Good morning everybody great to be here a joy to be with you all I'm so grateful to God for the faithfulness of this church and for your pastor and for the ministry that has been happening here in Chino for decades and it's a privilege a joy to be able to be out here this morning and I'm really looking forward six weeks from now to be in back here to be with the couples for the couples conference and I want to encourage you to come out and spend today we're going to have a lot of fun we're going to look at how we can rethink relationships and rethink marriage because I think most of us have gotten our cues about what marriage is supposed to be like from movies and from pop songs instead of from the Bible so we're going to look at what the Bible has to say about what makes for a strong and a healthy marriage and I hope you'll invite people you know this is a great opportunity for you to invite folks who may not come to church regularly get them to come out for a fun Saturday where we focus on marriage a great event so looking forward to being back that's six weeks it's the 27th of August and really looking forward to being here for that all right if you have your Bible and I hope you do I want you to meet me in Luke chapter 11 this morning and we're going to talk about a parable in Luke 11 that helps us understand prayer that's going to be our focus I don't know where you learned about prayer or how you learned how to pray some of us are still learning and on that journey I think it's a lifelong journey to learn about prayer but maybe you grew up at a home where prayer was normal or regular maybe you prayed for meals maybe you grew up at a home where Jesus' name was not used in prayer but was used in other ways maybe you have had formal instruction about prayer or maybe you've just watched other people do it but all of us have kind of come to prayer with questions wondering how does this work what's it all about and Jesus gives instruction about prayer in Luke chapter 11 I grew up in a church where as a boy we memorized the Lord's prayer we were taught when I was very young before I knew what a debt or a debtor was I was praying about forgiving debts as as we forgive our debtors I didn't know what I was saying I'm glad I had that memorized it served me well through the years I think it's good to memorize the Lord's prayer but you can you can grow up with a mindset that God's design for prayer is that we memorize something and then we just repeat it we chant it we we we we say it over and over again kind of like the pledge of allegiance it's a new declaration God's design for prayer is very different than that in fact I don't think it was Jesus' intention when he gave us the Lord's prayer for us to memorize and repeat it he was giving us a pattern for prayer that would help us think about and more carefully and clearly pray to him so while it's not bad to recite the Lord's prayer I don't think that's the main purpose for it our focus this morning is going to be on a passage where Jesus is giving instruction on prayer and after he teaches the basic framework for prayer he comes back around with a couple of illustrations that honestly have always been a little confusing for me I don't know if when you've read these parables about prayer that we're going to look at this morning if you've read them before I don't know if you've walked away scratching your head saying so what am I supposed to do with that I have for years kind of hurried past some of these parables and thought that doesn't make any sense to me I'll just get to the next part that makes sense so I spent a little time recently digging back in and saying what is Jesus telling us when he shares these parables about prayer and that's what I want our focus to be on here this morning so we're going to read Luke 11 beginning at verse one we'll read through it together and before we read God's word let's take a minute and let's ask him to bless the reading of his word father as we come now to your word we come as needy people we are in need of the work of your spirit in our hearts and our lives we confess to you that without your spirit we're helpless to comprehend what your word is teaching us here so holy spirit be our teacher this morning we pray and Lord our our hope our desire is that we would not only understand this issue better today but that we would be more than hearers of your word we would be doers of your word speak to us again through your word by your spirit we pray we ask this in Jesus name amen Luke chapter 11 beginning at verse one you follow along as I read this is the word of God for the people of God the Bible says now Jesus was praying in a certain place and when he finished one of his disciples said to him Lord teach us to pray as John taught his disciples and he said to them when you pray say father hallowed be your name your kingdom come give us each day our daily bread forgive us our sins as we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation and he said to them which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him friend lend me three loaves for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey and I have nothing to set before him and he will answer from within do not bother me the door is now shut and my children are in bed with me I cannot get up and give you anything I tell you though he will not get up and give and give him anything because he is a friend yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs and I tell you ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find knock and it will be opened to you for everyone who asks receives the one who seeks finds and the one who knocks it will be opened what father among you if his son asks for a fish will instead of a fish give him a serpent or if he asks for an egg will give him a scorpion if you then who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask of him amen may God add his blessing to this reading of his word the grass withers and the flower fades but the word of God will stand forever here's how we're going to divide this passage up we're going to look at four things as we look at this passage we'll look first at what I called the predicament that's verse one and then we'll look at the pattern that Jesus gives for prayer in verses two through four then we'll look at the parable which is in verses five through ten and then in verses eleven through thirteen we'll look at what I call the promise so we're going to start with this area of the predicament and I think starting here is is why the decide we have to understand why the disciples are asking Jesus to teach them to pray so Luke tells us that Jesus had been praying in a particular place and when he was done one of the disciples said to him teach us to pray and and I think you have to understand what the disciples thought about prayer in order to understand what was behind that question or when they asked for it for instruction on prayer if you had grown up as one of the disciples in a Jewish home in Judea or in Samaria or in Galilee you'd been wherever you were you would have heard the stories of the patriarchs you would have heard of the great men of God and you would have heard about some of the interaction between the great patriarchs and and God and that would have given you a perspective on prayer that probably would have caused you to be tentative about approaching God let me give you an example if you go all the way back to Exodus chapter 19 in fact keep your your finger in Luke 11 and flip back in your bible all the way to the beginning go to Genesis there are 50 chapters in Genesis so go ahead to Exodus that's the next book go to chapter 19 in Exodus and let me tell you what's going on in Exodus chapter 19 the children of Israel have been enslaved in Egypt Moses has led them out of bondage you know the whole story you've seen the movie the Ten Commandments so he brought them out God brings them out of Egypt after all of the plagues Pharaoh finally lets them go and then they're they're in the wilderness they have just entered into the wilderness and Moses is now about to meet with God on Mount Sinai and Exodus chapter 20 is where God gives Moses the Ten Commandments so in the chapter before the Ten Commandments here's what's going on I'm going to read this whole chapter just so we can get a feel for what what the Jews thought of when they thought about how you approach God with any kind of request Exodus 19 one says on the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt so that would be about three months after they've been out of Egypt on the third new moon on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai they set out from Refidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai and they encamped in the wilderness there Israel encamped before the mountain while Moses went up to God the Lord called out to him on the mountain saying thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the people of Israel you yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians how I bore you up on eagle's wings and brought you to myself now therefore if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples for all the earth is mine and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation these are the words you shall speak to the people of Israel so here's God on the mountain Moses is up and he says here's what I want you to tell the people remind them that I brought them out of Egypt that I brought them from bondage and slavery into this place of liberation that I bore them up on eagle's wings and now tell them after deliverance if they will obey me we'll have covenant blessing I'm going to bless them in their obedience give them that message so in verse 7 Moses came and called the elders of the people and set them set before them all the words that the Lord had commanded him all the people answered together and said all that the Lord has spoken we will do and Moses reported the word of the people to the Lord and the Lord said to Moses behold I am coming to you in a thick cloud