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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000617A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC],
00:23 HELLO AND WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:28 AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO INDIA AND I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:33 AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS VERY SIMPLE. 00:36 HOW DO YOU KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH IN YOUR PART OF INDIA? 00:39 WELL, PRAYERFULLY. 00:42 PRAYERFULLY. 00:43 YOU WERE TELLING ME A LITTLE EARLIER THAT ANDHRA PRADESH AND THAT AREA OF 00:48 INDIA HAS THE LARGEST GROUP OF CHRISTIANS IN INDIA. 00:50 YES, THE POPULATION OF THIS STATE IS ABOUT 80 MILLION. 00:52 OKAY, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 00:53 AND 65 PERCENT OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION 00:55 RESIDE IN THIS STATE. 00:56 OKAY, NOT 65 PERCENT OF THE 80 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE. 00:58 NO, NO, 65 PERCENT OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN THE DIVISION. 01:00 YES, AND THE DIVISION HAS 1.6 MILLION SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND 65 PERCENT 01:02 OF THOSE WHICH IS 800 THOUSAND APPROXIMATELY RESIDE IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:04 WHY IS THAT TRUE? 01:05 WELL, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS STATE HAS BEEN VERY VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE 01:14 WORD OF GOD. 01:18 AND LOTS OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH OVER THE YEARS. 01:39 EVEN WHEN ELDER RON WATTS WAS THE PRESIDENT, MANY OF OUR VIEWERS KNOW HIM, HE 01:45 WAS SO RESOURCEFUL IN INSPIRING LOTS OF TEAMS FROM AMERICA AND OTHER 01:54 PLACES IN CANADA TO BRING THEM TO INDIA. 01:57 AND YOU KNOW OUR PEOPLE ARE VERY GENEROUS AND THEY WENT WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM 02:03 AND ANDHRA PRADESH RESPONDED. 02:07 YES THEY DID. 02:08 AND WE HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND PEOPLE WILL COME AND LISTEN TO THE 02:13 WORD OF GOD AND MY OH MY, GOD BLESSED THE CHURCH TREMENDOUSLY. 02:17 SO THE CHURCH HAS GROWN IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:19 I REMEMBER ONE TIME STANDING ON A PILE OF BRICKS THAT WERE BEING 02:21 PREPARED FOR BUILDING WITH RON WATTS. 02:23 AND I ASKED HIM, SO WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH TIME HERE. 02:41 AND HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WELL DICK, I'M SPENDING THIS MUCH TIME 02:45 HERE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT GOD I SEE THEIR EYES OPEN WITH 02:51 JOY. 02:52 ARE YOU STILL SEEING THAT? 02:53 WELL I TELL YOU, WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES TO SEND US 03:00 PASTORS. 03:02 IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAD THE MONEY FOR A THOUSAND MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:08 WORKERS YOU COULD PUT EVERY ONE OF THEM TO WORK IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 03:11 WE CAN PUT EVERY ONE OF THEM THERE. 03:13 AND YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY WHY SO MANY IN ONE PLACE. 03:19 YOU KNOW WE USE WHAT WE CALL THE HARVEST PRINCIPLE. 03:22 THE HARVEST PRINCIPLE IS WHEREVER THE CROP IS READY THAT'S WHERE THE FARMER 03:26 GOES FIRST. 03:28 FARMER DOESN'T WAIT TO NURTURE ONLY THE PLANTS THAT MAY HAVE JUST 03:32 FLOWERED. 03:33 HE FIRST WANTS TO RUN WHERE THE CROP IS READY TO FALL OFF. 03:35 AND ANDHRA PRADESH IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THE CROP IS READY. 