HELLO GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY,
THAT'S REALLY WHO YOU ARE.
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IF IT WAS NOT FOR ALL OF YOU WHO
PRAY FOR AND SUPPORT GOSPEL
OUTREACH THIS MINISTRY
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WOULD NOT EXIST SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF
THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY,
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THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY,
AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD.
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TODAY, I AM IN THE STUDIOS HERE
AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN COLLEGE
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PLACE, WASHINGTON WHERE WE TAPE
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" STORIES
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THAT REACH YOU ON A
CERTAIN KIND OF A SCHEDULE.
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WE ARE TAPING IN LATE SEPTEMBER
IN 2012 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
DATES SOMETIMES, IN
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TELLING OUR STORIES YOU HAVE A
WINDOW IN WHICH TO RELATE WHERE
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WE ARE AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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THE HAPPY THING FOR ME IS THAT I
GET TO RECONNECT WITH MY FRIENDS
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AS WE SIT TOGETHER HERE AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HEAR THESE
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STORIES. MY FRIEND TODAY AND
WE ARE NOT GOING TO FORGET EACH
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OTHERS NAMES
BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH DANS.
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I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME DAN
WALTERS, BLESS YOUR HEART.
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THANK YOU, IT'S A PLEASURE.
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ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE,
BROTHER AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I
LIKE WHEN I SEE YOU,
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YOU ALWAYS BREAK INTO A BIG
SMILE NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER
IS AND WHEN YOU START
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TALKING ABOUT YOUR MINISTRY AT
GOSPEL OUTREACH, YOU DO SO WITH
A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT
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THAT IS MAGNETIC AND
CONSEQUENTLY I'M JUST HAPPY TO
BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
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I'VE BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
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WHY WOULD, AND FORGIVE THIS,
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL IN ANY WAY, BUT
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WHY WOULD AN OLD GUY LIKE YOU
AND ME WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH
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GOSPEL OUTREACH? WELL, I GUESS
ONE THING I'VE BEEN A MISSIONARY
ALL MY LIFE AND WHEN I RETIRED
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IT WAS STILL IN MY BLOOD.
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I JUST COULDN'T HELP IT.
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WELL AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
IS AND YOU AND I HAVING BEEN
AROUND AS LONG AS WE HAVE, WE
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KNOW A GOOD DEAL WHEN WE SEE IT.
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YES.
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AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
ONE OF THOSE GOOD DEALS.
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IT CERTAINLY IS.
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WOULD YOU TELL THE FOLKS FROM
YOUR POINT OF VIEW, WHY THIS IS
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A GOOD DEAL? WHAT REALLY
ATTRACTED ME AFTER HAVING WORKED
FORTY SOME YEARS OUT IN THE
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FIELD WAS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH
USES THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOR
EVANGELISM AND I KNOW FROM
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EXPERIENCE THAT IS
THE VERY BEST THING.
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AND WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT LOCAL
PEOPLE HE IS TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE THERE,
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THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY ARE
A PART OF THE CULTURE AS I
SOMETIMES SAY THEY ALREADY
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LIKE THE FOOD, YES, AND SO THEY
FIT RIGHT IN AND BE ACCEPTED AND
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UNDERSTAND HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN
A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN SOME
OF US IMPORTED FROM LONG
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DISTANCES. AND THEY STAY LONGER.
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BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WELL THEY
ARE THERE THAT IS THEIR HOME.
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THAT'S IT.
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YOU ALREADY MENTIONED IT IS MORE
ECONOMICAL YES, TO HAVE THESE
FOLK BECAUSE THEY ARE
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ALREADY LIVING IN THAT ECONOMY
AND IF THEY CAN GET SUPPORT
BEING A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
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IN THEIR OWN HOME ECONOMY,
IT'S ECONOMIZING FOR US IN
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EVANGELISM. OH, IT
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES.
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WELL, I'VE ALREADY SAID, DAN WE
ARE HERE TO HEAR STORIES ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
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GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU, AS
EVERYBODY ELSE DOES, HAVE
EXCITING STORIES TO TELL AND I
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WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THOSE NOW.
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WHERE DO WE START?
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LET'S START WITH BABJI.
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BABJI, A VERY INTERESTING MAN
THAT I JUST MET THIS LAST TIME I
WAS OVER THERE IN FEBRUARY.
