Adventures in Missions

North India

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Participants: Ole Olesen (Host), Edwin and Marcie Dass

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Program Code: AIM000688A


00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:14 WHAT A JOY IT IS TO WELCOME YOU TO ADVENTURES
00:18 IN MISSIONS.
00:20 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FUN IT IS TO GET TO INTERVIEW AND
00:23 HEAR THE STORIES.
00:25 I'M HOPING YOUR WATCHING AND I HOPE YOU WILL FIND
00:28 YOURSELF THINKING ABOUT GOD AND HIS IMPACT ON YOUR
00:33 LIFE THAT CAN SPREAD OUT TO OTHERS AROUND THE
00:35 WORLD.
00:37 THIS DAY WE GET TO MEET TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE,
00:40 EDWIN DASS AND MARCIE DASS RIGHT?
00:45 YES.
00:46 AND YOU ARE HERE TO TELL US STORIES FROM I THINK
00:49 IT'S SOUTHERN ASIA.
00:50 NO, OH SOUTHERN ASIA THE DIVISION YES BUT THE MAIN
00:55 AREA WHERE WE WORK IS NORTHERN INDIA MAINLY OLD
00:59 NORTHERN INDIA.
01:00 A SECTION FROM KASHMIR TO ALMOST MADHYA PRADESH IN
01:06 THOSE AREAS.
01:07 ALONG ALL THAT STRETCH THAT LIES UP NEXT TO TIBET
01:12 AND NEXT TO NEPAL.
01:13 YES.
01:13 A BIG SECTION.
01:14 THERE ARE 650 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS AREA
01:19 THAT NEED TO BE REACHED.
01:21 HOW IN THE WORLD WE'LL EVER REACH THEM I DON'T
01:23 KNOW.
01:24 SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION.
01:25 SOMEWHERE I READ THAT ONE OF THOSE STATES HAS THE
01:27 DENSEST POPULATION OF ALL OF INDIA.
01:29 YES.
01:30 UTTAR PRADESH.
01:31 UTTAR PRADESH HAS THE DENSEST POPULATION AND THE
01:33 THIRD RICHEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
01:36 AND YOU HAVE STORIES FROM THERE, STORIES TO TELL US.
01:40 ABSOLUTELY.
01:41 ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE WE WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN
01:46 THAT AREA AND WE HAVE, WE RECENTLY WENT TO INDIA TO
01:51 CONDUCT MEETINGS FOR OUR GOSPEL WORKERS, GOSPEL
01:54 OUTREACH WORKERS.
01:57 HOW MANY ARE THERE JUST AS YOU'RE GOING THERE.
02:00 WELL I WORK WITH ABOUT CLOSE TO 268 OR 270 PEOPLE
02:07 THAT ARE WORKERS THERE.
02:08 AND THEY COME IN THE PLACE CALLED HAPUR ACADEMY,
02:14 SMALL ACADEMY THERE.
02:15 AND WE BRING THEM THERE AND NURTURE THEM, TALK TO
02:20 THEM, GET THEIR REPORTS, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
02:23 IN THEIR LIVES AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO OTHER
02:26 PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES.
02:28 THAT'S A BUSY TIME WITH OVER 200 REPORTS.
02:30 VERY BUSY TIME YES.
02:31 BUT THIS TIME WE TOOK DR. GIBBS AND MRS. GIBBS
02:35 WITH US.
02:36 DR. GIBBS IS A GRADUATE OF ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AND
02:39 LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY AND HE IS AN EXPERT NOW IN
02:44 DANIEL AND REVELATION YOU KNOW.
02:45 SO WE WENT TO GIVE THIS MESSAGE TO OUR WORKERS
02:46 BECAUSE THEY ASKED US THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE
02:47 ABOUT DANIEL AND REVELATION.
02:48 YES.
02:49 SO DR. GIBBS SPENT FOUR DAYS OR FIVE DAYS WITH
02:58 THEM GIVING THEM MESSAGES.
03:00 MOST OF THESE WORKERS ARE MINIMUM, MINIMUM WAGE, NOT
03:06 EVEN MINIMUM WAGE.
03:08 BUT THEY ARE DEDICATED PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE NOT
03:12 BEEN TO MANY SEMINARIES.
