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Series Code: 16GYC
Program Code: 16GYC000007A
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00:33 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
00:38 just to take Him at His word, 00:43 just to rest upon His promise, 00:48 just to know, "Thus saith the Lord." 00:53 Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; 00:59 how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. 01:04 Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. 01:09 Oh, for grace to trust Him more. 01:15 Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus, 01:20 just to trust His cleansing blood; 01:25 and in simple faith to plunge me 01:30 'neath the healing, cleansing flood. 01:36 Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; 01:41 how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. 01:46 Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. 01:51 Oh, for grace to trust Him more. 01:57 Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus, 02:02 just from sin and self to cease; 02:07 just from Jesus simply taking 02:12 life and rest, and joy and peace. 02:17 Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; 02:23 how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. 02:28 Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. 02:33 Oh, for grace to trust Him more. 02:39 I'm so glad I learned to trust Him, 02:44 precious Jesus, Savior, Friend. 02:49 And I know that Thou art with me, 02:54 will be with me to the end. 02:59 Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; 03:05 how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. 03:10 Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. 03:16 Oh, for grace to trust Him more. 03:25 Amen. 03:26 Our next song is going to be, Lead On, O King Eternal. 03:40 Lead on, O King eternal, the day of march has come; 03:49 henceforth in fields of conquest Thy tents shall be our home. 03:59 Through days of preparation Thy grace has made us strong; 04:08 and now, O King eternal, we lift our battle song. 05:39 Our last song this evening is going to be our theme song. 05:43 Before the Throne of God. 05:44 I invite you to stand with us as we sing. 08:07 Amen. You may now be seated. 08:10 Amen. I love that song. 08:13 Happy Sabbath, dear Christians. 08:17 Amen. Do you realize the significance of that name? 08:21 That we are Christians. 08:23 You know, it's Gentiles who coined that name 08:27 for the disciples. 08:28 They saw these disciples and they saw that they 08:31 worked like Jesus worked and they talked like Jesus talked. 08:35 And it is Christians that, because they have allowed 08:39 the Holy Spirit to work in them, have caused revivals 08:42 that have put bars out of business, 08:44 that have caused cops to lose their jobs. 08:47 And it's Christians who have been burned at the stake. 08:50 And it's as Christians that we stand before the 08:52 throne of God today. 08:53 Amen? 08:55 On behalf of GYC, I want to welcome you tonight. 08:58 We want to welcome the Sabbath together. 09:01 GYC tiene traducción al Español. 09:05 For our Scripture reading tonight we are going to turn 09:08 to Revelation chapter 22. 09:11 Revelation chapter, what? 09:13 Twenty-two. You got it. 09:15 Revelation 22:11-12 09:20 Revelation 22:11-12 09:22 And it reads, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: 09:27 and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: 09:30 and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: 09:34 and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 09:36 'And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, 09:42 to give every man according as his work shall be.'" 09:45 Amen. Let's pray together. 09:48 Heavenly Father, we have these words ringing in our minds 09:53 this evening that You are sending Your Son quickly. 09:59 And Father, we not only want to long for this day, 10:04 but we want to hasten it. 10:06 So Father, this evening we pray, we implore 10:09 that You would pour Your Holy Spirit upon us, 10:14 Father, that Your work on this earth would be hastened. 10:17 We are tired of tarrying on this world, dear Father. 10:22 So we thank You for hearing our prayers. 10:23 We thank You that You are more willing to give us 10:26 the gift of the Holy Spirit than parents are to 10:28 give good gifts to their children. 10:30 So we pray these things in Jesus' mighty name. 10:33 Amen. 10:38 We serve a risen Savior who's in the world today, amen? 10:42 And one of the ways that we can see our risen Savior 10:45 operating in the world today is through His people 10:48 operating in ministry. 10:50 And today I have nine people to introduce to you 10:53 who are representing eight different ministries. 