Holy day purified,
set apart, sanctified
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Enter in to joy divine
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In a temple made of time
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Holy day purified
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Set apart, sanctified
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Enter in to joy divine
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In a temple made of time
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You will find
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Joy divine
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In this temple made
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Of time.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's beautiful, is it not?
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Now, it's your opportunity
to sing along with us.
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How many of you
enjoy singing songs
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about Jesus
second coming on Sabbath.
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I do too.
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And just as they just
sang in the last song.
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Sabbath is going to be
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for an eternity in heaven, amen.
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And so not only do we
look forward to it for one day,
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but we will have it endlessly.
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Let's sing now together,
"Hail Him the King of Glory."
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Tell it to every
kindred and nation
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Tell it far and near
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Earth's darkest night
will fade with the dawning
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Jesus will soon appear
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Hail Him the King of glory
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Once the Lamb for sinners slain
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Tell, tell the wondrous story
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"Jesus comes to reign."
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We'll have just the
gentlemen sing on this song,
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just the men on this verse.
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Nations again in
strife and commotion
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Warnings by the way
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Signs in the
heavens, unerring omens
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Herald the glorious day--
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All together.
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Hail Him the King of glory
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Once the Lamb for sinners slain
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Tell, tell the wondrous story
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"Jesus comes to reign"
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Children of God
look up with rejoicing
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Shout and sing His praise
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Blessed are they
who, waiting and watching
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Look for the dawning rays
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Hail Him the King of glory
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Once the Lamb for sinners slain
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Tell, tell the wondrous story
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"Jesus comes to reign"
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"Jesus comes to reign."
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Amen. Amen.
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God truly is good.
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And our theme at
the cross this year
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that we should
always view Christ.
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Always keeping in mind
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the sacrifice
that He made for us,
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and I think often times
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we can become too used
to thinking about the cross
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to where we
don't really consider
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just what Christ
went through for us.
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And this song brings out
in a clearer light as well,
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just some of the sacrifices
that Jesus made for us.
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And that's "When I
Survey the Wondrous Cross,"
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and we're going to listen
for the first couple of verses
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and then on the last verse,
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we'll all join
together and sing.
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When I survey
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The wondrous cross
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On which
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The Prince of glory
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Died
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My richest gain
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I count but loss
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And pour contempt
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On all my pride
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Forbid it, Lord,
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That I should boast
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Save in the death
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Of Christ, my God!
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All the vain things
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That charm me most
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I sacrifice them
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To His blood
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See from his head
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His hands, His feet
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Sorrow and love
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Flow mingled down!
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Did e'er such love
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And sorrow meet
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Or thorns compose
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So rich a crown?
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Sing with us.
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Were the whole realm
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Of nature mine
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That were a present
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Far too small
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Love so amazing
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So divine
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Demands my soul
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My life
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My all.
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Amen. Amen.
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I am being
blessed, how about you?
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Amen. God is so good.
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And we're going to sing
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or listen to them
sing another song now
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that is truly a prayer
and is a beautiful prayer
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and it reminds us
of Philippians 2:5-11,
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I'm going to go ahead
and read that with you now.
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Says, "Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Who, being in the form of God,
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do not consider
robbery to be equal with God:
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But made himself
of no reputation,
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taking the form
of a bond servant,
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and coming in
the likeness of men:
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And being found in
the appearance of men,
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he humbled himself,
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and became obedient
to the point of death,
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even the death of the cross.
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Therefore God also
is highly exalted him,
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and given him the name
which is above every name:
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That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
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and those in heaven,
and of those on earth,
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and of those under the earth,
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and that every
tongue should confess
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that Jesus Christ is Lord,
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to the glory of God the Father."
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As they sing this song,
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may this be the
prayer of each of our hearts.
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Lord, make me an instrument
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Of Thy peace
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Where there is hatred
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let me sow love
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Where there is injury, pardon
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Where there is doubt, faith
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Where there is despair, hope
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Where there is darkness, light
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And where there is sadness, joy
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O Divine Master
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Grant
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That I may not so much seek
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To be consoled as to console
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To be
understood as to understand
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To be loved as to love
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For it is in giving
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That we receive
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It is in pardoning
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That we are pardoned
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And it is in dying
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That we are born
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To eternal life.
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Amen. Amen.
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God is so good.
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Let's stand together and
let's sing our theme song,
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"At the Cross."
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Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
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And did my Sovereign die?
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Would He devote that sacred head
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For someone such as I?
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At the cross, at the cross
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Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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Was it for
crimes that I have done
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He suffered on the tree?
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Amazing pity!
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Grace unknown!
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And love beyond degree!
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At the cross, at the cross
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Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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But drops of
grief can ne'er repay
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The debt of love I owe
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Here, Lord, I give myself away
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'Tis all that I can do!
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At the cross, at the cross
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Where I first saw the light
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And the burden of
my heart rolled away
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It was there by
faith I received my sight
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And now I am happy all the day!
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Praise the Lord
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for such a
beautiful song service.
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You all may be seated.
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Welcome to GYC,
especially for those of you
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who went out on the
Lord's errands this afternoon,
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and have wonderful messages
to share about what it is
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the divine appointments
that he brought you to.
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Welcome back and
thank you for coming.
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For those of you who are just
getting into GYC this weekend,
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and you're here to see
what's going to be happening,
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welcome and
thank you for coming.
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And for those of you who
are tuning in online or on 3ABN,
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we thank you so
much for listening
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and for spending
this time with us.
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We're looking forward
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to welcoming in the
Sabbath hours together
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and as we do so, let us pray.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
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for everything that
You've brought us through,
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to bring us from an
old year to a new year
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during our time
together here at GYC,
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for bringing us to
people in the city of Phoenix
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in order to share
Your message with them.
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We pray now that as we
begin to enter the Sabbath hours
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that You would be with us,
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that You would help us
to keep Your Sabbath holy.
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And that it would be
a high Sabbath, Father,
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that it would be a
time for us to remember
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Your creative powers in our life
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as well as the redemption
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that You gave to us
through Jesus at the cross.
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Please be with the
speaker this evening.
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Bless his words, and
please be with us all,
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we ask these
things in Jesus name
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and for His sake, amen.
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Amen.
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Happy Sabbath
GYC. Happy Sabbath.
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Hope you had a
wonderful day of outreach
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and I have the privilege
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of introducing to
you some of my friends,
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this is Julia
from ASAP Ministries
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and her
friends, Antenna and Dee,
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they would like to tell you
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about an exciting
mission opportunity.
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How many of you
would be interested
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in a foreign mission trip
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that could cost
less than seven dollars
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and fit
perfectly in your schedule,
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your work study
schedule, I see hands going up.
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Well, ASAP
Ministries we call this,
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''Reach the World Next Door."
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And God has actually
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preplanned this
mission experience
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for you, for
your spiritual benefit
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and also for the
enlargement of His kingdom.
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And He's done that by
sending millions of refugees,
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international students,
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immigrants
right here to America.
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Listen to this amazing quote.
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It's from Evangelism, page 570.
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''We should be able to see
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in the multiplying opportunities
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to reach many
foreigners in America,
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a divinely appointed
means of rapidly extending
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the Third Angel's message
into all the nations of Earth.
