Well, if you're not sitting
on the edge of your seats
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right now you will
be in a few minutes.
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We've talked, you know,
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a little bit about the
DVD program, haven't we?
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Well, it's also called,
now it's the New Beginnings DVD
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and I have some
people that are gonna share
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some great things
that are going on.
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I-- it's unbelievable.
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Now I have Mel
Emmanuel and Ester Alba with me.
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Tell me what did you
do with the DVD program?
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Well, we were given
1,400 New Beginnings DVDs
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and 1,400 Health
Lecturers DVDs to be distributed
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in four
countries in South America,
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Peru, Bolivia,
Paraguay and Chile.
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So what you did then is
they went and train people.
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If you don't remember,
with the New Beginnings,
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its training
laypeople to do evangelism.
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That's what it is.
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So but we have
somebody go and teach, right?
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Show them how to do it.
That's what the Alva's did.
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And so how did it go? How
many people did you train?
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I think there were 1,400
total in those four countries.
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Fourteen hundred people.
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And about on an average
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how many will those
1,400 people train, each one?
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Ten? Ten.
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They were supposed
to train 10 more, yes.
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Ten? Yeah.
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So 1,400 times 10, what is that?
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Fourteen thousand people
hear the gospel by this program.
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What else-- what was your--
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what other
experience did you have there?
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I was very impressed
with their faithfulness.
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When we got there
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
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the people, the laypeople
were in church at 5:45 A.M.
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How many people
here go to church at 5:45
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to do training for evangelism?
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I don't see any hands up.
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Ready to be trained.
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And at 6:00 sharp
the program started
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with 300 laypeople
ready to be trained.
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After that they went
to their respective work,
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it was work day.
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It's a weekday.
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Praise God.
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Leasa, tell us, now, you've done
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some training too, haven't you?
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I have.
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I've done training in
around in five continents
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and this is my
favorite evangelistic program
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because anybody can do it.
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And the youngest person
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who ever held an
evangelistic meeting,
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using this material
is seven years of age.
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So today, I want
everybody in here
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who's over the age of
seven to raise your hand.
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Raise it really high.
Okay, keep it up there.
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Now the oldest person
who used this program is 90.
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Keep your hand up.
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And so if you're
under the age of 90
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raise your other hand.
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Okay, we're not
Pentecostals but we can do this.
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Okay.
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So if you've
got two hands raised
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you are eligible to
hold these meetings.
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And this is probably
one of the most effective
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evangelistic tools
that lay people can use
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because we train
people how to hold
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evangelistic
meetings in their homes,
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to their
neighbors, to their community
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and it's very effective.
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And Terry, I just want to share
one statistic with you, okay.
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Okay.
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We did training in
the country of Guatemala,
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February 9 and 10.
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Now in January,
in that conference
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they baptized 123 people.
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Pretty good, right?
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Okay, if your
conference baptizes 123 people
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in one month you'd be happy.
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Well, in
February, they baptized 178.
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We did the training
in February 9 and 10,
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and then these
laypeople that were trained
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they took this material
and they went to their homes
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and held their meetings.
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In April, they
had a reaping baptism
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and there were 843 people.
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Now is there a
difference between 123 and 848?
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Yes.
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Okay, there's a
mathematician here.
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He said 600. Okay.
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Now, did a
different God show up?
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Okay.
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Did a different
Holy Spirit come?
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Okay.
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What was the difference?
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It was members like us, right?
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They got out from behind the TV
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and they wet to
work and God can bless.
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So anybody can do it and
I just encourage everybody.
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Thank you. And it's the tools.
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See, ASI through the DVD,
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through your giving
provided the tools to go out.
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We have the people
that wanted to do it,
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we gave them the tools.
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And you can see it
grows exponentially.
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Norm, tell us about the training
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you and Gail have done.
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Well, we've done a lot
of training like Leasa,
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but in April of this year
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we were in
Johannesburg, South Africa,
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a Southern
Indian-Africa Ocean division
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had brought
together from 11 countries,
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1,200 lay members to be
trained to do evangelism.
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We took with us on your
behalf we represent ASI,
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you provided the
money and the funds.
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We took 1,200
New Beginnings DVDs,
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we took 1,200 Abundant
Living Health Nuggets DVDs
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and we gave them to each
of the people that attended.
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We took them in four
languages, African-English,
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Zulu, Bemba and Shona.
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And I think
that's a direct answer
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to the prediction
in Revelation 10:11
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that the gospel will
be taken to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and people.
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So how many people
in total did you train?
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We trained 1,200.
Twelve hundred, 1214.
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So again, 1200 times 10 is what?
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Twelve thousand.
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So what if they go
out and do it again?
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What's 10 times?
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Hundred and twenty thousand.
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It grows.
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Thanks, Norm. Thanks, Gail.
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Pastor Araujo, how are you?
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I am doing good. Thank you.
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I am so excited you are here.
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I am also excited.
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Tell us where you are from
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and share with us
what's on your heart today.
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Okay, I am from Southern
African-Indian Ocean division
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and the dream that is
becoming reality is Angola.
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Angola is a unique country.
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As you might know,
400 years of colonization,
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that is the
history of that country,
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then 40 years of
civil and independence war,
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isolating them
from the whole world.
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And now 10 years of peace.
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And this is why the
division has selected
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as the big city project Luanda.
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And few months ago
Elder Ted Wilson was visiting
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with the
authorities of that country
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and they asked the church
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to be more active
in their activities.
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So we started in February 16,
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the launching of what
we call Hope for Angola,
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Luanda for Christ.
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Thirty thousand
people in the stadium.
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But the devil is working
because some weeks before
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one church run
some evangelistic,
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you know, meetings
there and 16 people were dead
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because the
group of people there.
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And then the government say,
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no way, we will
no longer authorize
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churches to use as stadium.
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And we were
planning the 16th to launch.
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Until Friday, one
hour before sunset
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we got the authorization
from the government.
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And them we launch,
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after that 40
early mornings of prayer
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using the book Step to Christ
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and then broadcasting
from South America Division,
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40 programs for each week
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and we start
39,000 small groups.
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You see, Remnant
Publication gave us Bibles,
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Light Bearers, Bible studies
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and we ended in
July with 50 campaigns
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with pastors coming from Brazil
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and 100,000 people were
attending, 2,000 per site.
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And two Sabbath ago
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we had what we call
a Pentecostal Sabbath.
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We baptized 3,750 people
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in only one
Sabbath as outcome of that.
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So wait a minute
here, 39,000 groups
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and we had
ministries cooperating.
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We had Light Bearers?
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Light Bearers,
Remnant Publication.
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And ShareHim came also
with 10 students from theology
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and they
baptized more that 1,000.
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Imagine those
students now going back
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and they have in their
CV, I have preached in Africa,
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and I have
baptized hundreds of people.
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This is fantastic.
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Now tell us the
rest of the story.
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Well, we are
hoping in 24 of August
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to have now 10,000
laypeople involve in evangelism.
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And then in the
weekend of 21st of September,
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pay attention to
that-- This year?
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This year, because we have
baptized already 8,474 people
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we want to train the newly
baptized people with the DVDs,
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the ones that you
used, ASI North America.
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And this is why I hope
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that this young
people here will come
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and help us to
train those people
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because from October to November
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we want to challenge them
to bring one soul to Christ.
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And in December
one of the preachers
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form South America Division,
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the evangelism will come to run
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an evangelist
campaign in the same stadium
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and only those
who have been baptized
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and bringing people to the Lord
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will be able to attend
those evangelistic campaigns.
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So this is a huge scene
but we have a challenge.
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Now where to, you know,
accommodate those people?
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This is where
Maranatha is also coming
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and getting
involved in this huge thing
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because we need
churches now to accommodate
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those at least 8,000
newly baptized until now.
