Participants: David Down
Series Code: DUTP
Program Code: DUTP000023
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00:01 Today we walk in the footsteps
00:03 of the great Apostle Paul. 00:05 He spent only a little time in Athens 00:08 and then took the long walk to Corinth's. 00:10 On the way, he passed the site of the Corinthian Canal, 00:14 that's where David is today. 00:50 This is the Corinthian Canal 00:52 and ships use this canal today, 00:55 In fact, I've travel along here myself in a ship. 00:58 Paul passed this way on his way to Corinth. 01:01 This canal had not been dugged then, 01:03 although Alexander the Great had intended to dig it, 01:05 but he turned eastwards 01:07 and invaded Asia instead. 01:09 In the first century A.D., 01:11 the Roman Emperor Nero proposed to dig the canal, 01:13 in fact he actually got around to 01:16 digging the first sod with a golden spade. 01:19 But this is a narrow strip of land, 01:21 which connects the Greek mainland 01:24 with the Peloponnese Peninsula 01:25 and the people of the Peninsula got agitated 01:28 and felt that if the canal was dug 01:30 then their Peninsula would float off into the sea 01:34 and so they demonstrated. 01:35 Demonstrations are nothing new, 01:37 and so the work had to stop, 01:39 and it was not until 1893 01:42 that European engineers actually dug the canal, 01:45 so that the ships can use it today. 01:47 Well, Corinth is up the other end of the canal. 01:56 These are the ruins of the Ancient City of Corinth's 01:58 that Paul knew. 02:00 It was a very important city and a very wealthy city too. 02:04 There were a lot of people here speaking 02:06 many different languages, 02:08 which explains some of the things 02:09 that Paul says in his letter to the Corinthian Christians 02:13 and it was rather an immoral city, 02:15 because their patron Goddess was the Goddess Venus 02:19 and it is reported that she had a lot of priestesses here 02:22 who ministered to the male population 02:25 and in fact we get the word 02:26 venereal disease from her name. 02:28 Well, Paul spend about two years here altogether. 02:34 This was one of the shopping areas 02:36 of prosperous Corinth and they had rather an 02:40 interesting refrigeration system actually beneath 02:43 some of the shops there was a stream of cold water 02:46 running and they had a sort of basements, 02:49 so they can put their food down there, 02:52 their wine, their meat and so forth down there, 02:55 so that it kept pretty well. 02:58 In these shops of course they held a lot of goods 03:01 that were dedicated to the Gods and 03:02 there was a temple of Apollo up there and so 03:05 shopkeepers would dedicate it to the idol up there 03:08 and then bring it down and sell it in their shops. 03:10 Now this worried some of the Christians 03:12 and that's why Paul wrote to them and said listen, 03:14 don't ask any questions for conscious sake, 03:17 just eat it and say nothing. 03:18 So, unless somebody tells you 03:20 that this is what has happened. 03:21 Well, that's the background of that statement 03:23 that Paul made in the book of Corinthians. 03:26 Up on this platform is what is known as the 03:30 judgment seat of the proconsul and 03:35 this is where a very interesting incident took 03:38 place towards the end of Paul stay here in Corinth. 03:41 It tells us in Acts chapter 18 in verse 11, 03:45 he continued there a year and six months, 03:47 now when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, 03:51 the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul 03:54 and brought him to the judgment seat. 03:56 Now, the Greek word for judgment seat is Beema 03:58 and the seats gone of course, 04:00 but that was where the proconsul 04:01 took his seat up there. 04:04 And when Paul was about to open his mouth, 04:07 Gallio said to the Jews, 04:08 if it were a matter of wrong doing or wicked crimes, 04:12 O Jews, there would be reason why I should be with you, 04:16 but if it is a question of words and names 04:18 and your own law, look to it yourselves, 04:21 for I do not want to be a judge of such matters 04:23 and he droves him from the judgment seat. 04:25 The second as they see the soldiers rushing them off 04:28 here and getting rid of them you see 04:29 and then when they got down there 04:31 it says then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler 04:33 of the synagogue and beat him before the judgment 04:36 seat, but Gallio took no notice of these things. 04:39 And so Paul got off without any harm to himself. 04:43 The Apostle Paul was a prophet 04:46 and while he was in Corinth he had a vision. 04:49 We are told in Acts 18 and in verse 9, 04:51 now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision. 04:56 You know prophets have been around for a longtime. 