Hello friends and welcome
to 3ABN's Fall Camp Meeting
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2012. If you've
been here all day
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you know that the Lord has been
flowing into us and blessing us
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with abundant
spiritual food from on high.
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Can we all say "Amen" to that?
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Elder Carter has not held back.
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I think that he's the only man
that's not going to cool down
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before the Lord
comes. As a matter of fact,
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because of him many of
us have already warmed up.
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Isn't that true,
C.A.? Very, very true.
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You know, we
were... we were just...
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I've known... We were
going back over our years...
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We've known each
other I think 35 years.
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We were children
when we first met.
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But we were trying to determine
who was going to speak first.
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Remember that game
kids play where you go odd,
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even, and you throw your
fingers out kind of thing?
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We didn't do that.
I just gave it to him
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because he's my
pastor now. I used to be his.
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But it's been a
wonderful wonderful day.
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We've had a wonderful time.
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We've stayed by. The
Spirit has been here.
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The music has been wonderful
and the messages have been
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very powerful. And tonight
for this penultimate service -
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there's one more
that follows this -
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we get to hear a Latino
report from our Latino channel.
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John Dinzey, the general
manager of Latino, is making
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a report. But
before him, Jim Gilley
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is coming to give us a message.
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We could not go through a
whole Camp Meeting and not
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hear from our
president in a formal way.
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And then preceding him
we've asked Pastor Lomacang
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to give us just another
song. A beautiful singer
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and really a nice guy.
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I've known him many, many years
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when he was out in the world
and Angie would have to drag him
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to church to
listen to my sermons
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and try to elbow
him to keep him awake.
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And now my wife elbows me to
keep me awake for his sermons.
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No, that's not true.
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Confession is good for
the soul but as Danny says
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it's hard on the
reputation. Indeed!
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John, would you
pray for us please?
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Sure. Let's bow our
heads. Father in heaven,
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we thank you so much.
Lord, it's at Camp Meetings
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like this that we are reminded
again how much You love us.
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The precious souls have
come and we pray, Father, that
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we've been
faithful. We enjoy ourselves
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when we're together but
we pray that, Lord, You've
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used us as branches
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and we'd not forget
that You are the vine
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from which all the power
that we muster up and even use
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comes from. And we pray that
You'll continue to pour into us
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tonight. We pray in a special
way, Father, that You'll pour
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into Elder Jim Gilley.
And tonight as he breaks
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the bread of life we
thank you for his leadership,
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we thank you for his
vision, and we thank you for his
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dedication. We pray that You
will take the words that he has
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penned and
ignite them from on high
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and speak to our hearts as
Camp Meeting is winding down.
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Challenge us to - as he's
always said - keep on keeping on
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in Christ. Bless
the music and also
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the later on
message from Elder Carter.
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We pray that You will
cap off this Camp Meeting
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as You have begun it and
as You have continued it:
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for Your glory and Your honor.
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In Jesus' name
we pray, Amen. Amen.
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I always... and I can say
this honestly because he's
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standing here... truly
enjoy hearing my pastor sing.
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He's a good preacher; he's
a wonderful, anointed singer.
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And he has been an
inspiration to me...
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one of the persons who
kind of pushed me to sing
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since I got to 3ABN.
I'm always blessed by him.
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John, what are
you going to sing?
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Well the song is...
Aren't we going to do our
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theme song first? You
know, I'm ahead of myself.
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We should. Yeah, let's do that.
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Let's do that one last
time. Keep our pastor in order.
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What a day that
shall be. Indeed!
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Join with us if you will.
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Amen. Now we're
ready for that song
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which will be?
There Is A Fountain.
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You know that inspired me
by what happened off air today.
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We had two precious souls
that were baptized here - Amen -
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which also is icing on
the cake for Camp Meeting.
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It reminded us that the
theme has been all about Jesus.
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That that fountain
continues to flow. Amen.
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And we are
benefitting from it today.
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The thief on the
cross benefitted from it
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and souls ahead of us,
forward of us, will always be
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covered by that fountain
filled with the blood of Jesus.
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Praise God! So our
pastor, John Lomacang,
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followed by Jim
Gilley. The sermon title is
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The Wisdom Of Solomon.
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And then a Latino
report from our general manager
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of 3ABN Latino... John Dinzey.
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There is a fountain
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filled with blood
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flowing from Emmanuel's veins.
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And sinners plunged
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beneath that flood
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lose all
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their guilty stains.
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Lose all their guilty
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stains.
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Lose all
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their guilty stains.
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And sinners plunged
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beneath that flood
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lose all their guilty
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stains.
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The dying thief
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rejoiced to see
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that fountain
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in his day.
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And there may I
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though vile as he
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wash all
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my sins away.
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Wash all my sins
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away,
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Wash all
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my sins away.
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And there may I
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though vile as he
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wash all my sins
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away.
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Ever since by faith
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I saw that stream
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Thy flowing wound
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supplied
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redeeming love
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has been my theme
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And shall be till
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I die!
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Yes it shall be
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until I die.
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Yes it shall be till
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I die.
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Your redeeming love
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has been my theme
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and shall be till
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I die...
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And it shall be
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till... till I
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die.
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Amen!
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Amen! Thank you, John.
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Shall we bow our heads. Father,
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there is a fountain
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filled with blood.
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And Father, Your son Jesus
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supplied the blood.
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May we be covered by that blood;
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may we be filled
with Your Holy Spirit.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Danny asked me to
bring a devotional to you
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here as we come down
to the end of the Sabbath
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and a wonderful time together.
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And I'd like to turn your
attention to the scripture
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and to I Kings the 3rd chapter
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and just for a moment
take a look at Solomon.
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You remember that God
chose him to be the king.
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In verse 7 of
chapter 3 of I Kings he says
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"Now, O Lord my God
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You have made your servant
king instead of my father David.
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But I am a little child.
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I do not know how
to go out or come in.
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And Your servant is in
the midst of Your people
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whom You have
chosen... a great people
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too numerous to be
numbered or counted.
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Therefore, give to Your servant
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an understanding heart
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to judge Your
people that I may discern
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between good and evil.
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For who is able to judge
this great people of Yours?
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And the speech pleased the Lord
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that Solomon had
asked this thing.
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And then God said to him:
'Because you have not asked...
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because you
have asked this thing
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and have not asked
for long life for yourself
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nor have asked for
riches for yourself
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nor have asked the
life of your enemies
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but have asked for yourself
understanding to discern
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justice, behold I
have done according
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to your words.
See, I have given you
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a wise and understanding heart
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so that there has not
been anyone like you before you
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nor shall there be
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like you arise after you. ' "
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The wisdom of Solomon.
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The judgment... the
just plain intelligence.
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And then you
remember some of the stories.
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You remember the
story of the two ladies
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that had the baby. And
you remember his judgment
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and what he said to them.
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Wisdom!
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You know we think sometimes
that we can measure wisdom.
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We think that with
I.Q. tests that you can tell
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how intelligent people are.
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I've done a little
reading and research on the I.Q.
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and there are a number of
people that have very high I.Q.s
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that are listed on the Internet
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and are listed in
books on the subject.
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A number of them.
Christopher Langan is one.
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I think he lives
in Wisconsin now.
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He has an I.Q. up around 200.
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Bless his heart.
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He spent at least 20 years as a
temporary worker and bartender.
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He has not...
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has no degrees. What
has he done with that?
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We look at Marilyn vos Savant.
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By some tests she
actually measured 228...
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which is just way beyond.
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She lives in St. Louis.
She writes for Parade magazine.
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But she dropped out from
the Washington University
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there in St. Louis.
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I mean, you're
starting to get a picture.
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I.Q. is not
necessarily associated
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with success.
