Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Danny Shelton (Host), John Lomacang (Host), Yvonne Lewis (Host), Darla Price, Moses Primo, NAPS, Tammy Chance
Series Code: 15HC
Program Code: 15HC000014A
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00:49 Good evening and welcome to the... Now we've been
00:52 segmenting our day. We've had Happy Sabbath 00:55 good morning, Happy Sabbath worship, 00:58 Happy Sabbath after lunch, 01:00 now it's Happy Sabbath after dinner. 01:03 OK, Amen, Praise the Lord! 01:05 So we welcome you to the second to the final program. 01:08 This is the... the word is the "penultimate. " 01:10 It's the penulitmate program. 01:12 Second to the last it simply means. I never heard that 01:14 word before. The penultimate. Has a nice ring to it... 01:18 the penultimate program. Is that a black word? 01:20 Or is that? 'Cause I didn't... 01:22 No, that's in Webster's dictionary. 01:24 He wasn't black. Was he black? No. Oh I don't know. 01:27 All right. Forget I said anything. All right. 01:32 As you can see, once the sun goes down 01:35 we get a little silly around here. 01:37 I don't know if it's the food. And I think it's because 01:39 there are two things. One is when you love the people 01:42 that you work with - um-hmm - and two, when you love Jesus. 01:45 All right. So it makes coming to work a pleasure 01:50 and a joy. Yes. One, you know you're involved in 01:52 something that's bigger than you. 01:54 Two, you know you're involved in something with people 01:57 who understand that the work of God is THE most important work 02:01 in the world. Yes. Television is stressful 02:04 because it's deadline driven, 02:06 it's a lot of work, and it comes every day at you 02:09 something brand new. You can't put it on autopilot. 02:12 Each day is new. So when you're working with people 02:15 who love the Lord AND who are quick to say 02:17 "I'm sorry" when they make a mistake. Amen? 02:19 Amen! Then it makes the work so much pleasure. 02:23 And then on top of that the cherry on the sundae 02:25 is you see the blessing of God. 02:27 Because the blessings are? On the "GO! " 02:30 On the "GO! " and we praise the Lord for it. 02:32 You know what somebody told me this afternoon? 02:34 I hope it's true. Somebody out here. 02:36 There, he's raising his hand. Said he preached a sermon 02:39 on the "GO! " and he looked up where the word go came from 02:43 and it was general's orders. 02:45 Um-hmm. That's pretty good. I hope that's true now. 02:49 If it's not, you'll get the blame. 02:50 But doesn't that sound good? 02:51 It does sound good! The General's orders: 02:53 "Go ye into all the world. " 02:54 All right. And Jesus is our General, Danny. 02:57 Absolutely. And we are blessed when we go. 03:01 Pastor John Lomacang, C.A. Murray, Yvonne Lewis, 03:05 Danny Shelton, and Sr. Darla from NAPS. 03:08 Darla, you guys... Tell us just a quick minute, 03:12 I know you talked earlier today, 03:14 but NAPS, you know, unashamedly is my favorite group 03:18 of young people in the world because of what they do 03:21 for Jesus around the world. Amen! 03:23 And you start with nothing and create something beautiful 03:26 because you come in the name of the Lord. 03:27 So thank all of you for what you do 03:29 and what you've been doing for so many years 03:31 for the cause of God. Usually there's something 03:34 we can help you with. What are your needs right now? 03:38 I know you talked a little bit about it. 03:39 But I want our folk around the world to listen closely 03:43 and see if the Holy Spirit kind of whispers in your ear 03:46 to help the NAPS group financially. 03:49 Not just prayerfully, financially. 03:50 What have you got going? Umm. Danny, God is so good. 03:55 The wonderful thing about our Father 03:58 is He knows how to supply our needs. 04:02 And I want to say right now as we've been working 04:06 the work is only expanding. 04:09 So NAPS started with just a few students 04:12 wanting to feed some homeless people under a bridge 04:15 and it has grown to where we do international missions. 04:18 But recently God showed us that there was an area 04:22 in Alabama where there were people 04:25 living in what is called the worst area for raising a child. 04:32 It's a black area in terms of Adventism. 04:35 People do not... They do not know the truth 04:38 that is found in the Word of God. 04:40 And not only that, education is suffering. 04:44 Spiritual is suffering. But the people are even dying 04:49 physically. And so we started up a wellness center. 04:53 But this wellness center, it's not... NAPS has changed. 04:56 We're growing up... getting a little older. 04:59 We have a board certified doctor that is there. 05:02 We have two nurses that are there 05:05 and so they are able to help run the wellness center. 05:08 But then as we were working with the people there 05:11 we started to hear the cries of the children. 05:14 Children graduating from 12th grade and cannot read. 05:20 They're doomed for failure. 05:23 Children going home to families who maybe are alcoholics 05:28 and just drunk at all times... even mid-day. 05:32 They don't know math; they don't know science. 05:36 We said: "We have to do something. " 05:38 So we started up the NAPS Abundant Life Academy: 05:43 NALA. And this morning you were blessed. One of the 05:47 little girls from the school, she led the song... 05:50 one of the songs that we sang. 05:52 And right now, the little academy is functioning 05:57 in our wellness center. It has a little room. OK. 06:00 But God has already opened up some land 06:04 right next to where the wellness center is. 06:06 But it's just asking for some of us to go and claim 06:10 some of the funds that He has waiting for us. 06:12 We said: "NAPS is rich. We just have to go and get it. 06:16 It's in other people's pockets. " That's right. So, um, 06:19 right here with me I have the Year of Dedication team. 06:23 These are all students who for this year have 06:26 decided that they are dedicating a full year to ministry. 