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Series Code: 17GYC
Program Code: 17GYC000011A
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00:33 This afternoon, the scripture reading will be
00:35 from Proverbs 3:5-7. 00:38 So if you have your Bibles, 00:40 Proverbs 3:5-7 is where the scripture 00:45 will be taken from. 00:48 I'm reading in the New King James Version. 00:51 The Bible says, 00:52 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, 00:54 and lean not in thine own understanding. 00:57 In all your ways acknowledge Him, 00:58 and He shall direct your paths. 01:01 Be not wise in your own eyes. 01:04 Fear the Lord, and depart from evil." 01:08 I met Daniel Fukuda in the summer of 2012 01:12 when he first canvassed in our literature 01:15 evangelism programs. 01:17 This is when he made the decision to transfer 01:19 from the current college 01:21 of where he was studying theology 01:22 to come to Souls West so he can be trained. 01:25 Some little known facts about Daniel 01:28 is that he was training to be a world-class magician, 01:32 even shadowing a professional magician 01:34 for an entire summer. 01:36 Another little known fact about Daniel, 01:39 you'll see him in just a moment, 01:41 he is one of the nicest guys 01:42 you'll see with a pretty boy smile, 01:44 but behind that smile is also a fully-trained black belt. 01:50 What Daniel doesn't know is 01:52 I decided to dig up 01:54 some of the archives as he applied at Souls West, 01:56 and it's real fascinating 01:58 what he put down on his application. 02:02 The question is, "Describe your Christian experience 02:04 telling of your background, 02:06 your conversion, your growth in Christ, 02:08 and your present relationship with God." 02:10 And Daniel said he was blessed with good parents 02:12 and a good family, 02:14 but it wasn't until the summer of 2010 02:17 when he started doing his devotions 02:20 during a summer of canvassing. 02:23 Since then, he was motivated to start Bible study groups 02:25 and ministries and preach at churches. 02:28 Most of his motivation and ideas came 02:30 from having his morning devotions, 02:33 and I'm quoting, he says, 02:35 "Without devotions, I would not be where I am at." 02:39 "Please state your life's personal mission statement," 02:41 is what is says on the application. 02:43 Daniel says, "I have a deep burden." 02:45 Now this is 2012 02:48 when he wrote this at 19 years old, 02:50 5 years ago. 02:52 Daniel put, "I have a deep burden 02:54 and desire to do evangelism in Asia, 02:56 specifically in Japan. 02:58 I want to do everything and anything 03:00 that God calls me to do 03:01 to further the Gospel to the world 03:03 so that Christ will come in our generation." 03:07 The last question 03:09 we have on application is we asked, 03:11 "Do you believe that ministry will be 03:13 part of your life's calling?" 03:16 Daniel said, 03:17 "I think God is calling to me for me to be a preacher 03:20 or an evangelist in Asia, specifically in Japan. 03:24 In the process of preaching and evangelizing, 03:26 I want to establish Bible centers 03:29 where I could teach people literature evangelism 03:32 and the Bible." 03:33 You wouldn't believe it, but three years ago, 03:35 I had the privilege of going with Daniel to Japan 03:39 and we did presentations for the Japanese Union, 03:42 and at that moment, they decided to hire him 03:45 as the youngest department director. 03:48 He is now working in the Japanese Union 03:51 as a Literature Ministry Director 03:53 for the entire union overseeing GLOW, 03:55 what they call Souls West over there 03:58 and also literature evangelism. 04:00 The next voice that you'll be hearing 04:02 is Daniel Fukuda. 04:03 Let's bow our heads as we begin with prayer. 04:08 Father in heaven, we come before You, 04:10 thanking You so much 04:12 that you choose the foolish things of the world 04:15 to confound the wise. 04:18 We thank You, You choose those who may be untrained 04:21 or those who don't have an idea of what they want to do, 04:27 but You still use us, God, 04:31 and we are thankful that You use us, 04:33 and I'm thankful that You've used Daniel. 04:37 This afternoon, we ask that Your spirit would be here, 04:41 that You will please help him to convict our hearts, 04:47 to convert us to Jesus, 04:49 and we pray to You, God, 04:51 that our hearts would be softened 04:52 and we would answer the call to do missions 04:56 and ministry for You. 04:58 We pray this in Jesus' name, amen. 05:33 And can it be 05:36 And can it be 05:40 Amazing love 05:43 How can it be 05:49 And can it be 05:50 That I should gain 05:56 An interest in the Savior's blood? 06:02 Died He for me, who caused His pain 06:09 For me, who Him to death pursued? 06:15 Amazing love 06:22 How can it be 06:28 That Thou, my God, 06:35 Shouldst die 06:40 For me? 06:56 He left His Father's throne above 07:02 So free, so infinite His grace 07:09 Emptied Himself of all but love 07:16 And bled for Adam's helpless race 07:22 'Tis mercy all 07:28 Immense 07:32 And free 07:37 For, O my God 07:42 It found out me 07:47 And can it be 07:50 And can it be 07:54 Amazing love 07:57 How can it be 08:01 No condemnation now 08:05 I dread Jesus, and all in Him 08:11 Is mine 08:14 Alive in Him, my living Head 08:21 And clothed in 08:22 Righteousness divine 08:29 Bold 08:31 I approach 08:36 The eternal throne 08:43 And claim the crown 08:50 Through Christ my own 08:56 Amazing love 09:03 How can it be 09:09 That thou 09:12 My God 09:22 Shouldst die 09:27 For me? 09:31 Amazing love 09:34 How can it be 09:41 Amazing 09:47 Love 10:06 What time is it? 10:08 It's 10 to 5. 10:56 Greetings! 10:57 Oh. 11:03 Sorry. 11:05 Excuse me, let me drink water first. 11:09 All right, so my name is Daniel Sachio Fukuda. 11:15 I actually have a middle name. 11:17 Daniel means God is my judge, 11:19 Sachio means center of happiness, 11:21 Fukuda means happy rice field. 11:24 So as long as I keep God as my judge, 11:27 and as long as I keep God as a center of happiness, 11:30 I'll be like a happy prosperous rice field. 11:37 Well, I came to Japan a few days ago, 11:41 and this afternoon, 11:43 I would like to share a testimony 11:46 and a special message to each one of you. 11:48 So I just ask that you prayerfully listen 11:51 for your next 40 minutes and then, 11:53 just pray, pray as you listen. 11:55 And let me just have 11:57 a short word of prayer once again. 12:01 Dear Heavenly Father, 12:03 I just pray 12:05 that You give me words to speak. 