10:55 And I cannot wait to explain to you or have them share with you 10:58 what is happening in their ministries. 11:00 Our very first person is Dawn Lewis who is the 11:04 president of the southwest chapter of the ministry 11:07 called, ASI, which stands for, 11:09 Adventist Laymen Services and Industries. 11:11 So can you please share with us what's happening 11:14 in your ministry? 11:15 Thank you, Shauna. Good evening, GYC. 11:18 Well this past year ASI Ministries have been very 11:21 actively involved in the medical missionary work 11:24 and health evangelism. 11:25 And through the Pathway to Health program 11:27 and the Jumpstart Free Health Clinic program 11:31 together we served over 12,000 members of the community 11:36 delivering free medical care. 11:38 So Pathway L.A. served over 8000, 11:41 Beckley West Virginia served 1700, 11:44 and the one in Killeen Texas served about 2000 people. 11:48 So we're very excited about that. 11:49 Additionally, ASI has partnered with the world church 11:53 to continue to conduct global evangelism. 11:56 And this year, using the New Beginnings Bible series, 12:00 Bible study series developed by ASI, 12:03 conducted meetings in Rwanda 12:05 which resulted in 100,000 baptisms. 12:09 And this effort is going to continue over the next year. 12:12 Next year 20,000 meetings are planned in eastern Africa, 12:16 whereby several more thousands are scheduled to, 12:20 or we're praying that they will be baptized. 12:24 And so we're very excited about that. 12:26 And GYC, on behalf of ASI, would like to invite 12:29 all of you to return right here to Houston in August 12:33 of this year for the ASI National Convention. 12:36 We look forward to seeing you here. 12:38 Thank you. Amen, amen. 12:39 Thank you so much. 12:41 Wonderful things are happening in your ministry. 12:43 Our second ministry is American Christian Ministries 12:46 being represented by Jonathan Cherne. 12:48 This is an audio and literature ministry that is 12:50 preserving messages from past and present, 12:53 and making them accessible across different platforms 12:56 for listeners today. 12:57 Can you tell us what's happening in your ministry? 12:59 Yes, it's amazing what God is doing at 13:02 American Christian Ministries. 13:05 Some of you might know the ministry as 13:06 American Cassette Ministries. 13:10 It was founded in 1975 when the founder was like, 13:15 why aren't the Adventist messages being recorded? 13:19 And so he started going to camp meetings and recording 13:22 these messages so that they can be preserved 13:25 for us today. 13:27 And those were originally on cassettes. 13:28 But recently God has provided funding to put all these online 13:33 for free and on an app so that you can have them on your phone 13:38 and listen to them wherever you are. 13:40 As well, people around the world can listen to it 13:42 wherever they are. 13:45 People like H.M.S. Richards, Joe Crews; 13:48 these timeless messages. 13:50 And so even though cassettes might not be anymore, 13:53 and these speakers might not be anymore, but God has 13:56 preserved the message for us to listen to today. 14:00 Thank you so much. 14:02 Wonderful things are happening. 14:04 Our next ministry is called, Mission 365, 14:07 which is a General Conference initiative 14:09 that's related to the Total Membership Involvement. 14:12 We have Eric Isaiah and Elder Duane Mckey. 14:14 Tell us, how is God using your ministry? 14:16 Well, this past week we know that there was a GLOW 14:19 mission trip that passed out over one million GLOW tracks. 14:22 It's amazing, right? 14:24 And we thought about it, and we thought, what if there was a way 14:28 that we could actually get, this upcoming year, we could get 14:31 one billion pieces of literature out 14:34 to people in the communities. 14:36 And you're thinking, "Wow, that would be about like a thousand 14:39 GLOW mission trips." 14:40 It's actually a lot simpler than that. 14:42 We can summarize it in three words. 14:44 Total member involvement. 14:47 It's an initiative the General Conference started out called, 14:51 Mission 365. 14:53 And this initiative is really simple. 14:55 If they could get every single member to simply pass out 14:58 literature every day in the year 2017, 15:02 we could reach out to all these people. 15:05 If we could get them to pass out just one tract, 15:08 the vision basically is to pass out one tract every day, 15:11 we could reach a billion souls for the kingdom of heaven. 15:15 Amazing, right? 15:16 Now you thought, we think, "Well, how would we be 15:18 able to track something like this? 15:19 What would we be able to do to see how many people we reach?" 