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Das 2. Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz" war ein Verband der Bayerischen Armee, der ursprünglich 1682 unter dem Namen Degenfeld zu Fuß unter Kurfürst Max Emanuel für die Kurbayerische Armee errichtet wurde. Aus diesem entwickelte sich im 19. Jahrhundert ein Regiment der Bayerischen Armee unter dem Namen 2. Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz". Es trug in seinem Wappen die Initialen des Gründers M(aximilian), E(manuel), E(lector). Während der kurpfalzbayerischen Zeit ab 1778 wurde das Regiment als 2. Linieninfanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz" in die neu geschaffene Stammliste aufgenommen. Zur Systematik wurden nachträglich auch folgende Nummerierungen eingeführt: 1682/7, Infanterieregiment No. 2.

Im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert führten die Regimenter nur den Namen des Regimentsinhabers.

Geschichte

Aufstellung
Das Regiment wurde am 26. Juni 1682 als Regiment zu Fuß "Degenfeld" urkundlich genannt und am 29. Juni 1682 aus den Stammkompanien "Matthias Renner", "Tobias Andersi" und "Dyonisius Wilhelm" aufgestellt, zu denen die Stammkompanie "Johann Baptist Graf von Arco" sowie die Kompanien "Wolf Friedrich von Reding-Biberegg" und "Hptm. von Pfisterer" traten. Es wurde zuerst in München und Donauwörth stationiert. Der erste Inhaber und zugleich Oberstkommandant (die Bezeichnung Kommandeur wurde erst 1872 gebräuchlich) des Regiments war Generalfeldmarschall-Lieutenant Hannibal Freiherr von Degenfeld (1647 bis 16. Oktober 1691), welcher das Regiment am 27. November 1683 an Obrist Franz Emanuel Graf della Rosa übergab. Es hatte seinerzeit eine Stärke von etwa 1.100 Mann.

Inhaber des Regiments waren neben Vertretern des bayerischen Hochadels die bayerischen Kurprinzen, später bayerischen Kronprinzen, die dem Regiment seinen Namen gaben. Von 1721 bis 1792 gab es sogar zwei Regimentsinhaber. Seit 1862 wurden auch Regimentsführer à la suite ernannt.

Feldzüge gegen die Türken 1683/88
Im Feldzug gegen die Türken trat am 12. September 1683 das Regiment in einer Stärke von 963 Mann vor Wien an. Bis 1. Oktober sind über 200 Mann erkrankt und zwei Mann desertiert. Genaue Angaben über Gefallene und Verwundete fehlen. Das Regiment war am Gefecht bei Gran am 25. Oktober 1683 beteiligt. Während der Belagerung von Ofen vom 14. Juli bis 31. Oktober 1684 erhielt es im Mai/Juni ca. 1.000 Mann Ersatz, am Ende der Belagerung betrug die Gefechtsstärke noch dreizehn Offiziere, sechs Fähnriche, 43 Unteroffiziere und 258 Mann. Das Regiment wurde noch in 1684 in acht Kompanien zu je 125 Mann gegliedert. Bei der Eroberung der Festung Neuhäusel am 11. Juli 1685 fielen ca. 120 Mann und der Oberstkommandant Graf della Rosa wurde so schwer verwundet, dass er am 23. Juni 1685 verstarb. Ihm folgte als Inhaber und Oberstkommandant Jakob Siegmund Freiherr Gall von Gallenfels (8. August 1685). Das Regiment war bei der Erstürmung von Ofen am 2. September 1686 beteiligt und musste etwa 300 Mann Verluste durch Tod, Verwundung und Krankheit hinnehmen (Gefechtsstärke: 674 Mann), die durch 1.257 Mann Ersatz aus Straubing mehr als reichlich wieder aufgefüllt werden konnten. Während der Schlacht bei Mohacz am 12. August 1687 war das Regiment am Rande beteiligt und hatte nur geringe Ausfälle (achtzehn Gefallene, drei Verwundete und zehn Vermisste) zu verkraften. Bei der Erstürmung von Belgrad am 10. August 1688 fielen 28 Mann und 51 Mann wurden verwundet, darunter auch der Oberstkommandant Freiherr von Gallenfels. Am 31. Oktober 1688 war das Regiment auf noch 545 Mann zusammengeschmolzen.

Rheinfeldzüge 1689/97
Das Regiment befand sich am 16. Juli 1689 vor der Festung Kehl, die vom Militärarchitekten Vauban gebaut wurde, wobei es bei unbekannten Auftrag zumindest keine Verluste verzeichnen musste. 1690 für ein Jahr auf zehn Kompanien aufgerüstet, wurde das Regiment wieder auf acht Kompanien reduziert (Gefechtsstärke am 21. Oktober 1692: 24 Offiziere, 61 Unteroffiziere und 651 Mannschaften). Es war auf die Standorte Andernach, Erpel und Deutz verteilt. Während des Erbfolgekrieges kam es zu einigen Scharmützeln mit den französischen Truppen, wo dem Regiment größere Verluste erspart blieben. Am 10. Januar 1694 wurde das Regiment in "Leibregiment des Kurprinzen Joseph Ferdinand" umbenannt, welcher trotz seines zarten Alters von zwei Jahren zugleich Inhaber wurde, und nahm im selben Jahr die Reste der Kompanien "Grießenbeck" und "Murach" auf. Das Regiment wurde zudem mit neuen Fahnen ausgestattet (Weiß mit blauen Streifen, die Fahne der Leib-Kompanie war aus weißer Seide gefertigt mit dem Muttergottesbild in der Mitte). Nach dem Gefecht bei St. Leon am 10. Juli 1695 kehrte das Regiment mit 1.076 Mann nach Bayern zurück. Im selben Jahr wurde der 1. Grenadierkompanie errichtet. Am 15. Juni 1696 marschierte das Regiment in Richtung Niederlande ab und erreichte am 7. Juli Roermond. Dort empfing es 1.100 neue Gewehre und richtete sich mit 1252 Mann in Alost und Termonde ins Winterquartier ein. Am 1. Juni 1697 wurde die Kompanie "Wolf Heinrich Gemmel von Flischbach" aufgenommen, im selben Jahr die 2. Grenadierkompanie aufgestellt und das Regiment in zwei Bataillone zu je fünf Kompanien gegliedert. Das Regiment war in diesem Jahr in Geldern, Roermond und Venlo einquartiert.

Am 5. September 1699 wurde es nach dem plötzlichen Tod des Kurprinzen Joseph Ferdinand in "Leibregiment des Kurprinzen Karl Albrecht" umbenannt, dessen Inhaber er zugleich bis zum 28. März 1727 war. Oberstkommandant wurde am 1. Dezember 1700 Emanuel Graf von Arco.

Spanischer Erbfolgekrieg 1702/14
Juni 1702 nahm das Regiment die Freikompanien "Johann Jakob Frankenreither von Frankenegg" und "Johann Gottlieb von Grimming" auf und nunmehr in drei Bataillone zu je fünf Kompanien gegliedert. Im Gefecht bei Schärdenberg-Eisenbirn am 11. März 1703 kämpfte das Regiment mit geringen Verlusten und brachte 448 Gefangene ein.

Am Feldzug in Tirol nahm es in Stärke 949 Mann und 97 Pferden teil. In der Schlacht auf dem Schellenberg am 2. Juli 1704 musste das Regiment schmerzliche Verluste hinnehmen, der Oberstkommandant Graf Arco ertrank während des Gefechts und 72 Mann gerieten in Gefangenschaft. An der Schlacht bei Höchstädt am 13. August 1704 war das Regiment mit sieben Kompanien beteiligt, wo nach dieser entscheidenden Niederlage alle Fahnen in die Hände des Feindes fielen und es nur 313 Köpfe zählte. Danach wurde das Regiment bis auf Bataillonsstärke abgerüstet. Bei der Wiederherstellung des Regiments im Jahre 1705 wurde das französische Fremdenbataillon "Boismorel" unter Oberstleutnant Francois de La Colonie als Kompanie angegliedert und wieder die Gliederung von zwei Bataillonen zu je einer Grenadierkompanie und acht Füsilierkompanien eingenommen.

Der Feldzug in den Niederlanden begann am 4. Juni 1705 im Gefecht bei Huy erfreulich für das Regiment, bei eigenen knapp dreißig Mann Verlusten brachte es 132 Offiziere und 1.300 Mann als Gefangene ein. Für die Einnahme von Lüttich stellte das Regiment am 18. Juni 1705 ein Bataillon ab. Nach dem Gefecht an der Dyle scheint das Regiment aus den Kampfhandlungen herausgezogen zu sein, da 350 Mann Stammtruppe offenbar 236 Rekruten aus Luxemburg und 296 Rekruten aus Straßburg sowie 1706 nochmals 241 Rekruten aus Straßburg ausbildete. Anfang 1706 war das Regiment auf 1.536 Mann angewachsen und wieder in drei Bataillone gegliedert. Nach der Schlacht bei Ramillies am 23. Mai 1706 desertierte eine beachtliche Anzahl von Regimentssoldaten. Es nahm an der blutigen Schlacht bei Malplaquet am 11. September 1709 teil. Am 22. Juni 1710 erfolgte eine Reduzierung des Regiments auf eine Grenadierkompanie und acht Füsilierkompanien. 1711 wurde der Franzose Francois de La Colonie zum Oberstkommandant ernannt. An den Rückeroberungen verlustiger Gebiete im Jahre 1712 war das Regiment beteiligt. Während der Belagerung von Landau vom 23. Juni bis 19. August 1713 stellte es ein Kontingent bei der Beobachtungsarmee.

Feldzüge gegen die Türken 1717/18 und 1738/39
Das Regiment trat am 3. Juli 1717 mit 1.439 Mann zur Schlacht um Belgrad an, die mit der Eroberung der Stadt am 18. August 1717 endete. Der Verlust von ca. achtzig Mann wurde durch 495 Mann Ersatz im Mai 1718 wieder aufgefüllt.

Mit dem 6. November 1721 bekam das Regiment den ersten 2. Inhaber, Feldmarschall-Lieutenant Heinrich Vambès de Florimond, der die Ehre bis zu seinem Tode 1752 innehatte. Am 4. Juli 1722 gab das Regiment das III. Bataillon zur Aufstellung des Regiments "Seyboltstorff" ab. Außerdem wurden aus dessen Personal das Regiment "Prinz Joseph Ludwig" (1732) und das Kreisregiment (1734) errichtet. Am 24. September 1734 wurde das III. Bataillon zu fünf Füsilierkompanien neu aufgestellt. Nachdem 1735 das Regiment auf mehrere kleine Garnisonen in Niederbayern verteilt wurde, verlegt es im Herbst in die Winterquartiere in Donauwörth, Rain, Neuburg an der Donau und Lauingen. 1736 war das ganze Regiment in Ingolstadt stationiert.

Im Jahre 1738 stellte das Regiment das II. Bataillon (eine Grenadierkompanie, fünf Füsilierkompanien) in Stärke achtzehn Offiziere und 745 Mann ab. In der Schlacht von Grotzka am 13. Juni 1739 fielen achtzig Mann durch Tod oder Verwundung aus, bis zum April 1740 verlor es einschließlich Krankheit insgesamt 360 Mann.