12:07 May You be the one who speaks, 12:09 speak to each one of our hearts, O Lord. 12:12 May You send Your Holy Spirit, 12:14 touch each and every person's hearts. 12:17 May decisions be made 12:19 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 12:23 When I say Maranatha, please say Jesus is coming. 12:28 Maranatha! Jesus is coming! 12:31 Maranatha! Jesus is coming! 12:33 When I say dream, say big. Dream! 12:36 Big! Dream! 12:38 Big! 12:39 Maranatha, Jesus is coming, dream... 12:41 Big! 12:43 Dream big, those two concepts are very important concepts. 12:47 And I am thankful for my parents, 12:50 my family that helped me really treasure, 12:53 cherish those two concepts. 12:54 And I believe those two concepts 12:56 should be cherished by every single Christian, 12:58 Seventh-day Adventist Bible believing Jesus followers. 13:03 Dream big, Maranatha. 13:06 Well, in the Bible, Psalms 117, 13:10 are these words the shortest Bible verse, 13:13 "Oh, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, 13:15 praise Him, all ye people, 13:17 for His merciful kindness is great toward us, 13:20 and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. 13:23 Praise ye the Lord." 13:25 Hallelujah, let's say it in Japanese. 13:43 That was in Japanese, 13:45 but who's going to preach in Chinese, 13:47 who's going to preach in Korean, 13:48 who's going to preach in India, 13:50 who's going to preach in Africa, 13:51 who's going to preach in all over the world? 13:53 We need people to preach the message to every nation, 13:57 kindred, tongue, and people. 13:59 Amen. 14:01 You see, to God be the glory, 14:05 great things He has done, 14:07 and He is doing, and He will do. 14:12 Do you believe that? Yes. 14:14 I stand here, this day, 14:17 able to testify because of family, 14:20 because of friends, 14:22 because of teachers, of pastors, of classmates, 14:24 of church members, 14:26 because of many people's prayers and support 14:28 all around the world. 14:29 Ministry is a team effort. 14:32 You see, I stand this day, 14:34 December 30, 2017, GYC Meeting 14:38 before you all, boldly, humbly, 14:40 but boldly to testify 14:43 about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 14:46 and His mission for all of us. 14:49 Amen. 14:50 The fact that I stand here this day is a living testimony, 14:53 a living evidence, a living proof 14:56 that God can and will use anybody 15:00 for His mission under one condition. 15:03 Do you want to know that one condition? 15:05 What's that one condition? 15:07 He can use anybody under one condition. 15:11 You know, I have been... 15:12 As introduction, I have been working... 15:15 I started working in the Union, 15:17 and ever since I started working 15:19 in the Japan Union, 15:20 I have been really thinking, "How did I end up here? 15:22 What's going on? 15:24 Why am I here?" 15:25 You see, I have been thinking of more about soul-winning, 15:28 about evangelism, about leadership, 15:31 you know, I've been thinking and I realized, 15:34 "Maybe it's this. 15:36 God can use under maybe just one condition." 15:39 And I believe this one condition perhaps is 15:41 if we boil it down to one word, it is Trust. 15:45 Amen. Trust. Trust. 15:48 And God... 15:49 Proverbs 3:5-7, 15:51 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart," 15:54 King James Version, 15:55 "lean not unto thine own understanding. 15:58 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, 16:00 and He shall direct thy paths. 16:02 Be not wise unto thine own eyes. 16:07 Fear the Lord, and depart from evil." 16:10 Amen. 16:11 That's important principle I believe. 16:13 Trust in God. 16:14 Another passage, 16:17 you know, the Book of Daniel happens 16:19 to be one of my favorite books, 16:21 Daniel 3:13-18. 16:24 Daniel 3:13-18 reads, "Then Nebuchadnezzar, 16:29 in his rage and fury, 16:30 commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, 16:33 and Abednego. 16:34 Then they brought these men before the king. 16:37 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, 16:39 'Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 16:42 do not ye serve my gods, 16:44 nor worship the golden image which I have set up?'" 16:47 Verse 15, "'Now if ye be ready 16:49 that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, 16:52 harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, 16:54 and all kinds of musick, 16:56 ye fall down and worship the image 16:59 which I have made. 17:00 Well, but if ye worship not, 17:02 ye shall be cast the same hour 17:04 into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, 17:07 and who is that God 17:08 that shall deliver you out of my hands?' 17:11 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered 17:13 and said to the king, 'O Nebuchadnezzar, 17:16 we are not careful to answer thee 17:19 in this matter. 17:20 If it be so, our God 17:23 whom we serve is able to deliver us 17:26 from the fiery furnace, 17:27 and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 17:31 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, 17:37 that we will not serve thy Gods, 17:39 nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." 17:41 But if not, 17:42 regardless of our circumstance, 17:45 whatever, regardless, we trust and follow God, 17:49 no matter what, that kind of trust. 17:52 Trust and obey God's way. 17:55 You may be under financial problems, 17:58 just trust and obey God. 18:00 You may be under relationship problems 18:02 or family problems or work problems, 18:04 just trust and obey God's way. 18:07 Whatever problems you are going through, 18:09 just trust and obey God's way. 18:13 Amen. 18:14 We will come back to this later. 18:15 But this afternoon, 18:19 I like to share some testimony from the work in Japan. 18:24 Let's just say I don't know the exact numbers 18:26 but perhaps, there's about 5,000 people 18:30 or so here, and in Japan, 18:34 less than 1% of the population is Christians. 18:38 Less than 1% are Christians. 18:41 So if there's... 18:42 well, let's just say 5,000 people, 18:44 let's just say for now, 18:46 you guys are all Japanese for a moment, okay? 18:49 All of you, look to your left, look to your right, 18:52 you are all Japanese. 18:53 You are all Japanese. 18:55 If you are all Japanese... 18:56 well, 5000 people, 1% of that, 18:59 50 people are Christians in this room, 19:01 50, just 50 people. 19:03 At Adventist, the Seventh-day Adventist population 19:06 of Japan is 1% of the 1%. 19:08 In other words, maybe a half a person, 19:10 or maybe at most one person 19:12 is Seventh Day Adventist in this room. 19:16 That's Japan for you, very few Christians, 19:20 very few Christians. 