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YOU KNOW, IN INDIA THEY HAVE THE
CASTE SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE
BORN AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
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SOCIETY AND THAT'S
THEIR PERMANENT LEVEL.
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HE WAS BORN A BRAHMAN
WHICH IS THE HIGHEST CASTE.
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BRAHMANS HAVE TWO SUBDIVISIONS,
ONE IS THOSE WHO ARE COUNSELORS
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AND ASSISTANTS IN GOVERNMENTS
AND COUNSELOR TO THE KING OR
WHOEVER IS RULING AND THE OTHER
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DIVISION ARE THOSE
WHO ARE THE HINDU PRIESTS.
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BABJI WAS SELECTED AS
A HINDU PRIEST CANDIDATE.
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AFTER HIS PRELIMINARY EDUCATION,
HE WENT THROUGH A SPECIALIZED
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COURSE FOR FOUR YEARS
TO BECOME A HINDU PRIEST.
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WHILE HE WAS IN TRAINING, HE
JOINED A CLUB THERE IN HIS
TRAINING THAT IS A CLUB
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DEDICATED TO THE
DEFENSE OF HINDUISM.
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AFTER HE FINISHED HIS TRAINING
AS A PRIEST, HE DECIDED TO GO A
STEP FARTHER IN HIS
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EDUCATION AND HE WENT TO A
UNIVERSITY TO TAKE COURSES IN
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ELECTRONICS. THERE HE
WAS BROUGHT INTO ANOTHER CLUB
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AND THIS CLUB AGAIN SPECIALIZED
IN DEFENDING HINDUISM.
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DURING THE COURSE OF HIS STUDIES
THERE, ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES
BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
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WHAT CHRISTIAN I DON'T KNOW BUT
FOR A BRAHMAN TO BECOME A
CHRISTIAN THAT'S A NEVER,
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NEVER, I MEAN BRAHMANS ARE
BRAHMANS FOR GENERATIONS AND NOW
FOR THIS FELLOW TO STEP
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OUT AND BE A CHRISTIAN.
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HORRIBLE!
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AND SO BABJI DECIDED THAT HE
HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
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HE GOT HIS CLUB TOGETHER AND
WENT TO WHERE THIS CHRISTIAN
CLASSMATE WAS CONDUCTING SOME
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EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND HIS
BUDDIES RAN AHEAD AND STARTED A
RIOT AND WHATEVER IN THERE,
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THEY STOPPED THE MEETINGS
AND WHEN BABJI GOT THERE
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AN OLD LADY STOOD
UP AND CONFRONTED HIM.
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WHY ARE YOU
STOPPING THESE MEETINGS?
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AND HE RETORTED WE HAVE ENOUGH
GODS WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THIS
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ONE. BESIDES THAT, THIS GOD
JESUS HE IS OF THE LOW CLASS AND
YOU A BRAHMAN WANT TO WORSHIP A
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LOW CASTE GOD?
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NEVER!
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AND SHE SAID IF YOU ACCEPT JESUS
HE WOULD BE CAPABLE OF HEALING
YOU AND SAVING YOU.
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HE ACTED LIKE HE DIDN'T HEAR IT.
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SHE SAID THAT TO HIM THREE
TIMES, IF YOU WOULD BECOME A
CHRISTIAN, JESUS COULD HEAL
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YOU AND HE COULD BE YOUR SAVIOR.
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WELL, WHEN HE GOT NOWHERE WITH
THAT THEN HE TURNED AWAY FROM
HER AND WENT TO CONFRONT HIS
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OLD CLASSMATE.
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WHEN HE CAME TO
SEE HIS CLASSMATE,
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HIS CLASSMATE WAS
WEARING SOMETHING THEY CALL IT
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GAAYATHRA. IT IS A STRINGED
GARMENT SORT OF THING THAT THEY
HANG AROUND THEIR NECK OR WHERE
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AND THAT DISTINGUISHES THEM
AS BEING PURIFIED AND LOYAL TO
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THEIR CALLING. AND THIS FELLOW,
THOUGH A CHRISTIAN STILL HAD HIS
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ON. AND SO BABJI GLARED AT HIM,
YOU'RE STILL WEARING YOUR
GAAYATHRA AND YOU CALL
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YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN AND THE
CLASSMATE REACHED UP TO HIS NECK
AND HE YANKED THAT THING
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OFF HIS NECK AND THREW IT
DISGUSTINGLY TO THE GROUND.
