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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT
YOU ARE TURNING IN.
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WHETHER IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME OR
YOU ARE A DIE HARD AND YOU JOIN
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US EVERY WEEK, WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU ARE READY TO OPEN UP
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YOUR HYMNALS AND SING WITH US
AND STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER.
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TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. WE
ARE SINGING YOUR FAVORITES
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THAT HAVE COME IN
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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SO WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR
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WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'
OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
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NETWORKS, WE'RE GLAD
THAT YOU ARE JOINING WITH US.
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SO LET'S START WITH #318 -
'WHITER THAN SNOW.' THIS IS A
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REQUEST FROM ABINA IN DOMINICA,
KARL, LISBIE, PASCAL, MARTINE
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AND JERA IN FRANCE AND JOEY
IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THERE WAS A
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WHOLE LONG LIST OF MORE
NAMES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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IT'S SO EXCITING. #318
- 'WHITER THAN SNOW' - THE
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FIRST, SECOND AND
FOURTH STANZAS - JOIN WITH US.
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(MUSIC)
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>>BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR REQUESTING THAT AND WE WILL
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CONTINUE WORKING OUR
WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL.
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LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
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MUCH FOR BEING LORD OF ALL AND
ONE DAY IN HEAVEN WE WILL THROW
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OUR CROWNS AT YOUR FEET
AND CROWN YOU LORD OF ALL.
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FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING TO THIS WORLD, FOR GOING
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TO DARK GETHSEMANE
BECAUSE YOU LOVE US.
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AND YOU KNEW THAT ONE DAY THERE
WOULD BE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT
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WOULD HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF
ETERNAL LIFE AND BE ABLE TO WALK
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ON THOSE STREETS OF GOLD
BECAUSE OF YOUR SACRIFICE.
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I PRAY THAT WE WILL EACH TAKE
THIS SERIOUSLY AND ACCEPT THE
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GIFT THAT YOU GIVE US FREELY.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH OUR
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SPEAKER TODAY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING
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US WITH THE SABBATH AND THE
FREEDOMS THAT WE STILL HAVE IN
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THIS COUNTRY TO OPEN UP
YOUR WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER.
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT
THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR CHRIS BUTTERY.
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HE IS OUR SENIOR PASTOR
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BEAUTIFUL - AND GOOD MORNING.
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HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU. I
TELL YOU WHAT, YOU SOUND
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SPECTACULAR FROM
WHERE I WAS SITTING.
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IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO
LEARN A NEW SONG TOO, ISN'T IT?
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS DABBLING
IN THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, WE
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WOULD WORK HARD - I WOULD
WORK HARD TO MEMORIZE ALL THE
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DIFFERENT SONGS - THE TOP
TEN, THE TOP 20, THE TOP 40 -
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WHATEVER IT WAS - AND YOU'D
BE SINGING THEM ALL DAY LONG.
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AND EVEN TODAY, YOU GO INTO THE
STORE AND THERE'S THE MUSIC AND
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YOU CAN HUM IT - YOU CAN SAY
THE WORDS - IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
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I REMEMBER, IN
COLLEGE, WE WOULD DO CHAPELS AND
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I GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD.
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I WENT TO CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND
WE WOULD HAVE CHAPELS THE FIRST
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THING IN THE MORNINGS AND THERE
WAS A GENTLEMAN OVER THERE - ONE
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OF THE STUDENTS - AND HE
WAS SINGING WITHOUT A HYMNBOOK.
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I WAS LIKE, 'MAN,
HOW IS HE DOING THAT?'
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AND THAT IMPRESSED ME AND I
SAID, 'LOOK, IF I CAN LEARN THE
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TOP 40 HITS, I CAN LEARN HYMNS.
AND SO I STARTED PUTTING SOME
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IN THERE. I'M RAW. I'M FRESH.
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I DON'T KNOW A LOT BUT GETTING
THERE - AND MAYBE SERVE US A
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GOOD PURPOSE TO PUT SOME OF
THESE SONGS TO MEMORY AS WELL.
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SO WELCOME - AND WE WANT TO
WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING
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US, WHEREVER YOU ARE - IN THE
COMFORT OF YOUR HOME, MAYBE EVEN
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LISTENING TO US ON YOUR RADIO,
IN THE CAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE
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WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU JOINED US.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE VIEWING
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US, WE WANT TO MAKE THEM AWARE
OF OUR SPECIAL OFFER AND IT'S
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#780 - '12 STEPS TO REVIVAL.'
PASTOR DOUG HAS PUT TOGETHER
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THESE BIBLICAL STEPS
TOWARD REVIVAL AND REFORMATION,
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CERTAINLY NEEDED IN OUR
LIVES AND IN THE CHURCH TODAY.
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AND SO, YOU WANT TO CALL IN
TO THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND
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THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE OR
866-788-3966 AND CALL IN FOR
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THIS VERY SPECIAL
BOOK AND SPECIAL OFFER.
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WELL, HERE WE ARE, AND STUDYING
AGAIN OUR LESSONS AND TODAY'S
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LESSON IS #9 AND IT'S 'OUR
MISSION.' WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT
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THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS AND TODAY
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT
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JESUS HAD TO SAY ABOUT
THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
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WHO IS THE CHURCH?
IT'S NOT A BUILDING, IS IT?
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OR A GREAT CATHEDRAL - IT'S YOU
AND I. WE MAKE UP THE CHURCH.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO
LEARN WHAT JESUS - REVIEW
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WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY
REGARDING OUR MISSION.
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WHAT HE SET US APART TO DO.
LET'S GO TO OUR MEMORY TEXT.
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IT'S MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 -
MATTHEW 24:14 - I'LL GET IT OUT
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- MATTHEW 24, VERSE 14 AND THIS
IS A VERSE, PERHAPS, WE KNOW
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VERY WELL AND, PERHAPS YOU WANT
TO READ IT HERE WITH ME THIS
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MORNING. I'LL READ
IT FROM OUR LESSON.
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IT SAYS, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE
KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL
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THE WORLD AS A WITNESS TO ALL
NATIONS AND THEN THE END WILL
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COME." ALRIGHT,
SO WE WILL CERTAINLY
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TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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NOTHING UNITES PEOPLE LIKE A
COMPELLING MISSION - WHEN YOU'RE
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A PART OF A CHURCH EVEN, THERE'S
A MISSION AND THERE'S A VISION
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AND A FOCUS THAT
RALLIES PEOPLE TOGETHER
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AND PEOPLE GET
EXCITED ABOUT THE MISSION.
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IT WAS APRIL 12, 1961 WHEN THE
SOVIET COSMONAUT, YURI GAGARIN -
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HE BEGAN THE FIRST - HE WAS THE
FIRST PERSON TO FLY IN SPACE AND
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THAT REINFORCED AMERICAN FEARS
ABOUT BEING LEFT BEHIND IN A
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TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITION
WITH THE THEN SOVIET UNION.
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THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME WAS
JFK - JOHN F. KENNEDY - AND HE
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WAS EAGER FOR THE U.S. TO
TAKE THE LEAD IN THE SPACE RACE,
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FOR REASONS OF STRATEGY AND
PRESTIGE. HE FIRST ANNOUNCED THE
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GOAL OF LANDING - A MAN LANDING
ON THE MOON IN A SPEECH TO A
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JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS IN
THAT SAME YEAR - 1961 - MAY 25.
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HE SAID THIS, "FIRST I BELIEVE
THAT THIS NATION SHOULD COMMIT
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ITSELF TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL,
BEFORE THIS DECADE IS OUT, OF
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LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON AND
RETURNING HIM SAFELY TO EARTH.
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NO SINGLE SPACE PROJECT IN THIS
PERIOD WILL BE MORE IMPRESSIVE
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TO MANKIND OR MORE IMPORTANT FOR
THE LONG-RANGE EXPLORATION OF
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SPACE AND NONE WILL BE
SO DIFFICULT OR EXPENSIVE TO
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ACCOMPLISH." TALK
ABOUT RALLYING PEOPLE, RIGHT?
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'IT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY,
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.' NOW
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KENNEDY ALSO MADE A SPEECH AT
RICE UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS THERE
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IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND THAT
WAS MADE SEPTEMBER 12 OF THE
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FOLLOWING YEAR, 1962, AND IF
YOU'VE HEARD THAT SPEECH IT IS
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ROUSING. I MEAN, IT
JUST - YOU FEEL LIKE
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YOU WANT TO SEND
SOMEONE TO THE MOON RIGHT NOW.
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I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A
VERY, VERY ROUSING SPEECH.
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HE SAID THIS, "NO NATION, WHICH
EXPECTS TO BE THE LEADER OF
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OTHER NATIONS, CAN EXPECT
TO STAY BEHIND IN THIS RACE FOR
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SPACE. WE CHOOSE
TO GO TO THE MOON IN
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THIS DECADE AND DO THE OTHER
THINGS, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
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EASY, BUT
BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD."
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THE MISSION - YOU KNOW, KENNEDY,
HE REALLY RALLIED THE NATION.
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SOME OF YOU
REMEMBER THOSE SPEECHES.
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I WASN'T BORN YET BUT SOME OF
YOU REMEMBER THOSE SPEECHES AND
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YOU REMEMBER THE FEELINGS THAT
YOU HAD AND HOW PROUD YOU WERE
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OF YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR
PRESIDENT AND THE MISSION THAT
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WAS - HE RALLIED THE
NATION THROUGH THESE CONTINUAL
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SPEECHES. THE
MISSION WAS SO INSPIRING
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THAT A JANITOR WORKING AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON,
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TEXAS - THAT'S WHAT IT WAS GOING
TO BE CALLED, AT LEAST, AND
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WHAT IT WAS LATER - HE SAID
THAT, "I'M HELPING" - THIS IS A
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JANITOR - "I'M HELPING
PUT A MAN ON THE MOON."
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EVERYONE WAS
INVOLVED IN THE MISSION.
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EVERYONE FELT THAT IRRESPECTIVE
OF THEIR TASK, WHETHER IT BE ONE
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THAT WOULD BE MENIAL OR GREAT,
EVERYONE FELT THAT THEY WERE
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CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSION.
SIX YEARS AFTER KENNEDY'S
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ASSASSINATION, ON JULY 20, 1969,
THE FIRST MANNED SPACE CRAFT
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LANDED ON THE MOON. WAS
THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
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YES IT WAS. IT CERTAINLY
WAS - WITHIN THE DECADE THAT
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JOHN F. KENNEDY SUGGESTED.
MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND
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COMPANIES CARRY A CLEAR
MISSION STATEMENT, DON'T THEY?
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THEY WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW WHAT THEIR MISSION IS -
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WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT.
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APPLE'S AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
WANT TO BE PLAYING FAVORITES BUT
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APPLE - THEIR MISSION
STATEMENT SAYS, "THE BEST
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COMPUTING EXPERIENCE THROUGH
INNOVATIVE HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,
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AND INTERNET
OFFERINGS." PRETTY CLEAR.
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GOOGLE'S MISSION STATEMENT: "TO
ORGANIZE THE WORLD'S INFORMATION
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AND MAKE IT UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE AND USEFUL."
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PRETTY GOOD. LET'S
LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE HERE.
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RITZ CARLTON - DON'T SUSPECT
MANY OF US HAVE STAYED THERE BUT
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THIS IS WHAT THEIR MISSION
STATEMENT IS: "THE GENUINE CARE
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AND COMFORT OF OUR GUESTS."
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
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THE CHURCH OUGHT TO EMBRACE,
RIGHT? YEAH. HOW ABOUT AMAZON?
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THIS IS PRETTY POWERFUL,
"EVERY BOOK EVER PRINTED IN ANY
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LANGUAGE ALL AVAILABLE IN
LESS THAN SIXTY SECONDS." HMMMM.
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AND THEN SONY: "CHANGE THE
WORLDWIDE IMAGE OF JAPANESE
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PRODUCTS AS
BEING OF POOR QUALITY."
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ALRIGHT, FAIR
ENOUGH. THAT'S THEIR MISSION.
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AND WHAT'S NIKE'S
MISSION? "CRUSH ADIDAS."
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THAT'S IT, CRUSH ADIDAS.
DOES THE CHURCH HAVE A MISSION?
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DOES THE CHURCH
HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT?
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WHAT DID JESUS SAY THERE IN
MATTHEW 28? HE SAID, "GO INTO
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ALL THE WORLD AND" - IN ESSENCE
HE SAID - "MAKE DISCIPLES."