03:16 IT'S ON-THE-JOB TRAINING JUST LIKE IN THE BOOK OF
03:19 ACTS.
03:20 YES.
03:21 THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS THEM AND THEY SPOKE THE WORD OF
03:26 GOD AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
03:29 AND THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY SINCERE.
03:32 THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A, WE CALL IT A DHURRIE LIKE A
03:39 DHURRIE RUG, HAND WOVEN RUG ROLLED.
03:40 AND THEY ROLL IT UP AND CARRY IT LIKE A BACKPACK.
03:42 THEY ARE GIVEN A LITTLE CASSETTE WHICH HAS, IS
03:43 THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YES, WHICH HAS SONGS.
03:44 YES.
03:45 AND THEY PUT THE SONG WHEN THEY GO INTO A VILLAGE
04:02 THEY WILL PUT THE SONGS ON AND PEOPLE START GATHERING
04:06 TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
04:07 OKAY.
04:08 AND THEN THEY START TEACHING THEM THE SONGS.
04:11 SO IT'S ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS THAT THEY SHARE WHAT
04:15 GOD HAS DONE IN THEIR LIVES.
04:17 AND MANY TIMES THE DEVIL HAS BEEN FOUND POSSESSED
04:22 BY THESE PEOPLE AND WHO HAS BEEN TROUBLING THEM
04:26 AND WHEN THESE WORKERS GO AND PRAY WITH THEM, YES,
04:29 THEY FIND RELIEF OF THE DEMONS LEAVING THEM AND
04:36 IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM PAIN.
04:40 IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN IN THE
04:41 FIRST WORLD ISN'T IT.
04:43 RIGHT.
04:44 BECAUSE THERE THE SPIRITS ARE SO PRESENT AND SO
04:47 POWERFUL.
04:48 YES.
04:49 WELL SPIRITS MAY BE PRESENT EVEN IN THE FIRST
04:52 WORLD ALSO, OH OF COURSE THEY ARE, BUT A LITTLE
04:53 MORE SOPHISTICATED WAY.
04:55 MORE SUBTLE?
04:56 BUT HERE IT'S ALL OPEN.
04:59 I MEAN THE SPIRIT JUST WORKS OPENLY BECAUSE
05:02 THAT'S ONE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PRINCE
05:05 OF DARKNESS YOU KNOW.
05:08 I BELIEVE IT.
05:10 BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE CONFRONTING THIS DARKNESS.
05:14 RIGHT.
05:15 AND SEEING THE LIGHT COME IN.
05:16 EXACTLY AND THEY PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT YOU
05:19 KNOW.
05:19 IT'S A VERY REAL THING THAT SPIRIT WORSHIP,
05:23 SPIRIT POSSESSION.
05:24 SPIRIT PRESENCE IS A VERY REAL THING IN THAT AREA.
05:29 IN NOVEMBER WE WERE AT A GATHERING WHERE OVER
05:35 THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE COME.
05:36 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
05:37 YES.
05:38 AND THAT'S HOW GOD'S WORK IS BEING REACHED TO THESE
05:42 PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS.
05:44 AND THE BIBLE WAS BEING READ AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A
05:52 BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM LOUD AS EVER, JUST GAVE ME
05:58 CHILLS, JUST WENT THROUGH YOUR BONES.
06:02 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MINISTER RAN TO THE AREA
06:08 AND STARTED REBUKING THE DEMONS IN THE NAME OF
06:13 JESUS.
06:14 AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE PERSON FOR
06:21 SOME GOVERNMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS.
06:23 OKAY.
06:24 AND THEY FOLLOW THAT YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP ALL THAT.
06:26 BUT WHEN THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
06:31 OH YES.
06:32 WHERE THREE AND FOUR PEOPLE GET TOGETHER THERE
06:35 THE SPIRIT IS.
06:36 AND IMMEDIATELY THESE PEOPLE FALL DOWN.
06:38 AND THEY SOMETIMES FROTH FROM THE MOUTH, SOMETIMES
06:45 THEY PULL THEIR HAIR.
06:46 NOT A PRETTY PICTURE.
06:47 NOT A PRETTY PICTURE AT ALL.
06:48 AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THEY WILL ASK FOR WATER.
06:54 WHEN THEY WAKE UP?
