Participants: Pr. Stephen Bohr
Series Code: 14GYC
Program Code: 14GYC000006A
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00:08 Holy day purified, set apart, sanctified
00:15 Enter in to joy divine 00:19 In a temple made of time 00:24 Holy day purified 00:29 Set apart, sanctified 00:33 Enter in to joy divine 00:38 In a temple made of time 00:46 You will find 00:49 Joy divine 00:56 In this temple made 01:01 Of time. 01:27 Amen. Amen. 01:29 It's beautiful, is it not? 01:31 Now, it's your opportunity to sing along with us. 01:34 How many of you enjoy singing songs 01:37 about Jesus second coming on Sabbath. 01:39 I do too. 01:40 And just as they just sang in the last song. 01:43 Sabbath is going to be 01:45 for an eternity in heaven, amen. 01:47 And so not only do we look forward to it for one day, 01:50 but we will have it endlessly. 01:52 Let's sing now together, "Hail Him the King of Glory." 02:12 Tell it to every kindred and nation 02:16 Tell it far and near 02:21 Earth's darkest night will fade with the dawning 02:26 Jesus will soon appear 02:30 Hail Him the King of glory 02:35 Once the Lamb for sinners slain 02:40 Tell, tell the wondrous story 02:44 "Jesus comes to reign." 02:56 We'll have just the gentlemen sing on this song, 02:59 just the men on this verse. 03:10 Nations again in strife and commotion 03:14 Warnings by the way 03:19 Signs in the heavens, unerring omens 03:23 Herald the glorious day-- 03:25 All together. 03:28 Hail Him the King of glory 03:32 Once the Lamb for sinners slain 03:37 Tell, tell the wondrous story 03:42 "Jesus comes to reign" 04:01 Children of God look up with rejoicing 04:06 Shout and sing His praise 04:10 Blessed are they who, waiting and watching 04:15 Look for the dawning rays 04:28 Hail Him the King of glory 04:33 Once the Lamb for sinners slain 04:38 Tell, tell the wondrous story 04:43 "Jesus comes to reign" 04:48 "Jesus comes to reign." 05:02 Amen. Amen. 05:04 God truly is good. 05:06 And our theme at the cross this year 05:10 that we should always view Christ. 05:12 Always keeping in mind 05:13 the sacrifice that He made for us, 05:15 and I think often times 05:17 we can become too used to thinking about the cross 05:20 to where we don't really consider 05:22 just what Christ went through for us. 05:24 And this song brings out in a clearer light as well, 05:29 just some of the sacrifices that Jesus made for us. 05:32 And that's "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," 05:35 and we're going to listen for the first couple of verses 05:38 and then on the last verse, 05:39 we'll all join together and sing. 06:34 When I survey 06:41 The wondrous cross 06:49 On which 06:51 The Prince of glory 06:58 Died 07:02 My richest gain 07:07 I count but loss 07:15 And pour contempt 07:19 On all my pride 07:50 Forbid it, Lord, 07:55 That I should boast 08:02 Save in the death 08:07 Of Christ, my God! 08:15 All the vain things 08:19 That charm me most 08:27 I sacrifice them 08:33 To His blood 09:08 See from his head 09:13 His hands, His feet 09:20 Sorrow and love 09:24 Flow mingled down! 09:32 Did e'er such love 09:36 And sorrow meet 09:43 Or thorns compose 09:47 So rich a crown? 09:53 Sing with us. 09:56 Were the whole realm 09:59 Of nature mine 10:07 That were a present 10:12 Far too small 10:18 Love so amazing 10:23 So divine 10:34 Demands my soul 10:40 My life 10:44 My all. 10:55 Amen. Amen. 10:58 I am being blessed, how about you? 11:01 Amen. God is so good. 11:03 And we're going to sing 11:05 or listen to them sing another song now 11:07 that is truly a prayer and is a beautiful prayer 11:11 and it reminds us of Philippians 2:5-11, 11:16 I'm going to go ahead and read that with you now. 11:18 Says, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 11:23 Who, being in the form of God, 11:25 do not consider robbery to be equal with God: 11:28 But made himself of no reputation, 11:31 taking the form of a bond servant, 11:33 and coming in the likeness of men: 11:36 And being found in the appearance of men, 11:39 he humbled himself, 11:41 and became obedient to the point of death, 11:44 even the death of the cross. 11:46 Therefore God also is highly exalted him, 11:50 and given him the name which is above every name: 11:54 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 11:58 and those in heaven, and of those on earth, 12:01 and of those under the earth, 12:03 and that every tongue should confess 12:06 that Jesus Christ is Lord, 12:08 to the glory of God the Father." 12:11 As they sing this song, 12:13 may this be the prayer of each of our hearts. 12:50 Lord, make me an instrument 12:56 Of Thy peace 13:04 Where there is hatred 13:07 let me sow love 13:10 Where there is injury, pardon 13:17 Where there is doubt, faith 13:23 Where there is despair, hope 13:29 Where there is darkness, light 13:35 And where there is sadness, joy 13:41 O Divine Master 13:44 Grant 13:46 That I may not so much seek 13:53 To be consoled as to console 13:59 To be understood as to understand 14:05 To be loved as to love 14:10 For it is in giving 14:16 That we receive 14:20 It is in pardoning 14:25 That we are pardoned 14:29 And it is in dying 14:34 That we are born 14:42 To eternal life. 14:54 Amen. Amen. 14:57 God is so good. 14:59 Let's stand together and let's sing our theme song, 15:03 "At the Cross." 