[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.50\00:00:15.11 IT IS SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN HERE AT ADVENTURES IN 00:00:15.14\00:00:20.62 MISSIONS. I'M OLE OLESEN TODAY AND YESTERDAY TOO, BUT THE JOY OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT GOD 00:00:20.65\00:00:25.72 IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD IS JUST A GREAT PRIVILEGE AND I HOPE THAT TODAY WHEN 00:00:27.69\00:00:33.29 YOU LISTEN TO THIS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DEVICE WHETHER YOU'RE 00:00:33.33\00:00:36.97 SITTING ON YOUR COUCH OR LOOKING AT IT ON YOUR HAND HELD, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING I 00:00:37.00\00:00:42.54 HOPE YOU'LL HEAR GOD'S SPIRIT WHISPERING IN YOUR EAR-THIS IS 00:00:42.57\00:00:47.38 SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN. 00:00:47.41\00:00:49.21 MY GUEST TODAY IS MARTY PHILIPS. 00:00:49.24\00:00:52.48 MARTY WELCOME HERE. 00:00:52.51\00:00:55.65 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:00:55.68\00:00:57.75 YOU, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE AN AMERICAN ACCENT. 00:00:59.12\00:01:01.79 I BET YOU LIVE HERE IN THE STATES SOMEPLACE. 00:01:01.82\00:01:04.36 I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. 00:01:04.39\00:01:06.03 I LIVE IN TENNESSEE. 00:01:06.06\00:01:07.03 TENNESSEE. 00:01:07.03\00:01:07.76 IN THE GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA. 00:01:07.83\00:01:10.37 BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOUR FOCUS LIKE YOUR WHOLE HEART IS 00:01:10.40\00:01:16.24 FOCUSED VERY FAR AWAY FROM CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE. 00:01:16.27\00:01:18.24 IT IS, IT IS. 00:01:18.27\00:01:19.91 WE RUN A MISSION ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN REACHING 00:01:19.94\00:01:26.25 UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY 00:01:26.28\00:01:31.29 DIFFICULT FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES TO REACH. 00:01:31.32\00:01:34.09 THAT IS PRIMARILY ISLAM, BUDDHISM, HINDUISM AND VERY REMOTE TRIBAL GROUPS 00:01:34.12\00:01:41.03 THAT HAVE BEEN RESISTANT TO THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE. 00:01:41.06\00:01:43.20 AND SO OUR MISSION ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZES IN SUPPORTING 00:01:43.23\00:01:49.24 MOVEMENTS TOWARDS CHRIST AMONG THESE PEOPLE. 00:01:49.27\00:01:51.71 WOW. 00:01:51.74\00:01:52.74 AND SO, MY, DO YOU HAVE A NAME FOR THIS GROUP? 00:01:52.77\00:01:58.75 WELL OUR ORGANIZATION IS NAMED "NPRAXIS" . 00:01:58.78\00:02:02.55 I HEAR A LITTLE GREEK IN THERE. 00:02:02.58\00:02:06.25 IT IS. 00:02:06.29\00:02:07.79 "PRAXIS" THE WAY IT'S BEEN USED IN MISSION CIRCLES USUALLY IS TO 00:02:07.82\00:02:12.16 EXPERIMENT WITH MISSION, COME BACK, EVALUATE IT, REFINE IT AND KEEP CONTINUALLY GOING 00:02:12.19\00:02:17.90 THROUGH THE REFINING PROCESS AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT SOUND 00:02:17.93\00:02:22.90 MODERN DIFFERENT LIKE IPHONE AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND SO IT JUST HIT US WHY NOT 00:02:22.94\00:02:29.01 CALL IT "NPRAXIS." 00:02:29.04\00:02:30.18 NPRAXIS. 00:02:30.21\00:02:31.65 AND SO HOW DEEP INTO THIS RECYCLING OF IDEAS AND TESTING 00:02:31.68\00:02:35.82 THEM ARE YOU? IS THIS A ONE YEAR PROJECT OR MORE THAN THAT? 00:02:35.85\00:02:38.42 WELL WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. 00:02:38.45\00:02:40.79 WE ORGANIZED NPRAXIS IN 2010 AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN 00:02:40.82\00:02:45.86 FUNCTIONING. TODAY WE WORK IN AROUND 28 COUNTRIES. 00:02:47.86\00:02:50.77 MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES WE PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:02:50.80\00:02:54.57 HOW DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH GET INVOLVED WITH YOU? 00:02:54.60\00:02:57.74 WELL WE HAD ALREADY, I PREVIOUSLY IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT, BEFORE WE 00:02:57.77\00:03:03.48 WORKED WITH NPRAXIS, I DID THIS FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:03:03.51\00:03:06.48 CHURCH. AND I WAS A COORDINATOR FOR UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCHES 00:03:06.51\00:03:11.45 IN CLOSED COUNTRIES FOR A SPECIFIC PART OF THE WORLD AND THEN FOR THE WORLD CHURCH. 00:03:11.49\00:03:17.89 PART OF THE TEAM DID THIS AND MY SPECIFIC DUTY WAS IN CHARGE OF 00:03:17.93\00:03:21.96 COORDINATING THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCHES. 00:03:22.00\00:03:23.53 IF PEOPLE ARE LIKE ME THE TERM UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCH KIND OF 00:03:23.57\00:03:29.50 DIED OUT OF EASTERN EUROPE WHEN COMMUNISM DISAPPEARED. 