[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:15.98 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:00:16.01\00:00:18.21 IT'S GOSPEL OUTREACH'S OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM AND TALK 00:00:18.25\00:00:22.62 ABOUT WHAT KEEPS US HAPPY EVERY SINGLE DAY. 00:00:22.65\00:00:27.32 IT'S THE WHOLE PROCESS OF INTRODUCING JESUS AS A NEW CONCEPT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE 00:00:27.36\00:00:32.43 NEVER HEARD HIS NAME. 00:00:34.36\00:00:36.33 MY GUEST TODAY IS DR. JON DYBDAHL WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF 00:00:36.36\00:00:40.84 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:40.87\00:00:42.04 SIX YEARS? 00:00:42.07\00:00:43.51 I'VE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR SIX YEARS AS A BOARD MEMBER, 00:00:43.54\00:00:48.04 PRESIDENT ONLY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. 00:00:48.08\00:00:49.68 HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PRESIDENT? 00:00:49.71\00:00:51.68 GOOD IN SOME WAYS AND SCARY IN OTHER WAYS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO 00:00:51.71\00:00:55.85 MANY GREAT THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE AND SHOULD BE DONE BUT YOU 00:00:55.88\00:01:00.42 CAN'T DO THEM ALL. BUT IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE I THINK 00:01:00.46\00:01:03.63 IN THE WORLD. 00:01:03.66\00:01:04.63 THAT REALLY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 00:01:04.66\00:01:06.63 YES. 00:01:06.66\00:01:08.10 SO I WANT TO START AT THE END WITH THE QUESTION I SHOULD ASK 00:01:08.13\00:01:11.03 YOU LAST BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST. 00:01:11.07\00:01:12.83 WHAT IS YOUR DREAM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 15 YEARS FROM NOW? 00:01:12.87\00:01:17.17 WOW. 00:01:17.21\00:01:19.27 ASSUMING THAT CHRIST HAS NOT RETURNED, OKAY, WE COME BACK TO 00:01:19.31\00:01:24.31 THIS LOCATION 15 YEARS FROM NOW WHAT WILL WE FIND? 00:01:24.35\00:01:26.65 WE WOULD FIND THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN AREAS THAT ARE UNREACHED. 00:01:26.68\00:01:33.05 OKAY. 00:01:33.09\00:01:34.49 WE WOULD FIND MANY MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE GROUPS 00:01:34.52\00:01:38.26 WHERE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS OR HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST. 00:01:38.29\00:01:43.10 AND WE WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE CHURCH AT LARGE TO THINK MORE 00:01:43.13\00:01:48.64 OUTSIDE THE BOX IN RELATIONSHIP TO MISSION. 00:01:48.67\00:01:51.54 AND THIS WILL BE A HUMMING HIVE OF VOLUNTEERS. 00:01:51.57\00:01:54.58 THIS WILL BE, I DON'T KNOW, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A SECOND 00:01:54.61\00:01:57.15 STORY ON THIS BUILDING. 00:01:57.18\00:01:58.15 I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 00:01:58.18\00:02:00.55 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES SOMETHING THAT I STILL AM A BIT CONFUSED 00:02:00.58\00:02:05.92 BY. OKAY. 00:02:05.95\00:02:07.22 WE INTRODUCE JESUS AS SAVIOR, AS A NAME TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER 00:02:07.26\00:02:12.03 HEARD THAT BEFORE AND NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 00:02:15.90\00:02:18.30 ARE THERE REALLY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 00:02:18.33\00:02:23.07 NAME OF JESUS? WELL, IF YOUR SPEAKING LITERALLY I THINK 00:02:23.10\00:02:26.94 REALLY THERE ARE. I MEAN I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND AS A 00:02:26.98\00:02:31.85 MISSIONARY AND HAVING AN OLD LADY ASK ME WHERE I LIVED AND I 00:02:31.88\00:02:38.32 TOLD HER THAT I LIVED IN AMERICA. 00:02:38.35\00:02:40.06 AND SHE SAID, HOW MANY DAYS DOES IT TAKE TO WALK THERE. 00:02:40.09\00:02:43.53 HER ONLY CONCEPTION WAS THAT YOU WALKED TO WHEREVER YOU GO AND 00:02:43.56\00:02:47.76 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO WALK. 00:02:47.83\00:02:49.13 AND IN THE SAME WAY I ASKED HER HAVE YOU HEARD OF JESUS AND SHE 00:02:49.16\00:02:54.04 SAID WHOSE THAT, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. 00:02:54.07\00:02:56.04 THAT'S LITERALLY TRUE. 00:02:56.07\00:02:57.41 NOW THERE ARE EVEN MORE PLACES, OF COURSE, WHO HAVE HEARD THE 00:02:57.44\00:03:00.18 NAME OF JESUS BUT HEARD IT IN A WRONG WAY, TRUE TRUE, OR A MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT THAT 00:03:00.21\00:03:05.41 NAME MEANS BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE WHO LITERALLY NEVER HAVE HEARD 00:03:05.45\00:03:10.09 THE WORD OR DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. 00:03:10.12\00:03:13.25 I MET A YOUNG MAN ONE TIME IN MOZAMBIQUE WHO WOULD GO TO TOWN 00:03:13.29\00:03:18.36 ONCE A WEEK TO SELL HIS TOMATOES. 00:03:21.60\00:03:24.07 AND ONE DAY A MAN CAME TO HIM AND SAID DO YOU KNOW JESUS. 00:03:24.10\00:03:29.44 AND MY FRIEND NOW, SAID NO I DON'T. 00:03:29.47\00:03:32.01 DOES HE LIVE NEARBY AND STARTED CONVERSATION WHERE THERE HAS NO 00:03:32.04\00:03:37.11 CONTEXT FOR CHRIST. 00:03:42.28\00:03:45.22 IT'S SCARY TO ME TO THINK THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 00:03:45.25\00:03:49.36 LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. 