19:21 But it's not a small country. 19:22 It's a big country, 130 million people, 19:27 and the Tokyo area which I happen to live in, 19:29 in the Tokyo area, 19:31 there's about 40 million people. 19:33 That's one of the biggest metropolitan area, 19:35 the richest, the most populated area, 19:38 and less than 1% Christians. 19:41 Something needs to happen. 19:43 You know, this morning, Pastor Doug mentioned 19:46 about the city evangelism, you know, "I want this city." 19:51 Well, you know, I really want this city, Tokyo. 19:54 I want this city Tokyo, Japan. 19:57 I think many people want this city Tokyo, 19:59 and it needs to be one to the kingdom of God. 20:01 Amen. 20:03 This afternoon, I like to cover five points. 20:06 Who am I? What am I doing? 20:09 What's going on with what I'm doing? 20:11 What have I learned in the past two years? 20:13 And why need you guys to listen? 20:17 So we had an introduction earlier, 20:21 so I don't need to introduce myself again. 20:26 I just want to say, 20:28 for maybe there's few people coming in, 20:29 so I am a third generation Japanese American, 20:32 I'm the youngest of four siblings. 20:35 And a lot of things happened, 20:37 and I started working in the Union 20:40 about two and a half years ago. 20:42 And I am no different than any other young people, 20:47 God uses anybody, anybody, as long as we just trust Him, 20:50 step at a time. 20:52 So what am I doing exactly? 20:55 I am involved in four major projects 20:57 in Japan currently. 20:59 I work under the youth ministries department 21:01 and literature ministries department. 21:03 And four major projects are Youth Rush, 21:06 All Rush, GIFTS, 21:08 and Setagaya Tokyo Youth Church. 21:12 Let me explain each one of them really quickly. 21:14 Youth rush, you've probably all heard about it. 21:16 How many of you heard about Youth Rush? 21:18 Yes, and it's originated in North America. 21:22 Youth Rush is a 10-week 21:24 student literature canvassing program, 21:26 where young people stay 21:27 and sleep in bags, in the church, 21:29 worship together, eat together, knock on doors together, 21:31 have a great time, 21:32 and get to know Jesus Christ on a personal level. 21:35 It's a wonderful program. 21:36 I was involved in that, 21:38 specifically in South Eastern California Conference 21:40 my first summer, 21:41 and it's been a great experience. 21:43 Well, what happened was, couple of years ago, 21:47 the Japan Union decided 21:49 they would like to start something like this. 21:52 They would like to start something like this, 21:54 and that's why I went over to Japan, 21:57 and we adapted Youth Rush and created Youth Rush Japan. 22:00 And what's different is over Japan, 22:03 we have three week programs, like a blitz, 22:06 five times a year, February, March, 22:08 July, August, September. 22:09 The reason we do it that way is a lot of the students, 22:12 they study, study, study all the time, 22:13 and oftentimes, 22:15 they don't have 10 weeks to spare. 22:17 So we want to get them 22:19 at least three weeks here and there. 22:20 But a lot of students, they come three weeks, 22:23 come again three weeks, there's a lot of repeaters. 22:25 They just love it. 22:26 And some of the differences between Youth Rush over here 22:30 and Youth Rush in Japan, 22:33 if you noticed the video earlier, 22:35 there is a clicker right? 22:36 That was a clicker. 22:38 We keep track of how many doors we knock, 22:39 how many people we meet, 22:40 because we are gathering data 22:42 'cause we don't know anything about you. 22:43 If I don't know anything about you, I can't... 22:44 so we are gathering a lot of data 22:46 as much as possible and we realized 22:49 that each student on average knocks 22:51 about 200 to 400 doors a day, 22:53 200 to 400 doors a day, that's a lot more than US, 22:56 and the reason is houses 22:59 are close together. 23:02 So you don't need to walk too much, you just... 23:06 oh, next door, 23:07 oh, next door, literally, almost. 23:09 There is a door 23:11 and there is literally a door here sometimes. 23:12 It's like you don't need 23:14 to walk too much, you can just... 23:16 you know, it's easy. 23:18 And then, but one of the challenges 23:21 are that we also knock... 23:23 Every time they get to see someone, 23:26 we click the pink one and the blue one, 23:27 and we have different color systems, 23:29 but anyways, in Tokyo area they meet about 5% to 10% 23:33 of the doors then knock on. 23:34 But the other doors, we leave tracks, 23:37 we always leave tracks. 23:38 We always leave tracks like 23:40 we scatter them like leaves of autumn, you see. 23:43 And also, we don't really drive vans. 23:47 There's like one van for the whole team 23:49 of 20 young people. 23:50 We just use trains, we run... 23:53 that's it. What do the leaders do? 23:56 What do the leaders do? 23:57 Well, we just carry our bags 23:59 and run to the students to deliver the books 24:00 and run again, so it was good exercise for me, 24:04 and then another one is for lunch, 24:09 we eat rice bowls. 24:10 We eat rice bowls and Japanese pickles. 24:13 We make them together 24:15 and then we just eat it in the field and that's it. 24:17 And then in the evening, 24:18 in the morning, we have, like this... 24:22 How many of you heard of a TMI? 24:23 I'm not talking about Too Much Information, 24:25 I am talking about Total Membership Involvement. 24:27 TMI, Total Membership Involvement. 24:30 You see, at the churches, 24:31 we stay at, it's church members, 24:34 volunteered church members 24:35 that make the meals for us, and then we eat together, 24:38 and we have worship together with the church members 24:40 and through the interaction with church members, 24:42 they see the young people and then just a few days 24:45 or sometimes just a week or so, they see the transformation 24:48 in the young people and they are inspired, like, 24:50 "Wow, I want to go knock on doors too," 24:52 and you know what happens? 24:54 Some of them they come and knock on doors with us. 24:57 And then we realized there is a huge potential here, 25:00 that's why created All Rush Japan. 25:02 It's not Old Rush, 25:03 it's All Rush, you see, All Rush Japan. 25:07 Regardless of age or gender, 25:11 everybody rushes together to win some souls 25:14 because Jesus is coming soon. 25:15 You know, so All Rush Japan, 25:17 what it is is after the Youth Rush, 25:20 there is a lot of interest amongst other people 25:23 that are not students. 25:24 So we have special training for them, 25:27 how to knock on doors. 