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Series Code: AIM
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00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IT IS ALWAYS A 00:19 PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. 00:20 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WE 00:23 GO TO AN AREA OF THE WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:26 AND IT IS AN EXCITING PLACE. 00:29 THERE IS A LOT GOING ON THERE AND THERE ARE A LOT 00:32 OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND THAT'S THE 00:34 CONCENTRATION OF GOSPEL OUTREACHES WORK AS 00:37 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:39 WORKERS AS TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA 00:42 OF THE WORLD. 00:43 IN MATTHEW 24:14 WE'RE TOLD AND THIS GOSPEL OF 00:48 THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE 00:50 WORLD AS A TESTIMONY TO ALL NATIONS AND THEN THE 00:54 END WILL COME. 00:56 AND TODAY WE HAVE GERALD BABANEZHAD WITH US AND WE 01:01 ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE GERALD. 01:02 HOW ARE YOU? 01:03 I'M GOOD. 01:04 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 01:05 I APPRECIATE IT. 01:06 WELL IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 01:08 HELPING ME SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY. 01:10 SURE. 01:11 IT'S GOT ME IN A LOT OF TROUBLE IN THE PAST BUT 01:13 GOD IS GOOD. 01:14 WELL WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 01:15 THANK YOU. 01:16 SO GERALD WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING HERE AT 01:18 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND THIS SCRIPTURE, THE GREAT 01:21 COMMISSION, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS 01:23 CHRISTIANS. 01:24 YES. 01:25 AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND SHARE 01:27 WITH THE VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU'RE 01:29 BACKGROUND AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 01:32 WELL I COME FROM A VERY MIXED BACKGROUND. 01:35 I'M AN IRANIAN BY BIRTH. 01:38 I'M ARMENIAN FROM MY MOM'S SIDE AND I'M A RUSSIAN 01:42 ASSYRIAN FROM MY DAD'S SIDE. 01:44 AND PRETTY MUCH WE GREW UP WITH FOUR LANGUAGES AT THE 01:48 HOUSE. 01:49 AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT YEARS LATER I WOULD BE 01:51 USING THESE SEMATIC LANGUAGES FARSI AND ARABIC 01:54 AND ARAMAIC IN GOD'S SERVICE. 01:57 AND SO IT HAS BEEN A VERY JOYFUL EXPERIENCE BEING 02:02 INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECTS ESPECIALLY WITH THE 02:05 SPONSORSHIP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:08 WE STARTED PRODUCING AND BROADCASTING TELEVISION 02:11 SHOWS IN PREDOMINATELY THE FARSI LANGUAGE AND THEN WE 02:14 ALSO ADDED ARMENIAN LANGUAGE FOR THE AREA OF 02:17 THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE YEARS 2008 UNTIL 2012. 02:22 WE WERE INVOLVED WITH OTHER NON-ADVENTIST 02:26 ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR BROADCASTS BECAUSE OF THE 02:29 FOOTPRINT BECAUSE OF THE COVERAGES THAT THEY HAD. 02:32 AND IN SPECIFIC WE WORKED WITH CBN CHRISTIAN 02:34 BROADCASTING NETWORK. 02:35 FANTASTIC. 02:36 AND FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS PAT ROBERTSON 02:40 SPONSORED OUR AIR TIME. 02:42 AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HIM AND HIS ORGANIZATION FOR 02:46 DOING IT ALL FOR FREE. 02:47 AND SOMETIMES WE WERE ON BETWEEN 12 TO 15 HOURS A 02:50 WEEK. 02:51 FANTASTIC. 02:53 WE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND 02:57 SOMETIMES I WOULD EVEN POST MY CELLPHONE NUMBER 03:01 ON THE LIVE SHOWS THAT WE WERE DOING SO THAT PEOPLE 03:04 WOULD BE TEXTING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 03:06 AND ONE OF THE STATISTICS, ONE OF THE RESEARCHES THAT 03:09 WE WERE INVOLVED WITH CBN. 03:11 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE HARD FACTS, HARD 03:13 NUMBERS AND STATISTICS FROM THAT REGION. 03:15 YES. 03:16 AND SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER CHRISTIAN 03:19 DENOMINATIONS JUST THE WAY THEY RELY ON US FOR THEIR 03:22 SPECIFICS. 