Just imagine a city made of gold
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Imagine the day
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When the Father's radiant
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Glory will behold
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Imagine a time
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Where there will be no crying
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Nno more pain
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Imagine when Jesus comes again
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Imagine a place
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Where there's no more night
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Where the glory of God
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Will forever shine
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With eternal light
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We'll gather round the throne
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Of the great I am
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What glory when
Jesus comes again
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The trumpet will sound
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And the dead in Christ
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Will all be raised
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He will come in
the twinkling of an eye
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And then those
who believe in Him
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Thy Savior and Lord
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Will be caught up
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To meet Him in the sky
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Just imagine
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What glory that will be
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On the day
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When our precious Savior's face
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We will see
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We will bow before thy throne
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Singing praises to the Lamb
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To the Lamb
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What glory
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When Jesus comes again
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Imagine when Jesus comes again
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Comes again
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Good evening, ASI.
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We have to come to the
last message for this weekend,
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its been a
blessing to have speakers
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that have shared
the Word of God with us.
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My privilege this evening is
to introduce fellow colleague,
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a medical
missionary and a dear friend,
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Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel
is currently serving at
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Wildwood
Lifestyle Center & Hospital
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and he's our vice
president of medial affairs.
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Good evening. Good evening.
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God is good, isn't He? Amen.
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Amen.
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You know this week
we've been enjoying
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quite a bit of action.
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We've had inspiring talks,
we've had informative seminars,
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we've had help and motivation,
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we've had
preaching all day long,
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God is good.
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Now I have been
blessed and I hope
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that you have been too but
God isn't finish with us yet.
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There is something else
that He has in store for us
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and I'm privilege to be
the spokesperson this evening.
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Our theme has
been, as you can see
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"It's Time to be About
Our Father's Business."
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I would like to explore
for the next few minutes
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what the Lord
has laid on my heart.
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I'll focus on the business
of our Father's business.
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And in that I will
talk about four things,
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who we are and whose we are?
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What business
we are actually in?
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How we define
success in that business?
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And what we're
actually asked to do?
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I'd like to pray and invite
you to bow your heads with me.
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Father in heaven,
we come before You
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this evening and ask
that one more time that Your
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Holy Spirit will take
possession of this auditorium.
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That You will
guide our thoughts,
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You will guide my words
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that they will not be
mine any longer but be Yours.
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And I pray that You
will change our thoughts
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where we need changing.
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And bolster our courage
where we need to be bolstered,
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so that we can
participate in this great work
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and hasten Your coming
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which will be
soon Lord Jesus, amen.
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You know if you don't
know where you're going
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any road you take
will get you there.
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So it's said but it's
actually a paraphrase from,
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from a well known
story Alice in Wonderland
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and it goes like this.
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Alice is
supposed to be going along
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she meets a Cheshire cat
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and she says,
would you tell me please
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which way I
ought to go from here?
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And the cat responses
well, that depends a good deal
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on where you want to go.
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So she says, I don't
mind, I don't care, anywhere.
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Then says the cat,
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it doesn't
matter which way you go?
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So long as I get
somewhere, Alice said
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and he says, oh,
you're sure to do that
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if only you walk long enough.
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Well, I believe
that we have been walking
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for a longtime, amen.
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And the question
is how we've been
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the most
productive in that walk.
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We learnt last night from
Pastor Kim about Nicodemus
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and his journey from
nighttime to daytime,
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from obscurity to the light,
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we will challenge to
hurry up and to get ourselves
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by God's grace
into the daylight too.
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This morning we heard
through Pastor C. D. Brooks
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that God had a
plan from the beginning,
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from the foundation of
the world to save humanity
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and that God provided
everything that was needed
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at the right
time along that path.
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He's still in
that business today.
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He has a plan and even
today He's working His plan.
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Now we have some inspire council
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given in the book Education
all the way back in 1903,
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"Success in any line
demands a definite aim.
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He who would
achieve true success in life
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must keep steadily in view
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the aim worthy of his endeavor."
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We should take that to heart.
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God has kept His aim in view,
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but I'm afraid
that not always we
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and I speak including myself,
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not always have we done
our part to surrendering
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and letting Him do
His work through us.
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Now this is pretty unfortunate
but God still has a plan
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and He still has a
work for each of us to do
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as we participate
with Him in this plan.
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Now the first thing
that I believe we ought to
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look at
strategically is to understand
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who we are in this grand plan.
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And to do that I want to look at
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a few people in the
Bible who didn't realize
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who they were in this plan.
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The first one I
would like to draw
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to your attention is Balaam.
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Now you know, Balak
who was the king of Moab
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and you can find
this in Numbers 22.
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He became alarmed
at what was going on
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and he spent some of
his emissaries to Balaam
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who was described as a prophet.
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Balaam sends word back
to, to Balak to tell him
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that he can't
come and curse Israel.