that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe you forever so Moses and God have been having this conversation and God says we're about to have a moment I'm going to come in a thick cloud everybody's going to see this they're going to see you and me talking I want them to see this so that they know that what they hear from you is coming from me when Moses told the words of the people to the Lord the Lord said to Moses this is first hand go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow and let them wash their garments and be ready for the third day for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people and you shall set limits for the people all around saying take care not to go up to the mountain or touch the edge of it whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death no hand shall touch him but he shall be stoned or shot whether beast or man he shall not live when the trumpet sounds a long blast they shall come up to the mountain so Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people they wash their garments and he said to them be ready for the third day do not go near a woman so this is a setting apart this is going to be a special day we got to get ready we got to be consecrated and this is God's coming down verse 16 on the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightning and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast so that all the people in the camp trembled then God brought the people out of the camp to meet God and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain now Mount Sinai was wrapped up in smoke because the Lord had descended on it like a fire the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln and the whole mountain trembled greatly and as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder Moses spoke and God answered him in thunder the Lord came down on Mount Sinai at the top of the mountain and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up and the Lord said to Moses go down and warn the people lest they break through to the Lord and look and many of them perish also let the peace to the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves lest the Lord break out against them and Moses said to the Lord the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai for you yourself warned us saying set limits around the mountain and consecrated and the Lord said to him go down and come up bringing Aaron with you but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord lest he break out against them so Moses went down to the people and told them all right so you get the picture of what's going on this is a big day God's coming to speak with with Moses and the people are afraid and the mountains are trembling and there's smoke and there's thunder and it's loud and everybody's trembling now jump ahead 1500 years and Jesus disciples who've heard that story over and over and over again and have thought to themselves you got to be pretty careful when you go out to talk with God you could die they watch Jesus go off and spend hours in prayer with God on a hilltop and he comes back and he's smiling and they go Moses Jesus Lord teach us to pray you see what's behind the question there's something we've learned about prayer growing up that has made us fearful that has caused us to think we better not go too near God I don't know that we have rights there's a story we can't confirm that this is the case but you may have heard this that in the in the Old Testament when the priest would go into the inner sanctum to the holy of holies on the day of atonement they would tie a rope around him because they were concerned that if something was wrong God might kill him in the holy of holies and they would have to pull him out with the rope now again that's not confirmed that's not in the Bible but that's the Jewish mindset it is it's a terrifying thing to go stand before the God of Israel remember Dorothy and the Tin Man and the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion going in to see the great and powerful Oz and they're shaking and they're trembling that's how Jewish people thought about going before the God of the universe and now we watch Jesus go have a conversation with God and come back refreshed Lord teach us to pray that's the context here and we should know the Bible does teach that God is holy that he is high and exalted and we should go into his presence with reverence and respect there should be a fear of the Lord as you approach God not a quaking fear but a reverent fear of the Lord but the Bible also teaches that God has welcomed us as children that we are his father and in the same way that Jesus says let the little children come to me for of such as the kingdom our heavenly father says come to me I delight in your presence so these two things are both true and they shape how Jesus teaches his disciples to pray we can approach God without fear because of what Jesus has done but we should never approach him casually or carelessly we should always approach with a clear understanding of who he is and Jesus is saying to his disciples I know you see the predicament let me teach you how to pray and and we have to learn how to deal with this tension as well I don't know what you're thinking about God is or how it has shaped how you come to him in prayer there are some people who think God it's like a kindly old grandfather and you go up to him and you just say here's what I want and he pats you on the head and says here here and it gives you whatever you want other people who see him as an angry father who doesn't want to be bothered by his children some see him as a buddy others see him as unapproachable the bible helps us shape our thinking to say we can never forget who God is but we are welcome to come into his presence think about it this way let's say you were best friends growing up with the guy who is president I don't mean any particular president not getting political so you can you can pick your president you were either best friends with Barack or Donald or Joe or George pick pick the president you want to be best friends with okay you were best friends growing up with whoever this was and you used to call each other you know spunky and dimwit I mean you you thumped each other on the head you you fouled each other hard playing basketball that's just that's who you were you had that kind of relationship growing up that was very casual and comfortable and then this guy gets elected president and he comes to you and says I want you to serve in my serve in my administration well as soon as you step into the oval office with the your friend who is now the president your relationship takes on a whole new turn right now you come into his office and you say good morning mr president how can how can I serve you serve because of there's respect for the office he's now the president of the United States well turn it around with God the Jews always saw God as high and holy and lifted up and to go into his presence you would go in with your knees shaking and now he says sit down permission to speak freely we can talk about whatever you want to talk about call me George or Joe or Donald pick again pick your president's name this is how we have to understand there there are two truths that are both real God is near God is far God is close God is high and holy we need to keep both of those in mind and we see this in how Jesus begins to teach the disciples about prayer so we move from the predicament into the pattern for prayer and we're not going to spend a whole lot of time in this pattern for prayer but the place where Jesus starts when the disciples say teach us how to pray he says pray this way here's the first thing you say father now you look through your Old Testament and you find for me the number of times in the Old Testament that anybody called God father there are a handful of them but not many the thought of calling Yahweh whose name was so holy we wouldn't even say his name to call him daddy that just blew all the circuits on the disciples grid they say teach us to pray okay call God father what yes father and then what's the next thing he teaches them hallowed be your name Jesus says you start prayer remembering you have access to God as a father and his name is holy and you let those truths guide the rest of the conversation so the pattern for prayer begins with that that essential element draw near but don't forget who you're drawing near to this is your father who is holy and then he says after you've done that in the pattern for prayer make sure you're aligning your priorities with his priorities going to prayer is not trying to get God on your agenda it's about you getting on God's agenda so after you say father hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done it's saying Lord the reason I'm here is not to talk you into doing things my way but to do things your way father hallowed be your name I want to be on the same page with you and then we confess that we are utterly dependent on him for everything in life give us today our daily bread Lord we can't make it through the day without you everything we have is a gift from you we come dependently you're our father your name is holy we want to be about your agenda we're completely dependent on you and we are in need of grace we need your forgiveness to come now you understand when you come into a relationship with Jesus your sins past present and future are done away with God forgives them in that moment you have sins you have not committed yet that God has already forgiven that's the promise of God but the Bible tells us that we're to confess our sins before God because if we confess our sins he's faithful and just to not only forgive our sins but to cleanse us from all unrighteousness your sins are forgiven why do I need to confess my sins to God to be cleansed from all unrighteousness so the cleansing we come to God acknowledging we know we still have sin issues in our lives Lord we're dependent on your grace for life and we are not only dependent on grace for life but we are intending to be