(MUSIC)
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>>FRIENDS, ONE OF THE
AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'LL OFTEN
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FIND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
ISLANDS, LIKE HERE ON FIJI, IS
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THE VAI VAI PLANT. NOW,
IN NORTH AMERICA, IF YOU
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WANT TO BUILD A FENCE YOU'VE GOT
TO GET FENCE POSTS AND THEN YOU
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PUT THE WOODEN FENCE POSTS IN
THE GROUND AND THEN AFTER A FEW
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YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO ROT
AND BREAK OFF, UNLESS THEY'RE
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SPECIALLY TREATED. BUT
HERE, THEY'VE GOT THESE
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TREES - THE VAI VAI TREE - THEY
CAN CUT THEM RIGHT OUT OF THE
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WOODS, THEY'LL TAKE A STICK,
THEY STICK IT IN THE GROUND, AND
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH RAIN
AND PRECIPITATION, IT BEGINS TO
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SPROUT AND TURNS
INTO A LIVING FENCE POST.
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IT MAKES UP ITS MIND THAT IT'S
GOING TO FLOURISH WHEREVER YOU
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STICK IT, WHICH IS A
GOOD LESSON FOR YOU AND ME.
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SO YOU MIGHT WONDER SOMETIMES
IF YOU'VE GOT A PURPOSE IN LIFE.
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YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
GROWING SORT OF SPORADICALLY IN
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EVERY DIRECTION, AND THEN ALONG
COMES THIS PERSON WHO CUTS YOU
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DOWN AND CARRIES YOU OFF, HE
STICKS YOU IN THE GROUND BUT YOU
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LOOK BACK AND YOU
SAY, 'THERE WAS A PLAN.
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THERE WAS A PURPOSE.' GOD KNOWS
HOW TO TEACH US HOW TO PROSPER
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WHERE HE PLANTS US. YOU
MIGHT WONDER WHY THE LORD
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HAS PUT YOU WHERE HE HAS IN
LIFE, BUT YOU CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS
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AND YOU CAN GROW AND YOU CAN
SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE FOR GOD.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GOD SAYS IN
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, 'I KNOW THE
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PLANS THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU
TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE.' GOD HAS A
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PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE, FRIENDS,
AND HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROSPER
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AND GROW WHEREVER
YOU'RE PLANTED. (MUSIC)
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>>AMAZING FACTS, THROUGH
YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT, HAS HAD A
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MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OF THE
LARGEST NON-CHRISTIAN LOCATIONS
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IN THE WORLD. AFCOE GLOBAL
OPENED UP CENTER OF EVANGELISM
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SCHOOLS IN INDIA, THE
UKRAINE, THE UNITED KINGDOM,
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AND EVEN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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>>IT'S PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, IN
THE CHURCH, ON THE DOOR, IN THE
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HOME, DOING BIBLE STUDIES,
WITNESSING TO PEOPLE, WINNING
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THEM TO JESUS, LEADING THEM TO
BAPTISM - IN ENGLAND, IN INDIA,
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IN AFRICA - OR ANYWHERE AROUND
THE WORLD - BUT YOU'RE SEEING
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CHANGE, ON A
PERSONAL LEVEL, TAKE PLACE.
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>>YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR
THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM
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ALL OVER THE GLOBE, OF
LIVES THAT ARE BEING CHANGED AND
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HEARTS THAT ARE BEING
TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF THE
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WORD. AND NONE
OF IT COULD HAPPEN
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WITHOUT THE BLESSING OF
GOD AND OUR PARTNERSHIP - YOUR
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TEAMWORK WITH THIS
MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU. (MUSIC)
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>>YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE IN
THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'RE
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THINKING ABOUT THE FIRST COMING
OF JESUS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
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APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT
SHEPHERDS THAT ARE WATCHING.
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AND, IF YOU'LL TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES, PLEASE, TO THE BOOK OF
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LUKE - LUKE CHAPTER 2 - WE'RE
GOING TO CONSIDER WHAT MAY BE A
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FAMILIAR STORY AND SEE IF THE
LORD'LL HELP US TO FIND SOME NEW
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INSIGHTS AND
APPLY THEM TO OUR LIVES.
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LUKE CHAPTER 2, AND
I'LL START WITH VERSE 8.
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"NOW THERE WERE IN THE SAME
COUNTRY SHEPHERDS LIVING OUT IN
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THE FIELDS, KEEPING WATCH
OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT."
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YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE
JEWS BELIEVED THAT, BECAUSE THE
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PASSOVER HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT,
THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME, IT
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WOULD ALSO BE DURING THE DARKEST
HOUR. AND HERE THE SHEPHERDS ARE
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OUT DURING THE DARKEST HOUR,
WATCHING OVER THEIR FLOCKS.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE A - WHAT DO
THEY CALL IT - A HOLIDAY SPOILER
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- IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TOO
MUCH WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS.
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WE KNOW JESUS CAME
AND THE STORIES ARE TRUE.
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I THINK MOST OF US KNOW THE DATE
IS PROBABLY NOT ACCURATE, AND
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ONE OF THE REASONS WE THINK THAT
JESUS WAS PROBABLY BORN IN THE
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FALL - WELL, THERE'S THREE
BIBLICAL REASONS - ONE BEING THE
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CLIMATE OVER THERE IN ISRAEL
IS VERY MUCH LIKE THE CLIMATE IN
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE OUT
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IN YOUR FIELDS
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
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BUT THEY WERE OUT IN THE FIELDS
WITH THE SHEEP BECAUSE THERE WAS
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SOMETHING TO GRAZE ON
DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR.
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THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THEY WERE
FEEDING THEM, USUALLY STUFF THAT
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HAD BEEN STORED. THERE
WAS VERY LITTLE TO GRAZE.
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THE OTHER THING - IT WOULD BE
VERY UNLIKELY FOR THE - AUGUSTUS
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CAESAR TO TELL EVERYBODY TO
TRAVEL AT THE MOST INCOMMODIOUS
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TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THE CENSUS
TO BE TAKEN - THEY USUALLY DID
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THAT DURING HARVEST SO PEOPLE
COULD GLEAN ALONG THE WAY.
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AND THEN IT ALSO TELLS US IN THE
BIBLE THAT JESUS WAS BAPTIZED
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ABOUT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTHDAY,
WHEN HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD.
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WE KNOW HOW LONG HE MINISTERED
- THREE AND A HALF YEARS, RIGHT?
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AND WE KNOW WHAT TIME OF YEAR
JESUS DIED - PASSOVER, SPRING.
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SO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHEN
HE WAS BORN, YOU JUST COUNT BACK
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THREE AND A HALF
YEARS FROM THE PASSOVER.
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IT PUTS IT IN THE FALL SOMETIME.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS TRUE.
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THE SHEPHERDS WERE OUT IN THEIR
FIELDS WATCHING THEIR FLOCKS -
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AND IT DOESN'T SAY
HOW MANY THERE WERE.
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN THREE, IT
COULD HAVE BEEN SIX - PROBABLY
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NOT A BIG GROUP - BUT, LIKE
DAVID, THEY WERE IN BETHLEHEM.
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DAVID, WHO HAD BEEN WATCHING HIS
FATHER'S FLOCKS YEARS EARLIER -
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AND I SUSPECT ONE OF THEM
MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
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'WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL
WHEN THE MESSIAH COMES?'
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THINKING ABOUT - HERE, THEY HAD
BEEN OPPRESSED BY THE ROMANS.
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD
NOT HAD THEIR OWN KING SINCE
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JEHOIAKIM WAS
TAKEN CAPTIVE IN BABYLON.
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AND THEY'D BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE
BABYLONIANS AND BY THE PERSIANS
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AND BY THE GREEKS AND NOW BY THE
ROMANS, AND THEY'RE WONDERING,
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'WILL WE EVER BE FREE AGAIN?'
AND THE ROMANS HAD BEEN PRETTY
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OPPRESSIVE DURING THIS
TIME. MATTER OF FACT, THEY JUST
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EXPERIENCED THE CENSUS
BECAUSE TAXES WERE GOING UP.
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SO ONE OF THEM WAS THINKING,
'WON'T IT BE NICE WHEN THE
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MESSIAH COMES? HOW LONG
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT?
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HOW LONG HAVE YOUR PEOPLE
BEEN SAYING, 'HE'S COMING SOON.
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HE'S COMING SOON.'' AND MAYBE
ONE OF THE SHEPHERDS SAID, 'OH,
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THEY'VE BEEN
SAYING THAT FOREVER.
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MAYBE HE'LL NEVER COME.' AND
ONE OF THE OLDER ONES SAID, 'NO,
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GOD'S NOT GOING TO BREAK
HIS WORD. HE'S GOING TO COME.'
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AND WHILE THEY'RE TALKING LIKE
THIS, SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
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HAPPENS. "BEHOLD" - VERSE 9 -
LUKE CHAPTER 2, VERSE 9 - "AND
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BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD
STOOD BEFORE THEM, AND THE GLORY
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OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM,
AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID."
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NOW THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS APPEARANCE BECAUSE,
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SOMETIMES WHEN ANGELS APPEAR
THEY APPEAR LIKE NORMAL MEN.
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THEY SHIELDED THEIR GLORY AND
THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE
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ANGELS - EVEN WHEN THE
ANGELS CAME TO THE TOMB,
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AT FIRST THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE MEN.
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BUT THIS ANGEL IS COMING WITH
GREAT NEWS - GREAT - AND THE
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WORD IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE
GET THE WORD 'EVANGELISM' - GOOD
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NEWS - AN EVANGELIST IS SOMEONE
WHO'S SHARING THE GOOD NEWS.
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"THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM,
'DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR BEHOLD, I
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BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT
JOY'" - THAT'S WHAT THE GOSPEL
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IS - GOOD NEWS - "'...OF
GREAT JOY WHICH WILL BE TO ALL
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PEOPLE.'" - GOOD NEWS,
GREAT JOY, ALL PEOPLE. WHY?
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- "'FOR THERE IS BORN TO YOU'" -
FOR YOU - "'THIS DAY IN THE CITY
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OF DAVID'" - BETHLEHEM -
"'A SAVIOR, WHO IS'" - THE
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ANOINTED OF THE LORD.
THAT'S WHAT THE WORD 'CHRIST'
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MEANS - CHRISTOS IS
'THE ANOINTED ONE' -
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"'HAS COME THIS DAY.'" NOW
IT'S ALWAYS JUST SO AMAZING
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TO ME; OF ALL THE PEOPLE JESUS
COULD HAVE PICKED TO MAKE THIS
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PROCLAMATION - ANGELS
ARE SENT TO SHEPHERDS.
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I MEAN, WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT
THEY'D GO TO THE SEMINARY IN
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JERUSALEM? WHY WOULD THEY
GO TO SHEPHERDS AND TELL THEM?
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WELL, I HAVE A THEORY: THE LORD
IS LOOKING FOR THOSE THAT ARE
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LOOKING FOR HIM. AND
THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO
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AND FRO THROUGH THE EARTH TO
REVEAL HIMSELF MIGHTY, ON BEHALF
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OF THOSE WHOSE
HEARTS ARE LOYAL TO HIM.
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GOD WANTS TO BE WANTED - AND
THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIM -
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THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
- ISN'T IT INTERESTING?
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HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO SHEPHERDS
WHO ARE WATCHING THE SHEEP.
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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO WATCH, NOT
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JUST - YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR PASTORS,
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BUT ALL OF US
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
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YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING A STUDY
AND SHEPHERDS ARE FOUND ALL THE
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WAY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION
- SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP - ALL THE
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WAY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW SOMETHING
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ABOUT SHEEP AND SHEPHERDS IF
YOU'RE GOING TO READ YOUR BIBLE,
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BECAUSE THERE'S SCARCELY A
BOOK IN THE BIBLE THAT DOESN'T
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ADDRESS IT IN SOME WAY.
NOW, WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE,
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IN THIS PART OF CALIFORNIA,
WE ACTUALLY WILL RUN INTO - NOT
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LITERALLY, BUT YOU'LL ENCOUNTER
SHEEP EVERY NOW AND THEN.
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SOME OF YOU SEE THAT THE FIELDS,
EVEN HERE IN ROCKLIN, AS YOU'RE
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DRIVING UP THE ROADS, THEY FARM
THEM OUT TO GOATS AND TO SHEEP
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AND IT'S FUN IN THE SPRING WHEN
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE LAMBS
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SCAMPERING ABOUT
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN BORN.
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BUT TO MOST OF US WHO HAVE NOT
TAKEN CARE OF SHEEP - I LIVED ON
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THE NAVAJO RESERVATION FOR ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF AND A LOT OF
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MY NAVAJO FRIENDS WERE
SHEPHERDS. AND I LIKED GOING OUT
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WITH MY UNCLE'S MOTORCYCLE AND
HERDING THE SHEEP, BUT IT LEFT
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THE SHEEP PRETTY FRAZZLED
WHEN YOU DO IT LIKE THAT.