00:03:29.54\00:03:31.87 YES. 00:03:31.91\00:03:33.27 IT STILL EXISTS IN CHINA, THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE COMMONLY HEAR 00:03:33.31\00:03:36.51 IT. BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNOFFICIAL CHURCHES. 00:03:36.54\00:03:42.05 UNOFFICIAL YES. 00:03:42.08\00:03:43.42 UNOFFICIAL CHURCHES IN DIFFICULT TO REACH AREAS OF THE WORLD. 00:03:43.45\00:03:47.22 ABSOLUTELY. 00:03:47.26\00:03:48.22 AND THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE LEFT AREN'T THERE. 00:03:48.26\00:03:50.46 THERE ARE FOR EXAMPLE AROUND 54 PREDOMINATELY ISLAMIC COUNTRIES 00:03:50.49\00:03:56.13 WHERE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW FOR THE MAJORITY PEOPLE GROUPS TO BE 00:03:56.16\00:04:00.04 A PART OF A COMMUNITY OF CHRIST FOLLOWERS. 00:04:00.07\00:04:01.04 SO IF THEY DO IT, IT HAS TO BE OUT OF SIGHT. 00:04:01.07\00:04:02.64 IT HAS TO BE OUT OF SIGHT AND THE SAME APPLIES FOR A LOT OF, 00:04:02.67\00:04:07.44 WE HAVE A BIG WORK LIKE FOR EXAMPLE IN INDIA BUT IT'S AMONG USUALLY NO CASTE OR LOW CASTE 00:04:07.48\00:04:12.55 PEOPLES. 00:04:17.92\00:04:19.32 SO NO CASTE ARE EXISTING CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE 00:04:19.35\00:04:24.99 COUNTRY FOR CENTURIES. 00:04:25.03\00:04:26.49 YOU ALSO HAVE TRIBAL GROUPS AND SO MOST OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:04:26.53\00:04:31.80 AND OTHER CHURCHES HAVE GROWN UP FROM THESE EXISTING GROUPS FROM 00:04:31.83\00:04:37.34 NO CASTE PEOPLES. SO WHEN YOU WANT TO REACH TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS A STRONG IDENTITY WITH THE 00:04:37.37\00:04:42.68 TRADITIONAL RELIGION THERE THAT'S MORE DIFFICULT. 00:04:42.71\00:04:45.28 EXTREMELY MORE DIFFICULT. 00:04:45.31\00:04:46.92 THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DISINHERITANCE. 00:04:46.95\00:04:49.52 IN SOME PLACES IT CAN EVEN BECOME VIOLENT. 00:04:49.55\00:04:52.49 YES. 00:04:52.52\00:04:53.56 THOUGH HINDUS TEND TO BE LESS VIOLENT THAN MUSLIMS. 00:04:53.59\00:04:56.32 THE LITTLE BIT OF READING I'VE DONE TELLS ME THAT EVERY GROUP 00:04:56.36\00:05:02.06 WHEN IT GETS PROTECTIVE CAN BECOME VIOLENT. 00:05:02.10\00:05:04.27 IT'S TRUE. 00:05:04.30\00:05:04.93 EVERY GROUP. 00:05:04.97\00:05:05.90 WE CAN SEE THIS EVEN IN CHRISTIAN NATIONS. 00:05:05.93\00:05:07.84 YES. 00:05:07.87\00:05:09.34 SO HAVING DONE THIS HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP 00:05:09.37\00:05:13.58 PEOPLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT AN INVISIBLE GATHERING? 00:05:18.31\00:05:20.65 WELL WE DON'T FOCUS ON GATHERINGS WE FOCUS ON FAMILIES. 00:05:20.68\00:05:26.72 OKAY. 00:05:26.76\00:05:28.29 AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS GOD HAS POURED OUT VISIONS AND DREAMS 00:05:28.32\00:05:33.70 AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY RESISTANT TO THE GOSPEL 00:05:33.73\00:05:35.66 AND IN THE LAST MAYBE 10 TO 15 YEARS WE HAVE SEEN MORE HIGH 00:05:35.70\00:05:37.67 CASTE HINDUS, MUSLIMS COME TO FAITH IN JESUS THAN WE HAVE IN THE LAST 15 HUNDRED YEARS. 00:05:37.70\00:05:39.67 THAT'S A LONG TIME. 00:05:39.70\00:05:41.17 THAT'S A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE SEEN A CONVERGENCE OF SEVERAL 00:05:41.20\00:05:45.44 THINGS COME TOGETHER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. 00:05:57.22\00:05:58.92 I THINK THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST OR PEOPLE WITHIN THE BODY OF 00:05:58.95\00:06:03.69 CHRIST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE GOD'S FOOTPRINTS AMONG OTHER PEOPLE GROUPS INSTEAD OF 00:06:03.73\00:06:09.06 JUST SAYING OH THESE PEOPLE ARE HEATHEN AND WE THROW OUT THE 00:06:09.10\00:06:13.74 BABY WITH THE BATHWATER. 00:06:13.77\00:06:15.30 ACTUALLY WE SEE THAT, AND SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US AS ADVENTISTS 00:06:15.34\00:06:19.04 IS A GREAT CONTROVERSY PARADIGM. 00:06:19.07\00:06:20.78 IT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE AND SO WHAT WE CAN SEE THEN AS WE LOOK 00:06:20.81\00:06:24.68 AT A PEOPLE WHERE HAS GOD AND SATAN BEEN WORKING AND THEN WE 00:06:24.71\00:06:29.82 IDENTIFY THOSE FOOTPRINTS OF GOD THROUGH THEIR HISTORY. 00:06:29.85\00:06:32.19 THOSE GEMS OF TRUTH THAT THEIR HOLDING IN THEIR CULTURE AND IN 00:06:32.22\00:06:36.89 THEIR RELIGIOUS TRADITION. 00:06:36.93\00:06:38.33 INSTEAD OF THROWING EVERYTHING OUT WE BUILD UPON THAT 00:06:38.36\00:06:41.93 FOUNDATION. INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR THE NEGATIVES IN THAT CULTURE YOU LOOK FOR THE 00:06:41.96\00:06:46.17 EVIDENCE OF GOD BEING THERE BEFORE YOU. 00:06:46.20\00:06:47.80 EXACTLY. 