04:59 In Luke chapter 1 and in verse 70, 05:02 it says as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, 05:06 who have been since the world began, 05:08 right from the beginning of time 05:10 and right down to the later ages, 05:13 the work of prophets has continued. 05:16 Now, what is a prophet? 05:17 Somebody, who just has a feeling of inspiration. 05:20 Oh! No, it's something very specific. 05:22 In Numbers 12 and in verse 6 it says, 05:25 if there is a prophet among you, 05:28 I, the Lord make myself known to him in a vision, 05:31 and I speak to him in a dream. 05:34 So, a prophet is somebody to whom God speaks 05:36 either in a vision or in a dream and reveals 05:39 something that God wants to impart. 05:42 You see, the work of a prophet 05:43 is not just predicting the future, 05:45 it sometimes involves that, 05:47 but it's primarily for divine guidance to guide his church 05:51 and his people and so it was with Paul in Corinth. 05:54 And we are told in Acts chapter 18, 05:57 as a result of the vision that he had, 05:59 he continued there a year and six months 06:02 teaching the word of God among them. 06:04 You see, if he hadn't had this vision 06:06 he may have picked up and left, 06:08 but because of the vision, 06:09 the instructions he received he stayed there 06:12 an extra ]18 months. 06:14 Sometime later Paul left Corinth, 06:17 but in his absence the church needed divine guidance 06:20 and so the gift of prophecy 06:22 was bestowed upon this church by God. 06:26 Paul wrote to them and gave them instruction 06:27 about the operation of this gift. 06:30 In First Corinthians 12 and in verse 28th it says, 06:33 and God has appointed these in the church, 06:36 first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, 06:40 after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, 06:42 administration and last of all varieties of tongues. 06:47 Now, the gift of tongues is an important gift, 06:49 especially back there in such a cosmopolitan society 06:52 where people were speaking different languages, 06:54 in order to understand each other 06:56 that God gave the gift of tongues, 06:58 the ability to speak in a different language 07:00 or to understand a different language. 07:03 That's an important gift, 07:04 but you will notice that the first and most important gift 07:07 was the gift of prophecy 07:09 which was given for divine guidance 07:11 and they were to expect this gift. 07:13 In chapter 14 and in verse 1, 07:16 writing to the church in Corinth, Paul said, 07:18 pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, 07:23 but especially that you may prophesy, there 07:26 were especially instructed to expect this gift. 07:30 Now, this gift was to be not just for them at that time, 07:34 but for all time because he said 07:36 in chapter 1 and in verse 6, 07:39 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, 07:43 so that you come short in no gift 07:45 eagerly waiting for the Revelation 07:47 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 07:49 So, even people who were 07:51 excepting the return of Christ in these last days 07:54 they would have the gift of prophecy. 07:56 In fact, in Revelation chapter 12 and in verse 17, 08:01 it specifically says and the dragon, 08:04 that is the devil was enraged with the woman, 08:08 that is with the church, 08:09 he went to make war with the rest of her offspring 08:12 who keep the commandments of God 08:14 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 08:17 Now, in the last days you'll see, 08:19 they would have the testimony of Jesus Christ 08:21 and Revelation 19:10 says 08:23 the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 08:27 Now, has this gift been fulfilled in these last days. 08:31 We are in the city of Battle Creek, 08:33 in Michigan in the United States of America 08:36 and I am standing beside a monument 08:39 to a very remarkable woman, Ellen G. White. 08:42 She was born in the year 1827 08:46 and she went through the great disappointment of 1844 08:51 with people who were expecting Jesus Christ 08:53 to return in that year, but he didn't come. 08:57 It was sometime later 08:58 that she and four other women were kneeling down 09:02 in a prayer meeting 09:03 and while in this position she received the first 09:07 of many visions which she claims God gave her. 09:11 It may be of interest if I read to you 09:13 what she wrote about that vision, 09:16 when I was praying at the family altar 09:18 the Holy Ghost fell upon me 09:21 and I seemed to be rising higher 09:23 and higher far above the dark world, 09:27 soon our eyes were drawn to the east, 09:29 for a small black cloud had appeared 09:32 about half as large as a man's hand, 09:35 which we all knew was the Sign of the Son of Man. 09:38 We all in solemn silence gazed on the cloud 09:41 as it drew nearer and became lighter, glorious, 09:45 and still more glorious, till it was a great white cloud. 