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Intelligence doesn't
always have with it wisdom
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nor judgment.
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There's a man by the
name of Kim Ung-yong.
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He has an I.Q. of about 210.
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There's Stephen Hawking.
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Stephen Hawking
somewhere in the 160's.
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John Sununu: 180 I.Q.
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I.Q. Intelligence. Who is wise?
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And if you go around
and you ask different people
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different questions you
will get all kinds of answers.
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If you went to
a military academy
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and you said "Who is
wise? " they would say "Well
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let me tell you a
little bit about that. "
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And they would go into the
history of military maneuverings
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and all of the
planning of strategies.
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And they would look
back and they would say: "Now
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we can tell you some
generals who were outstanding. "
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And they would mention
people like General MacArthur,
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General Patton,
General Eisenhower,
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General Schwarzkopf.
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And they would talk about
some of the great generals
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of history: Napoleon and others.
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And they would
identify wisdom...
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If you were talking to military
people they would identify
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wisdom in a military sense.
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You go to a
financial organization.
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Say: "Who is wise?
Who is the wise man? "
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They'd say: "Well, let me
give you some illustrations. "
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And then they would talk to you
about people like Steve Jobs.
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You probably have one of
his products on you right now.
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If you don't, there's
one somewhere close to you
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I can guarantee you.
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This is a man who along
with others started Apple.
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And then because he was hard
to get along with and difficult
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they threw him out.
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He was bought out.
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Later when the
company was about to go under
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they brought him
back... and the rest is history
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as you have seen that
corporation become worth
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not just billions...
hundreds of billions of dollars.
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And if you were a financial
individual and they said
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"Who is wise? "
you'd have to look at him.
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You would have to
look at Bill Gates.
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You would have to
look at Carlos Slim
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who is actually probably
the richest man in the world.
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Mexico... the man that's
into communications down there.
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Or you could talk
about Warren Buffett.
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Warren Buffett starts out
with a few thousand dollars
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borrowed or
invested from by relatives
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and builds an
estate worth billions.
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He's given away half of it and
still is worth 50, 60 billion
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plus.
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And so the financial people
would point you that direction.
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But let's say that you don't...
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You're still looking
for who is really wise.
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We've discounted the I.Q. thing
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because none of those
I.Q. high-like people have
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really
accomplished all that much.
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So we're looking at
wisdom in a different way.
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And so we now go
to the medical field
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and we say to
someone in the medical field
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"Who is wise? "
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"Oh... " they'd
say... "Ben Carson. "
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Ben Carson is!
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If you've looked at anything
Ben's been involved with
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you see how that he was the
one that did that successful
00:17:56.52\00:18:01.56
surgery where they
separated those Siamese twins.
00:18:01.59\00:18:05.72
This is a man with gifted hands.
00:18:06.12\00:18:09.21
I was visiting with a
pretty well-known professor
00:18:09.31\00:18:13.40
and doctor from
Johns Hopkins University.
00:18:13.60\00:18:16.12
And we were in an
airport just waiting for a plane
00:18:16.32\00:18:19.16
and we began to talk
and he told me what he did.
00:18:19.36\00:18:22.10
And I asked him, I said:
"Do you know Ben Carson? "
00:18:22.30\00:18:24.48
He looked at me
like... Well he said:
00:18:26.08\00:18:29.63
"Ben is in a different
league than the rest of us. "
00:18:29.83\00:18:33.24
Said: "He's high echelon. "
00:18:34.58\00:18:36.28
He said: "I see him in
the hall sometimes but... "
00:18:36.69\00:18:39.83
He looked at me and he
said: "Do you know Ben Carson? "
00:18:40.03\00:18:42.86
I said: "Well, let me tell you.
00:18:44.08\00:18:45.85
At that time I was going
to the Spencerville church
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and Ben was a member there.
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And Ben... he'd just humbly
come in and sit down with his
00:18:51.74\00:18:55.68
family and then... He
was one of the elders.
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And often - even if he
wasn't on the platform -
00:19:00.24\00:19:04.03
he would go to the door
with the pastor and shake hands.
00:19:04.23\00:19:07.10
I have shaken the
hand of Ben Carson...
00:19:07.40\00:19:11.76
the gifted hands. "
00:19:11.96\00:19:14.95
And I want to tell you I did not
00:19:15.05\00:19:16.80
give him that old
East Texas crunch either!
00:19:17.10\00:19:21.90
I was careful with that hand.
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Talented.
00:19:28.38\00:19:30.26
Unbelievably gifted...
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and God has used
him. And there are others.
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You could look at those
who have done the great...
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You know, to me one
of the patron saints
00:19:41.80\00:19:44.43
of medicine is Dr. Salk
because when I was a child
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I had polio.
00:19:48.57\00:19:49.94
I was three years old.
00:19:50.12\00:19:51.81
There were over
400 cases in our city.
00:19:52.11\00:19:54.72
They only had one iron lung.
00:19:54.92\00:19:57.04
I fortunately did
not need an iron lung.
00:19:57.14\00:19:59.14
But it was simply you
made it or you didn't.
00:19:59.44\00:20:03.60
There was no
hope... hospitals were full.
00:20:04.42\00:20:07.60
They didn't even... The
doctor came and saw me -
00:20:07.80\00:20:10.51
in those days
they'd come to the house -
00:20:10.61\00:20:11.98
and he said: "He has polio. "
00:20:12.18\00:20:13.55
But there was no
real treatment for it.
00:20:13.63\00:20:17.24
We just... I was
there and they prayed for me
00:20:18.40\00:20:23.79
and they were by me.
And for two solid weeks
00:20:23.99\00:20:27.39
I was in
semi-conscious sort of a coma.
00:20:27.59\00:20:30.83
And then one day I woke up
00:20:31.14\00:20:34.25
and I remember this, see.
00:20:34.35\00:20:37.11
I remember waking up. I
don't remember any other part.
00:20:37.31\00:20:39.99
But I remember the
family being so amazed.
00:20:40.29\00:20:43.15
And then after that
all the way growing up
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I'd take a nap every day.
00:20:49.40\00:20:51.02
Every day...
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because they said: "We're afraid
you might get polio again. "
00:20:53.61\00:20:57.00
And then a man by the name
of Salk came out with a vaccine.
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My children may have had to
take a nap but there was no fear
00:21:01.64\00:21:06.43
for our children of polio
00:21:06.54\00:21:09.00
because of a great man.
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You talk about wisdom?
00:21:13.55\00:21:14.93
If you were looking
medically you would probably say
00:21:15.23\00:21:19.26
"this is wisdom. "
00:21:19.46\00:21:20.91
If you go to a politician...
00:21:21.11\00:21:22.48
you'd go to a
university and you'd go to the
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.36
political science and you'd
say "Tell us... who is wise? "
00:21:24.46\00:21:28.27
And they would say: "Well listen
00:21:28.68\00:21:30.97
when you're studying politics
- and we will not talk about
00:21:31.17\00:21:34.29
current politics - but
when you're studying politics
00:21:34.49\00:21:38.73
you have to look at the
affect the individual has had
00:21:38.93\00:21:42.68
historically. And so it
takes a long time in history
00:21:42.88\00:21:46.74
to really tell who
has affected the world
00:21:46.84\00:21:51.11
in the best positive way. "
00:21:51.31\00:21:53.28
And so they would go
back and they would look at
00:21:53.48\00:21:55.24
a senator from
Illinois who became president
00:21:55.34\00:22:00.18
and who declared freedom
00:22:01.77\00:22:06.54
for all the
occupants of the United States.
00:22:06.84\00:22:11.17
And Abraham
Lincoln you'd have to say
00:22:11.37\00:22:15.10
time has tested him
00:22:15.40\00:22:19.24
and this has been
00:22:19.44\00:22:21.92
a wise, wise individual.
