>>John Bradshaw: This is It
Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thanks for joining me.
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We're going to go
together to Camp Hope,
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a unique camp with a
lifesaving difference.
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It was established
in 2010 for the families
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of 33 Chilean
miners who were rescued
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after a near
disastrous mining accident.
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There's a lot we can learn
from the harrowing experience
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that almost resulted in tragedy,
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and the incredible
rescue that saved their lives.
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Thursday, August the 5th, 2010
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was not a happy
day for many people.
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Life took an
unexpected turn for many wives,
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mothers,
children, grandchildren,
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uncles, cousins,
nephews, friends,
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neighbors as they
learned, from news reports,
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that their loved ones
were trapped 2,300 feet,
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that's 701 meters, below ground.
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That's basically the distance
from the ground to the top
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of the Empire
State Building, twice.
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Can you imagine being
trapped that far, below ground?
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The day began for the miners
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as any other
typical work day would,
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expecting to see each
other again for supper
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that night as usual,
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but supper time came and
went and feelings of desperation
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and fear and uncertainty
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and the desire to stay
close took over their minds.
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They gathered in the
Atacama Desert and set up tents
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and began the long wait
for whatever might eventuate.
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On the outskirts
of the San Jose Mine
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over two-and-a-half
thousand people gathered
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in what was called Camp Hope.
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It was an improvised community
established by relatives.
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There were over 200
national and international
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media reporters there,
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as well as
rescue teams and doctors
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and psychologists and
teachers and volunteers,
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spiritual leaders and visitors
from other parts of Chile
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who came together
to wait for the miners,
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to give
encouragement to the families,
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and to share a message of hope.
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Every evening at six o'clock
relatives gathered to receive
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daily reports on the
physical and psychological
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condition of their loved ones.
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Schools were set up so the
children could attend class.
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And families gathered
together to pray for a miracle.
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Despite the
intense heat during the day
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and the extreme
cold during the night,
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they waited, at Camp Hope.
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For 17 days the
earth remained silent
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and with each failed rescue
attempt, despair increased.
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Time after time
rescuers dug holes in the ground
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looking for signs of life.
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But the drills repeatedly
missed the right spot.
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Rescuers didn't have an
updated map indicating where
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the miners might be,
sheltering underground.
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It wasn't known for
certain if they'd even managed
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to make it to those
potentially safe zones.
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And then there was
some pretty obvious issues.
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If the miners
weren't found soon,
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if they were still alive,
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they'd die of thirst, or hunger,
or from another collapse,
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or from a lack of oxygen.
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Anything could happen.
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Meanwhile, the families couldn't
do anything except, wait.
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Maybe right now you find
yourself in the same situation.
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Maybe you've had to pitch
your tent at your own Camp Hope
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waiting for the
outcome of your situation.
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Maybe you're
like those relatives,
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you're watching helplessly as a
child has fallen prey to drugs.
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Maybe you have a spouse
who's addicted to alcohol.
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Maybe you have a daughter who's
a victim of domestic violence.
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Maybe you have a
sick father or mother
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and you don't have the means
to pay for their treatment.
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Maybe a loved one
has departed from God.
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You're watching now that
person slowly destroying himself
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or herself and you feel
trapped, not knowing what to do.
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As time goes by
you become desperate.
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You may have got on your
knees for many years even,
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begging God to
perform a miracle, a rescue.
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Maybe now you're
about to lose hope.
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Has the silence
of God made you think
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that God's not listening to you?
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Well listen.
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God has a promise for you.
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It's found in
the Book of Psalms,
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Psalm 27 and verse 14.
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“Wait on the Lord;
be of good courage,
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and He shall
strengthen your heart.
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Wait, I say, on the Lord.”
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Don't grow
weary, wait on the Lord.
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Wait on the Lord and
the miracle will come.
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After 17 seemingly endless
days, on August 22, 2010,
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the first
miracle finally arrived.
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One of the drills being used for
the rescue miraculously deviated
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toward the refuge where
the miners were holed up.
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The drill was
christened "La Milagrosa,"
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the miraculous one.
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Another name
that was given to it,
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it's one that I like the
most, is "the Hand of God."
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As soon as the
drill reached the refuge,
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the rescuers felt
two blows on the drill.
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That was the, the trapped miners
down there banging on the drill.
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They realized that meant
there could be life underground.
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It took some time to
bring the drill back up,
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but when they pulled
it out of the ground,
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on the tip,
connected to the drill,
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was a handwritten
message from one of the miners.
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It said, “We are fine
in the shelter, the 33.”
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You know, experts
said that if that drill
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had taken just one more day
to reach those trapped miners,
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some of them would
likely have been dead.