06:30 And one of their goals is raising funds to pay for 06:33 not just the land which is about $25,000 06:38 but to also pay for the buildings... which because we'll 06:41 OUR hands to help build it will be about $35,000. 06:46 There is nothing too hard for God. 06:48 These guys have been working non-stop. 06:51 They drove all the way from Rhode Island to get here 06:54 and tomorrow they're going to be driving all the way to 06:56 New Jersey and back to Boston. 06:58 So it's just encouraging knowing that this work 07:01 will be finished but we DO need help. 07:03 We can take up the offering easy or the hard way. 07:14 You all decide. 07:17 That's all I've got right now. 07:19 I'll give you more later so... All right? All right. 07:24 Thank you. All right. He's the leader of the team. 07:27 So it's up to you. My dad said: "Son, we can do this 07:30 easy or hard now. " He said: "I'm a lover not a fighter 07:33 but if I have to I'm going to win. " 07:35 So there's the man. What's your first name? 07:37 Adrian. All right. When Adrian walks by 07:41 let's see those check books going. All right? There you go. 07:44 Hey listen. Though we're having fun, the presence of the Lord 07:47 is in this place, right? Yes! 07:49 We have Lisa Leanne over here. Lisa, would you give us 07:51 a little chorus of, and we want you all to sing with us, 07:53 right? Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place. 07:57 Is it OK to have a little bit of fun? 08:00 We're all happy, aren't we? 08:03 Here we go now: 08:05 Surely the presence 08:10 of the Lord is in this place. 08:15 I can feel His mighty power 08:21 and His grace. 08:26 I can hear the brush of angel's wings, 08:31 I see glory on each face. 08:37 Surely the presence 08:41 of the Lord 08:44 is in this place. 08:48 I've been working with NAPS... I don't know, it's been 08:51 15 years or longer maybe? Twenty years? 08:54 A long time. And these young folk 08:56 do more for the cause of God. I'm always amazed 09:01 and God has supplied every need. 09:03 But He does it through His people. 09:04 And so I'm asking you to really pray and ask the Holy Spirit 09:08 what He would have you to do. 09:09 You can contact us here at 3ABN. If we had an address... 09:12 Is there a website maybe they could go to? 09:14 Yes, we do have a website. It is: 09:18 www.napsoc.org 09:24 www.napsoc.org 09:28 And so you can go to the website. 09:30 If you want to donate by mail, 09:33 it's P.O. Box 11970, 09:37 Huntsville, AL 35814 09:42 And for all the older folk like myself 09:44 you didn't get all of that. You can always contact us 09:47 here at 3ABN. We promise you if you 09:49 send us a check for NAPS we will see that they get it. 09:52 We've been able to work with them for many years. 09:54 And some of you here... maybe you want to come up and hand 09:57 them a check. And as the Holy Spirit impresses you 10:00 what to do. But we just want to encourage you. 10:02 Thank you all so much for what you do 10:05 for the cause of God on this earth. Amen. All right. 10:09 Darla, you have something you want to say now? 10:14 OK. Now Danny Shelton said we have been working together 10:19 for years, and I think it was maybe 12 years ago... 10:25 He's a hard worker, guys, and we decided... Well, 10:30 Dr. Paul, the president of NAPS, 10:33 decided to honor him with a plaque. 10:35 Not just for all the work that he's done for people 10:39 of color all around the world but because he has a nice jump 10:43 when it comes to basketball. 10:48 If you've every played basketball with him... 10:51 I'm actually one who plays basketball. 10:53 He can do a nice shot, you know. Even half court. 10:57 He's got some fancy shots. For a white guy I do pretty good. 11:00 And so we decided to give him a plaque. 11:04 However, recently we were informed 11:08 that times have changed, 11:10 titles have changed, and so an upgrade was due. 11:14 And so on behalf of NAPS... 11:17 May I explain why I got the other one? 11:20 OK. Or why I went to you all last time I saw you? 11:23 They gave me several years ago 11:26 this plaque. And it says: "Because of your hard work 11:30 and dedication and your unusual athletic ability 11:33 we name you an honorary Negro man. " 11:35 All right? So now 11:39 I'm bragging about it to C.A. 12 years later 11:42 and he says: "We're not Negros any more. " 11:44 I said: "Wait a minute. 11:46 What do you mean? "Yeah, I'm a Negro. 11:48 It says right here I'm an honorary Negro. " 11:50 He said: "No, no, no, no. 11:52 We're African-American. " I think it was a few years ago, 11:54 right? Yeah. So tell me what you've done now. 11:56 So I have the wonderful honor 12:00 of presenting this plaque 12:03 on behalf of the National Association for the Prevention 12:06 of Starvation. It says: 12:09 To the honorary African-American man 12:12 Danny Shelton. Because of the change in time 12:17 we are upgrading you from honorary Negro man. 12:20 They upgraded me! 12:22 Now, while I love it... There you go. 12:29 While I love this and appreciate it 12:31 a lot cause now I'll have two on the wall, 12:33 I've been hearing a lot of rumors lately 12:35 that they'd rather be called black. 12:38 So just for the future if things really... 12:41 things really lean just to black... 12:44 then I'll get another one. I'll have three of them! 12:45 So I've gone through all the changes ya'll have. 12:49 That's pretty good really. 12:50 So I'm lovin' it. All right. 