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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000663A
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00:05 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH OUR PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:18 MY GUEST TODAY IS MARTY PHILLIPS FROM A GROUP CALLED N PRAXIS. 00:24 ACTIVE IN SOME AREAS THAT I HAD NEVER DREAMED OF, MARTY, AND I'M THRILLED TO 00:29 BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AT THE TABLE WITH YOU TODAY. 00:31 WELL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU IT'S A PLEASURE. 00:33 SO WANT TO START YOU WITH A REALLY OFF THE WALL QUESTION. 00:36 PLEASE. 00:37 WHEN I GO BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT THERE IS ONE NAME THAT I HAVE ALWAYS 00:40 BEEN FASCINATED BY: MELCHIZEDEK. 00:42 MELCHIZIDEK, YES. 00:43 WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK? 00:45 OK, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS WAS BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING 00:51 I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON RESEARCHING. 00:53 I CAN TELL YOU WHO HE WAS ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION. 00:57 I'M READY. 00:57 O.K. 00:59 ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION, THIS IS A TITLE: KING OF PEACE. 01:03 MELCHIZEDEK. 01:04 I MEAN OF KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 01:05 KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, OK. 01:06 AND ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION THIS WAS SHEM. 01:08 REALLY? 01:09 YES, AND SO SHEM WAS THE KING OF SALEM AND ABRAHAM COMES TO HIM. 01:10 NOW SALEM WHAT'S THAT NAME? 01:11 PEACE. 01:12 OK. 01:12 SO HE IS THE KING OF PEACE. 01:13 RIGHT. 01:14 HE IS THE KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE CITY OF PEACE. 01:16 FROM THE CITY OF PEACE AND SO ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION IT WAS NONE 01:17 OTHER THAN SHEM, THE PATRIARCH WHO WAS THE ELDEST SON OF THE ELDEST 01:19 SON CARRIES THE TATUAR FROM ADAM AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL GENERATIONS 01:21 TO ABRAHAM. 01:23 THERE'S OTHERS IN LINE FOR AH, BLOODWISE IN HIGHER LINE TO RECEIVE THE MANTEL 01:24 FROM ABRAHAM BUT I MEAN FROM SHEM BUT SHEM PASSES THE BIRTHRIGHT WHEN 01:26 ABRAHAM COMES AFTER THE WAR, COMES TO SHEM GIVES HIM HIS OFFERINGS, HIS 01:30 TITHES AT THAT TIME ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION HE HAS A SPECIAL 01:40 CEREMONY AND PASSES THE BIRTHRIGHT TO ABRAHAM. 01:42 WHICH OF COURSE IS WHAT GOD HAD BEEN DOING WITH DREAMS AND VISIONS WITH 02:16 ABRAHAM ANYWAY. 02:17 EXACTLY. 02:18 GOD-SO THIS WAS THE EARTHLY AFFIRMATION OF THAT PROCESS. 02:20 INTERESTING. 02:21 THAT WAS THE EARTHLY AFFIRMATION ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION. 02:23 DON'T BELIEVE A WORD HE SAYS. 02:25 IT COULD BE TRUE. 02:26 IT COULD BE. 02:27 WE DON'T KNOW BUT THAT IS JEWS BELIEVE. 02:30 THAT'S FASCINATING. 02:31 AND SO MUSLIMS WOULD BELIEVE THAT ALSO AS WELL. 02:34 THEY WOULD? 02:35 YES, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SAME KIND OF HERITAGE THAT THE JEWS HAVE. 02:38 EXACTLY THEY ARE BOTH SONS OF ABRAHAM AND EVEN THOUGH THEY COME FROM THE LINE IF 02:43 ISHMAEL, SURE, THEY REMEMBER A LOT OF THOSE EARLY -AND TREASURE THEM- 02:49 AND TREASURE THOSE EARLY STORIES. 02:51 SO WHO WAS MOSES' FATHER-IN-LAW? 02:53 JETHRO. 02:54 RIGHT AND HE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER MAN OF PEACE. 