Participants: Jan Cabungcal
Series Code: 11GYC
Program Code: 11GYC000006
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00:24 Soldiers of the cross Now the trumpet blow open
00:42 Soldiers of the Heavenly King 00:46 Who faithfully stand through everything 00:50 Sound forth and let your praises sing 00:55 to Christ the Lord of all The glory of thy coming 01:04 Give honor to His Majesty 01:08 The one who every good nations sing and sinful nations fall 01:18 Let thy sole foundation come upon the Rock of Ages 01:27 And though the battle rages His faithful few stand 01:36 Soldiers of the cross Now the trumpet blow open 01:54 War is in the final theme Now hear the trumpet sound 02:03 To travel where the saints have come 02:07 Press onto higher ground 02:12 And be not thou discouraged those days of the sin 02:21 Against who God has said 02:24 The gates of hell shall not prevail 02:32 Soldiers of the Mighty one Go fast and wear your armor on 02:41 For soon the shout of an angel is sound 02:45 Your foe's defeat is sure Be faithful to thy captain 02:54 Go forth, and brace your armor on 02:58 For soon creation's force will form 03:03 And turn the world on world Place your eyes on Jesus 03:12 His promise fulfilled and forever we'll praise 03:18 His name forever He's won the fight already 03:27 Soldiers of the cross, Now the trumpet blow open 03:41 Amen. Amen. 03:52 Amen. 03:54 Welcome, everybody. Are you excited to be here? 03:58 Amen. We have an amazing program awaiting us, 04:02 blessed by God and we're going to be spoken 04:05 to by a speaker named Jan, a Man of God 04:07 right after our special music. 04:09 Before we do that, I'd like to ask you 04:11 to join me as we pray for God's blessing. 04:14 Heavenly Father, I thank You so much 04:16 because You have been blessing us 04:17 in so many ways during this GYC. 04:20 And now as we gather together to hear a sermon 04:23 from Your word, from You, Father, 04:24 we pray for Your blessing, we pray for the infilling 04:27 of Your Holy Spirit that You might be glorified through it. 04:31 We pray all these things in the name of Jesus. Amen. 08:25 Amen. Amen. 08:32 Happy Friday, GYC. Happy Friday. 08:36 Have you been enjoying the seminars? Yes. 08:43 I stood at the back and listened to that beautiful piece, 08:47 I thought to myself, "Wow! I could stay back there 08:50 and listen to it forever." 08:52 However, I have the time to give you a testimony, 08:56 my testimony, so I invite you to bow 08:58 your head wherever you are as we seek 09:01 the Lord in prayer once more. 09:05 Our Father in heaven, Lord, we thank You 09:08 for this wonderful event. 09:11 We thank You for bringing us here, 09:14 dear Lord, and You have called us not because 09:17 we are the greatest perhaps because 09:19 we are the least of Your household. 09:22 Lord, as I share the things that you have done for me, 09:29 the experiences of the things that I have seen 09:30 and I've heard, I pray, Lord, 09:33 that You'll empty me of self and You will feel me. 09:38 This is my earnest plea such as You alone can be heard, 09:43 that You alone can be seen and I will disappear 09:48 such Christ can appear, not only now but for evermore. 09:53 It is my earnest plea in Jesus wonderful name. 10:03 You are GYC so, before I start my testimony, 10:10 I would like you to take your sword out 10:14 and we're going to sharpen it 10:15 just a little bit more just--this afternoon. 10:18 Go to the Book of John with me. 10:22 Book of John Chapter 4. 10:25 Here we find Jesus traveling northward into Galilee, 10:29 but we all--the Bible also tells us that He needs to pass 10:32 through Samaria and at about noon time, the Bible says, 10:37 Jesus made a calculated stop at Jacob's well. 10:42 So, we take it from verse 6. John 4:6, 10:51 "Now Jacob's well was there. 10:54 Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, 10:56 sat thus on the well, and it was about the sixth hour." 11:01 Verse 7, "There cometh a woman of Samaria 11:03 to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, 'Give me to drink.'" 