03:22 YES BECAUSE TOGETHER WE ARE THE CHURCH. 03:24 EXACTLY. 03:25 AND THIS WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. 03:27 NEVER EVER TO TALK DOWN ON OTHER CHRISTIAN 03:30 DENOMINATIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOT ONLY THEY CAN BE 03:33 A BLESSING TO YOU, YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO THEM. 03:35 AND BY THIS THEY SHALL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES 03:38 IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 03:38 WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THESE 03:42 TELEVISION SHOWS WERE ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL 03:46 MUSLIMS. 03:47 AND GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WERE THESE TOPICS? 03:48 THE TOPICS WERE PRETTY MUCH I WOULD SAY STRAIGHT 03:52 FORWARD EVANGELISTIC APPROACH. 03:56 THE STORY OF JESUS. 03:58 THE PARABLES OF JESUS. 03:59 THE LIFE OF JESUS. 04:01 PROPHECIES. 04:02 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 04:03 WE DID THE ENTIRE BOOK OF DANIEL FOR FARSI 04:05 PRODUCTION AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 04:07 ONE TIME AFTER WE COMPLETED, I THINK IT WAS 04:10 34 PARTS THAT WE DID, A MUSLIM CLERIC, A RELIGIOUS 04:12 LEADER FROM ENGLAND, HE CALLED AND HE SAID I WANT 04:13 TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE SERIES FROM YOU. 04:15 REALLY. 04:15 AND TO ME IT WAS SURREAL. 04:16 YOU KNOW WE'RE SO USED TO BEING CONTACTED BY 04:17 ADVENTISTS AND COMMENTED BY ADVENTISTS AND I ASKED 04:19 HIM. 04:19 I SAID, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 04:34 WHAT PART OF THIS SERIES DID YOU FIND FASCINATING 04:39 OR INTERESTING THAT YOU COULD RELATE TO. 04:41 WHAT DID HE SAY? 04:42 HE SAID YOU ARE INTERPRETING THE BOOK OF 04:45 DANIEL JUST THE WAY WE SHIA MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND 04:49 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 04:50 REALLY. 04:51 AND IT TURNS OUT THAT PROPHET DANIEL IS ONE OF 04:55 THE MOST REVERED PROPHETS OF SHIA MUSLIMS. 04:58 UNFORTUNATELY NOT IN THE SUNNI ISLAM TRADITION BUT 05:02 IN SHIA ISLAM. 05:03 AND IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE THAT I FOUND OUT THAT IN 05:06 IRAN TODAY PERHAPS THE LARGEST SHRINE DEDICATED 05:12 TO THE FOUNDER OF SHIA ISLAM WHICH IS THE 05:14 SON-IN-LAW OF MUHAMMAD, ALI, IMAM ALI, HIS SHRINE 05:19 IN IRAN THE ARCH OVER THE SHRINE READS THIS IS A 05:26 QUOTE FROM ALI THE FOUNDER OF SHIA ISLAM ABOUT DANIEL 05:32 AND THE WRITING SAYS "HERE LIES ONE WHO RESPECTS AND 05:38 HONORS PROPHET DANIEL." 05:40 THAT'S HIS SHRINE, ALI'S SHRINE. 05:41 AND UNDERNEATH IT CONTINUES "WHOEVER HONORS 05:46 MY BROTHER DANIEL HE IS HONORING ME AND HE IS 05:49 HONORING THE MUSLIMS." 05:51 INTERESTING. 05:52 SO ISN'T THIS INCREDIBLE. 05:53 A SHIA MUSLIM HAS REVERENCE FOR DANIEL AND 05:58 THEY HAPPEN TO WATCH OUR PRODUCTION WHICH WAS 06:01 SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:03 THEY WATCH IT HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD IN EUROPE 06:06 AND THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE SERIES. 06:08 FANTASTIC. 06:09 AND THE QUESTION WAS WHAT MORE HE SAID DO YOU GUYS 06:12 HAVE THAT WE CAN OWN. 06:15 HOW DID YOU RESPOND? 06:18 MY RESPONSE WAS THIS. 06:20 I SAID THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK PHENOMENA IS VERY 06:24 FAMILIAR TO MUSLIMS. 06:25 AND AS SOON AS I MENTIONED I SAID WE IDENTIFY WITH 06:29 THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK. 06:31 HE SAID I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT 06:35 THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. 06:36 YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME SLOGANS, YOU DON'T HAVE 06:39 THE SAME YOU KNOW TERMINOLOGY AND 06:42 EVERYTHING, YOU DON'T REGURGITATE THE SAME 06:44 MESSAGE OVER AND OVER JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 06:47 AND HE TOUCHED UPON A LOT OF SUBJECTS BUT I DON'T 06:49 THINK IT'S SUITABLE TO TALK ABOUT NOW BUT HE SAID 06:54 WHAT WE ARE HEARING WE HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. 