When the World is Shaken (2020) - full transcript

[Various newscasters]
Soybean futures
prices are up...

...in Los Angeles...

...health officials
investigating

an unknown respiratory virus
outbreak in China's Wuhan City.

The World Health Organization
says the outbreak in Wuhan City

was caused by a previously
unknown type of coronavirus...

...health commissioner
cannot confirm

human-to-human
transmission of the virus...

The first case of COVID-19
in the United States.

We are enduring
a great national trial

and we will prove
that we can meet the moment.



[Fauci]
The system is not really geared

to what we need

right now,
what you are asking for.

Welcome to the World Health
Organization's press briefing

on COVID-19.

[Various newscasters]
They're calling it
the Second Great Depression...

Wall Street faced with
heavy losses

over the past
several weeks...

Mandatory
stay-at-home restrictions
across many states as...

Lockdown continues
as Italy brings in the military.

Over ten million Americans
applied for unemployment,

a record which...

Disruption in
the food supply chain.

What we're seeing now



is something that's
unprecedented.

Social distancing could have
a devastating effect

on people fighting
with depression.

Fear and anxiety
grip the nation

as the unknown cost of life
and living loom in the balance.

[Graham]
How do you respond
when your world is shaken?

When the storms of life
leave you desperate?

The storm that is
affecting the world today,

the coronavirus,
is incredible.

It has changed our country,

it's changed the world,

and who knows the impact
this is going to have

on the economy,
on people's lives

for years to come.

Many people are afraid.

Their hearts have melted.

They don't know
what to do, where to go.

And maybe that's you.

Maybe you are afraid,

and maybe you're not sure
what your future holds.

But I'm here to tell you,
God loves you.

You know, in life, we all go
through storms, don't we?

There are people that have
had financial crises,

or health crises,
or marriage crises.

There's many storms.

The Lord Jesus Himself
was caught in a storm.

And today I want to
take a look at Matthew 8,

at a storm that terrified
Jesus' closest friends.

Jesus and His disciples
get into a boat.

They're going to the other side
of the Sea of Galilee.

Jesus was tired.

He'd been ministering
all day,

and He was just
physically worn out.

So He goes into the boat,

and He lays down and sleeps,

and the disciples
are experienced fishermen.

These guys grew up
on a boat.

They grew up
on the Sea of Galilee.

They knew everything
about sailing,

fishing, rowing boats.

It was their life.

This wasn't strange to them.

And all of a sudden,
they find themselves in a storm.

[thunder rumbles]

The storm is violent.

And I believe the devil
was wanting to destroy

the Lord Jesus Christ

and destroy His disciples
that evening.

And the disciples

thought they could handle
this storm on their own.

'Course they were experienced,
they knew how to do this.

They'd been in storms before,
that was nothing new.

But this was different.

And the waves were now
crashing over the boat.

It was filling the boat;
the boat was sinking.

The disciples were afraid.

They're about to lose the boat.

They were gonna drown.

And maybe you feel that
you've lost your savings,

your 401K,
your retirement.

Maybe your marriage
is falling apart.

Your home is coming apart.

You don't see any hope.

Well, I don't have
the answers

for all
of your problems,

but the Lord
Jesus Christ does.

He certainly has
the answers
to your problems

if you'll just
turn to Him.

Just open up
your heart, just say,

"God, I've messed up.

"I'm in the middle
of this storm

"and I don't know where
to go or what to do."

I'm not saying
the storm passes over.

But He'll take you through it.

The boat was sinking.

And all of a sudden,

they remembered
Jesus is in the boat.

And so they go to Him,
they wake Him up.

"Lord, don't you care that
we're about to perish?

"Aren't you concerned
about this?"

And Jesus quietly
rebukes them.

"O you of little faith."

And He rebukes the wind,
and He rebukes the waves,

and it became instantly still.

And they said
to one another,

"What kind of man
is this?

"Even the wind
and the waves

"obey His voice?"

The disciples
in the middle
of this storm,

they cry out to Jesus
to save them.

And that's a prayer,
"God save me.

"Jesus save me."

Maybe that's
your prayer right now.

"Save me from the storm
that I'm in."

When these storms come

if we put our faith
and trust in Christ,

if He is the Shepherd
of our life,

we don't have to be
afraid of these storms.

[Billy Graham preaching]
Don't let the headlines
frighten you!

Yes, we're living
in a crisis period,

but God is with us in
the midst of the grief.

In the midst of the suffering,
God is there.

O God, we don't
understand it all

but we believe

you're the great
and the mighty God.

God, I believe,
I trust in You,

even if I don't
understand.

God still loves.

And He loves

with such
an everlasting love

that He gave
His Son,

the Lord
Jesus Christ,

to die for you.