15:35 Alas, and did my Savior bleed? 15:41 And did my Sovereign die? 15:47 Would He devote that sacred head 15:53 For someone such as I? 15:59 At the cross, at the cross 16:02 Where I first saw the light 16:05 And the burden of my heart rolled away 16:11 It was there by faith I received my sight 16:17 And now I am happy all the day! 16:34 Was it for crimes that I have done 16:40 He suffered on the tree? 16:46 Amazing pity! 16:50 Grace unknown! 16:52 And love beyond degree! 16:58 At the cross, at the cross 17:01 Where I first saw the light 17:04 And the burden of my heart rolled away 17:10 It was there by faith I received my sight 17:16 And now I am happy all the day! 17:48 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 17:54 The debt of love I owe 18:00 Here, Lord, I give myself away 18:06 'Tis all that I can do! 18:12 At the cross, at the cross 18:15 Where I first saw the light 18:18 And the burden of my heart rolled away 18:24 It was there by faith I received my sight 18:30 And now I am happy all the day! 19:13 Praise the Lord 19:15 for such a beautiful song service. 19:17 You all may be seated. 19:21 Welcome to GYC, especially for those of you 19:25 who went out on the Lord's errands this afternoon, 19:27 and have wonderful messages to share about what it is 19:30 the divine appointments that he brought you to. 19:32 Welcome back and thank you for coming. 19:34 For those of you who are just getting into GYC this weekend, 19:37 and you're here to see what's going to be happening, 19:40 welcome and thank you for coming. 19:42 And for those of you who are tuning in online or on 3ABN, 19:45 we thank you so much for listening 19:47 and for spending this time with us. 19:48 We're looking forward 19:49 to welcoming in the Sabbath hours together 19:51 and as we do so, let us pray. 19:55 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You so much 19:57 for everything that You've brought us through, 19:59 to bring us from an old year to a new year 20:01 during our time together here at GYC, 20:04 for bringing us to people in the city of Phoenix 20:06 in order to share Your message with them. 20:08 We pray now that as we begin to enter the Sabbath hours 20:11 that You would be with us, 20:13 that You would help us to keep Your Sabbath holy. 20:15 And that it would be a high Sabbath, Father, 20:17 that it would be a time for us to remember 20:19 Your creative powers in our life 20:21 as well as the redemption 20:22 that You gave to us through Jesus at the cross. 20:26 Please be with the speaker this evening. 20:28 Bless his words, and please be with us all, 20:30 we ask these things in Jesus name 20:31 and for His sake, amen. 20:33 Amen. 20:37 Happy Sabbath GYC. Happy Sabbath. 20:40 Hope you had a wonderful day of outreach 20:42 and I have the privilege 20:43 of introducing to you some of my friends, 20:45 this is Julia from ASAP Ministries 20:47 and her friends, Antenna and Dee, 20:49 they would like to tell you 20:51 about an exciting mission opportunity. 20:55 How many of you would be interested 20:57 in a foreign mission trip 20:59 that could cost less than seven dollars 21:02 and fit perfectly in your schedule, 21:05 your work study schedule, I see hands going up. 21:09 Well, ASAP Ministries we call this, 21:12 ''Reach the World Next Door." 21:14 And God has actually 21:17 preplanned this mission experience 21:20 for you, for your spiritual benefit 21:23 and also for the enlargement of His kingdom. 21:26 And He's done that by sending millions of refugees, 21:30 international students, 21:31 immigrants right here to America. 21:34 Listen to this amazing quote. 21:37 It's from Evangelism, page 570. 21:40 ''We should be able to see 21:42 in the multiplying opportunities 21:44 to reach many foreigners in America, 21:47 a divinely appointed means of rapidly extending 21:51 the Third Angel's message into all the nations of Earth. 21:55 God in His providence has brought men to our very doors 21:59 and thrust them as it were into our arms, 22:02 that they might learn the truth and be qualified to do a work. 22:06 We could not do in getting the light 22:09 before men of other tongues." 22:11 And my friend Antanna, Hi Louis, 22:14 a perfect example of this. 22:16 Antanna is from Ethiopia 22:19 and he came here five years ago. 22:21 And tell me what your life was like 22:23 when you came here to America? 22:26 After I came here America, 22:29 I found myself in a very hopeless situation 22:32 to the point where I thought suicide might be a better way. 22:37 Wow! 22:38 Suicide, can you imagine, the hopelessness 22:40 and so what changed things around for you? 22:45 Through a friend I came to know about the school 22:48 called Tekoa Missions. 22:50 And after going there my life has been changed 22:54 and I find myself in Jesus Christ. 22:57 Amen. 22:58 And what Antanna's doing in one month 23:01 is going back to his country in Ethiopia 23:05 to in faith start a medical missionary training school 23:10 to be a missionary and serve the Lord 23:12 with all his heart, amen. 23:14 Amen. And I want to introduce Dee. 23:16 Dee, tell us about your experiences has been 23:18 with Reach the World Next Door. 23:21 I used to work for an international, 23:22 a community center that was serving a local university 23:25 there were 100 countries on the campus, 23:28 and we had interpreters in eight different languages 23:30 meeting the needs of the family members 23:32 and so on, and I realized 23:33 that these are beautiful people from all over the world 23:35 that are in desperate need of Jesus. 