[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.50\00:00:14.88 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:14.91\00:00:16.61 OUTREACH. 00:00:16.64\00:00:17.51 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IT IS ALWAYS A 00:00:17.55\00:00:19.08 PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. 00:00:19.11\00:00:20.32 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WE 00:00:20.35\00:00:23.42 GO TO AN AREA OF THE WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:00:23.45\00:00:26.92 AND IT IS AN EXCITING PLACE. 00:00:26.96\00:00:29.89 THERE IS A LOT GOING ON THERE AND THERE ARE A LOT 00:00:29.92\00:00:32.39 OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND THAT'S THE 00:00:32.43\00:00:34.00 CONCENTRATION OF GOSPEL OUTREACHES WORK AS 00:00:34.00\00:00:37.03 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:37.07\00:00:39.70 WORKERS AS TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA 00:00:39.73\00:00:42.84 OF THE WORLD. 00:00:42.87\00:00:43.81 IN MATTHEW 24:14 WE'RE TOLD AND THIS GOSPEL OF 00:00:43.84\00:00:48.01 THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE 00:00:48.04\00:00:50.71 WORLD AS A TESTIMONY TO ALL NATIONS AND THEN THE 00:00:50.75\00:00:54.48 END WILL COME. 00:00:54.52\00:00:56.22 AND TODAY WE HAVE GERALD BABANEZHAD WITH US AND WE 00:00:56.25\00:01:01.59 ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE GERALD. 00:01:01.62\00:01:02.92 HOW ARE YOU? 00:01:02.96\00:01:03.73 I'M GOOD. 00:01:03.76\00:01:04.29 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 00:01:04.33\00:01:05.16 I APPRECIATE IT. 00:01:05.19\00:01:06.16 WELL IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 00:01:06.19\00:01:08.06 HELPING ME SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY. 00:01:08.10\00:01:10.30 SURE. 00:01:10.33\00:01:11.30 IT'S GOT ME IN A LOT OF TROUBLE IN THE PAST BUT 00:01:11.33\00:01:13.57 GOD IS GOOD. 00:01:13.60\00:01:14.50 WELL WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 00:01:14.54\00:01:15.87 THANK YOU. 00:01:15.90\00:01:16.81 SO GERALD WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING HERE AT 00:01:16.84\00:01:18.27 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND THIS SCRIPTURE, THE GREAT 00:01:18.31\00:01:21.24 COMMISSION, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS 00:01:21.28\00:01:23.51 CHRISTIANS. 00:01:23.55\00:01:24.25 YES. 00:01:24.28\00:01:25.21 AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND SHARE 00:01:25.25\00:01:27.72 WITH THE VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU'RE 00:01:27.75\00:01:29.72 BACKGROUND AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 00:01:29.75\00:01:32.49 WELL I COME FROM A VERY MIXED BACKGROUND. 00:01:32.52\00:01:35.56 I'M AN IRANIAN BY BIRTH. 00:01:35.59\00:01:38.16 I'M ARMENIAN FROM MY MOM'S SIDE AND I'M A RUSSIAN 00:01:38.19\00:01:42.26 ASSYRIAN FROM MY DAD'S SIDE. 00:01:42.30\00:01:44.80 AND PRETTY MUCH WE GREW UP WITH FOUR LANGUAGES AT THE 00:01:44.83\00:01:48.04 HOUSE. 00:01:48.07\00:01:48.97 AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT YEARS LATER I WOULD BE 00:01:49.00\00:01:51.67 USING THESE SEMATIC LANGUAGES FARSI AND ARABIC 00:01:51.71\00:01:54.48 AND ARAMAIC IN GOD'S SERVICE. 00:01:54.51\00:01:57.58 AND SO IT HAS BEEN A VERY JOYFUL EXPERIENCE BEING 00:01:57.61\00:02:02.62 INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECTS ESPECIALLY WITH THE 00:02:02.65\00:02:05.62 SPONSORSHIP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:02:05.65\00:02:08.02 WE STARTED PRODUCING AND BROADCASTING TELEVISION 00:02:08.06\00:02:11.33 SHOWS IN PREDOMINATELY THE FARSI LANGUAGE AND THEN WE 00:02:11.36\00:02:14.83 ALSO ADDED ARMENIAN LANGUAGE FOR THE AREA OF 00:02:14.86\00:02:17.37 THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE YEARS 2008 UNTIL 2012. 00:02:17.40\00:02:22.30 WE WERE INVOLVED WITH OTHER NON-ADVENTIST 00:02:22.34\00:02:26.74 ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR BROADCASTS BECAUSE OF THE 00:02:26.78\00:02:29.24 FOOTPRINT BECAUSE OF THE COVERAGES THAT THEY HAD. 00:02:29.28\00:02:32.08 AND IN SPECIFIC WE WORKED WITH CBN CHRISTIAN 00:02:32.11\00:02:34.52 BROADCASTING NETWORK. 00:02:34.55\00:02:35.62 FANTASTIC. 00:02:35.65\00:02:36.89 AND FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS PAT ROBERTSON 00:02:36.92\00:02:40.72 SPONSORED OUR AIR TIME. 00:02:40.76\00:02:42.89 AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HIM AND HIS ORGANIZATION FOR 00:02:42.92\00:02:46.16 DOING IT ALL FOR FREE. 00:02:46.19\00:02:47.66 AND SOMETIMES WE WERE ON BETWEEN 12 TO 15 HOURS A 00:02:47.66\00:02:50.77 WEEK. 00:02:50.80\00:02:51.43 FANTASTIC. 00:02:51.47\00:02:53.07 WE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND 00:02:53.10\00:02:57.81 SOMETIMES I WOULD EVEN POST MY CELLPHONE NUMBER 00:02:57.84\00:03:01.21 ON THE LIVE SHOWS THAT WE WERE DOING SO THAT PEOPLE 00:03:01.24\00:03:04.21 WOULD BE TEXTING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:03:04.25\00:03:06.55 AND ONE OF THE STATISTICS, ONE OF THE RESEARCHES THAT 00:03:06.58\00:03:09.48 WE WERE INVOLVED WITH CBN. 00:03:09.52\00:03:11.09 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE HARD FACTS, HARD 00:03:11.12\00:03:13.89 NUMBERS AND STATISTICS FROM THAT REGION. 00:03:13.92\00:03:15.86 YES. 00:03:15.89\00:03:16.73 AND SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER CHRISTIAN 00:03:16.76\00:03:19.23 DENOMINATIONS JUST THE WAY THEY RELY ON US FOR THEIR 00:03:19.26\00:03:22.03 SPECIFICS. 