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00:34 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
00:36 I'M LYNELLE ELLIS AND WITH ME TODAY IS MARTY PHILLIPS 00:40 WHO IS HERE ACTUALLY TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 00:44 WORK THAT HE IS DOING IN AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE 00:47 PEOPLE GROUPS HAVE BEEN KIND OF CHALLENGING TO 00:50 REACH FOR CHRISTIANITY. 00:51 AND IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE HE IS GOING TO 00:53 SHARE WITH US THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON WITH HIS 00:56 ORGANIZATION NPRAXIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOSPEL 00:59 OUTREACH RELATED TO HINDUS. 01:01 YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:02 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SINCE AROUND 2009 OR 2010 01:03 HAD BEEN REALLY ON MY HEART THAT WE START WORK 01:04 AMONG HINDUS BECAUSE THE LEADER THAT WE HAVE IN 01:06 THAT REGION IN INDIA WORKING WITH MUSLIMS 01:07 ACTUALLY COMES FROM A HINDU BACKGROUND. 01:08 AND AS I SHARED BEFORE I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW WHO 01:10 THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAME FROM. 01:11 AND ONE OF THE THINGS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE 01:12 THESE QUESTIONS COME FROM, I USED TO LIVE IN LOMA 01:31 LINDA. 01:32 AND I HAD THIS REALLY POWERFUL CALL. 01:34 I WANT YOU MARTY TO GO WORK IN THE HEART OF THE 01:37 MIDDLE EAST. 01:38 AND I SAID LORD I'M WILLING TO DO THIS. 01:41 I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT I'VE DONE PREVIOUS IN 01:43 MY PAST LIFE AND I DON'T WANT TO GO AND BE A 01:47 FAILURE. 01:48 I DON'T WANT TO GO FOR FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE. 01:50 I KNEW SEVERAL ADVENTIST MISSIONARIES. 01:53 I KNEW QUITE A FEW EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT 01:55 MISSIONARIES WHO HAD BEEN WORKING AND THEY WOULD GO 01:59 WORK TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY YEARS AND COME BACK WITH 02:03 ONE OR TWO HOUSE CHURCHES . 02:04 AFTER THEY HAD LEFT SOMETIMES EVEN THOSE HAVE 02:06 COLLAPSED. 02:07 AND I SAID LORD I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT. 02:09 SO ONE NIGHT I WENT BEHIND THE LOMA LINDA LITTLE 02:13 HILLS BACK THERE AND PRAYER AND IN THE MIDDLE 02:16 OF THE NIGHT I HEARD GOD SAYING YOU NEED TO FIND 02:18 PEOPLE OF FAITH. 02:20 YOU NEED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR LAND AND 02:22 PEOPLE. 02:23 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OF INFLUENCE AND PEOPLE WHO 02:26 I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH. 02:28 AND SO THEN I STARTED THE SEARCH FINDING PEOPLE WHO 02:32 LOVE THEIR LAND, WHO LOVE THEIR PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF 02:35 INFLUENCE. 02:36 AND IN THE EAST, IN THE WEST PEOPLE ARE INFLUENCED 02:39 BECAUSE YOU'RE A TV CELEBRITY OR SPORTS 02:42 CELEBRITY OR BUSINESS PERSON. 02:44 IN THE EASTERN CULTURE WHETHER IT'S HINDU, MUSLIM 02:47 OR BUDDHIST, WHATEVER HAS TO DO WITH WHO YOUR FAMILY 02:50 IS IN MANY CASES. 02:51 AND FAMILIES GENERATE HONOR OVER GENERATIONS. 02:57 IT TAKES MANY MANY GENERATIONS TO DEVELOP 02:59 THAT INFLUENCE IN MOST CASES IN THE EAST. 03:02 SO I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING WHO WERE PEOPLE OF 03:04 INFLUENCE. 03:05 A LOT OF OUR MINISTRIES ARE BASED AROUND THESE 03:07 TYPE OF PEOPLE. 03:09 SO SPEAKING WITH THIS MAN I ASKED HIM TELL ME ABOUT 03:11 WHO YOU ARE. 03:12 WELL MY GRANDFATHER WAS THIS AND THAT AND I KEPT 03:14 PUSHING HIM. 03:15 WELL MY GRANDFATHER WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE THE 03:18 BRITISH KIND OF DESTROYED THINGS AND THEN, AND THEN 03:22 WE BECAME THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA, NEW INDIA. 03:26 MY GRANDFATHER WAS EQUIVALENT TO LIKE AN 03:28 EARL. 03:29 AND HE WAS ACTUALLY, HE WAS IN LINE EVEN TO BECOME 03:32 A REGIONAL LIKE MONARCH AND VERY INFLUENTIAL. 03:36 HE OVER SAW A VERY LARGE TERRITORY AND IN FACT HE 03:41 SHARED HOW HE STILL HAD THE DOCUMENT HOW HIS GREAT 03:44 GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD SOLD THE LAND TO 03:47 WILLIAM CAREY IN INDIA. 