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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000764A
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00:02 ONE MISSION, THE GREAT COMMISSION, TO REACH EVERY 00:09 MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD 00:20 NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THE 10/40 WINDOW, MANY 00:39 MANY COUNTRIES WITH PEOPLE, LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO 00:41 STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 00:43 AND WE ARE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SHARE THE 00:46 STORIES, THE MIRACLES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING 00:49 BOLD FOR JESUS. 00:50 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE BOLD FOR JESUS 00:53 WHERE YOU LIVE AND TOGETHER AS WE SEE THE DAY 00:56 APPROACHING THAT JESUS IS COMING AND WE WANT MORE 00:59 PEOPLE TO JOIN US AND TO BE TOGETHER WHEN THAT DAY 01:02 COMES. 01:02 RIGHT MARTY PHILLIPS. 01:03 ABSOLUTELY. 01:05 MARTY YOU ARE HERE REPRESENTING WHAT COMPANY 01:08 AND HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER HERE AT GOSPEL 01:10 OUTREACH? 01:11 I WORK FOR NPRAXIS. 01:13 IT'S ANOTHER MISSION ORGANIZATION AND WE 01:16 SPECIALIZE IN HOUSE HOME FELLOWSHIPS. 01:20 WE WORK IN ABOUT 50 COUNTRIES. 01:22 WE HAVE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES, 01:26 WORSHIPPING FAMILIES. 01:28 WOW, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 01:29 AND THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN HEBREWS 10. 01:33 "AND LET US CONSIDER HOW WE MAY SPUR ONE ANOTHER ON 01:37 TOWARD LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS NOT GIVING UP MEETING 01:40 TOGETHER AS SOME ARE IN THE HABIT OF DOING BUT 01:43 ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU 01:45 SEE THE DAY APPROACHING." 01:47 SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE CALLED TO MAKE SURE THAT 01:50 WE MEET TOGETHER. 01:51 NOW IN SOME AREAS OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW THAT WE TALK 01:54 ABOUT, FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH FROM WEST 01:56 AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, PAKISTAN, CHINA AND 01:59 ASIA THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THIS IS REALLY HARD TO DO. 02:05 IT IS, IT IS. 02:06 EVEN IN HOME FELLOWSHIPS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK 02:09 YOU'RE THE ONLY BELIEVER IN THE TOWN OR IN THE 02:11 FAMILY. 02:12 AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL STORIES WHERE THIS HAS 02:15 HAPPENED. 02:16 THERE'S A STORY THAT JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY AND JUST 02:18 IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AS WELL. 02:20 AND THERE WAS THIS MAN AND HE HAD BECOME A BELIEVER 02:23 RECENTLY. 02:24 HE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER BELIEVERS IN HIS 02:25 TOWN. 02:26 A BELIEVER IN JESUS, AND YOU NEED TO SAY THAT THEY 02:27 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW THEY SAY THIS RIGHT? 02:28 THEY DON'T SAY THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIANS THEY SAY 02:29 THAT THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 02:31 THEY JUST SAY THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 02:32 BECAUSE CHRISTIAN CARRIES A POLITICAL CONNOTATION 02:33 FOR THEM IN THEIR COUNTRY DUE TO THE CRUSADES, DUE 02:35 TO CHRISTIANITY BEING ATTACHED TO IMPERIALISM 02:36 ETC. ETC., WESTERN PRACTICES AND ALL THAT. 02:38 EXACTLY. 02:39 SO JUST SAYING I'M A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CONVEYS 02:47 WHAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND TO BE A CHRISTIAN IN OUR 03:02 COUNTRY BUT IT CAN SAY SOMETHING ELSE IN THEIRS. 03:08 SO HE HAD BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 03:11 AND THERE WAS A BIG CONVENTION HAPPENING IN 03:14 HIS COUNTRY IN A PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAFER OUT IN 03:16 THE CAPITAL CITY WHERE A BUNCH OF BELIEVERS 03:19 ESPECIALLY TO HELP BELIEVERS LIKE HIMSELF 03:22 THAT WERE SCATTERED BELIEVERS TO COME AND FEEL 03:25 NURTURED. 03:26 TO BE WITH OTHERS. 03:27 AND SO HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO HIS WIFE. 03:31 HE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS READY BECAUSE IN THEIR 03:35 COUNTRY IF SHE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BECOME A 03:38 FOLLOWER OF JESUS SHE COULD HAVE HIM EXPELLED. 