[OPENING MUSIC].
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HELLO EVERYBODY.
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I'M DAN MATTHEWS OF COURSE YOU
KNOW THAT, YOU'VE SEEN ME AROUND
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HERE AT GOSPEL OUTTREACH A
NUMBER OF YEARS NOW ACTUALLY.
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AND I'M JUST SO BLESSED AND
HONORED TO GET TO BE BACK WITH
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YOU AGAIN. AND WHEN I SAY BACK,
IT MEANS COMING TO COLLEGE
PLACE, WASHINGTON WHERE
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GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
HEADQUARTERED-HAS BEEN FROM THE
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BEGINNING AND AT THIS PARTICULAR
SEASON OF THE YEAR WE ARE HERE
IN THE FALL OF 2015.
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WE GET TO MEET PEOPLE WHO
ARE FRONTLINE REPRESENTATIVES OF
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GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEY BRING
US ACCOUNTS OF WHAT GOD IS DOING
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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GOSPEL
OUTREACH TO CONTACT PRECIOUS,
PRECIOUS SOULS WHO ARE WAITING
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TO JUST BE
WELCOMED INTO HIS KINGDOM.
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I GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE WORLD
AND TODAY IS A VERY
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UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
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I GET TO RECONNECT
MY FRIEND MIKE PORTER.
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MIKE, WELCOME BACK
TO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CONTACT IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MEDIA
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MINISTRY AND OTHER PLACES OVER
THE YEARS AND TO GET TO BE WITH
YOU HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A
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SPECIAL TREAT.
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AS I UNDERSTAND IT YOU ARE
HERE AS A FRIENDLY ASSOCIATE OF
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GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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WE'VE BEEN CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL
REACH THROUGH VARIOUS WAYS WHEN
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WE'VE SERVED IN OTHER MINISTRIES
HERE AND THERE AND GOSPEL
OUTREACH IS A WONDERFUL,
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WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT
TRULY CONTRIBUTES TO SEEING WHAT
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GOD IS DOING. AND I, I KNOW THAT
YOU AND I HAVE MET HERE IN THE
PAST WHEN YOU WERE WEARING
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WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A QUIET HOUR
HAT, THAT'S TRUE, AND WE'VE BORN
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WORN OTHER HATS BUT REALLY IN
GOD'S WORK THAT'S ALL THE SAME
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AND WE ARE HERE TO JUST TRUST
THE LORD TO SEE WHAT HE IS
DOING, HOW HE IS LEADING AND HOW
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WE MAY BE LED TO RESPOND.
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LET, LET ME IN MY KIND OF
HALTING WAY, EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE TALKING
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ABOUT HERE TODAY.
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WE'RE IN A WORLD THAT COVERS
THE GLOBE OF COURSE, AND WE MEET
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PEOPLE IN ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF
LIFE- VARIOUS CULTURES, VARIOUS
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ECONOMIES, POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENTS AND A VARIETY OF
RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS AS WELL.
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AND HERE IN 2015 WE ARE WELL
AWARE THAT WE'RE A PART OF A
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WORLD THAT WE GET TO BE INVOLVED
IN AS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND
WE'RE ALSO AWARE OF OUR
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JEWISH FRIENDS WHO ALSO ARE
CHILDREN OF GOD, UNDERSTANDING
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SERVING HIM IN THE WAY THEY
UNDERSTAND AND THERE IS A LARGE
SEGMENT OF OUR 21ST
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CENTURY WORLD THAT PRIMARILY
FOLLOW AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON
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BELIEF AND FAITH AND
EVEN CULTURE AS FAR AS THAT IS
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CONCERNED. AND GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY MIKE, OF
CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE IN
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THE ISLAMIC WORLD WHO ALL OF
US REALLY WANT TO SEE AS FELLOW
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CITIZENS OF THE WORLD BUT EVEN
CHILDREN OF GOD IF WE KNOW HOW
TO LISTEN, HOW TO RESPOND TO
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WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE.