03:49 HE ACTUALLY DONATED THE LAND AND HE STILL HAD THE 03:52 DOCUMENT, HIS SIDE OF THE DOCUMENT, DONATING THE 03:55 LAND TO WILLIAM CAREY. 03:56 SO I IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTOOD GOD HAD BEEN 04:00 CALLING HIM NOT JUST TO WORK WITH MUSLIMS BUT BY 04:04 WORKING WITH MUSLIMS IT HAD PREPARED HIM TO WORK 04:07 ALSO FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE. 04:09 AND SO I SAID YOU REALLY NEED BROTHER TO GO BACK 04:14 NOW AND WE NEED TO START PREPARING TO WORK FOR YOUR 04:16 PEOPLE. 04:17 YOU SHOULD REALLY START PRAYING THAT THE THINGS 04:18 THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED WORKING WITH THE 04:21 UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCH WITH MUSLIMS AND FINDING 04:24 THOSE BRIDGES TO GOD THAT WE'VE FOUND IN ISLAM YOU 04:27 NEED TO FIND THOSE ALSO IN HINDUISM. 04:29 S WHO HAD BECOME A 04:31 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND HE HAD BEEN A SANSKRIT 04:37 SPECIALIST. 04:38 HE HAD LIKE A DOCTORATE IN ANCIENT SANSKRIT AND IN 04:42 THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 04:45 AND SO WE ENCOURAGED THAT MAN THAT YOU NEED TO BUILD 04:48 LIKE A GREAT CONTROVERSY STORY OF THE HINDU PEOPLE 04:53 SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE GOD AND SATAN HAS WORKED. 04:57 SO HE FIRST WAS A BIT RELUCTANT THAN HE JUMPED 05:00 INTO IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY. 05:02 AND SO HE THEN UNCOVERED THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORY 05:05 OF HOW ORIGINALLY THE HINDUS HAD BEEN 05:07 MONOTHEISTIC. 05:08 THEY HAD WORSHIPED VERY SIMILARLY TO JEWS. 05:12 THEY HAD A SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WITH THE PASSING OF 05:15 TIME. 05:16 AND HE WENT FINDING THESE DATES OF WHEN THEY IN 05:18 THEIR FIRST TEMPLE, THAT HAD BEEN TO THE WORSHIP TO 05:20 THE ONE TRUE CREATOR GOD IN HEAVEN, HOW THEN THE 05:23 ALTER, THEY STARTED CALLING THE ALTER A GOD. 05:27 AND THEN THEY PUT AN IDOL ON TOP OF THE ALTER. 05:29 AND NOW THEY HAD TWO GODS. 05:31 AND THE WORD IN THEIR MOST ANCIENT SCRIPTURE CALLED 05:34 THE RIG VEDA THAT USES DIFFERENT NAMES FOR GOD, 05:39 IT'S ACTUALLY JUST LIKE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE 05:41 THERE ARE DIFFERENT NAMES DESCRIBING DIFFERENT 05:43 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ONE TRUE CREATOR GOD OF THE 05:45 UNIVERSE. 05:46 AND SO THEN IT HIT HIM LIKE A TON OF BRICKS, WE 05:49 WERE CALLED LIKE THE LEVITES, THE BRAHMINS TO 05:53 BE PRIESTS TO THE ONE TRUE GOD AND WE HAVE TAKEN OUR 05:56 NATION INTO PAGANISM. 06:00 AND SO THEN AS HE COMPILED THIS STORY AND THE DATES 06:03 OF HOW HE DID THIS HE BUILT VERY MUCH A GREAT 06:06 CONTROVERSY STORY MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THE GREAT 06:09 CONTROVERSY BY ELLEN WHITE. 06:11 HE PREPARED SOMETHING IN AN ORAL FORM THAT COULD BE 06:14 PASSED PERSON TO PERSON. 06:17 SO ONCE THAT WAS PREPARED THEN THIS LEADER HE CALLED 06:20 HIS COUSINS BASICALLY AND FRIENDS AND OLD ASSOCIATES 06:25 AND HE SAID BROTHERS, I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. 06:29 I THOUGHT THAT BEING A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST I HAD 06:31 TO BECOME A PART OF THE WESTERN CULTURE AND DRESS 06:34 LIKE THEM AND TALK LIKE THEM AND TEACH LIKE THEM. 06:38 AND I WANT TO ASK YOUR APOLOGY BUT I DO WANT TO 06:43 COME BACK WITH YOU THAT I AM A FOLLOWER OF JESUS BUT 06:47 I CAN BE STILL AN INDIAN MAN AND BE A FOLLOWER OF 06:51 JESUS. 06:52 THEY WERE ALL EXCITED AND HAPPY. 06:54 BUT HE SAID I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 06:56 YOU REMEMBER HOW I USED TO BE. 06:58 I USED TO DRINK. 06:59 I HAD A DISSIPATED LIFE. 07:02 HE HAD COME FROM A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY AND HE 07:05 TELLS ME YOU KNOW HE WOULD GET DRUNK AND WRECK HIS 07:08 BEEMER AND GO BUY A BRAND NEW BMW ON MONDAY. 07:12 HE CAME FROM SIGNIFICANT WEALTH. 07:15 EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NO LONGER EARLS THEY HAD 07:17 INHERITED AND REINVESTED IN MANY MANY BUSINESSES. 