00:03:22.06\00:03:22.86 YES BECAUSE TOGETHER WE ARE THE CHURCH. 00:03:22.90\00:03:24.17 EXACTLY. 00:03:24.20\00:03:25.93 AND THIS WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. 00:03:25.97\00:03:27.90 NEVER EVER TO TALK DOWN ON OTHER CHRISTIAN 00:03:27.94\00:03:30.91 DENOMINATIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOT ONLY THEY CAN BE 00:03:30.94\00:03:33.61 A BLESSING TO YOU, YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO THEM. 00:03:33.64\00:03:35.71 AND BY THIS THEY SHALL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES 00:03:35.74\00:03:38.01 IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 00:03:38.05\00:03:38.91 WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THESE 00:03:38.95\00:03:42.95 TELEVISION SHOWS WERE ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL 00:03:42.98\00:03:46.45 MUSLIMS. 00:03:46.49\00:03:47.39 AND GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WERE THESE TOPICS? 00:03:47.42\00:03:48.72 THE TOPICS WERE PRETTY MUCH I WOULD SAY STRAIGHT 00:03:48.76\00:03:52.86 FORWARD EVANGELISTIC APPROACH. 00:03:52.89\00:03:56.43 THE STORY OF JESUS. 00:03:56.46\00:03:58.27 THE PARABLES OF JESUS. 00:03:58.30\00:03:59.60 THE LIFE OF JESUS. 00:03:59.63\00:04:01.27 PROPHECIES. 00:04:01.30\00:04:02.00 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 00:04:02.04\00:04:03.37 WE DID THE ENTIRE BOOK OF DANIEL FOR FARSI 00:04:03.41\00:04:05.57 PRODUCTION AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 00:04:05.61\00:04:07.68 ONE TIME AFTER WE COMPLETED, I THINK IT WAS 00:04:07.71\00:04:10.61 34 PARTS THAT WE DID, A MUSLIM CLERIC, A RELIGIOUS 00:04:10.65\00:04:12.35 LEADER FROM ENGLAND, HE CALLED AND HE SAID I WANT 00:04:12.38\00:04:13.68 TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE SERIES FROM YOU. 00:04:13.72\00:04:15.02 REALLY. 00:04:15.05\00:04:15.62 AND TO ME IT WAS SURREAL. 00:04:15.65\00:04:16.55 YOU KNOW WE'RE SO USED TO BEING CONTACTED BY 00:04:16.58\00:04:17.59 ADVENTISTS AND COMMENTED BY ADVENTISTS AND I ASKED 00:04:17.62\00:04:19.02 HIM. 00:04:19.05\00:04:19.79 I SAID, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 00:04:19.82\00:04:24.79 WHAT PART OF THIS SERIES DID YOU FIND FASCINATING 00:04:34.37\00:04:38.97 OR INTERESTING THAT YOU COULD RELATE TO. 00:04:39.01\00:04:41.88 WHAT DID HE SAY? 00:04:41.91\00:04:42.74 HE SAID YOU ARE INTERPRETING THE BOOK OF 00:04:42.78\00:04:45.78 DANIEL JUST THE WAY WE SHIA MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND 00:04:45.81\00:04:49.35 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 00:04:49.38\00:04:50.55 REALLY. 00:04:50.59\00:04:51.52 AND IT TURNS OUT THAT PROPHET DANIEL IS ONE OF 00:04:51.55\00:04:55.66 THE MOST REVERED PROPHETS OF SHIA MUSLIMS. 00:04:55.69\00:04:58.96 UNFORTUNATELY NOT IN THE SUNNI ISLAM TRADITION BUT 00:04:58.99\00:05:02.83 IN SHIA ISLAM. 00:05:02.86\00:05:03.83 AND IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE THAT I FOUND OUT THAT IN 00:05:03.87\00:05:06.94 IRAN TODAY PERHAPS THE LARGEST SHRINE DEDICATED 00:05:06.97\00:05:12.17 TO THE FOUNDER OF SHIA ISLAM WHICH IS THE 00:05:12.21\00:05:14.78 SON-IN-LAW OF MUHAMMAD, ALI, IMAM ALI, HIS SHRINE 00:05:14.81\00:05:19.85 IN IRAN THE ARCH OVER THE SHRINE READS THIS IS A 00:05:19.88\00:05:26.39 QUOTE FROM ALI THE FOUNDER OF SHIA ISLAM ABOUT DANIEL 00:05:26.42\00:05:32.73 AND THE WRITING SAYS "HERE LIES ONE WHO RESPECTS AND 00:05:32.76\00:05:38.20 HONORS PROPHET DANIEL." 00:05:38.23\00:05:40.47 THAT'S HIS SHRINE, ALI'S SHRINE. 00:05:40.50\00:05:41.80 AND UNDERNEATH IT CONTINUES "WHOEVER HONORS 00:05:41.84\00:05:46.44 MY BROTHER DANIEL HE IS HONORING ME AND HE IS 00:05:46.47\00:05:49.74 HONORING THE MUSLIMS." 00:05:49.78\00:05:50.98 INTERESTING. 00:05:51.01\00:05:52.38 SO ISN'T THIS INCREDIBLE. 00:05:52.41\00:05:53.72 A SHIA MUSLIM HAS REVERENCE FOR DANIEL AND 00:05:53.75\00:05:58.62 THEY HAPPEN TO WATCH OUR PRODUCTION WHICH WAS 00:05:58.65\00:06:01.52 SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:06:01.56\00:06:03.76 THEY WATCH IT HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD IN EUROPE 00:06:03.79\00:06:06.83 AND THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE SERIES. 00:06:06.86\00:06:08.56 FANTASTIC. 00:06:08.60\00:06:09.60 AND THE QUESTION WAS WHAT MORE HE SAID DO YOU GUYS 00:06:09.63\00:06:12.83 HAVE THAT WE CAN OWN. 00:06:12.87\00:06:15.70 HOW DID YOU RESPOND? 00:06:15.74\00:06:18.11 MY RESPONSE WAS THIS. 00:06:18.14\00:06:20.51 I SAID THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK PHENOMENA IS VERY 00:06:20.54\00:06:24.51 FAMILIAR TO MUSLIMS. 00:06:24.55\00:06:25.55 AND AS SOON AS I MENTIONED I SAID WE IDENTIFY WITH 00:06:25.58\00:06:29.52 THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK. 00:06:29.55\00:06:31.52 HE SAID I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT 00:06:31.55\00:06:35.36 THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. 00:06:35.39\00:06:36.93 YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME SLOGANS, YOU DON'T HAVE 00:06:36.96\00:06:38.99 THE SAME YOU KNOW TERMINOLOGY AND 00:06:39.03\00:06:42.13 EVERYTHING, YOU DON'T REGURGITATE THE SAME 00:06:42.16\00:06:44.57 MESSAGE OVER AND OVER JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 00:06:44.60\00:06:47.04 AND HE TOUCHED UPON A LOT OF SUBJECTS BUT I DON'T 00:06:47.07\00:06:49.20 THINK IT'S SUITABLE TO TALK ABOUT NOW BUT HE SAID 00:06:49.24\00:06:52.41 WHAT WE ARE HEARING WE HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. 