00:06:47.84\00:06:49.30 AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK TO SEE WHERE GOD HAS BEEN WORKING IN 00:06:49.34\00:06:52.41 THE PAST ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S WOW, GOD HAS NEVER LEFT THESE 00:06:52.44\00:06:56.24 PEOPLE ALONE. SATAN HAS BEEN WORKING HARD BUT GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE CALLING THEM TO 00:06:56.28\00:07:00.35 HIMSELF. 00:07:00.38\00:07:01.95 AND SO YOU BUILD UPON THAT FOUNDATION AND WHEN THE BODY OF 00:07:01.98\00:07:05.95 CHRIST IS READY TO RECOGNIZE THAT LOOK, GOD HAS BEEN WALKING AMONG THE HINDU PEOPLE FOR 00:07:05.99\00:07:09.79 MILLENNIA. 00:07:09.82\00:07:11.29 HE'S BEEN WALKING FOR CENTURIES AMONG THE MUSLIM PEOPLE AND WE 00:07:11.33\00:07:14.73 BUILD UPON THAT FOUNDATION. 00:07:14.76\00:07:16.06 IT'S A BIG CHANGE IN MISSION AND YOU SEE ALREADY, NOW YOU START 00:07:16.10\00:07:21.60 SEEING THOSE FOOTPRINTS, HOW CAN WE BUILD GOD'S KINGDOM HERE. 00:07:21.64\00:07:25.27 HOW CAN WE HELP THEM DEVELOP INTO A MOVEMENT THAT REALLY 00:07:25.31\00:07:29.61 PREPARES FOR END TIME EVENTS. 00:07:29.64\00:07:30.61 YOU KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT VISIONS AND DREAMS. 00:07:30.65\00:07:34.12 YES. 00:07:34.15\00:07:35.62 I DON'T THINK MANY OF US IN THE FIRST WORLD HAVE HAD THAT 00:07:35.65\00:07:39.89 INFLUENCE IN OUR LIVES. 00:07:43.56\00:07:45.09 IT'S NOT THAT OFTEN DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A DIVINE ENCOUNTER 00:07:45.13\00:07:50.53 WHETHER IT'S IN A DREAM OR A VISION. 00:07:50.57\00:07:53.07 YOU'RE SAYING THAT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY IN THESE 00:07:53.10\00:07:55.94 ENVIRONMENTS. IT DOES AND IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS MOST OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH, WHO 00:07:55.97\00:08:00.61 BECOME LIKE NATIONAL LEADERS OR REGIONAL LEADERS, THEY HAVE HAD 00:08:00.64\00:08:04.21 VERY POWERFUL ENCOUNTERS. 00:08:04.25\00:08:06.55 THEY'VE HAD VISIONS, THEY'VE HAD DREAMS. 00:08:06.58\00:08:10.25 AND ONE OF THE MEN THAT I WORKED WITH AND NOW WITH HIS NEPHEWS OR 00:08:10.29\00:08:17.09 SONS, HE PASSED AWAY. 00:08:17.13\00:08:18.53 HE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED VISIONS AND DREAMS IN A VERY CLOSED 00:08:18.56\00:08:21.93 ISLAMIC COUNTRY WHICH BROUGHT HIM TO BIBLICAL TRUTH AND TO MOST OF ADVENTIST BELIEFS 00:08:21.96\00:08:27.14 BEFORE HE HAD EVER MET A CHRISTIAN, BEFORE WE EVER SAW A 00:08:27.17\00:08:30.97 BIBLE LET ALONE BEFORE HE EVER MET AN ADVENTIST. 00:08:31.01\00:08:32.87 THAT'S CALLED TUTORING ISN'T IT. 00:08:32.91\00:08:34.21 AND SO GOD HAD PREPARED HIM AND HIS PEOPLE. 00:08:34.24\00:08:37.25 NOT ONLY THAT GOD HAD BEEN PREPARING THEIR PEOPLE OVER 00:08:37.28\00:08:40.85 HUNDREDS OF YEARS. IF THIS HAPPENS IN A CONTEMPORARY SETTING-THIS MAN APPARENTLY HAD 00:08:43.75\00:08:49.66 DECADES OF STORY WITH THIS AND NOW HE'S GONE. 00:08:49.69\00:08:52.29 BUT IN TODAY YOU KNOW IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS YOU'VE HEARD 00:08:52.33\00:08:57.37 STORIES IT SOUNDS LIKE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE. 00:08:59.33\00:09:01.90 I HAVE. 00:09:01.94\00:09:02.54 THERE'S PEOPLE CONSTANTLY. 00:09:02.57\00:09:04.54 GOD CALLS PEOPLE TO HIMSELF. 00:09:04.57\00:09:06.51 I HAVE A FRIEND IN ONE OF THE MOST CLOSED COUNTRIES AND BEFORE 00:09:06.54\00:09:10.75 I MET HIM HE HAD HAD ABOUT 32 OR 33 DREAMS OF JESUS. 00:09:10.78\00:09:17.12 AND JESUS WOULD COME TO HIM AT NIGHT AND WOULD SAY FOLLOW ME 00:09:17.15\00:09:20.82 AND SAY HIS NAME. 00:09:20.86\00:09:21.69 AND HE SAID WELL YOU'RE NOT MY PROPHET. 00:09:21.72\00:09:23.39 FOLLOW ME, FOLLOW ME OVER ABOUT A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS. 00:09:23.43\00:09:28.03 THAT'S PERSISTENCE ON GOD'S PART. 00:09:28.06\00:09:29.53 SO FINALLY ON THE 33RD TIME HE SAYS IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW ME NOW 00:09:29.56\00:09:35.50 THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO CALL YOU. 00:09:35.54\00:09:37.07 OH. 00:09:37.11\00:09:38.47 AND SO HE THEN SAID I WILL FOLLOW YOU IF YOU HAVE COME SO 00:09:38.51\00:09:43.21 MANY TIMES. OH MY. 00:09:43.24\00:09:44.68 AND SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY 00:09:44.71\00:09:48.92 BELIEVER IN HIS COUNTRY. 00:09:48.95\00:09:50.29 GOD LEAD HIM THROUGH DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO MEET WITH SOME 00:09:50.32\00:09:55.56 ADVENTIST BELIEVERS. 