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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU
ARE TUNING IN AND JOINING US,
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WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME OR YOU JOIN US EVERY WEEK -
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IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE
ARE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
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PART OF OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
FAMILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
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AROUND THE WORLD.
WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE
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RADIO, WATCHING US LIVE ON OUR
WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', OR
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ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
NETWORKS, MANY OF YOU -
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MOST OF YOU - THAT JOIN US
EVERY WEEK HAVE FAVORITE SONGS
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AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM,
I BELIEVE, PROBABLY PRETTY
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MUCH EVERY COUNTRY ON THE PLANET
HAS SENT IN A SONG REQUEST OVER
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THE YEARS AND LIKE WE DO EVERY
WEEK, WE SING THOSE WITH YOU.
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SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PULLING
OUT YOUR HYMNALS HERE - THOSE OF
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YOU AT HOME, JOIN WITH US AS WE
SING ANOTHER FAVORITE - #476 -
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JOIN WITH US -
'BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY'.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
REQUESTING THAT LOVELY SONG.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN
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UPCOMING
PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
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YOU JUST HAVE TO GET ON YOUR
COMPUTER OR ON YOUR SMART PHONE
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- WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO GET
ONLINE AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND CLICK
ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU
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CAN SEND IN YOUR FAVORITE
REQUEST RIGHT THERE AND WE WILL
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DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT
FOR YOU ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM.
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OUR NEXT ONE, AS WE CONTINUE
WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE
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HYMNAL SINGING SONGS WE DON'T
KNOW, THIS ONE ISN'T ONE THAT
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YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD
BEFORE, BUT IT'S NEXT IN LINE
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AND I'VE NEVER SUNG THESE WORDS
TO THIS TUNE BEFORE SO WE'RE
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GOING TO DO THAT TODAY. 'YE
WATCHERS AND YE HOLY ONES' -
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#91 - AND YOU WILL NOTICE AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IT SAYS
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'A LOWER KEY IN #2' SO WHERE
YOU'VE HEARD THIS IS HYMN #2.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING
#91 TODAY AND JOIN WITH US -
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'YE WATCHERS AND YE HOLY ONES'.
AND I SHOULD TELL YOU, LEON IN
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CALIFORNIA, ANNETTE AND CARL
IN GERMANY, CANAAN IN JAMAICA,
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JOYCE IN KENYA, AND BETTY
IN TEXAS REQUESTED THIS ONE.
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>>I LOVE LEARNING THESE NEW
SONGS OR PUTTING OTHER WORDS TO
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FAMILIAR TUNES AND I KNOW THAT
MANY OF YOU HAVE WRITTEN IN AND
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SAID THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING GOING
THROUGH THE HYMNAL WITH US.
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IT'S GIVING US A CHALLENGE AND
WE'RE ENJOYING IT AND I'M GLAD
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THAT YOU ARE TOO. SO
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR FAVORITE
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SONGS AND IF WE DON'T KNOW
THEM WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THEM.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE WHERE
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WE CAN OPEN UP YOUR
WORD, WE CAN STUDY TOGETHER,
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WE CAN SING
PRAISES TO YOUR NAME.
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WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH.
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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND
YOU KNEW THAT WE WOULD NEED 24
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HOURS EVERY SEVEN DAYS TO FOCUS
ENTIRELY ON YOU AND FATHER, WE
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JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
THE PROMISE THAT ONE DAY YOU ARE
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GOING TO COME SOON AND TAKE
US HOME TO HEAVEN WHERE WE WILL
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HAVE ETERNITY TO SPEND PRAISING
YOU AND WE JUST THANK YOU.
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BE WITH US AS WE OPEN UP
YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASTOR
DOUG AND HIS MINISTRY AND I PRAY
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THAT YOU BE WITH HIM AS HE OPENS
UP YOUR WORD AND SHARES IT RIGHT
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NOW. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY
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IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>MORNING. THANK
YOU FOR THE MUSIC.
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I ENJOYED THAT
ANTHEM - ALLELUIA.
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HOW IS EVERYBODY? HAPPY SABBATH.
I WANT TO WELCOME ALL THOSE THAT
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ARE WATCHING ON
'CENTRAL STUDY HOUR'.
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I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
ONLINE MEMBERS AND SOME WHO ARE
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WATCHING VIA SATELLITE AND
ON THE INTERNET AROUND THE WORLD
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AND IT'S GOOD TO
HAVE YOU JOIN US.
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I WAS IN NASHVILLE LAST WEEK AND
RAN INTO A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE
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ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR - IT WAS
VERY INTERESTING - THIS IS THE
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'RELIGIOUS BROADCASTER'S
CONVENTION' WHERE RELIGIOUS
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BROADCASTERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD COME - AND IT'S NICE TO
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SEE HOW WELL-REPRESENTED
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WERE.
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YOU KNOW, WE GO TO NOT ONLY FIND
BROADCAST AVENUES, BUT WE GO TO
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PRESERVE FREEDOM FOR
CHRISTIANS TO BROADCAST.
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE FCC
HAS TRIED TO STIFLE RELIGIOUS
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BROADCASTS. THEY SAY, 'THESE ARE
PUBLIC AIRWAVES, WE SHOULDN'T BE
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USING THEM FOR SPREADING
RELIGION.' SO THERE'S BEEN A
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MOVEMENT TO TRY TO
SUPPRESS USING THE AIRWAVES FOR
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BROADCASTING RELIGION.
SO THAT'S ONE REASON WE GO,
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BUT IT WAS GOOD. DR.
BEN CARSON WAS THERE.
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HE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AND SO I GOT TO VISIT WITH HIM A
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LITTLE BIT AND - ANYWAY,
I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
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I WENT TO MADISON, TENNESSEE AND
PREACHED THERE IN THE CHURCH OF
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BYRON CORBETT, A ONE-TIME
AMAZING FACTS EVANGELIST AND A
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LOT OF PEOPLE THERE
WATCH CENTRAL STUDY HOUR AND SO
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GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS.
WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR LESSON
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DEALING WITH DISCIPLESHIP.
BEFORE WE DO, WE HAVE A FREE
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OFFER, AS WE
OFTEN MAKE AVAILABLE.
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AND TODAY IT'S A BOOK - I THINK
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
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IMPORTANT THINGS WE COULD TALK
RIGHT NOW - ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW BOOK AND WE
HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT OFTEN, ON
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THE HOLY SPIRIT BY YOURS TRULY.
THIS TALKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR
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THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF
YOU'D LIKE A FREE COPY OF
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THIS WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
YOU ONLY NEED TO CALL AND ASK
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FOR IT AND THEN MAKE A FIRM
UNCHANGING COVENANT THAT YOU'LL
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READ IT AND
SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY.
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AND ASK FOR OFFER #723 WHEN
YOU CALL AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS
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866-STUDY-MORE - THAT ACRONYM
MEANS 866-788-3966 - 788-3966
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AND WE'LL SEND YOU
THE BOOK JUST FOR ASKING.
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DISCIPLESHIP - WE'RE ON LESSON
#12 TODAY AND THE TITLE IS: THE
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HARVEST AND THE HARVESTERS.
AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE:
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JOHN 15:8 - DO YOU HAVE YOUR
QUARTERLIES OR YOUR BIBLE OPEN,
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BECAUSE I'D LIKE
YOU TO SAY THAT WITH ME.
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IT MUST BE FROM THE NEW KING
JAMES VERSION - OR FROM THE KING
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JAMES VERSION HERE BECAUSE
IT HAS NO OTHER VERSION LISTED.
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JOHN 15:8, YOU READY?
"HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED,
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THAT YE BEAR MUCH FRUIT;
SO SHALL YE BE MY DISCIPLES."
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DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN
BRINGING GLORY TO GOD AND
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BEARING FRUIT? WHAT IS
THE FRUIT THAT GOD WANTS
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CHRISTIANS TO HAVE?
WELL, IN GALATIANS 5 IT TALKS
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ABOUT THE FRUITS OF THE
SPIRIT - AND WHAT ARE THEY?
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HOW MANY OF YOU
REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE?
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LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,
GOODNESS, KINDNESS, MEEKNESS,
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SELF-CONTROL - THESE ARE
THE ATTRIBUTES THAT A CHRISTIAN
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SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR LIFE.
IF YOU HAVE THESE ATTRIBUTES,
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THE FRUIT OF HAVING THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT WILL BE YOU WILL
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BE BRINGING PEOPLE TO
JESUS. THAT'S THE OTHER FRUIT.
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WHAT'S THE HARVEST THAT JESUS
IS COMING FOR IN REVELATION?
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ISN'T THE BIBLE
ALL ABOUT FARMING?
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GOD BEGINS BY PLANTING A GARDEN
- HE COMES WITH A SCYTHE -
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A SICKLE - TO
HARVEST IN THE END.
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WHAT IS HE COMING
TO HARVEST? SOULS.
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AND WE TALK LATER IN THE LESSON
ABOUT THAT FAMOUS STATEMENT OF
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JESUS THAT THE HARVEST IS GREAT
- BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM - THE
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LABORERS ARE FEW. AND
THEN HE SAYS, 'PRAY THAT THE
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LORD WILL SEND MORE
LABORERS INTO THE HARVEST.
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THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT
ARE ENGAGED IN TRYING TO REACH
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THE LOST. I'D
LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS.
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GO TO JOHN 15 - THIS IS A VERSE
I THINK YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR
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LESSON - JOHN 15:1-8 -
JOHN 15:1-8 AND I'M GOING TO
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HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THINGS IN HERE.
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MAYBE WHILE WE'RE DOING
THAT I'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
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DOES SOMEBODY HERE HAVE
- SOMEONE'S GOT JOHN 4:28.
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OKAY, WE'LL GET A MICROPHONE
TO YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE HAVE
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REVELATION 2:3? OVER HERE?
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WE'LL GET - IS
THERE A MIC ON THIS SIDE?
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DOCTOR STONE MIGHT
BRING THAT TO YOU MIKE.
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HOLD YOUR HAND UP. IN
THE MEANTIME - ALRIGHT, LET'S
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READ JOHN 15:1-8, "I AM THE TRUE
VINE," - JESUS IS SPEAKING -
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"AND MY FATHER
IS THE VINE DRESSER.
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EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES NOT
BEAR FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY;" - SO
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HOW IMPORTANT IS
BEARING FRUIT TO JESUS?
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AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS
FRUIT, HE PRUNES IT THAT IT
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MIGHT BEAR MORE FRUIT."
IS THE LORD BEING GREEDY?
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HE DOESN'T WANT US JUST TO BEAR
FRUIT, BUT IF YOU BEAR FRUIT,
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INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING 'THANK
YOU' HE SAYS, 'I WANT MORE.' SO
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HE PRUNES IT. HE DOES
EVERYTHING HE CAN THAT
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IT MIGHT BEAR MORE FRUIT.
"YOU ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE
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OF THE WORD WHICH I HAVE
SPOKEN TO YOU. ABIDE IN ME,
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AND I IN YOU. AS THE BRANCH
CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF," -
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ALRIGHT, VERY IMPORTANT KEY:
IF WE'RE GOING TO BEAR FRUIT FOR
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HARVEST, CAN WE
DO IT ON OUR OWN?
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NO, NO MORE THAN A VINE
CAN - A GRAPE TWIG - IF IT'S
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DISCONNECTED FROM THE GRAPE VINE
- "UNLESS IT ABIDES IN THE VINE,
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NEITHER CAN YOU,
UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME."
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- SO THERE'S THE KEY: WE MUST
ABIDE IN CHRIST TO BEAR FRUIT -
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"I AM THE VINE,
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
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HE WHO ABIDES IN ME, AND I IN
HIM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT;" - PAUSE
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AGAIN - TWO KINDS OF FRUIT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT: FRUITS OF THE
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SPIRIT, WHICH YOU MUST HAVE IF
YOU'RE GOING TO BEAR THE OTHER
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KIND OF FRUIT. YOU
CANNOT HAVE THE FRUITS OF
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THE SPIRIT: LOVE,
JOY, PEACE, SO FORTH -
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UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN CHRIST.
THOSE ARE SPIRITUAL FRUITS.
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YOU MUST BE - THERE MUST BE
A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION TO HAVE
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SPIRITUAL FRUIT.
THERE IS SPIRITUAL SAP - THE
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SPIRIT THAT FLOWS INTO YOUR
HEART AND MIND THAT GIVES YOU
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THE SPIRITUAL FRUIT. YOU
NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE
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LORD AND, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE THE OTHER FRUITS OF SOULS
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THAT ARE REACHED,
YOU NEED TO BE CONNECTED.