12:52 NAPS, thank you so much. God bless you. I love all of you. 12:54 God bless you. Thank you. 12:57 I'm gonna put this on my wall, right? 13:02 It's a blessing to have my daughter Melody. 13:05 You know, Melody wasn't able to make it the first part of 13:07 Camp Meeting. She gave me the option 13:09 but Lanny Wolfe is going to be here. The song we just sang 13:13 was written by Lanny Wolfe. Surely The Presence Of 13:16 The Lord Is In This Place. 13:17 And so I wanted her to be... She was on a program 13:20 a few weeks ago, but you know, with all the kids 13:23 and the work and Greg's schedule and all of them, she said: 13:26 "I either can make Camp Meeting or I can make the Lanny Wolfe. " 13:29 I said: "Let's do some of both. 13:30 If you'll show up and sing for us on Sabbath 13:33 then they're going to stay over. Tomorrow maybe I get to go 13:36 fourwheeling, spend some time with the grandkids 13:38 or something... walk in the woods. " 13:40 But then you're gonna stay Monday and we're gonna be doin' 13:42 some new programs. I don't know if you saw the ones 13:44 we did with Lanny Wolfe. We're trying to do 13:46 new music programs. But Melody, thank you for what you 13:50 do, honey, for the cause of God. 13:51 Thank you for eight beautiful grandkids 13:52 that I love with all my heart. 13:54 And Melody, ever since she was a young girl, 13:58 she didn't want to talk very much. She said she never had 14:01 a chance to learn how. I don't know why. 14:03 But she was able to sing from a little girl 14:08 and she was... They know why. Yes? 14:13 They know why. 14:15 OK. I think they do, too. 14:17 But she always was willing to sing. 14:19 But sometimes she would want to turn her back to the audience 14:22 to sing, but she's gotten over that over the years. 14:25 So Melody, I love you with all my heart. 14:27 Appreciate you, and thankful that God has given you a gift 14:30 of music. And what are you going to bless us with tonight? 14:33 Forever He's Alive. You wrote it. 14:36 Oh, from our new project: Hallelujah! We're Home At Last. 14:40 I wrote a song called Just In Time, and Melody said... 14:43 Oh, one other thing: she says to me: 14:46 "Dad, I really like that song. 14:48 That's a good song. It doesn't sound like the rest of yours. " 14:53 And I scratched my head a minute and I said: "Now was that 14:55 a compliment or an insult? " Then I said: "I really don't 14:58 care. " No, but she said: "No, I didn't mean it that way. " 15:00 I love pushin' buttons so... She goes: "No, I didn't 15:03 mean it that way. I mean it's just a little different style. " 15:05 So she said: "If you'd write me a song like that 15:08 I'd love to sing it. " So I prayed about it 15:11 and the Lord gave us this song. And any song when we talk about 15:14 songs or music, we give God the honor and the glory 15:17 and the praise because we can do nothing without Him. 15:20 We can accomplish all things through Christ Jesus. 15:23 So it was an honor for me to be a part of that 15:25 and to get to hear you sing Forever He's Alive. 15:54 Her heart was broken... 15:59 she could not sleep. 16:05 All through the night 16:08 she could only weep. 16:14 She made her way to the tomb 16:19 bringing oil, spices, and perfume. 16:26 With all hope gone 16:30 how could she carry on? 16:37 Mary had been bound 16:40 by a life of sin. 16:47 Only Jesus could bring her peace 16:52 within. 16:56 He really knew her 17:01 and still He loved her. 17:08 That's the way 17:11 it had always been. 17:19 Mary believed Jesus was the Son of God 17:22 but now He was dead. 17:24 She'd never see Him again. 17:26 It was love that carried her on through the darkness 17:29 that Sunday morning to prepare His body for the grave. 17:32 But as she neared the tomb an angel suddenly appeared 17:36 and said: "Why seek ye the living among the dead? 17:38 Your Lord has risen! He's alive! 17:41 Forever He's alive! " 17:44 He is risen 17:50 from the grave! 17:55 He conquered death forever 17:59 on that day. 18:05 No sad goodbyes, 18:08 no falling tears, 18:11 no broken hearts, 18:13 no need to fear 18:17 for He's alive... 18:21 forever 18:24 He's alive! 18:32 He is risen 18:38 from the grave! 18:43 He conquered death 18:45 forever on that day. 18:53 No sad goodbyes, 18:56 no falling tears, 18:58 no broken hearts, 19:01 no need to fear 19:04 for He's alive... 19:08 forever 19:12 He's 19:14 alive! 19:19 Forever and ever 19:26 He is 19:29 alive! 19:38 Forever 19:40 He's 19:41 alive! 19:51 Amen! 19:53 Thank you, Melody. Thank you honey. 19:58 I have with me Dr. Moses Primo. 20:00 I always call him Dr. Mo 20:02 'cause anybody that's as good at doing what he does 20:05 must be a doctor in my mind. 20:07 And he was a doctor of engineering. 20:10 But Mo, what a blessing you and your family have been 20:13 to 3ABN for 24 years. 20:15 It's a blessing to be here and to be part of this 20:19 last movement of reaching the whole world 20:22 with the three angels' messages. It is really a blessing for us. 20:26 Yeah. Not that long ago the big 12', 14' dishes. 20:30 And give us a quick overview of where technology 20:35 not only where we've been but especially where we're going 20:38 here. Well, I want to show all the viewers 20:41 that are behind... they couldn't come to this meeting 20:44 to visit 3ABN and you are all in your homes. 20:48 Some of you I want to also invite after the program 20:52 if you want to swing by and see our control room 20:56 it's a brand new control room. 20:58 We have just a few programs that were done from this 21:02 control room. Before we used to have 21:05 the truck parked outside 21:07 and do all the connections. 