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THAT'S THE MISSION OF THE
CHURCH - THE MISSION STATEMENT.
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HERE AT CENTRAL WE'VE GOT
A MISSION STATEMENT AND IT'S
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COMPREHENSIVE AND IF YOU DON'T
KNOW IT, GET FAMILIAR WITH IT.
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BUT IT ENCOMPASSES THIS VISION:
"MAKE DISCIPLES - GO INTO ALL
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THE WORLD AND MAKE DISCIPLES."
DURING HIS LIFE, JESUS WAS
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PREPARING HIS
CHURCH FOR THAT MISSION.
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YOU DON'T GET TOO FAR WHEN YOU
READ THE GOSPELS AND YOU BEGIN
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TO REALIZE THAT JESUS IS SETTING
THE STAGE - SETTING THE PACE -
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FOR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH - THE
MISSION OF THE CHURCH TO GO INTO
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ALL THE WORLD TO MAKE DISCIPLES.
YOU REMEMBER HE CALLED PETER AND
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ANDREW, JAMES AND JOHN AND HE
SAID - CALLED THEM FROM FISHING
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FOR FISH AND HE CALLED
THEM TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN.
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THAT'S RIGHT. 'YOU'RE
GOING TO BE FISHERS OF MEN.
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I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW
TO DO THAT' IS WHAT JESUS SAID.
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AND THEN LATER, JESUS APPOINTED
TWELVE - HE LAID HANDS ON THEM,
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PRAYED OVER THEM, AND HE
APPOINTED TWELVE - THOSE WERE
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THE TWELVE DISCIPLES.
AND THEN HE SENT THOSE TWELVE
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OUT ON A MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR
TO PREACH AND TO LEAD PEOPLE TO
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ACCEPTING THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IN THEIR HEARTS.
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AND THEN LATER HE SENT OUT
THE SEVENTY AND SAID, 'GO AND DO
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LIKEWISE.' YOU KNOW, 'YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAL THE
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SICK AND THE DEVILS ARE GOING
TO FLEE FROM YOU AND YOU'LL BE
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PREACHING THE GOSPEL.'
SO HE SENT OUT THE SEVENTY.
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AND THEN, DURING THE FORTY
DAYS AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, HE
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PLACED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
PREACHING THE GOSPEL INTO THEIR
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HANDS AGAIN. AND SO
WHEN WE - THIS IS WHAT
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WE'LL BE DOING HERE -
REVIEWING THESE STORIES - THESE
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AFFIRMATIONS OR COMMISSIONS THAT
JESUS GAVE HIS DISCIPLES WHEN HE
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WALKED THIS EARTH.
WHILE NOT ONE GOSPEL WRITER
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SPEAKS TO EVERYTHING JESUS
SAID REGARDING THIS MISSION, THE
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VARIOUS GOSPEL WRITERS SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID.
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AND WHEN WE PUT THOSE PIECES
TOGETHER WE FORM A BEAUTIFUL
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WHOLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL
BE DOING HERE THIS MORNING.
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WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT
JESUS SAID ON THIS SUBJECT.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SUNDAY'S
LESSON AS WE BEGIN: "TO BE THE
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD." TO
BE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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I INVITE YOU TO TURN WITH ME TO
MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND WE'LL LOOK
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AT THESE FAMILIAR WORDS JESUS
SPOKE ON THE - THAT WE HAVE COME
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TO KNOW AS THE SERMON ON
THE MOUNT - MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 -
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JESUS JUST FINISHED SHARING THE
BEATITUDES - THE BLESSINGS - AND
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WE GO OVER TO MATTHEW CHAPTER
5 AND WE READ HERE VERSE 14.
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NOW JUST BEFORE VERSE 14 JESUS
SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING.
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HE TALKED ABOUT HIS
FOLLOWERS BEING LIKE WHAT?
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SALT. AND SALT MAKES YOU
THIRSTY. SALT ADDS FLAVOR.
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AND SO HE'S ENCOURAGING HIS
FOLLOWERS TO INTERACT AND TO BE
00:15:17.53\00:15:21.80
INVOLVED AND TO EXERT A POSITIVE
INFLUENCE AND MAKE PEOPLE
00:15:21.80\00:15:24.73
THIRSTY FOR THE WATER THAT WILL
ALLOW A PERSON TO NEVER THIRST
00:15:24.73\00:15:28.80
AGAIN - THE WATER
BEING JESUS AND SALVATION.
00:15:28.80\00:15:31.83
THEN IN VERSE 14, JESUS SAID,
"YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
00:15:31.83\00:15:37.50
A CITY THAT IS SET
ON A HILL CANNOT BE HID.
00:15:37.50\00:15:40.83
NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE
AND PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL, BUT
00:15:40.83\00:15:43.86
ON A CANDLESTICK AND IT GIVETH
LIGHT UNTO ALL THAT ARE IN THE
00:15:43.86\00:15:46.50
HOUSE. LET YOUR
LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE
00:15:46.50\00:15:49.20
MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD
WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER
00:15:49.20\00:15:53.73
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." POWERFUL.
00:15:53.73\00:15:58.53
SO THERE'S NOTHING BETTER
THAN LIGHT, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:15:58.53\00:16:00.93
YOU CAN READ RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE ON.
00:16:00.93\00:16:03.60
IF IT WERE DARK
IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT.
00:16:03.60\00:16:05.46
YOU'D BE SQUINTING AND, LIKE
FOLKS USED TO SAY, "YOU SQUINT
00:16:05.46\00:16:07.93
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO READ IN
THE DARK, YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN
00:16:07.93\00:16:10.06
YOUR EYESIGHT. I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT HAPPENED TO
00:16:10.06\00:16:12.26
ANYBODY BUT LIGHT IS A
GOOD THING AND WE HAVE LIGHT.
00:16:12.26\00:16:14.90
THE FIRST OF DAY OF CREATION GOD
SAID WHAT? "LET THERE BE LIGHT."
00:16:14.90\00:16:19.83
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT
BECAUSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING -
00:16:19.83\00:16:22.30
THE DARKNESS COVERED THE FACE OF
THE DEEP. GOD SAID, 'LET THERE
00:16:22.30\00:16:27.40
BE LIGHT." LIGHT IS
INDISPENSABLE TO LIFE.
00:16:27.40\00:16:31.46
LIGHT IS INDISPENSABLE TO LIFE.
AND GOD, GOD HIMSELF IS THE
00:16:31.46\00:16:36.20
SOURCE OF LIFE AND ALSO,
THEREFORE, THE SOURCE OF LIGHT.
00:16:36.20\00:16:41.10
AND YOU CAN READ
THAT IN 1 JOHN 1, VERSE 5.
00:16:41.10\00:16:44.76
BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND
00:16:44.76\00:16:47.56
LIGHT, THE BIBLE WRITERS OFTEN
USE LIGHT TO SYMBOLIZE THINGS
00:16:47.56\00:16:53.20
LIKE TRUTH, LIKE KNOWLEDGE,
LIKE GODLINESS AND SO ON.
00:16:53.20\00:16:59.03
JOHN SAID OF JESUS THAT HE WAS
THE LIGHT OF MEN, JOHN 1:4, AND
00:16:59.03\00:17:04.56
SPEAKING OF HIMSELF HE SAID,
IN JOHN 8:12, "I AM THE LIGHT OF
00:17:04.56\00:17:09.50
THE WORLD." SO JESUS
IS THE ONE WHO DISPELS
00:17:09.50\00:17:12.20
DARKNESS, YOU SEE,
AND BRINGS LIFE AND LIGHT.
00:17:12.20\00:17:17.56
NOW WHEN WE READ EARLY IN JESUS'
MINISTRY, HE SPELLED OUT HERE -
00:17:17.56\00:17:22.16
WHAT WE'RE READING HERE IS THE
EARLY PART OF JESUS' MINISTRY -
00:17:22.16\00:17:24.76
AND HE SPELLS OUT HERE WHAT
HIS FOLLOWERS ARE TO BE IN THE
00:17:24.76\00:17:27.20
WORLD. THEY ARE TO BE
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
00:17:27.20\00:17:30.40
ISRAEL WERE CALLED
TO SHINE FOR JESUS.
00:17:30.40\00:17:34.40
THIS HAS BEEN GOD'S PLAN - THIS
WAS GOD'S PLAN FROM WAY BACK
00:17:34.40\00:17:37.80
WHEN HE INVITED
ABRAHAM TO REPRESENT HIM.
00:17:37.80\00:17:41.56
HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO BE A
BLESSING. I'M GOING TO BLESS YOU
00:17:41.56\00:17:43.70
AND I WANT YOU TO BE A BLESSING
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
00:17:43.70\00:17:45.83
AND THAT PROMISE WAS EXTENDED TO
ISRAEL AND ISRAEL WAS TO SHINE
00:17:45.83\00:17:49.66
THE LIGHT OF THE
GOSPEL TO THE HEATHEN NATIONS.
00:17:49.66\00:17:53.10
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOD'S PLAN
FOR HIS PEOPLE TO BE LIGHT IN A
00:17:53.10\00:18:00.10
DARK WORLD. DARK WITH RESPECT
TO THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE
00:18:00.10\00:18:07.80
CHARACTER OF GOD -
THERE'S DARKNESS WITH REGARD TO
00:18:07.80\00:18:10.63
WHO GOD IS. IS GOD
TRULY LOVE OR IS HE SOME
00:18:10.63\00:18:14.83
VINDICTIVE MEAN LANDLORD
OVERLOOKING PLANET EARTH READY
00:18:14.83\00:18:19.40
TO STRIKE SOMEONE DOWN
WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG.
00:18:19.40\00:18:21.70
PEOPLE HAVE VERY CONTORTED
IDEAS REGARDING WHO GOD IS.
00:18:21.70\00:18:25.63
IT'S A VERY DARK - PEOPLE HAVE
A VERY DARK MISCONCEPTION - DARK
00:18:25.63\00:18:29.36
IDEA WHEN IT COMES TO WHO GOD
IS. AND GOD'S FOLLOWERS - THAT'S
00:18:29.36\00:18:33.06
GOD'S PLANS - GOD'S FOLLOWERS
- HE SET THEM IN THE WORLD TO BE
00:18:33.06\00:18:35.63
LIGHT - TO SHINE THE GLORIOUS
CHARACTER OF JESUS TO OTHERS.
00:18:35.63\00:18:40.40
I'M GOING TO READ ISAIAH
CHAPTER 60, VERSES 1 THROUGH 3.
00:18:40.40\00:18:43.13
HE SAYS, "ARISE, SHINE;
FOR YOUR LIGHT HAS COME!
00:18:43.13\00:18:47.80
AND THE GLORY OF THE
LORD IS RISEN UPON YOU.
00:18:47.80\00:18:51.86
FOR BEHOLD, THE DARKNESS
SHALL COVER THE EARTH, AND DEEP
00:18:51.86\00:18:55.83
DARKNESS THE PEOPLE; BUT THE
LORD WILL ARISE OVER YOU, AND
00:18:55.83\00:19:01.30
HIS GLORY WILL
BE SEEN UPON YOU."
00:19:01.30\00:19:03.30
- THEN VERSE 3 - "THE GENTILES
SHALL COME TO YOUR LIGHT, AND
00:19:03.30\00:19:07.83
KINGS TO THE
BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR RISING."
00:19:07.83\00:19:11.90
SO BACK THERE GOD TELLS HIS
PEOPLE 'ARISE AND SHINE.' AND WE
00:19:11.90\00:19:15.46
UNDERSTAND FROM READING
THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND
00:19:15.46\00:19:18.93
UNDERSTANDING PROPHECY, GOD GAVE
HIS PEOPLE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF
00:19:18.93\00:19:23.30
TIME TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T REALLY
00:19:23.30\00:19:25.06
SHINING FOR HIM, WERE THEY?
00:19:25.06\00:19:26.50
THEY WERE ACTUALLY FALLING INTO
LINE WITH HEATHEN PRACTICES AND
00:19:26.50\00:19:30.40
CUSTOMS THAN BEING A
DISTINCT, PECULIAR PEOPLE.
00:19:30.40\00:19:33.46
NOT PECULIAR IN THE SENSE OF
WEIRD BUT PECULIAR IN THE SENSE
00:19:33.46\00:19:35.30
OF STRAIGHT AND
OBEDIENT TO GOD'S WILL.
00:19:35.30\00:19:39.70
THEY WEREN'T
FULFILLING THEIR MISSION.
00:19:39.70\00:19:41.76
THEY WERE BEING INFLUENCED
RATHER THAN INFLUENCING.
