I was instructed to give
an assignment to introduce
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the speaker tonight.
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Our speaker
tonight is Justin McNeilus.
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He is someone who
needs no formal introduction.
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Rather than go through
some rather long diatribe about
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how important, great,
and smart, and good-looking
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guy he is, I think he is
all those things if I'm allowed
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to say that on national TV.
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I would rather explain
why he is speaking tonight.
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Is that okay with all of you?
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The history of social
movements have taught us that it
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is near sheer numbers
that win nor the charisma of a
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particular leader.
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The logical
soundness of an ideology.
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The social or economical
context for or anything else
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that is measurable.
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If anything it is the
spirit of a collected movement
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that determines the success
or failure of it's objectives.
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These factors merely, influence
the direction and speed of a
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movement, however it is
the individuals level of
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commitment, that is all of
you sitting in these chairs,
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your level of commitment
determines the success of GYC,
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and not a
particular speaker, Amen?
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Your emotional insurance
in Jesus Christ determines
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GYC's success and a
sense of duty for heaven that
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establishes the spirit
and the transmission of
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GYC's interests, simply said,
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whoever is most unashamed wins.
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Nevertheless in a
contemporary culture to have an
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absolute belief in
anything or anyone is reviled.
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To believe in a
purpose is infantile.
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To be believed in
ethical lie is to be considered
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fanatical, to be a
Christian is to be idiotically
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stupid, to be an
Adventist is to be outdated and
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old-fashioned, and to
be holy today is considered
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judgmentally unstable
and mentally and insane.
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This has resulted in a
generation of apathetic loss
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in different an indecisive
young people and hopefully
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not you, you sitting
here is a reaction to this.
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Passion has degenerated
into biological hormones.
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Religion into
rhetoric, spirituality into a
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neuropathological condition.
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Believing in nothing with
no emotional attachment or
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logical rigor is the
ideal to be reached in
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contemporary culture.
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Simply said, whoever is
indifferent and bored wins.
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Amidst this context there
exist an army of dedicated
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Young people who are
fighting against these ideas.
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Stemming from Scripture,
there are young people
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within the Seventh-day
Adventist Church who yearn
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to demonstrate
Nehemiah's leadership.
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Daniel's integrity,
Mary's humility, Paul's passion
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for evangelism and Christ's
love for God and humanity.
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This is the GYC movement.
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GYC movement continues to
seek and galvanize us young
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people, if you are
here for the first time,
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get with the program real quick.
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GYC points to
the highest cause in
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a young person's life.
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The distinctive message
and mission of the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church towards
the proclamation of the three
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Angels messages.
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Tonight you will hear
the leader of this movement.
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His name is Justin McNeilus.
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He has no other agenda,
but for the agenda of Jesus
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Christ and GYC.
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He is one who isn't ashamed
of the objectives of this
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organization and is one who
is faithfully fulfilled it's
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cause in the past two years.
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It is not by its
speaker, nor by charisma, nor by
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theological eloquence,
not by power, not by might,
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but by my Spirit
says the Lord of hosts.
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This evening my prayer
for all of you, my request for
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all of you is, let's
pray for the Holy Spirit.
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If you think this conference
is horrible, it's your
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fault, you haven't
prayed enough for it.
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Let's pray for
our speaker, Amen?
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If he's horrible
it is your fault.
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Amen? Audience: amen!
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Let's seek an untreated,
unprocessed, organic courage.
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Let's dare audaciously to
be unashamed in this church,
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the Seventh-day Adventist
church, in this culture,
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in North America,
and in this world.
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Let's here what Justin
has to say tonight, Amen?
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Audience: Amen!
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Before we hear his voice
we are going to hear a voice
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of an angel, from a girl
named Sofia Tsatalbasidis.
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She's going to sing a
song called, Let's Be Real.
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God is real? God Is Real.
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Are you ready to hear
the song service? This song?
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Amen, amen!
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Song: God Is Real
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If I were to tell you
what song I would mean
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well I might
miss a detail or two.
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For when you describe
something you didn't see
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then you're never
quite sure that it is true.
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Well what I have seen
with the eyes of my soul
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with the fingers of
faith, I can feel, I can feel
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well you just have to
listen and know that it's true
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there's no doubt, I
believe, God is real.
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With all the
creation persuasive enough
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to prove Him Creator to be
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and maybe
somewhere our God does exist
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why should He be
bothered with me?
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Well what I have seen
with the eyes of my soul
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with the fingers of
faith, I can feel, I can feel.
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Well you just have to
listen and know that it's true
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there's no doubt, I
believe, God is real.
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Well what I have seen
with the eyes of my soul
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with the fingers of
faith, I can feel, I can feel.
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Makes it clear that
He's living and alive today
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there's no doubt I
believe, God is real
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there's no doubt, I
believe, God is real.
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Good evening!
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How's everybody doing?
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Are you excited to be here?
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Can you believe it, GYC already?
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A whole year has
gone by since we met last.
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Actually more than a year.
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Have you done anything exciting?
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I don't really expect
an answer to that I guess.
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Are you ready?
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Are you ready
for our conference?
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I think, I know this conference
has the capacity to be
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the best GYC we have ever had.
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Are you ready?
It's going to happen.
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I just want to draw
your attention to the program
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booklet very quickly.
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Do you have it in your hands?
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Open it and go towards the back.
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Turn there quickly.
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In the back you have
pictured, a few smiling faces.
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Do you see it?
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Take a good look at it, I
want you to see the Executive
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Committee of GYC.
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These guys and girls,
excluding myself obviously,
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are some of the most
talented people the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church has.
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Let me tell you
something about them.
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Christmas Eve you are
probably all enjoying your tofu
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turkey and
singing hymns together.
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These guys were meeting
to plan next year's GYC.
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Christmas day you are
probably spending time with your
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family, they were on a
conference call getting ready
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for this year's GYC.
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These guys are
talented individuals,
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so can you do me
a favor? Yes? No?
