Participants: Pr. Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201110
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00:01 >>BILL: WE HERE'S A RIDDLE FOR YOU TO SOLVE.
00:02 WHAT IS THE ONLY THINGTHAT IF YOU GIVE IT AWAY YOU 00:05 STILL HAVE A LOT OF IT LEFT OVER? CAN YOU GUESS 00:10 WHAT IT IS? THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN. 00:15 (MUSIC) 00:26 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:28 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:30 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:32 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:36 IT IS WRITTEN . . 00:37 . SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:43 (MUSIC) 01:00 >>BILL: WELL THE ANSWER IS LOVE. NOW, LOVE IS ONE 01:01 OF THE MOST OFTEN USED AND MISAPPLIED, MISUNDERSTOOD 01:05 WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ITS USAGE IS 01:10 NEARLY LIMITLESS. AND PEOPLE SAY THEY LOVE 01:11 EVERYTHING FROM PEANUT BUTTER TO FIREWORKS. BUT 01:16 AS CHRISTIANS WE'RE CALLED TO WALK IN THE SAME MANNER 01:22 AS 'HE' WALKED. AND SO, WE ARE CALLED TO MANIFEST AND 01:23 MODEL CHRIST'S LOVE. WE'LL LET ME THANK YOU FOR 01:37 JOINING US ON THIS WEEK'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. 01:40 TODAY WE ARE EMBARKING ON A JOURNEY OF WHAT IS 01:41 REFERRED TO AS 'THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT' FOUND 01:48 IN GALATIONS CHAPTER 5, VERSES 22 AND 23. AND OVER 01:53 THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL GO AND STUDY 01:54 THESE VERSES AND SEE WHAT PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 01:57 WE FIND HERE FOR OUR LIVES AND TO HELP ME GET STARTED 02:02 TODAY I'VE INVITED TWO SPECIAL GUESTS. THEY ARE 02:03 BOTH PASTORS AND BOTH ARE KNOWN TO OUR 'IT IS 02:08 WRITTEN' VIEWERS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 02:12 AND SO, LET ME WELCOME BOTH OF YOU, PASTOR DAVID 02:13 SCHWINGHAMMER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 02:16 >>PASTOR DAVID: PLEASURE. 02:16 >>BILL: YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU HAD BEEN 02:19 SINGING. >>PASTOR DAVID: YES. >>BILL: YOU SANG FOR 02:21 US BEFORE. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE. >>PASTOR 02:22 DAVID: THANK YOU. >>BILL: WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 02:24 PRIVILEDGE OF HEARING YOU SING ON MORE PROGRAMS BUT, 02:26 PASTOR DAVID, TELL OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 02:27 YOU. >>PASTOR DAVID: OKAY. 02:31 I'M MARRIED TO A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN AND 02:32 I'VE BEEN PASTORING FOR FIFTEEN YEARS IN ONTARIO 02:35 AND RECENTLY I'VE TAKEN ON THE POSITION AS THE 02:40 DIRECTOR OF STEWARDSHIP. 02:41 I TEACH ON STEWARDSHIP, FINANCE AND A BALANCED 02:44 LIFESTYLE IN THE AREA OF FAITH, FAMILY, FITNESS AND 02:45 FINANCE AND TEACH IN THE AREA OF WORSHIP FOR 02:48 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN ONTARIO. >>BILL: 02:50 WELL THANK YOU. AND YOU WE'RE MY PASTOR FOR 02:51 A WHILE.>>PASTOR DAVID: THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL:.YOU 02:55 WERE THE PASTOR OF MY CHURCH, THE CHURCH WHERE I 02:57 ATTENDED AND I APPRECIATED THAT. IT'S GREAT TO 02:58 HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. AND PASTOR FRANK, YOU 03:00 HAVE BEEN WITH US ON OTHER SERIES'. YOU'VE 03:03 PARTICIPATED AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS 03:04 AND YOUR VERY PRACTICAL INSIGHTS. >>PASTOR 03:09 FRANK: THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEDGE. >>BILL: AND SO 03:11 WE'VE ASKED YOU TO JOIN US AGAIN. TELL OUR VIEWERS 03:12 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO IS PASTOR FRANK DELL'ERBA? 03:15 >>PASTOR FRANK: A PASTOR THAT WAS BORN NOT TOO FAR 03:20 FROM HERE, HAMILTON. 03:20 ITALIAN BACKGROUND. I HAVE TWO CHURCHES IN THE, I 03:24 PASTOR TWO CHURCHES IN THE TORONTO AREA. ONE 03:25 IS HARMONY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH WHICH 03:28 IS A CHURCH THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR 03:30 WITH. YOU PASTORED THERE YOURSELF. >>BILL: I DID, 03:31 YOU'RE RIGHT. >>PASTOR FRANK: AND THE OTHER IS 03:33 A SMALL ITALIAN GROUP, THE TORONTO ITALIAN 03:35 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST COMPANY. WE HAVE A 03:36 BEAUTIFUL MULTI-CULTURAL SETTING THERE. IT'S JUST A 03:40 PRIVILEDGE TO PASTOR THEM >>BILL: IS THERE A WEBSITE 03:45 THAT YOU'D LIKE TO INFORM OUR VIEWERS.