03:37 WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS INTERESTING BECAUSE MANY TIMES I SEE A COMBINE COME 03:39 THROUGH A FIELD AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT IS READY AND SOME OF IT'S NOT BUT 03:57 THEY'RE JUST DOING THE WHOLE THING. 03:59 BUT YOU'RE DOING MUCH MORE OF A PERSONALIZED CONTACT WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY 04:04 WIDE EYED AND EAGER. 04:06 THE STRATEGY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED A LONG TIME AGO AND I GAVE ELDER RON 04:12 WATTS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR HIS WISDOM TO START THAT. 04:17 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL GO TO THE VILLAGE AND THEY WILL ASK 04:22 THE VILLAGE CHIEF. 04:24 THEY WILL SAY WE ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BELIEVERS. 04:26 THIS IS WHAT WE TEACH. 04:28 WOULD YOU LIKE US TO COME AND TEACH YOUR PEOPLE? 04:30 AND IF HE SAYS YES, THEN THE WORKER BEGINS HIS PERSONAL MINISTRY OVER 04:35 THERE. 04:35 IF HE SAYS NO, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT VILLAGE. 04:38 THIS IS HOW THE VILLAGES WERE SELECTED IN THE BEGINNING. 04:41 AND SO WE STILL FOLLOW THE METHOD. 04:45 WE WILL ASSIGN A WORKER TO WORK FOR THREE MONTHS IN THE PLACE AND PERSONAL 04:50 VISITS, PRAYING FOR THE SICK PEOPLE, GIVING THEM ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE 04:57 THEY MIGHT NEED, CONNECTING THEM TO THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 05:02 AND WHEN THE GROUND IS READY WE HAVE A HARVEST. 05:07 WE HAVE AN EVANGELIST WHO COMES IN AND HE WILL HOLD MEETINGS FOR A LONGER 05:11 PERIOD OF TIME, EXPLAIN THE AREAS THAT OUR GO WORKER MAY NOT HAVE 05:17 COVERED AND THE PEOPLE MAKE THEIR CHOICE AND THEY ARE GIVEN THEIR LIFE TO BE 05:22 PART OF GOD'S FAMILY. 05:23 AND THEY JUMP IN. 05:25 THEY JUMP AT IT AND I TELL YOU WE MAY NOT REALIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY 05:32 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE WORLD IS FALLING APART. 05:36 THEY KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE DEPENDED ON FOR SECURITY, FOR PEACE 05:41 AND SAFETY, IT'S NOT WORKING. 05:43 IT'S ALL BROKEN. 05:44 MONEY DOESN'T WORK, POSITIONS DON'T WORK, POPULARITY, PRIVILEGES, 05:47 NOTHING WORKS. 05:49 SO WHAT ARE THEY SEARCHING FOR. 05:51 AND INDIA OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW IS A VERY VERY SPIRITUAL COUNTRY. 05:55 AND I HAVE SOME SLIDES IF YOU WANT ME TO SHOW. 05:58 PLEASE. 05:59 I WOULD LIKE TO. 06:00 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME. 06:01 I HAVE CALLED THEM "ONE HUMAN FAMILY, THE FAMILY OF GOD." 06:06 OH, I LIKE IT. 06:07 AND FOR EXAMPLE THIS IS THE WORLD MAP OBVIOUSLY OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 06:13 BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORLD POPULATION. 06:16 WE HAVE 7.2 BILLION ACTUALLY NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, 86 MILLION 06:23 260 THOUSAND NET GAIN EACH YEAR IN THE WORLD POPULATION. 06:29 AND 230 THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE ADDED EACH DAY TO THE WORLD POPULATION. 06:34 NOW THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST POPULATION IN THE WORLD IS ONLY ABOUT 06:39 19.3 MILLION. 06:40 WHICH TO US SEEMS LIKE A HUGE AMOUNT. 06:43 WE THINK IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT USED TO SEEING GOD'S BIG 06:48 NUMBERS YOU KNOW. 06:49 IT'S JUST TINY, VERY TINY, IN COMPARISON TO THE BIG NUMBER. 06:53 LOOK AT THE INDIA POPULATION. 06:56 THE INDIA POPULATION IS 1.2 BILLION AND 1.6 MILLION SEVENTH-DAY 07:02 ADVENTISTS, 800 THOUSAND OF THEM LIVE IN ANDHRA PRADESH AND 75 PERCENT OF 07:08 THE BAPTISMS ARE THE RESULT OF THE GO WORKER. 