21:09 Maybe sometimes it would come even a few days 21:13 before the programs had to start here 21:15 and connect everything because the trucks were 21:19 either the uplink and the production truck were outside 21:23 traveling and we have to broadcast live from here. 21:27 But thank God and thank you for your donations 21:31 and thank ASI also that has helped us in this control room. 21:36 We have a brand new control room 21:39 that we don't have to use the truck. 21:41 Now the truck is the old truck 21:44 because the truck is still analog. This is all digital; 21:48 it is all high definition. You will see the big monitors. 21:51 It's all high definition. 21:53 And we can let the truck rest a little bit 21:57 to be able to work in the truck to convert to digital. 22:02 This is the control room as you can see there. 22:05 This is the equipment room. 22:07 There's not a lot of equipment because technology is so 22:11 advanced now that we can do with less equipment 22:14 and it's all digital. 22:16 That is the producer's desk where the producers can sit 22:19 there and oversee the pro- duction. The director is there. 22:23 This is the sound room. It's all digital sound also. 22:27 All was done with state-of-the-art technology 22:30 and it's able to broadcast from here in high definition. 22:36 This was just recorded this afternoon. 22:39 We have also awesome equipment that is able to 22:43 edit the programs. This is the video station, 22:48 the graphics station, and you see the director's station 22:53 on your left side. But this is the equipment that I was 22:58 mentioning to you. This equipment is able to edit 23:02 while you are still recording it. 23:05 So as soon as you finish if there are any fixes 23:09 or as soon as you finish the program - maybe 10 minutes 23:12 after that - that program can actually be saved in the... 23:19 in the file server and can be repeated again 23:23 because it's ready for broadcasting. 23:26 While you are recording they are editing, they are fixing, 23:29 they are making changes. And a few minutes after that 23:32 it's ready to be broadcast again. 23:35 Absolutely mindboggling the technology where the Bible 23:38 say the "last events will be rapid. " 23:40 You know, "knowledge shall be increased; men running 23:42 to and fro. " Just around 30 years ago 23:46 a little before 3ABN, I had a little recording studio 23:49 that I would bring people into my home. Built a little 23:52 studio. It was like 8 track and a 16 track, Moses. 23:56 And it was reel to reel, OK? We had the reel. Anybody old 23:58 enough to remember reel to reel? 24:00 OK. How did I edit that reel to reel? 24:03 So when you wanted to take out a breath noise 24:05 or there was a pause I literally would turn it 24:08 and you would hear it go "rurr, rurr. " And soon 24:11 as I did I had to physically take it off, 24:13 put it on a cutting block, take a razor blade and cut it. 24:16 If you messed up, that's it you know. You messed up. 24:20 So every edit every cut. 24:22 Now you can edit while you're actually recording. 24:24 I mean, that's just mindboggling to me... the technology. 24:27 But God has given us this for a reason, folks. 24:30 That's to take the gospel literally into all the world. 24:34 And so... technology... Think about it: 6,000 years 24:39 plus to get to just where we could just record. 24:42 And all of a sudden all of the things that we can do 24:44 sending signals around the world and thanks to you. 24:46 Moses Primo... I don't uplift him 24:49 but 24 years I uplift the Jesus in him. 24:52 Moses... Without Moses we'd just be talking to each other here 24:55 tonight. I have no idea how this stuff works 24:58 but he does, and that's all that matters, right? 25:00 I don't try to learn it. God has brought us the right people. 25:03 So when people brag about 3ABN: "Boy, you're doing... " I say: 25:06 "Actually Moses is the brains behind it because I wouldn't 25:09 know how to get off first base. " Well I can tell you that 25:13 I acknowledge that I don't know enough 25:16 even to start this. When Danny, 20-something years ago, 25:21 asked me to go all around the world 25:24 I did not know. I told you: "I just don't know. " 25:27 So God is good enough that once you put 25:31 your will in His will 25:34 He will bring the people who make the contacts. 25:37 And He brings the companies to me. 25:40 I tell you: I don't take any credit 25:43 because I know that He is the One that is doing. 25:46 We have... I do my part to study and keep up with 25:50 the technology in the news, and as I see things 25:56 He guides towards what He wants us to do. 26:01 I have a tremendous belief 26:05 that the Internet is something that is going to 26:10 help the preaching of the gospel 26:13 and it's going to speed up this process dramatically. 26:17 So I have spent time 26:20 and we already did the phones. 26:24 You know, you all can receive... watch 3ABN. 26:27 Everybody got 3ABN on your apps, right? 26:30 If you don't, you need to find out about it. 26:33 If you've got a smart phone, you can just go to the app store 26:36 and downlink 3ABN. Those of you saying: "I have no idea 26:39 what that means" that just tells me you don't have a smart phone. 26:42 But the rest of you that do, I don't have to explain that 26:45 to you. Just go to the app store. Downlink 3ABN. 26:48 The other day I met Dr. Ben Carson. 26:51 And he's a SDA running for the presidency 26:55 of the United States. So Wintley Phipps and I were there 26:58 and C.A. and Greg, and so we went in a little room, 27:00 was talking to him. And I said... 27:02 I said: "Do you watch 3ABN? " 27:04 And he said: "Sometimes. " Now he's a very busy man. 27:07 And I said: "OK, let me see your phone app. " 27:10 I'm just kidding him, right? 