15:22 We decided to come up with this app called, The Mission 365 app. 15:26 You can download it in the app store. 15:28 And this app is still under construction, 15:30 but there's going to be some updates coming very, very soon 15:32 that will make this a really cool tool 15:34 to update how many tracts you get out this upcoming year. 15:38 You'll also be able to share testimonies with 15:40 the world church and all the other people participating 15:43 in this initiative. 15:44 Now we have here with us Elder Duane McKey. 15:46 He's from the General Conference. 15:48 Why don't you tell us what happened a couple of weeks ago 15:51 with all the world church leaders. 15:53 Actually it was in October, October 8th. 15:55 We had General Conference people coming from 15:57 all over the world for year-end meetings. 15:59 And we also had young people coming from Columbia Union, 16:02 Pacific Union, Souls West, and they taught 16:05 the General Conference executive committee, 16:07 division presidents, how to witness 16:08 and pass out GLOW tracts. 16:10 We knocked on doors. 16:12 We actually, all of us, went out and knocked on doors 16:14 on a Sabbath afternoon and invited people 16:16 to read the GLOW tracts and also had prayer with them. 16:19 What a blessing that was for the General Conference committee. 16:21 The first time in the history of the church. 16:23 Thanks you. Amen. 16:25 I encourage you all to get involved with this ministry. 16:27 Thank you so much for sharing. 16:30 Our next ministry is from the Middle East 16:34 and North African Union. 16:35 This is my friend, Elizabeth. 16:37 Please share what is happening. 16:39 So one day I was sitting in my house in the Middle East 16:42 North Africa region, and there was a knock on the door. 16:45 There was a lady there, she was my English student. 16:47 And I hadn't seen her for four months. 16:50 Four months before, her husband had left her with 16:53 four small children. 16:55 And providentially, by God's grace, she came to my house 16:59 and knocked on the door a week before my husband and I 17:02 were moving to another country in the Middle East 17:04 North Africa region. 17:05 I asked her, "How are you doing?" 17:08 And she just looked sad. 17:09 And I was like, "Come in, please sit down with me. 17:11 Let's talk." 17:13 And as I was talking with her, God impressed me to tell her, 17:17 "God loves you." 17:20 How many of you guys know that God loves you? 17:23 Amen. 17:25 But I am here to tell you that in the Middle East 17:26 North Africa region, 500 million people there, 17:30 they do not know that God loves them. 17:32 As I said these words to her, tears began to come down 17:36 her cheeks and she let me pray with her. 17:39 And by the end of our conversation she had joy, 17:42 she had peace from God and Jesus Christ. 17:45 The Bible says in Isaiah 59:10 that without Jesus Christ 17:49 we are as dead men in desolate places. 17:53 And there are millions of people just like this woman 17:56 in the Middle East North Africa region 17:58 that are as dead people in desolate places. 18:01 But Jesus Christ wants to be their Savior. 18:03 And then when He comes into their lives 18:05 they arise and shine, for their light has come, 18:08 and they're an instrument to reach other people. 18:11 But guys, there are hardly any Seventh-day Adventists 18:15 in the Middle East North Africa region. 18:17 We need people to share the gospel message 18:20 with these lovely people. 18:22 Two ways that people can go into this region is 18:24 as an academic missionary, a Waldensian student, 18:27 and as a tent maker. 18:29 What that is, is you get a job in a secular organization 18:32 in any profession; business, teaching, music, 18:34 artist, computer science, and share Jesus. 18:37 If you would like to learn more, if God is calling you, 18:40 come by our booth; it's 501. 18:44 It's very, very, very powerful. 18:45 Thank you so much for sharing. 18:48 Our next ministry is the Middle East University, 18:51 which is based in Lebanon and it was founded in 1939. 18:55 Here we have Dr. George Jackson 18:56 who is a faculty member there. 18:58 Can you please tell us how God is working 19:00 through this university? 19:01 Yes, it all started with a mission trip about 19:03 four years ago when I went to do health ministry in Lebanon. 19:07 And after several years I ended up moving there. 19:11 And now I'm the chair of the health sciences, 19:13 or the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. 19:16 And we're starting a pre-med program there 19:18 at Middle East University. 19:19 You know, it changed my life. 19:21 I'm a different person. 19:23 Going to the Middle East, I've never felt the 19:26 power of God work in such a remarkable way 19:28 as it did when we were working with the many 19:30 refugee people and doing the health ministry. 