> Welcome again to
another edition of Bible Alive.
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I'm Rudy Hall, president of
Remnant Publications and we have
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a special guest this
morning, Super Moesi >> Moesi
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> and I'd like you to tell
us a little bit about yourself.
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Number one, where do you
work? >> As Rudy has said, I'm
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Super Moesi, from Southern
Africa, Indian Ocean Division.
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Our offices are based in South
Africa. We have 23 countries
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in the Division, nine Unions and
one attached Field. > Oh good.
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How did you get started in this
work? >> I started off as a...
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a Literature Evangelist,
I should say a student
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Literature Evangelist, way
back in 1989. > So you is a
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Literature Evangelist >> Yes.
> and then where did that lead
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to? >> That then led to me
joining the... the Ministry, in
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fact this is to student
Literature Evangelist. I was a
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student because I was studying
as an Industrial Maintenance
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Apprentice. I started off to be
an electrician, I wanted to be
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an electrician as a career
in life but as I went on, I came
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across the conflict series set.
I was an Adventist, I was going
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to church but I wasn't so
convinced that I should be a
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Minister but after going through
that set, I decided to be a
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Pastor but I started off as a
Literature Evangelist and then
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I moved on. I think, 3 months
down the line, then the Church
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called me into the Pastoral
Ministry before I even went for
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training. > Before you even had
your training? >> Yes. > You was
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called to be a Pastor? >> Yes.
> And then, how long did you
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Pastor? > I Pastored for one
year, the Lord was so good to
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me, I was meant to Pastor
for 4 years but then we had some
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people coming over from America
to Africa and I happen to be
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translating for them, they were
led by... by Duane McKey. It
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was a team of professionals,
about 50 people and there were 3
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Doctors among them that were
doing some other ministries as
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he was preaching in the evening
> Yes. >> and then they decided
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that they wanted to sponsor
me to go to school, I never even
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thought about it because we had
a long queue of people who still
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yet to go to school ahead of
me but by God's Grace, they did
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sponsor me, signed the check
before I even got admission at
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school > Oh Amen. >> and then I
took the... the check there and
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then I said to this Guy, I said,
"I will send in the forms," the
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application forms. So I sent the
application forms in. In other
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words, God paid for me before I
even started schooling. > So God
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had it all planned out before
you >> Exactly. > even started.
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>> That's true. > So you went
from electrician >> Yes. > to
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Literature Evangelism >>
Literature Evangelism. > to
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Pastor >> To Pastor > and then
what was the next step? >> and
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then I came back. After that
I became a... a... a pub... a...
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youth director in the North
Botswana Conference. Originally
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I come from Botswana, I
forgot to mention that. > Yes.
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>> That's my home country.
> Botswana. >> Botswana is a
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small country... big country
of course but with a small
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population of 1.8 million people
in the country. In fact, in that
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country, we have more cattle
than people. > Oh, really! More
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cattle than people! >>
Yeah So, I started off then as a
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youth director, for 3 years and
after those 3 years, then I went
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on to the Union. Botswana didn't
have a Union at that time, so a
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Union was formed, then I became
a publishing director for the
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Union for 2 years and after 2...
those 2 years in 2006, I started
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at the Division now, as their
publishing director for the
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Division. > Well, sounds like
you was on a rapid pace. From
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Electrician to Literature
Evangelist to Pastor, now, are
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you, is this the average age for
somebody in your position here?
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>> No. Not at all. I actually
quite shocked myself > Yeah
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but it was quite a fast move and
at my age probably I'm among the
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youngest. > You're the
youngest? >> At the Division.
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>> Publisher Director >> Yeah.
of the Division >> Yes. > and
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also, I just wanted to bring our
attention to this Bible. Have
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you ever seen this before?
>> Oh yes. > Is this the only
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Country you've seen this
in? >> No, no, no. This is so
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familiar in Africa. We've
received quite a number of these
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Bibles and they have been a
great blessing to us in Africa.
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In most of the countries we had
to follow the Bible program by
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the... by the General Conference
where each and every country
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around the world had to promote
Bible reading and Bible study
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and at each of all those
sessions and events where we
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were doing this program follow
the Bible, we were handing out
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Bibles and most of the Bibles
that we handing out, were this
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very Bible, printed by Remnant
Publications. > You know, when
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I talk about these Bibles, not
on a bragging note but we've got
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probably a million of these
Bibles >> uhh hmm. > in Africa
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>> Yeah. > and a million sounds
like a large number >> Exactly.