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NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A
FAIR INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE ARE
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GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
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WELL CERTAINLY AS WE LOOK AROUND
THE WORLD YOU'VE MENTIONED
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JEWISH PEOPLE; YOU'VE MENTIONED
FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM; YOU'VE
MENTIONED CHRISTIANS.
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WE COULD MENTION
HINDU, YES, OF COURSE.
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WE COULD MENTION BUDDHISTS.
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WE COULD MENTION
MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
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IT IS TRUE THAT THE JEWISH GROUP
AND THE CHRISTIAN GROUP AND THE
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ISLAMIC GROUP ARE CONSIDERED
THE MONOTHEISTIC GROUP.
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THE PEOPLE WHO, THANK YOU
FOR CLARIFYING THAT, WORSHIP THE
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CREATOR GOD-THE ONE GOD.
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SO YES, IT IS BUT I
SUPPOSE TODAY WHAT IS ESPECIALLY
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FASCINATING TO LOOK AROUND US TO
SEE THAT GOD SEEMS TO BE FINDING
WAYS TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF
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AMONG MANY PEOPLE GROUPS.
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WELL AND THE REASON THIS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO THIS IN
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AN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
PROGRAM IS BECAUSE GOSPEL
OUTREACH IS AWARE THAT MUCH OF
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THE POPULATION OF THE
WORLD IS ISLAMIC IN PERSUASION.
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CERTAINLY AND WE DON'T WANT TO
EXCLUDE OURSELVES, RIGHT, FROM
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THAT POPULATION.
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WELL, I THINK IF YOU CHECK
IT OUT TO THE VARIOUS SOURCES WE
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WOULD SAY THAT, THAT THE ISLAMIC
WORLD IS PROBABLY MAKING UP
23-25 PER CENT OF THE EARTH'S
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POPULATION-THAT'S
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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AND I'M SURE THAT GOD IS JUST AS
INTERESTED, MAYBE MORE, IN THE
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WORLD OF ISLAM THAN HE IS
IN ALL THE REST OF THE GROUPS.
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SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT IS
FASCINATING TO FOLLOW a LITTLE
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OF WHAT GOD IS DOING.
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THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OR THE
GOSPEL COMMISSION YOU CANNOT
EXCLUDE 25 PER CENT
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OF THE POPULATION.
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WELL YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE
TO READ IT THAT WAY THAT GO YE
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INTO ALL THE WORLD AND MAKE
DISCIPLES OF EVERYBODY EXCEPT
MAYBE THIS GROUP OR THAT GROUP
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BECAUSE -NO THAT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
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NO.
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NOT AT ALL.
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SO YOU HAVE, I GUESS I SHOULD
SAY YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED TO WATCH
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AND LISTEN AND TRY TO INTERFACE
WITH ISLAMIC PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE
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SOME INSTRUCTIVE
THINGS TO CHALLENGE US WITH.
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WELL, I THINK I SHARED HERE ONCE
BEFORE WITH YOU HOW A FRIEND OF
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MINE GAVE ME A HOLY QURAN.
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IT WAS A GIFT AND HE TOLD ME
THAT IF I CONTINUE IN THE
SERIOUS NATURE OF HOW
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I WAS LIVING MY LIFE AND I
CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY WITH GOD
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THAT I WOULD BECOME A MUSLIM.
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NOW THAT MADE A VERY DEEP
IMPRESSION ON ME BECAUSE SINCE
THEN I'VE DISCOVERED
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THAT THE WORD MUSLIM REALLY
MEANS ONE WHO SUBMITS OR ONE WHO
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SUBMITS TO GOD OR ONE WHO
SUBMITS TO ALLAH AND AS I
STUDIED AND BECAME MORE AWARE I
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REALIZED THAT A TRUE MUSLIM IS
ONE WHO IS SERIOUS ABOUT HIS OR
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HER WALK WITH GOD.
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SO IN THAT SENSE I HOPE WE ARE
ALL MUSLIMS- THAT MIGHT NOT SET
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WELL WITH SOME CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
AND SOME BELIEVERS BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT WE REALLY OUGHT
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TO ALL BE MORE SERIOUS
ABOUT OUR WALK WITH GOD.