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Audience says yes.
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If you see them
anytime during the conference,
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just give them a hug for me.
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They deserve it, they
do such excellent work.
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I am privileged
to work with them.
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If you are tuning in
from 3ABN or watching us live
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over a streaming broadcast
on the Internet, just pray
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for them, they do a lot
and they need your prayers.
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I didn't get to hear Justin
Kim's introduction, so hopefully
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it went okay, but I would
just give you a warning before
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getting started.
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I'm a banker by trade,
what am I? Audience: a banker.
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So I haven't had the formal
education of how to preach
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and package sermons real nicely.
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So I tell you that just
to warn you that the message
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tonight is a
simple message that has
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truly spoken to my heart.
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So tonight you will get a
simple message, from a simple
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person that I hope
speaks to your heart as well.
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But I'm particularly
excited, there are two things
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that give me a little
extra energy during the day.
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When I get to take a nap
and when I get to exercise.
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I got to do both of
those today, so be prepared.
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We will bow our heads
one more time before we dive
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into tonight's presentation.
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Our precious and most
gracious Heavenly Father.
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Lord we pause one
more time tonight.
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We have a assembled
from all over the world.
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We have come here
prepared to learn from You.
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We ask now Lord humbly,
that You would reveal Yourself
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to us in this conference.
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Tonight during our presentation
Lord, we ask that the
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Spirit would
fill this auditorium.
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That You would speak through
me, You know the messenger.
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You know my weaknesses and
I pray that all that will be
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placed aside and that tonight
we would receive a message
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from the throne of God.
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We pray all these things
in Your precious name, Amen.
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Not long ago my wife
and I were on a trip.
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We got to go to London and
do a little bit of traveling.
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A little bit of sightseeing.
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We got to London and got
on one of those double-decker
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buses, they are
interesting buses.
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We got up on the top and
it was a little cold, we were
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a little bit jetlagged,
but we wanted to see London.
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It was one of those buses
we're you could get on and
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off the bus and see
different parts of the city.
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So there we were cruising
around London and got to the
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stop at Westminster Abbey.
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Westminster Abbey is a
particularly interesting place.
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I guess it's most basic
point is that it is nothing more
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than a graveyard, but it is
interesting because there is
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a lot of famous
people buried there.
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You have got Kings and
Queens, you've got Princes and
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Princesses, you've got
Shakespeare and even Darwin are
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all laid to rest in it's crypt.
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We are nearing the end of
our self-guided tour when we
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came across a person that
deserved a little bit of pause
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we came to this person
and I looked at it and started
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reading the inscription
and thought to myself,
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I couldn't help but wonder.
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What was it like to walk a
day in the shoes of this guy?
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What was it like to
take adversity head on?
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What was it like to try
to complete the impossible?
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What was it like to
walk a day in the shoes of
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William Wilberforce?
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See William had quite an
interesting upbringing as
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a child he was always sick.
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He couldn't see well and
at a very early age his father
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died, and he kept
going from school to school.
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As he started getting into
his college years, he really
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gave way to worldly influences.
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He was a frequenter of parties,
gambling and things like
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that, and he really
had no time for God.
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In fact William was so
frustrated with people that
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consider themselves Christians,
that he would blast them
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right out loud.
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He went to college and met
his best friend William Pick.
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The two of them began
to talk about politics.
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They struck an interest
in politics and Wilberforce
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actually at the age of 21
was voted into the Parliament
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over in London.
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But it happened about the
age 25, William was taking a
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trip into the countryside
of Britain and it was reported
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that he began to
read his Bible in the
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morning and evening.
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He engrossed himself in
the Scripture and at the end of
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that trip he was a
born again Christian.
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He got to the end of the
trip and the political realm
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was ready to start up
again and he thought to himself,
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you know God really
can't use a politician.
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There is no point of me
going back to the political
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realm, I have got to
maybe be a pastor or full time
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Ministry, something like that.
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But William Pick, his best
friend stood in for a little
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bit of counseling and the
two of them began to think,
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strategize, and dream.
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They thought to themselves,
wouldn't it be incredible,
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wouldn't it be neat if
we could eliminate slavery?
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You see these two young
college age students could see
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something that
nobody else could.
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These two young people
could envision a Britain and her
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colonies without slavery.
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So they said let's do it.
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We can do it, we must eliminate
slavery, we will do it.
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William Wilberforce then
unleashed himself upon the
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world, and I would
submit to you this.
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The day that William
became unashamed about his
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relationship with
Christ was the day William was
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unleashed for
the cause of Christ.
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Did you catch it?
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The day that William
was unashamed about his
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relationship with
Christ was the day that he was
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unleashed for
the cause of Christ.
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The two of them thought,
strategize, dreamed and got
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ready to rid Britain of slavery.
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So they started telling
their inner circle about it.
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What do you think happened?
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They began to laugh at
them, William you've got to be
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kidding me, eliminate slavery
in Britain it will never,
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never happen, it cannot be done.
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But he refused
to hear the word no.
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He went on with his
life committed to eliminating
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slavery at all costs.
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Sickness struck
William many times,
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but it didn't stop him.
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Family tragedies plagued
him, but it didn't stop him.
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Many even
threatened his own life,
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but it didn't stop him.
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Now along the way
William won quite a few battles.
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He won small wars, if
you will, along the way.
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He even wasn't completely
committed, he ran a program
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for Sunday
missionaries to India.
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He fed the hungry and put
in some legislation to rid the
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world of animal cruelty,
but he never lost track.
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He never lost sight of
his true purpose to eliminate
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slavery from the
world of Britain.
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At the age of 73, stricken
with the flu, William spoke
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at a town hall meeting.
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His life was wrapping
up, but he still wanted to
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eliminate slavery.
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He was still
preaching, still teaching,
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still telling others,
and then in 1833 the Slavery
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Abolition Act was passed
abolishing slavery in most
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of the British Empire's.