07:12 A GO WORKER WHO IS ACTUALLY IN A COMMUNITY, BECOMING PART OF THE 07:17 COMMUNITY FAMILY. 07:18 YES. 07:19 WHEN WE SELECT A PERSON WE PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR SAME VILLAGE AND ASSIGN 07:24 THEM TWO OR THREE MORE VILLAGES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE 07:28 LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE AND THAT IS HOW WE ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT 07:35 THEY UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY. 07:37 I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ACTUALLY. 07:40 YOU SEE HERE WE HAVE 15 HUNDRED MAJOR LANGUAGES IN INDIA. 07:47 IT IS AMAZING. 07:49 WE STRUGGLE HERE WITH TWO OR THREE LANGUAGES IN EACH STATE AND HERE YOU SEE AND 07:56 INDIA IS A NEW COUNTRY. 07:57 PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. 07:59 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF INDIA IS UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 08:04 REALLY. 08:05 AND 50 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 15. 08:08 TRY TO RUN A COUNTRY WHERE EVERY PERSON TEXT SAVVY NOW. 08:14 SIXTY PERCENT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TEXT SAVVY. 08:17 MOST ALL MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA HAVE CONTRACTS WITH INDIA 08:22 FOR SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND CONSULTATION. 08:25 EVERYTHING. 08:26 SO THAT IS A NEW INDIA. 08:28 AND THE POPULATION OF INDIA IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. 08:33 IT'S GROWING. 08:34 WE MAY SURPASS THE POPULATION OF CHINA BY 2040. 08:39 JUST TO STOP YOU FOR A SECOND, THE PICTURE I HAVE OF INDIA IS WHEN I HAVE 08:46 BEEN IN BACK SECTIONS OF ANDHRA PRADESH WHERE IT'S A LONG WAYS TO ANYTHING 08:52 EVEN SORT OF LIKE A CITY. 08:55 THERE IS FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND THEY HAVE INTERNET AND THEY ARE WORKING FROM 08:59 THEIR HOMES, SMALL HOMES, CLAY HOMES WORKING FOR HOME DEPOT. 09:04 THIS IS AMAZING ISN'T IT. 09:05 IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 09:06 I MEAN EVERYWHERE I GO I FIND THAT THESE PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT MY HOME 09:10 THEN I DO. 09:11 WHEN YOU CALL IN TO CORRECT YOUR BANK STATEMENT AND IT'S BANK OF 09:15 AMERICA OR WHATEVER COMPANY YOU HAVE, JUST FOR FUN I WILL ASK SO WHERE 09:21 ARE YOU LOCATED? 09:22 ARE YOU IN HYDERABAD OR ARE YOU IN NEW DELI? 09:26 AND THEY WILL SAY, OH I'M IN MUMBAI. 09:29 THEY'LL TELL ME THE CITY. 09:31 SO I THINK INDIA IS GROWING SO FAST AND IT'S THE SECOND GROWING ECONOMY 09:37 NEXT TO CHINA. 09:38 AND SO WE HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 09:43 IN THE NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO SHOW YOU GOD SPEAKS AND HE SAYS, OTHER SHEEP I 09:49 HAVE WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD. 09:53 THEM ALSO MUST I BRING. 09:55 SO GOD IS ALREADY AWARE THAT THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WHO 10:01 ARE NOT SITTING AND EATING AT THE TABLE YET. 10:05 AND HE SAYS I NEED TO BRING THEM IN. 10:07 AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S COMMANDED. 10:09 THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR NAME "GO". 10:12 GO TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. 10:15 AND AS YOU GO PREACH SAYING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. 10:21 AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND IS A MESSAGE THAT IN INDIA MAKES PEOPLE 10:26 LEAN FORWARD AND SAY YOU MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING BETTER. 10:29 ABSOLUTELY. 