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AND, AND THE CHALLENGE IN
THAT IS THAT WE -I DO- HAVE A
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TENDENCY TO IMPOSE MY OWN
DEFINITIONS OF WHAT A WORD OR A
CULTURE MAY STAND FOR OR MEAN
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WHEREAS WE NEED TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT AND UNDERSTAND A
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DEFINITION LIKEYOU'VE GIVEN.
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WELL, THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT
THE DEFINITION OF ISLAM TODAY IN
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THE U.S. IS VERY TAINTED BY A
LOT OF BAD THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AND IT IS
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DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ON THE
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NEWS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING FROM WHAT I WOULD
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LIKE TO SUGGEST IS TRUE ISLAM.
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AND I WOULD THINK I COULD JUST
SHARE WITH YOU A FEW EXAMPLES
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PROBABLY OF HOW GOD IS CALLING
AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO I
BELIEVE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR
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WALK WITH GOD.
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AND THAT'S THE REASON WE WANT
TO SHARE THIS WITH OUR GOSPEL
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OUTREACH AUDIENCE.
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SURE, BECAUSE WE ALL NEED THAT
MORE GENEROUS PERSPECTIVE ON
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THINGS. WELL, WE NEED A GENEROUS
PERSCPECTIVE BUT IT HELPS US TO
SEE THAT, THAT IT'S
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NOT JUST OUR GENEROUS
PERSPECTIVE IT SEEMS TO BE GOD'S
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GENEROUS PERSPECTIVE,
INTERESTING, BECAUSE HE IT SEEMS
TO ME IS REACHING INTO THE
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HEARTS OF PEOPLE.
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NOW -AFTERALL IT
IS HIS DOING ANYWAY.
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WELL, HE CREATED ALL OF US SO WE
ARE ALL PART OF THE HUMAN FAMILY
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AND IT'S BEEN MY SPECIAL
PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE TO BE
ABLE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH
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DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS
USED IN CERTAIN WAYS THAT HE'S
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REACHED INTO THEIR
LIVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
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AND SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE
A VERY COMMON DENOMINATOR IS GOD
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GIVES PEOPLE DREAMS.
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PEOPLE WILL HAVE DREAMS AND THEY
WILL SOMETIMES EVEN SEE WHAT
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THEY DESCRIBE AS A MAN IN WHITE.
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NOW SOMETIMES THIS MAN IN
WHITE WILL COME WITH MESSAGES.
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HE WILL GIVE WARNINGS.
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HE WILL GIVE TEACHINGS AND
MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD YEARS OF
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EXPERIENCES WITH
THE MAN IN WHITE.
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WOW.
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NOW I THINK I AND ALL OF US,
HAVE HEARD ACCOUNTS LIKE THAT
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BUT I THINK YOU'RE HERE MIKE,
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE AH,
DEFINITE INDICATORS.
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WELL, MAYBE WE COULD JUST
TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES,
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PLEASE, THAT HELP.
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YOU KNOW THERE IS ONE THAT I
KNOW IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
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IT'S A LONG HISTORY OF A TRIBAL
TRADITION THERE WITH THE
FAMILIES HAD A LONG
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HISTORY OF BEING WORSHIPERS OF
GOD BUT THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN
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THE FAMILY WHO ONE DAY HAD A
DREAM ABOUT THE MAN IN WHITE AND
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THE MAN IN WHITE ASKED HIM TO GO
AND MEET HIM IN THE MAJOR CITY
THAT WAS SOME DISTANCE AWAY.