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William Wilberforce
died three days later.
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So I paused just a moment
longer in front of his tomb.
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There etched on his
grave site for all the world to
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see for the rest of
time were these words.
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His name will ever be
especially identified with
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those exertions which by
the blessing of God removed
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from England the guilt
of African slave trade and
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prepare the way for the
abolition of slavery in every
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colony of the Empire.
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The persecution of these
objects he relied not in vain,
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but on God.
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In the progress he was called
to endure great opposition
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but he however, outlived it all.
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What laid the
foundation for the success of
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William Wilberforce?
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You see the day William
became unashamed about his
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relationship with Christ,
was the day he was unleashed
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for the cause of Christ.
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The day William became
unashamed about Christ was the
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day he was unleashed
for the cause of Christ.
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God is calling for this today.
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He is calling for a
generation, a church, a you to
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become so consumed
with one single purpose.
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A generation which will
unashamedly, in their love
00:20:12.86\00:20:16.90
for Christ be unleashed
for the cause of Christ.
00:20:16.90\00:20:20.83
A generation which will
not just unashamedly proclaim
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the truths of
revelation 14 messages,
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but will live them.
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I firmly believe that
as this generation does,
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as we do, by the grace
of God we can see Jesus
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come again in our generation.
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Do you desire to
live a life unashamed?
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A life so consumed with a
purpose from the Master that
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no matter what your vocation is.
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You missed it, do you
desire to live a life unashamed?
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Audience: amen.
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A live so consumed with
one purpose for the Master,
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no matter your occupation?
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You see there is a problem.
00:21:07.76\00:21:09.10
People come to GYC and
get inspired, they partake in
00:21:09.10\00:21:12.70
the seminars, they get
trained, they get all ready,
00:21:12.70\00:21:16.23
all juiced up and
ready to conquer the world.
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But then they leave with
this sense of insecurity.
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I'm not in full-time ministry.
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You know it's nice that
you come to our conference and
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participated, but if you're
not in full-time ministry,
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you are out of the herd.
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So our team
deduced we need a theme
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that tackles this head on.
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It's not all the reality
that God uses only those in
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full-time ministry for His work.
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The more precise reality
is that God wants to use you
00:21:48.60\00:21:52.73
no matter the work you are in.
00:21:52.73\00:21:55.03
Nursing, banking, graphic
design, counseling, car sales,
00:21:55.03\00:21:58.83
aviation pilots,
students, it does not matter,
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God wants to use you.
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So I ask again, do you
desire to live a life unashamed?
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Do you desire to be
unleashed for the Masters cause
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no matter your job?
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No matter your occupation?
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No matter your vocation?
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Turn with me in your
Bibles to our theme text.
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Romans 1:16.
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The basis of this unsecure
feeling that people leave
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with, is the reason we
came up with this theme,
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the theme Unashamed.
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Romans 1:16 tonight to
me the relevant question is,
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first is how do we get
this unashamed lifestyle?
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And secondly, how
do we maintain it?
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Romans 1:16, I'm sure
there are hundreds of ways we
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could pull out from
this, possibilities for this
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unashamed lifestyle.
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But I want to pause
for moment on just one.
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We will read it, Romans 1:16.
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"For am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is"
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"the power of God unto
salvation to everyone who"
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"believes; to the Jew
first and also to the Gentile. "
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In the text we could
explore many different things,
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but I just want to point
your attention to the word
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"power", it says this
power is available to us.
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The same power that created
the universe in six literal
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days is available to us.
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When we obtain this
power the result is salvation,
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but it doesn't stop there.
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This power is
available to others through us.
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Now my key question for tonight.
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How is this relevant to us?
00:23:54.06\00:23:55.90
Where does the
rubber meets the road?
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How do we make
it applicable to us?
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To do that I want us to
study a story found in the New
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Testament, tonight I
want to take a look at the
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story of Noah.
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To me there is not a more
fitting example in the entire
00:24:09.83\00:24:14.06
Bible than the story of Noah.
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I will tell you why,
there are a couple reasons.
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Tonight as I was
preparing for the story of Noah,
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Noah kept
popping up in my prayers.
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It had to be studied,
second, Noah if you look at it,
00:24:26.66\00:24:30.63
you know the end
from the beginning.
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You know that Noah was
the last of that generation.
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So it would seem to me
that it would serve a purpose
00:24:35.43\00:24:38.73
for us to study it.
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Third, can you just
step back, just a touch?
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I'm sorry.
00:24:45.20\00:24:47.26
Thanks.
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I'm just not that
seasoned of a speaker for that
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kind of distraction.
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Third, Jesus, Himself
alludes to the story of Noah.
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It would seem reasonable
to me that if Jesus says it,
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we need to study
it, can you say Amen?
00:25:09.23\00:25:11.40
Fourth, the story of
Noah, indeed the entire book of
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Genesis is under attack.
00:25:16.56\00:25:19.13
People believe them to just be
an illusion of a couple stories
00:25:19.13\00:25:23.10
that are
fictitious, make-believe.
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Sometimes it's good to
meet adversity head-on.
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So tonight we study the
book of Genesis, and we study
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specifically the story of Noah.
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Genesis 6:5, turn
with me there Genesis 6:5.
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When you get their
say Amen! Audience: Amen!
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Genesis 6:5 "and God saw
that the wickedness of man was"
00:25:46.30\00:25:51.46
"great in the earth, and
that every intent of his heart"
00:25:51.46\00:25:56.63
"was only evil continually. "
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We'll skip down to verse eight.
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"But Noah found favor
in the eyes of the Lord. "
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I would like to turn
your attention specifically to
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verse eight, God
uses the word "but".
00:26:09.66\00:26:13.93
So He is saying listen
Noah, all things on this earth
00:26:13.93\00:26:18.43
are not good, this is a problem.
00:26:18.43\00:26:21.00
I'm frustrated with the
human race, it is not good,
00:26:21.00\00:26:24.46
it is not what it should
be "but" then there is Noah.