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IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN A MEAN
DOG WHEN YOU'VE GOT A TWO-STROKE
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MOTORCYCLE AND
YOU'RE CHASING SHEEP AROUND.
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SO I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE
MADE A VERY GOOD SHEPHERD, BUT I
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DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S
INVOLVED AND THE DEDICATION AND
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THE TIME AND - I USED TO THINK,
'YOU DO ALL OF THAT FOR A WOOL
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SWEATER AND MUTTON.' I
JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
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BUT EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIVES
CAME FROM THE SHEEP BACK THEN.
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THEY ACTUALLY HAD - THEY HAD
GOATS AMONG THE SHEEP TOO, SO
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THEY HAD THEIR MILK, THEY HAD
THEIR CLOTHES, AND THEIR FOOD.
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YOU KNOW, THE SHEEP, ALSO, WERE
WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO GOD AS A
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SACRIFICE FOR THEIR SINS, WHICH
MADE IT ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT
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BECAUSE THEY GOT TO KNOW THE
SHEEP AND YOU START TO CARE FOR
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THE SHEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU
BECOME EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN A
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CREATURE WHEN YOU TAKE CARE
OF IT EVERY DAY AND IT PROVIDES
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CLOTHES FOR YOU AND YOU NAME IT
AND YOU CALL IT AND IT COMES AND
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IT LOOKS TO YOU FOR PROTECTION
AND THEN SOMEDAY YOU REALIZE
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YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
THE LIFE OF THAT SHEEP, EITHER
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BECAUSE YOU NEED THE FOOD
OR BECAUSE - I REMEMBER WHEN I
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LIVED WITH MY UNCLE, THEY HAD
A COW - I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT
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WAS CALLED - DAISY WILL WORK
- AND MY COUSIN TRACY, WHEN MY
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UNCLE HARRY SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT TO SLAUGHTER DAISY
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NEXT WEEK.' SHE'D BEEN A MILK
COW FOR YEARS AND SHE JUST WAS
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BEYOND BEING A GOOD MILK
COW ANYMORE AND THEY SAID WE'RE
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GOING TO JUST NEED
THE MEAT FOR THE WINTER.
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AND MY COUSIN, SHE
SAID, 'I CAN'T EAT DAISY.
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SHE'S BEEN LIKE PART OF THE
FAMILY.' AND EVEN DAVID - HE
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WOULD LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE TO SAVE THE SHEEP.
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THEN YOU REALIZE YOU'VE SINNED
AND YOU'VE GOT TO - THE ONLY WAY
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TO BE FORGIVEN AND RIGHT WITH
GOD IS YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE ONE OF
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THOSE SHEEP AND YOU BRING IT
TO THE TEMPLE AND YOU LAY YOUR
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HANDS ON IT, YOU CONFESS YOUR
SIN, AND THEN THAT LAMB OR THAT
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SHEEP NEEDS TO BE
KILLED FOR YOUR SIN.
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IT GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT
CONCEPT OF WHAT YOUR SINS COST.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE LAMB
SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
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WORLD, WHEN GOD ESTABLISHED
THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM.
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THAT'S IN REVELATION 13:8 - BUT
ALL THE WAY FROM COVER TO COVER
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IN THE BIBLE THERE'S THIS THEME
OF SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP - MATTER
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OF FACT, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING
- FIRST CREATURE IN THE UNIVERSE
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TO DIE? WHAT WAS THE FIRST
CREATURE TO DIE? IT WAS A SHEEP.
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WHEN GOD ESTABLISHED THE
SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM, THAT LAMB
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DIED TO PROVIDE THE ROBES TO
COVER ADAM AND EVE - MAY HAVE
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BEEN A COUPLE OF
LAMBS. AND WHAT WAS THE
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FIRST PERSON TO DIE? A SHEPHERD.
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THE FIRST CREATURE TO DIE WAS
A SHEEP AND THE FIRST PERSON TO
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DIE WAS A
SHEPHERD, AND THAT WAS ABEL.
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ABEL WAS A KEEPER OF SHEEP AND
KILLED BY HIS OWN BROTHER - A
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SYMBOL OF JESUS WHO IS THE
LAMB OF GOD AND JESUS WHO IS THE
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CHIEF SHEPHERD. THE
FIRST TWO DEATHS IN THE
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BIBLE WERE TYPES OF CHRIST.
ABEL WAS A KEEPER OF SHEEP.
00:13:03.58\00:13:08.18
NOW, DO YOU REMEMBER AFTER
CAIN KILLED ABEL AND GOD SAID,
00:13:08.18\00:13:10.82
'WHERE'S YOUR
BROTHER?'? HOW DID CAIN RESPOND?
00:13:10.82\00:13:15.09
'OH, YOU KNOW, I GET SO TIRED
OF WATCHING MY YOUNGER BROTHER.
00:13:15.09\00:13:19.39
AM I MY BROTHER'S
KEEPER? I KNOW HE'S A SHEPHERD.'
00:13:19.39\00:13:21.80
BASICALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING,
'AM I MY BROTHER'S SHEPHERD?
00:13:21.80\00:13:25.63
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HIMSELF.'
00:13:25.63\00:13:31.64
NOW THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION:
ARE WE OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER?
00:13:31.64\00:13:36.85
YOU KNOW, I DID WORSHIP
LAST NIGHT IN THE FAMILY AND WE
00:13:36.85\00:13:40.25
QUOTED FROM THAT VERSE THERE
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, 'JUDGE NOT
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THAT YOU BE NOT JUDGED.' AND YOU
MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT THE MOST
00:13:43.12\00:13:46.59
QUOTED VERSE IS 'JUDGE NOT THAT
YOU BE NOT JUDGED.' YEAH, A LOT
00:13:46.59\00:13:53.36
OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
VERSE. A LOT OF ATHEISTS
00:13:53.36\00:13:55.33
KNOW THAT VERSE. NOW,
THEY DON'T EVER READ THE
00:13:55.33\00:13:58.77
ONE WHERE JESUS SAID, 'AND
WHEN YOU JUDGE, USE A RIGHTEOUS
00:13:58.77\00:14:02.37
JUDGMENT' - THEY JUST
QUOTE THAT ONE OUT OF CONTEXT.
00:14:02.37\00:14:06.91
BUT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR EACH OTHER?
00:14:06.91\00:14:10.75
OR IS IT EVERY ONE OF US -
'DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, JUST SAVE
00:14:10.75\00:14:14.15
YOURSELF. AND I
WON'T WORRY ABOUT YOU.
00:14:14.15\00:14:16.99
WE'RE ALL ON OUR OWN.
EVERY MAN'S AN ISLAND.' OR DOES
00:14:16.99\00:14:21.46
GOD WANT US TO BE WATCHING
AND CARING ABOUT ONE ANOTHER?
00:14:21.46\00:14:27.40
AM I MY BROTHER'S
KEEPER? SHOULD WE CARE IF
00:14:27.40\00:14:31.80
SOMEONE'S WANDERING?
SHOULD WE CARE IF THE WOLF IS
00:14:31.80\00:14:35.10
GETTING OUR
BROTHER OR OUR SISTER?
00:14:35.10\00:14:39.34
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
ABOUT A LOT OF HEROIC SHEPHERDS
00:14:39.34\00:14:41.58
IN THE BIBLE.
YOU'VE GOT NOT ONLY ABEL,
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BUT ALL THE
PATRIARCHS WERE SHEPHERDS.
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ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, YOU CAN READ
IN GENESIS 13:5, "HAD FLOCKS AND
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HERDS". MATTER OF
FACT, ABRAHAM, BECAUSE
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HE WAS A LITTLE BIT
NOMADIC, IT SAYS HE DIDN'T HAVE
00:14:55.86\00:14:58.23
A PERMANENT DWELLING.
WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF SHEEP
00:14:58.23\00:15:00.33
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP
MOVING THEM WHERE THE GRASS IS.
00:15:00.33\00:15:02.16
AND SO, HERE ABRAHAM,
HE'S GOT A BIG HOUSEHOLD.
00:15:02.16\00:15:05.40
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY CLUE WE GET
TO HOW BIG ABRAHAM'S HOUSEHOLD
00:15:05.40\00:15:08.84
WAS AND HOW MANY SERVANTS HE
HAD, HE HAD HUNDREDS OF SERVANTS
00:15:08.84\00:15:11.67
BECAUSE HE HAD THREE HUNDRED
PEOPLE IN HIS HOUSEHOLD TRAINED
00:15:11.67\00:15:14.24
FOR WAR. HE HAD AN
ARMY - A LITTLE MINI
00:15:14.24\00:15:17.21
ARMY - LIKE SPARTANS - 300 OF
THEM THAT WERE TRAINED FOR WAR.
00:15:17.21\00:15:23.72
SO HE'S GOT OTHER SERVANTS -
HE'S GOT FARMERS AND HE'S GOT
00:15:23.72\00:15:26.59
SHEPHERDS AND ALL THESE SERVANTS
IN HIS HOUSEHOLD, BUT HE LIVED
00:15:26.59\00:15:29.82
IN A TENT.
SHEPHERD, HUMBLE OCCUPATION.
00:15:29.82\00:15:34.20
ISAAC AS WELL - ISAAC WAS EVEN
RICHER THAN ABRAHAM, ACCORDING
00:15:34.20\00:15:36.83
TO THE BIBLE. HE
DID SOME FARMING BUT HE
00:15:36.83\00:15:38.67
ALSO HAD FLOCKS AND HERDS.
JOSEPH, WAS HE A SHEPHERD?
00:15:38.67\00:15:45.57
HE TOOK CARE OF
HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
00:15:45.57\00:15:47.94
AND THEN YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS
37:2, "THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS
00:15:47.94\00:15:51.28
OF JACOB, JOSEPH, BEING 17 YEARS
OLD, WAS FEEDING THE FLOCK WITH
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HIS BRETHREN." AND YOU KNOW WHAT
HIS FATHER SAID? 'I'M WORRIED
00:15:55.65\00:15:59.55
ABOUT YOUR BROTHERS.
YOUR BROTHERS ARE WATCHING THE
00:15:59.55\00:16:01.96
SHEEP, BUT WHO'S WATCHING THEM?
I HAVE MISPLACED YOUR BROTHERS.
00:16:01.96\00:16:06.90
CAN YOU GO LOOKING
FOR YOUR BROTHERS?'
00:16:06.90\00:16:08.96
JOSEPH WAS
WATCHING FOR HIS BROTHERS.
00:16:08.96\00:16:12.13
HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS BROTHERS
AND HOW DID THEY TREAT HIM?
00:16:12.13\00:16:14.47
THEY THREW HIM IN A PIT
AND SOLD HIM AS A SLAVE.
00:16:14.47\00:16:17.77
WAS HE DOING THE RIGHT
THING OR WAS HE MEDDLING?
00:16:17.77\00:16:21.61
HE WAS CARING ABOUT THEM.
JESUS CAME SEEKING HIS OWN AND
00:16:21.61\00:16:25.55
HOW DID THE WORLD TREAT HIM?
LIKE JOSEPH'S BROTHERS TREATED
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HIM. JOSEPH WAS A SHEPHERD.
00:16:28.45\00:16:31.39
MOSES, HERE HE WAS PRIME
MINISTER OF EGYPT, IN LINE TO BE
00:16:31.39\00:16:37.69
THE NEXT PHARAOH, BUT
DID HE TAKE CARE OF SHEEP?
00:16:37.69\00:16:41.83
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IF YOU WANT
00:16:41.83\00:16:44.83
TO SERVE GOD, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S
ANY LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, YOU'VE
00:16:44.83\00:16:48.80
GOT TO FIRST LEARN
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF SHEEP.
00:16:48.80\00:16:51.57
BEFORE MOSES COULD LEAD GOD'S
PEOPLE, HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO
00:16:51.57\00:16:54.31
LEARN HOW TO LEAD YOUR FATHER'S
SHEEP BEFORE YOU CAN LEAD YOUR
00:16:54.31\00:16:57.71
FATHER IN HEAVEN'S SHEEP.'
SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING CARE OF
00:16:57.71\00:17:01.22
SHEEP. NOW, HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER
00:17:01.22\00:17:03.18
SPENT ANY TIME WITH SHEEP?
I'M TRYING TO SAY IT NICELY,
00:17:03.18\00:17:09.66
BUT THEY'RE NOT THE
BRIGHTEST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD.
00:17:09.66\00:17:15.30
IT'S AMAZING THAT DOMESTIC SHEEP
HAVE LIVED THIS LONG - THAT
00:17:15.30\00:17:19.57
THEY'RE NOT EXTINCT. YOU
KNOW, THE DODOS WENT EXTINCT
00:17:19.57\00:17:22.74
BECAUSE THEY JUST
COULDN'T GET AWAY.