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God in His providence has
brought men to our very doors
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and thrust them as
it were into our arms,
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that they might learn the truth
and be qualified to do a work.
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We could not do
in getting the light
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before men of other tongues."
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And my friend Antanna, Hi Louis,
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a perfect example of this.
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Antanna is from Ethiopia
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and he came here five years ago.
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And tell me what
your life was like
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when you came here to America?
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After I came here America,
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I found myself in a
very hopeless situation
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to the point where I thought
suicide might be a better way.
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Wow!
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Suicide, can you
imagine, the hopelessness
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and so what changed
things around for you?
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Through a friend I came
to know about the school
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called Tekoa Missions.
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And after going there
my life has been changed
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and I find
myself in Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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And what
Antanna's doing in one month
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is going back to
his country in Ethiopia
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to in faith start a medical
missionary training school
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to be a
missionary and serve the Lord
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with all his heart, amen.
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Amen. And I want
to introduce Dee.
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Dee, tell us about
your experiences has been
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with Reach the World Next Door.
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I used to work
for an international,
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a community center that
was serving a local university
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there were 100
countries on the campus,
00:23:25.97\00:23:28.14
and we had interpreters
in eight different languages
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meeting the needs
of the family members
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and so on, and I realized
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that these are beautiful
people from all over the world
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that are in
desperate need of Jesus.
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And so, through this process
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that kind of started the passion
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and one instance of
what I had at work was,
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I was working with three
different accents of Spanish
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being spoken in my office
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and then I got on
my Schwinn bicycle,
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I went to the local university
to do campus outreach,
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and as I get there,
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I meet a man who
is from Sri Lanka,
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and knows nothing about Jesus.
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The love of my life,
00:23:55.60\00:23:56.93
and this guy
knows nothing about Him.
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And so, I explain to
him the tenets of the gospel
00:23:58.33\00:24:00.80
which he'd never heard before
like to be the person explains
00:24:00.84\00:24:02.84
and they've never
heard the gospel before.
00:24:02.87\00:24:04.67
And from there
later that on this evening
00:24:04.71\00:24:07.41
or that evening,
I got on my bicycle
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.94
and went to prayer meeting.
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.31
And it was held in the trailer
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.95
of our Haitian
headed elder's home,
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.88
so I'm hearing Haitian
Creole in their trailer.
00:24:14.92\00:24:16.99
Then he tells me of
this lady two trailers down
00:24:17.02\00:24:19.52
who is from
Madagascar and who is Catholic
00:24:19.55\00:24:22.09
and needs prayer.
00:24:22.12\00:24:23.46
And so we went over to her house
00:24:23.49\00:24:24.83
and prayed with
her and sang with her
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.19
and riding my
bike home I realized,
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.83
you could reach
the world on a Schwinn
00:24:27.86\00:24:29.73
in a community like this.
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.30
And so if you live in
a university community,
00:24:31.33\00:24:33.67
the whole world is there.
00:24:33.70\00:24:35.34
It's already there
and you can get the gospel
00:24:35.37\00:24:37.24
to these corners of the
globe by sharing with them
00:24:37.27\00:24:39.44
and then maybe, they're
going to go back home like he is
00:24:39.47\00:24:41.14
and make a difference.
00:24:41.18\00:24:42.64
So that was one of
the things I ran into.
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.15
And so, I started
to study language more
00:24:44.18\00:24:45.81
just to find out more about
it from a biblical standpoint,
00:24:45.85\00:24:49.35
the whole idea of
language is for the--
00:24:49.38\00:24:51.65
basically for the preservation
and redemption of humanity.
00:24:51.69\00:24:54.69
That's it.
00:24:54.72\00:24:56.06
And so, once I
started to realize this
00:24:56.09\00:24:58.46
more has to be done, and
so, there are two websites
00:24:58.49\00:25:01.06
that hopefully be
showing in just a moment.
00:25:01.10\00:25:02.50
One of them is called,
Reach the World Next Door
00:25:02.53\00:25:04.60
and that website is
basically filled with resources
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.64
to know how to
minister to internationals,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.87
practical steps.
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.47
There's also a website
called MyLanguageMyLife.com.
00:25:11.51\00:25:15.14
And this is full of
resources of Bible studies
00:25:15.18\00:25:17.45
in other languages.
00:25:17.48\00:25:18.81
They've done the
homework for you.
00:25:18.85\00:25:20.18
You had some of those
in your outreach cards
00:25:20.22\00:25:21.55
in your bags.
00:25:21.58\00:25:22.92
You can hand that
to someone and say,
00:25:22.95\00:25:24.29
I think there's
something here for you,
00:25:24.32\00:25:25.65
Bible studies, sermons
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.09
all kinds of
things in their language
00:25:27.12\00:25:29.22
and more are coming as they go.
00:25:29.26\00:25:30.66
And so
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.03
that's basically the
thing that we wanted to share.
00:25:32.06\00:25:33.73
The resource is available to you
00:25:33.76\00:25:35.10
but there's one charge
we wanted to make to you.
00:25:35.13\00:25:37.00
If you know more than
one language right now,
00:25:37.03\00:25:39.97
there's only one reason for that
00:25:40.00\00:25:41.37
you're a Seventh Day Adventists
00:25:41.40\00:25:42.74
and you know more
than one language,
00:25:42.77\00:25:44.11
use that for Jesus.
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.64
Buy a bilingual Bible,
find someone in that language
00:25:45.67\00:25:48.58
and minister to them over
the next course of this year.
00:25:48.61\00:25:50.91
If you know, if you don't
know more than one language
00:25:50.95\00:25:53.21
but you've been
convicted you need to learn
00:25:53.25\00:25:54.82
that's where I
find myself a Spanish,
00:25:54.85\00:25:57.12
buy a bilingual Bible
00:25:57.15\00:25:58.69
study of the
course of this year.
00:25:58.72\00:26:00.06
And find out how to share
just the basics of the gospel,
00:26:00.09\00:26:02.46
find someone in these basic,
in one of these culture groups
00:26:02.49\00:26:05.79
and invest in
them over this year
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.16
and last thing,
the third category.
00:26:07.20\00:26:08.63
Maybe you don't know language
any other language than English
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.03
and you don't
have a burden to do so,
00:26:11.07\00:26:13.60
or at least that's not
really where you are right now.
00:26:13.64\00:26:15.37
Find someone of another
culture and invest in them,
00:26:15.40\00:26:17.91
if you're in a university
setting or something else,
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.87
refugees, migrant
camps, reach out to them
00:26:19.91\00:26:22.38
and find a way to invest in them
00:26:22.41\00:26:23.75
over the course
of this next year.
00:26:23.78\00:26:25.11
What better resolution to
make than to stretch yourself
00:26:25.15\00:26:27.32
and then make a
great sacrifice for Jesus.
00:26:27.35\00:26:29.32
Amen, amen. Amen.
00:26:29.35\00:26:30.89
Can we say amen, GYC? Amen.
00:26:30.92\00:26:32.32
Praise God, thank you
so much for joining us.
00:26:32.35\00:26:34.72
What an awesome
ministry opportunity
00:26:34.76\00:26:36.32
to reach the refugee next door.