00:06:54.68\00:06:57.71 ANOTHER MUSLIM WOMAN CALLED AND I'M GOING TO 00:06:57.75\00:07:02.15 USE HER WORDS. 00:07:02.18\00:07:03.82 SHE HAD SEEN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. 00:07:03.85\00:07:06.15 SHE SAID IF YOU HAVE THIS MESSAGE AND IF YOU ARE 00:07:06.19\00:07:10.29 SITTING ON IT ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN 00:07:10.33\00:07:13.90 ACCOUNT TO THE ALMIGHTY. 00:07:13.93\00:07:16.10 SO WHAT HAS BOOSTED US IN THIS WORK YOU KNOW ON 00:07:16.13\00:07:20.74 MULTIPLE LEVELS IS THE RESPONSE, INCREDIBLE 00:07:20.77\00:07:24.04 RESPONSE OF MUSLIMS TO ADVENTISM. 00:07:24.07\00:07:25.71 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 00:07:25.74\00:07:27.71 ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I WAS ASKED BY THE SOUTHERN 00:07:27.74\00:07:31.21 CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE TO ATTEND A LUNCH/CONFERENCE 00:07:31.25\00:07:35.05 FOR CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS FROM ALL OVER 00:07:35.08\00:07:37.69 NORTH AMERICA THAT WAS GATHERING IN THE ISLAMIC 00:07:37.72\00:07:40.92 CENTER IN LOS ANGELES. 00:07:40.96\00:07:43.16 IT'S A HUGH MOSQUE, LIKE A CATHEDRAL. 00:07:43.19\00:07:47.13 THE MOSQUE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. 00:07:47.13\00:07:49.03 ONE IS THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. 00:07:49.06\00:07:50.73 OKAY. 00:07:50.77\00:07:51.47 THE OTHER ONE IS THE PRAYER ROOM. 00:07:51.50\00:07:52.77 OKAY. 00:07:52.80\00:07:53.30 SO I WALKED INTO THIS. 00:07:53.34\00:07:54.34 OF COURSE I WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY, I WALKED INTO 00:07:54.37\00:07:55.30 THE MOSQUE AND I NOTICED IN THE FELLOWSHIP AREA 00:07:55.34\00:07:56.77 BEFORE ME THERE WERE ALREADY OTHER CHRISTIAN 00:07:56.81\00:07:58.11 LEADERS. 00:07:58.14\00:07:59.14 EPISCOPALIAN, CATHOLICS, METHODISTS AND THE HOST OF 00:07:59.17\00:08:00.28 THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS THE IMAM WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT 00:08:00.31\00:08:01.54 OF THE MOSQUE. 00:08:01.58\00:08:06.65 AND HE NAME IS DR. JIHAD TURK. 00:08:17.36\00:08:20.13 HIS NAME IS JIHAD BUT HE'S FAR FROM ANYTHING VIOLENT. 00:08:20.16\00:08:23.80 PHENOMENAL GUY. 00:08:23.83\00:08:25.20 HE IS ALSO THE DEAN OF ISLAMIC STUDIES FOR 00:08:25.23\00:08:27.47 CLAREMONT UNIVERSITY, BAYAN CLAREMONT 00:08:27.50\00:08:29.74 UNIVERSITY. 00:08:29.77\00:08:30.44 INTERESTING. 00:08:30.47\00:08:31.47 HE IS GREETING THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE MOSQUE. 00:08:31.51\00:08:34.48 HE SHOOK MY HAND AND HE SAID. 00:08:34.51\00:08:36.24 BROTHER WHAT CHURCH DO YOU REPRESENT? 00:08:36.28\00:08:39.15 I SAID I'M A MINISTER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:08:39.18\00:08:41.55 CHURCH. 00:08:41.58\00:08:43.32 HE STARTED SQUEEZING MY HAND, HE PULLED ME OUT OF 00:08:43.35\00:08:44.89 THE LINE. 00:08:44.92\00:08:45.55 REALLY. 00:08:45.59\00:08:46.52 YOU KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR 00:08:46.55\00:08:47.59 MIND. 00:08:47.62\00:08:48.59 HE PULLS ME OUT OF THE LINE, HE COMES TO MY EAR, 00:08:48.62\00:08:49.46 AS WE ARE IN GOD'S PRESENCE RIGHT NOW, HE 00:08:49.49\00:08:50.93 CAME TO MY EAR AND HE SAID YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I DON'T 00:08:50.96\00:08:56.00 KNOW YOU BUT MY NAME IS DR. JIHAD TURK, I'M THE 00:08:58.83\00:09:02.50 IMAM OF PRESIDING IMAM TODAY IN THIS PROGRAM. 00:09:02.54\00:09:05.97 I'VE READ THE BIBLE COVER TO COVER. 00:09:06.01\00:09:08.08 I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS A SINGLE PASSAGE THAT SAYS 00:09:09.88\00:09:13.68 CHRISTIANS SHOULD HONOR SUNDAY. 00:09:13.72\00:09:15.88 HE SAID THIS TO YOU? 00:09:15.92\00:09:17.49 BUT I HAVE COME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF STATEMENTS ON 00:09:17.52\00:09:21.96 SABBATH, SEVENTH DAY, THE LORDS DAY AND IT'S ALL IN 00:09:21.99\00:09:27.40 THE CONTEXT OF SACREDNESS AND HOLINESS. 00:09:27.40\00:09:29.80 AND I'M THINKING WHERE IS HE GOING WITH THIS YOU 00:09:29.83\00:09:31.67 KNOW. 00:09:31.70\00:09:32.60 AND ALL THE COMMOTION GOING ON. 00:09:32.63\00:09:33.84 AND HE SAID IT'S ONLY YOU GUYS THAT DO WHAT THIS 00:09:33.87\00:09:38.21 BOOK SAYS. 00:09:38.24\00:09:38.87 WHY DON'T THE REST OF THEM. 00:09:38.91\00:09:44.01 INTERESTING. 00:09:44.05\00:09:45.08 AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF YOU KNOW WE ANTICIPATE OUR 00:09:45.11\00:09:48.75 AFFIRMATION TO COME FROM SOMEWHAT OF CHRISTIAN 00:09:48.78\00:09:51.85 BACKGROUND AND HERE THIS IS A MUSLIM RELIGIOUS 00:09:51.89\00:09:54.96 LEADER WHO HAS READ THE BIBLE ON HIS OWN TERMS. 00:09:54.99\00:09:58.53 HE DOESN'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM AND HE IS EXPRESSING 00:09:58.56\00:10:02.20 HIS UNDERSTANDING. 00:10:02.23\00:10:03.93 AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS THIS REALIZATION, THE 00:10:03.97\00:10:07.64 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK ARE THE VERY ONES THAT DO WHAT THE 00:10:07.67\00:10:11.17 BIBLE SAYS IRRESPECTIVE OF TITLE. 00:10:11.21\00:10:14.18 EXACTLY. 00:10:14.21\00:10:15.24 SO IS THAT HOW THEY REFER TO THE BIBLE AS THE BOOK? 00:10:15.28\00:10:18.68 THE BOOK, KITAB IN ARABIC IS CONSISTING OF THREE 00:10:18.71\00:10:23.75 PORTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE KORAN YOU READ THE 00:10:23.79\00:10:26.45 WHOLE MUSLIM KORAN YOU COME WITH THREE SECTIONS. 