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"HE THAT ABIDES IN ME AND I
IN HIM BEARS MUCH FRUIT; FOR
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WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO
NOTHING...BY THIS MY FATHER IS
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GLORIFIED" - I'M IN VERSE 8 NOW
- "THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO
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YOU WILL BE MY DISCIPLES."
NOTICE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
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BEING TRUE DISCIPLES
AND BEARING MUCH FRUIT.
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ARE YOU A DISCIPLE IF
YOU DON'T BEAR ANY FRUIT?
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WHAT DOES JESUS SAY IS THE
RESULT OF THOSE THAT BEAR NO
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FRUIT? THEY'RE PRUNED OFF
- THEY'RE FRUITLESS VINES.
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YOU KNOW THE PARABLE - THERE'S A
PARABLE OF A FIG TREE - YOU ONLY
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FIND THIS PARABLE
IN LUKE CHAPTER 13 -
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ABOUT A MAN THAT HAS A FIG TREE
PLANTED IN HIS VINEYARD, OF ALL
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PLACES. A FIG TREE
IS IN THE VINEYARD.
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AND FOR THREE YEARS HE COMES
- THE OWNER - HE COMES AND HE'S
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LOOKING FOR FRUIT ON HIS
FIG TREE AND THERE'S NOTHING.
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NOW THAT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE
MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, WHO'S A
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MEMBER HERE, HAS A FIG TREE
RIGHT OVER THE FENCE AND THE
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SQUIRRELS KEEP PLANTING THOSE
FIGS ALL OVER MY YARD - IT'S
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REALLY NICE TO REACH OVER THE
FENCE AND GET SOME OF THEM, BUT
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IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG BEFORE
A FIG STARTS BEARING FRUIT -
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IT'S AMAZING - THE FIRST YEAR OR
TWO THEY START BEARING FRUIT AND
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THEY GROW VERY QUICKLY.
SO FOR THREE YEARS THEY HAVE
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NOTHING AND THE OWNER OF THE
VINEYARD SAYS TO THE GARDENER,
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THE ONE WHO CARES FOR IT, HE
SAYS, 'CUT IT DOWN, IT'S TAKING
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UP SPACE.' EVERY NOW AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A DUD.
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EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU GET
A TREE THAT JUST DOESN'T DO
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ANYTHING. HAVE ANY
OF YOU SEEN AN ORCHARD
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BEFORE WHERE YOU GET ALL THESE
TREES AND THEY'RE ALL BLOSSOMING
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AND THERE'S ONE THAT
JUST DECIDES NOT TO BLOSSOM.
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SOME TREES, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
THEY'RE DEFECTIVE AND THEY'RE
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JUST NOT FRUITFUL. AND HE
SAID, 'LOOK, WE'VE GOT A DUD.
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CUT IT DOWN.' AND THE
VINE DRESSER, HE SPENT THREE
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YEARS TAKING CARE OF THIS.
HE THINKS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY
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SOME OF THEM JUST
NEED ONE MORE YEAR.
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SOME OF THEM ARE LATE BLOOMERS.
YOU EVER HEARD THAT EXPRESSION?
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HE SAID, 'GIVE IT ANOTHER
YEAR.' AND - HE SAYS, 'I'LL DIG
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AROUND IT. I'LL
GIVE IT EXTRA IRRIGATION,
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I'LL FERTILIZE IT, AND
THEN IF IT BEARS FRUIT, GREAT.
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IF NOT, CUT IT DOWN.' SO WHAT'S
THE FATE OF FRUITLESS VINES AND
00:17:13.73\00:17:17.86
FRUITLESS TREES? WHY
DOES IT CUMBER THE GROUND?
00:17:17.86\00:17:22.10
I WONDER WHAT THE LORD THINkS
WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN
00:17:22.10\00:17:25.03
AND HE SEES US COME TOGETHER
FROM WEEK TO WEEK AND WE SING
00:17:25.03\00:17:28.80
THESE SONGS ABOUT THESE SUBLIME
MAJESTIC THEMES OF THE GOSPEL
00:17:28.80\00:17:33.16
AND LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES AND WE
GO OUT AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
00:17:33.16\00:17:37.90
ABOUT IT. WE
HAVE NO PASSION BEYOND
00:17:37.90\00:17:41.23
PUTTING IN OUR TIME AT CHURCH -
KIND OF PUNCHING THE CLOCK - AND
00:17:41.23\00:17:44.00
THEN WE GO HOME AND DO OUR OWN
THING AND WE - OUR PASSION IS
00:17:44.00\00:17:46.50
NOT THE HARVEST. OUR
PASSION IS NOT TO WIN SOULS
00:17:46.50\00:17:50.83
- TO BRING PEOPLE TO JESUS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
00:17:50.83\00:17:55.66
IT, IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE
TWO DESTINIES: LIFE AND DEATH.
00:17:55.66\00:18:02.06
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD - THERE'S
ONLY TWO ROADS - THERE'S NOT
00:18:02.06\00:18:04.33
MULTIPLE ROADS -
THERE'S TWO ROADS: STRAIGHT
00:18:04.33\00:18:08.73
GATE, BROAD WAY TO DESTRUCTION.
AND EVERYBODY'S ON THAT ROAD
00:18:08.73\00:18:12.83
SOMEWHERE IN THE CONTINUUM AND
EVERYBODY YOU MEET IS HEADING
00:18:12.83\00:18:16.93
TOWARDS LIFE OR DEATH.
THAT OUGHT TO BE THE THING THAT
00:18:16.93\00:18:20.46
DRIVES AND MOTIVATES US MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS TO GET
00:18:20.46\00:18:23.50
PEOPLE TURNED
AROUND ON THE RIGHT ROAD.
00:18:23.50\00:18:25.83
I MEAN, I HEARD ONE TIME ABOUT
THIS MAN THAT WAS DRIVING ON A
00:18:25.83\00:18:32.96
RAINY NIGHT - WE HAD SOME
NICE RAIN YESTERDAY, AMEN?
00:18:32.96\00:18:36.10
THE MAN WAS DRIVING ONE OF THESE
RAINY NIGHTS, HEADING DOWN A
00:18:36.10\00:18:39.63
COUNTRY ROAD AND HE - YOU EVER
HAD THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON
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FULL BUT IT'S STILL RAINING
SO MUCH YOU CAN BARELY SEE?
00:18:42.86\00:18:46.70
HAD HIS HEADLIGHTS UP BRIGHT AND
HE'S BY HIMSELF ON THIS ROAD AND
00:18:46.70\00:18:50.10
HE LOOKS OUT IN THE DISTANCE
AND HE SEES WHAT LOOKS LIKE - AT
00:18:50.10\00:18:52.93
FIRST HE THOUGHT IT WAS A DEER
AND THEN HE REALIZES IT'S A MAN
00:18:52.93\00:18:56.03
AND THIS MAN IS FALLING DOWN AND
STAGGERING BACK AND FORTH IN THE
00:18:56.03\00:19:01.16
ROAD AND HE THOUGHT, 'OH MAN,
THERE'S SOME CRAZY DRUNK OUT
00:19:01.16\00:19:03.63
HERE.' AND SO HE SEES HIM ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD - HE GOES
00:19:03.63\00:19:07.56
OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
ROAD SO HE CAN GET AROUND HIM
00:19:07.56\00:19:10.13
AND WHEN HE DOES THIS, THE MAN
STAGGERS INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF
00:19:10.13\00:19:14.60
THE ROAD AND HE'S WAVING HIS
ARMS AND CARRYING ON AND JUMPING
00:19:14.60\00:19:18.86
UP AND DOWN AND HE'S JUST - THIS
GUY'S OUT OF HIS MIND AND SO HE
00:19:18.86\00:19:22.23
GOES BACK INTO THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
00:19:22.23\00:19:24.03
AND THIS MAN GOES BACK IN
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
00:19:24.03\00:19:25.66
NOW HE'S GETTING CLOSER AND
CLOSER AND FINALLY HE THOUGHT,
00:19:25.66\00:19:29.03
'YOU KNOW, IF I CHANGE LANES
REAL QUICK AT THE LAST MINUTE, I
00:19:29.03\00:19:32.06
CAN HIT THE GAS AND GET AROUND
HIM SO HE CAN'T LIKE TRY AND
00:19:32.06\00:19:36.10
JUMP IN MY CAR OR ANYTHING.' AND
JUST AS HE'S ABOUT TO DO THIS,
00:19:36.10\00:19:40.80
THIS MAN THROWS
HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE CAR.
00:19:40.80\00:19:44.16
HE SLAMS ON HIS BRAKES AND
NOW THE DRIVER'S ALL NERVOUS AND
00:19:44.16\00:19:48.46
SCARED AND MAD AT ONE TIME AND
HE JUMPS OUT AND HE'S YELLING AT
00:19:48.46\00:19:51.90
THE FELLOW AND HE SAYS, 'WHAT
IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?
00:19:51.90\00:19:53.56
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR
MIND? ARE YOU CRAZY?
00:19:53.56\00:19:55.30
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOURSELF
KILLED.' AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS
00:19:55.30\00:19:58.60
DRUNK - AND THE GUY STARTS
TO SOB. HE SAYS, 'THE BRIDGE IS
00:19:58.60\00:20:01.36
OUT! THE BRIDGE IS OUT!'
HE SAID, 'I'VE STOOD THERE AND
00:20:01.36\00:20:04.76
WATCHED THREE CARS DRIVE OFF
INTO THE WATER AND I COULDN'T
00:20:04.76\00:20:07.70
WATCH ANOTHER ONE.' DO WE
REALIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE HEADING
00:20:07.70\00:20:13.86
OFF THE
PRECIPICE INTO DESTRUCTION?
00:20:13.86\00:20:16.00
ARE WE TRYING TO STOP
THEM? ARE WE JUST SAYING,
00:20:16.00\00:20:18.40
'YOU'RE ON THE
WRONG ROAD. TOO BAD.'
00:20:18.40\00:20:21.43
THERE OUGHT TO BE AN
INTEREST - THEY'RE OUGHT TO BE A
00:20:21.43\00:20:23.96
PASSION ABOUT
TRYING TO WIN SOULS, AMEN?
00:20:23.96\00:20:28.06
THERE'S NOTHING MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE HARVEST.
00:20:28.06\00:20:30.30
MATTHEW 20, VERSE 1 - NOW I
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN SOME VERSES
00:20:30.30\00:20:33.46
ARE STANDING BY HERE, WE'LL GET
TO THAT - JESUS SAYS, "FOR THE
00:20:33.46\00:20:38.13
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A
LANDOWNER WHO WENT OUT EARLY IN
00:20:38.13\00:20:41.86
THE MORNING TO HIRE
LABORERS FOR HIS VINEYARD."
00:20:41.86\00:20:45.66
- NOW, YOU KNOW - HOW MANY
OF YOU KNOW THE PARABLE OF THE
00:20:45.66\00:20:47.53
LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD? HE
GOES OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING
00:20:47.53\00:20:49.96
AND HE GETS SOMEONE - HE SAYS,
'I'LL PAY YOU A PENNY TO WORK
00:20:49.96\00:20:51.90
FOR THE DAY.' AND THEY
SAY, 'GREAT! THAT'S FAIR.
00:20:51.90\00:20:53.53
THAT'S THE GOING
RATE.' AND THEN THEY GO OUT.
00:20:53.53\00:20:55.00
THEN HE GOES OUT A LITTLE
LATER - 10:00 OR SO AND HE SAYS,
00:20:55.00\00:20:57.16
'THERE'S STILL PEOPLE STANDING
THERE.' HE HIRES EVERYBODY
00:20:57.16\00:20:59.90
STANDING THERE. HE SAYS, 'DO YOU
WANT TO GO WORK IN MY VINEYARD?'
00:20:59.90\00:21:01.86
AND SO THEY ALL SAY,
'SURE!' AND THEY GO WORK.
00:21:01.86\00:21:04.00
BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH
LABORERS SO HE COMES BACK AT
00:21:04.00\00:21:06.26
NOON AND THERE'S
MORE THAT HAVE GATHERED.
00:21:06.26\00:21:08.26
HE SAYS, 'LOOK, YOU GO WORK
IN MY VINEYARD.' AND THEY ALL GO
00:21:08.26\00:21:09.96
WORK. BUT HE STILL NEEDS MORE.