19:33 Now on campus it's my home, the country is my home. 19:36 And we have opportunities on our campus. 19:39 Our students want Christian friends. 19:41 They want Adventists, solid Adventists, 19:43 that they can learn about our Adventist world view 19:45 and all our truths. 19:48 And we have many wonderful witnessing opportunities, 19:51 mission opportunities, just outside our gates. 19:54 Just within two kilometers of our campus we have Iraqi 19:57 and Syrian refugees. 19:59 And I sat in an Iraqi's refugee's house 20:04 and she told me the story of what happened. 20:06 Many of these people have left everything behind; 20:09 houses, cars, furniture, and they fled with their lives. 20:13 And now many of them are coming to our local Adventist church 20:15 down the hill, and we have many opportunities to go 20:18 and minister to these people. 20:20 What we need are Adventist committed GYC people 20:26 willing to come and help us. 20:28 It is such an overwhelming ministry there 20:30 in the Middle East. 20:31 They can come and they can study for a year, 20:33 they can take classes and they can transfer back. 20:35 We have a list of Iraqi refugees that need visiting. 20:39 There's health expos and mission trips 20:41 in the region we'll be doing. 20:42 So if you want to be overwhelmed by the power of God 20:45 in your life, come to the Middle East. 20:48 It will change your life, like it did me. 20:50 Praise God. 20:51 Praise God for Middle East University. 20:52 Thank you so much for sharing. 20:55 Our next ministry is called, F5, which stands for, 20:58 Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Fun, and Fortitude. 21:01 Here we have Elisa Harboldt to represent the ministry. 21:05 - What is happening? - Thanks, Shauna. 21:07 So I want you to close your eyes for just a second 21:10 and imagine two things. 21:12 First, you weight 429 pounds. 21:16 And second, you just lost your entire family. 21:19 Okay, open your eyes. 21:21 That didn't feel very good, did it? 21:23 Well that's the situation that my friend, John, was in 21:25 earlier this year. 21:27 He had lost his health, he lost his wife and his kids, 21:29 and he was very discouraged. 21:31 So discouraged, in fact, that he had decided to leave the church. 21:33 But thankfully someone from our church invited him 21:36 to the F5 challenge. 21:38 Well what's the F5 challenge? 21:39 So as Adventist we're known for eating healthy, right? 21:43 And that's important, it's a big part of our health message. 21:45 Our ministry is excited about promoting fitness 21:48 and physical activity within our church. 21:51 But not just promoting it, but providing activities 21:55 where Adventist young people can come together 21:57 for adventures, to camp, to hike, to climb rocks, 22:01 to worship together, and also to invite people 22:04 who might not know Jesus. 22:05 So John got invited to this. 22:07 And he trained all summer for it. 22:09 He lost 50 pounds. 22:11 And he came in October to the Grand Canyon, 22:13 which is our kickoff event, and he hiked 22:15 from rim to rim, to rim, in the Grand Canyon, which is 48 miles. 22:19 But more exciting than that, John got his hope back 22:22 and he's now actively involved in his church. 22:24 So that's the power of the health message. 22:26 Second story, Calvin on our F5 team met a girl 22:30 named Lily in the airport. 22:32 Now Lily wasn't interested in God at all, 22:34 but she likes triathlons. 22:35 So they connected and became Facebook friends. 22:37 And she saw when Calvin posted about the Arizona event. 22:40 She sent him an email, "Hey Calvin, I'm not religious, 22:43 but can I come?" 22:45 So we're excited about the health message, one, because 22:49 as we follow God's health principles it helps us to 22:51 become more fully alive; and two, because in the process 22:56 we have this beautiful opportunity to be able to share 22:58 Jesus with people that we might not be able to otherwise. 23:01 Amen. 23:02 I have friends that were involved in that Grand Canyon 23:04 trip and it was an incredible experience for them. 23:08 Our next ministry is GYC Guatemala, 23:12 which is our newest GYC affiliate. 23:14 And here to represent them is David Paño. 23:16 Please tell us the exciting things that are 23:18 happening in Guatemala. 23:19 Well last year three young people from Guatemala 23:22 came to Louisville, Kentucky and they experienced GYC. 23:26 They went back to their room and they started praying. 23:28 They said, "Lord, we want GYC in Guatemala." 23:32 And they started making plans. 23:33 And this year, December 8th, is when they had 23:36 the first GYC in Guatemala. 