03:41 IT COULD BE A REALLY BAD MESS FOR EITHER ONE OF 03:45 THEM. 03:46 SO HE IS STILL A BELIEVER AND HE TELLS HIS WIFE 03:49 DEAR, I HAVE A TRIP I NEED TO DO. 03:51 I NEED TO GO OUT. 03:52 WOULD YOU MIND IF I LEAVE FOR A WEEK OR SO. 03:55 I'LL BE BACK. 03:57 AND SHE SAYS NO PLEASE YOUR WELCOME. 04:00 SHE SAYS, BY THE WAY I ALSO WANTED TO GO MEET 04:02 WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND GO OUT WOULD YOU MIND 04:04 IF I LEAVE. 04:05 HE SAYS PLEASE YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO YOUR TRIP. 04:08 SO AS SOON AS HE LEFT SHE RUNS BECAUSE THERE WAS 04:10 ACTUALLY A BELIEVER THAT SHE KNEW IN THE TOWN, ONE 04:13 OF HER FRIENDS. 04:15 AND SO AS SOON AS HE LEFT SHE RUNS TO HER FRIEND'S 04:17 HOUSE AND SAYS LET'S GO. 04:20 AND SO HE GETS TO HIS PLACE TO HIS CONVENTION 04:23 THAT HE'S GOING TO AND HE IS SITTING OFF IN ONE 04:25 CORNER KIND OF BECAUSE IN THEIR COUNTRY THEY SIT 04:29 KIND OF MEN ON ONE SIDE AND WOMEN ON THE OTHER. 04:31 OR COUPLES, THE IN FAMILIES THEY CAN SIT 04:34 TOGETHER. 04:35 BUT IF YOU'RE NOT YOU KIND OF SIT ON DIFFERENT SIDES. 04:39 AND SO THEY ARE THERE AT THEIR CONVENTION AND 04:41 EVERYONE IS EXCITED AND THEY'RE SINGING SONGS TO 04:46 JESUS AND EXCITED THAT HE IS GOING TO BE HEARING 04:50 STUFF AND HIS WIFE ALSO HAD BECOME A SECRET 04:53 BELIEVER IN JESUS. 04:54 SHE HAD. 04:55 AND HE HAD NO IDEA AND SHE HAD NO IDEA SO SHE WENT TO 04:58 HER FRIEND AND THEY THEN TAKE OFF AND THEY GO TO 05:01 THE CAPITAL CITY AND SHE COMES IN AND SHE GOES IN 05:05 AND SITS ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE. 05:08 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GIVING TESTIMONIES AND SO 05:10 AS SOMEONE IS GIVING A TESTIMONY SHE LOOKS AND 05:13 SEES HER HUSBAND OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE AND SHE 05:17 STANDS UP AND JUST SHRIEKS ACROSS THE CROWDED ROOM. 05:21 YES. 05:22 AND THEN HE LOOKS, HE RECOGNIZES HER VOICE AND 05:26 HE JUMPS UP AND THEN THEY BOTH GO RUNNING TO EACH 05:29 OTHER AND EMBRACE AND KISS AND KIND OF DISTRACTS 05:32 EVERYONE, EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED. 05:35 AND THEN IT'S IN TESTIMONY TIME AND SO THEN THEY BOTH 05:39 SHOW THEIR TESTIMONY NOW TO EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF 05:42 EVERYONE HOW THEY HAD BOTH BECOME BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 05:45 NEITHER ONE COULD BELIEVE IT AND THEY WERE JUST SO 05:48 SO EXCITED. 05:49 AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 05:53 ISN'T THAT, OH, THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY 05:57 INCREDIBLE AND VERY MOVING TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 06:01 CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAD BEEN THERE TO SEE THAT. 06:03 I MEAN HOW NEAT. 06:04 I MEAN YOU TELL IT BEAUTIFULLY. 06:05 I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 06:07 A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS, HE HAS LIKE EIGHT OR NINE 06:10 COUNTRIES UNDER HIS COORDINATION SO HE IS 06:17 THERE IN THE MEETING. 06:18 HE GOES OUT AFTER THE MEETING, CALLED ME. 06:19 HE SAID I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT WAS SO 06:21 BEAUTIFUL. 06:22 OH ABSOLUTELY. 06:24 SO HERE THEY BOTH COULD HAVE BEEN UNDER 06:26 PERSECUTION HAD THEY BOTH SHARED BUT HERE GOD 06:29 BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AT THE SAME MEETING. 06:31 YES. 06:32 OH MARTY. 06:33 SO TALK WITH ME ABOUT THESE MEETINGS AND ABOUT 06:36 HOW THEY HAVE TO BE SO SECRETIVE IN THIS 06:38 PARTICULAR COUNTRY. 06:39 AND THAT IS TRUE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL WHERE 06:43 JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A BELIEVER AND LIKE THE 06:45 SCRIPTURE SAYS YOU KNOW KEEP ENCOURAGING EACH 06:48 OTHER, KEEP MEETING TOGETHER. 06:49 BUT THEY CAN'T DO THAT. 06:50 LIKE I MEAN THERE IS A CHURCH ON EVERY BLOCK IN 06:53 SO MANY OF OUR TOWNS HERE IN AMERICA. 06:55 BUT THEY CAN'T MEET THERE. 06:57 IT'S TRUE. 06:58 NOW WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT'S BEEN, WE DO HOME 07:01 FELLOWSHIPS IN OUR MOVEMENT. 07:03 AND WHAT WE HAVE REALLY BECOME EXPERTS IN OUR 07:05 ORGANIZATION IS HOME FELLOWSHIPS. 