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And how many people are you
going to train in September?
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Okay, September Sabbath
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we are hoping to
meet in four stadiums
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because the
government now allow us
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only 25,000, 30,000 per stadium.
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So we hope to
have about 100,000.
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And we are hoping to
train at least 10,000
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newly baptized member
Friday before that Sabbath.
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Amen. Amen.
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Ten thousand.
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Do you understand the impact?
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Brother and
sisters, do you realize
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what they are
talking about here?
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I haven't heard of
amen, and I tell you,
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I am so excited,
I can't believe it.
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Here we are, we
have an opportunity
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not only have
we worked together,
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we've Remnant Publication,
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we've Light Bearers
Ministries, we've had ShareHim,
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then we're gonna
bring the DVD players in
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and we're going
train new Adventists
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who have never been
baptized or just been baptized,
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tech them how to do evangelism,
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they are going to go
out and teach their friends.
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And from there
what's our problem?
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We have so many members,
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we don't know
what to do with them.
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And so as a result of that
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we're gonna bring in
Maranatha and One Day church,
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and they have come together.
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And I will tell you,
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if you don't
believe in miracles,
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we had a miracle yesterday.
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But I am not
gonna tell it to you,
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if you want to hear it,
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you have to go to
the Maranatha booth
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and see the One Day Church
and they will you the miracle
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because it's so--
It's such a great story.
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But I will tell you
that, working together,
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the Lord can do so many things.
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And we as an ASI
family have an opportunity
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to tell and to participate--
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we're gonna have
an offering coming up.
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The over flowing
and part of the offering
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is going to go
to these ministries.
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We need your help
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because there are so
many brothers and sisters
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that need to hear our message.
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And I will tell you
this is what is so exciting
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about being part of ASI.
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You know, Norman and I
are going to be going over
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in the next couple of weeks
and training these lay people,
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bringing all these
different ministries together.
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And I will tell
you what so blessing,
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being here is having everybody
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work together
to finish the work.
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You know, Ellen
White tells us that,
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at the end of times
there are work won't be finish
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until we all work together.
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This is the
fulfillment of prophecy
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and I will tell
you, the Lord never adds,
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He multiplies when we
work together for Him.
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Thank you.
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Blessings.
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One of the most
remarkable things
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about the
biblical account of Israel
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and how God lead
in their activities
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is to review the ups and downs
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of how Israel listened
and didn't listen to God.
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And I pose the
question to you this morning,
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could it be...
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that in the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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we are as guilty
as ancient Israel?
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Could it be that we do not...
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give enough
credence and enough emphasis,
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and enough humble
submission to the Word of God
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and to the instruction
of the Spirit of Prophecy?
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Are we guilty of many
of the same trans and sins
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of the ancient Israelite people?
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I want to tell you,
brothers and sisters,
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that's why we need
revival and reformation.
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That is why God has
intended for His people
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at the end of time
to humble themselves,
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to pray, to seek God's face,
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to understand what it means
to truly fulfill the mission,
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the unique mission
that God has entrusted
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into the hands of
Seventh-day Adventist.
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We are to fall at the
foot of the cross every day.
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You see as we learned last night
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in one of those
beautiful testimonies
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by the young people,
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when you truly
allow the power of God
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to work in your life
something dramatic happens.
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I was thrilled as I listened
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to the testimonies
of those young people.
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And as an introduction
to our Sabbath school lesson
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this morning by
Pastor Mark Finley
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and he is the
author of those lessons
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and God has
provided at the right time,
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and emphasis again on
revival and reformation.
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I want us to
remember, we need to remember
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how God has led us in the past
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and His teaching
in our past history
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as Life Sketches
page 196 indicates.
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You see, the
Israelites and their experience
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is summarized in
Jeremiah 7:23, 24,
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and the Lord was speaking,
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"But this is what I
commanded them, saying,
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Obey my voice, and
I will be your God,
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and you shall be my
people and walk in all the ways
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that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you.
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Yet they did not obey
or inclined their ear,
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but followed the counsels
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and the dictates
of their evil heart,
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and went
backward, and not forward."
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You see, lets
transaction now to today.
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Now scripture tells us
in 1 Corinthians 10:11,
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"Now all these things
happen to them as examples
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and they were
written for our admonition
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upon whom the ends
of the ages have come."
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And as we segue into
our current modern setting
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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we need to remember
God's council, never forget.
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And as I already mentioned
in Life Sketches, page 196,
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"We have nothing to
fear for the future,
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except that we forget
the way the Lord has led us,
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and His teaching
in our past history."
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In April of this year
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the General
Conference Executive Committee
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celebrated 150 years
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of the establishment
of the General Conference.
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May 21, 1963,
was exactly the date
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upon which the General
Conference was organized.
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We chose to meet in Battle Creek
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for our spring meeting
of the executive committee.
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We had a
wonderful experience there.
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Jim Nicks, our very able leader
in the White Estate organized
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many activities,
many presentations,
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many visits to historical sites.
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It was a thrilling experience.
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We met together in the
Battle Creek Tabernacle
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for the Sabbath services.
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We met during our
spring meeting in Battle Creek
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to celebrate "150 years."
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Let me pose the question to you,
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was it really a very
happy and good celebration?
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One hundred fifty
years and we're still here.
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You know, some
people may wonder,
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well, how is it that
we can even talk about
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the Lord coming before this time
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because the Lord is
on His own time plan
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and you can't in any
way affect God's return.
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I want to tell you,
the Lord indicates to us
00:18:10.38\00:18:13.94
that we can hasten His coming.
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And in the Spirit of Prophecy
00:18:16.90\00:18:18.39
in the wonderful
book of evangelism
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and this quote
was from year 1900,
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"Had the purpose of God
been carried out by His people
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in giving to the
world the message of mercy,
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Christ would, ere
this, have come to the earth,
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and the saints
would have received
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their welcome
into the city of God."
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I want to tell you,
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we are on the verse of
Jesus soon second coming.
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It is time for
revival and reformation.
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It is time for us to remember
God's leading in the past
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and to look forward
with tremendous enthusiasm
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for what God is
going to do for His people
00:19:00.04\00:19:03.09
as we move into the end of time.
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It is time to be
revived by His word,
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reading a chapter
of the Bible everyday,
00:19:08.12\00:19:10.41
praying at 7 o'clock
or any time during the day
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for the power and the
coming of the later reign.
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You see the advent
message is not going to be past
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to another group of people.
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There's not going
to be remnant church.
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You and I are the part of
the final last people group
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that God has
prepared for the loud cry
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that is soon to come.
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Revival and Reformation,
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it is preparatory
for Jesus soon return.
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And, so my brothers and sisters,
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as we now segue
into our lesson study
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for this morning
presented by Pastor Finley,
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I want you to remember,
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that God is leading in the life
of His church and in your life.
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Don't forget to
focus on God's word.
00:20:06.11\00:20:08.64
Don't forget to listen
00:20:08.67\00:20:10.04
to the instruction of
the Sprit of Prophecy.
00:20:10.07\00:20:12.34
Don't allow
anything to deter you
00:20:12.37\00:20:14.91
from the leading
of the Holy Spirit.
00:20:14.94\00:20:16.93
Don't forget to engage
in earnest personal prayer.
00:20:16.96\00:20:20.87
Don't forget to
share the Adventist message
00:20:20.90\00:20:23.81
with other in
mission to the cities
00:20:23.84\00:20:26.36
and in many other ways.
00:20:26.39\00:20:28.04
Don't forget Christ's
precious sanctuary message,
00:20:28.07\00:20:31.61
His priestly ministry for us
00:20:31.64\00:20:33.37
in the most holy
place at the present time.
00:20:33.40\00:20:36.25
Don't forget how
God has called you
00:20:36.28\00:20:39.15
into this mighty moment.