02:57 HE IS AND HE ALSO COMES FROM THIS SIDE FROM ISHMAEL'S SIDE. 03:03 ABRAHAM HAS ISHMAEL AS WELL AS SIX OTHER SONS THROUGH KETURAH, HIS 03:08 SECOND WIFE AFTER SARAH DIES SO THE SONS OF KETURAH AND ISHAMEL'S 03:12 TWELVE SONS FORM WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE CHILDREN OF THE EAST. 03:13 AND JETHRO IS ONE OF THESE FROM THIS LINE. 03:15 SO WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING TO ME IS A PICTURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT WE 03:17 DON'T VERY OFTEN HEAR. 03:19 YES. 03:21 IT IS A PICTURE THAT SAYS GOD IS USING THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO ADVANCE HIS 03:24 CAUSE BUT HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN EVERYBODY ELSE AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED 03:26 IN FREEING FAMILIES OF PEACE AND LEADERS OF PEACE AND PEOPLE WHO RESPECT, 03:28 REVERE, FOLLOW AND LOOK A WHOLE LIKE GOD IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. 03:30 EXACTLY. 03:32 WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS INTERESTING AND TO HELP UNDERSTAND I THINK A LOT 03:33 OF THE QUESTIONS OF: WELL WHY DOESN'T THE HINDUS OR THE MUSLIMS OR DIFFERENT 03:35 GROUPS UNDERSTAND MORE? 03:36 AND WHAT IT SEEMS TO ME IN THE GREAT TO USE THE TERM THAT WE USE AS ADVENTISTS, 03:37 THE GREAT CONTROVERSY PARADIGM. 03:39 GOD LIMITS THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THAT HE WINS THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE 03:40 AGAINST ALL ODDS AND SO GOD CHOOSES TO SHARE THE STORY OF SALVATION THROUGH 04:27 THE LINE OF ISAAC, THROUGH THE LINE OF JESUS, THROUGH PERSONAL CONTACT. 04:32 TO OTHER PLACES IF YOU TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD, MY PARENTS- I HAD BEEN IN 04:37 SOUTH AMERICA AND FOR EXAMPLE MAYBE IN AROUND '93 OR '94 ALL OF A SUDDEN 04:45 OUT OF THE JUNGLES OF PARAGUAY COMES AN UNCONTACTED TRIBE AND THE 04:51 LEADER OF THAT TRIBE HAD HAD MAYBE A HUNDRED VISIONS AND DREAMS. 04:55 HE HAD KNEW ABOUT THE SOON IMMINENT COMING OF THE GREAT SKY GOD. 04:59 HE WAS GOING TO COME TO TAKE PEOPLE BACK TO HEAVEN; THAT THEY WERE 05:03 SUPPOSED TO LIVE CLEAN LIVES. 05:05 HE EVEN HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF SABBATH BUT HE SAID THERE IS 05:09 SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU NEED TO GO TO STILL LEARN AND THAT WAS 05:13 THE PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS. 05:16 SO GOD LIMITS AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF STORIES AROUND THE WORLD-GOD LIMITS THE 05:21 PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH THE LINE OF ISAAC, THROUGH THE LINE OF JESUS AND THEN 05:26 THROUGH A PERSONAL MESSENGER WHO COMES WITH THE BIBLE OR TO EXPLAIN 05:30 THE BIBLE. 05:31 SO YOU ASKED THE QUESTION WHY DON'T MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND THE PLAN OF 05:34 SALVATION? 05:36 GOD LIMITED IT TO THIS OTHER LINE TO UNDERSTAND THIS BUT YOU WILL FIND 05:40 INCREDIBLE TRUTHS ALREADY PRESENT HELD BY THE SONS OF ISHMAEL. 05:47 THE OTHER SONS OF KETURAH AND THEIR SPIRITUAL DESCENDANTS. 05:50 SO LET ME JUST PICK ON SABBATH FOR A MINUTE. 05:52 YES. 05:54 I NEED TO CLARIFY FOR JUST A MINUTE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT MET MARTY, 05:58 YOU ARE THE LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED N PRAXIS. 06:01 YES. 06:02 WHICH GIVE US A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU DO. 06:05 YES, WE SUPPORT UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCHES ACROSS AROUND 27 06:11 COUNTRIES. 06:12 WE HAVE AROUND 25-30,000 HOUSE CHURCHES IN THESE CLOSED COUNTRIES THAT 06:16 RECEIVE TRAINING ON A REGULAR ONGOING BASIS FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR 06:20 COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO SO. 06:22 SO YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HUGE ORGANIZATION THAT TAKES PEOPLE FROM 06:25 TEXAS AND MOVES THEM TO THE 10/40 WINDOW. 