06:55 YES, WHEN THE DEMON LEAVES THEM THE FIRST THING THEY
06:58 DO IS ASK FOR WATER.
06:59 IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN WRENCHED.
07:01 THIRSTY FOR A LONG TIME.
07:02 YES.
07:03 AND THEY ARE GIVEN WATER AND THEY SAY MY DEMON IS
07:07 GONE.
07:08 AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS IN A CHRISTIAN SETTING LIKE
07:13 THIS IS THIS UNUSUAL.
07:19 THEY ARE WORSHIPED AND THEY ARE KEPT.
07:20 THEY ARE KEPT AND WORSHIPED AND HONORED.
07:21 AND SO WHEN A PERSON IS POSSESSED BY ONE OF THEM
07:23 IS THAT CONSIDERED AN HONOR SOMETIMES?
07:24 FOR THEM YES.
07:25 BUT WHEN THEY ENTER INTO CHRISTIAN AREA AND
07:27 CHRISTIAN MEETINGS LIKE THE ONE WE WERE ATTENDING
07:38 NOW OF COURSE THE PRESENCE OF JESUS AND HIS ANGELS
07:44 THAT MAKES THEM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
07:46 OH YES.
07:47 YOU SEE THEY FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
07:49 ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE THEY SCREAM
07:52 BECAUSE MAYBE THE ANGLE WAS STANDING CLOSE TO THE
07:57 PERSON YOU KNOW AND THEY CAN'T BEAR HIM.
08:00 AND SO WHEN THEY SCREAM THEN OUR PASTORS AND OUR
08:04 PEOPLE GO CLOSE TO THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM AND LET
08:07 THE SPIRIT GO OUT.
08:09 WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE WITNESSES TO THIS
08:12 MORE THAN ONCE PROBABLY.
08:13 OH MANY TIMES.
08:14 MORE THAN MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, TIMES.
08:18 FROM 1988 THROUGH 2011 I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF
08:25 ROORKEE ADVENTIST COLLEGE.
08:30 OKAY, THAT'S A BIG COLLEGE IN MANY WAYS.
08:32 IT IS NOW GETTING BIG BUT IT STARTED SMALL.
08:36 IT WAS AN ACADEMY THEN BECAME A JUNIOR COLLEGE
08:40 THEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND NOW IT IS A FULL-FLEDGED
08:44 COLLEGE YOU KNOW.
08:45 I HAVE TO STOP JUST TO PUT IN A PERSONAL NOTE IF I
08:48 MAY.
08:49 WHEN I WAS THERE IN INDIA ON A CLEAR, CLEAR DAY, OH
08:53 YES, NO WINTER HAZE, FROM WHERE MY SCHOOL WAS EVERY
08:59 ONCE IN AWHILE WE COULD CATCH THE REFLECTION OF
09:01 THE ROORKEE CANAL OFF IN THE HORIZON.
09:03 THAT'S FROM _______.
09:04 LIKE A SILVER STREAM.
09:06 YES.
09:07 AND SO THAT PICTURE, THAT WAS POINTED OUT AND SAY
09:11 THERE IT IS THE SEA.
09:12 SO THERE WAS WHERE THE SCHOOL WAS, VERY CLOSE
09:15 THAT.
09:15 EXACTLY.
09:16 IT IS BY THE BANK OF THE GANGES CANAL, THE LARGE
09:22 GANGES CANAL.
09:23 AND WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT THERE I WAS IN
09:27 TOUCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
09:29 IT WAS ANOTHER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, NOT AN
09:31 ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY.
09:31 OKAY.
09:32 ANOTHER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, A LARGE
09:33 UNIVERSITY IN THE "UP" UTTAR PRADESH AND THE VICE
09:35 CHANCELLOR OF THAT UNIVERSITY SOMEHOW CAME TO
09:37 KNOW ABOUT ME AND SO HE INVITED ME TO HIS
09:48 UNIVERSITY WHERE I WENT AND TALKED WITH HIM AND HE
09:50 ASKED ME IF I COULD BE ON HIS BOARD.
09:53 OH AMAZING.
09:53 YES.
09:55 AND SO I WAS ON HIS BOARD AND WE USED TO CHIT CHAT
09:58 QUITE A BIT.
