Jesus, Lamb of God
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Worthy is Your name
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Amen.
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Well, I'm just
excited to hear your voices.
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You all are really ringing out.
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And I think of that day
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when we see our
Savior face to face.
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It's also beautiful, 'cause
I don't have my team here today
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and so we have one
humongous praise team
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is that all right today.
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We sing together from
our hearts and with passion
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with fervor to the King of
kings and to the Lord of Lords.
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He desires to hear us just.
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The Bible say He is
in throne in our praises,
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He dwells when we lift Him high,
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when we adore Him we cry holy.
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Here's the
testimony of the Christian
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'I'm forgiven"
let's sing together.
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I'm forgiven
Because you were forsaken
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I'm accepted You were condemned
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I'm alive and well
Your Spirit is within me
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Because you died and rose again
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Amazing love.
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Amazing love How can it be
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That You my King
would die for me?
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Amazing love
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Amazing love I know it's true
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It's my joy
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It's my joy to honor You,
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In all I do, I honor You
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Let's try it again.
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I'm forgiven.
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I'm forgiven,
because you were forsaken
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Think about it
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I'm accepted, You were condemned
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And today
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I'm alive and well,
Your Spirit is within me
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Because you died and rose again
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Amazing love, amazing love,
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how can it be
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That You my King
would die for me?
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Amazing love
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Amazing love, I know it's true
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And it's my joy to honor You
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In all I do
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In all I do, I honor You
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We make this declaration.
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You are my King Jesus, You
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Jesus, You are my King
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Confess it for yourself today.
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You are my King Jesus
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Jesus you are my King
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One last time, amazing love.
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Amazing love, how can it be
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That You my King
would die for me?
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Amazing love
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Amazing love, I know it's true
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It's my joy to honor You
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In all In all I do,
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I honor you In all I do
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In all I do, I'll honor You
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Let's sing this hymn.
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Amazing grace,
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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Like me
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I once was lost
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but no I'm found
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Was blind but now
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I see
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One by one Jesse's sons
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stood before the prophet
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The prophet knew a king
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would soon be found
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And each one
passed except the last
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No one thought to call him
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Surely he would
never wear a crown
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But when others see
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a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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Even though your
life seems filled
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with ordinary things
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In just a moment
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He can touch you
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and everything will change
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When others see a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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One by one problems come
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and dreams get shattered
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And times it seems so hard
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to understand
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But things like
chance and circumstance
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They don't really matter
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Our Father holds
tomorrow in His hands
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And when others
see a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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Even though your
life seems filled
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with ordinary things
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In just a
moment He can touch you
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and everything will change
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When others see a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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Well it wasn't the oldest
and it wasn't the strongest
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Chosen on that day
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And yet the giants
fell the nations trembled
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When they stood in his way
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And when others
see a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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Even though your
life seems filled
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with ordinary things
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In just a
moment He can touch you
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and everything will change
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When others see a shepherd boy
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God may see a king
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God may see a king
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Let's pray together.
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Only You, Father,
are able to do that.
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See little shepherd,
boys and girls like us.
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And see something down
deep beneath that exterior
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that promises a partnership
of the King of Kings.
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Teach us today
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how we can partner with
You in that very mission.
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In these times of
the Issachar factor
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teach us today.
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We pray in Christ name, amen.
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As we wrap this-- there are
many series the Issachar factor.
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I'm thinking about a paradox
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that a Greek philosopher
named Zeno of Elea 5th BC.
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He came up with this paradox.
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And I'm
thinking Issachar factor.
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He says or he said
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that if you travel every day
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half way to your destination
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you will never
reach your destination.
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You think about
that, because every day
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there'll be just a
little more you have to go.
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I'm thinking Issachar factor,
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I'm thinking of this
unlikely little tribe
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tucked away in
the tribes of Israel
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and I'm thinking of
their accumulation of knowledge
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could it be the same way.
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No matter how much knowledge
you accumulate every day
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there will be more.
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I want to come
full circle with that
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as we wrap up this
little three part mini-series
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by going back to our theme text.
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Go back to 1 Chronicles with me.
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Will you 1 Chronicles 12,
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some of you are joining
us today for the first time
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we're delighted to have you.
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So here's the text we have
been brooding over this text
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our last time
in this theme text,
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1 Chronicles Chapter 12.
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If you didn't
bring a Bible today,
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grab the pew
Bible in front of you.
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You have got to track this one.
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This is the capstone to
our three piece mini-series.
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Let's go to the
theme text it will be--
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if you grab the pew Bible it
would be the same translation
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that I'll be
reading from this morning
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the New King James and if it's--
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if you are in the pew
Bible that would be page 285.
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So young David, by the way
the shepherd boy becomes king
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that's what's
happening in 1 Chronicles 12.
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The boy has become a king
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and it list now
the 12 tribes of Israel
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and how each of them is
having is stepping forward
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providing support for
the brand new young monarch.
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Everybody out saw shepherd boy,
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but God saw a king, all right.
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So tucked in the
middle of this list
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comes this
obscure tribe Issachar.
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Verse 32, notice the
identification marker
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that Issachar is given.
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Oh, I wish this
marker would be true of me.
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I wish it would be
true of you Jeremy as well.
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Issachar factor can
be true before all of us.
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Okay, this is verse
32 of 1 Chronicles 12
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"And of the sons of Issachar"
Now notice the ID marker.
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"Who had
understanding of the times,
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to know what
Israel ought to do."
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This uncanny,
this prescient ability
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of a tiny little tribe in
Israel to understand the times
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and to know what
Israel ought there for to do
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was to obviously
predicate upon on
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analysis of accumulating
information and knowledge.
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Now remember the paradox,
there is always gonna be more.
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So here's the question, how
much knowledge is sufficient
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to begin to make
analysis of the world
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in which we're living right now?
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If I exercises Issachar factor
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how much
knowledge do I need to have?
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I would love to know
what the sons of Issachar
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would do with this very week,
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this paradigm
shifting week on the planet.
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You have the president of
the mightiest nation on earth
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stepping behind the days
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in the heart of a
major Islamic university
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which is in the heart
of a major Islamic city,
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which is in the heart
of a major Islamic nation,
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which is in the heart of
Arab Muslim the world over.
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President Obama
steps up to that lector
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and for 55 minutes
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he lectures 1.3 billion Muslims.
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His lecture interrupted
over 40 times by applause.
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What's going on?
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I'd love to know
what the sons of Issachar
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would do with that one.
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What does it mean?
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How does this
play into the times
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you and I have been
gifted privilege by God to live.
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For our final
Issachar factor brooding
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there's ability to
understand the times
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and then to know how
to respond accordingly.
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It's not go to a
president, it's go to a king.
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It's not go to
the world of Islam,
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it's go to the world of Israel.
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One line from an old
bitter, sweet, melancholy king.
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Book of
Chronicles here's the line
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let's find,
Chronicles Chapter 12.
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Look it if you grown up
in the community of faith
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1 Chronicles 12 is not
gonna be a surprise to you.
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Some of you may have
never read the words before
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that's all right.
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I want you to blow the
dust off of this ancient line.
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This is Ecclesiastes 12,
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I'm sorry I
said 1 Chronicles 12,
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but now we're
going to Ecclesiastes 12.
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Kind of threw you
there sorry about that.
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The Ecclesiastes 12 all right
written by this embittered king.
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This soliloquy
at the end of life.
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This is King Solomon of course.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter
12 that would be page 454
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in your pew Bible.
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Take look at this line as we
wrap this little mini-series.
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Okay, Ecclesiastes Chapter 12
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many of you've read this
line before let me read it again
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we'll put it on
the screen for you.
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"Remember now your Creator
in the days of your youth,
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before the difficult days come,
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and the years
draw near when you say,
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'I have no pleasure in them.'"
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Now that line is so
familiar to so many of us
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that it absolutely
has no effect at all.
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And so here's what I need to
do you're not allow to do this.
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Right there at the
end of the apocalypse
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it says at the end of the Bible
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God will bring the
plagues upon anybody
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who adds a word or takes
a word from Holy Scripture.
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So I don't want to do that,
I want to simply invert it.
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Doesn't say a word
about switching words,
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I want to switch two words.
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Well, I think will be okay.
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But you're gonna need
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We've got to see
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and so thank you
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Well, wrapping
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Glad you are
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Now some of you
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before we began you say oh,
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there is obviously
a typographical error,
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because the identical sentence
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and the two same places
are there somebody slipped up
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and accidentally
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No that's
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So let's threw it our first,
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let's threw it out
the first set of blanks.
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The proper reading
of Ecclesiastes 12:1
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"Remember now your Creator
in the days of your youth."
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I do not want to downplay
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for a moment the significance
of just the way the line reads.
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God says, listen I
want to tell you something
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when you are young
it's the perfect time
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to remember your Creator.
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Now look at most
of our college kids
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have gone for the summer,
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but we've got a lot of
young adults here still.
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I see you out there.
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You were chosen by God.
00:19:05.04\00:19:06.28
It doesn't matter how your
life is progressing right now,
00:19:06.31\00:19:08.39
it doesn't matter
how the lack of guidance,
00:19:08.42\00:19:12.57
the lack of a sense of destiny
00:19:12.60\00:19:14.04
you are living with
right now forget it.