06:28 NO. 06:30 WE FIND A LOCAL PERSON IN THAT COUNTRY OR A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY WHO 06:35 HAS A PASSION TO WORKING FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE GROUP. 06:38 AND THE TERMINOLOGY THAT YOU USED WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS THAT 06:42 YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PERSONS OF PEACE. 06:44 ABSOLUTELY. 06:46 ARE THESE TYPICALLY MALE LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY? 06:48 MALE LEADERS IN THEIR TRIBE? 06:50 IT IS INTERESTING A LOT ARE MALE BUT SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE ARE 06:53 WOMEN. 06:55 TWO BIG MINISTRIES ON NATIONAL LEVELS ARE LED BY WOMEN IN THE MOST MALE 07:00 ORIENTED SOCIETIES THESE WOMEN ARE RECOGNIZED AS PEOPLE OF PEACE AND THEY 07:05 LEAD VERY LARGE, I MEAN IT WOULD BE THE SIZE OF A UNION IN THIS STATE, IN 07:09 THIS COUNTRY OF THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST THAT ARE IN THEIR 07:12 MOVEMENTS. 07:13 OK, SO I WANT TO COME BACK AND PICK ON SABBATH. 07:15 YES. 07:17 LET'S ASSUME THAT IN YOUR WORK YOU ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH 07:22 THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL OF GOD, HIS CHARACTER, ARE BUBBLING UP IN TRIBAL 07:28 SOCIETIES AROUND THE 10/40 WINDOW. 07:31 YES. 07:32 WHERE DOES SABBATH FIT IN ALL THAT? 07:33 WELL, IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOD 07:39 AND SATAN IS PRESENT IN EVERY PEOPLE GROUP. 07:42 AND IN EVERY PEOPLE GROUP GOD HAS KEPT REMNANTS OF TRUTH AND ONE OF THESE 07:48 REMNANTS OF TRUTH THAT ARE FOUND ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW IS THE SABBATH AND 07:53 IT IS ONE THING I ACTUALLY HAVE A PASSION OF TRACKING. 07:56 O.K. 07:57 SO TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE LEARNING. 07:58 WELL, I'VE FOUND GROUP AFTER GROUP THAT HAVE SABBATH REMNANTS IN THE 08:02 MOST CLOSED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. 08:05 AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS PEOPLE WHO ALREADY ARE KEEPING SABBATH OR HAVE 08:11 SOME IDEA OF SABBATH AS A DAY OF REST, AS A DAY SET ASIDE BY GOD, IT IS A VERY 08:17 LITTLE JUMP FOR THEM TO THEN TO UNDERSTAND THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 08:21 WHY? 08:22 WHY IS SABBATH SUCH A CORE LEAPING SPOT? 08:26 I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THERE IS SOMETHING INCREDIBLE WITH THE SABBATH THAT 08:30 PASSES. 08:31 THERE IS SOME SPECIAL CONNECTION AND WHEN YOU REST ON THE SABBATH IN THE 08:34 WAY THAT GOD MEANT IT TO BE, YOU FEEL GOD'S SPECIAL REST AND SO THEN YOU HAVE 08:41 A HEART THAT IS MORE OPEN, I BELIEVE. 08:43 BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN SOCIETIES THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS, ONCE 08:49 THEY ACCEPT THE SABBATH THEN IT IS VERY ACCEPT EASY TO ACCEPT THE NEXT 08:52 STEP. 08:53 WHAT DO THEY SEE IN SABBATH THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL? 09:00 IT'S GOOD QUESTION AND I DON'T FULLY KNOW I CAN TELL FROM MY PERSONAL 09:04 EXPERIENCE SABBATH HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR 340+ YEARS. 09:09 MY FAMILY BECAME SABBATH KEEPERS IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1678. 09:12 WOW. 09:14 AND WE ARE PART OF THE VERY FIRST CONGREGATION IN RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH LIKE 09:22 THE STORY THAT I SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER 09:26 BEFORE HE DIED CALLED HIS SONS AND HIS GRANDSONS AND HIS GREAT GRANDSONS AND 09:31 MADE THEM SWEAR THAT THROUGHOUT ALL THEIR GENERATIONS THEY WOULD 09:33 KEEP SABBATH UNTIL THE END OF TIME. 09:37 NOW THAT'S YOUR STORY. 