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> but the more we are involved
that's not even really a drop in
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the bucket. >> Sure. >
Now, in South Africa, the... the
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you're from the South Indian
Ocean? >> Yeah. Southern Africa
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Indian Ocean > Ocean >> Division
> Absolutely. >> Yeah. > And
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there is places like Mozambique
>> Yes. > and is that a fairly
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well-to-do area? >> Not...
not at all. It's not, it's not a
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well-to-do country. They are
struggling economically. As you
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know, they have just come out
of the war and now they have a
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language challenge. We have a...
in fact, in the Division we have
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3 official languages. It's
French, Portuguese and English.
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So you find that the Bibles are
printed in English, so for us to
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reach the masses in Mozambique,
we really need to print them in
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the local language, which is
Portuguese and they don't have
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you know, the economy to be
buying Bibles for themselves, so
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a lot of people really, don't
even know the Bible, let alone
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reading it. > A short time ago,
we... we understood that here at
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Remnant >> Yeah. > and we...
I have a process. We are trying
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to get these done in the
Portuguese language. >> That's
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great. > to get containers... a
lot of people don't know what a
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container is >> Yes. > but it's
... that represents probably 40
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thousand Bibles per container
>> uhh hmm. > to go into those
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areas. >> Yes. > Do you have any
stories, personal stories, that
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you can tell us about people,
that you've heard, that picked
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up this literature? >> I...
> Picked up this Bible? >> I
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personally, have shared I think,
more than 10 of these Bibles to
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people who actually came up
and asked. I didn't even go out
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of myself on a mission to share
them. I have this culture of
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carrying literature in my
car all the time and when these
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Bibles came, I took them
also into my car and most of the
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times, people will say, "I need
your Bible. " So, I will give it
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out. Even recently before I came
here to the United States, I had
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somebody asking for a Bible,
a security guard, at an estate
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where we live > hmm. >> and I
didn't have one that particular
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day, so, they are really on
demand. I can say that right now
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as I speak to you, in my office,
I don't have any and people
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still need them out there.
> Well, this morning, you were
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sharing just several stories,
you had worshiped with us here
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at Remnant Publications >> Yes,
yes. > and it was... it was so
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interesting to me and, that the
people are just so hungry >> for
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the Word. > I talked to Gilberto
>> Yes. > a friend of yours
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>> Yes. > That's... that's
a vice president >> Exactly.
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over there and... and said,
or South Indian Ocean >> Yeah.
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Division. >> Yeah. > South
Africa, Indian Ocean Division
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and he was telling me that there
may be 20 or 30 people studying
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all from the same Bible. >>
uhh hmm. > Here in the United
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States, we have you know, lots
of Bibles, many times don't even
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use them but that's not the
case, is it? >> Yeah. > Over
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there in... >> Probably I
can share a story that I didn't
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share this morning. > Well,
share one. >> Allow me to share
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this from the beautiful country
of Zambia. The Conference in
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Zambia, challenged the members
to go out and do their campaign
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in an un-entered area and the
people were illiterate also in
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that place, in that village.
So, one Literature Evangelist
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stood up and said, "I will go.
" A lady, which is a very rare
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thing to happen, for a lady
to go out and do a campaign. So
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this lady went out and started
a campaign and by God's Grace,
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to cut a long story short,
she baptized 60 souls, in that
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> 60 souls >> particular place
and then she left hoping that,
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"I have done the Lord's work.
The Lord has been so good to me"
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but a few weeks later, she got
a call from the same village.
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They said, "You know, we enjoyed
the stories you read from that
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book. " They didn't even know
that it is called the Bible.
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> Wow! >> "We enjoyed the
stories you read from that book.
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Can you come back again, please?
And teach us how to read and
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write, from that particular
book. The black book that you
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were reading from. " And so, the
lady went back and now started
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some classes, teaching
these people, I mean, in 10s, in
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their... their 20s, they were
sitting together, to learn from
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the Bible, how to read and
write and at the same time,
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learning that there is salvation
here. Jesus died for them.
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And that was quite interesting.