dispensers of grace to others so give us forgiveness as we seek to forgive others and then Lord we know we're weak and we're frail and we're feeble so lead us not into temptation that pattern that Jesus has just laid out put you in the proper framework for whatever you're going to ask for next you have now established what you need to keep in mind as you go before God with whatever request is on your heart you come in and reposition your thinking about who God is about who you are about the reality of your needs Jesus says when you pray make sure this is the pattern that you follow as you go through this and then he says bring your requests before God now this doesn't mean that you can't ask God for what's on your heart you can God says come to me with whatever burden you have cast your cares on me bring come come to me all you who are weary and heavy light now give you rest those are the promises of God when it comes to prayer but we do it with this essential framework in mind that says but we want to remember who we are who we're talking to and what's true so that's the pattern that he gives he says this is the foundation that that prayer should begin with and then he tells the parable that begins in verse five so we move from the pattern to the parable and the story in this parable that the details of the story are pretty straightforward but it can be a little confusing I think he's here's what you need to understand in the parable in Jesus day there was a responsibility on the part of every Jew to provide hospitality for the stranger and the alien this was considered a divine responsibility failure to care for the the needs of the stranger or the alien who came into your village would be to bring disrespect on yourself on your village and ultimately on God so God had said in his law you are to care for the needs of the wanderer of the stranger of the alien so knowing that we have this story this guy is at home late at night and his buddy shows up at his door so 11 o'clock midnight something he hears a knock on the door the buddy's there he said hey I know surprise you know I know you didn't know I was coming but I'm here at can I crash here tonight you have a divine responsibility of course you can crash here tonight but then you look around you go I'm out of food I got no bread we ate all the bread we had today and before the Lord you need to offer your friend something to eat and you go on every food so instead of just saying hey sorry kitchen clothes we ran out of food you say not only can you stay here but I'm gonna go out and find you some food at midnight right and 7 11's closed so you go next door to your next door neighbor now you're walking up to your next door neighbor's door and the lights are out they've been out for hours and you're about to bang on his door to see if you can get him get some bread for your neighbor and you're thinking to yourself my neighbor is not going to be happy when he hears a loud knock on the door but I got to do this because I got honored the Lord and I've got there's a stranger in our town and we've got to feed him so that's the context now if you ever had a middle of the night emergency where you had to call somebody wake them up go knock on the door had to disturb them from their sleep you know if you do that if you've got a child who's sick in the middle of the night and you need Tylenol or something and you're out and you're going to get some help from somebody before you disturb them the first thing you say is man I'm so sorry to be calling you this late at night but but I need help I I need you to help me and so you disrupt somebody sometimes we disrupt people in the middle of the night for trivial reasons I did recently I wasn't even thinking about this so I had been Marianne and I by the way my wife's here can I introduce my wife this my wife Marianne would you stand up and say we are the two of us we are headed up this this afternoon to Forest Home Christian camp just outside up in San Bernardino Hills where I'm at family camp there all this week as one of the speakers we're looking forward to that and really thrilled that we could get to be here with you this morning but I'm happy to have my wife here so my my wife and I had this situation recently we had gone to see Top Gun Maverick right and we liked the movie and got home so I was reading The Wall Street Journal a few days later and there was there had been a review of the movie in The Wall Street Journal and the the critic for the movie had said you know some of this stuff is just kind of crazy well this guy wrote in it's it's up yet so this guy writes in this letter to the editor and he says please tell John Anderson the guy who reviewed the movie we all realize movie critics have to be well critical but as a lifelong military airline and general aviation pilot I need you to tell him it's the best movie best flying movie I've ever seen I'm not naive enough to ignore the weaker points of the script but I would do just about anything to fly an F-18 or an F-14 with or without Tom Cruise on my wing right this is guy who used to fly planes in the Air Force and has flown for years he said man to fly an F-14 or F-18 he says there's nothing like it so I'm reading this it's it's after midnight and I'm thinking about Marianne's brother Marianne's brother served in the Air Force and flew F-14s back in the day he then went into commercial aviation worked as a pilot for years I asked him one time I said the difference between flying an F-14 and flying an MD-80 what's the difference he said it's like the difference between driving a city bus and a Maserati right he said you drive the M-80 you know you're driving the bus but you drive that Maserati man you can get around he he it was fun flying the F-14 so I read this after midnight and the first thing I think of is Marianne's brother and I think I wonder if he's seen the movie and I wonder if he'd agree with Butch Gilbert the guy in the Air Force so I copy this this letter to the editor and I text it to my brother-in-law David and went to bed so and I copied Marianne on the text next morning I get up and Marianne says you should probably not text my brother after midnight he sleeps with his phone by his bed with it on in case there's anything the grandkids need so when he got your ding after midnight he probably he was I'm imagining he's awake and he goes oh do the kids need something and then he reads the stupid thing about Top Gun from his brother-in-law right so all of a sudden I I felt bad I didn't realize that he did write back kindly though and here's what he said he said Bob no doubt this came from you it shows it was sent at 105 in the morning okay so it was after midnight but he went on to say the plot of the movie is preposterous the flying scenes were awesome the techniques of flying low altitude at very fast speed are taught to fighter pilots it's very dangerous one second and it's in the rocks most fighters when I was flying could do nine Gs but the strain on the body was pretty hard we would come back from a dogfight drenched in sweat even though we were in an air conditioned cockpit it's a good escapist movie so there's a fighter pilots review of Maverick for you but that has nothing to do with the parable so let's get back to the parable the only connection here is the guy in the parable is getting awakened in the middle of the night not for something stupid like a top gun text but because his neighbor needs bread and how does he respond he responds by saying go away we're all asleep in here you woke the whole house leave us alone find bread somewhere else and the next door neighbor won't let up keeps knocking but I need bread leave us alone I need bread finally guy goes okay here's your bread now leave us alone that's how the exchange happens in the parable now if you're like me you would read this parable and think is this trying to teach us is Jesus saying the way to get God to do what you need him to do is just keep pestering him yes he'll be really annoyed with you when you come asking but you just keep pestering and he'll finally give in does that sound to you like what Jesus is trying to do does that sound like God to you follow me here go back to where we started the Jews to whom Jesus is speaking his disciples are thinking exodus 19 I can't go wake up God he could come in thunder you could come in a cloud he might kill me Jesus is saying your next door neighbor is like that not God this is not a parable to show us what God is like it's a parable to show us what God isn't like how he's different than this how he's a good father not a grouchy neighbor the point of the parable is if you think you need to pester your neighbor to get what you want that may be true but God's not like that he's not sleeping you're not disturbing him you come to the Lord and you say Lord I want to honor you I want to obey your word I want to serve my neighbor who's in need but I ran out of daily bread can you help me Jesus is not saying God's not there saying oh man you're annoying me because you want to keep my will you want to serve and then he says based on the parable so here's the point keep coming to God keep coming to God keep knocking keep asking keep keep seeking when we read that we can tend to read that and think what this means is when you ask God once you have to there's a magic number that you've got to get to before the breakthrough will happen so keep on asking because you don't know what the magic number is and God does he knows it's 87 and if you quit at 86 you're not going to get up but you get the magic see that's not how God works what Jesus is saying here is whatever the burden on your heart is don't quit asking don't quit seeking don't quit knocking don't don't think I can't go back to God with this again I can't lay this I'm probably annoying him no you're not keep asking keep seeking keep knocking he is not put off by your requests you know there's another parable that's like this in Luke chapter 18 about an old woman who goes to a judge late at night and she's knocking on the door because she