00:19:41.76\00:19:44.66
AND SO GOD HAD PLAN B IN
MIND WITH HIS EARLY CHURCH.
00:19:44.66\00:19:49.80
BUT HE TOLD HIS
PEOPLE, 'ARISE AND SHINE.
00:19:49.80\00:19:52.86
THE WORLD IS DARK AND I'M
PUTTING YOU AS LIGHTS IN THE
00:19:52.86\00:19:56.26
WORLD TO LIGHT THE PATH SO
PEOPLE CAN SEE THE WAY TO THE
00:19:56.26\00:19:59.93
KINGDOM OF GOD,' YOU SEE, TO
BRING THE LIGHT OF GOD'S LOVE TO
00:19:59.93\00:20:03.90
THE WORLD. AND
GENTILES WILL COME.
00:20:03.90\00:20:07.53
SO WE'RE CALLED TO BE
THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD.
00:20:07.53\00:20:10.23
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
THAT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:20:10.23\00:20:14.46
FIRST, WHAT IS LIGHT?
00:20:14.46\00:20:15.73
I TRIED TO GET ALL TRICKY HERE
AND BE IMPRESSIVE TO YOU HERE
00:20:15.73\00:20:19.53
THIS MORNING BUT THE FURTHER I
GOT INVOLVED WITH STUDYING LIGHT
00:20:19.53\00:20:23.20
- AND I WAS NEVER REALLY GREAT
AT PHYSICS, ALTHOUGH I TOOK IT -
00:20:23.20\00:20:26.06
THE MORE I GOT INVOLVED IN
DISCOVERING ALL THE DIFFERENT
00:20:26.06\00:20:30.30
COMPONENTS OF LIFE,
THE MORE CONFUSED I GOT.
00:20:30.30\00:20:32.76
I MEAN, LIGHT IS NOT A
SIMPLE THING TO FIGURE OUT.
00:20:32.76\00:20:36.13
SO I JUST WENT TO A
DICTIONARY. FAIR ENOUGH.
00:20:36.13\00:20:39.46
"LIGHT IS THE NATURAL AGENT
THAT STIMULATES SIGHT AND MAKES
00:20:39.46\00:20:42.06
THINGS VISIBLE." NOW, I
COULD HAVE SAID THAT BUT
00:20:42.06\00:20:43.66
YOU KNEW THAT. BUT
NOW YOU KNOW IT AGAIN.
00:20:43.66\00:20:46.33
LIGHT IS SIMPLY A NATURAL AGENT
THAT STIMULATES SIGHT AND MAKES
00:20:46.33\00:20:50.93
THINGS VISIBLE. THAT'S LIGHT.
00:20:50.93\00:20:52.73
LIGHT IS RADIANT ENERGY,
ALSO KNOWN AS ELECTROMAGNETIC
00:20:52.73\00:20:57.53
RADIATION AND THAT'S LIGHT
AND WE'RE CALLED TO BE THAT.
00:20:57.53\00:21:02.10
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD? WHAT DOES IT
00:21:02.10\00:21:05.76
MEAN? TWO THINGS:
FIRST OF ALL, AS LIGHTS WE'RE
00:21:05.76\00:21:08.36
INTENDED TO ILLUMINATE. AGAIN,
AS I SAID EARLIER, TO ILLUMINATE
00:21:08.36\00:21:13.83
THE PATHWAY TO THE
KINGDOM OF GOD SO THAT PEOPLE
00:21:13.83\00:21:16.00
CAN SEE THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN, YOU
SEE. WE'RE SHINING LIGHTS LIKE
00:21:16.00\00:21:20.46
THE STORY OF THE TEN
BRIDESMAIDS THAT JESUS TOLD.
00:21:20.46\00:21:25.80
THEY WERE TO HAVE THEIR LAMPS
TRIMMED AND BURNING AND THE
00:21:25.80\00:21:28.40
PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO LIGHT THE
WAY TO THE BRIDEGROOM'S HOME AND
00:21:28.40\00:21:31.30
SO GOD HAS CALLED US TO
BE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE.
00:21:31.30\00:21:35.50
YOU REMEMBER IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 1 JESUS IS SEEN WALKING
00:21:35.50\00:21:41.16
UP AND DOWN IN THE MIDST OF
THE SEVEN WHAT? DO YOU REMEMBER?
00:21:41.16\00:21:44.53
GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. AND
YOU READ THE SAME CHAPTER
00:21:44.53\00:21:47.56
THOSE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS
ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
00:21:47.56\00:21:51.90
NOW SPECIFICALLY, THE ONES
MENTIONED THERE IN REVELATION
00:21:51.90\00:21:54.50
CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 3 -
ALSO MENTIONED IN CHAPTER 1.
00:21:54.50\00:21:57.50
BUT JESUS LIKENED THE
CHURCHES TO A GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
00:21:57.50\00:22:02.00
TO BE A LIGHT, YOU SEE.
00:22:02.00\00:22:05.26
AND, OF COURSE, WHEN WE
UNDERSTAND THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF
00:22:05.26\00:22:08.00
REVELATION, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY NOT ONLY REPRESENTED THOSE
00:22:08.00\00:22:10.90
LITERAL CHURCHES EXISTING BACK
THERE AT THAT TIME IN THE FIRST
00:22:10.90\00:22:13.90
CENTURY, BUT THE CHURCHES ALSO
REPRESENT THE HISTORY OF THE
00:22:13.90\00:22:19.00
CHRISTIAN CHURCH STARTING IN
THE DAYS - THE FIRST CENTURY -
00:22:19.00\00:22:21.56
STARTING IN THE DAYS OF THE
APOSTLES AND EXTENDING ALL THE
00:22:21.56\00:22:23.96
WAY UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF
JESUS. THE REASON GOD HAS CALLED
00:22:23.96\00:22:28.86
THE CHURCH TO BE LIGHT IN
THE WORLD IS BECAUSE DARKNESS
00:22:28.86\00:22:31.46
ENVELOPES THE WORLD. BUT
THE LIGHT OF CHRIST'S LOVE
00:22:31.46\00:22:34.76
REFLECTED IN OUR LIVES IS
TO PENETRATE THAT DARKNESS.
00:22:34.76\00:22:41.20
IT'S BEEN RIGHTLY SAID, 'HE
WHO WOULD SHINE AS A LIGHT MUST
00:22:41.20\00:22:45.23
BURN.' HE WHO WOULD
SHINE AS A LIGHT MUST BURN.
00:22:45.23\00:22:50.46
NO CANDLE CAN LIGHT OR
GIVE LIGHT WITHOUT THE WAX BEING
00:22:50.46\00:22:55.16
CONSUMED. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:22:55.16\00:22:56.80
NO CANDLE CAN GIVE LIGHT UNLESS
THE WAX IS BEING CONSUMED.
00:22:56.80\00:23:00.73
NO LAMP - IF YOU HAVE AN OLD OIL
LAMP - NO LAMP CAN GIVE LIGHT
00:23:00.73\00:23:05.30
UNLESS THE OIL IS BEING USED
UP. NO FLASHLIGHT CAN GIVE LIGHT
00:23:05.30\00:23:11.63
UNLESS THE
BATTERIES ARE BEING SPENT.
00:23:11.63\00:23:17.63
AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SHINE
AS LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT
00:23:17.63\00:23:21.36
SIMPLY MEANS THERE'S GOT TO
BE LESS OF ME AND MORE OF JESUS,
00:23:21.36\00:23:24.46
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? IT WAS
JOHN THE BAPTIST WHO SAID
00:23:24.46\00:23:28.56
- TALKING OF JESUS - 'HE MUST
INCREASE AND I MUST DECREASE.'
00:23:28.56\00:23:33.53
IF WE'RE GOING TO SHINE,
SELF HAS GOT TO BE LEVELED.
00:23:33.53\00:23:37.73
SELF HAS GOT TO BE CONSUMED -
USED UP, SO TO SPEAK, IN ORDER
00:23:37.73\00:23:42.66
TO SHINE FOR JESUS. AND
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLED
00:23:42.66\00:23:47.63
TO BE. FIRST OF
ALL, LIGHT ILLUMINATES.
00:23:47.63\00:23:49.66
SECOND OF ALL,
LIGHTS ARE ILLUSTRIOUS.
00:23:49.66\00:23:52.13
THIS IS ACCORDING TO
MATTHEW HENRY IN HIS COMMENTARY.
00:23:52.13\00:23:54.00
LIGHTS ARE
ILLUSTRIOUS AND CONSPICUOUS.
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.73
I LIKE HOW HE PUT
THAT. NOT NON-CONSPICUOUS BUT
00:23:56.73\00:23:59.66
CONSPICUOUS - SEEN BY
ALL. WHAT DID JESUS SAY THERE?
00:23:59.66\00:24:04.10
'AS A CITY SET ON A HILL.'
MUCH LIKE THE HOMES DOTTING THE
00:24:04.10\00:24:07.76
HILLS OF PALESTINE
BACK IN THE DAYS OF JESUS,
00:24:07.76\00:24:10.53
YOU COULD SEE THOSE
HOMES FROM A DISTANCE.
00:24:10.53\00:24:12.76
SOMETIMES EVEN AT NIGHT IF YOU
WERE TRAVELING YOU COULD SEE THE
00:24:12.76\00:24:15.00
HOMES LIT UP WITH A CANDLE OR A
LAMP AND YOU COULD SEE THOSE ON
00:24:15.00\00:24:18.80
A HILL - LIKE A CITY SET ON
A HILL WE'RE ILLUSTRIOUS AND
00:24:18.80\00:24:22.60
CONSPICUOUS - A
CITY SET ON A HILL.
00:24:22.60\00:24:26.83
SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY
FAMILIAR WITH - OUT HERE ON THE
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.56
WEST COAST - IF YOU
DRIVE THE BIG SUR DOWN -
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.70
FROM SAN FRANCISCO DOWN TO L.A.
OR AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF THE
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.13
BIG SUR THERE KNOWN AS THE
BIG SUR. IF YOU'RE DRIVING THERE
00:24:36.13\00:24:40.03
AND ENJOYING THE OCEAN VIEW
SIGHTS AND MAYBE A WHALE DOING
00:24:40.03\00:24:44.33
A BREACHING OR YOU'RE SEEING THE
FLUKE OF THE WHALE COMING UP OUT
00:24:44.33\00:24:47.76
OF THE WATER,
YOU'RE JUST ENJOYING THAT.
00:24:47.76\00:24:49.50
FOR THE DRIVER, YOU'RE KEEPING
YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD BECAUSE
00:24:49.50\00:24:51.86
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OFF THE
ROAD, IT'D BE TREACHEROUS, BUT
00:24:51.86\00:24:55.63
AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN FURTHER
SOUTH, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU
00:24:55.63\00:24:58.60
KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
HILLS AND UP ON THIS HILL OVER
00:24:58.60\00:25:01.53
TO THE LEFT - OVER TO THE EAST
- THERE'S A BIG HOUSE - MAMMOTH
00:25:01.53\00:25:06.60
THING - SITTING UP THERE ON THE
HILL - KIND OF LIKE A CITY ON A
00:25:06.60\00:25:10.06
HILL - KNOWN AS THE HEARST
CASTLE, HOME OF WILLIAM RANDOLPH
00:25:10.06\00:25:14.53
HEARST THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER.
THE GUY WAS A MILLIONAIRE -
00:25:14.53\00:25:19.96
WHATEVER HE WAS - A BILLIONAIRE
- I DON'T KNOW - MILLIONAIRE -
00:25:19.96\00:25:22.26
THE GUY HAD MONEY AND HE
BUILT THIS MAMMOTH MANSION
00:25:22.26\00:25:25.33
UP ON THE HILL. SOME OF
YOU HAVE SEEN IT OR HAVE
00:25:25.33\00:25:27.80
READ ABOUT IT OR HAVE SEEN
PICTURES OF IT. AND, FROM A
00:25:27.80\00:25:30.83
DISTANCE, YOU KNOW IT IS BIG.
AND GOD IS CALLING HIS PEOPLE
00:25:30.83\00:25:35.43
TO BE LIKE THAT CASTLE ON A HILL
- VISIBLE, NOTICEABLE TO ALL -
00:25:35.43\00:25:41.26
GIVING LIGHT, RADIATING THE LOVE
OF CHRIST'S LOVE AND GOODNESS
00:25:41.26\00:25:45.73
TO THOSE AROUND
THEM, NOT HIDING IT.