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THIS YOUNG MAN WE'LL CALL HIM
FARUKI -HE TOLD HIS BROTHERS AND
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HIS FAMILY ABOUT THIS DREAM AND
THE BROTHERS JUST KIND OF
BRUSHED IT OFF AND SAID
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YOU KNOW MAYBE YOU HAD TOO MUCH
PEANUT BUTTER OR TOO MUCH MUTTON
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OR WHATEVER IT WAS BUT HIS
MOTHER SAID NO MAYBE THERE IS
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SOMETHING TO THIS. SO SHE
ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MAKE THE
TRIP AND HE WAS JUST A YOUNG MAN
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LIVED WAY OUT IN THE DESERT AND
SO SHE FIXED HIM UP WITH FOOD
AND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
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AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
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SO THIS WAS A PERSISTING
DREAM-IT WASN'T A ONE TIME
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THING. FOR HIM IT WAS A COUPLE
OF TIMES AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT
BUT THEN HE DECIDED
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WHETHER OR NOT
TO FOLLOWUP ON IT.
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O.K.
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SO HE, HE FOLLOWED UP ON IT
WITH THE URGING OF HIS MOTHER.
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WHEN HE, WHEN HE WENT TO
THE CITY IT WAS QUITE A JOURNEY
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BECAUSE HE HAD TO WALK ACROSS
THE DESERT FOR A DAY OR SO UNTIL
HE GOT TO THE TRAIN, THEN HE GOT
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ON THE TRAIN AND HE TOOK THE
TRAIN AND THAT WAS ANOTHER LONG
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JOURNEY BUT FINALLY HE GOT TO
THE CITY AND HE STARTED LOOKING
FOR THE MAN IN WHITE.
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SO HE SPENT THE FIRST DAY
LOOKING AND THE SECOND DAY AND
THE THIRD DAY AND HE
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WAS -HE JUST WASN'T FINDING HIM
AND HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY
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AFTER SEVERAL DAYS -OUT OF FOOD
AND HE REALLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY LEFT TO
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BUY A TICKET BACK HOME.
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SO HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND
HE FINALLY SAID WELL, I CAN'T
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FIND THIS MAN IN WHITE SO I
GUESS I NEED TO GO BACK HOME.
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SO HE WENT TO THE TRAIN AND JUST
AS HE SET HIS FOOT AT THE GATE
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THERE TO GET ON THE TRAIN HE
FELT A HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AND
HE TURNED AND THERE WAS
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THE MAN IN WHITE.
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SO THE MAN IN WHITE
TOOK HIM TO A RESTAURANT.
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THEY HAD SOMETHING TO EAT AND HE
BEGAN SHARING WITH HIM TRUTHS,
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TRUTHS OF GOD- THINGS THAT THIS
FARUKI HAD NOT HEARD BEFORE.
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THEN HE SAID TO HIM YOU GO BACK
TO YOUR PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE AND
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I WILL COME THERE AND I
WILL SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU.
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SO HE GAVE HIM SOME MONEY AND
PUT HIM ON THE TRAIN AND FARUKI
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WENT BACK ON THE TRAIN THE
DISTANCE OF THE TRAIN WHERE IT
ENDED HE GOT OFF THE TRAIN AND
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WENT ON TO THE DESERT TO HIS
PEOPLE AND SEVERAL DAYS LATER
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THE MAN IN WHITE SHOWED UP AND
HE STAYED WITH FARUKI AND HIS
FAMILY FOR NINTY DAYS
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TEACHING THEM.
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WOW.
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DAY BY DAY HE WOULD TEACH FARUKI
THINGS AND THEN FARUKI WOULD
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SHARE WITH THE FAMILY AND THIS
WENT ON FOR THIS WHOLE TIME.
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WELL THIS, THIS MAN EVENTUALLY
BECAME AN OLDER MAN - I DON'T
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THINK HE WAS QUITE 80 THEN BUT
HE- RUB IT IN- HE BECAME AN
OLDER MAN WE ARE ALL GETTING
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THERE BROTHER, AND FINALLY
HE PASSED AWAY BUT NOT BEFORE HE
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HAD MET THE MAN IN WHITE A DOZEN
OR MORE TIMES OVER THE YEARS
INCLUDING SOME VERY
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FASCINATING THINGS WHERE HE
WAS ASKED TO DELIVER IMPORTANT
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MESSAGES HIGH PEOPLE IN
OFFICE AND SO ON FROM GOD.