wants justice it's the same story and again the idea is God's not like the unrighteous judge he's a righteous judge God's not like the grouchy neighbor he's a good father keep coming keep asking professor Darrell Bach from Dallas Seminary in his commentary on Luke's gospel says the point of this parable is this God is approachable and should be approached often and with confidence if an irritated person responds to boldness you can be bold with a gracious one so you should continually pray now a couple of caveats here here's one caveat before you come to God with your request work through Luke 11 2 through 4 the reason that this parable comes after Jesus teaching on prayer is because Jesus is saying before you bring the request to God and knock on the door and say here's what I'm looking for remember who you're talking to remember whose kingdom this is remember that you want it to be about his agenda remember that he is the one who provides for your needs that you need grace you need to be a dispenser of grace and you're weak remember all of that before you say here's my need you don't just barge it and say hey god here's what I need that no you come in and say lord Jesus hallowed be your name I want what you want I want your kingdom to come so you frame your requests with that mindset in mind and second notice that this man is not coming with just some some personal appetite or desire that he wants God some itchy wants God to scratch he's coming because he wants to to honor God by serving his neighbor the request he's making to God is not a request for himself it's a request to do God's will so he's coming with that I don't think it's by accident that in telling the story Jesus has the man in the story seeking to do the will of God he is asking his neighbor to help him do God's will do you think if you go to God and say God ask help me to do your will he's going to say leave me alone I'm fathered by you no and that leads to what I'm calling the promise in verses 11 through 13 there's another simple illustration so you got the parable of the grouchy neighbor but then you've got this illustration where Jesus not not a story but he says if a child comes to his father and asks for a good thing ask for bread is the father going to give him a snake if he asks for an egg is the father going to give him a scorpion and the obvious answer is a good father is not going to do that again we're back to where we've we started your grouchy neighbor might throw a snake out the window at you if you're asking for bread but not God you come asking for bread he's going to go yeah that's a that's good here's your bread a good father is going to give good gifts to his children he knows what they need in fact he knows what you need catches he knows what you need better than you do okay I know you think that what you need is really what you need God knows what you need better than you know what you need now if your parents you know this your three-year-old thinks he knows what he needs right but you know better than your three-year-old knows your three-year-old every three-year-old I know in the history of three-year-olds has done this it's 30 minutes before dinner you're in the kitchen cooking and your three-year-old comes in and they say to you mama I'm what's the word hungry mama I'm hungry can I have a treat and you say wisely to your three-year-old no sweetheart we're about to have dinner mom's cooking dinner we're gonna eat in about 30 minutes so we're not gonna have a treat that would spoil your appetite and does your three-year-old go oh yeah okay that makes perfect sense thanks mommy I just hadn't thought 30 minute I'll go yeah perfect what does a three-year-old do when you say no treat mommy I'm hungry and they right look we're like three-year-old sometimes with our request to God we don't know I don't know if you have these do you have a ho-ho's out here right so if you have hostess ho-ho's your three-year-old comes to you and it's it's 30 minutes before their mommy can I have 10 ho-ho's all right you're gonna say no sweetie first of all even if you even if you haven't eaten a day you're not even 10 ho-ho's that's bad for anybody but that's what the three-year-old wants God is God is saying you come to me with request I know what you're gonna need now so we have if you come asking for an egg even 30 minutes before dinner God may say it's not egg time now sweetheart we're not going to do that right but let's flip this around let's say you go to God and ask for a scorpion or a snake because you don't know about the danger you you take your your six-year-old to the reptile store do they have reptile stores I don't know you take them to the reptile store and there's a snake in the cage and it's a poisonous snake he goes oh that's so cool can we get it a good father's not going to say sure you can keep it in your room right because you know better what could happen with the poison a snake so even if your kid wants it you're not going to give it to him so when when we go to God and ask for the wrong thing a good loving father is going to say no and we may be like a three-year-old go but I want it God said no but you don't need it it's not what's best for you a good father can be counted on to give good gifts even when that good father says no to what you're asking for but the point of the parable is keep being bold keep coming keep asking if what you're asking for is what you need God's going to give it to you if it's not what you need a good God will say no sweetheart but don't put off asking God what you need because you think you're bothering him or he doesn't really care about you or he might get mad at you that's the big idea of the parable here and there's a punchline and I don't want you to miss the punchline because it's in verse 13 Jesus says even an imperfect fallen father knows how to give good gifts to his children he talks about evil fathers by the way that's all of us but if you think that's some special cat no we're all sinful fathers we all make mistakes even an evil father who has his own issues still knows how to give good gifts to his children so even if an evil father knows how to give good gifts God knows better when you go to God and say will you give me this God's going to say to you every time I'm going to give you something better than what you're asking for what's that I'm going to give you me see that's verse 13 if an evil father knows how to give good gifts won't a good father give you the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is God the third person of the Trinity permanently dwelling with you which is what you need more than the fish or the egg or any of it when you ask God for whatever it is you're asking for God says I got something better for you I'm going to give you the best gift of all I'm going to give you the Holy Spirit you say I want a fish or an egg God says I'm going to give you a chef and a dietician you see see that it what it means whatever you face in life God says you're going to face some hard things but you'll never face them alone you'll never face them without me being there with you facing it with you even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death the psalmist says I'll fear no evil why because you're with me and your rod and your staff comfort me JC Ryle who was the Anglican preacher in the late 1800s in England says this he says the Holy Spirit is beyond doubt the greatest gift which God can bestow on men and women having this gift we have all things life light hope and heaven having this gift we have got the father's boundless love we have got the son's atoning blood and we have full communion with the three persons of the blessed trinity having this gift we have grace and peace in the world that now exists and glory and honor in the world to come so you might not get your egg today but you've got God with you yes God for help and God says here's what I'm going to give you I'm going to give you the helper you say God I need comfort he says I'm going to give you the comforter you say God I need wisdom he says I'm going to give you the counselor you say God I need insight he says I'm going to give you the spirit of truth and the Holy Spirit the Bible says when you don't know how to pray Romans 8 the Holy Spirit knows how to pray for you there's no need you have that has a better answer for it than the presence of God walking with you the point of this passage is we do have a loving heavenly father who is ready to receive his children and ready to give them good gifts keep asking keep seeking keep knocking don't be intimidated your neighbor may be grouchy a bad father may not always give good gifts to his to his children but God is a good father he's never sleeping he's never grouchy he's ready keep asking don't be intimidated but it's for those who can call God father and you need to know this not everybody can back in the 1800s there were there was a movement among clergy people that was called the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man movement and it was the idea that if God is the father of all then we are all brothers well it's a nice sentiment in fact I remember learning in when I was in elementary school we learned this song that was let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me you ever heard this song and then there's like with God as our father brothers all are we okay if God is your father then we're all brothers it's great to be able to come to Southern California I know I'm here with my brothers and sisters okay but not everybody is a child of God how do I know that because Jesus says in John 1 to all who did receive him who believed in his name to them he gave the right to become children of God who were born not a blood or the will of the flesh or the will of man but of God those who have God as their father are those who have received him those who have believed in his name and have committed themselves to him and say I will follow you Lord that's how you become a child of God by surrendering your life and giving yourself to him so anybody who says I'm a child of God but I don't follow my father doesn't understand what it means to be a child of God the good news is everybody is welcome there's nobody who comes to God and says I want you as my father who God says yeah I'm not interested God is welcoming all who will come surrender themselves and say I've made a mess of my life I need a good father who will guide and direct I need the presence of the Holy Spirit with me to walk through this life I can't do this on my own I can't make this on my own I'll die on my own God says come be my child the offer is there but you have to receive him and believe on his name and for those of you who are here those of you are watching online if you have never taken that step to go from being somebody who knows about God to somebody being a child of God today can be that day for you today can be the day when you go from death to life from darkness to light and it's simple by by surrendering to Jesus and saying Lord I need you I know I've made a mess of my life I want you to come in to my life I want you to be with me always I want to follow you thank you for what Jesus did on the cross to pay for my sin thank you that he rose from the dead to give new life I now trust myself to you I will follow you and be your child thank you for being my father it's as simple as a prayer like that and so I want to ask you to pray with me here as we close this morning father