11:07 "For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat." 11:11 Verse 9, "Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, 11:14 How is it that thou, being a Jew, 11:16 askest drink of me, which I am a woman of Samaria? 11:20 For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." 11:24 Verse 10, "Jesus answered and said unto her, 11:27 If thou knewest the gift of God, 11:29 and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, 11:31 thou wouldest have asked of him, 11:33 and He would have given thee living water." 11:36 Verse 11, "The woman saith unto Him, 11:39 Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, 11:41 and the well is deep, from whence then 11:43 hast thou that living water?" 11:45 Verse 12, "Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 11:48 which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, 11:51 and his children, and his cattle? 11:53 Jesus answered and said unto her, 11:55 Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. 11:58 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him 12:01 shall never thirst again, but the water 12:04 that I will give him will be in him 12:07 a well of water springing up into everlasting life." 12:12 The next verse and that's 15, 12:14 "The woman saith unto her--unto him, 12:16 Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, 12:22 neither come hither to draw." 12:27 My name is Jan Harry Cabungcal. 12:34 I'm a neuroscientist, that's how I pay my bills. 12:40 But my life's passion is soul winning. Amen. 12:45 And I have news for you, young people. 12:49 You might be students, you might work 12:53 in a medical field, in a bank. 12:57 Those are just your means to pay your bills. 13:02 Soul winning is your occupation. Amen. 13:08 We find here a story of a woman 13:12 and this woman's story is very much like my story. 13:18 I was born in the Philippines in the 1970s, 13:27 raised by my grandparents and also 13:30 by my aunts and my uncles. 13:34 So I was not lacking of love. 13:39 At the age of 12 and 13, 12 to 13, 13:45 I joined my parents who are living in the United Kingdom 13:51 and while in the United Kingdom, 13:54 at that time I was short, I was skinny, very skinny 14:01 and very short and I didn't speak English 14:04 and so when I was enrolled at school, 14:08 they took one good look at me and they thought, 14:13 "Okay, we'll put him in the lowest class." 14:17 And as I entered the class, I thought what a friendly 14:22 bunch of good people here, you know, the people, 14:27 my classmates were very friendly and they actually 14:31 were nice to me and the teachers actually sat with 14:34 each student during class and walk us through the exercise. 14:41 A month and half, give and take, 14:44 or maybe almost two, there was an exam, 14:50 I didn't know what the strategy was 14:54 but an exam was given to the whole class. 14:57 I took it and lo and behold I got 95 to 98 percent, 15:04 passed with flying colors. 15:06 And so the teachers looked among themselves and said, 15:08 "Well, this guy is not so stupid after all," 15:13 and they put me in the middle class, higher middle class. 15:18 And at this class, the people, 15:20 my classmates were not so nice, you know, 15:23 when we were copying notes, I remember, I would look at 15:25 their notebook and they would pull it away, 15:30 so I liked the other class better. 15:36 A month after being in that class, 15:39 there was another exam and I thought, 15:42 "No, no, no, you're not gonna get me this time 15:45 because I know the strategy, it means if I pass the exam 15:49 they would bring it to higher class 15:52 but if I fail it, it's a win-win situation. 15:56 I'm beginning to like the class I'm at 15:58 and at the same time, if they bring me back 16:01 to my old class, I would gladly do it. 16:05 And so when the paper was given, 16:07 I flunked it gladly and I stayed in the class. 