06:57 ANOTHER MUSLIM WOMAN CALLED AND I'M GOING TO 07:02 USE HER WORDS. 07:03 SHE HAD SEEN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. 07:06 SHE SAID IF YOU HAVE THIS MESSAGE AND IF YOU ARE 07:10 SITTING ON IT ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN 07:13 ACCOUNT TO THE ALMIGHTY. 07:16 SO WHAT HAS BOOSTED US IN THIS WORK YOU KNOW ON 07:20 MULTIPLE LEVELS IS THE RESPONSE, INCREDIBLE 07:24 RESPONSE OF MUSLIMS TO ADVENTISM. 07:25 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 07:27 ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I WAS ASKED BY THE SOUTHERN 07:31 CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE TO ATTEND A LUNCH/CONFERENCE 07:35 FOR CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS FROM ALL OVER 07:37 NORTH AMERICA THAT WAS GATHERING IN THE ISLAMIC 07:40 CENTER IN LOS ANGELES. 07:43 IT'S A HUGH MOSQUE, LIKE A CATHEDRAL. 07:47 THE MOSQUE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. 07:49 ONE IS THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. 07:50 OKAY. 07:51 THE OTHER ONE IS THE PRAYER ROOM. 07:52 OKAY. 07:53 SO I WALKED INTO THIS. 07:54 OF COURSE I WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY, I WALKED INTO 07:55 THE MOSQUE AND I NOTICED IN THE FELLOWSHIP AREA 07:56 BEFORE ME THERE WERE ALREADY OTHER CHRISTIAN 07:58 LEADERS. 07:59 EPISCOPALIAN, CATHOLICS, METHODISTS AND THE HOST OF 08:00 THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS THE IMAM WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT 08:01 OF THE MOSQUE. 08:17 AND HE NAME IS DR. JIHAD TURK. 08:20 HIS NAME IS JIHAD BUT HE'S FAR FROM ANYTHING VIOLENT. 08:23 PHENOMENAL GUY. 08:25 HE IS ALSO THE DEAN OF ISLAMIC STUDIES FOR 08:27 CLAREMONT UNIVERSITY, BAYAN CLAREMONT 08:29 UNIVERSITY. 08:30 INTERESTING. 08:31 HE IS GREETING THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE MOSQUE. 08:34 HE SHOOK MY HAND AND HE SAID. 08:36 BROTHER WHAT CHURCH DO YOU REPRESENT? 08:39 I SAID I'M A MINISTER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 08:41 CHURCH. 08:43 HE STARTED SQUEEZING MY HAND, HE PULLED ME OUT OF 08:44 THE LINE. 08:45 REALLY. 08:46 YOU KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR 08:47 MIND. 08:48 HE PULLS ME OUT OF THE LINE, HE COMES TO MY EAR, 08:49 AS WE ARE IN GOD'S PRESENCE RIGHT NOW, HE 08:50 CAME TO MY EAR AND HE SAID YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I DON'T 08:58 KNOW YOU BUT MY NAME IS DR. JIHAD TURK, I'M THE 09:02 IMAM OF PRESIDING IMAM TODAY IN THIS PROGRAM. 09:06 I'VE READ THE BIBLE COVER TO COVER. 09:09 I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS A SINGLE PASSAGE THAT SAYS 09:13 CHRISTIANS SHOULD HONOR SUNDAY. 09:15 HE SAID THIS TO YOU? 09:17 BUT I HAVE COME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF STATEMENTS ON 09:21 SABBATH, SEVENTH DAY, THE LORDS DAY AND IT'S ALL IN 09:27 THE CONTEXT OF SACREDNESS AND HOLINESS. 09:29 AND I'M THINKING WHERE IS HE GOING WITH THIS YOU 09:31 KNOW. 09:32 AND ALL THE COMMOTION GOING ON. 09:33 AND HE SAID IT'S ONLY YOU GUYS THAT DO WHAT THIS 09:38 BOOK SAYS. 09:38 WHY DON'T THE REST OF THEM. 09:44 INTERESTING. 09:45 AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF YOU KNOW WE ANTICIPATE OUR 09:48 AFFIRMATION TO COME FROM SOMEWHAT OF CHRISTIAN 09:51 BACKGROUND AND HERE THIS IS A MUSLIM RELIGIOUS 09:54 LEADER WHO HAS READ THE BIBLE ON HIS OWN TERMS. 09:58 HE DOESN'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM AND HE IS EXPRESSING 10:02 HIS UNDERSTANDING. 10:03 AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS THIS REALIZATION, THE 10:07 PEOPLE OF THE BOOK ARE THE VERY ONES THAT DO WHAT THE 10:11 BIBLE SAYS IRRESPECTIVE OF TITLE. 10:14 EXACTLY. 10:15 SO IS THAT HOW THEY REFER TO THE BIBLE AS THE BOOK? 10:18 THE BOOK, KITAB IN ARABIC IS CONSISTING OF THREE 10:23 PORTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE KORAN YOU READ THE 10:26 WHOLE MUSLIM KORAN YOU COME WITH THREE SECTIONS. 