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But you know the
rest of the story,
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even though God had told him
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that he shouldn't
go Balaam persisted.
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He didn't remember who he was.
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He didn't keep steadfast
to his plan in the plan
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and the result
was he betrayed God.
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Now Cain the
firstborn of Adam and Eve,
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he didn't realize
who he was either.
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He didn't realize that
he would have had a part
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in this great plan
of salvation himself
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and so he asks a
rhetorical question
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when God asked
him about his brother.
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He asked, am I
my brother's keeper?
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Now that is not a
rhetorical question
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that is a real question
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because you see
the answer to that
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is an affirmative, yes,
we are our brother's keepers.
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Cain didn't know
who he is, who he was.
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King Saul, he
often forgot who he was
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and this let him down a path
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that eventually
instead of seeking God
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he sought the Witch at Endor.
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Saul didn't know who he was
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but I'm very glad
that the record is open
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and we can see other examples
of people who did remember
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they did know who
they were in this plan.
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The first one that
comes to mind is Daniel,
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he understood
clearly who he was.
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He was willing to go
against the authorities
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in order to pray
to his God, our God.
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We know that
got him into trouble
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and God delivered him.
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And then we have
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
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who were not
careful to talk to the king.
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Now in those days
you know what kings did
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but they defied the king
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because they were
serving another king, amen.
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Amen. They knew who they were.
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But these are glamorous people
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that we read about in the Bible.
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They are some who
are not so glamorous.
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The little maid who was
there with Naaman's wife
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and she was a slave
taken into captivity
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against her own will
but yet she knew who she was
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and she helped
her sleeve master.
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She knew who she was.
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And of course the woman,
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who washed Jesus'
feet with her tears
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and dried His
feet with her hair.
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We're told that
anywhere and everywhere
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that the gospel is spoken
that we should mention her
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and we're doing that tonight.
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She knew who
she was and she knew
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that she knew the grace of God
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in order to continue on
that journey that she was on.
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So who are we?
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We need to realize that we
are sinners saved by grace.
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We are heirs to an adoption,
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we have become
children of the living God.
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We must never
ever forget who we are,
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children of the living God.
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So as children we are
and should be interested
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in what is
going on in our family
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and especially we
must be interested
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in Dad and Dad's business.
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You see, God's business
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is a family
enterprise, a family business.
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The thing is
though our customers
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are our distant relatives,
that's who we serve too
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but they don't know
that we are related.
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Now I have a colleague,
a recently colleague Linda,
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she is working
on her family tree
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and she tells me that
for the last two years
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she has been going through
talking to different people,
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family members
who she already know,
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knows who then lead
her to somebody else
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who was also a relative
and she is going through this
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and she has a
quite a compilation
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she says of this family tree.
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Now she has been
meeting some people
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in the town where she lives,
who she knows are relatives
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but they don't know that she is.
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So she goes to the
bank and she wants to do
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some transaction
and lo and behold,
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you know the cashier,
the teller is a relative
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she knows that she
has him on that list
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and the bank manager is also
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but you know the
bank manager doesn't know
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that the teller is
related too to them,
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it's a fantastic
story that she is telling
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and I'm just eager for her
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to finally disclose this
to all these people that--
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that you've been finding
out that she is related too
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but you know we are all related
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brothers and sisters right here.
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Amen.
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And we have brothers and
sisters who are out there,
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out of this auditorium,
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we have people who have
been up and down the halls,
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visitors to this
resort, they are members
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of God's family if
they only understood.
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So we are in a family business.
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God our Dad is the CEO.
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But sometimes
we don't understand
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what business Dad is in
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and what this family
business is all about.
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And if we don't
understand our business
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we might miss the
point and we won't be able
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to complete what is this
that Dad has in mind for us.
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Now Professor Levitt at
the Harvard Business School
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gives an example that I'd like
to share with you this evening.
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He was a
professor of great renown
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and he wrote many
classical pieces about
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what it is to be in business
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and how to make
business successful.
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He said, that growth is a
requirement for any business
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and the tenant grow or die
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is a common way
of looking at it.
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God's business must
grow or it will die,
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would be a
translation of what he says.
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God wants to expand His kingdom.
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He gives the example of
the railroads and he said,
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"you know the
railroads didn't stop growing
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because the need for passengers
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and freight
transportation declined
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actually he says that the need
for these things actually grew.
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The railroads are in
trouble today he said,
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not because that
need was filled by others
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such as cars, trucks,
airplanes and even telephones
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but because it was not filled
by the railroads themselves."
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You see, we often times think
about the things that people
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become interested in
other than God thinking
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that these things
alone are the attraction
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when in fact it's
because we haven't engaged
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in the attraction of
God and Godly things.
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Speaking about the
railroads he continues,
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"They let others take
customers away from them
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because they assumed themselves
to be in the railroad business
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but really they were in
the transportation business."
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' So what business are we in?