00:03:49.39\00:03:50.36 YES, THERE ARE. 00:03:50.39\00:03:51.69 THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND AS I THINK IT WAS HUDSON TAYLOR 00:03:51.73\00:03:53.93 THE GREAT MISSIONARY WHO A CENTURY AGO WHO SAID THAT NOBODY 00:03:53.96\00:04:00.54 SHOULD HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME UNLESS EVERYBODY HASN'T HAD A 00:04:00.57\00:04:06.04 CHANCE TO HEAR IT THE FIRST TIME. 00:04:06.07\00:04:08.04 OH WOW. 00:04:08.08\00:04:09.08 SO WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MISSION? 00:04:09.11\00:04:11.81 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MISSION IS TO REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE 00:04:11.85\00:04:15.12 MESSAGE OF JESUS AND HIS SOON COMING. 00:04:15.15\00:04:16.25 SO WE'RE AFTER THOSE PEOPLE. 00:04:16.28\00:04:17.69 WE WANT TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE VERY OFTEN IN THE PAST, 00:04:17.72\00:04:22.86 AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S NOT WRONG BUT IT'S INCOMPLETE MISSION. 00:04:22.89\00:04:26.26 THE CHURCH HAS HAD AN INCOMPLETE MISSION BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN OUR 00:04:26.29\00:04:29.40 MISSION AS MOSTLY REVIVING OTHER CHRISTIANS. 00:04:29.43\00:04:33.03 REACHING OUT TO OTHER CHRISTIANS WITH A FULLER TRUTH MAYBE THE 00:04:33.07\00:04:36.87 MESSAGE OF PROPHECY, THE SECOND COMING AND SABBATH AND SO ON. 00:04:36.91\00:04:39.57 SO WE LET THE OTHER PEOPLE DO THE PLOWING AND WE COME ALONG 00:04:39.61\00:04:41.91 AND REAP. SO WE ORIGINALLY LET THE OTHER PEOPLE DO THE INITIAL 00:04:41.94\00:04:45.45 MISSION WORK AND WE CAME ALONG BEHIND AND THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL IN SOME AREAS. 00:04:45.48\00:04:49.02 WE WERE SEEN AS PEOPLE WHO WERE SHEEP STEALERS, PROSELYTIZERS. 00:04:49.05\00:04:53.39 BUT SINCE AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE 1990S THE ADVENTIST 00:04:53.42\00:05:00.33 CHURCH HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN REACHING OUT IN GOSPEL MISSION, GLOBAL MISSION TO REACH 00:05:00.36\00:05:06.57 THE UNREACHED AREAS. 00:05:06.60\00:05:07.87 AND WE HAVE TAKEN THAT SERIOUSLY IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SAID THAT 00:05:07.90\00:05:12.51 WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REACH THOSE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 00:05:12.54\00:05:16.44 HINDUS, BUDDHISTS, MUSLIMS, TRIBAL PEOPLES WHO DON'T KNOW 00:05:16.48\00:05:20.98 JESUS. SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS TASK AND WE'VE SAID YES TO THAT AND WE WANT TO DO IT 00:05:21.02\00:05:27.09 AND INVITE OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP US DO IT. 00:05:27.12\00:05:29.52 SO THREE QUESTIONS. 00:05:29.56\00:05:30.53 WHERE DO WE FIND THEM? 00:05:30.56\00:05:31.89 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? 00:05:31.93\00:05:33.90 HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEIR LIFESTYLE? 00:05:33.93\00:05:36.73 WOW. 00:05:36.77\00:05:37.73 SO START HOW DO WE FIND THEM. 00:05:37.77\00:05:38.73 WHERE DO WE FIND THEM? 00:05:38.77\00:05:39.73 OKAY. 00:05:39.77\00:05:40.74 WE TALK ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:05:40.77\00:05:41.74 THAT'S THE FAT PART OF THE GLOBE. 00:05:41.77\00:05:43.74 THAT'S THE PART OF THE GLOBE, FROM 10 DEGREES TO 40 DEGREES 00:05:43.77\00:05:47.34 NORTH, NORTH AND SOUTH OKAY NORTH AND SOUTH. 00:05:47.38\00:05:50.35 NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN. 00:05:50.38\00:05:55.58 THAT BAND YES, INDIA AND PAKISTAN. 00:05:55.62\00:05:57.59 THEN THERE ARE A FEW COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:05:57.62\00:06:00.22 LITERALLY WHO ARE REALLY PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:06:00.26\00:06:02.22 10/40 WINDOW IS JUST SHORT HAND FOR SAYING THE PARTS OF THE 00:06:02.26\00:06:06.53 WORLD THAT DON'T HAVE A SERIOUS CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE. 00:06:06.56\00:06:08.50 OKAY. 00:06:08.53\00:06:09.73 SO THAT'S THE PLACE. 00:06:09.76\00:06:11.37 AND IF WE ENLARGED IT TO SAY IF WE HAVE 10/40 PEOPLE IN OTHER 00:06:11.40\00:06:17.01 PLACES LIKE REFUGEES AND SO FORTH THEY WOULD BE A PART TOO. 00:06:17.04\00:06:19.01 WE'LL GO FIND THEM. 00:06:19.04\00:06:20.04 YES WE'LL FIND THEM TOO. 00:06:20.08\00:06:21.04 SAY I GO TO ETHIOPIA. 00:06:21.08\00:06:22.38 IT'S A TRADITIONALLY CHRISTIAN COUNTRY AND IT IS PART OF THE 00:06:22.41\00:06:26.11 10/40 WINDOW. 00:06:26.15\00:06:27.22 HOW DO I FIND THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS? 00:06:27.25\00:06:31.15 WELL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDY DONE AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T 00:06:31.19\00:06:34.62 REALIZE IT. IN FACT IF YOU GO ON YOUR COMPUTER TO A WEBSITE CALLED THE JOSHUA PROJECT, 00:06:34.66\00:06:38.69 THE JOSHUA PROJECT, YES, OKAY, THEY LIST, THEY WIL TELL YOU 00:06:38.73\00:06:43.63 WHICH PEOPLE GROUPS, WHICH ETHNIC GROUPS ARE UNREACHED AND THEY HAVE A DEFINITION 00:06:43.67\00:06:48.17 EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS IF A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, I FORGET THE 00:06:48.20\00:06:50.91 EXACT PERCENTAGE, A CERTAIN SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS AND THE 00:06:50.94\00:06:55.81 VAST MAJORITY ARE NOT, THEN THEY WILL CLASSIFY THAT AS AN 00:06:55.84\00:06:59.35 UNREACHED AREA AND AN UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP. 00:06:59.38\00:07:01.28 AND WE LIKE TO COUNT PEOPLE GROUPS RATHER THAN JUST 00:07:01.32\00:07:05.79 COUNTRIES BECAUSE COUNTRIES CUT ACROSS ETHNIC BOUNDARIES. 