00:22:22.12\00:22:26.63
True wisdom that comes
00:22:27.64\00:22:32.10
every century or two.
00:22:33.28\00:22:36.65
And we saw that...
historically we see that
00:22:36.95\00:22:41.18
in the effects
of the man's work.
00:22:41.58\00:22:45.78
And so politically this would be
00:22:46.18\00:22:50.76
the person that we would say.
00:22:50.96\00:22:53.62
You go to a sports
figure and you'd say
00:22:53.92\00:22:55.87
"Who would it be? " And
so if you went to a coach -
00:22:56.08\00:22:59.13
you went to a football
coach - he would have to say
00:22:59.33\00:23:02.13
"You know, I'm sorry, but
if you put it all together:
00:23:03.28\00:23:06.33
the ability physically,
00:23:06.73\00:23:09.88
the ability as far as
cerebrally and so forth,
00:23:10.08\00:23:14.36
I would have to choose... "
00:23:14.56\00:23:15.93
And maybe he'd
choose Peyton Manning
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.74
'cause he would say
"He's so knowledgeable.
00:23:18.94\00:23:22.13
He not only is a great
quarterback - even though
00:23:22.73\00:23:25.43
he's in the latter
years of his career -
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.90
but he is so knowledgeable
it's like having a coach
00:23:28.10\00:23:32.45
own the field. "
00:23:32.65\00:23:34.19
And so they might choose him.
00:23:34.49\00:23:37.83
Wherever you
go, different people
00:23:39.13\00:23:43.88
would say: "This is wisdom. "
00:23:44.18\00:23:47.78
Different groups
would choose one or another
00:23:48.18\00:23:53.25
and say: "This is
the wise individual. "
00:23:53.45\00:23:58.61
But what would the King
of Kings and Lord of Lords
00:23:59.59\00:24:05.53
say?
00:24:05.84\00:24:07.47
Who would He say
00:24:07.87\00:24:09.78
is the one who is wise?
00:24:10.09\00:24:15.32
Well, let's read what He says.
00:24:15.63\00:24:17.79
Let's turn to Proverbs
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.84
the 11th chapter and verse 30.
00:24:22.04\00:24:25.63
"The fruit of the righteous
00:24:25.93\00:24:30.28
is a tree of life
00:24:30.59\00:24:32.45
and he who wins souls
00:24:32.75\00:24:37.52
is wise. "
00:24:37.72\00:24:39.84
The King of Kings says
00:24:42.06\00:24:44.28
that the soul winner is wise.
00:24:44.31\00:24:48.42
What does He say in
Daniel the 12th chapter
00:24:48.72\00:24:52.04
and beginning
with verse 3? He says:
00:24:52.24\00:24:55.66
"Those who are wise shall
shine like the brightness of the
00:24:55.86\00:25:01.50
firmament and those who
turn many to righteousness
00:25:01.70\00:25:06.95
like the stars
forever and ever. "
00:25:07.25\00:25:13.16
You see, God sent
His Son to save humanity.
00:25:14.23\00:25:18.81
Those who are
wise accept that Son
00:25:19.89\00:25:24.25
and share that Son.
00:25:25.45\00:25:28.46
So who does God
say is the wise one?
00:25:28.76\00:25:33.32
The soul winner.
00:25:33.62\00:25:35.80
The one who first of all
accepts Jesus Christ himself.
00:25:36.10\00:25:40.55
That is the wisest
thing that you can ever do.
00:25:40.85\00:25:44.01
There is absolutely nothing
that exceeds that in wisdom...
00:25:44.41\00:25:49.25
and that is if you accept
Him as your personal Savior.
00:25:49.45\00:25:55.14
If you realize that
He is God of very gods.
00:25:56.22\00:25:59.62
He is the Creator.
00:25:59.82\00:26:01.19
He is the only one
that can go to the cross
00:26:01.22\00:26:05.20
and die for you
and for me and save us.
00:26:05.40\00:26:09.23
And the wisest thing
we can do is accept Him
00:26:10.37\00:26:13.04
and then to share Him.
00:26:14.49\00:26:16.78
Oh, we have other things
that we're involved with.
00:26:17.28\00:26:20.95
But you see
it's all like a team.
00:26:21.25\00:26:23.64
Today when Pastor
Carter brought out his team
00:26:24.72\00:26:27.46
he introduced Javier.
00:26:27.76\00:26:29.75
And he said:
"Javier is my chef. "
00:26:31.00\00:26:33.31
And he is.
00:26:34.54\00:26:36.16
If you've ever worked in
foreign countries in evangelism,
00:26:36.56\00:26:41.39
you know how dependent you are
00:26:41.59\00:26:44.08
upon your food.
00:26:44.38\00:26:48.53
How important that is.
00:26:48.93\00:26:50.90
Elder Carter's the
only evangelist I know of
00:26:51.21\00:26:54.29
who actually honestly has
a chef that he takes with him
00:26:54.49\00:26:58.37
to prepare his food.
00:26:58.58\00:27:00.37
Now we enjoy eating the
different foods in countries
00:27:01.48\00:27:04.33
where we've been. We enjoy it.
00:27:04.36\00:27:06.28
But you enjoy one
meal and then the next meal
00:27:06.48\00:27:09.09
it tastes the same
and it's not like home.
00:27:09.39\00:27:13.26
They don't cook potatoes
the same way we do here.
00:27:13.66\00:27:16.43
I don't care where
you are in the world...
00:27:16.73\00:27:19.13
it doesn't taste like home.
00:27:19.33\00:27:22.08
You're there a week, two weeks,
three weeks, four weeks...
00:27:22.38\00:27:27.30
whatever. Your
health is so important.
00:27:27.50\00:27:32.17
And so this is why
that part of his team
00:27:33.18\00:27:37.40
is a chef.
00:27:37.60\00:27:39.45
Every single part of
that team is important...
00:27:39.65\00:27:44.68
every part.
00:27:45.82\00:27:47.34
You know, we talk about
being in the Lord's army...
00:27:47.65\00:27:50.46
and we are. This
is the Lord's army.
00:27:50.96\00:27:54.11
We are in the great controversy
and we are on God's side.
00:27:54.22\00:27:58.53
Now when you go into
the Army and look at it
00:27:58.73\00:28:01.94
every single person has an
important thing that they are
00:28:02.24\00:28:06.26
involved with. They're
not all flying the jet plane.
00:28:06.36\00:28:11.69
They're not all doing
that which is, you know,
00:28:12.83\00:28:17.60
delivering maybe
the final weapon...
00:28:17.70\00:28:20.96
which for Elder Carter, for
instance, he is the jet pilot.
00:28:21.16\00:28:25.38
But there have to be mechanics.
00:28:25.58\00:28:28.91
There have to be people
that are involved with fuel.
00:28:29.21\00:28:32.44
There are people
involved in every aspect.
00:28:32.74\00:28:36.20
I'm not going to try to get
technical on all those different
00:28:36.40\00:28:38.58
aspects, but you
see what I'm saying.
00:28:38.68\00:28:40.73
We are in God's army.
We are all part of it.
00:28:40.93\00:28:45.71
We have different parts to play.
00:28:45.91\00:28:48.54
In fact, in World
War II for instance -
00:28:48.74\00:28:51.36
some of you were
around in those days -
00:28:51.56\00:28:53.29
you saw this
entire nation together.
00:28:53.49\00:28:58.22
People working in factories
that normally didn't work
00:28:58.62\00:29:01.66
in factories making products
that were used to defend liberty
00:29:01.76\00:29:06.97
and to keep our freedom.
00:29:07.17\00:29:09.64
And everybody was involved.