Österreichischer Erbfolgekrieg 1741/45
Das Regiment nahm mit dem III. Bataillon und zwei Grenadierkompanien an der Besetzung Passaus am 31. Juli 1741 teil. Am 12. Februar 1742 wurde das Regiment in "Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz" umbenannt. Beim Kampf um Straubing vom 8. bis 11. April 1742 hatte das Regiment, das hierfür zwei Bataillone abgestellt hatte, ca. neunzig Tote zu beklagen. Bei den Gefechten um Cham (Oberpfalz) am 9. September 1742 hatte ein Bataillon schwere Kämpfe mit österreichischen Panduren zu bestehen. Das Regiment hatte nachher nur noch eine Gefechtsstärke von sechzehn Offizieren und 316 Mann. Während des Kampfes um Rosenheim am 27. Mai 1743 sind zwölf Mann gefallen sowie drei Offiziere und 130 Mann gerieten in Gefangenschaft. In der Schlacht bei Weißenburg (Elsass) am 5. Juli 1744 wurde der Oberstkommandant Johann Martin de La Colonie schwer verwundet und verschied kurz darauf. Sein Nachfolger Johann Albrecht von Krays wurde ebenfalls verwundet und starb daran am 6. August 1744.

Danach wurde das Regiment auf zwei Bataillone abgerüstet. Im März 1745 hatte es jedoch wieder eine Stärke von 1.316 Mann. Mit dem 20. August 1745 wurde es "Infanterie-Regiment Kurprinz" genannt. Am 30. November 1747 nahm es drei Kompanien des wieder aufgelösten Kreisregiments auf und gliederte sich wieder in drei Bataillone. Am 28. Juli 1753 wurden zwei Grenadier- und acht Füsilierkompanien zum Regiment "Graf Holnstein" abgegeben.

Siebenjähriger Krieg 1757/58
Das Regiment stellte das II. Bataillon mit fünf Kompanien (Gefechtsstärke: ca. 650 Mann) zum Auxiliarkorps von Generalfeldwachtmeister Johannes Claudius Graf Seyssel d'Aix ab. Im Oktober und November 1757 war es bei der Inbesitznahme von Schweidnitz am 12. November durch die österreichische Armee beteiligt. Bei Leuthen am 5. Dezember 1757 wurden die habsburgischen Kräfte und deren Verbündete durch den preußischen König Friedrich II. entscheidend geschlagen. Das Regiment verlor dabei drei Offiziere und ca. achtzig Mann durch Tod, Verwundung oder Gefangenschaft sowie sämtliche Zelte und die gesamte Bagage. In den Gefechten bei Olmütz vom 21. Mai bis 2. Juli 1758 nahm es mit neun Offizieren und 315 Mann teil, wobei es dort 119 Mann Verluste hinnehmen musste. Bevor das Bataillon am 2. August 1758 vorzeitig nach Bayern zurückbeordert wurde, hatte es noch fünfzehn Unteroffiziere an die vier verbleibenden Regimenter abzustellen.

Ab 1. Januar 1790 wurde das Regiment in "2. Grenadier-Regiment Kurprinz" umbenannt.

Koalitionskriege

Erster Koalitionskrieg 1792/97
Ein Bataillon des Regiments wurde 1794 zur Verteidigung von Mannheim abkommandiert, der Rest des Regiments verblieb in München. Am 14. April 1796 wurde Johann Nepomuk Graf von Trivia für etwa drei Jahre zum Oberstkommandant des Regiments ernannt. Am 21. Februar 1799 wurde Kurprinz Ludwig Karl August, ab 1. Januar 1806 Kronprinz, zum Inhaber des Regiments ernannt. Am 31. März 1799 erhielt es die 3. Grenadierkompanie des Regiments "Graf Ysenburg". Am 6. Juni 1799 wurde das Regiment in "Füsilier-Regiment Kurprinz" umbenannt.

Zweiter Koalitionskrieg 1798/1802
Am 5. Mai 1800 war das kombinierte Bataillon "Pompei" zur Deckung des Aufmarsches der 2. Brigade unter Oberst Carl Philipp von Wrede eingesetzt. Dabei wies der Bataillonskommandant Major Vincenz von Pompei durch kluge und zweckmäßige Führung seiner Offiziere und Mannschaften alle Durchbruchversuche der Franzosen ab. Zugleich ermöglichte er durch die Standhaftigkeit seines Bataillons den geordneten Rückzug der österreichischen Kräfte über die Donau. Im Gefecht bei Memmingen am 10. Mai 1800 deckte er unerschütterlich trotz heftiger mit Geschützfeuer unterstützte französischer Angriffe den weiteren Rückzug der Österreicher. Dabei wurde Major Pompei verwundet. Nach Bericht und Vorschlag zur Beförderung zum Oberstlieutenant durch Oberst Wrede vom 17. Mai 1800 wurde er mit dem 26. Mai 1800 wegen seiner militärischen Verdienste und Tapferkeit zum Oberstlieutenant und Kommandanten des Grenadierbataillons (ehem. "Siebein") ernannt. Für Neuburg wurde im Juni 1800 das II. Bataillon mit zwanzig Offizieren und 597 Mann dem Subsidienkorps unterstellt. Von 22. Dezember 1800 bis 1. Januar 1801 führte Oberstlieutenant Pompei drei Bataillone am rechten Flügel des von Oberst Wrede kommandierten Donau-Kordons so geschickt gegen die französischen Truppen, dass zu jener Zeit Böhmen und Österreich vom Krieg im eigenen Land verschont blieb. Für seine Leistungen im Feldzug des Jahres 1800 wurde ihm gemäß Armeebefehl vom 14. Januar 1805 das Militärische Ehrenzeichen verliehen, welches mit dem 1. März 1806 durch das Ritterkreuz des Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens ersetzt wurde. In der Schlacht von Hohenlinden am 3. Dezember 1800 verlor das Bataillon ca. 200 Mann, welche zumeist in Gefangenschaft gerieten. Am 1. September 1800 wurde das I. Bataillon in Stärke 26 Offizieren und 850 Mann dem Auxiliar-Korps zugeteilt. Außer einigen Fahnenflüchtigen verlief der Einsatz ohne Verluste.

Mit dem 27. März 1804 wurde das Regiment in "2. Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Kurprinz" umbenannt.

Dritter Koalitionskrieg 1805
Zwei Bataillone wurden für den Krieg gegen Österreich 1805 der Brigade von Generalmajor Graf Minucci (1. Division Generalleutnant von Deroy) unterstellt. Am 1. November 1805 waren zwei Kompanien auf dem Strub-Pass eingesetzt.

Das I. Bataillon wurde der 2. Brigade (Generalmajor Franz Graf Minucci) der 2. Division (Generalleutnant Freiherr von Wrede) zugeordnet. Am Ende 1806 war es bei einigen Scharmützeln bei Glogau und Breslau beteiligt. Am 13. Juni 1807 wurde eine Depotkompanie zur Aufstellung des 11. Linien-Infanterie-Regiments "Kinkel" abgeben.

Fünfter Koalitionskrieg 1809
Im Krieg gegen Österreich 1809 war das Regiment der 1. Infanterie-Brigade (1. Division Generalleutnant von Deroy) unterstellt. Nach dem Gefecht bei Offenstetten am 20. April 1809 erbeutete es zwölf Kanonen. Am 11. August 1809 erlitt das Regiment im Gefecht bei Schönberg zwanzig Tote und Verwundete, der Obristkommandant Oberst Johann Nepomuk Graf von Spaur geriet in Gefangenschaft. Im Weiteren nahm es an den Gefechten auf dem Bergisel (13. August und 1. November 1809) teil. Am 5. Oktober 1809 besetzte das verstärkte I. Bataillon Berchtesgaden. Am 1. November 1809 erhielten die Schützen des II. Bataillons unter dem Kommando von Oberlieutenant Anton Heiligenstein von General Raglovich den Befehl, die Zillerhöfe zu nehmen, welches nach kurzem Feuergefecht gelang. Oberlieutenant Heiligenstein bemerkte auf dem rechten Zillerufer Verschanzungen der Tiroler, die bereits das Feuer auf die Zillerhöfe eröffneten. Er beschloss, diese Stellungen im Sturm zu nehmen, und rückte gegen die auf einer Anhöhe befindlichen Schanzen vor. Aus der Nähe erkannte er nun, dass er diese nicht ohne schwere eigene Verluste frontal einnehmen konnte. Er ließ ein Kleines Detachement im davor liegenden Wald zurück, das die Tiroler durch Störfeuer beschäftigen und ablenken sollte. Er selbst umging mit der Masse seiner Schützen die Stellungen der Tiroler links, griff mit heftigsten Feuer seiner neunzig Mann den Feind in seiner Flanke an und warf ca. 300 Tiroler aus ihren Verhauen und Verschanzungen. Eine zu Ambras besetzte tirolische Stellung war nun ebenfalls bedroht und musste geräumt werden. Diese Verschanzung wurde unverzüglich von bayerischen Truppen besetzt. Für seine umsichtige und kluge Disposition beim Kampf am Reiner- (auch Ziller-)Hof wurde er gemäß Armeebefehl vom 22. Oktober 1810 mit dem Ritterkreuz des Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens ausgezeichnet. 1810 war die Garnisonsstadt des Regiments Salzburg.

Napoléons Russlandfeldzug 1812
Am 15. Februar 1812 marschierte das Regiment (Stärke: 2.100 Mann), das der 1. Brigade unterstellt wurde, unter dem Kommando von Oberst Ferdinand von Hoffnaß von Salzburg ab und erreichte am 3. Juli den Njemen. In der Schlacht bei Polozk am 17. August 1812 verlor das Regiment 120 Gefallene und über 200 Verwundete. Der im Oktober 1812 nachgeführte Ersatz von zwei Offizieren und 36 Mann konnte die Verluste nicht ausgleichen. Die Kompanien waren keine sechzig Mann mehr stark. Während des Rückzugs wurde das Regiment noch weiter dezimiert; nach dem Gefecht bei Wileika am 4. November 1812 hatte es noch fünfzig Mann. Nun erhielt das Regiment Ersatz von vier Offizieren und 400 Mann. Im Januar 1813 wurde aus den übrig gebliebenen Truppenteilen ein Bataillon mit zwanzig Offizieren und 480 Mann gebildet, ein Bataillon mit den Resten des 6. Infanterie-Regiments zum Regiment "von Hoffnaß" zusammengestellt. Nach der Belagerung und Beschießung von Thorn vom 20. Januar bis 18. April 1813 waren bei der Übergabe nur noch siebzehn Offiziere und 270 Mann diensttauglich. Am Ende des Feldzugs kehrten einschließlich des Ersatzes nur 250 Mann des Regiments wieder nach Salzburg zurück.