00:17:22.74\00:17:25.14
KAREN AND I WERE IN NEW ZEALAND
A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THERE USED
00:17:25.14\00:17:28.94
TO BE A LOT MORE BIRDS IN NEW
ZEALAND BEFORE MAN LANDED THERE,
00:17:28.94\00:17:34.35
BUT WHEN MAN CAME AND WHEN
EUROPEANS CAME, BECAUSE THE
00:17:34.35\00:17:37.29
BIRDS HAD LIVED THERE THOUSANDS
OF YEARS WITHOUT ANY NATURAL
00:17:37.29\00:17:40.22
PREDATORS, A LOT OF THEM
KIND OF LOST THE ABILITY TO FLY.
00:17:40.22\00:17:45.19
AND ONCE THE PREDATORS
CAME, IT WAS A FEAST, AND THEY
00:17:45.19\00:17:47.86
RENDERED A LOT OF BIRDS,
INCLUDING THE BIGGEST BIRD, A
00:17:47.86\00:17:51.00
MOA, EXTINCT. IT'S
AMAZING, IF IT WASN'T
00:17:51.00\00:17:55.74
FOR SHEPHERDS, SHEEP WOULD
BE EXTINCT BECAUSE THEY REALLY
00:17:55.74\00:17:58.97
CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
VERY WELL. THEY HAVE BEEN SO
00:17:58.97\00:18:02.98
INBRED AND DOMESTICATED THAT
THEY'VE JUST GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE
00:18:02.98\00:18:06.35
TAKING CARE OF THEM.
DAVID WAS A SHEPHERD.
00:18:06.35\00:18:11.05
DAVID, IN ORDER - AND MOSES - TO
LEAD GOD'S PEOPLE - JOSEPH LED
00:18:11.05\00:18:15.82
GOD'S PEOPLE - DAVID, TO LEAD
GOD'S PEOPLE - ALL OF THEM WERE
00:18:15.82\00:18:19.03
PREPARED FOR THIS BY DOING
SOMETHING VERY HUMBLE THAT WOULD
00:18:19.03\00:18:22.90
REALLY TEACH THEM PATIENCE.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PATIENCE
00:18:22.90\00:18:26.70
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CARE ABOUT
PEOPLE - AND TAKE CARE OF SHEEP.
00:18:26.70\00:18:30.37
AND, MATTER OF FACT, DAVID, WHEN
THEY WENT TO ANOINT HIM KING, HE
00:18:30.37\00:18:32.94
DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY
SAID, 'OH, HE'S TAKING CARE OF
00:18:32.94\00:18:35.04
THE SHEEP.' THAT IS ONE
OF THE LOWLIEST OCCUPATIONS.
00:18:35.04\00:18:38.98
IT SAYS, 'DAVID RETURNED
FROM SAUL TO FEED HIS FATHER'S
00:18:38.98\00:18:41.78
SHEEP.' NOT ONLY WAS DAVID
CALLED FROM THE SHEEP WHEN HE
00:18:41.78\00:18:44.75
WAS ANOINTED KING, DAVID CAME
FROM THE SHEEP WHEN HE KILLED
00:18:44.75\00:18:47.79
THE GIANT. PREPARATION FOR THESE
00:18:47.79\00:18:50.59
TWO GREAT THINGS - SHEEP.
MAKES YOU KIND OF WANT TO START
00:18:50.59\00:18:55.26
A NEW SIDE
MINISTRY, HUH? NO, NOT REALLY.
00:18:55.26\00:19:02.94
NOTICE THAT JOSEPH, JACOB,
MOSES, DAVID ARE FEEDING THEIR
00:19:02.94\00:19:08.18
FATHERS' SHEEP OR
THEIR FATHER-IN-LAW'S SHEEP.
00:19:08.18\00:19:11.71
NOW, SOME THINGS WE'LL LEARN
ABOUT SHEPHERDS, SHEPHERDS HAVE
00:19:11.71\00:19:14.75
TO BE WATCHFUL BECAUSE THE ONES
WHO WANT TO EAT THE SHEEP ARE
00:19:14.75\00:19:18.85
SNEAKY. PAUL
SAYS, 'WATCH OUT FOR THE
00:19:18.85\00:19:22.79
CHURCH OF GOD BECAUSE I KNOW
AFTER MY DEPARTURE, GRIEVOUS
00:19:22.79\00:19:25.49
WOLVES WILL COME IN, NOT SPARING
THE FLOCK.' JACOB, WHEN HE WAS
00:19:25.49\00:19:31.70
TALKING TO LABAN
YEARS LATER ABOUT HIS YEARS
00:19:31.70\00:19:34.00
AS A SHEPHERD - GENESIS
31, VERSE 38 - HE SAID, "THESE
00:19:34.00\00:19:38.67
TWENTY YEARS I HAVE BEEN WITH
YOU; YOUR EWES AND YOUR FEMALE
00:19:38.67\00:19:41.81
GOATS HAVE NOT MISCARRIED THEIR
YOUNG, AND I HAVE NOT EATEN THE
00:19:41.81\00:19:44.55
RAMS OF YOUR FLOCK. THAT
WHICH WAS TORN BY BEASTS I
00:19:44.55\00:19:47.95
DID NOT BRING TO YOU;
I BORE THE LOSS OF IT.
00:19:47.95\00:19:51.42
YOU REQUIRED IT FROM MY HAND,
WHETHER STOLEN BY DAY OR STOLEN
00:19:51.42\00:19:55.76
BY NIGHT. THERE I WAS! IN
THE DAY THE DROUGHT CONSUMED
00:19:55.76\00:19:59.93
ME," - THE HEAT, HE'S SAYING, OF
THE DAY - THE THIRST OF THE DAY
00:19:59.93\00:20:03.33
- "AND THE FROST BY NIGHT, AND
MY SLEEP DEPARTED FROM MY EYES."
00:20:03.33\00:20:06.90
WHY? BECAUSE SHEPHERDS WERE
00:20:06.90\00:20:08.60
IN THE FIELD AT
NIGHT. IN THE DARKEST HOUR
00:20:08.60\00:20:12.01
THEY WERE WATCHING. NOW
WHY AM I EMPHASIZING THIS?
00:20:12.01\00:20:18.18
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT
IN YOUR LIFE - I DID A SERMON A
00:20:18.18\00:20:21.62
LITTLE WHILE
AGO, ON A BUCKET LIST.
00:20:21.62\00:20:23.35
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
HERE AND YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT
00:20:23.35\00:20:25.55
YOUR OWN LITTLE BUCKET LIST.
YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:20:25.55\00:20:27.96
THINGS YOU WANT TO DO
BEFORE YOU KICK THE BUCKET.
00:20:27.96\00:20:30.29
AND YOU CAN SAY I'D LIKE TO -
YOU KNOW, ON MY BUCKET LIST WAS
00:20:30.29\00:20:33.53
NEW ZEALAND. NOW,
DON'T WORRY, THAT WASN'T
00:20:33.53\00:20:35.66
THE LAST THING ON MY LIST SO
I'M GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR A
00:20:35.66\00:20:37.97
LITTLE WHILE, BUT I ALWAYS
WANTED TO GO TO NEW ZEALAND - I
00:20:37.97\00:20:40.57
WANTED TO GO TO FIJI SO I
CAN TICK THAT OFF THE LIST NOW.
00:20:40.57\00:20:43.91
I'VE GOT A LONG LIST BUT, YOU
KNOW, WHAT OUGHT TO BE NUMBER
00:20:43.91\00:20:47.58
ONE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST IS
'I DON'T WANT TO DIE WITHOUT
00:20:47.58\00:20:50.15
KNOWING THE LORD FIRST.' >>AMEN.
00:20:50.15\00:20:52.15
>>MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THE LORD.
00:20:52.15\00:20:54.38
JESUS WILL DECLARE TO THE LOST,
'I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW YOU.'
00:20:54.38\00:20:57.35
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 17, 'THIS
IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT THEY MIGHT
00:20:57.35\00:21:00.32
KNOW THEE.' AND SO, THE REASON
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS
00:21:00.32\00:21:04.59
BECAUSE THE ANGELS
REVEAL TO THE SHEPHERDS, CHRIST.
00:21:04.59\00:21:12.77
THE ANGELS BRING A MESSAGE TO
THE SHEPHERDS, - I'VE GOT GOOD
00:21:12.77\00:21:15.44
NEWS 'WE ARE GOING TO
UNVEIL FOR YOU THE MESSIAH.
00:21:15.44\00:21:21.31
YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO SEE THE
MESSIAH.' NOT IN A BAD CONTEXT,
00:21:21.31\00:21:25.71
OF HIS COMING AS THE WRATH
OF THE LAMB - YOU KNOW, FOR THE
00:21:25.71\00:21:29.12
LOST HE'S COMING AS
THE WRATH OF THE LAMB.
00:21:29.12\00:21:30.59
ISN'T THAT INCONGRUOUS? YOU
EVER BEEN ATTACKED BY A LAMB?
00:21:30.59\00:21:34.32
YOU'VE GOT TO GET A LAMB REALLY
MAD FOR HIM TO BE DANGEROUS.
00:21:34.32\00:21:40.26
BUT THE CONTEXT FOR
THE SHEPHERDS IS GREAT JOY.
00:21:40.26\00:21:44.57
SO WHAT WERE THEY DOING
WHEN THEY HAD THAT REVELATION?
00:21:44.57\00:21:48.90
THEY WERE WATCHING THE
SHEEP THROUGH THE DARK.
00:21:48.90\00:21:53.54
THEY WERE WATCHING THE SHEEP AND
THE LORD REVEALED TO THEM HIS
00:21:53.54\00:21:58.61
LAMB. SHEPHERDS ARE WATCHFUL.
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, WHEN HE
00:21:58.61\00:22:05.02
CAME THE FIRST TIME THEY
WERE WATCHING AND HE REVEALED
00:22:05.02\00:22:09.16
HIMSELF TO THEM.
WHO'S GOING TO BE READY
00:22:09.16\00:22:11.66
FOR THE SECOND REVELATION?
THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.
00:22:11.66\00:22:16.50
HAVE YOU READ, IN MARK 13, WHEN
JESUS GIVES THE SIGNS OF THE
00:22:16.50\00:22:18.80
SECOND COMING, HE ENDS
THAT CHAPTER BY SAYING, 'WATCH,
00:22:18.80\00:22:23.61
WATCH, WATCH, WATCH.' WHY DO
YOU THINK HE EMPHASIZES THAT SO
00:22:23.61\00:22:28.21
MUCH? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING
00:22:28.21\00:22:30.58
TO FORGET TO WATCH.
THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME
00:22:30.58\00:22:32.81
PREOCCUPIED WITH THE HORIZONTAL
LIFE AND THEY'RE GOING TO FORGET
00:22:32.81\00:22:35.48
ABOUT THE LIFE THAT LASTS
FOREVER IS THE VERTICAL ONE.
00:22:35.48\00:22:38.59
AND IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING FOR
THE LAMB, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS
00:22:38.59\00:22:41.12
IT. HOW SAD THAT WOULD BE.
AND YET, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT
00:22:41.12\00:22:46.13
WEEK THAT WERE IN JERUSALEM AND
IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND THEY WERE
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.80
TEACHING THE SCRIPTURES AND THE
ANGELS DID NOT APPEAR TO THEM.
00:22:49.80\00:22:54.07
IT HAD BECOME A
ROUTINE AND THEY MISSED IT.
00:22:54.07\00:22:57.74
BUT THESE - GOD
USES HUMBLE MEANS.
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.91
HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO LEPERS
THAT ARE STARVING, TO OUTCAST
00:23:00.91\00:23:05.88
PROSTITUTES, TO DIRTY SHEPHERDS
OUT IN THE DARK IN THE FIELDS.
00:23:05.88\00:23:13.69
GOD LOVES HUMBLE METHODS.
SOMETHING ELSE I THOUGHT WAS
00:23:13.69\00:23:18.36
INTERESTING: THE LORD REVEALS -
AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
00:23:18.36\00:23:21.50
MOST IMPORTANT -
THIS GOT ME EXCITED.
00:23:21.50\00:23:23.60
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS
- THE LORD REVEALED HIMSELF TO
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.74
PEOPLE THAT WERE
BUSY DOING SOMETHING.
00:23:26.74\00:23:29.74
GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO DOERS.
WHEN HE CALLED PETER, JAMES,
00:23:29.74\00:23:35.44
JOHN, AND ANDREW, WHAT WERE THEY
DOING? THEY WERE FISHING AND
00:23:35.44\00:23:40.25
FIXING THEIR NETS - THEY
WERE BUSY. WHEN THE LORD SENT AN
00:23:40.25\00:23:44.39
ANGEL TO GIDEON, WHAT WAS GIDEON
DOING? HE WAS THRESHING WHEAT.