09:59 THE CHANCELLOR WAS VERY FOND OF ME AND MY WIFE.
10:03 SO HE WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN TOO.
10:05 HE WAS, HE WAS BUT ANOTHER DENOMINATION.
10:07 RIGHT.
10:09 AND THEN ONE TIME HE ASKED ME ABOUT SABBATH.
10:15 OKAY.
10:16 SO I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT SABBATH.
10:17 I GAVE HIM THE TEXTS FROM THE BIBLE WHY SABBATH IS
10:20 IMPORTANT AND WHY IT IS HOLY AND WHY IT SHOULD BE
10:23 OBSERVED AND KEPT.
10:24 AND THREE OR FOUR MONTHS DOWN THE LINE WHEN I WENT
10:30 TO ATTEND ANOTHER BOARD, MY WIFE WAS WITH ME, AND
10:34 HE SAID YOU KNOW DR. DASS, I FEEL LIKE BUILDING AN
10:40 UPPER ROOM ABOVE MY HOUSE WHERE I WANT TO SPEND
10:44 SATURDAY.
10:46 EVERY SATURDAY I WANT TO GO UP THERE AND SPEND ALL
10:48 OF MY SATURDAY MEDITATING AND PRAYING TO GOD.
10:52 I SAID EXCELLENT.
10:53 I SAID DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU ARE BEGINNING TO
10:56 BELIEVE IN SABBATH?
10:58 IT SOUNDS LIKE HE MUST OF.
10:59 YES.
11:00 HE SAID YOU KNOW IT CONVICTS ME, I FEEL I MUST
11:02 OBSERVE IT AND I MUST WORSHIP HIM ON SATURDAY.
11:10 WOW.
11:10 SO I SAID MORE POWER TO YOU.
11:12 SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START BUILDING THIS UPPER
11:14 ROOM?
11:15 AND MY WIFE TOOK OUT SOME MONEY AND IMMEDIATELY GAVE
11:17 HIM MY CONTRIBUTION TO IT YOU KNOW.
11:21 THE INTERESTING PART IS THAT HE CLOSES THE
11:24 UNIVERSITY ON THE SABBATH NOW.
11:27 AND THE PEOPLE COME AND THEY GREET EACH OTHER
11:30 SHABBAT SHALOM.
11:31 OH MY.
11:32 AND ON SUNDAY THEY COME TO WORSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S THE
11:38 REGULATION OF THE THING.
11:40 THEY COME AND THEY GREET EACH OTHER IN THE
11:45 TRADITIONAL WAY SHALOM.
11:47 OH INTERESTING.
11:49 SO IN THIS CAMPUS AND ITS OUTREACH THERE IS AN
11:54 ADVENTIST DAY AND THERE IS ANOTHER DAY.
11:58 THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH GOD THERE IT SOUNDS LIKE.
11:59 YES.
12:00 THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH GOD.
12:01 HE NOW CLOSES THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY ON SABBATH.
12:06 NO CLASSES.
12:06 NO CLASSES.
12:07 WELL I BET THAT WAS TRADITION.
12:08 OH HE HAD TO FIGHT IT.
12:10 HE FOUGHT IT AND HE WON AND HE IS NOW MAKING IT
12:15 SORT OF MANDATORY FOR ALL THE STAFF AND STUDENTS TO
12:18 COME TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY MORNING.
12:23 SO THERE IS CHURCH BETWEEN ELEVEN TO ONE O'CLOCK ON
12:27 BOTH DAY.
12:28 YES.
12:29 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
12:31 AND PEOPLE DON'T MIND.
12:32 THEY COME, THEY ENJOY AND WHEN THEY COME ON
12:34 SATURDAYS THEY SAY SHABBAT SHALOM.
12:38 ON SUNDAY, SHALOM.
12:39 THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THEY HAVE HOLY
12:42 COMMUNION ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
12:45 FRIDAY NIGHT?
12:46 FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEY SERVE POMEGRANATE JUICE
12:52 WHICH IS RED IN COLOR.
12:55 WELL I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE AND JUST TELL
13:01 THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, AREN'T YOU AMAZED BY
13:04 STORIES LIKE THIS.