00:09:55.59\00:09:57.13 FIRST WITH SOME OTHERS AND EVENTUALLY I MET WITH HIM HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD 00:09:57.16\00:10:01.30 IN A MEETING ----ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 00:10:05.03\00:10:07.00 WE JUST MET IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND IT WAS LIKE WOW. 00:10:07.04\00:10:13.44 OH MY. 00:10:13.48\00:10:15.54 BY PURE PROVIDENCE. 00:10:15.58\00:10:17.71 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT TAKES TWO THINGS FOR MANY OF THEM. 00:10:17.75\00:10:20.18 ONE IS THAT PRIVATE ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. 00:10:20.22\00:10:23.12 YES. 00:10:23.15\00:10:24.62 AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE PROVIDENTIAL LEADING TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE CONTACT 00:10:24.65\00:10:29.86 YOUR ORGANIZATION OR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW. 00:10:29.89\00:10:31.99 EXACTLY. 00:10:32.03\00:10:33.53 AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE SEE IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SEE BEYOND 00:10:33.56\00:10:36.10 TRADITIONAL FORMS. 00:10:36.13\00:10:37.57 MANY TIMES WE WANT TO SEE A CHURCH WITH A BUILDING AND A 00:10:37.60\00:10:41.37 TYPICAL STYLE OF WORSHIP BUT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THESE PEOPLE JUST MEET IN THEIR HOMES. 00:10:41.40\00:10:46.47 THEY HAVE A WORSHIP THAT IS MEANINGFUL FOR THEM BASED UPON 00:10:48.84\00:10:53.21 THE BIBLE. INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY HAS BECOME VERY VERY IMPORTANT. 00:10:53.25\00:10:56.62 AND SO THE SCRIPTURES, THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES 00:10:56.65\00:11:02.22 ARE GETTING INTO THEIR HANDS IT SOUNDS LIKE. 00:11:02.26\00:11:03.66 IT IS, IT IS. 00:11:03.69\00:11:04.39 THAT'S A STORY ALL BY ITSELF. 00:11:04.43\00:11:06.56 IT'S A STORY ALL BY ITSELF. 00:11:06.59\00:11:08.23 LET ME TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE. 00:11:08.26\00:11:11.27 I UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY AUDIENCE WHO IS 00:11:11.30\00:11:17.01 WATCHING. THERE ARE CHILDREN IN OUR MIDST WHO ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A VISION OF WHAT THEY 00:11:17.04\00:11:22.11 CAN DO, HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE 00:11:24.18\00:11:29.25 A LITTLE PROMOTIONAL THAT COULD INVITE CHILDREN TO BE THE SPARK 00:11:31.79\00:11:36.86 FOR THIS KIND OF ADVENTURE THAT MARTY IS TALKING ABOUT. 00:11:40.26\00:11:43.70 AND I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME CAN WE ROLL 00:11:43.73\00:11:46.13 THAT? I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:11:46.17\00:11:51.54 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:11:51.57\00:11:54.74 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:11:54.78\00:11:57.78 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:11:57.81\00:12:00.35 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:12:00.38\00:12:03.55 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:12:03.59\00:12:07.22 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:12:07.26\00:12:09.26 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:12:09.29\00:12:11.13 I GIVE UP. 00:12:11.16\00:12:12.69 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:12:12.73\00:12:14.76 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:12:14.83\00:12:16.06 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:12:16.10\00:12:18.93 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:12:18.97\00:12:23.10 WHERE? 00:12:23.14\00:12:24.47 ALL THE WORLD. 00:12:24.51\00:12:25.97 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:12:26.01\00:12:28.48 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:12:28.51\00:12:30.11 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:12:30.15\00:12:33.15 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:12:33.18\00:12:38.22 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:12:38.25\00:12:42.69 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:12:42.72\00:12:45.43 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:12:45.46\00:12:47.50 BE THE SPARK. 00:12:47.50\00:12:48.73 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:12:48.76\00:12:50.30 FINISH THE WORK. 00:12:50.33\00:12:51.67 FINISH THE WORK. 00:12:51.70\00:12:53.34 BE THE SPARK. 00:12:53.37\00:12:58.94 IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT CHILDREN CAN GET INVOLVED IN SUCH A 00:12:58.97\00:13:04.05 VISION AS WELL. DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO CHILDREN? 