Befreiungskriege 1813/15
Das II. Bataillon des Regiments war an der Schlacht bei Hanau am 31. Oktober 1813 beteiligt. Das I. Bataillon kämpfte am 24. Dezember 1813 bei Belfort, Nogent und Donnemarie. Bei Bar-sur-Aube am 27. Februar 1814 verlor das II. Bataillon vier Offiziere und 81 Mann. Am 16. Juli 1814 gliederte das Regiment vom großherzoglichen Würzburgischen Infanterie-Regiment dessen III. Bataillon und seine Füsilierkompanie ein. Im Jahre 1815 wurde das Regiment nicht mehr eingesetzt.

Zwischen Wiener Kongress und Deutschem Krieg
Am 27. November 1815 wurden das IV. National-Feld-Bataillon Salzburg sowie das I. und III. Bataillon des Salzachkreises als IV. und V. Rahmen-Bataillon aufgenommen. Nach Umbenennung der Rahmen-Bataillone im Jahre 1817 wurden diese am 1. Juni 1822 aufgelöst. Das Regiment war zu dem Zeitpunkt in zwei Bataillone zu je einer Schützenkompanie und fünf Füsilierkompanien gegliedert. Während der Cholera-Epidemie 1830 riegelte das I. Bataillon als Kordon einen Abschnitt an der österreichischen Grenze ab. Am 28. Oktober 1835 wurde das Regiment in "Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz" umbenannt. Am 4. März 1848 rückte das Regiment zur Bekämpfung Aufständischer aus, nachdem in das Zeughaus eingebrochen wurde. Am 21. April 1848 wurde das III. Bataillon wieder aufgestellt, das II. Bataillon war zur Besetzung des schwäbischen Kreises, danach bis Ende Juli 1848 in Baden abkommandiert. Ab 26. April 1848 erhielt das Regiment seine endgültige Bezeichnung 2. Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz". Nach Auflösung und Wiederaufstellung der 5., 10. und 15. Füsilierkompanie und der 3. Schützenkompanie wurden am 24. Mai 1863 die 5., 10. und 15. Füsilierkompanie in Schützenkompanien umgewandelt. Einzelne Bataillone wurden immer wieder aus der Stammgarnisonsstadt München ausgelagert, besonders die Garnisonen Ingolstadt, Germersheim, Landau in der Pfalz, Fürstenfeldbruck und für eine Kompanie Laufen.

Krieg gegen Preußen 1866
Das Regiment wurde im Deutschen Krieg nicht geschlossen eingesetzt, am 18. Juni 1866 wurde das I. Bataillon der 1. Brigade, das II. und III. Bataillon der 2. Brigade unterstellt. In dem Gefecht bei Nüdlingen am 10. Juli musste das Regiment sechs Gefallene, 65 Verwundete und zwei Vermisste hinnehmen. Das in den Gefechten bei Helmstadt eingesetzte I. Bataillon und das in den Gefechten bei Üttingen eingesetzte II. und III. Bataillon konnten sich mit nur zwei Gefallenen aus der Affäre ziehen. Das für die Feste Marienberg aufgestellte IV. Bataillon verlor trotz Beschuss durch preußische Artillerie am 25. Juli keinen Mann und wurde anschließend aufgelöst.

Im Mai und Juli 1868 gab das Regiment Personal und die 6. Schützenkompanie zum 7. und 9. Jäger-Bataillon ab. Am 10. Januar 1869 wurde Friedrich Freiherr von und zu der Tann zum Oberstkommandant ernannt.

Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71
Das Regiment trat unter der 2. Brigade (Generalmajor von Orff) in einer Stärke von 65 Offizieren sowie 1.800 Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften an. Es hatte seine Feuertaufe in der Schlacht bei Wörth am 6. August 1870 mit 45 Gefallenen und 201 Verwundeten. Während das bei Beaumont (30. August 1870) fechtende I. und III. Bataillon ohne Blessuren davonkam, erlitt das II. Bataillon bei Remilly am 31. August 1870 geringe Verluste (neun Gefallene, fünfzehn Verwundete/Vermisste). Am 1. September 1870 musste das Regiment bei der Schlacht bei Sedan einen hohen Blutzoll bei den Offizieren (neun Gefallene, fünfzehn Verwundete, sieben Gefangene) verrichten, so dass die 2., 3., 6. und 8. Kompanie von Feldwebeln geführt wurden. Nach der Schlacht brachte das Regiment vierzehn französische Offiziere und mehrere hundert Mann als Gefangene nach hinten. Nach der Besetzung von Artenay am 10. Oktober 1870 wurden vom Regiment drei französische Offiziere und 400 Mann gefangen genommen, aber die harten Kampftage machten sich allmählich bemerkbar. Das II. Bataillon war schwer angeschlagen, so hatte die 6. Kompanie nur noch acht Unteroffiziere und 42 Mann. 300 Mann Ersatz und zwei Züge der Ersatzkompanie wurden unverzüglich aufgeteilt. Das I. und III. Bataillon nahm an der Belagerung von Paris (29. September bis 24. November 1870) ohne nennenswerte Verluste teil. Das II. Bataillon musste bei der Schlacht bei Coulmiers am 9. November 1870 über neunzig Mann an Gefallenen, Verwundeten und Gefangenen verkraften. Ende November 1870 hatte das Regiment eine Stärke von 47 Offizieren und 1.600 Mann. Beim Rückzug aus Villepion am 1. Dezember 1870 musste es den Verlust von 200 Mann einstecken. In der darauf folgenden Schlacht bei Loigny und Poupry (2. Dezember 1870) nahm das Regiment 200 Franzosen gefangen, musste jedoch nochmals 200 Mann Verluste hinnehmen. In der Schlacht von Orléans war das ausgeblutete Regiment (Bataillone nur noch in Stärke von zwei Kompanien) als Flankensicherung eingesetzt. Während der Gefechte bei Beaugency-Cravant von 8. bis 10. Dezember 1870 fielen wieder 240 Mann aus, darunter Oberst von und zu der Tann durch Verwundung. Das Regiment wurde in vier Kompanien eingeteilt, die von Feldwebeln geführt wurden. Ende Dezember 1870 sind von den anfänglich 65 Offizieren noch neun Offiziere im Dienst. Ab 27. Dezember 1870 nahmen die Reste des Regiments vor Paris Aufstellung. Das Regiment hatte durch Ersatz, den es Monate vorher dringend benötigt hätte, eine Stärke von 2.000 Mann, die jedoch zu keinen nennenswerten Gefechtshandlungen mehr gebraucht wurden. Am 26. Mai 1871 wurde das Regiment abgelöst und in Richtung Heimat im Marsch gesetzt. Am 16. Juli 1871 erreichte es München.

Am 1. April 1893 wurde das IV. Halbbataillon mit der 13. und 14. Kompanie errichtet. Das Regiment war in diesem Jahr geschlossen in München stationiert. 1895 wurde das III. Bataillon für ein Jahr nach Landsberg verlegt. Das IV. Bataillon verblieb in Landsberg, bis 1897 die 13. und 14. als 9. und 10. Kompanie zum 20. Infanterie-Regiment versetzt wurde. Von da an blieb die Garnisonsstadt des Regiments München, seine Kaserne das Barackenkasernement Oberwiesenfeld. Von 1. November 1899 bis 10. Oktober 1900 war Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern Kommandeur des Regiments, 1912 war er Regimentsführer à la suite. Zum 1. Oktober 1911 erhielt das Regiment eine MG-Kompanie. Am 12. September 1912 übernahm Prinz Franz von Bayern das Kommando über das Regiment. Der letzte Inhaber des Regiments war vom 5. November 1913 bis zur Auflösung des Regiments Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern.

Erster Weltkrieg

1914
Das Regiment trat am 2. August 1914 in einer Gefechtsstärke von 65 Offizieren, sechs Ärzten, drei Zahlmeistern, 3.200 Unteroffizieren und Mannschaften sowie 230 Pferden unter dem Kommando der 2. Infanterie-Brigade an. Die Einheit war Teil der 6. Armee unter Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern. Im August 1914 wurde das Ersatzbataillon aufgestellt. Das Regiment stieß in den ersten Augusttagen 1914 von Saarburg bis nach Cirey-sur-Vezouze vor. Am 16. August 1914 wurde es östlich Saarburg zurückverlegt. Am 20. August 1914 ging das Regiment zum Angriff über und erreichte St. Georg. Am darauf folgenden Tag trat es zur Verfolgung der französischen Kräfte an und stieß bis 24. August in die Gegend bei Baccarat vor, wo die französischen Gegenangriffe den Vormarsch des Regiments zum Stillstand brachten. Am 5. September 1914 aus der Front herausgelöst, verlegte es per Eisenbahntransport nach Namur und marschierte bis 23. September 1914 gegen französische Kavallerieverbände kämpfend nach Péronne. Am 24. September 1914 überschritt es die Somme und stieß bis Lihons vor, wurde jedoch von überlegenen französischen Kräften zurückgeschlagen. Am 26. September 1914 übernahm Oberst Otto Staubwasser das Kommando über das Regiment.

1915
Am 19. Mai 1915 gab das Regiment die 13. und 14. Kompanie an das neu aufgestellte 24. Infanterie-Regiment ab. In der Herbstschlacht bei La Bassée und Arras gelang es dem Regiment am 11. Oktober 1915, die eigenen Stellungen zwischen Givenchy und Thélus gegen überlegene Teile des III. und XII. französischen Armeekorps zu halten.

1916
Ende September wurde für das II. und III. Bataillon je eine MG-Kompanie aufgestellt. Während der Schlacht um Verdun 1916 wurde bereits im März die 6. Kompanie vollständig aufgerieben, binnen vier Wochen musste es den Verlust von fünfzig Offizieren und 1.500 Mann verkraften. Während der Schlacht an der Somme bewährte sich das Regiment im Oktober 1916 bei den Kämpfen um und in Sailly-Saillisel.

1917
Mit dem 16. Januar 1917 das I. Ersatz-Bataillon an das 30. Infanterie-Regiment abgegeben. Am 14. Juni 1917 wurde bei einer Munitionsexplosion fast der ganze Stab des I. Bataillons getötet. Das Regiment war kurz darauf so mitgenommen, dass es vom 22. Juni bis 24. Juli 1917 bei Charleville in seine erste und einzige Ruhestellung abziehen durfte.

1918
Im September 1918 wurden noch eine Minenwerferkompanie und Nachrichtenzüge für das Regiment und die Bataillone etatisiert, aber nicht mehr voll aufgestellt. Während der Michael-Schlacht im März/April 1918 nahm das Regiment einen französischen Oberst, weitere vier Offiziere und über 1000 Mann gefangen und erbeutete viele Geschütze sowie Maschinengewehre. Die eigenen Verluste beliefen sich auf 97 Gefallene, 437 Verwundete, darunter den Kommandeur, und 56 Vermisste. Am 24. März 1918 wurde Major Graf von Castell zum Kommandeur ernannt. Eine andere Quelle nennt Major Utz (15. April 1918) als Nachfolger von Oberst Staubwasser. Im Spätsommer 1918 nahm das Regiment an den Abwehrkämpfen zwischen Oise und Aisne teil. Am 20. August 1918 war das Regiment dezimiert, allein vom I. Bataillon waren nur noch vierzig Mann am Leben, die übrigen gefallen, verwundet oder in Gefangenschaft. Am 25. September 1918 wurde Oberstleutnant Karl Bucher zum letzten Kommandeur ernannt. Das Regiment stand am Ende des Krieges in der Champagne.