09:49 The bottom appeared like fire, 09:51 a rainbow was over the cloud, 09:54 while around it were ten thousand angels 09:57 singing the most lovely song, 09:59 and upon it sat the Son of Man 10:02 and she goes on to describe the second coming of Christ 10:06 as it was revealed to her in this vision. 10:10 This is the vault where all the original documents 10:14 of the Ellen G. White writings are kept 10:16 and the best person we can talk to is Mrs. Hedy Jemison, 10:21 who for more than 30 years was the assistant director 10:25 of the Ellen G. White estate. 10:27 Mrs. Jemison, how many visions 10:30 did Ellen G. White claimed to have? 10:32 She had over 2000, 10:34 her first vision was in December 1844, 10:37 then to the time of her death she had over 2000 visions. 10:41 And how many books did she write altogether. 10:44 She was a very prolific writer. 10:45 In 1851, she started with this very first little book 10:50 and these are some of the early books that she wrote, 10:53 but there are 70 of her books in current circulation today. 10:57 Besides writing books, 10:58 she wrote many letters, didn't she? 11:01 What was the nature of those letters? 11:03 pages in longhand, 11:08 which are 60,000 pages typewritten that are on file 11:11 here in the vault. 11:12 In these letters, 11:13 she wrote council to the leadership of the church, 11:18 she wrote encouragement to people that were in 11:20 trouble, she helped people solve their problems. 11:23 Although she had only three grades of education, 11:26 the Lord gave her council that, 11:29 that was given in these letters to the leadership 11:32 that now has resulted in a educational system 11:38 that circles the globe 11:40 from kindergarten to universities. 11:43 Can you tell us how inspiration worked, 11:46 I mean did God actually dictate the words 11:49 that she was to write. 11:50 It wasn't done by dictation, 11:52 God didn't put a pen in Ellen White's hand, 11:55 but the thoughts are passed before her in vision, 11:58 what the Lord opened up to her, 11:59 she wrote in these books that we have. 12:02 You obviously believe that Mrs. Ellen G. White 12:04 had these visions. 12:06 What do you consider to be the most convincing evidence 12:09 that she really was used by God in this way? 12:12 It's what reading the books do for me personally 12:15 and it's what we see the books 12:19 doing in the lives of others, changing their lives. 12:22 Great Controversy has won many people to believe in God. 12:28 The Desire of Ages is a wonderful book 12:30 on the life of Christ, 12:32 it's also a book that has won many people. 12:35 We have the five books of the Conflict of the Ages series, 12:39 it's a five volume set, 12:42 the first sentence of Patriarchs and Prophets is 12:46 God is love and the last book the Great Controversy, 12:50 the last sentence in the book it says 12:52 God is love and the first chapter steps to Christ 12:55 God's love for man and that's what the writings 12:58 of Ellen White is all about. 13:01 We are among the Ruins of the old city of 13:04 Caesarea of Roman times 13:07 and this was the scene, 13:10 this city was the scene of activity 13:12 of at least two prophets and four prophetesses. 13:17 In particular the great Apostle Paul returned here 13:20 from his last missionary journey, 13:22 sailed in the entrance to this harbor 13:24 you see behind me. 13:25 And later on of course he spent two years 13:30 in prison here. 13:31 Now just recently, 13:33 archaeologists have been doing 13:35 some underwater exploration here. 13:36 In fact, the exploration is still going on 13:39 and they have come up 13:40 with some very remarkable conclusions, 13:42 the most important of which is that there were 13:44 some huge blocks of stone, 13:46 under Herod's jurisdiction were put down in the harbor 13:50 here and a very ingenious system 13:54 for dredging the harbor. 13:56 Because over on this side these blocks of stone 13:59 were made of just the right height 14:01 so that at high tide the tops of the waves 14:04 were lapping over the stone and running into the harbor. 14:08 Now, that means that the water that flowed in 14:10 that way had to go out 14:11 and of course it went out the entrance 14:13 whichever you like to call it 14:15 and that meant that it automatically dredged 14:17 the entrance to the harbor. 14:19 So, this was a very remarkable 14:22 way of looking after the harbor. 14:25 Well, as I say the Apostle Paul spend two years in prison 14:28 which wasn't a very nice way to be here, 14:30 but nevertheless this is where he witnessed 14:34 to Agrippa and other Roman governors. 