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HE SAID THIS I TAKE OFF FOR
JESUS CHRIST, THIS THING IS EVIL
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IT IS UNFIT. AND BOY THAT HIT
JUST BABJI WITH SUCH SHOCK, A
BRAHMAN THROWING OFF HIS
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GAAYATHRA. HE WAS SPEECHLESS
AND SO FINALLY HE THOUGHT TO
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HIMSELF, I'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING TO REPURIFY MYSELF.
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NOW A BRAHMAN, TO PURIFY HIMSELF
TO BE A PRIEST AND SO ON, HE HAS
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TO GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OF
CEREMONIES INCLUDING A CLEANSING
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BY FIRE. JUST HOW THEY DO IT I
DON'T KNOW BUT THEY GO THROUGH
SOME PURIFICATION THING AND HE
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THOUGHT, I WASN'T PURE ENOUGH,
I COULDN'T DEFEAT THIS GUY.
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I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE AND
SO HE DECIDED HE HAD TO MAKE A
PILGRIMAGE TO A PLACE
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CALLED AYYAPPA THAT
IS ABOUT 900 MILES AWAY
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TO A CERTAIN TEMPLE
THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO.
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BEFORE HE COULD GO THERE,
HE HAD TO DRESS IN ALL BLACK.
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HE HAD TO FAST FOR 40 DAYS.
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NOW FASTING DOESN'T MEAN
COMPLETE NO FOOD, THEY WOULD EAT
ONE SMALL MEAL PER DAY.
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HE MUST EAT SPECIAL SOFT
VEGETARIAN FOOD ALL THIS TIME.
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HE COULD HAVE NO SEX,
HE COULDN'T EVEN TOUCH
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A WOMAN ALL THIS TIME. WHEN
HE BATHED, HE HAD TO BATHE IN A
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FLOWING RIVER, COULDN'T
BE IN A SHOWER, NO TUBS.
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HE HAD TO BE BAREFOOT ALL THIS
TIME AND THEN TO TRAVEL HE COULD
TRAVEL BY BUS, TAXI,
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WHATEVER BUT STAY
BAREFOOT DRESSED IN BLACK.
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WHEN HE MADE THIS JOURNEY,
FINALLY HE CAME TO THE END OF
THE ROAD HE STILL HAD TO WALK
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ANOTHER FIFTEEN KILOMETERS,
THAT'S ABOUT NINE OR TEN MILES,
UP THIS STEEP ROCKY
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PATH UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE
THIS TEMPLE WAS AND THEN GO
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THROUGH ALL THE
PURIFICATION, THIS AND THAT.
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WELL HE DID ALL THIS
AND THEN MADE HIS WAY HOME.
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WHEN HE GOT HOME, SOME FAMILY
MEMBER WAS GETTING MARRIED SO HE
AND HIS FATHER WENT TO THIS
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WEDDING AND AT THIS WEDDING
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN ABOUT
NINETY YEARS OLD AND AS THEY
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WERE HAVING THE DEVOTIONAL PART
OF THE CEREMONY, THEY WERE
WORSHIPING A GOD CALLED
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LORD VINYAKA, WE'VE
GOT A PICTURE OF HIM HERE.
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HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN WITH MANY
ARMS AND WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD
AND EVERYONE WAS WORSHIPPING
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THIS ONE, EXCEPT THE OLD MAN
HAD HIS BACK TURNED TO THE GOD.
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VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
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YES, SOME OF THE OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS ASKED THE OLD MAN, WHY
IS IT YOU ARE TURNING YOUR
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BACK TO THE GOD?
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HE DIDN'T ANSWER THEM.
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BABJI HELD HIS PEACE
FORTUNATELY, UNTIL AFTERWARD.
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WHEN THE WORSHIP WAS OVER, HE
ASKED THE OLD MAN WHY WAS IT YOU
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WERE SHOWING SUCH
DISRESPECT TO THE LORD VINYAKA.
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AND THE OLD MAN SAID DO
YOU KNOW WHO IS THE REAL GOD?
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THE REAL GOD?
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW, STUDY THE
BOOKS AND FIND OUT AND IF YOU
DON'T FIND OUT, YOU COME AND
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SEE ME AND I WILL TELL
YOU ABOUT THE REAL GOD.
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WELL, THAT JUST LEFT A
REAL QUESTION IN HIS MIND THEN.