16:12 Now, you have to understand that I was raised 16:15 in a Christian home but when I joined my parents 16:19 in the United Kingdom, all of a sudden, 16:21 our home was not as I imagine it to be 16:25 or should be, wanted it to be. 16:29 And so there was something lacking within me 16:32 and I began seeking something that would satisfy 16:35 the longing of my heart and my environment is school. 16:40 So I look at school who are the happy people at school. 16:44 All right, so the happy people at school are those 16:46 that are inclined to be more sports gifted 16:51 and so I looked around, I shoved around, 16:53 I saw rugby, no way, because if you get 16:58 a hold of the ball, everyone is just out 17:00 to get you and I'm not gonna die because of the ball. 17:05 Cricket? I hated catching a ball 17:08 without gloves, it's just painful. 17:12 And so I thought. "Ah, basketball." 17:15 Something I could live with 17:18 and so I joined the basketball team. 17:20 The problem is or I said at the time is that I was short 17:25 and so they gladly took me in but put me on the B team 17:30 which I call literally bench team because 17:33 that's what where I spent four to five weeks of my life 17:37 in the basketball team, throwing towels and the closer 17:40 I got to the ball is at the end of the game, 17:43 collecting them and locking them away. 17:47 So, you're getting the picture, 17:51 one day, finally, I thought, "Okay, I'm tired of this 17:57 and I just whispered a silly prayer." 18:00 Somebody break a leg and somebody did break a leg 18:06 so I get to play and say, "That little guy bring him in." 18:10 And so, now I need to earn the trust of my teammates, 18:15 but at the same time, I'm just running back and forth 18:18 like I'm alone, nobody really passed the ball to me 18:22 until the opportunity was given and finally, 18:27 I get to shoot and it went down, behind the three point line. 18:35 Now, they discovered something, 18:37 that you see in the Philippines, 18:39 we start playing basketball at the age of five 18:42 and so I mean I'll be able to jump, 18:44 I might be short but at least I can shoot 18:47 seven out of ten from a distance. 18:51 Before you lasted may be two to three months 18:55 and after that there was still something missing. 18:58 I just thought, "Maybe I need to go 19:00 somewhere else, find something else." 19:03 I said, "Who are the happy people in school?" 19:05 And I found the people would dress nicely 19:07 with their jackets and the black lapel 19:10 with a printed thing on it, that's a chess team. 19:13 So I joined the chess team. 19:16 And I thought, they thought, "Okay, this guy doesn't speak 19:20 good English so let's put him again in the B team 19:23 until finally somebody got sick, 19:25 I got to play, cut a long story short 19:28 and what people didn't know is that in the Philippines 19:31 when we're not playing basketball, we're playing chess. 19:37 And so I began playing chess when I was five 19:40 and just to get a picture, our teachers, 19:43 who's my uncle plays all the kids at the same time, 19:46 there's like eight chess board and he would play 19:49 from one all at the same time. 19:52 Hey, that's just, later on, I was a little bit older. 19:59 "Who are the happy people in school? 20:01 Those that have money. Those that have Nike Air Jordan." 20:05 And so, how does a 15-16-year-old get money. 20:10 So I decided to get a job. 20:12 So we got a job finally and no one would 20:15 accept us apart from a fast-food chain. 20:17 I won't say, won't name it anyway. 20:20 So finally got the--got paid and went out and bought 20:26 the things that we need like a millionaire. 20:30 It still did not satisfy the longing of my heart. 20:33 While I was working at this fast-food chain there were 20:37 people who were calling me names and telling me, 20:40 "Why didn't you go back where you come from? 20:43 You're looking stupid, aren't you?" 20:44 You know, this kind of rhetoric language 20:48 and tired of hearing that I thought to myself 20:51 "Okay. One day, I'm gonna prove you wrong." 20:56 And that was my drive to go to University 20:59 to prove the people wrong. 21:03 Went to the University in England, 21:07 got accepted at bio-medical program, 21:10 cut a long story short, successfully got my degree 21:15 and finally got invited to do 21:16 a doctorate program in Switzerland. 