00:25:45.73\00:25:48.80
IT WOULD BE KIND OF STRANGE IF
YOU TURNED THE LIGHT ON IN YOUR
00:25:48.80\00:25:51.10
HOUSE AND THEN YOU
SOUGHT TO COVER THE LAMPSHADE.
00:25:51.10\00:25:53.60
IT WOULD BE KIND OF ODD
IF YOU DID THAT, WOULDN'T IT?
00:25:53.60\00:25:55.43
YOU TURN THE LIGHT ON BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO GIVE LIGHT AND JESUS
00:25:55.43\00:25:58.40
HAS ASKED HIS PEOPLE
TO LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE.
00:25:58.40\00:26:02.03
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TO LET
YOUR LIGHT SHINE MEANS IF JESUS'
00:26:02.03\00:26:04.83
LIGHT IS IN YOUR LIFE IT'S GOING
TO SPILL OUT AND SPILL OVER.
00:26:04.83\00:26:08.23
DOESN'T IT MEAN
THAT? JUST LET IT HAPPEN.
00:26:08.23\00:26:11.00
THE ONLY THING TO PREVENT IT
FROM HAPPENING IS YOURS AND MY
00:26:11.00\00:26:14.23
STUBBORN REFUSAL TO LET IT
SHINE. IF JESUS IS IN OUR HEARTS
00:26:14.23\00:26:18.10
AND LIVES, HIS
LIGHT WILL SHINE THROUGH.
00:26:18.10\00:26:20.60
SO WE'RE CALLED TO BE LIGHTS.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT IS THE LIGHT?
00:26:20.60\00:26:24.10
ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 5, VERSE
16, IT'S GOOD WORKS, ISN'T IT?
00:26:24.10\00:26:28.20
LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE
MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR -
00:26:28.20\00:26:30.96
WHAT? - GOOD WORKS.
LIGHT IS YOUR GOOD WORKS.
00:26:30.96\00:26:35.00
WE'LL EXPLORE THOSE GOOD WORKS
AS WE CARRY ON HERE, BUT FOR NOW
00:26:35.00\00:26:37.70
JESUS BEGINS TO OUTLINE THE
MISSION FOR HIS FOLLOWERS TO
00:26:37.70\00:26:41.36
UNDERTAKE AND THOSE GOOD WORKS
ARE TO DRAW PEOPLE TO CHRIST,
00:26:41.36\00:26:44.16
NOT TO THEMSELVES, YOU
SEE. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE OVER TO
00:26:44.16\00:26:47.26
MONDAY'S LESSON, 'TO BE
WITNESSES.' TO BE WITNESSES.
00:26:47.26\00:26:51.96
JUST TURN OVER WITH ME A FEW
PAGES TO LUKE 24 AND LOOK AT A
00:26:51.96\00:26:56.90
FEW WORDS THAT JESUS
SHARED HERE. WHEN YOU THINK OF A
00:26:56.90\00:27:00.70
WITNESS, OR AT LEAST WHEN I
THINK OF A WITNESS, I THINK OF
00:27:00.70\00:27:02.60
SOMEONE WHO IS CALLED
TO COURT TO TESTIFY FOR OR
00:27:02.60\00:27:04.56
AGAINST A DEFENDANT. A
WITNESS IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY,
00:27:04.56\00:27:08.23
IN ESSENCE, HAS SEEN AN
EVENT - WITNESSED AN EVENT.
00:27:08.23\00:27:12.13
IF YOU'VE SEEN A CAR ACCIDENT
HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE YOU YOU'VE
00:27:12.13\00:27:14.60
BEEN - YOU'RE A WHAT? A
WITNESS TO THAT ACCIDENT.
00:27:14.60\00:27:17.76
IF YOU'VE WITNESSED A HOME
RUN IT MEANS YOU SAW IT, RIGHT?
00:27:17.76\00:27:21.80
IF YOU'VE WITNESSED A MARRIAGE -
A WEDDING - IT MEANS YOU SAW IT.
00:27:21.80\00:27:27.03
AND SO, TO BE A WITNESS IS
TO TESTIFY OR TO RELATE WHAT YOU
00:27:27.03\00:27:31.76
HAVE SEEN - WHAT
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED.
00:27:31.76\00:27:36.00
CHRIST HAS CALLED HIS
PEOPLE TO BE HIS WITNESSES.
00:27:36.00\00:27:38.46
WE'RE IN LUKE CHAPTER 24 AND
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT VERSES 46
00:27:38.46\00:27:41.60
THROUGH 48. THIS IS
AFTER THE RESURRECTION
00:27:41.60\00:27:45.76
AND JESUS APPEARS TO HIS
DISCIPLES IN THE UPPER ROOM.
00:27:45.76\00:27:50.23
THEY'RE TALKING
AMONGST THEMSELVES.
00:27:50.23\00:27:51.66
THEY'RE SHUT IN THERE FOR
FEAR OF THE JEWS - THAT'S JOHN'S
00:27:51.66\00:27:54.86
ACCOUNT - JOHN 20 - AND THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE -
00:27:54.86\00:27:59.90
THEIR PROSPECTS. IF
THEY'VE DONE THIS TO THEIR
00:27:59.90\00:28:03.30
MASTER, SURELY IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
00:28:03.30\00:28:05.50
HE WAS CRUCIFIED. MAYBE
THE FUTURE DOESN'T LOOK SO
00:28:05.50\00:28:09.00
BRIGHT FOR THEM AND
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
00:28:09.00\00:28:10.96
AND SO THEY'RE UP THERE
AND JESUS APPEARS TO THEM.
00:28:10.96\00:28:14.83
HE APPEARS - IT
SEEMS LIKE OUT OF NOWHERE.
00:28:14.83\00:28:16.93
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S COME
FROM. THEY THINK IT'S A GHOST.
00:28:16.93\00:28:20.23
AND JESUS SAID,
'LOOK, DON'T YOU WORRY.
00:28:20.23\00:28:22.23
DON'T YOU WORRY. IT'S
OKAY. IT'S ME. LOOK AT THE SCARS
00:28:22.23\00:28:27.36
IN MY HANDS, MY FEET, AND
MY SIDE.' AND HE ASSURED THEM -
00:28:27.36\00:28:30.83
EVEN ATE SOME FISH TO ASSURE
THEM THAT HE WAS NOT FLESH -
00:28:30.83\00:28:35.33
RATHER HE WAS NOT SPIRIT
BUT FLESH AND BLOOD - FLESH AND
00:28:35.33\00:28:37.96
BONES LIKE THEY WERE, ALTHOUGH
GLORIFIED, RADIANT - THE
00:28:37.96\00:28:42.13
FATHER'S GLORY
SHINING OFF HIS FACE.
00:28:42.13\00:28:45.06
SO HE APPEARED TO THEM BECAUSE
THEY NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:28:45.06\00:28:49.13
AND NOTICE WHAT IT
SAYS HERE IN VERSE 46.
00:28:49.13\00:28:52.76
HE OPENS TO THEM MOSES AND ALL
THE PROPHETS AND HE EXPLAINS TO
00:28:52.76\00:28:56.53
THEM ALL THE PROPHECIES
CONCERNING HIMSELF AND HE SAYS,
00:28:56.53\00:28:59.26
"THUS IT IS WRITTEN, AND THUS IT
BEHOOVED CHRIST TO SUFFER, AND
00:28:59.26\00:29:03.36
TO RISE FROM THE DEAD THE THIRD
DAY: AND THAT REPENTANCE AND
00:29:03.36\00:29:07.10
REMISSION OF SINS
SHOULD BE" - WHAT'S THAT WORD?
00:29:07.10\00:29:09.50
- "PREACHED" - JESUS IS GENTLY
EXPLAINING TO THEM THEIR ROLE -
00:29:09.50\00:29:13.00
THEIR FUNCTION. HE SAID
EARLIER ON THAT YOU WERE
00:29:13.00\00:29:15.23
TO BE LIGHT IN THE
WORLD - SALT OF THE EARTH.
00:29:15.23\00:29:17.56
HE SENT THEM OUT TO
PREACH AND TO TEACH AND TO HEAL.
00:29:17.56\00:29:22.10
HE WAS TEACHING THEM -
HELPING THEM WITH THE MISSION
00:29:22.10\00:29:25.80
THAT HE WAS GIVING TO THEM.
AND SO HE SAID YOU ARE TO PREACH
00:29:25.80\00:29:30.90
THIS "IN HIS NAME AMONG
ALL NATIONS, BEGINNING AT
00:29:30.90\00:29:35.06
JERUSALEM." - VERSE 48 - "AND YE
ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS."
00:29:35.06\00:29:40.46
NOW NO ONE CAN GAINSAY A
WITNESS ACCOUNT - AN EYE WITNESS
00:29:40.46\00:29:45.26
ACCOUNT. THESE MEN HAD SEEN
JESUS. THEY LIVED WITH JESUS.
00:29:45.26\00:29:48.66
THEY WALKED WITH JESUS AND
NOW THEY HAD SEEN HIM - THEY HAD
00:29:48.66\00:29:51.66
SEEN HIM CRUCIFIED - NOW THEY
HAD SEEN HIM ALIVE AND HERE HE
00:29:51.66\00:29:55.23
WAS ALIVE AND WELL
AND HE APPEARED TO THEM.
00:29:55.23\00:30:00.16
HE SAID, 'YOU ARE TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS
00:30:00.16\00:30:03.90
- REPENTANCE OF MANY -
YOU SHOULD PREACH THAT YOU ARE
00:30:03.90\00:30:06.40
WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS.
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.96
YOU AND I, RESCUED SINNERS, HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF TELLING OTHERS
00:30:10.96\00:30:15.83
ABOUT WHAT JESUS HAS DONE
FOR US AND IS DOING FOR US.
00:30:15.83\00:30:22.23
WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US
AND WHAT HE IS DOING FOR US.
00:30:22.23\00:30:28.13
WHEN WE CONSIDER WHAT HE'S DONE
FOR US, YOU CAN SAY, PROBABLY
00:30:28.13\00:30:31.93
WITH ME, THAT HE
SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME.
00:30:31.93\00:30:34.53
I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND.
00:30:34.53\00:30:37.06
I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I
SEE. WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR US?
00:30:37.06\00:30:42.56
HE LOVED ME WHILE
I EVEN REJECTED HIM.
00:30:42.56\00:30:45.90
HE PLEADED WITH ME
WHILE I TURNED A DEAF EAR.
00:30:45.90\00:30:49.33
I TREATED HIS CREATION WITH
DISDAIN AND DISRESPECT WHILE HE
00:30:49.33\00:30:53.26
TREATED ME WITH
GRACE AND RESPECT.
00:30:53.26\00:30:57.40
HE DIED FOR ME
WHILE I WAS HIS ENEMY.
00:30:57.40\00:31:01.90
MAN, GREAT THINGS GOD HAS
DONE FOR US. GREAT THINGS.
00:31:01.90\00:31:06.23
WE CAN TESTIFY
TO WHAT HE HAS DONE.
00:31:06.23\00:31:08.60
HE HAS FORGIVEN ME MY SINS -
WASHED THEM CLEAN - REMOVED MY
00:31:08.60\00:31:13.90
GUILT AND SET MY FEET ON A ROCK
AND SET ME ON A PLAIN PATH TO
00:31:13.90\00:31:19.56
WALK ON - GIVEN ME HIS SPIRIT SO
THAT I MIGHT WALK AFTER HIS WAY
00:31:19.56\00:31:23.83
AND HIS WILL. SO WE
SHOULD - WE'RE TO TESTIFY
00:31:23.83\00:31:28.63
OF WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US.
YOU CAN TELL SOMEBODY WHAT YOU
00:31:28.63\00:31:32.10
WERE BUT NOW, WHAT YOU ARE,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD - WHAT JESUS
00:31:32.10\00:31:35.30
HAS DONE FOR YOU. YOU
KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND
00:31:35.30\00:31:38.40
NOW YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE. WE CAN TESTIFY TO THAT.
00:31:38.40\00:31:42.00
WE ALSO SHOULD LET
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
00:31:42.00\00:31:45.26
I WAS TALKING
WITH A FRIEND OF MINE.
00:31:45.26\00:31:46.83
SHE - CHRIST RESCUED HER FROM
WITCHCRAFT AND SHE WAS REDEEMED
00:31:46.83\00:31:53.43
AND RANSOMED FROM THAT AND
JUST - SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE
00:31:53.43\00:31:59.16
TESTIMONY. SHE TOLD
ME ONE DAY - SHE SAID,
00:31:59.16\00:32:00.80
'YEAH CHRIS, I'VE BEEN TELLING
THIS TESTIMONY FOR YEARS AND
00:32:00.80\00:32:03.63
YEARS - ABOUT WHAT
CHRIST HAS DONE FOR ME.