23:37 And so, through this process 23:38 that kind of started the passion 23:40 and one instance of what I had at work was, 23:42 I was working with three different accents of Spanish 23:45 being spoken in my office 23:46 and then I got on my Schwinn bicycle, 23:48 I went to the local university to do campus outreach, 23:51 and as I get there, 23:52 I meet a man who is from Sri Lanka, 23:53 and knows nothing about Jesus. 23:55 The love of my life, 23:56 and this guy knows nothing about Him. 23:58 And so, I explain to him the tenets of the gospel 24:00 which he'd never heard before like to be the person explains 24:02 and they've never heard the gospel before. 24:04 And from there later that on this evening 24:07 or that evening, I got on my bicycle 24:08 and went to prayer meeting. 24:10 And it was held in the trailer 24:11 of our Haitian headed elder's home, 24:14 so I'm hearing Haitian Creole in their trailer. 24:17 Then he tells me of this lady two trailers down 24:19 who is from Madagascar and who is Catholic 24:22 and needs prayer. 24:23 And so we went over to her house 24:24 and prayed with her and sang with her 24:26 and riding my bike home I realized, 24:27 you could reach the world on a Schwinn 24:29 in a community like this. 24:31 And so if you live in a university community, 24:33 the whole world is there. 24:35 It's already there and you can get the gospel 24:37 to these corners of the globe by sharing with them 24:39 and then maybe, they're going to go back home like he is 24:41 and make a difference. 24:42 So that was one of the things I ran into. 24:44 And so, I started to study language more 24:45 just to find out more about it from a biblical standpoint, 24:49 the whole idea of language is for the-- 24:51 basically for the preservation and redemption of humanity. 24:54 That's it. 24:56 And so, once I started to realize this 24:58 more has to be done, and so, there are two websites 25:01 that hopefully be showing in just a moment. 25:02 One of them is called, Reach the World Next Door 25:04 and that website is basically filled with resources 25:07 to know how to minister to internationals, 25:09 practical steps. 25:11 There's also a website called MyLanguageMyLife.com. 25:15 And this is full of resources of Bible studies 25:17 in other languages. 25:18 They've done the homework for you. 25:20 You had some of those in your outreach cards 25:21 in your bags. 25:22 You can hand that to someone and say, 25:24 I think there's something here for you, 25:25 Bible studies, sermons 25:27 all kinds of things in their language 25:29 and more are coming as they go. 25:30 And so 25:32 that's basically the thing that we wanted to share. 25:33 The resource is available to you 25:35 but there's one charge we wanted to make to you. 25:37 If you know more than one language right now, 25:40 there's only one reason for that 25:41 you're a Seventh Day Adventists 25:42 and you know more than one language, 25:44 use that for Jesus. 25:45 Buy a bilingual Bible, find someone in that language 25:48 and minister to them over the next course of this year. 25:50 If you know, if you don't know more than one language 25:53 but you've been convicted you need to learn 25:54 that's where I find myself a Spanish, 25:57 buy a bilingual Bible 25:58 study of the course of this year. 26:00 And find out how to share just the basics of the gospel, 26:02 find someone in these basic, in one of these culture groups 26:05 and invest in them over this year 26:07 and last thing, the third category. 26:08 Maybe you don't know language any other language than English 26:11 and you don't have a burden to do so, 26:13 or at least that's not really where you are right now. 26:15 Find someone of another culture and invest in them, 26:17 if you're in a university setting or something else, 26:19 refugees, migrant camps, reach out to them 26:22 and find a way to invest in them 26:23 over the course of this next year. 26:25 What better resolution to make than to stretch yourself 26:27 and then make a great sacrifice for Jesus. 26:29 Amen, amen. Amen. 26:30 Can we say amen, GYC? Amen. 26:32 Praise God, thank you so much for joining us. 26:34 What an awesome ministry opportunity 26:36 to reach the refugee next door. 26:38 Well, I have another individual I like to introduce to you, 26:41 this is Michael from Impact, Zambia, 26:44 and Impact stands for, 'Inspired Missionaries 26:47 Proclaiming the Advent of Christ' 26:48 the entire world, 26:50 and why don't you tell us a little bit 26:51 about that exciting ministry, Michael. 26:54 Good evening, GYC. 26:58 I come all the way from Africa, 27:02 in particular Zambia as you mentioned. 27:04 Our ministry basically focuses 27:06 on reaching out to un-entered area 27:08 of Seventh-day un-entered areas. 27:10 And as you may, 27:12 as you may correctly perceive un-entered areas 27:16 are usually far flung areas, remote areas, 27:19 hard to reach areas 27:21 and so we organize young people, 27:23 we train them for service, 27:25 then deploy them to these difficult areas. 