00:20:39.18\00:20:41.20
Don't forget the wonderful
00:20:41.23\00:20:42.98
and marvelous 28
fundamental believes,
00:20:43.01\00:20:45.41
every single one of them
00:20:45.44\00:20:46.90
with Jesus Christ at the center.
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Don't forget to
fall on your knees
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to be revived and reformed
00:20:53.26\00:20:56.06
through the power
of the Holy Spirit
00:20:56.09\00:20:58.57
and the power of God's word.
00:20:58.60\00:21:02.37
Jesus is coming soon.
00:21:02.40\00:21:07.25
And as spiritual
Israel we are asked
00:21:07.28\00:21:11.15
the penetrating question
as posed by Joshua of old,
00:21:11.18\00:21:17.07
who is on the Lord side?
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Are you willing today
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as we go into this
Sabbath school lesson
00:21:24.15\00:21:27.20
to say with
Joshua, but as for me
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and my house we
will serve the Lord.
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Amen.
00:21:36.38\00:21:37.49
And then never to forget it.
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My brothers and sisters,
00:21:41.97\00:21:43.01
as we move in to the unfolding
last days of earth's history
00:21:43.04\00:21:48.07
remember how God
has led us in the last
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and how He will
lead us in the future.
00:21:51.86\00:21:55.16
And if you are willing as we go
00:21:55.19\00:21:57.59
into the study of this lesson
on revival and reformation,
00:21:57.62\00:22:01.71
if you are willing to recommit
yourself to a closer walk
00:22:01.74\00:22:06.08
with the Lord and to allow Him
00:22:06.11\00:22:08.00
to move in an unprecedented ways
00:22:08.03\00:22:11.81
as we come to the end of time
00:22:11.84\00:22:14.63
in quietness of this auditorium
00:22:14.66\00:22:18.04
as we study the lesson
on revival and reformation.
00:22:18.07\00:22:22.13
As we think back 150 years
00:22:22.16\00:22:25.04
of the beginning of
the General Conference
00:22:25.07\00:22:27.04
and look forward
to Jesus soon coming
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are you willing
this morning to say,
00:22:29.59\00:22:31.88
Lord, here I am, use me?
00:22:31.91\00:22:35.80
Are you willing? Amen.
00:22:35.83\00:22:38.94
God bless each one of you.
00:22:38.97\00:22:40.65
We are NAPS,
00:22:43.23\00:22:44.79
The National Association for
the Prevention of Starvation,
00:22:44.82\00:22:49.36
a team of youth who have
been active for 35 years.
00:22:49.39\00:22:54.97
When you look up
here you may recognize
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.06
that there are some shirts
that don't say NAPS on them,
00:22:57.09\00:23:01.01
that is because with us
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.55
is represented
ASI Youth for Jesus.
00:23:02.58\00:23:06.08
We worked along with John Holien
00:23:06.11\00:23:08.92
and Pastor Scott this summer.
00:23:08.95\00:23:10.87
And the song that
we're going to sing
00:23:10.90\00:23:13.23
today is a powerful song.
00:23:13.26\00:23:18.84
If I were to ask you,
00:23:18.87\00:23:19.96
how many of you are going
through pain in your life?
00:23:19.99\00:23:23.43
Every hand would go up.
00:23:23.46\00:23:26.14
This song is coming
up from Malawi, Africa,
00:23:26.17\00:23:29.37
and it's a song of hope,
00:23:29.40\00:23:31.64
saying even though
you may go through pain,
00:23:31.67\00:23:35.60
you may have hard times
00:23:35.63\00:23:38.55
the devil may send
his discouragements,
00:23:38.58\00:23:40.70
there's something that
we can all do, we can pray.
00:23:40.73\00:23:46.54
Amen.
00:26:24.77\00:26:26.71
Our Sabbath school lesson,
this quarter focuses especially
00:26:38.99\00:26:44.37
on the topic of
revival and reformation.
00:26:44.40\00:26:47.65
It's possible to use
terms and not define them.
00:26:47.68\00:26:52.50
When we talk about revival
what specifically do we mean?
00:26:52.53\00:26:58.79
When we talk about
reformation, what do we mean?
00:26:58.82\00:27:02.95
Revival is the reawakening
of God's grace in the soul.
00:27:02.98\00:27:07.55
Revival has to do
00:27:07.58\00:27:09.29
with the
reawakening of spiritual life.
00:27:09.32\00:27:12.99
It has to do with knowing Jesus,
00:27:13.02\00:27:16.46
a fresh and new every day,
00:27:16.49\00:27:19.14
like, Lamentations
so well describes it.
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.82
"His mercies are
new every morning."
00:27:21.85\00:27:25.37
So what is revival?
Why do we need revival?
00:27:25.40\00:27:29.01
It's like an old hymn says,
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.76
"Prone to
wander, Lord, I feel it,
00:27:30.79\00:27:34.00
prone to leave the God I love.
00:27:34.03\00:27:36.84
Here's my heart,
O take and seal it,
00:27:36.87\00:27:39.98
seal it with the things above."
00:27:40.01\00:27:42.72
So why does the
church need revival?
00:27:42.75\00:27:45.75
When you and I come to Jesus
00:27:45.78\00:27:48.54
our hearts are
transformed by His grace,
00:27:48.57\00:27:51.58
charmed by His love and changed.
00:27:51.61\00:27:55.41
But because we
still have natures
00:27:55.44\00:27:58.70
that are falling,
we tend to wander.
00:27:58.73\00:28:02.14
So God invites us
everyday to come to the cross
00:28:02.17\00:28:06.38
to know Jesus a fresh and a new.
00:28:06.41\00:28:09.13
So revival is a daily experience
00:28:09.16\00:28:11.99
in the life of the believer.
00:28:12.02\00:28:13.85
It is daily
experiencing God's grace.
00:28:13.88\00:28:17.46
There will never be a time
00:28:17.49\00:28:19.89
that believers
do not need revival,
00:28:19.92\00:28:22.76
it's a daily experience.
00:28:22.79\00:28:24.91
What about reformation?
00:28:24.94\00:28:26.80
When we talk about reformation,
00:28:26.83\00:28:28.47
what are we speaking about?
00:28:28.50\00:28:29.99
We're speaking about reform
00:28:30.02\00:28:32.32
and the reformation in
the days of Martin Luther.
00:28:32.35\00:28:35.32
When we talking
about reformation,
00:28:35.35\00:28:37.11
what are we talking about?
00:28:37.14\00:28:38.37
We're talking
about a change of diet,
00:28:38.40\00:28:39.97
a change of dress, a
change of educational system,
00:28:40.00\00:28:42.83
change of medical system.
00:28:42.86\00:28:44.23
When you use
the term reformation
00:28:44.26\00:28:46.68
it means quite ambiguous
00:28:46.71\00:28:48.63
and it may mean different
things to different people.
00:28:48.66\00:28:50.94
In fact, there's actually
group called Reform Adventist.
00:28:50.97\00:28:53.49
So when we talk
about reformation,
00:28:53.52\00:28:54.99
what do we mean
in a biblical sense?
00:28:55.02\00:28:57.84
Reformation in a biblical
sense always follows revival.
00:28:57.87\00:29:01.48
Revival is this renew of
the spiritual grace in the soul
00:29:01.51\00:29:05.61
but reformation has to
do with the change of habits
00:29:05.64\00:29:10.99
and attitudes and thoughts
00:29:11.02\00:29:13.30
that leads me
to a new lifestyle.
00:29:13.33\00:29:16.09
So revival always leads
the reawakening of God's grace
00:29:16.12\00:29:20.68
and reformation has to do
00:29:20.71\00:29:22.20
with this
reorganization of life,
00:29:22.23\00:29:25.51
this reorganization that habits,
00:29:25.54\00:29:27.73
this practical
change of lifestyle
00:29:27.76\00:29:31.36
where God points
out things in my life
00:29:31.39\00:29:33.36
through His Holy
Spirit that need change.