10:29 TAWRAH WHICH IS THE TORAH, ZABOOR WHICH IS THE PSALMS 10:33 AND THE INJIL WHICH IS THE NEW TESTAMENT. 10:35 INTERESTING. 10:37 MUSLIMS LOOK AT THE BIBLE FROM THOSE THREE 10:40 PERSPECTIVES. 10:41 WHAT MOSES WROTE, WHAT DAVID WROTE AND WHAT JESUS 10:44 BROUGHT. 10:45 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK IS 10:47 THIS. 10:49 IN THE VERY BOOK OF KORAN, THE MUSLIM HOLY BOOK, 10:54 THERE ARE PASSAGES, NUMEROUS PASSAGES THAT 10:58 TALK ABOUT THIS UNIQUE GROUP OF CHRISTIANS THAT 11:04 DON'T FOLLOW IDOL WORSHIP, AND CHRISTIANITY WAS 11:07 STEEPED INTO IDOL WORSHIP AT THE TIME OF MOHAMMAD. 11:11 THEY TALK ABOUT THE END TIMES. 11:13 THEY STILL OBEY GOD. 11:15 THEY DO WHAT GOD SAYS DO. 11:17 THEY WON'T DO WHAT GOD SAYS DON'T. 11:19 THESE ARE AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS. 11:21 THE KORAN ADMONISHES 1.7 BILLION MUSLIMS TO TALK TO 11:26 THEM IN TIME OF DOUBT AND CONFUSION. 11:29 THE WORLD OF ISLAM HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IN TIME OF 11:32 CONFUSION AND DOUBT. 11:32 YES. 11:34 ARE WE NEEDED OUT THERE? 11:35 YES. 11:36 AND SO I'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SOME OF 11:38 OUR CHURCHES IN THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION. 11:40 YOU KNOW THAT NEON SIGN THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF 11:42 OUR CHURCHES ON THE STREETS? 11:43 I'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION. 11:46 I SAID SOMEWHERE ON THE SIGN OR CLOSE TO IT 11:49 SOMEWHERE AROUND IT, WHY DON'T YOU INCLUDE "COME 11:52 WORSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK." 11:54 OH THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 11:55 SO WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN. 11:57 AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. 11:59 SOME PASTORS SAID WE WILL DO IT. 12:01 THIS IS EXCELLENT. 12:01 WE WANT TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION. 12:03 IN OTHER WORDS ADVENTISTS HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO 12:06 THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY THAT GOD IS PROVIDENTIALLY 12:09 BRINGING TO AMERICA ALSO. 12:11 YOU KNOW A LOT OF ADVENTISTS UNFORTUNATELY 12:14 BEING EFFECTED AND INFLUENCED BY THE MEDIA 12:17 AND THE RHETORIC THAT IS GOING ON, THEY NEED TO 12:20 EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD IT BE THAT 12:23 ACCORDING TO ELLEN WHITE OVER A HUNDRED AND 12:25 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO IN HER BOOK DESIRE OF AGES 12:28 SHE SAID GOD PROVIDENTIALLY ALLOWS ALL 12:31 THESE FOREIGNERS TO COME TO AMERICA. 12:34 THAT INCLUDES ME. 12:35 I HEARD THE ADVENT MESSAGE AND I UNDERSTOOD THE 12:38 ADVENT MESSAGE FROM AN ADVENTIST DENTIST IN 12:40 AMERICA. 12:41 PRAISE THE LORD. 12:42 SO THAT SHE SAYS WHEN THEY HEAR THE MESSAGE OF TRUTH 12:47 IN FREEDOM FROM GOD'S PEOPLE THEY IN TURN WILL 12:50 TRANSFER IT BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. 12:53 AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL WHEN GOD GIVES US THE HOOK 12:56 AND WE HOOK ON AND WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT GOD 12:59 GIVES US. 13:00 AND IF YOUR EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT GERALD IS 13:02 SHARING HERE TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE 13:04 YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 13:07 WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN 13:09 DO JUST THAT. 13:10 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:16 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:19 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:22 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:24 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:28 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 13:31 MY HEAD HURTS. 