When the government of the
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country heard about that, they
took over and started a school
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but it was all pioneered by
a Literature Evangelist, who
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started a campaign, reading from
the Word of God. > So it was
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just one lady, just starting,
started herself, went out there
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and just shared what she knew
>> Exactly. > and from there,
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you said 60 >> Yeah. 60
was baptized... > and then from
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there, went back again >>
Yeah. > and then, a whole... the
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government >> The government.
> got involved >> Yes. > Now,
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some areas, you hear where
the government don't even allow
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>> Exactly. > the Bibles in.
>> Yeah. > How is that in your
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Division? How does the
government, do... do they work
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hand-in-hand? >> The governments
in the Division because of the
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challenges we are facing today,
that are overwhelming even the
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governments today, they really
feel, they need prayer, they
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need God to be close to them
and work with them, though the
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government does not necessarily
follow the system of you know,
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the Seventh-Day Adventist church
in different areas but one good
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thing, is that the LE pioneered
the work there and we also
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have time to pray and thank
God all the time before classes
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start in... in many areas of
the country. > What... >> I mean
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of the Division. > Well that's
very encouraging because so many
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times you hear, where the
government is a problem but
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that's not the case >>
Yeah, sure. > in your Division.
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>> Yeah. > So, what's the next
step for you? You've come all
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these steps, all the way
up to... there's not too many
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many places to go but heaven, is
there? >> Yes. So that's true.
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I don't think I have any
other... > I mean, you went
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from... from Electrician
>> Yeah. > all the way up to
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>> Publishing Director...
> Pub... >> of the Division,
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yeah and I have the
privilege of stepping into the
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General Conference Office and
I was talking to a friend and I
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said, "Brother, we are at
the second-highest office of the
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church, on this Planet because
the first one's in Heaven. So,
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if we have made it through
all these other offices, we must
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by all means, make it" > Amen.
>> "to Heaven, where God is and
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the director of everything
in the present of the entire
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Planet resides. We must be there
and be at the feet of Jesus. "
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> Well, from... from the
president here at Remnant, to
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hear these stories because we
work very hard here to get these
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published, to get them out,
to ship them, to come over, all
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these hurdles >> Yes. > but
it's so encouraging to hear how
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they're actually being handled
and the people are getting the
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benefit, souls are being won
to Christ >> Yes. > and it is so
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important to me, how that is.
I know we are gonna have to take
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a short break >> Sure. > here
and in just a few seconds but
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just wanna tell you that this is
so encouraging to see how these
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Bibles are being used and the
people are so hungry for them.
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>> Thank you. It is a promptly
pleasing pleasure for me too
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> Amen. >> to share these
stories with you. > Thank you
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very much. We're going
to take a short break but
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we'll be right back.
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>>> Food, one of the most
essential elements for life,
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providing nourishment, energy
and even enjoyment. But what if
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there was no food?
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Water, the most important
element to life on Earth.
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Covering 70% of the World. Water
sustains the plants we eat and
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hydrates our bodies. But,
what if there was, no water?
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Bibles, the Holy Word of God.
God's written gift, is his prime
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method of communicating the
gift of Grace, to his children.
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Sadly, there remains two thirds
of the Planet, over 4 billion
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people, who have never even held
that message, in their hands.
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>>> Since 2007, Remnant
Publications has been reaching
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the people of Africa with the
Word of God. These are precious
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souls who have never had
the opportunity to read the
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life-changing message of the
Gospel for themselves. Hundreds
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of thousands of Bibles
have already been donated and
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printed, loaded into containers
and shipped to the Continent of
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Africa, making it into the
hands of spirituality starving
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Christians, eager to know more
about the love of God. As the
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word is spread about the Bibles
For Africa Project, requests
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started coming in from all
over the World, even unreached
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countries like Cuba. God seems
to be opening doors bigger than
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the staff at Remnant had
envisioned. Following God's
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lead, Remnant has expanded the
reach of the Bibles, to cover
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the entire Globe, making
this, a true worldwide project.
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>>> Imagine, we can take your
good unused Bibles and put them
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in the hands of an individual
that really needs it or for just
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only $3.00, we can take a
brand-new Bible, like this and
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get it sent to anyone that's
hungering and thirsting for the
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Word of God and not just
in Africa but anywhere in the
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World that it's needed. But,
as you've seen, the need is so
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overwhelming. We urgently need
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Will you help us, introduce
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>>> America Magazine wrote, the
sight of the British political
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establishment, including a
row of former Prime Minister's,
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waiting patiently for
the successor of St. Peter to
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to address them from a
gilded chair, then clapping
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enthusiastically as he entered
to the fanfare of trumpets,
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will remain the icon of
the Papal visit to Britain.