21:19 So I went to Switzerland and it was there at Switzerland 21:24 where God has been beginning to work in my heart. 21:28 I had not been to church for a long time. 21:30 Never even prayed for a long time. 21:34 And it was one-- it was the spring of 2003, 21:39 when I began to attend a youth meeting 21:42 and there was one American preacher 21:45 who came to that meeting, delivered a youth prayer 21:50 a week and during this time, I was hearing the message, 21:56 I--it was just tailor-cut just for me. 22:01 How I saw myself in that message 22:04 and at the end of the week, 22:07 when pastor Louis Torres made an appeal, 22:09 something just was happening within me I couldn't explain. 22:13 I was holding on to my chair, I wanted to respond 22:16 with my chair on my-- on my backside and finally, 22:20 the Lord got hold of me. 22:26 And that summer of 2003, Pastor Louis Torres 22:30 came back to Switzerland to do an evangelistic series 22:34 and I was baptized, 41 days after my baptism, 22:42 I preached my first revival meeting. 22:47 I tell you during this time my knees were shaking, 22:50 rattling so loud that I was worried that 22:56 all the people could hear of my knees. 23:00 I say, "Lord, I prayed You, I didn't ask for this. 23:05 I'm a scientist what do I know about preaching? 23:08 My auditory skills is very bad, but fill me. 23:16 And the Lord heard my prayer. 23:19 I ask the Lord, "If this is what 23:21 you really want me to do, then show me." 23:26 At the end of the revival series, 23:28 ten people recommitted their lives to the Lord. 23:34 I thought, "Is God calling me?" 23:37 I begun to ponder, "Now I'm in trouble. 23:40 What am I gonna do?" As I was praying 23:44 and asking God to lead, "Lord, send your spirit 23:49 to guide me, open doors of opportunity." 23:53 A door opened, I was asked to be 23:56 part of the team to preach an evangelistic series, 24:00 full evangelistic series in the Dominican Republic. 24:04 And I had no--no training in preaching or evangelism. 24:09 The only training in evangelism 24:11 I had was following Pastor Torres, 24:13 do Bible studies for two days. 24:17 In all, he said to me, "Young man, watch and pray." 24:22 And so I sat in the corner just watching him and praying 24:28 and soaking up everything that he's doing 24:34 and how he is making appeals 24:36 and how he's leading a person to decision. 24:41 So off I go after waiting for many months 24:46 of praying and preparing to the Dominican Republic. 24:50 Finally I'm in the Dominican Republic, 24:51 2004 summer. So get a picture, 24:56 first night, preaching my first evangelistic meeting, 25:00 everything was ready. 25:01 Preaching of Daniel 2, a kid run child. 25:04 Maybe five or six years old, runs across, 25:07 trips on my table, my laptop flew without wings, 25:12 bounced like a basketball, 25:15 all I could do is cover my eyes. 25:18 Picked up my Macbook. 25:20 Put it back on the table, continued preaching. 25:24 We have been instructed by Pastor Torres 25:26 that you don't let anything distract you, 25:28 you just continue to preach. 25:29 So I was preaching, I picked up, 25:30 put it and kept talking as if nothing had happened. 25:35 I could--I barely put the thing down, 25:38 move back and preaching, the same child runs back, 25:43 trips on the table, my computer bounces like a basketball. 25:49 I said, "This cannot be happening." 25:53 Put it back on the table. 25:55 After that, preached the campaign made appeal, 25:59 at the very end, another child, the same thing. 26:03 I said, "Okay, we're gonna solve this problem. 26:06 No children allowed." First night, second day, 26:13 I arrived in church Sabbath morning, 26:15 set up everything, I was ready, had my notes, 26:19 had my Bible ready to preach and then the elder came to me, 26:24 and the elder said, "What are you preaching today, brother?" 26:26 I said, "I'm preaching why so much suffering." 26:28 Now, we had little bit of pricing. That was young. 