13:32 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 13:35 I GIVE UP. 13:36 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:39 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:42 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:45 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:50 WHERE? 13:50 ALL THE WORLD. 13:52 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 13:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:00 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:02 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:06 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 14:09 MEANING. 14:10 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:13 BE THE SPARK. 14:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:17 FINISH THE WORK. 14:19 FINISH THE WORK. 14:20 BE THE SPARK. 14:22 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 14:24 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:25 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE WHICH 14:27 IS GOAIM.ORG. 14:30 WE'RE ALSO ON FACEBOOK. 14:31 GO AND "LIKE" OUR PAGE AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE 14:35 YOU TO GET ONTO OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. 14:37 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND 14:40 TO YOU. 14:41 WE HAVE IT, IT CAN COME U.S. 14:43 POSTAL SERVICE TO YOUR MAILBOX AND WE ALSO HAVE 14:46 AN EMAIL NEWSLETTER WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND TO 14:48 YOU AS WELL AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ALL OF THOSE 14:51 ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG. 14:55 SO WE'RE TALKING HERE WITH GERALD AND TALKING ABOUT 14:58 SOME EXCITING THINGS IN THE MUSLIM AREA AND HOW 15:02 PEOPLE ARE JUST INTERESTED GERALD. 15:05 NOT ONLY THEY ARE INTERESTED BUT THEY ARE 15:07 RESPONSIVE. 15:08 THEY ARE RECEPTIVE AND SOME OF THE REACTIONS THAT 15:12 WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM MUSLIM VIEWERS, IN FACT 15:14 THEY HAVE MINISTERED TO US. 15:16 FANTASTIC. 15:17 IN THE YEAR 2010 AND 2011, THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE 15:24 WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STATISTIC, A 15:28 NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS 15:31 DID A COVERT RESEARCH STATISTIC TO KNOW WHAT THE 15:36 EFFECTS OF THESE TELEVISION PROGRAMS ARE. 15:39 YES THEY ARE BROADCASTED , THEY ARE RECEIVABLE BUT WE 15:41 WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAS IT RESULTED INTO. 15:44 DO PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION, DO THEY ACCEPT CHRIST AS 15:48 THEIR SAVIOR. 15:49 JUST SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 15:52 SURE. 15:53 WE FOUND OUT THAT IN THE YEAR 2010 AND 2011 JUST IN 15:57 THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE CENTER 16:01 OF CONTROVERSY NOWADAYS, OVER 874 THOUSAND IRANIAN 16:09 MUSLIMS ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR JUST BY 16:13 WATCHING SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMS. 16:15 REALLY. 16:16 NOW THAT YEAR WE WERE ON THOSE NETWORKS, WITH YOUR 16:20 PROGRAMS, ABOUT 15 HOURS A WEEK. 16:23 OKAY, SO YOU DO THE MATH. 16:24 HOW MUCH OF IT WAS GOD USING FROM THE PROGRAMS 16:29 THAT WERE SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH GIVE OR 16:31 TAKE BETWEEN 12 AND 15 HOURS A WEEK. 16:34 THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH OF THIS WAS AS A 16:38 RESULT OF THE WORKS THAT WE PRODUCED. 16:41 AND WE NEED TO KNOW AND THIS IS A REMINDER FOR OUR 16:45 VIEWERS, MEDIA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE EXTREMELY 16:49 POWERFUL TOOLS THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THAT REGION 16:54 OF THE WORLD. 16:55 UNFORTUNATELY TO THE AGONY OF OUR SOULS SATAN IS 16:58 USING MEDIA IN SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED WAY. 17:02 NOW MY QUESTION TO OUR VIEWERS AND TO US IS IF 17:05 SATAN CAN USE MEDIA TO THAT EXTENT CAN'T GOD USE 17:08 IT EVEN MORE? 17:09 EVEN MORE ABSOLUTELY. 17:10 YOU SEE. 17:11 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT 17:13 NOW IS TO PRODUCE THE 28 BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL 17:18 BELIEFS OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN MUSLIM FORMAT. 