10:30 WOW, DICK, YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. 10:32 YOU SEE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, SO WHAT'S NEXT. 10:36 I WANT TO TELL YOU A SHORT STORY. 10:38 I WENT TO THE CITY OF HARIDWAR. 10:39 HARIDWAR IS THE MOST SACRED CENTER FOR HINDUISM. 10:45 THE RIVER GANGES FLOWS FROM THERE. 10:49 I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHAT REALLY MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO BE 10:54 SPIRITUAL. 10:55 WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES PEOPLE TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEIR 11:02 HOME AND ALL THE WAY TO THIS RIVER WITH THEIR BODY. 11:06 I'LL HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SHOW YOU LATER BUT HERE I WAS AND I LOOKED AROUND 11:14 AND I SAW A VERY SAINTLY LOOKING GENTLEMAN WITH A LONG WHITE BEARD SITTING 11:19 ON A BENCH. 11:21 I QUIETLY SAT DOWN NEXT TO HIM. 11:24 I SAID TO HIM, I SAID, OH GREAT ONE COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHEN WILL THE END 11:32 OF THE WORLD BE. 11:34 HE KEPT ON GAZING AT THE SKY FOCUSED AS THOUGH HE WAS IN A VISION AND DIDN'T 11:40 LOOK AT ME AND HE SIMPLY SAID, THE HOLY ONE HAS NOT TOLD ME WHEN BUT HE HAS 11:46 TOLD ME THAT KALI YUGA IS ABOUT TO END. 11:51 KALI YUGA IS THE ERA OF DARKNESS, AND SATYA YUGA IS ABOUT TO START. 11:57 --------------SATYA YUGA IS THE ERA OF LIGHT AND TRUTH. 12:00 I WAS ALMOST LIKE LOOK, I'M SITTING NEXT TO A PROPHET. 12:06 ISN'T THAT WHAT WE READ IN ALL THE BOOKS. 12:08 EXACTLY, IT IS EXACTLY. 12:10 ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAYS IN MATTHEW 24 AND REVELATION AND ELLEN WHITE'S BOOKS 12:16 THAT KALI YUGA IS ABOUT TO END. 12:20 THE ERA OF DARKNESS IS ABOUT TO END AND THE ERA OF LIGHT AND TRUTH IS 12:26 ABOUT TO START. 12:28 YOU SEE, HINDUS ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING. 12:31 PEOPLE OF INDIA ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING. 12:33 VERY QUICKLY I WANT TO MENTION TO YOU PASTOR GORDON JENSEN WHO SPENT 49 12:40 YEARS IN INDIA AS A MISSIONARY. 12:42 HE IS MORE INDIAN THAN I AM I TELL YOU AND SUCH A DEDICATED PERSON. 12:47 AND HE WENT TO THE PUNDIT OF ONE OF THE MAJOR UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA. 12:55 THIS IS WHERE THEY TRAIN ALL THE GURUS FOR THE HINDU RELIGION. 13:01 AND HE ASKED HIM, HE SAID WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO. 13:06 THIS PASTOR JENSEN ASKED HIM. 13:07 HE SAID I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE BIBLE THAT WILLIAM CAREY 13:13 TRANSLATED AND I WANT IT IN SANSKRIT. 13:16 SO ELDER JENSEN LOOKED ALL OVER. 13:19 FINALLY HE FOUND IT IN A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. 13:21 OH MY. 13:23 AND HE MADE FIVE COPIES AND HE TOOK THESE COPIES TO THE SAME GURU AND HE 13:30 HELD THE BOOK IN HIS HAND AND HE SAID, TODAY IS A VERY HOLY DAY. 13:36 I HAVE A HOLY ---------- MEANING HOLY BOOK IN MY HAND. 13:43 AND HE DISTRIBUTED ALL THOSE FIVE COPIES TO THE FIVE HINDU UNIVERSITIES 13:47 WHERE PUNDITS ARE TRAINED. 13:49 AND HE SAID THIS WILL BECOME ONE OF THE TEXT BOOKS BECAUSE IN HINDUISM 13:50 THEY STRONGLY BELIEVE IN JESUS. 13:52 THEY BELIEVE THAT WE WAIT FOR THE ONE WHO WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN AND RECEIVED 14:06 FIVE WOUNDS. 14:07 AND THOSE FIVE WOUNDS, THAT DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FIT ANYONE EXCEPT JESUS. 14:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:15 SO THESE HEARTS ARE HUNGRY. 14:17 IF WE WOULD ONLY WAKE UP. 14:21 WE ARE DESCRIBED AS LUKEWARM SOMETIMES BUT I TELL YOU I AM SO GRATEFUL 14:25 TO THE VIEWERS WHO WATCH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR 14:30 DEDICATION, THEIR NONLUKEWARMNESS. 