Die Gesamtverluste des Regiments betrugen während des Ersten Weltkriegs:
 Tote: 64 Offiziere, ein Arzt, 246 Unteroffiziere und 2701 Mannschaften
 Vermisste: 17 Unteroffiziere und 250 Mannschaften
 Kriegsgefangene: zwölf Offiziere, ein Arzt, 82 Unteroffiziere und 427 Mannschaften

Ritterkreuzträger des Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens des Regiments von 1914 bis 1918
 10. März 1916: Leutnant Otto Rompf († 20. Mai 1917)
 9. Oktober 1918: Major Hermann Gierl

Verbleib

Nach dem Waffenstillstand von Compiègne marschierten die Reste des Regiments nach München zurück, wo vom 13. bis 28. Dezember 1918 die Demobilisierung und anschließende Auflösung erfolgte.

Die Tradition übernahmen in der Reichswehr die 4., 15. und 16. Kompanie des 19. (Bayerisches) Infanterie-Regiments in München und Landshut.

Zum 250-jährigen Gründungsjubiläum wurde 1932 unter dem Protektorat des letzten Regimentsinhabers Rupprecht von Bayern die Jubiläums-Medaille des 2. Königlich Bayerischen Infanterie Regiments "Kronprinz" gestiftet und verliehen.

Siehe auch
 Liste der bayerischen Militärverbände
 Liste der kurbayerischen Regimenter der Frühen Neuzeit

Literatur
 Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser: Das Bayernbuch vom Weltkriege 1914–1918. Band 1, Chr. Belser AG Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930.
 Otto Staubwasser: Das K. B. 2. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz. Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv, München 1924, (=Band 24 der Reihe zu den bayerischen Einheiten in Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter, digitalisiert: )
 Günther Voigt: Deutschlands Heere bis 1918. Band 10: Bayern: Infanterie-Leib-Regiment, Infanterie-Regimenter 1–23, Jäger-Bataillone 1–2, 1. Maschinengewehrabteilung. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984, ISBN 3-7648-1199-4.

Einzelnachweise

Regiment der Frühen Neuzeit
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Infanterieregiment 02
Bayern Infanterieregiment, Bayerisches #:2
Bayern Inf 2

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Toka Kahn Clary & Sacred "Diamond" Downing Win at Boardwalk Hall in AC
Real Deal Sports & Entertainment along with Mis Downing with matchmaker Kevin O'Sullivan presented a ten bout card Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, NJ, over USA CBS Sports Network.
In the Main Event Liberian Featherweight southpaw Toka Kahy Clary, 25-1 (17), of Providence, RI, defeated Emmanuel "Venanzo" Dominguez, 22-7-2 (14), of Agumscalientes, MEX, 10 rounds for the WBA-NABA Featherweight title.
In the opening round the taller Dominguez edged out the heavy favorite Clary. It would seem to be the last round that he would win. Though the aggressor, Dominguez was met with right crosses from the smaller southpaw Clary landing them to take the round. In rounds 3 through 6 Clary had his way staying one step ahead of Dominguez.
In the seventh through the tenth and final round Dominguez made a fight of it but seemingly never quite doing enough to take a round.
Judges scores were 98-92 twice and 97-93 with this writer having it 99-91. Benjy Esteves, Jr. did his usual good job as the referee.
In the co-feature of the evening this bout filled in for 3 scheduled bouts that fell through.
Russian Cruiserweight Alexey Egorov, 5-0 (4), of Obninsk, RUS, destroyed Luther Smith having him down twice and halfway through the ropes causing Referee David Fields to stop the onslaught in the first round.
Welterweight Greg Outlaw, 5-0 (2), of Bowie, MD, brought many fans with him from home as he stopped Dan Murray, 3-2 (0), of Lanoka Harbor, NJ, at 1:47 of the second round in a scheduled 6.
In the second round referee Ron Bashir had seen enough after the first knockdown. By the second one he wisely waved it off.
The long awaited professional debut of Super Bantamweight Sacred Downing, 1-0 (0), of Trenton, NJ, finally took place. There wasn't a lot of action but Downing dominated for 3 rounds. In the fourth round a nasty cut above the left eye of Hart's stopped it in a scheduled 4. Downing was an Olympian who had won many titles and is now a pastor. All 3 judges and this writer had it 40-36.
Welterweight southpaw Poindexter Knight, 5-0 (2), of Philadelphia, PA, defeated a game Jean Carlos Sepulveda, 0-1-1, over 6 rounds.
Judges scores were 40-36 twice and 39-37 as did this writer score it. Ron Bashir was the referee.
Super Lightweight Daiyann Butt, 1-0 (0), of Haverford, PA, won an easy 4 round decision over Samuel Forjoe, 0-3, of Ghana and Bronx, NY.
Forjoe seemed content just to go the distance. The much taller Butt used an effective jab and hit him with everything but the kitchen sink. One had to wonder about his lack of punching power. The Referee was Sparkle Lee.
Bantamweight Alejandro Jimenez, 2-0 (0), of New Hope, PA, won a hard fought decision over Dallas Holden, 1-3 (0), of Atlantic City, NJ, over 4 rounds.
Judges had it 39-35 twice and 40-34 as did this writer. Ron Bashir was the Referee.
There were many boxers there with the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame inductions being on Sunday. The press sat so far back they had to send in pigeons since we couldn't hear the scores.
Diaz wins by decision; Clary Upset
By: James Cullinane
Featherweight prospect Christopher "Pitufo" Diaz of Puerto Rico improved his record to 18 – 0 (11KO) winning a unanimous decision over Raul Hirales (22-6-11, 11KO) of Mexico in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing sponsored "Solo Boxeo" at the Osceola Heritage Park Exhibition Hall in Kissimmee, Florida on Friday night.
Diaz, promoted by Top Rank and a stable mate of WBO Latin American Lightweight Champion, Felix Verdejo, was headlining his first card and did not disappoint the predominantly, Puerto Rican crowd.
Diaz landed sharp, clean body shots and combinations throughout the fight and was never in trouble against Hirales, one of the toughest opponents he has faced to date.
As the fight progressed Hirales was able to land some clean shots to the head of Diaz, but each time he did, Diaz countered effectively with crisper, harder combinations that stifled any momentum Hirales hoped to build. Diaz worked harder and more effectively each round, never leaving the outcome of the fight in doubt.
Both fighters came out slugging in the eighth and final round with Diaz finishing strong to seal the victory.
Earlier in the night, in a stunning upset, previously undefeated, Top Rank featherweight, Toka Kahn Clary (19-1-1, 13 KO), was knocked out in the first round by Jhon "The Disaster" Gemino (15-7-1, 7KO).
Clary, the more aggressive fighter from the start, showed glimpses of his speed as he flicked his jab at the shorter Gemino. But Gemino was a quick study and midway through the opening round countered one of Clary's jab with a perfectly timed, overhand right that cracked Clary across the chin and dropped him to the canvas.
Clary was unable to get off the mat and was still clearly dazed long after the referee counted him out. Gemino leapt for joy in his corner as he was declared the winner at 1:30 into the first round. A huge underdog coming into the fight, this was by far Gemino's biggest victory as a professional.
In the most entertaining fight of the night, Super Lightweight, Julian "Hammer Hands" Rodriguez (14 – 0, 10KO) outslugged Brazilian Claudionei Lacerda (17-16-1, 12 KO) in an eight-round thriller, eventually winning by unanimous decision.
Rodriquez, also a Top Rank fighter, almost suffered the same fate as Clary as Lacerda came out swinging and dropped Rodriguez to a knee with a crunching left to the body early in the opening round. Fully intending to end the fight, Lacerda followed up after the mandatory eight with a wild flurry that Rodriguez was able to fend off with good defense.
As Lacerda slowed his attack, Rodriguez, a former Golden Gloves Champion (141 lbs) from New Jersey, was able to climb back into the fight with several hard lefts that rocked Lacerda. The action went back and forth for the remainder of the round and set the tone for the rest of the fight.
Fully recovered from the knockdown, Rodriguez came on strong and clearly won the second and third rounds by connecting with several, hard combinations that hurt Lacerda.
Though outmatched, Lacerda showed great heart and stayed in the fight with his aggressive counterpunching in the fourth. In the fifth round, Rodriguez stunned Lacerda with a hard right to the head, but Lacerda still would not quit, coming back and having perhaps his best round in the sixth.
In the seventh, Lacerdo hit Rodriguez with a clean, uppercut that shook Rodriguez, but only momentarily. "Hammer Hands" then turned it on to finish the round strong, punishing Lacerda with a series of strong lefts to the body and head. The eighth and final round was more of the same as Rodriguez and Lacerda gamely mixed it up.
Rodriguez landed a hard, right to Lacerda's chin midway through the final round that hurt Lacerda and excited the crowd, but he was unable to finish the tough Brazilian and the outcome was left to the judges.
A physical fight with lots of clinching between exchanges, both fighter's faces were red and swollen at the end of the bout. The final scores were 77-73, 78-72, 78-72 all in favor of Rodriguez.
The final Top Rank fighter on the card, Jean Carlos "Chapito" Rivera (8 – 0, 5 KO), was dominant in his victory over Raul Chirino (7 – 3, 3 KO) of Miami.
In his one round of action, local, Orlando boxer and fan-favorite, Rivera beat Chirino high and low, bloodying Chirino's nose and pounding his ribs. A crisp uppercut after a body shot midway through the round forced Chirino to take a knee for a mandatory eight count.
More punishing body blows by Rivera, one of Top Rank's most highly regarded prospects, and Chirino had the fight taken out of him. He barely survived to the bell ending the first round and was unable to answer the bell for the second. The win kept Rivera's professional record a perfect eight wins against no losses.
Other results:
2014 Golden Glove (152 lbs) winner Sammy Valentin (8 – 0, 6 KO) of Tampa, FL defeated Gledwin Ortiz (4 – 2, 3 KO) of the Bronx, NY with a 3rd round knockout in a competitive, back and forth fight. Valentin caught Ortiz with a hard right on top of the head that dazed Ortiz midway through the third, then followed with a flurry of lefts and rights, culminating with an upper cut that dropped Ortiz to the mat. Ortiz beat the count, but was still wobbly, forcing referee Frank Santore to call off the fight.
Jonathan Irizarry (2 – 0, 2 KO) of San Juan, Puerto Rico overwhelmed Nolasco Tomas (0 – 2, 0 KO) scoring a knockout 1:32 into the first round to score his second consecutive knockout victory to begin his professional career.