14:38 Not very far from the old harbor 14:41 are the ruins of an old Roman theater, 14:44 this was only excavated about 20 years ago 14:47 and you can see a lot of the stones here 14:49 are original stones, but most of it is a reconstruction, 14:54 a modern reconstruction, in fact 14:56 the Israeli government holds performances here, 15:00 dances and concepts and so forth, 15:02 and they're held down on the stage down there. 15:05 It's rather sobering I think to think that 15:08 the great Apostle Paul, 15:09 one of the greatest men of God that ever lived 15:12 was languishing in this prison for two years, 15:15 while people were mindlessly 15:16 the pleasures of sin for a season. 15:21 Another very interesting feature of Caesarea 15:23 is this old Roman aqueduct. 15:26 You know, this brought the water 15:28 more than 10 kilometers from the hills, 15:30 way over there, into Caesarea. 15:33 Well, Caesarea was the site of prophets and prophetesses, 15:38 in fact we read in Acts chapter 21 and in verse 8, 15:42 it says on the next day we who were Paul's companions 15:45 departed and came to Caesarea, 15:47 and entered the house of Philip the Evangelist, 15:49 who was one of the seven and stayed with him, 15:51 now this man had four virgin daughters 15:53 who prophesied and we stayed many days, 15:56 a certain prophet named 15:57 Agabus came down from Judea. 15:59 Hey, you will notice that there's a number of prophets 16:01 that are mentioned in the Bible 16:03 who haven't written books of the Bible, 16:04 but nevertheless they were genuine prophets. 16:07 And as for woman well, 16:08 here were these four daughters of Philip 16:10 who prophesied and of course you can go back to 16:13 earlier to the sister of Moses, Miriam, 16:16 she was a prophet as the Bible says 16:18 and also you have Huldah the Prophetess in the days 16:21 of Isaiah and also you have the lady Anna 16:26 who identified the baby Jesus. 16:28 The Bible says, she was a prophetess, 16:30 so no questions you've got prophets and prophetesses. 16:35 I am standing on the steps of the Battle Creek Tabernacle, 16:38 which was the church of the first 16:41 Seventh-Day Adventist headquarters 16:43 in the United States of America 16:45 and it was here at this church 16:49 that an interesting incident occurred 16:51 which illustrates just how the gift of prophecy works. 16:55 Ellen G. White went to Australia in the year 1890 16:59 and she stayed there for nearly 10 years 17:01 and while she was absent a young lady, 17:04 who was a member of this church 17:06 claimed that she had some visions, 17:08 claimed that she was inspired to write some messages 17:11 from God. 17:13 And one morning the minister of this church, 17:16 whose name was Elder A.T. Jones 17:19 preached a sermon on this subject 17:21 and he pointed out that in as much as Ellen G. White 17:24 was in Australia, it was only reasonable 17:26 that God should raise up another messenger. 17:29 And so he took the writings of Ellen G. White and said, 17:34 you see you can hear the voice of God speaking 17:36 through this and then he would take one of the writings of 17:40 Anna Phillips and he said there you are, 17:42 you can hear the same voice. 17:45 Well, you can understand when the church members 17:47 came out the doors that Sabbath morning, 17:49 they weren't in a hurry to go home, 17:52 they stood around talking, some said yes 17:54 it's only unreasonable that God would raise up 17:56 somebody else while Ellen G. White was in Australia. 17:59 Others said well, we didn't hear the voice at all, 18:03 it didn't seem to them like that 18:06 That night Elder Jones went to the post office 18:10 to collect his mail and he was handed a long envelop 18:16 and the postmark was Australia. 18:19 He opened that letter and read it, 18:21 it was from Ellen G. White in Australia. 18:23 Now, remember those were the days before airmail 18:28 or Quantasure or Pan American 18:31 or anything like that. 18:32 It took weeks for a letter to go from Australia 18:35 to America and yet that letter said, 18:39 who authorized you to preach on this subject, 18:43 what right had you to take my writings 18:45 and compare them with the writings of Anna Phillips, 18:48 you are not authorized to do that. 18:50 Just then a fellow minister came by, Elder Tate 18:54 and he handed the letter to him and he said, 18:56 how did Ellen White know 18:58 that I was going to preach on that subject this morning 19:02 and this other minister said to him, 19:04 you know how she knows, he said yes, I know. 19:11 I'm glad to say that the following Sabbath morning 19:14 Elder Jones stood up in the pulpit of this church 19:17 and admitted that he had made a mistake. 