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Westminster Hall left some
wondering whether this was the
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end of the myth of Britain
as a Protestant nation state.
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I'm Hal Mayer, reminding
you, to keep the faith.
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> Welcome back to Bible Alive.
For those of you that are just
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turned in or tuning in, this
is Super Moesi, and we've been
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sharing some exciting stories.
A lot of times people wonder,
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you know, what does one book do?
What does one pamphlet do? You,
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have some stories, you'd
like to share, I'd like to hear.
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>> Surely, the Lord has been
good to us in Southern Africa,
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Indian Ocean Division. I can
see we... say we experience the
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acts of the Holy Spirit on a
daily basis, especially dealing
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with the printed page. Here,
in front of me here, is a book
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titled, "Ten Commandments, Twice
Removed" and this book, fell
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into the hands of a lady who
has been look... who had been
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looking for a church, for a long
time. She'd been hopped from one
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church to another but her soul
was never satisfied until she
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read this book. Somebody
introduced it to her and she
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decided to become a Seventh-Day
Adventist and then, just about a
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week later, after her baptism,
she got to church and there was
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an appeal for Literature
Evangelist. She decided to
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become one and to her, this
was one book that she wanted to
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share, with other people who
did not know about the Sabbath,
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especially, the Sunday church
where she was coming from. > So
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just to recap, she got baptized
>> Yeah. > she studied the
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truth on her own >> Yes. > got
baptized and immediately, one
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week later >> Yeah. > she went
into the Literature Evangelism.
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>> She became a Literature
Evangelist > Amazing. >> and
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then she shared this book with
2 Sunday-keeping Pastors and
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as I speak to you right now,
those men have changed their
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days of worship. They are now
worshipping on Sabbath, together
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with their congregations.
They are now Sabbath keeping
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congregations. We are just
waiting for a date, where we can
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go there and baptize the whole
church into the Seventh-Day
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Adventist church. > For just
>> Over > for just... just one
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>> One book. > One book.
>> I want to say that, never
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ever underestimate the
power of a printed page. > Amen.
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Amen and are these isolated
stories or are these things that
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happen all the time? >> These
are things that happen all the
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time. Probably I can share
one again. In the Seventh Day
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Adventist church also, we
are used to the V... Voice of
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Prophecy lessons and we
are used to the... to... to the
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model, where we as Seventh-Day
Adventists go out and share them
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with people and then they bring
back the answers, we remark and
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send them back until
they finish, some of them get
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baptized, some graduate.
But we had a very interesting
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experience in South Africa,
where a church member who is a
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medical doctor, had patients
in front of him, who run a Bible
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school and he started talking
to them about some books that...
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that can help them, in
their work, as Pastors.
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And this Seventh-Day
Adventist member, he knows of
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certain books. And,
interestingly, they finally
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decided that there were going
to use VOP to try and reach
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many other people. So they got
to the office, they found VOP,
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they went through the VOP
lessons and they were very
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interested, they were hooked on
them and they said, "I think we
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can use this. " So they
took them and took them to their
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students at their school
where they had about 80 Pastors
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from other denominations
and they looked at the lessons,
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went through them
and finally agreed that,
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"No, these are
good. " So good that
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they should be integrated into
their school curriculum. And
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that's not an Adventist
institution. > Now, you are
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talking about the VOP lessons?
>> The Voice of Prophecy
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> and that's >> lessons. >
The Voice of Prophecy lessons.
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>> Exactly. > Yes. >> And then
after doing that, they decided
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now to enroll many other people,
other than those that were in
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their school. So that, last year
October on the... I think it was
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on the 14th, that Sabbath,
it was a 14th and we went there
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to graduate to 253 people,
who were enrolled by this
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non-Adventist Institute
run... Bible Institute running
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Pastor together with his
wife and they said, "we are so
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enthused, we love the Word
of God so much, some of those
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Pastors, 80 Pastors, actually
had decided now, to worship on
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the day that the Lord has
set aside for them to worship.