00:21:09.96\00:21:12.10
SO HE GOES BACK AT 2:00 AND
FINALLY - HE KEEPS GOING BACK
00:21:12.10\00:21:14.76
ALL DAY LONG TRYING TO FIND
ANYBODY THAT WILL WORK, RIGHT?
00:21:14.76\00:21:18.00
AND THEN AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR HE
GOES BACK AND THERE'S STILL SOME
00:21:18.00\00:21:21.30
MEN THAT HE FINDS THAT
AREN'T WORKING THAT COULD WORK.
00:21:21.30\00:21:23.30
HE SAYS, 'LOOK,
I'LL PAY YOU WHAT'S FAIR.
00:21:23.30\00:21:25.13
YOU GO WORK.' AND YOU KNOW THE
STORY, AT THE END OF THE DAY HE
00:21:25.13\00:21:28.63
PAYS THEM BEGINNING WITH THOSE
WHO WORKED LAST TO THOSE WHO
00:21:28.63\00:21:32.00
STARTED WORKING FIRST. HE
PAYS THEM ALL THE SAME AND
00:21:32.00\00:21:34.13
THE ONES WHO WORKED ALL DAY
LONG, THEY GRUMBLE AGAINST THE
00:21:34.13\00:21:37.20
ONES WHO ONLY WORK ONE HOUR AND
THEY SAY, 'LOOK, YOU'RE PAYING
00:21:37.20\00:21:39.60
THEM THE SAME AS US.' AND HE
SAYS, 'LOOK, I'M PAYING YOU ALL
00:21:39.60\00:21:41.96
THE SAME AND I'M PAYING
EVERYBODY WHAT I PROMISED.
00:21:41.96\00:21:45.93
DON'T BE JEALOUS BECAUSE I'M
BEING MORE GENEROUS WITH THEM.'
00:21:45.93\00:21:49.53
NOW THE PURPOSE OF CHRIST'S
PARABLE WAS HE WAS TELLING THE
00:21:49.53\00:21:52.16
JEWS, 'I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THE
CHOSEN PEOPLE FOR 2,000 YEARS.
00:21:52.16\00:21:55.50
DON'T BE UPSET, BUT I NOW CALL
THE GENTILES IN TO ACCEPT THE
00:21:55.50\00:21:58.96
SCRIPTURES THAT YOU'VE
SPENT ALL YOUR TIME GUARDING AND
00:21:58.96\00:22:03.00
PROTECTING AND SHARING.
I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM ETERNAL
00:22:03.00\00:22:05.83
LIFE JUST LIKE I'M GOING
TO GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE.
00:22:05.83\00:22:07.76
YOU DON'T GET ANY SPECIAL STATUS
BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED IN THE
00:22:07.76\00:22:09.93
VINEYARD LONGER.
YOU'RE GETTING WHAT I PROMISED
00:22:09.93\00:22:12.00
YOU.' SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE
PARABLE MEANS, BUT DON'T MISS
00:22:12.00\00:22:14.40
THIS POINT: AS LONG AS
HE CONTINUES TO GO TO THE
00:22:14.40\00:22:20.66
MARKETPLACE, HE CONTINUES TO
FIND WORKERS, HIS PROBLEM IS NOT
00:22:20.66\00:22:25.76
THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH HARVEST.
THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY OF
00:22:25.76\00:22:30.33
HARVEST. THE STORY
NEVER SAYS THE HARVEST
00:22:30.33\00:22:32.26
IS OVER. THERE'S
MORE HARVEST THAN THERE
00:22:32.26\00:22:34.40
ARE WORKERS IN THE
STORY. DID YOU GET THAT?
00:22:34.40\00:22:37.53
HE IS LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR
PEOPLE TO WORK AND EVERY TIME HE
00:22:37.53\00:22:41.36
FINDS ONE HE HIRES HIM.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
00:22:41.36\00:22:45.73
THAT MEANS THAT JESUS IS WILLING
TO HAVE ALL OF US BE INVOLVED IN
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.73
THE HARVEST. AND HE ASKS -
00:22:49.73\00:22:51.73
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE SEES
HIM IN THE MARKETPLACE HE
00:22:51.73\00:22:53.43
SAYS, 'WHY DO
YOU STAND HERE IDLE?'
00:22:53.43\00:22:56.16
DO YOU REALIZE WITH
HARVESTING THERE'S LIMITED TIME?
00:22:56.16\00:23:00.83
CROPS GO BAD.
TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:23:00.83\00:23:03.70
HARVESTING - IF YOU DON'T
CATCH IT DURING THE HARVEST -
00:23:03.70\00:23:05.83
ESPECIALLY IF A RAIN COMES
OR SOMETHING - OR A FROST -
00:23:05.83\00:23:08.73
IT COULD WRECK
THE ENTIRE HARVEST.
00:23:08.73\00:23:10.63
SO TIMING, WITH A
HARVEST, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:23:10.63\00:23:14.13
I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN
VERY PORTENTOUS TIMES RIGHT NOW.
00:23:14.13\00:23:20.66
YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING,
AT THIS RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS'
00:23:20.66\00:23:23.66
CONVENTION, I WAS ON A COUPLE
OF COMMITTEES WHERE WE MET WITH
00:23:23.66\00:23:27.26
SOME PEOPLE - ACTUALLY GOT A
BRIEFING FROM THE SUPREME COURT
00:23:27.26\00:23:30.86
ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH SOME
OF THE RELIGIOUS LAWS AND THE
00:23:30.86\00:23:34.40
CHRISTIAN LEADERS, THEIR
HEADS ARE SPINNING WITH WHAT'S
00:23:34.40\00:23:37.30
HAPPENING MORALLY IN OUR COUNTRY
WITH JUST THE TSUNAMI OF LAWS
00:23:37.30\00:23:42.16
THAT ARE BEING PASSED
THAT ARE BASICALLY PERSECUTING
00:23:42.16\00:23:47.00
CHRISTIANS.
THEY'RE TELLING CHRISTIAN
00:23:47.00\00:23:48.83
EMPLOYERS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO
HIRE PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT
00:23:48.83\00:23:52.06
THEIR RELIGIOUS VALUES ARE
AND MORE AND MORE LAWS THAT ARE
00:23:52.06\00:23:57.36
UNDERMINING WHAT
BIBLICAL MARRIAGE IS.
00:23:57.36\00:24:00.76
I MEAN IT'S JUST - PLACES
YOU WOULD NEVER THINK OF, LIKE
00:24:00.76\00:24:04.03
OKLAHOMA AND SALT LAKE CITY,
THAT YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THAT
00:24:04.03\00:24:09.13
THEY WOULD CAVE IN ON MARRIAGE,
BUT CERTAIN JUDGES THERE ARE
00:24:09.13\00:24:13.50
CHANGING THINGS
FOR A WHOLE STATE.
00:24:13.50\00:24:16.56
AND THEN THINGS ARE
HAPPENING RELIGIOUSLY.
00:24:16.56\00:24:19.63
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SAW -
I JUST FIRST SAW IT LAST WEEK -
00:24:19.63\00:24:22.83
A VIDEO WHERE THE POPE GIVES
A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CHARISMATIC
00:24:22.83\00:24:28.53
CHRISTIANS AT A - HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT?
00:24:28.53\00:24:32.10
YEAH, KENNETH COPELAND
CONFERENCE AND HE GIVES THEM A
00:24:32.10\00:24:35.36
MESSAGE OF LOVE AND
SAYS, 'WE ALL NEED TO UNITE.
00:24:35.36\00:24:37.50
THE PROTEST IS OVER. NOTHING
SHOULD SEPARATE US ANYMORE.
00:24:37.50\00:24:41.43
I'M SENDING YOU AN EMBRACE.
YOU NEED TO RETURN TO YOUR
00:24:41.43\00:24:44.40
MISUNDERSTOOD BROTHER JOSEPH.'
AND THIS IS THE MESSAGE -
00:24:44.40\00:24:48.90
YOU CAN WATCH IT FOR YOURSELF.
AMAZING FACTS POSTED IT WITH
00:24:48.90\00:24:51.63
SOME COMMENTARY IF
YOU WANT TO SEE THAT.
00:24:51.63\00:24:53.43
AND THEN THE CHARISMATICS
ALL TURNED AROUND - THEY SENT A
00:24:53.43\00:24:56.60
MESSAGE BACK TO THE POPE
, 'WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM.
00:24:56.60\00:24:58.36
WE'RE BLESSING HIM. WE
LOVE YOU.' WHAT IN THE WORLD?
00:24:58.36\00:25:01.46
IT'S LIKE PROPHECY THAT WE'VE
SAID THIS FOR YEARS - FOR 150
00:25:01.46\00:25:03.90
YEARS WE SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN
SOMEDAY AND SOME BACK IN -
00:25:03.90\00:25:06.80
PROTESTANTS SAID,
'THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!'
00:25:06.80\00:25:09.83
DO YOU KNOW THE CHARISMATICS AND
PENTECOSTALS USED TO BELIEVE THE
00:25:09.83\00:25:12.46
SAME THINGS ABOUT THE BEAST THAT
WE BELIEVE? THEY DON'T ANYMORE.
00:25:12.46\00:25:19.46
THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY.
ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY
00:25:19.46\00:25:23.70
OF THE TIME SHOULD WE BE
INVOLVED IN TELLING PEOPLE?
00:25:23.70\00:25:27.73
WHICH LEADS US TO THE
NEXT SEGMENT, 'BEGGAR'S BREAD'.
00:25:27.73\00:25:33.43
YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD IT
SAID, 'EVANGELISM IS ONE BEGGAR
00:25:33.43\00:25:37.16
TELLING ANOTHER
BEGGAR WHERE THE BREAD IS.
00:25:37.16\00:25:39.90
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND READ
FOR US PLEASE, JOHN 4:28-30.
00:25:39.90\00:25:46.03
>>"THE WOMAN THEN LEFT HER
WATERPOT, WENT HER WAY INTO THE
00:25:46.03\00:25:49.83
CITY AND SAID TO THE MEN, 'COME,
SEE A MAN WHO TOLD ME ALL THINGS
00:25:49.83\00:25:54.36
THAT I EVER DID.
COULD THIS BE THE CHRIST?'
00:25:54.36\00:25:57.73
THEN THEY WENT OUT OF
THE CITY AND CAME TO HIM."
00:25:57.73\00:26:01.06
>>YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE GOSPEL
OF JOHN BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
00:26:01.06\00:26:03.76
FIND THE STATEMENT
'COME AND SEE' SEVERAL TIMES -
00:26:03.76\00:26:07.40
'COME AND SEE'. WHEN THEY FIRST
FOUND JESUS AFTER THE BAPTISM -
00:26:07.40\00:26:11.70
I THINK THIS WAS IN LAST
WEEK'S LESSON, THEY SAID,
00:26:11.70\00:26:15.06
'MASTER, WHERE DWELLEST
THOU?' WHAT WAS HIS ANSWER?
00:26:15.06\00:26:18.73
'COME AND SEE.' AND THEN AFTER
HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO THEM -
00:26:18.73\00:26:23.46
MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS
IN THE NEXT SEGMENT HERE.
00:26:23.46\00:26:25.33
YOU CAN GO TO JOHN 1:40 - JOHN
1:40 - "ONE OF THE TWO WHO HEARD
00:26:25.33\00:26:30.60
JOHN SPEAK, AND FOLLOWED
HIM, WAS ANDREW, SIMON PETER'S
00:26:30.60\00:26:33.83
BROTHER. HE FIRST
FOUND HIS OWN BROTHER
00:26:33.83\00:26:36.70
SIMON AND SAID TO
HIM, 'WE FOUND THE MESSIAH'
00:26:36.70\00:26:38.96
(WHICH IS
TRANSLATED, THE CHRIST).
00:26:38.96\00:26:40.53
AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS.
NOW WHEN JESUS LOOKED AT HIM HE
00:26:40.53\00:26:44.06
SAID, 'YOU ARE
SIMON THE SON OF JONAH.
00:26:44.06\00:26:45.80
YOU SHALL BE CALLED CEPHAS'
WHICH IS TRANSLATED, A STONE).
00:26:45.80\00:26:48.36
THE FOLLOWING DAY JESUS WANTED
TO GO TO GALILEE, AND HE FOUND
00:26:48.36\00:26:53.73
PHILIP AND SAID TO HIM,
'FOLLOW ME.' NOW PHILIP WAS FROM
00:26:53.73\00:26:56.60
BETHSAIDA, THE CITY
OF ANDREW AND PETER.