00:32:03.63\00:32:05.83
AND I DON'T' - IT'S A POWERFUL
STORY AND WE OUGHT TO TELL
00:32:05.83\00:32:09.20
PEOPLE BUT SHE
SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:32:09.20\00:32:11.40
I NEED TO BE TELLING PEOPLE
WHAT HE'S DOING FOR ME TODAY.
00:32:11.40\00:32:13.73
I NEED TO BE TELLING PEOPLE WHAT
HE'S DOING FOR ME NOW.' IT'S NOT
00:32:13.73\00:32:16.50
ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED
HERE. ON MARCH 23, 1959, I GAVE
00:32:16.50\00:32:20.73
MY LIFE TO JESUS AND
THEN THE REST IS HISTORY.
00:32:20.73\00:32:22.73
NO, NO, NO, WE'RE WRITING
HISTORY. JESUS IS RECREATING US
00:32:22.73\00:32:25.96
AND MAKING US INTO HIS IMAGE AND
WHAT IS HE DOING FOR US - WE GOT
00:32:25.96\00:32:29.86
OUT OF BED THIS
MORNING, DIDN'T WE?
00:32:29.86\00:32:31.20
PUT OUR FEET ON
THE FLOOR, SO TO SPEAK.
00:32:31.20\00:32:33.43
OUR HEARTS ARE PUMPING
BLOOD THROUGH OUR VEINS.
00:32:33.43\00:32:37.93
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S
RIGHT. LUNGS ARE TAKING IN AIR.
00:32:37.93\00:32:41.53
THE GOOD THINGS
THAT GOD DOES FOR US.
00:32:41.53\00:32:44.80
HAS HE ANSWERED
YOUR PRAYERS RECENTLY?
00:32:44.80\00:32:47.70
HAS HE DONE SOMETHING
SPECIAL FOR YOU RECENTLY?
00:32:47.70\00:32:51.86
HELPED YOU WITH A PROBLEM?
HELPED YOU MANEUVER THROUGH A
00:32:51.86\00:32:55.46
CHALLENGING SITUATION.
HAS HE COMFORTED YOU WHILE
00:32:55.46\00:32:58.90
YOU'VE BEEN HURTING? SURE.
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL
00:32:58.90\00:33:01.73
ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING TODAY,
DON'T WE. GOD IS SO GOOD TO US.
00:33:01.73\00:33:06.43
WHAT IS HE DOING FOR ME NOW?
HE DIED ON A CROSS, BUT WHAT IS
00:33:06.43\00:33:09.10
HE DOING FOR ME NOW?
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE EVER
00:33:09.10\00:33:11.06
LIVES TO MAKE
INTERCESSION FOR ME.
00:33:11.06\00:33:13.56
JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN
HEAVEN TODAY, INTERCEDING FOR
00:33:13.56\00:33:18.33
YOU AND I. HE HASN'T
LOST HIS LOVE FOR YOU
00:33:18.33\00:33:20.26
OR EXPRESSED LACK OF INTEREST IN
YOU, HE'S THERE FOR YOU NOW IN
00:33:20.26\00:33:24.33
HEAVEN'S TEMPLE, INTERCEDING
IN THAT MOST HOLY PLACE.
00:33:24.33\00:33:28.03
MAN, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO TELL TODAY, DON'T WE?
00:33:28.03\00:33:31.53
YOU KNOW, WITNESS -
OUR WITNESS CHANGES LIVES.
00:33:31.53\00:33:36.40
THAT'S WHY JESUS
WANTS US TO SHARE.
00:33:36.40\00:33:39.10
HE'S CALLED US TO BE WITNESSES.
00:33:39.10\00:33:40.43
HE WANTS US TO SHARE OUR STORIES
- HIS STORY - WHAT HE'S DONE IN
00:33:40.43\00:33:44.23
OUR LIVES WITH OTHER
PEOPLE. A WITNESS CHANGES LIVES.
00:33:44.23\00:33:47.36
I REMEMBER - AND THERE WAS SOME
TURMOIL IN MY YOUNG LIFE AS A
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.80
YOUTH AND GOING THROUGH SOME
THINGS IN MY HEAD - IN MY HEART
00:33:50.80\00:33:55.83
- AND I WAS WRESTLING AND
STRUGGLING WITH THE NOTION OF
00:33:55.83\00:33:58.00
EVER GIVING MY LIFE TO JESUS.
AND I WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME,
00:33:58.00\00:34:02.63
I WAS ABOUT 17, I THINK,
AND MY MOM WAS PRETTY CRAFTY.
00:34:02.63\00:34:08.33
SHE HAD INVITED A FRIEND OF MY
SISTER'S OVER, WHO HAD JUST KIND
00:34:08.33\00:34:13.26
OF RECENTLY GIVEN HIS LIFE
TO THE LORD AND HE WAS STUDYING
00:34:13.26\00:34:15.96
OVER THERE AT A COLLEGE -
STUDYING TO BE A MINISTER.
00:34:15.96\00:34:19.66
SHE INVITED HIM OVER TO SIT
AND TO JUST RELATE HIS STORY AND
00:34:19.66\00:34:23.96
INVITED ME TO COME IN AND SIT
DOWN AND LISTEN AND SO HE WAS
00:34:23.96\00:34:27.76
TELLING HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOD
HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE AND HOW HE
00:34:27.76\00:34:30.53
WAS SELFISH AND PRIDEFUL AND
JESUS RESCUED HIM AND WORKED A
00:34:30.53\00:34:35.93
CHANGE IN HIS HEART AND
DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS.
00:34:35.93\00:34:40.23
HE WAS IN A BAND AND THEN
HE GAVE UP THE BAND AND HE WAS
00:34:40.23\00:34:44.13
PLAYING THE BASS GUITAR AND
HE SAID, 'THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M
00:34:44.13\00:34:46.76
GOING TO PLAY SOME HEAVENLY
MUSIC AND GOD IS WORKING CERTAIN
00:34:46.76\00:34:50.46
THINGS IN MY
LIFE AND CHANGING ME.
00:34:50.46\00:34:53.26
AND I'M SITTING
THERE AND I'M IMPRESSED.
00:34:53.26\00:34:55.40
MAN, HE'S SO
HAPPY AND I'M NOT HAPPY.
00:34:55.40\00:34:58.56
HE'S SO - HE'S GOT A PURPOSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWINKLE IN HIS
00:34:58.56\00:35:02.96
EYE, YOU KNOW? I WAS
IMPRESSED AND I COULDN'T
00:35:02.96\00:35:07.70
SHAKE THAT AND THAT WAS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT LED ME TO MAKING
00:35:07.70\00:35:11.63
A SURRENDER TO JESUS WAS
HIS STORY - HIS TESTIMONY.
00:35:11.63\00:35:15.83
HE WAS BEING A WITNESS. HE
WAS JUST TELLING HIS STORY.
00:35:15.83\00:35:20.43
HE WAS TELLING IT SO NICE - HE
WASN'T PRESSING ANYTHING, HE WAS
00:35:20.43\00:35:23.26
JUST SHARING. 'THIS IS
WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR
00:35:23.26\00:35:25.93
ME AND HE CAN DO IT FOR ANYBODY
AND I'M CONVINCED OF THAT.
00:35:25.93\00:35:29.10
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE A
PREACHER' - HE SAID - 'AND TELL
00:35:29.10\00:35:31.36
OTHERS ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE FOR
ME AND HE CAN DO IT FOR THEM AND
00:35:31.36\00:35:35.06
THEIR LIVES WILL BE CHANGED
AND HAPPIER AND WITH PURPOSE AND
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.70
WITH DIRECTION. JUST
LIKE HE'S GIVEN TO ME.' WOW.
00:35:37.70\00:35:43.46
IMPRESSED ME. THE PREACHING
THING DIDN'T IMPRESS ME.
00:35:43.46\00:35:46.16
I HAD NO INTEREST IN
THAT, BUT THE THING ABOUT JESUS
00:35:46.16\00:35:48.33
IMPRESSED ME. WOW, CHANGED LIFE.
00:35:48.33\00:35:51.23
SO JESUS HAS CALLED
US TO BE HIS WITNESSES.
00:35:51.23\00:35:53.20
WE THINK OF WITNESSING - MAYBE
GOING DOOR TO DOOR OR STANDING
00:35:53.20\00:35:56.76
ON A STREET CORNER ON A SOAPBOX
PREACHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
00:35:56.76\00:36:00.40
AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE
CASE. THOSE THINGS WE DO DO AND
00:36:00.40\00:36:05.26
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, OKAY, BY
ALL MEANS. BUT JESUS IS ASKING
00:36:05.26\00:36:08.70
US JUST TO BEFRIEND INDIVIDUALS
AND SHARE OUR STORY -
00:36:08.70\00:36:12.43
TELL THEM WHAT JESUS HAS
DONE IN OUR HEARTS AND LIVES.
00:36:12.43\00:36:15.10
SO HE WANTS US TO SHARE
OUR STORY - TO BE WITNESSES -
00:36:15.10\00:36:19.36
BECAUSE IT'LL
CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:36:19.36\00:36:22.03
I WANT TO BE A WITNESS FOR JESUS
EVERY DAY. HOW ABOUT YOU? YEAH.
00:36:22.03\00:36:25.06
LET'S GO OVER TO
TUESDAY'S LESSON.
00:36:25.06\00:36:26.93
WE'RE CONTINUING HERE
WITH JESUS' INSTRUCTION TO HIS
00:36:26.93\00:36:30.66
DISCIPLES AND WITH REGARD TO THE
MISSION THAT HE HAS GIVEN THE
00:36:30.66\00:36:36.46
CHURCH. WHAT'S THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
00:36:36.46\00:36:39.03
RECEIVING THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND WITNESSING FOR JESUS?
00:36:39.03\00:36:42.50
WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP
THERE? WE HAVE SEVERAL VERSES.
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.23
I HAVE SOMEONE READING ACTS
4, VERSE 33 FOR ME HERE THIS
00:36:45.23\00:36:48.30
MORNING. THANK YOU, JOLYNE.
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.23
AND WE'LL LOOK AT A
FEW OTHER VERSES HERE.
00:36:50.23\00:36:52.56
IF YOU WANT TO TURN
WITH ME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
00:36:52.56\00:36:54.13
LUKE - WE'RE
ACTUALLY THERE - LUKE 24:49.
00:36:54.13\00:36:57.20
I WANT TO LOOK AT THE
INSTRUCTION THAT - FINISH UP
00:36:57.20\00:37:00.60
WITH THE INSTRUCTION
JESUS GAVE TO HIS DISCIPLES.
00:37:00.60\00:37:03.40
HE MET THEM IN THE UPPER ROOM
AND HE HAD TOLD THEM THAT THEY
00:37:03.40\00:37:06.96
WERE TO PREACH AND THEY WOULD
BE HIS WITNESSES. THEY WERE
00:37:06.96\00:37:11.33
WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS -
OF HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
00:37:11.33\00:37:14.10
VERSE 49 - NOTICE THIS: "AND
BEHOLD" - JESUS ISN'T FINISHED
00:37:14.10\00:37:17.86
WITH THE INSTRUCTION - VERSE
49 - "AND, BEHOLD, I SEND THE
00:37:17.86\00:37:20.66
PROMISE OF MY FATHER UPON
YOU: BUT TARRY YE IN THE CITY OF
00:37:20.66\00:37:25.40
JERUSALEM, UNTIL YE BE
ENDUED WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH."
00:37:25.40\00:37:31.40
NOW GO OVER TO ACTS CHAPTER 1
AND VERSE 8 - ACTS CHAPTER 1 AND
00:37:31.40\00:37:37.23
VERSE 8 - AND WE'LL NOTICE WHAT
THAT POWER IS THAT JESUS TOLD
00:37:37.23\00:37:42.70
THEM TO WAIT FOR -
TARRY IN JERUSALEM -
00:37:42.70\00:37:45.90
WAIT FOR THIS POWER
THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU.
00:37:45.90\00:37:48.76
WE'RE TALKING HERE AND ASKING
THE QUESTION ABOUT BEING A
00:37:48.76\00:37:51.06
WITNESS - BEING ON THE MISSION
OF JESUS AND THE RELATIONSHIP
00:37:51.06\00:37:55.03
THAT HAS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
- RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:37:55.03\00:37:58.86
ACTS CHAPTER 1
AND VERSE 8 - VERSE 7.