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Yes, ladies and gentlemen lucky strike means fined tobacco always those words will mean much to you for of course quality is always your first concern Today as always lucky strike selects and buys the finer The lighter the naturally milder lucky strike tobacco Lucky strike means fined tobacco Spolny, with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Larry Stephenson smaller college Johnson, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a man who's name for years has been the epitome of show business a man who went from Walkie in to vaudeville from vaudeville to radio him Broadway some pictures to Broadway and now since he has no place else to go would you please let him come into your home for just a half hour thank you and here he is Jack Benny well again this is Jack Benny talking and kids you're absolutely right I have been in show business a long time why when I was playing the palestader in New York Nelson Eddy didn't even have the recipe for shortening bread in fact when I first started in show business Charlie McCarthy was taking his physical to get into sequoia why I was in front of an audience hey wait a minute Jackson don't overdo it if you want to know something I was in show business before you was what I was in front of an audience when I was two days old two days old well that's ridiculous certainly what could you do when you were two days old I don't know but people kept paying admission to see me oh they all stop making up such nonsense I'd make a nothing up I was a nikkyu baby baiter oh I mean I was a nikkyu baiter baby yes sir that was me two and a half pounds of solid personality oh sure I've often wondered about those incubators must have been nice and warm in a glass case with a little gas light burning underneath nah first I was hot and I was cold and I was hot and I was cold well I'm a sucker for asking this but why were you hot and cold and hot and cold his father kept blowing out the flame and his mother kept lighting it Mary don't be ridiculous that's exactly what happened Phil you admit that your father can blow you out the flame and your mother kept lighting it yes and it was a lucky thing I could reach up to that little glass door why who do you think kept handing my mother the matches now wait a minute Phil you were two days old and an incubator where in the world did you get the matches the day I was born what when the doctor grabbed me by the feet and held me up I stole him out of his best pocket and he must have seen me do it because he gave me an awful whack you remember what happened then I wrote it in my diary well that's the payoff Phil you can't even write now how could you write when you were two days old maybe he dictated it yeah that's exactly what happened I never hear such silly talk Phil Phil was just born already he was dictated I'll bet eight to five he had the stenographer on his laugh hey Phil that's exactly what happened you don't have to invent a fantastic story just to make it sound like you've been in show business longer than I had maybe was Jack down that's impossible I was in showbins before anybody why I was on the stage before before Monty Woolley had a beard before Monty Woolley had a beard yes when I was a big hit at the Palace Woolley was still standing in front of a mirror rubbing his chin and singing come out come out wherever you want to tell you kids I've been in show business longer than anybody oh yeah how about see Aubrey Smith you mean little Aubrey why he was only a kid when I was starting out of it come in mr. Benny yes I'm from Esquire magazine we printed a story about you and have all the information in our files except one thing what would you like to know your age please 36 but well okay now now where were we well you were informing us that you were a thespian in the legitimate drama prior to the inauguration of the cinema Phil did that come out of you yes and boy am I glad to get rid of it well I don't blame you now let's forget show business and find out mr. Benny oh hello Larry say you got here just in time for your song what are you gonna sing well I got a letter from a friend of mine on the Navy requesting me to sing I'm making believe a friend of yours in the Navy who is a Dennis stay oh Dennis a letter from Dennis would you like to read it miss Livingston why Larry I don't think I should read your mail oh that's all right there's nothing about girls in it go ahead read it Mary yeah we haven't heard from Dennis and weeks what's he got to say well here it is dear Larry I heard you sing on the last four broadcasts and I think you have a swell voice well isn't that nice I also heard that you're making twenty two dollars and fifty cents a week which is a very good salary to start with yes sir mr. Benny will give you a raise almost every year but it will help to have your mother come down and remind him especially if she's as big as my mother however Larry when you what are you laughing at when you read $35 a week there's no use reminding mr. Benny anymore because nobody's mother can help you then Dennis always was a car was it yeah best wish is always Dennis day PS by the way Larry I'd appreciate it very much if on next Sunday's broadcast you sing I'm making believe that's the part I told you about yes yes I know go right ahead and sing it for him kid I wonder why Dennis never requests me to play my violin I can't but up kid and some of these days you too will be making $35 a week just like Dennis day did gee if Dennis made $35 a week for a whole year he must have saved a lot of money well he should have Larry but you see Dennis was somewhat of a spin threat and he threw most of his salary away on luxuries like like like bread and butter Dennis could have saved a lot of money if he didn't have that root beer float habit anyway Larry come in yes mr. Benny I'd I'd like to try it again again I'm from Esquire magazine we printed a story about you and have all the information in our files except one thing but what would you like to know your age please I told you I'm 36 look mr. Benny this information isn't going to be printed it's only for our private files I don't care what it is for I'm 36 but well okay assistant guy I mean why doesn't he believe that I'm 36 maybe he was at breakfast authorities the day you won the orchid Peter been there I didn't see now as I as I was saying Larry yes mr. Benny Larry as the years go by you'll have your ups and downs sometimes it'll be easy other times it'll be hard but no matter what happens just remember those immortal words of John Paul Jones don't give up the ship and now ladies and gentlemen I'm not even going to argue with you today well down I'm glad you finally see it my way and now ladies and I don't see it your way at all it was Captain James Lawrence who said don't give up the ship but I just don't want to argue about it well neither do I but it was John Paul Jones for your information Don Captain James Lawrence said go West young man go where so there what are you talking about it was Horace Greeley who said that Horace Greeley yes Phil how could he say it Horace Greeley the statue in Westlake Park well I'm better off if you're on down time now Larry you forget everything I was said to listen to me yes mr. Benny as I told you before and even though you may have your ups and downs always remember those immortal words of John Paul Jones don't go West in the ship I mean don't don't give up the West I mean the ship don't give up the ship which was said by Captain James Lawrence now Don Wilson if you say that once more there's gonna be trouble it was Captain James Lawrence well you ask for it hold my coat Mary what are you gonna do I'm gonna put it on I'm going home so much let him run the program himself goodbye the thing I held myself back when I did I'd hit Wilson I'd have knocked him cold what if he does outweigh me I can handle myself in a fight they don't call me old blood and guts Benny for nothing I know what I'm right and when I'm right I fight say that sounds like a good model I know when I'm right and when I'm right I fight yeah what if that'll ever become famous is don't give up the ship it could you know imagine years from now people might be saying remember those immortal words of Jack Benny I know when I'm right and when I'm right I fight say that's pretty good yeah it's a nice day but Sunday is always nice people are all dressed up and coming home from hello reverend hello mr. Benny yep Sunday's the nicest day in the week the common people and good afternoon father oh pardon me hello Bing maybe I should have asked him if he was going my way I like him you know I do I know I left before the program was over well I always thought as long as there was one person left in the audience you'd stay right that's silly whatever gave you that idea remember in St. Louis when that man in the front row was swatting flies you thought he was applauding so what about it what are you talking about I was going off anyway even if they hadn't started the picture boss I can't get over you leaving in the middle of your program isn't that taking the normal chance what do you mean chance well if LSMFT finds out you were AWL you'll be glad you saved all those boxes of J. L. L. I'll just sit down and be comfortable ah that feels good pull off my shoes will you Rochester sure boss now give me all the foot I wish you'd go out and fix me something will I feel like I need something to pep me up okay I know just the thing I'll fit your super zombie a super zombie what's it made of I can't tell you the recipe it's a military secret a military secret yeah that's the stuff they use in flamethrowers let's pick me some tea and toast yeah I'm from Esquire magazine we printed a story I know I know well look mr.  