Welcome back to
3ABN Spring Camp Meeting.
00:00:38.59\00:00:41.42
How ya'll doing? Great!
All right. Still with us
00:00:41.62\00:00:44.35
after how many sermons now?
About 18 and one more to go.
00:00:44.45\00:00:47.48
I think this is 19
comin'. Nineteen comin'.
00:00:47.58\00:00:51.03
You've been
blessed as we have up here?
00:00:51.33\00:00:53.11
Amen! Absolutely! Praise
the Lord for all of these
00:00:53.32\00:00:56.40
men and women who've
dedicated their time,
00:00:56.60\00:00:58.74
their time, their
abilities to telling the world
00:00:58.84\00:01:01.53
that Jesus is coming back very
soon in the clouds of glory.
00:01:01.73\00:01:05.06
You know, one of the things
that we've had a tremendous
00:01:05.36\00:01:07.21
time with is music that
Bruce Fjarli and his team
00:01:07.31\00:01:10.68
have been leading. We
want to thank you, Bruce.
00:01:10.88\00:01:13.40
Don't you appreciate the
music with him? Yeah absolutely.
00:01:13.60\00:01:16.86
Amen. All right.
00:01:16.96\00:01:19.26
A real blessing to us.
00:01:20.23\00:01:21.84
And it gives folks...
gives you all an opportunity
00:01:22.05\00:01:24.42
to sing a little bit,
too - right - 'cause you're
00:01:24.52\00:01:26.37
sitting there. And I know
all of you get so full of joy
00:01:26.57\00:01:28.93
you say: "I've got to
get rid of some of this. "
00:01:29.03\00:01:30.84
So that helps you.
You can sing and join in.
00:01:31.04\00:01:34.19
And to me it's been a big just
praise and worship Camp Meeting.
00:01:34.39\00:01:39.04
Yes. And have I felt the
anointing of the Holy Spirit
00:01:39.24\00:01:41.57
here - Amen! -tremendously all
week. Especially today it just
00:01:41.61\00:01:46.83
seems like. And now that
we're coming to the last sermon
00:01:46.93\00:01:50.08
it's almost sad... Yes. You
know? 'Cause we've got to wait
00:01:50.28\00:01:53.05
till Fall Camp
Meeting now to do this again.
00:01:53.15\00:01:55.66
But we've got a lot to go on
and go back and tell our friends
00:01:56.06\00:01:59.55
and everybody that we
meet that: "You know what?
00:01:59.75\00:02:02.81
We know Jesus is
coming very soon. "
00:02:03.01\00:02:05.60
Amen. And we're
excited about that.
00:02:05.90\00:02:07.92
That's very true. And you know,
tonight we get to listen to
00:02:08.12\00:02:10.64
Lyle Albrecht. And
Lyle is an evangelist
00:02:10.74\00:02:14.06
that... How many of
you have seen Lyle on 3ABN?
00:02:14.26\00:02:16.95
All right. Look at there.
00:02:17.25\00:02:19.03
And... He has a couple
of series that he's done
00:02:19.43\00:02:23.60
and sometimes we rotate a
series. And when we have rotated
00:02:23.71\00:02:27.30
people consistently call
and say: "Put Lyle back on. "
00:02:27.40\00:02:30.81
"We want Lyle back on. "
00:02:31.11\00:02:33.86
So we've appreciated his
ministry on 3ABN for many,
00:02:34.26\00:02:39.02
many years. His
text is Matthew 24:14
00:02:39.12\00:02:43.78
and he feels that
must be fulfilled.
00:02:44.08\00:02:46.31
And Lyle was named
the Alumnus of the Decade
00:02:46.51\00:02:50.78
from Walla Walla University.
00:02:50.98\00:02:52.85
Wow! Now that's pretty good.
00:02:52.95\00:02:54.12
Neither of the schools that I
went to will even acknowledge -
00:02:54.32\00:02:58.14
yeah - that I went there. Yeah.
00:02:58.34\00:02:59.37
It hurts my
feelings sometimes you know.
00:02:59.54\00:03:04.01
I'm sensitive and
they will not even admit
00:03:04.94\00:03:09.91
that I was a student.
After all these sermons
00:03:10.12\00:03:12.02
you've got to get over it.
00:03:12.22\00:03:13.61
Oh wow! Well what a day!
00:03:16.76\00:03:19.95
And you know, the
musicians that were here.
00:03:20.15\00:03:22.29
As they left, every
one of them said to me
00:03:22.49\00:03:25.80
that they were blessed by
being here with our group.
00:03:26.10\00:03:30.16
And you blessed them.
00:03:30.56\00:03:32.33
They blessed you but
you blessed them, too.
00:03:32.63\00:03:35.34
And as some of you
have guessed by now
00:03:35.55\00:03:38.67
some of these folk that
came here we invited here
00:03:38.88\00:03:41.49
they're good friends or
Christians but not necessarily
00:03:41.69\00:03:43.74
of our religious persuasion:
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:03:43.84\00:03:46.90
But we said:
"Man, we just love this!
00:03:47.10\00:03:48.77
We love the songs;
we love the people. "
00:03:48.97\00:03:50.71
Thank you for being so
friendly to everybody -
00:03:50.91\00:03:52.84
that's right - and be
accepting of everybody.
00:03:53.04\00:03:54.84
Because they really love the
Lord, and just as they did with
00:03:55.14\00:03:58.69
you but they say: "Whenever
you want us back let us know.
00:03:58.79\00:04:01.59
We'd love to come back
to a 3ABN Camp Meeting. "
00:04:01.80\00:04:04.10
So we said: "We're going
to have you back for sure. "
00:04:04.20\00:04:06.51
Such a powerful way
for us to witness to them
00:04:06.81\00:04:09.52
because they have a great
impact on people as they visit
00:04:09.72\00:04:12.97
with them. They tell them
about this ministry and about
00:04:13.11\00:04:16.71
3ABN and about the
message that they hear on 3ABN.
00:04:16.85\00:04:22.34
Well Danny, this
is our last meeting.
00:04:22.84\00:04:25.95
I know, I know.
It's amazing because
00:04:26.16\00:04:30.51
when you think about eternity
that we literally are going to
00:04:30.71\00:04:33.99
be able to have
Camp Meeting for eternity
00:04:34.09\00:04:35.75
but we won't get tired
there. You don't get sleepy.
00:04:35.85\00:04:38.11
No. But singing the praises
of the Lord and being with those
00:04:38.31\00:04:41.74
that maybe we've
been separated by death
00:04:42.04\00:04:46.17
for many many years. And
being able to spend eternity
00:04:46.37\00:04:49.69
with Jesus. This has helped
me I think more than anything
00:04:49.79\00:04:53.04
in the last number of years
'cause you hear a good sermon
00:04:53.24\00:04:55.97
now and then, but to
hear all of these sermons
00:04:56.17\00:04:58.01
surrounded... surrounding
the fact that Jesus is alive,
00:04:58.21\00:05:02.03
that He's well. He's on
the throne ever interceding
00:05:02.23\00:05:05.05
at the right hand of the Father.
Yes. It's just so encouraging.
00:05:05.25\00:05:07.96
And I can't wait for
the Lord to come back...
00:05:08.36\00:05:11.95
especially as we get older.
Yeah. As I mentioned before,
00:05:12.25\00:05:14.04
we realize... You do
the math and you say:
00:05:14.14\00:05:15.91
"Lord come
quickly. " Some of you guys
00:05:16.01\00:05:17.50
keep getting older. I
tell you. It's amazing.
00:05:17.61\00:05:19.38
A few of us do. No
comment to that? No, no.
00:05:19.58\00:05:24.11
You know, Danny, one of
the great things that I enjoy
00:05:24.87\00:05:28.66
though about Camp
Meeting is our afterglow.
00:05:28.86\00:05:31.10
So when this meeting is over
historically you've come out
00:05:31.40\00:05:35.50
and led us in some
more singing together.
00:05:35.70\00:05:38.42
And we'll have a few
minutes right down to sundown
00:05:38.72\00:05:41.71
and we'll spend those last
few minutes just having a time
00:05:41.91\00:05:45.68
together. It'll be your
turn then to sing. Yeah.
00:05:45.78\00:05:47.24
That's what we look forward to.
00:05:47.64\00:05:48.82
Speaking of singing - yeah -
we have some music right now.
00:05:49.02\00:05:51.52
We have a young lady
that we both know very well
00:05:51.72\00:05:54.75
and it's Melody... my daughter
Melody. Come on out Melody Dawn.
00:05:55.05\00:05:58.52
And we named her Melody
in faith God would give her
00:05:59.02\00:06:01.90
musical abilities, and
Dawn is the dawn of new music
00:06:02.00\00:06:05.68
in the Shelton
family. So God has blessed.
00:06:05.88\00:06:08.14
Glad you're here, honey.
Love you and all the babies.
00:06:08.44\00:06:10.63
All right. Thank you.
00:06:10.93\00:06:13.18
They say what doesn't
kill us makes us strong.
00:06:28.99\00:06:34.69
And I've heard
it's always darkest
00:06:36.09\00:06:39.20
before the dawn.
00:06:39.40\00:06:43.02
But all I know is
that God's promises
00:06:43.42\00:06:48.07
are true, and He only wants
00:06:48.27\00:06:53.66
what's best for you.
00:06:53.87\00:06:57.03
We have this hope
00:06:57.23\00:06:59.93
that all hurting will be gone.