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He says, "The
reason they defined
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their industry incorrectly
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was that they
were railroad oriented
00:19:55.73\00:19:59.76
instead of
transportation oriented,
00:19:59.79\00:20:02.70
they were product oriented
instead of customer oriented."
00:20:02.73\00:20:08.38
They were not
following a greater plan.
00:20:08.41\00:20:14.91
Now God's business
is securing the universe
00:20:14.94\00:20:17.28
and He will shut the
mouth of Satan by showing
00:20:17.31\00:20:22.90
that they are people,
human beings you and me
00:20:22.93\00:20:29.40
who would rather die
than offend Him, amen.
00:20:29.43\00:20:35.56
People who are willing
to give all of themselves,
00:20:35.59\00:20:39.75
everything they know
00:20:39.78\00:20:42.71
to go to a place
that we have not seen.
00:20:42.74\00:20:44.95
God's business is security,
00:20:49.16\00:20:55.17
He would like to be for
there to be people like Job
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and you and I can
participate in that legacy.
00:21:01.92\00:21:08.38
He wants people
to be like Shadrach
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and Meshach and Abednego.
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People who are
willing to defy the odds,
00:21:14.10\00:21:18.01
people who were
willing to stand for the right
00:21:18.04\00:21:20.63
though the heaven's fall.
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You see Job and Shadrach
00:21:23.25\00:21:25.95
and Meshach and
Abednego, Daniel, Joseph
00:21:25.98\00:21:32.37
they were all
following another plan
00:21:32.40\00:21:36.81
and that plan is
the plan of Jesus.
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They wanted to be like Jesus
00:21:41.18\00:21:44.88
and they were like Jesus.
00:21:44.91\00:21:49.51
God wants us to love
Him and to love others
00:21:49.54\00:21:54.34
more than we
love even ourselves.
00:21:54.37\00:21:58.97
God wins through
love and compassion,
00:21:59.00\00:22:02.87
through self
sacrifice and through
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and the compassion
that requires self control
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.55
and denying ourselves.
00:22:10.58\00:22:14.35
So if we can define the business
00:22:14.38\00:22:17.43
we are in a win through
00:22:17.46\00:22:18.64
self sacrificing
love and compassion
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.91
with self controlled
business that's our business,
00:22:20.94\00:22:25.06
that's our Father's business.
00:22:25.09\00:22:27.84
By this means the
kingdom of God has expanded,
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by this means we grow.
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So the next thing is
how we define success,
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simply this way.
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If you turn in your
Bibles with me please
00:22:48.64\00:22:51.31
to 2 Timothy 4,
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2 Timothy 4:6, 7.
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And this is Paul
talking about his journey
00:23:05.54\00:23:09.81
and coming to the
end of his journey
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how he can count his success.
00:23:12.21\00:23:15.13
He says, "For I am
already being poured out
00:23:15.16\00:23:18.72
as a drink offering,
00:23:18.75\00:23:21.00
and the time of my
departure has come.
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I have fought the good fight,"
00:23:24.85\00:23:26.23
that's verse 7, "I
have finished the course,
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I have kept the faith
00:23:29.68\00:23:33.21
in the future
there is laid up for me
00:23:33.24\00:23:36.16
the crown of righteousness,
00:23:36.19\00:23:38.49
which the Lord,
the righteous Judge,
00:23:38.52\00:23:41.31
will award to me on that day,
00:23:41.34\00:23:43.42
and not only me,"
what else does he say?
00:23:43.45\00:23:47.38
"But also to all who
have loved his appearing."
00:23:47.41\00:23:53.48
This is how we count
our personal success.
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This is how God
counts our success.
00:23:58.88\00:24:02.32
The growth of our Dad's business
00:24:02.35\00:24:04.59
is not about profits with an F.
00:24:04.62\00:24:09.90
Financial profits it
is not about gain profits,
00:24:09.93\00:24:16.18
even though it is
profitable for the kingdom
00:24:16.21\00:24:21.38
the currency is people,
00:24:21.41\00:24:26.29
the profit for
God is it talking back
00:24:26.32\00:24:31.59
of what was lost.
00:24:31.62\00:24:36.44
Each person then,
00:24:36.47\00:24:40.07
God sees as being
a potential candidate
00:24:40.10\00:24:44.73
to have the testimony of Jesus,
00:24:44.76\00:24:49.21
that will love not
our lives even unto death.
00:24:49.24\00:24:56.82
Now we all familiar with
that great text John 3:16,
00:24:56.85\00:25:02.65
God is in this business
because He loves the world.
00:25:02.68\00:25:05.18
Can you repeat it with me?
00:25:05.21\00:25:06.45
"For God so love the world,
00:25:06.48\00:25:09.09
that He gave His
only begotten son
00:25:09.12\00:25:12.20
that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish,
00:25:12.23\00:25:16.32
but have everlasting life."
00:25:16.35\00:25:18.49
You see, this is what God wants.