09:39 THAT'S MY STORY. 09:41 HAVE YOU FOUND THAT STORY ELSEWHERE? 09:43 AND I HAVE FOUND THAT STORY ELSEWHERE. 09:45 LIKE-GIVE ME AN ILLUSTRATION. 09:46 WELL, I WANT TO HEAR. 09:48 I HAVE FOUND A SIMILAR STORY OF A TRIBE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH FOR NOW 09:57 15 YEARS AND THEIR TRIBE, THEIR EARLY ANCESTORS IN ABOUT THE 7THCENTURY- THEY 10:02 BECAME SABBATH KEEPERS MAYBE IN THE 4TH - 5TH CENTURY. 10:06 IN THE 6TH EARLY 7TH PART OF THE CENTURY OF THIS ERA PART OF THE EMIGRATED. 10:13 HE WAS THE SON OF THE LOCAL RULER OF THE KING OF HIS COUNTRY. 10:17 THE SON EMIGRATED-DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS FATHER'S COUNTRY AND HE LEFT ON 10:21 GOOD TERMS WITH HIS FATHER BUT HE JUST FELT -HAD ALMOST THIS ABRAHAMIC CALL 10:26 TO LEAVE AND TO GO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 10:29 UH HUH. 10:30 AND HE LEAVES ON THIS ABRAHAMIC CALL AND BEFORE HE LEFT HIS FATHER MADE 10:34 HIM SWEAR THAT HE WOULD TEACH THE SABBATH-ALWAYS KEEP SACRED THE SABBATH 10:39 DAY SO THAT HE WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THAT IF HE 10:44 WOULD KEEP IT FAITHFUL AND TEACH IT TO HIS SONS AND TO HIS SONS SONS THE 10:49 SABBATH WOULD STAY IN THEIR FAMILY THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS TILL THE 10:52 END OF TIME. 10:53 THEN AT THE END OF TIME? 10:55 AND AT THE END OF TIME IF THEY WERE FAITHFUL TO THE SABBATH THEIR FAMILY WOULD 10:56 PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THEIR COUNTRY AND IN THEIR REGION OF THE WORLD TO 10:58 BRING LAST DAY EVENTS TO A CLOSE WITH THIS VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE AND THAT 11:00 WAS PROPHESIED IN ABOUT THE LATE 6TH OR EARLY 7TH CENTURY. 11:02 AND THAT FAMILY HAS ALWAYS KEPT THAT PROPHECY IN THEIR HEARTS TO THIS DAY. 11:03 AND THE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF THAT 11:08 KING. 11:09 I KNOW HIS DIRECT ELDEST SON ALL THE WAY TO NOW. 11:15 HE IS ONE OF MY CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIENDS. 11:25 AND WE, GOSPEL OUTREACH, ARE WORKING WITH YOU, NPRAXIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT 11:36 THEY, THAT THAT MAN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS TRAINED WELL TO TRAIN 11:40 OTHER LEADERSS IN HIS COMMUNITY AND IN HIS TRIBE AND IN HIS COUNTRY. 11:44 HE LEADS A TRIBE OF OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE PROBABLY AROUND 20% OF HIS TRIBE 11:50 ARE ON THE VERGE OF ACCEPTING CHRIST RIGHT NOW. 11:55 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT? 11:57 CAN YOU IMAGINE FOR JUST A FEW DOLLARS EVERY MONTH YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AND 12:04 IT IS JUST POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH A TRIBE AND 12:09 WITH A FAMILY THAT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, LITERALLY, WERE CALLED BY 12:15 GOD TO BE SABBATHKEEPERS AND YOUR ADOPTED WORKER WILL BE WORKING HAND IN 12:21 HAND WITH THEM. 12:22 WATCH THIS. 12:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:30 QUESTION. 