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NOW HIS GROUP HAS CONTINUED TO
BE A GROUP OF BELIEVERS AND WE
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HAVE THE FAMILY OF FARUKI -THEY
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY TO HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS AROUND,
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ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTRIES.
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THEY CONTINUE TO BE FOLLOWERS OF
GOD AND INTERESTINGLY THEY ARE
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FOLLOWERS OF THE MAN IN WHITE.
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BECAUSE WHEN FARUKI ASKED HIM
WHO ARE YOU, HE SAID I AM ISA OR
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JESUS. ISA IS THE NAME OF JESUS
IN THE QURAN AS ENGLISH IS IN
JESUS AND SO ALL THESE
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YEARS FARUKI HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF FELLOWSHIPING AND WALKING AND
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TALKING WITH JESUS AND BEING
TAUGHT BY JESUS AND IN TURN THEN
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TEACHING HIS PEOPLE TO
WHERE TODAY THEY ARE STILL HIS
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FOLLOWERS. SO THERE IS NO
QUESTION IN ANY OF THE MINDS OF
HIS SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS
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THAT INDEED ISA HAD
BROUGHT THEM THIS MESSAGE.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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THIS IS THE, THIS IS BY THE WAY
A MESSAGE THAT IS PROMINENTLY
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SEEN IN THE QURAN.
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ISA IS THE PRIMARY
KEY PROPHET OF THE QURAN.
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HE IS THE WORD OF GOD.
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IS THE STORY OF
FARUKI IN THE QURAN THEN?
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NO, BECAUSE HE JUST
DIED A FEW YEARS AGO.
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YES, OF COURSE - FARUKI IS-
RIGHT SO HE IS A MODERN PERSON
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BUT ISA ON THE OTHER
HAND IS ALL THROUGH THE QURAN.
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SO ISA WAS BORN OFA VIRGIN
MARY AND ISA WAS SENT FROM GOD.
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HE IS THE LIFE GIVER.
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HE IS THE WORD OF GOD.
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SO IT WAS NOT ANYTHING
ESPECIALLY REMARKABLE THAT THIS
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MUSLIM YOUNG BOY
WOULD BE INTRODUCED TO ISA.
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THE PRECEDENT COMES TO ME AND
MAY COME TO THE MIND OF SOME OF
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OUR VIEWERS- IS JESUS CAME AND
ASCENDED AND IN OUR TYPICAL
UNDERSTANDING IS OUR
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ANTICIPATION OF
HIS RETURN AT THE END.
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NOW I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO
SUGGEST THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE
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DIFFERENT SCHEDULE BUT FOR US TO
EVEN ENTERTAIN THAT DIFFERENT
SCHEDULE IS NOT COMMON IN
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OUR UNDERSTANDING.
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WELL, WELL LET'S JUST BE
CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT ONLY THE
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CHRISTIANS WHO ARE LOOKING
FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
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THERE ARE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES EVEN THAT ARE
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HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER
THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
BELONGS TO THE MUSLIMS OR
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BELONGS TO THE CHRISTIANS.
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REALLY?
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SO IN THE LAST DAY THE MUSLIMS
EXPECT JESUS TO COME AS WELL.
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SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
IS, THAT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM HOW
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MANY BELIEVERS LOOK TO THE
SECOND COMING OF JESUS INCLUDING
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ADVENTIST BELIEVERS WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR THE SECOND COMING.
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ARE YOU SUGGESTING MIKE, THAT
WHEREAS AH, JESUS APPEARED TO
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THE EARLY APOSTLES AND AH, PAUL
-HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS
ROAD, ALL OF THAT WAS THE
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LAUNCH OF THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH WHEREAS THERE HAS BEEN A
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DIVISION AMONG PEOPLE IN THE
CHILDREN OF ESAU AND JACOB THAT
THE LORD IN HIS MERCY AND LOVE
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IS NOT GOING TO JUST HAVE
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BE THE
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RECIPIENTS- AM I
GETTING AHEAD OF YOUR STORY?