25:28 And oftentimes, a group of them, 25:31 a few them, they decide, 25:32 "All right, as a church, we have like a literature club, 25:35 and we'll go knock on doors, once a month 25:36 or once every couple weeks on Sunday." 25:39 And so that's All Rush Japan 25:42 where we get everybody involved with something. 25:45 And All Rush Japan, 25:47 you know, general conference talks about TMI, 25:49 Total Membership Involvement. 25:51 I like to say TMLI, 25:53 Total Membership Literature Involvement. 25:56 TMLI is basically All Rush Japan. 26:00 But you see, we have Youth Rush and we have All Rush, 26:03 but those are just, 26:04 you know, like few weeks or some, 26:07 you know, it's not a full-time thing. 26:09 So what do we do before and after those times? 26:11 How can we take care of the young people, 26:13 how can we train them? 26:15 And that's one of our things 26:18 that we needed to consider and think about. 26:20 That's why we created GIFTS, 26:25 Gideon Family Training School. 26:27 It's an online Bible training program. 26:30 We uploaded videos 26:32 about Daniel, Revelation, Sanctuary, 26:33 28 Fundamentals, how to study Bible, 26:35 how to preach, different basic stuff, 26:37 and also how to lead small groups, everything. 26:39 It's about 100-hour program video, 26:41 YouTube videos. 26:42 All they have to do is click on it, 26:44 watch it, study it, 26:45 and in order to graduate from that course, 26:47 they have to start small groups and they have to turn 26:50 in reports of about 10 times at least, 26:53 and then we keep track of them. 26:54 And our goal 26:56 as a youth department over in Japan Union, 26:59 our goal is to train 27:01 at least 300 young people by 2020, 27:04 that finishes this course, that starts a small group, 27:06 that can preach, that can win some souls, 27:08 and that is arm fire for Jesus. 27:10 At least 300, just like Gideon, 27:13 and considering the number if Christians, 27:15 number of Adventist young people in the church, 27:17 it seems humanly, it seems, at first, an impossible goal, 27:21 but it's not impossible at all. 27:23 God, with God, all things are possible. 27:26 And because Jesus is coming soon, 27:28 we need, we desperately need to train young people 27:32 to get this work done. 27:33 We desperately need... 27:34 So that's why we set this goal by 2020 to equip 27:38 and train at least 300 young people 27:41 to become leaders. 27:43 Amen. 27:44 And fourth project, so Youth Rush, All Rush, GIFTS, 27:49 and Setagaya Youth Church, Setagaya is a part of Tokyo, 27:52 so it's a youth church over Tokyo. 27:56 Well, a little background of that church is... 28:00 So when I got to Japan, 28:04 the Union administration wanted to start a youth church. 28:09 It's the first youth church ever in Japan. 28:11 Youth church, this church our Setagaya Church, 28:15 is a church with a lot of history. 28:17 But two years ago, when we got there, 28:21 there's only less than ten church members, 28:24 perhaps, just about five or so church members 28:26 that are really active that comes every week 28:29 and all of them are females 28:30 and all of them are older ladies. 28:32 And then they were thinking about closing the church down 28:36 because, you know, they really didn't have 28:39 fulltime pastors or anything. 28:40 And they were thinking about closing it down, 28:42 but the administration said, 28:44 "Hold on, let's turn this into a youth church." 28:47 So I ended up... 28:48 I stayed in the parsonage there, 28:50 and we started a youth church about a year 28:52 and a half ago or so and, 28:56 you know, God blessed, God works, 28:58 it's a slow process, 29:00 but we reach out to the community, 29:02 we have different community concerts, 29:03 we knock on doors. 29:05 And right now, instead of 5, 29:07 there's 30 or so people coming every week. 29:10 And then one-third of the... 29:12 so about 10 or 12 of them are young people, 29:15 young adults, and then one-third of them 29:18 are actually not baptized Adventists 29:20 and then the rest of them are, you know, regular people. 29:24 Well, not regular, everybody is regular. 29:28 Anyways, so it's like a church plant in other words, 29:33 and it's also like a headquarters because... 29:37 Oh, there's pictures. 29:39 I just realized that. 29:40 That's a picture of Youth Rush, 29:44 those are the students over in Kagoshima. 29:47 Yeah, high school and college age students, 29:50 and yes, I guess 29:53 there will be pictures and... 29:57 So that's the four projects that I am involved with. 30:01 So let me just dig 30:03 a little deeper and share specific testimonies 30:07 about Youth Rush. 30:09 You know, how many of you heard about angel experiences? 30:13 Yes, we've heard those. 30:14 We've heard those all over the world, 30:16 and Japan is no exception, 30:18 there's angel experience in Japan too. 30:21 I'll just share one. 30:23 So this high school student, a 15-year old girl, 30:27 her first day canvassing, a leader went with her. 30:32 They were going, and they talked to somebody 30:34 in the street, a father and a son. 30:37 And as they were introducing books, 30:38 you know, the boy was like, 30:40 "Hey, where did you three come from?" 30:42 And the two, 30:43 they didn't really pay attention too much. 30:44 "Hey, where did you three come from?" 30:46 They talked, talked. 30:47 "Hey where did you three come from?" 30:49 They continued talking and they said, 30:50 "Okay, thank you, bye." 30:51 And there's like, 30:53 "Hey dad, where did those three come from? 30:54 Come on, where did those three come from?" 30:55 The little boy kept saying that and that's when it hits, 30:58 "Wait a second, three? 30:59 We are only two." 31:02 And then I don't know 31:03 why they didn't realize, they were like, "What? 31:05 Three?" 31:07 And they were so shocked, 31:08 you know, "Perhaps, there was an angel, 31:11 I believe it was an angel." 31:12 And they were so thankful at that, 31:13 and that was her first day, 31:15 the 15-year old high school girl's first day. 31:16 She was so inspired, 31:17 she became one of our top soul-winners 31:19 in that program. 31:20 She was like, "Oh, there's an angel with me." 31:22 She was fearless, 31:23 she talked to everybody, anybody, that moves, 31:26 anybody on the street, between doors, whatever. 31:28 We tell her to go to the shop. 31:30 "All right, I am going to the shop." 31:31 We go there, "Okay, I'll go there." 31:33 It's boom. Angels are with us. Amen. 31:37 It was so much exciting. 31:38 Another one, how many of you guys 31:41 have siblings, brothers and sisters? 