00:25:18.52\00:25:21.77
This is how He
will count success.
00:25:21.80\00:25:25.61
But you know while many
people memorize John 3:16,
00:25:25.64\00:25:30.45
many people don't
memorize 1 John 3:16
00:25:30.48\00:25:35.69
and if you will turn
your Bibles with me please
00:25:35.72\00:25:38.67
or if you have it
on electric medium
00:25:38.70\00:25:42.02
you can look 1 John 3:16.
00:25:42.05\00:25:49.41
The text that I
have memorized is this.
00:25:50.81\00:25:54.40
This is how we
know what love is.
00:25:54.43\00:25:59.56
"Jesus Christ laid
down His life for us."
00:25:59.59\00:26:04.81
Isn't that a wonderful text?
00:26:04.84\00:26:07.01
This is how we
know what love is.
00:26:07.04\00:26:09.69
"Jesus Christ laid
down His life for us."
00:26:09.72\00:26:13.92
But the text doesn't
stop there it goes on.
00:26:13.95\00:26:19.12
It says, "So we therefore
00:26:19.15\00:26:22.44
ought to laid down our
lives for the brethren."
00:26:22.47\00:26:26.75
This is what love is.
00:26:31.63\00:26:36.66
So here we are
00:26:36.69\00:26:39.34
at the close of
the ASI Convention.
00:26:39.37\00:26:45.49
And we need to know
what ought we to do.
00:26:45.52\00:26:51.23
How can we be successful
in our Dad's business today?
00:26:51.26\00:26:57.70
How can we share
God in the marketplace
00:26:57.73\00:27:02.21
which is where
people, regular people
00:27:02.24\00:27:06.74
meet and congregate everyday.
00:27:06.77\00:27:09.48
I have been doing
some reading about
00:27:16.75\00:27:20.84
people who are considered
by the world to be great
00:27:20.87\00:27:24.95
and an unlikely place
I found a "great person"
00:27:24.98\00:27:30.25
by the world standards,
his name is Wayne Gretzky.
00:27:30.28\00:27:34.83
Now if you're not a
hockey fan and I am not,
00:27:34.86\00:27:39.69
you may not know
about Wayne Gretzky.
00:27:39.72\00:27:42.57
But Wayne
Gretzky is supposed to be
00:27:42.60\00:27:44.22
the all time
number one hockey player
00:27:44.25\00:27:48.34
ever ice hockey, ever.
00:27:48.37\00:27:53.20
Now he is ascribe
this particular quote.
00:27:53.23\00:27:57.10
He said, ''A good hockey
player plays where the puck is,
00:27:57.13\00:28:04.32
a great hockey player
00:28:04.35\00:28:07.47
plays where the
puck is going to be,
00:28:07.50\00:28:12.03
I skate where the
puck is going to be
00:28:12.06\00:28:15.78
not where it has been."
00:28:15.81\00:28:20.24
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight
00:28:20.27\00:28:22.97
we have been
given so much council
00:28:23.00\00:28:29.06
through Daniel,
00:28:29.09\00:28:31.52
through
Revelation, through Ezekiel,
00:28:31.55\00:28:35.66
through the Great Controversy,
00:28:35.69\00:28:36.73
we've been
given so much counsel,
00:28:36.76\00:28:41.60
we know to a large extent
where the puck is going to be.
00:28:41.63\00:28:48.31
We need to be skating
00:28:48.34\00:28:50.36
to where the puck is going to be
00:28:50.39\00:28:54.45
and that means we
have to take seriously
00:28:54.48\00:29:00.91
what we have before us today.
00:29:00.94\00:29:04.16
In Luke 24:25-27,
00:29:04.19\00:29:07.75
Christ in talking to His friends
00:29:07.78\00:29:10.79
on the road to Emmaus,
00:29:10.82\00:29:13.06
He said, "O fools, and
slow of heart to believe
00:29:13.09\00:29:15.54
all that the
prophets have spoken."
00:29:15.57\00:29:19.42
You see the issue may not
be financial profits with an F,
00:29:19.45\00:29:24.99
but God's prophets with the PH.
00:29:25.02\00:29:30.57
We should not be
fools and slow to believe
00:29:30.60\00:29:33.78
what the prophets have spoken.
00:29:33.81\00:29:38.06
So what have they said?
00:29:38.09\00:29:42.21
They have said, through
and Daniel and Revelation
00:29:42.24\00:29:46.10
that we are living
at the end of time.
00:29:46.13\00:29:50.48
Do you believe that?
00:29:50.51\00:29:52.48
The time a short,
the clock is ticking.
00:29:52.51\00:29:55.64
Look at that
representation up there
00:29:55.67\00:29:58.76
is close to the midnight hour.
00:29:58.79\00:30:02.03
We can't be
doing business as usual
00:30:02.06\00:30:05.41
as the world counts business.