12:30 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:32 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 12:37 WAITING FOR? 12:39 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:42 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:46 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 12:51 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 12:55 SHALL THE END COME." 12:59 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:04 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:10 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:14 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:16 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 13:18 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:25 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:27 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 13:33 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:35 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:36 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 13:41 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 13:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 13:49 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 13:53 WINDOW. 13:55 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:58 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:02 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:05 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:08 NINETY -SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:11 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:14 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:19 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:23 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 14:25 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:28 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 14:31 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 14:34 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 14:39 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:43 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:45 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 14:49 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 14:51 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 14:54 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 14:56 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:01 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:03 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:07 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:11 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:15 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:24 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 15:26 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:28 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:32 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:36 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 15:40 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:44 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 15:49 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 15:53 TO BE REACHED. 15:55 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 15:59 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:05 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:09 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:14 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:17 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:22 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 16:26 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:31 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:35 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 16:39 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 16:43 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 16:48 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 16:52 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 16:56 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:59 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:03 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:07 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:10 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:13 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:17 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:25 $150 WHERE DO YOU GET $150 EVERY MONTH? 17:33 STOP AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET, LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE 17:36 AND CROSS OFF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE. 17:41 IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE YOU GET $50-60 AND IF YOU CAN'T GET TO A FULL 17:46 $150 CALL TWO FRIENDS TOGETHER YOU CAN SPONSOR A WORKER. 17:52 MARTY PHILLIPS IS WITH ME-LEADER OF NPRAXIS TEACHING OR TRAINING 17:59 TRAINERS AROUND THE WORLD TO LEAD HOUSE CHURCHES. 18:04 HOW MANY HOUSE CHURCHES DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND? 18:07 WE HAVE NEVER COUNTED EXACTLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WANTED TO GET INTO A 18:12 NUMBERS GAME. 18:13 YOU SOUND LIKE A GOD AND DAVID ISSUE, YES O.K. 18:15 SO WE HAVE FELT WE SHOULD NEVER COUNT MEMBERS BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 18:20 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25-30,000 HOUSE CHURCHES AND WE KNOW THE AVERAGE 18:24 HOUSE CHURCH IS 8-12 PEOPLE. 18:26 SOMETIMES THEY ARE BIGGER-15 BUT THEY ARE USUALLY NOT LESS THAN 8. 18:31 THAT'S OUR AVERAGE SIZE. 18:32 SO HOW DID YOU GET INTO ALL THIS? 18:35 GOOD QUESTION. 18:36 I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR THINKING HOW DO MOVEMENTS START. 18:42 EVER SINCE I STARTED COLLEGE AND STUDYING FOR THE MINISTRY I WANTED TO 18:47 KNOW WHAT MAKES QUICK MULTIPLICATION OF CHURCHES AND I THEN SPENT ALL MY 18:54 FREE TIME WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE READING MAYBE NOT STUDYING WHAT I WAS 18:57 SUPPOSED TO BE STUDYING BUT I WAS STUDYING HOW DO HOUSE CHURCHES WORK. 19:03 HOUSE CHURCH DYNAMIC. 19:04 MOVEMENT DYNAMICS AND I ENDED UP LATER WORKING WITH ADRA AFTER IGRADUATED 19:08 FROM SCHOOL AND EVEN BEFORE I GRADUATED AND I ENDED UP WORKING IN A 19:10 COUNTRY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST REGION IN AZERBAIJAN. 19:14 AND IN THAT COUNTRY I WAS OPEN TO WHOLE NEW REALITY. 19:21 AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT THAT MUSLIMS WERE PAGANS AND HAD NO IDEA AND TODAY 19:30 I WOULD BE VERY ASHAMED OF WHAT WE BELIEVED AT THAT TIME BUT GOD TOOK ME THERE 19:35 FOR A REASON BECAUSE I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MOST WONDERFUL MUSLIM PEOPLE 19:40 AND EVEN THOUGH COMMUNISM HAD BEEN THERE FOR 70 YEARS, UH HUH, WHILE THEY 19:46 HAD NEARLY DESTROYED CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM HAD STAYED STRONGER FOR 19:51 WHATEVER REASONS I DON'T KNOW. 19:54 AND WHILE THEY WEREN'T MOSQUE GOING MUSLIMS, THEY HAD HELD THE GOD OF 19:59 ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND ISHMAEL IN THEIR HEARTS. 20:02 AND SABBATH? 20:04 NOT SABBATH. 20:04 I WISH. 20:05 OK. 20:07 NOT SABBATH BUT THEY HAD-THOUGH WE DID FIND A LITTLE REMNANT OF THE 20:12 SABBATH CHRISTIAN SABBATH GROUP THERE THAT HAD STARTED MAYBE IN THE 20:17 13TH-14TH CENTURY AH, BY WALDENSIAN MISSIONARY WORK, OH MY LANDS, AND 20:23 THEY EVENTUALLY ALMOST THE WHOLE CONGREGATION BECAME ADVENTISTS BUT WE DID FIND 20:28 A SABBATH KEEPING GROUP THERE. 20:30 FASCINATING. 20:31 THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF THAT COUNTRY. 20:33 SO SOMEWHERE IN THIS PROCESS THEN IN AZERBAIJAN YOUR WORKING WITH ADRA, 20:37 YOUR FUNDED BY USA DOLLARS AND YOUR-U.S. 20:41 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 20:42 OK, WELL YOU KNOW THAT WILL WORK. 20:44 SAME THING. 