?

If you don't mind.

Of course.

It's, um...

It's from First John, Chapter Two.

It's there. "My dear children."

"My dear children, I write this

so that you will not sin."

"My dear children, I write this

so that you will not sin."

"But if anyone does sin,

we have one who speaks to the Father

in our defense."

"But if anybody does sin,

then we have one who speaks to the Father

in our defense."

"His name is Jesus Christ,

the righteous one."

"His name is Jesus Christ,

the righteous one," go on.

"And He is the atoning sacrifice

for our sins.

But not only for ours..."

"Not only for ours...

but for the sins of the whole world."

It means Jesus died for everybody.

That's the literal meaning.

Everyone's included in the redemption.

Even people that never accepted Christ,

never heard the word of God,

never set foot in a church.

All those people in Africa

and everybody else.

Everyone's already saved.

And that...

is the finished work of the cross.

- That is not right.

- John.

I'm gonna answer your questions.

No. No, no, you can't

just rewrite the Bible.

I'm not rewriting anything,

I'm just rereading it, John.

No, you speak the word of God

in this church!

Sit down! Let him finish.

No. You are a messenger, Bishop.

- Sit down.

- Okay, settle down.

- John, Ben, sit down, please.

- No, I've had enough of this.

Come on, let's go. You know...

- we built this church.

- Okay.

We did!

You remember that.

No, it's okay.

Just let 'em leave.

Let 'em leave.

Look, Jesus said

study the scriptures diligently

- because they "testify about me."

- Amen.

Now, if we do...

if we do study them diligently,

then we have to understand

there are contradictions.

For all the Bible says, that the only

way to heaven is to accept Christ,

there's just as much

that says we don't need to.

Now, I just read First John,

but it's... it's...

it's in Corinthians.

It's in... it's in Timothy.

Peter. Here's Timothy 4:9.

Timothy 4:
9.

"God is the savior of all mankind,

especially those who believe."

And he goes on.

And, uh...

And there's Paul in Corinthians.

- Thank you.

- I just reread this last night.

"As in Adam all men die, so in Christ

all men shall be made alive."

"All men"!

I can't stay here.

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