00:10:26.49\00:10:29.59 TAWRAH WHICH IS THE TORAH, ZABOOR WHICH IS THE PSALMS 00:10:29.62\00:10:33.36 AND THE INJIL WHICH IS THE NEW TESTAMENT. 00:10:33.40\00:10:35.76 INTERESTING. 00:10:35.80\00:10:37.83 MUSLIMS LOOK AT THE BIBLE FROM THOSE THREE 00:10:37.87\00:10:40.74 PERSPECTIVES. 00:10:40.77\00:10:41.74 WHAT MOSES WROTE, WHAT DAVID WROTE AND WHAT JESUS 00:10:41.77\00:10:44.51 BROUGHT. 00:10:44.54\00:10:45.67 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK IS 00:10:45.71\00:10:47.68 THIS. 00:10:47.71\00:10:49.64 IN THE VERY BOOK OF KORAN, THE MUSLIM HOLY BOOK, 00:10:49.68\00:10:54.75 THERE ARE PASSAGES, NUMEROUS PASSAGES THAT 00:10:54.78\00:10:58.59 TALK ABOUT THIS UNIQUE GROUP OF CHRISTIANS THAT 00:10:58.62\00:11:02.16 DON'T FOLLOW IDOL WORSHIP, AND CHRISTIANITY WAS 00:11:04.13\00:11:07.66 STEEPED INTO IDOL WORSHIP AT THE TIME OF MOHAMMAD. 00:11:07.73\00:11:11.43 THEY TALK ABOUT THE END TIMES. 00:11:11.47\00:11:13.70 THEY STILL OBEY GOD. 00:11:13.74\00:11:14.97 THEY DO WHAT GOD SAYS DO. 00:11:15.00\00:11:17.27 THEY WON'T DO WHAT GOD SAYS DON'T. 00:11:17.31\00:11:19.44 THESE ARE AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS. 00:11:19.47\00:11:20.98 THE KORAN ADMONISHES 1.7 BILLION MUSLIMS TO TALK TO 00:11:21.01\00:11:26.11 THEM IN TIME OF DOUBT AND CONFUSION. 00:11:26.15\00:11:29.55 THE WORLD OF ISLAM HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IN TIME OF 00:11:29.58\00:11:31.99 CONFUSION AND DOUBT. 00:11:32.02\00:11:32.85 YES. 00:11:32.89\00:11:34.36 ARE WE NEEDED OUT THERE? 00:11:34.39\00:11:35.32 YES. 00:11:35.36\00:11:36.22 AND SO I'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SOME OF 00:11:36.26\00:11:38.06 OUR CHURCHES IN THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION. 00:11:38.09\00:11:40.66 YOU KNOW THAT NEON SIGN THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF 00:11:40.70\00:11:42.63 OUR CHURCHES ON THE STREETS? 00:11:42.66\00:11:43.80 I'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION. 00:11:43.83\00:11:46.13 I SAID SOMEWHERE ON THE SIGN OR CLOSE TO IT 00:11:46.17\00:11:49.07 SOMEWHERE AROUND IT, WHY DON'T YOU INCLUDE "COME 00:11:49.10\00:11:52.34 WORSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK." 00:11:52.37\00:11:54.24 OH THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 00:11:54.28\00:11:55.58 SO WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN. 00:11:55.61\00:11:57.15 AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. 00:11:57.18\00:11:59.25 SOME PASTORS SAID WE WILL DO IT. 00:11:59.28\00:12:01.12 THIS IS EXCELLENT. 00:12:01.15\00:12:01.92 WE WANT TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION. 00:12:01.95\00:12:03.35 IN OTHER WORDS ADVENTISTS HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO 00:12:03.39\00:12:06.82 THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY THAT GOD IS PROVIDENTIALLY 00:12:06.86\00:12:09.36 BRINGING TO AMERICA ALSO. 00:12:09.39\00:12:11.13 YOU KNOW A LOT OF ADVENTISTS UNFORTUNATELY 00:12:11.16\00:12:14.83 BEING EFFECTED AND INFLUENCED BY THE MEDIA 00:12:14.86\00:12:17.53 AND THE RHETORIC THAT IS GOING ON, THEY NEED TO 00:12:17.57\00:12:20.77 EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD IT BE THAT 00:12:20.80\00:12:23.57 ACCORDING TO ELLEN WHITE OVER A HUNDRED AND 00:12:23.61\00:12:25.74 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO IN HER BOOK DESIRE OF AGES 00:12:25.77\00:12:28.34 SHE SAID GOD PROVIDENTIALLY ALLOWS ALL 00:12:28.38\00:12:31.38 THESE FOREIGNERS TO COME TO AMERICA. 00:12:31.41\00:12:34.28 THAT INCLUDES ME. 00:12:34.32\00:12:35.52 I HEARD THE ADVENT MESSAGE AND I UNDERSTOOD THE 00:12:35.55\00:12:38.02 ADVENT MESSAGE FROM AN ADVENTIST DENTIST IN 00:12:38.05\00:12:40.52 AMERICA. 00:12:40.56\00:12:41.36 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:12:41.39\00:12:42.42 SO THAT SHE SAYS WHEN THEY HEAR THE MESSAGE OF TRUTH 00:12:42.46\00:12:47.03 IN FREEDOM FROM GOD'S PEOPLE THEY IN TURN WILL 00:12:47.10\00:12:50.33 TRANSFER IT BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. 00:12:50.37\00:12:53.44 AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL WHEN GOD GIVES US THE HOOK 00:12:53.47\00:12:56.67 AND WE HOOK ON AND WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT GOD 00:12:56.71\00:12:59.74 GIVES US. 00:12:59.77\00:13:00.71 AND IF YOUR EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT GERALD IS 00:13:00.74\00:13:02.84 SHARING HERE TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE 00:13:02.88\00:13:04.85 YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:13:04.88\00:13:07.35 WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN 00:13:07.38\00:13:09.32 DO JUST THAT. 00:13:09.35\00:13:10.19 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:13:10.22\00:13:16.09 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:13:16.12\00:13:19.76 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:13:19.79\00:13:22.33 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:13:22.36\00:13:24.93 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:13:24.97\00:13:28.04 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:13:28.07\00:13:31.14 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:13:31.17\00:13:32.67 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:13:32.71\00:13:35.28 I GIVE UP. 00:13:35.31\00:13:36.81 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:13:36.85\00:13:39.41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:13:39.45\00:13:41.98 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:13:42.02\00:13:45.09 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:13:45.12\00:13:50.29 WHERE? 