00:26:36.36\00:26:38.33
Well, I have another individual
I like to introduce to you,
00:26:38.36\00:26:41.56
this is Michael
from Impact, Zambia,
00:26:41.60\00:26:44.10
and Impact stands
for, 'Inspired Missionaries
00:26:44.13\00:26:47.00
Proclaiming the
Advent of Christ'
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.70
the entire world,
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.07
and why don't you
tell us a little bit
00:26:50.11\00:26:51.44
about that
exciting ministry, Michael.
00:26:51.47\00:26:54.08
Good evening, GYC.
00:26:54.11\00:26:58.38
I come all the way from Africa,
00:26:58.41\00:27:02.18
in particular
Zambia as you mentioned.
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.49
Our ministry basically focuses
00:27:04.52\00:27:06.19
on reaching out
to un-entered area
00:27:06.22\00:27:08.62
of Seventh-day un-entered areas.
00:27:08.66\00:27:10.76
And as you may,
00:27:10.79\00:27:12.59
as you may correctly
perceive un-entered areas
00:27:12.63\00:27:16.90
are usually far
flung areas, remote areas,
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.73
hard to reach areas
00:27:19.77\00:27:21.40
and so we organize young people,
00:27:21.44\00:27:23.44
we train them for service,
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.01
then deploy them to
these difficult areas.
00:27:25.04\00:27:30.78
It is important for
us to realize as a church
00:27:30.81\00:27:35.15
that Africa is
ripe for the gospel
00:27:35.18\00:27:38.95
and so responsive at the moment.
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.42
One third of our
membership as the church
00:27:41.46\00:27:43.96
is actually on the
continent of Africa.
00:27:43.99\00:27:46.53
Most of the researches
that are being done right now,
00:27:46.56\00:27:49.26
Christian researchers are
showing that Southern America,
00:27:49.30\00:27:52.50
Africa, and Southern Asia
00:27:52.53\00:27:54.40
are the most responsive
at this time to the gospel.
00:27:54.44\00:27:59.47
And we are
taking this opportunity
00:27:59.51\00:28:01.81
to share the message
00:28:01.84\00:28:03.18
to all of these
un-entered areas.
00:28:03.21\00:28:05.65
We draw our
inspiration from the cross.
00:28:05.68\00:28:09.78
We draw our
inspiration of doing mission
00:28:09.82\00:28:11.49
from the cross,
because at the cross
00:28:11.52\00:28:13.99
we do not find
convenience there.
00:28:14.02\00:28:16.12
We do not find safety,
00:28:16.16\00:28:18.13
the path that lead to the cross
00:28:18.16\00:28:20.40
was neither convenient nor safe.
00:28:20.43\00:28:23.53
And so, when we are
going to these areas
00:28:23.57\00:28:25.30
as dangerous as they
may be, we do not care.
00:28:25.33\00:28:28.44
What we care about is the call.
00:28:28.47\00:28:30.37
As the Lord called us,
He equips us, and He said,
00:28:30.41\00:28:33.88
and He sends us to go.
00:28:33.91\00:28:35.54
Sometimes He
sends us to valleys,
00:28:35.58\00:28:37.98
sometimes He
sends us to islands,
00:28:38.01\00:28:39.78
sometimes He send
us into mountains,
00:28:39.81\00:28:42.25
and we first all
the challenges believing
00:28:42.28\00:28:44.82
that we have the blessing
of the Lord and His guidance.
00:28:44.85\00:28:49.29
And through our
ministry from 2008,
00:28:49.32\00:28:53.03
when we started,
we've baptized thousands
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.93
and dozens of churches
00:28:55.96\00:28:57.57
have been planted
through the ministry.
00:28:57.60\00:28:59.77
And I'm just here
to encourage all of us,
00:28:59.80\00:29:02.47
that we need to be
involved in the Lord's work
00:29:02.50\00:29:06.17
whether it's serve or not serve,
00:29:06.21\00:29:08.81
because the Lord is calling us
00:29:08.84\00:29:11.41
to, to share the message,
00:29:11.45\00:29:13.38
and we have this burden as well
00:29:13.42\00:29:15.98
from the African context
00:29:16.02\00:29:17.69
because just a
little over 100 years ago,
00:29:17.72\00:29:21.29
Africa was a dark continent.
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.89
When you read from inspiration,
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.26
it actually tells us that
it was a heathen continent
00:29:25.29\00:29:28.36
and missionaries from here
came and did so many challenges,
00:29:28.40\00:29:33.64
just to bring the gospel to us.
00:29:33.67\00:29:36.04
And as being grateful,
we will also do the same
00:29:36.07\00:29:39.31
and take the
gospel wherever, wherever,
00:29:39.34\00:29:42.74
wherever the Lord will lead us.
00:29:42.78\00:29:44.38
So basically, that's what
Impact is all about, amen.
00:29:44.41\00:29:47.82
Amen. Amen.
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.18
How many of you young people
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.55
want to be involved in ministry?
00:29:50.59\00:29:51.92
Yes. Praise God.
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.29
Michael, thank you so
much for sharing that with us
00:29:53.32\00:29:54.66
and encourage you young
people to wherever you're at,
00:29:54.69\00:29:56.96
get involved in ministry.
00:29:56.99\00:29:58.33
The last individual
00:29:58.36\00:29:59.69
that I'd like
to introduce to you
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.06
is Brian, and he's
from the Middle East,
00:30:01.10\00:30:03.33
North Africa Union,
and he has a very special
00:30:03.37\00:30:07.04
and urgent
appeal for young people.
00:30:07.07\00:30:09.00
And why don't you
share that with us, Brian?
00:30:09.04\00:30:11.87
Thank you, Jeff.
Happy Sabbath, GYC.
00:30:11.91\00:30:13.58
Happy Sabbath.
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.14
Maybe you received this brochure
00:30:15.18\00:30:17.48
when you entered this evening.
00:30:17.51\00:30:19.08
It's from the Middle
East, North Africa Union.
00:30:19.11\00:30:21.42
If you didn't get a copy,
00:30:21.45\00:30:22.78
you'll receive
one on the way out
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.15
or you can stop by booth 108
00:30:24.19\00:30:27.59
to learn more
about the initiatives
00:30:27.62\00:30:29.26
that we are
facilitating in the Middle East,
00:30:29.29\00:30:32.26
North Africa region.
00:30:32.29\00:30:33.93
The theme of our brochure
is, ''Laborers needed be One."
00:30:33.96\00:30:40.27
Why do we need laborers
00:30:40.30\00:30:41.84
in the Middle East
and North Africa region?
00:30:41.87\00:30:44.77
One compelling statistic
00:30:44.81\00:30:46.98
is that there are
500 million people
00:30:47.01\00:30:50.08
in the 20 countries
that we serve there.
00:30:50.11\00:30:52.78
And yet there are
only 3,000 Adventists
00:30:52.81\00:30:56.75
in that vast territory.
00:30:56.79\00:30:59.09
Can you imagine?
00:30:59.12\00:31:00.56
We have 56 cities over
one million in population,
00:31:00.59\00:31:05.16
with little or no Adventist
presence in any of them.