00:13:04.08\00:13:07.15 DO CHILDREN EVER GET THESE ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD? 00:13:07.18\00:13:11.12 THEY DO, THEY DO. 00:13:11.15\00:13:12.75 WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THOUGH, THE PROFILE OF PEOPLE THAT GOD FIRST 00:13:12.79\00:13:17.39 CALLS WITH THESE POWERFUL ENCOUNTERS ARE USUALLY PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE OR PEOPLE WHO 00:13:20.00\00:13:24.70 WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE. 00:13:24.73\00:13:28.10 PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR LAND AND LOVE THEIR PEOPLE. 00:13:28.14\00:13:30.27 OKAY. 00:13:30.31\00:13:31.71 AND SO THE ONES WHO HAVE THESE POWERFUL CALLS ARE PEOPLE WHO 00:13:31.74\00:13:32.94 USUALLY CAN INFLUENCE VERY LARGE POPULATION GROUPS. 00:13:32.97\00:13:34.31 AND SO GOD REALLY GIVES THESE ALMOST LIKE PAUL/SAUL STYLE 00:13:34.34\00:13:36.28 CALLS TO PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE OF INFLUENCE LIKE 00:13:36.31\00:13:38.28 PAUL DID FOR THEIR PEOPLE GROUP. 00:13:38.31\00:13:38.81 SO YOU'LL SEE THIS. 00:13:38.85\00:13:39.85 OTHERS WILL HAVE MINOR DREAMS, OTHER ENCOUNTERS. 00:13:39.88\00:13:41.28 BUT THE PERSON WHO LEADS A MOVEMENT HE HAS THIS UNQUESTIONABLE CALL FROM 00:13:41.32\00:13:47.56 GOD SAYING FOLLOW ME, HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 00:13:47.59\00:13:51.26 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION. 00:13:51.29\00:13:53.66 MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS MAYBE YOU CAN'T BUT IS GOD LIMITING 00:13:53.70\00:13:58.73 THIS ACTION TO PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY ENCOUNTER SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS OR IS THIS 00:14:17.89\00:14:21.52 SOMETHING BROADER THAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS AND TO 00:14:21.56\00:14:25.89 THE SCRIPTURES? THIS IS SOMETHING MUCH BROADER. 00:14:25.93\00:14:27.96 YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF EVANGELICALS THAT HAVE 00:14:30.40\00:14:35.47 GONE AND SPREAD OUT WITH A PASSION TO REACH THE UNREACHED AND AS THEY ARRIVE AT A PLACE, 00:14:37.44\00:14:42.74 GOD WILL POUR OUT VISIONS AND DREAMS AND THE PEOPLE ARE 00:14:42.78\00:14:47.05 INTRODUCED TO THE BIBLE. 00:14:47.08\00:14:48.08 INTRODUCED TO A SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. 00:14:48.12\00:14:51.72 AND SO WE SEE THAT THIS IS CROSS DENOMINATIONALLY. 00:14:51.75\00:14:54.56 THERE IS A MASSIVE MOVE OF GOD'S SPIRIT. 00:14:54.59\00:14:58.83 IT'S CROSS DENOMINATIONALLY. 00:14:58.86\00:15:01.40 WE HAPPEN TO BE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT BUT WE SEE IT 00:15:01.43\00:15:07.67 HAPPENING. ANYONE WE HAVE SEEN THAT GOES TO THE ESPECIALLY THE MUSLIM WORLD TO WORK 00:15:07.70\00:15:13.01 WHATEVER YOUR FAITH BACKGROUND OR FAITH TRADITION FROM 00:15:13.04\00:15:17.65 MENNONITE TO BAPTIST GOD WILL PREPARE A LOCAL PERSON AS YOU ARE COMING IF YOU'RE 00:15:17.68\00:15:19.65 WILLING TO RECOGNIZE GOD'S FOOTPRINTS IN THE PEOPLE BEFORE 00:15:19.68\00:15:21.65 YOU HAVE ARRIVED. AND MOST MISSIONARIES THAT ARE GOING TO SOME OR LESSER DEGREE ARE 00:15:21.68\00:15:23.65 RECOGNIZING AT THIS POINT THAT GOD WAS THERE LONG BEFORE WE 00:15:23.69\00:15:25.65 EVER ARRIVED. YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A VISION, WHEN GOD BRINGS THEM TOGETHER. 00:15:25.69\00:15:30.76 THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU SAY GOSPEL OUTREACH FUNDS ARE HELPING FUND 00:15:45.24\00:15:49.74 SOME OF THIS. ARE SOME OF THEM BEING ENCOURAGED IN THEIR 00:15:49.78\00:15:54.32 OUTREACH OR THEIR RECEPTIVITY BY FUNDS THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH 00:15:54.35\00:15:58.05 GOSPEL OUTREACH? THEY DO. 00:15:58.09\00:15:59.55 GOSPEL OUTREACH PROVIDES TODAY ALMOST 300 GOSPEL WORKERS THAT 00:15:59.59\00:16:02.79 WORK AMONG THESE PEOPLES THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED. 00:16:02.82\00:16:04.29 SO A GOOD PORTION I MEAN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ENERGY AND 00:16:04.33\00:16:06.13 FUNDS GO TO WORKING AMONG THESE VERY CLOSED PEOPLE GROUPS. 00:16:06.16\00:16:07.46 THAT'S A BIG POPULATION TO WORK IN. 00:16:07.50\00:16:08.80 IT IS. 00:16:08.83\00:16:09.76 THREE HUNDRED PROBABLY DOESN'T GO VERY FAR. 00:16:09.80\00:16:10.80 IT DOESN'T GO VERY FAR. 00:16:10.83\00:16:12.10 I MEAN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION. 00:16:12.13\00:16:13.54 WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING COME OVER TO OUR PLACE TO START 00:16:13.57\00:16:15.00 WORK. THE MACEDONIAN CALL IS STILL BEING HEARD. 00:16:15.04\00:16:20.11 IT IS STILL BEING HEARD. 