>>PASTOR 03:46 FRANK: OUR CHURCH IS AT WWW.HARMONYSDACHURCH.ORG. 03:49 >>BILL: WONDERFUL. WELL, WE'VE DONE A STUDY ON THE 03:51 BOOK OF GALATIONS. WE HAD DR. GEORGE KNIGHT AS 03:52 OUR SPECIAL GUEST AND HE WALKED US THROUGH THE 04:04 BOOK OF GALATIONS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WHEN WE GOT 04:11 HERE, TO THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, WE NEEDED TO PARK 04:12 OURSELVES HERE A LITTLE BIT AND SPEND SOME TIME 04:16 ON EACH ONE OF THESE NINE ELEMENTS OF THIS FRUIT 04:21 THAT PAUL TALKS ABOUT HERE AND HOW HE CONTRASTS THOSE 04:22 WITH THE DEEDS OF THE FLESH. ALL RIGHT? THE 04:27 KINDS OF THINGS THAT TEND TO COME NATURALLY TO US IN 04:33 OUR SINFUL NATURE, RIGHT? 04:34 AND THEN CONTRASTING THAT TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE 04:37 ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO CONTROL OUR LIVES. WHAT 04:38 ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT BEGIN TO BE EVIDENT 04:42 IN OUR LIVES? IT'S PROBABLY NOT SUPRISING 04:47 THAT HE STARTS WITH LOVE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE SAME 04:48 PAUL WHO TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE, RIGHT, 04:57 IN ALL THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS. SO LET'S LOOK AT 05:02 THAT BECAUSE I DID SAY IN THE INTRO THAT LOVE 05:03 IS A VERY MISUSED AND MISUNDERSTOOD WORD IN OUR 05:07 CULTURE. I MEAN, WE JUST, PEOPLE JUST SAY THEY LOVE 05:12 ANYTHING AND MAYBE WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT A 05:13 DEFINITION OF LOVE. AND WE KNOW AND MANY OF OUR 05:20 VIEWERS MAY KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT 05:23 DEFINITIONS OF LOVE, AT LEAST FOUND IN THE NEW 05:24 TESTAMENT. MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR 05:26 US TO START. LET'S DEFINE, WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN BY 05:32 LOVE HERE IN GALATIONS 5, VERSE 22. >>PASTOR FRANK: 05:33 WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, ONE OF THE GREEK 05:40 WORDS, BECAUSE GREEK HAS MULTIPLE WORDS FOR THE 05:45 CONCEPT OF LOVE. WE JUST HAVE THAT ONE WORD. 05:46 SO AS YOU PUT IT, I LOVE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM IS THE 05:50 SAME WORD AS I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO GIVE MY LOVE 05:54 TO YOU. >>BILL: RIGHT. 05:55 >>PASTOR FRANK: WE, KIND OF, DON'T HAVE THAT 05:57 CONCEPT. THE CONCEPT IN THE GREEK, THE WORD 05:58 'AGAPE' IS THIS LOVE THAT IS NOT BASED ON THE PERSON 06:02 THAT IS BEING LOVED, IT'S BASED UPON THE PERSON 06:06 THAT'S DOING THE LOVING. 06:07 IT PLACES VALUE ON THE PERSON'S SYMPATHY BECAUSE 06:10 I CHOOSE TO DO. IT'S AN ACT OF WILL. IT'S AN 06:11 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND IT'S A HUGE THING, IT'S 06:15 A HUGE CONCEPT THAT PAUL BRINGS US TO. AND FRANKLY, 06:21 WHEN YOU REALLY REALIZE WHAT THIS LOVE IS, IT'S 06:22 IMPOSSIBLE HUMANLY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED 06:26 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP US TO EXPERIENCE. >>PASTOR 06:29 DAVID: I THINK THIS HAS BEEN GOD'S INTENT TO 06:30 REVEAL WHAT THIS KIND OF LOVE IS. I THINK BACK IN 06:35 DEUTORONOMY, I WAS JUST READING NOT TOO LONG AGO 06:40 IN DEUTORONOMY WHERE GOD BRINGS THE PEOPLE TO A 06:41 MOUNTAIN AND THEY'VE BEEN IN BONDAGE AND SLAVERY, 06:44 THE CHILDREN OF ISREAL FOR OVER 430 YEARS AND HE 06:48 WANTS TO TEACH THEM ABOUT HIMSELF. AND HE SAYS, 06:49 HERE'S SOME GUIDELINES, HERE'S SOME PRINCIPLES 06:51 THAT I WANT YOU TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE ME, FIRST OF 06:55 ALL, AND THEN HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE THEY 06:56 WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SO MANY OTHER NATIONS 06:59 AND HE GIVES THEM THE PRINCIPLES ON ONE GOD, NO 07:02 IDOLS, RESPECT MY NAME, SPEND TIME WITH ME. HE 07:03 GIVES THEM THESE AMAZING PRINCIPLES ON HOW TO 07:07 RELATE AND HOW TO LOVE GOD BACK AND THEN HE SAYS THIS 07:11 INCREDIBLE THING WHEN HE GETS THEM TO THE MOUNTAIN 07:12 HE SAYS I WANT YOU TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART 07:15 AND ALL YOUR SOUL AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH. AND THAT'S 