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And the punch of the
story is that, at the end of the
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graduation those Pastors said,
"now, we need these VOP lessons,
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to go and enroll our own
members. " You know, the truth
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is so precious. If there are
Seventh-Day Adventists sitting
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out there, you don't know what
we have, what God has given us,
00:20:00.22\00:20:04.26
as Seventh-Day Adventist church,
by giving us the Voice of
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Prophecy lessons. Some people,
really appreciate it. > You
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know, as I was listening to you,
you know, we have a saying here,
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that "God doesn't call the
qualified, he qualifies the
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called" >> Exactly. > and it's
sounds like these stories that
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you've been telling >>
Sure. > is showing that exactly
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>> uhh hmm. I mean, you just
take one person, they... they
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read a book and they think,
"wow! This is so great. I'm
00:20:27.70\00:20:30.20
going to share it with
somebody" >> uhh hmm. > and the
00:20:30.23\00:20:31.92
next thing you know, you've got
60 souls, you've got 200 souls,
00:20:31.95\00:20:35.15
>> hmm. > you've got 500 souls
and it doesn't seem to matter,
00:20:35.18\00:20:38.11
that they're sharing them,
not just with other Adventists,
00:20:38.14\00:20:40.64
they are sharing with
Sunday-keeping, Pastors
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>> Yeah. > and it's not a
Pastor sharing it with a >> uhh
00:20:43.02\00:20:45.54
hmm. > Pastor, it's just a...
just a person, sharing it with
00:20:45.57\00:20:49.50
another... with a Pastor.
>> Exactly. > So, the Word of
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God is moving in a mightly
way >> uhh hmm. > Now, to listen
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to you, it sounds like the work
is going so well over there,
00:20:55.41\00:20:59.49
is there still the great need?
>> Oh, the need is great. As you
00:20:59.52\00:21:04.15
know that Africa, we have a
lot of people > So, we are not
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almost >> over there > finished
reaching everybody? >> No. Not
00:21:07.12\00:21:09.64
at all. You think of the country
of Zambia > Yes. >> Where I just
00:21:09.67\00:21:14.16
shared a story this morning and
there, one Literature Evangelist
00:21:14.19\00:21:17.81
also went out and he sold
a set of 2 books and this was
00:21:17.84\00:21:21.93
"Seventh-Day Adventists
Belief" and "To Have and to
00:21:21.96\00:21:24.08
Hold. " After the customer
paid for the set, he said, "I'm
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not interested in 'Seventh-Day
Adventist Belief,' all I want
00:21:27.79\00:21:30.73
is the 'To Have and to
Hold. '" He tried to convince
00:21:30.76\00:21:33.74
her, to say, "no, you paid for
the book. " She says, "no, I'm
00:21:33.77\00:21:36.28
not interested. Do whatever you
want with the book. " Now, this
00:21:36.31\00:21:38.95
person being... having passion
for souls, this Literature
00:21:38.98\00:21:42.15
Evangelist, went aside and
started praying and as he was
00:21:42.18\00:21:45.70
praying, God revealed to him
that, he can go and give that
00:21:45.73\00:21:49.30
particular book to a Pastor,
who also worships on Sunday
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> Wow! >> and when he took the
book there and he introduced the
00:21:54.64\00:21:57.63
book to the Pastor. The Pastor
said, "why do you give it to
00:21:57.66\00:22:00.13
me?" He says, "No. I want you
to know and understand what the
00:22:00.16\00:22:02.95
Seventh-Day Adventist church
believe. " Within, you know, a
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.43
weeks' time, that Pastor was
preaching from the Seventh-Day
00:22:05.46\00:22:08.18
Adventist belief book and
understand that at times they
00:22:08.21\00:22:11.07
don't have a long time of
worship but they had long Bible
00:22:11.10\00:22:13.86
studies, going through all
the 28 fundamental beliefs and
00:22:13.89\00:22:18.10
finally, last year, I think
it was December 11th, if I'm not
00:22:18.13\00:22:21.97
mistaken, December 11th, 20
people, including the Pastor,
00:22:22.00\00:22:26.84
his wife, the Assistant Pastor,
were all baptized into the
00:22:26.87\00:22:30.73
Adventist church > Amen >> over
just one book. > Over just one
00:22:30.76\00:22:34.05
book. These stories are just
an eye opener to us, in Africa,
00:22:34.08\00:22:37.94
that the Lord has a great work
for us to do and at the same
00:22:37.97\00:22:43.79
time, assuring us, that he's
always with us, that if ever we
00:22:43.82\00:22:48.79
continue doing his work, he will
surely attend it, with great
00:22:48.82\00:22:54.75
success by showing through
these miracles that he is with
00:22:54.78\00:23:00.61
us and I want to say to you,
out there who is listening, that
00:23:00.64\00:23:04.17
you may think, "no, the work
is done in Africa. People are
00:23:04.20\00:23:06.80
coming in their hundreds,
in their 10s, in their 1000s"
00:23:06.83\00:23:09.98
but I want to say to you, not
yet. Remember, the population
00:23:10.01\00:23:13.69
continues to explode and we
need to reach many more people.