00:07:05.82\00:07:07.79 THE LINES THAT WERE DRAWN, THE GEOPOLITICAL COUNTRY LINES WE 00:07:07.82\00:07:12.93 HAVE NOW ARE NOT REALLY DRAWN COMPLETELY ON THE BASIS OF WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE REALLY LIVE 00:07:12.96\00:07:18.13 THERE. IT SOUND LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER WHEN LEO HALLIWELL WHEN UP AND DOWN 00:07:18.17\00:07:23.84 THE AMAZON IN THE LUZEIRO AND EVERYBODY ON THAT AMAZON RIVER 00:07:23.87\00:07:29.54 WERE UNREACHED BASICALLY. 00:07:29.58\00:07:31.65 AND HE'D GET ON SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES AND THEY'D NEVER 00:07:31.68\00:07:34.32 SEEN A WHITE MAN, THEY'D NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 00:07:34.35\00:07:35.45 IT WAS BRAND NEW TOTALLY. 00:07:35.48\00:07:37.72 DO WE STILL DO THAT SAME KIND OF EXPLORATION AND MISSIONARY 00:07:37.75\00:07:43.86 SERVICE? YES, YES. 00:07:43.89\00:07:45.49 MANY OF OUR WORKERS, NOT ALL OF OUR WORKERS BUT MANY OF OUR 00:07:45.53\00:07:48.40 WORKERS ARE IN THAT KIND OF AREA. 00:07:48.43\00:07:49.40 GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, TELL ME A STORY. 00:07:49.43\00:07:52.87 OH MY, MY OH, MY OH, MY. 00:07:52.90\00:07:56.60 ACTUALLY THE EASIEST ONE IS TO TELL FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE. 00:07:56.64\00:07:59.01 WE WERE MISSIONARIES IN THAILAND AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT LADY, 00:07:59.04\00:08:05.28 YES. AND I HAVE LITERALLY WALKED INTO VILLAGES, AND REMEMBER THIS 00:08:05.31\00:08:09.18 IS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OFTEN TIMES THROUGH POPPY FIELDS, 00:08:09.22\00:08:13.19 OPIUM POPPY FIELDS GOING UP TO THE VILLAGE AND YOU FIND VILLAGES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE 00:08:13.22\00:08:17.86 MIGRATED FROM NORTH CHINA AND FROM LAOS INTO THAILAND. 00:08:17.89\00:08:21.63 AND THERE ARE LITERALLY NO CHRISTIANS THERE, NO CHURCH THERE, NO RELIGIOUS 00:08:21.66\00:08:27.27 EDIFICE OF ANY KIND. 00:08:27.30\00:08:28.37 THE PEOPLE ARE ANIMISTS, THEY ARE SPIRIT WORSHIPPERS. 00:08:28.40\00:08:31.17 THEY WORSHIP WHATEVER THEY CAN SEE, THE RAIN THE SUN THE CROPS. 00:08:31.21\00:08:34.94 WELL IT'S VERY VERY INTERESTING, IT'S VERY VERY INTERESTING. 00:08:34.98\00:08:39.48 THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH THE SPIRIT HAS WORKED IN PLACES THAT 00:08:39.51\00:08:42.88 WE WOULD NEVER EXPECT IT TO BE. 00:08:42.92\00:08:45.22 I FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS THERE THAT THEY HAD STORIES OF ADAM 00:08:45.25\00:08:47.89 AND EVE. THE NAMES WERE NOT ADAM AND EVE BUT THEY HAD STORIES OF 00:08:47.92\00:08:50.33 A GARDEN THEY HAD STORIES OF A FLOOD IN THEIR ANCIENT HISTORY WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE 00:08:50.36\00:08:54.20 WAY BACK THERE HAD BEEN TALK OF GOD. 00:08:54.20\00:08:56.33 BUT THEY BASICALLY WORSHIP SATAN THE GREAT COW SPIRIT. 00:08:56.36\00:09:00.44 THAT WAS THE WORD FOR SATAN, THE GREAT COW SPIRIT AND THEY 00:09:00.47\00:09:04.84 LITERALLY WERE AFRAID OF HIM. 00:09:04.87\00:09:05.84 THEY LIVED THEIR LIVES IN FEAR. 00:09:05.87\00:09:07.28 THEY HAD A WORD FOR GOD BUT IT WAS DISTANT AND NOBODY KNEW 00:09:07.31\00:09:11.88 ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 00:09:11.91\00:09:13.35 SO TO GO INTO THAT VILLAGE AND UTTER THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST 00:09:13.38\00:09:15.35 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND START TO TELL THE STORY OF GOD'S LOVE, THE FEELING IS JUST, I DON'T 00:09:15.38\00:09:20.46 KNOW HOW TO SAY IT, IT'S BIGGER, BETTER, MORE FANTASTIC THAN 00:09:22.49\00:09:26.59 ANYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF TO BE IN A VILLAGE LIKE THAT WHERE 00:09:26.63\00:09:30.23 PEOPLE ARE ONLY LIVING IN FEAR OF THE SPIRITS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS WHO HAS THE VICTORY 00:09:30.27\00:09:33.40 OVER THE SPIRITS AND CAN GIVE THEM PEACE AND ETERNAL LIFE AND 00:09:33.44\00:09:36.84 LOVES THEM, AND LOVES THEM AND CARES ABOUT THEM AND IS INTERESTED IN THEIR LIVES. 00:09:36.87\00:09:42.01 THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. 00:09:42.04\00:09:44.15 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH A 00:09:44.18\00:09:47.82 HUNGRY HEART OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT. 00:09:47.85\00:09:49.88 WHAT RESPONSE DO YOU GET? 00:09:49.92\00:09:51.99 SOMETIMES PEOPLE WONDER. 00:09:53.05\00:09:55.12 IT'S NOT ALWAYS YOU KNOW EASY. 00:09:55.16\00:09:57.23 SOMETIMES THEY LEAN BACK AND QUESTION. 00:09:57.26\00:09:59.29 YES AND QUESTION. 00:09:59.33\00:10:00.80 BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN NOT A SERIES OF 20 EVANGELISTIC 00:10:00.83\00:10:05.00 MEETINGS BUT ONE MEETING IN WHICH YOU BASICALLY SAY THERE IS THIS JESUS WHO CAME WHO IS 00:10:05.03\00:10:08.47 GOD'S SON AND WE COULD USE THEIR NAME FOR GOD, THEY HAD A NAME 00:10:08.50\00:10:12.61 FOR GOD, EXPLAIN THAT GOD IS A LOVING GOD, A POWERFUL GOD, HE 00:10:12.64\00:10:16.44 SENT HIS SON AND HE HAS THE VICTORY OVER ALL EVIL AND SATAN. 00:10:16.48\00:10:20.25 HE HAS VICTORY OVER THE COW SPIRIT. 00:10:20.28\00:10:22.45 HE HAS VICTORY OVER THE COW SPIRIT. 00:10:22.48\00:10:24.45 YOU NO LONGER NEED TO FEAR THE COW SPIRIT. 00:10:24.49\00:10:26.45 YOU CAN TAKE OFF THOSE STRINGS AROUND YOUR NECK, AROUND YOUR 00:10:26.49\00:10:31.13 WRISTS, AROUND YOUR ANKLES, COOPER, WOVEN WORE OR STRINGS, DEVIL STRINGS, LITERALLY DEVIL 00:10:31.16\00:10:36.20 STRINGS. 00:10:38.73\00:10:40.17 GET RID OF ALL THOSE AND THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS 00:10:40.20\00:10:44.74 LEARN TO PRAY. IS THAT RIGHT. 