23:38 And when they made plans, they were expecting 23:41 250 young people to show up. 23:44 But the registration was going to cost $100. 23:48 And for Guatemala, that was a lot of money. 23:50 A lot of people told them, 23:52 "You know, you're not going to get even 50." 23:54 The day came and there were 450 young people 23:58 in Guatemala worshiping God. 24:01 And it was beautiful to see this enthusiasm 24:06 with these young people. 24:07 That Saturday afternoon they went and they did outreach. 24:11 And Sunday they went and made stoves for the natives 24:15 in the local areas, in the rural areas. 24:18 So it was beautiful to see the work that 24:21 has been done over there. 24:22 And I was talking with a young lady, and I asked her, 24:26 "How did this weekend impact your life?" 24:29 And she said, "David, I went to the seminars, 24:31 I listened to the sermons." 24:34 And she said, "Now I want to be a missionary in my life." 24:37 So as she experienced that experience with Jesus, 24:41 many others as well. 24:43 Amen, amen. 24:45 Praise God for GYC Guatemala. 24:47 Our final ministry is the Hope Channel. 24:50 I'm sure all of you are very familiar with this. 24:52 This is the Seventh-day Adventist television network. 24:54 And here we have Derek Morris who is the president 24:57 of Hope Channel. 24:58 Tell us how God is working through the Hope Channel. 25:01 Thank you so much. Good evening, everyone. 25:03 It's been such a blessing for my wife and I to meet 25:06 so many of you and to know you are watching Hope Sabbath School 25:10 interactive Bible study. 25:11 But this morning I met three young people 25:14 from Stoney Brook University, New York. 25:16 They're here at GYC. 25:19 Munifa, Emile, and Frances. 25:23 And they are downloading the outline of Hope Sabbath School 25:27 and leading an interactive Bible study on Friday night 25:31 at their campus. 25:32 - Someone say amen. - Amen. 25:34 You see, God doesn't just want us to learn the Word, 25:36 God wants us to share the Word. 25:38 Amen? 25:40 And so I want to encourage you to go to hopetv.org. 25:42 Learn about the Word of God, but also take the resources 25:46 and share them so that next GYC we can have some more people 25:49 here who have come to know Jesus. 25:51 - God bless you. - Amen. 25:53 The ministries that you've heard from this evening, 25:56 they've only scratched the surface. 25:57 So I encourage you all to keep them in prayer 25:59 and to also consider doing ministry yourself. 26:23 When I saw what laid before me, 26:31 Lord, I cried, "What will You do?" 26:40 I thought He would just remove it, 26:47 but He gently led me through. 26:55 Without fire there's no refining; 27:03 without pain, no relief; 27:10 without flood there's no rescue; 27:17 without testing, no belief. 27:28 Through the fire, 27:35 through the flood, 27:40 through the water, 27:46 through the blood. 27:52 Through the dry and barren places, 28:03 through life's dense and maddening mazes. 28:14 Through the pain and through the glory, 28:25 Through it all we'll tell the story 28:35 of our God whose power and mercy 28:47 will not fail 28:59 to take us through. 29:25 Happy Sabbath, GYC. 29:28 How are you doing today? 29:30 Are you blessed? 29:31 Praise the Lord. 29:33 Through the blood and through the water 29:35 is how we receive salvation. 29:37 I was asked to present to you in a brief time 29:40 why I believe in righteousness by faith. 29:44 If I had all weekend long, it wouldn't be enough time 29:46 to cover the signs of salvation that will be the 29:49 occupation of God's redeemed throughout eternity. 29:52 But my prayer is that through this presentation 29:55 you will catch a glimpse of God's glory 29:58 and it will encourage you to engage more 30:00 in the signs of salvation and finding out how God 30:03 deals with humanity. 30:04 What is righteousness by faith? 30:07 Let's briefly dissect this term. 30:10 What is righteousness? 30:12 Righteousness is right doing. 30:15 Righteousness is all that is morally right 30:18 to be, think, and do. 30:19 Righteousness is defined by God, His being, His character. 30:24 Righteousness is being in perfect harmony with God 30:28 in intentions, thoughts, words, and acts. 30:31 Righteousness is holiness. 30:34 It is constant voluntary agreement with God 30:38 and obedience to Him, His will, and His law, 30:41 motivated by love. 30:43 Jesus is righteousness. 30:46 What is faith? 30:48 Faith is believing God with unwavering trust, 30:52 no matter the circumstances or feelings. 30:55 Faith can grow from little weak faith 30:58 to the perfect faith of Jesus. 31:00 Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, 31:03 the conviction of things not seen. 31:05 Faith is making Christ the only door to enter 31:09 into the kingdom of heaven. 