07:20 GOD'S INTENT. HE SAYS IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER 07:21 AGAIN AND FINALLY, THERE'S THIS POWERFUL VERSE THAT 07:24 JUST IMPRESSES ME HERE, THIS IS DEUTORONOMY 07:28 CHAPTER 30 WHERE HE SAYS, THIS IS THE DAY, HE GETS 07:29 THEM, MOSES IS AT THE END OF HIS LIFE AND THEY'RE 07:32 GOING ON NOW TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND AND HE SAYS, 07:35 "BUT THIS DAY, I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH AS A 07:36 WITNESS AGAINST YOU, I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE 07:38 AND DEATH, BLESSINGS AND CURSES. NOW, I WANT YOU TO 07:40 CHOOSE LIFE. LOVING ME IS LIFE, LEARNING ABOUT ME IS 07:41 LIFE. AND HE SAYS, CHOOSE LIFE THAT YOU AND YOUR 07:47 CHILDREN MAY LIVE AND THAT YOU MAY LOVE, THAT YOU MAY 07:52 LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, LISTEN TO HIS VOICE, 07:53 HOLDFAST TO HIM. THE LORD IS YOUR LIFE AND HE WILL 07:55 GIVE YOU MANY YEARS IN HIS LAND. THIS WHOLE JOURNEY 07:59 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE SAYS I WANT YOU 08:00 TO LOVE ME, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT LOVE IS, HOW TO 08:05 LOVE ONE ANOTHER. I THINK WHEN PAUL ALUDES THAT THE 08:09 CLOSER WE GET TO JESUS THE MORE THIS LOVE COMES 08:10 THROUGH US TO OTHERS AS A RELATIONSHIP. >>PASTOR 08:15 FRANK: I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL POINT YOU MADE 08:18 THERE. IN MY BACKGROUND AS AN ITALIAN, WE WOULD USE 08:19 'TI AMO'. COUPLES USE THAT EXCLUSIVELY BUT WHEN YOU 08:24 EXPRESS LOVE TO FAMILY OR FRIENDS YOU WOULD SAY, 'TI 08:28 VOLU ABENO' WHICH LITERALLY MEANS I WANT 08:29 GOOD FOR YOU. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW THE BIBLE 08:34 ACTUALLY TRANSMITS OR SHOWS US WHAT LOVE IS ALL 08:40 ABOUT IS USUALLY, IT'S NOT THROUGH DEFINITION, LIKE 08:41 DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS, IT'S THROUGH STORIES. YOU 08:44 LOOK AT THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON.>>BILL: YES. 08:47 >>PASTOR FRANK:.THE GOOD SAMARITAN, YOU WATCH THE 08:48 ACTS OF GOD FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION AND HOW HE 08:51 INTERACTS WITH US AND HOW WE LET HIM DOWN AND HOW HE 08:52 PICKS US BACK UP, HOW HE GIVES US UNMERITED GRACE 08:53 AND MOST OF ALL LOVE ENCAPSULATED IN A PERSON, 08:58 JESUS CHRIST. AND YOU SEE THAT CONTINUALLY PLAYED 09:02 OUT. GOD WANTING GOOD FOR US, WANTING GOOD FOR 09:03 US AND SHOWING US THROUGH ACTIONS AND I THINK THAT'S 09:07 A GOOD DEFINITION FOR LOVE IS THAT BIBLICAL LOVE IS A 09:11 DECISION TO ACT FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS. IT'S AN 09:12 ACT OF CHOICE. >>BILL: SO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO 09:16 LOVE GOD WITHOUT THAT LOVE REFLECTING IN OUR LOVE FOR 09:24 OUR FELLOW MAN. >>PASTOR FRANK: YES. I WOULD SAY 09:25 THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT. HE SAYS IT OVER AND OVER 09:30 HE CONNECTS LOVING HIM SUPREMELY WITH LOVING.IT'S 09:34 LIKE TO TWO SETS OF THE SAME COIN. YOU CAN'T SAY I 09:35 LOVE GOD AND THEN YOU JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE 09:38 ELSE AROUND YOU. DOESN'T WORK. >>BILL: YOU KNOW, 09:42 AS, AS DIFFICULT AS THE CONCEPT OF LOVING ONE 09:43 ANOTHER IS, I THINK FOR SOME FOLKS TO GRASP, I 09:48 THINK FOR MANY OF OUR VIEWERS THE CONCEPT OF 09:51 LOVING AN INVISIBLE GOD MAY BE MORE COMPLEX. 09:52 HOW DOES ONE BEGIN THIS PROCESS OF GETTING TO KNOW 10:08 AND LOVE THIS LOVING GOD AS YOU SAID, LOVE ME AND 10:12 THERE'S LIFE. HOW DOES THAT BEGIN TO HAPPEN? YOU 10:13 KNOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WATCHING THAT, I MEAN, 10:18 CONCEPTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'S A REAL, THAT'S A 10:21 CHALLENGE FOR THEM. 10:21 >>PASTOR DAVID: I KNOW FOR ME THIS IS A JOURNEY OF 10:25 FAITH. I SEE YOU AND I SEE YOU.