20:45 YES. 20:46 O.K. 20:47 AND IN THE PROCESS OF THAT YOU DECIDED YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT 20:49 ANYMORE? 20:49 WELL, NO REALLY. 20:51 IT WASN'T REALLY ME BUT WHILE I WAS THERE I ALWAYS HAD A PASSION AS I SAID 20:55 FOR EXPERIMENTING WITH MOVEMENTS. 20:57 YES. 20:58 AND I EXPERIMENTED IN A CITY OUTSIDE OF MY AREA OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES WITH 21:05 ADRA AND IN THAT PLACE -NOT THROUGH MY DIRECT WORK BUT I KEPT 21:10 CHALLENGING THE LOCAL PASTOR. 21:11 THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. 21:13 HOW CAN YOU REALLY MAKE THE GOSPEL RELEVANT, MEANINGFUL AND 21:16 UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE AZERI PEOPLE? 21:18 AND GOD LED THAT CONGREGATION THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS. 21:23 FIRST OF ALL, THAT CONGREGATION HAD AH, STARTED THINKING AND AS 21:32 THEY WERE PRAYING AND FASTING, WHAT CHANGES MUST WE DO. 21:35 THE COUNTRY IS IN WAR WITH A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY ARMENIA; THERE HAS BEEN 21:37 SIGNIFICANT ETHNIC CLEANSING. 21:38 OUR CHURCH HAD BEEN WELL UP OVER A HUNDRED AND OUR MEMBERS HAD TO FLEE FOR 21:39 THEIR LIVES. 21:41 SO BASICALLY THOSE LEFT WERE AZERIS, JEWS WHO HAD BECOME ADVENTIST AND A FEW 21:42 GRANDMOTHERS WHO HAD NOT EMIGRATED BUT THERE HAD BEEN HORRIBLE ETHNIC 21:44 CLEANSING WHERE ANYONE WHO WAS SLAVIC OR CAUCASIAN BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAD 21:46 BEEN FULL OF GERMANS, HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES IF THEY HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN 22:10 KILLED. 22:12 AND SO IT WAS IN THIS SITUATION THAT THE LOCAL CONGREGATION STARTED 22:17 SAYING HOW CAN WE SHARE OUR FAITH IN THE MOST WORST OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 22:21 AND IT WAS IN THIS PROCESS THEY STARTED DISCOVERING INCREDIBLE THINGS. 22:26 THEY FIRST DECIDED THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE. 22:31 WE NEED TO SING IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND-THEY WEREN'T ALREADY DOING 22:35 THAT. 22:36 THEY WEREN'T DOING THIS. 22:37 THEY WERE SINGING IN RUSSIAN, WORSHIPING IN RUSSIAN AND NOT IN THE 22:40 LOCAL AZERI LANGUAGE. 22:41 USING AMERICAN HYMNALS KIND OF THING. 22:43 THEY HAD AN OLD, OLD 100-YEAR-OLD HYMNALS NEARLY AND SO GOD GAVE THE 22:49 MOST INCREDIBLE GIFT OF MUSIC TO ONE OF THE LOCAL MEMBERS AND SHE EVERY 22:54 COUPLE OF WEEKS CAME WITH A NEW CHORUS AND THE WHOLE CONGREGATION JUST LOVED 22:58 THEM AND SHE WOULD TEACH THE CONGREGATION AND GOD WOULD GIVE HER A NEW, A 23:03 NEW PIECE EVERY MONTH OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING 23:08 HOW THE CONGREGATION LEARNED. 23:09 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR SHAVING OFF THINGS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE THEIR 23:12 COMMUNITY-OTHER IMPACT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND LETTING THE HOLY 23:18 SPIRIT BUBBLE UP INSIDE. 23:19 YES, AND THEN THERE WAS VERY KEY THINGS: LANGUAGE ISSUES, LITURGY ISSUES BUT 23:26 THEN THEY FOUND THAT EVEN USING THE WORD CHURCH WAS A BIG FACTOR AND THEY 23:34 FOUND THAT THE LOCAL AZERIS, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAD BEEN 23:38 COMMUNISM THERE WAS THESE BIG OLD GERMAN CHURCHES AND THERE WAS THESE BIG 23:43 ORTHODOX CHURCHES MUSLIMS HAD BEEN TAUGHT TO WALK AROUND THEM THAT MAYBE YOU 23:47 WOULD SEE AN IDOL INSIDE EVEN THOUGH NEITHER ORTHODOX NOR LUTHERANS 23:51 HAVE IDOLS THAT IS THE GENERAL CONCEPTION. 23:54 THEY THOUGHT THEY MIGHT FIND SOME. 23:55 AND SO YOUR TAUGHT THEN TO NOT EVEN WALK DOWN THE ROAD. 23:57 SO THEY TOOK DOWN THE SIGN THAT SAID, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND PUT 24:03 UP PRAYER HOUSE FOR ALL PEOPLE AND THE CONGREGATION WENT FROM 24:06 20-30-40-50. 