00:23:13.72\00:23:18.35
We have people who will speak
different dialects in the... in
00:23:18.38\00:23:22.14
the... in the Division, that
need their book... that need
00:23:22.17\00:23:25.34
books in their own languages
and they don't have them as yet.
00:23:25.37\00:23:28.89
There are people who are in far
remote areas, that we have not
00:23:28.92\00:23:32.41
reached. Right now, as I was
talking about the Bible, about a
00:23:32.44\00:23:36.17
million have been printed and
sent to Africa but not everyone
00:23:36.20\00:23:39.90
has received their Bible yet.
Some are still yet to receive,
00:23:39.93\00:23:44.00
some are still yet to know, what
is contained in the Word of God.
00:23:44.03\00:23:47.46
> What then? The more I come
to understand, a million Bibles
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.92
over there, is really a drop in
the bucket >> Exactly. > and I
00:23:50.95\00:23:53.96
am just amazed at these stories
and I love to hear them. I mean,
00:23:53.99\00:23:57.40
they're just... fires me up but
the point of these stories are,
00:23:57.43\00:24:00.75
to me, is the fact that anybody
can save souls. >> Exactly. > I
00:24:00.78\00:24:07.03
mean, you... you've had a lot
of training, you went from, you
00:24:07.06\00:24:10.38
know Electrician >> Yeah. >
to Literature Evangelist, to
00:24:10.41\00:24:12.46
Pastor, you know, to... to all
these things but it sounds like
00:24:12.49\00:24:16.94
you don't need all this, to...
to save souls. Is that >> uhh
00:24:16.97\00:24:20.57
hmm. > Is that correct? I mean,
you just do God's will. You just
00:24:20.60\00:24:23.61
read a book and hand it out,
it's... it's encouraging to me,
00:24:23.64\00:24:25.96
to know that anybody can be
a soul winner. >> Like you said
00:24:25.99\00:24:31.47
Rudy, the... the... the spirit
of prophecy, actually is very
00:24:31.50\00:24:34.72
clear that each and every
one that is baptized, into the
00:24:34.75\00:24:38.45
church, is baptized as a true
missionary, for the Kingdom of
00:24:38.48\00:24:41.76
God. All God needs, is our
commitment, our passion for
00:24:41.79\00:24:45.93
Souls. Once we do that,
He, Himself, will take us and
00:24:45.96\00:24:49.98
transform us and multiply our
talents and many people, will
00:24:50.01\00:24:53.89
come into the Kingdom of
God and anybody can make a
00:24:53.92\00:24:56.91
difference. You may be here in
the United States, you may be in
00:24:56.94\00:24:59.68
Canada, you may be in any part
of the World but I want to say
00:24:59.71\00:25:03.10
to you, you can still make a
difference in Africa, by may be
00:25:03.13\00:25:07.27
just sharing one book, with one
person. And one good thing about
00:25:07.30\00:25:10.83
a book is that, it's not like a
sermon, where you preach to the
00:25:10.86\00:25:14.04
people that are there only. If
you share a book, you know very
00:25:14.07\00:25:17.64
well that a book will preach
to the father, to the mother, to
00:25:17.67\00:25:22.78
the children, to the children's
children, maybe to the third
00:25:22.81\00:25:26.00
and even to the fourth
generations. > Maybe to the
00:25:26.03\00:25:28.18
neighbor and >> Exactly. >
and start the process all over
00:25:28.21\00:25:30.97
again. >> Exactly. There were
many... there are many stories,
00:25:31.00\00:25:32.84
actually Rudy, that I can
share. Even how the neighbors
00:25:32.87\00:25:35.47
also got to benefit from
the books that were shared. But
00:25:35.50\00:25:39.22
probably we don't have that
much time but my point here, is
00:25:39.25\00:25:41.88
that, the Holy Spirit is at
work and we see the acts of the
00:25:41.91\00:25:46.65
Spirit on a daily basis >
And... >> and I want to say to
00:25:46.68\00:25:49.95
you out there, who is listening,
that God can use you. The little
00:25:49.98\00:25:53.74
gift that you can think of, of
saving your souls somewhere, God
00:25:53.77\00:25:57.35
can definitely multiply, the
little that you have. > Amen and
00:25:57.38\00:26:02.12
I would just like to tell you
that the need is so great, as
00:26:02.15\00:26:05.53
you've >> Sure. > seen,
first-hand. The... the work is
00:26:05.56\00:26:09.21
just beginning over there >>
Yeah. > and if we got another
00:26:09.24\00:26:11.70
million Bibles over there,
it's still a drop in the bucket.