31:11 Faith is the condition which God has given to pardon sinners. 31:17 What then is righteousness by faith? 31:20 Righteousness by faith is being accounted righteous 31:24 in the eyes of God, perfect in harmony with God, 31:27 His character, and His law, on the simple condition 31:31 of believing that very status to be a reality to me 31:36 through Christ alone. 31:37 Righteousness by faith becomes a sinners experience 31:41 through the acceptance of the unmerited loving grace of God 31:45 that declares him righteous and transforms his character 31:48 into Christ's likeness. 31:50 Righteousness by faith is justification, sanctification, 31:54 and glorification of a lost sinner 31:56 through Christ's merits and blood alone. 31:59 Righteousness by faith is accepting the robe 32:02 that covers and welcoming the grace and power that transforms. 32:07 Righteousness by faith is constant surrender 32:10 of self, motivated by love, and continually receiving 32:14 God's will and grace and power. 32:17 Righteousness by faith is the imputed acceptance with God 32:21 and the imparted obedience to God gifted to us 32:25 on the basis of His love and Christ's perfect life, 32:28 and sacrifice, and ministry in the heavenly Sanctuary. 32:31 Righteousness by faith is letting Christ 32:35 do the humanly unachievable in me. 32:40 How is this possible? 32:42 When God speaks, reality exists. 32:47 When God speaks, reality is created. 32:50 John 3:16 says whoever believes in Jesus 32:53 shall have everlasting life. 32:55 Because God Himself said so. 32:57 Because if I believe in it, this becomes a reality for me. 33:01 I am saved because I believe, because I agree, 33:04 because I have faith, because I trust God 33:07 and His Word, and blood, and righteousness. 33:10 The promise in Matthew 5 is, if you hunger and thirst 33:13 for righteousness, you will be filled. 33:15 Not, you may be filled, you might be filled. 33:18 It says you will be filled. 33:20 I believe it. 33:21 That means I will be filled. 33:23 Hebrews 7:25 says that God is able to save to the uttermost. 33:28 Not halfway, but fully. 33:30 I believe it; so it is so. 33:32 Righteousness by faith is believing God all the time. 33:36 It is taking His word and His promises as they read 33:40 and accepting His power to be sufficient to save 33:44 and to lead me on the path of everlasting life. 33:47 In all of this, there's nothing in my own power, 33:51 nothing I can do that pays in any way 33:55 for the gift of salvation. 33:56 It is received freely based purely on God's love 34:00 and what Christ has done and is doing. 34:04 The experience of salvation can be described then 34:06 in the following way: 34:08 I am a sinner. 34:10 The Holy Spirit reveals to me my sinfulness, my unworthiness, 34:15 by reflecting my character in the light of the law. 34:18 I see sin and all its ugliness 34:21 and my incapability to be freed from it in my own power. 34:24 Then He shows me the loveliness 34:26 and the love and beauty of Christ 34:29 as revealed in all His dealings, 34:30 and especially in Gethsemane and Calvary. 34:34 I see and believe and accept His promise to save and forgive. 34:38 With nothing to pay for it I cast myself fully upon Christ 34:42 who graciously gives repentance, forgiveness, and justification. 34:46 Now I am a child of God, cleansed from past sins, 34:50 justified, and a partaker of the divine nature. 34:54 As I continually behold God, His love, beauty, and truth, 34:57 I joyfully surrender moment by moment, 35:00 empowered by His Holy Spirit to do right, 35:03 growing through Christ in me, the hope of glory. 35:07 Then duty becomes a delight and sacrifice, pleasure. 35:12 When in my weakness I stumble and fall, 35:15 I have the assurance of His faithfulness and forgiveness 35:17 as I confess and repent. 35:19 Striving for excellence in my walk with Christ, 35:22 giving my best, desiring not to sin, 35:25 and shunning evil; those are God given desires and goals. 35:29 But none of them pay in any way for my salvation. 35:33 Rather, they are the natural result, the natural outcome of 35:36 Christ's work in me to will and do of His good pleasure 35:40 so that I may never boast in anything except in the cross 35:44 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 35:45 Righteousness by faith is the righteousness of Christ 35:48 imputed and imparted to us. 35:51 The imputed righteousness or justification, the pardon, 35:55 is mine through faith in God. 35:57 The imparted righteousness or sanctification is mine 36:01 through faith in God. 36:02 He gives the gift of surrender 36:04 and the gift and the power of the Holy Spirit. 