00:29:33.39\00:29:36.33
Now in our series in
the Sabbath school lesson
00:29:36.36\00:29:39.28
we are focusing
on lesson number six
00:29:39.31\00:29:42.32
which is
Confession of Repentance.
00:29:42.35\00:29:47.42
Why put a lesson on
Confession on Repentance
00:29:47.45\00:29:50.88
in a series of
revival and reformation?
00:29:50.91\00:29:53.13
Because as you look at revival
down through the centuries,
00:29:53.16\00:29:57.55
you look at the revival
in the history of Israel
00:29:57.58\00:29:59.48
with Josiah or look at
David's prays in Psalms
00:29:59.51\00:30:03.52
or you look at the revival
00:30:03.55\00:30:05.80
in the days of
the minor prophet,
00:30:05.83\00:30:07.96
they all focused on
repentance and confession.
00:30:07.99\00:30:11.91
They all focused
on coming to the point
00:30:11.94\00:30:15.35
of a deep sorrow for sin.
00:30:15.38\00:30:18.40
When you look at
the Book of Acts,
00:30:18.43\00:30:20.59
repentance is all
through the Book of Acts.
00:30:20.62\00:30:22.75
If you look at Acts 2, Acts 3,
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.24
Acts 16 and 17,
Acts 20 and onward.
00:30:25.27\00:30:29.34
There is a great emphasis
on repentance and confession.
00:30:29.37\00:30:33.68
Now, one of things I
want to do in the time
00:30:33.71\00:30:35.39
we have together today
is focus on this aspect
00:30:35.42\00:30:40.91
that if repentance
leaves you in a place of sorrow
00:30:40.94\00:30:47.38
focusing on your own sins
00:30:47.41\00:30:49.82
that's not true
repentance at all.
00:30:49.85\00:30:52.31
The object of repentance
is not to leave an individual
00:30:52.34\00:30:57.08
more discouraged
than before they repented.
00:30:57.11\00:31:00.29
The object of all repentance
00:31:00.32\00:31:02.41
is to focus on
the goodness of Jesus,
00:31:02.44\00:31:05.31
the marvels of His
grace, the beauty of His love
00:31:05.34\00:31:10.13
so that I want
to be more like Him.
00:31:10.16\00:31:12.93
Any approach to
repentance that says,
00:31:12.96\00:31:15.74
oh, Lord, I'm so wretched.
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.44
Oh, Lord, I'm so wicked.
00:31:17.47\00:31:19.00
Oh, Lord, I'm so
evil that leaves me
00:31:19.03\00:31:21.62
wallowing in my
sin is not beneficial.
00:31:21.65\00:31:26.96
That repentance
that leads me to see
00:31:26.99\00:31:29.33
how great Jesus is
and long to be like Him
00:31:29.36\00:31:33.01
is a repentance that
motivates lifestyle change.
00:31:33.04\00:31:37.39
Now, we look at
repentance in Sunday's lesson.
00:31:37.42\00:31:41.39
Repentance God's gifts
and if you have your Bible
00:31:41.42\00:31:44.05
I invite you to take
it and turn to Acts the--
00:31:44.08\00:31:47.51
Acts the 5th
chapter, Acts the 5th chapter,
00:31:47.54\00:31:51.76
in my study of
repentance there was something
00:31:51.79\00:31:54.14
that was quite obvious
that I often overlooked.
00:31:54.17\00:31:58.19
Here's is the basic question,
is repentance something
00:31:58.22\00:32:02.20
that we worked up or something
that God places within?
00:32:02.23\00:32:08.24
Is repentance our desire
00:32:08.27\00:32:11.91
to work up an
emotional sorrow for sin
00:32:11.94\00:32:15.46
or is repentance a
gift that God gives us?
00:32:15.49\00:32:21.41
Acts the 5th chapter,
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.43
you're looking
there at verses 30 to 32.
00:32:23.46\00:32:26.94
I want you to notice
them carefully, Acts 5:30-32
00:32:26.97\00:32:33.51
"The God of our
fathers raised up Jesus,
00:32:33.54\00:32:36.96
whom you murdered
by hanging on a tree.
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.83
Him God has
exalted to His right hand
00:32:39.86\00:32:42.75
to be Prince and Savior."
00:32:42.78\00:32:44.41
Three things of that
of the passage so far.
00:32:44.44\00:32:46.80
First the passage talks
about the crucifixion of Christ.
00:32:46.83\00:32:50.32
Christ hung on a tree.
00:32:50.35\00:32:51.42
Verse 30, second the passage
00:32:51.45\00:32:53.62
talks about the
resurrection of Christ.
00:32:53.65\00:32:55.91
The God of our fathers who was--
00:32:55.94\00:32:59.50
who raised up
Jesus, resurrection.
00:32:59.53\00:33:02.20
Thirdly the text talks about
00:33:02.23\00:33:03.93
the high priest
the ministry of Christ.
00:33:03.96\00:33:06.08
"Him God has
exalted to His right hand
00:33:06.11\00:33:08.35
to be Prince and Savior."
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.11
So you have the death of Christ,
00:33:10.14\00:33:12.52
the ascension of Christ,
the resurrection of Christ.
00:33:12.55\00:33:16.29
Now, notice,
because of Christ death
00:33:16.32\00:33:19.69
because of Christ resurrection
00:33:19.72\00:33:22.04
because of Christ's
high precisely ministry
00:33:22.07\00:33:24.47
"To give repentance to
Israel and forgiveness of sins.
00:33:24.50\00:33:29.36
And we are His
witnesses to these things,
00:33:29.39\00:33:32.19
so also is the Holy Spirit
00:33:32.22\00:33:34.36
whom God has given
to those who obey Him."
00:33:34.39\00:33:36.27
Now, that text is packed,
00:33:36.30\00:33:38.04
Christ died, Christ resurrected.
00:33:38.07\00:33:41.39
Christ is our high priest
00:33:41.42\00:33:43.53
and He gives
repentance to His people.
00:33:43.56\00:33:46.71
So, where does
genuine repentance come from?
00:33:46.74\00:33:49.88
Where is it come from everybody?
00:33:49.91\00:33:52.25
Is repentance a gift?
00:33:52.28\00:33:54.68
Just as salvation is a
gift, repentance is a gift.
00:33:54.71\00:33:58.45
So as I kneel
before Jesus every day,
00:33:58.48\00:34:01.50
looking at the cross of Calvary,
00:34:01.53\00:34:03.89
seeing His goodness as
I meditate upon His life,
00:34:03.92\00:34:07.97
as I walk with him
00:34:08.00\00:34:09.08
in the dusty streets of Galilee,
00:34:09.11\00:34:11.46
as I travel with him
00:34:11.49\00:34:12.70
down the cobble
stone streets of Jerusalem,
00:34:12.73\00:34:15.70
as I see Jesus touch the eyes
of the blind and they're open
00:34:15.73\00:34:19.11
and touch the ears of
the deaf and they're unstop,
00:34:19.14\00:34:21.50
as I see Jesus touch
the weathered man arm,
00:34:21.53\00:34:24.58
as I see Him break the
bread and feed the 5,000,
00:34:24.61\00:34:27.75
as I see Him say,
00:34:27.78\00:34:28.83
to the woman caught in
adultery go and sin no more.
00:34:28.86\00:34:31.71
I'm so charmed by His love
00:34:31.74\00:34:34.02
I see the difference
between my worldliness
00:34:34.05\00:34:37.01
and my sin and Him.