27:12 He reaches in his pocket, pulls out his phone, 27:14 and says: "Here's my 3ABN app. " 27:17 Watches 3ABN. I said: "All right! " This interview's 27:20 going to go well" I told him. 27:23 Yes. So the phone was a good leap 27:27 I believe to reach more people. 27:30 But now we have also another opportunity. 27:34 We have been doing IPTV for many years, 27:39 and many of the people that we talk to... 27:42 My wife and I have talked to many people saying: 27:46 "We want just Seventh- day Adventist channels. 27:49 Maybe some news channels that we can keep up with 27:52 what's happening in the world, but we want just SDA channels. 27:57 We don't want all this other garbage 28:00 that is in this industry. " 28:04 And we have been listening to this for quite a while. 28:07 And finally I believe God impressed me to build 28:12 a small box that you can connect to the Internet 28:16 and you can watch all the SDA channels. 28:20 You also have the ability to go to the Internet 28:25 and if you to go to mysdatv... don't go yet! 28:29 But you will be able to go to mysdatv.com 28:33 and it will be a portal where you can reach any of 28:39 these other ministries... all the SDA ministries. 28:43 This now is a little box similar to a Roku box maybe? 28:46 Yes. Similar to the Roku. But it actually plugs in. 28:48 You can watch it on your TV not on computer? 28:51 That's right. You connect it to your TV 28:52 and it's... You can take it with you? 28:55 You can take it with you. Anywhere in the world? 28:57 Anywhere in the world, yes. Isn't that amazing? 29:00 The same way that today you can go anywhere in the 29:03 world and as long as you... This one you will have to pay 29:06 for the connection that you are in the country 29:11 which is very expensive. So I don't recommend using... 29:14 streaming your phone in other countries. 29:16 But the little box... It will be a free band width. 29:20 So 3ABN... Nothing is free, but 3ABN is streaming the channels 29:26 and when you will be watching in other countries 29:29 actually 3ABN is paying for that band width that you are 29:32 consuming. But to YOU it's free of charge. 29:35 So you just have to buy the box and you can take with you 29:38 or you can watch in your home. And you will be able to watch 29:41 not only 3ABN but all the SDA channels. 29:46 What about languages? 29:47 Have you? I'm sure you have, but... 29:50 thought about it, how would this work with 29:52 different languages? It will work with other languages 29:56 as much as we have content. 29:58 We are hoping that as... First we're going to launch 30:02 the English, and as the people see the possibility of reaching 30:07 many multitudes of people 30:09 we are hoping to get connected with Seventh-day Adventist 30:13 organizations and ministries, 30:16 lay organizations that already have the content. 30:19 mysdatv will have no... producing any of the programs. 30:25 It will be just a link... delivery system... a delivery 30:28 system to all the rich content that we already have in our 30:33 possession but sometimes we don't even know. 30:37 We have to go to maybe a Romanian website 30:40 or to a Portuguese website. 30:43 And you wouldn't know... 30:45 If you are in New York there are thousands of people that speak 30:48 different languages, and you have to search and Google 30:52 many different sites to be able to hear in your own language. 30:56 If you go to mysdatv.com 30:59 you have a direct connection to all these languages 31:03 that will have access to. Absolutely... 31:07 Probably most of you - at least if you're in computers - 31:10 you know what a USB like thumb drive is. 31:12 Little thing you just plug in your computer, right? 31:15 You can do programming with just that, right? 31:19 Yes. With today's technology 31:22 like I don't know, with Roku sometimes can you do 31:24 a thumb drive? They do have a HDMI port. 31:29 It's a process of developing but, yes, they have 31:33 one as small as that. But something as small as that, 31:36 you can put thousands of hours of programming - 31:39 from 3ABN or whatever - on something to plug into 31:41 your computer, get a great picture, I mean where we've come 31:44 from that big satellite dish just since 3ABN's inception. 31:48 In fact, it's no coincidence. We came on the scene 31:51 just as everything was exploding. 31:53 Technology. So this is divine origin is what it is. 31:57 But the reason is to get the gospel into all the world. 32:00 But today as I was talking to you, that's what occurred to me 32:03 Moses. This is not just... We're talking about well, 32:06 financially we're really dry. 32:08 I mean I can say that openly. Because there's so many 32:11 thing that we want to do and things that we have to do 32:14 to meet certain requirements. 32:16 But it also occurred to me we're spiritually dry. 32:18 So God is allowing this technology to get in the hands 32:22 of everybody. Anybody can give their neighbor a thumb drive 32:25 with programming. Anybody can give their neighbor a DVD 32:28 or CD or buy your neighbor a mysdatv box 32:33 or a Roku or whatever. 32:35 And they're $50... whatever. 32:38 We don't know the cost, but these Rokus... what they are. 32:40 It's not going to be expensive and there's no monthly fees. 32:43 So this can be watched anywhere in the world. 32:47 I'm amazed at people. Reggie and Ladye said they were somewhere 32:49 the other day and an attorney general of the USA - 32:54 not now but formerly - said: "Oh, man, I love you guys. " 32:58 A big Gaither concert, you know, they said with Reggie 33:01 and Ladye the other night, a Gaither concert, and he said: 33:05 "Oh we met the attorney general and he says: 'I watch you guys 33:09 all the time on 3ABN. ' " 33:11 You know, this technology makes this available to people 33:16 everywhere. Another thing I'm very excited about 33:21 the possibility that this box has 33:26 is to if you come to Camp Meeting... 