Benny I've got a job to do and I've got to go back to my editor with the facts the facts well I'm sure on this you'll never believe me I'll be the laughing stock in the office I don't care about myself but I've got a wife and two children now look what I'm trying to tell you the truth I've made your job I'll tell you the truth I'm 37 emotional young man I'm coming Rochester and turn out the radio I might as well have a little music while I'm eating you want me to do a fan dance no just the music will be enough turn it on will you Rochester I didn't know that Cynthia Jilded Mervin give me something else Rochester okay Louisiana Statements fraternity team and right now the score is 12 for UCLA and they must be Jan and I must be playing in Goldsboro some f t1 again got another get another station Rochester hey listen Rochester that's Walter Winshaw she Rochester isn't he sensational he sure is boss and after some news of the time of about New Delhi Indians Admiral Mountbatten has exceeded all expectations of striking south of the Irrawaddy that guy Winshill knows everything the B-29s are changing the name of Tokyo Harbor to bomb what a sense of view with California home movie town is talking about a certain radio comedian I would show right now hand me my hat coat and cane by those that finishes my special bond program yes Mr. Winshaw you still have about an hour and a half before your regular Jurgen's broadcast yeah look I'm going over the script again you run out and get yourself a car Winshaw why Jack Jack Benny it's good to see you don't give me that good to see your stuff what is all that you said about me and John Paul Jones and don't give up the ship now wait a minute Jack just a minute all I said was that a certain walkie-gain wit who is stingy tortures the violin and wears a size 44 girdle is making a jerk out of himself and the initials at JB well what makes you think I was talking about you well for one thing the initials JB but Jack I might have been talking about Joan Bennett Joan Bennett doesn't wear a size 44 girth that you would do this to me water after all I've done for you what did you ever do for me plenty but not anymore yesterday was positively the last time I'll ever wash my toupee in Jurgen and another thing which old now Jack that's no attitude today suppose I did mean you I wouldn't mention it if I didn't know the facts oh so now you know everything what do you think you are lowella Parsons I know my right brother all Jack calm down a little aren't you getting a little too excited about this no I'm not because I believe in those famous immortal words I know when I'm right and when I'm right I fight who said that Jack Benny why don't you read your history all right Benny I try to be patient with you but now I can get tough to just who do you think you are trying to change history by saying John Paul Jones said don't give up the shit when any schoolboy knows it was Captain James Lawrence oh yeah well let me tell you something which old you're not gonna pardon me Jack certainly water yeah when she'll speaking what your wife had a baby this morning but how could she you promised me it wouldn't happen till next week program oh never mind it's too late to apologize now hmm now getting back to you Benny everybody on your program knows what's that you're wrong about John Paul Jones but because you're the boss you bully them and shove them around and make them take orders from you well you can't do that to me oh yeah well let me tell you something would show you're not going to pardon you certainly water yeah when she'll speaking yes hmm yes but Elliot I told you you can't keep a secret all week long oh all right congratulations hmm now getting back to you Benny why don't you admit it like a good sport instead of acting like an arrogant boom it's guys like you with big mouths and little brains who think they know it all oh yeah well let me tell you something which old you're not going to stand there and wait a minute how come that telephone never interrupts you anything but the same as saying in Navy history I might admit you're right but I know Navy history I was a sailor in the last war but it's always I am as a sailor in the last war too and let me ask you something do you know anything about Captain James Lawrence well that's what I thought now shut up and let me tell you something about him James Lawrence was born in Burlington New Jersey in October the first 1781 he entered the Navy at the age of 17 and rose to the rank of lieutenant four years later he fought on the enterprise in 1804 during our war with Tripoli we we had a war with Stephen Decatur selected Lawrence as his first lieutenant he commanded such ships as the August the Vixen and the Wasp in 1813 commanding the what about John he distinguished himself by capturing the enemy ship the Peacock I know but the as a result but John Paul was in there some receive the gold medal from Congress on June the first I know but what about Paul John Paul Lawrence commanding the Chesapeake sail to meet the enemy ship with Shannon about 30 miles away from Boston well John Paul Jones was in Boston the enemy crew was better played but that didn't stop the courageous and the confident Captain Lawrence well John Paul Jones you know was courageous you know he just got a Captain Lawrence with Captain Lawrence what was Orange knew which I mean as his men carried him below he seeks them to keep on fighting by saying don't give up the ship well all right later the same war cry was used by Captain Perry I don't care what battle of late here in here but it was Captain James Lawrence who said it first I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care I know but I don't care independent tobacco experts auctioneers buyers and warehousemen present at the auctions now open in the south can see lucky strike consistently 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This is what I want to create a cause or working for a cause does not mean you have to carry a miserable phase and struggle through everything. It's very important that we teach people how to work for most significant causes, most important things in the world in a joyful way, in a celebratory way. In my short Bangalore, there's been some excitement about my riding days. I rode extensively across the country, literally crisscrossed India. For a few years, for almost like seven, eight years, I literally lived on a motorcycle. I even slept on a motorcycle in the nights, you won't believe this. Someone of my level of activity and age also, when I get back on the motorcycle, almost instinctively it's a part of me. I think the Bangalore boys, though at that time, we always thought the Bangalore boys are way better than the Bangalore boys, but today I have to ride with them.


This is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together they form the Big Picture. Welcome to the Big Picture. I'm Captain Carl Zimmerman. The Big Picture is a report to you from your army. An army committed by you, the people of the United States, to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The Big Picture traces the course of events in the Korean campaign. Through firsthand reports of our combat veterans, and through film produced by the Army Signal Corps, photographed by combat cameramen. These are the men who daily record our film, The Big Picture, as it happens, where it happens. Today, The Big Picture will show the United Nations forces moving north. You'll see the capture of Su-1, the 25th Division attacking toward Seoul. Bitter fighting as the Reds are determined to hold their line. And later, you'll meet Lieutenant Bill Travis from Liberty Center, Ohio, who saw duty with the first Cavalry Division. Now, for part of the Big Picture, let's go back to January 1951. On the 20th of January, U.N. forces consolidate positions below Seoul against diminishing red pressure. All along the front, there is a noticeable lack of the usual heavy communist troop concentrations. Belief is expressed that they have retired to regroup their armies, badly mauled in recent weeks by air and artillery strikes. On the 25th of January, after several days of aggressive probing attacks, the U.N. units below Seoul begin a limited offensive. Homicidal, not geographical, is the intent. By week's end, one U.N. task force slashes to within 10 miles of Seoul. In the central front, one Jew has been retaken, and Allied soldiers scour the mountains, exacting losses of 10 to 1 on the enemy. On the 10th of February, the first Corps of the Eighth Army crosses the Han River as the Reds pull back to Seoul. The 25th Division comes to a halt at the south gates of the city. Kimpo airfield is recaptured, and the port of Incheon is occupied without the loss of a man. On the central front, the 10th Corps continues its action against stiffening enemy resistance. In less than three weeks, the Allies' limited offensive has killed and wounded an estimated 73,000 Chinese. On the 11th of