00:37:58.86\00:38:04.13
JESUS SAID, "IT IS NOT FOR
YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE
00:38:04.13\00:38:05.76
SEASONS, WHICH THE FATHER
HATH PUT IN HIS OWN POWER."
00:38:05.76\00:38:08.33
- VERSE 8 - "BUT YE SHALL
RECEIVE POWER," - NOW WE'RE
00:38:08.33\00:38:11.06
GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT
POWER IS - "AFTER THAT THE HOLY
00:38:11.06\00:38:15.50
GHOST IS COME UPON YOU: AND YE
SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME BOTH
00:38:15.50\00:38:23.50
IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA,
AND IN SAMARIA, AND UNTO THE
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.86
UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH."
SO THE POWER THAT JESUS WAS
00:38:26.86\00:38:31.90
INVITING THEM TO TAP INTO -
TO TARRY IN JERUSALEM TO RECEIVE
00:38:31.90\00:38:35.70
WAS THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT. POWER - THAT WORD
00:38:35.70\00:38:39.46
'POWER' IN THE GREEK IS DUNAMIS,
FROM WHICH WE GET OUR ENGLISH
00:38:39.46\00:38:43.13
WORD 'DYNAMITE.' THIS IS
EXPLOSIVE POWER WE'RE TALKING
00:38:43.13\00:38:47.40
ABOUT HERE WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
WOULD COME UPON THEM AND THEY
00:38:47.40\00:38:50.16
WERE TO BE THERE AND TARRY AND
WAIT. AND YOU REMEMBER THAT THEY
00:38:50.16\00:38:54.80
WERE THERE FOR A NUMBER OF
DAYS IN THAT UPPER ROOM THERE.
00:38:54.80\00:38:59.00
THEY WAITED TEN
DAYS - WAITING, YOU SEE.
00:38:59.00\00:39:02.60
JESUS MINISTERED - APPEARED
TO THEM FOR 40 DAYS AFTER HIS
00:39:02.60\00:39:05.50
RESURRECTION AND THEN THEY WERE
IN THE UPPER ROOM FOR TEN DAYS
00:39:05.50\00:39:08.76
WAITING FOR THAT POWER TO
DESCEND ON THEM - STUDYING THE
00:39:08.76\00:39:12.93
WORD, PRAYING TOGETHER,
ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR FLAWS AND
00:39:12.93\00:39:19.03
THEIR FAULTS AND ASKING
INDIVIDUALS TO FORGIVE THEM FOR
00:39:19.03\00:39:22.23
THE WRONG THAT THEY
HAD DONE TO EACH OTHER.
00:39:22.23\00:39:24.56
THEY WERE PREPARING THEIR HEARTS
TO RECEIVE THE OUTPOURING OF THE
00:39:24.56\00:39:27.66
HOLY SPIRIT AND ON THE
DAY OF PENTECOST IT HAPPENED.
00:39:27.66\00:39:31.10
JOHN 20 AND VERSES 21 AND
22 AND THEN WE'LL COME OVER TO
00:39:31.10\00:39:35.56
ACTS 4:33. JOHN 20:21 AND 22
- AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT JESUS'
00:39:35.56\00:39:41.73
INSTRUCTION
REGARDING THE MISSION
00:39:41.73\00:39:43.90
WE'RE PUTTING ALL
THESE PIECES TOGETHER.
00:39:43.90\00:39:46.63
JOHN CHAPTER 20,
VERSES 21 AND 22.
00:39:46.63\00:39:53.90
NOW THIS IS, AGAIN, IN
THE UPPER ROOM WHEN JESUS
00:39:53.90\00:39:56.66
MEETS WITH THE
DISCIPLES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
00:39:56.66\00:39:58.56
LUKE'S ACCOUNT - HE'S TALKING
ABOUT AFFIRMING THEIR FAITH THAT
00:39:58.56\00:40:02.66
IT'S HIM - THE SCARS IN HIS
HANDS, HIS FEET, SIDE, ETC. -
00:40:02.66\00:40:06.93
EATS THE FISH. THIS
IS JOHN'S ACCOUNT OF THAT
00:40:06.93\00:40:09.70
SAME SITUATION -
THAT SAME GATHERING.
00:40:09.70\00:40:12.73
VERSES 21 AND 22, "THEN SAID
JESUS TO THEM AGAIN, 'PEACE BE
00:40:12.73\00:40:16.00
UNTO YOU: AS MY FATHER HATH
SENT ME, EVEN SO SEND I YOU.
00:40:16.00\00:40:24.80
AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS,
HE BREATHED ON THEM, AND SAITH
00:40:24.80\00:40:29.33
UNTO THEM, RECEIVE YE THE HOLY
GHOST.'" JESUS WAS PREPARING
00:40:29.33\00:40:35.33
THEM TO RECEIVE THE
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:40:35.33\00:40:38.46
IT WAS A PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE PROMISE 'WHEN YOU GO BACK,
00:40:38.46\00:40:41.73
YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT
HERE IN JERUSALEM, YOU SEE,
00:40:41.73\00:40:44.00
YOU'RE GOING TO HANG OUT
HERE. THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GOING TO
00:40:44.00\00:40:46.73
DESCEND AND GIVE YOU POWER
TO BE MY WITNESSES.' AND IT'S
00:40:46.73\00:40:49.36
INTERESTING, JESUS SAID, 'AS
I HAVE BEEN SENT.' AS THE FATHER
00:40:49.36\00:40:55.30
HAS SENT ME, I ALSO SEND YOU.'
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A
00:40:55.30\00:41:00.20
MOMENT. ACTS
4:33. THANKS JOLYNE.
00:41:00.20\00:41:04.60
>>"AND WITH GREAT POWER
THE APOSTLES GAVE WITNESS
00:41:04.60\00:41:08.30
TO THE
RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS.
00:41:08.30\00:41:11.13
AND GREAT GRACE
WAS UPON THEM ALL."
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.63
>>SO THIS IS LUKE'S ACCOUNT
OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
00:41:13.63\00:41:16.20
THANK YOU. WHAT WAS
TAKING PLACE AFTER THEY
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.56
HAD RECEIVED THE HOLY
SPIRIT - YOU READ THE STORY
00:41:18.56\00:41:20.76
IN ACTS 2 AND YOU CONTINUE THE
STORY IN ACTS 3 AND ACTS 4 AND
00:41:20.76\00:41:23.90
THE WONDERFUL THINGS GOD
WAS WORKING OUT THROUGH THESE
00:41:23.90\00:41:27.60
WILLING VESSELS BECAUSE THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAN ONLY USE SOMEONE
00:41:27.60\00:41:30.43
WHO'S WILLING. HE'S NOT GOING
TO FORCE ANYONE INTO SUBMISSION.
00:41:30.43\00:41:33.26
NOT GOING TO PUSH YOU OUT
AND NOW DO MY THING FOR ME.
00:41:33.26\00:41:36.43
THE HOLY SPIRIT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:41:36.43\00:41:37.90
THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, 'DO
YOU CONSENT? ARE YOU WILLING?
00:41:37.90\00:41:40.23
AND I WILL USE YOU.' SO HERE
WERE WILLING INDIVIDUALS THAT
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.63
WERE WITNESSING TO THE
RESURRECTION OF THE LORD, JESUS.
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.26
GREAT POWER WAS UPON
THEM. GREAT GRACE WAS UPON THEM.
00:41:46.26\00:41:51.70
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN
ESSENCE, OUR WITNESS IS GOING
00:41:51.70\00:41:55.56
TO BE DILUTED. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY AND ON THAT
00:41:55.56\00:42:00.56
PARTICULAR DAY WHEN
THIS GENTLEMAN SHARED WITH ME
00:42:00.56\00:42:02.76
HIS STORY, THAT WOULD HAVE -
THAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF
00:42:02.76\00:42:07.26
EARS HAD NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT
BEEN IMPRESSING MY HEART -
00:42:07.26\00:42:11.60
MAKING AN
APPLICATION TO MY LIFE.
00:42:11.60\00:42:14.76
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE WORDS
THAT FELL FROM THE GUY'S LIPS,
00:42:14.76\00:42:17.40
BUT IT WOULDN'T
HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSION.
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.86
THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT'S JOB.
00:42:19.86\00:42:21.50
SO WHEN WE'RE CALLED TO BE
WITNESSES AND TO SHARE JESUS
00:42:21.50\00:42:24.90
WITH OTHERS, OUR JOB'S NOT TO DO
THE CONVINCING, OUR JOB IS JUST
00:42:24.90\00:42:28.76
TO SHARE AND TO TELL AND
CERTAINLY WE CAN TRY TO BE
00:42:28.76\00:42:34.90
PERSUASIVE. BUT,
ULTIMATELY, THE POWER THAT
00:42:34.90\00:42:38.20
WILL IMPACT A PERSON'S LIFE
IS THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:42:38.20\00:42:40.96
OUR WORK IS DRAMATICALLY DILUTED
IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THE HOLY
00:42:40.96\00:42:45.10
SPIRIT. HE COMES
WITH CONVINCING AND
00:42:45.10\00:42:47.26
CONVICTING POWER. HE'S
THE ONE WHO CONVICTS THE
00:42:47.26\00:42:49.73
WORLD OF SIN AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGMENT.
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.06
THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT'S JOB
AND WE WORK ALONGSIDE OF HIM,
00:42:52.06\00:42:55.33
YOU SEE. HAVING THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD BRING CHRIST TO HIS
00:42:55.33\00:42:59.16
FOLLOWERS EVEN CLOSER THAN
JESUS WAS WHEN HE WAS IN PERSON.
00:42:59.16\00:43:03.43
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE STOPPED
TO THINK ABOUT THAT BUT JESUS
00:43:03.43\00:43:06.43
COULD ONLY BE AT ONE PLACE
AT ONE TIME WHEN HE WALKED THIS
00:43:06.43\00:43:08.43
EARTH. BUT WHEN THE HOLY SPRIT
WAS SENT, JESUS, IN THE PERSON
00:43:08.43\00:43:12.56
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, COULD
BE PRESENT EVERYWHERE. AND SO,
00:43:12.56\00:43:16.56
IN FACT, THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING
- JESUS COULD BE, IN FACT,
00:43:16.56\00:43:20.46
CLOSER TO EACH ONE OF
HIS DISCIPLES THAN IF HE WERE
00:43:20.46\00:43:22.53
WALKING IN HUMAN FLESH. I
MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL.
00:43:22.53\00:43:26.93
WE DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE
HOLY SPIRIT AS BEING A PERSON
00:43:26.93\00:43:29.70
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S KIND
OF LIKE WIND - WE DON'T SEE THE
00:43:29.70\00:43:32.76
HOLY SPIRIT - BUT HE'S A PERSON
AND HE BRINGS TO US THE LOVE OF
00:43:32.76\00:43:38.60
CHRIST IN OUR HEARTS
AND EMPOWERS US AND GIVES US
00:43:38.60\00:43:42.30
COURAGE. THESE WERE DISCIPLES
- IN ACTS 4 - THESE DISCIPLES
00:43:42.30\00:43:46.20
PREVIOUSLY WERE
COWARDS, RUNNING AWAY FLEEING.
00:43:46.20\00:43:49.36
PETER HAD DENIED HIS LORD.
BUT AFTER THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD
00:43:49.36\00:43:52.26
BEEN POURED OUT, THESE GUYS
WERE BOLD FOR JESUS AND THEY
00:43:52.26\00:43:55.60
PROCLAIMED THE
GOSPEL WITHOUT FEAR.
00:43:55.60\00:43:58.63
THEY EVEN SAID TO THE
AUTHORITIES, AFTER THEY TOLD
00:43:58.63\00:44:00.76
THEM 'DON'T YOU COME BACK
IN HERE AND SPREAD JESUS' NAME
00:44:00.76\00:44:03.10
AROUND THESE PARTS.' THEY CAME
BACK INTO THE TEMPLE COURT AND
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.80
THEY WERE PROCLAIMING JESUS -
HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION - AND
00:44:05.80\00:44:09.30
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
CAME BACK TO THEM AND SAID,
00:44:09.30\00:44:11.60
'DIDN'T WE TELL
YOU NOT TO DO THIS?'