07:08 BUT WE USED TO JUST BRING TOGETHER ANY PEOPLE TO 07:11 HOME FELLOWSHIP. 07:12 SO LIKE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD WHERE THEY ARE 07:15 WORKING WE JUST BROUGHT, OKAY IT WAS LIKE A SMALL 07:18 HOUSE CHURCH IN A HOUSE. 07:20 IT WAS DOING CHURCH IN A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE. 07:23 OKAY YOU'RE FROM THIS PART OF TOWN, YOU'RE FROM THIS 07:26 PART OF TOWN. 07:27 WE'LL HUDDLE TOGETHER AND WE'LL MAYBE TAKE TURNS IN 07:29 EACH OTHER'S HOUSE. 07:31 WELL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN 07:33 EXPERIMENTING, EXPERIMENTING WITH HOUSE 07:35 CHURCH WE CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WASN'T A VERY 07:40 GOOD METHOD OF DOING HOUSE CHURCH. 07:42 WE FOUND THAT IT WAS A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE TO CHANGE 07:46 THE STYLE AND WE ACTUALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE 07:49 OF YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS REGION JUST A 07:52 PHENOMENAL GROWTH HAPPEN. 07:54 SO WHAT DID YOU CHANGE? 07:55 SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE THEM INTO FAMILY-BASED 08:00 HOME FELLOWSHIPS OR HOUSE CHURCHES. 08:02 AND SO IT'S BASED AROUND FAMILY OR CLOSEST FRIENDS. 08:05 SO HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? 08:05 YOU'RE A FAMILY? 08:06 NO. 08:07 OUTSIDE THE U.S. 08:08 THERE'S A LOT MORE STRENGTH IN EXTENDED 08:08 FAMILIES AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO 08:10 CHURCH WITH YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR CLOSE FRIEND GROUP. 08:11 AND WHOSE YOUR CLOSE FRIEND GROUP? 08:13 THOSE WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO OPEN YOUR FRIDGE. 08:14 OH, OKAY, ALRIGHT. 08:15 WHO CAN JUST ACT LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME AND HELP 08:16 YOURSELF. 08:17 I'M HUNGRY, I'M EATING. 08:17 EXACTLY. 08:18 THEY CAN COME IN AND BASICALLY OPEN YOUR DOOR 08:19 WITHOUT KNOCKING. 08:20 THESE ARE THE TYPE OF FRIENDS YOU NEED TO DO 08:21 HOUSE CHURCH WITH. 08:22 AND SO WE'VE JUST SEEN IT EXPONENTIALLY GROW THIS 08:23 WAY. 08:24 INTERESTING. 08:25 SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A LITTLE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE 08:26 FOUND THAT WORKS VERY EFFECTIVELY. 08:27 SO ONCE YOU GET YOUR HOUSE CHURCH FUNCTIONING AND 08:29 IT'S GROWING, EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE CHURCH, DAD, 08:30 MOM, GRANDMA, AUNTIE OR YOUR FRIEND OR WHATEVER 08:31 YOU ALL PRAY FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE PEOPLE IN THE 08:33 HOUSE CHURCH. 08:33 AND YOU PRAY FOR FIVE KEY PEOPLE. 08:35 YOU FRIST PRAY FOR THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE CLOSEST 08:36 TO YOU. 08:38 SO THIS CAN BE YOUR BROTHER WHO HASN'T BECOME 08:44 A FOLLOWER YET OR A CLASS MATE OR WHO ARE THE TWO 08:55 CLOSEST TO YOU. 08:57 ONCE ONE OF THOSE BECOMES YOU JUST ADD THE NEXT 09:06 CLOSEST. 09:07 THEN YOU THINK WHO ARE THE TWO PEOPLE OF MOST 09:10 INFLUENCE IN YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK. 09:11 IF THIS PERSON BECOMES A BELIEVER HE IS GOING TO 09:13 BRING A LOT MORE PEOPLE WITH HIM. 09:14 SURE, SURE. 09:15 SO YOU PRAY THE CLOSEST PERSON TO YOU, THE PERSON 09:16 OF THE MOST INFLUENCE. 09:17 NUMBER FOUR IS THE PERSON OF THE SECOND MOST 09:18 INFLUENCE. 09:19 AND THE MIDDLE PERSON IS WHO IF BECOMES A BELIEVER 09:20 WOULD HELP ME WIN THESE TWO? 09:21 THE OTHER TWO. 09:21 YES. 09:22 SO EVERYONE IN THE HOME FELLOWSHIP IS PRAYING FOR 09:23 THE FIVE PEOPLE OF THE SAME TYPE. 09:58 SOMETIMES THAT WILL DOUBLE UP BUT YOU'RE ALL PRAYING 10:02 SO AS SOON AS SOMEONE ELSE YOU THINK MIGHT BE READY 10:05 TO BE INVITED, AND WE TRY TO DO IT QUICKER. 10:07 WE USED TO WAIT THESE LONG SEASONS, KIND OF BIBLE 10:10 STUDIES TO GO THROUGH. 10:11 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOME FELLOWSHIP THERE ARE 10:16 SEVERAL DYNAMICS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE. 10:18 WE CREATE A DYNAMICS OF REAL OPENNESS SO THERE'S A 10:24 TIME OF SHARING AFTER OPENING AND GREETINGS. 10:27 MAYBE SOME SINGING IN LOCAL FORMS. 10:30 THEN WE HAVE A TIME OF SHARING. 10:33 HOW HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED BY GOD THIS WEEK AND WHAT 10:39 HAVE BEEN YOUR DOWNS. 