00:07:00.13\00:07:03.93
We have this hope
00:07:04.43\00:07:07.10
that all tears
will be left behind.
00:07:07.30\00:07:11.77
I know down here life is hard
00:07:12.63\00:07:16.63
and the world is so unkind
00:07:16.93\00:07:20.24
but hold on because
00:07:20.54\00:07:22.99
we have this hope.
00:07:23.29\00:07:27.24
Every one of us has
heartaches and trials.
00:07:30.84\00:07:36.62
Just remember we're
only here for a short while.
00:07:38.20\00:07:44.17
Sometimes I feel I've had
00:07:45.85\00:07:48.47
more than my share,
00:07:48.68\00:07:53.02
but He won't give us
more than we can bear.
00:07:53.32\00:07:59.24
We have this hope
00:07:59.54\00:08:02.13
that all hurting will be gone.
00:08:02.34\00:08:06.28
We have this hope
00:08:06.52\00:08:09.34
that all tears
will be left behind.
00:08:09.74\00:08:13.88
I know down here life is hard
00:08:15.29\00:08:19.05
and the world is so unkind,
00:08:19.25\00:08:22.68
but hold on because
00:08:22.98\00:08:25.49
we have this hope.
00:08:25.69\00:08:29.14
And this hope for us
00:08:29.54\00:08:33.61
is Jesus!
00:08:33.81\00:08:39.76
So hold on because
00:08:42.92\00:08:45.75
we have this hope.
00:08:45.98\00:08:50.85
Amen. Amen! Thank
you so much, Melody.
00:09:02.80\00:09:06.37
Wasn't that wonderful?
Amen! That was wonderful!
00:09:06.77\00:09:09.85
Praise God!
00:09:10.90\00:09:12.72
I'm not exactly sure how I feel.
00:09:16.00\00:09:18.32
Danny was just here and said
00:09:23.16\00:09:26.21
"This is the last meeting.
Tonight's the last meeting.
00:09:26.51\00:09:29.11
It's kind of sad. "
Then he said: "Here's Lyle. "
00:09:29.31\00:09:31.43
It's true. They told me that
camera'd add about 35 pounds.
00:09:51.41\00:09:55.69
It's true.
00:09:56.29\00:09:59.13
I've been invited to
be here for Camp Meeting
00:10:03.31\00:10:06.34
on several occasions
00:10:06.74\00:10:08.95
but for the last
several years - three or four -
00:10:09.35\00:10:13.26
we have had a
grandson or granddaughter
00:10:13.67\00:10:18.06
graduating from church school
00:10:18.46\00:10:21.43
or from academy, and
we have been to those
00:10:21.83\00:10:26.19
occasions certainly.
Jesus comes first of all
00:10:26.29\00:10:29.74
and then my family.
00:10:29.94\00:10:33.83
By the way, my Peggy...
Several of you have asked
00:10:36.46\00:10:39.08
about... She's great;
00:10:39.18\00:10:41.78
good health; beautiful.
00:10:42.18\00:10:44.98
That girl's hung with
me for 54 years this July.
00:10:47.55\00:10:52.89
Can you imagine that?
00:10:53.09\00:10:55.37
Yeah... yeah.
00:10:55.67\00:10:58.27
Now I'm going to
give you men some advice:
00:11:00.28\00:11:02.54
one thing that has
helped our marriage to continue
00:11:02.84\00:11:05.91
has been I give the
girl a lot of breathing room.
00:11:06.41\00:11:11.10
Yeah. I've told her
again and again and again
00:11:12.46\00:11:16.52
"You're not locked in here.
00:11:16.75\00:11:19.49
I mean, I don't
put you in a cage.
00:11:19.99\00:11:23.12
I'm not your keeper.
00:11:23.63\00:11:25.72
The door's open...
you're free to go any time
00:11:26.23\00:11:28.96
but if you go
I'm goin' with you. "
00:11:29.16\00:11:31.87
And I will.
00:11:36.36\00:11:37.87
She's like my
American Express Card...
00:11:38.27\00:11:39.80
I don't leave home without her
00:11:39.90\00:11:41.44
except on rare
occasions like this.
00:11:43.33\00:11:45.93
But I'll be back
in her arms tomorrow.
00:11:46.23\00:11:49.25
So I alluded a bit ago
to my kids going to school,
00:11:52.12\00:11:56.55
and I'm all in favor of that.
00:11:56.68\00:11:58.27
Help them anywhere I can.
00:11:58.47\00:12:00.57
And my
appreciation of higher education
00:12:00.77\00:12:04.54
was indelibly impressed
upon me by my Idaho neighbor
00:12:04.74\00:12:08.43
Bubba Hyder. And
some of you have heard me
00:12:08.64\00:12:11.20
tell stories about him. He
was as real as a heart attack.
00:12:11.30\00:12:15.02
He murdered the king's English.
I mean he slaughtered it.
00:12:17.17\00:12:20.19
You've heard of
double negatives?
00:12:20.49\00:12:22.99
He could use triple negatives.
00:12:23.30\00:12:25.58
They ain't never
no mind and no use
00:12:25.88\00:12:28.27
and nothing and...
00:12:28.47\00:12:30.03
One time I said to him:
"Bubba, you seem to take joy
00:12:30.33\00:12:32.79
in murdering the English.
00:12:32.99\00:12:35.45
I mean, it's like
I've never heard before. "
00:12:35.55\00:12:38.58
Well he said: "I ain't had much
education you know, Lyles. "
00:12:38.98\00:12:42.16
Called me Lyles.
00:12:42.26\00:12:43.93
"I ain't had that
much education, Lyles,
00:12:46.46\00:12:48.82
seeing how I had to drop
out during the third grade. "
00:12:49.03\00:12:54.47
I said: "Really
Bubba? You did, really? "
00:12:54.67\00:12:57.39
"Yep. " "Did you
get sick? Was that it?
00:12:57.69\00:13:00.92
Did you have to drop out
of school to pull cotton?
00:13:01.12\00:13:04.02
What happened,
Bubba?" "Oh, no, " he said,
00:13:04.12\00:13:05.86
"it was jury duty. "
00:13:06.06\00:13:09.21
Idaho for ya.
00:13:13.73\00:13:15.67
I was telling Idaho
stories somewhere in mid-America
00:13:17.70\00:13:23.48
a while back. Born and
raised there... I love it.
00:13:23.58\00:13:27.29
You have to know that. Those
of you who've watched over the
00:13:27.50\00:13:31.34
years my
programs, you know that.
00:13:31.44\00:13:33.19
I was sharing some
Idaho stories, and afterward
00:13:36.37\00:13:39.48
a young lady I assume to
be around 35 years caught me
00:13:39.68\00:13:44.10
out in the hall and she
said: "I want to go on record
00:13:44.20\00:13:48.21
to tell you I don't
appreciate your Idaho stories. "
00:13:48.41\00:13:51.03
And I said: "Well the
joke's on me. I am an Idahoan
00:13:53.53\00:13:56.15
and I'm just really
kind of putting myself down
00:13:56.25\00:13:58.81
when I do this kind of thing.
00:13:59.01\00:14:00.69
But if I've said anything
at all that hurt you I'm sorry.
00:14:01.19\00:14:04.54
You have my honest
and sincere apology. "
00:14:04.74\00:14:07.83
"By the way, " I asked, "what
part of Idaho are you from? "
00:14:08.23\00:14:12.38
Said: "Are you
crazy? I'm from Colorado! "
00:14:12.78\00:14:15.20
Now I was assigned a scripture
00:14:25.33\00:14:28.31
from Matthew's
gospel chapter 24.
00:14:30.06\00:14:32.83
And my good friend Jim Gilley
alluded to that a bit ago.
00:14:33.13\00:14:38.42
And I know that I'm
not the first one to use it
00:14:39.22\00:14:41.42
during this Camp Meeting series.
00:14:41.62\00:14:43.87
I shall be the last, however.
00:14:43.97\00:14:46.02
And when my dear friend
Walter Pearson began to speak
00:14:49.84\00:14:53.13
this morning he
started off with Matthew 24:14.
00:14:53.34\00:14:57.24
And then he transitioned
to another thought that I was
00:14:58.57\00:15:01.65
going to share and I said to
myself: "He's going to preach
00:15:01.75\00:15:04.46
my whole sermon. "
And I think he would've
00:15:04.56\00:15:05.99
but I prayed him off of it!
00:15:06.09\00:15:08.26
By the way, I listen to
him preach still to this day.
00:15:09.61\00:15:14.12
C.D. Brooks. Ummh!
00:15:18.17\00:15:21.75
And I say to myself:
"Why do you still try? "
00:15:22.77\00:15:26.02
I'll keep trying.
00:15:29.80\00:15:31.44
The greatest preacher...
The great preachers of
00:15:31.64\00:15:34.76
the last 50 years of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:15:34.96\00:15:39.05
have been our
black brethren. Amen!
00:15:39.45\00:15:43.07
And I say that without apology.
00:15:44.99\00:15:50.37
And the highest compliment
I think I've ever been paid
00:15:51.99\00:15:55.09
was when I was
somewhere down in south Alabama
00:15:55.29\00:15:58.23
and a black lady came to me
00:15:58.63\00:16:02.19
after a sermon. She
said: "Brother Lyle,
00:16:02.39\00:16:05.25
you're a reverse Oreo. "
00:16:05.55\00:16:07.96
I said: "What do you mean? "
00:16:13.64\00:16:14.75
She said: "You may
be white on the outside
00:16:14.95\00:16:17.05
but you's black inside. "
00:16:17.15\00:16:19.34
Suits me.