00:31:05.19\00:31:09.46
Imagine 56 cities,
Jeff, the size of Phoenix
00:31:09.50\00:31:14.27
with no worshipping groups,
no youth groups, no churches.
00:31:14.30\00:31:20.98
Laborers needed be One.
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.68
Is God calling you tonight?
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.65
I believe that God is
calling many of you tonight
00:31:26.68\00:31:30.39
to enter one of the
greatest mission challenges
00:31:30.42\00:31:35.49
of our generation.
00:31:35.52\00:31:36.86
Perhaps, the last
great mission challenge
00:31:36.89\00:31:40.00
at least one of
them, laborers are needed.
00:31:40.03\00:31:42.96
Please come to
booth 108, come see us,
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.73
come talk to two of our young
public campus missionaries,
00:31:45.77\00:31:52.41
who are giving their
lives, their life blood
00:31:52.44\00:31:56.51
to this challenging
ministry sacrificing,
00:31:56.54\00:32:00.15
perhaps marital
dreams, academic goals,
00:32:00.18\00:32:04.55
to be there to
serve come see us.
00:32:04.59\00:32:07.29
Friends, we can
place many of you
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.52
in one of the various
initiatives that we facilitate.
00:32:09.56\00:32:13.73
We can place many of
you in three to six months
00:32:13.76\00:32:16.87
to serve in this region.
00:32:16.90\00:32:19.23
God willing, many of
you will respond booth 108.
00:32:19.27\00:32:22.60
Thank you so much.
00:32:22.64\00:32:24.24
Good evening, GYC. Good evening.
00:32:28.68\00:32:30.78
How many of you had
a blessed day today?
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.68
Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:32:32.71\00:32:34.12
Well, I have
another question for you.
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.02
How many of you have heard
of an organization called ASI?
00:32:36.05\00:32:40.86
Oh, quite a few hands actually.
00:32:40.89\00:32:42.32
Well, for those of you
that don't know what ASI is.
00:32:42.36\00:32:46.19
ASI stands for,
00:32:46.23\00:32:47.56
Adventist-laymen's
Services and Industries.
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.30
It's a group of committed
Seventh-day Adventist laypeople
00:32:50.33\00:32:53.97
who believe that
Jesus is coming soon.
00:32:54.00\00:32:56.30
Amen.
00:32:56.34\00:32:57.67
How many of us believe
that Jesus is coming soon?
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.27
Praise the Lord.
00:32:59.31\00:33:00.64
ASI supports the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.48
through
supporting various ministries
00:33:03.51\00:33:05.71
that up uphold the
work of the church.
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.52
Many of which are
in our exhibit hall,
00:33:07.55\00:33:09.22
GYC is one of them.
00:33:09.25\00:33:10.95
But we also support the church
00:33:10.99\00:33:13.36
through encouraging our members,
00:33:13.39\00:33:14.72
to share Christ
in the marketplace,
00:33:14.76\00:33:16.59
whatever their profession is,
00:33:16.62\00:33:18.23
wherever they are to share Jesus
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.16
and to share our
message with others.
00:33:20.20\00:33:22.06
And we also have many ministries
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.60
that are a part of ASI.
00:33:24.63\00:33:26.27
Some of them you
may have heard of.
00:33:26.30\00:33:27.64
How many of you have heard
of the One Day Church Project
00:33:27.67\00:33:30.57
that has built thousands
of churches around the world
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.21
in coordination with
ministries like Maranatha?
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.11
Maybe you've heard
of The New Beginnings
00:33:36.14\00:33:37.71
DVD training program which is,
00:33:37.75\00:33:40.12
it helps thousands
of evangelistic crusades
00:33:40.15\00:33:42.12
around the world
00:33:42.15\00:33:43.49
and many baptisms
have come as a result.
00:33:43.52\00:33:45.42
But just this year,
we by the grace of God,
00:33:45.45\00:33:49.86
a ministry became a part of ASI
00:33:49.89\00:33:53.03
that God laid on the
heart of Dr. Lela Lewis,
00:33:53.06\00:33:55.16
who is here with me.
00:33:55.20\00:33:56.53
She's actually our ASI
Pacific Union president,
00:33:56.56\00:33:58.77
and God laid a
burden on your heart, Lela,
00:33:58.80\00:34:02.00
to reach the
people of our cities
00:34:02.04\00:34:05.27
with the message of God's love
00:34:05.31\00:34:06.78
through the compassionate
medical missionary work.
00:34:06.81\00:34:09.34
And we want to share
that with you just now.
00:34:09.38\00:34:10.95
Dr. Lewis, tell us about
your Best Pathway to Health
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.12
and what this ministry is?
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.88
Well, good evening GYC,
I have a question for you.
00:34:15.92\00:34:18.85
How many of you
have wanted to do
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.46
something really spectacular
for Jesus in your lifetime?
00:34:21.49\00:34:25.16
Amen. Amen.
00:34:25.19\00:34:26.66
We should all be
raising our hands.
00:34:26.70\00:34:28.30
How many of you
would like to do something
00:34:28.33\00:34:30.13
that would just turn the world
upside down by God's grace.
00:34:30.17\00:34:33.40
Amen. Amen.
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.30
Well, I'm going to tell
you that we had the privilege
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.51
in the Bay Area
using Christ method alone
00:34:38.54\00:34:41.98
to service by God's grace
3,000 people in three days
00:34:42.01\00:34:46.65
with medical,
dental and eye care
00:34:46.68\00:34:49.28
completely for free.
00:34:49.32\00:34:50.65
And it took the Bay
Area by storm by God's grace.
00:34:50.69\00:34:53.82
Okay, so this
happened this past year?
00:34:53.86\00:34:55.36
Just this last April.
00:34:55.39\00:34:57.13
And what's going to be happening
00:34:57.16\00:34:58.49
this next year, Dr. Lela?
00:34:58.53\00:34:59.86
How would you
like to be involved
00:34:59.89\00:35:01.90
in providing to 6,000 people
00:35:01.93\00:35:05.50
free medical, dental
and eye care services
00:35:05.53\00:35:07.87
to the
underserved at San Antonio
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.44
right here in the United States?
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.04
6000 people? Yes.
00:35:11.07\00:35:12.41
That's more than we
have in this auditorium
00:35:12.44\00:35:13.81
here tonight.
00:35:13.84\00:35:15.18
How is that possible?
00:35:15.21\00:35:16.54
Well, by God's
grace like I said,
00:35:16.58\00:35:17.95
we did the Bay
Area with 3100 people,
00:35:17.98\00:35:20.62
we had only 580 volunteers.
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.18
Of course, we had
the Holy Spirit helping,
00:35:23.22\00:35:25.02
that's the most
important aspect.
00:35:25.05\00:35:26.99
And we're actually
already have 1200 volunteers
00:35:27.02\00:35:30.49
for the Bay Area, we
want 15 to 1600 volunteers.
00:35:30.53\00:35:34.30
So we need your
help by God's grace.
00:35:34.33\00:35:37.17
Okay, so, so we
need, we need their help,
00:35:37.20\00:35:39.57
but I'm just curious.
00:35:39.60\00:35:41.24
Has God worked some miracles
on behalf of this ministry?
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.21
Maybe just a miracle story
00:35:44.24\00:35:45.57
you could share
with everyone tonight.