26:31 Oh, I'm still young but, and so yeah, 26:36 he, he, he basically said, "You cannot preach that." 26:39 I said, "Why not?", "Because we have no 26:41 visitors here, we need a message 26:43 that will blow our soul." 26:47 And how do you argue with an elder? 26:49 But I argued anyway. And as I was arguing him 26:53 back and forth, my translator, one Francisco from New York 26:58 saw us and he came and says, 27:02 "What seems to be the problem, my brother? 27:03 So I put my arms around him, thinking I'm gonna find 27:06 camaraderie in him and then explained him the situation 27:09 and then he turned to me and said, 27:11 "Brother, you know the elder is right." 27:14 And as I was about to argue, there was a voice 27:19 at the back of my head as loud as 27:22 I--I'm speaking with you today. 27:25 That's quotes Zechariah 4:6, but the only thing, 27:29 the difference is that it didn't have 27:31 Zerubbabel in it, it had my name on it. 27:34 It says, "This is the word of the Lord unto you, Jan, 27:38 that my work is not gonna be done 27:39 by might nor power but what?" 27:43 "By His spirit." Says the Lord of Hosts. 27:47 And after that I backed off, I fell on my knees 27:52 for three minutes and asked God, "Lord, it's Your spirit. 27:59 It's gonna be done by Your spirit so feel me, feel me. 28:04 I'm gonna be obedient to You in this, 28:06 I don't know where I'm going with this but You know." 28:10 And so I went with it, opened my Bible 28:13 for the shortest time I could remember. 28:17 It's about maybe one to two minutes 28:18 and they began to wave the pulpit entourage, 28:22 "blimey, come on, time to preach." 28:25 So, I came. My knees were shaking like never before 28:31 that I had to stand with one feet at the back 28:33 and one in the front to stabilize myself, 28:38 and we preached for one and a half hour 28:41 on the sermon I did not prepare. 28:46 The translator came to me and says, 28:48 "Brother, are you sure you did not prepare that?" 28:52 "Come on, I was hoping 28:54 you would take my side but you didn't." 28:57 I wouldn't argue if I had something. 29:00 "It is only the spirit of God." 29:03 And on that Sabbath afternoon, the whole church was knocking. 29:09 The whole church began to pray. 29:12 You see, at the end of the evangelistic meeting, 29:15 we have 38 souls but originally they only had 29:19 eight souls and so the conference president, 29:22 Pastor Henry Barrios came and says, "What happened? 29:27 I thought you only had eight souls. 29:28 Where did that 30 come from?" 29:32 And so we explained the situation 29:36 that it was only through the Spirit of God. 29:39 It would be-- church began to pray, 29:42 and the church began to knock on doors. 29:47 Seven couples got married, got baptized, 29:54 only the Spirit of God can do that. 29:57 Who am I? I'm not a season preacher. 29:59 I don't know anything-- left or right 30:04 but my experience, this was just the beginning. 30:09 Before I left the Dominican Republic, 30:12 I was together with a room -- in a room 30:14 with the young people and I looked at them 30:17 and I see in their eyes, 30:18 "What are we gonna do when we get home? 30:22 What are we gonna do?" 30:24 They didn't have to say it I could see it in their eyes. 30:27 See, all this spiritual adventure we had 30:32 will all end when we go back home to Europe. 30:36 And thus, the vision began 30:41 of forming Europe for Jesus. 30:45 God gave this vision in the mission field. 30:50 For young people. The young people who loved the message, 30:56 who loved God, who can understand 30:59 the specific message of the Seventh day Adventist 31:03 and be part of the young people who will deliver 31:06 the three angels message to the people in our generation. 31:13 So, thus began but who are we? 31:16 We are red pack of young people, 31:19 not even trained rightly. 31:21 We're still rough on the edges. 31:24 But God was bringing us through test it, 31:27 --a little here a little there, 31:32 seeing the intent of our hearts. 