00:16:24.27\00:16:25.87
Now I want to talk to you
00:16:37.92\00:16:39.72
about our Lord Jesus
00:16:40.12\00:16:42.77
and the idea of His
invitations and His commands
00:16:44.74\00:16:50.61
"Come, " and "Go,
" and "Come again. "
00:16:50.91\00:16:56.39
So you have your Bibles
open now to Matthew's gospel
00:16:56.42\00:16:59.76
chapter 24. Matthew chapter
24 and Luke chapters 17 and 21
00:16:59.86\00:17:04.21
are an answer to the disciples'
question: "Lord, tell us
00:17:04.41\00:17:07.28
what it's going to be like just
before You come the 2nd time. "
00:17:07.38\00:17:09.73
And Jesus said: "It's going to
be like this and this and this.
00:17:10.13\00:17:12.88
And when you see these
things begin to happen then know
00:17:13.18\00:17:16.22
that My coming is
near... even at the door. "
00:17:16.42\00:17:19.32
Here's one of the
requirements He laid down.
00:17:21.71\00:17:24.97
Before He could
come He said this...
00:17:25.28\00:17:27.88
chapter 24 and verse 14:
00:17:28.28\00:17:31.85
"This good news about My kingdom
00:17:33.30\00:17:36.98
must be preached in all
the world for a witness to all
00:17:37.99\00:17:40.96
nations and then
the end will come. "
00:17:41.06\00:17:46.08
"This wonderful truth about
My righteousness and My love
00:17:48.87\00:17:51.92
and My grace and My mercy
00:17:52.02\00:17:53.70
has to go to... It
has to go to Tennessee,
00:17:54.01\00:17:59.57
and it has to go to Texas
00:17:59.87\00:18:03.39
and it has to go to Iowa
and it has to go to Idaho
00:18:03.69\00:18:06.91
and it has to go to India and it
has to go to the whole world. "
00:18:07.11\00:18:10.17
So Jesus gives this commandment.
00:18:12.97\00:18:16.93
By the way, that's
exactly what it is.
00:18:17.14\00:18:18.52
Some have referred to it
as the eleventh commandment.
00:18:18.72\00:18:20.68
And there is another verse
that goes with it exegetically
00:18:20.88\00:18:23.65
and
hermeneutically and Biblically.
00:18:23.85\00:18:25.45
I don't know what that means
00:18:25.75\00:18:28.15
but the scholars do,
and that is the verse from
00:18:29.72\00:18:32.25
chapter 28 verses 19 and 20.
00:18:32.45\00:18:34.61
Of course you know
that. Go into the whole world,
00:18:34.81\00:18:37.02
preach the
gospel, and do what else?
00:18:37.22\00:18:38.99
Baptize... and
then keep on teaching.
00:18:39.39\00:18:43.32
"And lo, I'll be with you
to the ends of the earth...
00:18:44.42\00:18:48.44
the end of the world. "
00:18:48.74\00:18:50.03
So He calls these twelve men.
00:18:50.54\00:18:53.79
Very ordinary men they were.
00:18:54.29\00:18:57.62
And I thought this: "You know,
if you were starting a business,
00:18:58.38\00:19:01.24
and you had put out in
the various public places
00:19:01.54\00:19:05.32
some application forms, and
these guys got ahold of them
00:19:05.42\00:19:08.98
and filled them out
and then mailed them to you
00:19:09.18\00:19:11.52
or brought them to you, you
wouldn't give them an interview.
00:19:11.62\00:19:14.61
You'd say: "Well
thank you very much.
00:19:14.81\00:19:16.74
Don't call us; we'll call you. "
And you drop it in the circular
00:19:17.04\00:19:20.43
file. You wouldn't
have wanted one of them
00:19:20.53\00:19:23.90
but Jesus did.
There was Simon Peter,
00:19:24.20\00:19:29.03
the man who cried out... "
By the way, not so very long ago
00:19:29.43\00:19:31.65
I preached a
whole series of sermons.
00:19:31.75\00:19:33.55
I began to study the
lives of the disciples
00:19:33.75\00:19:35.60
for my own
spiritual edification.
00:19:35.80\00:19:37.81
I found myself in a little bit
of a... Ah, I don't want to say
00:19:38.21\00:19:42.15
depression. Down a bit.
00:19:42.35\00:19:47.02
I'd looked in the mirror.
00:19:49.40\00:19:51.26
And so I'd say: "Well, these
men were just men as well. "
00:19:55.03\00:19:58.85
And so I began to study.
00:19:58.95\00:20:00.12
I read through the gospel
record through the book of Acts
00:20:00.32\00:20:03.38
and then I read
The Desire of Ages
00:20:03.58\00:20:05.92
and the other wonderful things
that Ellen White had written
00:20:06.02\00:20:08.64
about the disciples. And then
because I was still so hungry
00:20:08.74\00:20:12.08
I went to the Christian
bookstore - used book stores
00:20:12.18\00:20:15.10
there in Grand Rapids, MI -
and I bought about 30 volumes
00:20:15.30\00:20:19.76
on the lives and
times of disciples.
00:20:19.86\00:20:22.20
And what God was sharing with
me was so good that I decided
00:20:22.40\00:20:24.95
I need to share it with others.
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.29
And so I've titled that
little series The Master's Men.
00:20:26.49\00:20:29.52
There was Simon Peter,
the man who cried out loud,
00:20:29.65\00:20:31.54
and there was Andrew,
the first home missionary,
00:20:34.65\00:20:36.80
the first foreign missionary.
00:20:36.90\00:20:38.53
There was Matthew...
the man from the IRS,
00:20:40.04\00:20:43.02
and there was
Thomas... the man from Missouri.
00:20:43.42\00:20:47.75
Had to be "showed. "
00:20:48.15\00:20:50.54
So Jesus takes
these very ordinary men
00:20:51.99\00:20:54.35
and He empowers them
with the Holy Spirit.
00:20:54.56\00:20:56.87
His disciples...
that means He taught them,
00:20:57.17\00:21:00.16
and then after they had
been schooled He sent them out.
00:21:00.47\00:21:04.15
That means He
apostled them... sent them out.
00:21:04.45\00:21:06.45
"Now I've taught
you. Now you go and share
00:21:06.65\00:21:08.06
what I've taught with
others. Go... go now. "
00:21:08.16\00:21:10.92
And they went out and they began
to turn the world upside down
00:21:11.22\00:21:13.97
for Jesus as the devil got mad.
And I want to tell you folks
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.51
when the gospel is being
preached still today the devil
00:21:16.72\00:21:18.90
gets mad! He gets mad.
00:21:19.00\00:21:22.12
Now some have been telling
me here about what's happened to
00:21:22.62\00:21:25.33
some of my friends...
some of my favorite preachers
00:21:25.43\00:21:28.15
and just other friends and how
the devil has come down on them
00:21:28.25\00:21:31.67
with illnesses and maladies
and death in the families...
00:21:31.88\00:21:34.43
various things.
The devil is angry
00:21:34.64\00:21:37.44
when God's Word is being shared.
00:21:37.54\00:21:39.34
And he's mad here during this
Camp Meeting, you can be certain
00:21:39.55\00:21:41.50
about that. And if he
hasn't jumped on you today
00:21:41.60\00:21:44.08
he's going to do
it on the way home.
00:21:44.28\00:21:46.09
So be careful... he
might use your wife... maybe...
00:21:46.30\00:21:51.84
Probably not.
00:21:52.18\00:21:54.08
Empowered with the Holy
Spirit these disciples went out
00:21:56.50\00:21:58.77
and preached and then they did
miracles just like Jesus did.
00:21:59.07\00:22:03.82
Opening blinded eyes and
straightening twisted, withered
00:22:04.33\00:22:06.74
limbs and
comforting hurting hearts.
00:22:06.84\00:22:08.65
And by the way, when they
reported back in Luke chapter 10
00:22:08.95\00:22:11.98
it's quite obvious that
even Judas was given this power.
00:22:12.18\00:22:15.19
Remarkable, isn't it now?
00:22:15.49\00:22:17.02
And that says that God
will use any man that's willing
00:22:17.32\00:22:19.23
to be used... as long as
he keeps his eyes on Jesus.
00:22:19.33\00:22:23.69
Exciting! "Take this
good news to the world
00:22:26.39\00:22:29.00
and then I'll be back and we'll
never be separated ever again. "
00:22:29.40\00:22:32.94
And that, by the way, is what
heaven's all about, isn't it?
00:22:33.15\00:22:36.04
Never be separated
again. I hold these meetings...
00:22:36.34\00:22:38.74
I've done about 201 of them now.
00:22:39.04\00:22:40.71
They last at least a month.
00:22:40.81\00:22:42.11
Somebody said: "When are you
going to retire by the way? "
00:22:42.21\00:22:44.88
And I said: "When I can
no longer climb the stairs,
00:22:45.12\00:22:47.84
that's when. " As long
as God gives me a voice
00:22:47.95\00:22:51.00
and folks'll listen, I'm
going to preach the good news.
00:22:51.20\00:22:54.09
I want Him so
to come back. Amen!
00:22:54.19\00:22:57.49
So they went out;
preached their hearts out.
00:22:58.90\00:23:03.48
And then He whom they believed
was to be their earthly King
00:23:04.70\00:23:10.15
and within a few
days or weeks at best
00:23:10.35\00:23:12.52
is crucified, and
their hearts are broken.