00:30:05.44\00:30:09.11
We have to be
about our Dad's business
00:30:09.14\00:30:12.18
because we are children
and this is a family business.
00:30:12.21\00:30:19.82
We've been bought with
a price Christ own life,
00:30:19.85\00:30:25.22
bought that we may return to God
00:30:25.25\00:30:28.20
His own in faithful service.
00:30:28.23\00:30:32.29
We have no time
to give our energies
00:30:32.32\00:30:36.48
and times to
worldly enterprises,
00:30:36.51\00:30:38.40
no time for that.
00:30:38.43\00:30:40.25
Shall we become
absorbed in serving the world,
00:30:40.28\00:30:42.93
serving ourselves,
and lose eternal life
00:30:42.96\00:30:47.35
and lose heavenly bliss,
00:30:47.38\00:30:51.50
and lose those
that are around us
00:30:51.53\00:30:54.85
who are depending on us?
00:30:54.88\00:30:59.27
I pray not, we
cannot afford to do this.
00:30:59.30\00:31:04.25
That every talent
that we have be employed
00:31:04.28\00:31:06.96
in the work of God, amen.
00:31:06.99\00:31:12.41
We don't have time to
enter into business enterprises
00:31:12.44\00:31:15.83
with unbelievers.
00:31:15.86\00:31:18.29
They have a different agenda.
00:31:18.32\00:31:21.64
Now we can work along with them
00:31:21.67\00:31:24.52
and we can help
them but we should not,
00:31:24.55\00:31:28.68
in any special sense
00:31:28.71\00:31:33.57
fall under their agenda.
00:31:33.60\00:31:39.61
Seventh-day
Adventist have been set
00:31:39.64\00:31:41.02
in the world as
watchman and light bearers to us
00:31:41.05\00:31:45.22
has been
entrusted the last warning
00:31:45.25\00:31:47.08
for a perishing world,
00:31:47.11\00:31:48.29
how dare we
confederate with those
00:31:48.32\00:31:51.91
who will change our
minds and change our focus?
00:31:51.94\00:31:58.41
We have been given a work
of the most solemn importance,
00:31:58.44\00:32:02.28
the proclamation of the first,
00:32:02.31\00:32:04.58
second and
third angel's messages
00:32:04.61\00:32:08.12
and that proclamation
is not just by voice,
00:32:08.15\00:32:11.85
it needs to be indeed in
action not just by voice.
00:32:11.88\00:32:19.40
There is no other work
so great of importance.
00:32:19.43\00:32:24.15
We are to allow nothing
00:32:24.18\00:32:27.03
to absorb our
attention other than this.
00:32:27.06\00:32:33.58
The more solemn truths
00:32:33.61\00:32:34.82
we are told ever
entrusted to human beings,
00:32:34.85\00:32:38.81
have been entrusted
00:32:38.84\00:32:40.30
to those who are to proclaim
00:32:40.33\00:32:43.72
God to the world.
00:32:43.75\00:32:46.87
Every enterprise that
we involved in everyone
00:32:46.90\00:32:50.66
is it means of evangelism.
00:32:50.69\00:32:53.74
To everyone who becomes
a partaker of God's grace
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.56
the Lord appoints to
work not just for ourselves
00:32:56.59\00:33:01.40
but to work for others.
00:33:01.43\00:33:04.00
Individually we
are to stand in our--
00:33:04.03\00:33:06.36
stand in our lot and place
00:33:06.39\00:33:10.85
and when there is a need
we say here I am Lord send me.
00:33:10.88\00:33:15.47
Now we've heard
wonderful testimonies of others
00:33:15.50\00:33:18.21
who are doing things
and we sit and we say amen
00:33:18.24\00:33:21.69
but we're not to
enjoy that vicariously
00:33:21.72\00:33:24.17
God wants us have an
authentic experience ourselves.
00:33:24.20\00:33:28.82
Whether we work for ourselves
or we work in an enterprise
00:33:28.85\00:33:34.17
and many will work for
others who may not be Christian
00:33:34.20\00:33:38.00
but in the marketplace
we need to be very clear
00:33:38.03\00:33:43.67
who our boss really is.
00:33:43.70\00:33:49.25
We have a redeemer
and He's counting on us
00:33:49.28\00:33:54.95
to finish the work.
00:33:54.98\00:34:00.01
We're to use all of our
powers in the service of God.
00:34:00.04\00:34:04.44
If what we preach on Sabbaths
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.70
have any meaning
we need to understand
00:34:06.73\00:34:09.95
the time in which we live
and we have to set an operation
00:34:09.98\00:34:14.11
every agency
that can be employed
00:34:14.14\00:34:15.89
in doing missionary work
for Christ, end of story.
00:34:15.92\00:34:20.66
"The great aim
of those who profess
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.42
to believe the
third angel's message
00:34:22.45\00:34:25.28
should be to
bring all their powers
00:34:25.31\00:34:28.12
into active service
in the cause of God."