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WELL, HE WENT TO A CERTAIN
TEMPLE WHERE THEY HAD THE FOUR
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BOOKS OF HINDUISM. THEY ARE
CALLED THE VEDAS AND HE READ
THROUGH VOLUME ONE.
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IT IS ALL WRITTEN IN SANSKRIT
BUT FROM HIS TRAINING HE KNEW
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HOW TO READ IT. HE READ THROUGH
THE SANSKRIT VOLUME ONE,
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, VOLUME
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TWO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING;
VOLUME THREE HE FOUND OUT THAT
THESE HOLY BOOKS INDICATED THAT
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THE REAL GOD HAD NO SHAPE AND HE
WOULD COME TO THIS EARTH AND BE
BORN OF A VIRGIN WOMAN.
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REALLY.
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THEN HE WENT ON AND READ VOLUME
FOUR AND HE STILL DIDN'T FIND
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ANYTHING MORE THAT WAS
THE ONLY INDICATION HE GOT.
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HE WENT BACK TO HIS OLD HINDU
TEACHER AND ASKED HIM, CAN YOU
TELL ME WHO THE REAL GOD IS?
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THE MAN REMAINED
SILENT, HE WOULDN'T TELL HIM.
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WELL, HE'D READ THAT THIS REAL
GOD HAD NO SHAPE, HE WOULD BE
BORN OF A VIRGIN, HE WOULD BE
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THE ONLY SAVIOR OF
MEN, BUT WHO WAS HE?
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WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND ANY
ANSWERS HE WENT BACK AND DECIDED
TO FINISH HIS COURSE
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IN ELECTRONICS.
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SO, HE WENT BACK TO THE
UNIVERSITY AND BEGAN HIS, TOOK
UP HIS STUDIES AGAIN IN
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ELECTRONICS BUT HE
FAILED ALL OF HIS EXAMS.
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THIS QUESTION KEPT COMING
TO HIM, WHO IS THE REAL GOD?
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WHERE CAN I FIND HIM?
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WHERE CAN I LEARN ABOUT HIM?
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FINALLY, HE DECIDED HE WOULD
READ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA WRITTEN BY
A CERTAIN PHILOSOPHER VERY
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FAMOUS IN INDIA.
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HE'D WRITTEN ELEVEN VOLUMES
SUPPOSEDLY EXPOUNDING ON THIS
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REAL GOD. BUT HE READ THROUGH
ALL ELEVEN VOLUMES SPENDING
EIGHTEEN HOURS A DAY READING,
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STUDYING AND HE ONLY FOUND
OUT THAT THE REAL GOD IS LIKE
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A LIGHT OR LIKE A
SOUND, SOMETHING INTANGIBLE.
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BUT HIS MIND WAS JUST SO
DISTURBED, WHO IS THIS REAL GOD?
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I'VE GOT TO FIND
WHO THIS REAL GOD IS.
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IT GOT SO BAD THAT HE FINALLY
DECIDED I'M GOING TO FIND OUT IF
THE CHRISTIANS KNOW.
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SO HE LOOKED UP A CHRISTIAN
PASTOR, ASKED HIM WHO IS THE
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REAL GOD? THE MAN
SAYS, WELL, YOU NEED A BIBLE.
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I DON'T HAVE ONE THAT I CAN GIVE
YOU BUT I HAVE SOME MONEY AND
I'LL GIVE THIS MONEY TO
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YOU, YOU GO TO HYDERABAD,
BIG CITY, TO A CERTAIN PLACE
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AND THERE THEY ARE
GIVING BIBLE STUDIES.
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THERE YOU LEARN EVERYTHING.
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SO HE WENT TO THIS PLACE IN
HYDERABAD AND HE STUDIED WITH
THE PEOPLE THERE AND AFTER
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SOME TIME, THE TEACHER SAID,
NOW I WANT ALL OF YOU TO BE
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BAPTIZED. HOW MANY
WANT TO BE BAPTIZED?
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ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS PUT
UP THEIR HANDS, BABJI DID NOT.
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THE TEACHER ASKED, WELL
ARE YOU ALREADY BAPTIZED?
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HE SAID I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
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THEN THE TEACHER SAID
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE THEN?
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HE SAID I CAME TO
LEARN WHO IS THE REAL GOD.
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AND SO THIS TEACHER
THEN LOANED HIM A BIBLE.