07:20 IN FACT HE HAD LED ONE OF THE FAMILY CONSORTIUMS AS 07:24 HE WAS BEING TRAINED AND GOING UP THE LADDER TO 07:27 EVENTUALLY INHERIT THE WHOLE FAMILY COMMERCIAL 07:32 EMPIRE. 07:34 AND SO HE HAD BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS AND LONG 07:37 STORY HE HAD BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 07:39 MINISTER AND LOST ALL THAT. 07:40 BUT HE HAD COME BACK AND APOLOGIZED TO HIS FAMILY. 07:42 THE FAMILY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, 07:47 RE-EMBRACED HIM BACK. 07:48 HE DIDN'T TAKE BACK ALL HIS INHERITANCE AND STUFF 07:51 BECAUSE HIS FAMILY BUSINESS WAS DEDICATED TO 07:54 AN IDOL AND HE DIDN'T FEEL HE COULD RUN IT BECAUSE IT 07:57 WAS IN A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO IDOLATRY. 08:01 BUT THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 08:04 HIS COUSINS THEN, HE SHARES HIS PERSONAL 08:07 TESTIMONY OF HOW JESUS TRANSFORMS HIS LIFE AND 08:10 NOW HIS COUSINS, HE SHARED WITH THEM AND THEN HE 08:15 ASKED THEM THIS QUESTION, HAVE YOU LIKED WHAT I'VE 08:18 SHARED? 08:18 HAVE YOU SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION THAT CHRIST 08:20 DID IN MY LIFE? 08:21 AND THEY SAID YES. 08:23 IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE? 08:24 AND THEY SAID YES. 08:26 AND SO HE HAD CALLED TEN OR TWELVE OF HIS COUSINS 08:28 TOGETHER AND TEN OF THOSE TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE. 08:32 AND AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH THEM HE SAYS IN TIME 08:37 WHEN THERE ARE NOT MANGOS IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE FIND 08:40 A BEAUTIFUL MANGO DO WE KEEP THAT AND EAT IT MY 08:42 OURSELVES, AS AN INDIAN MAN? 08:44 THEY SAID NO THAT WOULD BE VERY SHAMEFUL. 08:46 WE WOULD GO SHARE IT WITH OUR WIFE AND CHILDREN AND 08:48 GIVE EACH A LITTLE SLICE BECAUSE MANGOS ARE LOVED. 08:51 AND SO HE SAYS NOW GO DO THE SAME THING. 08:54 GO TAKE THIS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO YOUR FAMILIES. 08:57 THAT HAS GROWN INTO A MOVEMENT OF BRAHMINS AND 09:01 WE NOW HAVE SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO ABOUT FIFTY-EIGHT 09:04 HUNDRED, ALMOST SIX THOUSAND HOME FELLOWSHIPS 09:10 AMONG THE BRAHMINS IN INDIA AND WE'VE JUST SEEN 09:15 IT POWERFULLY POWERFULLY GROW. 09:17 WE HAVE SEEN MUCH MORE MIRACLES THAN WE HAVE SEEN 09:21 WITHIN THE ISLAMIC WORK WE'VE DONE BECAUSE THERE'S 09:24 ALWAYS A LOT MORE SPIRITISM, BUT JUST VERY 09:27 VERY POWERFUL MIRACLES OF HOW GOD HAS BEEN WORKING. 09:31 YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT AT ALL BECAUSE THAT'S AN 09:34 INTERESTING DISTINCTION THAT YOU'VE DRAWN BETWEEN 09:36 THE TWO. 09:36 SOMETIMES WE SAY TO OURSELVES IN WESTERN 09:38 CULTURES YOU KNOW WHY DON'T WE SEE MIRACLES. 09:40 AND EVEN AS YOUR WORKING IN TWO SEPARATE EASTERN 09:42 CULTURES YOU'RE SEEING IN ONE PLACE MORE THAN IN THE 09:47 OTHER. 09:48 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? 09:49 WELL I THINK GOD WANTS TO REVEAL HIMSELF AND I'VE 09:52 SEEN IT EVEN IN WESTERN CULTURES AMONG THE 09:55 UNCHURCHED. 09:56 GOD IS SENDING VISIONS AND DREAMS AND THEY BECOME 09:58 CONVINCED THAT JESUS IS LORD. 10:00 SO I'LL TELL YOU JUST ONE STORY. 10:02 I COULD HAVE MAYBE SHARED IT HERE BEFORE BUT THERE 10:05 WAS ONE YOUNG MAN. 10:07 HE BECAME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS IN THE UNIVERSITY. 10:12 WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF BECOMING A FOLLOWER OF 10:17 JESUS HE WAS ON HOME LEAVE. 10:20 SO HE WENT ON HOME LEAVE AND WHEN HE IS ARRIVING 10:23 HOME HE JUST KEPT HEARING THIS STILL SMALL VOICE, 10:26 YOU HAVE TO SHARE, YOU HAVE TO SHARE, YOU HAVE TO 10:28 SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY. 10:28 HE SAYS WELL I'M JUST A NEW BELIEVER LORD. 10:31 WHY AM I SUPPOSED TO SHARE. 10:32 YOU KNOW IT'S HARD. 10:33 BUT HE GOES. 10:35 HE FIRST GOES TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER AND 10:37 GREETS THEM AND HIS FATHER SAYS YOU NEED TO GO GREET 10:39 YOUR UNCLE. 