33:29 I hope you didn't, but if you took a nap 33:31 and you missed some of the program this afternoon, 33:34 you go home, you connect your box and you can watch 33:37 all the programs in the last week that have been saved 33:42 in the memory. So it is just going to be a great thing 33:45 for you to be able to... Don't have to miss any programs. 33:50 If you are at work or if you are at another appointment, 33:52 you can go back and watch whatever it is on the video 33:55 on demand. Since Moses has been here 33:57 we've built well over 100 television stations. 34:00 Very small literally number- wise engineering crew. 34:04 Over 100 television stations, folks. 34:06 'Cause this is yours... it's not ours. It's all of us. 34:09 We don't own it. We're a non-profit organization. 34:11 We couldn't do it without you. 34:12 We have television stations; we have radio stations 34:15 and affiliates. Jay said 260-some odd, right Jay? 34:19 Affiliate stations where people on air, driving down the road, 34:23 can listen to 3ABN. In our own local church 34:27 people have walking in here, been baptized ready for baptism, 34:30 because they've been listening to 3ABN Radio 34:34 and watching 3ABN television. 34:36 So to take the gospel into all the world 34:39 it's amazing the technology. And since you've been here 34:42 we've built numerous studios. 34:44 And a lot of folk don't know how big the ministry is 34:47 until they come here and visit. 34:49 But we have what? Four or five recording studios. 34:52 You saw a little sample of the equipment. 34:54 All of these have to have that equipment. 34:56 The lighting for all the equipment, the wiring 34:58 and all the technology is amazing. 35:01 And we couldn't do it without you. I'm saying all this 35:03 to say: "Please ask the Lord what He would have you to do 35:06 and please consider being a part of The Blessing Is on the GO! " 35:10 Praise the Lord that I've got a pocket full 35:12 of envelopes right here. People walked up with offerings 35:15 and said: "I want to be a part of The Blessing Is on the GO! " 35:18 And so some of them are pretty good sized. 35:21 Thank you for that... but ANY size. 35:23 So there are still I think on the seats somewhere... 35:25 If you don't have it, pray before this Camp Meeting 35:28 is over here tonight or in the morning 35:29 before you leave: "Lord, what would You have me to do 35:32 to be a part of the Blessing Is on the GO! team member 35:35 with 3ABN? " Closing thoughts, Mo? 35:38 Well, I believe that the time is short. 35:41 And sometimes I receive calls from other organizations 35:45 that heard about 3ABN and say: 35:48 "Hey, can we put you on our system 35:50 or on our website or even in our box? " 35:54 And I say: "Yeah, sure! " 35:56 I give them the links and they put it on 35:58 and people that we don't even know, they are watching 36:02 3ABN. So this is the time for us 36:08 to try in all different directions: on radio and TV 36:12 IPTV or the Internet. 36:15 So we can actually hasten the second coming of Jesus 36:20 by getting this message that we have... 36:22 We have such a rich message. 36:25 All this material that we have... it shouldn't be just 36:29 kept for one ministry or one website. 36:33 It should have a central portal 36:36 where a SDA can go 36:39 and from there they can just go anywhere they want 36:42 and watch anything they want. 36:44 So that is my call at the moment. That is my burden to do. 36:48 We want to thank you for partnering with us. 36:50 3ABN is the largest independent or supporting 36:54 ministry in the history of the Adventist church. 36:56 And that's amazing as we watch all of these things 36:59 unfold and watch current events unfolding 37:02 to say: "It's no coincidence; it's divine providence. " 37:04 So once again, thank you for your prayers 37:07 and your financial support of 3ABN. Thank you, Mo. 37:10 Love you like a brother. Mo and I are neighbors, too, 37:13 so we share lawnmowers if we need to or whatever. 37:16 We share things. All right. 37:19 Pastor John Lomacang. I love John. He's the pastor 37:23 of this church for those that don't know that. 37:25 This man's an incredible man. He's a mountain of information 37:29 and God has blessed him. He's anointed him not only 37:32 in ministry of preaching but in music. 37:36 He's got tremendous ability. We give God the credit for that. 37:38 John, I love you too with all my heart. You know that. 37:42 We're brothers in the Lord. And thank you for what you do 37:44 for the cause of God. Praise the Lord. Thank you, Danny. 37:59 I believe 38:03 in a hill called 38:06 Mount Calvary. 38:10 And I believe 38:14 whatever 38:17 the cost. 38:23 And when time has surrendered 38:28 and this old earth is no more 38:33 I'll still cling 38:37 to that old rugged cross. 38:46 I believe that this life 38:51 with its great mysteries 38:56 surely someday 39:00 will come to an end. 39:06 Oh but faith 39:12 will conquer 39:14 all the darkness and death 39:19 and will lead me 39:22 at last to my Friend. 39:31 I believe 39:34 that the Christ 39:36 who was slain on the cross 39:42 has the power 39:46 to change lives today. You know how I know? 39:52 For He changed 39:56 me completely 40:00 and a new life is mine, 40:05 That is why 40:07 by the cross 40:11 I will stay. 40:16 Yes, I believe 40:20 in a hill called 40:22 Mount Calvary. 40:27 And I believe 40:31 that whatever 40:34 the cost. 40:40 And when time has surrendered 40:45 and this old earth is no more 40:50 yes, I'll still cling 40:54 to that old rugged 40:58 cross. 