Trying to get in
shape for my trip to India.
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Christ said to go into all
the world and preach the gospel
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to every creature.
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The problem is we
have no idea who they are.
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How are we supposed to
effectively communicate the
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gospel to a people we know
nothing about: how they think,
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what kind of pressures
they have in their daily lives.
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Come with me and let's
meet India Face to Face.
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I had avoided
coming to this beach.
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I was afraid at what I'd find.
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It's hard enough to see
the rising death toll on TV.
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But to meet the people face
to face; the ones who have gone
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through such an ordeal
makes it much more personal.
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It challenges us and
forces us to move out of our own
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comfort zone.
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A long time ago I read
this book called The Hunted.
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It told of people escaping
the killing fields in Cambodia.
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Yet they said they were actually
thankful for the experience
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because it had made them
aware of their need for Jesus.
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But the extreme conditions made
them open for something real;
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open for a change.
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And would we meet these
people at the beach, I wondered?
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Were they just
looking for a handout?
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Or were they
looking for something more?
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So what used to be here?
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Where are they now?
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Was this boy
here when it happened?
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What did she say?
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Hey, Samuel, here's
the rest of that boat.
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That's crazy, man.
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Hello, small brother.
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Did you see it?
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Si.
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Did you watch the wave?
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Yeah.
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How big was it?
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Big?
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How large?
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How tall was the wave?
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Twelve feet.
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Did it come over this wall?
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This building.
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Boat.
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See, Sir, standing boat?
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Yeah, did that boat come through
here or did it come over?
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No, over top of the building.
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That blue boat?
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Came over the building?
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That's insane man.
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I'm glad you're alive.
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Uh huh.
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I bet you're glad you're alive.
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Uh huh.
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I only gave them $10.00,
but that was enough to feed that
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whole family for a week.
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These shelters were erected by
local concerned citizens who are
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also sending in food and water.
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However, the supplies were
coming less and less frequently
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as the days went by.
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The Indian government had
refused foreign aid on the basis
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that this was a relatively
small disaster: only 10
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or 12,000 deaths.
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Not like the earthquake
a few years before that had
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killed 26,000.
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So claimed they could handle it.
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The problem was it would
take them four to six months
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to initiate a program to bring
in supplies, and by that time
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the people would starve.
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Praise God some concerned
Christians donated funds to help
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alleviate the immediate need.
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Yet the real need was
deeper than food for the body.
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These people long for the bread
of life; something that would
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give them hope and security.
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And if we didn't give that
to them also, we'd be neglecting
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the gospel commission
because just feeding people
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is not evangelism.
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It's just making them
more comfortable for this life,
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but denying them eternal life.
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It may open the door to Jesus,
but Jesus must be shared through
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that open door, or the
opportunity will be lost
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and souls will perish.
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You're witnessing the fruit of
a widow working with five of her
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friends; all volunteers.
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They would come in the
morning to Pastor Samuel's house
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and collect enough money for bus
and food, and head out to this
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beach to do in home
Bible studies all day long,
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and then go home in the evening.
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This is their life
passion; winning precious
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souls to Jesus Christ.
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They did this
even without a salary.
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The little bit of funding given
to them merely enables them
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to do this soul
winning and Bible study on a
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full time basis.
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And now there is a new group
of believers worshipping on the
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same beach where the few hundred
huts had been washed away
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just a few months before.
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Truly God can
bring good out of evil.
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As the scripture says, there
is no difference between the
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Westerner and the Asian.
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For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord
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shall be saved.
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How then shall they call on Him
in whom they have not believed?
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And how shall they
believe in Him of whom they have
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never heard?
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And how are they to
hear without a preacher?
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And how shall they
preach unless they be sent?
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I believe that God has blessed
the Western countries for such a
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time as this to enable a
huge army of national workers to
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go into God's vineyard and
to partner with them to finish
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this work quickly.
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Some of us are called to
go, others are called to send.
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There is a potential army of
workers in India and in other
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countries that are
just waiting to be sent.
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Many of us cannot go easily,
but almost all of us can send.
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We each need to do something
in worship for the Lord.
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So ask yourself this question,
will I go or will I send?
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