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HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE HE COULD GIVE
HIM, BUT HE LOANED HIM A BIBLE
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TO READ. BABJI STARTED READING
IT BUT THE VERSION IN HIS
LANGUAGE WAS WRITTEN IN LOW
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CASTE LANGUAGE AND HE DIDN'T
LIKE THAT, ME STUDY ABOUT A LOW
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CASTE GOD? BUT ANYWAY, HE
CONTINUED THERE WITH HIS STUDIES
TO SEE IF SOMETIME SOONER OR
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LATER HE COULD
DISCOVER WHO IS THIS REAL GOD?
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ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES DECIDED HE
NEEDED TO HAVE SPECIAL PRAYER.
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HE WANTED TO GO TO THE TOP
OF A CERTAIN TOWER AND PRAY.
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HE INVITED BABJI TO COME ALONG
SO THEY WENT TO THIS TOWER AND
THEY CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP OF
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IT THERE AND THE
CLASSMATE STARTED TO PRAY.
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IT WAS A LONG PRAYER AND IT WAS
A STORMY DAY AND PRETTY SOON IT
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BEGAN TO RAIN AND THERE THEY
WERE WITH THEIR BOOKS AND THEIR
PAPERS IN THEIR HANDS AND BABJI
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WAS WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING
GETTING ALL WET AND ABOUT THAT
TIME, THE CLASSMATE ENDED HIS
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PRAYER, TURNED TO BABJI
AND SAID BABJI , NOW YOU PRAY.
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BABJI HAD NEVER PRAYED HE HAD
NO IDEA AND SO HE STARTED TRYING
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AND HE STARTED SOMETHING LIKE
THIS: GOD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
YOUR NAME BUT PLEASE STOP THIS
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RAIN SO IT WON'T
SPOIL OUR PAPERS AND BOOKS.
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INSTANTLY THE RAIN STOPPED.
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WELL, HE WAS RELIEVED
THAT THE RAIN HAD STOPPED
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BUT HE THOUGHT WELL
MAYBE IT IS JUST GOOD LUCK.
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HE CONTINUED A LITTLE
WHILE MORE IN THE SCHOOL
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AND THE WATER SUPPLY
FOR THE STUDENTS WENT DRY.
00:18:33.06\00:18:38.93
SO THEY HAD TO GO A LONG
DISTANCE TO WHERE THERE WAS
ANOTHER WATER SUPPLY.
00:18:38.93\00:18:45.16
WELL, WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THERE
WAS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE
WAITING TO FILL THEIR
00:18:45.16\00:18:49.43
WATER CONTAINERS.
00:18:49.43\00:18:51.60
SO THEY JOINED THE
LINE WAY IN THE BACK.
00:18:51.60\00:18:53.80
SOON THEY PASSED A PLACE WHERE
THERE HAD BEEN AN OLD WATER
SUPPLY, WHERE THERE WERE
00:18:55.73\00:18:59.93
FAUCETS COMING OUT OF THE WALL
BUT THE FAUCETS WERE ALL OLD, NO
WATER, SOME OF THEM WERE
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BROKEN AND SO BABJI HAD AN IDEA.
00:19:06.86\00:19:11.80
HE PRAYED, GOD WE NEED WATER.
00:19:11.80\00:19:16.06
AND SUDDENLY WATER STARTED
COMING OUT OF THESE OLD FAUCETS.
00:19:16.06\00:19:19.13
AMAZING.
00:19:19.13\00:19:20.96
AND SO THE STUDENTS TESTED IT
AND IT WAS PERFECTLY GOOD WATER.
00:19:20.96\00:19:25.10
THEY FILLED THEIR
CONTAINERS AND WENT BACK.
00:19:25.10\00:19:27.76
THEY CONTINUED FILLING THEIR
CONTAINERS THERE FOR TWO DAYS
THEN FINALLY WHEN THE OTHER
00:19:27.76\00:19:32.83
SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED AND PEOPLE
COULD GET THEIR WATER NORMALLY,
00:19:32.83\00:19:37.70
THOSE OLD FAUCETS DRIED UP.
00:19:37.70\00:19:39.76
AND AGAIN HE THOUGHT THIS CAN'T
BE DIVINE INTERVENTION OR
ANYTHING THIS IS JUST SOME
00:19:41.16\00:19:47.23
GOOD LUCK THAT
WE ARE HAVING HERE.