17:22 OKAY SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 17:24 MUSLIMS RESONATE WITH 20 OF THE 28 ADVENTIST 17:29 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS STRONGLY. 17:32 BUT THE REST OF EVANGELICAL AMERICA ONLY 17:35 SHARES 13 OF THEM AND THIS IS THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE. 17:39 SO MUSLIMS CAN RELATE AND THEY CAN LATCH ON TO 20 17:46 OUT OF 28 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS. 17:48 WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? 17:49 A LOT. 17:49 THAT'S A LOT RIGHT. 17:50 IT'S ALMOST 80 PERCENT. 17:51 SO ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US IS THAT HAS PROMPTED US 17:55 TO PRODUCE THE WHOLE IDEA THE WHOLE PARAMETER OF THE 17:59 ADVENTIST UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE BIBLE IN MUSLIM 18:02 FORMAT. 18:03 AND WHAT WE DO, WE DON'T TRY TO COMPROMISE ANYWHERE 18:09 IN BETWEEN. 18:10 WE USE THE BIBLE, WE USE THE KORAN, THE ISLAMIC 18:13 HOLY BOOK, TO BRING THESE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS IN 18:17 SUCH A LIGHT THAT MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE 18:20 WITH OUR VIEWERS TO OUR WEBSITES AND THOSE WHO 18:24 TRAFFIC ON OUR INSTAGRAM AND TELEGRAM NETWORKS, AS 18:28 SOON AS THEY FIND OUT THAT YOU DON'T EAT PORK, YOU 18:32 DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL, YOU DON'T SMOKE. 18:35 ONE MUSLIM MAN TOLD ME IF WHAT GOES IN YOUR MOUTH AS 18:38 CLEAN THEREFORE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT IS WORTH 18:41 LISTENING TO. 18:42 OH, THERE YOU GO. 18:42 THAT'S TRUE REGARDLESS. 18:44 YES. 18:45 SEE WOULD YOU SAY THAT GOD HAS UNIQUELY POSITIONED 18:49 THIS MOVEMENT. 18:50 AND I LOOK AT MOVEMENT. 18:52 I'M NOT HUNG UP ON TERMINOLOGIES AND TITLES 18:56 YOU KNOW. 18:57 GOD SEES THE HEARTS, GOD DEALS WITH THE HEART. 19:02 NOW YOU TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM ISLAM 19:07 FROM A MUSLIM BACKGROUND AND THEY HAVE COME TO THE 19:11 TRUTH OF THE BIBLE AND IF THEY HAVE ACCEPTED IT AND 19:14 ARE LIVING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THAT THEY HAVE 19:16 DO I HAVE ANY REASON TO BLOCK THAT AND TO HINDER 19:21 THAT OR TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, NO YOU GOT TO DO IT 19:24 THIS WAY, YOU GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY, YOU GOT TO DO 19:25 IT, WHO AM I. 19:26 YOU KNOW WHEN PETER WAS IN THE HOME OF CORNELIUS YOU 19:29 KNOW WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THOSE PAGANS IN 19:33 THAT HOUSE, WHEN HE CAME BACK TO JERUSALEM YOU KNOW 19:35 THE DISCIPLES, I MEAN THEY WERE TROUBLED. 19:38 YOU KNOW HOW DARE YOU WALK INTO A GENTILE HOME. 19:41 HE JUST TOLD THEM EVERYTHING THAT HAD 19:44 HAPPENED AND AT THE END HE SAID I SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT 19:46 FALL ON THEM JUST THE WAY IT FELL ON US AT THE 19:49 BEGINNING. 19:50 WHO WAS I TO STOP THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:52 PREACH IT GERALD. 19:53 WE WANT TO BE IN STEP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WE DON'T 19:57 WANT TO RE-INVENT THE WHEEL. 19:58 IT'S BEEN INVENTED. 19:59 AND GOD'S THE JUDGE, HE SEES THE HEART. 20:02 THAT'S IT. 20:03 AND SO WHEN I CAME ACROSS SO MUCH OF THIS YOU KNOW, 20:06 SO MUCH REACTIONS FROM THE MUSLIM VIEWERS IN MANY 20:09 RESPECTS I WOULD KEEP SHUT AND THEY WILL BE TALKING 20:13 AND MINISTERING TO ME YOU KNOW. 20:15 ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN IN ISLAM. 20:17 REALLY, WHY'S THAT. 20:18 AND THE WOMEN, LET ME ALSO DEVELOP THIS, AND THE 20:20 WOMEN IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THEY HAVE HUGE HUGE 20:26 BONDING POINTS. 20:27 MUSLIM WOMEN LOVE IT WHEN CHRISTIAN WOMEN PRAY FOR 20:31 THEM. 20:32 THEY DO. 20:33 THEY ARE VERY, THEY SET THE THERMOMETER, THEY SET 20:37 THE, THEY ARE THE, HOW SHOULD I SAY THIS, THEY 20:42 ARE THE UNDER GIRDING ELEMENT IN THE MUSLIM 20:45 HOME. 20:46 EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THE MUSLIM MAN MIGHT BE 20:48 THE HEAD, BUT THE MUSLIM WOMAN IS THE NECK YOU SEE. 20:52 SO THIS WHOLE, THE GAUGING AND THE TEMPERATURE, THE 20:56 SPIRITUAL TEMPERATURE OF A MUSLIM HOME IS PRETTY MUCH 20:58 DECIDED BY THE WOMEN. 