00:44:11.60\00:44:13.40
AND THEY SAID, 'WE OUGHT TO OBEY
GOD, RATHER THAN MEN.' WE'VE
00:44:13.40\00:44:18.00
BEEN GIVEN A COMMISSION AND
NOTHING OUGHT TO GET IN THAT
00:44:18.00\00:44:20.73
WAY, NOT WHAT YOU SAY, NOT WHAT
YOU SAY, BUT WHAT GOD HAS SAID
00:44:20.73\00:44:24.80
MUST TAKE PRE-EMINENCE. HE
SAID, 'GO.' IT'S A COMMAND SO
00:44:24.80\00:44:27.26
WE GO AND WE SHARE
THE GOSPEL, YOU SEE.
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.36
NOW REFERRING TO JOHN
CHAPTER 20, VERSE 21 WHERE JESUS
00:44:30.36\00:44:34.96
BREATHED ON THEM AND SAID,
'RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.' AND
00:44:34.96\00:44:38.33
WHERE HE SAID, 'PEACE BE TO
YOU.' AND 'THE FATHER HAS SENT
00:44:38.33\00:44:41.00
ME AND I, THEREFORE, SEND YOU.'
JESUS IS REFERRING - THIS IS A
00:44:41.00\00:44:46.60
COMMISSION, REALLY, OF JESUS -
TO THE DISCIPLES - TO YOU AND I
00:44:46.60\00:44:49.96
- OF A CONTINUATION
OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS.
00:44:49.96\00:44:53.90
AS THE FATHER HAS SENT
ME, SO I'M SENDING YOU.
00:44:53.90\00:44:58.56
MORE THAN JUST 'HE SENT ME,
I'M SENDING YOU.' BUT 'AS HE HAS
00:44:58.56\00:45:02.96
SENT ME.' WHAT DID JESUS
COME INTO THE WORLD TO DO?
00:45:02.96\00:45:06.00
IN JOHN 3:17 JESUS SAID, 'I'VE
NOT COME INTO THIS WORLD TO
00:45:06.00\00:45:10.46
CONDEMN THIS WORLD, BUT THAT
THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH
00:45:10.46\00:45:13.83
ME.' YOU SEE? AND SO
THIS WAS HOW JESUS WAS SENT.
00:45:13.83\00:45:18.26
HE WAS SENT INTO THIS WORLD
TO BLESS AND TO UPLIFT AND TO
00:45:18.26\00:45:21.06
RESTORE AND TO HEAL
AND TO TEACH AND TO PREACH.
00:45:21.06\00:45:23.66
AND SO, IN JOHN 20, JESUS IS,
IN ESSENCE, COMMISSIONING THE
00:45:23.66\00:45:27.83
CHURCH TO A CONTINUATION
OF JESUS' OWN MINISTRY.
00:45:27.83\00:45:31.13
THAT'S WHY HE COULD SAY,
'GREATER WORKS WILL YOU DO WHEN
00:45:31.13\00:45:34.33
I GO TO MY FATHER - THAN I'VE
DONE - WHEN I GO TO MY FATHER.'
00:45:34.33\00:45:37.00
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN
DO GREATER THINGS THAN JESUS HAS
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.66
DONE? BECAUSE
THERE ARE MORE OF US.
00:45:39.66\00:45:42.13
HE'S GIVEN US THE COMMISSION
TO GO. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
00:45:42.13\00:45:46.26
IT'S A COMPLETE MINISTRY
THAT JESUS HAS CALLED US TO.
00:45:46.26\00:45:49.10
MATTHEW CHAPTER 9 - JUST
TURN THERE QUICKLY WITH ME.
00:45:49.10\00:45:51.76
MATTHEW 9, VERSE 35
- MATTHEW 9, VERSE 35.
00:45:51.76\00:45:58.50
NOTICE THE COMPLETE MINISTRY OF
JESUS AND REMEMBER, THIS IS THE
00:45:58.50\00:46:02.30
COMMISSION THE
CHURCH HAS BEEN GIVEN.
00:46:02.30\00:46:04.13
THIS IS THE MINISTRY
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN GIVEN.
00:46:04.13\00:46:06.06
AS THE FATHER HAS
SENT ME, SO SEND I YOU.
00:46:06.06\00:46:08.90
MATTHEW 9 AND VERSE 35. IT
SAYS, "THEN JESUS WENT ABOUT
00:46:08.90\00:46:14.36
ALL THE CITIES AND VILLAGES"
- WHAT WAS HE DOING? - "TEACHING
00:46:14.36\00:46:18.50
IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, AND
00:46:18.50\00:46:24.30
HEALING EVERY SICKNESS AND
EVERY DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE.
00:46:24.30\00:46:29.70
BUT WHEN HE SAW THE MULTITUDES,
HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION."
00:46:29.70\00:46:32.46
AND SO THE WHOLE MINISTRY -
THE COMPLETE MINISTRY THAT WE'VE
00:46:32.46\00:46:36.70
BEEN CALLED TO - THE
CONTINUATION OF THE MINISTRY
00:46:36.70\00:46:40.13
THAT JESUS DID IS A
MINISTRY THAT INVOLVES TEACHING.
00:46:40.13\00:46:44.10
IT'S A MINISTRY
THAT INVOLVES PREACHING.
00:46:44.10\00:46:47.00
AND IT'S ALSO A
MINISTRY THAT INVOLVES HEALING.
00:46:47.00\00:46:50.90
THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIAL
INGREDIENTS TO THE COMMISSION
00:46:50.90\00:46:54.10
THAT WE'VE BEEN
GIVEN AS A CHURCH.
00:46:54.10\00:46:55.76
I WISH I COULD SPEND MORE TIME
ON THAT BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET
00:46:55.76\00:46:58.00
THROUGH THE DAYS, SO
LET'S GO TO WEDNESDAY.
00:46:58.00\00:47:00.43
LET'S GO TO WEDNESDAY -
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR
00:47:00.43\00:47:03.73
WITNESS WOULD BE DILUTED.
AND SO, WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:47:03.73\00:47:07.43
WE NEED TO HAVE LESS
OF SELF AND MORE OF HIM.
00:47:07.43\00:47:11.13
WHAT DO YOU SAY? AMEN.
ALRIGHT, WEDNESDAY, 'TO MAKE
00:47:11.13\00:47:14.66
DISCIPLES' - WE'RE OVER IN
MATTHEW 28 NOW - MATTHEW 28 -
00:47:14.66\00:47:18.43
THESE FAMILIAR WORDS
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES.
00:47:18.43\00:47:23.40
NOW A DISCIPLE - JUST TO CLARIFY
TERMS HERE, A DISCIPLE IS, IN
00:47:23.40\00:47:28.80
ESSENCE, A STUDENT OR A
TEACHER - OF A TEACHER, RATHER -
00:47:28.80\00:47:32.83
A STUDENT OF A
TEACHER. IN THE BIBLICAL SENSE,
00:47:32.83\00:47:36.60
A DISCIPLE IS A FOLLOWER OR
AN IMITATOR OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:47:36.60\00:47:41.40
THAT'S WHAT A DISCIPLE IS.
AND DID JESUS MAKE DISCIPLES?
00:47:41.40\00:47:44.66
YES. AND SO IF
WE ARE DISCIPLES OF
00:47:44.66\00:47:47.30
JESUS, WHAT WILL WE BE
DOING? MAKING DISCIPLES OF -
00:47:47.30\00:47:51.36
FOR JESUS, YEAH.
NOT DISCIPLES OF ME.
00:47:51.36\00:47:53.93
YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER ME IN THE
WORLD, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.
00:47:53.93\00:47:56.33
WE'RE MAKING DISCIPLES OF JESUS.
TRUE DISCIPLES FOLLOW JESUS,
00:47:56.33\00:47:59.70
THEY RECEIVE HIS WORD, THEY'RE
BAPTIZED, THEY CONTINUE TO GROW
00:47:59.70\00:48:04.23
IN HIS GRACE AND IN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH AND THEY MAKE
00:48:04.23\00:48:07.96
DISCIPLES JUST AS
JESUS DID, YOU SEE.
00:48:07.96\00:48:10.46
THAT'S, IN THE BIBLICAL
SENSE, WHAT A DISCIPLE IS.
00:48:10.46\00:48:13.96
WE WORK ON THE PLAN OF ADDITION
WHILE HE WORKS ON THE PLAN OF
00:48:13.96\00:48:17.06
MULTIPLICATION.
DON'T YOU LIKE THAT?
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.86
THAT'S A GREAT
PROGRAM RIGHT THERE.
00:48:19.86\00:48:22.03
MATTHEW 28, VERSES 18 TO 20 - IT
SAYS, "AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE
00:48:22.03\00:48:27.03
UNTO THEM, SAYING, 'ALL POWER IS
GIVEN UNTO ME" - NOW I LIKE THAT
00:48:27.03\00:48:30.70
- ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO
ME. THEY HAD SEEN JESUS WALK ON
00:48:30.70\00:48:35.86
WATER, CALM THE RAGING SEA,
GIVE SIGHT TO THE BLIND - JESUS
00:48:35.86\00:48:42.53
RAISED THE DEAD AND
HE DID THAT AS A MAN.
00:48:42.53\00:48:46.86
AND NOW - CERTAINLY HE WAS
THE SON OF GOD AS A MAN, BUT AS,
00:48:46.86\00:48:51.43
NOW, THE GLORIFIED SON OF
MAN - SON OF GOD, HE IS SAYING,
00:48:51.43\00:48:56.40
'ALL POWER IS GIVEN TO ME.
I LAID MY POWER DOWN WHEN I
00:48:56.40\00:49:00.43
BECAME A MAN AND NOW ALL POWER
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME AND THIS IS
00:49:00.43\00:49:04.20
THE REASON WHY I AM SENDING YOU
- "ALL POWER IS GIVEN TO ME IN
00:49:04.20\00:49:07.00
HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO
YE THEREFORE," - BASED UPON
00:49:07.00\00:49:09.86
THE FACT THAT I
HAVE ALL POWER, GO.
00:49:09.86\00:49:12.83
BASED UPON THE FACT THAT YOU'VE
SEEN ME DO ALL THESE THINGS BUT
00:49:12.83\00:49:14.90
I HAVE MORE NOW THAN I HAD THEN.
00:49:14.90\00:49:16.93
GO, GO - AND WHAT
WAS - WHAT DID HE SAY?
00:49:16.93\00:49:20.60
"GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
NATIONS," - OR MAKE DISCIPLES -
00:49:20.60\00:49:25.40
"BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF
THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND
00:49:25.40\00:49:27.90
OF THE HOLY GHOST: TEACHING THEM
TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER
00:49:27.90\00:49:31.23
I HAVE COMMANDED YOU: AND, LO,
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO
00:49:31.23\00:49:35.13
THE END OF THE WORLD.'"
AND MATTHEW WRITES "AMEN."
00:49:35.13\00:49:40.13
SO HERE WE ARE GIVEN, IN
ESSENCE, FOUR VERBS HERE IN THIS
00:49:40.13\00:49:43.66
PARTICULAR -
THESE PARTICULAR VERSES.
00:49:43.66\00:49:46.96
GO, MAKE
DISCIPLES, BAPTIZE, AND TEACH.
00:49:46.96\00:49:51.56
THERE ARE THE FOUR
OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
00:49:51.56\00:49:53.00
MAKE - APPARENTLY, IN THE
ORIGINAL GREEK, IS THE ONLY
00:49:53.00\00:49:55.60
IMPERATIVE VERB - MEANING
THE OTHER THREE ARE DEPENDENT ON
00:49:55.60\00:49:59.30
MAKING DISCIPLES. SO,
IN OTHER WORDS, TO MAKE A
00:49:59.30\00:50:02.80
DISCIPLE, IT
ENCOMPASSES THOSE OTHER THREE.
00:50:02.80\00:50:05.16
TO MAKE A DISCIPLE YOU MUST
GO. TO MAKE A DISCIPLE YOU MUST
00:50:05.16\00:50:09.46
BAPTIZE. TO MAKE
A DISCIPLE YOU MUST
00:50:09.46\00:50:12.30
EDUCATE - OR YOU MUST TEACH.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, YOU SEE.
00:50:12.30\00:50:16.73
AND A LOT OF DISCIPLING HAS
TO DO WITH MODELING THE LIFE OF
00:50:16.73\00:50:24.50
JESUS. PEOPLE
WATCH FROM A DISTANCE.