00:19:49.56\00:19:51.16
AND SO HE DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW JUST WHAT WAS GOING ON.
00:19:51.16\00:19:57.23
HE STILL IS ON HIS QUEST.
00:20:01.30\00:20:03.00
HE IS STILL ON HIS
QUEST, WHO IS THIS REAL GOD?
00:20:03.00\00:20:07.00
WHO IS THIS REAL GOD?
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.06
AND THEN HE WENT AND ASKED HIS
TEACHER AGAIN, PLEASE TELL ME
WHO IS THE REAL GOD?
00:20:11.20\00:20:17.26
AND THE TEACHER SAID, WE WILL
PRAY THAT GOD WILL TELL YOU AND
SO THE FELLOW STUDENTS AND
00:20:22.26\00:20:28.73
EVERYONE STARTED PRAYING BUT
BABJI JUST COULDN'T GO TO SLEEP.
00:20:28.73\00:20:33.60
FINALLY, ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING HE DRIFTED OFF BUT
AT FOUR O'CLOCK SOMEONE
00:20:33.60\00:20:39.53
GRABBED HIS SHOULDER, WOKE HIM
UP AND SO HE TURNED TO THE
FELLOW SLEEPING BESIDE HIM AND
00:20:39.53\00:20:45.93
SAID WHAT DID
YOU WAKE ME UP FOR?
00:20:45.93\00:20:48.80
HE SAID WHAT DID
YOU WAKE ME UP FOR?
00:20:48.80\00:20:50.73
I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU.
00:20:50.73\00:20:53.50
AND SO HE DRIFTED
BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN
00:20:53.50\00:20:56.53
AND THEN SOMETHING HIT HIS
OTHER SHOULDER, WOKE HIM UP.
00:20:56.53\00:21:02.06
AND SO HE ASKED THE STUDENT ON
THAT SIDE, WHY DID YOU WAKE ME
00:21:02.06\00:21:06.00
UP FOR? THE OTHER GUY SAID, WHAT
ARE YOU ACCUSING ME FOR I WAS
SLEEPING OVER HERE.
00:21:06.00\00:21:11.23
SO, HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN
AND THEN THE THIRD TIME A HAND
00:21:11.23\00:21:18.63
GRABBED HIM BY THE SHOULDER AND
WOKE HIM UP AND THAT TIME HE
HEARD A VOICE AND IT SAID TO HIM
00:21:18.63\00:21:24.70
PLAINLY, READ JOHN
1:1-3, I JESUS AM THE TRUE GOD.
00:21:27.10\00:21:34.33
WOW.
00:21:34.33\00:21:35.93
LIKE THE VOICE
SPEAKING TO SAMUEL, THIRD TIME.
00:21:35.93\00:21:39.33
WELL, BABJI WENT BACK HOME AND
WHEN HIS FATHER DISCOVERED THAT
HE HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST
00:21:41.43\00:21:47.46
AND HE WAS NOW A CHRISTIAN
HE EXPELLED HIM FROM THE HOUSE,
00:21:49.80\00:21:53.70
DISOWNED HIM
FROM EVER COMING BACK.
00:21:53.70\00:21:57.50
POOR FELLOW, WHAT COULD HE DO?
00:21:57.50\00:22:00.56
WELL HE HAD HIS DEGREES, HE WENT
TO SOME SCHOOL AND BEGAN
TEACHING SCHOOL AND THERE
00:22:00.56\00:22:06.83
SOMEWHERE IN THE CONVERSATION
WITH FELLOW TEACHERS,
00:22:06.83\00:22:10.70
HE HEARD ABOUT THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
00:22:10.70\00:22:12.80
BUT THEY SAID, THEY ARE OF THE
DEVIL DON'T GET ACQUAINTED OR
MIXED UP WITH THEM.