00:10:44.77\00:10:45.71 FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS LEARN TO PRAY. 00:10:45.74\00:10:47.74 WHY? 00:10:47.78\00:10:49.11 BECAUSE THAT IS THE PATHWAY TO CONTACT THE GOD WHO HAS THE 00:10:49.14\00:10:53.31 POWER OVER THESE THINGS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT. 00:10:53.35\00:10:55.38 HOW DO I TALK TO HIM. 00:10:55.42\00:10:56.62 HOW DO I TALK, HOW DO I COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. 00:10:56.65\00:10:58.72 A WONDERFUL LESSON BECAUSE SO OFTEN EVEN WHEN WE TEACH IT HERE 00:10:58.75\00:11:03.12 WE ASSUME PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO PRAY OR WE TEACH THEM LATER TO PRAY BUT THAT'S SOMETHING 00:11:03.16\00:11:05.83 THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 00:11:05.86\00:11:08.20 IF HE'S POWERFUL, WE CAN GET RID OF THIS STUFF, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE 00:11:08.23\00:11:11.53 HIM IN OUR LIVES TO PROTECT US. 00:11:11.57\00:11:13.30 WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO PRAY RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 00:11:13.34\00:11:15.77 DO THEY USE A DIFFERENT WORD THAN PRAY IN THAILAND? 00:11:15.80\00:11:18.91 IS IT TALK WITH GOD? 00:11:18.94\00:11:21.41 WELL THIS IS IN THE HMONG PEOPLE. 00:11:21.44\00:11:23.48 THIS IS NOT IN THAILAND. 00:11:23.51\00:11:25.78 SO WE'RE UP IN THE NORTH. 00:11:25.81\00:11:26.78 WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CAMBODIAN BORDER. 00:11:26.82\00:11:28.78 YES, YES. 00:11:28.82\00:11:29.85 THERE WORD FOR PRAY IS LITERALLY TO CALL UPON GOD. 00:11:29.88\00:11:34.89 IT'S LITERALLY TASHO. 00:11:37.96\00:11:39.26 TA MEANS ASK OR CALL. 00:11:39.29\00:11:42.33 ASK OR REQUESTS. 00:11:42.36\00:11:44.90 SHO IS THE --- OF GOD. 00:11:44.93\00:11:47.14 I LOVE IT IN PIGEON TOO. 00:11:47.17\00:11:49.00 TALK TALK BIG FELLA UPSTAIRS. 00:11:49.04\00:11:51.54 YES, YES. 00:11:51.57\00:11:52.67 VERY YOU KNOW KIND OF A DYNAMIC PICTURE. 00:11:52.71\00:11:55.08 YES, YES. 00:11:55.11\00:11:56.14 SO TASHO, HOW DO YOU TASHO? 00:11:56.18\00:11:59.25 SO HOW DO YOU PRAY? 00:11:59.28\00:12:01.42 YOU TALK TO HIM. 00:12:03.79\00:12:05.65 TELL HIM HE'S A GREAT GOD. 00:12:05.69\00:12:06.72 TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR OWN FEARS. 00:12:06.76\00:12:08.09 I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR SPECIAL CLOTHES. 00:12:08.12\00:12:10.09 ASK HIM TO BE PRESENT, I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR SPECIAL CLOTHES. 00:12:10.13\00:12:12.29 I DON'T HAVE TO SAY SPECIAL WORDS. 00:12:12.33\00:12:14.30 I DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO GET HELP. 00:12:14.30\00:12:16.26 IT'S FREE. 00:12:16.30\00:12:17.27 YES. 00:12:17.30\00:12:18.73 THE SPIRITS IF THEY WANT TO HEAL YOU, IF YOU WANT YOUR SPIRITS TO 00:12:18.77\00:12:20.30 HEAL YOU, YOU GOT TO PAY. 00:12:20.34\00:12:21.30 TWO CHICKENS. 00:12:21.34\00:12:22.30 MAYBE TWO CHICKENS. 00:12:22.34\00:12:23.30 I KNOW, I KNOW. 00:12:23.34\00:12:24.17 MAYBE IF YOU'RE REALLY SICK MAYBE A COW. 00:12:24.21\00:12:27.28 BUT GOD'S FREE. 00:12:27.31\00:12:28.61 GOD'S FREE, GRACE IS FREE. 00:12:28.64\00:12:30.81 THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 00:12:30.85\00:12:32.25 AND PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD IT. 00:12:32.28\00:12:35.35 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. 00:12:35.38\00:12:36.99 WELL ACTUALLY THEY TAUGHT ME THINGS. 00:12:37.02\00:12:39.52 I HAVE A LITTLE BOOK THAT I WROTE. 00:12:39.55\00:12:41.52 SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO WRITE ABOUT SOME OF MY MISSION EXPERIENCES 00:12:41.56\00:12:44.99 AND THE TITLE OF IT IS "MISSION A TWO-WAY STREET." 00:12:45.03\00:12:47.93 AND WHAT I SAID IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE TEACH BUT WE LEARN FROM 00:12:47.96\00:12:54.00 THEM. IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET. 00:12:54.04\00:12:55.00 MISSION IS A TWO-WAY STREET. 00:12:55.04\00:12:56.54 I WAS TAUGHT A HUGE NUMBER OF IMPORTANT LESSONS BY MY TIME IN 00:12:56.57\00:13:02.58 ASIA AND THEY HAVE STAYED WITH ME. 00:13:02.61\00:13:03.71 SO THEY TAUGHT. 00:13:03.75\00:13:04.88 HOPEFULLY I SHARED SOMETHING THAT WAS MEANINGFUL TO THEM. 00:13:04.91\00:13:08.08 THEY DID SHARE SOMETHING THAT WAS MEANINGFUL AND LIFE CHANGING 00:13:08.12\00:13:11.82 FOR ME. IT'S LIKE OPENING DOORS, THAT'S RIGHT, IN A DARKENED 00:13:11.85\00:13:14.46 ROOM. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:13:14.49\00:13:17.03 I WANT TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE AND TALK TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OUT 00:13:17.06\00:13:21.80 THERE IN TELEVISION LAND. 00:13:21.83\00:13:23.33 WE HAVE A LITTLE COMMERCIAL WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE 00:13:23.37\00:13:25.73 YOU SEE WE'RE NOT ALONE.. WE NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:13:25.77\00:13:30.84 AMEN. 00:13:33.27\00:13:34.11 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:13:34.14\00:13:39.68 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:13:39.71\00:13:43.39 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:13:43.42\00:13:45.99 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:13:46.02\00:13:48.62 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:13:48.66\00:13:51.49 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:13:51.53\00:13:54.36 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:13:54.36\00:13:55.80 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:13:55.83\00:13:58.17 I GIVE UP. 00:13:58.20\00:13:59.63 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:13:59.67\00:14:02.07 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:14:02.10\00:14:04.47 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:14:04.51\00:14:07.38 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:14:07.41\00:14:12.15 WHERE? 