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Growing in Christ
Scripture: John 3:14, Zechariah 3:1-5, Luke 5:27-32
Date: 08/02/2014 Lesson: 5
"This week we will look at Jesus' teachings regarding the simple practical steps needed for salvation."
Welcome to Sacramento central Seventh-day Adventist Church. We are so glad that you are tuning in and I hope you've had a wonderful week. We have and we're ready to sing songs and open up God's Word and study together. So if you are at home or you're listening on the radio, various television networks - however you're joining us - if you have a hymnal at home, pull it out and join with us as we start singing, 'I must tell Jesus' - #485 - and this is a request from Moses and silkala in australia, selina and jonathan in the netherlands, ignacius in saint lucia, and Simon in uganda, and there were several more names for this. It's a nice favorite.
We're going to sing the first and last stanzas. #485 - Join with us. Isn't it wonderful that you can tell Jesus? All of your burdens you can tell him and he will always listen and he will help you if you let him. Our next song is #145 so if you have a favorite that you would like to sing with us on an upcoming program, go to our website at 'saccentral.org' and click on the 'contact us' link and send in your request. And this is one that clearly nobody - one person here has heard this one before and I don't think anybody else around the world has because no one has requested this.
So we're definitely going to learn this altogether today. #145 - 'Songs of thankfulness and praise' - first, second, and fourth stanzas. Join with us. Oh, I love the tin whistle on that song and the strings and, of course, Joseph on the piano. Wonderful.
Lovely. Lovely. At this time let's bow our heads for prayer. Father in Heaven, we do give you songs of thank-fulness and praise today for the wonderful things that you have done for us and we know that you are going to do for us and we just love you and we open up our hearts to you today and we ask you to come in and fill them. Thank you so much for blessing us with the Sabbath and your word and the freedom that we currently have in this country.
Be with Pastor Doug as he brings us our lesson study and thank you so much for his ministry - not just here at central but around the world as well. In Jesus' Name, amen. At this time our lesson study will be brought to us by Pastor Doug Batchelor. Thank you very much debbie and our musicians and singers up front and singers out there. Happy Sabbath.
Good to see each of you. We know that especially during this time of year we sometimes have guests and people are coming and going with some of the summertime travel and vacation. I want to welcome those who are tuning in - part of our ongoing Sabbath school class - and we'd like to welcome you to central study hour. We're continuing in just a moment with our new series. I guess we're about five lessons into it now, 'the teachings of Jesus' and we'll get to lesson five in a minute.
I just want to let you know we have a free offer - 'three steps to heaven' and the - it's offer #102 so when you call just ask for that and we have Christian operators that will take that down. Make sure they send you the right book. And the number you call is -study-more and that acronym is for 866-788-3966. Ask for the book 'three steps to heaven.' And please read that and share it. Our lesson today - now last week we had a lesson on salvation - that was lesson 4 - today's lesson #5 'how to be saved'.
I don't know if you can think of anything more important that we can be studying and even for those of us, myself included, who may have been Christians for years, we need to have a refresher course on this subject all the time. Even Paul said, 'I die daily.' And we need to be born again every day. I've always reasoned that if you die daily and you're not born again daily, you end up more dead than alive. So it's important for us to have a refresher in this experience. We have a memory verse and the memory verse is John 3:14 and 15.
We all know John 3:16, these are the verses that immediately precede that. John chapter 3:14 and 15 - we'll read it from the new king James. Are you ready? This is how it is in your lesson. Here we go. "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
" What a wonderful promise. Now, probably a good idea to, by way of introduction, talk about what does that verse mean? As Moses lifted up the serpent, I mean, so The Son of man must be lifted up like a serpent? Where did sin originate? There in the Garden of Eden you hear about the woman and it says the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent and the serpent would bruise his heel. So why would Christ be symbolized as a serpent being lifted up? And this has caused a lot of confusion for people. I'll tell you, when I read this verse, it came to me. I was actually living in the mountains in the desert as, you know, this experience happened in the desert.
Maybe I ought to talk about the experience real quick. The children of Israel, during their wandering time - in the book of Numbers it says they became dissatisfied with the manna they were eating every day. They began to complain and say, 'you know, wish we had the fleshpots of Egypt and the onions and the fish and' - and God withdrew his protection from them and a plague of serpents - they all hatched out and these fiery venomous serpents all of a sudden just began to hatch out all around the camp and slithering into their tents and they were being bitten by them, putting on their moccasins and getting bitten and they were dying. And they came to Moses and said, 'forgive us for complaining' - by the way, when you complain about God's manna the serpent comes in, right? When eve didn't want to eat what God said she should eat and wanted to eat what she wasn't supposed to eat, the serpent came in. Isn't that right? It still happens today.
Anyway, so they cried to Moses and said, 'what shall we do?' God told Moses, 'take a bronze - make a bronze serpent' - you know, obviously they could do forging even out there in the wilderness. They'd forged a golden calf and they were pretty quick about setting up a forge and making things - 'and make a bronze serpent and put it on a pole and tell the people whoever looks at that will live.' And you think, 'does that mean they're supposed to worship snakes?' Even they got confused about that because years later they still had that serpent even during the time of hezekiah that thing had somehow survived - that relic - and the people were praying to it and hezekiah said, 'no, don't do that.' And he broke it into pieces and said it's just a piece of brass. And God never intended for them to worship a serpent or pray to a bronze serpent on a pole. It symbolized something. Now, when I lived in the desert I had a stick there leaning up against a wall in my cave and I called it my snake stick because it was not uncommon, especially during certain times of the day - I've been out hiking with friends they go, 'be careful.
This is rattlesnake country.' And I'll say, 'you have nothing to worry about, it's the middle of the day. You won't find one anywhere. They're hiding. It's too hot.' Or they'll say, 'be careful. It's rattlesnake country.
' And I'll say, 'it's the middle of winter, you have nothing to worry about.' But there are certain times of day when they come out and I always - you get a feel - in the desert it was just a little before or after sundown - maybe even in the morning when it warmed up a little bit - and they were out at those prime hunting times. And I had a stick because I'd find one and, you know, it's hard - unless you're really good - throwing rocks at a snake, but with a stick you could clobber them. My stick actually had a noose on the end of it. I had a little wire noose and I'd put it over their head and just pull and it would take care of them. But then, even after that, if I just clobbered it with a stick, you never reach out and pick up a snake when you think you've killed it because many people have been bitten thinking, 'it's mortally wounded.
' And it snaps around instinctively - they're very tenacious - and it bites. So if you're going to take it off, you want to bury it. You don't leave a dead venomous snake out on the open ground because even the fangs in the skeleton, if someone steps on it, can still cause a lot of problems. So you take it out and you bury it. And it was very common for people in this shepherd community in the desert to see a shepherd carrying a snake lifted up on a stick - on a staff.
That represented a dead snake headed for burial. You got that? So when he lifted up this serpent on a pole it represented the ultimate demise of the serpent and its work - its venom would be overcome - the power of the devil and sin. And so that was a sign of hope for them - that they would be saved - they would be delivered from the power of the venom - the power of the serpent. And so by looking in faith, Christ, as Moses lifted up the serpent, when Christ was lifted up Jesus took sin - he took the venom of the devil in himself and it represents through faith in his sacrifice, we can be delivered from the disease of sin. That venom was in their blood when they got bit and we've got sin in our natures and it requires a miracle for us to be healed.
I mean, you can't put a - tourniquet around a whole body, you know, to save them - we need a miracle because it's diffused all through us. And so that was represented by that. So let's get into our lesson - lesson #5 - go to the first page, 'recognizing your need'. Now this comes from, in Luke :30 when the scribes and the pharisees were complaining - let me just get some of you set up first. Somebody has psalm 14, verse 3.
I don't know who has that verse - if you do - over here? We'll get you a microphone so you'll be next. And somebody else, I think, has got Matthew 14:7. I don't know who has that one. Well, maybe I said that wrong. Matthew 4:17 - well - you got a microphone over here? Juan, why don't you bring that up to mike for me.
And, in the meantime, let's look at Luke 5, verse 30. "And their scribes and the pharisees complained against his disciples, saying, 'why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?' Jesus answered and said to them, 'those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'" Where was Christ's ministry the most successful? Among the religious leaders or was it among the shepherds and the rough fishermen and the tax collectors and the harlots? The Bible tells us not many wise - not many noble - it seemed to be it was the off-scouring of society that came to Jesus - the poor people. And they recognized their need. That's why Jesus said it's hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
We can get where we're self-sufficient. But the poor and the sinful, they knew they had a problem. So the first step in salvation - we're talking about 'what do we need to do to be saved?' - The first thing is you need to know you have a problem. I like to say that's really not the first thing. I think the first thing is you need to have a picture of God.
When you see the goodness of God, by contrast you will know you have a problem. The reason that these scribes and pharisees and tax collectors - I'm sorry, the reason that the tax collectors and sinners came to the house of Matthew is because they saw Jesus - because Jesus had shown them mercy. In the same way, when we see our sin - we see the goodness of God, we become aware of our sin - it's like that story of Isaiah. "In the year that king uzziah died" - Isaiah 6 - it says, "in the year that king uzziah died, I saw the Lord" - and after he sees God on his throne, surrounded by holy angels and in his glory, then Isaiah sees himself and he says, "woe is me." So first thing is we see God, then we realize we've got a problem. And so when we're aware of our sickness, that's the first thing.
If you look, for instance, in John 16, verse 8, speaking of the work of the Holy Spirit, "and when he has come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." And so one of the things that the Holy Spirit has to do is show us we have a problem. Now, in our culture today, it's increasingly popular to tell virtually everybody, no matter what immoral thing you're doing - assuming it's not too illegal - not to feel bad about yourself, but to 'be accepting of yourself.' And 'we're all different.' And the whole concept of guilt is viewed to be just categorically evil - all guilt being bad. 'You should never feel guilty for anything.' That's kind of the message that you get in the songs and the shows and the media and the billboards and the magazines - it's just like - don't ever - 'if it's making you feel bad then you're not buying the right product.' Or 'if you're feeling bad about something it's just your attitude.' There's really nothing wrong because, after all, if we've all evolved - 'if it feels good do it.' 'Survival of the fittest.' Right? It's kind of a hedonistic mindset in our world today but, biblically, guilt is not all bad. Matter of fact, yes, the holy spirit does come to convict people of sin. Loose translation: make you experience guilt.
By the way, if you are guilty, should you feel guilty? Yeah. If you're a parent and your children are shoplifting - whenever you go to the store they're purloining all kinds of things - and you get out of the store and you've got to shake 'em down because they're stealing and you say, 'you shouldn't do that. That's not right. That's stealing.' And they just shrug and say, 'oh, I got caught. I'll be more careful next time.
Mom, dad, you wouldn't want me to feel bad. Should I feel guilty for doing what comes naturally?' Should they be ashamed? You want them to experience appropriate shame because it's then that you go for forgiveness and cleansing. You know, some people have never really experienced the right kind of shame and guilt and conviction for their sin and, because of that, they've never really experienced forgiveness and healing and joy. Alright read for us psalm 14, verse 3. Psalm 14, verse 3, "they have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.
" Romans chapter 3:23 - how many have sinned? All. How many are sick, spiritually? All. By the way, psalm 14:3, Paul quotes that same verse in Romans. Jeremiah 17:9, "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" You know, our world today is very much like the world in the days of Noah, where it says, "the thoughts of men's hearts are only evil continually." Ecclesiastes 7, verse 20, "for there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin." Job 5, verse 7, "yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward." You've probably seen when you throw a piece of wood on the fire and all of a sudden the sparks fly - they don't fly down, they fly up. Heat rises.
And so job is saying, 'just as sparks fly upward when you throw something on the fire, we've got this natural bent to sin.' John 1:10, "if we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and His Word is not in us." So one of the signs that His Word is in us is, at least, confession and recognizing that we've got a problem. We're sinners. Now, just, you know, I want to cover the important components of salvation here and so I don't want to take it too far but, in the simplest of terms, man was originally made by God with a nature - adam and eve - where they were motivated, naturally, by love. Love for God and a desire to please and obey him was spontaneous and natural. After sin, they damaged their nature themselves and instead of being motivated by love, they'd become selfish and they were motivated by selfishness.
There's only two roads. There's only two motives. There's only two masters. It's either Christ and love - the devil and selfishness. It's either living for the honor of God and living humble lives or being proud and living for our own glory.
There's only two masters - two directions - two roads - in life. We are all naturally inclined towards the proud, selfish, self-glorifying road. It's just like a broken magnet or compass that points the wrong way. It's always pointing inward. And so what Jesus did is he came - through the power of the spirit he lived a perfect life of love to God.
He gives us the ability to have that change. It's a new birth. A change in the heart where, instead of being motivated by selfishness and pride, we do what is not natural. We are motivated by love for God. Now that doesn't mean once you're born again that you don't see that compass needle wanting to fight back in the old direction.
We have to keep calibrating it through His Word, through prayer, to set our attention upon him, to fix our eyes on him, to remember how much he loves us - because why do we love him? Because he first loved us. So as we see his love for us - alright, so we're moved by the love of God but we're all naturally sinners. Let me give you another verse or two here before we go to mike. Luke 18, verse 13 - you've got to recognize you've got a need - Jesus tells the parable of two men that come up to the temple to pray. One's a publican and one is a pharisee and the pharisee's praying.
He's saying, 'lord I thank you I'm not like other men.' But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but he smote on his breast and said, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.' What's he looking for, justice or mercy? "'Be merciful to me, a sinner.' And Jesus said, 'I tell you this man'" - the publican - because he recognized his need - "this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone that exalts himself will be abased and he that humbles himself will be exalted." So, again, you see in the teaching of Jesus - the man who knew he had a need. He humbled himself. God could work with that. When Jesus said, 'I'm going to spew you out of my mouth.' To the church of laodicea, he said, 'I would that you are hot or cold.' Does hot or cold mean 'I would that you were saved or lost?' No. All of the - all the people of the world are naturally lost.
No one's born saved. He's saying, 'I would that you were repentant. You may be struggling with sin but I would that you are humble and repentant. I can deal with that. If you know you've got a problem.
And if you're saved and on fire and out working for me, I can work with that. But when you're Lukewarm and you think you're fine the way you are, I can't do anything.' So the first step is you've got to know that there's a problem. And it's seeing the goodness of God that helps us recognize that. What brought about Paul's conversion? He saw God. He said, 'I lived what I thought was a great life.
I was a good pharisee. But then Christ revealed himself to me and I - my comeliness turned within me into corruption.' I'm paraphrasing two different verses now. But it works - right there anyway. So what brought about zaccheus' conversion? He saw the Lord and Jesus wanting to be at his house it just converted him - broke his heart. And I could just go down the line of different ones.
The thief on the cross - what brought about his conversion? He saw Christ lifted up and he saw Jesus say, 'father, forgive them.' He saw the sign above his head, 'this is the King of the jews' and those things, by seeing Jesus, it brought about his conversion. Alright, so one more - John :39, "and Jesus said, 'for judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.'" What did he mean by that? People think, 'oh, I see fine. I'm okay. I understand.' He can't reveal anything to people that are full. But those that recognize that they're blind, he can open their eyes.
Jesus said most of the world are following blind leaders. Alright, so then when we see the goodness of God and we recognize we've got a problem, that leads to the next step, which is what? Repentance. How many people need to repent? Let's read this verse from our lesson: John - I'm sorry, Luke :1 - Luke 13:1 - this is kind of a troubling verse, "there were present at that season" - during the feast - "some who told him about the galileans whose blood pilate had mingled with their sacrifices." - There was a riot in the temple - some people had gone to sacrifice, the roman soldiers were sent into the temple and they just took no prisoners. They just started killing the guilty rebels along with people who had come to offer sacrifice and a number of people were slaughtered. And the religious leaders were saying, 'well, if those men had come to church to offer sacrifices but they were slaughtered, it's because they were really guilty in their hearts.
They weren't sacrificing for the right reason.' And Jesus said, 'no, that had nothing to do with it.' Do you ever meet people or find that a plane crashes and someone says something dumb like, 'well, that's because everyone on that plane they were coming back from reno.' Or whatever it is. You know. We just try to say, 'well, it happened to them because they were all doing something really bad.' And Jesus said, 'don't think that way.' Solomon said, 'time and chance happens to all.' Isn't that right? And so some people are like a bird taken in an evil snare. Things happen. Even good people get involved in deadly collisions on the road, right? And so we've just got to remember that.
He said, "do you suppose that these galileans were worse sinners than all other galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." Can that be misunderstood? When he says the word 'you' it doesn't mean 'you' singular, it means 'you' plural. You - unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. He's not done. Verse 4, "or those eighteen on whom the tower in siloam fell" - there was a tower and it buckled and it fell over and a bunch of people had been gathered by the wall and 18 men were crushed and killed when the tower collapsed and everyone said, 'oh, those 18 that were closest to the wall, they must have had some special sin in their life and that's why that happened to them.' - People think that way. And Jesus said, 'no.
' This ought to make us all shudder a little bit. We think that just because we serve the Lord, nothing bad will happen. Did bad things come to job's family? Even job said, 'good and evil comes to all.' Jesus said, 'God sends the rain and the sunshine into every life.' But one thing Christ wants us to know - he said, "do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." So, we all need to repent. What is repentance? Repentance is a sorrow for sin and a willingness to turn away from it. Alright, mike, are you ready? Go ahead.
I'm going to have you read Matthew - what did I say? 4:17. Matthew 4:17, "from that time Jesus began to preach and to say, 'repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" When Jesus first began to preach, what were the first words out of his mouth? R-e-p-e-n-t - repent. And when John the baptist began preaching in the wilderness, what was the first word out of his mouth? You can look in Matthew 3, verse , "in those days John the baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, - here it goes. First word - "'repent!'" So is this a priority message from the Lord? Do you hear very many messages these days about members needing to repent of their sins? So many of the sermons are feel good. Repent is not a feel good sermon.
Repent is a - it's a troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy sermon. And you don't hear that very often. But Jesus said unless people know that they're going to perish - unless they repent they're going to perish. They've got to turn. Acts chapter 2 - after Peter preached there at pentecost, verse 38, saying that the people had crucified the Messiah, they said, 'men and brethren, what shall we do?' First words out of Peter's mouth were, "repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin and you will receive the gift of the holy spirit.