31:37 What began as a vision began to materialize 31:43 and we began to hold revival meetings in Austria, 31:47 in Germany, in Hungary, 31:52 in Italy, Switzerland, 31:57 Norway, different places in Europe 32:02 and God begun raising up an army of young people 32:08 who want simply to be filled by the spirit of God. 32:14 You are not alone here, brothers and sisters, 32:17 we have an army of young people in Europe 32:20 who are just waiting, waiting to be mentored, 32:24 waiting for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 32:28 And I'm so glad that I'm partof this movement. 32:31 God does lead me to many young people. 32:35 I share with you one experience, 32:37 one young person in particulars, 32:38 I wanted to bring him here but he said, 32:40 "Nothing like calling for this time, this is your time." 32:45 I was preaching an evangelistic campaign in Northern Germany 32:49 and this young man was there, I met him there, 32:52 he's a fourth generation protestant and this young man 32:58 came and I just saw there was something about him. 33:02 I say, "Lord, are You leading me to this young man 33:05 to mentor him and to somehow 33:08 bring him to the foot of the cross. 33:11 He's not even an Adventist." 33:12 But he's starting to attend the church. 33:16 His name is Martin. 33:19 In 2009, he was baptized. 33:26 Two months after his baptism, 33:29 he preached his first evangelistic meeting with us. 33:34 The following year did the same and today. 33:39 he is the networking coordinator of Beautiful Jesus, 33:42 not only that he is the Glow Europe Coordinator. 33:47 If God can do that for myself and Martin, 33:51 who are not born into this movement. 33:55 How much more for you, young people? 34:01 Recently, I was in Turkey, 34:08 just few days ago and it's forbidden 34:10 to do evangelism there, but the Lord has given me 34:15 one of the most memorable experience. 34:18 On just one night, I went out to do outreach. 34:22 Well, we're forbidden but I went out anyway. 34:24 I didn't take my translators with me 34:26 because I didn't want them to get into trouble. 34:28 The worst thing they can do to me is deport me, 34:31 lock me in jail may be for a night or two 34:32 and then deport me. But it's okay. 34:36 And so I went out because I got restless 34:39 at the 11 O'clock in the evening, 34:41 and I normally have that, and when I have that-- 34:43 I know that there's somebody out 34:45 there waiting and so I went out. 34:48 And lo and behold, well out, at three different period, 34:54 three different guys came to me. 34:56 First was Ali, second was Hameed, 34:59 the last one was Mustafa. 35:01 And apparently, they all work 35:03 at the hotels around-- round town. 35:08 But more significant that I want to share with you 35:10 is the last one, Mustafa, a Muslim, 35:15 he wanted me to take me to an establishment, 35:17 eventually I deducted that he wanted to take me 35:20 where we're not supposed to be. 35:23 He calls them lovelies but basically women. 35:28 And so I told him, "Brother, I am happily married 35:35 and I will be committing sin 35:36 against my wife by even going there." 35:39 So I wanted to test him, he says, 35:41 "Well, you don't have to tell your wife." 35:42 "Well, then I'm committing sin against God." 35:46 And he looked at me then I began to tell him. 35:50 I asked him, "Do you have a sister? 35:53 Do you have a daughter? 35:55 Just no. "Well, imagine this, if your sister is there, 36:00 would you still take me? Would you?" 36:04 He began to think for himself and I asked him this questions, 36:09 "It seems to me that you are a good man 36:13 but with streak of what bad boy wanna be, 36:17 I was once like you. Do you want victory over that?" 36:23 And we walked for 45 minutes around the city 36:26 and I was giving him Bible studies. 36:29 At the very end, I told him, there's only one 36:31 who can give you victory and that is Jesus. 36:34 You wanna know who He is? 36:36 He is not just a normal man, He is not a just good man. 36:39 He's not just a guru. He's the son of God 36:44 and you can have victory if you allow Him. 36:50 So to test this if he's genuinely interested 36:52 we had about 10 to 15 minutes 36:54 walk back to what I was staying. 