19:21 What else could you do in the face of evidence like that. 19:24 I am also glad to say that Anna Phillips 19:26 also accepted the message that came to her from God. 19:31 This is Avondale College, 19:33 which is a government recognized college 19:35 of advanced education 19:38 and it's a very unique college, as you can see 19:40 it's in a very rural setting and it provides unusual 19:45 opportunities for its students, they can work 19:49 here for their college fees if they want to, 19:53 they have the opportunity of physical development, 19:55 and this rural setting, 19:58 it's really beautiful place for students to be. 20:00 And I must tell you how it all began. 20:04 You see, it was in 1885 20:07 that the first Seventh Day Adventist came to 20:09 Australia and in 1891 Ellen G. White came here 20:15 and she was here for nearly 10 years 20:17 altogether and at that time 20:20 they were only 450 Seventh Day Adventists 20:23 in all of Australia, not many. 20:25 And ministers were being trained 20:29 in a rather congested area at Melbourne 20:32 in a house that they rented down there 20:34 and while they were there Ellen G. White 20:37 delivered a message, 20:38 I want to read it to you in this little book 20:41 that she has written 20:43 it says, I was awakened 20:44 this morning at 1 o'clock with a heavy burden 20:46 upon my soul, 20:48 never can the proper education be given to 20:50 the youth in this country or any other country 20:53 they are separated, a wide distance from the cities. 20:56 Now, you see our ministers are being kind right 20:59 in the heart of Melbourne, she went on to say here, 21:03 we shall find it necessary to establish 21:05 our schools out of and away from the cities 21:07 and yet not so far away that they cannot be 21:10 in touch with them. 21:11 We need schools in this country to educate 21:13 children in youth that they maybe masters of labor. 21:17 Well, this is a new concept 21:18 and of course some of the members said, 21:19 Oh! This won't work here, it's not an Australian idea, 21:22 well it wasn't either, it was God's idea 21:25 and so the brethren decided that they try 21:28 and put this into action. 21:30 And they started looking round for a suitable property. 21:32 Well, I looked at one property $75 an acre 21:35 that was just beyond their means, 21:38 then they heard of another property, 21:40 it was 1500 acres and only $3 an acre, 21:44 well the price was right 21:46 and so they decided to go and have a look at it. 21:48 Cooranbong is about 120 kilometers north of Sydney 21:52 and so the group set out with Ellen G. White 21:55 to travel by train to this place. 21:58 On the way Ellen White told two of the ministers 22:02 of a dream that she had the night before 22:05 she said, I saw the property that the Lord has chosen 22:09 and she said we walked out into an open area 22:13 and there was a plough furrow 22:16 and as we were looking at this furrow 22:18 two of our group, our party came out of the trees 22:22 on the other side 22:23 and came to the furrow and they look down 22:25 and they shook their heads and they said, 22:29 the land is not good, the soil is not favorable. 22:34 Well, she said that's the property the Lord has chosen, 22:38 they arrived at their destination and next morning 22:40 they went out to have a look at the property, 22:42 some went this way and some went that way, 22:44 and Ellen White with two of the ministers 22:47 that she'd spoken to came to an open place 22:51 in the land and they was a plough furrow 22:54 and while they were looking at this furrow 22:57 two ministers came out of the clearing on the other side, 23:01 and they came to this plough furrow and they looked down, 23:03 they shook their heads, 23:05 they said the land is not good, 23:07 the soil is not favorable. 23:10 Ellen G. White and the two ministers looked at 23:12 each other and nodded their heads. 23:14 They knew that this was the place 23:17 that God had chosen for his college. 23:21 This monument here says 23:22 about 500 yards east of this spot 23:25 was found the furrow seen in a dream by Ellen G. White, 23:28 which led to the establishment of 23:30 Australasian Missionary College 23:32 in this district in 1894. 23:35 To share her confidence in the project, 23:37 which she herself had recommended, 23:39 Ellen White moved to this place. 23:41 She purchased 66 acres of land, 23:43 build this house called Sunny Side 23:46 and planted that beautiful orchid of fruit trees here 23:50 and she lived here for many years. 23:53 Well, time has just proved 23:55 that the wise heads were wrong 23:57 and God's guidance was correct. 