00:35:45.61\00:35:46.94
Yes, you know, as
far as making an impact,
00:35:46.98\00:35:49.24
we obviously have
the personal impact
00:35:49.28\00:35:51.61
as far as the
patients are concerned.
00:35:51.65\00:35:53.65
But when we
minister to the patients,
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.82
we actually
minister to the secular
00:35:55.85\00:35:57.55
and the influential as well.
00:35:57.59\00:35:59.02
For example, the main
dignitary at the mayor's office
00:35:59.05\00:36:02.92
in San Francisco
came to the event,
00:36:02.96\00:36:05.23
and he was
completely supportive.
00:36:05.26\00:36:06.59
When he came down to the event,
00:36:06.63\00:36:07.96
he walked around the event.
00:36:08.00\00:36:09.33
At the end of his tour,
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.10
he came up to
our church officials,
00:36:11.13\00:36:12.93
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church officials
00:36:12.97\00:36:14.30
that were there.
00:36:14.34\00:36:15.67
And he said, ''I want
to tell you something."
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.61
He said, ''I may be a Jew
00:36:17.64\00:36:19.61
with a very
different belief set than you,
00:36:19.64\00:36:22.08
but I'll tell you what, I
am the number one supporter
00:36:22.11\00:36:24.58
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.38
If you as Seventh-day Adventist
00:36:26.41\00:36:28.02
need anything in the
future, you come to me."
00:36:28.05\00:36:30.65
By God's grace, I'm telling
you brothers and sisters,
00:36:30.69\00:36:33.15
we have an entering wedge,
we have an entering wedge.
00:36:33.19\00:36:36.06
Amen. Amen.
00:36:36.09\00:36:37.43
And God did another miracle,
he gave us the Alamodome--
00:36:37.46\00:36:39.56
Yes, sir. In San
Antonio for free.
00:36:39.59\00:36:42.23
For free, for three
days, brothers and sisters,
00:36:42.26\00:36:45.23
the Alamodome is a
169,000 square feet.
00:36:45.27\00:36:50.17
They gave it to us,
00:36:50.21\00:36:51.54
the city of San
Antonio gave it to us for free,
00:36:51.57\00:36:54.04
and they gave us
the convention center
00:36:54.08\00:36:55.91
to hold our evening
meetings by God's grace.
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.55
And this is the same
place where the GC will be?
00:36:57.58\00:36:59.75
Exactly, the exact same location
00:36:59.78\00:37:02.05
where the General Conference
session is going to be held
00:37:02.08\00:37:04.75
a few months
later by God's grace.
00:37:04.79\00:37:07.26
Okay, so we heard about
Your Best Pathway to Health.
00:37:07.29\00:37:10.46
This is coming up.
00:37:10.49\00:37:11.83
How can those of us out there
that are hearing this tonight,
00:37:11.86\00:37:14.60
how can they get
involved in this ministry?
00:37:14.63\00:37:16.03
Well, first of all, you don't
have to be a medical person
00:37:16.06\00:37:18.40
to be involved.
00:37:18.43\00:37:19.77
You don't have to be a dental,
00:37:19.80\00:37:21.14
obviously we love
the professionals,
00:37:21.17\00:37:22.50
we need you too,
00:37:22.54\00:37:23.87
but you do not have to
be a medical professional
00:37:23.91\00:37:25.97
to volunteer.
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.34
And what we are asking, Kyle,
00:37:27.38\00:37:28.71
is we're gonna have a
little session over here
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.85
after the
meeting, is that correct?
00:37:30.88\00:37:32.21
Yep, that's
right, right down here,
00:37:32.25\00:37:34.02
your right, our left,
after the meeting tonight,
00:37:34.05\00:37:36.32
if you're interested in coming
00:37:36.35\00:37:37.69
and being a part of
this powerful outreach
00:37:37.72\00:37:39.15
to the city of San Antonio,
00:37:39.19\00:37:40.66
come and meet us
after the meeting,
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.19
we will be meeting with you
and give you more information,
00:37:42.22\00:37:44.26
you can find our booth
also in the exhibit hall,
00:37:44.29\00:37:46.36
and you can find
the website which is--
00:37:46.39\00:37:48.26
Pathwaytohelpvolunteer.org,
God bless you GYC,
00:37:48.30\00:37:52.80
let's get involved,
let's work until Jesus comes.
00:37:52.83\00:37:55.97
Amen. Amen.
00:37:56.00\00:37:59.67
Saludos, GYC.
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.14
The GYC
interpretation team is excited
00:38:02.18\00:38:04.91
to offer the GYC
experience in Spanish.
00:38:04.95\00:38:07.85
If you would like to listen
into the live interpretation,
00:38:07.88\00:38:10.52
you can pick up a
radio at the back table,
00:38:10.55\00:38:14.06
also on GNTV and 3ABN Latino.
00:38:14.09\00:38:17.66
Have a great Sabbath.
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.44
Good evening, GYC.
00:38:41.48\00:38:45.35
I'll be sharing
with you a perspective
00:38:45.39\00:38:48.12
on the immerging church
and spiritual formation.
00:38:48.16\00:38:52.99
I'm Ingo Sorke, I teach Bible
00:38:57.27\00:38:59.27
at Southwestern
Adventist University in Texas,
00:38:59.30\00:39:03.77
and I'm also part
of a new church plant
00:39:03.81\00:39:07.28
just south of
Dallas, but more importantly
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.58
I'm the husband of a
wife for 22 years exactly,
00:39:10.61\00:39:15.02
the father of two teenage
sons and a Bible student.
00:39:15.05\00:39:20.09
From 1988 to 1990, I
was a theology student
00:39:20.12\00:39:25.16
at a Lutheran
seminary in Germany.
00:39:25.19\00:39:28.23
The theology was profound,
big names taught there,
00:39:28.26\00:39:34.30
big words were
being thrown around,
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.87
and big theology
was being tossed around,
00:39:36.91\00:39:39.34
but I made a painful discovery
long before emerging church
00:39:39.37\00:39:44.55
became a topic.
00:39:44.58\00:39:46.45
Not everything
that wets your appetite
00:39:46.48\00:39:51.15
is clean water.
00:39:51.19\00:39:53.62
And not every thing that
is liquid is living water.
00:39:53.66\00:39:59.76
A theological system and
practice that is not rooted
00:39:59.79\00:40:03.16
in the great
controversy theme is dangerous.
00:40:03.20\00:40:06.33
A spirituality and worship
00:40:06.37\00:40:09.67
that is not
grounded in scripture,
00:40:09.70\00:40:12.37
and the Spirit of Prophecy
00:40:12.41\00:40:13.91
is not only dangerous
but could prove deadly.
00:40:13.94\00:40:17.81
I sensed a degree of lostness
and bankruptcy in a framework
00:40:17.85\00:40:22.55
that pitches its tents
outside the safe shelter
00:40:22.58\00:40:27.19
of the remnant movement.
00:40:27.22\00:40:29.89
Jesus' last temptation
00:40:29.92\00:40:31.49
dealt directly with
worship and spirituality.
00:40:31.53\00:40:34.63
And since, this is
the key issue right now
00:40:34.66\00:40:37.93
with the emerging
church and spiritual formation.