And if it were
not for that,

there is no hope
in the world.

And those of us

that follow Him
and serve Him

have a future
that's brighter
than tomorrow!

It is our
glorious task
to give hope

through
the message
of the cross

and
the resurrection

of the Lord
Jesus Christ

Who came to
bring peace
in a broken world.

No matter what
God has in store

for us and
for our world,

let us be found
faithful.

And someday
we will know

all the strife and
the injustice
and the pain

that infect
our world today

is someday
going to be over.

Hallelujah!

[echoing]
Hallelujah...
hallelujah...

[Graham]
During this time
of the coronavirus,

there's so much uncertainty

and people are scared.

And they're looking
and searching

for answers and hope.

There was a politician
not long ago said that

"With every crisis
comes opportunity."

And of course he was talking
about political opportunity.

But I thought about that.

Wow, this crisis has given us

a tremendous opportunity
for evangelism.

People are scared.

In the community,
wherever you are,

wherever you live, there are
people that are afraid.

And to be able,
as a Christian,

to walk by them
and encourage them.

What an opportunity to pray.

To pray for the lost,

to pray for your neighbor
who doesn't know Christ.

Pray for the person who
lives across the street.

There's things that we can do

and I would want
to encourage you

let's find how we can be active

with our neighbors
and friends and family.

And you may be the only one

who can make a difference
in that person's life.

God may be using you

to share the hope that
we have in Jesus Christ.

With the Billy Graham
Association,

I'm not able to do
crusades right now.

Those meetings, we had to
postpone them or cancel them,

so what are we gonna do?

A man called me
a few weeks ago, said,

"Franklin, how 'bout
putting an ad on television?

"Just telling people how to
put their faith in Christ?"

We put that together in
a hotel room,

and had it on TV
within a few days.

...fear that millions
of others have

because of this
coronavirus pandemic.

But I want you to know
that God loves you,

He made you,
He created you.

He knows everything
about your life.

You don't need to be afraid.

Jesus said, "I'll never
leave you nor forsake you."

If you've never invited
Jesus Christ into your heart...

We've got a phone center
that's up and running

and people can call 24/7.

We've got hundreds of people
who can answer the phone

and take a phone call
and pray with a person,

answer the spiritual questions.

[Woman]
Thank you for calling

the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association.

How may I pray for you?

[Edwards]
Right now people are at home.

People are scared.

People are watching the news.

And how incredible is it
that they, all of a sudden,

while they're watching news
about doom and gloom,

all of a sudden Franklin Graham
comes on and says,

"Here's a message of hope.
Give us a call.

"We want to pray with you."

Dear Father God, thank You
for Lois and for her call...

And Lord, I just ask You

to return the joy of
her salvation to her.

[Edwards] We've got over 600,
going on 700 volunteers.

Got seventy, so
we're bumping it up.

We can kind of cover
these prime times.

We want to share the gospel
with as many people,

and we want to do it
as well as we possibly can.

We want to answer every call.

That's a challenge.

It's a hard challenge but we're
excited for that opportunity.

[Man]
People are calling for prayer
for a variety of needs.

When they receive
the Lord for the first time,

uhm, we have a little bell
over here that we ring

and announce it
to everyone in the room

and then everybody claps

because we know that
the heavens

are rejoicing as well.

[Davis]
One of the phone calls
that I got

was from a gentleman
who's in a nursing facility,

worried about the coronavirus.

When I asked him
where he would go

if he died today,
would he go to heaven?

He said, "I don't know."

So I was able to go through

the plan of salvation with him
and he said,

"I want to pray that.
I want to do that."

And I said, "I'm gonna
lead you through all that."

I lift him up to You, Father,

and I pray that You
would bless him.

I've heard our bell
ring here more

in these last couple weeks
than we have since,

when Billy Graham actually
passed away.

We're going to do what we can
to try to encourage people.

If we don't share the hope
that we have in Jesus Christ,

who's gonna share
that with them?

People from other countries
around the world are searching,

searching for God,
searching for answers,

and we've built special landing
pages in six different languages

where people right now
in another country

can go to that landing page

and get the answers that
they're looking for.

I want the world to know
that God loves them

and that Jesus Christ is
there for them now.

[Martin]
As the coronavirus problem
began in China

and was exploding,

we realized that
we had an opportunity

through the Mandarin
Chinese ministry

to build a landing page and
begin to advertise to it

so people could find
hope in Christ

in the midst of this crisis.

And then we were able to take
that into the other languages

that we do ministry in

because the problem was
moving around the world.

We have trained volunteers
all over the place

who are online,
offering hope,

personally engaging and
interacting with our visitors.

All right, just making sure
you guys can hear me.

Can you see me okay?