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The conditions in
which they were found
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were totally unstable.
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They didn't have much light.
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They had little food.
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The cans of tuna they
shared were almost gone.
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There wasn't enough oxygen.
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Fungus had begun to
cling to some of the miners
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because of the
humidity where they were.
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Others were sick
to their stomachs
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because of the water they drank.
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But the Hand of God
reached them just in time.
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So again, listen.
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Don't grow
weary, wait on the Lord,
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the miracle will come.
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You know, one reason I want
to share this story with you
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is because it's inspiring.
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Because if you
apply it in your own life,
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it'll give you
courage in times of despair.
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Even if you feel that
your situation is lost,
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if you think yours
is an unsolvable case,
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the miraculous hand of God can
reach the deepest place to work
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out a rescue for you
or for your loved one.
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Hold on to the promises of God,
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and the promises of
God will sustain you.
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And as your problem is solved,
God will fill you with peace.
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Isaiah 26 and verse 3,
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“You will keep
him in perfect peace,
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whose mind is stayed on
You, because he trusts in You.”
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I'll have more,
in just a moment.
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>>Girl: My mom woke up at
11:45 and she smelled smoke.
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>>Man: About maybe
1:30 in the morning the, uh,
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my wife got a phone call
and I could hear the voice
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on the other end of the
line and she was basically,
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uh, screaming,
there's a fire, it's massive,
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it's headed your way,
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you need to get
out and get out now.
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>>Woman: After I hear
fire, I hear in the background,
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the fire is
just four blocks away
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from your house and I panicked.
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We started praying, our
prayers didn't last long.
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They were desperate,
they were, they were rushed,
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there was a need, it was urgent.
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It was very, very urgent.
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I said, please,
save my children.
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¤[ethereal music]¤
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>>John: Where was God
when the fires burned?
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Where was God
as people suffered?
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Where was God
while people were dying?
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Where was God in the
midst of the devastation?
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¤[Music and sound
of fire crackling]¤
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Thanks for joining me
today on It Is Written.
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Camp Hope was the name
given to the tent community
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set up for the relatives
of the 33 Chilean miners
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who were trapped underground,
2,300 feet underground,
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in a copper and gold mine
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after a collapse in
the mine in August of 2010.
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Volunteers and the media
also gathered at Camp Hope.
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After receiving a note
that proved that the 33 miners
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were alive in a shelter deep
below the surface of the earth,
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rescuers designed a
plan to bring the men
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up to the surface one by one.
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In the meantime, a
pastor, Carlos Parra,
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who pastored the Seventh-day
Adventist congregation,
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understood that the men
needed spiritual support
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and so he searched for 33
Bibles small enough to fit
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into a probe and he had
them delivered to the men,
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highlighting special
promises for the miners to read.
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Now, this is what we can do.
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This is exactly
what you and I can do.
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In moments of
discouragement and darkness,
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we can go to the Bible.
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And in the Bible we
find hope and assurance.
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The first promise Pastor
Parra assigned them to read
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was Psalm 103, verse 4,
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“Who redeems your
life from destruction,
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who crowns you
with lovingkindness
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and tender mercies.”
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And so every day Pastor Carlos
Parra would share promises
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for the trapped miners
to read from the Holy Book.
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They'd be sent down
2,300 feet underground
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in that special probe.
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Many people,
many religious groups,
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came together to help
these families and Pastor Parra
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became a virtual chaplain
to the miners underground
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and to the families above.
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Six men were chosen to descend
into the heart of the earth
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and help the miners
out back to the surface.
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Imagine
volunteering for that job.
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It was a huge risk.
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Not only did the six
men risk their lives,
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they did it of
their own free will
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and out of love
for their fellow man.
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No one forced them to descend
to the depths of the earth.
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It was duty that called
them to be more than spectators.
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And sometimes duty
also calls us to do a,
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a little more than to pray
for those who suffer around us.
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Sometimes we have to go
in search of the lost sheep.
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Sometimes you
have to participate
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in the rescue of
those who need it most.
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Just as Jesus
came to our rescue,
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as is written in
John 15 and verse 13,
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“Greater love
has no one than this,
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than to lay down
one's life for his friends.”
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So I ask you,
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what are you willing
to do for your lost child?
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What are you
willing to sacrifice
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for your sick father or mother?
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Maybe you need to spend
more time with your family.
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Maybe it's
necessary to seek counseling
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to save your marriage.
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It might be required
for you to stay up all night
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to take care of
your sick family member.
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You may have to
cook some extra food
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to help out your neighbor
who lost his or her job.