00:34:37.04\00:34:39.32
I see Him and I say, Oh, Jesus,
00:34:39.35\00:34:41.93
grant to me the
gift of repentance
00:34:41.96\00:34:44.63
and He places within my heart
a sorrow for the difference
00:34:44.66\00:34:49.04
that I'm between
my 40 week sinful life
00:34:49.07\00:34:52.82
in His glorious righteous life.
00:34:52.85\00:34:54.99
So, it is looking at
Jesus that we are transformed.
00:34:55.02\00:34:59.68
It is by
understanding His perfection
00:34:59.71\00:35:02.89
that we
understand our imperfection.
00:35:02.92\00:35:05.95
It is seeing His strength
that we recognize our weakness.
00:35:05.98\00:35:09.99
So notice repentance is a gift,
00:35:10.02\00:35:13.61
it is not something we work up
00:35:13.64\00:35:16.48
it is something He
places within our heart
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.59
and it doesn't come by
looking at our wretchedness,
00:35:19.62\00:35:23.46
our understanding
of our wretchedness
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.96
comes from looking at Him.
00:35:25.99\00:35:28.48
When I look at myself I never
see any possibility to be saved
00:35:28.51\00:35:32.95
but when I look at Jesus,
00:35:32.98\00:35:34.23
I see no possibility to be lost.
00:35:34.26\00:35:38.02
And so repentance is a gift
if you'll notice in the lesson
00:35:38.05\00:35:43.61
I have quoted a statement
00:35:43.64\00:35:45.11
in the Acts of the
Apostle page 36 you'll find it
00:35:45.14\00:35:49.28
in Sunday's
lesson and you'll find it
00:35:49.31\00:35:51.28
in the middle of the page there,
00:35:51.31\00:35:53.70
"As the disciples waited
00:35:53.73\00:35:55.53
for the
fulfillment of the promise"
00:35:55.56\00:35:57.78
that's the promise
of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:57.81\00:36:00.03
Are we waiting
for the fulfillment
00:36:00.06\00:36:02.94
of the promise of the out
pouring of the Spirit of God
00:36:02.97\00:36:06.87
in latter rain power today?
00:36:06.90\00:36:08.59
Are we waiting for that?
00:36:08.62\00:36:10.67
Is God pouring out His
spirit on the church today?
00:36:10.70\00:36:13.82
Certainly.
00:36:13.85\00:36:15.74
Do we see the
showers of the early rain?
00:36:15.77\00:36:19.01
Definitely.
00:36:19.04\00:36:20.40
But before the coming of Christ
00:36:20.43\00:36:22.89
will there be an
additional out pouring
00:36:22.92\00:36:25.93
of the spirits
power in the latter rain
00:36:25.96\00:36:29.04
to enable us to finish the work?
00:36:29.07\00:36:32.34
Is that promise there?
00:36:32.37\00:36:34.55
The disciples
waited for that promise.
00:36:34.58\00:36:38.94
When the disciples met
in the other upper room,
00:36:38.97\00:36:41.66
there are about a 120 disciples
that met in the upper room.
00:36:41.69\00:36:46.82
The population of the
Roman Empire at the time
00:36:46.85\00:36:50.04
there are
different population figures
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.64
that you have by
various demographers
00:36:52.67\00:36:55.01
but it is probably about
550 to 600 million people.
00:36:55.04\00:37:00.73
So, about 600 million
lived in the Roman Empire.
00:37:00.76\00:37:04.67
You have a 120 Christians
that meet in the upper room
00:37:04.70\00:37:09.07
which is a ration
of one to probably
00:37:09.10\00:37:13.37
at least about a half
a million maybe 600,000.
00:37:13.40\00:37:18.90
So, one Christian
to 600,000 people,
00:37:18.93\00:37:21.16
now, there's one
Adventist to every today
00:37:21.19\00:37:26.17
about one Adventist to
about every 130 people,
00:37:26.20\00:37:29.47
for about 400
people in the world today.
00:37:29.50\00:37:32.23
But one Adventist to
400 in the world today
00:37:32.26\00:37:34.94
but the amazing
thing is that upper room
00:37:34.97\00:37:36.86
it was one to about 550,000
00:37:36.89\00:37:43.49
those disciples
met they, sought God
00:37:43.52\00:37:47.82
and the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit took place
00:37:47.85\00:37:50.79
and thousands were
baptized in a few short years
00:37:50.82\00:37:55.28
till there is at
least a million Christians
00:37:55.31\00:37:57.63
by the end of the first century.
00:37:57.66\00:37:59.61
The task that is before us
00:37:59.64\00:38:03.08
is no greater than the
task that was before them.
00:38:03.11\00:38:06.00
In fact, it was more
difficult often in the days,
00:38:06.03\00:38:08.29
the Roman Empire
than it is today.
00:38:08.32\00:38:10.41
Many ways, if you look at that
from sociological standpoint.
00:38:10.44\00:38:14.45
But here is the amazing thing,
00:38:14.48\00:38:16.12
they met they
repented if there is sin,
00:38:16.15\00:38:19.22
they saw the
beauty of Jesus holiness,
00:38:19.25\00:38:21.41
they entered into true
sorrow God poured out His spirit
00:38:21.44\00:38:25.58
when the church is on
its need looking at Jesus,
00:38:25.61\00:38:29.82
seeing ourselves as we are
Christ manifest himself to us.
00:38:29.85\00:38:35.38
Our lives are
transformed by His grace.
00:38:35.41\00:38:38.16
He empowers us by His spirit.
00:38:38.19\00:38:40.85
Now, the word,
repentance in the Greek language
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.49
is a very fascinating word.
00:38:43.52\00:38:45.52
It is the word metanoeo.
00:38:45.55\00:38:47.29
Now, for long time
I translated that word
00:38:47.32\00:38:50.69
from Greek to
English in a very simple way.
00:38:50.72\00:38:53.35
And I would say you
know the word metanoeo means
00:38:53.38\00:38:55.84
simply a change
of attitude toward.
00:38:55.87\00:38:58.53
It does mean that
00:38:58.56\00:39:00.17
but if you look at the
richness of the word metanoeo
00:39:00.20\00:39:03.16
in the Greek language repentance
00:39:03.19\00:39:04.90
it means much more
than a change of attitude.
00:39:04.93\00:39:07.81
It means a change of
attitude that motivates the will
00:39:07.84\00:39:12.67
and this is a literal
translation of metanoeo
00:39:12.70\00:39:15.41
from the best Geek galaxy cards.
00:39:15.44\00:39:17.33
It is a change of attitude
which transforms the will
00:39:17.36\00:39:24.29
and sets it in a
direction of obedience.
00:39:24.32\00:39:27.85
You can have no true repentance
00:39:27.88\00:39:31.75
without a mindset for obedience.
00:39:31.78\00:39:35.71
Owe through repentance
leads far beyond a sorrow
00:39:35.74\00:39:39.60
that is an emotional sorrow.
00:39:39.63\00:39:41.78
Repentance is not
evaluated in the Bible
00:39:41.81\00:39:46.16
by my tears or
by emotional grief.
00:39:46.19\00:39:49.71
It is evaluated in the Bible
00:39:49.74\00:39:52.98
by the desire for
a lifestyle change.
00:39:53.01\00:39:56.45
Now, that leads us
to Monday's lesson,
00:39:56.48\00:39:59.40
true repentance to find.
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.54
The story is
told of a little boy
00:40:01.57\00:40:04.03
and this little
boy had this habit
00:40:04.06\00:40:06.94
of leaving his room messy.
00:40:06.97\00:40:09.76
He was about nine years old
00:40:09.79\00:40:12.03
and much as his mom
wanted to have his room clean
00:40:12.06\00:40:16.26
having clean his room
he just had his real time.
00:40:16.29\00:40:19.68
Any of you have
a child like that?
00:40:19.71\00:40:21.63
Clean your room please,
00:40:21.66\00:40:22.70
clean your room and
he kept his room messy.