36:06 He gives grace to joyfully obey and overcome sin. 36:11 The promise and hope we all have is summarized 36:14 in this statement in, Desire of Ages, page 664. 36:18 "Jesus revealed no qualities and exercised no powers 36:22 that man may not have through faith in Him. 36:26 His perfect humanity is that which all His followers 36:30 may possess if they will be in subjection to God as He was." 36:34 Absolute surrender is possible through faith in Jesus. 36:40 The Bible is full of 36:41 righteousness by faith illustrations. 36:43 The fiery serpents in the desert. 36:46 Snakes crawling up your legs biting you, 36:48 infusing poison in your body. 36:51 A symbol for Satan and sin. 36:53 Killing people left and right. 36:55 The solution: look at the uplifted serpent, 36:58 look at Christ crucified, and live. 37:03 Look away from self and sin, 37:04 and look at Jesus who became sin for us. 37:07 The lost son, with nothing but a crippled weak faith 37:10 returns back to his father and is joyfully accepted 37:14 into his home and treated as if he had never left. 37:17 Peter walking on water. 37:19 When all confidence in self is lost, with his eyes 37:22 fixed upon Jesus, Peter is guided and empowered, 37:26 doing the impossible by faith in Christ. 37:29 So why do I believe in righteousness by faith? 37:32 I believe in righteousness by faith because I believe in the 37:35 loving God of the Bible who created the universe 37:38 in which freedom of choice and trust are the means used 37:42 to secure eternal peace, love, and life. 37:46 I believe in righteousness by faith because it is the only 37:49 way for sinners like me to be freed from sin and its power, 37:53 to be reinstalled into the society of heaven, 37:56 and to glorify God. 37:57 And I believe in righteousness by faith 37:59 because I believe in Jesus, because I love Jesus, 38:02 and because I need Jesus. 38:04 And Jesus is my only hope, my only way. 38:07 He is my King of kings, my Lord of lords. 38:09 He is my righteousness. 38:13 Without Him, there is complete failure. 38:16 But with Him, there is complete victory. 38:19 Nothing in my hand I bring; simply to Thy cross I cling. 38:25 Amen. 38:30 Happy Sabbath, GYC. 38:33 Blessings are already starting to pour in for GYC. 38:38 Remember I lifted up a book last night? 38:41 I forgot to tell you it's free. 38:44 And there's only limited copies of this. 38:47 So there's only like 1500 copies and there's like 3000 of you. 38:52 So when you go out, go out slowly. 38:55 There's a table waiting for you, and there will be 38:58 books waiting for you. 38:59 And if you have already read the book, give it to somebody else. 39:03 You might be wondering why I'm wearing these 39:05 traditional clothes tonight. 39:09 I'm representing the countries in Asia 39:12 that are inspired by GYC. 39:14 Last November I spoke at the Indonesia, 39:18 no not Indonesia, India youth conference. 39:21 And it's so inspiring to see a lot of young people who are 39:24 inspired by the spirit of GYC. 39:26 And it's not just happening in India. 39:28 Also in Asia: Indonesia; in Jakarta, Sulawesi, Bali. 39:33 In the Philippines; Philippine Youth for Christ. 39:36 And also in Malaysia; Sabah Youth for Christ. 39:39 And there are some representatives here. 39:41 God has been blessing this group of young people 39:44 who have been coming together and being on their knees. 39:47 And tonight I'll be sharing with you something, 39:50 no, my friends will be sharing something about the things that 39:53 God has done to them. 39:55 And take note, every morning we go here in this 40:00 convention center at 6:00 to pray. 40:03 And all the while I thought that when I come before 5:30 40:07 that I'd be the first person in the prayer room. 40:10 But lo and behold, I was only the third person 40:13 in the prayer room. 40:14 And the first person was this guy. 40:17 My friend Joel, tell me, what happened? 40:20 Well I had a pretty tough night and the Holy Spirit 40:23 reminded me that the prayer room was open. 40:26 So I went. 40:27 And when I went in there God convicted me, 40:30 "Start praising Me about My character." 40:32 And I started praying to God. 40:34 And all of a sudden, everything that I had been studying 40:38 for the past couple of weeks just started melding together, 40:42 and I saw God in a new way. 40:44 And I just realized, and I started crying, 40:47 that it was so easy with the Holy Spirit there. 40:51 And I realized that I should be praying 40:53 even more for the Holy Spirit. 40:55 That room was saturated with the Holy Spirit. 40:57 And every morning we've been there it's been so powerful. 41:00 And I realized that this is the key to our lives. 