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Maybe that you should ask
for help on behalf of the person
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who can't speak out
because she's afraid.
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There are many ways in which
you can get involved in bringing
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relief to someone who's going
through a difficult moment.
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And Jesus will say
this when He returns,
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“I was hungry
and you gave Me food;
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I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink;
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I was a stranger
and you took Me in.
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I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you visited Me;
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I was in prison
and you came to Me.
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Then the righteousness
will answer Him, saying,
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‘Lord, when did we see
You hungry and feed You,
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or thirsty and give You drink?
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When did we see You a
stranger and take You in,
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or naked and clothe You?
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Or when did we see
You sick, or in prison,
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and come to You?'
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And the King will
answer and say to them,
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‘Assuredly I say to you,
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inasmuch as you did
it to one of the least
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of these My
brethren, you did it to Me.'”
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Remember
something, an act of kindness
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is much more valuable in
the vast majority of cases
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than the most
eloquent or powerful sermon.
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And you and I have
been called to be the hands
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and the feet of Jesus,
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bringing love and encouragement
to people who need it most.
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And make sure you don't miss
the opportunities brought to you
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by God to present to
others the love of Jesus.
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Days turned into weeks,
the weeks turned into months,
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69 days and the men were
still trapped underground.
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Around the world, people had
their eyes glued to TV screens
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following the
progress of the rescue.
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Ultimately, millions of people
witnessed what could be called
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the most incredible
mining rescue in history.
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One by one the miners
came out of the ground.
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First, Florencio Avalos, second,
Mario Sepulveda who brought
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stones from underground in a bag
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and began to
distribute them as souvenirs.
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Third, Juan Andres Llanez,
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fourth, Carlos Mamani,
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until the hours of the
day passed until the last man,
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Luis Urzua, was received.
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As each miner
emerged, tears of joy flowed,
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shouts of
celebration were heard.
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The first reaction of,
of several of the miners
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as they reached the surface
was to kneel down and thank God
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for a new opportunity of life
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and for reuniting
them with their families.
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Can you imagine how
Heaven celebrates when a person
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surrenders his or
her life to Jesus.
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It says this, I
want to read it to you,
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in the gospel of
Luke 15 and verse 7:
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“I say to you that
likewise there will be more joy
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in heaven over
one sinner who repents
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than over
ninety-nine just persons
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who need no repentance.”
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When a person surrenders
to Jesus, Heaven rejoices.
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Heaven says, it was
worth Jesus leaving Heaven
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to go to the earth for you.
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Now the cost of
rescuing those miners was huge.
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Twenty-two million dollars.
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But your rescue
costs Heaven much more.
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First Peter 1:18
gives us a total value:
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“Knowing that
you are not redeemed
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with corruptible
things, like silver or gold...
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but with the
precious blood of Christ,
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as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
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Heaven gave up its most precious
treasure for your salvation.
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Heaven emptied itself for you.
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It gave up everything for
that loved one who suffers.
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It gave up everything for that
prodigal son who left the home.
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And if God gave
all that and more,
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won't He care for you;
His most valued possession?
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How could God forget about you?
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How could He stop
listening to your prayer?
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Don't be discouraged.
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Wait on the Lord.
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Trust in Him.
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Keep praying.
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I'll be back in just a moment.
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Have you ever
wondered where Jesus is now,
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what Jesus is doing?
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Have you ever
wondered what Jesus is doing
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while people struggle
with pain and misfortune
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and sickness and death?
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Well, listen to this.
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As soon as our first
parents were kidnapped
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and deceived by
the father of lies,
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humanity was buried
in a hole much deeper
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than the one in which the
33 miners find themselves.
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We lost our home,
we lost our health,
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we lost our happiness.
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We lost our eternal life.
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We lost our immortality
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by listening to
the lies of the devil.
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He said that we wouldn't
die if we disobeyed God.
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But as soon as
we were condemned,
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the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit
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established Camp Hope,
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the heavenly sanctuary,
from where the greatest rescue
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of all time is in
operation seeking to save
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every person who's
lived on this planet.
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So, whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life.
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Jesus is now in
the heavenly sanctuary
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and when you and I, from the
bottom of the abyss of despair
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and anguish cry for help,
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He's there to comfort us,
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to give us hope
and help at all times.
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When in desperation
we cry out for a miracle,
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He pours out all of
the resources of Heaven
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so that we can endure as
we wait for our final rescue.
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That's why our safety is
in Jesus and what He can do
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and is doing from up
there to finalize the rescue.
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It's what the Scriptures say.
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There's an entire book in
the Bible that talks about it.
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I want to read to you
from the fourth chapter
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of the Book of
Hebrews starting in verse 15.