00:40:22.73\00:40:24.45
On this particular day,
he got out all of his legos
00:40:24.48\00:40:27.66
and all of his toys and
his room was a colossal mess.
00:40:27.69\00:40:32.21
So that night at family worship,
00:40:32.24\00:40:35.05
his mother felt that
she needed to address that.
00:40:35.08\00:40:38.15
So she said, she
talked about repentance
00:40:38.18\00:40:40.58
and sorrow for
what you've done wrong
00:40:40.61\00:40:43.18
and she said, son, now,
what you really need to repent
00:40:43.21\00:40:46.08
of is momma has
told you clean your room,
00:40:46.11\00:40:47.99
clean your
room, clean your room,
00:40:48.02\00:40:49.05
don't leave all
your legos all around.
00:40:49.08\00:40:50.72
You need to
repent so he knelt down
00:40:50.75\00:40:52.70
and prayed, prayed
a prayer like this.
00:40:52.73\00:40:54.82
Dear Jesus, I'm so sorry
00:40:54.85\00:40:59.45
that I left my
room so messy today
00:40:59.48\00:41:02.29
but it sure was fun.
00:41:02.32\00:41:05.79
Is that repentance?
00:41:05.82\00:41:07.42
Take your Bible please
2 Corinthians Chapter 7.
00:41:07.45\00:41:10.70
I'm so sorry, I
left my room messy today
00:41:10.73\00:41:13.35
but I wish it was always fun.
00:41:13.38\00:41:15.17
2 Corinthians Chapter 7
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.28
and we look there at
2 Corinthians Chapter 7
00:41:18.31\00:41:22.80
and we are
looking at verse 9 to 11.
00:41:22.83\00:41:26.97
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
00:41:27.00\00:41:30.56
is one of the best
descriptions in the Bible
00:41:30.59\00:41:34.14
about genuine
repentance and what it's about.
00:41:34.17\00:41:37.55
2 Corinthians 7:9,
00:41:37.58\00:41:40.08
"Now I rejoice, not
that you were made sorry."
00:41:40.11\00:41:45.20
Now, Paul is
writing to the Corinthians
00:41:45.23\00:41:48.28
he has written the first
letter to the Corinthians
00:41:48.31\00:41:50.82
and somebody said that,
00:41:50.85\00:41:52.12
the church of Corinth was
pause, excreted and headache.
00:41:52.15\00:41:56.04
The church at Corinth
members were suing one another,
00:41:56.07\00:42:00.95
they were abusing
the Lord's supper.
00:42:00.98\00:42:03.19
One of the big
problems at Corinth was that
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.36
there was
immorality in the church
00:42:05.39\00:42:07.97
it was so bad that there was
incest in the Corinthian church
00:42:08.00\00:42:12.54
you can read about that
2 Corinthians 5 and onward.
00:42:12.57\00:42:15.01
And the
Corinthians weren't dealing
00:42:15.04\00:42:16.53
with sin in the church at all.
00:42:16.56\00:42:18.39
They were treating
it very, very lightly
00:42:18.42\00:42:21.36
and so the apostle Paul
wrote to them 1 Corinthians
00:42:21.39\00:42:25.86
and as he did, it
broke their hearts
00:42:25.89\00:42:28.69
and they entered
into genuine sorrow
00:42:28.72\00:42:32.22
about the toleration of sin
that they had in the church.
00:42:32.25\00:42:35.95
And Paul writes to
them in 2 Corinthians 7:9
00:42:35.98\00:42:40.66
"Now I rejoice, not
that you were made sorry."
00:42:40.69\00:42:44.07
That is sorry by my letter
00:42:44.10\00:42:45.68
"but that your
sorrow led to repentance."
00:42:45.71\00:42:48.38
So if that sorrow
leads to repentance
00:42:48.41\00:42:51.22
can you have sorrow
with out repentance?
00:42:51.25\00:42:52.75
You can.
00:42:52.78\00:42:53.88
You can be sorry
because what you did
00:42:53.91\00:42:57.25
is gonna cause
circumstances in your own life.
00:42:57.28\00:43:00.41
You can be sorry
that you said something
00:43:00.44\00:43:02.93
to your husband or
wife and they got mad.
00:43:02.96\00:43:05.16
You can be sorry
00:43:05.19\00:43:06.67
that you're
dishonest and you got caught.
00:43:06.70\00:43:08.82
You can be sorry,
00:43:08.85\00:43:10.19
for the
consequences of the action
00:43:10.22\00:43:12.52
but not that your
action broke the heart of God.
00:43:12.55\00:43:15.37
See, true repentance
is not that I'm sorry
00:43:15.40\00:43:18.23
because of the consequences
00:43:18.26\00:43:19.89
what happened to
me because I sinned.
00:43:19.92\00:43:21.95
True repentance is I'm so sorry,
00:43:21.98\00:43:24.48
because I dishonored God.
00:43:24.51\00:43:26.50
I'm so sorry, that
I hurt another person.
00:43:26.53\00:43:29.45
I'm so sorry, that my words
cut deeply into your heart.
00:43:29.48\00:43:33.95
I'm so sorry,
that I criticized you,
00:43:33.98\00:43:36.55
And I'm so sorry, that
I talk behind your back
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.78
and it severed our relationship.
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.47
And I'm so sorry,
00:43:40.50\00:43:41.54
that in all of
that I dishonored God.
00:43:41.57\00:43:43.41
You see true repentance
is when I'm on my knees
00:43:43.44\00:43:46.88
saying Jesus,
You love me so much.
00:43:46.91\00:43:49.46
Jesus, your grace is so amazing.
00:43:49.49\00:43:52.21
Jesus, I hurt
You with what I did.
00:43:52.24\00:43:55.10
So until my sin
gives me the pain
00:43:55.13\00:44:00.00
that it brings
to the heart of God
00:44:00.03\00:44:02.07
I'll never turn lose of it.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.98
And so this is what
Paul is praying about here,
00:44:04.01\00:44:06.54
this is what he's talking
about in 2 Corinthians 7:9
00:44:06.57\00:44:10.61
"Now I rejoice, not
that you were made sorry,
00:44:10.64\00:44:15.59
but that your
sorrow led to repentance.
00:44:15.62\00:44:18.31
But you were made
sorry in a godly manner,
00:44:18.34\00:44:21.23
that you might suffer
loss for us in nothing.
00:44:21.26\00:44:24.07
For godly sorrow produces
repentance to salvation,
00:44:24.10\00:44:29.44
not to be regretted
00:44:29.47\00:44:30.67
but the sorrow of the
world produces death."
00:44:30.70\00:44:32.56
So there's two kind of sorrow.
00:44:32.59\00:44:34.29
Godly sorrow that
produces repentance.
00:44:34.32\00:44:36.89
What is repentance?
00:44:36.92\00:44:38.28
It's a change of
attitude throughout my sin.
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.48
The thing I wants
to love I now hate.
00:44:40.51\00:44:42.97
The thing I once did casually
00:44:43.00\00:44:45.00
now I turn away
from it in aberrance.
00:44:45.03\00:44:47.08
The thing that I once
enjoyed doing now I love to do
00:44:47.11\00:44:51.22
but its more than that it
is the setting of the direction
00:44:51.25\00:44:55.59
of the will to
choose to let the thing
00:44:55.62\00:44:59.29
which I cherished that
broke the heart of God go
00:44:59.32\00:45:02.63
because I no longer
want to break His heart.
00:45:02.66\00:45:05.52
So, it looks at Jesus.
00:45:05.55\00:45:07.68
Now, notice the text verse 9,
00:45:07.71\00:45:10.93
Now I rejoice, that
you were made sorry,
00:45:10.96\00:45:13.94
but that you are--
00:45:13.97\00:45:15.43
"Now I rejoice, not
that you were made sorry,
00:45:15.46\00:45:18.32
but that your
sorrow led to repentance."