10:40 AND SO PEOPLE BECOME VERY VERY OPEN. 10:44 WHEN I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THIS, I MEAN 10:46 I WAS JUST KIND OF SHOCKED OF HOW OPEN PEOPLE WERE. 10:50 AND PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE OPEN. 10:53 SO ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEONE PREPARED TO COME AND 10:55 EXPERIENCE THIS. 10:56 SO AFTER DOING THIS THEN YOU DO INDUCTIVE BIBLE 10:58 STUDY. 10:59 SO LET'S SAY YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF 11:00 MATTHEW AND YOU JUST READ A LITTLE PART AND THEN 11:05 EVERYONE DISCUSSES WHAT DOES IT TELL ME ABOUT GOD. 11:08 WHAT DOES IT TELL ME ABOUT ME. 11:10 WHAT IS THE CALL TO ACTION THAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO 11:12 CHANGE THIS WEEK. 11:14 AND WHAT CAN I SHARE FROM THE PASSAGE. 11:16 SO THAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOME CHURCH GATHERING. 11:19 THAT'S THE STRUCTURE. 11:19 OKAY. 11:20 SO ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEONE OF THE FIVE THAT YOU'VE 11:23 BEEN PRAYING FOR, WHEN YOU INVITE THEM TO THE HOME 11:26 CHURCH YOU TELL THEM YOU ARE INVITING THEM TO 11:28 EXPERIENCE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR HOME FOR 11:31 FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. 11:33 OKAY. 11:34 SO THEY DON'T BECOME A PERMANENT ASSET BECAUSE WE 11:36 HAVE FOUND ONCE YOU GO OVER 15 IT DIES. 11:39 NO ONE WANTS TO LEAVE. 11:41 AND THEY ARE THEN CALLED TO GO AND START THEIR OWN 11:45 HOUSE CHURCH. 11:46 EVEN IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE BELIEFS 11:48 YET BUT THEY SAY I WANT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS 11:51 HOME TO HAPPEN IN MY HOME. 11:53 WELL AND WHEN YOU FIRST SAID THIS I THOUGHT ABOUT 11:55 RAHAB. 11:56 I MEAN THINK ABOUT RAHAB. 11:57 HER WHOLE FAMILY BECAME BELIEVERS IN GOD YOU KNOW 12:01 SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT CAME TO MY MIND AS YOU 12:03 WERE EXPLAINING THIS. 12:04 NOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. 12:06 HAVING BEEN TO A HOUSE CHURCH WHAT ABOUT THE 12:10 PEOPLE WHO ARE, MANY TIMES IT'S IN AN APARTMENT OF 12:13 WHATEVER, WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HEARING. 12:15 ARE SOME OF THESE HOUSE CHURCHES DO THEY HAVE TO 12:17 BE KIND OF CAREFUL? 12:18 THEY DO. 12:19 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE, I MEAN IT'S WONDERFUL TO 12:22 HEAR SINGING. 12:24 WELL IN MOST MUSLIM COUNTRIES SINGING COMES 12:26 LATER ON BUT NOW WE HAVE FOUND THAT THEY BECOME SO 12:29 BOLD THEY DON'T CARE. 12:30 OH THEIR JUST SINGING. 12:31 THEY JUST SING. 12:32 THEY DON'T CARE. 12:33 AND SOME ARE CAREFUL BUT ONCE THERE IS A GROUP OF 12:36 THEM I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE JUST SEEN IT HAPPEN OVER 12:38 AND OVER, PEOPLE LOSE THEIR FEAR, THEY BECOME 12:41 BOLDER AND BOLDER. 12:42 WELL THAT'S THE LORD TAKING THE FEAR AWAY. 12:44 AND BECAUSE BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS I KNEW A LOT OF 12:48 PEOPLE THAT WERE LIKE YOU KNOW BILLY CLUBBED DOWN 12:50 FOR BEING CAUGHT YOU KNOW. 12:52 THEY WERE. 12:53 YES. 12:53 THERE IS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, A 12:56 FEMALE, AN OLDER FEMALE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT. 13:00 AND SHE HAD BLACK AND BLUE SPOTS FROM BEING BILLY 13:04 CLUBBED DOWN. 13:05 BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN IN A HOME CHURCH GATHERING OR 13:08 SINGING? 13:09 SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR OF A LARGE GROUP OF A BIG 13:12 MOVEMENT IN A COUNTRY. 13:13 WOW, OKAY. 13:14 SO THERE IS PERSECUTION. 13:19 THERE ARE PROBLEMS BUT I HAVE SEEN THE PEOPLE. 13:22 NOW NOT ALL OUR GROUPS SING. 13:24 SOME DON'T. 13:25 SOME DO. 13:26 SO KIND OF DEPENDS WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT COUNTRY. 13:28 WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW SAFE OR HOW SAFE IT'S NOT. 13:32 SINGING USUALLY DOESN'T ACCOMPANY WORSHIP IN 13:36 MUSLIM COUNTRIES BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE 13:38 LOVE IT ONCE THEY ARE INTRODUCED. 13:40 OKAY SO SEE THAT'S INTERESTING. 13:41 SO LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. 13:42 WELL THANK YOU MARTY. 