00:23:44.39\00:23:50.99
WHAT WAS ELISHA DOING WHEN
HE WAS CALLED BY GOD WHEN ELIJAH
00:23:50.99\00:23:55.06
CAME? HE WAS OUT
PLOWING IN THE FIELD.
00:23:55.06\00:23:58.50
WHETHER YOU'RE AMOS, THAT IS
TAKING CARE OF SYCAMORE FOOD -
00:23:58.50\00:24:02.54
WHEN MOSES SAW THE
BURNING BUSH, WHAT WAS HE DOING?
00:24:02.54\00:24:06.47
WASN'T HE TAKING CARE
OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP?
00:24:06.47\00:24:09.91
AND SO, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING -
IT MAY BE SOMETHING HUMBLE - IT
00:24:09.91\00:24:13.85
MIGHT BE JUST LIKE THRESHING
WHEAT, BAKING BREAD, FIXING
00:24:13.85\00:24:17.52
A NET, TAKING CARE OF SHEEP -
WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE - IF
00:24:17.52\00:24:22.16
YOU'RE DOING YOUR WORK
FAITHFULLY - IF YOU'RE BUSY
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.89
DOING WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU,
HE MAY GIVE YOU SOMETHING REALLY
00:24:25.89\00:24:28.80
EXCITING TO DO. THEY
WERE FAITHFULLY TAKING CARE
00:24:28.80\00:24:31.53
OF THE LITTLE THINGS AND
GOD SAID, 'I'VE GOT THE MOST
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.30
IMPORTANT MESSAGE IN THE WORLD
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU,
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.64
THAT GOD HAS COME TO
EARTH.' HE CHOSE SHEPHERDS.
00:24:35.64\00:24:41.11
SHEPHERDS WERE SORT OF THE
OUTCASTS - THEY WERE PRETTY LOW
00:24:41.11\00:24:46.78
DOWN ON THE SCALE. BUT
SOMETHING ABOUT SHEPHERDS,
00:24:46.78\00:24:49.62
THEY'RE SACRIFICIAL. SHEPHERDS
ARE TYPICALLY SACRIFICIAL.
00:24:49.62\00:24:54.19
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 10 - MATTER
OF FACT, I'M GOING TO READ THAT
00:24:54.19\00:24:57.19
WITH YOU - JOHN 10 - WE'LL START
WITH VERSE 11 - THIS WAS COMING
00:24:57.19\00:25:03.26
FROM OUR MEMORY VERSE,
"I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD."
00:25:03.26\00:25:06.87
- WHY DOES HE
SAY 'GOOD SHEPHERD'?
00:25:06.87\00:25:08.90
BECAUSE SOME AREN'T GOOD - WE'LL
GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE - "THE
00:25:08.90\00:25:12.47
GOOD SHEPHERD GIVES
HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP."
00:25:12.47\00:25:14.91
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
FRIENDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
00:25:14.91\00:25:19.35
WOULD OCCASION ME
WANTING TO DIE FOR A SHEEP.
00:25:19.35\00:25:22.95
I MEAN, IF I WAS GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF SHEEP, I'D SAY, 'THIS IS
00:25:22.95\00:25:25.45
MY JOB. I'LL TAKE CARE OF SHEEP.
00:25:25.45\00:25:26.86
AND, YOU KNOW, IF A WOLF
CAME, I'D TRY AND CHASE IT OFF.
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.72
BUT IF I THOUGHT MY LIFE
WAS ON THE LINE, I'D PROBABLY BE
00:25:29.72\00:25:33.16
THINKING, 'LIVE - ME LIVE -
SHEEP LIVE - ME DIE - SHEEP DIE'
00:25:33.16\00:25:40.84
- I'D SAY 'SHEEP DIE - ME LIVE.'
(LAUGHTER) HOW - WOULDN'T YOU?
00:25:40.84\00:25:44.44
>>YES. >>BUT JESUS SAID THE GOOD
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.51
SHEPHERD GIVES HIS
LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.
00:25:47.51\00:25:48.94
IS HE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC
ANIMALS NOW OR IS HE TALKING
00:25:48.94\00:25:51.41
ABOUT GOD'S LAMBS?
JESUS, HE DIDN'T DIE TO SAVE
00:25:51.41\00:25:56.69
DOMESTIC CRITTERS, HE
DIED TO SAVE YOU AND ME.
00:25:56.69\00:26:00.92
'THE GOOD SHEPHERD GIVES
HIS LIFE.' BUT THEN, IS THERE A
00:26:00.92\00:26:03.16
STORY IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEBODY
WHO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO
00:26:03.16\00:26:06.76
SAVE SHEEP? YOU
KNOW, I READ THIS - THE
00:26:06.76\00:26:10.53
STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH - AND
WHEN DAVID MAKES HIS APPEAL FOR
00:26:10.53\00:26:13.07
KING SAUL HE SAYS, 'DON'T
BE FRIGHTENED ABOUT SENDING
00:26:13.07\00:26:16.37
ME TO FIGHT THE GIANT. I
KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I'M
00:26:16.37\00:26:19.34
MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT LET ME
TELL YOU A COUPLE OF STORIES.
00:26:19.34\00:26:22.71
I WAS TAKING CARE OF MY FATHER'S
SHEEP AND I TAKE THE JOB VERY
00:26:22.71\00:26:27.72
SERIOUSLY. I LOVE THESE SHEEP.
I WATCH OUT FOR THEM - AND WHEN
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.95
A BEAR CAME, I ROSE UP AND
I KILLED THE BEAR.' I MAY HAVE
00:26:31.95\00:26:38.53
TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE BUT
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
00:26:38.53\00:26:40.83
THIS IS A FAIRY TALE. I
READ ABOUT A MAN IN CANADA
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.50
THAT WAS OUT
WALKING WITH HIS DOG.
00:26:43.50\00:26:46.33
HE HAD A LITTLE USELESS DOG
- ONE OF THESE LITTLE, LITTLE
00:26:46.33\00:26:48.40
DOGS, SO THE DOG WASN'T ANY
HELP, BUT HE CROSSED OVER - WHEN
00:26:48.40\00:26:51.97
I SAY 'USELESS' IT WASN'T LIKE
A BIG BEAR DOG, IT WAS ONE OF
00:26:51.97\00:26:53.98
THESE LITTLE, YOU KNOW - YEAH,
IT'S A DOG, YOU KNOW, FASHION
00:26:53.98\00:26:59.55
STATEMENT - BUT HE'S OUT WALKING
IN THE WOODS THERE IN CANADA
00:26:59.55\00:27:02.48
WITH HIS DOG AND HE SOMEHOW GOT
BETWEEN A MOTHER BLACK BEAR AND
00:27:02.48\00:27:07.32
HER CUB AND SHE ATTACKED THE MAN
AND BEGAN TO MAUL HIM AND CUT UP
00:27:07.32\00:27:13.16
HIS ARM AND SCRATCHED HIM AND
HE WRESTLED FREE AND SHE LOOKED
00:27:13.16\00:27:17.50
LIKE SHE WAS GETTING READY TO
MAKE ANOTHER LUNGE FOR HIM AND
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.57
HE LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAW THAT
THERE WAS A BROKEN LIMB FROM,
00:27:19.57\00:27:22.80
LIKE, THIS FIR TREE, ABOUT FIVE
FEET LONG - DOWN BY HIS FEET -
00:27:22.80\00:27:26.41
ABOUT AS THICK
AS HIS ARM, HE SAID.
00:27:26.41\00:27:28.81
HE PICKED IT UP AND WHEN
THE BEAR CAME TOWARDS HIM, HE
00:27:28.81\00:27:31.35
CLOBBERED IT OVER THE HEAD AND
THE BEAR SHOOK - HE COULD SEE IT
00:27:31.35\00:27:35.38
STUNNED THE BEAR AND HE THOUGHT,
'I GOT ITS ATTENTION, I'M NOT
00:27:35.38\00:27:39.15
GOING TO STOP.' AND
HE KEPT CLUBBING THE BEAR
00:27:39.15\00:27:42.52
AND FINALLY IT
WENT DOWN AND IT DIED.
00:27:42.52\00:27:47.36
I KNOW, YOU'RE
FEELING SORRY FOR THE BEAR.
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.10
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT STORY
BECAUSE IT JUST PROVED TO ME -
00:27:49.10\00:27:54.30
CAN A MAN KILL A
BEAR WITHOUT A RIFLE.
00:27:54.30\00:28:00.11
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO TEST THAT
BUT, EVIDENTLY, IT CAN BE DONE.
00:28:00.11\00:28:04.25
BUT DAVID, WHEN A BEAR CAME, YOU
KNOW, I KNOW I HOVER A LOT ON
00:28:04.25\00:28:08.48
THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S PERSONAL
- LIVING UP IN THE HILLS - NEVER
00:28:08.48\00:28:14.66
HAD SHEEP UP
THERE BUT WE HAD GOATS.
00:28:14.66\00:28:17.89
AND I REMEMBER, ONE DAY,
WE HAD A GOAT NAMED 'LIBBY'.
00:28:17.89\00:28:21.10
SHE HAD A KID AND
SHE WAS A MILK GOAT.
00:28:21.10\00:28:25.57
AND ONE DAY THE
KID JUST DISAPPEARED.
00:28:25.57\00:28:28.24
AND I HAD SUSPICIONS - I WASN'T
SURE - I THOUGHT A MOUNTAIN LION
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.77
GOT IT. AND
ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS
00:28:30.77\00:28:35.38
LATER, WOKE UP IN THE HOUSE
AND ALL I HEARD WAS THIS THUD
00:28:35.38\00:28:41.05
AND THE WHOLE HOUSE
SHOOK - LITERALLY - THE
00:28:41.05\00:28:43.32
WHOLE HOUSE
SHOOK. IT SHOOK ME AWAKE.
00:28:43.32\00:28:45.59
AND THEN I HEARD LIBBY (MAKES
CRYING NOISES) I THOUGHT, 'OH
00:28:45.59\00:28:50.93
THIS IS - I NEVER HEARD HER DO
THAT BEFORE.' AND RIGHT AWAY I
00:28:50.93\00:28:53.86
THOUGHT, 'MOUNTAIN LIONS GOT
HER.' AND I COULD HEAR HER - IT
00:28:53.86\00:28:57.70
WAS GETTING FURTHER
AWAY AND SHE WAS SCREAMING.
00:28:57.70\00:29:01.14
ALL I HAD WAS A 0.22 AND I FOUND
OUT IT WAS A BEAR - GOT HER, AND
00:29:01.14\00:29:06.61
WAS DRAGGING HER UP THE HILL.
AND THE 0.22 WAS OUT IN THE
00:29:06.61\00:29:10.01
TRUCK. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS
19 YEARS OLD. I GREW UP IN NEW
00:29:10.01\00:29:15.22
YORK CITY. THE IDEA OF GOING
OUT IN THE DARK - NO LIGHTS OUT
00:29:15.22\00:29:21.06
THERE - GETTING A 0.22 AND
SHOOTING OFF IN THE DARK TO TRY
00:29:21.06\00:29:27.03
AND SAVE THE GOAT - I THOUGHT IF
I HIT HIM IT'D JUST MAKE HIM MAD
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.97
- YOU KNOW, WITH A 0.22?
I WASN'T A VERY GOOD DAVID,
00:29:30.97\00:29:35.64
I JUST NEED TO TELL
YOU. LIBBY WAS GONE.
00:29:35.64\00:29:40.64
IT'S A TRUE STORY AND, I'LL TELL
YOU, IT MADE US REALLY NERVOUS
00:29:40.64\00:29:44.71
FROM THEN ON, WHEN WE WENT
OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE HAD KIDS AND
00:29:44.71\00:29:49.52
THAT BEAR COULD
CARRY OFF AN 80-POUND GOAT.
00:29:49.52\00:29:53.82
FINALLY GOT THE BEAR LATER,
IN THE DAYTIME - BIGGER GUN.
00:29:53.82\00:29:58.83
BUT I READ ABOUT DAVID AND
THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME PAUSE.
00:29:58.83\00:30:05.13
AND THEN HE SAYS, 'A LION CAME.'
I DON'T HAVE A STORY FOR THAT.
00:30:05.13\00:30:10.01
(LAUGHTER) A LION CAME -
WE DO HAVE LIONS UP THERE.
00:30:10.01\00:30:15.84
I TELL YOU - AND HE WENT AND HE
SAID HE TOOK IT BY THE BEARD AND
00:30:15.84\00:30:19.35
KILLED IT. A GOOD
SHEPHERD IS SACRIFICIAL -
00:30:19.35\00:30:23.92
WILL LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.
00:30:23.92\00:30:25.39
WHO DOES JESUS
REVEAL HIMSELF TO?
00:30:25.39\00:30:28.22
THOSE THAT REALIZE
THE VALUE OF SHEEP.