00:45:18.35\00:45:20.38
Verse 10," Godly
sorrow produces repentance."
00:45:20.41\00:45:23.40
Now, notice this verse
11, it's very interesting,
00:45:23.43\00:45:27.05
"For observe this very thing,
00:45:27.08\00:45:29.24
that you sorrowed
in a godly manner,
00:45:29.27\00:45:32.45
What diligence
it produced in you."
00:45:32.48\00:45:35.15
Now, when you
sorrow in a godly manner
00:45:35.18\00:45:37.91
it produces something.
00:45:37.94\00:45:39.50
What's the first
thing that it produces?
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.20
What is it produced? Diligence.
00:45:41.23\00:45:44.17
Another words, when I
sorrow in a godly manner
00:45:44.20\00:45:47.71
and see that my sin is
broken the heart of God
00:45:47.74\00:45:51.09
and I see the grace of Jesus
00:45:51.12\00:45:53.37
I become more diligent
not to do that thing again.
00:45:53.40\00:45:57.66
So, what clearing of yourselves
00:45:57.69\00:46:01.67
when you sorrow
in a godly manner
00:46:01.70\00:46:04.94
if you have hurt another person,
00:46:04.97\00:46:08.18
you want to
clear up that situation
00:46:08.21\00:46:11.10
between you and
the other person.
00:46:11.13\00:46:14.32
If you've injured somebody else,
00:46:14.35\00:46:17.07
If you've been dishonest
godly sorrow and repentance
00:46:17.10\00:46:22.55
when I recognize
I broken God's heart
00:46:22.58\00:46:25.62
leads me to others to reconcile
00:46:25.65\00:46:29.30
if I broken their heart.
00:46:29.33\00:46:31.69
It says what indignation?
00:46:31.72\00:46:34.33
What does it
mean, what indignation?
00:46:34.36\00:46:36.06
How does godly
sorrow lead to indignation?
00:46:36.09\00:46:38.44
Indignation is a
form of strong anger.
00:46:38.47\00:46:42.20
What is that mean?
00:46:42.23\00:46:43.61
It means that I'm upset
about the thing that I've done.
00:46:43.64\00:46:49.03
I've indignation
toward what I've done
00:46:49.06\00:46:51.87
and I want to make it right.
00:46:51.90\00:46:53.93
"What fear,
what vehement desire,
00:46:53.96\00:46:57.54
what zeal, what vindication!
00:46:57.57\00:47:00.11
In all things
you proved yourselves
00:47:00.14\00:47:02.04
to be clear in this matter."
00:47:02.07\00:47:04.64
So, true repentance
is this godly sorrow,
00:47:04.67\00:47:08.50
because I broken God's heart
00:47:08.53\00:47:10.43
that sets my will
in a new direction
00:47:10.46\00:47:13.44
that gives me an indignation
or a hatred towards sin
00:47:13.47\00:47:16.75
and enables me to
desire to live differently.
00:47:16.78\00:47:21.62
We talk about true and false
confession in Tuesday's lesson
00:47:21.65\00:47:27.79
and there is a statement
00:47:27.82\00:47:29.87
in the books
"Steps to Christ" page 38
00:47:29.90\00:47:33.73
that I would
like to take a look at
00:47:33.76\00:47:35.05
but before we do that
let's look at Leviticus 5:5.
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Let's got to Leviticus 5
00:47:40.25\00:47:41.54
this takes us back to
the ancient sanctuary.
00:47:41.57\00:47:44.63
Leviticus 5:5, in
the ancient sanctuary
00:47:44.66\00:47:49.74
when somebody sin they of course
00:47:49.77\00:47:51.40
brought in all
offering some times a lamb
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.43
and there were other offerings
00:47:53.46\00:47:54.54
and the poor brought a pigeon
offering or grain offering.
00:47:54.57\00:47:57.85
In Leviticus 5:5
00:47:57.88\00:48:00.52
there is a clear Bible
text about what happened
00:48:00.55\00:48:03.91
when the person
brought their offering.
00:48:03.94\00:48:05.92
It has to do with repentance
00:48:05.95\00:48:07.58
and it has to
do with confession.
00:48:07.61\00:48:09.90
Leviticus 5:5 it says,
00:48:09.93\00:48:12.79
"And it shall be,
when he shall be guilty
00:48:12.82\00:48:15.12
in any of these
things, that he shall confess
00:48:15.15\00:48:18.61
that he has
sinned in that thing."
00:48:18.64\00:48:21.26
What does this
Bible passage tell you
00:48:21.29\00:48:24.33
about the nature
of true confession?
00:48:24.36\00:48:28.66
That true confession is what?
00:48:28.69\00:48:31.06
Very specific.
00:48:31.09\00:48:32.46
Has anybody ever
come to you and say,
00:48:32.49\00:48:34.20
you know if I hurt you by
what I said please forgive me.
00:48:34.23\00:48:39.54
If I hurt you, what do
you know when they say that?
00:48:39.57\00:48:43.96
It's not genuine repentance.
00:48:43.99\00:48:46.19
Genuine
repentance is I'm so sorry
00:48:46.22\00:48:49.66
that I said this
specific thing about you.
00:48:49.69\00:48:52.69
I've gone to the
people that I said it to
00:48:52.72\00:48:55.36
and I have asked
them to forgive me.
00:48:55.39\00:48:57.17
And because I've
hurt your reputation
00:48:57.20\00:48:59.61
please forgive me.
00:48:59.64\00:49:00.96
That's genuine repentance.
00:49:00.99\00:49:03.16
In the Old Testament when
a person came with their lamb
00:49:03.19\00:49:08.10
they confess the specific thing.
00:49:08.13\00:49:10.78
Lord, I got
angry with my neighbor.
00:49:10.81\00:49:13.35
Lord, I've stolen something.
00:49:13.38\00:49:16.38
True confession and
repentance is always specific.
00:49:16.41\00:49:21.45
When I get on my knees and pray
00:49:21.48\00:49:23.22
I don't say
Lord, if I've sinned.
00:49:23.25\00:49:24.46
I say Lord, I
watched that on television
00:49:24.49\00:49:28.42
and I know that that is
not in harmony with Your will
00:49:28.45\00:49:31.56
but I seemed to
be addicted to it.
00:49:31.59\00:49:34.56
Looking at Jesus
and His greatness
00:49:34.59\00:49:37.08
and His goodness and
His grace and His mercy
00:49:37.11\00:49:39.68
and how pure You were
Lord, make my heart pure
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.35
and take that
wretched desire out of my soul.
00:49:43.38\00:49:46.47
Lord I'm jealous of that person.
00:49:46.50\00:49:48.89
Please, Lord,
take that jealously
00:49:48.92\00:49:50.74
out of my heart and soul.
00:49:50.77\00:49:52.02
So true confession is
always what everybody?
00:49:52.05\00:49:56.57
Specific in nature.
00:49:56.60\00:49:58.27
Now, let's go to
Ellen White statement.
00:49:58.30\00:49:59.64
This is an remarkable statement
00:49:59.67\00:50:01.07
that will help
somebody here today?
00:50:01.10\00:50:03.04
True confession it is page
00:50:03.07\00:50:07.18
it is under the
section of Tuesday
00:50:07.21\00:50:09.45
the page 49 the
middle of the page,
00:50:09.48\00:50:13.36
"True confession is always of a"
00:50:13.39\00:50:15.13
what kind of
character those who have?
00:50:15.16\00:50:16.83
"Specific character,
00:50:16.86\00:50:18.10
and acknowledges
particular sins."
00:50:18.13\00:50:20.38
Then there's three things,
"They may be of such a nature
00:50:20.41\00:50:24.37
as to be brought
before God and God only."