00:22:15.26\00:22:21.33
BUT AFTER SOME DAYS, ANOTHER ONE
OF THE TEACHERS KNOWING HIS
SITUATION THAT HE HAD BEEN
00:22:24.86\00:22:30.16
EXPELLED FROM HOME SAID IF YOU
REALLY NEED TO GET AWAY FROM
YOUR FATHER YOU NEED TO JOIN
00:22:30.16\00:22:36.96
THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
00:22:36.96\00:22:38.53
YOU'VE TOLD ME, THEY ARE OF THE
DEVIL, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD BUT A
00:22:38.53\00:22:45.40
LITTLE VOICE KEPT TELLING HIM
INSIDE YOU NEED TO GO JOIN THE
00:22:45.40\00:22:52.06
ADVENTISTS. AND SO HE TELEPHONED
TO THE ADVENTIST HEADQUARTERS IN
KURNOOL THAT'S THE NORTH
00:22:52.06\00:22:59.40
RAYALASEMA MISSION AND THE
PRESIDENT INVITED HIM TO COME
00:22:59.40\00:23:07.10
FOR AN INTERVIEW. HE WAS LOOKING
FOR CANDIDATES FOR GOSPEL
OUTREACH AND SO HE ASKED HIM,
00:23:07.10\00:23:12.73
ARE YOU KEEPING THE
SABBATH, HE SAID YES.
00:23:12.73\00:23:14.30
OF COURSE, THE ONLY SABBATH HE
KNEW THEN WAS SUNDAY BUT ANYWAY,
00:23:14.30\00:23:20.80
HE SAID YES, I DO. SO HE WENT
AND HAD THE INTERVIEW WITH THE
00:23:20.80\00:23:24.20
PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT
ASSIGNED HIM TO BE A BIBLE
WORKER FOR THREE VILLAGES AND
00:23:24.20\00:23:31.60
GAVE HIM THREE BOOKS: DESIRE
OF AGES, GREAT CONTROVERSY, AND
00:23:31.60\00:23:38.60
STEPS TO CHRIST. DAN, I'M GOING
TO INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE TIME IS
RUNNING OUT, I HAVE BEEN SO
00:23:38.60\00:23:44.56
CAUGHT UP IN YOUR STORY I DIDN'T
INTERRUPT YOU BEFORE BUT I'VE
GOT TO GET TO THE END OF THE
00:23:44.56\00:23:50.26
STORY OR I
WON'T BE ABLE TO LIVE.
00:23:50.26\00:23:52.76
HE IS A BIBLE WORKER IN THREE
VILLAGES NOW AND OBVIOUSLY HE IS
SOON A BAPTIZED ADVENTIST.
00:23:52.76\00:24:00.80
NOT ONLY IS HE BAPTIZED
ADVENTIST, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST
SIX MONTHS, I MEAN THE
00:24:00.80\00:24:06.36
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR HE
BEING SUCH A POWERFUL VOICE TO
THE HINDUS, BAPTIZED 284
00:24:06.36\00:24:12.43
HINDUS TO BECOME
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
00:24:20.90\00:24:22.86
AND HIS ROUTE OF BECOMING A
CHRISTIAN HAS VERIFIED AND
REVERIFIED THAT THERE COULDN'T
00:24:22.86\00:24:28.93
BE ANYTHING TRUER THAN THIS AND
THAT HE KNOWS WHO THE REAL GOD
00:24:35.33\00:24:41.60
IS. HE GOES TO
THE VEDAS AND HE SAYS,
00:24:41.60\00:24:43.06
LOOK HERE THE OTHER
PRIESTS ARE COVERING THIS PART.
00:24:43.06\00:24:48.56
THE VEDAS THEMSELVES SAY THE
TRUE GOD WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN,
COMING TO BE OUR ONLY SAVIOR
00:24:48.56\00:24:56.06
AND NOW AS A CHRISTIAN
I TELL YOU WHO THAT IS.
00:24:56.06\00:24:59.40
WOW.
00:24:59.40\00:25:01.16
AND HE IS NOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER WITH THIS TREMENDOUS KIND
00:25:01.16\00:25:06.56
OF
EFFECTIVENESS IN HIS MINISTRY.
00:25:06.56\00:25:07.93
YES.
00:25:07.93\00:25:09.26
NOW, REMIND ME BECAUSE THAT WAS
WAY BACK AT THE FIRST OF YOUR
00:25:09.26\00:25:13.20
STORY, WHERE IS HE WORKING NOW?
00:25:13.20\00:25:16.20
HYDERABAD IS OUR HEADQUARTERS
FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION.
00:25:16.20\00:25:22.06
BY TRAIN IT WAS ABOUT AN EIGHT
HOUR RIDE SOUTH OF HYDERABAD,
THE CITY OF KURNOOL.