00:14:12.18\00:14:13.15 ALL THE WORLD. 00:14:13.18\00:14:14.35 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:14:14.38\00:14:16.55 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:14:16.58\00:14:18.65 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:14:18.69\00:14:23.56 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:14:23.59\00:14:27.60 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:14:27.60\00:14:30.40 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:14:30.43\00:14:33.34 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:14:33.37\00:14:35.50 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:35.54\00:14:36.97 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:14:37.01\00:14:38.87 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:38.91\00:14:41.28 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:41.31\00:14:43.68 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:43.71\00:14:46.08 WELCOME BACK. 00:14:46.11\00:14:47.68 ADVENTURES IN MISSION GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:47.72\00:14:51.15 AND OUR PRESIDENT TODAY IS DR. JON DYBDAHL. 00:14:51.19\00:14:54.36 HE'S RIGHT HERE WITH ME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHY. 00:14:54.39\00:15:00.36 SO WE STARTED IN HOW DO YOU FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 00:15:00.40\00:15:04.77 NAME OF JESUS. 00:15:04.80\00:15:06.13 AND THE SECOND THING IS HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IN 00:15:06.17\00:15:09.10 WAYS THAT REALLY MAKE SENSE? 00:15:09.14\00:15:10.37 WOW, THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. 00:15:10.41\00:15:12.51 WELL IT'S DIFFERENT IN MANY PLACES. 00:15:12.54\00:15:14.51 I COULD TALK FOR HOURS AND HOURS. 00:15:14.54\00:15:16.51 WELL LET'S START. 00:15:16.54\00:15:18.05 THE ONE BASIC PRINCIPLE IS YOU KNOW, PAUL SAYS TO THE WEAK I BECAME WEAK, TO THE 00:15:18.08\00:15:20.32 STRONG I BECAME STRONG, TO THE JEW I BECAME A JEW. 00:15:20.35\00:15:24.09 INCARNATIONAL MINISTRY, YES YOU'VE GOT TO WORK ON THAT ONE 00:15:24.12\00:15:27.79 WITH ME. INCARNATION. 00:15:27.82\00:15:28.79 INCARNATIONAL, INFLESHMENT. 00:15:28.82\00:15:30.43 INCARNATION MEANS YOU BECOME FLESH. 00:15:30.46\00:15:32.43 WE TALK ABOUT JESUS. 00:15:32.46\00:15:33.36 NOW THAT'S BECOMING FLESH, THE INCARNATION. 00:15:33.40\00:15:36.70 JESUS BECAME FLESH. 00:15:36.73\00:15:37.70 JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD. 00:15:37.73\00:15:38.73 HE INCARNATED, HE BECAME FLESH AND LIVED AMONG US. 00:15:38.77\00:15:40.90 THAT'S HOW HE COMMUNICATED WITH US BECAUSE HE HAD TO BECOME LIKE 00:15:40.94\00:15:45.94 US ENOUGH SO THAT HE COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US. 00:15:45.97\00:15:48.01 THAT'S HOW HE DID IT. 00:15:48.04\00:15:49.01 SO WE SHOULD TAKE HIS MODEL. 00:15:49.04\00:15:51.05 IN EARLY ADVENTIST MISSION HISTORY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY 00:15:51.08\00:15:55.32 DID. I MEAN WHEN W. 00:15:55.35\00:15:57.75 H. 00:15:57.79\00:15:59.12 ANDERSON WENT TO SOLUSI COLLEGE IN AFRICA HE DIDN'T HAVE THEM 00:15:59.15\00:16:03.89 COME TO HIS PALACE. 00:16:07.40\00:16:08.90 HE WENT AND LIVED IN THEIR VILLAGES. 00:16:08.93\00:16:11.47 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 00:16:11.50\00:16:13.44 YES, YES. 00:16:13.47\00:16:14.87 I MEAN WHEREVER, LIVED IN THEIR CITY, LIVED IN THEIR APARTMENT 00:16:14.90\00:16:17.84 BUILDING. YES. 00:16:17.87\00:16:19.27 WE NEED TO BECOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LIKE THEM WITHOUT 00:16:19.31\00:16:22.28 COMPROMISING THE PRINCIPLES GOD HAS GIVEN US AND THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO FIGURE THAT 00:16:22.31\00:16:26.41 OUT. 00:16:26.45\00:16:27.88 YES, I WAS GOING TO SAY, HELP ME WITH THAT BECAUSE IF I'M GOING 00:16:27.92\00:16:29.98 TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE NOBODY KNOWS ME, NOBODY KNOWS GOD AND MY JOB IS TO INTRODUCE 00:16:30.02\00:16:35.46 THEM TO THE GOD I HAVE COME TO LOVE AND I MOVE INTO THEIR 00:16:35.49\00:16:40.36 APARTMENT BUILDING. 00:16:40.40\00:16:42.13 HOW AM I DIFFERENT? 00:16:42.16\00:16:43.73 HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT? 00:16:43.77\00:16:44.67 YOU'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU LIVE LIKE JESUS. 00:16:44.70\00:16:47.24 WHICH MEANS YOUR LOVING, YOU CARE. 00:16:47.27\00:16:50.71 I'M LOVING AND I CARE? 00:16:50.74\00:16:51.91 YES. 00:16:51.94\00:16:53.01 AND THOSE ARE NOT THINGS THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH. 00:16:53.04\00:16:54.91 SOMETIMES THEY WILL BE SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT BE BUT ANOTHER 00:16:54.94\00:16:59.38 THING IS I HAVE PEACE, I HAVE HOPE. 00:16:59.41\00:17:01.08 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I CAN SHARE. 