31:43 Well, I have brothers and sisters as well. 31:47 It's good to do evangelism with your brothers and sisters, 31:50 it's good to do God's work. 31:52 Well, we had a brother and a sister, Hirata team, 31:56 you know, brother and a sister. 31:57 Brother was older, sister was younger, 32:00 18-year old, and 20-year old, 18 year-old nursing student, 32:04 the sister and the brother 32:05 was like 20-year old education major. 32:08 Anyways, the sister... 32:11 she comes to the program, her first week, 32:14 she was having a miserable time. 32:17 She was like so scared, so shy, and she was... 32:21 I later learned about this, 32:23 but she was thinking about 32:25 how to ask permission to quit the program. 32:29 That's what she was thinking about, 32:30 and so one day, 32:32 I gave a little worship on how if you are scared, 32:37 at doors, just do a little short prayer. 32:41 Lord Jesus, You canvas for me. 32:43 Every door, just ring the bell and say, 32:45 "Lord Jesus, You canvas for me." 32:47 That's it. 32:49 Oh, she took that to heart, and at every single door, 32:50 she did that and she said she felt better 32:52 as she sold a lot of books and she decided not to leave. 32:55 Well, anyways, few couple weeks later, 32:59 we decided to put the sister and the brother together 33:02 on the same street, 33:03 and at first, they're like, "What? 33:05 You are putting us together?" 33:07 They were a lot hesitant, but, you know, we said, 33:10 "Don't worry, don't worry. 33:11 It's going to work." 33:12 Well, sure enough, it worked. 33:14 Those two brother and sister, 33:15 they decided to pray together and set a goal. 33:17 Alright, today just us two, 33:19 we are going to sell 40 books there. 33:22 And you have to understand in Japan, 33:23 the average student sells 33:25 just about 10-12 books at most, that's the average. 33:28 So 40 books with just two people, 33:30 that's a lot. 33:31 Well, they prayed, exactly 40 books. 33:35 They were like, "Whoa!" 33:37 Well, the leaders were like, 33:39 "Whoa, so we decided to put them together again." 33:43 The next day they are like, "Again? 33:45 We are together again." 33:46 Well, they decided to say, 33:48 "We are going to pray for 50 books." 33:50 Amen. 33:52 Exactly 50 books, no less, no more. 33:54 Well, as leaders, we were like, 33:56 "All right, we are going 33:57 to put you guys together again," Third day, 33:59 "All right, we are going to try for 60 books." 34:03 What do you think happened? 34:05 Sixty books exactly, no less, no more, 34:07 and they were just celebrating. 34:09 That was their last day, 34:10 so we don't know what happened the fourth day 34:12 because that was our last day. 34:15 You see, God is good. 34:18 Amen. God is good. 34:20 All the time. 34:23 There's so many stories that I like to share, 34:26 but let's see here. 34:28 All right, one more story, one more story. 34:31 There is something I personally enjoy 34:34 about canvassing in Japan, and so I get asked a lot, 34:38 "What's the difference between canvassing work 34:39 in Japan and US?" 34:40 Honestly, they are both humans, so a lot of them are same. 34:43 But there's a major difference. 34:46 Remember less than 1% Christians, 34:48 in other words, 34:49 99% don't know too much about the Bible 34:51 or prayer or anything like that. 34:53 So I enjoy the most, angel experiences are nice, 34:55 divine appointments are nice, 34:57 but I enjoy praying at doors with people. 35:00 Because when we pray, 35:02 it's like, "What is prayer, huh? 35:04 Is it okay if we pray here? 35:05 Do we close our eyes?" 35:07 You know, they ask 35:08 and it's their first Christian prayer ever, 35:11 and they thank us like, "Wow, thank you so much." 35:13 One time, we prayed with a little old lady, 35:16 with a student and myself, and then we prayed, 35:18 and after the lady went, 35:20 "Hold on," and brought mochi, 35:22 rice cake, not one, not two, three, three mocha 35:27 and rice crackers and Japanese plum juice. 35:29 I was like, "Wow, we don't need three. 35:31 We just need one each." 35:33 "No, no, no, give this to your God, 35:34 your Christian God." 35:36 I was like, "Oh." 35:37 It's a Japanese concept, where they give food to gods. 35:41 But, you know, 35:42 the point is she appreciated the prayer. 35:46 Another one is... 35:48 All right, last story. 35:49 We need to move on, last story. 35:52 Which story should I share? There's two good stories. 35:55 Okay. 35:59 A girl or a boy? 36:01 Girl. Boy. 36:02 All right, boy. I heard boy, okay. 36:08 Okay. All right, quick, quick, okay. 36:13 It was in Okinawa, first store, 36:15 first day, high school student comes. 36:18 Now for those of you who know canvassing, 36:21 Japan we have canvas too, all right? 36:23 We make them memorize under a minute or so, 36:26 they memorize it. 36:27 But the first day, this high school student comes, 36:33 literally shaking, literally shaking. 36:34 I was like, "Whoa, I've never somebody 36:36 that literally shakes," because he is so nervous. 36:40 I was like, "Oh, no, what should I do?" 36:42 Literally shaking. 36:43 I decided that I'm just going to have to knock on doors 36:46 for him for a good number of times. 36:49 Well, first door, shaking, shaking, 36:50 doesn't know what to do. 36:52 So I was like, "All right, I will just jump in." 36:54 And the lady bought a book, and he is like, 36:57 "Oh, they actually buy books." 36:58 Of course, it's going forward, 37:00 you know, and then we go on the next door 37:05 shaking, shaking, shaking, 37:06 and then the door opens, still shaking, and like, 37:10 "Why he is shaking? 37:12 It's weird." Boom. Closed the door. 37:13 I was like, "Oh, no. I feel bad for him." 37:16 This is bad. 37:19 So we decided to pray, we decided to pray, 37:21 and he is such a good kid, we prayed. 37:24 Next door, we go, a lady comes out. 37:29 We introduced book so... 37:31 This time I just decided, 37:32 "Okay, I'm just going to do from the intro and everything. 37:34 Just watch and pray for me." 37:37 He was like, "Okay, I can do that, all right." 37:39 I knocked on doors, sold books, and whoa, this lady was like, 37:43 "Great Controversy! 37:44 What is this? Bible, wow. 37:46 Desire of Ages, wow! Steps to Christ, wow! 37:49 I was looking for Bible books." "Whoa, you were?" 37:52 And you know, "Bed time stories, wow!" 37:55 She ended up... 37:56 Also, one of the books is 28 Fundamental Beliefs, 37:58 it's a book written by Japanese pastor 38:01 describing 28 fundamentals of Japanese minds. 38:03 But anyways, this lady bought all five books. 