00:30:28.22\00:30:34.00
HOW MUCH DOES THE
LORD VALUE PEOPLE?
00:30:34.00\00:30:36.83
THE GREATEST PRICE EVER PAID
FOR ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE WAS
00:30:36.83\00:30:39.93
PAID FOR PEOPLE.
- GOD GAVE HIS SON.
00:30:39.93\00:30:42.64
SO SHOULD WE WATCH OUT
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
00:30:42.64\00:30:46.41
SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE PERISHING AROUND US?
00:30:46.41\00:30:51.28
SHEPHERDS ARE WATCHING.
IT'S A HUMBLE OCCUPATION.
00:30:51.28\00:30:56.25
WE SHOULD BE HUMBLE. THE BIBLE
SAYS THE LORD CONSIDERS THE
00:30:56.25\00:31:00.19
LOWLY. YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS
46 THAT JOSEPH SAID TO THE
00:31:00.19\00:31:06.66
PHARAOH, 'EVERY SHEPHERD IS AN
ABOMINATION TO THE EGYPTIANS.'
00:31:06.66\00:31:10.03
BECAUSE IT'S A HUMBLE
OCCUPATION. ON THE CASTE OF
00:31:10.03\00:31:13.07
VALUE, IT WAS DOWN ON THE
BOTTOM. NOW THERE ARE GOOD
00:31:13.07\00:31:17.77
SHEPHERDS, BUT NOT
EVERY SHEPHERD WAS GOOD.
00:31:17.77\00:31:21.41
SOME SHEPHERDS ARE BAD.
00:31:21.41\00:31:25.48
JEREMIAH 23, 'WOE TO THE
SHEPHERDS WHO DESTROY AND
00:31:25.48\00:31:28.28
SCATTER THE SHEEP OF MY
PASTURE.' JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE
00:31:28.28\00:31:31.99
HIRELING THAT THEY
SEE DANGER AND THEY RUN.
00:31:31.99\00:31:36.66
EZEKIEL 34:7 AND JOHN 10
TALK ABOUT YOU'VE GOT THE GOOD
00:31:36.66\00:31:41.00
SHEPHERDS AND YOU'VE GOT THE BAD
SHEPHERDS AND THE LORD WANTS US
00:31:41.00\00:31:44.60
TO BE THE RIGHT
KIND OF SHEPHERD.
00:31:44.60\00:31:46.57
JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.' THE GOOD SHEPHERD
00:31:46.57\00:31:50.07
WILL SOMETIMES
DISCIPLINE THE SHEEP.
00:31:50.07\00:31:52.94
DOES THE LORD DISCIPLINE US?
ISAIAH 53, VERSE 6, "ALL WE LIKE
00:31:52.94\00:31:58.08
SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE HAVE
TURNED, EVERY ONE, TO HIS OWN
00:31:58.08\00:32:01.82
WAY" - YOU KNOW, THE
LORD OWNS US BY BIRTH AND HE
00:32:01.82\00:32:05.75
OWNS US BY REDEMPTION. I
SAW A PICTURE ONLINE, OF A
00:32:05.75\00:32:10.43
SHEEP IN NEW ZEALAND
THAT WAS NAMED SHREK.
00:32:10.43\00:32:16.16
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) THIS SHEEP
- IT WAS A RAM - HAD THE UNCANNY
00:32:16.16\00:32:24.61
ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
SHEARING SEASON WAS AND HE WOULD
00:32:24.61\00:32:27.54
RUN AND HE FOUND
A CAVE TO HIDE IN.
00:32:27.54\00:32:29.68
HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO
HIDE. WHEN SHEARING WAS OVER,
00:32:29.68\00:32:32.41
HE'D COME OUT AGAIN.
THEY'D SAY, 'WE'LL GET HIM NEXT
00:32:32.41\00:32:34.05
TIME.' AND HE RAN - FOR SEVEN
YEARS HE DID NOT GET SHEARED.
00:32:34.05\00:32:39.95
I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE NORTH END OF THAT SHEEP.
00:32:39.95\00:32:42.06
I WOULDN'T WANT TO - BUT DON'T
YOU THINK THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
00:32:42.06\00:32:49.86
ROUGH ON HIM? 60
POUNDS OF WOOL HE WAS
00:32:49.86\00:32:56.40
CARRYING AROUND ON HIM.
YEAH, SHEPHERDS WILL DISCIPLINE
00:32:56.40\00:33:03.01
THEIR SHEEP - AFFLICTION,
SOMEONE SAID, WAS GOD'S SHEPHERD
00:33:03.01\00:33:06.11
DOG TO DRIVE US
BACK TO THE FOLD.
00:33:06.11\00:33:08.55
SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS US TO
GO THROUGH HARD TIMES BECAUSE HE
00:33:08.55\00:33:12.39
LOVES US. THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD'LL
00:33:12.39\00:33:14.66
CHASTEN ALL OF HIS CHILDREN.
A GOOD SHEPHERD LEADS THE SHEEP,
00:33:14.66\00:33:20.66
HE DOES NOT DRIVE THE SHEEP.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
00:33:20.66\00:33:24.77
ENCOURAGING THE SHEEP
AND DRIVING THE SHEEP.
00:33:24.77\00:33:27.70
YOU CAN REMEMBER, IN THE BIBLE,
IN GENESIS, WHEN JACOB WAS
00:33:27.70\00:33:30.41
LEADING THE FLOCK - HE HAD HIS
FAMILY AND HE HAD HIS FLOCKS AND
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.14
ESAU SAID, 'COME ON, WE'LL BRING
YOU ON INTO THE LAND.' HE SAID,
00:33:33.14\00:33:36.28
'NO, YOU GUYS ARE WITH SOLDIERS.
YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE US.'
00:33:36.28\00:33:38.71
THAT CAN KILL THE SHEEP.
GENESIS 33:13, HE SAID, "MY LORD
00:33:38.71\00:33:43.89
KNOWETH THAT THE CHILDREN ARE
TENDER, AND THE FLOCKS AND HERDS
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.99
WITH YOUNG ARE WITH ME:
AND IF THE MEN SHOULD OVERDRIVE
00:33:46.99\00:33:50.56
THEM ONE DAY, ALL THE FLOCK WILL
DIE." I TOLD YOU, THEY'RE KIND
00:33:50.56\00:33:54.46
OF - EVEN COWS - IN AMERICA,
THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE BREED OF
00:33:54.46\00:34:00.14
COWS IN AMERICA BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN WEST WAS SO ROUGH THEY
00:34:00.14\00:34:03.51
HAD TO FIND A BREED THAT COULD
SURVIVE. AND THAT'S HOW THEY
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.67
ENDED UP WITH LONGHORNS.
THEY FOUND THAT THEY COULD
00:34:05.67\00:34:07.84
ENDURE THE LONG CATTLE
DRIVES WITHOUT DYING OFF.
00:34:07.84\00:34:11.91
BUT SHEEP, THEY'RE BRED FOR
THEIR WOOL AND THEY'RE BRED FOR
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.42
THEIR MEAT. THEY'RE
NOT BRED TO BE TOUGH.
00:34:14.42\00:34:17.15
AND SO, A SHEPHERD NEEDS TO
LEAD THEM AND NEEDS TO LEAD THEM
00:34:17.15\00:34:20.29
GENTLY. SO
WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING,
00:34:20.29\00:34:23.73
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE GENTLY. I
HEARD ABOUT A TOURIST THAT WAS
00:34:23.73\00:34:26.80
IN ISRAEL AND HE SAW A SHEPHERD
DRIVING HIS FLOCK FROM BEHIND.
00:34:26.80\00:34:30.67
AND HE SAID, 'WHY ARE
YOU DRIVING THESE SHEEP?'
00:34:30.67\00:34:32.70
HE SAID, 'I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD
THAT IN THE EAST THE SHEPHERD
00:34:32.70\00:34:35.24
LEADS THE SHEEP.' AND THE MAN
SAID, 'THAT'S TRUE, THE SHEPHERD
00:34:35.24\00:34:38.81
DOES LEAD HIS SHEEP.' HE
SAID, 'I'M NOT A SHEPHERD, I'M A
00:34:38.81\00:34:41.34
BUTCHER.' (LAUGHTER) AND
THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THE WAY SOME
00:34:41.34\00:34:48.75
CONGREGATIONS ARE LED -
IT'S MORE LIKE THEY'RE DRIVEN.
00:34:48.75\00:34:53.42
THE BUTCHER'S THINKING MORE
ABOUT HIMSELF THAN THE SHEEP.
00:34:53.42\00:34:57.33
SHEEP WILL FOLLOW
THE SHEPHERD'S VOICE.
00:34:57.33\00:35:00.20
JESUS SAID, 'JOHN CHAPTER
10, VERSE 27, "MY SHEEP HEAR MY
00:35:00.20\00:35:04.27
VOICE, AND I KNOW
THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME."
00:35:04.27\00:35:07.97
I READ ABOUT THIS MAN - HE WAS
IN SYRIA - AND HE SAW ALL THESE
00:35:07.97\00:35:12.34
SHEPHERDS - YEARS AGO - AND THEY
ALL CAME TOGETHER AND THEY ALL
00:35:12.34\00:35:14.64
HAD, YOU KNOW, 50, 100
SHEEP. THEY ALL CAME TO THE SAME
00:35:14.64\00:35:17.45
WATERING HOLE AND ALL THE
SHEEP GOT TOTALLY CO-MINGLED,
00:35:17.45\00:35:20.72
WATERING, AND THE
SHEPHERDS HAD THEIR
00:35:20.72\00:35:23.62
LUNCH TOGETHER AND WHEN LUNCH
WAS OVER AND THEY REALIZED IT
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.89
WAS TIME TO TAKE THE SHEEP BACK
TO PASTURE, THEY ALL GOT UP AND
00:35:25.89\00:35:28.59
THEY ALL WALKED IN THREE
SEPARATE DIRECTIONS AND THEY ALL
00:35:28.59\00:35:30.69
SAID THE SAME THING, IN SYRIAN,
"FOLLOW ME, FOLLOW ME, FOLLOW
00:35:30.69\00:35:35.20
ME' - THEY SAID IT IN A
SING-SONG WHIMSICAL WAY, AND
00:35:35.20\00:35:39.70
SOMEHOW, THE SHEEP ALL
KNEW WHICH SHEPHERD TO FOLLOW.
00:35:39.70\00:35:43.47
AND HE SAID NONE OF THE
SHEPHERDS STOPPED TO COUNT TO
00:35:43.47\00:35:46.04
SEE IF THEIR SHEEP
WERE STILL WITH THEM.
00:35:46.04\00:35:49.74
THEY ALL KNEW THEIR SHEPHERD'S
VOICE AND THEY ALL DISENTANGLED
00:35:49.74\00:35:53.28
THEMSELVES AND
FOLLOWED THEIR SHEPHERD.
00:35:53.28\00:35:56.02
THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE SHEPHERDS
OUT THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF
00:35:56.02\00:35:57.82
DIFFERENT VOICES. IF
YOU'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT -
00:35:57.82\00:36:00.19
JOHN SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
TEACH YOU AND YOU'LL KNOW WHEN
00:36:00.19\00:36:03.53
IT'S THE VOICE OF YOUR SHEPHERD.
'MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE.' AND,
00:36:03.53\00:36:08.76
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
SHEEP THAT THE LORD HAS THAT
00:36:08.76\00:36:10.77
ARE IN OTHER FOLDS. HE
SAYS, 'BEFORE I COME, THEY'RE
00:36:10.77\00:36:12.73
GOING TO HEAR MY VOICE AND
THERE'LL BE ONE FOLD AND ONE
00:36:12.73\00:36:14.40
SHEPHERD.' AND HERE'S THE
IMPORTANT PART: SHEPHERDS ARE
00:36:14.40\00:36:19.77
NOT ONLY WATCHING,
THEY'RE FEEDING SHEEP.
00:36:19.77\00:36:23.78
SHEEP, SOMETIMES, DON'T EAT THE
RIGHT THING OR THEY DON'T HAVE
00:36:23.78\00:36:26.45
ENOUGH FOOD.
JEREMIAH 23, GOD SAID, 'I WILL
00:36:26.45\00:36:29.52
SET UP SHEPHERDS OVER THEM THAT
WILL FEED THEM.' JOHN 21:15 -
00:36:29.52\00:36:35.26
YOU KNOW, PETER -
THREE TIMES DENIED JESUS.
00:36:35.26\00:36:37.66
AND AFTER THE RESURRECTION,
JESUS ASKED HIM THREE TIMES,
00:36:37.66\00:36:40.33
'PETER, DO YOU LOVE ME?'
PETER SAID, 'LORD, I LOVE YOU.'
00:36:40.33\00:36:43.77
YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS
SAID? 'FEED MY SHEEP.'