00:16:27.45\00:16:32.52 WE COULD DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE THAT OVERNIGHT FOR THE 00:16:36.32\00:16:41.36 PRESENT NEEDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 00:16:44.00\00:16:45.43 AND WOULD THAT, HOW SHALL I PUT THIS, WOULD THAT CHANGE, WOULD 00:16:45.47\00:16:47.84 THAT EXPANSION, WOULD THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE MORE FUNDS WERE 00:16:47.87\00:16:52.94 AVAILABLE OR IS IT BECAUSE GOD WOULD RAISE UP MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO INVEST THEIR 00:16:56.81\00:17:01.08 LIVES IN THIS. 00:17:01.12\00:17:02.48 WELL THERE IS KIND OF A SYMBIOTIC, I'M SURE, THING THAT 00:17:02.52\00:17:07.46 HAPPENS. I SEE THAT GOD BRINGS MANY COMPONENTS TOGETHER BUT I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE 00:17:07.49\00:17:12.59 OF A STORY THAT WILL HELP ANSWER THAT. 00:17:12.63\00:17:14.60 OKAY. 00:17:14.63\00:17:16.10 IN ONE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT WE WORK IN, NUMEROUS GROUPS CAME 00:17:16.13\00:17:20.40 UNDER OUR NPRAXIS UMBRELLA AND WE MERGED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE EXISTING HOUSE CHURCH 00:17:22.54\00:17:28.58 MOVEMENTS. 00:17:28.61\00:17:29.38 OKAY. 00:17:29.41\00:17:30.91 AND A LOT OF ADVENTIST AND NONADVENTIST MINISTRIES HAVE ASKED US TO OVERSEE 00:17:30.95\00:17:36.12 THEIR MINISTRIES AND PROVIDE THEM SERVICES. 00:17:36.15\00:17:38.49 OKAY. 00:17:38.52\00:17:39.89 SO IN ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES WHERE WE MERGED ABOUT FIVE 00:17:39.92\00:17:43.43 MINISTRIES TOGETHER, THE WAY THEY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY 00:17:43.46\00:17:48.80 DISTRIBUTING THESE WORKERS-WELL YOU WORK HERE. 00:17:48.83\00:17:50.13 THEY HAD BEEN KIND OF DISTRIBUTED LIKE WE DO CHURCH 00:17:50.17\00:17:53.37 WORKERS. OKAY. 00:17:53.40\00:17:54.87 AND SO WHEN I INTERVIEWED THEM I FOUND THAT IT'S MUCH MORE 00:17:54.90\00:18:01.68 EFFECTIVE FOR THEM TO WORK IN THEIR EXISTING SPHERES OF INFLUENCE THAN TO MOVE 00:18:01.71\00:18:05.31 THEM TO STRANGE WORK PLACES WHERE WE MIGHT NEED AN OPENING. 00:18:05.35\00:18:09.38 SO ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT I INTERVIEWED HE SAYS WELL, I 00:18:09.42\00:18:14.79 REALLY WANT TO WORK FOR THIS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY, FOR SUFIS. 00:18:14.82\00:18:19.46 AND HE SAYS MY FATHER WAS A SIGNIFICANT LEADER WITHIN A 00:18:19.49\00:18:23.97 MOVEMENT, A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT AND SINCE I WAS A CHILD HE INTRODUCED ME ALL UP AND 00:18:24.00\00:18:29.74 DOWN THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS OF THIS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT. 00:18:29.77\00:18:33.71 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 12 HE WAS TAKING ME TO ALL THE NATIONAL 00:18:33.74\00:18:39.38 MEETINGS LIKE WE WOULD CALL THEM OUR WORKERS MEETINGS IN THE 00:18:39.41\00:18:42.88 ADVENTIST CHURCH. AND HE SAID ACCORDING TO OUR TRADITION IT SHOULD BE ME, I'M THE ELDEST 00:18:42.92\00:18:47.32 SON, THAT I WOULD INHERIT AND MY FATHER WOULD BE, TO USE OUR ADVENTIST TERMS, HE'S 00:18:47.36\00:18:51.66 LIKE A CONFERENCE OR UNION PRESIDENT IN OUR ORGANIZATION. 00:18:51.69\00:18:56.10 SO I SAID TO THIS MAN TO THE REST OF THE GROUP, YOU NEED TO 00:18:56.13\00:18:58.93 GO WORK AND CONCENTRATE ON THIS. 00:18:58.97\00:19:00.54 THINK IF YOUR FATHER WERE TO GIVE YOU HIS POSITION ONE DAY 00:19:00.57\00:19:05.31 AND THEN YOU COULD LEAD YOUR WHOLE PEOPLE TO CHRIST. 00:19:05.34\00:19:08.44 WELL, THIS ONLY HAPPENED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, ABOUT 00:19:08.48\00:19:11.71 THREE YEARS AGO JULY 2013. 00:19:11.75\00:19:13.21 AND SO HE STOPPED WORKING IN THE REMOTE PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE 00:19:13.25\00:19:14.38 HE WAS. HE MOVED BACK TO HIS HOME. 00:19:14.42\00:19:15.15 HE BROUGHT HIS PARENTS TO FAITH. 00:19:15.18\00:19:16.72 HIS FATHER WAS STILL A FEW YEARS FROM RETIREMENT BUT GAVE AN 00:19:16.75\00:19:18.19 EARLY HANDOVER OF THE MOVEMENT TO HIS SON AND NOW A BIG PORTION, WE HAVE NOW 400 HOUSE 00:19:18.22\00:19:20.39 CHURCHES. 00:19:20.42\00:19:21.89 HE OVERSEES THE WORK OF HIS FATHER BUT 400 HOUSE CHURCHES WE 00:19:21.92\00:19:22.86 HAVE FORMED FROM WHAT WOULD BE HIS FATHER'S TERRITORY. 00:19:22.89\00:19:24.29 AND HE'S NOW BEING ASKED TO SPEAK ALL OVER THAT MOVEMENT OR 00:19:24.33\00:19:26.39 DENOMINATION YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL IT. 00:19:26.43\00:19:27.36 AND HE HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR PREACHER. 00:19:27.40\00:19:28.40 NOW THIS MOVEMENT IS LARGE. 00:19:28.43\00:19:29.83 NOW HIS FATHER IS ONE SEGMENT OF THIS BUT THIS MOVEMENT YOU MIGHT 00:19:29.86\00:19:31.07 BE AMAZED TO KNOW HAS A SABBATH CONNECTION. 