10:41 HIS UNCLE WAS THE MAYOR OF THE LITTLE TOWN WHERE THEY 10:43 LIVED. 10:44 SO HE GOES TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GREET HIS UNCLE. 10:47 IT'S A TWO-STORY BUILDING. 10:48 THE UNCLE'S OFFICE IS UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE 10:50 MUNICIPAL BUILDING. 10:51 SO HE COMES TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, GOES 10:52 UP TO HIS UNCLE'S OFFICE. 10:53 AND WHEN HE ARRIVES HIS UNCLE AND HIS ADVISOR WERE 11:01 TALKING ON THE BALCONY. 11:03 AND THE UNCLE AND THE ADVISOR WERE TALKING ABOUT 11:06 JUST ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING AND SO HE 11:08 COMES IN, OVERHEARS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND 11:11 HE HEARS AGAIN THIS STILL SMALL VOICE, TELL YOUR 11:16 UNCLE YOU HAVE THE SOLUTION TO ALL THE 11:18 PROBLEMS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 11:20 AND HE SAYS GOD THIS IS TOO BIG. 11:25 WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME THIS. 11:26 TELL YOUR UNCLE TRUST ME. 11:28 FINALLY BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY LIKE 23, 24 YEARS 11:31 OLD, I'VE MET HIM PERSONALLY, AND HE SAYS 11:34 UNCLE I HAVE THE SOLUTION. 11:37 AND THE ADVISOR LOOKS AT HIM WITH WHAT DO YOU 11:39 THINK. 11:40 JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE COME HOME FROM THE UNIVERSITY, 11:41 SECOND YEAR UNIVERSITY YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE 11:43 SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS WE CAN'T. 11:46 SO HE SAYS I HAVE THE SOLUTION AND IT'S NOT 11:48 ABOUT WHAT I'M LEARNING IN THE CLASSES. 11:53 AND THE UNCLE SAYS WHAT. 11:54 HE SAYS WILL I THINK THE REAL ISSUES ARE SPIRITUAL 11:57 ISSUES WE CAN'T RESOLVE IN OUR TOWN. 12:01 BECAUSE IN THIS TOWN ALL THE FAMILIES WERE FIGHTING 12:03 AND WHEN HE HAD ARRIVED THERE WERE TWO KIDS 12:06 FIGHTING DOWN ON THE STREET, JUST IN THIS 12:09 HORRIBLE FIST FIGHT. 12:10 AND THAT'S WHAT HIS UNCLE AND THE ADVISOR WERE 12:13 WATCHING AND SAYING THIS IS REALLY AN X-RAY OF 12:17 WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR VILLAGE AND OUR TOWN. 12:20 EVERYONE IS FIGHTING EACH OTHER. 12:22 AND HE SAYS IT'S A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM AND WE 12:25 NEED TO ASK THE CREATOR GOD TO HELP US RESOLVE 12:27 THIS. 12:29 HIS UNCLE WAS QUIET AWHILE, THE ADVISOR STARTS 12:32 TO LAUGH AND KIND OF MOCK HIM BUT THE UNCLE SAYS 12:35 MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING. 12:37 THIS IS A SPIRITUAL ISSUE. 12:38 HE SAYS WELL UNCLE I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU RIGHT NOW TO 12:42 KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 12:44 AND THE ADVISOR SAYS JESUS, HAVE YOU BECOME A 12:47 CHRISTIAN? 12:48 HE SAYS NO BUT I HAVE BECOME A FOLLOWER OF 12:49 JESUS. 12:50 BECAUSE CHRISTIAN IN THEIR MIND MEANS DRESSING AND 12:52 ACTING LIKE THE BRITISH BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A PART 12:55 OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE BRITISH WERE NOT LOVED 12:58 IN INDIA BY THE RULING ELITE. 13:01 THEY HAD REALLY HURT THEM SIGNIFICANTLY. 13:04 BUT THE UNCLE SAYS YOU'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN BUT YOU 13:06 FOLLOW JESUS? 13:07 YES. 13:08 AND HE SAID UNCLE IF YOU KNEEL WITH ME AND WE ASK 13:09 THE CREATOR GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS I BELIEVE IT 13:10 WILL BE RESOLVED. 13:11 AND SO THE UNCLE KNEELS DOWN WITH HIM. 13:12 THE UNCLE LOOKS AT THE ADVISOR, YOU TOO? 13:13 SO THE THREE MEN KNEEL DOWN AND THE YOUNG MAN 13:23 SAYS REPEAT AFTER ME UNCLE. 13:24 OH GOD IN HEAVEN, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BRING YOUR 13:25 SPIRIT, YOU WILL BREAK THE BONDS OF HATRED AND ANGER 13:27 AND STRIFE IN OUR TOWN. 13:28 AND THE UNCLE REPEATS AFTER HIM AND THEN HE ASKS 13:29 IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 13:30 AND THE UNCLE SAYS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 13:31 AND WHEN THEY SAY THIS THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THIS 13:32 STREAM, THE YOUNG MAN TOLD ME, JUST OF HEAVEN, JUST 13:33 LIKE A WATERFALL FLOWING INTO THAT OFFICE. 