00:50:24.50\00:50:27.13
IT'S KIND OF MORE PASSIVE
LEARNING, BUT OTHERS WALK
00:50:27.13\00:50:29.53
ALONGSIDE OF YOU AND SAY, 'WHY
DO YOU DO THIS AND HOW COME YOU
00:50:29.53\00:50:31.56
DO THAT? AND
YOU'RE EXPLAINING TO THEM,
00:50:31.56\00:50:33.13
'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS
SAID THIS AND HERE I AM CLAIMING
00:50:33.13\00:50:35.66
HIS PROMISE.' AND THIS
IS MORE INTIMATE DISCIPLING.
00:50:35.66\00:50:38.46
THIS IS HELPING SOMEONE OUT
- GETTING CLOSE TO SOMEBODY.
00:50:38.46\00:50:41.90
JESUS MANDATES
THESE THREE ACTIVITIES.
00:50:41.90\00:50:44.36
GO, BAPTIZE AND TEACH, WHICH ARE
INVOLVED IN MAKING DISCIPLES AND
00:50:44.36\00:50:49.96
ARE VERY IMPORTANT
ASPECTS OF DISCIPLESHIP.
00:50:49.96\00:50:54.13
BAPTISM IS NOT THE
END OF THE JOURNEY.
00:50:54.13\00:50:56.76
SOMETIMES CHURCHES VIEW
BAPTISM AS A GRADUATION SERVICE.
00:50:56.76\00:51:01.23
'WHEW, FINISHED
THE BIBLE STUDIES.
00:51:01.23\00:51:03.33
BAPTISM -
GRADUATED - NOW FINISHED.
00:51:03.33\00:51:06.53
NO, BAPTISM IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE JOURNEY, IS IT NOT?
00:51:06.53\00:51:10.63
SURE, IT'S THE
BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY.
00:51:10.63\00:51:12.83
AND EVEN IF WE'RE TOLD TO
GO TO ALL PEOPLE AND SHARE THIS
00:51:12.83\00:51:16.13
GOSPEL, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO
RECEIVE IT, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT
00:51:16.13\00:51:19.13
WE ARE STILL TOLD TO GO BECAUSE
JESUS HAS ALL POWER, AMEN?
00:51:19.13\00:51:24.43
AND WE'RE TO TEACH. A
LOT OF FOLK ARE BAPTIZED AND
00:51:24.43\00:51:27.13
THEY WALK OUT OF THE CHURCH AS
QUICKLY AS THEY CAME IN BECAUSE
00:51:27.13\00:51:29.00
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:51:29.00\00:51:30.66
THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE INUNDATED BY
00:51:30.66\00:51:32.93
TEMPTATIONS AND CHALLENGES AND
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
00:51:32.93\00:51:35.93
THAT. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE CONCEPT OF SURRENDER AND
00:51:35.93\00:51:38.96
ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO WORK IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE.
00:51:38.96\00:51:42.13
AND SO, AS QUICKLY AS THEY'VE
COME IN, THEY QUICKLY LEAVE.
00:51:42.13\00:51:44.50
THEY'RE NOT
EDUCATED. THEY'RE NOT TAUGHT.
00:51:44.50\00:51:45.76
THEY DON'T KNOW THE MAIN
TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE AND WHAT
00:51:45.76\00:51:49.36
IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND
SO THIS IS WHAT'S INVOLVED IN
00:51:49.36\00:51:52.03
MAKING DISCIPLES.
AND SO, THAT'S OUR JOB.
00:51:52.03\00:51:54.73
THAT'S OUR MISSION AS A
CHURCH - TO MAKE DISCIPLES.
00:51:54.73\00:51:57.76
LET'S GO TO THE
LAST DAY, THURSDAY.
00:51:57.76\00:52:01.13
I HAVE LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES
TO PULL IT OFF. HERE IT IS.
00:52:01.13\00:52:08.10
'PREACH THE GOSPEL' - WE'RE IN
MARK NOW, CHAPTER 16, VERSE 15 -
00:52:08.10\00:52:11.86
MARK 16 AND VERSE 15.
MARK PRESENTS THE COMMISSION IN
00:52:11.86\00:52:17.43
CONCISENESS AND IN
CLARITY. THAT'S MARK'S STYLE.
00:52:17.43\00:52:24.30
MARK 16, VERSE 15 - THIS IS
JESUS - "AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,
00:52:24.30\00:52:28.63
'GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD
AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO" -
00:52:28.63\00:52:32.30
HOW MANY PEOPLE?
- "EVERY CREATURE."
00:52:32.30\00:52:34.46
EVERY PERSON.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
00:52:34.46\00:52:37.66
GO INTO ALL THE
WORLD AND PREACH.
00:52:37.66\00:52:39.73
THAT'S 'CARUSO' - TO PROCLAIM
ALOUD - TO ANNOUNCE - TO PREACH
00:52:39.73\00:52:44.76
TO EVERY CREATURE
THE GOSPEL, YOU SEE.
00:52:44.76\00:52:48.50
NOT JUST TO ISRAEL ANYMORE -
EVEN THOUGH JESUS HAD TOLD THEM
00:52:48.50\00:52:51.26
'GO TO THE HOUSE OF
THE LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL.'
00:52:51.26\00:52:53.20
BUT GO - I WANT YOU TO
GO TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
00:52:53.20\00:52:56.30
GO TO SAMARIA. GO
TO THE OUTER ENDS OF
00:52:56.30\00:52:58.46
THE EARTH AND
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL.
00:52:58.46\00:53:00.56
BE MY WITNESSES
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
00:53:00.56\00:53:05.06
AND WHAT GOSPEL IS GOD'S
PEOPLE ENCOURAGED TO PROCLAIM?
00:53:05.06\00:53:09.33
GO TO REVELATION CHAPTER 14 -
REAL QUICKLY HERE - REVELATION
00:53:09.33\00:53:12.60
14 AND I WILL NOT READ ALL
OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO REFERENCE
00:53:12.60\00:53:15.46
IT. REVELATION
14, VERSE 6 - THERE'S
00:53:15.46\00:53:18.56
A SPECIFIC MESSAGE THAT GOD HAS
GIVEN HIS CHURCH IN THESE LAST
00:53:18.56\00:53:21.86
DAYS TO PROCLAIM
TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
00:53:21.86\00:53:24.63
NOTICE VERSE 6, "AND I SAW
ANOTHER ANGEL FLY IN THE MIDST
00:53:24.63\00:53:27.56
OF HEAVEN, HAVING THE" - WHAT
FRIENDS? - "EVERLASTING GOSPEL
00:53:27.56\00:53:31.00
TO PREACH UNTO THEM THAT
DWELL ON THE EARTH, AND TO EVERY
00:53:31.00\00:53:33.06
NATION, AND KINDRED,
AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE."
00:53:33.06\00:53:36.00
AND THEN HE PROCEEDS TO
HIGHLIGHT THREE DISTINCT POINTS
00:53:36.00\00:53:39.90
THAT FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA
OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL: "FEAR
00:53:39.90\00:53:43.46
GOD, GIVE GLORY TO HIM FOR THE
HOUR OF HIS JUDGEMENT IS COME
00:53:43.46\00:53:46.20
AND WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE THE
HEAVEN, THE EARTH, THE SEA AND
00:53:46.20\00:53:48.63
THE FOUNTAINS OF WATER."
THE SECOND ANGEL FOLLOWED
00:53:48.63\00:53:50.60
SAYING, "BABYLON IS FALLEN,
IS FALLEN." AND THEN THE THIRD
00:53:50.60\00:53:53.53
ANGEL FOLLOWED SAYING, 'YOU
DON'T WANT TO WORSHIP THE BEAST,
00:53:53.53\00:53:56.83
NOR ITS IMAGE OR
RECEIVE THE MARK OF THAT BEAST.'
00:53:56.83\00:54:01.73
SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE - GOSPEL
MESSAGE. THE GOSPEL IS CERTAINLY
00:54:01.73\00:54:05.76
JESUS CHRIST WHO CAME IN
THE FLESH AND LIVED AND THEN
00:54:05.76\00:54:08.46
SUFFERED AND THEN DIED
AND ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY.
00:54:08.46\00:54:11.30
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCLAIM
THE GOSPEL, THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO
00:54:11.30\00:54:13.43
CONSIDER THAT THERE IS A
JUDGMENT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
00:54:13.43\00:54:16.46
THERE IS A CALL TO WORSHIP THE
CREATOR GOD, BABYLON IS FALLEN,
00:54:16.46\00:54:20.23
AND THEN THE CALL TO NOT WORSHIP
THE BEAST - CONTRASTING WITH
00:54:20.23\00:54:25.13
WORSHIPING THE CREATOR, YOU
SEE. THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
00:54:25.13\00:54:29.96
WILL THE WORK GET DONE?
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A MISSION,
00:54:29.96\00:54:32.60
BUT WILL IT EVER BE
ACCOMPLISHED? YEAH, WHEN JFK
00:54:32.60\00:54:35.93
SAID, 'TEN YEARS - IT'S GOING
TO BE DONE.' THAT WAS SERIOUS.
00:54:35.93\00:54:39.36
THEY HAD GOALS. THEY HAD
PLANS. IT WAS THEIR FOCUS.
00:54:39.36\00:54:42.06
IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO
THEM AND THEY PULLED IT OFF.
00:54:42.06\00:54:45.73
THE GOSPEL'S GOT TO
GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
00:54:45.73\00:54:47.60
WHAT DOES JESUS
SAY IN MATTHEW 24:14?
00:54:47.60\00:54:50.03
WE'RE GOING TO
END WITH THIS VERSE.
00:54:50.03\00:54:51.66
IT'S THE ONE WE STARTED WITH,
"AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
00:54:51.66\00:54:54.16
SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL
THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS TO ALL
00:54:54.16\00:54:57.86
NATIONS THEN THE END
SHALL COME." THERE IT IS.
00:54:57.86\00:55:03.73
THERE'S THE PROMISE RIGHT THERE.
'THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED.
00:55:03.73\00:55:06.70
THE END WILL COME.' IF YOU
WANT TO JUST MARK IT DOWN TOO,
00:55:06.70\00:55:10.80
YOU COULD MARK DOWN ROMANS
9:28, "THE LORD WILL CUT SHORT
00:55:10.80\00:55:14.76
THE WORK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:55:14.76\00:55:16.46
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL
HE CUT SHORT THE WORK."
00:55:16.46\00:55:20.20
GOD IS GOING TO
GET THE WORK DONE.
00:55:20.20\00:55:21.70
HE WANTS TO USE YOU AND I
- FACES LIGHTED UP SPREADING
00:55:21.70\00:55:25.70
ACROSS THIS GLOBE,
SHARING THE GOSPEL.
00:55:25.70\00:55:28.30
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
BEFORE US, IN A TIME OF RELATIVE
00:55:28.30\00:55:32.83
PEACE AND EASE,
TO GET THE JOB DONE.
00:55:32.83\00:55:36.13
IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT DONE
00:55:36.13\00:55:38.06
UNDER THE MOST FORBIDDING
DISCOURAGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:55:38.06\00:55:41.66
GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO THE WORK
AND THE JOB, BY GOD'S GRACE,
00:55:41.66\00:55:45.53
IS GOING TO GET DONE.
00:55:45.53\00:55:46.86
IT'S NOT UP TO THE
PREACHER TO DO IT ALONE.
00:55:46.86\00:55:51.36
WE ALL NEED TO PITCH
IN AND DO IT TOGETHER.
00:55:51.36\00:55:53.83
A UNITED EFFORT
PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL.
00:55:53.83\00:55:56.30
I WANT TO SEE JESUS COME
BACK AGAIN. HOW ABOUT YOU?
00:55:56.30\00:55:59.50
THE WAY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
IS FOR THIS GOSPEL TO GO TO THE
00:55:59.50\00:56:02.43
ENTIRE WORLD. YOU AND I
ARE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
00:56:02.43\00:56:04.93
LET'S GO FORWARD WITH ALL WE'VE
GOT UNDER THE UNCTION AND POWER
00:56:04.93\00:56:08.33
OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT. SURRENDER TO JESUS.
00:56:08.33\00:56:10.16
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00:56:41.30\00:56:43.33
>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
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00:56:43.33\00:56:46.03
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00:56:46.03\00:56:48.20
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00:56:48.20\00:56:50.56
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00:57:05.20\00:57:07.90
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HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING
00:57:07.90\00:57:10.43
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00:57:10.43\00:57:13.80
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00:57:13.80\00:57:16.80
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00:57:16.80\00:57:18.40
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00:57:18.40\00:57:22.23
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00:57:22.23\00:57:25.93
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00:57:25.93\00:57:29.80
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00:57:29.80\00:57:33.36
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00:57:33.36\00:57:37.46
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00:57:40.90\00:57:45.06
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