00:13:50.33\00:13:50.96 ALL THE WORLD. 00:13:50.99\00:13:52.36 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:13:52.39\00:13:55.93 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:13:55.96\00:13:57.50 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:13:57.53\00:14:00.14 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:14:00.17\00:14:02.20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:14:02.24\00:14:06.78 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 00:14:06.81\00:14:09.18 MEANING. 00:14:09.21\00:14:09.98 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:14:10.01\00:14:13.78 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:13.82\00:14:15.52 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:14:15.55\00:14:17.25 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:17.29\00:14:18.99 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:19.02\00:14:20.72 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:20.76\00:14:22.56 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 00:14:22.59\00:14:24.36 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:24.39\00:14:25.39 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE WHICH 00:14:25.43\00:14:27.23 IS GOAIM.ORG. 00:14:27.23\00:14:30.07 WE'RE ALSO ON FACEBOOK. 00:14:30.10\00:14:31.37 GO AND "LIKE" OUR PAGE AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE 00:14:31.40\00:14:34.97 YOU TO GET ONTO OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. 00:14:35.00\00:14:37.71 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND 00:14:37.74\00:14:40.24 TO YOU. 00:14:40.28\00:14:41.14 WE HAVE IT, IT CAN COME U.S. 00:14:41.18\00:14:43.21 POSTAL SERVICE TO YOUR MAILBOX AND WE ALSO HAVE 00:14:43.24\00:14:46.38 AN EMAIL NEWSLETTER WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND TO 00:14:46.41\00:14:48.95 YOU AS WELL AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ALL OF THOSE 00:14:48.98\00:14:51.19 ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG. 00:14:51.22\00:14:55.79 SO WE'RE TALKING HERE WITH GERALD AND TALKING ABOUT 00:14:55.82\00:14:58.36 SOME EXCITING THINGS IN THE MUSLIM AREA AND HOW 00:14:58.39\00:15:02.20 PEOPLE ARE JUST INTERESTED GERALD. 00:15:02.23\00:15:05.27 NOT ONLY THEY ARE INTERESTED BUT THEY ARE 00:15:05.30\00:15:07.67 RESPONSIVE. 00:15:07.70\00:15:08.67 THEY ARE RECEPTIVE AND SOME OF THE REACTIONS THAT 00:15:08.70\00:15:12.57 WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM MUSLIM VIEWERS, IN FACT 00:15:12.61\00:15:14.78 THEY HAVE MINISTERED TO US. 00:15:14.81\00:15:16.64 FANTASTIC. 00:15:16.68\00:15:17.68 IN THE YEAR 2010 AND 2011, THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE 00:15:17.71\00:15:24.52 WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STATISTIC, A 00:15:24.55\00:15:28.76 NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS 00:15:28.79\00:15:31.53 DID A COVERT RESEARCH STATISTIC TO KNOW WHAT THE 00:15:31.56\00:15:36.23 EFFECTS OF THESE TELEVISION PROGRAMS ARE. 00:15:36.26\00:15:39.77 YES THEY ARE BROADCASTED , THEY ARE RECEIVABLE BUT WE 00:15:39.80\00:15:41.84 WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAS IT RESULTED INTO. 00:15:41.87\00:15:44.91 DO PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION, DO THEY ACCEPT CHRIST AS 00:15:44.94\00:15:48.24 THEIR SAVIOR. 00:15:48.28\00:15:49.21 JUST SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 00:15:49.24\00:15:52.58 SURE. 00:15:52.61\00:15:53.62 WE FOUND OUT THAT IN THE YEAR 2010 AND 2011 JUST IN 00:15:53.65\00:15:57.62 THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE CENTER 00:15:57.65\00:16:01.36 OF CONTROVERSY NOWADAYS, OVER 874 THOUSAND IRANIAN 00:16:01.39\00:16:06.46 MUSLIMS ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR JUST BY 00:16:09.86\00:16:13.34 WATCHING SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMS. 00:16:13.37\00:16:15.14 REALLY. 00:16:15.17\00:16:16.17 NOW THAT YEAR WE WERE ON THOSE NETWORKS, WITH YOUR 00:16:16.20\00:16:20.48 PROGRAMS, ABOUT 15 HOURS A WEEK. 00:16:20.51\00:16:23.31 OKAY, SO YOU DO THE MATH. 00:16:23.35\00:16:24.88 HOW MUCH OF IT WAS GOD USING FROM THE PROGRAMS 00:16:24.91\00:16:29.22 THAT WERE SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH GIVE OR 00:16:29.25\00:16:31.59 TAKE BETWEEN 12 AND 15 HOURS A WEEK. 00:16:31.62\00:16:34.49 THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH OF THIS WAS AS A 00:16:34.52\00:16:38.46 RESULT OF THE WORKS THAT WE PRODUCED. 00:16:38.49\00:16:41.03 AND WE NEED TO KNOW AND THIS IS A REMINDER FOR OUR 00:16:41.06\00:16:45.43 VIEWERS, MEDIA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE EXTREMELY 00:16:45.47\00:16:49.84 POWERFUL TOOLS THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THAT REGION 00:16:49.87\00:16:54.21 OF THE WORLD. 00:16:54.24\00:16:55.21 UNFORTUNATELY TO THE AGONY OF OUR SOULS SATAN IS 00:16:55.24\00:16:58.95 USING MEDIA IN SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED WAY. 00:16:58.98\00:17:02.92 NOW MY QUESTION TO OUR VIEWERS AND TO US IS IF 00:17:02.95\00:17:05.55 SATAN CAN USE MEDIA TO THAT EXTENT CAN'T GOD USE 00:17:05.59\00:17:08.79 IT EVEN MORE? 00:17:08.82\00:17:09.32 EVEN MORE ABSOLUTELY. 