13:35 AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A SHHHH COMING IN AND THEN 13:36 SPREADING TO THE VILLAGE. 13:37 THEN THE UNCLE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE THE TWO 13:38 KIDS OUTSIDE. 13:39 THEY GO TO THE BALCONY AND THE TWO KIDS HAD JUST 13:40 RESOLVED AND WERE NOW PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER. 13:42 BEFORE HE GOES HOME PEOPLE ARE NOW ASKING WHAT HAS 13:43 HAPPENED IN OUR VILLAGE. 13:44 WHEN HE COMES HOME FOR THE SECOND TIME THE UNCLE HAS 13:45 TOLD EVERYONE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. 13:46 THAT HE HAD PRAYED WITH HIS NEPHEW. 14:19 AND WHEN HE CAME HOME FOR HIS SECOND HOME LEAVE, AND 14:21 I MET HIM JUST AFTER HIS SECOND HOME LEAVE, HE 14:25 SHARED HOW EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO TELL 14:28 MORE ABOUT JESUS. 14:30 INCREDIBLE. 14:30 GREAT STORY . 14:31 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK. 14:33 STAY TUNED BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE WITH MARTY PHILLIPS 14:36 COMING UP IN A MOMENT. 14:37 EARTH. 14:38 VAST... 14:39 BEAUTIFUL.... BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 14:44 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 14:49 ITS OWN GREED. 14:52 HUMANITY... 14:52 WE NEED LOVE. 14:55 WE NEED HOPE. 14:57 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 15:00 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 7 BILLION PEOPLE 15:04 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 15:08 SAVE US. 15:09 ONE THIRD. 15:11 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 15:16 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:19 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 15:22 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 15:24 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:27 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:33 JESUS CHRIST. 15:35 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:37 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE... 15:42 SO THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:48 WELCOME BACK TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 15:50 GLAD THAT YOU STAYED TUNED BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TO 15:52 HEAR FROM MARTY PHILLIPS RELATED TO WORK WITH 15:54 HINDUS. 15:56 BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT THOUGH WE WANT TO INVITE 15:58 YOU TO CONTACT US. 15:59 YOU SEE SOME INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREEN THAT LETS 16:02 YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE WORK THAT 16:05 WE'RE DOING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ALSO IN 16:07 PARTNERSHIP WITH MARTY'S ORGANIZATION NPRAXIS. 16:12 AND I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO GET YOUR OWN COPY OF 16:16 OUR NEWSLETTER. 16:18 THIS IS ALSO CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND 16:20 THE NEWSLETTER IS REALLY ENJOYABLE TO READ. 16:23 LOTS OF GREAT STORIES WITHIN IT THAT MY FAMILY 16:25 ENJOYS LOOKING AT EVERY MONTH WHEN IT COMES. 16:28 SO BE SURE TO USE THOSE RESOURCES TO BE IN CONTACT 16:33 WITH US AND TO SUPPORT. 16:34 AND NOW WE MUST FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S 16:37 HAPPENING WITH THE WORK WITH HINDUS. 16:39 YES, JUST AS YOU WERE MAKING THAT SMALL 16:41 COMMERCIAL, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, I WILL ADD TO THAT. 16:47 WE NEED ABOUT 40 MORE WORKERS FOR THE HINDU 16:50 WORK, EACH ONE AT APPROXIMATELY $150 16:53 DOLLARS. 16:54 THAT'S EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR. 16:55 IT WOULD BE SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO 16:58 REALLY EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THAT WORK SO WE 17:01 COULD TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. 17:02 SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. 17:03 THE WHOLE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH HINDUS 17:05 COULD JUST BE REALLY REALLY ENHANCED. 17:08 FORTY WORKERS. 