00:26:56.60\00:26:58.43
PHILIP FOUND NATHANAEL AND SAID
TO HIM, 'WE HAVE FOUND HIM OF
00:26:58.43\00:27:01.56
WHOM MOSES IN THE LAW, AND ALSO
THE PROPHETS, WROTE - JESUS OF
00:27:01.56\00:27:04.63
NAZARETH, THE SON OF JOSEPH.'
AND NATHANAEL SAID TO HIM, 'CAN
00:27:04.63\00:27:08.10
ANYTHING GOOD COME OUT OF
NAZARETH?' PHILIP SAID TO HIM,
00:27:08.10\00:27:11.86
'COME AND SEE.'" YOU KNOW WHAT
THE BEST MEANS OF EVANGELISM IS?
00:27:11.86\00:27:16.50
BETWEEN TELEVISION, RADIO,
PRINTED HAND BILLS - YOU THINK
00:27:16.50\00:27:21.70
OF ALL THE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS
FOR ADVERTISING AN EVANGELISTIC
00:27:21.70\00:27:24.40
MEETING - YOU KNOW
WHICH ONE IS STILL THE BEST?
00:27:24.40\00:27:26.63
WORD OF MOUTH. A
PERSONAL INVITATION.
00:27:26.63\00:27:31.10
YOU'VE GOT - THE PERSONAL
TESTIMONY GOES A LOT FARTHER.
00:27:31.10\00:27:35.20
WE'RE ALL
INFLUENCED BY ENDORSEMENT.
00:27:35.20\00:27:41.30
YOU KNOW, THEY SELL
PRODUCTS ON TV THIS WAY.
00:27:41.30\00:27:43.66
THEY'VE GOT THESE INFOMERCIALS
WHERE THEY'LL BE DEMONSTRATING
00:27:43.66\00:27:46.46
ANYTHING FROM SOME NEW KITCHEN -
MIRACULOUS APPLIANCE TO A FRYER,
00:27:46.46\00:27:51.56
TO SOME PAINTING
SOMETHING OR OTHER.
00:27:51.56\00:27:53.83
THEY'LL HAVE A STUDIO AUDIENCE
THAT'S IN THERE ALL DRESSED
00:27:53.83\00:27:56.40
REALLY NICE AND THEY'RE LIT
WELL, AND THEY'RE SHOWING HOW
00:27:56.40\00:27:58.83
THIS THING WORKS AND THEN
EVERYONE'S GOING - THEY TURN
00:27:58.83\00:28:01.60
THE CAMERA ON THE
AUDIENCE - 'OH WOW! OOH!'
00:28:01.60\00:28:04.00
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING THEY GO, 'WELL
00:28:04.00\00:28:07.86
NOT ONLY ARE THEY SAYING
THIS IS GREAT PAINT OR A GREAT
00:28:07.86\00:28:10.40
SLICER/DICER' - OR
WHATEVER THEY'RE SELLING -
00:28:10.40\00:28:13.06
'BUT THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THINK
IT'S WONDERFUL.' AND SO WE ALL
00:28:13.06\00:28:17.46
WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHERS THINK.
AND SO WHEN SOMEONE PERSONALLY
00:28:17.46\00:28:22.00
SAYS, 'WOW, I WENT TO THIS
MEETING AND IT REALLY TOUCHED MY
00:28:22.00\00:28:25.30
HEART. YOU'VE GOT
TO GO AT LEAST ONE
00:28:25.30\00:28:26.50
NIGHT - YOU'VE GOT TO
GO.' 'OH MAN, NOT THAT CHURCH!
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.90
CAN ANYTHING GOOD
COME OUT OF THAT CHURCH?'
00:28:28.90\00:28:31.46
DON'T ARGUE WITH THEM, SAY,
'COME AND SEE.' BY THE WAY, IF
00:28:31.46\00:28:35.83
YOU WANT TO REALLY SEE
YOU MUST COME TO JESUS.
00:28:35.83\00:28:40.80
YOU COME TO
CHRIST AND THEN YOU SEE.
00:28:40.80\00:28:44.06
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND
THEOLOGY AND TRUTH AND THEY'RE
00:28:44.06\00:28:47.36
WAITING FOR FLUTTERY FEELINGS.
FIRST YOU MUST SURRENDER TO
00:28:47.36\00:28:50.60
JESUS THEN YOUR EYES ARE OPENED.
YOU COME TO HIM AND THEN YOU
00:28:50.60\00:28:55.40
SEE. SO THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO INVITE
00:28:55.40\00:28:57.80
PEOPLE. THE WOMAN
AT THE WELL, DID SHE
00:28:57.80\00:29:01.00
NEED A DOCTORATE IN
THEOLOGY TO BE A SOUL WINNER?
00:29:01.00\00:29:05.56
DID SHE HAVE TO BE A
PASTOR TO BE A SOUL WINNER?
00:29:05.56\00:29:09.66
OR DID SHE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE THAT SHE COULD SHARE
00:29:09.66\00:29:12.33
WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN
00:29:12.33\00:29:16.90
THIS KIND OF EVANGELISM WHERE,
WHEN YOU FIND THE BREAD OF LIFE,
00:29:16.90\00:29:21.73
YOU TELL EVERYONE THAT'S HUNGRY,
'WE KNOW WHERE THE BREAD IS.'
00:29:21.73\00:29:25.00
BEFORE I LEAVE THAT THOUGHT,
HOW MANY OF YOU - WHILE WE'RE
00:29:25.00\00:29:31.13
TALKING ABOUT BEGGARS LOOKING
FOR BREAD, THERE'S KIND OF
00:29:31.13\00:29:33.43
EXHIBIT A OF THIS
STORY IN THE BIBLE.
00:29:33.43\00:29:35.06
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE
LEPERS? THERE'S FOUR LEPERS -
00:29:35.06\00:29:37.26
2 KINGS - THAT'S ONE
PLACE IN THE BIBLE - 2 KINGS 7.
00:29:37.26\00:29:40.96
THERE'S A FAMINE IN SAMARIA
- TERRIBLE FAMINE - BECAUSE THE
00:29:40.96\00:29:46.20
PEOPLE OF SAMARIA - THE NORTHERN
TRIBES OF ISRAEL - THEY ARE
00:29:46.20\00:29:50.16
BEING SURROUNDED
BY THE SYRIAN ARMY.
00:29:50.16\00:29:52.90
THE SYRIAN ARMY
HAS THEM BESIEGED.
00:29:52.90\00:29:54.63
THEY CAN'T GET OUT.
THEY CAN'T GET FOOD IN.
00:29:54.63\00:29:57.63
THEY'RE BASICALLY TRYING
TO STARVE THEM INTO SURRENDER.
00:29:57.63\00:30:00.66
AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THERE'S FOUR LEPROUS MEN.
00:30:00.66\00:30:04.33
THIS IS 2 KINGS 7, VERSE 3, "NOW
THERE WERE FOUR LEPROUS MEN AT
00:30:04.33\00:30:08.63
THE ENTRANCE OF THE GATE; AND
THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, 'WHY
00:30:08.63\00:30:11.50
ARE WE SITTING
HERE UNTIL WE DIE?"
00:30:11.50\00:30:12.86
'IF WE GO IN THE CITY THEY'RE
STARVING IN THE CITY.' YOU READ
00:30:12.86\00:30:15.43
THE WHOLE STORY AND THEY'RE
NOT ONLY EATING DONKEY HEADS AND
00:30:15.43\00:30:18.63
DOVE DROPPINGS, THEY'RE GETTING
INVOLVED IN CANNIBALISM - IT'S A
00:30:18.63\00:30:22.73
TERRIBLE FAMINE.
LEPERS CAN'T GO IN THE CITY
00:30:22.73\00:30:26.23
BECAUSE THEY'RE LEPERS
SO THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE GATE.
00:30:26.23\00:30:28.26
THEY CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE OUT
THERE IS THE ASSYRIAN ARMY CAMP
00:30:28.26\00:30:31.00
COMPLETELY SURROUNDING
THE CAPITAL OF SAMARIA.
00:30:31.00\00:30:34.63
AND SO FINALLY, THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN A HUNDRED LEPERS IN THE
00:30:34.63\00:30:37.73
COLONY - THEY'VE ALL DIED OFF
EXCEPT FOUR OF THEM ARE LEFT.
00:30:37.73\00:30:40.70
THEY'VE ALL STARVED. AND
THE FOUR OF THEM SAY, 'IF WE
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.03
SIT HERE THEN WE'RE GOING
TO DIE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
00:30:43.03\00:30:45.46
IF WE GO IN THE CITY, BECAUSE
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT KEEPING
00:30:45.46\00:30:48.03
THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN LAWS
ANYMORE, THEY'RE EATING DONKEY
00:30:48.03\00:30:50.70
HEADS, WHAT GOOD WILL
IT DO? THEY'RE STARVING.
00:30:50.70\00:30:53.03
IF WE STAY HERE
WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
00:30:53.03\00:30:54.96
THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE WITH ANY
HOPE IS THAT WE GO SURRENDER TO
00:30:54.96\00:30:58.73
THE ASSYRIANS AND IF THEY HAVE
MERCY ON US AND THROW US SOME
00:30:58.73\00:31:02.66
CRUMBS WE'LL LIVE. IF THEY KILL
US, WE'RE DYING ANYWAY, IT'LL BE
00:31:02.66\00:31:05.50
QUICK.' RIGHT? SO THIS
IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
00:31:05.50\00:31:09.06
SO THEY COME TO THE POINT OF
MAKING THAT COMPLETE SURRENDER -
00:31:09.06\00:31:11.66
WILLING TO DIE - BY THE WAY,
THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY START TO
00:31:11.66\00:31:14.80
LIVE IS WHEN YOU COME TO MAKE
A COMPLETE SURRENDER - TAKE UP
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.00
YOUR CROSS. AND AS
THEY GO DOWN TO THE
00:31:18.00\00:31:20.83
SYRIAN ARMY, THEY'RE AMAZED
BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
00:31:20.83\00:31:25.73
ALL THE CAMELS AND
THE DONKEYS ARE TIED OFF.
00:31:25.73\00:31:27.93
THE TENTS ARE STILL INTACT.
THEIR CAMPFIRES ARE STILL
00:31:27.93\00:31:31.56
SMOLDERING WITH FOOD ON
THE BARBECUE BUT THERE'S NO
00:31:31.56\00:31:35.43
SOLDIERS. THE BIBLE
TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED.
00:31:35.43\00:31:38.86
THE LORD MADE THE SYRIAN ARMY TO
HEAR THE SOUND OF AN APPROACHING
00:31:38.86\00:31:43.40
ARMY - OF HORSES AND CHARIOTS
COMING - BECAUSE WHEN AN ARMY
00:31:43.40\00:31:46.46
MOVED BACK THEN, THERE WAS SO
MUCH GROUND VIBRATION YOU COULD
00:31:46.46\00:31:49.60
HEAR THEM COMING. IT SOUNDED
LIKE THUNDER IN THE DISTANCE.
00:31:49.60\00:31:52.63
AND THEY PANICKED -
THE ASSYRIANS PANICKED.
00:31:52.63\00:31:55.36
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE ISRAELITES
HAD HIRED THE EGYPTIANS OR THE
00:31:55.36\00:31:58.20
HITTITES OR SOMEONE TO COME
AND ATTACK THEM AND THEY ALL -
00:31:58.20\00:32:01.06
WITHOUT EVEN SADDLING THEIR
HORSES THEY GOT UP AND RAN FOR
00:32:01.06\00:32:03.80
THEIR LIVES. IT
SAYS THEY THREW OFF THEIR
00:32:03.80\00:32:05.46
CLOTHES AS THEY RAN TOWARD THE
JORDAN BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO
00:32:05.46\00:32:07.66
RUN FASTER - THEY
DROPPED EVERYTHING.
00:32:07.66\00:32:09.76
NOW WHEN YOU BESIEGE A
CITY, IT SOMETIMES TOOK YEARS.
00:32:09.76\00:32:15.06
WHEN THE ROMANS BESIEGED MASADA,
IT TOOK THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY
00:32:15.06\00:32:18.20
COULD CAPTURE IT. SOME
OF THE BIBLICAL SIEGES -
00:32:18.20\00:32:21.50
WHEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR BESIEGED
JERUSALEM - TWO YEARS BEFORE
00:32:21.50\00:32:25.23
THEY SURRENDERED. YOU
BRING A LOT OF FOOD IF
00:32:25.23\00:32:27.46
YOU'RE GOING TO GO - IF YOU
GO TO CAMP MEETING FOR 11 DAYS,
00:32:27.46\00:32:29.93
YOU GUYS BRING ENOUGH
FOR THE MILLENNIUM, RIGHT?