>>BILL: YES. 10:26 >>PASTOR DAVID:.AND WE'RE INTERACTING THIS WAY BUT 10:31 WITH GOD WE'RE, THIS IS A JOURNEY BY FAITH AND I 10:35 EXPERIENCE HIM. AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE SO MUCH ABOUT 10:36 THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE, IT CAPTURES THE JOURNEY OF 10:39 THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HIM IN MANY WAYS. HE'S 10:44 BECOME VERY REAL TO THEM, VERY INTIMATE TO THEM. FOR 10:45 ME AND MY OWN JOURNEY, THE CLOSER I GET, THE MORE 10:48 I DO TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD, TO COMMUNICATE WITH 10:52 HIM THROUGH PRAYER, AND PRACTICE SOME PRINCIPLES 10:53 AND DISCIPLINES TO KEEP ME FOCUSED ON HIM. THEN MY 10:57 JOURNEY WITH HIM BECOMES MORE REAL, MORE RELEVANT 11:01 THAN TO MY LIFE. THEN I START TO SEE SOME OF THESE 11:03 CHANGES WHERE THE LOVE I'M READING ABOUT THAT 11:06 GOD, THROUGH JESUS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND JESUS LIVED 11:08 AND MODELLED. WHEN I SEE WHAT JESUS DID AND THE 11:09 PROMISES THAT HE MADE FOR ME AND HE'S GOING TO DO 11:14 THAT AND ACCOMPLISH THAT IN ME. HE'S GOING TO DO 11:18 THAT. IT JUST MAKES THAT - I MEAN, WHEN WE DRAW 11:19 CLOSER TO HIM AND THOSE PRINCIPLES HE STARTS DOING 11:24 THAT THROUGH US. IT'S INCREDIBLE AND UNLESS YOU 11:27 EXPERIENCE THAT, UNLESS YOU'VE ACTUALLY 11:28 EXPERIENCED IT YOURSELF IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN. ONCE 11:30 YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. 11:34 >>BILL: FRANK, I THINK YOU HAD.>>FRANK: WHAT I WAS, 11:35 I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11:37 25. AT THE END OF TIME HE SEPARATES ALL OF HUMANITY 11:40 INTO TWO GROUPS, SHEEP AND GOATS, AND HE CALLS THE 11:41 SHEEP INTO HIS KINGDOM AND HE SAYS, I WAS THIRSTY 11:46 AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK, I WAS HUNGRY AND 11:49 YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAR, I WAS IN PRISON AND 11:50 YOU CAME AND VISITIED ME. 11:52 JUST PRACTICAL ACTS OF LOVE. AND, OF COURSE, THEY 11:53 RESPONDED, HOW DID WE DO THAT TO YOU? YOU KNOW, 11:55 YOU'RE INVISIBLE. WE DON'T SEE YOU. HE SAID, "WHEN 11:58 YOU DO IT TO THE LEAST OF MY BRETHERN, THEN YOU DO 11:59 IT TO ME." SO, YOU WANT TO LEARN TO LOVE GOD? THEN 12:03 LEARN TO LOVE THE LEAST OF THESE. LEARN TO LOVE EACH 12:07 OTHER AND THEN THAT LOVE STARTS TO ACTUALLY GROW 12:08 AND BE PLAYED OUT. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 12:12 THINGS IS TO ADMIT I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT 12:15 LOVE AND I NEED TO ASK GOD FOR THAT GIFT. >>BILL: 12:16 WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR 12:21 CHURCHES IN A LACK OF THIS PRACTICAL MANIFESTATION OF 12:27 THIS LOVE? I MEAN, HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT? 12:28 WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITIES? WHAT HAPPENS 12:33 IN OUR CHURCHES WHEN WE, AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS 12:39 CHRIST, DO NOT PRACTICALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT LOVE TO 12:40 OUR FELLOW MAN? >>PASTOR DAVID: PAIN. WE SEE A LOT 12:46 OF PAIN. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE DEVASTATION THAT 12:51 GOES ON IN A GODLESS ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S 12:52 NO LOVE. HURT. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE 12:57 ACTIONS. THOSE LOVELESS ACTIONS, CONSEQUENCES ARE 13:03 DEVASTATING. WE SEE THAT ALL AROUND US, EVERYDAY 13:04 THAT'S WHY I'M SO DRAWN TO JESUS AND HIS LIFE. HE 13:08 ADDED VALUE, HE DIDN'T TAKE IT AWAY. HE ADDED 13:11 LOVE. THAT LOVE WAS UPLIFTING AND BUILDING 13:12 UP AND I THINK THAT'S THE MODEL HE'S GIVEN TO US TO 13:15 FOLLOW. AND EVERYTIME WE MOVE CLOSER TO THAT MODEL 13:20 EVEN HERE IN, YOU KNOW, 1CORINTHIANS 13, IT 13:21 EXPLAINS WHAT LOVE IS. 13:23 IT'S PATIENT, IT'S KIND, IT DOESN'T ENVY, IT'S 13:24 NOT RUDE, THE OPPOSITE OF WHICH IS THAT LOVELESS 13:27 BUT HERE IT SAYS, LOVE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 13:31 SELF-SEEKING, IT'S NOT EASILY ANGERED, AND IT 13:32 GOES ON, IT NEVER FAILS AND OF EVERYTHING ELSE, 13:35 THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. AND SO WE PAY THE 13:39 PRICE WHEN WE DON'T DEMONSTRATE OR MODEL OR 13:40 DON'T EXPERIENCE IT. IT DOES REALLY DRASTICALLY 13:43 AFFECT US. >>PASTOR FRANK: IN OUR EVERYDAY PRACTICAL 13:45 EXPERIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE MARRIAGE. YOU HAVE A 13:46 WEDDING DAY AND YOU MAKE WEDDING VOWS AND YOU IT'S 13:50 ALL ABOUT YOU, AND I'M FOCUSED ON YOU, AND I LOVE 13:53 YOU AND THEN IMAGINE LIVING YOUR LIFE 13:54 COMPLETELY OPPOSITE AFTER THAT DAY. LIKE, YOU DON'T 13:57 SPEND TIME WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOU DON'T, YOU IGNORE 14:01 HER AND YOU GO OUT WITH THE BOYS AND YOU MAY HAVE 14:02 KNOWLEDGE OF HER, YOU HAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF WHO 14:06 THE PERSON IS BUT THAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ACTUALLY 14:09 HEADING TO SOMETHING. 