Adjust that, how's that?

How's that look?
Do I have it where you need me?

Being a chat coach

in internet evangelism,

we go on the internet and we
speak to people who come on

who either have questions
about Jesus Christ

or just come on to want to pray.

What we're going through
right now with the pandemic

there's a lot of fear
and anxiety

and we strongly believe
that our ministry

has been placed just at
the forefront in this time

when there's a lot of fear;

when there's really
not that many options.

Being from Canada,

I talk with people from like,

Fiji, from Ghana,

from South Africa,

from Australia,
from New Zealand.

No matter where
you are in the world,

people have
the same struggles,
the same questions.

And the answer is
always the same--
Jesus.

[Martin] In these first weeks,

over a hundred thousand people

have come to our landing pages.

Over 10,000 have indicated

decisions for Christ.

Our volunteers are
busy and excited

to reach people.

It's the most
important thing

that I do
in my life,

when you know that
you made a difference

by the Lord using you.

When I realized
I've helped someone

recognize who
they are in Christ

and how much
He loves them,

that brings me
great joy.

[Graham]
During this time
of the coronavirus,

churches are closed

and Christians are
scattered in many ways.

But there's also something else
that's taking place.

We have chaplains deployed

to the Samaritan's Purse
field hospitals

in Italy and
also up in New York,

dealing with the raw emotion

of people struggling with
death and sickness.

And there,
right in the middle of it,

we have opportunity

to pray with people

and have people turn
their lives to Jesus Christ.

It was in the news yesterday

that just touched my heart,

was a person was saying

that their loved one
had passed away

and they died alone

because we could not
come into the hospital

to be with them.

And I thought to myself,

if someone passed away,
they will not die alone.

Our chaplains will be there
to pray for them,

to pray with the families.

This deployment
is different than any

that I have ever been on
because it's dealing with

an infectious disease
that is deadly.

I was asked, "Why would you
even go to New York

"in a time like this?"

[Denmark]
I'm from New York.

My husband and I here are
deployed to help our city.

In 9/11 it was very quiet
and very fearful.

This is a little bit different.

There's a different
type of a fear.

[Denmark]
Jesus never shied away
from the storm that came.

We as Christians shouldn't
shy away from these storms.

[speaking Spanish]

The COVID's been hopping
from country to country.

[Cole]
It really hits you to think,

there is no behind the lines
around the whole world.

It's incredible.

[Schaafsma]
My neighbor passed away
just the other day.

I feel like the enemy's
right on the street.

I currently live in Milan

and we're all under
lockdown in our homes.

When the call came
to come down here

and be an interface
with Samaritan's Purse

I was more than happy to come.

Who else can you live for
but for Jesus?

Jesus' words in John 16,

"Be of peace
for I have overcome the world."

He's definitely changed
my life.

[Denmark]
It's important for me
to be here

to be Christ's hands
and feet extended.

I've been able to
speak to many people.

They're so thankful,

so grateful
that we're here.

[Clark]
The neighbors
are curious.

Curiosity on the street
is magnificent,

want to know what it is
and what's going on,

and we've been able to
share with them

that Jesus brings
a peace to us

that we can't explain.

[Denmark]
My prayer and my hope

is that many would
come to know Him

as personal Savior.

[Man]
The possibilities

of what God can do
through this is mighty.

[Graham]
I want you to know,
God loves you.

You may forget everything else
I've said on this program,

but remember this--
God loves you.

But we have a problem.

And that problem is sin.

You see, our sins
separate us from God.

God made us,
He created us, He loves us,

but the Bible says
we've all sinned.

We've all come short
of God's standard, His glory.

The Bible says that,
"The wages of sin is death."

That's the penalty, is death.

So the entire human race
is under a death sentence.

But yet,
"God so loved the world,

"that He gave
His only begotten Son,

"that whosoever
believeth in Him,

"should not perish

"but should have
everlasting life."

God sent His Son
Jesus Christ
to take our sins.

And He took our sins
to the cross.

And the cross was
what the Romans used
for execution.

And it's the most
horrible, cruel death

that a person
could imagine.

And sometimes
it took days

for a person to
die on the cross.

And Jesus
went willingly
to that cross.

And while
He was there,

God poured out
on His Son

the sins past,

the sins present,

the sins future,
that's us.

He poured on His Son
the sins of mankind.

Jesus became
so ugly and so dirty

that God turned His back
on His Son.

And Jesus said,

"My God, My God,
why has Thou abandoned Me?"

That's how serious it was.

Many people think

that the good things they've
done in their life counts.

The Bible says it's by grace
that we're saved, through faith.

"It's not of works,
lest any man should boast."

It's not your works
that saves you.

Just because we are religious
doesn't mean that we're saved.