13:05 THIS IS THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH GOD
13:09 IS WORKING THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT'S NOT JUST
13:13 THIS PARTICULAR STORY OF WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT
13:16 AND YOU WERE WORKING WITH ANOTHER PRESIDENT, IT
13:18 CONTINUES ON, IT CONTINUES.
13:21 AND I'M NOT POSITIVE BUT I THINK WE NEED A MOMENT
13:26 HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO
13:31 PARTICIPATE.
13:32 ON YOUR SCREEN YOU WILL SEE THE ADDRESSES BOTH
13:34 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA.
13:36 YOU WILL SEE TELEPHONE NUMBERS, WEBSITES.
13:40 ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN HELP YOU BE IN CONTACT
13:43 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IF GOD IS MOVING YOU TO MAKE
13:47 AN INVESTMENT HERE.
13:48 AMEN.
13:51 IS THERE ANY ROOM FOR INVESTMENT, OH SURE, OR IS
13:53 EVERYTHING PAID OFF?
13:54 NO, NO.
13:55 ALWAYS.
13:56 THE REASON THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED AREA
14:01 AMONG THE POOREST AREAS IS MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
14:06 FARMERS.
14:07 OKAY SO IT'S VERY AGRICULTURAL.
14:10 YES.
14:11 AND LIKE THE BOOK OF ACTS THESE PEOPLE BRING THEIR
14:14 FIRST FRUIT OF THEIR PRODUCE AND AS THEY ENTER
14:21 THERE IS A BIG HUGE BOX IN WHICH THEY PUT MONEY AND
14:25 THEY PUT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, LENTILS, RICE.
14:31 SOME HAVE JUST A TINY LITTLE PLASTIC BAG.
14:34 SOME HAVE A BIG BAG.
14:35 NO BODY HAS ANY LIMIT.
14:41 AND THEN THAT IS COOKED THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND
14:45 SERVED AS LUNCH.
14:47 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING.
14:49 RECENTLY WHEN I WAS PREPARING TO GO TO CONDUCT
14:52 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MEETINGS IN HAPUR I HAD
14:56 INVITED DR. GIBBS TO GO WITH US.
14:59 HE IS A GRADUATE OF ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AND
15:03 LOMA LINDA.
15:04 HE AND HIS WIFE CAME WITH US TO PRESENT DANIEL AND
15:09 REVELATION SEMINARS YOU KNOW.
15:12 WHO WAS YOUR AUDIENCE?
15:13 OUR FIRST AUDIENCE WAS SPICER COLLEGE YOU KNOW.
15:16 OKAY.
15:17 OUR SECOND AUDIENCE WAS OUR WORKERS 300 OF THEM
15:22 YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE THIRD I WASN'T PLANNING ON
15:27 GOING THERE BUT I JUST HAPPENED TO CALL THE VICE
15:29 CHANCELLOR OF THIS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.
15:31 I FOUND COMING TO INDIA I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO
15:35 YOU IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
15:36 I MEAN HE ASKED ME WHY I WAS COMING AND I EXPLAINED
15:41 TO HIM I'M BRINGING A GENTLEMAN WHO IS GOING TO
15:43 GIVE SEMINAR ON DANIEL AND REVELATION TO OUR GOSPEL
15:47 OUTREACH WORKERS.
15:49 OH HE SAID ANY POSSIBILITY YOU CAN BRING HIM TO MY
15:52 CAMPUS AND LET HIM TALK TO MY SEMINARIANS?
15:56 SO I SAID WE HAVE NO PROBLEM BUT I SAID I'LL
16:01 ASK HIM, I'M SURE HE WON'T MIND.
16:03 SO HE SAID I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR STAY OVER HERE BUT
16:07 COME PLEASE.
16:08 AND AT THAT TIME HE ONLY WAS INTERESTED FOR
16:14 DR. GIBBS TO PRESENT THIS DANIEL AND REVELATION
16:18 SEMINAR TO HIS SEMINARIANS.
16:20 AND WE WENT THERE TO DO THAT BUT THEN WHEN WE
16:23 LANDED ON THE CAMPUS HE SAID YOU KNOW I CONDUCT,
16:29 JESUS IN CONTROL OR HOW DO YOU SAY THAT IN ENGLISH,
16:32 IT'S THE PALACE OF JESUS.