00:36:43.77\00:36:46.47
'PETER DO YOU LOVE ME?'
'LORD, I LOVE YOU.' 'FEED MY
00:36:46.47\00:36:50.34
SHEEP.' THIRD TIME HE
SAYS, 'PETER, DO YOU LOVE ME?'
00:36:50.34\00:36:52.91
HE'S A LITTLE EXASPERATED -
HE SAID, 'LORD, YOU KNOW ALL
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.31
THINGS. YOU KNOW
I LOVE YOU.' - THE
00:36:55.31\00:36:57.18
OTHER DISCIPLES ARE LISTENING
- HE SAID, 'FEED MY LAMBS.' TWO
00:36:57.18\00:37:01.02
TIMES HE SAID 'FEED MY SHEEP'
AND ONE TIME HE SAID, 'FEED
00:37:01.02\00:37:02.98
MY LAMBS.' WHICH
WOULD BE THE YOUNG.
00:37:02.98\00:37:05.72
AND SO, WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO
PETER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY
00:37:05.72\00:37:08.06
TO SHOW YOUR LOVE?
TAKE CARE OF THE SHEEP.
00:37:08.06\00:37:13.13
NOW, I'M PRAYING THE LORD
CONTINUES TO BLESS GRANITE BAY.
00:37:13.13\00:37:16.80
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR A WHILE KNOW THAT EIGHT
00:37:16.80\00:37:19.63
YEARS AGO WE STARTED WITH A
DOZEN PEOPLE AND, OBVIOUSLY, GOD
00:37:19.63\00:37:23.20
HAS BLESSED. MOVED
INTO THIS BUILDING LESS
00:37:23.20\00:37:25.67
THAN A YEAR AGO WITH 300
- LOOKS LIKE 6 OR 7 TODAY.
00:37:25.67\00:37:31.85
WE FOUND OUT THAT IF YOU HAVE
MUSIC AND FOOD, ATTENDANCE GROWS
00:37:31.85\00:37:34.38
- THAT'S BEEN OUR STRATEGY
(LAUGHTER) FEED THE SHEEP AND
00:37:34.38\00:37:37.15
THEY'LL COME. AMEN? BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:37:37.15\00:37:45.43
NOTHING HURTS A PASTOR MORE THAN
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 'DID YOU HEAR
00:37:45.43\00:37:50.33
THAT SO AND SO WAS SICK?'
OR 'SO AND SO HASN'T BEEN IN
00:37:50.33\00:37:52.83
CHURCH.' - AND
NOBODY WENT TO SEE THEM.
00:37:52.83\00:37:57.11
AND I'VE JUST GOT TO LET YOU
KNOW, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW,
00:37:57.11\00:37:59.51
THE PASTORS ARE NOT OMNISCIENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO TELL US.
00:37:59.51\00:38:05.48
THAT MEANS WE NEED TO
WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
00:38:05.48\00:38:09.18
IT'S OUR DESIRE IN THIS COMING
YEAR THAT EVERY MEMBER GETS
00:38:09.18\00:38:11.99
INVOLVED IN SOME SORT OF
MINISTRY OR SMALL GROUP BECAUSE
00:38:11.99\00:38:15.29
THAT CREATES LITTLE CHURCHES
WITHIN THE CHURCH SO THAT WE'RE
00:38:15.29\00:38:18.06
- WE'RE WATCHING FOR ONE
ANOTHER. WE'RE BEARING ONE
00:38:18.06\00:38:21.20
ANOTHER'S - AND EVEN IN THE
BIBLE IT TALKS ABOUT SHEPHERDS
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.97
AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT A
CHIEF SHEPHERD. THERE WERE OTHER
00:38:23.97\00:38:27.37
SHEPHERDS THAT TOOK CARE OF THE
SHEEP. AND THE EARLY CHURCH WAS
00:38:27.37\00:38:31.04
SET UP WHERE EVERYBODY REALIZED
THEY HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:38:31.04\00:38:35.01
LOVE. AND IT'S THOSE SHEPHERDS
THAT ARE WATCHING THE SHEEP,
00:38:35.01\00:38:38.71
EVEN DURING THE DARKEST TIMES,
THAT THE ANGEL APPEARS TO WITH
00:38:38.71\00:38:41.88
GOOD NEWS. CHRIST
IS REVEALED TO THOSE.
00:38:41.88\00:38:45.99
AND A GOOD
SHEPHERD WILL SEEK THE LOST.
00:38:45.99\00:38:48.66
JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW 18,
'WHAT DO YOU THINK, A MAN HAS A
00:38:48.66\00:38:52.09
HUNDRED SHEEP AND ONE OF THEM
GOES ASTRAY, DOES HE NOT LEAVE
00:38:52.09\00:38:55.13
THE NINETY AND NINE AND GO INTO
THE MOUNTAINS TO SEEK THAT ONE
00:38:55.13\00:38:58.00
THAT IS STRAYING?' YOU
KNOW, IF A PARENT HAS A
00:38:58.00\00:39:02.84
THANKSGIVING MEAL AND THEY'VE
GOT A DOZEN KIDS AND ONE CHAIR
00:39:02.84\00:39:05.41
IS EMPTY, WHO ARE THEY THINKING
ABOUT? THAT ONE EMPTY CHAIR.
00:39:05.41\00:39:09.48
BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN CRITICIZED
BEFORE AS AN EVANGELIST, THEY
00:39:09.48\00:39:13.28
SAY, 'YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW
MANY GOT BAPTIZED AND HOW MANY
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.62
CAME AND, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT
SHEPHERD HAD A HUNDRED SHEEP AND
00:39:15.62\00:39:20.96
ONE WAS MISSING. HOW DO
YOU THINK HE FIGURED OUT
00:39:20.96\00:39:23.22
ONE WAS MISSING?
WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE
00:39:23.22\00:39:27.00
FOLD HE COUNTED THEM.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY GO THROUGH
00:39:27.00\00:39:28.90
SOMETHING CALLED A SHEEP GATE
AND IT'S ONLY WIDE ENOUGH FOR
00:39:28.90\00:39:32.07
ONE SHEEP TO GO
THROUGH SO YOU CAN COUNT THEM.
00:39:32.07\00:39:34.17
IT'S LIKE THREADING A NEEDLE.
AND HE SAID, 'WAIT A SECOND.
00:39:34.17\00:39:36.57
NINETY-NINE - ONE IS MISSING!'
HOW DO YOU THINK HE KNEW THAT?
00:39:36.57\00:39:40.68
AND HE WENT OUT LOOKING
FOR THE ONE THAT WAS MISSING.
00:39:40.68\00:39:44.51
NOW WHEN DAVID NUMBERED ISRAEL,
THAT WASN'T FOR THAT PURPOSE.
00:39:44.51\00:39:47.28
DAVID WAS WANTING TO BRAG ABOUT
HOW BIG HIS KINGDOM WAS - HOW
00:39:47.28\00:39:50.32
BIG HIS ARMY WAS - AND GOD
PUNISHED HIM FOR HIS PRIDE.
00:39:50.32\00:39:54.19
BUT IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A
SHEPHERD COUNTING THEIR SHEEP.
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.56
YES, A GOOD SHEPHERD, WHEN
HE REALIZES ONE IS GONE, HE GOES
00:39:56.56\00:40:01.83
INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO
SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT ONE.
00:40:01.83\00:40:08.87
TODAY, INSTEAD OF A SHEPHERD
LOOKING FOR THE ONE LOST SHEEP,
00:40:08.87\00:40:11.21
HE NEEDS TO SPEND HIS TIME
TAKING CARE OF THE NINETY-NINE.
00:40:11.21\00:40:15.28
A DEVIL ATTACKS THE
SHEPHERDS TO SCATTER THE FLOCK.
00:40:15.28\00:40:19.35
I HOPE YOU PRAY
FOR THE SHEPHERDS.
00:40:19.35\00:40:23.02
NOW, THERE ARE SHEPHERDS
- IF YOU'RE PARENTS, YOU'RE
00:40:23.02\00:40:25.72
SHEPHERDS. SOMETIMES
THE WAY THAT THE DEVIL
00:40:25.72\00:40:28.96
WILL SCATTER THE LAMBS IS
BY ATTACKING THE SHEPHERDS.
00:40:28.96\00:40:32.19
HE'LL SCATTER THE CHURCH
BY ATTACKING THE SHEPHERDS.
00:40:32.19\00:40:35.93
WE NEED TO HOLD
UP THE SHEPHERDS.
00:40:35.93\00:40:38.17
JESUS SAID, 'ALL THE FLOCK - AND
YOU'LL ALL BE OFFENDED BECAUSE
00:40:38.17\00:40:42.07
OF ME FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'I'LL
SMITE THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP
00:40:42.07\00:40:45.11
WILL BE SCATTERED.'' THERE'S
A RUSSIAN PROVERB THAT SAYS THAT
00:40:45.11\00:40:49.08
SHEPHERDS - 'WITHOUT A SHEPHERD,
SHEEP ARE NOT A FLOCK.' IT'S THE
00:40:49.08\00:40:53.18
SHEPHERD WHO
KEEPS THEM TOGETHER.
00:40:53.18\00:40:54.62
THERE NEEDS TO
BE A COHESIVENESS.
00:40:54.62\00:40:57.09
THE OTHER WONDERFUL THING IS
- SHEEP WITH A GOOD SHEPHERD ARE
00:40:57.09\00:41:01.29
SECURE AND FREE.
REVELATION 6 - I'M SORRY,
00:41:01.29\00:41:05.29
REVELATION 7, VERSE 16 -
SPEAKING OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THE
00:41:05.29\00:41:09.23
KINGDOM, "THEY SHALL HUNGER
NO MORE, NEITHER THIRST ANYMORE.
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.83
THE SUN WILL NOT STRIKE THEM NOR
ANY SCORCHING HEAT, FOR THE LAMB
00:41:12.83\00:41:17.11
IS IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE
AND WILL BE THEIR SHEPHERD.
00:41:17.11\00:41:21.04
HE WILL GUIDE THEM TO
SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER."
00:41:21.04\00:41:24.18
GOD'LL WIPE AWAY
EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES.
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.68
SEE, THE COMING OF JESUS WAS
GREAT JOY - WHEN JESUS CAME THE
00:41:26.68\00:41:29.78
FIRST TIME. IF YOU KNOW THE LORD
- IF YOU KNOW THE SHEPHERD NOW,
00:41:29.78\00:41:33.66
THE SECOND COMING OF
JESUS WILL BE GREAT JOY FOR YOU.
00:41:33.66\00:41:37.23
THE QUESTION
IS, ARE WE WATCHING?
00:41:37.23\00:41:41.80
YOU KNOW, THIS STORY THAT WE
READ IN LUKE IS THE UNEXPECTED
00:41:41.80\00:41:44.67
APPEARANCE TO AN
UNLIKELY AUDIENCE, BRINGING AN
00:41:44.67\00:41:49.37
ASTONISHING MESSAGE
OF AN UNUSUAL ARRIVAL.
00:41:49.37\00:41:53.81
THE SIMPLE SHEPHERDS HEARD
THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL AND FOUND
00:41:53.81\00:41:56.14
THEIR LAMB.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
00:41:56.14\00:41:59.88
YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN
PEOPLE WILL READ THE 23RD PSALM.
00:41:59.88\00:42:05.15
I OFTEN HEAR IT DONE AT
FUNERALS, BUT IT'S GOOD TO DO IN
00:42:05.15\00:42:10.23
CHURCH. SOMEONE
TOOK THE 23RD PSALM AND
00:42:10.23\00:42:13.86
BROKE IT APART AND THEY
SAID, JUST, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
00:42:13.86\00:42:17.53
JAM-PACKED WITH THE
WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION IN
00:42:17.53\00:42:20.50
EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE.
IT'S TOO BAD THAT SOME PEOPLE
00:42:20.50\00:42:24.04
KNOW THE 23RD PSALM BUT
THEY DON'T KNOW THE SHEPHERD.
00:42:24.04\00:42:26.88
LET ME READ IT TO YOU
AND JUST BREAK IT DOWN.