14:32 THEY'RE NOT LUKEWARM AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR ZEALOUS FAITH AND 14:39 DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABLE TO REACH THESE HUNGRY 14:45 HEARTS ALL OVER INDIA. 14:47 WELL YOU DESCRIBED SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT I'VE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT 14:49 ABOUT QUITE THAT WAY. 14:51 WHEN I GO TO A HINDU TEMPLE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GODS ALL CARVED IN THE 14:56 WALLS AND THEY WORSHIP DIFFERENT ONES DIFFERENT WEEKS AND ALL THE REST AND 15:00 I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THE IMAGES TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN THE 15:03 PARADES AND ALL OF THE REST. 15:06 BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GOD. 15:11 THEY ARE. 15:12 LET ME GO OVER SOME OF THE SLIDES HERE WE HAVE. 15:14 OKAY, PLEASE. 15:15 WE HAVE, INDIA AS YOU KNOW IS A VERY VERY SPIRITUAL COUNTRY. 15:22 HERE YOU FIND ONE OF THE HINDU GODS. 15:24 AND ALMOST EVERY HOME HAS THEIR OWN GOD. 15:28 ALMOST? 15:29 THEY ALL DO. 15:30 THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE PLACE IN THEIR HOME. 15:32 IT MAY BE A SMALL HOME BUT THEY'LL HAVE A PLACE, A WORSHIP PLACE. 15:35 THERE IS A TEMPLE, AN ALTAR. 15:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:38 AND ALTAR WILL ALTER EVERYBODY'S LIFE. 15:42 YES. 15:43 YOU SEE, WE OUGHT TO HAVE AN ALTAR IN EVERY HOME. 15:46 AND THIS IS THE RIVER GANGES THAT I WAS MENTIONING TO YOU. 15:49 AND LOOK AT THE CROWDS THAT COME AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE. 15:54 INDIA ALSO GAVE BIRTH TO BUDDHISM. 15:56 IT STARTED IN INDIA. 15:57 AND ALSO JAINISM. 16:02 JAINS ARE ANOTHER BRANCH OF HINDUISM. 16:08 THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF HINDUISM. 16:10 BOTH JAINISM AND BUDDHISM CAME OUT OF HINDUISM. 16:13 AND TODAY YOU'LL FIND MORE JAINS OUTSIDE. 16:16 AND HERE YOU FIND ONE OF THE HINDU GODS. 16:20 SO WHEREVER YOU GO ALONG THE ROAD, IN PEOPLES HOMES, IN PUBLIC SQUARES 16:25 YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND SOME SYMBOL OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR RELIGION. 16:32 THAT'S A SIMILE THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME OR TO YOU. 16:35 IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HINDU MIND, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ALL MEAN AND WE 16:39 JUST ASSUME THEY'RE WORSHIPPING IDOLS. 16:42 BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GOD? 16:44 IT IS A SEARCH. 16:46 IT IS A YEARNING FOR SUCH. 16:48 SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. 16:53 YOU SEE A PICTURE OF A HINDU GOD WITH MULTIPLE HEADS AND THEY ARE SIMPLY 16:59 SHOWING THAT GOD IS ALL WISE. 17:03 HE WILL HAVE GODS WITH MULTIPLE HANDS WHICH MEANS GOD IS ALL POWERFUL. 17:09 SO IT'S A SEARCH, HUMAN SEARCH. 17:11 REMEMBER WHETHER YOU ARE A HINDU, MUSLIM, JEW, CHRISTIAN, EVERYBODY STILL 17:19 BELONGS TO THE SAME FAMILY. 17:21 WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE SAME FATHER, BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE AND FLOWERS 17:28 OF THE SAME PLANT. 17:30 ONCE WE START SEEING PEOPLE AS PART OF THE SAME FAMILY WE WILL DO THINGS 17:36 THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT EVEN IMAGINE. 17:40 WE'LL STOP AND TAKE TIME, WE'LL LISTEN TO OTHERS. 17:44 YES. 17:45 AND WE'LL SHARE JESUS. 17:47 WELL OUR WHOLE PRIORITIES WILL BE REORDERED. 17:50 THINK ABOUT PAUL. 17:53 A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING SOUTH. 