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You are alive today,
because God wheels you
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into the existence.
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The point of this why is king
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embedded at the end of his
life after wine, women and song
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and realizing
that isn't even enough.
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The point of the king is
when you're young remember,
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the Creator created you
calls you into existence.
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You are here for a dream,
you are here for a vision.
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God has a destiny for you.
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That's great
just the way it reads,
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but I need to switch it around.
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So would you now
fill it out please?
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Let's ponder for this
final Issachar factor piece,
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let's ponder it this way.
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"Remember now you're youth
in the day of your Creator."
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Switch the words around.
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Will you please
and write them in
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and so that the inverted text
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with the entire
text would read this way.
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Let's put it on
the screen please.
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"Remember now your youth
in the days of your Creator,
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before the difficult days come,
00:20:04.22\00:20:06.74
and the years
draw near when you say,
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'I am not get much
out of this at all.'
00:20:09.37\00:20:12.21
" Now the Solomon's point is
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.54
this is a
soliloquy of growing old
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and the very next
verse has described the body
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physically falling apart.
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It says bummer.
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I understand he is
concerned about aging,
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but as I brood
over the Issachar factor
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and this one line inverted
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I'm concerned about the aging,
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I'm concerned about the dangers
aging of our civilization.
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In fact, let me
tell you something
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the word for
difficult right here
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before the difficult days come
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the actual Hebrew word is evil.
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In fact the last time
it's using in the Old Testament
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it's just one
page back Ecclesiastes.
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Just turn the page
back Ecclesiastes 9:12.
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Notice this very clearly
there the context its evil,
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the word is to
be translated evil.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12 "For man
also does not know his time"
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obviously they don't
have the Issachar factor.
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Whoever these people are
that they don't know their times
00:21:06.36\00:21:08.69
do not have the Issachar factor.
00:21:08.72\00:21:10.47
The Issachar factor
means you will know your time,
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you will then know how
to respond to your time,
00:21:12.82\00:21:15.25
but Solomon says
not everybody knows.
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"For man also
does not know his time,
00:21:16.81\00:21:18.65
like fish taken in a cruel net,
like birds caught in a snare,
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so the sons and daughters
of men are snared in an evil."
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There it is same word.
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"In an evil time,
when it falls suddenly."
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And I must tell you I much more
inebriate by that word suddenly
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then attracted
to that word evil.
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"When it fall
suddenly, suddenly upon them."
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What does suddenly mean?
00:21:47.90\00:21:50.04
What does suddenly mean?
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Suddenly is what
happened late Sunday night
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somewhere over the
Atlantic as that ill-fated
00:21:56.80\00:22:00.74
Air France flight 447
suddenly, suddenly disappeared.
00:22:00.77\00:22:08.47
I saw it in my blog today,
00:22:08.50\00:22:10.47
scientist are calling it this
intertropical convergence zone
00:22:10.50\00:22:13.72
and nearly continues ban
of colliding weather systems
00:22:13.75\00:22:15.88
that stretches across
the Atlantic at the equator
00:22:15.91\00:22:18.65
from Africa all the way
across to South America.
00:22:18.68\00:22:24.14
Apparently this ICZ is
the hot bed of some of the
00:22:24.17\00:22:27.84
earth's most violent storms.
00:22:27.87\00:22:30.17
Those thunderheads can stretch
from sea level upto 60,000 feet
00:22:30.20\00:22:36.06
colliding weather systems
leading some to speculate
00:22:36.09\00:22:38.76
that the aircraft flew into that
brewing meteorological cauldron
00:22:38.79\00:22:42.52
and suffered a catastrophic
event that's snuffed it off
00:22:42.55\00:22:45.04
the radar screen
out of life gone.
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And by the way the
debris they found this week
00:22:47.63\00:22:49.34
it's not Air France debris.
00:22:49.37\00:22:51.60
We have no idea
where that plane went down,
00:22:51.63\00:22:55.14
228 people gone.
00:22:55.17\00:22:56.84
You're sleeping, look I
flying to Italy tomorrow,
00:22:56.87\00:22:59.46
have to fly
overnight across the Atlantic,
00:22:59.49\00:23:01.66
I'm thinking about this.
00:23:01.69\00:23:05.05
You're sound asleep
00:23:05.08\00:23:06.57
and the next thing you
know all hell breaks loose,
00:23:06.60\00:23:08.49
the electrical
systems shuts down
00:23:08.52\00:23:09.87
we didn't get that
computer notification boom
00:23:09.90\00:23:12.50
and now you're flying down.
00:23:12.53\00:23:15.54
You can't imagine suddenly
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that's what
suddenly means like that.
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That's what suddenly means.
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The wise king
Solomon ruefully reminds us
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that there is a wild
card in the hand of faith
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and it is a wild card
00:23:34.13\00:23:35.27
that the sons and
daughters of Issachar today
00:23:35.30\00:23:38.11
must be acutely cognize enough
00:23:38.14\00:23:40.86
if we're gonna give correct
analysis to this generation.
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Would you jot it down
please, here's the wild card.
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"Regarding the Issachar factor's
00:23:48.53\00:23:49.82
'understanding the
signs of the times,'
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the 'wild card' in God's
hand is called suddenly."
00:23:51.69\00:23:54.01
Just write it out suddenly.
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That word is not
unique to Ecclesiastes
00:23:55.61\00:23:57.42
as we're gonna note just now.
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But write it down the
wild card in the hand of faith
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calling in the hand of
God is a card suddenly,
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.10
when that card
is played suddenly
00:24:04.13\00:24:05.94
the human paradigm
shifts irrevocably shifts.
00:24:05.97\00:24:09.09
Never forget that in
the hand is a wild card
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entitled suddenly.
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Let's go to the New Testament.
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New Testament collaborates
the very crucial point
00:24:16.88\00:24:19.76
that Solomon is making for
00:24:19.79\00:24:20.82
Issachar factor
kind of thinking.
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Go to the 1 Thessalonians
in the New Testament.
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Take a look at this.
00:24:24.98\00:24:26.57
If you're using a pew
Bible it'll be page 796.
00:24:26.60\00:24:30.54
1 Thessalonians,
00:24:30.57\00:24:33.73
can't miss it
here, cannot miss it.
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1 Thessalonians Chapter 5
let's pick it up in verse 1
00:24:36.42\00:24:38.84
"But concerning the
times and the seasons."
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All right, you want
to know about the times
00:24:41.59\00:24:43.71
that we're living in.
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"Concerning the
times and the seasons,
00:24:44.80\00:24:45.94
you have no need that
I should write to you.
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For you
yourselves know perfectly
00:24:48.40\00:24:49.80
that the day of the Lord."
00:24:49.83\00:24:50.86
That would be Christ return.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.09
"The day of the Lord so
comes as a thief in the night."
00:24:52.12\00:24:57.00
Verse 3 "For when they
say, 'Peace and safety!'
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Then suddenly, suddenly."
00:25:01.30\00:25:05.92
NIV translates it suddenly.
00:25:05.95\00:25:08.09
New King James
says sudden destruction.
00:25:08.12\00:25:11.64
"Sudden
destruction comes upon them,
00:25:11.67\00:25:13.13
as labor pains
upon a pregnant woman.
00:25:13.16\00:25:15.27
And they shall not escape."
00:25:15.30\00:25:16.97
I need to tell you
about-- first fill it in.
00:25:17.00\00:25:19.57
When they say peace
and safety then sudden,
00:25:19.60\00:25:22.31
the New King James then sudden
destruction comes upon them.
00:25:22.34\00:25:26.46
I do need to tell you that
this thief in a night simile
00:25:26.49\00:25:29.84
some people read that and say,
00:25:29.87\00:25:31.18
that means Jesus
is coming secretly.
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No it doesn't mean that
Jesus is coming secretly,
00:25:33.29\00:25:34.92
it means Jesus is
coming unexpectedly.
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How could--
because Paul illustrates it
00:25:36.95\00:25:38.77
with the woman in labor.
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Is it a secret to the woman
in labor that she is in labor?
00:25:40.15\00:25:42.45
No, it is not a secret.
00:25:42.48\00:25:44.02
She knows very
well what is happening.
00:25:44.05\00:25:46.04
You can't about
secret, it's unexpected.
00:25:46.07\00:25:47.70
I didn't think I was having
the baby right now, Rebecca.
00:25:47.73\00:25:53.28
Suddenly, suddenly.
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The only other place by the
way that this Greek word is used
00:25:56.96\00:26:00.22
in the New Testament
is, in this words of Christ
00:26:00.25\00:26:03.25
describing His second coming.
00:26:03.28\00:26:04.31
We will put it on
the screen for you.
00:26:04.34\00:26:05.37
Luke 21:34 Jesus says
"But take heed to yourselves,
00:26:05.40\00:26:08.59
lest your hearts be
weighed down with carousing,
00:26:08.62\00:26:11.09
drunkenness, and cares
of this life, and that Day,
00:26:11.12\00:26:13.56
" capital "D" Day
it's the Lord's day
00:26:13.59\00:26:15.71
it's always the
return of Christ.