00:19:31.10\00:19:32.77 THIS HAS EVEN SPED THE WORK A LOT BECAUSE WHILE THEY DON'T 00:19:32.80\00:19:38.34 UNDERSTAND THE FULL DEPTH OF THE SABBATH THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT FOR HUNDREDS OF 00:19:38.37\00:19:43.11 YEARS IN THIS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT WITHIN ISLAM TO REFRAIN FROM 00:19:43.14\00:19:45.35 MAJOR TRAVEL ON SABBATH, MAJOR PURCHASES AND TO TAKE THE DAY AS 00:19:45.38\00:19:47.85 A QUIET DAY. INTERESTING. 00:19:47.88\00:19:49.38 SO NOW HE HAS GONE AROUND PREACHING SAYING YOU KNOW IF YOU 00:19:49.42\00:19:53.62 WANT TO KNOW THE REAL REASON WHY OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REFRAINING FROM WORK ON SATURDAY, AND THIS 00:20:11.41\00:20:16.48 AND THIS AND THESE ARE THE REASONS. 00:20:26.82\00:20:28.72 AND FIRST HE OPENS THE KORAN AND HE CAN TELL THEM FROM THE KORAN. 00:20:28.76\00:20:30.73 THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN THE KORAN FOR THE SACREDNESS OF 00:20:30.76\00:20:32.73 SABBATH AND THEN IT'S MORE CLEARLY EXPLAINED IN THE BIBLE. 00:20:32.76\00:20:37.80 AND SO THIS HAS CREATED AN INCREDIBLE OPENING. 00:20:55.42\00:20:58.55 AND HE KEEPS TELLING ME, MARTY IF I HAD 15, 20, 30, 40 WORKERS 00:20:58.59\00:21:03.73 WE COULD SPREAD ACROSS, TAKE OUR EXISTING BELIEVERS FROM HERE AND WE COULD JUST TAKE IT ALL 00:21:08.70\00:21:12.20 ACROSS THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. 00:21:12.23\00:21:14.84 OH MY. 00:21:14.87\00:21:15.84 IN IT THERE ARE ABOUT 10 MILLION FOLLOWERS. 00:21:15.87\00:21:17.57 HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO FIND THOSE 20 OR 30 WITHIN THE 00:21:17.61\00:21:23.04 CULTURE ITSELF. WITHIN THE CULTURE. 00:21:23.08\00:21:24.08 THESE WOULDN'T BE BRINGING AMERICANS. 00:21:24.11\00:21:26.21 THESE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR HIS FATHER FIRST, NOW 00:21:26.25\00:21:31.42 WORK FOR HIM WHO HAVE BECOME YOU MIGHT CALL THEM ADVENTIST 00:21:31.45\00:21:34.62 BELIEVERS. THEN THEY WOULD SPREAD OUT ACROSS THEIR ORGANIZATION AS EVANGELISTS. 00:21:34.66\00:21:39.73 OKAY. 00:21:41.96\00:21:43.43 NOW THAT'S FASCINATING TO HEAR THAT CONNECTION WITH CULTURAL 00:21:43.47\00:21:48.24 RELIGIOUS ROOTS AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN A DIFFERENT WAY BUT STILL VERY REAL TO THEM. 00:21:48.27\00:21:54.04 THAT BECOMES A LINK WITH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:21:54.08\00:21:56.71 IT DOES. 00:21:56.75\00:21:58.18 WHAT ARE THE OTHER LINKS THAT GOD LEADS THEM TO IN THE KORAN 00:21:58.21\00:22:01.95 IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MUSLIM BACKGROUND? 00:22:01.98\00:22:03.72 WELL TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE MORE CHRISTIANS MOST MUSLIMS WHILE 00:22:03.75\00:22:09.06 THEY KNOW A BIG PORTION OF THE KORAN MANY PEARLS OF TRUTH OR GEMS HAVE BEEN HIDDEN TO 00:22:09.09\00:22:15.33 THEM. 00:22:15.36\00:22:16.87 BUT IT IS AMAZING THAT MOST ADVENTIST, THERE CAN BE FOUND 00:22:16.90\00:22:20.77 EVIDENCE FOR MOST ADVENTIST BELIEFS IN THE KORAN. 00:22:20.80\00:22:22.67 IN THE KORAN. 00:22:22.70\00:22:23.94 NOW MUSLIMS TODAY ALL AGREE THAT THERE IS A SECOND COMING. 00:22:23.97\00:22:26.81 JESUS IS COMING SOON. 00:22:26.84\00:22:28.24 NOW THEIR ESCHATOLOGY OF HOW THIS ALL WILL HAPPEN LOOKS A BIT 00:22:28.28\00:22:29.94 MORE LIKE AN EVANGELICAL, THAT THERE WILL BE A THOUSAND YEARS OF CHRIST REIGNING ON 00:22:29.98\00:22:31.95 EARTH AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS. 00:22:31.98\00:22:33.45 IT'S NOT A THOUSAND YEARS BUT THE ESCHATOLOGY IS DIFFERENT BUT 00:22:33.48\00:22:34.62 THERE IS AN IMMINENT SECOND COMING. 00:22:34.65\00:22:39.72 SO THERE'S THAT BELIEF THAT JESUS IS A PROPHET. 00:22:47.23\00:22:50.20 THERE'S JESUS IS A PROPHET AND HE'S RETURNING. 00:22:50.23\00:22:52.53 AND HE'S RETURNING. 00:22:52.57\00:22:54.17 THEY ALREADY BELIEVE HE IS BORN OF A VIRGIN BIRTH AND THAT HE 00:22:54.20\00:22:58.64 WAS A SINLESS ONE. SOME BODY TOLD ME THAT THERE'S MORE ABOUT HIS MOTHER IN THE KORAN THAN 00:23:02.01\00:23:05.28 THERE IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 00:23:05.31\00:23:06.58 THERE IS, THERE IS. 00:23:06.61\00:23:08.35 IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS HIMSELF AROUND 93 OR 94 TIMES IN THE 00:23:08.38\00:23:14.39 KORAN. IT TALKS ABOUT THE CREATION. 00:23:14.42\00:23:17.13 THEY FOLLOW THE ONE TRUE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE GOD OF 00:23:17.16\00:23:21.43 ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB AND ISHMAEL. 00:23:21.46\00:23:22.90 THE ARAB MUSLIMS ARE BLOOD LINE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM THROUGH 00:23:22.93\00:23:27.87 ISHMAEL THROUGH A WIFE WE USUALLY DON'T NOTICE OF ABRAHAM, 00:23:33.81\00:23:38.21 KETURAH. YES, YES. 00:23:38.25\00:23:39.68 AND SHE HAD SIX SONS SO THE SONS OF ISAAC, THE SONS OF KETURAH, 00:23:39.71\00:23:46.02 THE SONS OF ESAU BECOME THE FOREFATHERS OF THE ARAB PEOPLE. 