17:57 ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS AND HE HAS CHANGED HIS 18:02 DIRECTION. 18:03 COMPLETELY. 18:04 COMING TO JESUS REORDERS YOUR ENTIRE PRIORITIES. 18:07 I WANT TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE FOR JUST A MINUTE AND JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO 18:12 LOOK AT YOU FOLK WHO ARE WATCHING AND SHARING WITH THIS CONVERSATION WHICH I 18:16 KNOW YOU'RE ENJOYING AS MUCH AS I AM. 18:19 HOW CAN YOU BECOME INVOLVED? 18:21 A LITTLE COMMERCIAL FOR YOU TO HELP YOU SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BE PART OF 18:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:26 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 18:32 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 18:35 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 18:38 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 18:41 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 18:43 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 18:46 MY HEAD HURTS. 18:48 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 18:50 I GIVE UP. 18:52 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 18:54 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:56 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:59 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 19:04 WHERE? 19:05 ALL THE WORLD. 19:06 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 19:08 YOU CAN PRAY. 19:11 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 19:15 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 19:20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 19:22 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 19:25 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 19:27 BE THE SPARK. 19:29 LIGHT THE FIRE. 19:31 FINISH THE WORK. 19:33 FINISH THE WORK. 19:35 BE THE SPARK. 19:38 WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT AND I KNOW THAT YOU'D ALL LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT AN 19:41 HOUR AND A HALF BUT I GET TO DO THAT AS SOON AS THIS PROGRAM IS OVER. 19:45 I'M JUST GOING TO SIT HERE AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS. 19:47 KEEP US GOING. 19:49 WE'RE DIGGING DEEPLY INTO HINDUS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JESUS. 19:54 I THINK WHAT SEPARATES US OR WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO REACH PEOPLE IS 20:02 OUR MENTAL PATTERN OF THINKING. 20:05 THERE ARE SOME WALLS THAT WE'VE BUILT. 20:07 WELL, YOU REMEMBER THE STORY THAT JESUS TOLD. 20:10 HE TOLD IT THREE TIMES AND HIS LISTENERS DIDN'T GET IT. 20:13 HE STARTED WITH THE LOST COIN, THE LOST SHEEP, LOST COIN THEN LOST SON AND THE 20:18 LOST SON CAME HOME. 20:22 BUT WHO WAS THE ONE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN TO THE PARTY? 20:27 IT WAS THE FELLOW WHO THOUGHT HE WAS ALL ALONE, A GOOD GUY. 20:31 YOU SEE OUR PERCEPTION THAT SO AND SO IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, I'M 20:36 THE ONLY ONE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY KEEPS US FROM REACHING THE LOST 20:43 ONES. 20:45 I HEAR YOU SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD IF THE OLDER BROTHER 20:47 HAD COME TO DAD AND SAID CAN I GO FIND BILL? 20:51 WELL YES, AND HE SHOULD HAVE SAID I WILL BE ON YOUR SEARCH AND RESCUE 20:55 TEAM. 20:56 OKAY. 20:57 NOW I LIKE THAT. 20:58 YES. 20:59 GOD COULD GET ALL THIS WORK DONE THROUGH ANGELS. 21:01 IN FACT HE KNOWS EVERYBODY WHERE THEY LIVE. 21:04 REMEMBER WHERE ELIJAH WAS HIDING YOU KNOW. 21:11 AND HE TOLD THE CROWS GO FIND MY SON AND TAKE HIM FOOD TWICE A DAY. 21:15 GOD KNOWS EVERY SOUL WHERE THEY LIVE, WHERE THEY WERE BORN, WHAT THEY NEED. 21:20 AND HE COULD TELL THE ANGELS, HEY FOR THE NEXT ONE WEEK GO TO EVERYBODY 21:26 AND JUST TELL THEM ABOUT THE SOON COMING OF JESUS. 