00:29:10.75\00:29:12.25
People even buying liberty
bonds. They were involved.
00:29:12.45\00:29:15.69
You see, this is where we are.
00:29:16.92\00:29:18.39
We are in an all-out war
00:29:18.49\00:29:21.78
and every single
one of us is involved.
00:29:21.98\00:29:26.78
Yes, we talk about
sharing faith and so many times
00:29:26.98\00:29:30.07
we want to try and make an
evangelist out of everybody.
00:29:30.27\00:29:32.50
But everybody's
not an evangelist!
00:29:32.70\00:29:34.60
Everybody's not
a public speaker.
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.43
Everybody is not so
built that they can necessarily
00:29:37.53\00:29:42.03
knock on doors. It would kill
some people to knock on a door.
00:29:42.13\00:29:45.85
But we can all be
dedicated to winning souls
00:29:46.97\00:29:52.72
in our way, asking God "Lead me
00:29:53.02\00:29:56.72
in my own skin, Lord.
00:29:57.02\00:30:00.73
You've made me the way I am.
00:30:00.93\00:30:02.35
Now use me... use me
00:30:02.65\00:30:06.72
as You would use
me and let me be... "
00:30:07.42\00:30:13.33
And it may be that He may
someday bring you into a place
00:30:13.53\00:30:16.85
where you are preaching.
You look at people like Andrew.
00:30:17.05\00:30:19.58
Andrew worked one
at a time for people.
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.66
You know, if you look
all the way through scripture
00:30:22.97\00:30:25.47
it was Andrew that went
and got his brother Peter.
00:30:25.67\00:30:27.42
Brought him to Jesus.
00:30:27.62\00:30:28.99
It was Andrews that
found that little boy
00:30:29.05\00:30:31.71
that had the
fish and the loaves,
00:30:32.84\00:30:35.04
and he brought him to Jesus.
00:30:35.34\00:30:36.72
Andrew was not the person
that was standing up there
00:30:37.02\00:30:40.94
preaching.
00:30:41.14\00:30:42.88
He was the quiet person
00:30:44.42\00:30:48.18
who worked one by one
00:30:48.48\00:30:51.72
with individuals.
00:30:52.02\00:30:54.23
And the world
is full of Andrews.
00:30:55.28\00:30:57.42
And thank God for it.
00:30:58.55\00:31:01.13
Thank God
they're not all Peters.
00:31:01.43\00:31:03.46
If the church were all Peters
00:31:04.39\00:31:06.34
we would have a lot of
problems, believe me...
00:31:06.74\00:31:09.23
even more than we have.
00:31:09.43\00:31:10.80
We need a
balance. Every one is part:
00:31:11.58\00:31:16.05
you yourself being used by God
00:31:16.25\00:31:20.66
as He would have you to be used.
00:31:21.06\00:31:24.39
I had a good
friend who's a doctor.
00:31:24.70\00:31:26.07
And this man... I could
just go on and on and tell you
00:31:26.43\00:31:31.31
about him. He was brilliant.
He could speak fluently
00:31:31.41\00:31:34.18
five languages. He was humble.
00:31:34.28\00:31:37.13
He taught a
Sabbath School class.
00:31:37.43\00:31:39.85
He had a practice
in a part of town that
00:31:40.15\00:31:43.06
was definitely under
crust... not upper crust.
00:31:43.09\00:31:47.21
Over half of his patients
were never even sent a bill
00:31:48.05\00:31:52.80
because that's
the way he operated.
00:31:53.77\00:31:55.61
And towards the
end of his practice
00:31:57.06\00:31:59.34
I was at his office
one day. By the way,
00:31:59.65\00:32:02.43
no minister or worker
of ANY denomination...
00:32:02.63\00:32:07.75
no pastor ever was
allowed to pay one dime.
00:32:07.95\00:32:11.02
He always took care
of them totally free.
00:32:11.22\00:32:14.28
I don't care if they
were Protestant, Catholic -
00:32:14.41\00:32:17.53
particularly
Adventists - but all the others.
00:32:17.73\00:32:21.52
And that day he
became emotional.
00:32:21.82\00:32:25.03
He said: "Forty years
I've been in this practice.
00:32:25.53\00:32:30.32
I came into a practice
not only to do medicine... "
00:32:30.72\00:32:34.01
And he was a doctor
twenty-four hours a day.
00:32:34.11\00:32:37.15
You've never
seen anything like it.
00:32:37.35\00:32:38.72
He went to Israel with
me at least eight times
00:32:38.87\00:32:41.21
and always he was
taking care of people
00:32:41.51\00:32:44.17
on the trip and helping them
because that is the way he was.
00:32:44.37\00:32:49.30
But he said: "You
know, I cannot point
00:32:49.70\00:32:54.49
to one single soul
00:32:54.89\00:32:59.29
that has ever joined the church
00:32:59.60\00:33:02.27
because of my practice. "
00:33:02.67\00:33:05.24
And I pointed out somebody
quickly that I knew had.
00:33:05.54\00:33:08.77
And he said: "Well but... "
He gave somebody else credit
00:33:08.97\00:33:11.40
for that individual. And yet
every time you would point out
00:33:11.60\00:33:14.43
somebody he would
give somebody else credit
00:33:14.53\00:33:16.58
for that individual.
00:33:16.78\00:33:19.18
And then I said to him:
00:33:19.48\00:33:21.31
"Carl, do you realize
how faithful you have been
00:33:21.52\00:33:27.12
as a witness here?
00:33:27.42\00:33:29.87
You have no idea.
When you get to the kingdom
00:33:30.07\00:33:33.00
you will see. But on top of that
00:33:33.20\00:33:35.36
every time I have
gone out to hold a crusade
00:33:35.56\00:33:39.30
you have pressed
into my hand a check
00:33:39.50\00:33:42.27
and said: 'Use
this in that meeting. '
00:33:42.57\00:33:47.00
Carl, some of those
meetings we couldn't have held
00:33:47.31\00:33:49.92
without your help.
00:33:50.02\00:33:51.69
We couldn't have reached
the souls that were reached
00:33:52.00\00:33:56.28
without your help.
00:33:56.38\00:33:57.81
You don't realize...
we're part of a team together
00:33:58.11\00:34:04.03
proclaiming the gospel. "
00:34:04.23\00:34:07.22
You know, I tell you:
sometimes we get the idea
00:34:07.42\00:34:13.04
that we work alone.
We don't ever work alone.
00:34:13.24\00:34:16.96
Danny began this
ministry but God immediately
00:34:17.26\00:34:20.88
touched people and had
them come and be a part.
00:34:21.08\00:34:24.23
There was a couple that
came from down near Chattanooga,
00:34:24.53\00:34:27.63
Tennessee.
Came... borrowed $50,000
00:34:27.83\00:34:31.43
and brought it up here
to help them get their first
00:34:31.73\00:34:34.24
building finished.
You see, and then...
00:34:34.35\00:34:38.10
Amazing story that man tells
about how God gave that money
00:34:38.31\00:34:41.83
back to him. But
over and over again
00:34:41.93\00:34:44.90
every time Danny... and he has
shared these things with us...
00:34:45.10\00:34:47.88
he realizes that God
always had somebody there.
00:34:48.09\00:34:51.49
Somebody to
lift; somebody to help.
00:34:51.79\00:34:54.79
And still there are those
who are lifting and helping
00:34:54.99\00:34:59.00
and making this
ministry continue to be strong.
00:34:59.30\00:35:02.34
We are a team.
00:35:02.64\00:35:04.52
85,000
contributions over a year...