16:35 HE SAID I CONDUCT THE PALACE OF JESUS HERE AND
16:38 THE PEOPLE COME FROM OUTSIDE.
16:40 THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIANS THEY COME FROM OUTSIDE AND
16:42 THEY ARE TENDERS.
16:43 I SAID HOW MANY PEOPLE COME?
16:45 HE SAID WE STARTED WITH ABOUT FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED
16:49 A FEW YEARS AGO BUT TODAY THERE ARE ANYWHERE FROM
16:52 25,000 TO 30,000 PEOPLE COME EVERY SATURDAY AND
16:57 SUNDAY.
16:58 OH MY.
16:58 I SAID IS THAT RIGHT.
17:00 AND DO YOU WANT HIM TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE ALSO?
17:03 HE SAID YES WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU WILL
17:05 TALK TO THEM ALSO.
17:06 I SAID OKAY, WE'LL COME.
17:08 THEN I CALLED UP MY REGIONAL DIRECTOR FROM
17:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO
17:15 DO THERE.
17:16 DO YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
17:20 AND GET A READY-MADE CHURCH FROM THIS PLACE?
17:24 AMAZING.
17:26 I SAID BECAUSE MY STAFF HAS TOLD ME HE SAID WE
17:30 AREN'T CONVERTING THEM, THEY ARE BAPTIZING THEM
17:32 AND WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO AND ATTEND A CHURCH WE
17:36 HAVE NO OBJECTION.
17:38 SO I SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING YOUR
17:41 WORKERS.
17:42 SO THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR CAME THERE AND SIX OF HIS
17:46 WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE UNIVERSITY TOOK
17:49 CARE OF ALL OF US FOR FOOD AND STAY AND WE WERE THERE
17:52 FOR FIVE DAYS.
17:55 AND RIGHT AFTER THE MEETINGS WERE OVER
17:57 SATURDAY THEY CAME.
17:59 WHEN WE ATTENDED THE SATURDAY MEETING EVERYONE
18:03 WAS GREETING EVERYBODY, SHABBAT SHALOM, SHABBAT
18:06 SHALOM, SHABBAT SHALOM.
18:09 HOW SURPRISED.
18:10 I SAID SHABBAT SHALOM, THIS IS JEWISH BUT IT
18:13 SOUNDS LIKE ADVENTISTS.
18:14 YES.
18:15 AND I KNEW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TO THE
18:18 GENTLEMAN I MEAN TO THE PRESIDENT LONG TIME AGO
18:22 ABOUT SABBATH AND ALL THAT.
18:24 THEN SUNDAY CAME AND WE ATTENDED THE SUNDAY
18:27 MEETING AND THERE EVERYBODY WAS SAYING
18:29 SALAAM, SALAAM.
18:30 I TELL YOU THAT'S GREAT.
18:33 SO DR. GIBBS GOT TO PREACH ON SATURDAY TO SOME
18:37 12,000.
18:38 SUNDAY SOME 20 MORE THOUSAND PEOPLE.
18:40 THE CHURCH WAS FULL AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
18:46 WORKERS THAT CAME THERE THEY PICKED UP EACH PEOPLE
18:49 AND NOW THEY HAVE 160 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP THERE IN
18:55 ALLAHABAD TAKEN FROM THIS MEETING.
18:58 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE THESE
19:06 RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE FORMED OVER THE YEARS AND
19:09 NOW YOU'RE WORKING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, EXACTLY,
19:12 SO THAT, I'M REAPING THOSE, YES.
19:14 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE GOD'S MAN FOR THIS HOUR TO
19:17 CONTINUE TO PULL IN THESE WORKERS, TO CONTINUE TO
19:20 ENCOURAGE THEM AND TO SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING.
19:22 BECAUSE GOD IS NOT LIMITED JUST TO OUR NARROW THING
19:32 IS HE.
19:33 EXACTLY.
19:34 WHAT IS IT PAUL SAID THAT SOME SOW AND OTHERS REAP.
19:37 REAP YES.
19:37 YOU KNOW IT'S CONSTANTLY LIKE THAT.
19:39 AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BOOK OF ACTS.