00:23:12.62\00:23:14.47
Now you imagine with me.
They've gone into hiding because
00:23:14.77\00:23:18.32
they are fearful that their
own lives are going to be taken.
00:23:18.42\00:23:20.34
And He's in a tomb.
Their dreams are shattered.
00:23:21.31\00:23:25.18
Brokenhearted they are.
00:23:26.73\00:23:28.48
And then on Sunday morning
00:23:28.98\00:23:32.57
there comes a voice from heaven:
"Jesus, it's time to get up! "
00:23:34.18\00:23:38.40
And the stone is
rolled away with unseen hands
00:23:38.80\00:23:41.36
and Jesus comes standing
in the portal of the tomb.
00:23:41.66\00:23:44.15
He's alive forevermore!
00:23:44.35\00:23:46.07
But now I want you
to notice something:
00:23:46.37\00:23:47.73
there are 101 men.
There is a centurion.
00:23:48.03\00:23:51.60
That means he's in
charge of 100 Roman soldiers
00:23:51.70\00:23:54.40
and they've been standing
through the night trying to make
00:23:54.60\00:23:56.71
sure He stays in there.
00:23:56.82\00:23:58.37
And now they're flat on
their backs in the dirt.
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.50
They're
paralyzed... but they can see.
00:24:00.70\00:24:02.77
And He just
turns and walks away.
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.96
Now... heartbroken on
Friday night and on Sabbath.
00:24:06.79\00:24:11.91
And Jesus gets up on
Sunday morning and goes to work.
00:24:12.95\00:24:16.41
Oh what a
difference a Sabbath can make!
00:24:16.51\00:24:18.83
Amen! Praise God
for the Sabbath. Amen!
00:24:19.14\00:24:21.87
So Jesus is alive,
and they go out now
00:24:22.21\00:24:25.79
after they've gotten things
together with Pentecostal power.
00:24:25.99\00:24:28.83
And they begin to preach
again with great, great passion.
00:24:29.13\00:24:33.26
They did it, by the
way, without computers
00:24:34.48\00:24:37.69
and without modern technology.
00:24:37.99\00:24:40.42
Even did it without
these wonderful microphones
00:24:40.62\00:24:42.96
we're able to have nowadays.
I want to share with you
00:24:43.06\00:24:44.85
a little bit of a story.
How much time? Oh, I have time
00:24:44.95\00:24:47.56
for this story...
maybe another one.
00:24:47.66\00:24:49.15
I have a clock right down here
and they told me to watch that
00:24:49.65\00:24:52.05
clock. We had, out in
the Pacific Northwest,
00:24:52.15\00:24:56.98
a wonderful Seventh-day
Adventist worker of many many
00:24:57.18\00:25:00.68
years. He'd been an adminis-
trator, pastor, evangelist.
00:25:00.78\00:25:04.00
And I must say I admired him.
He must remain tonight nameless.
00:25:04.10\00:25:07.37
But he was really in
favor of a lot of multimedia.
00:25:08.36\00:25:12.09
That's what it was called when
it was first used, oh, 30 or so
00:25:12.12\00:25:16.22
years ago. And a lot
of my fellow evangelists
00:25:16.42\00:25:19.25
had 17 projectors,
14 slide projectors,
00:25:19.45\00:25:25.16
and three movie
projectors and five big screens.
00:25:25.19\00:25:29.74
And this man was really
in favor of that. In fact,
00:25:31.56\00:25:33.68
he was producing material to be
used in these kinds of programs.
00:25:33.88\00:25:38.11
And I didn't have any of that.
00:25:38.82\00:25:41.83
And some of the
folks began to refer to me
00:25:43.17\00:25:46.47
as a suitcase evangelist.
Said: "Old Lyle can take
00:25:46.67\00:25:48.88
all of his evangelism
equipment in one suitcase. "
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.16
And so this man -
this senior worker -
00:25:53.02\00:25:55.80
seemed to enjoy
getting me in front of a crowd
00:25:56.10\00:25:59.22
and then kind of
ribbing me a little bit
00:25:59.52\00:26:02.64
about not having multimedia.
00:26:02.84\00:26:04.92
And he'd tell me: "a picture
is worth a thousand words,
00:26:05.23\00:26:07.40
Lyle. When are you ever going to
come into the modern century? "
00:26:07.50\00:26:09.91
And he just
needled me and needled me.
00:26:10.21\00:26:12.81
And one day I felt like
I'd had enough. And he had me
00:26:13.01\00:26:15.07
in a group of mostly
preachers but not entirely
00:26:15.17\00:26:18.00
and he was really
kind of laying it on.
00:26:18.10\00:26:20.50
And I kind of "fuzzed
up" a little bit and I said:
00:26:20.90\00:26:23.54
"Listen brother, if
a man needs a crutch
00:26:23.74\00:26:26.68
he sure ought to use it. "
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.83
But I said: "If
on the other hand
00:26:29.83\00:26:32.63
a man can take his
Bible and just preach
00:26:33.03\00:26:37.66
and still hold the attention
of some of the folks at least
00:26:38.17\00:26:40.98
I don't see
what's wrong with that! "
00:26:41.18\00:26:42.91
"Oh, " he said, "I
didn't mean to upset you. "
00:26:43.21\00:26:45.03
I said: "Oh, you
didn't... much... much. "
00:26:45.33\00:26:49.82
And so here are
these disciples now.
00:26:56.02\00:26:57.87
They've gotten it all together
empowered with the Holy Spirit.
00:26:57.97\00:27:00.25
But what a commission! What
a job! What a responsibility!
00:27:00.55\00:27:04.35
To go into the whole world.
But God had put some plans
00:27:04.55\00:27:08.23
in place in advance. He
gave them 101 eyewitnesses
00:27:08.43\00:27:13.65
to the glorious
truth that Jesus was alive.
00:27:13.85\00:27:16.09
Now here they are, you
see: 101 Roman soldiers.
00:27:16.39\00:27:18.91
They're conscripts.
They've been drafted from the
00:27:19.11\00:27:20.98
whole of the known Roman Empire.
00:27:21.09\00:27:22.88
It's their job to
keep Him in place.
00:27:23.08\00:27:25.12
And all the devil accomplishes
now is to put 101 eyewitnesses
00:27:25.42\00:27:29.24
to the truth He's alive!
00:27:29.44\00:27:30.98
Now watch: these
conscripts went home
00:27:31.18\00:27:34.83
after their
commission was finished.
00:27:35.04\00:27:37.23
They went back to the various
parts of the Roman Empire
00:27:37.53\00:27:40.73
and you can be certain
that they called in the folks
00:27:41.04\00:27:43.92
from across the street, the
folks across the backyard fence,
00:27:44.02\00:27:46.98
and they called in family
members: uncles and aunts,
00:27:47.18\00:27:49.36
grandpas and
grandmas, and they told them
00:27:49.56\00:27:51.83
"I was on duty. We
guarded the corpse.
00:27:52.03\00:27:54.93
We thought He was a nobody
00:27:55.13\00:27:56.82
and I'll tell you: on Sunday
morning the world changed!
00:27:57.32\00:28:02.34
He's out there; Jesus is alive!
He's out there somewhere. "
00:28:02.75\00:28:08.65
The apostle Paul, before he
finished his life, could say
00:28:09.80\00:28:13.32
and he said it as he wrote
to Rome and also to the church
00:28:13.53\00:28:15.96
at Colossae, he said:
"The gospel has now gone to
00:28:16.06\00:28:19.31
every place that men are known
working and living in number.
00:28:19.41\00:28:22.00
It's gone to the whole world. "
00:28:22.21\00:28:23.57
Yeah... and they
had no Walter Pearson
00:28:23.97\00:28:29.86
and they had no Mark
Finley. They had no 3ABN.
00:28:30.26\00:28:32.72
But they had the power of
the Holy Spirit of God. Amen!
00:28:33.03\00:28:36.75
And so Jesus said:
"Go, Peter... go. "
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.37
"Go Paul... you go
and take Silas with you. "
00:28:39.77\00:28:42.68
And "Go John. " "You
go, Andrew. Go, go. "
00:28:42.98\00:28:46.17
And then God's clock
struck a prophetic hour
00:28:46.60\00:28:49.93
and God raised up a movement
00:28:50.14\00:28:53.19
called Seventh-day Adventists.
00:28:53.39\00:28:56.39
And He said: "You have a
special responsibility now
00:28:58.53\00:29:01.63
in these last days.
You have a special message,
00:29:01.83\00:29:03.87
a timely message.
Now you go as well! "
00:29:03.97\00:29:06.27
And so James and
Ellen White went.
00:29:06.77\00:29:09.87
And then God said to J.N.
Andrews: "I want you to go.
00:29:11.09\00:29:13.39
I want you to go over to Europe.
00:29:13.79\00:29:15.36
Oh, you might begin over
there in Port Au Peluche among
00:29:15.57\00:29:17.31
the Waldensians. They're
honest folks. " And so he did.
00:29:17.41\00:29:19.47
First Adventists in
Europe were to be found there
00:29:19.67\00:29:23.16
in Port Au Peluche. We
have a church there still.
00:29:23.36\00:29:25.33
Some of you perhaps
have been there. "Go. "
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.67
"Go" said God.