00:26:15.74\00:26:17.23
"And that Day come
upon you unexpectedly."
00:26:17.26\00:26:20.07
Notice the last line now.
00:26:20.10\00:26:21.73
"For it will come as a snare
00:26:21.76\00:26:24.47
on all those who dwell on
the face of the whole earth."
00:26:24.50\00:26:27.28
The identical
language that Solomon uses
00:26:27.31\00:26:29.50
they are caught in a snare,
00:26:29.53\00:26:30.73
they are
entrapped, and suddenly.
00:26:30.76\00:26:32.97
Christ uses to say-- to
say that's the way it'll be
00:26:33.00\00:26:38.18
when I return.
00:26:38.21\00:26:39.33
In fact, would you
jot that down please?
00:26:39.36\00:26:40.45
But Jesus speaking
here "But take heed
00:26:40.48\00:26:42.30
lest that Day come
upon you unexpectedly."
00:26:42.33\00:26:44.96
Same word as suddenly.
00:26:44.99\00:26:46.96
"Like a trap."
00:26:46.99\00:26:48.43
Identical language
from the wise King Solomon.
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Clearly, ladies and
gentlemen, the Issachar factor
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.60
presciently calculates
its understanding of the times
00:26:53.63\00:26:56.03
by remembering the
wild card in God's hand
00:26:56.06\00:26:58.98
and that card
is called suddenly.
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.14
The reason this is so important,
00:27:01.17\00:27:02.24
because some of you think
you got things figured out.
00:27:02.27\00:27:03.84
You say, I can see this trance,
00:27:03.87\00:27:05.10
I know where things
are going and you know
00:27:05.13\00:27:06.48
and actually
things are improving now.
00:27:06.51\00:27:08.46
Just remember no matter
how the trance may appear
00:27:08.49\00:27:11.63
there is a wild card in the
hand of faith and it is sudden
00:27:11.66\00:27:14.87
and when it is
played the whole paradigm
00:27:14.90\00:27:19.65
is permanently shifted.
00:27:19.68\00:27:22.79
Do you ever wake up, do you--
this is happened to you I know.
00:27:22.82\00:27:26.88
You wake up in
the middle of a night
00:27:26.91\00:27:29.14
feeling all refreshing like
man I've slept a whole night
00:27:29.17\00:27:31.50
let's begin and you look
at the clock, oh good night,
00:27:31.53\00:27:35.37
it's time for more good night.
00:27:35.40\00:27:37.97
Isn't that just awful?
00:27:38.00\00:27:39.93
You think
you're ready to get up.
00:27:39.96\00:27:41.23
Well, this happened
to me this week Monday.
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.24
I woke up feeling refreshed
00:27:44.27\00:27:46.92
and then I looked
at the clock I said,
00:27:46.95\00:27:48.02
oh no, 3:00 something please.
00:27:48.05\00:27:53.03
I knew that if I stayed in
bed I'll be tossing and turning
00:27:53.06\00:27:55.68
and then I would wake here
up so I said, okay I'll get up.
00:27:55.71\00:27:58.51
Went down stairs, I keep a
blanket down there in my study
00:27:58.54\00:28:02.05
and wrapped up in
that blanket in the dark
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.73
and I decided to
have some time to pray.
00:28:03.76\00:28:06.82
Now I understand I don't believe
00:28:06.85\00:28:09.71
that the messages
or strong impressions
00:28:09.74\00:28:12.20
that God gives me are
necessarily intended for you,
00:28:12.23\00:28:16.38
I understand that.
00:28:16.41\00:28:17.58
We all have our prayers lives,
00:28:17.61\00:28:18.71
we commune with God accordingly,
00:28:18.74\00:28:20.66
you commune with Him the
way you do and I do as well,
00:28:20.69\00:28:23.29
but I must tell you that as
I pray there in the darkness,
00:28:23.32\00:28:29.26
I was praying among
other prayer focuses,
00:28:29.29\00:28:32.66
I was praying for
this Issachar factor.
00:28:32.69\00:28:34.57
Not just for me
I'm praying for you.
00:28:34.60\00:28:36.99
It's still good if just one
person has an Issachar factor
00:28:37.02\00:28:39.53
ability to discern.
00:28:39.56\00:28:40.85
So I'm praying that God
will give it to all of us
00:28:40.88\00:28:43.21
that will not,
that will be a community
00:28:43.24\00:28:45.20
that is able to
accurately know the times
00:28:45.23\00:28:47.58
and then know how
to respond accordingly.
00:28:47.61\00:28:50.72
So while I'm
praying this impression,
00:28:50.75\00:28:53.64
you know, this sense
00:28:53.67\00:28:59.81
came in me
00:28:59.84\00:29:03.03
that no matter how you
read the tea leaves today,
00:29:03.06\00:29:08.57
because I can say you one thing
00:29:08.60\00:29:09.63
and you'll come along and
say I got this from the web
00:29:09.66\00:29:10.96
and it's the exact opposite.
00:29:10.99\00:29:12.02
I understand how that works.
00:29:12.05\00:29:13.89
But no matter how the
tea leaves might read today
00:29:13.92\00:29:16.53
there is the inescapable
reality that human society
00:29:16.56\00:29:19.87
as we know it is headed
like the ill-fated Flight 447
00:29:19.90\00:29:25.18
into a maelstrom on this planet.
00:29:25.21\00:29:28.36
Were too low on the horizon
of time we cannot see it,
00:29:28.39\00:29:32.35
but if I read and
study my Bible correctly
00:29:32.38\00:29:34.65
and I believe I do then
before the return of Christ
00:29:34.68\00:29:38.51
there will be a
massive global crisis
00:29:38.54\00:29:43.07
that will draw every
nation on earth into it.
00:29:43.10\00:29:47.27
Look at, that's
not rocket science,
00:29:47.30\00:29:50.00
it's not like oh,
Dwight, great revelation.
00:29:50.03\00:29:53.01
The Bible has been saying that,
00:29:53.04\00:29:55.84
but I'm not realizing
00:29:55.87\00:29:57.84
that in the hand
of faith is a card
00:29:57.87\00:30:00.84
that can literally
overnight shift the paradigm.
00:30:00.87\00:30:07.74
Jesus is making
the point of course,
00:30:07.77\00:30:09.36
very clearly and I want you
to not read it on the screen,
00:30:09.39\00:30:11.65
but see it in your own Bible.
00:30:11.68\00:30:12.90
So go back to what's
called the little apocalypse
00:30:12.93\00:30:15.80
this is the signs of the
times Chapter Matthew 24.
00:30:15.83\00:30:18.48
Jesus is making the
point take a look at this
00:30:18.51\00:30:20.95
then I want to share
something that came to me.
00:30:20.98\00:30:22.83
Just that was sent
to me this last week
00:30:22.86\00:30:24.13
I'll share with
you see what you think.
00:30:24.16\00:30:25.81
This is Matthew
24:37 red letter words
00:30:25.84\00:30:29.23
if you have a
Red Lettered Bible.
00:30:29.26\00:30:30.73
Jesus speaking here
Matthew 24:37 page 668,
00:30:30.76\00:30:37.29
"But as the days of Noah were,
00:30:37.32\00:30:39.34
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
00:30:39.37\00:30:43.97
For as in the
days before the flood."
00:30:44.00\00:30:45.37
Now watch this.
00:30:45.40\00:30:46.72
"As in the days
before the flood,
00:30:46.75\00:30:49.55
they were eating and drinking."
00:30:49.58\00:30:51.06
Anything wrong with
eating and drinking?
00:30:51.09\00:30:52.12
Nope.
00:30:52.15\00:30:53.18
"They were marrying
and giving in marriage."
00:30:53.21\00:30:54.47
Anything wrong in
marrying and giving in marriage?
00:30:54.50\00:30:55.96
Of course not.
00:30:55.99\00:30:57.41
Life as usual is
proceeding that's the point.
00:30:57.44\00:31:01.89
"They were marrying
and giving in marriage,
00:31:01.92\00:31:03.88
until the day" until the
day "that Noah entered the ark,
00:31:03.91\00:31:08.84
and they did not
know until the flood came
00:31:08.87\00:31:12.41
and took them all away,
00:31:12.44\00:31:14.36
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be."
00:31:14.39\00:31:18.14
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:31:18.17\00:31:20.34
the card, the
wild card suddenly,
00:31:20.37\00:31:24.11
God suddenly
played and it was over,
00:31:24.14\00:31:29.10
everything was just going on,
00:31:29.13\00:31:30.51
hunky-dory well,
it's a great isn't it?
00:31:30.54\00:31:33.14
Yeah, looks like the
economy is coming up.
00:31:33.17\00:31:34.60
Hey, hi-five on that, boom.
00:31:34.63\00:31:39.44
That's the
point, that's the point.
00:31:39.47\00:31:42.60
Matthew Henry-- boy, is the line
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.04
"Though God bare a great
wild He will not bare always."
00:31:45.07\00:31:51.65
What we get by with today
00:31:51.68\00:31:54.33
and may face curtains
tomorrow, that's the point.