" Now that's the good news. How long after repentance were they to receive the Holy Spirit? After Isaiah said, 'woe is me, I am undone. I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes have seen the King." After Isaiah repented what happened? It says God sent cleansing with a coal from the altar right away. After zaccheus repented and confessed and said, 'if I've taken anything I shouldn't have taken, I'll pay back four times.' Jesus said, 'salvation has come to this house.' Right away. After Paul prayed and repented - of course, Paul prayed three days.
He'd been out killing Christians. But as soon as he repented God forgave him. He sent ananias to his house and he was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit, right? And so as soon as we repent, God wants to cleanse us and accept us. But it needs to happen. Now what does the word 'repent' mean? In the Hebrew it comes from the word 'naham' which means - it almost sounds like the word - to sigh or breathe heavily; to be sorry; to repent.
In Greek it's metanoeo - to feel regret; to think differently; to turn from sin to God.' In the dictionary 'repent' means, 'remorse, regret, or contrition for past conduct or sin; to feel such regret so as to change one's mind regarding it as in repenting for intemperate behavior; to make a change for the better as a result of remorse or contrition for one's sin. Now, biblically, and it doesn't spell it out as much in the lesson because the lesson is short, but I think it's important to say. Part of the steps of salvation, along with repentance, is confession. The Bible tells us 'whoever confesses and forsakes his sin will have mercy.' So there's a part of repentance that means verbalizing that you recognize that you are a sinner to God. Have you not only thought that you were a sinner but also told God? You might be thinking, 'well, I don't need to tell God.
He knows what things I have need of before I pray. I don't need to tell him.' Well, maybe you do need to tell him. If we know that we have broken God's law - if we've violated the standard of why he created us - if we've rebelled against his purpose for our life and the laws of the universe, and our rebellion has cost the life of his son, don't you think that is worth telling him that you're sorry? Confessing it; telling him. And it's something you may want to do by yourself. Does that mean confessing all the sins you've ever committed? Yes, but you may not verbally remember them all or mentally remember them all or articulate them, but you do it by category, in my mind.
In other words, say, 'lord, I'm sorry for all my sin.' Right? And then specify what you do know. If you've been dishonest say, 'lord, I'm sorry for my lying.' Spell it out. Tell him, you know, 'I'm sorry for my pride, my selfishness - I'm sorry.' Just go through the Ten Commandments. Make a list. Pray that prayer that says, 'search me and try me and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.
' And you pray and say, 'lord, show me my sin.' Wouldn't you like God to show you now while you can still be forgiven as opposed to showing you in the judgment day when it's too late? Someone said, 'every day you put off repentance is one less day to repent in and one more day to repent of.' And another man asked a rabbi, 'what's the best time to repent?' And he said, 'the last day of your life.' And he said, 'really? What if I don't know what the last day of my life is?' And the rabbi said, 'exactly.' Meaning the sooner you do it, the better. And so, yeah, you don't want to put that off. And repentance is a gift. You can't schedule your repentance. Some people think, 'I'm going to live for the devil all my life and when I get a notice from the doctor that I've got six months to live, after five months I'll repent.
' And they just think they're going to put it off to the end but you don't know that you'll have the ability to repent. It's a very dangerous thing to do. People usually die the way they live and if you live procrastinating, you die that way. And I've also seen many people in their final illness - if it is a final illness, which is usually the case, not always - sometimes people die suddenly. But often in their final illness their health and mind is just so feeble and frail and sometimes they're all doped up with medication that they just don't have the lucidity to even understand and repent and they die with their sins still on their record.
And so you want to take care of it today. If you hear his voice, don't harden your heart. And tell him you're sorry. If you say, 'lord, help me repent.' Repentance is a gift God gives. It's the Holy Spirit that gives it, right? The goodness of God leads us to repentance.
How many does God want to repent? Peter 3:9, he is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." So if you tell the Lord, 'I'm wanting to repent. I'm willing to repent.' Does the lord want you to come to repentance? Will the Lord help you do what he wants you to do? That's very important. So if you say, 'lord, help me. I'm not even nearly as sorry as I should be.' If we could see ourselves through God's eyes, it would overwhelm us. Sometimes he only uncovers as much conviction as we can handle with the Holy Spirit.
Alright, and one more thing here - well, I've got several more things - 2 Corinthians 7:9, "now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry," - Paul is writing to the corinthian church - "but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a Godly manner...for Godly sorrow" - this is what we're talking about - Godly sorrow - "Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:" - it's the kind of sorrow for sin you shouldn't be sorry about. You understand that? It's a repentance not to be repented of. It's a kind of sorrow for sin you should not be sorry about, you should be thankful. You know, if you've got a son or a daughter that gets mixed up with drugs or alcohol and they start squandering their lives and, like the prodigal, they come to their senses and they come home weeping and say, 'father, I've sinned against heaven and I'm no more worthy to be called your son or your daughter.' They're sorry but you're happy about their sorrow, right? Well that's how the Lord feels when we are sorry for our sin. Someone look up Ezekiel 33:15 - who has that verse? We - like little fortune cookies we gave them out.
Get a microphone over here to manjeet, please. We'll get to her in just a second. Hold your hand up. I want to read Lamentations :40, "let us search out and examine our ways and turn back to the Lord." A lot of times people say, 'don't think about yourself, just keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.' That's right, we should keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, but every now and then, the Bible says, let every man examine himself whether he be in the faith. And sometimes we need to take our bearings and see where we are.
And it doesn't mean you spend all your time focusing on yourself, but in the balanced Christian life you need to say, 'where am i? Am I being a good reflection of Christ.' Alright, go ahead manjeet. Ezekiel 33:15, "if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statues of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die." Now we can't necessarily unwind and unscramble all the eggs we've scrambled in our lives. There are things that we've done, there are things that we've taken - you can't go back and find everybody that you may have gossiped about, but the Holy Spirit will bring things to your mind. There are wrongs that you can right. If it's something that's been stolen, if it's some pledge you've violated that you need to confess - and God'll give you wisdom how to approach that and you'd be surprised how many times I've had people come to me and they said, 'pastor, I'd like to meet with you.
' And this is usually serious. They want an appointment. And they say, 'I want to go to heaven. I want to be forgiven. I want eternal life, but I've stolen from my employer.
I stole thousands of dollars. It's been several years ago. I was never caught but I know that if I confess this I risk going to jail. What should I do?' I say, if you're going to suffer you're better suffering for doing good than evil.' And if you know that you've done something wrong and you've taken something that belongs to someone else - even if you can never pay it back, you need to go to them and at least come clean. And I can't think of one case - so many people have just said, 'pray for me.
' We've even had whole churches praying for people and they've gone to their employers or they've gone to whatever the situation - for some it was the government - it was like tax evasion - and we've prayed and I don't know any of them that ever ended up going to jail. Some of them - the boss said, 'I am so amazed. I'm going to hire you back.' Or - I mean, they said, 'because if you're honest enough to tell me this, I know that there were other things going on that no one ever told me. But because you're honest - you've got a conscience - I can trust you. I don't know who I can trust but I can trust you because you've got a conscience.
And even the government - they're called - believe it or not there are people at the government - you probably didn't know that there were real humans that work at the government. And some of them in the tax department the person called up and they didn't know anything about it and they said, 'I tell you what, we will waive these penalties and we'll do this and there's a payment program.' And it's amazing but the Holy Spirit works but the Lord says - and sometimes, more times than not, God just removes the problem. He blesses and he takes care of things. But even if you are going to have to suffer, we need to right some wrongs. And you know what? You'll be free even if you have to pay off some kind of payment or restitution.
At least your conscience will be clear. But sometimes it involves going back. I've had to do that. When I became a Christian I had to talk to some people I'd stolen from. I stole my step-mother's car - jaguar xke - wrecked it and she - she always assumed somebody drove into our driveway and hit the car.
We had a circular driveway. She thought someone drunk went through our driveway and hit the car and I let her just think that for years. After I became a Christian the lord put that on my heart. I don't know why that, but when I told betty that she thought, 'wow, this religion thing you're doing' - don't worry, I didn't have to buy her another jaguar. But my dad bought her a lamborghini after that.
But the thing was I needed to come clean. I had to go back to an employer. I stole from my baskin robbins employer. He trusted me with the keys. When I quit I made a copy of the key to the freezer where he kept the bank bag and before I ran away I went in there and I stole and he never knew.
It was always just a little bit, but I went back to confess. And so, sometimes it might be a relative. It might be your parents. But you should right the wrongs. That's evidence of the holy spirit working in our lives.
The Bible calls this the fruits of repentance. Matthew 3, verses 7 and 8, "but when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance." Now some people think I'm old fashioned but when someone comes to me and they say they want to get baptized and they're still living a life of sin - they say, 'well, you know, I love Jesus.' I say, 'wait a second. There should be fruit of repentance in your life. If you're sorry about the drinking and the smoking or whatever it is' - 'my girlfriend and I we're going to get married but we just want to get baptized.' 'No, you're living together. I'm not going to baptize you.
' If you're sorry, show fruits of repentance. Move out. Live in different places, right? 'Oh, but that'll cost too much.' Who said following Jesus was cheap? Isn't that right? People want to make all these excuses - 'that'd be inconvenient to obey.' Well, yeah, taking up your cross and following Jesus - there is a price to pay. It's - there's a cost. And so there ought to be fruit.
But I'm just - I'm so disappointed. So many pastors I hear - they keep lowering the standard of what repentance means to where it doesn't mean anything anymore. American express used to have an advertising slogan that said, 'membership has its privileges' and being a Christian and being part of his body - and that's what baptism means - there ought to be a standard - there should be fruits, in the life, of the spirit. Acts 26 - here's another example. Someone look up for me 2 Corinthians 5:17 - who has that? Right here.
Let's get you a microphone. Hold your hand up so they see you. Okay. In the meantime, I'm going to read acts 26:20, "but declared first to those in damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance." That means repentance is not only a sorrow for sin, but a sorrow, a confession, and a willingness to turn away. So if a person is walking toward destruction and they say, 'oh lord, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry. Thank you, lord, for your mercy. I'm sorry.' And they continue to walk toward sin, that's not repentance. Repentance is like this: you're walking toward destruction and you say, 'lord, I'm so sorry.' And you change directions. That's where repentance is a turn.
It means 'you turn.' Like a u-turn on the road. Okay, go ahead, 2 Corinthians 5:17. 2 Corinthians 5:17, "therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." Thank you. So this idea that once you repent and you accept Jesus, that you just continue living the same kind of life because, after all, we're all sinners. You've heard that, haven't you? That's not what the Bible teaches.
The Bible teaches there should be a radical transformation when there's a conversion. Old things have passed away. All things have become new. It may not happen in one day so don't become discouraged, but there ought to be a change. You know, with me I don't - I'm always reluctant to say anything because you don't ever feel like you're a standard that people should follow, but I accepted Jesus.
I quit drinking. I quit smoking. I quit cursing. I quit stealing. People who knew me before and then knew me after said, 'wow, you're no fun anymore.
' No, they said, 'there's a radical change.' They understood that there's a Marked difference. It doesn't mean you're perfect, but there ought to be the fruits of repentance in your life, right? God gives you victory. And should a person wait until they feel like they're sinless before they're baptized? No, you'll never be baptized. You should know you're forgiven. This is where I draw the line - how I understand it.
First of all, you ought to have a regular relationship with Jesus. There ought to be no area in your life where you are bound by the devil. There should be no area in your life where the devil has dominion over you. If a person is still held hostage by some addiction, then they shouldn't be baptized because it just doesn't make for a very good witness when you sit down next to somebody in a bar and you're drinking and you say, 'yeah, I got baptized last week but I'm still struggling a little bit with alcohol.' Or with drugs or whatever it is. You should pray the Lord gives you the victory.
It doesn't mean you'll never fall. It doesn't mean there'll never be temptation. It means there should be no area in your life where the devil has dominion because Paul makes it pretty clear that Jesus is the lord of your life. Sin should not have dominion over you, right? Does that make sense? Okay, next - very important section - 'believe' - after you repent and after you accept - you realize you've got a problem and you confess and by the power of the Spirit you experience conversion - a new heart - that comes in connection with believing. Believing is what leads, actually, to that new heart.
James 2:19, "you believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe - and tremble!" So there's something more than just believing that God exists. When we talk about believing, we're talking about a belief where you act upon it. It's real.
When Moses said to the people, 'look at the serpent and you'll be healed.' If a person was laying in their tent and they said, 'I believe.' But they don't ever crawl out of the tent and look, they don't really believe. You've got to act on that belief because there's a belief believing that there is a God and believing Jesus died on a cross for your sin - the devil believes that, right? So it's beyond that. Mark 9:23, "Jesus said to him, 'if you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.'" Now, you know, typically when we think of that we think, 'you mean I can work miracles? I can predict the future? I can move mountains?' No. When Jesus says this, he's especially talking about 'if you believe, all things are possible moving mountains of sin.' If you believe through faith, God can make radical transformations in your life that you might think are not possible. All things are possible.
What's the biggest problem we have? Not being able to work miracles or to predict the future? Or move piles of dirt? The big problem we have is sin. So if you believe, the biggest mountain can be moved. Luke 8:12 - does the devil want us to believe? - "Those by the wayside" - speaking about the seed - the good seed - fell on the road - "are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe." He does not want us to believe. The devil will do everything he can to stop that. When Philip was preaching to the Ethiopian eunuch out there in the desert and he believed the Word of God and he said, 'I want to be baptized.
Can I get baptized? What prevents me?' What did Philip say? Acts 8:37, "'if you believe with all your heart, you may.' And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is The Son of God.'" And in believing that you're believing that he, then, took your place and he can forgive your sins. Now you realize what I'm covering here is kind of a really condensed outline of salvation? Alright, more on belief. Ephesians 1:13 - I'm just giving you a lot of verses - "in him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise." Through trusting - it talks about salvation - and then we're sealed through believing. We need to trust in - when Jesus said, 'look, I'll trade places with you.' How do you know he trades places? I mean, we can't see The Father. We're living under condemnation.
How do you know it'll be covered? It's pretty frightening if somebody says, 'look, I'll pay a bill for you. Don't worry.' And you know if they don't or if they forget to pay that bill that they promised to pay for you that you're going to lose possession of your house. You'd really have to trust that friend when he says, 'don't worry, I'll make the payments.' And you don't see him walk in and do it. You'd really have to trust that person. Would you really want to risk your house? So when Jesus said, 'I'm going to take all of your sin.
' Can you trust him? Will The Father accept his payment? You're trusting your life in the price that he's paying on your behalf. Believe in Jesus. Romans 1:16, Paul said, "for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes." - Salvation for everyone who believes. There's a power, through the Holy Spirit, that comes into our lives, amen? "For with the heart" - Romans :10 - I'm rushing along - "for with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made" - there's confession again - "unto salvation." - Believing, confession, salvation - all there in these verses. By the way, I know I'm going to run out of time before I run out of verses.
I'll post these online at the central study hour website and at Amazing Facts so you'll have these other verses. Then there's the section about the wedding garment. So you believe what? You believe that through faith your sins are covered. And he tells the parable of the king who provides garments for those who come to the wedding. When The Father received The Son - the prodigal son who came home, what did he do? He brought out the best robe.
And when you read in Zechariah 3 - when Joshua, the high priest, had filthy garments, what did God say? 'Take away his garments and give him these beautiful robes to cover his sin.' When Elijah went to heaven, what did he leave behind? His mantle. Elisha tore his own garments and he put on the mantle of Elijah. When Jesus went to heaven he left behind his robe of righteousness that covers our sin. So we are justified immediately by the righteousness of Christ. And in Revelation 7:13 when he says, "who are these arrayed in white robes?" And the angel answered, "these are the ones who come out of great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
" the Lord, through his blood, has provided the detergent to cleanse us and to give us those pure, white robes. And the last section is 'following Jesus'. What is a Christian? A follower of Christ. The Bible tells us that - speaking of the 144,000 - 'these are those who follow the lamb withersoever he goes.' I know an old pastor who used to say, 'if you want to follow him there then, you must first follow him here now.' The disciples, who will be following Jesus in the kingdom first followed him here on earth. Jesus said if you want to be his disciple you need to be willing to forsake the sins of this world and follow him wherever he leads you.
Amen? He said to Peter, James and John, 'follow me and I will make you fishers of men.' Anyway, there's so much more I have to share. I - you know - a lot of what I didn't cover also is in this book. Please send for it. It makes it great for notes for the study - 'three steps to heaven' - just call 866-788-3966 and we'll send it to you and, God willing, we'll look forward to studying together again next week. We'll put the notes online.
God bless you. Hi friends. First, let's get this out of the way. I gave myself a haircut Sunday. But right after I finished teaching the lesson this last Sabbath, I thought to myself, 'this lesson is all about what must I do to be saved?' And I went through the entire lesson and I was convicted as I walked out of church, that I did not invite people to make a decision to accept Jesus.
So I wanted to do that right now. I came back in the studio and I said, 'I want to tape an invitation and give you, who are watching, an opportunity to say 'yes, today I would like to pray and surrender my life to Jesus and ask for his salvation and his forgiveness.' Maybe you've been going to church for years. Maybe you've never made that decision. Whatever the case might be, if you'd like to, right now, you can make that decision to accept Jesus as your personal Savior and receive the gift of eternal life - to pray for his spirit and God'll help you repent of your sins and take those other steps. Would you like to pray with me now? Father in Heaven, I believe that there are people who are watching through this lesson that have heard your Holy Spirit speak to their hearts and they not only want to know what to do to be saved, they want to make that decision right now.
Please be with them and bless them. Help them to, by faith, believe - to accept - give them the grace and your spirit to repent of their sins and to confess and then have confidence that, because of your promises, their sins are washed away and they can begin that new life in Jesus Christ. Thank you for your promise, lord, in Your Word and thank you for sending your son because you love us so much. We ask all these things in his name, amen. Now, friend, if you just prayed with me that prayer, you can begin that new life with Jesus right now.
You can experience his forgiveness and his salvation. I recommend you keep studying the word. I highly recommend you go to the 'Amazing Facts' website - it's simply 'amazingfacts.org' and go through our Bible study course there. That will strengthen your faith each day and your relationship with the Lord. God bless you until we study together again next week.
The Good News About Hell, Pt. 1
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If a person could be cloned, would all of the clones go to heaven?
Three Worlds
Saved from Certain Death
The High Cost of the Cross
The Supreme Sacrifice