00:40:37.97\00:40:41.44
We must be in the final
phase of the last conflict.
00:40:41.47\00:40:47.18
We cannot afford to
drink from just any streams,
00:40:47.21\00:40:50.75
summit waters are polluted
00:40:50.78\00:40:53.25
and some
philosophies are poisoned.
00:40:53.28\00:40:55.88
In fact, Revelation warns us
00:40:55.92\00:40:57.75
that some
religious systems are fallen,
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.16
and Babylon has become a
dwelling place of demons,
00:41:01.19\00:41:04.23
a prison for every foul spirit,
00:41:04.26\00:41:07.23
and a cage for every
unclean and hated bird,
00:41:07.26\00:41:10.23
Revelation 18:2.
00:41:10.27\00:41:12.90
"Come out of her my people,
is the call of the hour."
00:41:12.93\00:41:19.07
The emerging church is
a global informal movement
00:41:19.11\00:41:22.48
among Christians
that emphasis experience
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.75
over doctrinal truth.
00:41:25.78\00:41:28.22
It is wide open to
ecumenical efforts,
00:41:28.25\00:41:31.45
and it values relationships
at the expense of absolutes,
00:41:31.49\00:41:35.02
it is feeling over facts,
00:41:35.06\00:41:38.49
and sure enough
traveling throughout Europe,
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.30
I have discovered
that based on these
00:41:41.33\00:41:46.74
non remnant
publications and sources,
00:41:46.77\00:41:52.81
we have a principal
at an Adventist academy
00:41:52.84\00:41:55.54
that is the head of
the ecumenical movement
00:41:55.58\00:41:58.35
in that region.
00:41:58.38\00:42:00.72
Hand in hand with
the emerging church,
00:42:00.75\00:42:03.35
spiritual
formation embraces practices
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.19
that could be okay
in and off themselves,
00:42:06.22\00:42:10.36
simplicity, fasting,
00:42:10.39\00:42:13.56
but they are mixed in
with dubious practices
00:42:13.60\00:42:17.73
like contemplative
prayer, feeling your breath
00:42:17.77\00:42:21.30
as you're praising
Jesus over, and over,
00:42:21.34\00:42:24.24
and emptying yourself to--
00:42:24.27\00:42:27.54
to what?
00:42:27.58\00:42:29.18
To whom?
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.21
It has its roots in
the spiritual exercises
00:42:31.25\00:42:33.88
of Ignatius of Loyola,
00:42:33.92\00:42:35.45
and this is where
the problem begins.
00:42:35.48\00:42:38.05
This spirituality
00:42:38.09\00:42:40.12
was really the
primary Roman Catholic effort
00:42:40.16\00:42:43.19
to counter the Reformation.
00:42:43.22\00:42:44.93
Under the garb of simple
spirituality and outreach,
00:42:44.96\00:42:48.23
the content and methodologies
of spiritual formation
00:42:48.26\00:42:51.17
really serve an
agenda that is contrary
00:42:51.20\00:42:54.00
to the Adventist movement.
00:42:54.04\00:42:57.01
It focuses on
prophecy and doctrinal truth,
00:42:57.04\00:43:00.58
we are not feeling based,
00:43:00.61\00:43:02.04
even though
feelings are important.
00:43:02.08\00:43:05.41
And the Adventist
system has a meditation
00:43:05.45\00:43:08.45
that is defined by Scripture
00:43:08.48\00:43:10.42
and Spirit of
Prophecy and nothing else.
00:43:10.45\00:43:13.86
Of course, I have met
wonderful, sincere Catholics,
00:43:13.89\00:43:16.66
including on our trip to GYC.
00:43:16.69\00:43:19.76
I had a very
meaningful conversation
00:43:19.79\00:43:21.46
with a Catholic in
the hallway of our hotel,
00:43:21.50\00:43:24.60
and he sent me a
message before I left
00:43:24.63\00:43:27.30
"from your favorite Catholic".
00:43:27.34\00:43:30.41
I was thrown into
spiritual formation
00:43:30.44\00:43:33.48
long before I knew
that spiritual formation
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.04
was a buzz word and a problem.
00:43:36.08\00:43:39.61
And I am not here to
slam people or institutions
00:43:39.65\00:43:42.32
but I would like to
share an experience with you.
00:43:42.35\00:43:45.59
To get my Masters degree,
we had to read strange books:
00:43:45.62\00:43:51.23
Desert fathers,
Monks, Spiritual guides.
00:43:51.26\00:43:55.26
None of whom knew anything
about the health message,
00:43:55.30\00:43:58.50
the sanctuary
message, 1844, Sabbath keeping,
00:43:58.53\00:44:03.41
or the
antitypical day of atonement.
00:44:03.44\00:44:06.41
I still remember a
guy sitting next to me,
00:44:06.44\00:44:09.31
innocently raising his
hand and asking the professor
00:44:09.34\00:44:12.21
"Why are we reading this stuff,
00:44:12.25\00:44:14.22
don't we have quality
materials in scripture
00:44:14.25\00:44:17.25
and the Spirit of Prophecy?"
00:44:17.29\00:44:21.06
He was dismissed by
the professor with a smirk
00:44:21.09\00:44:23.56
and some mumbled comments.
00:44:23.59\00:44:25.73
Then I took a
class on church planting.
00:44:25.76\00:44:28.76
Again we read
books five of them,
00:44:28.80\00:44:30.97
but not Gospel workers,
00:44:31.00\00:44:32.63
not Evangelism and
not Acts of the Apostles.
00:44:32.67\00:44:36.60
I ask the question,
why are we reading this,
00:44:36.64\00:44:40.11
the authors don't even
know about veggie burgers
00:44:40.14\00:44:42.91
and haystacks.
00:44:42.94\00:44:46.92
Do we not have
trustworthy materials
00:44:46.95\00:44:49.12
in the writings of Ellen
White directly inspired by God?
00:44:49.15\00:44:54.16
The professor's
answer stunned me.
00:44:54.19\00:44:58.23
"We read these books
00:44:58.26\00:44:59.59
and then baptize the
concepts with insights
00:44:59.63\00:45:02.23
from Ellen White."
00:45:02.26\00:45:04.23
Why it steak when you can
eat the veggies firsthand?
00:45:04.27\00:45:10.01
Why spent money quote
from Ministry of Healing, 441,
00:45:10.04\00:45:13.78
"Why spend money on
that which is not bread,
00:45:13.81\00:45:16.81
and why read this stuff
00:45:16.85\00:45:18.35
when we have
been warned directly
00:45:18.38\00:45:20.02
about its
background and motive."
00:45:20.05\00:45:22.55
Great Controversy, 234,
"It was their, the Jesuits,
00:45:22.58\00:45:26.65
studied aim to
secure wealth and power,
00:45:26.69\00:45:29.22
to be devoted to the
overthrow of Protestantism,
00:45:29.26\00:45:32.63
and the reestablishment
of the papal supremacy.
00:45:32.66\00:45:36.67
And the devil was
wroth with the remnant."
00:45:36.70\00:45:42.60
These strange spiritual concepts
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.34
slithered into
the Adventist church
00:45:45.37\00:45:47.44
through a book
that I have right here,
00:45:47.48\00:45:53.05
John Harvey
Kellogg, The Living Temple.