14:09 KNOWLEDGE IS A MEANS TO SOMETHING. TO WHAT? TO 14:14 LOVE, TO THE RELATIONSHIP AND SOMETIMES WE STOP AT 14:15 KNOWLEDGE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO CHURCHES IF WE 14:19 FOCUS ON KNOWLEDGE ONLY IT'S THE SAME THING AS 14:23 BEING MARRIED TO SOMEBODY, HAVING ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE 14:24 BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT MARRIED AND BEING IN 14:26 THAT RELATIONSHIP. IT'S A TRAGEDY. >>BILL: YEAH. 14:30 JESUS SORT OF TAKES IT THE NEXT STEP AND SAYS, YOU 14:31 KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT LOVING SOMEONE YOU 14:34 LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S NICE, BUT I'M GOING 14:43 TO TELL YOU YOU WANT TO SEPARATE THE MEN FROM THE 14:45 MICE IF YOU KNOW. YOU LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. YOU 14:49 LOVE THOSE ONES. THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY BEGIN TO 14:52 DEMONSTRATE HOW IN THE WORLD, HOW IN THE WORLD 14:53 DO WE DO THAT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COLLEAGUE 15:00 AT WORK OR, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBOUR. A COLLEAGUE AT 15:04 WORK UNDERMINING US, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY COSTING 15:05 US OUR JOB, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE FEED OUR 15:10 FAMILIES. ARE YOU SAYING THAT I'M TO LOVE THAT 15:14 PERSON? THAT IS INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO 15:15 DESTROY MY LIFE? I MEAN, WAS THAT WAS JESUS WAS 15:21 SAYING? >>PASTOR DAVID: I THINK THAT THERE ARE TWO 15:27 PARTS I MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND 15:28 THAT IS, NUMBER ONE, WE CAN'T DO THAT. IF SOMEONE 15:34 WAS DOING THAT AND I WAS AWARE OF IT, OR SOMEONE 15:36 CUTS IN FRONT OF ME ON THE HIGHWAY, OR, YOU 15:37 KNOW, WHATEVER, THERE'S A NATURAL TENDENCY FOR ME TO 15:39 WANT TO REACT OR RESPOND IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T 15:42 INACT OUT LOVE. SO, FOR ME, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I 15:43 KNOW THAT I CAN'T DO THIS. 15:45 I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 15:45 NEED GOD TO HELP ME. I NEED THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME 15:49 IN A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE. 15:49 BUT, THE OTHER PART IS GOD WILL NEVER ASK OF US 15:55 ANYTHING WE CANNOT DO. 15:56 WHEN JESUS - WHEN I THINK OF WHAT JESUS DID AND HOW 16:00 HE WAS BEATEN AND HOW HE WAS ABUSED AND YET HE 16:01 COULD HAVE, HE COULD HAVE FOUGHT, HE COULD HAVE 16:06 CALLED THE ANGELS, HE COULD HAVE IN A MILLION 16:10 DIFFERENT WAYS RESPONDED TO RETALIATE BUT HE KNEW 16:11 THAT HIS PLAN NEEDED TO BE FULFILLED AND HE WENT THE 16:15 DISTANCE. AND HE MODELLED LOVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE, 16:19 HE MODELLED THAT IT CAN BE DONE, YOU CAN TURN THE 16:20 OTHER CHEEK, YOU CAN, YOU CAN REVEAL LOVE IN 16:23 A GOD-LIKE WAY. IT'S POSSIBLE. >>BILL: WOW. 16:26 >>PASTOR FRANK: THIS IS WHY I THINK AT TIMES I 16:27 TAKE EXCEPTION TO PEOPLE WHO SAY, OH, LOVE, WE'RE 16:31 TALKING ABOUT LOVE AGAIN THAT FLUFFY... >>BILL: 16:35 YEAH, YEAH. >>PASTOR FRANK:.THAT FLUFFY 16:36 CONCEPT. BECAUSE LOVE HAS BECOME THAT. BUT REAL 16:37 BIBLICAL LOVE THAT'S THE MEAT, THAT'S THE HEART OF 16:42 WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 16:43 AND IT'S HARD. AND WE'D RATHER FOCUS ON ALL THESE 16:45 ISOTERIC PASSAGES AND ALL THESE OUTSIDE THINGS 16:46 THAT'S WHAT'S THE HEART, THAT'S WHAT'S MOST 16:50 IMPORTANT.>>BILL: RIGHT. 16:51 >>PASTOR FRANK:.BUT WHEN JESUS IS CALLING, WHAT 16:53 HE'S CALLING US TO IS HIS TEACHINGS. THIS IS DEEP 16:55 AND THIS DIFFICULT AND FRANKLY, WHEN YOU REALIZE 16:56 YOU'RE SICK, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL GO TO THE DOCTOR 17:00 AND SAY, HELP ME, YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU'RE THIRSTY, 17:03 THEN YOU'LL ASK FOR DRINK, FOR WATER. AND SO, YES, AS 17:04 WE LOOK AND WE STUDY LOVE AND WE REALIZE MORE AND 17:09 MORE THAT I'M DEFICIENT IN THIS, I DON'T HAVE IN ME. 17:12 LET ME ASK GOD WHO DOES HAVE IT IN HIM TO COME 17:14 AND DWELL IN ME AND TO ACTUALLY START THAT 17:18 PROCESS OF TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO LOVING PEOPLE AND 17:21 TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK AND DOING THOSE 17:21 THINGS THAT ARE REALLY TRANSFORMING. THESE ARE 17:23 THE THINGS THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE EARTH. 