13:43 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US 13:46 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:48 AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 13:50 YOU. 13:51 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 13:54 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 13:57 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 13:59 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 14:03 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 14:05 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 14:11 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 14:14 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 14:18 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:21 EQUATOR. 14:22 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 14:27 TO JAPAN. 14:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 14:31 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 14:36 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 14:40 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 14:42 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 14:45 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 14:47 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 14:53 WORKERS. 14:54 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 14:55 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:00 GOD'S LOVE. 15:01 JOIN US. 15:02 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:05 DONATE. 15:05 PRAY. 15:11 AND THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 15:14 OUTREACH. 15:15 MAYBE YOU ARE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 15:17 WANT TO SAY WELCOME AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS 15:19 HAPPENING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE 15:23 OF THE WORLD FOR MANY OF US. 15:24 FROM AFRICA THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST, PAKISTAN 15:27 INDIA AND CHINA. 15:27 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THROUGH 15:30 OUR NEWSLETTER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", ON 15:32 INSTAGRAM, ON FACEBOOK AND MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE 15:36 A VOLUNTEER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE WOULD LOVE 15:39 TO TALK WITH YOU MORE. 15:40 YOU CAN VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 15:44 INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 15:46 NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHARING JESUS IN THIS 15:48 10/40 WINDOW. 15:49 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING BOLD FOR JESUS AND 15:51 GATHERING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT JESUS AND THAT HE IS 15:53 COMING AGAIN SOON. 15:55 BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT WITH YOUR 15:57 NEIGHBORS AND BEING KIND TO SOMEONE AND SHARING 15:59 JESUS THROUGH YOUR DAILY LIFE BECAUSE THAT'S SO 16:02 IMPORTANT MARTY NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. 16:04 WE GET SOMETIMES SO MISSION MINDED AND WE 16:07 THINK OH IT HAS TO BE IN SOME COUNTRY THAT I HAVE 16:09 TO TAKE A PASSPORT TO. 16:10 WELL NO, IT STARTS AT HOME. 16:12 SO MARTY PHILLIPS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 16:14 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MANY THINGS. 16:16 WE'VE HEARD SOME JOYFUL STORIES THAT YOU ALWAYS 16:18 SHARE WITH US. 16:19 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME CLOSED COUNTRIES AND 16:22 PEOPLE WHO ARE GATHERING TOGETHER IN HOUSE 16:24 CHURCHES. 16:25 HOW DO THOSE START MARTY? 16:27 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 16:29 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE LOOK AT. 16:31 WE WORK THROUGH EXISTING SOCIAL NETWORKS. 16:34 THAT'S OUR MOST POWERFUL MEDIUM. 16:36 WE HAVE FOUND THAT YOU KNOW WE USUALLY WOULD SEND 16:40 MISSIONARIES AND IT STARTED ME ON A PROCESS OF 16:43 THINKING. 16:44 I KNEW SEVERAL ADVENTIST MISSIONARIES WHO HAD GONE 16:46 TO WORK IN CLOSED COUNTRIES AS CHURCH 16:48 PLANTERS. 16:49 AND THEN SEVERAL EVANGELICAL FRIENDS WHO 16:52 HAD DONE THE SAME THING. 16:53 THE BIG QUESTIONS IS WHO DO I SHARE WITH? 16:55 DO I SHARE WITH THE TAXI DRIVER? 16:57 WHO IS IT. 16:58 AND AS I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS EPISODE IS WE 17:02 LOOK FOR HOUSES OF PEACE. 17:05 AND WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE WITH PEACE. 17:08 AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE SEEN YOU 17:10 KNOW TODAY THEY TALK ABOUT KEYSTONE ANIMALS THAT HELP 17:14 HOLD THE WHOLE ECOLOGY TOGETHER LIKE WOLVES HOLD 17:17 YELLOWSTONE TOGETHER. 