17:09 FORTY WORKERS YES IS WHAT WE NEED MORE. 17:11 IT'S WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING. 17:13 AND TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND THE 17:15 ENTHUSIASM THAT'S HAPPENING. 17:18 THERE'S ONE YOUNG MAN, ANOTHER YOUNG MAN AND IT'S 17:23 INTERESTING. 17:24 I'VE WATCHED THE SPIRITUAL GENERATIONS BETWEEN LIKE 17:28 THIS LAST ONE I JUST SHARED A STORY AND THIS 17:30 MAN. 17:31 THERE ARE LIKE FOUR OR FIVE SPIRITUAL GENERATIONS 17:36 BETWEEN US. 17:37 AND SO I ASKED HIM WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE CITY, 17:42 HE WORKS IN THE CITY OF CALCUTTA AND I GUESS I CAN 17:46 SHARE THAT. 17:47 AND I ASKED HIM WHAT IS YOUR VISION. 17:52 HE IS QUIET, NOT EVEN TEN SECONDS AND HE SAYS MY 17:57 DREAM IS THAT IN TEN YEARS I CAN WALK ANY ROAD DOWN 18:05 ANY STREET AND I CAN HEAR WORSHIP GOING ON TO JESUS 18:09 IN THE EVENING. 18:10 HEARING THE SONGS OF CHRIST BEING RAISED. 18:12 NOW THAT'S A PRETTY BIG VISION. 18:15 IT IS. 18:16 BUT WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT IF WE DON'T DREAM BIG 18:18 FOR GOD THINGS NEVER HAPPEN. 18:21 IF WE DREAM SMALL, I'VE TRIED TO IMBIBE IN OUR 18:24 WHOLE SYSTEM WITH THE FIRST PEOPLE GOD BRINGS US 18:27 INTO CONTACT YOU HAVE TO DREAM FOR YOUR WHOLE 18:29 COUNTRY OR FOR YOUR WHOLE REGION AND THEY DO THIS 18:32 ALL THE WAY DOWN. 18:33 IF THE FOCUS GOES AWAY FROM PLANTING A HOUSE 18:36 CHURCH OR A CONGREGATION IS HOW DO I BRING MY CITY, 18:40 HOW DO I BRING MY REGION, HOW DO I BRING MY STATE, 18:43 HOW DO I BRING MY COUNTRY, HOW DO I BRING MY WHOLE 18:45 PEOPLE GROUP TO CHRIST. 18:48 AND HE IS ENTRENCHED. 18:49 HIS FAMILY COMES FROM THAT CITY AND HE SAYS I WANT 18:52 THIS CITY FOR CHRIST. 18:55 NOW WE KIND OF LAUGH AND SAY HOW CAN HE HAVE THAT, 18:57 IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. 18:59 YES IT IS. 19:00 AND LET ME SHARE WHAT HE HAD DONE IN LESS THAN TWO 19:03 YEARS OF BEING A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND WHY I 19:06 BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE BIG DREAMS. 19:09 AND I KIND OF SAY WELL THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DREAM. 19:16 HOW IS THAT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN? 19:17 HE SAYS WELL, HE SAYS LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY. 19:20 I'M A PROFESSIONAL TUTOR. 19:24 I TUTOR FOR THE WEALTHIEST FAMILIES IN THIS CITY AND 19:28 WHEN I BECAME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS GOD TOLD ME YOU 19:31 NEED TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO ALL THESE. 19:33 I HAVE TUTORED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN OF THE WEALTHIEST 19:36 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY IN THE HARDEST SUBJECTS IN 19:39 MATHEMATICS AND SO FORTH. 19:43 I'VE ALREADY PLANTED 127 HOUSE CHURCHES. 19:46 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN IN TWO YEARS? 19:49 IN TWO YEARS. 19:52 AND I SAID NO THAT CAN'T BE. 19:55 THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT HIM TO CHRIST WHO RUNS THE 19:58 HOUSE CHURCH AND THE TWO ABOVE SAID IT'S TRUE, WE 20:00 KNOW THE PEOPLE. 20:02 NOW THIS ISN'T ALWAYS COMMON, THIS ISN'T ALWAYS 20:04 NORMAL. 20:06 BUT WE FIND THESE PEOPLE AND MOVEMENT STARTS 20:08 HAPPENING. 20:08 SO WHAT DID HE DO? 20:09 THE FAMILIES THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH AND TUTORING 20:12 HE STARTED SHARING WITH THE CHILDREN. 20:13 YES. 20:14 THE CHILDREN GET EXCITED. 20:15 THEY TAKE IT TO MAMA, THEY TAKE IT TO DADDY. 20:17 THEN THAT HOUSE BECOMES A WORSHIPPING HOUSE. 20:21 THEY NOW START SHARING WITH THEIR RELATIVES AND A 20:24 MOVEMENT STARTS EMERGING. 20:26 SO WE HAVE SEEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN OVER AND 20:28 OVER. 20:29 NOW THIS ISN'T THE EVERY DAY EXPERIENCE BUT THIS IS 20:33 WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS AND 20:36 BIG VISIONS. 20:37 AND THIS HAS BECOME HIS OVERWHELMING DREAM. 20:39 HOW DO I BRING THIS CITY TO CHRIST. 20:42 AND SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HIT HOME BACK TO ME. 20:45 I THINK THIS IS FOR MY OWN PEOPLE GROUP. 