February, the Chinese launch their expected counter-offensive on a 30-mile front in the central mountains. Their troops vainly attempt to drive a wedge through the center of the Eighth Army's lines. Armored counter-attacks smash north from one Jew, and air and artillery increase their hour-by-hour pounding. Finally, north of Incheon, Allied troops cave in the west flank of the Red Drive. By the 18th of February, the Red's drive has been spent and broken. U.N. forces have inflicted 33,000 more casualties on the Chinese. On the 20th of February, the Reds have fallen back along most of the 70-mile front. Their total losses for the month rise to approximately 100,000, while U.N. forces prepare still another killer offensive in their war of maneuver. The week of the 22nd of the 29th of January, the United Nations' limited offensive moves northward, as strong task forces recapture key cities and probe for the enemy's main line of defense. Here, a 25th Division combat team strikes north from positions below Osan to test communist strength and to occupy the many towns reported held by only token enemy units. Troops of the 35th Regimental Combat Team enter battered Osan without opposition. After defense posts are established, they push on toward the first day's objective, a village north of Osan. Here, a soldier cleans and checks his machine gun to avoid the danger of stoppages in the wintry weather. Across a frozen stream, the men continue their advance along the road to Suwon. Other U.N. units to the east move 12 miles above Wanzhou, while Kum Yang Zhang falls to allied forces in an attack highlighted by a bayonet charge of the Turkish Brigade. Naval units bombard Incheon in a diversionary raid. U.N. planes fly 700 sorties on this day, inflicting high losses against the enemy. Though tanks have not recently been encountered in any large numbers, the troops are well prepared for them. As the task force nears its day's objective, civilians coming from the village are methodically searched for weapons. The refugee problem has eased considerably in comparison with the mass flight of hundreds of thousands from Seoul and other endangered cities in the past month, but there are still those who remain in the combat zones between the two armies, keeping U.N. soldiers constantly on guard against the danger of communist infiltrators. Task force troops move carefully into the war-scarred town where they will spend the night on the alert for red snipers and suicide groups. A South Korean interpreter questions two refugees. As the limited offensive goes into its second day, the 25th Division spearhead sweeps across the low hills toward Suwon. The 8th Army, finding little red pressure to contend with, regains hundreds of square miles in the western sector of the front. An enemy's strong point is encountered, and artillery is called for. The 155-hawitzer is zeroed in. To avoid bypassing red pockets in the hills, the troops leave the roads, searching the countryside and villages. Prisoners are taken, some of the few found in the nearly deserted towns. On the second day of their thrust up the main coastal road to Seoul, the Task Force enters the outskirts of Suwon, carefully searching every building for concealed reds. Scattered enemy resistance is quickly cleaned out. Meanwhile, sizable gains are recorded north of Itchon in Kumyang, while the naval shelling of Incheon moves into its second day. The day after Suwon's capture, an armored spearhead leaves the north gate, pushing on towards the Han River. Soon it meets the first strong red defensive lines, halting 12 miles from Seoul. General Joseph S. Bradley, assistant commander of the 25th Division, inspects his advancing troops. The customary inspection and interrogation of civilians begins at Suwon. 25th Division rests as reports come in that firm contact has finally been re-established with major units of the enemy. Here was another victory for our ground forces. We had taken the city of Suwon and were headed north again. To tell us about this action, here is Lieutenant Bill Travis, who saw a duty with the first cavalry division. Well, Bill, back here at home at this time in January and February of 51, folks felt pretty good about the troops going north again. How about the morale of the men over there? Well, necessarily, Carl, when you're going south, in other words, when we were withdrawing, the morale of the troops was not good at all. When you're retreating, as you call it, you can't help but feel that maybe you're being let down somewhere back along the line and your morale just is not good. However, when you're doing about face, you turn around, in this case, where we're going back north, morale was excellent. In other words, when you're attacking, you can see you're winning. Maybe you think the end is in sight and the feeling of the troops is very good. What sort of action did our troops see at Siu Wan? Well, your action at Siu Wan was very difficult. It was very hard. The terrain was very difficult to fight in. Your main Chinese army was stationed right in and there. See, your main Chinese army was coming down to western plains. The plain area, as you know, is in the western half of Korea. The eastern half is very mountainous and very hard to operate in, especially in the winter months. Well, now, why was this town of Siu Wan so important to us, Bill? Well, your Siu Wan was important because it's a center, it's a hub of communications. If you look at a map, you'll see that the railroad goes through Siu Wan. About eight roads come together right there at the town.  And as such, your town of Siu Wan was a center of communications, your actual hub just south of Siu Wan. And it's right on the main road to Siu Wan. Well, then actually this often the doorway to the north for us, didn't it? That's right. Siu Wan to Siu is actually a plains area and it's flat. You can use your armor and it's a very good avenue of approach to Siu, to Han River and on to 38th parallel. Well, Bill, what was your job with the first cab? My job with the first cab, Carl, was rifle platoon leader and a leader of a tank killer team. A tank killer team? Well, tell us how his team operated. Right. Well, it seems like in the initial phases of the operation, we did not have much to fight the enemy armor. In other words, the North Koreans were equipped with these new Russian medium tanks. Now, to counteract the effects of their tanks, we formed these tank killer teams which were equipped with automatic weapons and the bazooka. Now, to illustrate this bazooka, we have one right here. Sergeant, could we have that? Now, this is your small bazooka. A 2.36 inch job that we were using back during World War II in which probably a lot of people are familiar with. Now, it doesn't shoot too big a shell and when it came up against these new medium tanks that the North Koreans were equipped with, it didn't quite come up to our expectations. So, we were all very happy when a big one came out, the new one. And we have one of those to show you too. Now, this is your large economy size. It's called a 3.5 inch rocket launcher. It's what we call it. Everybody else calls it a bazooka and that's the popular name for it. Now, this really packs a wallop. Your shell is about yay big around and when it hits those tanks, it really knocks them out. I saw one tank hit by one. I saw this personally and the turret blew off completely and did a complete flip before it hit the ground. It's a good sight to see. It's really a terrific weapon and a terrific sight to see. Well, now eventually all our troops were issued this piece of equipment, weren't they? Right. We gradually came to find out that everybody was equipped with this weapon rather than the smaller one. And the North Koreans and Chinese developed a good deal of respect for it, didn't they? Definitely, definitely. Right. Well, thank you, Bill. Let's go back to our film now to January 1951 and watch our troops as they trade blows with his stubborn Chinese army. UN troops, in the second week of their limited offensive, battled northward towards Seoul, continuing to forge ahead over the bitterly contested ground north of Suwon. In the new system of United Nations' offense, forced by communists' hold or die tactics, Allied forces leave the roads and dig the reds from their caves and foxholes. Enemy dead litter the ridge. Chinese prisoners, routed out of the hills, are thoroughly searched and administered first aid by soldiers of the 25th Division. The face of an American GI expresses the bitter sadness that comes with war. The captives are then escorted to the rear for further interrogation. Very few Chinese surrender to UN forces as they are taught to expect swift execution upon capture. When convinced that they will not be killed, they are often eager to give information. The United Nations Task Force moves up for an assault on an enemy-held ridge north of Suwon as the offensive pushes steadily ahead. Realizing the dangers of over-fatigue, these hardened soldiers have learned to take advantage of every opportunity to rest. Now, well accustomed to the strenuous conditions of battle, the men group together in a well-earned sleep. General Bradley consults with a company commander of the spearhead unit, which will attack the Communist strong point lying across the main road to Seoul. Tank commanders determine red positions and ready their crews for firing. The attack gets underway with the usual preparatory artillery bombardment. The fighting in this sector has been some of the bitterest of the Korean campaign. Key points change hands repeatedly and gains are measured in yards. The tanks move up to new positions nearer the ridge and continue to blast away at the Communist emplacements. The enemy returns the fire and scores a near miss on one of our tanks. A South Korean 57-millimeter battery adds its firepower to the assault as the bombardment proceeds to soften up the reds for the infantry attack. A South Korean officer calls for mortar fire and the mortars lend their explosive voice to the artillery pounding. Paced by this support, the column