00:35:06.46\00:35:10.64
85,000 team members
00:35:10.84\00:35:14.96
helping to proclaim
00:35:15.26\00:35:18.99
the gospel of Jesus Christ
00:35:19.19\00:35:22.48
being and showing
00:35:22.78\00:35:26.37
the wisdom that God
would have us to have.
00:35:26.57\00:35:31.99
"Those who are wise
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.70
shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament
00:35:35.01\00:35:40.43
and those who turn
many to righteousness
00:35:40.83\00:35:43.97
like the stars
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.03
forever and ever. "
00:35:47.33\00:35:51.67
He that winneth souls is wise.
00:35:52.79\00:35:57.76
He may not be rich;
he may not be well-known.
00:35:59.07\00:36:04.94
He may not be a
captain of industry
00:36:05.24\00:36:08.72
nor a leader of military.
00:36:09.03\00:36:12.76
But God says he's going to shine
00:36:14.21\00:36:17.91
forever and ever.
00:36:18.21\00:36:22.01
And you are those who are wise.
00:36:23.20\00:36:28.84
Who've accepted Jesus
00:36:29.04\00:36:31.62
and you are
sharing Him with the world.
00:36:31.92\00:36:36.57
Father, I thank you
as we look at Your Word
00:36:36.77\00:36:40.17
that you have made each
of us different, Father.
00:36:41.60\00:36:46.01
We are so totally different.
00:36:46.25\00:36:48.51
And that just makes it like the
snowflakes... no two are alike.
00:36:49.79\00:36:55.70
Amen. There never will
be another John Carter.
00:36:55.90\00:36:59.47
Never will be
another Danny Shelton.
00:36:59.77\00:37:02.04
There never will be
another any one of us
00:37:03.17\00:37:06.07
because You have made us unique.
00:37:07.42\00:37:09.49
You have gifted each person,
00:37:11.14\00:37:14.62
and the gifts that You give...
00:37:14.92\00:37:17.69
help us to use those gifts
00:37:17.89\00:37:22.12
to proclaim Your message.
00:37:22.42\00:37:26.42
To share what You have
done in our own hearts.
00:37:26.72\00:37:30.25
For we thank you for hearing us
00:37:30.55\00:37:33.57
in Jesus' name, Amen.
00:37:33.87\00:37:37.64
Amen; praise the Lord!
00:37:42.04\00:37:43.58
Amen. Amen. Wonderful message...
00:37:43.88\00:37:46.04
study of God's Word.
00:37:46.24\00:37:47.61
It's my privilege to
talk to you about 3ABN Latino.
00:37:48.91\00:37:52.97
The Lord is good.
00:37:54.82\00:37:56.29
The Lord is great.
00:37:56.79\00:37:58.16
I would like to tell
you that 3ABN Latino is
00:37:58.42\00:38:02.42
a continuation of God's call
00:38:02.62\00:38:06.30
to bring the three
angels' messages to the world.
00:38:06.70\00:38:09.92
I would like to
share a scripture with you.
00:38:11.11\00:38:12.91
For some reason I felt like
I should share this scripture.
00:38:13.12\00:38:15.36
This is in Luke chapter 4.
00:38:15.66\00:38:18.59
Luke chapter 4 and I'm
going to begin in verse 40.
00:38:18.99\00:38:23.84
I'm going to try to read
quickly because I have a lot of
00:38:24.68\00:38:27.09
great things to share with you.
00:38:27.39\00:38:29.17
You know, in Psalm 101 it
says that we should tell of the
00:38:30.70\00:38:33.59
wonderful works of the Lord.
00:38:33.79\00:38:35.22
That's what we're going to do.
00:38:35.52\00:38:36.94
Luke chapter 4 verse 40.
00:38:37.44\00:38:39.27
It says here:
"When the sun was setting
00:38:39.48\00:38:41.99
all those who had
any that were sick
00:38:42.19\00:38:45.19
with various
diseases brought them to Him.
00:38:45.40\00:38:48.43
And He laid His
hands on every one of them
00:38:48.73\00:38:51.36
and healed them. "
00:38:51.39\00:38:53.71
3ABN is a mending
broken people channel.
00:38:54.01\00:38:57.97
Amen? Verse 41:
00:38:58.17\00:39:00.69
"And demons also came out
of many crying out and saying
00:39:00.99\00:39:04.77
'You are the
Christ, the Son of God. '
00:39:05.07\00:39:07.74
And He, rebuking them,
did not allow them to speak
00:39:07.88\00:39:12.03
for they knew that
He was the Christ. "
00:39:12.33\00:39:14.74
That's a good message for us.
00:39:16.01\00:39:17.58
We shouldn't
allow demons to speak.
00:39:17.78\00:39:19.79
We must preach the gospel. Amen?
00:39:19.99\00:39:22.62
Cannot dwell too much on this
part. We have to keep going.
00:39:22.82\00:39:25.22
Verse 42: "Now when it was day
00:39:25.62\00:39:28.72
He departed and went
into a deserted place.
00:39:28.92\00:39:31.76
And the crowd sought Him... "
00:39:32.85\00:39:35.99
Did I jump
something? No. Verse 42:
00:39:36.29\00:39:39.38
"Now when it was day He departed
and went to a deserted place.
00:39:39.48\00:39:42.71
And the crowd
sought Him and came to Him
00:39:42.91\00:39:46.83
and tried to keep
Him from leaving them. "
00:39:47.14\00:39:50.17
You see, Jesus
had preached to them.
00:39:50.57\00:39:53.07
He had healed the sick
and they had been blessed.
00:39:53.37\00:39:57.74
And somehow they
knew He had to go
00:39:58.14\00:40:01.53
and they did not want Him to go.
00:40:01.93\00:40:04.37
This is why it says here
00:40:04.77\00:40:07.80
that they what?
They tried to keep Him
00:40:08.00\00:40:11.72
from leaving them.
00:40:11.92\00:40:14.72
When you have
contact with Jesus Christ
00:40:15.32\00:40:18.12
and you are blessed, you don't
want that experience to go away.
00:40:18.32\00:40:21.37
Amen? Amen.
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.32
Now I know you have to go home
00:40:25.13\00:40:27.18
but have you been blessed?
00:40:27.48\00:40:29.81
Amen; praise the Lord.
00:40:30.11\00:40:31.58
Verse 42: "But He said to them
00:40:31.98\00:40:35.63
'I must preach
the kingdom of God
00:40:35.94\00:40:39.93
to the other cities
also because for this purpose
00:40:40.13\00:40:44.91
I have been sent. "
00:40:45.11\00:40:46.68
Amen?
00:40:47.08\00:40:48.76
It says here He was preaching
in the synagogues of Galilee.
00:40:49.26\00:40:52.63
And so what do we have here?
00:40:53.04\00:40:54.84
We have Jesus coming
to a people in a city.
00:40:55.04\00:40:58.57
Preached to
them. Healed the sick.
00:40:58.77\00:41:01.15
But He had to
continue His journey.
00:41:01.95\00:41:04.25
The people didn't
want Him to leave.
00:41:05.34\00:41:07.34
But you see, He had preached
there and His mission was
00:41:07.54\00:41:10.25
to leave what? People
behind that would what?
00:41:10.45\00:41:12.51
Continue the work.
00:41:12.81\00:41:14.81
But they did not
want Him to leave.
00:41:15.01\00:41:17.36
Jesus said: "I must preach the
gospel in other cities also. "
00:41:17.76\00:41:22.52
Amen? The gospel has
to go all over the world.
00:41:22.82\00:41:26.98
And I would dare to say to you
00:41:27.28\00:41:29.34
that if the technology
was available back then
00:41:29.64\00:41:34.01
when Jesus was walking among us,
00:41:34.21\00:41:35.97
among the people then, He
would use radio and television.
00:41:36.17\00:41:40.00
Why? Because He wants to preach
the gospel in other cities.