00:17:01.12\00:17:03.45 SO YOU'VE JUST GIVEN ME A REALLY INTERESTING DEFINITION OF 00:17:03.49\00:17:07.49 ADVENTISM. SOMEONE WHO TRUSTS A LOVING GOD WHICH GIVES HIM PEACE 00:17:07.52\00:17:12.19 AND FILLS YOU WITH HOPE BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LIVING 00:17:12.23\00:17:15.46 WITH HIM FOREVER. THAT'S RIGHT YES. 00:17:15.50\00:17:17.30 AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU REALLY ARE DOING WHEN YOU BECOME 00:17:17.33\00:17:21.40 INCARNATE IN THEIR APARTMENT BUILDING. 00:17:21.44\00:17:22.80 THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WE WOULD BE DOING. 00:17:22.84\00:17:25.01 RIGHT, NOT JUST WHAT WE SAY BUT WHAT WE DO. 00:17:25.04\00:17:28.78 SO IF I GO INTO THAT APARTMENT BUILDING SIX MONTHS AFTER YOU 00:17:28.81\00:17:33.62 MOVED IN AND I ASK THEM WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHAT'S HE LIKE WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT THEM 00:17:33.65\00:17:38.22 TO TELL ME. 00:17:38.25\00:17:39.59 I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD SAY A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, A DISCIPLE OF 00:17:39.62\00:17:44.09 JESUS. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHAT'S HE LIKE, CAN I TRUST HIM? 00:17:44.13\00:17:48.53 USE ONE OF THE GOSPELS AND READ IT THROUGH, SEE WHAT IT SAYS, 00:17:48.56\00:17:53.64 SEE IF YOU LIKE THIS JESUS. 00:17:53.67\00:17:54.64 AND THIS HAPPENS IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS. 00:17:54.67\00:17:56.64 I HAD A GOOD FRIEND TELL ME ABOUT MEETING A YOUNG LADY WHO 00:17:56.67\00:18:00.71 WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY 00:18:00.74\00:18:04.41 AND SAID WHAT SHOULD I DO. 00:18:04.45\00:18:05.91 AND IT JUST CAME TO HIM GIVE THEM A SIMPLE GOSPEL OF JOHN AND 00:18:05.95\00:18:10.02 HAVE THEM READ IT. 00:18:10.05\00:18:11.62 AND HE MET HER A WEEK LATER AND SHE SAID I LOVE HIM. 00:18:11.65\00:18:14.76 I LOVE HIM. 00:18:14.79\00:18:15.76 THAT'S ALL SHE SAID, I LOVE HIM. 00:18:15.79\00:18:17.76 HOW BEAUTIFUL. 00:18:17.79\00:18:18.76 YES I THOUGHT THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 00:18:18.79\00:18:21.33 READ THAT STORY, FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS, THAT'S HOW IT 00:18:21.36\00:18:26.00 STARTS. AND THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT. 00:18:26.03\00:18:28.14 I HOPE THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE ABOUT EVERYWHERE WE GO. 00:18:28.17\00:18:31.04 REPLICATING THAT EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO CHRIST EVERYWHERE. 00:18:31.07\00:18:34.64 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:34.68\00:18:35.61 IN HOW MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND COUNTRIES? 00:18:35.64\00:18:38.18 OH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LANGUAGES BUT WE'RE IN 51 COUNTRIES I THINK RIGHT 00:18:38.21\00:18:41.42 NOW. 00:18:41.45\00:18:42.82 AND OF COURSE A COUNTRY AS YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT GEOPOLITICAL 00:18:42.85\00:18:45.52 SIDES BUT, HOW MANY PEOPLE GROUPS I'M NOT SURE. 00:18:45.55\00:18:47.52 HUNDREDS INSIDE THAT COUNTRY. 00:18:47.56\00:18:49.06 YES, WELL MANY MANY. 00:18:49.09\00:18:50.93 EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS OTHER PEOPLE GROUPS INSIDE THEIR 00:18:50.96\00:18:55.40 OWN COUNTRY. HOW DO WE GET THERE? 00:18:55.43\00:18:56.40 WHERE? 00:18:56.43\00:18:57.87 HOW DO WE GET TO THAT APARTMENT BUILDING BECAUSE YOU HAVE A 00:18:57.90\00:18:59.40 FAMILY IN WALLA WALLA AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE AGAIN. 00:18:59.43\00:19:01.47 YES, WELL RIGHT NOW IF I'M GOING TO REACH AN APARTMENT BUILDING 00:19:01.50\00:19:03.47 IN HONG KONG I'VE GOT TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:19:03.51\00:19:05.47 WHO IS HAVING SOMEBODY GO THERE. 00:19:05.51\00:19:06.88 AND HOW DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH PLANT A PERSON IN THAT APARTMENT 00:19:06.91\00:19:08.38 BUILDING? GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TRYING TO FIND PLACES WHERE WE CAN 00:19:08.41\00:19:13.58 FIND A WORKER WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND WHERE THEY CAN 00:19:19.82\00:19:24.89 HAVE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENCOURAGE THEM ALONG THE WAY AND 00:19:28.40\00:19:31.63 HELP THEM. OKAY SO HELP ME WITH ALL THOSE PARTS. 00:19:31.67\00:19:33.74 WE FIND A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS GRADUATED FROM HONG KONG 00:19:33.77\00:19:38.64 ADVENTIST COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY THERE IN HONG KONG WHO REALLY WANTS TO MEET AND SERVE WITH HIS 00:19:38.67\00:19:43.18 PEOPLE. 00:19:43.21\00:19:44.28 AND HE'S FROM CHEN WONG IN CHINA. 00:19:44.31\00:19:47.18 OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS BUT. 00:19:47.22\00:19:49.82 THAT'S OKAY, IT'S OVER THERE, IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE AND IT'S 00:19:49.85\00:19:53.66 BIG. AND THERE ARE BILLIONS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS IT SEEMS. 00:19:53.69\00:19:56.62 MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 00:19:56.66\00:19:58.63 HOW DO WE TRAIN HIM? 00:19:58.66\00:20:00.00 HOW DO WE TRAIN, OH BOY THAT'S A PROCESS BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL 00:20:00.03\00:20:04.93 HAVE A SEMINAR WITH SOME MATERIALS AND LITERATURE. 00:20:04.97\00:20:07.20 IT VARYS FROM PLACE TO PLACE. 00:20:07.24\00:20:08.67 WE'RE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME BECAUSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE YOU KNOW NEED DIFFERENT 00:20:08.70\00:20:13.31 THINGS. 00:20:13.34\00:20:14.31 DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. 