38:07 And then, of course, she is not a Christian, 38:09 she was just interested in the Bible. 38:11 And then, we are... 38:12 I said, "Hold on. We want to pray. 38:15 It's his first day, he is a little nervous, 38:17 but it is his first day 38:19 and he wants to pray for people in the community. 38:21 Can we pray for you?" She's like, "Oh, yes." 38:25 And this high school student started praying, 38:28 and this lady started crying. 38:30 Crying a lot, crying, crying, and at the end of the prayer, 38:34 all she said was, "Arigato. 38:37 Thank you." 38:39 And closed the door, 38:40 and the boy was like, "Whoa, whoa!" 38:44 No more shaking, no more shaking. 38:46 He knows there's people waiting, 38:48 he knows that God can even use him 38:50 to touch people's lives. 38:52 He's like, "Wow." 38:53 Well, he stopped shaking, he started selling books. 38:56 It's good, praise the Lord. Amen. 38:59 Praise the Lord. You see, God works. 39:04 All right, so lessons I learned, 39:06 some of the lessons 39:08 I learned in the past two years. 39:10 I learned teamwork. Teamwork is really important. 39:14 Ministry is not about I, it's about we. 39:18 You see, sometimes we are like "Oh, I am not the smartest. 39:20 Oh, I am not the most talented. I'm not the best canvasser." 39:25 But it's not about I, it's about we. 39:29 It's about we working together. 39:30 One of the most encouraging advices 39:32 I have been given before I started working in Japan 39:35 was actually from Elder Larry Carter 39:38 who was the pioneer of the first Megabook 39:40 users programs in our Souls West Bible College. 39:43 "Elder Larry Carter," 39:45 I asked for advices, 39:47 "Please teach me some advice, give me some advice." 39:51 Now he told me these words, 39:55 and these have been very helpful. 39:58 He basically says, "Ministry could be very lonely, 40:03 very lonely, especially 40:04 when you are doing pioneer work, 40:06 it could be very lonely. 40:08 So you will face oppositions, 40:10 you will face trials, you will have struggles. 40:13 You will need teammates, so I will pray for teammates." 40:16 I will pray for teammates as he started working in Japan, 40:19 and that really hit home. 40:20 I was like, "Oh, that's true. I need teammates." 40:23 You know, so ever since... 40:24 As soon as I got, 40:26 I prayed everyday for teammates. 40:28 "Lord, give me some teammates. 40:29 Give me teammates, teammates, teammates." 40:31 Well, God gave me teammates. 40:34 God gave teammates, 40:36 we have great teammates, you know. 40:40 Now we have three staff working fulltime 40:43 to help these four projects, and one of them was a nurse. 40:46 She decided to take some time off, 40:47 experience Youth Rush, as she was so, 40:50 so inspires like, 40:51 "Wow, this is the best thing I have ever done." 40:54 And well, now she is a fulltime staff 40:55 for this department. 40:57 And it's amazing 40:59 and we have the another guy Haruto, 41:01 he is good with internet and media 41:03 and he is the one that made the video 41:05 and he does all that. 41:06 That's everything 41:07 that I need help with a perfect team. 41:09 I was like, "Wow." 41:11 And then it's just amazing, there's another girl, 41:14 she went actually to Oklahoma Academy, 41:16 Yodiko and she actually did two summers of canvassing 41:20 over in the East Coast. 41:21 I was like, "Perfect." 41:22 You are one of the staff that we need. 41:25 Well, she is also one of the staff too, 41:26 so God is blessing of teammates. 41:30 And you see, 41:31 maybe some of you here may think, "Well, I am alone. 41:34 There's nobody around me." 41:36 You may feel like you are alone, 41:38 but there's angels working with you 41:40 and God is working with you. 41:41 So we are never alone. 41:42 So in other words, ministry is always about we. 41:47 Amen. 41:52 Let me briefly... 41:54 Since we are talking about Japan, 41:57 so going back to TMI, 41:59 not Too Much Information 42:00 but Total Membership Involvement, 42:03 in 2016, 42:04 they did an evangelistic campaign in Rwanda, 42:06 a general conference. 42:08 They choose a target country every year 42:10 and they try to get 42:11 the Total Membership Involvement in that country 42:14 and do simultaneous evangelistic campaign. 42:16 Well, Rwanda had huge success, lots of baptism, 42:20 lots of revival, 2017, they did it in Romania, 42:23 lots of baptism, lots of revival. 42:24 And 2018, guess where the location 42:26 of the general conference chose? 42:28 Japan. Japan, yes. They chose Japan as a target. 42:31 So in next year 2018 May, we are going to have 42:36 160 simultaneous evangelistic campaigns, 42:39 and you have to understand 42:40 we don't even have that many pastors. 42:43 So it's going to be really Total Membership Involvement. 42:45 And most of the churches, 42:47 in fact, I would even say I think almost all, 42:51 in fact, if not all churches in Japan haven't done 42:54 a full on evangelistic campaign for a last couple of decades 42:58 until this year, this pastor, they did one in Tokyo. 43:01 And then next year, 43:02 160 simultaneous evangelistic campaign, 43:05 and I believe God is going to bless, 43:07 God is going to work, and things are going to happen. 43:11 So if guys can keep that in prayer, for Japan... 43:16 See, I'm going to change up a little bit. 43:25 Let me share a story. 43:28 This one is a... 43:30 "This evening, I heard the cries of Macedonia. 43:34 I felt the responsibility to go back 43:36 to my country, Japan, to share the last day message. 43:41 However, I do not have any experience in evangelism. 43:45 Will somebody please come to Japan with me? 43:50 On June 1894, 43:54 at the evening worship at Healdsburg College" 43:57 That's the Pacific Union College today in California, 44:01 "In the United States, 44:03 young Teruhiko Okohira cried for help. 44:06 Seeing him appeal with earnest tears, 44:08 Elder William Grainger 44:09 and his wife answered the call with faith. 44:12 As a result, the General Conference 44:14 officially appointed them as missionaries to Japan." 44:17 You see Elder Grainger chose 44:19 the path of Japan mission full of challenges 44:23 rather than a comfortable, 44:25 secure job as a college president. 44:28 On November 19, 1896, 44:30 Elder William Grainger accompanied 44:33 young Okohira Teruhiko, 44:35 and arrived at Yokohama harbor on a ship named Coptic 44:39 to mark the first step of mission in Japan. 44:41 Life as missionary was very challenging. 