21:28 BUT HE GIVES US THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ON HIS SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM SO 21:34 WE CAN PRACTICE HOW WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN HEAVEN. 21:38 THAT IS THE REASON WHY GO EXISTS. 21:42 THAT IS THE REASON WHY ALL OUR MINISTRIES EXIST SO WE CAN PRACTICE HOW WE ARE 21:47 GOING TO LIVE IN HEAVEN, ONE FAMILY. 21:51 I LOVE IT. 21:52 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. 21:54 AND IT FITS SO WELL WITH WHAT I KNOW ABOUT INDIA. 21:57 SO LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDES. 21:59 WE HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES. 22:01 WELL, ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO SHOW THOSE SLIDES IN THE NEXT PROGRAM. 22:03 OKAY. 22:04 SO DO I GET TO ASK YOU A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS? 22:06 YOU CAN ASK ME A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. 22:08 I WANT TO GO TO THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF BEING ON GOD'S SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 22:11 WELL YOU KNOW, GOD IS NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PHDS AND WHO ARE BIG 22:19 LEARNED PEOPLE BECAUSE HE HAS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE HE NEEDS TO GIVE US. 22:23 NOT THAT HE IS ALLERGIC TO EDUCATION BUT SOMETIMES WE MAY START DEPENDING ON 22:30 OURSELVES. 22:31 IT IS GOD'S WORK AND GOD HAS MADE THE POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 22:37 THINK ABOUT THE DISCIPLES. 22:39 THEY HAD LIVED WITH JESUS. 22:41 THEY HAD EATEN WITH JESUS BUT THEY WERE STILL, AND THEY HAD DONE MIRACLES IN 22:45 HIS NAME, BUT GOD SAID, JESUS SAID YOU ARE STILL NOT READY. 22:49 YOU ARE NOT READY. 22:50 YOU HAVEN'T BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY. 22:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:52 YOU NEED TO HAVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 22:55 AND I WANT TO URGE ALL OF OUR LISTENERS THAT THEY SHOULD BECOME PRAYER 23:01 WARRIORS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:03 AND THAT IS HOW THEY WILL CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OTHER VIEWERS. 23:09 AND THEY SHOULD START INVITING THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO WATCH 23:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAMS WHEN THEY ARE WATCHING. 23:16 OKAY, SO I WANT TO STOP YOU. 23:17 IF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM IS ON MY TELEVISION AT HOME AND I 23:22 INVITE MY NEIGHBORS TO COME AND JOIN ME, AND THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORS 23:25 WHO WOULD COME HAPPILY, WHAT ARE THE PRAYER WORDS WE SHOULD PRAY. 23:29 I WOULD SAY, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, PUT ME ON YOUR SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 23:39 I HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND NEIGHBORS. 23:42 I WANT THEM TO BE IN YOUR KINGDOM. 23:44 YOU ARE THE BEST FRIEND WE CAN EVER HAVE IN A FRIENDLESS COUNTRY, IN A 23:49 FRIENDLESS SOCIETY THESE DAYS. 23:51 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 23:55 WE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN OURSELVES. 23:57 WE NEED TO HAVE A CONNECTEDNESS, COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS AND NOTHING 24:03 CONNECTS US MORE THAN OUR FAITH IN GOD. 24:07 SO LET ME STOP YOU AGAIN. 