It doesn't mean we're forgiven.

I grew up in a Christian home,
had wonderful parents.

My father was an evangelist.

My mother,
not only a homemaker,

but she grew up
in a missionary family to China.

That couldn't save me.

My parents could not save me.

They loved me,
they prayed for me,

they cared about me,

but they could not save me
from my sins.

I know that there was a,
like a black hole in my life.

Everything I tried
didn't fill it.

I mean, you could have fun,

but there was an emptiness.

I couldn't describe it,
just an emptiness.

I remember a few years ago
there was a rock star

committed suicide
and he left

a note beside his body

and he talked about
a great, big, black, empty hole

that had opened up
in his life.

And drugs didn't fill it,
sex didn't fill it,

fame didn't fill it.

And that emptiness--
and he took his life.

There was a void,
a vacuum.

And that void
and that vacuum,

if you say,
"Well, Franklin, that's me."

Well, that void and vacuum
was created by God

and it's to be
filled by Him.

And if we
don't have

that relationship
with God,

then that
emptiness is there.

But when we
come to God

and put our faith
and trust

in His Son
Jesus Christ,

the Holy Spirit of God
comes into our heart

and fills that vacuum,
fills that void.

And that's what I did
when I was twenty-two,

I prayed this prayer.

God, I'm a sinner.

I'm sorry,
forgive me of my sins.

I believe
Jesus is Your Son.

I believe that
He died for my sins.

I believe You
raised Him to life

and I want Him to
come into my heart

and take control
of my life right now.

I prayed that,
I was twenty-two.

I didn't know
much more.

I just prayed
that prayer.

I remember that night
I went to bed,

but when I went
to bed that night

I sensed
that there was

something different
now in my life.

I woke up
the next morning...

oh, I had a headache.

I had some issues,

but I knew something
was different,

because when
I prayed that prayer,

I meant it,
I gave Him my life,

and He took
control of my life

at that moment.

I've been through
many storms,

but He's never left me.

Not one time.

All of us are going to have
to face death at some point.

Whether it's the coronavirus
or cancer or a car wreck

or just old age, it's coming.

And it's coming for all of us.

And the point is, where are
we going to spend eternity?

Are we going to be
in heaven with God,

or are we going to be
separated from Him?

But you have to
make that choice.

Jesus Christ came to
save us from our sins,

but you have to
accept it by faith.

Jesus said, "I'm the way,
the truth, and the life."

He said, "No man comes
unto the Father but by Me."

And how could He say
something like that?

How could He say,

"I'm the way, I'm the truth,
and I'm the life"?

And "no man,"
no person, no individual

"comes to the Father God
except through Me."

And the reason He could
say that is because

He is the only one in history
to take the sins of mankind.

Only Jesus Christ, and He
took our sins to the grave.

And on the third day,
God raised His Son to life.

Jesus is not dead.

He's alive and He'll
come into your heart.

He'll come into your life
if you'll invite Him.

Today God wants to forgive sin.

He's eager to forgive sin,

but we've got to be
willing to repent.

And repentance means
we turn from that sin.

Jesus Christ came to save us.

He came on a rescue mission.

He didn't come to
condemn the world;

He came to save the world.

I want to ask you
a question:

Who's the Lord
of your life?

Have you
found yourself

now in this storm,
in a mess?

If you're trying
to do this yourself,

you're gonna fail.

Only God
can do this.

If you've
never invited

Jesus Christ
into your heart,

you can do that
right now.

That's right,
right this second.

And what
I want to do is

just pray
a prayer with you.

I want to lead you
in that prayer.

Just repeat
this prayer

in your heart,
after me.

Just say, "Dear God,
I'm a sinner.

"Forgive me
of my sins.

"I believe Jesus Christ
is Your Son.

"I believe that
He died for my sins,

"that You raised
Him to life.

"And I'd like
to invite Him

"to come
into my heart

"to take control
of my life

"from this moment
forward, forever.

"And I pray this
in Jesus' name.

"Amen."

[Voice-over]
In this time of uncertainty

the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association

is continuing to do
what we've always done--

proclaim the good news
of the gospel.

♪ You are way maker,
miracle worker ♪

♪ Promise keeper,
light in the darkness ♪

♪ My God,
that is who You are ♪

[Voice-over]
Welcome to this Easter service

in New York City's
Central Park.

♪ Way maker,
miracle worker ♪

♪ Promise keeper,
light in the darkness ♪

♪ My God,
that is who You are. ♪

The only hope for this world
where we live today

is the Lord Jesus Christ.

♪ Way maker,
miracle worker ♪

♪ Promise keeper,
light in the darkness ♪

♪ My God,
that is who You are. ♪

♪ That is who You are.

♪ Yes, it is.