00:31:54.36\00:31:58.92
Noah in the flood wild card,
Sodom and Gomorrah overnight,
00:31:58.95\00:32:02.33
wild card just like that.
00:32:02.36\00:32:04.71
Over night, September 11,
2001 just like that wild card,
00:32:04.74\00:32:10.31
life forever on
this planet has changed.
00:32:10.34\00:32:11.84
We can never go
back in your dreams,
00:32:11.87\00:32:16.48
that's Jesus point.
00:32:16.51\00:32:18.13
You want to talk about an
earthquake it could happen,
00:32:18.16\00:32:20.07
you want to talk about
hurricane we've seen it happen,
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.01
you want to talk
about tsunami pick your pick
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.69
take you pick Mother
Nature, political nature
00:32:23.72\00:32:26.81
it doesn't matter
overnight the paradigm shifts.
00:32:26.84\00:32:29.90
Now here's the question.
00:32:29.93\00:32:31.40
Could it happen,
here where I'm going,
00:32:31.43\00:32:34.93
all right, could it
happen economically?
00:32:34.96\00:32:41.27
Could it happen economically?
00:32:41.30\00:32:45.79
So I subscribe to two
financial news letters.
00:32:45.82\00:32:49.96
One of which
included a 24 page paper,
00:32:49.99\00:32:53.68
it came to me
just a few days ago
00:32:53.71\00:32:55.39
written by Horace Brock
00:32:55.42\00:32:57.82
he is Ph.D. is from Princeton,
00:32:57.85\00:32:59.79
his Ph.D. is in
mathematical economics
00:32:59.82\00:33:01.96
and political philosophy Harvard
00:33:01.99\00:33:03.96
and then he went to Harvard
00:33:03.99\00:33:05.02
then to Princeton
to become an economist.
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.12
Twenty four page
paper was included
00:33:07.15\00:33:08.78
in this financial news letter
00:33:08.81\00:33:10.29
I get so I ran the
paper off and read it.
00:33:10.32\00:33:14.08
I want to read
just a few lines to you.
00:33:14.11\00:33:16.97
Could it happen
economically? So here's a deal.
00:33:17.00\00:33:18.92
He's looking at the
ratio between debt and GDP,
00:33:18.95\00:33:23.83
the debt and GDP ratio.
00:33:23.86\00:33:25.20
You'll understand about debt.
00:33:25.23\00:33:27.02
This nation by
the way is getting
00:33:27.05\00:33:28.08
further and further in debt
00:33:28.11\00:33:29.17
as we sit here,
you understand it.
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.47
GDP, Grows Domestic Product
00:33:31.50\00:33:33.37
that's how they measure earth's
economic boost the world over.
00:33:33.40\00:33:36.75
Every nation has a GDP
it can be in the positive,
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.71
it can be in the negative.
00:33:39.74\00:33:41.21
Incidentally today
globally it's minus 1%.
00:33:41.24\00:33:45.10
Now here is Brock's concern
00:33:45.13\00:33:46.72
that if our debt
continues to mount
00:33:46.75\00:33:48.86
and the GDP instead of
rising with the debt descends
00:33:48.89\00:33:51.66
in spite of the debt
we're looking at a meltdown.
00:33:51.69\00:33:56.24
And then he makes
these, he uses words
00:33:56.27\00:33:58.56
that you can understand
with the Issachar factor
00:33:58.59\00:34:00.50
I immediately spot.
00:34:00.53\00:34:01.95
See if you catch
these words, all right.
00:34:01.98\00:34:03.42
Let me read this to you.
00:34:03.45\00:34:04.48
"A year ago even six months
ago the great debate centered
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.49
on whether the
credit market crisis
00:34:06.52\00:34:08.38
would precipitate either
a US or global recession.
00:34:08.41\00:34:10.90
A majority predicted
a manageable recession
00:34:10.93\00:34:13.08
in the US, but nowhere else
00:34:13.11\00:34:14.62
with the possible
exception of the UK."
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.74
Surprise, surprise.
00:34:16.77\00:34:18.27
"Uncertainty it was great
00:34:18.30\00:34:19.33
and kept increasing
until recently, but no longer.
00:34:19.36\00:34:21.41
The good news today is that
this uncertainty has disappeared
00:34:21.44\00:34:24.79
because everybody is in it now."
00:34:24.82\00:34:26.75
No more uncertainty.
00:34:26.78\00:34:28.83
Now listen two way
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.37
"the G7 economies
are all in recession."
00:34:30.40\00:34:34.48
The most powerful economies
on earth are all in recession.
00:34:34.51\00:34:37.78
"And more astonishingly
the economy of the planet earth
00:34:37.81\00:34:40.14
is growing at
about a minus 1% or less.
00:34:40.17\00:34:43.53
Earning are
crumbling, global trade."
00:34:43.56\00:34:44.93
This is just weeks ago.
00:34:44.96\00:34:45.99
"Global trade has
decrease by nearly 10%
00:34:46.02\00:34:48.14
rising global
unemployment for tokens
00:34:48.17\00:34:50.02
social unrest in many quarters,
00:34:50.05\00:34:51.46
industrial production
has dropped more than ever
00:34:51.49\00:34:53.00
before an excess
capacity is rising in almost
00:34:53.03\00:34:55.71
all manufacturing
sectors globally."
00:34:55.74\00:34:57.62
Now here is what caught my eye.
00:34:57.65\00:35:00.30
"All in all we
have witnessed problems
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.72
that originated
within the United States
00:35:02.75\00:35:05.13
give rise to global scenarios
that were virtually unthinkable
00:35:05.16\00:35:10.41
as recently as
the summer of 2008.
00:35:10.44\00:35:16.09
And do so now with
blinding, blinding speed."
00:35:16.12\00:35:23.46
Two words, leap off
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.86
this economist
analysis of the times.
00:35:25.89\00:35:29.05
Blinding, blinding speed.
00:35:29.08\00:35:32.34
When they say
everything is coming up raises,
00:35:37.45\00:35:39.20
wow, this thing
is turned around.
00:35:39.23\00:35:40.50
Man, hallelujah.
00:35:40.53\00:35:42.18
Remember the two
words blinding speed.
00:35:42.21\00:35:46.48
A hundred years ago a
century go these prescient words
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.57
were written wound you fill
them in your study guide please.
00:35:48.60\00:35:51.57
A hundred years ago,
00:35:51.60\00:35:52.67
"Great changes are soon
to take place in the world,
00:35:52.70\00:35:55.12
and the final
movements will be rapid."
00:35:55.15\00:35:58.56
Blinding speed, "rapid ones."
00:35:58.59\00:36:02.80
Keep your pen moving.
00:36:02.83\00:36:03.86
"Beware the wild
card 'blinding speed'"
00:36:03.89\00:36:07.72
also called "suddenly."
00:36:07.75\00:36:10.82
Beware don't you factor
your journey in the future
00:36:10.85\00:36:14.25
without remembering
there is that wild card.
00:36:14.28\00:36:16.90
Oh, put it out, you know,
00:36:16.93\00:36:17.96
I know I want to get
little deeper with Jesus.
00:36:17.99\00:36:19.82
I know I want to grow
in God, but you know what,
00:36:19.85\00:36:22.07
the day will come when
I have a little more time.
00:36:22.10\00:36:24.41
Don't put it off,
blinding speed, please, please.
00:36:24.44\00:36:30.15
This isn't rocket
science. Blinding speed.
00:36:30.18\00:36:34.85
Oh, Dwight, I
should we be afraid?
00:36:34.88\00:36:37.89
Oh, please don't be
afraid. Please, please.
00:36:37.92\00:36:40.46
Please take a look at this
put it in your study guide.
00:36:40.49\00:36:42.52
Hallelujah, Proverbs 3:25, 26,
00:36:42.55\00:36:45.34
"Do not be
afraid of sudden terror
00:36:45.37\00:36:49.49
for the Lord will
be your confidence."
00:36:49.52\00:36:51.41
What do you say
to that? Hallelujah.
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.11
You have no, you and I
have no reason to fear.
00:36:54.14\00:36:56.78
Sit up Issachar, sit up.
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.77
Just remember
understand the times.
00:36:59.80\00:37:03.98
We must understand the times,
00:37:04.01\00:37:05.48
but remember the
whole point of Issachar
00:37:05.51\00:37:06.78
is not just to
understand the times
00:37:06.81\00:37:08.61
but its also to as a consequence
of the careful analysis
00:37:08.64\00:37:12.29
to determine who we should move,
00:37:12.32\00:37:14.51
what we should do
giving the times we are in.
00:37:14.54\00:37:18.61
And that's why we inverted
our verse from Ecclesiastes,
00:37:18.64\00:37:21.09
let me put it back
on the screen for you.
00:37:21.12\00:37:23.37
"Remember now your youth
00:37:23.40\00:37:26.68
in the days of
your Creator, before."
00:37:26.71\00:37:30.98
Before this blinding
speed wild card gets played.
00:37:31.01\00:37:34.34
Do now, do it now
before the difficult
00:37:34.37\00:37:37.90
or the evil days come.