17:25 THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.>>BILL: YES. 17:26 >>PASTOR FRANK:.WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE FRUITS. 17:29 THESE FRUITS ARE KIND OF THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. 17:32 EVERYONE THINKS THESE THINGS ARE GOOD THINGS 17:33 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 17:35 >>PASTOR FRANK: LIKE SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT BE 17:36 INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR BELIEFS AT ALL BUT SHOW 17:38 ME THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T NEED LOVE. >>BILL: THAT'S 17:40 RIGHT. >>PASTOR FRANK: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC 17:41 GROUND RULES.>>BILL: WHO DOESN'T RESPOND 17:44 TO KINDNESS.>>PASTOR FRANK RIGHT. EXACTLY. >>BILL:.OR 17:46 GENTLENESS. ABSOLUTELY. 17:46 THIS IS A TRANSFORMING, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S THE 17:51 POWER TO TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR HOMES 17:52 WHEN WE AS THE FOLLOWERS OF A MAN HANGING 17:55 ON A CROSS, SUFFERING EXCRUCIATING PAIN, HAVING 18:00 BEEN TREATED THE WAY HE WAS SAYS, 'FATHER, FORGIVE 18:01 THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO'. THAT'S THE 18:05 MAN THAT WE CLAIM TO BE FOLLOWERS, YOU KNOW, OF. 18:14 >>PASTOR DAVID: I THINK OF JOHN. YOU KNOW, 18:15 HIS NICKNAME, SON OF THUNDER.>>BILL: YES. 18:18 >>PASTOR DAVID:. THIS GUY WAS ROUGH. I THINK OF HOW 18:21 HE LIVED AND WALKED. YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING DIDN'T 18:22 CONFORM OR COMMUNITY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE WAY - 18:25 YOU WANT US TO TAKE THEM OUT.>>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 18:29 >>PASTOR DAVID:.WE'LL BURN THEM, WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT 18:30 I THINK OF THIS ROUGH GUY AND I THINK BACK AND 18:32 I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND I THINK, WOW, MAYBE I'M LIKE 18:35 THAT SOMETIMES TO. BUT THEN I LOOK AT 1JOHN AND 18:36 I READ WHAT HE WRITES. 18:39 HERE'S THIS ROUGH DUDE, THIS ROUGH, TOUGH GUY AND 18:40 HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 18:43 GOD IS LOVE. >>BILL: YES. 18:44 >>PASTOR DAVID: AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW GOD, YOU'VE 18:47 GOT TO LOVE. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR DAVID: AND 18:48 IF YOU LOVE, YOU KNOW GOD. 18:49 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 18:50 >>PASTOR FRANK: AND THERE'S THIS AMAZING 18:52 DIALOGUE AND LOVE IS WRITTEN SO MANY TIMES, 18:53 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. AND HERE'S 18:55 THIS GUY THAT WAS TOTALLY TRANSFORMED. SO, I SEE IF 18:57 IT CAN HAPPEN TO HIM THEN THERE'S HOPE FOR ME 18:58 TOO >>BILL: YEAH. IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW HE REFERS 19:01 TO HIMSELF AS THE DISCIPLE WHO JESUS LOVED. WE HAVE 19:05 ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. 19:05 OUR TIME JUST ZIPS RIGHT PAST US. SO, I WANT TO 19:10 GIVE BOTH OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO MAKE 19:10 SOME CLOSING COMMENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE MINUTES. 19:14 YOU KNOW, PASTOR FRANK, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? 19:18 >>PASTOR FRANK: SURE. JUST WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE 19:19 IS THAT WHEN WE UNDERSTAND HOW CENTRAL LOVE IS 19:22 TO EVERYTHING, HOW LOVE IS BASICALLY THE HUB OF WHERE 19:27 EVERYTHING ELSE COMES AND FITS TOGETHER, ALL THE 19:28 OTHER FRUITS.