00:29:27.87\00:29:29.39
And then as time drew
on God said: "It's time
00:29:29.79\00:29:35.29
that I have some additional
help... that I give you
00:29:35.39\00:29:39.44
some additional tools. "
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.24
And so he said to a guy
by the name of Danny Shelton
00:29:42.63\00:29:44.71
"Get off that
roof... put your hammer down
00:29:44.91\00:29:46.55
and go looking for a place
where they have 3-phase power.
00:29:46.75\00:29:49.58
It's time to take this thing
electronically to the world. "
00:29:49.88\00:29:52.41
Praise God! Amen!
00:29:52.71\00:29:55.05
And by the way, it's not
too late to put in a little
00:29:55.55\00:29:58.97
extra offering. You can do
that when you leave tonight.
00:29:59.07\00:30:00.86
Nobody'll mind.
00:30:01.06\00:30:02.16
But I want to tell you...
00:30:02.46\00:30:03.49
I'm going to now begin to
tell you some thrilling stories
00:30:03.67\00:30:05.85
as a result of this ministry.
00:30:07.34\00:30:10.10
God said... Let me
back up just a little bit
00:30:12.84\00:30:15.35
because this is important.
00:30:15.55\00:30:17.03
God said in 1948 to a Seventh-
day Adventist book salesman
00:30:18.25\00:30:24.19
we call it colporteur.
Can any of you remember
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.31
when they were
colporteurs? All right!
00:30:26.51\00:30:28.67
As long as children pray I
guess there'll be: "God bless
00:30:28.98\00:30:31.23
the missionaries
and colporteurs. "
00:30:31.33\00:30:32.97
They said: "Brother Hayes, I
want you to go out in a little
00:30:34.06\00:30:35.86
town of Fairfield, Idaho.
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.42
I want you to
go right in the bar
00:30:38.82\00:30:41.64
and sign Walter Albrecht up
00:30:41.94\00:30:45.49
for Voice of Prophecy
Bible lessons. Go, Bro. Hayes. "
00:30:45.89\00:30:50.82
And Bro. Hayes went.
00:30:51.16\00:30:53.18
And then years later
God said to an evangelist
00:30:54.86\00:30:58.47
by the name of Glen Ofterhar:
"Go to Baker City, Oregon. "
00:30:58.67\00:31:01.43
It was only
just Baker back then.
00:31:01.73\00:31:03.52
"And take your singing
evangelist Sunny Liu with you.
00:31:04.03\00:31:07.11
and I want you and Sunny to
go and talk to Lyle Albrecht.
00:31:07.51\00:31:11.50
See if you can't use him
to sing for your meetings. "
00:31:11.70\00:31:17.32
"Go. " And then He said
to Lyle and Peggy: "Take your
00:31:17.55\00:31:21.47
two little kids and go on
over to Walla Walla University
00:31:21.57\00:31:24.12
and do your four years' work
there and then go to Andrews
00:31:24.42\00:31:27.01
University. Go.
" And so we went.
00:31:27.11\00:31:30.18
And almost immediately
God called us into full-time
00:31:32.62\00:31:34.68
evangelism. God said:
"Lyle, Peggy: go down to
00:31:34.78\00:31:39.06
Warner-Robbins, Georgia,
and rent a school auditorium.
00:31:39.16\00:31:43.69
And we did that.
00:31:44.39\00:31:46.50
We mailed out handbills
and posters and all kinds
00:31:48.00\00:31:52.58
of things, but the meeting
that night was a bit like
00:31:52.68\00:31:58.54
one Walter Pearson
described... you know.
00:31:58.74\00:32:02.33
Look out in a hall that could
seat several hundred and see...
00:32:02.63\00:32:04.93
yeah... maybe 20.
00:32:05.14\00:32:07.58
And several of those were church
members there from the Macon,
00:32:08.83\00:32:11.44
Georgia,
Warner-Robbins, Georgia, area.
00:32:11.54\00:32:13.39
But among the guests there was
a man and his wife, middle-aged
00:32:14.68\00:32:16.76
folks, and they were
every night, every night
00:32:16.96\00:32:18.76
in the same place.
Every night they were there.
00:32:18.86\00:32:20.56
I decided I'd better
go visit those folks.
00:32:20.79\00:32:22.51
And I did. I discovered
they lived next door to a
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.42
Southern Baptist church.
00:32:26.62\00:32:28.41
And I visited with them. I
discovered that Bill Thompson
00:32:28.81\00:32:32.38
was the pastor of the
Southern Baptist church
00:32:32.58\00:32:34.81
and my heart sank.
"Oh, it's my only interest
00:32:35.01\00:32:38.41
and he's a
Southern Baptist preacher. "
00:32:38.51\00:32:40.22
They just kept coming. I
presented the Sabbath message
00:32:40.62\00:32:43.09
and I went to visit him. I
said: "Brother Bill, what'd
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.02
you think? " He said: "I think
it's one of the most beautiful
00:32:45.12\00:32:46.57
things I've ever heard. "
00:32:46.67\00:32:48.21
I preached on the
state of the dead.
00:32:50.34\00:32:52.19
I thought: "I'm
going to lose him. "
00:32:52.39\00:32:53.58
I went and visited with
him. I said: "What'd you? "
00:32:54.58\00:32:56.12
He said: "I think it's the
most peaceful, wonderful thing
00:32:56.32\00:32:58.63
I've ever heard. " At
the end of those meetings
00:32:58.74\00:33:02.29
I baptized Bill and his wife
in the Warner-Robbins church
00:33:02.49\00:33:05.80
baptistery. Amen! And
he said: "I must go now. "
00:33:05.90\00:33:10.20
Said: "I've had it too easy
up until now. I've got to go! "
00:33:10.60\00:33:13.15
And so he moved back to his
home country in central Oklahoma
00:33:13.35\00:33:16.85
and began to hold
Revelation seminars.
00:33:17.05\00:33:19.53
And about every month he
would write me or phone me:
00:33:19.93\00:33:22.30
"Lyle, where's this article?
Where is this scripture?
00:33:22.41\00:33:24.66
Where's that statement?
Where can I find this? "
00:33:24.86\00:33:26.82
God said: "Go... Go
Lyle, go. " And then He said:
00:33:28.05\00:33:31.44
"Bill, you
go... " and Bill went.
00:33:31.64\00:33:33.97
Then because of that experience
00:33:35.87\00:33:40.90
I was invited by
my then president...
00:33:41.10\00:33:44.64
I was the union conference
evangelist of Southern Union.
00:33:44.74\00:33:47.47
I followed Kenneth Cox there
when he went to Mid-America,
00:33:47.57\00:33:50.62
to Central America rather.
00:33:50.82\00:33:53.02
And during that same year that
Bill and his wife were baptized
00:33:54.37\00:33:58.59
we baptized two
other Protestant pastors
00:33:58.89\00:34:02.14
with very different backgrounds.
00:34:02.34\00:34:04.55
And my then president
Al McClure - who later went
00:34:04.95\00:34:08.12
to the North American Division
said: "I want you to fly
00:34:08.32\00:34:11.89
in to our Camp
Meeting at Southern College
00:34:12.09\00:34:15.72
and tell about this experience
of baptizing these preachers
00:34:15.92\00:34:19.54
then we'll raise some
evangelism offering. "
00:34:19.94\00:34:23.12
And I said:
"Chief, I'm concluding
00:34:23.62\00:34:28.89
down here in Atlanta a
meeting on that Sabbath
00:34:29.09\00:34:34.14
and I'm teaching a
Bible class at 9:30 AM
00:34:34.44\00:34:38.37
and I'm preaching at 11 o'clock.
00:34:38.57\00:34:40.57
And at 6 o'clock we're going to
have a review of what we've been
00:34:40.77\00:34:44.33
teaching and at 7 o'clock
we're going to begin to baptize
00:34:44.43\00:34:47.66
about 40 folks. " I
said: "I don't see how
00:34:47.76\00:34:51.19
I can be here and
bind off this meeting
00:34:51.39\00:34:54.60
and be up at the Camp
Meeting at the college. "
00:34:54.80\00:34:58.04
Said: "Lyle, I'll
work it out for you.
00:34:59.28\00:35:01.16
I'll work it all out for
you. " He said: "I know a man
00:35:01.56\00:35:03.78
who is a pilot. " I
said: "Is he a good pilot? "
00:35:03.98\00:35:07.04
"Oh, " he said, "he's an
instrument pilot. This man
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.76
has ferried airplanes
across the big waters.
00:35:09.96\00:35:13.46
Yes indeed. " Now he
said: "Here's the plan:
00:35:13.66\00:35:16.33
you preach on Sabbath
morning but instead of going to
00:35:16.73\00:35:19.71
the... " By the way, folks.
I have an issue about this.
00:35:19.81\00:35:22.92
You know this if
you've been to my meetings.
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.87
We don't in the Adventist
churches have potluck...
00:35:25.07\00:35:28.14
we have fellowship lunch.
00:35:28.34\00:35:30.33
And I'll harp on it as
long as I have a voice.
00:35:30.83\00:35:32.98
Potluck sounds like you're going
to a casino and gambling with
00:35:33.18\00:35:35.66
ptomaine poisoning.
We have fellowship lunch.
00:35:35.76\00:35:39.23
So he said: "You don't have to
go to that fellowship lunch. "
00:35:43.23\00:35:45.89
He said: "You shorten
your sermon a little bit"
00:35:46.49\00:35:48.50
and he said "I'll have
this pilot in a car waiting
00:35:48.70\00:35:51.05
and there'll be an airplane
out at the field waiting.