00:37:37.93\00:37:39.51
Before the massive
crisis, remember your youth
00:37:39.54\00:37:43.62
and the days of your Creator.
00:37:43.65\00:37:44.68
Why should be
remember the young?
00:37:44.71\00:37:45.99
I'll tell you why. If
all kind of issues on earth.
00:37:46.02\00:37:47.56
why we are to
remember the young?
00:37:47.59\00:37:48.86
Listen to this 3,400
of them, 3, 400 of them
00:37:48.89\00:37:53.57
we have right here
at Andrews University.
00:37:53.60\00:37:56.00
All right, there is no
other congregation on earth
00:37:56.03\00:37:57.59
that has been entrusted
00:37:57.62\00:37:58.73
with these 3,400
university students.
00:37:58.76\00:38:03.07
We have senses the congregation
our mission is to young adults.
00:38:03.10\00:38:06.52
In fact, I got an email, I
got to share this with you.
00:38:06.55\00:38:09.11
I got an email from
one of our young adults,
00:38:09.14\00:38:11.30
freshmen this last
year so he writes me.
00:38:11.33\00:38:13.41
He is on summer
vacation right now.
00:38:13.44\00:38:15.20
But he writes,
drear Pastor Nelson,
00:38:15.23\00:38:17.00
you may remember me.
00:38:17.03\00:38:18.30
I sent you an email last
fall asking what I could to do
00:38:18.33\00:38:20.69
to bring about
revival of Andrews
00:38:20.72\00:38:22.31
your reply was
defending moment of my year.
00:38:22.34\00:38:24.31
Let me quickly we
cap the story, turns out,
00:38:24.34\00:38:26.47
and I'm gland we have
military chaplains here.
00:38:26.50\00:38:28.49
It turns out-- he's telling me
00:38:28.52\00:38:29.57
in this letter
that on October 19
00:38:29.60\00:38:32.63
he enlist as a recruit
for the Marine Reserves
00:38:32.66\00:38:36.38
here in Michigan
as a basic infantry
00:38:36.41\00:38:38.83
I think he puts it here.
00:38:38.86\00:38:41.18
October 19 that's a Friday,
00:38:41.21\00:38:42.83
October 20 he's sitting
in the back of the balcony
00:38:42.86\00:38:45.96
worshiping with this
university congregation.
00:38:45.99\00:38:51.75
He is describing, he said,
00:38:51.78\00:38:52.81
you're laying out a plan
to accomplish the impossible
00:38:52.84\00:38:54.70
the unattainable
thing that I dreamed about
00:38:54.73\00:38:57.06
and sought for so
much of my young life.
00:38:57.09\00:38:58.93
I waited to tell
everyone about Jesus
00:38:58.96\00:39:00.48
and prepare the world
so that He could come back.
00:39:00.51\00:39:02.40
The words you use are
something like, Lord, tell me
00:39:02.43\00:39:04.11
where You want me
to go and I'll go.
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.50
Tell me what You want
me to do it and I'll do it.
00:39:05.53\00:39:07.31
I desperately
wanted to say those words,
00:39:07.34\00:39:09.24
you gave an
ultra call and thought
00:39:09.27\00:39:10.32
all my doubts to the wind.
00:39:10.35\00:39:11.63
I said the words, I came forward
00:39:11.66\00:39:13.17
and looks for ways
to act on those words
00:39:13.20\00:39:15.60
that very Sabbath
00:39:15.63\00:39:16.66
I went outreach up in
Benton Harbor for the first time
00:39:16.69\00:39:18.93
it was an awesome experience.
00:39:18.96\00:39:20.50
And I serve
faithfully for every week
00:39:20.53\00:39:22.16
they had it until the
end of spring semester.
00:39:22.19\00:39:24.97
May his tribe increase.
00:39:25.00\00:39:27.83
He was 18 last
fall in that balcony.
00:39:27.86\00:39:30.54
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:30.57\00:39:31.60
we have hundreds and
hundreds of them on this campus.
00:39:31.63\00:39:36.47
Eighteen years old
young man, we have a mission.
00:39:36.50\00:39:40.61
And by the way, you
want to see the real number
00:39:40.64\00:39:44.03
under the age of college,
under the collegiate age
00:39:44.06\00:39:48.08
we have another
700 young adults.
00:39:48.11\00:39:54.85
That's 4,100, 4,100 in
our perish the God says,
00:39:54.88\00:40:01.17
you take care oft,
you prepare them for Me.
00:40:01.20\00:40:05.60
Remember now you are youth
in the days of your Creator
00:40:05.63\00:40:09.95
before the difficult days comes,
00:40:09.98\00:40:12.39
before the
meltdown remember them now.
00:40:12.42\00:40:15.16
Wow, how can we do it?
00:40:15.19\00:40:16.78
I want to end with this
00:40:16.81\00:40:17.84
seven simple ways to
make a spiritual difference.
00:40:17.87\00:40:20.22
You seven simple ways
00:40:20.25\00:40:21.79
everyone in these Issachar
factors has had a list of seven,
00:40:21.82\00:40:25.29
this is the final list of
seven jot this down please.
00:40:25.32\00:40:27.64
Number one, you
want to make a difference
00:40:27.67\00:40:28.81
in some young
person's life here we go.
00:40:28.84\00:40:30.55
Number one, Ask God to
make you a mentor to them.
00:40:30.58\00:40:35.12
Ask God to make
you a mentor to them.
00:40:35.15\00:40:38.49
We brought 13
university students
00:40:38.52\00:40:40.01
down into our boardroom here
00:40:40.04\00:40:41.17
and we asked them okay, listen,
00:40:41.20\00:40:42.77
what can Pioneer do for you?
00:40:42.80\00:40:45.19
I for one, I'm
telling you the truth
00:40:45.22\00:40:46.58
I simply did not expect
what these kids were saying.
00:40:46.61\00:40:51.20
Two students you
know what they said,
00:40:51.23\00:40:53.00
here's what we want.
00:40:53.03\00:40:54.38
We want you to
open up your homes to us
00:40:54.41\00:40:57.39
on a Friday night for worship
00:40:57.42\00:40:58.52
and supper, Sabbath for dinner
00:40:58.55\00:41:00.19
and then we like to sit around.
00:41:00.22\00:41:02.29
We vow you old people.
00:41:02.32\00:41:05.49
And they were thinking to you,
00:41:05.52\00:41:06.55
they were
thinking actually of you
00:41:06.58\00:41:07.84
when they were saying that.
00:41:07.87\00:41:09.61
I asked them they said,
oh yeah, I meant the others.
00:41:09.64\00:41:12.71
We vow you people with age.
00:41:12.74\00:41:17.03
I just would not have guessed
that there would be response.
00:41:17.06\00:41:20.64
But then I'm reading this book
00:41:20.67\00:41:22.02
that they ordered on Amazon.com
00:41:22.05\00:41:23.44
and let me show up to you.
00:41:23.47\00:41:24.50
This is Ed Stetzer
book. Take a look at this.
00:41:24.53\00:41:28.56
Title of the
book "Lost and Found,
00:41:28.59\00:41:29.75
The Younger Unchurched
00:41:29.78\00:41:30.81
and the
Churches that Reach Them"
00:41:30.84\00:41:32.13
a book that reports on
three major research projects
00:41:32.16\00:41:34.23
of polling, surveys
and personal interviews
00:41:34.26\00:41:36.49
and he collaborates this point
and it's in your study guide.
00:41:36.52\00:41:39.06
We'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:41:39.09\00:41:40.26
Here's what Stetzer's found.
00:41:40.29\00:41:42.51
"When people from
an older generation
00:41:42.54\00:41:44.56
invite young
adults into their lives,
00:41:44.59\00:41:47.48
they have that
chance to mentor them."
00:41:47.51\00:41:50.54
Now watch this, this
was a surprise for me.
00:41:50.57\00:41:53.05
"Too many young adults
today have no one to turn to."
00:41:53.08\00:41:56.34
Now this part was it.
00:41:56.37\00:41:57.60
"When it comes to the
tough questions of life."
00:41:57.63\00:42:00.06
All right "Questions of faith,
00:42:00.09\00:42:01.72
marriage, life, and work."
00:42:01.75\00:42:03.50
But here's the
surprise, but they also.
00:42:03.53\00:42:05.59
Who did they turn to
for "the practical questions
00:42:05.62\00:42:07.70
of life changing my
oil, preparing my taxes,
00:42:07.73\00:42:10.67
making my budget
work, building a resume."
00:42:10.70\00:42:12.80
I never thought about that,
nobody show me how to do it.
00:42:12.83\00:42:15.97
I just want to hang. Do
you know how to do this?
00:42:16.00\00:42:20.90
Notice that next line "Churches
that connect generations"
00:42:20.93\00:42:24.19
an intergenerational
church like we are.
00:42:24.22\00:42:26.91
"Churches that
connect generations
00:42:26.94\00:42:28.23
can be wonderful
bodies of believers
00:42:28.26\00:42:30.29
who respect each other in every
facet of congregational life."
00:42:30.32\00:42:34.06
Our kids said,
we want to come home
00:42:34.09\00:42:35.60
and just kind of
sit around your table
00:42:35.63\00:42:36.85
listen to you tell stories
and draw from your wisdom.