00:41:40.30\00:41:44.55
Other places... other nations.
00:41:44.75\00:41:47.13
And because He wanted to do this
00:41:47.43\00:41:50.52
He would use
radio and television.
00:41:50.63\00:41:52.34
Wouldn't you
say that's possible?
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.46
Amen.
00:41:54.66\00:41:56.03
So you see, Jesus longed
00:41:56.12\00:42:00.99
for every person to
accept the message of salvation.
00:42:01.19\00:42:04.41
And even though He wanted
to stay there... because the
00:42:04.71\00:42:06.97
Bible says He loved the world...
00:42:07.07\00:42:08.70
there are other people He has
to reach... other people also.
00:42:08.90\00:42:11.61
"I must go to other cities
and preach the gospel to them. "
00:42:11.71\00:42:14.21
And this is why 3ABN
has to continue going
00:42:14.42\00:42:17.89
to every city, every country,
preaching the everlasting gospel
00:42:18.09\00:42:22.95
of Jesus Christ. So I
praise the Lord that since
00:42:23.05\00:42:26.62
1984 when God made the call
00:42:26.72\00:42:29.42
to build a television station
that would preach the undiluted
00:42:29.62\00:42:33.52
three angels' messages
- one that will counteract
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.81
the counterfeit - I praise
the Lord that God found a man
00:42:35.91\00:42:40.33
that had faith to
go forward in faith.
00:42:40.54\00:42:42.38
Amen? So 3ABN is a
channel of divine origin.
00:42:42.58\00:42:48.40
That's what I
like to say to people.
00:42:48.60\00:42:50.13
A channel of divine origin.
00:42:50.33\00:42:51.87
And you know, when we get
letters from the 3ABN Latino
00:42:52.07\00:42:54.61
people they said "this is
a channel of divine origin.
00:42:54.71\00:42:57.63
I have been
blessed in my home. "
00:42:57.83\00:42:59.54
I praise the Lord that
we are now on over 1,100
00:42:59.94\00:43:04.29
cable companies in the US,
Central America, the Caribbean,
00:43:04.49\00:43:09.93
and South America. Amen? Amen!
00:43:10.13\00:43:13.03
I was recently in Guatemala
00:43:13.44\00:43:15.84
and there it was announced to me
00:43:16.14\00:43:18.88
that they have
513 cable companies.
00:43:19.08\00:43:23.08
Wow! That's a lot!
00:43:24.04\00:43:25.52
But our volunteers
there... the Lord has used them
00:43:26.02\00:43:29.68
in a mighty way.
We are on 96% of them.
00:43:29.78\00:43:33.35
Praise the Lord!
00:43:33.65\00:43:35.02
In Costa Rica we have
a great amount of people
00:43:35.33\00:43:39.21
that have been reached
by... we're on cable there.
00:43:39.24\00:43:43.05
Almost the whole country.
00:43:43.25\00:43:44.65
Colombia. It is
growing so fast there
00:43:44.95\00:43:46.96
that we are practically
nearly all over the country.
00:43:47.16\00:43:50.92
I wish I had time to
share some stories about that.
00:43:51.12\00:43:52.89
Maybe we can sneak one in.
00:43:53.09\00:43:54.58
Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica,
00:43:54.88\00:43:58.75
Honduras, El Salvador are
probably the top countries
00:43:58.85\00:44:02.29
where we have cable affiliates.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.64
But if you talk to me about
Peru, yes we have many there.
00:44:04.75\00:44:07.56
Mexico? We have many there.
00:44:07.76\00:44:09.13
And the list goes on.
00:44:09.52\00:44:11.59
And I was sharing with
some people earlier this week...
00:44:12.00\00:44:15.15
And we went to
a cable convention
00:44:15.45\00:44:18.00
and the Lord blessed us with
40-something cable affiliates.
00:44:18.20\00:44:22.13
But there we met
a cable executive.
00:44:22.43\00:44:24.91
And he said to us: "You know
00:44:25.11\00:44:28.66
I could help you get on 100
cable companies in Venezuela. "
00:44:30.53\00:44:34.92
I said: "Praise the Lord! "
00:44:35.22\00:44:36.85
And he was going to
go and think about that
00:44:37.15\00:44:39.33
as we shared
some things with him.
00:44:39.43\00:44:40.80
"I'm going to go home
and think about this. "
00:44:40.83\00:44:42.20
About a month later he
said: "I'm ready now. "
00:44:42.26\00:44:44.36
And he sent the plan.
00:44:44.86\00:44:46.47
He said: "I know it's
kind of expensive for you. "
00:44:46.67\00:44:48.81
You see, it costs nearly $600
00:44:49.01\00:44:50.95
for the satellite
receiver and the modulator.
00:44:51.15\00:44:53.26
"I know it's kind
of expensive for you
00:44:53.46\00:44:55.09
so here's the plan:
every 6 months send us $25
00:44:55.29\00:44:59.56
and we'll put you on.
00:44:59.76\00:45:01.14
Six months later... $25
more. We will put you on. "
00:45:01.34\00:45:03.89
And so if we had all the money
00:45:04.19\00:45:06.64
we could get on 100 more
cable systems in Venezuela
00:45:06.84\00:45:09.78
right away. Amen? Pray
for that... pray for that.
00:45:09.98\00:45:14.18
So... let's hear
some testimonies.
00:45:14.41\00:45:16.26
In Guatemala I was told that
there is an 80-year-old man -
00:45:16.46\00:45:20.50
a preacher that
had a large church -
00:45:20.80\00:45:24.34
and he began to
watch 3ABN Latino.
00:45:24.64\00:45:27.51
And he announced in his
church "I've been blessed!
00:45:27.82\00:45:31.26
I've been watching 3ABN Latino
00:45:31.46\00:45:33.73
and I've discovered that the
seventh day is the Sabbath! "
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.19
He's been baptized and
he's just rejoicing in the Lord
00:45:38.16\00:45:41.35
that he has discovered
the Sabbath of the Bible.
00:45:42.28\00:45:45.38
And I said: "Praise the Lord! "
00:45:45.58\00:45:47.41
If I tell you about Costa Rica
I could tell you about a Baptist
00:45:47.81\00:45:50.65
pastor that went to
church and there he said:
00:45:50.75\00:45:52.86
"May I speak to
the pastor please? "
00:45:52.96\00:45:54.37
"Sure, here's the
pastor. " And he said to him:
00:45:54.57\00:45:56.93
"I, my wife, and my children
would like to be baptized.
00:45:57.33\00:46:01.23
What do we need to do? "
00:46:02.19\00:46:04.28
And the pastor said:
"Well we normally like to
00:46:04.48\00:46:06.83
do some Bible studies
with you so that you understand
00:46:07.03\00:46:09.85
the doctrines and
then you are baptized. "
00:46:09.98\00:46:12.47
And he said: "I've been studying
with 3ABN Latino for over three
00:46:12.88\00:46:16.19
months with Pastor
Bohr, Mark Finley... "
00:46:16.29\00:46:21.84
and he
mentioned several pastors.
00:46:22.04\00:46:24.58
He said: "You have? "
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.37
He said: "Ask me any question. "
00:46:26.67\00:46:29.06
"OK, tell me
about the Sabbath. "
00:46:29.37\00:46:31.24
He gave him a
mini Bible study...
00:46:31.44\00:46:33.69
a Baptist pastor to a
Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
00:46:33.89\00:46:36.51
Mini Bible study on the Sabbath.
00:46:36.61\00:46:37.98
He said: "Wow, you
know this doctrine! "
00:46:38.01\00:46:39.38
"How about this? "
Shared with him. Sure.
00:46:39.49\00:46:42.15
Shared some scriptures with him.