00:50:24.40\00:50:27.44
Where our most sins of
our sins brought before?
00:50:27.47\00:50:30.43
Before who? God and God only.
00:50:30.46\00:50:33.04
Now, notice.
00:50:33.07\00:50:34.10
"They may be wrongs
that should be confessed
00:50:34.13\00:50:37.11
to individuals who have
suffered injury through them"
00:50:37.14\00:50:41.19
and it goes on to say,
00:50:41.22\00:50:43.14
"they may be of
a public character,
00:50:43.17\00:50:45.14
and should then be
as publicly confessed."
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.34
How do you know, when
to confess sin publicly
00:50:47.37\00:50:50.38
and how do you know
whether the confession
00:50:50.41\00:50:52.16
of that sin
publicly would be detrimental
00:50:52.19\00:50:55.41
to you and the church?
00:50:55.44\00:50:56.70
Let me give you a
clear rule of thumb
00:50:56.73\00:50:58.14
and here is what it is.
00:50:58.17\00:51:02.02
You repair the
fence where it's broken.
00:51:02.05\00:51:07.39
You repair the
fence where it's broken.
00:51:07.42\00:51:10.69
If I have a farm and
I fence on the north,
00:51:10.72\00:51:14.05
south, east and west
and the fence on the north
00:51:14.08\00:51:19.52
is broken and the sheep
and cattle are getting out
00:51:19.55\00:51:22.79
and I repair them--
00:51:22.82\00:51:23.85
I try to repair
the fence on the south
00:51:23.88\00:51:26.35
that is nonsensical.
00:51:26.38\00:51:28.92
So here is the point, if
my sin is between me and God
00:51:28.95\00:51:32.94
that need not be in
anyway we may public.
00:51:32.97\00:51:36.66
I confess it to Him.
00:51:36.69\00:51:39.45
But if I've
stolen something from you
00:51:39.48\00:51:42.84
I don't confess to the church
00:51:42.87\00:51:45.03
that I stole something from
Brother Steve or Sister Smith.
00:51:45.06\00:51:48.77
I go to them and
talk to them about that.
00:51:48.80\00:51:51.65
That's not between
them and the church
00:51:51.68\00:51:53.48
the fence was not broken there.
00:51:53.51\00:51:56.40
But if I live a profligate life
00:51:56.43\00:52:01.28
after becoming a
Christian of open rebellion,
00:52:01.31\00:52:06.62
and defame the name of God
00:52:06.65\00:52:09.43
and the youth and
others in the church know it,
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.51
there maybe a time at that point
00:52:12.54\00:52:14.79
where I come and say you know,
00:52:14.82\00:52:16.56
I've lived a life out of
harmony with God's purpose.
00:52:16.59\00:52:20.26
It's publicly known
that I've come to Jesus
00:52:20.29\00:52:23.95
and my life has been changed.
00:52:23.98\00:52:25.47
I want to honor him.
00:52:25.50\00:52:27.09
So when do you
make public confession?
00:52:27.12\00:52:29.99
Only when there is public
sin that is publicly known.
00:52:30.02\00:52:35.93
If the sin is between
you and somebody else,
00:52:35.96\00:52:39.57
you don't publicly
confess that to the church.
00:52:39.60\00:52:41.38
You go to that person why?
00:52:41.41\00:52:43.83
Because you want to rebuild
00:52:43.86\00:52:45.58
the relationship
with that person.
00:52:45.61\00:52:49.47
Notice, confession what is it?
Confession is always specific.
00:52:49.50\00:52:53.61
Now, we put repentance
and confession together
00:52:53.64\00:52:55.39
what are they?
00:52:55.42\00:52:56.89
Repentance a godly sorrow,
00:52:56.92\00:52:59.10
seeing Jesus, a
change to the mindset,
00:52:59.13\00:53:01.96
a desire it will
be more like Christ.
00:53:01.99\00:53:03.70
Confession,
confessing specific sins to God,
00:53:03.73\00:53:08.62
to another if I've
wrong them, to the church only
00:53:08.65\00:53:12.29
if my life has been
profligate in a public way.
00:53:12.32\00:53:16.49
Looking at our
last lesson on Thursday,
00:53:16.52\00:53:20.34
confession healing
power and I want to jump over
00:53:20.37\00:53:23.82
to Thursday's
lessons our last lesson.
00:53:23.85\00:53:28.15
Confession healing power,
00:53:28.18\00:53:29.38
and I like to read
the paragraph there.
00:53:29.41\00:53:32.72
"Confession
lances the boil of guilt.
00:53:32.75\00:53:36.16
It allows the
poisonous pus of sin to drain.
00:53:36.19\00:53:40.14
Confession is
healing in many ways.
00:53:40.17\00:53:43.10
It opens our hearts
to receive God's grace.
00:53:43.13\00:53:45.67
Through confession
received the forgiveness
00:53:45.70\00:53:47.75
that Christ daily
offers us from the Cross.
00:53:47.78\00:53:50.42
Confession is healing
because it allows God--
00:53:50.45\00:53:54.56
us to receive God's grace."
00:53:54.59\00:53:55.90
Follow me closely.
00:53:55.93\00:53:57.31
"The Confession of your sin
00:53:57.34\00:53:59.54
doesn't make God love
you any more or any less."
00:53:59.57\00:54:03.86
The confession of your sin
00:54:03.89\00:54:05.72
enables you to receive His love.
00:54:05.75\00:54:09.57
The confession of your sin
00:54:09.60\00:54:11.53
enables you to
receive His forgiveness.
00:54:11.56\00:54:15.00
See, God forgives me
on the Cross of Calvary
00:54:15.03\00:54:19.40
but when I come to that Cross,
the confession the forgiveness
00:54:19.43\00:54:25.43
that He has wrought
on Calvary becomes mine.
00:54:25.46\00:54:30.37
When I come to Jesus,
00:54:30.40\00:54:33.33
He gives me the
gift of repentance.
00:54:33.36\00:54:36.43
He offers me, all that He
has done for me on Calvary.
00:54:36.46\00:54:43.81
I love the way its put in
that old hymn of F. E. Belden,
00:54:43.84\00:54:49.60
"Look upon Jesus
sinless is he Father,
00:54:49.63\00:54:54.62
impute His life unto me.
00:54:54.65\00:54:59.77
My life of
scarlet, my sin and woe,
00:54:59.80\00:55:04.89
Cover with His
life, whiter than snow."
00:55:04.92\00:55:10.11
Deep are the wounds.
00:55:10.14\00:55:13.01
"Deep are the wounds
transgression has made,
00:55:13.04\00:55:18.77
Red are the
stains, my soul is afraid.
00:55:18.80\00:55:24.58
O to be covered,
Jesus, with Thee,
00:55:24.61\00:55:28.66
Safe from the law
that now judgeth me.
00:55:28.69\00:55:32.62
Longing the joy
of pardon to know.
00:55:32.65\00:55:36.71
Jesus holds out a
robe white as snow.
00:55:36.74\00:55:42.07
Lord, I accept it!
00:55:42.10\00:55:44.36
Leaving my own, gladly, gladly
00:55:44.39\00:55:50.69
I wear my pure life alone.
00:55:52.85\00:55:56.52
Reconciled by
His death for my sin,
00:55:56.55\00:56:00.09
Justified by His
life pure and clean,
00:56:00.12\00:56:03.46
sanctified by obeying His Word,
00:56:03.49\00:56:06.59
glorified when
returneth my Lord.
00:56:06.62\00:56:09.98
In Jesus I'm reconciled,
in Jesus I'm justified.
00:56:10.01\00:56:15.23
In Jesus I'm sanctified,
In Jesus I'm glorified
00:56:15.26\00:56:19.70
and that is
revival and reformation.
00:56:19.73\00:56:22.27
Praise His holy name.
00:56:22.30\00:56:24.39