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And God unveils this carefully
articulated plan to Noah
00:26:29.50\00:26:33.16
of saving grace
inside of the ark.
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To me there is a striking
parallel here found in the
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.63
book of Romans.
00:26:40.63\00:26:42.36
When Paul was describing
a bankrupt humanity he says
00:26:42.36\00:26:46.53
this, the wages of sin is
death but, but the gift of God
00:26:46.53\00:26:50.66
is eternal life.
00:26:50.66\00:26:52.13
So you see just like Noah,
God has a plan for your life.
00:26:52.13\00:26:55.30
The natural course would
be for the earth and all its
00:26:55.30\00:26:59.10
habitants to be destroyed
but, but then there is you.
00:26:59.10\00:27:02.83
You see God peers down
from heaven, past all the
00:27:02.83\00:27:06.56
hatred, past all the
bloodshed, past all the evils
00:27:06.56\00:27:09.96
in this world and sees
one person He cannot live
00:27:09.96\00:27:13.33
eternally without, YOU!
00:27:13.33\00:27:17.80
So He humbled Himself.
00:27:21.76\00:27:23.86
He left His heavenly
throne and walked and talked
00:27:26.33\00:27:28.63
like one of us.
00:27:28.63\00:27:30.30
Most did not appreciate
Him, most did not have nice
00:27:32.50\00:27:36.40
things to say about Him.
00:27:36.40\00:27:37.96
The masses chose a thief
over their Creator, but He
00:27:39.10\00:27:43.56
withstood it all for you.
00:27:43.56\00:27:46.03
They dragged Him to
a hill called Calvary,
00:27:47.23\00:27:50.53
and there He hung
on a cross for you.
00:27:50.53\00:27:54.16
Despite it all,
YOU were worth it.
00:27:54.16\00:27:57.70
He knew if you did it
you could choose to live
00:27:57.70\00:28:01.40
with Him for ever.
00:28:01.40\00:28:03.26
Jesus put a plan into
motion to provide us hope.
00:28:03.26\00:28:07.40
Jesus is the hope of
the world and everything
00:28:07.40\00:28:11.50
flows from there.
00:28:11.50\00:28:13.50
He is the constant,
permanent answer to the evils
00:28:13.50\00:28:16.73
of this lost world and
soon Jesus will come again and
00:28:16.73\00:28:19.93
part the clouds and
therein lies the real hope
00:28:19.93\00:28:23.23
we can believe in as Christians.
00:28:23.23\00:28:25.93
Everything else,
merely a Band-Aid.
00:28:25.93\00:28:28.60
Jesus paid it all, and
He paid it all for you.
00:28:28.60\00:28:32.76
You are the treasure found
in the field that was worth
00:28:32.76\00:28:35.93
selling it all for.
00:28:35.93\00:28:37.63
You were the Pearl in the
marketplace that was worth
00:28:37.63\00:28:39.66
risking it all for.
00:28:39.66\00:28:41.20
Jesus paid it all, and
He paid it all for you,
00:28:41.20\00:28:44.60
but you were worth every penny.
00:28:44.60\00:28:47.16
His gentle appeal is to
accept Him as your Savior.
00:28:47.16\00:28:51.60
Don't put it off till
tomorrow, choose you this day
00:28:51.60\00:28:56.00
whom you will serve.
00:28:56.00\00:28:57.40
So it gives us clues in
the Bible as to when His soon
00:28:57.40\00:29:00.20
coming will be.
00:29:00.20\00:29:01.70
Like the days of Noah,
not so you and I can pinpoint
00:29:01.70\00:29:06.13
the exact moment in time
when Jesus returns, but so that
00:29:06.13\00:29:10.53
we can always be
ready to meet Him.
00:29:10.53\00:29:13.60
Arthur Barclay in his
book, The Gospel of Matthew,
00:29:13.60\00:29:18.46
had his pulse on this issue.
00:29:18.46\00:29:20.20
He said we must so live
that it does not matter when He
00:29:20.20\00:29:23.83
comes, it gives us the task in
this life for making every day
00:29:23.83\00:29:28.63
fit for Him to see and
at any moment ready to meet
00:29:28.63\00:29:33.13
Him face to face.
00:29:33.13\00:29:35.70
All life becomes a
preparation to meet the King.
00:29:35.70\00:29:39.86
For Noah it didn't matter
when the rain would begin.
00:29:39.86\00:29:43.63
He received the instructions
from God and he put it into
00:29:43.63\00:29:47.60
practice, once he encountered
that saving grace from
00:29:47.60\00:29:51.56
God, everything
was on the table.
00:29:51.56\00:29:54.40
You see the day Noah became
unashamed about Christ was
00:29:56.46\00:30:00.80
the day he was unleashed
for the cause of Christ.
00:30:00.80\00:30:04.30
That friends is the foundation
to a life lived unashamed
00:30:04.30\00:30:08.63
Accepting Jesus as your
personal Savior lays the
00:30:08.63\00:30:12.40
ground work and preparation
for being ready to live a
00:30:12.40\00:30:17.26
life 100% unashamed of
the Gospel because the reality
00:30:17.26\00:30:21.53
is when you meet Jesus,
everything is on the table.
00:30:21.53\00:30:25.73
Is it going to look
weird to some people? Sure!
00:30:27.16\00:30:29.90
Will it look ill rational
to others? Sure it will!
00:30:29.90\00:30:32.56
But, if they knew the
end from the beginning,
00:30:32.56\00:30:34.70
if they knew the hope
that was in you it would not
00:30:34.70\00:30:37.66
even be debatable.
00:30:37.66\00:30:39.73
When you accept
Jesus as your Savior,
00:30:39.73\00:30:42.60
everything is on the table.
00:30:42.60\00:30:45.66
God looked down past the
evil and found in Genesis the
00:30:45.66\00:30:49.83
evils of the world and
He had compassion for Noah.