27:30 It is important for us to realize as a church 27:35 that Africa is ripe for the gospel 27:38 and so responsive at the moment. 27:41 One third of our membership as the church 27:43 is actually on the continent of Africa. 27:46 Most of the researches that are being done right now, 27:49 Christian researchers are showing that Southern America, 27:52 Africa, and Southern Asia 27:54 are the most responsive at this time to the gospel. 27:59 And we are taking this opportunity 28:01 to share the message 28:03 to all of these un-entered areas. 28:05 We draw our inspiration from the cross. 28:09 We draw our inspiration of doing mission 28:11 from the cross, because at the cross 28:14 we do not find convenience there. 28:16 We do not find safety, 28:18 the path that lead to the cross 28:20 was neither convenient nor safe. 28:23 And so, when we are going to these areas 28:25 as dangerous as they may be, we do not care. 28:28 What we care about is the call. 28:30 As the Lord called us, He equips us, and He said, 28:33 and He sends us to go. 28:35 Sometimes He sends us to valleys, 28:38 sometimes He sends us to islands, 28:39 sometimes He send us into mountains, 28:42 and we first all the challenges believing 28:44 that we have the blessing of the Lord and His guidance. 28:49 And through our ministry from 2008, 28:53 when we started, we've baptized thousands 28:55 and dozens of churches 28:57 have been planted through the ministry. 28:59 And I'm just here to encourage all of us, 29:02 that we need to be involved in the Lord's work 29:06 whether it's serve or not serve, 29:08 because the Lord is calling us 29:11 to, to share the message, 29:13 and we have this burden as well 29:16 from the African context 29:17 because just a little over 100 years ago, 29:21 Africa was a dark continent. 29:23 When you read from inspiration, 29:25 it actually tells us that it was a heathen continent 29:28 and missionaries from here came and did so many challenges, 29:33 just to bring the gospel to us. 29:36 And as being grateful, we will also do the same 29:39 and take the gospel wherever, wherever, 29:42 wherever the Lord will lead us. 29:44 So basically, that's what Impact is all about, amen. 29:47 Amen. Amen. 29:49 How many of you young people 29:50 want to be involved in ministry? 29:51 Yes. Praise God. 29:53 Michael, thank you so much for sharing that with us 29:54 and encourage you young people to wherever you're at, 29:56 get involved in ministry. 29:58 The last individual 29:59 that I'd like to introduce to you 30:01 is Brian, and he's from the Middle East, 30:03 North Africa Union, and he has a very special 30:07 and urgent appeal for young people. 30:09 And why don't you share that with us, Brian? 30:11 Thank you, Jeff. Happy Sabbath, GYC. 30:13 Happy Sabbath. 30:15 Maybe you received this brochure 30:17 when you entered this evening. 30:19 It's from the Middle East, North Africa Union. 30:21 If you didn't get a copy, 30:22 you'll receive one on the way out 30:24 or you can stop by booth 108 30:27 to learn more about the initiatives 30:29 that we are facilitating in the Middle East, 30:32 North Africa region. 30:33 The theme of our brochure is, ''Laborers needed be One." 30:40 Why do we need laborers 30:41 in the Middle East and North Africa region? 30:44 One compelling statistic 30:47 is that there are 500 million people 30:50 in the 20 countries that we serve there. 30:52 And yet there are only 3,000 Adventists 30:56 in that vast territory. 30:59 Can you imagine? 31:00 We have 56 cities over one million in population, 31:05 with little or no Adventist presence in any of them. 31:09 Imagine 56 cities, Jeff, the size of Phoenix 31:14 with no worshipping groups, no youth groups, no churches. 31:21 Laborers needed be One. 31:23 Is God calling you tonight? 31:26 I believe that God is calling many of you tonight 31:30 to enter one of the greatest mission challenges 31:35 of our generation. 31:36 Perhaps, the last great mission challenge 31:40 at least one of them, laborers are needed. 31:43 Please come to booth 108, come see us, 31:45 come talk to two of our young public campus missionaries, 31:52 who are giving their lives, their life blood 31:56 to this challenging ministry sacrificing, 32:00 perhaps marital dreams, academic goals, 32:04 to be there to serve come see us. 32:07 Friends, we can place many of you 32:09 in one of the various initiatives that we facilitate. 32:13 We can place many of you in three to six months 32:16 to serve in this region. 32:19 God willing, many of you will respond booth 108. 32:22 Thank you so much. 32:28 Good evening, GYC. Good evening. 32:30 How many of you had a blessed day today? 32:32 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. 32:34 Well, I have another question for you. 32:36 How many of you have heard of an organization called ASI? 32:40 Oh, quite a few hands actually. 32:42 Well, for those of you that don't know what ASI is. 32:46 ASI stands for, 32:47 Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. 