00:46:42.35\00:46:43.88
He said: "Pastor, I
cannot argue with what you know.
00:46:44.08\00:46:47.86
You know the doctrines. When
do you want to be baptized? "
00:46:47.96\00:46:50.83
He said: "How
about next Sabbath? "
00:46:51.03\00:46:52.40
So the next Sabbath the
Baptist pastor was baptized
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.97
with his wife and his children.
Amen? Amen! Praise the Lord!
00:46:55.07\00:46:58.34
The Lord is doing
great and mighty things.
00:46:58.64\00:47:00.55
In Puerto Rico in a
place called Orocovis
00:47:01.53\00:47:04.37
we hear about a couple that
they're looking for something
00:47:04.47\00:47:07.59
to watch on TV and they find
a channel they have never seen
00:47:07.69\00:47:10.84
before. Started
watching this channel.
00:47:10.87\00:47:13.73
3ABN Latino.
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.30
And they watched
for several months
00:47:15.59\00:47:17.79
and decided: "This is
the truth of the Bible.
00:47:18.09\00:47:20.54
Let's go and get baptized.
" And they were baptized.
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.35
Shortly after they were baptized
something strange happened:
00:47:24.32\00:47:28.50
the channel disappeared
00:47:29.66\00:47:31.59
and they could not
get 3ABN Latino any more.
00:47:33.18\00:47:35.86
And they waited. Maybe
there's something wrong
00:47:36.16\00:47:37.96
with the
transmitter. And they waited
00:47:38.16\00:47:39.53
and they could
never get it again.
00:47:39.56\00:47:41.37
And they said: "Well
we miss it so much. "
00:47:41.57\00:47:43.15
They decided to
buy a satellite dish
00:47:43.35\00:47:44.87
and now they keep on
watching 3ABN Latino.
00:47:45.07\00:47:47.68
So praise the Lord, there
are many stories in Puerto Rico.
00:47:47.88\00:47:51.46
Let's move over
to... Let's see, how about
00:47:52.55\00:47:57.05
Edwin? Yes.
Edwin from Guatemala.
00:47:59.78\00:48:03.63
This is from Guatemala.
00:48:03.83\00:48:05.20
This Edwin... he married a
Seventh-day Adventist woman
00:48:05.25\00:48:11.10
but he was not a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:48:12.39\00:48:13.77
He was... He
said: "I used to go... "
00:48:13.97\00:48:15.35
The way he tells
the story: "I was raised
00:48:15.45\00:48:17.45
going to a Sunday church. "
00:48:17.55\00:48:19.32
He got married to the
Seventh-day Adventist lady
00:48:19.52\00:48:22.18
and he said "For over 10 years
00:48:22.48\00:48:25.59
I made fun of
her. I ridiculed her.
00:48:25.80\00:48:28.68
I just tormented her and
made her life miserable. "
00:48:28.88\00:48:32.60
That's what he did!
00:48:33.77\00:48:35.40
So one day he's watching...
He decides to... He was tired...
00:48:35.60\00:48:40.97
He wasn't tired and he said
"It was 11 o'clock at night.
00:48:41.17\00:48:44.29
I wasn't tired.
Didn't want to go to bed
00:48:44.49\00:48:45.90
so I turned on the television. "
00:48:46.10\00:48:47.75
And he keeps looking
for channels and he passed
00:48:48.06\00:48:51.80
3ABN Latino. He
said: "Something told me
00:48:51.90\00:48:55.45
to go back to that channel. "
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.42
"Something told me
to go back to that... "
00:48:58.41\00:49:00.62
So he goes back to the
channel and there he hears
00:49:00.82\00:49:05.94
the question. They start
talking about the Sabbath.
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"Say, my wife likes to
go to church on the Sabbath.
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Let me hear what
these people have to say. "
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So he listened
00:49:14.08\00:49:15.69
and he becomes convinced this
is the message of the Bible.
00:49:15.89\00:49:19.03
And he kept on
watching and watching.
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He said: "The more I watched
the more I learned that I was
00:49:23.71\00:49:26.12
completely mistaken...
and I was baptized" he says.
00:49:26.22\00:49:30.50
And he says: "The
Lord has changed my life
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.47
and I am not the same. "
00:49:34.67\00:49:36.60
Isn't that wonderful?
When you give your heart
00:49:36.80\00:49:38.92
to the Lord your
life is not the same.
00:49:39.02\00:49:41.86
Your life is not the same.
00:49:42.27\00:49:44.26
Let me tell you
about another person.
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His name... When I saw his
name I said: "Wait a minute.
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I've heard that name before. "
00:49:50.77\00:49:52.17
Julius Caesar.
00:49:52.47\00:49:54.95
His name is Julius Caesar...
00:49:55.35\00:49:56.99
Aguilar... Spanish
last name: Aguilar.
00:49:57.49\00:50:00.68
He said that he was a
police officer in Honduras.
00:50:00.98\00:50:05.22
And in Honduras
as a police officer
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he was just a regular person.
00:50:07.78\00:50:10.39
And he would drink and he said
he was a corrupt police officer.
00:50:10.59\00:50:16.56
He was taking bribes
from people, taking money from
00:50:16.86\00:50:19.57
people. He was just bad!
00:50:19.67\00:50:21.40
And he said that
things would happen to him
00:50:22.46\00:50:24.98
that he would explain away.
00:50:25.01\00:50:26.60
He said one time he
was involved in an accident
00:50:26.80\00:50:29.21
and his motorcycle flew
over a car, landed far away
00:50:29.51\00:50:33.52
and he survived.
00:50:34.48\00:50:37.08
So he dismissed it as:
"It's a good thing I was wearing
00:50:37.48\00:50:40.96
a helmet. " But the
Lord saved his life.
00:50:41.06\00:50:45.01
But he said: "At that
time that's what I thought.
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.51
I look back now and
the Lord saved my life. "
00:50:47.71\00:50:49.76
Another time they were
chasing some guys... some
00:50:50.07\00:50:53.00
criminal guys. And
when they came near him
00:50:53.20\00:50:56.16
they were surprised
that he took out a weapon,
00:50:56.36\00:50:58.72
started shooting at them.
00:50:58.92\00:51:00.29
He said: "We were
about 18 feet away.
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.76
He should not have
missed but he missed us.
00:51:02.96\00:51:05.92
And I dismissed it again:
Oh, the guy is a bad shot.
00:51:06.22\00:51:09.16
He doesn't know
how to shoot straight.
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.97
But now I look back" he says
00:51:11.37\00:51:13.46
"and I know the
Lord saved my life. "
00:51:13.66\00:51:16.22
And because the people
of the world have no peace -
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and if you're in the
world, those that are watching -
00:51:20.91\00:51:23.50
you don't have peace until
you find the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:51:23.70\00:51:26.55
So one night he's depressed.
00:51:27.69\00:51:29.63
He went through this
long bout with depression
00:51:29.93\00:51:32.34
and he was just suffering. He
said he nearly ended his life.
00:51:32.64\00:51:36.56
That's how depressed he was.
00:51:36.86\00:51:38.41
So one day he's
looking for a movie to watch.
00:51:39.52\00:51:43.49
Found 3ABN
00:51:43.79\00:51:45.48
and began to watch. And he said
00:51:46.68\00:51:48.83
that during those bouts
with depression he noticed
00:51:49.03\00:51:52.39
that whenever he
watched 3ABN Latino
00:51:52.60\00:51:55.27
he was
encouraged... he felt better.
00:51:55.57\00:51:57.93
And so he... Whenever he
felt bad he started watching
00:51:58.23\00:52:01.25
3ABN. He was
encouraged and felt better.