19:41 YES AND OH YOU SEE THAT, IT'S SO HEART WARMING TO
19:45 SEE THESE VERY POOR POOR PEOPLE COME WITH A TINY
19:50 LITTLE BAG, PLASTIC BAG WITH WHATEVER IS IN THERE
19:56 AS AN OFFERING.
19:58 AND YOU'RE REMINDED OF THE WIDOW'S MITE.
20:01 YES.
20:03 AND THEN YOU'RE REMINDED OF THE STORIES OF HOW THE
20:07 DEMONIC POWERS JUST CAME OUT AND LEFT THESE PEOPLE
20:11 FREE OF PAIN AND FREE OF TORTURE AND THAT THESE
20:17 PEOPLE COME, CLOSE TO 250 PEOPLE TESTIFIED.
20:23 THEY STOOD IN A LINE.
20:24 THEY WERE ASKED FIVE QUESTIONS.
20:27 WHAT IS YOUR NAME, WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM, WHAT
20:31 IS YOUR PROBLEM AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IF YOU
20:37 PRAYED, PRAYED IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
20:40 THEN THEY ASKED THE PEOPLE TO CLAP AND GLORIFY GOD.
20:47 EXACTLY.
20:48 IN THE SAME AREA THE SAME GENTLEMAN WHO IS IN CHARGE
20:53 OF THE REGION THERE, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT HE HAD
20:58 DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE BRAHMINS AND PUNDITS, NOT
21:03 WITH JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THIS RELIGIOUS CITY OF
21:07 HINDUS, IN THE CENTER OF THE RELIGIOUS CITY OF
21:10 HINDUS.
21:11 OKAY.
21:12 AND HE SAID HE GOES AND HE TALKS TO THE PUNDITS, TO
21:16 THE PRIESTS DIRECTLY AND HE HAS INFLUENCED ABOUT
21:20 EIGHT OR TEN OF THEM SO MUCH THAT THEY HAVE
21:23 ALLOWED HIM, IF HE WANTS, HE CAN TAKE THE BASEMENT
21:28 OF THE TEMPLE AND CONDUCT HIS MEETINGS WITH HIS
21:31 CHURCH THERE.
21:33 NOW THAT IS UNUSUAL.
21:34 YES, IT IS.
21:36 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER HIM.
21:37 I'M STILL RESEARCHING THAT.
21:39 ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO AND MEET IN THE TEMPLE OR NOT?
21:43 YES, WHY NOT.
21:45 YOU KNOW THE ISSUE THAT YOU JUST SAID "WHY NOT"
21:50 WOULD BE TO SOMEBODY ELSE A HORROR.
21:53 THE IDEA THAT GOD WOULD INVADE A PAGAN PLACE.
22:00 RIGHT, OKAY.
22:00 HE DID ALL THE TIME IN THE BIBLE.
22:03 HE DID.
22:04 I'M SURE FOR SOME IT WILL COME BACK TO THE ISSUE OF
22:09 DO I EAT THIS MEAT OR NOT YOU KNOW.
22:11 OF COURSE.
22:12 EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN SENSIBILITIES BUT THE
22:17 THOUGHT THAT THESE PRIESTS WOULD SAY WE HAVE FOUND
22:22 YOU TO BE TRUSTWORTHY THAT YOU WILL NOT, I DON'T KNOW
22:27 WHAT THEY ARE THINKING BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY IS AT
22:31 ODDS WITH POLYTHEISM AND YET THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT
22:37 A GOD THAT DOESN'T SCARE THEM.
22:40 THAT'S AMAZING.
22:41 SATAN HAS 200 NAMES, DIFFERENT NAMES OF THE
22:47 DEITIES IN INDIA.
22:48 I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
22:50 TWO HUNDRED NAMES FOR DIFFERENT DEITIES EACH ONE
22:53 HAS THEIR OWN ILLUSTRATION.
22:55 THE THING THAT THIS GENTLEMAN HAS BECOME SO
22:59 BRAVE AND SO DARING WITH THE POWER OF JESUS THAT IS
23:04 IN HIM HE SAID I'M GOING TO CONVERT THIS CITY.
23:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL COME AND CONVERT THIS
23:12 WHOLE CITY HE SAID.
23:14 I SAID HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT?
23:16 HE SAID I'VE ALREADY INFLUENCED THESE PUNDITS.
23:18 THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE ME THE TEMPLE.