00:30:49.83\00:30:53.96
But the story goes on.
00:30:53.96\00:30:55.63
Genesis 6 and I
want to read verse 13.
00:30:57.20\00:30:59.13
Genesis 6:13, "and God
said to Noah, I have determined"
00:31:03.66\00:31:05.83
"to make an end of all flesh;
for the earth is filled with"
00:31:05.83\00:31:08.40
"violence through them; and
behold, I will destroy them"
00:31:08.40\00:31:10.93
"with the Earth. "
00:31:10.93\00:31:12.06
"Make yourself an ark of
gopher wood; make rooms in the"
00:31:12.06\00:31:15.63
"ark and covered inside
and outside with pitch. "
00:31:15.63\00:31:19.40
But on top of that Noah
had another specific heavenly
00:31:19.40\00:31:24.46
job, he was to preach a
bold message to the world.
00:31:24.46\00:31:28.40
God wasn't willing even
at that time that any should
00:31:28.40\00:31:32.33
perish so He said
Noah, preach to them all.
00:31:32.33\00:31:35.16
I want everyone and
anyone who wants to accept this
00:31:35.16\00:31:38.10
saving grace of the ark,
to be in that ark with you.
00:31:38.10\00:31:40.96
So Noah preached to the masses.
00:31:40.96\00:31:42.93
He said you have to get
into this ark, you need Jesus,
00:31:42.93\00:31:46.76
you need a Savior, you need it.
00:31:46.76\00:31:48.63
It is particularly interesting
to me the response he
00:31:48.63\00:31:53.23
gets, he is out there
preaching for 120 years.
00:31:53.23\00:31:56.73
Listen with me, the rationale
for not needing the ark.
00:31:56.73\00:32:01.83
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 96.
00:32:01.83\00:32:05.96
"The world before the flood
reasoned that for centuries"
00:32:05.96\00:32:10.70
"the laws of nature had
been fixed. They reasoned, that"
00:32:10.70\00:32:15.70
"as many reasoned, now
that nature is not above God. "
00:32:15.70\00:32:20.63
"That our laws are so
firmly established that God"
00:32:22.73\00:32:26.50
"Himself could not change
them. They reasoned it would"
00:32:26.50\00:32:33.23
"be impossible for
God to create a flood,"
00:32:33.23\00:32:36.73
"God's not above nature. "
00:32:36.73\00:32:39.76
Catch the significance there?
00:32:39.76\00:32:42.70
They rationalized it in
their mind, there's no creation,
00:32:42.70\00:32:47.00
God didn't create us.
00:32:47.00\00:32:50.46
If we could travel back
in time, to the time of Noah,
00:32:50.46\00:32:53.53
I'm willing to
venture this prediction.
00:32:53.53\00:32:55.36
We would go in and hear
Noah preach and as people were
00:32:55.36\00:32:58.50
walking away from his
preaching they would say,
00:32:58.50\00:33:00.70
Noah is loony, I mean listen
here, you line up billions
00:33:00.70\00:33:04.66
of rabbits over billions of
years and you'll see natural
00:33:04.66\00:33:08.60
selection take place.
00:33:08.60\00:33:10.40
God didn't create us, I
mean we domesticated dogs,
00:33:10.40\00:33:14.90
come on and get
real, Noah is loony.
00:33:14.90\00:33:19.63
God did not create us, we
do not need a Savior, we do
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.00
not need the ark.
00:33:23.00\00:33:24.53
How many more could have
been saved from the flood had
00:33:26.70\00:33:29.96
they just believed
the creation story?
00:33:29.96\00:33:32.10
How many souls will be lost
today because they throw out
00:33:33.63\00:33:37.30
the significance
of a creator God?
00:33:37.30\00:33:41.96
Why make the same
mistake they made in the past?
00:33:43.90\00:33:47.33
There is an appeal even
in the flood story for us to
00:33:47.33\00:33:50.73
take a stance on creation.
00:33:50.73\00:33:53.66
Two issues glare at
us as we look at this.
00:33:53.66\00:33:56.46
They rationalized in
their mind, God cannot create
00:33:56.46\00:33:59.80
and God cannot
destroy, both errors.
00:33:59.80\00:34:03.66
To me it is an essential
building block of an unashamed
00:34:03.66\00:34:07.70
lifestyle, once
you give up creation,
00:34:07.70\00:34:10.63
there is no end insight.
00:34:10.63\00:34:13.83
You convince a generation
that God didn't create the
00:34:13.83\00:34:17.03
Earth in six literal
days, you will be looking at the
00:34:17.03\00:34:20.20
last generation of Adventists.
00:34:20.20\00:34:22.13
You missed it again!
00:34:24.76\00:34:26.40
You convinced a generation
that God didn't create the Earth
00:34:26.40\00:34:31.23
in six days you will
look at the last generation
00:34:31.23\00:34:34.60
of Adventists.
00:34:34.60\00:34:36.10
If you throw out
creation, we lose our relevancy.
00:34:36.10\00:34:39.63
The doctrine of
creation is important.
00:34:39.63\00:34:42.86
It frustrates me of how
arrogant we are as Christians.
00:34:42.86\00:34:46.26
We say God I will tell you what,
00:34:46.26\00:34:48.00
I'll weigh the scientific
evidence and if You win,
00:34:48.00\00:34:50.96
I'll believe in creation.
00:34:50.96\00:34:53.50
We say we shall examine
all the scientific evidence,
00:34:53.50\00:34:57.50
but we ignore one
important source of evidence.
00:34:57.50\00:35:01.46
All the scientific
evidence we should ever need is
00:35:02.83\00:35:06.40
recorded in the book of Genesis.
00:35:06.40\00:35:09.50
Awh Justin, that's fanatical.
00:35:09.50\00:35:12.50
You can not realistically
expect me to believe the Bible
00:35:12.50\00:35:15.90
and then take it
at its word, can you?