32:50 It's a group of committed Seventh-day Adventist laypeople 32:54 who believe that Jesus is coming soon. 32:56 Amen. 32:57 How many of us believe that Jesus is coming soon? 32:59 Praise the Lord. 33:00 ASI supports the Seventh-day Adventist Church 33:03 through supporting various ministries 33:05 that up uphold the work of the church. 33:07 Many of which are in our exhibit hall, 33:09 GYC is one of them. 33:10 But we also support the church 33:13 through encouraging our members, 33:14 to share Christ in the marketplace, 33:16 whatever their profession is, 33:18 wherever they are to share Jesus 33:20 and to share our message with others. 33:22 And we also have many ministries 33:24 that are a part of ASI. 33:26 Some of them you may have heard of. 33:27 How many of you have heard of the One Day Church Project 33:30 that has built thousands of churches around the world 33:33 in coordination with ministries like Maranatha? 33:36 Maybe you've heard of The New Beginnings 33:37 DVD training program which is, 33:40 it helps thousands of evangelistic crusades 33:42 around the world 33:43 and many baptisms have come as a result. 33:45 But just this year, we by the grace of God, 33:49 a ministry became a part of ASI 33:53 that God laid on the heart of Dr. Lela Lewis, 33:55 who is here with me. 33:56 She's actually our ASI Pacific Union president, 33:58 and God laid a burden on your heart, Lela, 34:02 to reach the people of our cities 34:05 with the message of God's love 34:06 through the compassionate medical missionary work. 34:09 And we want to share that with you just now. 34:10 Dr. Lewis, tell us about your Best Pathway to Health 34:14 and what this ministry is? 34:15 Well, good evening GYC, I have a question for you. 34:18 How many of you have wanted to do 34:21 something really spectacular for Jesus in your lifetime? 34:25 Amen. Amen. 34:26 We should all be raising our hands. 34:28 How many of you would like to do something 34:30 that would just turn the world upside down by God's grace. 34:33 Amen. Amen. 34:35 Well, I'm going to tell you that we had the privilege 34:38 in the Bay Area using Christ method alone 34:42 to service by God's grace 3,000 people in three days 34:46 with medical, dental and eye care 34:49 completely for free. 34:50 And it took the Bay Area by storm by God's grace. 34:53 Okay, so this happened this past year? 34:55 Just this last April. 34:57 And what's going to be happening 34:58 this next year, Dr. Lela? 34:59 How would you like to be involved 35:01 in providing to 6,000 people 35:05 free medical, dental and eye care services 35:07 to the underserved at San Antonio 35:09 right here in the United States? 35:11 6000 people? Yes. 35:12 That's more than we have in this auditorium 35:13 here tonight. 35:15 How is that possible? 35:16 Well, by God's grace like I said, 35:17 we did the Bay Area with 3100 people, 35:20 we had only 580 volunteers. 35:23 Of course, we had the Holy Spirit helping, 35:25 that's the most important aspect. 35:27 And we're actually already have 1200 volunteers 35:30 for the Bay Area, we want 15 to 1600 volunteers. 35:34 So we need your help by God's grace. 35:37 Okay, so, so we need, we need their help, 35:39 but I'm just curious. 35:41 Has God worked some miracles on behalf of this ministry? 35:44 Maybe just a miracle story 35:45 you could share with everyone tonight. 35:46 Yes, you know, as far as making an impact, 35:49 we obviously have the personal impact 35:51 as far as the patients are concerned. 35:53 But when we minister to the patients, 35:55 we actually minister to the secular 35:57 and the influential as well. 35:59 For example, the main dignitary at the mayor's office 36:02 in San Francisco came to the event, 36:05 and he was completely supportive. 36:06 When he came down to the event, 36:08 he walked around the event. 36:09 At the end of his tour, 36:11 he came up to our church officials, 36:12 the Seventh-day Adventist Church officials 36:14 that were there. 36:15 And he said, ''I want to tell you something." 36:17 He said, ''I may be a Jew 36:19 with a very different belief set than you, 36:22 but I'll tell you what, I am the number one supporter 36:24 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 36:26 If you as Seventh-day Adventist 36:28 need anything in the future, you come to me." 36:30 By God's grace, I'm telling you brothers and sisters, 36:33 we have an entering wedge, we have an entering wedge. 36:36 Amen. Amen. 36:37 And God did another miracle, he gave us the Alamodome-- 36:39 Yes, sir. In San Antonio for free. 36:42 For free, for three days, brothers and sisters, 36:45 the Alamodome is a 169,000 square feet. 36:50 They gave it to us, 36:51 the city of San Antonio gave it to us for free, 36:54 and they gave us the convention center 36:55 to hold our evening meetings by God's grace. 36:57 And this is the same place where the GC will be? 36:59 Exactly, the exact same location 37:02 where the General Conference session is going to be held 37:04 a few months later by God's grace. 37:07 Okay, so we heard about Your Best Pathway to Health. 37:10 This is coming up. 37:11 How can those of us out there that are hearing this tonight, 37:14 how can they get involved in this ministry? 37:16 Well, first of all, you don't have to be a medical person 37:18 to be involved. 