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“For we do not have a
High Priest who cannot
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sympathize with our weaknesses,
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but was in all
points tempted as we are,
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yet without sin.
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Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace,
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that we may obtain
mercy and find grace
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to help in time of need.”
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God's not unaware of our needs.
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God's in Camp Hope seeking
for ways to help us daily,
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moment by moment, providing
encouragement and assurance,
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and the promise that
things are going to end okay.
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Just a little
more. Just a little more.
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And soon this time of
pain and death and separation
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and anguish
will be over forever.
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God saw that we were in trouble.
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He knew there's no human
solution available to any of us.
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In the same way that
a specialist was sent
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to the 33 men to help
them into the rescue capsule,
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Jesus encapsulated Himself;
He became like one of us.
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He left His glory.
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He descended to the depths of
darkness in this lonely planet
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to show us the way
back to eternal life,
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to our heavenly home.
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This operation didn't
cost a million dollars
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or $10 million  or $22 million.
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A much higher price
was paid so that you and I
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could live forever and not die.
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Now think of
this, now think of this,
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what if, I'm going to
suggest something to you,
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what if one of the
miners after that complicated,
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expensive rescue operation
decided to stay down there
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701 meters, 2,300 feet,
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two Empire State Buildings
high or low, under the ground?
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What would the world think
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if somebody made a
decision like that?
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I think the world would
think he had lost his mind.
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We would know that
there was something
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awfully wrong with that man.
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But sadly, tragically, that's
what many people are doing today
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with the rescue
Jesus offers them.
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They've become too
acquainted with the darkness.
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They say, the
darkness is good enough for me.
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They prefer to be
buried in the abyss of sin,
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while there
awaits a better world.
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When the last miner
was rescued in that cold,
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long night in the desert, people
all around the world rejoiced.
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Millions.
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In fact, it was said
one billion people watched,
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many of them celebrating
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in front of the TV
or computer screen.
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It was over.
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The operation came to an end and
Camp Hope was finally closed.
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Those 33 men?
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They returned to their homes.
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In the same way,
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when the gospel reaches
every person in the world,
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everyone's had the
opportunity to accept
00:22:38.79\00:22:40.62
or reject the
salvation offered by Jesus,
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the largest and
costliest rescue operation
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in the universe will be over,
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and Jesus will forever
close Camp Hope, and will
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come to earth with billions
of angels to take us home.
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We'll live with Him forever.
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That's your destiny and mine.
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Don't allow the
devil to continue stealing
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more than he's already taken.
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Maybe he's stolen your health.
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Maybe he's taken your happiness.
00:23:11.15\00:23:13.32
Maybe he has your loved ones.
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We've lost everything
by listening to his voice.
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But we'll gain everything by
listening to the voice of Jesus,
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Who will restore
everything back to us.
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I want to ask
you, where are you now?
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Do you feel trapped by problems
that seem to have no solution?
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Or are you a
concerned family member
00:23:39.95\00:23:42.05
waiting for the miraculous
rescue of a loved one?
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Are you the one who
needs to be rescued?
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Maybe you need to lend
someone a hand right now,
00:23:48.32\00:23:51.03
or maybe you need
someone to lend you a hand.
00:23:51.06\00:23:54.76
Perhaps you've ignored God's
voice in the past and now you
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find yourself trapped
in a pit with no way out.
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You realize that you
need God's powerful hand.
00:23:59.70\00:24:03.37
It's you I'm addressing.
00:24:03.41\00:24:05.24
Look up to the only place and
the only One who can rescue you.
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There's no other.
00:24:08.71\00:24:10.58
There's no other way out.
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.55
If you think there's no
solution to your problem,
00:24:12.58\00:24:14.58
think of the empty tomb,
00:24:14.62\00:24:16.28
because if God was
able to overcome death,
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He can also overcome the
daily problems in your life.
00:24:19.62\00:24:23.43
Today is a decisive day.
00:24:23.46\00:24:25.53
Today is the day of rescue.
00:24:25.56\00:24:27.96
Today is the day
of your salvation.
00:24:27.96\00:24:30.33
You can take a
step of faith now.
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.23
Ask yourself if you
want to continue in a pit
00:24:33.27\00:24:36.37
or if you'll enter the
capsule that will take you
00:24:36.40\00:24:38.54
from the depths to
a new life with Jesus.
00:24:38.57\00:24:43.48
Are going to allow
Christ to rescue you.
00:24:43.51\00:24:45.78
Are you willing to
accept the sacrifice
00:24:45.81\00:24:47.92
made by Jesus on the cross?