00:20:14.34\00:20:16.54 DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES. 00:20:16.58\00:20:19.01 IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL KIND OF THING BUT WE HAVE TO 00:20:19.05\00:20:22.85 HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN SENSITIVE TO THE CULTURE AND PREPARED SOMETHING. 00:20:22.88\00:20:26.15 TO HELP THEM THINK THROUGH HOW CAN I FIT IN THAT APARTMENT 00:20:26.19\00:20:30.36 BUILDING COMFORTABLY OR HOW CAN I FIT IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IN 00:20:30.39\00:20:35.50 AFGHANISTAN COMFORTABLY. 00:20:35.53\00:20:37.10 LET ME JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 00:20:37.13\00:20:39.10 PLEASE. 00:20:39.13\00:20:40.10 GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 00:20:40.14\00:20:41.17 I HAVE SOME GOOD FRIENDS, MISSIONARIES IN CAMBODIA. 00:20:41.20\00:20:45.64 THEY HAD STUDIED MISSION, WE HAD GIVEN THEM SOME ORIENTATION AND 00:20:45.67\00:20:49.28 THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO WRITE A SERIES OF BIBLE STUDIES 00:20:49.31\00:20:53.68 TO FIT THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. 00:20:53.72\00:20:55.65 OKAY. 00:20:55.68\00:20:57.75 VERY VERY INTERESTING. 00:20:58.85\00:21:00.36 I ASKED MY STUDENTS IN AMERICA WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE FIRST 00:21:00.39\00:21:03.26 BIBLE STUDY THAT THEY GAVE. 00:21:03.29\00:21:04.26 WHAT WAS THE SECOND BIBLE STUDY THAT THEY GAVE. 00:21:04.29\00:21:06.29 AND THEY'RE THINKING YOU KNOW, THEIR THINKING THEIR AMERICAN 00:21:06.33\00:21:11.37 WAY AND THEY SAID MAYBE DANIEL 2. 00:21:13.67\00:21:15.87 NO, NO, NO. 00:21:15.90\00:21:17.14 MAYBE EXODUS 20. 00:21:17.17\00:21:20.11 NO, NO, NO. 00:21:20.14\00:21:22.34 MAYBE JOHN 14. 00:21:22.38\00:21:23.35 NO, NO, NO. 00:21:23.38\00:21:24.35 GENESIS 1. 00:21:24.38\00:21:25.35 THE VERY FIRST ONE THERE IS A JUST GOD. 00:21:25.38\00:21:30.25 WOW. 00:21:30.29\00:21:31.25 WHY? 00:21:31.29\00:21:32.59 BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION ON A CAMBODIAN'S MIND IS AFTER 00:21:32.62\00:21:34.26 THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE AND AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS HOW IS 00:21:34.29\00:21:38.26 THIS FAIR. HOW CAN THERE BE A JUST GOD WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND HURTING, 00:21:38.29\00:21:42.43 FAMILIES BROKEN UP AND ALL THIS STUFF HAPPENING. 00:21:42.46\00:21:45.27 HOW CAN WE, THERE IS A JUST GOD, NUMBER ONE QUESTION. 00:21:45.30\00:21:50.84 SO WE TRAIN. 00:21:50.87\00:21:51.84 AND IN THE-----I DON'T REMEMBER. 00:21:51.87\00:21:53.84 YES SO WE TRAIN THEM THAT THAT'S THE WAY YOU START. 00:21:53.88\00:21:55.84 YOU ANSWER THAT. 00:21:55.88\00:21:56.85 THIS IS THE WAY YOU GO. 00:21:56.88\00:21:58.35 SO WE DESIGNED A SERIES OF STUDIES AND IN THE FIRST FIVE ARE AT LEAST THREE OR 00:21:58.38\00:22:02.95 FOUR THINGS THAT WOULD NEVER BE TALKED ABOUT HERE IN THOSE FIRST 00:22:02.98\00:22:07.02 BIBLE STUDIES. 00:22:07.06\00:22:08.49 FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW WE HAVE PROPHECIES, SECOND COMING, YOU 00:22:08.52\00:22:11.66 KNOW THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED. 00:22:11.69\00:22:12.79 I FOUND IN SINGAPORE EVERYBODY WOULD ACCEPT THE BIBLE. 00:22:12.83\00:22:15.73 THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MADE IN YOUR LIFE. 00:22:15.76\00:22:18.37 ANYWAY, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER TOPICS IN THE FIRST FIVE 00:22:18.40\00:22:23.37 THAT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE. 00:22:23.41\00:22:24.87 ONE WAS HOW TO USE MONEY, OH REALLY, BECAUSE IN MANY OF THESE 00:22:24.91\00:22:29.68 COUNTRIES THAT WERE FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES PEOPLE HAD NO FREEDOM SO ALL KINDS OF 00:22:29.71\00:22:34.82 PYRAMID SCHEMES CAME INTO THE COUNTRY. 00:22:34.85\00:22:37.45 ALL KINDS OF WEIRD THINGS TO BILK PEOPLE. 00:22:37.49\00:22:40.66 YOU KNOW ONCE FREEDOM CAME ALL THAT STUFF WAS HAPPENING. 00:22:40.69\00:22:43.06 SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE MONEY IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY SO THAT YOU CAN 00:22:43.09\00:22:47.86 TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. 00:22:47.93\00:22:48.90 AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE SPIRITS, THE EVIL SPIRITS. 00:22:48.93\00:22:52.33 JESUS CHRIST HAS POWER OVER THE SPIRITS. 00:22:52.37\00:22:56.57 THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 00:22:56.60\00:22:57.57 GOD IS JUST. 00:22:57.61\00:22:58.77 GOD CAN HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR MONEY FOR YOUR LIFE. 00:22:58.81\00:23:01.58 GOD CAN GIVE YOU VICTORY OVER THE SPIRITS. 00:23:01.61\00:23:04.05 YOU FIND THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AND SHOW HOW JESUS IS THE ANSWER 00:23:04.08\00:23:09.48 AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY. 00:23:09.52\00:23:10.65 AND THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO A THOUSAND MORE CONVERSATIONS. 00:23:10.69\00:23:13.59 THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR ALL OTHER KINDS OF THINGS. 00:23:13.62\00:23:16.06 IF JESUS CAN HELP ME WITH THOSE THINGS HE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO 00:23:16.09\00:23:18.06 HELP ME WITH ALL OF MY LIFE AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GIVE IT TO 00:23:18.09\00:23:21.16 HIM. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE ANIMISTS, WHO 00:23:21.20\00:23:24.53 TYPICALLY ARE WORSHIPING THE GROUND AND THE RAIN AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY SEE THAT 00:23:24.57\00:23:29.60 LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOING SOMETHING. 00:23:29.64\00:23:31.61 WHAT DO YOU DO IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG 00:23:31.64\00:23:37.28 ENTRENCHED RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND THAT REALLY DOES NOT ACCEPT 00:23:37.31\00:23:42.48 JESUS. WELL THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. 00:23:42.52\00:23:44.49 THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST 100 YEARS THAT HAVE 00:23:44.52\00:23:48.26 COME IN TO CHRISTIANITY ARE COMING FROM ANIMIST SPIRIT WORSHIP RELIGION BECAUSE 00:23:48.29\00:23:52.63 THAT IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST. 00:23:52.66\00:23:55.20 THEY DON'T HAVE A STRONG WORLD RELIGION BACKGROUND. 00:23:55.23\00:23:58.27 CORRECT. 00:23:58.30\00:23:59.33 SO IT'S MUCH EASIER, WHAT YOU SAID IS EXACTLY TRUE. 00:23:59.37\00:24:01.34 IT'S MUCH HARDER TO REACH A HINDU, A BUDDHIST, A MUSLIM. 00:24:01.37\00:24:04.01 HOWEVER, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE 00:24:04.04\00:24:10.58 THIS, THAT ADVENTISM IS, WHAT SHOULD I SAY, HAS MORE PARALLELS WITH MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS 00:24:10.61\00:24:16.48 THAN OTHER GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS. 00:24:16.52\00:24:19.25 FOR INSTANCE, ADVENTISTS DON'T BELIEVE IN EATING PORK. 00:24:19.29\00:24:24.89 RIGHT AND THAT FITS WITH MUSLIMS, JEWS, JAINS, HIGH CAST 00:24:24.93\00:24:29.96 HINDUS, STRICT BUDDHISTS. 00:24:35.00\00:24:36.07 OF COURSE THEY'RE VEGETARIAN SO THEY GO EVEN FURTHER. 00:24:36.10\00:24:38.01 RIGHT. 00:24:38.04\00:24:39.14 SO WE HAVE HIGH CAST HINDUS WHERE THERE'S A TOUCH POINT. 00:24:39.17\00:24:42.31 YOU NOW I HAD A HINDU BRAHMAN WHO WAS A CHURCH MEMBER OF MINE 00:24:42.34\00:24:48.18 IN SINGAPORE WHEN I WAS PASTORING IN SINGAPORE. 00:24:48.22\00:24:51.02 WHY DID YOU BECOME AN ADVENTIST? 00:24:51.05\00:24:53.02 HE SAID BECAUSE IN MY COUNTRY OTHER CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY CAME 00:24:53.05\00:24:57.49 IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A HINDU AND A CHRISTIAN WAS TO EAT A PIECE OF MEAT. 00:24:57.53\00:25:02.13 AND HE SAID WHEN I FOUND SOME CHRISTIANS WHO MANY OF THEM DID 00:25:02.16\00:25:06.00 NOT EAT MEAT AT ALL IT PEAKED MY INTEREST TO SUCH AN EXTENT I GOT 00:25:06.03\00:25:10.31 TO SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE THEY 00:25:10.34\00:25:12.31 DOING. SO IT'S VERY VERY INTERESTING SOME OF THE THINGS 00:25:12.34\00:25:14.31 THAT MAKE ADVENTISTS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CHRISTIANS ARE THINGS THAT MAKE IT EASIER 00:25:14.34\00:25:19.21 TO CROSS OVER INTO SOME OF THESE WORLD RELIGIONS THAT ARE VERY 00:25:19.25\00:25:22.38 DIFFERENT. FASCINATING. 00:25:22.42\00:25:23.89 I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A WHOLE HOUR WITH YOU ON TELEVISION AND 00:25:23.92\00:25:28.99 SAY THE LITTLE THREADS THAT SHOW UP IN ALL OF THESE RELIGIONS 00:25:30.99\00:25:36.73 REALLY TALK ABOUT GOD. 00:25:36.77\00:25:38.53 HOW DID THEY GET THERE? 00:25:38.57\00:25:40.54 AH. 00:25:40.57\00:25:42.24 WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES ABOUT THAT OF COURSE. 00:25:42.27\00:25:44.84 I CAN GIVE YOU ONE THAT I LIKE THE MOST AND THAT IS THAT THERE 00:25:44.87\00:25:49.74 WAS SOME KIND OF ORIGINAL MONOTHEISM. 00:25:49.78\00:25:51.25 THESE ALL GO BACK YOU KNOW IF YOU TALK ABOUT ADAM AND EVE AND 00:25:51.28\00:25:55.92 THE FLOOD AND SO FORTH IT ALL GOES BACK TO SOME KIND OF BEGINNING WHERE THERE WAS A 00:25:55.95\00:26:00.82 BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THAT SLOWLY HAS BEEN WARPED AND CHANGED THROUGH CENTURIES. 00:26:00.86\00:26:06.86 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, SCHOLARS WOULD ARGUE FOR SOME KIND OF 00:26:06.90\00:26:10.80 ORIGINAL MONOTHEISM EXISTING IN THE WORLD WHICH THEN SPREAD OUT. 00:26:10.83\00:26:15.40 I WOULD ARGUE FOR THAT. 00:26:15.44\00:26:16.50 YES I WOULD TOO, I WOULD TOO. 00:26:16.54\00:26:19.24 AND I HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT EVEN FOR INSTANCE IN HINDUISM THAT 00:26:19.27\00:26:23.08 HINDUISM BEGAN MONOTHEISTICALLY AND THE IDOLATRY PART, THE USE OF IDOLS AND SO FORT, CAME 00:26:23.11\00:26:27.88 IN LATER AS A CORRUPTION. 00:26:27.92\00:26:29.82 AS THEY CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR WHO AND WHERE IS THE REAL GOD. 00:26:29.85\00:26:33.19 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:26:33.22\00:26:34.42 OKAY YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS. 00:26:34.46\00:26:35.99 WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 15 YEARS? 00:26:36.02\00:26:39.89 WHAT'S GOSPEL OUTREACH GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 15 YEARS. 00:26:39.93\00:26:41.93 I DON'T KNOW. 00:26:41.96\00:26:42.93 FIRST OF ALL I HOPE THE LORD HAS COME. 00:26:42.96\00:26:44.93 IF HE HASN'T, I HOPE THAT WE'RE IN MANY MORE PLACES AND APPROACHING THE END OF 00:26:44.97\00:26:48.90 REACHING EVERYBODY WITH JESUS. 00:26:48.94\00:26:52.94 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:26:52.97\00:26:55.38 THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL REACH DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY. 00:26:55.41\00:26:59.91 JOIN US. 00:26:59.95\00:27:00.98 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:27:01.02\00:27:04.32