44:44 In 1899, they started 44:46 the first Seventh-day Adventist Japanese 44:48 language periodical entitled Owari No Fukuin, 44:51 in other words, Gospel for the Last Days, 44:53 later changed to Signs of the Times magazine 44:56 which to this day is continuing, 44:58 over a hundred years, it's still continuing. 45:00 Later in 1899, Elder Grainger passed away. 45:04 So just in three years, Elder Grainger passed away 45:06 at the age of 55. 45:07 Before he died, realizing his end was near, 45:10 he spoke his last words 45:12 to his beloved disciple Pastor Kuniya Shu, 45:15 who was taking care of him. 45:16 By the way, Pastor Kuniya Shu is the very first ordained 45:19 Seventh-day Adventist Japanese pastor, 45:21 and by the way, he is the one that led 45:24 the first Korean Seventh-day Adventist to Christ. 45:27 He is the one that took Adventism to Korea. 45:30 And by the way, Pastor Kuniya, 45:32 the first Seventh-day Adventist Japanese Pastor, 45:35 the very last church he established before he died 45:38 is the Setagaya Youth Church now. 45:40 That's the very church, 45:42 that's the very house that he lived in, 45:43 and that's now 45:45 the first youth church in Japan. 45:46 Anyways, hearing 45:47 his beloved disciple's faithful reply, 45:49 Elder Grainger smiled of relief 45:51 and spoke his last words to his beloved disciple, 45:54 "I came to Japan to fulfill the mission. 45:57 However, I was not able to complete it. 46:00 I am now about to leave this world. 46:03 I have walked the path of faith. 46:05 I want you to be faithful as well, 46:07 and let us reunite in Heaven." 46:10 Amen. 46:14 It's been over 120 years 46:16 since the beginning of missionary efforts in Japan. 46:19 Many fields, many faithful pioneers, 46:22 many faithful people 46:23 in the past have shared the gospel 46:25 but still the Gospel needs to be shared, 46:28 not just in Japan, 46:29 all over the word we have had faithful pioneers, 46:32 faithful men of God, and women of God in the past, 46:38 but the Gospel commission is not complete yet. 46:42 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 46:44 'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 46:47 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, 46:49 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 46:51 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 46:53 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 46:55 I have commanded you, and, lo, I am with you always, 46:58 even unto the end of the world.'" 47:00 Amen. Amen. 47:02 What is your mission? 47:03 In the context of the great commission, 47:05 what is your mission? 47:09 Dream... 47:11 Big. 47:12 Dream... 47:14 Big. 47:15 We say dream big, but how do you dream big? 47:18 How do you practically dream big? 47:20 You see if you boil it down to one word, it's trust. 47:22 Trust that God is big, 47:24 well, we trust that God is big 47:26 and His promises are sure while we start dreaming big. 47:31 Let's make it more practical. How do you dream big? 47:33 I like the PCM, 47:35 Public Campus Ministry mission statement. 47:37 Who knows what that is? 47:39 That is, "Follow Jesus, 47:40 Embrace His mission, Change the world." 47:43 That's how you dream big. 47:44 You first have to follow Jesus, you don't follow your feelings, 47:47 you don't follow your circumstances, 47:49 you don't follow your peer pressure. 47:50 You follow Jesus. 47:52 You follow Jesus, you embrace his mission, 47:55 and you change the world. 47:57 That's how you dream big. You dream big. 48:02 Another one, what's the theme right here? 48:04 Arise. Arise, shine, Jesus is coming. 48:08 You see, we can't dream when we are asleep, 48:14 that's called just sleeping and dreaming. 48:16 Well, you have to arise that you want to really dream. 48:20 Arise out of your sleep and dream, dream big for Jesus. 48:25 Arise and shine, and Jesus is coming. 48:29 So why do we need you? I have a few minutes left. 48:35 So I'll give you a little preview. 48:39 No, for those of you 48:40 who want to know more about Youth Rush Japan, 48:44 I encourage you to stop 48:46 by at either at the Souls West booth, 48:49 or one of the Youth Rush booths, 48:50 the student literature program booths, 48:52 or be somewhere around there. 48:54 Now I have about a thousand of these business cards. 48:58 Yeah, at least a thousand of these, 48:59 and I don't want to take any of these home. 49:02 So please stop by and just grab these. 49:05 I don't want to take any of these home, 49:06 and there's this Facebook page, different information, 49:08 and this could be a reminder just to keep this in prayer. 49:11 And there's also a three-month Japan mission trip opportunity 49:17 that we are going to start this coming summer and go on. 49:23 What it is? One month. 49:26 Now who want to canvas in Japan? 49:28 Who wants to knock on doors in Japan? 49:29 You may think, "Oh, I don't know Japanese." 49:31 No problem, do you have the determination? 49:34 Do you have the "I want to do it" kind of... 49:38 Do you want to do it? 49:39 Are you ready to put hard work into it? 49:42 One month of intense Japanese language training. 49:46 We will give you about 30 to 40 pages 49:47 to memorize in one month, 49:49 word for word, I'm not kidding, 49:51 literally, probably about 30 to 40 pages. 49:53 But don't worry, it's not Japanese letters, 49:55 it's going to be in English letters 49:57 like K-O-N-I-C-H-I-W-A, konichiwa, 49:59 you know, it's like that. 50:03 Literally, that's going be continuing 50:04 for 30 to 40 pages. 50:05 Morning to evening, 50:07 you memorize, you are going to learn how to pray, 50:08 you are going to learn 50:10 how to sell Great Controversies, 50:11 you are going to learn how to sell Desire of Ages. 50:12 After one month, what we send out, 50:14 knock on doors for two months, and you go home, that's it. 50:18 Well, if you are interested, 50:20 it's definitely not an easy job. 50:22 And of course, there's an interview. 50:24 We need to interview you, 50:25 and one of the requirement is you have to have experience 50:29 in Youth Rush over here in US, that's a good trading. 50:32 And if you fulfill those requirements, 50:34 we interview you. 50:37 Yes. 50:40 Well, time is running out. 50:44 Yes, there's so much to testify, 50:47 we have only covered about 40%. 50:52 Don't worry, I will adapt. 50:57 If you want to hear more stories, more details, 51:01 anytime... 51:02 Any time, not this time. 51:08 Let's see here, where do we begin? 51:09 Okay, we need to get going soon. 51:14 Let me share an Ellen White quote, 51:15 there you go. 51:17 Colporteur Ministry's page 57, 51:20 "Those who give evidence that they are truly converted 51:24 and who take up the canvassing work will see 51:27 that it is the best preparation 51:29 for other lines of missionary labor." 