00:35:51.25\00:35:54.21
And he'll fly you up there, and
you just speak for 15 minutes.
00:35:54.41\00:35:59.39
He'll fly you back. He'll
have you back by 6 o'clock. "
00:35:59.59\00:36:02.18
Now Peggy and our youngest -
our boy Troy - was still with us
00:36:02.78\00:36:06.40
and they were down in Atlanta.
00:36:06.61\00:36:09.05
And so I shortened the sermon
00:36:09.45\00:36:12.22
to about an hour and a half.
00:36:12.52\00:36:15.02
And I ran out
and here was this man
00:36:20.44\00:36:22.60
and a 13-year-old granddaughter.
00:36:22.80\00:36:26.21
And we raced out to the airport
00:36:26.41\00:36:28.69
and he did a quick walk
around and then he got in
00:36:28.99\00:36:33.17
and got the
microphone and keyed it
00:36:33.47\00:36:36.55
and said: "This is
Charlie Fox blah-blah-blah-blah
00:36:36.75\00:36:38.76
asking for
clearance for take-off. "
00:36:39.06\00:36:41.43
And there was nothing.
00:36:41.83\00:36:43.58
And he waited a few
seconds then he did it again...
00:36:45.33\00:36:47.52
and there was
nothing but silence.
00:36:47.72\00:36:49.22
And he looked at his watch
and he cranked that airplane up
00:36:49.52\00:36:54.73
and we took off.
00:36:54.93\00:36:56.76
No radio. Now we got
up around Chattanooga
00:36:57.16\00:37:01.13
and there were storm clouds.
In fact the skies this afternoon
00:37:01.33\00:37:04.15
reminded me of the story
that I'm telling you right now.
00:37:04.25\00:37:07.19
Those big old thunder clouds
filled with electricity and all.
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.32
And so we had to fly
around them and fly around them,
00:37:10.62\00:37:12.89
fly around them. And I noticed,
I'd worked Chattanooga before
00:37:12.92\00:37:16.41
that holding meetings in there,
and I knew the city fairly well.
00:37:16.51\00:37:19.03
And I saw when we flew by
Chattanooga and headed out
00:37:19.23\00:37:22.27
to Collegedale, Tennessee.
00:37:22.48\00:37:24.21
And we got out into that area
00:37:24.51\00:37:27.05
and that pilot began
to look for the runway.
00:37:27.25\00:37:30.33
He began to look
and he had me looking.
00:37:30.53\00:37:32.98
And he had his
granddaughter looking.
00:37:33.28\00:37:35.43
And then he said: "I'm
going to have to tip her up. "
00:37:35.93\00:37:40.12
And he tipped that airplane
up on this side. I mean,
00:37:40.32\00:37:42.35
he really banked it and
we flew around in circles
00:37:42.55\00:37:44.79
a couple of times. And
then he banked it the other way
00:37:44.89\00:37:48.12
and we flew
around circles that way.
00:37:48.23\00:37:49.82
I said: "I'm getting sick. "
00:37:57.26\00:37:58.70
He said: "But
the real problem is
00:38:02.35\00:38:05.43
I'm really sick. "
00:38:05.73\00:38:09.21
I said: "That's a
problem... that IS a problem! "
00:38:09.61\00:38:13.30
And by now his granddaughter
right behind us is crying:
00:38:17.01\00:38:19.90
"We're going to crash. I
know we're going to crash...
00:38:20.10\00:38:21.49
I know we're going to crash. "
00:38:21.89\00:38:23.76
By now it's 3 o'clock. I
was to be on the platform
00:38:23.96\00:38:26.00
telling these stories at three
o'clock and now it's 3 o'clock.
00:38:26.20\00:38:29.45
Said: "Well I just can't find
it, " and he says "I'm getting
00:38:31.18\00:38:33.95
kind of... I don't
know where I'm at. "
00:38:34.15\00:38:37.05
And I said: "Well
I know where we are.
00:38:37.25\00:38:38.45
I know at least that much. "
00:38:38.48\00:38:39.95
"You turn this thing around, "
I said. "I know right how we can
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.85
find the Chattanooga
airport. We're going to land in
00:38:42.95\00:38:44.82
Chattanooga. We're going
to get out; we're going to get
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.19
a drink of water; we're going
to walk around a little bit. "
00:38:47.29\00:38:49.64
And so we did. And so we
come back into Chattanooga
00:38:49.95\00:38:53.18
and he's on that radio:
"Chattanooga, this is foxtrot
00:38:53.38\00:38:57.12
number 9-er 9-er
um, um, um, um. "
00:38:57.23\00:38:58.83
Silence... and so we
just dove right in and landed.
00:38:59.03\00:39:03.78
We taxied over to the hangar
00:39:04.28\00:39:06.83
and before we got
there there came running out
00:39:07.03\00:39:08.95
a man, and his face was white
and he was shaking his fist
00:39:09.05\00:39:12.08
and he was using some language
that I won't be able to use
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.45
here tonight. You folks
wouldn't understand it anyway.
00:39:14.55\00:39:17.17
And he said: "You crazy...
" He said " Do you know what
00:39:20.34\00:39:22.67
you've just done? You
just dropped in in front
00:39:22.77\00:39:25.64
of a 727 jet
loaded with passengers.
00:39:25.84\00:39:28.74
He had to pull
up and go around. "
00:39:28.94\00:39:30.62
And my skilled pilot said:
"Sir, I tried to talk to you
00:39:34.16\00:39:37.91
but you wouldn't
talk back to me. "
00:39:38.11\00:39:39.96
And this guy reached
in and pulled the jack out
00:39:40.26\00:39:42.98
and plugged it in between
the seats. "Now, " he said,
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.28
"see if that won't
work. " And it did!
00:39:45.48\00:39:47.32
So... so I asked:
"Would you mind if we'd get out
00:39:54.16\00:39:59.72
and walk around a little and
maybe go in and get a drink? "
00:39:59.92\00:40:04.26
He said: "Don't get out
of my sight. " So we did that
00:40:04.76\00:40:09.62
for about a half hour. Now
in the meantime you must know
00:40:09.82\00:40:12.15
my Peggy is back in Atlanta
00:40:12.35\00:40:15.10
and they have called
from Camp Meeting and said:
00:40:15.30\00:40:16.66
"They never showed up and
there's bad weather around. "
00:40:16.76\00:40:19.37
Um-hmm.
00:40:20.61\00:40:22.26
So after about 1/2 hour,
and I knew that I had barely
00:40:27.56\00:40:31.13
enough time if we had good
weather to get back to Atlanta
00:40:31.23\00:40:34.50
for my baptism program,
00:40:34.70\00:40:37.54
we got in and taxied out.
00:40:37.94\00:40:41.00
And this 727 jet
00:40:42.58\00:40:47.08
was on the end of the runway
00:40:47.48\00:40:49.85
getting ready to leave,
and now our radio was working.
00:40:50.15\00:40:52.98
And I heard the pilot of
that jet say to the tower
00:40:53.48\00:40:57.15
"Is that that Piper Cub? "
00:40:57.45\00:41:03.12
And the tower
said: "Affirmative. "
00:41:05.13\00:41:08.15
He said: "You tell that
fool to get on out of here. "
00:41:10.17\00:41:12.21
He said: "I'm not
going to move a wheel
00:41:12.31\00:41:13.36
till he's out of my sight. "
00:41:13.46\00:41:15.09
And that, by the way, is
the last time I've ever taken an
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.32
airplane ride in one
of those little airplanes.
00:41:19.42\00:41:20.95
I fly in the big
airplanes when I have to.
00:41:21.06\00:41:23.30
Like I did yesterday;
like I will do tomorrow.
00:41:23.50\00:41:25.36
You've heard of flyers
that are white-knuckle flyers?
00:41:26.06\00:41:29.11
Kind of when they
take off and when they land
00:41:29.41\00:41:31.68
they've got white knuckles?
I'm white knuckle all the time!
00:41:31.79\00:41:34.84
I don't really care for it.
00:41:36.89\00:41:38.39
Oh, and besides that
my Jesus said this...
00:41:38.60\00:41:41.40
He said: "Low I'll be
with you always. " Low.
00:41:41.61\00:41:47.35
And I heard You, Lord.
00:41:50.30\00:41:51.88
And then Jesus said: "Lyle,
I want you to go to Sunnyside,
00:41:58.43\00:42:00.80
Washington. Want you to
go there and hold meetings
00:42:01.00\00:42:04.07
in the Seventh-day
Adventist church. "
00:42:04.57\00:42:07.39
Now there happened to be
in Sunnyside, Washington,
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.22
a family that owned one
of the largest cattle spreads
00:42:11.42\00:42:16.79
in central Washington.
00:42:16.99\00:42:18.75
The father-in-law of this man
who with his family owned the
00:42:21.94\00:42:27.27
spread had been a Seventh-day
Adventist medical doctor.
00:42:27.38\00:42:31.71
He had graduated
from Loma Linda University
00:42:32.01\00:42:34.30
in the mid 30's.
The day he graduated
00:42:34.40\00:42:36.50
he dropped out of the church
00:42:36.60\00:42:38.49
and worked overtime in all
kinds of other hospital jobs
00:42:38.69\00:42:42.52
and various things so
he could put his family
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.72
through... Ha...
is that Marilene?
00:42:44.92\00:42:48.04
No? You're from Sunnyside.
Ah, she knows this story.