41:07 Amen! 41:10 Thank you Pastor John. 41:13 Whoever does the scheduling I'm going to have to talk to them. 41:18 Every time I've got to follow something like that. 41:21 I don't get it. My brother must be doin' that 41:23 is all I can figure. 41:25 Pastor John is one of my favorite singers. 41:27 That was absolutely beautiful. 41:30 I'm going to do a song called Tell It Wherever I Go. 41:33 That's what we're here for, right? 41:35 We're here to tell the gospel wherever we go. 41:37 And that's what I want to try to do more so as I see 41:41 time is growing so short. 41:43 I want to be a witness. Some- times I'm not near the witness 41:46 I ought to be, but I want to pray towards that end 41:49 that I can be a witness and that I can tell the gospel 41:51 wherever I go. Amen! 42:09 I'll tell of 42:13 the Savior, 42:17 I'll tell of His favor. 42:23 I will tell it, Lord, 42:27 wherever I may go. 42:37 I'll count every 42:42 blessing, 42:45 I'll go on confessing. 42:51 I will tell it, 42:53 Lord, wherever 42:58 I may go. 43:05 What He is 43:09 to you 43:12 maybe you cannot see. 43:18 But this thing 43:22 I know: 43:26 He's everything to me. 43:32 Oh, He'll be there, 43:36 yes, meet me there 43:40 and then go where 43:43 He's prepared. 43:46 I will tell it, 43:49 Lord, wherever 43:53 I may go. 44:00 And if I 44:04 were dying 44:08 with just one word to say, 44:14 I'd speak it 44:18 for Jesus 44:21 then breathe 44:23 my life away. 44:27 Oh, He'll be there, 44:31 yes, meet me there 44:35 and then go where 44:39 He's prepared. 44:41 I will tell it, Lord, 44:46 wherever 44:50 I 44:55 may go. 45:07 Amen! 45:13 Amen and amen. 45:16 How many are having a good time in the Lord? 45:18 Amen! Can you imagine what it will be like 45:22 in heaven with all the saints of God? 45:26 No death; no sorrow. 45:30 No pain; unending prayer and praise. 45:36 No eyeglasses. 45:38 No contact lenses. 45:41 No canes; no wheelchairs. 45:45 No arthritis, rheumatism... 45:49 bad feet, bad breath, bad hair. 45:55 You know, we don't really know what heaven is going to be like 45:59 because eye hath seen... hath NOT seen, rather... 46:04 and earth hath not heard. I think we are much more 46:06 comfortable dealing with what won't be there. 46:11 Think of something bad. 46:13 That ain't gonna be there. Amen! 46:16 And we praise the Lord that Jesus will be there. 46:20 I want to just take a moment 46:22 because Pastor Carter's coming in the next little bit. 46:25 But I think there's a question that we all need to ask 46:30 ourselves when we go through experiences like this. 46:35 Because it occurs to me how sad it would be 46:40 to feel what we've felt today, 46:45 to experience what we've experienced today, 46:50 to make the kind of promises to ourselves that we always do 46:54 in occasions and situations like this 46:58 and then come down to Judgment Day 47:01 and have Christ say: "Depart from Me. 47:05 I just... I never knew you. " 47:09 And you want to ask yourself: "Lord, was I fooling myself? " 47:14 "Was I inventing a feeling that wasn't really there? " 47:18 "I was in church; I felt something... 47:21 I knew I was in the presence of something 47:23 so why is it that we never made a connection? " 47:27 "Where is the disconnect? " 47:29 "How could it be that You just don't know me 47:33 and You're saying that I never really knew You? " 47:37 How incredibly sad it would be 47:40 for that to be the reality of anybody here. 47:46 So there's a couple things we need to take care of, 47:49 and we need to take care of them every day. 47:52 Turn with me if you will to the gospel of Mark. 47:54 We're taking just a few moments. 47:59 I'm in Mark chapter 14. 48:10 I'll read just several verses and then we'll just try to 48:13 wade our way through some stuff and then 48:15 we'll prepare ourselves for the next little bit. 48:17 But Mark 14 beginning in verse 1. 48:21 Father God, we just open Your Word, and we ask as 48:24 we open Your Word that You'd open our hearts. 48:26 And we thank you in Jesus' name. 48:30 "After two days it was Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread 48:35 and the chief priests and scribes thought how they might 48:38 take Him by trickery and put Him to death. 48:41 But they said: 'No, not during the feast lest 48:44 there be an uproar of the people. ' 48:46 Being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper 48:50 as He sat at a table a woman came, having 48:53 an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. 48:59 Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. " 49:02 And spikenard is a very very expensive oil. 49:04 I've got spikenard at home. 49:06 I've got frankincense and myrrh that I bought 49:09 in Israel in 1974. 49:12 Now you can do the math. 49:14 And it's still very strong, very potent, very fragrant. 49:18 And it was just poured on some leaves as a kind of 49:20 potpourri. This is very expensive stuff 49:22 and it stays potent for a long time. 49:26 "Then she broke the flask, poured it on His head. 49:30 But there were some who were indignant among themselves. " 49:33 Now of course, Mark is kind. He doesn't say, but later on 49:37 Luke tells us who it is. 49:40 And John does also. 49:43 "They were indignant among themselves and said: 'Why was 49:46 this fragrant oil wasted? For it might have been sold 49:49 for more than 300 denari 49:51 and given to the poor. ' And they criticized her sharply. 49:58 But Jesus said: 'Let her alone. ' " 50:01 That's a powerful line... there's a sermon right there: 50:05 that Christ was always there to get your back. 50:10 I think only in heaven will we look back over our 50:13 shoulders in glory and see how many times 50:17 Satan wanted to insinuate himself in our lives 50:20 and Christ said: "Leave him alone. " 50:24 "Leave her alone... that's My child. " 50:29 I'll tell you a secret about how to defeat the devil 50:31 before we're done. "For the poor you have always with you. 50:35 Whenever you wish you may do them good. 50:37 But Me you do not have always. 