00:42:26.88\00:42:30.65
"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" - IT'S
TALKING ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP -
00:42:30.65\00:42:35.45
"I SHALL NOT WANT" - WANT MEANS
BEING WITHOUT - THAT'S SUPPLY -
00:42:35.45\00:42:41.46
"HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN
PASTURES" - THAT'S REST - "HE
00:42:41.46\00:42:46.43
LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL
WATERS" - WE JUST READ ABOUT
00:42:46.43\00:42:49.80
THAT IN REVELATION - HE LEADS
HIS SHEEP TO THE LIVING WATERS -
00:42:49.80\00:42:52.43
THAT'S REFRESHMENT - "HE
RESTORES MY SOUL" - THAT'S
00:42:52.43\00:42:57.04
HEALING - "HE LEADS ME IN THE
PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" - THAT'S
00:42:57.04\00:43:01.51
GUIDANCE - "FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE"
- THAT'S PURPOSE - "YEA, THOUGH
00:43:01.51\00:43:06.68
I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH" - THAT'S
00:43:06.68\00:43:09.72
TESTING - "I WILL FEAR NO EVIL"
- WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT? -
00:43:09.72\00:43:15.02
THAT'S PROTECTION - WHY? -
00:43:15.02\00:43:17.56
"FOR THOU ART WITH ME" -
THAT'S FAITHFULNESS - 'I WILL
00:43:17.56\00:43:20.76
NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU'
- "THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY
00:43:20.76\00:43:24.73
COMFORT ME" - THAT'S DISCIPLINE
- "THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE
00:43:24.73\00:43:29.50
ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE
ENEMIES" - THAT'S HOPE - "THOU
00:43:29.50\00:43:34.91
ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL" -
THAT'S CONSECRATION - IT'S ALSO
00:43:34.91\00:43:38.25
WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS, THE
MESSIAH - "MY CUP RUNS OVER" -
00:43:38.25\00:43:42.15
THAT'S ABUNDANCE - "SURELY
GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW
00:43:42.15\00:43:46.39
ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE" -
HIS MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY DAY -
00:43:46.39\00:43:50.06
THAT'S BLESSING - "AND I WILL
DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD"
00:43:50.06\00:43:54.10
- THAT'S SECURITY AND
SANCTUARY - "FOREVER."
00:43:54.10\00:43:57.97
>>AMEN. >>ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
00:43:57.97\00:43:59.37
IT STARTS OUT WITH THE LORD, IT
ENDS WITH FOREVER, AND IT'S GOT
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.90
THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION
AND HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN
00:44:02.90\00:44:06.41
BETWEEN. WHAT A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL VERSE. WITH ME,
00:44:06.41\00:44:12.55
MY SHEPHERD; BEFORE ME, A TABLE;
AROUND ME, MY ENEMIES; AFTER ME,
00:44:12.55\00:44:16.42
GOODNESS AND MERCY; BEYOND
ME, THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
00:44:16.42\00:44:20.26
IT'S GOT ALL THE
DIMENSIONS THERE.
00:44:20.26\00:44:23.46
WELL, THESE SHEPHERDS WERE
WATCHING OUT FOR THE SHEEP AND
00:44:23.46\00:44:30.80
GOD REVEALS TO THEM THE LAMB.
00:44:30.80\00:44:32.63
AFTER THAT HAPPENS - I'M BACK
IN CHAPTER 2 - LUKE CHAPTER 2 -
00:44:32.63\00:44:38.31
THEY HEAR THIS MESSAGE: "FOR
UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN
00:44:38.31\00:44:42.48
THE CITY OF DAVID A
SAVIOR, WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD.
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.61
AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO YOU:
YOU WILL FIND A BABE WRAPPED IN
00:44:45.61\00:44:49.55
SWADDLING CLOTHS, LYING IN A
MANGER.'" THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
00:44:49.55\00:44:52.62
SEVERAL BABES IN BETHLEHEM, BUT
NOT TOO MANY WERE IN A TROUGH
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.92
FOR FEEDING CATTLE. IT'S
INTERESTING THAT THE BREAD
00:44:55.92\00:44:58.63
OF LIFE - JESUS - WAS BORN IN
A VESSEL THAT HOLDS BREAD IN A
00:44:58.63\00:45:05.40
TOWN CALLED THE HOUSE OF BREAD
- THAT'S WHAT BETHLEHEM MEANS.
00:45:05.40\00:45:10.04
AND AFTER THEY GIVE - AFTER THAT
ONE ANGEL IS STANDING THERE AND
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.74
HE GIVES THIS MESSAGE AND
THERE'S GLORY ALL AROUND HIM,
00:45:12.74\00:45:15.18
FINALLY THEIR EYES HAVE BECOME
ADJUSTED ENOUGH AND THE ANGELS
00:45:15.18\00:45:17.91
THAT ARE WATCHING THE SCENE
CANNOT RESTRAIN THEMSELVES - THE
00:45:17.91\00:45:21.85
HEAVENS PEEL BACK THE
VEIL SEPARATING THE SPIRITUAL
00:45:21.85\00:45:24.79
WORLD FROM THE DIMENSION WE
LIVE IN IS BROKEN AND IT SAYS,
00:45:24.79\00:45:29.62
"SUDDENLY" - VERSE 13 - "THERE"
- AND WHEN THE LORD COMES THE
00:45:29.62\00:45:33.86
SECOND TIME, THERE'LL
BE A 'SUDDENLY' THERE TOO.
00:45:33.86\00:45:36.83
"AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH
THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE
00:45:36.83\00:45:39.87
HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD
AND SAYING: 'GLORY TO GOD IN THE
00:45:39.87\00:45:44.24
HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH
PEACE, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN!'
00:45:44.24\00:45:48.68
SO IT WAS, WHEN THE ANGELS HAD
GONE AWAY" - AFTER SINGING THEIR
00:45:48.68\00:45:51.71
ANTHEM, THE HEAVENS DIMMED, THE
ANGELS' FACES ARE GLOWING AND
00:45:51.71\00:45:56.15
THEY FINALLY COME TO
THEIR SENSES AFTER SEEING SUCH A
00:45:56.15\00:45:58.82
SPECTACLE AND HEARING SUCH -
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE LIKED TO HEARD
00:45:58.82\00:46:01.32
THOSE ANGELS SING? THEY
SAID, "LET US NOW GO" - YOU
00:46:01.32\00:46:08.76
KNOW, AFTER THEY CAME
TO JESUS, WHAT DO WE DO?
00:46:08.76\00:46:11.17
WE GO - "LET US NOW GO TO
BETHLEHEM AND SEE THIS THING
00:46:11.17\00:46:16.87
THAT HAS COME TO PASS, WHICH
THE LORD HAS MADE KNOWN TO US."
00:46:16.87\00:46:19.97
WOULDN'T IT BE A SHAME TO HAVE
ANGELS SAY, 'CHRIST IS WITHIN
00:46:19.97\00:46:26.18
REACH' - 'THE SAVIOR
OF THE WORLD IS COME.
00:46:26.18\00:46:30.39
IT'S JUST A FEW MILES
AWAY. THERE ON THE HILLS
00:46:30.39\00:46:32.32
OUTSIDE OF BETHLEHEM, YOU'VE
JUST GOT TO GO TO THE VILLAGE.
00:46:32.32\00:46:34.72
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND HIM.' -
THEY HAD NO DOUBT THAT THEY'D
00:46:34.72\00:46:36.62
FIND HIM - AND, AFTER HEARING
THE ANGELS SING, AND GOD GOING
00:46:36.62\00:46:41.93
THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE TO SAY,
'WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE A
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.77
REVELATION OF THE SON' FOR THOSE
SHEPHERDS TO HAVE SAID, 'WELL,
00:46:44.77\00:46:48.34
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. YOU
GUYS LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND.'
00:46:48.34\00:46:51.64
FOR YOU PERSONALLY NOT TO GO
AND TO SEE THE FIRST COMING OF
00:46:51.64\00:46:55.71
JESUS - NOT TO SEE CHRIST -
NOT TO HAVE THAT REVELATION -
00:46:55.71\00:46:58.91
WHAT A SHAME THAT WOULD
BE. NOW, DID THE LORD TELL US
00:46:58.91\00:47:02.12
THAT HE'S COMING AGAIN?
AND HE INVITES US COME TO HIM
00:47:02.12\00:47:06.32
THAT WE MIGHT KNOW HIM
NOW AND THEN GO FOR HIM.
00:47:06.32\00:47:11.79
JESUS IS
COMING, ARE WE WATCHING?
00:47:11.79\00:47:13.43
>>AMEN. >>ARE WE
WATCHING FOR HIS COMING
00:47:13.43\00:47:15.06
OR ARE WE WATCHING
FOR OTHERS AROUND US?
00:47:15.06\00:47:17.47
HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE
SHEPHERDS THAT ARE WATCHING, AND
00:47:17.47\00:47:20.30
IT ALL HAPPENED WHEN THEY
SUDDENLY LEAST EXPECTED IT -
00:47:20.30\00:47:23.30
DOING A COMMON THING, OUT IN THE
FIELDS, JUST - PROBABLY HAD A
00:47:23.30\00:47:28.54
PIECE OF GRASS IN THEIR TEETH,
LISTENING TO THE BLEATING OF THE
00:47:28.54\00:47:31.45
SHEEP AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
00:47:31.45\00:47:34.78
SUDDENLY, WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT
IT, FIRST COMING HAPPENED.
00:47:34.78\00:47:39.15
SUDDENLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAME, WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING
00:47:39.15\00:47:43.09
TOGETHER. SUDDENLY,
JESUS IS GOING TO COME AGAIN.
00:47:43.09\00:47:47.86
WE WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE
SHEPHERDS AND BE WATCHING.
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.86
SO WE CELEBRATE HIS FIRST COMING
BECAUSE IT HELPS US THINK ABOUT
00:47:49.86\00:47:52.47
HIS SECOND, AMEN? (MUSIC)
00:47:52.47\00:48:01.74
>>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD
THE EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'IF YOU
00:48:01.74\00:48:03.71
DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN TEXAS,
JUST WAIT; IT'LL CHANGE.' AND
00:48:03.71\00:48:07.72
YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, 'EVERYTHING
IS BIGGER IN TEXAS - THE
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.25
RANCHES, THE BELT BUCKLES,
THE COWBOY HATS...' BUT THE MOST
00:48:10.25\00:48:14.22
FAMOUS SLOGAN ABOUT
TEXAS IS 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!'
00:48:14.22\00:48:22.16
THE VIOLENT BATTLES AND BRAVERY
OF ICONIC HEROES, HAVE BEEN THE
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.33
STUFF OF LEGENDS, THROUGHOUT
WHICH ENTIRE CULTURES OFTEN DRAW
00:48:25.33\00:48:28.60
THEIR IDENTITY AND PRIDE, EVEN
LONG AFTER CENTURIES ARE PAST.
00:48:28.60\00:48:32.57
AND IN TEXAS, THE STORY OF THE
ALAMO HAS BEEN A RALLYING CRY OF
00:48:32.57\00:48:35.98
TEXAS
INDEPENDENCE FOR 200 YEARS.
00:48:35.98\00:48:39.38
ONE REASON THAT TEXANS LOVE TO
BRAG THAT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER
00:48:39.38\00:48:42.05
IN TEXAS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE
TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE
00:48:42.05\00:48:45.59
LOWER 48 U.S. STATES.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS
00:48:45.59\00:48:49.22
MASSIVE STATE GOT ITS BEGINNING
IN A VERY SMALL CHRISTIAN
00:48:49.22\00:48:52.96
MISSION DURING THE
BATTLE OF THE ALAMO.
00:48:52.96\00:48:56.43
EVERY YEAR THIS FAMOUS MISSION
MUSEUM RECEIVES OVER TWO AND A
00:48:56.43\00:48:59.40
HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE PLANET, THAT ARE
00:48:59.40\00:49:02.77
EAGER TO GET A GOOD
LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY SITE.
00:49:02.77\00:49:06.54
THE ALAMO PLAYED A CRITICAL
ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION.
00:49:06.54\00:49:10.21
IN DECEMBER 1835, TEXANS
AND TEJANO VOLUNTEERS BATTLED
00:49:10.21\00:49:14.52
MEXICAN TROOPS QUARTERED IN
THE CITY, FORCING GENERAL MARTIN
00:49:14.52\00:49:17.89
PERFECTO DE COS TO SURRENDER.
THE VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS
00:49:17.89\00:49:21.12
THEN OCCUPIED THE ALAMO
AND STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSES.
00:49:21.12\00:49:24.89
FAMOUS AMERICANS LIKE DAVY
CROCKETT, JIM BOWIE, AND COLONEL
00:49:24.89\00:49:28.66
WILLIAM TRAVIS MADE THIS
LOCATION - THIS ANCIENT MISSION
00:49:28.66\00:49:32.07
- THE BEACHHEAD - THE LAST
STAND IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO WIN
00:49:32.07\00:49:36.04
INDEPENDENCE OF
TEXAS FROM MEXICO.
00:49:36.04\00:49:39.57
ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836, THE
ARRIVAL OF GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ
00:49:39.57\00:49:44.28
SANTA ANA NEARLY
CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE.
00:49:44.28\00:49:47.58
UNDAUNTED, THE TEXANS AND
TEJANOS PREPARED TO DEFEND THE
00:49:47.58\00:49:50.69
ALAMO. FOR THIS
SMALL RAG-TAG GROUP OF
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.05
REBELS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHOM
WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN AND THE OLDEST
00:49:53.05\00:49:55.99
SEVENTY-FIVE, WAS AGAINST
THE WELL-TRAINED AND ORGANIZED
00:49:55.99\00:49:59.33
MEXICAN ARMY OF SIX
THOUSAND-PLUS SOLDIERS.