00:32:29.93\00:32:32.60
JUST ADMIT IT. YOU
ALWAYS BRING TOO MUCH FOOD.
00:32:32.60\00:32:35.33
AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO
GO CAMP OUT FOR TWO YEARS,
00:32:35.33\00:32:39.33
HOW MUCH DO YOU BRING?
00:32:39.33\00:32:41.50
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
PROVISIONS - ENOUGH TO FEED AN
00:32:41.50\00:32:45.10
ARMY - LITERALLY - SO THESE
LEPERS WHO ARE STARVING, THEY
00:32:45.10\00:32:49.36
COME AND THEY FIND THIS CAMP
- THIS ARMY CAMP - ABANDONED AND
00:32:49.36\00:32:53.76
THEY GO INTO ONE OF THE
TENTS - THEY JUST WANT SOMETHING
00:32:53.76\00:32:55.96
IMMEDIATELY - AND THEY SEE
THERE'S FOOD AND NOT ONLY IS
00:32:55.96\00:32:58.00
THERE FOOD - THEY'RE WEARING
RAGS SO THERE'S BEAUTIFUL
00:32:58.00\00:32:59.93
CLOTHES. THEY TAKE THE CLOTHES
AND THEY SAY, 'OH, THERE'S MONEY
00:32:59.93\00:33:01.83
HERE TOO.' AND
THEY TAKE THE MONEY.
00:33:01.83\00:33:03.43
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING SOME
CRUMBS AND A LITTLE WATER, THEY
00:33:03.43\00:33:05.93
GET FOOD AND THEY GET GOLD AND
THEY GET CLOTHING AND THEY CARRY
00:33:05.93\00:33:09.73
ALL - THEY EAT WHAT THEY CAN AND
THEY CARRY ALL WHAT THEY CAN TO
00:33:09.73\00:33:12.53
THE WALLS AND THEY BURY
IT. AND THEN THEY LOOK AND THEY
00:33:12.53\00:33:17.06
DON'T SEE ANY MORE ACTIVITY DOWN
AT THE CAMP AND THEY THINK, 'YOU
00:33:17.06\00:33:19.23
KNOW, THEY COULD COME BACK.
WE'D BETTER GET MORE.' SO THEY
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.50
GO BACK AND THEY GET
MORE. THEY BRING IT BACK.
00:33:21.50\00:33:23.20
AND THROUGH THE NIGHT THEY'RE
GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE
00:33:23.20\00:33:25.76
SYRIAN CAMP AND THE WALLS OF
SAMARIA AND THEY'RE HIDING ALL
00:33:25.76\00:33:28.83
THIS FOOD LIKE PACKRATS BECAUSE
THEY THINK, 'THEY MUST BE COMING
00:33:28.83\00:33:31.73
BACK. THEY DIDN'T JUST LEAVE.'
AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THE
00:33:31.73\00:33:34.80
GREAT VERSES IN THE BIBLE,
2 KINGS 7, VERSE 9, "THEN THEY
00:33:34.80\00:33:40.16
SAID TO ONE ANOTHER" -
THESE ARE THE FOUR LEPERS -
00:33:40.16\00:33:44.13
"WE ARE NOT DOING RIGHT.
THIS DAY IS A DAY OF GOOD NEWS,
00:33:44.13\00:33:49.06
AND WE REMAIN SILENT. IF
WE WAIT UNTIL MORNING LIGHT,
00:33:49.06\00:33:53.56
SOME PUNISHMENT
WILL COME UPON US.
00:33:53.56\00:33:56.10
NOW THEREFORE, COME, LET US GO
AND TELL THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD.'"
00:33:56.10\00:34:01.60
- LET US GO AND TELL - ISN'T IT
AMAZING THAT GOD CAN USE PEOPLE
00:34:01.60\00:34:06.23
LIKE LEPERS WHO ARE POOR AND
WRETCHED AND MISERABLE AND BLIND
00:34:06.23\00:34:10.30
AND NAKED - HE CAN USE PEOPLE
LIKE THAT TO SHARE THE GOOD
00:34:10.30\00:34:12.33
NEWS. HE CAN USE
A PERSON LIKE MARY
00:34:12.33\00:34:15.00
MAGDALENE OR THE WOMAN AT THE
WELL - KIND OF THE OUTCASTS OF
00:34:15.00\00:34:18.13
SOCIETY. GOD CAN
USE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
00:34:18.13\00:34:21.20
TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. I
ALWAYS HESITATE TO TELL YOU
00:34:21.20\00:34:24.90
THIS BUT THE FIRST FEW BIBLE
STUDIES I GAVE I WAS A HIPPIE IN
00:34:24.90\00:34:27.43
A CAVE AND I
WASN'T WEARING VERY MUCH.
00:34:27.43\00:34:30.40
BUT I FOUND THE GOSPEL AND SO I
SHARED IT WITH THE OTHER HIPPIES
00:34:30.40\00:34:33.10
THAT I MET. AND SO,
YEAH, IF YOU SAW THOSE
00:34:33.10\00:34:36.73
FIRST BIBLE STUDIES, YOU WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT, 'THAT'S A LITTLE
00:34:36.73\00:34:39.46
ROUGH.' BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I DIDN'T
00:34:39.46\00:34:42.36
UNDERSTAND, BUT I
SHARED WHAT I DID UNDERSTAND.
00:34:42.36\00:34:45.73
AND SO EVANGELISM IS -
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND
00:34:45.73\00:34:48.13
EVERYTHING, SHARE WHAT YOU
DO UNDERSTAND. EVANGELISM IS
00:34:48.13\00:34:52.30
ONE BEGGAR TELLING ANOTHER
BEGGAR WHERE THE BREAD IS.
00:34:52.30\00:34:57.40
I TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S READ
JOHN 15:26, "BUT WHEN THE HELPER
00:34:57.40\00:35:04.46
COMES, WHOM I SHALL SEND TO YOU
FROM THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT OF
00:35:04.46\00:35:08.50
TRUTH WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE
FATHER, HE WILL TESTIFY OF ME.
00:35:08.50\00:35:13.43
AND YOU ALSO WILL BEAR WITNESS,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ME
00:35:13.43\00:35:16.43
FROM THE BEGINNING." SO
LIKE THAT WOMAN AT THE WELL,
00:35:16.43\00:35:19.90
WHEN SHE FOUND JESUS SHE
RECEIVED - HE REVEALED HIMSELF
00:35:19.90\00:35:24.43
TO HER - THE FIRST THING SHE
HAD TO DO WAS GO TELL OTHERS.
00:35:24.43\00:35:27.96
AND WHEN THEY MAYBE ARGUED AND
SAID, 'YOU FOUND THE MESSIAH?
00:35:27.96\00:35:31.40
WELL, WE'RE NOT SO SURE.' SHE
SAID, 'COME AND SEE A MAN WHO
00:35:31.40\00:35:35.56
TOLD ME ALL THINGS EVER I DID.'
THEY COULDN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.
00:35:35.56\00:35:38.46
THEY FINALLY DID GO SEE JESUS
AND THEN THEY SAID TO THE WOMAN,
00:35:38.46\00:35:41.30
FIRST WE CAME BECAUSE OF YOUR
RECOMMENDATION, NOW WE KNOW FOR
00:35:41.30\00:35:45.56
OURSELVES HE IS THE MESSIAH.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A
00:35:45.56\00:35:48.96
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. OKAY
I THINK WE'RE READY, MIKE.
00:35:48.96\00:35:51.73
GO AHEAD.
>>REVELATION 2, VERSE 3,
00:35:51.73\00:35:55.73
"AND YOU HAVE PERSEVERED
AND HAVE PATIENCE, AND HAVE
00:35:55.73\00:35:58.66
LABORED FOR MY NAME'S SAKE
AND HAVE NOT BECOME WEARY."
00:35:58.66\00:36:03.06
>>ALRIGHT, THIS IS DEALING WITH
THE SUBJECT OF IN THE HARVEST
00:36:03.06\00:36:06.66
YOU NEED PATIENCE. TIMING IS
VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HARVEST.
00:36:06.66\00:36:11.70
AND SOME EXAMPLES THAT ARE GIVEN
HERE - LUKE 24:49 - JESUS SAID,
00:36:11.70\00:36:17.26
"BEHOLD, I SEND THE PROMISE OF
MY FATHER UPON YOU; BUT TARRY IN
00:36:17.26\00:36:23.36
THE CITY OF JERUSALEM UNTIL YOU
ARE ENDUED WITH POWER FROM ON
00:36:23.36\00:36:28.16
HIGH." WELL YOU
THINK AFTER JESUS ROSE
00:36:28.16\00:36:31.06
FROM THE DEAD HE'D WANT THEM TO
GO RIGHT FROM THE TOMB AND TELL
00:36:31.06\00:36:34.20
EVERYBODY. BUT WHY DID
JESUS TELL THEM TO WAIT?
00:36:34.20\00:36:38.30
THERE WERE SOME TIMING
THINGS THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
00:36:38.30\00:36:42.06
WHY DID HE WANT THEM TO WAIT
UNTIL PENTECOST BEFORE HE POURED
00:36:42.06\00:36:44.73
OUT THE SPIRIT? ANYONE
WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND
00:36:44.73\00:36:48.00
AND OFFER A
SUGGESTION? GOOD POINT.
00:36:48.00\00:36:55.53
I'M GOING TO REPEAT YOU SO
FOLKS WILL HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
00:36:55.53\00:36:57.86
ONE REASON IS THE FEAST OF
PENTECOST - JEWS WOULD BE THERE
00:36:57.86\00:37:02.10
FROM ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
SO THE TIMING WAS PERFECT.
00:37:02.10\00:37:06.20
ANY OTHER IDEAS? WHY
WOULD HE TELL THEM TO WAIT?
00:37:06.20\00:37:13.43
BEFORE PENTECOST, DID SOMETHING
HAPPEN IN THE UPPER ROOM?
00:37:13.43\00:37:18.13
IDEA? BACK HERE. YES.
ALRIGHT, SO HE COULD PREPARE
00:37:18.13\00:37:27.90
THEM FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WERE THE DISCIPLES ARGUING AMONG
00:37:27.90\00:37:32.06
THEMSELVES UP
UNTIL THE LAST SUPPER?
00:37:32.06\00:37:35.10
WERE THERE SOME MISGIVINGS ABOUT
WHETHER THEY COULD MAYBE TRUST
00:37:35.10\00:37:38.30
PETER - AFTER
HE DENIED THE LORD?
00:37:38.30\00:37:40.70
I MEAN, THERE WERE
ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
00:37:40.70\00:37:42.43
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UPPER
ROOM THAT PREPARES THEM FOR THE
00:37:42.43\00:37:45.70
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THEY CONFESS THEIR FAULTS TO ONE
00:37:45.70\00:37:49.53
ANOTHER, THEY WERE PRAYING FOR
ONE ANOTHER, THEY WERE PUTTING
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.73
ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
00:37:51.73\00:37:53.70
POURED OUT IT SAYS, 'NOT
ONLY WERE THEY AT ONE PLACE,
00:37:53.70\00:37:55.70
THEY WERE OF ONE ACCORD.'
WHENEVER I SAY THAT I ALWAYS
00:37:55.70\00:37:59.70
THINK OF A HONDA.
THEY'RE ALL IN ONE ACCORD.
00:37:59.70\00:38:05.43
BUT THEY FINALLY
NEEDED THAT UNITY.
00:38:05.43\00:38:08.36
SO JESUS SAID, 'ALL MEN WILL
KNOW YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BY YOUR
00:38:08.36\00:38:11.03
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER' RIGHT?
SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:38:11.03\00:38:13.93
TIMING IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN EVANGELISM.
00:38:13.93\00:38:16.46
JESUS SAID,
'YOU'RE NOT READY YET.
00:38:16.46\00:38:17.80
YOU'RE NOT READY TO RECEIVE THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.' NOW
00:38:17.80\00:38:21.76
DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT
COME IN DIFFERENT DEGREES?
00:38:21.76\00:38:25.93
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THE
APOSTLES AT PENTECOST, WE USE A
00:38:25.93\00:38:30.06
FARMING TERM TO DESCRIBE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING?
00:38:30.06\00:38:34.66
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF RAIN
- FORMER RAIN AND LATTER RAIN.
00:38:34.66\00:38:40.30
IN THE JEWISH ECONOMY IN MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLD, FARMERS KNEW
00:38:40.30\00:38:43.53
- THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION.