00:35:15.90\00:35:18.06
My response is this, you
are not smarter than the enemy.
00:35:20.00\00:35:24.46
He used a talking
snake in the Garden of Eden.
00:35:26.50\00:35:30.46
What kind of tricks do
you think he has up his sleeve
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.96
for the
Creation-Evolution debate?
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.20
Do you want a response
from him, he has been waiting
00:35:38.33\00:35:41.00
for 6000 years for
you to say okay God,
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.50
show me the scientific evidence,
00:35:43.50\00:35:45.36
or do you want a
response from the Lamb?
00:35:46.83\00:35:49.00
Do you want to study
science or biology? Fine!
00:35:51.10\00:35:54.30
Evolution-Natural Selection
fine, but if at the end
00:35:54.30\00:35:58.10
of the day our only guide
in light should be the Bible.
00:35:58.10\00:36:02.26
No scientific theory
should be elevated above a clear
00:36:02.26\00:36:06.40
thus saith the Lord.
00:36:06.40\00:36:08.86
The word of God is
clear in Genesis 1:1.
00:36:08.86\00:36:13.13
The pen of
inspiration, letter 84, 1909.
00:36:13.13\00:36:17.33
"The divine mind and hand
is preserved for the ages the"
00:36:17.33\00:36:20.86
"record of creation in
its purity. It is the word of"
00:36:20.86\00:36:25.70
"God alone that gives us
an authentic account of the"
00:36:25.70\00:36:30.53
"creation of the world. In
the days of Noah the people"
00:36:30.53\00:36:34.83
"rationed that God couldn't
create a flood. They stopped"
00:36:34.83\00:36:38.56
"believing God was the
Creator and stopped believing"
00:36:38.56\00:36:42.26
"what God did in the past. "
00:36:42.26\00:36:44.50
So the idea of a worldwide
flood was completely foreign
00:36:44.50\00:36:48.50
and the mockers
came out of the woodwork.
00:36:48.50\00:36:52.60
But it didn't stop Noah.
00:36:54.93\00:36:56.86
They heckled him and said
what are you doing, what's
00:36:56.86\00:36:59.76
your purpose, give it
up Noah, the waters aren't
00:36:59.76\00:37:02.36
coming, the flood is
impossible, building an ark is
00:37:02.36\00:37:04.96
impossible, but
it didn't stop Noah.
00:37:04.96\00:37:09.23
Why? The day Noah became
unashamed about Christ, was the
00:37:09.23\00:37:14.60
day he was unleashed
for the cause of Christ.
00:37:14.60\00:37:18.30
But listen closely!
00:37:18.30\00:37:20.73
A day will come in the
future when pressure is amped
00:37:20.73\00:37:24.96
up for Christians.
00:37:24.96\00:37:27.80
Where peer pressure is
elevated to a level that we have
00:37:27.80\00:37:31.33
never seen before,
but my fear is this.
00:37:31.33\00:37:36.23
God's work goes undone because
we would rather look cool
00:37:36.23\00:37:40.23
then listen to God's command.
00:37:40.23\00:37:44.00
How many classrooms,
neighborhoods or workplaces go
00:37:45.40\00:37:50.36
unreached, untouched
because of what we think others
00:37:50.36\00:37:55.26
will think of us?
00:37:55.26\00:37:57.13
Justin, you don't understand!
00:37:58.63\00:38:01.03
If I tell my classroom that
I love Jesus, they are going
00:38:01.03\00:38:03.90
to think that I am weird.
00:38:03.90\00:38:05.60
If I tell my workplace I
believe that Jesus is coming
00:38:06.63\00:38:09.30
soon, they will think I'm
a little loony and never talk
00:38:09.30\00:38:11.90
to me again, so why even do it?
00:38:11.90\00:38:14.20
Listen if I tell my neighborhood
that Jesus lives in my
00:38:14.20\00:38:17.43
heart they are going
to think I'm strange.
00:38:17.43\00:38:21.86
I shudder to think how
many souls will be lost because
00:38:23.33\00:38:27.90
of our perception of
what others will think of us.
00:38:27.90\00:38:32.43
How many eternal destinies
could have been altered had
00:38:34.63\00:38:37.13
we rose above peer pressure?
00:38:37.13\00:38:39.96
For Noah it did not
matter, and it sure shouldn't
00:38:42.13\00:38:45.36
matter to you.
00:38:45.36\00:38:47.50
Others will think
you're weird, get over it.
00:38:47.50\00:38:50.30
To think someone's eternal
life is in the balance and
00:38:50.30\00:38:53.00
you are worried about
getting your feelings hurt,
00:38:53.00\00:38:55.66
get over it.
00:38:55.66\00:38:58.03
To think Jesus died on
the cross for your neighbor,
00:38:58.03\00:39:00.86
your classroom, your coworker,
and you're worried about
00:39:00.86\00:39:03.70
your reputation
so you go silent!
00:39:03.70\00:39:06.43
GET OVER IT!
00:39:06.43\00:39:09.80
To live a life unashamed
is to live a life carefree of
00:39:09.80\00:39:14.13
popular opinion
and worldly reputation.
00:39:14.13\00:39:17.30
You start caring about
what God thinks of you.
00:39:17.30\00:39:20.26
When it comes to man
or woman, get over it!
00:39:20.26\00:39:23.16
Noah was out building
the ark, building it to the
00:39:25.53\00:39:28.93
specific dimensions God
had instructed and they came
00:39:28.93\00:39:32.96
out by the droves to taunt
him, but he paid no attention
00:39:32.96\00:39:36.93
to it.
00:39:36.93\00:39:38.36
He had at the forefront of
his mind the picture of God
00:39:38.36\00:39:41.63
protecting him from the flood.
00:39:41.63\00:39:44.33
Men and women could
laugh but he was only concerned
00:39:44.33\00:39:48.10
with God's opinion.
00:39:48.10\00:39:49.76
But notice with me, some
of his most vocal doubters.