17:19 YOU TAKE THE WOLVES OUT AND EVEN THE RIVERS START 17:22 ERODING. 17:23 AND THERE ARE KEYSTONE ANIMALS IN THE ECOLOGICAL 17:26 SYSTEM. 17:27 AND WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE KEYSTONE 17:29 FAMILIES. 17:30 WHETHER WE'RE HERE IN THE WEST THERE'S FAMILIES THAT 17:33 HAVE HELD FOR GENERATIONS. 17:36 THEY HAVE PLAYED CRUCIAL ROLES. 17:38 SO WHO ARE THESE FAMILIES LIKE? 17:40 YOU KNOW IF YOU GO TO A CITY LIKE NEW YORK. 17:43 OKAY NEW YORK WAS ORIGINALLY SETTLED BY THE 17:46 DUTCH. 17:47 WELL IF YOU START LOOKING THERE WILL BE OLD DUTCH 17:50 FAMILIES THAT THEY HELPED FUND THE REVOLUTIONARY 17:53 WAR. 17:55 DUE TO THEIR BUSINESS THEY HAVE AMASSED BILLIONS 17:57 OVER. 17:58 THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS. 18:00 AND THEY ARE LIKE A KEYSTONE FAMILY THAT HOLD. 18:04 THEIR KIDS HAVE STUDIED IN THE VAST UNIVERSITIES. 18:08 THEIR FRIENDS VERY LARGE SOCIAL NETWORK OF MOVERS 18:12 AND SHAKERS. 18:12 HOSPITAL WINGS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM. 18:16 THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE. 18:17 SO YOU LOOK FOR THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE IN A COUNTRY. 18:21 YOU FIND THESE HOUSES THAT ARE KEYSTONE HOUSES THAT 18:25 HAVE BEEN FOUNDATIONAL FOR HOLDING THE NATION 18:28 TOGETHER. 18:29 BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE HARD TO PENETRATE INTO 18:32 PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 18:34 BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS GOD AND SATAN HAVE A GREAT 18:38 CONTROVERSY FIGHTING OVER THESE KEYSTONE FAMILIES. 18:41 THIS IS TRUE. 18:43 MORE THAN OTHERS PROBABLY. 18:44 THIS IS TRUE. 18:45 BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM, IF THEY DECIDE FOR 18:47 GOD THE NATION GOES FOR GOD. 18:50 IF THEY STAND FOR DARKNESS YOU WILL SEE DARKNESS COME 18:55 TO THE COUNTRY MANY TIMES. 18:57 SO THEN YOU PRAY LORD PLEASE LEAD US TO KEYSTONE 19:02 FAMILIES AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE BUILT RIGHTEOUSNESS 19:05 OVER THE GENERATIONS. 19:08 AND ONCE SOMEONE FROM A KEYSTONE FAMILY BECOMES A 19:11 FOLLOWER OF JESUS THEIR WIDE SOCIAL NETWORK IS 19:14 IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED IN BUSINESS, IN GOVERNMENT, 19:18 IN POLITICS, IN FINANCES. 19:21 ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION 19:24 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 19:24 AND THERE'S THE WITNESS. 19:25 AND THERE'S THE WITNESS, A POWERFUL WITNESS. 19:28 SO AGAIN THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE. 19:34 IT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE BUT I HAVE FOUND IT IS VERY 19:37 VERY EFFECTIVE TO FIND KEYSTONE FAMILIES AND THEN 19:43 ONE OF THEM DECIDES WHATEVER POSITION THEY 19:46 HOLD WITHIN THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY START BECOMING 19:50 AN AGENT OF CHANGE. 19:52 INTERESTING. 19:53 AND THEN YOU START HOUSE FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THAT 19:56 VERY FAMILY. 19:57 AND THEN IT STARTS EXPANDING QUICKLY. 19:59 WHERE DO WE SHARE OUR FAITH FROM HERE WITH THE 20:03 NEXT FAMILY, WITH THE NEXT FAMILY, WITH THIS SENATOR 20:05 FAMILY, WITH THIS AND THIS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A WAVE 20:08 BREAKS OUT ACROSS. 20:09 SO I FIND THIS VERY EFFECTIVE. 20:11 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE LOOK FOR IN KEYSTONE 20:15 FAMILIES. 20:16 WE ALSO SEE WHERE HAS GOD BEEN WORKING. 20:19 WE HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD THERE ARE 20:22 PROBABLY MORE SABBATH OBSERVANT PEOPLE THAN 20:25 THERE ARE IN THE CHRISTIAN OR FAR MORE JEWS. 20:28 THERE ARE MORE MUSLIMS THAT HAVE SABBATH HERITAGE 20:32 AND OBSERVANCE. 20:33 SO WE LOOK FOR THESE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE SEEN 20:37 THAT THEY ARE MORE RECEPTIVE. 20:39 SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 20:41 SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT THEIR GOD HAS ALWAYS LEFT 20:45 A WITNESS FOR THE SABBATH EVERYWHERE FROM THE DEPTHS 20:50 OF THE JUNGLE IN THE AMAZON TO MOST CLOSED 20:55 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 20:57 AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE, TWO, 20:58 THREE BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE. 20:59 THREE IN A LARGE WAY AND A COUPLE SMALLER SABBATH 21:00 GROUPS. 