00:42:48.34\00:42:52.99
If I'd have had my glasses
I'd have know you weren't
00:42:55.88\00:42:58.40
Marilene... probably.
00:42:58.50\00:43:01.61
I don't need
glasses. A guy saw me...
00:43:01.91\00:43:04.54
He said: "Would you like to
borrow my reading glasses? "
00:43:05.04\00:43:08.78
I said: "No sir, but if you'd
like to take my Bible and hold
00:43:09.09\00:43:10.64
it against the back
wall I'd appreciate that. "
00:43:10.74\00:43:12.57
So Tim Foster... big, rugged
cowboy... reminded me of...
00:43:17.15\00:43:21.92
You remember Cheyenne
Bodie? You remember that?
00:43:22.12\00:43:24.94
Cheyenne? Clint
Walker... Cheyenne Bodie.
00:43:25.24\00:43:27.35
Narrow at the waist,
broad shoulders, muscles.
00:43:27.55\00:43:29.69
Tim reminded me
of Cheyenne Bodie.
00:43:30.19\00:43:32.54
And quite a
gem... a real cowboy.
00:43:32.95\00:43:35.55
His wife had been
watching my programs on 3ABN
00:43:35.85\00:43:39.21
and she kept after him:
"Tim, sit down and watch this;
00:43:39.51\00:43:41.28
just watch this one
program. He's an old farm boy...
00:43:41.48\00:43:43.67
an old logger. I
think you'd enjoy it. "
00:43:43.77\00:43:44.95
"I don't have
time. I've gotta... "
00:43:45.05\00:43:46.22
Finally she said: "If
you'll just watch one time
00:43:46.62\00:43:49.00
I won't ask you again.
" "All right, " he says.
00:43:49.20\00:43:51.66
And he sat down and watched and
then he said to her at my amen:
00:43:51.86\00:43:55.81
"If that guy ever came
here I'd go to every meeting. "
00:43:56.04\00:43:58.03
She said: "Guess
what? He's starting here
00:43:58.33\00:43:59.47
next Saturday night. "
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.01
And he was there every
night... front row. And his wife
00:44:08.86\00:44:13.98
and his daughter
who is an attorney
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.77
and her son, and then
another son and a girlfriend
00:44:18.08\00:44:22.27
and also her daddy...
00:44:24.00\00:44:26.39
the doctor who is
now 100 years of age.
00:44:28.01\00:44:31.86
On his 100th birthday
you may have seen him on
00:44:32.16\00:44:33.75
Good Morning America!
He was waterskiing there
00:44:33.85\00:44:36.25
on the family lake
on his 100th birthday.
00:44:36.45\00:44:39.28
Dr. Shearer. And so
they came to every meeting.
00:44:40.57\00:44:44.31
Dr. Shearer came to many of
the meetings and I went out to
00:44:44.61\00:44:47.14
visit with him and get
them ready for the baptism.
00:44:47.24\00:44:49.59
And Dr. Shearer was
out saddling his own horse.
00:44:49.79\00:44:52.74
Throwing a big saddle up there
and I went over to him. I said:
00:44:53.04\00:44:56.42
"Doctor, I know you love
the Lord. I know you love this
00:44:56.62\00:45:00.21
family. I know
you love this message.
00:45:00.31\00:45:05.36
Wouldn't you like to be in
the water with your family?
00:45:05.77\00:45:09.58
They so would love that. "
00:45:09.88\00:45:12.76
He began to cry.
And so we baptized
00:45:12.96\00:45:17.44
that whole family:
Dr. Shearer and then later
00:45:17.65\00:45:22.36
a son and his wife. God
said: "Go to Sunnyside. "
00:45:22.56\00:45:26.26
Then a bit later He said:
"I want you to go to Yakima. "
00:45:26.76\00:45:29.74
"Go now... the gospel
has to go everywhere. "
00:45:30.04\00:45:32.46
"Go to Yakima, Washington. "
And I got there a few days early
00:45:32.76\00:45:36.17
and someone said to
me: "There is a lady
00:45:36.37\00:45:38.04
who lives nearby here
who watches your program
00:45:38.25\00:45:42.21
on 3ABN television faithfully.
00:45:42.41\00:45:44.50
I mean, she just won't
miss. And if she has to be gone,
00:45:44.80\00:45:47.03
she'll record it
and watch it later.
00:45:47.13\00:45:48.75
I believe it'd pay if you'd go
call on her before the meetings,
00:45:49.25\00:45:53.63
give her an invitation. " I did.
00:45:53.83\00:45:56.49
It was a lovely
early Fall day... warm...
00:45:56.79\00:45:59.89
and the door was open but
the screen door was closed.
00:46:00.29\00:46:05.00
And as I and the
pastor walked up the walkway
00:46:05.20\00:46:07.98
I heard a familiar
voice. It was mine.
00:46:08.18\00:46:12.64
She was watching
me on 3ABN television.
00:46:15.16\00:46:18.13
And I knocked on the door
00:46:19.66\00:46:22.71
and the lady came to the
door and she looked at me.
00:46:22.91\00:46:26.67
Her jaw dropped. Her
eyes popped wide open.
00:46:26.97\00:46:29.33
She looked at
her television set;
00:46:29.63\00:46:31.59
she looked back at me and
she cried out: "Oh Lord! "
00:46:31.80\00:46:35.52
I said: "No, it's just Lyle. "
00:46:35.62\00:46:37.35
Her boy brought the mop
and we got her awakened.
00:46:56.96\00:47:00.42
We baptized her five
weeks later. God said: "Go...
00:47:00.82\00:47:05.52
go to Yakima. "
00:47:05.75\00:47:07.81
"Go to Sunnyside and
then God said: "Go by way of
00:47:08.12\00:47:12.54
3ABN television
to New York City. "
00:47:12.85\00:47:15.65
I tried to pull up
from my feeble mind
00:47:16.15\00:47:20.36
the names and I failed.
Some of you would be able to
00:47:20.56\00:47:22.72
help me, but I don't want
you to speak out in my meeting.
00:47:22.82\00:47:26.46
For a young man... You remember
the story written in the Review?
00:47:26.76\00:47:30.78
Three young men living together
00:47:31.09\00:47:33.56
somewhere in New York City
00:47:33.76\00:47:35.55
and one of the young men
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.23
loved to watch
Lyle on 3ABN television.
00:47:37.53\00:47:40.02
And early and late and in the
morning... whenever they put me
00:47:40.42\00:47:43.16
on he watched me I
guess. Mid-morning, whatever...
00:47:43.26\00:47:45.94
Three in the
morning he watched me.
00:47:46.24\00:47:48.14
And his brothers didn't
appreciate it, so he dared them
00:47:48.44\00:47:50.33
to watch too. And
they were all baptized
00:47:50.53\00:47:52.31
and now they're doing the
Lord's work in New York City!
00:47:52.51\00:47:54.48
Amen! "Go... go so
I can come again. "
00:47:54.78\00:48:00.66
By way of
technology God took my sermons
00:48:03.49\00:48:09.32
to the Great Lakes Naval Base,
00:48:09.53\00:48:11.56
and one year three
medical doctors were baptized.
00:48:11.96\00:48:14.86
God said: "Go... go. "
00:48:15.16\00:48:18.25
Then one day when
the work is finished
00:48:18.95\00:48:23.79
He's going to say:
"Come... come now. "
00:48:24.19\00:48:27.99
He said: "Come unto Me... come
I'll make you fishers of men.
00:48:28.39\00:48:30.97
Come. " And then He said:
"Go... go into the whole world.
00:48:31.17\00:48:32.55
Do this job and
then I'll come again. "
00:48:32.65\00:48:36.90
I Thessalonians chapter 4
00:48:38.91\00:48:42.45
16 and 17. Oh,
how I love the verses.
00:48:42.75\00:48:45.07
"The Lord Himself... "
00:48:45.57\00:48:48.02
But I like to personalize
it so I say: "My Lord. "
00:48:48.22\00:48:51.73
"My Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
00:48:51.93\00:48:55.14
with the voice of the archangel
and the trump of God. "
00:48:55.34\00:48:58.27
Does that sound like
a secret rapture to you?
00:48:58.38\00:49:00.08
I think not. No... a
trumpet blast awakens the dead.
00:49:00.39\00:49:02.66
The Lord Himself shall
come. Voice of the archangel,
00:49:02.86\00:49:04.97
trump of God... "and the dead
in Christ shall rise first. "
00:49:05.07\00:49:09.04
My dear daddy may have been
the best Christian I ever knew
00:49:09.34\00:49:11.42
and he used to say and pray:
00:49:15.73\00:49:17.82
"I want to be
alive when Jesus comes. "
00:49:18.12\00:49:20.16
A few hours before he died
00:49:23.55\00:49:25.49
I told him: "You will.
00:49:28.12\00:49:30.13
He's going to waken
you to see the last descent
00:49:33.70\00:49:39.10
on the cloud. I know it! "
00:49:39.50\00:49:42.17
We... us...
00:49:46.01\00:49:50.44
we're still here.
00:49:50.74\00:49:52.73
We're going to be snatched
up to meet Him in the air.
00:49:54.16\00:49:58.67
"and so shall we ever be... "
00:49:59.97\00:50:02.42
Wherefore, comfort yourselves...
00:50:04.30\00:50:09.74
one another...
with these good words:
00:50:10.24\00:50:15.05
"I will come again. "
00:50:15.35\00:50:19.07
An old preacher
whom I love to hear
00:50:21.20\00:50:26.12
once said: "When Jesus
comes back, I want to meet Him
00:50:26.72\00:50:32.53
in a cemetery... a
certain cemetery...