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.82
I'm not sure why it
called it the living temple.
00:45:56.85\00:46:00.69
Kellogg promised
that God was in everything
00:46:00.72\00:46:04.66
teaching pantheism.
00:46:04.69\00:46:06.06
It blurs the lines
00:46:06.09\00:46:07.56
between supernatural
being and natural thing.
00:46:07.60\00:46:13.00
It effectively
reduces God to a mere force,
00:46:13.03\00:46:15.74
a mystical essence
that pervades our reality.
00:46:15.77\00:46:18.64
For example, quote,
00:46:18.67\00:46:20.71
I haven't read the
book cover to cover
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.31
because Ellen White
hesitated to read it herself.
00:46:22.34\00:46:26.28
"The air is God's medicine,
good food is God's Medicine--"
00:46:26.31\00:46:30.95
Now watch this,
"There is power life
00:46:30.99\00:46:33.49
in the pure water
because God's life is in it."
00:46:33.52\00:46:38.26
What is nature?
00:46:38.29\00:46:39.63
Kellogg answers,
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.00
"Nature is simply a
philosophical name for God
00:46:41.03\00:46:44.00
who is the active force
in natureth the all in all."
00:46:44.03\00:46:48.64
Red alert from Ellen
White, quote, Manuscript 11, 314
00:46:48.67\00:46:54.34
"When you wrote that book
00:46:54.38\00:46:57.45
you were not under
the inspiration of God.
00:46:57.48\00:47:00.15
There was by your side
the one who inspired Adam
00:47:00.18\00:47:02.95
to look at God
in a false light."
00:47:02.98\00:47:05.99
"Never teach such
theories in our intuitions,
00:47:06.02\00:47:09.22
do not present
them to the people."
00:47:09.26\00:47:13.13
Ellen White to A.G Daniels,
General Conference 1903,
00:47:13.16\00:47:17.63
"I have something
to say to our teachers
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.63
in reference to the
new book The Living Temple.
00:47:19.67\00:47:22.97
Be careful how you sustain
the sentiments of this book
00:47:23.00\00:47:26.07
regarding the
personality of God.
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.01
As the Lord
presents matters to me,
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.41
these sentiments do not
bear the endorsement of God.
00:47:30.45\00:47:33.78
They are a snare that
the enemy has prepared
00:47:33.82\00:47:37.52
for these last days.
00:47:37.55\00:47:40.69
And my theory is
if he tried at once
00:47:40.72\00:47:44.46
he will try it again.
00:47:44.49\00:47:47.63
We need not the
mysticism that is in this book.
00:47:47.66\00:47:51.03
Those who
entertain these sophistries
00:47:51.07\00:47:53.27
will soon find
themselves in a position
00:47:53.30\00:47:55.40
where the enemy
can talk with them,
00:47:55.44\00:47:57.47
lead them away from God.
00:47:57.51\00:47:58.84
It is represented to me
00:47:58.87\00:48:00.21
that the writer of this
book is on a false track.
00:48:00.24\00:48:02.94
He has lost sight of
the distinguishing truths
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.88
for this time.
00:48:05.91\00:48:07.25
And here you have the key.
00:48:07.28\00:48:10.22
It is not just the
bad, that is bad in the bad,
00:48:10.25\00:48:14.06
it's the good that the
bad destroys in the good.
00:48:14.09\00:48:18.59
Ellen White herself said
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.00
"You have virtually destroyed
the Lord, God Himself."
00:48:20.03\00:48:25.90
We have so much good theology
in the remnant movement,
00:48:25.93\00:48:30.34
this other stuff is
a fatal distraction.
00:48:30.37\00:48:34.44
Ellen White says
00:48:34.48\00:48:36.21
Selected Messages One, page 197,
00:48:36.24\00:48:39.55
"Be not deceived,
00:48:39.58\00:48:41.58
many will depart from the faith,
00:48:41.62\00:48:43.59
giving heed to seducing
spirits and doctrines of devils.
00:48:43.62\00:48:47.39
We now have before us
the alpha of this danger.
00:48:47.42\00:48:50.43
The omega will be of
a most startling nature.
00:48:50.46\00:48:54.33
Living Temple contains
the alpha of these theories.
00:48:54.36\00:48:57.37
I knew that the omega
would follow in a little while,
00:48:57.40\00:49:01.44
and I trembled for our people."
00:49:01.47\00:49:07.58
She also said these
are species workings.
00:49:07.61\00:49:10.55
I looked up the word species,
I'm English second language.
00:49:10.58\00:49:14.52
Species means
superficially plausible,
00:49:14.55\00:49:18.02
but actually, wrong
misleading in appearance,
00:49:18.05\00:49:22.19
especially
misleadingly attractive.
00:49:22.22\00:49:26.96
Ellen White's
counsel is clear and concise,
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let the world go
into spiritualism,
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into theosophy, into
pantheism if they choose,
00:49:31.50\00:49:36.07
we are to have nothing to do
00:49:36.10\00:49:37.87
with this deceptive
branch of Satan's work.
00:49:37.91\00:49:42.01
Acts of the Apostles, 474,
00:49:42.04\00:49:45.48
and I might have to
take Dr. Boers offer
00:49:45.51\00:49:49.58
that if I pay him 10
dollars, he gives me 10 minutes.
00:49:49.62\00:49:55.02
Acts of the Apostles, page 474,
00:49:55.06\00:49:57.29
"The warnings of the word
of God regarding the perils
00:49:57.33\00:50:00.13
surrounding the Christian church
00:50:00.16\00:50:01.60
belong to us today.
00:50:01.63\00:50:04.37
As in the days of the
apostles men tried by tradition
00:50:04.40\00:50:08.07
and philosophy to destroy
the faith in the Scriptures,
00:50:08.10\00:50:11.64
so today,
00:50:11.67\00:50:13.11
by pleasing
sentiments of higher criticism,
00:50:13.14\00:50:16.38
evolution, spiritualism,
theosophy, pantheism,
00:50:16.41\00:50:20.78
the enemy of righteousness
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.62
is seeking to lead
souls into forbidden paths."
00:50:22.65\00:50:26.05
These are not just
about worship preferences.
00:50:26.09\00:50:30.19
The eternal destiny
of souls are at stake.
00:50:30.23\00:50:33.93
Why does all this matter?
00:50:33.96\00:50:35.90
It matters because I did not
grow up Seventh-day Adventist
00:50:35.93\00:50:39.83
but I did not find the truths
00:50:39.87\00:50:42.10
through candle's
dark rooms breathing,
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.97
saying Jesus 30 times
and music that is called
00:50:45.01\00:50:49.61
"a bed lamp of
noise and that is CBA,
00:50:49.64\00:50:54.22
not Christian but all approved."
00:50:54.25\00:51:00.89
I want to tell the
teenagers in here something
00:51:00.92\00:51:03.76
that I discovered
as a teenager myself.
00:51:03.79\00:51:08.56
It is okay to be SDA.
00:51:08.60\00:51:13.54
Doctrines were not a hindrance
00:51:13.57\00:51:16.17
to becoming an Adventist for me,
00:51:16.20\00:51:18.31
they were a catalyst to
lead me to Jesus Christ.