41:04 And I recommend everyone, please go, because 41:07 your lives will be changed. 41:09 Thank you so much, brother. 41:10 And you know what? 41:12 As a missionary, I appreciate the labor and the things 41:17 that you do for the people who are unreached. 41:19 And with this being said, at 9:30 tonight 41:22 in the booth, Jesus For Asia, 603, 41:25 we will be praying for the unreached. 41:27 Amen. Yes. 41:29 And the next person who will be sharing tonight, 41:32 she is just an infant in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 41:36 She got baptized in June this year. 41:39 Natasha, tell us about your story in the prayer room. 41:42 Thanks. So my walk with God has been a real journey. 41:45 And in the last couple of months I've really felt convicted 41:48 by God about the importance of prayer, both personal prayer, 41:51 but also united prayer. 41:53 And back home in our small group ministry we've started 41:56 doing united prayer and seeing the power of God 41:59 move in ways that just blow your mind. 42:02 So coming to GYC and looking at the opportunity 42:05 for united prayer, I was really excited 42:07 to be able to get involved. 42:09 And coming to the prayer meeting on Thursday morning 42:13 I expected the presence of God to be there, 42:16 but not like the way He actually was. 42:18 There were so many people there. 42:20 And I mean, even an hour went by in the blink of an eye. 42:22 Two hours today went by without even thinking about it. 42:26 And it wasn't, there was nothing that was boring, 42:28 there was nothing that was an effort. 42:30 It was just being completely humbled 42:32 at the foot of the cross. 42:33 And to be completely in the presence of Jesus 42:36 was an absolutely inspiring moment 42:38 and something that I would highly recommend. 42:41 That if anyone here, I would highly recommend 42:44 wherever you are, if you've known Jesus your entire life, 42:46 if you met Him yesterday, that you should be there 42:48 in the prayer meeting. 42:50 For me, this has been the highlight of GYC, 42:52 to be able to just be completely humbled in the presence of God. 42:55 And I would highly recommend it. 42:57 That it's been... 42:58 If you're not sure, if you'd even question that Jesus 43:02 may not be real, be there tomorrow at six o'clock. 43:05 Trust me, He'll show you His presence. 43:08 Amen. Wow! 43:10 So if you will miss the highlight, it's so sad. 43:14 Do not miss the highlight, my dear friends. 43:17 This morning when we started at 6:00, 43:19 more or less there were 200 people who were there. 43:22 And the experience was amazing. 43:24 Don't let GYC pass by and not visit the prayer room. 43:28 I remember a few months ago when we had 43:31 Philippine Youth for Christ, at 5:00 am, 43:35 all the while I thought that there'd not be much 43:38 people who will come. 43:39 But lo and behold, 400 young people came 43:43 at 5:00 in the morning, my dear friends. 43:45 And at that conference we had felt 43:50 the presence of the Holy Spirit. 43:51 Some of the speakers told me, "Gem, I've never been 43:54 to a place where you could sense the thickness 43:58 of the presence of the Holy Spirit." 44:01 And I was reminded of the powerful quote from, 44:04 Central Advance, February 25, 1903. 44:07 It says here, "The power given..." 44:10 What power is this? 44:11 This is the power of the Holy Spirit. 44:13 "The power given will be proportionate 44:15 to the unity of the members and their love for God, 44:19 and their love for one another." 44:21 How much power do we want to see being poured out 44:25 in our time right now? 44:27 It depends upon our unity. 44:29 It depends upon our corporate humility before God. 44:32 Our love for God and our love for one another. 44:35 My dear friends, as we separate into three's or two's 44:40 tonight, let us continue to intercede for one another. 44:43 Let us pray for one another. 44:45 And there's a prayer request. 44:47 A daughter of a missionary from AFM, a three year old daughter, 44:52 has had a stroke. 44:54 So please keep her in your prayer. 44:55 We don't want to say the names, but just lift up 44:58 this situation, and lift up one another. 45:01 And we'll spend one minute in prayer. 45:15 Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary; 45:23 pure and holy, tried and true. 45:32 With thanksgiving I'll be a living 45:41 sanctuary for You. 45:56 Into my heart, into my heart, 46:03 come into my heart, Lord Jesus. 46:13 Come in today, come in to stay; 46:24 come into my heart, Lord Jesus. 46:34 Prepare our hearts, dear Father, for the blessings that You're 46:37 about to pour upon us this Sabbath day. 46:40 We pray this in the loving name of Your Son Jesus. 46:43 Amen. |
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