20:48 YES. 20:49 IF WE'RE GOING TO REACH WHERE I LIVE IN THE CITY 20:50 OF CHATTANOOGA, WE NEED TO THINK HOW ARE WE GOING TO 20:53 REACH CHATTANOOGA. 20:54 NOT JUST HOW AM I GOING TO GROW MY PARTICULAR CHURCH. 20:58 HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. 21:02 SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, IT WOULD BE MY 21:07 CHALLENGE BACK TO MY OWN PEOPLE AND TO MY CHURCH IS 21:09 THAT WE TAKE AWAY A FOCUS OF JUST TELLING OUR 21:12 PASTORS JUST PLANT YOUR CHURCH, JUST GROW YOUR 21:15 CHURCH, JUST MAINTAIN IT. 21:17 HOW DO YOU BRING YOUR CITY, HOW DO YOU BRING 21:19 YOUR STATE, HOW DO YOU BRING OUR COUNTRY TO A 21:21 POINT OF ACCEPTING CHRIST. 21:24 AND SO MEN LIKE THIS, HE LED ON THE BACKS OF VERY 21:29 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS MESSAGE. 21:32 WE'RE JUST SEEING IT AND NOW WE HAVE AROUND SIX 21:34 THOUSAND HOUSE CHURCHES AMONG HINDUS. 21:37 BUT THIS IS GIVING SOME OF THE NETWORKS OF HOW THAT 21:41 HAPPENS. 21:41 HOW THAT HAPPENS. 21:43 YES. 21:44 AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST 21:46 CHALLENGES TO THE WORK WITH HINDU PEOPLE? 21:53 I KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES, YOU 21:55 TALK ABOUT THE WAY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 21:58 YES. 21:59 THERE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGES. 22:01 WE HAVE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL FOR THERE NOT TO 22:02 BE A HIT BACK ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SO WE HAVE 22:03 HAD TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS. 22:13 WE HAVE SAID THIS IS ONLY A BRAHMIN MOVEMENT AT THIS 22:16 TIME. 22:17 BECAUSE IF THE BRAHMINS NOW START SHARING WITH 22:20 LOWER CASTE, THIS IS A VERY STRATIFIED SOCIETY. 22:23 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN INDIA, TO GIVE A 22:26 BACKGROUND, HAS GROWN MAINLY AMONG NON-CASTE 22:30 PEOPLE. 22:31 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN INDIA, ADVENTIST, BAPTIST, 22:33 METHODIST, CATHOLIC, PRESBYTERIAN STARTED AMONG 22:39 TRIBAL PEOPLE WHO ARE NON-CASTE. 22:41 LATER IT MOVED TO THE DALITS. 22:43 THE DALITS WE MIGHT KNOW THEM AS THE UNTOUCHABLES. 22:44 BUT THIS IS WHERE IT HAS GROWN. 22:45 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH EXISTS AMONG NON-CASTE 22:46 PEOPLE. 22:47 AND SO THEN MAYBE IN THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS THE 22:48 CHURCH GREW IN THE LOWEST, ONE AND TWO, LOWEST LEVELS 22:50 OF THE CASTE SOCIETY. 22:50 BUT IT'S ALMOST A NON-CASTE CHURCH. 22:52 YES. 22:53 BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WITH THE WEALTHY 23:11 PEOPLE IN CALCUTTA WITH THE BRAHMIN, WITH A 23:14 DIFFERENT GROUP. 23:17 YES, THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP. 23:18 WITH THE LEADERS, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE RICH, BUT THEY 23:20 ARE THE LEADERS, THE MOVERS AND THE SHAKERS AND 23:22 THE PRIESTLY CASTE. 23:23 AND SO YOU SAY WELL WHY DO YOU NEED HELP FOR THIS? 23:24 BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE YOUNG MEN 23:34 WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN OTHER WORK AND WE CAN GIVE 23:37 THEM A STIPEND TO PAY THEIR BUS FARE, THEIR 23:40 TRAVEL, THEIR GAS MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY FOCUS 23:45 ON MINISTRY AT LEAST OVER A LONG WEEKEND AND BE 23:49 INVOLVED IN THE EVENINGS. 23:50 BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE SOME OTHER FORM OF 23:52 ENGAGEMENT THAT $150 WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO 23:56 COVER SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES SO THEY CAN BE 23:58 MORE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY. 24:01 IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK 24:05 ACTUALLY EXPANDING FROM, OF COURSE WE WANT TO REACH 24:09 ALL THE PEOPLE OF EVERY CASTE. 24:11 WHAT WE HAVE FELT IS THAT ONCE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 24:15 OF THE VERY TOP CASTE THEN WE WILL TAKE IT CASTE BY 24:18 CASTE BY CASTE DOWN. 24:20 THEY ARE ALREADY READY TO BREAK THE CASTE SYSTEM. 