00:39:49.76\00:39:55.70
Patriots and Prophets, page 96.
00:39:55.70\00:39:58.70
Actually it
started on 95 and into 96.
00:39:58.70\00:40:01.90
"Many profess to be
worshipers of God. This class"
00:40:01.90\00:40:05.70
she says, talking about
the worshipers of God, "were"
00:40:05.70\00:40:10.00
"foremost in rejecting
the preaching of Noah. Their"
00:40:10.00\00:40:13.86
"minds had become so blinded
by rejection of light that"
00:40:13.86\00:40:17.90
"they really believed Noah's
message to be delusional. "
00:40:17.90\00:40:21.93
"The Christians were
among the most to make"
00:40:21.93\00:40:26.10
"fun of Noah. "
00:40:26.10\00:40:27.70
There will come a day when
Christians, when believers and
00:40:27.70\00:40:31.70
even Seventh-day Adventists
will begin to question this
00:40:31.70\00:40:35.66
unashamed lifestyle.
00:40:35.66\00:40:37.46
Adventist will say, and
are saying, God's flood was a
00:40:37.46\00:40:43.10
mistake, preach only love.
00:40:43.10\00:40:46.16
To judge the last generation?
00:40:49.20\00:40:51.53
Come on, not God!
00:40:51.53\00:40:53.76
The Gospel to the world,
every nation, kindred, tongue,
00:40:55.56\00:40:59.66
and people, that
is not even realistic.
00:40:59.66\00:41:01.80
It will happen, people
will begin to say it and it
00:41:01.80\00:41:05.10
happens now but as time
draws to a close it will happen
00:41:05.10\00:41:09.20
more and more, and I
bring it up for this reason and
00:41:09.20\00:41:13.26
this reason
alone, DON'T MISS THIS!
00:41:13.26\00:41:15.63
There is a proper way to
deal with these people, and an
00:41:15.63\00:41:20.83
improper way to deal with them.
00:41:20.83\00:41:23.13
Testimonies to the
Church, volume 6, page 151.
00:41:25.40\00:41:29.20
"Reformers are not destroyers.
We will never seek to"
00:41:29.20\00:41:36.06
"ruin those who do not
harmonize with our plans. God"
00:41:36.06\00:41:41.26
"desires us to have all who
serve Him be firm as a rock"
00:41:41.26\00:41:45.43
"where principle is concerned,
but meek and lowly of"
00:41:45.43\00:41:50.30
"heart as was Christ's. A
rude, condemning spirit is not"
00:41:50.30\00:41:55.10
"essential to heroism in
the reforms of this time. "
00:41:55.10\00:42:00.56
"All selfish methods, all
ego driven methods in the"
00:42:00.56\00:42:06.20
"service of God are an
abomination to His sight. "
00:42:06.20\00:42:11.76
An abomination to His
sight, pretty strong choice of
00:42:13.50\00:42:17.13
words from the inspired pen.
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.43
When we assume the role
of an unashamed lifestyle we
00:42:19.43\00:42:23.03
must check our egos at the door.
00:42:23.03\00:42:26.96
DON'T MISS THIS! This
counsel is particularly relevant
00:42:28.40\00:42:32.93
for those who claim to
be Bible conservatives.
00:42:32.93\00:42:36.90
Careful! One of the dangers
we face is how we treat our
00:42:36.90\00:42:42.86
fellow Bible believing,
conservative Adventist.
00:42:42.86\00:42:48.50
We have such egos when it
comes to our perception of
00:42:50.10\00:42:54.40
interpretation of the
truth that we despise those
00:42:54.40\00:42:58.70
who think differently.
00:42:58.70\00:43:00.96
We have no tolerance
for them until they pass our
00:43:00.96\00:43:03.70
conservative witness
tests, they are out of the herd.
00:43:03.70\00:43:08.63
We must learn to be gracious
and charitable to another.
00:43:08.63\00:43:13.53
Listen to my words carefully!
00:43:13.53\00:43:16.06
If you cannot live with
these people here on earth,
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.83
how are you going
to do it in heaven?
00:43:19.83\00:43:21.76
Get a grip with yourself,
think of what you are saying.
00:43:21.76\00:43:25.30
Until they think a certain
way, until they act a certain
00:43:25.30\00:43:28.83
way, I'll have
no respect for them?
00:43:28.83\00:43:31.03
When all along the way
Jesus was willing to pay it
00:43:31.03\00:43:35.13
all for them.
00:43:35.13\00:43:36.43
Do you think you are
above that brother or sister
00:43:38.16\00:43:40.70
simply because your perceived
correct view of Scripture?
00:43:40.70\00:43:44.20
You have no business thinking
you are above someone when
00:43:44.20\00:43:47.90
Jesus would stoop below both
of you and hang on the cross.
00:43:47.90\00:43:51.60
Period! But here is
another danger we face.
00:43:51.60\00:43:56.70
When we listen to a
message, when we listen to a
00:43:58.10\00:44:01.20
particular point, we look
around and see who does this
00:44:01.20\00:44:04.26
message best serve?
00:44:04.26\00:44:05.90
Oh, I'm glad he's
saying this, yeah!
00:44:08.43\00:44:10.33
Preach it Justin, such and
such really needs to hear it.
00:44:10.33\00:44:14.70
When you hear a point
like this I would express an
00:44:14.70\00:44:19.16
appeal that we hear in a
common song, not my brother,
00:44:19.16\00:44:24.23
not my sister, but it is
me, oh Lord, standing in the
00:44:24.23\00:44:29.30
need of prayer.
00:44:29.30\00:44:31.10
Instead of pointing
fingers, are you the one God is
00:44:31.10\00:44:34.23
trying to drive home a point to?
00:44:34.23\00:44:36.30
Some may say, well Justin
it is easy for you to say,
00:44:36.30\00:44:39.53
you're the president of
GYC, you are at the top of an
00:44:39.53\00:44:42.73
organization spawned
to cleanse the church
00:44:42.73\00:44:45.26
once and for all.