37:19 You don't have to be a dental, 37:21 obviously we love the professionals, 37:22 we need you too, 37:23 but you do not have to be a medical professional 37:26 to volunteer. 37:27 And what we are asking, Kyle, 37:28 is we're gonna have a little session over here 37:30 after the meeting, is that correct? 37:32 Yep, that's right, right down here, 37:34 your right, our left, after the meeting tonight, 37:36 if you're interested in coming 37:37 and being a part of this powerful outreach 37:39 to the city of San Antonio, 37:40 come and meet us after the meeting, 37:42 we will be meeting with you and give you more information, 37:44 you can find our booth also in the exhibit hall, 37:46 and you can find the website which is-- 37:48 Pathwaytohelpvolunteer.org, God bless you GYC, 37:52 let's get involved, let's work until Jesus comes. 37:56 Amen. Amen. 37:59 Saludos, GYC. 38:02 The GYC interpretation team is excited 38:04 to offer the GYC experience in Spanish. 38:07 If you would like to listen into the live interpretation, 38:10 you can pick up a radio at the back table, 38:14 also on GNTV and 3ABN Latino. 38:34 Have a great Sabbath. 38:41 Good evening, GYC. 38:45 I'll be sharing with you a perspective 38:48 on the immerging church and spiritual formation. 38:57 I'm Ingo Sorke, I teach Bible 38:59 at Southwestern Adventist University in Texas, 39:03 and I'm also part of a new church plant 39:07 just south of Dallas, but more importantly 39:10 I'm the husband of a wife for 22 years exactly, 39:15 the father of two teenage sons and a Bible student. 39:20 From 1988 to 1990, I was a theology student 39:25 at a Lutheran seminary in Germany. 39:28 The theology was profound, big names taught there, 39:34 big words were being thrown around, 39:36 and big theology was being tossed around, 39:39 but I made a painful discovery long before emerging church 39:44 became a topic. 39:46 Not everything that wets your appetite 39:51 is clean water. 39:53 And not every thing that is liquid is living water. 39:59 A theological system and practice that is not rooted 40:03 in the great controversy theme is dangerous. 40:06 A spirituality and worship 40:09 that is not grounded in scripture, 40:12 and the Spirit of Prophecy 40:13 is not only dangerous but could prove deadly. 40:17 I sensed a degree of lostness and bankruptcy in a framework 40:22 that pitches its tents outside the safe shelter 40:27 of the remnant movement. 40:29 Jesus' last temptation 40:31 dealt directly with worship and spirituality. 40:34 And since, this is the key issue right now 40:37 with the emerging church and spiritual formation. 40:41 We must be in the final phase of the last conflict. 40:47 We cannot afford to drink from just any streams, 40:50 summit waters are polluted 40:53 and some philosophies are poisoned. 40:55 In fact, Revelation warns us 40:57 that some religious systems are fallen, 41:01 and Babylon has become a dwelling place of demons, 41:04 a prison for every foul spirit, 41:07 and a cage for every unclean and hated bird, 41:10 Revelation 18:2. 41:12 "Come out of her my people, is the call of the hour." 41:19 The emerging church is a global informal movement 41:22 among Christians that emphasis experience 41:25 over doctrinal truth. 41:28 It is wide open to ecumenical efforts, 41:31 and it values relationships at the expense of absolutes, 41:35 it is feeling over facts, 41:38 and sure enough traveling throughout Europe, 41:41 I have discovered that based on these 41:46 non remnant publications and sources, 41:52 we have a principal at an Adventist academy 41:55 that is the head of the ecumenical movement 41:58 in that region. 42:00 Hand in hand with the emerging church, 42:03 spiritual formation embraces practices 42:06 that could be okay in and off themselves, 42:10 simplicity, fasting, 42:13 but they are mixed in with dubious practices 42:17 like contemplative prayer, feeling your breath 42:21 as you're praising Jesus over, and over, 42:24 and emptying yourself to-- 42:27 to what? 42:29 To whom? 42:31 It has its roots in the spiritual exercises 42:33 of Ignatius of Loyola, 42:35 and this is where the problem begins. 42:38 This spirituality 42:40 was really the primary Roman Catholic effort 42:43 to counter the Reformation. 42:44 Under the garb of simple spirituality and outreach, 42:48 the content and methodologies of spiritual formation 42:51 really serve an agenda that is contrary 42:54 to the Adventist movement. 42:57 It focuses on prophecy and doctrinal truth, 43:00 we are not feeling based, 43:02 even though feelings are important. 43:05 And the Adventist system has a meditation 43:08 that is defined by Scripture 43:10 and Spirit of Prophecy and nothing else. 43:13 Of course, I have met wonderful, sincere Catholics, 43:16 including on our trip to GYC. 43:19 I had a very meaningful conversation 43:21 with a Catholic in the hallway of our hotel, 43:24 and he sent me a message before I left 43:27 "from your favorite Catholic". 43:30 I was thrown into spiritual formation 43:33 long before I knew that spiritual formation 43:36 was a buzz word and a problem. 43:39 And I am not here to slam people or institutions 43:42 but I would like to share an experience with you. 43:45 To get my Masters degree, we had to read strange books: 43:51 Desert fathers, Monks, Spiritual guides. 