It was my first visit to Siggraph in LA – but it most certainly will not be my last.
LA provided the opportunity to reconnect with some of my favourite Byron Bay Film Festival's filmmakers – as well as Adam Glick, Product Specialist/Designer for the Foundry's Project Bunsen – a large-scale cloud-based visualization framework that prepares and optimizes engineering, architectural, and other CAD and CAM data outputting to platforms including rendering and animation, virtual reality, augmented reality, and real-time game engines.
Adam and I go waaaaay back, as our fathers worked together establishing Vidcom in Auckland New Zealand which I like to think of as the Weta of the 70's. My father credited much of the success of the business to the technical genius's he managed to bring on the team such as Ian Richardson (above right) who went on to form Omnicom which then became Omnilab, and the late John Henry – later known as Swami Neelamber. Vidcom was New Zealand's largest independent studio and post house where they pioneered video, post production, VFX and telecine processes – and it was a wonderful playground for me as a young child.
I enjoyed a first hand look at some amazing new innovations through the exhibition and VR Village at the Conference Centre – including Neurable – a Brain-Computer Interfacefor Virtual and Augmented Reality and the Mill's Strata – Strata: A Biometric VR experience.
I ended my whirlwind stay in LA with another very select event – IMAX's Filmmaker's Symposium from which I went to straight LAX. This was an intimate group of no more than 20 of us, along with some of the most amazing minds and leaders from IMAX. I was joined by Daniel Bury – who is an amazing 360 Creator and gun for hire, Dan has done a lot of work over the years for Sydney's RapidVR – and is now basing himself in Europe and is another 'one to watch'.