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL LET ME JUST
SAY I'M PRETTY SURE THAT JESUS
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DID NOT INTEND TO
START A CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
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HE WAS A JEW.
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HE CAME TO REVEAL GOD TO
HIS PEOPLE AND THE APOSTLES,
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INTERESTING, THEN PICKED UP FROM
THERE AND CARRIED THAT WORK TO
REVEAL GOD TO THE WHOLE
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WORLD SO WHY WOULD WE THINK THAT
GOD WOULD BE EXCLUSIVE ALL OF A
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SUDDEN? HE IS NOT.
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FOR SURE.
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NO, IF ANYBODY WOULD EVEN
SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD SAY NO.
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WE WOULD JUST AGREE.
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RIGHT BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING
THOUGH IS THAT GOD SEEMS TO HAVE
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STEPPED IT UP.
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WHILE HE DID VISIONS, HE DID
HEALINGS; HE DID ALL KINDS OF
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THINGS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS WE
ARE SEEING NUMEROUS OF THESE
DREAMS AND VISIONS.
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ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY FRIENDS,
AH, TELLS THE STORY OF HAVING
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AH, SEEN THIS MAN IN WHITE 32
TIMES BEFORE HE FINALLY SAID,
YES, I'LL BECOME ONE OF
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YOUR FOLLOWERS.
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NOW HAS THE MAN IN WHITE
CONTINUED TO APPEAR TO THE
DESCENDANTS OF FARUKI?
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HE HAS, HE TO MY KNOWLEDGE HE
HAS NOT BUT HE HAS APPEARED TO
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MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE IT
SEEMS MORE LIKE THIS -THESE
VISIONS, THESE APPEARANCES
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ARE SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE
STEP ACROSS THE LINE WHERE THEY
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UNDERSTAND WHO ISA IS.
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THEY MIGHT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HIM
IN THE QURAN BUT THEY SOMEHOW
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THINK WELL HE MUST BE FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE BUT WHEN HE SHOWS
UP AND SAYS NO I WANT YOU TO BE
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A FOLLOWER, MY FOLLOWER THEN
WHAT HAPPENS WE SEE THESE NEW
FOLLOWERS THEN SHARING
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WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THE WORD
EXPANDS TILL TODAY THERE ARE
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MANY THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS OF
JESUS ACROSS THE WORLD IN MANY
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COUNTRIES. AND IS IT TRUE THEN
THAT WE HAVEN'T KNOWN ABOUT IT
FOR REASONS THAT IT WASN'T
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TIME FOR US TO
KNOW ABOUT IT YET?
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WELL, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT
MOST OF US TALKED TO A MUSLIM?
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HOW WOULD WE HAVE FOUND OUT?
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HOW HE-IT DID IS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AMONG MUSLIMS.
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IT IS BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE COMMON TO SEE TO
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WHERE PEOPLE MEET THE MAN IN
WHITE AND THAT BECOMES A
CATALYST FOR THEM THEN TO
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UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT
THE QURAN SAYS ABOUT THE MAN IN
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WHITE AND IT ALSO SEEMS TO OPEN
SOME DOORS TO WHERE THEY BEGIN
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LOOKING AT THE NEW TESTAMENT
BECAUSE THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE
RECORD LARGELY OF THE MAN IN
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WHITE AND OF JESUS MINISTRY.
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NOW OF COURSE THERE IS A LOT OF
THE STORIES IN THE QURAN AS WELL
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BUT THE QURAN ACTUALLY REFERS
IT'S READERS TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT AND TO THE
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PSALMS AND TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
BOOKS IF THERE IS A QUESTION THE
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READER OF THE QURAN IS TO
GO TO THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK.
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AND IT IS FASCINATING TO
SEE THAT THE PEOPLE OF BOOK IS A
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COMMON PHRASE THAT IS FOUND MANY
TIMES AND IT REFERS TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
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THEIR WALK WITH GOD.