00:34:28.15\00:34:33.99
We are to make a
business of serving God.
00:34:34.02\00:34:38.55
If we don't read the Bible
00:34:38.58\00:34:40.39
and we don't
understand who we are
00:34:40.42\00:34:42.28
and we don't
understand what the word says
00:34:42.31\00:34:45.80
then we need to
start doing that now.
00:34:45.83\00:34:50.27
When we read the Bible
00:34:50.30\00:34:51.33
and we understand
what the word says,
00:34:51.36\00:34:54.54
there will be a hundred
more people in God's work
00:34:54.57\00:34:58.58
where right now
there's only one.
00:34:58.61\00:35:01.49
It doesn't matter
what profession we have,
00:35:01.52\00:35:05.74
it doesn't matter who
we are in our civilian life
00:35:05.77\00:35:12.18
we are part of
the family of God,
00:35:12.21\00:35:15.97
part of the children of God.
00:35:16.00\00:35:18.83
This morning there was
quite a donation that was made
00:35:24.34\00:35:29.01
but now is our time to live
00:35:29.04\00:35:30.22
for the
salvation of our fellowmen
00:35:30.25\00:35:32.86
like we have never done before.
00:35:32.89\00:35:35.78
There are some who
thing that to give money
00:35:35.81\00:35:37.32
to the cause of Christ
00:35:37.35\00:35:39.54
that this is all
that they can do.
00:35:39.57\00:35:43.64
But I tell you it is
not all that we can do
00:35:43.67\00:35:48.52
personal
service-- personal service
00:35:48.55\00:35:54.22
giving of ourselves, our time
00:35:54.25\00:35:57.48
and our talent
this is what He wants.
00:35:57.51\00:36:01.65
Now God has kept His
aim constantly in view,
00:36:01.68\00:36:06.24
His people
beginning with His son
00:36:06.27\00:36:08.85
is the object of
His great affection.
00:36:08.88\00:36:13.58
He's calling us tonight
00:36:13.61\00:36:16.72
not to end the experience of ASI
00:36:16.75\00:36:20.74
but to begin a new experience.
00:36:20.77\00:36:24.81
Maybe just maybe we
won't have an ASI next year
00:36:24.84\00:36:32.01
even so come Lord Jesus.
00:36:32.04\00:36:35.27
Amen.
00:36:35.30\00:36:36.63
Last night I lay a-sleeping
00:37:03.94\00:37:07.85
There came a dream so fair
00:37:07.88\00:37:11.71
I stood in old Jerusalem
00:37:11.74\00:37:15.42
Beside the temple there
00:37:15.45\00:37:19.25
I heard the children singing
00:37:19.28\00:37:22.94
And ever as they sang
00:37:22.97\00:37:26.70
I thought the voice of angels
00:37:26.73\00:37:30.71
From heaven in answer rang
00:37:30.74\00:37:34.54
I thought the voice of angels
00:37:34.57\00:37:41.18
From heaven in answer rang
00:37:41.21\00:37:48.01
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
00:37:48.04\00:37:55.34
Lift up your gates and sing
00:37:55.37\00:38:00.57
Hosanna in the highest
00:38:00.60\00:38:06.92
Hosanna to your King
00:38:06.95\00:38:14.28
And once again
the dream was changed
00:39:47.05\00:39:51.92
New earth there seemed to be
00:39:51.95\00:39:56.49
I saw the Holy City
00:39:56.52\00:40:00.61
Beside the tideless sea
00:40:00.64\00:40:04.75
Light of God was on its streets
00:40:04.78\00:40:08.69
The gates were open wide
00:40:08.72\00:40:12.61
And all who would might enter
00:40:12.64\00:40:19.22
And no one was denied
00:40:19.25\00:40:25.55
No need of moon
or stars by night
00:40:25.58\00:40:32.02
Or sun to shine by day
00:40:32.05\00:40:38.36
It was the new Jerusalem
00:40:38.39\00:40:44.60
That would not pass away
00:40:44.63\00:40:50.72
It was the new Jerusalem
00:40:50.75\00:40:57.00
That would not pass away
00:40:57.03\00:41:03.60
Join me.
00:41:03.63\00:41:05.17
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
00:41:05.20\00:41:12.34
Sing for the night is o'er
00:41:12.37\00:41:18.33
Hosanna in the highest
00:41:18.36\00:41:25.12
Hosanna forever more
00:41:25.15\00:41:32.38
Hosanna in the highest
00:41:32.41\00:41:40.36
Hosanna
00:41:43.55\00:41:47.57
Forever more
00:41:47.60\00:41:54.19
Well, I don't
know about you friends,
00:42:08.55\00:42:10.84
but we've had a marvelous
convention, haven't we?
00:42:10.87\00:42:13.89
Yes.
00:42:13.92\00:42:15.00
I've been blessed
through and through.