43:55 None of whom knew anything about the health message, 43:58 the sanctuary message, 1844, Sabbath keeping, 44:03 or the antitypical day of atonement. 44:06 I still remember a guy sitting next to me, 44:09 innocently raising his hand and asking the professor 44:12 "Why are we reading this stuff, 44:14 don't we have quality materials in scripture 44:17 and the Spirit of Prophecy?" 44:21 He was dismissed by the professor with a smirk 44:23 and some mumbled comments. 44:25 Then I took a class on church planting. 44:28 Again we read books five of them, 44:31 but not Gospel workers, 44:32 not Evangelism and not Acts of the Apostles. 44:36 I ask the question, why are we reading this, 44:40 the authors don't even know about veggie burgers 44:42 and haystacks. 44:46 Do we not have trustworthy materials 44:49 in the writings of Ellen White directly inspired by God? 44:54 The professor's answer stunned me. 44:58 "We read these books 44:59 and then baptize the concepts with insights 45:02 from Ellen White." 45:04 Why it steak when you can eat the veggies firsthand? 45:10 Why spent money quote from Ministry of Healing, 441, 45:13 "Why spend money on that which is not bread, 45:16 and why read this stuff 45:18 when we have been warned directly 45:20 about its background and motive." 45:22 Great Controversy, 234, "It was their, the Jesuits, 45:26 studied aim to secure wealth and power, 45:29 to be devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism, 45:32 and the reestablishment of the papal supremacy. 45:36 And the devil was wroth with the remnant." 45:42 These strange spiritual concepts 45:45 slithered into the Adventist church 45:47 through a book that I have right here, 45:53 John Harvey Kellogg, The Living Temple. 45:56 I'm not sure why it called it the living temple. 46:00 Kellogg promised that God was in everything 46:04 teaching pantheism. 46:06 It blurs the lines 46:07 between supernatural being and natural thing. 46:13 It effectively reduces God to a mere force, 46:15 a mystical essence that pervades our reality. 46:18 For example, quote, 46:20 I haven't read the book cover to cover 46:22 because Ellen White hesitated to read it herself. 46:26 "The air is God's medicine, good food is God's Medicine--" 46:30 Now watch this, "There is power life 46:33 in the pure water because God's life is in it." 46:38 What is nature? 46:39 Kellogg answers, 46:41 "Nature is simply a philosophical name for God 46:44 who is the active force in natureth the all in all." 46:48 Red alert from Ellen White, quote, Manuscript 11, 314 46:54 "When you wrote that book 46:57 you were not under the inspiration of God. 47:00 There was by your side the one who inspired Adam 47:02 to look at God in a false light." 47:06 "Never teach such theories in our intuitions, 47:09 do not present them to the people." 47:13 Ellen White to A.G Daniels, General Conference 1903, 47:17 "I have something to say to our teachers 47:19 in reference to the new book The Living Temple. 47:23 Be careful how you sustain the sentiments of this book 47:26 regarding the personality of God. 47:28 As the Lord presents matters to me, 47:30 these sentiments do not bear the endorsement of God. 47:33 They are a snare that the enemy has prepared 47:37 for these last days. 47:40 And my theory is if he tried at once 47:44 he will try it again. 47:47 We need not the mysticism that is in this book. 47:51 Those who entertain these sophistries 47:53 will soon find themselves in a position 47:55 where the enemy can talk with them, 47:57 lead them away from God. 47:58 It is represented to me 48:00 that the writer of this book is on a false track. 48:02 He has lost sight of the distinguishing truths 48:05 for this time. 48:07 And here you have the key. 48:10 It is not just the bad, that is bad in the bad, 48:14 it's the good that the bad destroys in the good. 48:18 Ellen White herself said 48:20 "You have virtually destroyed the Lord, God Himself." 48:25 We have so much good theology in the remnant movement, 48:30 this other stuff is a fatal distraction. 48:34 Ellen White says 48:36 Selected Messages One, page 197, 48:39 "Be not deceived, 48:41 many will depart from the faith, 48:43 giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. 48:47 We now have before us the alpha of this danger. 48:50 The omega will be of a most startling nature. 48:54 Living Temple contains the alpha of these theories. 48:57 I knew that the omega would follow in a little while, 49:01 and I trembled for our people." 49:07 She also said these are species workings. 49:10 I looked up the word species, I'm English second language. 49:14 Species means superficially plausible, 49:18 but actually, wrong misleading in appearance, 49:22 especially misleadingly attractive. 49:27 Ellen White's counsel is clear and concise, 49:29 let the world go into spiritualism, 49:31 into theosophy, into pantheism if they choose, 49:36 we are to have nothing to do 49:37 with this deceptive branch of Satan's work. 49:42 Acts of the Apostles, 474, 49:45 and I might have to take Dr. Boers offer 49:49 that if I pay him 10 dollars, he gives me 10 minutes. 49:55 Acts of the Apostles, page 474, 49:57 "The warnings of the word of God regarding the perils 50:00 surrounding the Christian church 50:01 belong to us today. 