00:25:22.06\00:25:28.10
AND HE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER THERE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
IF HE HAS BAPTIZED 284,
00:25:31.23\00:25:37.80
YOU SAY, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF
2012 ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
WORKING FOR ALL THEIR
00:25:37.80\00:25:43.63
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
00:25:43.63\00:25:45.06
RIGHT.
00:25:45.06\00:25:46.50
AND THIS IS ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION
OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOSPEL
00:25:46.50\00:25:52.36
MULTIPLIES THROUGH
THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:25:54.30\00:25:56.30
EXACTLY.
00:25:56.30\00:25:57.86
AN AMAZING STORY, A LONGER STORY
THAN I THINK I HAVE EVER HEARD
ON A GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:25:57.86\00:26:02.76
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
PROGRAM BUT WORTH EVERY WORD.
00:26:02.76\00:26:06.46
SO THANK YOU DAN, FOR BRINGING
THIS TO US AND I KNOW BY LOOKING
AT THE NOTES YOU GAVE
00:26:06.46\00:26:11.63
ME, YOU'VE GOT OTHER STORIES IF
WE JUST HAD TIME TO HEAR THEM
AND EACH ONE, I AM SURE,
00:26:11.63\00:26:18.73
IS A MIRACLE LIKE THAT OF BABJI.
00:26:18.73\00:26:21.30
EVERY CONVERSION IS A MIRACLE.
00:26:21.30\00:26:24.30
THANK YOU DAN FOR BEING GOSPEL
OUTREACH LEADER AND FOR BRINGING
00:26:24.30\00:26:31.00
US THIS STORY AND CERTAINLY YOU
FOLKS WILL WANT TO KNOW EVERY
00:26:31.00\00:26:34.70
DETAIL OF THIS. I AM GOING TO
ENCOURAGE YOU DAN, TO WRITE THIS
UP IN A SHORTENED VERSION FOR
00:26:34.70\00:26:41.60
THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS
NEWSLETTER SO THAT EVERYONE CAN
HAVE THIS AND WE WANT YOU
00:26:41.60\00:26:48.23
TO KNOW YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL.
00:26:48.23\00:26:50.03
THERE IS THE ADDRESS:
00:26:50.03\00:26:51.03
ALL THE REST ON THE SCREEN.
00:26:51.03\00:26:53.66
BE IN TOUCH WITH THE VOLUNTEERS
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FIND
00:26:53.66\00:26:59.80
MORE ABOUT THIS
WONDERFUL MINISTRY.
00:26:59.80\00:27:02.53
FOR NOW, I'M DAN MATTHEWS.
00:27:02.53\00:27:03.83
[CLOSING MUSIC].
00:27:03.83\00:27:17.86
I NEED TO SPREAD
THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME.
00:27:17.86\00:27:20.23
WHERE IS THE
10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY?
00:27:20.23\00:27:23.36
THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY.
00:27:23.36\00:27:26.73
SOMEONE ELSE CAN
TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
00:27:26.73\00:27:29.36
MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV?
00:27:29.36\00:27:33.00
NEARLY THREE BILLION
PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS.
00:27:33.00\00:27:37.90
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
00:27:37.90\00:27:39.70
I GIVE UP.
00:27:39.70\00:27:41.56
WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING?
00:27:41.56\00:27:43.46
I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
00:27:43.46\00:27:46.03
ACTUALLY, YOU CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
00:27:46.03\00:27:47.70
AND JESUS ASKED YOU
TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
00:27:47.70\00:27:51.86
WHERE?
00:27:51.86\00:27:53.20
ALL THE WORLD.
00:27:53.20\00:27:54.83
HOW CAN I GO?
00:27:54.83\00:27:55.93
I HAVE COMMITMENTS.
00:27:55.93\00:27:57.90
YOU CAN PRAY.
00:27:57.90\00:27:59.70
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS.
00:27:59.70\00:28:05.66
YOU CAN TELL OTHERS.
00:28:05.66\00:28:08.46
YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO
SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS.
00:28:08.46\00:28:12.33
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING.
00:28:12.33\00:28:14.20
BUT THEY WON'T
FIND IT WITHOUT YOU.
00:28:14.20\00:28:16.53
BE THE SPARK.
00:28:16.53\00:28:17.56
LIGHT THE FIRE.
00:28:17.56\00:28:18.86
FINISH THE WORK.
00:28:18.86\00:28:20.13
FINISH THE WORK.
00:28:20.13\00:28:23.33