00:42:36.88\00:42:41.15
They were right.
00:42:41.18\00:42:43.86
Number two, Go deep with them.
00:42:43.89\00:42:47.09
Number one, Ask
God to open your heart,
00:42:47.12\00:42:48.94
open your doors to our young.
00:42:48.97\00:42:50.49
Number two, Go deep with them.
00:42:50.52\00:42:52.79
Listen to Stetzer
again. This is amazing.
00:42:52.82\00:42:55.32
"Young adults are looking
for and striving toward truth.
00:42:55.35\00:42:58.46
They care about who they
are and what they're becoming."
00:42:58.49\00:43:00.62
Now jot it down.
00:43:00.65\00:43:01.80
"Ankle deep does
not work for them.
00:43:01.83\00:43:07.01
They'd rather
be over their heads
00:43:07.04\00:43:08.38
as opposed to kicking
around at the shallow end."
00:43:08.41\00:43:11.34
You know what,
we mistakenly assume
00:43:11.37\00:43:13.91
that the young are
interested in serious too,
00:43:13.94\00:43:15.47
they just want to
play that is not true.
00:43:15.50\00:43:17.69
They want to go deep.
00:43:17.72\00:43:19.09
They want somebody to say listen
00:43:19.12\00:43:20.42
let's get into
the word together.
00:43:20.45\00:43:21.82
I'm going over, I'm taking
00:43:21.85\00:43:22.88
the summary
statements over to Italy with me
00:43:22.91\00:43:24.89
so that I can analyze the survey
00:43:24.92\00:43:26.09
that we did back
in the worship survey,
00:43:26.12\00:43:28.42
preaching survey back in April.
00:43:28.45\00:43:31.70
You would be amazed
00:43:31.73\00:43:32.79
that how deep
the young want to go.
00:43:32.82\00:43:36.07
They don't want namby-pamby,
they don't want pabulum,
00:43:36.10\00:43:39.25
they are into apologetics,
they are into hey show me,
00:43:39.28\00:43:41.52
teach doctrine and truth.
00:43:41.55\00:43:45.68
They want to go deep,
ankle deep will not suffice.
00:43:45.71\00:43:48.18
So open up your home,
00:43:48.21\00:43:49.24
open up your Sabbath
school class to young adults.
00:43:49.27\00:43:50.84
By the way you got
Sabbath school class,
00:43:50.87\00:43:52.37
just a bunch of youth
sitting around old timers,
00:43:52.40\00:43:54.53
why don't you bring some
young adults into that class,
00:43:54.56\00:43:56.05
why don't you
really do some mentoring?
00:43:56.08\00:43:59.40
All right number three,
Model your values to them.
00:43:59.43\00:44:01.43
Model your values to them.
00:44:01.46\00:44:03.21
You know what, we
are foolish to think
00:44:03.24\00:44:05.51
that we must dress
like them, talk like them,
00:44:05.54\00:44:07.36
behave like them in
order to influence them.
00:44:07.39\00:44:09.52
That is so far from the truth.
00:44:09.55\00:44:11.44
Guess what, it's
the other way around.
00:44:11.47\00:44:13.62
They want us old fuddy-duddies
to be able to articulate
00:44:13.65\00:44:19.47
and model the values
and standards we hold high.
00:44:19.50\00:44:23.44
Now this is gonna
blow you out of the water.
00:44:23.47\00:44:26.59
Stetzer reports
in one major survey
00:44:26.62\00:44:28.81
that only 31% of unchurched
00:44:28.84\00:44:31.06
young adults said
yes to this statement.
00:44:31.09\00:44:33.14
Put it on the screen.
00:44:33.17\00:44:34.34
"Only three out of
ten unchurched said
00:44:34.37\00:44:37.59
'if music at
church sounded similar
00:44:37.62\00:44:39.26
to my favorite type of music,
00:44:39.29\00:44:40.87
I would be more
likely to attend.'
00:44:40.90\00:44:42.75
" Now let me
reverse the numbers for you.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.30
Seven out of ten young adults
unchurched young adults said,
00:44:44.33\00:44:47.48
I don't care about the music,
00:44:47.51\00:44:48.70
you don't have
to do music my way
00:44:48.73\00:44:51.00
in order for me to come.
00:44:51.03\00:44:52.66
Now the way some
music gets defended
00:44:52.69\00:44:54.66
and some
circulars on this campus
00:44:54.69\00:44:55.93
you would think
it was the other way
00:44:55.96\00:44:57.13
around, seven
out of ten would say
00:44:57.16\00:44:58.31
I got to have the
right music in order to go.
00:44:58.34\00:45:00.08
They don't have
to. Isn't that amazing?
00:45:00.11\00:45:03.85
Hold your line, the
values and standards
00:45:03.88\00:45:07.73
they expect you to
hold model it to them.
00:45:07.76\00:45:11.43
Model your values to
them. Don't be afraid.
00:45:11.46\00:45:15.21
Number four, Draw
them into community,
00:45:15.24\00:45:17.25
the community of a small group.
00:45:17.28\00:45:20.23
In that same
survey listen to this
00:45:20.26\00:45:21.59
46% of the unchurched
said yes to this statement.
00:45:21.62\00:45:25.97
I would be willing to
join a small group of people
00:45:26.00\00:45:28.43
to learn more about
the Bible and Jesus.
00:45:28.46\00:45:32.62
What was the number?
Forty six percent of unchurched.
00:45:32.65\00:45:35.22
It's higher
among the church kids.
00:45:35.25\00:45:37.75
Unchurched kids,
don't know Jesus kids.
00:45:37.78\00:45:40.93
I wouldn't mind
be in a small group.
00:45:40.96\00:45:43.09
Listen, you got a
small group already,
00:45:43.12\00:45:45.23
you don't have to say
well, I got to turn them
00:45:45.26\00:45:46.48
all into young adults
in order to draw more.
00:45:46.51\00:45:48.06
No you don't.
00:45:48.09\00:45:49.52
They love intergenerational,
00:45:49.55\00:45:51.27
so just bring them in,
add them to your group.
00:45:51.30\00:45:53.89
You invite them to bring a
couple of their friends over
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.33
and you bring a
couple of your friends
00:46:01.36\00:46:02.52
and you sit down
on a Friday night
00:46:02.55\00:46:03.69
something can start growing
00:46:03.72\00:46:04.75
that you could start
building a community,
00:46:04.78\00:46:05.81
they'd come back again
00:46:05.84\00:46:06.87
and they'd come
back again and again.
00:46:06.90\00:46:08.05
You take them
deeper in the word of God.
00:46:08.08\00:46:11.06
Listen to Stetzer again,
you going to fill this one in.
00:46:11.09\00:46:13.15
"Rather than
behave/believe/belong ministry."
00:46:13.18\00:46:17.04
Now I want to tell
you what he is saying,
00:46:17.07\00:46:18.24
because this is a way
we done ministry for year
00:46:18.27\00:46:20.22
in our community of faith.
00:46:20.25\00:46:21.40
Here's the way we do
it. You got to behave right.
00:46:21.43\00:46:23.83
If you behave
right you can come here
00:46:23.86\00:46:26.38
then you got to believe right,
00:46:26.41\00:46:27.60
if you believe right
we'll let you join us.
00:46:27.63\00:46:30.71
So we go behave
first and then believe
00:46:30.74\00:46:32.99
and then we'll let you go on.
00:46:33.02\00:46:34.70
They don't want
to do it that way.
00:46:34.73\00:46:36.25
They said, no we want to belong,
00:46:36.28\00:46:38.75
we'd like to, how
did he put it here,
00:46:38.78\00:46:40.23
we want to belong first
00:46:40.26\00:46:41.82
then we will
decide about believing
00:46:41.85\00:46:43.63
and then we'll decide about
00:46:43.66\00:46:45.00
become not
behaving just let us become,
00:46:45.03\00:46:47.78
let us become
what you've become.
00:46:47.81\00:46:50.27
You see we get real, we
get real spiritually mature
00:46:50.30\00:46:53.55
and we said, now
said, everybody now
00:46:53.58\00:46:54.84
that joins this church
has to be just like me,
00:46:54.87\00:46:58.13
have a same taste,
00:46:58.16\00:46:59.47
have a same
spiritual level of maturity.
00:46:59.50\00:47:02.14
No, we don't have to
do that bring them in.
00:47:02.17\00:47:06.03
In facts Stetzer goes on,
what's that last sentence.
00:47:06.06\00:47:07.80
"What this means is
that an unchurched individual
00:47:07.83\00:47:09.93
is immediately welcomed
00:47:09.96\00:47:11.03
into the community
with other Christians."
00:47:11.06\00:47:12.81
By the way he's not saying,
00:47:12.84\00:47:14.10
he's saying I'm not
saying baptize them today,
00:47:14.13\00:47:16.21
I'm just saying get them in,
00:47:16.24\00:47:17.76
get them in, let
them belong first
00:47:17.79\00:47:20.41
then they'll come to
believe then they'll become.
00:47:20.44\00:47:24.43
Okay number five, Do ministry.