50:04 As in the days of the apostles men tried by tradition 50:08 and philosophy to destroy the faith in the Scriptures, 50:11 so today, 50:13 by pleasing sentiments of higher criticism, 50:16 evolution, spiritualism, theosophy, pantheism, 50:20 the enemy of righteousness 50:22 is seeking to lead souls into forbidden paths." 50:26 These are not just about worship preferences. 50:30 The eternal destiny of souls are at stake. 50:33 Why does all this matter? 50:35 It matters because I did not grow up Seventh-day Adventist 50:39 but I did not find the truths 50:42 through candle's dark rooms breathing, 50:45 saying Jesus 30 times and music that is called 50:49 "a bed lamp of noise and that is CBA, 50:54 not Christian but all approved." 51:00 I want to tell the teenagers in here something 51:03 that I discovered as a teenager myself. 51:08 It is okay to be SDA. 51:13 Doctrines were not a hindrance 51:16 to becoming an Adventist for me, 51:18 they were a catalyst to lead me to Jesus Christ. 51:22 When I was 18, I discovered Sabbath, 51:25 and I was like, wow. 51:27 I discovered the sanctuary and I was like wow, 51:30 1844, wow, Spirit of Prophecy, a prophet in our midst. 51:36 Wow! It is okay to be SDA. 51:43 And it shouldn't have happen that way, 51:45 non Adventist church growth literature would say 51:48 that doctrine is the wrong way to lead a postmodern secular 51:53 neo-pagan non-church going teenager 51:55 to Jesus Christ. 51:58 Guess what? 52:00 Here I am, I can do no different. 52:04 My recommendation to all teenagers, 52:07 number one, appreciate your Adventist identity, 52:12 the DNA of our Adventist identity 52:14 is prophetic not pathetic. 52:18 Number two, 52:20 read and study your Bible. 52:25 You don't need many other sources, 52:27 Loma Linda message 64, 52:29 the one book that is essential for all study is the Bible. 52:33 Number three, 52:35 simply pray and pray simply. 52:42 Do not get tied up with lights, sights, candles, 52:45 sense, smell, sounds etcetera. 52:46 You don't need that stuff, 52:48 you need to get on your knees and pray, 52:51 and you do not need to follow a somebody's prewritten prayer 52:55 except the ones from Jesus Christ 52:57 and scripture. 52:59 Number four, read and cherish the writings of Ellen White 53:03 instead of other writings. 53:06 Third Selected Messages, page 83, 84, 53:09 "Men may get up scheme after scheme 53:12 and the enemy will seek to seduce souls 53:14 from the truth, 53:15 but all who believe that the Lord has spoken 53:17 through Sister White and has given her a message 53:20 will be safe from many delusions 53:22 that will come in these last days." 53:26 Patriarchs and Prophets, 635, 53:29 "It is a perilous step to slight the reproofs 53:33 and warnings of God's word or of his Spirit." 53:36 And please do not call Ellen White a mystic. 53:41 Ellen White was not a mystic, 53:42 Ellen White was a prophet preparing us 53:45 for the second coming of Jesus Christ. 53:48 I read her at age 17 English second language 53:51 you can read them, 53:53 you can understand them, and you can love them. 53:56 Number five, do not leave Christ 54:00 and do not leave the church. 54:04 Testimonies Volume 7, page 16, 54:07 "Enfeebled and defective, needing constantly 54:09 to be warned and counseled, the church is nevertheless 54:13 the object of Christ's supreme regard." 54:17 And you've probably heard about the quote 54:19 that the church may appear about to fall, 54:24 when the church appears about to fall, 54:28 we know that it's not, 54:30 because we have the assurance of Jesus Christ. 54:33 In context very interestingly Ellen White said, 54:36 "Satan will work his miracles to deceive, 54:40 he will set up his power as supreme 54:42 and then comes a quote on the church about to fall." 54:46 We also told that divisions will arise, 54:50 two parties will develop. 54:51 Last Day Events, page 172, 54:55 "And it will be a painful ordeal 54:57 the time when everything that can be shaken 55:00 will be shaken." 55:02 Last quote, and then my appeal. 55:05 Great Controversy, page 464, 55:09 "The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work, 55:14 and before the time for such a moment shall come, 55:18 he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit." 55:24 If you have any sense 55:26 and keep the pulse of the church, 55:29 it is happening right now. 55:32 Young people hang in there until the end. 55:37 Recently my own mother, bless her heart, 55:41 told my little nephew in Germany 55:43 that God is in everything, 55:45 he is not the creator of heaven and earth, 55:47 he is not limited to a certain place, 55:50 but I see him in the nature, in the waterfall, 55:52 in the rainbow and the sunset. 55:55 Looks like John Harvey Kellogg is alive and well, 56:01 and I wish he had stuck to cornflakes. 56:05 And it looks like 56:07 I need to have a little talk with my mother and I did, 56:09 and she said you make me think. 56:12 I also need to have a little talk with my nephew, 56:16 so my question to you GYC, 56:19 will you share the truth 56:23 based on Scripture and Spirit of Prophecy? 56:26 Will you share the truth with a fellow human being 56:31 before it is eternally too late? 56:35 Because it is okay to be a SDA. |
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