51:32 Colporteur work is the best preparation 51:34 for missionary labors. 51:36 It's a good training school in other words. 51:38 Why? 51:39 Because you get to sweat, 51:41 you get to carry bags, you get to be rejected, 51:45 and sometimes books thrown at you. 51:48 Well, for the sake of the Gospel. 51:49 It's challenging, 51:52 and that's why it's a good training. 51:54 You see, as young people, ice breaking is important. 51:57 Ice breaking activities, that's wonderful. 51:59 But at one point or another, we just start breaking the ice. 52:02 We need to start doing ice melting activities. 52:05 What's that? 52:06 Ice melting activities, 52:07 when we have that burning passion 52:09 to win some souls, 52:11 when we have that fiery love of God 52:13 within us, the ice melts. 52:15 So the best way to get 52:16 the young people together is win some souls together. 52:20 Amen. You see. 52:24 Another one, Christian Service, page 145, 52:28 "Let every Seventh-day Adventist ask himself 52:31 what can I do to proclaim the Third Angel's Message? 52:34 Christ came to this world to give this message 52:37 to His servant, to give to the churches. 52:39 It is to be proclaimed 52:40 to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people." 52:43 How are we to give it? 52:47 The distribution of our literature 52:50 is one means by which the message 52:52 is to be proclaimed. 52:53 Let every, not some, not majority, every believer, 52:58 this is TMI once again, let every believer, 53:01 this is TMLI, Total Membership Literature Involvement, 53:04 let every believer scatter, 53:06 broadcast tracks, and leaflets, and books, 53:09 containing the message for this time. 53:11 Colporteurs are needed 53:12 who will go far to circulate our publications everywhere. 53:17 Amen. What's our message? 53:21 Revelations 14:6-12, 53:24 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 53:26 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them 53:29 that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, 53:31 and kindred, and tongue, and people, 53:33 saying with a loud voice, 53:34 'Fear God, and give glory to him, 53:36 for the hour of his judgment is come, 53:38 and worship him that made heaven, and earth, 53:40 and the sea, and the fountains of waters.' 53:41 And there followed another angel, saying, 53:43 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 53:46 because she made all nations drink of the wine 53:48 of the wrath of her fornication.' 53:50 And the third angel followed them, 53:51 saying with a loud voice, 53:52 'If any man worship the beast and his image, 53:54 and receive his mark in his forehead, 53:55 or in his hand, 53:57 the same shall drink of the wine 53:58 of the wrath of God, 53:59 which is poured out without mixture 54:01 into the cup of his indignation, 54:02 and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone 54:03 in the presence of the holy angels, 54:05 and in the presence of the Lamb, 54:07 and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up 54:09 forever and ever, 54:11 and they have no rest day nor night, 54:12 who worship the beast and his image, 54:14 and whosoever receive the mark of his name.'" 54:17 Here is the patience of the saints, 54:19 here are they that keep the commandments of God 54:22 and the faith of Jesus. 54:24 That's our message. 54:25 Regardless of culture, regardless of country, 54:27 regardless of circumstances, 54:29 regardless of whatever, this is our message. 54:32 Amen. 54:34 This is our message, but that's not it. 54:36 That's three angels message, 54:37 that's righteousness by faith message. 54:38 In other words, 54:40 just trust in God no matter what. 54:41 But we have the fourth angel's message, 54:43 what's that? Revelation 18:1-4, what's that? 54:47 "After these things, 54:48 I saw another angel come down from heaven, 54:51 having great power, 54:53 and the earth was lightened with his glory." 54:56 Verse 2, "He cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, 55:00 'Babylon the great is fallen, 55:02 is fallen and is become the habitation of devils, 55:05 and the hold of every foul spirit, 55:07 and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 55:11 For all nations have drunk of the wine 55:13 of the wrath of her fornication, 55:14 and the kings of the earth 55:16 have committed fornication with her, 55:18 and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich 55:20 through the abundance of her delicacies. 55:22 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying," 55:25 what, "Come out of her, my people, 55:30 that ye be not partakers of her sins, 55:32 and that ye receive not of her plagues." 55:35 Amen. 55:36 You see, our Prophet Sister Ellen White says 55:40 these words regarding the fourth angel's message. 55:44 Colporteur Ministry's page 4, "And in a large degree, 55:47 through our publishing houses is to be accomplished 55:50 the work of that other angel 55:51 who comes down from heaven with great power, 55:53 who lightens the earth with His glory." 55:58 Not all the work, but in a large degree. 56:02 Every Seventh-day Adventist, 56:04 every followers of Jesus Christ, 56:07 literature work, 56:09 let's be involved with literature work. 56:11 You don't have to door to door and sell books, 56:13 that's not literature, 56:15 that's part of the literature work. 56:16 You can distribute books, 56:17 you can give tracks to your friends 56:19 and coworkers, that's literature work too, 56:20 like scattered like leaves of autumn. 56:22 Media and internet, those are a wonderful ministry, 56:25 wonderful ministry. 56:26 We even have YouTube channels over in Japan too, 56:28 sending forth Bible messages. 56:30 But sooner or later, according to prophecy, 56:32 I think those media will be censored at one point, 56:35 it will be limited at one point, 56:36 but when that happens, while we still have freedom, 56:39 if we scatter those literature, it will be like time bombs... 56:45 You know, it talks about Sunday law coming up, 56:46 it talks about 56:47 how this world will go like this and this... 56:50 And when those things happens... 56:53 Those time bombs will blow up and like, 56:55 "Wow, the Seventh-day Adventists, 56:56 they knew this all along like hundred years ago, 56:58 they knew it, wow, what's going on? 57:00 I want to get to know the Jesus that they are talking about." 57:04 Amen. |
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