50:39 She hath done what she could. " 50:41 "She hath done what she could. " 50:47 The crux of this story... 50:51 There are many things but the crux of the story 50:55 is that she did what she could. 51:00 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my settled belief 51:04 that God is not going to judge you 51:07 for doing what you could not do. 51:09 All right; all right. For not accomplishing 51:11 what you were unable to do. 51:14 God just wants us to do what we can. 51:18 And think how effective the church would be, 51:22 how powerful the gospel witness would be, 51:26 if every child of God 51:29 simply did what they could. 51:35 The truth is in the church of God everybody's not 51:37 pulling their weight. All right... amen. 51:42 Any pastor who looks at his minutes knows 51:46 and his financial records knows... 51:48 And it's the same with the Thompsonville church. 51:50 We have about 1/3 of the church 51:52 that's consistently carrying the weight and the work 51:56 of the church. That's in ANY Adventist church. 52:00 Ellen White said years ago that if Christ would have come 52:03 less than one in twenty 52:06 ready for the Lord to come. 52:10 Christ is saying: "Just do what you can. " 52:14 We live in what I call "the age of do. " 52:19 Now the operative text for us has been 52:24 Matthew 28:19-20 52:26 which is also... it's a promise 52:29 and a prophecy. 52:32 The work of God will be done. 52:35 Amen? Amen. The work of Christ will be done. 52:38 Every man, woman, boy, or girl will have a chance 52:41 to make an intelligent decision. 52:43 That's going to happen. 52:46 Everyone is going to hear. 52:48 That's what 3ABN is about; that's what the other channels 52:51 are about; that's what the SDA church is about. 52:57 The question is: 53:00 once you know 53:05 what are you going to do? 53:11 It's always been about do. 53:15 It's not enough just to know... 53:18 you've gotta do. 53:20 When you read this story 53:23 Christ says wherever the gospel is preached 53:27 this story has to be told 53:30 because she did what she could. 53:35 So if your church considers itself a full gospel church, 53:38 it's gotta include this story 53:40 because she had an opportunity to do something for the Lord. 53:44 A lot of things she could not do, 53:47 but what she could do that she did do. 53:53 And I think the dividing line in judgment 53:56 will not be what you know, 53:58 not necessarily what you said. 54:02 "What did you do? " 54:05 "Once you knew, what did you do? " 54:12 And Christ doesn't ask us to climb the highest mountain, 54:18 swim the widest sea. 54:20 He says: "Just do what you can. " 54:22 "Just DO what you can. " 54:27 And He will encourage and enable us. 54:30 We were saying before in 54:31 Matthew chapter 28 verses 18, 19, and 20... 54:37 You will know that the words for power 54:42 in the New Testament are exousia which is authority 54:47 and dunamis which is dynamite power 54:51 to get things done. 54:53 It was interesting that Mollie used those two texts 54:56 that give both sides of that coin. 54:58 Matthew 28:19-20... authority. 55:02 That's Christ's guarantee that when you step out for Him 55:06 your job will be successful 55:09 if you do it in the power and strength of Jesus Christ. 55:13 Amen! That's a guarantee. 55:15 You have the power, the authority, the right 55:21 to live a victorious life. Hallelujah! 55:24 You have the power, the authority, the right 55:26 to tell Satan "take a hike. " 55:29 You have the power, the authority, the right 55:32 to live victoriously. Yes! 55:34 You have the power, the authority, the right 55:37 to speak in Christ's name. 55:39 You have the power, the authority, the right 55:41 to rebuke the devil. 55:46 Then in Acts 1:8 the word is used again. 55:50 This time it's dunamis... it's dynamite power. 55:52 It's mighty power. 55:54 When Christ went to Nazareth twice He was rejected. 55:57 Two times! And the Bible says He was able to do 56:00 "no mighty works. " When you look up that word 56:04 mighty works in the Greek 56:07 it's that same dunamis power. 56:09 So in Nazareth Christ couldn't do any 56:13 mighty miraculous works. Mark says He did little things. 56:16 He laid some hands on some people, 56:18 cured some little things, but He wasn't able to... 56:20 to do the kinds of things He wanted to do 56:23 because of unbelief. 56:27 Christ wants to do mighty works in our lives, 56:30 ladies and gentlemen. 56:32 He doesn't want you to just have crumbs from the table 56:35 of the Master. He wants to do mighty works. 56:39 So why aren't we getting mighty works? 56:42 Why aren't we seeing mountains moved? 56:44 Why aren't great things happening? 56:48 I think it's because of unbelief. 56:50 I don't think we're ready for it yet. 56:52 But ladies and gentlemen: mighty works are coming 56:58 and I want them to be worked through me. 57:02 Amen? Amen! 57:04 One quick story then I'm done. 57:05 Years ago I was pastoring the Ebenezer church 57:07 and a woman came... called me to her house 57:09 Sabbath afternoon and her daughter looked like 57:12 she was near death. 57:14 She said: "Pastor, pray for her and she'll be fine. " 57:17 I said: "You need to take that woman to the hospital... 57:19 this girl to the hospital. " Said: "No pastor, you pray 57:21 and she'll be fine. " That was a heavy weight to put on 57:24 a young preacher just out of school. 57:26 The girl's barely breathing. 57:28 Chest heaving, eyes rolled back, skin ashen. 57:31 "Just pray, pastor... she'll be fine. " |
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