00:38:43.53\00:38:45.76
THEY DEPENDED ON THE WINTER RAIN
TO SPROUT THE WHEAT AND THEN
00:38:45.76\00:38:50.60
THERE WOULD BE A FORMER RAIN -
A LATTER RAIN THAT WOULD PREPARE
00:38:50.60\00:38:54.00
IT FOR THE HARVEST SO THERE'D
BE SPRING RAIN AND THE FALL RAIN
00:38:54.00\00:38:57.60
THAT WOULD PLUMP UP THE
GRAIN JUST BEFORE THE HARVEST.
00:38:57.60\00:39:00.23
YOU NEEDED BOTH RAINS.
NOW WE NEED - HAS THE FORMER
00:39:00.23\00:39:04.63
RAIN ALREADY COME?
PENTECOST IS THE FORMER RAIN.
00:39:04.63\00:39:08.10
IT SPROUTED THE SEED THAT JESUS
HAD BEEN SPREADING THAT GOT THE
00:39:08.10\00:39:12.30
GOSPEL GROWING. BEFORE
THE HARVEST, WHEN CHRIST
00:39:12.30\00:39:15.70
COMES IN REVELATION WITH - TO
HARVEST - THAT'S - YOU NEED THE
00:39:15.70\00:39:19.30
LATTER RAIN. SO ARE
WE SUPPOSED TO NOW JUST
00:39:19.30\00:39:21.86
SIT IN CHURCH, CONFESS OUR
FAULTS TO EACH OTHER AND WAIT
00:39:21.86\00:39:25.46
FOR THE LATTER RAIN
BEFORE WE DO EVANGELISM? NO.
00:39:25.46\00:39:29.06
FIRST OF ALL,
BECAUSE THE FORMER RAIN CAME.
00:39:29.06\00:39:31.73
GOD HAS NOT WITHDRAWN THE
PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:39:31.73\00:39:35.26
DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT
COME IN DIFFERENT DEGREES?
00:39:35.26\00:39:38.40
ABSOLUTELY. DID
JESUS ONLY GIVE THE HOLY
00:39:38.40\00:39:41.46
SPIRIT AT PENTECOST OR DID
HE BREATHE ON THEM IN THE UPPER
00:39:41.46\00:39:44.23
ROOM AND SAY,
'RECEIVE YE THE SPIRIT'?
00:39:44.23\00:39:47.13
WHEN HE SENT THEM OUT PREACHING
DIDN'T THEY GET THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:39:47.13\00:39:49.53
THEN OR WERE THEY SPIRITLESS?
OF COURSE THEY HAD THE SPIRIT
00:39:49.53\00:39:53.23
THEN, BUT A SPECIAL, POWERFUL
BAPTISM - IMMERSION IN THE HOLY
00:39:53.23\00:39:57.56
SPIRIT HAPPENED
JUST BEFORE PENTECOST.
00:39:57.56\00:40:00.53
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
DON'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO
00:40:00.53\00:40:05.50
NOT BE DOING EVANGELISM WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT'S AVAILABLE
00:40:05.50\00:40:08.73
NOW. BECAUSE GOD
WANTS THE CROP AND
00:40:08.73\00:40:11.36
HARVEST TO BE HAPPENING NOW.
AND I MET A LOT OF - A LOT OF
00:40:11.36\00:40:15.06
CHRISTIANS THAT SAY, 'YEP, WHEN
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POURED OUT
00:40:15.06\00:40:18.60
WE'RE GOING TO BE
SPREADING THE GOSPEL EVERYWHERE.
00:40:18.60\00:40:20.93
BUT I'M PRAYING AND WAITING FOR
THAT TIME.' NOW IT IS IMPORTANT
00:40:20.93\00:40:27.06
THAT - THERE IS A TIME TO WAIT
AND TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:40:27.06\00:40:32.00
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST
EVANGELISTIC PROGRAMS I DID -
00:40:32.00\00:40:35.36
I HAD NO EXPERIENCE. I
WENT TO - I WAS IN DICKENS,
00:40:35.36\00:40:40.56
TEXAS AND I GOT A TENT FROM THE
TEXICO CONFERENCE - DICKENS IS
00:40:40.56\00:40:44.70
OUTSIDE OF LUBBOCK AND I
SAID, 'LEND ME A TENT.' I'D BEEN
00:40:44.70\00:40:48.36
PREACHING IN THIS - THERE'S
A CHURCH OF CHRIST - I WAS
00:40:48.36\00:40:51.70
TEACHING SUNDAY
SCHOOL IN A METHODIST CHURCH.
00:40:51.70\00:40:53.40
I WAS GOING TO THE
LUBBOCK CHURCH ON SABBATH.
00:40:53.40\00:40:55.50
I WAS PREACHING IN TWO DIFFERENT
BAPTIST CHURCHES ON SUNDAY.
00:40:55.50\00:40:59.10
THERE WAS NO ADVENTIST CHURCH IN
THIS TOWN SO I SAID, 'I'VE GOT
00:40:59.10\00:41:02.20
ALL THESE INTERESTS' AND I SAID,
'I WANT TO DO A MEETING.' SO
00:41:02.20\00:41:04.96
THEY GAVE ME TENT AND OPENING
NIGHT WE HAD 70 PEOPLE, WHICH IS
00:41:04.96\00:41:07.53
A LOT FOR A LITTLE FARMING
COMMUNITY. I WAS SO EXCITED,
00:41:07.53\00:41:11.46
I THINK I TRIED TO GIVE THEM
ALL 27 FUNDAMENTALS IN ONE WEEK.
00:41:11.46\00:41:16.00
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST - I
GAVE THE RAPTURE AND THE STATE
00:41:16.00\00:41:20.03
OF THE DEAD AND
- DON'T EAT PORK!
00:41:20.03\00:41:22.36
I WAS SO EXCITED AND IT WAS
- YOU KNOW, THE LORD BLESSED -
00:41:22.36\00:41:29.66
STILL TWO PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED
BUT BOY I DECIMATED MY CROWD IN
00:41:29.66\00:41:34.90
NO TIME AT ALL BECAUSE I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND TIMING.
00:41:34.90\00:41:38.83
WHEN WE TEACH EVANGELISM NOW
AND WE HAVE AN AFCOE PROGRAM, WE
00:41:38.83\00:41:42.86
TALK ABOUT THE ORDER OF MESSAGES
- THE ORDER OF BIBLE STUDIES
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.46
THAT YOU GIVE.
THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT.
00:41:46.46\00:41:49.36
YOU NEED TO THINK. YOU
NEED TO BE INTELLIGENT.
00:41:49.36\00:41:51.36
FIRST YOU ESTABLISH CONFIDENCE
IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE IF THEY
00:41:51.36\00:41:53.76
DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
BIBLE, WHAT GOOD ARE THE OTHER
00:41:53.76\00:41:55.46
BIBLE STUDIES? THAT'S
WHY SO MANY EVANGELISTS
00:41:55.46\00:41:57.96
START WITH DANIEL CHAPTER 2,
BECAUSE IT BUILDS FAITH IN THE
00:41:57.96\00:42:01.50
BIBLE AND SO THERE'S A SEQUENCE
AND THEN AFTER YOU COVER A HEAVY
00:42:01.50\00:42:06.06
SUBJECT WITH SOMEONE IN THE
BIBLE STUDY, THEN TALK ABOUT
00:42:06.06\00:42:09.56
HEAVEN OR TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
OF GRACE AND SALVATION.
00:42:09.56\00:42:12.40
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO BE A LITTLE EASIER TO
00:42:12.40\00:42:14.30
CHEW AND SWALLOW. AND
THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND
00:42:14.30\00:42:16.83
GIVE THEM, WHEN THEY'VE DIGESTED
THAT - SOMETHING THAT MAY ALSO
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.66
BE A LITTLE WEIGHTIER.
BUT BOY, IF YOU JUST GIVE THEM
00:42:19.66\00:42:22.53
ONE KNOCKOUT PUNCH AFTER
ANOTHER, YOU SEND THEM FLYING
00:42:22.53\00:42:25.06
AND THEY SAY, 'I CAN'T
SWALLOW THIS.' SO TIMING IS VERY
00:42:25.06\00:42:29.46
IMPORTANT AND
JESUS UNDERSTOOD THAT.
00:42:29.46\00:42:31.70
AND WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THE
HARVEST, YOU NEED TO BE PATIENT
00:42:31.70\00:42:36.36
AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE
WAS JUST READING: YOU HAVE
00:42:36.36\00:42:39.00
PERSEVERED AND HAD PATIENCE.
PSALM 37, VERSE 7, "REST IN THE
00:42:39.00\00:42:44.96
LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR
HIM;" DO FARMERS NEED PATIENCE?
00:42:44.96\00:42:51.13
DOESN'T JAMES TALK ABOUT THAT
- HOW THE FARMER PATIENTLY WAITS
00:42:51.13\00:42:54.36
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROP?
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IF YOU'RE
00:42:54.36\00:42:58.23
TRYING TO WIN SOULS AND YOU
DON'T SEE AN IMMEDIATE REACTION.
00:42:58.23\00:43:02.30
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN THINK
OF SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE BEEN
00:43:02.30\00:43:05.03
PRAYING FOR THEIR SALVATION
FOR YEARS? DON'T GIVE UP.
00:43:05.03\00:43:10.93
JUST REMEMBER, A DAY WITH THE
LORD IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS -
00:43:10.93\00:43:13.83
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO
WAIT A THOUSAND YEARS - AND A
00:43:13.83\00:43:16.40
THOUSAND YEARS IS A
DAY.' I'M JUST SAYING,
00:43:16.40\00:43:18.00
'GOD, HE HEARS OUR PRAYERS.
HE DOESN'T ALWAYS ANSWER THEM AS
00:43:18.00\00:43:21.73
QUICKLY AS WE EXPECT AND I'LL
BET YOU THAT HEZEKIAH PRAYED FOR
00:43:21.73\00:43:27.70
HIS SON MANASSEH.
HE KNEW THAT HE WAS NOT
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.73
CONVERTED. HE PRAYED FOR HIM.
00:43:29.73\00:43:31.76
AND HEZEKIAH DIED, BUT GOD
STORED THOSE PRAYERS IN HEAVEN
00:43:31.76\00:43:36.93
AND 50 YEARS LATER
MANASSEH IS CONVERTED.
00:43:36.93\00:43:42.40
AND SO, YOU
KNOW, GOD IS PATIENT.
00:43:42.40\00:43:45.53
SO YOU'VE GOT TO PERSEVERE WHEN
YOU'RE INVOLVED IN HARVESTING.
00:43:45.53\00:43:50.56
AND I'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE ON
MY PRAYER LIST - OF COURSE YOU
00:43:50.56\00:43:53.96
ALWAYS HAVE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS,
BUT I'VE GOT SOME OTHER PEOPLE
00:43:53.96\00:43:56.06
I'VE HAD ON A PRAYER LIST FOR
YEARS AND I LOOK AT MY LIST -
00:43:56.06\00:43:59.16
THEY'RE STILL THERE AND I'M
SAYING, 'LORD, I'M NOT GIVING UP
00:43:59.16\00:44:00.90
YET.' SO IF YOU'RE INVOLVED
IN - IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN SOUL
00:44:00.90\00:44:04.53
WINNING - AND ALL BELIEVERS
SHOULD BE, WE NEED TO HAVE
00:44:04.53\00:44:07.93
PATIENCE. ACTS 1:4 AND 5 -
00:44:07.93\00:44:12.30
STILL TALKING ABOUT
PATIENCE: "AND BEING
00:44:12.30\00:44:14.76
ASSEMBLED TOGETHER WITH THEM,
HE COMMANDED THEM NOT TO DEPART
00:44:14.76\00:44:18.03
FROM JERUSALEM, BUT TO WAIT
FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER,
00:44:18.03\00:44:22.36
'WHICH,' HE SAID, 'YOU HAVE
HEARD FROM ME; FOR JOHN TRULY
00:44:22.36\00:44:25.53
BAPTIZED WITH WATER, BUT YOU
SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY
00:44:25.53\00:44:28.13
SPIRIT NOT MANY DAYS FROM NOW.'"