00:17:09.36\00:17:10.66 YOU SEE. 00:17:10.69\00:17:11.66 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT 00:17:11.69\00:17:13.13 NOW IS TO PRODUCE THE 28 BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL 00:17:13.16\00:17:18.73 BELIEFS OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN MUSLIM FORMAT. 00:17:18.77\00:17:22.67 OKAY SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:17:22.70\00:17:24.41 MUSLIMS RESONATE WITH 20 OF THE 28 ADVENTIST 00:17:24.44\00:17:29.31 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS STRONGLY. 00:17:29.34\00:17:32.88 BUT THE REST OF EVANGELICAL AMERICA ONLY 00:17:32.91\00:17:35.68 SHARES 13 OF THEM AND THIS IS THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE. 00:17:35.72\00:17:39.59 SO MUSLIMS CAN RELATE AND THEY CAN LATCH ON TO 20 00:17:39.62\00:17:46.19 OUT OF 28 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS. 00:17:46.23\00:17:48.00 WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? 00:17:48.03\00:17:48.96 A LOT. 00:17:49.00\00:17:49.63 THAT'S A LOT RIGHT. 00:17:49.66\00:17:50.37 IT'S ALMOST 80 PERCENT. 00:17:50.40\00:17:51.77 SO ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US IS THAT HAS PROMPTED US 00:17:51.80\00:17:55.57 TO PRODUCE THE WHOLE IDEA THE WHOLE PARAMETER OF THE 00:17:55.60\00:17:59.47 ADVENTIST UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE BIBLE IN MUSLIM 00:17:59.51\00:18:02.18 FORMAT. 00:18:02.21\00:18:03.48 AND WHAT WE DO, WE DON'T TRY TO COMPROMISE ANYWHERE 00:18:03.51\00:18:09.32 IN BETWEEN. 00:18:09.35\00:18:10.29 WE USE THE BIBLE, WE USE THE KORAN, THE ISLAMIC 00:18:10.32\00:18:13.32 HOLY BOOK, TO BRING THESE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS IN 00:18:13.36\00:18:17.39 SUCH A LIGHT THAT MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE 00:18:17.43\00:18:20.96 WITH OUR VIEWERS TO OUR WEBSITES AND THOSE WHO 00:18:20.96\00:18:24.50 TRAFFIC ON OUR INSTAGRAM AND TELEGRAM NETWORKS, AS 00:18:24.53\00:18:28.07 SOON AS THEY FIND OUT THAT YOU DON'T EAT PORK, YOU 00:18:28.10\00:18:32.94 DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL, YOU DON'T SMOKE. 00:18:32.97\00:18:35.68 ONE MUSLIM MAN TOLD ME IF WHAT GOES IN YOUR MOUTH AS 00:18:35.71\00:18:38.68 CLEAN THEREFORE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT IS WORTH 00:18:38.71\00:18:41.15 LISTENING TO. 00:18:41.18\00:18:42.05 OH, THERE YOU GO. 00:18:42.08\00:18:42.82 THAT'S TRUE REGARDLESS. 00:18:42.85\00:18:44.22 YES. 00:18:44.25\00:18:45.25 SEE WOULD YOU SAY THAT GOD HAS UNIQUELY POSITIONED 00:18:45.29\00:18:49.06 THIS MOVEMENT. 00:18:49.09\00:18:50.03 AND I LOOK AT MOVEMENT. 00:18:50.06\00:18:52.43 I'M NOT HUNG UP ON TERMINOLOGIES AND TITLES 00:18:52.46\00:18:56.70 YOU KNOW. 00:18:56.73\00:18:57.67 GOD SEES THE HEARTS, GOD DEALS WITH THE HEART. 00:18:57.70\00:19:02.24 NOW YOU TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM ISLAM 00:19:02.27\00:19:07.48 FROM A MUSLIM BACKGROUND AND THEY HAVE COME TO THE 00:19:07.51\00:19:11.08 TRUTH OF THE BIBLE AND IF THEY HAVE ACCEPTED IT AND 00:19:11.11\00:19:14.55 ARE LIVING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THAT THEY HAVE 00:19:14.58\00:19:16.45 DO I HAVE ANY REASON TO BLOCK THAT AND TO HINDER 00:19:16.48\00:19:20.99 THAT OR TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, NO YOU GOT TO DO IT 00:19:21.02\00:19:24.36 THIS WAY, YOU GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY, YOU GOT TO DO 00:19:24.39\00:19:25.73 IT, WHO AM I. 00:19:25.76\00:19:26.80 YOU KNOW WHEN PETER WAS IN THE HOME OF CORNELIUS YOU 00:19:26.83\00:19:29.66 KNOW WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THOSE PAGANS IN 00:19:29.70\00:19:32.97 THAT HOUSE, WHEN HE CAME BACK TO JERUSALEM YOU KNOW 00:19:33.00\00:19:35.74 THE DISCIPLES, I MEAN THEY WERE TROUBLED. 00:19:35.77\00:19:38.47 YOU KNOW HOW DARE YOU WALK INTO A GENTILE HOME. 00:19:38.51\00:19:41.61 HE JUST TOLD THEM EVERYTHING THAT HAD 00:19:41.64\00:19:44.18 HAPPENED AND AT THE END HE SAID I SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:19:44.21\00:19:46.82 FALL ON THEM JUST THE WAY IT FELL ON US AT THE 00:19:46.85\00:19:49.82 BEGINNING. 00:19:49.85\00:19:50.79 WHO WAS I TO STOP THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:19:50.82\00:19:52.85 PREACH IT GERALD. 00:19:52.89\00:19:53.89 WE WANT TO BE IN STEP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WE DON'T 00:19:53.92\00:19:57.13 WANT TO RE-INVENT THE WHEEL. 00:19:57.16\00:19:58.73 IT'S BEEN INVENTED. 00:19:58.76\00:19:59.56 AND GOD'S THE JUDGE, HE SEES THE HEART. 00:19:59.59\00:20:02.56 THAT'S IT. 00:20:02.60\00:20:03.63 AND SO WHEN I CAME ACROSS SO MUCH OF THIS YOU KNOW, 00:20:03.67\00:20:06.43 SO MUCH REACTIONS FROM THE MUSLIM VIEWERS IN MANY 00:20:06.47\00:20:09.67 RESPECTS I WOULD KEEP SHUT AND THEY WILL BE TALKING 00:20:09.70\00:20:13.44 AND MINISTERING TO ME YOU KNOW. 00:20:13.48\00:20:15.24 ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN IN ISLAM. 00:20:15.28\00:20:17.75 REALLY, WHY'S THAT. 00:20:17.78\00:20:18.75 AND THE WOMEN, LET ME ALSO DEVELOP THIS, AND THE 00:20:18.78\00:20:20.75 WOMEN IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THEY HAVE HUGE HUGE 00:20:20.78\00:20:25.99 BONDING POINTS. 