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One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. — Joseph Stalin
Story of the English - Helene Guerber
When the English saw that George I. was more attached to his German friends than to any one else, they were not pleased. The Tories, many of whom had been satisfied as long as a Stuart reigned, were indignant at being turned out of their offices to make room for Whigs. They began to side with the Jacobites, and said that the crown ought to be given to the Pretender.
This party in favour of the Pretender even went so far as to proclaim him James III. of England, and to invite him to come over and join them. Provided with a small army by the French king, the Pretender started out; but he was of so timid a disposition that he inspired his followers with no confidence. The Jacobites were already disheartened by the battle of Sheriffmuir, and James soon gave up the contest and returned to France.
The Scotch, ever faithful to the Stuarts, had been the first to fight for the Pretender, and it was they who suffered most sorely. A few of the nobles were beheaded, although their friends tried to save them; but many were merely banished to America, where the colonies were steadily growing in importance.
As there was not much to amuse him in England, George made long and frequent visits to Hanover, leaving the government in the hands of his ministers, who did all they could to make Great Britain a great and free country. Little by little, through the king's neglect of his duty and through his absence from the meetings of his ministers, his power grew less while theirs grew greater. The ministers came to be very important officers of the government, and the king having let slip his control over them, his successors could never fully recover it.
For several years England was greatly excited over the South Sea Company's plan for trading with Spanish America. People were eager to get rich without working, so they gave all their money to speculators, who promised them ten pounds for every one they invested. A great many of the English foolishly believed this, and rashly gave their savings, although Walpole constantly warned them that the plan could not succeed. At that time there was no end to the wild schemes in which money was invested, for companies were even formed for making salt water fresh, and for changing all metals to gold! As Walpole had predicted, the South Sea scheme swelled like a bubble and burst. Many people lost all they had, and complained bitterly, but ever since then the English have not been by any means so ready to rush into wild speculation.
The reign of George I. was short and uneventful. He was king for thirteen years, and died of apoplexy in his carriage, on his way to Hanover, whither he was hastening back, as usual, after a short sojourn in England. His eldest son, who had been named Prince of Wales at his coronation, now became king, under the title of George II.
George II. had the simple tastes of his father, but was less clever and of a violent temper. He, too, preferred Hanover to England, and therefore left the government to Walpole.
The French and the Spaniards, meantime, had made a secret or "family compact "to help each other. The Spanish now boarded English ships under pretext of searching for their countrymen or goods, and acted very insolently. This, added to a quarrel about the boundaries of Georgia and Florida, made bad feeling between the two nations. One day a Spanish captain roughly tore off the ear of an Englishman named Jenkins. Then, flinging the fragment in the man's face, he bade him carry it to King George and tell the latter that the Spaniards would treat him in the same way if they caught him.
This rude message proved the "last straw," and started the "War of Jenkins's Ear," as it is sometimes called. But although the fighting began between England and Spain, a quarrel about the crown of Austria soon involved all Europe in the "War of the Austrian Succession." Great Britain, Holland, and Austria were on one side, France, Spain, Prussia, and Bavaria on the other, and the war spread even to the colonies. You can read in your United States histories how it was conducted in America, where it was called "King George's War." In Europe it was carried on by George II., who took part in and won the battle of Dettingen. But the British did not win any very great advantage, and after eight years the War of the Austrian Succession was ended by the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748).
Front Matter Review
The Britons
Caesar in Britain
Queen Boadicea
The Great Walls
The Great Irish Saint
The Anglo-Saxons
Brave King Arthur
The Laws of the Saxons
The Story of St Augustine
Three Great Men
The Danish Pirates
King Alfred and the Cakes
Alfred conquers the Danes
A King's Narrow Escape
The King and the Outlaw
The Monasteries
An Unlucky Couple
St Dunstan
King Canute and the Waves
A Saxon Nobleman
Lady Godiva's Ride
The Battle of Hastings
The Conquest
Lords and Vassals
Death of William
The Brothers' Quarrels
The "White Ship"
Matilda's Narrow Escapes
Story of Fair Rosamond
Thomas a Becket
Murder of Thomas a Becket
Richard's Adventures
Richard and the Saracens
The Faithful Minstrel
Death of Richard
The Murder of Arthur
The Great Charter
The Rule of Henry III
A Race
Persecution of the Jews
The Conquest of Wales
A Quarrel with France
The Coronation Stone
The Insolent Favourite
Bruce and the Spider
Death of Edward II
The Murderers punished
The Battle of Crecy
The Siege of Calais
The Age of Chivalry
The Battle of Poitiers
The Peasants' Revolt
Richard's Presence of Mind
A Tiny Queen
Henry's Troubles
Madcap Harry
A Glorious Reign
The Maid of Orleans
The War of the Roses
The Queen and the Brigand
The Triumph of the Yorks
Richard's Punishment
Two Pretenders
A Grasping King
Field of the Cloth of Gold
The New Opinions
Death of Wolsey
Henry's Wives
The King and the Painter
A Boy King
The Death of Cranmer
A Clever Queen
Elizabeth's Lovers
Captivity of Mary Stuart
Wreck of the Spanish Armada
The Elizabethan Age
Death of Elizabeth
A Scotch King
The Gunpowder Plot
King and Parliament
Cavaliers and Roundheads
"Remember"
The Commonwealth
Plague and Fire
The Merry Monarch
James driven out of England
A Terrible Massacre
William's Wars
The Duke of Marlborough
The Taking of Gibraltar
Bonny Prince Charlie
Black Hole of Calcutta
Loss of the Colonies
The Battle of the Nile
Nelson's Last Signal
First Gentleman of Europe
Childhood of Queen Victoria
The Queen's Marriage
Wars in Victoria's Reign
The Jubilee