24:08 I'M IN A HINDU HOME IN A LITTLE VILLAGE IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 24:11 WHEN I GO INTO THE HOME AT THEIR REQUEST THE FIRST THING THAT THEY WILL 24:16 ALWAYS DO FOR ME AS A BIG WHITE AMERICAN GUY IS THEY WILL SAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE 24:23 BLESS MY HOUSE. 24:25 ISN'T THAT THE BEST OPENING YOU COULD HAVE. 24:28 YES. 24:29 EVEN HERE IN LOMA LINDA WE HAVE STARTED A GROUP CALLED "OPEN DOOR 24:32 MINISTRIES." 24:34 WE GO DOOR TO DOOR AND WE SIMPLY SAY, WE'D LIKE TO BLESS YOUR HOME. 24:39 WOULD YOU MIND IF WE BLESS YOUR HOME? 24:42 AND DOES ANYBODY SAY NO? 24:43 NO, NOBODY SAYS DON'T BLESS MY HOME. 24:45 WOULD ANYBODY SAY DON'T BLESS MY HOME? 24:48 NO. 24:49 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SAY YES? 24:51 WE PRAY FOR THEM. 24:52 WE SAY, HEAVENLY FATHER. 24:54 WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND TO MEET ANOTHER MEMBER OF 25:00 YOUR FAMILY. 25:02 WE NEED TO START ACCEPTING PEOPLE AS MEMBERS OF GOD'S FAMILY. 25:06 WHOEVER THEY ARE. 25:07 WHOEVER THEY ARE. 25:08 AND THAT'S HOW GOD SEES US. 25:09 NOW I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT HINDU HOME. 25:12 WHEN I BLESS THE HOUSE, THE SECOND THING THEY DO IS THEY ACTUALLY SHOW ME 25:15 THEIR GODS. 25:16 LET THEM SHOW YOU THEIR GODS. 25:18 I WOULD NOT CONDEMN THEM. 25:20 THIS IS THE WAY WE MAKE A BIG MISTAKE. 25:22 WE BEGIN TO CONDEMN THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PRECONCEIVED IDEA THEY ARE 25:27 NOT PART OF GOD'S FAMILY. 25:29 REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE FIVE CHILDREN. 25:31 TWO OF THEM HUG YOU, LOVE YOU, DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT BUT THREE OF THEM ARE 25:35 ON THEIR WAY TO LAS VEGAS, CHANGED THEIR HAIR COLOR, SING DIFFERENT SONGS. 25:39 DO YOU STILL LOVE THEM? 25:41 THOSE ARE YOUR CHILDREN OR NOT. 25:42 DO I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN OR TWO? 25:44 YES. 25:45 THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS FIVE. 25:46 EXACTLY. 25:47 BUT WE CAN'T LIVE THAT WAY EASILY. 25:49 WE CAN NOG. 25:50 IT IS OUR PROBLEM. 25:51 WE ARE NOT SEEKING THEM. 25:53 IF THEY ARE MY CHILDREN DON'T YOU THINK I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THEM? 25:59 AND THIS IS WHERE WE'VE GOT TO GO. 26:01 GOD HAS PLACED US AND HE IS DELAYING HIS COMING BECAUSE HE IS GIVING US 26:06 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON HIS SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 26:10 GO LOOK FOR YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BEFORE I CLOSE THE CHAPTER. 26:15 THAT IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 26:18 IN ONE OF THOSE HINDU HOMES IN ANDHRA PRADESH THE LADY OF THE HOME WHEN 26:24 SHE WAS SHOWING US HER GODS, THE SPECIAL PART OF HER SPIRITUAL LIFE SAID, 26:29 AND DO YOU HAVE A BIBLE YOU COULD GIVE ME BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW YOUR GOD. 26:34 YES. 26:35 AND I WOULD HAVE SAID, IMMEDIATELY I WOULD SAY HE'D LIKE TO BE YOUR GOD 26:37 TOO. 26:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:42 HE IS YOUR GOD ALREADY. 26:43 YOUR GOD ALREADY. 26:44 AND IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ON GOD'S SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM MEANS THAT WE 26:48 WORK TOGETHER TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE OF THOSE PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST. 26:53 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST BE PART OF CONVERSATIONS LIKE 26:56 THIS? 26:57 COME ALONG WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:59 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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