24:09 THEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS, ONE OF THE OLD MEMBERS OF THAT 24:13 CHURCH HAD COME FROM MUSLIM BACKGROUND AND WAS FROM THE NEIGHBORING 24:17 COUNTRY OF IRAN. 24:19 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW THE QURAN IS FULL OF INCREDIBLE GEMS. 24:23 DID YOU KNOW THAT IT SPEAKS ABOUT JESUS EITHER DIRECTLY LIKE 25 TIMES AND 24:27 BY REFERENCE ALMOST 93 TIMES AS JESUS? 24:30 AND THE CHURCH GETS EXCITED. 24:32 SHE STARTS LEADING THEM THROUGH. 24:33 CAN YOU TEACH US WHAT THE QURAN SAYS ABOUT JESUS? 24:36 WELL, JESUS IS BORN OF A VIRGIN BIRTH. 24:39 JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD. 24:40 HE IS THE SON OF GOD. 24:41 HE DID THESE INCREDIBLE MIRACLES. 24:44 HE ACTUALLY CREATES EYES FOR THE BLIND AND SHE SAYS, DID YOU KNOW THERE'S 24:48 THIS INCREDIBLE POWERFUL STORY THAT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE THEY ARE QUESTIONING 24:53 THE AUTHENTICITY OF JESUS AND HE CREATES THIS BIRD AND HE BLOWS, BREATHES 24:58 INTO THE BIRD THAT HE MADE FROM CLAY AND THE BIRD FLIES AWAY. 25:02 WELL, WE SEE THE STORY FUNNY. 25:05 IT IS IN THE QURAN. 25:06 IT IS ACTUALLY A STORY THAT IS IN THE EXTRA BIBLICAL LITERATURE, THE 25:10 APOCRYPHA LITERATURE OF JESUS DOING THIS BUT WHEN A MUSLIM SEES THIS- THAT 25:15 JESUS HAS THE POWER TO ACTUALLY BREATHE INTO MUD IT STARTS MAKING 25:21 CONNECTIONS AND THESE ARE LIKE VERSES THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN TO MUSLIMS. 25:24 MUSLIMS HAVEN'T TRADITIONALLY SEEN THESE VERSES LIKE MANY TIME 25:28 CHRISTIANS, YES, WE'RE OBLIVIOUS TO MANY THINGS IN THE BIBLE. 25:32 AND SO SHE STARTED OPENING UP THESE INCREDIBLE PASSAGES AND THAT THE 25:36 QURAN TEACHES ABOUT SABBATH KEEPING AND THE QURAN TEACHES ABOUT THE 25:41 DEAD KNOW NOTHING AND THE QURAN TEACHES THERE IS AN IMMINENT SECOND COMING OF 25:44 CHRIST AND THERE IS A DAY OF JUDGEMENT. 25:47 THEY SAID, MAN, WE NEED TO USE THIS TO SHARE WITH OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS AND 25:52 NEIGHBORS AND AS THEY STARTED DOING THIS IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 25:55 NOW WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT LADY, YES, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF 26:00 HER. 26:01 THERE IS THOUSANDS. 26:02 ALL AROUND THE10/40 WINDOW. 26:03 ALL AROUND THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS HELPING TO FUND SOME OF THEM. 26:08 YES, BUT THOSE PEOPLE RIGHTNOW ARE TEACHING OTHERS TO TEACH LIKE SHE 26:13 HAS TAUGHT. 26:14 EXACTLY. 26:16 SO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHO IT IS THAT'S IN THIS LITTLE HOUSE CHURCH 26:20 THEY UNDERSTAND THE HERITAGE, THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL, EXACTLY, AND THE 26:27 PROMISE OF A FUTURE. 26:29 EXACTLY. 26:30 SECOND COMING IS COMING PRETTY QUICK. 26:32 COMING PRETTY QUICK. 26:33 SO, I ASKED TO START THIS OFF HOW DID YOU-WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK? 26:37 YES. 26:37 WHO IS JESUS? 26:38 YOU'VE GOT FIVE SECONDS. 26:39 TO USE THE WORDS, I HAVE HEARD FROM FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME FOLLOWERS OF 26:45 CHIRST, THEY SAY HE IS THE ONE WHO HOLDS THE WORLD IN HIS HANDS. 26:51 HE IS THE ONE THE FIRST AND THE LAST THE BEGINNING AND THE END. 26:55 AND THAT'S IT. 26:57 IF YOU WANT TO HELP SPONSOR WORKERS WHO WILL TEACH THAT SIMPLE TRUTH IN 27:02 THE 10/40 WINDOW, PLEASE JOIN US. 27:42 THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 28:15 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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