00:47:24.46\00:47:26.84
Do ministry, key
word with them in church.
00:47:26.87\00:47:31.77
Do ministry with
them in the church.
00:47:31.80\00:47:34.20
Our strategic plan here
00:47:34.23\00:47:35.27
that we've been
sharing with our HR vision
00:47:35.30\00:47:37.00
envisions inviting
young adults serving
00:47:37.03\00:47:38.50
beside you in every
ministry of this church
00:47:38.53\00:47:40.15
from the nursery Sabbath school
00:47:40.18\00:47:41.21
and the other side of that glass
00:47:41.24\00:47:42.71
to neighboring labor
down the street ministering
00:47:42.74\00:47:44.63
to the distance franchise
of the intercity near us.
00:47:44.66\00:47:49.23
Every ministry
that is being done
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.67
in the Pioneer Memorial Church,
00:47:51.70\00:47:53.41
every leader
eventually our dream is
00:47:53.44\00:47:55.59
we'll have a shadow young adult,
00:47:55.62\00:47:57.39
a shadow two or three of them
00:47:57.42\00:47:59.49
who will shadow
you, who will watch you,
00:47:59.52\00:48:01.55
who will observe
you, who will say hey,
00:48:01.58\00:48:03.28
show me how to do that.
00:48:03.31\00:48:04.39
Teach me about that
part, that's our vision.
00:48:04.42\00:48:08.40
You've got to do it with them.
00:48:08.43\00:48:11.17
You know what, we
believe that the day will come
00:48:11.20\00:48:13.19
when they'll
leave to this campus
00:48:13.22\00:48:14.25
and go anywhere
earth they say hey, listen,
00:48:14.28\00:48:15.37
I was taught back at Pioneer,
00:48:15.40\00:48:16.71
I was taught at
Andrews University,
00:48:16.74\00:48:18.15
where I graduated.
00:48:18.18\00:48:19.21
I know how to do
that, I can help you there,
00:48:19.24\00:48:20.61
oh just show me how
to do, I can do that too.
00:48:20.64\00:48:23.62
They come as servants
00:48:23.65\00:48:25.18
they come immersed
in a world of need.
00:48:25.21\00:48:27.68
Number six, Do service.
00:48:27.71\00:48:30.16
First one was,
five was, do ministry
00:48:30.19\00:48:31.55
this one is, do service.
00:48:31.58\00:48:32.75
This is a key point.
Do service with them.
00:48:32.78\00:48:38.45
Listen to these
number 66% of church,
00:48:38.48\00:48:41.05
all right, these
are the kids in church,
00:48:41.08\00:48:42.45
66% two thirds of them
00:48:42.48\00:48:43.93
and 47% of the
unchurched young adults
00:48:43.96\00:48:46.31
Stetzer writing here
"Waited the opportunity
00:48:46.34\00:48:48.60
to meet the needs of
others locally and globally
00:48:48.63\00:48:51.21
as extremely
important in their lives."
00:48:51.24\00:48:54.69
You think about this,
this is the first generation
00:48:54.72\00:48:56.74
who was grown up
with a real time war.
00:48:56.77\00:48:59.94
Real time, they are watching
war on TV back here at home.
00:48:59.97\00:49:04.20
It's not the generations
00:49:04.23\00:49:05.31
we have to go by
the news that came back.
00:49:05.34\00:49:08.14
These kids can
pick a plane ticket
00:49:08.17\00:49:09.38
any day of the
week and they're gone.
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.61
Go for a week, go for two
weeks then they'll come home.
00:49:11.64\00:49:14.08
They are inundated
with internet information,
00:49:14.11\00:49:16.76
the media targeting them.
00:49:16.79\00:49:18.53
They know the world,
they know the global needs
00:49:18.56\00:49:20.94
and they are saying somebody
is got to make a difference
00:49:20.97\00:49:23.93
on this planet and
so it caught my eye.
00:49:23.96\00:49:26.60
Look at this "Adventist Review"
just came out few days ago.
00:49:26.63\00:49:31.66
I got to read it off the screen,
00:49:31.69\00:49:32.72
'cause I can't
read the-- there you go.
00:49:32.75\00:49:34.63
What Jesus said
about young adults,
00:49:34.66\00:49:36.87
"What Jesus Said
About Young Adult Ministry."
00:49:36.90\00:49:40.27
One of the lead
authors in this story
00:49:40.30\00:49:42.79
in this piece is Duane McBride
is one of our faculty here.
00:49:42.82\00:49:45.57
Here's an interesting point
by the way they discover that
00:49:45.60\00:49:47.72
when young adults get involved
in service and it's pivotal
00:49:47.75\00:49:51.60
that adults be in service them.
00:49:51.63\00:49:53.70
When young adults
get involved in service
00:49:53.73\00:49:55.34
there is 40%, 40% of them
00:49:55.37\00:49:59.59
over the previous 12 months
have no substance abuse period.
00:49:59.62\00:50:05.08
They are focused now on
another reason 40% of them
00:50:05.11\00:50:09.47
over the previous 12 months
no substance abuse at all.
00:50:09.50\00:50:13.36
Its called prophylactic,
it's called preventing.
00:50:13.39\00:50:17.87
Well, do service
with them in the community
00:50:17.90\00:50:21.29
that's why we have our outreach
ministry up in Benton Harbor.
00:50:21.32\00:50:23.69
That's why this
kid sent the email
00:50:23.72\00:50:25.02
and he said, that first thing
00:50:25.05\00:50:26.08
I did was out
there good for him.
00:50:26.11\00:50:29.71
And finally I
got to ask you this,
00:50:29.74\00:50:32.97
give me the most effective
age to reach the young adult.
00:50:33.00\00:50:35.46
What age of a young
adult is the best time
00:50:35.49\00:50:37.53
to strike for the
Lord Jesus Christ?
00:50:37.56\00:50:39.76
The best age 12 and under.
00:50:39.79\00:50:42.95
You say come on Dwight,
you can't be a young adult
00:50:42.98\00:50:44.68
and be 12 and under.
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.15
That's precisely the point.
00:50:46.18\00:50:48.89
Jot it down will you
please finally number seven,
00:50:48.92\00:50:50.70
Volunteer to minister to
them when they're 12 or under.
00:50:50.73\00:50:53.84
George Barna, seminar research
00:50:53.87\00:50:55.85
Christian
demographer here in this nation
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.62
let me put the quote
on the screen for you.
00:50:57.65\00:50:59.09
You'll have to fill it in.
00:50:59.12\00:51:00.30
"We discovered
that the probability
00:51:00.33\00:51:01.94
of someone embracing
Jesus as his or her Savior
00:51:01.97\00:51:05.66
was 32% for those
between the ages of 5 and 12."
00:51:05.69\00:51:11.35
All right three
out of ten chance.
00:51:11.38\00:51:13.72
Four percent the moment
00:51:13.75\00:51:15.12
they turn 13 moving
to their 13 to18 range 4%
00:51:15.15\00:51:18.39
and then it leaps
higher once they turn 19 to 6%.
00:51:18.42\00:51:22.76
Can you believe that
6% for people 19 and over.
00:51:22.79\00:51:25.90
"In other words" Barna goes on,
00:51:25.93\00:51:27.08
"If people do not embrace
Jesus Christ as their Savior
00:51:27.11\00:51:30.38
before they reach
their teenage years,
00:51:30.41\00:51:33.76
the chance of their
doing so at all is slim."
00:51:33.79\00:51:41.47
Isn't that amazing?
00:51:41.50\00:51:44.25
You want to do young
adult ministry we believe
00:51:44.28\00:51:46.48
that we're supposed
to what is it motivate,
00:51:46.51\00:51:49.32
mentor and mobilize young
adults the most effective age
00:51:49.35\00:51:52.77
to begin that ministry
12 and under, 12 and under.
00:51:52.80\00:51:57.02
All of which leads me to say
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.46
that we are right
now in earnest need
00:51:58.49\00:52:00.39
of some of you to
volunteer to you help
00:52:00.42\00:52:02.31
reach these young for Christ.
00:52:02.34\00:52:04.61
Our nominating
committee is in full swing,
00:52:04.64\00:52:08.95
but they are looking
for adult and young adult
00:52:08.98\00:52:11.43
and some of you are young adults
00:52:11.46\00:52:13.00
I'm talking to
you right now as well.
00:52:13.03\00:52:14.29
They are looking for
adult and young adults leaders
00:52:14.32\00:52:16.84
in our preprimary Sabbath school
00:52:16.87\00:52:18.33
that six years old
up into first grade
00:52:18.36\00:52:20.58
and our junior two Sabbath
school that's fifth grade
00:52:20.61\00:52:22.60
and our junior Sabbath
school that's sixth grade
00:52:22.63\00:52:24.84
and our early teen
which is grade seven and eight
00:52:24.87\00:52:27.57
and in our pathfinder club
00:52:27.60\00:52:29.36
it is not that
they have not tried,
00:52:29.39\00:52:33.88
they have made a great effort,
00:52:33.91\00:52:36.41
but you know
what, some of us think
00:52:36.44\00:52:38.68
that coming to church
is all about us getting fed
00:52:38.71\00:52:42.14
rather than us
doing the feeding.