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ARE AND MAYBE YOU DON'T' KNOW
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW JUST SAY
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SO, ARE THE IMAMS WHO ARE THE
TEACHERS IN THE MOSQUES
PRESENTING THE MAN IN WHITE AS
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THE ONE THEY
SHOULD BE FOLLOWING?
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SOME ARE.
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I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE IMAMS WHO
ARE INDEED SHARING WITH THEIR
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PEOPLE WHO THE MAN
IN WHITE REALLY IS.
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MY NEXT QUESTION IS MAY YOU THEN
WITH THESE FRIENDS YOU IDENTIFY
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ARE YOU ACCEPTED BECAUSE
AS A FELLOW FOLLOWER OF ISA?
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WITH THE IMAMS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE FRIENDS, ABSOLUTELY.
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SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THE MAN
IN WHITE HAS MADE HIMSELF KNOWN
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FOREIGNERS WOULD NOT BE WELCOME.
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SO IT IS NOT EVERY PLACE THAT I
WOULD PRESUME TO GO BUT THE MAN
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IN WHITE DOES NOT
SEEM TO HAVE ANY BORDERS.
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HE IS ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE
AND HE IS GOING EVERYWHERE.
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AND THAT'S- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT BY SAYING
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IT IS INSPIRING OR
WHATEVER IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
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WHERE DOES MOHAMMED FIT
INTO THAT OR DO YOU KNOW?
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WELL, AS WE UNDERSTAND MOHAMMED
AND WE WOULD NORMALLY SAY PEACE
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BE UPON HIM AS A TERM OF RESPECT
MOHAMMED PEACE BE UPON HIM WAS
GIVEN THE QURAN AS IS
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UNDERSTOOD BY
MUSLIMS AS GOD'S WORD.
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SO OBVIOUSLY IF IT IS GOD'S WORD
IT IS CONSIDERED WITH VERY, VERY
00:24:47.58\00:24:52.65
HIGHLY.
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WE WOULD SAY THE BIBLE IS GOD'S
WORD BUT WE WOULD ALSO SAY THAT
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JESUS WAS GOD'S WORD IN THE
BEGINNING WAS THE WORD-JESUS.
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.21
SO A MUSLIM MAY THINK OF THE
QURAN ACTUALLY AS THE WORD OF
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GOD SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE WOULD
REFER TO JESUS AS THE WORD OF
GOD BUT NOT MOHAMMED.
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MOHAMMED IS NOT THE PRIMARY
PROPHET AT ALL IN ISLAM IN THE
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QURAN. ISA IS.
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ISA IS, YES.
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WELL, I THINK WHAT WE MAY HAVE
ACHIEVED HERE TODAY MICHAEL, AND
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I KNOW YOU HAD SOME OTHER
ILLUSTRATIONS YOU COULD HAVE
GIVEN US BUT WHAT WE
00:25:43.04\00:25:47.54
MAY HAVE ACHIEVED IS CHALLENGE
OUR SOMETIMES CLOSED MINDS TO
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EVEN CONSIDER THE UNITY OF
BELIEF THAT JESUS INTENDED FOR
HIS CREATION AND WHAT
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I HEAR YOU SAYING TO ME AND TO
OTHER FELLOW BELIEVERS IS LET'S
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KEEP OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS
OPEN TO WHOEVER WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING
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ABOUT, LEARNING FROM
BECAUSE JESUS IS NO RESPECTOR OF
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PERSONS. WE ARE
ALL HIS CHILDREN.
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AMEN.
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THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:26:35.86\00:26:37.83
I DIDN'T GET TO GIVE ALL OF YOU
THE ADDRESS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:26:37.86\00:26:43.90
BUT IT WILL BE ON THE SCREEN
THERE AND IF YOU WANT TO ASK
00:26:43.93\00:26:48.20
QUESTIONS I WILL DIRECT YOU TO
MIKE PORTER WHO WILL BE GLAD TO
ANSWER YOU I AM SURE.
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I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PRAYING
ABOUT ALL YOU HAVE BEEN
LISTENING TO TODAY.
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[CLOSING MUSIC].
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