00:20:26.02\00:20:27.02 MUSLIM WOMEN LOVE IT WHEN CHRISTIAN WOMEN PRAY FOR 00:20:27.06\00:20:31.76 THEM. 00:20:31.79\00:20:32.43 THEY DO. 00:20:32.46\00:20:33.63 THEY ARE VERY, THEY SET THE THERMOMETER, THEY SET 00:20:33.66\00:20:37.40 THE, THEY ARE THE, HOW SHOULD I SAY THIS, THEY 00:20:37.43\00:20:41.97 ARE THE UNDER GIRDING ELEMENT IN THE MUSLIM 00:20:42.00\00:20:45.64 HOME. 00:20:45.67\00:20:46.64 EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THE MUSLIM MAN MIGHT BE 00:20:46.68\00:20:48.44 THE HEAD, BUT THE MUSLIM WOMAN IS THE NECK YOU SEE. 00:20:48.48\00:20:52.38 SO THIS WHOLE, THE GAUGING AND THE TEMPERATURE, THE 00:20:52.41\00:20:56.12 SPIRITUAL TEMPERATURE OF A MUSLIM HOME IS PRETTY MUCH 00:20:56.15\00:20:58.45 DECIDED BY THE WOMEN. 00:20:58.49\00:21:00.29 AND I ENCOURAGE MUSLIM WOMEN TO TAKE THIS REALLY 00:21:00.32\00:21:04.93 REALLY SERIOUSLY. 00:21:04.96\00:21:05.89 YOU KNOW, A MUSLIM MAN WILL TRUST ANYONE IF HIS 00:21:05.93\00:21:10.80 WIFE TRUSTS THAT ANYONE. 00:21:10.83\00:21:12.80 INTERESTING. 00:21:12.83\00:21:13.87 IF SHE DOESN'T TRUST THAT ANYONE THE DOOR IS LOCKED 00:21:13.90\00:21:17.84 YOU SEE. 00:21:17.87\00:21:18.81 BUT ONCE THEY COME ACROSS ADVENTIST WOMEN THEY 00:21:18.84\00:21:22.94 NOTICE YOU KNOW THE MODESTY. 00:21:22.98\00:21:24.41 THEY NOTICE THAT THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE SIMPLER AND 00:21:24.45\00:21:28.78 SOCIABLE AND RELATABLE RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY 00:21:28.82\00:21:32.95 AROUND AND SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN MANY MANY 00:21:32.99\00:21:36.89 INSTANCES ADVENTIST WOMEN'S CONNECTION WITH 00:21:36.93\00:21:40.50 THE MUSLIM FAMILY HAS LED THEM INTO DECISION MAKING. 00:21:40.53\00:21:44.23 SO THAT'S A QUESTION THEN FOR YOU AS A CHRISTIAN WHO 00:21:44.27\00:21:47.54 PERHAPS NOTICES THAT THERE IS A MUSLIM WOMAN, MAN, 00:21:47.57\00:21:51.14 FAMILY OR WHATEVER THAT HAS MOVED TO THEIR 00:21:51.17\00:21:54.34 COMMUNITY AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES WE NOTICE. 00:21:54.38\00:21:57.55 BASICALLY YOU CAN OFTEN TELL BECAUSE OF HOW THEY 00:21:57.58\00:22:01.22 ARE DRESSED. 00:22:01.25\00:22:02.25 SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS AND GIVE US SOME 00:22:02.28\00:22:04.59 IDEAS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH 00:22:04.62\00:22:07.26 SOMEONE AND WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR PEOPLE. 00:22:07.29\00:22:09.79 VERY GOOD. 00:22:09.82\00:22:10.83 FIRST OF ALL EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT 00:22:10.86\00:22:14.46 PASSE FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OR THE WESTERN 00:22:14.46\00:22:16.80 SOCIETY, GENDER SENSITIVITY IS EXTREMELY 00:22:16.83\00:22:19.20 IMPORTANT WITH MUSLIMS. 00:22:19.23\00:22:20.77 SO OFF THE BAT WOMEN SHOULD GREET OR SHAKE THE 00:22:20.80\00:22:26.91 HAND OR HUG MUSLIM WOMEN AND THE MEN LIKEWISE. 00:22:26.94\00:22:31.35 SO BE AWARE OF THE GENDER SENSITIVITY BECAUSE 00:22:31.38\00:22:35.28 SOMETIMES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IF THIS IS NOT, 00:22:35.32\00:22:36.62 IN MY OPINION FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THIS IS IS 00:22:36.65\00:22:38.69 NOT CONSIDERED EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF FALLS FLAT. 00:22:38.72\00:22:41.46 IRRELEVANT. 00:22:41.49\00:22:42.46 OKAY AND IT SHOWS A MUSLIM THAT YOU KNOW YOU CARE 00:22:42.49\00:22:43.39 ENOUGH THAT YOU ARE SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO SOME 00:22:43.43\00:22:44.83 OF THESE DETAILS. 00:22:44.86\00:22:45.63 AND IT GOES A LONG WAY WITH MUSLIMS. 00:22:45.66\00:22:46.83 A MUSLIM FAMILY CAN FREELY WITHOUT QUESTIONS OF 00:22:46.86\00:22:49.60 CONSCIENCE EAT AT THE TABLE OF AN ADVENTIST HOME 00:22:49.63\00:22:50.93 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FOOD IS CLEAN. 00:22:50.97\00:22:52.30 IT'S KOSHER AND THERE'S NO PORK. 00:22:52.33\00:22:53.64 AND THE WHOLE POINT IS IT CAN BE RECIPROCATED. 00:22:53.67\00:22:54.97 ADVENTISTS CAN SIT AT A MUSLIM TABLE EVEN AT A 00:22:55.00\00:22:56.30 RESTAURANT AND REST AT PEACE THAT THEY ARE EATING 00:22:56.34\00:23:01.48 CLEAN. 00:23:05.11\00:23:08.32 OKAY. 00:23:08.35\00:23:11.52 YOU CAN EAT YOU CAN DINE WITH A MUSLIM FAMILY, IN 00:23:11.55\00:23:16.62 MY OPINION, THAT IS HALF THE WHOLE JOURNEY BECAUSE 00:23:24.13\00:23:30.37 IF YOU CREATE THAT AURA, IF YOU CREATE THAT CLIMATE 00:23:30.41\00:23:33.31 THAT YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH TRUST RELATIONSHIP, 00:23:33.34\00:23:36.11 RESPECT RELATIONSHIP, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO EAT AT 00:23:36.14\00:23:39.55 EACH OTHER'S TABLE YOU KNOW. 00:23:39.58\00:23:41.18 IN MY OPINION THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE CULTIVATED BY 00:23:41.22\00:23:44.25 THE ADVENTIST COMMUNITY YOU KNOW. 00:23:44.29\00:23:46.22 WE ADVENTISTS WE LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING WITH 00:23:46.25\00:23:49.52 ADVENTISTS. 00:23:49.56\00:23:50.53 WE LOVE TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH ADVENTISTS, CHURCH 00:23:50.56\00:23:52.69 WITH ADVENTISTS AND ALL. 00:23:52.73\00:23:53.86 I ENCOURAGE, I ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO TAKE 00:23:53.90\00:23:56.50 ADVANTAGE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 00:23:56.53\00:23:58.47 GOD IS A REDEMPTIVE GOD. 00:23:58.50\00:24:00.44 THE WORK THAT HE IS DOING AMONG THE NATIONS IS 00:24:00.47\00:24:03.04 ALWAYS BASED ON HIS REDEMPTIVE CAPABILITIES 00:24:03.07\00:24:05.27 AND CHARACTERISTICS. 