21:00 AND I ENCOURAGE MUSLIM WOMEN TO TAKE THIS REALLY 21:04 REALLY SERIOUSLY. 21:05 YOU KNOW, A MUSLIM MAN WILL TRUST ANYONE IF HIS 21:10 WIFE TRUSTS THAT ANYONE. 21:12 INTERESTING. 21:13 IF SHE DOESN'T TRUST THAT ANYONE THE DOOR IS LOCKED 21:17 YOU SEE. 21:18 BUT ONCE THEY COME ACROSS ADVENTIST WOMEN THEY 21:22 NOTICE YOU KNOW THE MODESTY. 21:24 THEY NOTICE THAT THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE SIMPLER AND 21:28 SOCIABLE AND RELATABLE RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY 21:32 AROUND AND SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN MANY MANY 21:36 INSTANCES ADVENTIST WOMEN'S CONNECTION WITH 21:40 THE MUSLIM FAMILY HAS LED THEM INTO DECISION MAKING. 21:44 SO THAT'S A QUESTION THEN FOR YOU AS A CHRISTIAN WHO 21:47 PERHAPS NOTICES THAT THERE IS A MUSLIM WOMAN, MAN, 21:51 FAMILY OR WHATEVER THAT HAS MOVED TO THEIR 21:54 COMMUNITY AND MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES WE NOTICE. 21:57 BASICALLY YOU CAN OFTEN TELL BECAUSE OF HOW THEY 22:01 ARE DRESSED. 22:02 SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS AND GIVE US SOME 22:04 IDEAS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH 22:07 SOMEONE AND WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR PEOPLE. 22:09 VERY GOOD. 22:10 FIRST OF ALL EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT 22:14 PASSE FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OR THE WESTERN 22:16 SOCIETY, GENDER SENSITIVITY IS EXTREMELY 22:19 IMPORTANT WITH MUSLIMS. 22:20 SO OFF THE BAT WOMEN SHOULD GREET OR SHAKE THE 22:26 HAND OR HUG MUSLIM WOMEN AND THE MEN LIKEWISE. 22:31 SO BE AWARE OF THE GENDER SENSITIVITY BECAUSE 22:35 SOMETIMES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IF THIS IS NOT, 22:36 IN MY OPINION FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THIS IS IS 22:38 NOT CONSIDERED EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF FALLS FLAT. 22:41 IRRELEVANT. 22:42 OKAY AND IT SHOWS A MUSLIM THAT YOU KNOW YOU CARE 22:43 ENOUGH THAT YOU ARE SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO SOME 22:44 OF THESE DETAILS. 22:45 AND IT GOES A LONG WAY WITH MUSLIMS. 22:46 A MUSLIM FAMILY CAN FREELY WITHOUT QUESTIONS OF 22:49 CONSCIENCE EAT AT THE TABLE OF AN ADVENTIST HOME 22:50 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FOOD IS CLEAN. 22:52 IT'S KOSHER AND THERE'S NO PORK. 22:53 AND THE WHOLE POINT IS IT CAN BE RECIPROCATED. 22:55 ADVENTISTS CAN SIT AT A MUSLIM TABLE EVEN AT A 22:56 RESTAURANT AND REST AT PEACE THAT THEY ARE EATING 23:05 CLEAN. 23:08 OKAY. 23:11 YOU CAN EAT YOU CAN DINE WITH A MUSLIM FAMILY, IN 23:24 MY OPINION, THAT IS HALF THE WHOLE JOURNEY BECAUSE 23:30 IF YOU CREATE THAT AURA, IF YOU CREATE THAT CLIMATE 23:33 THAT YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH TRUST RELATIONSHIP, 23:36 RESPECT RELATIONSHIP, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO EAT AT 23:39 EACH OTHER'S TABLE YOU KNOW. 23:41 IN MY OPINION THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE CULTIVATED BY 23:44 THE ADVENTIST COMMUNITY YOU KNOW. 23:46 WE ADVENTISTS WE LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING WITH 23:49 ADVENTISTS. 23:50 WE LOVE TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH ADVENTISTS, CHURCH 23:52 WITH ADVENTISTS AND ALL. 23:53 I ENCOURAGE, I ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO TAKE 23:56 ADVANTAGE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 23:58 GOD IS A REDEMPTIVE GOD. 24:00 THE WORK THAT HE IS DOING AMONG THE NATIONS IS 24:03 ALWAYS BASED ON HIS REDEMPTIVE CAPABILITIES 24:05 AND CHARACTERISTICS. 24:06 ABSOLUTELY. 