00:26:11.73\00:26:14.85
>> uhh hmm. > The need is
so great >> Yeah > and I would
00:26:14.88\00:26:17.17
like to... our time is winding
>> Yeah. > down >> Exactly. > as
00:26:17.20\00:26:20.23
it always does and I would just
like to thank you for your time
00:26:20.26\00:26:23.81
that you've spent here, on
the show this morning. It is so
00:26:23.84\00:26:27.03
wonderful that we can hear
these stories and I'd like to
00:26:27.06\00:26:30.68
close by just telling, the
need is so great over there in
00:26:30.71\00:26:34.25
Africa. The need, couldn't be
bigger but we are getting these
00:26:34.28\00:26:38.31
Bibles out, by the hundreds, by
the thousands, by the hundreds
00:26:38.34\00:26:41.16
of thousands and it's just
so important to know that every
00:26:41.19\00:26:45.17
dime, every dollar, $3.00,
$3.00, gets a book over to
00:26:45.20\00:26:50.25
Africa and that includes the
book and the shipping. That's...
00:26:50.28\00:26:53.11
that's a pretty good price.
$3.00 can get... so if you have
00:26:53.14\00:26:56.33
have $30, you can get a Bible
to >> uhh hmm. > 10 people. 300,
00:26:56.36\00:26:59.72
you could actually get a Bible
to 100 people. I mean, $3.00 is
00:26:59.75\00:27:04.49
a pretty small amount to
pay, to... to... to save souls.
00:27:04.52\00:27:09.59
You cannot put a price
on souls. >> Amen. > Amen
00:27:09.62\00:27:12.84
Well, we are all out of
time today but I'd just like to
00:27:12.87\00:27:15.65
appeal to the viewers today,
that we are each and every one
00:27:15.68\00:27:18.42
of us, is a soul winner for
Christ. We all have a part to
00:27:18.45\00:27:22.05
play. We've heard these stories,
where just one person shared
00:27:22.08\00:27:25.26
a... a tract, shared a pamphlet,
shared something and the result
00:27:25.29\00:27:29.62
was, not just one soul but
hundreds of souls but as I said,
00:27:29.65\00:27:33.49
we are all out of time and I
hope you'll join us, on the next
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.98
edition of Bible Alive.
00:27:37.01\00:27:38.75
>>> By working
together, 1.7 million copies of
00:27:39.15\00:27:42.74
"The Passion of Love"
were distributed around
00:27:42.77\00:27:44.85
the Country
resulting in an unprecedented
00:27:44.88\00:27:47.38
Partnership with
Wal-Mart, that led to over
00:27:47.41\00:27:50.03
a thousand Bible Studies.
00:27:50.06\00:27:51.59
By working together
over 6 million copies of
00:27:51.62\00:27:55.52
"The Ten
Commandments, Twice Removed"
00:27:55.55\00:27:57.05
were shared around the
World, resulting in more than
00:27:57.08\00:28:00.39
20 Churches now keeping
00:28:00.42\00:28:01.72
The Bible Sabbath.
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By working
together, we have shipped
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almost a million Bibles to
spiritually thirsty Christians
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in Africa, touching the lives of
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20 million people, for Christ.
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Working together, is what allows
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Remnant Publications
to spread truth-filled
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Books around the World,
to hasten the Lord's coming.
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Will you join
us in that mission?
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Will you help us
reach the World for Jesus?
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One Book at a Time.
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