>>BILL: THEY ALL FLOW OUT OF LOVE, 19:30 RIGHT? >>PASTOR FRANK: YEAH. 1CORINTHIANS 13, YOU 19:32 KNOW, IS TALKING ABOUT LOVE IS, WITHOUT LOVE 19:33 EVERYTHING ELSE IS, KIND OF, DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING 19:38 BECAUSE LOVE IS THE ULTIMATE ENDS. AND WHEN WE 19:41 REALIZE THAT AND THEN WE COMPARE OUR STYLE OF LOVE 19:42 AND HOW WE DO IT AND HOW CONDITIONAL IT IS AND 19:47 HOW WE OFTEN FALL AND HOW SELFISH WE GET AND HOW 19:50 QUICKLY WE GET HURT. AND WHEN WE GET HURT, BOY, WE 19:51 JUST WANT TO GET BACK AT THAT PERSON THAT'S THE 19:55 TIME WHERE WE, THAT'S THE TIME THE BIBLE CALLS US TO 19:57 REPENT AND LET'S ADMIT, ADMIT THAT WE'RE 19:58 NOT AT THAT POINT. IS CHRISTIANITY KNOWN FOR 20:01 BEING LOVING? OFTEN IT'S KNOWN FOR EVERYTHING BUT. 20:08 YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO CALL OURSELVES ON THESE 20:09 KINDS OF THINGS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE GOD 20:16 IS CALLING US TO DO AND WE OFTEN ARE NOT THERE. LET'S 20:21 ADMIT IT AND LET'S ASK THE DOCTOR FOR HELP AND LET 20:22 HIM COME INTO OUR LIVES AND MAKE US TRULY LOVING 20:24 PEOPLE. >>BILL: THANK YOU. 20:25 PASTOR DAVID, ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT. >>PASTOR 20:27 DAVID: THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS IN MY OFFICE, IT WAS 20:28 A LITTLE WHILE AGO, MY SON CAME UP, HE COULDN'T 20:29 SLEEP, SO HE WAS SITTING ON MY LAP AND I WAS 20:31 REFLECTING ON, DOING SOME STUDY IN THE BIBLE, JOHN 20:33 3:16. AND THAT LATE HOUR OF THE EVENING AS I WAS 20:34 REFLECTING ON JOHN 3:16, HOLDING MY ONLY SON, GAVE 20:36 ME A PICTURE OF HOW MUCH HE LOVED US. HE SENT HIS 20:39 ONLY SON TO DIE FOR US. 20:40 AND I'M HOLDING MY ONLY SON AND REALIZING, IS THAT 20:44 SOMETHING I COULD EVER DO? 20:45 TO SEND MY ONLY SON AWAY, WHAT KIND OF LOVE - SO I 20:48 GOT A GLIMPSE OF HOW MUCH GOD REALLY LOVED US AND 20:49 RESPONDED TO HIM. WHEN I THINK, FOR US AND FOR OUR 20:52 VIEWERS JUST TO, THE BIBLE GIVES US THAT GLIMPSE. IF 20:56 WE CAN KEEP LOOKING AT JESUS AND HOW MUCH HE 20:57 LOVED US, ACCEPT THAT FREE OFFER, WE CAN LIVE WITH 21:00 HIM ETERNALLY. I THINK THAT'S JUST A POWERFUL 21:02 THING. >>BILL: WELL, THANK YOU. ON MAY THE 2ND, 1962, 21:03 JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE I WAS BORN, A DRAMATIC ACT 21:08 APPEARED IN THE SAN FRANSICO EXAMINER. IT 21:13 SAID, 'I DON'T WANT MY HUSBAND TO DIE IN THE GAS 21:14 CHAMBER FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. I 21:18 WILL, THEREFORE, OFFER MY SERVICES FOR TEN YEARS AS 21:21 A COOK, MAID, OR HOUSEKEEPER TO ANY LEADING 21:22 ATTORNEY WHO WILL DEFEND HIM AND BRING ABOUT 21:28 HIS VINDICATION.' ONE OF SAN FRANSISCO'S GREATEST 21:33 ATTORNEY'S, VINCENT HALLEN, READ OF HEARD 21:34 ABOUT THE AD AND CONTACTED GLADYS KIDD WHO HAD PLACED 21:37 IT. YOU SEE, HER HUSBAND, ROBERT LEE KIDD, WAS ABOUT 21:41 TO BE TRIED FOR SLAYING AN ELDERLY ANTIQUE DEALER 21:42 KIDD'S FINGERPRINTS HAD BEEN FOUND ON A BLOOD 21:49 STAINED SWORD IN THE VICTIM'S SHOP. DURING THE 21:52 TRIAL, HALLEN, PROVED THAT THE ANTIQUE DEALER HAD NOT 21:53 BEEN KILLED BY THE SWORD AND THAT KIDD'S 21:58 FINGERPRINTS AND BLOOD ON THE SWORD GOT THERE 22:02 BECAUSE KIDD HAD ONCE TOYED WITH IT WHILE 22:03 PLAYFULLY DUELING WITH A FRIEND WHEN THEY WERE BOTH 22:07 OUT SHOPPING. WELL, THE JURY DELIBERATED AND AFTER 22:11 11 HOURS THEY FOUND KIDD TO BE NOT GUILTY. ATTORNEY 22:12 HALLEN REFUSED GLADYS KIDDS OFFER OF TEN YEARS 22:18 OF SERVITUDE. PASTOR DAVE, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH OUR 22:26 VIEWERS. >>PASTOR DAVE: LET'S PRAY. FATHER, THANK 22:27 YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO REMIND US, TO SHOW 22:31 US OF HOW MUCH YOU LOVE US. THANK YOU FOR GOING 22:37 THE DISTANCE SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE WERE UNLOVABLE 22:39 BUT BECAUSE YOU LOVED US YOU'VE MODELLED IT FOR 22:42 US AND GOD I PRAY BY YOUR SPIRIT THAT YOU MIGHT 22:45 CONTINUE TO TEACH US HOW TO LOVE YOU AND HOW TO 22:46 LOVE OTHERS. BLESS OUR VIEWERS, FATHER, EVERYONE 22:52 THAT'S BEEN WITH US TODAY AND LORD, WE JUST PRAY, WE 22:56 LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE SEE YOU FACE TO 22:57 FACE. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN JESUS' 22:59 NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 23:36 Hi, everyone! When was the last time you stopped 23:37 to smell the roses? Or to bask in the glow of a 23:41 gorgeous sunset? Or, have you gone for a walk around 23:45 your neighbourhood lately and admired your 23:46 neighbour's gardens? In our fast-paced society, we 23:49 seem to be always jumping from one thing to the 23:53 next, with barely enough time to catch our breath 23:54 in between. Instead of living a wonderful life 23:56 of God-given abundance, we are too often living a 24:01 life of busy-ness. How can you live a life 24:02 of abundance? Living abundantly means savouring 24:07 every single miraculous minute that God blesses us 24:11 with. There's a wonderful saying, "Engage every 24:12 area of your life for successful living." I want 24:17 to change that just a tiny bit to "Engage every area 24:22 of your life for abundant living." When we cram our 24:23 lives with too much stuff and too many activities, 24:28 we can actually shut off access to hearing God's 24:33 still small voice. We need to learn to mindfully 24:34 balance all aspects of our lives so that we can enjoy 24:39 the abundance God wants to offer us. We can live 24:44 abundantly by: eating only those foods that are going 24:45 to build up our bodies and our minds. Vegetables, in 24:50 particular, are powerful for optimal health. Of 24:56 course, fruits, beans, grains, nuts, and seeds 24:57 complete our nutritional needs. But, try to eat 25:01 as many raw vegetables as possible, and be sure to 25:06 chew your food really, really well to extract as 25:07 much nutrition as you can. 25:10 Live abundantly by being physically active. Keep 25:11 your walking shoes by the front door to remind you 25:16 to get outside each and every day. Being physical 25:21 in the great outdoors is a fantastic way to: make 25:22 vitamin D, increase your lung capacity, and tone 25:26 up your muscles. Three for the price of one! You can 25:30 live abundantly if you get some sleep! Our bodies 25:31 typically need between 7 to 8 hours of sleep 25:37 nightly. You'll find that you function so much 25:42 better - and you'll look better too - when 25:42 your body has rested sufficiently. As well, 25:46 remember that your body is made up of around 70% 25:51 water and that you need to replenish your water 25:52 supply often. Upwards of 8 cups of water daily is 25:55 generally a good idea and a great way to help you 26:00 live abundantly. It's good for us to have meaningful 26:01 labour to keep our bodies and minds strong, but 26:06 remember to set aside an abundance of time to 26:10 nurture your relationships with family and friends. 26:11 And, finally, remember, God loves you with an 26:16 everlasting love, and He wants you to be in the 26:20 very best of health. Get to know Him better. He 26:21 wants you to have life, and He wants you to have 26:24 it how? More abundantly! 26:25 I love that! Live abundantly. And, I'll 26:31 see you next time. 26:35 (MUSIC) 26:39 >>BILL: WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR VIEWERS 26:40 TODAY. IT'S THE BOOKLET CALLED 'THE HEALING POWER 26:42 OF LOVE'. WE'D LIKE YOU TO GET A COPY. IT'S A FREE 26:48 GIFT FROM "IT IS WRITTEN". 26:48 HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO RECEIVE YOUR 26:52 BOOKLET. 27:41 >>BILL: WELL PASTORS LET ME THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING 27:43 OUR INVITATION TO BE HERE AND FOR YOUR WONDERFUL 27:45 INSIGHTS. >>PASTOR DAVE & PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU. 27:47 >>BILL: LET ME THANK OUR FAITHFUL VIEWERS THAT TUNE 27:48 IN EVERY SINGLE WEEK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR 27:51 FAITHFULNESS OF BEING VIEWERS OF THE "IT IS 27:55 WRITTEN" PROGRAM. WE JUST STARTED THIS STUDY TODAY 27:56 BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS, THAT AT THE END OF 27:59 THIS STUDY, THESE NINE PROGRAMS, WE'RE GOING TO 28:02 HAVE A SPECIAL DVD AVAILABLE TO YOU COVERING 28:03 ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE 28:07 TO YOU FOR A DONATION OF FORTY DOLLARS ($40). AND 28:11 THOSE FORTY DOLLARS ($40) WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP 28:12 KEEP THIS MINISTRY ON THE AIR. YOU CAN 28:14 PRE-ORDER YOUR DVD TODAY AT OUR WEBSITE 28:17 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 28:18 WELL, WE PRAY THAT THE GOOD LORD WILL GIVE US THE 28:25 PRIVILEDGE OF BEING TOGETHER NEXT WEEK. UNTIL 28:26 THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT 28:27 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 28:31 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:37 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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