00:24:47.95\00:24:51.42
I don't want to be alarmist,
00:24:51.45\00:24:52.55
but this could
be your last chance.
00:24:52.59\00:24:54.86
Don't overlook it.
00:24:54.89\00:24:56.76
If at this moment
you're willing to say,
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.79
"Yes, I want to be rescued,"
then open up your heart to God.
00:24:58.83\00:25:03.03
If right now you recognize the
seriousness of your situation,
00:25:03.06\00:25:06.94
that God's not the
center of your life,
00:25:06.97\00:25:09.57
let's change that now, shall we?
00:25:09.60\00:25:11.17
It just takes a decision.
00:25:11.21\00:25:12.97
Oh, you say,
"I'm not good enough."
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.01
No, that's true.
00:25:15.04\00:25:15.88
There's no one
who's good enough,
00:25:15.91\00:25:17.11
only God.
00:25:17.15\00:25:18.61
You say, "I'm not deserving."
00:25:18.65\00:25:20.22
Well, well, of
course you are not.
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.55
There's no one who
deserves salvation.
00:25:21.58\00:25:24.82
Jesus didn't die for
people who deserve to be saved.
00:25:24.85\00:25:28.32
He died for people who
are in a desperate situation
00:25:28.36\00:25:30.29
and just
couldn't save themselves.
00:25:30.33\00:25:33.43
You say, "God
wouldn't forgive me."
00:25:33.46\00:25:35.73
Oh, come on.
00:25:35.76\00:25:36.67
You're forgetting
all the case stories
00:25:36.70\00:25:39.10
all the way through the Bible,
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.04
of sinful people
that God forgave.
00:25:41.07\00:25:45.14
Jesus came to seek and
to save those who were lost.
00:25:45.17\00:25:49.71
Christ died for our sins.
00:25:49.74\00:25:53.52
So what are you going to do?
00:25:53.55\00:25:55.92
Stay because you choose to,
00:25:55.95\00:25:58.79
2,300 feet below the
surface of the earth,
00:25:58.82\00:26:03.02
and refuse to come out?
00:26:03.06\00:26:05.86
Friend, Jesus died for
you so you could live forever.
00:26:05.89\00:26:08.20
Jesus died for you
so that before eternity
00:26:08.23\00:26:11.37
you can have hope in this life,
00:26:11.40\00:26:12.60
you can live with
dignity and confidence.
00:26:12.63\00:26:16.14
You can live knowing
that you are a child of God.
00:26:16.17\00:26:19.94
If you'd like to
be a child of God,
00:26:19.97\00:26:21.28
I'm going to pray
for you in just a moment,
00:26:21.31\00:26:22.64
but right now if you can
open your heart up to God
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.45
and say "Yes,
that's what I want,"
00:26:25.48\00:26:30.02
and you can live with
hope in this world and then,
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.75
beyond this world,
in the world to come.
00:26:32.79\00:26:36.66
Our Father in
Heaven, we're thankful
00:26:37.96\00:26:39.66
that You set up
Camp Hope in Heaven
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.83
so that from
there You could launch
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.47
the most
incredible rescue mission
00:26:44.50\00:26:46.17
in the history of the cosmos.
00:26:46.20\00:26:47.94
And Lord today we
want to be rescued.
00:26:47.97\00:26:50.01
I pray for each one now,
00:26:50.04\00:26:53.27
someone living
without confidence,
00:26:53.31\00:26:54.94
someone living in desperation,
00:26:54.98\00:26:56.75
someone filled with anxiety,
00:26:56.78\00:26:58.21
someone far from You,
00:26:58.25\00:27:00.05
but now we say,
"we want to come home."
00:27:00.08\00:27:03.42
We admit we can't
turn our own lives around.
00:27:03.45\00:27:05.52
We say, "God,
00:27:05.55\00:27:06.82
You must turn our lives around
because that's what You do."
00:27:06.86\00:27:09.32
So, Lord would
You do that right now?
00:27:09.36\00:27:12.29
Well, let me change that.
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.93
Lord, thank You for doing that
and we believe You've done so.
00:27:14.96\00:27:21.14
So now, friend,
claim new life in Jesus.
00:27:21.17\00:27:23.77
Invite Him into your heart.
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.17
Believe that He comes in.
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.71
Believe that He
forgives your sins
00:27:26.74\00:27:28.11
because you confess them to Him.
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.18
Believe that
everlasting life is yours
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and now we live in
connection with God.
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Father, we thank You
for the hope that we have.
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We thank You that You are
the greatest rescuer of all
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and we pray in Jesus' name,
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Amen.
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Thank you so
much for joining me.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then, remember,
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"It is written,
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'Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
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