00:44:45.26\00:44:47.13
No, no we are not, we are
an organized army of young
00:44:47.13\00:44:53.43
people, meek and lowly of heart.
00:44:53.43\00:44:56.26
We abide in Christ, a
rude and condemning spirit
00:44:56.26\00:45:00.10
is not essential.
00:45:00.10\00:45:02.20
Our single desire is to
turn people, especially young
00:45:02.20\00:45:07.10
people, to the church.
00:45:07.10\00:45:08.73
I love my church and I
only want to see more young
00:45:08.73\00:45:14.80
people involved in His work.
00:45:14.80\00:45:16.56
Never, never will GYC
attempt to drive people away
00:45:16.56\00:45:20.13
from the Seventh-day
Adventists Church, NEVER!
00:45:20.13\00:45:23.63
until Jesus comes again
we will support the work and
00:45:23.63\00:45:26.76
the mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:45:26.76\00:45:29.76
We met as an
executive committee in February.
00:45:29.76\00:45:32.70
We ate together and prayed
together and sang together.
00:45:32.70\00:45:36.36
There in a living room guided
by, I believe God Himself,
00:45:36.36\00:45:40.00
we came up with a statement.
00:45:40.00\00:45:41.83
We started with the question,
if someone came up to us,
00:45:41.83\00:45:44.43
on the street, and
asked us the purpose of GYC,
00:45:44.43\00:45:47.40
what would our response be?
00:45:47.40\00:45:49.36
Here's what we came up with.
00:45:49.36\00:45:51.30
We want to get young people
to make other young people
00:45:51.30\00:45:55.40
Adventist by inspiring,
equipping, and mobilizing them.
00:45:55.40\00:45:59.40
In a sentence we condensed
the mission of the Seventh-day
00:46:00.80\00:46:04.00
Adventist Church.
00:46:04.00\00:46:05.90
We want to get young people
to make other young people
00:46:05.90\00:46:09.46
Adventist by inspiring,
equipping and mobilizing them.
00:46:09.46\00:46:13.36
That is why we get up in
the morning and serve GYC.
00:46:13.36\00:46:17.46
It is the reason we
exist, to serve our church.
00:46:17.46\00:46:21.46
Back to the story of Noah,
he didn't let the believers,
00:46:21.46\00:46:26.60
the Saints stop him.
00:46:26.60\00:46:28.23
He didn't let his ego get in
the way of completing his task
00:46:28.23\00:46:31.36
given by God.
00:46:31.36\00:46:33.16
He didn't allow his ego
to run his life, he kept
00:46:33.16\00:46:36.50
preaching, he
kept working for God.
00:46:36.50\00:46:38.96
You want to be
unashamed, keep preaching.
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.80
Keep working for God.
00:46:43.80\00:46:46.10
The day Noah became unashamed
about Christ was the day
00:46:46.10\00:46:50.26
he was unleashed
for the cause of Christ.
00:46:50.26\00:46:53.86
Noah went on building the
ark in the face of adversity.
00:46:56.13\00:46:58.96
He was laughed
at by the multitude,
00:46:58.96\00:47:00.66
but it did not stop him.
00:47:00.66\00:47:02.83
The believers told him to
give it up, it's impossible
00:47:02.83\00:47:06.96
Noah, it's not going to
happen, but he continually fixed
00:47:06.96\00:47:11.03
his eyes on Jesus.
00:47:11.03\00:47:13.00
He continually meditated
and prayed on that saving grace
00:47:13.00\00:47:17.80
found in the ark.
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.40
For 120 years, Noah was
preaching a warning message to
00:47:19.40\00:47:24.40
a world in need of a Savior.
00:47:24.40\00:47:26.93
Patriarchs and
Prophets again, page 102.
00:47:28.56\00:47:31.23
"Before the flood God sent
Noah to warn the world that"
00:47:31.23\00:47:36.33
"the people might be led
to repentance and thus escape"
00:47:36.33\00:47:41.00
"the threatening destruction.
As the time of Christ"
00:47:41.00\00:47:45.10
"second appearing draws
near, the Lord sends His"
00:47:45.10\00:47:49.10
"servants with a warning
to the world to prepare for"
00:47:49.10\00:47:54.50
"that great event. "
00:47:54.50\00:47:56.16
Let me read that again,
at time of Christ's second
00:47:56.16\00:48:00.13
appearing draws near,
as it is coming to a close,
00:48:00.13\00:48:03.66
as we are nearing the end
of time, the Lord sends His
00:48:03.66\00:48:06.86
servants, I would proposal
those servants are you and I,
00:48:06.86\00:48:10.00
with a warning to the
world to prepare them for
00:48:10.00\00:48:14.00
that great event.
00:48:14.00\00:48:16.63
Noah continued to preach a
warning message to the world.
00:48:16.63\00:48:20.36
He continued to work on
the plan of God that had been
00:48:20.36\00:48:24.10
given to him to save others.
00:48:24.10\00:48:26.36
I love the picture we
get of Noah in 1 Peter.
00:48:26.36\00:48:33.33
Turn with me in your
Bibles to 1 Peter 3:20.
00:48:33.33\00:48:40.20
I'm going to read from
the English Standard Version
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.26
because I like
the way it renders it.
00:48:51.26\00:48:53.20
1 Peter 3:20, Noah had a
message given to him by God.
00:48:53.20\00:49:00.76
God came to Noah and said,
Noah I can look past all the
00:49:02.23\00:49:05.60
evils of this world, it
is not a good situation but,
00:49:05.60\00:49:08.93
but there is you.
00:49:08.93\00:49:12.13
God does the same thing to you.
00:49:12.13\00:49:13.83
Looks past all the evils of
the world and says but there
00:49:13.83\00:49:18.03
is you, please accept me today.
00:49:18.03\00:49:22.96