00:42:15.03\00:42:17.89
I hope you've been, I
hope you've been inspired,
00:42:17.92\00:42:22.05
I hope you've been convicted,
I hope you've been comforted,
00:42:22.08\00:42:25.10
I hope you've been blessed
and I hope you'll comeback.
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Next year at this time
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I believe next
year August five to nine
00:42:30.95\00:42:33.99
if I'm not mistaken
but it's around that time
00:42:34.02\00:42:36.76
will be meeting in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
00:42:36.79\00:42:40.53
and we hope to see you there,
00:42:40.56\00:42:41.86
if we can have the
same number next year
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.87
and added all your friends
00:42:43.90\00:42:46.00
then we're gonna
have amazing time,
00:42:46.03\00:42:48.47
the convention has been great.
00:42:48.50\00:42:54.29
Don't forget our
booths, our exhibits
00:42:54.32\00:42:57.25
they're open tonight
00:42:57.28\00:42:58.34
from as soon as
we're finish here
00:42:58.37\00:43:00.47
and you can make
your way to the exhibits
00:43:00.50\00:43:02.56
and we have all
the-- all the people
00:43:02.59\00:43:05.85
who have paid a lot
of money to be there
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.07
to show you what they--
00:43:08.10\00:43:09.98
they're doing in
their mission work
00:43:10.01\00:43:11.79
they want you as
inspired us they themselves are
00:43:11.82\00:43:14.63
and I'm hope you're going
to go over there and see them
00:43:14.66\00:43:17.88
and in the end more
than that don't forget,
00:43:17.91\00:43:21.00
"It Is Time To Be
About Our Father's Business."
00:43:21.03\00:43:26.00
I would like to ask
you to bow your heads
00:43:26.03\00:43:28.48
we're going to
have a word of prayer.
00:43:28.51\00:43:30.89
Heavenly Father, Lord, thank You
00:43:30.92\00:43:33.86
for what You've
done for us this week.
00:43:33.89\00:43:36.19
It's-- I'm amazed
00:43:36.22\00:43:38.13
and I'm so filled with gratitude
00:43:38.16\00:43:41.12
because You've blessed my soul.
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.28
Thank You for the
selection of the speakers
00:43:43.31\00:43:45.66
that You selected
that You sent our way,
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.91
thank You for
all that we've seen
00:43:47.94\00:43:49.66
and heard and done.
00:43:49.69\00:43:50.88
Thank You for
making it go smoothly,
00:43:50.91\00:43:52.77
thank You for
sending all these dear people
00:43:52.80\00:43:55.25
and for thy Holy Spirit
in touching everyone's heart.
00:43:55.28\00:43:58.50
Thank You for being
our God and blessing us
00:43:58.53\00:44:01.54
in Jesus name, amen.
00:44:01.57\00:44:07.22
God be with you
00:44:11.06\00:44:14.05
Till we meet again
00:44:14.08\00:44:19.37
By His counsels
guide, uphold you
00:44:19.40\00:44:27.24
With His sheep securely fold you
00:44:27.49\00:44:35.09
God be with you
till we meet again
00:44:35.13\00:44:43.07
God be with you
till we meet again
00:44:43.60\00:44:51.36
Neath His wings
secure we hide you
00:44:51.39\00:44:59.34
Daily manna still provide you
00:44:59.37\00:45:07.27
God be with you
till we meet again
00:45:07.30\00:45:14.73
God be with you
00:45:15.95\00:45:20.06
Till we meet again
00:45:20.09\00:45:24.16
When life's
perils thick confound you
00:45:24.19\00:45:31.92
Put his arms unfailing round you
00:45:31.95\00:45:39.78
God be with you
till we meet again
00:45:40.09\00:45:48.09
God be with you
till we meet again
00:45:48.12\00:45:55.74
Keep love's
banner floating o'er you
00:45:55.77\00:46:02.94
Smite death's
threatening wave before you
00:46:02.97\00:46:10.32
God be with you
till we meet again
00:46:10.35\00:46:16.26
Sing with us.
00:46:16.29\00:46:18.91
Till we meet
00:46:18.94\00:46:22.79
Till we meet
00:46:22.82\00:46:26.32
Till we meet at Jesus' feet
00:46:26.35\00:46:34.30
Till we meet
00:46:34.33\00:46:38.41
Till we meet
00:46:38.44\00:46:43.96
God be with you
00:46:43.99\00:46:47.35
Till we meet again
00:46:47.38\00:46:54.17
Goodnight, everyone.
00:47:00.34\00:47:02.83
And praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
00:47:02.87\00:47:06.72
Isn't this been wonderful?
00:47:06.75\00:47:09.66
We're still on the air
for just a few more minutes
00:47:09.69\00:47:12.71
and so we want to take
this opportunity to like--
00:47:12.74\00:47:16.35
you sit by down if
you want to few a second
00:47:16.38\00:47:19.33
to give you a little update
00:47:19.36\00:47:21.49
on our new kids
channel 3ABN Kids
00:47:21.52\00:47:26.09
and, Brenda, tell
us what's going on.