21:01 BUT ONE OF THESE SABBATH GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING 21:02 WITH, ONE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NOW FOR ABOUT 21:03 16-18 YEARS, AND THIS ONE WE'VE JUST SEEN MASSIVE 21:05 GROWTH. 21:05 THIS ONE IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTRY 21:07 PROBABLY HAS AROUND 750 THOUSAND SABBATH OBSERVANT 21:09 BACKGROUND PEOPLE. 21:10 AND OF THOSE WE HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT, A BIG 21:16 PORTION OF THOSE FAMILIES NOW HAVE BIBLES IN THEIR 21:22 HOMES AND ARE IN A PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT 21:28 JESUS. 21:29 SO YOU KNOW WE THINK SOMETIMES, OH WHAT IS 21:35 BEING DONE AND THEN TO HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS AND 21:39 WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FAITH THAT THE LORD IS WORKING 21:48 IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE MIGHT NOT EVEN 21:57 KNOW ABOUT AND TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. 22:03 THIS IS REALLY EXCITING MARTY. 22:08 YES. 22:09 THERE'S ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 22:12 WE HAVE FOUND THERE IS SOMEWHERE, THEY CLAIM TO 22:16 BE CLOSE TO 20 MILLION. 22:18 I WOULD SAY MAYBE 12-15 MILLION. 22:20 AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS. 22:22 AS FAR AS POPULATION OR AS FAR AS BELIEVERS? 22:25 NO THEY ARE IN A COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS, A HUGE 22:27 COUNTRY. 22:28 YES THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 22:31 SO THE SABBATH KEEPERS IN THIS THERE IS A RELIGIOUS 22:37 MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND THEY OBSERVE SABBATH. 22:40 NOW THEY DON'T WORSHIP ON SABBATH BUT THEY REFRAIN, 22:43 THEY'RE TAUGHT TO NOT DO MAJOR BUSINESS, NOT DO 22:47 MAJOR TRAVEL, NOT WORK IN THEIR GARDENS, NOT GO 22:49 FISHING ETC. ETC. 22:51 ON SABBATH. 22:53 WELL AND YOU KNOW EVEN THERE'S SO MUCH TALK ABOUT 22:56 SABBATICALS. 22:58 I THINK PEOPLE WANT THAT PEACE AND THEY'RE TRYING 23:00 TO FIND THAT AND YOU KNOW IT'S IN THE BIBLE AND 23:01 THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR THAT. 23:02 YES, WELL THEY DIDN'T FIND IT FROM THE BIBLE, THEY 23:03 FOUND IT ACTUALLY FROM THE QURAN, THIS PARTICULAR 23:05 GROUP. 23:05 AND TODAY ONE OF THE LEADERS, IT'S KIND OF AN 23:06 INTERESTING STORY AND MAYBE I'LL SHARE IT. 23:08 I SHARED IT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY A FEW MONTHS 23:09 AGO, COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 23:10 BUT I WAS VISITING IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE QUITE A 23:11 LARGE HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY 23:13 AND IT'S ORGANIZED. 23:14 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE REALLY OFFICES THERE'S A 23:15 PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER AND I WAS 23:16 SPEAKING WITH THE TREASURER. 23:17 AND I SAID TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF, A LITTLE BIT AND 23:18 YOUR FAMILY. 23:19 HE SAYS OH YOU KNOW MY FAMILY OWNS SUCH AND SUCH 23:20 A BUSINESS. 23:20 I SAID I KNOW ABOUT THAT. 23:21 I WANT TO KNOW BEYOND YOUR BUSINESS. 23:25 WELL HE SAID ACTUALLY MY FATHER MY GRANDFATHER IN 23:27 MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS. 23:28 THE BUSINESS IS JUST LIKE A SIDE THING FOR US. 23:30 I SAID THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU. 23:32 AND I SAID WELL TELL ME MORE. 23:33 HE SAYS WELL MY DAD'S A RELIGIOUS LEADER, MY 23:35 GRANDFATHER WAS AND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS. 23:36 AND TELL ME MORE. 23:37 HE SAYS WELL WE BELONG TO THIS GROUP WITHIN ISLAM 23:39 AND MY FATHER IS EQUIVALENT, BECAUSE HE 23:40 KIND OF KNOWS THE ADVENTIST SYSTEM, HE WOULD 23:42 BE EQUIVALENT TO LIKE A UNION PRESIDENT. 23:43 AND I SAID REALLY, TELL ME MORE. 23:45 HE SAYS WELL WHEN I BECAME A BELIEVER MY DAD WAS JUST 23:51 BROKEN HEARTED BECAUSE I AM THE ELDEST SON AND I 23:58 WAS SUPPOSED TO SUCCEED HIM. 24:02 ANYONE COULD BUT IT IS TRADITION IN OUR COUNTRY 24:09 THAT THE ELDEST SON. 24:12 IF NOT THEN HE NEEDS TO SEARCH WITHIN THE 24:19 ORGANIZATION FOR OTHERS. 