00:23:46.05\00:23:51.13 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REGRETTING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION? 00:23:53.09\00:23:55.50 WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON ISLAM THAT WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED VERY MUCH 00:23:55.53\00:24:00.67 ABOUT HINDUISM OR BUDDHISM. 00:24:02.87\00:24:04.11 BUT JUST BRIEFLY, YOU'RE HAVING SIMILAR EVENTS AMONG THEM? 00:24:04.14\00:24:10.68 WE ARE. 00:24:10.71\00:24:12.15 ESPECIALLY AMONG HIGH CASTE HINDUS WE'RE SEEING A MASSIVE 00:24:12.18\00:24:16.38 MOVE OF GOD IN NEARLY THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE SEEING AMONG 00:24:16.42\00:24:19.75 MUSLIMS. AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN GROWING FASTER AT THIS MOMENT. 00:24:19.79\00:24:23.12 THOSE STORIES MUST BE FOR ANOTHER TIME SOUNDS LIKE. 00:24:23.16\00:24:26.53 THEY MUST BE FOR ANOTHER TIME BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE HAVE 00:24:26.56\00:24:32.73 SEEN A POWERFUL MOVE OF GOD. 00:24:32.77\00:24:34.17 THERE'S A LOT MORE OPPRESSION IN HINDUISM THAN WE WOULD SEE 00:24:34.20\00:24:37.64 PROBABLY IN ISLAM DUE TO A LOT OF SPIRITISM THAT HAS COME IN. 00:24:37.67\00:24:42.44 ISLAM, WHILE THERE IS SPIRITISM IT'S UNDER THE TABLE. 00:24:42.48\00:24:46.08 THEY KNOW THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SO THERE 00:24:46.11\00:24:50.15 IS SPIRITISM BUT IT'S UNDER THE TABLE SPIRITISM. 00:24:50.19\00:24:52.32 THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE JINN. 00:24:52.35\00:24:55.52 YES. 00:24:55.56\00:24:56.52 BUT IN HINDUISM THERE'S NO BARRIERS PERHAPS. 00:24:56.56\00:24:58.96 THERE'S NO BARRIERS BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THEIR EARLY BEGINNINGS THEY WERE A 00:24:58.99\00:25:03.37 MONOTHEISTIC PEOPLE AND THEIR MOST ANCIENT WRITINGS, THEIR 00:25:03.40\00:25:08.24 MOST ANCIENT LITERATURE, VEDIC LITERATURE IS CLEARLY 00:25:08.27\00:25:12.51 MONOTHEISTIC. WHEN THE BRAHMAN PRIESTS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE LED THEIR PEOPLE ASTRAY 00:25:12.54\00:25:19.51 AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN CALLED THE -----, THEY WERE CALLED AS A 00:25:19.55\00:25:24.52 PEOPLE TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN INDIA WORSHIPPING THE ONE TRUE CREATOR GOD WITHOUT 00:25:24.55\00:25:28.02 IDOLATRY THEIR CONVICTED TO THEIR HEART. 00:25:28.06\00:25:30.66 AND THIS IS PRODUCING A BIG REVIVAL AMONG THEIR PEOPLE. 00:25:30.69\00:25:34.40 AMAZING. 00:25:34.46\00:25:35.86 AS THEIR EYES ARE OPENED TO WHAT THEIR ANCIENT VEDIC LITERATURE 00:25:35.90\00:25:39.27 IS ALL ABOUT AND NOT READING IT THROUGH THE YEARS OF TRADITION 00:25:39.30\00:25:43.04 BUT READING IT WITH NEW EYES, INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY OR INDUCTIVE VEDICS READINGS OF 00:25:43.07\00:25:49.18 THEIR ANCIENT LITERATURE THAT IS INDEED MONOTHEISTIC AND THAT THEY DID GO ASTRAY, 00:25:49.21\00:25:53.55 TO PUT IT IN A VERY QUICK NUTSHELL. 00:25:53.58\00:25:55.32 I'M GOING TO TURN TO OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS TODAY. 00:25:55.35\00:25:59.32 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SPARKS THAT HAVE HIT YOU ABOUT 00:25:59.35\00:26:04.49 THESE AMAZING STORIES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING. 00:26:08.66\00:26:10.73 THE IDEA THAT GOD IS AT WORK AMONG THESE PEOPLE GROUPS WHO 00:26:10.77\00:26:17.34 HAVE A DIFFERENT HISTORY THAN WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS, THAT GOD IS STILL THERE BECAUSE 00:26:17.37\00:26:22.01 HE LOVES THEM LIKE HE LOVES US. 00:26:22.04\00:26:24.48 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. 00:26:24.51\00:26:26.58 IF I CAN CALL YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY 00:26:26.61\00:26:33.46 PARTICIPATE AS YOU GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:33.49\00:26:35.46 YOU CAN GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 00:26:35.49\00:26:38.46 YOU CAN GO TO MANY PLACES LIKE THE WEB PAGE OF OFFICE AT 00:26:38.49\00:26:43.53 GOAIM.ORG. YOU CAN GO THERE AND YOU CAN BECOME A PART. 00:26:52.81\00:26:55.14 I INVITE YOU TO BROADEN YOU OWN LIFE AND SAY WHERE IS GOD 00:26:55.18\00:27:01.85 WORKING, WHERE ARE HIS FOOTSTEPS. 00:27:01.88\00:27:03.05 CAN I BE A PART OF THAT STORY. 00:27:03.08\00:27:05.15 IF YOU DO THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. 00:27:05.19\00:27:08.12 GOD BLESS YOU. 00:27:30.01\00:27:35.05