00:50:32.73\00:50:36.56
and I want to be alive to
see certain graves open. "
00:50:36.79\00:50:40.11
And I thought a lot about
that in the last few years.
00:50:40.61\00:50:44.97
There's a cemetery on
a hill in Baker, Oregon,
00:50:45.48\00:50:50.22
where in 1968 we
placed Peggy's daddy.
00:50:50.72\00:50:55.34
Perhaps one of the
greatest men I ever knew.
00:50:55.64\00:50:58.19
I was working
for him at the time.
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.31
A Caterpillar tractor rolled
over on him and killed him
00:51:00.52\00:51:03.21
instantly. We buried him there.
00:51:03.31\00:51:05.84
Six years ago this September
I put my boy beside him.
00:51:07.09\00:51:10.30
Two years ago I
put my granddaughter.
00:51:12.36\00:51:15.12
Four weeks ago today
put Peggy's mother there.
00:51:18.83\00:51:22.98
"I will come again
00:51:28.34\00:51:31.55
to receive you
00:51:31.85\00:51:33.64
to Myself. "
00:51:37.07\00:51:38.94
So shall we ever
be with the Lord.
00:51:39.54\00:51:42.39
William Miller -
00:51:49.62\00:51:51.23
Bible prophecy student -
00:51:53.72\00:51:56.57
among others had set a date
for the 2nd coming of Jesus.
00:51:58.56\00:52:03.98
1843 firstly, and then
00:52:05.80\00:52:08.96
they changed that to
October the 22nd of 1844.
00:52:09.16\00:52:12.62
And He didn't come, and
many were so discouraged
00:52:12.72\00:52:17.37
they gave up to walk
no more with God's people.
00:52:17.78\00:52:23.11
By the way, as a
result of that disappointment
00:52:24.86\00:52:27.14
I am convinced of this:
00:52:27.24\00:52:28.44
there were several
things that happened after that.
00:52:28.64\00:52:31.27
The main churches, the big
churches, what they used to call
00:52:31.57\00:52:33.61
"the money churches" stopped
talking about the second coming
00:52:33.71\00:52:37.35
period. They said: "We
took the Bible a literal way.
00:52:37.55\00:52:39.88
It let us down. We
don't want to hear anything
00:52:39.98\00:52:42.03
about prophecy, about
a literal second coming.
00:52:42.23\00:52:44.55
We want to talk
about feeding the poor
00:52:44.85\00:52:46.96
and taking care of folks
and doing this and accepting all
00:52:47.16\00:52:50.74
peoples, and modernism
was born as a result of the
00:52:50.84\00:52:53.70
disappointment of
October 22 of 1844.
00:52:53.80\00:52:57.14
And there was another group.
This group said: "We're not
00:52:57.44\00:52:59.84
going to turn our backs
on prophecy or on the Bible.
00:52:59.95\00:53:02.10
We're still going to
talk about the second coming
00:53:02.40\00:53:05.66
though we've been so
discouraged; we've been so
00:53:05.96\00:53:07.78
downhearted; we've
been so disappointed.
00:53:07.88\00:53:11.00
It's time that we kind of
lift our own spirits if need be.
00:53:11.30\00:53:15.87
It's time that we forget about
all this disappointment and all
00:53:16.11\00:53:19.54
of this bad news and
we need to come together
00:53:19.64\00:53:22.20
and clap our hands and get happy
and bring the 5-piece band in
00:53:22.40\00:53:25.37
and walk on the backs of pews. "
00:53:25.57\00:53:27.20
And fanaticism was born as
a result of the disappointment
00:53:27.50\00:53:29.47
of October 22, 1844.
00:53:29.57\00:53:31.30
And while the majority
went other ways, there was this
00:53:31.81\00:53:34.64
core group that
hung on. And they said:
00:53:34.74\00:53:37.25
"It's true we've been
disappointed but the promise
00:53:37.45\00:53:39.20
of Jesus is real. He
WILL come again! " Amen!
00:53:39.30\00:53:42.96
And William Miller himself
said: "I'm not going to give up.
00:53:44.21\00:53:47.10
Not going to
throw my Bible away. "
00:53:47.40\00:53:49.18
He said and I quote: "I
have set my mind on another date
00:53:49.49\00:53:53.47
and that is today and today
and today till He comes. " Amen!
00:53:53.67\00:53:58.80
When 46 years ago
00:54:12.71\00:54:16.88
I began my public ministry
00:54:17.28\00:54:19.72
had you asked me: "What's
your favorite scripture? "
00:54:21.45\00:54:27.14
I probably would
have said John 14:1-3.
00:54:27.34\00:54:32.09
"In My Father's house are many
mansions. I go to prepare...
00:54:32.19\00:54:34.24
I will come again. "
00:54:34.34\00:54:36.93
Some time later had you
asked me, maybe 20 years ago,
00:54:39.49\00:54:42.56
had you asked me: "What's
your favorite scripture? "
00:54:42.66\00:54:45.47
I might well have said:
"Ah, I love that from Romans
00:54:45.57\00:54:49.51
"By grace you are
saved... not of yourselves.
00:54:49.71\00:54:53.74
It is a gift of Jesus
and the Father, God. "
00:54:54.04\00:54:58.67
You ask me today and
I'll be quick to tell you
00:55:00.34\00:55:03.18
while I still love those
others I Corinthians 15:51-52.
00:55:03.38\00:55:07.05
"We shall not all sleep
but we shall all be? "changed.
00:55:07.25\00:55:10.18
In a moment... in the
twinkling of an eye. "
00:55:10.38\00:55:11.78
And I know some of you
folk have been to my meetings
00:55:12.18\00:55:14.03
or have listened to my
programs have heard me whine and
00:55:14.13\00:55:16.17
complain. And I do
more as I get older
00:55:16.27\00:55:18.05
because my body hurts
worse and worse and worse.
00:55:18.15\00:55:20.72
My old logger buddy made me
go with him about 5 years ago
00:55:21.02\00:55:23.59
to do a logging job. And I had
been a logger in my early years.
00:55:23.79\00:55:27.48
And after about three days
out in the log camps my body'd
00:55:27.68\00:55:31.35
toughen up and I'd stop hurting.
00:55:31.45\00:55:33.40
But I went and helped
my buddy five years ago.
00:55:33.70\00:55:36.13
I'm still
hurting! I'm paying for it.
00:55:36.23\00:55:38.48
Yeah... I'm still hurting
00:55:38.99\00:55:41.23
but one day I'm
going to be changed.
00:55:41.33\00:55:42.84
I was in a restaurant
with my Peggy not too long ago
00:55:43.14\00:55:45.46
and there were three
ladies doing the lunch thing.
00:55:45.57\00:55:47.45
And one of them said: "I
counted down today, girls. "
00:55:47.65\00:55:49.43
She said: "I looked in the
mirror and I saw these crow
00:55:49.63\00:55:52.07
tracks around my eyes I
hadn't noticed before. "
00:55:52.18\00:55:54.27
I wanted to turn to her
and say: "Hush up, woman.
00:55:54.47\00:55:56.50
An ostrich has
walked all over me! "
00:55:56.70\00:55:58.89
And one day I'm
going to be changed.
00:55:59.39\00:56:00.99
One day... I have this
old, mustard-white hair.
00:56:01.39\00:56:04.22
I look in the
mirror and see a rat.
00:56:04.32\00:56:05.82
How would you like to
start your day every morning
00:56:06.02\00:56:07.53
you look in the mirror
and there's a rat looking
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.22
back at you? If I
had beautiful white hair
00:56:09.32\00:56:11.28
like you folks I
wouldn't complain much.
00:56:11.38\00:56:13.40
The face I see in the mirror
00:56:14.82\00:56:16.87
more and more is
a stranger to me.
00:56:19.09\00:56:22.48
But more and more
I see myself becoming
00:56:23.08\00:56:25.81
the man I never thought I'd be.
00:56:26.11\00:56:28.54
One of these days this hair
00:56:30.63\00:56:33.96
is going to go back
to its youthful shine.
00:56:34.16\00:56:38.72
And this little place back here
00:56:39.02\00:56:42.70
is gonna have hair again.
00:56:44.65\00:56:46.29
How about that one
there? What do you say, brother?
00:56:46.59\00:56:49.56
Amen? Yeah, I thought so.
00:56:49.66\00:56:52.43
I thought so.
00:56:53.03\00:56:55.79
Hey! I'm in this
thing to the end.
00:56:56.49\00:56:58.38
I have set my
mind on another time:
00:56:58.48\00:57:00.75
today and tomorrow
00:57:01.06\00:57:04.46
until He comes.
00:57:06.91\00:57:09.00
If that's your resolve,
00:57:10.32\00:57:13.65
then stand with me.
00:57:14.15\00:57:16.87
Don't do it if
you don't mean it.
00:57:17.47\00:57:20.87
But if you mean it,
don't you sit there.
00:57:21.27\00:57:25.38
God bless you.
00:57:25.88\00:57:27.66
See us, Lord? We're not much
00:57:33.51\00:57:38.06
but we're all we have.
00:57:40.77\00:57:42.27
We give it to You unreservedly
00:57:53.06\00:57:57.36
while we wait
00:57:58.60\00:58:00.07
for our Lord Jesus
00:58:00.67\00:58:02.78
to come again. Amen.
00:58:03.34\00:58:07.89