24:22 BUT IT NEARLY KILLED HIM. 24:26 HE NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK AND STUFF. 24:32 AND I SAYS BROTHER TELL ME MORE. 24:34 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MORE AND ABOUT YOUR 24:47 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. 24:50 SO AS HE SHARES THIS AND THAT. 25:01 HE SHARES THAT HIS FATHER HAD BEEN, SINCE HE WAS 25:10 JUST A CHILD LIKE 12 YEARS OLD, WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE 25:12 NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. 25:14 HE KNEW EVERYONE FROM THE HEAD PRESIDENT OF THE 25:17 ORGANIZATION ALL THE WAY DOWN. 25:20 HIS FATHER WAS OVER 500 TOWNS. 25:23 OH MY. 25:25 EACH TOWN HAD OVER 500 BELIEVERS, APPROXIMATELY 25:31 500. 25:32 FOUR HUNDRED TO 600 WAS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF 25:34 BELIEVERS THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR RELIGIOUS 25:38 ORGANIZATION, JUST FROM HIS FATHER'S SIDE. 25:41 AND SO I SAID WOW. 25:42 AND YOU'RE JUST TELLING ME ABOUT THIS NOW. 25:43 YOU NEED TO GO MAKE AMENDS WITH YOUR FATHER. 25:48 AND HE SAYS WELL I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU YET THE BEST 25:52 PART. 25:53 HE SAYS, WELL EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD MY FAMILY HAS 25:56 KEPT SABBATH AND THAT'S WHY I ENDED UP FIRST 25:59 JOINING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND NOW I WORK WITH 26:01 THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF THE SABBATH 26:03 CONNECTION. 26:04 I SAID WHAT? 26:06 HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I KNOWN YOU AND YOU HAVEN'T 26:08 TOLD ME THIS CRUCIAL PIECE? 26:11 BECAUSE YOU KEPT ASKING MARTY, YOU KEPT ASKING. 26:14 YES, BECAUSE I ALWAYS ASK AND TELL ME MORE AND MORE. 26:17 BUT HE FINALLY KIND OF OPENED UP AND TOLD ME ALL 26:20 THIS. 26:21 I SAYS, WELL YOU KNOW BROTHER YOU REALLY NEED TO 26:22 RECONNECT. 26:23 I DON'T SEE IT AS AN ACCIDENT THAT GOD CALLED 26:26 HIM. 26:27 LOOK AT HOW YOUR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS HAS 26:29 PREPARED FOR THIS. 26:30 YOU'RE FATHER IS A VERY LOVED CHARISMATIC 26:31 RELIGIOUS LEADER. 26:32 NOT CHARISMATIC BUT JUST A VERY LOVED RELIGIOUS 26:33 LEADER IN THIS COUNTRY. 26:34 WHY ARE YOU GOING TO THROW AWAY EVERYTHING THAT HE 26:35 IS. 26:36 YOU NEED TO BUILD UPON WHAT YOUR FATHER HAS DONE. 26:37 SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED? 26:38 DO YOU KNOW? 26:38 YES. 26:39 SO HE WENT BACK, MADE AMENDS WITH HIS FAMILY. 26:40 TOLD THEM I'M SO SORRY. 26:41 I MISUNDERSTOOD SOME STUFF. 26:42 BECAUSE HE HAD EVEN CHANGED HIS NAME AND HE 26:43 PUT ON AN AMERICAN NAME OR AN ENGLISH NAME. 26:44 HE GOT RID OF THAT. 26:45 HE TOOK BACK HIS ORIGINAL NAME THAT HIS PARENTS GAVE 26:46 HIM. 26:47 THAT BROUGHT THEM JUST GREAT JOY. 26:48 HE TOLD THEM I'M STILL A FOLLOWER OF JESUS BUT I 26:50 REALIZED I DON'T NEED TO BE A WESTERNER. 26:51 I CAN STILL BE FROM MY COUNTRY, KEEP MY NAME AND 26:52 SO HIS FATHER GAVE HIM, HIS FATHER RETIRED, GAVE 26:54 HIM HIS POSITION. 26:55 HE SAYS I WILL -----------THE GENERAL 26:56 COUNCIL VOTED THAT OKAY. 26:57 WE ACCEPT YOU EVEN AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS IF YOU 27:00 KEEP WITHIN THE CULTURAL NORMS OF OUR COUNTRY. 27:01 WELL PRAISE THE LORD MARTY. 27:02 TODAY OF HIS FATHER'S 500 TOWNS ALMOST EVERYONE OF 27:04 THE LEADERS, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S A LEADER FOR EACH 27:06 ONE LIKE THEIR LOCAL PASTOR, THEY HAVE BECOME 27:08 FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 27:09 PRAISE THE LORD. 27:10 AND HE IS WORKING ON BRINGING ALL THE GROUP 27:15 TOGETHER TO COME TO CHRIST. 27:22 OF THOSE 500 VILLAGES MOST OF THOSE FAMILIES NOW ARE 27:35 STUDYING. 27:36 SO THERE'S LIKE 500 TIMES, AN AVERAGE OF 500. 27:48 SOME ARE A LITTLE SMALLER SOME ARE A LITTLE BIGGER. 28:02 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 28:10 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 28:13 SO MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR AND MORE EXCITING STORIES. 28:16 SO MARTY PHILLIPS THANK YOU. 28:17 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 28:20 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 28:21 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:25 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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