brings the full force of its firepower to bear on the red-dominated hill. Throughout Korea during the first week of February, observers are noticing more and more the high morale evidenced by the UN soldiers. With assured faith in their leaders and confidence in their own ability as a fighting team, the troops of 14 nations forge ahead in the push northward toward the Han River and Seoul. On the 10th of February, troops of the 25th Division reach the outskirts of Seoul. The Han River Bridge figures once more in the Korean fighting and a familiar sign still stands. Free, badly frightened Chinese prisoners are brought in for questioning. Expecting execution, they face only interrogation and removal to PW compounds. Attempting to cross the Han, a patrol is halted temporarily by intense fire from the Communist occupying Seoul. Later, another patrol managed to enter the city but withdrew after some limited probing. As the action continues with opposing forces dueling from opposite sides of the Han, other UN task forces are sweeping north and west to occupy Incheon and Kimpo. At the weeks closed, four Allied divisions are at the Han and Seoul is nearly surrounded. As the United Nations offensive goes into its third week, the Communist defense becomes more stubborn and fanatical. Enemy troops give ground slowly along most of the front in the face of spirited Allied attacks. Here on the central sector north of Incheon, 24th Division troops recapture Hill 704, which was taken from them by a red assault on the previous night. A prisoner points out nearby Chinese positions. The big guns of the US tanks are prepared for action and having pinpointed enemy concentrations on the adjacent hills bring their massed firepower to bear on the stubbornly resisting reds entrenched on the slopes. In constant communication with the fire control center, the tanks continue their heavy bombardment. The enemy is blasted relentlessly in preparation for the following infantry attack. Above Wanjoo, a flying boxcar delivers ammunition and supplies to the 10th Corps, which is preparing a new assault against increasing red pressure in the central mountain sector. Supply by airdrop, once an emergency measure, has become routine in Korea. With the spring thaws due soon and with them the almost impassable Korean mud, these techniques of airborne logistical support will permit continued supply operation. Here was fighting over the roughest kind of terrain. There was one hill after another, and on top of every hill a strong determined force of Chinese. Well, let's get back to Lieutenant Travis. Well, Bill, you're wearing the crossed rifles of the infantry, but over here I see the distinguished flying cross. Well, this requires an explanation, sir. Well, you see, Carl, several of us, combat-trained infantrymen and artillerymen, were pulled out for temporary duty with the Air Force in Korea. We were busily flying combat missions with the Air Force, controlling all the fighter strikes that they were flying in close support of the frontline troops. Now, the way we'd work that, it sounds rather strange, and it is an utterly new concept as far as close support tactics are concerned. The way we do that is move into an area, flying these AT-6s, they're training planes, the old type training planes, and with a pilot and an observer, a pilot from the Air Force, an observer from the infantry or artillery, we would control all the fighter strikes. We do that by spotting the target in the general area of the enemy fortifications or front lines, and then call in the fighters, get on the horn and give them the word on the radio, and ask them to join us over the target, and we would make what we call an identification pass, go down over the target and mark it for the fighters, who, being considerably faster than we are, would have trouble seeing the target as it was. How'd you mark these targets, Bill? Well, the way we'd mark it, the best way for marking it, the most accurate way, would be for the observer to lean out while we're going over the target and throw a smoke grenade down that would land right in the enemy position. Let's say a gun position, and the fighters would follow us down and seeing where the smoke landed would know where the smoke grenade landed, would know where the enemy position was. Were they pretty accurate, the Air Force? They were very accurate. Actually, we like to see them come because they, being right on our tails, kept the Koreans from shooting at us. Sometimes, I should say, sometimes. Well, besides spotting targets, what other duties did you have? Well, one other very interesting duty of ours, Carl, was to coordinate between the helicopter rescue service and the actual place where they were supposed to pick up the crew of any plane that had been shot down or forced down behind enemy lines. Now, sometimes they'd develop engine trouble and had to land behind the enemy lines and we had to pull them out of there. And we would, in case of finding a plane that was down behind the lines, call the helicopters, call them on the phone, and they would come over and pick these men up. We worked very well. I can remember one instance where we pulled a marine out, got him out of a lot of trouble, actually chased off a bunch of North Koreans who were bothering him by making low passes over his plane. We got the helicopter in in about 30 minutes after he hit the ground, which is considerably... It's good going. Good time. Well, the next day, it so happens, the pilot that I had been flying with the day before named Kelly was shot down in just about the same area. Some North Korean got a little lucky, I guess, with his burp gun and Kelly was knocked down. The marines on their carrier just off the coast, hearing that Kelly had been knocked down, they could tell it was Kelly because of his call sign, seeing over the radio, scrambled two complete flights of fighters just to keep him safe and keep him out of the hands of the North Koreans until we could get a copter in and pull him out. Well, that sounds like pretty good teamwork over there, Bill. Actually, we worked out very well, the Army and the Air Force in our squadron and the marines who we were constantly directing in close support of the Army and the Marine troops on the ground. We got along pretty well with the marines, even though a horse back and forth reminds me of one incident, the cavalry broke out of the old Busan perimeter in September of 1950. They were pretty well beat by the time they got up to the Incheon area and they were sacked out along the road. The marines drove by, they just landed and still hadn't gotten into the fight, I guess, and uniforms still nicely pressed. One of them leaned out of one of the trucks and yelled over, hey, cavalry, where's your horses? Staff Sergeant looked up at him and said, we ate them, waiting for you guys to get here. I thought I'd die when I heard that story. Actually, there are a pretty good bunch of guys and we've worked very well with them, actually. One regiment of marines was attached to the cavalry division for a certain phase of the operations in Korea and they're a wonderful bunch of guys. Well, Bill, you certainly proved to us that the services worked together in Korea and it took teamwork to take ground in Korea. Just like it took teamwork to take Hill 584. North of Incheon, 24th Division artillery prepares to open fire on Hill 584 where UN forces are attempting to dislodge a stubborn enemy force. These hill positions anchor the right flank of the Red Central Sector Offensive. By commanding the heights, UN troops hope to flank and cave in the communist advance. 4.2 heavy mortars join in the barrage. The communists held fast in these hills during most of the Allied limited offensive of the last three weeks. Now, with the launching of the Reds counteroffensive down the central mountains, the communists cling tenaciously to this strong hill sailing which guards the right flank of their drive toward Wanjoo. Observers watch strikes on the enemy hill positions. Under cover of the barrage, the men push up the steep terrain towards the objective.  During the last ten days, key points in this hill area have repeatedly changed hands, with Allied gains being held down to a few thousand yards. The troops keep watch for snipers, plotting the course to be followed when the assault is resumed. Meanwhile, machine gun positions are set up as they consolidate their gains against the possible Red counter thrust. The communist lines are strong and artillery fire is called for to loosen enemy supporting areas. The Reds hold firm in their emplaced positions dominating the heights. They clash lethal punches into the face of the enemy. The steep grade slows the advance. Attacking in battalion strength, the troops move up as fast as possible to avoid Red sniper fire. Red forces have relied heavily on surprise night attacks, attempting to regain positions taken from them during the day by UN units. The communist tactics of infiltration and sudden mass charges fit well with a dense foliage. Supporting fire is supplied by heavy machine guns. The attack gets underway. The new assault carries forward to one section of the Hill Crest where UN troops are able to bring fire directly on the main enemy positions in close, rugged fighting. However, at weak's end an all-out drive crushes these positions collapsing the right flank of the Reds offensive. By the 18th of February UN forces seize the initiative again as Operation Killer forges Northward and the wake of the ill-fated Red Breakthrough attempt. Those were the events from the picture from January 20th to February 20th, 1951. Our thanks to Lieutenant Bill Travis for being with us. Next week the big picture will give you another report on the United Nations Spring Offensive. You'll see our troops push on despite the mud and rain. You'll see the 24th and 25th divisions approaching the 38th parallel. And you'll again hear from two combat veterans, two Army soldiers who saw as it happened a part of the big picture. This is Captain Carl Zimmerman inviting you to be with us then.