24:07 WHAT HE HAS DONE HE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL 24:10 THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE 24:12 EAST. 24:13 THE CHAOS, THE SAVAGERY, THE BRUTALITY, THE 24:16 HEARTACHE THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED THERE. 24:19 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IF THEY COME TO AMERICA OR IF 24:22 THEY COME TO A WESTERN WORLD THERE IS A HOME, AN 24:25 ADVENTIST HOME THAT CAN REALLY REALLY EMBRACE THEM 24:30 AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT GOD FROM ETERNITY PAST HAS 24:34 PUT IN PLACE ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND HIS 24:37 FOOTPRINTS AND WALK IN THOSE FOOTPRINTS. 24:40 AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 24:41 WELL THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT 24:43 THE MEALS, THINK ABOUT IN THE BIBLE OF HOW MANY 24:45 TIMES THERE'S A MEAL SHARED OR THERE'S A 24:47 CELEBRATION OR JESUS WAS EATING SOMEWHERE. 24:51 AND A PASTOR ASKED WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD 24:55 YOUR NEIGHBORS IN TO SHARE A MEAL. 24:57 AND THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW 25:01 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSLIMS AND ADVENTISTS BUT 25:03 JUST THINK ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU. 25:06 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD THEM IN FOR ANY KIND 25:08 OF A MEAL. 25:09 THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. 25:10 SO GERALD I CAN TELL THAT THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO 25:12 YOU AND WHAT, WHAT IS JUST THE NEATEST THING ABOUT 25:16 WHAT YOU DO AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. 25:21 BY AND LARGE WE ARE HEAVILY INCLINED TO 25:26 UTILIZE ALL FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY IN MASS 25:29 COMMUNICATIONS. 25:30 AND WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS RESPONSE 25:33 BECAUSE ISLAM BY AND LARGE IS A YOUNG RELIGION. 25:36 THE MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON THE AVERAGE 25:37 SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE MIDDLE 25:39 EAST IS BELOW THE AGE OF THIRTY. 25:40 AND A THIRTY YEAR-OLD NEEDS TO BE APPROACHED YOU 25:41 KNOW WITH THE MEANS AND THE WAY THAT THEY 25:43 COMMUNICATE TOWARD EACH OTHER TODAY. 25:44 AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN IT ALL THE WAY FROM WE COVER 25:45 ALL THE WAY FROM SATELLITE BROADCASTING INTO THE 25:47 MOBILE APPS AND THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN 25:48 THE POCKET. 25:49 AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP OUR PRESENCE IN THE 25:50 MEDIA ESPECIALLY IN THE SATELLITE AIRWAVES THAT 25:51 INTRODUCES THEM TO ALL THESE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL 25:55 NETWORKING. 25:56 AND SO AND I THINK ONE OF, ONE OF THE REQUESTS, ONE 25:59 OF THE APPEALS WOULD BE FOR OUR VIEWERS TO 26:00 UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS TIME AROUND IS REVERSED 26:02 FROM WHAT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. 26:03 FIVE YEARS AGO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPED US IN 26:08 PRODUCING AND THEN WE HAD TO COME UP WITH THE 26:27 EXPENSES OF AIR TIME. 26:28 THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT. 26:30 WE ARE PRODUCING THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS, WE 26:32 NEED ASSISTANCE FOR THE AIRTIME EXPENSES. 26:34 WOW. 26:35 THANK YOU GERALD AND WE WILL MAKE THAT APPEAL. 26:37 YOU'VE HEARD GERALD AND WE THANK YOU GERALD FOR BEING 26:40 HERE TODAY. 26:41 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WE WOULD LOVE 26:44 FOR YOU TO PRAY, PRAY FOR THIS WORK AND PRAY FOR 26:47 GERALD AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO GIVE IF THAT IS 26:50 WHAT THE LORD IS CALLING YOU TO DO AND WE THANK YOU 26:52 FOR THAT. 26:53 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE VERY EXCITING 26:54 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:56 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:57 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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