36:56 I saying, "Would you like a copy of something 36:57 I wanna give you?" And he says, "Yes." 37:00 So he walked back with me, 37:03 got a book of Step to Christ and gave it to him. 37:09 Muslims open for the Gospel. I have one more story. 37:13 My time is short but I don't wanna leave you 37:15 without giving you this story. 37:17 I was in the train in Switzerland, a train ride, 37:20 that's my mission field. Train, buses and plane. 37:23 As I was in the train and as I stepped into the train, 37:26 there was this guy that had a big smile, 37:28 he was looking at me, I thought to myself, 37:30 "Wow, do I have ketchup, toothpaste. 37:34 I looked is my zip undone? 37:36 Fine, no problem there." 37:39 And so he asked me if he could sit with me, 37:43 so, "Yes, by all means, please sit with me. 37:45 Please sit. " And the first thing he asked just by seeing, 37:48 he said, "What do you do?" 37:50 Said the question that you ask, 37:52 that's a bold question which require bold response. 37:56 And so since he asked that I told him, 37:58 "I'm a neuroscientist who believes 38:00 in six literal day of creation." 38:02 I let him have it and he said, "What do you mean?" 38:08 And I explained to him what exactly I mean 38:10 and I brought him the Great Controversy, 38:12 I began to -- to somehow bring the Battle for the Minds 38:18 and we walked in this battle and I was talking, 38:21 talking for 20 to 25 minutes and didn't let him 38:24 to say anything, I was just over enthusiastic. 38:28 And finally, I said, "By the way, 38:30 I got just the copy for you." 38:32 So I took the out and I was handing it over to him. 38:36 He asked me--I asked him, "What about you? 38:38 What do you do?" What--this is how it was. 38:42 He says, "Well, I'm a catholic priest." 38:47 A catholic priest. He is a professor at the seminary, 38:50 training catholic priests and you can imagine 38:55 I was handing him the Great Controversies, 38:56 and I was pulling it back and he was pulling it towards him. 39:01 And I ask him, "Really, can you tell me, 39:03 what that really entails? 39:07 Finally, I say, "Lord, put a sock in my mouth. 39:12 Get the dirtiest one." Because I thought 39:14 I've just dishonored him. 39:18 Three months later--three months later, I get an email, 39:22 "Dear brother Jan," And it says in that email, 39:26 when I read it, I almost fell up my chair 39:30 because this is his words, "I-- thoroughly enjoyed this book." 39:35 Amen. The next line, "I believe every single 39:43 seminarian should have this book." 39:46 Third line," Where can I get more of this book?" 39:50 Amen. I tell you I almost fell out of the chair, 39:53 I went straight to my bookshelf 39:55 and got all the nine Great Controversies, 39:57 put it in a box and said, 39:58 "Brother, I will take it care for you." 40:00 That's it. I don't know where he is today 40:05 but he is no longer in the faculty of the University 40:07 where he was teaching, but my prayer 40:10 is that the Spirit of God just filled him 40:13 and I will see him in heaven. 40:15 Amen. Young people, God has a special task for us 40:23 but He cannot entrust His task without us being filled. 40:26 I wanna read you a quotation from this Great Controversy, 40:28 I'm really out of time but I don't want us 40:30 to leave without us. Just let us think this for a while, 40:33 it's found in the Book of Education, page 263, 40:36 "Thousands of young persons 40:38 will be called to this rescue ministry. 40:41 The whole world is opening to the gospel. 40:43 From every direction sin-stricken hearts cry 40:46 for the knowledge of God. 40:47 Millions have never heard of God or of His love. 40:50 It is their right to receive this knowledge. 40:53 They have equal rights to the Savior's mercy. 