23:20 I'M GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER PUNDITS SO MUCH SO
23:23 FROM ANOTHER HINDU CITY THEY CALLED THE PUNDITS,
23:30 OTHER PUNDITS CALLED WHO HE WAS WORKING WITH AND
23:34 SAID SEND THESE PUNDITS FROM HERE TO TELL US HOW
23:37 TO DO IT.
23:38 OH.
23:39 YOU ARE DESCRIBING A BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE
23:45 GOSPEL, YES, THAT IS NOT KNOWN.
23:49 EXACTLY.
23:49 THIS IS A NEW THING, A NEW DAY.
23:51 WE'VE HAD, I'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE
23:56 WORKED WITH WHAT ARE CONSIDERED THE LOWER CASTE
24:00 BUT THIS BREAKTHROUGH REACHING UP INTO UPPER IS
24:04 VERY UNUSUAL.
24:04 THOSE ARE BARRIERS THAT WERE CREATED BY SATAN
24:07 YEARS AND CENTURIES, MILLENNIA AGO.
24:10 TO BREAK THROUGH THAT.
24:12 AND MICHAEL IS BREAKING THEM DOWN.
24:13 GOD IS WORKING.
24:14 IF YOU BREAK THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP THEN THE
24:15 FOLLOWERS COME AUTOMATICALLY.
24:16 THEY LISTEN TO THE LEADER AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY,
24:19 MANY, MANY GOOD PEOPLE AMONG THE HINDUS.
24:24 THEY ARE VERY GOD FEARING SINCERE.
24:30 AND THEY WANT TO DO GOOD.
24:32 YES.
24:33 THE REASON BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION.
24:36 YES.
24:37 SO THEY WANT TO EARN BROWNIE POINTS FOR THE
24:39 NEXT LIFE AND WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT PUTTING THEIR
24:45 FAITH IN JESUS RATHER THAN HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICE AND
24:49 IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO GET GOOD THINGS FROM THE LORD,
24:56 THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO IT.
24:58 IT'S AMAZING.
24:59 THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T LIVED WITH THAT CULTURE
25:02 PROBABLY DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO GRASP IT, BUT FOR THOSE
25:08 WHO ARE WATCHING TODAY I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
25:14 RECOGNIZING YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT A MIRACLE OF GOD.
25:17 ABSOLUTELY.
25:18 YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
25:21 THAT I HAVE NOT WITNESSED THIS BUT THEY HAVE.
25:27 THEY'RE TELLING IT TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL
25:30 BECOME PARTNERS IN THIS.
25:33 YES IT TAKES PLACE OVER THERE, BUT REMEMBER YOU
25:37 CAN CONTRIBUTE AND I KEEP HOPING OF COURSE THAT SOME
25:42 OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING AND INVESTING IN THIS OVER
25:45 THERE, WE WILL BEGIN TO HEAR YOUR STORIES ABOUT
25:49 HOW GOD IS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE.
25:51 YES.
25:52 BECAUSE GOD IS NOT LIMITED TO WORK IN INDIA.
25:54 NO.
25:55 HE WORKS RIGHT HERE IN NORTH AMERICA.
25:58 YES.
25:59 ALL OVER THE WORD.
26:00 AND THIS IS BEING A PART OF AN ADVENTURE, THIS IS A
26:03 FAMILY OF FAITH.
26:05 DO NOT STOP LOOKING FOR GOD AND ACTION.
26:09 PUT THE MONEY WHERE HE ASKS YOU TO.
26:12 HE WILL MULTIPLY IT.
26:13 YOU MAY ONLY HAVE FISH AND LOAVES BUT IF YOU PUT IT
26:17 IN JESUS' HANDS IT WILL BE MULTIPLIED AND IT WILL
26:20 FEED MANY.
26:21 AMEN.
26:22 GOD BLESS YOU.
26:23 THANK YOU SO MUCH ED AND MARCIE.
26:26 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO BE WITH YOU FOR A FEW
26:29 MOMENTS THIS WONDERFUL DAY.
26:31 THANK YOU.
26:32 GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU MOVE ON AND BACK THERE TO WORK
26:34 AGAIN.
26:35 THANK YOU.
26:44 [CLOSING MUSIC]


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