00:49:59.33\00:50:02.50
IT WAS A FIERCE AND LOPSIDED
BATTLE, YET THE SMALL FORCE OF
00:50:02.50\00:50:05.73
REBELS WAS ABLE TO REPEL
THE TROOPS FOR THIRTEEN DAYS.
00:50:05.73\00:50:10.94
LEGEND HOLDS THAT WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HELP
00:50:10.94\00:50:13.71
FADING, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A
LINE IN THE GROUND WITH A SWORD
00:50:13.71\00:50:17.55
AND ASKED ANY MAN WILLING TO
STAY AND FIGHT TO STEP OVER THE
00:50:17.55\00:50:21.02
LINE. ALL EXCEPT
ONE CROSSED OVER.
00:50:21.02\00:50:25.05
THE FINAL ASSAULT
CAME BEFORE DAYBREAK.
00:50:25.05\00:50:27.36
ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1836,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE,
00:50:27.36\00:50:32.23
CANON AND SMALL ARMS FIRE
FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO BEAT BACK
00:50:32.23\00:50:35.60
SEVERAL MEXICAN ATTACKS.
REGROUPING, SANTA ANA'S SOLDIERS
00:50:35.60\00:50:39.90
SCALED THE WALLS AND RUSHED
INTO THE COMPOUND. THE DESPERATE
00:50:39.90\00:50:43.67
STRUGGLE CONTINUED UNTIL
THE DEFENDERS WERE OVERWHELMED.
00:50:43.67\00:50:47.18
BY SUNRISE, THE BATTLE HAD ENDED
AND THE GARRISON WAS SLAIN.
00:50:47.18\00:50:51.48
YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS MAY DEBATE
SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING
00:50:51.48\00:50:53.98
THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO,
BUT NONE OF THEM QUESTION THE
00:50:53.98\00:50:56.79
INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT WAS
MADE AND THE COURAGE THAT WAS
00:50:56.79\00:50:59.42
DISPLAYED DURING
THAT INTENSE CONFLICT.
00:50:59.42\00:51:02.19
THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
- GIVING THEIR LIVES - AND THIS
00:51:02.19\00:51:05.96
IS WHY THE STORY OF THE ALAMO IS
SO INSPIRING AND SO ENCOURAGING,
00:51:05.96\00:51:10.07
YOU KNOW? AND
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SO
00:51:10.07\00:51:11.73
INSPIRING, FRIENDS, BECAUSE
SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.27
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND
GIVE HIS LIFE SO YOU COULD HAVE
00:51:14.27\00:51:17.44
FREEDOM AND ETERNAL LIFE.
DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD TRUST
00:51:17.44\00:51:20.68
YOUR LIFE TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT,
THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING?
00:51:20.68\00:51:23.91
THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS
A STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE.
00:51:23.91\00:51:26.92
IT'S THE STORY OF GOD WHO WILL
NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT DEFENSE
00:51:26.92\00:51:29.58
AND SUPPORT. JESUS
IS THE GOOD NEWS AND
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.82
THE GOSPEL IS A
STORY WORTH REMEMBERING.
00:51:32.82\00:51:36.09
(MUSIC) >>AMAZING
FACTS CHANGED LIVES.
00:51:36.09\00:52:04.09
>>I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT I
HAD A WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD.
00:52:04.09\00:52:06.82
GROWING UP, I WENT TO A PRIVATE
SCHOOL UP UNTIL THE SEVENTH
00:52:06.82\00:52:10.23
GRADE - UNTIL JUNIOR HIGH. I
BELIEVE IT WAS AT THAT POINT,
00:52:10.23\00:52:13.03
IN JUNIOR HIGH, THAT
MY LIFE BEGAN TO CHANGE.
00:52:13.03\00:52:17.80
GOING FROM A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS A BIG
00:52:17.80\00:52:21.40
DIFFERENCE. THERE
WAS A LOT OF SECULAR
00:52:21.40\00:52:24.61
INFLUENCE - PEER PRESSURE
- AND, FOR ME, IT WAS MUSIC.
00:52:24.61\00:52:30.75
I STARTED LISTENING
TO HEAVY METAL MUSIC.
00:52:30.75\00:52:32.61
EVERY CONCERT THAT WOULD
COME TO TOWN I WAS THERE.
00:52:32.61\00:52:35.25
IT HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON
ME. I STARTED USING MARIJUANA,
00:52:35.25\00:52:40.12
PROBABLY AT THE AGE OF 14.
I STARTED DRINKING - USING A
00:52:40.12\00:52:44.96
LOT OF COCAINE AND THAT
LED TO METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT
00:52:44.96\00:52:48.16
COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE.
I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL MY
00:52:48.16\00:52:52.67
SOPHOMORE YEAR AND WENT TO WORK.
I WOULD GET OFF OF WORK AND WE'D
00:52:52.67\00:52:58.01
GO TO THE BAR UNTIL 2:00 IN THE
MORNING AND I'D GET BACK UP AT
00:52:58.01\00:53:00.84
5:00 AND GO BACK AT IT
AGAIN - SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
00:53:00.84\00:53:08.68
AT THE AGE OF 20, I LOST
MY DAD TO A HEART ATTACK.
00:53:08.68\00:53:13.62
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE
LOSS SO I TRIED TO MASK MY PAIN
00:53:13.62\00:53:17.56
WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. I
GOT THREE DUIS IN ONE YEAR.
00:53:17.56\00:53:22.13
I WAS ARRESTED. THEY
GAVE ME ONE YEAR IN THE
00:53:22.13\00:53:25.47
COUNTY JAIL AND THE MOMENT I
GOT OUT I WENT BACK TO DOING THE
00:53:25.47\00:53:29.54
SAME THING, HANGING WITH THE
SAME PEOPLE - THE SAME CROWD.
00:53:29.54\00:53:32.94
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND I WAS
00:53:32.94\00:53:36.28
CHARGED WITH A FELONY DUI.
EVEN THOUGH AT THE TIME OF THE
00:53:36.28\00:53:39.38
ACCIDENT I WAS NOT UNDER
THE INFLUENCE, I STILL HAD
00:53:39.38\00:53:41.68
METHAMPHETAMINE IN MY SYSTEM.
AT MY SENTENCING DATE I LEFT
00:53:41.68\00:53:47.16
THE COURTROOM AND I DIDN'T COME
BACK. AND THAT LEFT ME WITH A
00:53:47.16\00:53:50.46
FELONY WARRANT. AND I
HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AT A
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.80
PARK AND I WOKE UP TO A PARK
RANGER KNOCKING ON MY WINDOW.
00:53:53.80\00:53:59.57
I KNEW THAT I WAS WANTED AND
I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO
00:53:59.57\00:54:02.84
JUST TURN MYSELF IN. I
TURNED TO HIM AND I MADE THE
00:54:02.84\00:54:06.61
COMMENT, 'NOT
TODAY.' AND I TOOK OFF.
00:54:06.61\00:54:10.21
I LED FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
ON ABOUT A 35-MINUTE CHASE AND I
00:54:10.21\00:54:14.75
REALIZED AT ONE POINT THAT
I WASN'T GOING TO GET AWAY AND
00:54:14.75\00:54:17.92
THIS WAS GOING TO END UP EITHER
ME KILLING SOMEBODY OR MYSELF.
00:54:17.92\00:54:23.19
AND SO I MADE A
DECISION TO PULL OVER.
00:54:23.19\00:54:25.59
AT THAT POINT,
EVERYTHING THAT I HAD, I LOST.
00:54:25.59\00:54:29.06
I WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS
IN STATE PRISON AND IT WAS THERE
00:54:29.06\00:54:34.17
THAT GOD GOT AHOLD OF
ME. AND IT WAS THROUGH
00:54:34.17\00:54:38.71
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRIES.
I REMEMBER LISTENING ON MY
00:54:38.71\00:54:42.41
RADIO TO PASTOR DOUG
BATCHELOR. I WANTED TO GET
00:54:42.41\00:54:45.75
TO KNOW THE BIBLE.
I WANTED TO KNOW GOD.
00:54:45.75\00:54:48.62
AND SO MY AUNT MARILYN SENT ME
THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDES
00:54:48.62\00:54:54.59
AND IT WAS THERE THAT MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST BEGAN.
00:54:54.59\00:55:01.70
I HAD CALLED HOME AND I KNEW MY
MOTHER WASN'T DOING WELL, BUT I
00:55:01.70\00:55:06.77
DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT SHE HAD CANCER.
00:55:06.77\00:55:10.84
SHE HAD ABOUT A 30-PERCENT
CHANCE OF MAKING IT THROUGH HER
00:55:10.84\00:55:16.44
SURGERY. SHE HAD
TOLD THE DOCTORS THAT
00:55:16.44\00:55:18.81
SHE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE
CHEMO AND SHE WAS NOT GOING
00:55:18.81\00:55:20.58
TO HAVE RADIATION.
THAT, IF HER GOD WAS GOING TO
00:55:20.58\00:55:22.22
SAVE HER, THEN HE WOULD SAVE
HER. I REMEMBER HANGING UP THE
00:55:22.22\00:55:26.25
PHONE TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY
LAST CONVERSATION WITH MY MOM.
00:55:26.25\00:55:32.63
I TURNED AROUND, I GOT DOWN ON
MY KNEES, AND I PRAYED TO GOD.
00:55:32.63\00:55:38.27
I SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE
THERE, PLEASE SAVE MY MOTHER.
00:55:38.27\00:55:42.07
WHEREVER YOU LEAD ME IN LIFE,
WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, I AM
00:55:42.07\00:55:46.27
YOURS.' AND I HAD A FEELING OF
SUCH PEACE, THAT I KNEW THAT MY
00:55:46.27\00:55:52.41
MOTHER WAS GOING TO BE OKAY
AND THAT MY LIFE WAS GOING TO
00:55:52.41\00:55:56.05
CHANGE. THERE ARE
NO WORDS THAT I CAN
00:55:56.05\00:55:59.92
ADEQUATELY EXPRESS TO AMAZING
FACTS AND PASTOR DOUG - TO SAY,
00:55:59.92\00:56:03.43
'THANK YOU' TO ALL THOSE
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY.
00:56:03.43\00:56:07.00
I AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR SUPPORT.
MY LIFE IS CHANGED BECAUSE OF
00:56:07.00\00:56:11.17
THIS MINISTRY AND I THANK
YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
00:56:11.17\00:56:19.51
(MUSIC) >>AMAZING
FACTS, THROUGH YOUR
00:56:19.51\00:56:30.79
FAITHFUL SUPPORT, HAS HAD
A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OF THE
00:56:30.79\00:56:34.32
LARGEST NON-CHRISTIAN
LOCATIONS IN THE WORLD.
00:56:34.32\00:56:38.06
BEYOND THE GREAT WALL, THE
PRINTING AND TRANSLATION OF OUR
00:56:38.06\00:56:41.00
BOOKS AND VIDEO MATERIALS
ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION.
00:56:41.00\00:56:44.20
>>(CHINESE DIALOGUE)
>>THE AMAZING FACTS CHINESE
00:56:44.20\00:56:51.11
LANGUAGE WEBSITE IS NOW ONE
OF OUR MOST VISITED WEBSITES.
00:56:51.11\00:56:55.44
WE ALSO TRANSLATED THOUSANDS OF
PIECES OF LITERATURE FOR THESE
00:56:55.44\00:56:58.81
NATIONS. WHAT
STARTED OUT AS HUNDREDS OF
00:56:58.81\00:57:01.02
FOLLOWERS IS NOW IN
THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
00:57:01.02\00:57:04.99
THE IMPACT OF YOUR
FUNDS INVESTED IN SHARING THE
00:57:04.99\00:57:07.12
EVERLASTING GOSPEL IN THESE
FOREIGN LANDS WILL BE FELT FOR
00:57:07.12\00:57:10.69
YEARS TO COME. >>YOU
KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR
00:57:10.69\00:57:14.03
THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM
ALL OVER THE GLOBE, OF LIVES
00:57:14.03\00:57:17.17
THAT ARE BEING CHANGED
AND HEARTS THAT ARE BEING
00:57:17.17\00:57:19.17
TRANSFORMED BY
THE POWER OF THE WORD.
00:57:19.17\00:57:22.17
AND NONE OF IT COULD HAPPEN
WITHOUT YOUR TEAMWORK WITH THIS
00:57:22.17\00:57:24.24
MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU. (MUSIC)
00:57:24.24\00:57:29.94
>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:29.94\00:57:33.21
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:33.21\00:57:37.32
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
00:57:37.32\00:57:40.66
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00:57:40.66\00:57:43.53
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