40:56 We must answer this. cry. 41:02 And at this crisis, the--question asked 41:04 of Queen Esther comes to every home, every school, 41:08 every student who has enjoyed the light of the gospel: 41:12 "Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom 41:15 for such a time as this?" 41:21 I wonder, if there's anyone in this room 41:28 who wants to answer this-- call but before you can answer 41:32 this call before you can receive and be filled 41:36 by the spirit of God, you have to bring something 41:41 that hinders you, sin priorities before Him. 41:48 What is it that's hindering you from fully receiving 41:53 that living water that Christ offers? 41:55 A drop of that will satisfy you. 41:59 It has satisfied my soul. On my honeymoon, 42:03 I was at an evangelistic meeting, 43 young people, 42:09 that's the honeymoon, before the honeymoon, 42:12 before the wedding, we had an evangelistic meeting, 42:14 I was also in that part of it. 42:17 When my daughter was born, 2010, last year, 42:23 I was in the mission field. 42:26 I missed calculated the date by one week. 42:29 I was supposed to be home but I have a supporting 42:31 wife who understands that this answer must-- 42:35 this cry must be answered. 42:38 Young people, God will use you but only 42:44 when you're asking to be filled. 42:48 I wonder how many of you with the raising up 42:51 of your hand would say, "I wanna be filled 42:53 by the Holy Spirit." With our heads bow and eyes closed. 43:00 Maybe there's a young person, young man, young woman 43:02 in this room, who have something in their lives, 43:07 priorities, whatever that may be and they'd 43:09 like to give to God today, so they can be fully used by God. 43:14 Would you stand to your feet and say, 43:16 "Lord, I wanna give it to you." 43:19 I'm tired of going to this well 43:24 and drinking from this false well. 43:27 I wanna drink from the well that You offer. 43:29 Is there that young person? 43:31 Amen. Anymore young person? 43:34 I wanna pray for you this afternoon 43:36 not because there is power in me but I believe in Him 43:43 who has transformed my life and since He's transformed 43:47 my life when I gave it all to Him, 43:48 He can transform your life. Is there an older person? 43:53 Say, "Lord. I give it to you today. 43:56 I don't want--I wanna leave this place knowing 43:58 I have no baggage that I'd symbolically loved it 44:01 at GYC and -- the angels will come 44:04 and does it off themselves. 44:08 Let's bow our heads for prayer. 44:11 Our Father, in Heaven, Lord, I thank You 44:17 for what You have done in my life. 44:20 I thank You for what You are doing in the lives 44:22 of these young people. 44:24 Lord, they stand for You today because they understand 44:28 that they may--they need to answer this cry. 44:33 But Lord, they also recognized that they cannot be filled 44:37 while they're holding on to something that is hindering 44:41 Your spirit to fully work in them. 44:44 So they symbolically stand present them to You 44:49 and they present their lives to You today. 44:53 Disappoint them not, they will leave this place 44:56 not only filled by You but You will dwell in them. 45:02 In Jesus' wonderful name. Amen. 45:37 There is a higher throne Than all this world has known, 45:49 Where faithful ones from every tongue 45:57 Will one day come. 46:04 Before the Son we'll stand, 46:10 Made faultless through the Lamb 46:15 Believing hearts find promised grace-- 46:22 Salvation comes. Hear heaven's voices sing; 46:34 Their thund'rous anthem rings 46:39 Through em'rald courts and sapphire skies. 46:45 Their praises rise. 46:51 All glory, wisdom, pow'r, 46:57 Strength, thanks, and honor are 47:01 To God our King, who reigns on high Forevermore. 47:24 And there we'll find our home, Our life before the throne; 47:34 We'll honor Him in perfect song 47:41 Where we belong. He'll wipe each tear-stained eye 47:52 As thirst and hunger die. 47:57 The Lamb becomes our Shepherd King; 48:04 We'll reign with Him. 48:09 Hear heaven's voices sing; 48:14 Their thund'rous anthem rings 48:19 Through em'rald courts and sapphire skies. 48:25 Their praises rise. All glory, wisdom, pow'r, 48:36 Strength, thanks, and honor are 48:40 To God our King, who reigns on high 48:46 Oh add glory to our God, our king Forevermore. |
Revised 2014-12-17