00:52:01.45\00:52:04.50
And now he's a member of
God's family. Praise the Lord!
00:52:04.80\00:52:08.59
And of course he's not the same
police officer he used to be
00:52:08.79\00:52:11.40
because God
transforms your life.
00:52:11.70\00:52:14.45
I have another story. This
one is from Dominican Republic
00:52:15.04\00:52:19.15
and his name is Franklin.
00:52:19.45\00:52:21.85
Franklin was studying the Bible
00:52:22.15\00:52:24.83
and he was surprised.
He said: "Wait a minute.
00:52:25.13\00:52:27.19
It says here that God
blessed and sanctified
00:52:27.39\00:52:31.34
the seventh day. "
00:52:31.54\00:52:32.91
So he's talking to his
wife and his mother-in-law
00:52:33.11\00:52:36.51
and another daughter
of the mother-in-law.
00:52:36.74\00:52:40.74
And he said: "Hey! I
just read here that it says
00:52:41.04\00:52:44.06
that we're supposed to sanctify
and bless the seventh-day
00:52:44.26\00:52:47.65
Sabbath. " And the mother-in-law
said: "You are wrong.
00:52:47.75\00:52:51.78
This is not right
because that's been changed.
00:52:51.98\00:52:55.51
That's been changed...
that's what I've heard. "
00:52:55.64\00:52:57.23
So they started arguing.
"But the Bible says this! "
00:52:57.63\00:53:00.29
"Oh no, that's been changed! "
00:53:00.49\00:53:01.91
And so she said: "Wait a minute.
00:53:02.21\00:53:04.08
I know who can
help us with this. "
00:53:04.28\00:53:05.65
I'm telling you
what the e-mail said.
00:53:06.96\00:53:09.28
She said: "There's a
Jehovah's Witness friend of mine
00:53:09.58\00:53:12.02
that can help us with this. "
00:53:12.22\00:53:13.59
And he said... I'm going to give
you the dates as he gave them.
00:53:16.02\00:53:18.18
That was
Thursday, the 7th of October
00:53:18.28\00:53:21.73
of that year that
he was talking about.
00:53:22.46\00:53:24.12
On Thursday... On
Friday he's sitting on his bed
00:53:25.98\00:53:31.38
looking for something to watch
00:53:31.58\00:53:33.44
and he said: "The
first thing that comes on
00:53:33.64\00:53:36.48
is a program he was watching
and they were addressing
00:53:36.69\00:53:39.83
a question. Says here:
"We have a letter from someone
00:53:39.93\00:53:42.74
that wants to know
which day is the Sabbath.
00:53:42.84\00:53:45.84
Is it Saturday
or is it Sunday? "
00:53:45.95\00:53:47.94
And he was
shocked. "Wait... what?
00:53:48.24\00:53:50.29
That's what I've
been studying about. "
00:53:50.49\00:53:53.32
He jumped out of bed he
says and he went to get his wife
00:53:53.52\00:53:56.33
and his mother-in-law.
"Come here! Come here!
00:53:56.53\00:53:58.38
They're talking
about... Remember? Come on... "
00:53:58.58\00:54:00.56
And they sat down and they
said they followed all the texts
00:54:00.76\00:54:04.26
in the Bible and he
was taking notes quickly.
00:54:04.46\00:54:07.03
And the way he said this was
00:54:08.34\00:54:11.02
"I felt that I had to stop
at that channel and listen. "
00:54:12.17\00:54:16.00
When he found it
and he heard this
00:54:16.87\00:54:19.04
he felt it was confirmation
that the Lord directed him
00:54:19.24\00:54:22.32
to 3ABN Latino to
listen to the message.
00:54:22.52\00:54:25.22
That was October
the 8th... Friday.
00:54:25.52\00:54:28.82
What do you think he was
doing Sabbath, October the 9th?
00:54:29.06\00:54:32.42
He went to church
00:54:32.82\00:54:35.52
because he was convinced
that this was God's message.
00:54:35.72\00:54:39.08
That was the first
e-mail. In other e-mails he said
00:54:41.26\00:54:44.10
"I am now happy to be a member
of the Seventh-day Adventist
00:54:44.30\00:54:47.23
church because
this is God's message. "
00:54:47.33\00:54:50.21
Amen? Praise the Lord.
00:54:51.25\00:54:53.31
So many stories.
00:54:53.62\00:54:55.29
Because you see, Jesus
said: "I must preach the gospel
00:54:55.59\00:54:58.83
in other cities also. "
00:54:59.03\00:55:00.74
Why? Because there are people
to be saved in every city.
00:55:01.37\00:55:05.30
In every city we must keep
going to preach the gospel.
00:55:05.50\00:55:09.21
I could tell you
stories about Europe.
00:55:09.52\00:55:11.44
There was a young man
in Europe - a soldier -
00:55:11.47\00:55:14.74
watching 3ABN.
And he said that he
00:55:14.94\00:55:20.40
received orders that he was
supposed to go to Afghanistan.
00:55:20.50\00:55:25.32
And he said:
"I've been watching 3ABN
00:55:25.62\00:55:28.47
and I must be
baptized before I go. "
00:55:28.77\00:55:31.81
So he went... He
was in Germany actually
00:55:33.56\00:55:36.20
so he went looking for a
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:55:36.40\00:55:38.89
And he got an interpreter
00:55:39.88\00:55:42.09
and he went through the
same thing as another person
00:55:42.29\00:55:44.35
I told you earlier. He
said: "You want to be baptized
00:55:44.45\00:55:47.76
but you must do some Bible
studies. When are you leaving? "
00:55:47.86\00:55:49.93
"Next week. " He said:
"We don't have enough time
00:55:50.03\00:55:53.10
to do the Bible studies. "
"I've been studying the Bible
00:55:53.20\00:55:55.38
with different
speakers that he mentioned. "
00:55:55.78\00:55:57.89
"Well let's see... " And
he questioned him on things.
00:55:58.09\00:56:00.27
And he said: "You are
ready! We will baptize you. "
00:56:00.57\00:56:04.55
So he was baptized and he says
"I'm happy to be able to say
00:56:04.75\00:56:08.50
that I am now going
to Afghanistan knowing
00:56:08.70\00:56:11.33
that I have given
my heart to the Lord
00:56:11.53\00:56:13.16
and I am in...
walking in God's way. "
00:56:13.36\00:56:15.91
The Lord is so good.
00:56:17.11\00:56:18.86
The Lord is so marvelous.
00:56:19.65\00:56:21.53
And as I said
earlier another time
00:56:21.73\00:56:24.17
I am so grateful to the Lord
00:56:24.47\00:56:26.87
that twenty-four hours a day
00:56:27.07\00:56:30.17
the message of the
gospel is going out
00:56:30.37\00:56:33.05
from right here
in southern Illinois.
00:56:33.35\00:56:35.68
And from southern
Illinois the message goes out
00:56:36.89\00:56:40.62
reaching millions of people
in different cities of the world
00:56:40.82\00:56:44.81
and they are
hearing God's message.
00:56:44.94\00:56:47.09
And the Holy Spirit is
there trying to persuade them
00:56:47.29\00:56:51.98
and guide them into all truth.
00:56:52.28\00:56:55.43
Why? Because Jesus
Christ is coming soon
00:56:55.73\00:57:00.27
and there are people
to reach for salvation.
00:57:00.57\00:57:03.45
And God is not
willing that any should perish
00:57:03.55\00:57:05.56
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:57:05.66\00:57:07.90
We want to encourage you
to continue to pray for 3ABN.
00:57:08.20\00:57:11.03
There are many more
people to win for Jesus Christ
00:57:12.00\00:57:14.92
and we must keep going until
the Lord says the work is done.
00:57:16.01\00:57:20.87