00:52:42.17\00:52:45.29
And we've turned
church into this place
00:52:45.32\00:52:46.66
bringing on give me great music,
00:52:46.69\00:52:48.17
come on take me into the word,
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.08
come on I want a
great Sabbath school class
00:52:50.11\00:52:51.95
and if I have all
of that I'm happy.
00:52:51.98\00:52:54.28
This is not
about you being happy,
00:52:54.31\00:52:56.33
this is about a
generation of young
00:52:56.36\00:52:57.94
that we have to impact now
00:52:57.97\00:52:59.70
before the difficult days come.
00:52:59.73\00:53:01.90
We desperately need,
00:53:01.93\00:53:04.38
we desperately-- don't
put that study guide away.
00:53:04.41\00:53:08.33
You keep that
study guide out please.
00:53:08.36\00:53:10.87
We desperately need
young adults and adults
00:53:10.90\00:53:16.08
who will say you
know what I'm available.
00:53:16.11\00:53:18.30
Some of you had
sat in the same Sabbath
00:53:18.33\00:53:19.88
school classes
adults for 30 years
00:53:19.91\00:53:23.96
it's time to give it a break,
00:53:23.99\00:53:28.02
roll up your
sleeves, go downstairs,
00:53:28.05\00:53:30.91
right up here
with the youngest ages
00:53:30.94\00:53:32.99
and help us reach
these kids for Jesus.
00:53:33.02\00:53:36.56
The most
productive years are 5 to 12
00:53:36.59\00:53:39.84
it's all down hill after 12,
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it's all down hill.
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Did you get that?
00:53:44.52\00:53:45.62
It's down hill after 12. Please.
00:53:45.65\00:53:49.04
You say, Dwight, what can I do?
00:53:49.07\00:53:51.13
I was hoping you to ask.
00:53:51.16\00:53:52.91
That little
tear off where is it?
00:53:52.94\00:53:54.72
That little tear
off in the study guide
00:53:54.75\00:53:58.51
you got it there, yeah.
00:53:58.54\00:54:01.62
That little tear
off would you mind,
00:54:01.65\00:54:03.53
yes, I'm will to volunteer.
00:54:03.56\00:54:06.06
I'd be willing to be a leader
00:54:06.09\00:54:07.12
or an assistant
leader in the Sabbath school.
00:54:07.15\00:54:10.07
Hey, I thank God for
all those in first church
00:54:10.10\00:54:11.77
who responded, I want
you to respond too please.
00:54:11.80\00:54:14.35
Just jot your name
down, your telephone number,
00:54:14.38\00:54:16.19
your email address that's it
00:54:16.22\00:54:17.69
we'll give to the
nominated community
00:54:17.72\00:54:18.84
they'll be in touch with you,
00:54:18.87\00:54:19.90
nobody is gonna be
drafted, forced, conscripted.
00:54:19.93\00:54:23.59
You get a chance to say
I'm not really into that
00:54:23.62\00:54:26.29
how about you, do
you have anything here?
00:54:26.32\00:54:27.46
Yep we do.
00:54:27.49\00:54:28.76
We desperately need you to help.
00:54:28.79\00:54:32.31
So right now
would you tear it off,
00:54:32.34\00:54:34.05
right now fill it out,
give it to me afterwards,
00:54:34.08\00:54:36.53
give it to any church
officer you see standing,
00:54:36.56\00:54:38.48
give it to one of the ushers,
00:54:38.51\00:54:39.54
it doesn't matter
who you give it to
00:54:39.57\00:54:40.73
we'll make sure get's to
the nominating committee.
00:54:40.76\00:54:43.10
Fill it out right now.
00:54:43.13\00:54:44.79
We need, we
desperately need a vision.
00:54:44.82\00:54:50.28
How did that song that
Ryan sang a moment ago.
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Some people see a shepherd boy,
00:54:53.17\00:54:58.36
but God looks
in that boy's face,
00:54:58.39\00:54:59.87
God looks into
that little girl's face
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and He says that
girl is My hero coming up.
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Nobody knows it.
00:55:09.23\00:55:11.15
Oh, if you be willing
to roll up your sleeves
00:55:11.18\00:55:13.46
step into our
Sabbath schools for our kids.
00:55:13.49\00:55:17.41
I can't imagine right
now a more significant gift
00:55:17.44\00:55:19.98
you could give to the Lord
Jesus Christ a very precious.
00:55:20.01\00:55:24.09
And by the way you young
adults I want to say it again
00:55:24.12\00:55:25.97
you sign up, yeah, go
ahead over the summer,
00:55:26.00\00:55:28.59
we'll be in touch with you.
00:55:28.62\00:55:30.27
How does our inverted text go?
00:55:30.30\00:55:31.44
It's in let's just put it
back on the screen please.
00:55:31.47\00:55:33.96
"Remember our youth."
00:55:33.99\00:55:35.26
We must "Remember our
youth in the days of our Creator
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before the
difficult and evil days come."
00:55:39.03\00:55:42.50
Are we on the verge of us
00:55:42.53\00:55:43.56
depend as Christ has
says one author puts it.
00:55:43.59\00:55:45.53
I believe we are, I'm
giving you no timeline,
00:55:45.56\00:55:47.50
I have no timeline clue,
00:55:47.53\00:55:49.75
but I believe
we're on the verge.
00:55:49.78\00:55:52.35
There is a wild card
in the hand of faith,
00:55:52.38\00:55:54.67
it's called blinding speed,
00:55:54.70\00:55:56.48
it's called suddenly
like that life will change.
00:55:56.51\00:55:59.28
We have before the
difficult days come we must.
00:55:59.31\00:56:03.43
Sons and daughters, not
of Issachar forget Issachar.
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.24
We are sons and daughters of God
00:56:05.27\00:56:06.51
we must seize this
moment, grab these kids,
00:56:06.54\00:56:10.72
point them to Jesus
and say Jesus please do
00:56:10.75\00:56:14.17
whatever it
takes save our young.
00:56:14.20\00:56:18.10
The words of the poet
00:56:18.13\00:56:19.16
"Give of your
best to the Master,
00:56:19.19\00:56:21.12
give of the
strength of your youth,
00:56:21.15\00:56:23.28
clad in salvation's for armor,
00:56:23.31\00:56:25.75
join in the battle of truth."
00:56:25.78\00:56:31.97
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:32.00\00:56:34.60
I hope that the Spirit of Jesus
has blessed your time with us
00:56:34.63\00:56:37.70
right here in the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:37.73\00:56:39.23
on the campus of
Andrews University.
00:56:39.26\00:56:41.42
Do you know
that around the world
00:56:41.45\00:56:42.48
people join us every
week for this hour of worship?
00:56:42.51\00:56:44.97
We're always looking
00:56:45.00\00:56:46.03
as a consequence for
a new ways to bridge,
00:56:46.06\00:56:48.18
somehow to
connect with these people
00:56:48.21\00:56:50.21
who come here to
worship via the telecast.
00:56:50.24\00:56:53.13
One of the areas that is quickly
growing for us is our website.
00:56:53.16\00:56:56.49
We had more than a
140,000 visitors last year.
00:56:56.52\00:57:00.42
It's an incredible opportunity
00:57:00.45\00:57:02.39
that God is given us
to expand His kingdom.
00:57:02.42\00:57:05.22
If you'd like to
help partner with us
00:57:05.25\00:57:07.20
as we seek to spread
the everlasting gospel
00:57:07.23\00:57:10.12
I'd love to have you
call our toll free number.
00:57:10.15\00:57:12.52
We got very friendly
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Here's the number 877-His-Will,
00:57:15.03\00:57:18.27
877 and then the
two words His-Will.
00:57:18.30\00:57:20.26
One of the operators will be
happy to give you the details
00:57:20.29\00:57:23.61
of how you can partner
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00:57:23.64\00:57:26.47
If you prefer listen
you can do it all online.
00:57:26.50\00:57:28.82
Go to our website
please www.pmchurch.tv
00:57:28.85\00:57:33.24
I'd be honored to
have the privilege
00:57:33.27\00:57:34.59
of partnering with you
00:57:34.62\00:57:35.65
as we seek to spread the truth
00:57:35.68\00:57:36.91
about our God
for this generation.
00:57:36.94\00:57:39.03
We are living in urgent times.
00:57:39.06\00:57:42.30
Now more than ever
we've got to go to the world
00:57:42.33\00:57:45.72
with the good
news entrusted to us.
00:57:45.75\00:57:47.30
So once again here's
that toll free number
00:57:47.33\00:57:49.21
877-His-Will.
00:57:49.24\00:57:51.74
Thank you in
advance for your generosity.
00:57:51.77\00:57:54.32
It blesses me and
you grow this ministry.
00:57:54.35\00:57:57.53
I pray that the Spirit of
Christ will abide with you
00:57:57.56\00:57:59.96
every step of the way and I hope
00:57:59.99\00:58:01.62
you'll come back
again next time right here
00:58:01.65\00:58:04.50
as we continue our
worship journey together.
00:58:04.53\00:58:07.17