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
00:44:28.13\00:44:32.93
DO TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT OR ARE WE JUST
00:44:32.93\00:44:37.40
LOOKING AT GOD HAS IT ON HIS
CALENDAR - WHEN THE DAY COMES,
00:44:37.40\00:44:39.96
IT COMES. I THINK
THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
00:44:39.96\00:44:44.96
WHY WOULD JESUS SAY - AND THIS
IS - WELL, IT'S IN MATTHEW AND
00:44:44.96\00:44:50.16
IN LUKE - 'IF YOU THEN BEING
EVIL GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR
00:44:50.16\00:44:54.56
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE TO
00:44:54.56\00:44:57.33
THOSE THAT ASK? SO
WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:44:57.33\00:45:01.20
THING WE CAN BE PRAYING FOR?
'ASK YE OF THE LORD RAIN IN THE
00:45:01.20\00:45:04.20
TIME OF LATTER RAIN.' AND SO
I THINK EVERYDAY, THE THING THAT
00:45:04.20\00:45:08.73
WE SHOULD BE PRAYING
FOR IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:45:08.73\00:45:11.46
AND THE MORE WE PRAY FOR THAT,
THE MORE WE PREPARE OUR HEARTS
00:45:11.46\00:45:14.23
FOR THE BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:45:14.23\00:45:17.76
YOU KNOW WHAT BROUGHT THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
00:45:17.76\00:45:21.56
THE APOSTLES? REALLY
UNDERSTANDING THE MISSION
00:45:21.56\00:45:26.40
OF JESUS AND THE CROSS.
WHEN THEY SAW CHRIST'S SACRIFICE
00:45:26.40\00:45:29.46
FOR THEM, THEY WERE
ABLE TO FORGIVE EACH OTHER.
00:45:29.46\00:45:32.50
THEY WERE ABLE TO LOVE EACH
OTHER AND THAT PREPARED THEIR
00:45:32.50\00:45:35.76
HEARTS FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WHEN THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES
00:45:35.76\00:45:38.76
BEFORE THE LORD, HE
WAS ABLE TO FILL THEM.
00:45:38.76\00:45:41.46
WHAT PREPARED THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL TO RECEIVE THE RAIN IN
00:45:41.46\00:45:44.13
THE DAYS OF ELIJAH? WHEN
THEY FELL BEFORE THE LORD
00:45:44.13\00:45:49.73
AND THEY SAID, 'THE LORD, HE
IS GOD. THE LORD, HE IS GOD.'
00:45:49.73\00:45:51.66
THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES
AND THEN GOD SENT THE RAIN.
00:45:51.66\00:45:54.16
THE OTHER THING THAT BROUGHT THE
RAIN FOR THEM IS REFORMATION.
00:45:54.16\00:45:59.70
THEY KNOCKED DOWN THE FALSE
ALTARS AND THEY GOT RID OF THE
00:45:59.70\00:46:04.30
PROPHETS OF BAAL -
THEN GOD SENT THE RAIN.
00:46:04.30\00:46:08.66
SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU GO
OUT THERE AND EXECUTE A BUNCH OF
00:46:08.66\00:46:11.26
FALSE PROPHETS, I'M JUST SAYING
THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY IN OUR
00:46:11.26\00:46:14.36
LIVES AND IN OUR
HOMES - WE HAVE IDOLS.
00:46:14.36\00:46:17.33
AND ONCE THEY DEALT WITH
THE IDOLS GOD SENT THE RAIN.
00:46:17.33\00:46:20.13
THEY WEREN'T
PREPARED TO RECEIVE THE RAIN.
00:46:20.13\00:46:22.70
HE - YOU KNOW, THE LORD
CAN'T FILL A FULL VESSEL.
00:46:22.70\00:46:26.30
IF WE EMPTY
OURSELVES HE CAN FILL US.
00:46:26.30\00:46:29.03
AND SO, THAT'S, I THINK,
AN IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE.
00:46:29.03\00:46:32.66
ALRIGHT, ACTS 16:6 - NOW IT'S
STILL TALKING ABOUT PATIENCE
00:46:32.66\00:46:37.90
HERE, "NOW WHEN THEY HAD GONE
THROUGH PHRYGIA AND THE REGION
00:46:37.90\00:46:40.93
OF GALATIA, THEY WERE FORBIDDEN
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PREACH THE
00:46:40.93\00:46:44.50
WORD IN ASIA." NOW,
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:46:44.50\00:46:46.36
WHAT I READ INTO
THAT, THEY MADE SOME EFFORT.
00:46:46.36\00:46:49.63
THEY WANTED TO GO
INTO ASIA. PAUL SAID,
00:46:49.63\00:46:51.40
'I'VE GOT GREAT PLANS FOR ASIA!'
00:46:51.40\00:46:52.83
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, 'NO.'
NOW HOW DO YOU THINK THE HOLY
00:46:52.83\00:46:55.86
SPIRIT - DID THE HOLY SPIRIT
E-MAIL THEM OR TEXT THEM OR FAX
00:46:55.86\00:46:58.60
THEM OR - DO YOU THINK THEY
NOTICED THAT GOD KEPT BLOCKING
00:46:58.60\00:47:02.73
IT AND HE WAS FORBIDDING THEM OR
THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE PEACE THAT
00:47:02.73\00:47:05.60
THE TIME WAS RIGHT. I
THINK THEY JUST SENSED THAT
00:47:05.60\00:47:08.80
THE SPIRIT.
SOMETIMES IT'S AN INNER SENSE
00:47:08.80\00:47:10.43
AND SOMETIMES PROVIDENTIALLY
THINGS MAYBE DIDN'T OPEN UP.
00:47:10.43\00:47:14.23
- "AFTER THEY CAME TO MYSIA,
THEY TRIED TO GO INTO BITHYMIA,
00:47:14.23\00:47:18.13
BUT THE SPIRIT
DID NOT PERMIT THEM.
00:47:18.13\00:47:20.70
SO PASSING BY MYSIA,
THEY CAME DOWN TO TROAS.
00:47:20.70\00:47:23.13
AND A VISION
APPEARED TO PAUL IN THE NIGHT.
00:47:23.13\00:47:26.26
A MAN OF MACEDONIA" - NOW
MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAN THAT
00:47:26.26\00:47:29.20
APPEARS IN THE DREAM -
DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
00:47:29.20\00:47:33.26
LUKE. GOOD CHANCE, YOU KNOW WHY?
00:47:33.26\00:47:38.13
UP TO THIS POINT, WHEN YOU
READ THE BOOK OF ACTS - IT SAYS,
00:47:38.13\00:47:41.53
'PAUL WENT HERE. PAUL
WENT THERE. PAUL DID THIS.
00:47:41.53\00:47:43.60
PAUL DID THAT.' IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THIS VISION LUKE BEGINS TO
00:47:43.60\00:47:46.60
SAY, 'WE WENT HERE. WE
WENT THERE. WE DID THIS.
00:47:46.60\00:47:50.86
WE DID THAT.' SO IT'S LIKELY
THAT PAUL SAW THAT THERE WAS
00:47:50.86\00:47:55.26
THIS DEDICATED GODLY PHYSICIAN
NAMED LUKE IN MACEDONIA THAT WAS
00:47:55.26\00:47:59.63
PRAYING - LIKE CORNELIUS WAS
PRAYING - THAT WAS PRAYING THAT
00:47:59.63\00:48:03.93
SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND GOD
HEARD LUKE PRAYING AND PAUL CAME
00:48:03.93\00:48:09.36
TO MACEDONIA. -
"STOOD AND PLEADED WITH HIM,
00:48:09.36\00:48:11.96
SAYING, 'COME OVER TO MACEDONIA
AND HELP US.' NOW AFTER HE HAD
00:48:11.96\00:48:16.10
SEEN THE VISION, IMMEDIATELY
WE SOUGHT TO GO TO MACEDONIA,
00:48:16.10\00:48:20.96
CONCLUDING THAT THE LORD HAD
CALLED US" - FROM THEN ON IT'S
00:48:20.96\00:48:24.06
PLURAL IN THE BOOK OF ACTS -
"CONCLUDING THAT THE LORD HAD
00:48:24.06\00:48:28.16
CALLED US TO PREACH THE GOSPEL
TO THEM." AND SO THEY WENT.
00:48:28.16\00:48:32.26
BUT THE TIMING WASN'T RIGHT AND
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY TRIED TO GO
00:48:32.26\00:48:36.43
HERE AND THEY TRIED TO GO THERE
AND GOD SAID, 'NO'. AND, YOU
00:48:36.43\00:48:40.03
KNOW, MAYBE WEEKS WENT BY
AND THEY WERE PRAYING ABOUT, YOU
00:48:40.03\00:48:41.96
KNOW, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
DO?' AND GOD OPENS ANOTHER DOOR.
00:48:41.96\00:48:47.23
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE
WHERE ALL OF YOUR PLANS GOT
00:48:47.23\00:48:50.06
MESSED UP AND YOU THOUGHT, 'I'VE
BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A LONG
00:48:50.06\00:48:52.30
TIME.' AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHY
IT HAPPENED AND LO AND BEHOLD
00:48:52.30\00:48:54.56
SOMETHING EVEN BETTER HAPPENS?
SO WE'VE GOT TO ALWAYS BE OPEN
00:48:54.56\00:48:58.96
TO GOD'S TIMING AND BEING
PATIENT. I REMEMBER ONE TIME
00:48:58.96\00:49:03.00
MISSING A PLANE AND I
JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
00:49:03.00\00:49:06.86
I WAS REALLY UPSET AND WHILE I
WAS WAITING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:06.86\00:49:11.83
AIRPORT, THE HOLY SPIRIT KIND
OF SAID TO ME - I DIDN'T HEAR A
00:49:11.83\00:49:15.20
VOICE BUT, YOU KNOW, I FELT
IMPRESSED THAT MAYBE THIS'LL
00:49:15.20\00:49:19.63
WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE TAXI
00:49:19.63\00:49:23.03
DRIVER WHO PICKED ME UP IN
NEW YORK CITY STARTED TALKING
00:49:23.03\00:49:28.56
RELIGION WITH ME AND ALL THE WAY
- WE GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND I
00:49:28.56\00:49:31.30
WAS ABLE TO MAKE A
GOSPEL PRESENTATION TO THIS GUY.
00:49:31.30\00:49:33.50
I STILL REMEMBER,
HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL.
00:49:33.50\00:49:35.70
AND I GOT OUT OF THERE - YEAH
- I GOT OUT OF THE TAXI JUST
00:49:35.70\00:49:39.30
PRAISING THE LORD AND THINKING,
YOU KNOW, GOD ARRANGED THIS
00:49:39.30\00:49:42.90
WHOLE THING AND IF I HAD CAUGHT
MY PLANE WE NEVER WOULD HAVE
00:49:42.90\00:49:46.93
MET, OSTENSIBLY - I'M
ASSUMING WE WOULDN'T HAVE MET.
00:49:46.93\00:49:50.36
ANYWAY, SO GOD - SOMETIMES YOU
HAVE TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE HE'S
00:49:50.36\00:49:53.70
WORKING THINGS OUT. ALRIGHT,
OH, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER.
00:49:53.70\00:49:58.00
'EXERCISING AUTHORITY': IN THE
HARVEST HE DELEGATES AUTHORITY
00:49:58.00\00:50:03.90
TO US. ALRIGHT, SOMEONE HAS
MATTHEW 18:18, WHO HAS THAT?
00:50:03.90\00:50:06.73
OVER HERE? HI ELISA, WELCOME.
00:50:06.73\00:50:11.10
WE'LL LET YOU - WE'LL LET
YOU GET SET UP FOR THAT AND I'M
00:50:11.10\00:50:14.46
GOING TO READ
MATTHEW CHAPTER 16, VERSE 19.
00:50:14.46\00:50:18.20
THESE VERSES - NO, I'M GOING TO
READ MARK 6:7 RATHER - MARK 6:7,
00:50:18.20\00:50:23.13
"AND HE CALLED THE TWELVE TO
HIMSELF, AND BEGAN TO SEND THEM
00:50:23.13\00:50:26.00
OUT TWO BY TWO,
AND GAVE THEM POWER" -
00:50:26.00\00:50:28.76
HE GAVE THEM AUTHORITY -
"OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS." -
00:50:28.76\00:50:32.46
YOU GO TO VERSE 13 - "AND
THEY CAST OUT MANY DEMONS AND
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.96
ANOINTED WITH OIL MANY WHO
WERE SICK, AND HEALED THEM."
00:50:35.96\00:50:39.53
NOW, COULD THEY DO THAT IN THEIR
OWN POWER OR DID GOD DELEGATE
00:50:39.53\00:50:43.96
POWER TO THEM
TO DO THESE THINGS?