24:24 AND WE CAME AT A TIME WHEN GOD HAD PREPARED MANY MANY 24:28 THINGS AMONG THE INTELLIGENCE. 24:31 EVEN AMONG THE BRAHMINS THERE IS A FEELING WHY ALL 24:34 THESE IDOLS AND STUFF. 24:36 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THE MODERN MIND. 24:39 YOU COME AND POUR YOUR SACRIFICE AND THEN DRINK 24:42 THE MILK OR THE WATER THAT HAS BEEN POURED OFF THE 24:45 DIRTY IDOL MAKES NO SENSE TO TODAY'S EDUCATED 24:48 PEOPLE. 24:48 SO GOD HAS BROUGHT MANY MANY THINGS, FACTORS 24:51 TOGETHER. 24:52 THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES. 24:54 THERE ARE SECURITY CHALLENGES. 24:56 NEITHER HINDUS NOR BUDDHISTS NOR MUSLIMS WANT 24:58 TO SEE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR RANKS. 25:01 BUT IF WE RESPECT THEIR CULTURE IN ALL OF THOSE 25:05 PEOPLE GROUPS, THOSE THINGS THAT DON'T GO 25:08 AGAINST THE BIBLE, THAT DON'T GO AGAINST GOD, IT 25:11 REALLY HELPS AND MAINTAIN THE MOVEMENT GOING. 25:15 WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, BUT YOU'RE 25:17 MAKING AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THERE THAT 25:19 HELPING SOMEONE TO BECOME A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST IS A 25:21 VERY DIFFERENT THING THAN TRYING TO MAKE THEM A 25:24 WESTERNER. 25:25 EXACTLY. 25:26 AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHETHER YOU WERE 25:28 HINDU, MUSLIM OR BUDDHIST, IF YOU BECAME A FOLLOWER 25:31 OF JESUS OVERSEAS YOU HAD TO GO CHANGE YOUR NAME 25:34 USUALLY, HAD TO CHANGE YOUR IDENTITY CARDS. 25:37 IT NOW HAD TO SAY I AM NOW A CHRISTIAN , NO LONGER A 25:40 MUSLIM, NO LONGER A HINDU, NO LONGER A BUDDHIST AND 25:43 YOU USUALLY TOOK ON THE NAME OF YOUR MISSIONARY OR 25:45 THE MISSIONARY WOULD SAY NOW I'M GOING TO CALL YOU, 25:47 GIVE YOU YOUR CHRISTIAN NAME. 25:49 YOUR NEW CHRISTIAN NAME. 25:50 AND SO THIS GREATLY DISRUPTED SOCIETY. 25:53 YOU NEED TO DRESS DIFFERENT, YOU NEED TO 25:55 TALK DIFFERENT, YOU NOW LOSE ALL Y OUR FAMILY 25:58 RELATIONS AND EXISTING SOCIAL NETWORK AND YOU 26:00 BECOME A PART OF THE NETWORK OF YOUR LOCAL 26:03 CHURCH. 26:04 AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT HAS BEEN VERY DETRIMENTAL FOR 26:07 REALLY A MOVEMENT TO TAKE OFF SO YOU LEAVE THEM IN 26:10 THEIR PLACE. 26:11 THEY BECOME A CHRIST FOLLOWER WITHIN THEIR 26:13 PLACE AND THEN THEY LIVE OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 26:15 CHRIST FOLLOWER WITHIN THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS 26:17 WITHOUT HAVING TO BE EJECTED OR REJECTED. 26:20 YES. 26:21 VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. 26:23 AND AGAIN QUICK RECAP OF WHAT IT COSTS FOR A WORKER 26:27 AND HOW MANY YOU NEED. 26:28 WE NEED FOR THE HINDU WORK WE NEED 40 WORKERS 26:31 ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING. 26:33 AN AVERAGE $150 THAT'S EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A 26:37 YEAR PER WORKER. 26:38 FOR 40 WORKERS THAT SEVENTH-TWO THOUSAND 26:40 DOLLARS. 26:41 ALRIGHT. 26:41 AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT. 26:45 IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. 26:47 YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTACT US. 26:49 YOU SEE THE INFORMATION THERE. 26:51 PLEASE BE PRAYERFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD DO TO HELP 26:54 WITH THE HINDU WORK AS MARTY HAS JUST BEEN 26:56 DESCRIBING TO US. 26:57 IT'S NOT A BIG SACRIFICE FOR MOST OF US IN OUR 27:01 NORTH AMERICAN CULTURE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP. 27:06 IN FACT JUST TO SPONSOR A WORKER FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. 27:10 BE PRAYERFUL ABOUT IT. 27:11 BE THINKING ABOUT IT AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE 27:13 TO CONTRIBUTE AND BE A SPONSOR AND HELP THIS 27:16 WORK. 27:17 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE 27:19 HINDU PEOPLE. 27:20 MAY YOU BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU WERE A PART OF 27:23 IT. 27:24 THANKS AGAIN FOR TUNING IN TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 27:58 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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