23:59 The soil turned out to be very fertile 24:02 and they grew some wonderful crops here, 24:04 some beautiful fruit trees, 24:06 they had a priced dairy herd 24:07 and so the results were really good. 24:11 But there was something else 24:12 that happened too in connection with 24:14 Ellen G. White's stay in Australia, 24:18 it is written here in this book in 1900, 24:21 during the past night she wrote, 24:24 many things have been opened before me, 24:26 the manufacture and sale of health foods 24:28 will require careful and prayerful consideration. 24:31 Foods that are healthful and life sustaining 24:33 are to be prepared, 24:35 so that men and women will not need to eat meat. 24:38 Now, in response to this instruction 24:40 some of the men got together 24:41 and decided to do some factory work 24:43 and they started off in just a shed 24:46 and it was pretty hard going, 24:47 but finally they went out 24:49 and the health food work began to grow. 24:52 This is one of the factories, there are nine factories, 24:55 I think it is owned and operated 24:56 by Seventh Day Adventists in Australia 24:58 and New Zealand, they have millions of dollars 25:02 turnover and all the profits are ploughed back 25:05 into the medical, education and welfare work of the church 25:08 and they have proved a great benefit to humanity. 25:12 It was while she was here 25:13 that she received many dreams 25:15 and visions in which she had so many things 25:17 revealed to her and this was a result of the visions 25:21 and dreams she had here and in other places. 25:23 She wrote some beautiful books, 25:25 for instance there is "Steps to Christ," 25:28 a little book which is being translated 25:30 into many different languages and thousands of people 25:33 can trace their conversion and to finding Christ 25:36 as a result of reading this little book "Desire of Ages," 25:40 the life story of Jesus Christ, 25:42 one of the best that was ever written 25:44 and this also has led people 25:46 to have knowledge of Jesus Christ. 25:48 "The Great Controversy," which outlines the drama 25:51 of the ages finishing up on the end of this world, 25:54 dramatic scenes, beautifully and graphically described. 25:57 And would you believe that "Ministry of Healing" 26:00 and some others books that she wrote on health matters, 26:02 what did she know about health? 26:03 And yet here are books which contain 26:06 material that even the doctors today have to agree with, 26:09 in fact they've been an advance of many 26:11 of the medical methods that are used today. 26:14 "Education," a girl that only had three grades 26:17 of education telling people how 26:19 children ought to be educated 26:21 and the educational world is just beginning 26:23 to waken up to the fact that here are some principles 26:26 that should be followed in the training of youth today. 26:30 You know some people say 26:31 well, look Ellen G. White is dead, 26:33 how do I know whether she was really 26:35 God's messenger or not? 26:37 I say read her books, just read her books, 26:40 you'll be convinced that 26:41 these messages really come from God. 26:48 You know, I feel that I'm part of this ongoing story. 26:52 You see, I studied at this college for four years 26:55 and at the end of that four years 26:57 the church invited me to go to India as a missionary. 27:02 So, I finished up in India, spent many years there, 27:05 very interesting, enjoyed it immensely 27:07 and so I feel as though I am part of this prophecy. 27:10 I'll tell you something else too. 27:12 In Matthew chapter 7 and in verse 15, 27:15 Jesus Christ in the sermon on the mountain said, 27:18 beware of false prophets, 27:20 now notice he didn't say have nothing to do with prophets, 27:24 no, he said simply beware of false prophets. 27:27 He said by their fruits you will know them. 27:32 I have found by experience that the fruits 27:34 of Ellen G. White's ministry are good. 27:37 While I was at college here, 27:39 I used to go up to the surrounding districts 27:41 and visit some of the people and talk to them 27:43 about the Bible and when they learned 27:45 I came from Avondale College they would say, 27:47 oh! Avondale College, 27:49 some of the older ones that is and they'd say, 27:52 we remember many years ago a little old lady 27:54 about the name of Ellen White used to come out 27:56 and visit us, she was so kind, 27:59 a marvelous Christian. 28:00 I always heard good words about Ellen G. White's 28:05 life here at Avondale, 28:07 by their fruits you shall know them 28:09 and the fruits were good. 28:11 These are just some of the many books 28:14 written by Ellen G. White. 28:16 I can strongly recommend their study for 28:18 their both inspirational and informative. 28:22 Now for our next program, 28:23 we will be visiting the lowest place on Earth, 28:26 the Dead Sea, where the water is so heavy 28:29 you can't possibly sink 28:31 and David will be telling us about the exciting discovery 28:35 in the caves of the Dead Sea at Qumran. |
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