00:51:18.34\00:51:22.11
When I was 18, I
discovered Sabbath,
00:51:22.14\00:51:25.18
and I was like, wow.
00:51:25.21\00:51:27.52
I discovered the
sanctuary and I was like wow,
00:51:27.55\00:51:30.65
1844, wow, Spirit of Prophecy,
a prophet in our midst.
00:51:30.69\00:51:36.42
Wow! It is okay to be SDA.
00:51:36.46\00:51:43.03
And it shouldn't
have happen that way,
00:51:43.06\00:51:45.27
non Adventist church
growth literature would say
00:51:45.30\00:51:48.44
that doctrine is the wrong
way to lead a postmodern secular
00:51:48.47\00:51:53.21
neo-pagan
non-church going teenager
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.78
to Jesus Christ.
00:51:55.81\00:51:58.61
Guess what?
00:51:58.65\00:52:00.35
Here I am, I
can do no different.
00:52:00.38\00:52:04.52
My
recommendation to all teenagers,
00:52:04.55\00:52:07.42
number one, appreciate
your Adventist identity,
00:52:07.46\00:52:12.59
the DNA of our
Adventist identity
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.76
is prophetic not pathetic.
00:52:14.80\00:52:18.50
Number two,
00:52:18.53\00:52:20.34
read and study your Bible.
00:52:20.37\00:52:25.74
You don't need
many other sources,
00:52:25.77\00:52:27.54
Loma Linda message 64,
00:52:27.58\00:52:29.28
the one book that is essential
for all study is the Bible.
00:52:29.31\00:52:33.95
Number three,
00:52:33.98\00:52:35.78
simply pray and pray simply.
00:52:35.82\00:52:42.52
Do not get tied up with
lights, sights, candles,
00:52:42.56\00:52:45.23
sense, smell, sounds etcetera.
00:52:45.26\00:52:46.83
You don't need that stuff,
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.20
you need to get on
your knees and pray,
00:52:48.23\00:52:51.40
and you do not need to follow
a somebody's prewritten prayer
00:52:51.43\00:52:55.30
except the ones
from Jesus Christ
00:52:55.34\00:52:57.84
and scripture.
00:52:57.87\00:52:59.21
Number four, read and cherish
the writings of Ellen White
00:52:59.24\00:53:03.95
instead of other writings.
00:53:03.98\00:53:06.61
Third Selected
Messages, page 83, 84,
00:53:06.65\00:53:09.78
"Men may get up
scheme after scheme
00:53:09.82\00:53:12.05
and the enemy will
seek to seduce souls
00:53:12.09\00:53:14.29
from the truth,
00:53:14.32\00:53:15.66
but all who believe
that the Lord has spoken
00:53:15.69\00:53:17.86
through Sister White
and has given her a message
00:53:17.89\00:53:20.60
will be safe from many delusions
00:53:20.63\00:53:22.66
that will come
in these last days."
00:53:22.70\00:53:26.94
Patriarchs and Prophets, 635,
00:53:26.97\00:53:29.10
"It is a perilous
step to slight the reproofs
00:53:29.14\00:53:33.04
and warnings of God's
word or of his Spirit."
00:53:33.07\00:53:36.08
And please do not
call Ellen White a mystic.
00:53:36.11\00:53:41.48
Ellen White was not a mystic,
00:53:41.52\00:53:42.85
Ellen White was a
prophet preparing us
00:53:42.88\00:53:45.39
for the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:53:45.42\00:53:48.29
I read her at age 17
English second language
00:53:48.32\00:53:51.19
you can read them,
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.19
you can understand
them, and you can love them.
00:53:53.23\00:53:56.33
Number five, do not leave Christ
00:53:56.36\00:54:00.14
and do not leave the church.
00:54:00.17\00:54:04.21
Testimonies Volume 7, page 16,
00:54:04.24\00:54:07.08
"Enfeebled and
defective, needing constantly
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.94
to be warned and counseled,
the church is nevertheless
00:54:09.98\00:54:13.01
the object of
Christ's supreme regard."
00:54:13.05\00:54:17.02
And you've probably
heard about the quote
00:54:17.05\00:54:19.55
that the church may
appear about to fall,
00:54:19.59\00:54:24.69
when the church
appears about to fall,
00:54:24.73\00:54:28.50
we know that it's not,
00:54:28.53\00:54:30.70
because we have the
assurance of Jesus Christ.
00:54:30.73\00:54:33.27
In context very
interestingly Ellen White said,
00:54:33.30\00:54:36.81
"Satan will work
his miracles to deceive,
00:54:36.84\00:54:40.01
he will set up
his power as supreme
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.54
and then comes a quote on
the church about to fall."
00:54:42.58\00:54:46.85
We also told that
divisions will arise,
00:54:46.88\00:54:50.02
two parties will develop.
00:54:50.05\00:54:51.95
Last Day Events, page 172,
00:54:51.99\00:54:55.32
"And it will be a painful ordeal
00:54:55.36\00:54:57.43
the time when
everything that can be shaken
00:54:57.46\00:55:00.46
will be shaken."
00:55:00.50\00:55:01.96
Last quote, and then my appeal.
00:55:02.00\00:55:05.30
Great Controversy, page 464,
00:55:05.33\00:55:09.80
"The enemy of souls
desires to hinder this work,
00:55:09.84\00:55:14.38
and before the time for
such a moment shall come,
00:55:14.41\00:55:18.61
he will endeavor to prevent it
by introducing a counterfeit."
00:55:18.65\00:55:24.39
If you have any sense
00:55:24.42\00:55:26.22
and keep the
pulse of the church,
00:55:26.25\00:55:29.49
it is happening right now.
00:55:29.52\00:55:32.76
Young people hang
in there until the end.
00:55:32.79\00:55:37.87
Recently my own
mother, bless her heart,
00:55:37.90\00:55:41.67
told my little nephew in Germany
00:55:41.70\00:55:43.37
that God is in everything,
00:55:43.41\00:55:45.47
he is not the
creator of heaven and earth,
00:55:45.51\00:55:47.84
he is not limited
to a certain place,
00:55:47.88\00:55:50.28
but I see him in the
nature, in the waterfall,
00:55:50.31\00:55:52.81
in the rainbow and the sunset.
00:55:52.85\00:55:55.92
Looks like John Harvey
Kellogg is alive and well,
00:55:55.95\00:56:01.22
and I wish he had
stuck to cornflakes.
00:56:01.26\00:56:05.79
And it looks like
00:56:05.83\00:56:07.16
I need to have a little
talk with my mother and I did,
00:56:07.20\00:56:09.56
and she said you make me think.
00:56:09.60\00:56:12.73
I also need to have a
little talk with my nephew,
00:56:12.77\00:56:16.10
so my question to you GYC,
00:56:16.14\00:56:19.77
will you share the truth
00:56:19.81\00:56:23.31
based on Scripture
and Spirit of Prophecy?
00:56:23.35\00:56:26.41
Will you share the truth
with a fellow human being
00:56:26.45\00:56:31.05
before it is eternally too late?
00:56:31.09\00:56:35.62
Because it is okay to be a SDA.
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