Telling The TRUTH
032611 Telling The Truth 28 Minute Program
[music] You're listening to "Telling the Truth" from Triple T. Christian Youth Ministries, "Telling the Truth to and through Teenagers." Here is Triple T. Founder and President George Dumes. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in His intimate encounter with God. Noah heard the Creator of everything say, "And behold, I myself am bringing the flood of waters on the earth to destroy from under heaven all flesh, in which is the breath of life, and everything that is on the earth shall die." Genesis 6, 17, New King James Version. What an awesome, awful statement. And yet it was about to come to pass. But God was informing Noah that there was a way out for Him and for His family. God has a special plan for people, individuals who trust the Lord, who are willing to stand up and be counted for Him, to be open to Him, to do what He says, when He says the way He says, and that can be you. Are you obeying God? Are you reading the Bible? Are you heeding the Bible? Are you fellowshipping with other believers who also believe the Bible? And together, are you reaching out to those people who are lost, but who need Jesus? People who will spend eternity away from God in a place prepared for the devil and his angels called hell. You can help. You can share God's truth. Christ died for our sins. Tell those people who need to hear. God continues His talk with Noah. Listen to this very, very special promise. Genesis 6, 18, New King James Version. "But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you." God was telling Noah he was going to be spared because he was faithful, obedient, and trusting. Can God trust you? Are you doing what He would have you to do? Are you in fellowship with the Lord? Are you in fellowship with other people who believe God's Word is really true? Are you together praying for and sharing with those folk who really need the Lord? There are so many people in our world today that are perishing. False doctrines are being given. False hopes are being believed. But the Bible says it is appointed unto men once to die. And after death, the judgment. We need to tell people that they need to be saved. They can have new life, abundant life in Jesus Christ. Will you reach out to someone today and lovingly tell them that Jesus died for them and that He rose again? God is giving individual, explicit instructions to Noah. Listen to Genesis 6, 19, New King James. "And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you, they shall be male and female." Yes, God had a plan, a divine design, and He entrusted His plan to Noah. Noah was the one man whom God really believed would trust Him and obey Him. So we have the story of redemption. We know what God did. We know what Noah did as God guided Him and instructed Him and led Him. But what about you? Are you following the leadership of the Holy Spirit? Are you in tune with the Lord? Are you really, really concerned about people who don't know Him? Are you telling them the story? The redemptive story for everybody that Christ came to save sinners. Christ died for our sins. He was buried and He rose again on the third day so that if we trust Him, if we will believe on Him, we will have life that lasts forever. Tell that story. There are people out there waiting for you to tell them the truth. Lies are being proclaimed, but the truth needs to be told. The creator of the universe was sharing with Noah this very special servant of His the way that He was going to continue those creations that He started at the very beginning. Listen to the instructions of Genesis 6.20, New King James Version from God to Noah. Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. That was God's plan and He revealed it to Noah. And Noah was able to implement the plan under God's direction. God has a plan for you. He has a purpose for you. He has people that you can reach that no one else could reach quite the way you can, if you will, serve the Lord and become His person, His communicator of Christianity. Will you today pray, read God's Word, be in tune with other people who are believers? And will you together determine how to reach the most possible people as effectively as you can, as lovingly as you can, and let them know that Jesus Christ will give them life abundantly. It becomes a wonderful opportunity that God grants to you and to me. And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself, and it shall be food for you and for them. Genesis 6.21, New King James Version. God is telling Noah what to do, and He says, "If you will do this, I will provide." "I will provide for you during your time in the ark." God always has a plan, and when God's plan is put into effect, it is, of course, always perfect. It is we who are imperfect, but the Bible promises for those of us who have received Jesus Christ as personal Savior, that, "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches and glory by Christ Jesus." So what God did for Noah, and all those folk and all those animals on the ark, God will do for you and for me today. But we have to be in tune with God like Noah was. We have to be sensitive to what God would have us to do, to say what He would have us to say, to do what He would have us to do, to go where He would have us to go. We should go with the gospel. Go to people who need the Lord. Fellowship with those who do know Christ, and to gather, pray for those who don't, and share God's Word. Thus Noah did, according to all that God commanded Him. So he did. Genesis 622, New King James. God instructed Noah. He told him what to do, and the wonderful news is, "Thus Noah did." And that verse ends, "So he did." God wants each of us to listen to Him, to read His Word, to be obedient to what He tells us to do, to accomplish the tasks He has set before us. And the greatest need that we have is to remove the gospel from hiding. If our gospel be hidden, it is hidden to those that are lost, those who are perishing. What God wants us to do is to go, to go with the gospel, go into all the world and preach, proclaim, proclamation, publicize, promote the gospel to everyone, everywhere. It becomes our responsibility, to do what God would have is to do, and to do it together. So pray with other believers. Work out the strategy, determine who you are going to share Jesus with and then go, go into your world and share the saving power of Jesus Christ, His death, His burial, His resurrection. And let people know that they need to turn to Jesus for eternal life today. God had instructed Noah to build an ark. He gave the dimensions, the details, and then He told him what to do after the ark was built. He told him to go and get the animals and get the other creations that He had put together and put them on the ark along with Noah's immediate family. Listen to the promise now being fulfilled. Genesis 7-1, New King James. Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation." Yes, God was protecting Noah. He was giving him a way out from the destruction that was going to happen to the world that was filled with sin and wickedness, and that had really upset God so completely that God said, "I will destroy mankind except for one family," Noah, his wife, his sons, and their wives. So today God wants to protect you from the onslaught of Satan, but you need to draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you. Resist the devil and He will flee from you. Believe the Bible is totally true and then share the good news of the saving power of Jesus Christ with people who need the Lord. Pray, go with God's glorious gospel today. Every Saturday at 7.27 p.m. you are invited to attend a live youth event at Triple T, 13,000 US-41 North at Booneville near Harmony Road, midway between I-64 and Evansville Regional Airport. Every first Saturday, a good news club for those in 1st through 5th grades is available in a separate area. For more information call 812-867-2418 or visit www.tripletchristianyouth.org. [music] In the lives of Adam's forgetful posterity, God took the initiative in sending Noah, a preacher of righteousness to remind a wandering world of the love of God that passes the knowledge of man. God took the initiative in sending a flood to purify the earth and to renew the potential of a corrupt humanity that had been given its mind to thoughts that were only evil continually. Yes, God did it. God allowed one person, Noah, to do something special. And God's going to do it again. I want you to listen, please, to Matthew, the Gospel of Matthew. And Jesus is talking. He said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away, but of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also were the coming of the Son of Man Be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also were the coming of the Son of Man Be. Then two men will be in the field, one will be taken, and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken, and the other left. Watch, therefore, for you do not know the hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known, what hour the thief wanted to come, he would have watched and not allowed the house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is faithful and a wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household to give them food and do season? Blessed is that servant, whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. But that evil servant says in his heart, my master is delaying his coming and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards. The master of the servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of. And will cut him into and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The greatest question any man's mind can comprehend is this. Why did Jesus really die? Or as Dave Breeze put it so eloquently, what difference would it make to you? Had Jesus Christ been crucified yesterday afternoon in your backyard? You see the time expansive nearly 2,000 years and the distance between where you are in Jerusalem, that isn't the important factor. The important factor is that he died and the question of questions is why did he die? Listen to the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15, 3 and 4, New King James. "For I deliver to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried and that he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. The gospel is the death, the burial, and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why Jesus really died. He died for you so you could live forever. That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes under righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10, 9 and 10. Are you prepared? Listen. For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 1 Corinthians 14, 8. When Harold Akhoo wrote the music and I penned these lyrics, we wanted to sound the trumpet to prepare for battle. Christ through you can change the world. Let him be your guide. Christ through you can change the world, stay close by his side. Though fierce the battle be, he'll give you victory. Just keep your flag of faith unfurled. You can change the world. Consistently we are sounding the trumpet to prepare for battle. We have a thing called the key action plan for key youth leaders to be trained as coaches and to be given resources and Tiger team peer evangelism and leading youth training. Tiger, teens involved, going, evangelizing regularly. Students ages 10 to 19 learn God's ABCs. Admit you've sinned. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God has eternal life. In Christ Jesus our Lord. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. The be is believe on Christ. And then confess Christ publicly. We share it a while ago. I want to reiterate it again that if you confess with your mouth, the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes under righteousness. And with the mouth confession is made to salvation. So are you preparing yourself for battle? Are you ready to roll out there and share Jesus Christ with people who need the Lord? For 45 years we've been telling the truth to and through teenagers. Over 2,350 consecutive Saturdays and counting. And between Saturdays we go with the Gospel to where you are. Every day telling the truth radio is broadcast on 31 radio stations in 9 states with more possibilities soon. The program is also available anywhere and anytime via podcast and is streamed on the web by several stations. Please pray. And then share. The need. But if our Gospel is veiled or hidden, it is veiled of those who are perishing. Plan go. God's global go. Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Jesus said, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." Here's blessings from the Lord, our triplety alumni, and they are scattered everywhere. Hundreds of them, probably thousands, who came to Christ or dedicated their lives to the Lord through triplety Christian youth ministries. Men are now serving the Lord as pastors, pastors, wives, missionaries, lay leaders in local churches and ministries scattered worldwide. Creative Christian communicators are continuing to be trained to and through triplety. Listen to these scriptures from Romans 10. For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him to whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? You can help share the Gospel. Number one, you can pray. And then you can go and you can give. Let each one give as He purposes in His heart, not grudgingly or of necessity. For God loves a cheerful giver, and God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you always having all sufficiency in all things have an abundance for every good work. God is doing things in such a spectacular way, and we can hardly contain ourselves because of seeing God at work. We have a plan called Project Proclaim. It's saturation evangelism. Indigenous every $10 contribution can get the Gospel to another teenager, one-on-one sharing, Bible distribution, evangelistic youth efforts, and public relations outreach, Internet, billboards, television, newspaper, print, radio, social media of every kind. We want you to be informed. And we want to offer to you something very special. We want to give you a copy of "Discover Your Destiny" by Dave Breeze. And to get yours, you simply write to me, George Dooms, TTT Christian Youth Ministries, 13,000. That's 1-3-0-0-U.S. Highway 41-North. Evansville, Indiana, 4-7-7-2-5. Make certain you have the word "highway" in there. Again, that address. TTT Christian Youth Ministries, 13,000. U.S. Highway 41-North. Evansville, Indiana, 4-7-7-2-5. If you want to tuck $10 or more in the envelope requesting your copy of "Discover Your Destiny," it's okay to do that. Or as much as you want to, every $10 reaches one more. But the offer is free. There's no charge for "Discover Your Destiny." It's from our house to your house because we want you to be informed about who God is and what He's done and how He is divinely designed to destiny just for you. And then we want to send you the current issue of telling the truth. We'd like for you to check our website. It's www.tttchristianyouth.org. I'll repeat. www.tttchristianyouth.org. In that website, checking it out, you'll find what's happening, when, and where. And we would appreciate your prayers and thank you for your support. [music] Will you pray about being the best Tiger teammate you can be? Join some of the world's greatest teenagers as they go with the gospel. Teens involved going evangelizing regularly. Pretty much. And then determine that you're going to reach as many people as you can with God's glorious gospel. As I said earlier, every $10 that you invest makes it possible to get the gospel to another 10 to 19 year old. A Bible will be given to them. The gospel will be presented to them one on one. They will hear the gospel. They'll be invited to a Tiger team evangelistic youth effort. And we're putting together a whole series of things that will help you, where you are, to put together a very special outreach called Project Proclaim. And we hope you will. We hope that you will understand that praying is the most important thing you could possibly do. Listen to Luke 11, 9 and 10, the King James. And I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives, and he who seeks, finds, and the human knocks, it will be opened. Those words spell the word ask. First, ask, second, seek, third, knock, ASK. And we're asking you to pray for people to open doors where they can and when they can, do a triple-T team in co-labours. We're privileged to share the gospel from the top of the United States way down to South Florida. We're excited about what God has done and is doing and is going to continue to do. Of course, our focal point here in the tri-state area, Illinois and Ann and Kentucky, is where the bulk of our efforts are extended right now. But we're not limited here. We are endeavoring to reach people in every one of the 3,141 counties in the United States. Did you know that there are 41 million 10 to 19-year-olds in America today? And we can reach them one by one by one, and we're putting together teammates like you who will help the Tigers be trained, coaches to go alongside of them, and to get the gospel to people. One by one by one. Every Saturday night here on the outskirts of Evansville, Indiana, Triple D Christian Youth Ministries continues to have a gathering of kids as we have for over 45 years. Tiger Team, Peer Evangelism Training, Project Proclaim, and it's available where you are. Evangelistic Youth Efforts, the Traveling Tigers taking the gospel this summer to fairs and street festivals, reaching teenagers and pre-teens with God's glorious gospel. And we thank you for listening. We thank you for caring. We thank you for sharing. And we hope that you will understand that as you do, God can make you usable and use you and together as a team, we can take the gospel to more people than we possibly could doing it alone. We're looking for partners in youth evangelism, local Bible-believing churches everywhere, who will say, "Yes, we want to be a part of all this. Yes, we want to participate. Yes, we want to be a part of the action. Yes, we want to have a key action plan where we are to keep evangelizing youth." Remember, if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those that are lost. We are making available training and resources to adult youth workers in Peer Evangelism Training, in Project Proclaim Bible Packets and Information, and keynotes, ideas, information. And we're trying to give the inspiration that you need from the Word of God and making items available, tools. And so we want you to know more about us. We invite you again to write to us our contact us. Our telephone number, by the way, is area code 812-867-2418. 812-867-2418. One more time, 812-867-2418. And check the web, tttchristianyouth.org. We're looking forward to hearing from you. We want to communicate. We want to send you, telling the truth, and again, your personal copy of Discover Your Destiny. Write or call for yours, will you? And know this when you pray and when you give. Christ, through you, can change the world. Every Saturday at 7.27pm, you are invited to attend a live youth event at Triple T, 13,000 US-41 North at Boonville and Harmony Road, midway between I-64 and Evansville Regional Airport. Every first Saturday, a good news club for those in first through fifth grades is available in a separate area. For more information, call 812-867-2418 or visit www.tripletchristianyouth.org. For your free copy of The Telling the Truth newsletter, call 812-867-2418. 812-867-2418. Or write Triple T, 13,000 US-41 North, Evansville, Indiana, 477-25. Tune in to Telling the Truth next week at this same time on this same station. [MUSIC] (dramatic music)