00:24:05.31\00:24:06.51 ABSOLUTELY. 00:24:06.54\00:24:07.48 WHAT HE HAS DONE HE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL 00:24:07.51\00:24:10.81 THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE 00:24:10.85\00:24:12.91 EAST. 00:24:12.95\00:24:13.82 THE CHAOS, THE SAVAGERY, THE BRUTALITY, THE 00:24:13.85\00:24:16.28 HEARTACHE THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED THERE. 00:24:16.32\00:24:18.99 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IF THEY COME TO AMERICA OR IF 00:24:19.02\00:24:22.29 THEY COME TO A WESTERN WORLD THERE IS A HOME, AN 00:24:22.32\00:24:25.06 ADVENTIST HOME THAT CAN REALLY REALLY EMBRACE THEM 00:24:25.09\00:24:30.50 AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT GOD FROM ETERNITY PAST HAS 00:24:30.53\00:24:34.74 PUT IN PLACE ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND HIS 00:24:34.77\00:24:37.74 FOOTPRINTS AND WALK IN THOSE FOOTPRINTS. 00:24:37.77\00:24:40.01 AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:24:40.04\00:24:41.48 WELL THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT 00:24:41.51\00:24:43.04 THE MEALS, THINK ABOUT IN THE BIBLE OF HOW MANY 00:24:43.08\00:24:45.35 TIMES THERE'S A MEAL SHARED OR THERE'S A 00:24:45.38\00:24:47.62 CELEBRATION OR JESUS WAS EATING SOMEWHERE. 00:24:47.65\00:24:51.29 AND A PASTOR ASKED WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD 00:24:51.32\00:24:55.26 YOUR NEIGHBORS IN TO SHARE A MEAL. 00:24:55.29\00:24:57.26 AND THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW 00:24:57.29\00:25:01.46 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSLIMS AND ADVENTISTS BUT 00:25:01.50\00:25:03.67 JUST THINK ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU. 00:25:03.70\00:25:06.30 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD THEM IN FOR ANY KIND 00:25:06.33\00:25:08.50 OF A MEAL. 00:25:08.54\00:25:09.04 THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. 00:25:09.07\00:25:10.07 SO GERALD I CAN TELL THAT THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO 00:25:10.11\00:25:12.54 YOU AND WHAT, WHAT IS JUST THE NEATEST THING ABOUT 00:25:12.57\00:25:16.58 WHAT YOU DO AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. 00:25:16.61\00:25:21.08 BY AND LARGE WE ARE HEAVILY INCLINED TO 00:25:21.12\00:25:26.02 UTILIZE ALL FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY IN MASS 00:25:26.05\00:25:29.49 COMMUNICATIONS. 00:25:29.52\00:25:30.69 AND WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS RESPONSE 00:25:30.73\00:25:33.73 BECAUSE ISLAM BY AND LARGE IS A YOUNG RELIGION. 00:25:33.76\00:25:36.50 THE MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON THE AVERAGE 00:25:36.53\00:25:37.83 SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE MIDDLE 00:25:37.87\00:25:39.20 EAST IS BELOW THE AGE OF THIRTY. 00:25:39.23\00:25:40.54 AND A THIRTY YEAR-OLD NEEDS TO BE APPROACHED YOU 00:25:40.57\00:25:41.87 KNOW WITH THE MEANS AND THE WAY THAT THEY 00:25:41.90\00:25:43.20 COMMUNICATE TOWARD EACH OTHER TODAY. 00:25:43.24\00:25:44.54 AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN IT ALL THE WAY FROM WE COVER 00:25:44.57\00:25:45.87 ALL THE WAY FROM SATELLITE BROADCASTING INTO THE 00:25:45.91\00:25:47.24 MOBILE APPS AND THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN 00:25:47.28\00:25:48.58 THE POCKET. 00:25:48.61\00:25:49.58 AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP OUR PRESENCE IN THE 00:25:49.61\00:25:50.58 MEDIA ESPECIALLY IN THE SATELLITE AIRWAVES THAT 00:25:50.61\00:25:51.91 INTRODUCES THEM TO ALL THESE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL 00:25:51.95\00:25:55.32 NETWORKING. 00:25:55.35\00:25:56.35 AND SO AND I THINK ONE OF, ONE OF THE REQUESTS, ONE 00:25:56.38\00:25:59.35 OF THE APPEALS WOULD BE FOR OUR VIEWERS TO 00:25:59.39\00:26:00.76 UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS TIME AROUND IS REVERSED 00:26:00.79\00:26:02.09 FROM WHAT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. 00:26:02.12\00:26:03.43 FIVE YEARS AGO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPED US IN 00:26:03.46\00:26:08.60 PRODUCING AND THEN WE HAD TO COME UP WITH THE 00:26:08.63\00:26:13.70 EXPENSES OF AIR TIME. 00:26:27.62\00:26:28.92 THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT. 00:26:28.95\00:26:30.19 WE ARE PRODUCING THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS, WE 00:26:30.22\00:26:32.19 NEED ASSISTANCE FOR THE AIRTIME EXPENSES. 00:26:32.22\00:26:34.72 WOW. 00:26:34.76\00:26:35.69 THANK YOU GERALD AND WE WILL MAKE THAT APPEAL. 00:26:35.72\00:26:37.56 YOU'VE HEARD GERALD AND WE THANK YOU GERALD FOR BEING 00:26:37.59\00:26:40.60 HERE TODAY. 00:26:40.63\00:26:41.60 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WE WOULD LOVE 00:26:41.63\00:26:44.03 FOR YOU TO PRAY, PRAY FOR THIS WORK AND PRAY FOR 00:26:44.07\00:26:47.10 GERALD AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO GIVE IF THAT IS 00:26:47.14\00:26:50.47 WHAT THE LORD IS CALLING YOU TO DO AND WE THANK YOU 00:26:50.51\00:26:52.07 FOR THAT. 00:26:52.11\00:26:53.07 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE VERY EXCITING 00:26:53.11\00:26:54.04 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:26:54.08\00:26:56.34 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 00:26:56.38\00:26:57.91 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:26:57.95\00:27:03.08