00:47:26.12\00:47:28.51
Well, I'm so excited.
00:47:28.54\00:47:29.94
How many here know
the 3ABN is launching
00:47:29.97\00:47:32.77
a brand new
network just for kids,
00:47:32.80\00:47:35.41
do you know that?
00:47:35.44\00:47:36.50
How many have never heard that?
00:47:36.53\00:47:38.30
Well, many of you,
00:47:38.33\00:47:39.40
well, it's going to
be an exciting adventure.
00:47:39.43\00:47:42.50
Can you imagine a
network 24/7 just for children,
00:47:42.53\00:47:48.13
all children's
programming, amen.
00:47:48.16\00:47:51.36
And I'm really excited about it.
00:47:51.39\00:47:53.10
I did a program
with Jim and Danny
00:47:53.13\00:47:55.81
and announce it and we
ask for you suggestions
00:47:55.84\00:48:00.21
or names or what
should we call this network?
00:48:00.24\00:48:03.13
Well, tonight we're
announcing live our new name
00:48:03.16\00:48:06.75
it is simply 3ABN Kids Network
and there is our new logo.
00:48:06.78\00:48:14.71
Isn't that awesome?
00:48:14.74\00:48:16.65
And I'm so
excited we will be able to
00:48:16.68\00:48:18.73
we're building a new network
in Collegedale, Tennessee.
00:48:18.76\00:48:23.26
You see there is not enough kids
00:48:23.29\00:48:24.69
in Southern Illinois,
we love Southern Illinois
00:48:24.72\00:48:27.29
but there's not any kids there.
00:48:27.32\00:48:28.86
Lot a corn but
not for many kids.
00:48:28.89\00:48:30.88
That's right.
00:48:30.91\00:48:31.99
And so we need
to be in a location
00:48:32.02\00:48:34.99
where there is
a lot of children.
00:48:35.02\00:48:36.50
There is over 5,000 children
in the Collegedale area alone
00:48:36.53\00:48:40.19
and there is--
it's gonna be amazing
00:48:40.22\00:48:42.69
but here is where
we need your help.
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.80
We need to-- it's
gonna take a lot of money
00:48:44.83\00:48:47.91
to build a new network.
00:48:47.94\00:48:48.97
We're looking for land,
we got to build a building
00:48:49.00\00:48:51.84
and so we have a lot
to do but guess what,
00:48:51.87\00:48:53.65
if our money came in
today next year at this time
00:48:53.68\00:48:58.19
we would be taping
program in our new network.
00:48:58.22\00:49:00.90
Wouldn't that be awesome?
00:49:00.93\00:49:02.48
And so I'm really
excited I wanted to share
00:49:02.51\00:49:04.69
that with you
we're going to be having
00:49:04.72\00:49:06.61
so many
incredible programs for kids,
00:49:06.64\00:49:09.24
Kids Time will be
flagship program on the network
00:49:09.27\00:49:12.06
and so you'll
still see that everyday
00:49:12.09\00:49:14.23
but we will have
programs on missions,
00:49:14.26\00:49:16.21
we're gonna
team up with Amaranth
00:49:16.24\00:49:17.66
and do a mission program
showing kids helping kids,
00:49:17.69\00:49:20.44
working on the one day schools
00:49:20.47\00:49:22.27
then the one day churches then--
00:49:22.30\00:49:24.06
and we will have
our family worship,
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.26
Sabbath school,
church, we'll have Bible story,
00:49:26.29\00:49:30.27
the half hour
Bible story, Bible games.
00:49:30.30\00:49:32.77
Can you imagine Bible trivia
00:49:32.80\00:49:34.13
where kids gonna learn
more about the Bible facts.
00:49:34.16\00:49:36.64
We will have cooking
shows, health programs,
00:49:36.67\00:49:40.67
exercise programs for kids
00:49:40.70\00:49:42.59
and look about music programs
where we can teach a music,
00:49:42.62\00:49:46.12
where piano lessons,
guitar lessons, violin.
00:49:46.15\00:49:48.85
All the music
will be religious songs
00:49:48.88\00:49:51.04
they're gonna learn, amen.
00:49:51.07\00:49:52.74
There are so many kids
they can't afford music lessons
00:49:52.77\00:49:54.93
so there is so many awesome
programs designed just for you,
00:49:54.96\00:49:59.15
your children
around the world 24/7.
00:49:59.18\00:50:02.07
You know one thing we've
came to the conclusion that
00:50:02.10\00:50:05.29
we must continually
share with our children
00:50:05.32\00:50:10.20
the truths of the
Three Angel's Messages
00:50:10.23\00:50:13.14
and so we praise the
Lord for this opportunity.
00:50:13.17\00:50:15.90