00:50:43.96\00:50:47.20
IF GOD ASKS YOU TO GO FARMING
- IF HE INVOLVES YOU IN THE
00:50:47.20\00:50:50.30
HARVEST, DOESN'T HE GIVE
YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT?
00:50:50.30\00:50:54.30
DO WE HAVE THE WORD OF GOD
GIVING US AUTHORITY TO SHARE THE
00:50:54.30\00:50:56.30
MESSAGE? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
PLEASE READ MATTHEW 18:18.
00:50:56.30\00:51:01.63
>>"ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH WILL
00:51:01.63\00:51:05.20
BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND
WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH
00:51:05.20\00:51:08.33
WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN."
00:51:08.33\00:51:10.46
>>NOW THAT IS A VERY
TROUBLING VERSE. BY THE WAY,
00:51:10.46\00:51:14.76
IT GOES ALONG WITH
MATTHEW 16:19 - I'M GOING TO
00:51:14.76\00:51:17.36
READ FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND HE SAYS, "AND I WILL GIVE
00:51:17.36\00:51:21.20
YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU BIND ON
00:51:21.20\00:51:24.56
EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN,
AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH
00:51:24.56\00:51:27.50
WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN." WOW.
00:51:27.50\00:51:30.83
DOES THAT MEAN THE LORD IS
GIVING BELIEVERS THE ABILITY TO
00:51:30.83\00:51:35.26
DECIDE WHO IS SAVED AND
WHO IS LOST? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:51:35.26\00:51:41.03
NO, BUT HAVE SOME
MISUSED THIS VERSE?
00:51:41.03\00:51:44.96
THEY APPLY IT, FOR INSTANCE, TO
CLERICS AND PRIESTS AND SAY THAT
00:51:44.96\00:51:48.53
THEY GET TO DECIDE WHO'S
FORGIVEN AND WHO'S NOT FORGIVEN.
00:51:48.53\00:51:51.20
YOU KNOW, WHAT JESUS IS SAYING
HERE IS BETTER UNDERSTOOD BY
00:51:51.20\00:51:54.46
KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT HEBREW.
IT WAS VERY COMMON AMONG THE
00:51:54.46\00:51:57.56
JEWS TO USE THE TERMS
'TO BIND' AND 'TO LOOSE'.
00:51:57.56\00:52:01.80
AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, IN THE
GOSPEL - JESUS IS THE ONE - HE'S
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THE SON OF DAVID THAT HAS
THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, RIGHT?
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SO WHEN HE SAYS HE GIVES US THE
KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, IT'S THE
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GOSPEL. WHAT SETS US FREE?
YOU'LL KNOW THE WHAT AND IT WILL
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SET YOU FREE? THE TRUTH.
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AND SO, VERY SIMPLY, IN GIVING
THE TRUTH TO BELIEVERS AND AS
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THEY SHARE THE TRUTH WITH
OTHERS, THEY'VE GOT THE KEYS OF
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THE KINGDOM THAT IS
ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.
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NOW, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
THAT'S MAYBE GOING TO BE
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MISUNDERSTOOD. WE DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT PETER IS
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THE FIRST POPE - THAT THE
ROCK UPON WHICH JESUS BUILT THE
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CHURCH WAS NOT PETER
BECAUSE HE SAYS, 'YOU ARE PETER.
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YOU ARE A PEBBLE. BUT
ON THIS 'PETRA'' - IT'S A
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DIFFERENT WORD THAT USED - IT'S
MIGHTY, IMMENSE GIBRALTAR-SCALE,
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PRUDENTIAL ROCK - 'I WILL BUILD
MY CHURCH.' THE ROCK WAS THE
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STATEMENT OF PETER
THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH.
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ON THAT TRUTH
THE CHURCH WAS BUILT.
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BUT, HAVING SAID THAT, GOD -
THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A DOUBLE
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MEANING IN HERE -
WHO IS THE FIRST ONE WHO
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PREACHES AT
PENTECOST? TO THE JEWS? PETER.
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WHO IS THE FIRST ONE WHO
PREACHES TO THE GENTILES?
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CORNELIUS. NOT
CORNELIUS AS IN THE FIRST
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ONE - WHO IS THE FIRST ONE WHO
PREACHES TO CORNELIUS? PETER.
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SO, IN A SENSE, GOD DID USE
PETER TO OPEN THE GOSPEL TO THE
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GENTILES AND SO HE WAS SAYING,
'THINGS THAT WERE FORMERLY
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BOUND' - WHAT DID
PETER SAY WHEN HE WAS
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INVITED TO THE GENTILE'S HOUSE?
'YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT LAWFUL
00:53:38.70\00:53:41.80
FOR ONE WHO IS A JEW TO
ENTER THE HOUSE OF A GENTILE.'
00:53:41.80\00:53:46.20
BUT CHRIST WAS SAYING,
'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE KEYS
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TO THE KINGDOM. THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU CONSIDERED
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UNLAWFUL BEFORE -
DON'T CALL THEM UNCLEAN.
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THEY ARE CLEAN NOW. I
WANT YOU TO GO TO THE GENTILES.
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AND SO THE JEWS
READING THIS UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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MATTER OF FACT, I READ - I
WAS DOING A LITTLE STUDY ON THIS
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THAT WHEN A JEWISH RABBI WAS
COMMISSIONED IT SAID, 'TAKE THOU
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LIBERTY TO TEACH WHAT IS BOUND
AND WHAT IS LOOSED.' AND SO THEY
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WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAW AND
WHAT IS PERMITTED AND WHAT IS
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NOT PERMITTED. AND SO
THESE WERE VERY COMMON TERMS.
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AND SO TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS
BOUND AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS
00:54:19.80\00:54:23.00
LOOSED - THOSE ARE JUST TERMS
THAT MEAN YOU WILL BE TEACHING
00:54:23.00\00:54:25.46
THE WORD OF GOD. YOU
WILL BE TEACHING THE LAW AND
00:54:25.46\00:54:27.30
THE GOSPEL IS IN THAT
TERM. OKAY, LOW ON TIME HERE -
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'LABORERS FOR THE HARVEST' -
MATTHEW 9:37 - SOMEBODY LOOK UP
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FOR ME ISAIAH 53:6 -
WHO HAS THAT? OVER HERE?
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WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
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MATTHEW 9:37, "THEN HE SAID
TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'THE HARVEST
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TRULY IS PLENTIFUL,
BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
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THEREFORE PRAY THE LORD OF
THE HARVEST TO SEND OUT LABORERS
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INTO HIS HARVEST.'" NOT ONLY
SHOULD WE BE WILLING, BUT WHAT
00:54:57.46\00:55:01.20
SHOULD WE BE
PRAYING FOR? OTHER LABORERS.
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SHOULD WE JUST BE PRAYING THAT
GOD WILL SEND LABORERS OR SHOULD
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WE HELP MAKE
SACRIFICE AND SUBSIDIZE LABORS?
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NOT ALL OF US MAY FEEL THAT
WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY, BECAUSE
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OF OUR JOBS AND OUR FAMILIES, TO
GO DO FOREIGN MISSION WORK, BUT
00:55:16.46\00:55:19.53
WE CAN PRAY - WE CAN PUT MONEY
BEHIND OUR PRAYERS AND SACRIFICE
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TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL, RIGHT?
I WONDER HOW MUCH EVANGELISM
00:55:24.36\00:55:28.70
COULD BE DONE IF PEOPLE TOOK
A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR RESOURCES
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THAT THEY DON'T NEED
FOR THEIR DAILY COMFORTS -
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I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. A
LOT OF US HAVE STUFF STORED
00:55:38.33\00:55:40.53
AWAY - HOUSES AND LANDS AND
THINGS - THAT WE - WAY BEYOND
00:55:40.53\00:55:43.10
WHAT WE NEED
FOR OUR DAILY NEEDS.
00:55:43.10\00:55:45.43
IF WE TOOK A PERCENTAGE OF THAT
AND SAID, 'I AM NOW GOING TO
00:55:45.43\00:55:48.00
MAKE A GREAT SACRIFICE AND
COMMIT THAT TO THE GOSPEL.' THAT
00:55:48.00\00:55:51.13
WOULD OPEN THE FLOOD GATES
OF RESOURCES FOR SPREADING THE
00:55:51.13\00:55:56.16
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD IN
WAYS THAT NOBODY COULD MATCH.
00:55:56.16\00:56:00.26
IF WE WOULD SACRIFICE LIKE THEY
DID IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES - SO
00:56:00.26\00:56:03.33
IT'S NOT JUST PRAYING FOR
THE HARVEST - IT'S NOT VERY
00:56:03.33\00:56:06.13
EXPENSIVE TO PRAY, IS IT? I
THINK THERE'S MORE WE COULD DO.
00:56:06.13\00:56:09.03
OFFER OURSELVES -
GO ON A MISSION TRIP.
00:56:09.03\00:56:11.80
AND IF YOU CAN'T PREACH, GO ON A
MARANATHA TRIP - BUILD A CHURCH.
00:56:11.80\00:56:16.13
GET INVOLVED IN A
'SHARE HIM' PROGRAM.
00:56:16.13\00:56:18.66
AND THERE'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY
CAN DO TO BE INVOLVED AND GET A
00:56:18.66\00:56:21.76
TASTE FOR EVANGELISM.
THE HARVEST IS GREAT.
00:56:21.76\00:56:24.03
YOU KNOW, I HAVE PEOPLE
SAY, 'I'M SO AFRAID TO SHARE MY
00:56:24.03\00:56:26.23
FAITH. SOMEONE MIGHT MAKE FUN
OF ME. IT'S NOT VERY POPULAR.
00:56:26.23\00:56:29.33
I DON'T WANT TO BE RIDICULED
AND' - I'VE FELT THAT WAY,
00:56:29.33\00:56:32.93
HAVEN'T YOU? HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN SCARED OR INTIMIDATED?
00:56:32.93\00:56:35.63
YOU'RE IN A ROOM OF SECULAR
PAGANS AND YOU'RE SAYING, 'MAYBE
00:56:35.63\00:56:38.20
I SHOULD SAY
SOMETHING. OH, NOT HERE! OH NO!
00:56:38.20\00:56:40.60
THEY'LL STONE ME.' BUT, YOU KNOW
WHAT I FOUND OUT WHENEVER I GET
00:56:40.60\00:56:46.00
THE COURAGE TO SAY SOMETHING?
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN THOSE
00:56:46.00\00:56:49.66
GROUPS THAT ARE
HUNGRY THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
00:56:49.66\00:56:53.13
JESUS SAYS THE HARVEST IS GREAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SEEKERS OUT
00:56:53.13\00:56:56.50
THERE THAT YOU WOULD
NEVER GUESS ARE SEARCHING.
00:56:56.50\00:56:59.43
THE HARVEST IS GREAT. THE
LABORS - THE PROBLEM ISN'T
00:56:59.43\00:57:02.63
THE HARVEST -
THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
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ALRIGHT, READ
FOR US ISAIAH 53:6.
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>>ISAIAH 53:6, "ALL WE LIKE
SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE HAVE
00:57:08.50\00:57:13.43
TURNED, EVERY ONE, TO HIS OWN
WAY; AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON
00:57:13.43\00:57:17.40
HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL."
00:57:17.40\00:57:20.03
>>THERE'S THE
LOST AND THE FOUND.
00:57:20.03\00:57:22.60
YOU CAN READ LUKE 15, WHERE HE
GIVES THOSE PARABLES ABOUT ALL
00:57:22.60\00:57:25.96
THESE LOSTS THAT ARE OUT
THERE. YOU'VE GOT THE LOST COIN,
00:57:25.96\00:57:28.43
THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST
SON - AND THEY MUST BE PURSUED.
00:57:28.43\00:57:33.03
THE SHEPHERD PURSUES. THE
WOMAN PURSUES THE LOST COIN
00:57:33.03\00:57:36.06
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT PURSUES
THE LOST SON THROUGH PROVIDENCE.
00:57:36.06\00:57:40.53
BUT ALL OF US ARE FOUND BECAUSE
SOMEONE IS PURSUING AND WE NEED
00:57:40.53\00:57:43.80
TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT HARVEST.
TIME IS UP BUT THE HARVEST IS
00:57:43.80\00:57:47.66
STILL GREAT. AGAIN
WE HAVE A FREE OFFER AND
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IT'S ON THE NEED FOR THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND WE'LL SEND THIS TO
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YOU FREE FOR ASKING.
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BLESS YOU FRIENDS AND, LORD
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WILLING, WE'LL STUDY
THIS LESSON 13 NEXT WEEK.
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